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HISTORY 


TOWN    OF    AMHERST 

HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY,  NEW  HAMPSHIRE, 

(First  known  as  Narraganset  Township  Numlier  Three, 
and  suiisecjuently  as  Souhegan  West) 

FROM    rilK  GRANT   OF   THE   TOWNSHIP    IIY    THE 

GREAT   AND    GI^NERAL    COURT   OF    THE   ITIOVIXCE 
OF  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY, 

In    June,   1728,   to    March,   1882. 


GENEALOGIES  OF  AMHERST  FAMILIES, 

Biographical   Sketches   of   Natives   and   Citizens  of 

THE  Town,  and  a  Sketch  of  the  Nauuaganset 

Fort  Fight,  19  December,  1675. 


lllitstraie'd  with  a  Map  of  the  Town  and  Engravings. 


By  DANIEL  F.  SECOMB. 


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CONCORD,  N.  H.  : 

PRINTED    BY    EVANS,    SLEEPER    &    WOODBURY. 

1883.    ...  .  ....       . 


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TO 

TIIK  1NIIAIUTANT8  OF  AMIIKKST, 

AND 

ITS    KOUMKU    SI'X'OND    ANI»    THIRD    I'AUISHKS,    NOW    PAUTS    OF 

TIIK    TOWNS    Ol'    MONT    VKHNON    AND    MILFOKD. 

AND    TO    THE 

KMIGUANTS    FROM    THK   TOWN, 

AND    rilKIR    DKSrKNDANTS,    WHERFVFR    SCATTERED, 

THIS    HISTORY    IS    RESl'KCT FULLY    INSCRIRKD, 

ItY    THKIR    FRIEND, 

TIIK    AUTHOR. 


V\i  i:  FA  CI 


Till  llisTouY  OF  A.>iiir.i{ST  is  now  unVicd  t<»  it.s  patrons.  Its  pn-jv 
ai:iti(in  lius  involvcil  tin;  expcniliturc  of  coiisidcralilf  time  and 
|>atien(-t',  ImiI,  like  many  similar  pulilications,  il  is  incomplcd-.  'I'lic 
propor  pn'paiatit)n  ol  a  towu  liistorv  is  tlir  woik  ol  a  lit'i'-tinif,  not  of 
lliiec  or  fonr  years. 

.Vfter  all,  we  can  know  Imt  very  little  of  the  personal  history  of 
many  of  the  early  settlers  in  the  township.  Their  lives  were  spent  in 
the  midst  of  dangers  an<l  i)rivations  of  whieh  we  know  hut  little. 
Honest,  true-hearted  men  and  women,  each  lalxired  faithfully  in  his 
or  her  allotted  place,  and  luiildinj;  Ix^ter  than  Ihey  knew,  they  assisteil 
in  layini;  (irndy  ami  securely  the  foundations  of  our  j^reat  repuMic. 
'i"he  st(jrms  of  a  century  have  leveled  even  the  little  hillocks  that 
once  marked  their  restinj^-places  in  th(!  ancient  "  huryi'ig-Jiround,"  .so 
that  no  one  to-day  knows  of  their  |treci.s(i  locality.  All  honor  to  the 
memories  of  these  lirave  hut  W(dl-nit,di  fori^otten  pioneers. 

The  map  of  the  town  was  tlravvn  and  presented  hy  Warren  Ipiiam, 
C.  K.,  a  native  of  Andierst;  the  wood-cuts  of  dwellinj^s  were  fur- 
nished Ky  their  owneis;  these  of  the  pid>lic  lniildin;,'s,  and  the  por- 
trait of  Horace  (ireelev,  l>y  Dr.  IMward  .SpaldiuLj;  and  the  other 
portraits  of  imlividuals,  l>y  the  parties  represented,  or  their  friends. 

The  expenses  of  the  compilation  and  piililicatiou  of  the  wovk  have 
been  defrayed  hy  Dr.  Kdward  Spaldini;,  who  has  ai<led  the  work  in 
every  way  possihie,  assisti'd  hy  contrihutions  from  Mr>.  Lucy  (Ken- 
dall) Spaldinn,  William  (J.  Means,  Ksi|..  .Mr.  and  .Mr>.  K.  15.  IJi-elow, 
Dea.  Sewall  (J.  Mack  and  William  .\.  Mack,  K.s(|.,  mul  also  hy  an 
appropriation  of  •'§.">0(l  iiy  the  town,  to  Ite  paid  upon  the  comjiletion 
of  the  Work. 

To  the  many  other  friends  who  have  aideij  him  in  his  lalMUVs.  the 
author  desires  to  express  his  gratitude,  with  the  ho|H-  that  their  rea- 
souahle  e.xpectation3  will  not  bo  disappointed.  Thanks,  friend.s,  one 
and  all. 

Co.\roiu>,  N.  II.,  i;]  August,  1ns:{. 


CONTENTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

Origin  of  the  Town. — The  Narraganset  War. — The  Fight  at  the  Nar- 
raganset  Fort,  19  December,  1075.     Pages  1-8. 

CHAPTER  II. 

Grants  of  Townships  to  the  Narraganset  Soldiers,  lG85-17o3.     Pages 

9-iy. 

CHAPTER  HI. 

Proceedings  of  the  Grantees  of  the  Narraganset  Township,  1733.  Pages 
20-25. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

Proceedings  of  tlie  Proprietors  of  Souhegan  West. — Incorporation  of 
tlie  Town  of  Amherst,  1734-17()2.     Pages  2U-5t). 

CHAPTER  V. 

Ten-itorial  Clianges. — Incorporation  of  the  Second,  or  North-west, 
Parisli. — Proceedings  of  the  North-west  Parisli. — Incorporation  of 
the  Town  of  Mont  Vernon. — Incorporation  of  the  Tliird,  or  South- 
west, Parisli. — Proceedings  of  the  South-west  Parish. — Incorpora- 
tion of  the  Town  of  Milford,  1750-1«U3.     Pages  57-91. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

Description  of  the  Town,  and  its  Productions. — The  Indians. — Joe 
English.     Pages  92-99. 

CHAPTER  YIL 

Proceedings  of  the  Town,  and  Current  Events,  17G2-18U0.  Pages  100- 
118. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

Proceedings  of  the  Town,  and  Current  Events,  1800-184:0.  Pages  119- 
149. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
Proceedings  of  the  Town,  and  Current  Events,  1840-1882.    Pages  150- 
183. 

CHAPTER  X. 
Statistics  of  Population. — Longevity. — Agricultural  Productions,  etc. 
Pages  184-233. 

CHAPTER  XL 
The  First  and  Second  Meetinii-houses.     Pases  234-249. 


CONTENTS.  VI 1 

CHAPTER  xn. 

The  Town  Ministrs,  1711-ls;}:).     Pat^es   2'}0-2SH. 

CIIAl'TKU  X.III. 
Churclios. — Religious  Societies  and  Church  Music.     Pages  'J89-3I7. 

CHAPTER  XTV. 
.Sehool  History.      Pages  318-:i:5:5. 

(  llAPTKi:  XV. 
Conrt-lionses  and  Courts  in  .Vniherst,  1771-1S7!!.      I'ages  ;J34-35;i. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
Militarv  History.— Erencli  and  Indian  Wars.  171.V17(;:5.  Pai^rs  :;.")l  -IJOl. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
The  War  for  Independence,  170S-177<).     Pages  3(5l'-382. 

CHAl'TER  XVHI. 
The  War  ior  Independence,  1777-177S.      Page<  :ls:{  :?!):i. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

The  War  lor  Independence,  1780-1785.     Pages  394-408. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
Frontier  War,  17!»4. — Anticipated  War  wilii  France,  17I»s.   -War  witii 
Great  Britain,  18r2-15.     I'ages  409-4l;J. 

CHAPTEi:   XXI. 
The  Civil  War,  Isiil-lsc.l.     pages  414-421. 
CHAPTER  XXII. 
The  Militia.— Militia  Companies  and  Ollieers.      Pages  JlT)    1;!-J. 

CIIAPTKi;  XXIII. 
Miscellaneous   Records   of    Town  Atfairs. —  Uusiness  Associations,  etc. 

Pages  433-47G. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
Family  Registers  and  Histories. — List  of    Marriages  not  included   in 
the  Family  Registers.     Pages  477-854. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
Biographical  Sketche.s  of  Prominent  Men  who  have  been  Residents  of 
Amherst.     Pages  855-927. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
Additions  and  Corrections.     Pages  9*28-930. 


Index  of  Names.     Pages  937-978. 


LIST  AND  PLACES  OF  ENGRAVINGS. 


Map  of  the  Town to  face  title-page. 

Portrait  of  Dr.  Edward  Spalding facing  preface. 

Second  Meeting-house p.  241. 

Portrait  of  Rev.  Nathan  Lord facing  p.  279. 

Portrait  of  Rev.  Silas  Aiken "      p.  298. 

Town  House .p.  ;342. 

Soldiers'  Monument p.  421. 

Residence  of  Charles  Richardson,  Esq p.  452. 

Portrait  of  Hon.  Charles  H.  Atherton facing  p.  480. 

Portraits  of  Isaac  Brooks,  Esq.,  and  wife .  .  between  pp.  518  and  519. 

Portrait  of  Capt.  Daniel  Campbell,  jr facing  p.  527. 

Residence  of  Dea.  Barnabas  B.  David p.  .559. 

Residence  of  Harrison  Eaton,  Esq p.  57(). 

Birthplace  of  Horace  Greeley p.  008. 

Portrait  of  Dea.  Sewall  G.  Mack facing  p.  G81. 

Residence  of  Col.  Robert  Means p.  (i8!). 

Portrait  of  William  G.  Means,  Esq facing  p.  (J!)(). 

Portrait  of  Mrs.  Sally  (Noyes)  Sweatt p.  7()P. 

Portrait  of  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding facing  p.  770. 

Residence  of  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding p.  777. 

Portrait  of  Charles  L.  Stewart,  Esq facing  p.  783. 

Residence  of  Isaac  Brooks,  Esq "      p.  808. 

Portrait  of  Hon.  Charles  H.  Campbell "      p.  873. 

Portrait  of  Horace  Greeley , "      p.  887. 

Portrait  of  Hon.  Isaac  Sjmlding "      p.  919. 


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HISTORY  OF   AMllKUST. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ORir.iN    OF    thf:    town. — i'R()(;i{i:ss    of   sfttlfcmknts   in  tmk 

MASSACHUSETTS    COLONY. (IRANTS    OF    FARMS    ON    TUK    SOU- 

HEGAN. DEATH     OF     MASSASOIT. CIIAR(;ES    AGAINST    ALEX- 
ANDER.  HIS    ARREST    AND    DEATH. INTRKU'ES  OF  PHILIP. — 

MFRDER    OF    SAl'SAMON    AND    EXKCriloN    OF  HIS    MIRDERERS. 

COMMENCEMENT      OF      KIN(;      PHILIP's     WAR. A      TREATY 

FORCED     UPON     THE      NARR  A(;  ANSETS. THE      TREATY     REPU- 
DIATED   RY    THF    CHIEFS. — EXI'FDITION     0R(;ANI/,FI)     ACAINST 

THE    NARRAGANSETS. MARCH    OF     THE     EXPEDITION. —  FIGHT 

AT     THE     NARRAGANSET      FORT. SUFFER1N(;S    OF     THF     COM- 
BATANTS.  DEATH     OF    PHILIP,    AND     CLOSE    OF    THE    WAR. — 

L0SSP:S    of    the    COLONISTS. 

Tlio  town  of  Amherst  had  its  ori«!iii  in  a  LTaiit  (if  hiiul 
made  hv  the  (Icncral  ('miit  of  Massachusetts  to  some  of 
the  oitizi'iis  of  that  rrovinee  for  services  in  the  Xarra^an- 
set  War  in  167o-7t). 

With  the  pxeoption  of  a  few  slijrlit  outlireaks.  the  poaco 
between  the  New  England  roh)nies  an<l  tlieir  Indian  neiffh- 
hors  remainecl  nnl)rol<en  from  the  (dose  nf  the  Pe(inr»t  War, 
in  Itl.'iT.  until  the  eommi'ucemeut  of  the  war  ot    ItiTo. 

In  this  interval  the  inteiinr  of  the  eountrv  was  explored, 
and  si'ttliMnents  made  at  a  eonsideralde  distaiwe  from  the 
coast.     In   1(359  a  township,  eight   miles  square,  at  Pcna- 


2  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

cook,  now  Concord,  N.  H.,  was  o-ranfed,  conditionally,  by 
the  Conrt  to  sundry  inlial)itants  of  Dover  and  Newbury. 

In  1660  several  farms,  bordering  on  the  Souheo-an  river, 
were  granted,  and  surveyed  by  Jonathan  Danforth,  a  noted 
surveyor  in  those  days. 

The  most  westerly  of  these,  containing  1000  acres,  was 
granted  to  the  town  of  Cliarlestown  for  the  support  of 
schools.  Its  northwestern  corner  was  at  the  foot  of  a 
great  hill,  since  known  as  Dram-cup  hill,  whence  it  ex- 
tended down  the  river  about  two  miles,  the  river  forming 
its  northern  boundary.  The  northwestern  corner  of  this 
farm  was  also  the  northwestern  corner  of  the  town  of 
Dunstable,  as  chartered  by  the  authorities  -  of  Massachu- 
setts, 16  October,  1673,  and  the  town  of  Monson,  to  which 
a  charter  was  granted  by  Gov.  Wentworth,  of  New  Ham]> 
shire,  1  April,  1746.  Adjoining  this  farm,  on  the  east,  was 
another,  of  500  acres,  granted  at  the  same  time  to  Mrs.  Anna 
Lane,  which  extended, /tfrom  the  easterly  boundary  of  the 
school  farm,  280  rods  down  the  river.  200  acres  of  this 
farm  were  on  the  north  side,  and  300  acres  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river. 

Next,  to  the  east  of  Mrs.  Lane's  farm  and  adjoining  it, 
another  farm,  of  500  hundred  acres,  was  granted  to  Caj)t. 
William  Davis,  of  Boston,  and  Capt.  Isaac  Johnson,  of 
Roxbury.  This  farm,  also,  extended  across  the  river  about 
half  a  mile  on  each  side,  and  down  the  river  240  rods  from 
the  eastern  boundary  of  Mrs.  Lane's  farm.  Both  of  the 
last  named  farms  were  at  a  place  called  by  the  Indians 
"  Quohquinapassakessanahnoy." 

Next,  and  lastly,  was  a  farm  of  700  acres,  granted  to 
John  Wilson,  of  Boston.  This  extended  down  the  river, 
from  the  Davis  and  Johnson  farm,  364  rods  ;  400  acres  of  it 
lay  on  the  north  side,  and  300  acres  on  the  south  side  of 
the  river. 

A  few  years  prior  to  this  time,  Massasoit,  chief  of  the 
Wampanoags,  whose  territory  adjoined  that  of    the    Ply- 


1.]  HISTOHV    OK    AMIlEltST.  3 

iiiiiiitli  Colony,  died.  His  s(»ii  Alcximdcr  succeeded  liiin, 
iiiid  in  .1  sleiit  time  \\;is  cliiiri2-ed  l»v  the  Colonists  wifli 
eni|e;i\iirin'^-  In  eiiti-au'e  the  Xiirriiu-iinsets. — 'it  tliiit  time  the 
most  powei'lnl  of  the  New  Mnnhind  ti'ilies. — in  :i  \v;ir 
iitrjiinst  them. 

<  Ml  this  eh;irL;-e  lie  wiis  iirrested.  liy  ;in  ;irme(l  t'orce  sent 
for  the  |inr|iose.  :ind  t;d<en  ti>  IMsnumth.  Shortly  at'ter- 
ward  he  si(d<i'n(M|  and  died,  and  his  death  was  attrilniled 
l)y  some  (it  the  Indians  to  the  ertccts  of  jioisoii  adminis- 
tered hy  the  l\n<jlish. 

His  lii'other  I'liilip.  or  ^I,etaconi,  succeeded  him,  and  soon 
enuau'ed  in  plots  with  the  neiuhhorinir  trilies  to  carry  out 
the  |ilans  fornie(l  hy  his  |tredecessor.  A  slight  onthreak 
oecni'red  in  Iti"  1 .  whieh  was  S')')U  (pielleil.  and  he  |»romisod 
never  aiiain  to  lie-in  war  au'ainst  the  Kimlish  until  he  had 
made  his  p-i-ouuds  of  complaint  known  to  them. 

lie  nevertheh'ss  eontiniKMl  his  intriii:ues.  and  excn  en- 
deavored to  enlist  the  powerful  •'  Five  Xatious,"  of  Xew 
York,  in  his  cause  :  Imt  a    niiscarriaii'c  of  one  of  his   |)lans 

con\erted   them    ililo  his  hittel-est  enemies. 

In  1<)74,  .John  Sausanion,  an  eilm-atecl  Indian,  who  was 
employed  hy  the  Knu'lish  as  a  missionaiy  anioni:'  his  hreth- 
ren.  inforiued  the  (Jovernorof  IM\ninutli  ('olon\  oi  I'hilip's 
jilots  aii-iiinst  the  settlers.  Soon  after  this  Sausanion  was 
nuirdere(l.  Three  Indians,  charirod  with  the  nnii-der,  wei-e 
arreste(l,  tried,  eondeuined.  and  executed  hy  the  Enirlisli. 

Enraiied  at  this,  and  h-ai-iuu'  f<n-  his  own  safety,  Thilip 
sent  his  women  ami  children  to  a  placi'  of  safety,  armed 
his  warriors,  and  I'ohix-d  several  houses  of  the  settlei-s  in 
the  vicinity  i»f  his  own  dwellin-j'. 

Bands  of  Indians  roameil  over  the  country,  insultin>r  the 
settlers,  and  destroyim:-  th<'ii'  propei-ty.  At  last,  one  <tf  tlic 
iMmlish,  ^joaded  j)ast  endurance,  dischariicd  his  musket  at 
one  of  Ids  tormentors,  inllictinir  a  mortal  wound.  The 
.savaires  then  fell  upon  all  the  whites  within  tlcir  n-ach. 
killing  them  and  destroying  their  property. 


4  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

An  armed  force  was  at  once  raised  by  the  Colonies  and 
dispatched  into  Philip's  territory,  wliich  he  abandoned. 
Thence  the  army  marched  into  tlie  territory  of  tlie  Narra- 
gansets,  and  dictated  a  treaty  to  them,  by  which  they 
agreed  to  remain  at  peace,  and  ii]ion  requisition  deliver  to 
the  English  any  of  Pliilip's  Indians  that  might  come  among 
them. 

The  treaty  thus  forced  u])on  tliem  the  Narraganset  chiefs 
repudiated  when  tlie  force  was  withdrawn  :  "  Not  a  Wam- 
panoag,  or  the  paring  of  a  Wampanoag's  nail  shall  be  given 
up,"  was  the  indignant  reply  of  the  principal  chief  when 
called  u])on  to  deliver  up  some  of  Pliilip's  Indians. 

The  commissioners  of  the  Colonies  of  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  and  Plymouth,  met  at  Boston,  2  November, 
1675.  After  noticing  the  refusal  of  the  Narragansets  to 
abide  by  the  treaty  they  had  made,  it  was  voted,  "  that  in 
addition  to  tlie  forces  already  raised  for  the  prosecution  of 
the  war,  there  should  be  one  thousand  men  raised  and 
furnished  with  arms  and  provisions  of  every  sort,  to  be 
ready  at  one  hour's  warning  for  the  pulilic  service,  and  that 
each  Colony  should  furnish  its  j)ropei-  proportion  of  the 
same." 

It  was  also  agreed  that  a  Commander-in-chief  should  be 
a])])(Huted  over  the  said  forces,  and  that  they  should  march 
'into  the  Narragansets'  country,  and  in  case  the  chiefs  were 
not  disposed  to  perform  the  conditions  of  the  treaty  they 
had  entered  into,  make  reparation  for  all  damages  already 
sustained  by  its  non-fulfillment,  and  give  security  for  their 
future  fidelity,  they  were  to  endeavor  to  compel  them 
thereto  by  the  best  means  they  could,  or  to  ])roceed  against 
them  as  enemies. 

At  a  meeting  held  12  November,  1675,  Josiah  Wiaslow, 
Esq.,  Governor  of  Plymouth  Colony,  was  a])i)ointed  Com- 
mander-in-chief, and  it  was  recommended  to  the  General 
Courts  of  the  several  Colonies  that  effectual  care  be  taken 
that  the  soldiers  sent  on  the  expedition  be  men  of  courage, 


I.J  HISTORY    OF    AMIIKRST.  5 

strength,  and  afti\ity  ;  tlirir  arms  well  fixed  :iiid  lit  I'oi- 
service;  their  clothing  strong  and  warm,  lit  tor  tlic  srason  ; 
that  tliey  liave  ])rovisiuns  in  their  knapsacks  lor  a  week's 
march  from  their  reiule/.vons,  and  an  additional  supply 
in  a  magazine  apjiointed  lor  a  more  general  service.  It 
was  also  ordered  that  a  meet  nundter  of  aide  nunisters 
and  chirurgeons  he  pro\  ided  to  accompany  the  e.\pc(liti(jn ; 
and,  finally,  that  the  second  day  ot  Decemher  h)ll()\viiig 
should  l)e  set  apart  and  kept  as  a  sttlemn  da\  of  lasting  and 
luauiliation  to  sujtplicate  the  Lord's  pardoning  mercy  and 
compassion  toward  ins  j)oor  j)eoplc,  and  tor  success  in  their 
cndeaNors  to  ivpel  the  rage  of  the  enemy. 

At  a  meeting  held  I'.i  November,  107;"),  provision  was 
made  for  a  supply  oi'  food  and  amnmnition  sullicient 
for  two  months'  service,  the  same  to  be  sent  to  the  place  of 
rende/.\(ins  of  the  army  ;  and  it  was  agreed  that  each  Col- 
ony sluudd  pro\  ide  for  its  own  soldiers,  s])ecial  care  being 
had  to  the  extrendty  of  the  winter  weather  so  that  none 
nnght  perish  for  the  want  (»f  warm  clothing  and  such  other 
comforts  as  might  be  necessary. 

The  soldiers  from  I'lymouth  Colony  were  assured,  by 
their  Governor  and  Council,  that  '"  those  that  go  forth  shall 
in  all  respects  be  comfortably  })rovided  for,"  according  to  the 
season  and  service,  and  that  the  lands  and  other  profits  of 
the  war  that  had  been  obtaine(l,  or  by  the  lilcssing  of  (Jod 
should  be  gained,  should  be  kejit  as  security  for  their  pay, 
and  should  not  be  sold  or  disposed  of  i»ut  to  answer  that 
end;  that  theii-  (Joveniorwas  designe(|  to  jiave  the  conduct 
of  all  the  imiteil  forces;  that  I  he  worshipful  ('apt.  Ibadtoi'd 
and  Capt.  John  (ireenwere  to  be  their  particular  comnuind- 
ers ;  and  that  all  who  should  cheerfully  volunteer  their 
services  should  be  looked  upon  "  witii  singular  respect." 

Places  of  rendezvous  were  appointed  for  tlu'  soldiers  of 
the  different  Colonies,  where  they  were  to  l»e  in  readiness 
to  obey  the  orders  of  the  Commander-in-chief  un  or  before 
the  tenth  day  of  Dccoiibcr  following. 


6  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Ill  the  meantime  the  Narragaiisets  were  not  idle.  Col- 
lecting their  women  and  children  together,  with  provisions 
for  the  winter,  they  repaired  to  a  somewhat  elevated  piece 
of  groniid,  of  some  five  or  six  acres  in  extent,  surronnded 
by  a  swamp,  lying  Avithin  the  limits  of  the  present  town 
of  South  Kingston,  R.  1.,  wliicli  they  fortified  fur  their  ])ro- 
tection. 

The  men  called  for  by  the  commissioners  were  furnished 
promptly  by  the  authorities  of  the  different  Colonies.  The 
Massachusetts  companies  were  mustered  on  Dedham  Plain, 
on  the  ninth  day  of  December.  Before  setting  out  on  their 
marcli,  they  were  promised  a  reward  in  Icmd  for  their 
services,  in  addition  to  their  pay,  provided  "  they  played  the 
man,  and  drove  the  Narragansets  out  of  the  forty 

On  the  morning  of  the  tenth  day  of  December,  the  seven 
Massachusetts  companies,  under  the  command  of  Major 
Samuel  Appleton,  of  Ipswich,  took  up  their  inarch,  and 
reached  the  appointed  rendezvous  on  the  evening  of  the 
twelfth,  where  they  were  joined  by  the  Plymoutli  detach- 
ment and  the  Commander-in-chief.  Proceeding  thence, 
they  were  joined,  on  the  eighteenth,  by  the  Connecticut 
men.  That  night  they  expected  to  spend  at  a  garrison  some 
fifteen  miles  distant  from  the  Narraganset  fort,  but  on 
reaching  the  place  they  found  that  the  Indians  had  a  few 
days  before  killed  the  inhabitants  and  burned  the  buildings. 
There  they  passed  the  night,  without  shelter,  in  the  snow 
and  cold. 

The  following  day  was  Sunday.  Their  provisions  were 
nearly  exhausted,  and  at  half  past  five  in  the  morning  they 
commenced  their  march  toward  the  Indian  fort,  in  the 
snow,  which  continued  falling  all  day.  After  a  weary 
march  they  reached  the  swamp  surrounding  the  f6rt, 
between  one  and  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  There  the 
way  of  entrance  was  pointed  out  by  the  Indian  guide,  who 
accompanied  the  expedition,  and  an  immediate  advance  was 
ordered. 


[1.  HISTORY    OF    AMIIKHST.  7 

TIlc    ii|<|r|-     was    (ilirM'd     witll     :i  I.I  r  li  I  \  .   |  1  ii  •     .M;i»;if||IISr|tS 

Mini  ill  limit  iiiiiiiiiiLi  IIS  ill  ;i  r;iiT  to  si-c  wIki  uniild  liisl 
I't'iicli  till'  ^(Mii.  »()ii  tlii'ir  ;irri\;il,  the  |i;i.ss;il:t  to  llic  lort 
was  IiiiiihI  In  lie  u\cr  a  lu^  iiiaili'  sli|i|M'r\  li\'  tlir  falling 
siinw,  uliicli  lay  across  a  ilitfli  lillnl  uitli  walt-r.  'I'liis 
passage  was  (IcIfiidiMl  liv  sliar|isli(M»trrs,  wjin  (iffii|iic(|  a 
sort  nl'  l)l()ck-li(uisr   near   l»y,  and    Ity   utiicrs  wlio   liii<-d   (lie 

tn|is  nf  the    [lalisadi'S    that     ilir|u>rd     tilc    Inlt.       Siillir  III     the 

captains,  and  many  ol  the  mm  Idl  at  Ihc  liist  onset,  and 
the  snrvivors  dimhcd  over  their  bodies  toward  the  I'ort, 
emh'avorinu"  to  elTect  an  rntiance. 

'I'he  strnuLilc  was  Icailnl,  and  \  ictorv  was  tor  a  lon<r 
time  in  (h)nl»t.  ()ncethe  Mn^lisli  were  rejailsed.  Alter  a 
contest  ol  aliout  three  hours,  a  party  ot  Conneetieiit  men, 
a  sort  ol  rear  guard,  torced  an  enti'aiiee  into  the  Inrt  in 
another  tpiarter,  and  attacked  tiiesa\ages  in  tlu'  rear.  The 
Indians  had  nearly  exhausted  their  ammunition,  hut  the\ 
met  thi'ir  new  assailants  with  a  shower  of  arrows. 

The  wii: warns  in  the  lurt  were  set  on  lire,  contrai"v  to  the 
ad\ii-e  ol  the  ahlest  commander  present,  who  saw  the 
importance  ol'  a  shelter  I'or  t  he  exhausted  t  roops  alter  the 
(lose  ol  the  light.  Soon  the  liail  materials  ol  live  Immlred 
Indian  dweHings  loinied  the  luiHTeal  piles  ol  the  sick  and 
uoiiiided  and  the  women  and  children  they  had  sheltered. 

The  Indians  liiially  gave  way,  hut  the  \ictoiy  of  the 
Knglish  was  dearly  lioiight.  Six  t»l  their  hravcst  I'aptains. 
and  aliont  eighty  men.  were  killed,  (»r  died  of  theii-  wounds, 
and  aliout  one  hundred  and  lilty  were  wounded.  (M  the 
Indians,  it    is  supposed  that  at  least  one  thousand  peri>hed. 

When  night  closed  upon  the  scene  of  carnage,  there  was 
no  shelter  foi- the  victors  or  the  vaiupiished.  The  Imliaius 
took  refuge  in  a  ce«lar  swamp  near  hy,  in  which,  without 
food  or  covering,  they  passed  the  night.  Many  "t  tlx-m 
doubtless  perished  from  cold  and  hiingor. 

The  compierius  gathered  np  their  dead  atid  wouiulod 
and  retraced  their  steps  in  the  dark,  through   the   forest,  in 


8  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  midst  of  the  storm.  At  two  o'clock  in  tlie  morning 
the  survivors  reached  their  camping  place.  Some  had  died 
on  the  march,  and  the  intense  cold  stiffened  the  limbs  of 
all.  They  were  without  shelter,  and  had  but  little  food. 
In  the  morning  following  they  could  hardly  move,  for  the 
depth  of  the  snow  phich  covered  them.  Fortunately,  a 
vessel  laden  with  provisions  arrived  at  a  landing  near  by  in 
the  course  of  the  night,  and  saved  them  from  starvation. 

The  sufferings  of  the  Indians  who  escaped  must  have 
been  intense.  A  thaw,  however,  occurred  in  mid-winter, 
which  enabled  them  to  procure  ground-nuts  and  roots 
which  partially  supplied  their  wants. 

The  war  continued  to  rage  fiercely  for  months  after  the 
destruction  of  the  Narraganset  stronghold ;  but  finally, 
12  August,  1676,  Philip,  its  instigator,  was  killed,  and 
peace  was  soon  after  restored. 

In  this  death  struggle  of  the  New  England  Indians, 
about  six  hundred  of  the  English  were  killed,  twelve  or 
thirteen  of  tlieir  towns  were  wholly  destroyed,  and  many 
others  were  greatly  damaged.  About  six  liundred  buildings 
were  burned,  one  eleventh  of  the  families  in  the  Colonies 
were  burned  out,  and  a  large  number  of  cattle  were 
destroyed,  with  a  vast  amount  of  other  property. 


IT.]  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST, 


CHAPTER     11. 

l(iHr)-1788. 

THE       PROMISE      REDEEMED, (JliANTS      To      THE      NARRAGANSHT 

SOLDIERS. — GRANT  OF  A  TOWNSHll'  IN  IIIK  NII'MFCJ  COUN- 
TRY.—  ACTION    OF    THE    liolSK    FI'oN    A    PETITION    PRESENTED 

IN     1727. I'OSTFONED     BY    THE     COUNCIL. (MJANT    OF    TWO 

TOWNSHIPS,    EACH    SIX    MILES    SgUARE,    TO    THE    SOLDIERS. 

REPORT     OF     THE     COMMITTEE    ON     oNE    OF    THE    ToWNS    LAID 

OUT. — Tin:    i;epoi;t  acceptij),  and  the  township,  ai-ter- 

WARD     AMHERST,     CONFIRMED     TO     THE      SOLDIERS, A      LIST 

OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  PRESENTED  To  THE  COURT,  AND  A 
MEETING  CALLED, — A  FURTHER  (HJANT  PETITIONED  FOR. — 
ACTION  OF  THE  HOUSE. NOT  CONCIURED  IN  HY  THE  COUN- 
CIL.  EFFORTS     MADE    TO    OBTAIN    AN    ADDITIONAL    (JRANT. 

ADDRESS  OF  THE  COUNCIL  TO  THE  HOUSE.  .)  A  NU  A  It  V.  17;U-32, 
A  FURTHER  GRANT  MADE,  SUFFICIENT  TO  (HVE  A  TOWNSHIP 
SIX  MILES  SQUARE  TO  EACH  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY 
OF  THE  PETITIONERS, — FAILS  TO  RECEIVE  THE  APPROVAL 
OF  GOV,  BELCHER. — ANOTHER  GRANT  MADE,  WHICH  IS 
FINALLY    CONSENTED    TO    BY    THE    GOVERNOR. 

Tilt'  (lemTiil  Court  of  Massachusetts,  at  a  session  held 
4  -hiiu',  Ids"),  in  answer  to  a  |M'tition  of  sundrv  inhabitants 
of  liViin,  IJeveily,  Kcadiiii;',  and  lliniihani.  "jiaiiird  ;i  tnwn- 
sldp,  ei<i;lit  miles  scjuare.  in  the  •'  Nipinuu'  eountrv,"  in  the 
south  part  of  the  Provinci-,  "  to  the  petitioners  and  others 
who  were  servicoalde  to  the  eountrv  in  the  recent  Indian 
war." 

No  measures  appear  to  have  been  taken  l»y  the  grantees 
to  secure  the  township  granted  thenu  It  .seems  never  to 
have   been    located,   and   the  land  in  that  part  uf  the  Pruv- 


10  HISTORY    OF    AMHEEST.  [Chap. 

ince  was  afterward  disposed  of  by  the  Court  to  other 
parties. 

Another  petition  from  tlie  Narraganset  soldiers  was 
presented  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  1  July,  1727, 
asiving-  for  the  grant  of  another  tract  of  land  in  place  of  the 
one  formerly  granted. 

This  petition  met  with  a  favorable  reception,  and  an  act 
was  shortly  afterward  passed  by  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, by  which  a  committee  was  appointed  to  lay  out 
another  township,  eight  miles  square,  for  the  petitioners. 

The  act  was  read  in  the  Council,  and  its  further  consid- 
eration postponed  until  the  next  session  of  the  Court. 

At  the  next  session,  an  act  was  passed  by  the  House 
granting  the  petitioners  two  townships,  each  of  the  contents 
of  six  miles  square.  This  action  was  concurred  in  by  the 
Council,  but  failed  to  receive  the  sanction  of  the  Governor. 

"  At  a  session,  held  15  June,  1728.  In  the  House  of  Representatives. 
In  answer  to  the  Petition  of  the  Soldiers  that  served  in  the  Xarra- 
ganset  War : — 

Resolved,  tliat  Major  Chandler,  Mr.  Edward  Shove,  Major  Tilestone, 
&  Mr.  John  Hobson  (or  any  three  of  them)  be  a  committee  fully 
authorized  &  empowered  to  sm'vey  &  lay  out  two  Townships  of  the 
contents  of  Six  miles  square  each,  in  some  of  the  unappropriated 
Lands  of  this  Province,  and  that  the  said  Lands  be  granted  &  dis- 
posed of  to  the  Persons,  whether  Officers  or  Soldiers,  belonging  to  this 
Province,  who  were  in  the  Service  of  their  Country  in  the  said  Narra- 
ganset War,  or  to  their  lawful  Representatives,  as  a  Reward  for  their 
public  ser\  ices  and  as  a  full  Satisfaction  of  the  Grant  formerly  made  by 
the  Great  and  General  Court ;  and  inasmuch  as  it  is  the  full  Litent  and 
Purpose  that  every  Officer  &  Soldier  who  served  in  the  said  war  should 
have  a  Compensation  made  him  over  &  above  what  Wages  &  Gratui- 
ties any  of  them  have  ah-eady  received: — That  publick  Xotice  be 
given  in  the  News  Letter,  &  Advertisements  be  posted  up  in  every 
Town  in  the  Province,  notifying  all  Persons  that  now  survive  &  were 
in  the  Fight,  &  the  legal  Representatives  of  those  deceased,  that  they 
give  or  send  a  List  of  theu-  names  &  Descents  to  the  Court  in  their 
next  Fall  Sessions ;  and  when  such  List  is  compleated  by  a  Commit- 
tee then  to  be  appointed  by  this  Court,  the  Grantees  shall  be  obliged 
to  assemble  in  as  short  a  thne  as  they  can,  conveniently,  not  exceeding 


TT.]  HlSToliV    (IF      vMIIKKST.  11 

six  iiioiitlis,  N;  iHocird  to  tli.'  Cliniic  of  a  ( 'i.iiiiiiillft',  to  n'giilatc  each 
Pnjinit'ty,  who  sliall  i)ass  such  Onlns  iV  Uiilrs  as  will  t'fVt'cluallv 
olili^ff  thciii  to  si'dlc  sixty  Families  at  least  in  v.u-h  'rowiiship.  with  a 
IcaniiMl  Oithoilox  .Miiiister.  within  the  Space  of  seven  years  from  the 
Date  of  the  (irant  :  Pnirii/i  il.  ni-verlheless.  if  the  saiil  (Irautees  shall 
not  ell'ecliially  settli'  the  sail!  iiiiiiiliiT  of  Families  in  each  'I'ownshiji, 
iSc  also  lay  out  a  Lot  for  the  said  settled  Minister,  one  for  the  Ministry 
&  one  for  the  School  in  each  of  tiie  said  Townships,  they  shall  have 
IK)  ailvantae;e  Imt  forfeit  their  said  (irants :  any  thinLC  herein  containcii 
to  the  contrary  notwithstandini;'. 

In  (iMincil  :   Head  &  Concurred. 

Coiisentr.l  I,,;    W  M.    I  )r  M  M  i;i;.' 

Tlif  coiiimittcc  to  l;iy  out  the  to\viislii|is  attnidcd  to  tlic 
(liit\  assiiiiKMl  thrill,  and  |iirst'iit('d  plans  ol"  the  same  at  tlir 
srssimi  i>r  till'  (''Hill  held  in  the  iikuiIIi  u|  I  >ccriiilic!-  t(d- 
lowiiii;-.      ( )ii  (Hie  i)t'  the  plans  is  the  tollowiiiLi'  statcniont  : — 

"The  I'lau  hereto  annexed  Shows  the  hounds  of  a  Tract  of  Land 
laid  out  for  one  of  the''Towns  (Jranted  hy  the  (Jen'l  Court  to  the  .\'ar- 
ra.iranset  SoMieis.  It  Lyes  on  the  North  Side  .Sowhea<,Miii  River  ami 
adjoyniuj;  thereto  on  the  South.  'The  Fast  part  of  it  is  ahout  four  or 
five  miles  Westward  of  .Meriima -k  Uiver;  and  is  att  or  Near  the  Ea.st 
end  of  the  Late  i)roposed  Line  of  'Towns  hetween  l)uiistal>le  and 
Xorthtield.  There  is  in  it  a  .SufKcieiit  Quantity  of  ImprovaMe  l>and 
Capable  of  inakini;;  a  good  Town.  The  whole  I'lan  contains  I'Ll-JT 
Acres,  which  is  l,-tl7  acres  more  than  is  contained  in  Six  miles 
square,  which  we  are  Humbly  of  opinion  ought  to  be  allowed  for  the 
Pond  ami  Part  of  tlu'ee  P\irms  that  were  formerly  laid  out.  &  now 
Included  in  this  .Survi-y.  It  was  surveyed  in  the  month  of  October, 
1728,  with  the  assistance  of  .Mr.  donas  Hou.i,ditoil.  Surveyor.  &  .luiui 
Goss  &  Ste]ihen  Mighill.  Chainmen,  who  were  sworn  by  .loseph 
Wilder.  F>.|. 

•lollN    (  l!AMiLi;i;.  ,h  NK.  i 

i:i)\\    D  SIK  »\  K.  '-  Cmmiltr,:' 

.lOllN    I1()IJ>()N.  ) 

In  the  House  of  Uepreseiilatives.  Deceml'er  1>.  \~J>.  Tin'  report 
of  the  Committee  was  Read  and  .\ccepted.  iS:  rote<l,  that  the  laud  pro- 
tracted and  described  in  the  within  IMan  be  and  hereby  is  confirmed 
to  the  Olficers  ^:  Soldiers  belonginj,'  to  tliis  Province  who  were  in  the 
Service  of  their  Country  in  the  late  Narraj^anset  War  &  to  their  Heirs 
&  assigns  or  lawful  Representatives,  Pmriiltd  it  exceeds  not  the 
Quantity  of  Laiul  within  mentioned,  nor  interferes  with  any  other  or 


12  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap, 

former  Grant :   Provided,  also,  they  comply  with  the  conditions  men- 
tioned in  the  said  vote  of  the  seventh  (loth)  of  Jnne  for  settling  the 

said  Town. 

In  Council :  Read  and  Concur'd. 

Consented  to : 

W.  BURNET. 

The  township  thus  granted  was  afterward  known  as 
Narraganset,  No.  3,  and  subsequently  as  Souheg-an  West, 
No.  3.  It  Avas  incorporated  as  a  town  18  January,  1760,  at 
which  time  it  received  the  name  of  Amherst,  from  General 
Jeffrey  Amherst,  at  that  time  Commander-in-chief  of  the 
British  forces  in  North  America. 

11  May,  1729,  Major  Quincy  and  Mr.  Thomas  Tilestone, 
on  the  part  of  the  House,  and  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Esq.,  of 
the  Council,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  "  take  and 
examine  a  list  of  the  claims  to  the  Lands  lately  granted  to 
the  Narraganset  soldiers,  and  compleat  the  same,  and  make 
report  of  their  doings  at  the  next  May  session  of  the 
Court." 

17  December,  1729.  The  committee  presented  a  list  of 
the  names  of  those  who  had  established  their  claims,  and 
recommended  that  the  two  townships  be  granted  to  the 
persons  whose  names  were  given  in  said  list,  and  that  they 
be  required  '•'•  to  meet  at  Boston  on  the  first  Wednesday  of 
June  next  following,  if  the  small-pox  be  not  there ;  if  it  be, 
then  at  Cambridge,  then  &.  there  to  chuse  a  Committee 
for  Ordering  their  Affairs,  and  to  do  other  things  needful 
for  settling  said  tracts  of  land,  pursuant  to  the  Resolve  of 
this  Court  at  its  Session  in  June,  1728,  and  that  Public 
Notifications  be  given  by  order  of  this  Assembly,  that  they 
meet  accordingly." 

This  report  was  accepted  and  adopted  by  the  House 
and  Council,  and  the  grantees  were  notified  to  meet ; 
but,  30  May,  1730,  the  order  for  the  meeting  was  super- 
seded by  the  Court,  and  the  Representatives  were  desired  to 
give  public  notice  of  the  change  with  all  convenient 
speed. 


II.]  HISTORY    OF    AMFIF.RST.  13 

Many  of  the  trrantcos,  fjiiliii'i"  to  rocrivo  notioo  of  tho 
c'liiiiit:"!'.  iiH't  ,it  ('aiiiltiidiic.  ;'.  .Iiiiir.  IT^'.'L  wlinr  flicv 
l('ani»'(l  tli;ii  tlif  oidci'  tor  iiicrtinw-  mi  ili;it  i|;i\  IimiI  lircii 
coiiiitcniiandiMl.  upon  wiiirli  llicy  dissoKcd  tlirir  incftiiiL''. 
I>cfoi't'  doiii'j"  this,  f  I  icy  a|i|Mtiiiti'd  Col  out  •!  Tlioiiias  'I'ilcstoiH'. 
Mr.  .loii;itli;iii  Willi:iiii>.  .Mr.  .Ichn  W'.idsw  urt  li.  .Mr.  Natli'l 
(Joodwin,  and  .Mr.  'riioiims  Hunt,  to  ••  I'ctitioii  tin-  (Icnrral 
Court  for  a  furtlirr  (Jrant  of  hmd  to  ye  ( )11iccrs  A'  .'^<tldifrs, 
that  cM'ry  Sixty  ("hiinicis  may  have  a  ToWM.shiit  of  Si.x 
Mih's  s(|uai'('.'" 

•JS  Octohcr,  IT^')!'.  The  time  for  the  nicotintr  of  tho 
;i.'rantc('s  was  a<jaiii  ihan'jfd.  liy  order  of  the  Court,  ami  as 
till'  s!ii;ill-|Mi\  was  rriiioM'd  from  ISostoii  tln'\  wfic  rfi|uirrd 
to  meet  at  that  placo  on  the  "  second  Wcdui-sday  of  the 
ne.xt  sittinu  of  this  Court  after  a  recess."" 

A  meetiuL;'  of  the  Lii'autecs  was  accordingly  held  at  Uos- 
ton. 'J:)  I)eceiulier.  1  7-'>0.  ;it  which  it  was  "voted  that  Colonel 
Williani  nudley.  .Messrs.  Snmuel  ( 'hamller  and  .Folui  Lomj'- 
ley.lie  ;i   committee  to  wait    upon   the  (Jelieinl   ('ourt    to  press 

the  affair  now  in  hand." — a  further  u'raut  of  hind. 

In  aiiswei'  to  the  i-epresentatioiis  of  this  committee,  the 
lloux'  ;ilid  ('oMUcil  \oted  that  the  time  for  pl-eselltillir 
(daims  to  the  Narrai^anset  lands  shoiijil  he  extended  to  the 
lii-st  Wednesday  of  .\|iril  then  next  followiu'j;,  and  that  a 
furthei-  urant  of  land  should  he  made,  sunicieiil  to  lmvc  each 
one  hunilreil  mid  twenty  persons,  wlio.se  (daims  were 
admitted,  a  township  si.x  miles  square.  'i'hc  sanu-  coni- 
mittee  that  examined  the  (daims  previously  presente(|.  were 
autliori/.e(|  to  examine  and  report  u|ion  the  additional 
chiims  that  uu<iht  he  made.  Hut  this  action  of  the  House 
and  ('ouucil  seems  not  to  li;i\c  received  the  ap|ii"o\al  ol  the 
<  iovcrniM'. 

\\  a  mectiuu'  of  the  -irautecs.  Indd  l^'.  .hmuary,  1T;?<>-H1. 
it  was  V(»ted  to  ap|ioint  a  committee  to  wait  u|toii  the  next 
(u'lM'ral  Court,  "to  forward  the  all'air  now  in  Hand." — the 
"•rant  of  more  laiul, — and  Coloutd  William   l>udle\,  Mosrs. 


14  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Samuel    Chandler,   John    Longley,   Jona.    Williams,    and 
Nath'l  (4oodwin,  were  appointed  as  the  committee. 

17  Fchruarv,  1730-31,  the  House  voted  to  extend  the 
time  for  receiving  claims  until  the  lirst  Wednesday  of  June 
following,  and  to  allow  each  120  i)ersons,  whose  claims 
should  he  allowed,  a  townshi])  six  miles  square.  The 
Council  agreed  to  extend  the  time,  as  proposed  l)y  the 
House,  but  proi)osed  to  give  the  two  townships, — already 
granted  to  the  grantees, — without  any  restriction  as  to 
the  manner  and  times  of  settlement  in  full  for  their  claims. 

To  this  the  House  would  not  consent,  and  adhered  to 
their  vote,  in  which  the  Council  non-concurred,  and  there, 
for  a  time,  the  matter  rested. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  grantees,  held  24  February,  1730-31, 
Colonel  William  Dudley,  Colonel  Thomas  Tilestone,  Captain 
Edward  White,  Messrs.  Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Samuel  Chand- 
ler, Jonathan  Williams,  Edward  Shove,  Jonas  Houghton, 
and  Jabez  Hunt,  were  appointed  a  committee,  any  five  of 
whom  should  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business, 
whose  duty  it  should  be  to  carry  on  the  affairs  of  the 
grantees  before  the  General  Court;  and  they  were  empow- 
ered to  petition  the  Court  in  order  to  obtain  a  further  grant 
of  land ;  and,  in  case  they  were  successful,  they  were 
authorized  to  send  advertisements  into  other  towns,  noti- 
fying the  grantees. 

The  meeting  was  then  adjourned  to  the  first  Wednesday 
of  the  following  September,  at  ten  of  ye  clock,  at  which 
time  they  again  met  and  aj)pointed  Colonel  Thomas  Tile- 
stone,  Messrs.  Jonas  Houghton,  Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Sam- 
uel Chandler,  Jacob  Wright,  and  Samuel  Kneeland,  a 
committee  to  regulate  and  settle  the  two  townships  granted 
to  the  soldiers  whose  names  are  on  the  list  allowed  by  the 
Court. 

It  was  voted  that  the  committee  be  authorized  to  petition 
the  General  Court — if  there  be  occasion — for  more  land  ; 
and  they  were  also  authorized — if  occasion  required — to 


II.]  iit?;tory  of   amhkhst.  1") 

send  out  luiiitcil  :i(l\"ri-tiscin(Mits  iittotln'  iiciii'liliuriiiif  towns 
to  niisf  ;i  )ii'(i|iric|(irs"  meet  inu. 

Ill     till'     llicallt  illic.     I     .llllir.   17-"'>1  .   I  lir     llulisr     |i:iS.sc(l    Sllh- 

stiintiiillv  the  sauic  vote  as  that  |»assr(|  in  Fchriiarv  |iit- 
^■iolls,  lull  their  action  was  not  concniTctl  in  hy  thr  Coiincil. 

The  coniiuitlcc  a|i|H)int»'<|  liy  thr  lirantccs  at  thi'ir  iMfftJiiLT 
ill  S('|)t(Mnh('i',  |ir('|»aii'<l  a  prtition  lor  a  fiirthrr  <:-rant  of 
lain!,  which  was  laid  lictnic  the  II<iiisc  of  l?r]ti('s<'iitativrs 
at  its  I  )i'i'('iiilM'r  session,  in  IT-U.  h\'  Mr.  Samnel  ('liaiidler, 
and  Mr.  Sainnel   Kiieelaiid.  t  heir  clerk,  was  direet«M|  lo  wait 

ii()on    a    <'niiiiiiitt I  the  House,  which  had  heen   a|t|»ointed 

to  draw  ii|i  some  reasons  to  inlhieiiee  the  ("oiiiicil  to  concur 
with  the  Mouse  ill  an  adilitioiiai  u'rant  of  land  to  the  Xarra- 
<i-anset  soldiers,  and  "press  the  affair  with  the  said  cdin- 
mittce." 

Finally,  the  llonse  sent  the  tollowini;-  niessatrc  to  the 
( 'oiiiK'il.  which  sets  i'orth  the  condition  of  the  count  ry  at 
the  time  of  the  Xarrauaiiset  War.  the  iin|tortani-e  dj'  the 
service  rendere(l  1)\-  the  soldiers  in  that  war.  and  the 
u'roiiiids  on  which  the  uraiits  were  |iro|M)sed    to  lie  made: — 

III  til.-  Ileus.-  of   i;.i.n-s.-iitativ.-s.  l!)  .(;iii..  IT-'U-:)!'. 

'•Ordered,  that  ye  following,'  message  lie  .sent  up  to  the  IIoii'Me 
Hoard,  viz.:  Whereas  there  have  been  .several  eudeavonrs  to  aeeoiu- 
luoilate  the  Xarrhagansett  Soldier.s  &  their  Descendants  with  a  Suit- 
al)le  Quantity  of  Land  for  the  Settlement  as  an  .AokimwledireiMent  & 
Heward  lor  their  ,<,n-eat  Service  to  this  Country,  which  have  failed 
hitherto  of  the  desired  Success.  This  IIou.se  have  tlioiij,di(  it  niijudit 
tend  to  proiuote  a  j^ood  understanding  it  Hanuony  in  this  Court  to  l;iy 
before  the  Hon'ble  Board  wherefore  it  is  that  the  Kejiri'senfves  have 
come  into  the  (Jrant  of  a  Tract  of  six  miles  square  to  each  nmnber  of 
on.-  humhi-.l  and  twenty  persons,  which  they  have  made  this  Se.Hsion, 
in  answer  to  the  Petition  of  Thomas  Tilestone  &  others,  a  Coinm'tee 
in  behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  the  SoMiers  &  their  Descend- 
ants, who  were  in  the  Xarraganset  War.  Ami  one  great  Reason  is, 
that  there  was  a  Proclamation  madt-  to  the  Army  in  the  name  of  the 
fiovernm'ut, — as  living  evidences  very  fully  te.stifv, — when  they  were 
mustered  on  Dedliam  Plain,  when-  they  began  their  March,  that  if 
they  playeil  the  :Man,  took  the  Fort,  unci  Drove  the  Enemy  out  of  the 


16  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Narraganset  Coimtry,  which  was  their  great  Seat,  that  they  slioiild 
have  a  gratuity  in  Land  beside  their  Wages ;  and  it  is  well  known 
that  this  was  done ;  and,  as  the  Conditions  have  been  performed, 
certainly  the  Promise,  in  all  Equity  and  Justice,  ought  to  be  fulfilled  ; 
and  if  we  consider  the  Difiiculties  these  brave  men  went  thro'  in 
Storming  the  Fort  in  the  Depth  of  Winter  &  the  pinching  wants  they 
afterward  underwent  in  pursuing  the  Indians  that  escaped,  thro'  a 
hideous  wilderness,  famously  known  throughout  New  England  to  this 
day  by  the  name  of  the  hungry  March ;  and  if  we  further  consider 
that  until  this  brave  tho'  small  army  thus  played  the  Man,  the  whole 
Country  was  filled  with  Distress  &  fear  &  we  trembled  in  this  Capital, 
Boston,  itself,  and  that  to  the  Goodness  of  God  to  this  Army  we  owe 
our  Fathers  aiid  our  own  Safety  &  Estates.  We  cannot  bat  think  yt 
those  Instrum'ts  of  our  Deliverance  &  Safety  ought  to  be  not  only 
justly  but  also  gratefully  &  generously  rewarded  &  even  with  much 
more  than  they  prayed  for.  Tf  we  measure  M't  they  receive  from  us 
by  w't  we  enjoy  &  have  received  from  them,  we  need  not  mention  to 
ye  Hon'ble  Board  the  Wisdom,  Justice,  &  Generosity  of  Our  Mother 
Country  &  ye  Ancient  Romans  on  such  occasions.  Triumphs,  Orations, 
Hereditary  Honors  &  privileges  ;  All  the  Riches,  Lands,  &  Spoils  of 
War  &  conquer'd  Countries  have  not  been  thought  too  great  for 
those  to  whom  thev  have  not  owed  more,  if  so  much  as  We  do  to  those 
our  Deliverers,  &  we  ought  further  to  observe,  what  greatly  adds  to 
their  merit,  that  they  were  not  vagabonds  &  Beggars  &  Outcasts,  of  wh'ch 
Armies  are  sometimes  considerably  made  up,  who  run  the  Hazards 
of  War  to  avoid  the  Danger  of  Starving ;  so  far  from  this,  that  these 
were  some  of  ye  best  of  Our  Men,  the  Fathers  &  Sons  of  some  of  ye 
greatest  &  best  of  Our  famil'es,  and  could  have  no  other  view  but  to 
serve  ye  Country,  &  whom  God  was  pleased  accordingly  in  a  very 
remarkable  manner  to  Honor  &  Succeed.  Of  these  things  the 
Hon'ble  the  General  Court  of  the  Late  Colony  of  the  Massachusetts  in 
those  days  was  not  insensible  &  accordingly  gave  to  ye  Soldiers,  being 
upward  of  Five  Hundred,  ab't  Two  thirds  of  the  Array  that  went  from 
ye  Massachusetts  &  the  late  Colony  of  Plimouth,  a  tract  of  ab't  forty 
thousand  acres  in  the  Xipmug  Country,  this,  or  the  value  of  it,  these 
Soldiers  would  be  contented  with,  &  take  in  their  Brethren  of  Pli- 
mouth too,  tho'  that  sh'd  take  away  two  thirds  of  w't  was  granted 
them,  and  would  after  that  have  more  in  value  than  w't  they  now  ask 
for  them  all,  for  every  one  must  own  that  40,000  acres  in  the 
Heart  of  the  Country,  as  the  Nipmug  Country  is,  is  of  more  value 
than  five  times  that  quantity  in  the  Borders,  &  in  Danger  if  there 
should  be  a  French  war,  as  is  &  would  be  the  case  with  all  the  unap- 
propriated Lands  of  the  Provinch  w'ch  they  now  ask  for. 


11.]  iriSToltV    OF     AMIIKIiST.  17 

It     is    linjiiil    thill     the     lli'iili'i't     i>l'     llicsc     |M'I  it  i(  (H'rs    So    loll};,  or    tllP 

proviiicrs  liiivinii  disposed  of  tin-  Xipiiiiij,'  Coiiutrv  tt»  others,  &  no 
defeated  tlieir  ancient  (Iniiits.  will  not  lie  tlioii^lit  to  wear  out  any 
more  than  it  rewards  tiieir  imrit.  Tin-  (Irant  seems  to  lie  iiia<ie  in 
aoknow  iedi;cnrnt  liotii  of  yr  promise  \  of  yr  fnltillin^j  ye  condition.  N: 
lieini;  well  entitled  to  it.  &  there  is  tjieat  Reason  to  fear  that  pulilic 
(luilt  w 'd  ly  upon  tho  Country  if  we  should  iiej,dect  &  continue  in  the 
lireach  of  this  Promise,  after  it  has  l)een  niaile  ^c  omitted  for  ahove 
fifty  years. 

As  to  the  late  flrant  of  two  Townships  to  .Seven  or  Kij,dit  hundred 
of  these  Soldiers,  It  is  so  far  helow  the  value  of  the  F^aml  they  ron- 
(piered.  iSc  till'  I'lice  the  piovince  had  for  it  when  it  was  sold,  &  the 
money  dixidnl  to  the  Colonies  that  carried  on  the  War,  It  is  such  a 
Pittance  of  wh't  they  ohtained  for  us,  so  exceedingly  heneath  w't 
the  Province  has  defeated  them  of.  which  was  granted  to  ahoiit  Two 
tliirds  of  them  in  the  Nipmiin'  Country,  that  it  is  rather  mockintr  and 
deridinj,^  (hem  to  offer  it.  Beyond  w't  has  heeii  ofYered.  it  sh'd  he 
Considered  that  to  L;rant  the  jiresent  i>elition  iSc  i,nve  such  a  ipiantity 
of  Land  as  may  l>e  worth  Settling,  ^:  upon  Conditions  of  liriiii,Mn^ 
forward  Townslii]is.  is  much  more  a^ri>eaMe  to  Charier  &  for  the 
pnhlick  Good  than  to  dive  away  Tracts  of  Land  iSc  siitTer  &  even 
tempt  men  to  let  tlu'in  ly  waste  i^c  unimproved,  for  in  the  way  that 
has  lieeii  proposed  iSi  in  which  some  Proi,fress  has  heeii  made,  the 
Lands  will  lie  .livid.'d  into  su<'h  scraps  that  tln-y  will  not  he  worth 
receivin;.^. 

Tn  Council :   Head. 

10  Jill!.,  1781-8-J.  Til."  ll.Mi.>^("  ui-.lrivd  tlmt  :i  fiirtluT 
•rniiit  of  land  Uc  luinh'  to  tin'  Xarrniiiiiisi't  .suldiri-s.  .sn  that 
evcfv  one  liiiiidicil  mill  twenty  |M'rsniis.  wlmso  idaiiiis  had 
Immmi  allowed  hy  the  ('oui-f,  shoidd  have  a  township  of  the 
contents  of  six  miles  s(|naie  iindei-  the  same  restrictions 
and  lindtations  as  Ihose  |>i-evions1y  Lrfuiited. 

In  this  ordor  the  Coiineil  eoneiiii'ed. 

Kflorts  were  made  to  indiiee  the  ( ioveriior  tn  smietion 
this  order,  luit  they  seem  to  have  faih'tl.us  we  find  that.  13 
Ma\.   17:')1.  the  eiimmittee  itf  the    |i|-n|ifietoi-S  : 

"Voted   that    Mo.s.srs.  Xath'l   (ioodwin   and   Jona.   Williams   pit   a 
Petition  writ  to  put  into  the  Generial  Court  at  their  session  in  May 
next  for  a  further  Grant  of  land  to  the    Narragan.set  Soldiers,  the 
2 


18  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Grant  made  by  both  Houses  at  tlie  last  session  not  having  been  sined 
by  His  Excellency  the  Governor." 

1  June,  1732,  they  "  Voted  that  Mr.  Xath'l  Goodwin  pay  for  writting 
the  Petition,  and  that  Mr.  Samuel  Chandler  forward  the  Petition  as 
fast  as  Posable  in  the  House  of  Representatives." 

8  June,  1732,  they  "  Voted  that  Messrs.  Nathl  Goodwin  &  Jonathan 
Williams  pay  the  Secra'y  for  putting  the  Petition  into  the  Councle ;" 
also  "  Voted  that  as  many  of  the  Committee  as  have  an  Oportunity 
to  forward  the  Petition  withthe  Hon'ble  the  members  of  tlie  Generial 
Court,  use  their  Intrist  with  them  that  the  Prayer  thereof  be  granted." 

8  June,  1732.  The  House  of  Representatives  voted  that 
a  further  grant  of  land  be  made  to  the  Narraganset  sol- 
diers, so  that  every  one  hundred  and  twenty  persons, 
whose  claims  had  been  or  should  be  allowed  witliin  four 
months  from  that  date  Ijy  the  committee  appointed  by  the 
House  and  Council,  should  receive  a  tract  of  land  six  miles 
square,  subject  to  the  same  limitations  and  conditions  as  the 
townships  already  granted,  and  appointed  the  same  com- 
mittee that  had  previously  served,  to  lay  out  the  additional 
townships. 

The  Council  concurred  in  the  action  of  the  House,  9 
June,  1732. 

30  June,  1732.  The  claims  of  eight  hundred  and  forty 
persons  having  been  allowed  by  the  committee  of  the  House 
and  Council,  a  grant  of  five  additional  townships  was  made 
to  the  Narraganset  soldiers  by  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, and  the  grantees  were  ordered  "  to  meet  together  in  as 
short  a  time  as  they  could  conveniently,  not  exceeding  the 
space  of  two  months,  and  proceed  to  the  choice  of  com- 
mittees, respectively,  to  regulate  each  propriety  or  town- 
ship which  is  to  be  held  and  enjoyed  by  one  hundred  and 
twenty  of  the  grantees,  each  in  equal  proportion,  each  being 
subject  to  similar  conditions  and  limitations  with  the  grants 
previously  made." 

In  this  action  the  Council  concurred,  4  July,  1732. 

For  some  reason,  not  now  known.  Gov.  Belcher  declined 
to  sign  the  grant,  and  the  committee  of  the  grantees  labored 


TL]  HISTORY    OF    AMUF.nST.  10 

with  llic  zeal  Mini  itcrsistcncv  (»!    :i    "tliiiMl    Imiisr  ""   oi    iiiud- 
oni  times  to  ln'inii"  liiui  to  Icniis. 

(■>  -Inly.  17:5l'.  tli.-y  '•  Vdlnl  tliiit  Sain'l  CIiiimllcT  \  Sinn'l  KiktI.-ukI 
g(i  1(1  Mr.  Sam'l  Welles  to  kiinw  w  lic;itiicr  lie  li;i-<  liiii  willi  tlir  (luv- 
enior  mid  iiscil  his  Iiitrist  witli  liiiii  to  Sine  tiic  ( iraiil  niiiili- to  ihe 
XariaLCJUisft  soldioM's,  and  if  Ik-  lias  not  l>in.  to  l)t'>irr  idin  to  po 
i'orthw  ilh  :  ■■  also,  -Noted  tliat  Sam'l  Chandler,  Jonatiian  Williams, 
and  Sannii'l  Knci-iand.  wait  npon  tin.'  Sec'y  tor  to  know  wheather  he 
has  laid  the  (Jiant  before  his  Excellency  tin-  (Jovenun"  for  him  to 
sine." 

Tli(^  conunittec  contiiuit'd  to  moot  at  Mf.  Liiko  NCfdy's 
tliroiiuli  tlio  siimmcj-,  aiilmiiii,  and  wiiitof.  followiiijr,  cloiiifi^ 
l)ut  little  iiiisiiiess  until  'ICt  \\)v\\.  IT-vi,  when  (Jov.  Holchcr 
<^avo  his  a|t|)fo\al  to  Ihe  new  Liranl. 


20  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER     III. 

1733. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  THE 
NARRAGANSET  TOWNSHIPS. 

ARRANGEMENTS  MADE  FOR  A  DIVISION  OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  INTO 

SEVEN     SOCIETIES      OF      120     EACH. A      GENERAL      MEETING 

CALLED. THE    MEETING    ON    ''  YE    COMMON    OF    YE    TOWN    OF 

BOSTON." — DIVISION  OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  INTO  SEVEN  SO- 
CIETIES, WITH  THE  TOWNS  REPRESENTED  IN  EACH  SOCIETY, 
AND     THE    NAMES    OP    THE    COMMITTEES    TO    ACT    FOR    THEIR 

RESPECTIVE     SOCIETIES. SUNDRY    VOTES    OF    THE    GRANTEES. 

MEETING    OF  THE    COMMITTEES  OF  THE    SEVERAL  SOCIETIES, 

17  OCTOBER,  1733,  AND  ASSIGNMENT  OF  THE  TOWN  "  BACK  OP 

SACO  &  SCARBORO'." VOTE  IN  RELATION  TO  A  GRANT  TO  GOV. 

BELCHER    IN     TOWNSHIP    NO.    2,    NOW   WESTMINSTER,    MASS. 

ASSIGNMENT  OF  THE  SIX  REMAINING  TOWNSHIPS  BY  LOT. — 
PRESENT  NAMES  OF  THE  NARRAGANSET  TOWNSHIPS. 

The  committee  of  the  grantees  met  26  April,  1733,  and 

"  Voted,  that  Sam'l  Kneelaud  make  Seven  Divisions  of  the  Narra- 
ganset  Grantees,  each  Division  to  contain  one  hundred  and  twenty  of 
the  said  Grantees,  and  to  place  the  said  one  hundred  and  t^^enty  of 
each  Division  as  near  as  he  can  together." 

"  Voted,  that  he  git  all  the  Votes  and  Orders  of  the  General  Court 
relating  to  ye  Seven  Townships  granted  to  the  Narraganset  Soldiers, 
for  Direction  to  this  Committee's  calling  ;^  Proprietors'  meeting." 

Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Jonathan  Williams,  and  Samuel 
Williams,  were  appointed  to  draw  up  an  advertisement  for 
a  proprietors'  meeting,  and  lay  the  same  before  the  com- 
mittee at  their  next  meeting. 


II  I.  J  THK    NAHItACANSirr    TOWNSHIPS.  -Jl 

At  a  iiM'ftiii'/.  liclil  .")  .M;i\.  17:'.;'..  tlic  advcrtix-iiiciii  was 
present«'(l,  and  :i|i(ii<i\i'(l  Ky  the  i-uiniiiittcc ;  ami  Sainiii'l 
KiH'('laii(l  was  (jirfctril  to  <jTt  it  |iiiiiti-(|.  and  scud  cniiics  to 
till-  si;veial  tnwiis  u  ln'ir  the  yiaiitcfs  li\cd.  ili-  was  also 
clircctcd  to  wiitr  a  list  (.1  the  urj'iilt'rs  in  cadi  town,  and 
send  tlic  same  with  tin-  coiiics  uf  the  aovt'itismiml. 

81  .May.  IT^'.-"..  the  iMinunittrr 

"  \'()tt'(l,  tiiat  Saiiiiifi  Kiicflaiiil  wriLclit  a  list  lur  t-acli  luwiisliip. 
jjraiitetl  accordiiiii  to  tlic  Divisimi  now  iiiailc  l.y  tin-  Coiniiiittt'o.  in 
order  to  Divide  the  (iraiitt't-s  into  seven  socit'ties  at  their  approacliin^ 
meeting,  tlie  said  list  to  l.e  laid  liet'ore  the  (Jrantees  for  their  Aprilia- 
tion." 

.  I)  June,  \~'M.  ■•  i'he  eoiiiiiiillee  iiieii  at  .Mr.  Luke  \  enlev's.  at-conl- 
ing  to  their  adjournnient.  and  Delivered  iheii-  N'otes.  tiie  .\eeount  of 
their  nieetiu^s.  the  lists.  i'a|>ers.  \e..  l.y  their  (lark  to  the  (irantees." 

( )n  tilt'  saiiif  day  a  p-nt-fal  int'rtiiiLr  ot  the  yrantccs  was 
Ik  id  in  lioston.  at  wliitdi  Cnlontd  Tlionias  'I'ylston  was 
chosrii  inoderatof,  and  Sam  I  kiicrlaiid.  (dnk.  A  cuni- 
luittee,  coiisistiii<:' o|'  ('(domd  llfnjamin  I'rrscnt.  .Iulm  Ki(di- 
ardson,  Esiif..  and  ('a])tain  Josi-jtii  Kujl»jiU's,  was  a(»|toint('(i 
"fo  examine  the  late  Colimiittee's  accounts,  and  all  the 
rofiner  aeeonnts.""  'I'he  ineetiiii:'  then  adjoiiiiied  until  two 
o'clock  in  the  atleinoim,  at  whieli  time  the  i^fantees  auaiii 
met  on  the  **  C'oiumon  of  ye  Towne  oj'  lioston."  It  was 
then 

••  Voted,  that  the  Grantees  allowed  by  the  General  Court,  amounting 
to  the  number  oi'  eight  hundred  and  forty  in  the  whole,  he  Divided 
into  Seven  Distinct  Societies,  each  Society  to  consi.st  of  one  Hundred 
and  twenty  of  the  s'd  (irantees.  which  society  shall  l)e  Intitided  to 
One  of  ye  Townships  granted  to  the  Narragan.set  Soldiers,  &c. 

That  one  of  the  S'd  Societies  .shall  consist  mostly  of  the  Proprietor."* 
belonging-  to  the  Towns  of  Ipswicii.  Newbury,  Rowley,  Ilaverliili. 
Salsbury,  Almsbiiry,  Methueu,  Ilamton,  Greenland.  Berwick." 

"Voted,  that  Mr.  riiii.JiMoN  Dank,  of  Ipswich,  Mr.  .Iuh.n  Gains, 
of  Ipswich,  Gon'll  .FosKi'ii  (iKAitisii.  of  Newbury,  be  a  Coinnnttee 
for  the  said  Soci»'ty." 

"  Voted,  That  another  of  the  s'd  Societies  shall  consist  mostly  of 
those  Proprietors  belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Salem,  Liu,  Marblehead, 


22  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Glocester,  Andover,  Topsfield,  Beverly,  Wenhain,  Boxfoi'd,  Bradford,  ~ 
Scarborough,  York,  Falmouth,  Chatham." 

"Voted,  that  Mr..  Hichakd  Moor,  of  Liu,  Mr.  John  TKASK,'of 
Salem,  and  Mr.  Ebejsezer  Rayment,  be  a  Committee  for  the  said 
Society." 

"  Voted,  that  Another  of  the  said  Societys  shall  Consist  of  the  Pro- 
prietors belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Cambridge,  Charlestown, 
Watertown,  Westown,  Sudbury,  Xewtowu,  Medford,  Maulden,  Red- 
ing." 

"Voted,  that  M,r.  John  Cutting,  of  Watertown,  Mr.  James  Low- 
den,  of  Charlestown,  and  Capt.  Joseph  Bowman,  be  a  Committee 
for  the  Said  Society. 

"  Voted,  that  anothei-  of  the  s'd  Societys  shall  consist  mostly  .of  those 
Proprietors  belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Concord,  Groton,  Marlboro', 
Chelmsford,  Billerica,  Lancaster,  Lexington,  Framingham,  Stow, 
Littleton,  Sherburn,  Stonham,  Southboro",  Woburn." 

"  Voted,  that  Mr.  Samuel  Chandler,  of  Concord,  Mr.  Jacob 
Wright,  of  Woburn,  and  Con'll  Ben.jamin  Prescott,  Esqr.,  of 
Groton,  be  a  Conimittee  for  the  Said  Society." 

"  Voted,  that  another  of  the  s'd  Societys  shall  consist  mostly  of  those 
Proprietors  belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Northampton,  Hadley,  Sufield, 
Endfield,  Deerfield,  Worcester,  Woodstock,  Oxford,  Brookfield,  Kil- 
lingiy,  Lebanon,  Mansfield,  Norwich,  Pomfrit,  Windham,  Bristol, 
Taunton,  Svvanzey,  Rehoboth,  Little  Conipton,  Dighton,  Attleboro', 
Norton,  Fi'eetown,  Barrington,  Bridgewater,  Middleboro',  Plimpton, 
Kingston,  Rochester,  Pembrook,  Marshfield,  Ashford,  Colchester, 
Hadham,  Hebron,  Bellingham,  Horseneck,  North  Kingston,  and 
Walpole." 

"  Voted,  that  Mr.  Edward  Shove,  Mr.  Josiah  Keeth,  and  Con'll 
John  Chandler,  be  a  Committee  for  the  said  Society." 

"  Voted,  tliat  Another  of  the  said  Societys  shall  consist  mostly  of 
those  Proprietors  belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Boston,  Roxbury, 
Dorchester,  Milton,  Brantree,  Wayinouth,  Hingham,  Dedham,  Stough- 
ton,  Brookline,  Neadham,  Hull,  ]Medfield,  Scittuate,  Newpourt,  New 
Loudon,  Providence." 

"  Voted,  that  Con'll  Thomas  'J'oylston,  Mr.  Jonathan  Williams, 
and  Capt.  Joseph  Ruggles,  be  a  Committee  for  the  s'd  Society." 

"  Voted,  that  another  of  the  Societys  shall  consist  mostly  of  those 
Proprietors  belonging  to  the  Towns  of  Barnstable,  Yarinoth,  Eastham, 
Sandwich,  Plimoth,  Tisbury,  Abington,  Duxbury,  and  one  of  Scit- 
uate." 

"  Voted,  that  Con'll  Shubael  Goarham,  Mr.  Timothy  White,  and 
Mr.  Robert  Standford,  be  a  Connnittee  for  the  Said  Society." 


111. J  THK    NAKKAGANSET   TOWNSHIPS.  'I^ 

"  N'ott'd  thai  each  ni  tin'  Si-vcral  ('(nmnittefs  lor  the  KesjHJctive 
Ntcietifs,  now  chosen,  be  Directcil  ami  hnpowered  to  take  a  List 
of  tht!  Sorit.'ly  for  which  tliey  art;  .Vpjiointcd,  and  to  .loyn  with  the 
Otlicr  Committees  in  Assijj^nins,'  the  'I'owns  to  ea<'h  Society,  &e.,  ami 
also  to  assemlilt!  the  (Jrantees  of  their  Kespective  Societys  to  Chuse  a 
Clark  and  Commiltees,  from  time  to  time,  to  niana},'e  and  transact  any 
atVairs  that  maybe  th(mi,dit  needfull.  ami  make  such  Uulcs  and  Orders 
as  may  be  Proper  and  tor  llie  benefit  of  the  Society  and  bringing 
forward  the  settlement  of  tlir  Township  that  shall  be  a.ssij;ned  them, 
as  aforesaiil." 

"Voted,  that  any  two  of  the  committee  for  each  society  be  Impow- 
ered  to  act,  or  transact  any  alVair,  for  the  ijood  of  the  Society  tln-y  are 
chosen  for." 

''  Voted, that  all  pa>t  and  the  present  charges  of  this  meetinii;  l>e  paid 
by  the  wIkiU  Society." 

7  .Iiiin'.  lT->->.  Tilt'  tifniitocs  im't  ;it  .Mi',  liukr  \ fnloy's, 
ill  IJustoii. 

The  f(']M»rt  (tt  tilt'  I'uiuiuit toe.  ;i|i|M»iiitc(l  ycstfrday  ti> 
I'xniiiiiic  till-  late  coiiiiiiittcr's  nccuiiiits,  and  nil  lofiin'r 
nct'oimts,  was  aric|il('(l,  and  tin-  aiiiomit  <d  claiins  i-('|iortr(| 
hciiio-  OIK!  huiulri'd  and  tliiity-iiiiic  jmhiikIs,  ('l('V«'n  sliilliii<rs 
and  r'lLilil  |i('iK'(',  was  (irdcrcd  tn  lif  paid  1<>  tlir  sr\i'ial  |it'r- 
sniis  tt>  w  lidin  it  was  due. 

••  \'oted.  that  Deacon  donathan  Williams,  of  Boston,  be  Treasurer 
of  the  wholl  Narra,i,'anset  Society  or  grantees,  and  it  is  further 
Ordered  an<l  ^■^)ted  that  the  Severial  Societys  pay  their  l'roi>orfionabl.- 
Tart  of  the  One  llnndred  ami  Thirty  nim;  roumls,  eleven  Shillings 
ami  <'ight  Pence  (Due  from  the  wholl  Society)  to  Deacon  dona. 
Williams,  of  lioston.  Treasurer,  and  by  him  to  be  Repaid  to  the  late 
committee,  to  whom  it  is  Due  to  Discharge  the  Said  Debt." 

"  Voted,  that  Sam'll  Kneeland  be  the  Clark  of  the  wholl  Narra- 
ganset  Society  or  grantees,  and  that  he  is  Imp<»wereil  by  said  (Jrantees 
to  keep  all  the  Records,  Papers,  Resolves,  and  Votes  of,  or  belonging 
to,  the  s'd  Grantees,  ami  that  he  give  coppeys  to  any  of  the  grantees 
or  Others,  Attested  under  his  hand,  he  being  under  an  Otiifora 
faithful  Discharge  of  his  trust." 

••\'oted,  that  the  charge  of  this  meeting  being  Seven  Pound.H.  ten 
Shillings  and  Six  Pence,  be  Paid  by  the  .S.>verial  Sm-ietys  to  the 
Tnasurer.  in  the  same  method  that  the  Other  Debts  are  to  l»e  paid 
in." 


24  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

7  September.  173:}.  "By  A  desier  from  the  Committee  of  Boston, 
&c.,  Society  of  the  Xarragaiiset  Grantees,  the  severial  Persons  after 
named  met  at  Boston,  at  tlie  house  of  Mr.  Lnke  Verdey,  on  said 
Day,  Vizt : 

Con'll  Thomas  Toylston,  Deac'n  Jonathan  Williams,  and  Capt. 
Joseph  Rnggles,  Comitee  for  Boston.  &c. ;  Mr.  James  Lowden,  Capt. 
Joseph  Bowman,  JNlr.  John  Cuttiag,  Comittee  for  Charlestown,  &c. ; 
Mr.  Sani'll  Chandler.  ]\Ir.  Jacol)  Wright.  Conunittee  for  Concord, 
&.C.;  Capt.  Richard  Moor,  .\lr.  John  Traske,  Committee  for  Salem, 
&c. ;  Mr.  P^dward  Shove,  Mr.  Josiah  Keith,  Committee  for  Northamp- 
ton, &c. ;  and  have  agreed  to  meet  at  Boston,  at  this  honse,  upon 
Oct'h'r  17tli  next,  at  nine  of  the  clock  in  the  Morning:  also'.  Ordered 
tiiat  the  Clark  notitie  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Severial  Committees  that 
are  not  here  at  this  thue.  especially  the  Xewbury,  &c.,  Committee,  and 
Barnstable,  &c.,  Connnitee,  to  meet  with  them  npon  the  S'd  Day,  in 
Order  to  Assign  the  Towns  to  the  Severial  Societys." 

17  (A'tober,  1733.  The  ('(nuinittees  of  the  several  socie- 
ties met  at  tlie  house  of  Mr.  Luke  V^erdey  at  nine  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  and  after  discussing  the  matter  of  assign- 
ing' the  townships  granted  tliem,  without  coming  to  any 
conchision,  adjourned  until  half  past  two  o'clock  this  after- 
noon, at  which  time  they  met, 

"  Aiid  resumed  their  Debates.  They  agreed  that  A  Towns  back 
of  Saco  and  Scarbro'  be  Called  No.  1,  and  that  the  s'd  Town  be 
Assigned  to  Mr.  Philemon  Dane  and  Company,  a  committee  for 
Ipswich  Society,  &c. ;  and  then  voted  that  the  Committees  for  the 
other  Six  Societys  come  into  a  lot  for  the  six  remaining  Towns,  being- 
No.  2,  No.  3,  No.  4,  No.  5,  No.  ti.  No.  7  ;  but  before  the  drawing  of 
the  lot  a  proposial  was  maid  that  the  Society  that  should  hapen  to 
Draw  the  Town  called  No.  2,  at  Watchusett,  should  lay  out  and  assign 
to  his  Excelency  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esqr.,  five  Hundred  acres  of  land 
in  s'd  Towne  for  his  Honored  Father's  wright,  which  Proposial  was 
agread  upon  and  Consented  to  by  all  the  Committees  Present  at  Said 
Meeting,  and  Voted  and  Ordered  Accordingly :  then  Voted,  that  one 
of  each  Committee  draw  the  lot  for  each  Society,  and  that  Capt.  John 
Chandler  Draw  for  Barnstable  Society." 

"  Voted,  that  the  Six  Towns  be  assigned  as  by  lot  they  were  Drawn, 
Vizt: 

To  Mr.  James  Lowden  and  Company,  No.  2,  at  Watchusett ; 

To  Mr.  Richard  Moore  and  Company,  No.  3,  Souliegan  West ; 


TiiK   NAi;i; a(;ansi:t  townsiiii-s 


I'll  Mr.  IMuanl  Sliovf  ami  ('<>iii|iatiy,  Ni>.   I.  al    Aiiiaskt'a;4f ; 
'I'o  (.'ol'iril   riidiiias  'i'ilstoii  ami  ('i>iii|>aiiy,  Nu.  .'),  Soiilic^jun  Kast ; 
To  Mr.  Saiii'l  ('liamllfr   ami    ( 'iiiii|taiiy.    No.  ti.  wi-st   ul"   ]M'imv  oKjk 
,  and  Suiicddk. 

'I'll  Cnii'll  (Jiirliaiii  ami  ('<)iii|>aiiy.  No.  7.  tu  lay  mil." 

()t  tlic  tow  iislii|is  thus  assiuiHMl,  No.  1  is  now  known  as 
l>u.\ton,  Maini' ;  No.  l!.  as  Westminster,  .Mass;  No.  .'5  roni- 
|irisei|  parts  of  the  present  towns  of  .Vinherst.  .Merriniai-k. 
Milt'or<l,  and  .Mont  N'ernon,  .New  I  lani|isliire  :  .No.  4  inclnded 
th<'  present  town  oj'  <  lol'l'slow  n,  and  a  part  ol  the  eit\  of 
.Manehester ;  l)iit  as  t  he  iiTantees  reported  thai  "thev  lonnd 
the  land  so  poor  and  harn-n  as  to  lie  altoL;-ether  iineapaltje 
of  niakinu"  ;i  setlh-nK'Ht  !""  it  was  al)andone(l.  and  another- 
township, at  a  phiee  caMeil  (,>naliliin.  now  (Ireenwieh,  .Mas.s.. 
was  assigned  them  in  itsslead:  No.  ."»  comprised  thepre^mt 
town  of  IJedloid,  and  parts  of  thi-  town  ol  .Merrimaek,  and 
thi'  iit\  of  .Manchester:  No.  ("»  is  now  'I'empleton,  .Mass.  : 
and  the  township  hiid  out   tor  No.  7  is  now    (Jorhani,  .Maine. 


26  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER     IV. 

1734-1762. 
SOUHEGAN  WEST. 

FIRST     MEETING     OF     THE     PROPRIETORS. ORGANIZATION. A 

VIEWING  COMMITTEE  APPOINTED. A  DIVISION  OF  THE  TOWN- 
SHIP    INTO     LOTS     ORDERED,     AND     MADE. ENC0URAGEMF:NT 

OFFERED  TO  SETTLERS. — PROVISION  MADE  FOR  BUILDING  "  A 
HOUSE  OF  ENTERTAINMENT,"  AND  FOR  A  FERRY-BOAT  TO  CROSS 

THE    SOUHEGAN. A    COMMITTEE    APPOINTED  TO  CONFER  WITH 

A  COMMITTEE  OF  THE  PROPRIETORS  OF  NO.  5  IN  REGARD  TO 
A  BRIDGE  ACROSS  THE  SOUHEGAN. — REGULATIONS  ADOPTED 
CONCERNING    THE     LOTS     DRAWN.  —  NUMBERS    OF    THE    LOTS 

DRAWN   IN   THE   FIRST    DIVISION. NAMES    OF    THE    DRAWERS, 

AND    THE   TOWNS    TO  WHICH    THEY  BELONGED. A    COMMITTEE 

APPOINTED  TO  LAY  OUT  A  PLACE  FOR  A  MEETING  HOUSE, 
TRAINING   FIELD,    BURYING-PLACE,  A  LOT  FOR   THE    MINISTRY, 

SCHOOL     AND     MINISTERIAL     LOTS,      AND      THEIR     REPORT. 

FIRST      SETTLEMENT      OF     THE     TOWNSHIP. HARDSHIPS      OF 

SETTLERS    IN    NEW    TOWNSHIPS. BRIDGE    BUILT    ACROSS    THE 

SOUHEGAN. BUILDING    OF    A     SAW-MILL    PROVIDED    FOR. A 

SECOND  DIVISION  OF  LOTS  VOTED,  AND  VOTES  IN  RELATION 
THERETO. SOUHEGAN  WEST  BECOMES  A  PART  OF  NEW  HAMP- 
SHIRE.  PROVISION     MADE     FOR    BUILDING     A     GRIST-MILL    AT 

THE     FALLS     OF    THE    SOUHEGAN. A    COMMITTEE    APPOINTED 

TO  CONFER  WITH  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  COUNCIL  OP  NEW 
HAMPSHIRE. HIGHWAYS  LAID  OUT,  AND  SURVEYORS  AP- 
POINTED.  EFFORTS    MADE    TO    BRING  IN  SETTLERS. A   THIRD 

DIVISION    OF    LOTS  VOTED. ROADS  LAID  OUT. OLD,  MIDDLE, 

AND     NEW    TENOR    BILLS. LAWFUL    AND     STERLING     MONEY. 


IV.]  SOUHKGAN    WKST.  27 

OLD    AND    Ni:\V    STYLK. PETITION    FOR    INCOltl'OHATION    AS 

A     TOWN,     WITH     signers'     NAMKS,     ITo:;. — IMMCKS     OF    SUN- 

DRIKS,    17;V.I. CHARTER    OF    TUK    TOWN    OF    AMHERST,    lTr>0. 

(iENERAL     AMHERST. NAMES      OF     TAX-PAYERS      ON      THE 

FIliST   TAX-LIST. CHARTER,    AS    REVIVED    7    JANUARY,    ITtil'. 

The  lirsl  meeting"  ul  the  |U()|iriet()rs  of  Siiiilii-<iaii  Wf.sl 
was  held  at  Salem,  17  .) iil\ .  lT-')4.  At  this  mcetiiig  ('ajtt. 
lieiij.  Potter,  Ca]il.  K'idiard  .Mnw  er.  ami  .Mr.  haiiici  Knmev, 
weie  ajuioiiited  a  committee  "  to  tal<e  a  J'eitieiilar  view  of 
ye  sciiciimstances  of  sM  Township,  and  make  l{e|M)il  lo  ve 
Society  of  (Jrantees  at  their  ad joui'iiniriit  on  thr  second 
tnesday  in  Seittemljcr  ne.\t."' 

They  were  aiitliorizetl  to  enipioy  a  sui-veyor,  and  siicli 
|>ih)ts  as  might  be  necessary,  at  the  e.\[iense  of  the  j>ro- 
prietors. 

Cajtt.  Kichai'd  Mower,  Messrs.  ('orneliiis  Tarhle,  Ebenezcr 
Raynient.  dcrcniiah  (Jatchel,  and  Daniel  Keiiney,  were 
a|)|ioiiitiMl  a  coiiiniiltcc  to  snli-di\id('  t  he  tow  iishi(i.  ('a|it. 
nenjamin  I'otter,  .Mr.  John  i)i.\l»e,  and  Ensign  Tii(»nias 
Tarbox,  were  added  to  this  committee  at  a  subse<inent 
meeting. 

Aiiotlier  meeting  of"  the  iiroprietors  was  hehl  at  Salem, 
13  Angust,  1734,  at  wliicli  William  Collins  was  elected 
projjrietors'  clerk;  C'a|)t.  Ivjchanl  Mowii-,  .Messrs.  .John 
Trask,  Ebenezer  Rayment,  Stephen  iVabody,  and  .Irrmiiah 
(Jatchel,  prmlential  connnittec  :  and  ('apt.  llcnjaniin 
Potter,  treasnrer. 

'J'he  piiidi'iitial  conunittee  was  ilircrtcij  to  I'l'ctily  all 
mistakes  in  the  luimes  of  the  proprietors,  as  given  in  the 
list,  and  to  lay  the  saini;  before  fhi'  (Jeneral  L't^nrt,  if  they 
thonght  pidjicr. 

10  September,  1734,  the  pro[»rict(n's  mn  lo  hrar  the 
report  oi  their  viewing-  committee,  bnt  the  committee  had 
been  disai>pointed  by  the  surveyor  tliey  liud  engaged,  and 
were  not  prepared  lo  make  a  inll    report.      They    reported 


28  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

v^erbally  that  "  they  had  been  on  the  land  and  found  it  well 
timbered/' 

After  some  discussion  it  was  voted,  "  that  the  township 
be  sub-divided  this  fall,  as  soon  as  may  be/' 

The  committee  was  directed  to  lay  out  sixty  acres  to 
each  proprietor,  for  his  or  her  hrst  or  home  lot,  what  was 
wanting  in  quality  to  be  made  up  in  quantity.  It  was  also 
voted  that  should  any  large  quantities  of  meadow  be  found, 
it  sliould  be  left  to  the  consideration  of  the  committee 
whether  to  include  the  same  in  the  lots,  or  reserve  it  for  the 
benefit  of  the  whole  society. 

Collectors  were  appointed  in  each  town  to  collect  the 
assessments  ordered  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  Society. 

At  a  meeting,  held  8  January,  1734-85,  the  proprietors 

"  Voted,  that  the  first  sixty  proprietors  that  shall  and  Doe  each  of 
them  build  and  tinish.  a  Dwelling  house  of  eighteen  feet  square  and 
seven  feet  studd,  and  clear  two  acres  of  Land  titt  for  mowing  or  plow- 
ing, and  actually  live  on  the  spot,  and  perform  the  same  within  three 
years  from  the  date  hereof,  they  and  each  of  them  shall  be  Intitled 
to  draw  out  of  ye  said  proprietors'  Treasury  the  sinn  of  six  pounds." 

A  committee  was  chosen  to  hear  all  persons  that  had  any 
disputable  claims  to  any  rights  in  the  township,  and  make 
report  of  their  opinion  to  the  Society  as  soon  as  might  be. 

"Voted,  tliat  Capt.  Richard  Mower  have  Liberty  to  draw  ye  Lott 
No.  21,  he  Building  a  couveiuent  House  of  Entertainment,  and  fence 
in  a  pasture  of  six  or  eight  acres  of  land,  and  provide  a  sufficient  ferry 
Boat  to  transport  any  of  the  Proprietors  over  Soiihegan  River,  and 
performe  the  same  within  eighteen  months  from  the  Date  hereof." 

An  auditing  committee  was  appointed,  and  it  was  voted 
that  ''the  Lotts  Nos.  87,  88,  and  89,  should  lye  by  for  the 
present,  to  make  good  for  the  three  lots — viz.,  one  for  the 
hrst  settled  minister,  one  for  the  ministry,  and  one  for  the 
school/' 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  committee 
of  the  proprietors  of  Souhegan  East,  No.  5,  about  building 
a   bridge    over    Souhegan   river,  and    report   at   the    next 


IV.]  SOUHEGAN    WKST. 


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meotino:  of  the  itf(»|»ri('t()rs.  CS(»iiln'<:;iii  M:ist.  No.  .">.  mIici- 
warc]  l^edtord,  ;is  at  lirsl  ui-:iiito(l,  cxtciHlfd  t<t  Soulicjiiii 
river. ) 

ronipliiiiit  Ii;i\iiiL;'  Iicrn  mnilr  liv  smiif  tli;it  miiiiy  nt  the 
lots  laid  niit  li\  tlic  coiiiiiiiMcf  ••  wci'f  imt  so  'jond  as  dtlicrs, 
foi'  want  <it  ((iialitN.'"  and  t  lid'clorc  nut  111  tu  srlilr  nn.  Iiy 
means  w  lici'cot'  niiirli  daniaLif  luiiilit  arciiir  t(i  sunn'  <it  ye 
proiii'ictors.  it  was 

■' Votfil.  tlial  iMcli  l'i(i|)riot<)r  shall  liavi'  tin-  lilu'ity.  if  ln'  st-c  cause. 
t(i  excliain;t'  his  I.ott  or  I^otts  In*  (jiiittiiii;  his  Hiuht  to  sucli  I.ntt  as 
ho  shall  draw,  to  all  the  I'roinietnrs.  it  liy  takiiii;'  other  LotI  or  Lotts 
in  tlu'  Room  of  s'd  Lotts  in  any  of  tlif  Lands  within  tin-  'I'ownship. 
I'rovided  they  are  not  more  in  Xnnd)er  than  tin'  I.iilt>  In-  or  Ihry  >hall 
Qnitt  to  the  Proprietors,  and  I'rovided.  also,  that  they  or  he  shall  lay 
out  no  more  than  sixty  aeres  to  each  Lott.  &  half  a  ndle  in  leni;lh  and 
sixtv  rods   in   liredth.  as  the  other  Lotts  are  now  laid  ont.      Knrlher- 

re.    Provided,   tliat  ye   Lotts  so  exclianjjed   shall    he   laid  ont   at  ye 

owner's  cost,  witlnn  one  year  from  the  Date  hereof.  &  said  Lotts  to  he 
sufficiently  batted  Sc  hounded,  and  a  Heturne  tlierof  made  to  the  Clerk 
of  ve  s'd  Society.  c*<^  hee  to  make  an  eiit ry  in  the  proprie'rs' hook,  to 
whom  and  hy  whom  thay  ware  Laid  out.  with  the  Huts  &   Hounds." 

The  lots  laid  out  hv  the  eonmiittcc  apftoar  tn  have  lit-en 
drawn  by  the  pro))rietors  at  this  llleetiIlL^  as  we  find  it 
was 

"Voted,  that  tlie  Clerk  Keeord  all  liie  \.,,\{>  that    have   l.eeii    Drawn 

in  tlie  Society's  Book  of  Keconls  to  the  several  persons  that  have  1 n 

allowed  to  draw  the  same,  witli  their  names." 

Tt  was  also 

'•Voted,  that  the  Cl.'rk  lake  .'are  of  those  Lotts  that  are  not  drawn. 
&  tliat  the  several  persons  to  whom  they  heloni,'  have  liherty  to  lie|>air 
to  s'd  Clerk  and  draw  their  lie^i-ective  Lotts.  Ihev  i.ayim:  the  Uat^'.s 
or  Dues  set  on  s'tl  Lotts. 

Ill  the  iollowiiiLi-  list,  the  nann-s  i»t  the  prnprietors,  the 
towns  to  which  they  Ix  Innired,  and  the  luimber  of  tin-  lot 
drawn  by  each,  are  given.  A  *  placed  before  a  lot  siiiiiilie.s 
that  it  was  afterward  exchani^ed  for  another.     Names  iu 


30  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

SMALL  CAPITALS  are  those  of  the  surviving  soldiers  and 
officers  who  were  in  the  fight  at  the  Narraganset  fort, 
December,  1675. 

ANDOVER. 

*104.  John  Ballard,  for  his  father,  John  Ballard. 

87.  William  Ballard,  for  his  father,  Nath'l  Ballard. 

*103.  Ebenezer  Barker. 

108.  James  Fry. 

38.  John  Parker. 

*106.  Rev.  Andrew  Peters,  for  his  father,  Andrew  Peters. 

*30.  Samuel  Phelps. 

56.  John  Presson. 

44.  Ebenezer  Tyler,  for  his  father,  Samuel  Tyler. 

BEVERLY. 

*59.  Henry  Bayley. 

*79.  Henry  Blackfield,  and  his  assigns. 

12.  Jonathan  Byels. 

71.  Lott  Connant. 

24.  Andrew  Dodge,  for  John  Elinwood. 

48.  Jonathan  Dodge,  for  John  Dodge. 
*60.  William  Dodge's  heirs. 

80.  Ralph  Elinwood. 
106.  Samuel  Harris's  heirs. 

7.  Joseph  Morgan,  for  his  father,  Joseph  Morgan. 
*102.  Joseph  Picket,  for  his  father,  Elias  Picket. 
110.  Thomas  Payment. 
*97.  William  Rayment's  heirs. 

51.  Christopher  Read. 

BOXFORD. 

50.  John  Andrews,  for  his  father,  Robert  Andrews. 

*47.  John  Bixbe,  for  his  father,  Joseph  Bixbe. 

95.  James  Curtice,  for  Francis  Jeffreys. 

19.  Stephen  Peabody,  for  his  father,  Stephen  Peabody. 


IV.]  souiiF-CAN  \vf:st.  ^1 

IIRADFOIM). 

4.    IclinliiHl    r.uyiitiiii.  lur  his  l;it lirr.  Julm    HnNiitnii. 

CIIA'I'II  AM. 
34.   Robert  NiclKilson.  toi-  his  hiihcr.  \\'illi;iiii  \ichnls<iii. 

FAL.Mol  Til. 
42.  Philip  Dextkr. 
62.  JosKPii  ITatch. 

cr.OTTKSTKR. 
72.  John  Day. 
i')7.   luiwARD  Harrington. 
64.  Samuel  Ingersoll. 
08.  Jacob  Row,  for  hi.s  father,  irpiii'v  Row. 
76.  Samuel  Stevens,  lor  Isaac  IvUerv . 

LYNN. 
103.  Thomas  Rakei!. 

*1S.  Ji.liu  RaHanl,  for  his  fathrr,  John  I5:ilhir<l. 
100.   Willi;iin  I>asset,  for  his  i^rand-fathci-,  ^VilliaIu  r.;issel. 

72.   ^fit-had  Rjowdeu,  for  his  I'ather-in-hiw,  Julm  Hjivis. 

4'J.  'I'iiiKithy  Breed,  for  his  hither,  Timothy  Ihced. 

92.  Ebeuezer  Rurrill,  for  his  Itrother,  John  Rurrill. 
*78.  Ebeuezer    Rurrill.  Jr.,   for  his   uM':iud-f;itlii'r.    J()sc|ih 
Mansfield. 

6").  Henry  Collins. 

3i\   William  Collius,  fjr  his  hrnthcr,  Josr|.h  Collins. 

*(!.   Ruth  Driver,  for  her  father,  Robert  Driver. 

2'J.  Samuel  p]nMoNs. 

91.  Joseph  Parr,  for  his  father,  .loseph  Farr. 
"^17.  Jos('|ih  Farr,  for  his  father-in-law.  John  Lindsry. 
11<».  John  Farrinjrton,  for  his  father,  John  Farrin.i2:ton. 
107.  Samuel  Graves,  for  Ids  father,  Samuel  (Jraves. 
*3n.  Joseph  Haven,  for  his  father,  Jose|)h  Haven. 

00.  Jonathan  Johnson,  for  his  father. 


32  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

32.  Richard  Johnson,  for  his  father,  Samuel  Johnson. 
*80.  p]dmond  Lewis,  for  his  father,  John  Lewis. 

21.  Richard  Moor,  for  his  father,  John  Moor. 
8.  John  Newhall. 
111.  Samuel  Newhall,  for  his  uncle,  Samuel  Farrow. 
*31.  Eenjamin  Potter,  for  his  father,  Robert  Potter. 

20.  Benjamin  Ramsdell,  for  his  father,  AquillaRamsdell; 

36.  Robert  Rand,  for  his  father. 

73.  Samuel  Tarbox's  heirs. 

16.  Andrew  Townsend's  heirs. 

MARBLEHEAD. 

41.  Jeremiah  Gatchel,  for  his  uncle,  John  Gatchel. 

*28.  William  Hind. 

68.  Joseph  Majory,  for  his  father,  Joseph  Majorv. 

52.  Thomas  Martin,  for  Doctor  Knott. 

26.  Richard  Shapley,  for  his  father,  David  Shapley. 

25.  Joseph  Sweat,  for  his  brother,  Stephen  Sweat. 

85.  Jonathan  Wolcot,  for  his  father,  John  Wolcot. 

READING. 

40.  Thomas  Bancroft,  for  his  father,  Nich's  Lum. 
22.  John  Bowtel,  for  his  father,  John  Bowtel. 

SALEM. 
109.  John  Abbot. 

51.  Thomas  Bell. 

46.  John  Bullock,  for  his  father,  John  Bullock. 
*14.   William  Curtis,  for  his  father,  William  Curtis. 

86.  John  Elwell,  for  his  father,  John  Elwell. 
*94.  John  Flynt,  for  his  father,  Thomas  Flynt. 
*13.  William  Fuller,  for  his  father,  Thomas. 

33.  Habakkuk  Gardner,  for  his  uncle,  Capt.  Joseph  Gard- 
ner. 
^101.  John  Gloyd,  for  his  father,  John  Gloyd. 
^105.  John  Harradaway's  heirs. 


rV,]  RODHEGAN    WKST.  33 

112.  K.luiinl   ir..His's  lioirs. 

on.  JoSKlMI     IIoi.TON. 

3.  .I(isc|)li    I  liitcliinsDii,  for   liis  f;itlirr.  .Inscpli    Iliitcliin- 

SOII. 

*1<ll!.  Tlionias  Kciicy's  heirs. 

77.  Jonathan  Lamfjert. 

6().  TlKJiiias  riiiskiii,  for  his  father,  'I'imothy  Laskiii. 

o3.  Samuel  ^ranninir,  for  his  iinele.  Xii-hohis  Mamiiiit;. 

45.  Fi/ckiel  ^[arsh,  for  his  father,  Adam  (Johl. 

Si.  .lMii,ith;iii  Marsh,  for  his  lat  iier-iii-hiw.  .Inhii  Iloss. 

11.  .lerciiiiah  Xeai,  for  his  lather,  .lereiiiiah  Neal. 

1.  William  ( (shiirn,  for  his  father,  \\'illi:im  Oshtini. 

(■>'.'.  Samuel  l*iek\vortirs  heirs. 

43.  Joseph  I'rinee.  for  his  miele,  Riehanl  I'riiiee. 

10.").  'IMiomas  Putnam,  for  his  father,  Thomas  Putnam. 

()•'>.  .Iiihn  Ivahsdii.  Inr  his  limther,  Thumas  I'alison. 

5.  Nathaniel  Soams,  for  his  nneU',  Joseph  Suams. 

*83.  John  Tarble's  lieirs. 

lo.  .Idhn  Ti-ask,  for  his  father,  William  'I'rask. 

*lnO.  Jonathan  \'eri-v.  for  his  father.  S;ininel  \'erry. 

s('.\i{i;(»i:(U'(Jii. 

*37.  John    11  \i:mo\. 

TOPSFli;iJ>. 

108.  Josiah  Clark's  h.-irs. 

1<>4.  'I'homas  Davis's  heirs. 

*7<>.  .Vhraham  Fitts's  heirs. 

I<i7.  Jamos  Ford's  lieirs. 

!•.  Josej)h  llorriek,  for  his  father.  Joscjih  Flerrick. 

i)5.  John  Ilutchins's  heirs. 

Samuel  Kneeland,  for  John  ISrandoii. 

27.  Samuel  Kncclaud,  for  Robert   ISrown. 

99.  Sanuiel  Perkins's  heirs. 

*93.  Zaccheus  Perkins. 

*2.  Moses  Pingrebse. 
3 


34  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

23.  Elihu  WardwelFs  heirs. 
*84.  John  WikFs  heirs. 
74.  Nathaniel  Wood. 

WENHAM. 

58.  Thomas  Abbot,  for  his  father,  Thomas  Abbot. 
*101.  John  Batclielder,  for  liis  uncle,  Joseph  Batchelder. 
111.  Elizabeth  Fowler,  for  lier  father,  Richard  Hutter. 
54.  William    Rogers    and   Thomas  Perkins,  for  Joseph 
Perkins. 

YORK. 

10.  Dennison  Sargent,  for  his  father,  Andrew  Sargent. 

1  May,  1735.  In  regard  to  the  exchange  of  lots  provided 
for  in  a  vote  passed  at  the  last  meeting,  the  proprietors 

"  Voted,  that  it  is  to  be  underistood  tliat  any  Proprietor,  by  virtue 
of  that  vote  exchanging  his  Lott,  shall  not  leave  a  smaller  vacancy 
than  60  poles  between  that  and  the  next  adjoyning  lot,  excepting  a 
foure  pole  way,  Avhere  it  is  necessary,  and  that  no  person  so  exchanging 
shall  include  in  his  Lott  more  than  two  acres  of  meadow;  and  that  if 
any  proprietor  shall  Lay  out  a  Lott  adjoining  to  ye  River,  s'd  Lott 
shall  not  extend  more  than  60  poles  upon  s'd  River." 

At  this  meeting  the  following  re])ort  of  the  committee 
appointed  to  sub-divide  the  township  was  received,  accepted, 
and  ordered  to  be  placed  on  record. 

"  We,  the  Subscriliers,  being  chosen  &  appointed  to  sub-divide  and 
Lott  out  to  •each  proprietor,  for  their  home  Lotts.  sixty  acres,  having 
respect  to  the  quality  of  s'd  Lotts.  &  to  equalize  the  same  according  to 
our  best  Judgement : 

Pursuant  whereunto,  we  have  accordingly,  by  Sui-veyors  and  Chain- 
men  Lnployed  in  that  service,  Laid  Out  one  hundred  and  twenty 
Lotts,  containing  Sixty  acres  each,  allowing  two  acres  in  every  forth 
Lott  for  a  by  way,  and  also  a  range  way,  foure  pole  wide,  between  each 
Range,  as  will  more  fully  appear  on  the  face  of  the  Plan  herewith  to 
be  presented.  We  have  Tndeavored  to  attend  to  our  Directions  in  not 
laying  out  any  Considerable  quantity  of  Clear  jNIedow  in  any  one 
Lott,  &  as  for  Quallifying  ye  Lotts  we  thought  it   Impracticable, 


IV.]  SOUHEGAN    WEST.  :).') 

especially  coiisidcriii;;  the  season  of  ye  vt-ar  hfiii^  .sucli  as  irijiiired 
Dispatcli  of  yp  Husiness.  and  we  jiidpc  it  will  Iw  more  for  the  iiitrest 
of  ye  Soricty  to  pciualizp  the  same  in  some  otlu-r  way.  which  they  may 
think  jiroiier  at  this  meeting,  or  any  other  hereafter. 

HICIIAItl)   M()\\i;i!. 

.IKK.  (i.\'i(  iii;li.. 

KHKNi;  i;  AYMKNT. 
DAMKI.  KKNNKV, 
'IIIOM  AS    TAIII'.OX. 

coi.'XKLirs  rAi;i'.i:i.i.. 

,1011  \    I'.I.XHK. 

Committee." 

R  )l)ri-t  II:ilc.  Ksi|.,  (';i|it.  Sti'|.lic|l  I '•■;i  I  h  ii  1  \  .  ;iiii|  I.icilt. 
Kl)t'll('/.fr   l\'l\  IlK'Ilt .   wvvv  ;i|i|ii)iiitci|  ;i   (•(iililllittrc 

"To  takea  view  of  the  tow  nslii[>.  and  in  tlw  most  commoilions  place 
therefor  F.,ay  out  :i  jilaee  whereon  to  i-rect  the  Piililic  Meeting  House 
for  the  worship  of  (K)]).  \  a  cnnvenieiit  place  for  a  Puhlic  Burying 
place.  \  An  Other  lor  a  Training  lield.  inarUing  liie  same  hy  UutUs 
and  liuiinds  \  that  they  doe  More  Over  Lay  out  tlin-e  home  Lott.s  of 
eipial  (piantity  and  like  form  with  ye  Other  l.,otts  .\lreaily  laid  Out, — 
One  to  he  ft)r  the  first  settled  .Minister,  One  for  the  .Ministry.  iS:  One 
for  the  .School,  and  in  their  return  to  make  Distinctions,  the  l.,otts  to 
be  Hutted  and  l>ounded  as  aforesaid,  and  make  return  thereof  to  ye 
Clerk,  that  so  he  may  recoi'd  the  same." 

Tliry  were  nlso   din-ctt'd 

"To  take  a  view  of  Souhegan  Kiver.  in  Order  to  find  out  ye  mcst 
convenient  place  to  Hnild  a  Bridge  over  the  same.  iS:  make  report  to  ye 
Society  at  their  next  meeting." 

Till-  i('|iiirt  1)1'  this  cuiniiiit t(M'  wu.s  rt'cordcd  li\  the  clfrk, 
4  .luiif.  17-55,  as  follows  : 

•The  Com'tee  to  lay  out  a  place  for  a  Meeting  IIou.se,  Training 
field.  Burying  place.  iSc  parsonage.  Minister  &  School  Lott,  &c..  Laid 
out  foi-  the  .Meeting  house  place.  Burying  place  &  Training  field,  A 
track  of  Land  Joyning  Easterly  to  ye  head  of  ye  Lotts  Xo.  KIS.  IfiJ), 
&  1U>.  lying  .Foyning  .southerly  to  .\ndrew  Balche's  Lott.  Containing 
thirteen  acres  &  140  jierch.  lying  X'orth  &  .South  74  jM-rch,  Ea.st  & 
West  ;?0  perch.  .\lso  a  Lott  for  ye  Ministry,  containing  .Sixty  acre.s, 
Bounded   thus:    Beginning  att   a   Maple  tree  marked  with   l*  &  T., 


36  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

thence  North,  by  ye  afores'd  Lott  74  rods,  to  a  white  pine  marked 
with  T.  P  &  S,  thence  west  124  rods  to  an  Arsh  marked  with  P  &  M, 
thence  South  74  rods  to  a  white  pine  marked,  s'd  Balche's  Corner. 
Also  a  Minister's  Lott  of  Sixty  acres,  Bounded  Southerly  on  a  High- 
way, Lying  North  &  South  124  rods,  east  and  west  78  rods,  the 
South  west  corner  making  ye  same  Bounds  of  the  North  East  of  ye 
s'd  Ministry  Lott,  ye  Highway  Lying  Between  them,  the  foure  corners 
marked  with  M.  Also  a  School  Lott  containing  sixty  acres,  Bound- 
ing Westerly  to  ye  Ministers,  Southerly  to  ye  Ministry  &  Meeting 
house  place.  Easterly  to  ye  heads  of  ye  I^otts  109  &  110,  the  corners 
marked  with  S. 

[Signed]    ROBERT  HALE,  p'r  Order." 

The  first  settlement  in  the  townsliip  was  probably  made 
in  the  spring  of  1735,  l)y  Samuel  Lamson  and  Samuel 
Walton,  from  Reading,  Mass.  They  settled  at  first  about 
a  mile  south  of  the  village,  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Bryant  Melendy,  where  they  built  a  log  house.  Both  after- 
ward removed  to  other  parts  of  the  town, — Lamson  to  the 
westerly  part,  now  Mont  Yernon,  where  some  of  his 
descendants  now  reside.  About  1765  he  removed  to  Bil- 
lerica,  Mass.,  where  he  died  about  1779. 

Walton  removed  to  the  easterly  part  of  the  town,  near 
Babboosuck  pond.  Of  his  subsequent  history  but  little  is 
known.  His  name  appears  occasionally  on  the  proprietors' 
records,  and  is  attached  to  the  petition  to  the  Provincial 
authorities  in  1747,  asking  for  help  against  the  Indians. 
He  is  said  to  have  died  here,  but  none  of  his  descendants 
reside  in  town,  and  for  the  last  eighty  years  the  name  is 
not  found  on  the  town  records. 

Lieut.  Joseph  Prince  seems  to  huxe  been  the  only  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  who  settled  in  the  township.  He 
was  from  Salem  Village,  now  Danvers,  and  was  a  proprietor 
in  the  right  of  his  uncle,  Richard  Prince.  According  to  an 
old  plan,  still  in  existence,  his  land  at  one  time  extended 
from  Bedford  line  westward  to  near  where  the  village  of 
Mont  Vernon  now  stands.  A  family  tradition  says  that  he 
first  located    himself    on  the  farm   afterward   owned   by 


]\'.]  S()1!iii:(;an  wkst.  :',7 

N;itli;m  ;iihI  I't'tiT  .loiics,  in  .Mmit  N'cninii,  hiit  kimommI 
tlit'licc  tit  tlif  |il;iiM'  now  owned  hy  SoloiiKiii  I'riiicc.  in  the 
eastt'iiy  |i;irl  <il  AihIhtsI.  (  M  Iht  scti  Ids  lulldu  rd.  imt  Imij^f 
aftcrwartl,  many  ol  thi-iii  lioiu  Sali-iu,  mid  the  adjoiniii:^ 
towns  whit'li  onco  iiiailf  a  |Mit  itt  thai  aiiciciit  tuuii.lnit  the 
progress  (if  tlic  scttlrnn'nt  was  sluu .  In  Si'iitrnilMT.  1711. 
I)nt  t'oni'Icrn  laniilics  wne  scttlfd  in  the  tt)wnslii|i. 

Kllnrts  were  niadr  li.  tlic  |in»|n-i('t(»rs  to  indnrc  settlers 
to  locate  in  the  t()\\n>hi|i,  and  snnis  of  money  were  voted 
for  that  |ini-|iose  :  lait  the  distani'c  t  loni  thesea|iorl  towns, 
and  the  hardships  attendini:-  the  li\esof  setth'rs  in  a  new 
settlement,  |ire\ente(l  a  lapid  -growth  o|  thi-  |tlaee.  The 
French  and  Indian  Wars,  which  comnieneed  a  few  years 
latei-.  also  operated  nnfavoraldy  to  its  proiiress. 

The  lives  of  the  lirst  settlers  in  the  New  Hampshire 
townshijfs  nnist  have  i)t'en  a  constant  st  riiLiulc  for  existence. 
Locating  themselves  on  their  lots  at  places  where  a  supply 
of  water  could  readily  be  obtained,  they  erected  hnts  of 
logs,  or  stones,  to  serve  as  a  temporary  shcltei-.  iV'rhaps  a 
brook,  or  |Mind.  not  far  ilistaiit.  afforded  them  an  occasional 
meal,  or  a  i>ear.  or  deer,  came  within  I'cach  of  their  trusty 
muskets. 

A  settlei-  in  one  of  the  Nari-aganset  townships  wrolc  thus 
(d  his  tow  n  in  its   infancy  : 

••A  lu)W  ling  w  iidt-nu'ss  it  was.  w  iicrc  iid  iikmi  ilwfU.  llic  liideniis 
yells  of  wolvfs,  tin-  shrieks  ol"  ewls.  thi-  gt)l)hliii<is  of  tinkcys.  and  tlie 
harking  of  foxes,  was  all  llif  music  we  heard.  .\ll  a  difaiy  wasli-  ami 
(•xpos.'d  to  a  thousand  (litliciiltifs." 

Against  the  nionarchs  of  the  forest  the  settlers  waged  a 
war  of  extermination.  In  the  hoi.  dry  days  of  summer  and 
autumn,  the  lire  aided  them  in  their  work.  After  their 
numiiers  had  increased,  they  joined  their  strength  in  piling 
the  logs  into  hnge  jiiles.  which  were  set  on  lin-  and  con- 
sumed. 

The  manufacture  of  pota>li  fiom  the  ashes  was  oin-eipiite 
a  business  among  them. 


38  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

Rye  was  sown  in  the  antumn  on  the  cleared  land,  among 
the  stumps  and  rocks,  or  corn  was  planted  in  the  spring, 
from  which,  with  a  little  care,  aljundant  crops  were  raised. 

8  September,  1735.  The  proprietors  appointed  Capt. 
Mower,  Lieut.  Rayment,  and  Cornelius  Tarble,  a  committee 
to  build  a  bridge  over  Souhegan  river ;  and  they  seem  to 
have  attended  to  the  Inisiness  at  once,  as  we  find  that  at  a 
meeting  held  13  October  following,  the  proprietors  ratified 
an  agreement  they  had  made  with  Mr.  Tarble  for  building 
a  good  and  convenient  bridge  over  the  river,  for  doing 
which  he  was  to  receive  the  sum  of  ninety -five  pounds. 

It  was  probably  built  in  the  autunni  and  winter  of  that 
year,  as  we  find  the  proprietors,  at  a  meeting  held  12 
April,  173(3,  desiring  Capt.  Mower  "  to  wait  on  Dunstable 
Selectmen,  to  Request  them  to  lay  out  a  Highway  from 
Nashaway  river  to  Souhegan  Bridge,  in  the  most  convenient 
place;"  and  at  a  meeting  held  27  December,  1738,  they 
"  voted,  that  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  be  raised  toward  build- 
ing a  bridge  over  Nashua  river,  provided  it  be  built  in  a 
convenient  place  for  the  proprietors  of  this  township;"  and 
the  money  was  to  be  deposited  in  the  treasury,  to  be  paid 
when  the  work  was  satisfactorily  performed. 

The  building  of  a  saw-mill  was  now  in  order;  and,  19 
April,  1737,  the  proprietors 

"  Voted,  that  Capt.  Tves,  Capt.  Majory,  Capt.  Hicks,  and  ^Ir. 
Edward  Bond,  for  the  encouragement  of  building  a  saw-mill  in 
Souhegan  West,  No.  3,  upon  a  brook  called  Beaver  brook,  where  it 
may  be  most  convenient,  shall  have  paid  them,  out  of  the  Treasury, 
forty  pounds  in  money  or  Bills  of  credit.  Provided,  that  the  said  mill 
be  fitted  to  saw  by  the  first  of  Xovember  next,  and  that  shee  shall  be 
Kept  in  Good  Repair,  and  to  saw  for  the  prop'rs  to  the  halves,  or 
Equi'lent  to  it,  for  the  space  of  ten  years  from  this  date." 

A  tax  of  <£120  was  levied  upon  the  proprietors,  to  pay 
the  above  grant  and  other  charges,  the  same  to  be  paid  into 
the  treasury  by  the  first  day  of  September  following. 


I\'.J  souni:(;AN-  \vi;st.  39 

14  I'\'l)iiiar\ ,  17^^7-;').S.  'I'lic  |ii(i|iii('tni-s  voted  to  Ii;ivo  n 
second  division  ol'  the  hinil  as  soon  a>  niiiilii  lie.  and 
a|i|)ointed  ("apt.  .Iose|ili  I'arker.  of  ( 'lieinisloid,  linsi^n 
'rh(.)nias  'I'arliox.  and  l/ient.  ( 'oi'nelins  Tarhle,  a  eoimnittee 
to  see  it  tlt)ne. 

'•  Ni.t.-d.  thai  at't.T  tlic  ('(iiuillr  have  v.'w  M  tin-  l:uiil  tlicy  an-  to  hiv 
(Jilt,  it'  tliev  think  it  will  not  allow  of  more  than  (»()  uoers.  tlu-v  are  to 
make  that  tlie  staiidanl.  and  wliat  land  is  nifener  to  make  it  Kiiuiva- 
It-nt  to  tlie  l>est  (Id  akers ;  and  that  the  C'omitte  liave  regard  to  llie 
nicdow.  and  lay  it  out  as  they  i;<)e  aloni;.  iiieludiiiLC  it  in  the  tin  akers." 

••  \ Oted.  that  the  al>ove  C'omitte  shall  lay  out  convenient  ways  lor 
till'  i'ro|irictur>  a>  may  he  needful." 

11  .Inly,  17-hS.  'I'lie  eoinmittee  for  dividing;"  the  town 
was  eidai'ueil  liy  the  addition  nf  Mr.  .lohii  Wiles  and  ('a|it. 
Mhene/ef  Kaynieiit,  and  M\.  .)ose|ih  Kiehafdsoii  was 
a|i|Mtiiiteil  to  sei\e  in  plaee  oi  ('apt.  Joseph  Pai'ker. 

Parties  that  had  newly  pitelie(l  tlieii-  lots  wcce  reipiired 
to  have  them  surveved  Ity  the  same  snrveyof  that  the 
eoiuinittee  em])loyed  to  make  their  snfveys.  and  present  a 
plan  of  the  same,  with  theif  liiitts  and  hounds,  to  tlie 
committee,  hefoie  the  tenth  of  Septemher  next, at  their  own 
expense,  they  Iteinu:  notified  by  the  eonimittee. 

This  committee  made  theif  i'e|ioit,  which  was  accepted 
ami  (jrclercd  to  be  recorded.  I'T  l>eeendiei-,  1T;>S  ;  and  the 
lots  were  probably  drawn  i>y  the  proprietors  at  that  meetintr, 
or  at  one  held  on  the  loth  of  .May  followinir. 

SETTLEMENT      OF      THIC      ItOrNDAIiV      IJETWEEN      M.VSSAC'HUSETTS 
.VND    NEW    HAMPSHIRE. 

hispntes  haviiiLT  arisen  between  the  authorities  of  Massa- 
chusetts anil  New  I  lain|ishire  in  reL^•lI•d  to  the  boiuidary 
line  between  the  I'rovinces,  a  commission,  composed  of  resi- 
dents in  some  of  the  adjacent  Trovinces,  was  appointed  to 
adjust  them. 


40  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

The  claims  of  the  parties  were  heard  and  discussed,  and 
a  decision  rendered,  from  wliich  the  government  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  the  House  of  Representatives  of  New  Hamp- 
shire appealed  to  the  King  in  council,  by  whom  a  decision 
was  made,  5  March,  1740,  establishing  the  boundaries 
between  the  Provinces,  which  have  remained  substantially 
unchanged  until  the  present  time. 

By  this  decision,  Souhegan  West,  and  twenty-seven  other 
townships,  which  had  been  granted  by  Massachusetts,  with 
large  quantities  of  ungranted  land  intermixed  among  them, 
became  parts  of  New  Hampshire.  Parts  of  some  of  the 
old  Massachusetts  towns  also  fell  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
New  Hampshire. 

Most  of  this  territory  also  came  within  the  limits  of  the 
Masonian  Grant,  the  western  line  of  which,  it  was  claimed, 
c\:tended  across  the  country  in  a  curved  line  corresponding 
to  the  coast  line,  from  a  point  on  the  eastern  line  of  the 
State,  sixty  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the  Piscataqua,  to  a 
point  On  the  south  line,  sixty  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Merrimack. 

The  claim  of  the  Masonian  proprietors  was  finally  coii- 
ceded  by  the  State  authorities.  By  an  act  passed  28  June, 
1787,  a  straight  line,  running  from  one  of  the  points  named 
to  the  other,  was  declared  to  be  the  western  boundary  of 
the  Masonian  claim ;  and  all  the  unsold  lands  lying  west 
of  it  and  east  of  the  curved  line  claimed  by  the  Masonian 
proprietors,  were  sold  to  them  for  forty  thousand  dollars  in 
securities,  and  eight  hundred  dollars  in  specie,  all  bona  fide 
purchasers  of  land  lying  between  the  two  lines  previous  to 
that  time  being  quieted  in  their  possession,  so  far  as  the 
State  was  concerned  ;  and  Tliomas  Bartlett,  Dudley  Odlin, 
and  Archibald  McMurphy,  were  authorized  to  make  the 
transfer  in  behalf  of  the  State.  The  line  was  run,  in  1787, 
by  Joseph  Blanchard  and  Charles  Clapham. 

20  May,  1740.  Solomon  Wilkins  had  leave  to  take  up 
sixty  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  falls  in  Souhegan  river, 


IV. J 


so i:  11  !•:(;. \N  \vi:sT, 


the  laud  to  la\  s(|iiaif.  dii  cdiKlit  ion  thai  lie  Imilt  a  \nnu[ 
•jrist-iuill  iii'ai-  the  hills.  kr|tt  it  in  rr|iaii-.  nml  ;it  ;i||  times 
SU|i|)li*'il  the  iiilialiiiaiits  nf  tin'  ti>u  iislii|)  uilli  iiumI  lor  iIk; 
lawful  and  ciistoinaiy  toll,  wlifu  tliry  l)|-uiiLilit  t  lirir  corn  to 
Ijc  uroinid.  Tlir  Lirant  w  as  to  lie  t'ortcitcil.  in  casi-  lie  slmuld 
tail  to  iiriiid  and  supply  llir  town  with  nu'.il  lort  liw  it  li. — 
unless  ]»fevciitt'd  l)V  some  cxt  laoidinaiy  casualty, — or  it  lie 
slionld  wholly  uu.ulcft  t(t  iziiiid  toi-  the  sjiacc  ot'  ciuht 
months:  hut,  pfovidcd  he  i:avc  au  auswci-  to  t  he  clcfk  hv 
the  20tli  of  Jiuie  next  followiuu-,  aeceptiuu:;  the  conditions 
of  the  grant,  and  had  the  mill  ready  to  grind  l)y  the  tw«'n- 
tietli  day  of  .May.  1741.  in  the  meantime  giving  honds  tor 
peri'orniance  of  the  eoiitiact.  the  grant  would  hidd  good. 

Wilkins  seems  not  to  lia\c  acce|iteil  the  oiler,  as,  oO  A|ifil. 
1741,  it  was 

"  Voted,  tliat  tlie  I'loprit^or.s  will  «;i\f  tn  .Mr.  .Inlm  Slicpurd  One 
liuiidrcd  and  twenty  acers  ot"  land,  to  lM'j;in  at  U  illiani  I'calio<ly's  liin- 
and  Hun  down  the  Hiver  to  the  Hottoni  of  the  falls,  and  .soe  wide  as 
to  make  the  hundred  and  twenty  ai-ers  on  tlie  c-i^ndition.s  tliat  llie 
si.\ty  acers  was  voted  to  Sollinian  Wilkins.  as  appeers  l>y  tlie  record.s 
before;  lie  laiildiny  a  good  (Jrist  null  ami  a  good  Saw  mill  i>n  .said 
Souhegan  Hiver  against  the  aforesaid  lan<l.  ami  to  finish  llieni  l>y  tlie 
last  of  Novendter  next,  and  Keep  them  in  good  rejiair  for  the  use  of 
said  Proprietors,  he  giving  a  l)ond  to  our  'i'ressurer  to  comply  with  the 
sanu'  forthwith,  lie  having  lilierly  to  t'ut  .such  wliilc  Okr  'i'iiul.er  tor 
the  mill  as  lie  wimls  and    li{i'  n"l  d'  Iiis  dwii." 


.Mr.  Shepanl  was  from  Coneoid,  .Mass.  lie  accepted  the 
grant.  Imilt  the  mill,  and  hecame  a  usefid  and  honored  citi- 
zen of  the  town. 

.\t  the  same  meeting  they  voted  that  they  would  hiiihl 
a  hridge  o\er  Souhegan  river,  and  ajipointed  ('apt.  Samuel 
Bancroft,  ('ajit.  Thomas  Tarliox,  and  Joshua  Hicks,  a  com- 
mittee to  say  where  it  sli(»uld  he  Imilt,  and  gel  it  done. 

They  also  "  voted,  that  they  will  give  noe  encouragement 
to  a  hlacksmith  to  .settle  among  them:"  hut  they  soon 
thought   hetter  of  it.  for  liJ  .May,  1745,  tlicy  "voted,  that 


42  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

they  will  give  encourao-eineiit  for  a  blacksmith  to  settle  with 
them,  and  that  Capt.  Parker,  Lieut.  Prince,  and  Mr.  Lamson, 
be  desired  to  agree  with  a  good  smith  to  settle  with  them," 

14  April,  1742.  The  township,  having  by  the  settlement 
of  the  boundary  line  between  the  Provinces,  come  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  New  Hampsliire,  the  proprietors  probably 
felt  some  anxiety  that  their  titles — derived  from  a  grant 
made  by  Massachusetts — should  be  recognized  by  the 
authorities  of  New  Hampshire.  Accordingly,  Epes  Sargent, 
Esq.,  Mr.  Joshua  Hicks,  and  Mr.  Timothy  Fuller,  were  con- 
stituted a  committee  to  wait  upon  the  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil of  New  Hampshire,  and  it  was  voted  tliat  the  committee 
should  be  paid  for  their  time  and  charges  by  the  proprie- 
tors. To  this  last  vote  Capt.  Ebenezer  Rayment  entered 
his  dissent. 

For  some  reason,  the  proprietors  refused  to  pay  the  bill 
presented  by  the  committee,  10  February,  1743-44  ;  also,  at 
the  meeting  held  30  January,  1744-45. 

22  April,  1745,  they  voted  that  they  would  not  allow  so 
mucli  to  Col.  Sargent  and  Mr.  Hicks  as  the  Canada  pro- 
prietors did  Col.  Blaney  and  Capt.  Epes  for  going  to  New 
Hampshire.  Finally,  16  July,  1746,  they  voted  that  Col. 
Sargent's  and  Mr.  Hicks's  two  accounts,  amounting  to  £34, 
9s,  3d,  old  tenor,  be  allowed,  and  paid  them. 

22  May,  1745.  The  proprietors  took  action  in  regard  to 
laying  out  highways,  and  appointed  Joseph  Prince,  Samuel 
Walton,  and  Capt.  Parker,  a  committee  for  that  purpose, 
and  instructed  them  to  lay  out  no  ways  except  in  places 
where  the  owners  would  give  the  land  for  the  purpose. 

They  voted  that  the  ways  should  be  mended  by  a  rate, 
and  appointed  William  Bradford,  Deacon  Hobbs,  and 
James  Coffren,  surveyors  for  the  year  (1745).  These  seem 
to  have  been  the  first  surveyors  of  liighways  appointed  in 
the  township. 

At  a  meeting  held  16  July,  1746,  the  proprietors  voted  to 
dismiss  an  article  in  the  warrant  calling  the  meeting  "  To 


I\\]  ROrHEGAN    WEST.  43 

sec  if  llicy  would  l)iiil(l  one  luilf,  or  ;iii\  |i:irt,  of  :i  l)i-i(lf;e 
(>\('i-  tilt' ii\ci' lit  SlK'icird's  mills.  iiicMsc  I5ciij:iiiiiii  Hopkins 
would   liilild  one  liiill   ot   t  lie  suiiii'."" 

.Mav  not  the  town  o|  .Millnrd  lia\c  rcccixcd  its  name  iVoni 
the  lact  that  lor  sonic  years  the  inlialiitants  of  Mmison, 
afterward  a  pait  of  \ni\\cvst,furclc(l  iIiciImt  to  hriii^f  their 
grists  to  mill,  from  \s  liidi  arose  the  name  Milford  ? 

As  the  sixty  families  re(|nired  In  the  ^raiit  hail  not 
settled  in  the  townshij),  the  |iro|irietors  \oted.  at  a  meeting 
held  11  Mareh,  lT4t;-47, 

"Tliat  they  will  ohusc  a  roinittee  to  git  an  obligation  tlniwn  ^:  sul>- 
scrilM'il,  that  shiill  olilii;!'  at  least  sixty  fanialies,  with  them  that  are 
aln-ady  there,  to  sutle  InniuMJiali'lv,  or  gitt  snni  to  setle  thiTc  for  them, 
agreeahle  to  the  grant." 

'•\'otc(l.  lor  the  C'omitlfi'.  ('a|il.  Kainiinl.  Dr'coii  TarMc  \  iUil)ert 
Andrew." 

At  a  meeting  lield  8  Novend)er.  1747,  the  |»r(»|irietors 
apjiointed  ra|»t.  Kbi-nezer  Parker,  Deacon  Tarlde.  ('ajtt. 
Josejih  Kichardson,  Samnel  Walton,  and  William  Kiadford, 
on  a  committee  to  lay  out  the  nndi\  idecl  lands,  and  instructed 
them  to  have  I'cgard  to  the  goodness  id  the  hind  and 
nn-adows.  and  (|nalily  the  sann'  ;  and  they  wer<'  desired  and 
em|i  iw ci-eil  to  u'et  such  assistance  as  was  neeilfnl.  and  get 
the  woik  done  as  soon  as  might  t»e.  'I'ln-y  were  also  to  lay 
out  nicdfiij  iiKids.  This  eommittee  |iresented  their  rejioi-t 
at  a  meeting  of  t  he  |iro|irictors  held  •'^  l-'eitrnai'y .  174'^-4".'. 
which  was  sworn  to  itelore  Col.  Sargent  ;  and  those  of  tlie 
|iro|trietors  |M'esent  who  hail  |>aid  all  dues  and  assessments 
on  theii'  shai'cs.  drew  their  third  di\ision  lots. 

.Vn  aiticje  in  the  warrant  calling  this  meeting.  "To  see 
if  they  will  huild  the  half  of  a  Ihidge,  at  Cajtt.  Shepard's 
mills,  over  the  Souhegaii  ri\er.  when  Monson  people  will 
hnild  the  other  half.""  was  dismissed. 


44  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

OLD,  MIDDLE,  AND    NEW    TENOR    BILLS.       LAWFUL,  AND  STERLING 

MONEY. 

Bills  oi'  credit  were  issued,  from  time  to  time,  by  the 
authorities  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  for  tlie  pay- 
ment of  expenses  incurred  in  the  military  expeditions 
undertaken  by  tluit  Province.  The  tirst  of  these  bills  were 
issued  to  defray  the  expense  of  the  expedition  for  the 
reduction  of  Canada,  in  1690,  and  they  went  into  circulation 
as  a  part  of  the  currency  of  the  Province.  In  1749  between 
two  and  three  million  pounds  were  outstanding,  the  oldest 
being  known  as  old  tenor,  those  of  a  later  date  as  middle, 
and  new  tenor,  bills.  All  had  depreciated  in  value,  the  old 
tenor  bills  to  such  an  extent  that  sixty  shillings  in  bills 
would  purchase  only  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  in  silver. 
The  middle  and  new  tenor  bills  had  not  depreciated  so 
much,  but  the  value  of  all  was  perpetually  changing  and 
uncertain, — a  plague  to  their  inventors  and  the  people  who 
used  them. 

An  account  of  the  troubles  of  the  royal  governors  in  their 
efforts  for  the  suppression  of  these  bills  is  given  in  the 
following  scrap,  the  authorship  of  which  is  attributed  to 
Richard  Waldron,  for  a  long  time  one  of  the  Councillors  in 
New  Hampshire  : 

"  Shute  shot  his  bolt,  but  missed  his  aim  ; 
Then  took  his  flight,  and  left  the  game. 
Burnett,  his  skill  superior,  tried  ; 
But  failing,  laid  him  down  and  died. 
/Then,  said  the   King,  '  Let  Belcher  try 
To  crush  the  cm-sed  crn'rency. 
11'  his  art  be  used  in  vain, 
DelusiA'e  paper  be  their  bane, 
And,  for  to  make  the  case  still  worse, 
Shirley's  deceit  augment  the  curse.' " 

Finally,  in  1749,  a  law  was  enacted,  providing  for  the 
redemption  of  these  bills  in  silver  money  at  the  rate  of  6s., 
8d.  in  coin,  or  bullion  of  sterling  fineness,  for  50s.  of  old. 


IV.J  SOUHEGAN   WEST.  4o 

and  tlio  samo  for  lis..  8d.  in  middle  and  now  tonor  hills. 
Sj);niisli  milicil  dollars,  of  full  wciuht,  woro  reckonod  at  6s., 
and  it  was  i.i'ovid.'d  tliaf,  after  81  March,  IToO,  the  hills 
sliould  cease  to  })ass  as  eurr(MU'V,  and  that  all  accounts 
should  thereafter  l)e  kci)t  in  silver  money,  reckonin<^"  silver 
hullion,of  s(<"rliim-  fineness,  at  6s., 8d.  per  ounce, and  Sj)anish 
milled  dollars,  of  full  weight,  at  6s.  each.  This  was  the 
"Lawful  money"  of  the  fathers,  20s.  of  which  e(|ualled 
•f3.33J — making  one  pound.  In  sterling  money,  a  dollar  was 
reckoned  4s.,  6d.,  and  one  pound  (Mpialled  $4.44^-. 

To  facilitate  the  redem])tion  of  the  bills  of  credit,  a  grant 
of  £180,000  was  made  by  the  home  government  to  the 
Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  the  aniouut  sent  over 
in  Spanisli  milled  dollars.  The  halance  re(piired  for  tlieir 
redemption  was  raised  by  taxation  in  the  Province. 

A 24  May,  1749,  vot(Hl  to  dismiss  the  following  article  in 
the  warrant,  "To  see  if  they  will  choose  a  Committee  to 
treat  with  the  claimers  of  Mason's  rights,  oi-  any  othei-s  that 
lay  claim  to  the  said  Sonhegan,  and  see  on  what  terms  we 
may  be  quieted  in  our  jiossession,  and  make  report  tit  the 
next  meeting." 

Capt.  Shepard,  William  Peahody,  and  .^aniuei  Walton, 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  (lis|)ossess  William  .Mauiiin<2-  of 
a  strip  of  land  he  had  enclosed  of  Deacon  Bowtle's. 

28  May,  1750,  voted,  in  regard  to  an  article  in  the  war- 
rant, "To  see  whether  they  will  chuse  a  committee  to  treat 
with  Joseph  Elanchard,  Esq.,  as  agent  for  tlie  (daimers  of 
Mason's  patents,  inasmuch  as  he  has  advertised  the  said 
Souhegan  to  be  granted  away  by  him,"  that  they  will  not 
choose  a  committee  to  agree  with  Col.  Blanchard. 

No  settlement  seems  to  have  been  made  by  the  pi(tpric- 
tors  with  the  Masonian  company. 

17ol.   OLD  AND  NEW  STYLE. 

The  Julian  calendar,  intn^duced  l)y  Jidii'is  Ca-sar  46 
years  B.  C,  continued  in  use  in  England  and  the  English 


46  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Colonics  until  1752.  By  this,  the  Old  style  of  reckoning, 
one  of  every  four  years,  without  exception,  was  reckoned  as 
a  leap  year,  making  the  average  length  of  the  years, 365 
days  and  6  hours,  or  about  11  minutes  and  10  seconds 
more  than  the  solar  year.  This  difference  between  the 
length  of  the  civil  and  the  solar  years  had,  in  1582,  accumu- 
lated so  that  it  amounted  to  al)out  ten  days, — the  vernal 
equinox,  wliich  should  fall  u])on  the  21st  day  of  March,  in 
that  year,  falling  upon  the  11th.  This  variation  in  dates 
disturbed  the  regularity  of  the  church  festivals,  and  Pope 
Gregory  XIIl,  after  much  study,  ordered  ten  days  to  be 
stricken  from  the  calendar,  the  fifth  day  of  October,  1582, 
being  reckoned  as  the  fifteenth  ;  and  to  prevent  a  recurrence 
of  the  difficulty  it  was  ordered  that  the  closing  year  of  a 
century  should  be  reckoned  as  a  leap  year,  only  when  it 
could  be  divided  by  400  without  a  remainder.  This,  the 
Gregorian  calendar,  or  New  style,  was  adopted  shortly  after 
in  most  Catholic  countries. 

In  England,  owing  to  the  hatred  existing  against  the 
Catholics,  its  adoption  was  postponed.  J'ifially,  i\i -1751*;*  *' 
another  day  having  been  added  in  1700,  which  was  reckoned 
a  leap  year,  an  act  was  passed  by  the  Parliament  which 
directed  that  eleven  days  should  be  stricken  from  the 
calendar  in  the  month  of  September,  1752,  the  day  follow- 
ing the  second  day  of  that  month  being  reckoned  as  the- 
fourteenth,  so  that  the  year  1752,  though  it  was  a  leap  year, 
contained  but  355  days.  The  provision  for  avoiding  a 
recurrence  of  the  trouble  was  also  adopted.  The  civil  or 
ecclesiastical  year,  before  that  time,  began  on  the  twenty- 
fiftii  day  of  March, — March  being  reckoned  as  the  first 
month  of  the  year,  although  by  common  usage  the  year  was 
said  to  commence  on  the  first  day  of  January,  as  at  present. 
Hence  the  double  dating,  in  old  records,  of  events  that 
transpired  prior  to  the  25th  of  March,  in  years  previous  to 
1752,  both  the  common  and  civil  years  being  given.  This 
distinction  was  abolished  in  1751. 


IV.]  sou  H  EG  AN    WEST.  47 

At  prost'iit.  Ilic  .liiliaii  ("ilciiihii-.  m-  nM  st\  Ir.  i>  nsrd  niily 
in  Ru^siii,  ami    ISdO  lia\iiiL;    tlirrc  Im-cm    rfckniifil  as  a    It-ap 
/^Tai".    the    (lirtciciirc    lictwcni     tlicir    dalrs   ami    uiirs    m>u 
aniiitiiits  tut  w  rl\  (•  (lays. 

•_*ti     Sc|it('iuli('l'.     IT'")-'),     tlir     |M-<i|)ri('tnis    \otci|     that      tlifii' 

CnlinilittOO 

■'•May:  1,  lay  out  a  Hoail  from  Salem  ("aiiatly  t<i  ("a]>t.  Slii'panl's 
hridn't' ;  "J,  a  Hoad  from  Ilc/fUiali  l.ovcjoy's  to  the  iiH'i-tiiiL(  liousc  ;  :l. 
a  Koail  from  .losiali  SauyiM-'s  to  tlw  iiicctiii.i;  liousi- ;  },  a  KoacI  from 
Thomas  Clark's  to  tin-  mi't'tiii*;'  lioiisc  ;  .").  a  Uoad  from  tin-  mcftinij 
house  to  Capt.  Slu'panl's  mill:  (i,  a  Koail  from  Small's  to  the  mcftiii;^ 
hou.se,  with  a  road  from  William  I'caKody's  into  saiil  Hoad.  all  to  lie 
dun  as  the  Committfe  tlniik  litt." 

"  Voati'd.  tiiat  there  >hall  In-  a  Hoad  laid  out.  four  rods  widr,  from 
Ebiuezer  l.yon'^  Imuse  to  his  Hrid^e.  so  ealled." 

"Voateil.  tlial  tln-y  will  huilil  a  Uridine  over  SDU^ln^^-aii  Hivt-r. 
wheare  Lyon's  Hridj^^e  \va>.  ami  appointed  Mr.  Lyon.  Mr.  I'ovvnf.  and 
Mr.  Head,  the  Connuittee  to  huild  it." 

'•  \'ot'(l.  to  allow  ('ai>t.  Shepard  and  others  eighty  poumls.  old 
tenor,  towaiil  huildiu'^  tin-  hrid'.;!-  calli'il  Shc]ianrs  KridLre." 

In  17."):)  the  tollowiiii:'  petition  tur  iiicni-p<ir;itiiiii  as  a  town 
was  pr('sente<l  t<)  the  Governor  and  Coiincil  Ly  the  citizens 
ot"  Sonlieu'an  West. 

•• 'I'o  Ilis  Kxelency  tlif  Ooverner  :nid  tn  thr  HonoriiKli-  tln'  Council 
of  thr  I'rovinee  of  New  Ilampshirr  : 

'I'liis  hinnlily  slio  \fiii  tli:il  wc.  the  suliserihers,  Inlndutants  of  a 
New  IMantation  or  'rownship  called  Sonj;he,i,^an  West,  or  N'arra,i(anset. 
No.  :],  iM'ini;-  Invironeil  with  many  irri'midiMe  dilKeulties  under  our 
present  situation,  as  th-  Haver  will  inform,  earnestly  jiray  that  his 
Kx(deney  with  your  Ilon'rs  would  incorporate  us.  that  wi-  nui,dil 
enjoy  the  valualde  Liherties  and  priveledges  of  a  Town,  and  would 
Hen  that  the  Charter  of  the  Town  may  liouud  us  Westerly  on  the 
Township  inlied  Sal'-m  Caaaihi.  Northerly  on  Xew  Boston,  so  callefl. 
Easterly  on  Hedfonl  and  i>.irl  of  Merrimack,  Southerly  on  Soutrhei^iin 
Hiver.  so  calleth  .Vll  which  is  hunddy  suhnulted  to  your  Kx«dleneies 
and  Honours'  wise  Council,  as  we  in  Duly  Hound  shall  ever  ]>ray. 

hateil  at  Sougheiran  West.  Jainiary  ye  'Jtilh.  \7'y-\. 
Signed  l>y 
I.eiiKAiM    Ahhott.  Josiaii    .\lUlOT. 

-lusiii  A   AnnoT.  AxnuEw  Hi.\i»k. 


48 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Joseph  Boutell, 
William  Bradfokd, 
Benjamin  Cheever, 
Joseph  Clark, 
Ebenezek  Ellinwood, 
Ebenezer  Ellinwood,  Jr., 
Joseph  Ellinwood, 
John  Ever  don, 
Solomon  Hutchinson, 
Samuel  Lamson, 
Samuel  Lamson,  Jr., 
Ben.jamin  Love.joy, 
Ebenezer  Lyon, 
Robert  Read, 


Hugh  Ross, 
Josiah  Sawyer, 
Andrew  Seetown, 
John  Smith, 
Joseph  Steel, 
Samuel  Stewart, 
William   Stewart, 
Caleb  Stiles, 
Robert  Stuard, 
Ben.jamin  Taylor, 
Israel  Towne, 
Ben.jamin  Wilkins, 
Daniel  Wilkins, 
Daniel  Wilkins,  Jr. 


No  action  seems  to  have  been  taken  upon  this  petition. 

Prices  of  sundries  in  1759 :  from  an  old  l)ill  found  among 
papers  left  by  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins ; 


17  Feb.,  i  lb.  tea, 

6  Sept.,  1  lb.  chocolate, 
2-2  Nov.,  i  lb.  tea, 
25  Dec,  1  Gallon  rum, 


16  s. 

4  s. 

30  s. 

34  s. 


A  Spanish  milled  dollar  was  reckoned  at  forty-five  shil- 
lings, in  the  currency  of  those  days.  Tea  seems  to  have  been 
used  to  a  considerable  extent  at  this  time.  Tradition  says 
tliat  the  hrst  seen  in  town  was  sent  by  a  friend,  in  Boston, 
as  a  present  to  the  minister,  whose  good  wife,  being  igno- 
rant of  the  proper  method  of  preparing  it  for  use,  boiled  it 
in  an  iron  kettle  or  pot  until  she  thought  it  was  done,  when 
the  mess  was  dipped  out  and  the  liquor  "  sipped  of,"  with 
no  very  satisfactory  results.  She  doubtless  soon  found  a 
more  excellent  way  of  prcpaving  it. 

Its  use  was  deemed  almost  a  crime  during  the  Revolu 
tionary  War,  and  the  leaves  of  various  other  plants  were 
used  as  substitutes. 


IV.]  TOWN    OV    AMHERST.  }9 

INCORI'OHATION    OF'    TIIK    TOWN    OF    AMHERST. 

Til  niiswcr  to  a  ix'titioii  of  the  iiiliahilaiiis  of  Soiiliopan 
West,  pia villi;-  that  tliov  miulit  lie  iiic(»r]i(irat(>(l  as  a  town, 
(1()\.  Went  w  lilt  li.  with  tlic  ai|\icc  ami  coiisi-iit  of  the  Coiiii- 
cil,  u'l'aiitnl  till'  f(ill(>\viii<^-  cliartcr: 

"PROVIXCE  OF  NEW  II.VMPSHIRE. 

Georpo  tlio  Si'cf)ii(l.  l>y  the  Grace  of  Cux],  of  (\v<-.\\    Britain.  Fraiict", 
and  Ireland,  Kiiifj.  IVfciider  of  the  Faitli, 
'Yn  all  to  wliniii  these  Presents  sliall  come. 

(Ireetinp: 

Wherea.s.  our  Loyal  Sul)jects,  Inhabitants  of  a  Tract  of  Land  within 
our  Province  of  New  Hampshire,  known  liy  the  name  of  Souhegan 
West,  on  tlie  western  side  of  Merrimack,  have  huniMy  petitioned  and 
re(iueste(l  us  tliat  tliey  may  he  erected  and  Incorporated  into  a  Town- 
ship an<l  Infranchised  with  the  same  powers  and  privile},'es  which 
(ithir  Towns  witliin  mir  said  Province  l)y  law  have  and  enjoy,  -^nd 
it  appearinjf  to  us  to  lie  conducive  to  the  general  good  of  our  said 
Province,  as  well  as  of  the  said  Inhabitants  in  particular,  by  main- 
taining good  order  and  encouraging  the  culture  of  the  land,  that  the 
same  shoidd  be  done.  Know  Ye,  therefore,  that  we,  of  our  special 
Grace,  certain  knowledge,  and  forHhe  encouragement  and  promoting 
tliegood  ends  aforesaid,  Hy  and  with  the  advice  of  our  trusty  and  well 
beloved  lienuing  Went  worth,  F,s(i..  our  Governor  and  Commander-in- 
chief,  ami  of  our  Council  for  said  province  of  New  Hampshire,  Have 
erected,  and  ordained,  and  by  these  Presents  for  us,  our  lieirs  and 
successors.  Do  Will  and  ordain  that  the  Iidiabitants  of  the  Tract  of 
land  aforesaid,  and  who  shall  inhabit  and  improve  thereon  hereafter, 
llie  same  being  Butted  and  Bounded  as  follows:  viz..  Beginning  at 
Souhegau  Biver,  thence  runiiiug  north  \°  west  on  the  townships  of 
Merrimack  ami  BrdlOiil  >i\  miles,  thence  running  west  on  Beilfonl 
and  a  tract  of  land  called  Xew  Boston  six  miles,  thence  South  about 
tive  nnles  and  a  half  to  Souhegau  River  aforesaid,  thence  by  said 
Biver  to  the  place  where  it  began  :  Be,  and  hereby  tire,  declared  and 
ordained  to  be  a  Town  Coi-porate,  and  are  hereby  erect<'d  and  Incor- 
porated into  a  body  Politic  and  Corporate,  to  have  contintiance  until 
the  tirst  of  January,  17G2,  by  the  name  of  .Xmherst.  with  all  the 
Powers  and  .\uthorities.  Privileges,  Immuinties,  ami  Franchises, 
which  any  other  I'own^  in  said  Province  by  Law  hold  and  enjoy,  to 
the  said  iidiabitants.  or  who  shall  hereafter  iidiabit  there,  and  their 
successors  for  said  term ;  always  reserving  to  us,  our  Heirs  and  Suc- 
4 


50  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

cessors,  all  White  Pine  trees  that  are  or  shall  be  found  growing  and 
being  on  said  tract  of  land  fit  for  the  use  of  our  Royal  Xavy ;  Reserv- 
ing also  to  us,  our  Heirs  and  successors,  the  power  and  the  right  of 
dividing  said  town,  when  it  shall  appear  necessary  and  convenient  to 
the  Inhabitants  thereof.  Provided,  nevertheless,  and  it  is  hereby 
declared,  that  this  Charter  and  Grant  is  not  intended,  and  shall  not 
in  any  manner  be  construed  to  extend  to  or  effect  the  Private  Property 
of  the  soil  within  the  limits  aforesaid.  And  as  the  several  towns 
within  our  said  Province  aforesaid  are  by  the  laws  thereof  enabled  and 
authorized  to  assemble  and,  by  the  majority  of  voters  present,  to 
choose  all  such  officers  and  transact  such  affairs  as  are  in  the  said 
laws  declared : — We  do  by  these  presents  nominate  and  appoint  Lieut.- 
Col.  John  Goffe  to  call  the  first  meeting  of  said  Inhabitants,  to  be  held 
within  said  town  at  any  time  within  forty  days  from  the  date  hereof, 
giving  legal  notice  of  the  Time  and  design  of  holding  such  Meeting, — 
After  which,  the  Annual  Meeting  in  said  Town  shall  be  held,  for  the 
choice  of  Officers  and  the  purposes  aforesaid,  on  the  second  Monday 
in  March,  annually. 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  Province  to 
be  hereunto  affixed. 

Witness,  Benning  Wentworth,  Esquire,  Our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander-in-chief of  our  said  Province,  the  eighteenth  day  of  January, 
in  the  Thirty-Third  year  of  our  Reign,  and  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
Christ  One  thousand  and  seven  hundred  and  sixty. 

B.  WENTWORTH. 

By  his  Excellency's  Command,  with  advice  of  Council : 

THEODORE  ATKINSON,  Sec'y. 


A  meeting  for  the  organization  of  the  town,  under  the 
charter,  was  held  at  the  meeting-house,  20  February,  1760, 
at  which  Coh  John  Goffe,  who  was  appointed  to  call  the 
meeting,  read  the  charter. 

Solomon  Hutchinson  was  chosen  town-clerk,  and  was 
immediately  sworn  to  the  faithful  execution  of  the  duties 
of  the  office. 

Col.  John  Goffe  was  chosen  moderator,  and  the  town 
voted  to  acce])t  the  charter. 

Solomon  Hutchinson,  William  Bradford,  Reuben  Mussey, 
Reuben  Gould,  and  Thomas  Clark,  were  chosen  selectmen, 


IV.]  TOWN    OF    AMHERST.  51 

David  Ifartslioni  and  Xathan  Kendall,  lithinir-nicn.  and 
the  otlioi'  usual  town  ofllccrs,  were  clcctrd. 

(ii'u.  .Ii:i'i"in:v  Amherst,  fi-om  wlmni  tin-  lown  driivcd  its 
name,  was  honi  at  Kivcrhcad,  Ciamty  of  Kmit,  England, 
29  January,  1717.  lie  early  devoted  himself  to  the  pro- 
fession of  arms,  and  received  an  ensitrn's  commission  at 
the  age  of  fonrteen  years. 

At  the  aire  of  twenty-five  he  was  cniiaii'ed  in  the  uuis  in 
Euro]»(\  serviuLi'  (tu  the  staff  of  Fiord  Liironier.  .Vi  a  iatci- 
({•ite  he  sei-\('(l  n]\  tlie  staff  of  the  l)uke  of  Cumherla  Mil.  Ill 
1700  he  was  in  command  of  a  I'eiiiment  of  foot.  In  17.').s 
he  was  a}»|)ointed  to  the  American  service,  with  the  rank  of 
major-general.  Hesailed  Irom  Portsmouth,  l']uu-..li>  Maich. 
1758,  with  the  forces  destined  for  the  siege  of  Lonishurg. 
That  forti'ess  surrendered  on  the  sixth  day  of  July  following, 
and  he  speedily  took  possession  of  the  whole  of  the  island  of 
Cape  Breton. 

Soon  aftei-  this,  lie  sncceetled  (ien.  At»ercroml)ie  in  the 
command  of  the  llritish  foi'ces  in  North  America.  In 
Novemher,  1758,  he  planned  and  e.xecuteil  the  capture  of 
Fort  DuQuesne.  The  capture  of  Niagara  and  Ticiuideroga 
soon  followed.  Crown  Point,  on  Like  Cliamplain,  was 
taken  14  Octohci-.  17.V.>.  soon  alter  tiie  compiest  of  Qnehec 
by  Wolfe;  and  on  the  eighth  day  of  Octolier,  17()<l, 
Montreal  was  suri'cndered  to  the  Uritish  forces. 

Shortly  after  this,  he  was  made  Covernor-Ceiieral  of 
Canada.  Knight  of  the  I'.ath,  Lieutenanl-Cenei-al,  and  a 
memlier  of  His  Majesty's  Privy  Council. 

He  resigned  his  command  in  America  soon  after  the 
close  of  the  war.  in  17(>;').  :ind  retiiruiMl  to  I"]u'jl;iud. 

In  1770  he  became  Covernor  of  (Jin-rnsey  :  was  sworn  of 
the  Privy  Council  in  177:i  :  and  in  1 77<>  was  advanced  to 
the  peerage,  when  he  took  the  title  of  P.;irou  Amherst,  of 
Ilomesdale.  in  tin-  County  of  Kent.  In  17S7  he  received 
another  patent,  as  Baron  AnduMst.  of  Montreal.  From 
1772  to  1782  he  acted  as  Commander-in-chief  of  the  British 


52  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

forces.  In  1782  he  received  tlie  golden  stick  from  the 
King. 

Upon  a  cliange  in  the  administration,  the  command  of 
the  army  was  put  into  other  hands,  but  in  1793  it  was 
restored  to  him.  In  1795  he  was  superseded  in  the  com- 
mand by  the  Dulvc  of  York,  then  a  young  man,  who  had 
never  seen  any  service.  He  was  then  offered  an  earldom 
and  the  rank  of  field-marshal,  both  of  which  he  declined  ; 
but  in  the  following  year  he  accepted  the  appointment  of 
field-marshal.  He  died  at  his  seat  at  Montreal,  3  August, 
1797. 

He  was  possessed  of  a  collected  and  temperate  mind  ; 
had  but  little  liking  for  show  or  ])arade ;  was  a  strict  dis- 
ciplinarian, but  a  friend  to  the  soldier.  He  was  twice 
married,  but  left  no  children,  and  his  title  and '  estates 
passed  to  a  nephew. 

RESIDENT    TAX-PAYERS    IN    AMHERST,    SEPTEMBER,    1760. 

Ephraim  Abbot,  Benjamin  Davis, 

Joshua  Abl^ot,  John  Davis, 

Josiah  Abbot,  Benjamin  Dresser, 

Ebenezer  Averill,  Ebenezer  Ellinwood, 

Thomas  Averill,  Ebenezer  Ellinwood,  jr., 

Andrew  Bixby,  Jedediah  Ellinwood, 

Joseph  Boutele,  Joseph  Ellinwood, 

Kendal  Boutele,  Francis  Elliott, 

Andrew  Bradford,  Elisha  Felton, 

Samuel  Bradford,  Simeon  Fletcher, 

William  Bradford,  Nathan  Fuller, 

David  Burns,  Richard  Gould, 

John  Burns,  Samuel  Gray, 

Joseph  Butterfield,  David  Hartshorn, 

Oliver  Carlton,  John  Harwood, 

Benjamin  Clark,  Ephraim  Hildreth, 

Joseph  Clark,  jr.,  Amey  Hobbs, 

Thomas  Clark,  William  Hogg, 

James  Cochran,  Ebenezer  Holt, 

John  Cole,  Ebenezer  Holt,  jr., 

Jacob  Curtice,  J,  Holt, 


IV.] 


TOWN    OF    AMHKRST. 


53 


Isaac  How, 
Solomon  llulcliiiisoii, 
William  .Jones, 
Natliau  Kt'iidall, 
fJonathau  Lamsoii, 
Samuel  Lanjsoii, 
Samuel  Lamsoii,  jr., 
William  Laiioy, 
Alii  jail  I^ovt'joy, 
IV'iijamin  i^ovejoy, 
llezekiah  Lovejoy, 
Joseph  Lovejoy, 
Kphraim  Lund, 
Khenezer  Lyon, 
-lonatlian  Lyon, 
John  McC'lcrnand. 
Timothy  .Mclntirc, 
William  Mclcndy, 
KculH'n  Mussey, 
William  Odall, 
John  I'atturson, 
William  Peabody, 
John  Pettengill, 
Joseph  Prince, 
Robert  Kfad, 
Alexander  Kobmson, 
Saniui'l  Robinson,  • 
Hannah  Rollins, 
James  Rollins, 
IIui;ii  Ross, 
Amlrew  Seaton, 
John  Seaton, 
Samuel  Seaton, 
Jolin  Slicj.ar.l, 

One  IuiiuIiimI  and  ten  in  nil. 


John  Shcpard,  jr., 
.loseph  Small, 
John  Smitli, 
Timothy  Snnth, 
Joseph  Steel, 
Caleb  Stiles, 
Joliu  Stuart, 
Robert  Stuart, 
Sanuiel  Stuart, 
Benjamin  Taylor, 
Israel  Towne, 
Israel  Towne,  jr., 
Mo,ses  Towne, 
Thomas  Towne, 
David  Truel, 
Moses  Truel, 
Caleb  I'pton, 
Thomas  Waketicld, 
William  Wallace, 
Davis  Walton, 
Reuben  Walton, 
.John  Washer, 
."^tt'[ih('n  Washer, 
John  \\  asson, 
Daniel  Weston, 
Kbenezer  We.ston, 
Khenezer  Weston,  jr., 
(ieorge  Wiley, 
Amos  Wilkins, 
Benjamin  Wilkin.s, 
Dani(d  Wilkins, 
Lucy  Wilkins, 
William  Wilkins, 
.Marv  WiiUins, 


Aniuiiir  lilt'  hcuviest  ta.\-i>ay('i-.s  were  Willinin  rcnltddy, 
whose  tux  was  £46.  l«s.,  3(1.:  Nathan  Kcnthill.  £;'.'.•, 
lis.,  0(1.:  l.sraol  Towne.  C:'A.  Is..  IM.  :  J.psrph  IMince, 
£31,  7s.,  'Jd.;  and  Jo-sepii  Slrrj.  CM).  Ms..  :;d.  A  [...jl  tax 
was  £3,  7s.,  6d. 


54  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

A  regiment  of  eiglit  liiindred  men  was  raised  in  New 
Hampshire  this  year  (1760)  to  serve  in  an  expedition  for 
the  invasion  of  Canada.  It  was  under  the  command  of  Col. 
John  Goffe,  and  marched  from  Litchfield,  through  Monson, 
Peterborough,  and  Keene,  to  Charlestown,  on  Connecticut 
river,  tlience  they  cut  a  road  twenty-six  miles,  through  the 
wilderness,  to  the  Green  Mountains,  after  which  they  fol- 
lowed the  road  cut  the  previous  year  by  Stark  and  the 
rangers  to  Crown  Point.  They  were  forty-four  days  in 
cutting  the  road  to  the  Green  Mountains.  A  large  drove 
of  cattle,  for  the  army  at  Crown  Point,  followed  them. 

A  severe  drouglit  prevailed  in  the  year  1761,  by  which 
the  crops  were  cut  short  in  the  frontier  towns,  and  supplies 
of  provisions  had  to  be  obtained  from  abroad.  It  is  related 
that  one  of  the  settlers  in  Amherst,  named  Clark,  walked 
from  this  town  to  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  purcliased  a 
busliel  of  corn  from  a  vessel  lying  near  the  ferry.  This  he 
carried  on  his  shoulder  to  Lovewell's  mills,  in  Dunstable, 
where  it  was  ground  into  meal,  which  he  carried  home  on 
his  shoulder.  The  whole  distance  out  was  about  fifty 
miles. 

A  tax  of  £561,  old  tenor,  was  assessed  upon  the  tax- 
payers of  Amherst  this  year  (1761),  as  the  town's  proportion 
of  the  cost  of  the  expedition  to  Crown  Point  in  1760,  and 
the  reinforcements  sent  there,  and  for  the  expenses  of 
promoting  and  carrying  on  an  expedition  against  His 
Majesty's  enemies  in  North  America. 

For  the  payment  of  this  tax  the  following  articles  were 
to  be  received  at  the  prices  specified,  the  same  being 
delivered  to  the  Province  treasurer  at  the  expense  of  the 
owner :  Bills  of  credit ;  Spanish  milled  dollars,  at  15s. 
each,  new  tenor ;  gold  and  silver,  in  proportion  ;  good  bar 
iron,  at  £3  per  hundred  weight ;  hemp,  at  Is.  per  pound  ; 
Indian  corn,  at  10s.  per  bushel  ;  pork,  at  7d.  per  pound  ; 
flax  seed,  at  Is.  per  pound  ;  pease,  at  10s.  per  bushel ;  and 
codfish,  at  £1,  10s.  per  quintal. 


IV.]  TOWN    OF    AMHERST.  55 

REVIVAL    OF    THE    TOWN    CHARTER. 

The  charter  of  the  town  expirino:  by  limitation,  on  tlie 
first  day  of  January,  1762,  the  following  petition  lor  it.s 
renewal  was  forwarded  to  the  Governor  and  Council  by  the 
selectmen  : 

'•To  Ilis  Kxelency  Bfnnino-  Wentworth,  Esqr.,  Governor  in  chief  in 
and  over  His  Majestie's  I'rovince  of  New  Hampshire,  ami  to  the 
Honorable  the  Counsell. 

The  ^Memorial  of  us,  the  Subscribers,  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town 
of  Amherst,  in  Province  aforesaid,  Humbly  sheweth  that  we,  with 
the  Lowest  Sulnuission,  Sollicitously  pray  that  your  Kxcelencv  and 
Honours  would  lengthen  out  the  life  of  the  Charter  of  our  Town;  and 
we  doubt  not  but  your  Excelency  and  Honours,  in  your  Great  wisdom 
and  Clemency,  will  do  it.  during  the  Kuig's  pleasure:  and  so  your 
Memorialists,  as  in  (hity  Ixiuud,  will  ever  pray. 

UKIU'KX   Ml'SSKV.       >    Selectmen, 
T H <  )S.  \\'  A  K  I-:  1" 1 1: 1 d ).   !-  iu  bihalf  of 
W  1 1. 1, 1  AM   I'KAl'.ODV.  )    tlw  Town. 

Amiif.kst,  I)('i-'r  ye  15th,  1701." 

"  N.  l'>.  We,  the  Subscribers,  Selectmen  of  the  Town  of  .Vndierst, 
Nominate  and  appoint  Col.  ,Iohn  Goif,  Es([r.,  to  represent  to  his  Kxel- 
ency  the  Governor  and  the  Honorable  Counsil  our  Memorial,  above 
specified,  to  jirolong  our  Town  Charter." 

The  ])rayer  of  llie  selectmen  was  graciously  answci-ed  by 
the  royal  (invcnior.  in  the  name  of  his  niastci',  as  follows: 

'•rUONIXCK  OF  NKW    1 1  A  M  I'M  1 1  UK. 

George  the  Thinl,  by  the  Gi'ace  of  (iod,  of  (Jrcat  Hritaiii,  France, 
and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

Whereas,  our  Late  royal  Grand-father,  l\ing  (Jeorge  the  Second,  of 
Glorious  memory,  of  his  special  (irace  and  upon  the  Petition  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  a  Tract  of  Laud  in  our  .said  I'rovince  of  New  Ham|>- 
shire,  heretofore  known  by  the  Nan>e  of  Souhegan  West,  and  for  the 
maintainhig  good  order  &  encouraging  the  culture  of  the  I.,and  there, 
by  his  Letter  Patent,  or  C  barter,  under  the  seal  of  our  said  I'rovince, 
Dated  the  18th  day  of  daii'ry,  in  the  ."Wd  Year  of  his  reign,  did  erect 
and  incorporate  into  a  liody  Politic,  ami  Corporate,  hy  the  name  of 
.Vmiikkst,  the  Inhahitants  of  the  said  Tract  of  Land,  or  those  that 
should  inhabit  therein  thereafter,  which  tract  is  butted  and  l)ounded 


56  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

as  in  the  said  Patent,  or  Charter,  is  expressed,  and  was  to  have  con- 
tinuance till  the  first  day  of  Jan'ry,  17G2,  which  Time  being  elapsed, 
and  the  Inhabitants  having  again  petitioned  to  have  the  said  Charter 
Privileges  renewed,  and  it  appearing  necessary  to  answer  the  good 
End  proposed,  as  well  as  to  Enable  the  Inhabitants  aforesaid  to  assess 
and  collect  their  rates  and  Taxes, 

Know  Ye,  that  We,  being  willing  to  promote  the  good  End  pro- 
posed, have  of  our  Further  Grace  &  Favor,  By  &  with  the  advice  & 
Consent  of  our  Trustyj&  well  beloved  Benning  \^'entworth,  our  Gov- 
ernor &  Conmiander  m  Chief,  &  of  our  Council  for  said  Province, 
revived  &  regranted  unto  the  said  Inhabitants  and  their  Successors 
on  the  s'd  Tract  of  Laud  all  the  Powers  &  Authority,  Privileges, 
Immunities,  &  Franchises,  in  the  said  Charter  mentioned,  as  they 
enjoyed  the  same  while  that  Charter  was  in  force,  and  to  have  con- 
tinuance imtil  we  thall  please  to  Approve  or  disallow  the  same,  and 
signify  such  our  approbation  or  disallowance. 

In  testimony  Whereof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  the  Province  afore- 
said to  be  hereunto  affixed. 

Witness,  Benning  Wentworth,  Esqr.,  our  (iovernor  &  Commander 
in  Chief,  this  7th  day  of  Jan'ry,  in  the  second  year  of  our  reign, 
Annoq  Domini,  1762. 

B.  WENTWORTH. 

By  His  Excellency's  Command,  with  advice  of  Council: 

THEODORE  ATKINSON  Sec't. 


v.]  ANNEXATION    OK   MONSON, 


CHAPTER  V. 


ANNEXATION    OF    A    I'AHT    OF    SOUHKGAN    WEST    TO    M  EltlJI.M  A(  K. 

MONSON. PETITION    FROM     MONSON    FOR  THE    ANNEXATION 

OF  A  PART  OF  SOUHKGAN  WEST  TO  THAT  TOWN. — VOTE  OF 
THE    TOWN    OF    HOLLIS    IN     HECAltD    TO    THIO     DISMEMBERMENT 

OF    MONSON. PETITION     OF    INII AHITANTS    OF    MONSON    TO    RE 

ANNEXED  TO  HOLLIS. Ml!.  WII,KINS  liKMoNSTKATES. — SIGN- 
ERS     TO      THE      REMONSTRANCE     oi'     THE      1  Ml  AHITANTS      OF 

AMHERST. ACTION     OF     THE     TOWN     OF     AMHERST. MONSON 

DIVIDED  BETWEEN  AMHERST  AND  HOLLIS.  —  I)ISS.\TISFACT10N 
OF  MONSON  PEOPLE. — PETITIONS  FOR  A  TOWN  TO  HE  COM- 
POSED OF  THE  MILE  SLIP,  DUXHURY  SCHOOL  FAR.M,  AND  PARTS 

OF   LYNDEBOROUGII   AND  AMHERST. EFFORTS    FOR  A   DIVISION 

OF  THE  TOWN  INTO  I'AKISUES. PETITION    OF  IMIAHITANTS    OF 

THE  NORTH-WEST  PART  OF  THE  TOWN  TO  HE  INCOliPORATED 
AS  A  SEPARATE  PARISH. INCOlfPORATION  OF  THE  PETI- 
TIONERS   AS    A    POLL     PAKISH. — I'iiOCEEDlNGS  OF  THE  SECOND 

PARISH. SETTLEMENT     OF    MR.     BRUCE. INCORPOKATION     OF 

THE  SECOND  PARISH  BY  METES  AND  HOUNDS. — BOUNDARIES 
CHANGED  BY  THE  GENERAL  COURT. — VARIOUS  VOTES  OF  THE 
SECOND  PARISH. — MEASURES  TAKEN  FOR  THE  INCORPORATION 
OF    THE     PARISH     AS     A     TOWN. — ACTION     OF    THE    TOWN    OF 

AMHERST. MONT   VERNON    INCORPORATED. ITS  BOUNDARIES, 

AND  NAMES  OF  THE  TAX-l'A  VEIIS,  1  AI'lilL,  1 8U4. — PETITION 
FOR  THE  INCORPORATION  OF  A  POLL  PARISH  IN  THE  SOUTH- 
WEST    PART     OF     THE      TOWN. ACTION      OF      THE      TOWN      OF 

AMHERST. INCORPORATION      OF      THE      THIKD      PARISH. —  ITS 

ORGANIZ.VTION,    AND    VOTES    OF   THE    PARISH    IN    RELATION    TO 

BUILDING    A    MEETING-HOUSE. MOVEMENTS  TO  BE  SET  OFF  AS 

A  PARISH  BY  METES  AND  BOUNDS. — THE  THIRD  PARISH  INCOR- 


58  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

PORATED    BY    METES    AND    BOUNDS. ORGANIZATION    OF    THE 

CHURCH. VOTE  OF  THE  PARISH  IN  REGARD  TO  THE  INCORPO- 
RATION OP  THE  THIRD    PARISH  WITH  DUXBURY  SCHOOL    FARM, 

AND    THE   MILE   SLIP,  AS    A    TOWN. ACTION    OP  THE  TOWN  OP 

AMHERST. MILFORD    INCORPORATED. ITS    BOUNDARIES,    AND 

■     FIRST     TAX-PAYERS. ANNEXATION     OF    ANOTHER      PART     OF 

AMHERST  TO  MILFORD. REPORT  OF  A    COMMITTEE    APPOINTED 

BY  THE  TOWN  OF  AMHERST  IN  REGARD  TO  A  PROPOSED  TOWN, 
TO  BE  FORMED  OF  PARTS  OF  AMHERST,  NEW  BOSTON,  BEDFORD, 
AND  GOFFSTOWN. 

The  first  dismemberment  of  Souhegan  West  took  place 
1  June,  1750,  when,  by  the  amended  charter  of  Merrimack, 
a  strip  of  hind  and  water,  some  1,380  rods  in  length,  and 
averaging  about  125  rods  in  width,  was  taken  from  Souhe- 
gan West,  and  annexed  to  that  town. 

This  change  seems  to  have  been  overlooked  by  Gov. 
Wentworth  at  the  time  the  charter  of  Amherst  was  granted, 
its  boundaries,  as  therein  described,  being  the  same  as  those 
given  in  the  original  survey  in  1728. 

This  boundary  was  the  source  of  some  contention  between 
the  towns,  and  remained  unsettled  until  the  autumn  of 
1832,  when  it  was  settled  by  a  committee  consisting  of 
Benjamin  M.  Farley,  of  Hollis ;  Jesse  Bowers,  of  Dunsta- 
ble ;  and  John  Wallace,  of  Milford. 

AMHERST  AND   MONSON. 

The  town  of  Monson  received  a  charter  from  Gov.  Went- 
worth, 1  April,  1746.  It  was  formerly  a  part  of  the  town 
of  Dunstable,  as  chartered  by  the  General  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, 16  October,  1673,  and  came  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  New  Hampshire  on  the  establishment  of  the  boundary 
line  between  the  Provinces  in  1741. 

The  town  of  Hollis  formed  its  southern  boundary,  and 
the  Souhegan  river,  its  northern  boundary. 


v.]  ANNEXATION    OK    MONSON.  59 

111  1754  a  petition  was  j)i-('scnt(.'(l  to  the  Oovoriior  and 
Council  by  the  selectmen  and  other  inhabitants  of  the  town 
of  iMonson,  askiiiii'  that  a  portion  of  Sonhcuan  \\'(!st,  adjoin- 
ing that  t  )\vii,  and  embracing  al)out  one  third  of  the  area  of 
the  townsliip,  might  be  annexed  to  Moiison.  A  petition 
from  persons  inhabiting  the  territory  asked  for,  asking  to 
be  annexed  to  Moiison,  was  presented  at  the  same  time; 
but  the  request  was  not  granted. 

The  town  of  Mollis,  at  a  meeting  held  2  .March,  17G1. 
voted  to  petition  the  town  of  Monson  i'or  a  strip  of  hind, 
one  and  a  half  mih'  in  widtli.  or  tliereabout,  from  the  south 
side  of  that  town,  whi(;h  the  town  of  Monson  voted  to  grant 
them,  at  a  meeting  held  2o  March.  1761. 
•On  the  18  October,  1702, 

Daniel  Bay  ley,  'i'homas  Nevens, 

Robert  Coll)urn,  William  Nevens, 

William  Colburn,  Zaccheus  Shattuck, 

AVilliam  CoUturn,  jr..  Josej^h  Stearns, 

Samuel  Hayden,  Samuel  Stearns,  jr., 

Daniel  Kenrick,  Daniel  Wheeiei-,  and 

Abraham  Leman,  James  Wheeler, 
Oncsiphorous  Marsh, 

inlialiitaiits  of  Monson.  |)etitioiied  the  Oovernor  and  foun- 
cil  to  be  annexed  to  ILjUis.  A  heai-ing  on  their  jietition 
was  ordered  in  April  following,  but  was  j»ostj)oned  to  the  next 
June,  in  order  to  gi\('  the  petitioners  time  to  make  furthei- 
arrangements  with  the  towns  of  Amhei'st  and  Ilollis.  .Vfter 
hearing  the  parties  concerned,  the  petition  was  dismissed  3 
June,  1703. 

This  movement  for  the  disineml)erinent  of  Monson  btun<i 
but  little  favor  in  Amherst  at  liist. 

Pastor  Wilkius  was  sti\>iigly  opposed  to  it,  as  the  follow- 
ing: memorial  w  ill  show  : 


60  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

MEMORIAL  OF  REV.  DANIEL  WILKINS. 

To  His  Excellency  Beuuing  Wentwortli,  Esquire,  Governor  and 
Conunander-in-chief  in  and  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of  New 
Hanipshire,  and  the  Honorable  His  Majesty's  Council  and  House  of 
Representatives,  in  General  Court  assembled : 

This  Memorial  humbly  sheweth  that  the  Towns  of  HoUis  and 
Monson  was  lately  notified  of  a  Petition  preferred  to  the  General 
Court,  to  annex  the  south  side  of  Monson  to  Hollis,  by  an  act,  which, 
when  doire,  I  humbly  conceive  will  leave  the  Remainder  under  such 
circumstances  as  that  they  cannot  subsist  alone  (their  town  then  being 
but  three  miles  in  width,  and  very  small  in  number,  not  exceeding 
twenty  settlements),  so  that  it  will  be  necessary  that  they  be  annexed 
to  us,  or  part  of  us  to  them,  the  consequence  of  which  will  not  only 
prove  fatal  to  our  Town,  but  to  me  also,  as  it  will  not  only  throw  an 
immense  cost  upon  them,  in  pulling  down  orn-  present  Meeting-House 
(which  is  as  large  as  meeting-houses  commonly  are  in  the  country, 
lately  finished,  and  situated  to  accommodate  more  j)eople  than  any 
one  meeting-house  can  in  the  town,  or  in  Monson),  and  cause  them  to 
build  two,  instead  of  one, — too  heavy  a  burden  at  present  for 
Amherst. 

And  also,  this  scheme  will  prove  very  fatal  to  me,  for  it  will  remove 
the  meeting-house  far  from  me,  at  least  ten  miles,  the  travel  of  which 
will  be  too  great  a  fatigue  for  me,  now  in  the  decline  of  life  ;  and  to 
purchase  and  build  again,  I  am  not  able.  And  besides,  the  present 
scheme  will  doubtless  kindle  a  fire  that  will  not  go  out  in  this  age,  if 
ever,  so  that,  if  the  difficulties  of  travel  could  be  removed,  yet,  may  it 
please  your  Excellency  &  Honours,  I  must  conclude  to  live  in  the 
flames  of  contention,  or  else  haul  up  stakes,  with  a  nmnerous  family, 
now  in  the  decline  of  life,  the  latter  of  which  I  shall  choose.  In  a 
word,  I  am  aware  of  one  great  argument  they  will  use  to  enforce  their 
Petition,  and  it  is  this :  viz.,  that  the  centre  of  theii-*  Town  is  such  a 
broken  piece  of  land  that  they  can't,  without  a  great  expense,  be 
accommodated  with  roads.  To  this,  with  submission,  I  reply,  that 
within  half  a  mile  of  the  north  side  of  our  Meeting-House  there 
begins  a  Break  of  land  and  extends  to  the  Northern  line  of  our  town, 
across  which  a  great  number  of  families  must  travel  if  we  have  two 
meeting-houses  in  the  Town,  which  break  of  land  I  am  so  well 
acquainted  with  that  it  appears  as  practical  to  me  to  make  a  road 
over  the  eminence  of  Joe  Englishe's  Hill  as  to  make  a  road  feasible 
for  travelling  over  said  break  of  land.  That  this  may  more  plainly 
appear  to  your  Excellency  and  Honers,  the  Selectmen  of  the  town 
went  to  look  out  a  road  across  part  of  it,  the  better  to  accommodate 


v.]  ANNEXATION    OF    MONSON.  T)! 

some  of  our  luhaMtauts,  and  t'oiiiMl  it  iinpracticalilc.  Xow  wlii-n 
your  Excellency  and  Ilon'rs,  in  your  great  wisdom,  consider  liow  1 
began  with  this  people  when  they  were  small  in  number,  hut  fourteen 
families,  and  also  the  great  fatigues  and  diHiculties  that  I  endured 
for  many  years  to  build  them  up  such  a  flourishing  people,  esperially, 
in  the  last  war  before  this,  encouraging  a  small  number  of  families, 
not  exceeding  thirty,  to  keep  their  Possessions,  which,  if  I  liad 
deserted,  the  whole  Town  would  have  disbanded  and  perhai)s  liad  l)f('n 
a  howling  wilderness  to  this  day,  as  is  the  case  with  otlier  dcsi-rteil 
places,  whereas  now  it  is  a  flourishing  Town,  capable  of  bearing  a 
considerable  part  of  the  Province  Taxes,  aiul  would  be  a  place  of 
great  unanimity,  were  it  not  for  the  scheme  of  splitting  to  pieces  to 
satisfy  the  avaricious  desire  of  some  particular  Gentlemen,  as  also  the 
miserable  condition  that  myself  and  my  numerous  family  will  be  in  if 
I  am  obliged  to  leave  the  people  by  this  means.  I  am  well  assured 
that  your  Excellency  and  Honours,  in  your  great  wisdom  and  clem- 
ency, will  favor  no  schenii-  that  has  any  tendency  to  make  your  most 
dutiful  subject  miserable. 

And  so  your  Memorialist,  as  in  duty  lionml.  will  ever  pray. 

DANIKI.   \V  1 1. KINS. 

Dated  at  Amherst  the  2sth  March,  ITC:',. 

At  about  tlie  Siiuie  time  another  niciuorial  was  |»it'sciitt'd 
to  the  General  Conrt,  ffom  inhabitants  of  Amherst,  protest- 
ing against  tlie  annexation  of  a  ]»art  of  Monson  to  HoUi.s, 
in  wliieli  many  of  the  arguments  were  used  against  the 
measure  that  Mr.  Wilkins  advance*!  in  his  reninnst ranee. 

This  memorial  was  signed  hy 

Josliua  Abl)ot,  John  Ihirns, 

Josiah  Abbot,  Oliver  Carlton, 

John  Averill,  Benjamin  Clark, 

Thomas  Averill,  Thomas  Clark, 

Moses  Barron,  jr.,  James  Cochiaii. 

Andrew  Bixliee,  John  Cole, 

Joseph  Boutell,  Jaeob  Curtice, 

Kendal  Boutell,  IJenjamin  Davis, 

Samuel  Bradford,  John  Davis, 

William  Bradford,  Jacob  Dres.ser, 

David  Burns,  Francis  Elliott, 


62 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Ebenezer  Ellin  wood, 
Ebenezer  Ellin  wood,  jr. 
Jedediah  Ellinwood, 
Joseph  Ellinwood, 
RoUandson  Ellinwood, 
Elislia  Felton, 
William  Felton, 
Simeon  Fletcher, 
Nathan  Fuller, 
John  Harwood, 
David  Heartshorn, 
Jacob  Hildreth, 
William  Hogg, 
Ebenezer  Holt, 
Ezekiel  Holt, 
Abner  Hutchinson, 
Solomon  Hutchinson, 
Jonathan  Lampson, 
A])ijah  Lovejoy, 
Benjamin  Lovejoy, 
Benjamin  Lovejoy,  jr., 
Hezekiah  Lovejoy. 
Joseph  Lovejoy, 
Ephraim  Lund, 
Jonathan  Lyon, 
Timothy  McLitire, 


William  Melendy,  jr., 
John  Mitchel, 
Renben  Mussey, 
William  Odell, 
Joshua  Fettengill, 
John  Patterson, 
Nathan  Phelps, 
Joseph  Prince, 
Hugh  Ross, 
Oliver  Sanders, 
John  Seccomlje, 
Andrew  Seetown, 
Samuel  Seetown, 
Andrew  Shannon, 
Timothy  Smith, 
John  Stuart, 
Caleb  Stiles, 
Benjamin  Taylor, 
Thomas  Towne, 
Amos  Truel, 
David  Truel, 
Moses  Truel, 
Thomas  Wakfield, 
Daniel  Weston, 
Ebenezer  Weston, 
Ebenezer  Whittemore. 


William  Melendy, 

Proposals  for  a  division  of  the  town  of  Monson  between 
the  towns  of  Amherst  and  Hollis  were  laid  before  the  voters 
of  Amherst,  at  a  meeting  held  21  February,  1763,  but  no 
action  was  taken  upon  them. 

At  a  meeting  held  10  March,  1766,  the  people  of  the  town 
were  called  upon 

"  To  determine  concerning  a  petition,  expected  from  Hollis,  relative 
to  having-  a  portion  of  INIonson  annexed  to  Amherst,  and  to  do  all 
things  necessary  about  the  premises." 


v.]  ANNEXATION    OF    MONSON.  63 

On  which  thov 

"  Voleil,  titiil  Ihi'ii  irilJ  not  nn^nrer  the  pptilion  of  a  numbpr  of  prisons  In 
Monson,  relatire  to  harhuj  (t  pttrt  of  snitl  Monson  ntiitcad  to  Ain/irrst." 

At  the  same  time  the}'  cxpi-essed  their  wislirs  in  iT<j;ir(l 
to  the  attenihmce  of  the  Monson  peoplf  ii|m)ii  their  Sninhtv 
services  by  voting 

"  T/int  those  of  Monson  that  irill  instant!  1/  rontrnrt  for  hnrincf  their  polls 
and  estates  assessed  to  the  minister,  in  equal  projiortion  with  the  people  in 
Amherst,  shall  lie  permitted  to  enjoij  r/osptl  pririlrfjes  in  common  with 
them,  and  such  of  them  as  irill  not  par/  a  proper  proportion,  as  aforesaid, 
are  desired  not  to  envnmher  the  meetinr/-hoiise  an//  loni/er." 

Bnt  in  a  short  time  a  different  sjtirit  prevaih'd.  (h\  the 
tenth  day  of  April  following,  we  find  tiieni  voting,  in  town 
meeting, 

'•  To  repeal  tlie  second  article  voted  at  the  last  iiieetincf  relative  to 
Monson,  and  that  the  same  is  herel)y  rejiealed  and  made  void." 

They  not  only  repealed  the  vote,  hnt  expressed  a  willing- 
ness to  receiv'e  the  Monson  hrethren  ;is  follows: 

"Voted,  that  the  following  part  of  ^Ionson,with  the  people  thereon, 
may  he  annexed,  or  joined  to  this  town,  and  enjoy  all  privileges  and 
Immunities  in  common  with  this  town  :  viz.. 

Beginning-  at  the  \orth-Kast  corner  of  said  ^lonson,  from  thence 
south  by  the  town  of  Merrimack  two  miles,  thence  due  west  to  the 
west  side  of  said  Monson,  th-Mice  north  to  Souhegan  river,  so  called, 
thence  down  said  river  to  th  ^  bounds  first  mentioned,  upon  the  fol- 
lowing condition,  and  not  otherwise, — that  is  to  say,  they,  the  people  of 
Monson,  to  lie  at  the  expense  of  r/rttiiif/  the  thinrj  ilone." 

And  the  pcojde  of  Monson,  having  obtained  the  consent 
of  the  town,  did,  at  last,  "  get  the  thing  done." 

On  the  fonrth  day  of  July,  1770,  a  charter  dividinir  the 
town  of  ^fonson  between  the  towns  of  Andiei'st  iinil  llollis 
received  the  sanction  of  Gov.  John  Wentworth  :  and  thns 
Monson  died  from  among  the  towns  of  New  ilampsfiire, 
after  an  existence  of  ab(jut  twenty -four  years. 


64  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

It  died,  seized  and  possessed  of  a  pound,  said  to  have 
been  the  only  public  building  ever  erected  within  its 
borders. 

A  town  meeting  was  held  18  September,  1 770,  at  which 
the  charter  of  annexation  was  read,  and  the  new-made  citi- 
zens of  Amherst  welcomed. 

But  many  of  the  Monson  people  were  soon  dissatisfied 
with  this  arrangement.  On  the  26  January,  1771,  a  peti- 
tion, signed  by  thirty  persons,  was  j^resented  to  the  Gov- 
ernor, asking  that  all  of  tliat  part  of  Amherst  lying  south 
of  a  line  commencing  at  a  point  on  its  western  boundary, 
one  mile  north  of  Souhegan  river,  and  running  due  east  to 
its  eastern  boundary,  might  be  incorporated  as  a  separate 
town. 

Immediately  after  this  a  remonstrance  against  this 
change,  signed  by  one  hundred  and  twenty-seven  residents 
of  Amherst,  was  presented  to  the  Governor,  and  the  prayer 
of  the  petitioners  was  not  granted. 

MOVEMENTS    FOR    A    DIVISION    OF    THE    TOWN. 

In  March,  1779,  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  legis- 
lature by  sundry  inhabitants  of  Amherst,  Lyndeborough, 
and  the  Mile  Slip,  asking  to  be  incorporated  into  a  town,  with 
the  following  boundaries  :  namely,  commencing  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  the  town  of  Wilton,  thence  easterly  across 
the  town  of  Lyndeborough  to  Amherst  west  line,  thence 
southerly  to  the  south-east  corner  of  Lyndeborough,  thence 
in  an  easterly  course  far  enough  to  make  396  rods  from 
the  Avest  line  of  Amherst,  thence  south  to  the  east  end  of 
the  house  of  John  Burns,  thence  south  to  Hollis  line,  thence 
west  on  the  south  line  of  Amherst  and  the  Mile  Slip  to 
Mason  line,  thence  north  by  Mason  and  Wilton  to  the 
bound  first  mentioned. 

Against  the  incorporation  of  this  town  sixteen  inhabi- 
tants of  Amherst,  six  of  the  Mile  Slip,  and  one  of  Lynde- 
borough, residing  within  its  limits,  protested. 


v.]  ANNEXATION    OF    MONSON.  6o 

31  May,  1780,  Stephen  Uhiiiehard,  Stephen  Uhmchanl, 
jr.,  Simon  Blanchard,  Richard  Boynton,  David  Chandler, 
Samnel  Gntterson,  Caleb  Jones,  Benjamin  Lewis,  Ilenjaniin 
Lewis,  jr..  Timothy  MacTntire,  Joshna  Mooar,  Thomas 
Tarson,  William  Parson,  Samnel  Parson,  Aaron  Peal)ody, 
Joseph  Wallace,  Stej)hen  Williams,  ami  iJenjamiii  Wright, 
iidialiitants  of  Mile  Slip  and  Dnxhnry  school  farm,  petitioned 
the  (ieneral  Conrt  to  l)e  incorporated,  with  a  part  of 
Amherst,  into  a  town  with  the  following'  lionnds:  com- 
mencing at  a  white  oak  tr(3e  standing  in  the  east  line  of  the 
town  of  Wilton,  it  being  the  north-west  corner  of  the  Mile 
Slip,  thence  easterly  on  the  sonth  line  of  Lyndeborongh, 
600  poles  to  the  sonth-east  coi-nei*  of  liyndeborongh.  thence 
northerly  on  tlu^  cast  line  of  Lyndeborongh  al)ont  half  a 
mile  to  the  sonth-east  corner  bonnd  of  a  lot  of  land  owned 
Ity  .losepli  hiineklee,  thence  easterly  488  poles  to  a  stake 
and  stones  at  the  sonth-east  corner  of  a  lot  owned  by  Amos 
(Jreen,  thence  southerly  592  ])oles  to  an  oak  tree  standing 
on  land  of  Col.  John  Shej)ard,  by  the  north  l)ank  of  Sou- 
hegan  river,  thence  sonth-easterly  by  Souhegan  river  to  a 
stake  and  stones  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  on  land  of 
Moses  Towne,  about  two  miles  in  a  straight  line  from  the  oak 
tree  mentioned  as  standing  on  Shepard's  land,  thence 
southerly  C)'20  jmles  to  a  stake  and  stones  stamling  on  the 
noith  line  of  IJollis.  thence  westwardly  on  the  north  line  ()f 
Nnllis  fonr  miles  jind  a  <|iiarter  to  the  north-west  corner 
bounds  of  Jlollis,  thence  westerly  one  mile  to  Mason  line, 
thence  northerly  248  poles  to  the  south-east  corner  of  the 
town  of  Wilton,  thence  northerly  on  the  same  course  to  the 
l)ound  first  mentioned. 

At  the  same  time  Ebenezer  Averill,  Llijah  Avcrill 
Andrew  Bradford,  John  Bradford,  Joshua  Burnam,  Stephen 
Ibii-nam,  Jose|)]i  Crosl)y,  Josiah  Crosby,  Josiah  Crosby,  jr., 
William  Crosby,  Benjamin  Hopkins,  jr.,  Abner  Hutchin- 
son, Bartholomew  llutehinson.  Benjamin  Hutchinson, 
Elisha  Hutchinson.  Nathan  Hutchinson.  Nathan  llutehin- 
5 


66  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

son,  jr.,  Caleb  Jones,  William  Peabody,  William  Peabody, 
jr.,  Benjamin  Temple,  John  Wallace,  and  William  Wallace, 
residents  in  Amherst  on  the  territory  proposed  to  be  incor- 
porated into  the  new  town,  presented  a  petition  for  tlic 
same  purpose,  but  their  petitions  were  not  granted. 

THE    SECOND    PARISH. 

Efforts  for  a  division  of  the  town  into  parishes  were 
made  as  early  as  1778.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  several 
persons,  residina;  in  the  vicinity  of  Shepard's  mills,  peti- 
tioned to  be  set  off  as  a  parish  by  themselves ;  but  the  town 
refused  to  grant  their  request. 

In  the  spring  of  1779  the  town  chose  a  committee  "  to 
treat  with  sundry  persons  belonging  to  the  north-westerly 
part  of  the  town,  who  had  petitioned  to  be  set  off  as  a 
parish."  The  committee  was  also  authorized  to  treat  with 
a  number  of  inhabitants  of  the  town,  residing  in  the  west- 
erly part  of  the  same,  who  desired  to  be  set  oft"  to  Duxbury 
school  farm,  and  the  Mile  Slip. 

After  hearing  the  report  of  this  committee,  the  town,  at 
a  meeting  held  31  March,  1779,  voted  "  not  to  set  oft'  a 
parish  in  the  north-westerly  part  of  the  town."  They  also 
voted  "  not  to  set  off  the  westerly  part  of  the  town  to  Dux- 
bury  school  farm  and  the  Mile  Slip."  The  Mile  Slip  was  a 
strip  of  land  about  five  miles  long,  and  some  three  hundred 
and  fifty  rods  wide,  which  laid  between  Amherst  and  Hollis 
on  the  east,  and  Wilton  and  MasDU  on  the  west,  and 
extended  from  Lyndeborough  on  the  north  to  Raby,  now 
Brookline,  on  the  south.  It  became  a  part  of  Milford  in 
1794. 

Duxbury  school  farm  laid  between  Lyndeborough  and 
Souhegan  river,  west  of  Amherst,  and  between  Amherst 
and  the  Mile  Slip.     It  became  a  part  of  Milford  in  1794. 

Petitions  having  been  presented  to  the  Ceneral  Court  for 
the  establishment  of  new  parishes  in  Amherst,  the  town,  5 


v.]  SECOND    PARISH,  ti7 

August,  1779,  appointor!  a  committee  to  show  caiiso  or 
reasons  why  they  should  not  bo  urantod,  and  a|)pointod  an 
agent  "  to  prefer  and  onl'oroe  said  reasons  at  thr  (Jeneral 
Court." 

6  Dccenilicr.  1771'.  Siiiidry  iidialiitants  of  the  north-west 
|iart  ol  (lie  town  asked  to  he  \()te(|  ol'j'  as  a  parish,  on  condi- 
tion that  the  inhalutants  oi'  tluit  part  of  the  town  slioukl 
pay  their  full  proportion  toward  the  sujiport  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Wilkiiis.  and  every  charge  of  the  town,  except  the  settle- 
ment of  a  ministei',  until  they  could  supply  themselves  with 
prea(drmg  in  the  parish  :  hut  the  town  refused  to  grant 
their  roipiost. 

At  tile  same  time  several  of  tin'  inhahitants  of  the  west- 
erly j)art  of  the  town,  who  desired  to  he  sot  olf  to  Ouxltury 
school  farm,  the  Mile  Slip,  and  a  part  of  F^yndehorcuigh, 
ask(>d  to  be  excused  from  |»ayiug  towaid  the  lU'dination  of  a 
minister  ;  ov  if  they  ili<l  pay.  to  have  the  money  refunded 
to  them-,  if  they  were  sot  off  within  foui'  yeai's.  This  rorpiost 
was  also  denied. 

At  a  meeting  held  81  May.  1780,  the  town  was  again 
asked  that  the  south-west  part  of  the  town  might  be  sot  off 
and  incor|)oratod  as  a  Ixidy  politic  with  Duxbuiw  school 
farm,  and  <  )ne  Mile  Slip  :   hut  leave  was  not  gi'ante(l. 

Another  committee  was  appointed  by  the  town,  11  Sop- 
toinher.  17S0.  to  show  cause  before  the  General  Court  why 
the  praver  of  a  number  of  the  iuhabitaiits  of  the  town 
residing  in  the  north-westerly  part  of  the  same,  asking  to 
be  sot  off  as  a  separate  parish,  should  not  be  granted.  The 
committee  was  also  instructed  to  show  cause  why  the 
prayer  of  those  jiersons  residini:'  in  the  south-west  |iart  of 
the  town,  who  asked  to  i)e  set  off  as  a  town  with  nuximry 
and  the  Mile  Sli|),  should  not  bo  granted. 

Sundi-y  jtorsons  residing  in  town  havini:-  |ietitioned  to  the 
('onoral  (^)urt  to  l)o  exempted  froui  the  payment  of  a  min- 
isterial tax,  and  for  tlu^  ap))ointment  of  a  c(nnmittoe  to  view 
their  local  situation,  a  committee  was  chosen  24  May,  1781, 


68  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

to  draw  up  reasons  why  their  petition  should  not  be 
granted  ;  and  the  committee  was  authorized  to  appoint  one 
or  more  of  its  number  to  repair  to  the  Court,  oppose  the 
petitions,  and  meet  a  committee  or  committees  of  the  peti- 
tioners, to  consider  and  make  report  for  an  accommodation. 
The  following  petition,  presented  to  the  General  Court, 
at  its  session  in  March,  1781,  sets  forth  the  reasons  which 
actuated  the  petitioners  in  asking  for  a  separation : 

To  the  Hon'ble  the  Council  &  Gents  of  the  Hon'ble  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives in  General  Assembly  Convened,  at  Exeter,  in  the  State  of 
New  Hampshire.     14  March,  1781. 

The  Humble  jietition  of  the  several  persons  whose  names  are  hereto 
set  and  subscribed,  Inhabitants  of  Amherst,  in  the  County  of  Hills- 
borough, living  Chiefly  in  the  North-west  part  of  s'd  Town, 

Sheweth,  That  the  Rev'd  Mr.  Daniel  Wilkins,  the  former  minister 
of  Amherst,  Being  By  Age  and  infirmities  Rendered  incapable  of 
Duty,  the  Town  Chose  a  Committee  to  hire  preaching  until  another 
minister  should  be  ordained.  By  which  means,  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Jeremiah  Barnard  was  introduced  into  the  Church  there,  only  By  way 
of  Supply,  the  Town  not  being  in  a  proper  situation  for  settling  a 
Minister.  However,  the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard  officiated  there  for  some 
time.  That  your  j)etitioners,  for  Reasons  hereafter  mentioned,  Could, 
By  no  Means,  Rest  Satisfied  under  his  Ministry,  and  openly  Disap- 
proved of  him.  Notwithstanding  which,  a  party  was  form'd  In  favor 
of  s'd  Barnard,  which  party,  taking  advantage  of  Calling  Church  and 
Town  meetings  when  the  severity  of  the  season  was  such,  and  at 
times  when  such  abundance  of  snow  had  fallen,  that  it  was  extremely 
Difficult,  if  not  morally  impossible,  to  have  a  general  attendance  of 
the  toM'n  inhabitants,  it  was  carried  by  a  very  small  Majority,  to  give 
the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard  a  call.  An  Ecclesiastical  Council  was  Convened 
at  Amherst,  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1780,  for  the  purpose  of  ordain- 
ing him.  That  although  your  petitioners  were  convinced  to  their 
great  Grief  and  Sorrow  (by  being  out  voted)  that  they  were  not  the 
greatest  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  Town,  yet  being  conscious  of 
their  weight  and  Importance  (as  paying  a  greater  part  of  Taxes 
than  those  that  voted  in  favor  of  Mr.  Barnard's  settling),  they  did 
think  themselves  aggrieved  in  having  the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard  imposed 
upon  them  in  that  unfair  manner ;  and  they  did — previous  to  the  s'd 
ordination — sign  and  address  a  Memorial  and  Remonstrance,  Couched 
in  the  strongest  but  most  modest  Terms,  to  the  s'd  Council,  setting  forth, 


y-] 


SECOND   PARISH.  69 


ainoiipjst  other  things,  '  that  witli  Regard  to  ^fr.  Barnard,  thoy  must 
say,  tliat  he  was  not  a  man  of  their  choice;  that  he  was  not  the  man 
that  they  shoukl  choose  for  their  Spiritnal  Gnide,  for  their  instructor 
\u  tlie  Great  and  Deep  mysteries  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  and 
tliiit  ills,  the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard's,  discourses — however  Doctrinally  sound 
tliey  niiglit  be — did  not  appear  to  be  delivered  in  the  demonstration 
of  (lie  Spirit  and  with  that  life,  power,  nnd  e/i<?/v/// which  they  could 
wish  for,  nor  yet  with  that  Clearness  and  persjiicuity  which  they 
thought  they  hail  a  right  to  expect  from  a  Man  thoroughly  furnished 
to  every  good  work,  and  from  one  who  might  come  to  them  in  the 
fulness  of  the  blessings  of  the  (iospel  of  peace. 

And  in  conclusion,  hoping  that  the  bare  sight  of  such  a  numlier  of 
names  as  would  be  annexed  to  s'd  Memorial  might  be  suthcient  to 
Convince  Mr.  Barnard  that  he  ought  not  to  think  of  settling  where 
there  \va.s  so  little  prospect  of  his  being  Beiietici;il  to  the  people  and 
comfortable  to  himself.' 

And  praying  the  Venei'able  Council  that  the  said  .Mr.  Barnard 
might  not  be  ordained, — To  which  Memorial  your  Petitioners  pray 
leave  to  refer  themselves,  .\nil  that  it  may  be  taken  as  part  of  this 
Petition. 

That,  Notwithstanding  there  arc  some  few  of  your  petitioners  who 
dill  not  sign  said  Memorial,  yet  did  they  oppo.se  Mr.  Barnard's  being 
settled  as  their  minister,  and  did  in  the  strongest  (though)  n)odest 
ti'rms  Manifest  to  the  said  Council  their  disapprobation  of  the  said 
Mr.  Barnard's  being  ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  chunii  and  People 
of  this  Town. 

That,  notwithstanding  the  said  Memorial  and  Remonstrance,  the 
Council  thought  til  to  onlain.  and  did  accordingly  <irdain  the  said  Mr. 
Paruard. 

in  consequence  whereof,  for  the  re.isons  aforesaid,  and  also  because 
the  said  .Mr.  Barnard  and  his  Party  carry  the  .Vdvantage  tlu-y  have 
gained  in  manner  as  before  set  forth,  with  a  higli  haml,  your  Peti- 
tioners caimol  in  conscience  resort  to  the  now  place  of  Public  Wor- 
ship in  .\mherst,  nor  can  they  join  in  prayer,  nor  in  communion,  with 
the  .said  Mr.  Barnanl,  nor  reai»  any  benefit  from  his  di.scour.ses,  .so 
that  they  wholly  absent  themselves  and  maybe  said  to  l>e  without 
any  settled  minister. 

Moreover,  under  all  these  diliiculties  and  hardships  which  they 
labor  under,  your  Petitioners  are  liable  to  be  rated  with  their  equal 
proportion  of  rates  toward  the  support  of  the  said  Mr.  Barnard,  and 
as  un<ler  the  foregoing  circumstances  your  Petitioners  think  hard  of 
paying  them,  it  seems  to  o[)en  a  door  u(  Contention  and  i.aw-suit, 
which  they  would  avoiil. 


70  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

That  your  humble  petitioners,  in  Expectation  of  Being  sett  oft"  as  a 
separate  parish,  did,  sometime  ago,  at  their  own  proper  charge,  build 
a  Commodious  Meeting-house  at  the  said  N.  AV.  part  of  said  Andierst, 
and  have  hired  preaching  for  sometime  past,  hoping  at  the  same  time 
to  have  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  a  minister  of  their  own  choosing,  our 
local  situation  being  such  as  required  the  same.  But  that  not  being 
granted  by  the  then  Hon'ble  Assembly,  Your  Petitioners  now  have 
recourse  to  your  Honors,  praying  that  you  would  take  their  most 
unhappy  cases  into  your  Serious  Consideration,  and  that  they  may  be 
at  liberty  to  bring  in  a  bill  whereby  they  may  be  severed  from  the 
said  New  Mdeting-house  aid  Minister,  and  from  any  future  minister 
there,  and  from  paying  any  rates  for  the  repairs  of  the  said  meeting- 
house, or  support  of  the  new  minister,  or  any  future  minister  of  the 
same,  and  that  your  Petitioners  may  be  invested  with  the  Power  of 
assessing,  levying,  and  raising  money  for  keeping  their  said  Meeting- 
house in  Repair,  when  the  same  shall  be  in  want  thereof,  and  for 
settling  and  constantly  maintaining  a  Gospel  minister  in  said  N.  W. 
Meeting-house,  and  that  it  may  and  shall  be  lawful  for  any  now  minor 
Children  or  servants  of  your  Pet'rs,  as  soon  as  they  shall  come  of  age, 
to  poll  off,  if -they  see  fit,  and  join  such  future  minister  or  Ministers 
of  the  Gospel  at  the  said  North-West  Meeting-house,  and  may  in  like 
manner  be  declared  Independent  of  said  Mr.  Barnard's  Meeting-House, 
and  separate  therefrom,  &  from  all  rates  whatsoever,  incident  to  the 
support  of  that  meeting-house  or  minister,  provided  that  such  child  or 
children,  servant  or  servants,  so  coming  of  age,  do  signify  to  the 
Town-Cl'k  of  Amherst,  in  writing,  his,  her,  or  their,  desire  of  joining 
and  becoming  members  of  the  said  N.  W.  Society  or  parish,  or  that 
your  Hon'rs  will  grant  your  Pet'rs  Relief  in  such  other  manner  as  you 
in  your  great  wisdom  shall  deem  most  meet. 

And  your  Petitioners,  as  in  Duty  bound,  will  ever  Pray. 

Signed  by  John  Averill  and  fifty-one  others. 
With   the    foregoing    petition,    we    have    the    following 
record  : 

STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

In  the  House  of '  Representatives,  June  20th,  1781.  Upon  reading 
and  considering  the  foregoing  Petition,  Voted,  that  the  prayer  thereof 
be  granted,  and  that  the  Petitioners  have  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill 
accordingly. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  : 

JOHN  LANGDON,  Speaker. 


v.]  SECOND    PAKISH,  71 

111  Cuimcil,  June  "Jlst,  ITSl,  Read  ami  ('oiiciinril  : 

K.    riiOMI'soX.  Sr.r'Y. 

Afc(»nliiiul\ ,  i»ii  tilt'  lliirtit'tli  tliiy  nf  .Iiiiic.  IT^^l.  lli<* 
f()ll(j\vilig  pci'sons  were  set  (•t'taiid  const  it  iitfil  tlii'  Sccoiiil, 
or  Noi'tli-\N'('st .  |i;ii-isli  of  Aiiilii'i-st  : 

John  Avcrill,  Kolicrt  l^arkci-, 

William  Bradford,  jr.,  llaiiiiah  IVahody, 

John  Ihirnnni.  JoS(,'|>h  Perkins, 

(>li\er  Carlton,  Daniel  Sinionds, 

Thoinas  Carlton,  Daniel  Smith. 

John  Cole,  Isaac  Smith, 

Nathan  Cole,  Jacob  Smith, 

Josiali  Dodge,  James  Smith, 

John  Duncklee,  Timothy  Smith, 

Joseph  ihiucklee,  Timothy  Smith,  jr., 

Joseph  Farnuni,  Joseph  Steel, 

Nathan  Flint,  Samnel  Sterns, 

Nathan  Flint,  jr.,  Araos  Stiekney, 

Allen  Coodridge,  Thomas  Towne,  jr., 

Daniel  (Jould,  Joseph  Tuck, 

Richard  Gould,  Enos  Upton, 

John  Harwood,  PJzekiel  Upton, 

Nathaniel  Haywood,  Richard  Waid, 

James  Hopkins,  Abijah  Wilkins, 

Nathan  .lones,  jr..  Daniel  Wilkins, 

William  Lamson,  Eli  Wilkins, 

.Joseph  Langdell,  Joshna  Wilkins, 

Andrew  Leavitt,  William  Wilkins, 

.Foseph  Ijovejoy,  Samnel  Winehestei-, 

John  Mills,  James  Woodhniy, 

Knight  Nichols,  Peter  Woodbury. 

PROCEEDINGS    OK    TIIK    NOKTII-WKST    PAIMSll. 

Tile  tirst  parish  nieetinij  w  ;is  held  lil  .lime.  ITsl.  X;i- 
thaniel    lla\  wood    was    chosen     moderator  :     I-^li    Wilkins, 


72  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap, 

clerk ;  Peter  Woodbury,  Nehemiah  Haywood,  and  Abijah 
Wilkins,  assessors  ;  James  Woodbury,  treasurer ;  Nathan 
Flint,  collector ;  and  Timothy  Smith,  Oliver  Carlton,  and 
Richard  Gould,  a  committee  to  hire  preaching. 

12  March,  1782,  James  Woodbury,  Amos  Stickney,  and 
Abijah  Wilkins,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  lay  the 
lower  floor,  and  sell  the  pew  ground,  in  the  meeting-house, 
at  public  auction,  and  lay  out  tlie  money  received  therefor 
in  finishing  the  house.  It  was  voted,  tluit  if  any  notes  were 
taken  for  tlie  pew  ground,  "  they  shall  be  upon  interest." 

1  July,  1782,  voted,  "  to  hire  preaching  upon  probation. 

29  August,  1782,  voted  to  hire  Mr.  Powers  to  preach  in 
said  parish.  At  the  same  meeting,  a  proposition  to  unite 
with  the  South-West  parish  in  hiring  |)reaching  at  Mr. 
Abner  Hutchinson's  was  rejected. 

18  January,  1783,  voted  to  liire  Mr.  Allen  to  preach  four 
Sundays,  if  his  services  can  be  procured. 

4  March,  1783,  voted  to  raise  fifty  ])ounds  to  defray  parisli 
charges. 

9  September,  1783,  voted  not  to  hire  Mr.  Allen  any 
longer.  Voted  not  to  send  to  Dartmouth  College  for  a 
preacher. 

9  December,  1783,  voted  to  concur  with  the  church  in 
giving  Mr.  Samuel  Sargent  a  call  to  settle  in  the  gospel 
ministry  in  said  parish. 

Voted  to  give  Mr.  Sargent  .£120  lawful  money  as  a 
settlement,  and  £Q0  lawful  money  and  20  cords  wood 
yearly,  as  long  as  he  supplies  the  pulpit,  and  £30  and  20 
cords  of  wood  yearly,  during  life,  after  he  has  ceased  to 
supply  the  pulpit. 

The  effort  to  settle  Mr.  Sargent  failed,  for,  29  December, 
1784,  they  voted  to  concur  with  the  church  in  giving  Mr. 
John  Bruce  a  call  to  settle  in  the  gospel  ministry  in  this 
parish.  Also  voted  to  offer  Mr.  Bruce  £120  as  a  settle- 
ment, and  £60  and  20  cords  of  wood  yearly,  so  long  as  he 
carries  on  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry  here,  and  £30 


v.]  SECOND   PARISH.  73 

and  20  cords  of  wood  annually,  if  ho  should  become  dis- 
abled from  cari'vinu-  on  the  uoik  of  the  niinistfv.  for  so 
l(jn,ti"  a  time  as  he  remains  the  niinistcr  ol  the  phicc. 

NatluinicI  I  Ia\  wood,  Oliver  ( 'arlton.  and  Lient.  William 
Jiradford,  were  appointed  a  ennimittee  to  eonimunieate  tlie 
votes  of  the  parish  to  Mr.   Ihiier.  ;iiid  receive  his  answer. 

.Mr.  l>iuee  aeee|»ted  llie  eal  1.  and.  a  fter  some  dela\,  was 
ordained  o  November,  17s5.  1J(!  eonlinued  pastor  of  the 
parish  and  town  until  his  death,  which  took  jilacc  1  •_'  March, 
1809. 

An  act  defining  the  boundaries  of  the  Second  parish 
in  Andierst,  was  passed  by  the  leuishiture,  1^4  January, 
17S0. 

7  JanuaiT,  17'.>U.  'I'he  First  parish  havini;-  |ietitione(|  for 
the  repeal  of  the  act  estaldishiug"  the  hoiindaries  of  the 
Second  |)aris]i,  William  Lamsoii,  Henry  Campliell.  and 
Capt.  William  Ibadlord,  were  appointetl  a  coiunnttee  to 
apj)ear  beb)re  the  General  Court,  and  show  cause  why  the 
prayer  of  the  petition  should  not  be  granted. 

4  June,  1790,  Capt.  William  Bradford  and  Ib-nry  ('amj»- 
bell  wcri'  appointed  a  committee  to  go  to  Concord  to  iiear 
the  report  of  a  committee  appointed  by  the  (Jeneral  Court 
respeeting  the  altei'ation  of  the  boundary  line  between  Mr. 
Barnard's  and  Mr.  IJriice's  parishes. 

2()  April,  179(1.  The  meeting-house  still  icmaiuiug 
mdinished,  the  parish  chose  a  committee  to  finish  the 
meeting-house,  as  was  v<>ted,  the  committee  to  return  any 
overplus,  that  might  arise  from  the  sale  of  tlie  jiews, 
to  the  treasui'cr. 

1.')  (>ctoliei-.  179'l.  \ote(j  that  the  conmiittce  t'oi-  the  time 
being  finish  the  ministerial  pew.  on  tlics|»ot  reserved  for 
that  purpose. 

25  .Fanuary.  1791.  Another  act  cstaMishing  the  honnd- 
aries  of  the  Second  jiarish  was  passer!  Ity  the  legislature, 
changing  them  somewhat  from  those  fixed  l»y  tin-  former 
act. 


74  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

21  March,  1791,  voted  to  accept  a  strip  of  land  lying  in 
the  easterly  part  of  Lyndeborough,  with  the  inhabitants 
living  thereon,  as  a  part  of  this  parish,  provided  the  consent 
of  Lyndeborough  is  obtained. 

9  July,  1791,  voted  to  find  stuff  and  build  the  seats  in 
the  meeting-house,  except  the  breast-work  in  front  of  the 
seats,  and  appointed  Moses  Kimball,  Lieut.  Josepli  Farnum, 
and  Oliver  Carlton,  a  committee  to  see  the  work  completed. 

19  March,  1792,  Capt.  John  Mills  was  allowed  seven 
shillings  for  sweeping  the  meeting-house  six  times,  and 
"^taking  care  of  the  same  for  one  year. 

24  March,  1792,  Mr.  Jonathan  Conant,  formerly  of  Bev- 
erly, was  designated,  by  a  vote  of  the  parish,  as  the  most 
suitable  man  to  serve  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  said 
parish. 

25  May,  1792.  Voted  to  build  a  wall  by  the  highway 
against  the  burying-ground. 

Voted,  "  that  the  bass  viol  be  not  carried  into  the  meet- 
ing-house to  be  used  in  time  of  exercise." 

25  October,  1792,  voted  to  allow  the  bill  of  the  committee 
for  building  the  gate  in  front  of  the  burying-ground, 
amounting  to  X4,  19s.,  5d. 

Voted  not  to  have  the  small-pox  any  longer  in  said  parish 
after  the  house  that  is  now  infected  can  be  cleansed. 

Voted  to  build  another  piece  of  wall  by  the  side  of  the 
burying-ground. 

18  March,  1793,  voted  the  pew  in  the  gallery  of  the 
meeting-house  to  the  use  of  the  singers. 

17  March,  1794,  voted  Capt.  Mills  twelve  shillings  for 
sweeping  the  meeting-house  four  times  and  taking  care  of 
the  same  one  year. 

21  March,  1796,  an  article  having  been  inserted  in  the 
warrant  calling  the  meeting  holden  this  day,  asking  the 
consent  of  the  parish  that  the  bass  viol  be  used  in  the  meet- 
ing-house on  Sundays,  to  assist  the  singers  in  time  of  public 
worship,  failed  of  approval. 


v.]  SEfONI)    PAUISH.  Tf) 

-  May,  1796,  voted  to  raise  slTS  to  pay  a  iKttc  held 
liy  Kcv.  True  Kimhall.  for  itrcachiiiir  in  the  paiisli,  f In-  note 
liciii'.;"  siuiit'd  l)y  the  coiiniiittiM'  chosen  to  liii-e  |ireac|iiii.j-  at 
tile  t  iiiie  it  was  ^"iven. 

isnl.      \oted  to  raise  .'i«;2')3.:'.:l  to  pa\   Mr.  iJruce's  salary. 

3  May,  1802,  voted  to  take  measures  to  elVect  a  sejiara- 
tion  troni  tlie  tow  n  ol  A  ndiei'st .  and  a  eoniuiittee,  eonsistiu"" 
of  Maj.  William  Hradford.  .lolin  Carlton,  ('a|»t.  .lolin 
Batehelder,  ("a|it.  .Tosejiji  Perkins,  ('apt.  Thomas  Cloutman, 
l>ea.  dacoh  Kendall,  I.ieut.  Benjamin  I'arker,  Lient. 
Joseph  Farnuni,  Eli  Wilkins,  I'arker  Riehai-dson,  Nathan 
Jones,  and  Lieut.  Timothy  Hill,  was  appointed  to  petition 
the  town  relative  thei'eto. 

On  the  last  Tiiursday  of  May,  1S()2,  the  |»arish  voted  to 
]tetition  the  General  Conrt  to  ineorporate  them  into  a  town, 
w  itii  the  same  boundaries  as  those  first  estahlished  hetween 
the  First  and  Seeond  pai-ishes:  also,  that  a  strip  of  land  half 
a  mile  wide,  lying-  in  the  easterly  part  of  Lyndehoronirh, 
extending  the  entire  length  of  this  parish,  ami  adjoining  it, 
l)e  asked  lor  as  a  part  of  the  new  town. 

Nathan  Jones,  Eli  Wilkins,  James  Smith,  .loseph  Lang- 
dell,  and  Capt.  Joseph  l\'rkins,  were  appointed  a  eommillee 
to  prepare  a  petition  for  that  jmrpose. 

<  >u  the  first  Monday  of  June,  1802,  ehose  Nathan  Jones, 
('apt.  Joseph  Perkins,  and  Capt.  Benjamin  Parker,  to 
present  the  petition  to  the  General  Conrt. 

21  Novend)er,  ISO.;,  voted  to  accept  the  report  of  tlie 
committee  of  the  C(Mi(M-al  Court  in  regai-d  to  the  incor] Mira- 
tion of  the  new  town. 

Voted,  that  the  name  of  the  contemplated  town  lie  .MoNT 
Vernon. 

action  of  thk  town  (»f  amfikkst. 

2  May,  180:?.  at  a  town  meeting  Ixdd  this  day.  Col. 
Roi)ert  Means,  Sauuiel  Wilkins.  l^aniid  Warner,  Sannnd 
Whiting,  and  William  Fisk,of  the  First  |.arish,  and  William 


76  HISTOEY    OF    AMHEKST.  [Chap. 

Bradford,  Joseph  Perkins,  Eli  Wilkins,  Ebenezer  Odell,  and 
Joseph  Langdell,  of  the  Second  parish,  were  chosen  to  con- 
fer together  upon  a  division  of  the  town  and  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Second  parish  into  a  separate  town.  Said  com- 
mittee were  instructed  to  report  at  this  meeting. 

After  a  session  of  one  hour,  the  committee  reported 
verbally,  "  not  agreed." 

Whereupon,  the  town  chose  Col.  Daniel  Warner,  agent  to 
attend  the  General  Court  in  the  matter  of  the  Second 
parish  petition.  Daniel  Campbell,  Samuel  Wilkins,  and 
Charles  H.  Atherton,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  consult 
with  said  agent,  and  give  him  such  advice  and  instruction 
as  they  might  think  proper,  free  of  expense  to  the  town, 
before  he  shall  attend  the  General  Court. 

An  act  incorporating  the  town  of  Mont  Vernon 
passed  the  Senate  the  eighth ;  the  House,  the  ninth ;  and 
received  the  approval  of  Gov.  John  Taylor  Gilman,  the 
fifteenth  day  of  December,  1803. 

Its  boundaries,  as  given  in  the  act  of  incorporation,  were 
as  follows  : 

"  Beginning  at  the  north-west  corner  of  Amherst,  on  New  Boston 
south  line,  thence  running  southerly  on  the  west  line  of  Amherst 
about  four  miles  and  a  half  to  the  north-west  corner  of  the  town  of 
Milford,  thence  easterly  on  the  north  line  of  Milford  to  the  south-east 
corner  of  a  lot  of  land  now  in  possession  of  David  Dodge  and  John 
Cochran,  thence  northerly  to  the  north-west  corner  thereof,  thence 
easterly  to  the  south-west  corner  of  a  lot  now  in  possession  of  Nathan 
Fuller  and  John  Fuller,  thence  northerly  to  the  north-west  corner 
thereof,  thence  easterly  on  the  north  line  of  said  Fuller's  lot  and  the 
north  line  of  Elisha  Felton's  house  lot,  and  the  same  course  on  the 
line  of  Enos  Bradford  and  Lambert  Bradford's  land  to  the  south-west 
corner  of  land  now  or  lately  owned  by  Enos  Bradford,  thence  north- 
erly on  the  east  line  of  said  land  and  the  east  line  of  a  lot  now  owned 
by  John  Clap  to  the  north-east  corner  of  said  Clap's  land,  thence  a  few 
rods  to  the  south-west  corner  of  a  lot  now  in  possession  of  Andrew 
Leavitt,  thence  northerly  on  the  west  line  of  said  lot  in  possession  of 
said  Leavitt  and  on  the  west  line  of  a  lot  now  owned  by  Col.  Robert 
Means  and  others  to  the  south-east  corner  of  land  now  owned  by 


IV.] 


TOWN    OF   MONT    VERNON. 


JojiC'ijli  Nicliuls,  tliencf  nurtlun-ly  on  the  west  line  of  said  Xiehols's 
land  to  the  north-west  corner  thereof,  thence  easterly  on  the  north 
line  of  said  Nichols's  land  to  a  line  rnnninj^  sonth  from  the  o;ist  side  of 
Henry  Spauldin<jf's  land,  thence  north  to  the  sonthn-ast  corner  of  said 
Spauldinii's  land  and  on  the  easterly  line  thereof  until  it  intiMsccls 
Xew  lioston  line.  thenc(!  westerly  to  the  placr>  of  Ix'ninninu." 

RESIDKNT    TAX-I'AYI:RS    IN    MONT    VERNON,    1    AI'RIL,    IbUl. 


Timothy  Austin, 
.lesse  Averill, 
John  Averill. 
John  Averill,  jr., 
l^ben  liatchelder, 
Israel  Batchelder, 
•John  Hatchelder, 
.lames  Mennett, 
i:i.enezer   Hills, 
•  luiiaihaii  Hixl>y, 
i;ii(»  llradford, 
l.aiiilHTl   Uradford. 
Widow  Bradford. 
William  Bradford. 
\Villiain  Brailfonl,  jr., 
Mark  Burnam. 
Charles  Camliridge, 
•lohn  ("arlton. 
Mrs.  Kmma  Carlton, 
Nathan  Cleaves, 
.losiah  Coburn, 
Thomas  Cloutman, 
Henry  Codman. 
Joseph  Co,t;i:;in, 
William  Co,n\i;in, 
.lonathan  Conant. 
.Foiiathan  Conant.  ji.. 
Lot  Conant, 
Xathan  Cross, 
.facoli  Curtis, 
Jacob  Curtis,  jr., 
.\llfn  Dodge, 
Joseph  Dodge, 
Josiah  Dodge, 


Josiah  Dodge,  jr., 
JomUhan  Duncklee, 
Benjamin  Dnrant. 
Israel  Farnum. 
Joseph  Farnum. 
Thomas  Fannim. 
John  Fisk. 
John  B.  Flanigan. 
Xathan  Flint. 
Samui'l  Flint. 
Lieut.  Alltii  (ioodridge, 
Allen  CJooflridge, 
Nathan  (Ireen, 
John  Harwood, 
John  Harwood,  jr., 
William  Hastings, 
Lieut.  Josiah  Herrick, 
Peter  Herrick, 
Mrs.  Judith  Hill. 
Timothy  Hill. 
Ebenezer  H<tlt, 
Ezekiel  Holt, 
James  Hopkins, 
James  Hopkins,  jr., 
Kobcrt  Ho.sea, 
Nathan  Jones, 
Peter  .loni-s. 
Daniel  Kendall, 
Jacob  Kendall. 
John  Kendall. 
Lieut.  Thaddeus  Kendal 
William  L.  Kidder, 
Josiah  Kittredge. 
Solomon  Kittredge, 


78 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Dr.  Zephaniah  Kittredge, 
Jesse  LaiiLson, 
Jonathan  Lamson,  jr., 
Mrs.  Mary  Lamson, 
Joseph  Langdell, 
Jonathan  Low, 
Isaac  Manning, 
John  Manning, 
David  Marshall, 
Ebenezer  Mills, 
Samnel  Mitchell, 
Lieut.  Ebenezer  Odall, 
Ebenezer  Odall,  jr., 
Capt.  Benjamin  Parker, 
Robert  Parker,  jr., 
Aaron  Peabody, 
John  Peabody, 
Moses  Peabody, 
Samuel  Peabody, 
Capt.  Joseph  Perkins, 
Joseph  Perkins,  jr., 
Samuel  Phelps, 
Ens.  Benjamin  Pike, 
Ephraim  Pike, 
James  Ray, 
James  Ray,  jr., 
Levi  Ray, 

Mrs.  Phebe  Raymond, 
John  Roby, 
John  Roby,  jr., 
John  Rollins, 
Daniel  Secombe, 
Dea.  Daniel  Smith, 
Daniel  Smith,  jr., 


David  Smith, 
Eben  Smith, 
Isaac  Smith, 
Isaac  Smith,  jr., 
Jacob  Smith, 
James  Smith, 
Jeremiah  Smith, 
Nathan  Smith, 
Timothy  Smith, 
Abijah  Spofford, 
Benjamin  Starnes, 
Cyrus  Styles, 
-losiah  Swinnerton, 
Robert  Taggart, 
Henry  Treavitt, 
Allen  Towne, 
John  Trow, 
Joseph  Trow, 
Joseph  Trow,  jr., 
Enos  Upton, 
Dea.  Ezekiel  Upton, 
Lieut.  Ezekiel  Upton, 
Nehemiah  L^pton, 
Isaac  Weston, 
John  Weston, 
Thomas  Weston, 
Abial  Wilkins, 
Abijah  Wilkins, 
Eli  Wilkins, 
Jonathan  AVilkins, 
Peter  Wilkins, 
William  Wilkins, 
James  Woodbury. 


THE    THIRD    PARISH. 

The  inhabitants  of  the  north-west  part  of  the  town 
having  been  incorporated  as  a  separate  parish,  the  following- 
petition,  from  residents  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town, 
was  presented  to  the  legislature  at  its  session  in  March, 

1782  : 


v.]  THIRD    PAUl^^H.  70 

"To  the  Tlonoralile  the  Cniinfil,  and  thf  (Jt'iitliMm-n  oi  iln'  House  of 
Representatives  in  General  Court  Convened,  at  Coneord,  in  and  for 
the  State  of  Xi'w  IIani]pshin'.  on  W'l'dnesday.  tln'  l^ith  day  of  Mareli, 
A.  D.  17.S-J. 

The  Petition  of  the  suliscril)ers  Ilunihly  shews: 

That  your  Petitioners  are  Inhaliitants  of  the  ext^-nsive  Town  of 
Andierst,  ami  tln'  most  of  yonr  Petitioners  live  in  tlie  Sonth-Westerly 
part  of  said  Town.  That  their  local  situation  renrlers  it  impracti- 
cable for  some  of  your  Petitioners  and  many  of  their  Children  to  give 
a  general  attendance  at  tiie  stated  place  of  i>ul)Iiek  worship  in 
Amherst.  That  your  petitioners  conceive  tliat  it  is  of  great  importanci' 
that  youth,  as  well  as  the  aged,  should  he  instructed  in  Morality  and 
piety. 

That  the  settlement  of  the  present  Minister  in  .\mherst  w!is  disa- 
greealile  to  many  of  your  Petitioners,  and  that  some  of  yonr  Peti- 
tioners, i)revious  to  his  Ordination,  did  sign  a  Memorial  and  Remon- 
strance, setting  forth  their  sentiments  of  the  matter,  ami  that  In-  was 
not  a  man  of  their  choice. 

That  your  Petitioners  conceive  that  where  there  is  a  disatfection  in 
some,  and  an  impossibility  of  attendance  of  others.  tht>  great  and 
important  designs  of  publick  instructions  in  Morality  and  piety  are 
frustrated. 

That  your  Petitioners  being  of  the  Opinion  that  Andierst  miglit 
well  spare  them,  there  being  three  hundred  rateable  Polls  that  are 
now  Taxed  to  their  present  Minister,  ami  where  a  sutlicient  nund>er 
to  support  a  Minister  desire  to  be  sett  off  from  so  large  a  ntnnber  as 
there  are  in  Amherst,  no  reasonable  ol>jection  can  be  offered  against 
their  request  being  gi-anted.  ])rovided  they  leave  as  large  a  nund)er  to 
support  a  minister  in  the  former  Parish,  especially  if  the  Petitioners 
have  lately  assisted  in  erecting  an  elegant  house  for  Publick  Worship 
in  tlie  Parish  they  desire  to  leave,  and  have  paid  their  proportion — by 
constraint — toward  the  settling  of  a  minister  there. 

Your  Petitioners  did,  sometime  in  the  inonth  of  March.  A.  I>.  17>*1. 
Petition  the  Honorable  the  general  Court  to  be  .severed  from  the 
society  that  attended  the  Publick  Worshiji  in  .Vmlierst  meeting- 
house, to  he  set  oft"  as  a  distinct  parish,  and  the  Ilonoralde  Cour^ 
granted  us  a  day  of  hearing,  but  through  inattention  the  Town  of 
Andierst  was  not  served  with  a  copy  of  the  Petition  ami  ord'>r  of 
Court  thereon,  and  of  course  we  could  not  have  a  hearing.  Therefore, 
your  Petitioners  jiray  your  Honours  to  take  our  case  under  your  wise 
consideration,  that  we,  your  Petitioners,  may  have  leave  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  severing  us  from  the  Society  that  attend  the  Publick  Worship  in 
the  present  Meeting-house  in  Amherst,  and  discharging  us  from  any 


80  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

future  taxes  for  the  erecting  or  repairing  a  meeting-house  in  that 
Paj-isli,  or  for  the  support  of  their  present  or  future  minister,  &  erect- 
ing us  into  a  Distinct  Pole  Parish,  with  power  to  levy,  assess,  and 
collect  taxes  for  the  Building  a  house  for  the  Publick  Worship  of 
GOD,  for  the  settlement  and  support  of  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  and 
granting  to  us  all  other  Parochial  powers,  privileges,  and  immunities 
proper  for  Pole  Parishes.  And  also  directing  that  the  present  inhal)it- 
ants  of  Amherst  that  are,  or  may  be,  desirous  of  Joining  in  PuV)lick 
Worship  with  us  within  the  term  one  year  from  our  incorporation 
shall  enter  their  names  and  such  desire  with  the  Clark  of  the  said 
Parish,  and  shall  also  produce  to  the  town-clerk  a  certificate  thereof, 
and  enter  the  same  with  him.  Those  that  shall  hereafter  inhabit  said 
Town,  that  shall  within  the  term  of  one  year  after  they  become 
inhabitants  shall  enter  their  names  and  their  desire  of  joining  with  us 
in  Publick  Worship  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Parish,  and  shall  produce  to 
the  town-clerk  a  certificate  thereof,  and  enter  the  same  with  him ;  and 
also  all  those  that  are,  or  may  be  minors,  that  shall,  within  the  term  of 
one  year  after  they  shall  conre  of  age,  residing  in  said  Amherst,  enter 
their  names  and  their  desire  of  joining  with  us  in  Public  Worship 
with  the  Parish  Clerk,  pi'oducing  a  certificate  thereof  to  the  town- 
clerk,  and  enter  the  same  with  him,  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to 
belong  to  the  pole  Parish  incorporated  by  this  Act,  and  rated  there  to 
all  Parochial  charges  accordingly,  and  be  exempted  from  any  other 
Parochial  charges  whatsoever,  during  their  residence  in  said  Amherst. 
Or  to  grant  us  relief  in  such  other  way  as  your  Honors  shall  think 
proper.     And  your  Petitioners,  as  in  duty  bound,  shall  ever  pray. 

Amhehst,  Feb'y  ye  25th,  1782." 

Signed  by  Isaac  Abbot  and  fifty-six  others. 

9  September,  1782,  the  town  of  Amherst  appointed  Maj. 
Joseph  Blancliard,  Mr.  Samnel  Dana,  and  Samnel  Wilkins, 
Esq.,  a  committee  to  show  cause  why  the  prayers  of  the 
netition  of  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  south-westerly 
part  of  this  town  to  be  set  off  as  a  poll  parish  should  not  be 
granted  ;  however,  tlieir  efforts  availed  but  little,  for,  by  an 
act  of  the  legislature,  passed  23  November,  1782, 

Darius  Abbot,  Moses  Averill, 

Isaac  Abbot,  Andrew  Bradford, 

Ebenozcr  Averill,  John  Bradford, 

Elijah  Averill,  Augustus  Blanchard, 


v.]  Timu)  PAUisii.  81 

David  IJiii'iiliaiu.  Tliaddciis  nrimos, 

Israel  IJiindiain.  William  (Jriincs. 

.Idsliiia  Uiiniliaiu,  Jk'ii  jaiiiiii  I  ln|ikiiis,  jr., 

Sl('|ili('ii  IJiiriiliaiii,  Px'iijaiuiii  Ili)|ikiiis,  3d, 

(icoiLic  IJiiiiis,  EIk'Hc/.i'i-  Hopkins, 

di)liii  niiiiis,  Samuel  How, 

'I'lioinas  Burns,  Ahner  Hntcliinson, 

Henry  Codniaii.  I)artlii)li)ni('\v    Hnlchinson, 

rxMijaniin  Conant,  Benjamin  Hnteliinsnn, 

dosiali  ('n)si»y,  Klislia  Hiiti-liiiisdu. 

.losiali  Crosby,  jr.,  Jonathan  Hut(diinson, 

Sampson  Cros])y,  Nathan  Hut(diinson, 

Stephen  ('rosl')y.  Nathan  Huli-liinson,  jr., 

William  Croshy,  William  Mdcndy. 

S.inuiel   Hodue,  William  IV-abutly, 

dames  (iiiman,  Bartholomew  Towne, 

A  I'tlnii'  ( iraliam,  Jonathan  Towne, 

Sanuirl  (Iraham,  John  Wallace,  and 

.Tohn  (Jrimes,  William  Wallace, 
donatlian  <  Irimes, 

were    constitnted    the  Third,  or  Sc. nth-west,  jiarish  of  Am- 
herst, '*  for  transacting"  ministerial  alTairs  only." 

Th(>  lirst  parish  meetinii'  under  this  act  was  held  at  the 
house  of  'I'haddens  (Jrimes,  0  January,  1783.  At  this 
iiit'ctiiiLr  ('apt.  Nathan  Hutchinson  was  chosen  nu»derator; 
Auuiistns  Blanchard,  clerk  ;  and  Augustus  iilanchard, 
Lieut.  Thomas  Burns,  and  Cajjt.  John   Bradford,  assessors. 

"  Votud,  ti)  build  a  meeting-house  ot"  the  same  .size  and  l>i,i,Miess  tiie 
north-west,  parish  hatli  built,  except  the  porches." 

"Voted,  a  connnittee  to  consist  of  three  men:  vi/.,  Lieut.  Darius 
Al»bot,  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  and  Capt.  .Vndrew  Bradford,  to  provide 
timber,  boards,  and  shimjles,  for  the  same,  and  to  let  the  same  out  at 
I^ublic  vendue  to  the  lowest  bidder." 

4  March,  17^:].     "  Voted,  to  raise   iiO.'),  to  be  laid  out  in  purchasing 
timber,  boards,  shimmies,  slit  work,  and  other  materials  for  Imilding  a 
meeting-house." 
6 


82  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Voted  to  hire  fifteen  pounds  to  pay  for  preaching  the 
current  year.  Capt.  Natlian  Hutchinson,  Lieut.  Tliomas 
Burns,  and  Capt.  Jolm  Bradford,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  procure  preaching. 

Later  in  the  same  year  it  was  voted  that  the  meeting- 
house should  stand  on  a  rise  of  ground  about  twenty  rods 
south  of  Shepard's  bridge  ;  and  at  another  meeting,  held 
the  same  year,  Capt.  Nathan  Hutchinson,  John  Wallace, 
and  John  Burns,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  procure 
stone  for  underpinning  the  liouse  ;  and  Josliua  Burnham 
was  authorized  to  purchase  a  "  parish  book." 

2  Marclj,  1784,  it  was  voted  to  proceed  with  the  meeting- 
house, and  to  begin  to  frame  it  the  first  Monday  in  June, 
and  raise  it  as  soon  as  possible.  Capt.  Nathan  Hutchinson, 
Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  and  Capt.  Andrew  Bradford,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  see  that  the  meeting-house  was 
framed,  underpinned,  and  raised. 

Voted  to  raise  twenty-five  pounds  to  pay  for  preaching, 
and  thirty  pounds  toward  tlie  expense  of  the  meeting- 
house ;  that  three  shillings  per  day  be  allowed  to  each  man 
for  work  on  the  meeting-house,  the  laborer  to  board  him- 
self, and  that  any  person  who  may  hereafter  join  the 
parish  shall  be  exempt  from  any  tax  assessed  to  raise,  board, 
and  finish  the  meeting-house. 

15  June,  1784,  the  proposed  location  of  the  house  not 
proving  satisfactory,  it  was  voted  that  the  house  should  be 
set  on  a  spot  about  ten  rods  north-west  from  the  former 
place,  between  two  pitch-pine  stumps ;  and  Augustus  Blan- 
chard,  Lieut.  Thomas  Burns,  Josluia  Burnham,  Capt.  John 
Bradford,  and  Lieut.  Benjamin  Hutchinson,  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  carry  on  the  work,  and  make  provision  for 
the  raising,  for  which  they  were  authorized  to  procure  one 
barrel  of  rum,  two  barrels  of  cider,  and  one  quarter  of 
sugar. 

The  frame  of  the  meeting-house  was  probably  raised  in 
the  summer  of  1784,  for,  2  September,  1784,  at  a  meeting 


v.]  THIRD    PARISH.  83 

of  iho  parish,  it  was  voted  to  board  it  with  square-edged 
hoards,  and  sliiimh*  it,  and  that  the  hoarding  and  shingling 
he  h.'t  out  t<»  the  h»\v('st  hi{hh'r.  Thr  sum  of  £40  was  voted 
t(j  (h'fray  the  expense  of  fiiilher  (injshing  the  house,  and  a 
coniinittoo  was  ap|)ointed  to  wait  n])on  Gov.  Hopkins  and 
get  the  nails  he  had  offered  to  give.  In  November  of  the 
same  year  it  was  voted  to  provide  ohiph.tards,  doorsteps, 
boards  for  the  lower  floor,  sashes,  suital>le  stuff  for  window- 
frames,  and  glass :  and  Capt.  Nathan  Hutchinson,  Capt. 
William  Peabody,  and  Capt.  Josiah  Crosliy,  were  chosen  a 
committee  to  proxide  theui.imd  see  tli:it  they  were  delivered 
at  the  house. 

1  March,  17So.  Voted  to  raise  fifty  jiounds  to  l)e  laid 
out  on  (he  meeting-house. 

7  March,  ITS").  Voted  to  build  psM-ches  to  the  meeting- 
house, and  appointed  :i  committee  to  see  that  the  work  was 
done  as  soon  as  the  other  outside  work  on  the  liouse  was 
com)ilete(l. 

2")  A]»ril.  17>^'».  A  committee  was  cliosen  to  sell  the 
pew  ground  in  the  meeting-house  at  public  vendue,  to  the 
highest  bidder,  aiul  give  proi)cr  conveyances  to  the  pur- 
chasers, the  money  arising  fi'om  the  sales  to  be  laid  out  in 
finishing  the  house. 

;")  Septemlter,  17S.").  the  hiying  of  the  lower  lloor  w:is  let 
out  at  puldie  vendue  to  Tht)mas  lloynton,  he  proposing  to 
d<^  it  for  thirty-nine  shillings. 

A  committee  was  appointed  at  the  sam<'  tim<'  to  procure 
door  nnils,  sec  that  the  sills  were  under|iinned.  and  that  the 
lioois  were  laid  in  a  good,  workmanlike^  manner. 

25  December,  1785,  provision  was  made  for  furnishing 
the  sashes,  window  frames,  doors,  body  seats,  and  stulV  for 
the  body  seats,  which  was  let  out  at  jjublic  vendue  to  the 
lowest  bidder.  A  (N^mmittce  was  chosen  to  furnish  all 
necessai-y  ur,it<M-ials.  siud  see  th;it  the  work  was  done  in  a 
good,  workmaidike  manner,  and  tlie  whole  was  to  be  com- 
pleted by  the  first  day  of  the  following  June. 


84  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

March,  1787,  the  porches  seem  not  to  have  been  built  at 
the  time  specified,  as  we  find  the  parish  voting  to  adopt  the 
phm  of  the  Temple  meeting-house  porches,  and  building  in 
the  same  form. 

September,  1787,  a  committee  was  chosen  to  get  the 
glass  set,  and  tlie  sashes  put  in  the  window-frames. 
XIO  was  voted  to  pay  for  setting  the  front  door-steps, 
clearing  up,  and  leveling  the  ground  before  the  meeting- 
house. 

1788,  William  Crosb}'  deeded  to  the  parish  tlie  land  on 
which  the  meeting-house  stood,  and  a  tract  of  land  for  a 
burying-ground. 

In  the  same  year  further  provision  was  made  for  finishing 
the  house ;  the  pews  were  sold  ;  and  in  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber the  parish  voted  to  agree  with  Mr.  Tlmrston,  or  some 
other  minister,  to  preach  six  months  during  the  coming  year. 

March,  1789,  twelve  feet  in  the  front  of  the  gallery  was 
appropriated  for  a  pew  for  the  singers,  and  XIO  was 
voted  to  be  laid  out  in  work  around  the  house.  In  October 
it  was  voted  to  enlarge  the  singers'  pew,  and  that  it  be 
seventeen  feet  long  and  no  longer. 

March,  1790,  it  was  voted  to  build  two  pews  at  each 
end  of  the  singers'  pew,  in  the  gallery,  at  the  expense  of 
the  parish. 

27  January,  1791.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  treat 
with  the  First  parish  to  have  the  Third  parish  set  off  and 
bounded  by  the  following  lines  :  beginning  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  Ebenezer  Averill's  land,  thence  southerly, 
including  Andrew  and  John  Bradford's  interest,  William 
Peabody,  the  Widow  Shepard,  Jotham  and  Daniel  Shepard, 
and  John  Shepard,  Esquires'  interest,  until  it  conies  to  Sou- 
hegan  river,  thence  by  said  river  to  Merrimack  line,  the 
Third  parish  to  include  all  that  part  of  Amherst  lying  south 
of  Souliegan  river. 

In  June  of  the  same  year  a  committee,  consisting  of 
Joshua  Burnham,  Josiah  Crosby,  Augustus  Blanchard,  and 


V.J  THIRD    PARISH.  85 

Porter  Luiuimis,  was  a|i|t()iiitc(l  lo  petition  the  (Iciicral 
Court  to  be  set  oti"  as  a  parish  by  lines,  or  as  a  town  ;  and 
.£12  was  votetl  to  p;i\   Ibcir  cxpciist.'s. 

Ill  . I  line,  1702,  the  South-west  {)arisli  was  iueoi'porated 
by  the  legisbiture,  and  its  boumbiries  estal>lished. 

In  October  of  the  same  ye;ir  the  |):irish  \oted  to  sell  the 
rfUKiiuiuj;"  pews  ;it  public  \cnibie,  ;iud  ;i|iply  the  jti'oceeds  of 
the  Sides  to  the  jiuiutiuLi'  and  I'urther  linishiuu'  of  the  liouse, 
and  at  the  annual  nieetini:'  in  March,  ITl'S,  the  funds  of  the 
pni'ish  renininiiiii"  in  the  li;iuds  of  lornier  collectors  wci'C 
appropriated  to  the  same  purjiose;  and  so  at  hist  the  mcct- 
liouse  wiis  substantially  linished.  Prim-  to  its  erection,  and 
until  it  was  in  a  condition  to  be  occupied,  the  ]>nrishioners 
bi'ld  their  Snnday  services  in  Col.  SJicpanrs  bain. 

Tlu^  church  in  the  South-we.st  jiarish  was  oruaiii/ed  by 
an  ecclesiastical  council,  which  met  10  Xovember,  ITSK. 
It  was  the  eijjhteenth  in  order  of  the  churches  orji'ani/.cd  in 
Hillsliorouu'h  county,  the  chui'cii  in  the  Xorth-west  or 
Sccitnd  ]>arish  bcini:'  the  sixteenth,  and  the  church  in  the 
Fiisl  |iarish  the  third.  The  council  on  this  occasion  con- 
sisted of  .Jonathan  laxcrinorc.  Abel  Fiske.  .bilm  |>ruce, 
Moses  Putnam,  !']bene/.er  Kockwood,  Richard  Ward.  Oaniel 
Manslield,  and  William   Uradbu'd. 

Ill  the  proceedings  of  the  council,  the  b)llo\\  ing"  persons 
are  named  as  const  it  lit  iiiii'  the  church  : 

►Steplieii   I'.iiriibaiii,  Calel)  Jones, 

Thomas  Ibirns,  .Tonathan  Ji>nes. 

IJenjamin  Conant,  William  Meleudy, 

IJenjamin  Hutchinson,  .buiatlian  'J'owne, 

Elisha  Hutchinson,  John  Wallace,  and 

Nathan  Hutchinson,  Jose])h  Wallace  : 

and  attached  to  the  covenant  are  the  followiiiLi-  additional 
names  : 


86  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

James  Wallace,  Betsy  Wallace, 

Hannah  Bradford,  Letitia  Wallace,  and 

Mary  Burnham,  Mary  Wallace. 
Sarah  Hutchinson, 

The  first  meeting  of  the  church,  after  its  organization, 
was  held  at  the  house  of  William  Crosby,  when  Elisha 
Hutchinson  was  chosen  clerk.  Provision  was  made  at  this 
meeting  for  the  admission  of  new  members ;  but  for  several 
years  its  growth  was  slow,  only  nineteen  being  present  at 
the  meeting  in  March,  1802,  which  gave  Mr.  Moore  a  call 
to  the  ministry. 

II^CORPORATION    OF    MILFORD. 

17  August,  1793.  At  a  parish  meeting  held  this  day,  it 
was  voted  to  petition  the  General  Court  to  be  set  off  as  a 
s  parate  town,  and  Augustus  Blanchard,  William  Pcabody, 
Thomas  Burns,  Joshua  Burnham,  and  Benjamin  Hutchin- 
son were  appointed  a  committee  to  treat  witli  the  committee 
from  the  Mile  Slip,  and  others,  respecting  being  set  off. 

17  October,  1793.  "Voted  to  petition  the  General  Court, 
in  connection  with  the  Mile  Slip,  Duxbury,  and  a  part  of 
Hollis,  to  be  set  off  from  the  old  town  as  a  separate  town;" 
and  William  Peabody,  Augustus  Blanchard,  and  Solomon 
Hopkins,  were  appointed  a  committee  with  full  power  to 
petition  the  General  Court  to  be  incorporated  into  a  body 
politic,  also  to  do  every  thing  to  fully  complete  the  same, 
their  proceedings  to  be  ratified  by  the  parish,  which  is 
to  pay  the  expense  of  the  same. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  "  voted  to  make  application  to 
the  town  of  Amherst  for  their  consent  that  we  be  set  oft'  as 
a  separate  town." 

ACTION    OF    THE    TOWN    OF    AMHERST. 

An  application  asking  the  consent  of  the  town  that  the 
South-west  parish,  Duxbury,  the  Mile  Slip,  and  a  part  of 


v.]  TOWN   OP   MILFORD.  87 

Ilollis,  slioulil  l)c  incorporated  as  a  town.  liaxiiiLi'  lici-n 
made,  the  sclectiiicii  callcil  a  inert  mil;",  wliii'li  was  lidd  i!8 
Octubi'i',  1703,  at  \vhi(di  tlir  town  ruled  llnti  the  praijcr  of 
Ike  petitioners  be  granted,. si)  fur  as  this  toiru  is  concerned, 
on  condition  f.hat  the  petitioners  pay  their  purt  and  propor- 
tion of  anij  del)ts  nov  due  from  the  town,  and  continue  to 
jxiij  their  j/roportiou  of  maintaining  ani/  jioor  to  a'hose 
maintenance  the  toa'n  of  Amherst  is  nov  snlijccl. 

Till'  coiiseiit  ut'  tlif  town  of  Andicist  lia\iiii>-  Ijccii 
obtained,  an  act  was  passed  by  the  (Jeneral  Court  on  the 
eleventh  day  of  .January,  1794,  incurpoiatiiiu'  the  town  of 
-MiLi-ORD,  including  in  tlu'  new  town  the  South-west  parish 
of  Amherst,  the  Mile  Slip,  Duxbury  school  faini,aiid  a  pait 
of  Ilollis,  the  boundaries  being  as  follows: 

iSeginning  at  the  south-west  eornei-  (»f  the  North-west 
parish  in  Aiulicrst .  on  Lyndeborough  line,  thence  nuining 
easterly  to  the  north-east  corner  of  Amos  (ireen's  lot,  called 
the  Mill  lot,  thence  southerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  south- 
west corner  ot  the  lot  immbered  twenty,  thence  easterh  on 
the  range  line  to  the  north-easterly  corner  of  AVilliam  Pea- 
body's  land,  thence  southerly  on  the  range  line  between 
John  Shepard,  Esq.'s  and  William  Peabody's  land,  until  it 
comes  to  land  of  John  Shepard,  late  of  Amherst,  deceased, 
thence  easterly  to  the  north-east  corner  of  the  same,  joining 
to  land  of  John  Shejtard,  Esq.,  thence  southei'ly  by  land 
of  John  Shepard,  Es(|.,  aforesaid,  on  the  range  line  to 
Souhegan  river,  thence  down  the  middle  of  the  same  till  it 
>trikes  land  owned  by  IJenjamin  and  Stephen  Kendrick, 
thence  southei'ly  l)y  sai<l  Iveiidiick's  laud  to  the  mad  lead- 
ing from  David  Danforth's  to  the  town  of  Wilton,  thence 
crossing  the  same  and  running  a  south  j»oint  to  Ilollis  line, 
being  near  l>a\  id  Duncklee's  land,  and  then  to  the  uorlh-east 
corner  of  the  land  lately  laid  off  from  said  Ilollis  by  their 
committee  appointed  for  the  above  jjurpose,  thence  running 
south  about  twelve  degrees  east  so  as  to  strike  the  north-east 
corner  of   John    Starnes's    land,   it    being    the    iioi'th-west 


88  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

corner  of  Robert  Colburne's  land,  thejice  on  the  same 
course  until  it  comes  to  the  south-east  corner  of  said 
Starnes's  land,  thence  westerly  by  said  Starnes's  land 
and  William  Hale's  land,  until  it  comes  to  the  north- 
west corner  of  said  Hale's  land,  thence  running  west- 
erly to  the  north-east  corner  of  Mr.  Gould's  land,  and 
so  on  westerly  by  said  Gould's  and  David  Danforth's  land 
to  said  Gould's  north-west  corner,  thence  turning  south- 
westerly to  the  south-east  corner  of  Robert  Durrick's  land, 
thence  west  fifteen  degrees  south  until  it  comes  to  Raby 
east  line,  thence  northerly  on  Raby  east  line  until  it  comes 
to  the  south  line  of  Amherst,  thence  westerly  on  the  north 
line  of  said  Raby  to  the.,south-east»kCoriLer  uf'^the'Mile  ^^lip, 
thence  westerly  to  the  south-west  corner  thereof,  thence 
northerly  on  the  east  line  of  Mason  and  Wilton  to  the 
north-west  corner  of  the  Mile  Slip,  thence  easterly  on  the 
sjuth  line  of  Lyndeborough  to  the  bound  (irst  mentioned. 

RESIDENT    TAX-PAYERS    IN    MILFORD,    1    APRIL,    1794. 

Isaac  Abbot,  Richard  Boynton,  jr., 

Isaac  Abbot,  jr.,  Andrew  Bradford, 

Samuel  Abbot,  •  John  Bradford, 

Jacob  Adams,  Caleb  Brown, 

Ebenezer  Averill,  Andrew  Burnam, 

Elijah  Averill,  Joshua  Burnam, 

James  Badger,  Stephen  Burnam, 

Reuel  Baldwin,  Daniel  Burns, 

Joel  Barker,  George  Burns, 

Nehemiah  Barker,  James  Burns, 

Isaac  Bartlett,  John  Burns, 

Augustus  Blanchard,  John  Burns,  jr., 

Isaac  Blanchard,  Moses  Burns, 

John  Blanchard,  Thomas  Burns, 

Simon  Blanchard,  Simeon  Butler, 

Stephen  Blanchard,  .Jonathan  Buxton, 

Widow  Lucy  Blanchard,  Robert  Campbell, 

Oliver  Bowers,  Ballard  Chandler, 

John  Boynton,  Daniel  Chandler, 

Richard  Boynton,  Daniel  Chandler,  2d, 


v.] 


TOWN    OF   MILFORD. 


89 


Ricliiiiil  Clark, 
Benjamin  Conant, 
John  Crosby, 
•losiali  Crosby, 
Samson  Crosby, 
Stc'2)hen   Crosby, 
William  Crosby, 
Kobert  Darrah, 
David  Duncklee, 
Daviil  DnnckK'e,  jr., 
.Faoob  Duncklee, 
•Jacob  Flinn, 
Edward  Foster, 
Closes  Foster, 
Henjaniin  French, 
Asa  (Jilmore, 
Abel  Gilson, 
Asa  (ioodall, 
Daniel  (loodwin, 
Jonas  (ireen, 
J»)hn  Gutterson, 
Samuel  Gutterson, 
Samuel  Gutterson,  2d, 
Simeon  Gutterson, 
.lonathau  Hale, 
Jonathan  Hale,  I'd, 
Samuel  Hartshorn, 
Isaac  How, 
Stephen  How, 
.Joseph  Hoar, 
Joseph  Hoar,  jr., 
Joseph  Hood, 
Jost'[>h  Hootl,  jr., 
Henjaniin  Hopkins, 
Daniel  Hopkins, 
John  Hopkins, 
IVter  Hopkins, 
Solomon  Hoi>kins, 
William  IIo[>kins, 
Xehemiah  Howard, 
.Jeremiah  Hubbard. 
Abner  Hutchinson, 
Bartholomew  Hutchinson, 


Benjamin  Hutchinson, 
Elislia  Hutcliinson, 
Nathan  Hutchinson,  jr. 
Timothy  Hutchinson, 
Daniel  .Johnson, 
Caleb  Jones, 
Jonathan  Jones, 
Joshua  Jones, 
.Joseph  Knowlton, 
Benjamin  I^ewis, 
.Jonathan  I^ovejoy, 
Samuel  Love  joy. 
Porter  I.ummus, 
.lotham  Lund, 
Isaac  Marshall, 
John  Marvell, 
.Joseph  Melendy, 
Nathan  Merrill, 
Joslnia  Mooar, 
Stearns  Needham, 
Benjamin  Nevins, 
.Josiaii  Osgood, 
Aaron  Peabody, 
William  Peabody, 
.Joseph  Perry, 
Daniel  Person, 
]*]bene/.er  I'erson, 
Jonathan  I'lielps, 
William  I'owers, 
Aaron  Priest, 
Nathaniel  Kayment, 
.Jacob  llichardson, 
lObenezer  Sargent, 
Nathaniel  Seavey, 
Simon  Shed, 
Daniel  Shepard, 
.John  Shepard, 
Jotham  Shepard, 
Daniel  Smith, 
.John  Smith, 
Isaac  Southwiek. 
Nathaniel  Southwiek, 
John  Stearns, 


90  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Edward  Taylor,  James  Wallace, 

Widow  Taylor,  John  Wallace, 

Widow  Temple,  Joseph  Wallace, 

Bartholomew  Towne,  Widow  Mary  Wallace, 

Jonathan  Towne,  John  Willard, 

Moses  Towne,  Benjamin  Wright. 
Rebecca  Upton, 

8  March,  1836.  The  town  of  Amherst  appointed  David 
Stewart  agent  to  oppose  the  petition,  then  pending  in  the 
legislatnre,  of  Daniel  Holt  and  others,  asking  to  be  set  off 
from  Amherst  and  joijied  to  Milford.  After  some  delay 
the  legislature  passed  an  act,  approved  20  December,  1842, 
by  which  a  tract  of  land,  bounded  as  follows,  was  severed 
from  Amherst  and  annexed  to  Milford  :  commencing  at  a 
stone  monument  standing  on  the  bank  of  Souhegan 
river  on  the  dividing  line  between  Amherst  and  Milford, 
thence  north  on  said  dividing  line  128  rods  to  a  stone  mon- 
ument, thence  south  69°  east  165  rods  to  a  stake  and 
stones  on  land  of  Daniel  Holt,  thence  south  3°  east  218 
rods  to  a  white  oak  tree  on  the  bank  of  Souhegan  river, 
thence  by  said  river  to  the  bound  first  mentioned. 

CHESTNUT    HILLS. 

The  formation  of  a  town  from  parts  of  Amherst,  New 
Boston,  Goffstown,  and  Bedford,  was  proposed  prior  to 
1792.  At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March  of  that  year, 
Col.  Daniel  Warner,  Samuel  Dana,  Esq.,  Col.  Robert 
Means,  Joshua  Atherton,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Daniel  Campbell, 
were  appointed  to  view  the  premises  petitioned  for  by  John 
Patterson  and  others,  and  report  on  the  same. 

23  May,  1792,  they  reported  "that  tliey  had  attended 
to  that  service  ;  considered  the  situation  of  the  parties  with 
regard  to  the  place  of  public  worshi})  in  said  toAvn  ;  con- 
ferred with  a  committee  of  the  town  of  Bedford  appointed 
for  the  same  purpose  ;  and  received  a  plan  of  said  Bedford  ; 
also  were  favored  with  the  company  of  one  gentleman  from 


Y.]  TOWN    OF   MILFORD.  91 

Goirstowu  ;  but  liatl  no  plan  of  that  tt)uii,  «jr  New  Boston  ; 
but  had  reason  to  believe  that  a  decent  town  mij^lit  be  made 
oil  the  ]ilan  ol'  the  |M't itioncrs  withoiif  urt'al  iujurv  to  Ibc 
towns  adjoining";  l»ut  did  not  take  ujion  them  to  judge  how  tar 
it  may  alTe'et  any  other  town  but  Andier.st." 

•  Willi  ii'ganl  to  their  ctMitic,  ability,  &c'. :  With  rcganl  to  that  iiart 
of  Aiiiiiurst  pt'titioueil  for,  wt-  are  of  oi)iiiion  that  the  petitioners  have 
been  full  as  modest  and  reasonable  in  their  request  as  any  petitioners 
who  li;ivi'  heretofore  endeavoreil  to  make  dismemberments  of  the 
town;  but  we  understand  that  a  nund)er  of  the  settlers  on  the  most 
southerly  range  of  lots  petitioned  for  are  averse  to  joining  in  the 
proposed  new  town,  We  think  the  prayer  of  the  petition  can  only  be 
granteil  as  far  as  follows:  viz.,  To  begin  at  the  south-east  corner  of 
John  Stewart's  lot,  thence  to  run  west  on  the  range  line  to  the  south- 
east corner  of  Benjamin  Damon's  lot,  thence  west  to  the  west  side  of 
lot  No.  lt>3,  thence  south  a  few  rods  to  the  range  line  again,  and  on 
tliat  west  to  the  North  Parish  line,  aiul  that  all  the  inhabitants  with 
their  lauds  included  within  the  line  prayed  for  be  permitted  to  leave 
Amherst  and  join  with  oIIkms  mentioned  in  the  petition  in  making  a 
new  town  ;  but  until  they  can  obtain  an  incorporation  of  a  new 
town  on  or  near  their  proposed  plan,  they  be  considered  as  liable  to 
duties  and  entitled  to  privileges  in  Andierst  in  the  same  manner  as 
they  have  been  m  times  past.' 

Whicli  report  was  aeeepted. 

This  project  for  a  division  of  the  town  failed,  and, 
althDUgh  it  was  renewed  some  years  after,  it  has  not  been 
acctinjilished. 


92  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER     YI. 

SITUATION,     EXTENT,     AND     BOUNDARIES     OF     THE     TOWN. DIS- 
TANCES    FROM     PROMINENT    PLACES. SURFACE. ALTITUDES. 

STREAMS. PONDS. — -FOREST    TREES    AND     SHRUBS. QUAR- 
RIES.  FISH     AND     GAME. ADVENTURES      OF     TWO     OF    THE 

EARLY  SETTLERS. A  WOLF  HUNT. REPTILES. ATMOSPHERIC 

CHANGES. — INDIANS. STORY  OF  JOE  ENGLISH. 

The  town  of  Amherst  is  situated  in  the  southerly  part  of 
the  county  of  Hillsborough,  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire, 
in  latitude  42°  51'  north.  It  lies  on  both  sides  of  the 
Souhegan  river,  the  principal  part  being  on  the  nortliern 
side. 

Its  length  from  north  to  south,  according  to  a  survey 
made  in  1806,  is  9  miles  and  170  rods.  Its  greatest  width 
is  about  5  miles,  and  its  least  width  2  miles  and  242  rods, 
comprising  an  area  of  about  22,000  acres,  of  which  about 
500  are  covered  with  water. 

It  is  bounded  on  the  nortli  by  Bedford  and  New  Boston, 
on  the  east  by  Bedford  and  IMerrimack,  on  the  south  by 
Hollis  and  Milford,  and  on  the  west  by  Milford  and  Mont 
Vernon. 

Its  distance  from  Concord  is  28  miles  ;  from  Manchester, 
12  miles  ;  from  Nashua,  10  miles  ;  from  Portsmouth,  53 
miles  ;  and  from  Washington,  484  miles. 

Its  surface  is  broken  and  nneven.  Near  the  Souhegan  is 
a  strip  of  valuable  interval  land.  Adjoining  this,  at  a 
higher  elevation,  are  large  tracts  of  sandy  plain  land, 
formerly  thickly  covered  with  a  growth  of  pitch  pines. 
Along  the  wata»"  <)ourses  are  considerable  tracts  of  meadow 


VT.]  crnnENT  kvent.^.  93 

hind.  At  ;i  lii'^luM-  clcviitiuii.  the  hill-sides  alTord  exccllont 
ura/.iiiu  hiiid,  and  when  nnxh'rately  free  from  rocks  are 
well  a(hi|»tod  to  airi'i<'ult Mi:d  j)iir|»oses,  antl  with  jii-opcr  earo 
\icld  an  aliiinthint  i-c\\:ird  to  the  hnshandnian.  In  othi'i' 
parts  they  arc  as  hard  and  sti'on*^  as  uranitc  can  make 
them,  and  are  fitted  only  foi"  the  production  of  fuel  and 
timl)er. 

Chestnut  Hill,  in  the  iKjrth-Ciisf  \k\v\\  adjoininL!'  Xcw 
IJoston,  is  the  most  elevated  land  in  town.  Walnut  hill,  in 
the  east  |>art  of  the  town  :  Wilkins's  hill,  south  of  tin- 
\illa<2:e;  Christian  hill,  in  the  west  j)art  of  the  town;  and 
Moderator's  hill,  north  of  tjie  villau'C,  arc  the  prinrjpnl 
elevations. 

The  altitude  of  tlie  Wiltou  railroad  at  Andierst  station  is 
said  to  be  :i.")t»  feet  al)ove  mean  tide  water;  of  Amherst 
plain,  in  front  of  the  town-house,  427  feet  ;  an<l  of  Mont 
\'ernon  \illai:"c.  one  of  the  highest  |»oints  in  the  ori'^'iiial 
township  of  Souhe.u'an  West,  77d  feet,  ny  i!7<»  feet  hiiiher 
than  the  surface  of  Lake  W^innijiiseogec. 

>Souhegaii  river  crosses  the  town,  runninu-  in  a  south- 
easterly course.  Beaver  brook  rises  in  the  north  jiart  of 
Mont  Vernon,  runs  in  a  southerly  direction  nc'irly  the 
w  hole  lentith  of  that  town  and  passes  into  Andierst,  where  it 
runs  in  a  southerly  course  through  ITolt's  meadow,  thence 
elianu'inu"  its  course  to  an  easterly  direction  it  passes  north 
and  east  of  the  villatre,  after  which  it  pursues  a  southerly 
course  and  falls  into  tlx-  Souheiran. 

Prince's,  or  liabboosuck,  brook  runs  in  a  south-easterly 
dii'cction  from  Joe  Euiilish's  pond  in  the  ncu'th-west  |»art 
of  the  town,  to  within  a  few  rods  of  Babl>oosuck  |iond.  where 
it  suddenly  chamres  its  course  to  the  north-east.  In  a 
short  time  it  again  changes  its  course  to  a  south-easterly 
direction,  and  passes  into  Bedford,  continuing  on  the 
•same  course  through  a  c(Mner  of  that  town,  and  Merrimick, 
it  empties  into  the  Souhegan.  In  its  course  through 
Amherst  it  receives   Damon's,  Stiles's,  and  <jther  brooks  as 


94  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

tributaries,  and  in  Bedford  it  receives  Pulpit  brook,  which 
passes  through  the  north-east  part  of  Amherst  into  that  town. 

Babboosuclv  pond,  which  was  wholly  within  the  limits  of 
Amherst,  as  it  was  originally  laid  out,  is  in  the  east  part  of 
the  town,  and  is  estimated  to  cover  an  area  of  about  380 
acres.  A  small  brook  connects  it  with  Little  Babboosuck, 
or  Weston's  pond. 

Joe  English's  pond,  in  tbe  north-west  part  of  the  town, 
lies  partly  in  New  Boston,  partly  in  Mont  Vernon,  and 
partly  in  Amherst,  the  larger  part  being  in  Amherst. 

Damon's  pond  is  a  small  pond  in  the  north-east  part  of 
the  town  ;  and  Stearns's  pond,  anotlier  small  pond,  is  in 
tlie  south  part  of  the  town. 

Most  of  the  varieties  of  forest  trees  and  shrubs  common 
in  southern  New  Hampshire  abound  in  Amherst.  The 
mountain  chestnut  oak,  somewhat  rare  in  other  parts  of 
the  State,  grows  abundantly  on  Wilkins's  hill. 

The  white  pine  is  still  ])lcnty,  but  the  monarchs  of  the 
warm  iiillsides,  with  trunks  four  or  five  feet  in  diameter, 
extending  upward  a  hundred  or  a  lumdred  and  twenty-five 
feet,  have  almost  entirely  disappeared.  The  axe  and  the 
fire  have  been  busy  in  their  destruction. 

The  smaller  wild  fruits  are  produced  in  abundance,  and 
latterly  hundreds  of  bushels  of  the  several  varieties  are  sent, 
in  their  season,  to  Boston  and  other  cities. 

Granite  abounds,  and,  in  some  parts  of  the  town,  is  found 
of  a  fine  quality.  A  few  ledges  have  been  opened,  where  it 
is  quarried  for  building  purposes.  Ledges  of  crystalized 
quartz  occasionally  occur.  Limestone  has  been  found  in 
the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  and  iron  ore  exists  in  small 
quantities.  Deposits  of  clay  are  found,  from  which  brick 
and  earthen  ware  are  manufactured.  About  a  mile  east  of 
the  plain  is  a  mineral  spring,  the  water  of  which  is  thought 
to  be  useful  in  the  treatment  of  some  diseases. 

The  ponds  and  brooks  were  once  well  stocked  witli  fish, 
and  the  salmon  formerly  passed  up  the  Souhegan  in  the 


YL]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  95 

s|»rinji;  time.  They  are  said  to  have  been  caught  from  the 
river  at  East  Wilton  as  hite  as  1774.  Witliiu  a  few  years 
Whiek  hass  liaxc  Ix'eii  iiiti'ddueeil  inti)  IJabbuusuck  pond. 

(iaiiie  was  |ileiity  in  the  enrly  (hiys  of  the  settlement,  but 
the  hirii'er  animals  have  lonu'  since  disappeared.  The  black 
bear  was  freipiently  met  with  by  the  early  settlers.  Tra- 
dition has  it  that  one  of  them,  a  yoniiii'  man.  had  Imill  a 
(•al»in  (tn  Walnnt  hill,  aiul,  not  deeming"  it  i>;ood  for  man  to 
lie  alone,  had  contracted  a  habit  of  crossin<^  the  townshij) 
frec(uently  to  a  dwellin"'  in  the  vicinity  of  Shepard's  mills. 
On  one  of  tiiesc  excursions  he  met  a  she  bear  and  a  eimple 
III'  cubs.  Not  carinu"  to  reeei\-e  a  hnir  from  Mistress  ib-nin, 
he.  like  a  |irndent  man.  left  the  path  ami  walked  around 
her,  and  in  dm'  tinn'  aii'i\('(|  sal'ely  at  his  joiii-ney's  eml, 
where  we  may  supjiose  he  received  end)raees  of  a  nmre 
aiii'eealde  kind. 

Wolves  abounded,  and  were  a  source  of  sonn'  tronlile  to 
the  early  settlers.  ( )n  one  occasion  a  yonnir  man,  from  the 
west  part  of  the  town,  who  was  returninu-  from  some  merry- 
makinii-  on  th(>  |»lain,  where  he  had  furnished  the  music, 
found  that  a  |)ack  of  these  animals  was  followiuii;  him.  .\s 
they  were  cominu;  uncomfortably  near,  he  climbed  a  lariic 
rock,  near  the  roadside,  where  he  was  out  of  theii-  reach, 
and  spent  the  remaimlei-  of  the  niuld.  To  while  awa\  the 
time  he  played  on  his  liddle  to  his  yelpinu"  audience,  who 
assemldcd  around  the  i%)ck,  and  remaine(l  there  until  day- 
liiiht,  when  they  left  him  to  pursue  his  journey. 

On  aiiothei-  occasiitn,  when  they  were  unusually  plenty 
and  trouiilesome.  the  men  anil  boys  turned  out  one  day 
rn  nidssfi  iohuwX  them.  They  linally  succe<'(led  in  drivinir 
them  into  a  small  swamj),  al)out  a  nule  and  a  half  north- 
west of  the  olil  nu'ctiuji-house,  which  the  hunters  sur- 
rounded, and  kept  up  an  incessant  discharirc  of  firearms 
and  lieatini:-  of  drums  throuirh  the  day.  Some  of  the  wolves 
escajied  durinu'  the  daytime,  and  the  rest  decampeil  at  intiht 
and  sought  more  (juiet  lodgings  elsewhere. 


96  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Deer  were  occasionally  killed,  and  rarely  a  moose.  One  of 
the  latter  is  said  to  have  been  shot  as  late  as  1771,  on  the 
flat  near  the  brook  north  of  the  jail. 

The  birds  common  in  tliis  part  of  the  country  were  form- 
erly much  more  abundant  than  at  present.  The  red-breast 
robin,  the  bluebird,  and  sparrow,  came  in  the  early  spring- 
time to  cheer  the  settlers  in  their  labors.  Later  came  the 
bobolink,  the  swallow,  and  the  golden  robin,  with  his  mag- 
nificent plumage  and  song.  Wild  geese  occasionally 
alighted  in  the  ponds,  on  their  semi-annual  migrations,  and 
afforded  a  mark  for  the  sportsman.  In  seasons  when  the 
crop  of  nuts  and  acorns  was  abundant,  the  woods  were 
filled  with  partridges  and  wild  pigeons.  Several  dozens  of 
the  latter  were  often  taken  at  a  time  in  nets  j^repared  for 
the  purpose. 

Many  varieties  of  birds  once  common  are  now  rarely  met 
with,  owing  to  their  wanton  destruction,  and  the  clearing  up 
of  the  forests  which  afforded  them  food  and  shelter. 

Rattlesnakes  were  occasionally  met  with.  A  daughter 
of  Mr.  Abel  Prince,  who  has  recently  deceased,  used  to 
relate  that  her  father  killed  a  large  one,  many  years  since, 
that  used  to  frighten  the  cows  as  she  drove  them  past  his 
den  to  pasture  on  summer  mornings. 

Water  and  spotted  adders,  black,  striped,  and  green 
snakes,  are  frequently  seen.  It  seems  to  be  the  habit  of 
these  reptiles  to  pass  the  winter  together  in  a  torpid  state, 
in  caverns  among  the  ledges,  or  in  holes  under  the  roots 
of  trees.  A  den  of  this  kind  was  discovered  some  years 
since  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town,  from  which  eighteen 
black  snakes,  averaging  five  feet  each  in  length,  were  taken ; 
beside  these  three  or  four  striped  snakes  were  found  in  the 
den. 

ATMOSPHERIC    CHANGES. 

Sudden  and  extreme  changes  in  temperature  occasionally 
occur.     A  change  of  fifty  degrees  is  said  to  have  taken 


VI.]  ATMOSPHERIC  CHANGES.  97 

pliico  ill  tlio  ciu-lifcrii  lioiirs  jMccciliiiti;  the  inonihig  of  the 
iiicnioriililo  cold  Fridiiy,  19  Jjinuarv,  1810,  and  chancres  as 
uroat  and  smldcii  liave  since  been  noticed. 

ri'o1>al)ly  the  coldest  day  experienced  in  this  State,  tlie 
pi-csciit  contiiry,  was  24  Jannary,  1857,  wlien  the  tlier- 
mometer  indicated  — 37°.  The  sky  was  remarkably  clear, 
and  a  strono:  north-west  wind  blew  all  day.  This  extreme 
cold  was  followed,  within  forty-ciuht  hours,  by  a  rain- 
storm. 

Other  cold  days  noted  within  seventy-five  years  liave 
been— 1810.  19  Jannary,  —14°  ;  30  Jannary,  1818,  —22°  : 
11  Frhniary,  1818,  —32°;  12  Febrnary,  i818,  —26°:  1 
Febrnary,  1826,  —24°  ;  6  Jannary,  1835,  —25°  ;  30  Jan- 
nary, 1854,  —28°;  7  Febrnary,  1855, —28°  ;  18  January, 
1857,  —20°  ;  25  Jannary,  1857,  —25°  :  11  Jannary,  1859, 
—34°  ;  14  Janniiry.  1861,-25°  ;  8  Fe])rnarv.  1^61,"  -30°  : 
5,  6,  and  8,  Febrnarv,  1863,  —22°  ;  14  March,  18t)3,  —23°. 

Some  of  the  ojtposite  extremes  have  been — 30  Jnne,1819, 
+93°;  10,  11,  12,  and  13,  July.  1825.  aveia-ed +95°  at 
noon;  13  July,  1849,  +100=  :  25  :ind  26  June,  1864, 
+100°:  3  Anii-ust,  1864,— the  highest  reported,— +103°  : 
16  July,  1868, +102°. 

The  average  snow-fall  for  each  of  the  twenty-five  last 
winters,  according  to  the  record  kept  by  Hon.  William  L. 
Foster,  of  Concord,  has  been  about  six  feet  and  eight 
inches.  The  averag<^  rain-fall  of  each  year  has  been  32.85 
inches. 

The  greatest  rain-fall  within  that  tinn'  was  on  tlic  thii'd 
and  fourth  davs  of  October,  1869,  when  ~\  inches  of  water 
fell,  (hiing  a  vast  amount  of  damage  to  highways,  bridges, 
dams,  and  mills. 

The  greatest  amount  of  sn<iw  at  any  oik^  storm  was  on 
the  4  Jannary,  1859,  when  two  feet  fell. 
^  Very  few  Indians  remained  in  the  townshij)  when  the 
{'\rst  settlements  were  commenced.  Those  who  lived  here 
were  a  i>art  of  the  Penacook  tribe,  whose  head-quarters 
7 


98  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  .  [Chap. 

were  near  the  Merrimack,  in  the  territory  now  nccnpied  by 
the  city  of  Concord. 

Their  relics  are  occasionally  found  in  various  parts  of 
the  town,  principally  in  the  vicinity  of  the  larger  streams 
and  ponds,  and  it  is  said  that  skeletons,  supposed  to  be 
those  of  Indians,  have  been  washed  from  their  graves  on  the 
banks  of  the  Souhegan. 

It  is  not  unlikely  that  tliey  resorted  to  the  falls  in  the 
river  at  Merrimack  and  Milford,  in  the  fishing  season,  for 
the  salmon  tliat  formerly  went  up  the  river.  Probably  the 
town  was  frequently  visited  by  hunting  parties  in  quest  of 
bears,  deer,  and  other  game.  One  of  these  hunters,  belonging 
to  another  tribe,  who  sometimes  visited  the  town  on  hunting 
excursions,  deserves  mention. 

Joe  English  was  a  grandson  of  Masconnomet,  a  chief  of 
some  note  who  lived  at  Agawam,  now  Ipswich,  Mass.  He 
served  for  the  English  in  the  war  which  commenced  in 
1689,  and  was  taken  prisoner  by  hostile  Indians  while 
in  company  with  a  party  of  whites  in  the  north  part  of 
Dunstable,  near  Pennichuck  brook,  and  carried  to  Canada. 
While  in  captivity  he  pretended  to  be  greatly  exasperated 
against  the  whites,  saying  they  had  deceived  him,  and  he 
would  trust  them  no  longer. 

He  finally  managed  to  make  his  escape,  and  returned  to 
Dunstable,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  scout. 

The  Indians  never  forgave  him  for  deceiving  them,  and 
formed  many  plans  to  waylay  and  capture  him. 

Once,  while  hunting  on  the  hill  tliat  bears  his  name,  in 
New  Boston,  it  is  said  he  was  pursued  by  one  of  the  hostile 
Indians.  Being  well  acquainted  with  the  ground,  he  ran 
rapidly  around  the  hill,  the  other  Indian  being  in  full 
pursuit.  Running  near  a  precipice,  he  slackened  his  gait, 
and  his  pursuer  redoubled  his  exertions  to  reach  him. 
At  the  proper  place  Joe  stepped  aside  from  the  path, 
while  his  enemy,  being  unable  to  stop,  plunged  over  the 
precipice,  and  was  dashed  to  pieces. 


VT.]  JOE    EXGLTSH.  99 

"27  .Inly,  17<lG,  Joe  and  anotlior  scout  woi-o  (Mn)ilovcd  to 
o-iiai'd  [>i<'ut.  Biittoi'licld  and  wito.  who  were  ioiii"iievin<T 
riiiiii  iMiiistalilc  to  Chehnsford.  They  were  nioiintod  on 
Iiorschack,  and  were  preccilod  by  Joe  witli  his  ^iiii  loaded, 
tlic  other  scont  following  in  the  rear. 

Just  after  they  crossed  Ilolden's  hrook,  in  Tyimshorouirli, 
they  wtTt'  llrcd  iijion  hy  a  pai'ty  nf  Indians,  and  Cajit. 
r>ntterlield's  liorse  was  killed.  Tlir  Indians  rnshed  for- 
uai'd  for  their  ))rey.  (^ii)t.  Ihitt(MTield  and  the  soldier 
I'scapcd,  lint  ^Trs.  Diitti'i'lii'Id  was  captiii'ed. 

As  Joe  was  the  person  ahove  all  others  the  Indians 
wished  to  secnre,  they  jjursned  him.  lie  had  gone  iou  far 
tVoni  the  bridge  to  retreat  in  that  dii-ection,  and  esi)ying  a 
LH-owth  of  woid  on  the  It'tl  he  made  l"oi-  it  at  t'nll  speed. 
l'('i-c('iving  that  liis  pnrsners  gained  on  him,  he  stojipcd, 
inrni'd  round,  and  j)resentcd  his  musket  when  they  fell  to 
the  uround.  After  taking  breath,  he  i-esnmcd  his  (light, 
the  Indians  continuing  in  pursuit.  This  course  he  con- 
tinued for  some  time,  when  <»nc  of  the  j)ursuers,  thinking 
he  would  eseajie,  liied  at  him  ami  ilisabled  the  arm 
with  which  he  carried  his  gun,  which  he  dropped,  and 
ran  with  greater  speed  than  before.  Just  as  he  was 
enterimi  the  woods,  another  bullet  entered  liis  thigh,  which 
Iii'ouLiht  him  to  the  ground. 

The  Indians  were  greatly  elated,  and  on  coming  up  began 
to  taunt  him.  Joe,  well  knowing  the  fate  that  awaited  him, 
mailc  a  gesture  and  a  I'eplx'  which  so  |irovoked  them  that 
they  dispat(die<l  him  at  once  with  their  tomahawks. 

His  death  was  lamiuited  as  a  |>ul)lic  loss,  and  the  (Jeneral 
Court  granted  a  sum  of  money  to  his  widow  and  (diildren, 
"•!) 'cause  he  hail  died  in  the  service  of  his  countrv." 


L.cfC. 


100  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  YII. 

1762-1800. 
TOWN  OF  AMHERST. 

PROHIBITION    OF    THE    SALE    OF    SPIRITUOUS     LIQUORS     ON     THE 

SABBATH. FOURTH    DIVISION    OF    LOTS    AND    DISSOLUTION  OF 

THE      PROPRIETY. SUNDRY      VOTES     OF    THE     TOWN. THE 

"  COUNTY  "  BRIDGE. THE    "  DARK  "  DAY. TROUBLES,  LOCAL 

AND  GENERAL,  AFTER  THE  CLOSE  OF  THE  REVOLUTION. PETI- 
TION TO  THE  GENERAL  COURT,  AND  SIGNERS'  NAMES. CUR- 
RENCY   TROUBLES. TROUBLE    WITH    LAWYERS  AND   SHERIFFS. 

PETITION   TO  THE  GENERAL  COURT  FOR  RELIEF. MEASURES 

OF    RELIEF    PROPOSED,     AND     ACTION     OF     THE    TOWN. THE 

MOB  AT  EXETER,  SEPTEMBER,  1786,  AND  ITS   SUPPRESSION    BY 

PRESIDENT    SULLIVAN. PROVISION    FOR    THE  ENTERTAINMENT 

OF    THE  REVEREND  CLERGY  ON  ELECTION  DAY  AT    CONCORD. — 

GENERAL    WASHINGTON'S    VISIT    TO    THE    STATE. THE  GREAT 

FROST  OF  1794. MEETING  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  IN  AMHERST. 

CHANGE  IN  THE  TIME  OF  HOLDING  THE  ANNUAL  TOWN- 
MEETING. — DISSENSIONS  CAUSED  BY  PARTY  POLITICS. DE- 
SCRIPTION OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  IN  MARCH,  1799,  BY 
"  AMPHION." 

In  calling  the  town-meeting  held  9  March,  1761,  the  town 
was  divided  into  two  districts.  The  voters  in  that  part  of  the 
town  lying  east  of  the  road  leading  from  Lyon's  bridge  to  the 
meeting-house,  and  onward  east  of  the  New  Boston  road  to 
New  Boston  line, were  warned  by  Constable  Thomas  Clark; 
those  living  west  of  that  line  were  warned  by  Constable 
William  Bradford. 


VII.]  CURRENT  EVENTS.  101 

At  the  iinniial  ini't'tiii_ti"  in  IT'lii  tlit-  town 

"  VotcMl,  To  proliiliit  persons  that  have  lii-enscd  liousi-s  from  selling 
spirituous  liiiuors  on  the  Lord's  daj'  to  the  Inhabitants  of  this  town, 
or  to  any  pi-rsons  that  constantly  attend  the  pnhlic  worship  of  Hod  in 
this  town,  and  to  annex  a  penalty  of  eii,ditt'en  shillin<4s  new  tenor  for 
every  half  i^ill,  and  the  same  for  every  pint  of  cider  sold  contrary  to 
this  order,  the  same  to  be  recovered  by  common  ])roeess,  with  costs  of 
prosecution." 

Also  vutoil  that  this  vote  he  sent  tn  tlic  Conrt  nf  (It-nfial 
Sessions  of  tiie  jicaee  lor  their  a|»prol)ation. 

At  the  annnal  nieelinu-  in  17<)5  they  ••xotcd  that  thr 
sni'veyoi's  keeji  the  roads  oihmi  next  winter  aecordini;"  to 
their  discretion."  To  aid  in  (h)in,ii;  this  they  were  to  he 
entitled  to  tiic  same  helj)  they  had  in  snmnier. 

19  Augnst,  1765,  William  Peabody  and  John  Shejiani 
stated,  in  a  petition  to  the  General  Conrt,  that  Josinia 
Hicks,  Es(p,  of  Salem,  was  for  many  years  treasnrer  of  the 
proprietors  of  Sonhegan  West,  and  that  many  of  the  pro- 
jirictors  JKul  ncsileeted  to  pay  the  assessments  oi-dcriMJ  upon 
their  lots;  that  Major  Hieks  advanced  ni(^ney  on  his  (jwn 
acconnt  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  propriety,  whereby  the 
propriet<»rs  were  indclttcil  to  him  to  thi'  amount  of  about  tour 
hundred  pounds,  Massachusetts  currency  ;  that  he  die(l  some 
four  years  since, and  they  were  anxious  to  pay  the  heirs  of  the 
estate  the  Italance  justly  due  them:  whcri'forc  they  asked 
leave  to  sell  the  lands  of  the  delimpienf  pro|»rietors  to 
enable  them  so  to  do. 

Leave  was  granted  4  .Func  17ti6. 

The  selectmen  were  this  year  instructed  to  j»rocuiv  a  set 
of  weights  and  measures  for  the  use  of  the  town. 

SHIRK    TOWN. 

14  March,  1708,  the  town 

"  Voted  to  allow  those  persons  in  town  that  exerted  themselves  last 
fall,  in  order  to  have  Amherst  made  a  sliire  town,  four  iiouuds,  thir- 
teen shillings,  and  four  iienco  lawful  money." 


102  BISTORT    OF   AMHERST.  [Chap. 

12  December,  1769.  A  number  of  the  citizens  having 
asked  leave  to  build  and  have  seats  on  the  beams  of  the 
meeting-house,  the  town  granted  their  request. 

FOURTH    DIVISION  OF  LOTS  ;    DISSOLUTION  OF  THE  PROPRIETY. 

15  October,  1770,  William  Peabody,  Solomon  Hutchin- 
son, and  Daniel  Campbell,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
lay  out  the  common  lands  in  the  township. 

A  record  of  this,  the  fourth  division  of  lots  among  the  pro- 
prietors, in  the  hand-writing  of  Daniel  Campbell,  Esq.,  is 
preserved  in  the  proprietors'  book  of  records,  and  the 
propriety  seems  to  have  been  dissolved  shortly  after. 

XI 20  lawful  money  was  appropriated  for  tlie  repairs  of 
highways  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1772,  and  it  was 
voted  that  the  work  on  the  highways  sliould  be  done  between 
tlie  twentieth  day  of  May  and  the  last  of  September.  Two 
thilUngs  and  eight  pence  was  allowed  for  a  full  day's  work  of 
a  man,  one  shilling  and  four  pence  a  day  for  a  yoke  of 
oxen,  and  eight  pence  a  day  for  the  use  of  a  cart. 

22  June,  1774,  the  town  voted  that  Deacon  Baldwin  erect 
a  post  near  the  meeting-house,  with  a  box  luiving  a  glass 
face,  in  which  the  warrants  for  town-meetings  shall  be 
placed  by  the  officers  calling  the  same.  Also,  "  voted  that 
the  warrants  exposed  to  view  in  the  box  by  the  constable 
on  all  the  public  days  between  the  date  of  the  warrant  and 
day  of  meeting  shall  be  sufficient  warning  for  the  inhab- 
itants of  Amherst." 

18  September,  1776.  The  committee  of  safety  was 
authorized  by  the  legislature  to  take  care  of  sundry  perish- 
able articles  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Zaccheus  Cutler, 
Esq.,  a  refugee. 

31  March,  1777.  The  town  voted  to  remit  the  poll  tax 
of  those  persons  who  served  as  soldiers  in  the  Continental 
army  the  whole  of  last  year. 

10  June,  1777.  Voted,  in  case  there  should  be  an  imme- 
diate call  for  men  to  serve  in  the  Continental  army,  to  allow 


YTT.]  CURRENT  EVENTS.  103 

those  who  are  (lis))oscd  to  enlist  the  same  cnc(jnra>(ein('nt 
that  has  heretofore  been  piiid,  nnd  to  assess  the  ainoiiiit 
necessary  for  its  payment  ii|miii  the  |m)1Is  and  estates  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  town.  (Japt.  Stephen  Peabody,  Cajjt. 
He/.ekiali  Lovejoy,  and  Mr.  Solomon  Kittredj>c,  were 
aj)i>ointed  a  committee  to  procnre  soldiers  on  the  terms 
mentioned  above. 

Col.  Xahiini  Hahlwin,  Mr.  Stephen  Bnrnam,  Mi'.  William 
Wallace,  Mr.  Andrew  Bi'adford,  and  Mr.  Timothy  Smith, 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  allix  and  settle  prices  upon 
snndry  articles. 

The  Mile  Slip  had  only  a  partial  town  orj:ani/,ation,  and 
its  inhabitants  were  a  law  to  themselves.  Hence  it  became 
a  sort  of  Texas,  to  which  the  fathers  sometimes  resorted  in 
times  of  trouble.  A  bridge  across  the  Soidiegan,  within  its 
limits,  became  necessary  to  accommodate  the  travel  between 
Amherst  and  Wilton,  and  as  no  town  was  liabh-  by  law  to 
build  and  support  it,  an  act  was  ])asscd  by  the  General 
Court,  '2  A])ril,  1770,  "to  oblige  the  connty  of  Hillsborough 
to  build  and  maintain  a  bridge  across  the  Souhegan  river 
in  the  Mde  Sliji,  so  called."  This  was  the  origin  of  the 
*•  County  "   bridge  now  in  Milford. 

THE    DARK    D.\Y    OF    1780. 

The  famous  "dark  day"  occurred  10  May,  17S0.  The 
monung  was  ushered  in  by  a  very  dark  cloud  hanging  over 
the  west  and  north-west,  attended  with  thunder.  The  wind 
from  the  south-west  brought  over  a  numbt.'r  of  clouds  from 
that  (piai'tei". 

The  darkness  began  about  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
and  at, twelve  o'clock  it  was  as  dark  as  evening.  Candles 
were  Righted  ;  domestic  fowls  repaired  to  their  roosts  : 
night  birds  appeared  :  and  the  cattle  gathered  about  the 
barns.  Objects  could  be  discerned  at  a  small  distance  only. 
ThC' clouds  put  on  a  strange,  brassy,  copper  color. 


104  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  darkness  abated  at  about  twelve,  and  at  three  o'clock 
in  the  afternoon  it  was  no  darker  than  on  an  ordinary 
cloudy  day. 

Though  the  moon  fulled  the  day  before,  the  darkness 
returned  at  night,  and  soon  became  total,  and  continued 
until  about  midnight.  Its  whole  duration  was  about  four- 
teen hours.  It  extended  all  over  the  New  England  States 
and  westward  as  far  as  Albany.  To  the  southward  it  was 
observed  all  along  the  sea-coast,  and  to  the  north  as  far  as 
settlements  had  been  made.  Many  of  the  people  were  very 
much  frightened,  and  thought  the  day  of  judgment  was  at 
hand.  The  darkness  was  supposed  to  have  been  occasioned 
by  the  smoke  from  numerous  fires  at  the  westward,  com- 
bined with  a  thick  fog  from  the  sea. 

The  winter  of  1780-81  is  said  to  have  been  the  coldest 
ihat  had  been  experienced  in  New  England  for  forty  years. 
From  about  the  15th  of  February  to  the  15th  of  March  the 
snow  did  not  melt  on  the  south  sides  of  buildings  in  shel- 
tered situations,  and  on  the  24th  of  April  the  heavy  tim- 
bers used  in  the  frame  of  the  North-west  parish  meeting- 
house were  drawn  on  the  snow  crust  over  fences  and  rocks. 

The  dissensions  between  the  different  sections  of  the 
town,  conniiencing  with  the  building  of  the  second  meeting- 
house, 1771-74,  and  aggravated  by  the  settlement  of  Mr. 
Barnard,  in  1780,  were  not  healed  by  the  division  of  the 
town  into  parishes,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  petition 
sent  to  the  General  Court  by  citizens  of  the  First  parish,  in 
February,  1783,  which  sets  forth  the  unhappy  state  of 
affairs  in  town  at  that  time. 

STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

HILLSBOROUGH    SS. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  and  the  Honorable 
the  Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  in  General  Court 
assembled. 

The  Petition  of  simdry  Persons,  Inhabitants  of  the  Old  Paiish  in 
Amherst,  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  hmnbly  sheweth  : 


VIL]  INTERNAL   DISSENSIONS.  105 

That,  at  the  session  uf  the  general  Court  held  at  Exeter,  in  May, 
Anno  Domini  1761,  sundry  persons,  whose  names  are  given,  obtained 
an  act  discharging  them  from  that  time,  the  Polls  of  their  respective 
iamilies  &  Estates  from  any  future  support  of  the  Gospel  ministry  and 
other  expense  attending  public  worship  at  Mr.  Barnard's  meeting- 
house, as  particularly  mentioned  in  said  Act,  and  erecting  them  into 
a  distinct  Tarish,  with  incidental  powers,  still  leaving  the  said  I'arisli- 
iouers  to  act  with  the  remaining  part  of  the  town  of  Amherst  in  all 
other  matters  proper  to  such  a  corporate  body. 

And  Whereas  the  disuniting  a  body  corporate  in  some  things  most 
commonly  does,  and  prol)ably  always  will,  while  human  nature 
remains  the  same,  disunite  them  in  other  nnitters,  and  such  a  partic- 
ular disunion  is  but  little  else  but  to  set  them  at  perpetnal  variance 
and  discord,  a  most  unhappy  situation,  which  the  unfortunate 
sufferers  lament  in  vain.  While  such  particular  laws,  perhaps  too 
little  adapted  to  the  general  good,  made  to  gratify  a  minority,  on  the 
spur  of  present  heat  and  opposition,  always  against  the  great  rule 
that  the  majority  must  govern,  chain  each  struggling  Party  to  the  uiirr- 
lenting  enemy  of  human  happiness,  Contentiu.n. 

And  it  is  the  misfortune  of  these  partial  separations  that  they  do 
not  redress,  but  increase,  the  evils  they  are  intended  to  remedy. 

This  we  tind  to  be  our  unhappy  case  in  common  with  all  those 
Towns  where  such  divisions  have  been  encouraged  l>y  law.  Instances 
would  be  burthensoine  to  your  honors. 

Your  petitioners  do  not  presume  in  this  instance  to  counteract  what 
the  legislative  body  have  thought  proper  to  pass  into  a  law ;  but  their 
unhappy  situation  compels  them  to  such  redress  in  your  power  and 
wisdom,  and  thereby  extricate  themselves  from  the  bondage  of  con- 
t  HI ual  discord,  party  factions,  and  (hose  little  uneasy  arts  which  are 
but  too  easily  practiced  by  disunited  spirits. 

i'hose  separate  interests,  so  established  by  Law  in  this  place,  make 
uur  town-meetings  scenes  of  confusion,  irregularity,  and  vexation. 
Permit  us  to  part  with  one  of  them,  and  to  a,sk  your  Honors  that  the 
I'crsons  above  named,  who  iiave  chosen  to  be  separated  in  part,  may  be 
st>parated  from  us  wholly.  We,  tlierefore,  yo.ur  petitioners,  do  humbly 
pray  that  your  honors  woiilil  cause  it  to  be  enacted  tliat  tiie  Polls  and 
Estates  aforesaid,  so  set  otY  in  ministerial  matters,  may  be  wholly 
>eparated  from  us  in  all  matters  whatsoever.  Your  Honors  have 
ample  power  to  confer  on  them  any  privileges  necessary  for 
their  welfare,  unconnected  with  us,  and  we  do  not  wish  to  retain  them 
to  our  mutual  rcxation.  Nothing  herein  to  alter  the  jiresent  method  of 
paying  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins's  salary. 


106 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


And  we  hereby  do  empower  Messrs.  Daniel  Campbell,  Samuel 
Wilkins,  Thomas  "Wakefield,  and  Ebenezer  Weston,  or  any  two  of 
them,  to  prefer  this  Petition  to  the  General  Court  and  to  carry  the 
same  into  effect,  with  full  power  to  appoint  one  or  more  agents  on 
our  behalf  for  the  same  purpose. 

All  which  is  humbly  submitted  by  your  Petitioners,  who,  as  in 
Duty  bound,  will  ever  pray. 


Signed  by 

Joshua  Atherton, 
Nahum  Baldwin, 
Ephraim  Barker, 
Moses  Barron, 
Ebenezer  Batchelder, 
John  Batchelder, 
Aaron  Boutell, 
Amos  Boutel], 
Joseph  Boutell, 
Joseph  Boutell,  jr., 
Kendal  Boutell, 
Enos  Bradford, 
William  Bradford, 
Daniel  Campbell, 
Benjamin  Clark, 
Benjamin  Clark,  jr., 
Joseph  Coggin, 
Joseph  Coggin,  jr., 
Eleazer  Cole, 
Jacob  Curtice, 
Samuel  Dana, 
William  Dana, 
Andrew  Davis, 
Benjamin  Davis, 
Bartholomew  Dodge, 
John  Eaton, 
Ebenezer  Ellin  wood, 
Jedediah  Ellinwood, 
Ralph  Ellinwood, 
Rolandson  Ellinwood, 
Francis  Elliott, 
Elisha  Felton, 
William  Fisk, 


Amherst,  Feb'y  ye  2-ith,  1783. 

Amos  Flint, 
Amos  Flint,  jr., 
Nathan  Fuller, 
James  Hartshorn, 
John  Hartshorn, 
John  Hartshorn,  jr., 
Timothy  Hartshorn, 
William  Hartshorn, 
Samuel  Henry, 
Timothy  Hill, 
David  Hildreth, 
Jeremiah  Hobson, 
Ebenezer  Holt, 
Reuben  Holt, 
William  Howard, 
Isaac  Jaquith, 
Joseph  Jewett, 
Tunothy  Jones, 
Joshua  Kendall, 
Nathan  Kendall, 
Nathan  KendaU,  jr., 
Stephen  Kendrick, 
Henry  Kimball, 
Moses  Kimball, 
Moses  Kimball,  jr., 
Jonathan  Lainpson,  jr., 
Francis  Love  joy, 
Hezekiah  Love  joy, 
Jacob  Lovejoy, 
John  Lovejoy, 
Edward  Lyon, 
James  McKean, 
Robert  Means, 


VTL] 


INTERNAL    DISSENSIONS. 


107 


William  Stowart, 
Saiiiui'l  Stfanis, 
Saimu'l  Taylor, 
Jonathan  Taylor, 
William  Taylor, 
Israi'l  Townt", 
-fiiiui  Tuck, 
Anios  Trufl, 
.lolm  Twiss, 
Samuel  Twiss, 
I'liiut'luis  I'pliam, 
Thomas  Wakt'Kold, 
William  Walk.-r, 
William  Walton, 
Slfphen  Wasln'r, 
Kbt'uezer  Weston, 
Ebeuezer  Weston,  jr., 
Thomas  Weston, 
Aaron  Wilkins, 
Andrew  Wilkins, 
Ui'MJamin  Wilkins, 
Benjamin  ^^'ilkins,  jr., 
Benjamin  Wilkins,  ;J.l, 
Samuel  Wilkins, 
Davi.l  Williams. 
Thomas  ^^'oolson. 


liinjamin  Merrill, 
KiMihen  Mussey, 
luiihen  I).  Mussey, 
Aaron  Xi<'hols, 
i'iniothy  Nichols,  jr., 
William  O.lall, 
\\illi;i:ii  Oclall.  jr.. 
Joshua  I'eltinyill, 
.Nathan  Thelps, 
iiiiijamin  Pike, 
IWnjumiu  I'ike,  jr., 
.\l)el  Prince, 
.loseph  Prince, 
Kohert  Head, 
.John  Holiy, 
-Joseph  HoUings, 
John  Seatou, 
Samuel  Seaton, 
Andrew  Shannon, 
Joseph  Small, 
William  Small, 
Jacob  Stanley, 
Samuel  Stanley, 
Daniel  Stevens, 
Thomas  Stevens, 
David  Stewart, 
John  .Stewart, 

\(t  action  soeuis  to  liave  been  taken  by  the  lo^i.slatiire  on 
tills  petition,  and  the  desired  roliof  was  not  obtained  for 
some  years. 

While  the  eitizens  of  the  town  were  divided  into  factions, 
and  their  ineetin<^s  were  scenes  of  discord  and  confnsion, 
the  eoiMitry  at  hirge  was  in  an  eijiially  nnsatisfactory  con- 
dition. 

A  jieriod  of  distress  and  depression  was  then  [irevailing^ 
greater  tlian  had  been  experienced  (hiring  the  sharpest 
crises  of  the  striigule  lor  iinh-pondi'iu'c 

Tlie  goveriunent  was  weak  and  inellicient  ;  money  was 
scarce  ;  the  country  and  tlie  people  were  heavily  in  debt ; 
and  credit,  public  and  private,  was  well  nigh  destroyed. 


108  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Complaints  were  made  of  the  attorneys  and  officers  of 
the  Law,  that  tliey  sought  to  advance  their  own  selfisli 
interests  to  the  ruin  of  their  fellow-citizens  ;  and  the  peo- 
ple, indignant  at  such  a  course,  assembled  in  some 
instances  to  prevent  the  sessions  of  the  courts. 

An  assemblage  of  this  kind  took  place  in  Keene  in  tlie 
month  of  October,  1782,  which  was  frustrated  in  part  in  its 
designs  by  the  address  of  Attorney-General  Sullivan. 

In  the  midst  of  these  troubles  the  following  petition, 
from  citizens  of  Amherst  and  others,  was  presented  to  the 
legislature  at  its  session  in  February,  1783. 

To  the  Honorable  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
State  of  New  Hampshire,  in  General  Court  assembled,  at  Exeter,  on 
the  second  Wednesday  of  February,  1783. 

The  prayer  of  your  humble  petitioners,  inhabitants  of  the  town  of 
Amherst,  and  others,  in  the  County  of  Hillsborough,  hereby  sheweth  : 

That  your  petitioners  have  beheld,  and  do  still  behold,  with  great 
concern  and  resentment  the  numerous  needless  lawsuits  that  have 
commenced  the  year  past,  and  that  are  still  commencing  and  carrying 
on  in  this  State,  and  more  especially  in  this  County,  purely  for  pri- 
vate debts,  it  being  a  time  of  great  scarcity,  not  only  of  the  necessaries 
of  life,  but  also  of  the  silver  currency  in  this  State,  when  all  the 
money  that  can  be  found  in  this  state  is  scarcely  sufficient  to  pay  our 
public  taxes  and  procure  the  absolute  necessaries  of  life  ; — 

Therefore  private  debts  cannot  be  suddenly  paid  in  money,  without 
great  neglect  of  public  debts  and  damage  to  the  public  cause. 

Neither  are  private  debts  often  to  be  recovered  at  this  day  by  sueing, 
for  all  the  money  that  can  be  procured  is  little  enough  to  satisfy 
attornies  and  under  sheriffs  (which  your  petitioners  think  are  too 
numerous  in  this  County),  so  that  the  Creditors  often  take  notes  for 
their  dues  after  the  debts  are  sued,  and  leave  said  notes  in  the  hands 
of  their  Attorneys,  where  their  debtors  are  quickly  exposed  to  pay  the 
same,  or  a  greater  cost,  over  again,  for  as  though  the  cost  of  sueing  in 
the  County  where  both  debtor  and  Creditor  reside  is  too  little,  the 
practice  is  begun  of  sueing  in  another  County,  where  neither  debtor 
or  creditor  reside,  which  augments  the  cost,  and  is  a  practice  which 
your  petitioners  view  as  very  unjust  and  unreasonable  in  common 
cases. 

Your  petitioners  are  of  opinion  that  if  this  extraordinary  sueing  be 
not  seasonably  prevented,  it  will  have  a  very  bad  effect  on  our  public 


VIT.]  INTERNAL    DISSENSIONS.  100 

affairs,  as  it  hath  a  temlency  to  ilisimito,  iinhitter,  and  alienate  the 
affections  of  the  good  Subjects  of  tlie  State  from  each  other,  in  a 
time  when  peace,  harmony,  and  congriiity,  are  very  needful,  yea,  the 
greater  part  of  our  human  strength. 

This  excessive  sueing,  if  not  prevented,  will  till  our  gaols  with 
honest  laborious  husbandmen  and  mechanics,  and  therefore  Ifave  our 
soil  in  a  measure  uncultivated,  and  our  manufactories  damaged.  It 
-will  starve  our  army  in  the  field,  and  our  civil  and  ecclesiastical 
officers  at  home.  It  will  starve  the  poor  and  needy,  and  greatly  debil- 
itate the  wealthy.  It  will  greatly  encourage  and  embolden  our 
external  and  internal  enemies,  but  discourage  our  sincere  but  injured 
friends.  Tt  will  l)uild  up  lawyers  and  sheriffs  only,  and  that  upon  the 
ruin  and  destruction  of  their  fellow-men. 

Therefore  it  appears  needful  to  your  petitioners  that  something 
Constitutional  be  speedily  done,  in  order  to  prevent  this  increasing 
calamity:  oth'^rwise  we  mav  exp3ct  that  something  will  be  dom* 
nncoustitutionally,  the  dangerous  tendency  and  consequence  of  which 
your  petitioners  would  greatly  deprecate. 

Thereft)re,  for  the  above  reasons,  your  petitioners  hereby  pray  that 
this  Honorable  Court  would  take  the  above  case  into  their  most 
serious  consideration,  and,  by  a  wise  and  prudent  act,  prevent  this 
extraordinary  cost  of  lawsuits,  and  establish  some  more  reasonable 
way  for  the  recovery  of  private  debts  in  this  time  of  public  calamity 
by  making  such  lands,  goods,  chattels,  lumber,  &c.,  as  the  debtor  is  pos- 
sessed of,  to  he  a  lawful  tender  for  debts  at  such  prices  as  shall  be  set 
upon  such  goods,  &c.,  by  faithful  men  chosen  for  that  pur]iose,  or  such 
men  as  the  debtor  and  creditor  shall  choose  themselves,  which  may  be 
done  with  little  cost  and  without  the  cost  of  any  lawsuit. 

However,  your  petitioners  submit  the  particular  method  of  ]iroceed- 
ure  in  this  matter  to  the  wisdom  and  prudence  of  this  Honorable 
Court,  trusting,  as  you  ride  for  GOD,  and  are  interested  in  the  com- 
mon welfare  and  happiness  of  your  Country,  and  are  touched  with  a 
fellow  feeling  for  the  calamities  of  the  meanest  of  your  subjects,  that 
you  are  able  and  Milling  to  point  out  and  establish  a  method  far 
superior  to  any  pointed  out  by  your  petitioners,  both  for  the  redress  of 
grievances  and  for  the  safety  of  this  State,  in  patient  expectation  of 
which,  your  petitioners,  as  in  dutyboimd,  shall  ever  pray. 

Signed  by  Robert  Parker.  Joshua  T.ovejoy,  I.ieut.  John  Patter>on, 
James  Woodbury,  .fohn  liradford.  Richard  Ward,  and  forty-four 
..th.'rs." 

As  a  moasuro  of  roliff,  the  loirislatiirc.  early  in  ITSo, 
passed  an  act  making  property  of  most  kinds  a  tender,  at 


110  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  Chap.] 

an  a]ipraised  value,  for  the  payment  of  debts  ;  but  the  effect 
of  tlie  law,  contrary  to  the  design  of  its  makers,  was  to 
render  specie  still  more  scarce  ;  and,  as  creditors  were 
unwilling  to  receive  property  for  their  claims  which  they 
could  not  turn  into  cash,  their  demands  remained  unpaid. 

Conventions  were  held  in  several  towns  and  in  most  of 
the  counties  of  the  State  for  the  purpose  of  devising  some 
means  of  deliverance  from  the  troubles  in  which  the  peo- 
ple were  involved. 

One  of  these  Avas  held  at  Goffstown  in  the  month  of  May, 
178G,  to  which  Col.  Daniel  Warner  was  chosen  a  delegate, 
at  a  town  meeting  held  on  the  third  of  that  month  ;  but  no 
record  appears  of  any  report  made  by  him  of  its  proceedings. 

Among  the  measures  proposed  for  the  relief  of  the 
people  at  this  time  were  the  abolition  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  and  the  establishment  of  town  courts  in  its  place, 
and  that  not  more  than  two  lawyers  should  be  allowed  in 
any  county. 

Also,  that  a  large  amount  of  State  notes  should  be  issued, 
which  should  be  a  legal  tender  for  the  payment  of  all  debts. 
No  provision,  however,  for  their  redemption  seems  to  have 
been  thought  of. 

The  legislature  formed  a  plan  for  the  issuing  of  <£50.000  in 
paper  money,  to  be  let  out  at  four  per  cent,  interest  on  land 
security,  redeemable  at  some  future  period,  which  was  to  be 
a  tender  for  taxes  for  the  internal  support  of  the  State,  and 
for  fees  and  salaries  of  the  officers  of  the  government. 
This  plan  was  sent,  September,  1786,  to  the  several  towns 
to  collect  their  minds  upon  the  subject. 

In  this  town  the  ])roject  was  laid  before  the  people  at  a 
meeting  held  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  November,  1786,  when, 
after  discussion,  they  voted  not  to  sanction  it,  and  "  voted 
unanimously  not  to  propose  any  alterations  in  said  plan." 

On  the  twentieth  day  of  September,  1786,  an  armed  force 
of  some  hundreds  of  men  assembled  at  Exeter,  and  sent  in 
a  petition  to  the   General   Court,  then  in  session  at  that 


Vn.]  MOn    AT    EXETER.  Ill 

|ilart\  askinu"  for  a  rtMlrcss  of  <rri<'vaiu'cs.  and  doclaring 
their  intention,  if  their  petition  was  not  ^rantetl,  of  doin;; 
themselves  JMstiee.  Tliev  snrroundcd  the  house  in  which 
the  Court  was  in  session,  and  placino;  sentries  at  the  doors 
deniamhMl  ;in  immediate  answer. 

The  House  (d"  Representatives  api)ointed  a  committee,  to 
he  joined  by  one  from  the  Senate, to  take  the  matter  into 
consideration  ;  Imt  thr  Senate  refused,  unanimously,  to 
eoneur  in  this  action,  and  the  two  houses  met  in  convention. 
President  Sullivan,  who  was  ex-olVicio  a  memher  of  the 
Senate,  addressed  the  convention  anil  sucji  of  the  jietition- 
ers  as  chose  to  be  present,  and  j»resente(|  the  reasons  which 
intluenced  the  Senate  in  non-concurring  with  the  action  of 
the  House. 

He  spoke  of  the  petition,  and  showed  its  e.xtreme  folly 
and  jrreat  injustice,  and  concluded  by  sayincc  that  if  the 
voice  of  the  whole  State  was  for  it,  the  le<;"islature  ouj^ht  not 
to  LM-ant  it  while  tliry  were  sui'rounded  by  an  armed  force. 
To  do  it  would  be  to  l)etray  the  riirhts  of  the  jieo|)lc  they 
had  sworn  to  maintain,  and  he  declared  that  no  considera- 
tion of  pei'sonal  safety  should  ever  compi-l  liim  to  so 
(iaiirant  a  violation  of  the  constitutional  liuhts  of  those 
who  had  place(l  him  in  the  executive  chair. 

The  jiresident  and  tlic  meml)ers  of  the  le<rislatnre  were 
held  as  |>risoners  until  after  dark  by  the  mob.  when  some 
of  tlie  citizens  of  the  town  devised  means  for  their  release. 
On  recoverini;  his  liberty  the  president  called  out  a  detach- 
ment of  the  State  militia  to  assist  in  restorim:  order.  His 
••all  was  responded  to  prom|)tly,  and  before  niirht  of  the 
next  day  the  mob  was  entirely  dispersed.  Many  of  the 
leaders  wei'c  ai'resteil.  and  some  wei'e  bound  oxer  for  tria) 
at  a  court  to  be  holdcn  some  months  later:  but  on  the 
assembling:;  of  the  court  they  were  dischar<^ed  without 
further  action,  and  the  atVair  ended  without  fiirhtinj;  or 
bloodshed,  thanks  to  the  inudence  and  lii-mness  of  Pres- 
ident Sullivan. 


112  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  financial  tronblcs,  however,  continned  for  some 
years,  bnt  were  finally  closed  by  the  establishment  of  the 
Federal  g'overnment,  and  the  reestablishment  of  the  in- 
dustry and  commerce  of  the  country. 

THE   REVEREND    CLERGY. 

Ample  provision  was  made  for  the  reverend  cler,2:y  at  the 
public  festivals  in  these  times,  as  the  following  extract 
from  the  Council  records  of  the  State  will  show  : 

"7  .rune.  ITSC).  The  Council  a'lvised  that  a  dinner  be  prepared  at 
the  public  expense  for  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Clergy  who  may  think 
proper  to  attend  the  election,  and  that  the  President,  Council,  Speaker 
of  the  House,  and  such  members  of  the  two  branches  as  they  shall 
think  proper,  dine  in  Company  with  the  Clergy,  the  expense  of  which 
is  to  be  defrayed  as  the  U\o  branches  may  think  pro]3er  to  order. 

Mr.  Hannaford,  the  innkeeper  at  Concord,  was  accoi'dingly  directed 
to  prepare  a  dinner  for  fifty  persons  the  Thursday  following." 

Gen.  Washington  visited  the  State  in  Novemlier,  1789, 
and  at  a  meeting  of  the  President  and  Council,  at  Ports- 
mouth, 31  October,  the  President  requested  the  advice  of 
Conncil  wdiether  it  would  be  advisable  to  provide  an  enter- 
tainment at  the  public  expense  for  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  "  To  which  the  Council  did  advise  and  con- 
sent." 

Hon.  Joshua  Athcrton,  having  been  elected  senator, 
resigned  the  office  of  representative,  to  which  he  was 
elected  in  March,  and  the  town,  at  a  meeting  held  27 
August,  1792,  voted  not  to  fill  the  vacancy  made  by  his 
resignation. 

THE    GREAT    FROST    OF    1794. 

The  spring  of  1794  was  one  of  the  most  forward  ever 
known.  On  the  seventeenth  day  of  May  winter  rye  on 
burnt  ground  was  in  bloom,  and  apples  were  as  large  as 
ounce  balls.  On  the  night  following  that  day  there  was 
one  of  the  most  destructive  frosts  ever  experienced,  which 


VII.]  CURRENT  EVENTS.  113 

was  spokcii  of  fui'  \  ('ill's  as  the  "  <rrf'at  white  ir<»st."  The 
rvr  was  kiilt'd  to  tlir  uroiiiid,  and  llic  apples  destroyed, 
I'xccpt  wluTc  tlicy  WL'ic  covcix'd  oi"  jtrotectcd  by  artificial 
lii>at.  Mr.  iJaniard,  the  minister,  had  a  fmo  orchard  of 
youiifr  trees,  on  which  the  fitiil  had  fornuMl.  which  he  saved 
liy  keepiiiif  lii'cs  of  Ijrnsh  and  h)<rs  Imrninu'  in  the  orchard 
throu<rh  the  iii.<2;ht.  In  other  instances  the  fruit  was  saved 
l>y  smoke  from  chimneys  near  by  beinfj  driven  amont^  the 
branches  of  the  trees  through  the  ni^iht.  .Mr.  Price,  of 
Iloscawen,  in  writing  of  the  frost,  says  the  wintei'  grain  and 
apples  were  destroyed.  The  canker  worms,  which  had 
infested  the  apple  trees  fui"  years,  and  had  bi-come  exceed- 
ingly troui>lesonie,  were  also  desti'oyed.  In  that  case  the 
loss  was  not  without  some  equivalent. 

The  dune  session  of  Ihe  legislature  was  held  in  this  town 
in  1TU4,  and  (Jov.  (iilman  here  took  the  oath  of  otlice  as 
L'overnor,  for  the  first  time. 

.Vmple  provision  seems  to  have  been  made  by  the  citizens 
for  the  enterlninment  of  the  honorable  members,  as  no  less 
than  twenty-two  taverners'  and  retailers'  licenses  were 
granted  by  the  selectmen  that  year,  ju-evious  to  the  session 
of  the  Court. 

This  was  the  first  and  only  session  of  tiie  General  Court 
held  in  Amherst. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  ITl'o,  the  town  '•  voted 
to  apply  to  the  (Jeiieral  Court  to  alter  the  time  of  holding 
the  annual  uk  ctiug  from  the  second  to  the  first  Monday  of 
-March,  and  that  Col.  Warner  be  a  committee  to  prefer  the 
al)ove  vote  to  the  Court." 

In  compliance  with  this  vote  the  legislature  passed  the 
following  act,  which  received  the  approval  of  (Jov.  (lilman, 
16  June,  it;'.")  : 

•  A.N  .Vcr  f<ir  altering  the  time  of  holding  the  Annual  Meeting  in 
tlie  town  of  .Vmiikrst. 


114  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  Inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Amherst  having  petitioned  for  an 
alteration  of  their  Annual  Meeting  from  the  second  Monday  of  March 
to  the  first  Monday  of  the  same  month, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  in  Gen- 
eral Court  convened,  that  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of 
the  said  town  of  Amherst  forever  hereafter  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Monday  of  March,  any  law,  custom,  or  usage,  heretofore  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding." 

"  Forever,"  in  the  act  above,  proved  to  mean  about  ten 
years,  as  the  time  was  again  changed  to  the  second  Tuesday 
in  iMarch,  in  that  time. 

The  first  stage  coach  ever  seen  in  Nashua  passed  through 
that  place  in  1795  on  its  way  from  Boston  to  Amherst. 

Party  politics  have  been  the  occasion  of  much  hard  talk 
in  Amherst  as  in  other  New  Hampshire  towns.  Its  citizens 
were  plain-spoken  people,  having  ideas  of  their  own,  and  in 
their  expression  a  good  deal  of  heat  has  sometimes  been 
evolved.  Their  disputes,  however,  generally  ended  in 
words  which  were  soon  forgotten,  or  remembered  to  bo 
ashamed  of  or  laughed  at.  The  leading  loyalist  in  town  at 
the  commencement  of  the  Revolution,  though  sadly  tor- 
mented for  a  time,  was  received  into  favor,  and,  long  before 
the  close  of  the  war,  entrusted  with  important  offices, 
which  he  filled  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  people.  The  estab- 
lishment of  the  Federal  constitution — the  ratification  of 
which  he  opposed  in  the  convention  of  which  he  was  a 
member,  acting  under  the  instructions  of  the  town  and 
from  his  own  convictions — divided  the  people  into  ])arties, 
and  the  division  became  more  marked  after  the  breaking 
out  of  the  French  Revolution,  hailed  with  all  its  terrible 
crimes  by  one  party  as  the  triumph  of  the  people,  and 
dreaded  by  the  other  as  the  i)recursor  of  the  destruction  of 
all  government  among  men. 

\  The  measures  the  general 'government  tlioiight  proper  to 
pursue  in  its  intercourse  with  tlic  European  powers,  the 
ratification  of  Jay's  treaty  with   Great  Britain  during  the 


VTL]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  115 

adniiiiist  r;itii)ii  of  I'i'csident  Wasliinii:ton,  tho  passage  of  tlio 
Alien  and  Sedition  Law  and  the  land  tax  law  passed  during 
the  administration  of  the  elder  Adams,  intensified  the  divis- 
ions among  the  peo])le,  and  at  the  annual  meeting  in  ^lareh, 
17'.''.',  the  selectmen  were  constituted  a  committee  to  draft 
a  jtetition  to  Congress  asking  for  a  rcjieal  of  the  Alien  and 
Sedition  Law,  and  of  tlie  mo(h'  a(h)|)ted  foi-  assessinii'  and 
eolh'cting  tlie  land  tax. 

The  selectmen  declining  tlie  api)ointment,  Maj.  William 
Bradford,  Ensign  William  Low,  and  Kli  Wilkins,  Esq., 
were  chosen  to  act  as  the  committee,  who  accepted  the 
appointment,  and.  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  on  the  Tuesday 
following,  ]ireseuted  a  rejiort  which  was  read  and  accepted 
Iiy  the  town.  'I'ln'  peojile  in  the  north-west  part  of  the 
town  were  almost  unanimously  in  favor  of  the  acceptance 
of  the  report,  wjiich  fact  will  exi»lain  some  parts  of  the 
following  description  of  the  meeting,  which  made  its 
ai)|iearance  in  the  I'i/fng'e  Messenger  of  9  March,  1799, 
which  is  inserted  \o  show  the  feeling  prevalent  at  that  time. 

KXTHACT  FROM  A  TOWN  .MEETING, 

Ol:    A     Toll  II     UF     THE     TIMKS     AT     a    *****    T. 

March  conies,  the  first-born  cliild  of  Spring; 

Tlie  bells  for  annual  meeting  ring; 

Joy  smiles  in  every  patriot's  face, 

And  A  *****  t  dreams  not  of  disgrace  I 
Forth  from  the  North  in  crowds  come  down 
Old  age,  on  crutch,  and  youth,  half  gi-own  ; 
Old  age,  whose  one  foot  in  the  grave  is, 
AMiose  other  to  the  gout  a  slave  is ; 
And  youth,  not  yet  arrived  at  freedom, 
Who  need  their  nurses  still  to  lead  'em  ; 
.VU,  all  came  down,  a  motley  nation, — 
As  tho'  "in  hell  there  were  vacation," — 
Burning  with  Jacobinic  zeal 
To  overturn  the  public  weal. 

Before  them  stalked  a  man  of  stature, 

Designed  a  Jacobin  by  nature, 


116  HISTORY    OF   AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Whose  mind  and  mien  strong  traces  bore 
Of  that  fjreat  Jacobin  of  yore, 
Who,  for  Sedition,  forth  was  driven, 
Eternal  from  the  gates  of  heaven. 
Despising  peace  and  lawful  labors, 
He  sows  sedition  'mong  his  neighbors ; 
Tells  them  that  government  are  knaves, 
That  they,  poor  souls,  will  soon  be  slaves. 
And  those  that  rule  them  soon  will  stand 
The  lords  and  sovereigns  of  the  land. 
To  church  he  goes,  but  not  for  preaching ; 
He  gives  his  precious  time  to  teaching 
That  those  that  dare  not  tell  a  lie 
Have  surely  lost  their  liberty. 
He  at  his  heels  the  rabble  brought. 

Who  long  beneath  his  eye  were  taught 

To  banish  order,  stir  up  evil. 

And  serve  their  lord  and  master.  Devil. 

********** 

At  length  the  cause  of  all  their  ills, 

The  Alien  and  Sedition  biUs, 

The  tax  direct  on  lands  and  houses. 

Which  every  foe  to  peace  arouses. 

Comes  publickly  to  be  discussed. 

By  friend  and  foe,  by  blest  and  cursed. 
A  solemn  pause — debates  proceeded 
As  though  the  Jacos  some  man  needed — 
Some  natural  son  of  base  sedition, 
To  rise  and  speak  for  their  petition. 
Tlieir  chief  arose  ■ — "  Tis  strange/'  he  cries, 
"  Since  freedom  is  our  blood-earned  prize, 
That  we,  like  slaves,  should  be  debarred 
The  use  of  speech — indeed,  that's  hard. 
No  more  shall  scandal  charm  our  souls. 
Since  government  our  tongues  controls. 
Aliens  no  more  with  monied  reasons 
Shall  stir  up  faction,  death,  and  treasons  ; 
But  under  harrows,  saws,  and  axes, 
We  be  compelled  to  pay  our  taxes. 
Support  our  Congress  men  in  style. 
By  cruel,  unrewarded  toil, 
^  Till  we,  at  last,  O  dreadful  thought ! 


VIT.]  CURRRNT    EVENTS.  117 

Beneath  these  tyrants  shall  be  l)roii!4ht, 
And  see  in  tears  the  fatal  day 
When  we  to  tyrant  laws  gave  way. 
Beware,  my  friends,  't  is  our  condition  ! 
()  curse  the  law  against  sedition  I 

()  curse  the  Pres 1  no,  no,  I  fear 

Soint^  friend  to  government  may  hear. 
And  i,  like  friend  and  brother  Li/on,* 
He  tried,  and  feel  the  power  of  iron. 
()  Liberty !  't  is  but  a  name. 
When  we  no  longer  can  defame  I  " 

Reasons  were  offered  when  he  ended, 
And  government  and  laws  defended  ; 
But  sense  and  reason  all  are  vain. 
When  faction  rules  the  heated  brain. 
For  ignorance,  deceived  by  lies, 
.Ml  human  argument  defies. 
The  question  put,  the  cliief  uprose. 
Surveyed  his  friends,  surveyed  his  foes. 
His  minion  friends  united  stand, 
Instructed  by  his  factious  hand. 
Their  chief  they  watch,  his  actions  view, 
.A.nd  when  he  votes,  why,  they  vote  too. 
Such  are  Columbia's  servile  foes, 
Led  on,  like  asses,  by  the  nose. 
Seduced  fi'om  order  by  a  villain, 
Whose  honor  is  not  worth  a  shilling, 
\\'\u>,  worse  than  Jmlas  and  such  gents, 
\\'uuld  sell  our  State  for  thirl;/  cents. 
*         ()  I  would  he  ape  that  child  of  hell. 
In  all  his  actions,  't  would  be  well; 
His  neck,  too,  then,  a  rope  would  grace, 
And  he  depart  to  his  own  place. 

Amphion. 

*  Mattlii'w  Lyon,  at  that  time  a  Republican  memlier  of  the  national 
House  of  Representatives.  A  motion  to  e.xpel  him  from  the  house, 
for  sedition,  had  just  failed. 

At  a  meeting  held  20  May,  1700,  tlie  town  moved  in  a 
matter  that  was  not  accomplished  nntil  184G, — and  then 
only  in  part, — by  voting  to  instruct  their  representative  in 


118  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  Chap.] 

the  General  Court  to  use  his  utmost  endeavors  to  obtain 
the  passage  of  an  act  by  the  legislature  to  divide  the  State 
into  districts  for  the  choice  of  Federal  representatives  and 
electors. 

A  committee  appointed  to  give  the  representative  some 
further  instructions  reported  that  he  be  instructed  to  use 
his  influence  in  the  General  Court  to  induce  tiiat  body  to 
recommend  to  Congress  the  repeal  of  the  land  tax  law  as  it 
stands  at  present  and  give  the  states  liberty  to  assess  and 
collect  taxes  for  the  support  of  government  in  the  usual 
way. 


VIII.]  COMMEMOKATION    SERVICES.  119 


CHAPTER     YIII. 

1800—1840. 

PROCEF.DIXCS    OF   TIIF   TOWN,   AND    CURKEXT 
E\'ENTS. 

SEIJVICES    IN    COMMHMOHATION    01"    PRESIDENT     \V.\SHIN(;T0N. 

SOL.\R  ECLIPSE,  1801). — UNION  CELEBRATION  OF  FOURTH  OF 
.JULY,    THE    "  DECL.VRATION  "     AGAIN     READ    BY    CHARLES    H, 

ATHERTON    FROM    THE   "  ROCK." THE    COLD    FRIDAY. CAPT. 

i5R0\VN's    TOAST. i\IEETING    AT     THE    COURT-HOUSE,    AUGUST, 

ISI-J. — THE    SEPTEMBER    GALE. MOVEMENT    FOR  THE   ESTAli- 

LISHMENT     OF     SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. THE     COMMON      AND      ITS 

BOUNDARIES. ADDITIONS    AND    IMPROVEMENTS. REPORT    OF 

THE  COMMITTEE  ON  HORSE-SHEDS  AND  HEARSE-HOUSE. FIRST 

FAIR  OF  THE  HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY. 

STAGES,     IN      DECEMBER,    1821.  — UNION    CELEBRATION    OF 

FOURTH    OF    JULY,    1824. NEW     ROAD     FROM     AMHERST    TO 

HENNIKER. — RECEPTION  OF  GEN.  LAFAYETTE  AT  CONCORD, 
1825. THE  '•  (JRASSHOPPER  YEAR." — MORTALITY  IN  AM- 
HERST, 182G. MOVEMENTS  IN  FAVOR  OF  TEMPERANCE. PUR- 
CHASE   OF   THE    PAUPER  FARM. SOLAR  ECLIPSE,  1831. — THE 

METEORIC  DISPLAY. FOURTH  OF  JULY  CELEBRATION,  1834. 

RAISING  OF  THE  UNITARIAN  MEETING-HOUSE  FRAME ASYLUM 

FOR  THE  INSANE. — THE  ''SURPLUS  REVENUE." — THE  HOP 
CULTURE. — "■  whig"  MEETINGS  AT  AMHERST,  1840. 

Services  in  commemoration  of  President  Washinj^ton 
were  held  in  Amherst  22  Fcbruarv,  1800,  in  which  the 
citizens  of  Amherst  and  Milford,and  the  members  of  Benev- 
olent Lodge,  No.  7,  participated. 


120  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

A  procession  was  formed,  wliich  marched  across  the 
common  to  the  meeting-house,  whei-e  an  eloquent  oration 
was  pronounced  by  Charles  H.  Atherton. 

Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  acted  as  marshal  of  the  school 
children,  who  made  a  line  appearance. 

1  March,  1801.  Quite  a  smart  shock  of  an  earthquake 
was  felt  in  this  and  the  ncigiibnring  towns.  It  was  also 
noticed  in  Massachusetts  and  Maine. 

GREAT   SOLAR    ECLIPSE,    1806. 

The  only  total  eclipse  of  the  sun  visible  in  New  England 
in  the  nineteenth  century  occurred  on  the  sixteenth  day  of 
June,  18013,  between  the  hours  of  ten  a.  m.  and  one  p.  m. 
The  whole  duration  of  the  eclipse  was  three  hours  and  nine 
minutes,  and  the  duration  of  the  total  eclipse  two  minutes 
and  twenty-seven  seconds.  The  day  was  clear,  and  hardly 
a  breath  of  air  stirred  the  leaves.  At  the  time  of  the  total 
eclipse  the  planets  Mars,  Venus  and  Mercury,  were  visible, 
also,  Sirius,  Procyon,  and  the  large  stars  in  Orion  and 
Ursa  Major.  The  bees  returned  to  their  hives  ;  the  fowls 
went  to  their  roosts  ;  and  the  cattle  in  the  pastures  ceased 
grazing,  and  gazed  around  with  a  wild  stare.  ThQ  dark- 
ness was  so  great  that  objects  could  be  seen  only  at  a  short 
distance.  The  thermometer,  which  at  the  beginning  of 
the  eclipse  stood  66°,  fell  to  60°,  and  dew  fell  sufficient 
to  wet  one's  shoes  in  passing  through  the  grass. 

In  the  spring  of  1807  several  animals  in  the  vicinity  of 
this  town  were  bitten  by  mad  dogs,  which  were  killed  by 
their  owners,  or  died  after  exhibiting  every  appearance  of 
madness. 

A  union  celebration  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
took  place  4  July,  1807.  A  procession  was  formed  at 
Whitney's  tavern,  which  marched  to  the  "  Rock  "  in  front  of 
the  meeting-house  on  which  Sheriff  Kelley  stood  when  he 


VIII.]  FOURTH    OF    .Tri.V    CELEHKATION.  121 

read  the  Pccl.iiiitidii  in  1 770,  wlu'i'c  it  \v:is  asi'niii  rc-id  hv 
Charles  II.  Atlicrlon,  jacsideiit  of  the  (hi\ . 

After  this  the  pi-ocession  returned  to  the  tavnn  where 
an  exccUt'iil  dinner  was  served. 

This  is  the  hist  mention  1  (hid  made  of  tlie  '■  Kock."  It 
stoixl  in  iVontof  the  meet  inu'-hoiise.  a  little  to  the  east  of 
the  iVont  d{)(>r.  and  was  used  hy  ilie  l';itliei-s  and  mothers  as 
a  "  horse-hloek."  AftiT  the  use  of  ehaises  and  wagons  beeame 
general  it  was  no  longer  re(|nired,  and  it  was  i-emoved 
about  1825.  Of  its  present  location  no  man  kiioweth. 
Ijike  the  whipping  post  and  pilloi-y,  it  is  am  >ng  the  things 
of  the  past. 

At  the  animal  meetiuL;'  in  March,  18(>8,  the  town  voted 
to  accept  the  pro\  isions  ol'  an  act  passed  by  the  legislal  nre. 
entitled  ••  an  aet  for  the  extinguishment  of  fires  that  ma/  be 
accidentally  or  otherwise  kindled,"  and  chose  R()l)ert  Means, 
Esq.,  Capt.  Daniel  Prior,  Charles  II.  Atherton,  Esq..  Wil- 
liam Fisk,  Msip,  Daniel  Weston,  James  11  )by,  Cai)t.  Eli 
Ih'own.  David  Stewart,  William  Read,  and  Jonathan 
Shepard,  fu'ewards.  in  accordance  with  its  pro\isi(nis. 

The  sjjring  of  1801'  was  remarkably  backward.  As  late 
as  the  fourth  of  April  the  slcigliing  was  perfectly  g(»od  in 
the  northern  parts  of  the  State. 

From  the  Xcir  flu iii/)s/iirr  Pdlriot  we  learn  that  at  the 
ordination  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Kennedy,  at  Litehliehl,  12 
Ajiril,  Isu'.i.  "several  |)ieces  of  music  were  perl'oianed  by  a 
select  choir  from  Am'ierst,  which  evinced  a  retuiai  to  that 
correct  taste  and  love  for  genuine  music  which  the  e(iitor 
hoped  was  gaining  giound  in  this  country." 

THK    COLU    FRIDAY. 

The  "  C(dd  Friday"  of  1810  occurred  on  the  IKtIi  of 
Jamiary  of  that  year.  People  were  fro/en  to  death  in  nniuy 
places,  and  many  houses  and  liarns  were  blown  down  by 
the  strong  wind  which  prevailed  all  dav.      ( >ne  who  remem- 


122  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap, 

bered  it  said  "  it  was  difficult  to  stand  on  one's  feet,  the 
wind  was  so  strong."  Thousands  of  the  tall  trees  in  the 
forest,  that  had  braved  the  storms  and  tempests  of  cen- 
turies, were  blown  down,  and  their  huge  trunks  were  in 
many  instances  left  to  rot  on  the  ground  where  they  fell. 
The  cold,  as  indicated  by  the  thermometer,  was  not  very 
intense,  as  it  ranged  from  — 15°  to  — 20°.  The  mercury  is 
said  to  have  fallen  55  degrees  in  twenty -four  hours  from 
Thursday  to  Friday  noon. 

4  July,  1810.  The  day  was  celebrated  by  the  Republi- 
cans of  Amherst  and  the  adjacent  towns.  A  procession 
was  formed,  which,  after  marching  over  the  common  and 
through  several  streets  in  the  village,  under  the  escort  of 
Capt.  Patterson's  company  of  artillery,  proceeded  to  the 
meeting-house,  where  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  Hum- 
phrey Moore,  of  Milford.  Owing  to  the  serious  illness  of  the 
wife  of  Hon.  J.  K.  Smith,  the  orator  of  the  day,  no  oration 
was  pronounced  ;  but  an  appropriate  address  was  made  by 
Dr.  Rogers  Smith,  who  also  read  the  farewell  address  of 
President  Washington. 

In  the  procession  was  an  elegant  model  of  the  frigate 
Constitution,  from  the  prow  of  which,  after  the  discharge 
of  seventeen  guns,  Captain  Brown  made  a  short  address. 

Capt.  Eli  Brown  presided  at  the  dinner  on  this  occasion, 
and  gave  as  a  toast ; — 

"  Amherst,  the  focus  of  Aristocracy  in  oiu-  County.  May  that 
aristocracy  dissolve  like  the  fog  before  the  sun  from  the  low  ground 
that  envelops  it,  and  may  Republicanism  Hourish  in  it  like  the  rays 
of  the  sun  on  this  auspicious  morn." 

A  notice  appeared  in  the  New  Hampshire  Patriot,  4 
August,  1812,  "  requesting  the  Republican  citizens  of  the 
County  of  Hillsborough  to  meet  at  Amherst  on  the  seventh 
day  of  August, inst.,  at  two  oclock  P.  M.,to  take  mto  considera- 


VIII. ]  POLITICAL    MKKTING,  AUGUST,  1812.  123 

tioii  the  luonii'iitoiis  siilijects  suggested  hy  the  j)rosent 
iilarminu:  siliiatiuii  ol  our  national  concerns,  and  to  adopt 
such  resolutions  as  the  great  occasion  may  be  thought  to 
require."  It  was  exjiected  there  woidd  Ix-  a  large  meeting, 
and  the  more  remote  towns  in  the  county  were  reijuested  t(» 
send  delegates. 

The  Federalists  took  ad\antagc  ol'  the  notice,  and",  hy  an 
uiuleistaniliuLi'  auioug  themselves,  assembled  at  the  time 
and  place  in  considerable  nnml)ers,  organized  a  meeting,  at 
which  speeches  were  made  and  resolutions  were  passed  to 
suit  tliemselves. 

The  Republicans  linding  themselves  oiituiiuilxTcd.  met 
at  Kmerson\s  hall ;  chose  (ien.  Ijenjamin  Pierce,  chairman, 
and  John  Buridiam,  secretary  ;  and  voted  that  it  was 
expedient  to  hold  a  convention  at  the  towii-iiali  in  W'eare, 
on  the  third  Tuesday  oi'  Sei)temlier  I'oilowing,  io  which  the 
liepublicans  in  all  the  towns  in  IJie  county  were  invited  to 
send  delegates. 

At  the  ai)p(jinted  time  delegates  from  all  the  towns  in 
the  county  to  the  number  oi"  150,  attendetl  Ijy  1,50U  otlier 
citizens,  assembled,  and  gave  utterance  to  the  feelings  of 
the  Republicans  of  Hillsborough  County. 

The  conduct  of  the  Federalists  at  Andierst  was  calcu- 
lated to  provoke  a  collision,  which  was  only  avoided  by  the 
|irudent  course  taken  by  the  leaders  of  the  opjtosite  party, 
whose  hour  of  tiinmph  came  with  the  assembling  of  the 
uu'eting  at  Wearc,the  largest  and  most  enthusiastic  jtolitical 
gathering  that  had  ever  been  hehl  in  the  county. 

Mr.  Hill,  in  the  PafrioL  characterized  the  meeting  of  the 
Federalists  at  Amherst  '*  as  one  of  the  most  scandalous? 
outrageous,  and  aggravating  affairs"  he  ever  witnessed. 

The  following  speech,  made  by  Hon.  Timothy  Farrar,  of 
New  Ipswich,  at  the  meeting,  shows  the  temper  and  atti- 
tude of  the  Federalists  at  that  time  : 


124  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Fellow-Citizens :  We  are  brought  together  to-day  from  distant  parts 
of  the  County  by  one  common  feeling  of  the  importance  of  the  crisis 
and  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  our  sentiments  on  the  present 
alarming  state  of  affairs.  We  consider  the  late  measures  of  adminis- 
tration as  dangerous  to  our  liberties,  and  tending  to  the  destruction  of 
that  form  of  government  and  those  principles  which  have  been  com- 
mitted to  our  keeping  and  to  which  we  are  all  sincerely  attached. 
Many  of  us  lemember,  and  all  of  us  know  the  high  price  at  which 
those  rights  were  purchased,  and  we  are  all  disposed  to  defend  and 
support  them.  We  are  those  and  the  descendents  of  those  who  fought 
to  establish  those  rights,  and  we  all  remember  that  the  liberty  of  the 
press  and  the  freedom  of  s^jsech  were  then  regarded  among  the  most 
essential  of  them.  "We  still  regard  them  as  such.  We  have  lately 
seen  them  wantonly  violated,  and  this  induces  us  to  consult  on  the 
means  of  preserving  the  rights  which  we  have  contributed  to  establish. 

The  declaration  of  war  against  Great  Britain  we  consider  as  a  law 
of  the  land,  and  shall  obej'  it  as  such  while  in  force.  So  far  as  we  ai"e 
constitutionally  called  upon  to  support  this  war,  we  shall  comply. 
If  called  on  to  march,  we  shall  go  or  send  a  substitute.  If  called  on 
to  pay,  we  shall  pay.  Beyond  this  our  actions  are  voluntary,  and  we 
shall  be  careful  not  to  involve  ourselves  in  the  guilt  of  an  unjust  war 
by  any  voluntary  aid  to  carry  it  on  ;  for  if  we  think  it  unjust  we  should 
partake  of  the  guilt  if  we  go  a  step  further  than  our  duty  calls  us  to 
do.  So  far  as  we  are  constitutionally  called  on,  it  is  our  duty  to  go, 
and  so  far  -we  will  support  the  government  and  the  measures  of  gov- 
ernment, even  those  that  we  disapprove ;  but  we  shall  feel  ourselves 
bound  to  do  all  we  can  lawfully  do  to  produce  a  change  of  men  and  a 
consequent  change  of  measures.  We  meet  here  in  consequence  of  an 
invitation  addressed  to  Republicans.  We  are  entitled  to  this  appella- 
tion, and  have  never  given  up  our  claim  to  it.  We  are  those  and  the 
descendants  of  those  who  fought  to  defend  their  rights,  which  were 
finally  secured  to  us  by  a  Republican  form  of  government,  who  know 
the  blood  and  treasure  they  cost.  We  know  how  to  estimate  them,  and 
cannot  consent  to  give  them  up  to  any  set  of  men  who  claim  the 
exclusive  privilege  of  this  name.  We  claim  no  exclusive  privileges, 
but  we  know  the  rights  we  are  entitled  to  in  common  with  all  our 
fellow-citizens  who  have  fought  even  to  defend  them  from  foreign 
enemies,  and  will  not  submit  to  surrender  them  to  any  set  of  men 
among  ourselves. 

A   smart  shock   of  an   earthquake  was  felt  in  this  town 
early  in  the  evening  of  28  November,  1814. 


VTTT.]  THR    COMMON.  1 2i^ 

THE    SEPTEMBER    GALE. 

One  of  tho  most  violent  t('ini»csts  ovim*  oxjici'ifnccd  Ihto 
occurred  on  tlic  'I'l  Septeiiiln'i-,  Isl").  It  coninieiieed  at 
ahout  11  :  80  A.  M.,  and  coiTtinncd  with  Ln-eat  tiir\  iil)ont  two 
hoiiis.  Treos  and  fences  woi'o  blown  down,  l»uililin!fs  wore 
unroofed,  and  their  fraiiinents.  witli  linilis  of  trees,  were 
.strewn  in  all  directions.  Alonfi;  the  coast  the  stoi-ni  was 
still  more  severe,  and  the  damaue  done  to  the  shi|t)iin<r  was 
immense.  Fortunately,  hut  few  lives  were  lost.  A  iiini'ut 
of  air,  like  one  from  a  hot  bath,  almost  suffoeatinjr.  was 
noticed  at  Woreestei-,  durintr  the  middle  stat-'cs  of  the  tem- 
pest. 

Snow  is  said  to  ha\e  fallen  every  month  of  the  vearlSlli, 
and  the  followinu-  seas<')n  was  also  a  very  cold  one.  But 
very  little  sound  corn  was  raised  in  cither  of  these  years  ; 
liut  the  crops  of  i-ye  and  oth(>r  small   urains  were  excellent. 

About  three  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  the  morninir  of  22  May, 
1817,  a  smart  shock  of  an  earthquake  was  felt  in  tliis  town, 
and  another  on  Sunday,  5  October,  the  same  year,  during 
tiie  morninir  service  in  the  meeting-liouse.  The  last  shock 
lasted  about  a  minute,  and  was  so  severe  that  many  persons 
left  the  meeting-house.  It  was  noticed  in  Concord,  Boston, 
Salem,  and  other  jilaees.  Its  course  seemed  to  l)e  from 
north-west  to  south-east. 

A  meeting  of  citizens  interested  in  the  jn'oiect  was  held 
15  May,  1818,  to  take  into  consideration  the  expediency  of 
establishing  sunday-schools  in  this  town. 

THE    COMMON. 

At  a  meeting  held  -29  June,  ISlS,  William  Fisk.  Jede- 
diah  K.  Smith,  Cliarles  II.  Atherton,  David  Stewart,  and 
Daniel  Campbell,  were  ai)pointed  a  committee  to  ascertain 
the  bouiularies  of  the  common.  On  the  twenty-first  day  of 
September  following  tiie  committee  reported  ; — 


126  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

"  That,  from  tlie  best  information  they  could  then  collect,  the  Com- 
mon begins  on  the  road  the  west  side  of  the  burying-ground,  five  rods 
north  of  Col.  IMeaiis's  Corner,  thence  West,  or  about  West,  thirty-two 
rods  on  land  sold  hj  Ronaldson  Ellinwood  to  the  County,  to  a  long 
stone  inserted  in  the  ground,  between  the  stores  of  Wallace  and 
Spalding  and  Mrs.  Shepard,  thence  North  so  as  to  take  in  a  Corner  of 
said  store  of  Wallace  and  Spalding  and  a  part  of  his  (their)  horse- 
shed,  to  a  stake  near  the  fence  running  from  Mrs.  Smith's  to  the  turn- 
pike, thence  easterly  so  as  to  take  in  about  one  third  pai't  of  JNIrs. 
Smith's  dwelling-house  and  almost  one  half  of  the  Court  house  to  the 
line  of  the  road  nuniing  AVest  of  the  burying-ground,  thence  by  said 
road  to  the  place  of  beginning,  which  is  exclusive  of  that  part  of  the 
Common  included  in  the  burying-ground." 

They  stated  tliat 

"  The  Xovtli  line  ?««//  possibly  be  two  or  three  feet  further  north 
than  the  line  indicated  above." 

■  26  November,  1858.  The  town  voted  to  appropriate  the 
sum  of  '^2.30  for  the  purchase  of  the  Road  U^t,  so  called,  and 
that  a  title  to  the  same  be  obtained,  and  that  it  be  used  as 
a  common  belonging  to  the  town  for  ever. 

This  was  a  lot  on  which  the  store,  occupied  for  many 
years  by  William  Read,  Read  (k  Spalding,  David  Undcrhill, 
and  others,  formerly  stood.  It  laid  west  of  the  common, 
and  adjoining  it.  A  part  of  it  is  now  occupied  by  the 
Soldiers'  Monument. 

12  May,  1866,  the  town  voted  to  discontinue  that  part  of 
the  common  lying  between  the  road  leading  from  H.  E. 
Abbot's  store  to  George  Kent's,  and  that  leading  from  said 
Kent's  to  William  Wetherbee's,  and  from  said  Wctherbee's 
to  the  chapel,  and  from  the  chapel  to  H.  E.  Abbot's  store, 
and  allow  the  same  to  be  fenced,  provided  it  can  be  done 
without  expense  to  the  town. 

An  effort  to  reconsider  this  vote  was  made  at  a  meeting 
held  2  June,  1866,  which  failed. 

In  1866  a  portion  of  the  common  was  fenced  in,  and  4 
May,  1867,  the  citizens  turned  out  and  spent  the  day  in 


I 


YTTT.]  THE  roMMON.  127 

spftinfT  <iiit  troos  within  tin'  iiiflosui'c,  fMirirrliiifr  it  witli 
m.'iplcs  and  elms.  The  work  went  on  thronirh  the  foHowiiig 
week,  every  day  hi-in,i;in<x  somethiiitr  new  to  add  in  time  to 
tlie  beanty  of  the  jthicc 

Tlie  citizens  turned  out  airain  on  ''ch-ction  (hiy."  ">  June, 
18iI7.  and  finislied  the  work  on  the  common  in  ^ood 
shajic.  They  dined  and  snpped  tofrether  at  the  "Stewart" 
house.  After  supper  the  treasurer  reported  that  the  funds 
in  the  treasury  were  >'1.~)  short  of  the  demands  nia(h' 
against  it,  which  amount  was  contributed  at  once. 

Tlie  })ark  on  the  common  was  dedicated  1  July.  18!!S,  by 
an  open-air  concert,  given  by  the  Xasliua  Ibass  IJand.  iv  T. 
Baldwin,  conductor.  After  the  concert  the  band  and  many 
of  the  citizens  partook  of  a  collation,  prejiared  l)y  the  ladies, 
at  the  Court  House. 

Assuming  that  the  south-west  cornei-  of  the  common,  as 
reported  l)y  the  committee  in  1818,  was  identical  with  the 
south-west  corner  of  the  training-Iield,  burying-place,  etc., 
laid  out  by  the  jii'oprietors'  committee  in  17-)0,  that  lot 
extended  east  from  the  corner  mentioned,  some  38  r.)ds,  to 
a  point  in  the  old  cemetery,  thence  north  74  rods,  thence 
west  some  38  rods,  thence  south  74  rods  to  the  bound  first 
mentioned.  To  the  west  of  the  training-field  lot  and 
adjoining  it  was  the  ministerial  lot  of  60  acres.  This 
extended  124  rods  west  from  the  west  line  of  the  training- 
field. 

North  of  the  traininu-lield  lot,  its  south-west  corner  being 
the  same  as  the  north-west  corner  of  the  training-field,  and 
extending  along  the  north  line  of  that  lot  and  beyond,  was 
the  minister's  lot,  of  «iO  acres.  This  lot  extended  78  rods 
east  and  west,  and  124  rods  north  and  south,  land  being 
reserved  for  a  road  along  its  southern  boundary.  On  this 
lot  y\i\  Wilkins  settled,  and  built  the  house  long  known 
after  his  death  as  the  "  Henchman  "  house.  For  some 
cause  the  first  meeting-house  was  also  built  on  this  lot. 


128  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Directly  east  of  this,  and  bounded  by  the  road,  on  the 
south,  was  the  school  lot  of  60  acres. 

The  present  road  to  Manchester  and  Merrimack  seems  to 
have  been  laid  out  on  the  land  reserved  for  the  purpose  by 
the  proprietors. 

The  committee  appointed  29  June,  1818,  to  ascertain  the 
boundaries  of  the  common,  were  also  instructed  to  ascertain 
what  number  of  horse  sheds  would  be  wanted  near  the 
meeting-house,  what  number  of  them  it  would  bo  proper  to 
build  on  the  common,  and  where  they  sliould  be  built.  On 
these  matters  they  reported 

"  That  they  could  not  recommend  the  erection  of  any  horse  sheds 
on  the  common ;  but,  as  they  supposed  about  thirty  sheds  would  be 
wanted,  one  of  their  number  had  purchased  a  strip  of  land  of  Samuel 
Dana,  P2sq.,  which  they  supposed  would  furnish  room  sufficient  to 
allow  of  the  election  of  some  20  or  30  sheds,  which  he  offered  to  the 
town  for  '133;  1.2'),  that  being  the  price  paid  for  it,  in  addition  to  some 
trfling  expanses  in  effecting  the  purchase,  not  exceeding  three  dollars. 

This  land  the  Committee  asked  to  be  authorized  to  lay  out  in  lots 
suitable  for  the  accommodation  of  sheds,  and  sell  the  rights  at 
auction,  Mr.  Atherton  giving  deeds  to  the  highest  bidders,  and  if 
any  thing  was  realized  above  the  cost  of  the  land  it  should  be  paid 
into  a  common  fund  for  the  erection  of  the  sheds.  This  plan  would 
niake  it>  necessary  to  remove  the  hearse-house  to  some  part  of  the 
burying-ground,  and  to  turn  Mr.  Lord's  shed  to  face  the  east,  and  let 
it  form  the  first  shed  on  that  side." 

The  report  of  the  committee  was  accepted  and  adopted, 
and  they  were  authorized  to  divide  the  land  into  lots  and 
dispose  of  it  in  the  manner  indicated. 

The  hearse-house  was  moved  to  the  north-west  corner,  of 
the  burying-ground,  where  it  braved  the  storm,  tempest, 
and  lightning,  for  many  years.  The  spots  occupied  by  Mr. 
Lord's  shed  and  some  others  on  that  line  are  now  covered 
by  the  meeting-house,  which  was  moved  there  in  1836,  the 
sheds  having  been  previously  removed  to  a  spot  near  the 
Baptist  meeting-house.  The  remainder  of  the  sheds  are 
still  on  the  land  bou2;ht  bv  Mr.  Atherton. 


VTll.]         iiiLLSBOitornH  agricultural  society.  129 

DAKK     DAY    OF    1818. 

1.")  July,  181 S.  A  uTciit  smoke  lillcil  tlir  atinusplicn'  in 
this  and  the  iiL',ii;hl)()i-iiiij:  towns.  The  sun  was  so  obscni-ed 
that  tho  peoph^  were  reminded  of  the  (hirk  day  of  178(1. 
The  smoke  was  produced  by  tlie  burning  of  the  woodbinds 
on  the  mountains  and  a  general  burning  of  brush  in  all 
directions.  A  strong  north-west  wind  prevailed  through 
the  i\-A\ .  In  Sah'm  and  Boston  the  darkness  is  said  to  have 
lieeii  much  more  intense  tiian  here. 

TAXES, 

March.  ISlO.  Uy  a  vote  of  the  town  those  tax-payers 
who  paid  their  taxes  on  or  before  tlie  lirst  day  of  Septem- 
liei'  this  year  were  allowed  a  diseount  of  live  per  cent.; 
those  who  paid  between  that  time  and  the  third  day  of 
Xovemlter,  three  jter  cent.  ;  after  that  time  the  full  amount 
was  reipured  ;  and  the  collector  wdio  did  not  pay  up 
his  taxes  on  or  before  the  lirst  day  of  the  following  ^larch 
was  to  have  no  pay  for  collecting  wliat  remained  unpaid  at 
that  time. 

20  March.  IslO.  Alter  a  winter  of  bare  ground 
and  mild,  pleasant  weather,  snow  fell  to  the  depth  of  eight- 
een oi-  twenty  inches  on  a  level,  which  was  |)iled  into  huge 
drifts  by  the  high  winds,  and  greatly  obstructed  the  travel- 
ing in  many  i)laces. 

TAii;  OF  Tin:  Hillsborough  county  AiiRicuLTURAL  socikty. 

• 

Tlie  lirst  cattle  show  and  fair  under  the  direction  of  the 
nillsl)orough  County  Society  for  the  promotion  of  agricul- 
ture and  domestic  manufactures  was  held  on  Amherst 
IMain.  1:'.  October,  1810. 

A  procession  was  formed  at  Ray's  tavern,  which,  under 
the  lead  of  Oen.  Benjiimin  Pierce,  moved  across  the  ])lain 
to  the  place  of  exhibition,  and  viewed  the  stock,  farm 
products,  and  manufactures  ottered    for   [tremiunis.      They 


130  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  Cliap.] 

then  inarched  to  the  meeting-house,  where  prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore,  of  Milford,  after  which 
they  returned  to  Ray's  luilL 

Although  a  cold  rain  storm,  accompanied  by  sleet,  pre- 
vailed in  the  forenoon,  a  large  number  of  peo])le  were  in 
attendance,  and  the  utmost  good  feeling  and  harmony 
prevailed. 

In  tlie  afternoon  tlie  society  met  to  hear  the  reports  of 
the  awarding  committees,  hear  essays  read,  and  choose 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Dr.  Matthias  Spalding  read  an  essay  on  making  and 
managing  manure  (which  was  published  in  the  Cabinet,  13 
November,  1819),  for  which  he  received  the  premium 
offered  by  the  society. 

Hon.  Charles  H,  Atherton  was  chosen  president  of  the 
society  for  the  following  year. 

Thomas  Underwood,  of  Amherst,  was  awarded  the  first 
premium  for  wheat,  having  raised  twenty-four-  bushels  to 
the  acre. 

A  pair  of  yearling  twin  steers  exhibited  by  Timothy 
Danforth,  attracted  much  attention.  They  were  yoked 
together,  and  drew  a  small  cart  filled  with  rare  farm  pro- 
ducts. 

Mr.  Danforth  received  the  first  premium  for  corn,  his  crop 
averaging  seventy-one  bushels  of  shelled  corn  to  the  acre. 
The  second  premium  for  corn  was  also  awarded  him,  as  he 
raised  forty-four  and  three  fourths  bushels  per  acre,  on  light 
land,  at  a  very  trifling  cost.  , 

From  the  twelfth  day  of  November,  1820,  to  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  April,  1821,  there  were  twenty-four  snow 
storms  in  which  83^  inches  of  snow  fell. 

STAGES. 

22  December,  1821.  There  were  stages  running  through 
the  village  every  day  in  the  week. 


VIII.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  1:-)1 

A  new  line  lioiii  A iiilicrsl  to  (Jroloii  IkkI  I'ccciitly  hceii 
put  (111.  wliicji  left  Amlirrst  on  Aloiiday  ami  Wcdiicsday 
inoiiiiii^is,  and  returned  on  Tnesdnys  and  Saturdays.  At 
Gi-oton  it  connected  with  stages  from  Iveenc. 

•24  an.l  25  September,  1822.  The  llillsboi-ou«,rh  County 
A,i;iicnitui"al  Society  held  its  fourth  anniversary  cattle- 
show,  plowiim-mateh.  etc.,  at  this  |)lace.  The  numl)er  of 
people  eollecfed  wa.s  veiw  ureat.  Pens  for  the  cattle  were 
ei'ccted  on  the  plain  in  front  of  the  meetinii'-house,  and  the 
maniifactui'es  wei-e  deposite(l  in  the  uj)per  room  of  the 
scliool-liuiise.  At  live  o'clock  1".  M.,  on  the  lirst  day,  the 
society  met  for  the  choice  of  ollicers  and  the  transaction  of 
other  Inisiness;  after  this  they  adjourned  until  eight  o'clock 
the  n<'\t  morninir,  at  which  time  they  heard  and  accepted 
the  treasurer's  report.  At  half  past  nine  o'clock  such  ani- 
mals as  the  owners  wishe(l  to  dispose  of  were  sold  hy 
auction.  At  ten  oNdock  a  procession  was  formed,  under 
the  direction  of  (Jener;ii  Denjamin  I^ierce  as  chief  mai-shal, 
whidi  moved  \o  the  spot  selected  for  the  plowing-match. 
After  the  close  (jf  the  plowing-match  the  society  returne(| 
to  the  ai'ea  of  the  pens,  where  refreshments  wer(>  paitakeii 
of,  and  at  half  |)ast  twelve  the  |)rocession  was  re-f(jrmed 
and  proceeded  to  the  meeting-house,  where  prayer  was 
offereil  by  Rev.  Xathan  Lord,  and  an  interesting  address 
was  delivered  by  Moses  Eastman,  Es(i.,  of  Salisbury. 

In  1823  the  road  to  Bedford  was  repaired,  and  a  short 
|»iece  of  new  road  built  whiidi  made  the  i-oute  more  direct. 

Ill  \oveml)er  of  that  year  the  new  road  to  .Milford  was 
laid  out  l)y  the  selectmen. 

At  the  annual  exhibition  (»f  the  lIilisboroiiL;li  .\gri<'iil- 
tiiral  Siicjety  held  in  Ainliei>t  on  the  lilth  and  2"»th  of 
September,  ls2-">,  Charles  II.  Atlu.'rton  was  awai"ded  >=4  for 
good  husbandry  ;  Timothy  I>anforth,  ><4  for  the  second  best 
Held  of  oats  ;  Eber  Lawrence,. ••?3  for  the  third  best  field  of 
oats  ;  David  Stewart,  •ii'4  for  the  best  field  of  beans  ;  Mat- 
thias  Sjialding,  84  for  the   best  field   of   English   turni|»s; 


132  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

and  Miss  Lucy  Ann   Fuller,  %1  for  the   best   straw  bon- 
net. 

4  July,  1824.  The  day  was  celebrated  by  the  citizens 
without  distinction  of  party.  Hon.  Charles  H.  Atherton 
acted  as  president  of  the  day  ;  Hon.  William  Fisk,  Hon. 
Edmund  Parker,  Andrew  Wallace  and  Robert  Means, 
Esqs.,  vice-presidents  ;  Timotliy  Danforth,  chief  marshal, 
with  Capt.  Daniel  Campbell,  Capt.  Daniel  Hartshorn,  Lieut. 
Luther  Melendy,  Ephraim  Blanchard,  and  E.  F.  Wallace,  as 
aids ;  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard,  chaplain  ;  Charles  G.  Ath- 
erton, orator  of  the  day.  The  Declaration  of  Independence 
was  read  by  Hon.  Edmund  Parker,  and  Capt.  John  Secombe 
acted  as  toast-master. 

His  Excellency,  Gov.  Morrill,  was  met  at  the  residence  of 
Hon.  William  Fisk,  and  escorted  to  the  plain  by  a  cavalcade 
of  citizens.  Gen.  James  Miller,  the  hero  of  Lundy's  Lane, 
Gen.  Benjamin  Pierce,  and  Gen.  Joseph  Low,  were  present, 
and  participated  in  the  festivities  of  the  occasion. 

The  annual  fair  of  the  Hillsborough  County  Agricultural 
society  was  held  in  this  town  22  and  23  September,  1824. 
The  annual  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding. 
A  large  concourse  of  people  was  present,  who  appeared  to 
be  deeply  interested  in  the  proceedings. 

At  the  plowing-match  the  land  was  measured  into  lots 
of  one  eighth  of  an  acre  each.  Nine  teams  competed  for 
the  prizes,  and  the  time  occupied  by  each  varied  from  nine 
minutes  and  seven  seconds  to  sixteen  minutes  per  lot.  Two 
teams  were  entered  from  Amherst,  of  which  that  owned  by 
Timothy  Danfortli,  a  pair  of  twin  oxen,  six  years  old, 
driven  by  Walter  Danforth,  John  Farnum,  plowman, 
completed  the  lot  in  twelve  minutes  and  twenty  seconds, 
plowing  seventeen  furrows.  The  team  owned  by  Capt. 
Daniel  Campbell,  a  pair  of  oxen,  six  years  old,  driven  by 
James  Tuttle,  Capt.  Campbell,  plowman,  completed  its 
task  in  twelve  minutes  and  thirty  seconds,  having  plowed 
sixteen  furrows. 


VI  IT.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  183 

'I'lio  s|»L'iiker  ol  the  House  of  Reprfsoiifiitivcs  Ii:nin<i; 
rosi«>;iu'd,  lion.  Kdmuiul  Parker,  of  Ainliorst,  wa.s  clioscn 
speaker  lor  llir  n'maimliT  of  tin-  session,  15  December, 
1824. 

'•  There  are  now  li\  ini;  in  Amherst  '2  persons  over  90  years  of  age  ; 
17  (nine  males  aii<l  ciyht  loniales),  over  80  and  under  !Kl  years  ;  ami 
.">3  (twenty-seven  males  and  twi-nty-six  females),  lu'twccn  70  ;iiid  SU 
years." — Xeic  Ilumpshire  Patriot,  '21  Deeembcr,  IS'JI. 

NEW    KOAD    Ti)    NEW    BOSTON    AND    HENNIKEll. 

A  new  I'oad  from  Amherst  to  lieniiiker  beuan  to  1)0 
called  for  early  in  1824,  and  at  a  meetinii;  held  21  .Inne,  lliat 
yeai',  David  McG.  Means,  William  Fisk,  John  Seeombe,  and 
Liithei-  Melendy,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  confer  with 
sneh  eoininittees  as  mi«i'ht  be  appointed  by  the  towns  of 
llenniker,  Weare,  and  others,  to  ascertain  whether  it  was 
practicable  to  straiirhten  the  road  from  llenniker  and 
Weare,  tlu'omih  New  Hoston  and  Amherst,  to  Nasluia 
villaire,  and  they  were  directed  to  ascertain  the  most  practi- 
cal)le  route  for  said  road  to  pass  throimh  the  town  of 
Andierst  to  Xashna  village. 

3  Septeml)er,  1825,  Nathaniel  Shattuck,  Ks(|.,  was 
ap|>ointed  agent  to  oppose  the  laying  out  of  a  road  from 
Andierst  throngh  the  easterly  part  of  Mont  Vernon,  thence 
throngh  New  Boston  to  the  soiitli  line  of  Weare,  as  peti- 
tioned for  by  William  Whittle  and  others  and  John  Crond)ie 
and  others. 

4  September,  1826,  Robert  Read,  Kdmund  I'arker,  and 
John  Secombe,  were  appointed  agi'nts  for  the  town  to 
oppose  the  granting  of  the  j)etition  of  William  Whittle  and 
others,  foi-  a  road  to  be  laid  throngii  tlw  easterly  part 
of  thi'  town  :  and  they  were  directi-d  to  nse  their  inllnence 
in  favor  of  the  petition  of  Robert  Read  and  others,  for  a 
road  from  the  south  line  of  Weare  to  Amherst  village. 
Voted  also  to  discharge  Nathaniel  Shattnck,  who  was 
appointed  agent  to  oppose  the  laying  out  of  the  road  peti- 


134  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

tioned  for  by  William   Whittle  and  others,  from  further 
service  in  that  direction. 

The  town  voted,  at  a  meeting  held  18  January,  1827,  that 
the  expenses  and  money  paid  out  by  the  committee,  while 
waiting  upon  the  court's  committee  which  laid  out  the 
road  petitioned  for  by  Francis  Peabody  and  others,  after 
deducting  such  sums  as  shall  be  allowed  by  the  court  on 
the  acceptance  or  rejection  of  their  report,  shall  be  paid 
by  the  town. 

Edmund  Parker  was  appointed  agent  to  appear  in  court 
and  urge  the  acccj)tance  of  tbe  committee's  report  on  the 
road  petitioned  for  by  Francis  Peabody  and  others,  and  he 
was  authorized  to  make  such  preparations  as  he  might 
deem  expedient  to  secure  the  acceptance  of  the  report. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  13  March,  1827,  the  petition  of 
Robert  Means  and  others,  and  David  McG.  Means  and 
o:hers,  praying  for  a  straightening  of  the  road  between 
Amherst  common  and  Daniel  Fletcher's,  and  the  petition 
of  William  Melendy  and  others  for  an  alteration  in  the 
terminatiou  of  the  road  lately  laid  out  by  a  court's  com- 
mittee from  the  south  line  of  Weare  to  Amherst,  were 
referred  to  the  selectmen.  -  - 

At  the  session  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  held  in  Sep- 
tember, 1827,  the  justices  accepted  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  them  on  the  petition  of  Francis  Pea- 
body and  others,  laying  out  a  new  road  from  Amherst  to 
Weare.  The  road  was  built  during  this  and  the  following- 
year.  It  passed  through  the  entire  length  of  Mont  Vernon, 
and  its  construction  and  maintenance  have  been  a  heavy 
burden  to  that  town.  Its  completion  was  noticed  in  the 
Cabinet,  31  January,  1829,  as  follows  : 

"  The  new  road,  lately  ordered  to  be  laid  out  and  built  by  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  between  this  x^lace  and  Weare  is  now  completed  and 
traveled  by  teams  going  with  loads  to  market  at  Boston  and  the  man- 
ufacturing towns  below  us.  It  is  generally — we  understand — consid- 
ered as  an  excellent  and  level  road,  and  is  likely  to  receive  the  travel 
from  the  upper  towns  in  preference  to  aii}"  other  route." 


VIII.]  GEN.  Lafayette's  visit.  VMj 

T\\r  (own  voted,!*  Miin'li.  ls:>0,  to  Uc('|i  ilic  tMrii|iil<t'  mihI 
l)i-iil<Xc  ill  repair  from  the  |toiiit  ulicrc  the  new  io;iil  inter- 
sects with  it,  to  the  eil<l  of  the  tiiiii|>il<e  Ileal-  Kohert  lieMil's 
store. 

RECEPTION    OF   GEN.    LAFAYETTE    AT    CONCOHD. 

The  capital  (»f  New  llaiupshire  was  visiteil  1)\  (Jen. 
Lafayette  22  .Iiiiie.  182"),  and  thousands  of  the  citi/.eiis  of 
the  State  enil)raeed  the  op|ioit unity  of  gieetiiiir  the  fiieiid 
and  eonijtanioii  of  \Vashin,:iton.  More  than  two  hundred  of 
his  eduipaniiiiis  in  arms  were  jiresent.  Milmiind  Parker, 
l*]s(|..  the  representative  from  Amherst,  was  chief  marshal 
of  the  day.  Ueceiviiit»-  the  (Jeneral  at  Pemhroke,  the  civic 
escort  proceeded  towai'd  Concord,  and  at  the  line  of  the 
towns  was  met  hy  the  military  escort  called  out  for  the  oc- 
casion, which  was  under  the  command  of  (Jen.  IJradhiiry 
Hartlett,  a  trrandson  of  Col.  (.■illey,  of  revolutionary  fame. 
'J'he  procession  then  marched  n|i  Main  street  to  the  North 
end,  then  wheeled  and  returned  to  the  i"^tate  House,  where 
the  military  formed  on  either  side  of  the  walk  from  the 
street  to  the  State  House  step>;;  ami  the  marshals,  commit- 
tee of  arranuemeiits,  and  ,u:uests,  jiassed  Itetween  the  lines  to 
tlu'  Re|iresentatives'  hall,  where  the  Governor,  Council,  Sen- 
ate, and  House  of  Representatives  were  assembled.  Oiieii- 
teriiiLi"  the  hall  the  presence  of  Cen.  Lafayette  was  an- 
nounced to  the  convention,  which  rose  to  receive  him.  lie 
was  then  introduced  to  Gov.  Morrill,  who  address<'d  him 
brielfy  in  an  appropriate  speech,  to  which  he  rejilied.  He 
was  afterward  introduced  to  the  meinhers  of  the  Council 
and  the  President  of  the  Senate  hy  the  (Joxernor.  The 
President  of  the  Senate  Introdiiceil  him  to  each  of  the  Sen- 
ators and  to  the  Speaker  of  the  House,  who  introdui-ed  him 
to  each  of  the  Representatives.  He  then  descended  to  the 
area  helnw  the  hall  and  met  tlu'  Kevolut  ioiiary  soldiers 
there  assemitled.  (Jen.  lienjamin  I'ierce  welconu-d  him  in 
their  behalf.     He  then  partook  of  a  dinner  in  the  State 


136  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

House  park,  with  about  eight  hundred  of  the  citizens,  the 
chief  marshal  of  the  day  being  seated  at  the  left  of  the 
nation's  guest,  at  the  table. 

Hon.  Edmund  Parker,  who  had  represented  the  town  in 
the  General  Court  several  years,  and  was  again  elected  in 
March,  1826,  resigned  a  short  time  previous  to  the  session 
of  the  legislature,  and  Robert  Read,  Esq.,  was  elected  to  fill 
the  vacancy  at  a  special  town-meeting  called  for  the  pur- 
pose.    Mr.  Parker's  letter  of  resignation  was  as  follows : 

To  the  town  of  Amherst : — 

The  undersigned  respectfully  represents  that  on  account  of 
sickness  the  situation  of  his  family  is  such  as  renders  it  very 
inconvenient  for  him  to  be  absent.  On  the  most  favorable  sup- 
position he  apprehends  the  case  will  be  but  little  varied  during  the 
month  of  June,  and  that  he  can  not  serve  the  town  in  the  (General 
Court  without  neglecting  more  imperious  obligations.  Under  these 
circumstances  he  thinks  it  a  duty  he  owes  to  the  town,  as  well  as  his 
family,  to  ask  to  be  excused  from  serving  the  town  as  their  Repre- 
sentative in  the  General  Court  the  ensuing  year,  or  in  case  the  office 
can  ba  considered  as  now  existing,  to  ask  permission  to  resign  it.  He 
does  it  at  this  time  that  there  may  be  opportunity  to  elect  another 
before  the  sitting  of  the  court.  He  begs  the  town  to  accept  his 
thanks  for  the  honor  they  have  conferred  on  him,  and  he  assures  them 
that  nothing  but  necessity  would  have  induced  him  to  decline  serving 
them. 

EDMUND  PARKER. 
Amherst,  May  20,  1826. 

4  July,  1826.  The  day  was  celebrated  by  the  Lafayette 
Riilemen,  who  were  presented  with  a  beautiful  staudard  by 
Miss  Lucretia  Claggett,  in  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  the  town, 
after  which  they  dined  at  Ray's  hotel,  in  company  with  a 
number  of  the  citizens. 

The  viewing  committee  of  the  Hillsborough  County 
Agricultural  Society  commenced  their  tour  of  duty,  in 
examining  crops,  etc.,  24  July,  1826.  They  reported 
informally^  29  July,  that  they  had  a  pleasant  trip,  being 
every  where  met  with  cordiality,  welcome,  and —  grass- 
hoppers.    That  there  would  be  about  an  average  crop  of 


\'lll.]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  137 

Imliiiii  corn,  wheat.  ;iii(l  iidtatocs;  rye,  a  little  sliortcnod  ; 
s|»i"iii;j:  rye.  <lania,i:i'il,  ami  oats  very  iiiiicli  dania'icd  liy  tin- 
iri"assli<i|i|M'rs  :  hay,  lujt  uvrr  liall  a  croj):  no  tiiniips  ;  ami 
tour  lit'lhs  ni  the  <5ai-(U'ns  naked  as  the  middle  ol'  the  luad. 

1S26  was  loiiu;  reiuenibered  as  the  "  gi'iisshupper  year." 
TiiKse  iuscffs  weri"  so  plenty  that  iieai'ly  every  green  thing 
was  catrii.  In  some  (liaces  they  are  said  to  have  been 
caught  in  nets  ami  led  to  the  hogs.  A  great  rain  storm 
(M-euiied  during  the  last  wec'k  in  -Vngust,  which  ilestroyed 
them.  More  water  is  said  to  ha\e  fallen  in  this  storm  than 
had  I'allen  in  the  same  length  ol'lime  tor  many  years.  The 
mails  were  l)ailly  washed,  and  many  ol  the  hridges  were 
swept  away.  The  Merrimack  and  Soidiegan  rivers  were  as 
high  as  they  are  in  the  greatest  spring  freshets. 

It  was  durim:-  this  storm  that  the  slide  on  the  White 
Mountains  took  place,  liy  which  the  Willey  lamily  was 
destroyed. 

Fit'ty-thi-ee  deaths  oi-curred  in  Amherst  in  the  yeai- 
18 :!(.),  a  greater  nnniher  than  is  recordetl  in  any  <»ther  year 
since  its  settlement. 

Mail}  iu  .lul\  the  whoopiug-congh  made  its  appearance. 
In  the  sanu'  month  the  measles  tollowed.  aud  soon  alter 
the  dysentery.  These  diseases  were  all  more  dillicult  to 
manage  than  usual,  and  ulten  terminated  iu  death.  The 
sickness  was  mure  severely  felt  in  the  Centre  school  district 
than  any  other.  In  this  district  alone  there  were  47  cases 
of  whooping-congh,  1--  of  measles,  ami  lO'.i  of  dysentery. 
.Many  adults  sutVered  severely,  and  some  died.  Deaths,  by 
the  cough,  1  ;  dysentery,  lo  ;  measles,  3  ;  and  one  linger- 
ing case,  which  resulted  in  death,  seemed  t(j  l)e  the  result 
of  all  three  of  the  diseases.  Of  these  16  were  children,  and 
l!  adults  :  males  1;J,  females  .">.  The  sickness  continued 
until  past  the  middle  ot  l>ecendter. 

Neither  wine  nor  ardent  spirits  were  used  at  the  ilinner 
of  the  honthern  District  Medical  Society  at  Xutt's  tavern, 
y  January,  1827  ;  but  the  table  was  abundantly  snitplied 


138  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

with  most  excellent  cider.  Three  or  four  decanters  of 
brandy,  placed  on  the  table  without  orders,  remained 
untouched  by  the  doctors. 

At  the  fair  of  the  Hillsborough  County  Agricultural 
Society,  held  in  this  town  24  and  25  September,  1828,  pre- 
miums were  awarded  to  George  Raymond  and  Thomas 
Cloutman,  of  Mont  Vernon,  Humphrey  Moore,  of  Milford, 
Matthias  Spalding,  of  Amherst,  and  Thomas  Eaton,  of 
Francestown,  for  performing  the  labor  on  their  farms  that 
year  without  the  aid  of  distilled  liquors. 

The  use  of  distilled  liquors  was  at  that  time  nearly  uni- 
versal among  all  classes  of  the  people.  The  farmer  carried 
them  to  his  field,  the  mechanic  to  his  worksliop,  and  the 
professional  man  to  his  office;  all  used  tliem  freely,  and 
the  legitimate  conse(juences — drunkenness,  idleness,  pov- 
erty, disease,  and  crime — followed. 

About  this  time  a  society  was  formed  in  the  town  the 
members  of  which  were  pledged  to  abstain  from  the  use  of 
intoxicating  spirits.  Associations  of  a  similar  kind  were 
formed  in  many  other  towns.  In  these  movements  many 
of  the  most  distinguished  physicians,  and  other  educated 
men  in  the  State,  took  an  active  part,  and  suffered  no  small 
amount  of  abuse  in  consequence  of  their  exertions. 

A  cow,  six  years  old,  exhibited  by  Capt.  Elijah  Putnam, 
of  this  town,  at  the  fair  in  Milford,  September,  1827,  aver- 
aged seventeen  quarts  of  milk  per  day,  for  fourteen  days, 
from  which  nineteen  and  one  fourth  pounds  of  butter  were 
made. 

At  this  fair  Dr.  Thomas  Eaton,  of  Francestown,  stated 
that  he  had  ascertained,  by  careful  experiment,  that  one 
seventh  more  corn  could  be  raised  from  the  same  number 
of  stalks  planted  in  drills  than  when  planted  in  the  usual 
way  in  hills. 

A  code  of  by-laws  for  the  prevention  of  fires  within  200 
yards  of  the  court  house,  to  be  in  force  after  1  January, 
1828,  was  adopted  by  the  fire-wards  22  November,  1827. 


\'III.]       PURCHASE  OF  THK  PAUPRR  FAUM.  l^iO 

1  September,  1829.  After  ;i  day  of  int«'nse  heal  the 
wind  suddenly  elianucd  in  the  night,  and  the  weather 
l)ecanie  uncunilurtably  eohl,  and  continued  so  foi'  more  than 
a  week.  The  earth  had  become  very  dry  from  a  ionu- 
di'nu,i;'ht,  and  the  air  was  liih'd  with  smoke  and  dust  from 
numerous  lires  the  wind  had  rekindled,  which  wouhl  have 
done  serious  damage  but  for  the  great  exertions  of  the 
citizens  in  (|uelling  them. 

Dr.  Daniel  A(hims,  of  Mont  VeiMion,  delivered  an  athlress 
itefure  the  Amherst  temjjerance  society  on  the  evening  of  ('» 
May,  iHrJO.  Many  citizens  Irom  all  j»arts  of  the  county, 
who  were  ill  town  attending  the  session  of  the  court  weie 
preMiit.  and  listened  with  jileasure  to  the  |)oi;tor's  valu- 
alile  and  convincing  discourse. 

tl  August,  IS:')!).  A  great  freshet,  oceurred.  the  like  of 
which  has  seldom  been  seen  l)y  the  oldest  inhabitants. 
Tile  streams,  swollen  to  an  unwonted  height,  ijurst  over 
tli'ir  bairiers.  and  in  sinnv  cases  formed  new  channels, 
presenting  a  scene  of  ruin  ami  desolation  along  their 
eoiirse.s. 

The  Hillsborough  County  Agricultural  Society  held  their 
eh'venth  exhibition  in  Amherst,  October  <)  ami  7,  18-5(). 
Although  the  weather  was  hue  and  the  attendance  large, 
the  exhibition  was  small.  On  the  morning  of  the  Tth  the 
auimal  aildress  was  delivere(l  in  the  meeting-luMise  l>y  \h-. 
S.  1.  Hard,  of  Francestown.  It  was  an  interesting  and 
valualde  jiroduction. 

PCKCUASK    OF    Tin:    PAI  I'Ki:    FAKM. 

The  sii|i|iort  of  ihe  town  |iau|iers  was  provided  for  by  the 
town,  auuiially.  at  a  meeting  held  near  the  (dose  of  the 
month  of  .March,  when  iheir  maintenance  during  the 
coming  year  was  let  out  to  the  lowest  l)idder. 

This  course,  the  best  at  first,  perhaps,  that  eoiiM  be 
adopted,  was  open  to  serious  objections,  and,  at  the  annual 
town  meetim:-,  March.  I^^IT,  William  Fisk,  Fdmuml  Parker, 


140  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

John  Secombe,  Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  Elijah  Putnam,  Robert 
Means,  Israel  Fuller,  Frederick  French,  William  Read,  and 
Jedediah  K.  Smith,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  take 
into  consideration  the  propriety  of  providing  a  house  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  poor  of  the  town,  so  that  thej  may  be 
more  prudently  and  comfortably  supported,  and  in  a  way 
less  repugnant  to  the  feelings  of  humanity  than  at  present. 

At  the  adjourned  meeting  held  26  March,  1817,  the  com- 
mittee reported  that  the  time  had  been  too  short  to  make 
the  necessary  in({uiries  in  regard  to  the  matter  put  into 
their  hands,  and  that  it  would  be  advisable  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  two  or  three  persons  whose  duty  it  should  be 
to  procure  information  from  overseers  of  the  poor  in  towns 
where  farms  had  been  purchased  on  which  to  support  the 
poor  and  lay  the  result  of  their  inquiries  before  the  town  at 
some  future  meeting. 

While  they  considered  it  unadvisable  for  the  town  to 
purchase  a  farm  at  that  time,  they  were  persuaded  that  the 
time  would  arrive  when  it  would  be  advisable  so  to  do. 

The  town  voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee, 
but  took  no  further  action.  The  subject  of  the  purchase  of 
a  pauper  farm  was  again  brought  up  and  discussed  at  the 
ainiual  town  meetings  until  1826,  when  another  committee 
was  appointed  to  take  the  subject  into  consideration  ;  but 
no  record  exists  to  show  that  they  were  called  upon  to  make 
a  report  of  their  doings. 

Another  committee  was  appointed  in  March,  1828,  to 
take  the  subject  into  consideration,  but  no  further  action 
was  taken. 

9  March,  1830,  the  town  voted  not  to  purchase  a  farm 
for  the  support  of  the  poor. 

11  December,  1830,  the  town  voted  to  purchase  a  farm, 
on  which  to  support  tlie  poor.  John  Mack,  David  Stewart, 
Bartholomew  Dodge,  Thomas  Wilkins,  and  Daniel  Camp- 
bell, jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  carry  the  vote  into 
effect,  and  they  were  authorized  to  sell  the  real  estate  then 


VIII.]  PURCHASE    OF    THE    PAUPER    FARM.  1  11 

owikmI  Ity  the  town,  and  lo  huri'ow  sin-Ji  a  sum  of  iiioiirx .  in 
addition  to  tiK'  amount  received  from  sncli  sale,  as  would 
enalile  them  to  \)iiy  for  the  farm,  with  the  necessary  stock 
and  tools  rc(inired  for  it,  and  ju'ovisions  for  the  support  of 
the  paupers  the  first  yea i",  thi'  wliolc  ainonnt  not  to  exceed 
lour  thousand  dollars. 

Tlic  coniniittee  atteudi'd  at  once  upon  the  husincss 
entrusted  to  them,  and,  attei-  the  necessary  impiirifs  and 
examination  of  farms  offered,  decided  to  punduise  the  farm 
lyim:'  on  the  south  side  of  Souhegan  river,  owned  l)y  .Mr. 
.John  .Mark,  and  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1S:U. 
made  report  of  their  action  in  wliich  they  stated  that. 

"Finding  they  could  not  i»urchasc  the  wliole  farm  with- 
out exceeding  the  limits  assigned  them,  they  had  reserved 
ill  their  own  hands  ahout  sixty  acres,  and  taken  a  deed  ol 
the  remainder  for  the  town  for  the  sum  of  6'3,lo0.  The 
land  they  had  secured  could  he  had  for  «700,  if  the  town 
desired  to  purchase  it,  which  the  committee  were  decidedly 
of  o|miion  it  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  town  to  do, 
which  would  make  the  cost  of  the  whole  >!-'>,8o0,  which,  with 
the  stock,  tools,  and  ]>ro\isions  necessary,  would  icfpiirc  an 
outlay  of  from  forty-two  to  forty-three  humlred  dollars, 
thirty-live  hundred  of  which  they  had  already  hired. 

They  also  repoi'ted  that  they  had  not  purchased  any 
stock,  i'arming  tools,  or  provisions,  and  hut  a  snutll  aniount 
of  furniture,  not  deeming  it  best  to  do  so  until  they  were 
wanted,  and  that  they  had  hired  Mr.  John  W.  Underwood,  of 
Ihiiistalile,  to  superintend  ami  carry  on  the  farm  one  \ear 
at  a  salary  of  ><20<). 

Also  that  they  had  l>een  oll'eriMl  three  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  pel'  acri>  [Or  the  land  ownc(|  l>v  tlie  town,  and  suli- 
mittcd  tJie  matter  to  the  town,  whether  they  would  accept 
the  olVer  or  not. 

After  hearing  the  rei)ort,  the  town  \()t4'd  to  jiur<hase  the 
ti'/inlc  of  the  Mack  farm,  as  recommende(l,  and  ttt  dispose 
of  tln^  town's  land  on  the  best  terms  olVered. 


142  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

They  also  voted  that  tlie  committee  draft  by-laws  and  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  poor-house, 
and  report  the  same  at  the  adjournment  of  this  meet- 
ing. 

Also,  voted  that  the  town's  farm  for  the  poor  Ije  taxed 
with  school  and  highway  taxes. 

A  code  of  by-laws  prepared  by  the  committee  was  adopted 
by  the  town  at  an  adjourned  meeting. 

The  amount  paid  Mr.  Jacob  Kimball  for  the  support  of 
the  town  paupers  the  year  preceding  the  purchase  of  the 
farm  was  -^525. 

23  December,  1833.  The  town  voted  to  build  a  barn  on 
the  pauper  farm,  and  the  selectmen  were  constituted  a  com- 
mittee to  superintend  the  work.  The  barn,  100  x  40  feet, 
was  built  the  following  season,  at  a  cost,  as  reported,  of 
1967.20,  exclusive  of  lumber  furnished  from  the  farm.  It 
was  burned  by  an  insane  pauper  in  the  month  of  March, 
1847,  with  all  its  contents,  just  after  the  town  had  paid  the 
debt  incurred  by  the  purchase  of  the  farm. 

19  April,  1847.  The  town  voted  to  build  a  barn  on  the 
pauper  farm,  60  x  40  feet,  and  authorized  the  selectmen  to 
hire  a  sum  of  money  to  defray  the  expense  of  the  same, 
provided  it  does  not  exceed  six  hundred  dollars.  Daniel 
Hartshorn,  Israel  Fuller,  jr.,  and  Thomas  Wilkins.  were 
appohited  a  committee  to  superintend  its  erection. 

2  May,  1847.  Voted  to  enlarge  the  size  of  the  barn,  and 
build  it  twenty  feet  longer,  making  the  whole  length  eighty 
feet,  and  authorized  the  committee  to  build  a  shed,  such  as 
they  might  think  proper. 

The  cost  of  the  barn  and  shed,  including  the  services  of 
the  committee,  was  $918.27. 

In  1859  the  house  on  the  farm  was  repaired  at  an  expense, 
as  reported,  of  -f971.43. 

The  same  year  the  wood  and  timber  sold  from  the  farm 
amounted  to  11,497.50. 


\   I  1  1 .  I  CURRENT    EVENTS.  148 

111  .M;in'li.  1SI<>.  tlir  town  inillioii/.rd  the  si-lccl  iiini  to 
sell  iind  convey  a  portion  ol  tlie  |>;iii|hm'  t':iiiii.  iiot  rxcfctlinir 
two  acres,  to  Capt.  Jaeoh  Dailforth. 

The  t';inii,  lU'i'jiiially  a  part  of  Moiisoii,  on  wliirh  l!cii- 
jaiiiiii  KtiKlrick  settled  in  174'.>,  is  still  owned  by  the  town, 
and  is  worth  |>rohal)ly  thre(>  times  the  amount  paid  for  it 
lifly  years  aiio.  While  sindi  :iii  institntion  was  necessarv 
i(  fully  answered  tin'  imrposr  for  whieh  it  was  hoiitrjit  :  Imt 
the  riM'ent  chanu'e  in  the  pauper  laws  of  the  State  has 
alinnsl  wholly  (jliviated  the  necessity  of  town  eslaiilish- 
meiits  fni-  the  siippDi-t  of  |Kiupers. 

1:2  February,  1831.  An  eelipse  of  the  sun,  the  lar<;cst 
that  has  been  witnessed  in  this  place  since  the  total  eclipse 
of  Itl  .hme,  iSOil,  took  place  to-day  between  the  hours  of 
10  :  ;')()  A.  M.  ami  il  :  lo  P.  M.  At  live  minutes  past  1  o'clock 
ll.i^'.*  diirits  of  tlu-  sun's  service  were  eclipseil.  The 
weather  was  fair,  allowinij;  a  ;:!;ood  view  of  the  ecli|»se.  At 
the  time  of  the  ijreatost  ol)scuration  the  planet  Venus  was 
visii)le,  and  an  uiiiisiial  chill  pervaded  the  atmosphere. 
Owinu;  to  the  j^ioal  ilistaiu'e  of  the  moon  from  the  earth  at 
the  time,  the  eclipse  was  no  where  total. 

'Pile  followint:"  instance  of  ••extraordinary  desjiatcli  "  in 
the  transmission  of  the  President's  message  is  loimd  in  the 
Cabinet  of  17  Dci-ember,  1831  : 

"  Tho  President's  mossa-jje  was  conveyed  fidiii  tlio  steaniboat 
wliai  f  in  Providence  to  Hoston,  a  distance  of  forty-two  miles,  in  one 
hour  and  fifty-two  minutes.  Tliis  rai>idity  of  eonveyanre  is  without 
a  parallel  in  this  country,  and  we  are  not  aware  of  its  heinj;  iMjualleil 
elsewhere." 

June,  1832.  The  Asiatic  cholera  made  its  appearance  in 
(Quebec,  whence  it  spreail  over  the  country,  |iro\  inc  fatal  in 
numberless  cases,  and  ctinsin;.''  trreat  alarm.  It  has  never 
|>revailed  to  :iny  u'reat  extent  in  Xcw  Ilampshire. 

•Jl  D.'tobcr,  1833.  The  Ilillsborouirh  County  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company  was  organized  at  Amherst. 


144  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Charles  H.  Athertoii  was  chosen  itresident ;  Robert  Read, 
David  McG.  Means,  Isaac  Spalding,  of"  Nashua,  and  Abial 
Lovejoy,  of  Milford,  directors ;  and  John  Prentiss,  secre- 
tary. 

THE    METEORIC    DISPLAY 

On  the  morning  of  13  November,  1833,  was  the  grandest 
ever  witnessed  in  this  country.  Thousands  of  meteors 
were  flying  in  all  directions,  and  the  show  continued  until 
they  were  obscured  by  the  light  of  the  sun.  The  Neiv 
Hampshire  Patriot,  of  the  following  week,  said : 

"At  half  past  five  in  the  moniing  the  heavens  presented  one  of  the 
most  extraordinary,  sublime,  and  beautiful  prospects  ever  beheld  by 
nian.  Imagination  can  picture  nothing  to  exceed  it.  The  meteors 
were  seen  flying  in  every  possible  direction,  through  a  clear,  unclouded 
sky,  leaving  long  lumiHous  trains  behind.  Tn  any  direction  the  scene 
could  be  compared  to  nothing  more  aptly  than  a  distant  shower  of  fire, 
whose  particles  were  falling  sparsely  to  the  earth.  Frecpiently  one 
larger  and  more  luminous  than  the  others  would  shoot  across  the 
heavens,  producing  a  flash  like  vivid  lightning.  Toward  the  approach 
of  daylight  the  sky  began  to  be  obscured  with  clouds,  and  the  meteors 
appeared  less  frequently,  but  they  were  seen  as  long  as  the  stars  were 
visible." 

Some  of  the  cases  brought  before  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  at  its  session  in  February,  1834,  originated  in  very 
trivial  matters.  One  arose  from  a  matter  of  six  and  a 
(juarter  cents,  which,  by  eight  or  ten  years  litigation, 
amounted  to  six  or  seven  hundred  dollars. 

4  July,  1834,  the  Lafayette  Riflemen  paraded  and 
received  the  New  Boston  Artillery,  their  guests  for  the 
day.  The  day  was  ushered  in  by  the  ringing  of  the  bell 
and  the  discharge  of  twenty-four  guns.  At  12  o'clock  a 
procession  was  formed  which  marched  to  the  meeting- 
house, where  an  oration  was  pronounced  by  Perley  Dodge, 
Esq.  At  the  conclusion  of  tbe  services  in  the  meeting- 
house the  company  repaired  to  a  booth  on  the  common 
where  a  dinner  had  been  provided  by  Mr.  Hardy,  to  which 


VIII.]  CURRKNT    KVKNTS.  14.") 

iiiiiplf  jiislicf  WHS  iloiic.  Tlir  twti  (•(iiii|i:iiiit'S  tlini  iiaiiidctl 
on  till'  I'liiiuiiuii  ;iii(l  wi'iif  tliioiitrJi  ;i  variety  of  evolutions, 
evinciiii:  a  liiuli  slate  ol'  <lisci|tliiie,  and  at  an  early  hour 
leliied.  'I'lie  celehialioii  passed  olV  with  a  doi^foe  ol  ^""ood 
order  and  suliriety  creditalde  to  all    eoneerned. 

The  *•  Ainhersl  Lyceum, "'  reeently  organized,  was  oj)ene(l 
liy  a  h'ctuic  iVoni  Hi'.  Anioiy  (Jale.  -\^  I)eeen»l)er,  lS."')4. 

7  d.'iiiiiary,  IS:',,"),  a  liTeat  lail  ol  rain  at  ni'jht  raised  the 
Miiall  streams  to  a  ^reat  height,  and  tlid  f(tnsidera))le 
ilaniaiif  to  hi-idi:es,  mills,  etc.  The  <»ld  eouuty  bridge  was 
eaiiied  away.  A  portion  of  the  dam  at  .Milford  village  was 
swept  away,  'i'he  Kendrici^  l>ridge  was  made  impassable, 
and  the  Fletcher  luidge  was  for  some  time  in  great  peril, 
Itut  ha|»pily  escaped  injury. 

The  frame  of  a  new  meeting-house  for  the  I'nitarian  anil 
I'niversalist  societies  in  Amherst  was  erected  17  .'une, 
18-'»"),  undtM-  the  direction  of  John  Cromhie,  jr.,  of  New 
IJoston       .Ml-.  Iloylston  said,  in  the   ( \i/>iiif'f,  \h:\t 

"  riic  raisiiii,'  went  mi  with  j^ivat  facility,  <'ViTy  tliiiiLi  lieiiig  done 
tlt'CL'iitly  and  in  oriliT,  without  accid'Mit,  and — withmit  nun  I  " 

The  house,  now  the  Hajitist  meeting-house,  was  dedicated 
-4  Novendier,  18:'>r),  when  a  discourse,  ap|»ropriate  to  the 
occasion,  was  picached  hy  |\e\ .  Lyman  .Maynard. 

The  New  cemetery  at  Nashua  was  consecrated  as  a  hurial- 
placc  •)()  June,  18-")5.  An  exceedingly  a|)]iro|)riate  aiul 
aide  address  was  delivered,  on  tliis  oceasion,  by  Hon.  Charles 
1 1.  Athertou. 

.ASVI.fM    FOR    Tin:    INS.VNi;. 

.V  meetiuLT  Was  held  at  the  court  house  in  September, 
18:'(),  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  an  opinion  resp<M'ting 
the  estal)lishment  of  an  asylum  for  the  insane  in  this  State. 
U(>solutions  were  j)assed  in  favor  of  the  f)roicct,  and  the 
ineeting  was  addressed  by  Hon.  riiarles  If.  Atherton  and 
John  L.Clarke,  of  Xashua.  David  rmleiliill,  Dr.  Amory 
10 


146  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

Gale,  and  James  Means,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  pre- 
pare a  memorial  to  the  legislature  on  the  subject,  and 
obtain  signatures  for  tlie  same. 

On  this  subject  the  town'' voted,  at  a  meeting  held  7 
November,  183(3,  to  request  the  legislature  to  grant  an 
appropriation  for  the  construction  of  an  asylum  for  the 
insane  ;  yeas  88,  nays  2. 

The  season  of  1836  was  an  unpropitious  one  for  the 
farmers.  The  spring  was  backward,  and  a  heavy  frost 
came  early  in  September,  by  which  much  of  the  corn  was 
injured.  The  weevil  destroyed  much  of  the  wheat.  Othei' 
kinds  of  English  grain  were  tolerably  good,  and  the  hay 
crop  was  a  little  better  than  it  was  the  year  before.  Of 
potatoes  there  was  scarcely  a  middling  crop.  .  Beef  and 
wool  were  plenty,  and  brought  good  prices. 

From  1836  to  1844  was  the  era  of  road  building  in 
Amherst.  The  growing  town  of  Manchester  demanded 
better  facilities  for  reaching  the  shire  town  than  were  then 
possessed,  and  the  road  leading  in  that  direction  was 
straightened  and  put  in  good  repair  at  a  heavy  expense. 
Local  roads,  demanded  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
inhabitants  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town,  were  also  built. 

SURPLUS    REVENUE. 

18  February,  1837.  The  town  voted  that  they  would 
receive  their  portion  of  the  surplus  revenue  of  the  United 
States,  deposited  or  to  be  deposited  with  the  State,  on  the 
terms  and  conditions  prescribed  in  the  law  of  this  State, 
approved  13  January,  1837.  David  Stewart  was  appointed 
agent  to  receive  said  money  and  execute  the  certificate  of 
deposit  therefor  required  by  said  law. 

The  town  also  voted  that  the  board  of  selectmen  for  the 
time  being  be  authorized  to  loan  said  money,  taking  a  note 
or  notes,  or  other  security  therefor,  payable  on  demand, 
with  interest  at  six  per  cent. 


\II1.|  CURRKNT    KVENTS.  117 

'I^lir  ;iiiii)iiiit  of  siii|(liis  ivw'iiui'  received  In  the  town, 
with  thr  iiilcii'sl  (111  llie  same  to  12  Novomher,  1S87, 
;iiiiniiii|r(i.  ;it  that  time,  to  >'4,"228.T8,  whirh  niiioiiiif  iimi 
>=1lI4.71 — iiinkiiii:'  in  the  whole  ><4,-'>4T.7!l — was  hoirowed  hv 
the  selectmen  to  pay  the  expense  of  rehnildinir  the  Fletcher 
ItiitJLie.  laml  (laina<i^os,  and  Kiiildinu'  roads  in  the  east  part 
of  the  town  ;  and  >!4,2'.*r).U7  of  it  was  expended  I'oi-  those 
|Mirposes,  leavinii'a  halance  in  their  hmids  in  Mari'h.  IsRS. 
of  >>r)2.4i'. 

At  a  meetinj:-  held  :'.()  March,  1830,  the  town  voted  that 
the  piineipal  and  interest  of  the  snrplns  revenue  money 
should  he  Msed  for  the  payment  of  money  hire(l  l)y  the 
town,  and  anthori/ed  the  selectmen  to  cancel  the  notes 
triven  for  the  same. 

ls:{7. 

Many  of  the  farmers  in  Amherst  wore  cnfraged  in  the 
cidti\Mfion  of  hops,  lint  the  husiness  was  in  a  few  years 
ahandoiied.  ("ol.  Stephen  I'eahody,  of  Milfoi'd.  was  the 
I'hanipion  hop  raisei'  of  the  county,  his  crop  this  year  heinjr 
1 1  ,.")G<)  pounds  from  o,U00  hills,  an  unusual  yield,  the 
residt   of  liiiod  cultivation  of  a  fertile  soil. 

A  !in  lucial  crisis  prevailed  in  tin-  conn'try  dnrin<r  the 
summei-  and  autumn  of  this  year.  There  was  no  small 
silvei-  chanire  in  circulation,  and  its  want  was  severely  felt. 
Fractional  hills  were  issued  l»y  some  of  the  hanks  to  supply 
the  want,  hut  the  practice  was  soon  discontinued. 

At  a  meeting:-  held  1:'.  March,  18oS.  the  town  voted 
unanimously  that  it  was  not  ex|icilient  that  the  leirislature 
should  jiass  a  law  authori/.in<:'  town-clerks  to  record  deeds; 
nays  2<il. 

A  Liifat  amount  of  damaue  was  done  hy  a  storm  of  wind 
and  rain,  which  occurred  '2i\  Jamuiry,  1889.  The  Pauper 
farm  hridizf  was  entirely  carried  away,  and  <ireat  los.ses  in 
mills,  hridircs,  etc.,  were  reported  on  the  Merrimack  and 
Connecticut  rivers  and  their  trihntaries. 


148  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

4  July,  1839.  The  day  was  celehrated  by  the  Democratic 
Republicans  of  Amherst  and  the  neighboring-  towns.  A 
procession  was  formed,  whicli  marched,  under  escort  of  tlie 
Lafayette  RiHemen,  to  the  Universalist  church,  where  an 
oration  was  pronounced  by  Hon.  Charles  G.  Atherton,  of 
Nashua,  after  wliich  the  company  partook  of  a  sumptuous 
dinner.  Gov.  Isaac  Hill,  Hon.  Charles  F.  Gove,  and  other 
invited  guests  were  present,  and  made  speeches,  and  all 
passed  off  pleasantly. 

The  rifle  company,  which  aj)peared  in  its  new  uniform 
for  the  first  time,  marched  to  Milford  at  an  early  hour,  to 
be  present  at  tlie  ceremony  of  presenting  a  stand  of  colors 
to  the  Milford  Light  Infantry. 

3  Sejjtembcr,  1839 — evening.  A  brilliant  dis])lay  of  the 
northern  lights  was  noticed.  A  writer  speaking  of  it,  says — 
"  Probal)ly  a  more  brilliant  plienomenon  has  not  been 
observed  since  the  meteoric  shower,  13  November,  1833." 

1839  was  the  era  of  the  great  Rohan  potatoes.  Special 
pains  were  taken  in  their  cultivation,  and  specimens  of 
remarkable  size  were  produced  ;  l)ut  it  was  soon  found  that 
witli  equally  good  care  in  cultivation  otlier  varieties  were 
quite  as  productive,  and  of  far  better  quality. 

An  enthusiastic  meeting  of  tlie  Whigs  of  Hillsborough 
County  was  held  in  Amherst  15  April,  1840.  A  log  cabin 
from  Nashua,  with  the  usual  appendages,  made  its  appear- 
ance, Joseph  Lakeman,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  residing 
in  Amherst,  occupying  it,  and  the  "  latch  string  was  out." 
1,000  or  1,500  people  were  present.  David  Steele,  Esq.,  of 
Goffstown,  presided,  and  addresses  were  made  by  the 
President,  Daniel  Clarke,  of  Manchester,  Francis  Hilliard, 
of  Boston,  and  others.  Delegates  were  chosen  to  attend 
the  Young  Men's  Whig  National  Convention,  to  be  held  at 
Baltimore  the  following  month. 

The  Whigs  of  Amherst  and  vicinity,  to  the  number  of 
about  one  hundred  and  iifty,  partook  of  a  supper  at  Nutt's 
tavern,  on  the  evening  of  2  December,  1840,  in  honor  of 


VITT.]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  1  !!• 

Www  victory  in  tin-  recent  presidential  clci-tidii.  I  Inn. 
('Ii;irl('s  II.  .Vllinton  prrsidcd,  ;ind,  iil'tcr  the  siii»|m  r  w.is 
ilisjiosrd  i»r,  ;iildrcsstMl  tlir  nicetinu'.  l*MiMiin<l  linker  mikI 
Iliiltliard  Nfutnii.  Ivsijs.,  nlso  niiidi'  slmrt  ;iddres.se.s. 


150  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

1840-1882. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  TOWN,  AND  CURRENT 
EVENTS. 

SHOWERS     AND     STORMS. WINTER      OF      1842-43. RAILROAD 

MATTERS. AMHERST  STEAM  MILL. FAIR  OP  THE  HILLS- 
BOROUGH    AGRICULTURAL    SOCIETY,     1801. BOUNDARIES     OF 

THE     FIRE      PRECINCT. TEMPERANCE      MOVEMENTS. COLD 

WINTER. MEETING  OF  THE  FRIENDS  OF  FREMONT  AND  DAY- 
TON.  CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION. THE     COLD     MORNING     OF 

7    FEBRUARY,    1861. — PRESENTATION    OF    A     UNION     FLAG. 

THE    LOYAL    TOWN     CLOCK. "  SOLID "    MEN    AND    WOMEN    OF 

AMHERST,    1864. THE    AMHERST    HOTEL. THE    GREAT   RAIN 

STORM,    OCTOBER,    1869. FIRST   OBSERVANCE  OF  DECORATION 

DAY. ALTERATION     AND     REPAIRS    OF    THE    COURT-HOUSE. 

CENTENNIAL     CELEBRATION,     4     JULY,     1876. THE    LIBRARY 

BELONGING  TO  THE  AMHERST  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION  ACCEPTED 
BY  THE  TOWN. — THE  "DARK  DAY"  OF  SEPTEMBER,  1881. — 
CHECK-LIST,  MARCH,  1882. 

Three  severe  thunder  showers  occurred  30  June,  1841. 
The  second  of  these  was  accompanied  by  hail,  which  did 
an  immense  amount  of  damage.  It  was  estimated  that 
20,000  lights  of  glass  were  broken  in  Amherst  alone. 
Some  of  the  hail  stones  were  as  large  as  good  sized  hen's 
eggs. 

From  the  second  to  the  sixth  days  of  October,  this  year,  a 
cold  storm  prevailed,  during  which  some  six  inches  of  snow 
fell,  which  soon  melted. 


IX.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  151 

'V\u>  winter  following  was  the  mildest  known  for  niany 
\r;iis.  Only  iil)oMt  I'orty-two  inclies  of  snow  fell  (lnrin<x  the 
ulidlc  sc;isiin,  imd  tliriT  was  Iml  litllr  slciuliiniT.  Aliuut 
the  mitltllf  of  Febrnary  there  was  a  thnmU'r  shower,  by 
whieh  the  roads  were  liadly  washed  in  sonic  iiIjiccs. 

I)ei-enil)er,  1841.  A  singnhir  disease  prevailed  nniong 
the  horses  at  this  time.  It  was  at  first  indicated  l)y  loss  <jf 
a|i|tctitc,  followed  by  stillness  in  the  jcjints,  rnnnin<^  at  the 
eyes  ;iiii|  nose,  fever,  and  swelling;  of  the  limi)s  and  body. 
It  \v;is  very  c(»nt;iniuiis,  and  in  iiian\  cases  teriiiiiiated 
lalally. 

A  tei'ribly  cold  storm  of  wind  ami  snow  occnrrcti  11 
.lime.  IsJii.  ;iii(|  ;it  its  close  ilie  Liroimd  was  covere(l  with 
snow  to  the  depth  of  three  or  lour  inches.  A  hiiih  wind 
prevailed  the  next  day.  wliii-h  would  have  done  credit  to 
November.  Ill  soiiic  places  1  he  c' ini  was  lariie  enoiii;li  to 
hoe,  and  ajiples  had  formed  as  larue  as  peas;  but  they  sus- 
tained no  serious  daniaj^'c. 

Trices  of  farm  products  October,  1842: 

Hay,  •"ii'T  to  ><8  per  ton  ; 
Ihitter,  16  to  18  cents  |(er  pound  : 
potatoes,  20  cents  Jier  busliej  ; 
Winter  apjiles,  s'l  per  i)arrel  : 
Other  articles  in  proportion. 

(Jo\.  Hubbard  was  terribly  behind-hand  about  Thank.s- 
LiiviuiT  this  year,  the  22d  day  of  December  beiiiLr  appointed 
for  that  time-honored  festival. 

The  winter  of  1842-4o  was  a  lonu"  and  severe  one. 
Sleiuhs  were  nse(l  until  |iast  the  middle  of  April,  and  on 
the  seventeenth  of  that  month  the  snow  was  three  feet  deep 
oil  a  level.  It  licLP-aii  to  melt  soon  after,  and.  there  being 
no  frost  in  the  ground,  it  disappeared  rapidly,  ami  farmers 
were  sowing  spring  grain  by  the  tenth  of  May.  But  very 
little  fruit  was  raised  that  season. 


152  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  Fifth  regiment  mustered  in  this  town  27  September, 
1844,  and  fully  sustained  its  good  character  as  one  of  the 
best  regiments  in  the  State.  It  was  reviewed  by  Maj.  Gen. 
John  McNiel  and  staff. 

16  December,  1844.  Jonathan  Herrick,  Jonathan  Herrick, 
jr.,  Henry  Sanderson,  William  Leavitt,  James  Alexander, 
and  Daniel  Secombe,  wnth  the  farms  on  which  they  lived, 
were  severed  from  the  east  district  in  Mont  Vernon  and 
annexed  to  school  district.  No.  8,  in  Amherst,  for  school 
purposes. 

RAILROAD    MATTERS. 

Mr.  Boylston  began  to  agitate  the  matter  of  building  a 
railroad  to  Amherst  village  at  an  early  date.  In  the 
Cabinet  of  9  September,  1836,  he  said  : 

"The  Nashua  and  Lo^Yell  R.  E.  stock  has  all  been  taken  up,  princi- 
pally in  the  country,  and  the  work  is  to  be  commenced  without  delay. 

What  hinders  it  being  continued  to  Amherst  ?  Nothing,  but  the 
want  of  somebody  to  set  about  it  in  good  earnest.  There  is  plenty  of 
capital  yet  left,  and  the  people  are  all  earnest  to  have  it  done,  and  it 
must  be  done." 

An  act  incorporating  the  East  Wilton  Railroad  com- 
pany was  approved  by  the  Governor  28  December,  1844. 
By  the  provisions  of  this  act  the  company  was  authorized 
to  construct  a  road  from  the  Concord  Railroad,  at  any  point 
between  the  Souhegan  river,  in  Merrimack,  and  the  depot 
in  Nashua,  to  Amherst  village,  thence  through  Milford  to 
East  Wilton,  or  from  any  point  on  the  Nashua  tt  Lowell 
Railroad  to  East  Wilton. 

By  an  act  approved  8  July,  1846,  Charles  H.  Atherton, 
John  Nesmith,  Perley  Dodge,  Israel  Fuller,  jr.,  Stephen 
Peabody,  Barnabas  B.  David,  Samuel  B.  Melendy,  Aaron 
Lawrence,  and  their  associates,  were  incorporated  as  the 
Souhegan  Railroad  company,  and  invested  with  the  powers 
usually  held  by  such  corporations. 


IX.]  RAILROADS.  153 

By  this  cliartor  tlic  Concord  Railroad  corporation  was 
authori/.cd,  with  the  consent  of  the  Soidiejraii  Railroad 
coni|>any,  to  const  nid  :i  roiid  from  some  ))oint  on  the 
("oiicDi'd  lv;iili(i;Hl.  at  Si luhcLia ii  silhiu'c.  in  MciTiniack.  to 
Andicrst  viihijiic,  the  expense  of  such  constriiclion  to  be 
added  to  the  capital  sto(d\  of  said  Concord  Railroad  corpo- 
ratiiin  ;  and  tlie  (danse  in  the  chartei"  of  the  Wilton  Raili'nad 
company  authori/inu'  the  (construction  of  a  i-oad  li\  that 
eorporation  from  ^ferrimack  to  Amherst  was  repealed. 

The  Sonhej^an  Kailioad  company,  having  been  organized, 
consented  that  the  road  should  l)e  constructed  by  the 
(\)ncord  Kailroad  comj>any,  agieeahly  to  the  provisions  of 
the  eliarter,  and  apjjlieation  having  been  made  to  the 
diiectdis  itf  that  comj)any  h>i-  the  |iUrpose.  a  ineetiiii:-  of  the 
stockh(dders  was  called,  which  was  held  'I  Seittend)er, 
1S4G,  at  which  the  matter  of  building  the  road  was  indefi- 
nitely postponeil. 

The  subject  was  again  brought  before  the  stockholders 
at  an  adjourned  meeting  held  at  Nashua  1  October,  184G, 
at  \\lii(di  the  proposition  to  build  the  road  was  rejected  on 
a  >tiiek  \()te,  tlieyeas  being  6,2.')7,  nays  t!.:»22  Efforts  were 
then  made  to  raise  money  to  enable  the  Sonhegan  comiiany 
i<»  bnilil  the  road,  and  20  Jan.,  1847,  Aaron  Lawrence, 
Ks(|..  treasurer  of  the  cor|iorat ion.  repcu'ted  that  2..')27  shares 
of  the  stock  had  been  taken  at  >=.')0  a  share.  A  sul]ici(Mit 
amount  of  stock  not  being  subscribed  to  build  the  road,  no 
moMMuent  was  made  toward  its  construction. 

In  the  meantime  the  East  Wilton  iiailroad  company  was 
not  idh'.  The  law  of  the  State  making  railroad  corpora- 
tions |iid)lie  in  certain  cases  was  ado])ted  by  that  corjiora- 
tion,  and  the  iJailroad  ( "ommissioni'rs  were  called  ujion  to 
locate  their  road. 

The  rej>ort  of  the  commissioiu'rs  was  made  26  Xovcndier, 
184.").  in  which  they  state(I  that,  (i/fcr  cm  mining;-  the  //hiiis 
of  the  (lilfcrrnf  routes  proposed  and  /ledrin-i^-  the  stnteineuls 
of  the  purties   interested,  they  were  of   opinion  that    the 


154  HISTOKY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

public  good  would  be  promoted  by  laying  out  a  road  from 
East  Wilton,  through  Milford  village,  to  Amherst  plain, 
thence  through  the  south-west  part  of  Merrimack  to  the 
depot  of  the  Nashua  and  Lowell  Railroad  company,  at 
Nasliville,  the  ivhole  distance  being  about  seventeen  and  one 
half  miles,  and  they  were  of  the  opinion  that  the  public 
good  would  be  best  promoted  by  laying  it  out  in  sections 
and  at  different  times. 

The  first  section  of  the  road,  from  the  depot  in  Nashville, 
was  laid  out,  and  the  damages  appraised  by  the  Commis- 
sioners, 8  December,  1846. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March,  1847,  the  re])re- 
sentative  of  Amherst  was  requested  to  oppose  the  granting 
by  the  Legislature  of  any  right  or  privilege  to  the  East 
Wilton  Railroad  to  construct  or  build  any  branch  or  s|»ur 
to  this  town. 

The  Railroad  Commissioners,  at  a  meeting  held  13  July, 
1847,  laid  out  another  section  of  the  East  Wilton  Railroad, 
extending  from  the  section  previously  laid  out  to  Merri- 
mack. 

ACTION    OF    THE    TOWN    RELATIVE    TO    THE    EAST    WILTON 
RAILROAD. 

At  a  meeting  held  2  June,  1848,  voted  unanimously — 

"  That  the  town  of  Amherst  does  not  consent  to  sell  the  right  of 
way,  nor  that  the  Wilton  Raikoad  corporation  shall  construct  their 
road  over  any  part  of  the  pauper  farm." 

Resolved  unanimously — 

"  That  the  town  of  Amherst  does  not  consent  that  the  Wilton  Rail- 
road corporation  shall  lay  their  road  over  or  across  any  public 
highway  in  the  town,  between  South  Merrimack  and  Danforth's 
corner,  and  that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  use  all  lawful  means 
to  prevent  the  same." 

Charles  H.  Atherton,  Nathan  Dane,  Barnabas  B.  David, 
Israel  Fuller,  jr.,  Richard   Boylston,  David  Stewart,  and 


IX.]  RAILROADS.  155 

(.'liarles  B.  Tattle,  were  aiipoiiitcd  a  romniittce  to  receive 
any  coininuniealioiis  wliicli  may  Itc  made  in  relation  to 
the  Wilton  Kailnintl.  and.  11  in  their  opinion  any  ol'  sneh 
commnnieations  arc  ol  sulhcicnt  im|i(n'tanee,  they  were 
instructed  to  lay  them  l)eiore  the  town.  The  clerk  was 
directed  to  make  a  record  ol"  the  doing.s  of  this  meeting,  so 
far  as  they  related  to  the  Wilton  Railroad  corjioration,  and 
transmit  the  same  to  Daniel  Ahhot,  Esfp,  president  of  that 
iorj)oration. 

2  Octoher,  1848.  A  comnMinii'ation  from  the  directors 
of  tlu!  Wilton  Railroad  eor|ioration  liaNinu'  liecn  laid  l)rfore 
the  town,  it  was 

"  N'oti'd,  tluit  tlie  town  of  Amherst  is  willing  to  grant  to  llie 
Wilton  Railroad  company,  for  building  a  railroad  I'roni  Danforth's 
corner — so  called — to  Amherst  plain,  or  the  margin  of  it,  the  right  of 
way  through  the  town  farm,  on  the  most  direct  and  suitable  ground 
for  said  road,  the  said  Wilton  Railroad  company  fencing  the  way 
through  said  farm,  in  a  good  and  sullicieiit  manner,  and  keeping  the 
^aid  fence  in  good  repair,  and  making  and  keeping  in  repair  all  such 
cattle  paths  and  passage  ways  as  the  convenience  of  the  farming  may 
n-ijuire  ;  and  upon  the  further  condition  that  the  said  railroad  from 
Danforth's  corner  to  Amherst  plain,  or  the  margin  of  it,  shall  be  built 
:iud  in  running  order  for  cars  and  engines  by  the  tenth  day  of  Xov- 
iinber  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-nine,  or  the  grant  that 
may  be  nuult.'  of  the  right  of  way  shall  I'e  void  and  of  no  elTect." 

ISarnabas  15.  l>avid,  Nathan  Dam-,  l)a\id  Stewart,  Charles 
IJ.  Tuttlc,  and  Richard  Boylston,  were  ap[)ointed  a  commit- 
tee to  carry  the  preceding  vote  into  effect,  which  they  were 
authorized  to  do,  and  also,  after  the  road  was  surveyed  and 
staked  through  the  farm,  to  agree  with  the  company  upon 
tilt-  ilamages  to  Iji'  paid  the  town,  or  in  case  they  were 
imaltle  to  agree,  the  amount  mii:ht  lie  settled  hy  reference 
or  otherwise. 

The  cars  commenct'd  tlu-ir  regular  lri|)s  between  Dan- 
forth's corner  and  Nashua,  23  October,  1848. 

The  road  from  Merrimack  to  Danforth's  corner  was  Uiid 
out  by  the  commissioners  16  July,  1849. 


156  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap 

A  notification  to  the  to^yn  from  tlic  Railroad  Commis- 
sioners was  received  by  the  clerk  and  recorded  21  July, 
1849,  which  stated  that  they  should  meet  at  the  Central 
House,  in  Nashville,  on  the  seventh  day  of  October  follow- 
ing, to  take  into  consideration  the  petition  of  the  Wilton 
Railroad  company,  asking  that  a  railroad  might  be  laid 
out  from  station  numbered  270,  on  the  line  between  land  of 
Ira  Spalding  and  John  Parker  to  the  west  end  of  Milford, 
and  that  they  would  at  that  time,  if  in  their  opinion  it  would 
be  conducive  to  the  public  interest,  lay  out  the  same,  either 
wholly  or  in  part,  and  in  conjunction  with  the  selectmen  of 
Merrimack,  Amherst,  and  Milford,  assess  the  damages  to 
the  owners  of  land  over  which  the  road  passed. 

On  the  6th  of  August,  1849,  the  town  appointed  Perley 
Dodge,  Barnabas  B.  David,  Francis  P.  Fitch,  James  C. 
FoUansbee,  Aaron  Lawrence,  Elijah  Munroe,  Richard  Boyls- 
ton,  Jonathan  Knight,  and  Daniel  Hartshorn,  a  committee 
to  appear  before  the  Railroad  Commissioners  "  to  oppose 
any  alteration  of  the  route  of  the  Wilton  Railroad,  as 
already  established  by  the  Railroad  Commissioners  and  the 
Governor  and  Council  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire," 
and  the  committee  were  authorized  to  fill  any  vacancy  that 
might  occur  in  their  number,  and  to  employ  counsel  to 
assist  them.  No  further  action  in  regard  to  laying  out  the 
road  was  taken  by  the  commissioners  at  their  meeting  in 
October. 

A  notice  of  another  meeting  of  the  Railroad  Commis- 
sioners, at  Nashville,  on  the  14th  of  September  following, 
was  lodged  with  the  clerk  24  August,  1849. 

This  meeting  was  for  the  purpose  of  taking  into  consid- 
ation  the  petition  of  the  Wilton  Railroad  company  that  the 
route  of  their  road,  as  originally  laid  out,  might,  on  account 
of  unexpected  difficulties,  be  varied  so  as  to  allow  them, 
instead  of  running  from  Milford  vil/ag-e  to  Amherst  plain, 
to  run  from  Milford  village  eastwardlij  to  the  depot  at 
Danfortli  s  corner. 


IX.]  i:aii.I!()ai)s.  157 

Tlic  <i»\vii.  ;if  ;i  inci'tiiiLi-  held  17  .\.ii«:iist .  lS.")(),  \-  ilcil, 
illi;iliilii'iiisly,  t)  ()|i|((tsc  :iii\  iiltclMtioii  ol'  llic  Wiltitii  K;iil- 
I'niid  :is  iiitw  1mc;i(c(1.  aiiil  rlnise  IVi'lcy  hodnif,  Ijciiiiicl  X. 
rattcc,  :iii(l  r.aiiialias  11.  I  >a  \  id,  niTOIlls,  with  iilltliorit  \-  1(» 
ciiuau'c  assistaiiri',  and  tiirtlit-i-  to  ad  as  tlicv  iiii'jlit  think 
|ii-njM'r  in  the  iircniiscs. 

After  hcarinu'  \Uv  parlies  intcn-sti d,  the  coinniissidncis 
(hMdint'd  to  make  Ihc  alti-ralion  asked  tor. 

Anothei-  nieetinj;'  ot  the  ediumissiitneis  was  h(dd  :!'.> 
AuLiiist,  18')<>,  to  iict  u|tiin  a  petition  oi  the  ICast  Wilton 
Ilailioad  Coniiiany.  askinu'  them  to  aeeept  the  I'oute  to 
Milloid  sonth  of  Sonhetran  river  as  a  snbstitnte  for  the 
ronte  fi'om  Meniinaek  to  Amherst  iihiin,  tlienee  to  Milford. 

Alter  heaiiiii;-  the  statements  of  parties  interested,  the 
ciiiiiiiiissitihers  (h'eide(|  not  to  make  the  ehantre  asked  for. 

( )n  the  2.")th  of  Septemher,  18.")<.),tlie  eommissioners  notilied 
the  town  that  the,  shonhl  meet  at  the  Depot  at  Danforth's 
eiirner  on  the  ITih  (hiy  of  (>cloher  foUowinu',  to  take  into 
I'onsiih'i'ation  the  ap|»lieation  of  the  Wilton  Railroad  eom- 
pany  for  the  layiiej,-  ont  of  their  road  from  that  |)laee  to 
Miltonl  and  l-]ast  \\'ilton,  and  that  shonld  it  appear,  in 
their  view,  propel'  to  comply  with  their  request,  they  should 
jtroeeed  to  lay  out  said  road,  and,  in  conjunction  with  the 
selectmen  of  the  towns  throuj::h  which  it  jtasscd,  assess  the 
dam  liics  to  the  owners  of  lands  over  which  it  passed. 

At  a  meeting  held  8  October,  lH'->(),  the  town  voted  to  es- 
timate the  damaue  of  the  Wilton  Railroad  passing  through 
the  raiipei-  farm  at  ^'SOjOOO,  and  instructed  the  selectmen 
to  insist  upon  that  sum  as  damages  for  it  to  j»ass, 

.\t  the  meeting  in  (Ictoher  the  commissioners  laid  out 
the  road  from  hanforth's  corner  to  Milford  village,  and,  in 
conjunclion  with  the  selectmen  of  Milford,  appraised  the 
damages  to  the  owners  of  land  in  that  town  (»\ci-  which  the 
road  passed.  The  selectmen  of  Amherst  failed  to  appear, 
ami  were  notilied  liy  the  hoard  that  an  adjourned  meeting 
Would    he   ludd   1'.'   (Ictoher.  at    which   tlie\    were   earnestlv 


158  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

requested  to  appear  and  assist  tlie  board  in  making-  the 
appraisal  of  damages  to  the  town  of  Amherst,  in  conse- 
quence of  tlie  road  passing  through  tJie  Pauper  farm. 

A  communication  was  handed  the  board  at  the  adjourned 
meeting,  from  Foster  Wyatt  and  Daniel  Fletcher,  select- 
men of  Amherst,  in  which  they  stated  that  one  of  the  board 
of  selectmen  had  left  the  State,  and  that  they  had  called  a 
meeting  of  the  town,  to  be  held  on  the  28th  of  tlie  current 
month,  to  HU  the  vacancy  in  the  board  occasioned  by  his 
absence,  and  they  requested  that  the  consideration  of  the 
matter  (jf  damages  might  be  postj)oned  until  after  the 
election  of  another  member  of  the  board. 

The  selectmen  not  appearing  at  the  adjourned  meeting, 
the  commissioners  proceeded  to  appraise  the  damage  to 
the  town,  which  they  fixed  at  -ifiSOO,  and  on  the  21st  that 
amount  was  tendered,  by  the  chairman  of  the  commis- 
sioners, to  Daniel  Fletcher,  one  of  the  selectmen,  and  town 
treasurer,  "  who  refused  to  take  it." 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  commissioners  the  road 
was  laid  out  from  Milford  village  to  East  Wilton,  to  which 
[dace  it  was  built  and  opened  1  December,  1851. 

By  special  orders  from  the  superintendent's  office,  31 
May,  1866,  the  station  at  Danforth's  corner  is  hereafter 
to  be  known  as  Amherst  station. 

17  February,  1845.  Mr.  Hardy,  having  relinquished  the 
sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  at  his  bar  and  opened  his  hotel 
as  a  temperance  house,  a  number  of  his  friends  called  upon 
him  that  evening  and  partook  of  a  supper.  After  the 
supper  was  disposed  of  Rev.  Mr.  Davis  made  a  brief 
address  to  the  company.  Rev.  Messrs.  Haynes  and  Dodge 
spoke  briefly.  Songs  by  the  Hutchinson  family  were  inter- 
spersed, and  all  present  enjoyed  the  occasion  greatly. 

Mr.  Daniel  F.  Stevens  also  relinquished  the  sale  of 
ardent  spirits  at  his  store  about  the  same  time. 

At  a  meeting  held  21  January,  1846,  the  town 


IX.]  A.MUllRST    STEAM    MILL.  !.")!• 

'' N'otrd  iKit  to  instruct  tlic  st'lcctincii  to  licnisc  lavcriiors  to  sell 
spirituous  li(iuurs." 

Anilici'sl  iiiid  sonif  of  tlic  iKMuliltoriiin"  towii.s  wcfc  visited 
by  ii  .severe  storiu  (»!"  wind,  rain,  tlmnder,  iiiid  li^litiiiiej.  14 
Aiiu'iisl.  IS-ltl.  liv  ulijcli  luiicli  d;iiii:iii"e  \v:i.s  done.  Ilop 
pdles  were  Mown  dnun  ;iii(l  luiililinti's  niifonled.  At 
Nashua  the  stni-ni  was  still  more  sev(>i-e  and  destriiclive, 
iM'in;^-  acconi|iaiiie{l  hy  iiail.  Houses  were  unroofed;  trees 
ii|>roote(l.  and  much  uiass  broken.  'I'lu'  storm  a|»|>ears  not 
to  have  extended  (i\fr  a  hirtie  ar'-a,  as  there  was  noni'  in 
Ilollis. 

The  State  tax  in  184»;  was  ¥341.4(1:  the  county  tax, 
ir<524.6r). 

A  eonsi(h'ral)le  slioek  of  an  eart JKjUake  was  felt  at  live 
oVdoek  on  the  morniuu-  of  25  August,  1846.  Its  eoursc 
seemed  to  he  from  north-west  to  south-east,  and  it  was 
noticed  in  many  |ihiees  in  X(>w  Hani])shire  and  Massachu- 
setts. 

The  subjeet  of  liuilding  a  steam  grist-mill  in  the  town 
was  agitated  as  eaiiy  as  1832,  and  a  meeting  was  called  at 
Xutt's  IFottd,  7  A|i;il  of  that  year,  for  conference  in  regard 
to  it.  Xothing  further  was  (hme  until  1  "^  Uk  In  the  month 
of  July  of  that  year  Samuel  15.  Melendy,  Cyrus  Kastman, 
and  Francis  Peabody,  and  their  associates,  were  iucorjio- 
rati'il  as  the  "Andieist  Steam  Mill  Company,"  with  authority 
to  use  a  ca|)ital  not  e.xeecding  ^soOiOOo. 

The  company  was  organized  promptly,  and  measures 
wer(>  at  once  taken  for  the  erection  of  the  neeessaiy  luiild- 
ings  and  mai'hiiiery  foi'  carrying  on  the  business  of  the 
c(Uporation.  A  saw-mill  went  into  o|>eration  on  the  2od  <^f 
February,  1847,  and  a  grist-mill  on  the  1st  of  May  follow- 
ing. Shortly  afti-r,  a  (da]il>oard  and  shingle  mill  were 
completed. 

The  buildings  consisted  of  a  main  building,  or  machine 
sho|i.  1(10x40  feet,  of  three  stories,  designed  for  mami- 
factuiing  })urposes  ;  an  engine  house,  3(!  x  32   leet  :  and  a 


160  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

saw-mill,  20  x  76  feet,  well  timbered,  and  built  in  a  firm, 
substantial  manner. 

The  machinery  was  driven  by  a  50  horse  power  cnLnne, 
having  a  balance-wheel  16  feet  in  diameter,  with  a  face  of 
two  feet. 

In  the  C\ihinet  we  have  the  following  description  of  the 
steam  mill  buildings  and  machinery  : 

6  May,  1847.  "  Amherst  steam  mill  is  now  in  full  operation,  so  far 
as  sawing  and  grinding  is  concerned.  The  saw-mill  commenced 
operations  '2d  February,  and  the  grist-mill  1  May. 

The  grist-mill  is  provided  with  3  run  of  French  burr  stones,  4^  feet 
in  diameter;  2  superfine  bolts,  18  feet  long,  40  inches  in  diameter;  a 
cob  cracker ;  and  a  sniut-mill. 

A  clapboard  and  a  shingle  mill  are  nearly  completed,  and  will  be  in 
operation  in  a  few  days. 

Engine  house,  3(5x32;  saw-mill,  20x76;  grist-mill,  32x34; 
machine  shop,  40  x  100 ;  3  stones  ;  engine,  50  horse-power,  cylinder, 
16  inches  in  diameter ;  balance-wheel,  16  feet,  2  feet  face ;  2  boilers, 
25  feet  long,  42  inches  in  diameter;  2  return  flues,  15  inches  in  diam- 
eter ;  main  belt,  2  feet  wide,  110  feet  long,  connecting  balance-wheel 
with  a  pulley  65  inches  in  diameter,  on  a  shaft  26  feet  long,  which 
carries  the  grist  and  saw  mills.,  Another  shaft  driven  from  this 
shaft,  designed  to  carry  the  machinery  in  the  machine  shop,  is  120 
feet  long,  running  the  whole  width  of  the  saw-mill  and  the  whole 
length  of  the  machine  shop." 

The  undertaking  proved  an  unprofitable  one,  the  ex- 
pense of  operating  the  establishment  being  greater  than 
its  income  justified.  The  buildings  were  burned  25  March, 
1849. 

The  second  term  of  the  Teachers'  Institute  of  Hills- 
borough county  commenced  at  the  court  house  1  Novem- 
ber, 1847.  William  Russell,  of  Medford,  William  H. 
Wells,  of  Andover,  and  Lowell  Mason,  of  Boston,  were 
among  the  teachers.  Sixty  male  and  one  hundred  and 
three  female  teachers  were  enrolled,  and  the  session  was  an 
interesting  and  profitable  one.  Among  those  who  attended 
a  portion  of  the  time  was  the  veteran  teacher,  Miss  Ami 
Orr,  of  Bedford. 


fX.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  It'.l 

'J'lic  ()ru;iiii/.;i1  ion  of  the  11  illsl)()i-()iiuli  Coiiiily  Atrriciilt iiriil 
Society  was  coini»lt'tcd  at  a  lueetinji;  lu-M  :it  Hardy's  tavern, 
8  Fohniary,  1848.  Dr.  Peter  P.  Wuodbury  was  chosen 
president;  Edward  |).  novlston,  treasurer;  and  David 
Stewart,  a  nicnilier  dl'  the  executive  committee. 

This  society  hehl  a  fair  at  Amlierst  1  and  2  October, 
1851,  which  was  considered  one  of  the  most  successful 
ever  hohl  in  the  county.  'JMic  JLinc/irs/er  A/ncrican, 
speaking-  of  it,  said — 

"  It  was  truly  a  good  time,  and  one  exceedingly  encouraging  to  the 
friends  of  agricultural  progress.  Too  much  credit  cannot  well  be  given 
to  the  citizens  of  Andierst  for  the  way  in  which  their  local  arrange- 
ments were  conducted.  Every  provision  for  tlie  accommodation  of 
the  society  was  ample.  The  police  was  excellent,  and  every  thing  was 
arranged  upon  a  system  that  left  little  to  wish  for." 

The  Nas/iiKi  'Jc/n^rd/i/i  said  "  Ainliorst  folios  did  first- 
rate." 

The  society  held  several  fairs  subsequently,  at  various 
|ilaces,  but  finally  disbanded. 

In  1841),  Ezra  Molt,  of  this  town,  raised  from  175  square 
rods  of  ,u:round  184  bushels  ears  of  corn,  of  the  ten  rowed 
variety,  -U  busjicls  of  beets  ami  i-ouiid  tiirni|»s,  7^  cart 
loads  of  pumpkins,  S  bushels  jiotatoes.  and  1  bushel  white 
Ix'ans. 

Till-:    VUIK    PRKCINTT, 

As    established    by    the    selectmen    21    June,   18.')0,   is    as 
toljows  : 

('onnneneinii-  at  the  court  house  it  extends  on  the  road 
to  Daniel  Cam|>beirs,  859  rods  ; 

On  the  X(>w  Poston  road,  411  rt)ds  ; 

On  tlie  ( >l(l  'I'nnijiik(^  road,  455  rods  ; 

<>ii  the  road  leadinu'  by  the  new  buryiuLr-LM-onnd.  228 
roils  : 

( >n  the  road  Icadinu'  In  the  Timothy  Patch  place,  851 
r(.)ds  : 

11 


162  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

On  the  Milford  road,  314  rods  ; 

On  the  old  Milford  road,  306  rods  ; 

On  the  old  Boston  road,  260  rods  ; 

On  the  road  to  Thornton's  Ferry,  502  rods  ; 

On  the  Brown  road,  east,  396  rods  ; 

On  the  Pond  parish  road,  432  rods  ; 

On  the  Bedford  road,  365  rods  ; 

On  the  Dodge  road,  524  rods  ; 
With  the  ontlines  running  from  one  to  anotlier  of  these 
points. 

8  July,  1850.  A  meeting  of  citizens  residing  within  the 
limits  of  the  above  precinct  was  held,  at  which  the  neces- 
sary officers  were  elected. 

The  town,  at  a  meeting  held  27  April,  1853,  voted  to 
repair  the  fire  engine  and  provide  suitable  hose  for  the 
same,  and  constituted  the  board  of  selectmen  a  committee 
to  carry  the  vote  into  effect. 

At  the  meeting  held  March,  1856,  they 

"  Voted,  that  the  town  will  raise  a  sum  not  exceeding  f  500,  when 
an  equal  sum  shall  have  been  subscribed  by  the  citizens,  for  the 
purchase  of  a  fire  engine,  and  chose  ,Iohn  F.  Whiting,  James  L. 
Hardy,  and  Charles  Richardson,  a  committee  to  examine  and  procure 
an  engine." 

SUPPORT    OF    PAUPERS. 

^At  a  meeting  held  8  October,  1850,  seven  votes  were  cast 
in  favor  of  the  county  farm  system,  and  forty-five  against  it. 
Sixty-one  votes  were  given  in  favor  of  selling  the  county 
farm  at  Goffstown,  and  fourteen  against  it. 

The  State  tax  this  year  was  $352.80  ;  the  county  tax, 
1612.76. 

79  votes  were  given  in  favor  of  the  passage  of  the 
"  Homestead  Exemption  "  law,  and  20  against  it,  at  a  town 
meeting  held  in  March,  1851. 

"  Bloomer  "  dresses  made  their  appearance  in  the  spring 


IX.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  103 

of  1851.  Mi\  IJoylstoii  notices  the  Mppi'iiraiu'c  of  two  at 
chtircli  in  "blue,  briji'lit,  and  Hardy." 

A  laid  was  made  ujion  the  li(|uors  in  the  Xutt  tavern  11 
Aut>ust,  18")1,  by  a  party  ol"  yonnii'  men  who  destroyed 
thi'Ui. 

A  lariio  number  of  citizxMis  were  ajipointed  s|)ecial  police- 
incii  to  |)res('rve  order  and  sup))ress  the  sah."  of  ai'dent 
spii-its  at  the  fair  ot"  the  Ilillsliorouu-h  County  Au-i-icnltiiral 
society,  22  September,  1851. 

The  Xnttta\'eiMi  hnvinu' been  opened  asatemperance  house? 
abiiiit  one  liinulred  and  fifty  friends  of  temperance  made 
the  j>roj)rictor  a  visit  and  partook  of  a  su|)per,  6  February, 
1852.  Aaron  Lawrence,  Es(].,  presided.  Music  was  fur- 
nislied  by  Messrs.  Carlton  A-  Ilandet.  A(hlresses  were 
made  by  the  President,  Rev.  Messrs.  Davis  and  Burrou.i^hs, 
Perley  J)od.ue,  Es(|..  Pr.  V.  P.  Fitcli.  and  Sanuiel  Campbell, 
Es(j.,  of  Mont  Vernon.  The  festivities  were  brought  to  a 
close  at  ten  o'clock  by  singing  "Old  Hundred,"  the  whole 
company  standing. 

2<)  votes  were  given  in  favor  of  the  passage  of  "  an  act 
b)r  the  suj)pression  of  drinking  houses  and  tii)pling  shops, 
and  91)  against  it,  at  a  meeting  held  26  November,  1852. 

8  March,  1853,  the  town  instructed  the  selectmen  not  to 
iieeus(^  the  sale  of  ardent  spirits,  except  for  mechanical  and 
nie(|iein;il  purposes,  and  tliey  were  directed  to  a|ipoint  a 
eonimittee  of  live  persons  to  prosecute  all  violations  of  the 
liipior  law.  On  the  27th  of  April  following,  Richard  Boyl- 
ston,  Fiancis  Wright,  Elbridge  Hardy,  and  David  Fiske,  2d, 
were  appointed  as  the  committee. 

There  was  a  great  scarcity  of  silver  (diange  in  the  spring 
and  snnnuer  of  1853,  not  enough  being  in  cir(!ulation  for 
ordinai'y  business  ti'ansactions.  The  want  was  soon  sup- 
jdieil  l)y  the  coinage  of  silver  ]>ieces  of  lighter  weight  than 
formerly.  ]iieces  of  the  new  emission  being  distinguished 
fr.)ni  the  old?r  ones  l)v-  li^'ures  of  arrow  heiils  on  either  side 
of   the   date.     After  this  the  old-fashioned   four   pence-half 


164  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

pennies,  ninepences,  shillings,  pistarcens,  quarters,  halves, 
and  milled  dollars,  of  Spanish  and  Mexican  coinage,  dis- 
appeared from  circulation,  many  of  them  being  badly  worn 
and  mutilated,  fit  only  to  be  melted  and  re-coined. 

25  August,  1853,  a  beautiful  comet  was  visible  in  the 
north-west,  a  few  degrees  above  the  horizon. 

The  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Hon.  Charles  G.  Atherton 
returned  to  the  probate  office  in  December,  1853,  amounted 
to  'S162.000,  the  largest  estate  ever  left  in  the  county  at 
that  time. 

In  March,  1854,  William  J.  Weston,  Peter  Carlton, 
Joseph  Mace,  and  Benjamin  B.  Whiting,  were  appointed  to 
make  a  new  appraisal  of  real  estate  for  purposes  of  taxation. 

113  persons  were  enrolled  by  the  selectmen  in  April  of 
this  year  as  liable  to  do  military  duty. 

Twenty-nine  males  and  eleven  females  were  confined  in 
the  jail  12  October,  1854.     A  thriving  establishment  truly  ! 

The  winters  of  1855-56  and  1856-57  were  very  severe. 
For  a  period  of  forty-five  days,  extending  from  25  Decem- 
ber. 1855,  to  9  February,  185<»,  the  weather  was  at  no  time 
warm  enough  to  melt  the  snow  from  the  roofs  of  buildhigs, 
even  in  sheltered  situations. 

Tlie  cold  term  the  next  winter  extended  from  20  Decem- 
ber, 1856,  to  27  January,  1857,  during  the  whole  of  which 
time  the  snow  remained  unmelted  on  the  roofs  of  buildings. 

The  23d  day  of  January,  1857,  was  probably  the  coldest 
experienced  in  New  England  for  a  century.  A  brisk  north- 
west wind  prevailed  through  the  day,  and  the  thermometer 
at  no  time  in  the  day  rose  to  zero.  In  the  morning  and 
evening  it  was  about  25  degrees  below  zero ;  in  some  places 
35. 

Hay  caps,  for  protecting  hay  and  grain  from  storms, 
came  into  pretty  general  use  in  1856. 

The  culture  of  sorgho  for  sugar  and  molasses  was  com- 
menced  by  some  about  this  time,  but  it  was  soon  abandoned. 

A  mass  meeting  of  the  friends  of  Fremont  and  Dayton 


IX.]  CENTENNIAL   CELEBRATION.  lOo 

\\:is  lirld  oil  the  pliiiii,  '2'>  S('|)t('inlior,  l^o'i.  Jt  was 
pniltalily  the  larizcst  political  li'allu'ring  tliat  ever  as.scinltlod 
ill  town.  l)rle<^utions  were  present  from  Manelicster, 
Nashua,  Milt'oid,  New  Boston,  Brookline,  Lvndehorouj^h, 
Merrimack,  an<l  other  towns.  A  procession  was  formed, 
under  the  diiccfiou  of  ("apt.  Daniel  Hartshorn,  as  marshal, 
which  marched  to  the  place  of  mcetin<r.  Charles  II.  Camp- 
hell.  i']s(|.,  acted  as  |)resident  of  tiie  day,  and  speeches  were 
iii:i(|i'  liy  Mason  W.  d'appaii.  Daniel  Clark,  and  others. 
•  'ampainn  sonu's  wei'c  suul;',  and  general  enthusiasm  pre- 
vailcil. 

Two  hundred  iruns  were  fired  hy  the  Democrats  of  this 
town,  -1  No\endier,  lS.')(i.  in  honor  of  the  (dection  of  Mr. 
Buchanan. 

The  (dd  ••  Read  store,"  lontr  a  noted  j)lace  of  husiness  on 
the  ])lain.  was  taken  down  in  May  of  this  ycai". 

1'')  Auuust,  18')8.  The  first  message  by  the  ocean  tele- 
graph to  l*'imland  was  transmitted  to-(hiy.  (Mi  the  receijit 
ot'  the  news  the  liells  in  tow  u  were  runu',  and  in  the  I'vening 
niiiiy  houses  on  the  jilain  were  illuminated. 

CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION. 

At  the  annual  meeting  8  March,  IS.V.i,  the  town 

"  Resohed  that  the  town  of  Aiiihcrst  will  at  some  siiitahle  day  in 
.laiiuarv,  in  the  year  of  our  F^ord  IStii),  celebrate  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  and  that  the  selectmen, 
with  such  others  as  they  m.ly  add,  be  a  conmiittee  to  make  such 
arrangements  and  appropriations  as  they  may  tiiink  proper  antl  suit- 
able for  the  occasion." 

4  Octoher.  l.^.')0.  The  new  engine  comj)any  ajipeared  for 
the  first  time  in  their  new  uniform — red  jackets,  l)lue 
collars,  front  Ix-lts.  and  caps.  A  beautiful  banner  was 
l>reseiited  to  them  by  Miss  II.  .(.  Xutt,  in  liehalf  of  the 
ladies  of  the  town. 

TlH>re  was  frost  in  every  month  of  this  year.  <  hi  the 
niiiiit   of   •'•   June    there    was  a  severe  one  in   most   of  the 


166  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Northern  and  North-western  states.  At  Portsmouth,  it  is 
said,  enough  to  form  a  ball  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg  was 
collected  from  a  surface  a  yard  square. 

The  selectmen,  Perley  Dodge,  Barnabas  B.  David, 
Edward  D.  Boylston,  Charles  H.  Campbell,  and  David 
Stewart,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  make  arrangements 
for  the  observancie  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
incorporation  of  the  town,  18  January,  1760. 

On  account  of  the  inclement  season  at  which  the  anni- 
versary occurred,  it  was  judged  best  to  defer  its  celebration 
until  a  more  favorable  season  of  the  year.  Accordingly 
the  30th  day  of  May,  1860  was  selected  for  the  purpose, 
and  an  invitation  was  extended  to  the  towns  of  Milford 
and  Mont  Vernon,  formerly  parts  of  Amherst,  to  unite  with 
the  parent  town  in  the  observances  of  the  day.  The  invita- 
tion  was  accepted  by  the  town  of  Milford  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  10  March,  1860,  but  declined  by  the  town  of 
Mont  Vernon. 

The  centennial  of  the  first  town  meeting,  20  February, 
1760,  was  celebrated  by  the  citizens  of  the  town,  who 
assembled  in  large  numbers  in  the  town-hall  under  the 
Congregational  church,  on  the  evening  of  the  20tli  of 
February,  1860.  Charles  H.  Campbell,  Esq.,  presided,  and 
prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Davis.  Music  of  ye 
ancient  times  was  performed  by  a  choir  clad  in  appropriate 
costume.  The  ancient  fire-place,  of  ample  dimensions,  with 
ye  settle  for  ye  younge  folks  near  by  was  re-produced,  and 
the  ample  supply  of  bean  porridge,  furnished  by  ye  "  blacke 
cowe,"  in  attendance,  together  with  other  substantial 
refreshments  popular  in  the  days  of  the  fathers  and  moth- 
ers, were  partaken  of.  Old  documents  were  read,  and  the 
Todd  family  appeared,  doing  marvelous  things  in  the  way  of 
cobbling",  spinning  wool,  flax,  etc.  At  the  close  an  invita- 
tion was  extended  to  all  present  to  attend  the  next  centen- 
nial celebration,  the  assurance  being  given  that  the  latch 
string  would  be  left  out  for  all  on  that  occasion ! 


TX.]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  167 

30  May,  1860,  tlie  centennial  of  the  incorporation  of  tin- 
tow  n  was  commemorated.  A  procession  was  formed  at  lo 
o'clock,  near  the  conrt-housr.  nndcr  the  direction  of  Cajit. 
Daniel  Hartshorn,  in  the  iollowintr  order: 

Marshal, 

Manchester  Cornet  I>and. 

Lawrence  Entiine  C()m))any, 

Connnittee  ot  Arrangements, 

Chaplain  and  Orator, 

Invited  Oiiests, 

Selectmen  ol  Amherst,  ^lillord,  and  Mont  \  ernun, 

Citizens  of  Amherst,  Milford,  and  Mont  Vernon. 

<  »n  the  anixal  of  the  procession  at  the  stand  on  the 
common,  alter  order  had  been  restored,  prayer  was  offered 
by  the  cha]»lain.  The  town  charter  was  read  by  William 
A.  Mack,  Esq.  This  was  followed  Ijy  mnsic  from  the 
band,  and  an  address  by  Hon.  Horace  Greeley,  of  New 
York,  a  native  of  the  town.  At  the  conclnsion  of  the 
address  the  procession  was  reformed  and  marched  to  the 
town-hall,  where  a  dinner  was  partaken  (jf. 

After  the  close  of  the  jjcrformanccs  in  the  hall,  the  com- 
pany retnrned  to  the  stand  on  the  common,  where  speeches, 
sentiments,  etc.,  were  in  order. 

A  severe  storm  of  wind,  i-ain.  and  snow  oci-nrrcil  7  Febi'ii- 
ary,  1861.  'I'he  morninLi"  of  that  day  was  mild  and  rainw 
Toward  noon  the  wind  rose,  and  at  night  increased  to  a 
gale.  The  next  morning  was  one  of  the  coldest  ever  expe- 
rienced here,  the  thermometer  standing  at  — 36°,  a  change 
of  Qii°  in  twenty-fonr  hours. 

The  State  tax  jtaid  l)y  the  town  this  year  was  >!330.50  ; 
county  tax,  >:648.r)r). 

In  June  a  mauiiilicent  comet  made  its  apjiearancc  in  the 
ni)rthwest.  and  I'cmained  visible  several  weeks. 

7  June  the  town  Union  llau'  on  the  connnou  was  InuiL^  at 


168  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

half  mast,  and  the  bell  tolled  during  the  hour  appointed 
for  the  funeral  of  Hon.  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

25  June  leave  was  granted  by  the  selectmen  to  such 
persons  as  might  subscribe  for  the  same,  to  build  a  reservoir 
on  the  common,  the  control  of  which  should  be  under  the 
direction  of  those  who  conti'ibuted  to  its  building. 

The  Fifth  regiment  N.  H.  Vols,  was  composed  of  one 
company  from  each  of  the  counties  in  the  State.  The  com- 
pany from  Hillsborough  County  was  commanded  by  Capt. 
Charles  E.  Hapgood,  of  Amherst,  and  went  into  camp  25 
September,  1861. 

11  March,  1862,  the  town  voted  that  the  next  inventory 
of  taxable  property  in  town  should  be  sworn  to  by  the 
owners  of  same. 

4  July,  1862.  Independence  day  was  celebrated  by  tlie 
Sunday-schools  and  citizens  of  the  town  generally.  A  pro- 
cession was  formed  on  the  common,  which  marclied  to  the 
Atherton  grove,  where  the  eatables  and  drinkables  provided 
for  the  occasion  were  disposed  of,  after  which  addresses  were 
made,  and  songs  were  sung  by  the  children.  Another 
"  good  time "  was  had  at  the  town-hall  in  the  evening, 
where  songs  were  sung,  tableaux  presented,  etc. 

12  August,  1862.  Voted  on  an  act  providing  for  remov- 
ing the  trial  terms  of  the  courts  and  the  county  offices  of 
the  county  of  Hillsborough  from  the  town  of  Amherst.  In 
favor  of  the  act,  1  ;  against  it,  269. 

28  March,  1863.  Voted  that  the  selectmen  be  author- 
ized to  audit  and  settle  the  account  for  expenses  incurred 
in  defeating  the  bill  attempted  to  be  passed  at  the  last 
session  of  the  legislature,  for  removing  the  courts  and 
county  records  from  this  town. 

State  tax  paid  by  the  town  this  year,  -11,309.50  ;  county 
tax,  $756.64. 

15  February,  1864.  The  town  Union  flag  having  been 
destroyed,  the  young  ladies  of  the  place  held  a  fair  to  raise 
the   means   of    purchasing    another,  which   being   accom- 


IX.]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  169 

]»lisli('<l.  the  Ihiii'  was  this  attcniooii  |ii"csciitc(l  to  the  ivc|iiili- 
licaii  dull,  to  be  used  as  a  rninii  llaLf  and  I'ui-  iiodtlier 
j)iii-])()st'.  Alter  the  ]»reseiitati()ii  of  tlu'  lla^  by  Miss  II.  .1. 
Xutt  and  its  reeeption  by  John  F.  W'liitinu',  it  was  raised  to 
its  phice.  Speeches  were  made  by  I-].  D.  Boylslon.  .1.  (J. 
Davis,  \V.  H.  Clark,  and  E.  J>.  Iliehardson.  A  sentiment 
iroiH  hr.  F.  P.  l''iteh,  president  ol  the  baehelur's  clnh,  eoni- 
|iliniciitini:-  tlic  ladies  tor  their  u'ii't,  was  received  with 
cheers.  The  idiil)  and  ihe  citizens  then  nnited  in  siiiu'inu" 
" 'I'he  Star  Spangled  l>anner."  Three  cheers  were  given 
lor  the  sjieakers,  and  three  times  thi'ee  lor  the  Hag,  at  the 
close  ol  whii'h  the  town-(dock,  as  it  entering  into  the  sjiii-it 
ol  the  occasion,  strnck  the  honi'  ol  three,  which  was  b)l- 
lowi'd  by  three  cheers  lor  the  loyal  town-clock. 

In  the  evening  the  party  assembled  at  the  residence  of 
F.  I».  IJoylston.  where,  alter  partaking  ol'  a  bonntil'nl  repast 
prepared  by  the  clnb,  toasts  and  sentiments  were  in  order. 

8  March,  18(14.  The  selectmen  were  directed  to  provide 
a  suitable  place  tor  keeping  the  lire  engine  and  apjtaratus, 
lor  which  they  were  anthoii/.ed  to  expend  a  sum  of  money 
nut  exceeding  ><'30Q. 

State  tax,  18G4,  i!2,425.00  ;  cotiidy  tax,  !?75(>.»)4. 

State  tax,  18t.)5,  -f 3,892.50  ;  connty  tax,  >='J2T..")i'. 

A  great  rain  storm  occurred  on  the  sixth  and  seventh 
days  of  March,  I8ti4,  whicli  caused  <pnte  a  fresliet  in  the 
Souhegan  and  its  tributaries,  in  this  storm  the  Chickering 
iiridge  was  so  badly  washed  that  it  fell  in,  and  had  to  be 
reliuilt. 

'•solid"    men    and    women    in    AMIIEUST,    1S(')0. 

Incomes  as  swoi-n  to  by  internal  revenue  tax-|»ayers. 

.Varuu  I.awronoo,  ."C'tijO  )()  I'oiley  Dodge,  •T'I.SIj 

Mary  Hoylston,  2,481  Rufus  Converae,  1,(507 

Ihuiisnii  Katoii,  •2,'2>n)  George  W.  Moore,  l.:J03 

Cliarles  11.  Caniplu'lj,  -J.lsS  George  W.  Kictcher,  l.'J'Jl 

t'liailes  Converse,  2,100  .losiali  ( 1.  Davi-s,  l.L'ln 


170  AMHERST   HOTEL.  [Chap. 

Francis  P.  Fitch,  l,l-2'2     Samuel  Ober,  1,066 

George  A.  Raiiisdell,  1,099     Ilollis  E.  Abbot,  1,007 

J.  O.  Pulsifer,  1,076     Daniel  S.  Perkins,  1,000 

Tlie  Amherst  Hotel  company,  incorporated  in  June, 
186(3,  was  organized  31  December,  1866,  by  the  choice  of 
Charles  Richardson,  Jotham  Hartshorn,  Harrison  Eaton, 
John  F.  Whiting,  and  William  A.  Mack,  directors,  and 
George  F.  Stevens,  clerk. 

22  December,  1866,  the  town  voted — 49  to  24 — to  sub- 
scribe '14,000  to  the  stock  for  building  the  hotel,  agreeably 
to  the  provisions  of  an  act  approved  6  July,  1866,  on  condi- 
tion that  an  equal  amount  of  stock  be  subscribed  and  paid 
for  by  individuals. 

The  hotel  was  formally  opened  to  the  public  29  April, 
1869,  by  Mr.  D.  E.  Chamberlin,  the  lessee,  who  took  pos- 
session the  9th  day  of  March  preceding.  About  300  ladies 
and  gentlemen  were  present  from  this  and  the  neighboring 
towns,  who  passed  a  very  pleasant  evening.  Music  was 
furnished  by  the  Hollis  Cornet  band,  and  the  company  was 
entertained  with  songs  by  Miss  Helen  A.  Russell. 

The  hotel  stood  on  the  south  side  of  the  common,  on  the 
site  of  the  old  "  Stewart "  house,  which  had  been  removed 
to  another  locality. 

The  main  building  was  70  x  36  feet,  three  stories  high  ; 
adjoining  it,  running  south,  was  an  ell,  60  x  30  feet,  also 
three  stories  in  height.  Two  jtiazzas  extended  the  entire 
length  of  the  main  building  in  front.  The  whole  expense 
of  the  building,  at  the  time  of  the  opening,  had  been 
120,000. 

The  house  was  kept  for  some  years  by  Mr.  Chamberlin. 
After  he  left,  it  was  kept  one  year  under  the  charge  of 
Harrison  Eaton,  Esq.,  one  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
company,  when  it  was  sold  to  Marshall  Davis.  By  him  it 
was  sold  to  Thomas  Saunders,  who  afterward  sold  it  to  C. 
A.  Shaw,  of  Boston. 

It  was  burnt  on  the  morning  of  25  January,  1876. 


IX.]  CURRENT   EVENTS.  171 

Sunday,  15  July,  186(5,  the  sum  of  one  liundred  dollars  was 
contributed  in  the  Congregational  church  lor  the  relief  of  the 
suti'erers  from  the  recent  lire  in  Portland,  Maine. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1807,  tlie  town  voted 
on  the  (iiiestion  of  abolishiiiu'  |iaii|)or  settlements  iu  towns. 
In  favor,  1  ;  against,  197. 

'I'he  old  "Stewart"  house,  which  was  saved  from  the 
lire  of  2  December,  18G3,  by  which  the  h'uri'ounding  biiihl- 
ings  were  burnt,  was  moved  in  September,  1867,  to  the 
site  of  tlie  Nutt  tavern,  west  of  the  turnpike,  the  old  tavern 
buildings  tliere  having  been  burnt  1  July,  1865. 

2^j  June,  1867.  John  Doyle,  of  New  Boston,  was  killed 
at  Wilton  in  a  melee  with  Tliomas  Broderick,  a  resident  on 
"  the  Acre,"  in  Amherst.  Doyle  formerly  lived  in  Amherst, 
and  servcMl  in  the  lOtli  N.  11.  \'ols.  in  tlic  i'i\il  war.  In 
October  foUowing  Bi'oderick  was  sentenced  to  one  year's 
imprisonment. 

Francis  Wright  raised  an  ear  of  corn  this  year  on  whicli 
were  1,264  kernels. 

Decoration  day  was  observed  in  this  town  for  the  lirst 
time,  29  May,  1868. 

Xo  greater  rain  fall  has  been  experienced  in  Andierst 
for  a  century  than  that  wliicii  took  place  on  the  third  and 
fourth  days  of  October,  1869.  Between  seven  and  eight 
inches  of  water  fell  in  the  course  of  forty-eight  hours,  and, 
at  the  close  of  the  storm,  most  of  the  roads  were  so  badly 
washed  as  to  be  impassable.  A  vast  amount  of  property, 
consisting  of  dams,  bridges,  mills,  etc.,  was  swept  away. 

REPAIRING    THE    COURT    HOUSE. 

At  a  meeting  held  o  November,  1868,  the  selectmen  were 
ajipointed  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  county  commis- 
sioners relative  to  the  accejjtance  of  the  court  house,  keep- 
ing it  in  repair  and  iu  a  lit  condition  to  accommodate  the 
courts,  on  condition  of  receiving  the  rents  that  might  be 
received  from  its  use. 


172  HISTORY    OP   AMHERST.  [Chap. 

9  August,  1870.  Edward  S.  Cutter,  Edwin  R.  Burtt,  and 
Thomas  M.  Harvell,  were  cliosen  a  committee  to  examine 
the  title  of  the  town  to  the  court  house  and  ascertain  the 
amount  of  money  necessary  to  be  expended  to  put  the 
house  in  a  suitable  condition  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
courts,  town  meetings,  etc. 

G  September,  1870.  This  committee  made  a  verbal 
report  in  regard  to  the  title,  and  recommended  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  court  room  to  the  full  size  of  the  building, 
raising  the  walls  of  the  ells  to  the  same  height  as  those  of 
the  main  building,  erecting  a  stairway  in  the  north  ell, 
and  putting  the  roof  of  the  house  in  complete  repair,  the 
whole  of  which  they  estimated  could  be  done  for  twelve 
hundred  dollars. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  adopted,  and  Perley  Dodge, 
Edwin  R.  Burtt,  and  Harrison  Eaton,  were  appointed  a 
committee,  with  full  powers  to  make  the  proposed  altera- 
tions and  improvements. 

A  survey  for  a  railroad  having  been  made  '  between 
Danforth's  corner  and  King's  mills,  in  New  Boston,  a  dis- 
tance of  llf  miles,  and  the  route  being  found  feasible,  the 
town,  at  a  meeting  held  2  January,  1869,  voted  to  give  the 
road  the  right  of  way  across  the  town  farm,  the  use  of  the 
ledge  on  the  farm,  and  gravel  for  building  the  road.  It 
was  also  voted — 180  to  66 — to  take  stock  in  the  road  to  the 
amount  of  five  per  cent,  of  the  valuation  of  the  town. 

22  January,  1869.  The  town  of  Mont  Vernon,  after 
once  refusing  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  the  road,  voted, 
at  a  meeting  held  this  day, — 109  to  48, — to  take  stock  in 
the  road  to  the  amount  of  five  per  cent,  of  its  valuation  last 
spring. 

Post  0.  W.  Lull,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  decorated 
the  graves  of  their  fallen  comrades  at  Milford  and  Amherst, 
10  June,  1869.  After  decorating  the  graves  of  the  sol- 
diers in  Milford,  the  Post,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  proceeded  to 
Amherst,  where  they  were  met  and  escorted  by  Lawrence 


IX.]  CKNTKNNIAL    CKLKltliATION,  is:(i.  ITo 

(Migilic  ci»m|p:iii\  ,  ( ';i|it.  ( lillti'it  Siiinll.  An  (ii;itinii  was  dt - 
livLTcd  iVoiii  the  1i;iih1  sImikI  on  t he  ••(ininiuii  liy  Col.  C'tirroll 
I).  Wriirht,  1)1  I'xiston,  and  luicl  atltlicsscs  were  made  l)y 
nainbriduc  Wadlciuli,  l"]s(|.,and  Ijicut.  lliimiilircy  Uaiusdcll, 
of  Millnid,  the  |icrrornuinci's  l»('inu'  inlorsjiei'scd  with  sini:- 
iiii;  liy  the  iiicniltcis  of  the  Aiulicrst  fliiili  school.  At  the 
('oiicJMsioii  of  the  sn-viccs  the  t'oin|iany  was  cnti'itainrd  at 
the   ('((lilt  honsr  liy  the  hidii'S  of  the  town. 

1-  March,  1872.  the  scdoctiueii  were  instnictiMl  to  i)io\idL' 
a  room  in  the  court  house  to  i)e  used  as  a  "lock  up,"  in 
which  to  ini|iiison  otVenders  ag'aiust  the  police  reirnlatious 
of  the  town. 

At  this  nieelinir  the  selectmen  wore  iustiuctcd  to  Imild 
an  cuirine  house,  at  an  expense  not  exceediuLij  >'!i()().  And 
it  was  Voted  to  exempt  from  taxation,  for  a  term  of  ten 
yeai-s,  the  ca]»it:il  and  liuiidinL^s  of  manufactnivrs  w'.i.)  may 
hereafter  locate  in  this  town,  whose  annual  sales  from  the 
jiroducts  of  their  business  shall  exceed  ''t'5,000. 

S  May,  1873,  the  town  voted  to  lease  the  iri'anite  ledire 
on  tht^  jKiuper  farm  for  a  term  of  years  not  exceedinir  li\c. 
and  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  .give  the  lease. 

At  a  meetin;^  held  -lO  October,  1875,  the  town  \iited  to 
defend  an  action  brouirht  aLjainst  them  by  Ileniy  M.  Fair- 
licld  to  its  final  termination. 

\  .u'l.v,  ls7i't.     NATIONAL  cknti-:nnial  annivfrsaky. 

The  day  was  obsersi'd  in  Amherst  by  the  I'iuLiinir  ol  liells 
and  the  |irinL''of  lhius  at  sunrise  and  auain  at  sunset.  The 
day  was  cloudless,  and  the  landscape  clothe<l  with  the  I'ich- 
(>st  verdure,  and  all  classes  seemeil  intent  on  rejtticimr. 

A  basket  |ticnic  at  IJabboosuck  pond,  under  the  aus- 
|>iccs  of  the  Sonlieiran  (Jramre,  was  attentled  by  a  larire 
company  of  farmers  ivsidinir  in  Amherst  and  Milford. 
The  urove  j)resente(l  a  very  lively  and  |)leasin!Lr  aspect 
with  its  liJipjiy  irroups  of  well-<lressed  families.  These 
festivities,    so    in    harmony    with    the    habits    of    an    agri- 


174  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

cultural  population,  were  followed  by  more  formal  public 
services  in  the  town-hall,  in  the  evening,  which  were  con- 
ducted wholly  by  citizens  of  the  town.  Before  the  hour  of 
meeting  the  liall  was  filled  witli  an  enthusiastic  company  of 
ladies  and  gentlemen  and  a  generous  representation  of 
boys  and  girls.  The  asseml)lv  was  called  to  order  by  A.  A. 
Rotch,  wlio  had  previously  been  requested  to  preside. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Davis,  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church,  when  the  exercises  were  opened  by 
the  president  of  tlie  evening,  in  a  comprehensive  but  concise 
survey  of  the  great  changes  in  the  history  of  the  nation, 
indicating  the  nature  and  course  of  tlie  country's  progress 
during  tlie  century.  The  address  was  well  conceived,  and 
prepared  the  way  for  tlie  reading  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  hy  Mr.  Arthur  Fletcher,  and  the  pleasing 
variety  of  songs,  recitations,  dialogues,  patriotic  and  hu- 
morous, which  occupied  the  following  hour.  The  stage  at 
the  end  of  the  hall  was  profusely  and  tastefully  decorated 
with  flags,  flowers,  and  suitable  emblems.  The  states 
of  the  Union  were  personified  by  ladies  dressed  in  white, 
with  sashes  of  red  and  blue,  an  attractive  and  graceful 
array  of  youth  and  beauty. 

At  the  call  of  the  president,  Levi  J.  Secomb,  Esq.,  spoke 
briefly  of  his  interest  in  the  celebration,  and  alluded  with 
much  feeling  to  the  yet  nameless  and  almost  unknown 
grave  of  John  Purple,  a  Hessian  soldier,  who  deserted 
from  the  British  army  and  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the 
colonies.  He  died  in  Amherst  some  years  after  the  close 
of  the  Revolution.  Mr.  Secomb  expressed  a  strong  desire 
that  a  stone  might  be  erected  by  our  citizens  to  commem- 
orate the  resting  place  of  this  good  soldier.  The  next 
speaker,  Dea.  B.  B.  David,  spoke  of  our  indebtedness  to  the 
men  and  women  of  the  Revolutionary  period  for  what  they 
endured  in  the  cause  of  civil  liberty,  illustrating  his  position 
by  quotations  from  tlie  price  current  which  Mrs.  John 
Adams   sent  to  her  husband  in  Europe,  stating  the  enor- 


IX.]  AMHERST    MUSICAL    ASSOf'IATION.  17') 

inmis  j»ri('('s  paid  for  tood  and  cldthiiiLf  of  the  (•oiniuoiicst 
grades  in  IJoston.  Dr.  15.  IJ.  Ilartlelt  ino\cd  that  si.mh- 
record  l)e  miuh-  of  these  proceedintis,  of  wliieh  he  was  an 
active  projector.  The  motion,  which  was  cordially  sec- 
ondeil  hy  se\ei'al  voices,  was  nnaniniously  adopte(l.  'riie 
Ive\.  .1.  (J.  Davis  sjioke  at  some  length  of  the  reas(»ns  for 
the  imjiortant  part  taken  by  tlu^  citizens  of  Andierst  in 
the  ciinllict  with  (Jreat  Britain.  No  town  in  the  State  has 
a  more  noble  record,  as  it  fnrnishcd  more  troops  in  pro- 
portion to  its  j)opnlation  than  any  other.  The  descendants 
of  snch  men  should  not  allow  the  memory  of  their  fathers 
to  pass  into  forgetfnbiess.  They  set  their  conntry  above 
all  personal  interests  and  ambitions, and  if  we  emidate  tlieir 
patriotism  and  other  virtues,  the  next  Centennial  w  ill  wit- 
ness yet  greater  achievements,  and  a  more  elevate(l  and 
geiniine  j»rosj)erity  than  we  enjoy. 

The  addresses  were  enlivened  by  sj»irite(l  and  patriotic 
songs  given  at  intervals  by  Mrs.  Hattie  Walker,  Mrs.  Snsie 
Eaton,  and  Miss  Abby  Bosworth. 

The  assembly  adjourned  at  an  early  hour,  after  uniting 
in  singing  "  My  Country,  't  is  of  Thee,"  with  line  cfl'ect. 

In  October  of  this  year  the  selectmen  received  the  h)llow- 
ing  communication  from  mend>ers  of  the  '^  Andiei'st  Musi- 
cal Association"  : 

To  the  Selectmen  of  Am/it  rst  : 

We,  the  undersijjiK^d,  nicnilu'is  of  llie  "  Aiiilu'ist  Musical  Associa- 
ticm."  and  owners,  collectively,  of  our  piano-forte,  beinj:;  desirous  that 
tlic  same  be  placed  where  it  maybe  a  public  benefit,  and  in  a  measure 
thus  compensate  tho.se  who  aided  the  a.ssociation  in  its  purcluasc,  do 
herel>Y  give  and  present  to  the  town  of  .\mherst  the  said  piano-forte, 
upon  condition  that  .said  town  of  .\mlierst  shall  keep  it  in  its  town- 
hall,  or  where  it  shall  lie  acce.ssilile  for  jiuhlic  gatherings  there,  and  that 
it  shall  never  be  sold  or  disposed  of  by  said  town,  or  removed  therefrom, 
and  tliat  the  town  shall  keep  it  in  order  and  be  entitled  to  all  rentals 
from  its  use.  We  also  request  that  a  copy  of  this  paper  l>e  placed 
ujton  the  record  books  of  the  town,  that  no  misunderstanding  may 
ever  arise. 


176  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Francis  R.  Boutell,  Emma  L.  Clark, 

M.  B.  Peabody,  Geo.  W.  Bos  worth, 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Eaton,  Susie  A.  Eaton, 

Helen  B.  Rotch,  Edward  D.  Boylston, 

Laura  A.  Riddell,  A.  A.  Rotch, 

S.  M.  Stewart,  Fannie  A.  Boylston, 

Henry  M.  Parker,  Albert  F.  Boutelle, 

Lizzie  G.  Lawrence,  Laura  S.  Osgood, 

W.  D.  Forsaith,  L.  B.  Myrick, 

Geo.  W.  (Osgood,  Anna  Kent, 

H.  E.  Woodbury,  Rebecca  A.  Davis, 

1).  I).  McKean,  J.  G.  Davis, 

H.  C.  Dodge,  M.  W.  Richardson. 

C.  M.  L.  Bartlett,  by  L.  G.  L., 

October  7,  1876. 
To  the  Amherst  Ufasical  Association  : 

The  town  of  Amherst  accepts  your  generous  offer  of  a  piano  on  the 
conditions  above  specified. 

By 

Thomas  Jones,         ") 

Aarox  S.  Wilkins,  >  Selectmen  of  Amherst. 
Isaac  B.  Dodge,       ) 

13  Marcli,  1877,  the  town  voted  to  repeal  the  vote  passed 
12  March,  1872,  exerapthig  property  invested  in  manufac- 
turing establishments  from  taxation  in  certain  cases,  but 
provided  that  this  action  should  not  affect  any  manu- 
facturers who  had  already  availed  themselves  of  the  privi- 
leges granted  by  that  vote. 

12  March,  1878,  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  borrow 
a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  $2,800  to  settle  the  liabilities 
of  the  town  in  tlie  "  Fairfield  Case." 

11  March,  1879.  Tlie  town  voted  to  accept  tlie  library 
owned  by  the  Amherst  Library  Association,  and  establish  and 
maintain  the  same,  by  suitable  appropriations,  as  a  public 
library  for  the  use  of  the  citizens  of  Amherst,  agreeably  to 
the  provisions  of  Cliapter  46  of  the  General  Statutes  of  New 
Hampshire.  The  sum  of  $75  was  voted  for  the  library,  and 
the  selectmen  and   superintending  school  committee  were 


IX.]  CURRENT    EVENTS.  177 

iiislnictcd  id  luiikc  all  lu'ccssai'v  nilcs  for  its  use  and  luain- 
tenaiice. 

At  the  aiiiiiial  inoL'tiiiL;-  0  Mai'cli,  lM,sO,  •^lUO  was  a])pro- 
I'lialcd  [ill-  ihc  payment  of  tlir  librarian  and  for  additi<»ns 
to  the  liWrary;  and  the  last  year's  board  of  selectmen  and 
and  superintendinji;  school  committee  were  ajjpointcd  a 
coniniittee  to  nominate  and  rej)ort  to  the  meetinir  a  b<)ai-(l 
of  trustees  for  said  lil)rary,  two  of  whom  should  serve  one 
year  ;  two,  two  years  ;  and  two,  three  years. 

In  accordance  with  the  report  of  this  committee,  Josiah 
(J.  Davis  and  Mrs.  P.  \V.  Dod^e  were  elected  trustees  to 
serve  one  year;  J.  Edward  Upton  and  Mrs.  Samuel  I), 
llcrrick,  to  serve  two  years;  and  James  F.  Weston  and 
Lucretia  B.  Myrick,  to  serve  three  years. 

The  sum  of  >5.")<)  was  voted  toward  defra\  iiiii'  the  e.\|tenses 
of  Decoration  day. 

A  UKjtion  made  that  the  present  scdiool  district  system 
l>e  abolished  in  this  town  was  rejected — yeas,  79  ;  nays, 
!»4. 

\'otcd,  with  l)ut  one  dissenting  voice,  that  the  sum  of 
■•-^oOO  be  raised  and  a])propriated  to  aid  in  the  publication  of 
a  history  of  tlie  town  of  Amherst,  now  in  the  course  of 
pre|»aration  Ijy  Daniel  F.  Sccomb,  Escp,  of  Concord,  to  be 
j»aid  when  the  work  is  completed. 

The  selectmen  wei-e  authorized  to  pui-chase  a  i-oad  liuild- 
in<;  machine  if  they  deemed  it  expedient  so  to  do. 

Francis  W.  Ilolbrook,  Thomas  M.  IlarvcU,  and  Joel  II. 
fishei".  were  appointed  a  committee  to  investigate  tlie 
manaucmcnt  of  the  t(jwn  farm  and  sujr.i^est  any  changes  in 
the  same  that  may  seem  to  them  to  be  desirable  and  report 
to  the  town  at  some  future  time. 

Voted  not  to  allow  school  district  No,  2  to  be  annexed  to 
Milford,  and  voted  «70  from  the  treasury  to  assist  in  the 
maintenance  of  its  schools. 

All)ert  A.  Rot(di.  John  H.  Coggin,  and  Charles  A.  Rid- 
dle, were  ajipointt'il  In  the  selectmen  a  committee  to  draw 


178  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

the  appropriation  for  Decoration  day  and  expend  the  same 
as  their  judgment  might  dictate. 

2  November,  1880.  On  the  bill  providing  for  "  minority 
representation,"  there  were  in  favor,  8  ;  opposed,  G3. 

A  report  was  submitted  at  this  meeting  by  the  commit- 
tee appointed  to  investigate  matters  at  the  town  farm,  whicli 
was  accepted  and  the  committee  discliarged. 

March,  1881.  The  town  appropriated  -flOO  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  librarian  and  the  purcliase  of  books  for  the 
town  library. 

$50  was  voted  Post  Charles  H.  Phelps,  G.  A.  R.,  to  be 
used  on  Decoration  day. 

A  remarkable  dark  day,  similar  to  the  one  noticed  in 
May,  1780,  occurred  6  September,  1881.  -A  peculiar  yel- 
lowish color  of  the  sky  was  noticed  early  in  the  morning, 
which  increased  in  intensity  to  such  a  degi'ec  that  at  noon 
it  was  necessary  to  use  artificial  liglits  in  houses  and  shops. 
The  darkness  began  to  abate  at  about  five  o'clock  P.  M. 
The  vapor  or  smoke  at  times  was  so  intense  as  to  wholly 
obscure  the  sun.  At  intervals  it  was  visible  and  appeared 
of  a  deep  red  color.  Lamps  and  fires  when  lighted  shone 
with  a  perfectly  white  light,  and  the  green  foliage  of  the 
trees  and  grass  was  intensified  in  color,  and  presented  a 
singular  appearance. 

Tlie  receipts  of  the  town  treasury  for  the  year  ending  1 
March,  1882,  including  a  balance  of  >^1,026  on  hand, 
amounted  to  $15,526.65,  of  which  $1,851.31  was  received 
from  the  savings  bank  tax,  $303.85  from  the  railroad  tax, 
$131.15  from  the  literary  fund,  and  $70  from  the  income 
of  the  Lawrence  fund  for  common  schools.  The  taxes 
assessed  amounted  to  $8,573. 

Expenditures  for  the  same  time  amounted  to  $13,086.49, 
of  whicli  was  paid  for  the  support  of  schools,  $2,727.97  ; 
roads  and  bridges,  $1,397.54  ;  State  tax,  $1,844  ;  county 
tax,  $1,406.73.  The  town  debt,  over  and  above  available 
assets,  was  reported  to  be  $562.19. 


IX.] 


CHECK-LIST,  MARCH,  1882. 


179 


List  of  votci's  ill  .Vinherst,  :is  coiTcctcd  liy  the  su|)er- 
visor.s  ot"  olectioiis  and  used  at  the  .iimiial  (own  incoting  14 
March,  1882.  Names  in  small  CAi'.s  were  on  the  check- 
list used  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1843 — i5  in  all. 


Altl>ott,  Franklin 
.Vikcn,  Edward 
Aiken,  Edward  C. 
Ainsworth,  Israel 
Alexander,  William  E. 
Annis,  Alvaro  F. 
Atkinson,  Robert 
.\twood,  John 
Ayer,  Simon 
Baldwin,  John 
Barrett,  Charles  .M. 
Bakkktt,  Phii.h'  S. 
Barry,  James 
Barry,  William 
Batchelder,  Ira  A. 
Bennett,  .Vldkn   I?. 
Berry,  Edward 
Berry,  Isaiah  S. 
Bills  Artluir  A. 
Bills,  Freeman  C". 
Bills,  Jabez  F. 
Bills,  Lucius  F. 
Blood,  George  II. 
Bosworth,  George  W. 

BoUTEI.LK,     FlJAN(  IS     K. 

Boutelle,  Henry  H. 
Boutelle,  Horace  S. 
Boutelle,  James  C. 
Boutelle,  John  A. 
Boutelle,  Hoijkkt 

BoYLSTON,    EnWAKD    I). 

Brahaney,  Patrick 
Breed,  Henry  \. 
liraman,  Cornelius 
Urockway,  Ilosea  W. 
Broderick,  .James  II. 
Brow  II,  Albert  P. 


Brown,  .Viignstiis  W. 
Brown,  William 
Brown,  William  2<1 
Buckley,  Daniel 
Buckley,  Dennis 
Buckley,  Patrick 
Burnham,  Cliarles  II. 
Burns,   Danii'l 
Burtt,  Edwin  K. 
Burtt,  Edwin  R. 
Butterfield,  Benjamin  F 
Butterfield,  .Joseph 
Cady,  Nathan 
Caldwell,  Edwanl  A. 
Caldwell,  Isaac  F. 
Carleton,  John 
Carr,  Lorenzo 
Carter,  James  (). 
Carter,  Oliver 
Chace,  Frank  W. 
Chickering,  Albert  E. 
Clark,  Charles  C. 
Clark,  Charles  J. 
Clark,  Edward  G. 
Clark.  John  II. 
Clark,  ^^'illiam 
Clark,  William  D. 
Clark,  William  R. 
Coburn,  Leon  O. 
Cochran,  James 
Coggin,  .John  II. 
Coggin,  Luther 
Colby,  Charles  C. 
Colby,  Sylvester  J. 
Colcord,  Edward  J. 
Colston,  Fred 
Colston,  William  H. 


180 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Converse,  Charles 
Converse,  Charles,  jr. 
Converse,  Eben 
Converse,  Luther  B. 
Converse,  Robert 
Coombs,  Isaac 
Cram,  Daniel  W. 
Crooker,  Carroll  J. 
Cross,  Cyrus 
Cross,  William  L. 
Danforth,  George 
David,  Barnabas  B. 
David,  John  O. 
Davis,  Charles  L. 
Davis,  Edson 
Davis,  Herman  V. 
Davis,  Josiah  G. 
Day,  Henry  C. 
Dinsmore,  AValter  H. 
Dodge,  Charles  W. 
Dodge,  Henry  C. 
Dodge,  Isaac  B. 
Dodge,  Perley 
Dodge,  Perley  W. 
Doyle,  Jei'eraiah  J. 
Doyle,  John 
Doyle,  John,  jr. 
Doyle,  Patrick 
Druker,  Joseph  H. 
Duncklee,  Porter 
Eaton,  George  S. 
Eaton,  Harrison 
Eaton,  Harry  G. 
Eaton,  Samuel 
Farley,  George  E. 
Fay,  Joseph  B. 
Felton,  Hiram  G. 
Fields,  Edwin 
Fisher,  Joel  F. 
Fletcher,  Daniel  A. 
Fletcher,  John 
Fletcher,  John  P. 
Flint,  Butler  P. 


Ford,  Frederick 
Forsaith,  AVilson  D. 
Fowle,  Josei^h  E. 
George,  Xathaniel  H. 
Gill,  Charles 
Gilson,  Frank  O. 
Gilson,  Luke 
Gilson,  Stephen  II. 
Goss,  John  II. 
Gould,  .John 
Grater,  Charles  E. 
Green,  Franklin  C. 
Hanson,  John  A. 
Hanson,  Joseph  F. 
Hardy,  Arthnr 
Harris,  Henry  A. 
Hartshorn,  Frank 
Hartshorn,  George  R. 
Harvell,  John  II. 
Harvell,  Thomas  M. 
Ilassell,  George  R. 
Hassell,  Joseph  II. 
Haseltine,  James  G. 
Ilaseltine,  John  E. 
Heath,  Alvin 
Ilerrick,  Frank  P. 
Herrick,  George  W. 
Ilerrick,  Samuel  D. 
Hildreth,  John  H. 
Hill,  Alon/.o 
Hill,  Arthur  H. 
Hill,  Bradford  A. 
Hill,  Granville  S. 
Ilodgman,  George 
Hodgman,  John  P. 
Hodkins,  Edward 
Holbrook,  Francis  W. 
Ilolbrook,  Frank  A. 
Holbrook,  George  E, 
Holden,  George  W. 
Holt,  Edwin  M. 
Holt,  George  E. 
Holt,  Israel  H. 


IX.] 


CHECK-LIST,  MARCH,  18^2. 


181 


Holt,  Nathan  K. 
Hopkins,  David 

HOWAKK,     HlltltlKr 

HowAKi),  Lkvi 
Hubbard,  Eugene  C. 
Hubbard,  William  H. 
Hutchinson,  Isaiah 
Hutchinson,  Justin  E. 
Jackson,  James  ^I. 
Jennisou,  Edwin  P. 
Jkpsox,   Hkx.iami n 
Jess,  Robert 
Jewett,  George  W. 
Jones,  Ephraini  W. 
Jones,  Peter  W. 
Jo.NKS,  Timothy 
Jones,  Thomas 
Kelly,  Patrick 
Kent,  George 
Keyes,  Horace  W. 
Kidder,  Amhew  J. 
Kinson,  Charles  H. 
KxKiirr.  Jonathan 
Knight,  Hobert  S. 
Leavitt,  Frank 
Eeavitt  Michael, 
Leavitt,  Michael,  jr. 
Lelaud.  Willis  I). 
Longa,  Charles  H. 
Lovejoy,  Leander 
Lovejoy,  William 
Lowe,  Albert  X. 
Lowe.  Xewton 
Lowe,  Walter  1). 
Lynch,  ( Jeorge  F. 
A  Lace,  Frank  W. 
I^hiok.  William  A. 
McConihe,  John  H. 
Mclntire,  Horatio 
McKay,  Charles  H. 
McKay,  John 
McKean,  Isaac  P. 
Mahan.  Richard 


Marlile,  Benjamin 
Marvell,  Daniel  K. 
Maxwell,  Francis 
Mklenky,   Hkyant 
Mf.i.kndy,  Ciiaiu,i.s 
Melendy,  Daniel  W. 
Melendy,  James 
Melendy,  J<ihn  II. 

MeI.KNDY.     LlTllKK 

Melendy,  Nathaniel  M. 
Melendy,  William 
Merrill,' H.  Frank 
Merrill,  Benjamin  F. 
^Merrill,  Charles 
jNIeserve,  Eben 
.Millard,  John  V. 
Mooar,  William 
Moor,  James  R. 
Morse,  John  1. 
Mullen,  John 
Mullen,  Michael 
Newton,  Frank  8. 
Nourse,  James  P. 
Noyes,  Allied 
Noyes,  Edward  A. 
Noyes,  Fraidc  W. 
Noyes,  Frederick  A. 

NoYKS,    WlI.MAM 

Ober,  John  \. 
Ober,  Samiei, 
O'Connell,  John 
O'Comiell,  Thomas 
Odell,  Pliny  F. 
O'Donnell,  Patrick 
Osgood,  George  W. 
Osttooi),  Joel  F. 
Osgood,  Joel  F.,  jr. 
Parker,  Arthur  H. 
Parker,  Charles 
Parker,  Charles  S. 
Parker,  (Jeorge  E. 
Parker,  Granville 
Park<>r.  Granville,  jr. 


182 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Parker,  Henry  M. 
Parker,  Isaac 
Parker,  Thomas  B. 
Parkhurst,  Ephraim  A. 
Parkhurst,  Henry 
Parkhurst,  Henry  H. 
Parkhurst,  James  S. 
Parkhurst,  Silas  P. 
Parkhurst,  Spaulding 
Peabody,  Charles  A. 
Peabody,  Daniel  A. 
Peacock,  John  G. 
Peacock,  Ezra  W. 
Peacock,  Rufus  A. 
Peaslee,  William  S. 
Phelps,  Frank  A. 
Phelps,  Frank  P. 
Phelps,  Horace 
Philbrick,  Albert  M. 
Pailbrick,  Freeman  M. 
Philbrick,  John  C. 
Pratt,  William 
Prince,  Calvin 
Prince,  Charles  A. 
Prince,  James  U. 
Prince,  John  M. 
Prince,  Rodney 
Prince,  Solomon 
Prince,  Wilder  J. 

Pulsifer,  Jeremiah  (). 
Putnam,  Elijah 

Putnam,  George  W. 

Ranger,  Ebenezer 

Rhoads,  Albert 

Rhoads,  David  H. 

Rhoads,  Warren 

Rhoads,  William 

Richardson,  Charles 

Riddle,  Charles  A. 

Rideout,  Abel  T. 

Riley,  Owen 

Robbins,  George  E, 

Roby,  Ira 


Rotch,  Albert  A. 
Rotch,  William  B. 
Russ,  Isaac  J. 
Russell,  William  F. 
Ryan,  Bart 
Ryan,  James  T. 
Ryan,  James  W. 
Sampson,  John 
Sargent,  Charles  B. 
Sargent,  Enoch  P. 
Sargent,  Frank 
Sargent,  Shepton  M. 
Sargent,  Thomas  D. 
Sargent,  William  B. 
Sawtelle,  Eli 
Sawtelle,  Eli  A. 
Sawyer,  Andrew  F. 
Secomb,  Charles 
Secomb,  Henry  W. 
Secomb,  Levi  J. 
Shaffer,  Oscar 
Shaw,  George  H. 
Sheehan,  Daniel  H. 
Sheehan,  Jeremiah 
Shemard,  Robert 
Shepard,  Alonzo  P. 
Shepard,  Andrew  N. 
Shepley,  Chester 
Shoram,  Frank 
Skinner,  Appleton  J. 
Skinner,  Joshua  F. 
SkuUy,  John 
Sloan,  George 
Small,  George 
Small,  Gilbert 
Smith,  Charles  E. 
Smith,  George  E. 
Smith,  Langdon 
Snow,  William 
Staples,  Alphonzo  E. 
Staples,  Levi 
Staples,  Samuel  E. 
Stearns,  Hiram  D. 


IX.] 


CHECK-LIST,  MARCH,  188-'. 


183 


Stearn.s,  Jame.s  B. 
Stewart,  William 
Stevens,  Alpheus 
Stickiiev,  Timotliy  J. 
Trow,  C'lareiu-e  I^. 
Trow,  Daniel  W. 
Trow.  Jost'pli  P. 
rpliain,  Jacob  H. 
LTpluun,  John  II. 
I'ptoii,  Jeremiah 
I'pton,  J.  Edward 
Walker,  Charle.s  M. 
Walkkh,  George 
^^'alker,  George  K. 
Wallace,  John 
Walton,  Benjamin  F. 
Webster,  James  F. 
"Webster,  James  P. 
West,  Henry 
Weston,  James  F. 
Wheeler,  Benjamin 


Wheeler,  Charles  P. 
Wheeler,  Henry 
Wheeler,  Nathan  C. 
White,  Charles  II. 
White,  Charles  S. 
WiiiTixc,   Bex.iami.n   B. 
Whiting,  Benjamin  F. 
Wilkins,  Aaron  S. 
Wilkins,  Charles  E. 
Wilkins,  Frank  E. 
Wilkins,  (Jeorge  H. 
Wilkins,  Milton  A. 
Wilkins,  Samuel 
Wilkins,  Samuel  F. 
Wilson,  Jacob 
Woods,  William  K. 
Woodward,  Aaion  B. 
Worcester,  Frank 
Wright,  Charles  F. 
Wright,  Francis 


184 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


CHAPTER  X. 

STATISTICS. 

POPULATION    OF  THE  TOWN  AT  DIFFERENT    PERIODS. HEADS    OF 

FAMILIES,  AND  NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  IN  EACH  FAMILY,  1820. 
MORTUARY  STATISTICS. DEATHS  IN  1842. PERSONS  BE- 
TWEEN 80  AND  90  YEARS  OF  AGE  WHO  HAVE  DIED  SINCE  1782. 
NONAGENARIANS. CENTENARIANS. AGRICULTURAL  STA- 
TISTICS.  TOWN  DEBT  AT  DIFFERENT    TIMES. PROPORTION    OF 

STATE  TAX. — MANUFACTURING  STATISTICS  OP  HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY,  1809. MODERATORS  OP  THE  ANNUAL  TOWN  MEET- 
INGS.  TOWN  CLERKS. SELECTMEN. SUPERVISORS  OP  ELEC- 
TIONS.  COMPENSATION     OP     SELECTMEN. REPRESENTATIVES 

IN  THE  GENERAL    COURT. DECEASE    OF  TOWN  OFFICERS  SINCE 

1775. JUSTICES    OF    THE    PEACE.— VOTES     FOR     PRESIDENTS 

AND    GOVERNORS    OF    THE    STATE    SINCE     1784. CHECK-LIST 

USED  AT  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  IN  MARCH,  1843,  AND  DE- 
CEASE OF  VOTERS. CONSTITUTIONAL  CONVENTIONS. 


POPULATION. 

roiirteen  families  were  settled  in  town  at  the  time  of  Mr. 
Wilkins's  ordination,  23  September,  1741. 

"  Thirty-five  families,  in  which  were  fifty-eight  men  above  sixteen 
years  old,  remained  in  town  13  May,  1747." 

The  whole  popnlation  of  the  town  in 

1767  was       858  1790  was  2,369  1840  was  1,565 

1773  1,370  1800  2,150  1850  1,613 

1775  1,428  1810  1,554  1860  1,508 

1783  1,909  1820  1,622  1870  1,353 

1786  1,912  1830  1,657  1880  1,225 


X.]  POPULATION.  185 

In  17G7  there  were  421      males    .and      437  females. 

1773       "       "  692         "  "         078 

1775       "       "  G07  \\  lute  iiiali's  and  747  wliite  females. 
1790       «       "      1,147         "         ••     "  1,204 
1800  sexes  not  given  in  census. 

islo  there  were  7(31)  white  males  and  784  white  females. 

1S20       "       "  779      males    and      843  females. 

1830       "       »  809  white  males  and  842  white  females. 

1840       "       "  735      males    and      830  females. 

1850       "       "  777         "  "         836 

1860       "       "  710         "  "  798         " 

1870       "       "  644        "  "         709         " 

1S80       "       "  596        "  "         629         " 

The  number  of  families  in  ISIO  was  23;")  ;  in  1,^20,  281  ; 
in  1850,  328  ;  in  1860,  345  ;  in  1870,  35.3  ;  in  ls80,  338. 

Averajz'o  miniber  of  persons  in  eaeli  family  in  1810,  (:!}  ; 
in  1880,  3^. 

Of  the  inhal)itants  in  1880,  1)65  were  natives  of  New 
Ham|)sliire,  118  of  Massachnsetts,  27  of  Maine,  21  of  Ver- 
mont, 1<)  of  New  York,  4  of  Pennsylvania,  3  of  Conneetient, 
2  of  Wiseonsin  ;  one  eacli  of  New  Jersey,  Iventncky,  Min- 
nesota, and  California  ;  52  of  Ireland,  8  of  Enuiand,  3 
of  Canada,  and  one  each  of  (Icrmany  and  Scothind. 

The  popuhition  of  tlie  villatre  preeinet  in  lS80  was  434  : 
of  the  ontcr  districts,  7i'l.  In  the  precinct  w^re  181  males 
;iii<l  253  females.  In  tlir  oiilcr  districts  were  415  males 
and  376  females. 

The  whole  white  jjopiilalion  of  the  town  in  183<>  was 
l,ti51.  The  whole  poi)ulation  of  the  town  in  1880  was 
1,225,  a  loss  in  lifty  years  of  426. 

Of  the  whole  poj)ulation  in  1830,  1,250  were  nndcr  forty 
years  of  ajic  and  392  were  forty  years  old  and  njjward. 

Of  th»^  whole  j)opidation  in  18S0,  704  were  nnder  forty 
years  of  age,  and  521  were  forty  years  old  and  upward, 
showing  a  loss  of  555  in  tlie  |)opnlati(^n  under  forty  years  of 
age,  and  a  g-ain  of  120  in  the  iiojuilation  forty  years  old 
and  upward,  in  fifty  years. 


767 

1773 

200 

330 

63 

109 

135 

237 

17 

13 

2 

2 

270 

412 

147 

245 

18 

19 

2 

2 

186  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

In  the  censuses  of  1767  and  1773  the  ages  of  some  of 
the  inhabitants,  and  the  number  of  each  sex,  are  given  as 
follows  : 

MALES. 

Boys  of  16  years  old  and  under, 
Unmarried  men  between  16  and  60  years, 
Married  "  "  "  " 

Men  above  60  years. 
Slaves, 

FEMALES. 
Unmarried, 
Married, 
Widows, 
Slaves, 

In  the  census  of  1775  the  population  is  classified  as 
follows  : 

Boys  under  16  years  old,  343 

Men  16  years  old  and  under  51),  not  in  the  army,  200 

Men  50  years  old  and  upward,  53 

Men  in  the  army,                                                       ■  81 

Females,  747 

Colored  persons — sex  not  stated,  4 

In  the  census  of  1790  the  population  was  not  classified. 

In  1800  there  were  31  colored  persons  in  the  First 
parish.  Of  whites,  630  were  under  16  years  of  age,  and 
809,  16  years  old  and  upward. 

At  the  same  time  there  were  2  colored  persons  in  the 
Second  parish,  325  white  persons,  under  16  years  of  age, 
and  353,  16  years  old  and  upward. 

In  1810  and  1820  the  white  population  was  classified 
thus  : 

MALES. 

1810  1820 

Under  16  years  of  age,                                                             359  328 

Of  16  and  under  26  years,                                                       148  151 

Of  26  and  under  45  years,                                                       130  141 

Of  45  years  and  upward,                                                         123  158 


336 

31(1 

153 

17»] 

i;5(i 

m 

!.-)(» 

1(13 

X.]  POPULATION.  187 

F1>:M  ALIOS. 

Under  16  years  of  age, 
Of  16  ami  under  26  years, 
Of  "26  and  under  45  years, 
Of  4")  years  and  upward, 

111  183U,  184U,  1850,  l8(iU,  l.STU,  and  1880,  the   .lin'civiit 
classes  of  population  were  as  follows  : 


Under  2il  years  of  age, 
()i  2i>  and  under  U)  years, 
( )f  to  and  under  60  years, 
(Jf  60  years  and  upward. 


Under  2(1  years  of  age, 
<  H  20  and  under  40  years. 
Of  40  and  under  00  years. 
Of  60  years  and  upward, 

ill  IT'jn  I'ortsnioiith,  Rochester,  LDudoiulen-v,  ilaiTing- 
ton,  and  Gilnianton,  only,  of  the  towns  in  the  State,  had  a 
greater  population  than  Amherst.  In  1880,  78  cities  and 
towns  had  a  larger  population. 

Ill  the  census  of  1783  the  selectmen  stated  that  there 
were  in  town  250  dwelling-liouses  and  247  barns.  In  1820 
404  of  the  iiilial)itants  were  enuagod  in  agriculture  ;  122  iu 
lUMiuitncturi's  :  and  1"  in  trade  'i'lir  ministers,  doctors, 
and  lawyers,  were  classed  as  manufacturers  I 

The  censuses  of  17<i7,  1778,  1775,  17s3,  and  178<!.  were 
taken  by  tlie  selectmen  ;  those  of  17'.H).  1800,  and  l8lo,  by 
Col.  Daniel  Warner  ;  that  of  1820,  by  ("a]it.  John  Seeiunlie  : 
1830,  by  Stephen  Peabody,  Esij. :  1850,  by  Robert  Moore, 
Es(i. ;  i8»;0,  by  Charles  Richardson,  Esq.;  1870,  by  J. 
Abbott  Maisli.  l-:s.|.;  1880,  by  Isaac  Brooks  Dodge,  Esq. 

Copies  of  the  censuses  of  1810  and  1820  may  l)c  found  in 
the  library  of  the  N.  H.  Historical   Society  ;    of  those  of 


MALES 

1830 

1840 

18.50 

1S60 

1870 

1880 

420 

345 

334 

265 

237 

■'22 

204 

200 

211 

198 

156 

131 

110 

11.-. 

155 

158 

151 

134 

66 

75 

77 

80 

1(10 

100 

FEMALES. 

3S4 

370 

332 

267 

233 

is-j 

242 

224 

235 

233 

l!tl 

loo 

127 

156 

166 

178 

KM 

US 

80 

SO 

103 

120 

121 

130 

188 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST 


[Chap. 


1850,  1860,  and  1870,  in  the  State  library  at  Concord ;  and 
1880,  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Hillsborough 
county,  Nashua. 

Heads  of  families  and  number  of  persons  in  each  family, 
1  August,  1820: 


John  Alcock, 
Jane  Alld, 

No.  Persons. 
9 

2 

Daniel  Campbell, 
Daniel  Campbell,  jr., 
Moses  Carlton, 

1 
8 
3 

Elizabeth  Appleton, 
John  Arbuckle, 

6 
5 

Michael  Carter, 
James  Cash, 

2 
3 

Charles  H.  Atherton, 

8 

Isaac  Chickering, 

10 

Jeremiah  Barnard, 

6 

Calvin  Clark, 

3 

Solomon  Barron, 

4 

Daniel  Clark, 

11 

Archelaus  Batchelder, 

3 

Ebenezer  Clark, 

5 

Rachel  Batchelder, 

3 

Ezra  Clark, 

8 

James  Bell, 
Ebenezer  Bills, 

9 

7 

Timothy  Clark, 
Clifton  Clagett, 

2 
11 

Jasper  Blake, 
Samuel  Blake, 
Ephraim  Blanchard, 
James  Blanchard, 

3 

5 
6 
5 

John  Cochran, 
Isaac  Colby, 
Isaac  Combs, 
Ebenezer  Converse, 

6 
9 
5 
9 

Lemuel  Blood, 

6 

Josiah  Converse, 

10 

Rufus  Blood, 

9 

Robert  Converse, 

2 

John  Blunt, 

6 

Melzar  Crooker, 

8 

Joseph  Boutell, 
Joseph  Boutell,  jr., 
Luther  Boutell, 
Lilly  E.  Boutell, 

7 
4 
2 
2 

Joseph  Crosby, 
Porter  Crosby, 
Nancy.  Curtis, 
Samuel  Curtis, 

9 

5 
5 
5 

Abraham  Boutell, 
Caleb  Boutell, 
Lucy  Bowers, 
Richard  Boylston, 
William  Bradbury, 
John  Bragg, 
Isaac  Brooks, 

4 

11 
1 

10 
6 
5 
6 

Benjamin  Damon, 
Stephen  Damon, 
Warren  Damon, 
Luther  Dana, 
Jacob  Danforth, 
Timothy  Danforth, 
Samuel  Davis, 

6 
4 
5 
4 
10 
10 
3 

William  Brown, 
William  Brown,  jr., 
William  Brown,  3d, 

■  4 

10 

4 

Thomas  M.  Dickey, 
Bartholomew  Dodge, 
Bartholomew  Dodge,  jr.. 

7 
2 
9 

Stephen  Butler, 
Alexander  Caldwell, 

3 

5 

Levi  Dodge, 
David  Duncklee, 

4 
2 

David  Caldwell, 

8 

Jacob  Duncklee, 

7 

Josiah  Caldwell, 

4 

Jacob  Durant, 

3 

X.] 


HEADS    OF    FAMILIES,  ls20. 


189 


Xatliaii  .F.  hiuaiit. 

() 

.lolin  DiitUm, 

3 

Cyrus  Kastiiuiii, 

5 

.lolin  lOatoii, 

6 

Amos  Elliott, 

G 

Andrew  Elliott, 

6 

lloger  Elliott, 

0 

Ki'lH'kali  Earley, 

0 

Elisha  Fcltoii, 

6 

Francis  Fields, 

(\ 

Samuel  Fields, 

4 

David  Fisk, 

5 

William  Fisk, 

10 

Samut'l  FletclitM-, 

5 

Calvin  Flint, 

5 

Sarah  Flint, 

o 

.lonatlian  Foster, 

(! 

Ephraim  French, 

4 

Frodnriok  French, 

0 

Israel  Fuller, 

7 

.lolm  Fuller, 

7 

Xatiian  Fuller, 

0 

Robert  Gibson, 

5 

Samuel  Gibson, 

o 

.Tames  (Jilmore, 

:5 

.lames  (Jilmore,  jr.. 

( 

.(esse  (iilmorc. 

•  1 

Ephraim  Goss, 

8 

Francis  Grater, 

7 

Zaccheus  Greeley, 

G 

Amos  Green, 

12 

Danifl  Hartshorn, 

7 

Edward  Hartshorn, 

4 

.lames  Hartshorn, 

5 

.John  Hartshorn, 

4 

.John  Hartshorn,  jr.. 

.") 

William  Hartshorn, 

•) 

.Foseph  Harvill, 

10 

.lohn  Haselton, 

8 

Anna  Henchman, 

o 

David  Hildreth, 

4 

Hannah  Hildreth,      • 

4 

.lacob  Hildreth. 

( 

Mary  W.  Hildn-th, 
Samuel  Hildreth, 
Moses  Hills, 
David  Holmes, 
Sarah  M.  Holmes, 
.Joseph  Hood, 
Henry  Jloward, 
.Josiah  Howard, 
Amos  Hub1>ard, 
.John  .Jewett, 
.Joseph  .Jewett, 
.Josiah  .Jewett, 
Nathaniel  .Jewett, 
Timothy  .Jones. 
Thomas  K(>arney. 
.John  Kehew, 
Nathan  Kendall, 
Stephen   Kendall, 
Henjamin  Kendrick, 
.Josiah  Kidder, 
El)ene/.er  Kimball, 
.Jacob  Kiml>all, 
Henry  Ivimball, 
Holton  Kimball, 
Manstield  i\ing, 
.Foseph  Knowlton, 
.Joseph  1-akenian, 
I^ben  I.,awrence, 
Andrew  I^eavitt, 
IJenjamin  Eeavitt, 
.John  I.,eavitt, 
.Joseph  I.eaviit, 
Nathan  Eord, 
.Jonathan  Lovejoy, 
Stephen  I.,ovejoy, 
Sarah  Low, 
\Villiam  Eow, 
Asa  McCluer, 
.James  C.  >Iace, 
Salathicl  Manning, 
David  McG.  Means, 
Robert  Means, 
Nathaniel  Melendv, 


5 
7 
6 
9 
6 
3 
7 
6 
6 
0 
4 
2 

12 
8 
8 
6 
8 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
9 
6 
0 

12 
5 
5 
4 
6 
7 

n 

9 
4 
3 
3 

7 
6 
14 
8 
8 


190 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Thomas  Melendy, 

4 

John  Seaton, 

4 

William  Melendy, 

13 

Nathan  K.  Seaton, 

2 

David  INIelvin, 

6 

David  Secombe, 

3 

David  Melvin,  jr., 

3 

John  Secombe, 

6 

Horatio  ]VIerrill, 

11 

Nathan  Shattuck, 

10 

Hugh  Moore, 

10 

Nathaniel  Shattuck, 

8 

Joseph  Morrison, 

3 

Benjamin  Shepard, 

6 

Daniel  Moulton, 

4 

James  Shepard, 

10 

Joseph  Nichols, 

5 

John  Shepard, 

4 

Leonard  T.  Nichols, 

2 

John  Shepard,  jr.. 

8 

Timothy  Nichols, 

5 

Lummus  Shepard, 

6 

Moses  Noyes, 

7 

Mercy  Shepard, 

2 

Moses  Noyes,  jr.. 

3 

Samuel  Shepard, 

4 

Silas  Noyes, 

6 

James  Sloan, 

4 

John  Ober, 

9 

Amelia  Smith, 

7 

Luther  Odall, 

4 

Jedediah  K.  Smith, 

4 

William  Odall, 

2 

Maverick  Smith, 

8 

Rut'us  Orcutt, 

3 

Joseph  Spalding, 

6 

Benjamin  Parker, 

8 

Matthias  Spalding, 

9 

Edmund  Parker, 

5 

Patience  Stanley, 

1 

Isaac  Parker, 

S 

Eleazer  Stearns, 

3 

Joseph  Parker, 

4 

James  Stearns, 

12 

Didymus  Pearsons, 

8 

Oren  Steai'ns, 

3 

John  Patterson, 

8 

Reuben  Stearns, 

9 

William  Peacock, 

2 

-  Zaccheus  Stearns, 

7 

William  Peacock,  jr., 

9 

Daniel  Stevens, 

6 

Amos  Phelps, 

8 

David  Stewart, 

12 

Susannah  Phelps, 

2 

]\Ioses  B.  Stewart, 

5 

Loea  Pratt, 

8 

Sewall  Stratton, 

9 

Abel  Prince, 

7 

Cyrus  Styles, 

4 

George  Prince,  - 

7 

Ebenezer  Taylor, 

10 

Solomon  Prince, 

10 

ffohn  Taylor, 

2 

John  Purple, 

3 

Joel  F.  Thayer, 

3 

Elijah  Putnam, 

6 

Jonathan  Thayer, 

6 

John  Putnam, 

5 

Ellas  Thomas, 

3 

Joseph  Putnam, 

4 

George  Thomas, 

5 

James  Ray, 

11 

Israel  Thomas, 

7 

Robert  Read, 

5 

Oliver  Thompson, 

4 

William  Read, 

r 

William  Towne, 

7 

Polly  Remington, 

4 

Amos  Truel, 

2 

Eleazer  Rhoads, 

9 

Amos  Truel,  jr.. 

8 

Charles  Richardson, 

6 

Moses  Truel, 

5 

William  Roby, 

6 

Samuel  Truel, 

5 

X.] 


MORTUARY    STATISTICS. 


lOl 


Wilhml  Trurl, 

3 

James  Tiittle, 

<) 

Thonicas  I  'ndiM-wood, 

1 

Aiiiits  1  'pliani. 

7 

.lacul)  rpliaiu. 

I 

Nathan  I'pliain, 

1(1 

riiiiiclias  rpliain, 

J> 

William  Wakcti.-l.l, 

i) 

Diiiioiid  AVaneii, 

8 

Met-sy  Washer, 

0 

Dorcas  Wellington, 

1 

Ebenezer  Weston, 

ti 

Isaac  Weston, 

(5 

Daniel  Wheeler, 

5 

.John  \\'hi'eler. 

5 

.John  N.  Wheeler, 

7 

rlonathaii  \\'heeler. 

4 

Timothy  Wheeler,  jr., 

10 

.Idlui  Whitcoml), 
Ira  Whiting, 
Nathaniel  Whiting, 
tieorge  A\'iley, 
John  Wiley, 
IJohert  Wiley, 
Aaron  Wilkins, 
Benjamin  Wilkins, 
Jotliam  Wilkins, 
Saninel  Wilkins, 
Jonathan  Wilson, 
Mary  Wilson, 
Joseph  ^^'inn, 
Ezra  Woolson, 
Nathaniel  Woolson, 
Thomas  ^Voolson, 
Nathaniel  Woodlniry, 
Foster  Wyatt, 


MORTUARY    STATISTICS. 

'I'lic  wliulc  iiiiiiiliiT  of  deaths  in  Aiuhorst  iVniu  1  .laiiii 
1805,  to  1  .laiiiian  ,  1837,32  ycai-s,  was  S14,  <d"  whi.li  ll 
wore 

110 
1  If) 
31 
57 
93 
43 
"jo 

The  uroatest  in  >rtality  in  any  year  was  in  \S'2'\ — •)•), 
The  least  mortality  in  any  year  was  in  1811, — 9. 
From   1    .ramiary,   1S41,  to   1    January,   lS.")T.  the    w 
number  id'  deaths  was  444  :    of  these  there  were 


I  iidi'i'  1  year  of  age. 
Of  1  and  nnder  .5  yean 
10  " 
lo  20 

20  30 

30  40 

■lo  .")(l 


Of  .50  and  under  00  years, 
(iO  70 

70  80 

80  90 

D.)  100 

loo  and  over. 

Aires  unknown. 


Ill'V  . 

M-re 

47 
(5.5 
71 
70 
15 
2 

10 


lolo 


I'nde 

r  1 

year. 

•")2 

Of  .50  and 

under  60  years. 

33 

Of  1 

and 

under  5 

vears. 

10 

.    60 

70 

36 

5 

10 

10 

70 

80 

67 

10 

20 

28 

80 

90 

45 

20 

30 

34 

no 

100 

15 

30 

40 

42 

Over  10:i. 

1 

40 

50 

32 

192 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Of  the  above,  204  were  males,  and  240  were  females. 
The  greatest  mortality  in  any  year  was  in  1854, — 35. 
The  least  mortality  in  any  year  was  in  1844, — 20. 
An    imusual   number  of  aged   people  died  in  the  year 
1842,  as  the  following  list  of  deaths  in  that  year  will  show : 


Emily  Bailey,  aged 

19  years. 

Sally  J.  Hills, 

2Q^  years 

Luke  11.  Bills, 

H 

George  Howard, 

34 

iSIarinda  Bills, 

28 

Peter  Jones, 

80 

Jane  Caldwell, 

90 

Rebecca  Jewett, 

73 

Susan  Campbell, 

63 

Lydia  Kimball, 

70 

Margaret  Claggett, 

77 

Joseph  Knowlton, 

75 

Joseph  Crosby, 

89 

Thomas  Melendy, 

93| 

Albert  F.  David, 

1 

Susannah  IMoore, 

70 

Adam  Dickey, 

fiO 

INIartha  E.  Parker, 

^ 

Levi  Dodge, 

72 

Didymus  Pearsons, 

76 

Jacob  Duncklee, 

72 

Jane  Pearsons, 

30 

Sophia  Elliott, 

46 

Mary  Phelps, 

28 

Ambrose  Gould, 

(35 

John  Purple, 

98 

Dea.  John  Hartshorn, 

83 

Reuben  Stearns, 

73 

Betsy  Ilaseltiiie, 

57 

Joseph  Winn, 

30 

Whole  number  of  deaths,  30. 
died  were  over  60  year  of  age. 


Eighteen  of  those  who 


LONGEVITY, 

Octogenarians  who  have  died  in  Amherst  since  1782 

1782,     4  Aug.,  John  Burns,     . 

1788,  23  Feb.,  Joseph  Steel, 

1789,  28  Xov.,  Lt.  Joseph  Prince, 
1791,  22  Nov.,  Israel  Towne, 
1795,  19  May,  Dea.  Joseph  Boutell, 
1797,  16  Jan.,  Wid.  Keturah  Stewart, 

1802,  9  Dec,  Lydia  Wilkins, 

1803,  5  May,  Jonathan  AVilkins, 
1803,  11  Sept.,  Robert  Read,    . 
1803,  20  Oct.,  Benjamin  Pike,* 
1803,  27  Oct.,  Widow  Flint,    . 

1803,  22  Dec,  Benjamin  AVilkins, 

1804,  17  April,  Mrs.  Pettingill, 
1806,  30  Aug.,  Daniel  Stevens, 


80 

82 

88 

86 

88 

82 

-    83 

83 

83 

81 

80 

.    '     80 

85 

X.]  LOXGKVITY.  193 

lS(i7.  L'lM-Vl).,  Pliilo  Tallxit,  .         M 

Vi  Dfc,  X;itlian  Fuller,  .  .  .  ^7 

islo,    -JOct..  Jolui  Stearns,  .  .  .si 

1811.    7  .May,  Liiey  Kllswoitii,  .  .  .  S9 

S  .July,  Kleazer  Usher,  ....         sf) 

2"}  Auuf.,  Hannah  Lovejoy,  si 

ISI-J,  "JO  Kel).,  Dorcas  Stevens,         ....  SO 

;5  March.  William  O.l.'ll.  .  h.", 

20  May,  Zaccheiis  .'^tearns,  .  .SI 

181:],  12  Feli.,  William  Melendy,  ,s:j 

1^!  Xi)V.,  Benjamin  Kendrick.  .88 

isl  I,  2s. Ian.,  Mrs.  Stearns,     ....  80 

2(t  Aug.,  Klizalieth  'I'ruel.  .  .88 

;3(i  Dec,  Lydia  Wilkins,  ....         s.5 

ISI.").     4  Fell..  Kli/.ahetli  (Jihson,  .  .  .  sj 

23  May,  Klizabetli  Stevens,   .  .  .  .83 

2s  (),t..  Mary  Kiddle,     ....  86 

1S17.  21.Fan..  Phei)e  Odell,  .  ....         85 

23  April.  Andrew  Shannon,  ...  89 

30  Dec,  Martha  Fuller,  ....         83 

Lucy  Harron,    ....  83 

lsl>.  ■_'7  May,  Sarah  Kendrick,       ....         88 

lsi!».    2  June,  Mrs.  Davis       .  .  .  .  ^7 

12  -Aug.,  Kendall  Boutell,      ....         .Si 
3(1  Nov.,  Samuel  Gib.son,  .  si; 

1S21,  17  Feb.,  Khenezer  Kimball,  .  .si 

<5  April,  John  Ilarvell,  .'^."» 

!SL'2.    2  Oct.,  Elizabeth  Kind.all,  .  .88 

April,  Amos  Truel.    ....  S3 

2:.  Dec,  Phebe  Klliott,  .88 

Lucy  Shepard,  ....  83 

1S2;!.  21  .Ian..  Col.  Robert  Means,  .  .         SQ 

Dec,  Lieut.  .Vrchelaus  liatohelder,  ^1 

is_>.-..  1:1  Fob..  .John  Hrown,  ....         S'J 

.lames  Gilniore,  8(5 

William  Brown,       ....         8'! 

1826.    3  March,  Patience  Lovej<iy.  s.". 

13  Aug.,  David  Duncklee,  so 
1:5  ( )ct..  .Joseph  Parker,  .                  .  sj 

1S-J7,        April.  .Jerusha  Dodge,       ....         s3 
l.'i  Dec,  Isaac  Parker,    ....  ^2 

■_'2  Dec.  Mary  Converse,  .  ^7 

13 


194                                       HISTORY    OP    AMHERST,  [Cluip. 

1828,  Mrs.  Usher,  .  .  .  .  S3 
30  Dec,  Lucy  Pollard,            .                 .                 .  .85 

1829,  16  Dec,  Lieut.  John  Patterson,     ...  87 

1830,  26  May,  John  Hartshorn,       .                 .                 .  .86 

1831,  25  March,  David  Hildreth,             .                 .                 .  82 

1  June,  Hannah  Weston,  .  .  .  .80 
•2i  Aug.,  Cyrus  Stiles,  ....  80 
22  Oct.,  Mrs.  Fowle,               .                 .                 .  .80 

5  Nov.,  Elizabeth  Whitney,          ...  86 
1832, 20  Feb.,  Phebe  Jewett,        "  .                 .                 .  .87 

9  Nov.,  Mrs.  Joseph  Prince,         ...  81 

1833,  29  March,  Mrs.  EKzbeth  Warner,         .                 .  .         82 

24  May,  John  Cochran,                   ...  85 

Mrs.  Hassel,              .                .                .  .84 

Hannah  Holt,     ....  82 

12  Oct.,  Deborah  Barnard,     .                 .                 .  .80 

1834,  9  April,  Timothy  Carlton,  .  .  '  .  81 
10  May,  Mrs.  Lewis,  -  .  .  .89 
22  June,  Sarah  Richards,                ...  82 

3  Sept.,  Elizabeth  Pollard,  .                 .                 .  .82 

10  Oct.,  William  Read,  ....  80 

1835,  15  Jan.,  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard,  .  .  .84 
12  Jan.,  Capt.  Samuel  Shepard,     ...  85 

1836,  8  April,  Miss  Mary  Herrick,                .              '  .  .         80 

3  Oct.,  Dea.  John  Seaton,             .                 .                 .  80 
Nov.,  jNIary  Hildreth,        .                 .                 .  .88 

27  Nov.,  John  Blunt,      ....  80 

1837,  27  Feb.,  Mary  Taylor,            .                 .                 . '  .84 

25  March,  Lydia  Wilkins,              ...  83 

1838,  16  Jan.,  Elizabeth  Shepard,  .                 .                 .  .84 

6  June,  Abel  Prince,    ....  82 

2  Nov.,  Timothy  Hartshorn,  .  .  .81 
10  Nov.,  Ebenezer  Sargent,            ...  83 

1839,  6  Jan.,  Phebe  Duncklee,  .  .  .  .89 
24  March,  Mary  Dodge,  ...  84 
29  March,  John  Arbuckle,    .                 .                 .  .87 

4  July,  Dorcas  Wilkins,  .  .  .  8:) 
17  Dec,  Aaron  Boutell,          .                 .                 .  .86 

1840,  Sept.,  Sarah  Hartshorn,  ...  83 
21  Dec,  Isaac  Brooks,            .                .                .  .83 

1841,  16  July,  Sarah  Kendall,                  ...  83 

1842,  18  March,  Lydia  Davis,  .  .  .  .85 
10  Oct.,  Joseph  Crosby,                  ...  89 


X.]  LONGEVITY.  I'.'S 

11  Oct..  I'.'t.T  ,I(,ii..s.         ....  so 

2S  .\,,v.,  l)r:i.  Joliii  Ilarlshniii.  ...  83 

isi;].  'j:;  .Iiiii..,  David  Kisk,  .  .  .SO 

is  Awj^.,  Sarah  Weston,  ...  SO 

!•  Dec,  -Idiiatliaii  Lovfjuy,    ....         S2 

is  II.    7  .S,.,,t.,  Mary  .Mt-ivin,  ...  80 

n;  Sept.,  Ezra  Woolson,  .  ...  80 

js  N„v.,  Mis., loshiia  Clark,  .  .  .  .88 

1S45,  2n  Sept.,  Josiah  Parkor,  .  .  .  s5 

istti,    0  :\Iarcli,  Kl.'azer  Stearns,    ....         SO 

1 1  Juiii',  Eiu'uozer  Weston,  ...  84 

•j;5  -Vni;.,  Lytiia  AVIiccIer,         ....         8-1 

\'2  \ov..  llcnjaniin  Damon,  ...  SO 

1S17,  lit  May,  Klizalu-tli  Melendy,  .80 

'_*•)  Dee.,  .Vzultah  Mnnroe,  ...  '^7 

l^l\  iM  .Xpril.  Polly  Tin.-],  ....         S4 

is.July,  Xatlianiel  Melendy,  .  .  .  Sf) 

2_'  .\u-.,  rriseilla  CardniT,    ....         S2 

1  Sept.,  :yr.s.  Jane  Ellsworth.       ...  80 

2(J  Nov.,  Sarah  Kinson,  .  .  .  .85 

1>10.    ti  Maieh,  .Mrs.  Hannah  r.ills,        ...  83 

1   .\])ri].  .laeol)  I'pliain,  .  .  •  .83 

•-':i  .\pril,  Sarah  I'pliani,  .  .  ><0 

-Inly,  Sarah  Diineklee,  .  .  •         80 

1  Aw'j;.,  .Jacob  Kiinhall,  ...  81 

17  Sept.,  Joseph  Xicliols,  .87 

Dee.,  Ilannali  Elliott.  ...  85 

2  »  Dee.,  Hannah  Ereneh,  .  .  .85 

is.-.O.  Sarah  Hardy,     ....  So 

•J  F.-l'.,  Martha  .\iken,  .  ...         SO 

is.'il,  ;;  I  .March.  Josepli  Lakfinaii.  .  .  .  ^'^ 

11  .\uj;.,  Ivogor  Elliott,  .  .  .  .         S7 

1.')  Xov.,  Jacob  Dan fnrtli,  .  •  85 

ls.52,  2S  Sept.,  Hannah  Stiles,         ....         8:j 

1S5:].  12  .Vug..  Eney  CMark,      .  .  .  .  ^l 

ls."4,  1.")  Jan.,  James  .Stearns,  ....         80 

7  Maieh,  Iltigh  Moore,  .  .  .  S8 

.")  Jnly,  Mercy  (iilmore,         .  .  .88 

ls.-)5,  2!»  March,  lle'becca  W.  Clark.        .  '^3 

(')  .\iMil.  .Mary  Howard,         .  .  .  .SO 

1.')  Jnne,  Joseph  Hood,    ....  •'^4 

27  June,  Eleazer  Khoads,        .  .  •  .84 

lvS5().  2!t  July,  Sally  Xoyes,      ....  84 


196 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


1856,  10  Aug.,  Joseph  Winn, 

1858,  28  Aug.,  Jonathan  Herrick, 

1859,  6  Jan.,  Phebe  Duncklee, 
18  Dec,  Mary  P.  Barnett, 

1860,  1  Feb.,  Amos  Green, 

Rebecca  Eames,  . 
18  Oct.,  Deborah  Herrick, 
Elizabeth  Ford, 

1861,  20  Feb.,  Henry  Parkhurst, 

3  ]March,  Amos  Phelps, 
3  Aug.,  Eunice  Dodge, 

17  Aug.,  Huldah  Peacock, 
25  Aug.,  Ebenezer  Converse, 

1862,  30  June,  Aaron  Wilkins, 
25  Oct.,  John  Moor, 

27  Dec,  Rebecca  W.  Spaldin 

1863,  Hannah  Carlton, 
2  June,  Lydia  Stearns, 

22  Dec,  James  Tarbox, 

1864,  23  Feb.,  Israel  Fuller,     . 
^28  March,  Mary  Blunt, 

1865,  5  Aug.,  John  Haseltiue, 

8  Nov.,  Miss  Mary  Hartshor 

1866,  Elizabeth  Shepard, 
1  Oct.,  Mary  Chapman, 

5  Nov.,  Mary  Boylston, 

1867,  8  Jan.,  David  Lowe, 

1868,  26  March,  Henry  Abbott, 

20  July,  Mary  W.  Hubbard, 

1869,  23  Jan.,  Isaac  Weston, 

28  June,  Abigail  Gilson, 

21  July,  Simeon  C.  Danforth, 

1870,  Elizabeth  Prescott, 
20  June,  Isaac  Wheeler, 

11  Aug.,  Tabitha  Brown, 

9  Oct.,  Benjamin  Hastings,  , 

1871,  9  Jan.,  Pamelia  Brown, 
15  April,  Henry  Howard, 

18  April,  Mehitable  Weston, 

1872,  27  Aug.,  Hannah  A.  Mack,   . 

1873,  1  April,  Susan  Claggett, 

Dudley  Carlton, 

1874,  27  May,  Joseph  Fowle,  . 


X.] 


LONGEVITY. 


197 


1874 

26 

17 

IS?:. 

8 

1 

1 

8 

iS7t; 

1 

1!) 

1 

3 

1 

1S77, 

'2(» 

8 

21 

1^7. \ 

is 

15 

Ks7n, 

2.S 

1S8(), 

20 

5 

is 

:3;) 

1SS2, 


Aug.,  Betsy  Prince, 
Sept.,  Ilepsiltali  Wallace, 
F.'l..,  'riiacldeus  M.  FuII.t, 

Betsy  C.  (Jay,  . 
April,  Betsy  Kimball, 
Xov.,  Polly  Howard,  . 
Oct.,  Lemuel  Bartlett, 
Xov.,  Lucy  Wright,  . 
.Fan.,  Lucy  David, 

Lucinda  I^angley, 
March,  Hannah  S.  Downe, 
April,  Lutiier  Elliott, 
April,  Joseph  Vaughn, 
Oct.,  .lauette  Swan,    . 
Feb.,  Betsy  K.  Orcutt, 
.Vug.,  Miss  Hepsibah  Melendy, 
Nov.,  ^liss  Eunice  W.Stearns, 

Zadoc  Farmer, 
Dec,  Oliver  Thompson,    . 
May,  William  Wetherbee, 
Dec,  Sarah  E.  Thonn:)son, 
Jan.,  Miss  Eliza  H.  Stiles, 
March,  Miss  Betsy  Melendy, 
.\ug.,  Dea.  Daniel  Cram, 
Aug.,  Willard  Holdeu, 
.Vug.,  Davitl  Stewart, 
Jan.,  David  Kus-sell, 
Feb.,  Foster  Wyatt,   . 


88 
80 

88 
81 
87 
80 
81 
82 
S7 
81 
89 
82 
81 
86 
82 
86 
S.5 

so 

S7 
so 

ss 
si 
85 

SI 

s7 
si 
si 
S6 


N0N.\GEN.\HL^N8. 


DUmI. 

l?!)."),      .\pril,  Miss  Rebecca  Boutcll, 

ill) 

lSO;j,    2  Sept.,  (Jrace  Towne, 

!t6 

ISIKI,  20  June,  Sarah  Burd.-tt, 

!»1 

isos,  1!)  July,  Hannali  Boutell,      . 

!l.j 

ISO!),      Sept.,  Saraii  Stewart, 

01 

1816,  30  Jan.,  John  Brown, 

'.>:> 

ISIS,                   Phineas  Lund, 

95 

1S22,  2S  Nov.,  Benjamin  Davis, 

OS 

ls2;3,    0  .Jan.,  Samuel  Badger, 

0(1 

2!t  June,  Elizabeth  Prince,     . 

OS 

1  Jidy,  Nathaniel  Woodbury, 

04 

lO  Sept.,  Thonuis  Woolson.   . 

93 

198                                    HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1824,    3  Aug.,  Joanna  "VVooLson,              ...  96 

1826,  8  April,  Robert  Converse,    .                 .                 .  -91 

1827,  14  May,  Mrs.  BuUard,  .  .  .  .  94 
1829,  15  Jan.,  Mrs.  Truel,                .                 .                 .  .90 

1831,  24  May,  Mary  Alexander,               ...  90 

1832,  27  Dec,  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  .  .  .  90 
1834,  ]\Iay,  Widow  Lewis,  ....  93 
1838,    3  Aug.,  Miss  Mercy  Hosea,                   .                 .  .95 

Aug.,  Nancy  Ellsworth,              .                 .                 .  90 

7  Oct.,  Daniel  Campbell,  Esq.,             .                 .  .    '     99 

1840,  Abigail  Peacock,                  .                 .                 .  92 

1841,  2  Oct.,  Hannah  l^nderwood,                  .                  .  .90 
4  Sept.,  Mrs.  Rachel  Keiff,            .                 .                 .  97 

1842,  6  Jan.,  John  Purple,              .                 .                 .  .98 

28  Nov.,  Thomas  Melendy,             .                 .                 .  93 

Jane  Caldwell,  '       .                 .                 .  .90 

1843,  17  Dec,  Miss  Jauette  Hogg,          .                 .                 .  90 

1845,  3  Jan.,  Francis  Grater,         .                 .                 .  .         94 
27  ]March,  Mrs.  Eben  Webster,      ...  90 

1846,  11  Aug.,  Nathan  Kendall,      .                 .                 .  .92 

29  Aug.,  Andrew'  Leavitt,               ...  94 
1848,  13  April,  Patience  Stanley,    .                 .                 .  .92 

1  Sept.,  Anna  Kimball,                  ...  96 

1850,  28  July,  Nancy  Putnam,        .                 .                 .  .92 

1853,  4  Sept.,  Olive  Lovejoy,  .               .                 .                 .  90 

1854,  22  Aug.,  Edward  Hartshorn,  .  .  .90 
1856,        Aug.,  Daniel  Clark,  ....  92 

1859,  18  April,  Moses  Noyes,           .                 .                 .  .91 

1860,  Betsy  Merrill,  ....  91 
Julia  Haley,             .                 .                 .  .98 

1861,  5  Feb.,  Joseph  Putnam,  ...  97 
1863,  3  Dec,  Solomon  Prince,  .  .  .  .92 
1865,  22  May,  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding,    ...  95 

1874,  16  June,  Sally  Ober,               .                 .                 .  .92 

1875,  11  July,  Loea  Pratt,  .  .  .  .  90 
1877,  25  Nov.,  Sarah  Caldwell,       .                .                .  .92 

1881,  24  March,  Saul  Austin,                   ...  93 
24  Nov.,  Betsy  Lowe,              .                 .                 ,  .92 

1882,  29  Jan.,  David  Fisk,       ....  90 

CENTENARIANS. 
Died. 

1805,    1  Dec,  Hannah  (Austin)  Lovejoy,     .                 .  .       101 


X.]  AGRICULTURAL    STATISTICS.  109 

ISJ:],  i:i  Oct.,  Marv  (Ilolinaii)  Harnanl,  .           l(i(i  yrs.,  0  inos. 

18.')1.  11  .Ian.,  IIei).sil)ali  (Holt)  Hartsliuin,  .                  .  lo:}  yrs.,  7  iiios. 

is.-'),  15  Sept.,  Mi.ss  Lvdia  Harnaitl,  .               Hf_> 

\>^~'k                 .\iiali  (Hatlirifk)  (Jo.ss,  .                  .    1(15  yrs.,  1  mo. 
All  iiativos  of  Massacliiisotts. 

.\(.i;i(  ii/n  i;al  si'Ai'isriC's. 

From  tlic  ['.  S.  ceusii.s. 

<  AMI   \Ai.ii:  HI-  1840         iSoO  l.Miii         l"^7i»  l^.^i 

Farms,  not  giv.Mi.  8:32l',70;)  .•?tlo,():j;)  .•^110.(;75  !?."i<>7,;J7o 

Tools  ami  maciiinery,  "  12,855      17,>il()      ■J),775      •Jl.ll:] 


MM»KU    OK 

Ilor.sp.s, 

263 

165 

205 

24(5 

2.S3 

Workintj;  oxen, 

not  j;iven. 

220 

21  1 

12(1 

(i2 

Milch  cows, 

498 

(i77 

(527 

7o5 

Other  neat  cattle, 

'• 

525 

(i!)(j 

117 

5l.'(; 

.Sln-ep, 

1,015 

468 

2(t0 

'-'■>  ( 

117 

Swine, 

724 

389 

32:5 

271 

271 

FARM    PRODUCTS. 


NO    HISIIKLS. 

18:i9 

1S49 

1859 

1869 

1879 

Indian  corn. 

!»,0:5!» 

7,713 

11,9.55 

8,62.s 

9,3.s3 

Whrat. 

6.53 

324 

1,022 

692 

568 

ll\i'. 

3,732 

2.249 

l,.5.sl 

.')()0 

202 

Oats, 

.5,2S3 

3,539 

5,s(;,s 

3,604 

2.1.-11 

I'.arlcy. 

576 

17 

192 

1!m; 

i 

IWicUw  ileal. 

451 

"•) 

1>1 

70 

21 

I'lMsaml  lieans. 

not 

niveii. 

316 

117 

:;ii; 

101 

I'ot  allies, 

20,277 

12,s7o 

i;;.ii:; 

i(;.."ioi 

10.2.'>-_' 

Nil.  tuns  hay. 

2,529 

2,721 

3,1  i7o 

3,151 

:'..|i;2 

jionmls  hops, 

7,(il!l 

(i,50S 

2.060 

buttiT, 

not 

given. 

3l,(i.52 

13,560 

36,665 

I3.(il2 

cheese 

', 

" 

s,779 

8,740 

2,1.50 

630 

•     gallons  milk  s 

old 

"        not 

i^ivon.  not  given. 

80,:{.")0 

1.53,3!)5 

Valne  of  orchard  prodnets,    "  !i?747      .^3,028      .?.5,0S!(      ,«|,08() 

The  nnmhors  of  varions  kinds  of  farm  stock  returned  liy  the  .select- 
men as  taxed  in  .several  years  were  as  follows  : 

1^1  !i     1820     1S27  1S2S  l.s;n  1s:{l' 

Horses,  2  yrs.  old  and  upward,      151        117        151  1.50  1!I3  II17 

Oxen.                                                   211       2.5:',       272  ;!lo  335  318 

Cows,                                                 463       19.S       166  177  51  s  511 

Sheep,  1.029  1.153 


200 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


THE  TOWN  DEBT 

In  March,  1781,  was  reported  to  be  .  .     £3,(l-16,  8s.,  7d. 

"         1832,  owing  to  the  purchase  of  the  pauper  farm,  |3, 068.22 

"         1836,  it  was  reduced  to                   .                 .  1,397.42 
"         l8-±3,    increased    by    building   roads,    and    land 

damage,     ....  4,958.18 

«         1853,  reduced  to     .                 .                 .                 .  664.26 

"         1861,  at  the  commencement  of  the  civil  war.  4,927.90 

"         1868,  the  greatest  amount  ever  reported,            .  _28,3lJ9.19 
"         1872,  reduced  by  payments  made  by  the   U.   S. 

and  State  to  5,131.99 

1875,  1,251.(!6 

"         1881,  392.52 

TAXATION. 


Of  every  £1,000  or  ^1,000  raised  by  the  state  oi'  county,  the  town 
)f  Amherst  paid  under  the  apportionment  of 


1773 

£19 

7s.  d. 

1820 

^6.57 

1852 

-16.13 

1777 

18 

6   3 

1824 

6.57 

1856 

5.09 

1780 

17 

10  m 

1828 

6.17 

1860 

4.85 

1789 

16 

4   4 

1832 

5.92 

1864 

5.19 

1794 

11 

7   2 

1836 

6.64 

1868 

5.11 

18J3 

f6.83 

1840 

6.42 

1872 

4.63 

18,8 

5.37 

1844 

5.69 

1876 

4.46 

1812 

5.94 

1848 

5.88 

1879 

4.61 

1816 

6.94 

111  1773  Amherst  ranked  as  the  seventh  town  in  the 
Province  in  valuation  ;  in  1879  as  the  thirty-nintli  in  the 
State. 

The  poll  tax  in  Amherst  in  1871  was  $4.05,  and  the 
rate  of  taxation  was  #2.70  per  |100.  16  tax- payers  paid 
over  '$100  each,  and  69  paid  between  f50  and  -flOO  each. 
P.  W.  Jones,  the  highest  tax-payer,  paid  !|324.38. 

In  1797  the  poll  tax  was  78  cents,  exclusive  of  the 
highway  tax. 

Statistics  of  manufactures  and  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments in  Hillsborough  county  in  1809.  From  the  cen- 
sus of  1810. 


X.]  POLITICAL   STATISTICS.  201 

No.  yards  cotton  cloth,  made  in  t'aniilics,      .  .  L'L'1,(M)(» 

No.  yards  mixed  n'oods,  ....  80,700 

No.  yards  flaxen  goods,   ....  51'J,(;0(J 

Xo.  yards  woolen  gooils.  ....         'J-i'i,{){H) 

No.  yards  Mended  and  unnamed  cloths  and  stulTs,       .  1()(I,U(I0 

Value  ot  all  kinds  of  cloths  and  stuffs  made,       .  .       •?508,350 

No.  of  looms  in  the  county,  .  .  5,544 

There  were  in  the  county  eight  cotton  manul'actorics,  ;it  which  cotton 
yarn  was  manufactured. 

Thirty-two  carding  machines,  at  which  1J1,l!U()  pounds  of  wool 
were  carded,  valued  at  §72,100. 

Thirty-seven  fulling  mills,  at  which  l"J7,(l()(»  yards  cloth  were 
"fulled;"  5,"J5l)  wool  and  mixed  hats,  and  ."JS'JO  fur  hats  were  made; 
the  whole  valued  at  ."JlS.iiOd. 

One  forge,  which  produced  lo  tuns  of  iron. 

Six  trip  hammers. 

Five  nail  manufactories,  at  which  12  tons  of  nails  were  made, 
valued  at  >i>-J,'y2{). 

Fifty-eight  tanneries,  at  which  L'71,7tl4  pounds  of  leather  were  man- 
ufactured, valued  at  •S(i7.1)17. 

Two  oil  mills,  which  iiuide  >i!(i,0()0  gallons  of  oil,  valued  at  .^7, 134; 
one  paper-mill,  at  which  !i?lL',OUO  worth  of  paper  was  made;  and 
two  distilleries,  which  produced  5,000  gallons  of  spirit.s,  valued  at 
8."J,7.')0. 

I'Ol.Ii  ICAI.   S'lA'lisriCS. 

.MODi:u.vTui:s  ui'  tiil  a.n.nlal  town  meetings. 

.loim  (iotfe,  17(iO. 

William  Feabody,  17<)1,  '(!•_'.  "(11,  •ti5,  '00,  70. 

Khene/er  Lyon,  1703. 

.Moses  Nichols,  17()7,  '00.  '7(i.  '71.  T-'!,  "77. 

IJoltert  Head,  170S. 

Samuel  McKeaii,  177"_'. 

Iti'ujamin  Kenrick,  1771. 

Daniel  Camphell,  177."),  '8S. 

Nahum  Baldwin.  1778. 

.losiah  Crosby,  177!t. 

.Samuel  Wilkins,  178  t,  "81,  'SJ,  '83,  '81,  '80,  '{Ki,  '07. 

Joiin  Sh.'i.ard,  jr.,  178-3,  '80,  *87,  "OU,  "Ol. 

Samuel  Dana,  1791,  'OJ,  '95. 

William  Gordon,  1790. 

Daniel  Warner,  1798. 


202  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

Jonathan  Smith,  1790,  18  )1,  '02. 

Rol)ert  :\rean,s,  1800,  '08,  '09. 

Jedediah  K.  Smith,  18J8,  '04,  '05,  '{)(],  '07,  '11,  '12,  '1:5,  'U,  '17,  '23,  '2-4. 

John  Secombe,  1810,  'Ki,  '25,  '20,  '27,  '28,  '29,  ';30,  '3\,  '32,  '33,  '34,  '38, 

'37. 
Charles  II.  Atherton,  1815,  '38,  '40,  '41. 
Edmund  Parker,  1818,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '35. 
Hubbard  Newton,  1839. 
Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  1842,  '43,  '44. 
David  Stewart,  1845,  '4(5. 
Levi  J.  Secomb,  1847,  '48,  '49,  '52,  '55. 
Lemuel  N.  Pattee,  1850,  '51. 
Perley  Dodge,  1853,  '54. 

Charles  II.  Campbell,  1850,  '57,  '58,  '59,  '01,  '62,  '63,  '04,  '66. 
Charles  B.  Tuttle,  18')0,  '65. 

William  A.  Mack,  1867,  '68,  '69,  '70,  '71,  '72,  '73,  '74. 
Bradley  H.  Bartlett,  1875,  '76. 
Brooks  R.  Came,  1877. 
Joseph  Byron  Fay,  1878,  '79. 
Geo.  W.  Bos  worth,  1880,  '81. 
Frank  P.  Mace,  1882. 

TOWN-CLERKS. 

Solomon  Hutchinson,  1760,  '61. 

John  Shepard,  jr.,  17()2,  '63,  '64,  '65,  '66,  '67,  '68,  '70,  '71,  '72. 

Thomas  Waketield,  1769,  '79,  '80,  '81,  '82,  '83. 

Moses  Nichols,  1773. 

Samuel  Wilkins,  1774,  75,  '76,  '77,  '84,  '85,  '86,  '87,  '88,  '89. 

Nahum  Baldwin,  1778. 

Joshua  Lovejoy,  1790,  '91,  '92,  '93. 

William  Fisk,  1794,  '95,  '96,  '97,  '98,  '99, 18;)0,  '01,  '02,  '03,  '04,  '05,  '06, 

'07,  '08,  '09,  '10,  '11. 
John  Elienwood,  1812,  '13,  '14. 

Robert  Read,  1815,  '16, '17,  '18,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '23,  '24,  '25,  '26,  '27. 
James  Colburn,  1828. 
Ambrose  Seaton,  1829. 
John  Prentiss,  1830,  '31. 
Andrew  Wallace,  1832,  '33,  '34,  '35,  '36. 
Charles  L.  Stewart,  1837  to  16  Sept.,  1838. 
David  Stewart,  16  Sept.,  1838,  '39,  '40,  '41,  '42. 
David  Russell,  1843,  '44,  '45,  '46,  '47,  '48. 
Lemuel  Bissell,  1849. 


X.]  roI.ITICAL   STATISTICS.  20:'. 

AIImtI    llanly,  IS.")!)  I..  S)  ,huu;  ls:,l. 

Chark's  B.  Tiittic,  S)  .Jim.-,  IS.")!,  to  March,  Isfji'. 

Daniel  A.  Fletcher,  I8./i,  '5  J,  '")4,  '55,  '5(!. 

Charles  15.  Tuttle,  1S57. 

Charles  11.  Wallace,  IS.lSto!)  Oct. 

Charles  H.  Tuttle,  !»  Oct.,  is.'S,  to  Manh.  1S.")!I. 

Daniel  Fletcher,  18")!),  'CO. 

George  F.  Slfeveii.s,  ISlil,  'irJ,  '(i:i,  •fll.  '•;.">,  "(id.  'i;?. 

Charles  N.  Merrill,  18()8  to  8  Dec. 

Albert  A.  ivotch,  8  Dec,  lSli8,  to  March,  18i;!). 

Joseph  n.  Fay,  18ii!»,  7(1,  71. 

Wilson  D.  For.saith,  1872,  7:i. 

All'.Tt  A.  Kotch,  1874,  75,  7f'>,  77,  7S,  7!t,  '8:1,  '81,  '8l>. 

SELECT.'^IEN. 

Stiloiiion  Hutchinson,  17ii(t,  'Hi'. 

William  Bradford,  17(10. 

Keuhen  Mussey,  17(i(l,  'dl,  '(i!>,  '70,  '71,  7(i.  '77. 

Joseph  Gould,  17(i(),  '7(J. 

Thomas  Clark,  17<:0. 

William  I'eabotly,  17(il,  'Ci-J. 

John  .Sh.-pard,   jr.,  17111,  '(L',  '(>:?,  '(11,  '(15,  '()(>,  '()7,  '(>8,  '70,  '71,  '72,  '8-5. 

Thomas  Wakelield,  1701, '()2, '(>;{, '(>!,  '()5,  '(Hi,  '07,  '(i8,  '(ii»,  '70,  '71.  '70, 

•77,  '78,  '70,  'SO,  '81,  '82,  '8  5,  '81,  '85,  '8(5. 
Bol.erl  Bead,  1701,  '(52,  '(5:?,  '(il,  'OS. 
Daniel  Campbell,  17(i:!.  "(il,  ■7it.  71.  71,  75.  "so,  'sl,  ',^2,  's;!.  "S7,  'SS, 

'Si). 
Samuel  Stewart,  170'>. 
John  (;raham,  17(il. 
.\ndre\v  Bradford,  17(i'>. 
.Moses  Nichols,  17(55,  '(5S,  7.;. 
Nathan  Kendall,  1705. 
Samuel  Mi  Kean,  1700,  '72. 
Benjamin  Taylor,  1700,  '(57,  '(5!l. 
James  Seaton,  170(5,  '7!(. 
Ebeuezer  Weston,  1707,  '71.  "75.  'si,  'si>. 
Hezekiah  I.ovejoy,  17(57. 
Samuel   \\ilkins,  17(5S,  7;i.  7|,  7.-j,  7fi.  77,  "so.  "S2,  "s:},  'sl,  So,  "stj, 

',s7,  '.SS,  "sii. 
Israel  Towne,  jr.,  17(i;»,  ■7-i,  'S(». 
Nalnim  Balilwin.  170!(,  '7S. 
Stephen  IVabody,  1770,  '72, '7:i,  '7!i. 


204  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST  [Chap. 

Benjamin  Kenrick,  1771. 

Thomas  Bm-ns,  1772,  '85,  '86,  '87. 

John  Patterson,  1773. 

Josiah  Crosby,  1774,  '75,  '77. 

Stephen  Washer,  1774. 

Peter  Woodbury,  1775,  '75. 

Solomon  Kittredge,  1777. 

Amos  Flint,  1778. 

John  Harvill,  1778. 

John  Bm'ns,  1778. 

Nathan  Hutchinson,  1779. 

Timothy  Smith,  1779. 

Benjamin  Uavis,  1780,  '81. 

Eli  Wilkins,  1781,  '82,  '83,  '84,  '85,  '86,  '87,  '88. 

Joshua  Lovejoy,  1784,  '85,  '86,  '87,  '90,  '91. 

Augustus  Blanchard,  1784. 

David  Danforth,  1788,  '89,  '94,  '95,  '96,  '97,  '98. 

Benjamin  Hutchinson,  1788,  '90,  '91,  '92,  '93. 

Abijah  Wilkins,  1789,  '90,  '91. 

George  Burns,  1789. 

William  Fisk,  1790,   '91,  '92,  '93,  '94,  '95,  '96,  '97,  '98,  '99,  1800,  '01, 

'02,  '03,  '04,  '05,  '06,  '07,  '08,  '09,  '10,  '11,  '12,  '13,  '14. 
Stephen  Kendrick,  1790,  '91,  '92,  '93. 

Joseph  Langdell,  1792,  '93,  '94,  '95,  '96,  '97,  '98,  '99,  1800,  '01,  '02. 
David  Stewart,  1794,  '95,  '96,  '97,    98,  '99,  1800,  '01,  '02,  '03,  '04,  '05, 

'06,  "07,  '08,  '09. 
Jacob  Kendall,  1794,  "95,  '96,  '97,  '98,  '99,  1800,  '03. 
Ebenezer  Taylor,  1799,  1800,  '04,  '05,  '06,  '07,  '08,  '09,  '10,  '11,  '12,  '13, 

'14. 
John  Secombe,  1810,  '11,  '12,  '13,  '14,  '16,  '18,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '23,  '24, 

'25,  '26,  '27,  '28,  '33,  '34,  '35. 
Edmund  Parker,  1815. 
Elijah  Putnam,  1815,  '17. 

Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  1815,  '16,  '17,  '18,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '23,  '24,  '25,  '41. 
Israel  Fuller,  1810,  '17,  '18,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '23,  '24,  '25,  '26,  '27,  '28, 

'32,  '44. 
Thomas  Wilkins,  1826,  "27,  "28,  '38,  '39,  *40. 
John  Mack,  1829,  '30. 

David  Stewart,  jr.,  1829,  *30,  "31,  "33,  "34,  '35,  "36,  "39,  "40,  "41,  "42. 
Bartholomew  Dodge,  1829,  '30,  '31,  "36. 
William  Melendy,  1831,  '32,  '44. 
John  Haseltine,  1832. 
Charles  Richardson,  1833,  "34,  "35. 


X.]  POLITICAL   STATISTICS.  2(1') 

l^l'liraiiii  Hlaiicliaid.  \><U\. 

Israel  FulltT,  jr.,  \x'-'>7. 

Klhridge  Hardy,  ls;i7. 

Nathan  Dane,  ls:57. 

Danii'l  Ilartsliorii,  ls:5S. 

Ab.l  Dowiic,  ls;js. 

Levi  .1.  Seconil),  ls;;!i,  'lo,  "ll.  'Il',  '\-\. 

KM  Sawtt'll,  ls4-_>,  -I:'.. 

William  J.Weston,   1^1!.  "11,  "If).  •|(;.  '17,  "is,  ■.")(>,  •.'»!.  Tc', 'ofl, 'Hi  i, 

"01,  •G2,  "65. 
.lotliani  Ilart.shorn.  1 ->!.">.  "Ifi,  "17,  ■.')!.  '.'iL',  ''>'■'>,  ''>\. 
.MImmI    Riddle,  isjo.  'Ki. 
Charles  II.  Canipl.ell,  isJT. 
James  C.  Follan.sbee,  is^s,  "li),  '.50. 
George  Walker,  isis. 
Timothy  Hartshorn,  islO. 
Foster  Wyatt,  isli),  "5(1. 
Daniel  Fletcher,  is.")!),  '.'d. 
Jonathan  Kni<j;ht,  isS'i,  "5".,  "01,  "02. 
Abial  Steele,  lS,j:{,  ".>[. 
Jo.seph  Mace,  1S51,  ".').">.  Tir),  ■.")7. 
Hen janiin  1?.  Whiting,  l.s.55,  "50,  "57.  X 
Willard  Ilayden,  1^55. 
Willard  Danforlh.  lS.-,6,  "57, 'oS. 
William  A.  Mack,  1S5S,  '5n,  "6:5,  "61,  "07,  "Gs,  -O!). 
Joel  F.  Osgood,  1858,  'of). 
Josiah  W.  PilLshury,  ISO  ). 
James  G.  Ila.seltine,  isOi). 
Charles  Kiehardson,  ISOI. 
.\sa  Ja(initli,  jr.,  ISOJ. 

Francis  K.  Bontell,  isOi,  'Oi,  •(;."),  "07,  'OS,  .(5:(,  7(1,  77. 
Daniel  Cram,  1S6I,  "0.3,  "lUi. 
Harnahas  H.  David,  1S6.'),  "00. 
James  r.  Prince,  1S60.  "07.  "OS,  *(J,'(. 
Thomas  .M.  Ilarvill,  ls7(»,  "71,  "si. 
Charles  L.  Bradford,  lS7f»,  "71. 
Levi  Hartshorn,  1S71.  "7'J. 
Jo.sejih  Hyron  Fay,  1S7l',  "7;!,  "71. 
Hrooks  n.  Came,  1S7'J,  •7:5,  "71,  "7;"). 
Tht)mas  Jones,  1S7:5,  74,  "JTy,  "76. 
Aaron  Smith  Wilkins,  1S7."),  7(1,  77. 
Isaac  H.  Dodgt»,  ls7(),  77,  7.S. 
Daniel  \V.  Trow,  lS7,s,  7!»,  -so,  -si. 


206  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Mark  Putnam,  1878,  79,  •80,  •81. 
Luther  Coggin,  1879. 
William  Pratt,  1880,  \S1. 
Joseph  B.  Trow,  1S8'2. 
John  H.  Coggin,  1882. 
Joel  n.  Fisher,  1882. 

P]-ior  to  1803,  five  selectmen  were  chcjsen  annually  ;  since  that  time, 
but  three. 

SUPERVISORS    OF    ELECTIONS. 

Francis  K.  Boutell,  1878,  "80. 
William  IT.  Hubbard,  1878,  \S0. 
James  U.  Prince,  1878. 
Horatio  Mclntire,  18S0. 

Of  the  selectmen,  William  Fisk,  Es(|.,  served  for  twenty- 
five  successive  years,  eigliteen  of  which  he  was  town-clerk. 


(^o  %/^aJu^{^ 


served  twenty-two  years  as  selectman — eleven  years  com- 
mencing' with  1761,  and  eleven  years  commencing  with  1776. 
He  was  also  town-clerk  six  years.  He  probably  died 
here  in  September,  1791 ;  but  no  stone  marks  his  resting 
place,  and  none  of  his  descendants  remain  in  town. 


(^^^»^-l-e-^<^^C^     7*^^Kl--?-^;-;,yV^^-^^^    y^ 


<^^:^^?p^ 


^^ 


constituted  the  board  of  selectmen  in  Amherst  for  nine 


X.]  POLITICAL    STATISTICS.  liOT 

ye;iis.  Tlic  (wo  first  urrc  ii;itivi's  of  tlii'  town.  Mi.  l-'iillcr 
was  a  iuitiv(.'  of  Midillttoii.  M.iss.  All  ucrf  liorii  in  tliu 
year  177<S,  and  all  lived  ln-yoiid  the  allotted  three  seore 
years  and  ten.  Ca|>t.  Cani|)l)(dl  died  at  7").  (^a|»t.  Seconihe 
at  78,  and  Mi'.  Fidlrr  at  80  years.  They  were  fair  repre- 
sentatives of  the  generation  of  men  to  which  they  helonued, 
slow  of  speech,  deliheratc  in  action,  of  sonnd  judgment,  and 
all  believers  in  thorough,  honest  work.  Beside  these  nine 
years'  service  together,  each  served  at  other  times,  with 
other  individuals.  Capt.  Can)pbeirs  term  of  service 
amounted,  in  the  whole,  to  12;  Capt.  SecomI)e's,  to  20  ;  aiul 
Mr.  Fuller's,  to  15  years.  Beside  this,  ('apt.  Secomhe 
.served  8.  and  Capt.  Campl)ell  2  years,  as  representatives. 

COMPKNSATION    OF   THE    SELECTMEN. 

-Vt  a  meeting  held  2d  December,  1781,  the  town  voted  to 
allow  their  selectmen  three  pounds  lawful  silver  money 
each,  for  their  services  that  year,  beside  theii"  necessary 
expenses. 

This,  reckoning  the  S)ianish  milled  dollar  at  (is.,  gave 
them  ten  dollars  each  ;  but  as  the  war  then  going  on  gave 
the  "  town  fathers"'  an  unusual  amount  of  business,  it  was 
voted,  at  a  meeting  in  March,  1782,  to  i)ay  them  three 
shillings  ea(di,per  day,  for  the  time  spent  in  '•' extraordinary 
servici's  for  the  town." 

For  the  yeai  ending  March.  1S;')1 .  thr  seleetmen's  Itills 
amounted  to  >=53.y(). 

Foi-  the  year  ending  March.  ls;!4.  the  selectmen's  bills 
amounted  to  -i^lGS.lS. 

The  increase  was  causi'd  by  the  change  in  the  mode  of 
assessing  taxes,  made  l>y  the  act  ajiproved  4  January,  1888, 
which  increased  the  lal)or  of  the  selectmen,  who  acted  as 
assessors. 

F(ir  tlio  yoar  rndiii^   .Miin'h.  ISIo.  lli.'v  w.iv.  .i<175.U(t 

''  ••       ls.5:5.     ••        ••  '2(i:i.sj 

1S.")7,     "        •■  2J6.(»(i 


208  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

For  the  year  ending  March,  1863,  they  ^vere,  it^l60.'25 

"             "              "        1866,     "         "  290.(10 

"             "              "        1870,     "         "  270.00 

1874,     "        "  410.00 

1881,     "         "  291.00 

Seldom  has  any  one  possessing  the  requisite  qualifica- 
tion, failed  of  an  election  to  the  important  and  responsible 
office  of  hogreeve. 

In  1762  a  very  appropriate  selection  of  chaiftnan  was 
made,  Mr.  William  Hogg  being  elected  to  that  office. 

In  1813  Dea.  David  Stanley  was  promoted  to  the  chair- 
manship. 

In  1811,  and  again  in  1828,  Hon.  Edmund  Parker  was 
chief  among  the  elect  ''  regulators  of  the  swine,"  and  in  1830 
Rev.  Silas  Aiken  was  duly  promoted  to  the  office  of  chair- 
man of  the  board. 

On  the  twenty-first  day  of  July,  1771,  eighty-five  depu- 
ties from  the  towns  in  New  Hampshire  met  in  congress  at 
Exeter,  and  chose  Nathaniel  Folsom  and  John  Sullivan 
delegates  to  the  Congress  which  met  at  Carpenter's  hall, 
in  Philadelphia,  5  September,  1774. 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

Amherst  was  classed  with  Bedford  for  the  choice  of  a 
representative  to  the  General  Court,  under  the  Provincial 
government.  The  first  meeting  for  the  choice  of  a  represen- 
tative from  the  classed  towns,  of  which  a  record  has  been 
found,  was  held  at  Bedford  meeting-house  4  March,  1762,  at 
which  Col.  John  Goffe  received  46  votes,  and  Capt.  Moses 
Barron  13  votes.  Col.  Goffe,  having  a  majority  of  the 
votes,  was  declared  elected,  and  served  as  representative  of 
the  district,  under  this  and  subsequent  elections,  until  the 
abrogation  of  the  Provincial  government. 


X.] 


POLITIPAL    STATISTICS. 


200 


I'liiil  Ihlillcv  SiirLl'cIlt  \v;is  tlic  (lr|iiit\  iVoiii  AliilitTst  in 
this  lirst  I'roviiici;!!  coiiurcss.  His  L'.\|teiis('s  wcic  (Ictriiycil 
hv  private  (■()ntril)iiti()iis,  as  is  shown  hy  the  loHowiiii;  pajxT 
|)l'('S(M"\  I'll   ill  the  1)1  lice  iil   the  Secret  a  I'V  ot   State,  at  ('(Jlieord  : 

"The  within  is  a  tresv  list  of  tlie  moneys  siihscrihed  for  defraying 
the  expense  of  a  Depnty  to  Kxeter,  and  the  money  required  a.s  the 
(^uota  of  lliis  town. 

IV\ri.    DIDLKV    SAlUiKNT. 

Amiikiisi.  .Iiilv  -Jii.  1771." 


.loiiii  iiiirns, 
iU'iij.  lIopkiMs, 
.Viulrew  Uradtonl, 
Stepht'U  Murnham. 
Josiah  Sawyer, 
(Jeorge  Hums, 
Thomas  Hums, 
William  .Tones, 
Thompson  Ma.xwell, 
James  Seaton, 
.Miner  Hutchinson, 
Oliver  ("arlton, 
Stt'jihcii  Healiody, 
William  Hogg, 
Joseph  Steeli', 
.losiah  C'roshy, 
Henj.  Kcmlrick, 
Moses  Harron, 
Joseph  (iould, 
Ehenezer  Weston, 
Daniel  Camphell, 
William  ^Va!lace, 
Nahum  Haldwiu, 
Timothy  Snuth, 
Reuhen  Mussey, 
William  Tavlor, 


Paul  l)uiUey  Sai-ireiit  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  second 
(.'ongress,  which  met  25  Jan..  177-'). 

Paul  Dudley  Sargent  and  >[os(>s  Parsons  rcj)resented  the 
town  in  the  third  Congress,  which  mot  21  April.  177."). 
U 


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Ja's  Gilmore, 

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Jonathan  Lund, 

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.Fohn  Hums,  jr.. 

3 

Lieut.  Kendall, 

6 

Lieut.  Br.adford, 

o 

•S 

William  Melcndy, 

1 

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William  Odell, 

1 

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Amos  Truel, 

3 

.James  Gage, 

3 

fi 

Samuel  .Stewart, 

3 

James  Hartshorn, 

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.Jo.seph  Farnum, 

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Xathaniel  Phelps, 

1 

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John  .Mills, 

1 

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Nathaniel  Cleaves, 

1 

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Stephen  A\'asher, 

1 

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Amos  Green, 

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4 

Col.  .Shepard, 

3 

Peter  ^^'oodl>ury, 

2 

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Thomas  Towne, 

4 

Kphraim  HiMreth, 

1 

2^ 

.John  Shepard,  jr.,  esq.. 

6 

Samuel  Wilkins, 

2 

210  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  same  gentlemen  represented  the  town  in  the  fonrtli 
Congress,  whicli  met  17  May,  1775. 

Moses  Nichols  and  Nahum  Baldwin  were  cliosen  dele- 
gate? to  the  fifth  Congress,  which  met  21  December,  1775. 

On  the  fifth  day  of  January,  1776,  this  Congress  adopted 
a  temporary  constitution,  to  continue  in  force  during  the 
"  present  unhappy  and  unnatural  contest  with  Great 
Britain." 

It  then  resolved  itself  into  a  ''  House  of  Representatives 
for  the  Colony  of  New  Hampshire."  Provision  was  made 
that  precepts,  in  the  name  of  the  Council  and  Assembly, 
signed  by  the  President  of  the  Council  and  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  ''  should  issue  annually  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  November,  for  the  choice  of  a  Council 
and  House  of  Representatives,  to  be  returned  by  the  third 
Wednesday  of  December,  then  next  ensuing,  in  such  manner 
as  the  Council  and  Assembly  sliall  hereafter  prescribe." 
Since  the  eighteenth  day  of  December,  1776,  the  repre- 
sentatives have  been  as  follows  : 

Moses  Nichols,  1776,  '77,  '81,  '&2. 

Peter  Woodbury,  1776. 

Josiah  Crosby,  1777,  '78,  '79,  '82. 

Reuben  Mussey,  177S. 

Stephen  Peabody,  1779. 

Samuel  Wilkins,  1780. 

Nahum  Baldwin,  1780. 

Robert  Means,  1783,  '84,  '85,  '86,  '89. 

Thomas  Burns,  1783. 

William  Peabody,  jr.,  1787,  "88. 

Daniel  Warner,  1790,  '91,  from  10  June,  1793,  '94,  "9.5,  '96,  '97,  to  23 

August,  1798. 
Joshua  Atherton,  1792  (resigned,  vacancy  not  filled),  '93,  to  June  10. 
William  Fisk,  from  23  August,  1798,  '99,  from  27  August,  1804,  '0-5, 

'06,  '07,  '08,  '09. 
William  Bradford,  1800,  '01,  '02. 
Jedediah  K.  Smith,  1803,  to  27  August,  1804. 
William  Low,  1810,  '12,  '14. 
Edmund  Parker,  1813,  '15,  '17,  '18,  '19,  '20,  '21,  '22,  '24,  '25,  to  5  June, 

1826. 


X.] 


POLITICAL    STATISTICS. 


211 


Clifton  Claggett,  1816. 

Charles  II.  Athertoii,  182:5,  '.58,  ':{0. 

I!()l)ert  Read,  June,  1S2(),  '27,  '28. 

David  .McC.  M.-ans,  182!l,  'M). 

.Folin  Secoiiibe,  18:51,  ';52,  '••5:5. 

Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  is;j-l,  ':5.'). 

David  Stewart,  18  5(5,  '|:5. 

P.'rley  Dodge,  18:J7,  '5:5,  '51. 

.Vndrew  Wallaet',  ISK),  '11. 

Barnabas  15.  David,  l^lJ. 

Richard  Hoylston,  1811.  'I.'),  'Ul 

Levi  .1.  Secondi,  ISIT,  'IS. 

Lenui.-l  N.  Pattee,  18-19,  '50. 

Daniel  Fletcher,  1S51. 

William  Wetherbee,  iSo.l,  '50,  '60. 

Charles  11.  Campbell,  ls5(;,  '.')7,  '5S,  '(]:],  '61. 

Jotham  Hartshorn.  Is61,  "62,  '71,  "72. 

.\aron  Lawrence  l>6ri,  '66. 

William  Clark,  1S67,  'CS. 

William  .\.  Mack,  ls6!»,  '70. 

IIarri>on  Katon,  187;5,  '74. 

Joseph  H.  Fay,  1875,  '76. 

Frank  Hartshorn,  1877. 

Thomas  Jones,  1878,  '75). 

Albert  .\.  Kotch,  1880. 

DKCKASI']    OF    TOWN    OKI'ICFRS    SINCK    ITTo 

Charles  11.  Atherton,  died  8  Jan.,  18:)3, 

Joshua  Atherton,  3  April,  18(19, 

Xahum  Baldwin,  7  .May,  1788, 

Augustus  r.lanchard  (at  Milford),  •J7  Feb.,  iMiO, 

Kphraun  Hlanchard,  27  June,  1841. 

Richard  P.oylston,  10  July,  1857. 

Andrew  Bradford  (at  Milford).  179s.    . 

William  Bradford  (at  Barre,  Vt.).  25  Oct..  ISIO, 

Daniel  Campbell,  7  Oct.,  1838, 

Daniel  Campbell,  jr.,  7  July,  18.53, 

Clifton  Claggett,  29  Jan.,  1829, 

James  Colburn  (at  Franklin),  2  Sept.,  1862. 

Daniel  Cram,  5  .Vug.,  1881), 

Josiah  Crosby,  15  Oct.,  1793,  . 

Samuel  Dana.  2  April,  1798,    . 

Xathan  Dane  (at  Ottawa.  Minn.).  12  Dec,  1865, 


aged  79 
71 
54 
63 
63 
75 
80 
63 
99 
75 
66 
76 
81 
63 
59 
60 


212 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


David  Danforth,  died  4  July,  1827, 

Willard  Danforth,  28  March,  1859, 

Benjamin  Davis,  28  Nov.,  1822, 

Bartholomew  Dodge,  7  Oct.,  1838, 

Abel  Downe,  28  Sept.,  1840,    . 

John  Ellenwood  (in  Michigan),  9  May,  1856, 

William  Fisk,  4  June,  1831,    . 

Daniel  Fletcher,  15  Oct.,  1873, 

James  C.  Follansbee  (at  Francestown),  17  Dec,  1879, 

Israel  Fuller,  23  Feb.,  1S64,    . 

John  Goffe  (at  Bedford),  20  Oct.,  17S1, 

William  Gordon  (at  Boston),  8  May,  1802, 

Albert  Hardy  (at  Greenfield),  14  Oct.,  1853, 

Elbridge  Hardy  (at  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.),  1  April,  1874, 

Daniel  Hartshorn,  20  Feb.,  1871, 

Jotham  Hartshoi'n,  21  Sept.,  1878, 

John  Harvill,  6  April,  1821,    . 

John  Ilaseltine,  5  Aug.,  1865, 

Willard  Hayden,  21  March,  1881, 

Benjamin  Hutchinson  (at  Milford),  12  Sept.,  183 

Nathan  Hutchinson  (at  Milford),  12  Jan.,  1795, 

Jacob  Kendall  (at  Mont  Vernon),  3  June,  1823, 

Nathan  Kendall,  10  Nov.,  1791, 

Benjamin  Kendrick,  13  Nov.,  1813, 

Stephen  Kendrick,  7  June,  1811, 

Joseph  T.angdell  (at  Wenham,  Mass.),  May,  1829 

Aaron  Lawrence,  1  Sept.,  1867, 

William  Low,  11  Sept.,  1826, 

Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  6  April,  1793, 

Joshua  Lovejoy  (at  Sanbornton),  28  Jan.,  1832, 

Ebenezer  Lyon,  4  Jan.,  1798,  . 

Joseph  Mace,  2  June,  1861,     . 

John  ]Mack,  16  July,  1S54,       . 

David  McG.  Means,  5  March,  1835, 

Robert  Means,  24  Jan.,  1823,  . 

William  INIelendy,  12  March,  1858, 

Reuben  Mussey,  20  Nov.,  1788, 

Hubbard  Newton  (at  Newport),  15  Feb.,  1847, 

Moses  Nichols,  23  May,  1790, 

Edmund  Parker  (at  Claremont),  8  Sept.,  1856, 

Lemuel  N.  Pattee  (at  Goffstown),  1  April,  1870, 

John  Patterson,  16  Dec,  1829, 

Stephen  Peabody,  19  Sept.,  1782, 


X.] 


DECEASE   OF   TOWN    OFFICERS. 


21:^ 


William  IVal.ody,  died  ;{  May,  17!)1,      . 

.luliii  Pri'iitiss  (at  Clareiiiont),  2  Marcli,  18»js, 

Klijah  Putnam,  18  Oct.,  185.'), 

Mark  rutnam,  2U  Jan.,  1882,  . 

Holu'i-t  Read,  1st,  11  Sept.,  18u:J, 

Hohi-rt  R.'ad.  '2d  (at  Nashua),  K)  March,  18.")7, 

diaries    Hiehardson   (at  Worcester,  Mass.),  12  Dec,  1878 

Albert  Riddle  (at  Bedford),  7  Aug.,  ISoU, 

David  Russell,  7  Jan.,  1882,    . 

Raul  Dudley  Sargent  (in  Maine),  Sept.,  1827, 

.\mltrose  Seaton  (at  ^larysville,  Ky.),  !)  Apiil,  ISGU, 

John  Secuiube,  20  July,  1850, 

John  Shei)ard,  jr.,  (at  Milford),  4  Dec,  18()2, 

Jedediah  K.  Smith,  17  Dec,  1828, 

Jonathan  Smith  (at  Bedford,  Pa.),  May,  isi;}, 

Charles  L.  Stewart  (at  New  York  city),  1  April,  1808, 

David  Stewart,  U  Nov.,  1821, 

David  Stewart,  jr.,  30  Aug.,  1880, 

Samuel  Stewart,  27  May,  1770, 

Ebenezer  Taylor,  10  Aug.,  1835, 

Israel  Towne,  jr.  (at  Stoddard),  28  April,  181:5. 

Charles  R.  Tuttle  (at  Milford),  10  Dec,  1880, 

Thomas  Wakefield,  Sept.,  1791, 

Andrew  Wallace,  23  Sept.,  1856, 

Charles  II.  Wallace,  21  June,  1801. 

Daniel  Warner,  20  March,  1813, 

Ebenezer  Weston,  22  Dec,  1805,    . 

William  J.  Weston,  1  Oct.,  1863, 

William  Wt-therbee,  18  May,  1878, 

.\bijah  Wilkins  (at  Mont  Vernon),  July,  1^33. 

Samuel  Wilkins,  27  Dec,  1832, 

Thomas  Wilkins,  15  Nov.,  1868, 

Peter  Woodbury  (at  Antrim).  11  Oct..  1817. 

Foster  Wyatt,  5  Feb.,  18S2,     . 

93.      Average  age  of  each,  70,  13-31  years. 


age.  I 


70 
,s2 
70 
03 

83 
71 

87 
:.l 

84 
88 
01 


.■)1 
05 
01 
81 
00 
71 
70 
03 
01 
73 
25 
07 
71 
53 
so 
M 
90 
70 
79 
SO 


The  following  citizons   ol   AinliiTst    have  been  CDiimiis- 
sioned  as  Justices  of  the  Peace  : 


Api»)iiitei1. 

1803,  Charles  II.  Atherton, 

1791,  Joshua  Atherton, 


Appointed. 

17S5,  .Vugustus  Blanchard 
1843,  Edwin  A.  Bodwell, 


214 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Appo 

1862 
1837 
1803 
185i 
1853 
1792 
1848, 
1813 
1873 
1863 
1868 
1862 
1802 
1859 
1790 
1838^ 
1815 
1858 
1850 
1833 
1865 
18u6 
1869 
1805 
1857, 
1790 
1812 
1842 
1794 
1860^ 
1850 
1857 
1844 
1856 
1829 
1806 
1856, 
1847 
1864 
1786^ 
1820 
1829 


nted. 

Edward  D.  Boylstoii, 
Richard  Boylstou, 
Isaac  Brooks, 
Oramus  W.  Burnhaiu, 
Charles  H.  Campbell, 
Daniel  Campbell, 
Peter  Carleton, 
Clifton  Claggett, 
Edward  G.  Clark, 
Hiram  A.  Clark, 
Isaac  Combs, 
Daniel  Cram, 
Samuel  Curtis, 
Edward  S.  Cutter, 
Samuel  Dana, 
Nathan  Dane, 
Timothy  Danforth, 
Willard  Danforth, 
Barnabas  B.  David, 
Perley  Dodge, 
Harrison  Eaton, 
David  Everett, 
Joseph  B.  Eay, 
William  Fisk, 
Francis  P.  Fitch, 
Robert  Fletcher, 
Frederick  French, 
Israel  Fuller,  jr., 
William  Gordon, 
Charles  E.  Hapgood, 
Elbridge  Hardy, 
Jotham  Hartshorn, 
Jacob  Hildreth, 
Gilbert  Hills, 
David  Holmes, 
Nathan  Kendall, 
Aaron  Lawrence, 
Joseph  Mace, 
William  A.  Mack, 
Robert  Means, 
Robert  Means,  jr., 
David  McG.  Means, 


Appointed. 

1844,  Elijah  Munroe, 
1852,  James  Munroe, 
1852,  George  W.  Moor, 
1839,  William  S.  Morton, 
1836,  Hubbard  Newton, 
1776,  Moses  Nichols, 
1815,  Edmund  Parker, 

1845,  Lemuel  N.  Pattee, 
1842,  Stephen  Peabody, 
1830,  John  Prentiss, 

1829,  Ezra  Prescott, 
1867,  J.  O.  Pulsifer, 
1792,  James  Ray, 

1865,  George  A.  Kamsdell, 

1827,  Robert  Read, 

1828,  Charles  Richardson, 

1852,  Charles  Richardson,  2d, 
1869.  Albert  A.  Rotch, 

1846,  David  Russell, 
1825,  John  Secombe, 

1857,  Levi  J.  Secomb, 

1825,  Nathaniel  Shattuck, 
Prior  to  1768,  John  Shepard,  jr. 
1805,  Jedediah  K.  Smith, 

1830,  Matthias  Spalding, 

1855,  Abial  Steele, 
1865,  George  F.  Stevens, 

1856,  David  Stewart, 

1858,  Charles  B.  Tuttle, 
1832,  David  Underbill, 

1826,  Andrew  Wallace, 
1821,  Elisha  F.  Wallace, 
1808,  Daniel  Warner, 
1846,  William  J.  Weston, 

1853,  William  W^etherbee, 
1842,  Bernard  B.  Whittemore, 
1874,  Aaron  S.  Wilkins, 
1787,  Eli  Wilkins, 

18 — ,  Samuel  Wilkins, 
1879,  Horace  E.  Woodberry, 
1860,  Francis  W^-ight. 


X.J 


VOTES    FOR    GOVERNOR. 


21. 


Col.  John  Shepard,  jr.,  \\;is  pr(>lial)ly  tin-  first   .liisticc 
appuiuted  in  Aiulierst. 

VOTES    FOR    PRESIDENT    OF    THE    STATE. 


)f  tlio  I'oace 


17M.  M.'slirrli  W.'are,  11 

Jului  IvUiigdun,  ")0 

George  .Vtkiiison,  1.3 

178.">,  .John  Laiigdon,  71 

(jeorge  Atkinson,  "J") 

178i),  John  Sullivan,  -VJ 

John  Langdon,  41 

17S7,  John  Sullivan,  Go 

JdliM  l.angdon,  72 


17>>8,  John  l.angdon, 
John  Sullivan, 

17S9,  John  Sullivan, 
John  I'ie'kcring, 
Josiiua  .Vtherton. 
Scattering, 

17!)t),  John  Pickering, 

1791,  Josiah  Bartlett, 


VOTES    FOR    OOVERNOR. 


17'Ji.',  Josiaii  Baitlott,  IDo 

17!J!,  Josiah  Bartlett,  42 

John  Taylor  (Jihnan,  52 

17!)  1,  John  T.  Gilman,  108 

Daniel  Uin<lge,  2 

17!)"),  John  T.  Oilman,  150 

17!tti,  John  T.  Gilman,  155 

Timothy  Gilman,  S 

17i)7,  Jolm  T.  Gilman,  13."> 

John  S.  Sherburne,  i'-i 

John  Bellows,  ;} 

17118,  John  T.  Gilman,  171 

17!t!),  John  T.  Gilman,  1:31 

18  HI,  John  T.  Gihnan,  12:5 

Timothy  Walker,  .s5 

isoi,  John  T.  (iilman,  95 

Timothy  Walker,  118 

l.s(rj,  John  T.  Gilman,  OS 

John  Langdon,  176 

l>su:J,  John  T.  Gilman,  lo;{ 

John  Langdon,  17!) 

1801,  John  T.  (Jilman,  88 

John  Langdon,  131 

1S:)5,  John  Langdon,  1;j7 

John  T.  tiihnan,  98 

1806,  John  Langdon,  152 

Timothy  Farrar,  27 

Scattering,  5 


1S07,  John  Langdon. 
Timothy  Farrar, 
Scattering, 

18.)8,  John  Langdon, 

( )liver  Peabody, 

Scattering, 
18U9,  Jeremiah  Smith, 

John  Langdon, 

Scattering, 
I8lil,  Jolm  Langdon, 

Jeremiah  Smith, 

Scattering, 

1811,  John  Langdon, 
Jeremiah  Smith 

1812,  William  Plumer, 
John  T.  Gihnan, 
John  Warner, 

1813,  John  T.  Gilman, 
William  Plumer, 
Scattering, 

1814,  John  T.  Gilman, 
William  Plumer, 

I'^l.').  John  T.  Gilman, 
William  Pluraer, 

1810,  William  Plumer, 
James  Sheafe, 


41 

111!) 

(!;! 

9.1 

1!) 

t; 

mo 

•J  to 


130 


121 
7 

ll'l 

137 
•J 

149 

113 

l.-)3 
IDS 

130 

112 

1 

137 

I.-)i» 

1 

l.-)9 
173 

170 
101 
177 
100 


216 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


1817 

William  Pluiner, 

164 

1830,  Matthew  Harvey, 

99 

James  Sheafe, 

150 

Timothy  Upham, 

165 

Scattering, 

12 

Scattering, 

3 

1818 

William  Plumer, 

148 

1831,  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 

lOS 

William  Hale, 

147 

Ichabod  Bartlett, 

170 

Robert  Means,  jr.. 

4 

Scattering, 

2 

1819 

Samuel  Bell, 

75 

1832,  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 

106 

William  Hale, 

105 

Ichabod  Bartlett, 

119 

David  L.  Morril, 

44 

1833,  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 

162 

Scattering, 

2 

Charles  H.  Atherton, 

32 

1820 

Samuel  Bell, 

86 

1834,  William  Badger, 

.^4 

George  B.  rpliam, 

.     95 

1835,  William  Badger, 

124 

David  L.  ISIorril, 

36 

7                                                             O          ' 

Joseph  Healev, 

133 

Scattering'. 

6 

'' 

O' 

1836,  Isaac  Hill, 

115 

1821 

Samuel  Bell, 

88 

George  Sullivan, 

5 

George  B.  Upluim, 

117 

Richard  Boylston, 

1 

Scatteriu"-, 

3 

o' 

1837,  Isaac  Hill, 

128 

1822 

Samuel  Bell, 

94 

George  Sullivan, 

121 

Jei'emiah  Mason, 

13 

1838,  Isaac  Hill, 

171 

Scatterino- 

10 

&' 

James  Wilson,  jr.. 

197 

1828 

Levi  Woodbui'v, 

147 

Samuel  Dinsmoor, 

91 

1839,  John  Page, 

161 

Scattering, 

2 

James  Wilson, 

188 

1824 

David  L.  Morril, 

163 

1840,  John  Page, 

158 

Levi  Woodbury, 

77 

Enos  Stevens, 

180 

Jeremiah  Smith, 

27 

George  Kent, 

7 

Scattering, 

0 

1841,  John  Page, 

142 

1825 

David  L.  Morril, 

239 

Enos  Stevens, 

171 

Levi  Woodbury, 

8 

1842,  Henry  Hubbard, 

122 

Scattering, 

8 

Enos  Stevens, 

1U5 

1826 

David  L.  Morril, 

152 

John  H.  White, 

53 

Benjamin  Pierce, 

52 

Daniel  Hoit, 

11 

Scattering, 

2 

Scattering, 

1 

1827 

Benjannn  Pierce, 

144 

1843,  Henry  Hubbard, 

115 

David  L.  Morril, 

24 

Anthony  Colby, 

130 

Scattering, 

8 

John  H.  W^hite, 

32 

1828 

John  Bell, 

208 

Daniel  Hoit, 

20 

Benjamin  Pierce, 

68 

1844,  John  H.  Steele, 

117 

Scattering, 

4 

Anthony  Colby, 

126 

1829 

Benjamin  Pierce, 

104 

Daniel  Hoit, 

35 

John  Bell, 

180 

John  H.  White, 

7 

Scattering, 

4 

Scattering, 

4 

X.] 


VOTES    FOR    GOVERNOR. 


217 


\sV),  Jolin  II.  Steele, 
Anthony  Colby, 
Daniel  lloit, 

l>li;.  Anthony  C'oll)y, 

Jaiv.l  W.  Williams, 
Nathaniel  S.  Heiry, 

1>17.  .lared  \V.  Williams, 
Anthony   Colby, 
Xathaniel  S.  Berry, 
Scattering, 

isls,  Jaivil  W^  Williams. 
Xathaniel  8.  Beny, 
Scattering, 

IS-in,  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 
Levi  Chamberlain, 
Xathaniel  8.  Berry, 

ls.")(i,  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 
i-t'vi  Chamberlain, 
Xathaniel  S.  Berry, 

1>.")1.  Samuel  Dinsmoor, 
i'homas  K.  Sawyer, 
•lolin  Atwood, 
Scattering, 

\^i)'2,  Noah  ^lartin, 

Tliomas  K.  Sawyer, 
.John  .Vtwood, 
Scattering, 

l.s.'wJ.  Xoah  Martin, 
.Fames   M.^ll, 
-lohn  11.  Whit.s 
Scattering, 

ls:)l.  Xathaniel  B.  I'.aker. 
.lam.'s  Bell, 
.lared  Berkins. 

It^.j.'.,  IJalph  .Melealf, 

Xathaniel  B.  Bakei. 
•lames  Bell, 
.Vsa  Kowler. 

Ksr)(j,  Ralph  Metcalf, 
-Fohn  S.  Wells, 
lehab(,)d  Goodwin, 

18.")7,  William  liaile, 
John  S.  Wells, 


1-28 

1858, 

William  Ilaile, 

219 

1:51 

Asa  P.  Cate, 

106 

i>0 

1859, 

Ichabod  Goodwin, 

212 

1-23 

Asa  P.  Cate, 

113 

12.3 

18(10, 

Ichabod  Goodwin, 

205 

:is 

Asa  P.  Cate, 

118 

117 

isiil, 

Xathaniel  S.  Berry, 

192 

l.")! 

(ieorge  Stark, 

129 

:j:i 

18(J2, 

Xathaniel  S.  Berry, 

192 

1 

George  Stark, 

128 

158 

Paul  J.  Wheeler, 

3 

185 

1863, 

Joseph  A.  Gilmore, 

175 

2 

Ira  A.  Eastman, 

124 

U4 

Walter  Ilarriman, 

18 

148 

1864, 

Joseph  .\.  Gilmore, 

219 

29 

Edwanl  W.  Harrington, 

124 

145 

1865, 

Frederick  Smyth, 

197 

118 

Edward  W.  Harrington, 

106 

23 

1866, 

Frederick  Smyth, 

188 

104 

John  G.  Sinclair, 

104 

104 

1867, 

Walter  Ilarriman, 

181 

101 

John  G.  Sinclair, 

104 

1 

Scattering, 

•) 

104 

1868 

\\'alter  Ilarriman, 

241 

11(1 

John  G.  Sinclair, 

124 

80 

1869. 

Onslow  Stearns, 

185 

2 

132 

123 

33 

0 

1870, 

John  Bedel, 
Onslow  Stearns, 

100 
202 

John  Bedel, 

100 

Sanmel  Flint. 

2 

134 
94 

Lorenzo  I).  Barrows, 

.5 

1871, 

James  .\.  Weston, 

128 

70 

.lauies  Pike, 

189 

209 

108 

Lenuiel  P.  Cooper, 
Scattering, 

2 
3 

10 

1872. 

Ezekiel  -\.  Straw, 

214 

1 

.James  A.  W'estcjn, 

138 

196 

John  Blackmer, 

4 

1.32 

Scattering. 

1 

6 

1873 

Ezekiel  A.  Straw, 

191 

203 

.lames  \.  Weston, 

99 

102 

•John  Blackmer. 

7 

218 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


1874,  James  A.  Weston, 
Luther  McCutchins, 
flohn  Blackmer, 

1875,  Person  C.  Cheney, 
Hiram  R.  Roberts, 
Nathaniel  White, 

1876,  Person  C.  Cheney, 
Daniel  Marcy, 
Asa  S.  Kendall, 


129 

188 

11 

214 
130 

6 

217 

115 

5 


1877,  Benjamin  F.  Prescott,  204 
Daniel  Marcy,  114 

Asa  S.  Kendall,  4 

1878  (Mch.),  Benj.  F.  Prescott,  203 


Frank  A.  McKean, 
1878  (Nov.),  Natt  Head, 

Frank  A.  McKean, 

Warren  G.  Brown, 
1880,  Charles  H.  Bell, 

Frank  Jones, 


124 
197 
101 
10 
225 
124 


An  alphabetical  list  of  the  voters  in  the  town  of  Amherst 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1843,  with  the  dates  of 
the  deaths  and  ages  of  those  wlio  had  died,  and  the  ages  of 
those  who  were  living,  1  June,  1882,  so  far  as  ascertained. 

Those  marked  with  a  *  have  deceased. 


*Abbott,  Henry 


died  26  March,  1868, 


ayed  84 


*Atherton,  Charles  H. 

«  Jan.,  1853, 

79 

*Austin,  Asa 

27  Dec,  1843, 

29 

*Austin,  Saul 

24  March,  1881, 

93 

*Averill,  Chandler 

6  July,  1853, 

43 

*Bailey,  Leonard 

19  Aug.,  1872, 

85 

*Barrett,  Henry  R. 

15  Oct.,  1867, 

75 

Barrett,  Philip  S. 

64 

*Barron,  Solomon  R. 

19  March,  1882, 

65 

*Bakhvin,  Reuel 

7  April,  1849, 

70 

*Ball,  Mason 

Bates,  Moses  C. 

66 

*Benden,  Thomas  M. 

2  April,  1848, 

57 

*Bennet,  Jonathan, 

20  Feb.,  1849, 

73 

Bennett,  Alden  B. 

65 

-*Bills,  Jabez 

3  Nov.,  1857, 

63 

Bissell,  Lemuel 

82 

*Blood,  Lemuel 

7  May,  1857, 

69 

Blood,  Minot 

Blood,  Simon  A. 

*Blunt,  David  W. 

3U  April,  1868, 

72 

*Boutell,  Caleb 

22  June,  1845, 

78 

Boutell,  Francis  K. 

63 

Boutell,  Robert 

78 

Boylston,  Edward  D. 

68 

X.]  CHECK    LIST — 1S4.S.  210 

♦Hoylston,  Richard  di.-.l  10  .Inly,  1«57,  aged  75 

*Hoylstnii,  Kicliard  W.  1:5  Nov.,  1.S45,  2ti 

♦Hoyiitoii,  Closes  IS  ,Iidy,  1S5S,  60 

Hradlmry,  .I(is('{)li  8. 

Hrowii,  John 

♦Brown,  John  Dalton  29  May,  1879,  60 

♦Brown,  Sainncl  17  Any.,  1854,  74 

♦Brown,  Saniu.'l  F.  2:5  Nov.,  IS H,  34 

Brown,  William  UU 

Brown,  William,  jr. 

♦liullard,  Xahum  2()  March,  ISDO.  53 

♦Biirnham,  .\sahel 

Butler,  William  .\. 

♦Carter,  William  11  Nov. ,1875,  88 

Carter,  Henry  W. 

♦Carter,  Siiueon  8  June,  1856,  71 

♦Carlton,  Peter  10  Aug.,  1859,  52 

♦Caldwell,  David 

♦Caldwell,  Duslin  (i  Aug.,  1875,  til) 

Caldwell,  Isaac  F. 


8  June, 

1856, 

16  Aug., 

1859, 

23  Sept., 

,  1856, 

(i  Aug., 

1875, 

64 

7  July, 

18:.:J, 

61 

6  Nov., 

1857, 

8  July, 

1859, 

Aug., 

1856, 

♦Cami>bell,  Daniel  7  July,  1853,  75 

Cam])l)ell,  Charles  H. 

♦Chickering,  Isaac  6  Nov.,  1857,  56 

♦Clark,  Calvin  8  July,  1859,  74 

♦Clark,  Daniel  Aug.,  1856,  92 

♦Clark,  Ebenezer 

♦Clark,  p:zra  Dexter  8  June,  1859,  52 

♦Clark,  Thonui.s  Jetterson  27  Feb.,  1876,  65 

♦Cleaves,  James  B.  18  Nov.,  185U,  30 

Condis,  Isaac  77 

♦Converse,  Kbenezer  25  .\ng.,  18()1,  82 

Ct)nver.se,  Charle.s 


25  Aug.,  18()1 

(il 

<i2 

21  Oct.,  1851, 

21  Oct..  1851, 

Conver.se,  Rufus 

♦Crooker,  Enos  B.  21  Oct.,  1851,  40 

♦Crooker.  Mel/.ar  21  Oct..  1851,  51 

Crooker,  James  M.  (Jlj 

Crosby,  Jo.scph  Fitch  (!2 

Crosby,  Josiah  D. 

♦Damon,  Benjamin  11  Nov.,  181(!.  83 

♦Damon,  Stephen  31  May,  1854,  65 

♦Danforth,  Jacob  15  Nov.,  1851,  85 

Dant'orth,  (ieorge  75 

*Dan{orth,  Timothy  17   Mav,  1855,  77 


220 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


*Danforth,  Simeon  C. 

died  21  July,  1869, 

aged  83 

Danforth,  Charles  C. 

69 

Danforth,  Daniel  0. 

65 

*Danforth,  William 

2  March,  1849, 

46 

*Dane,  Xathan 

12  Dec,  1865, 

60 

Dane,  Timothy 

David,  Barnabas  B. 

79 

*David,  Charles  H. 

_ 

7  Oct.,  1880, 

65 

David,  John  0. 

68 

*Dickey,  James 

13  March,  1856, 

83 

*Dickey,  Thomas  M. 

24  Jan.,  1846, 

61 

Dinsmoor,  John  0. 

*Dodge,  Calvin 

6  June,  1853, 

38 

Dodge,  Perley 

82 

Dow,  Samuel 

*Duncklee,  Ebenezer 

3  Sept.,  1867, 

78 

Duncklee,  Ebenezer  Taylor 

66 

*Duncklee,  Levi 

21  Jan.,  1872, 

70 

Duncklee,  Sylvester  J. 

62 

Dutton,  Samuel 

*Eastman,  Cyrus 

17  Dec,  1862, 

75 

Eaton,  Edmund 

Eaton,  Harrison 

64 

*Eaton,  Loammi 

Elliott,  David 

*Elliott,  Roger 

14  Aug.,  1851, 

87 

Felton,  Hii'am  G. 

68 

*Ferrell,  Daniel 

25  July,  1868, 

68 

*Fisk,  David,  jr. 

29  Jan.,  1882, 

90 

*Fisk,  David,  3d 

22  June,  1873, 

80 

*Fitch,  Francis  P. 

23  Dec,  1874, 

68 

*Fletcher,  Daniel 

15  Oct.,  1873, 

77 

*Fletcher,  George  W. 

4  March,  1882, 

75 

*Fletcher,  Joseph 

30  Aug.,  1843, 

78 

*Fletcher,  Merrill 

3  July,  1877, 

78 

*Fletcher,  Robert 

18  Sept.,  1863, 

61 

*Fletcher,  Sew  all 

12  Sept.,  1855, 

54 

*Follansbee,  James  C. 

17  Dec,  1879, 

79 

*Ford,  John 

21  Sept.,  1848, 

74 

*Fowle,  Joseph 

27  May,  1874, 

81 

*Fuller,  Israel 

23  Feb.,  1864, 

86 

Fuller,  Israel,  jr. 

76 

*Gardner,  George  B. 

29  April,  1843, 

34 

X.] 


CHRCK    LIST — 1843. 


221 


Goodwill,  William  E. 
fiowing,  .losojih 
♦Gould,  Henjaniin 
♦Grater,  Francis 
♦Grater,  Francis,  jr. 
*Green,  Amos 
*Green,  Charles 
*Gutterson,  Eli  S. 
*FIadlock,  Kendall 
Iladle.v.  .John  !,. 
Hall,  i^)bert 
*IIanscomli,  (Jcorno 
*  I  lardy.  Elbridge 
Hardy,  EU.rid-e,  jr. 
*IIarradtMi,  Isaac 
*Hartsliorn.  Daniel 
*IIartsliorn,  Kdwartl. 
♦Hartshorn,  dotham, 
♦Hartshorn,  Timothy 
*IIarvill,  .losejth 
♦Ilarvill,  Joseph  K. 
Ilaivill,  Thomas  IM, 
llascltine,  Charles 
*Ilaseltine,  .John 
*IIa.sting.s,  Benjamin 
*IIaydi'n.  Thomas  W. 
♦liaydrii.  Willai'd 
Mlildn-th,  dacol. 
Mlil.hvlh.dacol..  2d 
Hildivth.  .Inlin  Ilartw, 
♦llildivtii.  dotham 
•Hills,  Franklin  M. 
*  11  ills.  .Moses 
Hodgman,  Timothy 
Holt,  Charles 
Holt,  Clark 
Holt,  Edwin  M. 
♦Holt.  Ezra 
Holt,  Israel  P. 
Hooper,  William 
♦Howard,  Henry 
Howard,  Herbert 
Howard,   Levi 


Jll 


(52 


7:5 


s;} 


76 


m 

7G 


1  .liily,  1S15, 

aged  77 

3  Jan.,  islo. 

ill 

If)  Jan.,  1S.")7, 

.')!) 

1  Feb.,  18li0, 

83 

9  Jan.,  1.S7;J, 

55 

If)  May,  18(5:5, 

44 

1  Oct.,  ISoi, 

68 

27  July.  ISCI. 

68 

1  April,  1S71, 

(59 

.)(»  July,  lS(it;, 

20  Feb.,  1S71, 
22  Aug.,  18.')4, 

21  Sept.,  1878, 
25  Oct.,  1868, 

5  March,  1853, 
2(5    Dec..  1870. 


5  Aug.,  18(55, 

9  Oct.,  1870, 

21  Sept.,  1849, 

21  March,  1881, 

2(5  Feb.,  IS.'jl, 

May,  1819, 

10  Oct.,  1868, 
26  April,  1875, 
18  Sept.,  185.5. 


Aj.ril.  18(50, 


l.'i  April,  1871, 


90 
75 
75 
79 
60 


84 
81 
42 
68 
70 
40 

63 
55 
74 


66 


83 


222  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


Howard,  Rodney 

64 

♦Hubbard,  Amos 

died  30  Jan.,  1858, 

aged  74 

Hutchinson,  Josiah  U. 

Jepson,  Benjamin 

*Jewett,  Josiah 

21  April,  18.53, 

83 

*Jewett,  Joshua 

May,  1869, 

56 

*Jewett,  Robert 

16  Nov.,  1865, 

61 

Jones,  Levi 

11  Oct.,  1858, 

68 

Jones,  Timothy 

88 

Joslin,  Levi 

*Kearney,  Thomas 

2  Nov.,  1854, 

75 

Kendall,  Leonard 

♦Kendall,  Xathan 

10  Aug.,  1846, 

91 

*Kendrick,  Benjamin 

13  Dec,  1853, 

74 

Kidder,  Benjamin 

*  Kidder,  Josiah 

28  May,  1849, 

70 

♦Kimball,  Jacob 

1  Aug.,  1849, 

81 

♦Kinson,  George 

2  Oct.,  1867, 

67 

Knight,  Jonathan 

82 

♦Lakeman,  Joseph 

30  March,  1851, 

8.5 

♦Lakeman,  Levi 

27  Aug.,  1837, 

58 

♦Lawrence,  Aaron 

1  Sept.,  1867, 

63 

♦Leavitt,  Benjamin 

June,  1848, 

54 

♦Leavitt,  rJohn 

13  Aug.,  18f)2, 

78 

♦Love joy,  James 

7  Dec,  1876, 

74 

♦Love joy,  John 

30  July,  1870, 

58 

♦Lovejoy,  Jonathan 

9  Dec,  1843, 

81 

Love  joy,  Mark 

65 

♦Lovejoy,  Miles 

27  Aug.,  1871, 

53 

♦Lovejoy,  Stephen 

20  May,  1852, 

79 

♦Lovejoy,  William  H. 

3  Jan.,  1874, 

73 

Lowe,  Cyrus  C. 

63 

♦Lowe,  David 

8  Jan.,  1867, 

80 

Lowe,  David  Perkins 

6.5 

♦Mace,  Joseph 

2  June,  1864, 

54 

♦McCluer,  Asa 

4  June,  1870, 

76 

♦McConihe,  Levi 

11  April,  1873, 

60 

♦McKean,  David  D. 

25  March,  1877, 

67 

♦Mack,  John 

16  July,  1854, 

75 

Mack,  Charles  E. 

61 

IMarvell,  John 

67 

♦Means,  Robert 

24  April,  1863, 

54 

Melendy,  Bryant 

81 

X.] 


CHECK    LTST — IS).'?. 


223 


Mplondy,  Charles 
*Moleii(ly.  IlaiiiiKoii 
.Mcl.MHly.  I.iitlicr 
*.Mcl(Mi(ly.  Xathauirl 
*M(>l<'ii<ly.  SaiiiUL'l  H. 
*M("lcu(ly,  U'illiain 
*.MeIviii,  Davi.l 
*Mel/.ar,  Abraliaiu 
*Mnore,  Hugh 

*  Moore,  John 
Moore,  Samuel  C. 
*Moulton,  Daniel 
*Mnulton,  John 
*Xoyes,  Aniinial 
*Xoyc's,  Moses 
Xoyes,  William 
*N'utt,  George  A. 
*X'iitt.  Samuel 
*()l)er,  .John 
Ober,  Samuel 
*()(lall,  William 
Osgoofi,  .loel  F. 

*  Parker,  Ephraiin 
*l'arker,  Jonathan 
*i*arker,  .losiah 
Parker,  Josiali  Merrill, 
Parker,  Thomas  B. 
Parker,  Truman 
*Parkhurst,  Henry 
I'arkhurst.  Henry,  jr. 
*I'arklinrst,  Silas 
*i'arkhurst,  Spalding 
i'arkhurst,  Stillman 

*  Patch.  Timothy  V. 

*  Patterson,  Jesse  C. 
*Pattee,  Lemuel  Xoyes, 
P<>al)oJy,  Samuel 
*Peabody,  Stephen 
Peabody,  Matthew  T. 
Peacoek,  Ezra  W. 
♦Peaooek,  Put'us 
♦Peaeoek.  William 
Peacock,  William  F. 


.^4 


ss 


died  •_»;?  dan.,  isso. 


is  July,  1S4.S, 

>ii 

7  Nov.,  1S77, 

77 

ll?  March,  1808, 

77 

P2  Jan.,  1801, 

73 

13  Fel).,  18(54, 

80 

7  .March,  1854, 

SS 

•28  Oct.,  1862, 

80 

fifi 

7  flune,  1S45, 

73 

18  May,  18(51, 

40 

2S  April,  1S72, 

73 

IS  April,  isyf), 

91 

80 

(5  July,  1S4.-), 

30 

1  Feb.,  1S4.-). 

57 

•Js  March,  iSdT, 

60 

72 

Nov.,  1850, 

73 

74 

64 


10  Oct.,  ls.-,(). 
20  Sept.,  1S45, 


4  Aug.,  is4r), 

5  April,  ls4(). 


32 

85 


76 

71 

211   Feb.,  isdl. 

82 

74 

lit    Feb..   Is77, 

70 

12  .Vpril,  1SS2, 

72 

63 

1  Oct.,  1S6S, 

67 

1  A|Mil.  l^Tit. 

66 

is  Jan..  I-^IT. 

6S 

38 
70 


;Y 

OP  AMHERST. 

[Ch 

ap. 

died  81  Dec,  1S67, 

aged  61 

7(1 

2.')  June,  1S()(), 

87 

3  .March,  1861, 

83 

5  ,Jan.,  1866, 

60 

26  Jan.,  1864, 

62 

1868, 

52 

11  July,  1875, 

90 

19  Jan.,  1855, 

36 

2  .Alarch,  1868, 

82 

Oct.,  184.5, 

64 

22  May,  1882, 

65 

28  Aug.,  1852, 

58 

70 

18  Xov.,  1862, 

59 

3  Dec,  1843, 

92 

18  Oct.,  1855, 

76 

224  HI5 

*Pearsons,  Francis  E. 

Perkins,  Elbridge  F. 

*Perry,  Ebenezer 

Perry,  Lorenzo  D. 

*  Phelps,  Amos 

*Phelps,  Almond 

*Phelps,  Daniel 

*Pratt,  Edward  H. 

*Pratt,  Loea 

*Pratt,  Stephen  H. 

♦Prentiss,  John 

*Prescott,  Ezra 

♦Prince,  George 

♦Prince,  .Tames 

Prince,  John 

♦Prince,  Luther 

♦Prince,  Solomon 

♦Putnam,  Elijah 

Putnam,  Elijah,  jr.  78 

Putnam,  John  C. 

Raymond,  Charles  A.  60 

♦Raymond,  Perley 

♦Read,  Samuel 

♦Read,  Walter 

Richardson,  Zaccheus 

♦Riddle,  Albert 

♦Rhoads,  Alfred  H., 

♦Rhoads,  Charles 

♦Rhoads,  Eleazer 

Rhoads,  Warren  74 

♦Russell,  David 

♦Russell,  James 

Russell,  Josiah  82 

Savage,  William  T.,  69 

Sawtell,  Eli  81 

Sawtell,  Henry  I. 

Searles,  Thomas 

Secomb,  Daniel  F.  62 

♦Secombe,  John  20  July,  1856,  77 

Secomb,  Levi  J.  78 

Shaw,  George  H.  75 

♦Shattuck,  Francis  M.  14  Jan.,  1876,  57 

♦Shepard,  Benjamin  6  Oct.,  1864,  78 


4  Sept.,  1873, 

80 

1  Dec,  1877, 

70 

7  Aug.,  18.59, 

51 

17  May,  1848, 

29 

1  Nov.,  1873, 

63 

27  June,  1855, 

84 

7  Jan.,  1882, 

84 

27  Dec,  1872, 

65 

X.] 

♦Shopard,  i^cii jainiii  V. 
*Slii'panl,  -John 
*Shepar(l,  Luimiius 
♦Shepard,  Xi'lieiiiiali 
*Shepard,  Samuel  I^. 
Skinner,  Joshua  F. 
Snutli,  Laiiydon 
♦Spalding-,  Matthias 
*Stearns,  Eleazer 
Stearns,  Iliram  D. 
*Stearns,  .Tamos 
Steele,  Al>ial 
*Steveiis,  Daniel  F. 
Stevens.  William 
*Ste\vart,  Da\id 
•Stewart,  Horace 
*Stewart,  Afoses  R. 
Stewart,  William 
♦Stiles,  Lewis 
*Stiles,  Walter  L. 
Taylor,  Daniel  Hamilton 
Taylor,  John 
Thissell,  Josiah 
♦Thomas,  Charles 
Thomas,  William 
♦Thompson,  Oliver 
Towne,  Luther 
Towne,  Samuel 
Truel,  Kli 
Truel,  Jacol) 
♦Tuttle,  Charles  H. 
♦Twiss,  Dimou  C. 
♦ri)ham,  Isaac 
*Uphani,  Jacob 
*Upham,  Jacol),  jr. 
♦Cpham,  Phinehas 
♦Tpton,  -Tohn 
♦Vose,  Samuel 
Walker,  George 
♦Wallace,  Andrew 
Warren,  John 
♦Wasson,  Horace 
Webster,  .John 
15 


CHRCK    LIST- 

— 1S4;5. 

225 

dic 

•  iL's  June,  isn6. 

aged  52 

Sei)t.,  1S55, 

78 

11  March,  ls4n. 

63 

:.'-J  July,  18.';7, 

70 

2  Feb.,  185:3, 

36 

75 
7.1 

( J 

•_>•->  May,  1865, 

95 

0  .March,  1846, 

80 

79 

lf»  .ran.,  IS.'vl, 

79 

77 

121  .Jan.,  18:.L\ 

57 

30  Aug.,  1880, 

81 

28  :May,  1S71, 

55 

l;5  June,  1868, 

83 

68 

2:3  .March,  1S7.5, 

79 

2.-)  July,  1875, 

59 

71 

77 

22  Aug.,  1S(;2, 

44 

li  Dec,  1S77, 

87 

76 

71 

66 

16  Dec,  issd, 

63 

19  Jan.,  1861, 

87 

12  April,  1869, 

67 

1  April,  1810, 

83 

11  Oct.,  18:i0, 

61 

16  .\i.ril,  18(13, 

67 

68 


1.")  March,  1857, 
23  Sept.,  1S56, 
13  Nov.,  IS  17, 


57 


73 


226 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Webster,  Moses 
*West,  Joseph  C. 
*Weston,  Daniel 
♦Weston,  Ebenezer 
*Weston,  Isaac 
*Weston,  Isaac  Plainer 
*  Weston,  William  J. 
Wheeler,  David 
*Wheeler,  Daniel 
Wheeler,  Franklin 
♦Wheeler,  Gardner  G. 
♦Wheeler,  Oilman 
♦Wheeler,  Isaac 
♦Wheeler,  John  N. 
♦Wheeler,  Jonathan 
♦AVheeler,  Nathan 
♦Wheeler,  Porter 
♦Wheeler,  Timothy 
♦Wheeler,  Timothy,  jr. 
Whittemore,  Bernard  B. 
AVhiting,  Benjamin  B. 
♦Whiting,  Nathaniel 
Wiley,  Levi  H. 
♦Wilkins,  Aaron 
♦Wilkins,  Daniel 
♦Wilkins,  Thomas 
♦Wilkins,  Samuel 
Wilkins,  Saniuel,  jr. 
♦Wilson,  Simeon 
Wilson,  Thomas  F. 
Woodward,  Alfred  A. 
♦Woodward,  Isaac 
Woodward,  Samuel 
♦Woolson,  Ezra 
♦Woolson,  Henry  P. 
♦Woolson,  Nathaniel 
*Wyatt,  Foster 


died  3  March,  1859, 

aged  53 

20  Aug.,  1872, 

67 

12  June,  1846, 

84 

23  Jan.,  1869, 

84 

23  Jan.,  1879, 

67 

1  Oct.,  1863, 

53 

10  Dec,  1867, 

78 

22  May,  1865, 

39 

10  Dec,  1872, 

55 

20  June,  1870, 

89 

29  Nov.,  1859, 

68 

March,  1844, 

49 

21  Oct.,  1864, 

59 

23  Nov.,  1870, 

58 

5  Feb.,  1853, 

79 

24  Dec,  1878, 

75 

H4 

68 

30  Oct.,  1843, 

64 

30  June,  1862, 

84 

6  June,  1847, 

57 

15  Nov.,  1868, 

76 

2  May,  18-57, 

65 

61 

1  Sept.,  1«67, 

79 

27  Jan.,  1874, 

67 

66 

25  .Alarch,  1862, 

73 

..    16  Sept.,  1844, 

80 

31  July,  1859, 

40 

5  Dec,  1844, 

49 

5  Feb.,  1882, 

86 

Average  age  at  time  of  death  of  225  who  have  deceased, 
^^TT5  years. 


Average  age,  1  June,  1882,  of  80  then  living,  Tlf^  years. 


X.]  rONSTITUTIONA[.    CONVENTIONS.  227 

Avcnijjc  aire  of  tliose  who  have  deceased  and  those  now 
Hviiiu-,  whose  aues  ai"C  known,  (39  years. 

Nnniher  whose  anes  have  not  been  aseertained,;)S.  Many 
of  them  are  now  liviip^':  none  Ix'inu"  less  than  <I<)  years  of 
age. 

'I'he  al)()\('  is  |)i'()hal)l\  no  unusual  I'eeoi'd  at  tlie  present 
time  in  eountry  towns  like  Amherst,  'i'he  average  dura- 
tion of  human  life  has  inereased  duiiu'j  the  last  century. 
How  much  more  it  might  be  lengthened  did  all  know  and 
obey  the  laws  that  govern  it  I 

CONSTITITIUNAL    CONVENTIONS. 

At  a  meeting  held  30  March,  1778,  Col.  Moses  Nichols 
and  Lieut.  Keid)en  Mussey  were  chosen  to  represent  the 
town  ill  a  convention  to  be  held  at  Concord  on  the  tenth 
day  of  June  following,  for  the  purpose  of  "forming  and 
laying  a  permanent  plan  or  system  of  government  for  the 
future  happiness  and  well  being  of  tlie  people  of  this  State." 

The  convention  met  at  the  time  proposed,  and,  after 
liolding  a  short  session,  adjourned.  It  met  again  5  June, 
1770,  adopted  a  plan  of  government,  and  made  prosision 
for  laying  it  before  the  people,  for  their  acceptance  or  rejec- 
tion. It  may  l)e  lound  in  Dr.  Bouton's  Town  Papers,  Vol. 
IX.  pp.  887-842. 

-Vt  a  meeting  held  ti  Se|)tember,  177'.',  the  town  voted  to 
accept  the  plan  of  government  for  this  State  which  was  laid 
ln'fore  them. 

Ihit  a  majority  of  the  voters  in  the  State  thought  difTer- 
cntly  and  the  proposed  constitution  was  rejected. 

-Vnother  convention  was  called,  to  meet  at  Concord  on 
the  siH'ond  'i'uesday  of  June.  1781,  to  form  a  idustitution 
for  the  State  ;  but  the  town,  at  a  meeting  held  24  ^[ay, 
1781,  voted  '"not  to  send  any  delegates  to  the  })roposed 
convention." 

This  convention  held  two  sessions, — one  in  June,  and 
another  in  Septend)er. — and  agreed  upon  a  plan  of  govern- 


228  '  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

ment,  which  was  kiid  before  the  people,  accompanied  liy  an 
address  explaining  its  provisions  and  the  necessity  for 
adopting  them. 

The  proposed  constitntion  was  laid  before  the  town  at  a 
meeting  held  26  December,  1781,  and  a  committee,  consist- 
ing of  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  Lieut.  William  Bradford,  Dea. 
Samuel  Wilkins,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Haywood,  Lieut.  Thomtis 
Burns,  Mr.  Peter  Woodbury,  Col.  Nahum  Baldwin,  Mr. 
Timothy  Smith,  and  Mr.  Reuben  Mussey,  was  aj)pointed 
"to  consider  and  remark  on  said  constitution,"  and  lay 
said  remarks  before  the  town. 

hi  order,  probably,  to  give  the  committee  time  to  prepare 
their  "  remarks,"  the  meeting  was  adjourned  to  7  January, 
1782,  when  the  committee  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of 
Mr.  Samuel  Dana,  Capt,  William  Dana,  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Wakefield,  to  its  number,  and  the  meeting  again  adjoui-ned 
to  the  15th,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  at  which  time 
tiiey  met ;  but  things  not  being  in  readiness  another 
adjournment,  for  one  hour,  took  ])lace.  On  meeting  at  the 
expiration  of  the  hour  the  "  remarks "  of  the  committee 
were  laid  before  the  meeting,  and  it  was  voted  not  to  accept 
the  said  constitution  or  plan  of  government  as  set  forth  in 
printed  copy  ; — but  voted,  unanimously,  to  accept  the  con- 
stitution, with  the  several  amend riients  made  by  the  com- 
mittee appointed  for  tliat  purpose. 

Voted  and  chose  Mr.  Samuel  Dana  to  attend  the  conven- 
tion at  its    next  session,  and  enforce  said  amendments. 

Col.  Nahum  Baldwin,  Mr.  Joshua  Athcrton,  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Wakefield  were  chosen  a  committee  to  prepare 
said  amendments. 

This  constitution  was  rejected  by  a  majority  of  the  voters 
of  the  State. 

The  convention  that  formed  it  met  on  the  fourth  Wed- 
nesday of  January,  1782,  and,  finding  it  was  rejected  by  the 
people,  adjourned  to  the  third  Wednesday  of  August  fol- 
lowing, when  they  again  met  and  formed  another  constitu- 


X.]  CONSTITUTIONAL    CONVENTIONS.  229 

tion,  wliich  they  laid  before  the  people.  This  constitution, 
like  the  piecedijig  one,  was  acconij)anied  by  an  achiress  to 
the  peo))le. 

()ii  this  constitution  the  town  took  action  at  a  mectinj!; 
held  ijy  Xo\  ember,  1782,  at  which  they  "  voted  not  to 
accept  the  proj)osed  constitution  of  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire."' 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Capt.  William  Dana,  Capt. 
John  Bradford,  Capt.  Augustus  Lovejoy,  and  Capt.  He/e- 
kiah  Lovejoy,  was  appointed  to  examine  said  constitution 
and  report  Ihei'eon.  Timothy  Smith  and  Lieut.  Ebcue/cr 
Weston  were  subsequently  added  to  the  committee. 

At  a  meeting  lield  23  December,  1782,  after  hearing  the 
rrpoit  of  the  above  committee,  the  town  voted,  unanimously, 
to  accept  the  proposed  constitution,  with  the  amendments 
proj)osed  by  the  committee. 

18  March,  1783, 

"  N'oted,  tliat  the  present  plan  of  government  abide  in  force,  while 
tiie  year  1781,  unless  a  more  permanent  plan  should  take  place 
antecedent  to  that  time." 

20  October,  1783, 

••  Noted  to  adhere  to  the  I'urnicr  phni  of  government,  that  is,  to 
have  a  Governor." 

•'  Voted,  with  reference  to  the  proposed  alteration  of  the  eighth 
article  of  confederation  and  perj^etual  union  between  the  thirteen 
states  of  America,  that  the  reasons  for  tlie  proposed  alteration  do  not 
preponderate  with  us  (with  due  deference  we  say  it)  as  they  did  with 
the  Honorable  Congress,  as  appears  hy  their  address  to  the  several 
states  respecting  this  matter.  Xor  are  we  of  the  same  sentiment  with 
our  own  legislators,  who  appear  to  be  convinced  of  the  expediency 
and  utility  of  the  measure,  as  by  their  address  to  this  State  of  the 
twentieth  of  June  past. 

NVe  are  humbly  of  opinion  that  a  strictly  equal  and  just  }ilan  or 
rule  for  taking  a  valuation  is  almost,  if  not  wholly,  impracticable  _ 
Vet  we  think  no  rule  can  be  devised  subject  to  fewer  objections  than 
from  valuation  of  the  soil,  &c.,  taken  in  and  by  each  state.  We 
therefore  hereby  instruct  and  empower  our  representative  to  use 
every  decent  and  lauclable  means  in  his  power  to  prevent  the  proposed 
alteration." 


230  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1  January,  1788.  Daniel  Warner,  Esq.,  Joshua  Atlierton, 
Esq.,  Samuel  Dana,  Esq.,  John  Shepard,  Esq.,  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Barnard,  Augustus  l^lanchard,  Esq.,  Rev.  John  Bruce, 
Gen.  Moses  Nichols,  Col.  Robert  Means,  and  Dea.  Samuel 
Wilkins,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  tlie 
Federal  constitution,  wlio  reported  that  they  could  not  recom- 
mend the  constitution  to  the  acceptance  of  the  town,  in  its 
present  form. 

15  January,  1788, 

"  Chose  Joshua  Athertoii  to  represent  the  town  in  the  Convention  to 
be  held  at  Exeter,  to  take  under  their  consideration  and  decision  the 
proceedings  of  the  P'ederal  Convention,  relative  to  the  new  form  of 
government. 

Voted  not  to  approve  of  s'd  Constitution  as  it  now  stands."- 

The  convention  met  at  Exeter  in  Febi'uary.  But  very 
few  records  of  its  proceedings  remain.  A  report  of  a 
speech  made  by  Mr.  Atherton  on  section  9,  article  1,  has 
however  been  preserved,  as  it^deserved  to  be. 

Following-  Mr.  Dow,  of  Weare,  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  who  spoke  sensibly  and  feelingly  against  the 
adoption  of  this  section,  several  other  members  spoke  in 
its  favor,  with  remarks  upon  what  Mr.  Dow  had  said,  after 
which  Mr.  Atherton  spoke  as  follows : 

Mr.  President:  I  can  not  be  of  the  opinion  of  the  honorable  gentle- 
man who  last  spoke,  that  this  paragraph  is  either  so  xmjust,  or  so 
inoffeusive,  as  they  seem  to  imagine,  or  that  the  objections  to  it  are 
so  totally  void  of  foundation.  The  idea  that  strikes  those  that  are 
opposed  to  this  clause,  so  disagreeably  and  so  forcibly,  is,  hereby,  it  is 
conceived  (if  we  ratify  this  constitution)  that  we  become  consenters  to 
and  partakers  in  the  sin  and  guilt  of  this  abominable  traffic,  at  least 
for  a  certain  period,  without  any  positive  stipulation  that  it  shall  even 
then  be  brought  to  an  end.  We  do  not  behold  in  that  valuable 
acquisition,  so  much  boasted  of  by  the  honorable  member  from 
Portsmouth,  ^  that  an  end  is  then  to  be  put  to  slavery.'  Congress  may  be 
as  much  or  more  puzzled  to  put  a  stop  to  it  then  than  we  are  now. 
The  clause  has  not  secured  its  abolition. 

We  do  not  think  we  are  under  any  obligation  to  perform  works  of 
supererogation  m  the  reformation  of  mankind  ;  we  do  not  esteem  our- 


X.]  MR.  atherton's  speech.  231 

selves  under  any  necessity  to  go  to  Spain  or  Italy  to  suppress  the 
Inquisition  of  those  countries,  nor  of  making  a  journey  to  tlie  Caro- 
linas  to  abolish  the  detestable  custom  of  enslaving  the  Africans :  but, 
sir,  we  will  not  lend  the  aid  of  our  ratification  to  this  cruel  and 
inhuman  merchandise,  not  even  for  a  day. 

There  is  a  great  distinction  in  not  taking  part  in  the  most  barbar- 
ous violation  of  the  sacred  laws  of  God  and  humanity,  and  our 
becoming  guarantees  for  its  exercise  for  a  term  of  years.  Yes,  sir,  it 
is  our  full  purpose  to  wash  our  hands  clear  of  it,  and,  however  uncon- 
cerned spectators  we  may  remain  of  such  predatory  infractions  of  the 
laws  of  our  nation,  however  unfeeling  we  may  subscribe  to  the 
ratification  of  manstealing,  with  all  its  baneful  conse(iuences,  yet  I 
can  not  but  believe,  in  justice  to  human  nature,  that  if  we  reverse  the 
consideration,  and  bring  this  claimed  power  somewhat  nearer  to  our 
own  doors,  we  shall  form  a  more  equitable  opinion  of  its  claim  to  this 
ratification. 

IvCt  us  figure  to  ourselves  a  company  of  these  manstealers,  well 
equipped  for  the  enterprise,  landing  on  our  coast.  They  seize  or 
carry  off  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  town  of  Exeter.  Parents  are 
taken  and  children  left,  or  possibly  they  may  be  so  fortunate  as  to 
have  a  whole  family  taken  and  carried  off  together  by  these  relentless 
robbers.  What  must  be  their  feelings  in  the  hands  of  their  new  and 
arbitrary  masters  I  Dragged  at  once  from  every  thing  they  held  dear 
to  them,  strii)ped  of  every  comfort  of  life,  like  beasts  of  prey,  they  are 
hurried  on  a  loathsome  and  distressing  voyage  to  the  coast  of  Africa, 
or  some  other  cpiarter  of  the  globe  where  the  greatest  price  may  waft 
them,  and  here,  if  any  thing  can  be  added  to  their  miseries,  comes  on 
the  heart-breaking  scene — a  parent  sold  to  one,  a  son  to  another, 
and  a  <laughter  to  a  third ;  brother  is  cleft  from  brother,  sister  from 
sisttr.  and  parents  from  their  darling  offspring.  Broken  with  every 
distress  that  human  nature  can  feel,  and  bedewed  with  tears  of 
anguish,  they  are  dragged  into  the  last  stage  of  depression  and 
slavery,  never,  never  to  behold  the  faces  of  one  ancjther  again.  'J'he 
scene  is  too  atYecting;    I  have  not  fortitude  to  pursue  the  sul>ject." 

'riic  lucn  and  women  of  the  jU'eseiit  generation  have  I'el) 
the  elt'eets  of  the  system  of  At'riean  shi\eiy  tolerated  l»y 
the  fathers. 

With  the  light  of  experience  around  us,  may  we  not 
wish  that  the  objections  made  to  the  adoption  of  the  consti- 
tution, made  by  the  delegate  from  Amherst,  had  Iteen 
heeded  by  the  convention. 


232  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

After  a  short  session  in  February,  the  convention 
adjourned  to  meet  in  Concord  the  following  June,  where, 
on  the  twelfth  day  of  that  month,  the  constitution  was 
ratified  by  the  delegates  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire,  the  votes  standing  57  in  favor  and  46  against 
it.  Of  the  delegates  from  Hillsborough  county,  6  voted  in 
favor,  and  16  against  its  ratification,  and  3  did  not  vote. 
Among  the  latter  was  the  delegate  from  Salisbury,  Capt. 
Ebenezer  Webster,  father  of  Hon.  Daniel  Webster. 

At  a  meeting  held  8  August,  ITl^tl,  Joshua  Atherton  was 
chosen  delegate  to  attend  a  convention  to  be  held  at 
Concord  on  tiie  first  Wednesday  of  September  following. 

The  town  voted,  at  a  meeting  held  7  May,  1702,  not  to 
accept  tlie  amendment  to  the  sixth  article  of  the  constitu- 
tion of  New  Hampshire. 

On  the  29th  day  of  August,  1792,  voted,  unanimously,  to 
accept  the  amendments  proposed  by  the  Honorable  Conven- 
tion, under  the  heads,  Senate,  Governor  and  Council,  and 
sent  out  to  the  people  for  their  ratification,  33  votes  being 
cast  in  favor,  none  against  them. 

After  the  adoption  of  the  amendments  to  the  constitution, 
in  1792,  propositions  for  a  convention  to  make  further 
amendments  met  with  but  little  favor,  the  town  voting 
almost  unanimously  against  them,  until  11  March,  1850, 
when  75  votes  were  cast  in  favor  of  calling  a  convention, 
and  120  against  it.  A  majority  of  the  votes  cast  in  the 
State  at  that  time  being  in  favor  of  calling  a  convention, 
Andrew  Wallace,  Esq.,  was  chosen  delegate  from  Amherst 
to  attend  it,  receiving  80  votes  to  56  for  Timothy  Danforth. 

The  amendments  to  the  constitution  proposed  by  this 
convention  failed  to  receive  the  sanction  of  the  people.  In 
Amherst,  but  three  of  the  fifteen  amendments  proposed 
received  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast.  The  majorities 
against  the  others  varied  from  10  to  126. 


X.]  rONRTITrXIONAL    CONVENTIONS.  233 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  Marcli,  187G,  89  votes  were 
cast  in  favor  of  callin*^  a  convention  to  amend  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  State,  and  76  a,o;ainst  it. 

A  romcntioii  h;i\iiii:'  hccn  cmIUmI  l»y  the  le^trishiturc.  Rev. 
Josiah  (i.  Davis  was  chosen  delegate  to  represent  the  town  in 
that  hodv,  receiving  142  votes  to  41  cast  for  Perlev  Dodge, 

The  convention  met  at  Concord  in  the  following  Decem- 
ber, and  agreed  upon  several  alterations  in  the  constitution, 
which  were  generally  adopted  by  the  peoj)le  at  the  annual 
meeting  in  Mnrcli.  1877. 


234  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

THE  FIRST  AND  SECOND  MEETING-HOUSES. 

VOTES    OF   THE    PROPRIETORS  IN  RELATION  TO  BUILDING  A  MEET- 

ING-HOQSE. A    DAY   APPOINTED    FOR   RAISING   THE  FRAME, 

PROVISION  MADE  FOR  FINISHING  IT. THE  HOUSE  PASSES  INTO 

THE    POSSESSION    OF   THE   TOWN. VOTES    IN    REGARD    TO  THE 

ACCOMMODATION    OF   THE    "  QUIRESTERS  "   AND  OTHERS. THE 

HOUSE    PRESENTED    TO    THE    COUNTY    FOR    A    COURT-HOUSE. 

REMOVED     TO    THE    COMMON,     AND      BURNT. BUILDING      THE 

SECOND     MEETING-HOUSE. VOTES     IN     RELATION     TO     IT. 

EFFORTS  MADE  TO  CHANGE  ITS  LOCATION. AMPLE  PROVISION 

MADE  FOR  RAISING   THE   FRAME. SALE  OF  PEW  GROUND,  AND 

REGULATIONS  IN  REGARD  TO  BUILDING  PEWS. DEDICATION  OF 

THE    HOUSE. VOTES    IN    RELATION    TO    THE    SINGERS'    SEATS, 

AND    REPAIRING    THE   HOUSE. SALE  OF  THE    MEETING-HOUSE, 

AND    RESERVATIONS  MADE  BY  THE  TOWN. ITS    REMOVAL  AND 

REFITTING  BY  THE  FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  SOCIETY. CENTEN- 
NIAL CELEBRATION  OF  ITS  DEDICATION. 

At  a  meeting  held  6  August,  1735,  the  proprietors  voted 
to  build  a  meeting-house  on  the  plot  of  ground  lately  laid 
out  for  the  purpose. 

14  February,  1737-38,  they  voted  to  build  a  meeting- 
house, 45  X  22  feet,  the  posts  to  be  22  feet  in  length,  finish 
the  outside,  and  build  a  pulpit  by  the  last  day  of  October, 
"  come  twelve  months."  Capt.  Joseph  Parker,  Ensign 
Thomas  Tarbox,  and  Lieut.  Cornelius  Tarble,  were  chosen 
a  committee  "  to  build  it  or  lett  it  out." 


XL]  THI-:  FIRST  mf:rting-house.  235 

11  July,  173S,  Capt.  Ebenezcr  Raymond  and  Mr.  John 
Wiles  were  added  to  the  coniinittoe,  and,  as  ('apt.  Park(M- 
deelinod  servinir.  Capt.  Josejih  Ricliardson  was  ehoscn  Id 
scfsf  in  his  stead.  At  (iiis  nu'etinu'  an  assessment  of  <£3 
was  made  on  eaeh  ri,t;ht,  to  defray  tlie  expensi!  of  Ituihling" 
the  house  and  hiying  out  a  seeond  division  of  h)ts. 

27  December,  1738.  The  IGth  day  of  May  foUosvinu-  was 
selected  as  the  day  on  which  to  raise  the  frame  of  the 
meeting-house,  and  Cajjt.  Ebenezer  Rayment  was  desired  to 
make  provision  for  the  same. 

10  May.  173*J.  Twenty  shillings  for  each  right  was 
ordered  to  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  for  defraying  the  nu-et- 
ing-honse  charges,  etc. 

20  May,  1741.  A  tax  of  £1811  was  levied  on  the  rights 
for  the  purpose  of  linishiug  the  meeting-house  and  defraying 
other  chai'ges. 

14  Decemlier.  1742.  .f(»hn  Shepard,  Jonathan  Tarble.and 
TiuKjthy  Fuller,  were  ap|)ointed  a  committee  to  agree  for 
linishing  tlic  meeting-house,  but,  18  ()ctol)er,  1743,  the- 
pni|ii-ictor> 

"  N'utt'd  that  a  committee,  consisting  of  Jost'ph  I'riiice,  Samuel 
Walton,  and  -John  Shepard,  must  gitt  tlie  meetiiig4ionse  hoardeif,  tlie 
Hower  laid,  the  body  st-ets  made  up,  the  pulpit  made,  and  the  Doors 
made  and  hung  as  soon  as  can  he." 

10   February,  1743-44,  they 

••  \'oted  that  they  will  doe  sonu^thing  toward  linishing  tlu^  meeting- 
house :  viz.,  I'laphoard  it,  make  the  window-frames,  crown  and  glaze 
them,  point  the  ground  pinting,  and  prime  the  tiew  boards,  window- 
franu's,  sashes,  and  doors,  and,  in  ca.se  there  is  not  an  Indian  war, 
the  ne.\t  fall,  laith  and  plaster  the  walls  and  ceiling,  as  the  comnuttee 
shall  think  lit." 

Deacon  Taride,  t'apt.  John  Shi'pard,  and  Mr.  Fbenezer 
IHlenwood,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  .see  the  above 
work  done.  It  was  also  voted  that  the  next  meeting  of  the 
proprietors  shoidd  be  held  in  the  meeting-house,  where, 
pursuant  to  this  vote,  it  was  held,  30  June,  17-44-4o. 


236  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  house  was  made  comfortable 
for  tlieir  reception  ;  certainly  it  was  no  small  undertaking  to 
hold  a  meeting  in  such  a  place,  without  fires,  in  mid-winter. 

Provision  was  made  for  finishing  the  meeting-house,  and 
for  meeting  other  charges,  at  a  meeting  held  21  September, 
1747. 

At  a  meeting  held  23  May,  1750,  they  voted  that  they 
would  do  nothing  more  to  the  meeting-house  that  year. 

26  June,  1751,  they  "  voted  to  finish  the  meeting-house, 
or  some  part  of  it,  this  summer,"  and  appointed  Lieut. 
Moses  Barron,  Andrew  Bradford,  and  Ebcnezer  Lyon,  a 
committee  to  get  the  work  done  ;  but,  26  September 
1753,  they  refused  "  to  appoint  a  committee  to  settle  with 
the  committee  appointed  to  finish  the  meeting-house. 

This  is  the  last  recorded  act  of  the  proprietors  in  regard 
to  building  and  finishing  the  meeting-house,  an  undertaking 
which  occupied  about  fourteen  j^ears.  After  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  town,  it  seems  to  have  passed  into  the  possession 
of  the  town,  and  its  preservation  became,  for  a  time,  a  town 
charge. 

As  the  population  of  the  town  increased,  the  house 
became  too  small  to  accommodate  the  people  who  resorted 
to  it  on  the  Sabbath.  Hence,  perhaps,  the  visitors  from 
Monson,  who  had  no  meeting-house  of  their  own,  and  paid 
nothing  for  the  support  of  preaching,  were  unwelcome 
guests.  Some  traces  of  the  feeling  against  them  may  be 
found  in  the  recorded  votes  of  the  town  at  that  time. 

23  July,  1767,  the  town  was  asked  to  allow  the  men  to 
occupy  the  whole  of  the  front  gallery  of  the  meeting-house, 
and  also  "  to  appoint  seats  for  the  Quiresters  to  set  in,  in 
order  to  improve  Psalmody,  or  religious  singing " ;  but 
both  applications  were  denied. 

14  March,  1768,  Daniel  Campbell  and  Benjamin  Taylor 
were  appointed  a  committee  "  to  make  so  much  more  room 
in  the  meeting-house  as  they  shall  think  proper,"  and  =£13, 
8s.,  and  6d.  was  voted  to  defray  current  charges. 


XI.]  THK    SKCOND    MRF/nNO-IH  )l  SK.  2*^7 

.I(jse|)h  StiM'l  Mini  WiHi:iin  Wallace  [(rotcstiMl  auaiiist  this 
irraiit  of  iiidik'V,  dt'ciaiiim-  thai  thcv  would  not  |iav  any  part 
ol'  it  imtil  it  was  decided  wlK'tliL'i-  the  house  heloii^^od  to 
the  |iro|)rietors  or  the  town. 

4  Decenilter,  1771.  Andierst  was  now  the  shii-c  town  of 
the  county  of  Hillsl)oroULih,  and  acconiniodations  were 
needed  for  the  sessions  of  the  courts.  The  town  had 
alrea(l\'  xotcil  to  hnjld  ;i  new  meet  inu'-hoiise.  and  at  a  ni<'rt- 
inti"  held  this  day  they 

"  N'utcil  Id  give,  niaiit,  ami  I'tnvvt'r  <iiiitclaiiii.  ;ill  our  riglil,  tilli-, 
interest,  claim,  and  property  of,  in,  ami  nnto,  our  old  nieetiiig-hoiise, 
in  said  Amherst,  to  the  justices  of  tiie  Court  ol"  (Jeneral  Sessions  of 
the  Teace  in  and  for  this  County,  for  the  use  of  the  County,  reserving 
to  ourselves  the  right  to  congregate  in  said  house  from  time  to  time, 
as  we  may  see  meet,  for  the  space  of  two  years  from  this  time,  with- 
out liaving  the  house  made  inconvenient  for  our  meetings  during  that 
time,  and  reserving  tlie  right  of  removing  the  rn!]tit  from  tiic  house 
at  any  time  during  the  two  years  aforesaid.  I'loviili'il  tli  ■  Justices 
cause  a  new  County  jail  to  l>e  erected  within  ItJO  rods  of  the  meeting- 
house as  it  now  stands ;  otherwise,  the  ahove  vote  and  every  clau.se 
tlnTi'in  conlaiiii'd  to  lie  void." 

The  jail  was  '"  erecteil "  :  the  new  meeting-house  was 
Itiiilt  ;  and  the  old  one  passed  into  the  possession  of  the 
county,  destined,  ere  long,  to  be  removed  to  ''the  plain," 
and  to  he  ]tiirilied  iiy  lire. 

THE   SECOND    MEETINC-lloCSE. 

At  a  iiKM'linn-  held  4  October,  177<i.  the  town  voted  to 
build  a  nieetinu-house  for  })ublic  worship  and  to  set  the 
same  ii|)()n  the  most  convenient  place  on  the  training 
field,  in  said  town,  and  make  it  seventy-li\e  feet  in  length 
and  h>rty-ti\e  feet  in  width.  They  also  voted  to  raise  one 
Imndred  and  lifty  pounds  lawful  money,  to  (hd'ray  the 
the  expenst'  (d'  Imilding  said  honse. 

Robert  Head,  Samuel  McKean,  Archelaus  Towne,  dolm 
Shepard,  jr.,  and  Moses  Nichols,  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  superintend  the  work  of  building  the  liouse,  and  they 


238  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

were  authorized  to  settle  and  fix  upon  the  partieuhir  spot  of 
ground,  in  said  field  on  which  to  erect  it. 

25  October,  1770,  at  a  meeting  held  this  day,  the  town 
voted  to  "  cut  the  meeting-house  short  of  what  had  pre- 
viously been  voted  five  feet,  and  the  same  in  width,  viz., 
five  feet."  They  directed  the  building  committee  to  add  to 
the  house  "  a  steeple  at  one  end  and  a  porch  at  the  other 
end  thereof."  The  committee  was  also  directed  to  cause 
the  frame  of  the  house  to  be  raised,  boarded,  and  shingled, 
within  twelve  months  from  that  date.  The  height  of  the 
sills  from  the  ground  was  left  to  their  discretion,  and  when 
any  particular  job  of  work  was  needed  toward  the  building 
of  the  house,  they  were  to  notify  the  people,  and  employ 
those  who  would  do  it  on  the  most  reasonable  terms. 

Armed  with  these  directions,  it  would  seem  that  the 
committee  was  prepared  to  go  forward,  but  a  storm  was 
gathering.  The  people  of  Monson,  so  recently  annexed, 
were  dissatisfied.  They  had  lived  in  the  old  town  twenty -four 
years  with  no  public  building  but  a  pound,  and  to  be  called 
upon  to  assist  in  building  a  meeting-house  was  a  new  ex- 
perience. The  settlers  around  Shepard's  mills,  in  Amherst, 
disliked  the  ))lan.  The  people  in  the  north-west  part  of  the 
town  objected  to  it,  as  it  added  half  a  mile  to  their  journey 
to  meeting,  and  it  was  objected  to  by  Chestnut  Hill  folks 
on  the  same  ground  ;  and  a  meeting  was  held  6  November, 
1770,  in  the  interest  of  the  disaffected  ones,  to  see  if  the 
town  would  "  vacate,  annul,  destroy,  and  make  void,  every 
act  or  vote  of  said  town  lately  passed,  relative  to  building  a 
meeting-house  on  the  training  field  in  said  town,"  to  see 
"if  they  will  enlarge  the  present  meeting-house  so  as  to 
make  it  convenient  for  the  public  to  meet  in  for  some  time 
yet  to  come,"  and,  finally,  "if  they  should  be  induced  to 
build  the  house  expressed  in  their  late  vote,  to  see  if  they 
will  vote  to  set  it  in  the  centre  of  the  town." 

The  above  queries  were  summarily  disposed  of  at  the 
meeting.      On  the  article  first  named  the  town  "  voted  in 


XL]  THE    SECOND    MEETINC-HOrSE.  28lt 

the  ncf^ativc,"  the  mcctiiiL^  bein<2;  <ni;ili(ie(l.  Tlwv  tlioii 
voted  "to  ratify,  estalilish,  and  conlinu  every  vote  hereto- 
fore passed  rehitive  to  the  new  proposed  incctinir-house." 
They  also  voted  to  dismiss  the  eoiisideratioii  of  the  two 
next  qneries. 

Another  cffoi't  to  chanu'e  tlie  loi-atioii  of  the  house  w;is 
made  at  the  aiiiiual  town  meeting;.  1 1  Mareh.  1771. at  \\lii<'li 
propositions  were  made  "to  reconsider  the  vote  alreadv 
passed  for  setting  said  house  on  the  |tlain."  "To  see  if  the 
town,  u]»on  consideration  of  a  far  snpeiior  ])laee.  with 
respect  to  underjjinning  said  house,  dry  land,  and  a  location 
nearer  the  centre  of  the  town,  will  vote  to  set  said  house 
on  the  west  side  of  the  road,  near  the  shoj)  of  Mr.  Cheever, 
so  called,"  and,  if  voted  in  the  neiiative,  "to  see  if  they  will 
chuse  a  coui-t's  committee  to  establish  a  jilaee  for  said 
house,"  all  of  which  were  rejected.  Tiionias  Wakelield  was 
chosen  "  new  meeting-house  treasurer,"  and  the  work  of 
building  went  forward. 

At  a  meeting  ludd  26  August,  1771.  the  town  voted 
that  the  building  committee  "provide  driid<  for  raising  the 
meeting-house — that  is,  for  the  spectators,  Ac." 

"Voted,  that  said  Coiniinttet^  2'i'o^''"'*^  Xew  Eii-^daiid  nini  for  the 
raisins;  the  meeting-house  frame  in  this  town  for  sneh  as  shall  do  the 
labor  of  raising,  and  for  all  spectators,  according  to  their  discretion, 
not  exceeding  eight  barrels."  Voted,  also,  "that  said  Conunittcc 
provide  for  the  raising  of  said  house  one  barrel  of  sugar  (l>ro\vn 
sugar),  for  the  use  of  the  laborers  and  spectators,  to  be  distributed 
acconling  to  the  discretion  of  said  committee." 

The  committee  was  also  authoi'i/.ed  to  procui'e  a  sulliciency 
of  \  irtiials  and  drink  b>r  such  as  should  labor  in  raising  said 
house,  while  laboring,  viz.,  one,  two,  or  three,  meals  a  day, 
as  the  laborer's  should  re(piire.  They  were  also  directetl  to 
hire  the  <  Jem,  etc. 

What  the  (Jem  was  does  not  clearly  api)ear;  but,  with  the 
amjde  preparations  made  by  the  town  and  the  amount  of 
victuals  and  drink  provided  for  the  occasion,  the  fathers 


240  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

must  have  had  a  spirited  raising.  Doubtless  they  lifted 
with  a  will,  and  the  massive  timbers  were  slowly  set  in  their 
places,  under  the  direction  of  the  master  builder,  Deacon 
Barker.  During  the  intervals  of  relaxation  from  the  solid 
work  before  them,  running  and  wrestling  matches  were  in 
order,  in  most  of  which,  if  tradition  is  to  be  believed, 
"Sam"  Wilkins,  the  minister's  son,  afterward  deacon  of 
the  church,  was  the  chief  champion.  His  greatest  exploit 
on  the  occasion  was  that  of  running  a  short  distance  with 
the  chairman  of  the  building  committee,  who  weighed  about 
the  sixtli  of  a  ton  avoirdupois,  upon  his  shoulders. 

At  a  town-meeting  held  4  December,  1771,  it  was  voted 
to  allow  the  accounts  of  the  committee  appointed  to  build 
the  new  meeting-house,  and  the  accounts  of  the  workmen 
employed  by  them. 

The  town  also  voted  that  tliev  would  finish  the  outside  of 
the  new  meeting-house  next  summer,  clapboard  and  glaze 
it,  and  finisli  the  steeple  every  way  complete,  and  lay  the 
lower  floor  in  said  house.  One  hundred  and  sixty  pounds 
lawful  money  was  granted  to  defray  the  expense  that  has 
already  arisen  in  building  the  house,  and  the  building  com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  complete  the  work  above  men- 
tioned. 

14  November,  1772.     The  town 

"  Voted  to  sell  by  auction  the  pew  ground  on  the  lower  floor  of  the 
meeting-house  to  the  highest  bidder  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  town, 
the  money  arising  from  the  sale  to  be  applied  to  defray  the  expense 
of  finishing  the  house." 

Daniel  Campbell,  Joseph  Gould,  and  Stephen  Peabody, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  sell  said  pew  ground  ;  Dan- 
iel Campbell  refusing  to  serve  on  the  committee,  Ephraim 
Hildreth  was  appointed  in  his  stead. 

By  a  vote  of  the  town  passed  at  this  meeting  there  were 
to  be  three  tiers  of  pews  on  the  south  side,  one  tier  on  the 
north  side,  and  two  tiers  each  on  the  east  and  west  ends. 
Alleys  were  to  be  left  between  the  pews  and  seats,  and 


XL] 


THR   SECOND    MHI-rriNC-IIOUSK. 


■2\-\ 


lictwccii  the  pews.  The  size  oi  the  pew  uToiiiid  lots  \v;is  Icl't  to 
the  discretion  of  the  eonunittee.  The  sale  ol'  the  i)e\v 
jri'DUiul  was  to  he  within  one  month  IVoni  tlie  time  of  this 
meetim:,  an<l  the  purchase  money  was  to  he  paiil  into  the 
meetinii-lionse  treasnr\'  within  thi'ce  months  Ironi  tlu-  time 
of  the  sah>. 

The  |iews  were  ordered  to  he  hnilt  within  twelve  months 
from  this  date,  and  in  a  nniform  mannei'.  if  they  were 
not  liuilt  within  the  time,  and  in  the  manner  specified,  the 
sale  of  the  urcKind  to  the  person  or  jiersons  failing  to  com- 
ply with  the  conditions  was  to  he  void. 


y^ 


THE   SECOND    MEETINC-llOUSE. 


'I'he  honse  was  so  far  comphited  that  it  was  formally 
dedicated  to  the  jinhlic  worship  of  Ood  on  the  I'.'th  day  of 
.lannai-y,  1774,  which  date,  curionsly  j)ainted  in  gold,  in  old 
Knglisli  h'tters,  on  a  jjancl  in  front  of  the  singers'  gallery, 
directly  oi>positc  the  |)nlpit,  ha-^  l.eiMi.  in  h\-<j-one  yc^ai-s.  an 
16 


» 


242  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

enigma  to  more  than  one  of  the  younger  members  of  the 
congregation.  Of  the  gathering  on  that  occasion  and  the 
sermon  preached  by  Mr.  Wilkins,  no  written  records 
remain.  Tradition  affirms  that  the  discourse  was  to  some 
extent  an  historical  one,  treating  of  matters  connected  witli 
the  settlement  of  the  town  and  the  formation  of  tlie  churcli. 
If  so,  its  loss  is  to  be  regreted. 

After  the  public  services  at  the  meeting-house,  it  is  said 
that  the  visiting  clergymen  were  entertained  at  the  house 
of  Pastor  Wilkins.  While  partaking  of  their  dinner,  of 
which  hasty  pudding  and  milk  formed  a  part,  the  newly 
elected  deacon,  "  Sam  "  Wilkins,  told  them  a  ludicrous 
story  of  his  experience  in  catching  a  sheep,  which  pleased 
the  reverend  fathers,  and  "  the  pudding  flew  well." 

14  March,  1774.  A  projiosition  to  choose  a  committee  to 
procure  a  good  hd\\  for  the  meeting-house  was  rejected  by 
the  town  ;  also,  one  to  "  allow  the  singers  a  seat  in  the  new 
meeting-house  that  Psalmody  may  be  carried  on  with 
greater  regulation."  Fifty  pounds  sterling  money  was 
voted  to  defray  the  new  meeting-house  charges,  etc. 

22  June,  1774,  Daniel  Campbell,  Lieut.  Kendrick,  and 
Israel  Towne,  jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
the  accounts  of  the  meeting-house  and  pew  committees. 

9  March,  1778.  The  town  voted  that  the  seats  in  the 
front  gallery,  in  the  meeting-house,  from  the  women's  seats 
to  the  first  pillar  in  the  men's,  be  granted  for  the  use  of  a 
number  of  persons  skilled  in  singing,  and  Ephraim  Barker, 
William  Low,  Amos  Stickney,  Abijah  Wilkins,  and  John 
Kimball,  were  appointed  a  committee  for  seating  said  seats. 

31  March,  1779.  The  town  voted  to  accept  the  report  of 
the  committee  appointed  to  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  new 
meeting-house  and  pew  committees. 

30  October,  1815.  A  committee  consisting  of  William 
Low,  David  Stewart,  and  Andrew  Leavitt,  having  reported 
that  the  meeting-house  needed  some  repairs,  the  town  voted 


XI.]  THE   SRCONO    MEETING-HOFSR.  24-^ 

that  said  committer  lie  autlinii/cd  to  make  sucli  repairs  as 
wcri'  iicct'ssary. 

March,  iSlS.  Tlic  town  rt'l'iiscd  to  |aii-clias('  stoves  for 
Ihc  nicctinLi-hoiisc. 

Kor  scvt'ial  years,  eltorts  were  made  to  induce  the  town 
to  prox  idc  for  warminir  the  meetinfj^-lionse  during  Sunday 
sci-\  ices  :  l)ut  when  the  matter  was  hrouj^ht  up  in  town- 
meetiuii'.  a  majoi-ity  of  the  voters  steadily  refused  to  make 
an  appropriation  for  the  purpose.  Perhaps  tliey  thought 
it  well  to  have  the  lem])erature  of  their  house  of  worship  as 
unliki'  as  possihle  to  that  ol  the  repiite(l  al)od('  of  h^st 
s|)irits.  Wood  was  cheap,  and  they  could  assemble  at  the 
taverns  near  Ity,  wIhm'c  mine  liost  always  had  good  fires 
liurniuLi-,  ai-ouud  which  they  could  gather,  talk  politics, 
discuss  the  foi-euoon's  sermon, — the  two  being  frequently 
identical, — diink  (lip, — or  something  stronger, — watcli  the 
boys,  and  get  in  good  shape  for  the  afternoon's  cam|)aign. 
The  fairer  half  of  creation  took  refuge  in  the  neighboring 
houses,  where  they  were  welcomed  to  good  fires  and  just 
as  the  bell  rung,  furnished  with  a  plenty  of  live  coals  to  fill 
the  liie  l)oxes  in  the  little  foot  stoves  they  carried. 

.So,  they  worshiped.  Some,  however,  were  not  satisfied, 
aiul  occasioiuilly  used  the  columns  of  the  Cabinet  to  give 
vent  to  th(>ir  feelings.  One  of  these  who  evidently  had  a 
realiziug  sense  of  what  was  before  him  and  his  fellow 
suffereis,  thus  wr(jte  in  the  Cabinet  of  -b  December,  1818  : 

••  Kveii  tin-  InilidnA  have  stoves  in  their  meeting-house.  Is  it  not 
astonishiniT  that  ririlizeil  and  inlightnitil  people  have  none  ;  but  that 
they  nearly  freeze  tlieniselve.s  and  children  every  SaM>ath  in  the 
winter,  wlien  the  trifling'  expense  of  our  dnllar  each  would  make  them 
eonifortablc '.'  A  word  to  tlie  frozen  will,  we  hope,  be  sudicient  to 
make  them — weather  wise." 

The  subject  was  again  l)rought  up  at  the  next  annual 
meeting,  but  the  town  refused  to  take  any  action  upon  the 
subject.  Fimilly,  in  1824,  some  stoves  were  procured  by 
individiiiil  siiliscri})tions  and  |)laced  in  the  meeting-house. 


244  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Still  the  house  was  a  cokl,  uncomfortable  place,  until 
it  was  removed  and  remodeled  in  1836.  After  that  time 
foot  stoves  were  dispensed  with,  and  the  few  that  now 
remain  are  shown  as  curious  relics  of  the  past. 

March,  1821.  The  town  voted  to  shingle  the  meeting- 
house, and  make  such  repairs  of  the  clapboarding  and 
doors  of  the  same  as  were  necessary  ;  also  voted  to  paint  the 
house,  and  William  Fisk,  William  Low,  and  David  McG. 
Means  were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  the  work 
done.  They  were  authorized  to  examine  the  stee})le,  and, 
if  they  thought  proper,  take  it  down  and  build  a  cupola  in 
its  place.  The  sum  of  1500  was  placed  at  their  disposal  to 
lay  out  for  the  above,  and  for  such  other  repairs  as  they 
might  see  fit  to  make  upon  the  house. 

In  the  Avinter  of  1832  a  movement  was  made  for  the  sale 
of  the  house,  the  town  reserving  certain  riglits  and  jjrivi- 
leges  in  the  same.  The  matter  was  brought  before  the 
town  at  the  March  meeting  in  that  year  by  appro[)riate 
articles  in  the  warrant  calling  the  meeting. 

14  March,  1832.  The  town  voted  to  sell  the  meeting- 
house at  auction,  with  the  following  reservations  : 

1.  The  town  reserved  the  right  to  use  the  house  for  all 
town  meetings,  for  so  long  a  time  as  they  might  wish  to 
use  it  for  that  purpose. 

2.  The  town  reserved  the  bell,  clocks,  and  belfry  or 
tower,  the  purchaser  to  have  the  right  to  pass  and  repass 
through  the  Avcst  doors,  as  now  used,  also  the  right  to  ring 
the  bell  for  funerals,  yjublic  worshi]),  and  other  public 
occasions,  without  expense  to  the  town. 

3.  The  rights  of  all  owners  of  pews  in  the  liouse  were 
reserved  to  tliem,  and  the  owners  of  the  organ  and  stoves 
were  to  have  the  right  to  remove  their  property  from  the 
house. 

4.  Provided  that  the  purchaser  neglected  to  keep  the 
house  in  repair,  so  that  it  should  not  be  as  comfortable  for 
town  meetings  as  it  then  was,  he  should  forfeit  all  rights 


XI.] 


THE   SECOND    MEETING-HOUSE. 


24.") 


(■(jnveyed  by  tlic  deed,  and  tlif  house  should  revert  to  Ihc 
town. 

;").  Previous  to  the  sale  of  the  h(juse  all  the  pews  were  to 
be  appraised  by  a  eommittee  of  impai'tial  men  not  residing  in 
town,  and  the  |iurchasi'r,  before  receiving  his  deed,  was  to 
take  and  pay  for  all  such  pews  as  the  owners  might  wish 
to  sell,  provided  such  owners,  within  ten  days  after  the  sale 
of  tlu!  lujuse,  expressed  their  wish  to  sell,  liy  a  wi-iting  left 
with  the  town-clerk. 

(».  The  purchaser  was  to  receive  a  deed  with  the  above 
reservations  and  conditions  as  soon  as  the  pews  were  paid 
for,  and  receive  [)ossession  at  the  time  of  recei\ing  his 
(le.'d. 

7.  In  case  the  [)urehaser  should  not,  within  lifteen  days, 
comply  with  the  conditions  and  take  his  deed,  a  deed  was 
to  he  given  to  the  next  lowest  bidder,  if  he  would  take  it  at 
his  l)id,  and  if  not,  to  the  next  lowest,  if  he  would  take  it  at 
his  bid,  and  so  on,  if  any  will  take  it  at  his  l»id,  provided 
the  said  right  of  the  town  shall  not  be  sold  for  a  less  sum 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

8.  Ednuind  Parker,  David  Fisk,  jr.,  John  Ma(d<,  and 
.Ia<-ol)  Ilildreth,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  cairy  the 
al»ove  vote  into  effect,  and  they,  or  a  major  part  of  them, 
were  directed  to  cause  the  pews  to  be  apjuaised  as  soon  as 
might  be,  and  give  a  deed  of  the  house  according  to  the 
above  conditions. 

The  sale  of  the  meeting-house  was  linally  made  by  the 
town,  with  the  b)regoing  reservations  and  resti-ictions,  the 
I'iist  Congregational  Church  and  Socii'ty  in  Andierst  being 
the  purchasers,  and  the  projierty  was  transferreil  to  them 
liy  tlie  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  and 
Society  ludd  4  January,  1(S36,  a  committee  was  chosen  to 
ascertain  the  i>rol>able  cost  of  altering  and  repairing  the 
meetinti-house. 


246  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6  February,  1836.  The  committee  exhibited  a  plan  for 
an  alteration  of  tlie  house  and  an  estimate  of  the  expense 
of  the  same,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  ascertain 
the  views  of  the  pew-holders  on  the  subject. 

At  a  meeting  held  20  February,  1836,  the  subject  of  the 
proposed  alterations  and  repairs  was  discussed  by  the  pew- 
holders  at  some  length,  and  it  was  finally  decided  to 
abandon  the  project,  and  unite  in  an  effort  to  build  a  new 
house. 

2  April,  1836,  a  committee  was  chosen  to  make  inquiries 
and  report  at  a  future  meeting  what  would  be  the  probable 
cost  of  a  new  house  sufiicient  to  answer  tlie  purposes  of  the 
society  as  a  house  of  public  worship.  Another  committeo 
was  appointed  to  consult  the  pew-holders  still  further  in 
regard  to  the  j)roposed  alterations  of  the  old  house,  and 
they  were  directed  to  report  the  result  of  their  inquiries  at 
the  next  meeting. 

23  April,  1836.  The  committee  ap])ointed  to  iiKpiire 
concerning  the  cost  of  a  new  house  reported  that  they  had 
visited  the  house  recently  erected  in  Milford,  and  estimated 
that  one  similar  to  it,  which  would  probably  answer  the 
purposes  of  the  society,  might  be  built  for  85,000.  The 
committee  to  consult  the  pew-holders  reported  that  sixty- 
five  dollars  would  probably  be  suflficient  to  buy  all  the  pews 
that  the  owners  were  unwilling  to  sell  at  the  appraisal. 

After  hearing  the  reports  the  society  voted  to  reconsider 
the  vote  to  build  a  new  meeting-house,  and  voted  to  repair 
the  old  one. 

Voted  to  remove  the  house  to  a  piece  of  land  owned  by 
Jonathan  Bennett,  provided  a  sum  of  money  could  be 
raised  by  subscription  sufficient  to  purchase  the  land  and 
pay  the  expense  of  moving  and  underpinning  the  house. 

Barnabas  B.  David,  Daniel  Hartshorn,  Charles  L.  Stew- 
art, Jonathan  Knight,  and  Luther  Melendy,  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  superintend  the  removal  and  repairs  of  the 
house. 


Xr.]  THE    SECOND    MF^KTINC-HOUSE.  247 

As  the  town  still  retaiuoil  an  interest  in  the  house, 
reserved  at  the  time  oi'  its  sale,  the  selectmen,  uj)()n  applica- 
tion of  members  of  the  society,  called  a  town-meetinu",  which 
was  held  -\  May,  183(3,  at  which  the  Iduii  uave  the  society 
leave  to  move  the  house  as  proposed.  It  was  also  voted 
to  convey  by  deed  to  the  First. Congrejiational  Ohiirch  and 
Society  in  Amherst  all  the  title  the  town  had  in  the  land 
on  which  tlu'  striuij;'  of  horse  sheds,  ruuninu;  north  from  the 
meetinu-house.  stood  ;  said  land  to  be  used  by  the  society  for 
the  pin|)ose  of  placing  the  meeting-house  on  the  same,  pro- 
vided the  consent  of  the  owners  of  the  sheds  l)e  (irst  obtained, 
the  society  furnishing  a  j)icce  of  land,  and  removing  the  sheds 
to  it,  free  of  expense  to  the  town  or  the  owners  of  the  sheds, 
and  the  selectmen  were  aiithori/cd  to  make  a  conveyance, 
as  aforesaid,  in  behalf  of  the  town. 

The  town  also  consented  that  the  society  should  make 
such  alterations  in  the  house,  and  about  the  west  porch, 
bell  deck,  and  steeitle,  as  they  wished,  provided  the  house 
was  left  as  convenient  for  town  puri)oses  as  it  then  was. 

K/.ra  Prescott,  Ej)hraim  lUanehard,  and  David  rnderhill, 
were  appointed  a  committee  on  the  j»art  of  the  town  to 
considt  with  a  committee  of  the  First  Congi'egational 
Chni-ch  and  Society  resjiecting  the  accommodation  of  the 
tow  n  in  said  house  for  town  jiurposes. 

At  a  meeting  held  '11  August,  1S36,  the  town  voted 
to  re|tair  the  bell-deck  and  steeple,  and  that  the  selectmen 
lie  the  committee  to  make  such  repairs  as  may  seem  to 
them  necessary  for  the  safety  of  the  town  pro|icrty  and 
the  comfortable  apj>earance  of  the  steeple. 

Marcli,  1887.  On  motion  of  Hon.  Charles  II.  Atliertou, 
the  town  voted  to  accept  the  hall  that  had  l)een  lilted  up  in 
the  meeting-house  for  a  jdace  in  which  to  hold  its  meetings. 

August,  1830.  The  meeting-house  was  removed  from 
the  spot  "on  the  training-lield  "  where  the  fathers  placed 
it  sixty-live  years  before,  to  the  jdacc  it  now  occuj)ics.  Prior 
to  its  removal,  the  porch  at  the  east  end  was  taken  olV, 


248  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

aftei'  which  the  house  was  moved  to  the  place  prepared 
for  its  reception.  The  work  of  removal  was  under  the 
direction^of  Capt.  Nathan  Call,  of  Concord,  and  was  accom- 
plished with  apparent  ease.  Mr.  Boylston  remarked  in 
the  Cabinet  that  '■•  Capt.  Call  is  as  renowned  for  his 
removals  as  Gen.  Jackson,  and  has  Calls  as  freqnently  for 
his  moving  powers."  The  Captain  miglit  have  responded 
that  the  editor  was  (piite  as  much  given  to  "  cabinet 
making"  as  the  President. 

ID  December,  183i3.  Hubbard  Newton,  Daniel  Campbell, 
jr.,  and  Andrew  Wallace,  Avere  appointed  a  committee  to 
appraise  tiie  pews  in  the  new  meeting-house.  Mr.  Wallace 
not  wishing  to  serve,  Deacon  Abel  Downe  was  appointed  in 
his  stead. 

1  January,  1837.  The  repairs  on  the  meeting-house 
being  completed,  it  was  again  occupied  by  the  society  for 
Sunday  services.  Tlie  exercises  on  this  occasion,  under  the 
direction  of  the  pastor,  Rev.  Silas  Aiken,  were  a]j})ropriate 
and  of  a  very  interesting  character. 

The  centennial  anniversary  of  the  dedication  of  the 
second  meeting-house  was  celebrated  with  apj)ropriate 
services  on  Sunday,  18  January,  1874. 

The  house  had  lately  been  thoroughly  repaired,  and  a  new 
organ  built  by  Geo.  H.  Ryder,  of  Boston,  was  used  for  the 
first  time  on  the  occasion. 

Many  citizens  of  Mont  Vernon  and  Milford  were  present. 
In  Mont  Vernon  the  meeting-house  was  closed  to  enable 
the  pastor  and  people  to  join  their  neighbors  in  the  centen- 
nial exercises. 

The  forenoon-  was  occupied  by  the  delivery  of  a  higldy 
appropriate  historical  discourse  by  tlie  pastor.  Rev.  Dr. 
Davis. 

In  the  afternoon  Rev.  Mr.  Ruland,  of  the  Methodist 
church,  gave  a  short  address.  Rev.  Mr.  Heald  gave  an 
historical  sketch  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Keeler, 
the  acting  pastor,  gave  an  interesting  historical  sketcli  of 


XI.]  THK    SKCUND    MKKTINC-HOUSK,  240 

till'  cIiiiitIi  ill  Moiil  ^'l'^n()l^  t'ornu'rly  the  Sl'<;()ii(1  ]);irisli  in 
Aiahcist. 

<)ii  the  aftcniooii  of  ^[()ll(l;l\^  I'.'  .laiiiniry,  a  mi'ctiiiu'  was 
liclil  at  the  tuuii-liall  at  wliicli  lv-\.  Hr.  |)avis  prcsidrMl.  A 
very  interest iiiu'  liistoiieal  sketeli  ot  the  chiireli  in  .Mili'ord, 
lornierly  the  Third  parish  in  Amherst,  \v;is  given  by 
William  15.  'I'owne,  \']si\..  oi'  .Miliord.  and  reminiscences  of 
many  of  the  inhabitants  <jf  the  town  in  former  times  were 
liiven  by  other  speakers. 

An  organ  concert  at  the  ehiireh  in  the  evenint:' (dnclii(h'<| 
the  centennial  services. 

Tlie  lionse  is  now  in  good  repair,  and  it.s  maN.si\e  timliers 
promise  a  eontinnance  for  centnries.  fjong  may  it  l)e 
spared  from  tlie  lire  ami  tempest,  a  connecting  link  between 
|)resent  and  by-gone  generations. 


250  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER   XII. 

THE  TOAVN  MINISTRY.     1741-1835. 

grants  for  the  support  of  preaching. settlement  of  mr. 

wilkins. grants  for  his  support. mr.  wilkins  chosen 

minister  by  the  town. votes  in  relation  to  his  salary. 

failure  of  his  health. —  arrangements  made  for  a 

supply   of   the   pulpit. mr.   blydenburg    in7ited    to 

settle  as  colleague. protest  against  his  settlement. 

mr.  foster  invited,  but  declines. mr.  barnard  in- 
vited.— protest  against  the  action  of  the  town. mr. 

Barnard's  answer. — meeting  of  the  ordaining  council. 

MR.    LIVERMORE's    ACCOUNT    OF    ITS    PROCEEDINGS. PROTEST 

AGAINST  MR.  BARNARD'S  SETTLEMENT. PROCEEDINGS  OF   THE 

TOWN. DEATH  OF  MR.  WILKINS. ANNUITY  VOTED  TO  MRS.  WIL- 
KINS.— ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  FIRST  PARISH. SETTLEMENT  OF 

MR.  Barnard's  salary. — the  parish  organization  aban- 
doned.  the  MUSSEY  lawsuit. SALE  OF  MINISTERIAL  LAND 

and  division  of  the  proceeds. mr.  barnard  called  to 

account. settlement  of  a  colleague  proposed. mr. 

Barnard's  letter. — settlement  op  mr.  lord. — the  unita- 
rian CONTROVERSY. DEALINGS  OF  THE  TOWN  WITH  UNITA- 
RIANS AND  UNIVERSALISTS. VOTES  IN  REGARD  TO  MR.  BARN- 
ARD'S TAX. MR.  LORD  RELINQUISHES  A  PART  OF  HIS  SALARY. 

NEGLECT  OF  THE  TOWN  TO  PAY  MR.  BARNARD'S  SALARY. — MR. 

LORD  DISMISSED. DEATH  OF  MR.  BARNARD. MONEY  RE- 
CEIVED FROM  THE  SALE  OF  THE  MINISTERIAL  LAND  DISPOSED 
OF. THE  TO^\TSr  MINISTERS. 


XTT.]  TFIK    TOWN    MINISTIO'.  '251 

THE  TOWN   AND  PAItl^ll    "\lINISTkV. 

At  ii  nicofiiii:-  lirld  -1  I )r.Tiiil)ri-,  17;')S,  llic  proprietors 

"  Ndtcil.  Iliat  tliL'  liilialiiluiits  oi"  Smilifgan  N\(!st,  No.  .'i,  shall  Draw 
twtiit V  l><>iiii(ls  out  of  tlio  Tri'ssurv  towards  there  havint;  the  wonl 
nf  (icid  i'lrafliei!  auKiiiL;  tiieiii  loi'  the  next  six  IllOIltilS." 

17  Jiil.v,  liaO,  they 

••  \(ite(i,  tiiat  the  iuiiabitaiits  of  Souhegaii  West,  Xo.  -i,  shall  liave 
ami  Draw  out  of  the  'I'ressury  the  sum  of  Twenty  pounds  toward 
there  iuiveiut;'  the  Word  of  God  Piech(»d  anioughts  them  till  the  last 
of  March  next,  if  they  hrim;  to  the  Trossnrer  the  men's  names  that 
i'rcriied  ten  days." 

I  1   D.M-t'mbor,  173!», 

••  Voted,  that  there  l>e  an  aildition  of  lifty  shillinj;s  per  day  for  oaeh 
Sahbath  they  shall  have  I'rechiiej;  anionghts  them." 

■20  M:iy.  1740, 

'•  \'nted,  that  the  .setlers  of  Souhenan  shall  Inne  ami  diaw  out  of 
nur  I'ressury  .")((  s.  each  Sabbath  day  that  they  have  IMeehiny  anionths 
them  till  it  is  altered  by  a  voat  of  the  jtroprietors." 

:}()  April,  1741, 

"  Voted,  that  they  Conenr  with  the  choice  of  a  nnnd>er  of  the  Pro- 
l>rietors  wlio  are  setled  at  Soiihei^an  in  the  choice  of  Mr.  Daniel 
U'ilkins,  lieiiijir  there  minist(M',  provided  wee  can  a^ree  with  him  for 
Sallary  iS:  Settlement." 

'•  \'oted,  that  they  will  choose  a  committee  to  'Treet  with  Mr.  Dan- 
iel Wilkins  about  his  bcinjj  theire  minister  and  Sallary  and  Srlili-- 
inent,  and  make  report  at  the  next   meetini;." 

"  Noted  tor  the  Comitee,  Mr.  Timothy  fuller,  ('a|)"n  lienjamin 
i'otter,  Mr.  (.'orni'lius  Tarble,  inr.  Joseph  Itichardson,  \  .loslnia 
Ilieks." 

II  .\ii-ii>t.  17  11. 

•' \'oted,  that  they  doe  accept  the  re]iort  of  the  Comittee  that  was 
chose  to  treet  with  Mr.  Daniel  WilUius  about  Sallar\  \  Settl.nient. 
and  Mr.  Wilkins'  answar  to  them  winch  is  on  tile." 

'■  Voted,  that  they  will  chuse  a  Comittee  to  take  care  ol  tiie  ordina- 
tion." 

"Voted  for  the  comittee  Samuel  Walt(tn,  Samuel  Lamson.  \\  illiam 
Lancy,  and  that  it  be  left  to  them  to  appoint  the  time  and  advise 


252  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  Clark  that  he  may  put  it  in  the  newspaper,  and  it  was  on  the  23d 
of  September,  1741." 

"  Voted,  that  the  comittee  that  is  chose  to  take  care  of  the  Oi'dina- 
tion  shall  not  exceed  forty  Pounds,  but  as  mucli  less  as  tliey  can." 

Mr.  Wilkins  was  accordingly  ordained  on  the  twenty- 
third  day  of  September,  1741,  a  chnrch  having  been  formed 
on  tlie  day  preceding.  The  ecclesiastical  conncil  that 
officiated  on  the  occasion  consisted  of  nineteen  ministers 
and  delegates.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Hencliman,  of  Lynn,  was 
moderator,  and  Rev.  Stephen  Chase,  of  Lynn,  preached  the 
sermon.  The  other  ministers  present  were  Reverends 
Andrew  Peters,  of  Middleton,  James  Osgood,  of  Weuliam, 
and  James  Swan,  of  Dnnstable. 

15  December,  1741, 

"  Voted  two  hundred  and  forty  pounds  be  raised  for  to  pay  Rev. 
Mr.  Daniel  Wilkins'es  Settlement,  Salery,  Ordaination,  and  other 
charges." 

14  December,  1742, 

"  Voted,  that  Com'te's  acc't  about  the  ordination  be  allowed  &  p'd." 

18  October,  1743, 

"  Voted  fifty  Pounds  old  Tenor  as  a  free  gift  to  the  Reverend  Mr. 
Daniel  Wilkins,  to  be  paid  him  out  of  the  Tressory." 

30  January,  1744-45, 

"  Voted,  that  they  will  give  Mr.  Wilkins  sixty  Pounds  old  tenor  as 
a  gift." 

IG  July,  1746, 

"Voted,  that  they  will  give  the  Rev'd  Mr.  Wilkins  Seventy  Pounds 
old  tenor  for  the  De}ire,Qiating  the  money  and  as  a  free  gift  foi'  this 
Pi-esent  year." 

3  November,  1747, 

"Voted,  that  there  be  ninety  pounds  old  tenor  adission  to  the 
Reverend  Mr.  Wilkins,  &  is  in  full  satisfaction  to  him  till  the  11th  of 
June  past,  1747. 

26  October,  1748.  Eiglity  shillings  old  tenor  was 
assessed  on  each  I'iglit  and  ordered  to  be  jjaid  to  the  treas- 


XII.]  TIIK    TOWN    MINISTin.  2')8 

m-cr   t(»   |i;iy   Mv.  Wilkiiis's  sahiiT,  iind    (tllicr  cliiirLi'i's,  lliiil 
miu'ht  aiiso  in  that  year. 
•J4  May,  1749, 

"  V.it.'.l,  tliat  till-  Kcwivii,!  Mr.  Wilkins  sliiill  l,;ivr  ;i.l.Ir,|  |.,  Ms 
.^alt-ry  five  liimdrtMl  aiid  forty  ikhiikLs  old  tciior  liils  to  make  his 
•sallt'iy  tour  luindied  pounds  a  year  ior  the  two  hist  years,  ending;  tlie 
mil  of  Jiiin-  iiL'xt." 

4  July,  1750, 

"  \'oted,  that  tli(M'f  1»'  four  liuiidrcd  pounds  old  tenor  Hiiiscd  lo  ]>ay 
the  IJeverend  Mr.  A\'ilkin>  his  Sallery,  wliich  he  accepts  in  full  for  all 
Di'pretiations  of  the.  money,  ending  the  lltli  of  June  last." 

26  June,  1751.  Two  liimdrcd  and  seventy  j)oiin(ls  wa.s 
added  to  Mr.  Wilkins's  salary  to  make  it  four  ImndiiMl 
pounds  from  11  June,  1750,  to  11  June,  1751. 

Li4  June,  1752.  Voted  four  Innidred  ]>ouu(ls  ohl  Icnor 
for  Mr.  Wilkins's  salary  for  the  year  endinii'  11  June  1752. 

21)  Septenilter,  175o,  Voted  to  allow  Mr.  Wilkius  live 
hundred  pounds  old  tenor  for  his  salary  for  the  last  auij  the 
present  year. 

1C)  April,  1755.  Five  hundred  pounds  was  voteil  as 
salary  to  Mr.  Wilkius  for  the  year  1755. 

Is  May,  1757.  Sixty-six  pounds,  thirteen  shillings,  four 
pence,  lawful  siher  money,  of  the  Frovinee  of  Massnehn- 
sctts  Bay,  was  i>-ranted  Mr.  Wilkius  for  his  salary  for  the 
year  1756,  and  lifty-three  ]»ounds,  six  shilling's,  eight  penee, 
like  monev,  for  his  salarv  for  the  vear  1757. 

'This  is  Iho  last  reeortl  found  on  the  the  j)r6prietors'  liook 
of  money  raised  by  thcui  for  the  support  of  Mi'.  Wilkius. 

Frobably  grants  for  that  purpose  continued  to  be  made 
by  them  from  year  to  year,  until  2  Ai)ril,  1760,  when  the 
charue  of  his  su|)i)ort  was  assunu'^d  by  the  town. 

The  town,  havinii-  oi-;j;anizcd  under  the  charter,  met  2 
April.  170O,  for  the  |iur|)ose  (jf  choosing  a  minister  ami 
|)roviding  for  his  sujiport.  Joseph  (Jould  was  chosen  mod- 
erator, and,  on  motion.  Rev.  Daniel  Wilkius  was  chosen 
minister  of  the  town,  and  it  was 


254  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

"  Voted  to  offer  him  foi-ty-seveu  pounds  and  ten  shillings  sterling- 
money  of  Great  Britain,  annually,  or  its  equivalent  in  the  currency  of 
the  Province,  to  be  stated,  npon  Indian  corn  at  two  shillings  per 
bushel,  and  pork  at  two  pence  p'r  pound,  sterling  money,  during  tlie 
time  he  shonld  continue  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  ministry  in  this 
place,  and  one  lialf  that  amount  during  his  natural  life  after  age  or 
infirmities  had  unfitted  him  for  labor  in  his  calling,  the  same  to  rise 
or  fall  as  the  prices  of  the  connnodities  named  rose  or  fell  from  year 
to  year." 

They  also  voted  five  hundred  pounds  old  tenor  as  salary 
for  the  ])resent  year,  and  chose  a  committee  to  prefer  the 
votes  of  the  town  to  Mr.  Wilkins  and  return  his  answer. 

The    committee    waited  upon  Mr.   Wilkins    and    subse- 
rpiently  laid  before  the  meeting  his  answer  to  their  commu- 
nication, as  follows  : 
^'■Beloved  Brethren  in  our  Lord  Jesii!<  Chrisf  : 

I  think  that  I  can  truly  say  that  I  have  labored  amongst  you  in  the 
work  of  the  Gospel  ministry  near  nineteen  years,  not  for  filthy  lucre, 
bnt  of  a  ready  mind,  and,  as  I  have  spent  the  prime  and  flower  of  my 
days  in  the  honorable  and  laborious  work  of  the  Gospel  ministry 
among  you,  so  I  am  willing  to  be  spent  and  worn  out  in  the  same 
service.  ((),  that  God  would  make  us  mutual  blessings  to  each  other 
with  respect  to  this  life  and  especially  that  whicli  is  to  come.)  In 
testimony  whereof,  I  now  declare  that  I  accept  your  vote  preferred  to 
me  by  your  Committee  for  my  support  in  the  work  of  the  ministry 
among  you,  viz.,  forty-seven  pounds,  ten  shillings,  sterling  money  of 
Great  Britain,  or  Province  currency  equivalent,  upon  the  standard  of 
corn  and  pork  as  it  is  inserted  in  your  warrant,  that  is  to  rise  and  fall, 
the  sum  above  mentioned,  as  those  commodities  rise  and  fall,  not  in 
the  least  doubting  but  that,  as  I  communicate  to  you  spiritual  things, 
so  you  will  communicate  to  me  of  your  temporals  as  y'r  abilities 
advance  and  my  necessity  calls,  and  furthermore,  I  accept  of  the  one 
half  of  said  sum  if  my  life  should  continue  beyond  my  strength  and 
ability  to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  ministry  among  you.  And  now 
the  salutation  of  your  very  humble  servant  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
i  wish  Grace,  Mercy,  and  peace,  may  be  multiplied  to  you  all  in  life, 
and  a  crown  of  unperisliing  glory  at  death. 


Amheest,  April  ye  2d,  1760." 


XII.]  THE    TOWN    MTNTSTIiV.  2')/) 

At  ii  mootinu'  lidil  11  Ocloljci-,  17<!2,  a  coinmittoi'  was 
(•JKiscii  •'  to  tn-at  w  itli  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkiiis  aliDiit  his  salai-y 
the  |trcs('iit  ami  |»recodin_L!,'  years."'  who  siil»sr(|U('Mf  Iv 
iTpoiicd  llic  rcsiiH  i»r  (jit'ii-  Ijihors,  w  hcr('ii|M)n  the  (own 
voted  to  adxaiicc  his  sahiry  this  year  live  pounds  stcrlini^ 
nioiicy  ot  (Ircat  iJritaiii.  al)ovc  the  llity  pounds  assessed 
last  yi'ai-. 

{•'or  some  eauso  not  now  apparent  this  vote  seenis  not  to 
ha\('  lieen  entirely  satisfactory  to  the  minister,  as  we  (ind  the 
loHowinu"  article  in  the  wan-ant  tor  the  nieetinu,'  in  March, 
17t;:^,  : 

'•  Td  SCO  if  the  town  will  try  oiicf  moiv.  l>v  tln'riisrivLvs.  or  Uy  lln-ir 
a^Piits  (if  they  see  tit  to  constitute  any),  to  compoinul  and  a;4ree  with 
their  minister  aliont  his  salary  from  the  time  they  made  their  eontract 
with  him  in  the  cajiaeity  of  a  town,  until  the  elevi'uth  day  of  June 
ni'xt,  ill  oiilri  to  ol)tain  his  lecciiit  oi-  receipts  in  full  for  saiil  tiTiii." 

\'\H)u  consideration  of  this  article  the  town  appointoj 
William  .lones,  John  Smith,  i^JulMMl  Alussey,  William 
Peaitody,  and  Joseph  Steel,  a  committee  to  compi-onuse 
matters  with   .Mr.  \\'ilkiiis. 

The  committee  |)resented  their  rejtort,  and  a  plan  for 
settlement  satisi'aidory  to  ^fr.  Wilkins.  at  a  mcetiiiLi;  Indd 
24  March,  176-5,  when  it  was  i-ea<l.  aicepted.  and  adojttcd. 

An  arti(de  was  inserted  in  the  wariant  calliiii:'  a  meetint; 
held  8  March,  1773, 

"To  see  if  the  town  would  hire  a  candidate  tor  the  gospel  ministry 
to  preach  with  them  a  few  Sabliaths  the  ensuinjf  sprinL,s  and  if  .so,  to 
choose  a  committee  to  invite  and  enfjane  a  <;;entleman,  and  j^ive  them 
such  ilirections  concerning  the  matter  a.s  they  .should  think  tit." 

ihit  the  town 
"  N'oted,  that  they  would  not  act  on  the  article." 

At  a  meeting  held  22  May,  177o,  the  town  voted  to  hire 
preaching  for  tiie  term  of  three  montiis,  if  need  lie,  and 
appointed  Samuel  Wilkins.  Daniel  Camjjhell,  Ebenczer 
Weston,  and  IVter  Woodluiry,  a  committee  to  jirocure 
l>reachers. 


266  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

14  August,  1775,  the  town  voted  to  liire  preaching  until 
their  annual  meeting  in  March,  1776,  and  directed  the 
committee  appointed  at  the  meeting  in  May  to  procure 
preachers  until  that  time,  securing  tlie  services  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Goodhue,  if  possible.  They  also  voted  that  Mr.  Wilkins\s 
salary,  from  11  June,  1775,  to  11  June,  1776,  should  he 
thirty-three  pounds,  six  shillings,  and  eight  pence,  lawful 
money. 

21  October,  1775.  John  Shepard,  jr.,  Joseph  Gould, 
Richard  Gould,  Amos  Flint,  and  Thomas  Burns,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  treat  with  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins 
relative  to  his  future  salary  and  ministerial  functions,  and 
make  report  to  the  town. 

28  November,  1775,  the  town 

"Voted  that,  in  their  opinion,  R<n'.  Mr.  AYilkins  was  not  capal>le  of 
perforniini;-  his  ministerial  fnnctions." 

At  the  same  time  they  amended  the  vote  passed  14 
August,  1775,  by  voting  that  his  salary,  from  11  June, 
1775,  to  11  June,  1776,  should  be  forty  pounds  lawful 
money,  instead  of  the  sum  at  lirst  voted. 

11  Marcli,  1776.  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  Ricliard  Gould, 
Benjamin  Kenrick,  Reuben  Mussey,  and  Joseph  Gould, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  treat  with  Mr.  Wilkius  for 
the  purpose  of  adjusting  and  compounding  matters  with 
him  relative  to  his  salary  for  past  and  future  time.  Also, 
voted  to  hire  preacliing  for  the  term  of  three  months  from 
this  time,  and  Samuel  Wilkins,  Daniel  Campbell,  and 
Robert  Means,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  employ  such 
young  preachers  as  they  might  think  proper  during  said 
time. 

30  April,  1776,  voted  "to  hire  preaching  six  months, 
commencing  11  June,  1776,"  and  directed  the  committee  to 
procure  the  services  of  Mr.  Swetland,  if  he  could  be  hired. 

The  committee  appointed  to  settle  with  Mr.  Wilkins 
reported  at  a  meeting  held  18  November,  1776,  that  they 


XII.]  TiiK  TOWN  MrxisTrtv.  2r>T 

Ii;h1  IxM'ii  ;ilil("  ti)  scltlc  with  liini  only  U)V  tlic  yoiirslTTl 
jind  177').  Their  i-cporf,  which  rcc()inin('ii(U'(l  the  iiiiyiaciil 
of  one  hiiinlrcil  |ioiiii(ls  Miis.sachu.'^ott.s  tcn«>r  to  him,  for 
those  vear.s,  was  a(h>|)fe(l,  and  it  was  voted  to  pay  him 
forty-live  |tonnds  lawful  money,  as  a  sahiry  fi'om  11  Juiu.', 
177t>,  to  1 1  June,  1  777. 

Voted  to  liii-e  |ireaehinLi'  until  March,  1777, and  appointeil 
haniel  Campliell.  ilohert  Means,  and  Sammd  Wilkins,  a 
committee  to  procure  penchors. 

Voteij  sixty  |):)unds  lawfid  money  to  he  laid  out  in 
preachini!'. 

At  the  meetiuii'  held  10  ^lareii,  1777,  voted  to  hire 
preaehinji;  for  the  term  of  six  months  next  comini:'.  James 
Seaton,  Nahum  r>ald\\  in.  and  William  ( Idall.  wei'e  appointe(l 
a  committiH'  to  |»roenre  preaehers,  and  direeted  to  :ipply  to 
Mr.  Swetland  to  presieh  three  months  on  j)robation. 

2  SeptemluM",  1777.  the  same  eommittee  was  authori/ed 
to  hire  preachers  for  six  months  from  the  lltli  day  of  this 
month,  and  it  was  left  iliscretionary  with  them  what  eentlc- 
lunn  or  ucntlemen  to  employ. 

24  Xovemlier.  1777.  \'oted  that  the  committee  l)C 
instructed  to  invite  Mr.  John  lilydenljuru,'  to  preach  until 
the  next  annual  meeting,  uj)on  probation. 

Mr.  Ixenlieii  Mussey,  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  Mv.  'i'imothy 
Smith,  and  ^Ir.  James  Seaton,  were  api»ointed  a  committee 
to  adjust  accounts  with  Rev,  Mr.  Wilkins,  who  reported  at 
a  meeliiiLi-  held  9  December,  1777,  that  they  fonnd  a  balanee 
due  him  of  four  jionnds,  six  shillini^s,  and  seven  pence, 
which  re|torl  was  accepted,  and  the  sum  named  was  voted 
to  be  paid. 

24  February.  177s.  Voted  to  join  with  the  church  in 
iriviuii-  Mr.  John  lUydeniturn-  a  call  to  settle  in  the  gospcd 
ministry.  n|>on  the  Cambridire  platform  of  cluireh  govern- 
ment, and  Peter  W'oodburv,  Amos  Flint.  Reuben  Mussey, 
Nahnm  IJahlwin,  and  Thomas  Wakelield,  were  ai)pointed  a 
(•ommittee  to  make  a  draft  or  j)lan  of  what  encouragement 
17 


258  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

and  salary  it  would  be  proper  to  offer  him  as  a  settlement 
and  yearly  salary,  and  in  what  it  would  be  proper  to  state 
and  pay  said  encouragement  and  salary. 

9  March,  1778.  This  committee  made  a  report,  which 
was  accepted,  and  an  invitation  was  extended  by  the  church 
and  town  to  Mr.  Blydenburg  to  become  the  colleague 
pastor  of  Mr.  Wilkins  in  the  ministry  in  this  place. 

The  following  {»rotest  against  liis  settlement  was  lumded 
in  after  the  meeting  had  adjoui'iied,  and  a  demand  made 
that  it  should  be  placed  upon  the  town  records : 

"  INIarch  9,  177S. 

"  To  the  freeholders:  (ind  /cf/nl  voters  of  the  /own  of  Aiittierst  assiinliled  Inj 
adjournment : 

Gentlemen  :  You  will  jtlease  to  oliscrve  and  allow  this  a  jilace  on 
the  records  of  this  day. 

Tliat  we,  the  suliserihers,  having;-  a  le,;al  i'i_t;iit  to  A-ot;_'  and  act  in  this 
nieetiuy,  take  this  nietrliod  to  at-qiiaint  you  that  we  protest  and  disseni 
to  the  settlement  of  Mr.  John  Blydenhin-L;-  as  a  minister  in  tiiis  town. 
That  is  to  say,  we  are  entirely  against  it. 

John  Averil,  John  Mills, 

AVilliani  Bradford,  jr.,  Stephen  Peahody, 

John  Cole,  Joseph  Perkins, 

Joseph  Fanium,  Ezekiel  Upton,  jr., 

Stephen  Farnum,  Thomas  ^Vcston, 

John  Ilarwood,  Eli  Wilkins, 

Nathan  Jones,  Jonathan  Wilkins, 

William  Lamson,  James  Woodbury." 
Joseph  Langdell, 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  signers  to  this  paper  were 
residents  of  that  part  of  the  town  A\diich  Avas  afterward 
known  as  the  North-west  or  Second  ]»a,rish  of  Andierst, 
and  later  as  the  town  of  Mont  Ycrnon. 

The  invitation  given  Mr.  Blydenbui-g  was,  fortiniately 
perhaps  for  the  town,  declined.  He  shortly  afterward 
rclin(piished  preaching,  and  engaged  in  trade  in  Durham, 
N.  H.,  where  he  died  in  October,  1836,  aged  eiglity-nine. 
He  graduated  at  New  Jersey  College  in  1777. 


XII.]  TIIK    TOWN    MIMSTItV.  -'i\> 

*»  ./illy,  177s.  Lieut.  Ivciilieii  Miisscy,  (';i|il.  .losiali 
Cru.sliv,  :iii(l  Solomon  Kilt n-ilirc,  uitc  !i|i|)oiiitt'il  a  com- 
mittee to  adjiisl  a(;'-oiiiits  with  Ki'v.  .Mr.  Wilkiiis  iVom  I  1 
.Iiiiic  1 777,  toll  .hinc,  177S. 

Till' rommittt'c  reported,  lo  July.  177>,llial  Mr.  Wilkiiis's 
salaiy  amouiite<l  to  £178,  2s..  ('xl.,  reekoiiiiiu"  liKliaii  corn 
Jit  fifteen  shilliuii-s  per  husliel,  and  pork  at  one  shilliii'/ 
sixpence  per  p  )uui|,  lawful  moiii'y.  ami  their  repoi't  was 
accepted. 

'24  Aim'iist.  177n.  I)ea.  Uoiitell,  lleniamin  Havis,  and 
Samuel  Seatoii,  were*  appointed  a  eoniniittee  to  hire  jii-ea(di- 
inu-  until  the  next  March  meeting,  and  they  were  to  use 
their  own  discretion  in  the  .scdection  of  preachers. 

At  a  meeting  held  1.')  Keliriiary,  177'.'.  they  were  directed 
to  invite  Mr.  lOdmiind  Fo.ster  to  j>reach  upon  prol)ation  until 
the  next  annual  meeting,  a!id  -31  ^firch.  177'.>,  the  town 
voted  to  eoiieui-  with  the  ehureii  in  giving  him  a  call  to 
settle  in  the  gosjxd  ministry  in  this  |»lace.  Dca.  Samuel 
Wilkins,  Dea.  John  Seaton,  and  Thomas  Wakelield,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  lay  a  |»lan  and  draft  of  what 
eiieoui'agement  as  a  settlement  and  yearly  salary  it  might  he 
|»i'oper  ti>  olTer  him,  in  what  it  should  lie  stati'd  and  |iaid, 
and  lay  the  same  before  the  town. 

This  committee  reported  at  a  meeting  ludd  o  .May,  177'J, 
and  their  report  was  accepted.  They  then  prepared  ami 
presenteij  Mr.  Fostei-  a  call  to  become  their  pastor,  but  the 
invitation  was  de(dine(l.  He  was  settled  ut  Littleton, 
Mass.,  17  .raniiary,  17>^1.  and  dieil  there. 

7  June.  1771',  it  was  voted  to  hire  preaching  six  months 
longer,  antl  Denjamin  Davis,  Samuel  Sciiton,  and  IJenjamin 
Kenrick,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  preachers 
during  that  time.  Thomas  Wakelield,  Honjamin  Davis, 
and  Moses  Harron  were  constituted  a  committee  to  adjust 
accounts  with  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  ami  they  jtresented  a 
rejiort   of  theii-  doings,  at  a  meeting  held   2'.'  June.  177'.', 


260  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

which  the  town  refused  to  accept,  and  referred  tlie  matter 
back  to  them  for  further  consideration. 

5  August,  1779.  A  committee  consisting  of  Ricluird 
Gould,  Samuel  Seaton,  and  Benjamin  Davis,  was  appointed 
to  settle  with  Mr.  Wilkins  for  the  year  ending  11  June, 
1778,  who  reported,  6  September,  that  there  was  due  him 
for  that  year's  salary  a  balance  of  fifty-three  pounds,  reck- 
oning Indian  corn  at  fifteen  shillings  per  bushel,  which 
would  purchase  seventy  bushels  of  corn  ;  but  Mr.  Wilkins 
proposed  to  be  satisfied  with  money  enough  to  buy  thirty- 
five  bushels  of  corn,  at  fourteen  dollars  per  bushel,  which 
report  was  accepted. 

The  committee  to  whom  the  settlement  with  Mr.  Wilkins, 
for  the  year  ending  June,  1779,  was  referred,  again  reported 
at  this  meeting.  They  found  due  him,  for  salary  that  year, 
the  sum  of  X973,  13s.,  lawful  money,  reckoning  Indian 
corn  at  fourteen  dollars  per  bushel,  and  pork  at  eight 
shillings  per  pound.     This  report  was  accepted. 

G  December,  1779,  the  town  voted  to  concur  with  the 
church  in  giving  Mr.  Jeremiali  Barnard  a  call  to  settle  in 
the  gospel  ministry  in  this  town,  and  appointed  Joshiui 
Atherton,  Esq.,  John  Shejiard,  jr.,  Esq.,  Capt.  Josiah 
Crosby,  and  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  a  committee  to  report  a 
plan  of  settlement  and  salary  to  be  offered  him  as  an 
encouragement  to  settle  as  aforesaid,  and  how  to  state  and 
pay  such  encouragement. 

The  committee  reported,  at  a  meeting  held  23  December, 
1779, 

"  That  the  town  give  IVIr.  Barnard  one  hundred  and  eighty  pounds 
Lawful  money  as  a  settlement,  the  one  half  to  be  paid  within  six 
months  and  the  other  half  within  one  year  after  his  ordination  to  the 
work  aforesaid. 

Furthermore,  that  the  sum  of  eighty  pounds  like  money  be  given 
him,  annually,  as  a  salary,  to  commence  at  the  time  of  his  ordination 
and  remain  until  two  years  after  the  end  of  the  present  war  with  Great 
Britain,  and  that  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  be  annually  added  to  the  said 
salary  after  that  time ;  that  the  salary  in  manner  aforesaid  continue  dur- 


XII.]  Till-:    TOWN    MINISTRY.  201 

iiij^liis  work  of  the  ministry  or  jiastural  relation  in  this  town,  fxccpl  thai 
it"  l>y  sickness  or  otiier  misfortune  he  be  unahle  to  »lischarj;('  the  func- 
tions of  his  olHce  (or  at  least  the  principal  part  of  them),  he  be  paid 
in  that  case  only  forty  pounJs  annually  during  life  or  till  his  pastoral 
relation  be  dissolved,  according  to  the  usage  of  the  New  England 
chnrehes,  ami  the  foregoing  sums  to  be  stated  ui>on  the  following 
articles,  at  the  following  rates  or  prices:  viz.,  Indian  Corn  at  -is.  p'r 
bushel,  in  l\'l)ruiiry  ;  Heef  at  2()s.  p'r  Cwt.,  in  the  middle  of  Xovem- 
ber  ;  Hay  at  thirty  shillings  per  ton,  in  the  Cock;  wool  at  one  and 
four  pence  per  lb.;  Flax  at  eight  pence  per  lb." 

Tlif  rc|H)it  was  siuiicd  l)y  all  the  iiK'iiibcrs  of  the  coiu- 
iMJtti'f  L'XCL'i^t  ('apt.  Josiali  Crosby.  Williani  I'cahody 
oitjcctiMl  to  tlic  uddilioii  of  ten  pounds  yearly  to  the  salary 
after  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  report  was  aecepted  liy  the  1(jwn,  and  Dea.  Sam- 
uel Wilkins,  Dea.  John  Seaton,  and  Joshua  Atherton,  Esip, 
were  appointed  a  coniiiiittee  to  wait  upon  Mr.  IJarnard  and 
inform  him  of  its  action  in  the  premises. 

At  tlie  same  meeting'  the  following  protest  from  inhal)- 
itants  of  the  north-west  jiart  of  the  town  was  presented  : 

"Dec.  •_':;,  177!'.  Relative  to  the  settlement  of  Mr.  .Jeremiah  liarn- 
ard  in  the  gosjiel  ministry  in  this  town.  We,  the  subscribers,  resident 
in  the  North-westerly  part  of  tlie  town  of  Amherst,  having  repeatedly 
petitioned  to  be  set  oti  as  a  distinct  Parish,  and  we  think  we  have 
made  very  reasonable  otlers  of  d(jing  our  parts  of  defraying  tlie 
charge  of  nniintaining  the  gospel  ministry  and  other  necessary  charges 
while  we  congregate  with  this  town;  but  our  petitions  have  liitherto 
iieen  rejected: — We,  therefore,  enter  our  protest  against  Mr.  dere- 
miali  Barnard's  being  settled  in  this  town,  or  any  other  minister  while 
uf  remain  in  conjunction  witii  this  tow  n.  and  our  reiiuest  not  granted. 

.Nathan  Flint,  .bhseph  l.angdell, 

•lohn  Cole,  .lolin  Ilarwood, 

I'eter  Woodliury,  William  Hradford,  jr.. 

-lohn  Mills,  .Joseph  l.ovejoy, 

.loseph  I'erkins,  Oliver  Carlton, 

Kli  Wilkins,  .Vbijah  Wilkins, 

Sutherick  Weston.  William  I.amson, 

l.araford  (;ill>ert,  .John  Averill, 

.loshua  Wilkins,  .Jacob  Smith, 


202  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap, 

Lemuel  Winchester,  -loseiih  Tuclc, 

Joseph  Farmim,  Thomas  ^^'eston, 

Benjamin  Stearns,  James  Smith, 

Enos  Upton,  Samuel  Stearns, 

Allen  Goodridge,  Knight  Nichols, 

Isaac  Weston,  Josiah  Dodge, 

James  ^^'oodbury,  Nathan  Cole. 

Solomon  Kittrcdgc  also  protested  a.!i;ainst  the  action  of 
tlic  town,  as  follows  : 

"  To  tlie  freeholders  of  A  ihIk  rst,  in  lo/rii-inr'  lni(/  conn  iicd,  ])<  (■<  iiih<r^'-\, 
177!)  ;     'roirnatiicri  (iitd  Bnl/inn  : 

I  am  conscientiously  of  opiuiou  that  the  pur])osos  of  religion  may 
be  better  answered  without,  tliau  by,  settling  Mr.  Jereiniali  ISariiard 
as  a  minister  in  this  town.  Therefore,  T  hereby  protest  against  his 
being  ordained  here ;  but,  after  all  that  has  been  said,  if  you  proceed 
to  settle  him,  I  shall  examine  and  try  the  legality  of  your  proceedings, 
and,  if  possible,  exonerate  myself  from  paying  any  of  the  settlement 
and  salary  you  have  voted  him.  T  request  that  this  papt'r  nuiy  be  now 
tilled  by  the  town-clerk,  and,  as  soon  as  may  be,  recorded  iu  the  town 
book  of  records. 

SOLOMON  KlTTREIKiK. 

25  January,  1780,  the  town  voted  to  make  the  following 
explanations  and  alterations  in  the  report  of  the  committee 
relative  to  the  sahuy  jn'oposed  to  be  paid  to  Mr.  Barnard  : 

"  Instead  of  ten  pounds  to  be  added  annually  to  the  eighty  pouuds, 
that  it  stand  and  be  recorded  ninety  pounds  yearly,  iu  two  years  afttu- 
the  end  of  the  war  with  Great  Britain.  That  the  hay  mentioned  in 
the  aforesaid  report  be  understood  to  be  English  luiy,  and  that  all  the 
articles  mentioned  in  the  call  given  by  this  town  to  Mr.  Barnard  and 
upon  which  the  several  sums  offered  him  as  a  settlement  and  salary 
are  stated,  are  understood  to  be  good  merchantable  articles." 

7  February,  1780.  Samuel  Seaton,  Dea.  Sanuiel  Wil- 
kins,  Amos  Flint,  Jonathan  Smith,  and  Benjamin  Davis, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  make  the  necessary  provision 
for  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Barnard,  in  case  his  answer  should 
be  in  the  affirmative.  It  was  also  voted  to  allow  the 
account  of  the  committee  for  supplying  the  pul})it. 

The  committee  appointed  by  the  town,  having  presented 


XII.]  THK    TOWN    MINISTRY.  203 

(he  invitation  of  the  town  to  Mr.  Barnard  tn  lir(';)nj(>  its 
pastor,  and  ils  votes  relative  to  settleiui'iit  and  salarv, 
receiwd  tiie  lollouiiiLi'  answer: 

"  Til  iIk    ('liuiili  Hill/  ( 'iiiii/n  f/iitiiiii  ill  Aiiiliirs/  : 

|{i:si'K(  I  1  i>  l'\iiiii:s  AM>  l')ia.i)\i;i>  l'i:i  KXDS  :  Some  weeks  Iiavc 
now  jiiist  awav  since?  I  reeeivetl  an  invitation  from  yuii  (l)y  your 
linnoralile  coininittec)  to  settle  in  this  town  in  tlie  impoitaiit  work  of 
tiie  tivangelical  ministry  in  eon  junction  witii  yonr  jiresent  KuvM 
I'astor,  and  he  assured,  my  ('Inistian  friends,  that,  being  deeply  sen- 
sihlc  of  the  ditlicnlty  and  importance  of  a  right  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  the  ndnisteiial  ottice  to  which  you  hnxa  invited  me.  T  have 
taken  the  affair  into  the  most  serious  consideration,  together  witii  the 
Jiresent  circumstances  of  this  town;  have  frecjuently  imitlored  direc- 
tion from  above;  and  asked  advice  from  tliose  who  I  trust  are  men  of 
uiiderstan<ling  anil  wish  will  to  the  Redeemer's  kingdom  and  interest; 
and,  from  the  best  liglil  I  liavc  been  able  to  ol)tain,  it  api>ears  to  be 
my  duty  to  accept  your  invitation;  and  I  do  accordingly  give  my 
answer  in  the  alfirmative,  upon  the  encouragement  you  have  already 
ottered  me,  as  explained  in  the  last  town  meeting,  and  assin-e  you  that 
I  shall,  from  this  time  forth,  hold  myself  in  readiness  to  l>e  set  ai>art 
to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry  in  tliis  town,  whenever  a  council, 
mutually  and  regularly  chosen,  shall  have  convened  for  that  purjiose. 
I  am  sensible,  however,  that  the  sum  you  have  offered  for  my  ainiual 
support  is  small,  and  1  cannot  but  think  you  will  generally  esteem  it 
to  be  so  if  you  seriously  consider  the  expensiveness  of  living  in  this 
jtlace,  by  rea.son  of  company  and  the  extraordinary  labors  of  a  minister 
among  so  large  a  people  as  this  is  at  present,  more  than  in  the  gener- 
ality of  towns,  and  likewise  the  sums  usually  given  at  this  day;  but  I 
am  fidly  persuadetl  that  it  is  not  your  desire,  and  that  you  will  not 
sutler  me  to  submit  to  the  nnseries  of  a  poor  and  straightened  condi- 
tion, whiU'  faithfully  discharging  the  duties  of  a  nnnister  among  you, 
tn iin  the  character  I  have  had  of  you  as  a  generous  and  benevolent 
piiiple  in  a  ministerial  way.  I  doubt  not  but  that  your  freewill 
iilVerings  and  generous  donations  will  so  richly  compensate  for  the 
ileficiency  in  the  jiresent  oHer  that  I  shall  l>e  aide  to  apply  my.self 
wholly  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ndnistry  among  you,  without  anxielv 
abdiit  worldly  affairs.  Now  may  God  so  overrule  yom-  heart.s,  my 
'lear  friends,  as  to  do  that  from  time  to  time  which  sliall  be  most  for 
His  glory,  the  interest  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom,  and  your  own 
immortal  souls.  I  now  conclude,  with  asking  yonr  daily  prayers  at 
the  throne  of  grace  for  me,  that  I  n)ay  be  enabled  to  l>e  faithful  ami 


264  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

acceptable  and  also  successful  in  my  ministry  among  you,  and  that  we 
may  live  together  in  the  peace  and  order  of  the  gospel  here  below,  be 
mutual  blessings  in  time,  and  each  other's  crown  of  rejoicing  in  that 
all  important  day  when  Christ  shall  come  to  make  up  his  jewels.  I'his 
is  the  sincere  prayer  of  him  who  is  yours  to  serve  in  the  Gospel  of 
Christ." 


^^^^^a^    ^i^>t.c.,^^ 


A  mutual  couucil  was  called,  which  met  Wednesday,  1 
March,  1780,  John  8hepard,  jr.,  Dea.  Nahum  Baldwin, 
and  Mr.  Amos  Flhit,  appeared  in  behalf  of  the  church  and 
asked  that  Mr.  Barnard  miglit  be  ordained.  To  this  objec- 
tion was  made,  and  the  council,  says  Mr.  Jonathan  Liver- 
more,  of  Wilton,  who  was  a  member  by  courtesy,  was  in  a 
state  of  perplexity  and  doubt  what  course  to  pursue.  After 
licaring  the  statements  of  the  parties  interested,  they  went 
into  session  and  discussed  the  matter  among  themselves. 
Finally,  Rev.  Zabdiel  Adams,  of  Lunenberg,  moved  that 
they  proceed  to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Barnard,  as  nothing- 
had  been  alleged  against  his  moral  or  Christian  character, 
the  opposition  to  him  seeming  to  arise  wholly  from  a  desire 
of  individuals  to  be  set  oli'  in  a  parish  by  themselves.  He 
stated  that  Mr.  Barnard  had  failed  of  a  settlement  in 
another  place,  and  if  he  failed  here  he  would  be  driven  to 
seek  a  livelihood  in  some  other  calling,  and  he  thought  it 
would  be  advisable  to  give  him  the  benefit  of  an  ordination, 
even  if  he  remained  but  a  short  time  in  Amherst.  To  this 
it  was  objected  that  it  would  be  impossible  for  him  to  live 
in  peace  and  quiet  in  such  a  fire  as  was  now  raging  here. 

The  committee  of  the  church,  being  present,  gave  their 
opinion  that  the  time  had  not  arrived  for  a  division  of  the 
town  into  two  or  more  parishes  ;  but  pledged  themselves 
that  they  would  advocate  the  division  at  the  proper  time. 

Finally,  late  in  the  day  of  2  March,  1780,  the  council 
voted  to  proceed  to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Barnard  on  the 
following  day.     On  this  occasion  Rev.  Jacob  Bigelow,  of 


XII.]  THE    TOWN    MIMSTKV.  26") 

SiidbiiiT,  made  the  iiitroductoiy  |)rayer.  Rev.  Zahdii'l 
Adams,  (if  liUiU'idieru',  a  cousin  of  President  John  Adams, 
and  urandfathcr  of  the  hite  Chief  Justice  lieUows,  of 
Concord,  preached  the  sermon  from  Matthew  I'l  :  111.  The 
sermon  was  not  printed,  but,  knowing  a  little  of  tlic  char- 
acter of  the  ))rea(dier  and  the  circumstances  undt-r  whi«ii  it 
was  deli\('ri'd.  we  may  iiift-i'  that  it  did  iml  hick  in  iihiin- 
ncss  of  sjieech.  Rev.  Kl)cnc/.er  iJridge,  of  Chelmsford,  gave 
the  charge;  Rev.  Danicd  Kmerson,of  Hollis,  the  right  hand 
of  fellowshi|i  :  and  Rev.  Josiah  Bridge,  of  Kast  Sudliuiw, 
made  the  concluding  prayer. 

The  following  bill,  presented  for  the  entei-tainment  of 
the  members  of  the  council,  gives  us  some  insight  into  the 
customs  of  the  times  and  the  haliits  of  the  ••  \  cnci-al)lc  " 
fathers  who  were  ••  (^'utertained  '"  : 

TiiK    TOWN   ol'   A.Mlli:i;si" 

To  .lONAl  IIAN    SMI  1  II.    Dk. 

For   ki'i'piiiL;   the   C'lumcil   at    llic  ( )r(liiiatioii   ut'   Kev.   .Mr. 

Iianiaid.  in  cmrcncy,  i.'l,;5:j;>  .'is. 

In  silver, 
'l\.  S9  (liiiiK'i-s.  at  Is.,  .  .  .  H       !)s.      OJ. 

r)0  suppers,  at  SJ.,  .  .  .  117         4 

S4  l)reakfa.st.s,  at  yd..    .  .  .  :;       :; 

4:3  lodgin.us,  at  4d..  .  .  .  Ill 

74i  mugs  Hip  and  toddy,  al   lod..  .  '■'<       "_'  1 

;{8  drams,  at  -JhU  .  .  7        11 

17  eakes,  at  Til.,  .  .  .  nil 

(i  11  IS.  eliee.se,  at  t!il.,  ...  '■'> 

10  mui^s  sydei',  at  '■'»[..  .  .  I 

.'>l  horses.  L'l  ii'is,  at   is.  .aili,  .  .  •_'      II 

I:!  Iiorse.s  liaited.  at  4  1.  eaeli,       .  .  II 


aU     8s.    lid. 


Tile  feelings  of  a  |ioftioii  of  tlic  inlialiitaiits  of  the  town 
in  regard  to  the  settlement  of  Mr,  Barnard  are  shown  in 
the  following  ])apor.  prc^scnted  by  them  to  tlu^  comicil  jirior  to 
his  ordination. 


266  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

To  the  vencrahlf,  tlie  Kcch'siaatical  Council  tinir  rnnreiicil  for  the  pnrjiosie 
of  setti/u/  apart  and  OrdaiiiuKj  Mr.  Jeremiah  Barnard  to  the 
Pastoral  Chareje  of  the  Cliurrh  cf  Christ  cV  People  of  the  loirn  of 
Amherst  : 

Tlie  Memorial  and  IJeinonstrance  of  iis,  Inhabitants  of  s'd  Amherst, 
hnmbly  Sheweth  :  That  your  Memorialists  think  themselves  much 
Aggrieved,  and  are  highly  displeased  with  the  Proceedings  of  that 
Part  of  the  Church  &  People  of  this  s'd  Town  of  Amherst,  who  have 
taken  it  upon  themselves  (against  so  nuich  Opposition)  to  call  & 
invite  the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard  to  take  upon  himself  the  sacred  office  & 
character  of  a  Gospel  minister  in  this  place,  who — strictly  speaking — 
has  never  even  been  heard  a  Day  on  Probation  for  Settlement  here. 
As  also  with  the  Conduct  of  the  s'd  Mr.  Barnard  conseqilent  there- 
upon. First,  then  we  are  not  (now)  about  to  object  to  the  legality  of 
the  Town's  Proceedings.  But  however  Legal  their  Proceedings  may 
have  been,  we  do  aver  that  they  have  been  by  no  means  justifia- 
ble. (In  our  humble  Opinion)  The  Measures  that  they  have  adopted 
have  been  rash,  hasty,  imgenerous,  and  Inipi-iulent,  &  in  the  Room  of 
having  a  tendency  to  promote  that  Brotherly  love  and  affection  wliich 
for  a  long  time  past  have  been  the  strongest  Bands  of  our  Union,  have 
a  direct  Tendency  to  promote  Division,  Malice,  111  will,  Dissention, 
Animosities,  &  heart  burnings,  one  against  another,  which  horiid  train 
of  evils  we  humbly  deprecate  &  earnestly  pray  God  to  avert. 

It  is  to  be  observed  that  at  the  Time  the  several  church  and  town 
meetings  were  called,  relative  to  these  Transactions  for  the  Purposes 
afore  mentioned,  the  Severity  of  the  Season  was  such  and  the  great  & 
extraordinary  falls  of  snow  about  that  time  rendered  a  general 
attendance  of  the  Town  morally  impossible.  In  these  circumstances, 
(ientlemen  (with  submission),  what  ought  to  have  been  the  conduct 
of  the  Town,  on  a  matter  of  so  much  Weight  and  Importance  V 
Ought  they  not  to  have  adjourned  these  meetings  from  Time  to  Time 
until  the  true  sense  of  the  People  could  have  been  deliberately  taken  ? 

On  the  other  hand,  how  have  they  conducted  those  weighty 
matters?  Have  they  not  pushed  them  forward  with  the  greatest 
Precipitation  ?  and,  notwithstanding  they  had  but  a  small  majority  of 
votes  on  their  side,  have,  Lawyer  like,  grasped  hard  at  a  Point  of 
Law,  not  considering  that  extreme  Riejltt  is  oftentimes  extreme  wrong, 
paying  no  manner  of  Attention  to  the  Opposition,  which,  altho'  they 
are  i-ather  the  jVIinority  as  to  numbers,  are  the  Majority  in  the  pay  of 
the  Town,  &,  in  case  Mr.  Barnard  should  be  settled  here,  we  must  be 
compelled  to  pay  the  major  part  of  his  Settlement  &  Salary,  which  we 
hund)ly  conceive  will  be  a  grievance  which  cannot  be  justified  either 
upon   the  principles  of  Civil  or   Religious  Liberty.     With  regard  to 


XII.] 


TIIK    TOWN    MINISTHV. 


2G7 


Mr.  Hariianl,  our  Personal  aniuaiiitaiicc  witli  liiin  is  but  slender. 
N'c'itlicr  liavc  we  sought  every  Means  &  Opportunily  lor  a  more  inti- 
iiiali- anil  |icrl'ect  Knowledge  of  his  Character  \  Alijlities,  \\lii<'ii  we 
iiiiL;li1  iia\(;  done,  i^  slioiild  ha\c  (hmc,  ])erhaps,  had  we  really  esteemed 
liiiii  as  a  Caudidati'  on  I'loliat  ion  tor  settleineiit  among  us.  We 
allege,  therefore,  nothing  against  his  moral  Character,  f.,ife,  or  Conver- 
sation. Xeithei-  do  we  mean  to  accuse  him  of  delivering  any  thing 
contrary  to  sound  Doctrine.  I'mt.  iiowever,  we  must  .say  that  he  is  not 
I  lie  man  of  our  choice,  that  he  is  not  the  man  that  we  should  choose 
lor  our  Sjii ritual  Guide — for  our  Instructor  in  the  great  &  deep  mysteries 
of  I  lie  (iospel  of  -lesus  Christ.  Neither  do  his  Discourses  (however 
doctrinally  .sound  they  may  l>e)  appear  to  us  to  he  delivered  in  Dinuni- 
struiiiiii  nf  Vic  Spirit,  ik.  with  that  Life,  I'ower,  &  Energy,  that  wc  could 
wi-^h  for,  nor  yet  with  that  cleai'ness  and  Persiiiciiity  that  we  think  we 
>lioiiM  have  a  right  lo  expect  from  a  man  thoroughly  furnished  to 
every  (iood  Work,  tSc  from  one  that  might  come  to  us  in  the  fnllne.ss 
ol  the  lUessings  of  the  (iospel  of  Peace.  it  is  such  a  man  that  we 
want,  and  we  tiiink  wc  have  a  Kight  to  covet  earnestly  the  hest 
( lifts. 

A/il  In  hacli.  To  conclude.  \\'e  hope  that  the  sight  of  .so  many 
names  as  will  he  annexed  to  this  Memorial  will  be  suflieient  to 
convinei!  .Mr.  Marnard  that  he  ought  in)t  to  think  of  settling  where 
there  is  .so  little  Prospect  of  his  being  Beneficial  unto  the  People  or 
comfortable  to  himself.  Put  (with  due  subniLssion),  .shoidd  .Mr. 
I'larmird  be  so  much  mi.staken  as  to  think  differently,  &  should  i  r(  u 
this  venerable  Council  (in  such  case)  proceed  to  Ordination,  Candor 
obliges  ii.s — however  disagreeable  the  necessity  of  dis.senting  from  ,so 
worthy  a  Pody — to  .say  thai  we  cannot,  in  justice  to  our  own  feelings, 
patiently  aeipiiesce  in  a  Decision,  in  our  Opinion  so  manifestly  inju- 
rious, both  of  the  Rights  of  Civil  and  l!eligit)ns  Liberty.  We  >hall, 
however,  rest  satisfied  that  the  venerable  Council  '/•///  Aiy  /minis 
sinlili  iilji  on  no  iiinii,  Ik  that  the  I'rayer  of  this  Petition  will  be  fully 
granted  by  their  refusing  to  ordain — umler  the  present  cireunislances — 
Mr.  deremiah  Parnard  to  the  Pastoral  care  of  the  C'hurch  of  Christ  & 
Peojile  of  tills  'I'own.  In  patient  expi'clation  of  which  your  .Memo- 
riaiisls,  as  in  Duly  boinid,  \e. 


Daiius  Abbot. 

Uaac  .\bbot. 

.lohn  .Vrbuckle, 

l',liene/.er  .\\cril. 

.lohn  Averil, 

C;i]i|.  Andiew    llradlord. 


Capt.  dohn  r>radb)rd. 
Pieut.  William  I'.radb.rd 
.Jerenuah  Purnam, 
•loshua  Purnam, 
.Stephen  Purnam, 
(  ieorge   Pin  IIS, 


268 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


John  Burns, 
John  Burns,  jr., 
Thomas  Burns, 
Oliver  Carlton, 
Thomas  Carlton, 
Joshua  Clark 
John  Cole, 
Nathan  Cole, 
Samson  Crosby, 
Josiah  Dodge, 
Samuel  Dodge, 
Joseph  Duncklee, 
Lieut.  Joseph  Farnum,  > 
Nathan  Flint, 
Ephraim  French, 
Laraford  Gilbert, 
Allen  Goodridge, 
Daniel  Gould, 
Richard  Gould, 
flonathan  Graham, 
John  Harvel, 
John  Ilarwood, 
Nathaniel  Haywood, 
Samuel  Heniy, 
William  Hogg, 
Benjamin  Hopkins, 
Ebenezer  Hopkins, 
James  Hopkins, 
Abner  Hutchinson, 
Benjamin  Hutchinson, 
Elisha  Hutchinson, 
Nathan  Hutchinson,  jr., 
Caleb  Jones, 
Caleb  Jones,  jr., 
Nathan  Jones,  jr., 
Josiah  Kidder,  jr., 
Solomon  Kittredge, 


William  Lamson, 
Joseph  Langdell, 
Daniel  Lovejoy, 
Joseph  Lovejoy, 
William  Melendy, 
Lieut.  John  Mills, 
Knight  Nichols, 
Timothy  Nichols, 
Robert  Parker, 
John  Patterson, 
Capt.  William  Peabody, 
Wm.  Peacock, 
James  Russell, 
Daniel  Smith, 
Jacob  Smith, 
James  Smith, 
Timothy  Smitli, 
Timothy  Smith,  jr., 
Benja.  Sternes,  jr., 
Samuel  Sternes, 
Amos  Stickney, 
Daniel  Symonds, 
Daniel  Symonds,  jr., 
Benja.  Temple, 
Thomas  Town,  jr., 
Joseph  Tuck, 
Enos  Upton,  jr., 
Ezekiel  Upton, 
"W'illiam  Wallace, 
Richard  W^ard, 
Abijah  Wilkins, 
Daniel  Wilkins,  jr., 
Joshua  Wilkins, 
\Villiam  ^Vilkins, 
].,emuel  Winchester, 
James  Woodbury, 
Peter  Woodbury." 


Solomon  Kittredge,  2d, 

31  March,  1780.  Lieut,  Reuben  Mussey,  Lieut.  Ebenezer 
Weston,  and  Mr.  Daniel  Stevens,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  settle  and  adjust  accounts  with  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins 
from  11  June,  1779,  to  11  June,  1780.     Thej  reported,  11 


Xll.j  THE    TOWN    MINISTIIV.  200 

SL'jtteiiilx'r,  ITSO,  (hat  llicv  loiiiid  <£"):> 2.  ")s..  ;iss('ss«m|  fni- 
liim  the  yciir  |iiist,  wliicli,  reck(jiiin<i;  cmjiii  at  thirty  dollars 
per  liiislicl,  amounted  to  lifty-nine  bushels,  which,  takm  out 
of  2o7A  hiishcis — which  was  due  him  accordiuji:  to  contract 
— there  was  \vi  i\\H'  him  ITS.V  busluds,  wliicji  at  lil'tv 
dollars  pci-  l)ushcl  amoniitcil  to  £'2310.  (These  wci-c 
continental  cnrreney  prices.  ) 

11  Septemlier,  ITSO,  voted  that  the  town  l)e  assessed  to 
pay  ^Ir.  Jonathan  Smith's  account  for  providing-  U)V  the 
eoiincil  at  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Uarnard,  and  l']l»ene/er 
Weston,  Col.  Ivohert  Head,  and  Ksquirc  Shej)ar(l,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  settle  and  adjust  aceir.ints  with 
Rev.  Mr.  15arnard. 

12  March,  1781.  A  committee,  haviuii'  been  ap|)oiuted  to 
examine  and  report  what  sum  of  the  present  (greatly  depre- 
ciated |»aper  enrrency  will  make  ,i2;ood  the  contract,  between 
the  town  and  lve\.  .Mr.  IJaiaiard  for  his  settlement  and 
salary  this  year,  Imported  for  the  settlement  X21,2-K)  lawful 
money,  and  for  salary,  <£9,439,  IDs.  Total  of  settle- 
ment and  salary,  .£30,679,  16s.  An  error  of  £*M  was 
discovered,  which  reduced  the  amount  to  <£2!>,743, 16s.  At 
the  same  meeting,  Daniel  Campbell,  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby, 
and  .lohii  Shepard,  jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  settle 
with  Ivev.  Ml-.  Wilkins  resi)ecting  his  salary  from  .June, 
17S0,  to  June,  1781,  who  reported,  15  January,  1782,  that 
he  was  entitled  to  237^  bushels  of  Indian  corn,  or  an 
eipiivalent  equal  tlii-reto.  and  that  the  selectmen  had 
assessed  the  town  toward  the  [layment  thereof  i'4,"<»(i  old 
continiMital  currency,  e(puil  to  forty  pounds  lawful  sil\er 
money,  as  adjusted  by  a  late  vote  of  the  town,  leaving:-  due 
to  him  and  still  unassessed,  the  sum  of  seven  pounds  ten 
shillings,  like  lawful  silver  money,  estimating  corn  at  four 
shillings  i)er  bushel. 

From  tlie  records  it  would  seem  that  a  part  only  of  Mr. 
I-Jarnard's  settlement  and  salary  for  the  first  year  of  his 
luistorate  was  |)aid  at  the  time  agreed  upon.      Hence,  we 


270  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

find  that  the  town,  at  a  meeting-  held  4  Feln'uaiy,  1783, 
chose  Lieut.  Thomas  Burns,  Capt.  Hezekiali  Lovejoy,  and 
Mr.  Amos  FHnt,  a  committee  to  settle  with  him  "  respecting 
his  settlement  and  first  year's  salary." 

This  attempt  at  a  settlement  with  Mr.  Barnard  failed, 
for  we  find  the  town  voting,  3  December,  1783,  not  to  i>ay 
Mr.  Ilarnard  any  more  than  he  lias  received  for  his  settle- 
ment and  lirst  year's  salary.  It  was  also  voted  that  the 
selectmen  assess  the  whole  town  in  equal  })roportion  to 
eiglity  pounds  a  year,  with  lawful  interest  for  the  time  the 
whole  town  had  to  pay  Mr.  Barnard.  They  were  also 
directed  to  assess  the  remainder  of  the  town,  in  e(iual 
pro])ortion  to  eighty  pounds  a  year  for  the  time  between 
the  setting  off  the  two  i)arishes  and  the  present  time,  with 
interest  for  the  same,  for  his  salary,  if  he  accepts  it,  and 
they  were  directed  to  wait  on  Mr.  Barnard  to  see  if  he 
accepts  of  these  votes  of  the  town  respecting  his  salary. 

But  Mr.  Barnard  did  not  accept ;  and,  at  a  meeting  held 
3  January,  1785,  the  town  chose  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby, 
William  Peabody,  jr.,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Burns,  a  committee 

"To  settle  an  action  brought  against  the  town  l)y  !lev.  Mr.  IJa.ni- 
ard,  if  a  reasonahle  vsettlement  can  be  had  witJi  him;  utlierwise  to 
dispute  liis  action  in  court." 

John  ►Slic|)ar(l,  jr.,  and  Capt.  Nathan  Hutchinson  were 
subse(piently  added  to  the  committee,  who  were  instructed 
to  petition  for  a  continuance  of  the  action  to  the  next  term 
of  the  court,  and  that,  in  the  intermediate  time,  the  com- 
mittee strive  for  a  settlement  with  Mr.  Barnard  and  make 
report  of  their  doings  at  some  future  meeting  of  the  town, 
and  they  Avere  authorized  to  employ  counsel  if  needed. 

Enos  Bradford,  William  Bradford,  Daniel  Campbell, 
Jacob  Curtice,  Benjamin  Davis,  Bartholomew  Dodge,  James 
Hartshorn,  William  Howard,  Nathan  Kendall,  and  Thomas 
Wakefield,  entered  their  protest  against  disputing  said 
action. 


XII.]  TIIK    lOWN    MIM>Ti:V.  271 

Tlic  InllowiiiiL;-  bond  was  tiivoii  l)y  Mr.  IJanianI  to  llir 
iiK'iuhcis  (»r  tlic  First  |»arisli.  Ix'fori' (•oiumciiciiii:'  an  action 
aii'aiiist  tin-  tow  n  to  rct'ovcr  till-  lialaiRU'  due  on  his  sclllc- 
nicnt  and  >ala  ly  in  1  ~S  [  : 

"Kiiciw  :ill  iiii'ii  l>y  tlu'sc  presents,  tliat  I,  Jereiiiiali  lianiard,  ol' 
Aiiiliei.>,|,  in  the  County  of  Ilillsborouyli  and  State  of  New  Ilani|>- 
.-liire,  Clerk,  am  Ilolden  and  stand  tiinilv  l>onnd  and  oMii^ated  unto 
lliat  part  (tf  tlie  town  of  Anilierst  that  are  not  h'.i,ally  diseliar^'ed  from 
paying  any  lliin;;  for  my  support  in  future  as  a  minister  of  the  eospel 
in  the  just  sum  of  one  tliousand  pounds  hiwful  silver  money,  to  the 
which  payment  I  bind  myself,  my  Heirs,  Administrators,  Executors 
and  Assigns,  tirndy,  by  these  jucsents,  sealed  with  my  Seal,  Daleij  the 
twenty-sec'ond  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  om-  thou>aud 
se\en  liiindi-ed  and  ei;^lity-four. 

'{"lie  condition  of  the  almve  ol)]ination  is  such  that,  whereas  llie 
abo\c  liiiunden  i'laniard,  in  oiiler  to  recover  the  proportion  of  his 
salary  and  settlenu'nt  that  is  duo  to  him  for  the  years  seventeen  hun- 
dred and  eighty  and  eighty-one,  and  part  of  the  year  eighty-two,  from 
the  South-west  and  North-west  parishes  of  Amherst,  must  connneiuM- 
and  prosecute  an  action  against  the  old  parish,  jointly  with  the  other 
two  parishes,  although  the  inhabitants  of  the  old  parish  have  voted  to 
p;iy  him  their  proportion  thereof.  Now  if  such  action  shall  be  com- 
menced and  prosecuted,  if  said  IJarnard  shall  not  suffer  his  execution 
to  be  served  upini  the  persons  and  estates  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
saitl  Old  Parish  who  shall  have  paid  the  rates  already  assessed 
against  them,  lor  the  said  IJarnanl.  within  the  term  of  six  months 
Irom  the  date  of  this  instrument,  ami  shall  not  jtut  them,  nor  any  of 
iheui,  to  any  cost  or  charge  thereby,  ami  shall  discharge  their  ]iart 
and  pro])ortion  of  such  judgment  or  execution  thereon,  on  n'lpiest, 
then  the  foregoing  obligation  is  to  be  void  ;  andotherwi>e  to  be  in  full 
force. 

.iKKKMiAii  i;ai;xai;|). 

signed,  sealed,  and  deliven'ij.  in  pi-esence  of  us, 

SAMfKI.   WILKIN'S. 

iiioMAs  \\  .\ki;i'ii:li>. 

I\('\.  .Mr.  Wilkins,  senior  niinistci'  of  tin'  town,  dird  II 
l'\'l(rnary.  ITSl.aml  Ins  Inncral  was  attended  on  the  ITlli. 
when  Ke\.  Mr.  nniMiap.  ol  Meriiniaek,  |»rea(died  from  1 
Sanniel  .\.\v:  1.  The  town,  at  the  annnal  nKM'tini:",  S  Marcdi, 
1TS4,  voted    fonr  poinHls,  fnc  shilliiiLis.  ami   one   |ii'nny.  to 


272  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

defray  the  funeral  charges,  and  directed  the  selectmen  "to 
furnish  gloves  for  the  bearers." 

John  Shepard,  jr.,  Daniel  Campbell,  and  Thomas  Wake- 
field were  appointed  a  committee  to  erect  a  monument  over 
his  grave. 

The  monument,  a  choice  specimen  of  the  workmanship 
of  the  time,  stands  in  the  old  cemetery,  in  the  rear  of  the 
town-house,  bearing  the  inscription, 

"  '  Ecce  Addisce  Vivere.' 

ERECTED 
BY    THE    TOWN   OF    AMHERST 

To  the  ]MemoiT  of 
REV.    DANIEL   WILKINS, 

Who  drpmied  this  life  Frb.  11,  1783  *  in  the  7?.r/  i/ear  of  his  age 
(1 11(1  4:'2(/  of  his  ininistry. 

He  was  a  Gentleman  of  good  natural  and  acquired  abilities;  he 
received  the  honors  of  Harvard  University  at  Cambridge,  in  1736,  and 
was  separated  to  ye  work  of  ye  ministry  in  1741,  at  which  time  his 
church  consisted  of  only  five  male  members  and  his  Charge  of  four- 
teen Families.  As  a  Minister  he  was  laborious ;  his  Public  Discourses 
were  liberal  and  Sentimental,  pathetic,  solemn,  and  persuasive.  He 
was  endowed  with  a  venerable  presence  and  Commanding  Voice  and 
an  lymphatic  Delivery. 

He  had  a  tender  Feeling  for  his  Charge,  and  was  a  Partner  with 
them  in  all  their  Joys  and  Sorrows ;  his  conversation  with  them  was 
Enlightening,  Edifying,  and  Comforting. 

He  was  an  Example  of  Patience  and  Meekness,  and  always  endeav- 
ored to  promote  Peace.  His  natural  Temper  was  remarkably  Sweet 
and  pleasant.  He  had  a  high  relish  for  ye  refined  pleasures  of  Friend- 
ship. His  behaviour  was  not  ceremonious,  but  grave,  Yet  Sprightly 
and  agreeable.  In  a  word,  he  was  a  Devoted  Minister  and  Faithful 
Christian,  a  good  companion,  a  tender  Husband,  and  an  indulgent 
Parent. 

'  The  Sweet  Remembrance  of  the  Just 
Shall  flourish  when  he  sleeps  in  dust.'  " 

*An  error.    From  contemporary  records  it  appears  that  Mr.  AVilkins  died  in  1784. 

14  March,  1785,  the  town  voted  to  pay  Mr.  Barnard 
seventy-four  pounds,  eight  shillings,  it  being  the  balance 
due  of  his  first  year's  salary  and  settlement.  They  also 
voted  to  pay  him  at  the  rate  of  £100  per  year  until  the 


XII.]  THE    FIIJST    [>Ai:iS[I.  273 

scttiiiu'  ofV  tlic  South-west  |»!ii'isli,  with  iiitcrrst  mi  the  same 
iii'tcr  it  hecanie  due,  to  (he  (hito  of  Mr.  ('onslalih-  llMi'ts- 
hoiii's  lirst  list  of  tit.xes  nssesscd  i<>r  Mi'.  l>iirM;inl. 

This  Mite  seems  to  have  settled  the  matter,  and  it  was 
evidently  Itroiiuht  alioiil  liy  the  joint  action  of  the  voters  of 
the  First  and  Sonth-west  jjarishes. 

l-:5  .March,  ITSi),  Voted  that  ''ten  pounds  annually  he 
paid  to  \\'idow  W'ilkins.  relict  of  thcii-  late  minister,  during 
her  natural  life,  to  commence  from  this  time." 

THK    FIR^T    PAinsri. 

For  some  yeai's  after  the  incorjtoration  of  the  Second 
and  Third  parishes,  the  hnsiness  of  the  First  parish  was 
ti-ansacted  at  meetinus  called  l)y  the  selectmen  of  the  town, 
at  whii'h  pro\ision  was  made  foi-  the  payment  of  Mr. 
l5ai-nar(Fs  salary,  repairinu'  the  meetinu'-honse,  fencing  the 
ui-aveyard,  etc. 

\i  a  meeting  held  1  l'  .Maii-h.  1 787,  twenty  feet  in  length, 
in  the  centre  of  the  front  gallery  of  the  meeting-honse, 
e Mending  from  the  front  hreastwork  of  the  gallery  to  the 
rear  of  the  liack  seats  of  the  same,  were  appropriated  for 
the  u>e  of  tlu'  singers,  who  were  allowed  to  accommodate 
themstdves  in  sneh  a  way  as  they  chose,  at  their  own 
ex|iense,  ••  provided  they  did  not  obstrnct  the  sight  of  the 
hack  pews." 

nonhtless  complaints  were  made  of  the  manner  in  which 
the  hnsiness  of  the  parish  was  conducted,  as  we  find  that 
Mr.  Justice  Samuel  Wilkins  issued  his  warrant,  21  Fehiai- 
ary,  l''Sl>.  in  obedience  to  the  reiinest  of  ten  freeholders  of 
the  parish,  calling  a  meeting  on  the  0th  day  of  the  follow- 
ing month  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  parish. 

At  that  meeting  Samuel  Wilkins  was  chosen  moderator, 
Samuel  Wilkins,  Joshua  Lovejoy,  and  Robert  Fletcher, 
assessors,  Jacob  Curtice,  collector,  and  Ephraim  Barker, 
treasurer:  and  it  was  voted  to  ]iay  the  collector  sixpence 
on  the  pound  for  collecting  the  jtarish  taxes. 

IS 


274  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Grants  of  money  were  made  from  year  to  year  for  tlie 
snpport  of  Mr.  Barnard  and  paying  tlie  current  expenses  of 
tlie  parish  ;  and  in  the  warrant  calling  a  meeting,  21  Decem- 
ber, 1789,  the  voters  were  asked  if  they  would  elect  one 
man    to    represent  them   in   the   (Jeneral    Court  the   next 


session 


For  some  years  there  seems  to  have  been  trouble  in 
regard  to  the  amount  of  salary  to  be  ])aid  Mr.  Barnard. 
Several  committees  were  a])pointed  to  confer  with  him  in 
i-egard  to  it;  but  no  satisfactory  settlement  was  made  until 
19  December,  1791,  when  a  proposition,  made  by  him,  was 
accepted  by  the  parish. 

According  to  tliis  arrangement  he  was  to  receive  an 
annual  salary  of  ninety  pounds,  stated  in  silver  money  at 
six  shillings  eight  pence  per  ounce,  payable  in  two  install- 
ments,— the  first  on  tlie  third  day  of  Marcli,  and  the  second 
on  the  third  day  of  September, — annually,  with  interest 
from  the  time  of  payment  stipulated,  when  it  was  not  paid 
within  tliree  months  from  that  time  ;  and,  if  lie  became 
unable  to  discharge  the  duties  of  liis  office,  from  age  or 
infirmity,  he  was  to  receive  forty  pounds  a  year  during  his 
natural  life. 

Thirty  dollars  was  voted  "  to  be  expended  in  teaching 
psalmody,"  at  a  parish  meeting  held  19  March,  1798. 

On  the  incorporation  of  the  Second  parish  as  the  town  of 
Mont  Vernon,  the  necessity  for  a  parish  organization,  sepa- 
rate from  that  of  the  town,  ceased,  and  it  was  abandoned — 
the  First  parish  becoming  the  town  of  Amherst. 

THE    MINISTERIAL    LAND. 

In  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  grant  of  the 
township,  one  lot  in  each  of  the  several  divisions  of  the 
town — being  one  one  hundred  and  twenty-third  part  of  the 
whole — was  set  apart  for  the  ministry  ;  and,  at  the  annual 
town-meeting  in  March,  1794,  William  Gordon,  Samuel 
Dana,  and  Daniel  Campbell,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 


XII.]  THE    MINISTERIAL    LANP.  27') 

in(|iiii-('    iiitii    (ho    state    of    this    l.-iml.      They    rciiorlcd,    8 
I)t'c(Mnl)t'i-.  17'.'4,  '■ 

"  riiat  upon  examination  of  the  proiniotors'  hooks,  tliey  found  that 
lots  were  laid  out  and  appropriated  to  that  purjxjse  in  each  of  the 
several  divisions  in  said  town,  and  they  were  of  opinion  that  the  town 
liail  ri^hl,  and  that  it  was  their  duty  to  take  all  lawful  means  to 
prevent  strip  and  waste  being  made  thereon,  and  advised  that  the 
Selectmen  U;  authorized  and  directed  to  prosecute,  without  exception, 
all  those  persons  aj^ainst  whom  they  may  judi^e  sufficient  proof  can  be 
made,  wlio  have  in  time  past  been  i^uilty,  or  shall  hereafter  be  guilty, 
111"  trespassing'  on  said  land." 

At  the  iiiuiiial  lueetiiiir  in  Mai'cli.  ITl'T,  tlu-  town  voted  to 
sell  the  ministerial  hind,  and  ai)|»oinled  the  selectmen  a 
coinniittee  to  cai-fy  the  vote  into  et't'ect. 

To  this  Ml'.  Bai-nai"(l  objected,  saying  the  town  had  no 
liizlit  to  sell  the  land  ;  but  the  town,  at  a  meeting,  held  2(5 
.liiiK',  1707,  diiceted  tlie  selectmen  to  i)rocced  in  the  sale. 
It  was  also  voted  that  the  money  received  for  the  land 
should  be  equitably  divided  between  the  First  and  Second 
parishes,  and  placed  at  interest,  the  minister  of  the  First 
palish  to  have  the  annual  income  from  the  share  of  that 
iKirish,  and  the  minister  of  the  Second  i)arisli  the  income 
from  the  share  of  his  parish.  This  arrangement  seems  to 
have  buen  satisfactory  to  all  parties,  and  the  ministerial 
land  was  accordingly  sold. 

Many  votes  arc  recorded  excusing  ])ersons  from  payment 
of  taxes  as  they  claimed  to  belong  to  other  parishes. 

A  ease  arose  in  the  jtarisb.  in  1708,  which  gave  rise  to 
the  lirst  judicial  decision  made  in  the  State  in  favor  of 
religious  toleration. 

Dr.  John  .Musscy.  a  resident  in  the  parish  at  that  time, 
was,  31  December,  1705,  assessed  seventy-live  cents  toward 
defraying  the  current  charges  of  the  parisli,  and,  shortly 
after,  two  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents  toward  paying  Mr. 
liarnard's  salary  that  year.  These  assessments  he  refused 
to  pay,  as  he  was  a  Presbyterian.      After  some  delay  the 


276  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

parish  officers  directed  the  collector  to  collect  them  by 
distraint.  Mr.  Mussey,  refusing  to  pay,  was  arrested  and 
confined  in  jail,  but  finally  paid  tlie  taxes  and  costs,  under 
protest,  and  was  released. 

At  the  March  term  of  court  in  1800,  he  brought  a  suit 
against  the  assessors  of  the  parish  to  recover  the  money 
and  costs. 

This  suit  the  parish  voted  to  defend,  and  appointed 
Samuel  Wilkins,  Daniel  Campbell,  and  Chnrles  H.  Ather- 
ton,  a  committee  to  manage  it  in  tlieir  behalf. 

After  hearing  the  evidence  produced,  and  pleas  of  counsel, 
the  case  was  decided  for  the  plaintiff,  at  the  term  of  the 
superior  court  held  at  Amherst,  in  May,  1803,  Chief  Justice 
Jeremiah  Smith  holding  that,  although  the  beliefs  of  the 
Congregationalists  and  Presbyterians  were  the  same,  they 
differed  in  their  church  government  and  discipline,  and 
Ave  re  therefore  different  sects. 

In  this  decision  Judge  Livermoi'e  concurred  ;  but  Judge 
Farrar,  who  had  before  decided  that  Congregationalists  and 
Universalists  were  of  the  same  sect,  dissented. 

The  parish  afterward  voted  to  raise  $2')i)  to  pay  the 
execution  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  suit. 

Mr.  Barnard,  and  a  large  majority  of  liis  clerical  brethren 
in  New  England,  took  decided  ground  in  opposition  to  tlie 
measures  adopted  by  the  general  government  in  the  contro- 
versy with  Great  Britain,  Avhich  resulted  in  the  declaration 
of  war  against  that  country  in  1812  ;  and  his  hearers  on 
tlie  Sabbath  were  left  in  no  doubt  as  to  his  views  on  public 
affairs,  which  were  often  expressed  with  a  considerable 
degree  of  warmth. 

For  an  unseemly  display  of  temper  in  the  pulpit,  he  Avas 
called  to  account  by  the  town,  at  a  meeting  held  for  the 
choice  of  presidential  electors  in  November,  1812,  when  a 
committee,  consisting  of  William  Fisk,  Jedediah  K.  Smith, 
Daniel  Warner,  John  Secombe,  and  Daniel  Campbell,  Esq., 
was  appointed  to  confer  Avitb  him  relative  to  his  late 


XII.]  MR.  Barnard's  letter.  277 

"  .Mysti'rioiis  ooiuluct  in  tin-  jmlpil  mi  tin;  Sal)l»atli  ol'  our  Lord,  the 
sixtet'iitli  of  August  lust,  his  i-oiiduct  <^entM-allj',  ami  jiartii-ularly  hi.s 
wilful  nciilcct  of  duty  on  the  fast  of  the  twcutititli  of  AuL;ust  last." 

Clifton  Claggett,  Charles  H.  Athcrton,  and  Rohcrt 
Means,  were  afterward  added  to  tlie  committee,  and  quite  a 
eontroversv  was  carried  on  between  the  parties,  of  which  but 
litth'  record  now  remains.  One  of  his  letters,  sent  to  (he 
committee — which  is  not  now  to  be  found — was  long  after- 
ward spoken  of  In  Ivscpiire  Campbell  as  "  Mr.  I'ai-niii-d's 
great  gnu." 

His  pnrochiui  l;ii)oi's  were  greatly  increased  by  the  sick- 
ness whii'h  prevailed  in  town  in  1814.  His  health  l)ecame 
impaired.  Perhaps  traces  of  the  mental  malady  by  which 
he  was  afterward  alliicted  began  to  make  their  ajjpearance. 
Some  dissatisfaction  with  his  ministry  existed,  and  (he 
settlement  of  a  colleague,  who  should  share  the  burdens  of 
the  ministry  with  liim,  began  to  be  talked  of.  At  a  meeting 
of  the  inuiijirld  18  September,  181"),  Cliarlcs  11.  Atherton, 
William  iMsk,  (Uifton  Claggett,  Col.  Rol)ert  Means,  and 
.Mall bias  Spalding,  were  a})i)ointed  a  committee  to  confer 
with  bini  and  ascertain  uj)on  what  terms  he  would  consent 
to  have  a  colleague  settled  with  him  in  the  ministry.  At 
an  adjnurned  meeting,  held  oO  October,  181"),  the  following 
communication,  received  from  ^Ir.  Barnard  by  the  commit- 
tee, was  laid  before  the  town  : 

(ii  iitli  iiini  of  llir  Conniiilti  c  : 

I  thank  the  town  for  their  politeness  in  consnltini;  nie  u]h)m  a 
suiiject  of  so  nineh  conse(|nence  to  their  jx-aee  and  happiness,  and  l>y 
a  conunittee  so  respectable,  of  whose  friendship  to  me  and  rei^ard  to 
the  best  interests  of  the  town  I  can  entertain  no  donht.  1  had  knowl- 
edfje  of  the  objects  now  contemplated  bnt  just  before  the  late  towii- 
meetini;,  and  have  been  no  adviser  to  the  steps  that  have  been  taken, 
and  1  can  say  I  still  feel  a  willingiu'ss  to  serve  the  town  so  far  as  I 
am  able  and  in  the  best  manner  I  am  capable  of;  l>ut  when  I  reflect 
upon  the  gi-eatness  of  my  labors  for  the  two  last  year.s,  and  the 
unusual  efforts  necessary  to  accomplish  them,  and  consider  the 
reduced  state  to  which  those  exertions  have  brought  me,  both  in  body 
and  niind,  it  appears.  Gentlemen,  impossible  I  should  ever  perform 


278  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  duty  of  a  minister  thvougli  another  such  general  and  distressing- 
sickness  as  either  of  those  with  which  it  hath  pleased  God  to  visit 
this  people  the  two  last  winters.  I  am  furthermore  sensible,  Gentle- 
men, that  in  my  present  debilitated  state  that  cori'ectness,  precision, 
and  flow  of  good  argument, — so  beautiful  in  composition, — and  that 
energy  and  pathos  so  pleasing  in  delivery,  always  gratifying  to  an 
attentive  hearer,  which  may  be  ho})ed  for  in  a  man  in  the  prime  or 
meridian  of  life,  is  not  to  be  expected  of  me  in  this  wintry  age. 
From  these  considerations,  Gentlemen,  and  from  a  desire  that  my 
people  may  be  better  furnished  with  the  means  of  Christian  edifica- 
tion and  instruction,  I  am  willing,  yea,  it  will  afford  me  a  peculiar 
pleasure,  should  it  be  a  gratification  to  them,  to  relinquish  to  the  town 
the  one  half  of  my  present  salary  whenever  they  shall  have  settled 
another  man  with  me  to  take  the  burden  and  responsibility  of  the 
ministry  olf  of  my  hands  ; — that  is,  I  am  willing  to  relinquish  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars  annually  toward  the  support  of  such  min- 
istry out  of  the  sum  the  town  now  pay  me  as  a  yearly  salary,  and 
will  relinquish  the  same  ever  after  the  day  of  his  ordination,  should 
such  ordiriation  take  place  in  my  lifetime.  But,  Gentlemen,  shoidd 
the  town  think  best  to  postpone  for  the  present  all  attempts  for 
securing  to  themselves  a  better  supply  in  the  way  proposed,  I  shall 
continue  for  the  present  to  serve  them  with  pleasure,  and  in  the  best 
manner  I  am  capable  of.  I  have  no  preference  to  dying  in  my  bed 
rather  than  in  my  pulpit,  and  I  had  rather  die  promoting  the  edifica- 
tion of  my  people  and  laying  the  foundation  of  their  salvation  than  to 
be  employed  in  the  most  lucrative  office  in  the  power  of  man  to  bestow. 
Nevertheless,  for  the  better  spii'itual  edification  of  my  people,  I 
sincerely  wish  they  may  be  agreed  to  settle  a  better  and  more  capable 
man  with  me,  to  officiate  in  my  stead ;  but,  if  an  object  adapted  to  be 
so  useful  and  advantageous  to  the  spiritual  interest  of  this  people, 
and  so  pleasant  to  me,  can  not  take  place,  it  may  be  well  for  Gentle- 
men to  remember  that  if  my  performances  have  depreciated,  my  salary 
has  depreciated  likewise,  and  if  the  depreciation  of  the  latter  has  been 
the  cause  of  the  depreciation  of  the  former,  perhaps  they  may  yet  find 
a  remedy  for  the  evil  iinder  which  they  suffei',  though  it  l)e  evidently 
too  late  to  find  a  remedy  that  will  be  effectual.  My  health  is  gone, 
my  constitution  broken,  and  I  can  look  for  life  here  but  a  very  little 
longer. 

Wishing,  therefore,  divine  success  to  attend  the  measures  of  the 
town  respecting  this  important  tmdertaking,  I  subscribe  myself,  Gen- 
tlemen, your  most  obedient  humble  servant  in  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 

JEREMIAH  BAKNAKD. 

October  2«,  1815. 


REV.    NATHAN    LORD. 


XII.]  si;TTLi;Mf:NT  or  mi:,  loud.  2T'.> 

Allcr  lioariiJii"  Ww  (•(timmuiicatiuii  IIk'  town  clio.sc  Cliailcs 
II.  Atlicrtnii,  William  Fisk,  ami  Col.  Ili)l>cit  .Mi-mms  a 
tiiiiiinittrc  to  |iii)ciiii'  a  candidate  to  preach  from  Imir  to 
ci.izht  Sal)liatlis. 

SETTLKMENT    OF    KKV.    NATHAN    I.OKD. 

2'.'  Jaiiiiarv,  Islt!.  TIk-  town  votcil  to  comMir  uitli  tin- 
church  ill  ^Iviiin-  Mr.  Nathan  Lord  a  call  to  settle  as 
colleagnc  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  with  the  Rev.  Jere- 
miah Uarnard  in  this  town. 

Willinni  Fisk,  .loliii  ScconilM',  'I'liomas  rnderw(»o(l.  Col. 
Kolieit  Means.  MattlTuis  Spaldini;-,  William  Read,  William 
Dole.  Daniel  Cam|iliell,  jr..  Levi  Dodijfe,  David  Stewart, 
Ivicliard  r>oylstoii,  and  .John  Kdiew,  were  ajipointed  a  com- 
mittee to  •' take  into  consideration  and  report  to  the  town 
at  this  meeting"  what  compensation  the  town  will  otl'er  Mr. 
Lord  as  a  sahiry." 

Al'tei"  consnltatiuii  the  committee  reported  that  they  had 
nnanimonsly  agreed  that  in  theii-  o|tinion  >'7Ui»  animally 
paid  to  Mr.  Lord  during  the  time  he  should  ollieiate  as  a 
gospil  minister  in  (his  town  would  he  a  suitable  c(nn|ieu- 
sation  for  his  services,  and  they  i'ecommende(|  thai  sum 
for  the  adoption  of  the  town. 

The  report  of  the  committee^  was  adopted,  and  it  was 
further  vote(l  that  •t'DM),  annually,  should  l)e  added  to  .M r. 
Loi'd's  salary  after  the  decease  of  Mv.  Uarnard,  heside  the 
interest  of  the  money  derived  from  the  sale  of  the  ininis- 
tei'ial  laud. 

William  Fisk,  RoV)ert  Means,  William  Read,  Rev.  Mr. 
Harnard,  and  Jolni  Seconibc,  wci'e  api)ointed  a  committee 
to  transmit  a  record  of  the  votes  of  this  meeting  to  .Mr. 
Lord. 

'i'he  following  letter  was  received  from  Mr.  Loi'd,  in 
answer  to  the  communication  of  the  committee  of  tiie 
church  and  town  : 


280  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap 

"  South  Berwick,  :\rE.,  Feb'y  16,  1816. 
To  the  Committees  of  the  Cliurcli  and  Town  of  Amherst,  N.  11. 

Brethren  and  Friends  :  Your  respective  communications  by 
Capt.  Secombe,  of  tlie  2!)tli  Jan'y,  have  been  under  serious  considera- 
tion since  tliat  time.  I  lune  submitted  them  to  experienced  and 
judicious  friends  to  obtain  tiieir  counsel  respecting' them,  and  liave  l)een 
careful  to  seek  direction  from  the  unerring  spirit. 

The  circumstances  in  which  I  have  been  placed  in  relation  to 
another  people  have  occasioned  much  perplexity  of  mind,  having  been 
called  by  them  to  settle  in  the  ministry.  1  have  found  no  small  diili- 
culty  in  comparing  their  invitation  with  yours.  To  determine  in 
what  'vineyard'  it  was  my  duty  to  labour  has  been  no  easy  task,  and 
1  have  trembled  lest  I  should  enter  that  for  which  God  had  not 
appointed  me. 

I  have,  however,  been  induced,  by  an  increasing  com  iction  of  duty 
and  by  the  united  counsel  of  my  friends,  to  give  a  negative  to  the 
proposals  of  the  people  of  Arundel.  On  the  same  account,  I  am  led 
to  give,  and  do  hereby  give  an  attinuation  to  your  invitation.  I 
accept  the  pioposals  of  the  church  and  town  of  AmlieKt,  and  I  beg 
leave  to  say  that  these  proposals  are  satisfactory,  and  that  the  una- 
nimity with  which  they  were  made  is  highly  gratifying  to  my  feelings. 
My  confidence  is  strengtiiened  by  your  expressions  of  good  will,  and 
should  I  become  your  miuister  1  shall  go  auioug  you  witli  the  senti- 
ments of  the  warmest  affection,  and  I  trust  with  sincere  desires  and 
resolutions  to  promote  your  best  good. 

It  is  proper  to  say  that  the  considerations  which  have  iiitiuenced  my 
mind  and  the  minds  of  my  friends  in  regaixl  to  this  acceptance  of 
your  invitation  are  briefly  the  following :  The  town  of  Amherst 
presnts  to  a  minister  of  the  gospel  a  wide  and  extensive  field  of  useful, 
ness.  This  field  has  been  opened  to  me  without  a  special  hinderance 
All  the  indications  of  providence  relating  to  my  settlement  among 
you  have  been  peculiarly  striking,  both  at  the  time  of  my  preaching 
at  Amherst  and  in  your  subsequent  measures.  In  consequence  of 
these  things  there  is  a  reasonable  ground  to  hope  that  here  I  may 
fulfill  the  object  of  my  ministry  and  benefit  the  church  of  Christ. 
And  here  I  avow  my  object  in  complying  with  your  proposals.  It  is 
to  promote  the  interests  of  the  Christian  church.  It  is  '  to  save  my 
own  soul  and  the  souls  of  other.'  And,  in  the  accomplishment  of  this 
object,  I  shall,  by  the  grace  of  God  assisting  me,  endeaAor  to  regulate 
myself  by  the  principles  of  the  gospel.  I  shall  know  as  your  minister 
no  party  distinctions.  I  shall  seek  to  imderstand  the  mind  and  will 
of  God  as  revealed  in  the  holy  scriptures,  to  preach  plainly  and 
affectionately  the  doctrines  of  Christianity,  and  enforce  its  precepts. 


XTT.] 


MR.    LORD  S    LETTER. 


281 


I  shall  strive  to  inaiiitaiii  'tln^  \vat<'li  ami  discipline  '  of  the  cbiircli,  to 
reprove,  relmke.  exlmrt  with  all  loiii;  siitVerini,^  and  doctrine.  The-^e 
thin!;s,  with  divine  assistance,  I  shall  observe  and  di>.  and  shall 
contiiie  niysell'  t(j  the  'ministry  of  the  word,'  for  '  \  have  determined 
not  t<^  know  any  thint;  amoni;  yon  save  .Fesns  Christ  and  him  cruci- 
fieil.'  Hnl,  my  lirethren,  the  work  of  the  ministry  is  ardnoiis.  I  feel 
my  nnworthiness  and  insnlliciency.  I  shall  need  yonr  forWearance, 
yonr  eonnsel  and  assistance.  Above  all  I  shall  m-ed  yonr  prayers  to 
(Jod  that  he  wonld  make  my  way  prosperons  and  that  his  j;race  may 
l)e  sntiicient  for  me.  I  ask  a  remembrance  in  yonr  jietitions  to  tht- 
throne  of  .yrace  that  I  may  be  npriiLjht,  that  I  may  be  faithfnl  and 
snccessful.  I  bey;  h'ave  to  present  to  the  chnrch  and  town  of  Andierst 
my  most  jjratefnl  acknowleil<;iiients  for  the  exceeding  candor,  alVec- 
tion,  and  respect,  which  have  been  exerci.sed  toward  me.  .\nd  I  pray 
thai  we  may  all  have  the  direction  of  the  Holy  .Spirit,  that  ue  may  lie 
permitted  lom^  to  dwell  hapi>ily  to,L;ether  in  this  world,  and  at  len,ii;th 
l>e  gathered  with  redeemed  spirits  and  enjoy  that  rest  which  remaineth 

fur  the  people  of  (n.d. 

1  n-main,  with  alfection  and  res|iect,  Vonrserxant  in  (liii.-t. 


Kev'd  ,li.Ki.MiAii    \\\i:s. \n[t,  . I  "/i  ( 'oiii. 

Kev'd  ,Ii-.i;i:miaii    ISaknaui),  1 

.Mi'ssrs.   ItouKur   Mr.vNs,  .,         .,,        ,.  ,, 

...  ,,  (  ninnnthe  nf  tin' 

W   I  I.I.I  AM     !•  ISK,  )-  ,,,  .,•     «       ; 

...  ,,  lown  of  Aiitlursl. 

\\  ii.i.iA.M    l{r..\i>. 

Jtill.N    SlXU.MIlK,  J 

1'.  S.  With  leave  of  providence,  1  expect  to  be  in  Amherst  by  the 
'J>>th  of  the  month  to  atleml  to  such  arrangements ivs  may  be  necessary 
in  iMinse<|neiice  of  this  communicalion.  N.    1.-" 

\-  .Miiiili,  Isli'i.  ihc  town  \<itc(l  til  cDiicur  with  llir 
••jiiircli  ill  tlu'  (inliiKitidii  t)f  .Mr.  Natlniii  li  >r<l  mi  tin'  bimili 
WtMliicsdny  of  M;iy  next. 

.Idliii  .'-^(■coiubr,  I'MiuiukI  riirkcr.  mid  Col.  Robert  Moans, 
wvw  chosen  :i  coiiiiuittec  to  net  with  the  coiniiiittee  clioseii 
by  the  ehureh  to  issue  Kdters  missive  to  other  ehiirehes  to 
be  i»ieseiit  on  the  oceasioii. 


282  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  Selectmen,  Edmund  Parker,  and  Robert  Read,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  provide  for  the  council,  and  make 
such  other  arrangements  as  might  be  necessary  for  the 
ordination. 

Maj.  Turner  Crooker  and  Capt.  Peter  Patterson  were 
appointed  marshals  for  the  day,  and  it  was  voted  to  pay 
Mr.  Lord  one  half  of  his  first  year's  salary  at  the  expiration 
of  six  months  from  his  settlement. 

Mr.  Lord  was  ordained  22  J\Iay,  1816.  The  sermon  on 
that  occasion  was  preached  by  Rev.  Asa  McFarland,  of 
Concord,  from  Mark  xiii ;  4.  The  charge  was  given  by  the 
senior  pastor,  and  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  by  Rev. 
Humphrey  Moore,  of  Milford. 

Mr.  Barnard  was  styled  an  Arminian  in  his  religious 
belief,  and  had  but  little  sympathy  with  the  views  of  his 
Calvinistic  brethren.  In  his  church  all  shades  of  belief 
were  tolerated,  and  all  had  an  opportunity,  by  the  system 
of  ministerial  excliangcs  then  practiced,  to  occasionally 
hear  their  own  peculiar  views  expounded  and  enforced. 

Mr.  Lord,  on  the  contrary,  was  a  decided  Calvinist,  and 
his  teachings  corresponding  witli  his  belief,  a  diversity  of 
opinion  among  the  members  of  the  church  soon  became 
apparent. 

A  report  of  a  conversation  between  Mr.  Lord  and  a 
member  of  his  church,  shortl}'  before  her  death,  published 
in  the  Cabinet  in  November,  1817,  was  the  commencement 
of  a  somewhat  protracted  correspondence  between  him  and 
Hon.  Charles  H.  Atherton,  carried  on  in  the  columns  of 
that  paper  until  the  editor  declined  its  further  publication. 

The  discussions  then  in  progress  in  the  churches  in 
Massachusetts,  the  publication  of  Dr.  Channing's  sermon  at 
the  ordination  of  ]\h\  Sparks,  at  Baltimore,  and  the  passage 
of  the  "  toleration  law,"  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State,  in 
June,'1819,  intensified  the  feeling  then  prevalent. 
/  A  Universalist  society  was  formed  in  town,  of  which  the 
'Tequired    notice   was   published    9    September,   1819,   and 


XII.]  THE    rNITAIMAN    CONTROVERSY.  283 

David  Holmes,  one  of  the  deacons  in  Mr.  FiOrd's  chnreh, 
pnldishcd  a  ]):inii)hl('t  in  which  he  dcftMidcd  the.  Unitai-i:in 
(h)elrines. 

In  Aiiunst,  IS-i^.  :i])i»lieation  was  made  to  the  select  mm 
tor  the  nse  of  the  mceting'-honsc — then  the  property  of  (he 
town — one  I^abbath,  the  desk  to  be  ocenpied  on  that  day  by 
Rev.  Henry  Ware,  of  Cambridge.  To  this  the  selectmen 
uave  their  consent,  ollicially  and  personally.  The  senior 
pastor  was  also  wiHin*^  the  nse  of  the  hon.sc  shonM  be 
irraided  for  th;it  pur|)ose,bMt  Mr.  Lord  objected.  Mr.  Ware 
ai'iMvcd  in  town  I'or  the  piiposc  of  liirmij,-  an  cnj^agcment  to 
|»i'eaeli,  bnt  was  met  Ity  a  lettei-  from  Mr.  Loi'd  protesting 
against  it,  saying  it 

'■('oiilii  not  1)(^  supposed  tluit  lie  wmild  I'avor  his  eiigageiiioiit,  er 
:i(i|uic>cc  ill  tilt'  wislics  dI'  liis  riicmls." 

lie  closed  by  saying  that  he 

"  rri'suiiu'il  he  would  at  least  respect  his  feeliugs  and  rights,  so  far 
as  to  refraiu  from  the  use  of  the  desk  iu  this  j^ilace,  for  the  supply  of 
which  he  considered  himself  alone  responsible,  and  which  was,  there- 
fore, by  received  usage,  suhject  to  his  control." 

A  comnuinieation  from  Clifton  Claggett  and  otliers, 
members  of  the  elmreh  in  Amherst,  of  similar  tenor,  was 
handed  to  Mr.  Ware  at  the  same  time.  To  each  of  these 
eommiinieations  .Mr.  Ware  returned  an  ttpprojiriate  answer 
before  leaving  tlie  place.  The  next  day  he  filled  his 
engagement  by  preaeliing  at  the  conrt-lioiise,  and  his  dis- 
eonrse  was  afterward  pnblished. 

A  |iart  of  the  members  of  the  chnrch,  under  the  care  of 
.Mr.  Lord.]ia\ing  seceded,  application  was  made  by  them  to 
the  town  for  the  nse  of  the  meeting-honse  such  a  portion 
of  the  whole  time  as  the  jiroportion  of  their  polls  and 
ratable  estates  shonld  bear  to  all  the  polls  and  rat.ible 
estates  in  town.  This,  at  a  special  meeting  held  18  Novem- 
ber, 1822,  the  town  refused  to  grant,  the  vote  standings- 
yeas,  87  ;  nays,  lol. 


284  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

A  similar  re(iiiest,  made  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March 
following-,  was  also  denied,  the  vote  standing — yeas,  87 ; 
nays,  17 'J. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1826,  the  town  voted  to 
dismiss  an  article  in  the  warrant  asking  that  the  use  of  the 
meeting-house  should  be  granted  to  the  Universalist  society 
on  the  second  Sunday  of  the  following  September. 

Two  more  applications  for  the  use  of  the  house  by  the 
Universalists  were  denied,  the  vote  on  the  last  being — ^yeas, 
42;    nays,  91. 

In  MarcJi,  1818,  Samuel  Wilkins,  Robert  Means,  William 
Fisk,  Daniel  Campbell,  and  David  Stewart,  were  appointed 
to  examine  into  the  business  transacted  between  the  town 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard,  respecting  his  support  during  the 
continuance  of  the  first  contract,  and  also  to  report  whether 
it  was  expedient  to  discharge  him  from  taxes  already 
assessed  on  him,  and  excuse  him  from  taxation  in  future. 
They  reported,  21  September,  1818,  that  in  their  opinion  it 
would  be  equitable  that  the  town  should  relinquish  the 
taxes  assessed  on  Mr.  Barnard's  interest  in  the  middle  of 
the  town,  including  one  horse  and  two  cows  and  the  real 
estate  on  which  he  now  lives,  and  that  for  the  future  he  be 
exempted  from  taxation  on  the  same.  Their  report  was 
accepted. 

In  March,  1820,  the  town  voted  that  all  taxes  assessed 
on  Mr.  Barnard,  except  those  on  his  farm  and  stock  now 
occupied  by  Joseph  Spalding,  should  be  remitted,  and  that 
he  be  excused  from  taxation  this  year,  except  on  the 
property  above  named. 

In  March,  1821,  they  voted  to  remit  all  taxes  already 
assessed  on  Mr.  Barnard,  and  that  for  the  future  he  should 
not  be  taxed. 

Eight  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  was  raised  annually  for 
the  salaries  of  the  ministers  until  ]  823,  when  the  selectmen 
received  the  following'  letter  from  Mr.  Lord  : 


XII.]  TIIR    TOWN    MINISTRY.  285 

•'  AmIII.KST,    MiMcll    •_'•').    l^"-'). 

Tn  the  Sfilechiun  of  Am/ierst: 

(iKNTi.EMKN:  'I'lic  prt'ssuro  of  tlie.so  times  upon  tlio  auriniltural 
iiitiTost,  and  tln^  willidravvinti'  of  a  consiili'vaMf  nnnilicr  of  llic  inlial:- 
itants  of  this  town  iVoiii  tin-  siipiioil  of  the  ministrv,  niav  have  niadi' 
the  liurdt'n  of  tlic  ministerial  .salary  inconvi'iiirnt  to  many  of  tlic 
]>iTsons  wiio  are  now  called  upon  to  l>ear  it. 

ik'licving  it  to  he  the  duty  of  minister.s  to  share,  .so  far  as  they  can 
ronsistently  do  it,  in  whatever  sacrifice  may  be  thought  necessary  to 
thf  maintenance  of  the  (Jospel,  I  am  freely  disposed  to  abate  .sonie- 
tliini;-  of  the  ti'rms  of  my  contract  made  with  the  town  at  my  ordina- 
tion. Accordingly,  1  hereby  relimpiish  one  liun(h-ed  dollars  of  my 
stipulated  annual  salary,  which  will  now,  in  view  of  the  tax  usually 
asses.sed  on  me,  be  reduced  to  a  sum  short  of  six  hundred  dollars.  .\nd 
1  ill)  this  for  so  long  a  lime  as  the  interests  of  religion  in  lliis  [ilace 
may  lie  thought  to  retiuiie,  or  the  necessary  provision  for  my  family 
will  in  any  wi.se  allow  it. 

^'onrs,  \-ery  resjiecl  fully. 

.\.    I.OKD. 

(apt.   .b)n\    SiX'OMBE, 

(ajit.   i).\\ii;i,  ('AMrBKLi,, 

Mr.   isrs-AKi.   Fii.i.KK." 

I''iiim  tills  time  until  IsiiS  hut  >^~')i)  ;iiiiiii:illy  was 
assessed  to  pay  the  ministers'  salaries.  In  1828,*?850  was 
raised,  and  iVom  1820  to  1831,  inclusive,  ><150  was  voted 
I'oi-  that  |im-|i()se.  in  March,  1882,  the  town,  not  u'i-catly  to 
its  cfedil.  \(jtcd  to  dismiss  so  much  of  the  arlirjc  in  the 
warrant  tor  the  annual  meetinu-  as  rehited  to  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Barnard's  salary,  and  no  provision  was  made  for  its  pay- 
ment in  1833  or  1834. 

1  Septeml)er,  1834,  they  voted  to  malce  no  defence  in  the 
action  commenced  l)y  Hev.  Jeremiah  IJarnanl  against  the 
town  of  Amherst. 

in  January,  lS2i».  Mi-.  Lord  was  alllicted  with  ;i  violent 
cold,  which  affected  his  voice  in  such  a  manner  that  it  was 
with  ditliculty  he  could  speak,  lie  however  continued  to 
supply  tlic  desk  iiiilil  the  last  Sunday  in  Februnry.  wlim 
his  \oice  almost  entirely  failed.  From  tliat  time  until 
April,  1827,  he  was  unable   to  ))reach.  and  was  absent  a 


286  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

great  part  of  the  time  on  joiirnej'S  for  the  recovery  of  his 
health.  He  preached  12  A])ril,  1827,  and  his  voice  rapidly 
improved.  In  jMay,  1828,  his  voice  again  failed,  and,  being 
advised  by  physicians  that  the  prospect  of  regaining  it  for 
some  time  at  least  was  small,  he  accepted  the  presidency 
of  Dartmouth  College,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  August 
of  that  year. 

In  consequence  of  this  he  asked  to  be  dismissed  from  the 
pastoral  care  of  the  church. 

A  committee  was  appointed  by  the  cliurch,  shortly  after, 
to  act  with  the  pastor  in  arranging  for  the  meeting  of  a 
council  to  act  upon  the  (piestion  of  his  dismissal. 

The  council  met  22  October,  1828,  and,  after  hearing  the 
statements  of  the  parties,  voted  that  the  relation  existing 
between  ^Mr.  Lord  and  the  church  should  be  dissolved  on 
and  after  the  22d  of  November  following. 

o  November,  1828,  the  town  voted  that  the  contract 
which  existed  between  the  town  and  Nathan  Lord  be 
dissolved,  the  dissolution  to  take  place  when  the  pastoral 
relation  to  the  church  should  be  dissolved. 

With  the  exception  of  carrying  out  the  contract  made 
with  ^h\  Barnard,  the  agency  of  the  town,  in  the  support  of 
the  ministry,  ceased  with  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Lord. 

Mr.  Barnard  died  lo  January,  1835,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four  years,  nearly  all  the  members  of  the  church  and  con- 
gregation at  the  time  of  his  settlement  having  preceded  him 
to  the  grave. 

This  closed  the  town  ministry  in  Amherst.  It  embraced 
the  pastorates  of 

Daniel  Wilkins,  proprietary  and  town,  423-  years ; 

Jeremiah  Barnard,  town  and  parish,  54f  years; 

Nathan  Lord,  colleague,  12i  years. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1835,  the  town  voted 
that  the  mijiisterial  fund,  or  so  much  of  it  as  might  be 
necessary  for  the  purpose,  should  be  appropriated  to  pay 
the  claim  of  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard  against  the  town,  and  at  the 


XTL]  THK   TOWN    MINISTRY.  287 

next  !iiimi;il  incctiuLf  tli<'  sclcrt  incii  r('|inrlcil  tlinl  llic\-  IkmI 
piiid,  in  st.'tll<'nu'iil  of  ;m  cxcciilion  in  l';i\()r  of  Mr.  I5;ini;ii-(rs 
csliitc,  the  stun  of  •':=4T6.24. 

At  a  iiicrtiiiL;-  lu'ld  22  March,  L^oC,  tli."  town  of  Mont 
Vernon  vittcil  to  take  the  "' ministerial  money,"  .so  caUed, 
to  (U'fray  the  current  expenses  of  tlie  town,  the  same  to  he 
jtaid  into  the  treasnry  for  that  |»ur|)ose;  and  so  the  avails  of 
the  sale  of  the  'Mot  for  the  ministry/'  in  Amliei'st,  weiv 
disposed  of. 

The  town  was  fortunate  in  the  seh'ction  of  its  i-eli-jious 
teachers.  Mr.  NVilkins  well  di-serves  the  tith-  of  Fathei-  of 
the  town.  Amonti'  Hie  (irst  of  the  settlers,  he  identilied 
himself  thoronuhly  in  all  movements  for  their  safety  and 
well  liciuu'.  lie  loilcil  witli  thcni  in  the  forests  and  fields, 
shared  their  poverty,  educated  their  children,  and  in  limes 
of  danger  enconraged  them  hy  his  advice  and  examide.  ll 
is  gratifying-  to  know  that  in  all  their  hitter  dissensions,  no 
one  thought  of  assailing  him.  The  inscription  they  causeil 
to  l»e  engraved  on  the  stone  which  marks  his  Inirial  place 
gives  their  estimate  of  his  character. 

Mr.  iKirnard  was  altogether  unlike  his  ju'edccessor.  His 
lot  was  cast  in  stormy  times,  among  a  divided  {)eople.  and  he 
|)ossessed  a  will  and  energy  to  l)reast  the  storm.  Not  always 
wise  (tr  prudent  in  his  utterances,  his  people  soon  learned 
that  in  a  contest  with  him  thei'e  were  hlows  to  take  as  well 
gi\c  He  lived  and  prospered  where  a  man  of  a  more  (piiet 
and  jx'aceahle  disposition  woidd  have  been  crushed  between 
lln'  contending  factions  in  the  town.  ^[orc  tolerant  of 
religions  than  jjolitical  dil'ferenccs,  he  kept  the  peoj)le 
of  his  parish  together,  ami  when  he  retired  they  were 
I'cady  to  give  a  cordial  welcome  to  his  snccessoi'. 

Mr.  Lord  came  to  his  work  while  yet  in  the  spring-lime  of 
life,  a  thoroughly  educated  gentleman,  with  decided  convic- 
tions and  an  imn  will.  The  ci\il  dissensions  in  the  town 
had  been  healed  hy  the  incorporation  of  the  different 
parishes  into  towns  :  hut  difiercin'es  of  opinion  existetl   in 


288  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

his  church  whieli  he  was  called  u))on  to  reconcile  or  combat. 
Into  this  contest  he  threw  himself,  with  his  whole  energy, 
managing  his  case  with  consummate  skill.  The  failure 
of  his  voice  compelled  his  resignation,  but  he  had  tlioroughly 
prepared  tliis  place  for  the  reception  of  his  whole-souled, 
earnest  successor,  Silas  Aiken. 


Xni.]  THE    CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH.  289 


CHAPTER   XTir. 

CIirRCHES  AND  Rf]LirTlOUS  SOCIETIES. 

THE    rONGREGATIOXAL    CHURCH. ITS    COVENANT. SETTLEMENT 

OF    MK.    WII.KINS    AND    MR.    RARNARD. SETTLEMENT    OF    MR. 

LORD. — THE  UNITARIAN  CONTROV^ERSY. — CLOSE  OF  MR.  LORD's 
MINISTRY. — ORGANIZ.VTION  OF  THE  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 
AND  SOCIETY. — SETTLEMENT  OF  MR.  AIKEN. — TEMPERANCE 
RESOLUTIONS. — RESIGNATION  OF  MR.  AIKEN. — SETTLEMENT  OF 

MR.  ADAMS. HIS  RESIGNATION. SETTLEMENT  OF  MR.  SAVAGE. 

— ANTI-SLAVERY  TROUBLES. — DISMISSAL  OF  MR.  SAVAGE. 
— SETTLEMENT    OF    MR.     DAVIS. — BUILDINCJ     A   NEW    CHAPEL. 

THE    ''  LAWRENCE,"    "  HARTSHORN,"    AND    MUSIC  FUNDS. 

ItESKJNATION  OF  DR.   DAVIS. — SETTLEMENT    OF  MR.  LELAND. 

OFFICERS,  PRESENT  AND  PAST,  OF  THE  CHURCH. ORGANIZA- 
TION   OF    THE    UNIVERSALIST     SOCIETY. THE     CHRISTIAN,  OR 

UNITARIAN,  SOCIETY. — SETTLEMENT  OF  MR.  SEWALL. — THE 
NEW  MEETING-HOUSE  BUILT. — SOLD  TO  THE  BAPTIST  SOCIETY. 
— THE  FIRST  BAPTIST  SOCIETY. — ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  BAP- 
TIST   CHURCH     ON     CHESTNUT     HILL. — REMOVED     TO     ''THE 

PLAIN." PURCHASE  OF  THE  NEW  MEETIN(;-HOUSE. PASTORS. 

THE      MHTHUDLST      SOCIETY. ITS     ORGANIZATION. BUILDING 

AND     DEDICATION     OF     THE     CHAPEL. MINISTERS. CHURCH 

MUSIC. 

THE    CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH. 

The  Conuregalioiuil  Church  in  Sonhegan  West  was 
organized  22  September,  1741,  and  consisted  of  Daniel 
Wilkins,  the  pastor  elect,  Samuel  Leman,  Lsrael  Towne, 
Samuel  Lanison,  Caloh  SMlos.  and  IIum})hrey  Hobbs. 


290  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

On  the  following-  day  Mr.  Wilkins  was  ordained  and 
installed  as  its  pastor.  Tnunediatcly  after  the  ordination 
services  six  females  were  admitted  to  church  membership. 

The  church  was  the  third  formed  in  Hillsborough  county, 
— that  in  Nashua,  organized  in  1H85,  and  that  in  Notting- 
liam  West  (now  Hudson),  formed  in  1737,  only  preceding 
it. 

The  articles  of  its  covenant  wore  as  follows  : 

"We  give  oursslves  up  to  Go  I,  the  Father,  Sou,  aud  Holy  (ihust, 
as  the  ouly  liviug  aud  true  (iod,  aud  unto  -Jesus  Christ,  our  only 
Saviour,  Projihet,  Priest,  aud  Kiug,  avouching  tire  Lord  to  be  our 
God,  and  by  the  assistance  of  his  Holy  Spirit  to  cleave  unto  this  one 
God  and  Mediator,  as  persons  in  solemn  covenant  with  him. 

2.  We  also  promise  to  give  up  our  natural  offspring  to  the  Lord, 
solemly  binding  ourselves  to  Avalk  together  in  the  ways  of  God's 
WQi'ship,  and  to  cleave  to  his  ordinances  according  to  the  rules  of  his 
word. 

.3.  We  promise  to  live  in  the  mortification  of  our  sin,  and  to  endeav- 
our the  mortitication  of  it  in  others,  so  far  as  the  rules  require,  aud  to 
submit  ourselves  to  the  government  of  Christ  in  his  church,  and  obey 
the  orders  thereof. 

4.  We  promise  to  train  up  all  under  our  care  in  tlie  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord. 

5.  We  promise  to  walk  before  (Jod  in  oiu-  houses,  and  maintain  the 
worship  of  God  therein. 

6.  We  promise  to  study  to  maintain  the  peace  and  purity  of  the 
worship  of  God  with  us,  that  the  blessing  of  (iod  may  be  vouchsafed 
to  this  part  of  his  heritage." 

Humphrey  Hobbs  was  elected  deacon  G  January,  1742- 
43,  but  resigned  the  following  year  to  enter  the  military 
service  in  the  war  then  in  progress  against  the  French  and 
Indians,  and  James  Cochran  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  his  resignation. 

The  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  supper  was  usually  admin- 
istered five  times  in  each  year. 

The  first  baptism  of  which  we  have  any  record  was  that 
of  Deborah,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  Lancy,  in 
September,  1743. 


1 


XTIT.]  THE    rOXOREGATIONAL    CHURCH.  201 

Neither  Mr.  Wilkins  or  Mr.  Barnard  left  nincli  aceount 
of  the  |)r()eeediii<is  of  the  church  diiiiii,«:'  (heir  jtastorates, 
and  tlie  little  left  is  now  mislaid  or  lost. 

Aftei'  a  ministry  of  thirty-i'oiir  years,  Mi-.  \\'ilkins's 
faenlties,  jjliysieal  and  mental,  failed,  and  the  town  made 
preparations  for  settling  a  eoUeagne.  After  two  or  more 
ineffectual  attemj)ts  with  other  parties,  Mr.  Jei'emiah  Barn- 
ard was  invited  to  hecome  colleague  pastor  with  Mi'. 
Wilkins.  He  acce[)ted  the  invitation,  and  was  ordained  and 
installed  ']  ^larch,  1780.  The  action  of  the  church  in 
regard  to  jiis  settlement  has  heen  presei'ved  and  is  here 
given. 

At  a  church  meeting  held  in  Amherst  on  Tuesday,  9 
Nov.,  ITTIi,  Rev.  Jacob  Jiurnap,  moderator,  it  was 

'•  Voted,  First  that  the  (.'hurch  were  satisfied  witli  tlie  ]>reachiiig  and 
niiiiistratiou  of  Rev.  .lereiiiiah  liarnard  since  he  has  been  anioni;-  us. 

Secondly,  Voted  to  give  Mr.  -Jeremiah  Harnard  a  call  and  invita- 
tion to  take  file  pastoral  care  and  oversight  of  this  Church  and  flock 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  to  settle  with  us  in  the  (iospel  ministry. 

Thirty-one  were  present,  of  whom  twenty-six  voted  yea,  and  five 
voted  nay. 

'riiirdly,  voted  to  adjoiuii  this  meeting  till  .Monday  next. 

.Monday,  Nov.  15,  177!*.  Tln'  Ch'ch  met  according  to  adjournment. 
The  first  vote  again  called  and  passed  in  the  affirmative.     The  second 

vote  again  called  :  yea.s,  47  ;  nays,  H. 

*         *'*         *         ***«♦*♦»* 

Daa.  Boutwell,  l)>a.  Wilkins,  Jind  John  Shepar. I,  jr.,  Esq.,  were  chosen 
a  committee  to  wait  on  Mr.  Marnard  and  acquaint  him  with  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  church.  Amos  Flint,  -John  Shepard,  jr.,  Esq.,  and 
\^'illiam  liiadford,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  wait  upon  the  Select. 
men  to  reipiest  them  to  call  a  town-meeting  to  see  if  the  town  will 
concur  in  giving  -Mr.  .Jeremiah  Harnard  a  call  and  invitation  to  settle 
with  us  in  the  work  of  the  (;osi)el  ministry.      Attest, 

.JACOB  BLKNAl',  Moderator. 

sAMl   i;i.   W  II. KIN'S,   Clirk. 

An  account  of  the  long  ministry  of  Mr.  Barnard  may  be 
foimd  in  another  j)lace.  At  last  propositions  were  made  to 
him  by  the  town  for  the  settlement  of  a  colleague  to  share 


292  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  labors  of  the  ministry  with  hiin.  To  these  he  returned 
a  favorable  answer,  and,  after  hearing  a  candidate  several 
Sabbaths,  the  church,  at  a  meeting  held  13  January,  181H, 
voted  unanimously  that  Mr.  Nathan  Lord  be  invited  to 
settle  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  and  take  the  oversight  of 
this  church  and  congregation,  as  colleague  pastor  with  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Barnard. 

Voted,  that  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard  furnish  Mr.  Lord  with  a 
copy  of  the  above  vote. 

Robert  Means,  Esq.,  William  Fisk,  Esq.,  and  Dr.  Mat- 
thias kSpalding,  were  ap])ointed  a  committee  to  wait  upon 
the  selectmen  of  the  town,  acquaint  them  with  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  church,  and  request  them  to  call  a  meeting  of 
the  town  to  see  whether  the  town  will  concur  with  the 
church  in  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Lord  in  tlie  work  of  the 
ministry,  as  above  proposed,  and  what  salary  they  will  offer 
him  for  his  support. 

The  town  liaving  concurred  with  the  church  in  giving 
Mr.  Lord  an  invitation  to  settle  in  the  ministry  in  this 
place,  and  made  satisfactory  provision  for  his  support,  he 
signified  his  acceptance  of  the  call. 

A  council  was  called  for  his  examination  and  ordination, 
which  met  22  May,  1816.  The  churches  represented  were 
those  in  Dunstable,  Bedford,  New  Boston,  Mont  Vernon, 
Lyndeborougli,  Wilton,  Milford,  and  Brookline.  Rev. 
Thomas  Beede  was  chosen  moderator  of  the  council,  after 
which  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard  and  Rev.  Asa  McFarland 
were  admitted  as  members.  Mr.  Beede  then  resigned  the 
chair,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard  was  elected  moderator,  and 
Mr.  Beede  scribe. 

Documents,  consisting  of  the  call  of  the  church,  the 
record  of  the  action  of  the  town,  and  the  answer  of  Mr. 
Lord,  were  then  laid  before  the  council,  after  the  reading 
of  which  the  usual  examination  of  the  candidate  was  made, 
which,  being  satisfactory,  the  council  voted  to  proceed  to  his 


XITT.]  THE   CONGREOATIOXAL    CIirRCH.  293 

oi'diiiiition  and  iiistallalioii  at  half  past  eU'vrn  o'clock  this 
luoniinLi'. 

The  exercises  on  tliis  oecasion  were: 

Prayer  bv  Rev.  Th(>nias  Beede,  of  Wilton. 

Sermon  by  Rev.  Asa  ^IcFarhmd,  of  Concord,  fi-oni  Mark 
XIII  :  4. 

Consecrating  jirayer  hy  Rev.  David  McGregor,  of  Red- 
ford. 

Charge  by  Rev.  , Jeremiah  Rai'nard. 

Right  hand  of  feliowshi])  l»y  Rev.  IInni|ihi-ey  >biore,  of 
Milford. 

Conrlnding  prayer  Ity  Rev.  Ste]»hen  Chapin,  of  Mont 
Vernon. 

Sanmel  NVilkins  resigned  the  ollice  of  deacon  1  .Tune, 
181(),  on  account  of  his  age  and  inlirniities,  and  William 
Fisk  and  Dr.  Mattliias  S|talding  were  elected  deacons  :  l)iit 
at  a  meeting  held  1  July  following,  both  decline(l  the 
acceptance  of  the  oHice.  Richard  Ruylston  and  Hphraim 
lUanchard  were  then  elected,  but  neither  accepted  tiie 
app(jintment,  and  at  a  meeting  held  23  August,  1<S1G,  it 
was  voteil  that  the  election  of  deacons  be  indelinitely  post- 
polieil. 

The  siilij(M't  was  again  brought  up.  shoitly  after,  and  a 
committee  was  ap|toinle(l  to  ascertain  the  minds  oi'  the 
Itrethren  upon  the  subject,  and  to  esjiecially  in(|uire  who 
would  be  willing  to  serve  the  church  in  the  ollice. 

.")  May.  1  Si  7.  the  committee  re|iorte»l  a  list  of  names  fi-om 
which  a  selection  might  be  )nade,and,at  a  meeting  held  2'.' 
.May,  havid  Holmes  and  Matthias  Spalding  were  chosen, 
and  set  apart  for  the  service  by  prayer. 

hi-.  Spalding,  at  that  time,  retained  his  connection  with 
the  church  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  from  wjiich  his  relations 
were  transferred  by  letter,  dated  IG  November,  1817,  which 
was  laid  before  the  church  in  Andierst  '■)  May,  181>>.  when 
it  was  voted  to  receive  him  as  a  member  of  the  church  in 
this  place. 


294:  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

17  December,  1820.  The  church  voted  that  it  cordially 
approved  the  a])poiiitment  of  the  twenty-second  day  of 
December  instant  as  a  day  of  thanksgiving  among  the 
churches  in  New  Eugland,  and  would  observe  that  day  for 
the  same  pious  purpose.  Mr.  Lord  was  requested  to  pre- 
pare and  deliver  a  discourse  suited  to  the  occasion. 

David  Holmes  resigued  the  office  of  deacon  17  x4.pril, 
1823,  and  the  church  voted  to  accept  his  resignation. 

Edmund  Parker  was  chosen  deacon  1  November,  1823, 
but  declined  the  appointment.  Afterward,  Amos  Elliott 
was  chosen,  who  accepted  it. 

A  communication  from  Chaides  H.  Atherton,  David 
Holmes,  Ephraim  Blanchard,  and  Elizabeth  Holmes,  was 
laid  before  the  church  30  May,  1821,  in  which  they  stated 
that  they  liad  united  themselves  with  the  "  Christian 
society"  in  Amherst,  and  with  others  contemplated  forming 
a  church  in  said  society  on  Congregational  principles : 
wherefore  they  requested  a  vote  of  the  church  transferring 
their  connection,  as  church  members,  to  take  effect  when 
they  should  have  become  members  of  the  church  to  be 
formed.  They  also  asked  that  it  might  be  accompanied 
with  a  certilicate  of  their  membership  and  regular  standing, 
agreeably  to  the  usages  of  the  Cou'^regational  churclies  in 
New  England. 

This  application  was  referred  to  a  committee  who  report- 
ed, 21  June,  1821,  that  as  the  petitioners  had  already 
separated  themselves  from  the  worship  and  communion  of 
the  church,  contrary  to  tlie  rules  of  the  gospel,  the  tenor  of 
their  covenant  engagements,  and  the  usages  of  the  Congre- 
gational churches  in  New  England,  they  could  no  longer  be 
considered  members  in  regular  standing,  and,  therefore, 
could  not  be  recommended  as  such.  Tliat  while  the  church 
could  not  pretend  to  question  the  civil  right  of  the  peti- 
tioners to  institute  such  forms  of  religion  as  they  might 
deem  proper  and  expedient,  and  although  the  exercise  of 
this    right   had    virtually    disclaimed    the    fellowship    and 


XUI.]  CONGREGATIONAL    ClirilCII    AND    SOCIETY.  295 

;iiitli(ti-ity  of  the  cliiircli,  the  cliiiirli  (-(mid  put  no  ivstraiiit 
upon  tlicni  liirtluT  than  to  remind  them  of  theii*  eoviMiant 
obli<i"atious.  Iiut  must  h'a\e  them  lo  the  dreision  of  a  higher 
t  I'ihunal. 

In  eonidusion  they  reeouuuendcd  that  \\hcnc\t'r  tlic  peti- 
tioners had  lormeil  t  heniselves  into  a  rliiireii,  as  proposed, 
the  eouiieetioii  witii  tliis  ehuridi  should  he  eonsi(h'i-ed  as 
dissohcd. 

Whieh  report  was  aeeejited.  and  the  vote  recommended 
was  passiMJ  unanimously,  and  a  e(»jiy  was  oi'(h're(l  to  he 
transmittt'd  to  the  petitioners. 

A  simihir  eomnuuiicatiou  frijni  Ejthraim  French  and  Tim- 
othy Nichols  was  answered  in  like  manner. 

Mr.  Lord's  ministry  continue(l  until  22  Novemhei",  1828, 
on  whieli  day  his  connection  witii  the  town  and  church  was 
dissolve(L  He  had  been  sul'fei-ing  for  a  lon<^  time  from  the 
effects  of  a  violent  cold,  whiidi  had,  at  times,  pre\ented 
him  from  preachin<i',  and  even  s[)eaking  aloud.  Being 
ad\ise(|  hy  physicians  that  his  recovery  was  doul)tful.  he 
accepted  tiie  presidency  of  Ihiitnuiuth  College,  whiidi  was 
(dfered  iiim  in  August,  1828. 

CONOIIEGATIONAL    CllUIiCIl    AND    SOCIETY. 

With  the  exception  of  carrying  out  the  agreement  entered 
into  with  Mr.  Uarnaid  in  ITSO,  the  agency  of  the  town  in 
the  sujijfort  of  tiie  ministry  ceased  with  the  I'csignation  of 
.Mr.  Lord. 

.V  meeting  of  the  citizens  interested  in  the  snlijeet  was 
hehl  o  Octoher,  1828,  at  which  a  society  was  formed  under 
the  name  ami  title  of  the  "  Congregational  Church  and 
Society  "  in  Andierst. 

I'Mnnmd  Tarkei-  was  chosen  clerk.  David  .McCregor 
Means,  ti-easurer,  .John  Ma(d<,  James  JJell,  and  Richard 
Ijoylston.  standing  committee,  and  John  Secomhe,  Robert 
Means,  and  David  Stewart,  auditors. 

Measures  were  at  once  taken  for  action  with  the  c  huich 
committee  in  procuring  a  suj)ply  for  the  ]jul[tit. 


296  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE  CHURCH, 

6  October,  1828,  Dea.  Matthias  Spalding,  Dea.  John 
Hartshorn,  David  Fisk,  3d,  Elijah  Putnam,  and  Bartholo- 
mew Dodge,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  act  in  behalf  of 
the  church  with  a  committee  of  the  "Congregational  Church 
and  Society"  in  Amherst  in  procuring  a  supply  for  the  desk, 
or  a  candidate  for  settlement,  as  soon  as  Mr,  Lord  ceases 
to  supply  the  desk, 

Edmund  Parker  was  elected  clerk. 

The  committee  reported,  1  January,  1829,  that  tlicy,  and 
the  committee  appointed  by  the  Congregational  Church  and 
Society,  had  contracted  with  Mr.  Silas  Aiken  to  su|)ply  the 
desk  four  Sabbaths,  wliich  he  had  done  ;  that  tliey  then 
engaged  him  to  })i'each  four  Sabbaths  as  a  candidate  for 
settlement,  one  of  which  had  passed  ;  and  that  the 
present  meeting  was  called  to  consider  the  expediency  of 
giving  him  a  call  to  settle  with  the  church  and  society  as  a 
gospel  minister. 

It  was  then  moved  and  voted  that  the  church  invite  Mr. 
Silas  Aiken  to  settle  in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry 
with  them,  and  take  the  oversight  and  watch  of  the  church 
and  the  '•  Congregational  Church  and  Society,"  in  Amherst, 
as  colleague  witli  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard. 

The  committee  was  requested  to  lay  a  copy  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  churcli  before  the  society  at  their  annual 
meeting  on  Monday  next,  and  ask  their  concurrence  therein, 
and  also  in  providing  a  suitable  support  for  Mr.  Aiken,  and, 
in  case  of  their  concurrence,  the  committee  was  authorized 
to  act  with  the  committee  of  the  society  in  giving  him  a 
call. 

19  January,  1829.  The  society  voted  to  concur  with  the 
church  in  their  vote  giving  Mr,  Silas  Aiken  an  invitation  to 
settle  with  them,  and  take  the  oversight  and  watch  of  the 
church  and  of  the  society,  as  a  gospel  minister. 

They  also  agreed  to  pay  him  the  sura  of  $600  per 
annum,  for  his  services,  for  so  long  a  time  as  he  should 


XTTT.]  CONGRKr.ATIONAT.    rill-Rrn    AND    SOCTETY.  207 

Continue  to  perform  the  duties  ol  a  pastor  to  the  church, 
an<l  a  niiiiister  to  the  society,  the  same  to  lie  paid  in  scnii- 
annual  installments,  and,  in  case  he  should  wish  it,  to  ullou 
him  a  \a(  ation  of  two  ov  three  Sabbaths  each  yeai-. 

A  i-ecord  of  the  action  of  the  church  and  society  was 
communicated  to  Mr.  Aiken  l>y  the  committees  of  the  twcj 
oruani/.ations.  accompaniiMl  Ity  the  following"  letter: 

"A.MiiKHST,  .lamiarv  1!>.  l>^L'i). 
,1//-.  Si/as  Ai/,i  n  : 

Dkak  Sir  :  The  undersijfiied,  a  coiiiiiiitttM'  nt'  llio  Chinfli  in  tliis 
2)laft',  under  tlie  I'astoral  care  ot  the  Kes\  .Icrciiiiah  Harnanl,  and  a 
('(inmiittee  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  Society  in  Amherst,  in 
|>ursuance  ol'  votes  of  said  Church  and  Society,  herewith  present  you 
with  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Ciiurch,  givnig 
you  an  invitation  to  settle  with  them  in-  the  work  of  the  (lospel 
ministry,  and  take  the  oversight  and  watcli  of  the  church  and  Society, 
as  Colleague  Pastor  over  the  Church  witii  the  Kev.  .Jeremiah  Haruard. 
Also  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Society,  concurring 
with  the  Chinch  in  giving  you  said  invitation,  and  tixing  the  sum 
liiey  propose  to  offer  you  as  a  support  or  salary. 

Tile  Conunittee  beg  leave  to  adtl  their  earnest  request  that  you  w  ill 
accept  the  invitation  and  settle  with  them  as  tiieir  nunister. 

Should  you  be  pleased  to  give  an  alhrmative  answer,  the  Clmrcli 
will  be  ready  t^  enter  into  a  contract  for  the  payment  of  your  salary 
and  make  the  necessary  arrangements  for  your  ordination. 

With  sentiments  of  great  resj)ect  and  affection,  we  are,  Dear  Sir, 
your  sincere  friends. 

MAI  I  HI  AS  SI'A!.1)I\(;,  .lA.MKS  lU:i.i.. 

.loilN    II  Ai!iSiI(H;\.  Ji:..  .lollX    .MA(  K. 

i;i.l.lAli    n    INA.M.  illCilAi;!)   I'.o^  I.SKiN. 

i)A\ii)  I'l.sK,  :;i...  i)A\!i»  .M.(;.  .mi;an>. 

UAi;  IlKU.O.MKW    DolXii:.  KDMl  Nl)   I'AIIKKK, 

Ciiiiiiiiiftce  (if  lliv  Cliiinli.  Cnminittee  of  the  Society." 

^Ir.  Aiken's  reidy  : 

"  '/'(*  t/ie  coiiimitlifs  itf  (III  Cijiiffref/utioiitil  C/inn/i  ^-  Sotirti/  in  .Im/itrst  : 
Dkah  Bhkturen  &  FuiKNDs:  I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your 
joint  invitation  to  settle  with  you  in  the  work  of  the  (Jospel  Ministry. 
However  arduous  and  responsible  the  work  to  which  you  have  called 
me,  and  however  incompetent  I  must  feel  myself  to  i>erfnrm  it  in  a 
manner  acceptable   to   God  and   profit  able  to  you.  yet    such  were  the 


298  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

circumstances  of  your  request  as  to  render  the  decision  on  my  part 
far  less  ditticult  than  it  might  otherwise  have  been. 

From  the  first  it  has  been  my  purpose  to  labor  in  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard, wheresoever  in  his  providence  he  might  plainly  point  me ;  and, 
after  a  prayerful  consideration  of  the  subject  of  your  invitation 
believing,  as  I  do,  that  an  indication  of  duty  is  now  given  me,  I 
hereby  signify  my  acceptance,  and,  relying  upon  the  assistance  of 
Almighty  God,  and  moreover  upon  your  Christian  kindness  and 
sympathy,  I  am  ready  to  labor  among  you  in  the  (iospel  of  Christ, 
according  to  the  ability  wliich  God  giveth. 

I  will  only  add  that  the  very  recent  date  of  my  "  license  to  preadi  the 
Gospel"  and  consequently  a  want  ft  suitable  preparation  for  the  multi. 
plied  duties  to  which  you  have  been  pleased  to  call  me  may  for  some 
time  render  exchanges  more  fre(pient  than  otlierwise    T  could   have 

desired. 

Yours  in  Christian  affection, 

SILAS  AIKEN. 
January  31,  1829." 

Mr.  Aiken,  having  accepted  the  call,  a  council  was  called, 
which  met  at  the  chapel  4  Marcli,  1829,  and  w^as  organized 
by  the  choice  of  Rev.  John  H.  Church,  moderator,  and 
Rev.  Humphrey  Moore,  scribe. 

After  examining  the  papers  laid  before  them,  and  the 
pastor'elect,  the  council  voted  to  proceed  to  his  ordination. 

The  church,  society,  and  ordaining  council,  accompanied 
by  a  band,  marched  in  procession  from  the  chapel  to  the 
meeting-house,  where  the  ordination  services  were  per- 
formed. 

Rev.  Mr.  Savage,  of  Bedford,  offered  the  opening  prayer. 

Rev.  Mr.  Green,  of  Boston,  preached  the  sermon. 

Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  of  Hollis,  offered  the  consecrating 
prayer. 

Rev.  Dr.  Church,  of  Pelham,  gave  the  charge. 

Rev.  Mr.  Richards,  of  Francestown,  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship. 

Rev.  Mr.  Nott,  of  Dunstable,  the  address  to  the  church 
and  society. 

And  Rev.  Mr.  Bradford,  of  New  Boston,  offered  the 
closing  prayer. 


c^i_.  C^-^/       eJ^^z. 


XI  II.]  C0N(1RF-:(IATI()NAL    CHUUCII    AND    SOCIKTV.  '200 

Tilt'  onliiKition  services  wore  intcrcstiiiir  and  iiiipn'ssivo, 
and  were  listrncil  to  with  pi-oloimd  attcidioii  Ity  tlic  largo 
aiidiciH'c  in  attt-iidaiu'c  'riic  luiisic,  hy  a  sclccl  choir, 
iiiuN'f  ihc  direction  (d'  J)r.  Amiirosc  Scatoii,  was  c.\c«dlcnl. 

Hon.  I'Mniund  Parker  resigned  the  ollicc  of  cleik,  S  April, 
lN21',and  Kev.  Silas  Aiken  was  chosen  in  his  place.  Aai-on 
Lawrence  was  chosen  assistant  clerk,  and  it  was  voted  to 
contril)nte  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  .innnally.  for  \'\\r 
years,  to  the  funds  of  Dartnionth  College. 

I'MniiiniJ  I'aiker  was  elected  d(acon.l."»  Mav,  IsrJd,  and 
accc|ited  t  hf  a|iiitiinl  mml . 

TK.Ml'KllANCK. 

The  Inllowinu'  rcsolntions  wci'e  adopted  Ii\'  the  ('nngrega- 
tional  Cliiii'i'li  in  IS^lO,  jnid  signe(l  l)y  ili!4  of  its  memhers. 

"  1.  Ji{si)liHil,i\\-di\u  our  lu'lii-r  tliL-  iiM'  ol'  iirdfut  spiiit.s  lias  lii-oii,L;ht 
disgrace  uii  our  liiglily  favored  land,  and  ruin  on  tlmusands  of  our 
fellow-citizt'iis. 

!*.  Ri'soli-ri/,  that  it  is  the  duly  of  every  true  patriot  and  friend  of 
iii>  coiiiitry  to  exert  his  utmost  endeavors  to  put  an  ciiil  to  this 
di.suracei'ul  and  destructive  practice. 

:}.  Rrsofved,  that  in  our  oi>inioii  the  use  of  ardent  spirits  has  l>eeii 
productive  of  iiinnnierahle  evils  to  the  church  of  Christ ;  that  it  lia.s 
ruined  the  souls  of  men,  hindered  the  progress  and  ertect  of  truth, 
brought  great  and  deservetl  reproach  on  the  professors  of  religion,  and 
through  them  on  the  cau.se  of  Christ. 

i.  Itvsdlnil,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  every  professed  follower  of  Christ 
to  use  his  utmost  etVortsto  put  a  stop  to  this  great  sin,  and  so  remove 
this  stuinl>ling  hlock  out  of  the  way,  and  for  this  purpose  not  only 
to  refrain  from  the  use  himself,  but  to  u.se  his  influence  to  induce 
others  to  refrain. 

.").  Itesoliuil,  that  we  whose  names  are  suliscribed  to  these  resolu- 
tions, memhers  of  this  church,  will  abstain  from  the  use  of  ardent 
.spirits  our.selves,  except  as  a  medicine,  ami  will  in  every  projx-r  way 
diseountenance  and  discourage  the  use  of  them  in  others. 

<!.  lie.solreii,  that  we  will  endea\or,  by  the  blessing  of  (iOD,  to  live 
up  to  the  spirit  of  these  resolutions,  that  in  the  words  of  our  covoiiaiit 
the  blessing  of  (iOD  may  be  vouchsafed  to  this  jiart  of  his  heritage." 

Judge  Parker  resigned  the  ollice  of  deacon  jirior  to  his 
removal  to  Nashua,  and  Abel  Downe  was  chosen  to  fill  the 


300  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

vacancy,  21  June,  1836.  David  Fisk,  3d,  was  chosen 
deacon,  18  November,  1836,  in  place  of  Dea.  Seaton, 
deceased,  and  Cyrus  Eastman  was  chosen  to  that  office  30 
December,  1836. 

30  December,  1836.  The  meeting-house  building  com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  sell  and  convey  all  the  right  the 
church  had  in  the  old  chapel  building,  should  they  meet 
with  a  favorable  opportunity  so  to  do,  it  being  understood 
that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  were  to  be  applied  toward 
defraying  the  expense  of  removing  and  altering  the  meet- 
ing-liouse. 

14  February,  1837.  Rev.  Mr.  Aiken  stated  to  the  church, 
verbally,  and  in  writing,  that  he  had  received  an  invitation 
to  settle  with  the  Park  street  church,  in  Boston,  in  the 
ministry,  which,  after  due  consideration,  he  had  decided  to 
accept.  He  desired  that  a  mutual  council  might  be  called 
to  consider  the  case,  and  dismiss  him,  if  they  thought 
proper. 

The  church  reluctantly  voted  to  grant  his  request,  and 
appointed  a  committee  to  join  with  him  in  calling  a  council. 

A  committee  was  appointed,  21  February,  1837,  to  make 
provision  for  the  accommodation  of  the  council,  and  to  lay 
before  them  every  thing  they  might  deem  proper  in  regard 
to  the  request  of  Mr.  Aiken. 

The  council  met  28  February,  and,  after  hearing  the  state- 
ments of  the  committee  and  pastor,  voted  that  the  connec- 
tion existing  between  Mr.  Aiken  and  the  church,  as  pastor 
and  people,  be  dissolved. 

Provision  was  made,  in  conjunction  with  the  society,  for 
the  supply  of  the  pulpit  by  candidates  and  others  after  the 
withdrawal  of  Mr.  Aiken,  and  on  the  21st  day  of  August 
following  the  church  voted  to  give  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Adams 
a  call  to  settle  with  them  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  and 
chose  a  committee  to  act  in  concert  with  a  committee 
of  the  society  in  the  matter. 


XI  IT.]  CONGRECATION  AL    cnfRril    AND    SOCIETY.  :^01 

A  call  liavin<^  been  given  to  Mr.  Ailanis,  and  accoptod,  a 
committee  was  chosen,  2  October,  1837,  to  act  with  a  com- 
mittee of  the  society  in  calling  a  conncil  for  his  ordination. 

The  cniiniil  met  14  November.  Rev.  Ephraim  l*.  lirad- 
ford  was  chosen  moderator,  and  Rev.  David  Ferry,  scril)o. 
The  examination  of  the  candidate  being  satisfactory,  it 
was  voted  to  proceed  to  his  ordination  on  the  followinir 
day,  and  the  parts  were  assigned  as  follows  : 

Invocation  and  readinii'  of  the  scriptnres.  l^•v.  l>.i\id 
Perry,  of  Mollis. 

Introdnctory  jtrayer.  Rev.  John  \V.  Siiller.  of  .Millnnl. 

Sermon,  Rev.  Nathan  J^ord,  of  Hanover. 

Ordaining  prayer,  Rev.  Thomas  Savage,  of  Bedford. 

Charge  to  the  pastor,  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore,  of   Millnrd. 

Right  h;ind  of  followshi)),  ]\ov.  Kdwin  drnnisoii.  of  .Mont 
Vernon. 

Address  to  the  peojile,  Kev.  lOphniiiu  \\  ihadford.  of  New 
Boston. 

Concluding  jjraycr,  Kev.  Austin  l\irliards,  of  Nashua. 

1!»  December,  1837,  it  was  voted  to  pay  -^100  from  the 
church  funds  to  the  building  committee  of  the  meeting- 
house to  relieve  them  from  the  liabilities  they  have  neces- 
sarily incurreil  in  completing  the  house,  and  that  the  same 
Ite  paid  pi-ioi-  to  the  1st  day  of  January,  1838.  Forty 
dollars  additional  was  voted  to  be  ])aid  as  soon  as  the  same 
could  be  s|»ai-ed  from  the  funds  of  the  church. 

11  February,  1840, 'Vl 0(1  nioie  was  voted  for  the  same 
purpose,  fifty  dollars  to  be  jiaid  immediately,  and  fifty 
dollars  more  when  the  state  of  the  treasury  would  admil  of 
it. 

11  August,  1840,  Mr.  Adams  read  a  communication  to 
the  church  resigning  his  ollice  as  pastor,  which  was 
accepted  at  a  meeting  held  one  week  subsetpiently,  ami  Dr. 
Matthias  Spalding,  Aaron  Lawrence,  and  Dea.  David  Fisk, 
were  appointed  a  c(unmittee  to  join  witli  Mr.  Adams  in 
calling  a  mutual  council  for  his  dismission. 


302  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Tlie  council,  which  met  24  September,  1840,  organized 
by  the  appointment  of  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore  as  moderator, 
and  Rev.  David  Perry,  scribe.  After  hearing  the  state- 
ments of  all  parties  interested  who  chose  to  appear,  they 
voted  that  the  pastoral  relation  existing  between  Rev.  Mr. 
Adams  and  the  chnrch  in  Amherst  should  be,  and  hereby 
is,  dissolved. 

Nothing  appearing  against  tlie  character  of  Mr.  Adams 
as  a  Christian  minister,  or  as  a  man,  he  was  "  cordially 
recommended  to  the  Church  of  Christ  as  an  able  and  faith- 
ful minister  of  the  Lord  Jesus." 

At  a  meeting  held  21  December,  1840,  the  church  voted 
to  give  Rev.  William  T.  Savage  a  call  to  settle  with  them 
in  the  gospel  ministry. 

11  January,  1841,  a  committee  was  chosen 

"  To  extend  to  Mr.  Savage  an  invitation  to  settle  with  us  as  our 
minister,  and  to  contract  with  him  for  his  annual.siipport." 

Mr.  Savage  gave  an  affirmative  answer  to  the  invitation 
of  the  committee,  and  a  council  was  called  by  which  he  was 
examined,  approved,  and  installed. 

The  services  of  iiistallation  took  place  24  February,  1841, 
the  different  parts  of  the  exercises  being  performed  as 
follows  : 

Invocation  and  reading  of  the  scriptures.  Rev.  David 
Perry,  of  Hollis. 

Introductory  prayer,  Rev.  James  Means,  of  Concord, 
Mass. 

Sermon,  Rev.  Thomas  Savage,  of  Bedford. 

Prayer  of  installation.  Rev.  Austin  Richards,  of  Nashua. 

Charge  to  the  pastor,  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore,  of  Milford. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship.  Rev.  Benjamin  F.  Clark, 
Chelmsford,  Mass. 

Address  to  the  people.  Rev.  Jonathan  McGee,  of  Nashua. 

Concludiug  prayer,  Rev.  Stephen  T.  Allen,  of  Merri- 
mack. 


XIII.]  rONOREflATIONAL    C'HriiCII    AM)    SOflKTV.  ?>()-\ 

ABOLITION    TROUBLKS. 

At  this  time  the  riiihtfuliiess  of  AiVicau  .slavery  in  (liis 
coiuitrv  hi'Lran  to  l>e  eoiisidci-ed  in  the  ehtireh. 
^  At  a  nieetiii--  held  1 7  Fel)nian-,  1 841,  Dea.  David  Fisk 
]>residing,  Bro.  Luther  Melendy  presented  an  '•  aholition 
resolution,"  which  was  accepted  for  discussion.  Aftiu- 
whi(di  it  was  xoted  to  dismiss  it.  Brother  Aaron  Lawrence 
then  otTered  resolutions  upon  the  same  suhject,  \vhi(di,  alter 
discussion,  were  laid  upon  the  talde,  and  the  meetini; 
adjourned. 

The  au'itation  of  the  slavery  question  and  the  attitude  of 
the  ehureh  in  regard  to  it,  produee(l  an  alienation  of  feeling 
on  the  ])art  of  some  of  its  memhers,  who  refused  any  lon<rer 
to  assist  in  the  support  of  preacdung',  aiul  cncouraiicd  the 
estahlishment  of,  and  attendance  upon,  a  meetiuL;'  in  the 
ehapi'l  on  the  Sabbath  in  opposition  to  the  reu'idar  services 
in  the  church. 

^  In  consequence  of  these  oft'ences,  brothers  Luther  Me- 
lend\  and  Loea  Pratt,  after  ha\"inii'  been  visited  by  coniuiit- 
tees  of  the  church,  and  refusing'  U)  give  satisfaction,  were, 
by  vote  of  the  church,  18  May,  1841,  excommunicated  from 
its  fenowship. 

Sympathy  with  the  members  tlius  excluded  called  forth  a 
communication  from  eight  other  members  of  the  church,  in 
whi(di,  after  reviewing  the  action  of  the  churcdi,  they  stated 
that  tlu-y  held  the  same  l)(diet'  that  the  excomuumicated 
brethren  avowed,  and  asked  that  they  too  might  be  cut  olT 
from  the  churcdi  oi'ganization  as  persons  who  could  no 
longer  fellowshij)  with  them  as  a  Christian  chiin  h. 

On  th(>  receipt  of  this  communication,  at  a  nu'eting  held 
15  June,  1S41,  a  committee  was  ai)j)ointed 

"To  draft  a  reply,  and  to  visit  tln:-  siyiitMs  llieroof,  and  tu  endeavor 
to  correct  their  misapprehension  and  misstatement  of  the  j^ronnd.s  of 
the  chure-h  ai-tion,  and  recover  them  to  a  proper  state  of  Christian 
feelinii-  and  conduct." 


304  HISTORY,  OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

At  a  meetino-  held  29  June,  1841,  a  series  of  resohitions, 
adopted  by  the  Hillsborough  County  Conference,  in  relation 
to  the  subject  of  slavery,  was  laid  before  the  church,  and 
adopted  by  a  large  majority. 

After  deferring  action  upon  the  request  of  the  petitioners 
to  be  excluded  for  some  time,  and  hearing  statements  from 
some  of  them  in  church  meeting,  it  was  finally  voted  that, 
with  two  exceptions  (one  had  died  and  the  other  had  not 
been  visited),  the  request  of  the  petitioners  should  be 
granted. 

At  a  meeting  lield  15  ]\[arch,  1842,  another  of  the  peti- 
tioners was  excluded,  at  his  own  request. 

4  April,  1843.  Difficulties  having  arisen  between  the 
pastor  and  some  of  the  members  of  the  church,  a  mutual 
council  was  called,  which  met,  and,  after  hearing  the  state- 
ments of  the  parties  interested,  who  wished  to  be  heard, 

"  Voted,  that  it  is  expedient  that  the  relation  existing  between  the 
Rev.  William  T.  Savage  and  this  church  be,  and  hereby  is,  dissolved." 

22  April,  1844.  The  church  voted  to  give  Rev.  J.  G. 
Davis  a  call  to  settle  with  them  in  the  gospel  ministry,  and 
chose  Aaron  Lawrence,  Daniel  Campbell,  Daniel  Hartshorn, 
Elijah  Putnam,  and  David  Stewart,  a  committee  to  join  a 
committee  of  the  society  (should  the  society  concur  with 
the  church)  in  giving  Mr.  Davis  a  call. 

The  society  concurring  with  the  church,  an  invitation  was 
given  to  Mr.  Davis,  and  accepted. 

A  council  was  called,  and  he  was  ordained  22  May,  1844. 
The  exercises  on  that  occasion  were  as  follows  : 

Invocation  and  reading  of  the  scriptures,  Rev.  Mr.  Aiken, 
of  Hollis. 

Introductory  prayer.  Rev.  Mr.  Warner,  of  Milford. 

Sermon,  Rev.  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Boston. 

Ordaining  prayer.  Rev.  Mr.  Savage,  of  Bedford. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship.  Rev.  James  Means,  of  Concord, 
Mass. 


XI  II.]  CONCItKCATIONAI,    CUnUMI     AND    SOCHnV.  •".(!.") 

Addivss  to  llic  I  cdiilc.  Hex.  M.-iItlirw  Ilalc  Sliiilli.  oT 
Xasliiiii. 

('(iiirliiiliiiLi"  pravci'.  l\r\.  1 1  iiiiiphri'v  .Moori'.  of  .Millm-d. 

•_*  .I:iiiiiaiy,  lS4r).  I>ani:il):is  15.  I>;i\iil  and  liicliard  Hoyl- 
sloii  ucic  elected  deacons.  Mr.  I  >;i\  id  arcejttcd,  an<l  .Mr. 
r>()\  Istoii  declined,  the  ajti)uintnient. 

Tlic  want  of  ;i  more  siiitalilc  room  lor  the  social  meetings. 
of  the  chnrch  havinu'  long'  been  felt,  the  erection  of  a  new 
laiildinti',  sej)arat(^  from  the  cluirch  edilice,  was  jirojected  hy 
ilie  late  .Mrs.  IJoliert  .Means,  who  hea(h'd  the  snhseriptioii 
list  with  a  liberal  snni.  which  was  followed  with  e(|iial  lihei-- 
ality  with  suhscriotions  l)y  Mr.  irichard  IJoylston  and 
otheis.  the  church  contributing  ><100.  After  some  contro- 
vers\  in  reuard  to  the  location  of  the  l)uilding,  a  site  wa.s. 
aureed  upon,  and  the  house  erected. 

The  work  was  jjerforined  i)y  Messrs.  Jotiiam  llaiTshorii 
and  sons  in  a  highly  acceptable  manner,  and  the  house  was 
dedicated  :^'>  January,  iSoO,  at  which  lime  an  ap|»roj»riatc 
discourse  was  picached  by  Rev.  Mi-.  Davis  from  Col.  iii  :  IG. 

The  Ituilding  is  44  x  2s  fret,  with  14  feet  posts,  and  cost 
about  s=l,<)U(l. 

The  old  chapel,  formeily  the  court-house,  erected  in  ITSs.. 
was  sold  to  Harrison  Eaton,  in  18ti7. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  held  4  Sc|>tcmbcr,  1800^ 
leave  of  absence  for  si.\  months  wjs  granted  to  the  pastor, 
to  enable  him  to  solicit  funds  for  the  benelit  of  Dartmouth 
College. 

The  Sunday-school  connecte<l  with  the  church,  in  .March, 
187;>,  consisted  of  .".  ollicers,  IT  teachers,  and  lOO  pupils, 
anil  was  under  the  direction  of  Capt.  (Jeo.  W.  Uoswcu-th, 
siiperinlendent. 

l*id)lic  worship,  which  iiad  been  suspended  for  six  Sun- 
days, while  the  audience  room  in  the  meeting-house  was 
undergoing  rejiairs,  was  resumed  12  November,  1S73. 

The  sum  of  >=1,4<I0,  a  legacy  left  by  Dca.  Aaron  Law- 
rence for  the  establishment  of  a  fund  to  lie  known  as  the 
•Jn 


306  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

"  Lawrence  fund,"  for  the  support  of  public  worship  in  the 
Congregational  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  was 
placed  in  the  Nashua  Savings  Bank  by  his  executors,  23 
November,  1870.  It  was  provided  that  the  extra  dividends 
on  the  deposit  should  be  added  to  the  principal,  and  the 
regular  dividends  drawn  annually  and  applied  to  the  pur- 
poses specified  in  the  will.  Should  the  church  at  any 
time  become  extinct,  the  fund  is  to  be  transferred  to  the 
New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,  and  its  annual  income 
applied  in  carrying  on  the  work  of  that  organization. 

The  sum  of  -t-'OO  was  donated  to  the  church,  24  November, 
1877,  by  Jotham  Hartshorn,  Esq.,  for  the  establishment  of 
a  fund  to  be  known  as  the  "  Hartshorn  fund."  This  fund 
is  to  be  kept  at  interest,  and  its  annual  income  appro- 
priated for  the  support  of  preaching  in  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Amherst.  Should  the  church  at  any  time 
become  extinct,  this  fund  also  is  to  be  transferred  to  the 
New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,  and  its  annual  income 
used  in  the  work  of  that  society. 

A  fund  of  ff^SOO  for  the  support  of  music  in  the  church  is 
now  invested  in  the  bonds  of  the  Nashua  and  Lowell  rail- 
road. 

After  a  long  and  faithful  ministry,  Kev.  Dr.  Davis 
resigned  his  pastorate.  The  letter  containing  his  resigna- 
tion was  laid  before  the  church  19  May,  1879,  and  was  as 
follows  : 

"  Christian  Broth  rs  and  Friends  : 

As  you  are  about  to  make  an  aiTangenient  for  the  support  of  the 
ministry  for  another  year,  it  has  seemed  to  me  proper  that  T  should 
anticipate  the  communication  which  would  regularly  be  submitted 
fii'st  to  the  chui'ch,  by  informing  you  that  I  wish  to  relinquish  my 
pastoral  charge  at  an  early  day. 

I  tind  myself  so  hindered  in  my  work  by  certain  infirmities  of  body 
that  I  am  j)ersuaded  that  1  can  not  longer  fulfill  the  duties  of  my 
office  with  comfort  to  myself  and  with  profit  to  you.     T  shall  accord- 


XI 11.]  conguk(;ati(»nal  (  hi  ik  ii   and  so(  iktv.  oUT 

iiii^ly  iiiviti'  tliL'  Clmrch  Id  uiiitr  with  nn'  in    iiH'iisuri's  Inr  tin-  ilisxilii- 
tioii  ol'tlu;  jiastnral  rt-latioii. 

\\"n\\  (  Inistian  love,  your  rastoi-, 

.1.  (;.  D.wis. 

The  i-csiirii:iti()ii  ul'  Dr.  Davis  wa.s  accepted,  ami  a  .series 
ul  resoliitioii.s,  expressivt*  ol"  the  teeiiiiu's  of  the  church 
tdwanl  liiui,  was  |iassecl  at  a  lucctiiiL;;  licjil  li'.i  May,  18"!'. 

I\c\.  N\'iu.  Clark,  h.  !>.,  was  appDiiited  to  act  on  the  p;irt 
ol  the  church  with  a  conunittee  of  the  society  iu  procui'iuu' 
su|t|>lies  for  the  desk. 

At  a  meeting'  iicid  '.•  I  >ccciiilici-.  1S7'.'.  the  church  xotcd 
to  uivc  Mr.  Willis  D.  Leland  a  call  to  heeonie  its  pastor, 
which  action  haxinu'  been  coiieui"re(l  in  hy  the  society, a  call 
was  uiviTi,  which  was  accepted  hy  Mi'.  Iceland  3  January, 
Isso.  A  council  was  called,  which,  after  the  usual  exam- 
ination, jjroeeeded  to  his  ordination,  21  January,  18.S(j, 
whi-n  the  report  of  proeecdinirs  of  council  were  read  by  Rev. 
D.  r..  Scott. 

Prayer  was  olVered  l»y  Rev.  C.  \V.  Wallace,  i>.  i>. 

Reading  of  seri|»turcs,  by  Rc\.  K.  !•'.  Xorris. 

Sermon,  by  Rev.  K.  15.  Wchb,  tVoni  .biim  w  i  :  :^<>. 

Ordaininir  prayer,  by  lve\.  1"'.  Ahord. 

Charii'c  to  ])astor,  l)y  Re\.  !•'.  I',  .^aiucnt. 

Riirht  hand  of  fellowship,  tiy  lJc\.  ]•].  <;.  ."-^ddcn. 

Addros  to  the  people,  liy   Rex.  .1.  (i.   Davis. 

At  a  meetiuii-  held  S  April,  1S8(»,  (he  (diureh  voted  to 
adopt  the  use  of  the  "unfermented  juice  of  the  grape"  for 
sacramental  pnr])Oses. 

.V  rcipiest  that  the  use  (»f  wine  might  be  continued  to 
those  that  preferrecl  it  was  rtderred  to  a  c<immittee  of  the 
otVicers  of  the  idmrch,  who,  being  ecpially  divide<l  in  their 
o|)inions,  made  two  rejxtrts, — one  recommending  that  the 
]trayer  of  the  petitioners  be  granted,  and  the  otiier  beimr 
o]»posed  to  it.  The  last  named  report  was  accepted  and 
adopted. 


308  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliaj). 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  that  the  sisters  of  the 
church  be  allowed  to  vote  in  the  choice  of  deacons  at  this 
meeting,  and  that  they  be  allowed  to  vote  at  all  future 
meetings  of  the  church  on  the  same  terms  as  the  brothers. 

A  change  was  made  in  the  tenure  of  the  office  of  deacon, 
by  which  it  was  arranged  that  there  sliould  be  four  of  these 
officers,  one  retiring  each  year.  The  change,  however,  was 
not  to  affect  those  then  in  office.  In  accordance  with  this 
vote,  Daniel  W.  Sargent  and  Joseph  E.  Fowle  were  elected 
deacons,  the  term  of  the  first  to  expire  1  May,  1883,  and 
the  term  of  the  last,  1  May,  1884. 

A  series  of  rules  for  the  government  of  the  church  was 
adopted  29  October,  1880. 

The  whole  number  of  members  wlu:)  have  been  admitted 
to  the  church  by  letter  and  profession  since  22  May,  1816, 
is  747.  The  whole  number  of  members  1  ]\Iay,  1881,  was 
189, — 56  males  and  133  females. 

The  officers  of  the  church,  1  January,  1882,  were 

Rev.  AVillis  1).  Leland,  Pastor. 
Barnabas  B.  David, 
Aaron  S.  Wilkins, 
1  )aniel  W.  Sargent, 
Joseph  E.  Fowle,  Deacons. 

PASTORS  OF  THE  t'ONCJREGATIONAL  CHrRCH. 

Daniel  Wilkins,  ordained  and  installed  23  Sept.,  1741 ;  d.  11  Feb.,  1784. 
Jeremiah  Barnard,  ord.  and  inst.  3  March,  1780;  d.  15  rian.,  1835. 
Nathan  Lord,  ord.  and  inst.  22  May,  1816;  dis.  22  Nov.,  1828;  d.  9 

Sept.,  1870. 
Silas  Aiken,  ord.  and  inst.  4  March,  1829;  dis.  5  March,  1837;  d.  7 

April,  1869. 
Frederick  A.  Adams,  ord.  and  inst.  15  Xov.,  1837  ;  dis.  24  Sept.,  1840. 
William  T.  Savage,  inst.  24  Feb.,  1841 ;  dis.  4  April,  1843. 
Josiah  G.  Davis,  ord.  and  inst.  22  May,  1844;  dis.  22  Jan.  1880. 
Willis  D.  Leland,  ord.  and  inst.  22  Jan.  1880. 

DEACONS. 

Elected,  Resigned,  'Died,  Age, 

Humphrey  Hobbs,  G  Jan.,   1743       1744  1756       44 

Joseph  Bontell,  3  June,  1743  19  :\Lxv,    1795       88 


XIII. ■]  (III  i;(Hi:S    .VNI>   SoriKTIKS.  :'.<•'.» 


DE.VCONS. 

Kl.Tl 

ii'.i. 

K.mkm.mI. 

Ki.il. 

A«.  . 

.James  Cocliiaii. 

1711 

.-.  .Ian.. 

1771 

Saniiit'l  Wilkius, 

111  .Ian.. 

1771 

isit; 

•_'7  Dee.. 

1S:L' 

!MI 

.Iiiliii  Scaloii. 

lit  .Ian.. 

1771 

17.N 

17!»:5 

Naliiini  lialdwiii. 

IK  .Ian.. 

1771 

7  .May. 

178S 

:>i 

Kpliraiiii  IJarkt-r. 

IS  .Inne. 

17SS 

2!l  Sept., 

.  1M)0 

(58 

.losliiia  I.ovcjoy, 

is  .Inne, 

17S8 

17!ll 

Js  Jan.. 

1832 

f8 

Aiiins  Klliott, 

■■\  Sept., 

1795 

7  April, 

18(17 

.')2 

•loliii  Soaton,  jr.. 

:}  Sept., 

17!).') 

•i  ( )ct.. 

is:}ii 

NO 

.loliii  llartsliurn. 

1  Sept., 

ISOS 

28  Nov., 

1842 

8:J 

Matthias  Spaliliii-. 

■JU  .May, 

1817 

22  :\Iay. 

lStJ.5 

!).") 

Daviil  IIoliiu's, 

1>!)  .May, 

1S17 

182:; 

1  Nov., 

18(57 

8!> 

-Villus  Klliott,  jr.. 

1     Nov., 

1S2;} 

27  -Vpril 

,  lS2(i 

n 

KiIiiiuikI  I'arktT, 

1.-)  .M.iy, 

1S:52 

18:Jt; 

S  Sept., 

18.-)(i 

■";[ 

Abel  Dowuf, 

•Jl  .Jan.. 

is:j(; 

28  .Sept., 

ISJit 

.'>2 

Davi.l  Fisk,  ;3d, 

IS  Nov., 

ls:5(i 

lS(i» 

2.'  .Inne, 

1S7;5 

S(l 

Cyrus  Kastinaii. 

.'.It  Dec, 

is;3i{ 

17  Dec, 

lS(i2 

7."> 

IJanial.as  H.  Davi.l. 

•J  .Jan., 

1S4.5 

K.lwanl  I).  IJoylstoii, 

1-J  Aj.ril, 

,  ISili 

1S7N 

Aaron  Lawrence, 

2  Nov., 

ISOO 

1  Sept. 

,  18(17 

<!2 

Cliarl.'s  11.  David, 

2  Nov.. 

1S71 

1871 

17  Oct., 

18SI1 

•  ;.-. 

Aaron  S.  Wilkius. 

!)  .\pril, 

,  1S71 

Zaedieus  (i.  Perry. 

!)  April 

,  1S74 

188(1 

|)aniel  W.  Sargent. 

s  April 

,  ISSO 

•losepli   K.  Kowle. 

s  April 

,  isso 

THK  INIVFIISALIST  SOfJKTV. 

'.I  .Sc|»t('iul»('r,  iSl'J,  piiijlif  notice  was  uivcu  liy  Israel 
Fiilk'i-,  clerk  of  the  .society,  that  Ehcr  Lawrence,  Isaac 
Chickerinii-,  and  otheis,  had  lonned  themselves  into  a 
rcliiriniis  socit'ty  to  he  known  l»y  the  name  and  style  of  the 
'*  I'niviTsalist  Society  "  in  Amherst. 

THi:  (ilinsTI.W  OU  INIIAIM-VN  SOCJETV. 

Piihlic  notice  was  unven,  -1  .Maich.  lsi»4.  l,y  |)a\id 
Holmes,  clerk  of  the  society,  that  on  the  L'4th  day  <d"  that 
month  Charles  11.  Atherton.  Havid  Holmes,  Kphraim  l>lan- 
cliard.  ]•].  v.  Wallace,  and  otln-rs.  had  associated  and  formed 
them.sehes  into  a  relij.^ions  .society  l)y  the  namo  and  stylr 
of  the  '•  Christian  ."^ocietv  "  in  Amherst. 


310  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Rev.  Edmund  Quiiicy  Sewall  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  Christian  Church  and  Society  (Unitarian)  26 
January,  1825.  The  exercises  on  this  occasion  were  as 
follows : 

Introductory  prayer  and  reading  of  scriptures,  Rev.  Levi 
W.  Leonard,  of  Dublin. 

Sermon,  Rev.  John  Brazer,  of  Salem. 

Consecrating  prayer.  Rev.  Charles  Lowell,  Boston. 

Charge,  Rev.  John  Pierpont,  Boston. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship.  Rev.  John  G.  Palfrey,  Boston. 

Address  to  the  church  and  society.  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Thayer,  Lancaster. 

Concluding  prayer.  Rev.  Elijah  Dunbar,  Peterborough. 

The  day  was  fair  and  pleasant,  and  a  large  audience  was 
in  attendance. 

Mr.  Sewall  continued  pastor  of  the  society  about  one 
year.  A  church  was  organized  and  continued  in  existence 
for  some  time  ;  but  its  records,  like  the  early  ones  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  are  lost.  In  1(S34  Rev. 
Lyman  Maynard  was  employed  as  pastor  by  a  union  of.  the 
LTnitarian  and  Universalist  societies  in  town^and  continued 
here  until  1838.  During  his  pastorate  the  new  meeting- 
house (now  Baptist)  Avas  built  by  members  of  the  two 
societies.  After  the  removal  of  Mr.  Maynard,  Dr.  Amory 
Gale  and  others  conducted  the  Sunday  services  at  the 
church  for  some  time.  Afterward  the  desk  was  occupied 
for  a  year  or  two  by  Rev.  William  Hooper,  Universalist. 

Finally,  the  house  was  sold  to  the  Baptist  Society,  and 
the  Unitarians  and  Universalists  in  town  have  become 
connected  with  other  societies. 

THE  FIRST  BAPTIST  SOCIETY. 

An  association  for  the  support  of  preaching  on  Chestnut 
hill  was  organized  6  October,  1828,  under  the  name  of  the 
First  Baptist  Society  in  Amherst,  N.  H.,  by  the  following 
persons  : 


XIll.]  Tin:    IIIIST    ItAl'TIST    SOCIETY.  Ml 

IJiUph  Ilolltrook,  .James  Priiicf, 

Eboiiezer  Ilulbiouk,  Kobcrt  Fletclier, 

OlivtT  Mears,  Otis  Kletcljer, 

Franklin  Mfars,  IJeiijaniiu  Daiiion, 

Ilt-nrv   Tt'wksliin y,  .Idim  WasluT, 

.losojili  Ilarvill,  IkMijauiiii  K.  Slicjiard.  ami 

-loliii  Kolliiis,  Joscpli  Ilanaili'ii. 

Tlif  rliiircli  was  (iiuaiii/.cd  -  .Inly,  1^2'.',  iniiiistci-s  I'loin 
llu'  chuichcs  ill  Ijondoiiderrv,  Milt'urd,  New  Boston,  and 
(Joll'stown,  being  present  at  the  council  called  for  the 
purpose.  Rev.  Samuel  Abbot,  of  Londonderry,  was  mod- 
erator, and  Rev.  Simon  Fletcher,  of  (lofl'stown,  clerk  of  the 

ColllK'il. 

The  society  held  their  meetings  for  Sunday  services  on 
Chestnut  liill  until  Is:')!,  when  they  removed  to  the  Plain^ 
a  large  additinn  made  to  their  iiiiiulier.  the  result  of  a 
prolracteil  meeting  held  in  Fei»niary.  18:1.").  making  such  a 
movement  advisable. 

Here  for  a  time  they  had  no  sure  abiding  jilace.  Some- 
times they  worshiped  in  the  old  school-house  north  of  the 
court-house,  at  the  east  end  of  the  ctunnioii,  sometimes  in 
the  court-house,  and  afterward  in  a  small  hall  over  the  old 
Ivead  store,  whicli  stood  near  whi'i'e  the  snlilicis"  mominifnt 
m>w  stands,  ll'  November,  1 S41 .  arrangements  were  nunle 
with  the  |troprietors  of  the  rnitarian  meeting-house  f<u-  the 
use  of  their  house  a  ])ortion  of  the  time. 

ilaxiiig  becoiue  proprietors  of  two  thir<ls  of  the  pews,  the 
house  was,  agreeably  to  a  condition  in  the  sul)serijition  to 
the  shares  for  building  it,  transferred  to  them  by  the 
rnitarian  sot-iety  by  deed  dated  7  April,  1844.  It  was 
repaired  in  iSol,  ami  in  18T<>.  Since  the  jaindiase  of  the 
meeting-house,  a   parsonage   has  lieen   built  and   fitted  uj>. 

A  communion  set  has  lieen  jiresented  to  the  church  by 
Mrs.  Maiy  Twiss  and  her  children  :  and  a  legacy  of  ^2i\0 — 
now  amounting  to  nearly  s'40n — was  left  Ity  Miss  S.  F.ne  Law- 
rence to  purchase  a  bell  to  be  usetl  on  the  church. 


312  HISTORY  OP  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Tlic  desk  was  supplied  by  different  persons,  for  a  short 
time  each,  until  1841.  Since  tliat  time,  tlie  ministers  liavc 
been 

Rev.  J\Iasoii  IJall  isll  to  1844. 

Re^'.  Aaron  Hayes,  1844  to  1845. 

Rev.  Aiuasa  Brown,  1845  to  1847. 

Rev.  David  liurroughs,  1849  to  1854. 

Rev.  Samuel  Jones,  1850  to  1857. 

Rev.  John  H.  Thyny,  1857  to  1858. 

Rev.  Samuel  Cook,  1858  to  1859. 

Rev.  Amos  W.  Boardmau,  1859  to  1S(!1. 

Rev.  J.  Baskwel],  1863  to  1865. 

Rev.  John  Peacock,  1866,  nearly  two  years. 

Rev.  Eli  r.  Noyes,  1868  to  1870. 

Rev.  Albert  Heald,  1870  to  1876. 

Rev.  J.  n.  Lerned,  1877  to  1879. 

Rev.  (Jorhani  W.  Estabrook,  1879  to  issl. 

Rev.  E.  J.  C'olcord,  1881. 

The  number  of  members  of  the  churcli,  1  March,  1882, 
was — males,  21  ;   females,  45=60. 

THE    METHODIST    SOCIETY. 

Rev.  Orlando  Hinds,  who  commenced  his  labors  here  in 
1829,  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  Methodist  preacher  in 
Amherst.  His  immediate  successors  were  A.  ^f.  Howe  and 
J.  C.  Cromack. 

The  first  Methodist  society  was  organized  in  1839. 

The  first  quarterly  meeting  of  which  any  account  has 
Ibeen  preserved  was  held  19  September,  1834,  at  which 
John  Haseltine,  Isaac  Weston,  and  William  Brown,  of 
Amherst,  Freeman  Nichols,  of  Merrimack,  and  William 
Coggin,  2d,  of  Mont  Vernon,  attended  with  the  presiding 
€lder.  At  that  time  the  societies  in  Amherst  and  fToffstown 
w^ere  united,  and  the  quarterly  meetings  were  held  alternate- 
ly in  both  places. 

Rev.  James  Adams  supplied  the  desk  in  1837  and  1838, 
iind  Rev.  Levi  W.  Davis  in  1839  and  1840. 


XI  I  I.]  TMK    MKTIIODIST    SOCIKTV.  :;i:; 

l!iit  little  is  found  in  tiic  icronls  fioin  1S84  to  1M4<>.  In 
1n40  tlic  iVM'ord  closed.  Atd-r  this,  |ii-(':icliini;' \v;is  sM|i|)li(M| 
occasionallv  liy  nicnilifis  of  the  llililii-al  Institnlc  al 
(•onford. 

In  the  autnnni  of  1S:')9  tlic  eix'ctiun  ol"  a  chajiel  was  coni- 
uu'iiccd.  wliicli  was  linislied  in  the  ctjiirsc  of  the  foUowinu- 
wintci'.  and  (h'dicatc(|  lo  the  woi'ship  of  (Joi»  '22  April. 
Is4<>.  on  whirji  occnsion  a  scianon  was  |irfach('(|  liy  l\i'\- 
Jar(.'d  rcikins. 

In  the  afternoon  ol  the  same  day  a  teni]iei-ancc  lecture 
was  ••"iven  in  the  eliapel  l)y  l\e\.  Mr.  Jones.  In  |S4")  and 
1S46  {(reachiny,'  was  i'lii'nished  liy  IJev.  A.  II.  l-'nllerton.  and 
ill  1S47  l.y  Kev.  C'alel)  Dnstiii. 

The  record  is  resumed  in  ls.')(l.  when  a  coiil'erence  meet- 
iiii:'  was  ludd.  In  ]>^-')2  l"'ranklin  Fiirber  sM|)|»licd  the 
pulj)it.  After  this  the  |iros]iect  was  far  from  oiici^nraii'ini:' 
lor  the  society,  as  we  read  that 

"TliLTc  was  no  I'eason  Id  think  that  the  cliint'li  was  o|icii  imicli  dI' 
the  year,  fur  the  cobwebs  galliered  within  it.  thi-  liliuds  witc  cIksi-iI 
and  darkness  vested  on  the  hearts  ol'  many." 

Ill  1S54  a  social  izatherim:-  or  tea  pai'ty  was  held  at  the 
residence  of  Dea.  !>.  15.  I>avid  to  raise  fnnds  tor  renovating" 
the  cha])(d  and  snii])ortiiiir  ])reachiiiu-.  'i'he  eti'ort  was 
successful,  and  l\e\.  Charles  Meri'ill  was  placed  in  (diarjre 
as  preacher,  and,  as  a  result  of  his  ministry,  ipiite  a  uiiinber 
of  young  men  wei-e  adfh'd  to  the  church.  iMirinu'  his 
ministry  the  comnnniion  plate  formerly  used  hy  the  I'nita- 
rian  (dinrcdi  in  this  town  was  presented  to  the  society  liy 
.Mrs.  Charles  C.  Atherton. 

.\li-.  Merrill  remained  here  two  years,  and  alter  his 
departure  ]ireaidnnLi"  was  supplied  foi-  some  time  hy  mcm- 
hcrs  of  the  Uiblical  Institute. 

Ahont  IS.")?  a  .Mr.  Seeley  was  sent  here  as  a  snppl\.  lie 
remained  one  year,  and  his  nnnistry  was  a  I'ailnre.  In 
1S5S  and  18.V.»  the  desk  was  supplied  hy  Messrs.  Tucker^ 
llamuiond.  Clippeuuer,  and  others  from  the  Institute. 


314  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Ill  1860  Charles  P^'ke  was  sent  here  as  a  preacher,  and 
the  selection  proved  to  be  an  unfortunate  one  for  the 
society.  From  1861  to  1866  the  chapel  was  closed.  After 
this  time  it  was  again  opened,  and  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Seminary  supplied  the  desk  a  short  time.  He  was  followed 
by  Levin  P.  Causey,  who  also  remained  but  a  short  time, 
and  services  were  again  suspended. 

In  1871,  mainly  through  the  efforts  of  Mrs.  ]\lary  W. 
Few,  the  chapel  was  painted  and  refitted,  and  an  effort  was 
made  to  sustain  preaching. 

At  first,  fortiinatel}",  as  it  proved,  they  were  disappointed 
in  not  obtaining  the  preacher  they  wanted,  and  the  one 
sent  not  being  acceptable,  the  desk  was  again  supplied  by 
students  in  the  University. 

Rev.  B.  W,  Chase  commenced  his  labors  here  in  the  fall 
of  1871,  and  his  report  at  the  close  of  the  year  was  a  favor- 
able one.  He  continued  here  two  years,  and  his  ministry 
was  successful. 

He  was  succeeded  in  1872  by  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Ruland,  who 
continued  here  until  1874.  Since  then  the  ministers  have 
been 

1874,  Rev.  J.  ^Slowrey  I5ean,  until  1876. 

1876,  Kev.  J.  K.  Bartlett,  luatil  1877. 

1877,  Rev.  W.  R.  Dille,  until  1880. 

1880,  Rev.  James  Noyes,  until  1881. 

1881,  Kev.  I.  Ainsworth. 

Mr.  Ainsworth  relinquished  his  charge,  and  left  the 
denomination  before  the  close  of  the  year,  and  the  church 
is  now  united  with  that  in  ^lilford.  Present  number  of 
members,  44 — about  a  dozen  of  whom  are  males. 

The  chapel  was  enlarged  and  remodeled  in  1879  at  aii 
expense  of  little  more  than  $1,400. 

CHURCH    MUSIC. 

The  music  in  the  Sunday  services  at  the  meeting-house 
in  the  early  part  of  ^Ir.  Wilkins's  ministry  was  doubtless 
of  the  most  jti'imitivc   kind.      After  tlic  announcement  of 


XIII.]  cHrRCH  MUSIC.  :n"> 

till'  li\  11111.  (iiic  ot  the  deacons  would  read  a  line  oi-  two.  and 
the  cungro-iation  would  respond  by  singing  it,  the  reading 
and  singing  being  continued  alternately  through  the  hymn. 
As  the  gift  of  music  seems  to  have  been  hereditary  in  the 
Shepard  laniil\-.  we  may  suppose  that  Col.  John  Shepard 
and  his  son,  C<d.  John,  jr.,  each  in  their  time  took  a  leading 
part  in  these  services.  Aftei"  the  arrival  of  the  Seatons, 
they  probably  assistetl,  or  led,  in  the  singing. 

A  family  tradition  relates  that  wIkmi  Mr.  lioutell  was 
elected  deacon,  he  declined  accejiting  the  <ttliee,  as  he  said 
he  "I'oiild  not  read  very  well."  iirijliably  in  reference  to 
reading  the  hymns  in  (duirch.  His  brethren,  liowever,  told 
him  they  liked  him  all  the  better  for  his  confession,  and 
insisted  u|)oii  his  accepting  the  ofHce,  wliicdi  he  filled  until 
his  death  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  l)rother  (diureh 
members. 

Dea.  Mpliraiui  ISaiker  was  jironiincnt  aiiioiig  the  luusi- 
ciaiis  in  the  second  inecting-house.  Hea.  John  .^catoii.  jr., 
was  afterward  leader.  David  S.  Eaton,  who  married  one  of 
^Ir.  Barnard's  daughters,  was  (diorister  for  some  time, 
nuriiig  his  adiniuist  ration  it  is  said  that  the  elioir  li;id  been 
making  preparations  for  a  grand  disjilay  on  Jnde)»endence 
day.  .Something  had  taken  place  during  the  rehearsals 
which  oiVended  many  of  tin'  members,  and  one  Sunday 
morning,  just  before  the  fourth  of  July,  the  chorister  found 
himself  alone  in  the  singing  jtew.  Not  caring  to  furnish 
the  music  alone,  he  too  left  his  seat,  and  placed  himself  in 
one  of  the  gallery  ]>ews.  near  by.  Mr.  Haiiiard  took  his 
place  in  the  ])ul|)it,  and  was  not  long  in  discovering  the 
state  of  the  singing  pew.  lie  conducted  the  opening  exer- 
cises,and  I'cad  tlu'  hymn  as  usual:  Itut, getting  no  r<'sj»onse 
from  the  ilioir,  laid  down  the  book  with  some  force,  and 
called  up  the  audienee  to  join  in  the  long  jirayer,  which 
lacked  on  that  occasion  neither  length  nor  pungency.  One 
after  another,  the  singers  returned  to  their  accustomed 
jilaces,  and,  when   the   inevitable   fusilade   of   fallinir  seats 


316  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Gliap. 

was  over,  tlic  siugiiig-  seats  were  filled,  and  Jeremiah's 
licart  was  gladdened  by  a  hearty  response  to  the  next  hymn 
he  read.  Jonathan  Hildreth,  a  grandson  of  the  first  Col. 
Shepard,  was  a  noted  mnsician  in  his  day,  and  leader  of  tlic 
choir  until  his  death,  5  July,  1816.  He  made  two  or  three 
hass-viols,  which  were  used  in  the  singing  seats  to  aid  the 
vocal  performers.  p]liab  Wilkins,  brother  of  Aaron,  was  a 
skilful  player  on  tliese  instruments.  Benjamin  Kendrick, 
another  grandson  of  Col.  Shepard,  was  chorister  some 
years.  His  daughters,  also  those  of  his  cousin  Hildreth, 
the  daughters  of  Judge  Claggett  and  Mr.  Ephraim  Goss, 
were  connected  with  the  choir,  and  most  of  them  were 
excellent  vocalists.  After  the  introduction  of  bass-viols, 
violins,  clarinets,  and  other  instruments,  were  used  to  aid 
the  singers  in  the  Sunday  services.  Mr.  Hugh  Moore,  a 
dear  lover  of  music,  played  the  violin  some  years  at  the  old 
ehurch,  and  afterward  at  the  Unitarian — now  Baptist — 
church.  Those  now  living,  who  were  boys  and  girls  in 
Amherst  forty  years  ago,  will  recall  his  a])pearance  as  he 
crossed  the  common,  Sunday  morning,  on  his  way  to  meeting, 
a  man  of  massive  frame,  erect  as  a  forest  pine.  His  queue 
— the  last  one  seen  in  Amherst — nicely  combed,  and  neatly 
tied  with  a  pink  or  blue  ribbon,  hung  over  his  coat-collar. 
Under  his  left  arm  he  carried  his  violin-case,  and  in  his 
right  hand  a  stout  hickory  cane  to  aid  his  steps.  He 
retained  his  faculties,  physical  and  mental,  remarkably,  and 
when  he  had  seen  the  snows  of  fourscore  winters,  "  his  eye 
was  not  dim,"  and  his  natural  force  but  slightly  abated. 
Seven  years  later  age  had  got  the  mastery,  and  he  retired 
to  his  house  to  suffer  and  die.  During  his  last  illness, 
Major  Little,  the  crippled  melodeon  player,  called  upon  him, 
and  was  introduced  by  a  friend.  They  talked  of  the  old 
Scotch  songs  which  the  veteran  loved,  and  which  Little 
played  and  sung  to  him,  while  the  tears  rolled  down  his 
cheeks.  After  an  hour  of  enjoyment  the  visitor  took  his 
leave,  and   afterward    reported   that  just   as  the  door  was 


XIII.]  rill  l{(  H    Ml  >ic.  :',17 

closing"  he  heard  "  Inck"  lliiuli"  inuttciini:-  to  liiiuM'll.  ••  J 
swar,  I  '11  jiray  for  him.  T  will." 

Near  the  close  ol  Pr.  Lord's  miiiist r\ ,  then'  \v;is  (roiihle 
ill  the  choir.  ;iiid  the  sin<i:ers,  with  the  exception  of  Ainltrose 
Seatoii,  (he  leader,  left  the  seats.  'IMie  minister  yv:[t\  the 
morninu'  hymn,  hnt  there  was  no  resjionse.  Presently,  the 
senior  deiicon  rose  from  his  seat  in  fmnt  of  the  |iul|pit.  and 
called  nj)ni  the  eonLire^ation  to  nnite  in  sinuinii-  St.  Maitin's. 
himself  leading'  off  in  a  voice  tremnlons  with  age.  For 
some  time  he  snug  alone,  Itnt  heforc  the  hymn  was  finished 
he  hail  a  respectable  following.  During  the  performance 
the  chorister  was  heard  going  down  the  stairs  in  the  west 
|>orch.  at  least  two  steps  at  once,  and  alter  landing  u]>on 
the  common  it  was  notii-ed  that  his  steps  toward  his  lioard- 
ing-house  were  of  remarkahle  length. 

In  iSoO  an  organ  was  purchased  of  .rohn  I'rentiss,  l-]s(|., 
and  .Mis.  Prentiss  acted  as  organist  many  years. 

Aaron  Lawrence,  then  a  young  man,  aided  largely  in  this 
part  of  the  Sunday  services  in  the  church.  After  Mr.s. 
Prentiss  left  town  he  acted  as  organist,  ami  as  his  means 
increased  he  spared  neither  time  iku-  money  to  keeji  the 
peace  among  the  singers  ami  aitord  them  all  needful 
instruction  and  help  in  their  j)crformances.  In  18<H  a  new 
organ  was  i)urchased  of  the  Messrs.  Hook  of  l>oston  at  an 
expense  of  •'5'l,0()O,  t)ne  half  of  which  was  contriluited  l)y  Mr. 
Lawrence.  Dui'ing  this  time  ^h-.  fllhridge  Ifardy  acted  as 
chorister,  assisted  a  porti<»ii  of  the  time  liy  Mr.  Ileiiiamin 
Kendrick  ami  his  family.  In  LsTo  a  new  organ,  liuilt  l)y 
(i.  II.  Ryder,  of  Iloston,  was  purchased,  and  used  for  Xho 
lirst  time  at  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  dedication  of 
the  meeting-house,  ^S  .January,  1S74.  Since  Mr.  Hardy's 
departure  William  A.  .Mack,  Ilollis  K.  Abl)ott.  Charles  X. 
Merrill,  Horace  M.  Woodberry,  and  I>r.  I-ldward  .\iken, 
have  served  as  choristers,  and  .Mrs.  A.  A.  Koteh,  Miss 
Annie  Kent,  Miss  Saiah  L.  .Vikeii,  and  Miss  Abbie  F. 
lioylston.  as  organists. 


318  History  of  amherst.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  XIY. 

SCHOOLS,  1T62-1S82. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  TOWN  IN  RELATION  TO  SCHOOLS. SALE  OF 

THE    SCHOOL    LOTS. THE    FIRST     EXAMINING     COMMITTEE. 

ENCOURAGEMENT     GIVEN     FOR    THE      ESTABLISHMENT     OF     AN 

ACADEMY. SCHOOL    LOTTERIES. CHARTER    OF   THE    AUREAN 

ACADEMY,  AND  NAMES  OF  THE  PRINCIPALS. — TEACHERS  OF 
SELECT    SCHOOLS. — APPROPRIATIONS    FOR    THE    SUPPORT    OF 

SCHOOLS. APPOINTMENT    OF    A    COMMITTEE  TO  DISTRICT  THE 

TOWN     FOR     SCHOOL     PURPOSES. THE     SCHOOL    DISTRICTS. 

•      THEIR   NUMBERS    AND    LOCATION. APPOINTMENT    OF    A    TOWN 

SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. SCHOOL  CHILDREN  IN  TOWN  1817-18. 

SCHOOL  BOOKS  IN  USE  IN  DISTRICT  NO.  1,0(T015ER,  1823. THE 

"  LITERARY    FUND." ITS    ESTABLISHMENT  AND  DISTRIBUTION. 

DIVISION    OF   DISTRICT   NO.    1. THE   TWO    DISTRICTS    AGAIN 

UNITED,  AND  A  NEW  SCHOOL-HOUSE    BUILT. — MR.  ATHERTON'S 

(ilFT  TO  THE  SCHOOLS. THE    TOWN    RE-DISTRICTED. LEGACY 

OF    AARON    LAWRENCE,    ESQ. OUTLINE    MAPS    PURCHASED. 

ABOLITION  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  AND  AN  APPRAISAL  OF 
THE  SCHOOL  PROPERTY  IN  THE  SEVERAL  DISTRICTS. — LE(;ACY 
OF  ISAAC  SPALDING,  ESQ. 

I  iincl  no  record  of  any  schools  in  Souhegan  West  prior 
to  its  incorporation  as  a  town.  Probably  private  instruc- 
tion was  given  by  Mr.  Wilkins,  or  some  other  qualified  per- 
son, to  such  as  desired  and  could  afford  it. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  town  in  1762  a  vote  was 
passed  "  to  keep  a  school  tliis  year  in  five  divisions,  the 


XI\'.]  srHOOLs.  819 

selectmen  lu  di\ide,"  by  which  we  may  iiiRlerstaiid  the 
selectmen  were  to  divide  tlie  town  into  live  divisions  or 
districts  and  employ  a  teaclier,  who  shouhl  spend  a  part  of 
his  time  in  each  district. 

No  mention  is  made  of  any  effort  beinu"  made  to  seciire 
an  a[ipropriation  for  scliools  in  the  years  ITG^),  IT'io,  and 
lT(i<"..  In  IKU,  1767,  17GS,  and  nii'J,  the  town  refused  to 
make  any  ap))ropriation  for  that  purpose  ;  also  at  a  special 
meeting  held  in  May,  176'J. 

Finally  the  matter  became  a  serious  one.  The  selectmen 
were  in  danger  of  being  "  presented  "  for  neglect  of  duty 
in  the  matter  of  schooling.  So  the  town  voted,  at  a  meeting 
held  12  December,  17G9,  that  "  they  will  keep  a  school  a 
part  of  this  year,"  and  granted  the  sum  of  tliirtecn  ])ounds. 
six  shillings,  eight  pence,  to  defi-ay  the  expense  of  so 
doing. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  March,  1770,  they 

•'  Voted  to  keep  a  school  the  ensuiii*;-  year  to  teach  the  chililien  tu 
read,  write,  and  cypher." 

But  no  record  remains  tjiat  any  money  was  appropriated 
for  teachers. 

]\[arch,  1771.  Twenty  [)ounds,  lawful  money,  was  \oted 
for  schooling,  and  the  town  directed  that  "the  school  sliouM 
be  kept  some  ])art  of  the  time  in  several  parts  of  the  town." 
Also,  voted  that  the  .|)eoj)le  of  the  town  "  keej)  as  many 
sc!:ools  as  they  think  lit.  and  each  family  that  does  kee|»  a 
school  shall  be  entitled  to  draw  their  pi-oportioii  of  the 
money  above  granted." 

At  a  meeting  held  '.'  ^lareli,  ^~~^2.  the  sum  of  twenty-six 
[loinids,  thirteen  shillings,  four  pence,  was  granted  for  the 
support  of  schools  that  year.  In  1773  the  article  in  the 
warrant  for  the  annual  meeting  relating  to  schools  was 
referred  to  the  selectmen. 

A  ])roj)osition  to  build  several  school-houses  and  to  choose 
a  committee  to  complete  the  same  was  rejected  at  the  annual 
meetinu'  in  March.  1774. 


o20  [IISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  lots  reserved  for  schools  by  the  proprietors  of  the 
township  seem  to  have  been  sold  al)out  this  time,  as  we  lind 
in  the  warrant  for  the  meetinu'  held  13  March,  1775,  an 
article,  "to  see  if  the  town  would  allow  that  part  of  the 
town  that  was  originally  called  Amherst  to  use  the  interest 
of  the  money  their  school  right  was  lately  sold  for  in  private 
schools,"  which  they  refused  to  do. 

No  record  remains  of  any  provision  being  made  for 
schools  in  tlie  years  1775,  1776,  and  1777.  Other  matters 
of  serious  import  engrossed  the  minds  of  the  people  in 
those  years  ;  but  it  is  jn-obable  tluit  the  schools  were  not 
wholly  neglected. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1778,  it  was 

"Voted  to  keep  a  gnunuiar  school  the  ensuing  yeav." 

And  on  the  cover  of  tlie  first  volume  of  the  town  records 
are  the  following  entries,  in  the  hand-writing  of  Col.  Nahum 
Iialdwin,  town-clerk  and  first  selectman  that  year,  27 
April,  177S, 

"  Agreed  with  Mr.  \\^illiaiu  Iving  to  keep  a  town  school  at  Gs.  per 
day,  and  board  him.  Same  day  opened  s'd  school.  27  July,  1778, 
Agreed  with  Mr.  Brown  Emerson  to  keep  a  school  in  this  town  at  o5s- 
p'r  (piarter.    ye  school  commenced  this  day. 

N.  r>..  Town  Clerk." 

These  were  warlike  times,  and  the  fathers  used  warlike 
terms  in  tlie  transaction  of  their  business.  So  we  lind 
them  voting,  8  March,  1779, 

■'  Tluit  the  town  be  divided  into  squadrons  at  the  discretion  of  the 
selectmen,  that  the  inhabitants  may  be  the  better  accommodated  with 
a  school,  and  that  each  squadron  have  their  part  of  the  money  that 
shall  be  raised  for  schooling,  Provided  they  lay  it  out  for  that  pin- 

I^ose.'" 

The  sum  of  .£300  -was  granted  for  the  sujjport  of 
schools  this  year  at  an  adjourned  meeting  held  31  March. 

In  March,  1780, the  sum  of  X600  \vas  voted  for  the  support 
of  schools,  and  the  manner  of  keeping  them  was  referred  to 
the  selectmen. 


XIV.]  •  SCHOOLS.  .'.lil 

At  the  March  ineotinji;  in  1781  the  town  Notrd  to  i;iis»' 
XlO,00<)  lor  sclioolin;^",  this  year,  and  tliat  '■  the  sdiools  he 
kept  l)y  t'uch  neiirhl)orhood  cdassin^'  toLictht'i-."  It  may  l)c 
well  to  i-emembcr  that  this  was  in  the  (hiys  of  the  dcjuccia- 
ti'd  continontal  '•  liat  "  money.  Tiie  ne.\t  yeai-  they  liad 
reached  *'  hai'd  |ian,"'  as  they  xoted  eiuhty  pounds  for  tlie 
sii|i|iort  ol  schools.     'I'hi-  same  amount  was  appropriated  in 

its::. 

In  17;s4  they  diil  better,  and  appropriated  UlOd,  and 
diret'ted  the  selectmen  to  divide  the  town  into  school 
districts,  and  each  district  had  liliei-ty  ti»  hiy  out  thrir 
money  as  they  jdeased. 

The  sum  of  <£l')i>  was  voted  U)V  scho(ds  in  ea(  h  of  the 
years  17>>o.  17Nt!,  ami  17^7. 

At  a  meetini;'  held  lU  Ajuil,  17s7,  the  town  voted  to  kee|i 
a  trranunar  school  in  the  centre  district,  this  year,  on  con- 
dition thai  the  district  siiall  make  up  to  the  master  in  a 
private  way  what  their  prc^>()rti(jn  of  the  school  money  falls 
short  of  an  adequate  salary. 

A  dis|)osition  was  manifested  at  this  meetinL:  to  secure 
the  services  of  such  persons  as  teachers  in  the  schools  as 
were  (pialilied  for  the  work,  and  a  committee,  consisting;  of 
Itev.  .Jeremiah  llarnard,  Rev.  .lohn  Bruce,  and  Augustus 
Hlanchard,  lvs(|..  was  a|ipointed  '•  to  examine  the  al.)ilities  of 
school  masters  and  mistresses,"  and  it  was  voted  that  none 
hut  those  that  were  recommended  l)y  them  shoidd  I)c 
employed  hy  any  district  as  teachers  of  schools. 

It  was  also  voted  that  if  any  district  should  not  school 
out  their  money  within  one  year  from  the  time  it  was 
Liranted,  it  should  he  paid  into  the  town  treasury  f(u-  the 
use  of  the  town. 

One  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  annually  was  granted  for 
the  support  of  schools  from  17S7  to  17S>.3,  inclusive. 

At    the  annual    meeting  in    .March.  17Mi.  the  town  \oted 
to  excuse  a  number  of  persons  wh(»  had  joined   themselves 
together  for  the  sujijiort  of  an  academy  in  this  town   from 
•Jl 


322  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  payment  of  any  school  tax  so  long  as  they  should 
support  the  proposed  academy.  Tiie  use  of  the  town-house 
for  school  purposes  was  also  granted  to  them. 

Lotteries  wei'e  popular  in  those  days,  and  we  find  that 
when  tlie  projectors  of  the  academy  asked  the  legislature 
for  an  act  of  incorporation  they  asked  for  the  grant  of  a 
lottery  to  enable  them  to  support  it.  The  senate,  however, 
gave  them  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  for  the  incorporation  of 
the  academy  only. 

In  December,  1791,  a  petition  was  presented  to  the  legis- 
lature by  the  academies  in  Amherst,  Atkinson,  Charles- 
town,  Chesterfield,  and  New  Ipswich,  asking  for  the  grant 
of  a  lotter}'  to  enable  them  to  raise  .£5,000,  which  they 
proposed  to  divide  equally  among  those  institutions;  but  the 
application  was  postponed  to  the  next  session,  and  was 
finally  unsuccessful. 

16  February,  1791,  Joshua  Atherton,  Samuel  Dana, 
Robert  Means,  William  Gordon,  Daniel  Warner,  John 
Shepard,  Robert  Fletcher,  Nathan  Kendall,  jr.,  Samuel 
Curtis,  Joseph  Blanchard,  Samuel  Wilkins,  and  Daniel 
Campbell,  esquires,  William  Read,  Nathan  Cleaves,  David 
Danforth,  Isaac  Baldwin,  John  Eaton,  David  Stewart, 
Thomas  Gilmore,  Samuel  G.  Towne,  James  Roby,  John 
Watson,  Jeremiah  Hobson,  Ebenezer  Taylor,  Jonathan 
Smith,  jr.,  and  Ephraim  Barker,  of  Amherst,  Moses  Kel- 
ley,  of  Goffstown,  Isaac  Cochran,  of  Antrim,  Timothy 
Taylor  and  Jacob  MacGaw,  of  Merrimack,  and  Stephen 
Dole,  of  Bedford,  and  their  successors,  were,  by  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  State,  formed  into,  constituted  and  made  a  body 
politic  and  corporate  by  the  name  of  the  Aurean  Academy, 
which  corporation  was  empowered  to  transact  all  business 
necessary  to  the  support  and  maintenance  of  an  academy, 
the  end  and  purpose  of  which  was  declared  to  be  "  to 
encourage  and  promote  virtue  and  piety,  and  a  knowledge 
of  the  English,  Greek,  and  Latin  languages,  Mathematicks, 


XIV.]  SCHOOLS.  ::^2?> 

Wi'iliiiLi-,  ( Je()Lirii|)liy,  Logic,  OiMtory,    Ulictoric.  ami   otlici- 
usi'lul  and  onuunciital  branches  ol"  literature." 

'I'lic  tori»oratioii  was  empowered  to  have  a  eoininuu  seal, 
w  hich  iiiiuht  l)e  altei'cd  at  pleasure,  uii,ii;ht  sue  and  he  sued, 
and  hold  real  and  personal  estate,  ])r(ividfil  the  income  of 
the  real  estate  shoukl  not  exceed  £^MH)  annually,  and  tiiat 
of  the  personal  estate  i!7<)()  annually,  said  sums  to  he  reck- 
oned in  silver  at  six  shillings  and  ei^lit  pence  per  ounce, 
and  the  students  in  the  academy  were  tcj  he  exempted  from 
the  payment  of  a  poll  tax. 

An  oru'aniziition  of  the  cor|toi-ation  was  elTcctcd  shortly 
after,  and  the  school  went  into  operation  under  the  charge 
of  Charles  AValUer,  a  son  uf  Judge  Timothy  ^Valker,  of 
(\)ncord,  \.  II.  ilc  was  succeeded  l)y  Daniel  .Staniford. 
Henry  Moore,  Jesse  Ajjplcton,  William  Ci-oshy,  William 
J>igl()W,  Joshua  Haywood.  William  Abl)ott,  Daniel  Weston, 
Peyton  R.  Freeman,  James  MclMierson,  and  Thomas  Cole. 
The  school  was  in  successful  ojjcration  for  some  years  ;  but 
it  was  linally  (dosed  in  iSOl  foi-  lack  of  adcipiate  funds  hir 
its  suppoi'l. 

A  seh>ct  sidiool  was  kept  in  the  village  during  tlu'  sum- 
mer months  for  several  years  aflerwai'd.  Among  the 
tea(diers  of"  this  scho;)l  were  E|>hraim  1*.  iJratlfoi'd,  Ceorge 
Kimball,  James  McKean  Wilkins,  John  Farmer,  Sannicl 
Whiting,  Abel  F.  Hihlreth.  and  (Jideon  L.  Sonic. 

The  South-west  parish  ha\i ng  been  incorporated  as  a 
separate  town  in  .lanuary,  1T'.»4,  but  ,£1"20  was  granted  for 
the  support  of  schools  that  year.  Four  huudi'cd  dollars  was 
granteil  the  following  year. 

4  Jannarv.  17!' ■'.  The  town  voted  that  the  .scdectmen- 
assess  such  a  sum  of  money  for  the  support  of  a  grammar 
school  this  year  as  they  niay  deem  necessary,  and  it  was 
provided  that  each  school  class  in  town  should  liave  its 
propoi'ti(>n  of  said  money.  In  March  of  that  year  >!5(>()  was 
a|tpropriated  for  the  su])port   of   schools  the  current  year. 


324  HISTORY    OF    AJVIHERST.  [Cliap. 

and  the  method  of  keeping  them  was  leferred  to  the  select- 
men. 

18  April,  1796.  A  proposition  to  grant  a  portion  of  the 
money  proposed  to  be  raised  for  the  support  of  a  grammar 
school  to  the  academy  on  condition  that  the  town  grammar 
school  scholars  should  receive  instruction  in  the  academy 
was  rejected,  as  was  a  proposition  to  grant  a  sum  of  money 
annually  to  the  academy  on  condition  that  the  town  gram- 
mar school  scholars  should  be  taught  therein  in  the 
branches  required  in  a  public  grammar  school. 

Five  hundred  dollars  Avas  appropriated  for  the  support  of 
schools  in  1797,  and  the  method  of  keeping  them  was 
referred  to  the  selectmen. 

In  1798,  1799,  and  1800,  ^600  was  granted  each  year, 
which  the  selectmen  were  directed  to  appropriate  according 
to  law. 

26  March,  1798.  The  selectmen  were  directed  to  call 
for  all  the  money  due  for  school  land  over  $200,  and  let  it 
on  interest. 

In  1801  $500  was  appropriated  to  be  laid  out  in  an 
English  school  or  schools,  and  the  mode  of  keeping  tlie 
Latin  grammar  school  was  referred  to  the  board  of  select- 
men, who  were  directed  to  petition  the  legislature  to  repeal 
the  law  relating  to  grammar  schools  in  sliire  and  half  shire 
towns. 

13  April,  1801.  Voted  that  the  grammar  scliool  be  kept 
eight  months  in  the  First  parish  and  four  months  in  the 
Second  parish,  this  year. 

15  March,  1802.    $500  was  granted  for  schools,  this  year. 

2  March,  1803.  $700  was  appropriated  for  schools,  $300 
of  which  was  to  be  used  for  the  support  of  grammar  schools, 
the  -centre  district  of  the  First  parish  to  have  $200,  and 
that  of  the  Second  parish,  $100,  the  balance  to  be  divided 
among  the  other  districts  according  to  their  taxes ;  and  it 
was  provided  that  every  person  in  town  should  have  liberty 
to  send  to  the  grammar  school,  and  that  such  school  dis- 


XI  \'.]  SCHOOLS.  32.") 

tricts  as  were  dissatisfied  wifli  flicii-  (dassi(lc;itii)ii  iiiiL'^lit  be 
classed  anew. 

15  Deceinlier,  180^).  Tlie  Second  i»ai-isli  \v;is  incorpo- 
rated as  a  separate  town. 

21  Marrh,  1 804.  Voted  to  raise  *r)00  for  Kn.t-lisli  scliools. 
to  he  expended  as  nsual,  and  voted  that  the  grammar 
school  money  be  appropriated  according  to  law. 

31  May,lS()4.  The  selectmen  weie  directed  to  re-district 
the  town  lor  school  jinrposes. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  selectmen  were  directed  to 
satisiy  a  mortgage  in  favor  of  Lemmons  i-s.  Washer,  the 
latter  securing  the  town  by  mortgage ;  and  they  wei'C 
authorized  to  appropriate  a  part  of  the  money  due  the 
town  for  school  lands  to  that  purpose. 

27  August,  1804.  Daniel  Cami-hdl.  WiUinm  Fisk.  Amos 
Elliott,  Daniel  Warner,  and  El)ene/er  Taylor,  were  api)oint- 
ed  a  committee  to  re-district  the  town  for  school  purposes. 

12  March,  1805.  *400  was  appropriated  for  the  support  of 
schools,  in  atldition  to  wlnii  Ihc  hiw  rciiuirecl.  In  18<l6. 
!S'680  was  approjjriated. 

12  March,  1806.  The  committee  appointed  to  re-district 
the  town  for  school  purposes  made  their  report,  wliich  was 
accepted  and  adopted  by  the  town.  It  was  the  basis,  sub- 
stantially, of  the  school  district  system  in  the  town  until  its 
abolition,  and  was  a  work  of  much  lalior  and  care.  They 
dividetl  the  town  into  nine  districts,  the  l)oundaries  of  each 
l)eing  given,  and  the  names  of  the  tax-jjayers.  District  No.  1 
was  the  centre  district  ;  No.  2,  the  Lovejoy  district,  in  tlu^ 
east  part  of  the  town;  No.  3,  Cricket  Corner,  in  the  south- 
east part  of  the  town  :  No.  4,  Christian  Hill,  west  of  the 
Plain  :  Nt>.  5.  tlie  Danforth  district,  south  of  Souhegan 
river  ;  No.  G.  Pond  Parish  district,  in  the  south-easterly  ))art 
of  tlie  town  ;  No.  7,  the  Wilkins  district,  adjoining  Milford: 
No.  8,  the  Campbell  district,  north  of  the  IMain  :  No.  '.». 
Chestnut-hill  district,  adjoining  New  Boston  and    lledfoid. 


326  HISTORY    OF    AMHI-JRST.  [Cliap. 

This  was  tlie  era  of  school-house  building.  Within  two 
years  nearly  every  district  was  in  the  possession  of  a  new 
school-house. 

From  1808  to  1814  $700  was  appropriated  annually  for 
the  support  of  schools,  except  in  1811,  when  J|1,000  was 
raised. 

In  1809  a  committee,  consisting  of  Rov.  Jeremiali  Barn- 
ard, Col.  Daniel  Warner,  Charles  H.  Atherton,  Esq.,  Sam- 
uel Bell,  Esq.,  and  Capt.  John  Secombc,  was  appointed  and 
continued  in  ofHce  two  years,  when  it  was  enlarged  by  the 
addition  of  Edmund  Parker,  Clifton  Claggett,  Peter  Me- 
lendy,  Capt.  Daniel  Campbell,  Samuel  Curtis,  John  Ellin- 
wood,  Daniel  Weston,  Col.  Robert  Means,  and  Jedediah  K. 
Smith,  to  its  number.  For  some  years  a  large  committee 
was  appointed,  and  much  interest  was  manifested  in  the 
management  of  tlie  schools.  During  tliis  period  Jacob 
Kimball,  Robert  Means,  jr.,  Robert  Read,  Frederick  French, 
Rev.  Nathan  Lord,  Dr.  John  Farmer,  Richard  Boylston, 
Isaac  Brooks,  Esq.,  and  other  prominent  citizens,  served  on 
the  scliool  board. 

In  1815,  and  from  that  time  until  1830,  $800  was 
appropriated  annually  for  school  purposes,  except  in  1828, 
when  the  appropriation  was  increased  to  $850. 

10  October,  1814.  Samuel  Wilkins,  William  Towne, 
Timothy  Nichols,  Ebenezer  Taylor,  and  others,  were  formed 
into  a  new  school  district.  A  school-house  was  erected 
in  tliis  district  sliortly  after,  west  of  the  Ilollis  road,  near 
the  house  of  Ebenezer  Taylor. 

The  following  statement  of  the  scholars  attending  the 
district  schools  in  Amherst  in  the  winter  of  1817-18  was 
published  in  the  Cabinet  11  September,  1818. 


Dist.  No.  1, 

109. 

Dist.  No.  6, 

62. 

Dist.  No.  2, 

56. 

Part  of  Dist.  No.  7, 

15. 

Dist.  No.  3, 

30. 

Dist.  No.  8, 

50. 

Dist.  No.  4, 

46. 

Dist.  No.  9, 

39. 

Dist.  No.  5, 

42. 

Parts  of  two  districts, 
Total,  477. 

2S. 

XI  V.J  SCHOOLS.  ^yil 

The  population  ol"  the  town  at  that  time  was  about  1,(110, 
li'J.G  per  cent,  of  w  hich  were  school  children,  as  shown  by 
the  above  statement. 

March,  1822.  DiHicultics  having  arisen  in  TVistrict  No. 
6,  Ca|)t.  Luther  Dana,  Nathan  Kendall,  William  Fisk, 
Jacob  llildrclh,  and  Robert  .Means,  ji-.,  were  ajijiointed  a 
connnittee  to  in(|uire  into  their  origin,  the  facts  rcsjiecting 
them,  and,  if  possible,  to  devise  some  e(piitable  and  just 
way  of  settling  them,  and  report  the  same  to  the  town  at 
some  future  meeting.  IG  September  following,  the  com- 
mittee reported,  agreeably  to  instructions,  a  i)lan  for  a 
settlement  of  the  troubles,  wliicli  was  accepted  by  the  town, 
and  "peace  and  (luietiiess  again  reigned  in  Pond  Parish. 

October,  1823.  The  following  books  were  recommended 
to  be  used  in  the  schools  in  District  No.  1,  by  Charles  H. 
Atherton  in  i)ch;ilf  of  the  prmlential  committee  of  said 
district  : 

Scott's  Lessons,  or  ^lurray's  IJeader. 

History  of  the  I'uited  States,  by  Prentiss. 

Cuniniings's  Spcllint;-  Book. 

CoHnirii's  First  Lossons  in  .Vrithiuetick. 

Daboll's  Arillnnetitk. 

Cuniniings's  (ieograi>li\ . 

Wilkins's  Astronomy. 

.Murray's  Grammar,  n-viscil  l)y  .Vlli'U  I'i>k. 

Hlair's  llliotorick. 

\\':ilkcr's  Dictioiiaiv. 

The  I'ommittce  were  evidently  favorable  to  home  products, 
as  the  text-book  on  astronomy  was  compiled  by  John  IT. 
NN'ilkins,  an  Amherst  boy,  and  the  rt'vision  of  the  grammar 
was  prepared  by  a  son  of  Hon.  William  Fisk. 

In  ISoO  the  town  appropriated  •'::'LiOO  and  its  proportion  of 
the  literary  fund,  amounting  to  -"^431. 88,  for  the  supjiort  of 
schools,  making  a  handsome  increase  in  the  anionnt  of 
school  money. 

The  liti-rary  fund  was  derived  from  a  tax  of  one  half  of 
one  })er  cent,  levied   annually   on   the  capital   stock   of  all 


328  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

banking  corporations  doing  bnsiness  under  the  laws  of  this 
State,  and  was  evidently  an  outgrowth  of  the  famous  Dart- 
mouth College  controversy. 

It  was  to  be  used,  as  stated  in  the  act  providing  for  its 
assessment,  "for  tlie  sole  purpose  of  endowing  and  support- 
ing a  college  for  instruction  in  the  higher  branches  of 
science  and  literature,"  and  it  was  provided  that  the  said 
fund  should  "  never  be  applied  to  the  support  of  anij  insti- 
tution which  was  not  under  the  control  and  direction  of 
the  State.'''' 

The  idea  of  establishing  a  State  university  was  afterward 
abandoned,  and  an  act  was  passed  by  the  legislature,  which 
was  approved  by  the  governor  31  December,  1828,  directing 
the  State  treasurer  to  convert  the  stocks  held  by  him  for 
the  literar}'  fund  into  money  forthwith,  and  divide  the 
same  among  the  towns  according  to  their  apportionment  of 
the  public  taxes.  Provision  was  also  made  for  the  contin- 
uance of  the  tax,  and  the  amount  received  was  required  to 
be  divided  annually  among  the  towns  according  to  their 
proportion  of  the  public  taxes,  to  be  by  them  expended  for 
the  support  of  schools. 

By  an  act  approved  22  June,  1829,  the  treasurer  was 
authorized  to  pay  the  proportion  of  the  literary  fund  due 
each  town  to  the  representative  of  the  town,  who  was  to 
pay  the  same  to  the  selectmen  or  treasurer  of  the  town, 
and  take  a  receipt  therefor. 

Commencing  with  1831,  and  for  several  years  thereafter, 
the  sum  of  $800  and  the  town's  proportion  of  the  literary 
fund  was  annually  appropriated  for  the  support  of  schools. 

3  February,  1838.  John  Secombe,  Israel  Fuller,  and 
Elijah  Putnam,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  divide  school 
district  No.  1. 

At  a  meeting  held  13  March  following,  they  made  a 
report  defining  the  boundaries  of  the  proposed  districts,  with 
the  names  of  the  resident  and  non-resident  property-holders 
therein.     Which  report  was  accepted  and  adopted.      The 


XI  \'.]  SCHOOLS.  329 

new  districts  wore  oruanized.  and  a  ikmv  scliool-lionse — 
latterly  the  steani-niill  on  the  IMaiii — washuilt  shortly  alter 
tor  the  a<'connn(;(lat ion  ot  the  sehools  of  the  new  district. 

In  the  re-numbering  of  the  districts  soon  after,  the  new 
district  became  Xo.  2;  the  Lovejoy  district,  Xo.  7  ;  and  the 
Taylor  district,  Xo.  10, — the  other  districts  retaining  their 
old  numbers. 

In  Xovember,  1839,  mucli  complaint  was  made  of  the 
niultij)licit\' of  class  books  in  use  in  the  schools,  there  lieing 
no  committee  to  prescribe  what  books  should  be  used,  and 
it  was  suggested  that  it  would  be  less  expense  and  nun-c 
satisfactory  to  those  interested  if  a  superintending  school 
committee  should  be  ajjpointed  by  the  town  agreeal)ly  to 
the  law  then  in  force.  This  was  not  done  until  1842,  in 
which  year  Stephen  Peai)ody,  John  L.  Iladley,  ^lason  J>all. 
William  T.  Savage,  and  Francis  P.  Fitch,  were  aj)j)ointed. 
Since  that  time  tlie  provisions  of  the  law  in  that  resj)ect 
have  l)een  complied  with. 

From  184')  to  1851  ■^1,000  was  ai)propriated  annually  for 
the  suj)port  of  schools.  In  1849  three  per  cent,  of  the 
school  uDuey  was  voted  to  the  "Teachers'  Institute." 

lu  1S4S  the  town's  proportion  of  the  literary  fund 
amounted  to  lifty-nine  dollars  and  forty-five  cents.  In  1859 
it  had  risen  to  the  sum  of  >i<114.24. 

The  sum  of  =^1, 300  was  appropriated  for  the  supp(ut  of 
schools  in  185s,  and  the  sum  of  •i<l,200  in  1S59. 

At  a  meeting  held  2o  April,  1852,  the  town  voted  to 
unite  school  districts  Xos.  1  and  2,  thus  restoring  the  old 
district  Xo.  1. 

In  May,  1S58.  this  district  voted,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  to 
to  erect  a  brick  building,  GO  x  40  feet,  two  stories  in  height, 
for  school  purposes,  and  the  liomestead  of  the  late  William 
Read,  Es(i.  was  purchased  for  a  lot  on  which  tn  laiild. 
Charles  L.  Stewart,  Esq.,  its  owner,  eontriluitiug  the  sum  of 
820U  toward  the  enterprise. 


330  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

A  bell,  the  gift  of  Aaron  Lawrence,  Esq.,  was  placed 
npon  the  new  school-house  26  June,  1855,  for  which  a  vote 
of  thanks  was  passed  by  the  district  15  March,  1856. 

In  March,  1853,  eleven  copies  of  Webster's  large  quarto 
dictionary  were  presented  to  the  schools  in  Amlierst  by 
Hon.  Charles  G.  Atherton. 

xVt  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1856,  David  Stewart 
and  Joseph  Mace  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
and  report  if  a  new  school  district  can  with  propriety  be 
formed  to  accommodate  the  Irish  families  on  the  "  Acre," 
near  the  Milford  line,  and  they  were  required  to  report  the 
result  of  tlieir  investigations  on  the  first  day  of  April 
following,  at  which  time,  after  hearing  the  report  of  the 
committee,  it  was  voted  not  to  set  off  the  new  district 
asked  for ; — yeas,  20  ;  nays,  44. 

The  matter  was  again  brought  up,  and  the  district  was 
finally  set  off  and  organized,  the  location  of  the  school- 
house  being  fixed  by  a  committee  consisting  of  Josepli 
Mace,  George  Walker,  and  H.  A.  Clark,  3  September,  1861. 

A  vote  was  passed  19  May,  1863,  to  re-district  the  town 
for  school  purposes,  and  the  selectmen  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  carry  the  vote  into  effect,  with  instructions  to 
make  a  report  of  tlieir  proceedings  by  the  first  day  of  Sep- 
tember following.  On  that  day  they  presented  their  report; 
but  some  dissatisfaction  being  expressed,  it  was  re-commit- 
ted, and  they  were  directed  to  give  notice  to  individuals,  in 
districts  where  dissatisfaction  exists,  of  a  time  and  place 
for  a  hearing  in  their  cases,  and  make  report  at  an  ad- 
journed meeting  three  weeks  from  date,  at  which  time 
tlie  selectmen  again  submitted  their  plan,  which,  after  some 
discussion,  was  adopted; — yeas,  29  ;  nays,  26. 

By  this  report  the  town  was  divided  into  eleven  districts. 

The  following  communication  was  received  by  the  town- 
clerk  29  December,  1870,  and  entered  upon  the  town 
records  : 


Xl\'.]  SCHOOLS.  uoi 

Ammkkm,  Xov'r  •j;iil,  isyo. 

(!kntm:mi:n  :  Willi  the  aiiproliatiou  of  tlic  jieisous  iiuiiicil  as 
advisers  in  thi'  Will  ol'  tlu>  Late  Aaron  Lawrence,  oi  this  town,  his 
Kxecutors  have  deposited  with  the  Nashua  Savings  Haidc  Fointeen 
hiindreil  Dollars  in  trust  for  the  beneiit  of  the  Common  Schools  in 
Aiuherst.  This  deposit  is  made  on  condition  that  the  principal  shall 
I'eniain  with  the  Hank  and  be  increased  by  the  extra  Dividends  of  the 
Institution,  while  the  recjnlar  annual  interest  shall  be  payable  to  the 
order  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  town  for  the  use  of  the  schools. 

l>y  this  arrangement  we  hope  to  keep  alive  the  memory  of  an 
esteemed  citizen,  and  subserve  the  cause  of  public  education.  The 
proper  vouchers  for  the  deposit  have  been  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
'I'own  Treasurer,  and  labelled  "  Lawrence  fund  for  schools, '  and  we 
respect  fully  request  that  this  letter  may  be  entered  upon  the  records 
of  the  town.     Ill  lielialf  of  the  Executors,  I  am  yours. 

J.  C.   D.W  Is. 
7'(i  till'  Srleclmen  of  the  town  of  Amherst. 

The  Slim  of  ''j'173.27  was  received  from  the  interest  of  this 
I'lmd  ill  the  year  1873,  and  applied  to  tlie  support  of  schools, 
agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  will.  Since  that  time 
the  sum  of  seventy  dollars  has  been  received  annually. 

11  March,  187-3.  The  to\vii  voted  to  apj)i"opriate  a  sum 
not  exceedinjr  ><2<)<)  to  imrchase  a  set  of  oiilline  maps  for 
the  use  of  each  school  in  town. 

'I^iic  sum  ol"  •':<2,oOO  was  api)ro])rialed  for  I  ho  support  of 
schools  fur  the  year  commencing  March,  1874. 

l'»  -March,  ls74.  Voted  tluit  a  committee  ol'  one  from 
each  school  district  should  be  chosen  to  consider  tiie  e.\[)C- 
<liency  of  abolishing-  the  school  districts  in  town,  agreeably 
to  ••an  act  enabling  towns  to  abolish  school  districts  in 
certain  cases."  passed  June  session,  180H  ;  and  it  was  also 
voted  that  each  schoid  district  should  choose  its  own  mem- 
ber of  Ihc  committee. 

0  March.  1S7').  It  was  voted  to  take  no  furthiM-  action 
ill  regard  to  the  abolition  of  the  school  districts. 

Attheaniuial  meeting  in  March.  Is7t),  it  was  voted  U) 
'/wc  the  literary  fund,  amounting  this  year  to  the  sum  of 
>^120.Go,  to  school  district  No.  2  ( the  Acre),  for  the  .sup- 
port of  its  school. 


332  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

31  March,  1877.  Josiali  G.  Davis  and  Miss  Rebecca  A. 
Davis  were  appointed  school  committee  by  the  selectmen. 

2  November,  1878.  The  sum  of  fifty  dollars  was  appro- 
priated from  the  town  treasury  in  aid  of  the  schools  in 
District  No.  2. 

2  November,  1880.  A  vote  was  taken  by  ballot  to  abolish 
the  school  districts  within  the  town,  in  accordance  with  the 
statute  in  such  cases  made  and  provided,  which  resulted  in 
favor  of  the  project,  74  votes  being  cast  in  favor  and  61 
against  it,  and  it  was  declared  to  be  adopted. 

The  selectmen  were  authoinzed  to  take  all  necessary 
steps  in  the  appraisal  of  property,  and  any  thing  that  might 
be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  change  of  the  school  system, 
or  to  appoint  a  committee  to  act  in  the  matter. 

29  November,  1880.  Frank  Hartshorn,  James  tl.  Prince, 
James  P.  Nourse,  Thomas  M.  Harvell,  and  Frank  P.  Phelps, 
were  appointed  by  the  selectmen  to  appraise  all  the  school- 
houses,  land,  apparatus,  and  other  property  owned  and 
used  for  school  purposes,  which  the  several  school  districts 
might  lawfully  sell  or  convey. 

The  committee  attended  to  the  duties  assigned  them, 
and  appraised  the  property  specified 

In  Dist.  No.  1,  the  Village,  at         ....  !!?5,680.00 

In  Dist.  No.  2,  the  Acre,     .....  160.00 

In  Dist.  No.  3,  Cricket  Corner.        ....  184.00 

In  Dist.  No.  4,  Christian  Hill,         ....  500.00 

In  Dist.  No.  5,  Danforth's,               ....  316.00 

In  Dist.  No.  6,  Pond  Parish,            ....  540.00 

In  Dist.  No.  7,  Noyes's,        .....  496.00 

In  Dist.  No.  8,  Mack's,         .....  506.00 

In  Dist.  No.  9,  Chestnut  Hill,          ....  466.00 

In  Dist.  No.  10,         .             .             .             .             .             .  380.00 

$9,228.00 

The  sum  of  $2,500  was  appropriated  for  the  support  of 
schools  for  the  year  commencing  1  March,  1881. 


XIV.]  SCHOOLS.  83a 

The  sum  of  -"j!!  0,000  is  left  to  the  town  of  Amherst  by  the 
will  of  the  late  Isaac  Spalding,  of  Nashua,  the  same  to  be 
paid  in  one  year  from  the  death  of  his  widow,  and  kejit  as 
{»/per{)etual  fund,  to  \)v  i<iiown  as  tiie  ''  Spalding  fund."  the 
annual  interest,  dividend,  or  income  of  which  is  to  be  added 
to  the  school  money  raised  by  the  town  in  each  year,  and 
expcndc(l  as  such  money  is  now.  or  hereafter  may  l)e,  by 
law  re(|uircd  or  authori/cd  to  he  e.xpended. 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 


CHAPTER   XY. 

COURT  HOUSES  AND   COURTS  IN  AMHERST. 

1771-1870. 

DIVISION  OF  THE  PROVINCE  INTO  COUNTIES. — AMHERST  SELECTED 

AS  THE  SHIRE  TOWN  OF  HILLSBOROUGH    COUNTY. THE    FIRST 

MEETING-HOUSE  PRESENTED  TO  THE  COUNTY  FOR  A  COURT- 
HOUSE, BURNED  BY  AN  INCENDIARY. A  JAIL  BUILT. CON- 
CORD PETITIONS  TO  BE    ANNEXED   TO    HILLSBOROUGH    COUNTY, 

AND  m"aDE  a  HALF  SHIRE. HOPKINTON  MADE  A  HALF  SHIRE. 

INCORPORATION    OF    MERRIMACK    COUNTY. EFFORTS    MADE 

TO  REMOVE  THE  COURTS  TO  MONT  VERNON. COURTS  REMOVED 

TO  MANCHESTER   AND   NASHUA, A    PROPOSITION    TO    REMOVE 

THE    COUNTY    RECORDS    FROM    AMHERST   TO    MANCHESTER  RE- 

.TECTED    BY  THE    VOTERS    OF    THE  COUNTY. COUNTY  RECORDS 

REMOVED     TO     NASHUA. SALE     OF    THE     JAIL    BUILDINGS. 

FINAL  REMOVAL  OF  THE  COURTS  FROM  AMHERST. A  HILLS- 
BOROUGH     COUNTY      COURT      IN      1796. APPOINTMENT      OF 

SHERIFF    OF    HILLSBOROUGH    COUNTY   DURING   THE    "  ERA    OF 

GOOD    FEELING." A    JAIL    DELIVERY    BY   SHERIFF   PIERCE   IN 

1818,  MICHAEL  KEIFF,  DANIEL    D.  FARMER,  LETITIA    S.  BLAIS- 

DELL,  NATHAN  CARR. PUNISHMENT  OF  THIEVES  IN  YE  OLDEN 

TIME. ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF  A  THEFT. 

An  attempt  to  divide  the  Province  into  counties  was 
made  in  the  House  of  Representatives  22  January,  1755  ; 
but  it  failed  to  receive  tlie  concurrence  of  the  Council. 

The  subject  was  brought  up  in  the  Council  at  a  session 
held  in  ^Nfareh,  1769,  at  which  time  votes  were  passed  for 


XV.]  couuTS.  335 

(li\i(liiiLi'  the  I'rovincc  into  citiintics  and  llxiiii:-  tlicii-  Iioiind- 
arios.      In  these  votes  the  House  coiicuried. 

21*  ]\Iarcli,  17*^)0.  The  Couiieil  voted  thai  Diie  siijM'iiur 
eoiii't,  four  infcriiir  courts  of  coinniou  jilcas,  and  four  fourts 
of  iieneral  sessions,  should  be  held  annually  at  Audici-st, 
for  tlie  county  in  whieh  it  was  ineludcd. 

Tills  vote  was  returned  1)\  the  House  the  next  day  with- 
out eoiu'urrenec,  as  they  were  in  some  doubt  whether  tlu' 
eourts  should  be  held  in  Ajnherst  or  Merrimack  :  but  they 
l>rofessed  a  willingness  to  abide  by  tlie  decision  of  the 
Couiuul. 

After  hearinu;  the  statements  of  jtarties  interested,  the 
(|uestion  was  ]»ut  to  the  Council  whether  Amherst  should 
lie  stricken  from  the  vote  and  Merrimack  put  in  its  jilace, 
and  it  was  decided  in  the  negative.  The  vote  of  the  Coun- 
cil was  then  concurred  in  by  the  House. 

1  April,  1769.  William  Parker  and  Samuel  l/ivermoi-e 
were  apj)ointed  liy  the  House  to  act  with  such  as  the 
Couni'il  might  join  to  draft  and  j)resent  a  bill  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  Province  into  counties,  agreeably  to  the  votes 
recently  ])assed.  The  Council  ajipoiuteil  i)aniel  Warner 
and  Peter  Livius  members  of  the  committee  on  its  part. 

The  bill  i)rei)ared  by  the  committee  received  the  sanction 
of  both  houses  '2')  April,  17t)9,  and  the  signature  of  (Jo\. 
John  Wentworth  on  the  *2!Hh  day  of  the  same  month,  the 
counties  constituted  by  it  receiving  the  names  of  llocking- 
ham.  Stratiford,  Hillsborough,  Cheshire,  and  CIrafton. 

It  was  provided  that  the  counties  of  Strafford  and  CJraf- 
ton  should  remain  and  be  considered  a  part  of  Jlockingham 
county  at  present ;  but  that  the  other  counties  should  be 
organized  as  so(jn  as  the  necessary  provisions  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  courts  could  l)e  made,  after  '"His 
Majt'sty's  royal  ai)|)robation  of  the  law  should  be  made 
known." 

The  last  i)rovision  delayed  the  organization  of  the  conn- 
ties  for  some  time,  but  the  kimr's  consent  was  linallv  given. 


336  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

and  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  court  being  made,  the  first  session  of  the  superior  court 
for  the  count}'  of  Hillsborough  was  held  at  Amherst  in  the 
month  of  September,  1771. 

While  the  division  of  the  Province  into  counties  was 
under  consideration,  there  was  much  discussion  concerning 
the  shire  towns  of  tlie  proposed  counties.  In  Hillsborough 
county  there  seems  to  have  been  considerable  feeling  mani- 
fested on  the  subject.  Petitions  were  presented  to  the 
Ueneral  Court  from  the  towns  of  Bow,  Chester,  Hampstead, 
Londonderry,  Pelham,  Plaistow,  Salem,  and  Sandown, 
asking  that  those  towns  might  be  included  in  the  county 
with  the  towns  lying  between  Peterborough  and  the  Merri- 
mack river.  Petitions  were  also  sent  from  Peterborough 
and  New  Boston  for  the  same  purpose.  On  the  other  hand 
petitions  were  presented  from  Bedford,  Dunstable,  Hills- 
borough, Monson,  New  Ipswich,  Society  Land,  and  Wilton, 
protesting  against  the  annexation  of  any  towns  east  of 
Merrimack  river  to  the  new  count}'.  Several  of  these  last 
petitions  evidently  originated  in  Amherst,  as  they  were 
written  by  that  accomplished  scribe,  John  Shepard,  jr. 

In  the  petition  from  Dunstable  the  petitioners  beg  leave 
to  return  thanks  to  the  legislature  for  the  wisdom  and 
prudence  they  had  displayed  in  fixing  upon  ihe  Merrimack 
river  as  the  boundary  line  between  the  counties,  and  express 
the  opinion  that  not  a  single  town  should  be  added  to  those 
already  proposed  to  form  the  new  county.  In  some  of  these 
])apers  reference  is  made  to  the  fears  expressed  by  some 
that  the  county  will  be  unable  to  support  its  organization, 
from  the  lack  of  a  sufficient  number  of  inhabitants,  which 
fears  they  think  are  unfounded. 

The  petitioners  from  Wilton  concur  with  those  from 
Dunstable,  and  ask  furtlier  that  Amherst  may  be  made  the 
shire  town  of  the  county. 

In  this  matter,  as  in  all  others  in  which  the  welfare  of 
the   town    was    concerned.   Pastor    Wilkins    took    a    deep 


XV.]  COURTS.  837 

interest.  The  following  letter,  written  l)v  him  to  one  of  the 
menil)ers  of  the  (lovei-nor's  Couiicil.  at  that  time,  has  been 
[(reserved  : 

'•  To  llie  Ifoii'hle  Gcoiije  Jajf'ery,  Exifr,  in  Pititsiiii)nt/i  : 

IIon'd  &  Dkak  8'r  :  Aft(M'  diu^  salutation,  I  bej;  leave  to  inform 
vi>ur  llon'r  that  the  pro[)osal  of  the  (ieneral  Court  tliat  Merrimack  be 
the  Shire  Town  of  the  County  on  ihe  West  side  of  Merrimac  River, 
has  raised  a  general  uneasiness  throughout  the  whole  County,  evin 
many  tliinking  men  in  Merrimac  itself  (as  I  have  been  credibly 
informed)  are  well  satisfied  that  if  the  Proposal  be  established,  it  will 
be  greatly  to  the  Town  Damage  in  general,  as  they  are  small  in 
Xuml)er,  consisting  of  seventy  odd  Families,  no  more,  and  them 
exceeding  much  scattered,  and  many  of  the  number  on  New  Places, 
and  no  ways  accommoilated  to  entertain  a  Court,  especially  with  Hay 
N:  I'astoring,  neither  do  they  ever  expect  to  be  well  accommodated 
with  the  Primeses,  as  great  I*art  of  their  I^and  is  poor  and  clothed 
with  shrubs,  'i'he  uneasiness  of  the  People  arises  from  the  .said  Pro- 
[losals  not  being  for  Andierst  rather  than  Merrimack.  \ot  oidy  as 
Andierst  has  been  talked  of  for  a  Shire  Town,  evin  from  Its  Infancy, 
thereby  fixing  the  minds  of  the  People  upon  it,  but  for  its  situation 
Xearer  the  Ilart  of  the  County,  so  that  many  Towns  can  come  from 
Home  in  the  Morning  and  return  Home  in  the  Kvining.  that  ca'  n't 
possibly  do  the  like  if  the  Court  be  at  Merrimac,  and  thereby  save  a 
great  deal  of  Charge  to  poor  People  ;  and  now  S'r,  I  beg  leave  to  give 
a  Discription  of  Andierst  in  a  few  Words  :  It  is  Situate  about  Kight 
Miles  from  Mr.  Lutwytche's  Ferry,  on  ^bM•rinu^c  Kiver,  the  contents 
of  which  is  about  six  miles  S(iuare,  conlaining  about  one  Hundred 
an<l  sixty  Famelies,  and  acconunodated,  according  to  men  of  the  best 
Judgment,  to  settle  an  Hundred  Families  at  least,  more  than  is 
already  settled,  aiul  near  an  Hundred  of  them  good  Country  Farms, 
Well  accommodated  with  lields  ami  Pa-stures,  and  chiefly  all  good 
Husliands,  the  Middle  of  the  Town  pleasantly  situated,  a  gooil  coach 
IJoad  to  it  from  the  Fastward  and  Southern  Parts  of  the  Province, 
and  all  Roads  centering  there.  The  People  in  general  knowing  the 
situation  and  accommodations  of  .\mherst  to  entertain  the  Court, 
suppose  that  the  Ceneral  Court's  proposal  for  Merrimack  sprung  from 
a  mis-Repre.sentation. 

The  occasion  of  these  lines  to  your  iioifr  was  the  cries  of  the  Peo- 
ple, and  to  beg  leave  to  subscribe  your  humble  serv't. 

DAXIKI.   W  1 1. KINS. 
Amiif.I!--!,  ( )ft.  ve  1st,  17ti7. 


338  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

P.  S.     S'r  :  I  must  beg  leave  to  tell  your  Hou'r  that  Mr.  Willard,  a 

son  of  Coll.  Willard,  of  Winchester,  and  one  ]Mr.  llall  was  at  my 

House  the  liast  Evening  as  agent  for  Keen  and  other  towns,  toward 

the  great  River,  to  desire  that  the  Shire  Town  might  be  Amherst,  and 

likewise  that  there  is  a  general  uneasiness  of  its  being  at  Merrimack 

and  also  Walepole,  as  that  every  town  save  two  would  be  greatly 

Discommoded  if  the  Court  was  had  at  Walepole  and  not  at  Keen,  and 

also  beg  the  favor  of  its  being  established  at  Keen,  as  Keen  will  much 

best  commode  the  Peojjle  in  General,  or  at  least  that  his  Exelency, 

with  your  Hon'rs,  would  grant  them  Liberty  to  bring  Down  the  minds 

of  the  People. 

D.  W. 

The  meeting-house  belonging  to  the  town  was,  as  else- 
where stated,  presented  to  the  county  for  a  court  house, 
and  was  subsequently  moved  from  its  original  location,  at 
the  junction  of  the  roads  near  the  house  now  occupied  by 
P.  W.  and  Thomas  Jones,  to  a  site  on  the  Plain,  north  of 
the  soldiers'  monument,  where  it  was  burned  by  an  incen- 
diary on  the  night  following  the  15th  day  of  March,  1788. 

A  jail  was  built  shortly  after  the  organization  of  the 
county,  which  now  forms  a  part  of  the  old  jail  house  build- 
ing, and  some  forty  years  later  the  stone  jail  building  was 
erected. 

At  a  meeting  held  31  March,  1788,  the  town  voted  to 
grant  eighty  pounds  toward  the  erection  of  a  new  court 
house.  John  Patterson,  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby,  Samuel  Dana, 
Esq.,  Daniel  Campbell,  and  James  Ray,  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  superintend  its  erection,  and  its  "  location, 
form,  and  figure,"  were  referred  to  the  committee  and  the 
selectmen  of  the  town. 

The  second  court  house  was  built  on  the  spot  now  occu- 
pied by  the  dwelling-house  of  David  Russell,  Esq.  After 
the  brick  court  house  was  built  it  was  sold  and  removed  to 
the  westerly  part  of  the  Plain,  where  it  was  fitted  up  for  a 
chapel,  for  which  it  was  used  several  years,  when  it  was 
again  sold  and  fitted  up  for  tenement  dwellings.  It  is  still 
standing  near  the  foundery  buildings.  West  of  it,  as  it  was 
originally  located,  and  near  by,  were  the  whipping-post  and 


XV.]  COURTS.  339 

|)ill(»ry.  those  "  terrors  ol"  \\w  law"  to  evil  doers  aiuoiej  the 
fatlieis.  'I'Jie  wliipidiii^s  iiiHieted,  we  may  judjie,  varied  in 
severity  accurdino-  to  the  dis})ositioii  of  the  ollieer  who 
iiiliirt('(l  them.  In  one  instance,  still  rciurnilici-cil.  tlir 
culpiit  was  told  jM'ivately  that  he  "  shonld  not  l»e  whi|tj)ed 
veiy  hard,"  hut  was  directed  to  make  a  terrible  outcry  every 
time  he  was  struck. 

After  tlie  State  prison  was  built,  the  pilloiy  and  whi))- 
l)in,<r-post  were  dispensed  with,  ami  hut  \ery  few  persons 
now  living  can  remember  them. 

In  this  second  court  house  the  u'iauts  of  the  leiial  jirofes- 
sion  in  New  Hampshire,  from  1787  to  1822,  were  wont  to 
congregate  at  the  semi-annual  sessions  of  the  llillslxjrough 
county  courts.  Here  came  Jere.  ^Nlason,  Jere.  Smith, the  elder 
Pluuier,  William  (Jordon,  David  Everett,  the  elder  Ather- 
tous,  Le\  i  Woodbury,  (xeorge  Sullivan,  Arthui-  Fiixermore. 
Sam.  Hell,  Parker  Noyes,  Judge  Richardson,  and  others  (jf 
lesser  note:  and  here,  greatest  of  all,  Daniel  Webster  made 
his  maiden  argument  before  Judge  P^arrar,  lie  had 
liuished  the  study  of  his  j)rofession  in  the  ofhce  of  Christo- 
pher ( lore,  a  distinguished  jurist  in  Uostcui.  and  had  been 
admitted  to  t!:e  Suffolk  county  bar  on  motion  of  that  gen- 
tleman in  .March,  18l>o.  A  few  weeks  later  he  visited 
Anduust,  and  argued  a  motion  ])efore  Judge  Farrar's  court 
with  such  clearness  that  the  ))residing  judge  remarked  to 
his  associates,  "That  young  num's  statement  is  a  most 
unanswerable  argument,"  and  at  once  granted  the  motion. 

'J'he  town  of  Concord  having  pi-esented  a  |ietition  to  the 
C.eneral  Court,  asking  to  be  annexeil  to  the  county  of  Ilills- 
Itoi-ough,  and  that  oiu:^  half  of  the  courts  then  held  at 
Audirrst  might  be  held  in  that  town,  the  ]ieo|tle  of  Audierst. 
at  a  meeting  held  28  April,  1785,  voted  their  unwilliuguess 
that  the  i»etition  should  be  granted,  and  chose  Joshua 
Atherton,  Augustus  Dhinchard.  and  Samuel  l>aua,  l']s(js.,  a 
committee  "to  show  the  (Jeneral  Cijui't  the  reasons  of  their 
unwillingness."     Col.  Robert  Means,  then  representative  of 


340  HISTORY    OF    AMHEEST.  [Chap. 

the  town,  was  instructed  to  assist  the  committee,  who  were 
directed  "  to  confer  with  other  towns  relative  to  the  prem- 
ises before  hearing  the  petition." 

The  people  of  the  towns  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
county  requiring  greater  conveniences  for  the  transaction 
of  their  business  before  the  courts,  the  legislature  passed 
an  act  which  was  approved  25  December,  1792,  providing 
that  the  May  term  of  the  superior  court  and  the  September 
and  December  terms  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and 
general  court  of  sessions,  held  annually  at  Amherst,  should 
thereafter  be  held  at  Hopkinton,  at  the  same  time  they  had 
been  lield  at  Amherst,  provided  that  the  said  courts  should 
be  held  in  or  as  near  the  mcetiag-house  in  said  Hopkinton 
as  they  could  conveniently  be,  and  that  the  act  should  be 
null  and  void  if,  at  the  expiration  of  two  years  from  its 
passage,  the  town  of  Hopkinton  had  not  erected  a  suitable 
house,  free  of  expense  to  the  county,  in  which  to  hold  said 
courts. 

The  required  building  was  promptly  erected,  and  Hop- 
kinton became  a  half  shire  town  of  the  county,  and  so 
continued  until  the  formation  of  Merrimack  county  in  1823. 
A  jail  was  also  erected  there  which  continued  to  be  used  by 
the  county  of  Merrimack  after  its  incorporation  until  the 
completion  of  the  new  jail  at  Concord  in  1852. 

A  committee  appointed  by  the  town  to  examine  and 
report,  among  other  things,  what  part  of  the  common  the 
town  should  appropriate  for  a  court-house,  on  condition  that 
the  town  should  have  the  privilege  of  using  the  same  for  a 
town  house,  reported,  at  a  meeting  held  21  September, 
1818,  recommending  that  the  town  should  grant  the  county 
a  right  to  erect  a  court-house  and  the  necessary  buildings 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  same  on  the  common,  in  front 
of  the  burying-ground,  placing  the  back  thereof  as  far  as 
may  be  convenient,  into  the  burying-ground,  provided  the 
town  shall  ever  have  the  privilege  of  using  the  house  to 
hold  their  meetings  in. 


XV.]  COURTS.  341 

The  plan  of  fonninu"  a  new  fountv  for  the  l)etter  accom- 
modation of  the  peoj)le  residing  in  the  northerly  ])art  of 
Hillsborough  and  the  nortli-wcstern  ])art  of  Kockingham 
coiiiities,  began  to  be  discussed  about  tins  time.  A  plan  of 
the  proposed  county  of  Rumt'ord,  containiug  substantially 
the  same  territory  as  was  at  first  contained  in  the  county 
of  Meri'iniack,  apiienrcd  in  the  AV//'  Ifaiti/js/iirr  l\^lril)L^\^ 
January,  ISl'.i ;  and  a  bill  providiug  for  its  incorjioration 
was  introduced  into  the  Senate  aiul  adxocated  l)y  Hon. 
Isaac  Hill  at  the  session  nl'  the  IcLiislal  me  held  in  lU'cem- 
ber,  1S20,  which  was  jiostijoncd.  The  subject  was  again 
brought  up  in  the  legislature  at  the  session  held  in  June, 
1821,  and  referred  to  the  voters  of  the  towns  interested  at 
their  next  annual  meeting,  at  which  a  large  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  were  found  to  Ije  in  favor  of  the  ])roject.  The 
town  of  Hopkinton  ami  some  others  in  its  immediate 
vicinity,  however,  voted  almost  nnaniinously  against  it. 

Finally  the  legislature  passed  an  act  constituting  the 
county  of  Merrimack,  which  was  approved  by  the  governor, 
o  .Inly,  1823,  and  Concord  was  designated  as  its  shire 
town.  \\y  this  act  the  towns  of  Andover,  ]>oscawen,  Brad- 
ford. |)nnl)arti)n,  Fisherslield,  Henniker,  Hooksett,  IIo|)kin- 
ton.  New  London,  Salisbury,  Sutton,  Warner,  and  Wilmot, 
were  taken  from  Hillsl)oi'ough  county  and  became  parts  of 
tb(>  new  county. 

It  was  then  pi'ojtosed  in  some  ijnartcrs  to  i-euiove  the 
couits  and  county  olbces  of  the  county  of  Hillsborough 
from  Andierst  to  Mont  Vernon,  and  liberal  offers  were 
nuule  by  some  of  the  citizens  of  the  latter  j)lacc  toward 
defraying  the  expense  of  erecting  the  necessary  l)uililings 
in  that  tosvn  for  the  accommodation  of  the  couits  and 
county  ollices.  Citizens  of  Ambei'st  also  olfered  to  jjrovidc 
better  accommodations  in  this  town  than  the  county  olHcials 
had  hitherto  had,  free  of  expense  to  the  county.  On  being 
liiought  before  the  legislature,  the  matter  was  referred  to 
the  decision  of  the  voters  of  the  countv,  who  at  the  election 


342 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


in  March,  1824,  decided,  by  a  vote  of  about  three  to  one,  to 
continue  Amherst  as  the  shire  town. 


THE    THIRD    COURT-HOUSE,    NOW    THE    TOWN-HOUSE. 


A  new  court-liouse — the  present  town-house — was  erected 
shortly  after,  on  hind  given  by  the  town  for  tliat  purpose. 
The  town  also  relinquished  all  the  right  they  had  in  the  old 
court-house  to  the  committee  for  building  the  new  one, 
their  share  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  house  to  be 
expended  on  or  about  the  new  house,  and  to  be  entered  on 
the  subscription  paper  as  the  subscription  of  the  town  of 
Amherst  toward  the  erection  of  the  new  court-house. 

Tiie  balance  of  the  expense  of  its  erection  was  defrayed 
by  contributions  of  citizens  of  the  town. 

Fire-proof  safes  for  the  reception  and  safe-keeping  of  the 
county  records,  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  county  officers, 
were  provided  in  the  additions  built  on  the  north  and 
south  ends  of  the  court-house  by  the  county  in  1828. 


XV.]  COURTS.  343 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature,  aj)i)r()vcd  2H  December, 
1844,  it  was  provided  that  a  term  of  the  court  of  connnon 
pleas  should  thereafter  be  held  at  ^fanchester  on  the  f(jurth 
Tuesday  of  October,  annually,  i)r()vided  that  town  shouhl 
furnish  suitat)lc  acconuuixhUions  for  its  sitting,  free  of 
expense  to  the  county,  and  the  selectmen  of  the  town  were 
to  notify  the  clerk  of  the  court  wlien  such  accommodations 
were  provided. 

An  act  passed  12  July,  1856,  provided  that  a  term  of  the 
superior  court  should  be  held  at  Nashua  on  the  first  Tues- 
day of  February,  annually,  on  the  same  conditions  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  act  ]trt)\iding  for  a  session  of  tiie  court  of 
common  pleas  to  be  held  at  Miinchestei-.  By  an  act 
passed  8  July,  1859,  the  time  for  holding  the  term  of  the 
court  at  Nashua  was  changed  to  the  first  Tuesday  of  May, 
annually. 

Prior  to  this  time  the  subject  of  the  removal  of  the 
county  records  from  Amherst  was  discussed. 

An  act  providing  for  their  removal  to  Manchester  when- 
ever suitable  buildings  for  their  reception  and  the  accom- 
modation of  the  county  ollicers  should  be  provitlLMJ  tiiere, 
free  of  expense  to  the  county,  was  passed  8  July,  18(>2. 
This,  however,  was  made  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
voters  of  the  county  at  the  annual  meeting  in  the  following 
Marcli,  at  which  time  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  were 
against  the  proposed  change. 

At  tlu^  same  session  of  the  legislature  the  time  for 
holding  the  session  of  the  superior  court  at  Amherst  was 
changed  to  the  first  Tuesday  of  May,  annually. 

An  act  was  passed  29  June,  1S(U,  providing  for  the 
removal  of  the  county  records  to  Nashua,  wlienever  that 
city  jirovidcd  suitalile  buildings  for  their  reception,  free  of 
expense  to  the  county.  This  act  was  sul)jcct  to  the  ap))rovnl 
of  the  voters  of  the  county  at  a  special  meeting  called  in 
the  several  towns  and  cities  in  the  month  of  August  follow- 
ing, when  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  being  in  favor  of  flic 


1 


344  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap 

proposed  change,  building's  were  erected  in  Nashua  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  county  officers  and  the  safe-keeping 
of  the  county  records,  which  were  removed  there  in  August, 
1866,  and  the  offices  were  opened  on  the  eighteenth  day  of 
that  month. 

A  jail  having  been  built  at  Manchester,  the  jail,  jail-liouse, 
and  small  house  near  by,  in  Amherst,  and  the  land  around 
them,  owned  by  the  county,  were  sold  at  auction,  8  October, 
1867. 

The  land  on  which  these  buildings  stood  was  presented 
to  the  county  by  Jonathan  Smith,  in  1771. 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature,  approved  15  July,  1879,  the 
May  term  of  the  superior  court  held  at  Amherst  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  May,  annually,  was  abolished,  and  a  term  of  the 
court  was  ordered  to  be  held  in  its  stead  at  Nashua  and 
Manchester,  alternately,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  May, 
annually. 

This  completed  the  removal  of  the  Hillsborough  county 
courts  from  Amherst,  where  they  had  been  held  wholly,  or 
in  part,  for  one  hundred  and  eight  years. 

On  the  removal  of  the  courts,  the  court-house,  agreeably 
to  the  provisions  of  the  deed,  given  the  county  in  1824, 
became  the  property  of  the  town. 

It  has  since  been  fitted  up  for  a  town-house,  and  contains 
a  large  and  convenient  town-hall,  rooms  for  the  town  offi- 
cers, the  town  library,  and  a  fire-proof  safe  for  the  preser- 
vation of  the  town  records,  etc. 

A  HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY  COURT  IN  1796, 

As  described  by  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Amherst  in  a  letter 
to  Jeremiah  Smith. 

"Judge  wore  a  wig,  alias  a  scratch,  which  was  upon  the 

whole  tolerably  ridiculous,  especially  as  it  was  frequently  made  to 
change  its  position,  to  our  no  small  amusement.  As  to  the  rest  I  will 
say  nothing. 

Gordon  had  the  bar  to  dine  with  him  on  Thursday,  and  it  happened 
that  I  had  previously  asked  the  judges  to  dine  with  me,  and  therefore 


XV.]  COURTS.  34o 

missed  of  much  pleasiin.',  us  \vell  as  wiiu,',  I  sliDuld  lia\i;  I'lijoyol  at 
his  house. 

He  endeavored  to  get  all  his  brethren  drunk,  and,  it  not  being  a 
very  difficult  undertaking,  he  succeeded  veiy  well,  with  respect  to 
them,  and  liimsclf  too. 

About  half  past  three  in  came  tlu'  wliolc  fraternity,  with  .Indue  1). 
at  Ihcir  head,  wlio  was  tlie  soberest  man  among  them  (what  tliink 
you  of  the  other?),  ready  to  give  the  fraternal  hug  even  to  old  Iv., 
himself.  D.  goggled  to  the  Court.  A.  and  S.  were  silent,  for  the  best 
of  reasons, — they  could  not  speak.  C.  and  W.  quarreled,  and  threat- 
ened to  fight.  Gordon  laughed  at  every  thing  and  every  body.  B. 
and  S.  D.,  jr.,  argued  a  case  to  the  great  satisfaction of  them- 
selves. Claggett  fell  asleep,  and  Ben  Champney  made  poetry.  X.  G'. 
stole  a  few  writs,  and  Tliompson  made  up  his  large  bills  of  costs. 

Old  K.  (the  sheriff)  broke  all  his  deputy  sheriffs,  and  took  care  of 
the  jury  himself  to  save  the  fees." 

Judge  Smith,  on  his  return  from  Congress  the  i)recediug 
summer,  had  been  met  at  the  hall  of  Dr.  Curtis  by  the 
gentlemen  of  the  bar,  the  honorable  judges  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas,  and  a  number  of  respectable  citizens  of 
Amherst  and  the  adjoining  towns,  who  presented  a  formal 
address  to  him,  thanking  him  for  his  labors  in  Congress, 
and  congratulating  him  on  his  safe  return. 

Smith  bore  the  infliction  })aticntly,  made  an  ap|»ro|)i'iate 
reply,  and  on  the  whole  acted  his  part  well  ;  but  the  whole 
aft'air  disgusted  him,  and  he  afterward  wrote  to  a  friend 
that  could  he  have  found  a  window  to  jump  out  of  he 
believed  he  should  have  ventured  to  do  it.  The  affair 
ended  in  a  dinner,  the  result  of  which  was  probaljly  not 
very  different  from  Gordon's  dinner  to  the  bar. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  A  SlIKRIFF  OF  HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY,  DURING 
THE  ''  ERA  OF  GOOD  FEELING." 

Sheriff  Benjamin  Pierce,  of  Hillsborough  connty.  hav- 
ing been  electetl  tiovernor,  a  majority  of  his  couneil,  at 
a  sessit)n  held  -l'-)  .Iiinc,  1S27,  nominated  Edmund  Parker, 
of  Amiierst,  as  his  succ^^ssor  ;  but  the  governor  refused  to 
sanction  the  appointment.  John  Wallace,  jr.,  of  Milford,  a 
member  of  the  Council,  was  then  proposed  by  a  majority  of 


346  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  Council,  but  rejected  by  the  Governor.  28  June,  Henry 
Fields,  of  Merrimack,  was  nominated  by  the  Governor,  but 
rejected  by  the  Council.  The  nomination  of  William 
Whittemore,  of  Greenfield,  made  by  the  Governor,  was 
rejected  by  the  Council.  Jesse  Bowers,  of  Dunstable,  was 
then  nominated  by  the  Governor,  but  rejected  by  the 
Council.  3  July,  Timothy  Danforth,  of  Amherst,  was  nom- 
inated by  the  Governor,  and  confirmed  by  the  Council ;  but 
the  next  day  both  Governor  and  Council  annulled  the 
appointment.  5  July,  Jacob  Tuttle,  of  Antrim,  was  proposed 
by  the  Governor,  but  rejected  by  the  Council.  David  L. 
Morril,  of  Goffstown,  was  then  proposed  by  the  Council, 
but  rejected  by  the  Governor.  Finally,  Jacob  Whittemore, 
of  Antrim,  was  proposed  by  the  Governor,  and,  the  nomi- 
nation being  approved  by  the  Council,  he  became  Gov. 
Pierce's  successor  in  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Hillsborough 
county. 

The  jail  has  not  been  a  very  secure  place  for  the  confine- 
ment of  criminals,  who  frequently  found  means  to  escape. 
They  were  generally  recaptured  and  held  to  answer  to  the 
complaints  made  against  them.  In  one  instance  one  of 
the  escaped  prisoners,  who  had  got  as  far  as  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  was  there  drowned.  In  another  instance  the  culprit 
was  found  snugly  eiisconced  in  a  flour  barrel  at  Man- 
chester. 

Perhaps  the  most  noted  jail  delivery  was  made  by  sheriff 
Pierce,  20  Nov.,  1818,  shortly  after  his  re-appointment  as 
sheriff  of  the  county. 

At  that  time  Capt.  Moses  Brown,  Isaac  Lawrence,  and 
George  Lancy,  were  confined  in  jail  for  debt,  and  their  case 
having  excited  some  sympathy  in  the  county,  means  had 
been  taken  to  effect  their  discharge,  but  without  success. 

On  assuming  the  office,  sheriff  Pierce  took  the  respon- 
sibility of  paying  the  debts  and  costs  for  which  they 
were   confined,   opened   the   jail   doors    and    set  them  at 


XV.]  COURTS.  847 

liberty,   at   the   same    time    making    them    an    ajtiti-ujjriate 
address,  which  was  published  and  widely  circulated. 

'i'he  case  of  Capt.  Brewer  w-as  a  hard  one.  He  was  a 
native  of  Nova  Scotia,  came  to  this  country  before  the 
Revolution,  entered  the  army  at  the  commencement  of  the 
war,  and  commanded  a  comj>any  in  the  Sixteenth  Massa- 
cliusetts  rcirimcnt  in  that  contest,  lie  came  to  Amherst  in 
iSll,  and  was,  at  his  own  rciiucst,  assisted  by  the  overseers 
of  the  poor  se\eral  times  during  the  season  of  1814.  In 
December  of  that  year  he  was  committed  to  jail  on  an 
action  for  debt,  originally  amounting  to  about  eight 
dollars,  which,  at  the  time  of  his  release — including  board- 
bills,  costs,  etc. — amounted  to  about  i300. 

MICHAEL   KEIFF. 

The  late  James  Roby,  Esq.,  is  stated  to  have  said  that 
Keiff  kindled  the  lire  by  wliieh  Ciiarlestown  was  consumed 
on  the  17th  day  of  June,  1775.  As  Mr.  Roby  was  well 
acquainted  with  the  place,  and  was  employed  as  a  sort  of 
spy  upon  the  movements  of  the  British  at  that  time,  we 
may  assume  that  he  knew  whereof  he  affirmed. 

The  first  notice  w^e  have  of  Keiff  in  connection  with 
Amherst,  is  that  he  was  employed  by  tlie  town  toward 
filling  its  quota  of  six  months'  men  riMpiired  fnithe  army  in 
July,  1781. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  pro))al>ly  found  it  some- 
what ditliiMilt  to  procure  subsistence  for  himself  and  family. 
The  times  were  hard.  Ue  was  intemperate,  and  doubtless 
joined  with  many  others  in  blaming  the  courts  and  lawyers 
for  his  misfortunes.  The  burning  of  the  court-house  in 
March,  1788,  a  legitimate  result  of  the  popular  feeling  at 
the  time,  was  by  many  attributed  to  him.  but  no  proof 
could  be  obtained  of  his  guilt. 

Threatening  letters  were  afterward  found  on  the  premises 
of  some  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  the  village  ;  but  no 
clue  was  obtained,  at  the  time,  of  their  author.  Some  of 
these  were  as  follows  : 


348  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

"  Concerning  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  the  god  of  heaven  has  luck  Down 
from  his  throne  upon  his  people,  the  poor  of  America,  and  tliinks 
they  should  have  liberty.  Now  they  Demand  liberty.  They  fight  for 
it  wonce,  and  gat  the  Day  by  the  help  of  the  Allmighty.  Now  let 
those  men  that  grinds  the  face  of  the  poor  look  oiit  sharp.  A  new 
year's  gift,  god  is  going  to  give  people  that  liberty.  All  Sear  [shire] 
towns  in  this  Amarick  [America]  shall  be  visited  with  fire,  god's 
poor  must  be  free  from  all  Ilaits  and  taxes.  We  will  not  bon  [burn] 
the  poor. 

Doctor  Curtiss,  let  this  be  seen  in  this  town  for  fear  of  trouble." 

Another  one  in  regard  to  the  location  of  the  court-house : 
" /o  the  men  of  Amherst: 

Concerning  your  Court-house,  we  have  it  in  our  hands  to  bring  it 
Down,  as  fast  as  you  will  put  it  up.  up  country  is  the  place  where  it 
ought  to  be.  if  you  build  it  any  where,  build  it  at  the  ould  place,  by 
Codman  or  before  Ilopson,  the  tanner,  on  the  other  side  of  the  Rode, 
if  you  bild  it  anny  where  Else  in  Amherst,  it  will  Com  Down,  for  we 
no  them  that  tuck  it  in  hand  to  mov  it  at  first,  if  you  Cause  us  to 
Com  Down  to  Amherst  another  Journey,  we  will  mak  light  plenty 
before  we  will  Com  back. 

there  is  four  or  five  men  tliat  tuck  in  hand  to  move  it  at  first,  and 
we  now  their  names. 

if  we  must  Com  Down  again,  there  will  be  more  bildings  Com  Down 
before  we  go  back.  Samuel  Albany,  do  you  show  this  to  the  men  on 
the  plain  for  fear  trouble  should  com  on  you." 

A  similar  letter  was  left  at  Ephraim  Hildreth's,  at  the 
Jones  place,  directed,  "  Efrim  Hildrick,  Do  you  show  this 
to  the  men  on  the  plain,  for  fear  trouble  should  Com  on 
you." 

A  friendly  epistle  to  Robert  Means  : 

"  L'f 't  Hopson  pray  carry  this  to  means,  for  fear  Evil  should  happen 
to  you.  * 

Robert  Means,  you  Com  to  be  a  grate  man,  both  in  name  and 
Ritches,  by  grinding  the  face  of  the  poor.  I  have  heard  people  say 
what  is  got  over  the  Divil  back  is  commonly  spint  under  his  belly, 
and  now  T  think  you  will  meet  with  trouble,  now  we  should  be  glad 
if  you  would  sine  for  Liberty,  for  the  poor  shall  not  pay  Rates  no 
more,  so  bless  our  god,  for  the  poor  has  faught  for  liberty  once,  and 
they  never  had  it  yet,  and  as  for  Samuel  Deny  [Dana],  he  will  see 
the  Divil  yet." 

Directed,  "  To  L't  Hopson,  in  Amherst." 


XV.]  COURTS.  349 

After  the  (k'striictioii  of  Mr.  Atlicrtoirs  barns,  the  incen- 
iliarv  was  tracked  across  the  liehls  to  Keilf's  house.  An 
(xaniinatioii  showed  that  the  tracks  were  made  by 
Kicffs  boots.  Fcarini^  an  arrest  he  left  home,  and  was 
reported  to  have  spent  some  time  in  the  vicinity  of  Monad- 
uock  mountain,  whither  some  officers  were  dispatched  in 
search  of  liim.  but  their  search  was  fruitless. 

One  evening,  sherilf  Hoby,  while  returning  home  from 
the  village,  saw  the  figure  of  a  man  with  a  gun  in  his  hand 
skulking  about  in  a  thicket  of  pines  north  of  the  place  now 
oeeupied  l)y  ^\v.  (iilson,  on  the  old  New  Boston  road, 
'riiiukiug  the  num  might  be  the  one  he  wanted,  the  sheriff' 
dismounted,  and  went  in  jiursuit.  He  soon  came  up  with 
hiui,  anil,  after  a  short  contest,  knocked  the  culprit  down 
with  a  hickory  cane  he  carried,  and  held  him  until  assist- 
an«'e  arrived,  when  he  was  secured. 

KeilV  was  sliortly  after  indicted  and  couvietcd  of,  Jirst, 
liublishing  traitorous  and  seditious  letters  ;  second,  of  burn- 
ing a  barn,  the  property  of  Joshua  Atherton,  of  Amherst. 

I-'oi-  the  first  offence  he  was  sentenced  to  be  whipped 
tifteen  stri|)cs,  sit  on  the  gallows  one  hour  witli  the  rope 
about  his  neck,  and  stand  committed  until  the  sentence  was 
]ierfoi-med. 

For  the  seeond  olTence  he  was  sentenced  to  be  whipped 
tliirty  stripes,  be  imprisoned  six  months  fn.)m  the  following 
.lime,  pay  the  c(;sts  of  prosecution,  and  stand  committed 
until  the  sentence  was  performed. 

<  )n  the  morning  following  tin-  day  of  his  trial  and  con- 
viction.— 14  May,  IT'.M), — KietV  was  found  dead  in  his  cell, 
his  jugular  vein  and  windpipe  having  been  severed  by  a 
knife  he  carried  about  his  person.  A  coroner's  inquest 
pronounced  it  a  ease  of  •*  wilful  suicide." 

Tradition  says  the  feeling  against  him  was  so  strong  that 
his  remains  were  not  allowed  to  be  buried  in  tlie  grave-yard, 
but  were  deposited  in  some  out  of  the  way  place  near  by. 


350  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

His  family  remained  in  town  some  years.  Some  of  his 
cliildren  attended  Master  Brooks's  scliool  in  "  Upper 
Flanders,"  in  1801 ;  but  they  went,  shortly  after,  no  one 
now  knows  whither. 

His  widow  became  poor,  and  was  supported  by  the  town. 
She  died  on  the  pauper  farm,  4  September,  1841,  at  the 
great  age  of  ninety-seven  years. 

TRIAL,  CONVICTION,  AND  EXECUTION,  OF  FARMER. 

At  a  session  of  the  superior  court  held  at  Hopkinton,  21 
April,  1821,  Daniel  Davis  Farmer,  of  CToffstown,  was 
arraigned  for  the  murder  of  Widow  Anna  Ayer,  of  Goffs- 
town,  on  the  sixth  day  of  the  same  month. 

Under  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  the  trial  was  post- 
poned to  the  term  of  the  court  to  be  held  in  Amherst  in 
October  following,  to  which  place  he  was  conveyed  and 
committed  to  jail  the  following  Wednesday. 

At  the  next  session  of  the  court  he  was  tried  before  a 
jury  composed  of  the  following  persons  : 

William  Ames,  foreman,  Moody  D.  Lovewell, 

^Nathaniel  Hutchinson,  James  Martin, 

Amos  Elliott,  John  Brooks, 

Nathan  FixUer,  John  Goodspeed, 

William  Patten,  Daniel  Ingalls, 

Eli  Sawtell,  Josiah  French. 

10  October,  1821,  he  was  convicted,  the  jury  rendering 
their  verdict  at  a  few  minutes  past  eleven  o'clock,  p.  m. 
The  next  day,  sentence  was  pronounced  by  Justice  Wood- 
bury, and  the  third  day  of  December  following  was  assigned 
for  its  execution.  A  reprieve  of  one  month  was  granted  by 
Gov.  Bell,  and  the  execution  took  place  Thursday,  3  Jan- 
uary, 1822,  between  the  hours  of  two  and  three  o'clock,  p. 
M.  The  gallows  was  erected  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by 
the  house  of  Dea.  B.  B.  David.  Although  the  weather  was 
intensely  cold,  it  was  estimated  that  10,000  people  were  in 
attendance. 


XV.]  COURTS.  351 

Leaving  the  jail  at  two  o'clock,  Farmer  was  conveyed  to 
the  j)hice  of  execution.  He  was  accompanied,  in  the  sleigii 
in  which  he  rode,  by  Messrs.  Lord  and  Chapin,  and  two  civil 
officers.  A  sleigh  conveying  his  coffin  followed,  the  whole 
being  surrounded  by  deputy  sheriffs  on  horseback,  headed 
by  the  sherilV  of  the  count}'.  On  arriving  at  the  gallows, 
he  ascended  the  stage  on  which  the  jjlatforni  was  erected 
without  assistance.  The  death-warrant  was  read,  and 
prayer  was  ofiered  by  Mr.  Lord,  in  which  the  prisoner 
joined.  He  then  ascended  the  platform,  and  the  noose  was 
adjusted.  At  that  time,  as  he  seemed  to  be  suffering 
severely  from  excessive  agitation  and  the  effects  of  the  cold, 
Mr.  Lord  stepped  forward,  and  taking  his  cloak  from  his 
shoulders  placed  it  over  him.  A  handkerchief  was 
given  him  with  directions  to  drop  it  wlien  he  was  ready, 
and  the  signal  being  given  the  drop  fell,  and,  after  a  few 
convulsive  movements,  all  was  over. 

After  hanging  a  short  time,  Farmer  was  pronounced  by 
the  surgeons  present  to  be  dead.  His  remains  were  then 
taken  down  and  delivered  to  his  brother,  who  conveyed 
them  to  Manchester,  where  they  were  buried  on  the  follow- 
ing Sunday. 

The  duty  sheriff  Pierce  was  called  upon  to  perform  was 
to  him  a  luiteful  one.  A  person  who  was  present  said 
he  was  "  as  pale  as  the  culprit,  and  when  he  put  out  his 
hand  to  touch  the  fatal  spring,  it  sliook  like  a  leaf." 

The  gallows  on  which  Farmer  paid  the  iM-naUy  of  his 
crime  was  stored  in  the  attic  of  the  jail,  where  it  was  burned 
on  the  morning  of  the  fourteenth  day  of  June,  1850. 

2-1  April,  1849,  Letitia  S.  Blaisdell,  of  Goffstown,  plead 
guilty  to  an  indictment  for  poisoning  Benjamin  E.  Blaisdell, 
also  of  Goffstown,  and  was  thereupon  sentenced  by  Judge 
Eastnuin  to  be  hung,  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  August  follow- 
ing :  l»ut  the  sentence  was  changed  to  imprisonment  for 
life,  by  the  Governor  and  Council,  and  she  was  conveyed  to 
the  state  prison  in  July. 


352  HISTORY    OF    AMHEJRST.  [Chap. 

A  trial  which  attracted  considerable  attention  in  the 
county  took  place  at  the  October  term  of  the  court  in  1830, 
and  resulted  in  the  conviction  of  Nathan  Carr  on  three 
indictments  :  for  having  in  his  possession  materials  for 
counterfeiting  bank-notes ;  for  having  in  his  possession 
counterfeit  bills,  with  intent  to  pass  them  ;  and  for  passing 
a  counterfeit  bank  bill ;  on  which  he  was  sentenced  in  the 
whole  to  thirty  days  of  solitary  confinement,  and  to  twelve 
years  of  confinement  at  hard  labor  in  the  state  prison. 

The  trial  of  Carr  was  attended  with  a  heavy  expense  to 
the  county,  and  his  conviction  gave  general  satisfaction  to 
the  citizens. 

PUNISHMENT  FOR  THEFT  IN  THE  "  OLDEN  "  TIME. 

One  John  Totman  was  brought  before  justice  Samuel 
Wilkins  charged  with  stealing  a  felt  hat  and  surtout,  valued 
at  twenty- seven  shillings.  Pleading  guilty  to  the  charge, 
he  was  sentenced  to  be  whipped  thirteen  stripes  on  the 
naked  back,  and  to  pay  the  owner  of  the  stolen  property 
five  pounds,  seventeen  shillings,  that  being  three  times  its 
value.     The  flogging  was  administered  by  Joseph  Boutell. 

Saturday  night,  10  December,  1803,  the  store  of  Nathan 
Kendall,  Esq.,  was  broken  into  and  robbed  of  a  variety  of 
English  goods  and  some  money.  The  thief  was  pursued 
ajid  overtaken  in  Chelmsford  the  next  morning.-  A  part  of 
the  goods  had  been  disposed  of  on  the  way.  The  remainder 
were  found  with  him.  He  was  brought  back,  and,  on  exam- 
ination, pleading  guilty,  was  committed  to  jail._ 

At  the  term  of  the  court  in  May  following  he  was  tried 
on  two  indictments  for  stealing,  convicted,  and  sentenced 
to  receive  fifty  lashes  and  be  sold  for  costs  and  damages. 

The  following  acknowledgment  of  a  theft  was  found 
among  the  papers  left  by  Daniel  Campbell,  Esq. : 

"  This  certifies  that  I,  the  subscriber,  did,  on  the  night  of  tlie  twen- 
ty-ninth of  June  last,  feloniously  take  and  carry  away  from  D.  C,  of 
Amherst,  a  syth  with  the  sneath  and  other   appurtenances   thereto 


XV.]  COURTS.  353 

lK'l()iit;iii.L;',  lor  whicli  I  am  lioartily  sorry,  humltly  ask  forgiveness  of 
(i(ti>  and  the  world,  and  i>n>niisu  to  endeavour  to  conduct  better  for 
the  future. 

SiK^ncd  :  B.  C. 
Amiikisst,  Julv  '•).  \7>>\. 
Test  :    Xaiu'm  IJai.pwix, 
N  A  r  1 1 A  X   I\  I ;  N I  >  A I ,  I . . 

Fi'oin  the  time  of  the  oi'g'aiii/ation  of  the  State  <2;oveni- 
meiit  iiiuler  the  tein()()rary  Constitution,  in  .lanuary,  ITTti, 
until  the  chjsc  of  the  century,  but  few  members  of  the  le.u'al 
profession  served  as  judges  in  the  State  courts.  The  ])oitu- 
lar  feeling  against  lawyers  in  those  times  doubtless  in  many 
cases  inHucnced  the  appointing  power  in  the  selection  of 
judges,  and  the  inadequacy  of  the  salaries,  which  were 
much  less  than  the  ordinary  income  of  a  successful  lawyer, 
wouM  forbid  the  acce})tance  of  the  office  if  tendered  to 
him.  Instead  of  lawyers — physicians,  clergymen  and  mer- 
chants, upright,  fearless  men,  occupied  the  judges'  seats, 
and  dispensed  justice  with  more  regard  to  erpiity  than  law, 
and  Arthur  Livermore  is  reported  as  having  once  said  that, 
"•Justice  was  never  better  administered  in  New  IJampshirc 
than  when  the  judges  knew  very  little  of  what  we  lawyers 
call  law." 

•s.] 


354 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Cliap. 


CHAPTER  XYI. 

MILITARY    HISTORY. 

1745-1763. 

FRENCH    AND   INDIAN    WARS. GRANT    OF    AMMUNITION    TO    THE, 

SETTLERS. PETITION    OP    MR.  WILKINS   TO    THE    AUTHORITIES 

OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. — SCOUTS  FURNISHED  FOR  THE  PROTEC- 
TION OF  THE  SETTLERS. — ANOTHER  PETITION  FOR  ASSISTANCEj 
WITH    THE    NAMES    OF  THE  SIGNERS. — DEA.  HOBBS'S  "  SABBa| 

day"     FIGHT. — LIEUT.     PRINCE's    ESCAPE. NAMES    OF    THI 

INHABITANTS  OF  SOUHEGAN  WEST  WHO  SPJRVED  IN  THE  WARj 
— TORTURE  AND  DEATH  OF  McKEAN. — CAPT.  HOBBS'S  FIGhI 
WITH  SACKETT. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  the  meeting-liousc,  30  January| 
1744-45,  the  proprietors 

"  Voted,  til  at  they  will  allow  the  Inhabitants  a  stock  of  Amnuiiu-' 
tion  to  defend  themselvds  iil  case  there  should  be  occasion." 

This  vote  is  the  only  one  recorded  whicli  tells  us  of  anj 
action  taken  by  the  proprietors  for  the  defense  of  the 
settlers  against  the  attacks  of  the  savages. 

Tradition  tells  us  that  about  this  time  seven  garrisoi 
houses  were  erected  in  different  parts  of  the  town,  to  whicl 
the  inhabitants  resorted  in  times  of  danger.  Beside  thcsej 
a  block-house,  or  fort,  is  said  to  have  been  built  for  the 
protection  of  tiie  settlers. 

After  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  the  inhabitants  met 
at  the  house  of  Rev.  Mr.  Wilkins,  and  authorized  him  ii 
their  name  and  behalf  to 


SVI.]  FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WARS.  355 

"  Represent  to  the  Governor  and  Council  of  New  Ilanipshiro  our 
iistressed  circumstances  on  account  of  our  being-  exposed  to  the 
French  and  Indian  enemy  and  our  Low  Condition  and  Inability  to 
;ubsist  here  unless  a  suitable  guard  may  be  had  to  defend  us  when 
ibout  our  work,  and  that  he  make  suitable  application  that  these 
things  may  Immediately  be  obtained." 

Mr.  Wilkiiis  shortly  alter  repaired  to  Portsmouth,  and  in 
jelialf  of  the  settlers  presented  the  following'  petition  : 

"  To  his  Excelency,  Benning  AVentworth,  Esq'r,  Capt.-General  and 
General-in-Chief  in  and  over  his  Majesty's  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire in  New  England,  the  Honorable  the  Council,  and  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, in  (General  Court  convened  : 

The  Memorial  or  Petition  of  Daniel  Wilkins,  in  the  name  and 
behalf  of  the  Inhabitants  of  tiie  Townshij)  or  Plantation  called 
Soiiliegan  West,  No.  o,  in  said  Province, — 

Humbly  sheweth,  the  said  Town  has  been  settled  by  his  Majesty's 
subjects  about  nine  years,  and  a  Gospel  Minister  ordained  almost 
three  years ;  that  the  settlers  had  an  Eye  at  enlarging  his  Majesties 
Dominions  by  going  into  the  Wilderness,  as  well  as  their  own  Interest ; 
that  some  thousand  of  pounds  has  been  spent  in  clearing  and  culti- 
vating the  Land  there,  and  vast  sums  in  building  Houses,  Barns,  & 
fences,  beside  much  time  and  expence  in  building  fortifications  by  his 
Excellency  the  Governor's  order. 

That  the  Breaking  up  of  this  Settlement  will  not  only  ruin  the 
Memorialists,  but  greatly  disserve  his  Alajesties  Interest  by  encourag- 
ing his  Enemies  to  Encroach  on  his  deserted  Settlements,  and  be  also 
hurtful  to  the  Province  by  Contracting  its  boi%lc!-s  and  drawing  the 
war  nearer  the  Capital. 

That  it  was  by  a  long  and  importunate  Intercession  of  this  Province 
(and  not  of  the  JSIemorialist's  seeking)  that  they  are  cast  under  the 
immediate  care  of  this  Government,  which  they  conceive  give  them 
so  much  the  better  Right  to  its  protection. 

That  as  war  is  akeady  declai-ed  against  France,  and  a  Rupture  with 
the  Indians  hourly  expected,  your  Memorialists,  unless  they  have 
speedy  help,  will  soon  be  obliged  to  forsake  their  Town,  how  dis- 
serviceable  so  ever  it  may  be  to  the  Crown,  dishonorable  to  the 
Government,  hurtful  to  the  Province,  &  ruinous  to  themselves. 
Wherefore, 

Your  Memorialists  most  humbly  supplicate  your  Excelency,  the 
honorable  Council,  and  House  of  Representatives,  to  take  the  premises 
into  vour  wise  and  mature  Co.isideration,  and  to  grant  them  such 


356  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

seasonable  relief  as  may  enable  them  to  subsist  in  the  War,  and 
secure  against  the  Ravages  and  Devastations  of  a  blood-thirsty  and 
merciless  Enemy,  and  your  Memorialists,  as  in  duty  bound,  will  ever 
pray. 

DAXIEL  WILKINS. 
Dated  at  Portsmouth,  June  ye  22d,  1741." 

The  application  was  successful,  and  a  scout  for  the 
protection  of  the  settlers  in  this  and  the  adjoining  towns  was 
furnished  by  the  Provincial  authorities.  A  scout  was 
afterward  furnislied  by  the  Province  of  Massachusetts,  but 
finally  withdrawn;  but,  as  the  war  still  continued,  Mr. 
Wilkins  presented  another  petition  for  assistance  : 

"  To  His  Excellency,  Banning  Wentworth,  Esq.,  Governor  &  C,  the 
Honorable  his  Majesty's  Council,  and  House  of  Representatives,  in 
General  Assembly  convened.     May  13,  1747  : 

The  Petition  of  us,  the  subscribers,  inhabitants  of  the  new  planta- 
tion called  Souhegan  West,  humbly  sheweth  : 

That  there  is  settled  and  now  remains  in  this  plantation  thirty-five 
families,  in  which  is  about  fifty-eight  men  upwards  of  sixteen  years 
old. 

Tliat  when  we  began  our  Settlement,  we  apprehended  no  danger 
of  our  ever  being  a  frontier,  there  being  at  that  time  so  many  above 
us  begun  and  obligated  to  fulfill  the  obligations  of  the  Massachusetts 
grants,  which  occasioned  us  to  settle  scattering,  only  regarding  the 
advantages  of  good  and  compact  farms. 

That  the  difficulty  of  war,  happening  so  early  on  our  Settlements, 
and  the  defenceless  state  they  were  in,  has  obliged  them  all,  namely, 
Peterborough,  Salem  Canada,  New  Boston,  and  Hillsborough — so 
called — entirely  to  draw  off,  as  well  as  the  forts  on  Connecticut  river. 

The  first  year  of  the  present  war  we  were  favored  with  a  scout  fi-om 
this  Province,  which  we  thankfully  acknowledge,  and  Salem  Canada 
with  another,  which  was  equally  serviceable  to  us.  Since  that  time 
Salem  Canada  and  this  place  have  had  a  guard  from  the  Massachu- 
setts till  the  winter  passed,  together  with  our  inhabitants  keeping  a 
constant  scout,  though  much  impoverished  thereby. 

That  this  encouragement  has  occasioned  our  venturing  here  till 
now. 

That  as  we  are  now  left  without  scout  or  guard,  apprehend  we  are 
in  imminent  danger ;  yet  loth  to  yield  ourselves  such  an  easy  prey  to 
our  enemies,  or  suffer  ruin  by  leaving  our  improvements  waste,  one 


XVI.]  1<^RENCH    AND    INDIAN    WAliS,  357 

whereof  we  have  no  reason  to  think  ))ut  must  unavoida])ly  Ix'  our  lut, 
unless  tliis  government  grants  us  protection  : 

AYherefore  your  petitioners  most  humbly  pray  that  your  Excellem-y 
and  Honors  would  so  far  commiserate  our  present  dithcult  circum- 
stances as  to  grant  us  so  many  soldiers  as  your  Excellency  and  Honors 
may  judge  necessary  for  our  defence. 

And  your  petitioners,  as  in  duty  bound,  shall  pray,  &c. 
Andrew  Hixbe,  William  Peabody, 

William  Bradford,  Andrew  Seetown, 

Benjamin  Cheever,  John  Seetown, 

Benjamin  Cheever,  jr.,  John  Shepurd, 

Thomas  Clark,  Caleb  Stiles, 

.lames  Cofren,  Israel  Towne, 

John  Davis,  Samuel  Walton, 

Ebenezer  EUinwood,  Jacob  WeUman, 

David  Ilartshorne,  Daniel  Wilkins, 

William  Howard,  Daniel  Wilkins,  jr., 

Solomon  Hutchinson,  Joseph  AVilkins. 

Ebenezer  Lyon, 

On  lieai'ing  this  ])etitioii  and  another  of  .similar  tenor 
from  ^fonson,  tlic  House,  15  May,  1747, 

"  ^'oted,  that  in  answer  to  the  two  annexed  Petitions,  namely,  that 
of  Souhegau  West  and  that  of  Monson,  His  Excellenc}'  be  desired  to 
give  orders  for  enlisting  or  impressing  fifteen  good,  effective  men  to 
scout  and  guard,  under  proper  officers,  said  Souhegan  West  and 
Monson,  till  the  twentieth  of  October  next,  if  need  be,  and  that  said 
men  be  shifted  once  a  month." 

AVhich  was  assented  to  by  the  Governor  and  Council. 

Amoni;  the  scouts  empU)ye<l  by  the  Province  in  1748  wc 
lind  the  names  of  Daniel  Wilkins  and  Wincol  Wright,  of 
Souhegan  AVest,  who  were  meml)ers  of  the  company  em- 
ployed to  guard  Souhegan,  Stark's,  and  Monson  garri.sons 
that  season. 

The  war  came  to  a  close  in  1749,  but  was  renewed  in 
1752,  and  continued  until  the  cession  of  Canada  to  the 
English  in  1763. 

Fortunately,  no  attack  was  made  upon  the  settlers  at 
Souhegan  West  by  the  enemy,  and  no  account  has  reached 
us  that  any  serious  damage  was  done  by  them  within  its 


858  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

borders.  A  family  tradition  liae  reached  us  that  a  party  of 
settlers,  under  the  lead  of  Dea.  Hobbs,  had  a  smart  fight 
with  the  Indians  one  Sunday  mornin<r,  in  whicli  the  Deacon 
handled  his  men  so  skillfully  that  no  one  of  them  was 
injured,  while  they  were  sure  that  some  of  the  savages  ,were 
killed.  The  Indians  are  reported  to  have  said  afterward  : 
"  Souhegan  deacon  no  very  good.  He  fight  Sabba-day." 
-On  another  occasion,  Avhile  Lieut.  Joseph  Prince  was  going, 
one  evening,  from  his  clearing  ti>  the  garrison-house,  which 
stood  near  where  Mr.  I>.  J?.  Whiting's  house  now  stands,  he 
heard  an  arrow  whiz  ])ast  his  head.  On  his  return  the 
following  morning,  he  found  it  sticking  in  a  tree  near  by 
the  path  he  had  followed. 

Near  the  close  of  this  war  several  of  the  inhabitants 
served  in  the  expeditions  sent  against  the  common  enemy. 
Sergeant  Ebenezer  Lyon,  John  Everdeen,  David  Hartshorn, 
jr.,  San^uel  Lamson,  Joseph  Small,  and  Thomas  Williams, 
served  in  Col.  Blanchard's  regiment  at  Crown  Point,  in 
1755. 

Humphrey  Hobbs  was  a  captain  in  the  ranger  service  in 
1755. 

Lieut.  Ebenezer  Lyon,  Daniel  Wilkins,  Samuel  Bradford, 
Israel  Towne,  Joseph  Lovejoy,  John  Burns,  Jonathan  Lam- 
son, Nathaniel  Haseltine,  Daniel  Weston,  Stephen  Peabody, 
and  John  Mills,  served  in  Col.  John  Hart's  regiment,  at 
Crown  Point,  in  1758. 

Benjamin  Davis,  John  Mills,  John  Stewart,  and  Robert 
Stewart,  were  privates  in  Col.  John  Goffe's  regiment,  at 
Crown  Point,  in  1760. 

^^^^'■^oYm  McKeau,  brother  of  Samuel,  -who  settled  in  Amherst  in  1761, 
seems  to  have  been  a  resident  in  the  township  prior  to  1757.  He  was 
one  of  the  ill-fated  New  Hampshire  battallion  that  surrendered  to 
Montcalm,  the  leader  of  the  French  and  Indians,  at  Fort  "W^illiam 
Henry,  in  August,  1757.  While  the  garrison  of  the  fort  was  marching 
out,  after  its  surrender,  the  New  Hampshii-e  /6iilitia,  being  in  the  rear, 
were  suddenly  attacked  by  the  Indians,  and  .eighty,  out  of  the  two 
hundred  n^en  present,  were  killed.     McKean  was  taken  prisoner  after 


XVI.]  FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WARS.  359 

a  desperate  struggle  for  his  liberty.  On  the  night  following  his 
capture,  he  was  stripped  of  his  clothing,  and  bound  to  a  tree  by  his 
captors,  where  he  stood  a  target  for  their  keen-edged  knives  and  tom- 
ahawks. When  he  was  gashed  and  bleeding  at  every  pore,  his  wounds 
were  filled  with  pitch-pine  splinters,  which  were  set  atire,  which  soon 
terminated  his  tortures." 

The  following  account  is  given  oi"  one  of  Dea.  Hobbs's 
fights  with  the  Indians  : 

"  Jn  the  month  of  February,  17-18,  the  ]\hissachusetts  (ieneral  Court 
directed  the  number  of  men  at  Fort  ^Massachusetts,  now  Adams, 
Mass.,  and  Number  Four,  now  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  to  be  increased  to 
one  hundred  in  each  place.  Of  these,  a  suitable  force  was  to  be 
employed  to  intercept  the  French  and  Indian  enemy  in  their  uaarches 
from  Wood-creek  and  Ottei'-creek  to  the  frontiers.  As  an  incentive 
to  vigilance,  a  reward  of  one  hundred  pounds  was  ordered  to  be 
divided  in  equal  parts  among  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  any  scoutuig 
party  that  might  capture  an  Indian  or  produce  the  scalp  of  one  they 
had  killed.  Capt.  Stevens  was  again  appointed  commander  at  Xumber 
Four,  and  Capt.  Ilobbs  was  ordered  to  the  same  post  as  second  in  com- 
mand. On  the  twenty-fifth  of  fJune,  Capt.  Ilobbs,  with  forty  men,  was 
ordered  from  Number  Four  to  Fort  Shirley,  in  Heath,  one  of  the  forts 
of  the  ^Massachusetts  cordon,  extending  from  Fort  Massachusetts  to 
Ximiber  Four.  On  Sunday,  June  26,  having  proceeded  about  six  miles, 
they  halted  at  a  place  about  twelve  miles  north-west  of  Fort  Dumnier,  in 
the  precincts  of  what  is  now  the  town  of  Marlborough,  Vt.  A  large 
body  of  Indians,  who  had  discovered  Hobbs's  trail,  had  made  a  rapid 
march  in  order  to  cut  him  off.  They  were  comnuinded  by  a  resolute 
chief  named  Sackett,  said  to  liave  been  a  half  blood,  a  descendaut  of 
a  captive  taken  at  Westtield,  IMass. 

Although  Hobbs  was  not  aware  of  the  pursuit  of  the  enemy,  lie 
had  posted  a  guard  on  his  trail,  and  his  men,  having  spread  themselves 
over  a  low  piece  of  ground  covered  with  alders  intermixed  with  large 
trees  and  watered  by  a  rivulet,  had  prepared  their  dinner,  and  were 
regaling  themselves  at  their  packs.  While  in  tiiis  situation,  the  rear 
guards  were  driven  in  from  their  posts,  which  was  the  lirst  intimation 
given  of  the  presence  of  the  enemy. 

Without  knowing  the  strength  of  his  adversaries,  Capt.  Hobbs 
instantly  formed  his  men  for  action,  each  one  by  his  advice  selecting 
a  tree  as  a  cover. 

Trusting  in  the  superiority  of  their  nunibers,  and  confident  of 
success,  the  enemy  rushed  forward  with  shouts ;  but  Hobbs's  well- 
directed  fire,  by  which  several  were  killed,  checked  their  im}tetuosity, 


360  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

and  caused  theoi  to  retreat  for  shelter  behind  the  trees  and  brush. 
The  action  now  Ijecanie  warm,  and  a  severe  conflict  followed  between 
the  sharpshooters.  The  two  commanders  had  been  known  to  each 
other  in  times  of  peace,  and  both  bore  the  character  of  fearless  men. 
Sackett,  who  could  speak  English,  frequently  called  ui)on  Ilobbs  in 
the  tones  of  a  stentor  to  surrender,  and  threatened,  in  case  of  refusal, 
to  destroy  his  men  with  the  tomahawk.  IIol)bs,  with  a  voice  equally 
sonorous,  returned  the  defiance,  and  urged  his  antagonist  to  put  his 
threat  into  execution. 

The  action  continued  for  four  hours,  Hobbs's  party  displaying 
throughout  the  most  consummate  skill  and  prudence,  and  neither  side 
withdrawing  an  inch  from  its  original  position.  The  Indians  not 
unfrequently  approached  the  line  of  tlieir  adversaries,  but  were  as 
often  driven  back  to  their  first  position  by  the  well-directed  fire  of  the 
sharp-sighted  marksmen.  Finding  Hobbs  determined  on  resistance, 
and  that  his  own  men  had  suffered  severely  in  the  struggle,  Sackett 
finally  ordered  a  retreat,  and  left  his  opponent  master  of  a  well-fought 
field. 

Hobbs's  men  were  so  well  protected  tliat  only  tlii'ee,  Ebenezer 
Mitchel,  Eli  Scott,  and  Samuel  Gunn,  were  killed  in  the  confiict.  Of 
the  remainder,  Daniel  McKinney,  of  Wrentham,  had  his  thigh  broken 
by  a  ball  from  the  enemy,  and  was  thereby  disabled  for  life.  Samuel 
Graves,  jr.,  of  Sunderland,  a  lad  seventeen  years  of  age,  received  a 
ball  near  the  middle  of  the  forehead,  which  went  through  part  of  his 
head,  and  came  out  on  the  left  side,  almost  over  his  ear,  bringing  with 
it  almost  two  spoonsful  of  his  brains.  He,  however,  recovered. 
Nathan  Walker,  of  Sudbury,  received  a  wound  in  the  arm,  and  Ralph 
Rice  was  injured. 

Many  of  the  enemy  were  seen  to  fall,  l)ut  tlieir  actual  loss  was  never 
certainly  known,  as  they  took  effectual  measures  to  conceal  it. 

After  the  Indians  had  left,  Ilobbs  and  his  men  remained  concealed 
until  dark,  fearing  another  attack ;  but,  there  being  no  signs  of  the 
enemy,  they  gathered  theu*  packs,  took  up  the  dead  and  wounded,  and, 
after  burying  the  former  under  some  old  logs  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  scene  of  action,  and  conducting  the  latter — two  of  whom  they 
were  obliged  to  carry— to  a  place  about  two  miles  distant,  they 
encamped  for  the  night.  They  arrived  at  Fort  Dummer,  in  Brattle - 
borough,  on  the  27th,  at  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  sent  the 
wounded  men  to  Northfield,  where  they  could  receive  proper  medical 
attention. 

The  number  of  Sackett's  force,  though  not  certainly  known,  was 
estimated  at  four  times  that  of  the  English,  and  it  is  probable  that 
had  he  known  his  superiority,  he  would  have  adopted  a   different 


II 


XVL]  FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WARS.  361 

method  of  warfare.  The  battle  was  regarded  by  the  people  in  the 
vicinity  as  a  master-piece  of  persevering  bravery,  and  served,  to  a 
certain  extent,  to  remove  the  unfavorable  impression  prodnced  by  the 
defeat  of  JNIelvin's  scout  a  short  time  before.  'If  I  lobby's  men  had 
been  Romans,'  says  one  writer,  '  they  would  have  been  crowned  with 
laurel,  and  their  names  would  have  been  transmitted  with  perpetual 
honors  to  succeeding  generations.'  " 

— Hall's  Hint  or  11  of  Eastern  Vennont,  18.58. 


I 


362  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTEE  XYII. 

THE    WAR    FOR   INDEPENDENCE. 

1768-1776. 

SERVICES    OF    NEW    ENGLAND    TROOPS    IN    PRECEDING    WARS. — 
TAXATION  OF  THE  COLONIES,  AND    ITS    EFFECTS. — GOV.  WENT- 

WORTH. SEIZURE    OP    AMMUNITION    AT    FORT    WILLIAM     AND 

MARY. PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  TOWN  PRIOR  TO  THE  COMMENCE- 
MENT OF  THE  WAR. — COUNTY'  CONGRESS  AND  ITS  PROCEED- 
INGS.—  COMPANIES  OP  MINUTE-MEN  FORMED.  —  AMHERST 
COMPANY  AT  CAMBRIDGE. — EXPLOITS  OP  THOMPSON  MAXWELL. 

CAPT.  CROSBY'S  CERTIFICATE. — -AMHERST    MEN    AT    BUNKER 

HILL. — THEIR  LOSSES  IN  THE  BATTLE. — ACCOUNT  OF  WASH- 
INGTON'S TAKING  COMMAND  OP  THE  ARMY". — OFFICERS  OF  THE 
AMHERST  AND  WILTON  COMPANY  AT  WINTER  HILL. — AMHERST 
MEN  IN  bedel's  REGIMENT  SURRENDERED  AT    THE    "  CEDARS," 

AND    THEIR    SUFFERINGS. AMHERST     MEN     AT     PORTSMOUTH, 

WHO    AFTERWARD    WENT     TO     TICONDEROGA     IN     COL.    LONG'S 

REGIMENT. ASSOCIATION     TEST     PAPER. AMHERST     MEN     IN 

COL.  WYMAN'S  REGIMENT  ;     IN    COL.  BALDWIN'S    REGIMENT,  AT 

WHITE    PLAINS  ;     IN    COL.    GILMAN'S     REGIMENT. ESCAPE    OP 

NEW    Y'ORK    TORIES    FROM    AMHERST    JAIL. PROCEEDINGS    OF 

THE  TOWN  IN  REGARD  TO  THE  ESTATE    OF    ZACCHEUS    CUTLER, . 

ESQ. READING    OP   THE   DECLARATION    OP    INDEPENDENCE.— 

REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  ARMY. 

Tlie  reverses  sustained  by  the  British  forces  in  America 
in  tlie  early  part  of  the  French  and  Indian  war  were 
retrieved  by  their  victories  at  a  later  date,  under  the  lead 


XVIl.J  TIIR    WAR    FOR    INDEPENDENCE.  363 

of  Amherst  and  Wolfe,  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of 
Quebec,  in  1759,  and  the  cession  of  the  Canadas  to  the 
English  a  few  years  later. 

France  and  Great  Britain  were  again  at  peace,  and  the 
tomahawk  of  the  savage  ceased  from  its  blood}'  work. 

The  New  England  j)rovinces  had  contributed  liberally  in 
men  and  moans  to  the  accomplishment  of  this  result.  No 
troo])s  did  better  service  in  the  contest  than  the  rangers 
enlisted  from  their  young  men,  who  came  out  of  the  strife 
with  confidence  in  themselves,  ready  at  all  times  to  do  battle 
for  the  right,  and  thoroughly  despising,  as  did  their  Puritan 
ancestors,  the  idea  of  cowardly  submission  to  arbitrary 
power. 

The  efforts  of  the  home  government  to  raise  a  revenue 
by  taxing  the  colonists  met  with  a  determined  resistance  in 
the  Province  of  ^lassachusetts.  Troops  were  sent  over  to 
assist  in  enforcing  the  decrees  of  government,  and  a  col- 
lision took  place  between  a  party  of  soldiers  and  some  of 
the  citizens  of  Boston,  in  which  several  of  the  latter  were 
killed.  An  attempt  to  force  the  landing  of  tea  belonging 
to  the  East  India  Company  Avas  foiled  by  its  being  thrown 
into  l>oston  harbor  by  a  party  of  the  people  disguised  as 
Indians  on  the  night  of  16  December,  1773.  Finally,  the 
port  of  Boston  was  declared  closed  l)y  the  home  govern- 
ment. 

While  the  people  of  Boston  were  suffering  from  the 
measures  adopted  by  the  English  government,  assistance  was 
afforded  them  from  other  towns  in  the  Province,  and 
many  of  the  towns  in  New  Ham})shire  contributed  liberally 
toward  their  relief. 

'  John  Wentworth,  a  native  of  Portsmouth,  was  at  that 
time  Governor. of  New  Ham]ishire.  Loyal  to  his  king,  and 
loyal  so  far  as  he  consistently  con\d  be  to  the  Province,  he 
strove  to  avert  the  threatened  storm.  Failing  in  (his.  he 
retired  from  the  Province,  which  he  never  aftt-rward 
visited. 


364  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  first  serious  outbreak  in  New  Hampshire  was  the 
seizure,  on  the  niglit  of  the  14th  of  December,  1774,  of 
the  ammunition  stored  in  Port  William  and  Mary,  in 
Portsmouth  hai'bor. 

-  Against  this  act  of  treason.  Gov.  Wentworth  protested, 
and  called  upon  the  loyal  people  of  the  Province  to  assist  in 
arresting  its  perpetrators ;  but  his  call  was  in  vain.  Pick- 
ering, Sullivan,  Langdon,  and  their  associates,  were  unmo- 
lested ;  and  in  all  probability  some  of  the  powder  taken  at 
that  time  was  used  by  the  New  Hampshire  militia,  six 
months  later,  to  send  their  leaden  greetings  to  the  soldiers 
of  the  king  on  Bunker's  hill. 

*  The  citizens  of  Amherst,  which  was  originally  a  Massa- 
chusetts township,  peopled  for  the  most  part  by  Massachu- 
setts men  and  women,  entered  at  once  heartily  into  the 
contest. 

In  anticipation  of  the  coming  trouble,  we  find  the  town, 
15  April,  1768,  voting  in  town  meeting  to  appropriate  X20 
lawful  money  "to  procure  powder  and  ammunition." 
From  this  vote  we  read  that  "  Ens.  Samuel  Stewart  dis- 
sented." A  few  years  later,  acting  in  the  spirit  of  Crom- 
well's injunction  to  his  "Ironsides"  to  keep  their  powder 
dry,  we  find  them,  15  Sept.,  1775,  voting  "to  build  a  house 
on  the  easterly  side  of  the  burying-ground  to  secure  the 
town  stock  of  ammunition."  The  house  was  directed  to  be 
built  of  chestnut  logs,  hewed  twelve  inches  thick,  and 
lathed  and  plastered  on  the  outside.  Paul  Dudley  Sargent 
and  Timothy  Smith  were  appointed  a  committee  to  complete 
the  same. 

This  house  is  well  remembered  by  many  of  the  older 
natives  of  the  town.  It  did  duty  about  seventy  years,  and 
was  finally  taken  down. 

A  convention  of  eighty-five  deputies  from  most  of  the 
towns  in  the  province,  met  at  Exeter  21  July,  1774,  and 
chose  Nathaniel  Folsom,  of  Exeter,  and  John  Sullivan,  of 
Durham,  delegates  to   attend   a   general    congress    of  the 


XVII.]  THE    WAR    FOR    INDEPENDENCE.  365 

colonics  in  Philadcl])hia,  in  the  montli  of  September  follow- 
ing. 

Paul  Dudlev  Sargent  represented  the  town  of  Amherst 
in  this  convention,  and  his  expenses  and  a  portion  of  the 
expenses  of  the  convention  were  defrayed  by  a  voluntary 
subscription  of  the  citizens. 

24  October,  1774,  Paul  Dudley  Sargent,  Daniel  Camp- 
bell, and  Benjamin  Kendrick,  were  appointed  delegates  of 
the  town  to  a  County  Congress,  and  they  were  directed  and 
instructed  "  to  use  their  endeavors  to  secure  and  maintain 
good  order  in  the  town,  and  to  use  their  utmost  efforts  tu 
ditfusc  peace  and  good  order  in  this  county,  and  excite  in 
the  minds  of  people  a  due  respect  for  all  just  measures  that 
may  be  recommended  by  the  present  Grand  Congress  at 
Philadelphia,  and  said  delegates  are  hereby  instructed  to 
take  copies  of  this  vote  from  the  clerk  and  send  to  all  the 
towns  in  the  county  that  they  sliiill  tliink  necessary,  to  con- 
stitute a  county  congress,  that  so  the  good  ends  aforesaid 
may  be  answered,  grievances  heard,  and  remonstrate  to 
such  authority  wliose  proviiu-e  it  is  to  grant  redress." 
And  they  were  to  continue  in  oflicc  until  the  next  annual 
town  meeting. 

At  the  annual  meeting  held  lo  March,  1775,  the  above 
named  delegates  were  chosen  for  another  year,  and  in- 
structed as  when  first  chosen, 

A  congress  composed  of  delegates  from  most  of  the 
towns  in  the  county  assembled  soon  after.  Capt.  .Tohn 
Stark  was  a  delegate  from  Derryfield.  The  following  ac- 
count of  the  dealings  of  this  congress  with  a  loyalist  may 
possess  some  interest: 

"rROCKEDlNGS    IN    rilK  CASK   OF   IU:XJAMI\  wiirrixfi, 
OF  noLLis. 

Whercan  the  delegates  for  the  several  towns  in  the  county  of  Hills- 
borough in  Congress  chose  a  committee  of  nine  persons  to  hear,  exam- 
ine, and  try,  Benjamin  Whiting,  Esc].,  as  an  open  and  avowed  enemy 
to  his  country,  tlie  said  AVhiting,  being  notified  of  the  time  and  place 
of  hearing,  did  not  appear. 


366  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Okdkred,  that  his  contempt  be  recorded,  and  that  upon  examina- 
tion of  sundry  depositions  and  evidences,  we  find  him  guilty  of  the 
crimes  laid  to  his  charge,  and  we  do  cantion  all  persons  from  connex- 
ions with  him. 

]\IATTIIEW  PATTEX,  Chairman. 
Amiieust,  in  X.  II.  government,  July  l-i,  1775." 

Two  depositions  against  liini  were  as  follows: 

"llohei't  Fletcher  testified  that  some  tune  in  April,  or  the  beginning 
of  May,  1774,  at  Dunstable,  in  conversation  with  Benjamin  Whiting, 
Esq.,  who  said  that  a  man  in  deponent's  place  that  did  not  endeavour 
that  the  acts  of  Parliament  should  be  put  in  execution,  ought  to  be 
damiu^d. 

Thompson  Maxwell  testified  and  said  that  in  the  month  of  May  last 
past,  I  was  riding  from  Ilollis  to  Amherst,  in  Xew  Hampshire  govern- 
ment, in  company  with  Benjamin  Whiting,  Esq.,  who  asked  me  what 
I  thought  of  Major  Sullivan's  taking  away  the  guns  and  powder  from 
Castle  William  and  Mary  ?  I  answered  that  I  looked  upon  it  as  a 
piece  of  good  conduct.  Then  said  Whiting  answered  that  said  Sulli- 
van was  a  dam'd  perjured  villian  for  so  doing,  and  a  dam'd  rebel,  and 
deserved  to  be  hanged,  that  this  spring  the  king's  standard  would  be 
set  up  in  America,  and  proclamation  made  that  those  that  would  come 
in  and  enter  their  names  would  have  a  pardon,  and  those  that  would 
not  would  be  deemed  rebels  and  suffer  death  jointly,  and  that  within 
three  months  said  Sullivan  and  John  Hancock  would  be  hanged.  The 
said  Whiting  also  said  he  hoped  I  would  come  in  and  enter  mj^  name. 
Sworn  to  before 

JOXAS  DIX,  Jus.  Peace. 
Cambridge,  July  (3,  1775.  " 

27  December,  1774,  the  town  voted  "to  approve  of  the 
results  of  the  Grand  Congress,  and  strictly  adhere  to  them," 
and  chose  a  committee  consisting  of  Col.  John  Shepard, 
Lieut,  Bcnj.  Kendrick,  Xahuni  Baldwin,  John  Shepard,  jr., 
Esq.,  Dr.  Moses  Nichols,  Daniel  Campbell,  Esq.,  Josiah 
Sawyer,  Joseph  Gould,  Paul  Dudley  Sargent,  Thomas  Burns, 
and  Samuel  Wilkins,  to  carry  into  effect  the  association 
agreement  in  this  town.  If  any  break  over  said  agreement, 
the  committee  [are]  ordered  to  publish  the  same  in  the 
newspapers. 


XVII. ]  THE    WAR    FOR   INDEPENDENCE.  367 

Voted  their  sincere  thanks  to  the  members  of  tlie  kite 
Continental  Congress,  and  to  tliose  from  this  Province  in 
])articnUir. 

13  March,  1775,  voted  three  pounds  nineteen  shillings  to 
]\rr.  Sargent,  for  liis  time  and  expenses  at  Exeter. 

19  Ajiril,  1775.  The  attack  upon  the  Lexington  militia 
by  the  Britisli  troojis  aroused  the  countiy.  In  many  of 
the  towns  in  ^Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire,  companies 
of  minute  men  luid  been  formed  and  drilled  in  anticipation 
of  the  coming  conflict.  The  ccmpany  in  Amlierst  repaired 
at  once  to  Cambridge.  At  first  it  served  under  the  orders  of 
tlie  Province  of  Massachusetts,  but  upon  the  organization 
of  the  New  Hampshire  militia,  by  the  authorities  of  the 
Province,  in  ^fay,  1775,.  it  became  a  part  of  the  tliird  New 
Hampshire  regiment,  and  was  ])laced  under  the  conunand 
of  Col.  James  Reed,  of  Fitzwilliam. 

The  town  was  represented  by  one  of  its  citizens  in  the 
"  tea  party,"  in  December,  1773,  and  in  the  Concord  "  fight" 
in  1775,  whose  story  is  as  follows : 

Thompson  IMaxwell  was  the  son  of  an  Irish  immigrant  who  settled 
in  Bedford,  Mass.  He  saw  some  service  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  and,  after  its  close,  settled  in  the  south-west  part  of  Amherst, 
where  he  gained  a  livelihood  by  farming  and  teaming.  He  frequently 
went  to  Boston,  carrying  a  load  of  country  produce,  and  on  his  return 
brought  goods  for  the  merchants  and  others  in  town. 

One  of  these  trips  was  made  in  the  month  of  December,  177:}. 
After  unloading  his  freight  he  went  to  John  Hancock's  warehouse  to 
load  for  his  return  trip.  While  thus  engaged,  Hancock  sent  word  to 
him  to  drive  the  team  to  liis  stable,  where  it  would  be  cared  for,  and 
afterward  call  at  his  counting-room.  Complying  with  the  request, 
lie  was  inforined  that  it  was  proposed  to  unload  the  tea-ships,  which  were 
then  lying  in  the  harbor  that  night,  and  that  his  assistance  would  be 
acceptable.  He  entered  into  the  plan  at  once,  assisted  in  the  business, 
and  the  next  day  drove  home   "  as  any  honest  man  would." 

He  nuide  anotlier  trij»  to  Boston  in  the  month  of  Aj)ril, 
1775.  On  his  way  home  he  stopped  for  the  night  at  the 
house  of  Ids  brotlicr-in-law,  Capt.  Jonathan  Wilson,  in 
Bedford,    who    was  captain    of    tlie    Bedford    company   of 


368  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

minute  men.  In  tlie  course  of  the  night  word  came  that 
the  British  troops  had  started  from  Boston  on  an  excursion 
into  tlic  country.  The  members  of  tlie  company  were 
summoned  at  once,  and  started  for  the  scene  of  the  ex- 
pected conflict.  He  received  an  invitation  to  accompany 
them,  which  lie  accepted,  and  went  "  well  armed."  In  the 
fight  of  that  day  Capt.  Wilson  was  killed.  After  the  fight 
was  over  Maxwell  returned  to  Bedford  and  hired  a  man  to 
drive  his  team  to  Amherst,  while  he  repaired  to  Cambridge, 
where  the  Amherst  company  arrived  shortly  after,  and  he 
took  his  ]>lace  in  the  ranks  as  its  second  lieutenant. 

The  following  will  give  us  some  idea  of  the  enthusiasm 
of  the  people  after  receiving  the  news  of  the  fight  at 
Lexington  and  Concord.  It  is  also  an  honorable  tribute  to 
Col.  John  ►'^hepard,  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  the 
towai : 

"  This  certifies  tliat  Esij.  Shepard  in  April,  1775,  went  with  a 
Detachment  of  the  ]\Ielitia,  of  about  one  hundred  men,  from  Amherst 
to  Cambridge,  aided,  assisted,  and  comforted  them,  and  at  Cambridge 
left  with  them  two  Spanish  milled  dollars. 

.TOSIAH  CROSBY." 

Nor  was  this  all  Col.  Shepard  left  with  the  "  melitia." 
On  the  back  of  the  certificate  is  a  list  of  otb.er  articles  left, 
as  follows:  Pork,  57^  lbs.,  i  bushel  beans,  1^  bushel 
to  Sargent,  some  bread,  and  H  bushel  meal. 

By  the  census  taken  that  year,  Amherst  had  328  men 
above  1(3  years  of  age,  53  of  whom  were  over  50  years  old. 
Of  these  Capt.  Crosby  says  "about  100,"  or  over  30  per 
cent.,  went  to  Cambridge.  The  census  returns  report  "  81 
men  in  the  army." 

AMHERST    MEN    IN    THE    BATTLE    OF    BUNKER    HILL. 

Stephen  Peabody,  Adjutant  of  Col.  Reed's  regiment. 

Amherst  soldiers  in  Capt.  Crosby's  Company. 

T     •  ,    r-      v.  ^  John  Mills,  "1 

Josiah  C  rosby.  capt. 

TA     •  1  -ii'-ii  •        •      1  4.  T     4.  William  Bradford, 

Daniel  VVilkins,  jr.,  1st  lieut.  D     "d  R  m  a  •         r" sergeants. 

Thompson  Maxwell,  2d  lieut.  .  ,    o  I 

Josiah  Sawyer,        J 


XVII.] 


THE  WAi;   ii)i;   iNiii;ri;Ni)i;N(F 


;i(;9 


Leimicl   Winclit'stcr,      ] 
Eleazcr  A\'.  Kiiigsbiiiy,  I 


I'etcr  (ios.s, 
Kli  Wilkins, 
Thomas  I'owell,  (huiniuur 
Jabez  llolt,  Hfcr. 
-losliua  Ahbott, 
Xathaniel  Barret, 
.Joseph  Bowtal, 
Alexander  Brown, 
.Jonathan  Burnani, 
.Foshna  Burnam, 
Thomas  Clark, 
Ixdhert  Cochran, 
.lohn  Cole, 
Stephen  Crosby, 
Xatlianiel  Crosby, 
.lacob  CurtioL', 
Benjamin  Davis, 
Tliaddeiis  Fitch, 

Amc)..  Flint, 

Tliomas  (liles. 


corpo 


•James  (Jilniore, 
Stephen  Hill, 
.Joel  Howe, 
Archelaus  Ivcnney, 
Solomon  Iv i tt redL^e , 
.Jeremiah  Lamson, 
Andrew  I^eavitt, 
-Joseph  I^eavitt, 
.Joshua  Pettingill, 
Xourse  Sawyer, 
.James  Sim])son, 
.Jonathan  Small, 
Samuel  Sternes, 
.Jonathan  Taylor, 
Kufus  Trask, 
l-:ben  Wakefield, 
.Joseph  Wakefield, 
.Jnsi'ph  Wallace, 
Sutiierick  Weston, 
.Jonathan  Wilkins, 
Samuel  Williams. 
Isaac  Wright. 


In   Capt.    Areliclau.s  Tdwuo's   company,  then   in  Stark's 
rciiinient. 


Archelaus  Towne,  capl. 
William  Bead,  corporal. 
Nathan  Ivendall,  jr.,  titer. 
Benjamin  Merrill, 
.Moses  Barron, 
.Jacob  Blo.lgett, 
.Stt'phen  ( itiuld. 


Samuel  I^amson, 
Adanr  Patterson, 
J'eter  Robertson, 
Bartholomew  Towne, 
.\rchelaus  Towne,  jr., 
Beuben  \Vheeler. 


In  Caj)t.   Levi  S[)anUling's  cuni|iany,  Reed's  leuinicnt. 


.Jo.seph  Bradford,  1st  lieut. 
lieujamin  Dike,  corporal. 
\\'illiani  Brown, 
liieiiard  (ioddiiian. 


William   I'lick, 
IJiehard  Ilugln'S, 
liobeit  B.  Wilkin 


Capt.  '{'(june'.s  company  was  at  first  a  part  of  the  twenty- 
seventh  .Massachnsctts  regiment,  nnder  the  ennnnand  of 
Cnl.  r.ridue.     At  the  time  (.r  the    l)attle  of  IJnnkcr  Hill   it 


370  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

was  one  of  the  thirteen  companies  in  the  first  New  Hamp- 
shire, or  Stark's,  regiment. 

Peter  Robertson,  a  private  in  this  eompuny  was  wounded 
wliile  crossing  "the  neck"  on  his  way  to  Bunker  Hill  by  n 
cannon  )>all,  Avhich  carried  away  his  right  liand.  He  re- 
ceived a  pension  of  20  shillings  per  month  from  the  .State, 
commencing  1  Januaiy,  1776. 

John  Cole,  a  private  in  Capt.  Crosby's  company  was 
killed  in  the  battle,  and  Robert  B.  Wilkins,  of  Capt.  Spaul- 
ding's  company  was  wounded  in  the  right  elbow  by  a  musket 
ball. 

After  the  battle  Capt.  Crosby  made  a  return  of  the  losses 
sustained  by  the  members  of  his  companv  as  follows : 

"  An  account  ol'  things  that  was  li>st  at  the  Battle  oi'  Bunker's  hill, 
on  the  17th  of  June,  1775,  belonging  to  Capt.  Crosby's  company : 
viz.,  Capt.  Crosby's  things  are  1  pistol  &  1  pair  of  worsted  stockings ; 
Lieut.  Daniel  Wilkins,  1  cotton  shirt :  Ens'n  Thompson  ^Maxwell,  1  fine 
shirt  &  1  powder-horn;  Adj't  Stephen  Peabody,  1  blanket  &  1  shirt;  C^uar- 
ter-Master  Frye,  1  coat  &  1  hat ;  Serg't  William  Bradford,  1  shirt ;  Serg't 
Jjemuel  Winchester,  1  pair  of  shoes;  Eli  Wilkins,  1  blanket  &  1  bullet 
mold;  Alexander  Brown,  1  cotton  shirt,  1  jjair  of  stockings,  &  1 
gnapsack  ;  Thaddeus  Fitch,  1  shirt,  1  pair  calfskin  pumps,  1  paii- 
trowzers,  &  gnapsack ;  Samuel  Stearnes,  1  pair  of  shoes  ;  Stephen 
Crosby,  1  greatcoat  &  1  shirt;  Jona.  Wilkins,  1  shirt;  Thomas  Giles, 
1  gun,  1  cartooch  box,  &  1  jacket ;  Thomas  Perry,  1  woolen  shirt,  1 
powder-horn,  ik  1  gnapsack  ;  .I(jseph  Route!,  1  pair  of  stockings,  1 
pair  of  Leather  Breeches  :  Nathaniel  Barret.  1  gnapsack,  1  pair  of 
shoes  and  buckles,  &  1  handkerchief;  Sam'l  Williams,  1  shirt,  &  1 
hankerchief,  &  1  gun  ;  James  Gilmore,  1  blanket,  1  handkerchief ; 
Joseph  Wakefield,  1  p'r  deerskin  breeches,  1  cartooch  box  ;  Eben'r 
Wakefield,  1  sett  of  shoemaker's  tools.  1  shirt,  2  p'rs  stockings,  &  1 
p'r  shoes  ;  Daniel  Keiiney,  1  great  coat  &  1  gun;  J(jseph  Wallis,  1  pair 
shoes;  Andrew  l^eavitt,  1  co\'t.'rlid,  1  p'r  stockings,  1  gnapsack,  & 
handkerchief;  Josiah  lawyer,  1  gun,  1  coat,  1  powder-hoin,  &  1  Bible  ; 
Joshua  Abbot,  1  gnapsack  &  p'r  of  stockings:  Joshua  Abbott,  1  gnap- 
sack &  p'r  stockings. 

JOSr.VH  Cl'vOSBY.   Cup/." 

Andrew  Jjcavitt,  Samuel  Robertson.  William  Wakeheld 
and    l']bL'n  Wineol    Wright,  enlisted    into   tije   company   19 


X\'II.]  THK    WAIJ    l-on    INDKrKNDKNCK.  oil 

June,  177o.     Of  tlioso,  Le;ivitt  seems  to   li;i\t'   1 ii    in    tin* 

l>att!e  two  days  before. 

^  Cvipt.  Crosby's  corapany  was  |»resriil  ulini  Wasliin^ton 
took  fommaiid  of  the  army,  :i  July,  1775,  of  wliicli  Andrrw 
heavilt,  one  of  the  survivors,  <;ave  the  followiiii:  ikidiiiiI  to 
the  wi-iter  many  years  since: 

'•Tilt;  otticers  |)lac<Ml  tlicir  iiirn  in  ;i>  l; 1  >li;ij(c  ii>    tln-s    ((mid.  Intt 

tlicy  were  a  motley  looking  set,  no  two  dnisscd  alike.  Some  were 
armed  witli  fowling  jiieees,  some  with  ritles,  others  with  muskets  with- 
out hayoiifts.  When  all  was  in  readiness,  Washington  and  his  statV 
advanced  to  the  s([nar('  prepared  tor  their  reception.  lie  \\a>  a  large, 
noble  looking  man.  in  the  jirime  of  life,  and  wa.s  mounted  on  a  power- 
ful V)lack  hors(!  over  which  he  seemed  to  have  perfect  control. 

.\fter  a  short  address  to  the  soldiers,  he  took  from  Jiis  pocket  a 
i'salm  hook,  from  which  he  read  the  one  hundred  and  first  I'salm 
(another  account  says  it  was  then  sung  l>v  the  soldier-  to  the  tune  i.i' 
Old  Hundred)." 

From  a  i-etiirii  maih-  of  (';i|it.  Crosby's  eompaiiv  .  'Jl  .lime, 
177"),  we  K*ani  that  on  that  day  there  were  present  and  lit 
for  ilnty,  1  eaptain,  1  lieiit.,  1  ensiun,  :\  seigcants.  4  i-or- 
jiorals,  1  (liiimmer,  and  •")i>  privates.     Total — 41. 

'2  privates  were  sick ;  1  was  wounded;  1  attended  the 
woiinde(l:  ."J  were  absent  on  fiudouirh ;  'J  had  (h'seited  :  1 
was  on  command  ;  >?  were  in  the  train;  4  were  aliseiii  witii- 
otit  lea\(',  and  1  was  missin;^'.     Total — IN. 

Phe  company  was  styleil  the  ninth  company.  The 
privates  were  paid  forty  shillin<rs  |)er  month  for  tlndr  ser- 
vices, and  the  term  of  tlieir  enlist  meiit  was  eiLrht  numths; 
many  however  continued  in  tlie  army  until  the  llritish 
evacuate(l  lioston  in  Mareh.  177*I — some  even  louLirr. 

(^hiartermasti'r  Isaac  Frye,  id'  Wilton,  reported  the  rations 
dealt  out  to  the  company  for  several  days  as  follows: 

1775.Julv  -■>  to  8;  .")(>  men  presi'ut  who  received  ^l  loaves 
bread:  ti.")  lbs.  pork:  IJtJ  lbs.  beef:  17b  irills  rice;  44  irul- 
lons  bei'i". 

July  14  to  IS;  .34  men  pri'sent  received  o4  loaves  iircad  ; 
")4  lbs.  pork;  155  lbs.  beef;  189  siills  rice. 


372  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

July  28  to  August  1 ;  54  men  present  received  54  loaves 
bread;  67i  lbs.  pork;  67-i  lbs.  beef;  189  gills  rice;  67i  lbs, 
cod-fish,  and  20  lbs.  butter. 

It  appears  from  official  documents  that  the  State  fur- 
nished 554  gallons  of  New  England  rum,  and  17592  gallons 
of  West  India  rum  for  the  use  of  its  soldiers  while  engaged 
around  Boston  in  1775. 

In  compliance  with  the  earnest  entreaties  of  Gen.  Sullivan, 
thirty-one  companies,  numbering  si.^tv-one  men  each,  were 
sent  from  New  Hampshire  to  Winter  Hill,  near  Boston,  in 
December,  1775,  to  take  the  place  of  the  Connecticut 
troops  stationed  there,  who  insisted  on  returning  home  as 
the  term  of  their  enlistment  had  expired.  The  names  of 
the  commissioned  officers  of  these  companies  alone  have 
been  preserved.  Benjamin  Taylor,  of  Amherst,  was  cap- 
tain; Nathan  Ballard,  of  W^ilton,  first  lieutenant;  and 
John  Bradford  of  Amherst,  ensign  of  the  company  raised 
in  Amherst  and  Wilton, 

Capt.  Taylor  died  at  Medford,  in  February,  1776,  before 
the  expiration  of  the  time  for  which  he  enlisted. 

The  following  receipt,  found  among  the  papers  in  the 
Adjutant  General's  ofiice,  in  Concord,  is  one  of  the  few 
relics  of  the  campaign  of  the  New  Hampshire  boys  at 
Winter  Hill,  in  the  winter  of  1775-6 : 

"CoLOXY  OF  New  HAMrsmuE,  Jiine  21,  1770. 
To  Nicholas  Gihnan,  Esq.,  II.  G. : 

Pursuant  to  a  vote  of  the  Council  and  Assembly,  pay  Deacon  Xahuni 
Baldwin  seven  hundred  and  eighty  pounds  to  pay  off  Capt.  Augustus 
Blanchard's  Conip'y,  according  to  his  instructions  from  the  General 
Assembly  to  be  accounted  for  by  him. 

M.  WEARE,  President." 
"  Received  the  contents  of  the  within  order  in  full. 

p'r  NAHUM  BALDWIN." 

Capt.  Blanchard,  then  of  Merrimack,  afterward  re- 
moved to  Amherst,  and  was  for  many  years  a  prominent 
citizen  of  the  south-west  parish,  now  Milford. 


XVII.]  Till-;  WAi;  I'oi:  indki'kndentr.  87:', 

Joiiiithau  Ihiniluun  was  ])ai(l  C\'2  4s.  lod.,  lor  iiiustciini:: 
in  tlic  tliirty-i>iic  L'oni|»ani('S  of  X.  If.  luilitia  that  scrvcil  on 
Winter  Hill  in  tin-  winter  <»t"  17T">-ii. 

A  regiment  was  raised  in  December,  1775,  and  j)laeed 
under  the  command  of  Col.  Tinjothy  Bedel,  which  was  or- 
dered to  join  the  northern  army  in  Xcw  York,  with  whieli 
it  was  to  march  to  reinforce  the  army  in  <';inada.  in  (tne 
of  the  com|)anies  in  this  I'cuiment  we  liiid  the  following 
Amherst  men: 

Daniel  \\'ilkiiis,  jr.,  capt.  Stt'phfii  Curtice, 

John  Mills,  "Jil  lieut.  Roger  Dutton, 

AVilliani  Hradionl,  ensign.  John  Farnhani, 

I5enjaniin  I  )ike,  .sergeant.  I.aral'ord  Gilbert, 

Sutherick  Weston,]  Obadiah  Holt, 

Joshua  Alibott,        |-corporals.  Solomon  Kittredge, 

Samuel  Sternes,      J  Jeremiah  Lamson, 

Thomas  Powell,  drummer.  Josej)]!  Lovejoy, 

JalMv.  Holt,  tiler.  Hugh  MeKean, 

William   Hiown,  'J'homa,s  Meleiuly. 

.\mos  Houtwell,  Aaron  Nichols, 

I'limus  Chandler,  [colored].  Isaac  Stearns. 

Jani^s  Clark,  Daniel  Wilkins,  JJd, 

James  Cochran,  Sylvester  Wilkins, 

Robert  Cochran,  Andrew  Wilkins. 

Isaac  Palmer  Curtic<-,  John  \\'iley. 

•^riiis  regiment  was  .surrendered  to  the  Uritish  and  Indians  by  its 
commanding  ofticer.  Major  Hutterfield,  at  a  place  called  "The  Cedars,'*~ 
in  May,  1770.  .Alany  of  the  men  were  inhumanly  treated  by  their 
captors.  Their  clothing  was  stripped  from  lln-ir  persotis,  and  in  this 
condition  they  were  made  to  run  between  two  tiles  of  Inclians  who 
beat  them  as  they  passed.  Years  afterward  many  of  theni  were  paid 
by  the  legislature  for  clothing  lost  at  that  time. 

After  their  exchange  they  went  to  Crown  Point,  where  Capt.  Wil- 
kins and  several  of  his  company  died  of  small-pox,  in  .Inly.  177t!. 
The  commander  of  the  army,  (Jen.  Thomas,  died  about  the  same 
time,  and  the  mortality  among  the  soldiers  was  <;o  gi-eat  that  pits  were 
tlug  into  which  their  remains  were  thrown  without  any  coHins.  When 
the  i)its  were  nearly  tilled,  a  slight  covering  of  earth  was  thrown  over 
the  bodies. 


374  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  following  Amherst  men  mustered  by  Col.  Nahum 
Baldwin,  15  April,  1776,  were  a  part  of  a  company  com- 
manded by  Capt.  Timothy  Clement,  which  Avas  sent  to 
Portsmouth  to  assist  in  guarding  the  sea  coast  and  the  forts 
in  the  harbor: 

William  Stewart,  ensign.  .Jonathan  Lyon, 

Nathan  Abbot,  Ebenezer  Odall, 

Silas  Cooledge,  Robert  Parker, 

Jonathan  Dntton,  Samuel  Shepard, 

David  Fisk,  John  Stearns, 

Kichard  (Toodman,  Asa  Swinnerton, 

Joshna  Kendall,  Archelaus  Towne,  jr., 

Zephaniah  Kittredge,  Ilenrj-  Trivet. 
Edmund  I^yon, 

This  company  with  others  was  organized  into  a  regiment 
25  September,  1776,  which  Avas  placed  under  the  command 
of  Col.  Pierce  Long.  On  the  23  November  following,  it 
was  ordered  to  Ticonderoga,  to  which  place  it  marched  in 
Fel)ruary,  1777. 

ASSOCIATION    TEST     PAPER. 

In  the  month  of  April,  1776,  the  following  paper  was  re- 
ceived by  the  selectmen,  from  the  Committee  of  Safety  of 
the  State: 

"To  the  Select  men  of  Amlterst: 

In  Committee  of  Safety,  April  12,  177fi. 

In  order  to  carry  the  underwritten  Resolves  of  the  Ilon'ble  Conti- 
nental Congress  into  execution,  You  are  requested  to  desire  all  males 
above  Twenty-One  years  of  age  (Lunaticks,  Idiots,  and  Negroes, 
excepted)  to  sign  the  declaration  on  this  paper,  and  when  so  done,  to 
make  return  hereof,  together  with  the  name  or  names  of  all  who  shall 
refuse  to  sign  the  same,  to  the  General  Assembly  or  Committee  of 
Safety  of  this  Colony. 

M.  WE  A  RE,  CJi  airman." 

In  Congress,  March  14,  1776. 

"  Resolved  that  it  be  recommended  to  the  several  assemblies. 
Conventions,  and  Councils,  or  Committees  of  Safety,  of  the  United 
States,  immediately  to  cause  all  persons  to  l)e  disai'med  within  their 
Respective  Colonies,  who  are  notoriously  disalfected  to  the  cause  of 


XVTl.] 


THK    WAH    von    FNOErENDENCK. 


:\ir, 


America,  ur  \\lu(  liave  not  as.sociattMl,  and  refuse  to  as.-ociate,  to  «lefiMMl 
by  arms  tlie  I'nited  Colonies  afjainst  the  hostile  att<'mptK  of  tin- 
Flrilisli  tlfct>  ;iii"l  .\rniii->. 

CIIAin.KS    IJlOMI'sON,  S,rrrt„n/." 

— Extrart  f'roiii  l/ir  Minutes. 

fu  consequence  <>[  the  above  resolution  of  the  Hon.  Continental 
C()n,t,ness.  and  to  show  our  deterinination  in  joininj;^our  American 
brethren  in  <lefending  the  l.ives,  liiberties  ami  Properties  of  the  In- 
habitants of  the  United  Colonies, — We  the  suliscribers  do  hereby 
engage  and  promise  that  we  will  to  the  utmost  of  our  power,  at  the 
risque  of  oin'  I.ives  and  Fortunes,  with  arms,  oppose  the  Hostile  pro- 
ceedings of  the  British  fleets  and  armies  against  the  I'nited  Colonies  : 


[For  (•oinciiieiice  of  reference  the  names  nvc 
al|ilial)i>tical  order,  and  tlio  names  of  those  who 
th(!  army  are  printed  in  capitals.] 


})lace(l  m 
>ei\<'(l    in 


Darius  AV)bott, 
Kphraim  Abbott, 
Kbenezer  Averil, 
.Fohn  Averil, 
Thomas  Averil,  jr., 
XAHl'.M   BALDWIN, 
Kphraim  Barker. 
XA'niANIKL  BAKHKl'l, 
MOSES  BARRON, 
Samuel  Blasdell, 

JACOB  blod(;ett, 

Josej'h  Biiutell, 
JOSKIMI  BOITKLL.  l'k. 
Kendal  Boutell, 
HEIBKN   liOUTELI.. 
Andrew    Bradford, 

F.xos  bi;adk()BD. 

.loilX    liKADFoKD, 
William  Bradford, 
(ieorge  Burn>, 
.lolin  Burns, 
.lOHN  BURNS,  .tu., 
.Iiihu  Burns,  'M. 
Thomas  Burns, 
Stephen  Burnam, 
( )liver  Carleton, 


Thomas  Carrell, 
THOMAS  CLARK, 
Nathan  Cleaves, 
John  Cochran, 
.Joseph  Coggin, 
HKXHY  COD.MAX. 
William  Codnum, 
.[ollX  COLE, 
X ATI! AX   COLE. 
.FO.SIAIl  CROSBY, 
Samson  Crosby, 
SILAS  CUMMIX(JS, 
•Jacob  Curtice, 
JACOB  CURTICE,    ii:.. 
Benjamin  Day, 
•John  Damon, 
Bartholomew  Dodge, 
Benjauiin  Dodge, 
.losiah  Dodge, 
David  Duncklee, 
John  Duncklee, 
.Joseph  Duncklee, 
FraiK'is  Elliott, 
JOSEl'II   FABXUM. 
S'PEIMIEX   FAHXU.M. 
Elisha  Felton, 


376 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


William  Fisk, 

William  Fisk,  jr., 

Amos  Flint, 

AMOS  FLINT,  .in., 

Nathan  Flint, 

EPHRAIM  FRENCH, 

Nathan  Fuller, 

James  Gage, 

JAMES  GTLMORE, 

ALLEN  GOODRIDGE, 

Amos  Green, 

David  Green, 

John  (5  rimes, 

Jonathan  Grimes, 

fJoseph  Gould, 

Rinhard  Gould, 

Samuel  Hall, 

SAMUEL  HARRIS, 

Benjamin  Hartshorn, 

James  Hartshorn, 

JOHN  HARTSHORN, 

John  Harwood, 

N ATH  A N lEL  II A S E LT I N E, 

Sanmel  Hemy, 

Timothy  Hill, 

Ephraim  Ilildreth, 

DAVID  HILDRETH, 

Jacob  Hildreth, 

WILLIAM  HO(iG, 

Eben  Holt,  jr., 

Lsaac  Holt, 

Reuben  Holt, 

Isaac  How, 

JOEL  HOWE, 

Benjamin  Hoi^kins, 

Benjamin  Hopkins,  jr., 

Ebenezer  Hopkins, 

RICHARD  HUGHES, 

Abner  Hutchinson, 

Eben  Hutchinson, 

Elislia  Hutchinson, 

Nathan  Hutchinson, 

NATHAN  HUTCHINSON,  lM, 


Nathan  Jones, 
Nathan  Jones,  jr., 
]\IICIIAEL  KIEFF, 
John  Kendall,  jr., 
Nathan  Kendall, 
Benjamin  K'enrick, 
Josiah  Kidder, 
HENRY  Ki:\IBALL, 
Moses  Kimball, 

solo:mon  kittredge, 
jonathan  lampson, 

William  Lampson, 
Joseph  Langdell, 
FRANCIS  LOVEJOY, 
HEZEKIAH  LOVEJOY, 
Jacob  Love  joy, 
John  Lovejoy, 

willia:\i  LOW, 

Jonathan  Lund, 
JONATHAN  LYON, 
Thomas  ^IcAllister, 
JAMES  McKEAN, 
Robert  Means, 
William  Melendy,  jr., 
BENJA:\[IN  MERRILL, 
JOHN  MITCHELL, 
DIMOND  MUZZEY. 
MOSES  NICHOLS, 
Timothy  Nichols, 
William  Odell, 
William  Odell,  jr., 
ROBERT  PARKER, 
ADAM  PATTERSON, 
JOHN  PATTERSON, 
STEPHEN  PEABODY, 
William  Peabody, 
William  Peabody,  jr., 
AVilliam  Peacock, 
Joseph  Pierce, 
Joseph  Prince, 
Joseph  Prince,  jr., 
EBENEZER  REA, 
Robert  Read. 


XVll.] 


THK    WAR    von    INDKI'KNDHNCi:. 


377 


» 


WILLIAM  KKAI), 
PETKU  HOHEKTSOX, 

.I(.lui  Hol.y. 

,i()si:rn  itoLiJXGS, 

Joiiatluiii  Sawyer, 
.lOSIAll  SAWYER, 
JOSIAIl  SAWYER,  .lu.. 
.lohn  Secombe, 
James  Seeton, 
.lohn  Seeton, 
John  Shepard,  jr., 
Joseph  Small, 
William  Small, 
WILLIAM  SMALL,  ik., 
Daniel  Smith, 
Isaac  Smith, 
Jacob  Smith, 
Jonathan  Smith, 
Timothy  Smith. 
JACOB  STAN DLEY. 
SA.MIKL  STANLEY, 
.loseph  Steel, 
Joseph  Steel,  jr. 
Daniel  Stephen.s, 
SAMl'EL  STEKXES. 
SlMl'SOX  STEWART. 
Amos  Stickney.   , 
.Samuel  Stratton, 
Jonathan  Taylor, 
Samuel  Taylor, 
\\  illiam  Taylor, 
liciijamiii    Temple, 


EbtMiezer  Temple, 
AUCIIEL AIS   roWXE. 
Israel  Tosvne, 
Israel  Towne,  jr., 
Tlioma.s  Towne, 
THOMAS  TOWXE,  lM, 
David  Truel, 
John  Tuck, 
John  Twiss, 
Jonathan  Twiss, 
I'hinehas  Upham, 
Ezekiel  I'pton, 
Thomas  Wakefield,  jr., 
JOSEPH  WALLACE, 
^^'illiam  Wallace, 
Richard  Ward, 
John  Washer, 
STEPIIEX  WASIIEK. 
Ebenezer  Weston. 
Isaac  Weston, 
Thomas  Weston. 
AHIJAII  WILKIXS, 
John  W  ilk  ins, 

JOXATIIAX  WILKIXS.  ru 
Joshua  Wilkins, 
William  Wilkins, 
LEMIEL  WINCHESTER. 
James  Woodl'ury, 
Peter  Woodliury. 
ISAAC  WRKJIIT. 
Joshua  ^Vri"lit. 


7V>  t/ie  Hoii'lile,  The  Cmiimitlee  oj'  Sa fill/  fur //if  Stiit>' of'  ytir  llnntftshire, 
or  tlif  Grni ml  Assemhli/  thereof': 

Pursuant  to  the  Re(|uest  on  this  paj'er  from  the  Committee  of 
Safety  to  us  directed,  we  have  invited  those  Persons  therein  named 
to  sign  the  Declaration  on  this  i)aper,  and  all  that  have  .seen  it  Iiave 
signed  it  except  Joxliua  Alfierton,  /-.'st/.,  .\fr.  Ihinifl  dintf/i' 11,  Mr. 
S,ii,ni,'l  Itoilg,',  and  I'nl.  Jnhn  Slirpnn/. 


IIIOMAS  W  AKI'.IILI.I).  i 
RE  Li?  EX  MISSED.  ^\<V 

SAMl'EL  WILKIXS.  ) 


ttii'ti. 


378  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

A  regiment  was  raised  in  July,  1776,  to  reinforce  the 
army  in  Canada.  It  was  commanded  by  Col.  Isaac  Wyman, 
Avas  mustered  in  K)  July,  1776,  and  served  about  three  and 
a  half  months. 

In  a  company  in  this  regiment,  commanded  by  Capt. 
William  Barron,  of  Merrimack,  we  find  the  following  sol- 
diers from  Amherst : 

JAMES  GILMOKE,  ensign.  Jonathan  Lanison, 

>*athaniel  Hazeltine, )  Ebenezer  Rea, 

Ephraim  French,        >  'sergeants,      -^yjujj^j^  i^^^^^^^  j^.^ 

Aaron  Boutell,  William  Stewart,  and 

Benjamin  Clark,  George  Wilson,  pi-ivates. 

In  Capt.  William  Harper's  company,  were 

Silas  Cooledge,  Robert  Parker,  and 

Zephaniah  Kittredge,  Joseph  Perkins,  privates. 

In  Capt.  Samuel  Wetherbee's  company,  were 

John  Averill,  and  Timothy  Nichols,  jr.,  privates. 

Stephen  Peabody,  of  Amherst,  Avas  major  of  the  regiment. 

COL.  Baldwin's  regiment. 

This  regiment  was  raised  in  September,  1776,  and 
marched  to  assist  the  army  in  New  York.  It  was  in  the 
battle  at  White  Plains,  28  Oct.,  1776,  and  was  dismissed  at 
North  Castle,  N.  Y.,  about  the  first  of  December  of  that 
year.     Amherst  was  represented  in  this  regiment  by 

Col.  Nahum  Baldwin,  and  the  following  men  who 
served  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Philip  Putnam, 
of  Wilton: 

William  Low,  ensign.  Stephen  Farnnm, 

Elijah  Averill,  John  Grimes, 

Reuben  Boutell,  John  Hartshorn, 

Ebenezer  Carlton,  Joel  Howe, 

John  Cochran,  Francis  Lovejoy, 

Jonathan  Cochran,  Isaac  Peabody, 


XVII. J  TlIK    w  \i;    lOi;    1M»KIM;NI>KNCK.  M^ 

WnA  IViia-o,  Ivii-lianl    TdWiiP. 

James  Ilea,  Thomas  Townt', 

Hf'iijaiiiiii  Smilli.  Aaron    rjitun, 

Danit'l  Smitli,  .Jiisc|ili  Wallacf.  and 

lii-iijaiiiiii  Taylor,  .Fonatliaii  \\'ilkiii-,  )iiivalt's. 

In  (';ipt.  Kcad's  (•(mi|i;iiiy .  were 

^\'iHiam   liead,  captain.  Andn-w   Klliot,  private-. 

\\  luMi  a  reipiisitiou  was  matle  npoii  the  town  of  Salisbury  for  men 
rii  till  its  quota  in  tliis  rHt^'imcnt,  it  is  reported  that  t'apt.  Khene/.er 
\Vi'l)ster  said.  "'I'lii>  town  lia>  tiili-d  all  its  ijuotas,  and  no  om-  can  ho 
lonipt'llt'd  to  go;  Imt  as  the  case  is  urgent,  I  will  volunteer  to  go." 
Others,  most  if  not  all  of  whom  had  been  otticers,  and  had  seen 
service  in  former  wars,  also  volunteered,  and  joined  the  company 
under  the  coninuind  of  Capt.  Henjaniin  Kmery,  of  Concord,  as  private.s. 
and  marched  to  the  seat  of  war.  In  tiie  battles  and  skirmishes  in 
which  tlie  regiment  was  engaged,  ('apt.  Webster's  experience  in 
iiiilitary  matters  was  said  to  have  been  of  great  value  to  its  officers. 

After  the  return  of  the  regiiii'Mit.  the  surgeon.  Dr.  liarnes,  testified 
liefore  a  committee  of  the  legislature  tliat  '-many  of  the  men  were 
sick  while  in  the  .service,  ami  he  expxicted  they  would  die  for  want  of 
Mierlicine,  nothing  of  the  kind  having  l>een  jmivided  at  the  piddic  ex- 
[lense.  Whereupon  the  pity  and  humanity  of  the  Lieut.  Colonel 
[(iordon  Ilutchins]  l>eing  raised,  he  procured  medicines  at  his  own 
expen.se  to  the  amount  of  'i-l  8s.  7d."  .\fter  hearing  the  surgeon's 
statement,  the  legislature  voted  to  pay  Col.  Ilutchins  V)  6s.  Od.  for 
his  outlay.  \i  tiie  same  session  Col.  Haldwin  was  alloweil  !i'^0  iSs. 
1()<1.  for  boarding  and  nursing  sixty  persons  belonging  to  his  regi- 
ment. 

Another  rejrinient  was  luisoil  in  Drccmher.  1TT»),  to  i-e- 
inforco  the  army  in  nortlii-i-n  New  Voik.  'Phis  was  placed 
under  the  eonimand  oi"  ('<»!.  I>avid  (lilnian.  In  llii>  resri- 
incnt,  the  followiiii:-  Amherst  men  served  in  tlie  cnmiiany 
cttnunandeil  liv  ("apt.  William    Walker.nl    hnnslalde: 

.lonathan  CiK'hran.  .Vbiel  Ilolt. 

Isaac  1*.  Curtice.  Kbene/er  (  Mell, 

.lacoli  Curtice,  .Fohn  Taylor. 

Koger  Dutton.  >{obert  H.  Wilkins. 
Stephen  (hhiIiI. 


380  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

A  special  town  meeting  held  22  May,  1775,  was  the  last  one  called 
in  "  His  Majesty's"  name  in  Amherst.  The  constables  were  simply 
directed  by  the  selectmen  to  warn  the  Inhabitants  of  the  town  of 
Amherst  to  the  next  meeting,  held  14  August,  1775.  A  meet- 
ing, held  24  October,  1775,  was  called  in  the  name  of  the  "  Province  " 
of  New  Hampshire.  After  this,  until  the  declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, the  town  meetings  were  called  in  the  name  of  the  "  Colony  of 
New  Hampshire."  Since  11  September,  1776,  the  meetings  of  the 
town  have  been  called  in  the  name  of  the  "  State  of  New  Hampshire." 

14  August,'  1775.  The  Selectmen  having  purchased  a  quantity  of 
salt  for  which  they  had  given  their  security,  the  town  Voted  that  they 
should  have  three  months  from  the  fourth  of  July  last  past,  to  sell  it 
to  the  inhabitants  of  the  town.  If  it  was  not  all  sold  at  that  time, 
they  were  authorized  to  assess  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  for  what 
remained  on  hand. 

Parties  of  loyalists,  or  tories,  were  sent  by  the  authorities  of  the 
vState  of  New  York  to  be  confined  in  the  jails  in  New"IIampshire.  Of 
these,  the  following  were  ordered  to  be  sent  to  Amherst  jail,  22  Nov., 
1776 : 

Alexander  Andrews,  John  Hitchcock, 

Peter  Brown  [to  be  kept  in  irons],     Laughlin  McGafBii, 

Thomas  Bullis,  Isaac  Man, 

William  Burns,  Abraham  Nath  [to  be  in  irons], 

Nathaniel  Douglas,  Thomas  Pearson, 

Johathan  Farmachiff,  .Johannes  Vanzelin,  and 

John  Feathers,  James  Waddie. 

Not  liking  their  accommodations  the  prisoners  soon  broke  jail  and 
escaped.  Hitchcock,  who  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  some 
talent,  left  behind  the  following  verses,  the  latter  part  of  which  were 
said  to  be  aimed  at  one  of  the  town  committee  of  safety,  who  had 
i-endered  himself  obnoxious  to  the  prisoners  by  his  excessive  zeal  in 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office.  Tradition  has  it  that  many 
of  the  whigs  enjoyed  them  greatly  : 

Come  all  ye  people,  hear  the  rout, 
The  jail  is  broke,  the  pris'ners  're  out 

Resolving  to  be  free  ; 
So  mount  your  horses,  load  your  guns. 
And  see  you  catch  them  every  one. 

And  brine'  them  back  to  me. 


XVII. J  THK    WAU    FOR    INDEPENDENCE.  381 

I  heard  a  man  Iroiii  Wilton  say, 
That  just  about  the  break  of  day, 

As  he  to  market  came, 
To  sell  his  butter  and  his  cheese, 
lie  spied  some  tories  he  believed, 

Straight-way  a  marching  home. 

Pull  ofl'  for  blood  and  raise  the  town, 
Be  carefid  to  waylay  the  ground 

liefore  they  you  pass  by; 
AValch  every  hollow,  plain  and  ridge 
And  set  a  guard  at  every  bridge, 

And  catch  them  nappingly. 

For  all  the  people  know  it  round. 
That  I  'm  Committkic  for  our  town, 

And  if  these  men  be  lo^t, 
I'll  venture  fifty  pounds  to  one. 
That  if  the  Congress  hear  they  're  gone. 

That  I  shall  lose  my  Post. 

Other  parties  of  New  Yoi'k  loyalists  were  sent  to  Amherst 
jail.  They  were  supplied  with  such  elothiiiu'  as  they  stood 
in  need  of  at  the  expense  of  the  State.  The  expenses  of 
their  eonliiienieiit  were  afterward  rejiaid  l)y  the  State  cf 
New  York. 

The  followinu'  action  in  rejrard  to  the  estate  of  Zaceheus 
Cutler,  Ks(|.,  was  taken  by  the  town  at  a  meeting  held  30 

April,  177<)  : 

"Whereas  Zaceheus  Cutler,  formerly  of  Amherst,  in  the  County  of 
Hillsl)orough  and  Colony  of  New  Hampshire,  has  in  a  very  daring 
manner  proved  himself  inimical  to  his  Country,  and  absconded  from 
Andierst  aforesaid,  and  joined  our  unnatural  enemies  at  Boston,  at 
I  he  same  time  leaving  behind  him  lands,  buildings,  &c.,  to  a  considera- 
l>le  value.  And  for  prevention  of  his  estate  coming  to  strip  and 
waste,  we,  the  iidial>itants  of  Andierst,  pass  the  following  votes:  vi/.. 

Voted  to  improve  the  estate  of  Zaceheus  Cutler,  iCs(|. 

\'oti(l  tiii'ir  ((iMunittee  of  Safety  l>e  a  committee  to  improve  said 
estate. 

Voted  the  niannrr  of  improviiiL;  >:iid  estate  he  left  discn-tioiiary 
with  said  committee. 


382  HISTORY  OF  amhp:rst.  [Chap. 

A^oted  said  Coiiunittee  pay  the  profits  arising  on  said  improvenieut 
to  him  or  them  whose  I'ight  it  may  be  to  make  a  demand  therefor." 

Against  this  action  of  the  town,  Col.  John  Shepard, 
Capt.  Israel  Towne,  Ensign  William  Peabody,  and  Mr. 
Thomas,  Towne,  entered  their  protest,  for  reasons  "that 
would  be  given  at  a  proper  time  if  called  for."' 

Tlie  British  army  evacuated  Boston  in  March,  1776,  and 
the  seat  of  war  was  transferred  to  the  Middle  States  and 
the  northern  frontiei-. 

18  July,  177H,  the  declaration  of  Independence  was  re- 
ceived and  proclaimed  by  Moses  Kclley,  Esq.,  Sheriff  of 
the  County,  with  beat  of  drum  from  the  horse  block,  which 
then  stood  on  the  common  in  front  of  the  meeting-house. 
On  the  same  day  it  was  read  to  the  people  of  Exeter,  by 
John  Taylor  Gilman. 

In  many  of  the  towns  in  Massachusetts  it  was  read  from 
the  pulpits  in  the  churches  the  first  Sunday  after  its  re- 
ception, and  entered  upon  the  town  records. 

At  the  close  of  this  year  the  prospects  of  the  patriots  were  gloomy 
in  the  extreme.  They  had  suffered  losses,  but  had  achieved  no  substan- 
tial victories.  Their  means  were  nearly  exhausted,  and  the  soldiers, 
enlisted  for  short  terms,  were  constantly  returning  to  their  homes. 
To  remedy  this  latter  evil,  Congress  determined  to  establish  a  perma- 
nent military  organization,  in  which  the  men  should  be  enlisted  for 
three  years,  or  during  the  war,  the  otfioers  to  be  appointed  and  pro- 
moted by  the  General  Congress.  I'nder  this  arrangement  the  quota 
required  of  New  Hampshire  was  divided  into  three  regiments,  com- 
manded by  John  Stark,  James  Reed,  and  Enoch  Poor.  Poor  being 
soon  after  appointed  Brigadier-General,  Stark  quitted  the  service. 
Reed  becoming  blind  also  retired,  and  the  regiments  were  placed 
under  the  command  of  Joseph  C'illey,  Xathan  Hale,  and  Alexander 
ScammelJ. 

This  action  of  Congress  placed  the  army  upon  a  sub- 
stantial basis. 


win. J  THE    W.Vi:    FOR    INliKFEiNDENCE.  383 


chapti:h  x\  hi. 

Tin:    WAR    FOR    L\ DEPENDENCE. 

1777-78-79. 

PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE    TOWN    IN    REGARD    TO    ITS    SOLDIERS. A 

COMMITTEE  CHOSEN  TO  AFFIX  AND  SETTLE  I'RICES  OF  ARTICLES 
OF  MERCHANDISE.  —  A.MilERST  SOLDIERS  IN  THE  CONTINENTAL 
ARMY,  WITH  THE  COMl'ANIES  AND  REGIMENTS  IN  WHICH  THEV 
SERVED,  AND  THE  PERIODS  OF  THEIR  ENLISTMENTS. —  VOLUN- 
TEERS FOR  THE  DEFENCE  OP  TICONDERO«  J  A. —  A  MHEKST  SOLDIERS 

AT  HENN1N(;T0N  and  SARAT0(;A. articles  of  CONFEDERATION 

ADOPTED. BANISHMENT  OF  LOYALISTS  AND  CONFISCATION  OF 

THEIR      PROPERTY. — ADVERTISEMENT      OF      THE       SALE      OF 

ZACCQEUS    CITLER'S    PROPERTY. AMHERST    MEN     AT    RHODE 

ISLAND,    1778,  WILLIAM    HASTINGS. — COMMITTEE    CHOSEN    TO 

PROVIDE     FOR     soldiers'    FAMILIES. I'ROCEEDINfJS     OF     THE 

TOWN  RELATIVE    TO    RAISING    SOLDIERS. DELEGATES    CHOSEN 

TO  A  STATE  CONVENTION  TO  REGCLATE  THE  PRICES  OF  PRODUCE, 

ETC. PETITIONS     OF     MRS.     MUNROE    AND    CAPT.     ARCHELAUS 

TOWNE,    TO    THE    GENERAL    COURT. NAMES    OF    ONE    YEAR's 

MEN    1  (  RNISHED    FOR    THE    CONTINENTAL    ARMY    IN     177'.*. 

SOLDI  KI.'S   AT  RHODE  ISLAND  AND  PORTSMOUTH,  177!'. 

31  Mar(.-li.  1777.  The  town  voted  to  leiiiit  tlic  poll-tax  of 
those  iK'isoiis  who  .served  as  soldiers  in  the  Contiiieiital  army 
the  whole  ol'  hist  year. 

yiO  June,  1777.  Voted,  in  ease  there  sjiould  be  an  imme- 
diate eall  for  men  to  serve  in  the  Continental  army,  to  allow 
those  who  are  disposed  to  enlist  the  same  eneonragcment 
they  have  heretofore  paiti,  and  to  assess  the  amonnt  neces- 
sary for  this  pnrpose  ujion  the  polls  and  estates  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  town. 


384 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Capt.  Stephen  Peabody,  Capt.  Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  and  Mr. 
Solomon  Kittredge  were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure 
soldiers  on  the  terms  mentioned  above. 

Col.  Nahum  Baldwin,  Mr.  Stephen  Burnam,  Mr.  William 
Walhice,  Mr.  Andrew  Bradford,  and  Mr.  Timothy  Smith, 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  affix  and  settle  prices  upon 
sundry  articles. 

In  a  return  made  by  Col.  IMoses  Nichols,  19  March,  1779, 
we  have  the  names  of  the  men  employed  by  the  town  to  fill 
its  quota  in  the  Continental  army  in  the  years  1777,  '78  and 
'79,  the  period  of  their  enlistment,  and  tlie  regiments  and 
companies  in  which  they  served,  as  follows: 


Stephen  Abbot, 
Elijah  Ave  rill, 
Joshua  Blodgett, 
Peter  Brewer, 
William  Brown, 
James  Cochran, 
Jonathan  Cochran, 
Robert  Cochran, 
Silas  Cooledge, 
Robert' Cunningham,  jr., 
Robert  Cunningham, 
Ezekiel  Davis, 
'Joseph  Davis, 
Benjamin  Dike, 
John  Dow, 
John  Dutton, 
Richard  Goodnuxn, 
Jude  Hall, 
Henry  Harris, 
Richard  Hughes, 
Daniel  Kidder, 
Robert  Parker, 
Thomas  Powell, 
William  Shaddock, 
Isaac  Smith, 
Isaac  Stearns, 
,Tohn  Taggart, 
Xathan  Tuttle, 


Cillev's  Reg't,       Wait's  Co.,  for  3  years. 


Richards's.Co., 
Morrill's  Co., 
Wait's  Co., 
Scott's  Co., 

Wait's  Co., 


for  the  war. 
for  3  vears. 


for  the  war. 
for  ;3  years. 


Richards's  Co., 
Wait's  Co., 


"  "         Richards's  Co., 

"  "         Wait's  Co., 

Scammel's  Reg't,  Frye's  Co., 
Cilley's  Reg't,        Richards's  Co., 

Wait's  Co., 
Scammel's  Reg't,  Frye's  Co., 
Cilley's  Reg't,       Morrill's  Co., 

Wait's  Co.. 
Scammal's  Reg't,  Frye's  Co., 
Cilley's  Reg't,        Morrill's  Co., 
"  "         Wait's  Co., 


/ 


XVIII.]                    THK 

WAI!   FOR   INDEPENDRNrE. 

;i8r> 

Hfiilx'u  A\'liL'eler, 

Cilley's  Heg't,        Wait's  Co., 

loj-  ;i  yars 

Asa  Wilkiiis, 

Scaiiiniel's  Keg't,  Frye's  Co., 

" 

Robert  B.  Wilkins, 

11                  11                  ^^            i( 

i<         i< 

Sylvester  Wilkins, 

Cilley's  Reg't,       Wait's  Co., 

" 

Geori^p  Wilson, 

"            "             "         " 

"         " 

John  Uano  was  hired  by  Ainlierst,  hut  altLTUuid  (h'»i(h'(l 
to  Ix'long  to  Andover. 

Peter  JJrcwer  wa.s  a  cohirrMl  mun.  from  \e\v  Ho.ston. 

Jude  Hall,  another  colored  man,  was  from  Koisintrtoii. 

Joshna  Blodge'tt  was  from  Litchfield. 

Silas  Cooledge  and  John  Taggart,  from  IIillsl)uruugh. 

The  Ciiimin'j'h:iin'<.  fi-om  ncrryliclil. 

William  Shadilock,  from    IJosraweii. 

On  the  advance  of  (Jen.  Burgoyne'.s  army  toward  Ticon- 
deroga,  in  the  summer  of  1777,  thousands  of  volunteers 
marched  from  various  places  in  Xew  England,  to  assist  in' 
the  defence  of  that  stronghold. 

Two  companies,  under  the  command  of  Maj.  Abial  Abbot, 
of  Wilton,  marched  -HO  June,  1777.  for  the  threatened 
fortress.  On  reaching  Ciiarlestown  (  Xo.  4 ),  they  were 
ordered  home,  but  when  they  had  reachc<l  l>id)lin,  on  their 
return,  they  received  orders  "to  march  with  all  speed  to 
Ticonderoga."  When  they  readied  Otter  Creek,  they  heard 
of  its  pvacuiitioii. 


AMiii:i;>r  mf.x  in  iiiksk  ( o.mi- axiks. 

In  ( 'apt.   reiiliody's  eoiiijciiiy  : 


Capt.  S(e}>hiMi  r.-alxidy, 
Lieut.  John  Hradfonl, 
I',nsii;n  John  Patterson, 
Corporal  Amos  Klliot, 
Natl)an  Cole, 
Josiah  Crosby; 
Stephen  Crosby, 
William  Crosby, 
Isaac  r.  Curtice, 
.Facol>  Curtice, 
25 


IJo-er  Dutton. 
Khenezer  Hutchinson 
Jonathan  Lamson. 
John  Lovejoy, 
Williani  Low, 
Jonathan  Lyon, 
lienjamin  Merrill, 
Timothy  Nichols,  jr., 
Adam  Patterson, 
Thomas  Peabodv, 


386 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Abel  Prince, 
Josiah  Sawyer, 
John  Stewart, 
Simpson  Stewart, 


Benjamin  Taylor. 
John  Wallace, 
Stephen  Washer, 
Jonathan  AVillianis 


In  Capt.  Nathan  BaUard's  company: 

Moses  Peabody, 
Benjamin  Sawyer, 
Daniel  Smith, 
Samuel  Stewart, 
William  Stewart, 
William  Talbert, 
Henry  Trivett, 
Thomas  Underwood, 
Solomon  Washer. 


1st  Lieut.  Joseph  Farnuni, 
LM  Lieut.  Eli  Wilkins, 
Sergeant  Nathan  Hutchinson 
Moses  Averill, 
Samuel  Curtice, 
Allen  Goodridge, 
Asa  Lewis, 
Aaron  Nichols, 
Kbenezer  Odell, 


After  the  fall  of  Ticonderoga,  an  earnest  appeal  was  made 
by  the  people  of  V^ermont  to  the  authorities  of  New  Hamp- 
shire for  aid  to  resist  the  progress  of  the  British  forces 
through  their  state. 

.  The  legislature  met  <it  Ex(;ter,  and  in  three  days  organized  an   ex- 
pedition to  march  to  their  assistance  against  the  common  enemy. 

Col.  John  Stark  was  put  at  its  head,  and  it  resulted  in  the  victory 
at  Bennington,  the  turning  point  of  the  war  for  Independence. 

After  organizing  this  expedition,  tlie  legislature  appoirited  the 
seventh  day  of  August  following  to  be  observed  as  a  day  of  fasting, 
humiliation,  and  jjrayer,  throughout  the  State. 

In  the  battle  of  Bennington  the  regiment  commanded  by  Col. 
Nichols,  of  Amherst,  commenced  th3  attack,  and  Capt.  John  Brad- 
ford, of  the  Amherst  company,  is  said  to  have  'been  llu'  second  man 
who  mounted  the  Hessian  breast-work. 

The  Amherst  men  euiraged  in  the  battle  were: 


Col.  Moses  Nichols,  comnianding  i 
Col.  Stephen  Peabody,  aid  to  Oen. 
,JoIin  Bradford,  captain. 
John  Mills,  1st  lieut. 
Joseph  Farnuin,  '2d  lieut. 
John  Patterson,  ensign, 
.loel  Howe,  1 

Nathaniel  Hazeltine,  ! 
Jonathan  Wilkins,  I 
James  (rilmore,  J 


<eri;eanb 


regiment. 
Stark. 

Naclian  Cole,    ~] 
Jacob  Curtice,  ^-corporals. 
Amos  Elliott,  J 
Reuben  Boutell, 
David  Burnam, 
Israel  B^n'^a-TO) 
Jonathan  Burnam, 
Stephen  Crosby, 


XVI 11.] 


THE    WAR    FOR    INKKRENDENTK. 


38" 


William  Crosby, 
Isaac  Curtis, 
Samuel  Curtis, 
Stephen  Curtis, 
Roger  Dutton, 
Jedidiah  Klliinvood. 
John  P^vcrdon, 
Laraford  CJilhert, 
Allen  (iondridut', 
1  )aiiicl  (In-en, 
Samuel  Harris. 
William  Hogg, 
()l)a(liali  Holt, 
.Joseph  -lewett, 
Caleb  Jones, 
Eli  Kimball, 
Solomon  Kittredge, 


•Jonathan  I.amson, 
Asa  I^ewis, 
Benjamin  Merrill, 
Ebenezer  Udell, 
Joshua  Pettingill, 
.Tames  Kay, 
Henjaniin  Sawyer. 
Andrew  Shannon. 
Benjamin  Stearns, 
Sanmel  Stewart, 
Simpson  Stewart, 
Benjamin  Taylor, 
Henry  Trivett. 
.John  Wallace, 
Eli  Wilkins, 
(Jeorge  ^^'ilson,  private 


111  ('apt.  Ford's  coiupaiiy.  Niclntls's  i-c^iiiiciil.  wcrr 


Silas  (iould, 
Solomon  Hulchinsiin, 


liobert  Barker,  and 
Eleazer  I'sher, 


Col.  Nichols  was  employed  72  days  in  this  campaign,  ("apt.  Brad- 
ford and  company  71  days.  They  received  !i2V-i  as  boimty  ami 
advance  wages,  at  the  time  of  their  enlistment,  and  ilitll.  7s.  Od.  as  a 
balance  due  for  their  services  18  Dctobi-r.  1777. 

.Vrchelaus  'J'owne,  Francis  (J rimes,  and 

Archelaus  Towne,  jr..  William  Hogg, 

marciii'd  and  joine<l  tiie  army  under  (Jen.  (iates,  at  Saratoga,  in  Sept. 

1777. 

Aniniiu'  the  old  |ta])crs  in  the  oilicc  ot  the  Seei-iMiii'v  of 
Ihc  State,  is  the  loUowiiii:'  order  foi-  |  ayint-ut  ol'  sii|i|ilies 
t'linnshfil  loi- the  UfiiniiiLitoii  cxi  edit  ion  : 


Statk  Ol   Ni;\\   ilAMi'^niitr,  April  •_'.  177!'. 
7'()  Xic/iolas  GUnian,  LJ.<(j.,  R.  (J.: 

Pursuant  to  a  vote  of  Council  and  .\ssembly,  pay  .Josiah  Crosiiy 
and  Hezekiah  Lovejoy  twenty-five  pounds,  twelve  shillings,  for  camp 
utensils  for  Gen.  Stark's  bri-ade." 

i;25,  IJs.  M.  \VI:AKE.  Bresid't. 


388  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  articles  of  confederation  and  perpetual  union  agreed 
upon  by  Congress,  15  November,  1777,  were  laid  before  the 
town  at  a  meeting  held  27  January,  1778. 

After  liearing  them  read,  the  town  voted  "  their  approval 
of  the  articles  of  confederation  and  perpetual  union." 

At  the  same  meeting  William  Bradford,  Oliver  Carlton 
and  William  Larason,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  provide 
the  necessaries  of  life  for  the  families  of  the  non-commis- 
sioned officers  and  soldiers  from  this  town  in  the  army. 

By  an  act  of  the  General  Court  of  New  Hampshke,  passed  19  No- 
vember, 1778,  seventy-seven  persons  named  in  the  act,  who  had  left  the 
State,  were  forbidden  to  return  without  leave  first  had  and  obtained 
by  special  act  oi  the  General  Court,  and  should  they  thereafter  be 
found  at  any  time  within  the  limits  of  the  State  without  such  license, 
they  were  to  be  arrested,  and  after  examination  sent  to  some  part  of 
the  British  dominions,  or  to  some  place  in  the  possession  of  the  British 
forces,  at  their  own  expense  ;  or  if  they  were  unable  to  pay  the  expense 
they  were  to  he  sent  at  the  expense  of  the  State.  If  they  were  found 
within  the  limits  of  the  State  thereafter,  thej'  were  to  be  put  to 
death. 

Many  of  the  persons  thus  proscribed  had  been  among  the  leading 
men  in  the  province.  Gov.  John  Wentworth,  Capt.  Robert  Rogers, 
the  famous  ranger;  Benjamin  Thompson,  afterward  Count Rumford ; 
Edward  (i.  Lutwyche,  of  ]\Ierrimack ;  William  and  John  Stark, 
brother  and  nephew  of  Gen.  John  Stark,  were  of  the  number;  also 
two  citizens  of  Amherst,  Zaccheus  Cutler.  Esq.,  trader,  and  John 
Holland,  gentleman. 

By  another  act  of  the  General  C'ourt,  passed  2S  November,  1778,  the 
estates,  real  and  personal,  of  many  of  the  persons  named  in  the  pi'e- 
vious  act,  were  declared  to  be  forfeited  to  the  use  of  the  State.  Three 
commissioners  were  appointed  in  each  county  to  take  possession  of 
such  estates  and  sell  the  same  at  auction,  and  account  to  the 
State  for  the  proceeds  of  the  sales.  Col.  Moses  Nichols,  of  Amherst, 
James  Underwood,  Esq.,  of  Litchfield,  and  Col.  Noah  Lovewell,  of 
Dunstable,  were  appointed  commissioners  for  Hillsborough  county. 

The  following  advertisement  is  found  in  the  N.  H.  Gazette,  pub- 
lished at  Portsmouth,  12  January,  1779  : 

STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Hillsborough  ss.  To  be  sold  at  public  auction,  on  Tuesday,  the 
twelfth  day  of  January  next,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  at  tlie  house  lately 


XVili.J  TIIK    WAR    FOR    INDIU'ENDKNCE.  389 

occupied  by  Zaccheus  Cutler,  K.S(|.,  ;it   AnilnM-st,  an   aljscMtco,  all    (lie 
personal  estate  of  said  Cutler. 

IiV  ordi'v  of  the  General  Coml. 

MOSES  NICHOLS.      )  ,, 
NOAH  LOVKWKI.L,  ,  <  '""»"'"^^- 

Amherst,  Decenilier  2"),  177S. 

A  brigado  of  the  New  Hampshire  militia,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Gen.  William  Whipjjle,  was  sent  to  lihode  Island 
in  the  summer  of  1778,  to  assist  in  an  attack  upon  the 
British  forces  stationed  there. 

Col.  Moses  Nichols  commanded  one  of  the  regiments, 
Lieut.-Col.  Stephen  Peabody  one  of  the  l)attallions.  Capt. 
John  Bradford  was  adjutant  in  Col.  Nichols's  regiment,  and 
Col.  Daniel  Warner,  quartermaster. 

The  I'ollowing  Amherst  men  served  in  Col.  Nichols's  regi- 
ment, in  the  company  commanded  i)y  ('apt.  Josiah  Crosby: 

Josiah  Crosby,  captain.  Keuben  D.   Mussey, 

Hezekiali  Lovejoy,  lit'ut.  Tiinotiiy  Nichols,  jr.., 

John  Mills,  "I  Kbenezer  Odell, 

Josiah  Crosby,  jr.,  ;■  sergeants.  John  Odell, 

.Mien  (ioodridge,    J  Peter  IJobinson. 

John  Cole,  »  ■  Joseiih  HoUins. 

T        ii        w-u  ■  corporals.  »       ,     .        , 

Jonathan  \\  ilkins,  y        '  Jacob  Stanley, 

John  Bout. '11,  Samuel  Stanley, 

Knos  Hratlford,  Jotham  Stearn.s, 

John  Carlton,  Thomas  Stevens, 

Daniel  Chandler,  William  Stewart. 

Stephen  Crosby,  B.-njaniin  Taylor. 

Silas  Cummings,  Jonathan  'I'ayloi-, 

James  Kllinwood,  William  Talbert, 

John  Kverden,  Bartholomew  Towne, 

Stephen  Farinim,  Solomon  Wa.«her,  privates. 

Henjamin  Lewis, 

In  Capt.  Reynolds's  company  were 

Roger  Dutton.  James  Kay, 

Kbenezer  OdfU,  .John  Stevens, 

Joshua  Pettingill,  John  Wallace,  privates. 


390  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap, 

In  Capt.  Dearborn's  company  were 

William  Hastings,  John  Ellsworth. 

Andrew   Biirnani, 

William  Hastings  was  wounded  by  a  cannon  ball,  29  August,  1778, 
and  lost  a  leg  in  consequence  of  the  wound.  After  his  return  he 
applied  to  the  Genei-al  Court  for  assistance,  which  was  granted,  £49, 
8s.  being  allowed  him  for  his  expenses  at  Rhode  Island,  and  his  name 
was  placed  on  the  pension-list  to  receive  half  pay  fronr  1  January, 
1779.  He  continued  to  receive  a  pension  from  the  State  and  the 
Ignited  States  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

8March,1779.  Benjamin  Hopkins,  jr.,  William  Odell,  and 
James  Woodbury,  were  cliosen  a  committee  to  provide  for 
the  Tamilies  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers 
belongino-  to  this  town  in  the  array. 

7  June,  1779.  The  town  voted  "that  they  will  take  a 
method  to  raise  the  soldiers  called  for  to  sei've  in  the  Con- 
tinental army.'" 

Voted  "that  the  selectmen  prepare  and  present  a  petition 
to  the  General  Court  asking  for  a  law  to  enable  the  town  to 
make  and  recover  an  average  of  what  has  been  paid  as  an 
encouragement  to  soldiers  to  go  into  the  service  of  their 
country." 

29  June,  1779.  Voted  to  add  fifty  bushels  of  Indian 
corn,  or  its  equivalent  in  currency,  to  the  State  and  Conti- 
nental bounties  offered  each  soldier  who  shall  enlist  during 
the  war,  and  the  raising  of  the  soldiers  on  the  above  en- 
couragement was  referred  to  the  commissioned  officers  (of 
the  militia). 

5  August,  1779.  Mr.  Timothy  Smith,  Col.  Stephen  Pea- 
body,  and  Capt.  John  Bradford,  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  procure  the  quotas  of  men  which  should  hereafter  be  re- 
quired of  the  town  during  the  war,  and  they  were  instructed, 
immediately  after  they  had  raised  the  men,  which  from 
time  to  time  might  be  reijuired,  to  render  a  true  account, 
upon  oath  to  the  selectmen,  of  the  money  they  had  advanced 
or  promised  to  the  men  they  had  hired,  and  the  selectmen, 


will.]  Tni;  WAR  ini:  iNi'Ki'KShKNCF.  ;'.91 

foi"  t lie  tiinr  l>^'illL^  Hi-  their  surcossors,  were  iiist nictnl  to 
assess  the  sjunc  u|miii  the  ii)li;iliit:iiits  ot'  tlic  town  in  tlir 
same  iiianiicr  that  the  state,  county,  and  town  taxes  wen^ 
assessed;  collect  the  inoiu  y  as  soon  as  miuiit  he.  and  pay  it 
over  to  the  oommittee  tor  the  |i;iyiiie!ii  ol'  the  liahilities 
they  had  iiiemred  in  the  said  service. 

At  the  same  nieetiiiL'"  the  town  voted  that  llie\  u<ndd  not 
allow  any  thinir  for  the  tinu'  spent  In  the  xolnnteers  last 
summer  at  Ivhode  Island,  in  the  avera)L!;e  tor  raisinj;  soldiers 
for  the  Rhode  Island  and  ('oniinental  service  the  present 
year. 

15  Septemher.  177'.'.  \'oted  to  raise  twenty  thousand 
dollars  for  hirinu'  tlu-ir  ipiotas  of  men  for  carrying;  on  the 
war  in  the  future,  and  the  s(dect men  were  directeil  to  assess 
the  above  sum  in  the  common  way  of  assessin,<r,  an<l  pay  it 
into  the  town  treasury  as  it  is  collected. 

Capt.  Lovejoy  was  added  to  the  committee  for  hiring  men 
for  the  army,  and  the  committee  were  authori/cd  to  hire 
such  sums  of  money  as  might  he  necessary  in  case  the 
grant  made  this  day  should  he  insutlicient  for  the  purpose 
required. 

6  SejAemher,  17T'.i.  TIk'  town  voted  to  join  with  the 
other  towns  in  this  State  in  holding  a  c(»nvention  at('(uief)rd, 
on  the  2'2d  <lay  of  Septeml)er  inst.,  for  the  purpose  of  regu- 
lating the  prices  of  produce  and  merchandise  in  said  State, 
and  chose  Col.  Moses  Nichols  and  fiieut.  Reuhen  Mussey, 
delegates  to  attend  said  couMuition. 

2  November,  1T71«.  Capt.  John  Bradl'ord.  William  (»<ie||, 
Col.  Stephen  Pcabody,  James  Woodbury,  .Jonathan  liUtul, 
Dea.  John  Seaton,  Thomas  Wakefield,  Capt.  Ile/.ekiah  Love- 
joy,  Klisha  Felton,  Dea.  Samuel  Stevens,  and  Ki(duird  Coidd-. 
were  ajipointed  a  committee  to  settle  the  prices  of  proiluce 
and  articles  of  trade  for  this  town. 

At  a  meeting  held  2  Novemhcr,  1779.  the  town  voted  to 
allow  credit  to  thosi'  jiersons  who  had  done  more  than  their 
|)roportion  in  carrying  on  the  present  war. 


392  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

25  .rune,  1779,  a  petition  from  Siisannali  Munroe,  of  Amherst,  was 
presented  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  asking  that  the  sum  of 
£500,  allowed  her  husband,  Capt.  Jonah  Muxn-oe,  for  the  depreciation 
of  the  paper  currency,  might  be  joaid  to  her  as  her  husband  was  absent 
and  she  needed  the  money  for  the  support  of  herself  and  family,  which 
request  was  granted,  and  the  President  was  directed  to  issue  an  order 
for  the  payment  of  the  money  to  Capt.  Josiah  Crosby  foi'  her  use,  15 
June,  1779. 

Capt.  Archelaus  Towne,  of  Amherst,  presented  a  petition  to  the 
House  of  Representatives,  in  which  he  stated  that  he  and  his  son, 
Archelaus  Towne,  jr.,  did,  on  the  24th  day  of  July,  1777,  "  set  out  from 
Amherst,  and  marched  and  joiued  the  Continental  army,  commanded 
by  (ien.  Gates;  served  as  scouts,  and  did  duty  as  other  soldiers;  were 
in  the  battle  on  the  19  th  of  September,  near  Stillwater,  and  continued 
in  the  service  until  about  four  days  before  Gen.  Burgoyne  surrendered, 
when,  being  taken  very  sick,  he  was  obliged  to  return  home ;  that 
neither  himself  nor  his  son  had  received  any  recompense  for  their  ser- 
vices from  any  person  whatever ;  wherefore  he  prayed  that  the  same 
allowance  might  be  made  to  himself  and  his  son  that  others  had  re- 
ceived for  similar  services." 

To  substantiate  the  statement  of  Capt.  Towne,  Lt.  Robert  B.  Wil" 
kins  testified  that  he  "  saw  Capt.  Archelaus  Towne,  of  Amherst,  in  the 
front  of  the  liattle,  on  the  lf)th  of  Sept.,  1777,  at  Bemis's  Heights,  and 
spake  with  him  in  the  height  of  the  battle ;  that  he  saw  his  son  Ar- 
chelaus the  next  day,  who  told  him  he  was  in  the  battle,  which  he 
believed,  although  he  did  not  see  him  there.  They  were  both  volun- 
teers." 

Dr.  John  Hale,  surgeon  in  Cillej^'s  regiment,  certified  that  he  saw 
Capt.  Towne  and  his  sou  just  before  the  battle  with  Burgoyne,  and 
Capt.  Towne  told  him  that  he  and  his  son  came  up  as  volunteers,  and 
he  judged  they  were  both  in  the  battle  on  the  19th  of  September,  1777. 

Nine  men  were  furnished  for  the  Continental  army  in 
1779,  to  serve  one  year,  as  follows: 

Samuel  Clark,  enlisted  14  July,  1779 ;  discharged,  20  Aug.,  1780. 

Charles  Davenport,  "  "       "  "  "  "       "         " 

Calvin  Honey,  "  7  Aug.,  "  "  7       "         " 

Abraham  Littlehale,       "  24  July,  "  "  24  July,      " 

John  McKean,  "  20     "  "  "  20  June,      " 

Joseph  Perkins,  "  13     "  "  "  "       "          " 

Joseph  Rawlins,  "  14  Aug.,  "  "  20  Aug.,      " 

Archelaus  Towne,  "  21  July,  "  died  1   Dec,  1779. 

Joseph  Wilson,  "  27  July,  "  discharged  20  June,  1780. 


X\'1I1.]  TIIK    WAK    KOi:    IMii:i'KM)INCF.  '\*S''> 

.)osi:i-n  Wilson's  hkckiit. 

Hfci'ivfd  of  .loliii  liiaiU'onl  :unl  ntln-rs  tin-  sum  nl'  six  immiihIs. 
thirt<'t'ii  shillings,  mid  luiir-pt'iu'c,  L.  M.,  after  tin*  rate  of  liiiliaii  f(»ni 
at  tiiref'  sbilliii,i,'s  ami  six-pi-iicf  a  huslicl,  for  which  sum  f  jiromisc  to 
servi'  one  vt'ar  in  tlif  ("outiiiruta!  army. 

.F(»M;ril    WILSON. 

s()i.i)ii;i;s  AT  Kiiohi:  island,  itti). 

('ill.  I lri<iili's  Mooiicy  cominaiKli'il  a  rctriuK'nt  sent  t(j 
Rhode  Island  rroin  this  State  in  the  sjiriiiu;  of  ITT'.',  to  assist 
the  iirniy  stutiouod  thi'ie.  The  i'oUowing-  Amherst  men 
served  in  this  leuinient,  in  the  eonipany  euninianded  liy 
Capt.  l)aiiiel    Minerson,  of  HoUis: 

Moses  liarron,  cusii^n.  Alpheus  Crosby, 

Aloses  Averill.  diumiuLT.  Jolm  ndtdl,  and 

John  Carlton,  l.i\i  Woodhuiy. 

In  Septeuiliei'   of  this  year  Cajit.  Hezckiali   Lovejoy   and 
'^  Joseph  Nichols  eidisteil  for  six  nimiths    in   tlie    uarrison    at 
Portsmouth. 


394  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

THE  WAR  FOR  INDEPENDENCE. 

1780-1785. 

proceedings  of  the  towx\, — continental  soldiers,  1780. — 
Nichols's  regiment  at  west  point. — soldiers  furnished, 
1781. — continental  and  other  soldiers,  1782. — amherst 

men  who  served  for  other  towns. amherst  men  who 

served  in  the  privateer  service. proceedings  of  the 

town. proclamation  for  thanksgiving. bounties,  etc., 

paid  soldiers. — list  of  soldiers  and  sailors. — list  of 

soldiers  who  died  or  were  killed  in  the  service. 

meeting   of  revolutionary  soldiers,  4  july,  1820,  etc. 

At  a  meeting  held  20  March,  1780,  Kendal  Boutell, 
James  Hartshorn,  and  Enos  Bradford,  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  provide  for  the  families  of  the  non-commis- 
sioned officers  and  privates  in  the  Continental  army  belong- 
ing to  this  town. 

A  number  of  men  being  called  for  to  fill  the  battal- 
lions  in  the  Continental  army,  at  a  meeting  held  27  June, 
1780,  the  town  voted  to  instruct  and  empower  their  com- 
mittee to  engage  the  men  that  they  shall  hire  to  go  into 
the  army  on  the  same  standard  that  the  General  Court  has 
stated ;  namely,  their  wages,  Indian  corn  at  4s.  per  bushel, 
grass  fed  beef  at  4d.  per  lb.,  and  sole  leather  at  Is.  6d. 
per  lb. 

Eleven  men  were  furnished  for  the  Continental  army 
this  vear. 


I'eter  Abbot,  t-nlist 

m1  8 

July, 

Robert  Cainpbtill, 

u 

Alplic'iis  Crosby, 

u 

Stt'j>heii  Crosl)y, 

" 

Isaac  Curtice, 

u 

Jacob  Doyen, 

•J9 

luiH'. 

Obailiali  ilolt, 

s  , 

'illy. 

Jacol)  Stanley, 

" 

.lotliaiu  Stt'arns, 

Biinslcy  Stevens, 

•_'!» 

June, 

Jesse  \\'ootll)ury. 

S  . 

July, 

XIX.]  THE    WAR    Foil    INDEPENDENCE.  -V.^.') 

(lischarjjed  ti  Dec,  IT^iii. 
21 

"  (i         " 

:n 

18 

IS 

"  (I         •• 

•Jl 
"  (i 

A  re<riinoiit  under  the  commaiul  of  Col.  Moses  Nichols      ^ 
served  three  months  at  West  Point,  in  the  Autumn  of  17S0. 
Dr.  Henry  Codman  was   Surt2;con.     In   the  company   com- 
manded by  Capt.   William    Harron,  of  Mci'rimack.  we    lind 
tiu"  followiuu-  Amherst  men: 

Daniel  Averill,  .b)seph  Nichols, 

XaluuM  Haldwiu,  jr.,  .                    Heujaniin  Stearns, 

Andrew   l?radl"ord,  William   'i'olbert, 

Daniel  Kenny,  William  Wallace  (tiler). 

11  en rj- Kimball,  Daniel  Weston. 
David  Melviu, 

William  Itrown  served  in  anotlier  comjiauy. 

Heventy-foiir  men,  ineludinsx  those  then  in  tin-  field, beinp: 
called  for  to  serve  three  years,  or  durimr  the  war,  the  town, 
at  a  meeting  held  8  Feb.,  1781,  appointed  Capt.  Nathan 
Huti'hinson,  Capt.  Israel  Towne,and  Amos  Flint,  a  commit- 
tee to  raise  the  men  rei|uired. 

Capt.  Ilczekiah  Lovejoy,  Thomas  Wakefield,  Daniel 
Campbell,  Benjamin  Davis,  Eli  Wilkins,  and  Lieut.  Kbene/er 
Weston,  were  subsecjuently  added  to  the  eommittee,  who 
were  authnri/ed  to  hire  mouey  to  |)i'ocure  the  men  nt'cded. 

At  a  meetinj;  held  1^^  April,  1781,  the  sum  of  forty 
thousand  dollars  was  appropriated  to  fill  the  town's  ipiota 
this  year. 

Another  re(|uisition  for  soldiers  beiufj:  made,  the  town,  at 
ameetinir  held  18  Julv,  1781, 


39'3  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Voted  that  the  coiniuittee  hire  the  soldiers  to  fill  the  town's  quota. 
At  this  meeting,  ('apt.  Ilntchinson,  Capt.  Towne,  and  Mr.  Wakefield, 
members  of  the  committee,  resigned. 

The  selectmen  were  directed  to  give  security  in  hard 
money  for  the  beef  they  had  purchased  for  the  army,  or  in 
money  equivalent  thereto. 

9  October,  1781.  The  town  voted  that  one  dollar  in  hard 
money  should  be  equivalent  to  one  hundred  dollars  in  old 
Continental  money,  in  payment  of  taxes  due  for  1781,  and 
that  all  taxes  due  that  were  assessed  before  1781  should 
be  paid  e(iual  to  the  scale  of  depreciation. 

In  arranginu'  the  pay  of  the  soldiers  hired  this  year,  it 
was  agreed  by  the  committee  that  each  man  should  be 
entitled  to  the  value  of  twenty  neat  cattle,  as  many  months 
old  as  he  served  months  in  the  army.  This  seems  to  have 
been  paid  as  a  bounty  for  enlisting,  in  addition  to  the  pay 
he  received  for  his  services.  Minutes  of  settlement  with 
some  of  these  soldiers  are  preserved  in  the  town  records. 

The  families  of  William  Brown,  James  Cochran,  Richard 
Hughes,  Farrar  Miller,  Nathan  Tuttle,  and  Joseph  Wilson, 
soldiers  in  the  continental  army,  were  assisted  by  the  town 
this  year. 

John  Abbot  Goss,  Joseph  Pedrick,  and 

Francis  Lovejoy,  Daniel  AVilkins,  3d, 

Joseph  Lovejoy, 

were  mustered  in  5  March,  1781,  to  fill  the  quota  of  three  years'  men 
required  of  the  town  at  that  time. 

In  July,  1781,  nine  men  were  required  to  serve  six  months, 
and  the  requisition  was  filled  by 

Nahum  Baldwin,  jr.,  Henry  Hunt, 

Ebenezer  Curtice,  Michael  Kieff, 

David  Hildreth,  Joseph  Nichols, 

Caleb  Hunt,  Allen  Stewart, 

and  William  Cowen  ;  but  there  is  no  record  that  he  joined  the  army  until 
December  following,  when  he  enlisted  for  three  years. 


XIX. J  THE    WAR    FOR    INDEPENDENCE.  3'.>T 

Late  ill  the  suniiuer  of  1781  eleven  men  were  called  lor 
to  serve  three  inoiitlis.  They  marched  23  September  of  that 
year.  In  the  selectmen's  aceonnt  they  are  mentioned  as 
"11  soldiers  at  Charlestown,  1T<'^1,"  and  were  i)rol)alily  raised 
in  apprehension  of  trouble  on  the  western  and  northern 
frontiers  of  the  state,     'riicir  names  w(M-e — 

Peter  Abbot,  Edward  Hartshorn, 

Daniel  Averill,  Joshua  Hey  wood, 

Elijah  Averill,  Samuel  l'ht'li)s, 

George  Christopher,  Peter  >\'ak('lield,  and 

Paul  Crosby,  Daniel  Weston, 

John  Fields, 

and  they  served  in  a  company   commanded   by   ('ai>t.   -Fuliu  .  Mills. 

Amonii'  tli(>  j)ap('rs  in  the  Adiutant-(  leneraTs  otlice,  in  Con- 
cord, is  the  followinii'  account  of  beef  and  fat  cattle  collect- 
ed in  the  town  of  Amherst  by  F'rancis  Blood,  in  the  year 
1781,  for  the  army  : 

•-'.'>  Jnly,  -J  cattle  weighing  l-J.jll  lbs. 

7  Aug.,  C.         '•         "  :n  lo     •• 

•_'!'  .\iig.,  I         ••         '•  L'77.">     '• 

i)  Oct.,  7         •'         "  4;}o5     •' 

19  \ov.,  n         "         "  448.5     '• 

l>eet'  furnished  bv  Nichols,  .S5Un     •' 


Total.  -24,565  lbs. 

Being  the  amount  the  town  was  reiiuired  to  furnish. 

In  1782  fourteen  three  years'  men  were  re(iuired  to  till 
llic  town's  ([uota  in  the  Continental  army,  and  the  following: 
men  were  fiiniishcd  : 

.lanics  Auld,  Adam  Patterson, 

Andrew  Bradford,  John  Peabody, 

Enoch  Carlton,  Thomas  Peabody, 

iCjthraim   fJoss, . .-Mexander  Hunnels, 

Peter  (loss,   ^  Henjamin  Tuck, 

Henry   Handley,  Daniel  Weston.  an<l 

William  llevwood,  John  (irout. 

Peter  Abbott  [tifer],  Moses  Pett^ngill,  an<l  James  McKean,  privates, 
eidisted  in  a  comj'any  commanded  l>y  (apt.  Kbenezcr  Weli.><ter,  which 


398  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

was  raised  for  the  protection  of  tlie  northern  frontiers  of  the  State  in 
1782. 

Stephen  Dike,  of  Amherst,  served  six  months  for  New 
Boston,  in  1781. 

David  Truel,  jr.,  served  six  months  for  Merrimack,  in 
1781;  and  William  Henry  Wilkins,  son  of  the  minister, 
enlisted  to  serve  three  years  for  Candia,  in  June,  1777,  but 
died  at  Yellow  Springs,  Pa.,  22  June,  1778. 

Luther  Dana  served  in  the  navy  a  short  time,  near  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Capt.  Joseph  Perkins  served  on  board  a  privateer 
vessel,  which  was  taken  by  the  British,  and  he  was  carried  a 
prisoner  of  war  to  England,  where  he  was  confined  for  some 
time. 

Levi  Woodbury  served  on  the  privateer  Es^ex,  which  was 
taken,  and  he  was  carried  to  England,  a  prisoner  of  war, 
where  he  died. 

Jonathan  Wilkins  served  on  the  ship  Hague,  and  was 
wounded  in  an  action  with  a  British  vessel. 

At  a  meeting  held  18  March,  1782,  the  town  voted  to 
grant  supplies  of  the  necessaries  of  life  to  the  families  of 
those  soldiers  who  enlisted  into  the  army  last  spring,  for  three 
years,  provided  the  cost  of  such  supplies  may  be  entered  as 
pay  on  the  obligations  given  said  soldiers  by  the  committee. 

At  this  meeting  the  following  petition  was  laid  before  the 
town : 

To  the  toicii  of  Amherst,  concencd  at  the  Court  House  in  s'tid  Amherst,  on 

the  ISlh  of  March,  hy  adjournment : 

Gextlkmen: — You  may  remember  that  I,  your  petitioner,  did  en- 
gage in  the  public  service  of  the  United  States,  to  serve  as  a  soldier 
for  this  town  for  the  term  of  three  years,  which  time  I  served  faith- 
fully, and  then  engaged  to  serve  in  the  Continental  Army  during  the 
war,  and  1  have  not  received  any  bounty  from  this  town,  or  any  other  ; 
and  as  this  is  the  town  I  first  went  for,  and  my  family  living  in  it,  I 
shall  choose  to  go  for  this  town  still.  Whei-efore  your  petitioner  prays 
you  would  take  his  case  under  your  consideration,  and  give  him  such 


XIX.]  THE    WAU    FOR    INDEPENDENGK.  ;]9H 

a  bounty  as  others  havo  ivceived  in  like  circiinistanccs,  and  voiir  I'cli- 
tioncr,  as  in  duty  l>ouii(l.  will  cvtM-  jiray. 

his 
WILLIAM   X   lUlOWN. 
mark. 

In  answer  to  the  above  petition  the  town  voted  to  allow 
the  petitioner  one  linndred  doUars,  hard  money,  on  the 
same  considerations  that  the  three  years'  soldiers  were  hired 
in  1781. 

11  April,  1T8-.  More  soldiers  having  been  called  lor  to 
till  tlie  town's  (piota,  the  town  voted  to  add  Lieut.  Darius 
Abi)ot,  Robert  Means,  William  Lampson,  Samuel  Dodge, 
Capt.  William  Dana,  and  Capt.  Ephraini  ITildreth.  to  the 
connnittee  to  hire  soldiers. 

'2i<  October,  ITS:^.  Thcsuniof  thirty  pounds  was  gi-anlcd 
for  the  support  of  the  families  of  Joseph  Lovejoy  and 
Daniel  Wilkins,  jr.,  the  same  to  be  indorsed  on  the  securi- 
ties given  them  by  the  town's  committee  for  hiring  soldiers. 

N'otcd  not  to  give  uj*  their  claiiu  to  William  Coweii,  as  a  Couti- 
neutal  soldier,  to  the  town  of  Merrimack. 

23  December,  1782.  Voted  to  return  the  Ijouutics  of  the 
three  years'  soldiers  which  were  retained  from  the  wages, 
provided  the  soldiers  shall  make  it  appear  that  Ihcy  per- 
fornu'd  three  years'  service  for  this  town. 

4  February,  1788.  The  town  again  \oted  not  to  gi\e  up 
their  claim  to  William  Cowen  as  a  Continental  soldier. 

2ti  <  >ctober,  17o;J.  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  Mr.  Solomon 
Kittrcdge,  and  Mr.  Daniel  Campbell,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  agree  and  settle  with  Jose|>h  Lovejoy  ami  the 
other  soldiers  that  the  committee  agreed  to  jiay  in  young 
cattle  for  going  into  the  army  for  three  years. 

The  war  had  now  closed.  The  great  miracle  of  the  eight- 
eenth century  had  been  wrought,  and  the  people  of  the  United 
States  were  ap))ropriately  called  upon  to  give  thanks  to  the 
Supreme  Ruler  of  all  human  events  by  the  following  Proc- 
lamation : 


400  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

By  the  I'liited  States  in  Congress  assembled. 

A   PROCLAMATION. 

Whereas  it  hath  plea-^ed  tho  Supreme  Ruler  of  all  human  events  to 
dispose  the  hearts  of  the  late  belligerent  Powers  to  put  a  })eriod  to  the 
effusion  of  hnman  blood  by  proclaiming  a  cessation  of  all  hostilities 
by  sea  and  land,  and  these  United  States  are  not  only  rescued  from 
the  dangers  and  calamities  to  which  they  have  been  so  long  exposed, 
but  their  freedom,  sovereignty  and  Independence  ultimately  acknowl- 
edged :  And  whereas  in  the  progress  of  a  contest  on  which  the  most 
essential  rights  of  human  nature  depended,  the  interposition  of  Divine 
Providence  in  our  favor  hath  been  most  abundantly  &  most  graciously 
manifested,  and  the  citizens  of  these  United  States  have  every  reason 
for  praise  &  gratitude  to  the  (iod  of  their  salvation  : — Impressed  there- 
fore with  an  exalted  sense  of  the  blessings  by  which  we  are  surrounded, 
&  of  our  entire  dependence  on  that  Almighty  Being  from  whose  good- 
ness &  bounty  they  are  derived  ;— The  United  States  in  Congress 
Assembled,  do  recommend  it  to  the  several  States  to  set  apart  the 
Second  Thiirsday  in  December  next  as  a  day  of  public  Thanksgiving, 
that  all  the  People  may  then  Assemble  to  celebrate  with  grateful 
hearts  &  united  voices,  the  praises  of  their  Supreme  &  all  bountiful 
Benefactor,  for  his  numberle-s  favours  and  mercies; — that  he  hath 
lieen  pleased  to  conduct  us  in  safety  through  all  the  perils  and  vicissi- 
tudes of  the  war;  that  he  hath  given  us  iinanimity  and  resolution  to 
adhere  to  our  just  rights ;  that  he  hath  raised  up  a  powerful  ally  to 
assist  us  in  supporting  them,  &  hath  so  far  crowned  our  united  efforts 
with  success ;  that  in  the  course  of  the  present  year  hostilities  have 
ceased  &  we  are  left  in  the  imdisputed  possession  of  our  liberties  & 
Independence,  and  of  the  fruits  of  our  lands,  &  in  the  free  participa- 
tion of  the  treasures  of  the  sea ;  that  he  hath  prospered  the  labour  of 
our  Hiisbandmen  with  plentiful  Harvests ;  and  above  all  that  he  hath 
been  pleased  to  continue  to  us  the  light  of  the  blessed  Gospel  & 
secured  to  us,  in  the  fullest  extent,  the  rights  of  conscience  in  faith 
and  worship :  And  while  our  hearts  overflow  with  gratitude  &  our 
lips  set  forth  the  praises  of  our  Great  Creator,  that  we  also  offer  up 
our  fervent  supplications,  that  it  may  please  Ilim  to  pardon  all  our 
offences,  to  give  wisdom  and  unanimity  to  our  public  councils,  to 
cement  all  our  citizens  in  the  bonds  of  affection  &  to  inspire  them 
with  an  earnest  regard  for  the  national  honor  and  interest ;  to  enable 
them  to  improve  the  days  of  prosperity  by  every  good  work,  and  to  be 
lovers  of  peace  &  tranquillity ;  that  he  may  be  pleased  to  bless  us  in 
our  husbandry,  our  commerce   and   Navigation ;  to   smile   upon  our 


XIX.]  THE    WAR    I'Oi;    INUEPENDEN'CE.  Mil 

seminaries  &  iiifaii.s  of  efluc;itioii ;  to  cause  pure  religion  and  virtue 
to  flourisli ;  to  give  peace  to  all  Xations  ^c  to  till  tin-  wnrld  wjtli  liis 
glory. 

Done  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  Assenilded.  Witness  liis 
Excellency  Elias  Houdinot  our  President,  this  eighteenth  day  of 
October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hiindreil  & 
eighty-three,  &  of  tlie  Sovereignty  and  Independence  of  the  rniled 
States  of  America  the  eighth. 

Kbi.v.s  nor  1)1  NOT. 

Cha's.  Thomson,  Sec'y. 

l'4  Novcinbcr,  1788.  A  coiivcntiDn  of  (k'lc<^at('s  Irdiii 
some  of  the  towns  in  the  State  had  recently  met  to  consider 
certain  grievances,  and  petition  to  the  Cicneral  Court  for 
their  redress,  after  which  they  adjonrned  to  tlie  hist 
Tuesday  of  this  month,  and  a  coj)y  of  their  proceedings 
l)eing  hiid  l)efore  the  town,  with  a  request  that  they  wonhl 
ap|)oint  deh'uates  to  meet  with  them  at  tlieir  adjourned 
nieetimi,  Knsiu'n  William  Teahody  and  .rnjin  f'aton  were 
appointed  delegates  for  that  jjiirposc. 

7  September,  1784.  Thomas  Burns,  Joshua  Atherton, 
I']s(|.,  and  Maj.  Hlanchard,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
settle  with  ('apt.  Josinli  .Mimroe  (if  a  re. isonaiile  settlement 
can  he  obtained),  for  a  claim  he  says  he  has  to  a  sum  of 
money  he  jiaid  to  John  Tlront,  in  consetpiencc  of  a  special 
agreement  nuide  with  him  by  the  town's  eommiltee  U>v  liir- 
ing  soldiers,  and  if  a  reasonai)le  settlement  can  not  be  ol)- 
tained,  to  def-end  the  town  against  any  action  he  may  bring 
against  it. 

!•>  April.  17s.").  Tiic  town  of  Merrimack  having  been 
served  with  an  extent  b)r  one  deficient  soldier  in  the  (con- 
tinental army,  which  soldier  they  say  was  wrongfully  ered 
ited  to  Amherst,  served  a  notire  upon  the  selectmen  of  Am- 
herst to  show  cause,  if  any  they  had,  why  the  extent  shoidd 
not  issue  against  Amherst  rather  than  Merrimack.  Tlie  town 
chose  Maj,  Blanchard,  .Mr.  Atherton, and  Samuel  Dana,  Escp, 
to  be  assisted  by  .Mr.  Robert  Means,  their  representative,  a 
•2G 


402  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

committee  to  show  cause  why  the  petition  of  Merrimack 
should  not  be  granted. 

28  April,  1785.  Tlie  town  granted  fifty  dollars  to  Stephen 
Abbot  for  one  year's  service  in  the  Continental  army. 

12  October,  1785.  Voted  nine  pounds  to  Daniel  Kidder  for 
one  year's  service  in  the  army,  for  wliich  he  had  not  been 
paid. 

BOUNTIES. 

Bounties  paid  soldiers  in  the  Avar  for  Independence  by 
the  town  of  Amherst,  which  were  repaid  by  the  State. 

4  Sept.,  1776.    Paid  15   men    in  Wyman's  regiment,  £150 

22     "    Baldwin's         "  132 

'  27  Continental  soldiers,  839, 13s.  lOd. 

'  55  men  in  Stark's  brigade,  2  mo.,  220 

'  9  Continental  soldiers,  beside, 

£6,  13s.  4d.,  good  money,         215  2s.  9d. 
'  12  men  in  Nichols's  reg't,  3  mo.,  72 

'  9  Continental  soldiers,  new  levies, 

6  months,  108 

'  5  Continental  soldiers,  3  years,   3G0 

'  14  Continental  soldiers.  3  vears,  1008 


5      " 

7  May, 

1777. 

19  July, 

1777. 

11  "' 

1779. 

21  " 

1780. 

31  ■' 

1781. 

15  " 

(( 

17  " 

1782. 

£3206,  16s.  7d. 

Bomities,  etc,  paid  by  the  town  that  were  not  re- 
paid by  the  State,  or  the  United  States,  as  reported  by  the 
selectmen  9  September,  1791. 

Paid  Col.  Nichols's  regiment,  at  West  Point,  £180 

An  average  made  in  1777,  for  soldiers  that  had  served,  480 

Soldiers  that  served  in  Capt.  Walker's  Co.,  Oilman's  reg't,  1776,  39 

Soldiers  in  Col.  Peabody's  regiment,  at  Rhode  Island,  105 

Soldiers  in  Col.  Baldwin's  regiment,  at  New  York,  1776,  72 

10  Continental  soldiers,  from  1781,  3  years'  men,  600 
20  soldiers  in  Capt.  Barron's  Co.,  Wyman's  reg't,  1776,  200 

11  "         served  at  Charlestown,  1781,  132 
9         -'         1781,  new  levies,  six  months'  men,                          270 

11         "         1780,         "         "         "         "         "•  330 

5         "         at  Coos.  1780,  Capt.  Stone's  company,  150 


XIX.] 


THE    WAR    FOR    I^■DEPEND^:NCE. 


403 


I'aid    !t  sokluTs   iu  Col.  Muoncv's  legiineiit, 
1:')         "         from  1783,  3  years'  men, 


i:i().S 
845 


LIST  'OP    SOLDI EI{S. 


Alphabetical  list  of  soldiers 
in  the  war  t'i»r  Independence. 

.loshua  Al>bol, 
Natlian  Abbot, 
Nathaniel  Abbot, 
Peter  Abbot, 
Stephen  Abbot, 
James  Allch 
Daniel  Avcrill. 
David  Averill, 
Elijah  Averill. 
.luhn  Avorill, 
-Moses  Averill, 
Xahuni  Haldwiii. 
Nahum  Baldwin,   jr., 
Nathaniel  liarrett, 
Moses  Barron, 
Jacob  Blodgett, 
Joshna  Blodgett. 
Aaron  Bontell, 
Amos  lioutell, 
Joseph  Boutell.  jr.. 
Renben   Uoiitt'll, 
Thomas  ISnutell, 
Ivicliard  Boyutoii, 
.Vndrew  Bradford, 
Knos  Bradford, 
John  Bradford, 
tJoseph  Bradfonl, 
William  Bradford,  jr., 
Peter  Brewer, 
Alexander  Brown, 
William  Brown, 
David  Burnam, 
Israel  Bnrnam, 
-Jonathan  Bnrnam, 


and    sailors   iVoni    Andii/rst, 

-loslnia  Bnrnam, 
Robert  Campliell, 
Ebenezer  Carlton, 
Enoch  Carlton, 
John  Carlton, 
David  Cliandler, 
Primus  Chandler. 
George  Christopher, 
Benjamin  Clark, 
James  Clark, 
Sanniel  Clark, 
'J'homas  Clark, 
.lames  Cochran, 
.lolin  Cocliran, 
rlonathan  Cochran, 
Robert  Cochran, 
Henry  Codman, 
Jolm  (  olf, 
John  Col.',  L'd. 
Nathan  Cole, 
William  Cook, 
Silas  Cooledge, 
William  Cowen, 
.\1})Im'us  Crosby, 
lOzt'kiel  Crosby, 
Josiah  Crosby, 
Josiah  Crosby,  jr., 
Nathaniel  Crosby. 
I'aul  Crosby, 
Sti'phcn  Crosby, 
William  Cro.sbv, 
Sila,s  Cummings, 
Robert  Cunningham, 
Robert  Cunningham,  jr.. 


404 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Kbenezev  Curtice, 
Isaac  Palmer  Curtice, 
Jacob  Curtice, 
Lemuel  Curtice, 
Stephen  Curtice, 
Luther  Dana, 
Charles  Davenport, 
Benjamin  Davis, 
Ezekiel  Davis, 
Joseph  Davis, 
Benjamin  Dike, 
Stephen  Dike, 
John  Door, 
Jacob  Doyen, 
John  Dutton, 
Jonathan  Dutton, 
Roger  Dutton, 
James  Ellinwood, 
Jedidiah  KUinwood, 
Joseph  Ellinwood, 
Amos  Elliot, 
Andrew  Elliot, 
John  Ellsworth, 
John  Everden, 
Asa  Farnum, 
John  Farnum, 
Joseph  Farnum, 
Stephen  Farnum, 
rTohn  Fields, 
David  Fiske, 
Thaddeus  Fitch, 
Amos  Flint, 
Ephraim  French, 
Laraford  Gilbert, 
Thomas  Giles, 
James  (iilmore, 
Richard  Goodman 
Allen  Goodridge, 
Ephraim  Goss, 
John  Abbot  Goss, 
Peter  Goss, 
Silas  Gould, 
Stephen  Gould, 


Daniel  Green, 
Francis  Grimes, 
John  Grimes, 
John  Grout, 
Jude  Hall, 
Henry  Handley, 
Henry  Harris, 
Samuel  Harris, 
Edward  Hartshorn, 
James  Hartshorn,  jr., 
John  Hartshorn, 
Nathaniel  Hazeltine, 
Joshua  Haywood, 
William  Haywood, 
Stephen  Hill, 
David  Hildreth, 
William  Hogg, 
Abiel  Holt, 
Jabez  Holt, 
Obadiah  Holt, 
Calvin  Honey, 
Joel  Howe, 
Richard  Hughes, 
Caleb  Hunt, 
Henry  Hunt, 
Ebenezer  Hutchinson, 
Nathan  Hiitchinson, 
Solomon  Hutchinson, 
Joseph  Jewett, 
Caleb  Jones, 
William  Jones, 
Joshua  Kendall, 
Nathan  Kendall,  jr., 
Archelaus  Kenney, 
Daniel  Kenney, 
^lichael  Keef, 
Daniel  Kidder, 
Eli  Kimball, 
Henry  Kimball, 
Eleazer  W.  Kingsbury, 
Solomon  Kittredge, 
Zepheniah  Kittredge, 
William  Lakin, 


XIX.] 


THE    WAlt    FUR    INDErEN'UKNCE. 


40/ 


rli'ieiiiiali  Lamson, 
.Idiiathaii  Lamsoii, 
Saimicl  I.anison, 
.losluia  Lancaster, 
Andrew  I.cavitt, 
•loscpli  Leavitt, 
Asa  Lewis, 
Joseph  Lewis, 
Alnaliain  Littleliale. 
Francis  Lovejoy, 
Ilezekiah  Lovejoy, 
.Folin  Lovejoy, 
Joseph  Lovejoy. 
AVilliani  Low, 
Edward  Lyon, 
.Jonathan  Lyon, 
Andrew  MacTutire, 
Daniel  IMcGrath, 
James  McGraw, 
llii;4h  MacKean, 
•lames  MacKean, 
John  MacKean, 
Tiniotliy  Martin, 
I'houipson  ^Laxwell, 
Thomas  ^lelendy, 
ri(il)ert  Meh>rv, 
David  Melvin, 
l'>enjaniin  Merrill, 
Farrar  Miller, 
John  Mills, 
John  Mitchel, 
Josiah  Mimroe, 
Reuben  D.  Muzzey, 
Aaron  Nichols, 
•loscph  Nichols, 
Moses  Nichols, 
Timothy  Nichols,  jr., 
Ebenez.'r  ( )dell. 
John  Odell, 
Robert  Parker, 
William  Parker, 
.\dam  Patterson, 
John  Patterson, 


Lsaac  Peabody, 
John  Peabody, 
Moses  Peabody, 
Stephen  Peabody, 
Thomas  Peabody, 
Joseph  Pedrick, 
Closes  Pearson, 
.Joseph  Perkins,  jr.. 
.Foshna  Pettingill. 
Moses  Petting-ill. 
Samuel  Piielps, 
Tliomas  PoweU, 
Abel  Prince, 
David  Ramsay, 
Kbenezer  Kay, 
.James  l^ay, 
William  Read, 
Peter  Robertson, 
Samuel  Robertson, 
Joseph  l\ollin;^'s, 
Alexander  Runnels, 
Benjamin  Sawyer, 
.Josiah  .Sawyer, 
Nourse  Sawyer, 
l^obert  Scammell, 
Thomas  Scott, 
William  Shaildock, 
Samuel  Shepard, 
Andrew  Shannon, 
James  Simjison, 
.Jonathan  Small, 
William  .Small,  jr.. 
Renjamin  Smith, 
Daniel  .Smith, 
Isaac  Smith, 
.Jacob  Stanley, 
.Samuel  .Staidey, 
Ik'iijamin  Stearns, 
Isaac  Stearns, 
.John  Stearns, 
.Jotliam  Stearns. 
Samuel  Stearns, 
Rimsley  Stevens, 


406 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Thomas  Stevens, 
Allen  Stewart, 
John  Stewart, 
Samnel  Stewart, 
Simpson  Stewart, 
William  Stewart, 
Asa  Swinnerton, 
.John  Taggart, 
Benjamin  Taylor, 
Benjamin  Taylor,  2d, 
John  Taylor, 
Jonathan  Taylor, 
Hugh  Thornton, 
AVilliam  Talbert, 
Archelaus  Towne, 
Arehelaus  Towne,  jr., 
Bartholomew  Towne, 
Jonathan  Towne, 
Richard  Towne, 
Rufus  Trask, 
Henry  Trivett, 
David  Truel,  jr., 
Benjamin  Tuck, 
William  Tuck, 
Nathan  Tuttle, 
Thomas  I'nderwood, 
Aaron  Upton, 
Elea/er  Usher, 
Ebenezer  Wakefield, 


Peter  Wakefield, 
William  Wakefield, 
John  Wallace, 
.Joseph  Wallace, 
Daniel  Warner, 
Solomon  Washer, 
Stephen  Washer, 
Daniel  Weston, 
Isaac  Weston, 
Sutherick  Weston, 
Reuben  AVheeler, 
Jolm  Wiley, 
Andrew  Wilkins, 
Asa  Wilkins, 
Daniel  Wilkins,  jr., 
Daniel  Wilkins,  :3d, 
Eli  Wilkins, 
Jonathan  Wilkins, 
Robert  B.  Wilkins, 
Sylvester  Wilkins, 
AVilliam  Henry  Wilkins, 
Ebenezer  Williams, 
Samuel  Williams, 
George  Wilson, 
Joseph  Wilson, 
Lemuel  Winchester, 
Jesse  Woodbury, 
Levi  Woodliury, 
I^^ben  Wincol  Wright, 
Isaac  Wriftht. 


Joseph  Wakefield, 

SOLDIERS  FROM  AMHERST  WHO  DIED  IN  THE  WAR  FOR 
INDEPENDENCE. 
Lt.  Joseph  Bradford,  at  Medford,  July,  1775. 
Peter  Brewer,  killed  in  battle  at  Saratoga,  7  Oct.,  1777. 
Primus  Chandler,  killed  by  the  Indians,  May,  1776. 
.James  Clark,  at  Mount  Independence,  .Tuly,  1776. 
.Jonathan  Cochran,  came  home  sick  ;  died  at  home,  2i  March,  1778. 
Robert  Cochran,  died  of  disease,  time  and  place  not  known. 
John  Cole,  killed  in  battle  at  Bunker  Hill,  17  June,  1775. 
Ezekiel  Davis,  in  central  New  York,  16  .Tune,  1779. 
.Joseph  Davis,  killed  by  the  Indians  in  New  York,  13  Aug.,  1779. 
Benjamin  Dike,  killed  in  battle  at  Saratoga,  7  Oct.,  1777. 
John  Door,  killed  in  battle  at  Saratoga,  7  Oct.,  1777. 


XIX.]  THE    WAR    I'OR    INDEPENDENCE.  407 

Richard  Goodman,  at  Yellow  Sjnings,  I'a.,  "JT  .Iiiiif,  177H. 

Calvin  Honey,  place  not  known,  1')  Dec,  17S1. 

William  Jones,  at  Crown  Point,  .Inly,  1776. 

Jeremiah  Lamson,  at  Fort  George,  N.  Y.,  Aug.,  177fi. 

Asa  Lewis,  killed  in  battle  at  liennington,  Iti  .\ug.,  1777. 

James  Mcliraw,  killed  in  battle  at  Bunker  Hill,  17  June,  177.">. 

I)a\id  Ramsey  (brought  home  sick),  died  '2  Dec,  177.'». 

Nourse  Sawyer,  at  Crown  Point,  July,  1770. 

William  Shaddock,  place  not  known,  died  30  June.  1777. 

Isaac  Stearns,  at  Crown  Point,  Jidy,  1776. 

Capt.  Hen jamin  Taylor,  at  Medford,  Mass.,  Feb.,  1776. 

('apt.  Archelaus  Towne,  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  Nov.,  177!'. 

.Jonathan  Towne,  at  Crown  Point,  .July,  1776. 

William  Tuck,  died  of  disease,  time  and  place  not  known. 

Aaron  Upton,  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec,  1776. 

Daniel  Weare,  at  Crown  Point,  July,  177<i. 

Capt.  Daniel  Wilkins,  jr.,  at  Crown  Point,  .July,  1776. 

Sylvester  Wilkins,  at  Kaston,  Pa.,  20  Sept.,  1779. 

William  Henry  Wilkins,  at  Yellow  Springs,  Pa.,  22  June,  1778. 

Levi  Woodbury,  a  prisoner  of  war  in  England;    date  not  known. 

Kben  Wincol  Wright,  at  Winter  Hill,  N'ov.,  177.5. 

MEETING  or  REVOH'TIOXAIiV  SOl.DIERS,  AT  AMIIKKST, 
4  .TrLV,lS20. 

Wo  find  the  following  tu'count  of  this  meeting  in  tho 
Farmers'  Cabinet: 

"  A  special  session  of  the  Court  of  Common  Plea,s  was  held  in  this 
town,  4  July,  1.S20,  to  receive  the  ai>plications  of  the  surviving  officers 
and  soldiers  of  tlie  Revolution,  for  pensions  under  the  law  then  re- 
cently pa.ssed  by  Congress. 

About  one  hundred  and  forty  of  the  \fterans  appeared,  some  of 
them  jiinched  with  poverty  and  worn  out  with  tlie  lal)ors  of  life; 
others  were  bowed  to  the  earth  with  age  and  infirmities,  and  tiieir 
claims  to  the  nation's  gratitude  seemed  to  be  stamjied  u|i<in  their 
wasted  forms. 

Many  who  had  been  companions  in  camp  met.  whose  faces  tlie  fur- 
rows left  by  time  had  so  greatly  altered  that  they  «lid  not  recognize 
one  another,  and,  aft<»r  their  acquaintance  wa.s  renewed,  s])ent  the 
time  during  the  session  of  the  court,  in  rehearsing  tiieir  adventures 
during  the  times  that  tried  men's  .souls. 

At  twelve  o'clock  they  assendiled  on  tlie  conimon,  at  tiie  roll  of  tlie 
<lriini,  and  formed  a  line  of  about  one  hundred  persons,  the  one  on  the 


408  HISTORY    OP^    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

right  niuty-uine  years  old,  inarching  with  the  precision  of  a  man 
of  fifty  years. 

Capt.  Zaccheus  AV'ilson,  of  New  Ipswich,  acted  as  commander. 
After  marching  round  the  common,  to  the  music  of  the  life  and  drum, 
played  by  some  of  their  numl)er,  they  arrived  at  the  residence  of  Hon. 
Clifton  Claggett,  where  they  halted,  and  sent  a  committee  of  theii* 
number  to  request  his  attendance. 

On  his  appearance  IMr.  Nathaniel  Martin,  in  behalf  of  himself  and 
his  fellow-soldiers,  thanked  the  Judge  for  his  efforts  in  Congress  to 
secure  the  pittance  which  had  finally  been  awarded  to  them. 

To  this  address  Judge  Claggett  made  an  appropriate  reply,  and  con- 
cluded by  inviting  them  to  jaartake  of  some  refreshments  he  had 
caused  to  be  prepared  for  them. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  repast  the  veterans  retired,  the  forty-fourth 
anniversary  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  having  been  to  them 
truly  a  red-letter  day." 

About  seventy  of  the  survivhig  soldiers  of  the  Revolution 
met  in  this  place,  18  Nov.,  1825,  for  the  purpose  of  petition- 
ing Congress  to  grant  them  some  further  compensation  for 
their  services  in  the  war  of  Independence. 

Thirty-four  Revolutionary  soldiers  attended  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  at  Nashua,  4  July, 
1835.  Of  these,  Joseph  Crosby,  aged  82,  Hugh  Moore,  aged 
69,  and  Ephraim  Goss,  aged  69,  were  from  Amherst. 

Pensions  were  finally  granted  to  the  surviving  widows  of 
Revolutionary  soldiers,  and  the  following  is  a  list  of  the 
persons  returned  in  the  census  of  1840,  residing  in  Am- 
herst, who  were  at  that  time  receiving  pensions  for  services 
rendered  by  themselves  or  others,  in  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
olution, with  the  age  of  each : 

Mrs.  Hannah  Bills,  73  years ;  for  her  husband,  Ebenezer  Bills. 

Joseph  Crosby,  87. 

Benjamin  Damon,  79. 

David  Fisk,  83. 

Ephraim  Goss,  74. 

Mary  Howard,  72. 

Nathan  Kendall,  H5. 

Mrs.  Mary  Leavitt,  75 ;  for  her  husband,  Joseph  Leavitt. 

Thomas  Melendy,  91. 

John  Purple,  97. 


XX.]  frontip:r  war.  1791.  4<)1» 


CHAPTER  XX. 

FRONTIER  WAR,  1794. 

ANTICIPATED  WAR  WITH  FRANCE,  1798. 

WAR  WITH  GREAT  BRITAIN,  1812. 

PROVISION  MADE  BY  CONGRESS  FOR  THE  DEFENCE  OF    THE  COUN- 
TRY,   1794. —  ACTION    OF    THE    TOWN    IN    REGARD    TO    FILLINCJ 

THE     yUOTA      OF     SOLDIERS      CALLED      FOR. A      RECRUITING 

OFFICE  OPENED  IN  1798. BOUNTY  OFFERED  T(J    VOLUNTEERS. 

THE  WAR  WITH  GREAT  BRITAIN,  1812-15. — SOLDIERS  FROM 

■    AMHERST. MILITIA  MEN    AT    PORTSMOUTH,    lSl4. OFFICERS 

OF  THE  HOME  (iUARDS,  OCTOBER,  1814. 

In  view  of  the  unsettled  state  of  affairs  at  home  and 
abroad,  an  act  was  passed  by  Congress,  in  Ai»ril.  1794,  pro- 
viding for  the  raising  of  a  regiment  of  artillery,  and  for  de- 
tailing 80,000  tnen  from  the  militia,  in  ease  llieir  services 
were  reiiuired  for  the  defence  of  the  country. 

In  the  warrant  for  a  town  meeting,  8  Dec.  1794,  is  fdund 
the  following  article: 

"  Whereas  tliere  i.s  a  certain  number  of  men  re<|unsted  from  the 
town  of  Amherst,  to  be  enlisted  and  in  readiness  to  march  at  a  mo- 
ment's notice,  in  the  defence  of  their  country,  if  needed.  And  as  tlie 
encouragement  given  by  Congress  is  thought  by  some  to  be  insuHi- 
cient  for  the  purpose,  therefore  to  see  if  the  town  will  make  any 
addition  thereto,  or  grant  them  sucli  a  bounty  as  may  be  sulficieiit  for 
the  purpose." 

On  thislho  town  voted  to  make  up  to  tiie  soldit'i-s  who 
enlisted  as  minute  men,  seven  dollars  per  month,  witli  the 
pay  given  by  Congress,  while  they  were  in  actual  service, 
and  two  dollars  as  a  bounty,  one  of  which   .should   be  paid 


410  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

when  they  enlisted,  and  the  other  when  they  passed  mns- 
ter. 

A  probable  war  with  (ireat  Britain,  the  "  whiskey  insur- 
rection "  in  western  Pennsylvania,  and  the  war  then  raging 
in  Ohio  with  the  western  Indians,  were  the  causes  of  these 
Avarlike  preparations. 

Happily  these  troubles  were  all  soon  adjusted,  and  the  ser- 
vices of  the  volunteers  were  not  called  for.  Xo  record  now 
remains  of  their  names. 

Volunteers  were  called  for  to  serve  in  the  anticipated 
war  with  France,  in  1798,  and  the  town,  at  a  meeting  26 
March  of  that  year,  voted  to  give  sucli  soldiers  as  enlisted, 
in  this  town's  quota  of  eighty  thousand  men,  one  dollar 
each  when  they  enlisted,  and  to  make  up  their  wages  to  ten 
dollars  per  month  while  they  were  in  actual  service. 

A  recruiting  office  was  opened  here  15  August,  1798,  and 
the  company  enlisted  in  this  and  the  adjoining  towns 
formed  a  part  of  the  sixteenth  regiment,  of  which  Rufus 
Graves  was  colonel.  The  difficulties  with  France  were  set- 
tled by  negotiation,  and  the  services  of  the  volunteers  were 
not  required.  The  record  of  their  names  can  not  now  be 
given. 

THE    WAR    WITH    OREAT    BRITAIN,    1812-1815. 

The  long  series  of  outrages  against  the  citizens  and  gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States,  committed  by  the  agent's  of  the 
British  government ;  the  insults  to  the  national  flag  and  the 
national  ships ;  the  seizure  and  impressment  of  American 
citizens  into  the  British  navy  ;  the  seizure  and  condemnation 
of  American  merchant  vessels  ;  the  encouragement  secretly 
or  openly  given  the  savage  tribes  in  the  west  in  their  at- 
tacks upon  the  settlers  on  the  American  frontiers,  led  to 
the  enactment  of  laws,  by  the  Congress  of  the  United  States, 
for  the  preservation  of  the  peace  between  the  countries,  and 
these  failing  of  the  desired  effect,  to  the  Declaration  reluc- 
tantly passed  by  Congress,  18  June,  1812,  that  "  War  exists 


XX.]  wAi;  WITH  (;i{f:at  iumtain,  i.si2-i:>.  411 

between  the  Tiiited  lvinir<l<>m  of  (ireat  JJritaiii  and  Ireland, 
and  the  dejiendencies  thereof,  and  the  Tnited  States  and 
their  territories." 

The  reeord  of  the  enlistments  in^the  retinlar  army  foi- 
the  war  of  1S12  are  in  the  i>osscssioii  of  tiie  War  Dcjiart- 
mejit,  at  Washington,  and  not  accessible  to  the  j)ultlic.  The 
names  of  some  who  enlisted  from  Andierst  are,  however, 
remembered. 

Capt.  Tnrner  Crooker,  at  that  time  a  resident  in  tliisti>wn, 
o])ened  a  recruiting  oltice  on  the  Plain,  'Jt!  Si*j»t.,  1<S12.  He 
was  at  that  time  a  cajjtain  of  the  9th  regiment  V.  S.  in- 
fantry. After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  retained  on  the 
peace  establishment,  with  the  brevet  rank  of  major. 

John  Dodge,  jr.,  enlisted  and  returned  at  the  close  of  his 
term  of  service.     He  afterward  removed  to  Vermont. 

John  Dutton  enlisted  and  served  on  the  northern  fron- 
tier. 

Samuel  Dntton  served  on  the  northern  frontier. 

Timothy  Dutton  also  served  on  the  northern  frontier. 
He  died  at  French's  Mills  in  1813. 

David  Hartshorn  served  one  year  on  the  northern  fron- 
tier. 

Joseph  riartshorn  served  one  year  in  Vermont  and  New 
V(jrk,  in  the  '20th  infantry.  He  is  now(18S2)  living,  the 
last  survivor,  so  far  as  known,  of  the  .Vmherst  men  who 
served  in  the  war  of  1S12. 

Josej)h  Low  was  2d  lieutenant  in  the  1st  regiment  N.  11. 
Vols.  On  the  reorganization  of  the  regiment  he  was  ap- 
pointed j)ayniaster  of  the  4oth  regiment  V.  S.  \'ols. 

Peter  Melendy  eidisted  in  lsD5,  served  a  short  time  in 
northern  Vermont,  as  lieutenant  in  a  regiment  of  infantry. 
This  commission  h.e  resigned,  and  was  shortly  after  ap- 
l»ointed  a  lientenaut  in  the  artillery  service,  and  ordered  to 
Fort  Constitution,  where  he  remained  until  near  the  tiim^  of 
his  death,  15  May,  1823. 


412  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Jacob  Pike  had  enlisted  in  1801t,  and  served  through  the 
war. 

Jolin  Purple  served  througli  the  war  as  a  drummer. 

Robert  Purple,  his  brother,  enlisted  and  died  in  the  service. 

John  Stewart,  and  his  son  Jolin  Stewart,  jr.,  also  enlisted. 
The  latter  served  as  a  drummer-boy. 

John  Warner  was  sergeant  in  a  company  of  infantry,  and 
died  at  Sackett's  Harbor  in  1814.  He  was  son  of  Colonel 
Daniel  Warner. 

Others  doubtless  enlisted  in  the  regular  army,  of  whom 
we  have  at  present  no  account. 

At  a  meeting,  11  Oct.,  1814,  the  town  voted  to  raise  two 
hundred  dollars  to  be  appropriated  for  ammunition  for  the 
militia,  and  other  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Amherst,  and 
the  selectmen  were  constituted  a  committee  to  purchase  the 
same, 

7  Sept.,  1814,  detachments  from  twenty-three  regiments 
of  the  state  militia  were  ordered  to  hold  themselves  in  readi- 
ness to  march  for  the  defence  of  Portsmouth,  then  threat- 
ened with  an  attack  from  a  British  fleet,  cruising  near  by, 
and  on  the  ninth  they  were  ordered  to  march.  The  quota 
furnished  by  the  town  of  Amlierst  was  a  part  of  the  regi- 
ment commanded  by  Col.  Nat  Fisk,  of  Westmoreland  and, 
consisted  of 

Josiah  Converse,  captain.  Daniel  Oilman, 

Samuel  Leonard,      )  Jonathan  Howard, 

Luther  Elliott,          >  '  *  '      "'         Benjamin  Jewell,  jr., 

Stephen  B.  French,  }  -  -,    -ni  •           John  M.  Kuhn, 

Joseph  Hartshorn,    ^  Samuel  jVL  Livingston, 

David  Elliott,  Benjamin  Peak,  jr.,  privates. 
David  Fisk,  3d, 

They  were  mustered  into  service  16  Sept.,  1814,  and 
served  three  months. 

Anotlier  detachment  of  the  militia  was  drafted  for  the 
defence  of  Portsmouth,  which  was  mustered  in,  27  Sept., 
1814,  and  served  sixty  days.     The  following  soldiers  from 


XX.]  WAR    WITH    GUEAT    BRITAIN,    1812-1.").  413 

Amherst  served   in  Col.  Steel's   regiment,  in   the  company 
commanded  by  Capt.  James  T.  Treavitt,  of  Mont  Vernon: 

Robert  Ixcad,  ruMitoniuit.  Israel  Fariiuin, 

Leonard  'I'.  Nichols,    }  .         .fames  II.  (Jrater, 

'   r  sergeants.         .  ' 

Samuel  Stevens,  )  Timotiiy  Hartshorn, 

.lohn  Annis,  Maiistield  Kin<4',  privates. 

Samuel  Converse,  jr.. 

About  fifty  citizens  of  the  (own,  wlio  were  exempted  from 
the  ]K'rf()i'ui;iiu'e  of  military  duty,  by  the  uiilitia  law.  met  at 
the  house  of  Caj)t.  Theoplulus  I'age,  10  Oct.,  lsl4,and  formed 
a  company  of  "Home  (Jnards."  The  otlicers  of  this  organi- 
zation were 

Jedediali  K.  Smitli,  eaptaiii.  .lolm  Si'comlx',  "Jd  lieutenant. 

Timothy  Danforth,  1st  lieutenant. 

A  committee  was  ciiosen  at  this  meeting  to  draft  regida- 
tions  for  the  government  of  the  company,  who  reported  at 
a  subsecpient  meeting,  and  the  company  met  several  times 
for  drill.  The  close  of  the  war,  shortly  after,  obviated  the 
necessity  for  the  continuance  of  the  organization,  and  the 
comoaiiy  was  disbanded. 

The  war  was  brought  to  a  close  by  a  treaty  signed  at 
Ghent  by  the  rei)resentatives  of  the  contending  i)owers,  1^3 
Dec,  1814.  Before  the  news  of  its  conclusion  h;id  rraclird 
this  country,  the  battle  of  New  Orleans  was  fought,  S  Jan., 
1S15,  where  the  lesson  taught  the  British  regulars,  nearly 
lifty  years  before,  by  the  descendants  of  the  ^[assachnsetts 
Puritans,  and  Scotch-Irish  settlers,  of  Londonderry,  from 
the  fort  and  behind  the  rail  fence,  on  Bunker  Hill,  was  re- 
jteated  by  the  Kentucky  riflemen  from  behind  the  cotton 
l)ales  on  the  field  of  Chalmette. 


414         ^  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 


CHAPTER  XXI. 

THE  CIVIL  WAR,  1861-1865. 

PROCEEDINGS     IN    THE     SOUTHERN    STATES    SUBSEQUENT    TO    THE 

ELECTION  OF  MR.  LINCOLN. THE  CAPTURE  OF    FORT    SUMTER. 

MEETING  OF  THE  CITIZENS  OF    AMHERST  AND    ITS    PR0CP:ED- 

INGS. A  soldiers'  AID  AND    HOME    RELIEF  SOCIETY  FORMED. 

NAMES  OF  YOUNG  MEN  WHO  FIRST  ENLISTED  FOR  SERVICE. 

PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE    TOWN. A    COMMITTEE    APPOINTED    TO 

FURNISH  ASSISTANCE    TO    THE    FAMILIES    OF    SOLDIERS. THE 

SELECTMESf  DIRECTED  TO  ASSIST    THE  FAMILIES    OF    SOLDIERS. 

BOUNTIES      OFFERED      YOLUXTEER^. MILITARY      EXPENSES 

OF  THE   TOWN    DURING    THE    WAR. PROCEEDINGS    IN    REGARD 

TO  BUILDING  A  SOLDIERS'   MONUMENT. — INSCRIPTION  UPON  THE 

'      MONUMENT. NAMES    OF     SOLDIERS    AND    SAILORS    FROM    AM- 

f 

HERST  WHO  WERE  ENGAGED    IN    THE  WAR. NAMES   OF  VETER- 
ANS WHO  RE-EXLISTED. NAMES  OF  SUBSTITUTES. 

The  election  of  Mr.  Lincoln  to  the  presidency  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  formal  secession  of  several  of  the  Southern 
States  from  the  Union,  and  the  withdrawal  of  their  senators 
and  most  of  their  representatives  from  the  National  Con- 
gress. 

President  Buchanan,  a  state's  rights  man,  "  knew 
of  no  power  in  the  General  Government  to  coerce  a  sov- 
ereign State,"  and  took  no  eifectual  measures  to  protect  the 
national  property  in  the  seceding  States. 

A  National  Government  was  formed  by  the  seceded 
States  in  February,  1861,  under  the  name  of  tlie  "  Confed- 
erate States  of  America." 


XXI.]  THK    CIVIL    WAR.  41.") 

Acting  under  the  instructions  of  the  Seci'ctary  of  War 
of  this  government,  the  surrender  of  Fort  Sumter,  a  for- 
tress of  the  United  States,  commanding  the  entrance  to  the 
city  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  was  demanded  of  the 
officer  in  coniniand.  Compliance  with  tiie  demand  l)eing 
refused,  an  armed  force  of  South  Carolinians  lired  upon  the 
fort,  and,  after  a  short  siege,  captured  it. 

The  power  of  the  General  Ciovernment  being  thus  deru'd, 
its  flag  insult('(l.  and  its  pr()i)erty  taken  l)y  force,  ['resident 
Lincoln  called  for  a  force  of  75,000  volunteers  to  aid  in 
putting  down  the  rebellion  and  enforcing  the  laws  of  the 
Union.  Under  these  circumstances  a  public  meeting  of  the 
citizens  of  tin'  lowu  was  held,  22  April,  18(31,  to  exj^ress 
their  sentiniciits  in  regard  to  the  oveuts  tlicn  transpiring  in 
the  country. 

Barnabas  IJ.  Havid  was  called  to  the  chair,  and  upon 
taking  it  announced  the  (object  of  the  meeting,  and  plcilged 
his  all  in  supj)ort  of  the  national  cause. 

Prayer  was  then  oilercd  by  Rev.  J.  (J.  Davis. 
Kemarks  and  jiatriotic  speeches  were  then  made  by  sev- 
eral prominent  citizens  of  the  town,  and  resolutions,  pledgr- 
ing  the  lives,  fortunes,  and  sacred  hon.':i',  of  those  present  to 
the  support  of  the  cause  of  the  country,  were  adopted. 

A  Finance  Committee  was  appointed,  to  secure  and  dis- 
burse contributions  for  the  support  of  the  families  of  those 
who  volunteered  to  light  the  battles  of  the  country,  and  it 
was  voted  to  raise  the  pay  of  the  volunteers  from  Amherst 
to  eighteen  dollars  per  month,  and  furnish  each  one  with  a 
Colt's  revolver. 

Fourteen  young  men  came  l\)rward  and  offered  their  ser- 
vices as  soldieis. 

A  Home  Cuard  was  formed,  which  met  for  sonu>  time 
for  the  pui'posc  of  drill. 

The  Amherst  Soldiers'  Aid  and  Home  Relief  Society  was 
organized  in  1861,  and  closed  its  work  in  November,  1805. 
DnriuLMts  existence,  ukjucv   to   the  amount  of  ^SIT.'.'O  liad 


416  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

been  collected  for  the  use  of  the  society,  and  articles  distrib- 
uted to  the  amount  of  11,286.35,  the  excess  being  in  labor, 
wearing  apparel,  and  other  articles  contributed.  I 

Names  of  soldiers  who  were  furnished  with  revolvers  : 

Jesse  Barretj  George  W.  George,  Henry  S.  Ober , 

Taylor  W.  Blunt,  (ieorge  P.  Griswold,  Daniel  A.  Peabody, 

Rodney  Burdick,  Newton  T.  Hartshorn,  Charles  H.  Phelps, 

Frank  Chickering,  Henry  H.  Manning,  George  W.  Russell, 

James  B.  David,  Reuel  (r.  Manning,  William  W.  Sawtelle, 

John  M.  Fox,  Alfred  L.  Moore,  George  Vose. 


PROCEEDINGS    OF   THE  TOWN. 


1  June,  1861, 


"  Voted  to  raise  a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  !f2,000,  and  author- 
ized the  selectmen  to  borrow  such  portion  thereof  as  might  be  thought 
necessary,  and  give  the  note  of  the  town  for  the  repayment  of  the 
same,  said  money  to  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  a  committee  appoint- 
ed at  a  citizens'  meeting,  which  committee  was  required  to  furnish 
necessary  assistance  to  the  families  of  any  men  who  had  enlisted 
from  this  town,  for  a  longer  period  than  three  months,  or  to  the  fami- 
lies of  such  person  or  persons  as  may  hereafter  enlist  from  this  town 
during  their  services  as  soldiers  to  sustain  the  Government  and  laws 
of  our  country." 

The  committee  consisted  of  Perley  Dodge,  Charles  H. 
Campbell,  Edward  D.  Boylston,  Charles  Richardson,  and 
Francis  P.  Fitch. 

10  October,  1861.  The  committee  presented  a  report  of 
their  proceedings,  which  was  accepted  by  the  town,  and, 
after  paying  the  balance  remaining  in  their  hands  into  the 
town  treasury,  they  were  discharged  from  further  service. 

Their  receipts,  as  reported,  have  been  $992.21,  of  which 
$92.21  was  received  from  the  State. 

They  had  expended,  in  aid  of  the  soldiers'  families,  -173.00 

Paid  the  soldiers'  extra  pay  voted,  397.72 

Paid  for  revolvers  for  18  volunteers,  and  incidentals,  240.90 

.1711.62 


XXL]  THE    CIVIL    WAR.  417 

At  this  meeting  tlie  town 

"'  Voted  unanimously  to  re-affirra  and  sanction  the  vote  passed  at  its 
last  meeting  to  compensate  soldiers  enlisted  by  the  state,  or  who  might 
so  enlist  to  serve  in  the  army  of  the  Tuited  States,  and  to  provide 
for  the  families  of  said  soldiers,  and  raise  money  therefor  as  author- 
ized by  the  act  relating  to  that  subject  approved  4  July,  1861. 

"  Voted  to  continue  to  assist  the  families  of  such  soldiers,  to  the 
amount  to  be  repaid  by  the  State,  as  provided  in  the  act  aforesaid,  and 
in  case  of  sicicness  or  otiier  casualties  haitpening  in  such  fauiilies,  the 
selectmen  are  empowered  and  directed  to  render  thcni  such  finlii<'r 
aid  as  in  their  judgment  they  may  require." 

"  Voted,  that  the  selectmen  be  a  committee  to  transact  all  luture 
business  in  relation  to  the  soldiers  and  their  families,  in  accordaiice 
with  the  law  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the  legislature." 

11  ]\!;ir(li.  1S(^2.  'J'lie  sclectiiien  reported  that  \]\(^y  had 
received  ¥447.4^5,  which  they  had  paid  out: 

For  extra  pay  and  service  of  one  volunteer,  $18.00 

Paid  families  of  volunteers,  agreeably  to  act  of  4  July',  1861,      414.00 
And  they  had  charged  for  their  services  and  expanses,  15.45 

wliich  amount  the  State,  according  to  the  provisions  of  the 
act  passed  4  July,  1861,  is  obliged  to  refund  to  the  town, 

12  August,  1862. 

''  Voted  unanimously  to  pay  a  bounty  of  '"^150  each  to  those  persons, 
residents  of  Amherst  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  vote,  who  liave 
already  enlisted,  or  may  hereafter  enli.st,  in  this  town,  under  the  call 
of  the  President  for  300,0>10  more  men  to  serve  three  years,  or  during 
the  war,  provided  they  enlist  as  a  part  of  the  quota  r)f  this  town  on 
or  before  the  expiration  of  the  time  allowed  by  the  (iovernment  be- 
fore drafting,  and  said  bounty  shall  be  paid  by  the  selectmen  of  said 
town  as  soon  as  said  persons  are  nmstered  into  the  service  of  the  I'nited 
States;  and  the  said  selectmen  are  hereby  authorized  to  borrow  such 
sum  or  sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  for  that  purpose,  and  bind 
tiie  town  by  note,  or  otherwise,  for  the  payment  of  the  same." 

20  August,  1862.  181  persons,  between  the  ages  of  18 
and  45  years,  were  enrolled  in  town,  of  whom  46  were  e.\- 
empted  from  the  draft  for  various  causes  ;  of  the  remainder, 
17  Jiad  enlisted  into  <h<'  army. 

23  August,  1862. 

•' Voted  to  pay  ^15)  bounty  to  each  person,  resident  in  Amherst, 
who  enlisted  and  was  mustered  into  the  .ser\'ice  of  the  rnit<»d  Stat«s^ 
27 


418  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

to  fill  tlie  quota  of  the  town  under  a  call  for  300,090  nine-months' 
men,  and  that  aid  be  extended  to  their  families  in  the  same  manner 
it  Is  done  to  the  families  of  tliose  who  have  volunteered  for  three 
years." 

27  August,  1862. 

"  Voted  that  every  person  recently  enlisted  be  authorized  to  serve  as 
a  recruiting  officer,  and  that  they  receive  the  usual  fee  rendered  for 
such  service,  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the  town." 

27  August,  1862.  Charles  H.  Campbell  and  Horace  A. 
Clark  were  appohited  a  committee  to  iuvite  Col.  George 
Bowers  and  Col.  A.  F.  Stevens  to  address  the  citizens  at  the 
next  meeting  (29th),  and  if  their  services  could  not  be  ob- 
tained the  committee  were  authorized  to  procure  other 
si)eakers. 

29  August,  1862.  Capt.  Hapgood  and  Messrs.  Bruce  and 
Harden  addressed  the  citizens  and  received  the  thanks  of 
the  meeting. 

1  September,  1863. 

''Voted  to  pay  as  bounty  to  the  militia  of  tliis  town,  who  may  be 
drafted  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  sum  of  -^SOO  each, 
or  the  same  to  the  substitutes  of  such  drafted  men,  agreeably  to  the 
act  of  the  legislature  approved  10  July,  186:»,  and  authorized  the 
selectmen  to  procure  the  money  necessary  for  that  purpose  by  borrow- 
iiig,  their  signatures  to  notes  for  the  same  to  be  binding  upon  the 
town." 

At  a  meeting  held  1  December,  1863,  the  proceedings  of 
the  selectmen,  in  filling  the  town's  quota  of  the  last  call  for 
300,000  men,  were  approved,  and  thev  were  authorized  to 
complete  the  quota  in  such  a  manner  as  in  tlieir  opinion 
would  be  most  advantageous  to  the  town,  and  hire  money 
on  the  credit  of  the  tow^n  to  pay  the  necessary  expeitses. 

29  June,  1S64,  the  town  voted  to  pay  veteran  soldiers,  who 
had  re-enlisted  and  had  assigned  themselves  to  this  town  as  a 
part  of  its  quota,  tlie  sum  of  -$100  each. 
■  ^-'William  A.  Mack  was  chosen  a  committee  to  put  in  vol- 
uiifecrs'to  till  the  quota  of  this  town  to  answer  the  next 
draft,  "  without  any   regard   to  price   whatever,"  and  the 


XXL]  TIIH    CIVIL    WAI!.  419 

selectiuen  were  aiitliori/AHl  to  raise  the  sum  of  •'^0,000  to 
defray  expenses. 

27  August,  18()4,  the  town  voted  to  pay  tliose  iiieii  wtio 
enlisted  for  one  year  as  a  part  of  the  (|Uota  of  tliis  town, 
the  sum  of  !t!300  ;  to  those  who  enlisted  for  two  years,  the 
sum  of  •ii'400  :  and  to  those  who  enlisted  for  three  years,  the 
sum  of  $500  each  (in  adilition  to  the  State  and  National 
bounties  oi'fei'cd  ),  and  Noted  to  I'aise  -flO^OCO  to  [lay  their 
bounties. 

20  Decemljcr,  1<S64,  voted  to  refund  to  those  wlio  have 
furnished  substitutes  the  amount  exceeding  8200  they  have 
paid  for  that  purpose:  vrted  also  to  })ay  -iJfoOO,  and  advance 
the  State  bounty  to  all  who  sliall  put  in  substitutes  to  (ill 
the  town's  ipiota  under  the  call  fen-  500,000  men;  and  Wil- 
liam A.  Mack  was  appointed  to  act  as  agent  for  the  town 
in  lining  its  (pu)ta. 

.Military  cxiiciiscs  of  the  town  during  the  ci\il  war.  as 
rc|)ortc(l  by  1  he  selectmen  : 

Prior  to  .March.  1^(52,  81.263.0.5 

From  March,  1S02,  to  .Ahucli,  1803,  .  .  .  1l'.(  !)i).72 

'•          "        1.^03,  "         "  1804,  .  .  .  13. .J  o.."Mi 

IS'M,  •'         "  1805,  .  -  .  21.Mj(5.L>() 

180.5,  •■          •  1806,  .  .  .  1,302.23 


i?5.),l  (87.70 


A  lai'ge  jjortion  of  the  al)o\e  was  repaid  l)y  the  State  and 
United  States. 

10  ^larch,  1808,  the  selectmen  were  antlnu-i/ed  to  expend 
a  smn  not  exceeding  -'ii'^OO  in  building  a  soldiers'  monu- 
ment. 

30  ^lay,  iSdt),  the  selectmen  aiijiointed  11  irrison  Haton 
a  committee  on  tlie  construction  of  a  soldiers'  monument. 

0  August,  1870,  J.  r>yroii  Fay,  Kdward  D.  IJoylston,  ami 
Charb's  Richardson,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  ascer- 
tain the  cost  of  a  suitable  m  uiinnent  to  commemorate  the 
soldiers  from  Amherst  who  lost  their  lives  in  the   civil  war. 


420 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


At  an  adjourned  meeting,  held  6  September,  1870,  the  com- 
mittee reported  in  favor  of  erecting  a  monument  similar  to 
the  one  recently  erected  in  Peterborougii,  the  cost  of  which 
they  estimated  at  $4,000.  The  report  was  accepted,  but  ac- 
tion upon  its  recommendation  was^postponed  until  the  next 
annual  meeting. 

14  March,  1871,  Harrison  Eaton,  J.  Byron  Fay,  and  John 
F.  Whiting,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  locate  and  erect 
a  soldiers'  monument,  and  the  style  or  character  of  the 
monument,  and  the  time  of  erecting  it,  was  left  to  their  dis- 
cretion. 

It  was  voted  to  appropriate  the  sum  of  $3,000,  in  addition 
to  the  sum  left  by  the  late  Aaron  Lawrence,  Es(i.,  toward 
its  erection. 

The  granite  base  of  the  soldiers'  monument  on  the  Plain 
was  quarried  from  a  bowlder  found  on  land  owned  by  Levi 
J.  Secomb,  Esq.  The  bronze  figure  of  a  soldier  was  placed 
upon  it  i>  December,  1871. 

At  the  same  time  the  bronze  tablet,^bearing  the  follow- 
ing inscription,  was  inserted  : 


IX    HONOR    OF 

OI^R  CITIZEX  SOLDIERS. 

1861-1865. 


William  W.  Sawtelle,  2d  Reg't 

James  W.  Patterson,     "  " 

Fiiield  II.  Messer,          "  " 
Henry  S.  Ober,             4th 

Thomas  L.  Gilpatrick,  "  " 

Charles  H.  Phelps,       .")th  " 

Edward  Vose,                 "  " 

John  L.  Kendall,            "  " 

Charles  A.  Damon,        "  " 

William  Few,               7th  " 

Edwin  Benden,             8th  " 

Joseph  F.  Johnson,        "  " 

Albert  Noyes,                 "  " 

Charles  A.  B.  Hall,      9th  " 


James    Blanchard,    lOth    Reg't. 

Samuel  Corliss, 

George  B.  Sloan, 

Eli  S.  Gutterson, 

Robert  Gray, 

George  A.  McChier, 

George  A.  Pedrick, 

John  X.  ]\Iace, 

Charles  S.  Parkhurst, 

Lyman  B.  Sawtelle, 

Martin  P.  Weston,      1st     Reg't 

N.  H.  Heavy  Artillery. 
Frank  H.  Holt,  47tli  Penn. 


XXI.] 


A.MIlKitST    MKN     IN    TIIK    (  IViL    W  Ali 
I   KICTKD   1>71 

iiv   riii:  TOWN  oi    .\Mm:i:>T, 

ASSISTKI)    I'.V    A    I.I- (I  \(   ^ 

1  i:i>.M 

AAKdN     I.AWUKNCK,    !;><;. 


421 


A  meeting  was  held  ol  May,  1872,  "  to  see  if  the  town 
would  vote  to  dedicate  the  Soldiers'  Monument,"  hut  the  ar- 
ticle in  \\\v  warrant  lor  that  j»ur{)ose  was  dismissed,  47  to 
42.  At  another  meetinu',  held  17  June,  1872,  the  town 
voted  "to  dedicate  the  Soldiers'  Mjnument."  hut  no  steps 
have  hccn  tiikt'n  to  caiiy  the  vote  into  etVect,  iiiid  th'-  monu- 
ment has  never  hecu  t'ornr.illv  diMliciiteil. 


SOLDIERS     AND     SAILORS  FROM     AMHFMIST     IS     THF     CIVII.     WAR. 

ISGl-lsi;.-,. 

Three-months'    men   that   went    to    Poitsniouth  in   Ciipt. 
CiUis's  Company,  April.  1861. 


Jesse  Barrett, 
Taylor  W.  Hlnnt. 
Kodnev  W.   liiirdick. 


Josejili  F.  C'aily, 
Frank  Chickeriir. 
James  B.  David. 


422 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


John  M.  Fox, 
(jeorge  W.  George, 
(Jeovge  P.  (iriswokl, 
Keuel  (j.  Mixuuing, 


Alfred  L.  ]Moore, 
(ieorge  W.  Kussell, 
William  W.  Sawtelle. 


Of  the  above  those  who  cleeliiicd  to  enlist  for  three   years 
returned  home  13  Jul}',  18G1,  havino'  received  a  discharge. 


THREE    YEARS     MEN. 


SECOND    ItEOIMKXT. 

Jolm  ^I.  Fox, 
Fifield  IT.  Messer, 
William  W.  Sawtelle. 

TIIIKD  KECIMKXT. 

Rodney  W.  Ikirdick, 
George  W.  ParkhiU'st, 
James  Kj'an. 

KOTRTH   KECa.MEXT. 

Charles  F.  Crookev, 
Albert  Fletcher, 
Thomas  L.  (iilpatrick, 
John  G.  Love  joy, 
Henry  H.  Manning, 
Samuel  H.  Ober, 
George  W.  Osgood, 
"William  D.  Stearns, 
George  H.  Upton. 

FIFTH  KEGIMKNT. 

John  Boodro, 
James  B.  David, 
Edson  Davis, 
Charles  A.  Damon, 
Joseph  B.  Fay, 
George  W.  (ieorge, 
Charles  E.  Ilapgood, 
John  L.  Kendall, 
Henry  A.  Nichols, 
Daniel  A.  Peabody, 
Charles  H.  Phelps, 
Lyman  B.  Sawtelle, 
Edward  Vose, 


(4eorge  Vose, 
Frederick  A.  Wilson. 

SEVENTH   REGIMENT. 

-losiali  Colburn. 

EKiHTH  REfilMENT. 

Jesse  Barrett, 
Edwin  Bend'u, 
elames  L.  Hardy, 
Joseph  A.  Johnson, 
Albert  Xoyes. 

NINTH  REGIMENT. 

Robert  E.  Ben  den, 
Charles  A.  Hale, 
Bartholomew  Ryan. 

TENTH   RE(;iMENT. 

(ieorge  F.  Aiken, 
Albert  S.  Austin, 
James  Blanchard, 
Thomas  Broderick, 
Joseph  A.  Brown, 
Lawrence  Cooley, 
Samuel  "W.  Corliss, 
George  E.  Crooker, 
Jeremiah  Crowley, 
Thomas  Doyle, 
Robert  (jray, 
Eli  S.  (Jutterson, 
Charles  F.  Hall, 
Robert  Harrison, 
George  E.  Heath, 
Peter  Levin, 
George  A.  McClure, 
John  N.  Mace, 


XXL] 


AMHERST    .MKN    IN    THE    CIVIL    WAR. 


423 


Tlioiiias  O'Coiinell, 
Charles  X.  Parkhurst, 
James  W.  ratterson, 
rjeorge  A.  I'edrick, 
Jolin  1).  IV.liick, 
James  A.  Pliill)rick, 
fn'orn'c  ^^^  Kussell, 
Joliu  Shea, 
Joshua  A.  Skinner, 
James  K.  Stearns, 
George  I>.  Sloan, 
Horace  Lawrence, 
Cliarles  C.  Twiss. 

IIKAVV    AUril.M-RV. 

Albert  E.  Boutell, 
Charl.-s  K.  Flint, 
Hdwin  I\.  Ivoujuly, 
William  F.  Kussdl, 
Charles  II.  Sjicparil, 
Nathan  T.  Taylor, 
William  E.  Wallace, 
.Martin  P.  AVeslon. 

N.   H.  HATTERY. 

Edmund  E.  Hnllard, 
Hiohard  Mahar. 
Hryant  II.  .Melendy. 

SHARI'SHOOTKRS. 

Charles  I'pton. 


IX    MAS.SACHUSKTT>     l<  l,<,  1  M  (-.NTS. 

Charles  Hastings, 
Josejih  Petten;,^ill, 
Warren  S.  Russell. 

20th    xi;\v  YOKK  i{i:(;iMKN  T. 
Michael  Welsh. 

Ith  PENXSYI.VAMA   Ki;(;i  M  KNT. 

Frank  II.  Holt. 

U.    S.    EXGIXEKKt;. 

Newton  T.  Hartshorn. 

U.    S.    XAVY. 

John  II.  Clark, 
Henry  A.  Fletcher, 
Charles  Chainpuey, 
Xelson  D.  Gould, 
Patrick  Moran, 
George  N.  Wheeler. 

RE-EXI,ISTI:D  AFTKU  TUKKK  YKAKS' 
SERVICE. 

Edward  E.  Benden, 
Rodney  W.  Burdick, 
John  G.  Lovejoy, 
Albert  Noyes, 
James  Ryan, 
George  H.  I'pton, 
George  W.  I'pton. 

rOST    HAXD     AT    HII.TOX     UI'.AU. 

A\'arren  S.  Rus.sell, 
David  F.  Thompson. 


The  I'ollowiuo- citizens  of  Ainlierst  fiiniislied  substitutes: 


lb. His  E.  Abbott. 
Noah  P.  Batchelder. 
Ib-nry  R.  Boutell, 
James  C.  Boutell, 
Luther  Coggin,  jr., 
Perley  W.\)odg(>, 
John  Fletcher, 
Butler  P.  Flint, 
Charles  E.  Grater, 
John  Iladlock, 


Joseph  F.  Hanson, 
Reuben  W.  Ilarradon. 
Frank  Hartshorn, 
.Vsa  Jaipiith,  jr., 
Ebenezer  Jafpiith, 
.\ndrew  L.  Kiilder, 
Charles  H.  Kinson. 
Stephen  McGaiTey, 
William  ^lelendy, 
George  W.  Parker, 


424 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Heiuy  M.  Parker,  Daniel  C.  Shirley. 

James  S.  Parkhurst,  Daniel  W.  Trow, 

Solomon  Prince,  Joseph  P.  Trow, 

Albert  A.  Rotch,  George  W.  Upham, 

George  J.  Savage,  ^  John  F.  Whiting, 

Andrew  F.  Sawyer,  Samuel  Wilkins. 
Chester  Shipley, 

Names  of  substitutes,  so  far  as  ascertained  : 


Charles  Baursturn, 
Pierre  Boyleau, 
William  Brown, 
John  Caten, 
Ira  Clark, 
George  Farley, 
John  Fox, 
George  Fray, 
Charlers  Groht, 
John  Harris, 
Benjamin  F.  Hinds, 
Edward  Hogan, 


Thomas  Jones, 
Alexander  Miller, 
Hiram  F.  Morton, 
James  O'Bi'ien, 
Daniel  O'Neill, 
Christian  Peterson, 
Charles  A.  Eogers, 
Owen  L.  Rouse, 
Edward  Rupel, 
William  Thompson, 
Louis  Walter, 
Joseph  ^Vrig■ht. 


Of  tlie  above  substitutes,  nine  are  reported  as  liaving-  de- 
serted, one  was  killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  and  two  Avere 
wounded. 


XXIl.]  TlIK    MILITIA.  425 


CIIAPTEK   XXIL 

THE  MILITIA. 

COMPANY  TRAININGS  AND  RFGIMENTAL  MUSTERS. — THE  FIFTH 
RKGIMENT,  1792. — FORMATION  OF  THE  ARTILLERY  AND  CAV- 
ALRY COMPANIES. — COMPANY  TRAININGS  IN  AMHER.ST,  SEPT. 
1807. — REPORTS  OF  REGIMENTAL  MUSTERS  FROM  THE  "CABI- 
NET."— MA.IOR  DUDLEY. — MILITIA  COMPANIES  IN  AMHERST. — 
THE  LAFAYETTE  RIELEMEN,  AND  THEIR  COMMISSIONED  OFFI- 
CERS.— CAPTAINS  OF  THE  AMHERST    MILITIA     PRIOR    TO    1786. 

CAPTAINS  OF  "  OLD  EAST"  SINCE  1786. CAPTAINS  OF  THE 

u  ^vkst"  COMPANY. — CAPTAINS  OF  THE  SECOND  PARISH  COM- 
PANY, 178G-1804. — OFFICERS  of  the  SOUTH-WEST  PAR- 
ISH COMPANY,  SEPT.  1787. — FIRST  OFFICERS  OF  THE  ARTIL- 
LERY COMPANY. — AMHERST  MEN  WHO  HAVE  COMMANDED  THE 
COMPANY. — COPY  OP  LIEUTENANT  JOSEPH  PRINCE's  COMMIS- 
SION, 174>). 

A  WL'll-(li>;c'i|'liii('(l  militia  heint;  deemed  to  lie  tlu-  iiatur;d 
and  sure  defense  of  the  state,  laws  were  enaeted  at  an  early 
date,  ]iruvidii)<»:  for  the  instiuetiou  of  the  citizens  in  the 
school  of  the  soldier.  All  liable  to  do  military  duty  were 
called  out  twice  a  year  for  company  training,  and  once  a 
year  the  C()mj)anies  were  called  togctiier  for  insi)Cction  and 
review,  as  parts  of  the  regiment. 

These  :uinii:il  gatlierings  of  the  defenders  of  the  state  were  attended 
by  a  crowd  of  spectators  wlio  were  ex(Mni»ted  from  the  operalion.s  of 
the  militia  law.  Veterans  who  met  to  relate  their  exploits  on  former 
muster-lields.  or,  perchance,  on  the  fields  of  deadly  strife  ;  boys,  look- 
ing forward  to  the  time  when  they  would  be  called  upon  to  take  part, 
in  the  all-important  proceedings  of  muster-day ;  women  ayd  children ; 


426  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

peddlers  of  all  sorts  of  merchandise ;  showmen  and  A'enders  of  eata- 
bles and  drinkables,  all  were  there,  and  their  voices  mingled  with  the 
roll  of  drums  and  the  piercing  notes  of  fifes  made  a  scene  of  confu- 
sion and  uproar  rivalling  Babel  of  old. 

Not  unfrequently  the  jolly  god  got  the  better  of  the  doughty  heroes 
of  the  field.  "  We  had  a  glorious  muster,  a  first  rate  one,"  said  one  of 
them,  on  his  return  from  the  field,  "  and  t  judge  they  will  have  another 
to-morrow,  as  I  saw  a  number  of  soldiers  lying  on  their  arms  when  I 
left  the  field." 

Amherst  being  centrally  situated,  and  for  a  long  time  the 
largest  town  in  the  regiment,  was  often  selected  as  the  place 
of  these  annnal  gatherings.  Paraded  on  the  common,  with 
the  cavalr}'  near  the  court-house,  then  the  artillery  and  rifle- 
men, the  uniformed  light-infantry  companies,  the  Milford 
red  coats,  and  the  unnniformed  infantry  companies  from  the 
various  towns  included  in  the  regiment,  the  old  "Fifth" 
formed  a  line  extending  nearly  to  Judge  Claggett's  house, 
and  presented  an  imposing  appearance. 

In  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  State,  at  Concord,  is  the  following- 
return,  made  in  November,  1792,  of  the  number  of  officers  and  men  at 
that  time  included  in  the  regiment.  Military  service  was  then  re- 
quired of  "•  all  free  and  able-bodied  males  between  the  ages  of  sixteen 
and  forty  years." 

Company  1.  Dunstable. 

"2.  Amherst,  2d  parish. 

3.  Nottingham  AVest,  1st  Co. 

4.  Merrimack,  1st  Co. 

5.  Hollis,  1st  Co. 

6.  Amherst,  East  Co. 

7.  Litchfield. 

8.  Hollis,  2d  Co. 

9.  Amherst,  West  Co. 
10.  Nottingham  West,  2d  Co. 

.11.  Raby. 

12.  Merrimack,  2d  Co. 

13.  Amherst,  3d  parish  &  Mile  Slip 

Totals,  13  companies, 

of  which  Amherst  and  the  ]\Iile  Slip  contributed 

officers ;  total,  283. 


Privates. 

Officers. 

Totals. 

71 

14 

85 

10 

16 

66 

56 

13 

69 

65 

3 

68 

60 

16 

76 

58 

16 

74 

44 

11 

55 

60 

16 

76 

56 

16 

72 

00 

15 

75 

38 

9 

47 

48 

10 

58 

56 

15 

71 

722 

170 

892 

ibuted  22i: 

)  privates 

and  63 

XXII.]  TlIK    MILITIA.  4li7 

In  1794  ail  artillery  coinpaiiy  was  oi'ganizrd  in  llie  regi- 
ment, of  which  Liitlici'  Dana,  of  Amherst,  was  elected  cap- 
tain. A  brass  lield-pieee,  one  of  llic  trophies  of  Ihe  liattlc 
of  Bennington,  was  l)rocured  f<>i'  i<s  nse,  which  was  after- 
ward transferred  to  the  artilleiy  conii»any  in  the  Xintli 
regiment,  and  nsed  many  years  hy  the  New  Boston  artillery. 
On  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  battle,  the  old  gnn, 
which  has  been  christened  "Molly  Stark,"  was  fii'cd  one 
hnndred  times  in  honor  of  Stark's  victory. 

Prior  to  1795  a  company  of  cavalry  was  organi/.iMl  in  the 
regiment.  At  the  nmster,  in  1806,  the  regiment  consisted 
of  one  company  of  cavalry,  one  of  artillery,  and  twelve  of 
infantry.  It  was  ins])ected  and  reviewed  at  Andierst  liy 
Brig -(Jen.  Benjamin  Pierce  and  staff. 

The  following  a<'connt  of  th(^  fall  training,  in  1S(i7.  has 
been  preserved  : 

"  Caj)!.  CaiiiphoH's  conipanj'  (old  East)  met  at  Kcmlall's  store  at 
nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and,  after  exercising  some  time,  marched 
to  the  plain,  where  they  performed  the  nsnal  maneuvers.  At  one 
o'clock  they  repaired  to  Mr.  Ball's  and  took  dinner.  Capt.  Mean.s's 
company  (West  comjiany)  met  at  one  o'clock.  At  two  o'c-lock  the 
two  companies  marched  together  on  the  plain.  At  three  o'clock  they 
were  joined  by  the  Mont  Vernon  company,  commanded  In'  Capt. 
Thad.  Kendall,  and  the  marching  and  drill  of  the  companies  was  kept 
up  imtil  night.  The  detachment  was  nnder  the  command  of  Capt. 
Camphell,  the  senior  ca])tain.  who  was  mounted. 

In  ISlt  the  regiment  nnisterid  at  Dunstable,  where  it  was  insjjected 
and  reviewed  by  Gen.  Stetde  and  staff.  In  the  morning  a  draft  was 
made  to  till  the  last  (piota  called  for  by  the  governor  to  serve  at  Ports- 
mouth. 'J'he  drafted  men  were  disndssed  with  orders  to  appear  at 
Golfstown  the  next  day,  where  they  were  to  be  joined  by  the  drafted 
men  from  the  other  regiments  in  the  brigade,  and  the  wh<>l<r  were 
to  march  in  a  body  to  Portsmouth. 

The  5th  regiment,  commanded  1)y  Col.  (Jreely,  and  tlie  I'.M,  com- 
manded l)y  Col.  Steele,  mustered  in  Amherst  18  Sept.,  1818,  and  were 
reviewed  by  Brig.  (Jen.  Gay  and  suite.  The  weather  was  very  favora- 
ble, and  the  appearance  of  the  troops  ha,s  seldom  been  surpassed. 

The  5th  regiment  mustered  in  ,\ndierst  12  Sept.,  1821.  At  this 
muster  tlie  Dunstable  cadets  and  Milford  light-infantry   gained    great 


428  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cllfip. 

and  merited  applause  by  their  soldier-like  appearance  and  the  ease 
with  which  they  performed  various  evolutions,  new  to  most  of  the 
spectators. 

About  this  time  Maj.  Dudley,  late  of  the  U.  S.  Army, 
visited  Amherst  and  some  of  the  neighboring  towns,  and 
gave  instructions  in  military  tactics  to  classes  of  young- 
men,  which  produced  a  manifest  improvement  in  the  appear- 
ance of  the  militia  companies  of  which  they  were  members. 

The  regiment'  mustered  at  Amherst  12  Sept.,  1834,  and  the  "  Cabi- 
net "  remarked  that  "  the  general  appearance  of  the  troops  was 
creditable  to  the  officers  and  soldiers,  but  an  unusual  assemblage  of 
peddlers,  loafers,  rum-drinkers,  and  gamblers,  was  present,  whose  ill- 
conduct  was  a  disgrace  to  the  place,  and  to  all  concerned  in  it." 

A  revival  of  the  military  spirit  took  place  shortly  after  this  tihie, 
and  at  the  muster  in  Amherst,  20  Sept.,  18  57,  three  new  uniformed 
companies  from  Nashua,  and  one  from  Hudson,  appeared  on  the  field, 
and  "  the  regiment  never  appeared  to  better  advantage." 

His  excellency.  Gov.  Hubbard,  and  staff,  reviewed  the  regiment  at 
Nashua,  27  Sept.,  1842.  The  weather  was  all  that  could  be  desired, 
the  troops  appeared  finely,  and  the  whole  aifair  passed  off  very  much 
to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 

The  5th,  9th,  and  22i  regiments  mustered  at  Amherst,  27  Sept., 
18.50.  The  appearance  of  the  troops  was  creditable,  but  the  attending 
scenes  were  discreditable.  Blacklegs  and  rowdies  abounded,  and  the 
troops  were  called  upon  in  one  instance  to  suppress  a  riot.  Mr.  Boyl- 
ston  remai-ked,  "  on  the  whole  the  muster  was  a  singular  compound 
of  mud,  militia,  music,  and  misery." 

The  old  militia  system,  with  its  trainings,  musters,  and 
carousals,  was  abandoned  soon  after,  and  the  state  still  lives 
without  its  ])rotection. 

From  1787  to  1794  the  militia  of  Amherst  was  divided 
into  four  companies ;  one  in  the  north-west  parish,  one  in 
the  south-west  parish,  and  two,  the  "East"  and  the  "  West," 
in  the  first  parish.  After  the  incorporation  of  Milford  and 
Mont  Vernon,  the  ''East"  and  "West"  companies  alone 
remained  in  Amherst.  On  the  formation  of  the  Lafayette 
rifle  company,  in  1825,  the  "  West"  company  was  disbanded, 
leaving  "Old  East"  the  only  infantry  company  in  town. 


XXI  I.]  THK    MII.ITIA.  42'.» 

Tlio  Lafnycttc  i-illc  coiupiiny  was  oru'iini/.cil  in  January, 
18:^"),  and  was  well  sustained  for  nearly  thirty  years.  It 
was  one  of  the  companies  ealhMl  out  to  perform  oscort  duty, 
at  the  time  of  President  Jackson's  visit  to  Concord,  in  1833, 
and  the  exi)h^its  of  some  of  the  nieinl)ers  at  that  time,  as 
rehitetl  liy  the  "survivors,"  weic  nuirvelous  in(h'e(L  Its 
coniniissioneil  ollicers  were 

('liail(.'s  IJicliardson,  captain,  It  Jan.,  lS2o;  resigned  "22  April,  ISl'S. 

Bcnj.  V.  Aiken,  lieutenant,  24  .Jan.,   1825;  resigned  2-t  Jan.,  1S27. 

Charles  (i.  Atherton,  ensign,  14  Jan.  1825,  lieutenant,  20  .fan.,  1827, 
L-aptain,  28  April,  ls28;    resigned  24  -Ian.,  is2.'t. 

Samuel  B.  Melendy,  en.sign.  20  Jan.,  18J7,  lieutenant,  28  Jan.,  1828; 
resigned  ;il)  March,  1829. 

.Miraliain  Holmes,  captain,  ;50  March,  1829;  resigned  2()  June,  ls30. 

.\iiinnal  Xoye.s,  ensign,  28  April,  1828;   resigned  30  March,  1829. 

Alexander  H.  Converse,  lieutenant,  30  March,  1829,  captain,  25  Aug.. 
1830;  resigned  21  April,  1S;}4. 

George  \V.  Kletcher,  ensign,  3')  ^lareli,  1>29,  lieutenant,  25  Ami;.. 
1830,  captain.  21  April,  1834  ;    resigned  13  April,  1835. 

Isaac  T.  Parker,  ensign,  25  Aug.,  183);   resigned  23  April,  1832. 

Charles  1*.  Danforth,  ensign,  27  April,  1832;  resigned  3  August, 
1S33. 

I>evi  J.  Secoinhe,  lieutenant.  21  .\pril,  1831,  eajitaiii,  1:5  .\pril.  Is3.") ; 
resigned  13  April,  183S. 

Luther  Towne,  ensign,  21  April,  18;;i.  lieutenant.  14  .\pril,  1835; 
resigned  13  April,  1838. 

Sewall  (J.  Mack,  ensign.  11  .\pril.  ls3."),  captain.  13  April.  1838; 
resigned  (i  Feb.,  1839. 

Levi  Curtis,  lieutenant.  13  .\i'ril,  1838,  captain,  6  Feb..  18:{!) ;  re- 
signed 30  Dec,  1841. 

Elbridge  Hardy, ensign.  I'-'i  Aj^ril,  1838,  lieutenant,  tj  Feb.,  is:}!);  re- 
signed 30  Dec,  IStl. 

Israel  Fuller,  jr.,  ensign,  (i  Feb.,  1839,  captain,  30  Dec.  ls41  ;  re- 
.signed  11  April,  1813. 

Peter  Carlton,  lieutenant,  30  Dec,  1841,  captain,  11  April,  lst3  :  re- 
signed 30  March,  1844. 

Isaac  P.Weston,  ensign,  30  April,  1>'42,  lieutenant.  11  .\pril.  1813. 
captain,  30  March,  1844  ;  resigned  2t)  Marcli,  1846. 

Renjaniin  P.  Whiting,  ensign,  11  .\pril.  ls43.  lieutenant,  30  March,  ^ 
1841,  captain,  2G  March,  184(i. 


430 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


Miles  Lovejo}^,  ensign,  30  March,  184:4,  lieutenant,  26  March,  1846; 
resigned  10  May,  1847. 

John  Putnam,  ensign,  26  March,  1840. 

Captains  of  the  militia  companies  of  Amherst,  prior  to  1786,  so  far 
as  can  be  ascertained  : 

Joseph  Prince,  lieut.  command'g.  William  Peabody, 

John  P)radford,  Robert  Read, 

Ephraim  liildreth,  John  Shej)ard, 

Nathan  Kendall,  Archelaus  Towne, 

Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  Israel  Towne,  jr. 

tiru  Company,  5th  Regiment. 

Captains  of  Amhei-st  "  East"  Cumpauy,  since  178(3,  with  date  of 
commission : 

Elijah  ]\fansur. 
David  Fisk,  3d. 
Luther  Melendy. 
Charles  Melendy. 
Robert  G.  Shepard. 
Ebenezer  T.  Duncklee. 
Thomas  M.  Harvell. 
Charles  H.  Campbell. 
Joseph  F.  Crosby. 

Otii  Company,  5tu  Regiment. 

Captains  of  Amherst  "  West  "  company : 

1786  Samuel  Shepard. 

1793  William  Stewart. 

1797  Ebenezer  AVakefield.  1815 

1799  Nathaniel  Emerson.  1817 

1801  Thomas  Whiting.  1821 

1:02  Theophilus  Page.  182-4 

1806  David  McG.  .Means. 


1786 

IMoses  Barron. 

1821 

1793 

Jeremiah  Hobson. 

1824 

1795 

William  Fisk. 

1828 

1797 

.Joseph  Nichols. 

1829 

1801 

-John  Harvell. 

1834 

Philip  Eaton. 

1838 

1805 

Daniel  Campbell,  jr. 

1844 

1808 

Josiah  Converse. 

1846 

1815 

Benjamin  P.  Brown. 

1818 

1818 

James  Bell,  lieut.  com'd'i^'. 

Amos  Elliott. 
Edmund  Parker. 
Robert  Read. 
Thomas  Wilkins. 
Daniel  Hartshorn. 
Charles  Richardson. 


The  company  was  disbanded  in  January,  1825. 
2d  Company,  5tii  Regiment. 

Captains  of  the  "  North-west  Parish  company,"  from  1786  to  the 
incorporation  of  Mont  Vernon,  1803. 


1788     William  Bradford,  jr. 
1793     ]\Ioses  Kimball. 


1799     John  Batchelder. 
1803     lieniamin  Parker. 


XXIl.J  THK    Ml  1,1X1  A.  -131 

loTii  Cdmpany,  .")th  Ki:<;imkxt. 

The  company  in  tlio  soiith-wosl  parisli  iiicludod  the  militia  in  tin*, 
south-west  parisli  and  those  in  '•  I)iixl)urv  "  and  tlic  "  Mile  Slip."  It 
was  orgaiiizcil  in  tlic  aiitumii  of  17>i7,  ami  the  following-  ofliccrs  were 
commissidiii'd.  1 1  Sept.,  of  that  year: 

Joshua  Burnham,  captain.  -lames  (iilmore,  "Jd  lieutenant. 

Benjamin  Lewis,  1st  lieutenant.        Joshua  Mooar,  ensign. 

C'apt.  I'lnriiliani  cdntinued  in  eoinniand  of  the  company  until  after 
the  incorporation  of  Milford,  in  17!)  1. 

The  artillery  company  in  the  fifth  regiment  was  organized  early  in 
the  summer  of  17!' 1.  Tiic  following  otiicers  were  commissioned  1:5 
June,  of  that  year : 

Luther  Dana,  of  .\ndierst,  captain. 

lienjamin  Pool,  of  Ilollis,  1st  lieutenant. 

Augustus  Lund,  of  Dunstable,  2d  lieutenant. 

Otiier  citizens  of  .\ndierst  who  commanded  the  company  were 
1807     -John  Secombe.  1S16     James  Shepaid. 

1810     Peter  Patterson. 

The  cavalry  company  was  organized  about  170  L  ami  Joseph  Per- 
kins, jr.,  of  Amherst,  was  commissioned  as  captain,  ol)  Dec,  of  that 
year. 

Lt.  J()S('|ili  Prince  was  proiialily  llic  lir.st  C'oniiiiaiKh'f  of 
tlic  militia  in  Aiuhcrst.  lli.s  commission,  now  in  the  hands 
of  ono  of  his  (h'scciKhmts,  is  as  foUows: 

Benning     Wentworth,     Esq.,     Capt.-(ien. 

PuovixcK  OF      )  and  Governor-in-Chief  in  and  over  His 

New  Damps II IKK.  )  Majesty's  Province  of  Xew   Hampshire. 

in  New  England,  &c. 

To  JoKi'pIt  Prince,  Geiilh  inun,  Greeting: 

Hy  virtue  of  the  Power  and  Authority  in  and  by  His  Majesty'.s 
Royal  Conunission  to  Me  granted,  to  be  Captain-General,  &c.,  over  thi.s 
His  ^lajesty's  Province  of  New  Hampshire,  aforesaid,  I  do  (by  these 
Presents),  reposing  especial  Trust  and  Confidence  in  your  Loyalty, 
Courage,  and  good  Conduct,  constitute  and  appoint  You,  the  said 
Josepii  Prince,  to  be  Lieutenant  of  the  Seventh  Company  in  the  Sixth 
Regiment  of  .Militia  in  the  Province  aforesaid,  whereof  -losepli  Hlan- 
chard,  Esq.,  is  Colonel. 

You  are,  therefore,  carefully  and  diligently  to  discharge  the  Duty  of 
a  lieutenant   connnanding,  ordering,  and  exercising  (the  men  under 


432  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap^ 

your  command)  in  arms,  (as  Infantry)  Soldiers,  and  to  keep  them  in 
good  Order  and  Discipline ;  hereby  commanding  them  to  obey  you  as 
their  Lieutenant, — and  yourself  to  observe  and  follow  such  Orders 
and  Instructions  as  you  shall  from  time  to  time  receive  from  Me,  or 
the  Commander-in-Chief  for  the  Time  being,  or  other  of  your  Supe- 
rior Officers  for  His  Majesty's  Service,  according  to  IVIilitary  Rules  and 
Disciyiline  pursuant  to  the  Trust  reposed  in  you. 

Given  under  my  Hand  and  Seal  at  Anns, 

at  Portsmouth,  the  2d  Day  of  Deceml>er, 

L.  S.  in  the  Seventeenth  Year  of  the  Keigu  of 

His  JNIajesty,  King  George  the  Second, 

Anno  Domini,  1743. 

l^y  His  Excellency's 

Command,    '  B.  AVENTWORTH. 

THEODORE  ATKINSON,  Secretary. 


XXIIL]  liUIDGES    ACROSS    THE    SOUIIEGAN.  433 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 

^  MISCEIJ.AXKolS  .MATTERS. 

BRIDGES    ACROSS  THE  SOUHEGAN. — THE   SMALL-POX. — DEALINGS 

WITH  THE  DO.MESTIC  ANIMALS, VOTES  IN  RELATION  TO  CROWS 

AM)     I'ISH. BURYING-GROUNDS      AND      TOMBS. ACCIDENTAL 

DEATHS. BELLS  AND  CLOCKS. — THE  PO.ST-OFFICE. TELE- 
GRAPH    AND      TELEPHONE. NEWSPAPERS. BANKS. SECOND 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE  TURNPIKE. —  PIONEER  BRICK-MAKERS. CARD 

MANUEACTORV. THE       WHIP      BUSINESS. AMHERST     SOCIAL 

LIBRARY. THE    "FRANKLIN    SOCIKTV." THE    ''HANDELLIAN 

SOCIETY." — FREE  MASONRY. — SOUHEGAN  GRANGE. — UNITED 
ORDER  OF  THE  GOLDEN  CROSS. — FIRE  RECORD. — HUNTERS'  EX- 
PLOITS.  COLLEGE  GRADUATES    FROM    AMHERST. — ATTORNEYS 

AND  PHYSICIANS. — WITCH  STORIES. ''  CABINET"'  CLIPPINGS. 

LOCAL  NAMES. 

BRIDGES  ACROSS  THE  SOUIIEGAN. 

9  March,  ITGl,  the  town  voted  £50,  old  teuur,  to  repair 
the  bridge  across  the  Souhegan,  near  Capt.  Ehcnezer 
Parker's  phicc,  in  Merrimack. 

15  Ajjril,  1TG8,  they  voted  that  in  i'liture  they  wouhl 
maintain  one  half  of  each  of  the  three  bridges  crossing  the 
Souhegan.  and  divided  the  tdwii  into  three  districts,  each 
district  to  take  care  of  the  town's  |ir()|iortion  of  one  of  the 
bridges. 

At  a  meeting  hehl  17  June,  1T91>,  Saniiicl  Wiikiiis,  Rob- 
ert Means,  and  Jaeol>  Taylor,  a  (Mminiltce  apitointed  to 
view  the  road  from  Kendriek's  bridge  to  his  house,  reported 
that  it  would  be  very  exj)ensivc  to  wharf  against  the  river 
28 


434  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

SO  as  to  make  it  sure  and  safe  passing  where  the  road  now 
runs,  and  considering  that  the  bridge  would  have  to  be  re- 
built soon,  they  suggested  the  propriety  of  examining  the 
ground  at  a  point  some  twenty  or  twenty-five  rods  west  of 
the  present  bridge,  where  they  thought  a  dry  and  safe  road 
might  be  had  at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  with  a  view  of 
changing  the  direction  of  the  road  to  that  place,  and  build- 
ing the  new  bridge  on  that  site. 

After  hearing  the  report,  the  town  voted  to  continue  the 
travel  on  the  road,  as  now  built,  for  the  present,  and  directed 
the  selectmen  to  examine  the  ground,  and,  if  they  thought 
it  advisal)le,  to  lay  out  a  new  road  on  the  route  indicated  l)y 
the  committee. 

16  November,  1801,  David  Danforth,  Lieutenant  Timothy  iSTichols, 
and  JNIr.  Jesse  Stevens,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  inspect  the 
Keirdrick  bridge,  which  they  were  directed  to  i^roceed  to  rebuild  as 
soon  as  they  thought  it  best  to  do  so.  The  sum  of  three  hundred  dol- 
lars was  appropriated  at  this  meeting  to  defray  the  expense  of  rel)uild- 
ing  the  bridge. 

4  November,  181G,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  was 
voted  to  defray  the  expense  of  repairing  the  Kendrick  bridge. 

3  September,  1825,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  was  appropri- 
ated toward  paying  the  expense  of  rebuilding  the  Kendrick  bridge. 

23  January,  1826,  the  selectmen  were  appointed  a  committee  to  super- 
intend the  erection  of  a  new  bridge  near  Maj.  Joseph  Fletcher's. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  selectmen  were  appointed  agents  for  the 
town  to  defend  the  suit  brought  against  it  by  Henry  Clark,  on  account 
of  the  failure  of  the  bridge  near  j\Ir.  John  Mack's,  and  at  a  meeting 
held  4  March,  1826,  they  were  directed  to  prosecute  the  appeal  claimed 
in  said  action,  at  the  last  term  of  the  Court  of  Comnion  Pleas,  and 
cause  the  same  to  be  tried  in  the  Superior  Court. 

A  cause  for  the  failure  of  the  bridge  may  be  inferred  from  the  fol- 
lowing item,  taken  from  the  Cahinet  of  23  Dec.,  1830.  Loads  of  a 
similar  character  were,  and  had  for  some  time  been,  quite  common : 

"  Henry  Clark,  of  New  Boston,  drew  a  load  from  Boston  to  Amherst, 
this  week,  with  five  horses,  weighing,  including  carriage,  six  tons  and 
four  hundred  pounds." 

The  average  weight  of  his  horses  was  1049  pounds. 

7  November,  1836,  a  committee  was  ap]3ointed  to  inquire  into  the 
expediency  of  building  a  new  bridge  across  Souhegan  river,  near  Capt. 


XX  111.]  RRinnES   ACROSS  THE   soriiEr.AN.  435 

Daniel  Fletcher's.  They  were  directed  to  ascertain  the  jirobable  ex- 
pense of  hailding  a  stone  bridge;  also  the  expense  of  a  wooden 
bridge;  the  nature  of  the  ground  on  which  the  bridge  was  to  be  built; 
the  width  of  the  stream;  and  other  particulars  necessary  to  give  the 
town  a  right  understanding  of  the  subject,  and  report  at  the  next 
meeting.  5  December.  183(1,  another  committee  was  appointed,  who 
were  directed  to  ascertain,  as  near  as  possible,  the  cost  of  a  stone 
bridge;  a  wooden  bridge;  or  a  chain  bridge.  On  the'Jkli  of  the  same 
month  the  committee  reported  that  a  good  stone  bridge  could  be  built 
for  83501),  provided  the  town  would  find  stone  and  gi-avel.  A  good 
wooden  bridge  they  estimated  might  be  built  for  81500.  They  had 
not  been  able  to  get  much  information  as  to  the  cost  of  achain  l)ridge, 
but  were  of  opinion  that  it  would  be  inexpedient  to  erect  one.  A 
bridge  like  the  one  then  in  use  could  be  built  for  §800.  Having  made 
all  the  incjuiries  in  their  power,  in  regard  to  the  cost  of  the  ditfereut 
kinds  of  bridges,  they  referred  the  matter  to  the  town  for  their  deci- 
sion wliich  to  adopt. 

After  hearing  the  report  of  the  committee,  the  town  voted  to  build 
a  covered  bridge,  after  Towne's  patent,  the  ensuing  year,  and  aiv 
pointed  William  Melendy,  John  Secombe,  and  Samuel  (Jos.s,  a  com- 
mittee to  let  out  the  procuring  of  the  materials  and  superintend  the 
building  of  said  bridge. 

The  bridge  was  accordingly  built  the  following  year  under  th-'  su- 
perintendence of  Mr.  Ford  Pollard.  Its  cost,  as  reported  by  th'';  com- 
mittee, was  8-)0(il.():2.     It  still  stands,  after  forty-four  years'  service. 

13  March,  18:39,. lohn  Secombe,  Samuel  (Joss,  and  Israel  Fidler,  jr. 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  report  on  the  condition 
of  the  bridge  near  the  pauper  farm  ;  the  location  of  the  same  ;  what 
kind  of  a  bridge  it  was  expedient  to  build  in  that  place;  and  the  proli- 
able  cost  of  the  same. 

The  town,  3l)  March,  1839,  voted  not  to  acc<'pt  the  plan  for  a  bridge, 
reported  by  the  connnittee,  but  voted  to  build  a  stone  bridge,  and  ajv 
pointed  William  ]\lelendy,  Samuel  Xutt,  and  Josiah  Russell,  a  building 
connnittee,  and  instructed  them  to  ascertain  the  probable  cost  of 
building  the  bridge,  and  report  at  .some  future  meeting. 

13  April,  1839,  the  town  voted  to  reconsider  the  vote  to  bnilil  a 
stone  bridge;  voted  not  to  repair  the  old  l>ri(lj;i';  and,  lastly,  voted  to 
build  a  stone  bridge. 

Voted  to  adjourn  for  two  weeks,  then  to  meet  at  this  place,  at  which 
time  the  connnittee  were  directed  to  report  a  plan  for  a  stone  bridge. 

At  the  adjourned  meeting,  '27  April,  voteil  to  reconsider  the  vote  to 
build  a  stone  bridge,  and  appointed  Israel  Fuller,  jr.,  .Fohn  Secombe, 
and  Samuel  (ioss,  a  committo'  to  I'oiitr.ict  for  the   bniMin'jf  of  a    •iid>- 


436  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

stantial  wooden  bridge,  the  same  to  be  completed  by  the  1st  of  July, 
next,  and  the  committee  were  directed  to  avail  themselves  of  the  re- 
mains of  the  old  bridge,  so  far  as  they  might  be  serviceable  in  the 
construction  of  the  new  one. 

Voted,  also,  that  the  furnishing  of  all  lumber  required  for  the  new 
bridge  be  let  at  auction,  to  the  lowest  bidder,  and  the  selectmen 
were  authorized  to  raise,  by  loan,  a  sum  not  exceeding  $800  to 
defray  the  expense  of  building  the  bridge.  The  expense  of  building 
this  bridge  was  reported,  in  March,  1840,  to  have  been  !$620.18. 

17  September,  1853,  a  connnittee,  consisting  of  the  selectmen,  C'apt. 
Daniel  Hartshorn  and  Oliver  Carter,  was  appointed  to  examine  into 
the  state  of  the  bridge  at  the  pauper  farm,  and  report  at  some  future 
meeting  the  probable  expense  of  rebuilding  the  same  with  stone  or 
wood. 

At  a  meeting  held  1  October,  IS.jo,  the  committee  was  authorized  to 
build  such  a  bridge  as  they  saw  fit,  but  were  directed  to  get  proposals 
for  building  a  stone  bridge. 

A  wooden  bridge  was  built  soon  after,  at  an  expense  of  $1310.83. 
At  the  annual  meeting,  in  March  of  the  following  year,  the  selectmen 
■were  instructed  to  cause  the  sides  of  the  bridge  to  be  covered,  which 
■was  done  at  an  expense  of  i$409.24. ' 

At  the  annual  meeting,  in  March,  1861,  the  selectmen  were  directed 
to  make  all  necessary  repairs  upon  the  bridge  at  the  pauper  farm. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  held  in  March,  1864,  the  selectmen  were 
authorized  to  build  a  new  bridge  over  the  river,  near  the  pauper  farm, 
should  it  be  for  the  interest  of  the  town  so  to  do. 

The  selectmen  accordingly  employed  i\Ir.  Dutton  Woods  to  build 
the  bridge,  for  doing  which  he  was  paid  s$2000. 

This  bridge  is  now  standing  and  bids  fair  to  do  duty  for  many 
years. 

THE  SMALL-POX. 

At  a  meeting  held  20  March,  1780,  the  town  voted  that 
their  selectmen  desire  the  doctors  to  desist  from  inoculating 
with  the  small-pox,  and  notify  them  that  they  would  incur 
the  displeasure  of  the  town  if  they  did  not  desist. 

In  answer  to  a  petition  of  several  inhabitants  of  the  town,  asking 
that  a  pest-house  might  be  established  for  the  proper  treatment  of  this 
disease,  the  town  voted,  at  a  meeting  held  20  Sept.,  1792,  "not  to  suf- 
fer a  pest-house,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  small-pox,  in  the  said 
town  of  Amherst." 


XXIII. ]  THE   SMALL-POX.  4-}7 

Anotlior  application  for  tlie  same  purpose  was  inado  shortly  after, 
with  the  same  result. 

I'J  November,  1702,  Rohert  Fletcher  and  others,  having  be"n  inocu- 
lated with  the  small-pox,  Daniel  Campbell,  Esip,  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins, 
Samuel  Dana,  Esq.,  Nathan  Kendall,  and  Joshua  Lovejoy,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  examine  into  their  conduct,  and  to  prevent  oth- 
ers from  doing  the  same  if  in  their  power. 

19  March,  179:5,  the  committee  reported  "that  they  h.ave  atteniled 
to  that  service,  and,  upon  the  most  careful  imiuiry  and  best  information 
obtained,  are  of  opinion  that  said  Fletcher  and  others,  who  had  the  small- 
pox, in  this  town,  the  fall  past,  were  highly  reprehensible ;  but  when  we 
consider  their  peculiar  suffering,  that  one  sorrowful  instance  of  mor- 
tality happened  among  them,  and  others  were  severely  visited  with 
the  disorder,  beside  the  great  expense  (greater  than  usual),  we  think 
it  would  be  adding  afHiction  to  the  atHicted  if  they  should  be  further 
noticed  in  the  matter;  and  therefore  we  recommend  the  town  to  pass 
over  the  offence  without  any  further  marks  of  resentment  than  to  let 
others  know  that  a  similar  error  will  not  be  passed  with  like  lenity." 

The  report  was  read,  but  we  are  not  informed  that  any  action  was 
taken  upon  it.  l'robal)ly  the  matter  was  dropped  by  general  con- 
sent. 

'_'!)  .January.  ISln.  At  a  town  meeting  held  this  day,  the  selectmen 
were  authorized  to  appoint  an  agent,  or  agents,  to  vaccinate,  as  soon 
as  maybe,  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  who  had  not  had  the  kineor 
small-pox,  and  to  re-vaccinate  all  those  who  may  wish  it,  and  where  it 
will,  in  their  opinion,  give  greater  security  against  the  small-pox,  the 
agent  or  agents  to  take  such  districts,  or  portions  of  the  town  for  their 
practice  as  they  can  agree  upon  among  themselves. 

The  agents  were  to  keep  a  list  of  the  persons  vaccinated,  and  the  num- 
ber of  visits  they  made  to  each  person,  and  report  the  same  in  writing 
to  the  .selectmen,  with  the  names  of  those,  if  any,  who,  at  the  time  of 
making  their  report,  they  have  reason  to  believe  have  had  neither  the 
kine  nor  small-pox ;  which  report  the  selectmen  were  to  lay  before 
tlie  town,  at  the  next  meeting  after  it  was  made. 

After  the  performance  of  these  services,  the  selectmen  were  author- 
ized to  pay  such  agent  or  agents,  for  their  services,  a  sum  not  exceed- 
ing ten  cents  for  each  person  vaccinated. 

The  three  physicians  then  resident  in  town,  were  appointed 
agents,  agreeably  to  the  above  vote,  and  their  bills  for  services 
amounted  to  !?ni.09. 

Since  that  time  several  cases  of  the  small-pox  have  occurred  in 
town,  but  its  appearance  now  excites  little  alarm.  The  practice  of 
vaccination  with  the  kine-pox,  warmly  advocated  by  Dr.  Spalding,  on 


438  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

.his  settlement  herejhas  robbed  this  terrible  disease  of  its  terrors,  and 
the  i'ears  entertained  of  it  in  the  olden  time  seem  to  us  almost  ridicu- 
lous. 

DEALINGS    WITH    DOMESTIC    ANIMALS.        VOTES    IN    RELATION   TO 
CROWS  AND  FISH. 

Unruly  cattle  were  a  plague  to  the  elders,  and  we  find 
them  building  a  pound  and  adopting  by-laws  at  an  early 
date,  to  keep  the  vagrant  cows,  sheep,  and  swine,  in  order. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  ^NTarch,  1792,  an  effort  was  made  to  keep 
them  off  the  common.  A  by-law  was  adopted,  by  which  the  luck- 
less citizen,  whose  cows  trespassed  thereon  at  any  time  between 
the  first  day  of  May  and  the  first  day  of  November,  in  any  year,  be- 
came liable  to  a  fine  of  two  shillings  a  head  for  every  day  or  part  of  a 
day  they  were  found  within  its  precincts.  If  his  sheep  transgressed 
the  by-law,  one  shilling  a  head  per  day  or  part  of  a  day,  for  the  time 
they  trespassed,  paid  the  penalty. 

Probably  the  snow-drifts,  that  usually  abounded  between  the  first 
of  November  and  the  first  of  May,  were  deemed  to  be  a  sufficient  pro- 
tection that  part  of  the  year.  As  to  the  swine,  they  were  ordered  to 
be  kept  in  strict  confinement  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  If  they  pre- 
sumed to  show  themselves  upon  the  common  at  any  time,  their  owner 
was  to  be  called  upon  to  pay  two  shillings  per  head  for  every  day  or 
part  of  a  day  they  transgressed. 

6  July,  1778,  John  Stewart,  Benjamin  Davis,  and  William  Odall, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  see  to  the  building  of  a  pound;  said 
pound  to  be  forty  feet  scpiare,  and  to  be  built  on  the  north-west  cor- 
ner of  the  common,  north-west  of  the  meeting-house,  which  Avould  fix 
the  locality  nearly  in  front  of  the  house  now  occupied  by  ]Mrs.  Conant. 
At  a  later  date  the  selectmen  were  instructed  to  cause  one  thirty-two 
feet  square  to  be  built  of  stones. 

As  the  crows  troubled  them,  the  fathers,  15  ]\Iarcli,  1782,  voted  to 
pay  twenty-five  cents  per  head  for  every  one  killed  within  the  limits 
of  the  town,  provided  the  person  claiming  the  bounty  produced  two 
substantial  witnesses  to  testify  that  they  were  so  killed. 

13  March,  1809,  as  provision  had  been  made  for  repairing  the  fence 
around  the  burying-ground,  they  ordered  the  sexton  to  impound  "any 
creature  "  that  might  be  found  doing  damage  within  that  inclosure 
after  the  repairs  were  completed. 

In  March,  1819,  they  thought  the  finny  inhabitants  of  Babboosuck 
needed  looking  after,  and  voted  their  approval  of  a  law  being  j^assed 


XXI  11. J  |)KALIN(;s    WITH    DUM  KSTK '    ANIMALS.  439 

prohibitiuy  the  taking  of  fish  from  that  poiul,  throuLjli  tin-  ice,  or 
with  lances,  spears,  seines,  or  nets,  at  any  time. 

11  ]\Iarch,  1828,  they  voted  that  no  hogs,  shci-p,  neat  cattle,  or  horses, 
should  be  allowed  to  go  at  large  in  the  public  highways,  and  ap- 
pointed a  connnittee  to  prepare  by-laws  to  secure  the  enforcement  of 
their  vote ;  but  at  a  meeting  held  IG  June  following,  they  refused  to 
adopt  any  by-laws  for  that  purpose,  and  discharged  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  draft  them,  from  any  further  service  in  that  direction. 

After  all  the  votes  and  by-laws  passed,  the  poor  man's  cow  was  tol- 
erably secure  in  the  "  long  pasture."  Occasionally  she  was  pelted 
■with  brick-bats,  stones,  or  apples,  by  Young  America,  or  worried  by 
dogs  and  war-like  ganders,  but  these  proceedings  were  promptly  re- 
buked by  those  in  authority,  and  the  spirit  that  "  tarred  and  feath- 
ered "  old  skipper  Ireson,  would  have  beeu  raised  among  the  fairer 
lialf  of  creation,  had  she  been  committed  to  the  pound. 

Fifty  years  ago  the  pound  was  located  in  the  corner  of  the  field  east 
of  the  ^lanchester  road,  near  the  Chickering  bridge.  About  18:50  the 
title  of  the  town  to  the  land  on  which  it  stood  was  called  in  question, 
and  at  the  annual  meeting  that  year,  the  selectmen  were  directed  to 
investigate  the  subject  and  make  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

At  the  adjourned  meeting,  held  2')  March,  they  nuide  a  verbal  report, 
and  were  directed  to  repair  the  old  pound  on  the  old  spot.  The  ques- 
tion of  ownership  was  not  settled,  and  at  a  meeting  held  '22  Nov.,  1831, 
the  selectmen  were  directed  to  make  still  further  investigations,  and 
lay  the  result  of  their  labors  before  the  town  at  some  future  time. 

11  March,  1882,  the  selectmen  were  directed  to  continue  their  re- 
searches, and  if  they  found  the  land  was  owned  by  other  parties,  they 
■were  authorized  to  agree  with  them  for  its  use. 

13  Mai'ch,  1839,  the  town  voted  that  no  neat  cattle  or  sw  ine  should 
be  allowed  to  go  at  large  in  town  this  year,  and  the  surveyors  of  high- 
ways were  elected  field-drivers  in  their  respective  districts,  and  the 
selectmen  were  directed  to  administer  the  oath  as  field-drivers  to  each 
one  when  he  took  his  oath  as  surveyor. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  in  March,  1854,  the  town  adopteil  tlie  law 
prohibiting  horses,  &c.,  from  running  at  large,  and  voted  the  penalty 
for  its  violation  should  be,  for  every  horse,  §3,  horned  cattle,  •■?2,  sheep 
and  swine,  J?!  each,  to  be  coHected  of  their  owners. 

At  the  annual  meeting,  in  March.  1881,  the  town  voted  to  disp(»se  of 
the  "pound,"  and  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  do  it  in  any  way 
they  might  think  best. 

Its  remains  are  now  (1882)  to  be  seen  near  the  south-west  corner  of 
the  new  cemetery,  by  the  side  of  the  road  leading  to  Mr.  Dinker's 
dwellinji-house. 


440  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Eighty-five  years  ago,  sheep  and  lambs  were  hired  for  a  term  of 
years  ;  records  of  some  transactions  of  this  kind  have  been  preserved* 
which  we  give. 

7  January,  1797,  one  sheep  and  two  ewe  lambs  were  let  for  three 
years.  The  same  number  of  sheep  and  lambs,  of  as  good  quality  as 
those  taken,  were  to  be  returned  to  the  owner  at  the  end  of  that 
time,  and  one  pound  of  good  merchantable  wool  was  to  be  paid  annu- 
ally, in  the  month  of  June,  for  rent. 

In  another  instance  two  ewes  and  one  ewe  lamb  were  hired  for  four 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  three  ewes  and  three  ewe  lambs  of 
as  good  quality  as  those  hired  were  to  be  returned. 


BURYING-GROUNDS    AND   TOMBS. 

A  committee  was  appointed  by  the  proprietors  of  the 
township,  at  a  meeting  hekl  1  May,  1735,  to  lay  out,  among 
other  things,  a  suitable  spot  for  a  public  burying-place. 
The  acceptance  of  the  report  of  this  committee,  made 
shortly  after,  is  the  last  recorded  action  of  the  proprietors 
in  regard  to  a  burying-place. 

The  town,  at  a  meeting  held  8  March,  17G2,  voted  to  raise  £250,  old 
tenor,  to  defray  the  expenses  of  inclosing  their  burying-ground  and 
purchasing  a  burying-cloth  ;  and  they  voted  that  the  said  burying- 
cloth  be  kept  at  Mr.  Solomon  Hutchinson's. 

Solomon  Hutchinson  and  Samuel  Stewart  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  purchase  the  cloth  and  see  to  fencing  the  yard. 

Mr.  Hutchinson  is  said  to  have  lived  on  the  spot  where  Mrs.  Daniel 
Hartshorn  now  lives.     His  house  was  burned  not  long  after. 

15  June,  1768.  The  town  voted  to  exchange  a  piece  of  land  belong- 
ing to  the  burying-ground  lot,  for  another  piece  belonging  to  Mr. 
Jonathan  Smith,  which  lay  adjoining  said  lot. 

Most  likely  the  piece  received  from  Mr.  Smith  lay  on  the  east  side 
of  the  old  burying-gi'ound,  as  now  fenced  in,  while  the  piece  he  re- 
ceived in  exchange  lay  on  the  north  end  of  the  lot,  which  would  give 
him  a  better  opportunity  to  pass  to  his  mill,  and  the  town  received  a 
piece  better  adapted  for  burial  purposes. 

At  a  meeting  held  5  Augnist,  1773,  the  town  appointed  Nahum 
Baldwin  and  John  Stewart,  a  committee  to  fence  in  the  burying- 
ground,  and  directed  that  a  faced  stone  wall  be  built  in  front,  facing 
the  road,  and  that  posts  and  rails  be  used  for  fencing  the  other  sides 
of  the  yard. 


XXIII.]  BURYING-GROUNDS    AND    TOMIJS.  441 

At  a  meeting  held  11  ^laicli,  1800,  the  town  voted  to  build  a  hearse 
house,  and  appointed  the  selectmen  a  committee  to  see  to  its  erection. 
They  also  voted  to  raise  fifty  dollars  to  jiay  the  expense  of  Imilding 
the  house. 

1:5  February,  181)9.  The  town  voted  to  repair  the  fence  around  the 
burying-ground,  and  authorized  the  selectmen  to  get  it  done. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1821,  the  selectmen  were  appoint- 
ed a  committee  to  consider  the  expediency  of  purchasing  land  for  a 
new  burying-ground,  determine  the  most  suitable  place  therefor,  ascer- 
tain at  what  price  the  land  may  be  liought,  and  report  the  same  at  the 
next  meeting. 

March,  l.s-23.  Clifton  Claggett,  Robert  Read,  and  Edmund  Parker, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  ascertain  some  suitable  piece  of  land 
for  a  burying-ground,  that  may  be  purchased,  and  for  what  price,  and 
report  at  some  future  meeting. 

March,  1824.  Robert  Means  and  KplnalMi  lUanchard  were  added 
to  the  committee  chosen  last  year,  and  the  committee  were  directed 
to  make  further  arrangements  in  regard  to  a  piece  of  land  for  a 
burying-ground. 

21  June,  1821.  The  committee  reported  that  Samuel  Dana,  Esq., 
of  (Jroton,  Mass.,  would  sell  to  the  town  such  a  (piantity  of  land  as 
they  wanted  for  a  burying-ground,  from  the  land  he  owned  in  Amherst, 
lying  on  the  north  or  south  side  of  the  road  leading  from  the  vestry 
to  the  farm  owned  by  Rev.  Jeremiah  Rarnard. 

At  the  same  meeting  Edmund  Parker,  Eber  Lawrence.  Clifton 
Claggett,  William  Fisk,  and  Nathan  Kendall,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  purchase  from  said  Dana  a  piece  of  land  from  the  east  end 
of  his  lot,  wliich  lies  south  of  said  road,  in  front  of  the  vestry,  not  ex- 
ceeding five  acres,  for  the  above  purpose,  the  price  not  to  exceed  twenty 
dollars  per  acre,  and  that  they  procure  a  title  of  the  same  from  said 
Dana,  and  lay  the  same  out  in  the  most  suitable  manner. 

This  elTort  seems  to  have  been  a  failure,  as  the  town  votod,  13 
March,  1827,  to  refer  the  subject  of  the  purchase  of  land  for  a 
burying-ground  to  the  selectmen. 

22  May,  1827.  The  town  voted  to  purchase  a  lot  of  land  on  the 
west  end  of  the  lot  owned  bv  Samuel  Dana,  Esq.,  on  the  north  side 
of  the  road  passing  by  the  vestry,  for  a  grave-yard  for  the  use  of  the 
town,  being  the  same  that  Edmund  Parker  purchased  of  said  Dana, 
and  that  the  selectmen  be  a  committee  to  make  the  purchase  and 
erect  a  suitable  fence  around  the  same. 

11  March,  1828.  Solomon  Rarron,  Isaac  Colby,  Levi  Dodge,  Otis 
Fletcher,  Robert  Fletcher,  Joseph  Harvel,  John  Ilaseltine,  Charles 
Melendy,  Luther  Melendy,  Xathaniel  Melendy,  Perley  Raymond,  and 


442  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Moses  B.  Stewart,  were  by  vote  of  the  town  exempted  from  paying 
any  part  of  the  expense  of  the  new  grave-yard  laid  out  west  of  the 
vestry.  At  the  same  meeting  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  sell 
and  convey  a  piece  of  the  land  lying  west  of  the  vestry,  lately  pur- 
chased for  a  burying-ground,  and  they  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
cause  a  suitable  fence  to  be  erected  in  front  of  the  remainder. 

9  ^lay,  1830.  The  town  voted  that  the  selectmen  purchase  a  grave- 
yard at  Chestnut  Hill,  and  suitable  grave-cloths,  to  be  used  in  that 
place,  and  to  do  what  else  they  may  think  proper  relating  thereto,  at 
the  expense  of  the  town.  The  selectmen  were  also  constituted  a  com- 
mittee to  repair  the  fence  around  the  old  burying-ground. 

22  November,  1831.  The  town  voted  not  to  receive  the  land  pro- 
posed to  be  given  by  Maj.  Joseph  Fletcher  for  a  burying-ground. 
This  lot  lay  on  the  old  road  south  of  land  of  Timothy  Xichols,  and 
it  was  stipulated  in  the  oifer  that  Maj.  Fletcher  and  others  should 
have  liberty  to  build  tombs  therein,  and  that  it  should  be  fenced  at 
the  expense  of  the  town. 

14  March,  1832.  Voted  to  purchase  a  piece  of  ground  from  one 
half  to  one  acre  in  area,  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town, 
in  School  District  Xo.  3,  for  a  public  burying-ground,  and  fence  the 
same,  and  give  those  that  wish  so  to  do  leave  to  build   tombs  therein. 

1  September,  1831.  Voted  that  the  selectmen  procure  a  new  hearse 
and  one  or  moi-e  burying-cloths,  for  the  use  of  the  town. 

The  subject  of  building  tombs  in  front  of  the  burying-ground  was 
brought  before  the  town  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1827,  on 
petition  of  Lemuel  Blood,  for  leave  so  to  do.  The  town  voted  to  refer 
the  matter  to  the  selectmen. 

9  May,  1836.  The  selectmen  were  empowered  to  lot  out  the  ground 
in  front  of  the  old  buryiug-ground  for  building  tombs,  and  sell  the 
same,  subject  to  such  restrictions  as  they  saw  fit  to  impose,  to  the 
highest  bidder,  at  auction. 

The  above  lots,  six  in  number,  were  sold  28  May,  1836,  for  fifty 
cents  each,  the  purchasers  agreeing  to  build  and  keep  in  repair  a  good 
and  substantial  stone  wall,  of  split  stone,  in  front  of  the  tombs,  free 
of  expense  to  the  town. 

]\Iarch,  1840,  a  small  piece  of  ground  on  the  pauper  farm  was  ap- 
propriated for  a  burial-place,  and  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to 
fence  the  same. 

21  June,  1842.  Voted  to  sell  the  ground  in  front  of  the  burying- 
ground,  commencing  thirty  feet  south  of  the  south  wing  of  the  court 
house,  for  ten  tombs,  at  auction.  This  vote  was  cari'ied  into  effect 
23  February,  1844. 


XXIII.]  ACCIDENTAL    DEATHS.  443 

At  tlic  luimuil  iiieotiiig,  in  Marcli,  Is.jl,  the  sclcctiiieii  were  authorized 
to  purchase  land  adjoininjf  the  new  burying-ground,  shouhl  tliey  deem 
it  exjiedientso  to  do,  which  lieing  done,  it  was  voted,  at  a  nieetini,'  held 
2  November,  1.S52,  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  dispose  ot"  the  lots  in 
the  new  |>art  of  the  buryinuf-ijfround,  and  api>ropriate  the  proceeds  of 
the  sales  toward  niakini;'  improvements  in  the  yard. 

in  March,  1857,  the  selectmen  were  directed  to  purchase  a  receiving 
tomb,  or  cause  one  to  be  built. 

ACCIDENTAL  DEATHS. 

About  1778.  Charles  Hlack,  drowned  in  IJablmosuck  brook,  near 
Samuel  Wyatt's  house. 

23  April,  1800.     Aaron  Wilkins,  killed  by  a  falling  tree. 

29  December,  1803.     A  child  of  John  Mussey,  burnt  to  deatli. 

May,  18!l5.  A  child  of  Henry  Howard,  by  drinking  a  large 
(piantity  of  rum. 

!J  May,  18iJJ.     Joel  llagar,  killed  l.y  a  fall. 

12  September,  1805.    Capt.  Levi  Adams,  killed  by  a  kick  from  a  horse. 

29  May,  1806.     Daniel  Stevens,  killed  by  falling  into  a  well. 

12  January,  180S.  James  Farnum  perished  in  the  cold  while  intox- 
icated. 

22    August,   isrj.     Sauiuel  W'yatt,  drowm-d  in  IJablxjosuck   brook. 

October,  1812.  Harriet  Danforth,  burnt  to  death  at  school,  in  dis- 
trict No.  5. 

10  May.  1815.  A  child  of  Daniel  Lyon,  killed  l)y  falling  into  a 
well. 

9  August,  1818.     John  Clark,  drowned  while  l)athing. 

10  August,  1S20.  Capt.  Samuel  Morrison,  killcil  by  falling  from  a 
roof. 

4  July,  1^20.  Charles  Haseltine,  accidentally  shot  at  a  company 
training  of  the  Lafayette  riHemen. 

December,  1S28.     Joel  Worcester  burnt  to  death  in  a  coal  pit. 

7  Novemlter,  1829.  Adolph  Lange,  killed  by  falliiig  on  a  hay  fork 
while  sliding  from  a  hay-mow. 

18  December,  183).  Ninian  C.  Dodge,  killed  by  falling  from  a  win- 
dow at  Boston . 

2  February,  1.S31.     A  child  of  David  Stratton,  burnt  to  death. 

li)  April,  1831.     Hodney  Wheeler,  accidentally  shot. 

1  )tcember,  1.S34.  George  Prince,  killed  by  a  wheel  of  a  loaded  wagon, 
crushing  his  head. 

30  May,  1837.  Mrs.  T>ucy  Hartshorn,  killed  by  ln-ing  thrown  from 
her  carriage  while  returning  from  nieeting. 


444  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

14  January,  1840.  An  insane  person,  a  stranger,  perished  in  the 
cold. 

26  July,  1842.     Mary,  wife  of  Daniel  Phelps,  burnt  to  death. 
2  March,  1849.     William  Danforth,  killed  by  a  falling  tree. 
14  March,  1849.     Lunimus  Shepard,  killed  by  a  falling  tree. 

19  October,  1849.  Hiram  F.  Jewett,  killed  by  a  fall  from  a  chestnut 
tree. 

24  September,  1854.     Stephen  Holbrook,  killed  by  a  runaway  horse. 
24  April,  1856.     Dana  F.  Bills,  killed  by  falling  into  a  hole  in  a  hay- 
mow. 

Winter  of  1866-67.     Woodbury  Roby,  drowned  in  Pulpit  brook. 
10  December,  1867.     Daniel  Wheeler,  killed  by  a  fall. 
1  September,  1868.     Timothy  Patch,  choked  to  death  while  eating. 
30  July,  1870.     John  Love  joy,  killed  by  falling  from  a  roof. 

20  September,  1870.  Mrs.  Cynthia  Jones,  killed  by  being  thrown 
from  a  carriage. 

9  January,  1871.  Mrs.  Pamelia  Brown,  burnt  to  death  at  town 
farm. 

20  August,  1872.  Daniel  Weston,  died  from  injuries  received  in  a 
fall. 

6  December,  1872.  Farnum  Clark,  died  from  injuries  received  iu 
falling  from  his  wagon,  a  few  days  before. 

16  July,  1879.  Henry  F.  Colston,  died  from  injuries  received  in  the 
collision  of  two  carriages. 

23  July,  1880.  Ed.  Creany,  of  Boston,  drowned  in  Babboosuck 
pond. 

BELLS  AND  CLOCKS. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  first  parish,  held  3  May,  1788,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  dispose  of  "  two  back  seats  on  the 
lower  floor  of  the  meeting-house,"  and  appropriate  the 
money  received  from  their  sale  to  the  purchase  of  a  bell  for 
the  use  of  the  parish. 

A  further  grant  of  forty  pounds  for  the  same  purpose  was 
made  at  a  meeting  held  28  October,  1793,  and  the  committee 
was  authorized  to  borrow  the  money  until  it  could  be  as- 
sessed and  collected. 

The  bell  was  purchased  shortly  after,  as  we  find  in  the  record  of 
the  meeting  of  the  parish,  held  24  March,  1794,  that  William  Low  was 
appointed  "Saxon,"  to  ring  and  toll  the  bell  on  the  Sabbath,  and  other 


XXIIL]  BELLS    AND    CLOCKS.  445 

days,  take  care  of  the  meeting-house,  and  sweep  it,  fur  doing  which  he 
was  to  have  fifteeit  dollars  a  year.  He  was  also  to  dig  graves,  when 
applied  to,  at  the  expense  of  the  applicants. 

Mr.  Low  served  as  "Saxon"  four  years,  and  was  succcetlcd  l)y 
Samuel  Foster,  wiio  was  directed  to  ring  tiie  bell  at  nine  o'clock  in  the 
evening,  of  each  week  day,  in  addition  to  the  otlier  duties  re<|uired  of 
the  "Saxon,"  lor  wliirli  an  addition  of  ten  dollars  a  year  was  made  to 
his  salary. 

The  next  year  the  nine  o'clock  bell-ringing  was  dispensed  with,  and 
in  the  third  year  of  ^Ir.  Foster's  service  his  salary  was  reduced  to  nine 
dollars. 

In  1801  Capt.  Josiah  Converse  was  appointed  sexton,  and  agreed  to 
ring  the  bell  at  one  o'clock  and  nine  o'clock  each  week  day,  for  doing 
which  he  was  to  receive  seven  dollars  a  j'ear. 

But  the  job  was  too  good  to  last,  and  the  next  year  Dr.  Samuel  Cur- 
tis succeeded  Capt.  Converse  as  bell-ringer,  and  tlie  records  show  that 
he  received  twenty-four  dollars  for  his  services  that  year. 

9  September,  18l)o,  an  elegant  clock  was  presented  to  the  town  by 
Perkins  Nichols,  Esq.,  and  placed  in  the  meeting-house  directly  iu 
front  of  the  desk. 

When  the  house  was  remodeled,  in  l.SoT,  it  was  placed  in  the  town- 
hall,  under  the  church,  where  it  remained  until  the  court-room  was 
fitted  up  for  a  town-hall,  w  hen  it  was  removed  to  the  place  it  now 
occupies. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  ISll.',  William  Fisk,  William  Low, 
"William  Read,  Col.  Robert  Means,  Capt.  William  Dole,  Ebenezer  Tay- 
lor, and  Capt.  John  Secouilic,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  view  the 
meeting-house,  and  see  what  part  of  tlie  .seats  could  be  .sparetl  for  pew- 
ground,  and  "build  pews  on  the  same,  dispose  of  them  when  completed, 
and  appropriate  the  money  received  to  the  purchase  of  ;i  town-<']ock, 
provided  the  same  shall  be  done  without  any  expense  to  the  town. 

The  committee  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  caused  some 
pews  to  be  built,  and  disposed  of  them,  but  it  would  seem  that  not 
enough  money  was  received  to  pay  for  the  clock,  as  the  town  voted  at 
the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1819,  "that  unless  tiie  committee  re- 
ceive donations  in  money  sufficient  to  paj'  the  balance  due  on  the 
clock  within  sixty  days,  they  shouM  have  liberty  to  sell  it,  and  after 
paying  the  balance  due,  they  should  pay  the  balance  into  the  town 
treasury. 

This  vote  settled  the  matter.  The  clock  was  saved  by  contributions 
received,  an<l  still  remains  in  its  place.  It  is  said  to  have  been  made 
under  the  direction  of  Thomas  Woolson,  jr.,  who  at  that  time  carried 
on  the  clock  and  watch-makinj;  business  on  the  Plain. 


446  HISTOEY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  clock  proved  to  be  an  excellent  one.  Aftei*  doing  duty  sixty 
years  it  was  repaired  by  Mr.  John  Carleton,  and  is  now  (1882)  one  of 
the  best  time-keepers  in  the  country. 

The  old  bell  being  cracked,  the  town,  at  a  meeting  held  1  Xov.» 
1824,  authorized  the  selectmen  to  exchange  it  for  a  new  one,  provided 
the  expense  of  so  doing  should  not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars. 
This  was  accordingly  done,  and  a  new  bell  was  prociu-ed  which  was 
brought  to  the  Plain  and  suspended  temporarily  to  give  it  a  trial- 
While  in  this  condition  it  was  broken,  it  is  said,  by  a  heavy  blow 
struck  on  the  outride  by  a  sledge. 

3  January,  1825,  the  town  authorized  the  selectmen  to  pay  the 
damage  occasioned  by  breaking  the  bell  lately  purchased  for  the  meet- 
ing-house. And  they  were  directed  to  exchange  it  for  another  one, 
weighing  from  twelve  to  sixteen  hundred  pounds. 

This  bell  did  service  until  1839,  when  it  was  cracked,  it  is  said,  in 
ringing  it  on  the  fourth  of  July.  On  the  twelfth  of  October  of  that 
year,  the  town  empowered  the  selectmen  to  sell  it  and  pay  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale,  and  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  for  a  new  one. 
At  another  meeting,  held  13  Xovember,  the  town  authorized  the  select- 
men to  purchase  a  bell  weighing  fourteen  hundred  pounds,  provided 
they  did  not  expend  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  in  addition  to  the 
sum  received  for  the  the  old  bell,  in  so  doing. 

The  selectmen,  however,  expended  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 
and  their  action  was  ratified  by  the  town. 

With  this  sum,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  old  bell,  they 
purchased  the  bell  now  m  use. 

THE  POST-OFFICE. 

The  post-office  department  was  organized  by  the  legisla- 
ture of  the  state  in  March,  1786. 

Jeremiah  Libby  was  appointed  superintendent  by  the  President 
and  Council,  agreeably  to  a  resolve  of  the  legislature,  passed  4  March, 
1786,  and  he  was  "  required  to  put  the  several  Posts  in  motion  through 
the  state  as  soon  as  possible,  as  far  as  circumstances  will  admit." 
Nahum  Ackerman  and  Samuel  Bean  seem  to  have  been  appointed 
post-riders  at  the  same  time ;  the  former  on  the  "  Northern,"  the 
latter, on  the  "Western"  route,  at  a  salary  of  £100  per  annum,  each. 
Libby  was  reappointed  6  July,  1786,  and  the  post-riders,  as  finally 
arranged,  were 

Thomas  Smith,  of  Surry,  for  the  first  route. 

John  Lathrop,  of  Lebanon,  for  the  second  route. 


XXI II.] 


TELEGRAPH    OFFICES. 


447 


Ozias  Silsby,  ot"  Acworth,  fur  tlie  lliinl  route. 

Eben  Cram,  of  Pittsfield,  for  the  fourth  route. 

William  (Jordon  was  appointed  post-master  at  Amherst,  hy  the 
Tresident  and  Couucil,  10  Fehitiary,  1791. 

Post-masters  were  appointed  the  same  day  at  Concord,  Cliarlestown, 
Dover,  Exeter,  Hanover,  Haverhill,  Keene,  Plaistow,  Plymouth,  and 
Portsmouth. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  post-office  department,  by  the  general 
government,  the  post-masters  have  been — 


Samuel  Curtis. 

1S03  Daniel  Prior. 

1808  Samuel  Foster. 

1800  Eli  Brown. 

1^12  Aaron  Whitney. 

ISl!)  J.'didiah  K.  Smith. 

lsi>()  Isaac  Spalding. 

1827  John  Prentiss. 

is-J!)  David  Underhill. 


1811  Aaron  Lawrence. 

1849  Charles *]{.  Tuttle. 

1852  David  Russell. 

1853  Timothy  Daidorth. 
1855  Xathaniel  II.  <;eorge. 
1861  Ilollis  E.  Ab])ott. 
18(j8  Charles  Richardson. 
1869  Horace  E.  Woodberry. 
187G  Wilson  D.  Forsaith.  ^ 


The  compensation  of  the  post-master,  as  stated  in  the  "  blue  book" 
in  1817,  was  .^119.26;  in  1822,  $11:3.96:  in  1877,  S626.95;  in  1879, 
!?660.l:};  and  in  1881,  .i?815.19. 

A  post-office  was  established  at  Andierst  station  in  August,  1881, 
under  the  name  of  "Danforth"  P.O.,  and  Ciiarles  H.  Maekay  was 
appointed  post-master. 


TELEGRAI'Ii    OFFICES. 

A  tolegTaph  office  was  established  in  Amherst,  in  citiiinr- 
tion  with  the  post-oHicc,  in  1859  or  ISGO,  of  which  X.  11. 
George  was  tlie  ninnngci-.  X.  11.  George  and  Miss  Liiur;i  11, 
George  were  the  operators.  Afterward  Ilollis  K.  Abbott 
was  the  ojjerator.  From  him  it  was  transferred  to  Horace 
E.  Woodl)erry.  After  Mr.  i''oi-s;iilh  was  aj)j)ointed  postmas- 
ter the  office  was  discontinued  for  six  months. 

From  January  to  April,  isTT,  it  was  in  charge  of  Pr, 
Edward  Aiken.  It  was  then  transferred  to  George  L.  Pal- 
mer, whosi;  conneetioii  with  it  censed  in  January,  1ST8,  since 
which  time  it  has  l)een  in  the  cliarge  of  Dr.  Aiken. 

Another  office  was  estal)lished  at  Amherst  station  in  the 
autumn  of  1881,nnder  thr  charge  of  Charles  II.  MarUjiy. 


448  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

TELEPHONE. 

A  telephone  office  was  opened  at  the  telegraph  office  in 
the  house  of  Dr.  Edward  Aiken,  on  the  Plain,  7  July,  1882. 
The  telephone  is  connected,  via  Nashua,  with  all  the  wires 
that  run  in  and  from  that  place.  Dr.  xiiken  is  the  manager 
at  Amherst. 

newspapers. 

The  Amherst  Journal  and  New  Hampshire  Advertiser,. 
commenced  by  Nathaniel  Coverly  16  January,  1795,  was 
the  first  newspaper  published  in  Amherst  or  in  Hillsborough 
County.  It  was  printed  on  a  sheet  18x22  inches,  and  issued 
weekly.  In  tlie  center  of  the  title  was  a  cut  of  the  national 
eagle,  bearing  a  shield  of  generous  dimensions  which  gave 
the  paper  ([uite  a  showy  appearance.  Its  reading  matter 
was  made  up  of  selected  stories,  news  from  abroad,  from 
two  to  four  months  old,  and  very  little  of  local  interest. 
Mr.  Coverly's  son  became  associated  with  him  in  the  publi- 
cation of  the  paper,  24  April,  1795,  and  it  was  discontinued 
at  the  close  of  the  year. 

The  Village  Messenger  succeeded  the  Journal  6  January,  1796. 
William  Bigiow  was  the  editor;  William  Bigiow  and  Samuel  Cushiug, 
publishers.  This  paper  was  a  decided  improvement  upon  its  prede- 
cessor, and  made  a  very  creditable  appearance.  Mr.  Bigiow  soon  re- 
linquished the  editorial  chair,  but  Mr.  Gushing  continued  the  publica- 
tion of  the  paper  until  18  April,  1797,  when  he  retired,  and  the 
establishment  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Samuel  Preston,  by  whom 
the  Messenger  was  published  until  5  December,  1801,  when  it  was  dis- 
continued. 

The  Farmer's  Cabinet,  Joseph  Cushing,  editor  and  proprietor, 
succeeded  the  Messeiiger  11  November,  1802.  Mr.  Cushing  contiimed 
its  publication  until  10  October,  1809,  when,  becoming  involved  in  the 
failure  of  the  Hillsborough  Bank,  he  sold  the  establishment  to  Mr. 
Richard  Boylston,  at  that  time  a  journeyman  printer  in  his  ofhce, 
who  continued  its  publication  until  3  January,  ISiO.  His  son, 
Edward  D.  Boylston,  then  became  associated  with  him  in  its  manage- 
ment, and  continued  associate  editor  until  his  removal  to  Manchester,  in 
April,  184:3,  when  the  senior  editor  again  assumed  the  entire  charge  of  the 


XX  111.]  BANKS.  449 

pafxT.  Ill  .Viifjust,  l^^•18,  his  sou  again  became  associated 
witli  him  in  its  management,  and  1  January,  18")!,  became  sole  j)ro- 
prietor  by  purchase,  the  senior  remaining  associate  editor  until  iNoG. 
In  .lanuary,  18(19,  Albert  A.  Rotch,  son-in-law  of  the  editor,  aiwl  a 
graduate  from  the  otiice,  became  associate  editor,  and  still  continues 
as  such. 

TiiK  IIii.LSBOROi'Gic  Ti-,i.i:<  i  I!  A  I'll.  Klijali  Maiisiir,  editor  and  pub- 
lisher, was  commenced  1  January,  bS^'O,  and  discontinued  115  July, 
bS'22.     It  was  a  well  conducted  and  well  printed  paper. 

TiiK  .\Mnr,KST  IIkkald,  published  by  Thomas  G.  Wells  ami  Nathan 
K.  Seaton,  was  commenced  1  January,  l.S'i.'j,  and  continued  until 
December  of  that  year,  when  it  was  united  with  the  New  Hampshire 
Statesman  and  Concord  Register.  It  was  the  offspring  of  the  "  Unita- 
rian Controversy'"  of  those  times,  and  advocated  I'nitarian  views. 

(^uite  a  number  of  books  aiul  pamphlets  were  printed  at  the  aV)ove 
named  oHices,  and  with  a  view  of  enlarging  his  bnsine.s.sa.s  a  publi.sher, 
Mr.  Cushing,  shortly  before  he  left  town,  erected  the  three  storj'  l»rick 
building,  on  the  IMain,  for  its  accommodation,  which  he  left  in  an  uu- 
tinished  state.     Hence  it  was  for  a  long  time  called  "Ciishing's  folly." 

Dr.  Samuel  Curtis,  a  citizen  of  the  town,  puVdished  a  Tocket 
Almanack,  or  X.  H.  Register,  from  18(10  to  1800  inclusive,  which  was 
piint.-d  I'v  Mr.  Cushing  in  18!)4-'5-'(;-T-'8  and  'f». 

TiiK  I'lscv  r  \<H\\  KvAX(JKi.i<Ai.  M.\<iA/.iNK,  conducted  mainly  by 
President  .Vjipletou,  at  that  time  tlie  minister  of  Hampton,  was  printed 
by  Mr.  Cushing.  fn.iii  1  January,  ISik;.  until  .Mar.-h.  1808. 

BANKS. 

Tlic  Hillsl)()i-(tuL:li  Dank  was  incorjiorated  18  June,  1806, 
l.ir  twnity  years,  witli  a  cai.italof  f rom !ii!50,000 to ^200^000. 
Till'  coriioratiiui  was  oruani/.cd  23  July,  1800,  when  Samuel 
r)cll,  Charles  IT.  Athertou,  David  Everett,  Ffederick  Freiieli, 
ami  haniel  riim-.  weic  clioseii  directors.  Samuel  Bell 
was  elioseu  president,  and  David  irnlnies,  easl>iei-.  liv  the 
directors. 

The  first  bills  were  issued  17  October,  lS()(i,  and  were  of  the  denom- 
inations of  one,  two,  three,  five  ami  ten  dollars.  They  were  printed 
on  Perkins's  stereotji^e  plates. 

Being  authorized  to  issue  bills  to  double  the  amount  of  the  capital 
employed,  the  directors  availed   themselves   of  the   privilege,  as   bjisi- 
ness  was  good  and  the  money  in  demand. 
29 


450  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Shortly  after,  in  consequence  of  the  course  the  government  thought 
proper  to  adopt  in  reference  to  the  troubles  with  Great  Britain,  the 
commerce  of  the  country  was  destroyed  and  its  business  paralyzed. 
It  became  difficult  to  turn  property  into  money,  and  the  bank  suffered 
in  consequence.  The  holders  of  its  obligations  were  clamorous  for 
their  money;  but  the  bank  found  it  difficult  to  olitain  its  dues  from 
its  delators  to  meet  them. 

The  banks  in  the  commercial  centers,  which  had  contracted  their  cir- 
culation to  some  extent  before  the  storm,  were  better  prepared  to  meet 
it.  Viewing  the  country  banks  as  rivals,  they  pursued  an  unfriendly 
course  toward  them.  Finally  the  bill  holders,  losing  confidence  in 
them,  disposed  of  their  bills  to  speculators  at  a  discount,  who  at  once 
presented  them  for  payment. 

Tn  this  emergency,  after  redeeming  its  bills  until  its  specie  was  ex- 
havrsted,  the  Hillsborough  Bank,  23  August,  1809,  suspended  payment. 
26  September,  1809,  its  bills  were  at  10  and  12^  per  cent ;  17  October, 
1809,  at  50  per  cent  discount.  Many  of  the  active  business  men  of 
the  place  suffered  severely  by  its  failure,  and  some  terribly  bitter 
pamphlets  were  written  and  published  in  regard  to  its  management. 
For  years  any  connection  with  the  management  of  the  "  Old  Hills- 
borough Bank"  was  deemed  a  reproach  by  many  of  the  citizens  of 
Amherst. 


FARMERS     BANK. 

A  charter  for  a  new  bank  at  Amlierst  was  granted  by  tlie 
legislature  at  its  session  held  in  June,  1822.  The  grantees, 
under  this  charter,  met  at  Ray's  Hotel,  31  January,  1825. 
At  this  meeting  they  voted  to  carry  the  provisions  of  their 
charter  into  effect  as  soon  as  practicable.  The  capital  stock, 
$65,000,  was  subscribed  for  at  once,  and  12  February,  1825, 
the  corporation  was  organized  by  the  choice  of  Charles  H. 
Atherton^  James  Wallace,  Edmund  Parker,  Robert  Means, 
Robert  Read,  Daniel  Adams,  and  Aaron  F.  Sawyer,  as  direc- 
tors. The  board  of  directors  organized  immediately  after 
by  the  choice  of  Charles  H.  Atherton  as  president,  and 
John  Prentiss,  cashier,  who  served  in  those  offices  during 
the  whole  period  of  the  existence  of  the  bank. 


k 


XX  111.]  BANKS.  451 

The  uttairs  of  the  iiLstitiitioii  were  well  iiuiiiageil,   and   the  corpora- 
tion siLstained  few  losses  during  the  whole  term  of  its  existence.     Its 
obliy:ations  were  jiroinptly  met,  even  throiifjh  the  money  crisis  of  1837 
and  at  the  close  of  its  business,  in  lsl:5,  the  following  statement  was 
published  in  the  "Cabinet": 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders,  held  'J'-i  January,  I8I0.  the  direc- 
tors were  instructed  to  proceed  forthwith  to  close  the  concerns  of  the 
bank  by  collecting  its  debts,  paying  its  liabilities,  and  dividing  its 
stock  as  they  lawfully  may. 

The  bank  went  into  operation  11  April,  ISl^.j.  The  capital  of 
!?(j."),00()  was  fully  paid  in,  and  during  its  existence  it  furnished  for 
circulation  nearly  !?5,000,()OU,  the  whole  of  which  has  been  redeemed 
in  specii',  or  in  what  the  holders  preferred  to  specie,  at  the  rate  of 
!?80l)  per  day,  except  l§21,0()0  outstanding  at  this  time.  This  sum, 
witli  !*14.3S  of  deposits,  constitutes  its  whole  liabilities. 

In  18:)7-'S,  when  most  of  the  banks  in  the  Union  suspended  specie 
payment,  such  was  the  call  for  specie  that  the  circulation  of  the  bank 
was  reduced  to  less  than  §4000,  which  was  less  by  !*!lUO(>  than  the 
specie  then  in  the  vault.  Aside  from  this  crisi.s,  the  least  amount  of 
its  liills  in  circulation  at  any  one  time  has  been  •'?21,<;00,  tlu'  greatest 
«65.(I0(I,— the  average  being  about  «45,00O. 

The  highest  amount  of  notes  discounted  at  any  one  tinu'  was 
8i;54. 000,  the  lowest  §74,000. — the  average  amount  from  .^Ivo.don  u. 
.-$110,000. 

The  average  amount  of  cinulalion  (!?45,0(:0)  has  Ixmii  rciurni'd  to 
the  bank  once  in  about  seventy  days,  or  between  five  and  six  times  a 
year. 

Ten  suits  only  have  been  instituted  by  the  liank.and  all  liut  two 
of  these  at  the  recpiest  of  sureties,  to  save  the  debt  from  a  tailing 
]>rincipal. 

The  losses  of  the  bank  from  counterfeit  bills,  failure  of  other  lianks, 
and  fraud,  amounted  to  )?1">03.  Xo  counterfeit  bill  of  the  bank  ever 
came  to  the  knowledge  of  its  officers. 

It  jiaid  to  the  school  fund  ^oluO,  and  made  its  regular  dividends, 
averaging  three  and  one  half  i)er  cent  annually,  and  had,  2'-\  .lanuary, 
1813,  a  surplus  of  910,000." 

\'2  March,  1847,  Charles  II.  Atherton  gave  notice  that  he  was  pre- 
pared to  make  a  final  close  of  the  affairs  of  the  "Fanners'  I?ank,"  by 
paying  the  stockholders  their  stock  in  full,  with  a  snudl  surplus. 

1  May,  l'^3!),  an  attempt  was  made  to  rob  the  Farmers'  Hank,  liyan 
Englishman  who  gave  his  name  as  John  Jones.  The  cashier  was 
awakened  and  succeeded  in  securing  the  burglar  before  he  had  accom- 
plished his  object. 


452 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


At  the  session  of  the  court  held  in  September  followiiij;-,  he  was 
sentenced  to  ten  days  of  solitary  confinement,  and  imprisonment  for 
life  at  hard  labor  in  the  State  prison.  His  real  name  was  said  to  be 
John  Honeyman. 


Residenck  of    Charles  Richardson,  Esq. 
Built  by  the  Hillsborough  Bank,  and  used  as  a  bankini;'  house ;  also 
used  as  a  banking  house  by  the  Farmers'  Bank  from  1820  to  1843. 


THE    SECOND    NEW    HAMPSHIRE    TURNPIKE. 

Application  having*  been  made  to  tlic  legislatnrc  by  parties 
interested  in  building  a  turnpike  from  Amherst  to  Newport 
for  an  act  of  incorporation,  the  town  voted,  at  a  meeting 
held  18  November,  1799,  "to  oppose  the  granting  of  the 
petition,  unless  the  old  roads,  as  now  traveled,  should  re- 
main free  for  ever,  notwithstanding  the  turnpike  may  go 
partly  in  them  or  across  them,  and  that  where  tliey  go 
through  private  property  and  the  associates  can  not  agree 
with  the   owner  or  owners  of  the  land,  the   appraisal  of 


XXlll.J  CO.MMITTKI':    UK    S.VI'KTV.  l')3 

daiiin^'cs  sliiill  l)e  mailc   l>y    the   soloctinoii   dl'  llir    town    in 
wliicli  till'  huul  lies." 

Till'  tmii|iil<i'  (•(iiiiiPiiiiv  NMis  iiicoiiHMati'd  •_'()  I  )i-cciiilic'r,  17!'!*,  Itirllm 
purpose  of  Imildiii;^  and  iiiaii;iL;iii,n  a  inail  tioiii  '' lottciv  l>ii(l:;i'."  in 
Clareiuoiit,  to  Aiiilicrst  I'laiii,  near  tlie  (■ouit-hoiise. 

It  was  provided  in  tlif  act  of  incorporation  that  at  tin-  fnd  of  cvi-ry 
ten  years  from  the,  time  of  settint;  up  the  first  toll-jjjatt',  an  account  of 
the  receipts  and  expenses  of  tiie  corporation  siiould  lie  laid  before  the 
judges  of  the  Superior  Court,  and  if  the  jirofits  exceeded  twelve  per 
cent  they  nii,<,dit  reduce  tlie  lolls  so  that  thoy  should  not  fxcerd  that 
amount,  ami  if  they  were  not  six  per  cent  they  mij,dit  raise  tlniM  so 
that  the  profits  sliouM  not  he  less  than  six  nor  inore  than  twelve  per 
cent.  It  was  also  })rovided  that  the  road  should  he  Imilt  within  ten 
years  from  the  jiassage  of  the  act,  and  tliat  the  State  might  at  any 
time,  after  forty  years  from  the  time  of  granting  the  charter, 
lake  possession  of  the  roail  hy  paying  the  corporation  the 
cost  of  its  construction  and  twelve  per  cent  of  the  same  additional, 
from  which  was  to  he  deducted  the  amount  of  the  dividends  which 
hail  actually  Ik-cm  received  l>y  the  pro]irictors. 

The  road  was  prom])tly  Imilt  in  as  nearly  a  direct  line  as  ]tossihle 
from  Andierst  Plain,  through  the  village  of  Mont  Vernon,  making  a 
hilly,  uncomfortable  route.  The  judges  had  no  occasion  to  reduce  the 
tolls,  and  the  proprietors  were  willing  to  relint|uish  the  road  years 
before  the  time  expired,  when,  by  the  terms  of  the  charter,  the  .State 
might  take  possession. 

If)  Ai)ril,  1837.  Agrcealily  to  a  vote  of  the  proprietors,  all  the  gates 
on  the  Second  Xew  Hampshire  Turnpike  were  thrown  open,  and  the 
road  was  made  free  from  tluit  day. 

The  act  of  incorporation  was  rejicaled  by  the  (Icneral  Court  I  .Inly. 
1S:;7.  ;md  the  care  of  the  road  thenceforth  devolved  upon  the  towns 
through  which  it  passed. 

CO.MMIitKI':    0I<'     SAFirrY. 

A  ( 'uiiiiiiit  tec  (li  ."^iiiVt  V  w;is  clioscii  ;iiiiiii;illy  (jiiiiiig  flic 
will-  for  1  mlc|i,'iiil<'iirc.  Tliis  (■(Uiiiiiitfft'  w;is  in  coi-rcsiioii- 
tliMicc  with  the  (-(111111111  toes  cIklsch  in  (»llicr  towns,  and  with 
the  State  cvuiiniittcc  on  inattcr.s  ivhitiiiir  tn  thr  |iiililir  wel- 
fare.    Its  incinbeis  were  as  follows: 


454  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

177(>.     Josiah  Crosby,  ,              Olivev  Carlton, 

\\'illiam  Bradford,  Timothy  Siuitli, 

Peter  Woodbury,  1779.     John  Bradford, 

Thomas  Burns,  Oliver  Carlton, 

Robert  Means,  Ilezekiah  Lovejoy, 

1777.  Ilezekiah  Lovejoy,  James  Hartshorn, 
Stephen  Peabody,  178;).     Robert  Means, 
Nathaniel  Howard.  Ilezekiah  Lovejoy. 
Josiah  Crosby,  Amos  Flint, 
John  Bradford,  1781.     James  AVoodbury, 

1778.  John  Bradfoixl.  "\^'illiam  Peabody, 
John  Seaton,  U'illiam  Ilogg, 
Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  William  Bradford,  jr. 

PIONEER  BRICK-MAKERS. 

William  and  Nathaniel  Melendy  and  Timothy  Hutchinson  carried 
on  the  brick-making  business  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Bryant  Me- 
lendy, probably  as  early  as  1780.  The  bricks  were  used  in  building 
the  enormous  chimneys  common  in  those  days. 

The  bricks  for  the  three-story  brick  store  on  the  plain,  the  old  bank 
building,  and  the  house  now  occupied  by  Hon.  Harrison  Eaton,  were 
made  on  Capt.  Eli  Brown's  place  on  the  turnpike,  now  known  as  the 
"Lord"  place,  by  William  and  Nathaniel  Melendy  and  the  Chamber- 
lain bi-others,  of  Lyndeborough. 

The  bricks  for  the  court-house  (now  town-house)  were  made  by 
Timothy  Danforth  on  the  place  now  owned  by  Bryant  Melendy. 

CARD  MANUFACTORY. 

The  manufactui'e  of  machine-cards  seems  to  \ni\e  been  commenced 
in  Amherst  by  Thomas  Woolson,  jr.,  as  early  as  September,  1818.  In 
November  of  that  year,  Alonzo  Snow  &  Co.  were  engaged  in  it.  It  ^^■as 
afterward  carried  on  by  David  Holmes  and  Holmes  &  White.  At  first 
the  leathers  were  punched  and  the  teeth  cut  and  bent  by  inachinery 
inade  for  the  purpose.  The  settuig  of  the  teeth  furnished  employment 
for  the  women  and  children  of  the  town.  The  inti-oduction  of  the 
Whibt'.',more  card-machine,  by  which  the  leathers  were  pimched  and  the 
teeth  cut,  bent,  and  set  by  nuichinery,  dispensed  with  the  hand-set- 
ting. 

In  1828  ]Mr.  White  removed  the  manufactory  to  Belvidere,  now  a 
part  (It  Lowell,  where  it  remained  until  18'^."),  when  it  was  again  re- 
moved to  a  shop  on  the  Middlesex  Corporation,  where  the  business  was 
carried  on  by  AVhite  &  Puffer.     Their  shop  was  luirned  in  1818,  and  in 


XXII 1.]  Tin:  WHIP  r.usiNEss.  455 

1844  new  shops  were  built  uii  ^laikct  street  where  the  Imsniess  was  cur- 
ried on  some  years.  In  l.s.")(>  ^Ir.  White  sold  his  interest  in  tlie  eoncern 
and  removed  to  Illinois.  'I'ln-  Imsiness  was  then  earned  on  hy  Puffer 
&  Howe,  afterward  by  lluwe  ^:  (ioodwin,  and  the  Lowell  Card  Coiu- 
liany.  the  business  being  af1:er  a  time  removed  to  Middle  street.  In 
1874  a  larye  bnildint;-  was  erected  at  the  corner  of  Shattuck  and  Market 
street,  in  which  the  business  of  tlu^  com])any  is  now  carried  on. 


THE  WHIP  BUSINESS. 

The  maiiul'actuic  of  wliijt.s  was  carried  on  in  Boston  sev- 
eral years  by  John  David,  the  eldest  brother  of  Deacon  Bar- 
nabas B.  David.     He  died  in  Boston  20  Sei)teniber,  lH-2i). 

I  January,  isijl,  Samuel  B.  .Mclendy.  of  .Vmherst.  and  I5arualias  I>. 
David,  entered  into  iiartnership  and  commenced  the  business  in  the  shop 
once  occupied  by  Mr.  David's  brother.  The  business  provinijf  rennnier- 
ative,  measures  were  soon  taken  to  increase  it.  In  1823  ;Mr.  Meleudy 
returned  to  Amherst  and  conmienced  business  in  the  "Maiming"  shop 
wliich  stood  near  the  Taylor  bridge  on  the  Nashua  road.  The  shop  was 
eidarged  and  several  hands  were  employed.  In  18"J.")  a  sales-room  was 
opened  in  New  York,  and  about  the  same  time  one  in  New  Oilcans. 
Mr.  David  also  visited  Europe  for  the  piu"po.se  of  gaining  information 
in  regard  to  the  business.  In  l8-'i()  the  manufactory  was  established  on 
Amherst  I'lain,  a  new  shop  having  been  fitted  up  for  its  accomnmdation. 
Mr.  David  at  that  time  took  up  his  residence  in  Amherst.  In  18:57 
Mr.  Charles  L.  Stewart  was  hired  to  take  charge  of  the  business  in  New 
York  city,  and  about  the  same  time  ^Ir.  Ilenrj'  Howard,  jr.,  took  charge 
of  the  business  at  Dock  Sipiare  in  Boston.  Mr.  Stewart  lieeaiiie  a 
iii(iiil>er  of  the  firm  in  ls47,  and  linally  purchased  the  interest  of  his 
partiifis  in  the  New  York  luanch  of  the  business.  For  many  years  the 
firm  did  a  large  and  successful  luisiness,  but  finally,  ;is  competition  be- 
eamr  sharp  and  the  profits  of  the  Imsiness  small,  it  was  reliiKjuished. 

I'iiuothy  Danforlh.  Ksi[.,  carried  on  the  business  f(tr  s«'Veral  years  with 
a  modi'iate  degree  of  success.  He  continued  in  tlu'  busiiics>.  on  :i  ^in:)!) 
scale,  until  his  death. 

David  Holmes,  Esq.,  a  resident  of  Amherst,  who  had  been  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  cards,  reliiuiuished  the  canl  business,  removed  to 
b(nvell,  and  engaged  in  the  whip  business  with  a  Mr.  Harnes.  once  m 
the  employ  of  ^lessrs.  !Melendy  it  David.  The  undertaking  did  not 
prove  to  be  a  successful  one,  and  wa.s  soon  relin<iuislied. 


456  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

AMHERST    SOCIAL    LIBRARY. 

Samuel  Dana,  Joshua  Athertou,  Jeremiah  Barnard,  Sam- 
uel Wilkins,  Daniel  Campbell,  Jolin  Shepard,  Daniel  War- 
ner, Robert  Fletcher,  Jonathan  Smith,  Samuel  Curtis,  and 
their  associates,  were,  by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  approved 
21  June,  1797,  incorporated  as  the  Amherst  Library  Society. 
They  were  empowered  to  establish  rules  for  the  government 
of  the  corporation,  to  enjoin  penalties  of  disfranchisement, 
and  fines  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  to  hold  real  and 
personal  estate  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  in  value. 
The  time  of  the  annual  meeting  was  fixed  on  the  fir^t  Mon- 
day of  January,  but  might  be  held  on  any  other  day  the 
proprietors  thought  fit  to  appoint. 

This  society  continued  in  existence  about  thirty-five  years. 
It  was  finally  dissolved,  and  its  books  sold  at  auction,  25 
Februarv,  1832. 


THE    FRANKLIN    SOCIETY 

was  organized  16  September,  1807,  for  the  improvement  of 
its  members  in  literary  pursuits.  It  consisted  of  a  number 
of  young  men  who  met  every  second  Wednesday  for  the 
discussion  of  literary  subjects,  declamations,  and.  the  read- 
ing of  original  compositions. 

The  clergyuieu  in  this  and  the  neighboring'  towns,  most  of  whom 
were  honorary  members  of  the  society,  and  many  of  the  elderly  citi- 
zens of  the  town,  frequently  attended  the  meetings,  and  took  part  in 
the  exercises. 

A  library  of  240  volumes  of  valuable  books  was  purchased,  and  ad- 
ditions wei'e  made  from  time  to  time  hj  fimds  derived  from  assess- 
ments on  the  members. 

The  society  continued  in  existence  mitil  '23  May,  1818,  when  it  was 
disbanded,  and  its  library  was  sold. 

The  following  list  of  members  is  copied  fi'om  the  Book  of  Kecords  : 


XXIIL] 


FREE   MASONRY. 


4;*) 


II.Tiiian  Al.ln.tt. 
Saimicl   Alilx.ll. 
Aliniliaiii  Andivws. 
Charb's  II.  AtlitM-toii. 
.Tohii  V.  Uatcli.-ld.-r. 
John  I>urnaiii. 

WilliaiM  Cla.i'-.iUPtt. 
Xathaii  R.  Clousli. 
flosfph  Cusliiiit;-. 
Elisha  K.  Klam. 
Caleb  Enifrson. 
Liitlier  Farlcv. 


.loliii  Faiiiicr. 
All.Mi  Fisk, 
lii'iijaiiiiii  F.  Fn-iH-li. 
William  ( lonloii. 
AUmzd  S.  (iri'cin  illc. 
Levi  Ilarsdiorii. 

Jaci)l>  III  ill  lies. 

Joshua  Holt. 
Kugeiie  Iliitrliiiisdii. 
Isaac  Hill, 
rieor^t'  Kiiiiliall. 
.Iose]>li  I).  Mamiiii^'. 


David  .M.(,.  M.-ai 
WiHia.u  F.  .Murri 
Harrison  (i.  Otis. 
H(liiiiiii(l  i'arkcr. 
Jaiiii's  Perkins. 
Hohert  Read, 
David  Second  >e, 
Matthias  Spaldinj 
(Jiistavus  Swan. 
FlitMiezer  Tayli>r, 
IltMirv  J.  Tudor. 
Andii'w   Wallace. 


>on. 
J'" 


;■.  jr. 


THE    "  HANDELLIAN    SOCIETY. 

Mr.  iriill  .s;iid  in  the  New  Hampsliire  Patriot,  18  April, 
1809,  the  lirst  number  of  that  paper  issued  by  him  : 

'' xVt  the  ordination  of  Kev.  Nathaniel  Kennedy,  of  Liteh- 
field,  several  pieces  of  music  were  performed  by  a  select 
choir  from  Amherst,  which  added  much  to  the  solemnities 
of  the  day,  and  evinced  a  correct  taste  and  a  love  for  srenu- 
ine  harmony." 

Much  of  the  commendation  bestowed  ujumi  the  performance.s  of  a 
"select  choir  from  Amherst"  was  dc^ubtli^ss  due  to  the  eftovts  of  the 
"  Ilandellian  ^lusical  Society,"  incorporated  in  June,  1805,  and  com- 
jKised  of  residents  in  Amherst  and  the  neinld)oring  town.s,  the  professed 
olijccts  of  the  society  beiuLf  to  ''cultivate  the  art  of  music,  to  acquire 
and  ditliise  a  correct  taste,  and  to  enjoy  the  refined  ]ileasures  of  hai- 
uiony."  The  society  continued  in  existence  more  than  twenty-five 
years,  and.  judginq'  from  the  reports  of  Mr.  Hill,  met  with  a  reasonable 
share  of  success  in  its  etVorts. 


FREE    MASONRY. 

A  charter  fur  noncvolent  Lodge,  No.  7.  F.  A'  A.  Masons, 
was  granted  by  the  (Jrand  Lodge  of  New  llamjishire,  2(1 
April.  IT'.'T.  and  the  Lodge  was  organized  on  the  last  Tues- 
day of  May  in  that  year.  Samuel  Dana  was  appointed 
W.  Master:  Jonathan  (Jove,  Senior  Warden,  and  Luther 
l>ana.  Junior  Warden. 


458  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

This  Lodge  continued  in  successful  operation  quite  a  uuniLer  of 
years,  and  many  of  the  citizens  of  Amherst  were  connected  with  it 
as  members.  At  last,  as  a  majority  of  its  members  resided  in  Milford? 
Brookline,  and  Wilton,  at  a  meeting  held  20  ]March,  1826,  it  was  voted 
unanimously  to  remove  said  lodge  from  Amherst  to  Milford,  on  condi- 
tion that  whenever  two-thirds  of  the  members  were  in  favor,  of  restor- 
ing it  to  Amherst  the  minority  should  cheerfully  acquiesce  in  its 
removal. 

Samuel  Dana,  Daniel  Warnei,  Charles  H.  Atherton,  Aaron  ^^liitney, 
and  Ephraim  Blanchard,  were  among  tlie  citizens  of  Amherst  who 
served  as  W.  Masters  of  the  lodge  while  it  remained  in  town.  It  be- 
came dormant  in  1832,  but  was  revived  and  is  again  in  operation. 
There  are  but  two  older  lodges  now  in  existence  in  the  state. 
.^An  amusing  story  is  told  of  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore,  of  Milford,  in 
connection  with  this  lodge.  Mr.  Moore  was  not  a  Mason,  but  being 
present  at  one  of  the  public  meetings  of  the  lodge,  was  asked  to  act  as 
chaplain.     Complying  with  the  request,  he  prayed  as  follows  : 

"O  Lord,  we  come  here  to  jjray  to  thee,  we  know  not  for  what.  If 
thith  inthituthion  be  a  good  one,  wilt  thou  bleth  it.  If  it  be  an  evil 
one,  wilt  thou  curth  it.  Amen."  (Mr.  Moore  was  unable  to  sound 
-the  letter  s.) 

Mr.  Boylston  gives  the  following  account  of  a  public  meeting  of 
Benevolent  Lodge  Xo.  7,  at  Amlierst,  14  May,  1821  :  "  The  Benevolent 
Lodge,  No.  7,  held  its  annual  meeting  in  this  town  on  Monday  last. 
May  14,  at  ]\Iasons'  Hall.  In  the  afternoon  the  officers  were  publicly 
installed,  and  the  hall  was  crowded  with  a  respectable  audience  of  ladies 
and  gentlemen  to  witness  the  (to  them)  novel  ceremony.  The  exercises 
were  solemn  and  impressive.  Sacred  music  and  prayer  commenced  the 
j)roceedings,  and  the  officers  were  invested  with  their  jewels  or  badges 
of  ofHce,  with  injunctions  to  duty,  which,  if  they  perform,  they  will  not 
only  be  good  ^lasons,  but  good  Christians." 

SOUHEGAN    GRANGE. 

JSouliegan  (xraiige,  No.  10,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  was 
formed  5  December,  1873,  with  sixteen  members,  and  is 
now  (April,  1882)  the  largest  and  most  nourishing-  Grange 
in  the  state. 

It  holds  its  regular  meetings  for  Grange  work,  the  discussion  of 
topics  of  interest  to  farmers,  and  literary  exercises,  on  the  Thursday  of 
or  preceding  the  fuU  moon,  and  the  second  Thursday  following.  Its 
jiast  masters  have  been,  James  L^.  Prince,  one  year  ;  Aaron  S.  Wilkins, 


XXIII.]  FIRK    UECOllD.  4.")9 

two  years;  Tlioiiias   M.   llarvt'll.  two  years;  James  (I.  Ilaseltine,  two 
years. 

Present  ^Faster,  George  E.  Ilolhrook  ;  Granville  J*arkei-,  Overset^-  ; 
Aaron  M.  Wilkins,  Lectnrer ;  George  Armstrong,  Steward  ;  George  F. 
Hill,  Assistant  Steward  ;  James  M.  Jackson,  Clia])lain  ;  .fames  F.  Wes- 
ton, Secretary:  Edward  Caldwell,  Treasurer;  Charles  E.  Wilkins,  Gate 
Keeper;  Mrs.  A.  M.  Wilkins,  Ceres;  Mrs.  J.  H.  Drucker,  Pomona; 
Miss  Cora  R.  Fisher,  Flora;  Mrs.  George  F.  Hill,  Lady  Assistant  Stew- 
ard ;  Miss  Ella  Kinson.  Chorister.    Numher  of  moiubers,  150. 

UNITKI)    OIinER    OF    THH    (iOLDEN    CROSS. 

Instituted  1  July,  1881,  with  27  members.  Officers  chos- 
en semi-annually. 

Its  officers,  for  the  term  ending-  W  June,  1882,  were — 

P.  X.  C,  George  W.  Putnam. 

\.  ('..    W.  II.  Dinsniore. 

V.  \.  C.,  Lucy  A.  Wilkins. 

W.  P..  William  Pratt. 

\.  K.  K.,  W.  B.  Kotch. 

F.  K.  K.,  Fannie  A.  Wilkins. 

W.  T..  A.  M.  Wilkins. 

\\'.  H..  W.  I).  ForsaitI). 

W.  I.  (;..  Jennie  P.  Hartshorn. 

W.  ().  (i..  Henry  .M.  Parker. 

Nnmherof  mendiers.  1  .May,  issj.  :;}. 

FIRK    RECORD. 

The  Iitiusr  of  S()h)uujn  Hutcliinson,  at  the  north-east 
corner  of  thr  e  >ninic)n,on  the  Plain,  was  burnt  in  17<)4.  A 
two-p:  und  I'lovincc  note,  belonging  to  Mr.  Hutchinson, 
was  destroyed  by  the  lire,  tlie  amount  of  which  the  ricneral 
Court,  at  its  next  session,  voted  to  i)ay  him. 

riie  tirst  meeting-house,  or  eonri-lionse.  was  hnrnt  Ky  an  incendiary, 
1.')  March,  ITS.S. 

Two  barns  lielonging  to  Joshna  Atliertoii,  JOs(i.,  in  which  his  hay, 
grain,  etc.,  were  stored,  were  iinrnt  by  .Michael  IveitV.  7  .Fanuary.  17!)l>. 
Four  cows  i)erished  in  the  flames. 

A  house  on  the  Plain,  owned  by  Col.  Robert  Means,  and  occui)ied  by 
Ilobert  M.  King,  was  burnt  Sunday,  li'  September,  1807.  IJy  timely 
ai<l  from  the  i)eoplc  in  attendance  at   the  meeting-hou.se,  most  of  the 


460  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

funiiture  in  the  house  was  saved,  and  the  fire  was  prevented  from  de- 
stroying other  buildings  near  by. 

A  cooper's  shop,  belonging  to  Capt.  Natlianiel  Emerson,  was  burnt 
in  October,  1809. 

The  blacksmith  shop  occupied  by  Mi-.  Aaron  Whitney,  took  fire  and 
was  consumed  on  the  evening  of  5  Ajiril,  LSI').  But  a  portion  of  the 
contents  was  saved. 

A  fire  was  discovered  in  the  wheelwright  shop,  occupied  by  Jonathan 
Foster,  about  2  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  1!)  September,  1818,  which  de- 
stroyed the  shop  and  its  contents. 

T^uther  Pearson's  wagon  maunfactory,  situated  about  three  fourths  of 
a  mile  south  of  the  village,  with  most  of  the  contents,  was  burned  7 
September,  1820.  Loss  estimated  at  |300,  including  a  lot  of  imfinished 
wagons,  and  two  !$20  bank  bills.  The  biiilding  was  owned  by  Robert 
Means,  Esq. 

Samuel  Ilildreth's  dwelling-house,  and  most  of  the  contents,  was 
burnt  l.j  Xovember,  1821.  The  fire  took  while  the  family  were  absent, 
and  had  made  such  progTess  when  it  was  discovered  that  all  efforts  to 
check  it,  or  save  the  contents  of  the  house,  were  unavailing. 

A  fire  occurred  in  the  three-story  brick  building  on  the  Plain,  25  Feb- 
ruary, 1830,  which  was  extinguished  before  anv  great  damage  was  done 
to  the  building. 

A  barn  belonging  to  Mr.  Thomas  M.  Benden,  situated  near  his  dwell- 
ing-house and  store  on  the  Plain,  was  set  on  fire  by  an  incendiary,  and 
consumed  6  Augiist,  1839.  It  was  filled  with  hay,  and  burnt  with  great 
rapidity,  and  it  was  only  by  great  and  persevering  efforts  on  the  pai't 
of  the  citizens  and  firemen  present  that  the  adjoining  buildings  were 
saved.     Loss  .1152.50  ;  insured  for  ilOO. 

A  slight  fire  on  the  roof  of  the  Unitarian  church,  owing  to  a  defect 
in  the  cliinniey,  occurred  22  March,  1840. 

The  dwelling-house  of  Mrs.  Betsey  Prince,  in  the  north-east  part  of 
the  town,  was  bm-nt,  with  most  of  the  contents,  13  Februaiy,  1841.  A 
defect  in  the  chimney  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  cause. 

The  large  barn  on  the  pauper  farm  was  burnt  3  April,  1847.  Twen- 
ty-two head  of  cattle  perished  in  the  flames.  Loss  estimated  at  ii^2,500 ; 
no  insurance.  The  barn  had  been  built  but  a  few  years,  and  was  one 
of  the  largest  and  best  in  town.     The  fire  was  set  by  an  insane  pauper. 

The  bam,  shed,  and  stoi-e,  of  Mi".  John  Moor,  near  his  dwelling- 
house  on  the  Plain,  were  biu-nt  Saturday  evening,  14  October,  1848. 
The  fire  was  discovered  in  the  barn,  whence  it  was  communicated  to 
the  shed  and  store.  A  cow  in  the  barn  was  saved,  and  most  of  the 
goods  in  the  store,  which  were  but  slightly  damaged.  Insurance  ^?100(), 
M'hich  nearlv  covered  the  loss. 


XXIII.]  FIRE   RECORD.  461 

Tin;  Aiiilu'i-st  .steani-iiiill  huililiui^s  were  burnt  "J.")  .Muicli.  IS-Ul.  The 
engine  and  chinniey  were  but  slightly  damaged.  Thr  I<iss  to  the  occu- 
pants of  the  shops,  in  tools  and  stock,  was  a  serious  one.  The  build- 
ings and  machinery  were  insured  for  .*!7,n(K).  The  tire  was  ](rnl)ably 
communicated  from  a  heated  l)earing. 

A  fire  was  discovered  in  a  building  nc;ir  tiii-  county  jail,  occupied  by 
James  Monroe  as  a  li\cry  stable,  on  llic  morning  of  11  dune.  bSoO, 
which,  in  its  progress,  consumed  the  biiilding  in  which  it  originated, 
together  with  a  barn.  shed,  and  dwelling-house  near  by.  owned  by  Mr. 
Enos  B.  C'rooker.  and  the  roof  of  the  county  jail.  In  the  attic  of  the 
jail  the  gallows  on  which  Farmer  was  hang  was  stored,  which  was  also 
bui-ut. 

The  liaiii  and  coni-iiarii  of  Mr.  .Vmos  Green,  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town,  \\a>  liiiinl  I  I*'i'l)niai'y,  l>i.'>l.  The  fire  was  set  by  an  ins.ane 
member  of  the  family. 

A  slight  fire  occurred  at  the  steam  mill  of  Mr.  donatiiaii  i\night,  at 
the  west  end  of  tlie  IMain.  1  August,  is.",!).      L,,ss  from  sl(M)  to  x-Ji)(). 

The  dwelling-house  of  Dea.  Aaron  Lawrence,  on  the  Plain,  wa.s 
l)urnt  Sunday  morning.  2  September.  18(5((.  The  most  valuable  part  of 
the  furniture  was  saved.  Loss  estimated  at  from  .^:'.,(I(H»  \n  s\jn)(). 
Insured  for  $1.1>(KI. 

2  December,  18(5:3,  2:15  a.  m.  'i'lie  laige  barn  on  the  IMain.  owned 
by  David  Stewart,  was  discovered  to  be  on  tire,  and  was  shortly 
consumed.  The  flames  were  Idown  directly  on  the  Hardy  tavern  stand, 
which,  together  with  the  store  adjoining,  andtlie  old  Means  store,  a  few 
feet  distant  from  the  la.st,  were  totally  destroyed.  Mr.  Stewart's  resi- 
dence and  the  hotel  stable  were  saved  by  the  nnremitting  exertions  of 
the  firemen  and  citizens.  The  goods  in  the  first  story  of  the  store  were 
mostly  saved:  those  in  the  cellai'  and  second  .story  were  de.stroyed. 
The  large  flag  displayed  on  the  liberty  pole  on  the  common  was  also 
l)urned.  and  the  old  burying-groiuid  was  burned  over.  In  the  barn  four 
cows  and  one  hor.se  were  burnt.  Loss  on  barn  and  contents  .sL<><M); 
insured  for  8400.  Loss  on  store  ami  goods  i^LOOO  ;  covered  by  insur- 
ance; and  on  the  Hag.  sloi).  The  liii'  was  suivposed  to  be  the  work  of 
an  incendiary. 

The  old  Xutt  tavern  stand  on  the  Plain,  ami  the  barn  of  Luther  W. 
Nichols,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  were  burnt  1  .July.  l>^lj."j. 
Insurance  on  the  tavern  house,  Si,!)!)!),  and  !?100  on  the  barn.  The 
tires  were  the  work  of  an  incendiary,  for  whos(i  apjirehension  a  re- 
ward was  offered. 

A  slight  fire  on  the  roof  of  the  three-story  brick  building  on  tlie 
Plain,  2!1  Jidy,  1S05,  took  from  a  spark  from  the  furnace  chinmey. 


462  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

The  main  buildings  of  tlie  Atherton  inausiou  were  burnt  0  November, 
1865.  The  fire  was  supposed  to  have  taken  from  a  defect  in  the 
chimney. 

The  freiglit  dejiot,  and  wood-shed  near  by,  at  Danforth's  coi'ner,  were 
burnt  5  March,  18(57.  Fortunately  the  shed  was  empty.  The  depot  con- 
tained one  car,  and  nine  hundred  corn-planters,  which  were  consumed. 
The  fire  was  supposed  to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 

The  house  and  barn  of  Stephen  II.  Barrett,  near  Stickney's  mills,  on 
the  Xashua  road,  were  burnt  2S  June,  18()7.  But  little  was  saved  from 
the  house,  and  a  valuable  cow  perished  in  the  barn.  Insurance,  $400 
on  the  iioiise. 

A  small  barn,  oontainhig'  a  (piantityof  hay,  was  burnt  on  "  the  acre," 
pi  the  west  ])art  f)f  the  town,  near  Milford  village,  '24  September,  1868. 

The  dwelling-house  formerly  owned  and  occcupied  by  Daniel  Camp- 
bell, Esq..  situated  on  the  old  New  Boston  road,  was  burnt  11  May, 
1869. 

The  house  of  Warren  Damon,  on  the  Ilollis  road,  two  miles  south  of 
the  village,  was  burnt  Friday  morning,  21:  September,  1869.  with  most 
of  its  contents. 

13  Augiist,  1870.  A  fire  kindled  among  the  brush  on  a  newly  cleared 
lot  east  of  Rodney  Howard's  house,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  ran 
over  nearly  seventy-five  acres  of  land,  destroying  some  five  hundred 
cords  of  hard  wood,  and  about  seventy-five  cords  of  hemlock  bark, 
which  was  corded  up  on  the  lot  ready  for  the  market.  Loss  estimated 
at  !g3,000. 

The  "  Amherst  Hotel"  was  burnt,  on  the  morning  of  25  January, 
1876,  with  nrost  of  its  contents.  The  loss  was  said  to  have  been  nearly 
coA'ered  by  the  insurance. 

A  large  barn  on  the  Isaac  Upliam  place,  on  Chestnut  hill,  was  burnt 
22  Feb]-uary,  1882,  with  ten  head  of  neat  cattle,  three  shotes,  and  one 
sheep.     The  fire  was  set  from  matches  in  the  hands  of  a  careless  boy. 


HUNTERS     EXPLOITS. 

30  July,  1805.  A  striped  snake  wa-i  killed  sometime  last  week  by 
Mr.  Nathan  FuUer,  of  this  town,  in  which  were  between  eighty  and 
ninety  young  ones,  the  smallest  being  five  inches  in  length. 

About  1812,  a  large  otter  was  killed  by  Mr.  Jacob  Durant,  in  the 
brook  which  crosses  the  road  leading  to  Thomas  B.  Parker's,  near  its 
junction  with  the  road  leading  to  Mr.  George  H.  Shaw's.  The  animal 
was  apparently  gnawing  a  root  under  the  bank  when  discovered  by  Mr. 
Durant,  who  approached  softly  and  killed  him  with  a  club. 


XXIIL]  A    BEAR    HUNT.  4G3 

A  lynx,  wt'inliiug-  twenty-two  and  a  halt'  jioiimls,  ami  nicasiu-iiii;-  five! 
feet  nine  inclies  in  length,  from  the  extremities  of  his  fore  and  hind 
let's,  was  shot  on  a  tree,  sixty  feet  from  the  ground,  in  (he  south  part 
of  the  town,  in  1839. 

A  huge  wild  cat  was  shot  near  the  residence  of  Hiram  1).  Stearns, 
about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  village,  1  February,  184!».  He  was  first 
discovered  by  John  Lovejoy,  who  was  hunting  foxes  al)out  a  mile  and 
a  half  east  of  the  Plain.  His  dogs,  being  put  upon  the  animal's  track, 
chased  him  into  a  hen-coop,  where  he  was  shot  by  Robert  Boutell.  His 
length  from  elaw  to  claw  was  four  feet,  and  his  weight,  though  very  thin 
in  flesh,  was  twenty  iioiimls. 

A  tortoise,  weighing  thirty-three  pounds,  and  an  ugly  looking  customer, 
was  captured  in  Little  liabboosuck  ]>ond.  in  August,  18l!».  by  Orvis  P. 
Young  and  George  W.  George. 

A  cat  of  the  lynx  species,  probably  the  one  that  had  diini-  considera- 
ble mischief  in  Andierst  and  vicinity,  was  killed  in  Antrim,  in  Jamiaiy 
IS.")!). 

Henry  A.  Nichols  and  Alfred  Moore,  while  out  on  a  coon  hunting 
excursion,  in  Xoveml)er,  185!),  captured  a  hedge-hog,  weighing  seventeen 
pounds,  and  brought  him  liome.  Their  dfigs  brought  liome  some  sore 
noses  as  their  share  of  the  exploit. 

10  Xovember,  186-1.  Andrew  J.  Kidder  and  Fred  Ford,  shot  five 
coons  from  one  tree,  which  weighed  in  the  aggregat:^,  seventy-three 
liounds. 

December.  ISfiT.  George  Kent,  a  deaf  mule,  has  thi'  past  season 
taken  1168  trout  and  l'2o  pickerel  from  pomls  and  brooks  within  tliree 
miles  of  Amherst  village. 

October,  18(57.  Isaac  P.  Weston  recently  trap]>ed  a  cat  owl  whicli 
measured  four  feet  and  four  inches  from  ti|>  to  tip  of  its  wings. 

.\ugust,  1867.  Bee  hunters  have  been  quite  successful  of  late. 
William  ^lelendy  and  John  Lovejoy  last  week  took  a  swarm  in  Lyndc- 
borough,  from  whicli  they  obtained  some  ninety  pounds  of  honey. 

Joseph  K.  Ilassell  killed  a  black  snake,  seven  feet  two  inches  in 
length,  which  measured  nine  and  a  fourth  inches  in  circumference.  10 
October,  187-5. 


.V    nv..\\i    HUNT. 

^lany  years  ago  an  old  sh-  bi'ar  troubled  the  fathers  exceedingly  by 
her  depredations  among  tlu'  juvenile  porkers  and  the  nice  roasting  ears 
in  the  corn-fields.  Having  discovered  her  haunt,  the  men  and  boys  in  the 
vicinity  turned  out  one  day  resolved  uiMmher  destruction.     Cliasing  her 


464  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

into  a  swamj"*  it  was  decided  to  station  one  of  the  nunilier,  properly  armed, 
at  the  outlet  to  shoot  her,  while  the  remainder  should  go  into  the  swamp 
and  drive  her  within  reach  of  the  sentry's  gun.  One  of  the  company, 
a  man  of  decided  grit,  the  leader  of  the  party,  had  an  excellent  gun, 
and  he  was  selected  to  remain  as  sentry.  Another  of  the  company, 
whose  reputation  for  courage  was  not  very  good,  begged  to  be  allowed 
to  remain  as  sentinel,  as  he  was  lame  and  could  not  walk.  The  owner 
of  the  gun  told  him  he  was  a  coward,  and  would  not  dare  to  fire  at  the 
bear  if  she  came  within  reach.  He  replied  that  he  would  shoot  the 
bear.  He  was  not  afraid  of  beai's,  would  fight  a  dozen  at  once  if 
necessary.  After  a  good  deal  of.  discussion  it  was  decided  to  give  him 
the  gun  and  let  him  act  as  sentinel.  The  rest  of  the  party  proceeded 
into  the  swamp  and  soon  found  IMistress  Bruin,  who  wa^s  speedily  put 
on  the  back  track,  while  they  followed  leisurely,  expecting  to  hear  a  re- 
port from  their  comrade  at  the  outlet. 

On  arriving  within  sight  of  that  worthy,  he  called  to  them,  asking 
why  they  had  n't  been  along  five  minutes  sooner  ?  Has  the  bear  been 
here?  asked  the  owner  of  the  gun.  Been  here!  Why  she  came  and  sat 
down  and  looked  me  in  the  face  as  much  as  five  minutes,  and  you  might 
have  vshot  her  just  as  well  as  not  if  you  had  been  here.  You  plagged 
coward  ;  why  did  n't  you  shoot  her.  Sho(^t  her !  Why,  I  forgot  that  I 
had  a  gun  with  me.  I  forgot  all  about  it.  After  upbraiding  the  sentry 
roundly  for  his  cowardice,  the  party  broke  up,  thoi'oughly  disgusted 
with  the  day's  operations. 


COLLEGE    GRADUATES    FROM    AMHERST. 
TTARVARD    COLLKGE. 

(18S"2).     Xame^  of  those  now  living  are  in  Italics. 

Name.                           Date.      Profession.                        Died.  Age. 

John  Wilkins,              1764.  Instructor,    at  Athens,      O..         1808.  68 

Jacob  Kimball,             1788.  Farmer,       Amlierst,         1  Aug.,     1819.  81 

Charles  H.  Atherton,  1794.  Lawyer,      Amherst,        8  Jan.,      1853.  79 
Daniel  Weston,            1795.  Clergyman,         in  Maine,               1837. 

William  Gordon,         1806.  LaWei",  Brattleboro',  Vt.,  12  Jan.,  1871.  83 

Jonathan  F.  Dana,*    1813.  Physician,    N.    Y.   city,    April,    1827.  33 

Samuel  L.  Dana,         1813.  Chemist,  Lowell,  Mass.,  11  March,  1868.  72 

John  H.  Wilkins,        1818.  Bookseller,     Boston,       5  Dec,     1861.  67 

Charles  G.  Atherton,  1822.  Lawyer,   Manchester,     14  Nov.,    1853.  49 

Stephen  R.  Holmes,    1822.  Instructor,  at  sea,   11  January,   1830.  28' 

♦Name  changed  to  James  by  Legislature  of  Massachusetts. 


XXIIL] 


COLLEGE    GRADUATES. 


465 


Name, 
.losliua  I Ie^'^\"00(l, 
Kcuboii  I).  Miissi'V, 
James McK.  Wilkins, 
Levi  Hartslioni. 
Allen  Fisk. 
Ambrose  Seatoii.* 
Charles  F.  P:iliott. 
Eilward  Spnldlnf/, 
Charles  K.  Parker. 
William  n<(iil, 
H.lwar.l  II.  Pratt, 
Alfred  Spalding,* 
Edward  Aiken, 
John  II.  Clark; 
Charles  II.  Wallace, 
Vaola  J.  Hartshorn, 
Warren  Upham, 


DAHTMOrXlI     roi.I.KGF.. 

Date.      rrofi'.«si<)ii.  Died. 

1705.  Cler'inan.  Dmistahlc.M's..  11  Nov. 

1S():5.  Physician.     Boston.       21   June, 

1812.   Lawyer.    .Manchester,    IS   ,Inne, 

18L).  ("lergvnuui,    Amherst,    27    Sept., 

LS14.   Instructor,  18  September, 

1S25.  Physician,  Maysville,  Ivy.,  9  April, 

182!).  Physician,  Somersworth.  2-'?  June, 

1S:};5.  Physician. 

18:}4.   Phy'cian.Beardslown.  Ill.,2;iAn,. 

1S;50.  Physician. 

LSn.  Physician,  Somersworth,  15  Xov., 

18l:>.  Physician,  Greenup.  Ky.,  20Uec., 

18.")1.  Physician. 

1857.  Physician. 

1857.  Studied  law,   Amherst,  21  June, 

ISGO.  Clergyman. 

1871.  Civil  Engineer. 


Age 

1S14. 

51 

1866. 

86 

1855. 

70 

1819. 

33 

1875. 

86 

1806. 

61 

1870. 

72 

.1882.     09 


1857. 
1878. 


1861. 


51 
63 


25 


Nanip. 
Samuel  Whiting, 


DARTMOUTH    UNIVERSITY. 

Date.      Profession. 
1818.  Lawyer,  Ma.son,  X.  II. 


ItoWDOIX    COLLEGE. 
Na)iie.  Date.      I'roffSiiion.  Dk'd.  Age- 

Robert  Means,  Jr.,  1807.  Lawyer,  Lcnvell,  .Mass.,  26  Sejjt.,  1842.  56 
\\illiam  Appleton,  1820.  Lawyer,  Cinchnuiti,  ().,  19  Oct.,  1830.  21 
James  .Means.  1833.  Clergyman.  X.^wberu.  X.  C.  Apr..  1863.     50 

AMHKRST    COLLEGE. 
Name.  Date.       I'rofes.sion. 

William  O.  Baldwin,  1851.  Clergyman. 
John  E.  Wheeler,  1857.  Clergvnian. 
William  B.  Clark;       1S65.   Hank.-r. 


Name. 
Edward  C.  Darid, 
William  G.  David. 


WII,I.IAM>    COLLFGK 
Profession. 
Lawyer. 
Physician,  Lyons, 


N.  v..  17  \\v. 


Age. 
1877.     16 


*  Graduate  of  Medical  College. 
30 


466  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

LAWYERS  IN  AMHERST. 

Moses  Parsons,  a  native  of  iSTewbury,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  1765;  I'ead  law  with  Gen.  John  Sullivan;  jjracticed  at  Xew- 
market  until  1773;  came  thence  to  Amherst,  where  he  remained  until 
177.5;  died,  1801. 

Joshua  Athektox,  from  Harvard,  ^lass.,  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1762 ;  read  law  with  Abel  Willard,  of  Lancaster,  and  James  Put- 
nam, of  Worcester;  commenced  practice  at  Petersham,  Mass.,  in  1765; 
removed  to  Litchfield  the  same  year,  thence  to  Merrimack,  in  1767 ;  came 
to  Amherst  in  the  sunnner  of  177o.  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
April,  1809. 

Samuel  Dana,  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1755 ;  was  minister  of  Groton,  Mass.,  1761-75.  Being  suspected  of 
toryisin,  by  his  people,  he  resigned  his  office;  came  to  Amherst  in  1781: 
studied  law  with  Joshua  Atherton;  connuenced  practice  in  1788;  Reg- 
ister and  Judge  of  Probate  for  Hillsl  )orough  County ;  died  2  April, 
17!)8. 

William  Gordon,  from  Boston,  Mass..  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1779 ;  read  law  with  Joshua  Athei'ton ;  commenced  practice  in 
1787;  representative  in  Congress  1797-1800;  Register  of  Probate  and 
Attorney-General  of  New  Hampshire;  died  in  Boston  8  May,  1802. 

Charles  Humphrey  Atherton,  son  of  Joshua  Atherton,  born  in 
Amherst,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1794 ;  read  law  with  Joshiui 
Atherton  and  William  Gordon;  commenced  practice  in  1797;  repre- 
sentative in  Congress  1815-17;  Register  of  Probate  1798-1837;  died  8 
January,  1853. 

David  Everett,  born  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1795;  read  law  with  John  M.  Forbes;  practiced  in  Boston  a 
short  time ;  came  to  Amlierst  in  1802 :  returned  to  Boston  in  1807, 
where,  in  1809,  he  engaged  in  establishing  the  Boston  Patriot.  He  was 
afterward  engaged  in  other  newspaper  establishments.  Died  at  Marietta, 
Ohio,  6  Dec,  1813. 

Jedediah  Kilburn  Smith,  born  in  Amherst;  son  of  Jonathan 
Smith;  not  a  college  graduate;  read  law  with  Samuel  Dana;  com- 
menced practice  about  1800;  representative  in  CongTess  1807-9;  lacked 
but  one  vote  of  being  chosen  Senator  in  Congress  in  1810;  was  coun- 
cilor and  post-master  many  years ;  died,  a  victim  of  intemperance,  in 
December,  1828. 

Edmund  Parker,  born  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1803,  in  the  class  with  Henry  Hubbard,  Reuben  D.  Mussey, 
and  Judge  Nathan  Weston,  of  Maine ;  commenced  practice  in  1807, 
succeeded  to  the  bushiess  of  David  Everett ;  was  Solicitor  of  Hillsbo- 


XXIIT.]  LAU'YFRS.  4l't7 

roiiuli  cuiintv,  JiiiI,l;(.'  of  I'roluit",  aiidri'in-csriitativo;  reiiiovcil  to  Nasluia 
ill  is:}."),  wln'iv  111'  was  a-^t'iit  for  tln^  .laciksoii  Manufacturing  Coini>any 
^I'Vt'ial  years;  dii'il  in  Claivinout  .Se])ti'nil>i'r.  IS.'O. 

Samiki.  I)  k  LI.,  son  of  .John  licll,  Ivs(|.,  of  f.ondondejTV.  i;Tatluated  at 
Dartnioutli  Collt'nc  iu  17!):5;  n-ad  law  with  Judge  Sannitd  Uana;  com- 
Mii'iicod  i>ractici'  in  Fraiiccstown ;  ivinovcil  to  AnduTst  in  ISOS;  re- 
inaini'd  li'ie  until  iSll,  wIkmi  he  icniovtHl  to  Chester.  While  Iiere  he 
huilt  the  house  now  owned  l>v  Hon.  Harrison  Eaton.  He  wa.s  governor 
of  the  state  three  year.s,  and  United  States  senator  twelve  years;  died  in 
Chester  I)ecend)er,  l!S.5(). 

Nathamki,  SiiATTi'CK,  born  in  Temple,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1M)1,  in  the  elass  with  Daniel  AVebst'r;  read  law  with  Renj. 
J.  CJilh'ert,  of  Hanover,  and  Timothy  Biglow,  of  (iroton,  Mas.s.;  admitted 
to  the  Middlesex  County  Bar  in  ISOl;  commenced  practice  in  Milford 
iu  1806;  removed  to  Amherst  ])rior  to  1812,  where  he  remained  until 
18:]();  removed  to  Rrookline,  afterward  to  Mason;  died  in  the  Asylum 
for  the  Insane,  at  Concord,  September,  1801,  ageil  ninety  years.  He 
was  the  last  survivor  of  his  class  in  college. 

Clikton  Cr.AG<;KTT,  sou  of  Hon.  Wy.seman  Ciaggeit,was  born  in 
I'ortsiuoutii;  not  a  college  graduate;  read  law  with  his  father;  commenc- 
ed practice  in  Litchfield  iu  1787:  removed  to  Andierst  in  1811 ;  was  rejv 
resentative  in  Congress  six  years;  Justice  of  the  .'-iupi'rior  Court  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  Judge  of  Probate  for  Ilillsbnrough  county;  died  in 
•Fauuary,  I8-J!l. 

IvouKiJT  Mkans,  .TK..  son  of  Col.  Uobi'rt  Mimus,  graduated  at  Bow- 
doin  College  iu  1^07;  read  law  with  Charles  H.  Atherton  and  Jeremiah 
Mason;  commenced  practice  in  Andierst,  and  remained  tiiere  mitil  18.']1 ; 
he  removed  to  Lowell,  where  he  died  in  September,  181J. 

Emsha  FrLLKK  Wallace,  born  in  Amlvrst.  now  Milford;  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth  College  in  1811;  real  law  with  .Solomon  K.  Liver- 
more;  practiced  his  profession  in  Marblehead.  Mass;  removed  to  Am- 
herst iu  1820,  where  he  was  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Hillsborough  county; 
removed  to  Syracu.se,  Xew  York,  in  1825;  died  in  1870,  aged  seventy- 
eight. 

Andukw  Wai.i.ack.  a  nativi-  of  .\mhi'rst.  now  Milford;  not  a  college 
graduate;  read  law  with  N'alhaniel  Shattuck  an«l  Daniel  Abltott;  prac- 
ticed in  Mont  \'ernon  and  Hancock;  came  to  Andierst  in  IS'Jl;  was 
clerk  of  the  courts  iu  Hillsborough  county  tiftecn  years;  resumed  jwac- 
tice  in  18  50;  died  in  September,  18.3(3. 

K/.KA  rnKscoTT  cojiim^nced  practice  in  France.stowii,  wlience,  in 
1"^_M,  he  remov.Ml  to  Gr'enfield;  was  elrctel  Register  of  Deeds  for 
Hillsborough  county  in  the  spring  of  1828;  reincved  to  Amherst  in  the 


468  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

autumn  of  that  year,  where  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  1840.     lie  died  in  September,  1845,  ai^ed  sixty-four. 

Hubbard  Xewtox  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1804;  prac- 
ticed his  profession  at  Newjiort;  came  to  Amlierst  in  1835,  succeeding 
to  the  business  of  Edmund  Parker.  After  al  )out  five  years  he  returned 
to  Newport,  where  he  died  in  1847. 

Perley  Dodge,  born  in  New  Boston ;  graduated  at  Union  College 
in  1824 ;  read  law  with  Titus  Bro\vn  and  Xehemiah  Eastman ;  com- 
menced practice  in  Francestown  in  1828;  removed  thence  to  New  Bos- 
ton in  18-32;  came  to  Amherst  shortly  aftei-.  where  he  is  still  living 
(1882). 

Berxard  Bemus  Whittemore,  l)oni  in  Boston,  Mass.,  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  18;39;  read  law  \\ith  Atherton  &  Sawj'er,  of 
Nashua,  and  attended  Dane  Law  School,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.;  com- 
menced practice  in  Nashua  in  1843;  came  to  Amlierst  the  same  year, 
where  he  remained  until  1845,  when  he  returned  to  Nashua.  He  is 
now  engaged  in  the  publication  of  tlie  Nashua  Gazette. 

William  Saxtox  Mortox,  born  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  1831 ;  read  law  with  Sidney  Bartlett,  Esq.;  com- 
menced practice  in  the  office  of  Perley  Dodge  in  1840 ;  reiuained  here 
but  a  short  time ;  died  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  in  Sei^tember,  1871. 

Presbury  West, -JR..  l)orn  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Yt.,  and  George  W. 
Morrison  opened  an  office  in  the  Farmers'  Banlc  building  in  1845.  ]Mr. 
West  read  law  with  Isaac  Fletcher,  Esq.,  and  commenced  practice  iu 
Faiiiee,  Yt.  He  remained  in  Amherst  but  a  short  time,  and  the  busi- 
ness of  the  firm  was  transferred  to  ^Manchester. 

Stephex  Peabody,  son  of  William  Peabody.  Esq.,  of  Amherst,  now 
Milford,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1803;  read  law  with  Solomon 
K.  Livermore,  John  Phillips,  and  David  Evei-ett ;  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  Exeter  and  Portsmouth,  but  relinquished  it  and  engaged  in 
farming  in  Milford.  He  was  appointed  Register  of  Probate  for  Hills  - 
borough  county  in  1839,  and  removed  to  Amherst.  After  leaving  this 
office  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law;  died  in  January,  1847. 

PHYSICIANS. 

iSIosES  Nichols,  from  Reading,  Mass.,  settled  here  as  early  as  1761, 
and  remained  in  practice  until  his  death  in  May,  1790.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive and  influential  citizen,  and  filled  many  important  civil  and  military 
offices.  At  the  head  of  his  regiment  he  commenced  the  attack  upon 
the  Hessians  at  Bennington  in  1777.  He  also  commanded  a  regiment 
at  West  Point,  at  the  time  of  Arnold's  treason,  in  1780. 


XXIIT.]  PTTYSTCIANS.  409 

Skth  Ames,  Iniin  Diidliuin,  Mass..  l)r()tlu'r  ol'  the  crli'l»nitt!<l  (initur 
and  statfsiiiaii,  Fislicr  .Vines,  ^ra'luate  1  at  IlarvanJ  ('olle^f  in  17GI  in 
tJi*' class  with  John  Wilkins;  practici'd  luTi' from  alumt  177t>  to  1777, 
when  liis  ht-alth  t'ailin:;'  from  tlie  excessive  use  of  snutf,  he  ielini|uislu'd 
|>iactice  and  returned  to  I)e<lhani,  wiiere  he  died  1  .lanuarv,  1778. 

IIe.nry  Codman,  son  of  Henry  Codnian,  an  Irish  innnii^'rant,  wa.s 
liorn  in  .Middleton,  Mass.  IJis  mother  was  a  near  relative  of  Hev.  Mr. 
Wilkins.  He  i»racticed  here  nearly  forty  years,  and  died  iji  March, 
181l*.  His  son,  Henry  C'oilman.  practiced  in  MonI  Vernon  a  short 
time,  liul  died  youni^'. 

Kbk.nkzku  Weston,  jr..  was  in  jtractice  here  some  years.  "Wes- 
ton's Itch  Ointment,"  of  which  tons  were  manufactured  liy  Read  & 
"s])alding,  originated  with  him. 

S.\.MUKi-  Cl'itTis,  from  Siiaron,  M;uss.,  graduated  at  Harvartl  C<jllege 
in  17GiJ;  wa.s  a  surgeon  in  the  army  of  tiie  Kevolntion:  settled  in  Am- 
herst in  1789.  and  was  in  practice  here  a  few  years.  He  finally  gave  up 
Ids  profe.ssional  business  for  that  of  an  inn-kcej)er.  lit;  also  kept  an 
ai>othecary's  store  in  his  tavern;  com[iiIed  and  pul)lishi'd  a  pocket 
almanac  and  register  several  yf'fvrs,  ln-side  other  pul>lications  of  various 
kinds,  and  served  as  ])Ost-mavSter  several  years.  In  his  old  age  he  loved 
to  hear  and  tell  the  news  and  relate  rare  instanci's  which  had  come 
under  his  personal  oliservation  or  of  which  he  had  heard.  Being  rather 
credulous,  .some  of  the  stories  he  reporte<l  would  have  done  credit  to 
tile  "Pickwick  Clul.."     He  died  in  18i.'J. 

Moses  Nichols,  ,m.,  son  of  (ien.  Moses  Nichols,  studied  his  profession 
under  the  direction  of  his  father  and  commenced  practice  here  in  1781  : 
removed  to  Thornton  in  1787,  thence  to  Canada  in  18i>"J;  returned  to 
Amherst  in  180");  remained  here  until  1811  when  lie  again  removed  to 
Canada.     He  died  at  Slierl)rooke,  Canada,  in  XovemlK-r,  18l!t. 

Natha.niki.  IlExriiMAX,  from  Lynn,  Mass.,  settletl  here  in  17>>:{.  ami 
ri'iiiaiiied  in  practice  until  his  death  in  May,  IStMt. 

.loiiN  MrssEv,  a  native  of  Kingston.  studie<l  Ins  profession  with 
(ien.  .Nichols;  settled  in  Pelham  in  17<!fi;  in  Amherst  in  17i»l.  where 
lie  remained  until  18l»),  when  he  removed  to  IVterhorotigh,  when'  he 
died  in  Januaiy.  18;U.  He  was  father  of  Prof.  Reul)en  Himond  .Mus. 
-ey.  the  celehrattvl  surgeon  and  instructor  in  surgeiT. 

KoGEUS  S.MiTH.  l>orn  in  Middleton.  Mass..  came,  in  infancy,  with  his 
father's  family,  to  Andiei-st ;  commenced  practice  prior  to  I8(l4;  re- 
moved to  Mont  Vernon  in  1808,  thence  to  (Jn-enbush,  N.  Y.,  finally  to 
Weston,  Vt.,  where  he  died  in  ISKi.  He  was  father  of  Hev.  Asa  Doilge 
Smith,  the  president  of  Dartmouth  College  from  1863  to  1871. 


470  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

jMatthias  Spaldixg,  son  of  Col.  Simeon  Spalding,  of  Chelmsford, 
Mass.,  gradnated  at  Harvard  College  in  1708;  studied  medicine  with 
Dr.  Benjamin  Waterhouse,  of  Cambridge,  and  Dr.  H  A.  Hoh'oke,  of 
Salem,  Mass.;  visited  England  in  1800,  where  he  attended  the  medical 
lectures  of  Sir  Astley  Cooper  and  other  noted  physicians  and 
surgeons;  on  his  return  he  commenced  practice  in  Chebirsford,  whence, 
in  1896,  he  removed  to  Amherst,  where  he  continued  in  practice  until 
disabled  by  the  infirmities  of  age.  He  died  2.5  May,  ISGo,  aged  nearly 
ninety-six  years. 

Charles  F.  Hildrkth  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1828;  prac- 
ticed here  a  short  time;  in  1824  removed  to  Boston. 

Ambrose  Skaton.  son  of  Deacon  John  Seaton,  jr.,  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  School  in  1825;  commenced  practice  in  1826. 
About  1830  he  i-emoved  to  Boston,  thence  at  a  later  date  to  Greenup, 
Kentucky,  where  he  died. 

Amory  Gale,  a  native  of  Warwick,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Bowdoin 
College  in  1821;  practiced  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  some  years;  settled  in 
An^herst  in  November,  18:J-i,  where  he  remained  until  1889.  He  died 
hi  1873. 

Francis  Perry  Fitch,  a  native  of  Greenfield,  M'ho  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1831,  connnenced  practice  in  New  Bos- 
ton, whence  he  removed  to  Amhei'st  in  1839;  succeeded  to  Dr.  Gale's 
business  in  Amherst,  and  remained  in  successful  practice  until  1865 
when  he  removed  to  i\Iilford.  After  a  few  years  he  relinquished  prac- 
tice, and  removed  to  Vineland,  N.  J.,  where  he  died  in  December, 
1874. 

Edward  Aiken,  son  of  Rev.  Silas  Aiken,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1851 ;  succeeded  to  the  practice  of  Dr.  Fitch  in  Amherst  in 
1865. 

George  W.  Moor,  a  native  of  Princeton,  IMass.,  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1841;  settled  here  in  July,  1843,  and  remained  in 
practice  until  his  death,  in  September,  1866. 

P.  D.  Baker  commenced  practice  here  in  1855,  but  remained  only  a 
short  time.     He  removed  to  Maine  where  he  died. 

Bradley  H.  Bartlett  practiced  in  Manchester  and  Pittsfield,  and 
was  a  surgeon  in  the  civil  war;  settled  in  Amherst  in  1872.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1876,  he  was  disabled  by  paralysis,  and  died  in  December  follow- 
ing. 

C.  M.  Dodge  practiced  here  a  few  months,  commencing  in  April, 
1878,  and  was  succeeded  by  A.  C.  Buswell,  who  remained  but  a  short 
time. 

W.  H.  Dinsmore  settled  here  in  1880,  and  is  now  in  practice. 


XXIII. ]  WITCH    STORIES.  171 

WITCH    STORIES. 

It  is  a  little  roniarkable  that  lU)  more  witch  stories  luivr 
been  handed  down  to  ns  from  the  iirst  settlers  of  the  town. 
Coming  as  they  did  from  the  vicinity  of  S;drm.  the  ti-ans- 
actions  of  1692,  in  wliich  their  immediate  anecstors  l)ore  a 
part,  mnst  have  been  in  vivid  rememl>ranee,  and  they  would 
be  likely  to  attribute  their  mishaps  to  the  interference  of 
the  "Father  of  lies,"  or  his  imps  in  human  form. 

Two  stories  of  such  suj)i)osed  interfei-ence  liave  come 
down  in  the  family  of  Dr.  John  Mussey,  which  wc;  ^ive : 

Dr.  Mnsscv  piartici'd  niiMliciiM'  in  l'clli;im  I'or  soim-  yt';irs.  tlit'ii(;(.'  In' 
rt'inovL'd  to  Aniliorst,  wliciv  lit-  ivniiiined  a  sliort  tinin.  and  finally  .s<^lt led 
in  Peterborough,  where  he  died.  After  his  removal  to  IVtcrlioroufih, 
the  doctor  and  his  wit'c  started  on  a  jonrncy  (o  IVlluun  to  visit  her 
relatives,  the  Butlers,  in  tliat  place.  While  stoitpinn- in  .\inh('rst,on  the 
way  there,  he  exchanged  honses  with  his  son-in-law.  .Solomon  IVince, 
and  went  on  hi.s  way  feeling  perfectly  safe  with  Mr.  Prince's  "steady 
old  nag."  While  in  I'elliani  he  attempted  to  collect  a  small  hill  which 
an  old  woman,  who  was  rejtiited  to  he  a  witch,  owi-d  him.  She  was  in- 
ilignaut  and  refused  to  pay  it.  On  the  way  home  the  old  horse  acted 
sti'angely,  .so  that  it  was  almost  perilous  to  lide  after  him.  After  hi> 
arrival  home  the  doctor  attempted  to  use  the  hor.se  to  grind  .some  apples 
in  the  cider-mill,  hut  althougli  he  appeared  to  try  and  go,  he  somehow 
nuxde  but  little  progress.  On  another  occasion,  wlien  they  attem)>ied  to 
adjust  the  crupper  uj>on  him.  the  horse  threw  u]i  his  heels  .so  that  it 
was  dangerous  to  atteni]it  doing  it.  Dr.  ^lussey's  son  ,Iohn,  who  was 
])re.sent,  told  tlie  hired  man  to  leail  the  horse  to  the  side  of  the  hog-jx^i 
and  he  would  reach  out  of  a  w  indow  llieic  and  do  it.  but  this  being 
•  lone,  the  horse  .sijuatted every  time  it  was  attempted,  .lohn  then  called 
for  an  axe,  declaring  he  would  beat  the  perver.se  animal's  brains  out  :  but 
the  blow  aimed  at  tin-  horse's  head  was  dodged,  and  only  asliuht  wound 
over  one  of  the  eyes  was  inilicted.  This  was  sullicient  :  the  hor>e  at 
once  became  tractable;  but  the  old  woman  in  I'elham  wa>  observed  to 
wear  a  patch  over  one  of  her  eye>  tor  a  l<)ng  time  after. 

Another  old  wonuui  in  I'elham  was  reputed  to  lie  a  witch.  When  it 
was  laid  to  her  charge  she  said  it  was  not  an  unpardoiud>le  sin  if  she 
wjis  one.  One  day  she  wa.s  at  Dea.  Ibitler's  house  when  hi-  and  his  smi 
brought  a  log  into  tin-  door-yard.  She  asked  them  what  they  w«'re 
going  to  do  with  that  hollow  log.  The  deacon  toM  her  the  log  was  a 
sound  one ;  but  she  iusisteil  it  was  hollow,  and  sai<l  she  could  crawl 


4T2  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

through  it.  Upon  being  told  to  do  it  if  she  covdd,  she  actually  appeared 
to  do  so,  the  deacon  pounding  the  log  smartly  with  his  goad-stick 
meantime,  of  -which  pounding  she  was  supposed  to  have  the  full  benefit. 
She  was  terribly  angry  at  him  when  she  came  out  of  the  log. 

"cabinet''  clippings. 

All  parties,  from  the  town  minister  to  the  printer's  devil, 
have  had  a  hearing  in  the  columns  of  the  "•  Farmers'  Cabinet." 
Some  of  these  are  given. 

The  worthy  Publican  of  the  village  had  his  troubles, 
which  induced  him  to  do  a  cash  business.  This  purpose 
was  announced  in  the  "  Cabinet,"  10  March,  1803,  as  follows : 
ONCE  FOR  ALL. 

All  persons  indebted  to  the  subscriber  above  four  cents  will  remem- 
ber that  the  time  of  service  for  March  Court  expires  in  a  few  days. 

SAMUEL  CURTIS. 
K.  B.     Grog  sold  for  cash  onlij. 

Capt.  Dickenson,  evidently  a  man  of  some  consequence 
in  his  day,  made  proclamation  in  the  "  Cabinet,"  of  26 
March,  1803,  as  follows: 

Capt.  Dickenson,  formerly  servant  to  Generals  Washington,  Putnam, 
&c.,  &c.,  is  no  coward,  but  a  man  of  honor,  repaired  to  meet  his  antag. 
onist  at  time  and  place,  armed  cap-a-pie ;  like  a  gentleman  he  waited  for 
his  rival;  but  he  did  not  come,  and  this  advertisement  will  show  to  the 
world  that  he  is  honorable  even  to  the  end. 

"  Paid  for." 

Stage-driver  Wheat  had  his  share  of  trouble.  After  an- 
nouncing the  times  and  seasons  of  the  goings  and  comings 
of  his  stage,  he  says : 

"  Notwithstanding  an  opposition  has  arisen  on  said  line,  the  subscriber 
has  faith  as  a  grain  of  mustard-seed,  and  hopes  his  customers  and  old 
friends  will  help  him  to  remove  the  mountain  and  cast  it  back  to  the 
New  York  line,  that  the  owner  may  enjoy  his  dear-bought  line  in  peace. 
He  has  now  new  sets  of  horses,  good  carriages,  and  faithful  drivers  with 
him  on  the  line. 

Now  come  on  my  friends  and  give  me  your  money  and  you  shall 
have  complete  satisfaction. 

April  29, 1803.  '        JOSEPH  WHEAT." 


XXIII.]  "cabinet"  clippings.  473 

The  l>il)lc  was  stolen  from  tli(^  j)iiljiit  in  the  meetiuu-house, 
whicli  called  out  the  lollowiiiu-  iiolice  from  the  deaeons  : 

"  VILLAINY  I   I 

The  H11»I>H  was  taken  from  the  Pulpit  of  tlic  int'etin},^-house  in  this 
towii.tlie  first  week  in  XovpmLcr,  (luiiuL;  tlie  sitting  of  the  Supreme 
Court.  It  was  tiie  Phihvdeljihia  edition  of  the  puljiit  biblk;  a  very 
]ar<;(>  folio.  eley;antly  printed  on  the  best  of  paper  without  plates,  and 
without  nuir;^inal  notes.  The  Apocraphy  was  printed  in  Italic.  The 
BIBLE  was  almost  new,  and  had  the  name  of  the  donor  on  one  of  the 
lilank  leaves.      It  cost  twenty-six  dollars. 

Whoever  will  give  information  of  the  person  or  persons  who  com- 
mitted the  sacriligious  deed,  so  that  they  nuiy  lie  Lroiight  to  justice, 
shall  he  very  handsomely  rewarded. 

SAMUEL  WILKIXS,    j        In  I.ehalf 
AMOS  ELLIOTT,  \  of  the  Church 

-lOllX  SEATOX.  j     of  Amherst 

Amherst,  Dec.  ;3.  ISUo." 

But  all  efforts  to  discover  tiie  thief,  or  the  "  |tiil|tit  Bible," 
were  uuavailiuu". 

The  Gihiiiel  has  l)eeii  guilty  of  tclliiiir  s(jme  rather  in- 
credible stories.  One  of  these  made  its  appearance  in  the 
is.sne  of  3  March,  1  SOT. 

''MAMMOTH  BOY. 

On  the  2:M  ultimo  ^Ir.  Joshua  Jones,  of  Milfonl,  was  delivered  of  a 
tine  son  weighing  fifteen  pouiuls  !  I  " 

In  tlie  next  issue  the  story  was  corrected  thus: 

''MAMMOTH  MISTAKi:. 

In  the  paragraph  in  our  last  respecting  the  •  MamiiKith  /i<>>/,*  read  the 
irl/e  n/r 

ilnw  many  drinks  the  mistake  cost  the  (MJilor  we  are  not 
informed. 

Seventy  years  ago  it  was  customary  for  the  tow  n's  peo|»le 
to  assemble  on  a  given  day  and  assist  their  pastor  in  getting 
his  stock  of  wood  for  tlie  season.  The  following  notice  of 
one  of  these  gatherings  at  Mr.  Barnard's  is  found  in  the 
Cabinet  of  20  January,  1816  : 


474  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

"  The  subscriber  takes  this  opportunity  to  inform  his  Neighbors  and 
Friends  in  this  town,  that  he  shall  be  happy  to  wait  upon  them  on 
Monday  next,  if  the  weather  should  be  good ;  if  not,  the  first  fair  day 
after.  And  as  his  door-yard  is  empty,  and  the  weather  cold,  it  will  af- 
ford him  an  additional  pleasure  to  see  them  accompanied  with  good 
axes,  teams,  and  sleds.  While  he  hopes  for  future  favors,  he  grate- 
fully acknowledges  the  reception  of  such  as  are  past. 

JER.  BARNARD." 

Tanner  Chickeriiig,  too,  liad  a  hearing.  His  wants  were 
made  known  in  a  few  words. 

"  I  call  upon  all  whom  it  may  concern  for  a  settlement  by  the  first 
of  February  next. 

Those  who  are  under  the  law  must  suffer  the  consequence  of  the 
law,  and  those  that  are  under  the  gospel  wdll  do  as  the  gospel  directs^ 
that  is,  do  as  they  would  be  done  by. 

Amherst,  Jan.  1,  1817." 

Being  a  decided  Jacksonian,  he  made  known  his  desires  for  court 
boarders  of  like  faith. 

"  I  should  like  twenty  Jackson  men  and  others  to  board  at  court 
tinie. 

February  9,  1831.  ISAAC  CHICKERING." 

A  voice  from  behind  the  anvil. 

"  Strike  while  the  iron  is  hot." 

William  Crosb}',  blacksmith,  acquaints  those  for  whom  he  has  so 
long  blown  at  the  heUoios,  without  their  helping  him  "  to  raise  the  wind," 
till  his  /ire  is  out,  that  unless  they /are  the  anvil  by  the  15th  inst.,  and  help 
him  blow  up  the  coals,  they  must  expect  he  will  work  up  their  old  iron 
for  them,  haul  them  ocer  the  coal.'^,  and  expose  them  to  the  Jire  and  the 
hammer  of  justice. 

Merrimack,  Sept.  i,  1823. 

Crosby  afterward  carried  on  the  blacksmithing  business 
in  an  old  shop  near  the  Chickering  bridge  in  Amherst. 

Mr.  Boylston  was  frequently  very  happy  in  dunning  his 
delinquent  customers.  One  of  these  duns,  in  his  best  style, 
appeared  6  February,  1823. 

"  An  old  author  has  unfortunately  recorded  the  fact  that  a  man,  ap- 
parently in  the  best  of  health,  fell  dead  as  he  was  paying  an  old 
debt. 


XXI IJ.]  LOCAL    NAMKS.  475 

This  serious  affair  has  filled  thousands  and  thousands  with  fear  of 
the  like  accident,  and  forever  deters  them  iVoni  paying  their  old  debts. 
But  we  would  assure  our  good  friends,  the  delinquentK,  that  they  need 
not  be  deterred  ironi  this  cause,  as  no  man  ever  yet  died  of  paying  the 
Priitler." 

Finally,  the  attendant  imp,  the  "printer's  devil,"  had  his 
say.  One  of  this  class,  somewhat  poetically  inclined,  an- 
nounced tlu'  marriage  of  an  ancient  couple  as  follows  : 

"Manicd,  in  tliis  town,  on  Sunday  cvcnint;  last,  Di-a.  David  Stanley, 
aged  <jy,  to  Miss  Patience  Melendy,  aged  o^. 

"Thus  good  old  Patience  long  did  wait 
In  her  unmarried  state, 
Till  by  appointment  David  came, 
And  led  her  up  to  Hymen's  gate." 

LOCAL    NA.MKS. 

Bulxisiirt,  the  name  of  the  great  pond,  as  written  in  the  proprietors' 
book  of  records,  1753. 

Beuccr  Meadoir,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  Proprietors'  records 
175). 

Chestnut  Hills.     Town  records,  vol.  J.,  p.  i'-i. 

Dunjon  Brook:     Town  records,  vol.  I.,  is  now  called  Stiles's  Brook. 

Folh/  Bridtje  crosses  Beaver  Brook  near  Mr.  AVilloby's,  on  tin-  old 
bridle  path  from  the  llollis  to  the  Nashua  road. 

Hidf-watj  Brook  crossed  the  road  from  Shei>ar(rs  mills  to  Lynde- 
borough,  near  Dea.  liobbs's  place. 

Li/on's  Bridge  has  since  been  known  as  the  Kcu(hick,  and  now  as> 
the  Pauper  Farm  bridge,  across  the  Sonhegan. 

Xorth  mil,  in  Mont  Vernon,  is  mentioned  in  vol.  I..  [>.  i:>.  town 
records. 

Prince's  Brook  runs  from  -loc  English  to  Babboosuck  pond  :  so  nanu'd 
from   Lt.  Joseph  Prince.     Town  records,  vol.  I.,  p.  65. 

Quohquinapassakessanohnoji :  this  jaw-breaker  is  given  in  tlie  .Massa- 
chusetts court  records  as  the  name  of  a  place  "at  and  on"  the  Souhe- 
gau  river,  where  several  farms,  granti'd  by  the  court  in  KitJu.  were 
located  by  that  pioneer  surveyor,  Joiuvthan  Danforth,  Kscj. 

Straddlepole  is  the  name  given  to  a  rough  tract  of  land  in  the  north- 
east part  of  the  town,  better  adapted  to  growing  wood  and  timber 
than  for  any  other  purpose.  The  name  has  been  attributed  to  Dr.  Cod- 
man,  but  probably  originated  from  some  other  source,  as  it  is  found 
in  vol.  L,  town  records. 


476  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Souhegan,  the  name  of  the  river,  is  sometimes  spelled,  in  the  old  rec- 
ords, Sowhegan  ;  more  frequently  Soughegan  ;  rarely,  Souheganack. 
It  is  said  to  mean  "  worn-out  lands."  Sometimes  it  was  called  Nata" 
cook,  meaning  a  clearing.  Probably  the  Indian  sijuaws  raised  their 
supplies  of  corn  on  the  interval  near  by. 

"  The  Vmej/ard"  was  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town,  between 
the  place  formerly  owned  by  Mr.  Isaac  Upham  and  Damon's  pond. 
The  road  from  Prince's  to  Chestnut  Hill  crossed  it.  Its  fruits  were 
hardly  equal  to  those  of  Eschol  of  old. 

Dr.  Codman  is  said  to  have  given  names  to  several  of  the  school 
districts. 

No.  1  (on  the  Plain)  he  christened  Lower  Flanders.  That  part  which 
lay  on  the  old  road  to  Xew  Boston  he  called  Upper  Flanders.  The 
north-west  parish  folks,  who  bore  the  dwellers  on  the  Plain  no  good 
will,  lumped  the  two  together,  and  gave  them  the  name  of  Sodom,  and 
spoke  of  "  seeing  the  smoke  of  their  torment  ascending  to  the 
heavens  on  frosty  mornings,"  displaying  somewhat  of  the  spirit  dis- 
played by  one  of  their  number  who  gave,  as  a  Fourth  of  July  toast,  in 
the  days  when  Parson  Jeremiah  prophesied  against  the  democracy  : — 

"  Amherst ; — It  has  a  big  meeting-house  with  a  tall  steeple ;  an  Ar- 
minian  preacher  and  a  cursed  people." 

Xo.  2  was  known  as  "  Carnal  End."  Some  of  the  inhabitants  were 
said  to  be  rather  close  in  their  dealings,  fond  of  ''saving  grace  "  (Dei 
gratia,  on  the  old  Spanish  coin).  Some,  it  was  reported,  would  pinch 
the  United  States  dollar  so  hard  that  it  would  make  the  "  eagle 
scream."' 

No.  8  was  known  as  Cricket  Corner,  from  the  abundance  of  those 
insects  found  there  in  the  autumn. 

District  No.  4,  the  residence  of  Parson  Barnard  and  some  of  his 
deacons,  was  known  as  Christian  Hill.  The  boys  rather  irreverently 
named  it  "  Brimstone  Corner." 

District  No.  5,  south  of  the  river,  was  known  as  Danforth's  Corner, 
from  David  Danforth,  one  of  the  principal  inhabitants,  who  kept  tav- 
ern, and  carried  on  the  blacksmithing  business  there  many  years  ago. 

District  No.  6,  near  the  pond,  was  appropriately  enough  called  Pond 
Parish. 

District  No.  8,  on  the  New  Boston  road,  was  called  Curly  Row,  from 
a  numerous  family  of  curly-haired  Stanleys,  who  lived  on  the  place 
now  owned  by  Mr.  John  Gould  ;  while  the  Goffstown  road  was  called 
Pestleborough,  from  Amos  Dodge's  mortar-and-pestle  manufactory  on 
the  brook  which  crossed  the  road  not  far  from  his  house. 

District  No.  9  was  known  long  before  Dr.  Codman's  day  as  Chestnut 
Hills. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES. 


CHAPTER  XXI \. 

nKXi:AL()(;JP]S  AND   FAMILY   REr.ISTERS. 

AnHRi-JViATiONS, — I).,  l)orn  :  in.,  ma  mod  :  d..  died;  irs.. 
ivsidos ;  rem.,  removed.  R Jiuaii  numerals,  ],  II,  111, 
lY,  refer  to  generations,  the  first  of  tlie  name  in  this  coun- 
try beiniT  reckoned  as  I.  Where  cities  and  towns  in  New 
Hampshire  are  referred  to,  the  name  of  the  state  is  not 
g-iven.  In  other  cases  the  name  of  the  slate  or  country  is 
usiuilly  given.  A  f  V)i'fi)iv  a  name  indicates  that  it  is  to 
lie  found  in  another  list,  or  family. 

ABBOT. 

I.  (George  Abbot,  from  wliom  the  families  heai'ing  the 
name  in  Andierst  were  descended,  emigrated,  as  tradition  re- 
ports, from  Yorkshire,  England,  about  1()-10.  He  was 
among  the  first  settlers  in  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1(U3,  and  one 
of  the  j>r()prietors  of  the  lown.  In  1647  he  married  Hannah 
Chandler,  who  died  11  .June.  1711.  lie  di<Ml  24  Decoml»er. 
1681,  aged  66. 

II.  .John  Abbot,  son  of  (Jeorgo,  lived  with  his  father  in 
the  garrison  house  in  An(h)ver.  He  was  nuudi  emphiyed  in 
town  business,  and  upon  the  (jrgani/ation  (^f  the  church  in 
Andover,  in  1711,  he  was  chosen  one  of  its  deacons.  He 
was  b.  2  March,  1648  ;  m.  Sarah  l^arker  in  1673,  who  d. 
10  February.  1729,  aged  82.     He  d.  1<)  .Ab.ich.  1721. 

ill.  Their  .son,  Ephhalm  Abbot,  was  b.  15  August,  1682  ; 
d.  S  June,  1748:  m.  Sai'ah  Hunt.  'J'hcy  lived  in  An(h)vi'r. 
Their  children  were — 


478  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1.  Sai-ah,  1).  S  March,  171G  ;  m.  fSamuel  Gray,  of  Amherst. 

2.  \Ephruim,  b.  1  August,  1718;  settled  in  Amherst. 

3.  Mary,  b.  20  July,  172U. 

4.  jJoshia,  b.  1  October,  1722 ;  settled  in  Amherst. 

5.  Daniel,  b.  14  September,  1724;  m.  Lydia  Ilenfield. 

6.  EUzaheth,  b.  10  July,  1726  ;  m.  Asa  Abbot ;  d.  18  December,  1819. 

7.  ]Josiah,  b.  4  September,  1728  ;  settled  in  Amherst. 

8.  Ebenezer,  b.  3  March,  1731  ;  d.  1!)  December,  1771. 

9.  Martha,  b.  10  April,  1733;  d.  5  May,  1733. 

10.  Peter,  b.  19  May,  1734 ;  d.  18  April,  1774. 

11.  Martha,  b.  24  July,  1737;  m.  jCapt.  Archelaus  Towne,  of  Am- 
herst. 

IV.  2.  Ephraim  Abbot,  b.  in  xliidover  1  August,  1718 ; 
m.  (1)  Marj  Abbot ;  in.  (2)  Hannah  Kneeland  ;  settled  in 
Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

12.  Mary,  b.  22  March,  1741;  m.  fPeter  Goss. 

13.  Ephraim,  b.  16  December,  1742;  m.  Dorothy  Stiles;  d.  in  Goffs- 
town,  1827. 

14.  Hannah,  b.  12  March,  174") ;  m. Shattuck,  of  Hollis. 

15.  Knee/and,  b.  17  May,  1748;  m. Stanley. 

16.  Sarah,  h.  14  June,  1751  ;  ni.  William  Codman,  of  Deeriug. 

17.  Dorcas,  h.  7  August,  1752  ;  m.  George  Wiley,  of  Amherst. 

18.  Esther,  b.  6  March,  1755;  m.  Benjamin  Pike,  jr.,  of  Amherst; 
settled  in  Montpelier,  Vt. 

19.  Abigail,  h.  30  July,  1756  :  m.  Samuel  Twiss,  of  New  Boston,  25 
April,  1781. 

20.  Daniel  b.  1  April,  1762  ;  m.  Sarah  Stevens,  28  July,  1786. 

lY.  4.  Joshua  Abbot,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  1  October, 
1722  ;  m.  Phebe  Ingalls ;  settled  in  Amherst.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

21.  Phebe,  b.  20  August,  1750  ;  m. Everden. 

22.  Sarah,  b.  27  January,  1752  ;  d.  young. 

23.  Joshua,  b.  10  May,  1754;  m.  Deborah  Chandler. 

24.  Elizabeth,  b.  12  Xovember,  1756. 

25.  Stephen,  b.  28  September,  1759  ;  m.  Sarah  Lovejoy  8  August, 
1782. 

26.  Sarah,  b.  19  February,  1761. 

27.  Peter,  b.  28  July,  1762  ;  m.  Abigail  Farnum  23  October,  1788. 

28.  A  child,  b.  16  April,  1764;  d.  in  infancy. 


XXI Y.]  GENFALOfilES.  479 

29.  ,'1   cliUil,  li.  3  April,  17(5;");  d.  in  infancy. 

30.  .1  chilli,  1).  IG  I'Vhrnary.  17G7  ;  <1.  in  infjiiicy. 

31.  Joscji/i,  1).  l23  .lunuary,  177"_*. 

IV.  7.  JosiAH  AitBOT,  1».  in  Aiulovcr -■')  September,  1728  ; 
m.  ILiniKih  llolihs.  They  sett  led  in  Amherst.  Tlu'li-  chil- 
dren were — 

32.  Hannah,  h.  LS  Sei)teml)i'r,  17.").");   iii.  S.  ( 'liainlicrlin. 

33.  Amy,  l>.  .">  .June,  1757  ;  d.  1777. 

34.  Jnsinh,  h.  18  Ueceniher,  17.")0. 

35.  Williaiii,  b.  "21  December,  17(il  ;  d.  23  Decenilwr,  1704. 

30.  Lemuel,  b.  13  May,  1701;  ni.  Deborah  Balch  ;  lived  in  Wind- 
ham, Vt.;  d.  10  January,  istl. 

37.    Wailam,  h.  28  April,  17GG  :  d.  U)  ^biy.  1700. 
3.S.  Daniel,  b.  13  July,  17G!»  :  m.  Sally  .Vllison. 

39.  Darius  Abbut,  b.  in  Anduwr,  Mass.,  1.")  June  17o7  ; 
ra.  Mary  Holt  1  November,  1757.  They  settled  in  Aiulierst 
prior  to  1775.     Their  ehildi-en  were — 

4(1.  Auna,  1'.  31  August,  175S;  d.  11  Octolier,  1777. 

41.  Henri/,  h.  1  June.  17()1. 

42.  Elizabeth,  b.  2()  May.  1703. 

43.  Paul.  b.  S  March.  17(i(). 

44.  Tri/pheiia.  b.  23  February.  17iil>:   in.  ,Johu  Wallace. 

45.  Call-ill,  b.  15  April.  1771  :  m.  Lucy  Dutton ;  d.  14  Augu.st,  ls41. 

40.  Hannah.)  i    , ,  . .     ,       ,        ,-,--       ^  m.  Joel  .Jones  (1st  wife). 
,-     r    ,,  -  b.  11  September,  17/0  ;    -^  ,    i  •  <  .  .  ,  i    ,;  i  — 

4(.   Luther,     >  *  <  d.  14  Se-ptcmlicr,  \it,). 

4S.  Nancji,  m.  .Foel  Jones  (2d  wife). 

40.  Henry  Abbot,  1).  in  Andovei-.  Mnss.,  .'>  Mureli,  17S5; 
d.  in  Amherst  '26  March,  1S68 ;  m.  Rhoda  Bailey  .lunmirv, 
ISII  :  she  wa.s  b.  1789  :  d.  1  September,  1854.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

.50.   Xathan  I'.,  b.  Ki  Xovcmbcr.  ISU. 

51.  Timnthij  li..  b.  2!)  January.  1^11. 

52.  Eliza. 

53.  Marji. 

54.  Rhoila.  b.  9  April,  1817. 

55.  Azel  B.,  >  ,  o^  t  i  io.ia 
-,.  If  r,  ,-- b.  2^  July,  l!?20. 
,m.  Alar  If  B.  \ 

57.  Archer  P.,  b.  Decembei',  1822. 


480  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

58.  Sylvia  Arm,  b.  24  August,  1826. 

59.  Asa  Warren,  b.  5  September,  182.0  ;  d.  1  November,  1829. 

ADAMS. 
1.     Henry  Adams  came  from  England  in  1634,  and  set- 
tled at  Mount  Wollaston,  now  Quincy,  Mass.,  where  he  d. 
(j  October,  1646.     His  son — 

n.  Samuel  Adams,!).  1617  ;  m.  (1)  Rebecca  Graves  ;  she 
d.  October,  1662  ;  m.  (2)  Esther  Sparhawk  7  May,  1668. 
They  lived  in  Charlcstown,  and  afterward  in  Concord,  but 
finally  settled  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  24  Janu- 
ary, 1688-9.  In  company  with  his  brother,  Thomas,  he 
erected  mills  in  the  easterly  part  of  Chelmsford,  near  the 
site  of  the  city  of  Lowell. 

III.  Joseph  Adams,  son  of  Samuel,  succeeded  his  father 
on  the  homestead  in  Chelmsford,  and  d.  there.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  son — 

IV.  Joseph  Adams,  who,  in  turn,  was  succeeded  by  his 
son — 

V.  Joseph  Adams,  whose  son — 

VI.  1.  Levi  Adams,  b.  in  Chelmsford,  14  June,  1764  ; 
m.  Lydia  Farrar.  They  settled  in  Temple,  but  afterward 
rem.  to  Amherst,  and  located  at  Danforth's  Corner,  where 
he  d.  14  September,  1805,  from  injuries  received  by  a  kick 
from  a  horse.  His  widow  m.  (2)  Capt.  Jacob  Danforth  16 
October,  1811,  and  d.  3  January,  1845,  aged  78.  Their 
children  were — 

2.  Lydia,  h.  in  Temple  24  AugiLst,  1780  :  m.  fDavid  Secombe  18 
December,  1823  ;  settled  in  Milford. 

;}.  Abel,  h.  22  August,  1790 ;  d.  3  December,  1791. 

4.  Abel,  b.  22  December,  1792  :  m. ;  d.  at  West  Rox- 

bury,  Mass.,  7  July,  1867. 

5.  \Levi,  h.  21  April,  1795. 

().  Rebecca,  b.  21  February,  1798  ;  m.  Rev.  Abel  C'onant,  of  Leomin- 
ster, Mass.,  30  March,  1821,  now  res.  in  Amherst.  One  child,  Maria 
R.,  d.  in  Amherst  12  July,  1865,  aged  40. 


XXI  V.J  CRNEAUxai-N.  481 

7.  Mara  L'ule,  h.  Dcceiiil'er.  17!»!);  d.  in  Aiiili.-rst  ■_'.")  Mmvli.  1SH8; 
iiniiiaiTied. 

8.  Char/otle,  h.  'Jl  August,  18!)2:   in.  t^avM  Stewart. 

9.  Catherine,  b.  iliOctohcr,  isil-t;  d.  f)  XowiiiKer,  18l»4. 

Vll.  5.  Levi  Adams,  I),  lil  A|)ril,  IT'.'.'i :  m.  his  cou.sin, 
Lucv  Fanui',  of  'reiuplc  ;  SL'ttlod  on  tliclanii  imw  (iwnrd  hy 
Luther  Co;i;,uiu,  whci'c  ho  d.  ID  July,  1S:>4.  Alte-i- hi.s  (h.-ath 
his  wiihjw  and  cliildren  Xch  tuwu.  Shr  d.  in  Erie.  Pa.,  28 
Au«>ust,  1865,  au'od-BS  yeai-s.     Thcii'  chihln-M  wrre — 

10.  Charles  Frederick,  \).  -2')  .Iiiiie,  182);  was  a  physician  in  Kut- 
land,  Vt. ;  became  insane,  and  d.  lu  Kebrnaiy,  1882. 

11.  Alihij  LarLiii,  \k  14  January,  1823;  m.  (Jeorge  Fnulkncr,  m.  i>., 
ol   .Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

12.  A/ie!  Auyu.ttlne,  b.  21  Jannary.  1^2.");   i<s.  in  Erie,  Pa.  CL 

1:5.  Mary  Caroline,  b.  10  November.  1827:  m.  L.  D.  .M'-rtliant  :  res. 
in  Washington,  D.  C. 

11.   Franklin  Farrar,  1).  (i  August,  ls:i(t. 

l.'>.   Liidia  Maria,  b.  2!>  .\ugust,  18;}2 ;  d.  in  1854. 

AIKEN. 

L  KnwARD  Aiken,  b.  iu  Irehmd,  1<)60  ;  ni.  IJnriiarn  Kd- 
wai'ds.  Thoy  emi,tirat(>d  to  Ainerica  in  17-0,  and  s(>tthd 
iu  Li»ndonden'y,  whore  ho  d.  in  Xovoniber.  1747:  sho  d.  in 
Aujrnst,  1744.  They  wore  the  ancostorsof  most,  it"  n(d  all, 
of  the  Xow  IIain])sliiro  Aikons. 

IL  Nathaniel,  son  ol"  Edward  and  IJarliara  Aikon,  was 
l».  14  May,  lt)l)i>;  ni.  Marg-aret  Cochran,  of  Londonderry,  1 
Dooonilier,  1720.  Thoy  settled  iu  Londonderry,  wlioro  he 
d.  17  July,  1782;  sho  d.  in  178S.  Thoy  had  twidvo  ohil- 
diou.     Of  those — 

111.  doHN,  1>.  18  Novondior,  1728:  ni.  Annis  Orr  in 
17.")8.  Thoy  settled  at  lirst  in  Londonderry,  whore  they  re- 
mained eight  or  ton  years,  and  then  rem.  t(j  Bedford.  He 
d.  in  Bedford  7  April,  1793.  She  was  )>.  in  Ireland  28 
March,  1784;  d.  in  Soi)tember,  181o.  Of  their  eight  chil- 
dren— 

:n 


48i5  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

TV.  Phineas,  the  second  son,  b.  16  December,  1761 ;  m. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lt.  John  Patterson,  of  Amherst,  8 
December,  1789;  she  was  b.  11  November,  1766  ;  d.  in  An- 
dover,  Mass.,  21  September,  1855.  He  d.  in  Bedford  18 
April,  1836.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution;  repre- 
sentative, selectman  and  town-clerk,  and  an  officer  m  the 
church.     Their  cliildren  were — 

1.  Nancy  Patterson,  b.  16  September,  1790 ;  m.  Jonathan  Aiken,  of 
Goifstown,  22  November,  180!);  «i.  in  1880. 

2.  Lucy,  b.  15  July,  1792 ;  m.  Dr.  Fred.  A.  ]\Iitcliell,  of  Bedford  ; 
she  d.  23  N"ovember,  1881. 

3.  Betsey,  b.  28  September,  1794 ;  ni.  Isaac  Riddle,  of  Bedford,  30 
September,  1818;  d.  21  October,  1843. 

4.  John,  b.  30  January,  1797 ;  m.  Harriet  R.  Adams,  of  Hanover,  14 
November,  1826;  she  d.  30  July,  1830,  aged  35;  m.  (2)  Mary  Means 
Appleton,  of  Amherst,  22  May,  1832.     He  d.  in  1867. 

5.  ] Silas,  b.  14  May,  1799. 

6.  Charles,  b.  2  March,  1802 ;  m.  Adeline  Wiley,  of  Campton,  June, 
1839;  rem.  to  Wisconsin,  subsequently  to  California. 

7.  Da)dd,  b.  7  June,  1804 ;  m.  (1)  Lydia  W.  Root,  of  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  26  October,  1844;  she  d.  13  November,  1845;  m.  (2)  Mary  E. 
Adams,  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  28  November,  1848.  They  res.  in  Green- 
field, Mass. 

8.  Sarah  An'nis,h.  31  December,  1806;  m.  William  P.  Black,  of 
Manchester,  Vt.,  20  October,  1829.     They  res.  in  Manchester,  Vt. 

9.  Phineas,  b.  22  April,  1809;  d.  in  September,  1813. 

V.  5.  Rev.  Silas  Aiken,  fourth  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Amherst,  b.  in  Bedford,  14  Ma}^,  1799;  m. 
(1)  Mary  Osgood,  only  dau.  of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Mary  (Beck- 
ford)  Osgood,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  25  March,  1829.  She  d.  8 
February,  1836,  aged  32 ;  m.  (2)  Sophia  W.  Parsons  24  May, 
1837 ;  she  d.  26  February,  1880,  aged  79.  He  d.  in  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  7  April,  1869.     Their  children  were — 

10.  ^Edward,  b.  in  Amherst,  10  April,  1830;  res.  in  Amherst. 

11.  Mary  Elizabeth,  h.  in  Amherst  9  July,  1832;  m.  Marshall 
Blakely ;  res.  in  Rutland,  Vt. 

12.  Susan  Endicutt,  b.  in  Amherst,  19  June,  1835. 

13.  Henry  Homes,  b.  in  Boston  26  January,  1843 ;  d.  in  Boston  1 
September,  1846. 

14.  Harriet  Sophia,  b.  in  Boston  12  January,  1848 ;  res.  in  Rutland,  Vt. 


XXI\'.]  GENEALO(;ii:s.  4H3 

VI.  lU.  Dr.  EuwAiiU  Aiki-jn,  I),  in  Aiuhorst  ID  April, 
1830;  in.  (1)  Susan  Douj;licrtv,  Jan.  of  Hon.  John  0.  Cole, 
All)any,  N.  Y.,  5  September,  1855.  She  wa.s  li.  '2\  June, 
1835;  d.  at  Horns,  Syria,  20  June,  1850;  ni.  cJ)  Sarah 
Cheney  22  July,  1857,  at  Abeih,  Mt.  Lebanon,  Syria. 
'Pheir  ehildren  were — 

11.  Eilwanl  Chtiiei/,  b.  in  Boston,  Mas.s.,  1  Octdbcr,  185S;  a  niiichin- 
ist  ;  ri's.  in  Manchester. 

1-J.  Susan  Cole,  h.  in  Fitzwilliain  3  May,  18G1. 

13.  S(tra/i  Elizdhflfi,  h.  in  Fitzwilliani  16  -Faiinary,  1MG3;  d.  in  .\ni- 
li.Tst  111  March.  1870. 

11.  Ilf'tiiji  (hgooil,  1).  in  Kitzwilliani  Ki  Ani;nst,  ISGl. 

l.">.  Alfred  DeFnrest,  b.  in  Amherst;  15  April,  l«tJG:  <1.  -Ji'  .Ma v. 
ISGii. 

ALEXANDER. 

.Ia.mks  Alkxander,  b.  in  Londonderry  lit  April,  1802 ;  ni. 
(1  )  Eli/a  M.Dickryl4Jun.',ls35.  She  was  b.  31  May,  1813  ; 
d.  25  JuiH',  ls54;  m.  (2)  Elizal)cth  L.  Reed  1  December, 
1854;  settled  in  the  easterly  part  of  Mont  Vernon,  adjoiii- 
in«r  Andierst,  about  1836.     Their  children  were — 

1.  ^WiUiain  Eihmrd,  b.  30  .Inly,  1«37. 

:.'.  James  A.,  b.  17  November,  1838;  m.  Mary  L.  Sargent  3  Decem- 
l)er.  186U;  res.  in  Boston,  Mass. 

3.  Haniel  .1/..  !>.  2  April,  1842 :  m.  Era  CluiHe  5  October,  1802:  res. 
ill  Mil  ford. 

4.  Man/  E.,  b.  G  May,  18-11;  unmarried. 

.").  .Sa/<«A /.,  b.  G  January,  184G ;  m.  John  T.  (irafton  ;  r<s.  in  Mij- 
t'ord. 

G.  Ellen  F.,  b.  I)  March,  18.'>n ;  m.  Kdward  (Moutman,  >>\  i.Nuii. 
Mass.,  17  December,  1879. 

L  William  E.  Alexander,  b.  30  July,  1837  :  m.  Emma 
F.  Keith  5  .July,  187L  She  was  b.  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  24 
June,  1848.  They  settled  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by 
Dnniel  Camjibell,  Esip     Their  children  were — 

7.   Frank,  b.  2G  July,  1872;  d.  24  December,  1872. 

5.  Emma  Ell:n,  b.  10  October,  1873. 

!).   George  Warren,  h.  31    August,  1874. 

10.  End,  h.  20  January,  187.');  d.  31  March,  ls7:.. 

11.  Jennie  Louisa,  b.  6  April,  1S77. 


484  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

ALLD. 

Betsey  Alld,  d.  26  May,  1818,  aged  24. 

ANGIER. 

Anson  Angier  and  Dully  P.  Osgood  were  m.  in  May, 
1826;  res.  in  Amherst  a  short  time.     Their  daughter — 

Salhj  Ann  P.,  was  b.  IS  May,  1827. 

APPLETON. 

1.  Rev.  Jesse  Appleton,  b.  in  New  Ipswich  17  Novem- 
ber, 1772  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1792;  or- 
dained and  installed  as  minister  of  Hampton,  1797;  presi- 
dent of  Bowdoin  College,  1807 ;  d.  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  12 
November,  181'.';  m.  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Col.  Robert  Means, 
27  September,  1800. 

After  the  death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Appleton  returned 
to  Amherst  and  resided  with  her  children  some  years,  on 
the  farm  west  of  the  great  meadow,  now  occupied  by  Mr. 
Drucker.  Thence  she  rem.  to  Boston,  where  she  d.  29  Oc- 
tober, 1844.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mary  Means,  m.  John  Aiken  22  May,  1832. 

3.  Jane  Means,  b.  12  March,  1806;  m.  Gen.  Franklin  Pierce  19  Xo- 
vember,  1834;  was  lady  of  the  White  House,  at  Washington,  during 
her  husband's  administration ;  d.  2  December,  1863.  Their  children 
were — 

1.  Benjamin,  b.  13  April,  1841.     He  was  killed  on  the   railroad 

at  Andover,  Mass.,  6  January,  1853. 

2.  Frank  Robert,  d.  14  November,  1843,  aged  14  months. 

4.  William,  b.  7  November,  1808;  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in 
1826;  studied  law;  d.  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  19  October,  1830. 

5.  Elizabeth  Frances,  m.  Professor  Alpheus  S.  Packard  24  May,  1827  ; 
d.  in  Brunswick,  Me.,  2  June,  1839. 

6.  Robert,  m.  Rebecca  W.  Means. 

7.  John,  b.  14  August,  1814;  d.  19  October,  1817. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOOIES.  485 

ARF?UC|iLE. 

II.  William  Arhuckle,  the  sou  of  an  eini«>:raiit  from 
the  north  of  Jrcland,  settled  in  Meri'imack  previous  to  1748. 
Two  of  his  sisters,  of  wlioni  one  in.  William  MeCliier.  also 
settled  in  Merrimaek.  Sarah,  the  other  sister,  m.  Ilimh 
<!illis,  and  tl.  in  Merrimaek  20  Febrnary,  ls2'.',  aired  one 
hundred  and  one  years  and  seven  months.  When  she  was 
ahout  eiu'hteen  ytMrs  old  she  was  left  at  home  w  ith  ht-r 
mothtM-  and  younjj:er  brothers  and  sisters,  her  father  and 
older  brothers  having  joined  the  army  in  the  war  against 
the  Indians.  One  morning,  while  prc|)aring  the  hasty-pud- 
tling  for  breakfast,  she  was  called  to  the  door  by  a  loud 
knoek,  where  she  was  alarmed  by  the  sight  of  a  liei-ee  look- 
ing Indian.  He  made  known  to  her,  by  signs,  that  he  was 
wounded  and  wanted  refreshment.  Pitying  him,  she  dressed 
his  wound  and  he  remtiined  until  he  was  well. 

Sonu'  months  subse(|Uently  a  jtarty  of  Indians  suddenlv 
buist  into  the  house,  seized  and  Itouiul  her  l»rothers,  and 
one,  with  a  yell,  had  raised  his  tomahawk  to  strike  her, 
when  another  Indian  a|)peared  and  spoke  a  few  words  in 
theii'  language,  when  they  released  their  j)risoners  and  de- 
pai-ted  (piietly.  Their  j)reserver  jiroved  to  be  the  Indian 
she  had  befriended. 

III.  JoH.v  ARnrcKLR.  s(»n  of  William,  was  a  soldier  of 
the  Rcvolnlion.  lie  was  1).  in  Merrimaek  in  Xovember, 
ll.'rl:  d.  in  Andierst  2;t  March,  1839;  m.  Rachel  Barron 
in  1777.  She  was  b.  in  1751;  d.  3  March,  1814.  They 
settled  in  Amherst,  near  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war, 
on  the  |ilac('  now  occupied  l»y  their  grandson.  William 
Stewart.     Ttn'ir  children  were — 

1.   Muri/,  li.  in  1778;  <1.  in  XoveiiOuM",  ISil;   uiiiiKirrifd. 
'J.  Ellzahelfi,  h.  \n  1770;  d.  in  May,  1825;  unmarried. 

3.  Martha  MrClurr,h.  \\\  \1^\\  ni.  .Solomon  Rarmn  "Jl  ()(tolnT. 
1813;  d.  in  1835. 

4.  WUImm.  h.  in  17S1;  d.  6  July,  bSDl. 

•J.  Rachel,  h.  in  17'^6  ;  d.  23  Xovember,  1811;  unmarri<.-d. 


486  '  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6.  Jane,  h.'m  1788;  in.  l^Ioses  B.  Stewart  1:5  .March,  1811;  d.  22 
June,  1819. 

7.  Nancy  Patterson,  b.  in  17i*l ;  d.  7  October,  1833 ;   unmarried. 

8.  Lwc^,  b.  in  July,  1794;  ni.  Josiah  Newell  Melendy  5  February, 
1817;  d.  in  December,  1877. 

ARMSTRONG. 

John  D.  Arjmstrong,  from  Bedford,  lived  several  years 
on  the  farm  on  the  road  to  Goifstown,  now  occupied  by  Mr. 
Hodgman.  He  m.  (1)  Sarah  D.  Atvvood,  1838 ;  m.  (2)  Jane 
M.  Wells,  in  1850,  and  d.  in  Amherst  14  November,  1868. 
Their  children,  all  b.  in  Bedford,  were — 

1.  William. 

2.  John,  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war ;  killed  before  Rielinuind. 

3.  George  Davidson. 
A.  Edward. 

5.  Sarah  Jane,  m.  Frank  Kendall. 

6.  Clara,  d.  young. 

7.  Elmer  Ellsworth. 

ATHERTON. 

I.  James  Atherton  was  a  resident  in  Dorchester,  now 
Milton,  Mass.,  prior  to  1650,  where  he  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness of  a  tanner.  About  1653  he  removed  to  a  part  of 
Nashua  which  was  incorporated  that  year  by  the  name  of 
Lancaster.  There  he  remained  until  the  sacking-  of  the 
town  by  the  Indians,  in  1676,  when  he  returned  to  Dorches- 
ter. In  1703  he  removed  to  Sherburn,  in  the  county  of 
Middlesex,  where  lied,  attheageof  eighty-six  years.  Prior  to 
his  death  he  conveyed  his  estate  in  Lancaster  to  his  sons 
James  and  Joshua. 

II.  Joshua,  sou  of  James  Atherton,  b.  at  Lancaster  13 
May,  1656:  rem.  with  his  father  to  Dorchester  in  1676, 
where  he  m.  Mary  Gulliver.  He  returned  to  Lancaster  about 
1687,  and  settled  on  a  part  of  the  old  homestead,  where  he 
followed  the  farming  and  tanning  business.  He  left  a 
numerous  family  of  children.     Of  these — 


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XX  1\'.]  (;kni:aL()(;irs.  4ST 

Hi.  1'i;ti:i{,  the  youii^^t'st  son.  h.  12  A|»iil.  17<>,"),  m.  Hx- 
per'u'iK'e  Wiio;ht,  oi  Andovor,  18  .rime,  172s.  She  wns  l».  [> 
Aii<;ust,  1711 :  il.  14  Novciulior.  1  775.  Thoy  lived  on  the 
homestead  Nvhicli  lie  eultivated.  He  also  carried  mi  Hit- 
blacksmithinji;  business,  [fe  was  a  man  of  some  little  note, 
being  a  magistrate,  a  eolnnel  in  the  militia,  and  the  lepre- 
sentative  of  Harvard  in  the  Oencral  Court.  lie  d.  in  Con- 
cord, Mass.,  while  attending  a  session  of  the  Ceneial  Court, 
13  June,  1764.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Ilxperk'ncf,  I),  l'}  Fi'luiiarv,  ITJ^  oi-  172!^;  d.  18  SeptemluT.  17.")f) ; 
111.  Itolit'it  nollainl,  will)  (1.  •12  .\piil,  17.').").  Tln'v  were  tiie  piirt'iits  of 
.loliii  Holland,  who  resided  with  his  iiiicle,  Joshua  .\thertoM,  in  Am- 
herst. .\t  the  commencement  of  the  Revolutionary  war  he  left  the 
country,  and  was  one  of  tlie  nnmlier  wiio  were  hanished,  and  their  e.s- 
tates  contiscated  by  act  of  the  legislature  in  177H.  He  settled  in  St. 
John,  Nova  Scotia,  marrieil  and  left  a  large  family. 

2.  Azuhiih,  I).  2  5  Deceinl.er.  M-Vw  in.  \ViII:iid  :  ivs.  in  Ster- 
ling, Mass. 

:>.  Peter,  b.  29  Deceml)er,  17;U:  m.  KximtIiijii-  Aihirii«ii.  ol  Molldii. 
Mass;  res.  in  Harvard,  Mass. 

I.  Joshua,  b.  2()  June,  1737. 

.").  Isnu'l,  \).  '20  Xi)Vfnil>er,  1711:  giadiiali-d  at  IIar\ard  College  in 
17(i2;  m.  Mrs.  Prentiss,  of  f^anraster.  Mass.,  where  he  settleil  and  d. 
in  1S22.  His  (laughter,  Rebecca,  became  the  wife  of  William  Abbott, 
P^s<i.,  of  Ciustine  and  Bangor,  Me.  Sarah,  another  daughter,  m.  a  son 
of  Rev.  Joseph  Kidder,  of  Dunstable,  and  settled  in  Prospect,  Ale. 

n.  Afrrri/,  ]t.  11  .Vpril.  17."i.!;  in.  l)r.  .Miinrne,  of  Hurvanl,  Ma-ss..  J;ui- 
iiary.  1778. 

I\'.  JosHU.v  Athkuton,  one  ot  the  three  .sons  of  Peter 
and  lv\|ierience  Atherton,  was  b.  in  Har\;ird.  Mass.,  20  June, 
17')7.  He  was  designed  to  follow  the  liach.'of  his  father  as 
a  lilacksmith  :ind  farmer,  but  a  severe  bilious  fever  so  shat- 
tered his  system  as  to  unfit  him  for  severe  manual  labor, 
and,  after  finishing  a  college  course,  he  devoted  himself  to 
the  study  and  practice  of  the  law.  After  |)ractieing  some 
years  in  Petersham.  Mass.,  Tiitcldield.  and  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
\\v  settled  in  .Vmherst,  on  the  filace  since  i^'cupied  by  Mr. 
Elea/.er   Rhoads.  in   tln'   sprin;;   of  177o.      He   m.    Abigail, 


488  HISTOUY    Ol'    AMHEEST.  [Chap. 

daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Goss,  of  Bolton,  Mass.,  November, 
1765.  She  wns  1..  1  April,  1749;  d.  28  October,  1801.  He 
d.  3  April,  InO'.'.     Their  children  were - 

7.  Fronrrs.  ],.  at  Ilarvara,  Mass.,  81  October,  1766;  m.  (1)  William 
Gord ';i.  -5  i  .May.  1787,  by  whom  she  had  one  son,  AVilliam,  who 
gTadu.i  <'il  at  llarvaid  College;  studied  law,  and  practiced  in  Peterbor- 
ough a.i:l  Charlestown ;  d.  at  Brattleborough,  Vt.,  12  January,  1871. 
She  ni.  {2)  i^eujamiu  West,  of  Cliarlestowu,  3  September,  180t),  and  d- 
at  Charlestown,  11  November,  1838. 

8.  -f  Charles  Humphrey,  b.  14  August,  1773. 

9.  Abifjnil,  h.  22  October,  177-5 ;  ni.  fAmos  Kent,  of  Chester. 

10.  Rebecca  Wentirorfh,  h.  in  Avigust,  1778;  m.  fDi-.  Matthias  Spal- 
ding. 

11.  Nancy  Holland,  h.  11  March,  1782;  d.  in  the  city  of  New  York 
9  November,  1859;  unmarried. 

12.  Catherine,  b.  7  June,  1784  ;  m.  fDavid  McG.  Means. 

13.  Elizabeth  Willard,  b.  4  May,  \786 ;  m.  Ralph  H.  French,  18 
May,  1820;  d.  at  Manchester  31  March,  1855. 

Seven  other  cliildren,  six  sons  and  one  daughter,  d.  in  infancy. 

V.  8.  Charles  Humphrey  Atherton,  b.  in  Amherst  14 
August,  1773 ;  d.  8  January,  1853;  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  lawyers  in  the  state  ;  m.  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of 
Christopher  Toppaii,  of  Hampton,  30  October,  1803.  She 
was  b.  27  October.  1780;  d.  15  October,  1817.  Their 
children  were — 

14.  Charles  Gordon,  h.  4  July,  1804;  m.  Nancy  B.  Clark,  a  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard:  settled  in  Nashua;  d.  suddenly 
at  Manchester  14  November,  1853.     No  children. 

15.  Mary  Ann,  b.  11  July,  1806;  d.  24  September,  1807. 

16.  George,  b.  25  September,  1808;  d.  10  April,  1825. 

17.  Mary  Ann  Toppan,  b.  18  December,  1810;  d.  16  January,  1853; 
unmarried. 

18.  James  Humphrey,  h.  22  June,  1813;  d.  in  New  York  city  12  June, 
1837 ;  unmarried. 

19.  Christopher,  b.  6  Augaist,  1815;  d.  3  May,  1816. 

20.  Henry,  b.  and  d.  19  :May,  1817. 


XXIV.]  (;knkalo<;iks.  489 

AUSTL\. 

1.  Saul  Austin,  h.  in  nrnciit,  Mass.,  13  July,  IT^T,  rem. 
to  Sutton  with  his  paronts  :  ros.  in  Sntton  and  Wilton  ;  rem. 
to  Amherst  in  the  spring  of  18:^7  :  d.  here  24  March,  1881, 
affcd  ninoty-threc  years;  m.  (1)  Susan  Flint  10  January, 
181:].  Slie  was  1).  in  Amherst  19  April,  1794  ;  d.  21  A  ugust, 
1851;  m.  (2)  Betsey  (Flint)  Herrick  30  May,  1852,  who 
survives  him.  She  was  h.  in  Amherst  (north-we?*t  jiarish  ) 
25  June,  1800.     His  children  were — 

!2.  Charles,  h.  1"2  November,  iSi:?;  in.  Mary  Secoinbe,  Oetolier.  1S.'56. 
He  was  one  of  tlie  earliest  manufacturers  of  reed  instruments  in  Con- 
cord, where  he  res.  more  tluin  forty  years;  now  res.  in  [.owell,  Mass. 
Tlieir  children  were — 

1.  >hiry  Klh'u.  !>.  7  Jim.-.  ls:',8:  .1.  2  April.  185:5. 

2.  Charles  Edward,  !>.  7  March,  l>ilO:   m.  Laui-a   I.overini^;  res. 

in  Lowi'll,  Mass.  ;   om-  child. 

3.  Martha  J..  1..  lit  Fel.rMary.  l.s|:5:  d.  1    March.  isH. 

8.  Allrr.  1..  2-2  May.  l^lii:  m.  William  ('..tlin  ;  d.  in  Concord  :?() 
June,  iS.'ifi. 

I.   As,,,  h.  i  May,  1810;  d.  in  Concord  "27  December,  181:5. 

5.  ./(///'/  Ann,  b.  L*.5  June.  l^Jl;  m.  Henry  Xathan;  res.  in  San  Fran- 
cisco.    X(»  cliildren. 

6.  Nftnci/  Flint,  h.  8  June.  1828;  m.  (1)  Solon  S.  Graves  2:5  June, 
1S52;  m.  (2)  Klea/.er  Williams  in  Jmie,  1877;  res.  in  Mark  West, 
Sonoma  county.  Cal.     No  children. 

7.  Nnthnn  Flint,  b.  19  September,  1S:51;  d.  13  .Vpril,  lSi7. 

8.  Susan  Maria,  b.  8  December,  1S31;  m.  Dwiyht  Goff :  res.  in  San 
Francisco.     Two  children — 1.  Grace:  2.  Alice. 

AVER  ILL. 

1.  JiuiN  AvKRiLL,  1).  in  Middhtnn,  Mass..  2  June,  17+<>; 
d.  21  .May,  1815;  m.  ^fary  Hradtoid,  of  Amherst;  slu^  was 
h.  in  Middleton  in  1742  :  d.  21  August,  1814.  They  settle.! 
in  AnduM-st  in  17<)3.     Their  ehildi'eu  were — 

2.  Xaomi. 
:5.   t />"'">/. 

4.  Marl/  :  m.  Hciijamin  Sinionils. 


490  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

5.  Anna:  m. McAllister. 

6.  ^ John,  jr. 

7.  Jesse. 

6.  John  Averill,  jr.,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Averill,  b. 

13  October,  1767;  d.  2«)  October,  1844;  m.  Anna,  daughter 
of  James  Woodbury.  She  was  b.  4  August,  1774;  d.  9  May, 
1858.  They  lived  in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  on  Beech 
Hill,  liow  in  Mont  Yernon.     Their  children  were — 

• 

8.  Nancji,  b.  19  February,  1792. 

9.  Betsey,  b.  7  February,  1791. 

10.  John,  b.  10  March,  1796. 

11.  Bernard,  b.  26  April,  179H;  d.  in  Farniiugtou. 

12.  Hannah,  b.  13  May,  1800;  d.  28  July,  1803. 

13.  Marjj,  b.  18  July,  1802. 

14.  Hannah,  b.  1  January,  180.5. 

15.  Fanny,  b.  8  June,  1807;  d.  6  May,  1814. 

16.  Lucretia,  b.  5  March,  18(19. 

17.  Tra.^k,  b.  20  March,  1811. 

3.  Daniel  Averill,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  foi-merly  of 
Amhest;  d.  in  Barre,  Vt,,  in  May,  1848,  aged  eighty-six 
years. 

AVERY. 

Susan,  wife  of  Joshua  Avery,  d.  17  May,  1874,  aged  fifty-eight 
years. 

Lizzie  A.,  daughter  of  Joshua  Avery,  d.  24  ^March,  1874,  aged  fifteen 
years. 

BALDWIN. 

I,  Henry  Baldwin  came  from  Devonshire,  England; 
probably  lived  in  Charlestown  a  few  years;  settled  in  Wo- 
burn  in  1641,  where  he  was  one  of  tlie  selectmen  for  some 
years,  ai:d  a  deacon  in  the  church.  He  m.  Phobe  Richard- 
son 1  November,  1649,  who  d.  13  September,  1716.     He  d. 

14  February,  1697.     Their  son — 

II.  Henry  Baldwin,  b.  15  November,  1664,  d.  7  July, 
1739;  m.  Abigail  Fisk  4  May,  1692.     She  d.  in  Woburn 


XXIV.]  UENEALO(;iES.  491 

in   Jaimarv,    1771,  aged   ninety -six   years.     Tliey    li\ed   ia 
Wobuni  where  tlieir  son — 

III.  Isaac  Baldwin,  was  b.  20  February,  1700.  He  m. 
Mary  Flag-g  24  March,  1726.  They  settled  in  Wuburn, 
w  lie  re  their  son — 

IV.  1.  Nahum  Baldwin,  was  b.  3  May,  1734.  He  m. 
Mary  Lowe  22  April,  1760.  She  was  b.  1(1  April,  1734;  d. 
in  Antrim  7  November,  1802.  They  settled  in  Amherst 
prior  to  the  Revolution,  and  he  d.  here  7  May,  1788.  Their 
children  Vere — 

2.  Ndhum,  b.  ;i()  Juno,  1702.  He  was  a  Revolutioiuiry  soldier; 
settled  in  Mercer,  now  Sharon,  Me.,  where  he  died. 

3.  Martha,  b.  8  March,  1704;  iii.  Eiihiaim  Hmge,  '2'-\  .laniiaiy,  1791. 

4.  \Imac,  b.  23  April,  1708. 

5.  France.t,  b.  22  May,  1771;  in.  Janies  Boyd  10  .luiu',  17!)");  <1.  in 
Antrim  25  December,  1828. 

6.  Mary,  b.  6  Jane,  1773. 

7.  Lucii,  b.  13  February,  1776;  ni.  William  Starrett  22  Sei)t.'mlier, 
1797;  d.  in  Warren,  Me.,  18  February,  1821. 

V.  4.  Isaac  Baldwin,  son  of  Col.  Nahum,  b.  in  Amherst 
23  April,  1768;  d.  in  Antrim  8  July,  1821 ;  m.  Bethiah 
Pool,  of  Hollis,  24  November,  1790.  She  was  b.  3  August, 
1772;  d.  7  April,  1853. 

While  engaged  in  a  company  training,  at  Hollis,  4  Octo- 
ber, 1790,  he  was  severely  wounded  by  the  i)rematurc  dis- 
charge of  a  field-jtiece  with  which  the  company  was  exercis- 
ing. He  settled  in  Antrim  in  1793,  where  he  was  a  useful 
and  respected  citizen.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Emma, h.'m  Andierst  13  July,  1792;  in.  Jal../  Youm^niiiii.  14 
March,  1809 ;  res.  in  Dorchester. 

9.  Fannif,  1>.  in  .\ntrim  20  February,  17!»1;  ni.  Dr.  Isaac  Burnliani, 
11  Decend)er,  1817:  d.  8  April,  1847. 

10.  iMiac,  b.  22  March,  1790;  d.  9  September,  1872:  n-s.  in  Antrim. 

11.  Z)<?.(7e/-,  b.  5  July,  1798;  a  physician;  d.  in  I"  annngham.  .Ma.s.s., 
27  May,  1870. 

12.  Xahum,  b.  13  July,  1800;  d.  of  spotted  fever  in  isl.'. 


492  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

13.  Samuel,  b.  15  June,  1802;  settled  in  Antrim. 

14.  Lucy,  h.  12  June,  18;)4. 

15.  Thomas  J.,  b.  15  December,  1806;  d.  of  spotted  fever  in  1812. 

16.  William,  b.  15  May,  1809  ;  d.  at  Lawrenceville,  111.,  in  1849. 

17.  Cyrun,  b.    14    May,  1811  ;  graduated    at   Dartmouth    College   in 
1839  ;  a  successful  teacher  ;  res.  at  Meriden  Village. 

18.  Harriett,  h.  26  April,  1814;  d.  at  Lawrenceville,  TIL,  in  1846. 

19.  Estimate  R.  E.,  h.   22  October,   1816 ;  m.   and  res.   in  Hamilton, 
Canada  East. 

20.  Jesse  Baldwin,  m.  Tabitha  (Weston  )  Wilkins,  widow 
of  Capt.  Daniel  Wilkins,  jr.     Their  cliild —  , 

21.  Ebenezer,  was  b.  26  Deceml>er,  1784. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Baldwin  his  widow  in.  (3)  Lieut. 
Joseph  Farnum,  of  Mont  Vernon,  and  d.  there  in  January, 
1820,  aged  seventy-one  years. 

22.  Samuel  Baldwin,  a  resident  of  Amherst  for  some 
years,  was  b.  in  Wilmington,  Mass.,  7  September,  1789;  d. 
in  Mont  Vernon  8  July,  1856;  m.  Mary  Dane  1  February, 
1816.  She  was  b.  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  18  April,  1794;  d. 
in  Bedford  23  November.  1874.     Their  children  were — 

23.  Samuel  Dane,  h.  4  October,  1817  ;  m.  (1)  Clarissa  Hildreth  3 
June,  1840.  She  d.  24  July,  1852  ;  m.  (2)  Sarah  S.  Sanders  28  Septem- 
ber, 1853  ;  resides  in  Nashua. 

24.  Silas  H.,  h.  20  June,  1819  ;  d.  13  December,  1844. 

25.  William  0.,  b.  25  August,  1821 ;  m.  (1)  Mary  Proctor,  4  October, 
1854.     She  d.  24  January,  1872 ;  m.  (2)  Letty  A.  Gilman. 

26.  Jonathan  iV.,  b.  19  January,  1824 ;  d.  12  October,  1825. 

27.  Marj/,  b.  26  June,  1826;  m.  Daniel  K.  Mack,  of  Manchester,  8 
October,  1856. 

28.  Susa.i  A.,  b.  2  November,  1828;  m.  Leonard  C.  Farwell,  10 
December,  1856. 

29.  Sophia  J.,  b.  23  December,  1830 ;  d.  17  March,  1832. 

30.  Sophia  M.,  b.  18  July,  1832 ;  unmarried. 

31.  Charles  H.,  1).  7  March,  1835  ;  d.  20  May,  1836. 

32.  Almira  J.,  b.  25  March,  1838;  m.  Isaac  G.  Wheeler  12  January, 
1864. 


XXIV.]  GENEAL()(;iES.  4'(;{ 

F^ARKKR. 

1.  I)c;i.  K|ilii;iiiii  l);(i'k(.'i-  was  li.  in  oi-  iicnr  Iv\<'tf'i-  in 
1732;  sctlk'd  in  XcwMiaikct,  wIhmici'  he  rem.  to  Anilicrsf  in 
1774.  He  was  a  noted  housewiiglit  and  elniicli-linildcr. 
The  old  nieetin<i-lionse  on  the  IMain  and  that  in  IN  inWroke 
are  s|)eeiim'ns  of  his  handiwork,  lie  was  eiiiiaued  in  hndd- 
inji"  the  nieetinu-housr  at  Wilton,  the  Iranie  o|"  winch  t(dl  7 
Se|)teuil)er,  1773,  by  which  accident  he  was  severely  injured, 
lie  was  a  prominent  nieiul)er  of  Mr.  Barnard's  chnrcli,  and 
served  as  one  of  its  deacons  several  years;  m.  (1)  Mary 
Manninji:,  of  Ipswich,  Mass.  She  d.  in  1771  :  in.  c2)  .Mary 
Ramsay,  widow  of  David  Ramsay,  of  .Vmhrrst.  She  d.  ;"> 
October,  IHOd,  a^ed  lifty-foiir.  He  il.  lilt  September,  iSdU. 
His  eliildren  were — 

:.'.  .Va'7/'</v/,  III. -loscpli  To\vii»\  ot  Hfiiiiikrr,  I'l  .May.  Isml;  d.  in 
Ilopkiiitoii -Jt  .\ii-iist,  ISU,  aj^fd  fiftv-tive. 

:5.  Jercinid/i.  a  pliysioiaii  in  I'(ri-4laml,  Mf. 

1.  Josf/j/i,  l>.  9  St'ptt'inber,  17(>5  ;  in.  Eli/.alicth,  daughter  of  Captain 
\\'illiaiu  Dana,  of  .Vinlieist,  17iS9 ;  rem.  iiniiu'diately  after  to  .Marietta, 
Ohio,  wlierehe  d.,  after  a  luni;  aiul  active  life,  in  September,  18J;5. 

.'>.  Relief,  in.  Nathaniel  Cleaves,  of  .Vinherst,  January,  lSl»(i. 

(i.  Man/  Ml  nuts,  1».  9  October,  IT^^o ;  iii.  Rev.  Ephraiin  1'.  Hiadfonl, 
of  New  Ho.^tdii,  1  Se{»ti'inber,  ISlKi.  .\fter  her  husband's  death  she 
i"iii.  to  Milwaukee,  Wi.seonsin,  where  she  res.  witii  ln-r  son.  ;She  d. 
ill  Milwaukee,  8  .May,  1874. 

r.ARKOX. 

1.  1.  MosHs  nvuuoN,  son  of  Moses  IJarron  who  rem. 
from  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  to  Bedford,  about  1740,  was  b.  in 
Bedford  in  174:2.  He  d.  in  17'.'7;  in.  Hannah  lintchinson, 
of  Amherst, -JO  March,  1770.  She  d.  in  Hartland,  Vt.,  H 
September,  1822.  ajred  seventy-four.  They  settled  on  the 
farm  near  Betlfoid  line,  since  owned  by  James  Indl  and 
Timothy  Hartshorn.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Moses,  b.  J  t  .laiiuary,  1771. 

'■).  Lucy,  b.  11  June,  177J;  in.  Jos.ph  lliee  1.")  January,  1797. 
I.  ^Soloninii,  b.  10  tluiie,  1775. 


494  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

5.  Hannah,  b.  22  March,  1777. 

6.  Mekitable,  b.  19  March,  1779. 

7.  Mari/,  h.20  April,  1781. 

8.  Silas,  b.  9  April,  178i. 

9.  Sarah  Putnam,  h.  25  February,  1786. 

10.  Parker,  b.  21  October,  1788. 

11.  Putnam,  b.    26    April,  1792 ;  d.   in   Ravenna,    Ohio,    16   March, 
,1872. 

•II.  4.  Solomon  Barron,  b.  10  June,  1775;  d.  9  February, 
1836;  m.  Martha  McCluer  Arbuckle  21  October,  1813. 
They  settled  on  the  ''Arbuckle"  place,  in  the  Chestnut  Hill 
District,  now  occupied  by  William  Stewart.  Their  children 
were — 

12.  Rachel,  b.  in  181o;  d.  in  Boston  6  December,  1836. 

13.  ^Solomon  Rice,  h.  in  1817. 

III.  13.  Solomon  Rice  Barron,  b.  in  1817  ;  d.  in  Merri- 
mack from  injuries  received  in  a  fall  19  March,  1882;  m. 
(1)  Fanny  Colby  1  September,  1836.  She  was  b.  28  Octo- 
ber, 1816;  d.  12  July,  1843;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Dolly  Channell, 
who  d.  21  July,  1878,  aged  sixty-three  years.  Their 
children  were — 

14.  William  R.,  b.  in  1838. 

15.  Fanmj  ./.,  b.  in  1839. 

16.  Martha,  b.  in  1813. 

17.  Sarah  E.,  b.  in  1847. 

18.  John  N.,  h.  in  1851. 

19.  Clarence  F.,  b.  in  18.54. 

20.  Daniel  Camphell,  b.  in  1859. 

21.  William  Barron  m.  Sarah  Lane.  Their  children 
were — 

22.  Susannah  Lane,  b.  24  December,  1787. 

23.  William,  h.  3  April,  1790. 

BARNARD. 

Robert  Barnard,  of  Bolton,  Mass.,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Holman,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  where  she  was  b.  29 
March,  1722.     They  lived  in  Bolton  and  were  the  parents 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  4!>5 

of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  d.  in  infancy.  After  the 
death  ot  her  hiisliaiul  Mis.  naiiiard  I'cni.  to  Amherst,  where 
she  resi(h-'(l  in  the  family  of  her  son,  Rev,  Jercmiali  Barnard. 
She  d.  lo  October,  18"23.  aged  one  hnndrcd  and  one  year.s 
six  months  and  fourteen  days.     Of  their  children — 

I.  ^Jeremiah,  b.  'JS  February,  1750;  setth^d  in  Amherst. 
"2.  John;  supposed  to  have  settled  in  Rome,  N.  Y. 

3.  J/^;/// ;  m.  t-^"'os  Flint,  jr.  After  his  death  she  rem.  to  Ronn', 
N.  Y.,  and  d.  there. 

4.  Lj/flid,  1>.  2  October,  1757,  lived  with  iicr  brother  in  Amherst;  d. 
inini.,  17  Septi'Hiber,  1859,  aged  one  liiiiidncl  :nid  one  years  eleven 
months  and  fifteen  days. 

1.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Barnard,  second  minister  of  the  town 
of  Amherst:  b.  in  Bolton,  Mass.,  2S  February,  1750;  d.  in 
Amherst  15  January,  1885;  m.  Deborah,  dan2:hter  of  Dr. 
Nathaniel  Henchman,  of  Lynn,  15  October,  1777.  She  was 
a  sister  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Henchman,  of  Amherst,  and  was  b. 
in  Lynn  24  September,  1753;  d.  in  Amherst  12  October, 
1833.  They  settled  on  Christian  hill,  in  Amherst,  in  1780. 
Their  children  were — 

5.  Betsey,  b.  3  ,Iuly,  177!i;  m.  Kdbcrt  M.  King  in  lsn3;  d.  in  Kock- 
dale,  Iowa,  \i  January,  1872,  aged  ninety-two. 

(5.  Polh/  S.,  b.  25  Mareh,  1781 ;  m.  David  S.  Eaton  23  Decend»er, 
18(12;  d.  in  Dorchester,  Ma.ss.,  17   August,  1.S60. 

7.  Sally,  b.  1  May,  1783;  d.  2!)  Deoendier,  1784. 

8.  Naiici/,  b.  15  August,  1786;  m.  fHugh  Hamilton  Clark  8  Novem- 
ber, 1807;  d.  in  Amherst  1  December,  1S13. 

9.  Robert  Mausjirltl,  b.  ()  November,  17SS ;  ni.  Krancfs  >bMry,  of 
Ho.ston,  1  November,  1S14;  d.  in  Watertown.  Mass..  13   October,  1803. 

10.  John  Henchman,  b.  7  October,  1791  ;  d.  24  July,  1793. 

II.  Lucretia,h.2Q  July,  17!iG;  m.  Timothy  Daiiforth  11  January. 
1838;  resides  in  Amherst. 


12.  Grace  Crosby  Fisk,  daughter  of  (5)  Betsey  Barnard,  b.  2  Septem- 
ber. 1799:  (1.  in  L<nvell  5  May.  1865  ;  unnuirried. 

i5AKRETT. 

1.  Henry  R.  Barrett,  b.   in   Athol,  Mass.,  6   Fel)ruary, 
1793  ;  d.  15  October,  1867  :  m.  Abijrail  Stevens  December, 


496  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap 

1814.  She  was  b.  in  Manchester  13  April,  1795;  d.  26 
October,  1874.  They  rem.  from  Manchester  to  Amherst  in 
March,  1837.     Their  children  were — 

2.  ^Philip  S.,  b.  6  April,  1817. 

3.  Naomi,  b.  27  December,  1S18;  lu.  Miles  Lovejoy  7  April,  1842; 
d.  9  January,  1872. 

4.  Betsey,  b.  21  April,  1821  ;  ui.  Reub^Mi  P.  Hall;  res.  iu  Vinelaud, 
N.  J. 

.").  John  R.,  b.  2;)  April,  1823  ;  m.  Justiiia  Ilall  ;  res.  iu  Chicago. 

6.  Nancn  F.,  b.  28  March,  1825  ;  m.  (1)  Alfred  Pollard  ;  lu.  (2) 
Luther  Towne  ;  res.  in  Nashua. 

7.  £'/f/ra  .4.  Z.,  b.  16  August,  1827  ;  d.  3  I"'ebruary,  1851 ;  unmarried. 

8.  Stephen  H.  R.,  b.  10  July,  182.9 ;  m.  Abigail  McConihe  28  March, 
1854;  res.  in  Fall  River,  Mass. 

9.  Sarah  H.,b.  16  September,  1831  ;  m.  James  Cochran  23  Novem- 
ber,. 1857;  res.  in  Amherst. 

10.  Mary  R.,  h.  16  September,  1831;  unmarried;  res.  in  Amherst. 

2.  Philip  S.  Barrett,  b.  in  Manchester  6  April,  1817;  m. 
Mary  F.  Wheeler  22  January,  1847.  She  was  b.  in  Am- 
herst 22  February,  1823.     They    res.   on  the   homestead. 

Their  child  —  - 

11.  Ckarleft  M.,  h.  22   September,  1855 ;  ni.   M.   Loretta   Woodward 
2  June,  1880. 

BACHELLER— BATCHELDER. 

I.  1.  Joseph  Bacheller,  of  Canterbury,  Eugland,  and  his 
wife,  Elizabeth,  one  child,  and  three  servants,  embarked  for 
IS'ew  England  in  1636.  On  their  arrival  they  settled  in 
that  part  of  Salem  whicli  was  afterward  incorporated  as 
Wenham.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in  1637  ;  was  deputy  in 
the  Greneral  Court  in  1644,  and  was  the  first  representative 
from  Wenham  in  that  body.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mark,  killed  on  the  march  to  the  Xarraganset  fort  in  December, 
1675. 

3.  ]John. 

4.  Elizabeth. 

5.  Hannah. 


XXIV.]  (;i:ni:alo(;ii:s.  \[)J 

11.  ;5.  John  IJachri.i.kh  settled  in  Wenliain  ;  m.  (1  )  Mary 
Dennis  12  .hily,  IHtll  :  liy  her  he  had  (»'. )  Joscj)!!.  She  d. 
26  . 1  line.  Kit;:;:  in.  cI)  I'lli/.iil.rth  (;(..)dalc4  .May,  1005. 
Tliey  had— 

7.  John. 

8.  M,irk: 

.'».  \Kh,mzir. 

10.  ElizahHh. 

11.  IhlUHIlh. 

VI.  Miinj. 
\:\.  Sitriili. 
11.   i/h,ri./. 

HI.  14.  D.vviD  Bachelleij,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Goodale)  Jiacheller,  m.  Sii.sannali  Whij)j)le  in  170!'.  She  d. 
13  June,  1764,  He  d.  29  January,  1766.  Their  children 
were — 

1.").   IhiriJ,  1..  :.  A].ril,  171(1:  iii.  Tliaiikful  Perhain. 

1().   Snsninui/,.  1..  21  July,  171-2:  d.  in  Antjust,  1712. 

17.  .fosi/i/i,  1).  17  Septemltor,  171:'):  iii.  .\r;irY  Perh-y  2ii  J;imi;iry, 
17;{7. 

IS.  .Vr/(< //(/(/A,  1). -JO  May,  171<'i:  in.  lOxpiTioiu-e  I'orliain  Hi  June, 
17;{8. 

in.   Ahra/inm.  1).  .'.  .Inn.'.  1722. 

20.  tl""'S  1'.  <i  April.  1727:   in.  Ly<lia  Kinihall. 

21.  Siisainiu/i,  1).  22  ScptoinlxT,  17:51 :   in.  tWilliain  Fisk. 

IV.  20.  Amos  J>achkllkij,  son  of  David  and  Susanna!) 
(Whipple)  Baeheller.  1).  6  Ai)ril,1727:  ni.  Lydia  Kimball; 
settled  in  Wolmrii.     Their  ejiildren  were — 

22.  Av/v,,/.  1,.  11  May,  17.".;5. 

23.  /./////o.  1..  !)  April.  17."»(i. 

21.  Kliz<i/»i/,,]>.  -Ji)  XovenilxT.  17'iS:  in.  tJoli"  r.a'lit'Mor,  1 1"  Ain- 
i«ir.st. 

2.").  Aiims.  ii.  17  DcrcniluT.  17(>1. 

26.  Sii.-<innni/i,  1).  23  January.  I7()l. 

27.  Kiliiniiiil,  1).  2!1  June,  17()."). 
2S.  />,ir;,/,h.  1.')  .January.  17tjs. 
2fl.  /s,«i<\  h.  s  Aj.ril.  1770. 

31).  ./»vv/,/,,  1..  17  .Inly,  1771. 


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408  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

III.  9.  Ebenezer  Bacheller  m.  Sarah  Tarbox  29  De- 
cember, 1699.  They  settled  in  Wenham.  Tlieir  children 
were — 

31.  Ucbeccu,  b.  10  July,  1701. 

32.  SamueL  b.  3  March,  1703. 

33.  Mark,  b.  2  March,  1706. 

34.  Josiah,  b.  31  January,  1708. 

35.  ^Ebenezer,  b.  24  November,  1710:  in.  Jerusha  Kimliall. 

36.  Elizabeth,  b.  31  March,  1713. 

37.  Sarah,  h.  22  April.  1717. 

IV.  35.  Ebenezer  Bacheller,  b.  24  November,  1710 ;  m. 
Jerusha  Kiml;»all  in  1740:  settled  in  AVenham.     Their  chil-     ' 
dren  were — 

38.  ^Inna,  1>.  1741. 

39.  Marij,  h.  1743. 

40.  Lydia,  b.  1745. 

41.  Jerusha,  b.  1747. 

42.  ^Ebenezer,  b.  5  Xovember,  1750;  settled  iu  Amherst. 

43.  Elizabeth,  b.  25  January,  1753. 

44.  ■\JoJw,  h.  16  AvTgust,  1755;  settled  in  Amherst. 

45.  MehltaUe,  b.  1.0  March,  1761. 

46.  Samuel,  b.  15  June,  1763. 

V.  42.  Ebenezer  Batchelder,  1).  in  Wenham  5  Novem- 
ber, 1750 ;  m.  Elizabeth  (Thompson )  Sherwin.  They  set- 
tled in  Amherst  (now  Mont  Vernon)  soon  after,  where  he 
d.  24  April,  1849,  aged  ninety-seven  years.  She  d.  10 
March,  1841,  aged  eighty-five.     Their  children  were — 

47.  Bet  sen,  b.  18  July.  1779:  m.  David  Wiley:  d.  in  Landgrove, 
Vermont. 

48.  Joseph,  b.  21  Xovember,  1781;  m.  Anna  Cochran;  res.  in  Land- 
gTove,  Vt.,  and  afterward  in  Illinois. 

49.  Ebenezer,  b.  10  March,  1783;  m.  Rachel  Jones  11  June.  1811;  d.  • 
26  February,  1815. 

50.  F«/u///,  b.  8  July,  1785;  m.  Robert  Parker  29  May,  1806;  d.  in 
Landgrove,  Vt. 

51.  Lydla,'b.  21  Xovember,  1786;  m.  Benjamin  AVilkins  27  Xovem- 
ber, 1806 ;  d.  in  Hillsborough. 

52.  ^^^hltahle,  b.  25  August.  1788;  m.  flsaac  Weston. 


XXIV.]  (;kni.:alo(;iks.  400 

o'S.  RcuIkii  h'iiii/i(i!l.  \<.  7  Fehiiuii-y.  ITltn-.  m.  Alici'  I\cii<l;ill:  <1.  ]'■'> 
December.  I'-O". 

oi.  Kzni,  l>.  -J  .Miiicli,  17!)!':    iii.  Lvdia   llatclu'ldi-r:  d.  lit  .M;iy.  is?.-,. 

55.  .lf)i'ss,\).')  April.  17!'l:  iii.  W'illiaiii  Coggiii,  "Jil :  settled  in 
Mont  Vernon:  d.  I  Octolier.  is:)."). 

ylj.  Li-rl,\\.  Id  Marcli,  17i»7:  in.  Mary  Peabody;  d.  in  I.andgrove, 
Vt..  K)  .Vngust,  18.j(i. 

\' .  44.  CAn.  JouN  JJatciielder,  b.  in  Wculiam,  Mass., 
16  August,  1755  ;  m.  Betsey  Batcheldcr;  settled  in  Amlicrst, 
(now  ^lont  Vernon )  about  1770,  where  lie  d.  18  Deecmber, 
1848,  aged  ninety-three  years.  She  d.  ">  April,  Islo.  au-cd 
fifty-six.     Their  cliildren  were — 

.")7.  .//;////.  1>.  (i  dnly.  17SI):  ni.  I'oUy  llildn'th  1:5  Septend.er.  \>02:  d. 
in  Pern.  Vt..  !»  dun.-,  is,")!. 

oS.  /.v/7(//,  1).  is  October.  17S2:  m.  Aiiii^ail  Wiley  28  dnly.  ISO.");  d. 
ill  I'ern.  A't..  ;;i  Angiist,  185S. 

5!*.  Jirtsri/,  1).  1!)  rlannary.  17S5;  m.  tdolm  Haseltine. 

(!).   /v//»»///'/,  b.  .")  Angust,  17S7  ;  in.  Betsey  Jones;  d.  23  Jnly.    ISG.'l. 

(11.  X(nici/,  b.  1!)  October.  178(»:  in.  liobert  Wason  2G  December, 
1808;  settled  in  Xew  IJoston.  and  d.  there  28  July,  IS.}:}. 

(32.  /.i/(/i(i,h.  \\  February,  17i)2 :  in.  lier  cousin,  Ezra  Patchelder, 
and  settled  in  ]\b:)nt  Vernon;  d.  20  Sepleinber.  bSS2 — the  last  survivor  of 
the  family. 

0:5.  /'rr/r//,  b.  20  Jnly.  17:)h  m.  (1)  Pebeeca  Damon.  She  d.  I  July, 
\M{)\  in.  (2)  Alcinda  Wason.  who  d.  is  November.  ls7l).  He  d.  22 
October.  1S78. 

(it.  li'liij\h.  in  December,  17n<i:  in.Josiah  Kittredj;e  2  Sejitcmber. 
is:50:  d.  1  1  July.  LsCS. 

(5.').  AiiKis,  b.  1  June.  1711!) :  ni.  Nancy  Kidder  1  Se].tenil>er.  is;}]:  d. 
10  February,  bS-47. 

(IG.  <'///T»/r-,b.  17  October.  iXt  ;:  ni.  Ira  Kendall  Id  .May.  ls:52;  d. 
in  (Joffstown  (i  Xovendu'r.  Is72. 

(i7.  Noah  r.  liATCHELDEU,  b.  in  Peru,  \'t.,  10  Xovcnilier, 
18o:5;  in.  Sarah  Elliott  ;>()  January,  1^6:2.  She  was  b.  in 
Amherst  :2»)  Scptciuber,  1S:VJ :  d.  24  .March,  1n71. 

()8.  IiJA  \.  r>AT(  iiKLDHi:.  li.  ill  Hanvcrs,  Mass.;  m.  ^lary  S., 
i        dauijfhter  otWiUard    Ilaydeii.  -W    noeoinbc-r.   ISO-J.     Their 
children  are — 


)00  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

09.  Geor(/i(i)iti(i  K. 

70.  Walter  A. 

71.  /-J  III  mil  I.. 


BATES. 

Mrs.  Lucy  S.,  wife  of  Angustus  Bates,  d.  7  April,  1852, 
aged  40. 

BP]LL. 

Joseph  Bell,  b.  in  Bedford  17  A])ril,  1 7  ")7  ;  d.  in  Amherst 
18  ^Sfay,  1828  ;  ni.  ^fary  Houston,  4  June,  1776.  She  was 
h.  1758;  d.  December,  1830.  They  were  buried  in  Bedford. 
Their  children,  all  1).  in  Bedford,  were — 

L  Sdnih,  h.  -i  April,  1777;  m.  (1)  Daniel  Platte.  11  May.  17S7: 
111.  (2)  Oliver  Townsend,  20  December,  1815;  res.  in  Eedford. 

2.  Joint,  h.'2'i  February,  1779 ;  m.  Peggy  Brown.  ISOl ;  res.  in  An- 
trim, where  he  settled  in  179.').     lie  d.  .j  October,  iSOl. 

:5.  Mnrn,  b.  12  April,  1781;  m.  David  Atwood  21  September.  1SI12; 
res.  in  Bedford. 

4.  Isaac,  b.  9  April.  17S;3;  m.  Siisainiah  llutcliinson  ^5  February. 
1804;  res.  in  Fisherstield,  now  Xe\vl)my ;  d.  there  in  1829. 

.").  SiisainHiIi,  b.  2-5  September,  1785;  d.  in  infancv. 

0.  Joscpli,  h.  21  March.  1787 ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in 
1807;  m.  Catherine  Olcott,  of  Hanover;  settled  in  Haverhill;  rem. 
thence  to  Boston,  Mass..  1840:  d.  at  Saratoga.  X.  Y.,  25  July,  1851. 

7.  JJariil,  b.  10  October.  1789;  m.  Polly  Houston  December,  1808; 
settled  in  Hillsborough  ;  d.  in  Bedford  27  Xovember,  18o2. 

8.  Janie>t,h.  15  January.  1792;  m.  (1)  Mary  Barnett  21  September, 
1813.  She  d.  11  November,  1825,  aged  thirty-three ;  m.  (2)  Kel)ecca, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Weston,  of  Amherst.  September.  1820.  He  was 
a  resident  of  Amherst  several  years,  but  d.  in  I'xilton,  ]\Iass.,  25  January, 
1864. 

9.  Jaciili,  b.  oO  .Vpril.  1795;  m.  Laura  Bartlett.  of  Haverhill;  .settled 
in  Haverhill.- 

BENDEN. 
Thomas   M.  Benden,  b.   in  Oxbridge,  Somerset  county, 
England,  1791 ;  settled  in  Amherst  about  1820  and  carried 
on  the  tailoring  bnsiness  several  years  in  the  store  now  oc- 


XXIV.]  (iKNKALOCIKS.  ■)01 

ciipicd  liy  Ilciiry   C  I)o(1lic.       Tic    m.   S:ii;ili    Ldw  J;iiiii;ii'\ . 
l.Siil,  iuid  (1.  -2  A|ii'il.  1S4S:  n,,  rliil.hvii. 

]}K\M"IT. 

I,  Jonathan  Bennett,  li.  in  (iiotoii,  M:iss.,28  Xuvcmljcr, 
177"):  (1.  ill  Anilierst  20  FcbniaiT,  l>''41> :  in.  Marjiarct  Sliat- 
tiick  May.  iSdO.  She  was  I..  13  March.  1774  :  d.  211  Xoveni- 
bor,  1852.  ifc  was  a  lirici^-niasoii  and  an  cxccllciil  work- 
man. They  ]i\('(l  in  Grotun.  Dunstabh',  and  PcppercH. 
From  iV'ppurclI  llicy  rem.  to  Amhei'st,in  the  spring  of  18>j5. 
Their  children  were — 

■J.  Sani/,.\>.  ]■',  OrtolxT.  18!I0:  iii.  Dr.  ll.'/.'kiali  Kldiid-e:  ivs.  in 
.\iiiesliury.  Mass..  wln-rc  she  d.  (i  A})ril.  lsl(j. 

:;.  ./nn(it/i(ni,h.  1  October.  1S(»'2:  in.  'Slnry  Tavlor  L")  Dcccinl.er,  ls.31  : 
(1.  in  Pcppcroll. 

!.    \\'i/ll(iw,h.'J^  Scpti'inbcr,  Isul  ;  ni.  Harriet  Sliattuck  .V].ril.  isjS. 

.").  .l/o>v/«r(V,  b.  12  September,  1800;  in.  Jefferson  Taylor  "24  Xoveni- 
l.cr,  182.5;  d.  in  ^b.line,  111.,  12  December,  ISfiS. 

().   Louisa,  1).  ]:!  Jnly,  1808;  m.  f'Tocl  F.  Oso-ood. 

7.  ./(fm('.<.  1).  2  Scptt'inl)cr.  Isl  1  ;  ni.  Ucbccca  Swallow  2S  ]\ray.  ls:i}: 
res.  in  Dnnstablc. 

8.  Wihler^h.  17  .\i'ri!,  18i:i:  ni.  .Mary  Aim  Davis  Xovcml.ci-.  ISIO; 
res.  in  Pepperell. 

!l.   tJ///c»  Bnul/nnl.  1..  ]->  .Vprii.  ISIO. 

1).  Al.DKN  l)!tAl)KoiM>  BeNNETT,  b.  IS  A|iril,  1  Sl  li  :  111.  Mliz- 
abcth  Tayh)r,  27  Xo\cmbcr,  1S3ti.     Their  chihlren  are — 

10.   ICnilhi,  in.  - — (ioodhiic.     lie  was  a  mnsiciaii  in  the.  1st  Kc.n- 

iinent  X.    II.  Vols.,  in  the  civil  war;  d.  a  few  years  after  its  close,  leav- 
in}X  one  child. 

II.  Mdii/iirr/,  ni.  (icorge  ^'onng;  i"(\s.  in  Stcjneliain.  Mass. 
12.   Niz/v/A  Zoi/;".v«,  m.  O.scar  Shaffer ;  res.  in  .Vmherst. 
l:l.    Is„hrll„  llrn,lf„nJ.  m.  Dr.  McLeod  :   res.  in  Xew  Bedford. 

BILLS. 

1.  Ebenkzer  Bills,  b.  2;")  March,  1 7t;0  :  d.  13  March,  1M22 : 
m.  flannah  Billiard.  She  was  b.  20  Aiiirust.  17t!7:  d.  <) 
March,  184'.>.     Their  children  were — 


502  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Miriuida,}).  5  November,  1785;  in.  fEzra  Clark. 

3.  J>e/i(c<a,\).o  Octohtn;  1787;  m.  John  Wheeler,  of  Amherst.  IG 
December,  ISOG;  d.  1  September,  1857. 

4.  X »(•//,  b.  ()  November,  1789;  m.  Elias  Thomas,  of  Amherst.  '.]{) 
March,  1817 ;  d.  20  April,  18()4. 

5.  .S'^n/yrfc/,  b.  3  .January,  1791  ;  lived  in  Dedham,  ^lass.;  d.  31  May, 
1860. 

0.  -[Jnhf.:,  ]).  ()  December,  1793. 

7.  PldHiiiUi,  b.  15  April.  1795;  m.  Joseph  Onion,  of  Dodhaui.  ]\Iass.; 
d.  14  :^Iarch,  1845. 

8.  Sopliroiiin,  h.  -51  March,  179S  ;  ni.  (lera  Fai'num,  of  ^lont  Vernon, 
17  October,  1817. 

9.  SeiiKiiitlid,]).  '■)}  ]\rarch.  179S;  m.  Andrew  Horn,  of  Uoxbury, 
Mass. 

10.  ,/e.s>v',  b.  15  August,  1802;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Ann  V.  Bliss  9  Novem- 
ber, 1828;  d.  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  25  December,  1851. 

11.  .17rt/-/.-,  1).  8  April.  180G;  m.  Maria ,  of  Framingham.  ]Mass.; 

d.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  20  August,  1853. 

12.  J. lite  Hamilton,  b.  S  July,  1808;  ni.  IVIarinda  Dodge,  of  ^Mont 
Vernon.  28  June,  182') ;  d.  in  Amherst  11  February,  1S41. 

C).  Jap.ez  Bills,  b.  (!  December,  1793;  d.  3  November, 
1857 ;  m.  Lucy  E.  Crosby,  daughter  of  Joseph  Crosby,  of 
Milford,  November,  1822.  She  was  b.  29  August,  1804  ;  d. 
27  September,  1882.     Their  children  were — 

13.  Jahez  Fre(l,h.  3:)  August,  1S23 ;  m.  Liieinda  J.  AVheeler,  of  Mil- 
ford,  November,  1850. 

14.  ^Fncmaii  C '/v/x/v/,  b.  0  October,  1821. 

15.  Lucji  Arm  Maria, h.  5  February,  1829;  m.  Harnes  15.  Putnam,  of 
Nashua,  15  May,  1849. 

16.  Betseij  Ja)ie,h.  16  December,  1830;  m.  Charles  W.  I'attersou,  of 
iMerrimack,  14  June,  1859. 

17.  6' c'o/v/r'  //.,b.  15  November,  1831;  m.  Lizzie  Baldwin,  of  ]\Ian- 
chester. 

14.  Freeman  Crosby  Bills,  b.  <>  Noveml)er,  1824;  m. 
Catherine  J.  Twiss  12  Marcli,  1845.  She  was  b.  in  Antrim, 
21  December,  1824;  res.  in  Amherst.  Their  chihlren 
are — 

15.  jLarliis  F.,h.-2-2  April,  184(5. 

19.  Horatio  ('.,  b.  20  February,  1848;  m.  Clara  P.  Farley,  of  London- 
derry, 28  November,  1868. 


XX I  \'.]  GENEALOGIKS.  50;? 

Iliirrv  FiVL'iiiJiii   Bills,  cliilil  i>l'   Iloriitio  ('.  Bills.  <1.   II  .lanuary, 
lS7(i,  ayetl  ten  nionths. 

20.  /A///)  >'.,  1..  10  January.  ISoM;  m.  I'liilip  W.  Sw.-tl.  ..f  iMi-^tcii. 
S  October,  ls7:>:  d.  in  Anilier.st  27  .luue,  issd. 

21.  Art/iiir  .l.,\).-j:')  \\>r\\,  is.")!?;  m.  Mary  C.  Brailii:-,!.  c,  .V.niiirr.l. 
28  SoptenilxT.  1^7 1 . 

18.  Lucius  F.  Hii,ls,  1».  in  AmluTst  '2-  April.  1S4(i ;  in. 
Jane  IvFni'ley,of  LondoiultMTy,  1.")  Si'iitciniicr,  1S';0.  Tlicii- 
cliildreu  were — 

22.  Charles  >'.,!).  in  Londniidcny  17  .inly.  1^70. 
2;;.  JCzra  .s'.,b.  1!)  April.  1.S72.  in  Amiieist. 

21.   Frrtic rick-  lutrh  I/,  h.l  May,  IS"-!;  d.  Ki  ScptcnilK.-r.  1-77. 
2.").   Jiiiisci/  'J'lriss,  1).  28  Sei>teinber,  I87fi. 

HISS  KM.. 

Lemuel  Bissell,  li.  hi  Xorwicli,  V\.,  -2  May.  17*.ti*:  m. 
Mary  A.  Leminons.  She  was  1..  liH  Oetoher,  1S03:  d.  -1 
May,  18fi8.  Tliey  earac  to  Ainlierst  about  184o,  where  he 
carried  on  the  liouse-painting  business  several  years.  Ht* 
served  as  town  elerk  one  year;  no  cliildreu. 

IJLAKi:. 

SA:\uiCi,  l>LAKE  res.  on  tlie  farm  adioiiiiuii-  ihal  ol  Hon. 
Williaiu  Fisk,  iornicrly  oeciipir<l  by  John  I'^ncnwood,  aii<l 
since  by  ("apt.  l*il»('ne/.er  I'erry.      11  is  chihU'cn  wci'c — 

1.  .I/«</y. 

2.  Sam  lie/. 
:i.  Doll;/. 

\.  Aliif/ail,  ni.  .lolui  Wanvn,  1S2S. 

T).  Alice. 

.\\]  liav.'  Ii'ft  town. 

I'.b.VNCnAb'J). 

L  TuoMAS  Blanciiaud  came  to  Xew  Fnirland  in  th<'  ship 
Jonathan,  from  near  Preston,  Fuirland,  in  lt>.)'.t.  He  set- 
Ib'd  in  Oharlestowii.  >biss.,  and  <bth<'rt>  H  .May,  If..*)-!.  Hy 
his  wilV.  Marv,  lie  bad — 


504  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1.  Samuel. 

2.  Georf/c. 

<5.  Nathaniel. 

4.  Jonathan. 

5.  \John.  -f 
Of  these,— 

11.  T).  John,  b.  in  Eiiuland,  was  acTniitted  freeman  in 
1649  ;  settled  in  Dunstable,  and  was  oiie  of  tlie  founders  of 
the  church  in  that  place  in  1H85,  of  which  ho  was  for  some 
years  one  of  the  ofificers.  By  his  wife,  Elizalieth,  he  had  a 
large  family,  among  whom  were — 


6. 

} Ian  nail.  1>.  (5  Jai 

t . 

James. 

8. 

Benjaniln. 

9. 

Sarah. 

10. 

Mavji. 

11. 

Nathaniel. 

12. 
13. 

\ Joseph.    J 
Thomeis. 

And  perhaps  others, 

III.  12.  Joseph  BLANCHARD,b.  1669,  son  of  Dea.  John, 
and  Elizabeth  Blanchard  ;  settled  in  Dunstable  ;  m.  Abiah 
Hassell  25  May,  1696.  She  d.  8  December,  1746,  aged  70. 
He  d.  in  1727.     Their  children  were — 

14.  Elizahcth,  h.  15  April,  1697. 

15.  Esther,  b.  4  July,  1700. 

16.  Hannah,  b.  28  October,  1702. 

17.  ^Joseph,  b.  11  February,  1704. 

18.  Rachel,  b.  23  March,  170.5  ;  d.  young. 

19.  Susannah,  b.  29  March,  1707. 

20.  Jane,  b.  19  March,  1708. 

21.  Rachel,  b.  23  March,  1712. 

22.  Eleazer,  b.  3  December,  1715 ;  d.  29  April,  1717. 

lY,  17.  Joseph  Blanchard,  b.  11  February,  1704;  d. 
7  April,  1758  ;  was  one  of  the  governor's  council,  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  king,  from  1741  until  his  death.  In  1756  he 
was  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  five  hundred  men,  raised  in 
New  Hampshire,  to  assist  in  the  expedition  against  Crown 


XXI  \'. J  <;i:ni;al()(;ii:s.  ")(),') 

Pi)int.     The  coinpanics  of  rangers,  (•(jiniuniidrd    hv    liogors 
and  Stark,  were  a  part  of  the  regiment. 

('i)l.  IManchanl  ni.  Iicbecca  iluliliai-d.  who  d.  !'.»  April. 
1774.     'I'heii-  children  were — 

•_';;.  S.inih,  1..  ITl'ii:  (1.  :)0  XoveinlHM-.  17J(J. 

:.'}.  j.fusr/,/,,  1..  '2s  Scptniilii'r.  172i). 

•J5.  Kkazrr,  h.  15  Xoveinher.  17:50;  d.  If)  Manli.  1753. 

■J(i.  SitsdiiiKifi,  1).  1")  Xoveinlwr.  17:5'». 

•_'7.  H'lxrr,,.  n. -Jil  Jiilv.  17:L':  iii. .Minot. 

■Js.  Siirn/i,  ]).  7  Oi'tul)c'r.  17:51  :  d.  yoiiiii;'. 

■_'!(.  ('ntlnriiir,  1).  11  Xovciulior.  17:)ti:  in.  Kcv.  Mlias  Sinilii.  of 
.Salem. 

oil.  j.liiiiiit/niii,  1».  I'S  ScptfinluT.  17:!'~'. 

;n.  .S(</7/A,  1).  '2  August.  1710:  m.  fHohort  Ftotolier. 

:L'.  ./((wr.v,  b.  L'O  September,  1742. 

:>:>.  t- 1  ".'/"••>'«>•,  h.  29  July,  174G. 

;51.  r,,/,/,,  b.  1")  August,  1740. 

'.]7).  //(iniKi/i,  li.  21  August.  1751;  lu.  Dr.  Kbcnczer  Stair.  2li  March. 
17!)  1. 

V.  -J^.  Joseph  Blanchaho,  b.  28  September,  172'J, 
was  a  noted  hind  snrveyor,  and  asshstcd  in  ])rei)aring  a  map 
of  thi'  province,  wliiidi  was  pnblished  in  1771.  lie  res.  in 
Merrima(dc,  and,  toward  tlie  close  of  his  life,  in  Amherst. 
Tlieir  children  were — 

oO.   I.iiiji,  111.  .Xudit'w   \\'ilkin>.  nf  .\iiihfrst  ;  d.  in  'riiurutou.  iSUi). 
37.  Joseph. 
:JS.   Ehnzer. 

:>!».    Colin  rinr,  m.  Willi;uii  r.arki-r,  of  St.  .loliiis.  X.  !'.. 
10.    llitiiiKih,  111.  t'lusfjfiTT  Xifliols   1(1   Maivh.  1785;  rein,  to  Canada, 
isil. 

y.  oO.  .Jonathan  Ulanchaki),  b.  Is  .September, 
17;)S:  <1.  IS  .Inly,  17SS:  m.  Rebecca  Farwell.  She  d.  20 
August,  1811,  aged  72.  Hi!  was  a  councillor  in  177ii: 
judge  of  prcbate  for  Hillsborongli  county  :  and  brigadier- 
general  of  the  militia.  They  res.  in  nunstable.  Tln-ir  (diil- 
(iren  were — 

tl.  I!'l>,,r,,.  b.  I  May.  17iii>:  ni.  Dr.  .Viigu>tus  Starr;  d.  l!)  October. 
ISKI. 


506  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

42.  Grace,  m.  fFrederick  French. 

43.  Sophia,  m.  Oliver  Farwell,  of  Meniinack. 

44.  ('Iiarles,  h.  14:  March,  1776;    graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1796;  d.  at  Batavia,  ^^.  Y.,  16  March,  1811. 

4.").  Ahif/ail,  m.  Dr.  Joseph  F.  Eastman,  of  IloUis. 

46.  J'JIiza,  ni.  Thomas  French;  d..  1S43. 


V.  33.  Augustus  ]>lanchard,  b.  in  Dunstahlc,  29  July, 
1746  ;  (1.  ill  ^lilford,  27  February,  1809 ;  m.  }3ridget  Love- 
well,  of  Dunstable.  She  was  b.  10  July,  1719  ;  d.  25  No- 
vember, 1836.  They  settled  first  in  Dunstable,  rem.  to 
Merrimack,  about  1767,  thence  to  Amherst,  about  1777. 
He  commanded  a  company  at  Winter  Hill,  in  the  winter  of 
1775-6,  and  was  a  prominent  citizen  in  the  old  south-west 
parish  of  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

47.  Sarah,  h.  at  Dunstable,  o  Janiiary.  1766;  in. -John  Stearns,  of 
Amherst,  D  October,  1781 ;  rem.  to  Cambridge,  Vt.;  d.  1846. 

48.  P/-/.sr///o,  I),  in  Merrimack,  V2  August,  1768;  m.  (1)  John  Crosby; 
(2)  Solomon  Ilallet ;  d.,  Sej)tember,  1847;  ten  childi'en. 

49.  Aitf/u.^tus,  b.  18  January,  1770;  m.  Esther  Crosby,  31  January, 
1793  ;  d.  12  October,  1829  ;  six  children. 

50.  Hannah,  b.  27  Fel)ru;n-y.  1772;  m.  Joel  Cmsby;  d.  10  Fehruaiy, 
1846 ;  no  children. 

51.  Esther,  b.  4  May,  1774:  ni.  lioger  Perkins  26  Januury.  1706;  d. 
8  Deceml)er.  1834;  seven  children. 

52.  Jjri<l<j-',  b.  28  June.  1776;  m.  f  Timothy  Danforth  ;  d.  16  .July, 
1837. 

53.  Rebecca,  h.  in  Amherst,  18  xVovember,  177S;  ni.  J.  French  July. 
1798 ;  d.  29  March,  185s ;  twelve  children. 

54.  James,  b.  25  February,  1781;  d.  IS  March.  1798. 

55.  GeoTije,  b.  16  August.  1783;  m.  ]\Irs.  Pliebe  (Lovejoy)  Comior; 
d.  1S31 ;  four  children. 

56.  Jonathan,  b.  22  November,  1785 ;  d.  29  September.  1788. 

57.  Porter,  b.  16  August,  1788  ;  m.  Anne  Stickney  Souther  4  Xoveni- 
ber,  1810 ;  settled  in  Concord ;  was  a  cabinet-maker,  and  manufacturer 
of  the  "Blanchard  churns."  He  was  one  of  the  best  mechanics  of  his 
thne;  d.  25  May,  1871;  three  children. 

58.  Jonathan,  b.  7  April,  1793 ;  res.  in  St.  Ixniis.  ^lo. 

59.  Katherine,  b.  in  Milford,  18  July,  1796;  m.  liufus  Taylor,  1839; 
settled  in  Damariscotta,  Me.;  d.  22  January,  1868;  one  child. 


XXI  \'.]  (;i:ni:.\i.()(;ii:s.  .")(i7 

i»0.  Simon  IIi.anciiaim)  srlilrd  in  Amlirrst  (now  Millui-d) 
iiltoiit  ITT'i.  lie  \v;is  1).  ill  I5illi'ric:i  'I'\  I )c('cnil>cr,  174!'; 
in.  CaduniiK'  ^V\lnall.  llrd.  in  .Mill'md  altont  l^i^S.  She 
(I.  1S:5S.     'riii'ii-  (•hildivu  u\;i'j  — 

c.l.   I>,  in.is.  1).  I  ,Imi<'.  177'). 

«;•_>.   .\l,r,„l,,  li.  -Jl' Jimc.  ]77!». 

III.   Aiiriiiit/i.  1>.  "27  Xovemlifr.  17'^1. 

III.   r;„r;.ss.,.  \<.  ]-2  May.  17.sl:  m.  I'liili].  Katoii  •_'•_'  Srpti-iiil.cr.  is():i. 

(I"),   /.ii'/iir,  \>.  1   .lamuirv.  17>^7. 

(i(i.  Jirfs, ;/.  1..  •_>!!  May.  17-!i. 

(;7.   Ciih-!,,,  li.  -J-J  June,  1791. 

(is.    Ciilh,  riiK  ,  1>.  2(i  Se}>it'iiiltL'r.  17!» '.. 

lili.   \,mr,/,  ],.  27  Sei)tt'iiil>rr,  17!»;5. 

70.  HJxrra   .\U.„t.  h.  2  Jill V.   1S:>1. 

71.  Ephraim  I)L.vncii.\ri),  I),  in  nilUiica,  .Mas.s.,  1  .March, 
1778  ;  <1.  27  Jnne,  1S41  :  ni.  (  1)  Elizubctli,  daughter  of  U. 
Ilobci-t  I).  Wilkins.     Slic  d.   at   rrovincctown,  Mass.,  Octo- 

hcr,  1802,   aucd    22:    ni.    (2)    Mary .     She  d.  in 

l.yndolioroMuh  1(»  Drccniber,  1(S(U,  aued  So.  Ife  carried 
on  the  eabinel-niakinu:  business  on  Amherst  Phiin  many 
years:  was  an  active^  member  of  the  "•Ciiristiair'  (rnitarian) 
society,  and  served  oni-  year  on  the  board  ot"  selectmen, 
'i'heir  childrt-n  were — 

7"-'.    Ilii-.nliilli     II'..  111.    UiiIhtI    \\'iHiaiiis,    m     lioy.     N .    ^  ..    .I.iiin;ir\. 

7'5.   j K/>/iniiiii,  /r. 

7n.  KiMin.M.M  PjLani  II AUK,  .11!..  d.  at  IMiihith'l|ihia,  l*a.,  <1 
July.  IS.V.^a.uedoo:  ni.  Kli/.;ib.>th  P..  Cobnrn,  Auiriist,  1S80. 
She  d.at  Providence.  !{.  1.,  2  July.  187S,  a.ired  78.  Their 
idiildrcn  were — 

71.  II<nn/  Miut'u,,  lI.  10  Marcli.  l.S:!4,  a.^oil  :{  years  ami  •;  i.H.Mtl,.. 
7."..  John.  IIV//.S-.  .1.  10  February.  18:51,  ajjed  S  weeks. 

7ii.    /'/vv/  Ifrnii/,  (1.  l.">  .\.iMil.  IS',7.  ai^ed  ID  ninuth>. 

r.Loon. 

Li.MiKi.  i!i,ooi).  turiuerly  a  sloueiuason  and  brick-layer 
in  Andu-rst,  d.  at  the  Asylum  li»r  the  Insane,  at  Concord,  7 
^[av,  1S(;7.      .\uua.  his  wile.  d.  2ii   .March.  184'J,  aired  o7. 


508  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Clmi). 

George  Blood,  a  brother  of  Lemuel,  d.  in  Mont  Vernon 
16  September,  1854,  aged  62.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  lost  an  arm  in  battle.  Mary,  widow  of  George, 
d.  5  Angust,  1870,  aged  77. 

MiNOT  Blood,  d.  1  August,  1870,  aged  67. 

BLUNT. 

I.  John  Blunt,  b.  in  Andovcr,  Mass.,  and  Sarah  Blunt,  b. 
in  Wilmington,  Mass.,  settled  in  Amherst  about  1789.  She 
d.  in  ^filford.     Their  children  were — 

'2.  Salh/,h.  in  Dover  1  January.  1782:  m.  Daniel  Howe:  d.  in  Fox- 
borough,  Mass.,  27  SeiJtember,  1870. 

3.  Mar//  K.,  h.  22  .Alarch,  1784. 

4.  -fJoJin,  li.  in  Andover  3  June.  178i)  ;  d.  in  Amherst  25  October. 
•1860. 

5.  yi)iiia,  b.  in  Andover  5  August,  1788. 

6.  Isaac,  h.  in  Andierst  22  September.  1700;  d.  -i  Xovember.  1791. 

7.  Elizabeth,  b.  11  June,  1793;  m.  James  Blanchard  11  September, 
181.5;  d.  .3  February.  1873.  He  was  b.  8  October,  1780;  d.  7  Septem- 
ber, 1854.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Kebecca  K.,  b.  27  September,  1816;  d.  15  September,  1828. 

2.  Ebzabeth  P..  h.  5  May,  1818;  m.  fDavid  D.  McKean. 

3.  Edwin,  b.  21  May,  1820 ;  d.  27  January,  1841. 

4.  A  son,  b.  26  March,  1822 ;  d.  5  April,  1822. 

5.  Harriett  E.,  b.  19  May.  1823:    m.  L.  :\I.  Jewett   15  Septem- 

ber. 18.59. 

8.  ]DavuI  W.,  b.  25  July,  1795. 

9.  Asenath,  b.  13  January,  1798;  m.  fJacol)  Sargent:  d.  20  ]Marcli, 
1877. 

10.  Ainsu-orth  E.,  b.  22  February,  1800. 

II.  All-all,  b.  3  ]VIarch,  1802;  d.  6  ]March,  1802. 
12  and  13.  Twin  sons,  b.  and  d.  15  October,  1803. 

14.  Sophia,  b.  2  May,  1805 ;  m.  Thurlow  Haskell :  d.  in  Indianapo- 
lis, Indiana.  28  August,  1868. 

15.  Alcah,  b.  19  February,  1808;  d.  7  March,  1808. 

16.  Rehcrca  K.,  h.  28  July,  1809;  d.  28  January,  1814. 

4.  John  Blunt,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  3  June,  1786  ;  d. 
in  Amherst,  25  October,  1860  ;  m.  Mary  E .     She  d. 


XX  1\'.]  (;kni:al()<;ii;s.  ")(l'.» 

21  .March,  lSti4,  ;iizccl  79  .\  cars   H   moiitlis   lil    .lays.     Their 
children  were — 

17.  Jiihu  (;.,  1..  •_':;   .Vu-iisl.  1S17. 

is.    /.ucif  ir////((/;/>-.  1«.  27    Fcl>ru;irv.  1>-Jl. 

•S.  D.wiD  W.  P>LINT,  b.  2.')  July,  ITIK") :  .1.  -•;•»  April,  Is.ls; 
111.  Ilauiiah  l^iiriiham  14  I)ceeiiil)er,  1S-"'>7.  She  was  h.  2") 
Maich.  ls<»4  :  (1.  1")  January,  lSS2.     Their  chihireii  arc— 

l!i.  '/'(////.//•  ir.,  li.  "Jo  Marcli.  ls:!!l:  in.  I. aura  I-^  .Mix.ar  St!|.(L-iiil>(>r, 
Isilt;. 

20.  H,tin,nl,  /■;.,  I..  :;:)  .Manh.  Is-il  :  in.  Coor-;.'  K.  \\'asli.T  Is  .May. 
1S71. 

r.oswoirni. 

1.  (Ii;<)K<;i:  \\ .  l)<)-woi{Tn,soii  ol  liclaaiul  Joanna  ( IJarlow  ) 
I5(is\v()rtli,  1).  in  Plyniptuii,  Mass.,  5  Sci»teniher,  1<S23 ;  ni. 
.Viiiy  Cram  li  .March,  1S47.  She  was  h.  in  Lyndcborough 
'.'  ( Jctobor,  l<s2o.  Thoy  settled  in  Amherst  in  the  sprint'' of 
lb6tj.  In  the  recent  civil  war  he  enlisted  J'roin  tlie  town  of 
Lyndcborough,  in  the  16th  Rcjiimcnt  X.  H.  Vols.,  and  serv- 
ed in  the  Department  of  the  (Jnlf  as  captain  of  company  (J. 
in  that  reiriment.  lie  also  enlisted  in  thel<sth  Reiriment  X. 
II.  \'ols..  in  which  he  served  as  captain  of  company  F. 
Tiieir  children  were — 

2.  <i.„r,i.   .v..  \k  1;5  S»'pt(?iiil)cr.  ISlS;  d.  27  March.  IS.").]. 

■■;.  Anni  /•'..  li.  2;;  November,  1851):  d.  17  .Inly,  is.'}. 

1.  Main  -'■-'  '■•  2!»  December,  1852. 

.").  /n/iiiit  siiii.  1>.  ;Jl  January,  1S55;  d.  1  Feliruary.  l>>."».j. 

(i.  .\l>l>if  /•'.,  1..  :U  January.  ls5(i. 

7.  fii/dnl  ilnin/Jiln;  l>.  and  d.  2  March.  ls.")!l. 

s.  Anil/  //.,  1>.  11  December.  ls<il  :  d.  is  January.  ls»J2. 

!t.  <,,,„■;/'   .v..  1).  1  November,  isfiti. 

111.  Am;/  ^^  .1..  1..  2S  >ray.  Is71. 

r.orTKLL. 

The  families  bearing- this  name,  in  Amherst  are  liesccnded 
from  (1)  James  IJoutkll,  of  Salem,  who  was  made  a  free- 
man 14  .March.  l<;:i:t.  and  d.  in  Di."»l.      Ho  -^'-n.  (11)  JaMES 


510  HISTORY    OF    AMHEDST.  [Cliaj). 

BouTELL,  who  d.  5  December,  1716,  m.  Rebeeca  Kendall  15 
June,  1665.  She  was  b.  10  Februaiy,  1644 ;  d.  30  Aug-ust, 
1713.  She  was  one  of  several  daughters  of  Dea,  Thomas 
Kendall,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  who  had  no  sons,  and  in  order 
to  perpetuate  the  family  name,  all  of  his  daughters,  who 
married  and  had  sons,  gave  the  name  of  Kendall  to  one 
of  them.  The  children  of  James  and  Rebecca  Boutell 
were — 

1.  James,  b.  6  April.  1666. 

•2.   Thomas,  b.  28  .Alarch.  1660. 

3.  ^.Toiin,  b.  l!)  October.  1671. 

4.  Rebecca,  b.  25  December,  1674. 

5.  Sarah,  b.  7  July,  1677. 

6.  7V:A/7/(rt,  b.  11  May,  167!):  d.  yoim^-. 

7.  Tahltha,  b.  22  ]\Iay.  16S0. 

8.  ■fKeiuIall,  b.  1.5  June,  1682;  in.  bucv  Danniii  7  .biiiuarv.  17(16. 

9.  Mar;/,  b.  28  October,  1685. 

10.  Elizabeth,  b.  D  October,  1687. 

III.  3.  John  Boutell,  b.  19  October,  1671,  settled  in 
Reading.     By  his  wife,  Grace,  he  had — 

11.  Rebecca,  b.  15  January,  1697  ;  d.  young. 

12.  Dorcas,  b.  23  December,  1898;  d.  young. 

13.  Tahltha,  b.  27  January,  1700. 

14.  John.  b.  2.S  April,  1702. 

15.  Rebecca,   b.  1704;    d.   in  Amherst,    iiinn.,  April,  1795 ;  ageil  91). 

16.  ^Joseph,  b.  28  November,  1706. 

17.  Dorcas,  b.  17  April,  1709. 

18.  Timothy,  \>.  18  August,  1711. 

19.  Ablel.  b.  6  October,  1713. 

IV.  16.  JcsEPH  Boutell,  b.  28  November,  170() ;  d.  19 
May,  1795  ;  m.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Martha 
Hartshorn,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  5  July,  1733.  She  was  b.  25 
March,  1708  ;  d.  4  November,  1784.  They  were  among  the 
earliest  settlers  in  Souhegan  West.  He  was  elected  deacon 
of  the  church  3  June,  1743,  and  remained  in  office  until  his 
death.  The  names  of  the  following  children  of  Dea.  Joseph 
and  Mrs.  Hannah  Boutell  are  found  on  stones  in  the  old 
cemetery — 


XXi\'.]  (;i:ni:alogif:s.  .".11 

20.  ,/,»>-/-//.  .1.  lT.  April,  17  H»,  iig(!<l  !»  years. 

■Jl.  /tonus.  i|.  1    August,  1749.  aged  :5  year.s. 

■J2.  Jd/iii.  d.  'J'J  August,  17.>{,  aged  l  years. 

'_'.'].  John,  d.  ■!   March.  l^.jG,  aged  •'}  mouths. 

•Jl.  Jus, jih,  d.  I  Octolicr,  17r>7,  aged  1  luoutli. 

III.  S,  IvEND.VLL  JiOITKl.L,  1».  1 .")  .Iiiiic,  1C82:  d.S.laiui- 
:iry,  1770;  in.  Liicv  Damon  7  .laniuiry,  17<>().  She  d.  11 
December,  17")9.     They  settled  in  Kcading,  Mass. 

V.  ii5.  Kendall  Boftell,  probably  a  frrundson  of  Ken- 
dall and  liiicy,  was  h.  in  Reading,  Ma.ss.,  1-  August,  17-)<i: 

ni.  Sarah .     Tlicy  settled  in  Amherst  where  he  d.  12 

Angnst,  1.S20.      She  d.  in  April,  1  Si  2,  aged  70.     Their  chil- 
dren were — 

L'C.  f./n.wy,/,,  1).  (j  March,  17.j7. 

'2~.  Surah,  li.  L')  .lauiuirv.  17(i(l:  d.  youug. 

"28.  JoIdu  b.  S  August,  1702;  settled  in  VeruKiut. 

2!).  tC«/c//,  b.  :;  Noveniber.  17(;0. 

oO.   Kni'hill,  h.  11   June,  17()9:  scttlcil  in  ^'('rulout. 

:)1.   S(,ni/i,  1..  7  Fcliruiny.  1772:   in.  tdoini  Weston  12  Mimli.  17!to. 

2<').  Jo.^Krii  Boutell, -id,  b.  '»  Mareb,  17.")7  :  settled  in 
Amherst.      ]>y  his  wife,  Abigail,  he  had — 

32.  lllirxld.  1>.  27  -July,  17S1  :  ui.  fKbeue/.er  Converse'. 

;>;i.  LiKinniii.  \k  it)  April,  l(3s.") ;  ni.  Hannah  Stevens  2<i  XoveuiLer, 
1812  :  settled  in  IJeading,  ]\Iass..  and  d.  tliere. 

M.  Lnlhcr,  1).  s  August,  17s!):  d.  in  Marlow  11  Decenilier,  18(52. 

.'J.'i.   CV//c///,  I).  8  August.  17!t2  ;  il.  young. 

.'>().  A/iifjail,  b.  2  Jiuie,  17!il;  ni.  Zaccheus  Gerry,  of  Stonehani. 
Mass.,  28  April,  1822;  d.  31  December,  ls7s. 

37.   C'llrin.  ]>.  10   .\ugust.  17!t7:  res.  in  llopkinton. 

V\.  29.  Calkh  Boltell,  b.  o  November,  17iiii.  d.  22 
June.  1^4.');  m.  Rebecca  Converse,  1")  November.  1 7'."7.  She 
was  b.  22  Febniary.  17sl  :  d.  •'>  Aj.ril.  1  SC.'.t.  Their  children 
were — 

.■'.8.  J!eh>cra.  h.  2  April.  17!i!»:  m.  Ta-sehal  Kleteher.  ot  DuustaMe.  :',1 
•Fanuary,  182((. 

3!).  Eicrline,  1>.  10   .March,  isdl  :  ni.  fSamuel  15.  Melendy. 
4l).  ^llohirt.  1>.  13  June.  18;»3:  ni.  Frances  .Meleudv. 


012  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

41.  Alary  Aim,  h.  o  August,  1805;  m.  Loaiinni  Fletcher,  of  Dun- 
stable, 25  December,  1832. 

42.  Samh,  b.  27  February,  1808. 

43.  ButJi,  b.  1  May,  1810;  ni.  Thomas  F.  Wilsou. 

41.  Sophia,  h.  26  December,  1812  ;  m.  Benjamiu  Goodridge  4  April, 
1839  ;  d.  at  Fairbanks,  Iowa,  3  January,  1881. 

45.  Alrnira,  b.  4  September,  1815;  d.  7  October,  1858;  unmarried. 
4ii.  jFrunfis  Kendal!,  h.  1   Xovember.  1818. 

VII.  40.  Robert  Boutell,  b.  13  June,  1803  ;  m.  Fran- 
ces Melendy  20  January,  1829,  They  res.  in  Amherst. 
Their  children  are — 

47.  Caroline  F.,  b.  13  January.  1830  ;  ui.  John  A.  .Iiinkins,  of  Xashua, 
23  Xoveniber,  1854. 

48.  Sarah  M.,  b.  23  INIarcli,  1832  ;  m.  John  AVallace,  of  Boston,  31  De- 
cember, 1869. 

49.  Henry  ii.,  b.  1  June,  183!j:  u\.  ]\Iary  C.  ^liller,  of  ]VIerrimack,  2 
August,  1863. 

Vll.  46.  Francis  Kendall  Boutell,  b.  1  November, 
1818;  m.  Eliza  J.  C.  Daiiforth  22  December,  1842.  She 
was  b.  23  September,  1822  ;  res.  in  Amherst.  I'heir  chil- 
dren are — 

.50.  Albert  F.,h.2Q  ]\Iarcli,  1845:  m.  Eliza  A.  II.  Sanderst)n,  of  Mont 
\'ernon,  19  March,  1866. 

51.  (reorye  R.,  b.  19  July,  1847:  m.  Addie  S.  Davis,  of  :Milford,  23 
December,  1869. 

.52.  Charles  C,  b.  7  October,  1850:  m.  ?»!ary  F.  Loveland,  of  We.sfc 
Randolph,  Vt.,  19  October,  1874. 

53.   Creiyhton  P.,  b.  5  July,  1856. 

:A.  Elmer,  b.  22  April,  1861. 

55.  Reuben  and  Eunice  Boutell,  from  Reading,  Mass., 
settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war.  About 
1778  they  rem.  to  Antrim.  Their  cliildren,!).  in  Amherst, 
Avere — 

56.  Ruth,  b.  21  Januarj^  1771  :  m.  Daniel  Duncklee  14  April,  1803; 
d.  5  December,  1822. 

57.  Sarah,  b.  8  December,  1774. 

58.  Joshua,  b.  4  June,  1777. 


XXIV.]  (JENEALOfJIKS.  r»lH 

51).  Joseph  Boitell,  .ir.,  whs  u  rcsidfiit  in  AiulK^rst  prior 
to  the  devolution.  lie  »i.  G  January,  1S07,  aged  74.  lian- 
nah,  his  widow,  d.  11  May,  1808,  aged  70.     Their  son- 

r»0.  Joseph  Boutell,  M,  h.  27  March,  HOH,  ni.  Sarah 
Katon,  of  Jieading,  Mass.,  lil>  June,  17H8.  She  d.  ;J  Novem- 
l)er,  182!),  aged  GO.  He  d.  7  July,  1828.  Their  ehildreu 
were — 

01.  H(inti(i/i.  h.  ]79'-):  tii.(l)  M.ivorick   Sniitli,  Fchriiarv.    l.SMO;    m. 
(■J)  .Idliii  Ilascltiiii'.     Slic  (1.  10  March.  1S77;  no  childnMi. 
i>-J.  ^I.ilhi  /•;.,] I.  IT'iii. 
[)•■).   Sum/,.  \>.  17!):):  i].-S',  D.'.cinl.cr.  IS-J.I:   muuarrici]. 

02.  Lilly  K.  Boutell,  m.  Tliebe  ilolt,  ol"  Temple,  Fehru- 
a ry,  1S20.  She  was  b.  8  January,  1798:  d.  27  October, 
1847.  Ur  .1.  24  July.  lS2!t.  Muvd  ;53.  Th<-ir  rhihiren 
were — 

(jl.     (itlirtjr    IC. 

G.').  Pheh,. 

Thr  children  of  (GG)  Amos  and  Eleanou  Bodtell  were — 

07.  Eleanor,  1>.  12  Jatiuarv.  ITT'i;  in.  William  Dniigc  (J  .liiiic.  \H)\. 
OS.  Sarah,  h.  V)  Aw^nsi,  1773. 
(■)!).   /'Jlizahn/t.  1..  10  March.  1775. 

70.  L'nlh,  1).  1   March,  1777. 

71.  Lijilia  Ldcis,  b.  11  June,  1780.  '^ 

72.  -Varon  Boutell,  ni.  Taliitha  Eaton  19  December,  1780. 
He  (1.  17  Decemlx'r,  18;'.!>,  aged  80.     Their  childrrn  wen — 

7-\.  Tiililt/ia.  li.  17  .Inly.  \7^]  ;  m.  Wiliiain  Hiohii.  jr.,  \b  .\ii;jiisU 
17!IJ). 

71.   T/kiiikis.  1>.  '2'i  .Viigust,  17.S1. 

7').  Eli:a  Parkir,  1>.  7  .lanuarv.  17^i>:  in.  SaimnM  Sti'wart,  nf  Lvii<1«^ 
li<)n>iii;li,  10  Marcli.  1^11. 

7t"».  Ahraham  M.  BoiTELL,  m.  Nancy  Brown:'.!  I)ec<'m- 
ber,  ISlG.  They  resided  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town, 
near  Lilly  E.  Boutell's.  He  d.  25  June,  1835,  aged  43.  His 
widow  and  children  rem.  to  Lyndeb;  rough,  where  she  in. 
(2)  .Mr.  Abbott.  Sh(>  d.  ill  Ij\  ndrboroiit;h.  Th<'ii- fhibfixMi 
were — 


514  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

77.  Ann,  m.  Bradley  Raymond;  res.  in  T^yndehorough. 

78.  ,/flme.s,  m.  Ellen  O'Connell;  res.  in  Lyndeljorough. 

79.  Nancy,  m.  Benjamin  Miller ;  d.  in  Lyndeboroiigli. 

80.  Jrn^e,  m.  (1)  Calvin   Al)l)ott,  of   Lyndeborough ;  m.  (2)   (Jluirles 


81.  Broicn,  res.  in  Hancock. 

82.  Snrnh.  m.  Warren  Ames;  res.  in  Alilford. 


BOYLSTON. 


T.  Thomas  Boylston,  of  Fenchurch  street,  Loudon,  em- 
barked in  the  ship  Detiance  for  America  in  1635  ;  settled 
in  Watertown,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  about  1653,  at  the  age  of 
38.  By  his  wife  Sarah,  who  d.  14  September,  1704,  he  had 
three  children — 

1.  Eliznhelh. 

2.  Sarali. 

3.  Yritnmds. 

II.  3.  Thomas  Boylston,  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Gardner,  of  Muddy  RiA^er,  uow^  Brookliue,  Mass.  She 
was  b.  9  April,  1648  ;  d.  8  July,  1722.  He  was  a  surgeon  ; 
settled  in  Brookline,  and  served  in  the  Narraganset  war. 
Their  children  were — 

4.  EdtiHird. 
f).  Richard. 
6.  A/iij/nil. 

'7.  Peter,  whose  daughter  Susannah  m.  Dea.  John  Adams,  oL" 
"Braintree,  and  was  the  mother  of  Pues.  John  Adams.  Her  sister 
Anne  ra.  Ebenezer  Adams,  a  brother  of  Dea.  John,  and  was  the 
mother  of  11f:v.  Zabdiel  Adams,  of  Lnnenburg,  the  grandfather  of 
Chief-Justice  Henry  A.  Bellows,  of  New  Hampshire. 

8.   Sarah. 

U.   Luc;/. 

10.  Zahdiel,  a  noted  physician  of  Brookline,  Mass. 

11.  Mary. 

12.  Rehccca. 
la.  ^Dudley. 

14.  Joanna. 

15.  7'JioJiiay. 


XXIV.]  (:eneaL()(;ies.  ol.") 

111.  1:5.  Dudley  IJovlston,  h.  1(188  ;  d.  18  April,  1748; 
111.  l-^lizaheth  (lardiici-,  and  scttltMl  in  lli-ookliiic  Their 
children  were — 

1*1.  A  mill.  '2'2.  Iliflidnl. 

17.  Main.  -•5-  ('<il'l>- 

IS.  lllhalii'th.  -Jl.  Sarah. 

1!).  hmlli'ij.  •_'•').  Siisiiinnili. 

L'O.  ./iislniii.  ■_'().  ]l-:ilirnr(l. 

■_'l.  Miirfi.  '27.  Ildiinali. 

\\ .  1^0.  MnwAiti)  r>ovLSTON,  b.  ill  JJrooldiiie  :2  Janiiaiy 
1737-8  :  (1.  in  S|>iinf|;tield,  Mass.,  25  December,  1813  ;  was 
a  soldier  in  Ihe  war  for  independence,  in  which  he  was  taken 
))risoncr  and  conrined  for  a  loni;'  time  on  the  Jersey  prison 
ship,  al  New  ^^lrk.  Afti'r  the  close  of  the  war  lie  settled 
in  Spriiiu-riehl.  By  his  wife  Lydia.  who  d.  i^O  April.  1813, 
a,ucd  ()i),  he  had — 

•JS.   IC/itdliil/i.    I).    177'i :  III. \\'(H)(1  :  d.    in    IJloiiiiiiii'^villt',   ()., 

'i  .SciiIi'iuImt.  is:;  I. 

'Jt.    il!nlrli:l.  1..    V2  AllgUst,   17S-2. 

■■V).  Znh<i;.l.  .1.  at  Now  Orioinis.  I.a..  l.'>  i'cl.niary.  18.15,  aged  71. 
:>1.   Sitiiiii'l,  (1.  at  .SpriiiLilii'lfl,  Ma-s..  1:5  .ViiLjust.  1M!5.  a.^i'd  77. 

^^  20.  HiciiAun  IJoYLSTox,  b.  in  Springlield,  ^la.ss..  li* 
.Vngust,  1782  :  d.  in  Amherst  li>  July,  1857  ;  settled  in  Am- 
herst, I80!t  :  ni.  .Mary  Mo.seley,  of  IJjston,  2  Anii-iist,  1810  ; 
she  was  b.  11  Aii-iiist,  1783  ;  d.  5  Xovenilier.  ISbt').  'i'lieir 
fhildren  were — 

■  V2.  i:iiziili,tli  \\'„rt/,ii,i//,,ii.  1>.  IG  .Mav.  ISII  :  m.  ^\'iHiam  (i.  I'.aton. 
of  Hosteii,  Juno,  is:)!';  d.  at  Xowton  Center.  Mass.,  is  Foliniaiy.  1S81. 

■V).   iKihniril  Jhnl/ii/,  h.  -JO  Jamiarv.  Ihl  t. 

:'>!.    Mnrji  Christina  ISahr,  i).  10  Xovoiiihor.  isl,"). 

'•\o.   Rirlianl  ]\'i)rl/iiiii/lijii,  1).  1S19  ;  d.  \'-\  NDvcinlior.  ISl."). 

:!(;.  Cal/i'iitii  .\ff,.^,l,,/,h.  l!l  Juno.  IS-JO;  d.  13  Ootoln'r.  ISs-J  ;  mi- 
man  iotl. 

:J7.   /.Ill- 1/. 

33.  KnwAiU)  Dudley  IJoylsto.s,  b.  2i!  January,  1814  :  m. 
Mercy  Plnmmer  Perkins  12  Auiiust,  1843  ;  she  was  b.   at 


616  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Dover  16  March,  1818  ;  d.  29  December,  1880.     Tlieir  chil- 
dren were — 

38.  Hi'lcn  llcwL  111.  fAlbevt  A.  Kotch. 

3!).  Ahlni  F. 

4U.  David  C.  M.,  d.  at  Athol,  Mass.,  22  October,  1872,  aged  24. 

41.  Emma  P.,  in.  Edward  F.  Locke,  of  Chelsea,  Mass.,  26    October, 

1880. 

BOYNTON. 
Moses  Boynton,  d.  18  July,  1858,  ag-ed  60. 

S(nnti(l,  sou  of  Moses  Boynton,  d.  in  Nashua  17  October.  1S.55, 
aged  35. 

Emm<i,  daughter  of  oNIoses  Boynton,  d.  28  October,  1835,  aged  13. 

BRADBURY. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Bradbury,  d.  April,  183^],  aged  25. 

BRADFORD. 

1.  William  Bradford,  from  Middleton,  Mass.,  settled 
ill  Souhegan  West,  at  an  early  date.  He  m.  (1)  Mary  Lam- 
bert 18  January,  1737.  She  was  b.  11  March,  1718;  d. 
18  February,  1770  ;  m.  (2)  Rachel  Small,  who  d.  in  1802. 
He  d.  171>1.  His  will  was  presented  for  probate  7  Septem- 
ber, 1791.     Children  (the  two  last  by  second  wife) — 

2.  Sunuicl,  b.  about  1738;  ni.  Anna  Washer,  of  Amherst,  17  Decem- 
ber, 17G1  :  was  a  Bevohitionary  soldier  :  settled  in  Hillsborough  ;  d.  in 
Antrim  5  February,  1813. 

3.  Patience,  m.  f  Joseph  Lovejoy,  of  Amherst,  !)  July.  17(11  ;  d.  in 
Amherst,  3  March,  1826,  aged  85. 

4.  iT/«r/y,  m.  f Johu  Averill,  of  Amherst:  d.  in  ^lout  Vernon  21 
August,  1814,  aged  73.      She  was  baptized  in  ]Middletoii,  Mass.,  1742. 

5.  ]Enos,  b.  3  Xovember,  1744 ;  m.  Sarah  Chandler,  of  Bedford,  24 
January,  1769 ;  d.  of  starvation,  from  a  disease  of  the  thi'oat  which 
prevented  him  from  swallowing  food. 

6.  -fJoscpJi,  a  Revolutionary  soldier  ;  d.  at  Medford,  Mass.,  July,  1775. 

7.  t  WiUinm.  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  a  soldier  of  the  war  of 
1812. 


XXIV. J  GRNKALOCIKS.  517 

8.   Iliilddh,  iiniiiMnicd. 

!(.  Olir<\  in.  Rpuhoii  Hoiitcll,  jr.,  11  .NuvciiiliiT,  177!l:  n-m.  lo  An- 
trim 17s;5. 

10.  I'liniin ,  ni.  Moses  Peltengill  -1  February,  177!>. 

1 1.  Haima/i,  h.  "J.)  .May,  177-'5;  m.  James  Tiittle,  5  .Fnly,  17!'S. 

1-J.   /.(iiiihrrl.  ]>.  IS  Marrh.  177.'):   d.  in  Mi'iriinack  12  Fcl.rnarv,  18.")(l. 

11.  •!.  .JosKi'ii  Hu.vDKOUD,  son  of  (1)  WiJlinui  and  Mary 
( Tiiiinlicrt  )  IJradl'oi'd:  l<'ft  two  children — 

l:;.   Moll;/,  ni.  Koliert  Taj^-anl.  -'n  Sept.  170:5. 
11.    LfiriiKi. 

They  were  placed  under  f;iiardianship  'JS  April,  177!).  'i'licy  had  pn'- 
xiously  been  cared  for  by  Nathan  .Tones. 

11.     7.   William  Buadford,  .ii{..  .son  of  (1  )  William  and 

Mary  (  Lanilicit )  Hradfurd  ;  ni.  Hannah  and  settled  in 

Amherst.     She  d.  1  Sept.,  1812,  a,u;cd  5G  ;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Lois 
Brnce.     He  rem,  in  his  old  age,  lo   I'arre,  Vt,,  ■where  he  d 
'25  Oct.  lSl»i,  awd  <)•>  years.      Tlis  children  were — 

1-").    WiUlinii,  1>.    178U;   m.   Mary  (Jreni ;  d.  in  IJarre,  Vt.,  3  Alarch, 
ISIK). 
1().  Josajih,  d.  in  Winchester,  Tenn.,  1!)  January,  1851),  aged  7"2. 

17.  Mar;/,  m.  Daniel    Ij.  .Stearns;  d.  in   (io.shen   August,  184!),  aged 

18.  I.cnnnnl.  settled  in  Washington. 
l!t.   .  I  ;///<,  d.  unm.  in  (loslien. 

L'O.   Lucji,  m.  Klicr  Curtis  of   .\ntrim. 

•_'l.  jPc;;)/*//.  an  adopted  dauglitcr  ;  in.  Kin'ii  .Vvcrill  ;  d.  l'_'  Kcbiiuiry. 
18.')(t.  aged  till. 

5.  Knos  Bradkoiu),  son  of  (1)  William  and  Mary  Lam- 
bert) Bradford  ;  m.Sai-ah  ('handler, of  liedford,  24  Jannary. 
1760,  He  settled  near  his  father  in  Amherst,  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

'21.  Chnwll('r,h.'2\)^o\en\\»'y.  \lr2:   d.  !':»  January.  177.">. 

•J:].  Eiii).<,  b.  •_'()  December,  1771:   d.  St'pd'ndx'r,  17!i7. 

•il.  l.nmh.rt. 

25.  Sarah,  h.  2i  January,  17so. 

2(!.  Chanrllei-,  b.  1:J  August,  178;');  d.  22  February.  1781. 


518  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

27.  Nanctj,  b.  17il2 ;  in.  John  Lumnius  Lainpson,  of  ]VIont  Vernon 
10  Xovember,  ISO!)  ;  d.  23  January,  1812. 

in.     23.  Enos  Bradford,  jr.,  j^ou  of   Enos  and   Sarah 

(Chandler)  Bradford;  m.  Lydia September,  1797. 

One  child — 

28.  Churl rs  Jaquiih,  1>.  S  :\Jay,  17M0. 

II.  12,  Lambert  Bradford,  son  of  (1)  William,  m.  Phebe 
Farnnm.  He  died  in  Merrimack,  12  Febrnary,  1850,  aged 
75.     Their  children  were — 

29.  Polly,  b.  !)  March,  17.')5 ;  m.  George  AViley  1  January,  1818. 

30.  William,  b.  16  March,  1797  ;  ni.  Ruth  Whiting,  of  Merrimack, 
16  March,  1826. 

31.  Minerva,  b.  11  August,  1799. 

32.  Nahhi/,  h.  1  December,  ISOI. 

33.  Siisaiuuil,.  ]<.  6  April,  isn^'. 


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34.  Capt.  Andrew  Bradford,  from  Middleton,  Mass., 
brother  of  William  ]>radford,  settled  in  Sonhegan  West 
previous  to  its  inccn-poration  as  a  town.  He  d.  in  Milford 
in  1798,  aged  80.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Hannah  (Cxoffe )  Chan- 
dler, widow  of  *Thomas  Chandler,  of  Bedford,  daughter  of 
Col.  John  Goffe.  She  was  b.  16  January,  1723  ;  d.  in  Mil- 
ford  14  December,  1819.     Children  by  second  marriage — 

35.  Rehi'cca,  b.  7  Xovember,  17r)7. 

36.  Mary,  b.  12  June.  1760 ;   m.   John  Wallace,  of  Amherst. 

37.  Andreir,  b.  11  June,  1763:  m.  Lucy  Parker  19  December,  17iS5. 
No  children. 

3S.  Mchilnhic,  b.  27  -July,  1766. 

39.  Capt.  John  Bradford,  son  of  Capt.  Andrew  Brad- 
ford, by  his  first  wife ;  m.  Sarah .     They  settled  in 

*  Thomas  Chandler  and  Hannah  Goffe  were  the  first  couple  married 
in  Bedford.  At  her  death  she  had  8  cliildren,  (53  grand-children,  113 
great  grand-children,  and  one  of  the  .^)t}i  generation:  total  185. 


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XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  519 

Amherst,  but  removed  thence  to  Hancock,  where  lie  d.  27 
June,  1836,  aged  93.  She  d.  27  April,  1822,  aged  75.  He 
was  an  active  Whig  in  th(!  time  of  the  Revohition,  served 
on  the  town  Committee  of  Safety,  commanded  a  company 
in  the  battle  of  Bennington,  and  was  among  the  first  to 
scale  the  enemy's  breastworks.     Their  children  were — 

to.  Sarah,  h.  16  July,  176.9. 
41.   Thomas,  \>.  8  June,  1771. 
12.  John,  b.  9  July,  177;'.. 

43.  Ephraim  Putnam,  h.  26  December,  1776 ;  ordained  minister  of 
Xew  Boston,  1805;  m.  Mary  M.  Barker  1  September  1806:  d.  in 
New  Boston  14  December,  1845. 

44.  Bettii,  b.  25  Jannaiy,  177!». 

Mrs.  Anne  Bradford,  wife  of  Charles  L.  Bradford,  d. 
1()  June.  186f;. 

BROOKS. 

I.  Henry  Brooks  settled  first  in  Concord,  Mass.,  wliere 
he  was  made  a  freeman  in  1639;  rem.  to  Woburn  about  1650; 
d.  there  12  April,  1683.  His  wife,  Susannah,  d.  15  April, 
1681 ;  he  m.  (2)  widow  Annis  Jaquith  12  Jaly,1682,  who  is 
spoken  of  as  "  an  ancient  and  skillful  woman,"  famous  for 
her  attainments  in  the  "  healing  art." 

II.  John  Brooks,  son  of  Henry  and  Susannah,  res.  in 
Woburn ;  d.  29  September,  1692.  He  m.  Eunice  Moiisal  1 
November,  1649.     SIk;  d.  1  January,  1(>84.     Their  son — 

III.  John  Brooks  also  res.  in  Woburn.  He  .was  b.  1 
Marcli,  1664  ;  d.  7  August,  1733;  m.  Mrs.  Mary  Ricluirdson 
25  February,  1684.     They  res.  in  Woburn.     Tlieir  son — 

IV.  Nathan  ]]rooks,  b.  1  November,  1706  ;  settled  in 
Woburn  ;  d.  6  January,  1751 ;  m.  Sarah  Wyman  aViout  1726, 
who  d.  21  February,  1748,  aged  40.     Their  son — 

V.  Isaac  Brooks,  b.  31  July,  1729,  also  res.  in  Woburn  ; 
m.  Joanna  Holden,  June,  1753.  He  d.  23  June,  1768. 
Their  son — 


520  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

VI.  1.  Isaac  Brooks,  b.  in  Woburn  16  August,  1757 ;  d. 
in  Amherst  20  December,  1840  ;  m.  Abigail  Kendrick,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Kendrick,  of  Amherst.  She  was  b.  1766 ;  d. 
May,  1826.     Their  children  were — 

2.   fsaac,  b.  26  September,  1791;  d.  6  July,  17.90. 

;>.  7>M</ier  Da/ia,  b.  6  July,  1795 ;  was  a  merchant  on  Amherst  Plain; 
(1.22  August,  1829;  unmarried. 

4.  yl/«V/fl//,  b.  25  September,  liSOG;  ni.  Ninian  C.  Dodge,  June,  1828; 
d.  22  January,  1872. 

Gardner  G.  Brooks,  formerly  a  resident  in  Amherst,  d. 
at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  June,  1841,  aged  47. 

BROWN. 

1.  Samuel  Brown,  b.  in  Hollis  25  November,  1779  ;  d.  17 
August,  1854;  m.  Mary  Flanders  4  December,  1806.  She 
was  b.  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  28  August,  1785 ;  d.  20  May, 
1858.  They  settled  in  Amherst  in  1838.  Their  children 
were — 

2.  Flanders  S.,  b.  28  October,  1807;  d.  11  January,  1808. 
-■{.  Samuel  F.,  b.  9  January,  1810 ;  d.  23  November,  1854. 

4.  /??/rt?vY,b.  23  August,  1810;  d.  young. 

5.  Mary  J.,  b.  1  September,  1812;  unmarried;  res.  in  Amherst. 
().   Moses  S.,  b.  19  Marcli,  1815;  d.  5  September,  1818. 

7.  Joel  F.,  b.  7  September,  1817  ;  d.  11  May,  1848. 

8.  iAlbert  P.,  b.  27  November,  1819;  m.  Sarah  Brackett. 

9.  Hannah  B.,  b.  12  February,  1822 ;  m.  George  A.  Jewett  7  August, 
1851 ;  d.  in  Peterborough  23  July,  1859. 

10.  l^?7;ia?n  £^.,  I).  12  January,  1825;  m.  Elizabeth  Cragin,  at  Deep 
Creek,  Va.,  17  April,  1851. 

11.  ^Augustus  W.,  b.  20  November,  1827;  m.  P^sther  Hamore. 

12.  Leonard  ./.,  b.  30  March,  1831 ;  m.  Carrie  Prince  19  December, 
18(il. 

8.  Albert  P.  Brown,  b.  in  Hollis,  27  November,  1819 ;  m. 
Sarah  Brackett  27  November,  1851.  She  was  b.  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,7  June,  1820. 

11.  Augustus  W.  Brown,  b.  in  Hollis  20  November, 
1827;  m.  (1)  Esther  Hamore  20  January,  1855.     She  was 


XXI  v.] 


GENEALOGIES. 


521 


1).  ill  West  Ellen.  .Ml'.,  (j  Novciiiljcr,  iNiiT;  il.  in  Aialieisi  1»> 
April,  1875;  m.  (li)  Lcona  M.  Piper  80  Mareli,  ISTS.  .^I,,. 
was  11.  in  I5r;i(lt'nr(l  i>  .hiiiiiarv,  1  S4S.      Tlicir  riiijilrrii  are — 

l;i.  An;/le  .1/.,  1).  l'.")  .Inly,  IS'hS. 
M.  Lmll,,  II..  1..  •_'  ,I:imuirv,  ISO:}, 
l.'i.    Chint  /•'..  1..  I.'.')  .May,  iSiJ."). 

Cliililirii  of  ('.\Li:i'.  iiml  Iu.i/ai;i;tii  Hi.'dwn — 

l(i.  (\iUh,\K->[\  May.  178."). 

17.  SliiifDii,  \>.  7  Jiiiit',  17''"'0. 

18.  Sara/>J>.J7  .Xpril.  1790. 

19.  6Vf((r,  b.  o.hiiir.  17!»2. 
21).  yr/fvAb.  it  Jmir,  17!tl. 

ChiMicn  of    ( 'Jl  )    William    and    Anna    IIiiown.     .^Iie   d. 
Septrnilicr,  lS2:i. 

•J±    ll7//;«n/(,  b.  25  .Mairli.  177(i. 
2;}.   Thoiim.-i,  b.  17  October.  1777. 


Ilaiiiiiili.  wile  ol   William  Brown,  d.  ;{  October.  ISG;}.  aged  ti7. 

..4w//.  wile  ol'  William  LJn)\vn,d.  22  June,  18G7,  aged  (59. 

Williiiiii  llnnrn,  a  Ivcvolutionarv  soldier,  d.  Febinary,  182.">.  aged  S(j. 

Taliillm  liriurn,  d.  10  .Vilgiist,  1S7(),  aged  SO. 

Williinii  llrnirn.  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  ISIJ,  d.Ji!  Fel>niary.  ls:!|_ 
agt'd  51). 

Etiznhit/i  Broini,  wile  of  Jolm  lirou  n,  d.  May.  Iso!),  aged  71. 

Man/  F.  Bn»ru,  d.2()  May,  1859,  aged  7:;. 

Hull' If  lirnirn,  a  native  of  Andierst,  d.  at  .laffrey  27  Xuvendier.  1S7:;. 
aged  71. 

Miirii  l-^niii,'.<  I'.rnirii,  daughter  of  dnhn.  d.  7  .May,  ls:{(J,  aged  17. 

Esthir  M.  /;r„///,,  wifeof  .Vn;.;nstns  \\'.  Brown,  d.  If)  .Vi'iil.  Is75.  aged 
71. 

.Iiiliii  /iiiltiiii  />/v/*/-)/.  formerly  of  .Vmher^l.  d.  at  Mont  N'ernon  20  May. 
187!). 


15RUCE. 

1.  I*i:\.  John  niMci;,  1).  in  Marlborouirli,  Miiss..ol  Au;.;ust, 
1757;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  12  Mareli,  ISOD;  \n.  Lois  Wilkins, 
of  Marlborouuh,  15  Deeenjher,  1785,  who,  niter  his  death,  ui. 
Maj.  ^Viliialn   iJradford.     She  d.  in  .Mont  N'rinon  \2  Frltiii- 


522  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

ary,  1828,  aged  67.     He  settled  in  Mont  Vernon,  then  Am- 
herst, in  1785.     Their  children  were — 

2.  John,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Jo/in,  b.  11  February,  17S8:  ni.  Dolly  Durant;  d.  20  January, 
1872. 

4.  James,  b.  15  November,  1789. 

5.  William,  h.  7  August,  1791;  ni.  Hannah  Jones;  d.  21  July,  1871. 
t).  Lois,  h.l79'd;  ni.  Wm.  S.  Stinson  12  September.  1816;    d.  5  Octo- 
ber, 182:5. 

7.  Natharnel,  b.  1794;  d.  2  ]March.  1874. 

8.  Fatniii,  ni.  Stephen  IVabody. 

BRYANT. 

Mrs.  Mary  W.  Bryant  d.  December,  1802,  aged  74. 

Aaron  Bryant,  of  Tyngsborough,  m.  Sarah  K.  Winn  in 
Febrnary,  1830. 

BULLARD. 

1.  Ezra  Bullard,  a  native  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  settled  in 
Lyndeborough,  whence  he  rem.  to  Amherst,  where  he  d.  18 
May,  1827,  aged  70  ;  m.  Betsey  Crowley.  She  d.  in  Hyde 
Park,  Vt.     Their  children  were — 

2.  ./o/rn,  m.  Kosannah  Mills,  of  ]\Iilford;  res.  in  Hyde  Park,  Vt.,  and 
Mont  Vernon;  d.  in  IMont  Vernon. 

3.  Daniel,  \i\.  Abigail  ]\Iills;  settled  in  Hyde  ]'ark.  Vt..  where  he 
died. 

4.  William. 

5.  ■\NaJium,  m.  Keziah  Peabody. 
(i.  Bctsi'u,  m.  Jesse  "\"arles. 

7.  Mahala,  d.  uiunarried. 

Mrs.  Bullard,  the  mother  of  Ezra,  d.  in  Amherst  14  May,  1827.  aged 
94. 

5.  Nahum  Bullard,  d.  in  Amherst  2(3  March,  1860;  m 
Keziah  Peabody,  danghter  of  Moses,  jr.  and  Mary  (Marvell) 
Peabody,  1830.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Edmund,  d.  in  infancy. 

9.  CV?/7y///(r,  m.  ^Villiam  AVhijJple  September,  1857;  res.  in   Xasluia. 


XXIV.] 


(JKNKALOCIKS. 


.)'_':; 


1((.  y^r/r/.srj,  III.  llicliiml  .M;ili;ir;   n-s.  in  .ViiiIhtsI. 

11.  Etliiiiiinl,  \\\.  l{nc\u'\  Iidlit'it.s;  It's,  in  Mont  Vcrnnn. 

12.  Mini/,  \i\.  llfuiy  IJiclianlson ;  n-s.  in  N;i>lina. 

13.  (iiori/r.  Hi.  .Kw^t'Wtu'  Davis;  n-s.  in  .Manclirster. 

11.  Ill  niii,\\\.  Ircnt'  .\ustin  SfptiMnlxT,  ISTK;  n-s.  in  Anilifrst. 

l."».  Ji)/in,  III.  Ilia  Ucll  Swiiiini;t(in  'S\  Xi»vi'inl»iT.  ]>7'<:  n-s.  in  Am- 
licrsl. 

Itl.  .!/</(//,  ni.  I.i'wis  Cal'lwfli  Ot-tolH-i,  ISGO ;  it's,  in  Nrw  liostun. 

17.  AiiiKi,  m.  Winlit'Kl  S.  Stotsdn    1  .Innc.  1S7!>;  res.  in  Xa.^luia. 

is.  /,/////)»/,  ni.  Frank  (".  Gn-cn;  ivs.  in  .Vniln-rst. 
1!'.     I   -■•",  not  nanii'd:  il.  in  infancy. 

r.riJNii.vM. 

('n.\i;i.i;>  11.  lU  kmi.x.m,  1).  in  Dridmnn.  Mc,  lii  Jiilv,  1JS4U: 
m.  Lucy  A.  llasi'ltine  8  June,  iSii").  .^Iic  was  h.  in  Man- 
chester 1-  . I  Illy,  ls:'»7.  Tliry  srttlcd  in  .Viulicrst  April. 
1870.     Tlicir  cliildreii  ai'c — 

1.  Flora  A.,  li.  1<;  Di'ci'niliiT.  L^iis. 
•J.  Arthur  11.,  1).  10  .July.  1S72. 

3.  As.MIEL  nURNHAM,  ni.  I  Ailia.  daughter  of  Moses  I'ea- 
l.udy,  21  September,  1818. 

•1.   .^iihriiiii  JSiirii/iaiii,  (lani,dit('r  (il    Asainl  ami  I.ydia  :   il.'.i  N  o\  .•inlx'i . 

't.  Aint)  /„'.  Iiiirii/i<iiii,  (laui^Iitcr  <>f  .Vmircw  ;  d.  '_']  I  )i'((|ii1mt.  ls."»l. 
aged  •_'!». 

(i.  Lois  ./.  liiirnl,ii,ii,i\.  1.'.  .hilv,  ls(!4.  a'.;rd  20. 


I'.rKNS. 

/>(i/i/»7.  sun  of  Danii'l  and  Klizalx-lii  Hums,  wius  h.  1  .Fnly.  17!tl. 
//fi»i;/*//y.  dau;4lit<T  (if  (Iiiiii;<-   and   .Finny    Hn  ins,  was   li.  i'.'!    .Vii^usl. 
1771. 

Childri'Il  nf  .liiUN    ;iiid    Ml.I/.AllKTU    UlUN.S 

.!/<»////.  1..  10  .Vn.LCiist,  1771. 

Jos/iiKi,  li.  "JS  OrtolxT.  1777. 

Mrs.  }-:ii:,ili,tl,  /»'//,».<.  d.  •_'<;  A|.ril.  17s--'.  aj,'iMl  \-J. 

Childn-n  of  .Ioskimi  l>ri;Ns  and  wife — 
./»>■»/</,.  I..  I7!il. 
/^//"(/.v,  1<.  :l(l  Dt'n-inl>i  r.  17!i-'. 


524  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Children  of  John  Burns  and  wife — 

John,  b.  25  December,  17S5. 

Peter,  b.  25  April,  1789. 

James,  son  of  ,Tohn  Burns,  jr.,  and  wit't-,  was  h.  16  Septeiubt  r   178!). 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Burns — 

James,  h.  15  August,  1771. 
John,  b.  25  June,  177:3. 
Molly,  b.  12  October,  1777. 
Samuel,  b.  17  September,  1779. 


John  Burns,  d.  4  August,  1782,  aged  80. 

Peter  P.  Burns,  d.  4  May,  1857,  aged  51  years  and  11  months. 

William  Bums,  13  December,  1877,  aged  78. 

BURTT. 

Cora  L.  Burtt,  d.  (i  Septeml)er,  1880,  aged  21  years  and  14  days. 

BUTLER. 

Elizabeth  Butler,  formerly  of     Xantucket,  d.  February,  1822,   aged 


64. 


BUZZELL. 

Ilcnrt/  G.  Buzzell,  d.  14  L)eceml)er.  1870,  aged  48  years  and  8  months. 

CADY. 

David  Cady  m.  Elizabeth  Prince,  eldest  daughter  of  Lt. 
Joseph  Prince.  After  his  decease  she  m.  Benjamin  Roby, 
of  Merrimack,  where  she  d.  Octoljer,  1831,  aged  81  years. 
The  children  of  David  Cady  were — 

David  Prince,  b.  9  August,  1785. 
Betsey,  b.  3  Decemlter,  1786. 

CALDWELL. 

1.  David  Caldwell,  b.  in  Nottingham  WcvSt,  now  Hudson, 
21  March,  1779 ;  d.  in  Amherst  20  September,  1856 ;  m. 
Sarah  Boggs.     She  was  b.  in  Warren,  Me.,  20  November, 


XXIV.]  CENKALOCIFS.  52') 

178G;  (1.  ill  Amherst  2r>  November,  1.S77,  :i<iV(l  !ll.  Tliry 
rem.  to  Amlicrst  from  Nottiii<;liam  West  about  1M21 .  Their 
ehihh'Cii  were — 

'J.    I.uriiiihl.   I..   17  -luly,   1811.   ill    X.iltill-llillli    West. 

'■>.  Mori/  Anil,  h.  '29  .laiiuarv.  18l;>;  in.  Solomon  !!.  KintTson,  of 
Litwcil,  Mass.,  November.  b^tG. 

I.   Diislin  B.,  b.  .")  Kt'bniaiy.  1815;  d.  in  Xaslma  (!  AiiL;nst.  Is75. 

.").  ^Isaar  F.,  b.  2i)  September,  1817. 

U.  Eliza  Jane,  b.  18  February,  1820 :  d.  <•  -hily.  Isi'l. 

7.   I/arriii  7>\,  1>.  <!  Ajiril,  18l*1*.  in  Anilierst. 

S.    <;,;.r;/r  I...  1..  I'd  May.  18l>|. 

!i.    Clnirl.s  .1..  h.  L'  Mareli,  ls-_'7. 
K).  j/:</ir<ir</  A..  1).  -Ji)  .bily.  18L':t. 

11.  .\fariti  A.,  li.  l:>  DccemlxT.  ls;!-2:  m.  George  V.  Hills,  of  M.Tri- 
mack,  L'li  Novrmln'r,  istj:! 

;").  ls.\Ac  F.  Caldwkll,  b.  2'J  September,  1817;  m.  Mary 
J  I.  Noiirse,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  5  Deeember,  185").  Their  ehil- 
( I  It' 11  wrrc — 

l-J.  Jiinns  Ilcrhirt,  b.  11  July,  1857;  il.  •J(J  Xoveml.cr.  1S.->!I. 
l:;.   Anii'ir  Ellzahilh,  b.  3i  October,  1801. 
11.   Marii  Eslrlla,  b.  .'.  May,  18(J5. 

10.  i:i)WAi!i)  A.  Cai.dwki.l,  b.  20  July,  1829:  m.  Philo- 
mrlia  1>.  ("lu'i'ver,  (»t  ^Icrriinack.  14  May.  ISt'io.  Their  chil- 
(Iri'ii  were — 

1.').  Ih,ni.<    /)..  \k  U  .Mareli,  18lil. 

10.  K'lirin  A.,  h.  8  -luiie,  1800. 

17.  Siira/i  ]■:.,  b.  l."»  Februarv,  180S. 

IS.  Allxrt  //.,  b. -js  February.  1871. 

l!t.  (;,,ir.   /;..!. .!i  F.-l.rnary.  1S7G:  .1.  .Maivli.  ls7ti. 

JiisiAH  (\\li)Wi:ll,  ajred  5'.>  years,  a  resident  in  Aiiihersi, 
was   biiiiul  (lead    by   the    roadside,  in    Meri-imack,  12   .July, 

is2t;. 

.1/(^7/.  willow  of  ,Io.>iali  Cal.iw.-ll,  d.  U  Aiigu.st,  1848,  aged  7;5. 
AUI  <i.,  son  of  Josiali  and  Mary  Caldwell,  d.  in    X«'W   York  eity  20 
Deeeiuber,  1.S40,  aged  2fi. 

Cifrns  CaiihnlL  d.  20  Xovemlier,  1S.")0,  aged  5!'. 
J/r.s.  Calilwfll,  his  widow,  d.  7  October,  18.58. 


526  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

CAMBRIDGE. 

Edirard  Cainhridr/e,  son  of  j\lr.  diaries  Cambridge,  d.  1  August,  1807, 
aged  20.     lie  was  an  apprentice  in  tlie  Cah'tnet  office. 

CAME. 

Anna  Lincoln,  daughter  of  lirooks  K.  Came,  i\.  11  April,  1S70,  aged 
5  years  and  "2  days. 

CAMPBELL. 

L  Daniel  Campbell,  a  lineal  descendant  from  Jolin 
Canip1)ell,  Duke  of  Argyle,  was  b.  in  Argyleshire,  Scotland, 
in  1600.  He  Avas  an  ofiiccr  in  the  army  of  King  William  at 
the  battle  of  the  "Boyne  Waters,"  1  Jnly,  1690.  After  the 
close  of  that  war  he  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  His 
son — 

II.  Henry  Campbell,  b,  1697,  m.  Martha  Black,  AA'hose 
parents  emigrated  to  Ireland  from  the  vicinity  of  Aberdeen, 
Scotland.  They  remained  in  Ireland  until  1733,  when  they 
emigrated  to  America.  Their  children,  all  except  the  young- 
est b.  in  Ireland,  were — 

1.  William. 

2.  Samuel. 

3.  James. 

4.  John. 

5.  A  daiKjltter,  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Henri/,  m.  Janet  IMack. 

7.  ^Daniel,  h.  in  Londonden-y  27  June,  173!). 

III.  7.  Daniel  Campbell,  b.  in  Londonderry  27  June, 
1739;  d.  in  Amherst  7  October,  1838;  m.  Jane,  daughter  of 
John  Hylands,  25  June,  1760.  She  was  b.  in  Londonderry 
27  December,  112S  ;  d.  23  November,  1815.  He  commenced 
a  clearing  on  his  land  in  Souhegan  West,  in  1759  ;  rem. 
here  with  his  Avife  23  April,  1761.     Their  children  were — 

8.  A  daughter,  b.  and  d.  10  March,  1772. 

9.  A  daughter,  d.  young. 


,=JJ  Co^kx..C/Ji    ^CC^i^^^Pl'-^^-^^- 


XXIV.]  OENEALOGIKS.  .")-J7 

1(1.  Siiphid  L'jje,  I).  Jt  Si'pti'iiilu'r,  1775;  m.  Jaiin'S  Siuckcr:  n-s.  in 
SahMii.  ]\Iass.;  d.  tlierc  'l'-\  Si'ptoiiilier.  ISoS;  oi)  ('liildrcn. 

11.  ]Dn„i,U\K  ii(i  Marcli.  177S. 

1-J.  .1,11,1  /fi/l,i>i,/s,  ]>.  11  July,  17S1  :  111.  .loiialhau  li.M-k.'tt  'Jit  Nov.-m. 
l.cr.  1>()7:  ivs.  in  Sal. -Ill,  Mass.:  d.  IIhto  •_':$  NovoiiiImt,  1s7:}.  Their 
children   were  — 

1.  Daniel  Canii.bell  (  Beckett ).  h.  J  N'ovenilier.  1S()!). 

2.  Mary  Jane,  "         !>.  18  Kehruarv,  ISlL'. 
:{.  Alfred  Henry,  ••         h. -JJ  Xovenil.er,  isi  I. 
•1.  Kuieliiie  Carleton.        -         1.. 'J:!  July,  1.S17. 

IV.  11.  I)anii:i.  Cami'ium.l.  .11;.,  1).  26  Marcli,  177S:  d.  7 
. I  Illy,  is,");;;  III.  Susan,  (laiiulitcr  of  David  and  'I'liankfnl 
(  iJiiiiiliani  )  St()iy,ur  hiinliaftoif,  !!•  Novenihcr,  1S07.  She 
\\;i.s  I).  17  A])i'il,  177lt:  d.  (3  Jnnu  1<S42.  They  sottlcd  on  the 
1'aian  cleared  :iiid  (iceiipied  l)y  his  father,  in  school  district 
No.  8.     Their  children  were — 

l:?.   Sn/,f,i,i  .!„/(,  1>.  7  Oc-toher,  ISO.S;  d.  l'1  Deceml.ur,  LSI)!). 
11.    /l,nr;/.  I..   I    May,  ISIO;  d.  7  December,  1825. 
I.").  Liiitisti  S'ori/.  \t.  *.)   I);'c.Mnl»er,  1^11;    m.  Horace   F.  Diii.siiiore   13 
Januar}-,  l.si:2;  res.  in  Francestown.     Their  children  \ver<j— 

1.  Susan  .Viij;u.sta,  1>.  1')  March,  ls|:i:  d.  is  Septeinher.  isiil. 
'J.   Lncina   Cainiihell,  b.  '2'.]  Sepleinher,    1S|.");    ni.  Liberty   Bil- 
lin;4s  9   .Vpril,    18(i5;    d. -JO  July,  isGf),  leavini,^  one  dautrh- 

trr. 

Ki.  I>u„i,!.   b.  l;5  October,  1814;  d.  :J  October,  18l!». 

17.   I.iiriiiii.  1>.  s  .Sepb'inber,  181(1;  d. 'Jl  November,  \^'-\~). 

IS.  Sif«ni,  1>.  :.'  .Vii'^nist,  1818;  d.  In  N'ovembRr,  1S08:  unmarried. 

lil.   '\('l,arl,.<  Il.nrn,  b.  ■_' 1  .Vpril,  1S-.>1. 

W  r.t.  CiiAiiLKs  IIi:ni:y  ('.\MPi!i:i.i..  ii.  24  April,  iSiM  ;  in. 
Anna  Rei)ecca,  d:iimhtor  of  .Jose|ili  and  Lydia  ((Jrehore) 
TnidviM',  of  Milfoid,  2")  .May,  1.S47.  'i'lioy  resided  in  Andierst 
nntil  18ti(),  when  they  removed  to  Nashua,  where  tliey  now 
reside.     Their  cliildien   were — 

•J.),  .t  s„„.  b.  and  d.  l!>  Ahircli.  ls|!l. 

L'l.  (ifori/c  Iliilintits.  b.  L'li  Septemln'r,  ls.")(l;  prepared  for  college  in 
the  Hoston  Latin  School  and  rhillip.s  .Vcadenij',  Andovpr.  Mas.s.;  en- 
tered Dartmouth  Colleije  but  did  not  ijraduate  ;  .studied  law  at  Harvard 
Law  Jr'chool,  and  with  Jewell,  (Jaston  iS:  Field,  of  Hoston,  and  wa.s  ad- 


528  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

mitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  1874.  P^'rom  1875  to  1879  he  was  private 
military  secretary  to  Governors  Gaston  and  Rice,  with  the  rank  of 
colonel.  He  resumed  the  practice  of  the  law  in  IJoston  in  1879; 
unmarried. 

!>2.  Anna  Louisa,  b.  27  April,  1853;  d.  28  July,  1856. 

23.  A  SON,  b.  20  Xovenibcr,  1858;  d.  21  November,  185S 

CARLETON. 

1.  Dea.  Oliver  Carleton,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in 
the  north-west  parish :  m.  Amy  Washer.  Their  children 
were — 

2.  ^Jo/in,  h.  16  October,  1762. 

3.  Rebecca,  h.  21  January,  1761;  m.  Robert  Parkei-,  jr.,  11  Septem- 
ber, 1783. 

4.  Enoch,  b.  15  SeptemVier,  1765;  m.  Hannah  Peabody. 

5.  Oliver,  b.  23  August,  1767  ;  ni.  ]\lary  Farnuni  24  September^ 
1789  ;  settled  in  Acworth  about  1804. 

6.  Ame>/,  b.  24  May,  1769. 

7.  Sfep/ien,h.  2'i  October,  1771 ;  d.  1857,  aged  8(i;  settled  in  Ac- 
worth  as  a  physician  in  1803  ;  never  married.  "  A  man  of  few  words, 
a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  kind  and  generous  in  his  feelings,  and 
always  trying  to  do  his  best  when  his  services  were  reqiured." 

2.  John  Carleton,  h.  10  October,  17()2;  d.  20  December, 
1838;  m.  (1)  Judith  Weston.  She  was  b.  29  March,  1763; 
m.  (2)  Tabitha  ( Wilkins)  Gilmore  30  March,  1825.  She 
was  a  grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Wilkins,  and  was  b. 
28  Octol)er,1774;  d.  in  South  Mario w  10  September,  1848. 
He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  north-west  parish  now  the 
town  of  Mont  Vernon.     Tiieir  children  were — 

8.  Clarence,  b.  9  September,  1781. 

9.  ,/!/^/?7/?,  b.  8  July,  1783;  m.  Josiah  Coburn.  of  Mont  Vernon,  27 
April,  1804  ;  d.  5  October,  1864. 

10.  Ernnia.h.  21  August,  1785. 

11.  John,h.'2(j  July,  17S7;  res.  in  iVIont  Vernon;  d.  14  Januarj'- 
1868. 

12.  Mar;/,  h.  16  June  1790;  m.  Dr.  Luther  Smith,  of  Hillsborough, 
22  July,  1817  ;  d.  20  ]\Iarch,  1872. 

13.  Daniel  Weston,  b.  5  December,  1791  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

14.  Dcr>"'.  Weston.  26  Xoveniber,  1793:  d.  young. 


XXIV.]  geni:alo(;ie.s.  529 

15.  Achsdfi,  b.  21  July,  17f)5. 

Hi.  G'eonfc,  h.  Ki  May,  1797. 

17.  Lnc/f,  1).  1'  May,  17:)i>. 

18.  Olicer,  b.  2.)  July,  18)1. 

19.  Dmiu'l,  b.  27  October,  ISflS. 

CliildiTii  of  (2t>)  Thomas  and  Mary  Carleton — 

21.  TfioiiHis,  b.  1  XovimuIkt,  1771. 

22.  Sail;/,  b.  U  February,  177ri. 

2  5.  JJarid  Hartshorn,  h.  '21  February,  1777. 
21.  Joseph  Sticknei/,  b.  1l*  November,  1779. 

Cliildrcn  of  (25)  Moses  and  Tulok  Carleton— 

20.  E,lwanl  Dici</ht,  b.  3  July,  182l», 

27.  Man/  White,  b.  10  February,  1822. 

28.  Timn'hij  Worcester,  b.  2S  January,  182 1. 

Pete?.  Carleton,  d.  IG  August,  1859,  aged  52. 

Hannah  M.,  daughter  of  I'ctor  Carleton,  d.  November,  185;^,  aged 

IS. 

Dudley  Carletox,  d.  19  Novcmlicr,  1873;  aged  85  years 
and  5  months. 

Eliza  1'.  Carleton,  wife  of  Dudley;  d.  10  June,  1SG7,  aged  71. 

CAUR. 

Ale.xander  M.  Carr,  son  of  Dca.  James  and  Ann  (l*at>- 
terson)  Carr,  was  b.  in  Antrim  15  December,  1791  ;  m.  Han- 
nah M-dl\ainc  18  April,  1817;  d.  in  Amherst,  28  January, 
18  )0.  She  d.  in  Delford  11  July,  1879,  aged  86  yoara  9 
months  and  5  days.  They  lived  in  various  places  in  Antrim 
and  ill  Tx'dfoi'd,  Mont  Vernon  and  Amhcisl.  Tiieii'  chil- 
dren were — 

Sahra  G..h.  1818;  m.  .Vbraui  J.  Twiss ;  res.  in  Mauchosler. 

Lorenzo  C,  ni.  Caroline  Ilaitin^cs;  res.  in  Ainhenst  on  the  Wooison 
farm. 

Elizahi'th  .1/.,  unmarried;  res.  in  Hrdford. 

Mark  M.,m.  (1)  Emma  Ferson,  of  Goffstown  ;  ni.  (2)  Mary  A. 
Clement,  of  nill.sburou5;h ;  d.  in  ^Manchester,  1S72. 

Hannah  J.,  m.  Timothy  Jones;  res.  in  Amherst. 

Alexander  M.,jr.,  d.  unm.,  aged  25. 
34 


630  HISTORY    OF    AMHLTtST.  [Chap. 

CARTER. 

1.  Oliver  Carter,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Mass.,  5  June,  1810 ; 
m.  Sarah  Gooclhuc  10  November,  1836.  She  was  b.  7  April, 
1815;  d.  2  August,  1875.  Thcj  settled,  about  1842,  on 
tlie  farm  on  Chestnut  hill,  formerly  owned  by  Lt.  John 
Patterson.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mary  EUzabstJi,  b.  3[)  July,  1837  ;  m.  Henry  S.  Emerson  ;  res.  in 
Nortliwood. 

3.  jJaines-  Oliver,  h.  14  May,  183D  ;  m.  Susan  S.  Melendy. 

4.  Sarah  Louisa,  b.  8  March,  1842;  d.  11  September,  1843. 

5.  Einllt/  Frances,  h.  19  Ji\w2,  1S5Q;  m.  Rodney  H.  Prince  30  May, 
1878 ;  d.  1  February,  ISSa. 

8.  JAMEsOLiVERCARTER,b.  llMa7,1839;  m.(l)  Susan  S. 
Melendy.  She  was  b.  12  February,  1840  ;  d.  11  September, 
18G1;  m.  (2)  Mary  L.  Gooclhuc,  of  North  Andover,  Mass., 
5  December,  18G6.     Their  children  were — 

G.   Charles  Oliver,  h.  25  November,  1861;  d.  17  June,  1SG3. 

7.  Peicr  Woodburij,  b.  4  September,  1833;  d.  23  January,  1864. 

8.  Susan  Smith,  d.  11  Septiinbei-,  1804. 

P.  Arlhnr  Willimn,  d.  25  December,  1867. 

Simeon  Carter,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Mass.,  7  May,  1785;  d. 
8  June,  1856;  m.  Esther  Ames  11  November,  1821.  She 
was  b.  in  Wilmington  8  April,  1798  ;  d.  in  Stoncham,  Mass., 
17  December,  1868.  They  rem.  from  Wilmington  to  Am- 
herst in  November,  1835,  and  res.  scvci'al  years  on  the  farm 
now  owned  by  Luther  Coggin.     Their  children  were — 

Simeon,  jr. 

Cynthia,  m.  Cyrus  C.  I.ov,  16  June,  1842. 

Willard,  b.  1833. 

Harlan  P.,  d.  17  March,  1840,  aged  3  years  and  9  months. 

IJerrry  Cowing,  b.  June,  1836  ;  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war  ;  killed  in 
lai.tle  at  Tupelo,  Miss.,  14  July,  1864. 

JJarrictt,  b.  1841 ;  m.  John  IJ.  Heath,  of  Stoneham,  Mass.,  17  Septem- 
ber, 1859. 

William  Carter,  a  former  resident  in  Amherst;  a  native 
of  Wilmington,  Mass.;    d.  in  Lebanon  11    November,  1875, 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  531 

aged  87  years  and  6  months.     Mrs.  Pcrsis  Carter,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Carter,  d.  at  Lebanon  29  May,  1833,  aged  71  years, 

CART  WEIGHT. 

Hannah  Carticright,  d.  June,  1836,  aged  about  70. 

CASH. 

James  CasJi  and  Rachel  Ilassell  ni.  20  January,  1808.  He  d.  2  Jan- 
uary, 1827,  aged  45.     She  d.  11  Jime,  1851,  aged  72. 

CAYENDER. 

John  Cavender,  a  native  of  Peterborough,  was  for  some 
years  a  clerk  in  David  Holmes's  store,  on  the  Plain.  After 
leaving  Amherst  he  was  engaged  in  maimlacturing  at  San- 
bornton  and  other  places.  Finally  lie  settled  in  St.  Louis, 
]\Io.,  where  he  d.  6  June,  1863,  aged  6G. 

CHAMPNEY. 

]\Iarfha  ./.,  daughter  of  Charles  C.  Chanipney,  d.  28  November,  1859, 
aged  20. 

CHANDLER. 

Daniel  Chandler,  twin  brotlier  of  David,  b.  in  Andover 
9  July,  1754;  m.  Joanna  Stevens,  of  Amlicrst;  resided  for 
some  years  in  Amherst ;  rem.  thcnice  to  Putney,  Yt.,  in 
1791.  She  d.  in  Coventry,  Yt.,  aged  74.  He  d.  while  con- 
fined for  debt  in  Amherst  jail,  and  was  buried  in  Merri- 
mack.    Their  children  were — 

Joanna,  h.  in  AwAoYej:  8  August,  1774;  m.  (1)  Asa  Spalding;  ra. 
(2)  Josiah  Fletcher,  of  Dunstable. 

Daniel,  b.  4  March,  1777;  m.  Sally  Danforth  13  September,  1803. 

Samuel,  b.  in  Amherst;  killed  in  ^Merrimack,  in  1806,  by  a  log  roll- 
ing over  him. 

Dorcas,  m.  (1)  Silas  Spalding  27  November,  1806;  m.  (2)  Josiah 
Blood. 


632  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Sally,  m.  George  Cobb,  of  Westmoreland,  21  March,  1805. 
Josiah,  111.  Martha  Hill,  of  Mei'rhnack,  12  January,  1817. 
Boadicea,  b.  29  April,  1789 ;    m.  Jesse  Miller  at  Westminster,  Vt., 
March,  1818. 

Pkebe,  b.  10  July,  1793 ;  m.  Amos  Wilkins  20  December,  1813. 
John,  d.  10  jVIarcii,  181o,  aged  18  years  G  months. 

CHAPMAN. 

Mrs.  Mary  Chapman,  d.  1  October,  1866,  aged  82  years 
and  9  months. 

CHASE. 

Mrs.  S.  Melissa  Chase,  wife  of  Rev.  B.  W.  Chase,  d.  15 
January,  1872.     She  was  b.  in  Antrim  9  November,  1836. 

CHEEVER. 

Benjamin  Cheever  and  Mary  Wilkins  were  m.  in  ]\Iiddle- 
ton  21  October,  1725.  They  were  settled  in  Soiihegan  West 
in  1747. 

Nathaniel  Cheever  and  Mary  Bancroft,  of  Reading,  Mass., 
were  m.  9  November,  1769.  They  were  for  some  years  res- 
idents in  Amherst. 

CHICKERING. 

1.  Isaac  Chickering,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  5  August, 
1770;  d.  in  Amherst  13  December,  1838;  m.  Ruth  Foster, 
of  Canterbury,  20  February,  1799.  She  was  b.  25  December, 
1776 ;  d.  3  September,  1834.  They  settled  in  Northfield  at 
first,  but  rinn.  from  that  place  to  Amherst  about  1800. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  j  Isaac,  b.  13  October,  1801. 

;5.  J\Taria,  b.  1  December,  1803;  m.  Asa  E.  Foster;  d.  in  Erie,  Pa.. 
24  June,  1859. 

4.  Albei-l  Emerson,  b.  7  May,  18(16;  d.  2  October,  1838 ;  unmar- 
ried. 

5.  FAizahpth,  b.  22  January,  1808:  d.  2.5  January,  1808. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  533 

G.  Calvin,  b.  6  March,  1809  ;  m.  Caroline  Crary,  of  Ellicotville,  N. 
Y.;  d.  15  Novembei-,  1840. 

7.  Harmon,  b.  23  November,  1810;  d.  21  July,  181:1 ;  unmarried. 

8.  /«//a  ^7i;i,  b.  28  August,  1815;  m.  (1)  Moses  Atwood,  of  Con- 
cord, 5  May,  1816;  m.  (2)  Key.  R.  F.  Clark,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  30 
November,  1854. 

2.  Isaac  Chtckering,  jr.,  b.  13  October,  1801;  d.  6  No- 
vember, 1857  ;  continued  the  tanning  business  of  his  father ; 
m.  Susan  Atwood  in  June,  1842.  She  was  b.  in  Wilraot  28 
October,  1820.     Their  children  were — 

9.  Julia  Ann,h.  23  April,  18-13;  m.  Daniel  C.  Shirley  23  April- 
1860. 

10.  Albert  E.,  b.  8  April,  1848;  m.  Anna  Copp,  23  December,  1S69. 

CLAGGETT. 

Wyseman  Claggett  was  a  native  of  Bristol,  England. 
He  settled  in  Portsmouth  in  1758 ;  rem.  thence  to  Litch- 
field in  1771,  and  d.  there  4  December,  1784 ;  m.  Lcttice 
Mitchell,  of  Portsmouth,  14  August,  1750.  She  d.  in  Bed- 
ford 2  April,  1827,  aged  85.  After  the  death  of  Mi\  Clag- 
gett she  m.  (2)  Simon  McQucston,  whom  also  she  survived. 
The  children  of  Wyseman  and  Lettice  (Mitchell)  Claggett 
were — 

1.  Martha. 

2.  '\  Clifton. 

3.  Wentworth. 

4.  Edirard. 

5.  Ritta. 

6.  Jolin,  d.  young. 

7.  William. 

8.  Jolin  K. 

2.  Hon.  Clifton  Claggett,  b.  in  Portsmouth  3  December, 
1762  ;  d.  in  Amherst  26  January,  1829  ;  m.  Margaret  Mc- 
Qucston, of  Litchfield.  She  d.  17  October,  1842,  aged  78. 
They  settled  first  in  Litchfield  ;  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1811. 
Their  children  were — 


534  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

9.  Susnn,  d.  in  Amherst,  2  April,  1873,  aged  84 ;  unmarried. 

10.  William,  b.  8  April,  1790;  was  a  lawyer  in  Portsmouth;  m.  (1) 
Sarah  F.,  daughter  of  Gov.  AVilliani  Flumer,  20  May,  1810;  m.  (2)  Mary 
Thomxxson  May,  1819.  He  d.  in  Portsmouth  2S  December,  1870,  leav- 
ing one  sou,  a  resident  of  New  York  city.  He  had  been  a  representative 
and  senator  in  the  state  legislature,  and  was  for  several  years  United 
States  naval  officer  at  Portsmouth. 

11.  Elizaheth,  m.  Alfred  Greeley,  of  Dunstable,  September,  1833;  d.  5 
February,  1832,  nged  40,  leaving  one  child,  Alfred  Claggett  Greeley,  v,'ho 
d.  28  November,  1832,  aged  10  montlis. 

12.  Emma,  d.  in  lloxbury,  IMass.,  20  October,  1848,  aged  54;  unmar. 
ried. 

13.  Harriett,  d.  in  Portsmouth  25  Dacsmber,  1818,  aged  20. 

14.  Frances,  d.  1  May,  183'\  aged  30  ;  unmarried. 

15.  Marfjaretla,  m.  Oliver  Carlton  ;  d.  13  March,  1829,  aged  26. 

16.  Lucre'ia,  m.  f  Aaron  Lawrence  14  September,  1830. 

17.  Cornelia  C,  d.  25  November,  1829,  aged  21;  unmai'ried. 


CLARK. 

1.  Timothy  Clakk,  b.  in  Amlicrst  4  March,  1749 ;  d.  1 
Septcmbor,  1820  ;  m.  Lucy  Bnttcrficld,  of  Dunstable,  Mass. 
She  was  b.  23  Septombcr,  1745;  d.  23  September,  1820. 
Their  ehiklrcn  were — 

2.  Jolin,  b.  7  March.  1771 ;  in.  Susannah  Wilson  2  March,  ISOl. 
He  d.  6  April,  1814. 

3.  Timothy,  b.  10  June,  1772  :  <1.  13  .June,  1805;  m.  Prudence  Wil- 
son 21  NoA'ember,  1793. 

4.  Silas,  b.  30  September.  1774. 

5.  Lucij,  b.  20  December,  1770;  d.  January,  1777. 

6.  ^Ezra,  b.  25  April,  1779. 

7.  Lucii,  b.  23  February,  1781  ;  d.  24  December,  1859. 

8.  Jacoh,  b.  11  June,  17S>;  d.  8  November,  1824. 

9.  Calrin,  b.  8  May,  1784  ;  d.  8  July,  1859. 

10.  Cjirus,  b.  28  January,  1788;  d.  2  April,  1835. 

6.  EzR.v  Clark,  b.  in  Amherst  25  April,  1779 ;  m.  (1) 
Mianda  Bills  5  December,  1805.  She  d.  10  Maj,  1834;  m. 
(2)  Mrs.  Sarah  Clark,  of  Merrimack,  February,  1835.  He 
d.  in  Merrimack  8  May,  1850.  The  children  of  Ezra  and 
Mianda  (Bills)  Clark  were — 


XXIV.]  GEXKALOGIES.  535 

11.  iEzm  Dexler,  b.  10  August,  1800. 

12.  Thomas  Jejfcrson,  b.  24  May,  1808;  d.21  December,  1808. 
lo.  Orson,  b.  9  Octobar,  18J9;  d.  in  Menimuck  October,  1840. 
14.  yr/iornas  Je/I'cnon,  b.  9  NovHinl';.'r,  ISII. 

l.j.    WillUim,  b.  27  October,  1813;  d.  2.')  .Maicli,  1814. 
1(5.   ('(iroUnc,  b.  4  February,  181o. 

17.  WUlUun,  b.  G  March,  1817. 

18.  M Hindu,  b.  IG  July,  1819. 

19.  Fezon,  b.  10  JHly,'lS21. 

20.  Tiniothij  FranlcHn,  b.  31  July,  1823;  d.  iu  Koxbui-y,  MasM.,  4  May 
1^62. 

21.  Manly,  b.  5  INIarch,  1825. 

22.  J.icoh,  b.  23  .^lay,  1827. 

11.  Ezii.v  Dexteh  Cl.\rk,  b.  10  August,  180G  ;  d.  8  Jniio, 
1859;  in.  Hari-ict  Fcltou  7  April,  1831.  She  was  b.  5  July, 
1808.     Their  cliildren  were— 

23.  Harriet  Caroline,  b.  14  Novembei',  1831. 

21.  Charles  Clinton,  b.  27  March,  1833;  in.  Emma  Brett,  of  Bostoii, 
Ma3.s.,  2!)  Noveinber,  1879. 
2.J.  ^William  Rodney,  b.  5  November,  1831. 
20.  Emily  Frances,  b.  3>  S3pt3mb3r,  1838. 

27.  I K«/^er  LtttvV,  b.  15  V October,  1842  ;  in.  Lucy  J.  Thomas,  3  Janu- 
ary, 1807. 

28.  Laura  Aiuanda,  b.  2  Dutc::  I  rr,  1840;  m.  Joel  F.  Osgood,  jr.,  23 
May,  1803. 

25.  William  Rodney  Clark,  I).  5  November,  1834;  m. 
Rutb  Mcliecut  Hall,  ol  Milford,  liO  March,  1855.  Their 
children  are — 

29.  JJiiima  Louisa,  1>.  25  October.  1855. 

30.  Viola  Rufh,h.  7  August,  18.'>7. 

31.  William  Dinsjnorc,  b.  20  Novembir,  1800. 

14.  Thomas  Jefferson  Clark,  b.  in  Aiuin-nst  '.)  Novem- 
ber, 1811,  d.  27  Fel)runry,  187G  ;  m.  Lucy  Clark  7  July, 
1835.     Si»c  was  b.  (>  May,  1811.     Their  chiklrcn  arc — 

32.  ^Cl,ar!esJ.,h.  18  May.  1838. 

33.  Sura/i  A.,  b.  29  Octob;;r,  181  »;  in.  Harvey  N.  Chandler,  of  Ilard- 
wick,  Vt.,  17  October,  1801. 

34.  Mary  A.,  b.  17  June,  1811 :  in.  Rodney  W.  Burdick  29  January, 
18GG. 


536  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

35.  Harriet  A.,  b.  16  May,  18i7;    m.  Charles  H.  Kinson  18  Decem- 
ber, 1865. 

32.  Charles  J.  Clark,  b.  18  May,  1838,  m.  Mary  E.  Con- 
rey,  of  Nashua,  14  December,  1868.  She  was  b.  11  Decem- 
ber, 1842.     Their  children  are — 

30.  Lilly  M.,  h.  22  November,  18G9. 
37.  Nellie  M.,  b.  2D  April,  1871. 

38.  Hugh  Hamilton  Clark,  a  native  of  New  Boston,  b. 
2  November,  1780,  was  a  merchant  in  Boston,  Mass.;  d.  there 
11  Apiil,  1818  ;  m.  Nancy,  dauglitcr  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Bar- 
nard. She  wns  b.  15  August,  1786  ;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  1 
December,  1813.     Their  children  were — 

39.  Nancrj  Barnard,  b.  18  November,  ISOS;  in.  Hon.  Charles  G.  Ath- 
erton ;  res.  in  Boston,  Mass. 

40.  Frances  Mart/,  h.  29  December,  1810;  m.  Rev.  Alonzo  Hill,  of 
Worcester,  Mass.;  res.  in  Boston,  j\Iass. 

4L  Jeremiah  Hamilton,  b.  26  September,  1812;  d.  young. 

42.  Farnum  C.  Clark  came  to  Amherst  about  1857 ;  m. 
Alma  A.,  daughter  of  John  Loavitt,  3  April,  1858  ;  resided 
on  the  farm  formerly  occupied  by  her  father ;  d.  there  6 
December,  1872,  aged  60.     Their  children  were — 

43.  Nancy  J.,  b.  16  April,  1859. 

44.  Harriett,  b.  11  April,  1830. 

45.  Lucy  Ann,  b.  21  February,  1864;  d.  9  July,  1869. 

46.  Charles,  b.  13  August,  1865. 

47.  John,  h.  21  November,  1866. 

The  children  of  (48)  James  and  Lydia  Clark  were — 

49.  Mehitable,  b.  18  June,  1765;  m.  Benjamin  Estey  16  May,  1791. 

50.  James,  b.  21  June,  1768. 

51.  Ebenezer,  b.  5  January,  1771. 

62.  John  Clark,  b.  in  New  Boston  3  September,  1768,  d. 
in  Francestown,  12  February,  1831 ;  ra.  Rebecca  Wallace  17 
October,  1793.  She  was  b.  in  Londonderry  1  June,  1772; 
d.  in  Amherst  29  March,  1855.  Immediately  after  their 
marriage  they  settled  in  Hancock  where  their  children  were 


XXIA'.]  OKNEALOCIKS.  587 

born.     After  the  duatli  ol'  Mr.  Clark,  liis  widow   and   a  part 
of  her  children  rem.  to  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

133.  Ann  U'allacr,  h.  14  September,  17!)  I;  d.  in  Amherst  I'J  Aui,MLst 
1S3S. 

5i.  Samuel  ]['all(irc,h.  15  December,  \70');  gradiuited  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1823;  at  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1827;  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  Con!fre:,'ationaU.st  church  in  (Jreenland  in  1829;  m.  (1) 
Frances  W.  Clark,  of  New  Boston;  m.  (2)  Rebecca  Howe,  of  West- 
minster, Mass.     Tlieir  chiMren  were — 

1.  Franc2s  Moor  Wallace,  d.  youn<j. 

2.  John  Howe,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College;  surgeon  in  the 

United  States  navy. 

3.  Lucy  Harron. 

4.  A  child,  d.  in  infancy. 

5').  Lrti!!a,  b.  3  May.  1707:  d.  3">  August,  1800. 

!^G.  Willinm.  b.  28  September,  179S;  gi-aduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  l.'-22;  at  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1827;  pastor  of  Congregational 
church  at  Wells,  Me.,  from  1829  to  183(3;  agent  for  American  Tract 
Society,  at  the  west,  from  183f]  to  ISD,  head-ijuarters  at  Cincinnati,  O  ; 
district  secretary  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  for  northern  Xew  England, 
from  1810  to  18.j7;  secretary  of  X.  11.  Home  Missionary  Society  from 
1857  to  1870;  received  the  lionorary  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1S75:  now  res.  in  Andierst ;  ni.  (1)  Elvira  Ilurd,  of  New- 
port, Januaiy,  1827;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Mary  Carter  Wheelwright,  of  Hangor, 
Me.,  in  1818.     She  d.  7  April,  1871.     Their  children  were — 

1.  William  Bradbury,  b.  13  January,  1842:    grailuated  at  Am- 

herst College  in  18ti3;  m.  Lucy  E.  David  17  -TnU.  187?;    i^ 
a  lawyer  in  Bloomington,  Wis. 

2.  Elvira  Louisa,  b.  January.  1815;  d.  in  infaney. 

57.  (Jilmnn,  b.  14  April,  1810;  m.  Sarah  C.  Christie,  of  Antrim;  was 
a  missionary  of  the  A.  B.  C.  E.  M.  among  the  .Seneca  Indians,  near 
Buffalo,  N.  v.,  in  1827-28;  subsequently  a  farmer  in  Foxcroft,  Me.; 
now  res.  in  Savannah,  fia.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Jolni  Cilman,  a  lawyer  in  Savannah,  Ga. 

2.  William  Wallace,  res.  in  Foxcroft,  Me. 

3.  Sarah  Letitia,  d.  young. 

4.  Mary  Jane,  d.  young. 

58.  Rebecca,  b.  30  October,  1801 ;  d.  August,  1802. 


538  HISTORY  OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

59.  John,  b.  24  June,  180i.  He  was  for  many  years  a  teacher  in 
Georgia  and  Alabama  ;  now  res.  in  Oberlin,  O.;  m.  Elizabeth  Tenney, 
a  native  of  Dmibarton.     Three  children — 

1 .  A  son,  d.  at  the  a^^'e  of  7  years. 

2.  Willianne,  m.  F.  N.  Finney. 

3.  Ella,  m. Steele. 

60.  Lijilia  Gordon,  b.  0  November,  1897  ;  unmarried ;  res.  in  Am- 
herst. 

61.  Lelitla  Rebecca,  h.  3  March,  1810;  unmarried;  d.  in  Amherst  2 
May,  1882. 

62.  Marji  Abigail,  b.  12  ^larch,  1814 ;  m.  Cephas  11.  Kent,  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  in  Kennebunkport,  Me.,  and  afterward  in  Free- 
port,  Bradford,  Enosburg,  and  Ripton,  Vt.;  now  i-es.  in  New  Haven, 
Conn.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Frances  Letitia,  m.  Kev.  Stephen  Knowlton. 

2.  William  Clark,  a  lumber  merchant  in  Chicago,  111. 

3.  Evarfcs,  now  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church  at 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

4.  Abbie  Wallace,  uuia.;  res.  vvith  her  parents. 

5.  Cephas  Henry,  d.  young. 

6.  John,  d.  young. 

7.  Ann  Wallace,  d.  in  infancj'. 


Daniel  Clark  and  Lucy  Truel  were  m.  (J  September,  1703.     He  d.  in. 
August,  185j,  aged  92. 

James,  son  of  Daniel  and  Lucy  Clark;  d.  2  May,  1817,  of  "spotted 
fever,"  aged  21. 

Dorothy  Clark,  their  daughter,  d.  13  June,  184',),  aged  27. 

Ebenezer  Clark  and  Hannah  Holt  were  m.  17  August,  1786. 

Lois  Clark,  their  daughter,  d.  in  December,  1819,  aged  20. 

Ebenezer  Clark  and  Prudence  Clark  were  m.  18  March,  1815. 

John  Clark  d.  9  August,  1818,  aged  19 ;  drowned  while  bathing. 

Charlotte  Clark,  formerly  of  Amherst,  d.  at  Nashua  9  February,  1844, 
aged  37. 

Josiah  Clark  d.  in  December,  1833,  aged  74. 

Joshua  Clark  d.  in  January,  1800. 

Widow  Susannah  Clark  d.  27  April,  1817,  aged  74. 

Peter  Clark  and  Lucy  Clark  were  m.  18  August,  1803. 

A  child  of  Peter  Clark  d.in  April,  1800. 

Lizzie  F.,  wife  of  Charles  C.  Clark,  d.  14  January,  1873,  aged  32. 


XXIV.J  f;ENEALO(;iES.  539 

CLI-:  A  YES. 

Nathan  Cleaves,  1>.  IT  .Inly,  1T4S,  d.  2")  Aiii2:ust,  1812. 

Sara/i  Clcdccs,  his  widow,  <1.  1  .Iiily,  1^17,  agtid  07. 

Nathaniel  Cleaves  m.  (1)  lliMuiah  nriuHoid  lU  April, 
1794;  111.(2)  Relief  Biii'kcr,  dani>litcrot"  Dua.  Epliraim  IJar- 
kcr.  lie  (1.  ill  ^luiit  Veniou  1(5  December,  1850,  aged  72. 
Tlieii-  eliildren  were — 

Mirttnild,  d.  in  April,  18():J,  agud  5  years. 
^Jaiiics  Bdilxr,  iiiid  others. 

Jami:s  Baukku  Cleaves,  b.  in  Constalilc,  N.  Y.,7  Septem- 
ber, 1820;  d.  in  Amherst  18  Noveaiber,  1850;  in.  Joiniia 
Hartshorn.     She  was  b.  10  October,  1824.     One  child— 

Luc;i  A.Ak  •-'!»  Aii-ust,  IS  17. 

COBUllN. 

George  C.  Coburn,  son  of  Josiah  and  Judith  (Carlcton) 
Cobnrn,of  Mont  Vernon,  b.  14  Jnly,  1806;  d.  24  November, 
18:35  ;  m.  ^Mahiila  J.  Sccombc  30  March,  1831.  Slic  was  b. 
27  July,  180(5;  d.  2:'  Aijril,  1838.     Their  children  were— 

Geovtje  E.,  h.  11  March,  is;5i>;  m.  Ellen  Davenport,  of  Canton,  Mass., 
21  May,  1>U3;  d.  in  Fitchbuvi;-,  .Mavs..  22  February,  1S81 ;  two  chil- 
dren. 

SnhriiKi  Franrrs,  I).  2   .\u''ust.  ls:!,T ;  d.  1  I  >rav,  ISlS. 


COCHRAN. 


James  CoriiRAN,one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Snihegan 
West,  was  a  native  of  Ireland.  He  was  elected  dcacm  of 
the  church,  in  1744,  in  place  of  Captain  Humphrey  Ilobbs, 
and  held  the  ollice  until  iiis  death  5  Januiiy,  1774.  Jona- 
than Cochran,  who  came  home  sick  from  the  army,  and  d. 


540  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

24  January,  1778,  and  Robert  Cochran,  who  d.  in  the  army, 
are  supposed  to  liave  been  sons  of  Deacon  Cochran. 

John  Cochran,  jr.,  son  of  Deacon  Cochran,  and  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  settled  in  the  south-east  part  of  the  town ;  m. 

(1) ;    m.   (2)  Lydia  Herrick  10  January, 

1803.     She  was  b.  in  April,  1765  ;    d.  23  September,  1836. 
He  d.  24  May,  1833,  aged  85  years.     Their  children  were — 

Nanvif  (bj-  fiist  wife),  m.  Jesse  Trow,  of  ]\Iont  Vernon,  16  Novem- 
ber, 1815;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  25  September,  1878,  aged  80. 

Josiali. 

Mary,  b.  in  March.  1807  ;  m.  Robert  Fletcher  11  July,  1832  ;  settled 
in  Amherst;  d.  22  February,  lb79. 

COD— CODMAN. 

1.  Henry  Cod,  an  emigrant  from  Ireland,  settled  first  in 
Middlcton,Mass.,  thence  rem.  to  Souhegan  West  about  1746. 
He  m.  Sarah  Wilkins,  of  Middleton,  Mass.,  a  cousin  of  Rev. 
Daniel  Wilkins.  She  was  b.  at  Middlet3n  10  August,  1711. 
The  births  of  two  of  their  children  are  recorded  on  the  Mid- 
dleton records — 

2.  ■fUem-ij,  b.  25  January,  1744. 

3.  Sarah,  b.  2S  January,  1745.  She  ra.  Daniel  Wilkins,  of  Amherst, 
13  March,  1763.  Probably  others  were  b.  in  Souhegan  West  of  which 
no  record  remains. 

2.  Henry  Cod  studied  medicine  and  practiced  in  Am- 
herst ;  not  liking  his  sirname  he  added  another  syllable  to  it 
and  styled  himself  Dr.  Codmm.  In  his  practice  he  used 
the  remedies  common  among  the  people,  and  told  marvelous 
stories  which  kept  his  patients  in  good  spirits  and  contiib- 
uted  to  their  recovery.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  be- 
came intemperate  and  met  with  many  ludicrous  adventures 
in  his  drunken  fits.  He  was  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  25 
January,  1744  ;  d.  in  Amherst  14  March,  1812.  By  his  wife, 
Agnes,  who  d.  19  January,  1808,  aged  69,  he  had  one  son 
and  one  dauohter — 


XXI  V.J  GENKALOniES.  .'>4 1 

4.  lleurij  Coilmnn,  jr.,  wlio  studifci  incdiciiu;  an<l  prarticfd  in  the 
north-west,  parish,  now  Mont  Vernon.  He  ni.  Kchecca  Lan^dfll  10 
Ft'hiuary.  17!)'!,  and  d.  M  July,  l.^'O;!.  a;.,'ed  29  years.  His  widow  ni.  ("J) 
iMr.  llaniliii,  and  (K  "j  .May,  1.S55,  ajjcd  7G.  Her  remains  rest  by  the  side 
of  tho.se  of  her  first  husband,  in  Mont  Vernon  cemetery. 

5.  Catherine,  d.  Kt  .June.  17S1,  aged  'J  years  and  three  months. 


COGGIN. 

1.  .Jo^Ki'ii  Cog(;l\,  sou  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Cujrgin,  1>.  in 
Rcadiii-.  .Mass.,  26  Maicli.  1740;  ni.  K'lith  liojjkins.  They 
rem.  Ironi  Wihninu-toa  to  Ainlu-rst  al>out  1778,  and  .settled 
on  Potato  street,  in  what  is  now  the  nortli-easterly  part  of 
Mont  \'ernoii.     'I'heir  children  were — 

2.  ^WUIhnn. 
:{.  t-/">'e/'//. 

4.  Iliimuili,  in.  (1) Fairfield;    m.  (2) Fairfield;  d.  in 

New  IJoston. 

.").  Until,  m. Fairfield;  settled  .ind  d.  in  New   I'o^toii. 

0.  S(illi/,h.-2H  August,  17S2;  ni. McMillen;  d.  in   New  Ho.s- 

ton. 

•2.  WiLLi.vM  Co(;gin,  b.  in  Wilniinjrtoii  in  -Mareli,17r)7  ;  d. 
in  ^loHi  Vernon  IS  t^eptcmher,  18")(J  ;  was  a  blacksmith 
and  farmer  on  Potato  sticct ;  m.  (1)  Susannah  Ilascltine. 
She  d.  22  October,  1835,  aged  65;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  .Mary  Reed. 
She  d.  2l)  September,  1871.  aged  85  years  and  •]  months. 
Ills  child ri-n  wen — 

7.    Si(S(tit. 

5.  jXiit/iiniii  I. 

n.  .It, I, II.  111.  I.iirin,!  I  I.iiinl  ;   i>  \\  furniture  dealer  in  X:i-lni:i. 

;').  .J()<i:iMi  (  occiN,  Ji:.,  Ij.  in  Wilmington,  Mass..  in  1771; 
d.in  Milionl.lO  Jannary.  1S40  :  m.  Detsey  Ilerrick  5  Septcm- 
l)cr.  17'.i.').  Sjie  was  b.  in  Wcnh;im.  .Mass..  7  May.K'lO;  d. 
in  .Mont  \'enion  6  April.  lS4t>.  Thev  settled  on  the  Coggin 
homestead,  in  Mont  Vernon,  where  they  resided  more  than 
fifty  years.     Their  children  were — 


542  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

10.  William,  h.  22  July,  1790  ;  m.  (l)Atness  Batchelder  1  December, 
1814 ;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Sarah  (Duncklee)  Peacock.  He  d.  in  Nashua  17 
May,  1864. 

11.  Z)c7?j/eZ,  b. 23  June,  1792;  ni.  (1)  Rebecca  Brigham,  of  Goshen; 
m.  (2)  Elizabeth  Briar.     He  d.  in  Milford. 

12.  Betsey,  b.  22  May,  1798;  d.  in  Amherst  28  September,  1881;  un- 
luarried. 

13.  Fannij,h.'27  April,  1799;  ni.  Moses  Foster,  of  Milford;  d.  9 
May,  1842. 

14.  \Luther,  b.  16  August,  ISOl. 

15.  il/«?7/,  b.  23  May,  1805 ;  ni.  Levi  Duncldee ;  d.  in  Milford  4  De. 
cember,  1871. 

14.  Luther  Coggin,  b.  16  August,  1801 ;  cl.  18  January, 
1877  ;  m.  (1)  Mary  Harwoocl  13  September,  1827.  She 
was  b.  13  April,  1807  ;  ci.  4  November,  1859  ;  m.  (2)  Mrs. 
M.  W.  Warriner,  of  Bedford,  15  March,  1860.  He  settled 
ill  New  Boston  Avhcre  he  res.  several  years,  thence  he  rem, 
to  the  Fletcher  tavern  stand,  in  Amherst,  where  he  d.  His 
children  were — 

10.  Man/  siKi/usia,  b.  16  March,  1833  ;  d.  23  September,  1854. 

17.  'l Luther,  jr.,  b.  2  .lanuary,  1835. 

18.  ^John  H.,  b.  10  .March,  1838. 

17.  Luther  Coggin,  JR.,  b.  2  January,  1835  ;  m.  Mary  L. 
Carleton,  9  May,  1861 ;  res.  on  the  farm  formerly  occupied 
by  Simeon  Carter,  Levi  Adams,  and  others.  Tiiey  have  one 
child — 

19.  Clarence  L.,  b.  7  June,  1865. 

18.  John  H.  Coggin,  b.  in  New  Boston  10  March,  1838  ; 
m.  (1)  Harriett  N.  Sccomb  9  April,  1866.  She  was  b.  9 
November,  1838;  d.  8  January,  1882  ;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Dell  Sea- 
vey,  of  Nasliua,  23  October,  1882  ;  res.  on  the  "Fletcher" 
place  formerly  owned  by  his  father.      His  children  are — 

20.  Frederick  Lampson,h.  11  June,  1870. 

21.  George  Whitfield,  b.  28  November,  1871. 


XXIV.]  <;kni:alo(;ik8.  543 

COLBY. 

I.  Isaac  Coluv,  b.  in  llopkiiitou  21  Muy,  1780;  d.  in 
Amlicrst  19  M:iy,1840;  m.  Eunice  FIngg  9  October,  1803. 
She  was  !i.  in  Waltliani,  Mass.,  25  May,  1778;  d.  15  Janu- 
ary, 1858.  They  res.  at  first  in  Boston,  Mass.,  whence  they 
rem.  to  Amherst  in  April,  1810.  He  was  a  wide-awake,  en- 
ergetic man,  a  good  neigh  I  to  i-  and  a  usc'l'ul  cKi/.eu.  Their 
children  were — 

Williuin,  h.  1")  Sei>teinl)er,  iSUl;  in.  Sarah  Clogstoii.of  Goff.stown,  5 
June,  lS2.j;  d.  in  Detroit,  ^lich.,  27  November,  187.J. 

EUza,h.2)  Au.iust,  18(10 ;  d.  11  May,  1S2G;  unmarried. 

^fm•l/,  h.  27  -hme,  ISIO;  m.  William  Whito  G  October,  1835;  res.  in 
Wilton. 

Nancy,  h.  '20  October,  1813  ;  m.  Ira  A\'ilkins,  of  ^lont  Vernon,  18  Feb- 
ruary, 18:55;  d.  in  .Vpril,  1858. 

Panni/,  h.  28  October,  181G ;  in.  Solomon  R.  Rarron  1  September, 
18  5G;  (i.  12  July,  1813. 

Gini-f/r,  li.  in   August,  isiS;  d.  15  October,  1854. 


Mftrirtta,  (lam;liter  of  Sylvester  Collty.  b.  22  February.  184S. 

COLSTON. 

Henry  F.  Cnlstnn  d.  10  .July.  1870.  a-vd  .-)9. 

CONVERSE. 

1.  Robert  Convkuse,  b.  in  Wobnrn,  Mass.,  in  1735;  d.  30 
March,  lS2t) ;  m.  ^I  iry  Ijanib  in  177S.  Slie  d.  15  Deceml)er, 
1827,  aged  S7.  They  settled  in  Andierst  in  1783,  Tiieir 
children  were — 

2.  jJiisiiili,  b.  in  Stoneliam,  Mas.s.,  23  Feliriiary,  1778. 

3.  ^Ehvii(Zri\  b.  2."»  Feliruary,  1779. 

4.  niJi<,-r,t,h.\\\   17sl:  m.  tCaleb  BoutcU.of  .\mlier.st. 

2.  JosiAii  Converse,  1).  in  Stoneham,  Mass.,  23  February, 
1778;  d.  in  Hooksett  30  January,  1S42:  m.  Sally  Dean  22 
December,  179(5.  She  was  b.  24  May,  1777  :  d.  in  Concord 
26  December,  1851.     Their  children  were — 


544  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST,  [Cliap. 

5.  Robert,  b.  7  August,  1793  ;  d.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  5  M.ay,  1823. 

6.  Mary  Dean,  b.  15  March,  1800;  m.  Thomas  Moore  17  November, 
1837. 

7.  Sarah  Ann,  b.  30  August,  1802  ;  d.  in  Concord  27  October,  18S1 ; 
unmarried. 

8.  Elizabeth,  b.  30  September,  1804 ;  m.  Thomas  Moses,  jr.,  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  21  December,  182-4. 

9.  Alexander  Hamilton,  b.  4  July,  1806;  m.  Nancy  Elliott  20  Jan- 
uary, 1833  ;  rem.  to  Hooksett  and  d.  there  11  Novambar,  180  J. 

10.  Jodah,  b.  13  August,  1808;  d.  19  August,  18  j8. 

11.  George  Washington  F.,h.  29  September,  1809  ;  m.  Sarah  T.  Goss 
in  January,  1839. 

12.  Jane,  b.  20  January,  1811;  m.  David  G.  Fuller  28  April,  1833; 
res.  in  Concord. 

13.  Li/dia  Blanchard,  b.  22  August,  1813  ;  m.  William  P.  Hardy  24 
December,  1841 ;  res.  in  Concord. 

14.  Thomas  Banns,}  .     ,„  ,,      ,     ,,,i„       d.  33  Augast,  1818. 
,-     c  „  -^  '  ^b.  18  March,  181G;      ^    ,o  at      .     i  m,- 

15.  Sally,  )  d.  18  March,  1810. 

16.  Ruth  Adeline,  b.  12  October,  1818;  unmarried. 

3.  Ebenezbr  Converse,  b.  in  Sfconohim,  Mass., 25  Febru- 
ary, 1779  ;  d.  in  South  Merrimack  25  August,  18G1 ;  in. 
Rhoda  Boutcll  November,  1805.  She  was  b.  in  Amherst  27 
July,  1781  ;  d.  14  December,  1875,  aged  94.  Their  children 
were — 

17.  Ebenezer,  b.  15  August,  1806;  m.  Sabria  Adams  31  March,  1829; 
d.  in  Nashua  4  September,  1842. 

18.  Joseph  Farmer,  b.  13  March,  1818;  d.  in  1852. 

19.  George,h.6  September,  1809  ;  d.  31- December,  1809. 

20.  Mary,  b.  27  April,  1811 ;  m.  Henry  Howai-d,  jr.,  16  November, 
1Sj7. 

21.  Lusher,  h.  22  May,  1813;  d.  5  August,  1S31;    unmarried. 

22.  Ahif/riil,h.  i  June,  1815;  m.  Abner  Richardson,  of  Woburn, 
Majs.,  15  March,  1843. 

23.  ^Charles,h.  2  May,  1817;  m.  Elizabeth  Fuller  18  April,  1843. 

24.  Rufus,  b.  23  j\Iay,  1819;  m.  Eliza  Ritterbusli  in  SepLember, 
1&49. 

25.  Rhoda,  b.  6  October,  1822. 

26.  Robert,  b.  10  August,  1827;  d.  5  September,  183  5. 

23.  Charles  Converse,  b.  2  ^lay,  1817,  res.  in  Milfoi'd; 
m.  Elizabeth  Fuller  18  April,  1843.  She  was  b.  11  March, 
1818;  d.  6  October,  1875.     Their  children  were— 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  545 

'J7.  Siinifi  /•'.,  I).  1;>  September,  1S45. 

2S.  C.'iarlcs,  h.  28  August,  ISIS. 

2  >.  Luher  B,h.ll  .hiiuiary,  IS.')!  ;    in.  Nellie  T.  Conrey  28  Alarcb, 
1.S77. 

3  >.  Rolierf,  h.  18  Octolier,  18')2. 

;n.  C/iarlo!k  E.,h-'2l  October,  1853;  m.  .losoph  II.  Kostor,  of  Mil- 
fonl,  l.'J  November,  1878. 

32.  Jacob  Convkr^e,  of  jinotlicr  family,  m.  Caroline  R. 
Tiraut  is  Aimust,  1820,  and  i-cs.  in  Ainlicrst  several  years, 
leaving  about  18'3'J.     Their  eliildreii,  b.  in  Aniliersf,  were — 

33.  Catherine  E. 
31.  A'mim  IJ. 
S~).  Charlotte  F. 

3G.  Carolini'  II., d.  15  September,  \8'M,  a,';ed  1.")  months. 

CORLISS. 

Laura  E.  Corliss,  <].  20  Aucrust.  1808,  aged  24. 
Lii'ie  E.  Corliss,  .1.  12  April,  1872,  ajed  10. 

CRISTY. 

Cbili'ion  of  James  and  Hannah  Chisty — 

Sarah,  b.  3  Miucli.  177f). 
Nanc;/,  \>.  23  January,  1781. 

CROOKER. 

1.  Melzar  Crooker,  b.  in  Lmdondcrry  20  October,  1776, 
d.  in  Andiorst  12  Ai)iil,  18:-9;  ni.  Al)igail  R.  Cox  in 
17D  !.  She  was  1).  27  January,  1778;  d.  18  February,  1852. 
They  settled  in  Audierst  aliout  1815.  Their  childreu 
were — 

2.  Ahii/riil  I!ofjrrs,h.  7  IVcombor,  171)1);  d.  1 1  Doceinber,  1803. 
;».   Infimi,  b.  1.")  January,  17.)ti;  d.  2  i  -Fanuary,  17i)0. 

4.  Mclzar,  h.  IT)   March,  1800;  d.  21  October,  b*-51  ;  unmarried. 

5.  Jonathan,  l>.  11   Marcii.  1802;  m.  Kunico  Heatii,  of  How. 

0.  Isaac,  b.  7  August,  1SJ4;  m.  Mary  Ann  Washer  in  .June,  1828; 
d.  in  Springfield,  O. 


546  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

7.  Turner,  b.  12  ISIarch,  1807. 

8.  Hezekiah  5.,b.  1  July,  1809;  m.  Ann  Putnam,  of  Chelmsford, 
Mass.;  d.  in  Boston. 

9.  ]Enos  Bradford,  b.  16  October,  1811. 

10.  Betsey  Goge,  b.  18  November,  1813;  m.  John  Baldwin  12  March, 
1860 ;  d.  20  May,  1877. 

11.  ]  James  Monroe,  b.  28  February,  1816. 

9.  Enos  B.  Crooker,  b.  16  October,  1811 ;  d.  24  October, 
1851 ;  m.  Abigail  P.  Hardy,  of  Greenfield,  in  October,  1837. 
She  d.  24  October,  1851,  aged  39  years.  Their  children 
were — 

12.  Frances  H.,h.  in  1841. 

13.  Charles  B.,  h.  in  1846. 

14.  Cordelia  A.,h.  in  1848. 

15.  Lizzie,  b.  20  August,  1851 ;  d.  15  July,  1861. 

11.  James  M.  Crooker,  b.  28  February,  1816  ;  m.  Sarah 
J.  Smith  19  October,  1842.  She  was  b.  in  Augusta,  Me.,  15 
January,  1817.     Their  children  were — 

16.  3Iartj  E.,  b.  5  October,  1843  ;  d.  9  March,  1846. 

17.  Josei^h  H.,  b.  23  May,  1845;  d.  21  August,  1847. 

18.  James  H.,  b.  3  August,  1847 ;  ni.  Julia  Hartshorn  18  February 
1873 ;  res.  in  Laconia. 

19.  Olive  J.,  b.  7  October,  1850  ;  d.  26  April,  1870. 

20.  Sarah  Ann,h.  24  October,  1853;  m.  (1)  C.  A.  Lowd  11  October, 
1871;  m.  (2)  David  Rliodes  17  August,  1879. 

21.  Mary  E.,'h.  8  September,  1856;  d.  23  July,  1857. 

22.  CZam  il/.,  b.  26  December,  18.58 ;  m.  Leander  B.  Barker,  of  Bos- 
ton, 17  January,  1882. 

23.  Carroll  J.  Crooker,  son  of  (5)  Jonathan  and  Eunice 
Crooker  ;  m.  Louisa  A.  Bennett,  of  London,  England,  26  No- 
vember, 1872.  He  is  settled  on  the  farm  formerly  owned 
by  his  grandfather,  Melzar  Crooker.     Their  children  are — 

24.  William  B.,  b.  9  September,  1873. 

25.  Herbert  Carroll,  b.  11  May,  1875. 

26.  Elsi'',  b.  8  June,  1877. 


XXn'.]  (JENEALOGIES.  .')17 

•1~.  .Ma.i.  Turner  Crooker,  hmllicrof  (1)  Mel /.a  r,  came  to 
Amherst  about  1810,  ami  iiiiichasrd  the  place  now  owned 
by  P.  W,  k  Thomas  Jones,  wlicie  he  resided  a  short  time. 
On  the  breaking-  out  of  tlie  war  of  1S12  he  joined  the  army 
and  was  for  some  time  cmployi-d  as  a  recrnitini;  olliecr. 
Afterward  lie  marehed  to  the  northern  frontier,  where  lie 
eommaiided  a  comiiany  tif  cavalry,  and  distinguished  himself 
ill  the  defense  of  Sackctt's  Harbor  against  a  superior  force. 
On  the  reduction  of  the  army  in  1815  he  was  retained  on 
the  peace  establishment  and  received  a  commission  as  brevet 
major  for  meritorious  conduct  in  the  war.  After  some 
years  of  service  in  the  army  he  d.  in  Virginia.  \\\  his  wife, 
Mary,  he  had  sevei'al  cliiltlreii,  among  wlioni  were — 

2S.  Si)i)lihi  IL,  in.  Miles  Karinrr  1  July,  IsKi. 

2!>.  LouisidiKi  ir.  N..  tl.  •_':?  Sei.tf.ml)i'r,  181S,  aiivd  13. 

:]l).  Xnlfiiitii' I  Liiiii/(/ii/i   W'i/litnns,  \>. 'M  January,  isrj. 

CRosr.v. 

I.  Simon  Crosby,  aged  twenty-si.K  years,  and  his  wife, 
Ann,  aged  twenty-live,  with  their  son,  Thomas,  came  to  this 
country  from  England  in  the  ship  Susan  and  l-^Uyn  in  the 
year  1635.  They  settled  in  Cambridge  where  he  <1.  in 
1G3!». 

II.  Simon  Crosby,  their  second  son,  b.  in  1  (!;)",  m.  Rachel 
Brackett  in  1G5U.  They  resided  in  Billcrica,  Mass., of  which 
place  he  was  a  prominent  citizen. 

III.  tlosiAii  Crosby,  son  of  Simon  and  Rachel,!).  11  Sej>- 
tember,  lt>(3T,  succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead,  and  d. 
there,  probably,  in  1745.  He  m.  Mary  .Manning,  of  Biller 
cia,  Mass.,  '1  November,  1703. 


548  HISTORY  OF  AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

IV.  JosiAH  Crosby,  sou  of  Josiali  and  Mary,  b.  5  August, 
1704 ;  m.  Elizabetli  French  3  February,  1729.  They  resided 
in  Billerica,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  prior  to  1743. 

V.  1.  JosiAH  Crosby,  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabelli,  b. 
in  Billerica,  Mass.,  24  November,  1730;  settled  in  iMonson, 
afterward  Amherst,  ii3\v  Milford,  iii  1753;  d.  15  October, 
1793.  lie  was  an  active  patriot  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
and  commanded  tlie  Amherst  company  in  the  battle  of  Bun- 
ker Hill ;  m.  S.irah  Fitch,  of  Bedford,  Mass., 23  August,  1750. 
She  was  b.  25  March,  1732;  d.l6  September,  1825,  aged  93 
years.     Their  children  were — 

2.  jJosiaJt,  b.  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  18  October,  1751. 

3.  \ Joseph,  b.  15  October,  1753. 

4.  Sarah,  h.m  April,  175G:  m.  Allen  Goodridge ;  d.  at  Mont  Ver- 
non 27  JanuarV)  1812. 

5.  William,  b.  '29  January,  1758;  m.  Sarah  Sliepard  IG  November, 
1790;  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Milford,  where  he  d.  12  May,  1831. 

G.  ELizaheih,  b.  27  June,  1760;  m.  f  William  Low,  of  Amherst. 

7.  Alpheiis,  b.  16  November,  1762;  m.  Elizabeth  Gilmore,  of  Jaf. 
frey,  18  November,  1788.  She  d.  26  October,  183:),  a-ed  70;  m.  (2) 
Mary  Foster,  of  Amherst.  He  settled  in  Jaffrey,  and  d.  thei-e  23  April, 
1842. 

VI.  2.  JosiAH  Crosby,  jr.,  b.  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  18  Oc- 
tober, 1751,  d.  in  Milford  18  Juno,  1833;  m.  Elizabeth 
Litllchale.  She  was  b.  20  December,  1749.  They  settled 
in  Amherst,  now  Milford.     Tlioir  children  were — 

8.  Josiali,  h.  22  June,  1773;  ni.  Charlotte  Keep,  of  (iroton,  Mass.; 
d.  in  Milford. 

9.  Joseph,  b.  19  October,  1774;  ni.  Anna  Conant. 

10.  Abraham,  b.  22  June,  1776 ;  m.  Mary  Tibb.-ts,  of  Belgrade,  Me.; 
d.  in  December,  1845. 

11.  Salin,  b.  8  April,  1778;  m.  David  Woolson  in  April,  1798. 

12.  William,  b.  12  January,  1789;  m.  Polly  Creasy  9  August,  1812; 
d.  in  North  Wayne,  Me.,  16  August,  1855. 

13.  Alpheus,  b.  11  March,  1782;  m.  (I)  Deborah  G.  Turner  28  De- 
cember, 18U2;  m.  (2)  Peggy  Gibson  25  March,  1825;  m.  (3)  Martha 
Miles  30  November,  1839;  d.  in  Hillsborough  15  January,  1835. 


XXIV.]  CKNKALOCIKS.  ;140 

11.  Jitllimu,  1>.  1!)   I)fc;.'inl>cT.  17S:J;  in.  Mar^aivl  15(>etli. 

1">.  Betsei/,  h.  10  .Jaiiuarv,  17->(i;  m.  .Ii>hn  Stcelo ;  settlr.l  in  Koadin)^, 
Mass.,  wlifiv  slie  d.  \')  Aui;ast,  l.SG  i. 

1(5.  (>!/iui,h.  1  SclittMnluT,  17.S7;  ni.  (1)  .\nna  Davis,  :]  Octohnr, 
1S(  I);  ni.  (•_')  Koxanna  Uniiiliani.  L».)  NovcnilM-r.  \>'.\J\  il.  1!)  Diicnilirr, 
ls(;:5. 

17.  t/'"'-"-.  1'.  H    April,  17!)1. 

IS,  yv///.  1..  ■_'.")  .Manli,  17!»:>;  m.  William  CrDsi.y,  of  IM.Triniack,  in 
Augu.st,  ISI.'). 

\\.  3.  J()si:i'ii  CiiDSHv,  li.  !5  October,  1753,  d.  0  (X-tolxjr, 
l>'4i^:  111.(1)  Kstlu'i-  Line.  She  <1.  -2  Xuveiuher,  1T'.I4:  iii. 
{■2)  S.irali  Riflnnlson.  Slir  d.  -I'l  Fi'hnr.iry,  IboO.  lie  lirst 
sottU'il  ill  Jarrivv.  lint  iTtiinird  to  Ainhcrst  where  most  of 
liis  life  was  sjicnt.      Ili.s  clillilrcii  were — 

11).  (inicc  Ji'cinl,  h.  in  .lalTri'V,  7  August,  1771);  in.  Nathaniel  Krcnclv, 
of  Sandw it'll ;  il.  in  Samlwioli  li  July,  lf-5d. 

2.).  ./i)fin  Liinr,  d.  in   iniar.oy. 

21.  Joseph,  1).  29  .July,  17J).S;  ,1.21  SopU'inl.i  r,  170!). 

22.  ^0:i<,  1..  ill  Aiiili 'r.st  22  April,  16  0. 

23.  Lorenzo  Lou;  It.  IS  Fe!»niary,  ISO);  d.  14  .Vugu-t,  lsii."x 

24.  Siirnh  ,1/1/1,1).  1.")  OctoNer.  1.SI2;  in.  tI-aiij;don  Siiiitli. 

2.J.  A/zr-// .l/(f/-/V/,  li.  0  ,fnn ',  ISII;  in.  15  Mijainia  I.  Coiiant.  of  Milford, 
2:;  Aii-ii.'t,  ISIT;  d.  12  Juno,  iSO.j. 

2).  ■\./i>seph  Fi.vh,  I).  1(5  SeptembiM-,  ISIO. 

Vll.  17.  Po:!Ti:ii  ('Kdsi-.v.b.  14  .\|iiil,  1701.  d.  !2n  May, 
iJ-aS;  m.  (1)  Susiiiiiah  IIoiiAin.s,  ol' I'rovulenee,  R.  I.,  19 
Si'iiicmlur,  1S12:  ni.  (-2)  Sarii'i  Dexlei-,  of  Alliion,  Me.,  1 
April.  1^41.      She  d.  in  .Ma/cdi,  IhO').      His  eliildieii  were — 

27.  :l/(//7/ .1/)//,  I).  ;>  .Maroli,  ISll;  iii.  .lotiiaui  Kobhins,  of  Xa.siiu.i, 
23  (JotohcT,  1S;1. 

25.  .S'Hva/i  //.,  1).  .^  I  Ja:iuary,  ISKJ;  ni.  .Ja-i<>:i  II.  Dan:',  of  Lowoll, 
Mass.,  (i  July,  1611. 

2J).  Ui'nri/  Carleto,,,  1..  1!)  March,  islS;  ,1.  at  X.'w  Orleans,  La.,  20 
May,  l.SliO. 

."i;).  (iri>ri/c  J'oi:cr,\>. 'J  Fi'I'ruary,  ISJI  ;  ni.  Ilarrii't  \.  Sanndi-rs,  of 
Xasliua,  :5  l  .Novcinlu'r,  1^1;). 

31.  WiUitiin,  li.  8  January,  1S23;  in.  Knmlino  .T.  Shattuck.of  Xatick, 
Mass..  .'>  January,  I.'".")!. 


550  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

32.  James,  b.  6  February,  1825;  d.  at  Xatick,  j\Iass.,  16  June,  1825. 

33.  James  H.,h.  18  May,  1826;  d.  10  August,  1829. 
31.  Joseph,  b.  19  August,  1828 ;  d.  13  July,  1830. 

35.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  26  November,  1830 ;  m.  Samuel  C.  Oliver,  of 
Salem,  Mass.,  3  October,  1853;  d.  24  October,  1858. 

36.  John  H.,  b.  2  April,  1833 ;  d.  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  in  1854. 

37.  Joseph  D.,  b.  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  22  December,  1842 ;  m.  Mary 
Jane  Winch  12  December,  1866. 

VII.  22.  Otis  Crosby,  b.  in  Amherst,  22  April,  1800 ; 
d.  2  December,  1831 ;  m.  Saloma  Whipple,  of  Barre,  Vt.,  in 
February,  1824.  She  was  b.  26  February,  1804;  d.  24  Jan- 
uary, 1870.     Their  children  were — 

38.  Emeline  Frances,  h.  7  Jnne,  1824;  m.  Daniel  S.  Perkins  1  Janu- 
ary, 1842;  d.  18  July,  1869. 

39.  Saloma  Rand,  b.  7  October,  1825;  m.  James  Averill,  of  jNIilford, 
8  December,  1852. 

40.  Harriet  Awjusta,  b.  14  April,  1827;  d.  17  February,  1836. 

41.  Daniel  Guild,  h.  17  January,  1829;  m.  Catherine  Castlow,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  7  December,  1851. 

42.  Manj  Elizabeth,  b.  3  September,  1831 ;  d.  in  Lowell  17  INLarch, 
1833. 

VII.  26.  Joseph  Fitch  Crosby,  b.  16  September,  1819; 
m.  Helen  M.  Averill,  of  Mont  Vernon,  28  March,  1847  ;  set- 
tled in  Amherst,  but  rem.  to  ^lilford  where  he  how  res. 
She  d.  in  Milford  14  November,  1879,  aged  52.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

43.  Grace  Helen,  b.  13  June,  1858. 

44.  Catherine  Bell,  b.  24  May,  1860. 

Children  of  (45)  Stephen  and  Eunice  Crosby — 

46.  Eunice,  b.  15  May,  1785. 

47.  Stephen,  b.  16  March,  1789. 

48.  Rebecca,  b.  14  December,  1790. 

49.  Lucif,  b.  9  February,  1793. 

50.  John,  b.  12  December,  1794. 

51.  Hannah,  b.  16  July,  1798. 

52.  Sampson  Crosby,  b.  21  October,  1731,  m.  (1)  Lucy 
Richardson  5  May,  1757;  m.  (2)  Lydia  Hale  20  May,  1779; 


XXIV.]  (;i:nkalo(;ies.  551 

rem.  iruiu  JJillcricu,  Mass.,  to  Aiiilierst,uo\v  .Miltmcl.     Tlirir 
cliildreu  were — 

53.  Steptun,  1).  ;5  Xoveinber,  1757. 

54.  Lucy,  b.  11  ^lay,  1759. 

55.  Sampson,  b.  5  June,  1760. 

56.  Joe/,  b.  9  Fcbniaiv,  176;J;  iii.  llamiali  lUaiiclianl. 

57.  Joshua,  b.  31  May,  1770. 
.58,  Ziba,  b.  '21  .raiuiaiy,  177"2. 


Mrs.  Sarah  Croshi/,  inothor  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Wilkiiis,  d.  lo  May,  1S38» 
ageil  70. 

Ahraham  Crash;/ i\.  at  Lowell  l!»  Scpti'ialier,  1831,  aged  19. 
Jusiah  Crosliij  d.  19  Maivli,  1S.>3,  aged  -IS  years  and  <1  mcpiitlis. 

CROSS. 

Nathan  Cross  d.  in  tlio  anny  at  Builingtoii,  \'t.,  in  Xoveinber,  1812, 
aged  55. 

CUMMIXdS. 

Chiltlreii  of  Jonathan  and  Dkborah  Ci'mmincs — 

Deborah,  b.  "JS  March.  177J. 
Lconanl,  b.  2  Jmie,  177">. 

Children  of  Jonathan  and  LvDi a  Cummin(;s — 

Hannah,  h.  17  September,  1786. 
Lij'lia,  b.  28  February,  1790. 

Children  of  Moody  and  LucY  Cum.mings — 

Catherine,  1>.  22  October,  18  Mj. 
James,  b.  17   March,  1809. 
Lm-i/,  b.  22   March,  1811. 

Silas  and  Hannah  Cum.mincs.     Their  danuhter — 
Hannah,  was  b.  18  August,  1771. 

CURTICi:— CURTIS. 

Jacob  Curtice  m.  Mary  Stiles,  of  Iloxford,  Mass.,  26  May, 
IT.VJ.     Thev  seem  to  have  settled  first  in  lloxford.  whence, 


652  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Clinp. 

about  1767,  tlicy  rem.  to  Soiiliegan  West.  He  served  as  a 
soldier  in  several  expeditions  in  the  war  for  independence. 
Their  children  we  it — 

1.  Lemuel,  a  Revolutionary  soldier;  in.  Mary  Smith  9  February, 
177J  ;  rem.  to  Antrim  in  1784. 

2.  S  ep'ien,  h.  ill  175.3;  a  R3volationary  soldier;  in.  Abi^'ail  Small. 
She  d.  10  January,  1782.     lie  rem.  to  Antrim  in  1784 ;  d.  there  in  1S3.\ 

3.  Isaac  Pulntcr,  b.  23  June,  175S;  a  soldier  at  "the  Cedars,"  and 
at  Benningtcn. 

4.  Ebunezer,  b.  9  June,  17G0 ;  a  soldier  in  the  Contineutal  army  in 
1781  ;  ni.  Sarah  Parker  29  December,  1784. 

5.  EUzahelh,  b.  8  .Alareh,  17G2;  m.  Isaac  Carter  10  July,  17£7. 
G.   Mary,  b.  15  April,  17Gi. 

7.  John,  b.  29  January,  1760. 

8.  A^aph.  b.  3  May,  17j8;  d.4  January,  17GD. 

9.  AyapJi,  b.  15  January,  17.0. 
IC.  Abel,  b.  S  July,  1772. 

11.  Sarah,  h.  28  October,  1774. 

1.  Dn.  Samukl  Curtis,  son  of  Rev.  Philip  Curtis,  of 
Sharon,  Mass.,  settled  in  Amherst  about  1789;  d.  31  ^larch, 
1822,  a.u-ed  74.  His  Avife,  Mrs.  Abigail  Curtis,  d.  17  Decem- 
ber, 1821,  aii;ed  G3.     Their  children  were — 

2.  jSaiDucl,  Jr. 

3.  Fannji,  m.  fMathew  Thornton,  jr.,  son  of  lion.  Mathcw  Thornton, 
of  Merrimack,  and  d.  3^  April,  18(i7,  aged  23. 

4.  William,  d.  IG  September,  1805,  aged  21. 
o.  Roherf,  d.  7  July,  1804.  aged  10. 

6.  Abujail,  d.  2  JMarch,  179G,  aged  5. 

2.  Samuel  Curtis,  jr.,  m.  Nancy  Shepard.  Ho  was  a 
liousc-paintcr  and  carried  on  his  business  some  years  in 
Amherst.  lie  d.  in  the  prime  of  life,  a  victim  of  intemper- 
ance, 29  Jnne,  1820,  a.^eJ  41.  His  widow  m.  Luther  Roby, 
of  Concord.     Tiieir  children  were — 

7.  Samuel,  a  merchant  in  Boston,  INIass. 

8.  Ann  Augusta,  d.  in  Concord  at  the  age  of  IG  years. 


XXI  V.J  ni:Ni-:.\L()(:n:s.  rirr.l 

CUSIIIXC. 

Samui:l  CusiiiNc,  one  of  llic  i)iil)lisliL'rs  of  the  \'illii<re 
Mrssni^ir,  res.  in  Ai'.ilierst  ;i  short  tiino  ;  rem.  thciiec  to 
Phil;i(lcl]>hi:i,  l*,i.,  wliere  lie  (lie;I. 

JosKi'ii  CusniNd  eame  to  Amherst  in  the  nulumn  of  1802 
and  eiiiin,u"(Ml  in  llic  j)i'iMliiig  husincss.  lie  inaiiietl  Rebecca 
Kdniiinds,  of  Clnilcstown,  Mass.,  1  Novemhcr,  1804.  She 
d.  ill  llallimoie,  Mil.,  in  Deccmher,  1833,  aged  T)!.  Ili-  d.  '2 
Auunst,  1852,  an'cd  TO.     Tlieir  ehihiicn  were — 

lieheccd  Ann.  il.  in   Amherst,  1  Feluuary,  18;)G,  ajo.l  3  inonths. 
I'ehccca  .1 /(/),  h.  in  Baltiinoio,  Md.;  in.  J.  Wiley  Edmuiifb,  of  Bo.s- 
ton,  Mass. 

DAMON. 

1.  IJkx.i AMIS  Hamox,  s;)ii  of  .John  nml  Rebecca  Damon,  of 
Rc;idin;i-,  Mass.,  was  b.  In  Reading  4  June,  ITG) ;  d.  in  Am- 
lier.st  11  November,  1S4G;  m.  Mary  llosca  15  Felnniry, 
1783.  She  was  b.  in  IMynionth,  Miss.,  30  Aju'll,  1704;  d. 
SI  Jill/,  18-10.  Tiiey  sell  led  in  the  eisterly  jiart  of  the 
town,  mar  Dam  )n's  pond.     Their  cliillren  were — 

2.  BiiiiJ(iiiiin.\K'21  Dt'CJiiiber,  M^l];  in.  Soi)hia  \ic'lio!s,of  .Vnihor.'^t, 
10  Jaiiuiviy,  bsi  1  ;  d.  in  Concord  2.>  Dcceniber,  \>72. 

'■].  Mail/,  h.  10  .ScptonibLM-,  17S.");  ni.  Ania/.iah  lUanchard  '2')  .\ii':jnst, 
IS  7;  (1.  ill  l>yiidnl)oron.;li  1*2  KHbruary,  ISli. 

1.   jSr/,l,nK\K  1  .July.  17-iS. 

.').  Smti/i,  \).  21  May.  17M  ;  ui.  IJiclianl  Swain,  of  Concord.  2  .Tnly, 
isi:  ;  .l.at  Xaslma  :!  •  XovciiduT,  l^Sl,  a^'od  ()(». 

(i.   /.//(•//,  1).  2  May,  171  1:  il.  in  Concord  18  r)ecend)cr,  1S77;    nnniar- 

7.  Anna.  b.  1  '.  ,Jrdy.  17  7;  d.  8  .Vovenibcr,  ISl:}. 

8.  Jlrhrrrn,  b.  12  iM'bniary,  18)1);  m.  Tcrley  Batcholdcr,  of  .Mont 
Vernon,  in  182:{;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  4  .Inly,  ISl). 

!).  Cdlrin  Carrcr,  b.  17  Ft-ltrnary,  ISc:};  ni.  Rebecca  Karnnni ;  d.  in 
Concord.  Mass.,  12  Jannary,  18."j."). 

10.  C/nrissa  Ilarlnir.  h.  17  Febrnavv,  18C:};  m.  Hall  H.  Mann,  of 
Pendnoke;  d.  in  I'endnoki?  1  June,  1^:11. 

Mrs.  Rihrcca  /^//woh,  niotlier  of  Benjamin  Damon,  senr.,d.  in  Andierst 
l.j   Keliiiiaiv.  17Ur. 


554  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

4.  Stephen  Damon,  b.  1  July,  1788,  d.  in  Bedford  31  May, 
1854;  m.  Nancy  Fisk  in  September,  1815.  She  was  b.  17 
June,  1794  ;  d.  7  December,  1854.     Their  children  were — 

11.  Francis  S.,h.  1(3  April,  1816;  d.  in  Illinois  1(3  March,  1811. 

12.  Lucij  Ann,  b.  1  June,  1818;  m.  fDavid  P.  Lowe  in  1843;  d.  in 
Amherst  14  June,  1853. 

13.  William  F.,  b.  17  April,  1821 ;  d.  in  Illinois  5  August,  1844. 

14.  j diaries  A.,  b.  28  August,  1823. 

15.  Stephen  C.,h.  21  Mavch,  IS'2Q;  in.  Mrs.  Mary  J.  McClelland  in 
January,  18.54 ;  res.  in  Bedford. 

16.  Sarah  Jane,  h.  9  June,  1830;  d.  10  January,  1853;  unmarried. 

14.  Charles  A.  Damon,  b.  28  August,  1823 ;  killed  in 
battle  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.^  4  July,  1863  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Low,  of 
Amherst,  in  June,  1845.  She  m.  (2)  Edson  Davis,  of 
Nashua.     Their  children  were — 

17.  Gi'orf/e  W.,  b.  in  February,  1847. 

18.  Clara  G.,h.  in  July,  1843;  m.  George  Daland;  d.  20  May,  1870. 

19.  Frank  C,  h.  in  May,  1851. 

20.  Charles  E.,  b.  in  September,  1854. 

21.  Nellie,  b.  in  August,  1856. 

22.  John  Damon,  of  Amherst,  and  Hepsibah  Smith,  of 
Reading,  Mass.,  were  m.  26  October,  1790.  Their  children 
were — 

23.  Ebenezer  Smith,  b.  31  August,  1791. 

24.  John,  b.  6  February,  1795. 

25.  Warren  Damon  and  Betsey  Tracy,  of  Lowell,  Mass., 
were  m.  in  1850.  They  res.  some  years  in  Amherst.  He 
d.  at  Tyngsborough,  Mass.,  20  August,  1877,  aged  88  years 
and  3  months.  She  d.  5  January,  1871,  aged  76  years  and 
9  months. 

DANA. 

1.  Hon.  Samuel  Dana,  1).  in  Cambridge,  now  Brighton, 
Mass.,  14  January,  1739;  d.  2  April,  1798;    m.  Anna  Ken- 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  555 

rick  <!  ^lay,  17t)2.  Slie  was  li.  in  Xcutoii,  .Mass.,oO  Ajiril, 
1742;  d.  in  Amlicrst  25  OctolKT,  IslO.  They  rem.  from 
Groton,  Mass.,  to  Amlicrst  in  the  sprinu-  of  IT^l.  Their 
chihlrcn  were — 

•J.  t/,»/r/^r/-,l..  i;5  August,  17G:5;  d.  at  Fort  Pn-lilr.  Mr.,  in  lM-l>ru:iry, 

ls;3-J. 

'i.  Amclid,  1).  m  17Gi;  in.  .louathan  Smith  S  December,  17'.t7;  <1.  iu 
New  York  city  in  1S25. 

4.  Samuel,  h.m  1767;  was  a  lawyer  in  Groton  and  Charlestown, 
Ma.ss.;  m.  Rebecca  Barrett,  of  New  Ipswich;  d.  in  Groton  20  Novem- 
ber, 183.5.     She  d.  11  May,  1834,  aged  51. 

5.  Thcutit,  m.  Aaron  Brown,  of  CJroton,  Mass.,  ."3  Fel)ruary,  1709. 

6.  Ann,  d.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  21  December,  1811. 

7.  Luv;i,  b.  24  May,  177G;  d.  3  June,  17.S3. 

8.  Meliiliiljle  Boicen,h.  S  November,  1780 ;  m.  Sanmel  Bell,20  May, 
17!i7  ;  d.  17  September,  1810. 

9.  Ahifjni'l,  b.  in  1782 ;  d.  in  Salem.  Mass.,  G  April,  1803;  unmarried. 

10.  Jamef  Grprn,  b.  11  Ffbruary.  178.'):  sludicil  law  with  his  brother 
Samuel;  settled  in  Frankforl.  Ky.,  where  In-  d.  in  l>i41;   umu;irrii'd. 

2.  Capt.  Luther  Dana,  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  13  August, 
1763 ;  m.  Lucy  Giddings  29  March,  1788.  They  res.  in  Am- 
herst several  years.  lie  d.  at  Fort  Preltle,  Me.,  in  February, 
1832.  Slic  d.  in  Somerville,  ^fass.,  in  1848,  aged  71.  Their 
children  were — 

11.  Jonalhdn  Frecimni,  b.  23  SejHember,  1793 ;  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1813;  in.  Matilda  Webb.-r,  of  ("aiubridge,  Mass..  is  January, 
181s ;  d.  in  Xt'w  York  city  15  Ajuil,  1S27.     Their  daughter — 

Matilda  Freeman,  was  b.  IG  September,  ls27. 

12.  Siinniil  Luther,  b.  11  July.  1795;  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1>13:  m.  (1)  Ann  T.  Willard  in  1819.  She  d.  in  1828;  m.  (2)  Au- 
gusta U'illard;  four  children. 

13.  y.illiiinirl  (,'iil<linf/s,  b.  9  April.  1797;  graduated  at  West  Point 
^Military  Acailemy  in  1.S14;  entered  the  ariuy  immediately  after,  and 
remained  in  the  .service  through  the  remainder  of  his  lite.  He  m.  Mary 
L.  Harris,  of  Portsmouth  ;  d.  at  Fort  McHenry,  Maryland,  4  February, 
1S33. 

14.  Tlualii,  their  only  ilaughter,  d.  in  Kxeter  in  January,  1S<J5. 

15.  -4  fitn,  d.  in   infancy. 


556  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

DANFORTH. 

1.  David  Danforth,  son  of  David  and  Joanna  (Shed) 
Danfoilli,  was  b.  in  Billcrica,  Muss.,  26  November,  1762;  d. 

in  Amherst  4  July,  1827  ;    m.  Elizabeth  ;    she  d.  6 

July,  1817,  ngcd  ()4.  They  settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  1788 
in  wlmt  is  now  known  as  Danforth's  Corner,  where  he  car- 
ried on  the  blacksmiihing  business.  About  1795  he  erected 
the  buildings  Jiear  the  railway  station  whicli  were  occu- 
pied as  a  tavern-stand  several  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
some  prominence  in  town  affaiis,  and  served  on  the  board 
of  selectmen  for  some  time.  The  children  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  Danforth  were — 

2.  j Jesse,  h.  27  August,  1770;  m.  Sally  Wheat. 

3.  yriinothi/,  h.  2  April,  177S. 

4.  B?)}Jamin,  h.  iu  1780;  ni.  Polly  AYetherby  17  August,  1830;  res. 
some  years  iu  Waltliani,  INIass.;  d.  in  Audovei-  19  March,  1837. 

5.  Darid,  h.  in  \~S2;  res.  in  Hillsborough;  about  1835  be  i"em.  to 
Maine  and  d.  there. 

G.   Iiel>erc:i,h.  in  1789;  in.  f  Benjamin  Kendrick. 

7.  Sus(tn,  m.  Eugene  Hutchinson,  of  Milford. 

2.  Jrsse  DANFORTir,b.  27  August,  1776;  m.  Sally  Wheat, 
of  Hollis,  24  April,  1797.  They  settled  in  Amherst  in  the 
Danforth  Corner  disti'ict,  where  he  carried  on  the  black- 
smithing  business.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Jesse,  h.  18  February,  1798;  d.  in  Ottawa,  111.,  1  July,  1S49, 
aged  51. 

9.  David,  h.  17  April,  1799;  d.  13  October,  1799. 

10.  Sal///,  b.  3  July,  1800. 

11.  Dr,ri(l,h.  10  May,  1802. 

12.  Solomon,  b.  8  December,  1803. 

13.  Harriet,  h.  30  April,  18(5;  d.  in  October,  1812,  from  injuries  re- 
ceived by  her  clothes  taliing  fire  while  at  school. 

14.  Susan,  h.  IG  December,  18;)6. 

15.  Benjamin,  b.  17  November,  1808. 
IG.  Joseph,  b.  4  November,  1810. 

17.  Sophronia,  b.  2G  October,  1812. 


XXIV.J  GENEALOfllES.  557 

J5.  Timothy  Danfortii,  b.  2  April,  177H  ;  d.  17  May,  1855; 
111.  (1 )  Mary  Ncviiis  12  Aiijiust,  171IS.  She  was  b.  in  17»j8, 
and  (I.  ill  1<S0<>;  m.  (2)  Bridget  lUancbnrd  2:i  Sepfonibcr, 
180:').  She  was  b.  in  i\Ierriinat'k  2'i  Jun(',177<!;  d.  in  Ain- 
licrst  l<)  July,  1837:  111.(3)  liiicrctia  IJarnaid  11  .lainiary, 
l8;)8.      His  children  were — 

18.  Tunnthii,  1).  in  .AiuluTst  •_'(!  .May.  ITil.O;  ni.  Mary  Taylor  in  .Iiiiie, 
1827;  il.  in  Milfonl  is  September,  l.s.')!). 

10.  WIflldiii  \>rins,  1).  in  .Mill'ord,  1:5  July,  ISOJ;  ni.  I.ncy  Wil.'y  -Jo 
.Inly,  18:il;  (I.in  .Vniheist  •_'  .March,  1«-19. 

20.  IlW/rr,  b.  in  Milfnnl.  Ill  Febiuary.  IS  )1 ;  .1.  in  Portlan.!,  Me., 
5  August,  If-4S. 

'21.  Joel  Croxhii,  b.  in  Milloid  11  June,  lS(l();  ni.  IJetsey  P.  Andrews, 
of  lIillsb<)rouj;li,  2!)  June,  IS  10;  res.  in  Concord  til'ty  yeans,  and  d. 
there  17  September,  18S2.     Siie  d.  17  October,  lb82,  aged  74. 

22.  C/idiUs  Pinc/cnej/,h.  Id  September,  1^12 ;  m.  Nancy  II.  Pierce 
15  September,  ISlO;  res.  in  Nashua. 

2;}.  llmiiKih,  b.  11  NovemI  er,  lS2il;  m.  Dr.  (".  ('.  Field,  of  Leomin- 
ster. Mass.;  d.  in  Leominster  1  I  May,  l>r)7. 

24.  Jacob  Danfouth,  brother  of  (1)  David,  was  b.  in  Hil- 
leriea,  Mass.,  27  February,  170(1 ;  learned  the  blaeksinithin;:; 
bnsinc.';s  of  his  Ijrother  in  Amhcrsf  ;  in.  Meliital)I(^  Ijovekiii 
ir.  April,  1787.  She  d.  24  February,  180  4,  ajicd  37;  in.  (2) 
Kebecea  Fassett  who  d.  2  October,  ISIO.  a-red  32;  in.  (3) 
Mrs.  Lydia  ([''airar)  Adams.  lie  setthd  at  lirst  in  Jai'tVey 
Itnt  retiii'ned  to  Ainherst  in  1811  wlu're  he  A.  1  .">  Xovenilx'r, 
1851.      His  children  weie — 

2.">.   Olirt r.  li.  unnianiud. 

2(5.    ]\'illi<iin,  d.  at  Deeriii:^  1  I  .June.  1S;5G,  aged  45. 

27.  Poff;/,  b.  10  I)eeemlM-r.  171)1;  d.2S  July.  1705. 

25.  7iH(/Vv.  b.  11  November,  17i>5;  m.  .John  Cliase,  of  (iroloii.  M;uss.. 
4  Decpudier.  is-Jl. 

20.  Kiiiilitill,  res.  in  (irotoii,  .Mass. 

;{(».  Dmi'l.  b.  ()   Au-ust,  170(1;  blacksmith;   res.  in  Walpole. 

31.  Or/xih,  b.  Hi  October,  ISdd. 

32.  ^Georf/e,h.  \n   ISJG;  m.  .Sarali  Mej/.ar  in  1S-J7. 

33.  ^farl/  Ann,  b.  in   ISOS. 

3L  Jaroh,  b.  in  l.Sld;  d.  17  July,  iSJih 


558  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

32.  Capt.  George  Danforth,  m.  Sarah  Melzar  in  1827. 
She  d.  30  October,  1882,  aged  72  years.  They  res.  near 
Amherst  station,  Danforth's  Corner.    Their  children  were — 

35.  Adeline  Sophia,  died  young. 

36.  Lucy  A.,  m.  Obed  Ware  25  November,  1874;  res.  in  Pepperell, 
Mass. 

37.  Edgar  A.,m.  (1)  Susy  .\.  Marvell  1  October,  1867;  m.  (2)  Jen- 
nie Clay ;  res.  in  Lyndeborough. 

38.  ^ora/i /.,m.  Charles  Hay;  res. in  Lowell,  Mass. 

39.  Nellie  E.,  m.  Arthur  Hill  4  May,  1879. 

40.  Simeon  C.  Danforth,  a  nephew  of  (1)  David,  was  b, 
in  Merrimack  31  March,  1786 ;  d.  in  Amherst  24  July,  1869 ; 
m.  Abigail  Osgood,  of  Blue  Hill,  Me.,  7  February,  1811.  She 
d.  13  February,  1854,  aged  60  years.  They  settled  in  At- 
kinson, Me.,  shortly  after  their  marriage;  rem.  thence  to 
Merrimack  about  1830,  and  to  Amherst  in  1845,  where  they 
died.     Their  children  were — 

41.  ^Charles  C.,b.  12  April,  1812. 

42.  Daniel  Osgood,  h.  17  March,  1816 ;  ni.  Harriet  Couch,  of  Bath. 

43.  Solomon,  b.  8  March,  1818. 

44.  Sophronia,  b.  25  July,  1819  ;  m.  Samuel  H.  Kingsbury. 

45.  Vespasian,  b.  5  November,  1820  ;  m.  (3)  Louisa  Brown. 

46.  Elizn  Jane  C,  b.  23  September,  1822  ;  m.  fFrancis  K.  Boutell. 

47.  Simeon  C,  b.  27  May,  1824 ;  m.  Harriet  Davis  21  September, 
1851. 

48.  Aligail,  b.  6  May,  1826;  d.  22  May,  1880. 

49.  Lovicij  C,  b.  7  December,  1827 ;  ni.  John  Perkins,  of  Nashua,  13 
March,  1851. 

50.  Sarah  A.,h.  2  September,  1830;  d.  29  September.  1833. 

51.  Rufus  E.,  b.  22  August,  1832;  d.  8  September,  1833. 

52.  iiif/'u.s  i^.,  b.  4  February,  1834;  m.  Mahala  Rand,  of  Pennsylva- 
nia ;  d.  in  Keene  28  June,  1863. 

41.  Charles  C.  Danforth,  b.  in  Atkinson,  M(!.,  12  April, 
1812;  m.  Clarissa  Caldwell,  of  New  Boston,  30  August, 
1835.  She  was  b.  22  June,  1810;  d.  28  January,  1880.  He 
commenced  work  in  the  whip  factory  of  Melendy  &  David 
in  the  spring  of  1830,  and  remained  in  Amherst  forty  years. 
He  served  as  sexton  twenty-five  years  ;  now  res.  in  Reading, 
Mass.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.] 


(JKNEALOCIES. 


559 


5:5.    C/iarhs  /l..\,.-JJ  Miin-h.  \s-?;7:   m.  Sanili    V.   I.ov.-joy   2:5    Man-li 
18G1. 

M.  John  E.,  1).  2i  August,  I8I11;  d.  7  Jauuarv,  1840. 

5.").  Ilarrirl,  1>.  4    Deceuibfir,   l><4h    ui.  freorge   A.   Hiclianlsoii,  of 
Reatliug,  Mas-s..  22  Deceiuber,  18ii7. 

.')(!.  Jnlni  7i^..  1>.  7  January,  1847:  d.  2.")  .(anuarv,  1801. 

r)7.   /,'<'•//■//.  I..  1..  1:;  April,  185(1;  111.  Cliarles  15.  Eaiiics,  ol'    llcailing, 
.Mass..;]  F.-l)ru;ny,  l>i77:  d.  17  .May.  I87s. 

58.  WiLLAiM)  Danforth,  m.  Sarah   Koiidrick  2i)  October, 
184!t.     Uo  (1.  i!i  Amhcr.st  28  >rnivli.  18.3i»,  aged  80  yonrs. 

DAVKXPORT. 
Jane  Davrnport,  a  native  of  Eimland,  employed    in   tlio 
family  of  Rev.  J.  (J.  Davi.s;    d.  4  Xovemlx'i-.  1^72.  :\'if<]    19 
venrs. 


Hksidknck  ok  Bauxahas  IJ.  D.wiD,  Esq. 

liuilt  by   l\()l>ert    Means,  jr.,   in  1S2.");  Josej^li    S.  Abl>ott.    of   Con- 
oonl.  .\rcliitert  and  Ma><ter  Builder. 


660  niSTOUY  OP  am ii erst.  [Chap. 

I.  John  David,  a  Frcncli  Hngncnot,  emigrated  from 
France  to  this  country,  and  settled  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  d.  26  June,  1794,  aged  73  years.     His  grandson — 

HI.  Barnabas  Bradt  David,  b.  in  Albnny,  N.  Y.,  8  Au- 
gust, 1832;  m.Elizibclli  Wclcli  Mclendy  25  Dec(mb,.'r,1825; 
settled  in  Amherst  in  1830.  For  moi"e  than  fiity  yoai'S  he 
was  in  connection  with  his  brother-in-1  iw,  Samuel  B.  Mc- 
lendy, engaged  in  the  maimfacture  of  whips,  which  business 
furnished  emj)loyment  to  quite  a  number  of  their  town's 
people,  lie  represented  his  adopted  town  in  tlic  legislature 
one  year, and  served  several  years  on  the  bo:irtl  of  selectmen. 
He  is  now  (1882)  tlie  senior  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church.     His  children  were — 

1.  Edward  Cornelius, h.Q  January,  1827;  m.  Eliza  -7.  Smith,  of  Du- 
buque, Iowa,  18  September,  IS^o.  She  was  b.  in  Poto  i.  Mo.,  10  Janu- 
ary, 18:53;  res.  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming  'J'erritory;  four  children. 

2.  Samuel  Mele/idy,h.  28  February,  182!) ;  m.  Maria  J.  Eihnunds  1 
May,  185'3.  She  was  b.  in  Charlestown,  JNIass.,  2  J  August,  18  55;  res.  in 
Cambridg^e,  Mass.,  where  lie  d.  20  August,  1809;  five  children. 

3.  ]Vdli<(m  Glenn,  b.  12  June,  1831:  m.  Sarah  M.  Taft  3  October, 
1855;  She  was  b.  in  Lyons,  N.  ¥.,20  September,  18  U.  They  settled 
at  first  in  Dubucjue,  Iowa,  but  rem.  to  Lyons  where  he  d.  17  August, 
1877 ;  fom-  children. 

4.  James  Barnabas,  b.  4  December,  18  ]3;  m.  Abby  Frances  Shirley 
23  January,  1868.  She  was  b.  in  Goft'stown  21  November,  1845;  res.  in 
Somerville,  Mass.;  one  child. 

5.  Elizabeth  Welch,  b.  9  February,  183G ;  m.  George  W.  Nichols 
13  November,  1873;  res.  in  Boston,  Mass.;  one  child. 

6.  Albert  Flick  b.  7  August,  1840;  d.  20  March,  1842. 

7.  Louisa  Garaphelia,  b.  1  September,  1846;  d.20  June,  1851. 

III.  8.  John  David,  eldest  brother  of  Dea.  Barnabas  B. 
David,  was  b.  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  6  September,  1784;  d.  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  28  September, 1820;  m.  Lucy  IloUis,  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  She  was  b.  in  Quincy,  Mass,  14  May,  1786  ;  d.iu 
Amherst  7  January,  1876.  She  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1831 
and  remained  here  until  her  death.     Their  children  were — 

9.  ^John  Oliver,  b.  13  July,  1813. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOCIK?.  oOl 

10.  ^C/ifirUs  Il(,in/,h.  L'O  May,  1815. 

11.  Luri/  Anil,  li.  in   ISIS;  d.  S  Soi.t<>nil.('r,  1S'_'2. 

IV.  9.  John  Oliver  D.wiD,  h.  in  liuston,  Mass.,  13  July, 
lsl3;  111.  I'hilena  Emerson,  of  Croydon,  12  November,  1840. 
i)(>tli  lost  their  speech  and  hearing  early  in  life  by  sickness, 
;i  11(1  both  were  educated  at  the  asylum  for  the  deaf  and  dumb  at 
flartford.  Conn.  ^fr.  David  came  to  Amherst  in  his  boy- 
hood, and  in  1824  went  to  the  asyhim  wiicrt'  hi-  rcinaincd 
several  years.  Since  his  return  he  has  l)een  enuaued  in  thi* 
shoe  business  at  Amherst,  and  for  tlire<^  years  as  a  teaehcr 
in  the  asylum  at  Hartford.  He  is  now  a  jireachiM-  to  the 
deal'  mutes,  and  an  auent  iov  the  Boston  Di'nl'  Mutr  Society. 
Their  children  were — 

12.  Aim  S/ittij>,  \>.  lit  Sci.tfiiiluT,  isll:   d.  \.]  Scpt.-iiil.."r.  ISof). 

13.  Liiri/  Eiiiina,  h.  ti  January,  1844 ;  in.  AVilliani  U.  ClaiU  17  July. 
1S7*2;  res.  in  Hloomingtoii,  AViscoii.sin. 

11.  Jtihn  (iiil/aiulet,  b.  28  Febniary,  isS^i;  is  now  a  salesman  ii<  tiu' 
store  of  Ilawlcy,  Kolsoni  iSc  Mjirtin.  Arch  and  Otis  streets.  Hostoii. 
.Mass. 

W .  ]<».  ("iiARLEs  Heni;v  Havfi),  son  of  John  and  Liiey 
havid,  was  b.  in  Uost-oii,  .Mass.,  20  May,181.");  caiiu^  to  .Aiii- 
h<'rst  in  18;'>1  ;  learned  t'M' whip-maker's  trade,  and  continued 
in  the  business  until  his  death  7  October,  1880.  He  m.  Mary 
Anne  Downe,  daughter  of  Dca.  Abel  Downe.  She  was  b. 
;'.l   I»ee,.inl).-r,  181.");  d.  27  December,  1872.     One  child  — 

15.   //<//•/•/'/,  1>.  1  1  I'elirnaiy,  ISH;   res.  in  I?o'>lon.  .Mas^.;   unniarricil. 

c 

DAVIS. 

1.  JiKN.iAMJN  h.wis  settled  in  Siuihegan  West  about  17r)0. 
He  res.  b)r  some  time  on  the  place  since  owned  liy  Reui>en 
Stearns  and  others;  afterward  in  a  small  house  east  of  tiie 
residence  of  Hon.  William  Fisk.  He  was  a  soldier  in  tlie 
Ixevolntion  ;  d.  28  November,  1822,  aged  08:  m.  (  1  )  Kunico 

:   (  2)  widow  Susannah  Fisk,  mother  of  Hon.  Willi;ini 

Fisk.     His  children,  all  by  his  first  wife,  were — 
36 


562  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Ezekiel,  b.  1  May.  1751;  a  Revolutionary  soldier;  killed  by  the 
Indians  in  central  Xew  York  16  June,  1779. 

3.  Lydia,  b.  27  September,  1756. 

4.  Mary,  b.  10  May,  1758. 

5.  Joseph,  b.  27  February,  1761 ;  a  Revolutionary  soldier ;  killed  by 
the  Indians  in  central  New  York  13  August,  1779. 

6.  Eunice,  b.  18  ^lay,  1763;  ra.  Asa  Hutchinson  4  Aiigust,  1785;  d. 
in  Fayette,  Me.,  30  :\Iarch,  1855,  aged  91. 

7.  James,  b.  27  October,  1765. 

8.  John  Davis,     His  cliildren  were — 

9.  JoJt»,  b.  9  July,  1751. 

10.  William,  b.  5  September,  1753;  m.  Betsey  Jones,  of  Dublin,  3 
April,  1794;  settled  in  Dublin  and  d.  there  28  Aug-iist,  1819. 

11.  Andrew,  b.  4  June.  1755. 

12.  Rev.  Josiah  G-.  Davis,  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Gardner)  Davis,  was  b.  in  Concord,  Mass.,  23  February, 
1815;  settled  in  Amherst  in  1844;  m.  Abby  Atherton  Spald- 
ing 26  September,  1848.     One  child — 

■  13.  Rehecca  Atherton,  b.  20  August,  1849 ;  m.  Dr.  George  A.  Spald- 
ing 4  September,  1878;  res.  in  Xew  York  city.  They  liave  one  child, 
a  daughter,  b.  25  July,  1881. 

DEAN. 

Newell  Dean  m.  Elizabeth  Ray  in  December,  1826.  She 
d.  7  July,  1858.     Their  children  were — 

Elizaheth,  d.  13  Xovember.  1853,  aged  26. 

Sarah  F.,d.2  April,  1857.  aged  25. 

Annie  M..  m.  Ambrose  Aldrich;  d.  12  Julv,  1801,  and  others. 

DICKEY. 

1.  Thomas  M.  Dickey,  d.  24  Jantuiry,  1846,  aged  61;  ra. 
(1)  Nancy  Holden  26  July,  1815.  She  d.  25  January,  1836, 
aged  45;  m.  (2)  Rachel  Follansbee,  of  Francestown,  11  Oc- 
tober, 1837.  She  m.  (2)  Levi  Cochran,  of  New  Boston,  11 
March,  1852.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Henry  H.,h.  14  May,  1816;  res.  in  Lewiston,  Me. 

3.  Elizaheth  E.,  b.  19  October,  1817;  m.  Samuel  McLanahan,  of 
Lowell,  Mass.,  1  November,  1842. 


XX I  \'.]  GENEALOGIES.  563 

4.  Xaiici/,  1).  :?  ScptcinlKT,  1819. 

5.  T/iomas,  h.  •_>'_>  .March,  1^-21. 

G.  Mar;/  Jaiw.  1).  15  Jaimarv,  ISJ:'.:  d.  1.")  Maiili.  1840. 

7.  Xdtfian  L..\k  fl  .raiuiary.  IS-J.");  d.  0  I  )ccciiil)L'r,  1817. 

8.  Ilehcrra  6'..  1>.  :il    Maicli,  1S-J7. 

!t.  Clmrh'!<,\^. '2'-\  -Inly.  !>>■_'!);  (Irowiicd  in  Califoniia,  in  December, 
18.1(1. 

1(1.   G('(>r(ji\  b.  25  February,  1^:52. 

11.  Sarah  Ellen,  b.  25  Octobc-'r.  IS-'):!;  in.  Sanuici  McLanalian,  of 
Lowell,  Msiss., '21  December,  1S5:1 

James  Dickey,  b.  iu  Wiiidhain  26  September,  1772,  d.  in 
Manchester,  1:5  March,  1856;  in.  Mary  Clark  20  March, 
1796.  She  was  b.  hi  Windham  lo  Se|itciul)cr,  1772;  d.  in 
Amherst  18  March,  ls.")2.  They  settled  in  Windham 
whence  tliry  rem.  to  Amherst  in  April,  1S21,  where  they  re- 
sided lor  mole  than  thirty  years.     Their  ehildren  weri} — 

1.  ..-l/(//os.  b.  22  Decemlier,  179a;  m.  Chandler  Chase  12  Decend>er, 
1827  ;  (1.  in  Dracut,  Mass.,  15  October,  1877;  three  children. 

2.  Marij  IT.,  b.  23  October,  1798;  m.  Robert  Alexander  9  April, 
182:5;  d.  iu  Derry,  :5(l  October,  18.55:  twelve  children. 

:i.  Eleanor,  \trm  March,  isill  :  m.  William  dohnson  12  SeptfMnbor. 
182>i;  res.  in  Manchester;  two  children. 

1.  Ralurt  C,  h.  14  February,  iso.'i;  d.  2(1  August,  ISoj. 

5.  Xaiiri/ J..h.  19  January,  l'^05:  m.John  Priest  5, Inly,  1820;  res. 
in  UraiUord,  ^lass.;    tive  children. 

I).  James,  b.  l;i  February,  1^07;  d.  (i  June,  1808. 

7.  Sarah  A.,  h.  '2  )  February,  18: )9 ;  m.  Solomon  IIodi;-man  5  Janu- 
ary. 18:5(5;  res.  in  Manchester;  three  children. 

8.  Basiiiath.  b.  2  March,  isll;  ni.  Ambrose  Charles  7  PVbruary, 
183JI  ;  d.  in  Manchester  2(i  July,  ls75 ;  live  children. 

9.  /,7/:i(  .1/.,  b.  :il  May,  181:5;  m.  fJames  Alexander  7  January, 
ls:>l);  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  25  June,  IS.'d;  seven  children. 

10.  Harrl'if.  1>.  2(J  July.  1>15:  ui. 'riinolhy  15.  riiejps  11  .'^epteud'er. 
lsl!»;  res.  iu  Lyme;   two  chiMren. 

Adam  DiCKr:v  d.  2S  lA'lirnary.  1842,  aged  61. 

DIlvE. 

Benjamin  Dike,  a  Revolutionary  .soldier,  was  killed  in  bat- 
tle at    Bemis'    [Iciiihts   7   O.-ti.ber,  1777.      He  m.  Dorothv 


564  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

iSteanis.      .She  m.  (2)   William  Hastings.      The  children 
of  Benjamin  and  Dorothy  Dike  Avere — 

Bettij,  b.  18  August,  1772. 

Samuel  Stearns,  h.  5  July,  1774;  in. — -  Flanders. 

Benjamin,  h.  10  October,  1776. 

Stephen  Dike,  probably  a  yonnger  brother  of  Benjamin, 
was  placed  under  the  guardianship  of  Dr.  Henry  Codman 
31  March,  1779,  being  then  above  fourteen  years  of  age. 
He  seems  to  have  served  in  Col.  Moses  Kelley's  regiment 
for  the  town  of  New  Boston  in  1779.  He  was  a  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Dike,  of  Tewksbury, 

DODGE. 

William  Dodge  came  from  England  in  the  ship  "Lion's 
Whelp"  in  the  year  1629  and  settled  in  Salem,  Mass.  Nine 
years  later  his  brother — 

1.  1.  Richard  Dodge,  came  over,  who  also  settled  in 
Salem.  In  1655  Richard  bought  a  tract  of  land  of  Roger 
Haskell  and  received  a  grant  of  a  tract  east  of  Brinkle  Hill, 
in  Beverly.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Salem  in 
May,  1644,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church,  in 
Beverly,  in  July,  1667.  He  d.  in  Beverly  15  June,  1671, 
leaving  a  widow,  Edith,  who  d.  27  June,  1678,  aged  75  years. 
The  children  of  Richard  and  Edith  Dodge  were — 

2.  Ricliard. 

3.  Samuel. 

4.  ■fjohu,  h.  about  1631 ;  ni.  Sarah  Porter. 

5.  Edward. 

6.  ^Joseph,  h.  in   1651;  m.  Sarah   i^aton,  of  Reatling,  Mass.;    d.  1 
August,  1716. 

7.  Mary,  m.  Zachary  Herrick. 

8.  Sarah,  m.  Peter  Woodbury. 

II.  4.  John  Dodge,  b.  about  1631,  d.  in  Beverly,  Mass., 
11  October,  1711 ;  m.  Sarah  Porter  about  1659.  She  d.  8 
February,  1705,  aged  60  years.     He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 


XXIV.]  C.ENKALO(;iES.  .^iOS 

Indian  war  and  retained  the  title  nntil  his  (h-ath.  His 
heirs,  in  his  rijrht,  were  anionu"  the  original  proprietors  of 
Sonhegan  West. 

III.  0.  Andrew  Dodge,  son  of  Lt.  John  and  Sarah  (  Por- 
ter) Dodge,  was  h.  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  '29  October,  lOTti;  ni. 
(1)  Hannah  Fiske  215  May,  IGltG.  She  d.2  Deecmher,  170:?, 
aged  ahont  •)0  years.     lie  ni.  (2)  Sarah . 

I  \'.  10.  Bartholomew  Dodge,  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah 
Dodge,  b.  11  April,  1712,  ni.  Margaret  Cleaves,  of  Beverly, 
Mass.,  80  Aj.ril,  1742.  They  settled  in  Wenhani,  Mass., 
where  she  d.  24  November,  17.")2.  He  m.  (2)  Susannah 
Thissell,  of  Beverley,  2*5  April,  1758. 

V.  11.  Bartholomew  Doi»(;K,the  eldest  son  of  Bartholo- 
mew and  Margaret  (Cleaves)  Dodge,  b.  in  Wenham,  Mass., 
12  Felirnary,  1746;  d.  in  Amherst  2")  November,  1S24  :  m. 
(1)  Mrs.  Martha  (Hartshorn)  Kiml)all  in  February,  17(;9. 
She  d.  about  17'.'ii.  ITe  m.  (2)  .lenisha  Batchelder  7  Aug- 
ust, 17lt3.  She  d.  in  Aj.ril,  1S27.  He  settled  in  Amherst 
shortly  before  the  war  for  independcnee.  Theii-  children 
were — 

1*2.  Amos,  h.  is  June,  ITtiO ;  in.  .Mary  'rownc;  no  cliildicn. 

l.'i.  \Lt'ri,  li.  u'li  F(^l>ruary,  1771 ;  in.  Eunice  Fisk. 

14.  yiKDiii.  h.  1:5  June.  177''{:  m.  fDaniel  Moulton. 

15.  .l^M7/,,^  li.  •_>!  July.  177.');  ni.  .I..lui  ('nllins  Kni.lall  -JO  .Vn^ust. 
17!»!». 

16.  Sanik,  b.  1   August,  1778:  ni.  I.saae  Wlu-eler  !)  June,  iso:}. 

17.  Marr/tiret  Cleares,  h.  I'J  October,  17S():  ni.  \\illiani  Kisk.  jr..  4 
September,  1S()2;  d.  in  Concord  (!  April.  18()7. 

IS.  ^I>iirtholi)meir.Jr..\K'2i\  December.  17sl:  m.  Marv  Fisk. 
19.   Dfirhl,  b.  22  March.  1780:  .1.11  N<.vember.  ISoJ. 

VI.  0.  Levi  Doi)<;i:.  li.  2G  Ffluuary,  1771  :  m.  Kunice 
Kisk,  daiiuhter  of  lion.  William  Fisk,  80  December,  17 '.•."> ; 
d.  21  November,  1S42.  She  d.  3  August,  iMdl.  Tiiey  set- 
tled on  Chestnut  Hill,  near  the  school  house.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 


566  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

20.  Martha,  d.  in  infancy. 

21.  Hiram,  b.  2  January,  1803. 

22.  ^Calr'in,  b.  22  March,  1815;  ni.  Lucy  M.  Hubbard. 

VIL  22.  Calvin  Dodge,  b.  22  March,  1815  ;  m.  Lucy  M. 
Hubbard,  28  September,  1843  ;  d.  6  June,  1853.  They  set- 
tled on  the  farm  occupied  by  his  fatlier  on  Chestnut  Hill. 
Their  children  were — 

23.  //(*?H7/  C,  b.  13  July,  18-44;  unmarried;  merchant  on  Amherst 
Plain. 

2-4.  Amox  Huhhard,  b.  3  ISIarch,  1846;  d.  15  October,  ISGl. 

25.  Marji  Walton,  b.  23  Xovember,  1851 ;  unmarried. 

VI.  18.  Bartholomew  Dodge,  jr.,  b.  26  November, 
1784  ;  d.  7  October,  1838  ;  m.  Mary  Fisk,  daughter  of  Hon. 
William  Fisk,  10  July,  1806.  She  d.  in  Hooksett  15  Octo- 
ber, 1857.  They  settled  on  the  farm  previously  occupied 
by  his  fatlier,  and  now  owned  by  Jeremiah  Upton.  He  was 
one  of  the  substantial  farmers  of  the  town,  a  good  neigh- 
bor, and  an  excellent  citizen.     Their  children  were — 

26.  Marji  Ann,  b.  8  February,  1807;  d.  2  May,  1813. 

27.  Francis  P.,  b.  20  September,  1808  ;  d.  6  IVIay,  1815. 

28.  Dark!  N.,  b.  29  January,  1810;  d.  17  April,  1829. 

29.  Allen  F.,h.  22  May,  1812;  d.  in  ]\rarch,  1814. 

30.  3Jari/  Arm,  h.  2  May,  1814;  m.  f  Jonathan  Knight. 

31.  Franc-f'.v  Flsl\  b.  28  May,  1810 ;  m.  James  Smith ;  d.  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  18  January,  1849. 

32.  Francis  A.,  h.  8  September,  1818;  d.  in  January,  1820. 

33.  Harriet  N.,  )  .     ,   ^  ,   ,        ^o.on       ^^-  "^  January,  1821. 

o^     T7  TTr    ro.i  October,  1820;  ,  „    ,,.,,  ., 

34.  Horace  W.,  )  m.  Hannah  H.  Miller,  of  La- 

mgille,  111.,  14  December,  1845. 

35.  Abhy  il/.,  b.  24  December,  1821;  m.  Stephen  Ballard,  of  New 
York,  18  November,  1852. 

36.  Martha,  b.  8  Xovember,  1823  ;  m.  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown  12  Aug- 
ust, 1802 ;  res.  in  New  Jersey. 

37.  Charles  W.,  b.  8  :\Iarcii,  1826 ;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Fisk.  He  d.  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  28  May,  1867. 

II.  6.  Joseph  Dodge,  b.  in  1651,  m.  Sarah  Eaton,  of 
Reading,  Mass.     He  d.  10  August,  1716. 


XXIV.] 


GENEALOGIES. 


.")G7 


111.  38.  Jonah  I)o1)(;e,  sou  ul"  Jt'sepli  and  Sarah  (  Haton) 
Dodge,  was  b.  21  August,  1C83  ;  m.  Sarah  Friend  in  1707. 
They  resided  in  Beverley,  Mass.,  w  hcic  hr  d.  in  17r)4. 

1\'.  89.  James  Doixje,  son  of  Jonah  and  Sarah  (Friend) 
l>ud;^e,  was  b.  4  December,  1715:  ni.  (1)  Jemima  Fateh,  of 
Wenham,  Mass.,  14  May,  1741. 

V.  40.  Simon  Dodge, son  of  James  and  Jemima  (Patch) 
Dodge,  Avas  b.  20  August,  1751 :  m.  Aliigail  Cook.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  tlie  war  for  independence;  settled  in  New  Bos- 
ton and  d.  there  8  December,  1838. 


VI.  41.  NiNiAN  Cf,ark  Doi)(;e,  son  of  Simon  and  Abigail 
(Cook)  Dodge,  was  li.  in  New  l>osfoii  J4  May,  1796  ;  was  a 
clerk  in  tbe  office  of  the  Register  of  Deeds  of  Hillsborough 
county  seven  years;  m.  Abigail  Brooks  in  June,  1828.  She 
d.  22  January,  1872.  He  d.  in  Boston,  3Iass.,17  December, 
1829,  leaving  one  son — 

Vn.  42,  Isaac  Buooks  Dodge,  li.  in  1820,  who  res.  on 
the  Brooks  homestead;  unmarried. 

4^>.  Samuel  DoD(;e  was  a  son  of  David  and  Annah  (Low) 
Dodge.  He  settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  the  war  of  the  Kev- 
olution,and  in  May,  1785,  was  described  as  an  "  Inn-keeper." 
He  seems  to  have  been  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  tlie 
town.  His  mother  d.  here  3  Aiiril.  1782,  aged  <)3.  His 
brother,  David  Dodge,  settled  in  Connecticut.  Samuel 
Dodge  d.  29  Sejiteniber,  1785,  aged  42  years.  By  his  wife, 
Sukey  Waslier,  he  had  ten  ehildren — 

1-1.  >•/(///(/./,  1..  Kt  April.  ITOti;  m.  (1)  K:ifli.-1  Slu'iianl  4  .hily.  1784. 
She  (1.  2-\  July,  1785,  a,-,'Ofl  'J'i;  in.  (•_')  l{.-li«-f  rutnaiii. 

1.').  .Sh/v//,  1>.  in  1768:  ni.  Jos.-i>li  AUnce  in  178S;  d.  in  Acworth  in 
18.')t.  airc.l  S(i. 


568  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

40.  D(iri(i,  h.  in  1770;  m. Stevens;  was  a  noted  school  teacher. 

and  for  thirty-eight  consecutive  years  Town  Clerk  of  Charlestown. 
Mass.  He  d.  in  Billerica,  Mass..  6  February,  18.53,  aged  83;  had  seven 
children. 

47.  Antiali,  ni.  Samuel  Rogers,  of  Syracuse,  X.  Y. 

48.  John,  b.  in  1774;  ni.  Hannah  Anderson,  of  Alburg,  Vt.  He  d. 
in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  during  the  war  of  1812  ;  seven  children.  David 
Dodge,  one  of  his  sons,  was  killed  in  battle  at  French  Mills. 

49.  Lucy,  ni.  Asa  Gilnioi'e  10  April,  1797  ;  d.  in  Weston,  Yt.;  fifteen 
children,  among  whom  were  Addison  and  Joseph  Albree  Gilmore,  dis- 
tinguished as  railroad  managers.  The  last  named  was  for  two  years 
governor  of  New  Hampshire. 

50.  Sally,  b.  18  September,  1779  ;  m.  fDr.  Rogers  Smith  15  January, 
1802  ;  d.  in  Weston,  Yt.  They  were  the  parents  of  Asa  Dodge  Smith, 
president  of  Dartmouth  College. 

51.  Betsey,  m.  Hugh  Henr}',  of  Chester,  Yt.;  four  children. 
•52.  Asa,  m. Stevens;  one  child. 

53.  Rachel,  in.  .John  P.  Williams,  of  Chester,  Yt.;  eleven  children. 

None  of  the  descendants  of  Samuel  Dodge  remain  in  Amhei-st. 

54.  Benjamin  Dodge,  b.  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  13  February, 
1758  ;  d.  in  New  Boston  13  January,  1831 ;  m.  Eunice  Bou- 
tell  24  November,  1780.  She  was  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  14 
November,  1761  ;  d.  21  November,  1811.  They  resided  in 
New  Boston,  Sullivan,  and  Amherst,  but  finally  returned  to 
New  Boston.  He  was  one  of  the  Grand  Jurors,  from  Am- 
herst, at  the  May  term  of  the  Superior  Court  in  1783. 
Their  children  were — 

55.  Elizabeth,  b.  13  flanuary,  1783  ;  m.  Solomon  Dodge  25  ]\Iay.  1805; 
d.  0  December,  1840. 

5<j.  Lydia,  h.  18  etune,  1787;  m.  Samuel  Gregg  11  November,  1811; 
d.  in  Deering  8  November,  1826. 

57.  Charlotte,  b.  23  February,  1790 ;  m.  James  Boutell  20  December, 
1811;  d.  17  Januaiy,  1844. 

58.  Benjamin,  b.  22  Januai-y.  1797 ;  m.  I^Iary  Smith,  of  Francestown, 
22  November,  1821. 

59.  Monice,  b.  23  June,  1799;  m.  Samuel  Dodge  6  February,  1817. 

60.  Achsah,  b.  6  July,  1802;  m.  Rodney  George  16  March,,  1832. 

61.  Behecca,  b.  20  February,  1806 ;  m.  Jacob  Bailey  6  February. 
1825;  two  daughters  who  d.  in  infancy. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOr.IES.  M9 

62.  Perlky  DoDGK,  1).  in  Now  I^ostoii  17  May,  IT'.i'.t:  m. 
Harriet  Wuodl)iii-y,  dauirhtLM-  of  Hon.  I'ctcr  Woodhiii-y,  of 
Francestown,  in  May,  1831:  rem.  to  Amherst  7  Maidi.  l>i:',-2. 
Tlu'ir  children  were — 

(io.  I'er/fi/  Wooilliiiri/,  \<.  2^  Maicli,  ISoS;  m.  Sn|ilii;i  l].  I'lirlps  1;5 
Augu.'^t,  ISd-i:  res.  in  Amherst;  one  child — 

1.  Cliarles  Perley,  b.  :5  September,  18G1. 
G4.   C/iiirles    Willi(n)i,   b.    4    September,  1S4'2;    m.  (1)    Hel  i  rca   ('. 
Cri.sty,  ot"  New  Boston,  4  September,  1S09.     She  d.  2  .Tannarv,  187;'>:  ni. 
(2)  Lelia  .1.  Small    11    March.  1S7S:   iv-<.  in  Amh.Tst.     Th.-ir  cliil.livn 
are — 

1.    Maurin'  Whipple,  b.  :il  .fiily,  l>i>il. 
■J.  .Martha  Belle,  b.  In  July,  18S2. 

G.">.  Mnrthii  ir..b.  2.')  Juni-,  1840;  m.  .lames  \\.  Wliipiilc'.  (.t*  N'.-w 
Boston,  in  .June.  Is77:  d.i'l  July,  1881. 

Ebenezeii  and  Maijv  Doixje.     Their  eliildren  were — 

G6.   lldirlH,  b.  •_'!»  Octolu-r.  l.S-_»7. 
G7.   Soni/,  /•'..  b.  1.'.  April.  1S:',0. 

DOLP]. 

William  Dole  m.  Fanny,  dangliter  of  Lt.  John  Patterson, 
23  April,  1S04.  They  settled  in  Amherst,  bnt  rem.  1o  Indi- 
ana. She  d.  in  Mansfirld.  Tnd.,  26  Jnly.  18:^0,  aired  4^. 
Their  cinldren  were — 

Stephen,  1>.  .j   Kcliruary,  bsn"). 

WiUuimA^rlb  September,  18(18:  d.  27  Jannary.  ISl:!. 

Fmidlhi  b.  19  April.  1811. 

DOUGLAS. 

Hannah  DorcJLAs  d. -Jl*  Mav.  1862,  aged  •"'2  years  and  2 
months. 

now. 

-Mij-^.  Dow,  wife  of  Samiirl  How.d.  in  .Nfay,  18o'>. 


670  HISTOKY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

DOWNE. 

Dea.  Abel  Downe,  from  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  settled  in  Am- 
herst, about  1838,  on  the  farm  recently  occupied  by  Samuel 
Wilkins  near  the  pauper-farm  bridge.  He  was  an  ofificer 
in  the  church,  and  served  one  year  on  the  board  of  select- 
men. An  excellent  man  and  a  good  citizen.  He  d.  28 
September,  1840,  aged  52.  His  widow,  Mrs.  Hannah  Downe, 
d.  19  March,  1876,  aged  89.     Their  adopted  daughter — 

Mary  Ann,  h.  31  December,  1815,  m.  Charles  H.  David  17  October, 
1838;  d.  27  December,  1872. 

DRUCKER. 

Mr.  Henry  Drucker,  a  native  of  Bremen,  Germany,  and 
a  soldier  in  the  late  civil  war,  settled  on  the  Stewart  place, 
west  of  the  great  meadow,  about  1878,  and  d.  there  6  March, 
1882,  aged  70  years. 

DUNCKLEE. 

1.  Hezekiah  Duncklee,  was,  probably,  a  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  Duncklee,  of  Watertown  and  Lexington,  Mass.; 
baptized  in  Lexington  21  November,  1708;  there  m.  Dam- 
aris  Wilson  17  November,  1734  ;  rem.  to  Billerica,  Mass.,  in 
1743,  thence,  a  few  years  later,  to  Souhegan  West,  where  he 
d.,  probably  in  1772,  as  his  will  was  presented  for  probate 
30  July,  that  year.  Li  it  he  gave  his  negro  servant  her  lib- 
erty at  his  death.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Hezelinh,  b.  17  Septembei",  1735. 

3.  Nathanieh  1>.  23  February,  1737;  m.  Ruth  Johnson,  of  Woburn, 
Mass.,  3  November,  1758;  d.  prior  to  1772. 

4.  Damans,  b.  16  March,  1739  ;  d.  unm.  in  Amherst  29  July,  1762. 

5.  ]John,  b.  4  March,  1740. 

6.  Manj,  b.  26  November,  1742;  m.  John  Ross. 

7.  Hannah,  b.  1  October,  1744 ;  d.  young. 

8.  ^David,  b.  16  August,  1746;  m.  Phebe  Odall. 

9.  Sarah,  b.  11  October,  1748. 
10.  ^Joseph,  b.  21  October,  1750. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  oTl 

11.  yrititihh  us.  1).  5  .laiiuarv,  17.>5;  iii.  Sarali  Prince. 
V2.    II<ni,iuh,  1..  'JS   May,  175.'). 

8.  David  Duncklee,  b.  1G  August,  1746;  d.  18  August, 
1826;  m.  riiebe  Odall.  Slic  d.  6  Jauuaiy,  1839,  aged  89, 
They  settled,  prior  to  ITTii,  on  the  farui  near  Hullis  line, 
lately  occupied  In  Willimu  llayden.     Their  ehildren  were — 

1:5.  D(iri(l,h.7  Juiii'.  17<i7;  in.  Saiali  Hood  2.")  May.  17!»0;  .sottlr-d  in 
Mil  ford. 

11.  ^./arolK  h.  •_>(!  March,  17G!». 

15.  U(zcii(ih,  b.  '1  ^lay,  1771:  m.  (1)  Farley;  in.  (2)  in  New 

York,  and  d.  in  the  vicinity  of  Ticonderoga. 

16.  Jhim'cl,  h.  :?  April,  1773;  d.  in  infancy. 

17.  lJiiiiiel,h.  2.)  January,  177(3;  ni.  Kuth  Bontell  11  April,  iso:}; 
settled  in  Milford. 

IS.  P/Hhr,h.  'JO  Dccenibor.  177S;  in.  .Varon  Wliitiioy;  d.  ol  Janu- 
ary. 1800. 

If).  /AniHoJi,  b.  21   April,  17S1 ;  in. l^'i>g- 

20.  Jo/in,  b.  5  S>^ptember,  1781;  ni.  Lucretia  Buell,  of  Newport, 
where  thoy  resided  and  died. 

21.  Jessr,  b.  19  DtHeinluT.  Hst);  d.  2.')  April,  1790. 

22.  Elizdheth,    ]  m. Pierce. 

2.).  ] I'^bi'iivzir,  )  in.  .Salome  >V  right. 

■      21.  .Af/H^'.f,  b.  6  May.  17!»1  :   in. Wright,  of   Milford;    resided 

in  ]Merriinack.  and  d.  there. 

2.").  Silas,  b.  8  January,  1791;  res.  in  Plainfield,  \{. 

14.  Jacob  Duncklee,  b.  26  March,  1769,  d.  28  August, 
1842;  m.  (1)  Abigail  Hill  1  March,  1792.  She  d.l2  July, 
1814,  aged  41;  m.  (2)  Rachel  Lund.  Near  the  close  of  his 
life  he  rem.  to  the  farm  now  occujiied  by  Thomas  B.  and 
Charles  If.  Parker,  where  he  d.     His  children  were — 

2ti.  Jacob,  b.  30  January,  17!t;)t 

27.  Jesse,  b.  8  Xoveinber,  1791. 

28.  Abigail,  b.  1   February,  1796. 

29.  Sophia,  b.  23  January,  1798;  d.  23  June,  1822. 

30.  Simeon,  b.  11    April.  ISOO. 

31.  jLeri,  b.  12  May,  18(l2. 

32.  Harriett,  b.  20  June,  1804. 

33.  Afarllta  Usher,  b.  20  Xoveinber,  1808. 

34.  Susan,  b.  3  September,  1810. 

35.  Charles  Henri/,  b.  22  December,  Is];?. 


572  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

31.  Levi  Duncklee,  b.  12  May,  1802;  d.  21  January, 
1872 ;  m.  Mary  Coggin,  daughter  of  Joseph  Coggiii,  of  Mont 
Yernon.  She  was  b.  23  May,  1805  ;  d.  4  December,  1871, 
The  last  twenty  years  of  their  lives  were  spent  in  Milford, 
where  they  d.     Their  children  were —    • 

36.  Luther  C. 

37.  Eliza  A.,  m.  James  G.  Wright  27  Xoveniber,  18.56. 

23.  Ebenezer  Duncklee,  b.  10  May,  1789;  d.  in  Hollis  3 
September,  1867 ;  m.  Salome  Wright,  of  Hollis,  22  April, 
1813.  Shortly  after  their  marriage  they  rem.  to  Ludlow, 
Vt.,  where  their  children  were  b.  After  residing  in  Lud- 
low about  fifteen  years,  they  returned  to  Amherst ;  later, 
they  rem.  to  Hollis.     Their  children  were — 

38.  Ebenezer  Taylor,  b.  6  May,  181.1;  lu.  Abby  Wright,  of  Milford 
26  May,  1842 ;  res.  in  Hollis. 

39.  Phehe  S..  h.  U  March.  1817  ;  m.  Willard  Hayden,  of  Amherst,  24 
April,  1845;  d.  10  May,  1851. 

40.  Sylvester  J.,  b.  10  May,  1819;  m.  Mary  Ann  Stratton.  of  Nashua. 
1  May,  1842;  res.  in  Michigan. 

Children  of  (10)  Joseph  and  Hannah  Duncklee — 

41.  Martha,  b.  31  May,  1770. 

42.  Samuel,  b.  4  August,  1772 ;  d.  23  March,  1859. 

Child  of  (5)  John  and  Elizabeth  Duncklee — 

43.  Chapman,  b.  13  September,  1774 ;  d.  14  January.  1776. 

11.  Thaddeus  Duncklee,  b.  5  June,  1753;  m.  Sarah? 
daughter  of  Lt.  Joseph  Prince,  settled  on  the  farm  now  oc- 
cupied by  James  W.  Haseltine ;  thence  rem.  to  Rutland,  Vt., 
where  they  d.     Their  children  were — 

44.  Abel,m;  d.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  in  December,  1867,  aged  91  years 
and  8  months. 

45.  Sarah,  m. Wright,  of  Nelson;  d.  in  Chuttendon,  Vt. 

46.  Susan,  m. Trescott;  d.  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

47.  Abraham,  b.  3  June,  1780;  d.  14  November,  1853;  m.  Susan 
Carter  27  June,  1803.     She  was  b.  in  Concord  21  Mav,  1780;    d.  23 


XXIV.]  (JENEALOGIKS.  oT^ 

Jamiaiy,  18til.  Thev  rosided  some  Vfars  in  Haiiuver,  Imt  rciii.  toC'rui- 
cord  where  they  d.  Among  their  iliildivii  were  Heiijamin  F.  aud 
Jacol)  C.  Duiicklee,  of  Concord. 

48.   Jhimnris,  m.  Capron  ;  settled  in  Knli;iiid,  \'t.;  d.. there. 

t!i.    TIkkIiIi  US,  d.  5  Xovemher,  1702,  aged  7  years. 

.'lO.   J-^st/i' r.  Ml.  Wheeler;   resided  in  Hntlaiid.  \'t.:  d.  there. 

r>l.    'I'hdililius.  III.:  d.  in  KiiUand,  Vt. 

7y2.  Jtimcs,  d.  in   Kiitlaud,  Vt.;  umiiarried. 

.j;5.  Joseph,  d.  in   Kiitiaiid.  Vt.:   unmarried. 

'A.  Hetsffi.  111.  Mauley;   is  now  (1^81)  residing  in  Xew  '^'ork. 

Children  of  D.wih  I^UNCKLEE — 

rj.->.  Ph,l,e.  1..  3  dune.  17sl. 
.")().  A  mil,  li.  s   December,  1783. 
57.  Ilniiniih.  Ii.  :>  March,  1787. 


John  Dunrldii  d.  in  the  north-west  parish  10  .Vugiist,  IS'tl,  aged  10. 

Elizdhilh,  his  widow,  d.  in  Charlestown.  Mass.,  in  December,  180-"5. 

Jesse  Dniicklie  d.  of  yell<»w  fever  at  Xatehe;*,  .Miss.,  in  Sejitemlier, 
1819.  He  was  there  empU)yed  by  Capt.  Nathaniel  .Morrison,  of  I'eler- 
borough,  who  d.  in  the  same  month  of  the  fever. 

Betse;/,  wife  of  Samuel  Duncklee.  d.  28  September.  170S.ao,.,i  •_)] 

Jesse,  their  son  d.  "J^i  Au:^iist,  ITOS^in  Ids  secon<l  year. 

DURANT. 

1.    X.VTHAN    .1.    DlRANT,    1).    Ill    Nottiuglm  111     West     -J    July, 

1774  ;  d.  ill  Amliei-st  16  Mai-ch,  1H26  ;  in.  Sarah  Ha.seltiiie, 
of  Fraiieestowii.  She  d.  29  Atisriust,  1858,  aged  73.  He  was 
a  blaeksiiiitli  and  carrii'd  on  his  l)iisiness  in  a  .shop  near  the 
Chickerinii-  bridge,     'riicir  (•hildreii  were — 

2.  Ndthdii,  in.  Ann  Wheeler,  of  Dracut,  M;iss..  in  December.  ls30. 

3.  Sarah.  • 

4.  ('aniline,  iii.  I'ranklin  A\  right  :  d.  in  i^-dfind  l."i  May,  ls()2,  aged 
42. 

.").    Salirina. 

f).   Mnri/,  d.  in    1^20,  aged  10  years. 

Jacob  Dirant  m.  (2)  Nancy  Stone,  cd'  'ryngsborongh, 
Mass.:  residcil  many  years  on  the  place  recently  owned  by 
Sanl  Austin,  and  <1.  there  30  March,  1821,  aged  73  years. 


574  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

After  his  decease  his  widow  m.  (2)  John  Hartshorn,  and 
(3)  Joseph  Putnam.     She  d.  28  July,  1850,  aged  92. 

DUTTON. 

1.  John  Button,  m.  Rachel  Stearns  1  May,  1781.  He 
and  his  sons,  Samuel  and  Timothy,  served  in  the  army  in 
the  last  war  with  England.  Timothy  d.  in  the  service  at 
French  Mills,  in  1813.  Rachel  (Stearns)  Dutton  d.  17  Jan- 
uary, 1829,  aged  74.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Rachel,  b.  27  August,  1781. 

3.  Abigail,  b.  2  January,  1783 ;  m.  Jacob  Abbot  17  November,  1803- 

4.  John,  b.  16  October,  1785. 

5.  Frances,  b.  18  March,  1788. 

6.  Timothy,  d.  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

7.  Samuel,  m.  Mercy  Gibnore  in  Xoveniber,  1824. 

EASTMAN. 

1.  Cyrus  Eastman,  a  great-grandson  of  Capt.  Ebenezer 
Eastman,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Penacook,  now  Concord, 
was  a  son  of  Capt.  John  and  Sybil  C.  Eastman,  of  Concord, 
where  he  was  b.  7  May,  1787.  He  d.  in  Amherst  17  Decem- 
ber, 1862 ;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Cushing.  She  was  b.  at  Shrews- 
bury, Mass.,  18  May,  1794;  d.  in  Amherst  6  October,  1844; 
m.  (2)  Mrs.  Relief  S.  Parker,  of  Concord,  29  October,  1850. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  Louisa  Cushing,  b.  in  Concord  16  April,  1813;  m.  Dr.  liezekiah 
Eldredge,  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  1  Xoveniber,  1846.  He  d.  25  January, 
1870  ;  one  child,  d.  infancy. 

3.  Cijrus  Chamberlain,  h.  in  Salisbury  20  September,  1815;  d.  19 
September,  1826. 

4.  Harriet  Rice,  b.  in  Amherst,  28  January,  1818 ;  m.  AVyatt  B. 
Woodman,  of  Dan  vers,  Mass.,  11  April,  1850;  res.  in  Danvers;  four 
children — 

1.  Edward  Eastman. 

2.  Elizabeth  Cushing.  ' 

3.  Charles  Wallace. 

4.  Mary,  d.  in  infancy. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  575 

5.  Eli:(ih('tli.h.i)  September,  IS'Jl ;  m.  Erviii  I*.  Trii'it  1  September, 
1845;  res.  in  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.;  three  children — 

1.  Elizabeth. 

2.  Katie,  il.  at  the  age  of  16  years. 
',].  An  infant,  died. 

6.  Ahh)/,b.lS  March,  ISi'h  ui.  Ccorgi-  H.  M.-I.-imIv  .30  .Tannary, 
1849;  res.  in  New  York  city;  four  children — 

1.  Helen  Eastman,  b.  26  January,  1852. 

2.  Louisa,  d.  at  the  age  of  5  years. 

3.  George  Kldredge,  now  a  student  in  Dartmouth  College. 

4.  Ann  Eliza,  d.  in  infancy. 

7.  Man/  M7/.so/),  b.  27  Xovend)er,  1826 ;  in.  Alfred  Farley  10  Octo- 
ber, 1865;  res.  in  Ilollis. 

8.  WUliitm  Ckamhcrlaiii,  h.  15  August,  ls29  :  d.  2S  January,  18.30. 

0.  S(irah  Fnmces,  h.  'S  July,  1831 ;  m.  William  1'.  Craig,  jr.,  of  New 
York,  21  March,  1872. 

10.  Helen  Oregon/,  b.  2f)  Septeinber,  1833  ;  d.  15  Jnly.  1837. 

Charles  East.man,  formerly  an  iim-kot'jter  iit  the  place 
now  owned  by  Mr.  IJryant  Melendy  ;  d.  in  [iowcdl,  Mass.,  in 
June,  1836,  aged  about  60  years.  Two  ni'  his  d:mt!:hters 
were  ni.  during  liis  residence  in  Aniher.st. 

Luirclia  /'.,  in.  Samuel  I'.  Beckman,  of  Wrentliam.  .Mass.,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1831. 

Ilainid/i,  m.  .\nios  Blodgett,  of  Bradford.  Mass..  in  N'ovend^er,  1831. 

EATON. 

1.  r.T.  John  Eaton"  resided  on  tlir  Ilullis  loud  sduIIi  of 
Souhegan  river,  and  carried  on  the  ])laeksniithing  bii.siness. 
He  d.  18  February,  1827,  aged  76.  Sibyl,  hi.s  wifr,  d.  8  May, 
1818,  aged  65.     Their  children  were — 

2.  N//)y,ni.  John  Taylor,  :W  August,  17! •.') :  d.  at  Nashua  2f)  July, 
18.32. 

3.  A/r///  .«>..  111.  (1)  Sarah  F.Wilkin.'*,  .sji.-  d.  1  Xov.Miber,  iSOl; 
m.  (2)  Mary  Barnard  23  December,  1^02.  lb-  \\as  a  m<  reliant  in  Bo.s- 
ton,  Mass;  d.  in  June,  1818. 

4.  John,  m.  Lucy  Roby  5  May,  1808. 

5.  /"A/V//),  b.  25  July.  17>!1  ;  m.  Clarissa  l'>laueh;ird  in  September, 
1803. 


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HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


6.  Jonas,  d.  27  May,  1848,  aged  65. 

7.  Rebecca,  m.  Maj.  Barzillai  Hudson  at  Boston,  Mass.,  28  July,. 
1814;  d.  6  February,  1836. 

8.  Sarah  A.,  d.  1  June,  1808,  aged  14. 

{>.  Lucretia,  m.  Jolni   Shepard ;    d.  at  Xorth   Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in 
1838,  aged  48. 


IvESlDENCK  OF  HaKRISOX  EaTOX,   K^<i. 

Built  by  Hon.  Samuel  Bell,  in  1808,  and  recently  remodeled  by  the 
present  owner.  After  Gov.  Bell's  removal  to  Chester,  it  was  owned 
and  occupied  by  Hon.  Clifton  Claggett,  and  afterward  by  Aaron 
Lawrence,  Esq.,  and  others. 

10.  Barrison  Eaton,  b.  in  Hillsboroir.>-h  9  December, 
1817;  111.  (I)  Lucy  P.  Hartshorn  i  Aug-nst,  1840.  She  d. 
26  November,  1813  ;  m.  (2)  Laura  Ann  Wheeler  13  Decem- 
ber, 1816.  blie  was  b.  in  Merrimack  4  March,  1822;  d.  24 
February,  1878.     Their  children  were — 

11.  Mary  .1.,  d.  7  March,  1814,  age:!  3  years  and  -5  months. 

12.  Henrti  H.,  d.  17  February,  1844,  aged  15  weeks. 

13.  /fflmV  r^,  b.  26  September,  1849 ;  m.  Susie  A.  Few  26  January^ 
1871. 

14.  Emma  L.,h.  in  Xashua  25  May,  1857  ;  unmarried. 


XXI  \'.]  (JENEALOCIKS.  ')77 

15.  Samuel  Eaton,  im.  Kli/.;i  A.Kinson  in  lS4t).  Tlicir 
children  are — 

U).   J'Jllu  Fr(i}iifs,\i.  r_'  .liiuiiiiry.  is  17. 

17.  George  S.,\k  l!»  XdvciiiluT,  l>ils:  iii.  (Jfovi^iii  A.  Wnston  2.')  8hj»- 
temher.  1SG9. 

18.  l),/(tiil,\).  m  .Filly.  I'Srxi;  dit-d. 

19.  Lizzie  M.,h.  11  Nuveiiiber.  1S52. 

20.  Nellie  ^r.,h.  23  OctoLer.  18o(>. 

KLLl'LNWOOn. 

Children   of  .fosEPH    and  (1)  AnKiAii,   (  [.amson)    Kllen- 

WOOD 

Joseph,  1..  11  September,  17  1(5 :  d.  M)  August.  17.=)0. 
Benjdiuiii   7'i/»-^-,  I).  20  XdvcinbiT.  171S. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Saijah  Kllenwood — 

Joseph,  1>.  ."U    Octcilier.  17.'>-?. 

SaraJi,  b.  1">  .Inly,  17.")5. 

Ahiifdil,  b.  17  .S'pteiiiber,  17.'>7  :  d.  .')  (October,  1700. 

Jivnis.  b.  10  OctoluT,  17.')!»:  d.  7  Ootobfr,  17fiO. 

Miirlha.  b.  ;J1   ,Fuly.  1761. 

Ahi;/,iil.  b.  21    Auj^Mist,  17(13  ;  d.  21  July,  17r>.-,. 

Jdhii,  \>.  ll»  S 'pteinber,  170-"). 

Helurn,  (d  ;  i^diter)  b.  15  Octob.-r.  1707. 

Jacob,  b.  11   Novembpr.  17illl. 

Daniel,  b.  (5    April.  1772. 

Children  of  Roland.^on'  and  Abkjail  (HiLnitETii)  EbLEN- 
wooi>.  He  was  l».  18  April,  1742 ;  they  res.  in  Andier.st  some 
years:  finally  rem.  to  Antrim,  where  he  d.  in  1707. 

John,  li.  17   .S'ptcinbpr,  1770:   d.  youii^. 

f.ur,,.  b.  11   April.  1773. 

Diiriil,  \>.  ;]  Mav.  177.">:  d.  in  Ant  rim  22  September,  184G. 

Johti.  b.  3U  March,  177H;  d.  in  .\ntriiii  0  .Si'j>t<'inbcr,  181)0. 

Al>ii/<ill.  b.  in  Maroli.  1782. 

ROLANDSON  ElLENWOOI)  and  HUNICE  XlOHOLS  Were  m.  /> 
June,  17'.>1.     Their  ehildren  were — 

Euuire,  b.  2t   April.  171»i 

Joseph,  b.  24   Manh.  179r>. 

37 


578  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

c-J  KBgjSfEZER  Ellenwood  d.  ill  December,  1828,  aged  79;  m. 

(1)  Elizabeth ;  m.  (2) ;    she  d.  in  April, 

1805 ;  m.  (3)  Molly  Pettengill  21  July,  1806.     She  d.  in 
March,  1817,  aged  62.     Their  children  were — 

John,  b.  15  Septeml)er,  1777 ;  vein,  to  Michigan  ;  d.  there  9  May,  1856. 
Phfihe,  b.  3  June,  1781;  ni.  Diniond    Warren;  (1.30  June,  1848. 

John  Ellenwood,  son  of  Ebenezer,  b.  15  September,  1777  ; 
was  town-clerk  of  Amherst  some  years  ;  rem.  to  Michigan, 
where  he  d.  9  May,  1856 ;  m.  Jane  Stanley  23  June,  1799. 
Their  children  were — 

Cnirin,  b.  12  Xoveinl)er,  1799. 
Ebenezer,  b.  11  .hily,  1803. 
Jane  Seafon,  b.  19  October,  1805. 
Jmnenia  Sla7ilei/,  b.  23  Septenibei',  1810. 
Jofm  MorriK,  b.  29  June,  1814. 

Children  of  Jedidiah  and  Elizabeth  Ellenwood — 

Hannah,  b.  11   October,  1759. 

EUzaheth,  b.  6  October,  1762:  d.  1  Fel.ruary.  1837. 

Rehecca.  b.  29  November.  1764. 

Abigail,  b.  25  July,  1767. 

Sarah,  b.  8  March,  1770. 

.L'ffidiah.  \>.  30  September,  177^*:  d.  in  December,  1832. 

Children  of  Ralph  and  Sfsannah  Ellenwood — 

Jo-fcph,  V>.  24  January,  1785. 

James,  b.  30  May,  1786. 

Sumnnah.  h.  24  June,  1788. 

Betsey,  b.  17  December,  1789. 

Thomas,  b.  3  October.  1791.  •< 

Ralph,  h.  30  August,  1791 


Epitraiiu  Ellenwood,  d.  17  July,  1876,  aged  74. 

Pkebe,  wife  of  Ephrairn,  d.  26  December,  1866,  aged  69  years  and  10 
months. 

Samuel  Ellenwocn,  and  Lucy  Hildreth,  of  Litchtield,  were  m.  26  Oc- 
toiwT,  1780. 


XXIV.]  <;knkalo(;iks.  579 

i<:lli()Tt. 

1.  FRANri>  Elliott,  from  Middleton,  Mmss.,  was  h.  15 
MaiTh,1726:  .1.19  Xoveinbor,  1792.  lie  lu.  VUahv.  Wilkins 
14  Auuiist,  1753.  Slie  d.  in  December,  1822,  n^oA  84.  They 
were  aiuou^'  the  rarh  sfttlrrs  in  Soulieu'aii  West.  'I'lirir 
children  were — 

2.  t-l ""^'""S ''•  l^  .Iiiiii',  175."i. 

;{.   P/,'l».  1..  ;")  M;iy.  17.")7;   in. Curtis;  d.  17  Febniarv.  \>\i. 

\.  Aiidn  If,  h.  25  .Jaimarv,  175'.):  in.  Hannah  StcvtMis  21  .January, 
I7f)_' :  (1.  20  September.  1S:58.     Slie  d.  in  Upconibor.  1S49,  a;j:ed  «.'». 

.").  ]Iiiiiii<i/i,h.  \l    .Vpril.  17i!l  :  (1.21  May.  178>^  :   unniarricil. 

♦5.  Rmjer.h.  lO  May,  17tJl;  ui.  IVrsis  SawyiM-  11  March.  17S!»:  .1.  11 
Marcli,  1S51.     She  d.  2:5  May,  1S4:{,  a;j;<Ml  77  ;  no  chiltlnMi. 

7.   Siisfnino/i.  ]k  }'■'»  May,  17<iii ;  ni.  fE/.ra  Woolson. 

S.   />(/(■//.  1>.  3  March.  17(in ;  ni.  +  Edward  Hartshorn. 

9.  Siinili.  1>.  7    April.  177.':   in.  +I)iilyiiius  Pearsons. 

2.  Amos  Elliott.  1>.  17  .]\\nv,  1755;  d.  7  A])ril,  1807  ;  m. 
Martha  (Stewart ),  widow  df  Jame.'^  Ilartshoni.  jr.,  Id  May, 
1781.  He  was  tor  some  yoars  a  deacon  in  the  Congrega- 
tional cliMn-b.     'riicir  cbildicn  were — 

lu.  t-1 '"<'•'>•.  ./'■••  b.  in  1782. 

11.  li'tsiii.h.'iu  178:5:  ni.  .loim  Wiley  12  N..v.-nil>er.  lS(i7;  .1.  in 
Lancaster,  Mass..  22  ()ctol>er.  istil. 

12.  //iiiiiiiiIi,\k\\\  17>>8:  ni.  IJev.  I,e\  i  llarlsliorn  :  d.  in  lierlin.  .Mass., 
18  October,  18f;7. 

1:5.  U-'"l"r.  1'.  in    F-Liuinv.  17!i|. 

10.  A.MOs  Elliott,  .lit.,  b.  ill  1782:  d.  27  April,  l.s2ii;  m. 
Margaret  Wiley  4  August.  1S0;{.  She  d.  in  (Ireat  Falls  26 
June,  18()9,  aged  85.  liike  his  fatlirr,  he  was  for  some 
years  a  deacon  in  llif  Congregational  chun-h.  Tbrir  chil- 
dren were — 

U.  ('Iinrh's  Fl■llnk■lill,\>.^  1  ),'.>einl) -r.  lS;i:5:  i,Madnal>'d  al  D.irlniowth 
College  in  182!) ;  in.  Harriett  Towne,  of  Dorry :  settled  as  a  pliysici.'in 
in  (Jreat  Falls  where  he  d.  2:^  dune.  1^7(5. 

15.  Cntlicrinr.h.'.V)  May.  ISIH; ;  .1.  l."j..\.|.ril,  islM. 

16.  Amos  (..  h.  :5(»  Septenil.er.  18)7  :  d.  S  Aj.ril,  ISlI). 

17.  Amos.  b.  'M)  January.  isU  ;  d.  27  .Sei)tonil>er,  18:M. 


580  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

18.  Catherine,  b.  6  April,  1813;  m.  AVilliain  Crosby  in  February, 
1843  ;  res.  in  l^owell,  Mass. 

19.  Nancy,  b.  18  May,  181.3;  ni.  Capt.  Alexander  H.  Converse  20 
January,  1835 ;  res.  in  Hooksett. 

20.  Martha,  ni.  Moses  C.  Bates  in  ^Nlarch,  184.5;  res.  in  Bradford. 

21.  Ahhi/.  m.  David  Colby;  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass..  4  November,  1853. 

13.  Luther  Elliott,  b.  in  February,  1794.  While  in 
the  employment  of  Thomas  Woolson,  jr.,  he  assisted  in 
building-  the  town  clock.  He  settled  in  Reading,  Mass., 
but  returned  to  Amherst  in  1846  and  d.  1  April,  1876.  He 
m.  Esther  Damon,  of  Reading,  22  September,  1818.  She 
was  b.  30  June,  1793,  and  res.  on  the  place  bought  by  her 
husband  on  his  return  to  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

22.  i.«^/<e/-,//-.,  b.  in  November,  1819  ;  m.  Abby  Ann  Eaton;  res.  in 
Reading,  Mass. 

23.  ^4?u/i/.«/((.s-,  b.  in  April,  1822;  m.  Ann — ;    res.  in  Bridgeport, 

Conn. 

24.  Si/lranus,  b.  in  September,  1824  ;  m.  Lavina  Rogers  ;  res.  in  Win- 
chester, !Mass. 

25.  Luc;/,  h.  in  July.  1829:  m.  William  Pratt  3  March,  1864;  res.  in 
Amherst. 

2(5.   Sarah  R.,  b.  in  June,  1832  ;  res.  in  Amherst ;  unmarried. 

27.  Andrew  Elliott,  jr.,  son  of  (4)  Andrew,  was  b.  20 
September,  1795;  d.  20  September,  1833;  m.  Sarah  Crosby 
11  June,  1822.  She  was  b.  in  Belgrade,  Me.,  2  March,  1802. 
Their  children  w^ere — 

28.  Manj  E.,  b.  20  June,  1830;  d.  7  September,  1831. 

29.  Sarah,  b.  20  September,  1832  ;  m.  Noah  P.  Batchelder  30  .Januaiy, 
1862;  d.24  March.  1871. 


Sophia  Elliott  d.  in  .January,  1842,  aged  46. 

(7/fl/7f,s'  C«/7-rt//,  son  of  David   Elliott,  d.  19   October.   1830,  aged  21 
months. 

ELLSWORTH. 

Thomas  Ellsworth,  b.  in   Rowley,  Mass.,  23  February, 
1750  ;  d.  in  Deering  6  March,  1814  ;  m.  Mary  Lowell.     She 


XXI  V.J  KKNEALOCJIKS.  AHl 

was  1).  ill  Rowley,  Mass.,  14  Se))tiMnl»ci",  17;V2  ;  »1.  in  HiadlMnl 
24  June,  1841.  Tlicy  rt'in.  to  Amlit'i-st  t'roiu  Kowlry  aii<l 
res.  licrc  some  years,  hut  j»iior  to  IT'.'l  ifin.  to  hn-iinj;. 
Tlifir  rliildrrn  were — 

Thiiiiuis,  li.  7  .liiiiiiarv.  177:^ 

Iltinna/i  7..,  Ii.  •_'(!  St'ptt'mhiT.  177  1. 

\at/iani('l,  l>.  IS   Aui^ust.  177ti. 

A/m/,  1).  2'-\  .Taniiarv,  177!t. 

Lui'ji,  b.  ti  January,  17S1. 

Betst'ji,  1>.  15  May,  17S3. 

5a////,  h.  17   Ft^l.niary.  1785. 

Susdii,  \>.  '2'J  August,  17'>7. 

Jnnnthau,  h.  IZ  .July.  178(». 

Mari/.  l>.  in    Deering  3  Novt-niliiT.  17lil  :   m.  t.li)>.]>li  ilaiisiiDru. 

Naneji.  1>.  .")   .Vpril,  170:!. 

C/iiirl<>ti>.  1..  in   March.  17!»7. 

Jo.NATHAN  Mi.i.swoRTH,  a  Itrollier  of  Tlionias,  settled  on 
the  place  on  the  road  to  'I'liornton's  Ferry,  now  oceujiied  hy 
Mrs.  Lowe.  lie  d.  lt»  May.  1S14,  aged  otl.  His  widow. 
Mrs.  Anna  KUswurth,  d.  in  .Vnirnst.  1.S48,  a<jjed  00:  no  clnl- 
dren.  After  the  death  of  .Mr.  Ellsworth,  she  in.  (J)  Henry 
Kimball  1  Novenil>er,  1S14  ;  imt  the  inarriaire  not  proving  to 
be  a  congenial  one.  the  |)arties  separatefl  by  nuitnal  consent 
and  the  bride  resumed  the  name  of  Ellsworth. 

KMKRSOX. 

CaI'T.  Xathanhm.  K.MKitsoN,  for  some  years  a  resident  in 
Amherst.  <1.  in  Walthani.  Mass.,  2^^  November.  Is2l>.  aged 
74  years. 

Sam  ml.  Wis  stcoud  son.  il.  in  China  Is  .Vii.;iist.  1S05,  agcri  "Jl. 

.A///if.s-,  formerly  <»f  .Vnilu-rst,  d.  in  Saco.  Me.,  in  .\j>ril,  1833,  agi'<l  l."i. 

Jiinis,  .son  (if  Capf.  Natlianii-l.  d.  •_*7  May.  isns.  ;ige<l  10. 

Miss  Kliztibt'th  I'^niiisniKA  native  <>{  .\nihi'i-t.  .1.  in  Boston  3n  Novem- 
ber, 1871.  agpd  si. 

HaiuHih.  wife  of  Nathaniel  Ijnerson.  jr..  il.  in  .\miierst  In  .January. 
1S()3. 

l/iiiniiili.  wife  of  Samuel,  il.  in  Decemlier.  IsicJ. 


582  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Sail  I/,  daughter  of  Samuel,  d.  iu  December,  isdi'. 

Muaes  Emerson  resided  a  short  time  on  the  farm  recently  owned  by 
Mr.  Saul  Austin ;  rem.  thence  to  Deering,  and  afterward  to  Canada. 
He  m.  Reljecca  Hartshorn  24  January.  179o. 

EMERY. 

Ambrose  Emery  d.  2  April,  1840,  aged  38. 

EVERDEN^. 

P/<ete,  daughter  of  John  and  Phebe  Everden.  was  b.  l:>  October,  1770. 

FARMER. 

1.  Dea.  John  Farmer,  b.  1  December,  1762;  m.  Lydia 
Richardson,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  24  January,  1788.  She 
was  b.  7  December,  1763.  They  res.  in  Chelmsford  until 
September,  1803,  when  they  rem.  to  Lyndeborough.  They 
rem.  thence  to  Merrimack  where  he  d.  17  Noyember,  1814. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  John,  b.  12  June,.  1789 ;  came  to  Amherst  in  1805,  and  remained 
there  xmtil  1821,  when  he  rem.  to  Concord,  where  the  remainder  of 
his  life  was  spent.     He  d.  13  August,  1838,  unmarried. 

3.  Miles,  h.  18  January,  1791 ;  m.  Sophia  H.,  daughter  of  Maj.  Turner 
Crooker,  of  Amherst,  4  Jul}',  1816 ;  res.  in  Amherst  some  years,  but 
rem.  to  Salem,  Mass..  about  1819,  and  d.  there. 

4.  Charlotte,  b.  20  July,  1792 ;  m.  Capt.  James  Kiddle,  in  Amherst,  3 
August,  1815;  d.  in  Quincy,  Mass.,  6  August,  1825. 

•  5.  Mari/,h.  31  August,  1794. 

6.  Jedidiah,  b.  5  April,  1802 ;  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the  Cabi- 
net office ;  settled  in  Hingham,  ^lass.,  where  he  published  a  newspaper 
several  years. 

Zadoc  Farmer  and  Mary  0.  Barnes  were  m.  26  November, 
1874.  He  d.  in  Amherst  18  July,  1877,  aged  80  years  and 
9  months. 

FARNUM. 

1.  Joseph  Farnum  settled  in  the  north-west  part  of  Am- 
herst, now  Mont  Vernon,  shortly  after  the  incorporation  of 


XXIV. 


(;knkaL(m;iks. 


\H'A 


the  town,  lit'  was  licutfiiaiit  in  (':i|it.  Hi-a<lt'i)rir-<  (•iiiii[iaii\ 
at  Benuiii<rton,  and  d.  in  Munt  A'crnon  10  May.  IS'JI.  auni 
78:  ni.  (1)  Marv  Lyon;  in.  (2)  Tahitha  Baldwin,  graiid- 
mntlici-  of  Gon  John  A.  I>i.\.ot'  New  York,  in  171'4.  She 
d.  in  .lanuai-y,  18:iO,  aged  72:  ni.  (3)  F.dith  Smith.  Sh.  <1. 
!•_'  Novemhcr.1862,  aged  88.  Mis  cliildren  (the  two  hist  l»y 
second  marriage)  were — 

■J.  S„rnl>.  I).  L^J    .luuc  17G(>. 

:;.  .\l>;,,;i/.  1..  L'2  I)ec.Miil..-r,  ITOT:  iii.  I'-'t-i  Altl.ot  d-i  Octnlicr. 
ITss. 

1.  M<n>/.  1..  1!)  ,I;iini:in,  177(1. 

.-).     /'/uhr.  \k   \J    .M;i\.   177'J. 

(i.  Jns././,,  1..  4  .Manli.  177-1. 

7.   Sii.<iniii(i/i,   1>.  27    Maroli.   177(i:    in.    /acli:iri;ili    B«Niiis,  of    Wh.**!- 
miiister,  Mass..  10  .laiiuaiy.  17!i7. 
s.    Thdinns,  li.  'JCi  Jaiiiiarv,  177S. 

U.   As<K  1'.  1    Ffliruaiv.  17>'l>:   m.  .\r<'tlin>;i  I,ov.-j.)y  14  April.  IHOa. 
U)..Jl.l/l/,  1..  L'l   March.  17M. 
11.  Lur>/,  l>.  3  May.  17.S6. 

1"J.  (irvn,  li.  "JG  February.  1705:  in.  Suplnouia  Bills  17  Ocn)i)«r, 
1M7;  (1.  at  Hoxl)ury,  Mass.,  11  April.  ISOI. 

\'-\.  Jo/iu.  \>.  \'>  Auuiist,  17!t(;;  mani.'d;  .1.  at  lirinliton,  Mass.,  3tl 
SHptoinlii'V.  ls|.'(. 

FEI/I'ON. 

1.    Mlisha   Fki.ton.  d.   in  Sc|»teml)ei\  1805,  aged  71:    n». 

Ratlud  .      .'-^hc  d.  in    October,  1 807.  a<j;c<l   t>7.     Their 

ehihlren  were — 

•2.  John.  I).  20  May,  1700  :  il.  youiii:. 
:>.  Samiitl,  1>.  14  Septt^iuber.  1771. 

4.  Mnri/,  li.  10  .July.  1771;  <I.  17  \<.v.Mnl..'r,  1771 

5.  Jo/iii,\>.  \')  I)«H'fiiil>er,  1777  ;  iii.  lAclia  Miis-si-y;  d.  ia  i.aii<l;,fr<)vo. 
Vt.,  20  Xovcinber,  lS(i.). 

ti.  Hiir/iel.  h.  \0  ih-iohvr,  1770:  ni.  'ni..iiia.>  lioo-Hui.-  1  Dicrml...,. 
1S14. 

7.   jEils/,uA>.  HOvti.hvr,  17S1. 

7.  Elish.v  Fklton,  .in.,  b.  S  Octolter.  17S1  ;  ni.  Lydia  Wd- 
kins  of  Amherst,  -".O  December,  1806  :  (h  :2;>  May,  1S2l'.  Sh<- 
d.  ;')<•  .liilv,  18H9,  aired  04.     Their  (diihlren  w('rc — 


584  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Harriett,  b.  5  July,  1808;  iii.  Kzra  D.  Clark,  of  Amherst,  in  April, 
1831. 

Hiram  GrunviU(\h.\  February.  1814;  ni.  Jane  Austin,  of  HoUis,  13 
Peceniber,  185.5. 

FERRILL. 

Daniel  Ferrill,  a  wheelwright,  long  a  resident  in  Am- 
herst, d.  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  25  July,  1868,  aged  68. 

Abigail  G.  Ferrill,  his  wife,  d.  2  December,  1845,  aged 
39  years. 

Hendrivk  Ffrrill.  their  son,  d.  15  July,  1832,  aged  3  years. 

FEW. 

William  Few,  a  native  of  England,  b.  7  May,  1825;  d.  29 
July,  1863.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war. 

FIELDS. 

Samuel  Fields  d.  23  December,  1824,  aged  73.  Zerviah, 
his  wife,  d.  24  December,  1824,  aged  66.  Their  children 
were — 

Zerviah,h.l  'November,  17S0;  m.  John  Houston,  of  Lyndeborough, 
27  March,  1811 ;  d.  at  Denmark,  Iowa,  0  November,  18fi0. 

JA/ga//,  b.  30  June,  1787;  m. Porter;    d.  at  Denmark.  Iowa, 

19  Juiy,  1878. 

/rwe;j/t,  settled  in  Temple.  Hannuh,  his  wife,  d.  in  Temple  3  April, 
1849. 

FISK. 

I.  William  Fisk,  a  native  of  Suffolk  county,  England, 
and  his  wife,  Bridget  (Musket),  came  to  America  in  1637, 
and  settled  in  Wenham,  Mass.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1643  ;  elected  town-clerk  in  1644,  and  representative  in  the 
General  Court  from  1647  to  1652.     His  son— 

II.  William  Fisk,  m.  Sarah  Kilham  15  January,  1662; 
settled  in  Wenham,  Mass.;  was  admitted  freeman  in   1670, 


XXIV.]  GENEALO(;iKS.  585 

and  chosen  a  deacon  of  tlic  cliuicli  in  ItiTU.  [l\i  d.  5  Feb- 
ruary, 1727,  iijzod  S4.  His  widow  d.  -G  January,  17o7,  aged 
97.     Their  son — 

III.  William  Fisk,  b.  30  January,  IfitJ:].  m.  Mary ; 

settled  in  Wenham,  Mass.     Their  son — 

IV.  ?]nKNi:zER  FiSK,  b.  in  170-^,  was  elected  deacon  in 
1751.     He  had  several  cliildren,  amon<r  whom  was — 

V.  1.  William  Fisk,  who  m.  Susannah  Batchelder,  of 
Wenham,  Mass..  in  November,  1749.  In  1774  they  and 
their  children  rem.  to  Amherst,  where  they  settled  on  a 
tract  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Walnut  Hill.  He  il.  in 
1779.  After  his  decease  his  widow  m.  nenjamin  Davis. 
She  d.  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  William  Fisk,  Es(j.,  in 
1810,  aged  79  years,  Their  children,  all  b.  in  Wenham, 
were — 

\i.  Joitiit/iiiii,  1>.  1    May.  17.")l  :   iii.  Mary  Hiai;>:;. 
:{.  Klizdhet/i.  I).  27  .hint',  17.");J. 

4.  ^William,  h.2li   April,  IT'w. 

5.  -fDarifl,  li.  2.")  .Iiuie,  1757. 

6.  Af(ir>/,  \k -Jl  October,  1759;  iii.  Dr.  Samuel  Polly  in  Nc.v.i.il..-r. 
17S.'). 

7.  hJlu'nezir.  \).  11  February,  1762  ;  m.  and  .settled  in  Wilmot.  His 
daughter,  Mehitable.  was  the  mother  of  ex-(Jov.  K.  A.  Straw,  of  .Maii- 
che.ster. 

S.  J„/n,.  1..  11    April.  ]7lil. 

!t.    Siis,nii,n/i.  1..  2   Octolx.r.  ITOO. 

10.  Annr,  1..  22  Au-ust.  1771. 

VI.  4.  William  Fisk,  b.  at  Wenham.  Mass., -Jo  April, 
1755;  d.  in  Amherst,  4  June,  1831 :  m.  (1)  Eunice  Nourse, 
of  Danvers,  Ma.ss.,  28  October,  1774.  Sbe  d.  1:5  .Man-h, 
1819:  m.  cJ)  Hannah  Walker,  of  (•oncord,  '28  Nov.-mber. 
1819.  She  d.  in  Concord  10  December.  1841.  'i'beir  chil- 
dren were — 

11.  Kiinir,,  1..  7  January.  1771;  d. :{  Aii'.,'ii>t,  isdl;   m.  fb'-vi  Dodpe. 

12.  A'cm.  1).  2  April,  177<i:  in.  M.'liiida  Blake  in  isnl  :  d.  in  l-'avette, 
Me..  4  October.  1870.  a-jed  i)\. 


586  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

13.  ]]'illiam,h.  11  July,  1778;  m.  Margaret  Cleaves  Dodge  4  Sep- 
tember, 1802  ;  d.  at  Concord  9  October,  1854. 

14.  Francis  Noiirse,  h.  12  June,  17S0;  m.  Mary  (Walker)  Emery  1 
March,  1813 ;  d.  at  Concord  7  October,  1870,  aged  1)0. 

15.  Ahiffail^h.  H  Octolter,  1782  ;  d.  24  July,  1852  ;  unmarried. 

16.  Mari/,  h.  1  April,  1785;  d.  15  October,  1857;  m.  fBartholomew 
Dodge,  jr. 

17.  Fannji,  ]>.  0  .Fune,  1787;  d.  17  June,  1817;   unmarried. 

18.  .4//e«,  b.  10  April,  1789;  d.  18  September,  1875;  m.  (1)  Eliza 
Chapman  5  July,  1819;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Maria  Stokes  3()  December,  1835. 
He  graduated  at  I^artmouth  College  in  1814.  and  ^Yas  a  teacher  in  Xew 
York  many  years. 

19.  Z>m;«V/,b.4  May,  1791;  d.  29  January,  1882,  aged  90;  m.  Mrs. 
Lydia  M.  Ilolbrook  in  March,  1859.  She  d.  28  February,  1870,  aged 
70  years. 

20.  Naiiri/.  h.  17  June,  1794;  d.  7  neceml)er,  1854;  m.  f Stephen 
Damon. 

5.  David  FiSK,  b.  in  Wenliam,  Mass.,  25  January,  1757; 
rem.  to  Amherst  witli  his  parents  in  177-1;  resided  for  some 
years  in  Merrimack ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  for  independ- 
ence, and  d.  in  Amherst  2o  July,  1843.  He  m.  Edith  Tay, 
of  Charlestown,Mass..in  1786.  She  d.  18  January,  1815, 
aged  52.     Tlieir  children  were— 

21.  Betae//,  h.  12  September,  1788;  d.  25  August,  1876;  unmarried. 

22.  i,V(7/(,b.  1  March,  1790;  m.  John  Sprague,  of  Bedford,  18  Octo- 
ber, 1820.     They  rem.  to  Ohio  and  d.  there. 

23.  jDavuI,h.  20  September,  1792;  d.  22  June,  1873. 

24.  Geoi-ge,  h.  22  August,  1794;  m.  Arinda  Lowe,  of  Bedford,  Ma.ss., 
6  May,  1824  ;  settled  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  but  rem.  to  Lowell,  where  he  d. 
20  February,  1869. 

25.  Ar(leli(i,h.  18  December,  1803;    d.  20.  September,   1828;  unmar. 

23.  David  Fisk,  3d,  was  b.  in  Merrimack  20  Sep- 
tember, 1792;  d.  at  Nashua  22  June,  1873.  He  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  Amherst,  where  he  was  a  prominent  and 
respected  citizen,  and  an  officer  in  the  church  many  years. 
In  his  old  age  he  rem.  to  Nashua.  He  m.  (1)  Abigail 
Nourse  19  January,  1823.  She  d.  in  June,  1825,  aged  25; 
m.  (2)  Harriet  Nourse  17  January,  1828.  She  d.at  Nashua 
22  August,  1872,  aged  73.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  CKNKALOlilF.S.  TjMT 

L'G.  'I'liuimis  Si<,tl.  I..  -JL'  .\M\.iiil..'r,  \s-2.\:  ni.  Claci  .1.  I'illmaii,  of 
New  York. 

'J7.  Jdiiifw  J'oilfi;  1).  .">  .Iiiiu',  1)S_'."»;  111.  Sariili  ('.  Hill. of  (Jrntoii.  .Ma.s.s., 
i  .Ijimuiry,  18GG;  d.  ut  St.  Louis.  .Mo..  10  M:i>,  ls7:5. 

'28.   Gcoriii;  b.  'J2  October,  iS^o;   in.  .Myra  Mdirili,  of  .San  .lose  ("al. 

29.  Ahhif^  .\nwhi,h.-2\  Nov.miiImt.  1s:'.S:  hi.  Croi-o,.  W.  ()nl\va\.  uf 
Unulfonl,  .Miuss.,  L'O  .Itih,  186!». 

:5it.  Mnrii  J'oiiir,  b.  1)  l)f«-<-inb.-r.  1^11:  in.  Con,'.-  A.  Maul.  n.  nf 
I..IW.I1.  Mass..  10  Ih-cnilxT.  l.S(;7. 

FLETCIIKIJ. 

I.  HoHKKT  FLET(nKi{,tlie  liist  ot  the  name  in  this  conntry, 
settU'il  in  Concord.  Mass.,  in  ItioO.  wIkmo  ho  il.  :>  April,  1«''77. 
tiircd  85  years. 

II.  William  Flktcmki;.  his  son.  it.  In  KiiLdaiid  in  Iti'i^. 
111.  livdia  Hates  in  1645;  setth-d  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  in 
litr)(i,  aiiti  d.  there  6  Xovenil)er,  ItlTT.  h^avinc:  several  sons. 
Of  these— 

III.  William,  h.  lil  Kohniary.  1057,  setth^j  in  ('holms- 
ford,  Mass. .on  tin-  Jnmifstoad  whole  he  was  succeeded  hy 
his  s(»ii — 

I\'.     dosiAM.  who  \v;is  ill  his  tiini  snceeeded  liy  his  son — 

\'.  .losi  All.  who  spent  his  life  in  ( 'helnisfoid,  ami  d.  there. 
leaviiiiT  a  larire  family  of  ehililien.      His  son — 

\'l.  1.  JosKi'ii  FlktchI'MU  It.  2i!  .Mareh.  17t">.').  settled  in 
the  easterly  part  of  Chelmsford,  Mass..  now  in  the  city  of 
Lowell,  and  remained  there  nntil  18"J5,  when  he  rem.  to  Am- 
herst where  he  d.  :')(!  Aniri'st,  1S4;}.  He  m.  \An:y  Proctor  17 
Xovcmher,  171M.  Sjie  was  h.  in  Clndmsford  '2'2  Felirnary, 
1773:  d.  in  Amherst  S  Anjrnst.  1S45.  Their  children 
were — 

■J.  Jnsrj,/,,  b.  9  Miiy.  1793:  in.  Shuah  Hail  Fl.-t<-li.T  .'11  Jann.iry.  1S2G; 
resiiletl  in  Anihei-sl  ami  Kranrfstown  :  il.  in  Francestown 'JG  NovtMuber. 
IH6G;  no  children. 

3.  nantmh,h.  17  S.i.tein  bt-r.  1791  ;  in.  Caj.t.  .b.siali  KIctrher.  13  Oo- 
toiler.  181.S:  «1.  in  C'li.-hiisfonl.  9  .Fune.  \KM\. 


588  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

4.  ^Daniel,  b.  28   August,  1796. 

5.  Merrill,  b.  1  April,  1790;  resided  iu  Amherst;  d.  8  July,  1877; 
immaiTied. 

6.  jSeicall,  b.  2  March,  1801. 

7.  Charles,  b.  30  January,  180:; :  d.  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  20  May,  1872  : 
unmarried. 

8.  Alpheus,  b.  6  February,  180.5:  d.  in  Amherst  25  December,  18.33; 
unmai'ried. 

9.  Georqe    Washinntnu,    ]  ,    ,^  ,,     ,       ,        ^„„.      d.  4  March,  1882. 
,,,.".,  •  y  b.  12  bei)tember.  180b;     ,  ,  .  „  ,     ,„ „ 
\0.  John  A<hnn>^.  \  ^  d.  14  Feb.,  1807. 

11.  Lucy,  b.  17  August,  1808;  m.  Jonas  Kendall  1  September,  1857 ; 
d.  at  South  Framinghaui,  Mass.,  2  August,  1875. 

12.  Marji  Rohhins,h.  '■\  August,  1810:  res.  in  Amherst ;  unmarried. 

13.  Susdn  Proctor,  b.  2.S  May,  181;) ;  d.  in  Amherst  2  September, 
1855 ;  unmarried. 

14.  Boijarniti  <  'hdinherlin.  b.  18  September,  1815;  d.  23  November, 
181,5. 

VII.  4.  Daniel  Fletcher,  b.  28  August,  1796,  settled  in 
Amherst  where  lie  was  an  inn-keeper  some  years,  and  was 
selectman,  town-clerk,  and  representative;  d.  15  October. 
1873 ;  m.  Charlotte  Roby  30  December,  1824.  She  was  b, 
at  Dunstable,  now  Nashua,  18  December,  1804;  d.  31  Jan- 
uary, 1882.     Their  children  were — 

15.  Z'aw/e/ J  f/rt?)/.s-,  b.  H  November.  1825  ;  res.  in  Nashua  ;  unmarried. 

16.  John.h.  9  October,  1830 ;  res.  in  Amherst;  unmarried. 

17.  Charlotte,  b.  15  September,  1845;  d.  18  September,  1848. 

18.  Lucji  Rehi'cca,  b.  6  December,  1847. 

VII.  5.  Sewall  Fletcher,  b.  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  2 
March,  1801;  settled  in  Amherst;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Walton,  of 
South  Readintr,  Mass.,  24  May,  1824.     She  d.  29  September, 

1825,  aged  25 ;  m.  (2)  Rheny  Mace,  of  Amherst,  6  November, 

1826.  She  d.  1  January,' 1845,  aged  41;  m.  (3)  Nancy 
Peacock,  of  Amherst,  4  June,  1846,  who  d.  at  Augusta,  Wis- 
consin, 11  July,  1880.  He  d.  in  Amherst  12  September, 
1855.     Their  children  were — 

19.  Sarah  Lucy,  b.  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  19  June,  1825:  m.  Joseph 
W.  Eaton  13  October,  1847;  d.  28  .Tan uarv.  1849. 


XXIV.] 


GENKALOCIKS. 


)81> 


211.  S'lntll  \\'<iliu„.  1..  11  Novniilifi.  IS'JT:  .1.  ^  s.-|.t.MiilHT,  isG.") : 
iiiiinarried. 

21.  Eliza  .1/,//,!..  is  M:i\.  \s-l\\  :  m.  Franklin  liairiin.iii  J  Ai-ril, 
18.')(l. 

•JJ.  /.'/(</,//  .U«///V///.  1'.  •_'■'.  .Inly,  iSoO;  m.  Franklin  W.  Kri-u>  ■_'  April. 
1S57;  res.  in  Freeman.  Mf. 

1*3.  Jnmt's  Jlt'uri/,  l>.  4  Septi'inliir,  ls:jj. 

21.  3/M/-V  Ja/ic.  1).  2!»  Scpti'mlxM-.  18:5:5:  m.  li.nrv  Mnrill  :!(»  Octoli.T. 
185.");  res.  in  PeiiiH'rell.  Mass. 

25.  Li/mnn  Parhn:/,  1..  17  .Inly,  1835:  .li.-.|. 

26.  Lois  Aifirill,  \>.  :]l  .Inly.  18:3t! :   iinmani.'.l. 

27.  IhiuiKih,  1'.  !•  F.-I.ruary.  183!»;  m.  OJis.-r  Walt. mi  In  ( ».t..l..T, 
18tiO. 

28.  .IZ/ye/V.  1..  7  .lannary.  IsHl;  in.  .Inlia  C  liai..-l  -Jn  Manli.  istij;  re.s. 
in  .MaKania. 

29.  (iiisliiiii.t  (ii/iiiitii.  i).  21  .N'ovcinlxT,  1S47;  ni.  Mary  F.  Stons  7 
March.  1S7S. 

:5().  Arl/nir  /'niuUiii,  h.  is  ,Fnly.  Isl!);  ni.  S.  H.-l.n  Danfoitli  :5  .Inly, 
1877;  res.  in  [..owell,  Mass. 

:'.l.   Emilini:    CoNiiis,  l>.    18    Ji is,',:'.:    ni.    Clintnn    l'.ra.ll'..r.l    20 

Xuvfinber,  1874. 

:!1.  Einclinr  f'nllins,  ]<.  18  .iini.-.  1 S5 ', :  ni.  Clinton  iiradfonl  20  Xo- 
\fnilier,  1S74. 


Ainoiiii"  tlio  sons   ni'   (111)  Willinm    Plitclicr.  nf  ('lu'lms- 

t'ol'd,  \V!IS — 

I  \'.  K<tl!KlM\  li.  ill  Itlin,  \\li(>  \v:is  (till'  <t\  the  lirst  scttli-is 
ill  'rvimslioroiiuJi,  Mass.     His  son — 

y.  I»iti!i:i:r.  Ii.  in  17:^7.  in.  Small  l'>l;iii<li;i!il.  (laiiL''iiici'  of 
Col.  .Joseph  {{jancliard.  17  .Scptcinhci-,  17t)l.  lli-  was  a  man 
of  sonic  note  in  l)nnstaltl(',  and  was  I'oi'  sonu'  time  clrrk  of 
tlir  conrts  in  IlillshoroiiLili  coimty.  Ilr  d.  I'  .**('|i1tMiiln'r. 
17'.iH.  She  d.  in  .VmlnTst  -J'.i  .March.  17'.tS.  a-jcd  'u  .  Th.-ir 
son — 

VI.  ■\1.  1\oi!i:i:t,  h.  1  Aiiunst.  I7t>:i:  in.  'rciniirranco 
( Joidoii.  of '1\  ngshoroiij^li,  Mass.,  -  DcccinlMT,  I7>*I.  Ho 
was  an  active  husiiiess  man  in  Amherst.  Hnnstalilo,  anil 
other  jdaccs,  and  is  said,  at  one  lime,  to  have  hcen  the  owner 
of  tlie  principal  |)art  of  the  territory  now  occupied  by  Xasluia 


590  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Village.  Ill  his  business  enterprises  he  seems  to  have  been 
particularly  unfortunate.  However  successful  they  were  at 
first,  they  usually  terminated  in  failure.  At  last  he  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  timber  land  in  Canada,  and  employed  a 
large  number  of  men  in  cutting  and  manufacturing  the  lum- 
ber. Like  most  of  his  undertakings,  this  enterprise  was  an 
unfortunate  one,  and  he  terminated  his  career  by  shooting 
himself  at  Montreal  in  November,  1809.  Their  children 
were — 

33.  Temperance,  b.  in  178.") ;  d.  in  Lowell.  Mass.,  20  May.  1857. 

34.  Mary,  1>.  2  Aii<>iist.  17<S7  :  lu.  William  Cochran,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
in  1807. 

35.  Robert,  h.  20  July,  1789  :  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 

3G.  i?»/«s,  b.  29  July,  1789;  was  in  tlie  liattle  on  lake  Champlain ; 
d.  in  Ilavanna  4  July,  1817. 

37.  Christiana,  b.  in  1791 ;  d.  in  Andierst  in  Xoveniber.  1792,  aged 
18  months. 

38.  Ashun,  b.  17  August,  1794 ;  lost  at  sea. 

39.  Af/nea  P.,  h.  4  February.  179o  ;  m.  (1) Gray  ;  ni.  (2)  Josiah 

Spalding. 

40.  Catherine,  d.  in  Amherst  in  Se[)teniber,  1801,  aged  10  months. 

41.  George,  b.  3  December,  1801  ;  m.  Mary  E.  Cornwall  20  January, 
1831;  res.  in  New  York  city;  d.  at  Bay  Ridge.  N.  Y.,  1.')  December, 
1878. 

42.  Catherine,  h.  17  April,  1S03:  ni.  George  X.  Minot  11  IMarcli, 
1824. 

43.  Henri/,  b.  19   Xoveniber.  1804:  d.  in  Brattleborough.  \t. 

44.  Mar(jar(t,h.\i\  Boston,  Mass.,  17  August,  180();  ni.  Isaac  Chani- 
lierlain;  d.  in  Boxbury,  Mass..  8  April,  1847. 

45.  Saimukl  Fli:t(HER,  seitled  on  Cliestnut  Hill  on  the 
place  n!)w  oceupied  l»y  his  grandson,  J(jhn  Fletcher.  Of  his 
ancestors  I  am  not  informed.  He  m.  Susannah  G., daughter 
of  Lieut.  John  Patterson,  9  June,  1795.  She  d.  in  October, 
1822,  aged  47.  He  d.  while  on  a  visit  to  his  friends  in 
Sharon,  Vt.,  in  February,  1825,  aged  55.  The  first  notice 
his  family  had  of  his  death  was  the  arrival  of  a  messenger 
at  the  house  ))ringing  his  corpse.     Their  children  were — 

40.  John  Patterson,  d.  22  September.  ISIO.  aged  20  years. 
47.  ^Otis. 


XXI  \'.  J  f;KNK\LO(;iKs.  r>91 

\S.   jllnh.rl,  I.,  ill   18(fJ. 

l!».    M;ir\.  in.  !•".  A.  Ilo.l'^inaii.  of    f.iitlfi..ii  :  .1.  iIi.ti-. 

47.  Hris  Fletcher, son  <»t"  Sanuit'l.  m.  Aliitrail ;  res. 

.some  years  in  Amherst,  hut  rem.  to  .\;ish\  illc,  ('li;mtaiii|iia 
eouiity.  New  York:  one  ehihl — 

ad.    o,///„.  ,1.  ill  Aiiilinxi  ■_'.-.  N.-v.-iiiImt.  1s:;(».  ;iL;rii  •J\  iiionili.. 

4s.  Koni:irr  Flktchkk,  luothiT  ot  otis,  sueceeded  him  oii 
the  homestead;  was  an  aetivc  Imsiness  man  and  farmer. 
II.-  m.  .Mary  Coeliran  11  July,  1882,  and  d.  IH  Septrmher. 
18<»:5,  aut'd  (il.  Sjie  d.  '2'2  Fehruary,  l8Ti».  aL''<-'d  7'2  vi'ars 
and  11  months.     Their  children  were — 

.")1.  //'//■/•/■//.  1".  "Ji!  Si-|iteiiilMT.  is;;:; ;  m.  SoIkhkhi  I'liiicf.  nl  Amlifisl, 
•_'S  April.  l.s;U. 

'y2.  ffVor//^'.  1).  li  .Iiiuc,  ls:{S:  i,,.  Ada  Slu-ikl,  of  1'1\  iiioiitli ;  res.  in 
Ahiiu'hestcr. 

'••'J.  Afiirii  ICUznliilli,  1>.  ")  DtH-i'iiiliiT.  istl):  m.  Goorijc  F.  StcM-iiN;  rns. 
ill  .Vsliliiiniliain,  Mass. 

."i|.   ./<.///(.  I),  in  islfi;    ii'>.  (Ill  tlic  li(Hii.'>t.M(l  ;    iiiiinai  ri.Ml. 

").").  Sim  HON  Kletcheu,  i».  in  Chelmsford,  Mass..  2  May, 
17'JJ  :  m.  Mary  |)avis,  of  SouIiclmu  West, and  settled  here. 
Here  their  three  first  ehildi'en  w(M'e  i).  They  then  rem.  to 
(Jreenlield  where  they  d.  NOlie  nf  their  ehildren  seem  to 
have  settled  in  A  nilierst. 


ll'i»n  Fhtrh,  r.  .1.  •_'  .Mairli.  1867,  a^ed  70. 
//'/(/•//  .(.  Fhirhrr.A.  Jii  .fuly.  ISO!),  a-,'.-<l  :{!). 

KLIN  r. 

1.  .Vmo^  Flim.  III.  uidiiw  Flizaiielh  Ticvitt,  of  I)anvers, 
80  January,  17(ir) ;  pruhahly  a  .second  marriatic  His  will, 
dated  10  March,  ITiSS,  and  presented  for  prohate  4  Xo\fm- 
her,  1707,  name.s  the  followintr  ehildren — 

•J.    +.1//M.V.  5.    Miirii  Ihiiiijoril. 

'■\.    Klizdfirlh  I'rortitr.  t».    Desire  i'olli/. 

4.    ( 'nrtrwir.  7.  Juroh. 


592  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Amos  Flint,  jr.,  m.  Polly  Barnard,  sister  of  Rev.  Jere- 
miah Barnard,  2  September,  1785.  He  d.  prior  to  10  March, 
1793.  After  his  decease  his  widow  rem.  to  Rome,  N.  Y., 
and  d.  there.     Their  children  were — 

.S.  Pollii,  h.  15  April,  1787.  10.  Beti^ty,  b.  21  May,  1790. 

9.  Amos,  1).  4  Ootober,  1788.  11.   Samuel,  b.  14  Sept.  1791. 

12.  Nathan  Flint,  .jr., son  of  Nathan  and  Susan  Flint,  of 
Reading,  Mass.,b.  11  May,  1748;  m.  Phebe  Smith,  of  Read- 
ing. They  were  "published"  17  March,  1778;  probably 
settled  in  Amherst  soon  after  marriage.  Their  children 
were — 

13.  Ndthati,  b.  19  January,  1780;  d.  unmarried. 

14.  ■\Simfion,  b.  16  May,  1782. 

1.").  ICh/nezcr,  h.  20  May,  1784;  ni.  Charlotte  .\ustin,  of  Sutton,  25 
February,  IHOG. 

1(5.  fsanc,  h. '28  May,  1785;  ni.  Susan  Russell ;  resided  in  Newport 
aiul  (iosluMi;  (1.  at  Goshen.    ' 

17.  (JaliHn,]>.  20  April,  1787 ;  in.  Rachel  Wilkins,  of  Mont  Vernon, 
5  April,  1812. 

18.  B'lthsh'ha,  b.  28  May,  1788;  ni.  Daniel  Richardson  27  October, 
1811 ;  d.  at  Wilton  18  July,  1878,  a-ed  90. 

19.  iS'tsYi/i,  ni.  f Saul  Austin  IG  February,  iSl;};  d.  in  Amherst  21 
August,  1S51,  aged  57. 

20.  P/i«/>r',  in.  Jonathan  Kendall,  of  Mont  Vernon,  7  December,  1815; 
d.  at  Concord  11  May,  1881. 

21.  JSe^■ev,  b.  25  June,  1800;  m.  (1)  Pia-n  Herrick.  of  Wilton;  ni. 
(2)  Saul  Austin  .30  May,  1852. 

22.  Lwij,  ni.  Asa  Jones,  of  Wilton. 

14.  Slmkon  Flint,  b.  1(3  May,  1782  ;  m.  Sarah  Kendall  20 
August,  1804.  She  m.  (2)  Aaron  Wilkins,  jr., of  Amherst, 
16  September,  1824.  They  settled  in  the  east<'rly  part  of 
Mont  Vernon.     Their  children  were — 

23.  Simeon  K.,h.  5  February,  18 J5;  d.  23  November,  1879. 

24.  Nathan,  b.  8  October,  1806. 

25.  Griaey,  b.  17  October,  1808;  unmarried. 
2i>.  Jacob,  b.  8  December,  1810. 

27.  Eliza,  b.  IS  February,  1813;  d.  in  Dec.-nib.-r,  1814. 

28.  Daniel  K.,h.  15  May,  1815. 


XXIV.J  OENEALOGIES.  593 

Hutchinson  Flint,  1j.  at  Xoitli  Reading,  Ma.s.s..  10  June, 
1764  ;  resided  some  time  in  Aiulicrst ;  d.  at  Antrim  in  Jnna, 
1817  ;  m.  Lucy  Cole,  of  Amherst.  25  November,  1787. 


"  Widoir"  Flint,  d.  in  Octo>>er,  1803,  aged  -^O. 

Lucinrln,  daughter  of  John  Flint,  d.  in  December.  1835,  aged  15. 

FOLLAXSBEE. 

James  C.  Follansbee  came  to  Amher.st  about  1837  and 
carried  on  the  butcliering  busines.s  several  years.  He 
finally  rem.  to  Fraucestown  and  d.  there  17  December,  1879, 
aged  79.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Hannah  Follansbee,  d.  22  October, 
1879,  aged  73.     Their  children  were — 

1.  John  Smith.  8.   Sarah  Ellen. 

'1.  Emilif.  \.  Lucretia  C. 

John  Follansbee,  resided  on  the  Plain,  near  the  brick 
steam  mill,  where  he  carried  on  the  butchering  business  several 
years.  He  d.  22  October,  1864,  aged  70.  Mary  G.,his  wife, 
d.  20  September,  1857,  aged  62.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Brown  24  August,  1858,  who  survived  him  and  d.  in  Milford 
29  Septembf-r,  1874,  aged  54:  no  children. 

FORD. 

John  Ford,  who  resided  some  years  on  the  ".Stilc^"  farm, 
in  the  east  part  of  the  town,  d.  21  >et)tf'irihcr.  1848,  aged 
78  years. 


Widow  Mnrij  G.  Ford  d.  27  April,  1843,  aged  rJ3. 

Mrx.  Li/flin  Ford  d.  27  April,  1876,  aged  74  years  and  six  nioiiths. 

Mrs.  Prwlence  Ford  d.  5  April,  1881,  aged  72. 

Charles'  H.  Ford  d.  30  March,  1881,  aged  46. 

FOSTER. 

r.T.  Jonathan  Foster  d.  in  October,  1849,  aged  76. 


Sarah,  wife  of  Lt.  Jonathan  Fo.st*;r,  d.  in  Xovember,  1824,  aged  4!). 
38 


594  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Dolly,  wife  of  Samuel  Foster,  d.  in  November,  1825,  aged  54. 
Lucy,  daughter  of  Samuel  P'oster,  d.  19  July,  1805,  aged  2  years. 

Moses  Foster,  of  Aralierst,  and  Polly  Fuller,  of  Middle- 
ton,  Mass.,  were  '"puVtlislied"  27  February,  1789.  Tlieir 
children  were — 

Moses,  b.  25  December,  1790. 
Iso'ic  Plumer,  h.  5  March,  1702. 

FOWLE. 

Samuel  Fowle,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  rem.  from  New 
Bedford  to  Amherst  prior  to  1805.  After  years  of  suffer- 
ing from  a  wound  received  while  serving  in  the  army,  he  d. 
11  June,  1825,  aged  72  years.  He  m.  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Rea  22  August,  1805.     Their  child— 

John  lica,  was  b.  21  October,  1806. 

1.  Joseph  Fowle,  b.  in  Xew  Bedford,  Mass.,  20  February, 
1793;  settled  in  Amherst  in  1825;  d.  27  May,  1874;  m. 
Sarah  J.  Hale,  of  Merrimack,  20  June,  1843.  She  was  b.  5 
April,  181G.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Their 
children  were — 

2.  Afary  ./.,]>.  H  June,  1841:  m.  Thomas  S.  Burns  1-1  February, 
1867. 

3.  t./o.sY/-//  E.,h.  27  May,  1846. 

4.  Hat/i>  L.,h.  14  August,  ls48:  m.  Alvin  R.  Corliss,  16  November, 
1875. 

5.  SaiNud  H..h.  14  April,  1850;  d.  22  April,  1852. 

3.  Dea.  Joseph  E.  Fowle,  b.  27  May,  1846;  m.  Emma  J. 
Hodgman  16  May,  1878.  She  was  b.  in  Bedford  1  May, 
1851.  They  res.  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town,  on  the 
road  to  Merrimack;  one  cliild — 

6.  ^fanou  E.,  b.  16  July,  1880. 

FREEMAN. 

Naomi  B.  Freeman  d.  25  August,  1877,  aged  Qi)  years  and 
6  months. 


XXIV.]  GENEAL<)(;iKS.  595 

FRKNCII. 

I.  liliMiiiAi.M  I''i:i:Ntii,  li.  ill  IIillrii(;:i,  Mass.,  ill  17")"):  d.  in 
Amhorst  in  Scptciuticr.  is.'.j ;  ui.  flaiinnli  Mi-lt'iidy.  She 
d. '2'^  Marcli,  IT'.'-).     TlH-ir  cliildi'i'ii  wore — 

•J.   /•;/<///■<//'//-,  li.  L'li  Aii;;iisl,  177S.  .").    Lnniiinl,  I..  l."i  Miircli.  17^1. 

;}.   IlduiKth.  1>.  I'S   Marcli.  17>>0.  d.    Willi, im.  1..  1:5  Am';ii^I.  178(5. 

J.   Mns.s.  \^.  -js  May.  17S-J. 

7.  l''i:i:i»i:i;iCK  FuKNtii,  son  n|  lU-njainin  anil  Maiy  l'"irn<'li, 
(il  |)iinslaliK';  l».  26  Septenil)cr,  1766 ;  a  lawyer;  clerk  of 
Ihe  coiii-l.s ;  resided  in  Amherst  sonic  years;  d.  2S  .March, 
1S24  ;  ni.  (Irace,  danuhtei-  of  (ren.  Jona.  Blanchard  ■»<)  I^e- 
ecniber,  17!>il.  She  d.  in  Fiouell,  Mass.,  «>  February,  1845, 
aged  77.     Thcii-  children  were — 

■^.  Bnijiiiuiii  Fniltiii  L,  li.  L'  OcIdIut.  1701  ;  iii.  Mary  I.claml.of  Saco. 
M...  1  I  \(.v.Mnl.(M\  iSlf);  .1.  in  Lowell.  Mass..  lO  May,  185:}. 
it.   C/iiirle.f,  (1.  ill   Lcxiiii;t(.ii.  Mc.  in  October.  1S.")9. 
10.   Aii/iiir,t\.  in  Hostou,  .Mass..  1:!  D.-coinbcr,  1S4_',  H'^vd    lf». 

II.  I!<h,r,;i.\\\.  IJi.hort  Kcad,  of  .\iiiliiTst.  IG  DccoiiiIht.  islS:  <1.  in 
Nashua  is  Octitl.cr.  ls:5(;.  ai^vd  :{S. 

\'2.   E.hrnnL  .1.  2".  .Viii,'nsf.  18:51.  a-v.l  -js. 

AaH(»n  I""i!1:N(  h  and  Susannah  ( 'hirk  were  lu.  27  .January, 
1s(H.      Ilr  d.  -i'i  A|.ril.  lsl7.a.t2:od  '5;"). 

Furrz. 

riEOR(;i-;  FltlT/,.  hilc  lit'  .\nihcrst,  d.  al  l'hihith'l|ihi;i.  I'a.,  1 
Aui;ust.l8:U,  aued  24. 

VVU.VM. 

Thomas  Fri,i,i;i:,  w  ho  ludtMi^ed  lo  a  t'ainily  ol  hiuli  social 
standini:'  in  Mnirhind.  came  over  to  Massacliusetts  in  Novem- 
ber, 1(»;5S. on  a  tour  of  observation,  not  intendinir  to  take  up 

his  residence  permanently  in  tli iintry.      While  visiting 

Cambridge,  he  became  a  convert  to  ruritanism,  and  resolved 
to  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  lucthren  of  like  faith  in  this 
conntrv. 


590  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

He  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  that  part  of  Salem 
which  was  afterward  incorporated  as  Middlcton,  where  he 
built  a  house  by  the  side  of  a  small  stream,  about  half  a 
mile  below  Middleton  pond,  south  of  Wills'  Hill.  He  m. 
Elizabeth  Todd,  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  3  June,  1643,  and  d.  in 
1698,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age. 

His  descendants  have  been  numerous,  and  many  of  them 
were  men  and  women  of  note  in  the  times  in  which  they 
lived.  From  him  the  Fullers  who  I'.ave  resided  in  Amlierst 
were  descended. 

1.  Nathan  Fuller,  and  his  wife  Martha,  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  the  town.  He  d.  8  December,  1808,  aged  84. 
She  d.  30  December,  1817,  aged  83.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Sarah,  b.  4  June,  175S. 

3.  jNathan,  b.  18  July,  1763. 

4.  Biith,  b.  IG  March,  1765. 

5.  Elizabeth,  b.  2  July,  1767. 

6.  Susannah,  h.  4  April,  1770;  in.  Tarker  Ricliardsou  12  May,  17S9. 

7.  John,  b.  2  October,  1772;  (Lin  October,  1820. 

3.  Nathan  Fuller,  jr.,  b.  18  July,  1763  ;  d.  31  August, 
1840;  m.  (1)  Tamson  Brown.  She  was  b.  4  September, 
1763;  d.  18  September,  1814;  m.  (2)  Betsey  Jones  28  Feb- 
ruary, 1815.  She  was  b.  25  April,  1777;  d.  8  February, 
1829.     Their  children  wer.e— 

8.  Willutm  B.,h.  15  May,  1780;  d.  2  September,  1799. 

9.  Tamson,  d.  iu  November,  1803,  aged  8  years. 

10.  Tamson  H..h.  27  August,  1804;  m.  fMattliew  fi.  Rotch. 

11.  Betsey,  h.  9  Februaiy,  1816 ;  m.  Hut'us  Lounsbury ;  d.  at  Rose 
(xrove,  Iowa,  26  Jamiary,  1871. 

X,2.  Israel  Fuller,  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  23  January, 
1778;  rem.  toMerrimackin  1805, thence  to  Amherst  in  1810, 
where  he  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  many  years. 
He  d.  23  February,  1864;  m.  (1)  Betsey  Wilkins  20  Sep- 
tember, 1804.  She  was  b.  in  Middleton  18  July,  1780;  d. 
25   December,  1824 ;  m.  (2)  Betsey   Putnam  28  December, 


XXIV.]  i;kni;aL()(;ies.  .V.tT 

18-2(;.     Sli,' was  I).  24  Auiiiist,  17S4:    .1.   1^   Octnlirr.  18')5. 
riicir  cliildrcii  wore — 

l."5.  jlsniil,  /;•..  1(.  in  .Mcrriiii:i<-1<  "_'><  Fcln-iiarv,  l">l>(i. 

11.  ^Sawii,/,  1).  \n  -Mt'iTiiiiack  •_'!)  .July.  l^nT. 

15.  Stira/i,  h. -jri  April,  ISIU;  .1.  S  Octol.iT.  IS  K) ;   iiniiiani.Ml. 

IG.  Est/if^r  .S'.,l..  31  May,  181;!;  ,1.  18  l-Vbniary.  Isjli. 

17.  EHziihrlh.\K  11  Maivh,  islS;  111.  triiarl.'s  ('niiv.Ts.-:  d.  (!  O.to- 
ll.T,  187.-). 

is.  l-lslhrr  S.,U.-2  .Man-li.  l^Jl:   .1.  (I  April.  ls;{(;. 

13.  Israel  Fuller,  .11:.,  in.  Sus;in  Carleton,  of  .Mnriinack. 
She  il.  13  June,  IHoi',  a,uv<l  40.     Tlicir  danuliter — 

1!).  .S'«.sY/H,  wiff  of  ('.  H.  Ilu.l.ll.-slciii.  1.1'  I'.uslnii.  Mas^..  .1.  Kl  .May. 
lS(;.->,  a<,'tMl  :5((. 

14.  Samuel  Fuller,  h.  in  .Mcrrimark  29  July,  1807:  in. 
Ahiiiail  riastinirs  10  Decenilu'i,  1  n40  ;  its.  in  Siuitli  M»M-ri- 
nnu'k.     Tlicir  cliildi-en  are — 

•JO.   Ahlnj  r..  1).  L"J  Xnvcml.cr,  ls|-_>. 

L'l.   Mari,  .-l.,l..  •J7  May,  1811;  m.  Miles  Merrill  1  January,  ls71. 

'22.  Eslhrr  M..h.  \:\  March,  181(5:  ni.  Frank  J.  .Sn.itli.  ..f  Miir..r.l,  IS 
.NoveinluT,  l8Uf). 

2;5.  Jiimt.t  X.  IL,  h.  !»  Ortoli.-r,  lS.>:t. 

'2\.  Brssir  /\,\k\7  Nov.-inl>.'r,  is.-),'};  ni.  B.  Frank  Wliitin-  2  April. 
1881. 

•J.">.  /•;//«//■;.  /'..li.  iL' .lamiary.  is.-)!!;  m.  ,l()^.'].li  W  .  A.  Kittrclur  4 
.hnii-.  1^7!». 

(i.VCH. 

1.  .I.VMES  (Ja(;e,  I).  -\  Auixiist,  17-)0:  d.  in  JatTrey  30 
April,  1815;  m.  Sarah,  (lau;j;hter  of  Sainutl  and  Al)i<rail 
lianison  2".t  Septemher.  17t)l.  She  was  It.  in  1739;  d.  27 
October,  1832,  au^ed  9:>  years,  and  is  said  to  have  heen  the 
first  ehild  b.  of  Knsrlish  parents  in  Soidiesran  West.  'rh<\v 
rem.  from  .VnihcrsI  tu  JalTri'v  in  177'.'.  Their  childr.'U 
were — 

■J.  77/omr/x.  I..  •_' .Inly.  17')J:  .1.  in  .latTr.-y  10  Decoiiib.r.  17sl.a-.-.l 
19  wars. 


598  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

3.  Abi(/ull,h.  20  August,  n Hi;  m.  John  French  ;  d.  in  Xew  Hart- 
ford, N.  y.,  20  April,  1860,  aged  95. 

4.  JoJm,  b.  6  May,  1766;  d.  24  May,  1766. 

5.  James,  b.  5  August,  1767 ;  m.  Polly  Drury,  of  Temple,  10  Septem- 
ber, 1793;  d.  at  McHeiiry,  111,24  January,  1856.  aged  88. 

6.  .Sa/-rt/<,  b.  27  April,  1769;  m.  Samuel  Jewett ;  d.  12  February, 
1861,  aged  91. 

7.  Phehe,  b.  1  May,  1771 ;  d.  14  December,  1777. 

8.  Samuel,  b.  17  November,  1773 ;  m.  Luciuda  Edgerton  30  Octo- 
ber, 1799  ;  d.  3  April,  1860,  aged  86. 

9.  Elizabeth,  b.  4  November.  1776 ;  d.  6  June,  177«. 

10.  Phebe,  b.  15  December,  1779:  in.  Jo.seph  Cutter  18  June,  1804; 
d.  6  December,  1871,  aged  92. 

11.  Jonathtn.  b.  22  January,  1782;  d.  1;;  March,  1868,  aged  86. 
The  average  age  of  the  parents  and  the  seven  children  who  reached 

maturity  was  81  years  and  a  fraction. 

12.  Stephen  Gage,  b.  in  1803;  d.  23  April,  1878;  resided 
for  more  than  twenty  years  on  the  "Colby"  farm  in  the 
north  part  of  School  District  No.  8.  His  wife,  Hannah,  b. 
in  1811,  d.  18  October,  18G4.     Their  children  were— 

13.  Hannah  P.,h.m  1838;  m.  Thomas  II.  McQueston,  of  Mont  Ver- 
non, 4  July,  1861. 

14.  Sophronia,  b.  in  1.S39. 

15.  Stephen  P.,  b.  in  1810;  m.  Eliza  A.  Pierce,  of  Gotfstown,  2  May, 
1871. 

16.  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  1842. 

17.  Nathan  A.,h.  in  1845. 

18.  Horace  jD.,  b.  in  18.52. 

GARDNER. 

1.  Capt.  George  Gardner,  b.  at  Nantucket,  Mass., 22  No- 
vember, 1761 ;  d.  in  Amherst  19  October,  1838;  m.  Priscilla 
Woodbury  8  May,  1790.  She  was  b.  7  November,  1766  ;  d. 
22  August,  1848.  He  was  a  sea-faring  man,  and,  his  busi- 
ness being  ruined  by  the  troubles  witli  Great  Britain,  he 
rem.  with  his  family  to  Ainliorst  in  1808,  and  resided  with 
his  father-iu-law,  Capt.  Woodbury,  several  years.  He  then 
returned  to  Nantucket  whence  he  made  several  voyages,  but 


XXIV.]  GENEALO(;iES.  591) 

I'etiinietl  tu  Aiiilicrsl.  in  Isild.  w  lit-i-c  hf  irsiilctl  ini 
the  Woodituiy  (nnw  until  18:')2.  when  lie  i"<Mn.  tu  the  *'(';i|»t. 
Prior  lioiise,"  on  tin-  IMnin,  wlicir  \\>'  d.  Tlifii-  cliildicn 
were — 

•2.   \,it/„n,l,'/   \\'(>,„//,Hri/.  1..  L's   Au,-u>l.  17!)l';   ,|.  In  April.  ISI.'.. 
:'..  RehfiaL  h.  Vl  Xov.Miil.er,  17!»4;  <1.  !i  .Inly.  17!t<). 
1.  Elhiihith   Wonilhurfi,  1).  lit  Oi-titlier,  1S()(J:  in.  flsiuic  V.  .\I.K(...ii. 
.').  ^Gfonn  B.,\k  17  ,Jiily.  ISOO:  m.  Betsey  Bancroft. 

.*).  (Jkorge  B.  Gakdneh,  h.  17  Jnlv,  Isoi);  ,|.  i^n  A|.iil, 
1.S43;  in.  Betsey  Bancroft,  nf  IVpiicrclI.  Muss..  I'.t  .Jaiuuny, 
1882.  He  was  a  l)lacksuiitli.  and  carried  on  his  l)usiness 
on  the  Plain.     Their  child len  were — 

().  <  iinrye  Hi  lull,  li.  ■_'_'  April,  Is:'):');  m.  I.;iui;i  I'uyior.  o\  Bnslon, 
Mass.,  in  An^nst,  1S57. 

7.  Siini/i  EliziihetliA^.'ll  Di-ci'mln-r.  1S:}(;;  ui.  Iliin\  W .  Buri;rs.v,  ol 
Cliarlfstown,  Mass., -JO  (K-tol.cr.  ls.">(i:  «1.  in  ("liarl.-stown  l!»  May.  ls.'>!). 

(iAV. 

Bets^ey  C.  (Iav.  d.  4  April.  1^75.  aged  81  years  2 
months  and  "2  days. 

CKoliCK. 

Joseph  (Ieorge,  b.  in  Salishnry  7  Auiriist.  17'.>.").  d.  29 
April,  1S41  ;  m.  Sarah,  danirhter  of  Dr.  Natlmnii  I  Hench- 
man. She  was  1).  1:'.  March.  17^S:  d.  C  M;iich.  1 S ").").  He 
settled  in  Amlierst  jirior  to  his  marriatn',  and  resided  h(!re 
dnrin<x  the  remainder  of  his  life.     Tiieir  children  were — 

1.    iXiil/inniil  Urnrlimiin,  t>.  :](>   Jnne.  lS-_'-J. 

•J.  Xiinri/  ni'nc/iiN'iii,  1>.  <!  \..\ cnilxT.  1  S-_>  1 ;  ni.  I)anii'l  K.  Maivdl  'Js 
F«l)rnary.  1S48. 

'■\.   Mnnj  Ilenchiiiiin.  h.  1  July,  18"_'7. 

4.  Sarah  IIenchmiiii,h.  I*!  Dccfinb.-r.  l!S2!(;  ni.  H.-nrv  W.  .Maivi'U  l!? 
.Fnly.  l.H5(t. 

.">.  (ieoifje  Wiishiiii/lon,  1>.  b  ( )ct(il«'r.  ls:V_' :  ni.  Kstlior  A.  Md'lnre,  of 
Mason.  4  Jnlv,  lS."»o.  lit-  was  an  <»(H<«m-  in  tho  army  anti  was  wonndt'd 
in  tlif  (•i\  il  war. 


600  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

I.  Nathaniel  Henchman  George,  b.  in  Amherst  30  June, 
1822,  and  resided  here  through  life,  an  industrious  and  use- 
ful citizen.  He  d.  20  August,  1882  ;  m.  Naucy  Hamblett  17 
Mar(;li,  1847.'  ISlie  was  b.  3  November,  1826.  Their  cliil- 
drcn  were — 

(j.  Limra  Ileiic/nnnii.  b.  21  July,  184.S;  d.  15  FebruaiT.  1870. 
7.  Ndthaniel  Alhcrt,  b.  26  July,  18.50;  m.  Flora  A.  Proctor,  of   Man-. 
clie.ster,  20  July.  187fi  ;  res.  in  Manchester. 

GIBSON. 

The  ancestors  of  (I)  Samuel  Gibson  emigrated  from 
Scothind  to  the  province  of  Ulster,  in  Ireland,  where  he  was 
b.  in  1693  or  1694,  tlience  he  came  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where 
he  m.  Ann  McAlfee  30  August,  1^33.  Thev  were  the  first 
settlei's  in  Hillsborough  in  1741,  and  their  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth, b.  19  May,  1742,  was  the  first  female  child  b.  of  white 
parents  in  that  town.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  French 
and  Indian  war,  in  1744,  the  settlement  at  Hillsborough 
was  abandoned  and  he  settled  in  Litchfield.  In  1770  he 
rem.  to  Merrimack,  where  he  d.  4  September,  1779. 

II.  1.  Samuel  Gibson,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  (Mc- 
Affee)  Gibson;  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  24  August,  1737;  m. 
Elizabeth  Stewart,  of  Litchfield,  who  was  b.  in  1738.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Stewart,  who  came  to  Londonderry 
in  company  with  Rev.  James  McGregor  in  1719.  '  They  re- 
sided in  Merrimack,  Litclifield,  and  again  in  Merrimack 
where  she  d.  3  February,  1815.  After  her  deatli,  Mr.  Gib- 
son rem.  to  Amherst  where  he  d.  at  the  residence  of  his 
son,  Robert,  ?>  November,  1820.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Samuel,  settled  in  Hillsborough ;  ni.  (1)  Margaret  ^McCalley ;  m. 
(2)  Mary  Miller;  m.  (3)  Jane  (Giffen)  Grimes. 

;».  Jcdii,  ni.  John  AUds. 

4.  John,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Fi-ancestown,  of  which  place  he  was 
the  representative  in  the  state  legislature  in  1813-14-15.  He  was,  for 
a  short  time,  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Hillsborough  Bank.  He  as- 
sisted in  building  the  second  N.  H.  Turnpike,  in  1801,  and  d.  26  April, 
1821,  leaving  a  large  estate. 


XXI  V.J  (;kni:alo(:ies.  HOI 

;■).  WllHiini.  st'ttlc'il  in  l.yiiiiiii. 

(!.  AiHK  111.  'riioiuas  ('uimuiuns. 

7.  (nilnii'L  ri'sifled  at  down  Toiiit.  \.  V. 

S.  Mnrl/id,  III.  .Joiiathiiii  MoiiltDii. 

!).     \tt(tin,  settk'il  in  Lyman. 

10.  M'liiiiinl,  (1)  tl.  in  iiifanov. 

11.  Mnnjiini,  ('J)  d.  in  intaiifv. 

V2.   JCliz<ilirl/i,  III.  I{fnjaiiiiii  I'arki'i. 
1:5.  ^lioficrt,  settleil  in  .Vinlifist. 
14.  Reht'cin,  (1.  in   intamv. 

18.  RoiJERT  (JiiiSON.  1».  ill  Mciriin;ick  ti  Dix't'inhcr,  ITSO; 
(i.  1:2  SoptfiuliLT.  18-J--':  m.  llaiiiiali,  tluiighttT  of  David  Wil- 
son, of  FraiKcstow  II.  Ho  settled  in  Amherst  aliout  1S1<3, 
and  left  no  cliildicn.  His  widow  ni.  (2)  .Tames  Coeliran, 
of  Hancock. 

15.  WiLLT.\M  (JiBSON  and  .Maltha  J.  Kendall  wore  m.  in 
June,  18-3.S.     Tlicir  (diildrcn  were — 

10.  Mdiii  A.  A'.,  d.  "Jl  Dt'c't'iiilier,  \Mo,  at,'(Ml  G  yoars  and  s  numtlis. 
17.   fttnn/f'.d.  10  S('|(t<'inlM'r.  Ls4s,  aM;<'d  'J  years. 

(UDDINGS. 

Is.v.vc  GiDDiNOs,  formerly  of  New  Hoston.  d.  in  Amlieisl. 
December,  1820,  aged  oS. 

ClI.MdKM:. 

J.v.MES  and  .MoLi.v  (Iilmork  were  from  Londonderry 
whence  they  rem.  to  Amherst  about  1770,  and  .settled  in 
Cricket  Corner.  She  d.  in  isof).  He  d.  in  IS'Jo,  aged  8t). 
Their  idiildren  were — 

1.    f/'/n,m<,s. 

•2.   -Uo////.  I.,  s  Manii.  1771:   in.  rii(.ina>  .Maiinin-,'  in  'Shuch,  IS07. 

:{.  Asa,  h.  -24:  Soptend.er.  1773  ;  in.  Lucy  Dodi,'.'  10  .Vpril,  17!»7.  He 
wa.s  a  clotliier,  and  carried  on  husini'.ss  in  Milfonl  and  Hillsborough; 
finally  settled  in  Weston,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  in  ISJ.").  They  were  the 
parents  of  Addison  and  Joseph  .Mhree  (Jilniore. 

4.  Jrssr.  1>.  is   August.  177"):  d.  young. 

.'t.  Aniui,  1).  2^  .Iiiiie.  177>>:  in.  Benjamin  .M.-rrill  in  I)>c.iii1>.t, 
ISOI. 


602  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6.  Jesse,  b.  5  May,  1780 ;  lu.  Polly  Gilmore  2  May,  1800 ;  d.  in  June, 
X825. 

7.  Hannah,  b.  (J  July,  1782  ;  in.  Isaac  Fields,  of  Merriniack,  14  Octo- 
ber, 1810. 

I.  Thomas  Gilmore,  m.  Tabitha  Wilkiiis,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Daniel  Wilkins.  She  was  b.  28  October,  1774 ;  d.  in 
South  Marlow  1(3  September,  1848.  He  d.  in  the  service  of 
his  country,  at  Burlington,  Vt.,  in  1814.  Their  children 
were — 

8.  T/iomas  W.,  b.  L>7  :Marcli,  1794 ;  d.  in  Newport  27  July,  1875. 
Settled  first  in  Sanbornton ;  rem.  thence  to  Newport ;  ni.  (1)  Hannah  B. 
Lovejoy,  of  Sanbornton,  17  November,  1822 ;  m.  (2)  Maria  Forsaith. 

9.  Sophia,  b.  27  January,  1796  ;  m.  f  Levi  Jones. 

10.  Mar >/  Ann,  in.  Dr.  Reuben  Hatch;  d.  in  Griggsville,  111.,  in  No- 
vember, 1878,  aged  73. 

II.  Mehitahle  Codman,  m.  .Toshua  :\Iitchell  30  April.  1818;  d.  in 
Woodstock,  Vt. 

12.  Daniel  Wilkins,  m.  Hannah  Taylor,  of  Sanbornton. 

13.  James  Gonlun  Taylor,  d.  in  New  York  ;  unmarried. 

14.  Ebenezer  Bradford,  ni.  (1)  Margaret  Jane  AValdron,  of  Ports- 
mouth ;  m.  (2)  Abigail  Taylor,  of  Sanbornton ;  d.  in  New  York. 

15.  Frank  Lanr/don,  m.  Adeline  Orser ;  d.  in  New  Yoi'k. 


Sarah  Gilmore,  of  Amherst,  m.  Asa  Spalding.     She  d.  in  ^Merrimack 
18March,  1845,  aged  48. 

GILSON. 

Mrs.  Harriet,  wife  of  L.  H.  Gilson,  d.  23  June,  186G,  aged  38. 
Sally  Gilson,  formerly  of  Brookline,  d.  1  February,  1847,  aged  68. 
Esther  Gilson,  d.  8  December,  1858,  aged  77. 
Abigail  Gilson,  d.  28  June,  1869,  aged  86  years  and  10  months. 

GOODWIN. 

Alpheus  Goodwin,  jR.,m.  Polly  Stratton  16  May,  1802. 
He  d.  in  January,  1810,  aged  32.     Their  children  were — 

Man/  Holman,  b.  15  April,  1803. 
John  Barnard,  d.  18  March,  1805. 
Anne  Stratton,  b.  26  June,  1807. 


XXIV.]  «ENEALO(;iKS.  »;03 

(;( >ss. 

I.  I'ktkii  (ioss,  settled  in  Anilici'st  somi  attfi-  tin-  incor- 
poration of  the  town.  He  in.  M:irv  Aliliot.  She  was  li.  :22 
Mfirc'li,  1741.     Tlioir  chiltlicn  wwv — 

'J.  Joliii  Al>l>(tt,h.  o  .hiui-.  \7M:  d.  in  Di-i'i'iiiluT,  ISIO.  agnl  :>:>:  a 
soldier  in  tin-  Revolution. 

I].  ^Ji/>/iniiiii.  b.  0  Aitril,  ITHT. 

4.  Miirij,  l>.  21    .May,  17tJ!». 

5.  I><iiiiel,  h.  20  Febrnaiy,  1771;  d.  is  SeptfiidM-r,  1771. 

(5.  Siinili,  li.  25  Dfceniber,  1772:  ni.  William  Kay  3  Drccndxr. 
1797. 

3.  Epiiraim  (Joss,  h.  G  April,  1767:  d.  IS  Novcmbei-:  m. 
Anali  IJatlirick  13  July,  17S(;.  She  wa.s  b.  in  Leominster, 
Mass.,1  Fel)rnarv,  1770  :  <1.  liO  M-areli,  1875,  atrerl  10;")  years 
1  month  and  1'.'  days.  Ilic  oldest  person  who  has  ever  died 
in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

7.  Mtirt/t(i.  \<. -U)   .Villi!.  17^7  ;  d.  21  .June,  iSdS ;   unniarricd. 

8.  Leoitim/,  1>.  21  .Inly,  17S9;  ni.  (1)  Caroline  Southack ;  d.  at  .Mt. 
Carroll.  111.,  22  February,  1S51. 

9.  .l/(o//,lt.  2!)  Aniiust.  1791  :  ni.  .lam. ■>  Wliiln.-y.  uf  X.-lsun.  7  .Inne, 
1822;  d.  in  Amherst,  11   Deeendier.  ls7(». 

10.  Ephniim,  b.  1.')  April,  1791  ;  ni.  Kliza  15.  Stevens  S  Xovendier, 
1S14;  d.ia  Troy,  X.  Y.,  G  November.  ISGO. 

II.  Snlhi  li.,h.  8  May,  179G;  m.  .Tonathan  White.  1  .lanuary.  I^IS; 
d.  in  (Joffstown  15  .January,  1S7S. 

12.  Xniiiji  .U.,  b.  5  November.  179S;  m.  Al>raliani  (ov-l;  21  October, 
1819;  d.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo..  2  .Fannary,  1^11. 

1:5.  J)<tiiiel,h-  -'}  Nov.Muber.  ISOl  :  m.  Mar-an-t  Wri-lit  :  .1.  In  Xo 
veml)er,  l.S7;3. 

14.  Miiri/  I!..\>.  2.">  .Mareli,  Isiil;  m.  Andu-ose  Seaton  15  N.>veml>er, 
182S;  d.  4  .July,  1sg:5. 

1.5.  Eliznheth  II.,h.  H  Oetober,  Isotl:  m.  llarani  \l.  Wilcox  11  Oc- 
tober, 1S-J7;  res.  in  Palmyra.  N.  Y. 

Id.  CirnHne  S.,\}.2{y  March.  181G;  m.  Klias  S.  iSussclJ  J]  Septem- 
ber, IS  12  ;  d.  in  Na.shua,  27  August.  1^15. 

.Average  age  of  j)arent>  ami  children  ( living    11    .January.  lsS2) 

t!9  vears  and  11  months. 


Rivhanl  ().,  son  of  Richard  (i.  (ioss,  d.  in   September,  1S:53,  a.u'-d   10 
months.       The  father  was  a  baker  in  .Vndierst  a  few  years. 


604  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

GOULD. 

1.  Richard  (tOuld,  from  Topsfield,  Mass.,  settled  in  Soii- 
hegau  West  prior  to  1754.  He  was  b,  in  Topsfield  20  April, 
1722  ;  m.  about  1744.     His  children  were — 

2.  Man/,  h.  24  Marcli.  1745:  m.  John  Sherwin.  of  Pvindoe  28  No- 
vember, 1764. 

3.  John,  baptized  1  May,  1748;  d.31  May,  1748. 

4.  SiisannaJi,  baptized  If!  April  1749. 

5.  Phche,  111.  Ezra  Diitton  17  June,  1779. 

6.  Stephen  Gould,  a  nephew  of  Richard,  b.  6  February, 
1754,  d,  in  1825  ;  m.  Lvdia  Fuller,  of  Middleton.  She  d. 
about  1810.  Tiiej  resided  for  some  years  on  the  farm  now 
owned  by  James  M.  Crooker.  About  1804  tliey  rem.  to 
Hillsborough.  He  was  noted  as  a  stock  raiser  and  trainer 
of  oxen.     Their  children  were — 

7.  Elijah,!).  IS  May,  1780:  ni.  (2)  Hannah  Chapman  IS  Se])teni- 
ber,  1823;  res.  in  Antrim. 

8.  ^Stephen,  \).  '■)  February,  1782;  ni.  Polly  Melendy.  of  Amherst ; 
rem.  to  Vermont. 

9.  Ahner,  m.  Almira  Codman;  res.  in  Hillsborough. 

10.  Timoth//.  b.  2  May,  1789;  ra.  Clarissa  Bradford  in  181.5;  res.  in 
Hillsborough. 

8.  Stephen  Gould,  b.  3  February,  1782;  d.  in  Cambridge, 
Vt.,  3  December,  1852  :  m.  Polly,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Melendy.  She  was  b.  8  November,  1790  ;  d.  16  July,  1867. 
They  resided  for  some  years  in  Amherst,  but  finally  rem. 
to  Cambridge,  Yt.  Their  children  (the  first  three  b.  in 
Amherst)  were — 

11.  Charles  M.,h.  22  September,  1811 ;  m.  Sarah  E.  Hall;  res.  in 
Laconia. 

12.  Caroline,  h.  12  August,  181:5;  m.  T^ong;  res.  in  Cam- 
bridge, Yt. 

13.  Samuel,  b.  20  November,  1816;  res.  in  Cambridge. 

14.  Allen,  b.  28  August,  1819. 

15.  John  Gould,  b.  in  Chester  4  August,  1829  ;  m.  Har- 
riet Garfield  9  April,  1867.     She  was  b.  in  Wethersfield, 


XXIN'.J 


<;enkaL()(;iks. 


oor) 


yt.,lU  Drccuihcr,  lS4[,aiul  is  a  ilistant  relative  uf  the  lati! 
Pi'esideiit  (lailield.  'I'liey  settled  in  Aiidierst  in  A|iiil.  1  SiiT, 
oil  the '•  ( Iialei"  t'anu;    iid  chihlreii. 


'I'/iiiili/ms  (iiiiilt/,  1>.  in  17!H,  111.  Marv  Ann  Iliililmrii ;  sflllt-d  in  Vms- 
ton,  Mass..  ill  ISI-J;  .1.  in  isHi. 

Lijilla  (I'miltl,  in.  Aaron  Smitii. 

Jinitilhiin  ^ /»<///(/,  III.  Sa Ilia  IJootli. 

John  (ionhl.  tVoiii  \^'illllin;4ll^n,  Ma>-^.,  il.  in  Anili<  rsl.  I'll  Aiii;nst, 
1S28.  ajiod  7.'). 

Cnjit.  li(  njiiiuin  Uniilil.  <].  1  .Inly,  is  I."),  aijf'il  77. 

Ahii/iiil,\\\U-  of  IJiMijaiiiin  (Iiiiild.  fi.riniMl\  (if  .Msti-ad,  il. !)  Xo\ Ii^'i-, 

1S.')I),  ajifil  7^. 

D('(i.  Aiiihnisr  r,o((/(/.  I'ornirily  a  imTi-liaiii  in  Hullis,  d.  Id  Apiil.  1>I-', 
air<'<l  <i5. 


COWIXC. 

UoHKUT  ildWiNc,  1).  ill  l']diiiliiir,i:h.  Seotlaiid,  in  lti()8,  was 
the  am-estni'  of  tliis  laiuil\ . 

I.  William  ( Jo\MN(i,  one  of  his  ih'seendants,  setth-d  in 
W'ihniiiu'ton.  .Mass..  early  in  the  last  (!eiitiiry,  and  the  jilacc 
he  OCClljtieij  has  rein;iiiied  in  the  li;inds  of  his  deseendant.s 
until  the  present  time.      His  son — 

II.  Danii:!.  Cowinc,  d.  i;  May,  IHOI*.  a^ed  1\K  He  m. 
S,ii-,di  r.iiiiia|i  who  d.  in  181-,  aji'eil  7'.'.     Theii-  son — 

III.  .lo^i.i'it  (Iowim;,  siie<'eo(h'd  theui  on  the  homestead, 
and  111.  Sal  ah  llarndeii  who  il.  :'>  .May,  18(1'),  aged  77.  llo  <1. 
1:^  July,  lS'2."),  a-jed  tU.     Tiieir  son — 

l\.  1.  .losLi'ii  <iowiN(;.  h.  1.*)  daiinary.  17'.'1  :  in.  Kli/.a- 
l.etji  Walker,  of  Fiyehiirg,  Me.,  2;]  January.  Isiio.  She  was 
h.  in  Shiiley,  Mass.,  12  I)ec«'nihor,  17!'t;  :  d.  in  .VmJierst  2t? 
July,  lS7i'>.  'i'hey  resided  in  Aiido\cr.  .Mass.,  Il' years  :  rem. 
tlicnce  to  Amherst  20  Deeemher,  ls3'.',  where  they  resided 
nearly  37  years.  Alter  the  death  of  Ids  wife  Mr.  (Jowing 
returned    to   Wilminirton,   Mas;>..   where   he   is  now    (1S82) 


606  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

living,  on  the  old  Go  wing  homestead,  in  good  health,  at  the 
age  of  91  years.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  15  October,  1820;  d.  18  October,  1820. 

3.  Elizabeth,  h.  1  February,  1822;  m.  Henry  Sheldon,  of  Wihuing- 
ton,  Mass.,  25  November,  1817;  d.  at  Wilmington  9  November,  1848. 

4.  Sarah,  b.  19  July,  1826;  m.  Henry  Sheldon,  23  November,  1861. 

5.  Esther,  b.  2  July,  1828;  m.  Otis  C.  Buck,  of  Wilmington,  Mass.,  4 
November,  1851 ;  d.  6  April,  1856;  one  daughter. 

6.  Cynthia,  b.  29  October,  1832  ;  m.  James  W.  Towne,  of  San  Fran- 
sisco,  Cal.,  29  May,  1855;  d.  at  (Grange.  N.  J.,  8  July,  1875;  ten  chil- 
dren. 

7.  i/r//-r/e/,  b.  9  ^Nlarcli,  1838;  res.  in  Wilmington,  ]\Iass. :   unmarried. 

GRATER. 

1.  Francis  Grater,  b.  in  Barcelona,  Spain,  in  1750;  left 
there  at  the  age  of  12  years  and  never  returned.  He  served 
a  short  time  on  board  a  privateer  vessel  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war.  Near  the  close  of  the  war  he  m.  Jane  Wilson,  and 
settled  in  Marblehead,  Mass.,  whence  they  rem.  to  Amherst 
in  1801,  where  he  d.  3  January,  1845,  aged  94  years.  She 
d.  27  January,  1832,  aged  71.     Their  children  were — 

2.  ] James  H.,  b.  12  September,  1781. 

3.  Charity,  b.  7  September,  1784  ;  d.  19  April,  1796. 

4.  George  Tr.,b.  25  December,  1786;  d.  20  March,  1791. 

5.  Jenny,  b.  26  December,  1788  ;  d.  26  May,  1790. 

6.  Francis,!).  30  December,  1790;  d.  13  October,  1791. 

7.  Francis,  h.  18  November,  1792  :  d.  2  March,  1794. 

8.  George  Wilson,  b.  5  July,  1795  ;  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the 
Cabinet  office  ;  worked  as  a  journeyman  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Baltimore, 
Md.;  invented  an  improved  printing  press;  d.  in  Boston  9  February, 
1832;  m.  Elizabeth  Adams,  of  Boston.  They  had  one  child,  Jane 
Elizabeth,  \\  ho  d.  at  the  age  of  about  21)  yeai's.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband  Mrs.  Gi-ater  engaged  in  teaching  in  a  primary  school  in 
Boston  where  she  was  employed  more  than  thirty  years.  She  d.  in 
Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  18  February,  1877,  aged  73  years. 

9.  ^Francis,  b.  10  August,  1798. 

10.  Janc,h.  26  March,  1832;  d.  in  February,  1807. 

2.  James  H.  Grater,  b.  12  September,  1781,  came  to  Am- 
herst with  his  parents  in  1801 :  m.  Rachel  Tuttle  in  March, 


XXIV.] 


(JENEALOCIKS. 


tiOT 


1821;  left  Ainliei'st  in  Jul\ ,  lS2«,uiid  settled  in  .Johnstown, 
rjickiiiir  county,  <  )hii) ;  rem.  llicncc  to  .Taincstown,  Tippcca- 
noo  coiiniy,  Iiul.,  wlicic  he  d.  at  an  advanced  air*'.  Their 
fliildicn  were — 

11.  Ch,irilii   W..\k  1.')   S.|.trinlMT.  1S-_>I. 

!•_'.  .huH.s  M,„nn,,h.  10  .Manii.  1S-J:5. 

1:5.  (!c„r<i<'  Wihou.h.'l  .Iuih-,  IS-Jf). 

1  1.  'f'hniiKis  (  'ImitiiKin.  1..  L't;  .Iniii'.  ISL'T. 

'.».  Kit.vNCiS  OitATKi:.  .iR..  1).  in  Mui-blehead,  Mass..  10  \\\- 
gust,  1T9S:  snceecded  his  lather  on  the  homestead;  ni.  Sa- 
linda  Uildivth  11  April,  1S-J6.  She  was  h.  1  .lannary,  1801. 
He  d.  1")  JanuarN .  1S,")7.     Tiicir  children  were — 

l.'i.    ('liiiiUKEthriii,h.'2^y,\;\.\,\^'21\   unmanit'd  ;   res.  in  .VriiluTSt. 

Ifi.  r,V„///«  ir.,  1..  !)  July,  IS'2!);  nianied  :  ii:i>  ivsid.-d  in  .M.-nij.liis, 
Ti-nu.;   now  res.  in  Miirhlehcad,  ^hiss. 

17.  /•'/■'»//,/.>•  .1.,  b.  ■_*!>  OftoKcr,  ls:!l  ;  nnurii'd;  rc-i.  in  riovidence, 
W.  I. 

IS.  Jiiin'  /:,'.,  li.  II  XdVt'Uiber,  ls;Jl  ;  ni.  William  ( 'iiisliolin  I  Scptcin- 
Imt,  lsr>!»:  r.-s.  in  MarMrhead,  Mass. 

l!i.  .1A//7/ .  I ///<.!.. -JT  May,  is:]?:  ni..l..lin  Baill.-ll:  ivs.  in  MarMe- 
li.-ad,  Mas^. 

■JO.   //'/(/vV//(/.  I  >.•_'!»  Jannarv,  l>i  III;   d.  in  .\ni,nist.  lsl;{. 

L'l.  .Iiihn  .!//»/•/,  1).  8  Felirnary.  IS  IJ:   rt's.  in  Xaslina. 

■2-2.  Ilurrut.  1..  f)  July.  181.'.:  ni.  Cliarl.-s  II.  I'ark.-r  I'S  .Vpiil.  1880; 
ros.  in  .Vmlicrst. 

■j;5.  .Iinii's  /f..\>.  l'l  NdNctnliT.  18I;i:  nnnianii-d  :  n-s.  in  MarKlfliead, 
Mass. 


Hanniih  (;,<ii,,\  d.  in  OctnlxT.  18  .'S.  a.i;i'd  -JO  vt-ars. 


CU.W. 


Samukl  (Jit.vv  settled  in  Sitnlii-iran  West  pri<»r  to  ITdO; 
m.  Sarah  Abbott.  He  d.  ">  ( >etol.er,  lTt)9,  aged  58.  She 
was  a  sister  <>f  l']phraini  .Vlih  »tl  who  settled  in  So(die«i;an 
West. 


608 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


[Clmp. 


Birthplace  of  Horace  Greeley, 
Foniider  of  tlie  N.  Y.  Tribune. 

(IREELEY. 

Zaccheus  (tREELEY,  a  native  of  Nottingham  West,  now 
Hudson ;  m.  Mary  Woodburn,  of  Londonderry.  About 
1810  the}'  settled  in  Amherst  where  they  remained  some 
eleven  years,  when  they  rem.  to  Vermont,  thence  to  Wayne, 
Erie  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  18  December,  1807.  She  d. 
in  December,  1855,  aged  68.  Their  children  (b.  in  Am- 
herst) were — 

Horace,  h.ii  February,  1811 ;  founder  of  the  JVew  York  TrUnine; 
member  of  Congress ;  candidate  for  president,  etc.;  d.  in  Xew  York  29 
November,  1872. 

A  child,  d.  in  March,  1814,  aged  5  months. 

GREEN. 

I.  Thomas  Green,  an  emigrant  from  England,  came  to 
this  country  probably  in  1635   or  163G.     In  October,  1651^ 


XXIV. J 


(JKNKALOcrKS. 


con 


]\v  WHS  Ii\iiiu-  in  MaKlcii,  Mass.,iii  that  |iaii   u  <^\  -iiili.l  M<|- 
roso,  and  d.  there  ID  Dceeinber,  1067. 

II.  Samiki.  (;i!i:k\.  the  yoiiiiiifst  si»ii  of  'rhoinus,  I,,  in 
March,  lt»4'),  ni.  Mary  Ci)ok  in  ItKJiI.  They  rcsiih'd  in  Mal- 
(h'n,  where  he  d.  ^'l    Oetober,  17:i4.     Shed.   2i    Xoxcndici-. 

iTir.. 

III.  TiittM  AS  (Jki:i:n.  tiic  sccinul  st)i\  ni  Sunnirl  and 
•Mary,  was  I),  ill  IC.i;'.!;  ni.  Hannah  Vinton  I'l  .May.  \i\W: 
resi(h'd  in  Maldrn.      Ilr  d.  2-i  \\i<xus\,  172."). 

IV.  Thomas  (JuivJN,  son  of  Tiionias  and  Hann  lii,  l».  in 
-Maiden  !•  Deeeinher,  1702;  ni.  Mary  (Jreen,  (d"  Stoncdiani. 
.Mass.  They  settled  in  Reading,  Mass., where  he  d.,|>rol>al>ly 
in  Fi'liinary,  1758.     She  d.  20  June,  1787.  a-jcd  7>!. 

\'.  .Vmos  (!uki:n,  son  i)t"  Thomas  and  Mary  (Jrcen. 
was  li.  in  Ueadinii',  Mass.,  1(5  May,  1740;  m.  Ketiuah  Stew- 
art. They  settled  in  the  westerly  part  (»f  the  town  ot 
Amherst  ahont  1770.  He  was  a  fannfr  and  ji>in<'r.  Their 
cliildren  weie — 

I.  If(iniiit/i.  \>. '27  Septt'iiiltiT.  17r-"> :  in.  .Vinos  rpliain  ^1  .'si'1'!i'IiiIht. 
17!)7. 

•J.  tl'"">-.  I'-  --    Xovi'iiih^-r.  177(i. 

:').  .V(////'/;(,  1).  1.")  .Inly.  1778;  ni.  llanuali  Tinw,  nf  .MnnI  Vciikiii  : 
residtnl  in  IMatt.sburi;",  X.  V.:   il.  in  l.owi'll.  .Mass. 

1.  /W///,  I).  •-':?  .\iv-;iisl,  17->1;  in.  William  I'.raillnr.l ;  n'si.l.-ii  m 
liiirro,  Vt. 

.').  Jhlsiff.  I..  1.")  OcIoImt.  17s:{;  hi.  lailh.T  O.jal!  17  Manh.  IHitJ: 
resided  in  .Mont   \  i  riioii.  and  tl.  ihcrc. 

(».  Siisiii,iiii/i,\>.  10  OiIuIkt.  1781!;  in.  (1)  Joseph  K<.l>inson;  ("J)  Mr. 
Myatt;  resided  in  N'eu   Vork  and  d.  Iliere. 

7.   Miiitlin.  \^.  •_*:'.  .IniK',  I7s8. 

\'l.  2.  .Vmos  (!|{i:i:n,  1).  22  \oveml)er,  I77'i;  d.  1  b'ebrn- 
aiy,  ISi'.U;  in.  RutJi  llastinijs.  She  was  h.  'IW  Mandi,  1787  : 
d.  22  Ai>iil,  1S47.  He  snceeeded  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead on  Christian  hill,  and  was  one  of  the  snhstantial  far- 
mers of  the  town,  a  good  citizen  and  a  worthy  man.  Their 
children  were — 
39 


610  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

8.  Gcorijc  ir..  b.  21   August,   1807;    ni.  (1)  :Mary  I'ptou ;    iii.  (2) 
Hannah  P.  Stearns;  d.  in  Mont  A''ernon  in  1881  ;    two  children. 

!).  Dnrothji  H..h.V-\^{AVQ\\,\S')'d:    d.  24  Septeml)er.   1851;    unniar- 
litMl. 

111.  J/r^r//.  I).  8   December,  1810 ;   unmarried;  res.  on  the  homestead. 

11.  Ahiox.  li.  2  3  October,  181:5;  m.  Sarah   A.  Mills;  d.  in  Chester  in 
August,  1873;  five  children. 

12.  C/iarles,  b.  26  June,  181.);  d.  D  January,  1873;   unmarried. 
l;>.  Jane.  b.  2S  Aujust,  181(5;   unmarried;  res.  on  the  homestead, 
l-l.  A^a//;r/«,b.  8  December,  182.) :  d.  Ill  November,  1841 :  unmarried. 
1.').  Jt/r/(/.s/«  /v.,  b.  14  March,   1823;    unmarried;    res.  on  the   home- 
stead. 

1(3.   Daniel  A.,h.  19  May,  1826;  d.  25  August,  1851;  unmarried. 
17.  Jhifiiif,  h.  2  August,  182!);  d.  11  July,  1874;  unmarrie(b 

GRIMES. 

THADr>EUS  Grimes  in.  Jane  Williams.     Their  diuigliter — 

i.V////.  was  b.  1(1  October,  17S8. 

GUTTERSON. 

Cliiklren  of  Samuel  and  Lyota  (Jutterson — 

SaraJi.  h.  3  Septembei'.  1774. 
Jarol),  h.  21  Xovember,  1777. 


Eli  S.  Gnllcrson,  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  d.  1!)  May.  lSf)3.  aged  44 
years  and  10  mouths. 

HALL. 

JoHX  S.  Hall,  b,  in  1S12,  d.  2  March,  1872  ;  ni.  Adeline 
S.Warren.  She  was  b.  in  1807  :  d.  7  Jannary,  1853.  Their 
child— 

(Ic.orfie  11'.,  b.  in  ISIO,  d.  11  May,  1861. 


Lucii  Hall,  wife  of  Nathan  ;  a  native  of  Amherst;  d.  hi  New  Host  on 
in  April,  1855,  aged  54. 

Samuel  Hall,  who  once  resided  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr. 
Dvucker  ;  d.  at  Manchester  31  December,  1830,  aged  68. 


XXIV.]  OFNKALOCIKS.  till 

iia.mij:'!'. 

GeoK(;i-:  O.  Hamli-i  W.  •!  Krhnuin  ,  ISdo,  air,., 1  :',-2. 

JIAXLV. 

Henry  II  anLV  whs  an  Miii:lislmiaii.  said  tn  lia\i'  licni  ca))- 
tunMl  in  Biirtroync's  aiiiiv.  l\r  sclfU'd  in  the  woods  near 
Bi'iijaniin  Mci  rill's,  on  land  owikmI  liy  KlxMMV.cr  Ivinihall. 

In  17<S:i  lie  L-nlistcd  in  llic  (':»ntini'ntal  army  for  tliiTc 
years,  as  one  of  the  (|Uota  rcijnired  of  Anihei'sl. 

2  June,  IISO,  he  m.  Mrs.  I^lizalicth  (Seatun  )   <J Imaii.a 

sister  of  Dea.  John  Seaton, jr.,  whom  he  abused.  In  his  old 
ap^e  lie  became  poor  and  was  carcfl  for  by  flu*  town,  llr  d. 
23  May, lS19,bein^,  probably,  abont  00  yrars  of  a-j.-.  His 
widow  d.  8  Xovember,  ISIO,  aucd  7'). 

ii.w.-^roMi;. 

(JkoroI':  I^A^"S('0^[U,  for  some  years  a  resident  in  Andicisf. 
d.  in  Milford  27  July,  iSlll,  aired  63. 


Mrs.  Almini  J.  Iltnisconth,  ♦!.  at  IIuilsoii  S  Dceeiuhor,  1S71.  agvil  7"). 

Sarah  l-Uizdheth  ffmiscnnih.  wife  of  (leorire  ('(trev.  il.  at  Hctlu'l.  \'t.. 
:j  )  April,  IS.jli. 

Charlis  E.  Ilansrinnh.  d.  at  (Jr.i'iiwuod.  .lacksmi  coiiiily.  Mi'..  •'{  N"- 
veiiiber,  1867.  aijed  2!>. 

Mnnj  Joii,    /fiinsrnmh.  .1.  at    MilfMid  •_»'.  -laiir.  ISCII,  a-r,|  •_'!». 

HANSON. 

Aili/ir  /..  Ilini^nii.  adoi.tril  .laii-lil.-i  ,,|'  II.  I..  I  laiis.  ill.  .1.  17  .Famiary. 
1S74.  aged  Hi. 

Col.  Charlks  E.  IIaP(;ood,  an  otFicer  in  thr  oth  regiment 
N.  H.  A'ols.  in  the  eivil  war;  oame  to  Amherst  in  1858  and 
remained  here  in  business  until  18112.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  he  riMu.  to  iirookliui'.  Mass. 


612  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Hapyood,  wife  oi  Col.  Ilapgood,  d.  in  Brookliue  2  Sep- 
tember, 1879,  aged  40. 

HARDY. 

1.  Elbridge  Hardy,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  10  August, 
1804;  (1.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,1  April,  1874;  m.  Sarah  (Wad- 
leigh)  Stevens,  of  Deering,  17  May,  1831.  She  was  b.  in 
Deering  12  February,  1810;  d.  in  Brooklyn  29  Decem- 
ber, 1882.  They  settled  in  Amherst  in  1832,  and  kept 
the  hotel  south  of  the  Common  more  than  tvventy-iive  years. 
He  was  leader  of  the  choir  in  the  church  many  years;  se- 
lectman in  1837  ;  rem.  to  Brooklyn  in  1862.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

2.  Elbridye  Gerri/,  b.  29  Dceeinlier,  18-32 ;  d.  in  Tviigsborougli, 
Mass.,  14  February,  1877. 

;3.  Sarah  Jane,  h.  21  -July,  183(i:  ni.  K.  II.  Auisdeu:  d.  iu  Bronklyu 
11  Xovember,  1877. 

4.  Albert  Bradford,  1).  iu  December,  1837;  d.  iu  August.  1845. 

5.  Josie  Maria,  b.  10  October,  1839  ;  ui.  C.  ^M.  Mills  ;  d.  iu  Brooklyn 
17  May,  18(J8. 

(i.   Georgia   C,  b.  1    July.  bsl3:    ui.   Kev.   Silas   Ketchuiu   4   April. 

lS(i(). 

7.  (i<-or;/e  A.,  b.  4  March,  1815;  tu.  Jeuuie  Moore. 

8.  Persis  Emeliiir,  h.  17  Jauuary,  1847;  ui.  Thouuis  Collius. 

9.  Anna  J'/iere.ta,  It.  11   Xovember,  1849;  ui.  Capt.  Henry  Ballou. 
10.  Nrlli,'  Imofjene.  b.  :!()  July.  1855;  lu.  Capt.  M.  P.  Smith. 

11.  Albert  Hardy,  brother  of  Ell)ridge,  b.  in  Greenlield 
26  April,  1810  ;  d.  14  October,  1853  ;  m.  Rachel  Bradford, 
of  Lyndeborough  ;  carried  on  business  some  years  in  the 
old  Read  store  in  Amherst.  He  ser\ed  as  town-clerk  a  short 
time.     One  child — 

12.  A  SON,  b.  iu  1S41:  ,1.  ill  1,S4(;. 

HARRADON. 

Isaac  Harradon,  b.  in  1792;  d.  30  July,  1866  ;  m.  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Reuben  Stearns,  3  October,  1820.  She  was 
b.  in  1800.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.  I 


CKNEAI.DiilKS. 


»;i;', 


Williird  .v.,  )>.  ill  lv_>"_>;  was  a  |iiiiitfr  ami  a  sulilicr  in  tli<'!ltli  irj;- 
iiiii-iit  X.  II.  Vf)ls.:  (1.  a)  .Maiiclifsl.T  :iu  .\i>iil.  I.s7i>.  One  ,,f  his  «i<Mis«l. 
in  till*  srrvic  T. 

lli'uhin  /,..!>.  ill  1^:;.';  (l.-_'8  .Marcli.  ISTI. 

Cfinrhs,  i\.  in  l^^ll.      And  others. 


ii.virrsiioKX. 

I.  'I'liOMAs  JIaiit.shoun.  the  liisl  Anicriciin  aiici'stor  «»f 
tlir  families  of  this  iianu^  in  Amherst,  was  one  of  the  Hist 
settlors  in  Readinir,  ^lass.  lie  was  nr.uh'  freeman  in  I'llH. 
I5v  his  lirst  wife,  Snsan.  wlio  il.  in  1  •!•!<•.  he  hud — 

T/iotnas,  I).  ;i  )  Sejituniln  r,  UilS. 
John,  h.  0  May,  It!")!!. 
Bcnjiimiii.  \>.  18  Ajiril.  l<i.')l. 
Jonat/iiin.  ]>.  *J0  Aiij;ust,  l(i5'i. 
J)(iri(l,  \k  is  (MoIht,  1057. 
Sustui.  1..  •_'   March.  HiCn. 

I>v  his  secdiid  wife.  Sai'ah.  he  had  — 
y/'imnt/ii/,  h.  S.i  Krl.niary.  KJtiJ. 

II.  1.  Timothy  Hartshorn,  1».  "J^')  Kelnnaiy,  16»">2;  set- 
tled in  Iveadinu',  Mass.      By   his   wife,  Martha,  lie  had — 

■J.  Timnfliif,  li.  'V)  St'iitcniltiT.  IdSS. 

8.  T/i<nn(i.<,  h.  In  .Tmu",  10  »1  :  <1.  youiitf. 

I.  John,  \>.  .'Vt  Aii',Mist.  10  18:  d.  ymint,'. 

."..  Aforth.i.  1..  11  .Ian nary.  10!l(i. 

0.  ^John.  1..  •-'()  .March,  lOflS. 

7.  Afari/.  I>.  IS  Fchrnary.  17ill. 

S.  llipsiliah,  \>.  HI  April.  17l>8. 

!).  SiimucL  1).  in  170."). 

10.  Htinnah,h.  -J.'.  March,  17(»^:    m.  t-l"^-!.!,  U..utc]l  .^)  .Inly,  1785. 

11.  t/>"/W,  I..  8  March.  17H1. 

III.  r..  .loiiN  IJAinsHoiiN.h. -JO  Mareh,  1»")0H:  m.  Al)ii;:iil 
Hancnift    I  .Iiilv.  17"J1.      Aninm:  their  cliildrcn  was — 

IV.  1"J.  .Tamks  II autshoijn,  h.  in  Kt-adin^r,  Mass.,  8  Au- 
''ust,!!^*^     Hrni. 'I'aliitha  I'ratt  :i!»  Novemlier,  1 758.     She 


014  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

was   1).  '!')  January,  17o4;  d.  in  July,  1805.     They  settled 
iu  Amherst  about  1765.     Their  eliiklren  were — 

1:!.  ■fJrniics./r..  b.  17  March,  17.)5. 

14.    'I"nn<)tli;i,  1).  S  April,  1757;  d.  '2  XowmliiT,  18:38;   uiuiiarried. 
1.').  ]J<ihn.  b.  L^l  June,  175i). 

in.  'I'dliill/n.  b.  23  Septeinbei',  17(il  :  iii.  George  Jolnison  25  May, 
1784:  il.  in  Xew  York. 

17.  iEdinirtl,  b.  23  June.  1764  ;  d.  22  Au-ust,  1854,  aged  90. 

18.  Ehcnrzrr.  b.  22  May,  176li. 

19.  Abi(/ail,  b.  16  September,  17(i8:  ni.  Samuel  Pearsons  in  Decem- 
ber, 1700. 

20.  SaiiiKil,  1).  2(1  February,  1771. 

21.  Thomas,  b.  3  May,  1773;  }  d.  5  :\Iay,  1773. 

22.  Darid.  b.  3  May,  1773;     |"  d.  on  the  day  of  his  birth. 

23.  Siinili.  1>.  26  February.  1775;  m.  Lewis  Stratton  28  September, 
1797;  d.  29  August,  1840. 

V.  13.  James  Hartshorn,  ji;.,  I).  17  March,  1755;  m. 
^Nfartha  Stewart,  of  Amlierst :  d.  al)Out  1780.  His  widow 
m.  Amos  Elliot,  of  Amherst.  16  ^NTay,  1781.  He  was  a  pri- 
yate  iu  Capt.  David  Wilkius's  eoui]  any  at  the  Cedars,  and 
Avas  among  the  ])i'isoners  taken  by  the  British  and  Indians. 
One  child — 

24.  Mdifha.  b.  13  Octoliei-,  1775;  m.  Abijah  Spalford,  of  Keading, 
:Mass.,27  October,  1795. 

V.  15.  Dea.  John  Hartshorn,  b.  '11  June,  1751);  came 
to  Andicrst  with  his  parents  ;  m.  (1)  Joanna  Burdett  23 
October,  1782.  She  was  b.  1  November,  1756 ;  d.  16  Octo- 
ber, 1818  ;  m.  (^2)  Sarah  (Shepard)  Kendriclc  20  March, 
1819.  She  d.  5  September,  1810,  aged  82.  He  d.  28  No- 
vember, 1842.     Their  childi'en  were — 

25.  Jo/ni  C(t(li/,  I).  8  Xovember,  1783;  d.  27  January,  1785. 

26.  Jo/u>,  h.  9  October,  1785;  d.  11  October,  1803. 

27.  iJames,  h.  1  July,  1787. 

28.  Xancij.  h.  21  May,  1789  :  ni.  Hugh  McC'onihie.  of  Merrimack.  14 
January,  1810;  d.  27  August,  1856. 

29.  fDaniel,  b.  s  March,  1792. 


XXIV.] 


(;enealo(;iks. 


Clf) 


:;(!.  Mini/.  \<.  -It  D.-r.' iiImt.  ITMl  ;  .1.  in  N';isliii:i  1  •")  .Imniarv.  ISHd  : 
iiiiiii:tn'i<-(|. 

;'.l.  /,''/>///,  li.  "JO  ( )cl()liir.  17fl7:  iii.  I'litninii  KiiHTsnii  ;  d.  at  WolMini. 
Mass., -JO  l)ec(Miil>er,  Kstis. 

'V2.  Jii(iiiiiti,h.  15  August,  Isiki;  m.  l.utliT  IC.  Stewns.  ..|'  Clarfmniil. 
ill  .laiiiiarv.  ISJ.");   m.  (•_')  .Mi-.  \Vi>(nl>:   r.'s.  in  M  iiuit'apolis.  .Minn. 

•J7.  .l.v.MKS  H.\KT.SHUKN,  li.  1  .Iiil.v,  IT-ST  ;  .1.  1  .Inly.  1.^7^^. 
iiizi'il  in  ;  settled  in  Xaslun  :  ni.  (1)  Jiiditli  Stexnis  in  \h- 
ceinltrr.  Isl4.  She  i\.  ■2-',  Dreemher,  1S1<I :  ni.  (  2  )  .M:iiv 
Kniizlit  wle)  snrvivcs  liim.     'riicir  cliildrcii  were — 

:;:{.  ,s'((>7f//.  Ii.  1:5  OctoluT.  l.sl.'):  in. -Ifssi-  llntcliinsun.  ct"  Milfonl: 
<1.  at  Lynn.  .Mass..  1(>  .S.-].t("nil>('r,  1851. 

.•n.  //<;/■/•/'»/.  I..  11  ,liin.'.  ISIT:  ni.  (1)  Kiiclid  .Mooiv.  of  .Milfoid:  in. 
(2)  Krccnr.in  Cro-^by.  nl'  Milford. 

liO.  (V\i"T.  Damkl  llAKTsiioitN,  1..  S  Ma rcli,  IT'Jii  ;  «1.  20 
Kcliniaiy.  1^71  :  spent  his  lite  in  Amherst,  where  he  was 
anacti\('  and  nselui  citi/.i'U  :  ni.  (1)  j>()lly  lla.^tinus  '2\ 
A|>ill.  \s\±     She  d.  11  Jamiary,  ls:U  :  in.  (l»)  Mary  Wel- 

liti-   in    .Vniinst,  lS-')4.      Of   his   somewhat    nnmi'rnns    family 
.all  hut  (he  iollnwinu'  d.  in  inlancy — 

:!.">.    WiUiiini,  \\\.  Aili'iinr   I.iicknian.  (if  Claieniuiit  :   was  a  stove  inan- 
ufafturtT  anil  (IcaltT  in  .Manclicstcr  wJHTi'   in-   iu-ld   sevfial   ini|'(pitant 
(illici's.     He  d.  17  May,  lS7il.  aj^t'd  57:  tlirei-  cliildien — 
1.  William. 
•2.  Maria. 
;J.  Jost'pliini'. 
;!li.    I.iirii  piilinnii,  li.  in   I'^lS;    ni.  + 1  Iaiii^i>n  Katoii  in   Aiii^iist.  ISJI); 
d.  -Ji;  NoMMiiix-r,  1S|:;. 

;»7.  Jiiitiinii  /v.,l>.  in  1S_'1:    ni.  (1)  .laiin-^    15.   Cieiivi's    L'5   KcliMi.iry, 

1817.      Mr  il.  IS  Xov.Mnlii'i.  is.'iii  :     ni.  (•_') Torn-y.     .Sh.- d.  at 

Walthani.  Mass., !»  April.  1S(;7. 

:{8.   Siisini,  d.  '22  NnvtMnlitr.  Is51.  a^fii  1"_'  viars. 

:')!).    I'JIiii.  in.  Oiainii-.  W.  Ilundnen  :>(•  .Inly.  IS."  ;   r<s.  in  .\iiili<rs(. 

\  .  17.  llnwAiMi  11ai:tsii()I:n.  1>.  '1'-\  .Fnnc  17ti4  :  m.  Lmy 
Klliott  •_'.")  l>(M(>mlirr.  17s7.  She  was  i..  'lo  .March,  17(J'.':  d. 
in  c;)nseiiiience  of  injuries  received  in  heiiiLT  thrown  from  a 
carriage  •{<>  May,lS:57.     He  came  to  Amherst  with  his  par- 


<31(i  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

oiiis  and  spent  liis  life  here  ;  an  npi-ight,  honest  man.     Ho 
d.  22  August,  1854,  aged  90  years.     Their  children  were — 

40.  Zee/,  b.  in  1789;  graduated  at  Dartinoutli  College  in  1813;  m. 
Hannah  Elliott,  daughter  of  Dea.  Aino.s  Elliott.  .She  d.  at  Berlin, 
Mass.,  18  October,  18B7,  aged  78. 

41.  Z".,?/r//,  b.  22  September,  17.91!;   ni.  fLoea  Pratt. 

42.  Stephen,  h.  in  1801 ;  d.  15  August,  1818. 

43.  iJotham,  b.  23  March,  180:5. 

VI.  43.  JoTH.\M  Hartshorn,  b.  23  March,  1803;  d.  21 
September,  1878  ;  m.  Eliza  'Blodgett  25  May,  1825.  She 
was  1).  11  September,  1802  ;  d.  2  January,  1875.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  "free-soilers,"  of  Amherst  ;  served  sev- 
eral years  on  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  re])resented  the 
town  four  years  in  the  fircneral  Court ;  an  active,  enterpris- 
ing citizen  and  worthy  man.     Their  children  were — 

44.  Elizabeth,  h.  3  Septeiuber,  1820;  d.  17  September,  1820. 

45.  \Lein,  b.  3  Septembei-,  1827. 

46.  Charles,  b.  21  January,  1830;  d.  28  July,  1S53;   unmarried. 

47.  ^Frank,  b.  6  Septeuiber,  1833. 

VH.  45.  Levi  Hartshorn,  b.  3  September,  1827  ;  d.  7 
September,  1872  ;  m.  (1)  Harriet  Holman  18  October,  1852 ; 
m.  (2)  Everline  (Melendy)  Page  7  March,  1867.  He  was 
one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  the  town,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen.  Their 
children  were — 

48.  Charles  Puije,  b.  28  September,  186!). 

49.  George  Leri,  b.  11  January,  1872;  d.  20  January.  I.s72. 

VII.  47.  Frank  Hartshorn,  b.  6  September,  1833;  suc- 
ceeded his  father  on  the  homestead  ;  an  active  business 
man  ;  m.  Elizabeth  P.  Knight  2  February,  1860.  Their 
children  were — 

51).  Ltict/  A.,h.  10  December,  1800;  m.  A.  Milton  Wilkins  23  Sep- 
tember, 1880. 

51.  Battle  N.,h.  25  April,  1863. 

52.  Lizzie  E.,h.  19  July,  1875;  d.  in  infancy. 

53.  Led  Jothaui,  b'  10  October,  187^.'^ 


XXI  \'.]  CKNKALOCIKS.  dlT 

11,1.  11.  I>.\\  ID  llAItTSUOUN,  I),  ill  lvt':i(liu<>:,  M:iss.,;l  M;i\, 
1710;  s(>ttl<'(l  ill  llic  cMsltM-Iy  part  (tf  llic  tdwii.  iirar  NV:iliiiil 
Hill.  |iri(>r  to  1747.  lie  m.  SjumIi  I'liclps,  of  Ivrndiipj;.  is 
.Tilly,  17;')."5.     Tlirir  cliildit'ii  wore — 

.')l.   ^J>(iri,l.jr.,  1>.  -Jo  August,  17;M. 

.")5.   Afar/fia.  u\.  (I)  Kiinlmll  ;    iii.  (2)    tl>;iilli"l"iii''\\   D-"!-.., 

of  AiiiliiTst.     Sh  ■  (I.  al.niit  17f)(l. 
.'i(i.  j.fo/,,,,  1..  ill  1711. 
r»7.   Man/.  111.  Daiii.-I  \\'"sloii,  .>t'  .\mlin>t. -Jn  .Xpril.  17il-_'. 

IV.  i)4.  David  11ai;tsiioi!N,. IK.. Ii.  lioAuiiiist, 17ol :  \va.s;i 
sok^K-'r  in  the  French  nnd  Indian  wars.  lie  d.  in  the  Cape 
Breton  e.xjjcdition.      IJy  his  wife.  Saiali,  he  had  oiio  child — 

"iB.   jl'imot/i;/.  \>.  1')  OctoliiT,  17.")<l ;   iii.  Margaret  SchIku. 

IV.  50.  JoiJ.N' Hartsiioun,  1).  in  Readin<i,  ^lass.,  in  1744  ; 
d.  -6  May,  1830;  settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  hy  Thomas 
P).  ami  Charles  II.  Parker  ;  m.  (1)  Naomi  rj)toii.  of  Itcad- 
ing-,  14  May.  1707.     She   d.  20  January,  177-5.  aizcd  ■_*•'»;  m. 

(2)  Hannah  Prince,  who  d.  19  Decemhcr,  179"),  aged  42;  m. 

(3)  Mrs.  Lucy  Jones.     She  d.  13  September,  1822,  aged  75;    ,,.i-^  J^ 
m.  (4 )  Nancy  ( Stone )    Durant,  who  survived   him   and   m. 
Josejih    Putnam.     She    d.    28   July.  1850,  aged    02   years. 

Their  children  wei'e — 

50.    \fioiitl.  1).  17    ril>niary,  17ti"^:  d.  "Jl  .luiic.  1771. 

(»().   I)ari</,  1..  •_'  .laiiuary,  1771  ;  d.  1<)  Ai'iil.  1771. 

Gl.  Joliii.  1..  :;  OitoluT,  1771;  sotllcd  in  !5.-ltast,  M.'..aii.l  .1.  th.-n-  5 
DoceinlxT,  l^l^i:   uiimarri«'il. 

()2.  X(iiiiiii.\>.  11  May.  1777:  wi-iil  In  Califoniia  when  0;(  yi'ars  dM 
and  d.  theip. 

(58.  Iliiuunli,  twin  sister  ttl'  N'annii,  1«.  11  May  .1777  :  settled  in  Maine 
and  d.  there. 

(i4.  BlIavii,  b.  17  May.  17S();  settle.!  ill  .Maine. 

(m.   Snllii,  I).  '-M  Ainil.  17.Sl>;  d.  in  Maine. 

(Jti.  3/an/,  I).  24  .April.  17s.");  m.  f  Daniel  Moult. )n. 

07.    Tlrztili.  Ml. Olds;  d.  in  Venn.int. 

(is.  /)///•(>/.  b. -JS  Fidn-uary,  17.S!»;  a  sol.li.T  in  the  war.if  ISl-J.  .\fier 
th.' close  .)f  the  war  he  srttl.'.l  in  Missouri,  where  li,>  was  kill.-.l  by  a 
.stun.'  tailing  uj'oii  him  l':]  Deeeniber,  I'^W. 


618  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

69.  jJoaephjh.  12  May,  1791;  is  the  last  survivor  of  the  family: 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  in.  Mary  Ellsworth,  of  Deering. 

70.  Yrimothn,  b.  29  May,  1793. 

71.  Prince,  h.  9   December,  1795;  d.  at  Waupan,  Wisconsin. 

V.  69.  Joseph  Hartshorn,  b.  12  May,  1791 ;  m.  Mary 
Ellsworth  30  March,  1817.  She  was  b.  in  Deering  3  No- 
vember, 1791  ;  d.  in  Bradford  30  June,  1862.  They  resided 
in  Hillsborough  and  Bradford  and  Mr.  Hartshorn  now 
(1882)  res.  in  Concord.     Their  children  were — 

72.  Dacid  Hi'nri/,h.  27  ^iiiy,  1823;  in.  Amanda  Forsaith.  of  Ilills- 
boroug-h,  14  February,  1853;  d.  in  Bradford  18  April,  1877. 

73.  Mary  Antoinette,  h.  17  January,  1820;  d.  9  .January.  1841. 

74.  Ann  Maria,  h.  29  June,  1827  ;  m.  (1)  Henry  Cantield  1(3  April, 
1854.  He  d.  9  June,  1855  ;  ni.  (2)  Hiram  Farrington  25  June,  1S56  ; 
res.  in  Concord. 

75.  SnraJi  ])utton,  b.  24  January,  1829;  d.  26  Septe'mber,  1851. 

76.  A  son,  b.  and  d.  2  December,  1833. 


£/«2;a  ^'1  c/eZme  6' /fof)«,  an  adopted  child  ;  b.  17  February,  1S20;  m. 
(1)  Caleb  Knight,  of  Bradford,  9  December.  1811 ;  ni.  (2)  Emery  Bailey 
1  February,  1855. 

V.  70.  Timothy  Hartshorn,  b.  29  May,  1793;  d.  25 
October,  1868;  settled,  at  first,  on  the  farm  occupied  by  his 
father,  which  he  afterward  sold  and  rem.  to  t!ie  place  for- 
merly occupied  by  Moses  Barron  and  James  Bell  near  Bed- 
ford line.  He  was  an  industrious  fanner  and  a  good  citizen  ; 
m.  (1)  Betsey  P.  Gay,  of  Hillsborough,  who  d.  15  January, 
1849,  aged  46  ;  m.  (2)  Mary  H.  Jackson,  of  Manchester,  19 
December,  1854.     Tlieir  children  were — 

77.  Benjamin  G;h.  in  1S25;  m.  Ann  M.  Mitchell,  of  .Manchester ;  d. 
in  California. 

78.  Hatinah  J.,h.  \u  1828;  d.  4  January,  1869 ;   unmarried. 

79.  E^/M-a/y/ /J.,  ra.  Anna  E.  Baltzly,  of  Xew  Philadelphia,  23  August, 
1862;  d.  in  Manchester  8  September,  1866. 

80.  Juliette,  ni.  Thomas  R.  Clement,  of  ^lont  \'ernon,  2  May,  1855. 

81.  Vaola  John,  b.  in  1835;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  186!>; 
is  now  a  clergyman  at  Lawrence,  Mass. ;   unmarried. 

82.  Elizabeth,  b.  in  1837;  d.  in  Andierst  in  1863. 


XXIV.] 


(;kni;.\L()(;ii;s. 


619 


«S;j.  Luri/ Ann,  h.  hi   iSJJf) ;   res.  in  Miuss. :   iiiiiiKinifil. 
.S4.  yriinotlni  \(:irl(,ii,  1).  '_'<»   Fclirwarv.  isj'i. 

V.  58.  TiMdniv  II.\i:tsii(ii;n,  li.  1")  OcIhImt.  17")<>;  m. 
Mariiarct  Scatnii,  ilim^litcr  of  I  >c:i.  .loliii  Scnlon.  lie  d.  in 
the  aiitiiiuii  i»r  1  77i),  lfa\  iii^'  one  child  — 

^.").    TiiJiiil/i ;/.  l>.  7  .liiiif,  1771. 

^'I.  S4.  Timothy  Xkwhjn  IIautshoiin,  m.  Maria  II.  bar- 
ker, ilr  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  and  is  now  ( Issl ) 
in  l*Jiro|ic.      Tlicir  cliildrcn  were — 

8U.  Timothff  .\.,h.  hi   IStit):  il.  in  lS7:i. 

.S7.  KHz(t1,rih,  1).  in  1.S07. 

,SS.  Mnhrl.  l>.  in  1808. 

Si>.  MV/Z/V.  1>.  in   l.'"70:  .1.  in  187:5. 

on.  Itnmnifi.  li.  in    IsTO. 

in.  William  1Iai;tsiioi;n.  li.  in  IJi-ading,  Mass.,il<»  Xnveni- 
ber,  1753 :  settled  in  Anilierst  aliont  17S0 :  d.  -4  .Tnue, 
1S81:  ni.  (1  )  Mary  Walton,  of  Reading.  She  was  1».  17 
Xovenilier.  1757,  and  (1.  15  .Inly,  17s9;  m.  (-)  Ilepsihah 
Holt  1^7  A|iiil.  17!>(i.  She  was  1..  at  Andover,  Mass.,  13 
.Iiine.  1747,  and  d.  in  Amherst  11  Jannary,  1IS51,  ai^ed 
\(.t\\  years.     Their  ehililren  were — 

\)'l.  I'flsifi  Sinilii,  \>.  J^  .Vul;msL  17"^"_':  in.  ■i'll(l^l;l-^  Ilailslmrn.  of 
KcaiiiiiL;.  Mass..  in  Janiiurv,  islJ;  ,1.  at  Ailin-tun.  .Mass..  in  October, 
ist;i>. 

!•;{.   Mini/  \\'iill,>n.\>.  -JCi  .Marcii.  ITS.". :   ni.  tAiin»  ilul>l.ar.l. 

!)t.  .s«;«(//.  li.  .")  .\j.ril,  1787  ;  ni.  rii(>nia>  I"!!!.!].  1  .S-j.tcniluT,  1M'>; 
il.  at  .\r]in.i,M<.n.  .Mass., -J  ( k-toluT,  ISd'J. 

!»:..  I,'il.,rr,i,\'.  1  Krhinary.  17^0:  m.  William  Klliolt  :  .1.  in  Maii- 
chi'stcr. 


iiAi;vi:i,L. 

1.  .loiiN  II AKVKLL,  h.  in  Lilehfndd  in  17;)<">  ;  d.  <i  April, 
KSiil  ;  ni.  Mrs.  Rel.ekah  (rarhani)  Walton  :'.  May,  17ti3. 
She  was  b.  in  I)erryliclil.  now  Manchester,  in  17^')'.':  d.  S  Sop- 
temlicr.  1,S(I4.  They  settled  on  ("iiestnnt  hill  in  1703. 
Their  eliildren  were — 


620  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliaj). 

2.  John,  h.  i  Marcli,  1704. 

3.  Rehekah,  b.  19  January,  1706  ;  ui.  James  ^IcLaughliii  2S  Novem- 
ber, 1793. 

4.  Esther,  b.  14  June,  1708  ;  d.  in  July,  1851,  aged  91. 

5.  William,  b.  17  May,  1771;  m.  Sally  Davis  13  February.  1791. 
().  jJo^ejih,  b.  5  March,  1774. 

7.  Suxannah,  b.  14  June,  1780;  m. Dennis;    d.  in  ^ladison, 

:Me.,9  April  1822. 

G.  Capt.  Joseph  Harvell,  b.  Saturday,  5  Marcli,  1774  ;  d. 
Saturday,  5  March,  1853  ;  in.  Naucy  McKeuney  12  July, 
1804.  She  was  b.  in  Bedford  15  December,  1782  ;  d.  21 
September,  1858.  He  Avas  a  farmer  and  resided  on  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  his  son,  Thomas  M.  Harvell,  on  Chest- 
nut liill.     Their  children  were — 

8.  John.  b.  7  July,  18).5;  d.  8  .April,  1806. 

9.  Martha,  b.  19  September,  1807;  d.  9  December,  1809. 

10.  "[Joseph  K.,h.  7  April,  1810. 

11.  Benjamin,  h.  2  July,  1812;  d.  17  June.  1810. 

12.  Mary  Jane,  h.  29  October,  1814;  m.  Uev.  Benjamin  Ihierly  4 
February,  1836;  d.  in  :Manchester  3  March.  1814. 

13.  Eehelah  M..\>.  6  April,  1817;  in.  Isaac  C.  Cutler,  of  Bedford,  15 
September,  1836  ;  res.  in  Bedford. 

14.  ^Thomas  M.,  b.  9  Jidy,  1819. 

15.  Nancji  J.,h.  20  July,  1821  ;  d.  27  :\rarch.  1821. 

10.  John  TT".,  b.  20  June,  1825;  was  a  physician  in  San  Francisco, 
Cal.;  m.  Phebe  J.  Ryan  2  October,  18.57;  d.  2  .March,  1875. 

10.  Joseph  K.  Harvell,  b.  7  April,  1810 ;  d.  in  Clifton, 
Monroe  county,  Wisconsin,  26  December,  1870;  m.  Ann 
Perry  24  April,  1834.  They  rem.  to  Peterborough,  thence 
to  Wisconsin.     Their  children  were — 

17.  Josephine,  b.  23  February,  1835;  m.  Joseph  M.  Sargent  in  April, 
1855 ;  res.  in  Clifton,  Wis. 

18.  Theodora,  b.  31  December,  1836;  d.  16  July,  1848. 

19.  Abnira,  h.  29  April,  1838;  d.  in  Peterborough  26  June,  1853. 

20.  Ann  0.,h.  24  June,  1840;  m.  Edward  Draper;  d.  in  northern 
New  York  9  November,  1861. 

21.  Joseph  F.,h.  in  Peterborough  23  May,  185);  m.  Kmma  Norton, 
of  Clifton,  Wis.,  where  they  now  reside. 


XXI  \'.  J  (;knkalu<;iks.  (;j1 

14.  Thomas  Mklkndv  IIauvkll,  1).  It  .)ii1\  ,  lsl9  ;  m.  Sniuh 
M.  Maiming-  '.•  DcciMiihci-,  184:1.  She  was  li.  in  IJcilfonl  '2-"'» 
.Iiiiic.  l^ls.  Ill'  res.  (Ill  the  liMiiicstcad  (Ui  ('licstniil  hill 
which  has  Ihm-ii  in  the  j)().ssc.ssi(jn  nt'  flic  family  nearly  mic 
liini(lrc(|  and  twenty  years.     Tiieii' ehihii'en  ufe — 

•_':.'.  llonir,  7'.,  1..  JT  .\I;iv,  isl.'. :  m.  I.ii<-v  .V.  liiinis.  ..f  H.Mif..r.l.  js 
April.  Isjii:   r,.>.  in  Xc\v  IJoslmi. 

•_';;.  ^Jn.opl,  .1/.,  1..  :;i  D.'CMul.cr,  isnt. 

lM.  Stimh  X.Ak'2\  February,  1853;  in.  .Fames  U.-iily,  ol'  Miiikr.  N.  V.. 
'J  I  l-'i-lniiaiy.  Is7;!  :  ifs.  in  .\[()iil  \"fiiioii.     Tln-ir  .-liiJih-cM  ar<' 

1.   .Mary  K..  1..  -JJ  An-nst.  ls7:;. 
L'.  Thomas  J..  1).  in   IS7:,. 

25.  Main  .l.,h.  U  Octol.iT.  ls5S;  m.  Lcsii.-  .S.  Hi.lu.-I!  I  D.'c-ml.rr. 
isTf);  ri's.  in  (lotTstuwii. 

2().   Jiiltn  //..!>.  S    Nov.-inluT.  ISC.II. 

2:5.  .JOSKIMI  .MiNoT  I1aI!\KLL,  I».  -W  l>eeeinhcr,  ls4'.>;  in. 
Kliza  .1.  IMonil.  ..[■  \e\v  llnston.  ;;i  D.-cmihrr,  IST:'..  On." 
ehihl  — 

•21.   Siinili  .  I //-•».  1..  ."1   Octol.iT.  1S7L 


iiAsi;i;nM:. 

1.  .liiiiN  1 1  ASKi.TiNK.  I),  r.i  XdM'iiilnM-.  17>>U:  d.  .')  Aniiiist. 
ISti"):  ill.  (  1  )  r.etsev  IJatehrldcr  •_'.")  Deeeniher,  180").  She 
was  h.  10  Jnne,  ITS;')  :  d.  "in  .\|.ril.  Is42:  ni.  cJ)  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Smith  lT)  Fehniary.  1S4').  She  was  h.  in  IT'.I:'.  ;  d.  1<' 
March.  1^77.  aLfeil  •'^'4.     Their  children  were — 

L'.   (7«//7»>.  1..  •_>.-.   Maivli.  isod:  .1.  .-.  .Inly,  IS-JC. 

3.  Elizti,\>-  Hi  IVlnuaiy.  isdS;  m.  Franklin  Mt-ars :  rcsitlfd  in 
(iiiffstown  and  IVterl-oron^h  ;  d.  in  I'cttMimroni;!!. 

I.  ./../,„.!..  U  l)oc.-ml.ur.  Isl-J;  m.  Tlianktii!  I,.-,uli.  ..f  C.lTslow  n. 
in  May.  iSll  :   n-s.  in  Mfliosi',  Mass. 

.'>.  liiKfniinn.  I>.  "J'J  .\i«ril.  1^17:  in.  iii'\ .  .lam>->  .\(lani»  :  imw  res.  in 
C.mdia. 

(i.  /-'/'//i-o.  li. -T)  .Mareli.  l.-l!i:  in.  William  Wasuii.ol'  |{..>|..n.  Mas>.. 
;i<i  ScpttMiihcr,  1>>I7;  <I.at  (jnincy,  .Mass..  1.')  .fniu'.  ISsl. 

7.   ^f<n■l/  .!..  I..  'J5  .laiHiary.  1S21  :  d.  •J5  Sfptcmlwr,  IS-JI. 


622  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

8.  Caroline,  h.  i  April,  1S2;3;  in.  David  Baniurd  1  Jiinuarv,  1863  ; 
resided  in  New  Boston;  d.  o  January,  1881. 

0.  ^James  G.,  b.  22  February,  1.S25. 

9.  James  G.  Haseltine,  b.  22  Februaiy,  1825;  m.  Mary 
J.  Hines  in  November,  185^.  She  was  b.  in  March,  1822  ; 
res.  on  tlie  Haseltuie  homestead  on  Chestnut  hill.  Their 
children  are — 

10.  Afar;/  Frances,  h.  13   Xoveniber,  1857. 

11.  John  EdiiKird,  b.  9  April,  1859. 

12.  Charles  Frederick,  b.  13  May.  1801. 

13.  Nathaniel  Haseltine,  brother  of  John,  m.  Elizabeth 
Pike  20  May,  1815.     He  d.  in  July,  1819,  aged  about  40. 

HASTINGS. 

1.  William  Hastings,  d.  20  April,  1832,  aged  73;  m. 
Dorothy  Dyke  31  August,  1785.  She  d.  14  November,  1827, 
aged  78.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Col.  Peabody's  regiment  at 
Rhode  Island,  and  lost  a  leg  in  consequence  of  a  wound  re- 
ceived from  a  cannon  ball  29  August,  1778.  He  was  allowed 
half  pay  by  the  state  from  1  January,  1779,  and  afterward 
received  a  pension  from  the  United  States.  Their  children 
were — 

2.  Ruth,  m.   t Amos  Green,  of   Amherst;    d.  22  April.  18 17.  aged  fiO. 

3.  ]]'illi(im,  b.  in  Xashua  ;  m.  f^lizabetli  ]\IcC'alley. 
i.  ^Benjamin,  m.  Abigail  Lovett,  of  ]\Iont  Vernon. 
.5.  Dolhf,  m.  f  Daniel  Hartshorn. 

4.  Benjamin  Hastings,  b.  15  February,  1784 ;  d.  9  Octo- 
ber, 1870;  m.  Abigail  Lovett  18  November,  1818.  She  was 
b.  18  August,  1795:  d.  24  July,  1872.  Their  children 
were — 

6.  Sarah  L.,h.  16  September,  1819;  d.  12  September,  183 L 

7.  Mar)/  J.,  b.  9  February,  1821 ;  m.  Francis  A.  Newton  6  ^larch, 
1845;  d.  in  Malbury,  Mass.,  20  May,  1865. 

8.  Abb7j  F.  h.  7  September,  1822  :  ni.  Henry  M.  Rice  .")  May,  1817; 
d.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  4  April,  1859. 


XXIV.] 


(;i:nkai.()(:iks. 


623 


!».    llo»}„ih.\>.  17  Ortoli.T.  IS-JI;    in.  Hciirv  Kn.st  1   \<)\.mii1»t.  ]  8I."> ; 
ii's.  ill  IJostdii.  Mass. 

10.  lUnjiimiii  /•'..  1). 'JS  Jiil\ .  IHJC;  ,1.  •(  April,  IS-JS. 

11.  Enul'me,  !>.  liKlmic,  IS^!);   iii..Iunili  \\'ariliii'r   1    .laiiiiaiv,  ls|!); 
res.  ill  Kast  Hoxltury.  Vl. 

V2.   Citrol'me.  1>.  "JS  A|«ril.  ls:il  ;   i,i.  l-.n-.-n/o  Can-   In  .Iaiiiiar\.  ls.")l  ; 
ri's.  in  .Aiulirrst. 

l;].    r/,arA >•//..  li.  •_')  (K-IoIkt,  l.S;}l;     III.    ('ai..iiMr    Knit     I    (),t..l.rr. 

1  sns. 

11.    d-iiriji    ir.,  li.  1(1  .\iimisl.  1S;?7:   III.  SiiNMii  M.   Spear  :;i     .Maifli, 
isdj;  <I.  ill  IIikInoh  s  .Im,,.,  1,^7:;. 


IlAVnKN. 

\Vii.i,Ai;i>  II AVUKN.  1).  ill  llnllis  lo  Aju-il,  ISl'i:  .settled  in 
.\iiilierst  in  lS-15  ;  d.  lil  Mareli,  Issl.  I[,.  resided  on  the 
I>unekl(e  |iliiec',  ne;ir  lloliis  line:  ni.  (^1)  Plielie  S.  Dnnt'k- 
lee  24  April,  1X45.  She  d.  «.)  May,  1851,  aged  84:  ni.  (2) 
Kniiiie  raiker.  of  Danvers,  25  March,  1S52.  Sjie  d.  5  Scjv 
teniiier,  lcS54,  aged  38  :  m.  (3)  E.sther  M.  Hatehelder.  of 
.Morriniark  28  Xoveini.er,  1S54.     On  «  child— 

\\<n;i  S.ih.uH.  I.,  ill  Ai'iil.  ISItl;   in.  +Iia    A.    llatclirl.j.T  :51    D.'i-.Mii- 

ixT,  isr.-j. 

Thomas  W.  JIavdI'N  d.  21  Sejiteniliei-,  1S41>,  a-vd  42. 

Afrs.  .full'.,  I'.  If,ii/J,n  .!.  :;i   ().t..l»T.  Isls.  ^.^,;\  ;',1. 

ll.WXKS. 

(Jkoiici:  IIwnks.  fniineilv  of  llarre,  Ma.ss..  d.  in  .July, 
ISOT. 

(i',„n/i .  ills  oniv  cliild.  >1.  in  ,Iiilv,  1S(17. 


UKXTll. 

SiMKoN  IIkaiii,  who  resided  on  the  *■  .Moiilton"  place  a  few 
years,  d.  4  .Inly.  IStil,  nf^cd  58. 

/./::/'   ll.'iili,i\.  1.".  Jiilv.  isiil,  ai,'."«l  In  y.-ai-s. 


624  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

HENCHMAN. 

1.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Henchman,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,m.  Marga- 
ret Mansfield  19  March,  1750-51.  He  d.  30  May,  1767. 
She  d.  21  July,  1777.     Their  children  were— 

2.  Deborah,  b.  2i  September,  175  5;  in.  Rev.  fJereiiiiah  Barnard. 

3.  Elizdheth,  b.  3  April.  175();  ni.  Joseph  Turiel  7  November,  177.5; 
d.  12  June,  1777. 

4.  Anna,  b.  7  August,  1751). 

5.  ^Nnthaniel,  b.  4  ISIay,  1702. 

5.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Henchman,  b.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  4  May, 
1762;  d.  27  May,  1800 ;  setthd  in  Amherst  in  1783.  By 
his  wife,  Anna,  b.  in  1757,  and  d.  27  November,  1836,  lie 
had— 

6.  Anna,  b.  9  September,  1782;  m.  fJedidiah  K.  Smith. 

7.  Mari/,h.5  September,  1784;  d.  2(3  June,  1871 ;  unmarried. 

8.  Nathaniel,  b.  19  Xovember,  1786;  studied  medicine;  was  a  sur- 
geon in  the  army  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  d.  in  Woodville,  Miss.,  5  Septem- 
ber, 1819 ;  unmarried. 

9.  Sarah,  h.  13  Marcli.  1788;  m.'fJoseph  George  12  :\Iarch,  1820; 
d.  6  March,  1855. 

1(1.   Bctsci/,  m.  Charles  Torter;  d.  in  Manchester  9  Felnuarv,  180'). 


HEY  WOOD. 

1.  Nathaniel  Heywood  was  prominent  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  north-west  parish.  His  will,  dated  29  June,  1787, 
Awas  presented  for  probate  26  April,  1790.  In  it  he  names 
liis  wife,  Annie,  and  children — 

2.  Sarah  :  m.  William  Planning. 

3.  Mary ;  m.  Timothy  ^Manning. 

4.  Nathaniel. 

5.  Abigail.' 

0.  Huldah  ;   m.  William  Burnani. 

7.  Joshua,  ordained  and  installed  minister  of  Dunstable,  Mass.,  5 
June,  1799;  d.  there  11  November,  1814,  aged  51 ;  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1795  ;  m.  Lydia  French,  of  Boston,  27  January,  1800. 

8.  William. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOtJIES.  (j'iS 

IIKRRK'K. 

I.  Henry  Heuuick  cimic  to  Salem,  .Muss.,  from  l.cico.stcr, 
Eiijrlaiul,  in  the  year  lt)2'J  ;  m.  Kditha  liuskiii,  of  Salem, 
probably  in  1G33  ;  settled  in  Sjilcni,  now  lievci-ly,  wlion^  he 
(I.  in  It'iTl ,  n<>i'd  07  years.  They  were  anion^r  tlu;  thirty  who 
formed  the  lirst  ehnreh  in  Salem,  and  on  the  formation  of 
a  new  jiarisli,  in  ItXiT,  they,  with  their  sons  and  sons'  wives, 
assisted  in  forniinjj:  the  tii-st  ehnreh  in  what  is  now  lieverly. 

Henry  Iferriek  was  an  Imsbandman  in  easy  circumstances, 
a  «^0(^d  and  h(»nost  dissenter  from  the  cstaljlished  (dinrc  h. 
and  a  friend  of  lliuiiinson,  who  had  been  a  dissenlinLT  nilnis- 
ter  at  Leieester. 

The  regulations  of  tlu>  l*iiritan  ehnreh  seem,  liowever,  to 
Iiavc  had  but  little  weight  with  him  and  his  wife  when  they 
eame  in  eonfliet  with  their  ideas  of  hiunanity,  as  they  were 
at  one  time  fined  ten  shillings  and  costs  of  court  tor  aiding 
an  exeommuuieateil  |)erson  contrary  to  order. 

II.  JosKi'ii  IIkrkick,  son  of  Henry  and  Ivlilha,  styled 
"(Jovernor"  on  the  i)rob;ite  court  rec(u-ds,  was  liaptized 
1  August,  1G4.") ;  d.  4  February,  1717-18;  m.  (1)  Sarah 
Leach,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  7  February,  l()Gi)-()7 ;  she  d. 
about  1«)74;  m.  (2)  Mary  Endieott,  of  Salem,  who  d.  14  Sep- 
tember, 170U;  m.  (3)  Mrs.  Mary  .Maich,  who  survived  him. 
They  settled  on  Cherry  hill,  in  Salem.  He  acquired  a  con- 
sideral)le  estate,  and  was  an  intluential  man  in  the  com- 
munity. 

He  was  a  member  of  (\ipt.  (lardner's  company  in  the 
Narraganset  t»\pedition,  and  took  part  in  the  swamp  light 
19  December,  lt)7').  His  son.  Josejih,  was  one  of  the  gran- 
tees of  Narraganset  \o.  ■),  iKtw  Andierst.      His  son — 

III.  JouN  IIkuukk,!).  "J")  .lamnry.  I"i7<>-71,  d.  in  1742; 
m.  Anna  Woodbury.  She  was  b.  in  1<>74:  <l.  in  17'!1).  aged 
95.     They  settled  in  Wenham.  .Mass. 

lu 


62()  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

IV.  JosiAH  Herrick,  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Woodbury) 
Herrick,  was  b.  in  Wenham  6  February,  1704 ;  d.  14  May, 
1772 ;  m.  Joanna  Dodge,  of  Beverly,  Mass.,  2  November, 
1725.  She  d.  27  August,  1755.  They  also  settled  in  Wen- 
ham.     Their  son — 

V.  1.  JosiAH  Herrick,  b.  in  Wenham  10  November, 
1733,  d.  in  Amherst  in  April,  1799-  He  m.  Mary  Low,  of 
Ipswich,  who  d.  in  October,  1806,  aged  71.  They  settled  in 
Amherst  about  1781.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mary,  d.  6  April,  18o6,  aged  80;  unmarried. 

3.  Joanna,  d.  in  Milford;  unmarried. 

4.  JosiaJi,  m.  (1)  Esther  Tarbell ;  m.  (2)  Fanny  Howard  10  March, 
1841.  He  settled  in  Antrim  and  d.  there  8  April,  1853,  leaving  no  chil- 
dren.    He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  for  independence. 

5.  Lydla,  b.  in  April,  1765;  m.  John  Cochran;  res.  in  Amherst. 

6.  William,  b.  19  January,  1767 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Kilham ;  settled  in 
Es.sex,  Mass.,  and  d.  there. 

7.  Betsey,  b.  7  May,  1709  ;  m.  f  Joseph  Coggin,  jr. 

8.  Daniel  Low,  b.  4  December,  1771 ;  m.  Hannah  Weston,  of  Am- 
herst; resided  in  Merrimack  and  d.  there. 

9.  ■\.lonathan,  b.  22  January,  1774. 

10.  fJo.ieph,  b.  3  Novembar,  1775 ;  m.  Mary  Cox,  of  Beverly,  Mass., 
18  April,  1805;  d.  in  Antrim  18  January,  1833. 

11.  Sarah,  h.  28  February,  1778 ;  m.  fEbenezer  Weston,  of  Am- 
herst. 

12.  Hannah,  b.  in  1780;  d.  young. 

VI.  9.  Jonathan  Herrick,  b.  in  Wenham,  Mass.,  22 
January,  1774 ;  d.  in  Amherst  28  August,  1858 ;  m.  Deborah 
Oolburn,  of  Dracut,  Mass.  She  was  b.  10  January,  1779  ; 
d.  18  October,  1860.  They  resided  in  Merrimack,  Mont 
Vernon,  and  Amherst.  He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of 
Mont  Vernon  several  years.     Their  children  were — 

13.  Mary  C,  b.  5  November,  1805;  d.  in  Amherst  12  December, 
1871 ;  unmarried. 

14.  Nancy,  h.  19  November,  1810 ;  m.  fLevi  J.  Secomb. 

15.  Fanny,  b.  27  March,  1816;  m.  fDaniel  F.  Secomb. 

16.  Jonathan,h.  26  June,  1822;  d.  in  Francestown  7  September,  1852; 
unmarried. 


XXIV.]  r.KNKALOGiP:s.  027 

VI.  10.  JosFPn  IIfiruick,  b.  in  Wonliiun  '■)  November, 
Ml.'):  ni.  Mary  Co.x,  of  Hevcrly,  Mass.,  IS  April,  1805. 
Thoy  settled  in  Bevei'ly ;  rem.  to  Mont  Vernon,  and  thence 
to  Antrim,  where  tliry  d.     TJu'ir  (diildrt'ii  \v(M"e — 

17.  J'is<'/>fi.  1..  ill   .Manli.  ISdd. 

18.  ]\'ll/i<im  rw.  h.  ill   May,  1^08;  rii.  .Sally  Uusscll  1<>  May.  is:'.:',. 
1!).  Sara/i  Batc/icldei;  h.  !';{  December,  1810. 

•JO.  t-'>"""""/  /''•.  h.  22  S.-pteinher,  1S15. 

21.  Ji,siti/i.  h.  27  ScplomlMT,  ISIS. 

VII.  -JO.  S.vMUKL  D.  llKiUiicK,  h.  22  September,  1  Hlo  ; 
ni.  .M;iry  Kli/abetli  Abbott  12  December,  1841.  She  was  b. 
11  June,  1822.  'I'hey  settled  in  Beverly,  l)nt  afterwaid  rem. 
to  Amherst  where  they  now  (1882)  r(\sid<'.  'I'lieir  fhildrcn 
wci'e — 

22.  In/iin/,  1..  aii.l  .1.  20  .\iimist,  ISjr,. 

2:5.  Samuel  Ahhoti,  1..  27  .Manli,  1S17;  111.  Kll.-ii  W.  Talfivy  11  .Ian- 
nary,  1871;  res.  in  Lowoll.  Mass. 

21.  Fninl- Perkins,  \u  7)  ,]\\\w.  \S7r2\  ni.  Klla  A.  I'>i-Ii(i]«  1:1  Ti-liruary, 
187:5;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

2').  (itin-in'  Wlirmiii.h.:\  \\v^\\si,  18."..');  ni.  H.-ssii-  H.  i'laislfd  13 
.January,  ISSl. 

21).  Allirrt  J:..\>.  21  Scpt.'iMK.'r.  lSt)2. 


iiiLDin-rrii. 

1.  1.  .1  A(  on  llii.DiiKTn  came  to  this  (-(jnntry  troni  10ii;i- 
lainl  abont  1720,  and  setth^d  in  Natacook,  now  LiteJdield, 
prior  to  17-)6,  where  he  d.  at  some  time  .sub.seiinent  to  1751. 
l>y  liis  wife,  Al/n!;ail,he  had  seven  eliildren — 

2.    \.lnr()li.  'i.    f.iiri/. 

'.\.  \Kplirnim.  7.  Jo'm. 

4.  ^William.  8.   ^Ihivi,l. 

5.  Abigail. 

Of  these,  Jacob,  Kphraim,  and  David,  vSettled  in  Amherst, 
where  Jacob  and  David  d.  Kphraim  rem.  from  .\mherst  to 
Lindgrovc,  Vt.,and  d.  there. 


628  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

II.  2.  Jacob  Hildreth,  b.  in  Litchfield  12  May,  1739  ; 
settled  on  Walnut  hill,  in  Amherst,  where  he  d.  13  Septem- 
ber, 1815;  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Col.  John  Shepard,  of  Am- 
herst. She  was  b.  2  September,  1749;  d.  22  January, 
1823.     Their  children  were — 

9.  jjanalkan,  h.  16  August,  1767. 

10.  Mary,  b.  8  April,  1769 ;  m.  John  Stephenson ;  d.  in  f^yndebo- 
rough  17  November,  18i4. 

11.  Salhj,  b.  26  October.  1770;  d.  1  June,  1796;  unmarried. 

12.  Samuel,  b.  in  1773. 

13.  Jotham,h.  in  1777;  d.  S  December,  IS.IO ;  resided  and  d.  in 
Lyndeborough. 

14.  Jacob,  b.  1  December.  1780. 

III.  9.  Jonathan  Hildreth,  b.  16  August,  1767  ;  res.  in 
Amherst  where  he  was  a  noted  music-teacher,  and  leader  of 
the  choir  in  the  meeting-house  many  years  ;  d.  5  July,  1816 ; 
m.  Abigail  Rust  7  June,  1795;  she  m.  (2)  Andrew  Leavitt 
and  d.  12  February,  1834,  aged  66.     Their  children  were — 

15.  Salty,  b.  6  March,  1796 ;  m.  fWilliam  Roby. 

16.  Mary,  b.  5  November,  1800 ;  d.  5  April,  1814. 

17.  Ahujail  Rust,  b.  11  January,  1804:  m.  Thomas  V.  Hills,  of  Hud- 
son ;  is  now  residing  in  Nashua. 

III.  12.  Samuel  Hildreth,  b.  in  1773  ;  m.  Betsey  Prince 
7  October,  1802.  She  d.  25  December,  1869,  aged  86.  He 
d.  3  January,  1837.  They  settled  in  Amherst.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

18.  Salinda,  b.  1  .January.  LSOl;  m.  fFrancis  Grater,  jr. 

19.  /o^/uzni,  m.  Abigail  Converse  in  October,  182t) :  lesidcl  in  Am- 
herst and  Nashua;  d.  at  Xashua  10  October,  1S6S. 

20.  .4?/^/,  d.  in  New  Boston  2.3  Septemlier,  18:J3.  aged  22;  unmar- 
ried. 

111.  14.  Jacob  Hildreth,  .ji:..  b.  in  Amherst  1  Decem- 
l)er,  1780  ;  d.  26  February,  1850  :  m.  Betsey  Odell  15  May. 
1807.  She  was  b.  28  Septembei-,  1787  ;  d.  27  August,  1850. 
They  resided  on  the  llildrc'th  liomestead,  on  Walnut  hill. 
Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  (JFNKALOCIKS.  »)-20 

■Jl.  Jtthn  Iliirtirrtl,  1).  7  October,  1S()S;  iitiinarrioil ;  res.  on  ihi* 
Ii(iiiiestoa<l. 

L'-J.  Eltzfi.h.  \7  F.'bniary.  ISIO;  m.  (1)  Mr.  Wliitlniioiv ;  m.  (-J) 
Isaac  Wlicclrr.  l.">  Kcliruaiy.  IS  11). 

'S.\.  Jncoli,  li.  1  Kebruary,  181");  il.  yinini;. 

•_>l.  Afanf,  I).  -Jil  Autiust,  ISIG;  m.  Thomas  li.  I'arkor. 

2.').  Sfirnh,  li.  .Iiirn',  l>»jn;  d.  l:»  ScptcnilM-r,  ISlU;   umiianied. 

II.  :'..  I'i'iiit.viM  lliLDKiiTH  faille  to  Aiiilu'ist  t'loiii  Litcli- 
liuld  :  111.  (  1  )  Klizabcth  Ellenwctod.  She  was  h.  l'.\  OctnlMT, 
1T:".1»:  .1.1^7  May,  17S4  ;  m.  (-2)  Eli/ahctli  Williams  l(j  l<Vh- 
nian ,  17<S5.  IIi'  k(']>t  a  [nihlic  lioiis(>  near  the  old  incctiiiir- 
lioiisi' some  \ cars,  the  first  kejit  in  town;  filially  rem.  to 
LanduToxe.  \  I.,  w  iieic  lie  d.      'i'lieir  cliildicii  ucic — 

•_'<!.  Eliznlxih,  II.  1.')  ScptciiilMT,  ITil-J. 

L'7.  ICji/miiin.  li.  1    Docciiilicr,  17<i-i. 

■J8.  .S'a;v//(,  b.  0  .lunc,  17i>."»:  m.  ( 1 )  riiiiioas  Jones  1.')  .Inly.  17^1  ;  m. 
(■J)  .Tain"s  Sniilli ;  d.  in  Mont  N'rnion  in  N'ovotnber,  183(1. 

•2.1.  Ahiijail.  K.  Ki  O.toliiT.  17(i7:   in.  Kiioch  Pike  '.\  .Ajml,  17-^t;. 

:{().  Jacoh,  b.  -JJ  September,  17ii!». 

•  M.  M„U;i,  b.  1-J  January.  177li. 

■.V2.  Liir,/,],.  l!l   Marcli,  1771;   m.Jolin  i5..\sers -JC.  Oclob.r,  17!>1. 

■.V.\.  Strriflin,.  h.  U  .Vpril,  1777. 

:!L  /-.'.s/Z/r /•,  b.  •_' 1  October,  1770. 

;i').  Miirthii,  b.  U)  January.  178:5. 

:5l>.  Frnnrrs.  b.  2!»  Xoveuiber.  17H7. 

s.  l)\\in  llii,i)i;i:Tii.  li.  in  l-iti'lilield  17  .hily,  1748  ;  d.  in 
Andierst  "J")  Manli.  IS^'.I  :  in.  M:iry  iJi.x  by.  of  Amherst.  Slie 
d.  4  Novcmlier,  iHoti,  aged  So  years,  lie  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  for  independence.     Their  eliildreii  were — 

:17.   Jiiirlil,  <l.  yiiunu. 

:5H.  Esther  fiij-hi/.  \k  \u  1  lecrmbiT.  177M  :  mi.  Samuel  liildivlli  ;  d.  in 
I'itt.ston,  X.  Y.,  in  July.  1S.'>1. 

"lit.   Pollji,  d.  in  Wind.>ior,  a^ed  17  :   unmarried. 

In.   Susan,  in.  .Folm  Ilildretli:   n-s.  in  riieli».  X.  Y. 

II.  Cli/tou  liixhi/,  b.  \J   .ViiLiust,  17ii7;  in.  Kli/a  S.  Fuller,  of  Ho.ston. 

Mas.s. :  resided  in  IJoston.  Concord,  and  I"einbroke.     She  d.  in  Concord 

1  .\uifust,  187tJ,  a<;ed  78  years  and  S  months.     He  d.  in  ."^uncook  village 

•i  February,  18S1.     He  bocame  connected  witii  the  « »dd  Fello\\.>.  while 


630  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

residing  in  Boston,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  the  order  in  Xew  Hampshire. 

IV.  Jacob  Hildreth,  2d,  son  of  (13)  Jotham  Hildreth, 
of  Lyndeborough,  resided  in  Amherst  a  short  time.  He  was 
a  merchant  and  carried  on  business  in  tlie  old  "  Read  "  store. 
He  d.  in  May,  1849,  aged  40.  Sarah,  his  wife,  d.  5  July, 
1844,  aged  23. 

HILL. 

Arthur  Hill,  son  of  Harris  Hill,  m.  Nellie,  daughter  of 
Capt.  George  Danforth.     One  child — 

George  Arthur. 


William  Hill,  d.  in  September,  1803. 
Timothy  Hill,  d.  in  September,  1803. 

Luella  Mai/,  daughter  of  Timothy  Hill,  d.  16  February,  1875,  aged  5 
months. 

Mrs.  Mary  Ella.,  wife  of  Henry  A.  Hill,  d.  IS  April,  1876,  aged  26. 
Daniel  //.,  son  of  Samuel  H.  IHll,  d.  29  December,  1878,  aged  24. 

HILLS. 

1.  Moses  Hills,  b.  in  Nottingham  West,  now  Hudson,  2 
October,  1781  ;  d.  in  Amherst  18  September,  1855  ;  m.  Sally 
Hills,  of  Nottingham  West,  24  March,  1818.  She  was  b.  2 
November,  1789  ;  d.  22  April,  1866.     Their  children  were— 

2.  ]  Franklin  M.,h.  5  August,  1819;  m.  Martha  S.  Parkhurst ;  d.  in 
Nashua  26  April,  1875. 

3.  Sally  Jane,  b.  21  November,  1821 ;  d.  7  .July,  1842. 

4.  Mary  C,  b.  9  September,  1825 ;  m.  Levi  L.  Belcher  24  January. 
1852. 

5.  Amos,  h.  3  May,  1830;  d.  12  October,  1830. 

2.  FranklIn  M.  Hills,  b.  5  August,  1819 ;  d.  in  Nashua 
26  April,  1875;  m.  Martha  S.  Parkhurst,  of  Chelmsford, 
Mass.,  26  December,  1844.     Their  children  were — 

6.  Eliza  J.,h.  6  November,  1847. 

7.  Frederick  E.,h.  13  February,  1852. 


X  X I V .  J  ( ;  i:.N  KA  L0(;  IKS.  (i31 

llollilS. 

lliMriiUKV  Ilomis,  soil  ot  William  and  Saiali  (Kiiiglitj 
llul)l)s,  was  1).  at  Topslield,  Mass.,  18  Fehniary,  1711-12; 
(1.  in  lT'>t»;  ni.  Anna  Synionds  27  July,  17''7.  She  was  h. 
ilO  Nov(  inhi-r,  1713;  d.  ;•  Scptcnilti-r,  17U1.  llo  was  imr  of 
tilt'  oriiiinal  nicnibeis  of  the  eliurcli  in  Soulicj^^an  West,  to 
wliicli  lie  was  dismissed  from  the  ••Jiurcli  at  Middlcfon. 
Mass.,G  September,  1741.      I'hcir  cliildi-cn  wim'c — 

Anna,  1».  JS  Marcli,  1739;   m.  .loliii  Kruwii. 
Joseph,  b.  20  April.  1713. 

Susnniiiih,  h.  1  Scpteinlier,  171"':  iii.  .\;iroii  I'l'aliody  I  ]May,  17t»0; 
d.  Lu  Milfi.rd  7  August.  ls-_'7. 

Sdinuel,  h.  17  ScptcnilxT.  17r)'l;   d.  in  17sl. 

IIol'.SON. 

.JKitK.MiAii  lIoiJSON J),  at  llnxton.  Ml'.,  in  17.'iO;  d.  at  Deor- 
iiiLT  in  A|iiil.  1>>2.").  lie  was  a  irrandson  of  .lohn  Ilobson, 
who  was  in  the  Xairatrnnsct  foi-t  liulit  in  107;").  Jle  resided 
several  years  on  the  ))lace  afterward  owned  l)y  Isaac  (Miick- 
eriniT-      I>y  bis  wife,  i.ncy.  be  bad — 

Jereniitili.  1>.  Js  (  jcIoImt.  177!». 

Jondt/ian.  1>.  2_'  Mart-h,  17^3;  d.  bl  duly.  17^4. 

Joudlliiin,  li.  7  NovenditT.  17s.'i. 

/.uri/,  b.  U  daiUKiiv.  17*^>*. 

llojiCM  AN. 

Timothy  1Ioi)(;.man,  son  of  .Folm  Lee  IIodLrman,  was  b.  in 
Townscnd.  >[ass.,:?  September,  17!>S ;  m.  (1)  Charlotte  Wil- 
lon«rbby.  ui  [follis,  1  :"•.  February,  1827.  She  was  b.  28  May, 
1S(»2:  d.  in  Jaffrcs  1'.'  .May,  1858;  ni.  (2)  Sarah  Lovcjoy,of 
Hollis.  11  Sei)tember,  IsOt).  She  was  b.  11  May,  171M.  He 
settled  in  Amherst  in  1M27  ;  rem.  to  Jaffrey  in  1854,  tlicnce 
to  Ilollis  in  1SG4,  where  he  is  now  residinsr.  Their  children, 
b.  in  .Vndu'rst,  were — 

Cliariottf.  1«.  1  I   NoviMuber,  1827  ;  d.  the  same  day. 


632  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Ckarlott"  Frances,  b.  22  September,  1828;  m.  Andrew  J.  Gilson  21 
April,  1852. 

Henry  A.,h.  19  August,  1830;  d.  2  January,  1835. 
'     Sarah  Maria,  b.  20  July,  1833 ;  m.  David  D.  McKean,  of  Amherst, 
24  June,  1869. 

Charles  Henry,  b.  21   October,  1838;  (1.26  October,  1860. 

Edward  Lee,  h.  Q  July.  1843;  m.  Almeda  T.  McKean  23  January. 
1868. 

John  P.  Hodgman,  b.  in  Bedford  26  November,  1840  ;  m. 
Estlicr  S.  Page  26  March,  1868.  She  was  b.  in  Dunbarton 
13  May,  1843  ;  d.  14  September,  1879.  They  settled  in 
Amherst  in  1873.  He  enlisted  in  the  4th  regiment  N.  H. 
Vols,  in  1861  and  served  four  years  in  tlie  civil  war.  Their 
children  were — 

George  H.,  b.  3  June,  1869. 
John  Q.,h.  3  May,  1871. 
Edwin  G.,  b.  18  September,  1872. 
Jesse  M.,  b.  13  August,  1874. 
Grade  D.,  b.  21  May.  1876. 
Effie  R.,  b.  18  October.  1877. 

HOGG. 

AViLLiAM  Hogg  resided  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town, 
near  Babboosuck  brook.  He  d.  30  May,  1801,  aged  70.  His 
wife,  Agnes,  d.  18  June,  1807.  Some  of  their  children  ex- 
changed the  name  Hogg  for  that  of  Tenant,  of  which  one 
of  them  wrote  that  he  was 

"Hogg  by  name,  and  hog  by  nature, 
Rut  Tenant,  made  by  legislature." 

Tlieir  children  were — 

Jrnet,  b.  13  December.  1753  ;  d.  17  December,  1843,  aged  90 ;  un- 
married. 

Margaret,  b.  19  January,  1756;  m.  Robert  Milliken,  of  Wilton,  28 
February,  1782. 

John,  b.  16  April,  1758. 

Robert,  b.  1  May,  1761 ;  m.  Alcock,  of  Deering. 

Agnes,  b.  3  October,  1763. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  (u\^ 

il/o>r.s-,  b.  n  Novcinliir.  ITHO;  d. 'J.')  ])rci'iiil)i^r,  l"<:5f!  ;    ikuiu'   (•li;in;,'f(l 
to  Tenant. 

M(trth<t,  1>.  1.")  August,  170S  ;  ni.  Suimirl  All>iv  17  M;iv,  ITsU. 

Miirii.  \k  V2  -Inly.  177'_>;  d.  .\  ,hin<'.  177(). 


ii()Li;i{()()K. 

I.  Eli.i.\II  floLHROOK  sor\(Ml  as  a  (|iiarl('iniastrr  in  tin* 
Rcvoliitiouarv  war  ;  rem.  from  Ik'lliiigliain.  .Mass.,t<)  Alstc.id, 
about  1780  :  m.  Abigail  Wilson,  of  Coventry,  ("oim..  1'.'  Sep- 
tember, 1781.  He  d.  in  AKstead  19  May,  1^08,  aLrc.l  o^, 
leaving  nine  children,  three  sons  and  six  daiiirhters.  TluMr 
younirost  son — 

II.  1.  Stki'iikn  Holbrook.  li.  1")  May,  1 7'. '7,  m.  Lydia 
Brigliam,  of  Alslcad,  3  November,  1815>:  res.  in  Alstead 
until  1850,  when  they  rem.  to  Manchester  ;  thence  they  rem. 
to  Andierst  1  April,  isr)4.  lie  d.  in  conseipicnce  of  inju- 
ries received  fi'om  a  run-away  burse  24  April,  lsr)4.  His 
widow  m.  (  -)  David  Fisk,  of  Amherst,  in  March,  iSoO.  She 
d.  28  February,  187(*.     Their  children  were — 

"2.   1; Francis  Wilson,  h. '2:i  DiTtMnlicr.  IS-JO:   ni.  Olivia  V.  Howlaiul. 

■i.  Louisa  A.,\>.  -i  March,  1S'2;3;  tl.  1  Deccnilicr,  is  17;   nnniarrietl. 

1.  Strphm  II. ,h.  10. Inly.  IS'Jl;  m.  I.onisa  M.  Smith,  of  llnthind. 
Vt.      11. •  d.  in  Amherst  :M  dune.  1S.-)S. 

;").   Sainurl  li..  1>.  '2.")  Sei.tend>er.  is:',  t:  d.  11  Octoher.  iSM. 

(1.  Ellcu  M..\k  L':'.  August,  l.Sl-2;  ni.  tWilliam  Peaslee  1  Deeend.er. 
l.S»iJ». 

III.  2.  Francis  Wilson  Holbrook,  b.  in  Alstead  23  De- 
cember, 1820:  m.  Olivia  C  Howlaiul,  of  Fraiu'onia,  22  Sejn 
tcmber,  ls4G.  They  .settled  on  the  Isaac  Wheeler  farm  in 
Andu'i'st  in  Aj)ril.  1S.')4.     Their  childriMi  wer»  — 

7.  Charles  li..  h.  L's  ( )rtol)er,  1SI7:  ni.  (1)  Kveline  .M.  .Xtwood.  of 
Francestown.  1")  May.  1S72;  she  d.  2.">  .Vngnst.  Is7t>.  Hem.  (2)  Mary 
W.  Ilowlott,  of  Manchester,  ;V)  April,  ls7s. 

S.  Louisa  A..  1).  11    May,  ISIJ);  d.  24  Septeml.er,  lsl!t. 

ft.  Man/  (>.,  h.  23  .Vugust.  1S.')(I;  m.  (jeorgo  A.  Buz/ell,  of  (^Dnturd, 
2!)  dauuarv.  1>>7{:   res.  in  Concord. 


634  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

10.  Frank  A.,h.  30  January,  1853;    ra.  Marcia  E.   Davis,  of  New 
Ipswich,  5  October,  1876. 

11.  George  E.,  b.  12  November,  1854  ;  res.  with  his  parents. 

12.  Jennie  M.,h.  '2S  December,  1800 ;    m.  Ola  Anderson  21  Decem- 
ber, 1881  ;  res.  in  Concord. 


HOLDEN. 
Nathan  T.  Holden  d.  in  March,  1834,  aged  35. 

HOLLIS. 

Benjamin  Hollis,  formerly  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  d.  1 
March,  1874,  aged  72. 

Henry  Hollis,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  m.  Sarah  E.  Love- 
joy,  daughter  of  Isaac  Lovejoy,  7  May,  1761. 

HOLMES. 

I.  Abraham  Holmes,  with  his  wife  and  children,  came 
from  Ireland,  and  joined  the  settlement  at  Londonderry  in 
1719.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  church,  and  d.  in  1753,  aged 
70  years. 

II.  John  Holmes,  his  son,  who  was  about  ten  years  old 
at  the  time  of  coming  to  this  country,  settled  in  London- 
derry.    He  was  also  an  elder  in  the  church. 

III.  Abraham,  son  of  John  Holmes  ;  b.  in  Londonderry 
18  May,  1738;  settled  in  Peterborough  about  1765,  where 
he  d.  18  November,  1815.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Russell  11  Oc- 
tober, 1764.  She  was  b.  16  June,  1743  ;  d.  5  August,  1827. 
Their  son — 

IV.  David  Holmes,  b.  in  Peterborough  29  March,  1778; 
settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  1801,  where  he  was  an  active 
business  man  for  thirty  years.  He  rem.  to  Lowell,  Mass., 
thence  to  Bath,  Me.,  where  he  d.  1  November,  1867  ;  m.  (1) 
Elizabeth   White  12  October,  1800.      She  d.  in   Bath   16 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  635 

March,  184t),  a^^etl  <!.');   in.  ( ■_' )  Sopliia  Sawyer  'I'l  DecfiMlicr, 
1841).     Their  children  were — 

1.  Stcphi  n  11.,\k'2'2  February,  1>01  ;  j^nuJualcil  at  Harvard  College 
in  1S-J"2.  lit'  wa.s  professor  of  Siianish  at  St.  Mary's  r<)llt<;f,  Ilalti- 
iiiorc.  Mil.;  d.  at  sea  11  .January.  1S;1(). 

•J.  Asd/it'l  C,  h.  I'J  \\<v'i\.  Iso:!;  d.  of  yi-llnw  fever  at  New  Orleans  in 
September,  ISl'J. 

3.  Dai'iiJ,  h.  1«  Octol)er,  1S(».">;  d.  in  (ieurgia. 

4.  Eliznhelh,\).  iN  August.  iSdS;  m.  Bcnjaiuiii  V.  Aiken  1»  August, 
ls:U;  d.  lli  October.  ISoli. 

.').  Mnrii  S.,  b.:3  dune,  LSll :  d.  in  Ualli,  Me..(;  I)eeend>er,  ISGJ. 
(i.   Charlfs  II'..  b.  27  dune,  ISKi;  in.  Sarah  d.  Ilanling. 
7.    Chiirloltt    ll'..l>.  •_'!   .Vovend'cr,  ls"Jo  ;   in.  dacob  S.  Sewall.  <>f  Hath. 
.Maine. 

J.vcoi;  Il()LMKs,l»r()lher  of  (1 )  David,  wa.s  b.  in  Peterbo- 
roufih  U  Sejiteuilier,  ITbT  ;  resided  in  Amherst  some  years, 
and  d.  here  i^i^  Jid.v,  1814. 

JoNATii.vN  Holmes,  for  some  time  a  resident  in  Amherst, 
m.  Annis  Cavender,  of  Greenliehl,  1^2  December,  1814.  She 
d.  at  Piairie  Dii  Sac.  Wisconsin,  1  November,  1861,  atrcd 
I'l  years. 

lioi/r. 

I.  Nicholas  Holt  arrivetl  at  Uoston,  .Mass.,  in  the  ship 
James  of  London,  from  Sunlhnmpton,  ))  Jnnc,  1<»;3.).  He 
settled  first  at  Newbury,  .Mass., l)nt,  in  1044, rem. to  Andover, 
Ma.ss..  where  he  d.  :!<>  .laiuiary,  1685,  a|z:ed  8-3  years. 

II.  Sami'kl,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Elizabeth  Holt,  was  b. 
in  Newbury  6  October,  l<i41  ;  d.  in  .\ndover  7  November, 
17<i;>.  Sarah,  his  wife,  d.  in  .\ndover  8  .\prii,  1Tl<"i,  atred 
T<». 

III.  Sa.MLEL.  son  of  Sannicl  and  Sarah  Holt,  was  b.  in 
Andover  3  Anj;nst,  1G7U  ;  m.  Hannah  Farnum  28  March, 
1693.  He  d.  20  .July.  1747.  She  d.  ;'<•  .January,  17o8,  aged 
01   vears. 


636  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

IV.  1.  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Farnum) 
Holt,  was  b.  in  Andover  8  April,  1705  ;  m.  Mehitable  Ste- 
vens 4  December,  1729.  About  1750  they  rem,  to  Amherst, 
now  Mont  A^'ernon,  where  she  d.  in  May,  1805,  aged  97. 
Their  children,  all  b.  in  Andover,  were — 

"2.  ]Ebenezer,  b.  7  September,  1730;  ni.  Lydia  Peabody  15  FeViru- 
ary,  1753 ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  in  April,  180.5. 

3.  MehitahIe,h.S  September,  1733;  m., Tames  Holt  2  January.  1755. 
She  d.4  March,  17G7. 

4.  Marl/.         ),     ,.    ,  ,„,„        m.  fl'arius  AliboL 
o.  J^riscilld,   ) 

Q.  Rachel,      ),     _,,      ,„,,        .1.  14  July.  1717. 

7.  t^zeAvH  I  ''•"'"•''  ''^^  = 

8.  ^Reuben,  b.  27  -June,  1744. 

9.  Hepsibah,  b.  13  June,  1747 ;  m.  fWilliau)  Hartshorn. 

10.  Hannah,  b.  27  October.  1740. 

2.  Ebenezer  Holt,  JR.,  b.  7  September,  1730 ;  m.  Lydia 
Peabody  15  February,  1753.  She  was  b.  5  July,  1731. 
They  settled  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  J.  0.  Robinson, 
in  Mont  Vernon,  where  lie  d.  in  April,  1805.  Their  children 
were — 

11.  Rebecca,  b.  7  September,  1752;  m.  Jonathan  Lainson. 

12.  Sarah,  b.  in  1757  ;  m.  Mose.s  Peabody  25  May,  1786  ;  d.  in  Mont 
Vernon  25  May,  1845. 

7.  Ezekiel  Holt,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  7  July,  1741 ;  m. 
Mary  Stewart.  She  was  b.  2  September,  1749.  They  set- 
tled in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

13.  Elizabeth,  h.  8  July,  1773. 

14.  3Iari/,  b.  11  December,  1775. 

15.  Sarah,  b.  10  September,  1780. 

16.  Ezekiel,  h.  19  Augu.st,  1782. 

17.  Darid,  1>.  27  February,  1792. 

8.  Reuben  Holt,  b.  27  June,  1744;  d.  in  Landgrove,  Vt., 
2  Marcli,  1836,  aged  91 ;  m.  Lydia  Small  6  February,  1772. 
She  d.  9  March,  1795,  aged  50.  They  resided  in  Amherst 
several  years.      After  her   death   he    rem.  to  Lindgrove,  of 


XXIV. J 


f;ENEALO(;iP*S. 


»;*{■; 


which  phiic  he  w:is  (tru'  <»f  the  liisf  .-clth-is.      Their  «hihlirii 
w  ere — 

IS.  Siinifi,  \<.  \U   N'u\i-nil"r.  ITT'J. 

1!».  llnihin,  1>.  17  K<l>ni;uv.  177");  ri>iilc<i  in  Laudjjrovc,  Vt.:  <1. '_••'• 
NiiVfinbcr,  lS.)(j. 

•J(l.  Jut</„l,]>. '2  Sfptt'iiilMT.  177<!:  111.  riiiii.tliv  H(.U.jr.,;{o  Aiii,'nM. 
17!»7. 

•_'l.  EI,>u.Z'r.  1..  -J  .Iiilv,  177S. 

•_'•_'.  l.tjilitt,  h.  lit  April,  17.S1. 

•_':5.  Willinm.  I).  1.'.  -Mav.  17s:'.. 


Isaac  Holt,  1».  in  Andovi-r,  Mass..  :'.(»  Maicli.  17:^'.'.  d.  in 
Amhorst  in  1780;  n\.  Mary  Mari)li\tjt  I>an\('is.  Llti  hrci-ni- 
hrr,  17")7.  Thrv  sctthd  in  Amhorst  alxuil  nti.").  Their 
rhililrcn  were — 

OhtKllafi,  \>.  'S.i  >hirc-h.  175H;  m.  Susaiiiiali  .Toiios  '»  May.  178^1  :  d.  in 
Clinton,  yU'..i)  ,hnu',  ISl.").     Sh<'  <1.  18  Aiuil.  isSo. 

Mrtr//,  b.  li  Fi'hruary.  17Gi):  d.  L'fl  Fi'l.iuary.  1700. 

//(/una//,  I).  2  May.  17til  :  in.  KlK'Uf/i-r  Clark  17  .\ui,Mist,  17SG ;  rc- 
.sided  in  Sharon,  ^'t. 

Xaiifif,  1).  in  17(i;3;   ni.  Daniil  Karnswortli. 

Isnar,  1>.  1!(  .\ii'.;^u.st.  170.') ;  a  soldii-r  in  a  (•(jiiipany  tliat  wrnt  to  tin- 
wi'stfni  frontier  at  thr  tiiur  of  the  Indian  wars  in  (>liio.  from  win-nee 
lie  never  retnnieil. 

Daniil,  1>.  in  .\nilierst  .')  l'rl)uraiy.  17i!7  ;  ni.  .Martha  Towne  in  17fL'; 
nsided  in  vaiions  places  in  .Massaehu.selts,  N'l'W  ilanip-hire,  and  N'l-r- 
inont;  d.  at  Wells  River.  \l.,  IS  dime,  1S.")1. 

MihiUilh.  1..  1!)  .lannary.  17<i!»:  d.  -W  Oetolu  r,  177(t. 

Joseph,  1'.  :'.  March,  1771  :  m.  Kli/.aheth  l?eard  I'll  Novcml.cr.  17:' I  : 
d.  27  A])ril,  ISdil.  She  was  1..  •_':'.  May.  177  >:  d.  Jl  o.IoIht.  is.v.t. 
They  t^ettled  in  l{eadini,^  Mass. 

StiwHil.  1).  Ki  August.  1771:  m.  I'h«  !  .•  Uirliardson.  She  <1.  :M 
March.  Isl7.  a-d  7'J. 

Ahi.l. 

S„„h. 

Man/. 

OiJADi.Mi  Holt, It.  in  Ainlicrst  J:>  .Marrh,  17.")S:  m.  .<usan- 
nuli,  (luiiLihtcr  of  .luslma  .Junes.  ">  May,  17S1.  They  resided 
in  Amhorst  until  some  time  in  the  \«\ir  INO:',  :  after  that,  in 


638  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Clinton,  Me.,  where  he  d.  9  June,  1815.  She  d.  18  April, 
1855.     Their  children  were — 

Hannah,  m.  Jacob  Eames  in  180;3 ;  d.  in  Clinton  in  March,  1837. 

Jonathan,  m.  Lydia  Hopkins  6  September,  1816  ;  resided  in  Milford 
until  1820  ;  afterward  iji  Clinton. 

Susannah,  m.  Nathan  Bracket ;  res.  in  Clinton. 

[saac,  h.  6  March,  1791 ;  ni.  Sophia  Emery  in  181:5 ;  ni.  (2)  Lydia 
Hopkins  in  May,  1829;  res.  in  Clinton. 

Martha,  m.  William  Ames  ;  res.  in  Clinton. 

Mary,  m.  Jacob  Ames. 

Obadiah,  b.  27  September,  1795 ;  d.  young. 

Abial,  b.  18  March.  1798  ;  m.  Martha  Noble  ;  res.  in  Clinton. 

Obadiah,  b.  7  May,  1800;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Goodwin;  m.  (2)  Mary 
Dearborn ;  m.  (3)  Cai'oline  (Dearborn)  Ilobbs  ;  res.  in  Clinton. 

Abner,  b.  3  March,  1803;  m.  Abigail  Brown;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Atwood; 
res.  in  Sangei-field,  Me. 

Achsa,  b.  3  March,  1S03  ;  m.  George  Goodwin  ;  res.  in  Clinton. 

Daniel,  b.  in  Clinton  4  November,  1804 ;  m.  Huldah  Nason,  of 
Canaan,  Me. 

Jona>i,  b.  in  Clinton  11  December,  1808  ;  m.  Elsie  Eldridge.  He  d.  in 
Ellsworth,  Me.,  in  March,  1860. 

Nehemiah  Holt  was  b.  in  Temple  28  January,  1779 ;  m. 

Rhoda .     She  d.  in  Amherst  6  February,  1835,  aged 

53.  He  resided  in  Amherst  a  few  years,  but  returned  to 
Temple  and  d.  there  in  April,  1849,  aged  71.  Their  chil- 
dren (b.  in  Temple)  were — 

Eli,  d.  young.  Timothy,  d.  young. 

Nehemiah,  res.  in  Lowell,  ISLiss.  Caroline. 

Joseph,  d.  young. 


Mrs.  Hannah  Holt  d.  in  October,  1833,  aged  82. 

Thomas  Holt  d.  in  July,  1807. 

Daniel  Holt,  formerly  of  Amherst,  d.  in  Milford  3  March,  1849,  aged 
49  years. 

Harriet,  daughter  of  Daniel  Holt,  d.  22  February,  1841,  aged  19. 

Theresa,  daughter  of  Edwin  M.  Holt,  d.  21  July,  1848,  aged  12 
years. 

Addie  M.,  only  surviving  daughter  of  Edwin  M.  Holt,  d.  30  July, 
1873,  aged  26  yeai'S  and  11  months. 

George,  son  of  Israel  H.  Holt,  d.  4  October,  1877. 


XXIV^]  (JRNFALOGIES.  In^O 

HOTKIXS. 

I.  Uknjamin  lIoi'KiNs,  b.  ill  liillerica,  Mass.,2o  May,  ITUl, 
was  known  as  (Jovornnr  Hopkins,  lie  settled  on  the  Charles- 
town  scliool  farm  at  :ni  early  date  ;  d.  11  .Iiiiie,  1787,  aged 
80.  His  wife,  Ihniiiiih,  d.  30  July,  1792,  aged  93.  Their 
mnains  are  buried  in  tlu'  old  cemetery  in  Amherst.  Tlwii- 
ehildriMi,  named  in  his  will,  presentee]  for  proljate  '21  Au- 
gust, 17S7,  were — 

•_'.  //(//(;/<///.  1).  JIi  .Vpril.  17'Jt:  in.  Joiiatliaii  .loiifs,  of  Wilmington, 
Mass. 

•\.  Bnijiiiiiiii,  li.  m  February,  \7'2()-'27. 

4.  Ihhonih,  b.  21  .Vpril,  1720  ;  in.  Caleb  Jones. 
.■).    WiUiiim,  b.  11  May,  17;n. 

(i.  jEbenczcr,  b.  12  February,  17;52-3;i. 

7.  /,1/ry,  b.  10  April,  17;15;  in.  Ebenezer  .Swinnerfdii,  nf  I.vnn,  Mass. 

5.  Li/diii,  b.  1(5  April.  17;i7;  in.  Israi-l  Towne,  jr.,  of  .\inheisl  ;  d.  in 
StixManl  in  lS2n. 

!l.   Ahi(/<iil,  li.  .")  Deceinlter,  K^JO  :   m.  (Gardner  Towne.  of  .Viuherst. 

Cliildreii  of  (3)  Ebenezer  IIoi'kins,  among  whom  his 
property  was  di\ided  IS  Deeemher.  17S9 — 

In.   Solomon.  1-J.  John. 

II.  William.  11.   George. 
12.    Oliri ,  111.  Isaac  Hlaneliani. 

James  Hopkins  m.  .Martha :  their  child — 

Sitni/i,  WAS  li.  7   Deci'Iiilier.   17til>. 

Ja.mes  HorKiNs  m.  Mary  Taylor,  of  HoUis,  in  I)eccml»er, 
1778.     Their  children  were — 

Jiimat,  b.  1(1  .lune,  17^1. 

M(>llii,h.  1.')   March,  17s:l;  ,1.  in  February.  1803. 

IIOSKA. 

Catt.  Robert  I  Iosea,  formerly  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  on  Clie.stnut  hill,  lie  d.  in  Bedford 
in  March,  1821,  aged  8»).      His  children  were — 


640  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Mary.  b.  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  30  April,  176i;  m.  Benjamin    Damon 
15  February,  178:3 ;  d.  in  Amherst  31  July,  1810. 
Salhj,  m.  .William  Wakefield  17  November,  1786. 
Lydia,  m.  .lames  Nichols  10  September,  1703. 
Betsey,  m.  James  AVeston  7  April,  1791. 

Miss  Mercy  Hosea,  sister  of  Oapt.  Robert,  d.  3  August, 
1838,  aged  95:  a  school  teacher  in  Amlierst  in"  ye  olden 
time." 

HOW. 

Hannnh,  child  of  Stephen  and  Ilannali  How.  1>.  21   November,  1772. 

HOWARD. 

1.  JosiAH  Howard,  b.  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  3  January,  1758; 
d.  in  Amherst  6  February,  1833  ;  m.  Mary  Stanley  in  1785. 
She  was  b.  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  25  November,  1769 ;  d.  in 
April,  1855.     Their  cliildrcn  were — 

2.  Betsey,  b.  18  October,  1785;  m.  ^George  Prince. 

3.  ]Henry,  b.  21  April,  1788. 

4.  Josiah,  b.  20  Augiist,  1791 ;  resided  in  New  York,  Indiana,  and 
Iowa;  d.  in  Monticello,  Iowa, 28  December,  1870. 

5.  Jonathan,  b.  14  August,  1793. 

H.  Sally,  b.  11  August,  1795  ;  d.  in  March,  1815. 

7.  Herbert,  b.  in  1798;  d.  in  May,  1805. 

8.  Asenatli,  b.  11  September.  1800  ;  m.  Eliab  Wilkins  ;  resided  in 
Vermont  and  d.  there. 

9.  David,  b.  1  April,  1803;  d.  8  August,  1818. 

10.  ^Levi,  b.  24  April,  1805. 

11.  Mary  Jane,  b.  25  Novembei-,  1808  ;  m.  flsaac  P.  Weston. 

12.  Ahnira.  b.  18  August,  1811 ;  m.  fJeremiah  Upton. 

II.  3.  Henry  Howard, son  of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Stanley) 
Howard,  was  b.  24  April,  1788  ;  d.  15  April,  1871 ;  m.  Polly 
Odell  in  1809.  She  was  b.  13  October,  1789  ;  d.  6  Novem- 
ber, 1875.     Their  children  were — 

13.  George,  h.  1  March,  1810;  m.  Sarah  Reed  in  July,  1837;  d.  in 
Amherst  6  November,  1842. 

14.  Henry,}:).  18  January,  1812;  m.  Mary  Converse  16  November, 
1837;  rem.  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1838. 


XXIV, J  GENEALOGIES.  041 

15.  Mary,  b.  3  November,  LSKi;  d.'S  March,  1814. 

10.  Herbert,  b.  9  January,  \>i\i). 

17.  liodnei/,  h.  20  Miirch,  1S17;  in.  .Vancy  Jane  Parker  11  NintMn- 
bor,  18.')U. 

IS.  Mary  Jane,  b.  10  April,  181!);  m.  Hiram  Batchelder  ir>  Novem- 
ber, 1H42;  d.  in  Naslnia  25  May,  1857. 

10.  Calo'in,  b.  3r>  May,  1821 ;  m.  Mary  Paisey  31  December,  1853;  d. 
in  North  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  21  March,  1870. 

20.  Abiyail,  b.  21  August,  1823;  m.  Samuel  'J'owne  2  August,  1813- 

21.  Muriah,  b.  21  July,  1820 ;  m.  Charles  Wilkins  in  October,  1848. 

22.  .S'uNrt/njrt//,  b.  19  May,  1829 :  m.  P>urleigh  Woodward  11  Decem- 
ber, 1853. 

23.  Edward,  b.  4  November,  1831;  d.  24  Dt'cember,  1833. 

24.  Edward  ,S.,b.  20  March,  1835;  d.  24  May,  1853. 

II.  10.  Levi  Howard,  son  of  Josiali,b.  24  April,  1805; 
111.  Hannah  Uoing  'In  DecoinlHT.  18o5.  She  was  b.  22 
I)eccmI>oi-,  18U0  ;  d.  20  June,  1805.     Tlicir  i-liihlroM  were — 

25.  Mary  Ami,  b.  0  October,  1830:  m.  Daniel  Gardner;  d.  17  Aftril, 
1808. 

20.  Sally,  b.  19  September,  1837  ;  d.  in  i  Jed  lord  20  December,  1852. 

27.  Lizzie  //.,  b.  27  August,  1839;  m.  (1)  Henry  .Symonds,  of  FiU:b- 
burg,  Mass. ;  in.  (2)  George  Hawkins,  of  Lunenburg,  Ma.ss. 

28.  Anrjie  M.,h.  17  August,  1841 ;  d.  29  October,  1871. 

29.  Georye  W.,h.  10  March,  1843;  d.  15  September,  1802. 

30.  WiLLiA.Ai  Howard  settled  in  Soiihegan  West  as  early 
as  1747.  His  wife,  Luey,  was  granted  £18  from  his  estate, 
17  December,  1793,  from  which  wc  infer  that  ho  d.  shortly 
before  that  time.     Of  their  children — 

31.  Ahiyail ;  m.  ^^'iliiam  Itcad  20  June,  1791;  d.  in  .\aslina  1'.  June, 
1852,  aged  81. 

32.  ^Jonathan;  m.  .Joanna  Kust. 

32.  Jonathan  Howard  m.  Jonnna  Rust.  He  was  a  nier- 
chant  in  Boston.     Their  childrrn  were — 

33.  William;  killed  by  a  fall  in  the  State  House  at  Boston. 

34.  Robert ;  drowned  at  Nahant  in  June,  1832. 

35.  Joanna.  37.    Caroline. 

30.  Mary  Ann.  38.   Ellen. 

41 


642  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

HUBBARD. 

1.  Amos  Hubbard,  b.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  13  December, 
1784,  d.  30  January,  1858;  m.  Mary  Walton,  daughter  of 
William  Hartshorn,  14  October,  1811.  She  was  b.  26  March, 
1785  ;  d.  20  July,  1868.  They  settled  in  Amherst  about 
1812.     Their  children  were — 

2.  ^7Hos,  b.  17  May,  1813';  m.  Nancy  King ;  went  to  Illinois  in  1837 ; 
d.  in  Ashton,  Lee  county,  111.,  25  February,  1883. 

3.  Eliza,  b.  24  December,  1814  ;  d.  6  February,  1835;  unmarried. 

4.  Mary  Frances,  b.  26  October,  1816 ;  m.  fHenry  Sanderson. 

5.  Nancy,  b.  8  November,  1818;  d.  4  March,  1847;  unmarried. 

6.  ^William  //.,  b.  9  November,  1818. 

7.  Lucy  M.,  b.  2  February,  1821 ;  m.  fCalvin  Dodge. 

8.  Sarah  T.,  b.  25  February,  1823 ;  res.  in  Manchester ;  unmarried. 

6.  William  H.  Hubbard,  b.  9  November,  1818 ;  m.  Betsey 
H.  Russell,  of  Marlborough,  Mass.,  29  November,  1849. 
They  res.  on  tlie  place  formerly  owned  by  his  father  and 
grand-father,  on  which  he  has  made  many  improvements. 
Tlieir  adopted  child — 

9.  ^Eugene  C,  was  b.  in  Boston  19  July,  1857. 

9.  Eugene  C.  Hubbard,  b.  in  Boston  19  July,  1857  ;  m. 
Addie  F.  Noycs  19  March,  1878.  She  was  b.  3  July,  1859; 
one  child — 

10.  Fred  William,  h.  17  January,  1880. 

HUTCHINSON. 

1.  Nathan  Hutchinson  was  b.  in  Salem  village  (iiow  Dan- 
vers), Mass. ;  baptized  10  February,  1717 ;  rem.  to  Bedford  in 
1784,  thence  to  Amherst;  d.  12  January,  1795;  m.  Rachel 
Stearns,  of  Billerica,  Mass.  She  was  b.  6  June,  1720. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  Sarnuel,  b.  in  Souhegan  West  in  1749  ;  m.  Mary  Wilkins ;  rem. 
to  Wilton. 

3.  ^Nathan,  b.  in  February,  1752. 

4.  ^Benjamin,  b.  9  June,  1754. 


XXIV.]  GENEAL0(;iK8.  d^ 

5.  7i/>f?ie;:er,  b.  10  September,  1750 ;  in.  Thtibo  Sawtell  '^  Fobni.-iry, 
1780;  settled  in  Kast  Wilton;  d.  ;J1  January,  1^31. 

G.  \ Burthohmew,  b.  in  1758. 

7.  Rachel, h.  10  May,  17()<!;  ni.  Daniel  Johnson;  A.  12  September, 
181-2. 

3.  Nathan  IluTCHiNSON,b.  in  >Soulic<i;aii  West  in  I'Vluiiary, 
1752  ;  d.iii  Milford  26  December,  1831 ;  m.  Rebecca, daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Rebecca  Pcabody,  in  1778.  She  was  b. 
2  January,  1752;  d.  25  February,  1820.  Their  children 
were — 

S.  Nnthau,  b.  2.j  April.  177!>;  in.  I.yilia  Jones  20  .\pril,  18  )7  :  .1.  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  12  September,  182:5. 

9.  Rebi'ccn  S.,h.  in  October,  17sl  ;  m.  Ndiemiali  Haywanl;  d.  in 
Maryland  9  September,  1850. 

10.  Jicuhen,  b.  9  September,  17^2;  in.  Liioy  Hnteliinson  7  Jnne,  18U4  ; 
d.  in  Milford  25  Auj>u.st,  18(31. 

11.  /m,  b.  in  1785;  d.  5  January,  183:5. 

12.  Olire,  b.  in  17S!» ;  m.  John  Wallace,  jr.,  in  18(i9;  d.  10 
April,  1828. 

13.  Jonas,  b.  2  Jim.',  1792;  in.  Nanoy  Wallace  5  June,  1815;  d.  13 
September,  18."i7. 

1 1.  Ahrl,  U.  8  August,  17!l.") ;  in.  IV-ts.-y  hartli-tt  22  January,  I^IO  ;  d. 
19  February,  1.^40. 

4.  I>i:n.iamin  Hutchinson,  b.  in  Souhegan  West  9  June, 
1754;  d.  in  Milford  12  September,  1832;  m.  Susannah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Rebecca  Peabody.  She  was  b.  4 
Novemlicr,  1755;  d.  23  August,  1834.  Their  children 
were — 

1.").  />V«/"""",  b.  .")  .\u^ust.  1777;  in.  .\/iibah  Taibi-ll.  <>l"  Ma-nn,  in 
November,  ISO.'J;  d.  in  Milbud  U  October,  ls57. 

10.   Sarah,  h.  10  March,  1779;  d.  9  November,  ls05. 

17.  Susannah,  h.  20  April.  1781;  d.  2  Augu.st,  17.s:5. 

18.  Luther,  b.  2  May,  1783;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Mear  2  May,  l809.  She 
d.  6  January,  18.')7;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Betsey  (Tay)  Crosby  12  Noveml)er, 
1857. 

19.  Etif/eui:,h.  11  .March.  17^5;  m.  Susan  Danforth  in  1812;  d.  in 
Milford  7  February,  1^51. 

20.  Calliope,  b.  7  April,  17^7;  d.  25  .September,  1818. 


644  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6.  Bartholomew  Hutchinson,  b.  in  1758 ;  d.  in  Milford 
23  September,  1841;  in.  Phebe  Haggett,  of  Andover,Mass., 
14  October,  1784.  She  Avas  b.  in  May,  1767  ;  d.  27  August, 
1849.     Their  children  were — 

21.  Jacob,  b.  5  February,  1785  ;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Burnham.  She  d.  18 
January,  1839 ;  m.  (2)  Esther  Whitney  in  June,  1839.  He  d.  23  March, 
1859. 

22.  Lucy,  b.  20  December,  1786 ;  m.  Reuben  Hutchinson  7  June, 
1804.     Slie  d.  15  July,  1858. 

23.  Alfred,  b.  27  August,  1788;  m.  Lydia  Foster  8  May,  1810. 

24.  Acachy,  b.  6  November,  1790 ;  m.  Jonathan  Buxton  in  March, 
1808;  d.  20  October,  1852. 

25.  Minerca,  b.  31  January,  1792;  m.  Samuel  Hem-y  in  1808;  d.  14 
June,  1831. 

26.  Nancy,  b.  19  May,  1794;  m.  Luther  Jones,  of  Milford,  in  1820; 
d.  11  October,  1821. 

27.  Augustus,  b.  25  July,  1796;  d.  in  1830. 

28.  Rlioda,  b.  2  July,  1798 ;  d.  20  March,  1822. 

29.  Alouh,  b.  25  January,  1800;  d.  6  July,  1826. 

30.  Myra,  b.  24  December,  1801 ;  m.  William  Darracott,  jr.,  19  Oc- 
tober, 1823;  d.3  December,  1837. 

31.  Eliza,  b.  4  October,  180J ;  m.  Holland  Hopkins  3  February, 
1823. 

32.  Auffustus,  b.  5  August,  1805;  m.  Adelaide  Smith  in  June,  1836  : 
d.  in  March,  1836. 

33.  Albert  S.,h.  8  December,  1807;  d.20  August,  1834. 

34.  Solomon  Hutchinson,  the  first  town-clerk  of  Amherst, 
resided  on  the  spot  wl:ere  Mrs.  Daniel  Hartshorn  now 
lives.  After  his  house  was  burnt  he  probably  rem. 
to  Pond  parish,  thence  to  Fayette,  Me.,  where  he  d. 
about  1815.  He  m.  Hannah  Putnam,  of  Danvers,  Mass., 
22  October,  1746.  She  was  b.  in  1726  ;  d.  in  1802.  They 
settled  in  Amherst  a  few  yeai-s  befoi'c  its  incorporation. 
Their  children  were — 

35.  Hannah,  b.  in  Danvers  in  1748;  m.  f  Moses  Barron. 

36.  Solomon,  h.  10  Noveml»er,  1750;  m.  Susan  Riddle,  of  Be<lford; 
d.  in  Fayette,  Me.,  about  182L     She  d.  5  November,  1841,  aged  82. 

37.  Ebenezer,  b.  22    March,  1753 ;     m.  Littlefield ;    rem.  to 

Mame,  thence  to  Ohio ;  d.  about  1828. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  »i45 

;5<S.  J.w,  I),  in  Amherst  17  Xoveml)er,  1759;  in.  Eunice  Davis  1  Au- 
gust, 1785;  d.  at  Fayette  3)  March,  1855,  aged  95. 

;{9.  Mehitahu\  h.  u\  \7(>0\  ni.  Cram;    d.  at    llillslioroii^h    in 

1799. 

40.  Klisha"  JIutchinson,u  liovulutionarv  sold kt,  was  1).  at 
Mifldleton,  Mass.,6  Dccombci',  1751 ;  d.  at  Milfurd  12  October, 
1800  ;  m.  Sarah  Buxton  10  November,  1772.  She  was  b.  at 
Middleton  in  1751  :  d.  in  February,  1828.  Thcv  settled  in 
Amherst  in  1779.  It  is  related  that,  after  Mr.  Ilutehinson 
settled  in  Amherst,  a  large  moose  one  day  made  its  ajjpear- 
ance  on  his  clearing.  Hutchinson  and  his  neighbors  pur- 
sued the  animal  wliicli  l)ounded  through  the  woods  with 
great  speed.  It  was  at  last  shot,  and  its  meat  divided 
among  its  captors.     Their  children  were — 

41.  Aitflrew,  ]).  1  Ft-liruarv,  1775 ;  m.  .Martha  Kaynicnt,  of  Hamilton, 
Mass.;  d.  at  Milford  22  October,  1.SG2. 

'i'2.  Jesse,  h.  in  Middleton  3  February,  177H;  ni.  Polly  Leavitt  7  Au- 
gust, 1800;  d.  in  Miliord  16  February,  1851.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  "  Hutchinson  Family"  of  singers,  of  the  "Tribe  of  Jesse." 

13.   Sm-nh  :  m.  "\Villi;im  Marvell. 

44.  James  l]uTCHJNsoN,.iR.,sonoi"  James, who wasmortally 
wounded  on  Bunker  Hill,  18  June,  1775,  was  b.  in  Amherst 
28  April,  1772 ;  m.  (1)  Ruth  Stiles  4  July,  1797  ;  m.  (2; 
Anna  Spalding  23  September,  1824;  settled  in  Wilton. 

45.  Asa  Hutchinso.x,  b.  17  November,  1759;  d.  in  Fay- 
ette, Me.,  27  June,  1848;  m.  Eunice  Davis  4  August,  1785. 
She  was  i).  18  May,  17G3  ;  d.  in  Fayette  30  March,  1855. 
They  rem.  to  Fayette  in  February,  171t9.  Their  children 
\vei"e — 

ttj.  L'w///'f(',  b.  10  October,  17S5;  m.  Daiiid  W.  Wliitlicr  •_'  April, 
ISO!) ;  resided  in  South  Chesterfield,  Me. 

17.  Mufji,  b.  13  Novemi'iT,  17S(;;  d.  in  \ViMlhn>]>.  Me.,  in  April, 
1839. 

48.  .l.>v/,  b.  8  July,  17SS;  m.  (1)  Betsey  Woodman  '21  February, 
1816.  She  d.  23  Ootnb..r,  18  53:  m.  (2)  Hannah  15.  T.-wksbury  ;  n- 
sided  in  Favette. 


646  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

49.  Hittie,  b.  16  October,  1789  ;  in.  John  Hankerson,  of  Madrid,  Me., 
in  1810. 

50.  Daniel,  b.  17  December,  1791;  m.  Achsah  Higgins;  d.  in  Octo- 
ber, 1833. 

51.  Ltilher,  d.  in  Fayette  in  December,  1815. 

52.  Joseph,  b.  12  August,  1794;  m.  Sarah  Waugh  in  1814;  resided 
in  Fayette. 

53.  Sarah,  b.  in  Fayette  16  July,  1800;  m.  Comfort  Smith  25  No- 
vember, 1828 ;  resided  in  Troy,  Me. 

54.  Fanny,  b.  29  May,  1833  ;  d.  the  same  year. 

55.  Hiram,  b.  20  May,  1806 ;  ra.  Abigail  B.  Chandler  18  March,  1829; 
resided  in  Burnham,  Me. 

56.  Abner  Hutchinson,  b.  in  Salem  village ;  baptized  6 
September,  1724 ;  d.  12  September,  1798 ;  m.  Elizabeth 
Phelps.  She  d.  in  October,  1801,  aged  71.  Their  children 
were — 

57.  Jonathan,  b.  5  March,  1761 ;  d.  27  January,  1788. 

58.  Elizabeth,  b.  25  July,  1765 ;  m.  Isaac  Bartlett,  of  Amherst,  in 
1791 ;  d.  4  February,  1846. 

JAQUITH. 

Isaac  Jaquith  d.  in  Amherst  2  October,  1789,  aged  47. 

Prudence,  widow  of  Isaac  Jaquith,  d.  8  May,  1832,  aged 
84. 

Asa  Jaquith,  son  of  Isaac  and  Prudence  Jaquith,  was  b. 
in  December,  1792;  d.  19  May,  1871;  m.  Mary  J.  Noycs  16 
September,  1822.  She  was  b.  in  November,  1806;  d.  12 
January,  1862.  They  resided  for  some  years  in  the  easterly 
part  of  Mont  Vernon,  afterward  in  the  southerly  part  of 
Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

Asa,  b.  23  August,  1823;  a  merchant  in  Nashua;  unmarried. 

Ehetiezer,  h.  4.  Ai^il,  1825;  m.  Ellen  J.  Underwood  26  December, 
1854;  d.  in  Nashua  6  May,  1870. 

Mary  Ann,  h.2Q  October,  1826;  m.  Calvin  B.  Dascomb  6  April. 
1854;  d.  in  Wilton  17  July,  1856. 

Almira,  b.  10  April,  18  53;  unmarried. 

Emetine,  b.  4  September,  1831;  d.  2  October,  1854. 


I 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  047 

JENKINS. 

1.  MiCAH  Jenkins,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.;  _m.  liotscj 
Mooar,  of  Milford,  in  1810.  She  was  b.  25  January,  1790; 
d.  in  1825.  TIicv  settled  on  the  farm  now  oci'u[)i«'d  by 
Henry  San  Icrson,  in  tlie  easterly  j»ait  of  Mont  Vernon. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  Os>nor€,h.3  December,  181 "»;  watchinak'>r ;  resideil  in  IMyiiiduth 
and  Boston,  Mass. 

3.  De.'wrnA,  b.  1:5  April,  1810;  in.  Jothain  ('lark:  res.  in  (Iranby. 
Mass. 

4.  Luther,  b.  'J7  August,  182 J;    m.  (1) Putnam,  of   R^'aibiiK, 

Mass. ;  m.  (2) Putnam  ;  res.  in  Ileatling. 

JEWETT. 

1.  Joseph  Jewett,  d.  4  May,  1702,  aged  40.  Phebe,  his 
widow,  d.  20  May,  1832,  aged  88.     Tiieir  children  were— 

2.  Joseph,  b.  10  May,  17G4. 

3.  Mnri/,  b.  16  May,  1708;  m.  William  Douglas  17  Jui..-,  1700. 

4.  jJosiah,  b.  in  1770. 

5.  Jeremiah,  h.  24  June,  1773;  m.  Kli/a  True!  28  January,  1706. 

6.  Jesse,  b.  3  June,  1775. 

7.  John,  h.  10  July,  17r0. 

8.  Joshua,  h.  14  August.  1782;  d.  at  Benton,  Me.,  ^  M;ucl.,  1802. 

4.  JosiAii  Jewett,  b.  in  1770;  d.  in  .Milfoni  21  April. 
1853;  ni.  Rebecca  Woods  1  Noveniltcr,  1706.  She  was  b. 
in  17t;0;  d.  17  April,  1842.  They  settled  in  Pond  parisli. 
After  tlic  death  of  his  wife,  Mr.  Jewett  rem.  to  Milford. 
Their  child rcMi  were — 

0.  Josiah,  h.  1  Seiitember,  1707;  d.  in  f'hnster,  Plinton  rounty,  O.. 
22  May,  1827. 

10.  Rebecca,h.  10  April,  1701;  m.  Alpheus  Nutting;  d.  in  llollis  7 
November,  1841). 

11.  Susannah,  h.  27  March,  1801  ;  m.  Ephraim  b.  Ilivrdy,  of  Hollin. 
in  May,  1828. 

12.  Fannij,  b.  22  February,  18  J3 ;  in.  Richard  I'aU'ih  in  .lamiiu-y, 
1825;  d.  in  IloUis  in  December,  1825. 


648  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

13.  Robert,  b.  in  December,  ISOi;  d.  in  Milford  16  November,  1865. 

14.  Nathan,  b.  30  October,  1836. 

15.  Parker,  b.  28  September,  18:)9. 

16.  Leonard,  b.  27  March,  1812;;  d.  13  April,  1822. 

17.  Joshua,  b.  22  August,  1814;  d.  in  Milford  in  May,  1849. 


A  blgnil  Jetvett,  wife  of  Nathan,  d.  in  August,  1831,  aged  26. 

David  Jewett  d.  13  March,  1820,  aged  32. 

John  Jewett  d.  3  July,  1837,  aged  34. 

Joshua  Jewett  d.  in  January,  1814. 

Susan,  widow  of  John  Jewett,  d.  22  June,  1866,  aged  71. 

JOHNSON. 

Joseph  F.  Johnson,  of  Milford,  and  Ann  Mary  Kidder, 
m.  ill  Hollis  14  June,  1857.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
eighth  regiment,  N.  H.  Vols.,  and  d.  at  Ship  Island,  Miss., 
27  May,  1862.  She  was  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  28  April,  1827, 
and  now  res.  in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

Nellie  Ann,  b.  16  October,  1858. 
Charles,  h.  27  November,  1861. 

John  Johnson  and  Mehitablc  Clark  were  m.  24  October, 
1816.     She  d.  in  June,  1818,  aged  29. 

JONES. 

Nathan  Jones  and  Elizabeth  Coburn  were  m.  in  Dracut, 
Mass.,  in  October,  1743.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Sarah  Coburn,  and  was  b.  24  June,  1724.  They  rem.  to 
Amherst,  now  Mont  Vernon, about  1760,  where  he  d.  in  Sep- 
tember, 1799.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  10  February,  1744;  m.  Matthew  Parker,  of  Litch- 
field, in  June,  1763.  Among  their  descendants  were  James  U.  and  Na- 
than Parker,  of  Manchester. 

2.  Thomas,  b.  20  March,  1746. 

3.  ^Nathan,  b.  25  February,  1748. 

4.  Rachel,  b.  25  September,  1750 ;  m.  Samuel  Durant,  of  Notting- 
ham West,  2  January,  1772;  d.  in  178G. 

n.   Peter,  h.  1  March,  1753;  d.  young. 


XXIV.]  (;enealo(7Ikh.  649 

(i.  yrimolhij,  1..  L'7  .Inly.  17').");  .1.  in  M:iy.  170:5;  in.  Kli/al.i-th  Ki-ii- 
. hick,  of  IIollLs,  l;}Juii«,  1782. 

7.  r/nnp.has,h.  Hi  Fchruary,  1758;  <1.  in  17!):);  m.  .Suriili  lliLln-th 
I')  ,lnnt',  1784;  four  children.     Alter  his  di-uth  she  in..Iainr'.s  .Smith. 

S.  Man/.  1).  -Jl  .\pril,  17011;  in.  Lfvi  Kimhall,  of  L:iii(1',m-ov.',  Vl. 
!).   ^/'rt,r,  I..  1(!  .luiic.  17i;-J;   m.  Hrts.-y  \Voi>.ll.nry. 

10.  /W///.  1>.  -Jl    M;inli,  17li.');   ni. DodLjc.of  N'.-w  H..>t..n. 

8.  Nathan  Jonks,  .11:..  1..  in  Dracut,  Mass.,  25  February, 
1748;  (I.  ill  Mont  Vcnion  f,  Xovcmlier,  1813;  m.  Ksther 
l)iittiT(ic'lil.  Tliev  scttlcfl  on  wliat.  lias  since  been  known  a.** 
tlic  McCollnni  jil:u;i'.  in  (he  north  pm-t  ol"  Anilicrsl,  now 
Mont  \'ernon.     Tiieir  cliildini  were — 

11.  nttsci/,  1).  -JU   .\\>r'i\,  1777;   in.  X;illian  Fnlln- -JS  iM-l.riiary,  Isl.'). 

12.  ])orc<is,  b.  22  Marcli,  177!t. 

13.  Doll;/,  1).  17  Oclohor,  17.S1. 
11.  S/ritih,  h.  1  OttoWr.  17s:i. 

1.").  WaJinn,  l>.  lU  July,  1787  ;  <1.  in  1820. 

IC.   IHinilii,  1..  21    May.  1700;   in.,Iain.>s  I'ilc-  7  .May.  1X12. 

1').  Xatiian  JoNf;s.  ;)(1J(.  lU  July,  1787  ;  d.  in  1820;  ni. 
Siiiali  naiKTot't.  After  liis  death  slie  rem.  to  IjeUeville, 
(Janada  West,  and  d.  there.  Her  remains  were  broujrht  to 
Mont  Vernon  and  l)Mried  near  those  of  hi^r  husband.  Their 
chihiren  were — 

17.  \'illi(ni,  \lh  ;   if.s.  in  Iielli'\  ill.-. 

18.  'rhnothy. 
1!).   Ailnms. 

20.  Siinih  :  III.  .Ifthn  H.  XnttiT:   n-s.  in  Montn-al,  Canaila. 

G.  'I'lMOTFiY  Jones,  b.  27  .Inly,  1755  ;  d.  in  Amherst  in  tlie 
s|)rinir  of  17'.t3;  m.  Elizabeth,  dan«rhter  of  Daniel  Kendriek, 
of  llollis,  13  June,  17H2,  and  settled  on  the  farm  west  of 
\V.  II.  liubliai'd's,  now  uc«-ii]ii('d  by  (Miarlts  II.  nuniiiaiii, 
whore  he  died.  After  his  deeease  his  widow  m.  Andrew 
Ijeavitt.     She  d.  in  May,  1818.     Their  ehildren  wen — 

21.  Jit/iit  ;  in.  and  scttli-d  in  Xew  Hoslon.  wlu-ic  In-  dieil. 

22.  Punrrn;  d.  at  sea;  never  inarrit'il. 

2;?.  />V7,sy//,- in.  Edmund  Batchold'r;  settled  in  Laiidi,n<>v.'.  Vi.;  d.  in 
I'erii.  Vt.,!»  July,  1869.  aged  S3  years  and  :]  montiis. 


650  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

24.  Rachel ;  m.  Eben  Batchelder  30  June,  1811 ;  d.  in  Amherst  9  Jan- 
uary, 1863,  aged  76. 

25.  Hannah^a.s  insane  many  years,  andd.  at  the  Asyhim  for  the  In- 
sane in  Concord  12  August,  1847,  aged  55. 

26.  i  Timothy,  b.  28  July,  1793. 

26.  Timothy  Jones,  JR., b.  in  Amherst  28  July,  1793;  d. 
24  June,  1882  ;  m.  (1)  Sophia,  daugliter  of  Reuben  Stearns, 
18  December,  1821.  She  d.  7  July,  1830,  aged  26  ;  m.  (2) 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Alexander  Carr,  in  1863.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

27.  Abigail  P.,h.  ^IMareh,  1823;  m.  George  W.  Currier;  res.  in 
Manchester. 

28.  Kendrick  Leavitf,  b.  18  June,  1826 ;  d.  1  June,  1833. 

29.  Mary  J.,  b.  16  April,  1828;  m.  John  J.  Boynton;  res.  in  Clinton, 
Mass. 

30.  Nancy  P.,h.  7  December,  1829;  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  20  August, 
1847. 

9.  Peter  Jones,  b.  9  September,  1762;  d.  11  October, 
1842;  m.  Betsey, daughter  of  Peter  Woodbury,  5  June,  1787. 
She  was  an  aunt  of  Judge  Levi  Woodbury,  and  was  b.  9 
February,  1770;  d.  3  April, 1843.  They  settled  on  the  farm 
occupied  by  his  father,  but  rem.  thence  to  Amherst  in  the 
spring  of  1825.     Their  children  were — 

31.  Mahala,  h.  in  1788;  m.  Mark  D.  Perkins  in  February,  1809;  d. 
in  Mont  Vernon  24  June,  1843. 

32.  1;Len,  b.  9  January,  1790. 

33.  Hannah,  b.  20  November,  1793 ;  m.  Capt.  William  Bruce  1  De- 
cember, 1S14;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  18  July,  1870. 

34.  Peter  W.,  b.  19  June,  1795  ;  d.  4  June,  1797. 

32.  CoL.  Levi  Jones,  b.  9  January,  1790  ;  d.  11  October, 
1858 ;  m.  Sophia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gilmore,  11  June, 
1815.  She  was  a  great-grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Wil- 
kins,  and  a  cousin  of  Gen.  John  Adams  Dix,  of  New  York; 
b.  27  January,  1796  ;  d.  13  April,  1875.  They  settled  at 
first  on  the  Jones  homestead,  in  Mont  Vernon,  but  rem.  to 
Amherst  in  1825.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  661 

35.  Peter  Wuodlurtj,  h.  30  March,  1817;    m.  Cj-nthia   .Marland    li 
November,  1841.     She  d.  20  September,  1870,  aged  50;  no  children. 
3G.  Nancy  H.,  b.  2  February,  181!» ;  d.  in  August,  1826. 

37.  Mnnj  Z., b.  13  June,  1821;  m.  Elbridge  F.  Perkins  31  January, 
18.'>1;  res.  in  East  Wilton. 

38.  Ahbij  D.,h.  2!)  April,  1823  ;  ni.  Jauifs  II.  Parmelee,  of  New  York, 
in  January,  1818;  d.  in  Manchester  24  January,  18S1. 

39.  O'eorye  W.,h.  2  February,  182.5;  was  one  of  the  city  otiicers  in 
Lowell,  Mass.;  d.  in  Amherst  7  September,  1851 ;  unmarried. 

40.  T/kuikix,  h.  ■]  February,  1827  ;  unmarried. 

41.  Nunry  /?.,  b.  18  January,  1S2!);    d.  in    Lowell,  Mass.,  20  April, 
181:5. 

42.  Cfuirtts  F.,h.  12  March,  l.s31 ;  d.  10  October,  1810. 

43.  Harriet  N.,h.  15  January,  1833;    m.  Dr.  William   E.  Rogers,  of 
Westborou'Th,  Mass.,  4  March,  1801. 

41.  JniK  M.  IK.,1).  3  Aj-ril.  1.S3-);  m.  D.ivid  R.  Brant,  of   IJrooklyt*. 
N.  Y.,14  October.  18.')G. 

45.  Aimlln  Frances,  b.  3  May,  1^37  ;  d.  10  OctoVjer,  1840. 
4(1.  Daniel  6'.,  b.  3  Auj;iist.  1.S39;  d.  in  August,  1840. 

47.  William  Jones  was  a  resident  in  town  in  17G0.  He 
seems  to  liave  resided  in  the  south-west  part  of  the  town, 
near  Lyndeborongh.  The  ehildren  of  William  and  Rebecca 
Jones  wore — 

48.  .lonalh'in,  b.  5   Dcccnilicr.  1701. 
40.  Joel. 

50.  Lydia,  b.  J2  February,  17<i(i. 

51.  Etizniieth  Russell,  ),     „,,    ,      .,    ,_„, 

52.  Ahiynil  Waters,      )  ' 

53.  C.\LKH  Jones  and  his  wife  fJeborah  resided  in  Monson, 
in  17<)9.  Ilis  name  appears  on  a  petition  from  tiiat  town, 
presented  that  year,  ndalive  to  the  division  of  the  prov- 
ince into  counties.  He  d.  in  Milford  l<i  April,  180,5.  ajred 
79.      His  children,  as  named  in  his  will,  were — 

51.  Zadoik,  b.  3  .Inly,  1773.  .'57.  Joshiui. 

55.  Sarah.  58.   Caleb. 

T)id.    Deborah. 


652  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

KEARNEY. 

Thomas  Kearney,  a  native  of  Ireland,  driven  from  that 
country  in  the  time  of  the  rebellion,  settled  on  the  place 
formerly  occupied  by  Mr.  Swinniugton,  near  the  great  pond. 
He  was  a  noted  peddler,  carrying  his  goods  over  the  country 
in  a  wagon,  and  attending  all  the  musters,  trainings,  and 
other  gatherings  of  the  people.  He  was  Avidely  known  and 
highly  esteemed.  He  d.  2  November,  1854,  aged  75.  Nancy, 
his  widow,  d.  in  Milford  27  April,  1856,  aged  79.  Their 
children  were — 

Thomas. 

John  F. 

Charles  Matthew ;  d.  5  April,  1837,  aged  18. 

James  L.:  d.  21  January,  1821,  aged  8  months. 

Sarah  Ann;  m.  Samuel  C.  Moore;  d.  5  February,  IS.'iO,  aged  42. 

Rose. 

KEIFF. 

Michael  Keiff  seems  to  liave  come  to  Amherst  from 
Londonderry.  His  name  is  found  among  the  soldiers  from 
Amherst  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  After  being  convicted 
of  burning  Mr.  Atherton's  barns  he  committed  suicide,  in 
jail,  14  May,  1790.  His  widow  survived  him  many  years, 
and  d.  on  the  town  farm  4  September,  1841,  aged  97.  Their 
children  left  town  many  years  since. 

KENDALL. 

1.  Capt.  Nathan  Kendall  removed  from  Litchfield 
to  Souhegan  West  sometime  between  1747  and  1754.  He 
settled  on  a  lot  near  Souhegan  river,  which,  under  his  care, 
became  an  excellent  farm.  He  was  b.  in  1726  ;  d.  10  No- 
vember, 1791;  m.  Rebecca  Colburn,  of  Merrimack,  in  1753. 
She  d.  in  Antrim  in  1818,  aged  88.     Tiieir  children  were — 

•2.  ]Nathan,  b.  28  July,  175.5. 


XXIV.]  (;knkalo(;iks.  6oa 

."{.  Jus/iua,     1>.    9    S»ii>t«'inbt'r,     lloH;    m.    Howard ;    n-s.    in 

IIillsl>oroii<;h;  <1.  in  1823;   four  children — 

1.  Rachel.  3.  Sally. 

■_'.  ()liv<\  1.  Joshua. 

•1.    Jii  f/ifC(t,  \>.  \)   Sejiteiiiliei-,  ITlio;    III.  t'loh"  Seafoii,  jr. 

5.  Jess€,h.  S  July,  176!?;  ni.  Polly  Kendall  IH  .\])ril,  17!tl:  .1.  in 
Hillsh()rou'L;h  in  Octolmr.  lSu'5;   four  children — 

1.   Xatliaii.  :>.  Converse. 

•J.   Kiiiily.  1.   .Mary. 

6.  Thiii>lhii,\\.\  .\u,n;nst,  177(»;  ni.  E.sther  I'ierce  Walker  2G  f)cto- 
ber,  17!)4.  •'^he  was  a  sister  of  (ten.  IJenjamin  Pierce.  He  d.  in  So- 
ciety Land  II  .Vpril,  1S27.  She  il.  in  .\ntriin  1.")  Xoveiiil>er.  182G,  aged 
61  years;   live  children — 

1.  Indiana    Emerson,   I),   in    .Vniherst  "Jl    Deciiniber,  17!»."j;    ni. 

Janie.s  Jameson  ;  d.  in  Lowell,  ALiss.,  14  December,  1847. 

2.  Tiniotliy  Conver.se,  b.  1  June,  1797;  .settled  in  Boston,  Ma.ss., 

and  d.  there  in  December,  1S(5(). 
•S.  Converse ;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Rebecca  S..  b.  in  Seiiteinl)er,  l>iOl  ;  in.  Jonatiian  15.  Warren. 

a  cousin  to  Gen.  X.  P.  Banks;  d.  9  September,  ls(is. 

5.  Elizabeth  Pierce,  b.  in  June,  18)3;  m.  Gen.  Israel  Hun),  jr..  of 

Xa.shua;  d.  in  January,  1837. 

7.  yrhwhhus.  b.  2  .\ii-iist.  1772. 

8.  John  Cnl/nirn.  b.  2!»  .Vnnust,  1771;  ni.  (1)  .Martha  Dodi^e  23 
August,  179!».  She  d.  1(»  June,  isOl;  m.  (2)  Martha  O.  Chandler; 
seven  cliildic'ii. 

2.  Nathan  Kkndall,  .iit..  ii.  in  Soulioiraii  West  -Js  July, 
1755;  (1.  lit  llill.sl)(.n)ii,uh  11  Au^uust,  1S46.  wird  lU  ;  m. 
Sarah  Kcndrick.Dl"  Amlicr.st.  in  .J;mu:iry.  IT"*.*.  She  \v;i.s  li. 
in  MoiisoiK  2'.i  AuLiust.  175'.' :  d.  15  July.  Is  11 .  'I'hcir  cliil- 
drcn  were — 

!l.  Siirti/i  ll>irrlsj<.0  April,  17^1  ;  <1.  .it  ( ...tl-iow  ii  7  .May.  lMi.'>; 
unnuuried. 

10.  Aiiim  PIfinr,  b.  17  July,  17^7;  ni.  Ira  C  Wilkins.  of  .Mont  Ver- 
non, 11  July,  LSI.");  d.  at  Burlington,  Ohio,  Ki  July.  Is  19. 

11.  Rebecca;  d.  28  June,  1790,  aged  7  years. 

12.  Ahiffdit ;  d.  10  June,  1796,  aged  3  years. 

13.  Lxici/,  b.  13  December,  1796;  m.  flsaac  Spalding,  of  Xashua. 


654  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

14.  Nathan,  b.  27  March,  1799 ;  in.  Susan  Wilson,  of  New  Ipswich, 
13  November,  1839;  d.  at  Nashua  SSeptember,  1842. 

15.  Catherine,  b.  12  May,  1801 ;  m.  David  Steele,  of  Hillsborough, 
1  November,  1838;  res.  in  Nashua. 

16.  Abigail  Brooks,  b.  4  February,  1805;  ni.  Leonard  M.  Kimball,  of 
Hillsborough,  15  March,  1832;  d.7  April,  1851. 

7.  Capt.  Thaddeus  Kendall,  son  of  Nathan  and  Rebecca 
Kendall,  was  b.  in  Amherst  2  August,  1772;  m.  (1)  Catha- 
rine Fletcher,  daughter  of  Robert  Fletcher,  Esq., 25  Septem- 
ber, 1800.  She  d.  27  April,  1801,  aged  22;  m.  (2)  Abigail 
Wilkins,  daughter  of  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  13  November, 
1808.  She  was  b.  30  April,  1773 ;  d.  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  27  Sep- 
tember, 1853.  He  settled  in  Mont  Vernon  where  he  was  a 
merchant  several  years.  While  there  he  was  interested  in 
the  militia,  and  under  his  leadership  and  instruction  the 
North  West  Parish  (or  Mont  Vernon)  Company  became  one 
of  the  best  in  the  old  5th  Regiment.  Leaving  Mont  Ver- 
non he  settled  in  Vergennes,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  Their  chil- 
dren Avere — 

.  17.  George  Wilkins,  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  22  August,  1809  ;  d.  at  Post 
Oak  Springs,  Texas,  22  October,  1807 ;  the  well-known  founder  and 
conductor  of  the  New  Orleans  Picayune. 

18.  Thaddeus  Richmond ;  res.  in  Mobile,  Ala. 

19.  Catherine;  m. Rix;  res.  in  Alabama. 

20.  Dea.  Jacob  Kendall  was  b.  in  Litchfield  in  1758;  d. 
in  Mont  Vernon  3  June,  1823  ;  m.  Sarah  Lamson,  of  Am- 
herst, 25  June,  1782.  She  was  b.  20  March,  1761;  d.  10 
August,  1847.  They  removed  from  Litchfield  to  Amherst 
about  1783.     Their  children  were — 

21.  Amos,  b.  in  1782;  d.  in  New  Boston  12  January,  1859. 

22.  Surah,  b.  17  January,  1784;  m.  (1)  fSinieon  Flint  20  August, 
1804;  m.  (2)  t  Aaron  Wilkins  16  September,  1824 ;  d.  14  September, 
1861. 

23.  Jacoh,  b.  15  April,  1785. 

24.  Elizabeth,  b.  11  August,  1788. 

25.  Jonathan,  b.  11  August,  1791 ;  m.  Phebe  Flint  7  December,  1815 ; 
d.  24  October,  1859. 

26.  Josiah,  b.  21  January,  1797. 


XXIV.]  (JENEALO(;iK.S.  055 

•27.  Danikl  Kkndall,  1).  ill  Litclilicld  18  Jiuuiary,  1700-, 
d.  in  Mont  Vcnioii  17  Autjust,  1830  ;  m.  Sui'iili  Lovcjoy  14 
Ft'l)niarv,  178G.  She  was  h.  6  May,  17G2 ;  d.  14  Aiit;tist, 
1S47.  Thoy  settled  in  Amlierst  in  1785.  'riicir  diildiitn 
were — 

2S.  /M;hW,  1). -il!  October,  17-^!);  in.  Drhorali  15;Utl.-s;  .1.31  .Viigu.st, 
1870. 

29.  Mary,  h.  .i  June,  1792  ;  <1.  .i  XuvcmiIht.  lsl:j. 

30.  Sarah,  h.  26  July,  1794;  in.  Jr)hii  Ikittles ;  .1.  U  .Manli,  1H.'»8. 

31.  Nathan,  b.  in  1790;  d.  in  Aunnst,  17!<8. 

32.  Alice,  b.  1  August,  1800;  in.  Reuben  K.  Batcheider ;  d.  26  June, 
IS  in. 

33.  Ziicrhcus  N.,h.  2  June,  1803. 

31.  Ini,  1).  9  January,  180.');  in.  Cjreiie  Batcheider  in  May,  1832;  d. 
20  March,  1803. 

KENNEY. 

Miss  Eliza  Kenney,  daui;htcr  of  Simeon  Kcnncy,  Esq.,of 
Merrimack,  d.  at  the  residence  of  Luther  Melcndy,  in  .Vni- 
lierst.  10  Fehrnary,  1878,  a<^ed  t57  years. 

KENRICK— KENDRICK. 

I.  John  IvKNiticK,  1).  in  England  in  lt»i)5.  was  in  lioston, 
Mass., as  early  as  1639.  lie  was  then  a  memh(>r  of  the 
chnreh,  and  took  the  freeman's  oath  in  1040.  In  1058  ho 
purchased  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  hmd  in  Cambridge 
village,  near  Charles  river,  on  which  he  seem.n  to  have  set- 
tled. His  first  wife,  Anna,  d.  in  Boston  in  November,  1050. 
His  second  wife,  Judith, d.  in  Koxl)ury,  Mass.,  213  August, 
10S7.     He  d.  29  August,  168i;. 

II.  John  Kenrick,  his  son,  li.  in  Boston  8  Octol)er,  lOH, 
became  a  resident  of  Cambridge  village,  now  Newton,  Mass., 
1  March,  10)59.  He  visited  England  in  1G77  and  returned 
the  following  year.  He  m.  Esther  Hall  28  October,  1078; 
she  d.  14  September,  1723,  aged  about  70  years.     He  d.  80 


656  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

September,  1721,  and  was  buried  on  his  eightieth  birth-day. 
They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  of  whom — 

III.  1.  Caleb  KENRiCK,b.  in  Newton  8  March,  1694;  m. 
Abigail  Buwen,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  14  September,  1721,  and 
d,  31  March,  1771.  She  d.  in  Groton,  Mass.,  16  September, 
1775.     They  settled  in  Newton.     Their  children  were — 

2.  John,  b.  8  August,  1722;  ui.  Auua  Dana;  settled  in  Newton;  d. 
in  180.3. 

3.  ^Benjamin,  b.  30  January,  1723-24. 

4.  Esther,  b.  26  April,  1728;  m.  Joseph  Mayo,  of  Roxbury,  Mass., 
who  was  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  war.     She  d.  26  May,  1775. 

5.  Abigail,  b.  28  March,  1729;  m.  Benjamin  Adams,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1747:  d.  17  January,  1763. 

6.  Sarah,  b.  4  May,  1731 ;  m.  Jolni  Fillebrown,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
1753. 

7.  Cakh,  b.  28  October,  1733;  d.  16  February,  1730. 

8.  i)««/e/,b.  4  October,  1735;  m.  Hannah  Harris ;  settled  in  HoUis. 

9.  Caleb,  b.  29  January,  173!» ;  m.  Elizabeth  Parker,  of  Roxbury, 
10  February,  1774;  settled  on  the  homestead;  d.  in  180S. 

10.  Anna,  b.  30  April,  1742  ;  m.  f  Rev.  Samuel  Dana,  of  Groton,  Mass., 
afterward  of  Amherst. 

IV.  3.  Benjamin  Kenrick,  b.  in  NcAvton  30  January, 
1723-24;  m.  Sarah  Harris,  of  Hollis,  1  March,  1750;  set- 
tled in  Monson  in  1749;  became  a  citizen  of  Amherst  in  Sep- 
tember, 1770 ;  d.  13  November,  1812.  His  widow  d.  27  May, 
1818,  nged  87.  They  resided  on  what  is  now  the  pauper 
farm  in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

11.  ^4  son,  b.  in  1750 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

12.  A  daughter,  b.  in  1752 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

13.  ^Stephen,  b.  13  January,  1756. 

14.  Sarah,  b.  29  August,  1758;  m.  fN'athau  Kendall,  jr. 

15.  Abigail,  b.  8  August,  1704;  m.f  Isaac  Brooks,  Esq. 

16.  Anna,  b.  30  October,  1763;  ni.  Gen.  Bsnjamin  Pierce,  of  Hills- 
borough, 1  February,  1790.  She  d.  7  December,  1838.  They  were  the 
parents  of  President  Franklin  Pierce. 

V.  13.  Stephen  Kendrick,  b.  13  January,  1756;  d.  7 
June,1811;  m.  Sarah  Shepard;  she  was  b.  17  October,  1757, 


XXIV.]  (;KNivM.of;iKs.  K67 

aiul  (I.  in  Septcinlicr.  I.s4<>.      Attei-  his  (l(;r,«!}i.M^  slif   ir»    hca. 
.Toliii  Hartshorn.     Thcii-  chiidifn  were — 

17.   ^Benjamin.  1).  27   Sfptfiiilifr,  177!'. 

IH.  Sanili,  1'.  :5  Xovi'iiiluT,  17^1  ;  iii.,l(iliii  ( 'niiaiil,  of  Mirriiniuk,  li7 
Aiij^nist.  181.'). 

l!i.  S„/>lii(i.  1«.  .")  Fcliniaiv.  17^1  ;  in.  Daiiii'l  Mack,  of  I5.'.|fur.r;  «l.  I'i 
-Mari'li,  1.S7J. 

20.  ./oA/J,  I).  ;5(»  Dffcmlicr,  17S.') :  inani.'il ;  d.  in  lioslon.  M;lsm.,  iii 
()ctol)or,  ls:n. 

21.  Shjihrn.  1..  -2  .Iiuif.  17.SS:  (1.7  .Vi-ril,  17S!(. 

22.  Slcp/ifit.  1..  ti  Jaiiuarv,  17!)lt:  ni.  (1)  Mary  Hinl;  sin;  <1.  ,U  .Aiij^'iist, 
1825;  in.  (2)  Asmatli  Clianillcr,  of  Ilr.lfonl.  2"^  Xov.Mnb.T,  182»i;  .1.  in 
Xa.slma  2:5  ()ctol)er,  LS'iS. 

2;{.  h'lir/,,!  S.,h.  3f)  January,  17!i:J:  m.  Dr.  .Mosos  Kidilor,  of  l)iil>hii. 
in  January,  1815:  roin.  to  .\shliy.  Mass. ;  afterwanl  to  I^owrtll,  Mass. : 
Hitjht' children. 

21.   M//1/V/.  b.  in  January,  17!)'):  d.  -!  fh-tol.T,  18).l. 

25.  CnlpAh.lT  Au.i;ust,  ITf):) :  m.  Sally  CliandJ.'r,  of  15 'dlord,  in 
Dt'ceniher,  1820:  d.  7  Septeniber,  18:52. 

2«>.  liu/us,h.  18  June,  1708;  m.  Ilaunali  Chaudkr,  of  Bfdfonl.  is 
l)(c.inb.T.  ls25:   d.  in  Manchestfr  20  Soptfnil)cr,  1878. 

VI.  IT.  nKN.iAMiN  Kknuukk,  h.  'II  So])teml)cr,  1779;  0. 
7  Deeemher,  iSoo;  m.  Rel)oeea  Danftn'th  24  Scptoniltei'. 
1807:  she  was  h.  1   May,  17H9:  d.  20  March,  \H5^.     Their 

children  were — 

28.  /i'ei«?'VY;,  1..  2:5  January.  IslJ;   m.  fJoIni  ( )l><'r,  jr. 

29.  John,  b.  20  January.  Isll  :  d.2il  July,  ISIO. 

30.  Jo'in,  b.  10  Decvniber.  Islii;  d.  al  Dorchester,  Mass..  bJ  NHvi-ui- 
bf>r,  1S71. 

31.  Sop/,1.1  .U..b.   1    .March.  IM'.i;   m.  (i -v  li.  Cusliiii-    10    Di'cuii- 

ber,  1813;  <1.  at  Hudson  City,  N.  J..  7  April.  1  sfjs. 

32.  Ihnjwniii,  b.  21  December,  18J0. 

33.  A'm/«.s-,  b.  27  March,  1S22. 

31.  Fniidlin  Pierce,  b.  2S  July.  1825;  d.  5  June,  ISl'.S. 

35.  Rarlirl  A.,h.  '2i  November,  1S27;  m.  Henjamin  V.  DaMfoilb  iu 
.Fanuary,  184<»;  d.  at  Nashua  15  July.  1.S70. 

3(i.  Nnro/*  P.,  b.  11  October,  183(1;  m.  Kllery  ('.('lark  JS  KcLiujirv. 
1861  ;  d.  at  Pepperell,  Mass.,  12  November,  1866. 

.37.   If.nr;/  /'..  b.  21  May.  1^31:  d.  at  Allston.  Mass.,:'.  .biu-.  l>7-<:. 

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658  HISTORY    OF    AMHRRST.  [Chap. 

KENT. 

I.  Amos  Kent,  b.  on  Kent's  Island,  Newbury,  Mass.,  16 
October,  1774;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1795  ;  d. 
in  Chester  18  June,  1824;  m.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Joshua  Atherton,  27  November,  1799.  She  was  b.  22  Octo- 
ber, 1775;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  7  February,  1860.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  the  law  at  Chester,  and  was  sen- 
ator from  District  No.  3  in  1814  and  1815.  Their  children 
were — 

2.  Charles,  b.  1  January,  IbiOl. 

3.  Abigail,  b.  27  August,  1802;  in.  Hobert  Means,  jr.,  28  October, 
1834 ;  d.  3  August,  1857. 

4.  Mart/  Mason,  h.  25  February,  1804. 

5.  Philip,  h.  30  August,  1805;  lost  at  sea  in  1824. 
().  Joshua,  1).  13  March,  1807;  d.  in  1809. 

7.  Frances,  h.  21  April,  1809 ;  d.  in  1853. 

8.  Amos,  b.  14  May,  1811. 

9.  \  George,  b.  12  April,  1813. 

10.   Frederick,  b.  22  November,  1814;  d.  in  1864. 

9.  George  Kent,  b.  in  Chester  12  April,  1813;  m.  Lucre- 
tia  Barnard  3  June,  1844.  She  was  b.  8  August,  1814.  They 
are  l»oth  graduates  from  the  American  Asylum  for  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb,  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  reside  in  the  old  Means 
mansion  houses,  on  Amherst  Plain.  He  is  the  champion  trout 
tisherman  of  the  county.     One  child — 

II.  Anrw,  b.  17  February,  18.)2. 

KIDDER. 

1.  WiLLiAM  L.  Kidder,  b.  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  13  April 
1775  ;  m.  Nabby  Jenkins,  of  Andover,  19  November,  1798. 
Settled  in  Amherst,  now  Mont  Vernon.  Their  children 
were — 

2.  t  William  Lambert,  b.  4  .July,  1800. 

3.  Nancy;  ni.  Amos  Batchelder;  d.  in  Goffstown. 

4.  Matiala  ;  m.  Ambrose  Smith;  d.  in  Gotfstown. 


X  X 1  \' .  j  C  KN  K A  LO< :  I KS.  *\.'t{) 

.').   Frnnris  :   in.  Sii.smi   Kichardsou  ;  <1.  in  Miuit  VoniDii. 

U.   Cfiarlrs:    in. (Inwiiii,';   res.  in  North  Kfjidiii),'.  Mass. 

•J.  William  Lvmbi:ut  K  iddkk,  .iic,  li.  4  .IiiI\  ,  Isoo  ;  ,1.  ii, 
Amlicrst  29  Scpteinlit-r.  IS'IO;  in.  .M;ii\  .June  liidianlsoii 
2.")  A|.ril,  iH'itl.  She  \v;is  I).  li»  April.  Isot'. :  d.  in  Anilifist 
27  Autriist,  18S0.     Tlicii"  cliildiMMi  wore — 

7.    Ann  Marii.  1).  "JS  April,  L^i'T :   in.  t'''>>'l'li  I"  •  .I'llmsoii. 
s.   Mnrii.lnii,,  !..  1(»  .\Iairli.  ls:3(J;  tl.  !>  April.  l.S;i(J. 
1>.    Williiiiii  Ifenri/,  \>.  '_'_'  .Iniit',  1>>;]7 ;   in.  .M>l'y  Hnrse,  of  .'>lia|>l»Mj;li, 
.\I.'.._'il  Xoveniber,  1H()8;  is  a  machinist;  n-s.  in  Great  Falls. 

111.  .liif/mr  Jarks'iii,  h. 'J')  .May.  l^lO;  in.  KatY  (Jrt'ciilt.-af :  is  a  far- 
niii' ;   rt's.  in  Ilmlson. 

11.  J'^iiiinn  Ciirolinr,],.  :]\  Ani^n-t,  ISlJ;  m.  W.  11.  smith  21  .\ii- 
L;nst,  ISCd. 

lii.  .  I //■/.</,  l..L'_' .\pril.  ISIT:  .1.  at  i'n.vi.l.-iio'.  U.  I.,  17  An-iist,  187.')  : 
uninarricij. 

ll].  Danikl  RiDDKU  m.  Kli/alaitli  Mflrmly  "Ji'  Xovciultcr, 
17.S1.     Their  children  were — 

14.  Betsey,  b.  25  XovcniliiT,  17s>-'. 

lo.  D(tni<l,  h.  in   Mairh.  178.'>. 

1(1.  lutnini.  1).  10   .March,  17^7. 

17.  Niinrii,  ll.  7  Mardi,  17.^0. 

18.  Snsuuiiiih,  1..  13  ()ctol»«r,  17!)1. 
IJI.  H/ihraliii.  ii.  Id  .(aniiary.  17  •  I. 

li'i.  .l()>L\ii  Kii'DLii  ;i;id  I  Liiiiiah  X»'viiis,(»r  Ilullis  :  m.  1'.' 
hcreiiil.rr,  l.SOH.  lie  d.  "Js  May,  1849,  aj^'ed  7U.  Ilaiiiiali, 
his  widow,  d.  ill  Nashua  4  Si'ptfinlier,  l>(r)*J.  aged  7;}.  Their 
child  — 

•_'l.    .U/V.//M/./.  wa-   1..:;    l-Cl.ruarv.  ISII. 


Stimjistiii  K'nlihr  ll.  L'-'i  December,  1>>'V1,  :u^e4  70. 
Jam,  widow  of  Sampson  Kidder,  d.  4  October,  IStO,  a^ed  70. 
Elhan  .1.  Kiililfi;  their  .son,  d.  21  June,  18  5:5,  ajjed  'Jl. 
/9e/jVi,  daughter  of  Samp.son   Kidder,  and  wife  of  Simeon  Wil.son,  d. 
in  Merrimack  17  July,  1H(51,  aged  .')(>. 
/.v.j.jc  KiHil.r,  d.  in  ISUl. 


660  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

KIMBALL. 

1.  Ebenezer  Kimball,  b.  in  Wenham,  Mass.,  in  1740;  d. 
17  February,  1821  ;  m.  (1)  Miss  Waldron  ;  m.  (2)  Elizabeth 
Fuller.  She  was  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  22  April,  1734;  d. 
2  October,  1822.  lie  was  a  cabinet  maker,  and  carried  on 
the  business  after  he  came  to  Amherst.  He  settled  in  town 
a  few  years  after  the  close  of  tl\e  war  for  independence. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  Ebenezer  (by  his  first  wife),  b.  in  1763;  ni.  Polly  Aiken,  the  first 
child  b.  of  English  parents  in  Antrim.  They  resided  in  Antri  m,  Lynde. 
borough  and  New  Chester,  now  Hill,  in  which  last  place  he  d.  in 
1835.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Ruth  AValdron,  b.  in  179o ;  rn.  George  W.  Crockett,  of  Boston, 

]\Jass. 

2.  Tirzah,  b.  in  1800;  m.  Rev.  A.  W.  Burnham,  of  Rindge. 

•i.  Gilnran,  b.  in  1804 ;  a  distinguished  physician  ;  res.  in  Lowell, 
Mass.     . 

4.  ^lary,  b.  5  July,  1807;    ni.  (1)  Dr.  John  L.  Sanborn;  settled 

in  Alabama ;  m.  (2)  Mr.  Carroll ;  is  now  living  in  Mattapoi- 
sett,  Mass. 

5.  Caroline,  b.  1  August,  1809  ;  m.  George  E.  Sherman,  of  Hill ; 

rem.  to  Mississippi ;  is  now  living  in  Mattapoisett. 

3.  Betsei/,  m.  James  Wallace,  of  Milford,  19  September,  1786. 

4.  Abigail,  m.  Dr.  Robert  Fuller,  of  Milford. 

5.  Jncob.  b.  in  1768;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1788;  fitted 
for  the  ministry,  but  abandoned  theology  and  engaged  in  farming ;  m. 
Betsey  Kimball  4  June,  1818.  He  d.  1  .\ugust,  1849.  She  d.  4  April, 
1875,  aged  87;  no  childi'en. 

6.  Me/iitable  :  married  and  settL'd  in  Xcw  Boston. 

7.  Salli/. 

8.  Abraham:  settled  in  one  of  the  southern  states  and  d.  there. 

9.  Holton ;  m.  Lydia  Swett;  settled  in  Amherst;  a  shoemaker  and 
farmer;  d.  2  November,  1838,  aged  63. 

Children  of  Moses,  .tr.,  and  Mary  Kimball — 

10.  Darid,  b.  13  August,  1784.       12.  Levi,  b.  22  April,  1788. 

11.  M^rw.s-,  b.  3  May,  1786.  13.  Polly,  b.  10  October,  1789. 


XXI  V^]  <;knkal«h;iks.  661 

IIknuv  KiMiJALL  was  a  hatter ;  residod  for  some  years  on 
the  farm  now  owiumI  hy  B.  B.  Whitney,  afteiward,  (tn  the 
Phiin,  where  Ik*  <I.  11  November,  182G,  aged  7"). 


Jiitt/i,  iliUii^litiT  ..I'  Ilfiiiv  I\iml.;ill,  in.   IMwaiil    lUo.l-.-lt  ;    .1.  ;it  Salis- 
hiirv  ;;n  .Iuin>,  1818,  aj,'ed  87. 

/•'/•<(/  (j'.^son  of  N.  1*.  Kiiiibull,  iiiii-ki'c|icr  ;  il.  in  .\|iril,  ls:il. 

KING. 

Widow  Ksthkr  Kin(;  d.  in  April,  iSl^i,  aired  Tl'. 


John,  soil  ot  Miiusticlil  Iviiii;.  <1.  in  Marcli,  1>>11. 
A  chilli  ni  Mansticlil  Kiii^.  il.  in  Si'|itiMiilHT.  lsl;{. 

KINSON. 

Geor(;e  KiNSON.  It.  iu  Mont  Vernon  1  April,  1800;  d.  2. 
October,  1807;  m.  Martha  M.  Walker  5  December,  1825. 
She  was  b.  in  New  Ipswich  20  January,  1805.  They  settled 
in  Amherst  in  1830,  where  he  carried  on  the  blacksmithing 
husiiu'ss,  and  was  widely  known  as  a  skillful  woiknian. 
Their  children  wen* — 

(li'init  />.,  li.  (i  .SL'pU'iiibcr,  IS'JtJ;  in.  .Muriou  .M.  Slirrniaii  -JO  Octo- 
liiT,  IS.'il ;  res.  in  Chicajjo. 

Elizii  .I.J),  lo  May.  1S2S;  m.  tSainucl  Eaton  in  Scptmilx-r,  1816. 

Miirthn  ./..!>.  IJ  Maivli,  ls:?l);  m.  Kdiimiid  K.  SkinniT  :51  IVci'inber, 
IS.")S;  res.  ill  Ki'ailiiig,  .Ma^^s. 

Ilekn  M.,h.  9  Ai)iil.  \^V<:  m.  (;.-orii.>  ^\'-  <)s„r,„„|  !)  r,-l.niaiy,  IStiil; 
•  1. 17  September,  I86s. 

Charlea  IL.h.W  Jamiaiy.  1 ->  IJ  :  in.  Ilaltic  .M.Clark-'  is  I)..(oiMb.;r, 
1868;  res.  in  (lanhu-r.  Mass. 

Ella  Geonjliu  l>.  -*  5   Xovi'inl)er.  ISJT;   miiiiarricil ;   lo.  in  .\iiilii'rst. 

Ki'i"i"iii-:n(;iv 

SoLOMO.N'  IvirruiODGK  settled  in  Amherst  aliout  17'it).  lie 
was  b.  in  P.illerica,  Mass., 0  June,  17:56:  d.  24  Auirust,  17!»2; 
ni.  Tabitha  Ingalls,  of  And<»ver,  14  May,  17").").  She  d.  8 
Mav,  17!>4,  aged  59  years  1  month  and  14  days.      He  was  a 


662  HISTORY    OK    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

blacksmith,  and  quite  a  prominent  man  in   the   north-west 
parish.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Solomon,  h.  in  1755;  a  llevolutionary  soldier ;  d.  in  Mont  N'ernon 
22  October,  1845,  aged  90. 

2.  ^Zepkaniah,  b.  24  August,  17.37. 

3.  Tahltha,  h.  28  July,  1758;  m.  Benjamin  Sawyer. 

4.  Joslnh,  h.  26  July.  1761. 

5.  Phehe,  b.  5  June,  176-3 ;  ni.  Aaron  Townseud. 

6.  Ste/)hen,  b.  27  June,  1765. 

7.  Li/din.  h.  29  ,\ugust,  1767 ;  ni.  Josliua  Kittredge  2U  \ov(Mnl)er, 
1787. 

8.  [lufalls,  b.  10  December.  1760. 

0.  Brtxei/,  b.  16  S(!ptember.  1771:'  m.  ^ ^\'heek■r:  <i.  0  Novem- 
ber, 1865,  aged  94. 

10.  Peter,  b.  25  September,  1773. 

11.  Asa. 

12.  Sally,  b.  19  April,  1779  ;  m.  .Vbial  Stickncy,  of  Tewksburv.  Mass. ; 
d.  28  August,  1847. 

2.  Dr.  Zkphani.\h  lviTTREn(JE,b.  24  August,  IToT  ;  d.  17 
August,  1843;  m.  Elizabeth  Stickncy,  of  Tewksbury,  Mass. 
She  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  6  August,  1851,  aged  90.  Ho  was 
long  and  favorably  known  as  a  skillful  surgeon  and  physi- 
cian.    Their  children  were — 

13.  Be.L'<e>/,  b.  18  May,  1782;  d.  5  August,  1786. 

14.  Nahh;/,  b.  22  March,  1781:  m.  f  Jesse  Smith. 
1866. 

15.  Zephuniah,  b.  15  September,  1785;  d.  3  .Vugust,  1873 ;  m.  Mary 
Wheeler,  of  Hancock.  She  was  b.  in  August,  1788 :  d.  25  February, 
1880. 

16.  Betseji.  d.  5  March.  1709,  aged  11  years. 

17.  Nanc>i,  b.  in  1700;  m.  Uriah  W'ilkins :  d.  in  Stovve,  \i..  10  Jan- 
uary, 1832. 

18.  Famiji :  ni.  Porter  Ivimball.  of  Mont  Vernon.  She  d.  16  Septem- 
ber, 1821,  aged  22  years. 

KNirrHT. 

Jonathan  Kniout,  son  of  Robert  and  Priscilla  (Hutchin- 
son) Knight,  was  b.  in  Antrim  4  Deccmbei",  1790;  ni.  (1) 
Lucy  A.  Putnam  17  November,  1825:  she  was   b.  21   Octo- 


X X I  \' . ]  (; K.N KA LUGI KS.  6CH 

ber,1807  :  d.  31  Deceinbor,  ISMC.  He  m.  ('!)  Ann  Mill.-r 
Patten,  of  licdford,  in  Sc|.t('inl)(M\  1S40:  shr  d.  .'^1  Doi-.-m- 
ccr,  184:}.  Uv  m.  (3)  Mary  -\tiii  Dodfrc  20.Fuly.  1M|J^;  sh. 
(1.17  F>('-ciiil)'r.  is.')!,  ir.-  in.  (4)  Mary  J.  D.ivis  in  IH;"*.") 
I  lis  rliildrc-n  were — 

.\f>ini  A  ,\k  2t  .\ii-iist,  is_>fi;  (1.  k;  .\I;iy,  ]><-\C,. 

Lncif  I'.,h.  2i  .Iiimuirv,  ISJI)  ;  d.  17  DftcenilMir,  1811. 

Jfnniuifi  l^rance^,  h.  lo  Ajiril,  ls;{();  m.  Timotliy  I'.  Wliil  ru-y,  nl 
Nashua,  1.")  N'oveiiiber,  1810. 

Kliz<ih,lh  /'..  li. '_»:{  .^pril.  1S:VJ;  iii.  t^raiik  IIart.sli<.i  ii  L'  K.'l.rnar y. 
1H«»(I. 

Ilnhiii  7'.,  h.  'J  .March.  ls;j(J;  in.  Sophroiiia  M.  ^\a\  I  .laiiuary, 
1870. 

(i,nni>   I).,   )  ,     ,,   .  ,         ,  ...         <i.  1  October,  185'J. 

.,     •'   .  1..  14  DccciiiImt,  18.. 1:       ,    ,,^   ,    ,      ,'    ., 

Mwii  Ann.  \  <I-  -!»  .Mily.  18.)'J. 

KN(»\vi;r(>.\. 

JosKPH  Knowlton  resided  in  tin.'  west  part  of  tin;  town, 
on  tlie  tract  anne.Kod  to  Milford  in  December,  1842.  lie  d. 
7  March,  1842,  ac^ed  7o.  Fanny,  his  wife,  d.  26  November, 
1834,  afjred  <>5.     Tln'ii-  chililnn  were — 

Fannif :  m.  Francis  I.ymli.  of  N.w    IJostoii.  !?(>(  )ftol.<T,  1^15. 

jVn/icy.  1>.  in   170ti;  niiinanitMl. 

Samuel  />..  1>.  .'»  .laiiuaiy.  18  mi. 

Hnitunh  /v. 

Kinrllii'-.   III.  .loslnia  r>iiiii><  in  August,  1S:51. 

Churl) s  .J.  KnowllniK  <1.  in    Frhniary,  IS.Sl. 

^'.VorVf  /i.,  only  chilli  of  ("hail.s  .1.  Knowltou.  il.  T.  \ovi-|nl)«>r.  IftHd. 
a;Cf(l  17  y«'ars  ami  !>  months. 

LAKK.MA.X. 

1.  .fftsKi'M  L.VKKMAN.li.  in  1  [).s\vii-h, Mas.s.,  27  Au;i;n.st,  1766; 
.1.  3(t  March,  1851  ;  m.  K'bccca  Ncvin.s,  of  Mollis,  24  Decem- 
licr,  17SS.  Sln>  was  l>.  1-')  July,  n*'.;");  d.  !>  ,Inly,  1844.  We 
came  to  Amherst  when  al)i)nt  fonrteen  years  old,  ami  resid- 
ed here  tbnin<rli  the  remain<ler  of  his  life.  Their  children 
were — 


8(>4  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

2;  Hebccca;  m.  James  Farley  ^1  August,  1808;  resided  iii  Amherst, 
Sal^ni,  and  Charlestown ;  finally  rem.  to  Utah  where  she' died. 

3.  Joseph  ;,  m.  Sarah  Phelps  ;  settled  in  Maine  ;  d.  there. 

4.  Mary ;  d.  young. 

5.  William,b.  14  July,  1797  ;  m.  Aseuath  Phelps  ;  settled  in  Maine. 
0.  Moody,  h.  21  Septeml)er,  1800;    m.  Amanda  Phelps;    settled  in 

Maine;  d.  there. 

7.  Louisa,  h.  2b  September,  18U4;  d.  6  June,  1877;  unmarried. 

^.  Susan,  b.  6  February,  1806;  res.  in  Amherst;  unmarried. 

^.  LeviA.,h.^  October,  1809  ;  resided  in  Amherst ;  d.  27  August, 
18(57 ;  unmarried. 

LAMSON. 

'I'lie  ancestors  of  the  family  bearing  this  name  settled  in 
Reading,  Mass.,  at  an  early  date. 

1.  Samuel  Lamson,  the  first  of  whom  I  have  any  account, 
m.  Mary  Nichols  18  May,  1676.     Their  children  were — 

•    "2.  i  Samuel,  h.o  May,  1677. 

.  3.  Mary,  b.  '20  June,  1678. 

A.  Ebenezer,\>.  \\  March,  1680  ;  d.  young. 

5.  William,  b.  13  June,  1681. 

0.  Joanna,  b.  16  August,  1682;  m..Jaines  Nichols  20  May,  1707. 

7.  Ebenezer,h.  15  March,  1685. 

8.  John,  b.  12  August,  1686;  ni.  Elizabeth  Bancroft  26  November, 
1713. 

9.  Sarah,  h.  29  October,  1689. 

10.  Elizabeth,  h.  30  September,  1691. 

2.  Samuel  Lamson,  b.  3  May,  1677  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Eaton, 
of  Reading,  11  May,  1700.  She  d.  in  Amherst  23  May,  1764. 
Their  children  were — 

IJ.  f  Samuel,  h.  8  January,  1701. 

12.  Rebecca,  b.  25  November,  1702. 
■    13.  -Ruthy,  b.  in  1705. 

H.  \  Elizabeth,  :h.  21  August,  1709;  m.  fWilliam  Melendy  6  June, 
1728. 

11.  Samuel  Lamson,  b.  8  January,  1701 ;  d.  early  in 
1779;  one  of  the  two  first  settlers  in  .Souhegan  West;  m. 
Abigail   Bryant  3  July,  1722.     Their  children  were 


XX  IV.  I  (JENKALOCIKS.  fi65 

l.'i.  Altiifuil,  li.  I'J   \'\'\}nniry,  ll'2'.i;  in.  -f''"'"*"'!'!!  K11».mi\v<>(j<I. 

l(i.  Sn>niirl,\>.'Jl  <  )rt()lifr,  17"Jl  ;  in.  Ui-licccu  Croshy  tJ  Noveinbt'r, 
1770. 

17.  ^JijiKiiliiiit,  li.  -Jli  S,'|.t.MnlM'r,  17l.'ii. 

18.  Itcherni,  I..  •_'.■>  Maicli,  17;5:i. 

l!l.  Siirn/i.  li.  in  ]7 '■'>{) ;  siiid  to  Iwive  ln-i'ii  llir  lirsi  olii|.|  I).  (,f  i;ni,'li>li 
|i;iii'iit>  in  .\nilii'ist :   in.  t'^iU'it's  (iiii^c. 

IT.  Jonathan  IjAMson,  h.  in  Ki-udiiij;- li^  SL'|»temljcr,  1  TiitJ ; 
tl.  ill  Mniit  Vcnion  in  December,  1815;  m.  Meliitahlc  Holt. 
She  (1.  Iti  Fcliiimrv,  1826,  a<2:e(l  0'2.     Their  children  whmc — 

•_'(».  Me/ilr.ihlr,  I..  J.-)  .Maivli.  17.").");  .1.  in  .Naslnia  18  .Vpril,  1811  ;  iin- 
inarrii'il. 

21.  ^Joniithuu.  I>.  10  .\ui,Mi.st,  17.')(i :   in.  IJclM't-ca  Holt. 

•2-2.   Elwiuz'v,  1..  20  .Vu.mist,  17.')1»;  d.  in  June,  17G0. 

■_'•!.  Siini/i,  1).  20  March,  17(51;  in.  t'':ii<jli  Kendall  2")  .laiiuary, 
17.S2. 

24.   P/ul»,  1..  II  .laiiuarv,  17iio;   d.  in  FcOniiarv.  177;5. 

2.").  Ellzah)  //i,  I).  17   Novi'inber,  17U7. 

2U.  El),ii,z>r.  1).  10  .July,  17<i!)  ;  d.  18  daimary,  1770. 

27.  t-/o/").  '••  10  Marcii.  1771  :  .1.  12  October,  1841. 

2H.  Jesse.  1).  17  ().-t<.l)c'r.  177:1. 

•1\.  Jonath.vn  Lam.son,  h.  10  Aiiiru.st,  ITot]:  m.  Rebecca 
Holt  14  Murch,  1782.     Their  sun— 

2!i.    Eh,  n,z,,;\s -,}.<.  \k2:\  l)r,-,.|nl..'r.  17>il. 

27.  .loiiN  Lamson,  I).  10  Mareh,  1771;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon 
12  OctdlMT.  1S41  :  m.  Catherine  Harris.  She  was  h.  27 
.laniiaiy.  1771:  ij.  10  l)('eeiMl)er.  1S53.  Their  cliihlii-n 
were — 

^50.   CV////m//(«',  1>.  31)  April,  17!)S;   nnnianird. 

;n.  Ilainuih,  b.  19  January.  180  » ;  d.  11  February,  \><l-\\  unmar- 
ried. 

32.  Mi:/iital/tc,\>.  2'^  .Vui,Mist,  180J  :  d.  in  Nuveiiilier.  ls.')J;  unmar- 
li.'d. 

;!.■{.   lUtstji,  b.  21  July,  l8:).'j;  in.  Isaac  .Searles  in  January,  1833. 

3  J.  .SVj/yi/«,1).  23  July.  1807;  in.  (1)  Otis  Marsliall,  of  Chelmsford. 
Mass.,  14  Xoveinber,  1831;  lie  <1.  2[»  .\ui,'ust.  1837:  Slie  m.  (2)  Wil- 
liam Cutler,  of  liillerica,  M:vs.s.,  17  December,  181<;. 


666  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

35.  ■\Len  W..  b.  17  March,  1811  ;  in.  Elizabeth  Fuller,  of  Lynn, 
Mass. 

36.  Lois,  b.  13  July,  1813 ;  m.  Joseph  Marshall,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass., 
10  October,  1836. 

37.  Johu  b.  6  October.  181.3;  d.  6  October,  1821. 

35.  Levi  Woodbury  Lamson,  b.  13  July,  1813:  d.  in  Am- 
herst in  July,  1856  :  ni.  Elizabeth  Fuller,  of  Lynn,  Mass. 
Their  children  were — 

38.  LeinA.,h.m  1837.  41.  Lucy  Ann,  h.  m  1843. 

39.  John  0.,b.  in  1839.  42.  Harriett  If.,  b.  in  184.5. 

40.  Joseph  A..h.  in   1841.  43.  Sarah  J.,h.  in  1818. 

LANCASTER. 

Joseph  Lancaster,  from  Newburyport,  Mass.,  d.  3  Sep- 
tember, 1825.  aged  44. 

LANCY. 

William  and  Sarah  Lancy  were  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers in  Souhegan  West.  He  d.  previous  to  28  Septem- 
ber, 1774.     Their  children  were — 

Deborah:  baptized  in  September,  1742;  the  first  child  liaptized  in 
Souhegan  AVest. 

Samuel :  placed  under  guardianship  of  Thomas  Towne  28  September, 
1774. 

Mar  11 :  rn.  Sutherick  Weston  20  January.  1770  ;  d.  in  Antrim  4  Au- 
gust, 1838,  aged  82. 

LANE. 

ZiBA  Lane  m.  (1)  Lydia .     She  d.  30  August,  1801, 

aged  46.  He  m.  (2)  Fanny  Dennis  9  January,  1806.  He 
d.  25  August,  1807,  aged  51.     Their  child— 

Lijdia,  d.  2.'i  August.  1801.  aged  17. 

LANGDELL. 

William  Langdell  was  a  native  of  England.  He  came 
to  this  country  and  settled  in  Beverly,  Mass. ;  rem.  to  Am- 


XXIV.J 


(;e.nkal<)<;iks. 


6fi7 


licrst  with  his  son  Joseph  :  liiiiilly  went  to  New  Hostoii  with 
his  son  liivcnnorc.  ami  d.  Ih<'i(>  in  iT'.'U.  He  in.  Maria  Wit- 
trcdirr.  of  I5c\(m1v,  Mass. 

.JosKI'll  L ANChKLL.  sou  of  W'iHiaiii  ami  Maria,  icsith'd  in 
the  north-west  parish  ;  was  one  of  the  selectmen  several 
y«'ars;  d.  at  Wcidiam.  Mass..  in  May,  182H,  aged  !'4  years. 
His  children  were — 

/,«<//.  Ii.  '-'7  .luiii'.  177  1. 

Mnthi.  1..  •J7  -April.  177t):   in.  -Jdlni  IWii'ltnnl  in  ,\i>ril.  17!is. 

/liliiii-d,  li.  1:5  .Vpril.  177s  ;  m.  (I)  lli'iiiy  {'odiiian.  jr..  l!)  Fil>niaiv. 
17i»(;;  111.  (•_')  Ilaiiiliii:  d. .")  .M;iv.  Is.')."). 

liitaeii,  l».  1.')  XovcmlitM-.  17"*():   iii..FiiIim  Khf.i  'Js  Novi-iiili -r.  17!i!<. 

Ahif/iiH,  \>.  ■_'.")  .I;iiiii;iiv.  17>'L'. 

Enthrr,  K  11  .May.  17s;;. 

Ezra,  I'.  ">  .Maivh.  ITH.'t;  ii'.silcil  ,,\\  tin-  li(>iiii>tc;ii| ;  <|.  in  Mont  Vt-r 
noli  1*2  Dt'CtMiihtT,  1S5">:  in.  Kf'MTci  l.aTiLj.lcli.  of  N'-w  IJt>^t<»n.  She 
<i.  Ill  .laniiary.  IS.'m. 

Ann<t,  I).  9  .Maifli.  17ss:   m.  CliaiUis  ("aiiiliridj^c  *_'  .Inly.  IsH. 

Mnrh  /^,  I).  <;  May.  17!L':  d.  Tl  D.-c'inlM-r.  lS.-)0:  in.  laicy  \\liipj.l.-. 
(if  N'l'w   !»(>ston. 


L.VKK.VKKK. 

Witloir  Af>li/itil  J.iirnilx,.  il.  J   (».  IoImt.  1S;{!».  a.i;r(l  7!t. 

l.v\vki:n  (■!•;. 

I.  .luii.N  i.AWKi:.NiK,  a  nativi-  of  Wissctl,  Knt,^laiid,  came 
to  New  England  j)rior  to  168;")  and  settled  in  Watertown. 
-Nfass.      His  wife's  nann-  was  I'^li/.alieth. 

II.  l'i;i.i;(;  FjAWUKNCE,  son  of  Jolm  ami  Klizalirth.  was  h. 
1(>  dannary.  l(»o(t-:>7  ;  resideti  in  (Jroton.  Mass. :  his  wife's 
name  was  Mli/al»eth.      He  d.  in  (Jroton  in  Ki'J-. 

III.  KiA'sXy.KH    liAWiiKNCK.  son    of    I'ldcg  and    Kli/.alieth. 

was  li.  in  (Jrolon  "Js  Felnaiary,  lti74:   m.  Mai"V  ahout 

I'i'.'S.  He  resided  in  liittletou.  and  IN^pperidl.  .Mass.,  and  i\. 
i*  .March.  17.")4.  Mary,  his  widow,  d.  29  Jnne.  ITtll.  aged 
81  years. 


668  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

IV.  Peleg  Lawrence,  son  of  Bleazer  and  Mary,  was  b. 
in  Groton  1  June,  1701 ;  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  in 
Pepperell, and  d.27  July,  1757.  Ruth  Lawrence, his  widow 
d.  4  September,  1757,  aged  57  years. 

V.  Oliver  Lawrence,  son  of  Peleg  and  Ruth,  was  b.  in 
Groton  18  March,  1728  ;  resided  in  HoUis.  He  d.  2  April, 
1797.  Mary  Lawrence,  his  widow,  d.  20  July,  1799,  aged 
65  years. 

VI.  Eber,  son  of  Oliver  and  Mary  Lawrence,  was  b.  in 
Hollis  28  October,  1771.  He  was  for  some  time  a  merchant 
and  inn-keeper  in  Amherst,  leaving  there  about  1827  ;  m.  CI) 
Lucy  Burton,  of  Woburn,  Mass.  ;  m.  (2)  Jane  D.  Frost. 
He  d.  in  Burlington,  Mass.,  20  June,  1855.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had — 

William,  who  m.  Lucy  Botsford  I'-i  August,  1823  ;  res.  in  Burlington, 
Mass. 

Children  of  Eber  and  Jane  D.  (Frost)  Lawrence — 

Jane  Cununings,  b.  29  September,  1802 ;  ni.  David  Underhill,  of 
Amherst. 

George  Frost,  b.  5  IMarch,  1804 ;  was  murdered  in  Texas. 

Adeline  Eliza,  b.  14  October,  1830. 

Eber  StUlman,  b.  20  August,  1807;  d.  young. 

VI.  Aaron  Lawrence,  son  of  Oliver  and  Mary,  was 
b.  in  Hollis  5  May,  1774  ;  m.  Lucy  Putnam,  of  Stowe,  Mass., 
8  March,  1802.  She  was  b.  in  Stowe  19  May,  1786.  They 
resided  first  in  Hollis,  afterward  in  Weston,  Vt.,  where  they 
died. 

VII.  Aaron  Lawrence,  son  of  Aaron  and  Lucy,  was  b. 
in  Hollis  23  December,  1804  ;  m.  (1)  Lucretia,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Clifton  Claggett,  14  September,  1830  ;  she  d.  15  Sep- 
tember, 1838,  aged  32  years.  He  m.  (2)  Sarah  Abbott, 
daughter  of  Timothy  Stearns,  of  Billerica,  Mass.,  14  Decem- 
ber, 1842.  She  was  b.  27  February,  1803  ;  d.  15  October, 
1865.     He  d.  1  September,  1867. 


XXI  \'. J  (JKNKALCKHKvS.  ♦;•;'.♦ 

Tlic  children  (»l  Aardii  jiiid  Lucrctia  ('.  liauirncc  ut  re — 

EUzabtth  Gntlei/,  \>.  'J   NDvciiilier,  l.s;il  ;   iiniiiariiiil. 

Cornelia  Margaretta,  h.  2i  .hiuc,  l>^'.\7 ;  iii..I()lni  I!.  Haril.ll. -.1  I'„,v. 
ton,  Miuss.,  22  .luiu',  1871.  TlK-ir  child.  Heat  rice  l,a\\  ivm-..,  .1.  jit  I  >,  . 
oi'iiihcr,  1S72,  a^i-d  '•)  iiiontlis. 

The  cliildiX'U  dI  Aanui  and  Sarah  A.  Law  iciut  were — 

Stira/i  /.itrrcti'i,  \^.  tl   NovciiiImt.  1^I.'5;  (1.8  Aii,i,'u.st,  ls7n. 
Aim  M<iri,i.  li.   I  April.  ls|7;  .1.  1.".  S.-i.t.'iiil..T.  18t!7. 

LEAvirr. 

1.  Anihikw  Lkavitt,  li.  ill  the  vicinity  of  Kxcti-r  in  17">:i: 
d.  in  Andicrst  -4  Auj>nst,  1840,  ai^cd  94:  ni.  (1)  Sarah 
Hastings;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Eli/.aheth  (Ivcndiick)  Jones:  shed, 
in  May,  1818,  aged  55.  lie  m.  (3)  Mrs.  Al)igail  (Rnst> 
Ilihlreth  :  she  d.  li'  February,  1834,  aged  CO. 

He  learned  the  housewright's  trade  of  Dea.  Kphraini  bar- 
ker and  eanie  with  him  as  a  journeyman  to  Amherst  before 
the  commencement  of  the  Revolution,  and  afterward  carried 
on  the  business  iierc  until  disabled  by  age.  He  was  jirescnt 
at  the  battle  of  Hunker  Hill,  and  was  at  Cambridge  when 
Washington  took  command  of  the  army,  lie  was  proliably 
the  last  survivor  of  the  Amherst  soldiers  at  I'mikcr  llill. 
His  children  were — 

■_'.  AhiIkiv:  111.  twict-;  scrvi'd  on  lK)anl  a  privatcfr  in  tlir  war  of 
1812;  wa.s  tiikf'ii  prisoner  and  contincd  in  Durlnioor  prison.  Kn^land; 
d.  in  Marhlfliead.  Mass.,  afli-r  liis  lilicration.  of  disi-asf  contracted 
wliili-  in  prison. 

:{.   Small  :  ni. .Vvcrill. 

4.  Mnnj,  1>.  2.")  .Inly.  17^.');  in.  .Ic.>.m'  llnlciiin.son,  of  Milfonl.  7  \n- 
ipist,  1800;  d.  in  Milford  20  SepttMuher,  1868.  She  was  the  mother  of 
the  celelirated  ••  Ilntchinson  Family."  of  the  ••  Trihe  of  .Ies.«ie." 

5.  ]J„hu  h.  Hi   .\pril.  17S(;. 
(i.   Bftsi  If  :  d.  nnmanied. 

7.   \ Benjamin. 

S.    William;    ni.  Sarah  Hurnham  :  d.  2S  NovemKer.  l.'^72. 
!>.  Nathaniii  :  d.  in  California. 
10.   Hannah  :   m.  .Tohn  .\dams. 


670  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

11.  Roxanna  ;  m.  John  Marvell. 

12.  Daniel  Kendrick  ;  now  res.  at  Carmel,  Oliio. 

13.  Nancy  ;  in.  lliram  Parker,  of  Lexington,  Mass. ;  now  res.  in  I>o\v- 
ell,  Mass. 

5.  John  F.eavitt,  b.  16  April,  1786;  d.  13  August,  1862; 
settled  on  the  farm  formerl\'  occupied  by  William  Small. 
He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  of  his  father,  and  carried 
on  the  business  when  not  engaged  on  his  farm  ;  m.  Nancy 
Averill,  of  Milford,  17  November,  1816.  She  was  b.  24 
March,  1793:  d.  22  November,  1854.  Their  children 
were — 

14.  John  Call-in,  h.  0  August,  1818;  d.  18  September,  18:)(!. 

15.  Alma  Averill,  h.  21  December,  1822;  m.  -I-Farnutn  C.  Clark. 

16.  George  A.,h.  4  April,  1824;  d.  28  November,  1856. 

17.  Nancy  A.,h.  5  February,  1827;  d.  1^5  April,  1854;   unmarried. 

7.  Bbnjamin  Leavitt,  d.  in  June,  1848,  aged  54.  He 
was  a  house-painter  and  carried  on  the  business  several 
years  on  Amherst  Plain  ;  m.  (1)  Clarissa  Rhoades  ;  she  d. 
9  September,  1836,  aged  41  ;  m.  (2)  Mary  Ames  ;  she  d.  at 
Fitchburg,  Mass., 21  November,  1862,  aged  70.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

18.  Jatie ;  d.  17  June,  1834,  aged  17. 

19.  Abby;  d.  9  June,  1836. 

20.  Caroline  A.:  m.  Henry  W.  Carter  in  May,  1843;  d.  27  Novendier, 
1846,  aged  24. 

21.  Edward:  A.  9  October,  1836. 

22.  Charles:  d.  in  Manchester  1  July,  1853,  aged  22. 

23.  Joseph  Leavitt,  a  younger  brother  of  (1)  Andrew, 
was  b.  in  the  vicinity  ol"  Exeter  in  1760.  He  settled  in 
Amherst  when  a  young  man,  and  d.  there  10  August,  1838. 
His  widow,  Mrs.  Mary  Leavitt,  d.  21  July,  1844,  aged  78. 
Their  children  were — 

24.  Saralt ;  m.  Francis  Coombs  ;  d.in  Moultonborough  in -lune,  1824^ 
aged  44. 

25.  Elizabeth;  d.  28  iMarch,  18.-)(), 

26.  Mary :  d.  9  March,  1829, 


XXI  \'. J  (;knk.\L(j<;iks.  tj71 

27.   .\uiui^:  il.  ill  .lumuirv,  l'S(KJ. 
•J8.  C/iarloii,  :  . I.  7  July,  1«G7. 

2!».  I/irmn  D.:  <l.  in  Xiisiiiui  M)  .luiii',  Isj-J.  au.-.l  (n.  ||i,  \\i.l.,\N. 
Mrs.  .Marv  K.  I.i-avitt.  <J.  :{  .March,  1S7(),  aj,'t'd  i;;]. 

IJvMAN. 

Sa.mi'KL  Lkman,  one  of  tlio  fouiidoi-s  ot"  tlu*  ('(jiiirrcirtitioiial 
rliiiicli  ill  Soiilu'jrun  West,  was  from  Reading,  Mass.,  when; 
he  111.  Hannah  Duncan   :}   Se|)tendjer,  1715.     They  hud  the 

followiiii;  children,  li.  in    Iveadinir  : — 

Miinjiint,  li.  1-J  OctulMT,  1717. 
Miirif,  I).  5  .Sf  jjleinhiT,  1719. 

SainufI,  1).  9  SepUMiilx-r.  1721;  .><etMn.s  to  liave  .settled  in  Mollis, 
Ahnifimii,  1).  1.')  .ViiiTust.  1721:  sePnis  to  iiavc  settled   in    Mollis;   Kiir- 
iftl  in  Mont  \'<'riion. 

LEWIS. 

.^A.Mi  i;i.  liKwis  d.  in  Dnljlin  in  IT'.'o.  He  ni.  I'idly  Wil- 
liams who  d.  in  ITl*"^.  I'hey  resideil  in  .Vmlicist  luil  a  short 
time,  and  rem.  to  hnlilin  aliniit  ITSO.  Tlieii"  children 
were — 

Siimm/:   in.  Maty  W'liilr  :    x-tllfil  in  ('.iin'or'l. 
'I'/iowns,  li.  in  1770;  si-ttlcil  in  Cainnla. 
Poll;/,  li.  ill  177s ;  roi.lfl  in  Coinisli. 

Thomas  and  Molly  Lkwin  were  residents  in  Andierst  a 
>hort  time:  they  proliahly  left  hefore  the  commencement  of 
the  Kcvolntioii.  The  liii'th  of  one  child  is  recdided  on  the 
town  hook  ; — 

Siiiniirl.  li.  10  Kclnnars.  1771. 

\{k\  .  Nathan  Lord  was  b.  in  IJerwick,  .Me.,  liS  Novcndier, 
1708;  d.  in  Hanover  1)  .Se|)temi>er,  1S70 ;  m.  Eli/al)eth  K. 
Leland  '2A  July,  181»j.  She  d.  30  January,  1S70,  aj^ed  ~X  ; 
settled  in  Amherst  in  ISI*!;  rem.  to  Hanover  in  lS-8,  where 


672  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

he  was  president  of  Dartmouth  College  until  1863.     Tlieir 
children,  b.  in  Amherst,  were — 

1.  Harriett  Elizabeth,  b.  2  June,  1817  ;  d. !)  March,  1820. 

2.  John  Kinf/,  b.  22  -March,  1810;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College 
in  1836 ;  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1841 ;  settled  at  Hart- 
foi'd,  Vt.,  in  1811 ;  rem.  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  was  installed 
pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  church  21  October,  1847;  d.  of 
cholera  31  July,  1849 :  m.  Laura  E.  Smith,  of  Ilardwick,  Vt.,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1842 :  three  children. 

3.  Joseph  Leland,  b.  30  June,  1820:  d.  in  Saxonville,  Mass.,  1  April, 
1874. 

4.  Samuel  Aiuiust as,  )  i     •     -.o-..-. 

.  '^  b.  m  1822. 

.5.  Frederick  Rickarrhon,  j 

6.  William  i/.,b.  11   March,  1824  ;  d.  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  18  March. 

1877. 

7.  Henrij  C,  b.  in  1827;  res.  in  Cincinnati. 

LOVEJOY. 

I.  John  Lovejoy,  of  Andover,  Mass., seems  to  have  been 
the  first  American  ancestor  of  the  family  bearing  his  name 
who  have  resided  in  Amherst.  He  d.  at  Andover  in  1690. 
His  son — 

II.  Christopher  Lovejoy,  b.  1  March. "1661,  was  the 
father  of — 

III.  Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  who  m.  Hannah  Austin,  of  Ha- 
verhill, Mass.,  16  Jnly,  1722.  In  her  old  age  she  resided  in 
Amherst,  with  her  son,  Capt.  Hezekiah  Lovejoy,  and  her 
grandson,  Jonathan  Lovejoy,  at  whose  house  she  d.  1  De- 
cember, 1805,  aged  101  years.  The  children  of  Hezekiah 
and  Plannah  (Austin)  Lovejoy  were — 

1.  Hezekiah,  b.  22  February,  1722-23;  d.  4  March,  1722-23. 

2.  A  child,  b.  and  d.  27  November,  1723. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  17  November,  1724. 

4.  Phehe,  b.  in  Andover  29  November,  1727. 

5.  \  Hezekiah,  b.  in  Andover  29  October,  1729;  settled  in  Amherst. 
().  Abial,  b.  in  Andover  16  December,  1731. 


XXIV.]  (;i:nkalo(;ies.  01^ 

7.  jFritii'ls,  1).  ill  AinlMv.^r  ;]!»  Oi-tolxT.  17-it;  seltli'd  in  Aiiiln-rst ; 
rem.  to  Muine. 

8.  Phelie,  1>.  in  Aii.Iuv.t  •_>  1  (),'|..1.,t.  17!7. 

IV.  5.  Capt.  Hezekiaii  Lovhjoy,  I),  in  Andovcr,  Mass., 
*2J»  October,  1720:  d.  in  Amherst  (i  Ai»nl,  179^  ;  m.  Hannah 
Phelps,  of  Aiuiover,  '.•  April,  1751.  They  probuhly  settled 
in  Souhc<?an  West  shortly  alter  that  time.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  for  independence.     Their  ehiidren  were — 

!).  t./rV(H,  -M  St'i-t.'iiilM'r,  17")!. 

10.  Jdcoh.h.  1. J  January,  17"}."). 

11.  Siisdiiiiitfiy  1).  •_'.")  July,  175();  in.  f  William  Odoll,  jr. 
\2.  Hiinnti/i,  1).  20  DectMiilttM*,  1758;  m.  Zaochcus  IMke. 
1:5.  fJonufhaii,  h.  3  November,  1702. 

11.  Sani/i,  h.  7  November,  1705;  m.  Stephen  Abbot  S  April,  17>'_'. 
1.3.  C/ilni;\).  I  April,  170>  ;  m.  Benjamin  Rarnos  4  August,  1785.  • 
10.  L>/<l!(i.  b.  n  August,  170?);  m. Stanley. 

V.  13.  Jonathan  Love.toy,  b.  3  November,  17<»2  ;  d.  9 
December,  1843  ;  m.  Olive, daughter  of  William  Howard, 
of  Amherst,  21  January,  1786.  She  d.  4  September,  1853, 
ajred  90.     Their  children  were — 

17.  "/(■)•(',  b.  is  June,  1787;  d.  IS  October,  1813;  unmarried. 

IS.  Junathan,  h.  2  April,  17S!> ;  d.  10  February,  1828.  He  wa.s  blind 
L'l)  years. 

1!).  L>/fi;,i,  b.  IS  April.  17!)1  ;  in.  Oliver  Townsend  m  Man-h,  1^22; 
d.  in  Cineinnati,  Ohio,  23  March,  IsJO. 

20.  AhUjitU  ii'tW.b.  13  March,  17i-i3;  m.  James  Noyes.  of  WiiMlli:mi. 
1  I  March,  1810. 

21.  liiisei/,  b.  13  ^larch,  1705  ;  m.  Kdiiiund  Swoatt  in  Fcbru:uy.  i  ->24  ; 
.settled  in  Chelmsford,  Mass. 

22.  Liiri/,  b.  21  April.  1797;  m.  Mosos  Sweatt,  of  Bedford,  in  1823. 

23.  t  ll''V//,7/;i  Ilowanl,  b.  10  June,  17!I0. 

24.  liufns,  b.  25  April,  1801;  d.  20  October,  1827. 

25.  /•/,;//>,  b.  4  April,  1803. 

20.  Sarah  .l/i«,b.  20  .Vpril,  1800 ;  m.  James  McColley,  of  Merrimack, 
in  February,  lS2(i. 

VI.  2:'..  William  IIowakd  Love.iov,  b.  19  June,  1799: 
d.  2  .laimary.  1S74:  m.  (1)  Hannah  Shod  3  Mny,  1827. 
She  WHS  1».  in  Ipswich.  Mass., 15  M;iy.  1795  ;    d.  17  August, 

43 


674  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1847.     He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Mary  Jones,  of  Goffstown,  27  March, 
1851.     Their  children  (all  living  27  February,  1882)  are— 

27.  Rufus,  b.  9  February,  1828;  unmarried. 

28.  Ellzahefh  R.,  b.  15  April,  1829 ;  m.  Charles  R.  Wallace,  of  ]\Iil- 
ford. 

29.  JoJi7)  H.,  h.  23  May,  1831 ;  m.  Ann  IVIaria  Tibbetts,  of  Pittsfield; 
resides  in  Nashua. 

30.  Sarah  S.,  b.  22  August,  1833 ;  m.  Fred.  Sawyer,  of  Milford. 

31.  Helen  M.,h.  26  August,  1835;  m.  Wells  Spalding,  of  Milford. 

32.  William  E.,  b.  9  August,  1838 ;  res.  in  California. 

33.  Georcje  T.,  b.  23  April,  1841 ;  unmarried. 

34.  L.  Frances,  b.  29  July,  1843 ;  m.  Wyman  Witherell,  of  Ware, 
Mass. 

IV.  7.  Francis  Lovejoy  ;  m.  Mary  Bancroft,  of  Reading, 
Mass.,  24  January,  1765.  They  resided  in  Amherst  some 
years  ;  rem.  to  Maine.     Their  children  were — 

35.  Francis,  b.  30  November,  1766. 

36.  Mar II,  b.  12  January,  1768 ;  m.  Edmund  Ingalls  30  January, 
1784. 

37.  Hannah,  b.  17  May,  1770. 

38.  Aaron,  b.  24  March,  1772. 

39.  Samuel,  b.  31  May,  1774. 

40.  Daniel,  b.  31  March,  1776;  a  clergyman;  d.  in  Albion,  Me.,  11 
October,  1833.  He  was  the  father  of  Elijah  P.  and  Owen  Lovejoy,  of 
Illinois. 

41.  Lucy,  b.  4  March,  1778. 

42.  Luke ;  d.  3  November,  1780,  "in  his  first  year." 

43.  Abial;  d.  10  April,  1785,  "in  his  third  year." 

V.  9.  John  Love.joy,  b.  24  September,  1751  ;  m.  Mar- 
tha Odell.     Their  children  were — 

44.  John,  b.  6  July,  1776. 

45.  Ehenezer  Odell,  b.  13  June,  1778. 

46.  Etta,  b.  8  October,  1780. 

47.  Collins,  b.  22  November,  1782. 

48.  Nathan,  b.  18  February,  1786. 

49.  Parker,  b.  21  August,  1788. 

50.  Jesse,  b.  22  August,  1790. 

51.  Maria,  b.  12  April,  1794. 

52.  Fanny  Fisk,  b.  11  April,  1796. 


XXIV.]  (JENEALOGIKS.  »)7.") 

V.  ;">8.  JosniA  LovK.iOY,  m.  Sarali  Perkins,  of  Middlo- 
t(jn.  Mass.,  and  settlccl  lirst  in  Aiidover,  .Mass.  Tlu'v  rem. 
to  Anilirrst  alioiit  ITSl ,  wlicir  he  served  on  llie  Itoanl  of 
selectmen  several  years,  lie  was  also  town-elerk,  and  dea- 
con in  the  ehurcli.  In  ITl'o  they  rem.  to  Saidjornton,  where 
hed.J8Jannary,1832,a«red8S.  .Siicd.  8  May,  18:28,  aged  83. 
lie  was  a  soldiei"  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  was  in 
the  l)attle  of  Knnkei'  Hill,  whei-e  lie  was  severely  wounded. 
Their  children  were — 

'A.  Josliiin,  l>.  :.'7  April,  1771  :  il.  in  Ncu   Vorlc  city  in  Aii:;ii.st,  ls-J|. 

.')5.  Anilreir,  \t.  is  June,  1772.  IIi'  was  an  active  business  man  in 
Sanbornton  many  years.     He  d.  at  llarlfm.  Illini)is,  Ifi  .Vpiil,  ls."»(;. 

0*3.  Sant/t,  b.  K!  December,  1773. 

57.  Henrif,  b.  12  l)eceml>er,  177."). 

r)8.   Phehe,  b.  12  June,  177S. 

.")!).  Jonathan,  h.  25  March,  178i(;  ni.  .Mary  Taylor.  He  was  the 
|pi(iprietor  of  Lovejoy's  hotel,  in  Xew  York  city;  d.  in  Xew  York  2 
March,  l.S-lo,  and  ids  remains  were  buried  at  Concord. 

60.  Molhi,  b.  2  March,  17S2. 

01.  Warren,  b.  !»  September,  1785;  m.  Sally  (J.,  dauj,diter  of  Abel 
lliitchins,  of  Concord;  d.  in  Boston  :}()  Octpber.  Is2!). 

02.  LipUn,  b.  23  October,  1780. 

03.  Perkins,  b.  l!»  :VIay,  17!>2. 

04.  Jo.SKiMi  LoviMoY,  a  soldier  of  the  Kevolntion  :  d.  in 
Mont  Vernon  18  ()ctol>jr,  1814,  aged  ahont  80  years.  He 
m.  Patience,  danghter  of  William  IJradloid.  0  duly,  17i'>l. 
She  d.  in  Amherst  8  March,  I8i:t),  aged  ahont  85  years. 
Their  childi'cn  were — 

05.  Sarah,  \u  it  .May.  1702:  m.  fPaniel  Ktndall  U  February.  1780; 
d.  in  Mont  Vernon  14  Augu.st,  1S47. 

00.  i:iliifi,h.7  -Vpril.  1701;  d.  younj,'. 

07.  Patience,  h.  1  .Vpril,  17(i0;  m.  fWilliam  Small,  jr.,  1  l"i-l>ruary, 
17S7;  d.  in  Morristown.  Vt.,  18  October.  1S51. 

08.  Sumnna/i,  b.  U  June,  1700  ;  m.  fDavid  Stewart  0  February,  1796; 
(1.  ill  Amherst  24  August,  1810. 

(jy.  Poll;/:  m.  James  Dascomb  20  May.  17!' I:  .1.  in  Wili,.-.  ]r,  V... 
viMuber,  1851. 


676  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

70.  Betsey:  m.  Benjamin  Parker  10  October,  1794;  d.  in  Amherst 
25  September,  1839. 

71.  Arethusa;  m.  Asa  Farnura  25  May,  1803. 

72.  Joseph;  m.  Mrs.  Baker  ;  d.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  in  November,  1821. 

73.  Stephen  Lovejoy,  b.  in  HoUis  22  May,  1773  ;  d.  in 
Hollis  27  May,  1852  ;  m.  Betsey  Hood  9  May,  1795.  She 
was  b.  12  February,  1777  ;  d.  22  May,  1852.  They  resided 
in  Amherst  many  years,  on  the  road  from  Amlierst  to  Mil- 
ford,  mid-way  between  the  two  vilhxges.  Their  children 
were — 

74.  Betsey,  h.  ^  March,  1796;  m.  Hezekiah  Hamblet  11  December, 
1817  ;  d.  3  November,  1848. 

75.  Stephen,  b.  11  September,  1797  ;  m.  Lucy  Hubbard  22  May, 
1823  ;  d.  10  August,  1878. 

76.  77a«;irt7i,  b.  29  September,  1799;  m.  Osgood  Hamblet  9  Novem- 
ber, 1820. 

77.  James,  b.  29  October,  1802  ;  m.  Ora  Erskine  30  October,  1826  ; 
d.  15  December,  1876. 

78.  Isaac,  b.  20  September,  1804;  m.  Sophia  Truel  21  August,  1827  ; 
d. 19  February,  1880. 

79.  Mary,  b.  20  April,  1808;  m.  Jacob  Bickum  9  July,  1826;  d.  21 
November,  1832. 

80.  Sarah,  b.  2  March,  1810 ;  d.  3  August,  1813. 

81.  ]John,  b.  16  March,  1812. 

82.  Sarah,  b.  20  March,  1814  ;  d.  25  June,  1835 ;  unmarried. 

83.  Mark,  b.  6  April,  1816  ;  m.  Ann  Came  2)  February,  1842. 

84.  Miles,  b.  3  August,  1818;  m.  Naomi  Barrett  7  April,  1842;  d. 
27  August,  1871. 

81.  John  Love.joy,  b.  16  March,  1812;  d.  30  July,  1870; 
m.  Eliza  W.  Nichols,  of  Merriniick,  19  March,  1833.  She 
was  b.  17  August,  1808.     Their  children  were — 

85.  Mary  Eliza,  b.  21  March,  18  54;  m.  Frank  Follausb3e  24  June, 
18.52;  res.  in  Hollis. 

86.  Martha  A.,  b.  and  d.  5  November,  1835. 

87.  Fanny  S.,  b.  13  November,  1836;  m.  Charles  H.  Danforth  23 
May,  1861 ;  res.  in  Reading,  Mass. 

88.  Hattie  T.,h.  7  February,  1839;  unmarried. 

89.  Nellie  S.,  b.  7  April,  1840;  m.  (1)  J.  M.  Jaquith  10  August, 
1862;  m.  (2)  H.  R.  Wheeler  16  January,  1871  ;  res.  in  Nashua. 


XXIV.]  GENKALOCIES.  077 

90.  Mi/ni  E.,\k  1:J  October,  isl:};  m.  Wil>uii  1).  i.M-aun  i'.  .laii- 
iiary,  1S70. 

!»1.  Jnhii  6'.,  1).  21  April,  1815;  in.  .Viinio  K.  Raiulall,  of  Ludlow,  Vt., 
7  March,  1S70;  res.  in  Mancln'st(tr. 

92.  Allnn,  b.  :)  May,  1817;  d.  19  September,  isls. 

93.  Georr/e  A.,h.  18  Xoveniber,  185(1;  in.  (1)  Mary  Dracy;  in.  (2) 
EiHe  Mclutire;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

91.  Lrnora  A.,  b.  28  .riily.  18.-)1 ;  ni.  Frank  C.  Kelloy^,'  .'JO  Jmie,  1875  ; 
res.  in  Nashua. 

95.  Jonathan  Lovrjoy.  li.  in  .Mctliiicn,  Ma.s.s.,  5  April, 
17r)4  ;  111.  Tabitha  Ui»toii  31  July,  1777.  She  was  It.  in 
lii'ading,  Mass.,  in  17")1  ;  d.  12  Ajtiil.  Isil.  Their  oliihlren 
were — 

90.   Tahitha,  h.  15  September,  1778. 

97.  Path/   rpton,  b.  25  December,  178(i. 

98.  Pluie,  b.  22  February,  178:i. 

99.  Imac  Upton,  b.  Id  March,  178.'). 
lOii.  Chlue,  b.  8  May,  1787. 

101.  Pollif,  b.  5  August.  1789. 

102.  Jonathan,  b.  10   .Maroii,  179;i;  d.  in  \>^21 . 

103.  Pkteii  Lovkjoy,  b.  2  June,  1704;  m.  Lydia  (\.  Bral- 
ford  3  October,  1780.     Their  ehihlren  were — 

101.  Liidia,  b.  20  August,  17.S8. 
105.  Martha,  b.  :J  January,  1791. 
lOG.  Lncy,  b.  12  June,  1792. 

107.  Betsiy,  b.  15  Xovember,  1791. 

108.  Dia'hmia,  b.  2G  May,  1797. 

10:».  lielle/  fnyalls,  b.  11  February,  1800. 

110.  Samuel  Lovejoy,  m.  Kli/.abetli  .  'I'lirir  chil- 
dren were — 

111.  Elizabeth,  h.  12  April,  1780. 

112.  v    •     '     i:i  October,  1789. 

LOW— I/)WK. 

1.  WiLLLVM  Low,  b.  in  Jpsuicli,  Mass.,  17  May,  17,;i:  ;  d. 
11  Sepb^niber,  lS-20  :  in.  Elizal)eth  Crosby,  of  Amlierst,  in 
177s.     She  was  b.  in  Monsoii  27  June,  17(50;  d.  in  Concord 


678  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.*  [Chap. 

25  March,  1886.  He  settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  the  Revo- 
lution ;  was  a  worthy  and  respected  citizen,  and  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  Republican  party  of  the  olden  time.  He  rep- 
resented the  town  in  the  General  Court  in  1810-11-12  and 
14.     Their  children  were — 

2.  William,  b.  20  April,  1779;  in.  Grace  Gardner  Nichols,  of  Am- 
herst, 9  June,  1808  ;  d.  in  Concord  9  May,  1847  ;  no  children. 

3.  Betsey,  b.  3  August,  1781 ;  d.  25  Xovember,  1797. 

4.  Sarah,  b.  4  July,  1783 ;  m.  Thomas  M.  Benden  29  January,  1821 ; 
d.  6  October,  1851 ;  no  children. 

5.  Lorenzo,  ],    ^^^  r,     .      ,       -.^of?       d.  28  May,  1833. 
„     ^      .         y  b. 26  September,  17b5;      ,  .„    .  ,    ,„^, 

6.  Louisa,    j  i  '  '     ^^q  August,  1809. 

7.  Mary,  b.  12  April,  1788 ;  m.  Zenas  Wheeler,  of  New  York,  22 
February,  1821 ;  d.  8  October,  1852. 

8.  Joseph,  b.  24  July,  1790;  m.  Fanny  Abbot,  of  Concord,  16  Sep- 
tember, 1815;  d.  28  August,  1859.  He  was  the  iirst  mayor  of  Con- 
cord. 

9.  ~\  d.  10  August,  1793. 

10.  (■  triplets ;  b.  23  June,  1793  ;     d.  21  September,  1793. 

11.  )  d.  25  November,  1798. 

12.  John  Adams,  b.  15  October,  1795;  m.  (1)  Eliza  Carlton,  of  Bath, 
7  July,  1829  ;  m.  (2)  Louisa  Baldwin,  of  Newark,  N.  J. ;  m.  (3)  Eliza 
G.  IVIcCobb,  of  Waldoborough,  Me.,  15  August,  1818:  d.  at  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  1  December,  1865. 

13.  David  Lowe,  b.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  18  July,  1785  ; 
d.  in  Anilicrst  9  January,  1867  ;  m.  Betsey  Damon  12  Feb- 
ruary, 1811.  She  was  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  11  September, 
1789  ;  d.  in  Amherst  24  November,  1881.  They  settled  in 
Amherst  in  1838.     Their  children  were — 

14.  George,  h.  7  February,  1812 ;  m.  Salome  Pebbles  13  January, 
1835;  has  been  for  thirty  years  a  resident  in  Illinois. 

15.  Abigail  S.,h.  20  .hily,  IHU;  m.  Luke  Clark  21  February,  1839  ; 
settled  in  Troy. 

16.  Darid  Perkins,  h.  31  March,  1816;  m.  (1)  Lucy  Ann  Damon. 
She  d.  14  June,  1853.  He  m.  (2)  Susan  Upham  14  June,  1855 ;  settled 
at  first  in  Amherst,  but  rem.  to  Troy. 

17.  Cyrus  C.,h.  28  October,  1818;  to.  Cynthia  Carter  16  June,  1842. 
After  spending  a  few  years  in  Amherst  they  "went  west." 

18.  Samuel,  b.  21  April,  1821 ;  d.  15  June,  1821. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  679 

W.  ■\Ncirl,>n,h.'2\  Au-ust,  Isj:!;  m.  Ild.-n  i;i.|iar.Is,,n  l".  May, 
1817  ;  settled  on  tin;  hoiiiesti'ail. 

20.  .U'////  /i..  I). -Jl  August,  isi';!;  in.  (1)  ('li;iil.>  A.  Diiim.h  .".  .lunn, 
1^1.').  Ilr  was  killed  at  Gpttysburg  :'.  .Inly,  Isd.",.  Sh.-  in.  (2)  Kdsoii 
havis  S  (»i-t()l>i'r,  Istl'l;   res.  in  Xaslma. 

11).  Newton  Lowe,  1). -Jl  Aiiuiist,  182;};  in.  Ilt.'lt-ii  Iticli- 
:ir<ls»in  18  May,  1847;  settled  on  the  lioinestcad  in  Amherst, 
where  she  d.  ill  186t),  aged  40  years.  Their  ehddren 
were — 

Alhrrt  .v..  1..  in  IS  18. 

Almlra  M.J>.  in  islS;  m.Srrva  F.  ('Iian<licr,  of  Al.ington,  .Mass.,  13 
.luiie,  ISOf). 

liuhi/  A.,h.  in  Is')!';   Ml.  diaries  15.  .Sargent   l!>  .Vjiiil,  Isso. 
Waller  D.,  h.  in  ISy.l. 
Sarafi  L.,h.  in  ISoS. 

IdND. 

Children  of  .Ion  viii  an  and  Priscilla  Lund; — 

Jonathan,  l'.  2."!  July.  1771. 

DaiitI,  1).  10  ,Iun<'.  177:J. 

Isaac,  h.  17  Manli,  177"). 

Hannah,  b.  13  January.  1777. 

Priicllla,  h.  '27)  .Funuary,  177!*. 

Oiwer,  b.  21  September,  1781. 

Mnr)j,  b.  (3  August,  1783;  <1.  S  .September,  1780. 

Samui'l,  b.  11  December.  178"). 

Kphraim,  \>.   17  .Mareli.  1788;  d.  30  Mareh,  1788. 

Elizabeth,  b.  15  A|.ril.  17S!». 

Phinkhas    Li  Nil   d.  of  old   aue   'l    Deeeinlter,  L'^l>^.  a'jed 


LVNCII. 
Ai.E.XANDEii  liYN(  n  d-  lo  .March.  1877. 

LVON. 

Ebenezer  Lyon  resided  on  the  tarin  reeeiitly  owned  by 
Sanniel  Wilkins,  near  the  Pauper  Farm  hridtrc.  Ilo  d.  4 
January,  1798,  aged  88.  His  widow  il.  in  Jnne,  180»),  age(J 
78. 


680  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

MACE. 

1.  Joseph  and  (2)  Le7I  Mace  resided  in  Amherst  some 
years.  After  leaving  Amherst  Joseph  became  blind.  His 
children,  b.  in  Amherst,  were — 

3.  ] Joseph,  b.  in  1810. 

4.  Hiram;  \n.  Rosanna  Cady,  of  Bedford,  in  1837  ;  resided  in  Bed- 
ford; "  went  west." 

3.  Joseph  Mace,  b.  in  1810  ;  m.  Harriett  E.  Wheeler  23 
November,  1837;  d.  2  June,  1864.  He  was  for  some  years 
one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  a  useful  and  respected 
citizen.  After  his  decease  his  widow  m.  (2)  David  Hutch- 
inson, of  Milford.     Their  children  were — 

5.  \Frank  W.,  b.  in  1839 ;  m.  Mary  C.  Averill,  of  Milford. 

6.  John  N.,  b.  in  1841 ;  a  member  of  the  10th  llegiment,  N.  H.  Vols. ; 
d.  at  Washing-ton,  D.  C,  7  Jannary,  1863. 

7.  H.  Augusta,  b.  in  1844;  m.  Silas  P.  Parkhurst  3  April,  1861. 

4.  Frank  W.  Mace  ;  m.  Mary  C.  Averill  21  January, 
1859  ;  res.  in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Carrie  M.  Two  d.  in  infancy. 

9.  Joseph. 


James  C.  Mace;  m.  Acachy  Blood.     He  d.  in  Februarj-,  1824,  aged 

47.     She  d.  29  Jmie,  1852,  aged  67.     Their  son- 
James  S.  Mace,  m.  Elizabeth  J.,  daughter  of  David  Stiles,  Esq.,  of 

Temple. 

MACK. 

I.  John  Mack  m.  Isabella  Brown  in  Ireland.  They 
came  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1732,  and  settled  in 
Londonderry,  west  parish,  N.  H.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and 
a  specimen  of  his  handiwork  is  preserved  in  the  collections 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society.  He  d.  in  Lon- 
donderry in  1753,  aged  55.  His  widow  d.  about  1770. 
Their  children  were — 

1.  ^WilUam.  5.  Martha. 

2.  Jeamtette.  6.  Elizabeth. 

3.  John.  7.  ^Andrew. 

4.  Robert.  8.  Daniel. 


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XXIV.]  (lENRALOGIES.  fiSl 

II.  1.  WiLLi.v.M  M.vt'K  iviuaiiK'd  in  Iri'laiul  until  he  was 
21  years  of  age.  IFc  then  came  to  America  and  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  and  Indian  wars.  After  the  c.\j»iration 
of  his  term  of  service  in  the  army  he  m.  Mary  Ilylands,  sis- 
ter of  Mrs.  Paniel  Cam|)I)ell,  and  settled  on  the  farm  re- 
cently {(cciipicd  hy  Mr.  .Inhn  liuhy.  in  the  easterly  ]i:irt  of 
the  present  town  of  Mont  Vernon.  Snl»sequently  he  rem. 
with  his  family  to  Londonderry,  Vt.      Ilis  children  wer(> — 

U.  Mai-f/drcl.  1").  Andrew. 

10.  John.  1(5.   Elijah. 

11.  Oliver.  17.  Mnrii. 

12.  Naomi.  IS.  Jane. 
l:j.  liuth.  19.  Jew. 
11.  JeanctI)?. 

Some  of  his  descendants  now  res.  in  Wasliini;;ton  connty,  N.  Y. 

TI.  7.  Andrkw  ^I.vck  settled  in  Londonderry  ;  m.  Eliza- 
beth ('lark.  He  d.  in  182<),  a-ed  72.  She  d.  in  ISoO.  aL-ed 
82.     Their  son— 

III.  -Jii.  John  Mack,  1».  in  Londonderry  7  Augnst,  1780, 
resided  in  Tem]»le,  "Wilton,  and  Amherst,  where  he  carried 
on  the  hlacksmithinii"  business  in  connection  with  farming, 
and  was  widely  known  as  a  skillful  workman  and  a  worthy 
citi/en.  lie  was  the  lirst  i)ostmaster  appointed  in  Wilton, 
and  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  in  that  town  several 
years,  lie  was  also  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Amherst  two 
years.  In  1><24  he  purchased  the  "  Kendrick  "  farm,  in  Am- 
herst, to  which  he  rem.  from  Wilton.  This  he  sold  to  the 
town  iji  1S31.  He  then  rem.  to  the  "Rol)y  "  farm,  where  he 
d.  1<!  July,  1854.  He  m.  ( 1  )  Phebc  (Joodridge,  dang-hter  of 
Rev.  Sewall  TJoodridgo,  of  Lyndcborongh,  22  Jnn(\  1807. 
She  was  b.  in  November,  1780 ;  d.  16  September,  1815.  lie 
m.  (2)  Hannah  Abbott,  daughter  of  William  Al)l)ott,  Esq., 
of  Wilton,  22  January,  1818.  She  was  b.  17  July,  1780  ;  d. 
27  -Vugust,  1871.     Their  children  were — 

•21.  Anflr<ii\h.M  May,  isoS;  m.  Kli/.al)eth  SawyiT,  of  Ilillslioroiigh, 
24  May,  18:i(>;  now  ros.  in  Orange,  Ma.ss.     Thoir  cliildrcn  are — 


682  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1.  Chilion  Edward,  b.  4  January,  1839;  m.  Anna  A.  Woods  27 

January,  1864 ;  res.  in  Orange,  Mass. 

2.  John   Andrew,  b.  17  October,   1847;    res.  in  Boston,  Mass. ; 

unmarried. 

22.  Sewall,  b.  9  Xovembar,  1809;  d.25  Sapteiuber,  1813. 

23.  John,  Jr.,  h.  7  March,  1811  ;  m.  Orpah  Spaldin;^- ;  settled  in  Low- 
ell, Mass. ;  d.  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  27   October,  1840 ;    no  children. 

24.  Sewall  Goodrldge,  b.  3  November,  1813  ;  m.  Mrs.  Orpah  (Spal- 
ding) Mack ;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass  ;  has  been  alderman  and  mayor  of  the 
city.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Anna  Maria,  b.  12  November,  1849;    d.  28  May,  1879;  un- 

married. 

2.  Helen  Spalding,  b.  5  December,  1850. 

25.  Benjamin,  b.  15  September,  1815;  d.  17  January,  1850. 

26.  Willinm  A.,h.  27  October,  1818;  d.  25  May,  1822. 

27.  Charles  E.,  b.  9  October,  1820 ;  m.  Louisa  Curtis  ;  went  to  Cali- 
fornia in  1849 ;  res.  at  Sacramento  ;  one  child — 

Charles  E.,  jr.,  b.  3  July.  1859. 

28.  Phehe  J.,h.  31  August,  1822;  m.  Leonard  Kimball  21  December, 
1865;  d.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  17  April,  1880;  one  child- 
Mary,  b.  9  March,  1863. 

29.  Elizabeth  C,  b.  28  April,  1824  ;  m.  Ira  Richardson,  at  Honolulu, 
S.  I.,  18  August,  1856.  He  was  b.  at  Rochester,  Vt.,9  September,  1816. 
Their  children  are — 

1.  Arthur  Wallis,  b.  20  January,  1858. 

2.  Ellen  Elizabeth,  b.  10  January,  1860;    m.  George  W.  Smith, 

of  Honolulu,  14  September,  1882. 

3.  Alice  Mabel,  b.  14  May,  1863. 

30.  ] William  A.,h.  2  July,  1826  ;  m.  Mary  J.  Batchelder. 

31.  Maria  L.,h.  29  October,  1828 ;  m.  Daniel  F.  Mitchell  6  April, 
1852.  He  d.  15  February,  1877,  aged  54  ;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass.;  three 
children : — 

ym.l.  Fred  Gilmore,  b.  12  March,  1853. 

2.  Maria  E.,b.  28  April,  1858. 

3.  Charles  Alfred,  b.  21  June,  1860. 

32.  Hannah  A.,h.  5  December,  1832;  d.  9  September,  1843. 

IV.  30.  William  Abbott  Mack,  b.  2  July,  1826 ;  m. 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Perley  aud  Rgbecca  (Damon) 
Batchelder,  of  Mont  Vernon,  10  December,  1862 ;  resided 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  683 

on  the  homestead  in  Amlierst  several  years ;  was  an  efficient 
town  officer  during  the  civil  wai",  and  afterward  representa- 
tive in  the  General  Court;  rem.  to  Lowell,  Mass., where  he 
is  now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  S.  G.  Mack  tt  Co.  Their 
children,  all  b.  in  Amherst,  were — 

33.  Maria  A.,h.  1  February,  18G4. 

34.  Emma,  b.  18  April,  186G. 

35.  WUHam  L.,  b.  13  July,  1868. 

36.  Julia,  b.  27  July,  1870;  d.  15  Auyust,  1870. 

McAllister. 

Mrs.  Mary  McAllister,  of  Stowe,  Vt. ;  d.  in  Amherst  5 
September,  1840,  aged  62. 

McALVIN. 

Eleanor  McAlvin  :  d.  13  June,  1862,  aged  74. 

McCLUER. 

1.  Asa  McCluer,  b.  in  Merrimack  28  August,  1793  ;  d. 
in  Amherst  4  June,  1870  ;  m.  Mary  Allen  19  April,  1820. 
She  was  b.  in  Charlestown  4  April,  1798  ;  d.  in  Amherst  3 
September,  1859.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  Amherst  4  May.  1821 ;  m.  Enoch  S.  Rand,  of 
Lowell,  Mass.,  30  October,  1849  ;  res.  in  Lowell. 

3.  Cha7-les  Underwood,  b.  in  Merrimack  4  June,  1823 ;  went  to  Cal- 
ifornia in  1849 ;  d.  there  1  December,  1870. 

4.  Samuel  Allen,  b.  in  Merrimack  6  September,  1826;  d.  in  :Marl- 
borough,  ]Mass.,  27  December,  1849. 

5.  Martha  Abigail,  b.  in  Merrimack  15  April,  1829;  m.  -f  Aaron  S. 
Wilkins  18  November,  1852. 

6.  ^George  A'ppleton,  b.  in  Merrimack  8  July,  1831;  m.  (1)  Malvina 
Merrill  in  1853 ;  m.  (2)  Lucy  AV.  Melendy  6  June,  1860. 

7.  James  Gilmore,  h.  in  Amherst  2  June,  1834;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Leach 
in  1858 ;  m.  (2)  Fanny  Leach. 

8.  Angdine  Eliza,  b.  4  September,  1836;  m.  Josiah  Warren,  of 
New  Boston,  30  Sei3tember,  1858. 

9.  Nancy  Wason,  b.  13  ]March,  1839 ;  m.  J.  Parker  Ferry,  of  Deer- 
ing,  6  November,  1867. 

10.  Frances  Haseltine,  b.  20  March,  1842 ;  m.  George  Hobson  of  Low- 
ell, Mass.,  13  September,  1877. 


684  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

6.  George  A.  McCluer;  m.  (1)  Malvina  Merrill  in  1853  ; 
ra.  (2)  Lucy  W.  Meleiidj  6  June,  1860.  lie  was  a  captain 
in  the  volunteer  service  in  the  civil  war,  and  was  killed  in 
Georgia  12  May,  1863.  His  widow  d.  11  May,  1873.  Their 
children  were — 

11.  James  Everett ;  d.  5  August,  1860,  aged  5  years  and  4  months. 

12.  Lucy  Ahhie,  b.  4  April,  1862. 

Miss  Rebecca  A.  McCluer,  a  deaf  mute,  d.  from  injuries 
received  in  a  fall  6  July,  1867,  aged  40. 

McCONIHIE. 

1.  Hugh  McConihie  ;  m.  Nancy,  daughter  of  Dea.  John 
Hartshorn.  She  d.  27  August,  1856,  aged  67.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

2.  \John  H.,h.  8  March,  1810;  ni.  (1)  INIartha  G.  Mussey;  m.  (2) 
Naomi  S.  W.  Underwood. 

3.  iei'j,  b.  in  June,  1812;  m.  Ahnira  Cash.  She  d.  29  July,  1854, 
aged  44.     He  d.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  11  April,  1873,  aged  60. 

4.  Jane;  m.  Jonathan  D.  Hutchinson;  res.  in  Malone,  X.  Y. 

5.  Luther;  m.  Susan  Ball,  of  Milford ;  res.  in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

2.  John  H.  McConihie,  b.  8  March,  1810;  m.  (1)  Martha 
G.  Mussey  28  February,  1832.  She  was  b.  28  August,  1806 ; 
d.  7  August,  1841.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Naomi  S.  W.  Under- 
wood 29  September,  1843.  She  was  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  9 
February,  1816.  He  res.  on  the  place  once  owned  by  his 
grand-father,  Dea.  John  Hartshorn..  Their  children  were — 

6.  Naomi  M.,  b.  24  December,  1833 ;  m.  Alfred  Wilder,  of  New 
Boston,  8  January,  1856 ;  res.  in  Ashby,  Mass. 

7.  Martha  J.,  h.  18  March,  1839  ;  d.  7  April,  1845. 

8.  Manj  K.,  b.  4  July,  1844 ;  m.  George  O.  Farley  2  April,  1867  ;  d. 
in  Nashua  13  August,  1876. 

9.  Emily  A.^h.l  April,  1846;  m.  Frank  B.  French  3  May,  1869; 
res.  in  INIilford. 

3.  Levi  McConihie,  b.  in  June,  1812  ;  d.  in  Fitchburg  11 
April,  1873;  m.  Almira  Cash.  She  d.  29  July,  1854,  aged 
44.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  GENEALOOIES.  686 

ID.   Abhy. 

11.  Adelinr  ;  m.  (1)  Elbridge  (J.  Hardy  ;  in.  (J)  rranci.s  C.  l-'rost,  of 
Milt(.nl,  5  Jaimary,  ISOO. 

I'J.  .1  son;  d.  ill  infancy.  l:i.  Susan. 

McGREOORE. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  McCJregore  ;  d.  in  June,  IHol,  atred  71. 

MdNTlRE. 

Elias  McIntire,  formerly  ol'  Amherst  ;  d.  in  Lynde- 
liorough  3  August,  187U,  aged  96  years  and  8  months. 

Mrs.  Jane  McIntire  ;  d.  in  .March,  1854,  aged  jG9. 

McKEAN. 

I.  1.  James  McKean  ;  resided  in  the  north  of  Ireland 
and  was  a  staunch  Protestant.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
the  inemorablc  defence  of  Londonderry,  against  the  army 
of  King  James.     lie  had  three  sons: — 

'2.  James.  4.    William. 

3.  .John. 
John  d.  in  Ireland,  and  Janu-.s,  with  the  widoNV  of  .lolni  and  her  eliil- 
dreu,  emigrated  to  Londonderry  in  171S.     William  emigrated  to  Tenn- 
sylvania  in  1728,  and  some  of  his  de.scendants  have  held  high  otlioial 
positions  in  tliat  .stato. 

III.  n.  Samuel  MrlvEAN,  son  of  ( :'> )  John,  who  came 
with  his  mother  to  liomlonderry,  was  the  father  of  ten  chil- 
dren— 

(i.   IIiKjIi.  11.    William. 

7.  John.  12.  Mary. 

S.  lioherl.  13.   M"rfha. 

!>.  James.  11.  Atjnes. 

10.  ^Samuil.  15.  Jane. 

IV.  10.  Samuel  McKean:  m.  Jane  Graham;  settled 
in  Amherst  in  17()1,  on  the  farm  now  occupied  hy  James 

Alexander,  in  Mont  Vernon,  where  he  remained  until 
about   177"),  when    he  rem.  to  Windham.      He    afterward 


686  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

resided  in   Belfast,  Me.,  and  finally,  with  his  sons,  in  Ac- 
worth,  where  he  d.     Their  children  were — 

16.  Hugh,  b.  14  January,  1755 ;    in.  (1)  Danforth ;    m.  (2) 

Mary  Gregg ;  settled  in  Acworth  about  1784. 

17.  Agnes,  b.  24  March,  1756. 

18.  Samuel,  b.  18  February,  1758. 

19.  John,  b.  24  April,  1760 ;  ni.  (2)  ^Martha  Dunn ;  settled  in  Ac- 
worth  about  1784. 

20.  Janet,  b.  15  February,  1762. 

21.  Martha,  b.  20  December,  1763. 

22.  Ephraim,  b.  21  January,  1766. 

23.  Jane,  b.  25  February,  1768. 

24.  Keziah,  b.  16  December,  1769. 

25.  Isaac,  b.  30  September,  1771. 

26.  Ahner  Graham,  b.  4  Janiiary,  1774. 

27.  David  Danforth  McKean,  son  of  (16)  Hugh  Mc- 
Kean ;  m.  Lydia  Page.  They  settled  first  in  Acworth ; 
rem.  thence  to  Antrim,  and  from  Antrim  to  Bedford.  Their 
children  were — 

28.  jDavId  Danforth,  b.  in  Acwortli  28  Xovember,  1809. 

29.  Daniel  P. 

30.  f/saac  P.,b.  in  Antrim  20  August,  1812. 
81.  Hugh,  b.  in  Bedford. 

VII.  28.  David  Danforth  McKean,  b.  in  Acworth  28 
November,  1809 ;  d.  in  Amherst  25  May,  1877 ;  m.  (1) 
Elizabeth  P.  Blanchard  8  November,  1836.  She  was  b.  in 
Milford  5  May,  1818  ;  d.  13  April,  1865.  He  m.  (2)  Sarah 
M.  Hodgman,  of  Hollis,  24  June,  1869.  His  children 
were — 

32.  Calista  Ann,  b.  23  January,  1838;  d.  29  January,  1838. 

33.  Elizabeth  Cornelia,  b.  7  June,  1840;  m.  Henry  W.  Look,  of  Tis- 
bury,  Mass.,  15  March,  1880. 

34.  Ahneda  Towne,  b.  5  Janviary,  1846;  m.  Edward  L.  Hodgman,  of 
Hollis,  23  January,  1868;  two  children. 

VII.  30.  Isaac  P.  McKean,  b.  in  Antrim  20  August, 
1812  ;  came  to  Amherst  from  Bedford  in  November,  1832, 


XXIV.]  GKNEALOGIES.  G87 

and  woiktHl  in  the  wliij)  I'aclurv  oi  Mflendx  A  David  sev- 
eral years:  als(t  at  the  eaipenlei' hnsiness  :  m.  Elizabeth  W. 
(lardner  0  Auu'ust,  lS-5ti.     Tlieir  childicn  uei-e — 

o").   I'riscilld    M'ntiilliiir;/,    \<.    \'>   ScjitriiiluT,  \^'-u  :    n-s.  in    AiiilicrKt; 
unmarried. 

36.  Louis,i.  1..  1  Aujrust,  l.SlL';  d.  13  September,  18-13. 

37.  Cfxirlis  III  lilt/  Hamilton,  ]•.  1")  Aiii^aist.  181(5;    res.  in   F>:i\vrf'iioo, 
Mass. 

MANNING. 

1.  John  .M.\nnin(;,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolntion,  was  h.  in 
Middlesex  cuiinty,  Mnss.,  14  June,  1749  ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon 
5  August,  1829;  ni.  Lvdia  Pike,  of  Amherst,  15  February, 
17S4  She  was  1). -22  Mareh.  170S:  d.  2  February,  1S:U. 
Their  son — 

'J.  ^Eiioc/i,  was  1).  11   St'ittcinbiT.  IT'^I. 

2.  Kno(  H  Manmn(;,  1).  in  Amherst  11  September,  1784  ; 
d.  ill  Lima,  S.  A.,  11  dune,  1822;  m.  ^lary  Farrington,  of 
li\nn.  Mass.  She  was  1).  17  May,  171^0  :  d.  in  Felirnary, 
Isl").     Their  ehildren  were — 

3.  L;/,liii  Ann,  b.  in  Sal.iii.  ,Mass.,L".t  .Vugust,  IMIO;  in.  Sctli  Wliit- 
lonl,o{  Nashua,  19  Febniaiy,  1835;  d.  IT)  December,  issl. 

I.  Miitih/n  J/^.,  b.  in  .Salem,  Mass.,  5  .Inly,  1812;  unnianicd  :  n<.  in 
N'asiiua. 


Jiisrji/i  Miinninij ;  d.  11  .lune,  1S(!(),  aged  77. 
Nancy,  widow  of  Joseph  Manning  ;  d.  13  April,  1874,  aged  76. 
^f(ll■^|  .I;*;/,  wife  of  "William  Planning ;    d.  in   I)ff('nd>er.  1836,  aged 
•J  5. 

Salnlhid  Munniny;  d.  in  October.  IS'JS,  aged  ts. 

Benjamin  /•'.,  son  of  Salathitl  Manning;  d.  26  October,  lsl7. 

MAHnLK. 
Children  of  Samuel  :ind  Lri  v  Maijble; — 

Jinileif,  b.  30  April,  1817. 

Ti/lah  Merrill,  b.  9  September,  1818. 


688  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

HARDEN. 

Susan  Harden;  d.  24  August,  1843, aged  55. 

HARSH. 

Joseph  Harsh;  d.  in  April,  1817,  aged  40. 

HARVELL. 
John  Harvell  ;  d.  5  August,  1834,  aged  44. 

HAYNARD. 

Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of  Rev.  Lyman  Maynard ;  d.  31  January, 
1835,  aged  18  mouths. 

HAXFIELD. 

Hoses  Haxfield  ;  d.  5  December,  1859,  aged  19. 

HAXWELL. 

1.  Thompson  Haxwell,  b.  in  Bedford,  Hass.,11  Septem- 
ber, 1742 ;  d.  in  Ohio  in  1834  ;  m.  ( 1 )  Sibyl  Wyman  in  1764. 
She  d.in  Ohio  in  1802;  m.  (2)  Hrs.  Little  6  July,  1807. 
He  settled  in  Amherst  in  1764,  and  with  his  family  rem.  to 
Buckland,  Hass.,in  1777,  thence,  at  a  later  date,  to  Butler 
county,  Ohio.     His  children,  b.  in  Amherst,  were — 

2.  Joshua,  b.  19  May,  1767;  d.  25  February,  1768. 

3.  Joshua,  b.  29  May,  1769. 

4.  Thompson,  b.  12  October,  1771. 

5.  Betsey,  b.  20  Februarj^  1773 ;  d.  16  June,  1776.  • 


XXIV.] 


(IKNKALOCIES. 

MKAXS. 


C89 


1vksuh:nck  ok  thk  Lati;  Hon.  Honi:i:r  Mk.vxs,  on  A^riii  kst 
Plain,  now  tiik  Rksidknci:  of  nKOKcr.  Ki  n:. 

liiiilt  alxxit  17:)l>. 


1.  RoHKRT  Mf:ans,S()ii  of  Tlioin;is  ^rcaiis,  wus  l>.  in  Stcw- 
nrtstowii.  Ireland.  2  >  August,  1742  ;  d.  in  Anilicrst  24  Jan- 
uarv,  ls2;l:  \n.  Miry  ^[cOrci^oro,  ilaimlitcr  of  \li'\ .  I)a\id 
.Mc'(Jiegore, ot  Ljndondcrry,  24  Xovonihcr,  1774.  S'lc  was 
1>.  G  December,  1752  :  d.  14  Jannary,  1838.  Their  eliildren 
were — 

2.  ThoiiKut,  1>.  •_'2   XovenibtM'.  177");  <1.  in  (icor^ia  in  <)ftf>l»'r,  1821. 

3.  Mitrif,  I).  20  October,  1777;  d.  12  .Vpril,  ]s:y<  ;  ni.  Hon.  J<'n'.nuali 
-Miisoii  0  Novi'inber,  1790.     Tlu'ir  childrt'ii  wpic  — 

1.  (Jeorge.  .">.  J  r  -niiali. 

2.  Mary  Klizabeth.  ti.  .laii.'. 

li.  .Vltnd.  7.  Robert  M. 

4.  .James.  8.  Charles. 

9.  Mary  .\nu  (now  Mrs.  Coninioilore  KllLson). 

44 


690  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  8  September,  1779;  m.  f  Rev.  Jesse  Appletou. 

5.  ^ David  McGregore,  b.  28  September,  1781. 

6.  Nancij,  b.  28  October,  1783 ;  d.  27  November,  1866  ;  tlie  last  sur- 
vivor of  the  family.  She  m.  (1)  Hon.  Caleb  Ellis  4  February,  1816 ; 
m.  (2)  Hon.  Amos  Lawrence,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  16  April,  1821.  Her 
children  (both  by  the  second  marriage)  were — 

1.  Mary.  2.  Robert. 

7.  Robert,  jr.,  b.  23  January,  1786  ;  d.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  26  Septem- 
ber, 1842 ;  m.  (1)  Mary  E.  Dinsmore,  daughter  of  Hon.  Samuel  Uins- 
more,  of  Keene,  30  June,  1823  ;  m.  (2)  Abby  A.  Kent,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Amos  Kent,  of  Chester,  28  October,  1834;  no  children. 

8.  Isaac,  b.  25  March,  1788 ;  d.  27  April,  1788. 

9.  .Jane,  b.  7  August,  1789;  d.  2  November,  1805. 

10.  Marji  Ann,  b.  23  Deceml)er,  1792;  d.  27  September,  1812. 

David  McGregore  Means,  b.  28  September,  1781 ;  d.  5 
March,  1835;  succeeded  his  father  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. He  was  an  active,  public-spirited  citizen,  an  officer 
in  the  militia,  and  represented  the  town  two  years  in  the 
General  Court.  He  m.  Catherine,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joshua 
Atherton,  12  January,  1808.  She  was  b.  in  June,  1781 ;  d. 
17  January,  1838.     Their  children  were— 

11.  Robert,  b.  19  February,  1809  ;  m.  (1)  E.  W.  Clarke  ;  m.  (2)  S.  J. 
James.     He  d.  in  Beaufort,  S.  C,  24  April,  1863. 

12.  Mary  Jane,  b.  1  January,  1811 ;  m.  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Adams  23 
October,  1839 ;  d.  in  Orange,  N.  J.,  28  March,  1882. 

13.  Jaines,  b.  27  April,  1813;  m.  E.  P.  Johnson;  d.  in  Newbern,  N. 
(\,m  April,  1863. 

14.  William  Gordon,  h.  27  April,  1815;  in.  Martha  Allen;  res.  iii 
Andover.  Mass. 

15.  Catherine,  b.  22  May,  1817;  m.  Hon.  N.  Cleveland. 

16.  Xanry  Ellis,  b.  8  Marcli,  1819  ;  unmarried. 

17.  Eliza  Frances,  b.  5  April,  1822;  m.  Hon.  E.  B.  Bigelow. 

18.  Helen  McGregore,  b.  21  December,  1824;  m.  Rev.  D.  P.  Noyes. 
1_9.  Rebecca  Wentworth,  b.  29  March,  1828 ;  m.  (1)  Robert  Appleton ; 

m.  (2)  Henry  Upham;  d.  in  Longwood,  Mass.,  in  1859. 

MELENDY. 

Three  brothers  of  this  family  came  from  England  to  Mas- 
sachusetts prior  to  1729  and  settled  in  Esse.'i  county.     One 


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XXI  \'. J  (;enealouie8.  691 

mariied  l)ut  Idt  no  dcscLMidants.     Another,  who  .set tied  in 
lieadiuL'',  niai-ried  and  left  (luUe  a  family. 

I.  1.  William  .Mi:lkni»v,  tlie  third  of  the  I  not  her.s,  set- 
tled lirst  ill  Medford  :  in.  l"]li/.al)eth  lianisoii,  of  Reading, 
0  June,  17l!>S,  and  afterward  rem.  to  that  town.  She  was  a 
sister  of  Samuel  Lamson,  one  of  the  two  lirst  settlers  in 
Souhcgan  West,  and  was  I),  in  ixeadinu'  21  August,  1709. 
They  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1761,  where  he  d.  early  in  1778. 
His  will  was  presented  fur  j>rul)ate  'lo  March  of  tliat  year. 

lie  was  a  cooper  and  was  for  a  lung  time  engaged  in  the 
iiKiiiiifaeture  of  molasses  liogsheads,  the  materials  for  which 
he  would  prei>are  at  home,  and  go  with  them  to  the  West 
Indies,  where  he  j)ut  them  together.  A  wine  guage  whii'h 
he  used  ahout  his  liusiness,  bearing  the  date  of  1727,  is  ikjw 
in  the  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants.  Their  cliildreii 
were — 

2.  t  Wlllldw,  1).  .")  Ajuil,  17-J!t. 

3.  liirhnnl  :  settled  in  Heading,  Mass.,  where  he  died. 

4.  Ilihci-in:  in.  Tiiiiotiiy  DaiiKtii. 

.").  .V(j/v(//,  li.  ."»  Fclnnarv.  17-'>0:  ni.  Jnsiah  linked;  settlrd  in  Mill- 
Inirv,  Mass. 

(!.  Samuel,  \k  10  Xovenilicr,  17H;  setticil  in  (Jnilford,  \'t.,and  d. 
there. 

7.   H'tniKili,  \k '2  \\>\\\.  171  t;  d.  yonng. 

5.  Afar;/,  h.  7  -Vngnst.  1710. 

J),  ynifwiiis.  h.  2  Mareh.  17l!t. 

1".  //(;n//a//,  1>.  J  flune.  17.')1  :  m.  fKplnaiin  rreneii  ;  d.  in  .\ndiersl 
•_'s  Mareli.  179:5. 

II.  2.  William  Melkndv,  It.  in  Keading  o  April,  1721>: 
d.  ill  Andierst  1")  February,  ISl:] ;  m.  Ilepsibah,  daughter 
of  Xathaiiirl  Hmerson,  of  Reading.  She  was  b.  Id  July. 
172'J;  d.  1.")  October,  178').  He  m.  (  2  )  Abigail  (Nichols) 
Carter.  She  was  b.  1  August,  1738;  d.  in  April.  182."). 
Their  cliildren  were — 

II.  Hepsihtih,  h.  21  May,  1754  ;  in.  Riclianl  Finch  3  Xovember,  1779  ; 
.settled  in  Peterborough  where  he  d.  in  1797.  After  his  death  she  rein- 
to  Waltham,  Mass.,  where  she  d.  11  February,  l>5:i7. 


692  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

12.  t  Wmiam,  b.  6  March,  1756. 

13.  "[Nathaniel,  b.  29  April,  1759. 

14.  Mar;/,  b.  7  November,  176-1 ;  d.  young. 

II.  9.  Thomas  Melendy,  b.  in  Reading  2  March,  1749; 
d.  in  Amherst  28  November,  1842 ;  m.  Sai'ah  Patterson,  of  Lon- 
donderry, 25  Deceml)er,  1783.  She  was  b.  14  Jnly,  1759  ; 
d.  16  June,  1820.  tie  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  for  inde- 
pendence, and  at  its  close  settled  on  the  farm  on  Chestnut 
Hill  since  occupied  by  his  son,  Capt.  Luther  Melendy.  Their 
children  were — 

15.  Peter,  b.  1  October,  1784;  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  anny  in  1813  ; 
served  a  short  time  in  the  infantry ;  was  transferred  to  the  artillery 
service  in  which  he  served  as  lieutenant,  and  was  employed  in  garrison 
duty  at  Fort  Constitution,  near  Portsmouth.  He  d.  in  Amherst  15 
May,  1S23  ;  never  inaiTied. 

16.  John,  b.  27  July,  178'j  ;  m.  Polly  Swasey,  of  Newbury,  Vt., hi  1819  ; 
rem.  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  resided  forty  years.  He  then  rem. 
to  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa,  where  lie  d.  14  Septeml^er,  1869  ;  no  children. 

17.  EHzaheth,  b.  5  March,  1788;  d.  in  Amherst  12  March,  1856;  un- 
married. 

18.  Thomas  Wilson,  b.  20  December,  1789 ;  m.  Clara  Smith  Wilkins 
19  August,  1819.  He  d.  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  1  August,  1881,  aged  91 
years.     She  d.  1  August,  1867;  four  children. 

19.  James,  b.  10  October,  1791;  m.  Susan  Smith;  settled  in  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  and  d.  there  6  November,  1848,  leaving  two  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

20.  ^Luther,  b.  2  June,  1703. 

III.  12.  William  Melendy, b. 6  March,  1756;  d.  9  April, 
1814  ;  m.  xVbigail  Badger,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  28  December, 
1780.  She  was  b.  28  June,  1762 ;  d.  17  January,  1834. 
They  settled  in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

21.  -f  William,  b.  13  November,  1781. 

22.  Daniel,  )  i    .-,i  v        -i        i-oi        d.  27  Jan.  1814;  unmarried. 
'  b.  21  November,  l/b4;  ' 


23.  Abigail;  )  d.  26  April,  1830;  unmarried. 

24.  Mercy  Jarcis,  b.  14  June,  1787  ;  d.  in  Amherst  1  December,  1854; 
unmarried. 

25.  Hepsibah,  h.  22  March,   1791;    d.  in   Amherst  8  August,  1877; 
unmarried. 


XXIV. J  CKNKALOCIES.  693 

'JO.   S<irah.  1..  11   Xoveinher,  17*>L'. 

27.  R<h(rr,ijK-21  Kebniiiry,  17!l.');  in. 'I'liumas  I^kI-.t  1.',  1),..-,-iii1.,t, 
1818:  d.  11  \()V(!iiil..'r.  18.yJ.  11.-  d.  in  Hosh.n.  Mass.,  :{  r.-l.iiiary, 
18()S,  aged  (il. 

28.  ^Fmnces,  b.  10  August,  1797;  ni.  fUobert  Houttdl. 

29.  ^Samuel  Badger,  h.  22  December,  17!»n. 

30.  Eliznheth  TlV/r/j,  b.  10  October,  1802:   m. +I5arnab;is  15.  !)avi<l. 

111.  i:].  X.VTii.vNii-L  Mklkndv,  1..  -IW  April,  IT.V.t  ;  .1.  18 
July,  1S4S  ;  111.  Eli/;il)eth  Hutchinson,  of  Pcpitcrell,  Mass., 
20  Aii.-rnst,  17S1.  She  was  b.  2H  Mareli,  ITOl  ;  d.  0  May, 
1847.  They  settled  in  tlic  Chestnut  Hill  district  on  the 
farm  hitrly  occupied  by  Capt.  Charles  Mclendy,  Their 
chilli  ITU  were — 

;n.  -[Xalhdniel,  b.  11  December,  1782;  m.  Pri.scilla  Stearns  in  1806; 
settled  in  Cambridge,  Vt. ;  d.  12  February,  18G2;  ten  cliildren. 

;}2.  IKj7/tV/ Mi,  b.  11  December,  1782;  m.  Elizabetli  Johnson  1  March, 
ISO!).  She  was  b.  in  Boston,  ^lass.,  25  July,  1787;  d.  at  Cambridge, 
Vt.,  10  April,  ISGO.     lie  d.  17  September,  istO:  ten  children. 

3:5.   Chnrlnttr,  b.  ."1  Septemlier.  17^-1;  d.  2.5  September.  1785. 

;U.  CfKirlnttc,  b.  10  .\pri].  17^0;  d.  5  March,  \>>\1  \  unmarried. 

35.  Jnstufi  Newhnll.  b.  17  March,  .17SS;  ni.  Lucy  Arbuckle  5  Febru- 
ary, 1S17.  They  settled  in  Cambridge,  Vt.,  but  in  1850  rem.  to  York, 
Carroll  county,  111.,  where  he  d.  in  February,  ISGO;  six  children. 

36.  Po!!i/,h.S  Xoveniber,  17!»0:  m.  t'^t''I''>''"  Could:  d.  l(j  Jidy, 
18(57. 

:'>7.  Samuel,  h.  li  February,  1793 :  resided  in  Caml>ridge.  Vt. :  d.  in 
Jericho,  Vt.,  4  Octol^er,  1S77  ;  unmarried. 

38.  Belaeij,  b.  25  January,  17!l5;  d. 20  March,  ISSO:  unmarried;  res. 
and  d.  in  Andierst. 

39.  \('harh.'^,  b.  1  June.  1797. 

40.  jBn/iiit/,  b.  22  November,  ISOO. 

111.  -in.  Li  TUKi;  .Mklkndv,  1).  2  June,  1793:  ni.  Lucin<la, 
daughter  of  Simeon  Kenney,  E.s(|.,  of  Merrimack,  31  May, 
1825.  She  was  b.  10  August,  18U0 ;  no  children.  They 
settled  on  the  farm  on  Chestnut  Hill  cleared  hy  his  father, 
which  he  carried  on  successfully  for  several  years.  For 
many  years  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,     lie  was  one  of  the  first  to  engaire  in  the  anti-sla- 


694  HISTORY  OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

very  movement,  which  he  advocated  and  defended  against 
the  most  determined  opposition,  and  lived  to  see  crowned 
with  success. 

IV.  21.  William  Melendy,  b.  13  November,  1781 ;  d. 
12  March,  1858;  was  a  prominent  and  useful  citizen  of  the 
town  ;  resided  in  the  "  Cricket  Corner"  district.  He  m.  (1) 
Lucy  Winchel  Edes  26  May,  1811.  She  d.  26  June,  1812. 
He  m.  (2)  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Jones,  of  Boston,  26 
December,  1821.  She  was  b.  15  March,  1801 ;  d.  19  Janu- 
ary, 1868.     Their  children  were — 

41.  Martha  Louisa,  b.  30  March,  1812;  d.  11  July,  1S14. 
■12.  Lucy  Winchel,  b.  18  January,  lS2o ;  d.  9  October,  1833. 

43.  Daniel  Webster,  b.  2  June,  1825. 

44.  William  Pinckney,  b.  17  September,  1827 ;  d.  25  August,  1829. 

45.  Elizabeth  Frances,  b.  2  February,  1830 ;  d.  15  September,  1861 ; 
unmarried. 

46.  yl%  Zrtm".sY/,b.  27  June,  1832;  m.  Frank  N.  Boutwell  13  May, 
1857  ;  d.  15  January,  1865. 

47.  Lucy  Winchel,h.2(S  January,  1835;  m.  George  A.  McCluer  6 
June,  1860 ;  d.  11  March,  1873.  He  was  shot  in  Georgia  12  IMay,  1863, 
aged  32  years. 

48.  ^William,  b.  18  June,  1838. 

49.  Cordelia  Maria,  b.  30  April,  1841  ;  d.  19  August,  1866;  unm. 

50.  ]  Albert  David,}:). 'dl  December,  1843;  m.  Ella  S.  Richards,  of 
Nashua,  20  August,  1868. 

IV.  29.  Samuel  Badger  Melendy,  b.  22  December, 
1799;  d.  7  November,  1877;  carried  on  the  whip  manufac- 
turing business,  in  company  with  his  brother-in-law,  Barna- 
bas B.  David,  many  years  on  "the  Plain,"  furnishing  em- 
ployment to  quite  a  number  of  people.  He  was  a  public- 
spirited  and  worthy  citizen  ;  m.  Everline,  daughter  of  Caleb 
Boutell,  22  December,  1825.     Their  children  were — 

51.  \  George  Boutell,  b.  17  September,  1826;  in.  Abby  Eastman  ;  res. 
in  New  York  city. 

52.  Abby  Badger,  b.  18  November,  1830 ;  mimarried. 


XXIV.]  GKNKALOGIES.  Ij'j.') 

5:}.  Krerliiw  Sop/iin.  1..  S  Octol.er,  18  JS  ;   111.  (1)  (;,'()r^v  \V.  Pa^e  •J4 
November,  185'J.     ilr  d.  '22  December,  1S55;  in.  ('2)  tJ^evi  MartsiKtrn. 
r)4.  f{(f>t'cc(i  Conrcrse,  b.  11  .bun'.  ls:}7:   iminarrii'ii. 


JV.     31.  Xatiiamki,  Mi:li:n:;v,  I).  1 1  D. miter.  ITX'J:  d. 

ill  Canibritlge,  Vt.,  12  Fehriiary,  1H()2  :  in.  Priscill;i,(liunili- 
tcr  uf  John  Stearns,  in  1800.  Tlioy  residrd  in  AniluTst  a 
short  time  after  their  niarriagT',  where  tlieir  ohh^st  chihl, — 

.").").  //(//•;•//'/,  was  h.  ;>  April,  isiiT;  111.  Udlit-rt  Wailac  •.  Tlii'ir  cliil- 
(b't'ii  were — 

1.  Caroline;  m.  .Tosei»ii  B.  Mori^siii. 

2.  Ira;  ni.  Maria  Barrett,  of  New  York. 

8.  Charles;  m.  P]liza  Morgan,  of  Cambridij;.*,  Vt. 
1.   Hebecea;  m.  Harrison  AVarner,  of  Cambridge. 
.">.   .Vdcline;  m.  Parker  Page,  of  Cambridge. 
(>.   Kstlicr  Maiia :  in. -lolm  Wilson,  of  Cambridge. 

7.  Alfred. 

8.  .Joel  C. 

n.  Soplintnia. 

IV.  30.  VwY.  ('lUin.K-  .ArKi.KNDV,  1).  1  Jim.'.  1T'.>7  ;  s.-t- 
lled  on  Clu'slnut  Hill:  ni.  (1)  Xancv,  (hiujrhtcr  ut"  John 
and  Sns:inn:ih  Smith,  oi  Il.iUis,  5  Octob,'!',  l>>2o.  She  was 
1..  27  Frl)rn;in-,  ISi)'):  d.  2')  Jnii.',  18  ;i.  11.'  m.  (2)  .Mrs. 
Sarah  liawrcnee,  of  lVj)]iereil,  Mass.,  25  Docfniber,  18;il. 
Slie  d.  26  Anirnst,  1SI)8.     Their  ehihli-en  \vei-(^ — 

56.  yunrii  Au(iH^tii,\\.  2\  Marcli,  l^^i! ;  d.  17  .Vngust,  l.S7o:   num. 

57.  Caroline  M.,  !>.  11  Xovembfr,  \>^27 :  m.  .Moses  K.  (Jrillin,  of 
Pepperell,  M:i.ss.,22  February,  ISHO;  tliree  chiMren. 

5S.  C/iarlcs  Auf/u^liiiP,]).  4  Deeendter,  1820;  m.  i.i/zii-  M.  Sniitli  iti 
York,  Carroll  county.  111..  11  Xovember,  1S(17;  four  cliildr.'n. 

.')!».  Lkci/  Ellzfilii'l/i,  1). 'JS  October,  1831;  ni.  Frederick  (J.  Ileusti.s, 
of  York.  III., 8  December,  1856. 

00.  Ahignil  F..b.  20  Xovend)er,  IS.'iV.  d. :}  Xov.'inber,  1802;   unm. 

61.  George  W.,  b.  20  Xoveinl>er,  18:$.');  d.  14  .September.  1S()1 : 
unmarried. 

62.  John  /i.,  b.  26  .March,  1838 ;  m.  Lydia,  dauglitcr  of  I'n-i'man 
Hutchinson,  of  Milfonl,  25  Noveml)er,  1860;  two  childri'ii. 


696  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

63.  Susan  S.,  h.  12  Feljruaiy,  1840  ;  ni.  f  James  ().  Carter,  of  Amherst, 
in  November,  1860;  d.  11  September,  1861. 

6i.  Mdry  Ann,  b.  22  December,  1841;  m.  Albert  Jenness,  of  Bedford, 
17  April,  1861.     They  res.  in  York,  111. ;  four  children. 

65.  J'imes  Arnohl,  b.  20  July,  1844. 

66.  Einerline  ./.,  b.  15  June,  1818;  d.  28  August,  1861. 

67.  Eintrs„n  II. ,\).  26  December,  1852;  d.  27  September,  1861. 

IV.  40.  Bryant  Melenuy,  b.  22  November,  1800  ;  set- 
tled ill  Aiiilierst  ;  in.  Clariuda,  daughter  of  Solomon  and 
Mary  (Mussey)  Prince,  28  January,  1830.  She  was  b.  18 
March,  1805;  d.  6  iMarch,  1870.     Their  children  were— 

68.  Frederick  B.,h.  23  October,  1831;  d.  16  August,  1834. 

69.  Ellen  11. ,h.  4  August,  1833;  res.  in  Amherst;  unmarried. 

70.  Bri/ant  Hutchinson,  b.  24  February,  1836;  m.  S.  Jennette  Smith- 
of  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  11  May,  1878. 

71.  Clarinda  F?-ances,h.  11  March,  1838;  res.  in  Amherst;  unni. 

72.  Hamilton,  b.  7  December,  1839. 

73.  .James,  b.  27  June,  1842. 

74.  Nathaniel  M.,h.  29  April,  1846. 

V.  48.  William  Melendy,  b.  18  June,  1838;  m.  Annie 
S.  Hodgkiss,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  8  October,  1868.  She  was  b. 
in  Dudley,  England.     Their  children  were — 

75.  Cordelia  Maria,  b.  12  March,  1870. 

76.  Amelia  Luci/,  b.  25  December,  1871. 

77.  William  Samuel,  b.  16  April,  1873. 

V.  50.  Albert  David  Melendy,  b.  31  December,  1843; 
m.  Ella  S.  Richards,  of  Nashua,  20  August,  1868.  Their 
son 

78.  Albert  N.  C.,was  b.  in  Nashua  19  June,  1869. 

V.  51.  Geor(!E  Bolttell  Melendy,  b.  17  September, 
1826;  d.  24  February,  1883;  m.  Abby,  daughter  of  Cyrus 
Eastman,  30  January,  1849.  Was  a  civil  engineer  and  res. 
in  New  York  city.    Their  children  were — 

79.  Ilch/n  Eastman,  b.  in  Amherst  26  January,  1852. 

80.  Ldulsa  :  d.  at  the  age  of  five  years. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOCIES.  697 

81.  Gcorrje  Eldrrdijc ;  is  now  (1)^8"J)  ;i  sludciitiii  Darliuuutli  College. 

82.  Ann  Eliza;  d.  in  infancy. 

V.  83.  Hamilton  Mklkndy,  frraiidson  and  addiitctl  sou 
of  Nathaniel  Melcndy,  was  b.  in  Amherst  14  Septeniljcr, 
1808  ;  d.  in  Bedford  23  January,  1880;  m.  Rutli  Gerry,  of 
Hillshorough,  29  March,  1842.  She  was  b.  in  1817  ;  d.  27 
PYhruary,  185t).     Their  cliihl— 

84.  .f(i/ui  Grrri/  ThtmUton.  was  h.  S  F(>l)ruary,  18.56. 

MELVIX. 

David  Melvin  d.  22  November,  1827,  aged  69.  fie  m. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Josepli  Prince,  20  September,  1788. 
Slie  d.  6  September,  1844,  aged  84.  They  settled  in  the 
easti'rly  part  of  the  town  on  the  Bedford  road,  al>nut  half  a 
mile  from  Bedford  line.     Their  children  were — 

David;  m.  :Mary  J.  Swett,  of  liedloid,  1-3  .\pril,  1819  ;  settled  on  the 
homestead.  A  few  years  before  his  death  he  rem.  to  Na.shua,  where 
lie  d.  V2  January.  1861,  aged  72  years;  no  children. 

Betsey;  m.  Gardner  Holmes,  of  Mopkinton,  in  FeViruary,  1826. 

Hannah;  m.  David  Weston  8  August,  Isl'7. 

Joseph. 

Samuel,  h.  3  July,  1804  ;  m.  Xancy  Swett,  of  Bedford,  in  18.31 ;  d.  in 
Ilook.sett  5  October,  1859  ;  no  children. 

Franklin. 


Two  or  three  childnMi  of  (liis  family  d.  of  dysentery  in  l8(l(». 
MKLZAK. 

Abraham  ^Ielzar,  b.  in  .Marl)k'head;  resided  in  Amherst 
some  years;  m.Lovisa  Jones,  of  Hillsborougli.  lie  d.  in 
Hudson  13  February,  1S»)4,  aged  8<>.  Their  children 
were — 

Sarah:  m.  G(>orge  Danfortli,  of  Amherst. 
Sophia  :  d.  unmarried,  aged  21.        Eiiz'iheth  ;    d.  youni;. 
Catharine;  d.  young.  Harriett;  res.  in  Milford. 

Ezra:   manied  ;  res.  in  Milford.     Josephine;   res.  in  Milford. 
Afleline;  d.  unmarried,  aged  37.     Joanna:  d.  aged  10. 
Ahnira;  res.  in  Na,shua. 


698  HISTORY    OF    AMHEEST.  [Chap. 

MERRILL. 

1.  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Merrill  resided  in  the  north- 
east part  of  the  town,  on  the  road  to  Bedford  north-west 
parish.     He  d.  9  April,  1815.     Their  children  were — 

2.  \BenJamin,  h.  25  August,  1768. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  21  July,  1770  ;  m.  SwiningtoTi. 

4.  John,  b.  3  July,  1772. 

5.  Daniel,  b.  5  September,  1771;  m.  Hannah  Stevens  26  November, 
1799. 

6.  Sarah,  b.  5  March,  1777. 

7.  Jonathan,  h.  25  June,  1779  ;  m.  Tolly  Pike  10  July,  1803. 

8.  Edmund,  b.  18  August,  1781. 

9.  Joshua. 

The  children  of  (2)  Benjamin,  jr.,  and  Phebe  Merrill 
were — 

10.  Susannah,  b.  10  November,  1792. 

11.  Nabby,  b.  12  April,  1794. 

12.  Elizabeth,  b.  25  August,  1795. 

13.  Sallij. 

The  children  of  (14)  Nathan  and  Susannah  Merrill 
were — 

15.  Nathan,  b.  5  October,  1788.       16.  Susan?iah,  b.  17  June,  1791. 


Mark  Merrill,  formerly  of  Amherst,  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  7  November, 
1879,  aged  73. 

Betsey,  wife  of  Mark  Merrill,  d.  4  March,  1874,  aged  61  years  and 
11  months. 

Rebecca  Merrill,  d.  25  December,  1876,  aged  77  years  and  2  months. 

Sarah  Merrill,  d.  13  June,  1845,  aged  48. 

Luhe  D.  Merrill,  d.  20  June,  1862,  aged  19  years  and  three  months. 

MILLS. 

Capt.  John  Mills,  an  officer  in  the  battles  of  Bunker 
Hill  and  Bennington,  also  in  Capt.  Wilkins's  company  at 
"the  Cedars,"  where  he  was  taken  prisoner,  was  for  several 
years  an  active  and  prominent  citizen  of  the  north-west 
parish,  now  Mont  Vernon.     He  m.  Keziah  Lyon,  who  d.  in 


XXIV.]  GENKALOGIES.  60!) 

Windham,  Vt,,  in  1824.  lie  also  d.  in  Windham,  whither 
they  had  rem.  some  years  hcfore,  in  1S12.  Tiieir  ehildren 
were — 

1.  Abi(jail,h.  1  August,  IT'iO  ;  m. Witherspoon  ;  n<iii.  to  Mmhic, 

\vh(M-e  she  died. 

2.  EifHccer,  1).  123  April.  1770  ;  iii.  I  laiinali  W.  Tploii,  of  Amherst. 
He  d.  ill  the  aniiy  at  15urliiiL;t()u,  \'t.,  in  iSli*. 

3.  \John,  b.  2-1  April,  1772. 

4.  Keziah,\i.  11  June,  177 1:  in.  JdiKithaii  Slicrwin  ;  rem.  to  I^aiid- 
grove,  Vt.,  and  d.  there. 

o.  Betsey,  m.  John  Dudley;  they  rem.  to  ^^'inllllam.  Vt. ;  slie 
afterward  removed  to  Canada  with  her  son,  and  d.  tin-re. 

3.  John  Mills  m.  Ednah  Wilkins.  lie  left  his  family, 
went  to  Nova  Scotia,  and  d.  there.     Their  children  were — 

Polli/.  h.  in  January,  17!):!. 
Hezekiah,  h.  15  December,  17fl5. 

MOOR.— MOimE. 

John  Moor,  sun  of  Kcv.  Solomon  Moor,  liist  minister 
of  New  Boston;  was  1>.  17  Oclolier,  17^2;  d.  in  Amlierst 
28  October,  18()2  ;  m.  (1)  Mehitai)le  Ray,  of  Mont  Vernon, 
21  November,  1801;  she  d.  2")  December,  Ls;52  ;  m.  (^2) 
Martha  (Sprague)  Morrison,  of  Bedford;  she  d.  20  Novem- 
ber, 186t').  He  commenced  bnsiness  as  a  merchant  in  Am- 
herst about  183(5.     Ilis  childi-en,  liy  liis  first  wife,  were — 

2.  Solomon,  h.  1  July,  isof):  d.  C  Manli,  1^72  :  in. — ;  she  d.  0 

July,  1850. 

3.  ]J(imc.i  R.,  h.  13  October,  isod ;  m.  (1)  Ruth  C.  N':i.-^h,  0  April, 
1848;  she  d.  Iti  December,  18(J3  ;  m.  (2)  Alibie  Faruliain,  21  Novem- 
ber, 181)7. 

4.  Sahnnn  R.,  b.  11  March,  1S()8  ;  m.  Daniel  Campbell,  of  Now  Bos- 
ton ;  d.  11  February,  ls4i). 

5.  Fntiices  Smitli,  b.  <!  February,  is  Id  ;  in.  Alfred  K.Cochran;  d. 
9  August,  1S30. 

G.  Jo/tii  Ifamilloii,  b.  13  .September,  1^11  ;  m.  .Sarah  C.  SpaKHiig,  of 
Na«lma. 

7.   Eliza  Ami,  h.  31  Jniv,  1^13;   m.  Samuel  Leach. 


700  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

8.  Levi  W.,  b.  12  May,  1815  ;  d.  19  November,  1838. 

9.  Alfred,  b.  8  July,  1817;  d.  9  September,  1836. 

10.  Mehitahle  Ray,  b.  15  September,  1819  ;  m.  Frank  Mead,  of  Lit- 
tleton, Mass. 

11.  Nancij,  h.  2  December,  18-2-2 ;  m.  William  D.  Clark,  of  New  Bos- 
ton, 30  December,  1847. 

12.  George  R.,  h.  15  December,  1821 ;  m.  Nancy  B.  Johnson  15  No- 
vember, 1855;  she  d.  9  August,-  1862. 

Children  by  second  wife — 

18.  Frances  M.,  b.  5  April,  1837. 

14.  Alfred  S.,  h.  29  August,  1839;  m.  INIrs.  Ella  S.  Huntley,  of 
Nashua,  24  February,  1875. 

15.  Elle>i  M.,  b.  10  June,  1842;  m.  Albert  F.  Adams,  of  Nashua,  12 
November,  1867. 

16.  William  D.,  h.  28  February,  1845. 

3.  James  R.  Moor,  b.  in  New  Boston,  13  October,  1806  ; 
m.  (1)  Rnth  C.  Nash  6  April  1848  ;  she  d.  16  December, 
1863 ;  m.  (2)  Abbie  Farnham  21  November,  1867.  They 
res.  in  the  liouse  on  Amherst  Plain,  formerly  occupied  by 
Hon.  Edmund  Parker.     Their  children  are — 

17.  Annie  M.,  b.  2  December,  1862. 

18.  Grade  R.,  h.  23  December,  1875. 

Hugh  Moore,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  b.  in  1766  ;  d. 
7  March,  1854  ;  m.  Susannah  McAllister,  of  Bedford,  21 
March,  1792.  She  was  b.  in  1772  ;  d.  8  June,  1842.  In  his 
youth  he  lived  with  Mr.  Samuel  Henry  on  the  farm  after- 
ward occupied  by  Zaccheus  Greeley.  He  lived  in  Bedford, 
Claremont,  Merrimack,  and  Amherst,  carrying  on  the  tailor- 
ng,  and  toward  the  close  of  his  life  the  watch-making, 
business.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Sophia,  b.  in  Bedford  18  March,  1793. 

2.  Harriett,  b,  in  Claremont  13  March,  1795  ;  m. Read;  d.  in 

Nashua  26  February,  1840. 

3.  Mary,  b.  in  Bedford,  19  November,  1796  ;  m.  (1)  Capt.  Elijah 
Mansur  24  August,  1820  ;  m.  (2)  Jacob  Duncklee,  of  Milford,  19 
April,  1853. 


XXIV.]  (GENEALOGIES.  7l»l 

4.  Ruberl,  \>.  in  .Meiiiniack  1()  NuvL-iuljcr,  ll'JS  ;  ni.  Sarah ;  d.  in 

Nashua  8  February,  ISTI.  Sarah,  his  widow,  died  at  \Vasljiu;;t(iii,  D. 
C.  IS  July.  1870.  a,nod7(i. 

'}.  Isiiliillii,  h.  iu  Merriuiack  0  September,  IHOO;  ni.  Capt.  .Folm  I'rar- 
soij,  of  Xewburyport,  10  May,  lS8:i. 

G.  Sanih  Ann,  h.  in  Anihdst  "JO  Marcli,  ISmJ ;  in.  I>aac  I".  I'arker  in 
Septenilier,  1820. 

7.  IIui/li,Jr.,h.\n  Andunst  10  November,  1808  ;  learned  the printer'.s 
trade  in  tlie  Tilef/nip/i  ollice  and  the  Pnlrlot  ollice  at  Concord  ;  was  en- 
gaffed  in  puMisliing  .several  newspapers,  and  compiled  a  sketch  of  llie 
life  of  ('ill.  Ktlian  .Mien,  wliich  was  published  at  Plattsburg,  X.  Y., 
in  18;H  ;  a  writer  nf  niucli  al'ility  and  prouiise;  d.  in  Andienst,  Febru- 
ary, 1837  :  unmarried. 

8.  Smnnrl  Campbell,  b.  iu  .\mh>'rst  11  June,  1615;  m.  (1)  Sarah  .\. 
Kearney;  she  d.  .">  February.  1>^50;  resides  in  New  Bedford,  .Mass. 

.M()n;ri>x. 

1.  I)anii:i,  MoULToN,  1».  ill  Wcnliiini.  Mas.s.,  in  1772;  d. 
in  Amiici-st  7  Jtmc,  1845;  m.  (1)  Xamui  Dodiio  G  Jiiiio, 
179i;;  she  was  1).  IH  Jiiiu'.  177:'> ;  d.  12  Mai-cli.  IslO;  in. 
(2)  Mary  llartslioin  in  Septcmlitr,  1819  ;  she  was  b.  24 
Fi'hrnarv,  1785;  d.  Id  S('|itcnil»cf,  l8o4.  Their  ehihiren 
were — 

•J.  Iliniin,  1>.  in  \\'eniiani,  Mass..  2^^  .\ugust.  iso:} ;  d.  in  December, 
1822. 

3.  Call-in,  b.  in  Wenhaui.  Mjuss.,  19  February,  1805. 

4.  Daniel,  b.  in  Wenham,  Ma.ss.,  8  April.  1810. 

5.  Jdlin,  b.  'J>^  .bine.  l^'Jl  :  ni.  and  settled  in  Manchester.  \\  here  he 
d.  m  .May,  IMII. 

ti.  Ilirain.  b.  Is  dmie.  1  >_>;5 ;  m.  Eliza  Ingalls,  ..f  Ibadfnrd.  I8l7;  d. 
iu  Nashua. 

7.  Man/  Xdiuni,  !>.  20  June,  ls2.');   uniiiarrird  ;   res.  in  .\nihfrst. 

8.  Xaiiri/,  b.  1  December,  ls2();   unmarried;   res.  in  .\nilierst. 
0.  Dariil  IlarLihorn,  b.  7  February,  1828;  d.  young. 

MOXROK— MrXROK. 

Joseph  ^foNiJOK,  a  native  of  t'ailish-,  Mass.,  studied  nicil- 
icine  with  I>r.  Franeis  Kittrcdj^c,  of  Tewksbnry,  Mass.,  and 
settUMl  in  llillsborongh  about  1784,  where   lie   remained  in 


702  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  practice  of  his  profession  until  his  death,  24  February, 
1798,  at  the  age  of  40  years.  He  m.  Azubah  Henry,  of 
Carlisle,  Mass.,  who  d.  in  Amherst  23  December,  1847, 
aged  87.  Five  of  their  eight  children  survived  him.  Of 
these — 

Elijah  Monroe,  b.  10  May,  1797,  settled  in  Hillsborough. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  left 
hand.  Having  received  the  appointment  of  jail-keeper  for 
Hillsborough  County,  he  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1844,  and 
occupied  the  county  buildings.  In  1845  he  received  the 
appointment  of  Sheriff  of  the  county,  which  office  he  held 
until  1855.  He  was  a  good  officer  and  a  good  citizen.  He 
m.  (1)  Aris  Bixby ;  m.  (2)  Matilda  Russell,  and  d.  in  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  18  February,  1878.  Children,  all  by  first  wife, 
were — 

Rebecca;  m.  H.  N.  Gay;  res.  in  Hillsborough. 

James;  ni.  (1)  Anna  H.  Nutt  31  December,  1851;  she  d.  26  Octo- 
ber, 1856 ;  m.  (2)  Eva  W.  Roberts,  of  Milford,  25  November,  1858 ; 
res.  in  Boston ;  2  children. 

Susan  M. ;  m.  George  Jones,  of  Bradford,  20  December,  1853;  res. 
in  Concord  ;  2  children — 

1.  Mary  A.,  b.  27  September,  1856. 

2.  Kate  M.,  b.  15  February,  1863. 

1.  Capt.  Josiah  Munroe,  b.  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  12 
February,  1745 ;  m.  Susannah  Fitch,  of  Bedford,  Mass.,  15 
November,  1768;  settled  in  Amherst  about  1777;  rem. 
thence  to  Marietta,  0.,  in  1788,  where  they  d.  'ilieir  chil- 
dren were — 

2.  Susannah,  b.  22  September,  1770. 

3.  Joseph  Fitch,  b.  6  May,  1774. 

4.  Sarah,  b.  9  October,  1777. 

5.  Polly,  b.  27  October,  1780. 

6.  Harriet,  b.  2  October,  1784 ;  d.  12  June,  1786  ;  buried  in  the  old 
cemetery  in  Amherst. 

MUSSEY. 

I.  1.  John  Mussey,  rem.  from  Lexington,  Mass.,  to 
Kingston,  prior  to  1720.     He  was  b.  in  January,  1689 ;  d. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  703 

26  October,  172o.     Ihunuih  Musscv,  his  wife,  was  h.  in  Sep- 
temhcr,  1G1>:5  ;  d.  29  November,  1748. 

II.  2.  Reuben  Mussry,  sou  of  John  ami  llaimah.  was 
b.  in  Kin^'ston  2H  November,  1720  ;  d.  2t»  Novcinbei-,  17M8  ; 
m.  Sarah  Phelps,  of  Anth)ver,  in  1743.  Slie  was  b.  20  June, 
171'):  (1.  1  December,  1798.  They  rem.  to  Snnhciian  West 
about  1750,  and  setth-d  on  the  farm  now  oecupird  by  Mr. 
William  Noyes.     Their  children  were — 

3.  Jouath(in,h.  19  February,  1711;  baptized  20  February.  1711:  il. 
23  June,  1761. 

4.  ]John,  b.  31  August,  1715.  O.  S. ;  baptized  1  .Septonil>or,  174.5. 

.5.  Simih,  b.  21  April,  174S ;  baptized  1  .May,  1748;  in.  William 
Stewart ;  d.  21  August,  1775. 

6.  ^Reuben  DhimnJ.  !>.  HI  XovcihImt.  171!);  li;i].ti/c.l  \U  \oveuiber, 
174D. 

III.  4.  Di;.  John  Mi'ssry,  b.  in  Kinj^ston  M  August, 
174.");  d.  in  Peterborouuh  17  .Tanuary,  1831  ;  m.  (1)  Beu- 
lah  Ihitler,  of  Pelham,  in  Aiijrust,  1770  ;  she  was  1).  1  Jan- 
uary, 174ti,  0.  S.  ;  d.  13  Dcceml)cr,  1805:  m.  (2)  Rhoda 
Bartlett,  of  Epsom.  She  was  b.  2  .rune,  17b(i  ;  d.  in  Peter- 
borough 12  December,  1843.     Tlieir  children  wi-re — 

7.  Jomithin,  b.  23  May,  1771  ;  <1.  2s  .S-'ptciuber,  1775. 

8.  Sa/-o//,  b.  18  June,  177  1:  ni.  Xathau  Fisher  l(i  Feln-nary,  1796  ; 
resided  in  Francestown  ;  <i.  in  .Miiford  25  October,  1857. 

9.  Man/,  b.  4  DeceiuluM",  1775;  ni.  t.Si)lonion  Prince,  of  Anilierst. 

10.  John,  h.  12  March,  1778;  m.  Sally  Kobl)e.  of  Peterbonnigh,  3 
December,  1821  ;  she  d.  at  I'eter  )orougli  27  .Vugust,  1810.  lied,  at 
Miiford  3  December,  IS  12. 

11.  lietthen  Dimoiul,  b.  23  June,  1780;  d.  in  Hostou  21  June,  isOi;  ; 
m.  (1)  Mary  Sewall,  of  Ipswich,  who  lived  but  six  moutlis  after  their 
marriage  ;  m.  (2)  Ilitty  Osgood,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  9  June,  1813  ;  she  d. 
in  Boston  14  May,  1^00.  He  was  a  distinguished  teacher  of  medicine 
and  surgery. 

12.  L;/ilin,  b.  9  August,  17^2;  m.  .loim  Felton,  of  Andierst,  26  Felv 
ruary,  1807  ;  d.  6  October,  1S12,  in  Landgrove,  Vt. 

13.  Jonathan,  b.  4  June,  17.S5  :  d.  10  FebruaVy,  1788. 

14.  Beulah,  b.  26  December,  1789  ;  m.  Kpiiraini  Warren,  of  (loffs- 
town,  18  January,  1825;  d.  1  May,  1860. 


704  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

15.  Abigail,  b.  26  January,  1792;  d.  28  January,  1792. 

16.  Jonathan,  b.  24  May,  1810 ;  d.  in  consequence  of  a  wound 
received  by  the  accidental  disciharge  of  a  nuisket  17  October,  1829. 

III.  6.  Reuben  Dimond  Mussey,  b.  16  November,  1749  ; 
d.  in  Poinfret,  Vt.,  25  September,  1819  ;  m.  Sarah  Straw, 
of  Epjjiiig".  Thej  rem.  to  Pomfret  about  1810.  His  re- 
mains are  said  to  have  been  stolen  from  the  grave  after 
burial,  and  never  recovered.     Their  children  were — 

17.  Jonathan,  h.  19  September,  1773. 

IS.  Jofin,  b.  19  September,  1775;  m.  Lucinda  Underwood  15  July, 
1798  ;  d.  in  Pomfret,  Vt.     Children — 

1.  John.  3.  Alden. 

2.  Susan.  And  others. 

19.  Daniel,  b.  7  July,  1778  ;  m. G^ge,  of  Merrimack. 

'20.  Reuben,  b.  2  August,  1780  ;  was  a  lawyer  in  New  York  ;  became 
intemperate. 

21.  Sarah,  b.  28  June,  1785;  m.  Joseph  Wyatt  13  Februai-y-,  1810; 
rem.  to  Pomfret.     He  d.  there  18  November,  1820,  aged  37. 

22.  Hannah  Dimond,  1).  10  June,  1787;  m.  Joseph  Parker  27  Decem- 
ber, 1808. 

NEEDHAM. 

Stearns  Needham,  m.  (1)  Alice ;  she  d.  14  Feb- 
ruary, 1780  ;  m.  (2)  Hannah .     Their  children  were — 

1.  Stearns,     \  b.  3  Fel)raary,  1780. 

2.  Jeremiah,  )-  b.  4  February,  178.) ;  d.  young. 

3.  Alice,        )  b.  4  February,  1780. 

4.  James,  b.  15  May,  1783;  d.  8  June,  1783. 

5.  Hannah,  b.  14  March,  1784. 

6.  Joh?i,  b.  28  November,  1785. 

7.  David  Parsons,  9  August,  1787. 

8.  Betsei/  Jaquith,  b.  28  March,  1789. 

9.  Samuel  Bailey,  b.  8  February,  1791. 

10.  Jeremiah,  b.  20  September,  1792. 

11.  Phineas  Spalding,  h.  19  October,  1791. 

12.  Mary,  b.  31  October,  1796. 

13.  Josiah  Locke,  b.  28  August,  1800. 

14.  Sarah,  12  Februaiy,  1803. 

15.  Harriet,  b.  19  November,  1805. 


XXIV.J  GENEALOGIES.  7-05 

NEWTON. 

UriJHAiU)  Nkwton,  Esg.,  Ij.  in  Nc\v|H)it  1  .luiiiiaiv .  lT.su  ; 
(1.  tliero  IT)  Fel)i'uary,  1847  ;  m.  Abii>ail  L\()n  25  Novemltcr, 
1802;  s!m;  (lied  21  Jaiuuiry,  lS4o.  He  graduated  at  Dart- 
moiitli  (Jollege  in  181)4  ;  re.id  law  with  Sainu<d  Ivdl  at 
Francestown  ;  coiiimeiiced  j)ractice  in  Newport  in  18(ir); 
rem.  to  Amherst  in  183  »,  siicccedini!,'  to  the  practice  of  !•;  l- 
mnnd  Parker,  Esq.  ;  remainetl  here  live  years,  and  rcturnt-d 
to  Newport.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Henrietta,  b.  7  .\pril.  180fi  :  d.  ."J  Septeiubfr,  1870. 
•J.   Charles  II.  E.,  h.  lo  Ainil.  Isos  ;  j.riiitt'r  uiiil  cltM-jfy'iii"  :   res.  iti 
Oregon. 

3.  James  II..  \>.  12  August,  1811  ;  teacher;  d.  in  Michigan  "J  Jan- 
uary, 1817. 

4.  Mari/  G.,  1>.  11  VuveuilxT.  lsl3:  .1.  1-J  April,  isilS. 

.').  Catherine  M..  h.  '2')  Deceaih^r,  ISUi;  d.  1*")  .lane,  IS-J"). 

().  William  F.,  h.  -Ji  November,  1818;  lawyer  in  .V.'ivpDrL 

7.  Adelia  M.,  h.  1  February,  is-Jl. 

5.  Arthnr  11'..  b.  lO  May,  bS-2:5;  d.  10  May,  182 1. 

NICHOLS. 

I.  Richard  Nichols,  from  whom  the  families  liearin^.'' 
his  name  in  Amherst  are  descended,  became  a  freeman  in 
Ijiswich,  Mass.,  in  1638:  rem.  with  .Vnuis.  his  wife,  to 
Reading!:,  Mass.,  where  he  <1.  22  Septend)er.  lt!74.  She  d. 
in  lt;<'2. 

II.  Thomas  Nicu<,)Ls,  their  second  son,  m.  l-]lizaheth 
Eaton  in  1680.  He  served  in  King  Philij)'s  wai-  in  1<I7."'  : 
was  deacon  and  representative  ;  d.  in    17:')". 

III.  Timothy  Nichols,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eli/al)eth, 
h.  16  May,  1702  ;  m.  Hannah  Perkins,  of  Topsfield,  Mass., 
7  October,  1725.  They  settled  in  Reading,  Mass.,  where 
his  old  mansion  is  still  standing.  He  rem.  to  Audiei-st  jirior 
to  1770.     Their  cliildren  were — 

1.  Il'/isiliiili.  b.  17  January,  1727. 

2.  Hannah,  b.  in  172!t. 

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706  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

;>.  jTiiiiothf/,  b.  12  July,  1731;  in.  iNIehitable  Weston  30  Septem- 
ber, 1751 ;  served  iu  a  troop  of  horsemen  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  ;  d.  at  the  siege  of  Quebec  in  1759. 

4.  Thomas,  twin  brother  of  Timothy,  b.  12  July,  1731  ;  m.  Charity 
Eaton  3  July,  1767.     He  served  in  the  army  with  his  brother. 

5.  Surah,  b.  9  March,  1737. 

Y  6.  iMoses,  b.  28  June,  1740.  I 

7.  Luc//,  b.  11  February,  1743  ;  in.  fJohn  Wilkins.  T 

IV.  3.  Timothy  Nichols,  b.  12  July,  1731  ;  d.  in  1759  ; 
m.  Mehitablb  Weston,  30  September,  1751.  She  was  b. 
27  November,  1727.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Mehitable,  b.  19  July,   1752 ;  m. Cummings,   of  Ware, 

Mass. 

9.  Aaron,  m.  Sarah  Abbot  '2d  January,  1782 ;  was  living  at  Crown 
Point,  X.  y.,  in  181-5. 

10.  ^Timothy,  b.  16  February,  1756;  m.  Susannah  Towne. 

V.  10.  Timothy  Nichols,  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  16  Feb- 
ruary, 1756 ;  m,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Capt.  Archelaus 
Towne,  of  Amherst,  21  October,  1779.  She  was  b.  29  De- 
cember, 1762  ;  d.  in  Norwich,  Vt.,  2  December,  1840.  They 
settled  in  Amherst,  but  rem.  to  Norwich,  where  the  last 
years  of  tlieir  life  were  spent.  He  died  22  August,  1846. 
Their  children  v^gyq, — 

11.  Susannah,  b.  30  October,  1780  ;  m.  John  Smith,  of  Bradford,  24 
October,  1820  ;  d.  at  Concord  30  April,  1855.     No  children. 

12.  Grace  Gardner,  b.  23  ^lay,  178S  ;  m.  William  Low,  jr.,  9  June, 
1808  ;  resided  in  Concord;  d.  14  May,  1868  ;  no  children. 

13.  Sophia,  b.  29  December,  1785;  m.  Benjamin  Damon,  jr.,  10  Jan- 
uary, 1811 ;  resided  in  Concord  ;  d.  21  October,  1866. 

14.  Luther  Weston,  b.  22  April,  1789  ;  m.  (1)  Hannah  Tompkins  in 
July,  1812.  She  died  25  Dacember,  1852;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Lucy  R. 
Home.    He  d.  9  April,  1866.     She  d.  17  June,  1878. 

15.  ^Leonard  Toivne,  h.  16  February,  1792. 

16.  Laftin  Morris,  b.  31  October,  1794 ;  m.  Clarissa  Safford  29  June, 
1824  ;  d.  18  March,  1 870. 

17.  Jo/in  Perkins,  b.  19  October,  1798;  m.  Mary  Ann  Clark  1  Jime, 
1831. 

18.  Robert,  b.  13  December,  1802  ;  m.  Betsey  Ainsworth  7  Decem- 
ber, 1826  ;  d.  11  November,  1845. 

19.  Charles,  b.  9  December,  1808. 


XXn'.]  GENEALOGIES,  7()7 

15.  Leonaui)  Towne  Nichols,  h.  in  Amlovcr,  Vt.,  IG 
Fcbruan-,  17!t2  :  tl.  13  July,  183(5  ;  in.  Fanny  Dlan.-lianl  24 
Febrnaiy,  1820.  After  his  decease  she  m.  (2)  Olivn-  Wil- 
loby,  of  Mollis,  3  Juno,  lsr)2.  She  wash,  in  Lyndehoroii<i;h 
29  April,  ITIMJ  ;  d.  4  Decemhur,  18t)2.  Tiiey  settled  in  Am- 
herst on  the  Nichols  h  jmestead,  near  the  Souhegan  river. 
Their  children  were — 

20.  Carulliw,  I).  I'S  Xoveinbev,  1^2(1;  iii.  Geori;p  X.  Damon,  of  Con- 
cord, 4  July,  1841. 

21.  Henry  Augustus,  b.  10  August,  1822. 

22.  Albert,  b.  13  July,  1824. 

23.  Harriet,  b.  15  July,  1826;  m.  Abiahani  Burlon:  d.  in  .Manches- 
ter 27  .*  pril,  1848. 

24.  Idward  Toicnc,  b.  11  May,  1830;  in.  Esther  Towle,  of  Con- 
cord. 

25.  Grace  Towne,  h.  (J  January,  1830. 

IV.  6.  Gen.  Moses  Nichols,  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  28 

June,  1740  ;  d.  in  Amherst  23  May,  17!tO  ;  m.  Hannah ; 

she  d.  17  June,  1802,  aged  63  years.     Their  children  were — 

2G.    Hannah,  b.  9  July,  17()2. 

27.  ]M(>si  X,  b.  15  DecL'niber,  17(5  5 ;  ni.  Lucy ;  d.  in  Sherbrooke, 

Canada,  28' Xoveniber,  181!). 
-/     28.  \Jnsej}h,  b.  11   Xovenib.-r,  1705;  m.  Ilannali  IJlanclianl.      -\ 

29.  Elizabeth,  b.  8  January,  17G8  ;  ni.  t  William  Patterson,  of  Xcw 
Huston,  5  January,  1795;  d.  in  Xew  Boston  in  1803;  four  children. 

30.  Eaton,  b.  7  September.  1771. 

31.  Perkins,  b.  2S  September,  1773.  lie  presented  the  town  with 
a  clock  which  is  still  i^reserved  in  the  town-honse.  lie  also  presented 
the  town  of  Milford  with  a  bell,  which  is  still  in  use. 

32.  Poll>i,  b.  20  January,  1776. 

33.  Pearson,  b.  14  April,  1779. 
31.    Chariti/,  b.  23   .\ugust,  1781. 

V.  27.  Dii.  Moses  Nichols,  jr.,  b.  l.>  Deeember,  17<I3  ; 
d.   in  Sherbrooke,  Canada,  28   November,  1849  ;  m.  Lucy 

;    studied    medicine   with    his    father:    commenced 

practice  in  Amherst :  rem.  to  Thornton  in  1784,  where  he 
n.'mained  until  18<)2,  when  he  rem.  to  Canada;  retunu^d  to 
Amherst  in  1805,  and  practiced  here  a  few  years,  occuiiying 


708  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  house  now  owned  by  P.  W.  and  Thomas  Jones.  About 
1811  he  returned  to  Canada.  His  children,  whose  births 
are  recorded  in  the  town  book,  were — 

35.  Moses,  h.  15  September,  1785. 

36.  Liici/,  b.  19  November,  1786. 

V.  28.  Joseph  Nichols,  son  of  Gen.  Moses  and  Han- 
nah Nichols,  b.  11  November,  1765  ;  m.  Hannah  l^lanchard 
10  March,  1785  ;  rem.  to  Canada  about  1811.     Children — ■ 

37.  Zaccheus,  b.  9  October,  1785;  d.  in  infancy. 

38.  Zaccheus,  h.  17  November,  1786. 

39.  Betsei/,  h.  29  August,  1788. 

40.  Moses,  b.  10  February,  1791.  it 

41.  Hannah,  b.  7  August,  1793. 

42.  Lucij,   b.  8  August,  1795. 

43.  Charitu,  b.  25  July,  1797.       ^ 
i    44.  ./as^fijt)/;,  b.|3  March,  1800.    j^ 

45.  Pearson,  b.  4  April,  1802. 

46.  Perkins,'^.  21  December,  1805. 

"Y^Joseph  Nichols,  d.  on  town-farm   18  September,  1849,  aged  87. 

Georf/e  F.Nichols,  formerly  of  Amherst,  d.  at  Charlestown,  Mass., 
4  August,  1866. 

George  Warren,  sob  of  Henry  A.  Nichols,  d.  29  August,  1870, 
aged  6  months. 

NOYES. 

1.  Moses  Noyes,  b.  in  Wilmington,  Mass.,  27  April, 
1767 ;  m.  Sally  Baldwin.  They  settled  first  in  Pelham, 
whence  they  rem.  to  Amherst  in  April,  1812,  and  occupied 
the  farm  now  owned  by  their  son,  William  Noyes.  He  d. 
18  April,  1859  ;  Mrs.  Noyes  d.  29  July,  1856.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

2.  ^Moses,  b.  25  September,  1792. 

3.  Sally,  b.  4  September,  1795;  d.  29  March,  1812. 

4.  ^Ammlal,  b.  15  August,  1798. 

5.  ^William,  b.  6  April,  1801. 

6.  Lydla,  h.  11  March,  1804;  m.  Silas  Shepard  29  November,  1832; 
d.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  17  December,  1864. 


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XXIV.]  CKNI'ALOCIES..  TllO 

7.  Jos/hki,  \>.  11  Octolx-r,  1S(»8;  d.  of  "spotU-d  lever,"  1  April,  1.S1l>. 

8.  .Va////,  1..  n  A]^ril,  islT);  m.  David  .Sweatt  M)  ()etol>er,  lsl5;  d. 
in  Bedford  I  Manli,  isTC. 

2.  MosKS  NoYKs,  JR.,  1».  ill  Pelham  G  Fehniary.  IT'.til:  iii. 
Sally  Wyatt  2;")  Fehniary,  iSlS  ;  .she  was  h.  -10  \hH:viu\nn\ 
1797.  fie  (I.  in  Derry  10  November,  1«0S.  They  lived  in 
A  inhci-st,  Jjt'dt'ord.  (Jn'ciihiiiil  and  IUmtv.  Their  children 
were — 

!).  /.i/f//i'/(/,  I).  1()  .huuiarv,  I'^l!' :  in.  Kol)ort  \V.  Norton  1  Novem- 
ber, 1848;  res.  in  Greenland. 

10.  Ini  ir.,  h.  G  Janiiarv,  1821;  drowned  in  Saugns  river,  r.ynii. 
Mass.,  10  September,  I8ln. 

11.  M'liii'l'i,  1>.  7  Fel.rnaiv,  ISJ.J:  m.  Joseph  White  in  .\pril,  Isiitl; 
res.  in  Derrv. 

1-2.    William  (>..  I>.  "Jii  .Inly.  1S-J5  :  m.  i:ii/a    K.  Miller   :;n    D mher, 

IS.")!)  :   resides  in  Derry. 

l;;.   t /■>,</» /•/<•/,  .1.,  i..  :;  Xi.vember.  l.si.'7. 

11.  Emihi  A.,  h.  '21  Octoher,  ls:}()  :  m.  .lolm  Si.lney  Hadger.  of 
Needliam.  Mass.,  1  January,  185.'). 

i:..   Mnri.it<i  /..  1..  11  January,  183;};  d.  12  February,  1861  :  wnm. 

l(i.  Stiiiitnt/i(i,  b.  1(!  June,  1835;  m.  Simeon  S.  Maiden  0  .\pril, 
1SG9;  d.  in  Mandiester  3  January,  187:'). 

17.  Francis  S..  b.  -4  July,  1817;  d.  0  January,  ISCO. 

IS.   Sophrania  S.,  h.  20  September,  1S39 ;  d.  21   December,  1^11. 

13,  Fi:i:ni:i:i(  K  \.  Noyks,  I).  3  Nnveniher,  1S-J7;  m.  .Mrs. 
Frances  1>.  Smilh  "JT  March,  IS')!!.     Their  ehihlren  are — 

l!l.   Eililir  Aut/usliis.  b.  .">  .\pril.  1S.')7. 

20.  A>l<ll>  Fra„r,s.  b.  3  .Iniie.  ls.-,!(:  m.  +Kn-ene  C.  Hubbard  10 
.Maivii.  1S7S. 

5.  William  Noyks.  1».  in  Felhani  'i  .V|>ril,  Isiij  :  m.  Mrs. 
Clarissa  J.  Steele:  she  was  h.  4  October,  ISOO:  d.  lo  July 
18C-2.     Their  son— 

21.  ^Frank-  William,  was  b.  !)  August.  1S.")2. 

21.  FiiANK  WiiiiAM  Nhvks.  b.  i»  Aii,u;nst,  18'>2  I  in.  An- 
nie M.  Vea/.ie.  of  .Meredith,  ")  .V|iiil.  1S7"):  res.  on  the  home- 
stead.    Their  son — 

22.  (u'on/r  Frank.  I«.  7  October.  1n7S:   il.  27  July,  ISSO. 


710  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chajt. 

4.  Ammial  No  yes,  b.  in  Pelliam  15  August,  1798; 
m.  Mary  Shepard,  August,  1821 ;  she  was  b.  in  Bedford  7 
August,  1802;  d.  l5  October,  1865.  He  d.  28  April,  1872. 
They  settled  in  Amherst.     Their  children  were — 

'2'-].  Lury  Jane;  in.  f Benjamin  B.  Whiting;  d.  25  February,  1855. 

24.  Man/  A.;  in.  William  Tarbell  12  January,  1850. 

25.  Sarah  E.;  m.  Charles  W.  Ring,  January,  ISGO. 

26.  Albert;  d.  21  December,  1861'),  aged  27. 

27.  Alfred. 

28.  Adeline  A.;  m.  James  L.  Eaton  12  January,  1850. 

29.  Elvira. 

30.  Nancy  M.  ;  in.  Quincy  Barnard  H  Xovember,  1872. 

31.  Silas  Noyes,  formerly  a  resident  in  Amherst ;  d.  in 
Bedford  18  October,  1818,  aged  71.  Sarah  L.,  his  wife,  d. 
in  Amherst  18  August,  1829,  aged  50.     Of  their  children — 

32.  James;  d.  January,  1815,  aged  10  years. 

33.  Samuel;  d.  XovemV)er,  1819,  aged  2^  years. 

34.  Mary  ;  m.  f  Asa  Jaquith;  she  d.  11  January,  1862,  aged  56. 

NUTT. 

Samuel  Nutt  succeeded  James  Ray  in  the  hotel  business 
on  the  Plain  in  January,  1827,  removing  from  Tyngsbo- 
rough,  Mass.,  to  Amherst.  He  d.  1  February,  1815,  aged 
57.  Hannah,  wife  of  Samuel  Nutt,  d.  in  Tyngsborough, 
Mass.,  in  July,  1825.  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  d.  in  Amherst  6 
May,  1841.  Of  their  children- 
George^.;  married  Lydia  J^merson,  of  ]Mont  Vernon,  9  November 
1842 ;  d.  6  July,  1845. 

Charles  H.,  is  a  merchant  in  Nashua. 

Elbridge  G. 

Anna  H. ;  m.  James  ^lonroe  31  December,  1851 ;  d.  26  October, 
1856. 

Catherine  Elizabeth,  b.  28  November,  1827. 

Frances  A.,  b.  17  March,  1830;  d.  4  February,  1845. 

Maria  Theresa;  d.  12  August,  1833,  aged  19  months. 


XXTV.]  (JENEALOGIES.  711 

(>r,i:i:. 

1.  Jdiin  ()i!i:i;,  h.  in  Mollis  2')  .Inly,  177'.':  d.  in  A  iiihiTst 
111  Jamiaiy,  ls;Jl  ;  ni.  Sally  Peacock  ti  April,  IsOJ.  She 
was  i>.  in  Amherst  13  October,  17<sl  ;  d.  1(»  June,  1H74. 
They  lived  at  first  in  .Mi-niniaik.  hut  liuiill)  settled  in  the 
"  nant'orth  "  district  in  Amherst.     Their  cjiildifn  wri-e — 

L'.  \.lt>lui, jr.,  1>.  in  Mcniiiiack  isJannarv.  Is(i7;  il.  in  Amlnr-t  '21 
March,  1.S67. 

3.  ^Samud,  h.  13  Feln-iiary.  1810. 

\.  Jietsei/,  h.  11  Xoveinli.-r,  ISI'J;   m.  tllMiao-  IMi.'liis. 

.">.  Muri/  Ann,  \).  1:5  ( )('t()lici-.  1S1."»;  in.  t'^iiiiiiii-l  L.  Slii'|paicl  ;  <l.  i:*. 
April,  1847. 

•!.  Sophia,  b.  12  Aiii^ust,  lsl7  ;  m.  .Inlm  Marvfll:  d.  hi  Milfonl  :!! 
Dt'oember,  18S(). 

7.  Sa/I;/.  ]>.  ill  .May.  lsl!»:  il.  in  .Iiiii.'.  l^l!». 

8.  .S'u.svui,  b.  15  April.  ISJO;  m.  Martin  Hall  10  XovciuImt.  IspJ: 
res.  in  California. 

I>.  Mitrtliii.  b.  10  May,  lS-*3;  for  years  a  .siicce.ssful  teaclieriii  the 
ilistrift  schools  ;  d.  L's  Junnarv,  18'!C  :  unmarried. 

John  Ouki;,  .11;.,  h.  in  Merrimack  18  Januai-y,  lS(i7  :  d.  in 
Amhei'st  '11  ^farch,  iStlT  :  m.  Reltecea,  dauirhtcr  nt  IJi'iija- 
inin  Kiiidrirk  1  July,  18')4;  she  wasii.  in  AmlnMst  "J^i.lan- 
uary.  isli!.     Their  children  \vei-(> — 

10.  M,ir;i  /•;..  1..  1  .Inly,  ISH;   m.  A.  .M.  riiilbrick  18  July.  ISiil). 

11.  ./.  FninUin.  b.  :!0  .\hiy.  lsl.'»;  d.  1")  |)eci'inl>er,  18.'>2. 

8.  Samiki.  (>i;i;i;.  It.  1:5  Fehruar*,  ISld;  ni.  (  1  )  Hannah 
Greeley,  of  Weston.  \t.,  14  Octolicr,  1884.  She  was  b.  4 
June,  1S14:  d.  ii4  .May,  18')")  ;  m.  (2)  Louisianna  Farley, 
of  Hollis,  14  October,  1855.     They  i-cs.  in   the  '•  Danforth" 

district.     Their  children  were — 

\'2.  Siira/i  A.,h.  in  Cliester,  Vt..  -Jil  March,  1S;}7:  ni.  Frank  A. 
Woods,  of  Hollis.  -J.]  October,  I.S.m;  d.  'Jfl  Xoveniber,  1^(51. 

13.  Luci/  }f.,  b.  in  Amherst  Kl  May,  ls:58;  ni.  Daniel  W.  .Sar-cnt, 
of  Milford,  'j:5  October,  1S5.'). 

14.  Sinnurl  II):nii/,h.  L'S  Januaiv,  1S|2;  a  volunteer  in  the  4th 
lie-t.    X.    11.  Vol.s. ;  d.  at  Hilton  Head.  S.  C,  7  Decend.-r.  bS'Il. 

IT).  ./„/.„    I.,  1,.  4  Xoveniber,  l>|.-i;   in.  Tilton. 


712  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

ODELL. 

1.  William  Odell  was  a  resident  in  Souhegaii  West  as 
early  as  1754.     He  d.  3  March,  1812,  aged  85  ;  m.   Phebe 

:  slie  d.  24  January,  1817,  aged  85.     Their  children 

were — 

2.  Phihe,  b.  1750;  m.  David  Duncklee;  d.  6  January,  1839. 

3.  t  Wniiam,  b.  1752. 

4.  Martha,  b.  26  August,  1754  ;  m.  John  Lovejoy  about  1775. 

5.  Ehenezer,  b.  22  May,  1756 ;  ni.  Sarah  Johnson  29  May,  1782. 

6.  iJohn,  h.  4  December,  1761. 

2.  William  Odell,  jr.,  b.  1752  :  d.  26  August,  1829  ;  m. 
Susannah  Lovejoy  ;  she  was  b.  25  July,  1756  ;  d.  17  March, 
1831.     Their  children  were — 

7.  Susannah,  b.  9  Xovember,  1774  ;  d.  28  September,  1813  ;  unm. 

8.  t  William,  b.  23  February,  1777 ;  d.  7  November,  1850. 

9.  Hannah,  b.  9  August,  1779;  d.  11  February,  1781. 

10.  Hannah,  b.  23  ]\Liy,  1783 ;  d.  5  January,  1830. 

11.  Lather,  b.  9  September,  1785;  m.  Betsey  Green  16  March,  1806; 
d.  6  July,  1862. 

12.  Betsey,  b.  28  September,  1787  ;  m.  fJacob  Hildreth,  jr. 

13.  Polh/,  h.  13  October,  1789 ;  m.  fHenry  Howard. 

6.  John  Odell,  b.  4  December,  1761 ;  d.  5  November, 
1844 ;  m.  Edith  Nourse.  She  d.  7  September,  1842,  aged 
77.  They  resided  in  Amherst  and  Merrimack  ;  d.  in  Mer- 
rimack.    Their  children  were — 

14.  Phebe,  b.  10  December.  1783. 

15.  Edith,  b.  19  December,  1785. 

16.  Eunice,  b.  21  December,  1787. 

17.  Asenath,  b.  20  May,  1790 ;  m.  fDavid  Secombe. 

18.  John,  b.  25  April,  1792. 

19.  Francis,  b.  25  February,  1794. 

20.  Nobby  Noitrse,  b.  25  January,  1796. 

21.  Lucy,  b.  6  June,  1798. 

22.  Rodney  Putnam,  b.  24  April,  1801. 

8.  William  Odell,  b.  23  February,  1777  ;  d.  7  Novem- 
ber, 1850.  Polly,  his  wife,  d.  21  October,  1846,  aged  56.  Of 
their  children — 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  71'^ 

23.  Lurimlii:  d.  11   Nuv.'nil)."r,  1811.  a^'-'l  17. 

21.  Aiiws  F.:  il.  7  OctolMT,  1801,  ag.-.l  :]->. 

2').  I'll,,!/  F.:  '"•  '^'"y  J5-  Miller  25  l)eoeiiil>er,  1S56. 

ORCrTT. 

Bktsrv  Iv,  widow  t)l'  Ruins  ()rciitt,(l.  20  Fcbniary,  18TU, 
aged  82. 


J.ANETT,  wife  of  Riifus  II.  Oiciitt.  d.  2  Aiiuiisl.  1875,  aged 
35  year.s. 

OSP.ORX. 

Joseph  (^sborn,  a  native  of  (Jerinaiiy.  d.  2«)  Septcraber, 
1854,  aged  2»j. 

OSGOOD. 

1.  .loEL  Fletcher  ()s(;ooi),  !•.  in  Westford,  Mass., 7  Jnly, 
18(»7  ;  m.  Louisa  Uennett  23  June,  ]830;  settled  in  Ain- 
lierst  in  1834,  wliere  he  earried  on  tlie  lilaeksniithing 
business  seveial  years.     Their  cliildren  were — 

2.  Ann  M;ri,i,  b.  2  April,  is:n  ;  .1.  12  July.  Is:;!. 

3.  />o»/;.<rj  .A//U'.  b.  8  .luiH'.  18:!2 ;  in.  t-bnin's  l.  I'riiice  24  October, 
1850. 

•I.  George  Wilder,  1».  11  OftoUer,  183)!;  in.  (1)  llt'lfii  Kinsoii  9  Feb- 
ruary, I8li();  111.  (2)  Surali  UiiMle  11  NovcMiiber,  1809. 

5.  Joel  Fletcher,  yr.,  b.  2  December,  1815;  m.  Laura  A.  Clark  22 
February,  1800. 

I)\\ii)  Osgood,  1).  in  DiUeiiea,  .Mass..  20  .Inly,  17ot»  ;  d. 
in  Andierst  15  Feln'uary,  1828.  Hutli  liadirer,  his  wife.  d. 
in  March,  1815,  aged  53. 

PALMKK. 

M.\RY,  wife  of  (iJluKin  rainier,  d.  5  September,  1.S54.  aged 
32  years. 


714  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

PARKER. 

Robert  and  Penelope  Parker  settled  in  the  north- 
west parish  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  d.  in  Mont 
Vernon  in  April,  1805,  aged  73.     Their  children  were — 

1.  William,  h.  26  April,  1757. 

2.  Robert,  h.  3  September,  1759  ;  in.  Rebecca  Carlton  11  September, 
1783. 

3.  Rachel,  b.  1!)    October,  1701. 

4.  Deborah,  h.  3  May,  1764. 

5.  ^Benjamin,  b.  18   March,  1766. 

6.  Penelope,  b.  23   July,  1768. 

5.  Benjamin  Parker,  son  of  Robert  and  Penelope,  was  b. 
18  March,  1766;  d.  in  January,  1826;  m.  Betsey  Lovejoy 
10  October,  1794.  She  was  b.  in  1772  ;  d.  25  September, 
1839.     Their  children  were — 

7.  Nancy;  m.  fMoses  B.  Stewart  in  May,  1825;  d.  in  Blulfville, 
Carroll  comity,  Illinois,  in  September,  1855,  aged  59  years  and  4  months. 

8.  Joseph:  d.  26  December,  1823,  aged  19. 

9.  Arethxsa;   d.  in  September,  1830,  aged  25. 

10.  Thomas  J.;   d.  21  March,  1837,  aged  30  ;  married . 

11.  Lucrelia:   d.  in  April,  1834,  aged  18. 

12.  Samuel :    "  went  west,"  and  is  still  living. 

13.  Isaac  Parker,  from  Reading,  Mass.  ;  m.  (2)  Olive 
Abbott  6  Februaiy,  1794.  His  children,  first  three  by  for- 
mer marriage,  were — 

14.  ^Isaac,  h.  in  1784.  17.  Hayden. 

15.  Eunice:    d.  3  April,  1863.         18.  Ephraim. 

16.  Amos;   d.  22  March,  1865. 

14.  Isaac  Parker,  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  in  1784  ;  rem.  to 
Amherst  in  1800  ;  m.  Nancy  Dowse  in  1815.  She  was  b.  in 
Billerica,  Mass.,  in  October,  1788  ;  d.  6  May,  1864.  Their 
children  were — 

19.  Jonathan,  b.  14  March,  1818 ;  d.  19  October,  1850. 

20.  Isaac,  b.  10  June,  1822;  m.  Julia  P.  Hodgman  in  July,  1857;  d. 
in  1882. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  71') 

21.  Xdiiri/  J.,h.  11  Ffliniaiy,  1>>1.'.");  in.  Undiicy  Howanl  II  Xovi'iii- 
ber,  1850;   r.-s.  in  Milfonl. 

'22.  JoKiph.  1>.  \\  .limr,  l^L'8;  ,1.  in  \.)V.'iiihi'r,  1.S3:}. 

•_*3.  Joi^iAH  Parker,  li.  in  Rciuling:,  Mass.,8  May,17r»0;  d. 
in  AinluTst  ^(S  Scptcnihcr,  1845;  ni.  Aliijrail  Peacock,  of 
Ainlicrst.     She  was  b.  1  June,  1771;  (1.27  Sei)tenil)er,  1843. 

Their  chihli-cii  wei'e — 

•J4.  /I /-/(/«///,  li.  (I  (K-tober,  ISO  I  ;  in.  Xatliaii  J.-wrtt  ;  d.  7  Aii-u-t. 
1S31. 

25.  ^.fnsinli  Merrill.  \k  lit  Si-pl.-iiib-T,  Iso.'.;  ni.  Maria  A.  Cash  'J5 
April,  ls;j;};  ic.k.  in  Lyndcborounh. 

26.  Snrali,  b.  25  Oclobt-r,  lSO(i;  <1.  H  Jiiiir.  lst;i. 

27.  llaiiiiiih^h.'.M  Maic-h,  1808;  in.  Nathan  Dan.-  in  Kol)niarv.  ls:n  ; 
d.  in  MiniH'sota  12  .lanuaiy,  lb(i5. 

2s.  ]rhnm„s  II..  b.  15  October,  1810;  in.  Mary  Ilihhvtli. 
2!t.   Lijilhi  M'.,  b.  20  .luiK",  1812;    ni.   rdtiali    Klctcli.-r,  of   PcpiH-ivll, 
Ma.ss. 

28.  Tho.mas  IJ.  PAi{KEi:..s()n  of  Josiah  ami  Ahit::iil  Parker, 
was  b.  15  Octoher.  lMi»:  ni.  Mary  Ilijdieth.  She  was  b. 
20  August,  181*).     Their  ciiildieii  wore — 

.10.  IIcnr;i  M.,h.2\  .May,  ls;5!);   ni.  . 

:{1.  Alfred,  b.  <i  June,  18-10;  d.  5  September,  1840. 

:V2.  Marfha  E.,h.  20  .Tamuuy,  18-42;  d.  15. Inly,  lsJ2. 

.3:5.  Charles  S.,h.  15  September,  1813;  m.  Harriet  M.  (Jrater  28  AjTil, 
1881). 

31.  Siinih.  li.  U  .\piil.  b^lS;  d.  1;  dniie,  ls7(! ;   nmnarried. 

25.  .losi.vn  Mkkimi.i,  Pakki:i{.  b.  I'.i  Septeuiiter,  18(»5 ;  mi. 
Maria  A.  Cash  25  April,  ls3;>;  resiiled  in  Ainhei-st  several 
years  but  rem.  thenee  to  Lynilebormiirh.  Their  ehihlren 
were — 

3.5.  E(lmiin<l  .l..h.  in  1^;!1.  3!».  Mnri,  ,-!..  b.  in  lsl(». 

30.  Sarah  J/.,  b.  in  lS3t;.  lo.  G(„ry"  U'..  b.  in  ls42. 

37.  John  F.,h.  in  ls:57.  II.  .1/'"'/  /--.b.  in  isj.'). 

38.  Aln;ia,l  R..K  in  bs30. 

12.  Hon.  Edmund  I'akker,  son  of  Alu-l  Parker,  of  Jaffrey, 
was  b.  in  .Jaffrey  7  Septeniber,  17^3 ;  d.  in  C'lareniont  S  Sep- 
tember, 1S5(!;  m.  (1  )  Sns:in  (^iitter,  of  .latVrey,  2U    Decern- 


716  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

ber,  1812,  She  d.  28  July,  1826,  aged  44 ;  m.  (2)  Mrs. 
Sarali  (Leland )  Boynton  13  August,  1827.  She  d.  9  June, 
1867,  aged  77.     Their  children  were — 

43.  Cha7-les  Edmund,  h.  4:  October,  181S;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1834 ;  m.  (1)  Sarah  E.  Parker ;  m.  (2)  Anna  Pierce  ;  d.  at 
Beardstown,  III,  23  August,  1882. 

44.  Manj  Ann,  b.  7  September,  1815;  m.  John  J.  Prentiss;  res.  in 
Chicago,  111. 

45.  William  Ahel,  h.lQ  October,  1820;  d.  at  Nashua  5  January, 
1840. 

46.  An  infant  son ;   d.  3  November,  1830,  aged  3  weeks. 


Rebecca,  wife  of  Ephraim  Parker,  d.  28  NoA'ember,  1851,  aged  56. 

Clara  A.,  wife  of  Granville  Parker,  d.  13  June,  1878,  aged  28  years 
and  3  months. 

Humphreij  Moore  Parker,  d.  28  June,  1861,  aged  53  years  and  9 
months. 

PARKHURST. 

I.  George  Parkhurst,  the  first  American  ancestor  of 
this  family,  came  from  England  soon  after  the  settlement 
of  Salem,  and  settled  in  Watertown,  Mass. 

II.  Joseph  Parkhurst,  son  of  George,  m.  and  lived  for 
some  time  in  Watertown,  thence  he  rem.  to  Chelmsford, 
Mass.,  prior  to  1657. 

III.  Ebenezer  Parkhurst,  son  of  Joseph,  b.  in  Water- 
town  ;  rem.  with  his  parents  to  Chelmsford  ;  m.  and  set- 
tled in  Chelmsford.     He  had  six  children.     Of  these — 

IV.  James  Parkhurst  succeeded  his  father  in  Chelms- 
ford.    Of  his  eight  children — 

V.  Philip  Parkhurst  ;  m.  Mary  Spalding  14  March, 
1771  ;  settled  in  Chelmsford,  where  they  d.  Their  children 
were — 

1.  Andreiv,  b.  16  March,  1773;  d.  26  Jidy,  1834. 

2.  John,  b.  6  June,  1775.  5.  Ephraim,  b.  11  April,  1783. 

3.  Mart/,  b.  1  Jime,  1777.  6.  Silas,  b.  7  November,  1785. 

4.  ^Henry,  h.  14  Sept.,  1779.  7.  Pollj/,  b.  5  December,  1788. 


XXIV.]  (lENEALOCIES.  717 

\'l.  4.  IIknry  Paukihust,  I),  in  Cht'lmslonl  14  Si'|it(iu- 
LiLT,  1771'  ;  d.  in  Amherst  20  February,  18(il  ;  in.  hydia 
Spalding  ill  April,  1802.  She  was  b.  23  April,  1784  ;  d. 
15  January,  18t)7.  They  lived  in  Chelmsford  until  Novem- 
ber, 1808,  when  they  rem.  to  Amherst.  In  1<S01>  they  rem. 
to  Bedford,  and  in  1830  returned  to  Andierst,  where  they 
died.     Their  ehildren  were — 

S.  jSiltis,  V>.  ill  CliL'linstunl  7   Mairli,  1S();J. 

!».  Man/,  h.  S  .Inly,  18i)t  ;  d.  in  Hodfor.l  ;5  OcIoIkt,  lsi:{. 
in.   Li/ilia,  t).  9  St'pteiaher,  1S05  ;   iimnanicd. 

11.  ^Iliiirif,  I).  7  Jami:n-y,  ISUS. 

12.  Sp(il(llncf,h.in  Hedfuiil  14  July,  18(19;  m.  Sally  Fonl,  ..|'  .\ni- 
hvM-st.     He  d.  V2  April,  18S-_>;  no  children. 

13.  Mury  Ann,  h.  l.S  January,  iSll  ;  in.  Stt'i.li.'u  Hutt.-i  li-ld,  ni 
Chelmsford,  9  8eptenil)i*r,  is;}2  ;  d.  in  Lowfll  17  January.  1S(J8. 

M.  Sdlli/,]). -Ji  Auj;iist.  isi:};   unmarried. 

15.  Poilif,  h.  -25  Alarcli.  1^1.')  ;  d.  :;  ()<tober,  1815. 

U).  Polly,  I).  7  October,  ISIO  ;  d.  in  March,  1819. 

17.  Slillminuh.  11  .March,  1S18;  m.  Mari^aret  Pea.slee.  of  {{radlnrd. 
'25  November,  lSi52 ;  res.  in  Hedford. 

IS.  E/>fira!m,  h.  ;51  October,  l^W  ;  d.  l.'>  June,  182(». 

19.  Emily,  b.  11  June,  1S_>:5:  d.  l:i  l)eceud.er,  1843. 

\11.  8.  Silas  Pakkhurst,  1».  7  Murrh.  18t»;;  :  m.  (1) 
Pamelia  Perry,  of  liedford,  5  January,  1828.  She  il.  in 
Amherst  10  March,  184."i:  ni.  (2)  Mary  A.  Roby,  of  IJed- 
ford,  9  I)eeeml)er,  ls47.  lie  was  a  farmer,  lived  some 
years  in  Bedford,  but  rem.  to  Amherst,  where  the  greater 
part  of  ins  life  was  sjient.  lie  d.  10  Febriniry.  1x77.  His 
ehildren  were — 

20.  John  S.,  h.  "JO  OctoU-r,  IS'JS;  m.  .\nn  Thompson  •_'•_'  .S<-pt«Mnl>er, 
1S50  ;  d.  21  March,  is.VJ. 

21.  William  B.,h.  14  December.  ls:{0 ;  m.  Kveh  n  Travey  28  No- 
vendier,  1S.')();  res.  in  North  Andover,  .Mass. 

•_'•_».  t>''/">'  /'■.  !'•  9  November,  1832. 

23.  Marin  C,  b.  4  November,  1834;  m.  Carlos  lleatli.  lltey  res.  in 
Whitinsville,  Mass. 

24.  Jnmr.i  S.,  b.  7  ,fanuarv,  1837. 

25.  AlUrt  H.,  b.  25  Novend.er,  184(1;  d.  17  December,  1^12. 


718  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

26.  George  W.,  b.  17  December,  1844 ;  m.  Ella  J.  Williams  14  Jan- 
uary, 1871 ;  res.  in  Bedford  ;  served  three  years  in  the  3d  Regt.  N.  H. 
Vols.,  and  lost  a  hand  in  the  service. 

27.  Marietta,  b.  9  October,  1849. 

28.  Elmer  A.,  b.  13  April,  186.5. 

VIII.  22.  Silas  P.  Parkhurst,  b.  9  November,  1832  ; 
m.  Augusta  II.  Mace,  of  Amherst,  3  April,  1861.  He  is  a 
machinist;  lives  on  the  "Damon  place,"  near  Damon's 
pond.     Their  children  were — 

29^  John  M.,  b.  20  February,  1863;  d.  31  July,  1864. 

30.  Harry  G.,  b.  13  March,  1866. 

31.  Parmelia,  h.  15  September,  1867 ;  d.  1  September,  1868. 

32.  Fred  E.,  b.  8  August,  1870. 

33.  Grace  P.,  b.  15  May,  1872. 

34.  Luna  A.,  b.  14  June,  1873. 

VII.  11.  Henry  Parkhurst,  jr.,  b.  7  January,  1808  ; 
m.  Abigail  Butterfield  31  May,  1831.  She  was  b.  in 
Chelmsford  13  September,  1812.  They  rem.  from  C  helms- 
ford  to  Amherst  in  1836.     Their  children  were — 

35.  Abigail  E.,  b.  9  INIay,  1833  ;  d.  24  August,  1835. 

36.  ^Henri/  H.,  b.  26  May,  1840. 

37.  Washington  M.,  b.  31  July,  1844  ;  d.  12  March,  1857. 

Vni.  36.  Henry  H.  Parkhurst,  b.  26  May,  1840  :  m. 
Harriet  P.  Upton,  of  Amherst,  15  October,  1862.  She  was 
b.  in  Lowell  3  December,  1845.     They  have  one  child — 

38.  Arthur  W.,  b.  5  April,  1864. 

PATCH. 

Timothy  Patch  ;  d.  1  October,  1868.  His  widow,  Mrs. 
Mary  Patch,  d.  27  January,  1872.     Of  their  children — 

Elizabeth,  b.  in  1825;  d.  in  September,  1845. 
George,  b.  in  1827. 

Cyrus,  b.  in  1832  ;  m.  Sarah  M.  Smith  15  February,  1859. 
Mary,  b.  in  1835  ;  m.  Frank  Abbott  2  December,  1879. 
Susan,  b.  in  1838 ;  m.   George  D.  Reed,  of  Winchester,  INlass.,  6 
September,  1866;  d.  11  June,  1876. 


XXIV.]  (;knkalu(;ii;s.  711) 

I'AT'ri:!:. 

fjKMrKi,  X.  I'attki;,  li.  in  ( Iitttstou  ii  '>  iH'bniury,  ls()4;  m. 
\':isliti  Little  in  LSiiT  ;  res.  in  Aiitiim;  reni.  to  Amherst  in 
Isll  :  was  rc|)re.scntative  in  1849  and  185U  :  also  r('<:;ister 
of  prohate  live  years;  returned  to  Antrim  in  18")1  ;  thence 
in  l8(il  rem.  to  OotYstown,  wlicre  he  died  1  April.  I'^To. 
One  child — 

Manj  F..  1).  '_'!»  May,  ISi'S  ;  ,,i.  .loliii  15.  WOodlnny.  ..f  .\iilrini.  »» 
Mairli.  ISIS):  ,1.  M  (),•(.. l)er,  l.S.>s. 

PATTERSON. 

Lieut.  John  Patterson,  1».  in  Litelilield  4  August,  1742  : 
settled  in  Andierst  jjrior  to  17G5 ;  d.  l<i  Deceml)er,  182'.>  : 
m.  (1)  Sarah  Burns  in  1765.  She  was  b.  hi  Amherst  in 
1743  ;  d.  28  October,  17i>5  ;  he  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Martha  (Means) 
McGaw  18  October,  17i)t).  Slie  was  b.  in  Ireland  in  1752  ; 
d.  in  GotVstown  20  December,  1842,  atn-d  !M)  years.  Chil- 
dren (all  by  first  wife) — 

1.  Elhalitlli.  1>.  11  Xovi'MiliiT.  IT'KJ ;  in.  tl'l'i"<'ii'<  Aiken,  of  Hctlfurd, 
s  December,  ITS');  d.  in  .Vndover,  Ma.ss.,  'Jl  .Septomber,  ls55. 

•J.  M<irtha,h.  120  Augu.st,  17f)9;  in.  Daviil  Si»rague.  of  Hciltonl,  l>t> 
December,  1703;  d.  in  Bedford  17  April,  1854. 

3.  Surah,  b.  22  May,  1772;  m.  Daniel  \Vilkiu.s,  of  Clareinonl.  0 
M-AYch,  1813;  d.  in  Littleton  1  Mav,  is.KJ. 

1.  Susan  (roulfl,  b.  in  1775;  in.  Saninel  Fletcher,  of  Andier.st,  !» 
dune,  17l»r);  d.  in  Oct<.ber,  1S22. 

."».  John,  b.  in  1778;  d.  2.')  dnly,  17(»5. 

<i.  Fannif,  l>.  in  17sl  ;  ni.  William  Dole  23  April.  Isol;  d.  in  >bin.-^- 
lield,  Ind.,  26  Jnly,  1830. 

7.  ^fnr_l/,  b.  21  Angu.'^t,  1783;  m.  Dr.  William  Hums,  of  Hedford.  2l» 
.\ugu.st,  ISOS.     She  d.  in  Littleton  7  February.  1S73. 

S.   lynnri/,  1).  1  October.  17s(i;  d.  1  August.  17!»n. 

!•.  William  Patterson,  of  New  Boston,  m.  Eli/abetli, 
daughter  of  Oon.  >[oses  Nichols,  of  Amherst.  lie  d.  in  ^fer- 
rimack  12  February,  1827.  Shed,  in  New  I>oston  in  ISO:',, 
leaving  four  children.     Of  these — 


720  HISTOEY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

10.  Moses  Nichols,  the  eldest,  d.  in  Boston  in  May,  1807,  aged  11 
years. 

11.  Perkins  Nichols  ;  d.  in  South  Merrimaek  26  March,  1853,  aged 
52  years. 

12.  Capt.  Peter  Patterson  rem.  from  Amherst  to  Co- 
lumbus, Ohio,  where  he  d.  18  June,  1821,  aged  37. 

PEABODY. 

I.  Lieut.  Francis  Peabody,  of  St.  Albans,  Hertford- 
shire, b.  1614  ;  came  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Planter" 
in  1635,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Hampton,  going 
there  with  Rev.  Stephen  Bachilor  in  1637  ;  but  prior  to 
1657  he  rem.  to  Topsfield,  Mass.,  where  he  was  a  large  land 
holder,  and  was  prominent  for  his  enterprise  and  wealth. 
He  m.  Mary  Foster,  who  d.  9  April,  1705.  He  d.  19  Febru- 
ary, 1697-8. 

II.  Their  son  William  Peabody,  b.  ( probably  in  Hamp- 
ton) in  1616  ;  m.  Hannah  Hale,  of  Newbury,  14  August, 
1684,  and  d.  in  March,  1699.  His  widow  d.  23  February, 
1733.  They  resided  in  Boxford,  Mass.  He  was  one  of  the 
soldiers  in  the  Narraganset  fort  fight  in  December,  1675. 

III.  Capt.  Stephen  Peabody,  son  of  William  and  Han- 
nah (Hale)  Peabody,  b.  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  5  August,  1685; 
m.  Hannah  Swan.  They  resided  in  Boxford,  wliere  he  d. 
7  January,  1759  ;  she  d.  17  April,  1764,  aged  75.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Souhegan  West. 

IV.  1.  William  Peabody,  son  of  Cai)t.  Stephen  and 
Hannah  (Swan)  Peabody,  b.  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  29  June, 
1715;  m.  Rebecca  Smith  25  March,  1740.  About  1742 
they  settled  in  Souhegan  West,  now  Milford,  where  he  d. 
31  May,  1791 ;  she  d.  11  May,  1790,  aged  72.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

2.  ^Stephen,  b.  3  September,  1742. 

3.  Sarah,  b.  21  ^March,  1744 ;  m.  Oliver  Wright,  of  Keene. 

4.  -f  William,  b.  3  Febriiaiy,  1746. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  7:21 

5.  Priscilld,  h.  If)  Novfiiilior,  175(1;  ni.  Martholuiin'w  (irinu's,  of 
Amherst. 

6.  /ir/«'c<7/,  I).  "2  Jaiiiiarv,  17')2 :  in.  fNalliaii  Ifiitrliiiison  in  177s. 
(1.  in  Milt'onl  'J't  Kehriiary,  lsi*(!. 

7.  llaniKih,  1).  •_'  A[)ril.  1751  ;  ni.  |)avi.|  Cliandlci-.  cif  \iM|.i\.r, 
Mass. 

8.  Sits(iiinti/i,  \k  i  Xiivi-niltrr.  17.')"):  ni.  +l?('njaniin  lliilclii:i-i.ii  ;  <l. 
in  Milfonl  2-\  Aiii,Mist.  is:',  J. 

\'.  2.  Stephen  Pkahodv,  1).  :'>  SL-pfcmlicr.  174-':  .1.  11' 
Scj)t('inl)rr.  17'*^0  :  iii.  iruiiiiiih  Cliaiullci",  ihiiiiihtcr  of 
'riionr.is  and  IJaniuih  ((Jol't'c)  ('IniHllor,  of  liciltidd.  in 
17<!3:  slio  (1.  ill  Montpelier,  Vt.,  in  August,  182(j,  aged  79 
years.  Mr  was  Adjutant  of  Col.  Reed's  rcjrimont  in  the 
liattlc  of  Hunker  IJill,  aid  to  fJen.  Stark  at  nennington.  and 
iii('utriiant-(\)lonel  commanding  a  battalion  s<>nt  to  RlKtde 
Island  in  177S.     Their  cliildrcn  were — 

!).    Thomas,  I..  15  Kchruarv,  17(;4;  in.  (1)  Sarah  P.-rki'i-  In   March. 
1785;  in.  (2)  Mrs.  Hinl,  a  >iist.'r  of  (icn.  Jaint's  Millc-r.     Ih-  >.'(tl.'<l  in 
Vt-rniont.    XtMr  Ih'  closi- ot"  the  war  for  in  Icji -.Klenc  •  h'  wa^  Mn";.;eon 
in  a  n-Lrinn'iit  coinnianded  l>v  ('<>1.  K\ans. 
1(1.  ^.lohn,  1..  17  May,  17G6. 

11.  Uiiiinnh,  b.  'J  July,  17(>^:  iii.  Knoch  Carlton,  of  Anili.-r^t. 

12.  J\(hcccfi,  \).  17  July,  1770;  was  a  i<hysic'ian  and  sury;pon ;  in. 
(Ion.  l'i'rl(>y  DavLs,  of  Montpelier,  Vt.,  4  November,  17!*l:  il.  in  Kast 
.Montpelier  5  February,  185:}. 

i:?.  Stephen,  b.  23  August,  1772  :  in.  Martha  Trow  (i  l)eoenil>ei-.  1795; 
was  a  physician  in  Orancjf,  Vt. 

14.  Asnuit/i,  b.  25  .Inly,  1771:  .1.  11  -Manh.  1777. 

15.  Sarnfi,  b.  2  Deci'inlier,  177*);  <1.  smMi'iily  on  tin-  day  appointed 
for  her  marriage. 

I'i.  A.tcnufh,  I).  14  Deienibcr.  1770;  in.  Lewis  Parker,  of  Cambridge, 
Vt.  :  d.  in  Mandi,  isKi. 

V.  4.  William  rLAUonv.  h.  in  Souliegan  West  •".  Frb- 
nuiry,  174G;  d.  in  Milford  24  August,  1822;  m.  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Fuller)  Wilkiiis;  she 
was  b.  G  August,  174'):  d.  11  February.  1827.  Tin-ir  idiil- 
drcn  were — 

17.  Clarissa,  b.  29  October,  1771;  resided  on  the  hoiut'sti-ad,  wiiere 
she  d.  6  October,  1850  ;  unmarried. 
46 


722  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

18.  Abigail,  b.  20  October,  1773  ;  d.  in  September,  1777. 

19.  Hannah,  b.  23  January,  1775;  d.  in  September,  1777. 

20.  Abigail,  b.  7  October,  1777  ;  d.  28  April,  1827  ;  unmarried. 

21.  Hannah,  b.  11  March,  1779;  ni.  Rev.  Humphrey  Moore;  d.  in 
Milford,  2  March,  1830. 

22.  William,  b.  14  July.  1780 ;  d.  9  January,  1794. 

23.  Stephen,  b.  4  October,  1782 ;  graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
studied  law;  practiced  in  Portsmouth,  Exeter  and  Amherst;  d.  sud- 
denly in  Amherst,  19  January,  1847  ;  m.  Jemima  P.  Bolles,  of  Milford, 
20  September,  1824 ;  she  d.  at  Newton  Center,  ]\Iass.,  24  September, 
1857,  aged  57  years  ;  4  children. 

24.  Anna,  b.  30  INIarch,  1784;  m.  Rev.  Elijah  Dunbar  15  December, 
1803  ;  d.  in  Peterborough  25  July,  1828. 

VI.  10.  Dr.  John  Peabody,  b.  17  May,  1766;  d.  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  in  1804  ;  m.  Keziali  Hubbard.  Tlitdr  chil- 
dren were — 

25.  Jesse  Chandler  Fox,  b.  21  May,  1795. 

26.  John  Stephen  Frederick  Augustus,  b.  12  Februarj',  1797. 

27.  Charles  Calvin  Daniel  Hnbarf,  h.  21  June,  1799. 

28.  Aaron  Peabody,  b.  in  Topsfield,  Mass.,  3  April, 
1747  ;  d.  19  September,  1826,  aged  79.  He  m.  Susannah 
Hobbs,  daughter  of  Dea.  Humphrey  Hobbs,  4  May,  1769. 
They  lived  in  Amherst,  now  Milford.  She  d.  7  August, 
1827,  aged  82.     Their  children  were— 

29.  Aaron,  b.  15  January,  1774. 

30.  Samuel,  b.  20  June,  1776. 

31.  Betsey,  b.  29  September,  1778. 

32.  Humphrey,  b.  18  November,  1779. 

33.  John,  b.  3  February,  1782. 

34.  Joseph,  h.  13  July,  1784. 

35.  Amos,  b.  28  July,  1786  ;  m.  Sarah  Wright  9  April,  1812. 

II.  36.  Joseph  Peabody,  b.  in  1644 ;  d.  in  1721  ;  m. 
Bethiah  Bridges ;  settled  in  Boxford,  Mass.     Their  son — 

III.  87.  Samuel,  b.  8  April,  1678 ;  m.  Lydia  Holt  27 
January,  1707 ;  settled  in  Andover,  Mass.  He  died  prior 
to  1715. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  728 

IV.  38.  Moses,  son  of  Suiuurl  uinl  lA(li;i  INmIiocIv  ,  l». 
in  1708 ;  <1.  in  1740:  ni.  Sarah  Holt  17  .Iiin.\  17-J7;  set- 
tled in  Andnvt'i'.     Their  children  were — 

;59.  Lijdiii,  b.  Ti  July,  \l'-\\  ;  m.  Klieiiezcr  IIoll,  jr.,  15  Kcliniarv.  IT').?. 

40.  Samuel,  1>.  6  May,  1734;  d.  in  infancy. 

41.  Ilanmth,  1>.  !»  Aui^nist,  17:5!». 

4l'.  jSamuel,  1>.  1  .'^eiitt'inlnT,  1711;   in.  Kii/.al.ctli  Wilkiiis. 

4:>.   Rehired,  ]>.  .">  .liuif,  171."i;    in.  .lolm  Stiles  ot    lidxt'onl,  .Ma». 

V.  42.  Samuel  Peai!01>v,  b.  1  Septend)er,  1741;  d.  in 
Mont  Vernon  6  August,  1814  ;  ni.  Elizabeth,  danghti'r  (d 
Joseph  Wilkins,  of  Amherst.  They  settled  in  Andoxer, 
!Mass.,  whence  they  rem.  to  Amherst  in  17s.').  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

41.  ^^fnscs:  111.  I.y.lia  II..lt. 

1.").   Sainiiel :  in.  Hnldali  .Stiles  11  .Iniie.  17!in:  d.  in  June,  ls2.">. 

46.  John  :  m. Holt. 

17.  Joseph,  h.  3  (K-tol)er.  1770;  •!.  1  Xovuinlier,  lS.-,3;  ni.  (1)  Olive 
llerry  4  September,  1S()(»;  m.  (•_>)  Anna  Klinl  I'-J  October,  18n.'j.  They 
settled  in  Middleton,  Ma,s.s.,  where  he  was  a  deacon  in  the  cluircli  sev- 
eral years.     Their  children  were — 

1.   Olive,  b.  11  .July,  iSUl  ;  d.  young. 

-*.  Samuel,  b.  10  August,  1800;  res.  in  Middleton.  Mass. 

3.  Olive,  b.  1  SeptiMnber,  ISOS;  d.  young. 

4.  Jeremiah  Flint,  I).  9  August,  ISl'J;  res.  in  Danvcis.  .Mass. 
").   Anna.  b.  :>.")  Septendier,  ISlo;  res.  in  Middleton. 

0.  Joseph,  b.  30  November,  181S;  a  teacher  ;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass. 
7.   Dean,  1>.  'JO  .May.  1>>1'1  :  a  lawyer;  res.  in  L\mi.  .Ma,ss, 

48.  Sarah;  m.  Damon;  settled  in  .Marshtield,  \\. 

49.  Aaron;  m.  Edith  Wilkins;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon;  no  children. 
.")0.  Jacob;  m.  Sally  Wilkins;  .settled  in  Milford. 

."»1.  Joel,  b.  in  1778;  m.  Kli/.abeth  Wilkins;  .settled  in  Miildleton, 
Mass.     Their  cliildren  were — 

1,  Henjamin,  b.  14  March,  ISIO;  res.  in  Midilleton. 

•2.  John  Wilkins,  b.  '2  March,  isiii;  res,  in  Mi<ldleton. 

3.  Joel  Augustus,  b.  "JO  July,  1814;  d.  young. 

4.  Isaiah  lirooks,  b.  '2  June  ISKJ;  res.  in  Middleton. 
.').  Jessie,  b.  '22  August,  1S19;  d.  young. 


724  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

VI.  44.  Moses  Peabody  ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  4  Novem- 
ber, 1842 ;  m.  Lydia  Holt  25  May,  1786.  She  d.  25  May, 
1845,  aged  88.     Their  children  were — 

52.  Moses ;  m.  Mary  Marvell.  He  d.  in  the  army  at  Burlington,  Vt., 
in  May,  1813.     Their  children  were — 

1.  Keziah  ;  m.  Nahum  Bullard. 

2.  Mary  Ann  ;  m.  f  Joshua  F.  Skinner  in  May,  1830. 

3.  A  daughter ;  d.  in  infancy. 

53.  Lydia ;  m.  Asahel  Bm-nham. 

54.  Francis  Peabody,  b.  12  February,  1793  ;  d.in  Amherst 
27  July,  1872  ;  m.  Lydia  Peabody  23  December,  1819 ;  she 
was  b.  12  January,  1797  ;  d.  20  March,  1862.  They  set- 
tled in  New  Boston,  but  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1846.  Their 
children  were — 

55.  Aaron  F.,  b.  2  January,  182]. 

56.  John,  b.  17  January,  1822  ;  d.  30  November,  1824. 

57.  Ann  Maria,  h.  22  May,  1824;  m.  Rev.  Charles  Seccombe ;  d.  at 
St.  Anthony's  Falls,  Minn.,  28  February,  1853. 

58.  John,  h.  9  November,  1827  ;  d.  in  Brookline  18  December,  1873. 

59.  Lydia  Esty,  b.  9  September,  1829. 

60.  David,  b.  17  December,  1831. 

61.  Margaret  B.,  b.  23  April,  1837. 

62.  George  W.,  b.  11  October,  1838. 

63.  Daniel  A.,  b.  29  June,  1842. 

PEACOCK. 

1.  William  Peacock  settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  the  war 
for  independence.  He  d.  20  October,  1824,  aged  75  years; 
m.  Abigail .     Their  children  were — 

2.  Abigail,  b.  1  June,  1771 ;  m.  f  Josiah  Parker. 

3.  t  William,  b.  24  October,  1773 ;  m.  Huldah  Hood. 

4.  Daniel,  b.  12  September,  1776 ;  m.  twice ;  d.  in  Lempster. 

5.  Betsey,  b.  29  September,  1778 ;  m.  f  Timothy  Wheeler. 

6.  Sally,  b.  11  October,  1783;  m.  fJohn  Ober. 

3.  William  Peacock,  JR.,b.  24  October,  1773;  d.  5  June, 
1846;    m.  Huldah  Hood,  of  Topsfield,  Mass., in  November, 


XXIV.]  GENEALOCIES.  7_'."> 

1795.  She  wii.s  h.  28  XoveiulxM-,  177.");  d.  17  .Septeinhfr, 
l^tJl.  They  i'(>si(lt>(i  in  tin.' south  part  ol"  the  town,  iumt 
iloULs  line.     Their  cliildren  were — 

7.  IF(7//»/w,  h.  l:i  Dpcemlior,  17ni) ;  m.  Faiiiiv  Hmiiliaiii :  n-s.  in 
Hrookline,  Mass. 

S.  Ki'n(l(i!l,h.  \7  Si'ptiMiibei-,  ITiJS ;  iii.  Ilani.Ht  Duncklt.'i; :  il.  1 
April,  182fl. 

'\  I'm.  Priscilla  Hloo<l,  of  Ilollis,  2!) 

"•   """'"•     '  1,.  !)  Maivli.  ISdO;  -^  N<)v.Mul)tT,  1820. 

10.  Unldiih,  )  (  .1.  21  June,  ISOl. 

11.  Frceiuati,  1-.  lij  .Vpril,  1S02:  in.  Kli/.a  A.  Pratt,  of  'rM)wii,-l.l. 
Mass. ;  d.  in  Charlestowii,  Ma,ss. 

12.  t./"/'»,  '>•  3  May,  1804. 

13.  /iu/«,s  1>.  12  .Vuijust,  181)7  ;  m.  Xaiicy  'I'iiikiiaiii ;  .1.  1  Aii-iist, 
1845. 

14.  Nnnri/,  h.  I  Au'.nist.  ISOft;  in.  \Villar.l  K.-ii.lall.  of  Mollis. 

15.  Juliit  .l«;i,V).22  December,  1^1.');  m. 'riiomas  W.IIayili'ii;  d.  in 
Amiierst  31  October,  1.S48. 

10.  Ezra  ir/Z/nf/r///,  1).  22  .laiuiary,  1.S18;  m.  Kli/.abt'lii  Ilainl.-i.  ut" 
Ilollis;  no  cliiMn-n. 

12.  Ri:v.  John  Peacock,  h.  in  Amherst  ;'.  May,  lsu4;  il. 
1:^  June,  1S7»);  m.  ( 1 )  Maiy  l\i(U'r.  of  (JolTstown,  14  Do- 
•  •••niher,  1830.  She  was  h.  22  F.'luiiary,  iso'.i  ;  d.  '>  .<c|.trni- 
l)er,  1  Sf40.  He  m.  (2  )  Eliza  A.  Rider,  sister  of  his  lirst  wife. 
1  ^farch,  1^41.  She  was  h.  23  February.  1812,  and  is  now 
residiniz:  in  Amhtrst.  After  fitting  for  the  ministry  Mr. 
Peaeoek  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  IJaptist 
chureli  in  (.^anaan  2")  August,  1H2>0,  and  remained  in  the 
ministry  in  Canaan  and  other  places  until  his  death.  Their 
children  were — 

3/</;V/,  1).  18  May.  1810:  m.  Cliarl.'s  A.  Tiva.lw.-ll  22  .May.  1S.-.7; 
res.  in  Hnxton,  Mf. 

Sarah  F.,\>.  27  Jannary,  184:{;  d.  0  November.  1845. 

John  ft'.,  b.  S  February,  l*<4s  ;  m. IMmiim.T ;  res.  on  tiic  "  Lonl  " 

plai-e  ill  .\mherst. 

n:.vu\<0Ns. 

DiPYMUs  Pearsons,  son  of  Anms  and  Kli/.aheth.  was  h.  in 
Reading,  Mass.,  13  Fehruaiy,  17nt];  d.  in  Amherst  21  June, 


726  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1842.     He  m.  Sarah  Elliott  22  September,  1795.     She  d.  in 
November,  1840,  aged  68.     Their  children  were — 

Luther ;  m.  Sarah  Foster  in  April,  1822  ;  d.  at  Salem,  Mass.,  in  Jnly, 
1833,  aged  34. 

^Francis  E. ;  m.  Hnldah  Wheeler. 

Jane;  d.  24  April,  1842,  aged  39;  unmarried. 

Francis  E.  Pearsons,  b.  in  1807;  d.  31  December,  1867; 
m.  Huldah  Wheeler,  of  Merrimack,  3  April,  1845.  Slie  was 
b.  in  1808.     Their  children  were — 

Adeline  E.,  b.  in  1842.  Sarah  F.,  b.  in  1849. 

Mary  J.  W.,h.  in  1840. 


Sophia  A.,  wife  of  Rev.  Ira  Pearsons,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Amherst,  d.  8  September,  1848,  aged  54. 

PEASLEE. 

William  S.  Peaslee  m.  Ellen  M.  Holbrook  1  December, 
1869.  She  was  b.  23  August,  1842.  They  res.  on  the 
farm  formerly  owned  by  Hon.  William  Fisk.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

L.  Nellie,  h.  12  October,  1871 ;  d.  26  March,  1872. 
Ajiiy  Louise,  b.  11  Feln'uary,  1873;  d.  20  September,  1876. 
Ernest  H.,  b.  12  November,  1876. 
Ethel  0.,h.  27  September,  1878. 

PEDRICK. 

Elizabeth  C,  wife  of  Jacob  G.  Pedrick,  d.  8  February,  1877,  aged 
.51  years. 

PERHAM. 

Dolly  Perham  d.  in  June,  1804,  aged  17. 

PERKINS. 

1.  Joseph  Perkins  rem.  from  Beverly,  Mass.,  to  Amherst, 
prior  to  the  war  for  independence.  He  d.  in  Mont  Vernon 
in  December,  1823,  aged  92  years.     His  son — 


XXIV.]  GENEALO(;iRS.  TliT 

2.  Capt.  Joseph  Perkins,  jr.,  b.  in  Hevcrly,  Mass.jl  Ffl>- 
ruary,  17()1 ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  2'2  Xovenihcr,  18--;  ni. 
Hannah,  dangliter  of  James  Woodbni y.     Slie  was  b.  h  Oeto- 

bei'.lTii'I;  d.  1")  A]ii-il.  IS.'iti.     'I'licir  cliildrcn  Wfi'r — 

;(.   //iiiina/i,  h.  10  Auj^iist,  1788;  in.  l.f\\  U;iv. 

I.  Mark  I)ofl</i\h.r)  June,  17S5 ;  iii.  (1)  Maluihi  .Juiw.'s;  in.  ("J) 
Cyntliia  Johnson.  lie  voted  for  Gen.  Hancock  at  the  iiresidential 
•'lection  in  1880,  and  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  '2'2  July.  1881,  aj^etl  fMi  years. 

0.  John  Triisk-,\>.  7  Dcccnilior,  1787;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  1<>  Jan. 
nary,  1S5J(;  unmarried. 

li.  Liivrilia,  1>.  6  March,  17!t<>;  ni.  Jesse  Woodlmry,  <>f  Wcart-. 

7.  Jo.f' p/i.  1>.  ill  .March,  1791;  d.  in  infancv. 

s.  Jnsrp/,,  h.  is  April,  17!l(i;  ni.  (1)  Sally  Smith:  m.  (12)  Susan 
f.ocke  ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  21  Octoher,  1877. 

'.).  Jiiiiies  Wniidftiiri/,  1».  (i  March,  1797;  <1.  in  infancy. 
I'l.  Jiinirs  Wondhury,  l».  17   .Vpril,  179S ;  ni.  Fanny  Cnchran,  of  Xew 
Boston  ;  d.  in  New  Chester,  Wis.,  :}0  March,  1S71. 

11.  Sarah,  b.  liO  April,  1800;  m.  Joseph  Trow,  of  Monl  N'crnon,  :.'2 
March.  1825;  d.  in  Mont  Verncn  IM  July,  18:57. 

12.  If!r(iiu,h.H)  May,  iSd-J;  m.  .'^ophia  I.ampson  2:5  Fchruary.  ls:57  ; 
d.  13  Xovember.  1880. 

l-'J.  .So/w;«';n,  b.  2  March,  iSdl ;  d.  younj;. 

1-1.  Catherine,  b.  l."»  September,  1805;  m.  Elijah  rutnam.  jr..  I  .May. 
1820;  res.  in  Andierst. 

15.  Klhr'uUje  Fisk;  h.  9  September,  1811;  m.  (1)  Al.hy  Wilkins  in 
March,  18:54.  She  d.4  Octuher,  18.5:5;  m.  (2)  Mary  L.  Jones  :51  Jan- 
uary, ls51:  res.  in  Kast  Wilton. 

PERRY. 

Ehene/eu  PERiiV,  b.  in  Xcwbiuypurt,  Mass.,  lis  Fubniaiy, 
1773;  d.  in  Manchester  -5  Jnne,  1800;  ni.  Bridjjet  (ireeley  17 
April.  IT'.'T.  She  was  b.  in  Nottingliani  West,  now  Hudson, 
8  July,  1777  ;  d.  in  Bedford  24  November,  1851.  She  was 
a  sister  to  tlie  father  of  Iforace  Greeley.  They  resided  in 
liondoiHb'ny,  Wrare,  Andierst,  and  llfdlnid.  'I'b<'ir  cbil- 
dr(Mi  were — 

1.  J'(  rnnlio,  \k  in  i.onilomlrii  v  in  XovcniliiT.  1797  ;  d.  in  infaip'v. 

2.  Varnum,  b.  in  Londonderrv  9  March,  1799. 


728  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

3.  Lavinia,  b.  in  Weare  7  April,  1801 ;  m.  Peter  Young ;  d.  in  Hook- 
sett  28  ]March,  1850. 

4.  Permelia  P.,  b.  in  Weare  2  July,  1803  ;  m.  f  Silas  Parkhurst,  of 
Bedford,  5  January,  1828  ;  d.  10  March,  1845. 

.  5.  OrciVs  i?.,  b.  in  Weare  12  May,  1805 ;  d.  in  Manchester  1  March, 
1850. 

6.  Lutlterin  E.,h.  in  Weare  7  July,  1807. 

7.  Zaccheuii  G.,h.  in  Bedford  6  October,  1812;  m.  Hannah  Thomp- 
son in  October,  1836;  res.  in  Merrimack. 

8.  Louisa  C.,h.  in  Bedford  18  July,  1814;  m.  Charles  F.  Shepard, 
of  Bedford,  20  February,  1838. 

9.  Lorenzo  D.,  h.  in  Bedford  3  August,  1816. 

10.  John  A.,h.  in  Londonderry  22  January,  1818. 

11.  Alfred  F.,h.  in  Amherst  13  March,  1822. 

12.  C/«a?7o^/e  ^.,  b.  in  Bedford  10  June,  1824;  m.  Samuel  Sinclair, 
jr.,  of  New  York,  23  October,  1848. 

PETTBNGILL. 

Joshua  Pettengili-  resided  in  Pond  Parish,  and  was  here 
prior  to  the  incorporation  of  the  town  in  1760.  In  his  old 
age  he  became  poor,  and,  with  his  wife,  was  supported  by 
the  town.  He  was  the  first  person  whose  remains  were 
carried  to  the  grave  in  a  hearse  owned  by  the  town.  He  d. 
in  April,  1804.  His  wife  d.  in  April,  1804,  aged  85.  Their 
children  were — 

JosJuto.  Molly. 

Richard. 

PHELPS. 

Nathan  Phelps,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Phelps,  of 
Reading,  Mass.,  was  b.  in  Reading  24  August,  1734;  m. 
Bethiah  Upton  17  March,  1761.  They  settled  in  Amherst 
prior  to  1763.     Their  chirdren  were — 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  8  July,  1762 ;  d.  17  September,  1817. 

2.  .Tonathan :  m.  (2)  Hannah  Marden,  of  New  Boston ;  settled  in 
Sutton. 

3.  Samuel :  m.  Sally  Perkins  28  June,  1795. 

4.  ^Amos;  m.  Sarah  Whiting. 

5.  Susan  ;  d.  unmarried. 

6.  Sally  :  d.  unmarried. 


XXIV.]  (;i.:ni:al()(:ii:s.  729 

4.  Amos  Phelps,  I),  in  1777;  d.  .^.  Marcli,  1801;  m.  Sanih 
Whiting  20  November,  1800.  She  d.  IH  April,  18;")1,  aged 
72.     They  resided  in  Amlierst.     Their  chiUlren  were — 

7.  Dnu'u'l :  iii.  Miirv  I'iU.-  in  Di-ceinlier,  1S:}1  :  d. -JO  ,F:imi:ii-v.  ls(it, 
aged  G2.     Slie  d.  20  July,  1812. 

.S.  Man/:  in. Murdough;  ros.  in  Hillsborougli. 

9.   Almond :  in. ;    d.  in  Wcaif  .">  Jannarv,  1866,  aged 

60  years. 

10.  ]Hnr(ice,  h.  in  18()o;  ni.  Betsey  Ober. 

11.  Ede  Elizabeth  :  ni.  David  Iloitkins;  ros.  in  Amherst. 

12.  Liifji :  ni.  Lsaac  Combs;  res.  in  Andu-rst. 

13.  John  Phelps,  a  brother  of  Nathan,  was  It.  in  Reading, 

Mass.,  12  September,  1743;  m.  Mary .    They  resided 

in  Amherst  several   years.      Their    ciiildren,  whose  births 
were  reeorded  on  the  town  records,  were — 

14.  Polly,h.-S.\  XovcmlMT.  177:5. 

15.  Deborah,  1>.  13  St'iitend)t.'r,  177-"». 

16.  SiibiL  b.  30  Novend)er.  1777. 

17.  John  LoreJoi/y\).\7  .\inil.  17S0. 

10.  Horace  Phelps,  b.  in  iSOo;  m.  Betsey  Ober  27  June. 
183o.     Their  ehildren  were — 

is.  Sojdiia  E.,  b.  in  1S3G. 

19.  Geori/e,  h.  in  1S39;  d.  in  .\ngnst,  18.")1. 

20.  Charle.t  //.,  b.  in  1S42;  was  a  int'nd)orof  the  5th  KeginuMit  N.  H. 
Vols.,  and  was  killed  in  battle  at  Gfttysburg,  Pa., 3  July,  ls(;3. 

21.  Frank  A. yh.  in  1850;  ni.  Lizzie  (J.  Judkins  25  DeciMubtT.  1876; 
res.  in  Nashua. 


Mani.  wif(>  of  Jonathan  riiclps,  d.  2s   Maivh,  1S03. 

PIIILinnCK. 

Joiicph  Philbrick  d.  13  Marcii.  18t)^.  ai,'.-.l  Ct. 

Anna  Eceli/n,  <laugliter  of  Albert  M.  IMiilbrick,  d.  28  August,  1877. 

PIKE. 

Benjarnin  Pih  d.  in  Ottob.'r,  1S()3,  aged  81. 
Lydia,  wife  of  .Tost'ph  Piko,  <I.  15  Kebruary.  1781. 
^frs.  Pike,  wife  of  Knoch  Pik.-,  .1.  in  (K-lober,  1803. 


730  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

PLUMMER. 

Ida  M.  Plummet-  d.  11  September,  1878,  aged  3  years  10  months 
and  11  days. 

POLLARD. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Pollard  d.  in  December,  1828,  aged  75. 

PORTER. 

Charles  Porter,  b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  2  July,  1796 ;  d.  IT 
September,  1832.  His  parents  removed  to  Vermont  when 
he  was  quite  young,  and  d.  shortly  after,  leaving  him  the 
oldest  of  several  children.  He  came  to  Amherst  about 
1820,  and  carried  on  the  boot  and  shoe-making  business 
here  until  his  death.  He  m.  Betsey  Henchman,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Henchman.  She  d.  in  Manchester  9  Feb- 
ruary, 1860.  I  have  the  record  of  the  birth  of  but  one  of 
their  children — 

Charles  Henchman,  b.  27  November,  1824. 

PRATT. 

LoEA  Pratt,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mehitable  ( Nichols)  Pratt, 
b.  in  Reading,  Mass., 23  April,  1785;  d.  in  Amherst  11  July, 
1875;  m.  (1)  Lucy  Hartshorn  22  December,  1814.  She  d. 
4  November,  1841 ;  m.  (2)  Rebecca  Wallace,  of  Milford. 
He  settled  in  Amherst  about  1813,  on  the  place  cleared  by 
John  Washer  on  Christian  Hill.  The  children  of  Ljea  and 
Lucy  H.  Pratt  were — 

Edward  H. ;  m.  Gulina  H.  Hopkinson,  of  Buxton,  Me.,  24  July,  1840. 
He  was  a  physician  in  Great  Falls,  where  he  d.  15  November,  1867. 

Stephen  H.,h.  15  August,  1818;  married;  settled  in  Baltimore,  Md.? 
as  a  physician,  and  d.  there  19  Januaiy,  1855. 

Frederic  N.,h.  21  March,  1825;  d.  in  Baltimore  4  July,  1846. 

William,  b.  31  March,  1830;  m.  Lucy  Elliott  3  March,  1864;  res.  on 
the  homestead;  no  children. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOcnPiS.  731 

PRENTISS. 

John  Prentiss  rem.  Iroin  Moiit.  Vcriioii  to  AmherKt  in 
1825,  where  lie  was  cashier  ul'  tiie  Farmers'  J>auk  through 
the  whole  of  its  existence.  lie  was  also  town-clerk  and 
postmaster  some  years  during  the  time.  I  lis  wife,  Mrs.  A/u- 
bah  I'rentiss,  played  tiie  organ  in  the  meeting  house  several 
years,  lie  d.  in  Claremont  2  March,  18G8,  aged  82  years. 
Their  children  were — 

How(ir<l. 

John. I.:  111.  Mary  Ann,  (l;ui;,^litcr  of  Hun.  Kdnniml  I';uker;  settled 
in  Charoniont  ;  was  speaker  of  tlie  New  Ilaniiisliire  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  1855.     They  now  res.  in  Chicago,  111. 

Henri/ :  d.  younn'. 

;  >  /  ^  PRINCE. 

I.  6rtm:ttt+>  Prince,  the  ancestor  of  the  family  hearing 
that  name  in  Andierst,  settled  in  Salem  Village,  now  Dan- 
vers,  Mass. ;  m.  Sarah  Warren  in  1()()2.  lie  d.  4  January, 
1674.  She  (1.  in  May,  1692.  The  hnu^e  he  l.iiiK  is  still 
standing  in  Danvers  ( 18S1  ).  The  children  of  Richard  and 
Sarah  (Warren)  Pi'ince  were  James,  Elizaiieth,  tdose|)h, 
Richard,  and  prolcilily  others. 

II.  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  Prince,  m.  Eli/alu'th  Roljin- 
ou  o  June,  1698.     Their  children  were — 

Rolirrl.  1).  •_'!»  Ueceraber,  1700. 

f./asry/A,  1).  :]()   May,  1702;  settled  in  Sonliegan  West. 

Timnt/ii/,  h.  17  October,  1703. 

Klizaheth,  baptized  29  July,  1705. 

.SV»/o///f;«,  baptized  30  M.nrch,  1707. 

III.  1.  Lt.  Joseph  Prince,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Robinson)  Trince,  b.  in  Salem  Village  3<>  May,  IT*'.;  m. 
Elizabeth  Rollins,  of  Soiihcgan  West,  about  1749.  lied. 
28  November,  1789.  She  d.  29  June,  1823,  aged  1»8  years. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of  the  township  in  the 
right  of  his  uncle,  Richard  Prince,  and  is  l)elieved  to  have 
been  the  only  one  of  th(>  original  proprietoi-s  who  settled 
here.     Their  children  were — 


732  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  18  February,  1750  ;  m.  (1)  David  Cady  ;  m.  (2)  Ben- 
jamin Roby ;  d.  in  Merrimack  in  October,  1830. 

3.  1[  Joseph. 

4.  Hannah;  m.  fJohn  Hartshorn;  d.  in  Amherst  19  December, 
1795,  aged  42. 

5.  Sarah;  m.  fThaddeus  Duncklee  ;  rem.  to  Vermont  where  they 
lived  in  Johnson  and  Rutland. 

6.  ]Ahel,  b.  1  June,  17.57. 

7.  Mary,  b.  in  1760 ;  m.  f  David  Melvin ;  d.  in  Amherst  6  September, 
1844. 

8.  Susannah;  m.  Ralph  Ellenwood ;  rem.  to  Johnson,  Vt.,  about 
1790  ;  d.  there  10  November,  1838,  aged  75. 

9.  John ;  m.  Mindwell  Mills ;  rem.  to  Johnson,  Vt. ;  enlisted  in  the 
army  in  the  war  of  1812.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  rem.  to  Indiana 
where  he  died. 

10.  Anna;  m.  David  Reddington  5  May,  1786  ;  rem.  to  Vermont; 
afterward  to  Greensborough,  Ind. 

11.  -f  Solomon,  b.  4  August,  1771. 

lY.  3.  Joseph  Prince,  jr.,  m.  Sarah  Wyatt,  a  native  of 
Danvers,  Mass.  They  lived  on  the  homestead  of  Lt.  Joseph 
Prince,  where  he  d.  in  1800.     Their  children  were — 

12.  Sally,  b.  5  January,  1777 ;  m.  Samuel  Baker  in  1798  ;  rem.  to  Ver- 
mont, and  d.  there. 

13.  Polly,  h.  14  June,  1779;  m.  Daniel  Lyon  10  November,  1807; 
rem.  to  Vermont. 

14.  Fanny,  b.  20  March,  1781 ;  m.  Andrew  S.  Stanley  23  April, 
1807  ;  rem.  to  Knowlesville,  N.  Y.,  in  1816 ;  d.  in  Ridgway,  N.  Y.,  18 
October,  1878,  aged  97. 

15.  Joseph,  b.  29  July,  1783  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

16.  i  George  Wyatt,  b.  10  June,  1785. 

17.  Joseph,  b.  29  October,  1787  ;  m.  Hannah  Stiles  30  March,  1813  ; 
d.  in  Pennsylvania. 

18.  Samuel,  b.  10  May,  1790 ;  m.  Eliza  Kittredge  in  1814 ;  settled  in 
Royalton,  Vt.;  afterward  rem.  to  Whitewater,  Wis. ;  d.  in  1867. 

19.  Solomon,  b.  14  Novembei-,  1792  ;  d.  in  Charlestown,  Mass*,  12 
January,  1813. 

20.  John,  b.  16  August,  1795;  m.  Mary  Mcintosh  25  March,  1817; 
rem.  to  Randolph,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  1  June,  1866. 

V.  16.  GeorCxE  Wyatt  Prince,  b.  10  Jnne,  1785  ;  d. 
in  Tyngsborongh,  Mass.,  16    December,  1831 ;    m.  Betsey 


XXIV.]  (JENEALOGIBS.  7^33 

Ilowiud  20  DeeembtT,  ISll.     Slu-  was  h.  18  Octolx-r,  ITs") ; 
d.  -G  Octol)ur,  1874.     Their  children  were — 

21.  Sanih,  b.  L>  Xov.-iiiber,  1812  ;  <1.  15  May,  18:}();  iiiiiii:ini.-.|. 

22.  Louisa,  b.  28  February,  1815;  in.  Kufiis  rarkliurst,  ..l"  lirdfonl 
22  April,  1839  ;  res.  in  Bedfonl. 

23.  Geor(je,h.22  January,  I^^IT:  in.  Faimy  Co^'i^in,  of  Mont  Ver- 
non. 5  DeceinbiM-,  1839;  <1.  in  X.>\v  Boston  20  May.  1x82. 

21.  C'(/-rt/</(e,  b.  17  .hme,  ISIJ);  ni.  I.«vi  Spaldins,',  of  Lyn<lilM(i()Ui,'li, 
2S  Xovcniber,  1S31». 

25.  Emelint,  b.  17  June,  IbllJ  ;  ni.  Darius  L.  Fox,  of  |)rariit.  .Mass., 
20  January,  18 IS. 

2<).  Josi'jih,  b.  IS  December,  1S22 ;  <1.  in  Auburn  is  ( »,t,,lMT.  ISIS; 
nnniarrit'd. 

27.  Ditc'ul  Stanlei/,  b.  4  September,  1820;  ni.  Kli/a  l*earson.s,  of 
Tewk.sbury,  Mass..  in  April,  islS;  .settled  tirst  in  Orange,  but  rem.  to 
Salisbury,  where  he  now  resides. 

28.  jSolnmnn,  b.  IS  Aj.ril.  1S31. 

VI.  -IS.  SoLo.MoN  1'kinck,  h.  18  A)»ril,  l8ol ;  m.  IlarriL't 
Kiclrhrr  28  April,  1851.  She  was  h.  2>)  Scptcmbci-,  1833. 
They  res.  on  the  honicstciid  ot  his  uic;it-<rrandl"ather,  Lt. 
. Joseph  I'rinco,  which  has  l)ceii  in  the  possession  of  the 
family  more  than  130  years.     Their  children  were — 

29.  Mnrthd  J.,  b.  tl  January,  1S.")3  ;  m.  Wilder  J.  rriiic.-  17  April. 
1S72. 

30.  Rixliirii  H.,  \>.  21  Septemlx'r,  ls.">ti;  m.  Finily  F.  CarU.-r  30  May, 
187S.  She  (1.  1  February,  1880. 

IV.  tl.  Ahkl  Princk,  h.  1  Januiiry.  17 ")7  :  <1.  '.'  .hmc, 
18:'8  ;  m.  Fanny  Oowcn.  of  >rerriniaek,  3  November,  1782  ; 
slic  d.  IB  October,  Is41,  aired  79.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolntion.     Their  children  were — 

31.  Behr,/,  b.  3  M.-ircli.  17^3;  ni.  fSanmel  HiUlretli  7  October,  1802 ; 
d.  25  December,  ISCO. 

32.  John,  h.  in  17S5;  m.  Urown  ;  settled  in  Camden,  Me. 

33.  Ahiijnil,  b.  31  Mareli.  17S7  :  d.  18  .Jum-.  1818;  unmarried. 

34.  Ahvl. 

35.  Jo.ti'fili,  h.  2  July,  17!i2  ;   m.  I.Mciiida   Hates;  settled  in  Warreu, . 
Ta.,  where  he  d.  16  April,  18U. 

30.  ^Jtiines,  b.  2  August,  17!>1. 


734  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

37.  Nancy,  b.  in  September,  1796  ;  m.  (1)  Joseph  Wallace,  of  Mil- 
ford,  14  November,  1816 ;  m.  (2)  Thomas  Proctor,  of  Hollis. 

38.  Fanny,  b.  12  January,  1798  ;  m.  Seth  Nichols  ;  settled  in  War- 
ren, Pa. 

39.  Sarah,  b.  12  February,  1800 ;  m.  Cyrus  Foster  in  April,  1829  ; 
settled  in  Elmira,  Me. 

40.  Rebecca,  b.  15  August,  1803;  m.  Enoch  Gage,  of  Merrimack, 
31  December,  1833. 

V.  36.  James  Prince,  b.  2  Aug-ust,  1794  ;  d.  28  August, 
1852 ;  m.  (1)  Polly  Uphara  10  April,  1826.  She  was  b.  19 
September,  1799  ;  d.  4  April,  1837  ;  m.  (2)  Nancj  Simonds 
1  February,  1838.     Their  children  were — 

41.  Mary,  b.  24  June,  1827  ;  m.  (1)  Charles  A.  Russell  7  November, 
1844  ;  m.  (2)  John  F.  Beasom,  of  Nashua;  d.  at  Rice  Lake,  Dodge  Co., 
Minn.,  14  May,  1869. 

42.  James  U.,  h.  30  August,  1828  ;  m.  Louisa  J.  Osgood  24  October, 
18.50. 

43.  Lucinda,  b.  31  May,  1830 ;  m.  Levi  Stratton  4  November,  1847  ; 
d.  at  Owatonna,  Minn.,  8  October,  1867. 

44.  Ann  Jane,  h.  2  April,  1832;  d.  in  Amherst  26  March,  1857; 
unmari'ied. 

45.  Lousina,  b.  1  January,  1834  ;  m.  Taylor  Jones  ;  res.  at  Rice 
Lake,  Minn. 

VI.  42.  James  U.  Prince,  b.  30  August,  1828  ;  m. 
Louisa  J.  Osgood  24  October,  1850.  She  was  b.  8  June, 
1832.     Their  children  were— 

46.  t  Wilder  J,  b.  30  April,  1852. 

47.  Ma?-y  Louisa,  b.  5  January,  1856  ;  d.  7  September,  1857. 

48.  Lilla  Maria,  b.  25  July,  1862. 

49.  Ida  Alicia,  b.  5  July  1867 ;  d.  17  July,  1867. 

VII.  46.  Wilder  J.  Prince,  b.  30  April,  1852  ;  m.  Mar- 
tha J.  Prince  17  April,  1872.  She  was  b.  6  January,  1853. 
Their  children  are — 

50.  Burton  Wilder,  b.  7  July,  1874. 

51.  Louis  Osgood,  b.  25  April,  1879. 

■     IV.     11.  Solomon  Prince,  b.  4  August,  1771 ;  d.  3  De- 
cember, 1863  ;  m.   Mary  Mussey,  daughter   of  Dr.   John 


XXIV. J  GENEALOGIES.  785 

Mussey,  -1  January,  171*6.  She  was  I),  in  Pelhani  4  Docom- 
ber,1775  ;  d.  17  Juno,  1847.  He  was  one  of  tlie  substantial 
farmers  of  the  town,  and  a  good  citizen.  Their  cliildren 
were — 

5-2.  Hnnnnh,  h.  10  March.  1797;  in.  Isaac  Mcintosh,  of  BtMlfonl.  26 
Dcceniher,  ISlU.  They  rem.  to  Bethel,  V't.,  where  she  il.  25  March, 
1881. 

:)i.  Dlmoml,  h.  1.3  Fel)niary,  1799;  d.  22  Septeinl>er,  ISOO. 

51.  ^fan/,  h.  13  .Vpril.  1S()1  ;  tl.  in  Amherst  IS  March.  ls,S3;  mini. 

55.  \ Luther,  b.  15  .\pril,  1S03. 

5ti.   Clarirula,  1).  18  March,  isoo:   in.  tHiTunt  Mclciidy. 

57.  Luri)ida,h.  !)  March,  1807;  d.  11  July,  18l)S. 

5S.  jCalrin,  h.  11  June,  1809. 

59.  ^JoJin,h.  22  September,  iSll. 

()0.  Beiiliifu  b.  2-1  Fel)ruary.  1814;  d.  of  spotted  fever.  13  June,  1825. 

(il.  A  (laiit/liUr,  b.  22  Au-;ust,  181(1  ;  d.  5  September,  ISIH. 

V.  55.  Luther  Prince,!).  15  April,  180:5;  d.  1>^  Xoveni- 
hcr,  1802  ;  m.  Hannah  Farr,  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  24  April, 
1829.  She  was  b.  27  March,  1706  ;  d.  4  April,  1857.  They 
settled  in  Amherst,  near  his  father's,  on  the  ^fanchester 
road.     Tlu'ir  children  were — 

()2.   i/'rnnris  L..  b.  5  Felirnarv.  IS^U. 

63.  John  ^f.,  b.  28  October.  1832. 

61.   Snnih,  b.  23  Aui;nst,  1835;   unmarried. 

\'I.  1)2.  Francis  L.  Prin<e,  1).  5  February,  1831  :  ui. 
Louise  M.  Durtrin  4  November,  1855.  She  was  b.  in  Frank- 
lin 1  June,  18:57.  They  liv(>d  first  in  Amherst,  (hence  they 
rem.  to  Manchester  :  afterward  to  Welister.  ^^ass..  where 
they  now  reside.     Thrii'  chihlrfn  are — 

i)0.  Nellie  AI.,  b.  12  Noveinl»er,  1S5S  ;   married;  n-s.  in  .Manchester. 

66.  Walter  F.,  b.  10  June,  1S61. 

67.  Louise  Alice,  b.  7  Februar}',  186t). 

68.  Irene  Calvert,  b.  21  December,  1S68. 

VI.  68.  John  Mcssey  Prince,  b.  28  October,  \K\2:  m. 
Clara  K.  Durgin  1  January,  1861.  She  was  b.  in  Fianklin 
15  May,  1842.     Their  children  are — 


736  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

69.  Lucretia  A.,  b.  19  September,  1862. 

70.  Arthur  D.,  b.  15  April,  1864. 

71.  Grace  A.,h.2  March,  1S70. 

72.  Dora  F.,  b.  1  January,  1872. 

73.  l^reMle  F.,  b.  3  June,  1877. 

V.  58.  Calvin  Prince,  b.  11  June,  1809 ;  m.  Abigail 
Read  Wheeler  14  May,  1835.  She  was  b.  16  March,  1815. 
They  res.  near  the  Chickering  bridge,  on  the  old  New  Boston 
road.     Their  children  were — 

74.  Lucinda  Maria,  h.  4:  April,  1836;  d.  23  February,  1859;  unm. 

75.  Mary  Elizabeth,  h.  31  March,  1837  ;  d.  28  November,  1851. 

76.  Caroline  M.,  b.  8  December,  1838 ;  m.  Leonard  J.  Brown  19 
December,  1861 ;  lives  in  Sandy  Creek,  N.  Y. ;  three  children. 

77.  Solomon  E.,  b.  12  June,  1843 ;  d.  16  September,  1844. 

78.  Charles  ^.,  b.  4  Xovember,  1846. 

79.  William  H.,  b.  1  July,  1848  ;  d.  9  October,  1849. 

VI.  78.  Charles  A.  Prince,  b.  4  November,  1846  ;  m. 
Margaret  S.  Welch,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  8  February,  1869. 
Their  children  are — 

80.  Willie  Furber,  b.  6  February,  1870. 

81.  Caloin  0.,  b.  1  December,  1872. 

82.  Anna  L.  R.,  b.  1  April,  1875. 

83.  Lilla  E.,  b.  14  February,  1878. 

V.  59.  John  Prince,  b.  22  September,  1811  ;  m.  (1)  Ab- 
igail Sleeper  2  June,  1835.  She  was  b.  in  Prancestown  21 
February,  1811 ;  d.  in  Amherst  1  May,  1850  ;  he  m.  (2) 
Harriet  Kelcy  25  October,  1860.  She  was  b.  2  June,  1816  ; 
settled  in  Amherst,  where  he  carried  on  the  cabinet  and 
furniture  business  ;  rem.  to  Manchester  in  1850,  where  he  is 
now  engaged  in  the  nursery  business ;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  common  council  of  that  city.  Their  children  (all  b. 
in  Amherst)  were — 

84.  John  Albert,  b.  15  April,  1836  ;  d.  18  October,  1836. 

85.  Henry  Adams,  b.  24  July,  1837  ;  ni.  Rachel  Langdon  28  June, 
1868  ;  settled  at  Gauley  Bridge,  Va.  He  was  employed  in  the  quarter- 
master's department  at  Hilton  Head  and  Washington  in  the  civil  war. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  ''M 

86.  Albert  Page,  h.'2\  Frl.niary,  islO;  .1. !»  Fchruarv.  isH. 

87.  Edward  Pni/snn,  h.  17  .July,  l^kJ;  .1.  7  Ai.ril.  isi:,. 

S8.  Miiri/  J.,  h.  16  .luiie,  1844  ;  iii.  Lvinan  Chfiicy.  of  I'laiikliii,  2 
X()veiiil)t'r,  1S7(! ;  res.  in  Lawrence,  Mass. 

89.  John,  I).  13  Ai.ril.  is.-.O:  ni.  (ieorn'ie  S.  C.»i)k  IC  .Inm.  1  s;  |  ;  .  .|. 
tlH.liii  .Muiiclii'st.'r;  ■]. 'JT  .March,  is.si. 

PURPLE. 

.John  Prui'Lio  (or  Puijfikld),  :i  ii;ilivr  nt  Wah's,  was 
••impressed"  into  the  Jji-itish  naval  service,  from  wliieli 
he  de.serted  and  joined  the  American  army,  in  wliieli  he 
served  at  Saratoga,  where  he  witnessed  the  snrreiider  of 
IJurgoync.  He  used  to  say  '.'Gates  lay  drunk  in  his  tent  at 
Saratoga  while  Arnold  was  fighting."  After  the  war  closed 
lie  settled  in  Amherst,  where  he  ni.  Lydia  Lewis  11  October, 
17S5.     Slie  d.ll  March,  1830,  aged  about  80  years. 

As  old  age  came  on  his  wife  died,  and,  to  crown  his  mis- 
fortunes, he  became  totally  Idiud.  In  this  condition  he  was 
kindly  cared  for  by  a  neighl)orfor  the  semi-annual  pension 
he  received  for  his  revolutionary  services.  He  d.  0  Jannary,- 
184:^,  at  the  great  age  of  98  years.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren— 

Rohrrt :  (1.  ill  tlit;  army  during  the  war  of  I'^TJ:  iiiiinanietl. 
John:  .seiveil  in  the  war  of  lsl2,  ami,  at  its  dose,  retnrned  home. 
He  again  left  town  and  has  not  since  h.'en  heard  from. 

PUTNAM. 

The  will  of  J.\con  PuTN.\M,(»f  Wiltnu,  :ip]»roved  iJS  Febru- 
ary, 1  T'Jl ,  names  wife,  Patience  ;  children — 

Nntliintit'l.  Calth ;  deoea.sed. 

Philip.  Sarah. 

SI,  phi  n.  Mchiliible. 

■\./()st'ph  A  rchelaus. 
Jiiroh. 

I.  Joseph   Putnam,  b.  in  Wilton  in  October,  17»i3:   d.  5 
February,  1861,  aged  i'T  ;  ni.  ( 1 )  Rebecca   Burton:    m.  ('2) 
17 


738  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Nancy  Hartshorn  7  December,  1831.  He  resided  in  Antrim 
and  Hancock,  whence  he  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1810,  where  he 
d.     His  children  were — 

2.  Permella  ;  m.  Hugh  Brown;  resided  in  Andover.  Manchester, 
and  Stoddai'd;  finally  in  Amherst,  where  she  d.  9  January,  1S71. 

3.  Joseph  :  m.  Lucy  Rumrill,  of  Milford. 

4.  Reheccd  :  m.  Eleazer  Rhoads,  of  Amherst,  29  November,  1837  ; 
d.  1(5  December,  1849. 

5.  John:  m.  (1)  Sabrina  Wiley  30  March,  1817  :  m.  (2)  Mary  Frye ; 
d.  in  Lawrence,  Mass. 

6.  Sarah  :  m.  (1)  Joseph  Barnes,  of  Merrimack,  27  December,  1817 ; 
m.  (2)  Oliver  Barrett,  of  Wilton. 

7.  James:  m.  Betsey  Saltmarsh,  of  Hooksett ;  d.  in  Hooksett  16 
March,  1874. 

8.  Mar/j,  b.  6  October,  1799;  m.  fHiram  D.  Stearns,  of  Amherst,  in 
November,  1825 ;  d.  30  March,  1879. 

9.  Jacob :  d.  16  September,  1824. 

10.  Capt.  Elijah  Putnam,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Lucy 
(Lane)  Putnam;  b.  in  Rindge  5  January,  1780 ;  rem.  to 
Bedford,  Mass.,  wlien  young;  came  to  AinliCi-st  in  1812;  d. 
18  October,  1855 ;  m.  (1)  Lucy  Webber  28  April,  1803. 
She  was  b.  27  October,  1780  ;  d.  20  September,  1837.  He 
m.  (2)  Hannah  Lane  27  September,  1838.  She  \vas  b.  in 
Bedford,  Mass.,  11  October,  1789  ;  d.  22  April,  1874.  Their 
children  were — 

11.  ^Elijah,  h.  16  February,  1804. 

12.  Luct/  Adeline,  b.  21  October,  1807;  m.  f  Jonathan  Knight. 

11.  Elijah  Putnam,  jR.,b.  16  February,  1804;  m.  Cath- 
arine Perkins  4  May,  1826.  She  was  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  15 
September,  1805.     Their  children  were — 

13.  Caroline  Frances,  b.  1  June,  1828;  m.  Jeremiah  O.  Pulsifer  21 
February,  1856. 

14.  Helen,  b.  13  September,  1833;  m.  John  F.  Whiting,  of  Amherst, 
28  November,  1861;  d.  29  November,  1868. 

15.  Mark  Putnam,  b.  in  Nashua,  10  December,  1818  ;  d. 
in  Amherst  20  January,  1882 ;  m.  Mary  W.  Twiss  10  De- 
cember, 1839.     For  more  than  forty  years  he  was  engaged 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  780 

t 

in  the  cotton  manufacturing  luisincss,  wliii-h  ho  foHowed  ;is 
an  ovorscer  in  the  mills  at  West  Springlicld,  Mass., Nashua, 
and  other  places.  In  1S72  he  came  to  Amlu-rst  and  pur- 
chased the  (jJd  homestead  of  his  wife's  family,  (in  uhidi  he 
ma(h>  many  inprovenients.  In  the  spriiiLz-  of  IsTs  he  was 
elected  one  of  the  hoard  of  selectmen,  which  ollice  he  held 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  lie  was  a  good  and  respected 
citi/en,  and  his  (h-ath  was  a  pul)lic  loss.  Their  children 
were — 

IT).  A7/r//,l).iii  X;isliii;i  :5l)  July,  1811  ;  iii.  Alviu  K.  15('iiiii'tt  in  .Vpril, 
ISOl ;  ros.  in  Xaslina. 

17.  Georr/e  IT.  (adoptoil  son),  b.  19  August,  IS.jO  ;  ni.  Ci'lia  M. 
Shedd,  of  Mont  Venion,  2  August,  1S81  ;  res.  iu  Anilierst. 


1.  .Ja.mks  liw,  or  Kka,  as  the  name  was  foianerly  spelled, 
was  the  oidy  child  of  James  and  i']li/.ai>eth  (Dodge)  Rca, 
of  Beverly,  Mass.,  where  he  was  h.  1  May,17oO.  After  his 
father's  death  his  mothei-  m.  Peter  Woodhury,  of  Beverly, 
and  they  rem.  to  the  north-west  i>art  (»f  -Vmherst,  now  >[ont 
Vernon,  in  177:).  There  young  l?ay  settled  and  m.  Mehita- 
hle,  daughter  of  James  Woodhury,  ^'  May,  17s<>.  He  was 
a  noted  inn-kee])er,  and  an  active  man  in  the  uoith-wcst 
l)arish  and  the  town  of  Mont  \'ei-non.  N'ai"  the  elose  of 
his  life  he  rem.  to  Andierst  and  ke]»t  the  tavern  on  the  spot 
now  occupied  hy  J.  B.  Fay,  where  he  d.  !•')  .lanuary,  IS^O. 
aged  7"J  vears.  His  widow,  h.  in  Bi'verly  1.')  August,  1  7iii!, 
d.  in  Francestown  14  Felnnary,  ISoS.  Their  ehildi-en 
were — 

2.  .A/wr.s.  1..  1>  .Inly.  ITSd;  .1.2  Ai>ril.  1^";  ni,  KK.v  l):ina  20  April, 
ISIO. 

8.  John,  b.  13  Au,i,Mist,  1781. 

•1.  MehltiihI,,^K  1.")  .Vpril,  17s:};  ni.  t-Iohn  Moor,  of  N«'w  Mostou. 

■").  Ln-i,]).  lo  .luly,  17S."). 

»).  Siihrin,!  ir.,  b.  U  Oct^brr,  ITSO;  <1.  in  December.  lsf»2. 


740  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

7.  Henry  Hammond,\>.  9  September,  1789  ;  d.  20  February,  1829. 

8.  Nancy,  b.  21  March,  1791 ;  m.  Ephraim  Pike  10  September, 
1809. 

9.  Frances  W.,  b.  13  January,  1794 ;  m.  James  W.  Haseltine,  of 
Francestown,  in  1814 ;  d.  at  ^lanchester  12  December,  1877. 

10.  John  T.,  b.  15  November,  1795. 

11.  EUzaheth  D.,  b.  8  May,  1798 ;  m.  Newell  Dean  in  December,  1828; 
d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  7  July,  1858. 

12.  Mary,  b.  31  May,  1800, 

13.  Peter  W.,  b.  5  December,  1802. 

14.  Horace,  b.  5  Novembei-,  1807. 

15.  Ebenezer  Ray  ;  m.  Lydia  Maccalley,  b.  in  Ireland. 
Their  children  were — 

16.  Sarah  ;  m.  Robert  Wiley  19  September,  1793  ;  d.  in  South  Read- 
ing, ]\Iass. 

17.  Lydia;  d.  unm.  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

18.  John,h.  6  September,  1773;  m.  Betsey  Langdell  28  November, 
1799. 

19.  Ebenezer,  b.  23  July,  1776. 

20.  ]Perley  Putnam,  b.  24  January,  1778. 

21.  A  son  and  a  daughter,  h.  and  d.  29  December,  1779. 

22.  A  son,  b.  23  February,  1781 ;  d.  young. 

23.  Anna,  b.  4  May,  1782;  m.  George  Haynes  2  November,  1800  ; 
d.  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  in  October,  1860. 

24.  Aaron,  b.  7  May,  1784 ;  d.  at  Dunbarton  in  February,  1846. 

25.  'reremiah,l^^,,,.^-j^^^^^.^^^^.. 

26.  Lucy,         j  m.  Samuel  Fov^de  22  August.  1805. 

27.  Benjamin,  b.  4  June,  1788. 

28.  William ;  d.  in  Vermont. 

20.  Perley  Putnam  Ray,  b.  in  Amherst  24  January,  1778  ; 
d.  in  Dunbarton  6  ?!;'])t(,'ni')2r,  1846;  m.  Anna  Holmes,  of 
Dnnbarton,  11  October,  1807.  She  was  b.  in  Dunbarton  24 
January,  1780  ;  d.  in  Webster  8  November,  1879.  Their 
children  were — 

29.  William,  b.  26  September,  1803;  m.  Lydia  Soule,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  28  December,  1843;  d.  in  Dunbarton,  22  October,  1848. 

30.  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  Dunbarton  9  October,  1812  ;  m.  Hiram  Clifford 
29  May,  1845 ;  now  res.  in  Webster. 

31.  Susan,  b.  3  July,  1817  ;  d.  22  April,  1833. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  741 

llA^^M()Xl). 

Perley  Raymond,  li.  in  Westford,  Mass.,  2  Dccriulx'r, 
1792;  (1.  in  Winchester,  Muss..  4  Sej)t<'Mil)er,  1S7:5 ;  ni.  Han- 
nah Fletcher  22  March,  1.S21.  She  was  1).  in  Thctlonl.  Vt., 
2  March,  17'.io:  .1.  in  Winchester  8  March,  l,S8l .  'I'h.-y 
resided  several  years  on  Chestnut  ITill,  on  the  tarni  nnw  oc- 
cupied by  Oliver  C'artcr.     Their  children  were — 

Charles  A.,  1>.  l:>  .laim.irv,  182-» ;  ivs.  in  Wilton. 

Nanci/  Jane,  V).  !)  June,  IS-Jt;  ni.  .Inlm  AV.  Ailanis;  res.  in  Windirs- 
ter,  Mass. 

John  PatlersDu,  li.  23  Dccenibnr,  l>i"J7:   iiianii'il  :   ns.  in  ( 'alir<iiiiia. 

William  Perlti/,  b.  '22  May,  18:}0  ;  nianiud  ;   res.  in  California. 

J/a/7/u/  -l/rtr/Vf,  b.  8  March,  1S3-1 ;  ni.  Perley  Slater  ;  res.  in  Suiuer 
villr.   M;,ss. 

KKAl). 

I'OL.  Robert  Read  was  a  native  of  Westford.  Mass. .whence 
he  rem.  to  Litchheld  ;  thence  he  reni.  to  Andierst  prior  to 
17G0.  He  d.  11  September,  1803,  aged  83:  m.  (1)  Mary 
Abbot.  She  was  b.  20  July,  1720;  m.  (2)  Joanna  Danforth 
11  January,  1792.     Their  children  were — 

Willitim  ;  settled  in  Ainhcrst ;  was  lor  many  years  a  merchant  on 
the  Plain;  m.  (2)  Abigail  Howard  20  June,  1791;  d.  10  October,  1834, 
aged  80.     She  d.  at  Xasliua  1.')  dune.  lS.-)2,  aged  81. 

Lemuel. 

Robert. 

Mar)/. 

Oltre :  m.  ("apt.  Sanuit-l  fJreele,  of  A\'ilton. 

RuiiKUT  Read,!).  18  October,  HSo;  d.  at  Manchester  10 
March,  1857  ;  succeeded  William  Read  in  the  store  on  Am- 
herst Plain  where  he  was  an  active  business  man  several 
years  ;  was  town-clerk  13  years,  and  representative  3  vears; 
rem.  to  Nashua  about  1835,  and  a  few  years  later  to  Man- 
chester, where  he  was  emjdoyed  as  agent  for  manufacturinir 
comi)anies.  He  m.  (1)  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Frederick 
Frencli,  Esq.,lG  December,  181,S.     She  d.  at  Xasliua  18  Oc- 


742  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

tober,  183G ;    m.  (2)  Jane   McLellaii.     She  was  b.  19  Janu- 
ary, 1809  ;  d.  10  Angust,  1872.     Their  children  were — 

William  ;  a  physician  iu  Boston. 

Abigail  G. 

Helen. 

Mary  French,  d.  23  September,  1826. 


Walter  Read,  son  of  Samuel  Read,  m.  Charlotte  Taylor  3  April,  1832. 
She  d.  28  December,  1835.  He  m.  (2)  Miriam  Jackson  28  March,  1837. 
He  d.  in  West  Springfield,  Mass.,  1  December,  1877,  aged  70. 

Walter  David,  son  of  Walter  and  Charlotte  Read,  d.  14  September, 
1835,  aged  2  years  and  3  months. 

Wilder  Read,  a  native  of  HoUis,  resided  in  Amherst  30  years.  He 
d.  4  April,  1877,  aged  76  years  and  6  months. 

William  Read  d.  8  April,  1858,  aged  19. 

RHOADS. 

1.  Eleazer  Rhoads,  from  Dedham,  Mass.,  res.  for  many 
years  in  Amherst ;  an  inii-koeper,  farmer,  and  brick-maker. 
He  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  BuUard  4  November,  1794 ;  she  d.  2 
May,  1836,  aged  64  ;  m.  (2)  Rebecca  Putnam  29  November, 
1837.  She  d.  16  December,  1849,  aged  58.  He  d.  sudden- 
ly in  his  field,  where  he  had  been  at  work,  27  June,  1855, 
aged  84.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Clarissa,  b.  20  April,  1795;  m.  f  Benjamin  Leavitt. 

3.  Catharine,  h   28  September,  1797  ;   d.  23  Xovember,  1814. 

4.  Lucy,  h.  19  April,  1801 :  m.  (1)  Joshua  Home  18  Xovember,  1834 ; 
ni.  (2)  Lather  W.  Nichols  ;  m.  (3)  James  Chandler.  She  d.  at  Xew 
Ipswich  9  June,  1878. 

5.  Ahby,  h.  3  August,  1804  ;  m.  (1)  James  Xewell  17  June,  1832 ;  m. 
(2)  James  Chandler  27  June,  1854  ;  d.  9  June,  1878 ;  ]\Ir.  Chandler  d. 
31  January,  1878. 

6.  Moses,  b.  30  June,  1806  ;  d.  13  March,  1807. 

7.  t  Warren,  b.  17  February,  1808. 

8.  ^Charles,  b.  26  June,  1810. 

9.  Betsey,  b.  9  October,  1811;  d.  young. 

10.  Harriet  M.,  b.  5  May,  1813  ;  m.  Henry  Tolman  25  February, 
1835. 

11.  Alfred,  b.  24  December,  1818  ;  d.  20  May,  1848. 


XXIY.]  GENEALOGIES.  743 

7.  Warren  Rhoads,  b.  17  Fcbnuiry,  isOS  ;  m.  Klizahotli 
Roiich  1(5  .lune,  1S37.     Thcii'  child icn  wcro — 

12.  Willidin  II.,  h.  21  March,  18:5!). 

r.i.  Sdiah  Cnlhdrine,  h.  5  April,  18-4();  .1.  23  .Sei.tt'ml)L'r,  1858. 

14.  l)nvi\l  II..  h.  24  r)L'cenil)er,  1845. 

15.  Albert,  h.  1  Jaiiuarv,  181S. 

8.  Charles  Rhoads,  1).  2<)  Juno,  I8I0;  d.  1  November, 
1872;  m.  (1)  Jane  Taylor  2G  December,  1S3.")  ;  she  .1.  -'.O 

July,  1836,  aged  21  ;  m.  (2)  Martha  .1.  :  slu-  d.  4 

May,  1870. 

RICIFARDSOX. 

1.  Parker  Richardson,  b.  at  .MiiluKu,  Mas.s,,  2s  June. 
17()6  ;  d.  hi  Mont  Vernon  6  November,  1842:  lu.  Susan 
Fuller  12  May,  1789.  She  was  b.  4  April,  1770;  d.  22 
March,  1843.  They  lived  in  the  easterly  part  ul'  Mont  Ver- 
non, lormerly  Anihcrst.      Their  children  were — 

2.  .lolham,h.  23  April,  17U0 ;  in.  Ilutliy  Cloiaiuan  1  December,  1S14. 

3.  7Vnn,'?//i,  b.  31  August,  171)2;  ni.  Bcujauiiu  H.  <Jage  7  iVci'inlier, 
ISl,");  (1.  ill  l^owell,  Mass. 

4.  Nunc;/  Doiltje,  h.  11  August.  170t)  ;  ni.  Xathau  K.  Srateii  2.")  IV- 
ceniber,  1817 ;  d.  in  Iveutuckv. 

.5.  Marif,  b.  31  DeceniLcr,  181)1  ;  d.  20  .January,  I8ll2. 
t>.  Miu)i  Jane,  b.  19  April,  1800;  m.  tWilliauj  L.  Kidder  2.")  Ai>ril. 
1820  ;  <1.  27  August,  1880. 

7.  Susan,  h.  in  Xovember,  1809;  ni.  Francis  Kidder  19  .-Vugust,  LS30. 

8.  Aaron  Richardson,  son  of  Capt.  Aaron  Richardson, 

was  b.  in  Newton,  Mass.,  1")  Feltruary,  1770  ;  in.  Nancy . 

They  li\('(l  a  b-\v  yeai's  on  what  is  iu»\v  known  as  the  ••('r(M)k- 
er"  place.  There,  in  a  lit  of  insanity,  he  coiuinilleil  suieide 
by  haiiiiinu'  himself  in  his  barn  in  1812.  Their  children 
were — 

if.    Xanci/.  11.   Sanih  /'. 

10.   Aaron. 

12.  Capt.  Charles  Richardson,  b.  in  Sudbury.  Mass.,  10 
October,  1701 ;  d.  in  Worce.ster,  Ma.ss.,  12  December,  1878  ; 


744  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

m.  Mary  Locke,  of  Wobuni,  Mass.,  14  June,  1812.  She  was  b. 
3  August,  1791 ;  d.  in  Worcester  22  March,  1875.  They  re- 
sided a  few  years  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  thence  rem.  to  Mont 
Vernon,  where  they  remained  but  a  short  time  ;  rem.  to  Am- 
lierst,  where  lie  was  deputy  sheriff  and  jail-keeper  more 
than  twenty  years.  After  this  he  rem.  to  Manchester,  where 
he  was  paymaster  in  the  Amoskeag  mills.  Leaving  Man- 
chester he  settled  in  Worcester,  where  he  died.  Their 
children  were — 

13.  Cliarles  A.,  b.  10  Septein1)er,  1813;  d.  in  Manchester  26  August, 
1853  ;  uiiniarried. 

14.  Andrew  J.,  b.  "20  April,  1815;  m.  Elizabeth  Page,  of  Boston,  5 
July,  lcS43  ;  merchant  in  Boston  and  New  York;  no  children. 

15.  William  H.  TF.,b.  9  October,  1816;  d.  in  Amherst  '22  December, 
1816. 

16.  William  H.  H.,  b.  28  December,  1817 ;  m.  Eliza  R.  Pray,  of 
Boston,  22  July,  1847  ;  d.  3  May,  1857  ;  merchant  in  Boston  ;  one 
child. 

17.  Mari/  Ann,  b.  23  July,  1820;  m.  James  F.  Allen  9  May,  1849; 
res.  in  Worcestei-,  Mass. ;  no  children. 

18.  Luther  F.,  h.  29  December,  1823  ;  m.  Sarah  H.  Stearns,  of  Water- 
town,  ]\[ass. ;  merchant  in  Boston  ;  d.  at  West  Medford,  Mass.,  1  May, 
1882 ;  two  children. 

19.  Edmund  P.,  b.  12  January,  1825;  d.  5  September,  1826. 

20.  SaraJi.  E.,  b.  13  January,  1827  ;  m.  George  Sumner  28  June,  1854. 
He  is  a  merchant  in  Worcester  ;  four  children. 

21.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  30  April,  1829  ;  unmarried :  merchant  in  Boston. 

22.  Edward  P.,  b.  29  March,  1831 ;  unmarried;  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  51st  Massachusetts  Regiment  in  July,  1862  ;  died  of  fever  at 
Baltimore  19  July,  1863. 

23.  Frances  A.,  b.  10  February,  1837;  d.  at  Worcester  13  October, 
1881  ;  unmarried. 

I.  Jacob  Richardson,  b.  in  Billerica,  Mass.,  10  August, 
1769  ;  d.  in  Greenfield  9  November,  1839 ;  m.  Sarah  Lewis, 
oi  Amherst  25  July,  1793.  They  settled  in  Amherst, 
afterward  rem.  to  Greenfield.  She  was  b.  4  February, 
1776  ;  d.  21  October,  1829.      Their  children  were— 

24.  Jacob,  b.  17  January,  1794.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  male 
child  b.  in  ]VIilford  after  its  incorporation  as  a  town. 


XXIV.]  r.ENRAL()(;ii:s.  745 

25.  Sdiiifi,  b.  •_''»  Fi'bnuirv,  17!)7;  il.  -JO  .Inly,  1^75;  umiian-ieil. 

•20.  Benjamin  L"wis.  1).  1:5  Ft'luuarv,  17:»!»;  d.  2S  July,  18(K). 

27.  LeirU.  1>.  3  Auj,nist,  Isol. 

28.  Albert  Louis,    b.  KJ  (October,  lS():i. 

29.  Julia  Ann,  h.  21  July,  1S06. 

30.  jCharles,  h.  30  Jiilv,  180!);   res.  in  Ainlinst. 

31.  Ci/rus,  b.  23  .\ut(iist,  1812. 

32.  .}fiin/  Dnris,  b.  21  .\piil.  1S17. 

33.  Elizabeth,  b.  22  March.  IS19. 

II.  •")•>.  CHARLKS  HiCH.UID.'^On'  Esy.,  soil  (if  Jiic.ol)  aiul 
Sarnli,  b.  in  rrmMifirld  :50  July,  1800:  in.  (1  )  Xanry 
Spraguo,  of  Greoiilicld,  in  .Inly.  Is40;  she  d.  in  Fcbniary, 
184');  ni.  (2)  Mrs.  (Mara  Smith,  of  (Jrreiilichl,  in  Dccoin- 
her,  1S45.  She  d.  M  July,  18(i:5  ;  m.  (^:5 )  .Afis.  .Mary  Few  i^ 
July,  18(54  ;  resided  in  ( Jreenficld  until  185:),  when  he  icin.  to 
Amherst ;  .nianufa(.'tiirer,  merchant,  insurance  agent,  regis- 
ter of  deeds  for  llillshorough  county  in  1858.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

31.  Eiliraril  A.,  h.  27  .Vi'iil,  ]>■[■'>■.  tlm'i-  years  in  Dartiiioiitli  t'el- 
li'H»',  but  dill  not  i;Ta(lualo;  iii.  Ilattic  .1.  Nutt,  of  AinlKMst,  7  .laimary, 
l>«ti5;  lives  in  .San  Francisco;  is  ilividiMid  clerk  in  the  liank  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

3.").   Xa/ifi/,  b.  in  .Marcii.  1">I7  :   il.  in  .\nilierst  in  .September,  1^57. 

36.  Zeh.vdi.vh  Ricilxkkson,  b.  in  Felliam  0  Mandi,  1742- 
48  :  d.  in  Sanford,  Me.,  in  1820  :  m.  llebecca  Snow,  of  Xot- 
tiuLihiini  West;  she  d.  in  Fryeburg,  Me.,  in  1822,  aged  82. 
They  lived  in  Amherst  two  years,  lie  served  in  the  army 
of  the  Revolution  ;  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  jiiistor 
of  the  Baptist  chnich  in  Fryeburg  several  yrars.  Of  his 
nine  children,  the  third — 

37.  Zrbinlin/i,  b.  in  Amherst  2<)  .launary,  17<iO;  ni.  I'hel"'  t  iiaries, 
of  Fryeburg,  Me.,  about  1700;  live<l  in  Fryeburg,  Chatham,  X.  II.,  Can. 
aila,  Helmont  and  Hamilton  counties,  Ohio  ;  finally,  in  Houston,  Shelby 
county,  where  he  il.  1.")  Decenilier,  1S22.  His  widow  d.  4  June,  ls.5(), 
aged  7'>.  Of  their  thirteen  children,  six  son.s  and  .seven  daughters, 
twelve  lived  to  be  married,  and  their  posterity  are  tol>e  found  in  Ohio, 
Iowa,  Indiana,  Arkan.sas  and  Mis.souri. 


746  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

RIDDLE. 

1.  Albert  Riddle,  son  of  Gawn  and  Dolly  (French)  Rid- 
dle, was  b.  in  Bedford  5  June,  1808  ;  d.  there  7  August, 
1859  ;  m.  Sarah  Wheeler  26  November,  1835 ;  she  was  b. 
in  Merrimack  28  October,  1812.  They  settled  in  Amherst 
about  1841,  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Burnham,  where  they  remained  about  fifteen  years,  when 
they  returned  to  Bedfor^.  He  served  on  the  board  of 
selectmen  in  1845  and  1846.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Almira  Jane  ,  b.  16  July,  1837  ;  m.  Frederick  F.  Pl-eiich  9  May, 
1856  ;  res.  in  Bedford. 

3.  ^Charles  Albert,  b.  8  January,  1839;  m.  Dolly  B.  Gardner. 

4.  James  French,  b.  3  February,  1841 ;  ni.  Henrietta  Hunt  17  Jan- 
uaiy,  1873. 

5.  Sarah  Amanda,  b.  26  ]\Iay,  1843  ;  m.  George  W.  Osgood  11  Xo- 
vember,  1869 ;  res.  in  Amherst. 

6.  Asenath  Holbrook,  b.  7  October,  1845  ;  unmarried. 

7.  Laura  Anna,  b.  5  May,  1851 ;  m.  George  Heywood  31  May,  1878  ; 
res.  in  Gardner,  Mass. 

8.  Manj  Frances,  b.  8  September,  1856  ;  m.  Charles  E.  Clement 
8  October,  1875. 

3.  Charles  Albert  Riddle,  b.  8  January,  1839  ;  m.  Dolly 
B.  Gardner  21  January,  18i)7  ;  she  was  b.  in  Bedford  19 
September,  1846.  They  now  reside  on  the  "  Mack"  farm. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  recent  civil  war.  Their  children 
(all  b.  in  Amherst)  are — 

9.  Nellie  Elizabeth,  b.  16  February,  1868. 

10.  Alice  Gertrude,  b.  8  December,  1869. 

11.  Sidney  Albert,  b.  2  April,  1873. 

12.  Gena,  b.  5  September,  1876. 

13.  George  W.,  b.  2  August,  1881. 


Mary  Riddle,  d.  in  October,  1815,  aged  86. 

RIDGWAY. 

James  Ridgway,  once  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler  in  Am- 
herst, d.  in  Nashua  17  October,  1840,  aged  50. 


XXIV.]  (JENEALOCIES.  747 

RoiiKirrsoN. 

Pktku  Rohkktson,  a  iiativt-  of  Kni^laiid.  cainc  td  litis  couii- . 
try  ill  the  IJiitisli  annyJVom  whicli  he  (h-sertrd  ami  settled 
ill  Aiulierst  jirior  to  the  Revolution.  After  the  battle  <jf 
liexiiiLLt'iii  ill'  i'c]iain'(l  tu  Cambridge, and  enlisted  inn  i-nm- 
|»any  eonunanded  by  ("a[)t.  Arehelaus  Towne.  ( )n  the  ITtli 
of  Jnne  foUowinu",  while  erossinii;  the  "Neck,"  on  his  way  to 
i>unker  Hill, a  cannon  liall  carried  away  a  jiortion  of  his 
rii^ht  hand.  This  niisjia|t  unlittcil  him  for  cariwin^  on  the 
business  of  a  baker,  to  which  he  had  been  bred,  and  the 
j^cneral  court  of  the  state,  in  consideration  of  his  misfortune, 
ji;rauted  him  a  pension  of  twenty  shillin>:s  a  month  from  the 
first  day  of  January,  1770. 

In  1777  he  eni^aged  as  a  post-rider  between  Amherst  and 
liostoii.  liiit  the  business  seems  not  to  liavc  been  a  jiayini^ 
one. 

Afterward  he  went  in  ('apt.  Crosby's  comjiany  to  the  as- 
sistance of  tien.  .'^iillivan,  on  Rhode  Island,  in  ITT'". 

lie  111.  Jane  (Jarlton,of  Ro.vford,  Mass.,24  .May,  17<Sl,and 
d.  in  Amherst  "1  July,  1H(I7, aged  (>2  year.s. 

Hoi'.V. 

James  Rohy,  b.  at  Tynirsborough,  Mass.,r»  Jidy,  17r>-J  ;  d. 
of  the  spotted  fever  in  Amherst  20  A|u-il,  1813;  m.  Lucy 
Cuttvr  17  Pecember,  17S4.  She  was  b.  in  Cambridge,  Mass., 
1'.'  .Iiiiic,  ITti")  :  d.  in  Sanbornton  25  November,  1743.  After 
his  decease  she  m.  (2)  Nathan  Fisk,  of  Dunstable,  Mass., 18 
November,  1818,  whom,  also,  she  survived.  They  settled  at 
first  in  Xottingham  West,  where  their  two  oldest  chiliircn 
were  b.  About  17S'.»  they  rem.  to  Amherst.  Puring  liis 
residence  in  this  town  Mr.  Roby  was  widcdy  known  as  a 
dej)uty  sherilT  and  auctioneer.     Their  children  were — 

1.  C'l/n'/iiii.  1).  IJ  .September,  17^5;  in.  (1)  Thomas  Dixey,  of  Mar- 
blelicail,  .Mass., 'Jo  Marcli,  18)4;  m.  (2)  Moses  Clark,  uf  Sanboniton,  in 
October,  1824.     She  d.  in  Saiiborntun  S  May,  I'STi. 


748  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Lucy,  b.  29  August,  1787 ;  in.  John  Eaton,  of  Boston,  5  May, 
1808;  d.  at  Arlington,  Mass.,  24  November,  1868. 

3.  James,  b.  in  Amherst  7  December,  1790 ;  m.  Emma  Pedrick  in 
April,  1812;  d.  in  April,  1819. 

4.  Laura,  b.  4  July,  1794;  m.  Zenas  Wheeler  17  October,  1813;  d. 
in  Bow  6  October,  1820. 

5.  t  William,  b.  12  November,  1796. 

6.  Luther,  b.  8  January,  1801 ;  d.  22  February,  1883  ;  m.  (1)  Nancy 
(Shepard)  Curtis  6  February,  1823.  She  d.  10  September,  1827,  aged 
34 ;  m.  {2)  Mary  Ann  Kimball  5  June,  1828.  She  d.  in  January,  1875, 
He  settled  in  Concord  in  1822.     His  children  were — 

1.  Mary  Frances ;  mai*ried ;  res.  in  Colorado. 

2.  Charles  Greenleaf;  d.  13  September,  1827,  aged  14  months. 

3.  Charles  Frederic. 

4.  Luther;  d.  in  October,  1867. 

5.  Lucy  Maria ;  m.  Moses  H.  Bradley ;  res.  in  Concord. 

6.  William  Kimball ;  res.  in  Manchester. 

7.  Caroline  Beaman,  b.  11  April,  1838;  d.  11  April,  1840. 

8.  Benjamin  Franklin  ;  d.  in  May,  1871. 

9.  Caroline  Beaman ;  married  C.  M.  Murdock  ;  res.  in  Concord. 
10.  Edward  Marion. 

7.  Nancy,  b.  30  May,  1806 ;  m.  (1)  Ralph  Fisk  19  February,  1826  ; 
m.  (2)  Stillman  Swallow;  res. in  Nashua. 

5.  William  Roby,  b.  12  November,  1796  ;  d.  in  Concord 
30  June,  1879  ;  m.  Sally,  daugliter  of  Jonathan  Hildreth,  17 
April,  1817.  She  was  b.  6  March,  1796,  and  res.  in  Concord. 
They  settled  at  first  on  the  lioniestead  now  owned  by  Wil- 
liam A.  Mack,  whence,  in  1831,  they  rem.  to  Goffstown,  and 
afterward  to  Hooksett  and  Concord.  Their  children 
were — 

8.  Mary  Hildreth,  b.  19  February,  1818  ;  d.  at  Hooksett  16  April, 
1836. 

9.  Charles  F.  E.,h.  2  July,  1819;  m.  (1)  Harriet  S.  Coffin,  of  Con- 
cord, 17  December,  1842 ;  m.  (2)  Mary  Ann  Coffin  ;  is  a  printer  in 
Rand  and  Avery's  office,  Boston,  Mass. ;  res.  in  East  Boston. 

10.  ZaM?-ct,  b.  2  November,  1820  ;  unmarried;  res. in  Concord. 

11.  William,  jr.,  h.  28  June,  1822;  m.  Clarissa  J.  Kendrick;  res.  in 
Chelsea,  Mass. 

12.  Anna,h.2^  January,  1824;  m.  Rev.  D.  A.  Mack  9  October,  1850- 
She  is  matron  and  manager  of  the  Orphans'  Home,  in  Franklin. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  749 

13.  Jmnrs,  h.  i]  Fehniarv,  182(1;  uiiiimrri)*<|  ;   res.  in  CoiH'onl. 

14.  Liirtf,  h.  30  .lamiary,  1Sl>0;  in.  Il.-niv  C.  Davis  2\  .\mjii>1.  HiS; 
res.  in  Concord. 

1').  Joniithan  Ilildrctit,  h.  in  ColVstcwn  1  Aj.ril,  1^:L':  .1.  in  ll...,h„.il 
7  Ai.ril,  iSSti. 

1(1.   Liilh,,;  1).  22  -Vugust,  is'u  ;  <l.  1  .Vpril,  is;5(i. 

17.  I Ii I irison  A., h.'xw  Ilooksi'tt  21  .'^l'[>ttMnl>er,  ls;}i; ;  ni.  So[>hronia 
I).  Sargent  Ki  .Vpril,  lS(jl  ;  res.  in  Coneunl. 

18.  Gionje  /?.,  h.  in  ConeDnl  S  .Vpril,  is.Jf);  ni.  Mary  O.  Sargent  27 
Deeeniber,  is.OG;  re.s.  in  I'lyniouth. 

!'.•.  John  Rohv,  1».  in  .Mci  riimick  in  ITI^'):  ni.  MstluT 
Ml<)(lu:ett,oF  Chelmsfofd,  Mass., in  1771  :  <1.  in  .Nfont  Vcnion 
S  Jiiiio,  182»).  Thov  settled  in  Ainliefst  soon  after  their 
inarri;m<'   on  the    phiee   afterward  neeiif>icd    Ity   their   son, 

■  I'llin  RmIiv.  jr.      'I'licir  cJiildiTn  wric — 

2(1.   Lij'/in  :  nnniarried;  d.  at  Xorth  Clielnisfurd,  Mass. 

21.  t./«///(.  //•..  l>.  7  September,  177(i;  ni.  Hannah  Ilasfltine. 

22.  Iltiiinnfi,  \t.  7  .Septenil)er.  177J( :  ni.  Joseph  (Iill>ert  2!>  .Vngiist, 
17!l!l;  (I.  ;it  Franeesfown  11  .Vugnst,  IS.'iS. 

•Jl.  .I(»HN  KouY,  .ii:.,l».  in  .Vinhcrsl  7  Sc|)icnilit'r,  1776  ;  d. 
in  .Mont  Vernon  1  June,  18")*)  ;  ni.  Hannah  Haseltine.  She 
d.  :')0  October,  18t;<>,  iiired  So.  They  settled  on  tlie  farm 
fiirnicrly  (iccniiicd  by  his  lather.     Their  children  were — 

23.  Lrri,  b.  2S  .lannary,  I'^Ol  :  in.  Louisa  Trow,  of  Naslnia  ;  d.  in 
Xiuslina  Ki  .Vpril,  IS.'),'). 

2b   liiuhin,  b.  .")  .lannary,  1S(>:$;  d.  5  May.  ISOo. 

2.").  ////Yi/H,  b.  27  .biiy.  isdl:  m.  Kfbecea  C'nniniing>  ;  d.  in  Nashua, 
7  Jinie,  lS(iS. 

2(i.  C//H^on,  b.  0  May,  1  SOS;  ni.  (l)I.ois  Ilarwood;  m.  (2)  .Sanih 
.bnkins;  d.in  Mont  Vernon  25  October,  1S7(I. 

27.  Hannah,  b.  30  Novendter,  ISOO ;  ni.  .Vsa  McMillan ;  d.  in  X.-w 
Boston  21  l)eeend>er,  ISGl. 

2.S.  I.uth,r,  b.  21  July,  1S13;  d.  IS  August,  1S2.".. 

2!».  Ira,  b.  20  October,  isl.");  \\\.  Hannah  Wilkins.  of  M.rrinia<k,  27 
.Vpril.  1S47;  res.  in  .Vndierst  ;  no  ehildren. 


Hannah  Rohy  .1.20  December,  1S3S.  aged  20. 


750  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

ROLLINS. 

1.  James  Rollins,  for  several  years  a  resident  in  Am- 
herst, rem.  to  Dublin  in  1775.  He  d.  there  12  January, 
1818,  aojed  87;  m.  (1)  Abigail  X>owing.  She  d.  7  May, 
1790,  aged  58.  He  m.  (2)  Mary  Whitney  11  October,  1791. 
She  d.  3  April,  1799.  He  m.  (3)  Hannah  Ross,  of  Jaffrey. 
She  d.  10  August,  1803.  He  m.  (4)  Martha  Muzzey  17  No- 
vember, 1803.  She  d.  16  December,  1813.  He  m.  (5)  Re- 
becca Phelps,  of  Roxbury.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mary,  b.  30  May,  1758;  m.  John  Adams  25  January,  1774. 

3.  James,  b.  22  August,  1760;  ni.  Hepsibah  Greenwood  4  Novem- 
ber, 1779. 

4.  John,  b.  21  May,  1762;  m.  Elizabeth  Johnson  16  August,  1787. 

5.  Joseph,  b.  8  August,  1764  ;  m.  Abigail  Greenwood  6  October, 
1785  ;  d.  20  December,  1836. 

6.  Abigail,  b.  6  March,  1765. 

7.  Haiinnh,h.  30  December,  1767  ;  m.  Daniel  Gleason  28  December 
1786. 

8.  Samuel,  b.  30  July,  1769;  m.  Lucy  Winch  ;  rem.  to  Canada. 

9.  Li/dia,  b.  28  April,  1771;  m.  Xathan  Winch  4  November,  179IL 

10.  William,  b.  24  Februaiy,  1772 ;  m.  Lydia  Stone ;  settled  in  Ver- 
mont. 

11.  Fanny,  b.  27  April,  1775;  m.  Noah  Norcross;  settled  in  Ver- 
mont. 

ROTCH. 

William  Rotch,  of  Provincetown,  Mass.,  was  the  first  of 
that  name  in  New  England,  coming  from  Salisbury,  Eng- 
land, with  his  family  in  1710.  His  wife's  name  was  Han- 
7iah,  and  he  had  two  sons,  Joseph  and  Benjamin.  He  was 
b.  in  1670,  and  his  home  was  in  Provincetown  from  1728 
to  1743.  He  was  a  literar/  niTi  of  so.nc  promiuence,  and 
took  the  lead  in  town  matters,  heading  numerous  petitions 
to  the  General  Court  in  1741  and  1743. 

Joseph  Rotch  (b.  1704,  d.  1784),  sou  of  William,  livjd  at  Scituate, 
Braintree  and  Falmouth  before  he  finally  located  in  Nantucket.     He 


XXI  \'. J  (;enealo<;if:s.  751 

was  Ikhii  ill  Kiii^laud  in  17ol,  and  aft<;r  a  roving  boyhood,  settltMl  at 
Nantuckot  in  17"J0,  working  first  at  his  trade  as  a  sliopinaker.  He  was 
tiirifty,  and  saved  money,  and  soon  was  able  to  Imy  a  schooni-r  and 
load  her  for  Spain.  He  l)ecaine  well-to-ilo,  ami  in  173:]  married  Love 
Maey,  by  whom  In-  iiad  tiiree  sons: 

(1)  WiUiniii  Rolrh  (b.  1734,  d.  1828),  wlio  becamr  an  eminent  mer- 
<  liant  in  \ew  Bedford,  from  whom  descended  Hon.  l\.  S.  Hoteli  and 
Hon.  Win.  .J.  Uoteh,  botli  of  Bostt>n  ; 

('J)  Jostpli  Jintr/i  (b.  1743),  a  merchant  of  l'>ostoii  (patron  of 
Phyllis  Wheatley),  and  who  died  in  England  in  17')7  :  and 

(3)  Francis  Rotcli  (b.  17.")(),  d.  1822),  owner  of  the  ships  "Beaver'» 
and  "Dartmouth,"  from  which  the  tea  was  thrown  overboard  in  Boston 
iiarlior,  in  December,  1773.  Francis  married  his  second  cousin,  Xancy 
b'ot.-li  (1>.  1772,  d.  iSdl),  but  neither  he  nor  his  brother  Joseph  left 
any  cliildren. 

Bkniamin  H(>icii,son  of  William,  of  I'rovincetown,  was  also  born  in 
Kngland.  He  married  Martha,  and  remained  with  or  near  his  father's, 
his  children  having  birth  in  that  town,  as  follows  :  Wil/inm,  b.  Oct.  23, 
1729;  Prinre,  b.  Nov.,  1731  ;  -Ioski'ii,  b.  Nov.  30,  1733;  Benjamin,  b. 
Nov.  4,  173.').  Tlie  family  scattered  about  174.").  The  oldest  son, 
William,  lived  at  Rochester,  and  finally  settled  at  Martha's  Vineyard; 
JosKi'ii  became  a  .sea  cajitain,  and  sailed  out  of  New  Bedford  in  the 
ships  of  his  cousin  William,  the  eminent  merchant.  His  home  was 
burned  by  the  British  in  1778.  He  was  father  of  Nannj,  who  married 
Francis  llotch,  owner  of  the  tea  ships. 

Samukl  Botch  (b.  17G4,  d.  1811),  was  .son  of  t'apt.  Joseph  Botch- 
He  left  home  early  in  life,  and  followed  the  sea  for  some  years.  He 
settled  in  Boston,  working  first  as  a  rope  maker,  and  afterward  en- 
gaged in  trade.  In  1704  he  married  Susannah  Johnson  (l>.  1770,  d. 
is."*:')),  by  whom  he  hail  seven  .=ons  and  two  daugliters.  Of  the  .sons, 
William  (1>.  I'^dO,  d.  1^49)  married  Sy.via  Leach,  a:id  v, as  a  merchant  in 
Boston;  ^Lvttiikw  fJitiKKix  (b.  lSi>6,  d.  1.S78)  married  Tamesin  Hale 
Fuller  (b.  18i>4,dau.  of  Nathan  Fuller,  of  Amiiei-st,  X.  H.),  and  was  long 
a  resi)ecteil  citizen  of  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H.;  All>erl  Alwnml  (b.  1810)  mar- 
ried (1)  Bhoda  Keith  and  (2)  Sarah  .Spare.  He  was  for  many  years  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  at  Kaston,  Mass.  Three  sons,  Samuel,  T/iomas,  nud 
Jrt.sv/)/(,  died  at  sea,  and  another  in  infancy.  Elizalicth  (b.  1802,  d.  1815) 
marrieil  James  Averill  ;  and  Man/  Anne  (b.  1810)  married  (ieorge 
AV.  Allan,  of  Boston. 

Matthew  G.  and  Tamksix  H.  Botch  had  two  children  :  (1)  Maria 
Adrlalilr  (b.  Jan.2."),  1837,  d.  Jan.,  1^77)  was  a  woman  of  good  iuteilect- 
ual  eiidowiMent.  and  tine  education.     .She  taught  successfully  several 


752  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

terms  of  school  in  various  sections  of  Vei-mont  and  Massachusetts, 
until  her  health  failed  ;  and 

(2)  Albert  Atwood  Rotch  (b.  at  Mont  Vernon,  May  5, 1840),  for 
the  last  twenty-ftve  years  a  resident  of  Amherst,  N.  H.  Married  Helen 
Reade  Boylston,  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  D.  Boylston,  with  whom  he 
has  been  associated  in  the  newspaper  (Farmers'  Cabinet)  and  printing- 
business  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  during  the  last  ten  years  has 
carried  on  a  stock  brokerage  business,  beside  doing  a  general  justice 
business,  settling  estates,  managing  trust  funds,  etc.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Guaranty  Savings  Bank  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Banking  Company,  at  Nashua.  He  has  been  honored  with 
numerous  town  offices ;  acted  for  several  years  as  clerk  of  the  town, 
and  represented  the  town  in  the  General  Court  in  1881-82.  He  has 
but  one  child  : 

William  Boylston  Rotch  (b.  June  6, 1859),  son  of  Albert  Atwood 
and  Helen  Reade  (Boylston)  Rotch,  engaged  with  his  father  and  grand- 
father in  the  newspaper  and  job  printing  business.  Was  collector  for 
the  town  of  An^herst  for  1881,  when  but  twenty-two  years  of  age. 
Married,  October  17,  1882,  Grace  Marston  Burrell,  eldest  daughter  of 
Joseph  Warren  and  Susan  Caroline  (Hunt)  Burrell  (Mrs.  Stephen  W. 
Nash),  of  Weymouth,  Mass. 

RUNNELS. 

1.  Warben  Runnels,  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  10  February, 
180-1  ;  m.  Mrs.  Ann  Wells,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  1  June,  1830 ; 
settled  in  Amherst ;  rem.  to  Fall  River,  Mass.,  about  1835. 
Children — 

2.  Hiram,  h.  21  July,  1831  ;  m.   (1)  Catherine  Garrett,  in  Loudon, 

England,  5  June,  1850  ;  she  d.  in   1862  ;  m.   (2)  Hannah  -,  in 

Boston,  Mass.,  4  May,  1864  ;  res.  in  Fall  River,  Mass. 

3.  Hazen,  b.  18  June,  1834 ;  d.  10  September,  1843. 

4.  Harriett  Ann,  b.  18  November,  1838. 

5.  Amelia  Elizabeth,  b.  17  September,  1840. 

6.  Warren  Hazen,  h.  21  December,  1843. 

RUSSELL. 

1.  David  Russell,  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  4  April,  1797  ; 
m.  Lydia  Mclntire  21  April,  1818.  She  was  b.  in  Reading, 
Mass.,  21  June,  1797  ;  d.  in  Amherst  20  December,  1868. 
They  rem.  to  Amherst  in  1820.  He  d.  7  January,  1882. 
Their  children  were — 


XXTV.]  GKNKALOGIES.  ToJJ 

•J.  Elids  Smith,  )..  ill  Mi. Ml.  tun,  Mii^s  .  21  NVtvciiil.t-r.  Isl!);  ni.  (1  ) 
Ciiroliiii'  S.  (lossL'l  St'ptiMiilifr,  1S1_'.     Slir-  d.  27  Aiii;ii>t,  isl;". 

3.  Charles  Aiifjusltis,  b.  in  AiiiluTst  ."50  Januarv,  li^'J:>:  in.  Marv 
I'riiiii' 7  XovciiiIht,  18il;  d.  17  Fcliniurv,  islS. 

4.  WUIiiim  Allen,  h.  10  Feliniarv,  l.s2.j;  d.  IS  ().-tol>i'r,  InJO. 

5.  Jttmps  Freeiniin,  b.  12  Sept  ember,  1827  ;  d.  1!)  OctobiT,  ls27. 

6.  William  Waller,  b.  4  Sept'.-niber,  1S28;  d.  11  Oi-tub.'r.  IS-il. 

7.  Freilerick  Chamberlain,  h.  o  August,  ISSO  ;  d.  1:5  Ki-bruaiy.  ISIU. 
S.   EdiranI  Waltnu,^.  '![)  AnuvAvy,  1H:?2. 

0.  Marii  I'Jli:iihi'lh,\t.  :$  ScptcmbiT,  ls:]l:  ,1.  2S  ,Inu.\  1  >77  :    iiiiiii. 
10.    William  Fretlerirk;  b.  22  ( ).t..b!T.  18:58;   ni.  Matti.'  \V.    Tarl.-tou. 

of   Xasliiia.  27  Jiiiif,  iX'iS. 

11.  .losi.Mi  IUjssell,  .IK.,  Ii.  ill  M;isi>ii  1  Sc|itciiilM'r.  17!''.': 
111.  Kiiliv  Wviiiaii  8  OctolxM",  1S26.  She  was  li  in  W'l.lniin, 
Mass.,  lo  March,  18113.  Tliey  lived  in  Dm/.  .M ml  \'.mii..ii. 
Ainlicrst.  and  otlior  phices.     Cliildicii — 

12.  Marin  Li)iiisii.  b.  in    1) tiv  2^!  SfplciiibfT,  1.827. 

13.  Almira  Joscphini',  b.  in  Denv  2S  Si-ptcinber,  1830. 

14.  l-lihrin,  b.  ill  Mont  N'crintu  13  .luiir.  b'^33. 

15.  Alhrrt  (inllatin,  b.  :!  April.  1S3.'). 

ir».  Fi{ANKLiN  !•].  KrssKLi,;  lu.  IVrsis  rn-asoiu  liti  .Imie, 
184;").     Tliric  dauuhtcr — 

17.  Helen  A<lelai<h,  was  li.  .">  Jnii.',  islC. 

IS.  .Tames  Husskll  cariMrd  on  tlic  Ii:irm'ss-iii:ikin<r  luisi- 
nt'ss  several  years  (to  the  IMain.  He  was  )>.  in  I.'^OT:  d. 
sudileidy  27  Deeenilior.  ISTi'.  Ily  his  wife,  Mary  Ann  ( 1). 
in  l.'^OT  ).h('  ha. I  thi-ee  children — 

10.   George  W.,  b.  in  18:57.  '2\.  A<l>lai,lr,  b.  in  l^l:;. 

20.    Warren,  b.  in  181(». 

SAXnilKSoN. 

1.  IIenrv  Sandeuson,  li.  in  lle\erly,  Mass.,  1'.'  I'chniary, 
ISIO  ;  ni.  Mary  Frances  Ilnhhard  IH  March.  1S41.  She  was 
l».  in  Anihersl  2'!  October,  ISltK      Tlieir  children  are — 

2.  .SV/m/(    Francea,  b.  2<}    May,    Is  13;  m.   (liarlfs    Lovejuy    1   .luly. 
1865;  res.  in  Milfnr.i. 
48 


754  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

3.  Eliza  Ann  Hubbard,  b.  17  May,  1845;  m.  Albert  F.  Boutell   19 
JVIai-ch,  1866  ;  res.  in  Amherst. 

4.  Henry  Hubbard,  h.  31  January,  1850  ;  m.  Hflen  Brown  in  18S1  ; 
res.  in  Milford. 

5.  Leander  Calcin,  b.  19  March,  1852 ;  unmarried. 

SARGENT. 

1.  Ebenezer  Sargent  d.  10  November,  1838,  aged  83. 
His  children  were — 

2.  Ebeiu-zrr,  h.  28  March,  1784. 

3.  Mary  Tucker,  h.  2  October,  1785. 

4.  John,  b.  8  August,  1787. 

5.  Ruth,  b.  29  AprU,  1789. 

6.  Lydia,  b.  2  May,  1791. 

7.  Darid  M.,  b.  21  October,  1793. 

8.  ]Jacob,  b.  12  February,  1796. 

9.  William  :  d.  young. 

10.  Willis,  the  discoverer  of  "  Milford  Springs ;"  d.  9  August, 
1818,  aged  18. 

11.  Amos  :  d.  young. 

8.  Jacob  Sargent,  1).  15  April,  1796  ;  d.  3  May,  1873  ; 
m.  Asenath  Blunt  31  October,  1822.  She  was  b.  13  Janua- 
ry, 1798  ;  d.  20  March,  1877.     Their  children  were— 

12.  Jacob  E.,  b.  21  July,  1825. 

13.  Frances  Eliza,  b.  8  July,  1829 ;  m.  John  Peabody  22  March. 
1859. 

14.  jDaniel  W..  b.  9  May,  1832. 

14.  Daniel  W.  Sargent,  b.  9  May,  1832  ;  m.  Lucy  M. 
Ober  23  October,  1855.  fie  is  one  of  the  deacons  of  the 
Congregational  church  in  Amherst.     Their  children  arc — 

15.  Clara  M.,  b.  8  Novembpr,  1857;  d.  18  February,  1858. 

16.  Willie  D.,  b.  23  August,  1861. 

17.  Charles  H.,  b.  24  June,  1866. 

SATCHWELL. 

Mrs.  Martha  Satchivell,  a  native  of  Bristol,  England,  came  to  Amherst 
m  1859 ;  d.  here  17  October,  1876,  aged  54. 


J 


XXIV.]  ORNRALOr.IEfi.  765 

sawteijj:. 

1.  Kli  Sawtklle,!).  in  Brookliiie  1  ()ctol)er,18()0 ;  m.  (1  ) 
lA-dia  Hall  10  May,  1835.  She  was  h.  in  Milfonl  ti  Auurust,, 
ls()7  ;  (I.  ill  Anihorst  2")  June,  IStll  :  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Hannah 
Cutler,  of  Nashua,  J  .Inly,  ISC.^;  she  d.  30  Octoher,  1874, 
at^n'.l  71  :  ni.  (3)  Mis.  Mary  Whech'r  S  June.  1.M7.").  Ili.s 
chiMreu  (all  l)y  (irst  wile)  were — 

L>.   ^Eihranl  P,i;/.<,>n.  1).   S   Mairli.  ISiU;. 

;').  William  Wfitennuu,  b.  13  .\}iril.  IS^S;  ;i  lut'iiiber  i)f  tho  lM  He^n- 
iiniit  \.  H.  VdIs.;  (1.  in  tlic  army  at  Hladt'iislinrij,  Md..  '_'(!  Octohfr, 
isiil. 

1.  /.i/innn  Birr/nr,  li.  21  Maivli,  iSlU;  d.  <it'  iliscast?  contracttd  in 
the  army,  at  .Vmhorst,  4  Sept^'mbcr,  18t!."5. 

5.  Eli  Aiii/uslus,  1).  27  -Inly,  ISU  ;  m.  Virj^iiiia  K.  Rnckwi'll.  of  New 
Haven.  Conn.,  21  October,  1S(5!». 

»;.   //<;//•//  (i'lnlner,  b.  24  October,  1^17  :   >\.  ."!  S.-pLmhIht.  18l!l. 

2.  Edwahd  Pavson  Sawtki.lk,  1».  S  March.  ls;',(;;  ,|.  ■2{) 
July,  1880:  m.  Lucy  A.  Reed  1")  October,  lS;V.i.  Sh."  was 
b.  31  July,  1838.     One  child— 

l.lBerthn  /..  b.  24  Febrnary,  isC;;. 

SAW^'i:i{. 

Tht'  ehildrrn  of  X.vTii  amki.  and  l*Hi:i>i:NtK  SAWVKKwere — 
Foiuii/,  li.  r,  ,liily,  177H.  ll.iniKih.  1..  li  D.-c.-mb.-r,  17sn. 

SCULLKV. 

.loIlN  SCULLKY  d.  1   ()rt()bt'r,  \>^~'-\.  airid  70. 

SEATON. 

Thk  Skaton  Family  was  one  of  the  lea<lini::  families  in 
Scotland.  .Mary  (^uern  of  Scots  found  shelter  in  the  house 
of  Lord  Seaton,at  Ni<ldy,  in  Kast  Lothian,  after  her  escape 
from  Loch  Lrven  castle,  in  May,  loiiS.  On  the  overthrow  of 
the  Stuarts  in  (iicat  Britain  the  Seutons.  who  luni   adhered 


756  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

to  their  cause,  were  banished,  and  their  estates  confiscated. 
Some  of  them  found  shelter  in  Ireland,  whence  they  came 
to  America,  some  as  early  as  1729,  others  ten  years  later. 
They  settled  in  Boxford,  Mass.  Prior  to  1744  John  Seaton, 
afterward  a  deacon  in  the  church,  settled  in  Souhegan  West. 
His  uncle  and  father-in-law,  Andrew  Seaton,  settled  here 
about  the  same  time,  and  his  brothers,  Samuel  and  James, 
a  short  time  afterward.  Their  names  are  all  found- on  the 
tax-list  of  the  new  town  of  Amherst,  in  1760. 

1.  Dea.  John  Seaton  rem.  to  Souhegan  West  from  Box- 
ford,  Mass.,  prior  to  1744 ;  rem.  to  Washington  in  1787, 
and  d.  there  in  A})ril,  1793.  He  m.  his  cousin,  Ismenia 
Seaton.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  S  November,  1714 ;  in.  (1)  Richard  Goodman ;  m. 
(2)  Henry  Hanley  2  June,  1780 ;  d.  8  November,  1819. 

3.  Jane,  b.  6  October,  1740  ;  m.  Samuel  Stanley  ;  d.  5  December, 
1812. 

4.  Andreio,  b.  22  August,  1748;  d.*10  January,  1748-9. 

5.  Mary,  b.  14  January,  1750. 

6.  Margaret,  b.  22  April,  1752  ;  m.  f  Timothy  Hartshorn. 

7.  Martha,  b.  27  February,  1754  ;  m.  Jesse  Stevens  1:}  April,  1786. 

8.  ^John,  h.  8  April,  1756. 

9.  Anna,  b.  5  July,  17G0  ;  m.  John  Duncan,  of  Antrim;  d.  in  An- 
trim 4  October,  1834. 

10.  Andrew,  h.  4  November,  1762. 

8.  Dea.  John  Seaton,  jr.,  b.  S^April,  1756  ;  d.  3  October, 
1836 ;  m.  Rebecca,  daughter  of  jNathan  Kendall,  Esq., 
28  April,  1787.  She  was  ^b.  9  September,  1763 ;  d.  at 
Greenupsburg,  Ky.,  20  August,  1839.  They  lived  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town»on  the  farm  adjoining  that  occupied 
by  Mr.  John  H.  Hildreth.     Children— 

11.  John;  read  law  with  Aaron  Y.  Sawyer,  and  taught  school;  d.  5 
August,  1813,  aged  21. 

12.  Nathan  Kendall;  m.  Nancy  Richardson,  of  Mont  Vernon,  25 
September,  1817  ;  was  a  merchant ;  was  for  several  years  employed  in 
the  custom-house  in  Boston,  Mass. ;  d.  at  Greenupsburg,  Ky.,  11  JNIarch, 
1859.     No  children. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  757 

l;}.  Sitiitttel :  a  lawyfr  at  (iret'iiupsluirg  ;  in.  Hannah  KiMv,  of  Mrii^H 
t'ouiity,  Ohio,  -J'i  Aiignsl,  1S_>'_>.  Sht-  was  h.  !»  January,  17!»!);  d.  14 
April,  1878. 

11.  \Amlir()xi' :   ni.  .Mary  K.  (Joss. 

14.  A.MBUDSK  Seatun  111.  Mary  K.  (Joss,  of  Aiiiliorst,  l'> 
November,  1828  ;  practiced  medicine  in  Amherst,  Boston, 
and  Maysville,  Ky.  lie  d.  at  Araysvillc  9  Apiil.  IsCH.  ;,n,.d 
61.     Their  children  were — 

Mary  Elizahdlt,  \>.  ;J  NnvtMnhi-r,  18-_'!I. 

Nathan  K. :  d.  in  Boston  12  October,  18;}5,  ajjed  !)  months. 

Samuel  Seaton,  hmthir  of  I)ca.  John,  and  Rnth  Smith 
were  m.  at  Andover,  Mass.,  14  Dcccnihcr.  1750.  They  set- 
tU'il  in  Anilierst.     'I'heir  danohtor — 

Siirn/i,  h.  "Jo  St'i>tcintii'r,  ITtil  :   in.  llfnry  l^iniliall. 

James  Shaton,  hrotlicr  of  (1)  i>i'a.  John.  ni.  I'-li/.alicth 
T?ol)inson,  at  Andover,  Mass.,  5  May,  1748.  Th('\  settled 
in  Amherst.     No  record  found  of  any  chihlron. 

SIX'OMT,— S  !•:('( "()  Mi;. 

T.  1.  I^KHAIM)  Skcomij,  h.  in  ('ornwali,  Kniiland,  in  1(!45, 
with  his  wife.  Joanna,  and  five  children  arrived  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  the  .shiji  "I'liity,"  (icorge  Penny,  master,  from  Kw^- 
land.  ill  (  k'tolx'r,  16S0.  They  settled  at  first  in  Falmontli, 
Me.,  near  Casco  Bay,  hut  soon  rem.  to  Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he 
d.  in  1H04.     Theii"  children  were — 

2.  Jonnwi.  .').   ^Prlrr,  1>.  in  lf'»78. 

:?.   Man/.  fi.   \Rlrfinnl. 

4.   fJnfin.  7.    Xonh. 

II.  4.  John'  Skcdmu  was  a  niii"iner,  and  eoinmaniled  a 
merchant  ves.sel  for  a  nnmlier  of  years,  lie  ni.  Mehitabh' 
Simmons,  of  l^oston,  '2>\  Novenilier,  17<>'J.  Their  children 
were — 

8.  John,  1).  19  Xo\i'inln'r,  170:5;  d.  in  infamy. 

0.  Josrpli,  h.  14  .Tune,  17liG;  graduatcil  at  Harvard  ('ollci^f  in  1731; 
was  ordained  as  a  mis.sionarv  to  the    Indians    IJ   Deoendier,  17'J:J,  and 


758  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

installed  as  minister  of  Kingston  23  November,  1737 ;  d.  in  Kingston 
15  September,  1760.  He  m.  Mary  Thuriel  17  Jannarv,  1738;  no  chil- 
dren. 

10.  Mehitable,  h.  21  February,  1708. 

11.  ] Simmons,  b.  17  May,  1711. 

12.  Mary,  b.  in  November,  1715. 

II.  5.  Peter  Secomb,  b.  in  1G78,  was  a  merchant  in  Med- 
ford,  Mass.,  and  d.  there  8  September,  1756.  He  m.  Hannah 
Willis,  a  grand-daughter  of  John  Eliot,  the  "apostle  to  the 
Indians,"  25  February,  1703.  She  was  b.  1  January,  1673  ; 
d.  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  15  December,  1760.  Their  children 
were — 

13.  Wlllii,  b.  30  April,  170-1;  d.  15  April,  1725. 

14.  John,  b.  30  July,  1706  ;  d.  27  May,  1707. 

15.  John,  b.  25  April,  1708  ;  d.  in  Chester,  Xova  Scotia,  in  January, 
1793.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1728;  was  ordained  and 
installed  as  minister  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  10  October,  1733 ;  was  dis- 
missed 7  September,  1757 ;  rem.  to  Lunenburg,  Nova  Scotia,  shortly 
after  ;  m.  Mary  Williams,  of  Weston,  Mass-.,  10  March,  1737.  The 
authorship  of  "  Father  Abbey's  Will "  is  attributed  to  him,  and  several 
sermons,  delivered  by  him  after  his  removal  to  Nova  Scotia,  were  pub- 
lished. 

16.  Charles,  b.  15  January,  1710 ;  d.  28  September,  1730. 

17.  Thomas,  h.  16  August,  1711;  m.  Rebecca  Willis.  He  was  town- 
clerk  of  Medf ord,  jVIass.,  twenty-two  years,  and  a  noted  antiquarian. 
He  d.  15  April,  1773.     His  widow  d.  13  March,  1781,  aged  77. 

II.  6.  Richard  Secomb  settled  in  Medford;  m.  Anna 
.     Their  children  were — 


18.  Jonathan,  b.  17  September,  1710. 

19.  Anna,  b.  17  September,  1712. 

20.  Dorothy,  b.  24  January,  1715 ;  m.  Henry  Fowle  8  ]\larch,  1738. 

III.  11.  Simmons  Seccomb,  b.  in  Boston  17  May,  1711  ; 
m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Rand,  of  Chariest  own, 
Mass.,  11  January,  1732.  She  was  baptized  in  the  old 
North  church  in  Boston  20  June,  1714.  They  settled  in 
Boston,  whence  they  rem.  to  Derry field,  now  Manchester, 
about  1736,  where  he  d.  in  1740.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  759 

til.  EUzdhelh:  .1.  12  July,  179 1. 

22.  ^John,  }..  0  June,  17;}3. 

2;].  ./o.se/*//,  li.  ill  Denyfield  7  1  )<(titilM-r.  IT-!!);  in  Kiitli  Hrooks,  of 
Medford,  Mass.;  ivsided  in  Daiivris,  Maxs.,  ami  Sali-iii.  Mas-. ;  d.  in 
.N'ovoiiibiT,  ISlO;  (devt'ii  children. 

24.  MehltuMe,  1>.  10  Xovcndu'r,  17;JS:  d.  IS  Auirust.  17'; I. 

25.  Simmons.  \>.  1  December,  1740:  d.  1(»  Jiini',  1811);  ni.  .Mary  TajH 
I«aii.  ot  Kiiii;stoii.  Id  October,  1770.  They  settleil  in  Kingston  on  the 
jilace  forinorly  occupied  by  his  uncle,  Kev.  Joseph  S:'conib.  He  Wiis  a 
justice  of  the  peace,  town-clerk,  and  postmaster,  in  Kinifston  many 
years,  and  was  universally  re.spected  and  esteemed. 

1\'.  22.  John  Secco.mh,  b.  in  IJustoii  i!  Jiiiic.  IT:]8:  rem. 
with  his  parents  in  inrancy  tn  ni'i-rylicM,  thcni-i-.  in  17tI2.  td 
Amherst,  wht-n  he  setth-il  on  the  phicc  now  oei'n|iie(l  l»y  liis 
•rreat-irrandson,  llenrv  W.  Seconilt.  He  m.  (  1  )  Marv  Small 
1:5  November,  1777.  She  d.  C  April,  1781.  lie  m.  (2)  Mr.s. 
Mli/.abeth  (Carter)  Wheeler,  of  Ilollis,  14  .luie",  17s4.  Slic 
was  b.  12  March,  1754:  d.  27  Aimnst.  Isii7.  Ilr  .1.  14  Jau- 
uarv,  179(!.     Their  ehihircn  were — 

26.  iJnfin.  1..  ol  Au-iist.  177x. 

27.  \ Daniel,  b.  (5  .Vi.ril,  1781. 

2S.  Elizabeth,  b.  21  April.  17s.');  m.  William  K.  Tiehlwell.  d;  I'eler- 
l)orough.  23  January.  ISlO;  d.  in  IVterbitrou^di  I  April,  isi}:} ;  two 
children. 

29.   t/>'"''/.  b.  1  March,  17S7. 

:$().  .l/nry,  b.  4  IK'cember,  1789;  d.  2 J  July.  170:?. 

:U.  Sail;/,  b.  2  December.  1791  ;  d.  29  July,  1793. 

32.  Man/,  b.  20  June.  1791  ;  <1.  in  Peterborouijh  2i>  November.  1S72; 
unmarried. 

\'.  2r).  John  Skcombk,  1».  :U  An^nist.  177>^ :  thiouLrh  his 
whole  life  a  resident  in  Amherst;  d.  2o  .hily,  IS;")!!;  m. 
I\a<  lirl  niiiaiit  2'i  April,  170s.  She  was  1>.  in  Nottingham 
West,  now  llndson,l!'  Septemiier,  177'^,  and  d.  17  Septem- 
ber, ISS'.t.     Tlieir  (duldren  were — 

33.  Rachel,  b.  fi  February.  17!i9  :  d.  27  December,  1S74  ;    unmarrietl. 
3t.   Btlse;/,  h.  22  .\ui.;ust.  18  lO;  d.  Is  February.  1S2.t;   unmarried. 
3.">.  ^Leri  .fone.'i,  b.  4  Fel»ruary,  lsil4. 

36.  .fohn.  b.  16  May,  ISilit;  <1.  9  February,  1S1;{. 

37.  ^Danirl  FnniUin,  b.  17  January,  lS2(t. 


760  HISTORY    OF    AMHPJRST.  [Chap. 

V.  27  Daniel  Secombe,  b.  6  April,  1781 ;  d.  12  January, 
1846;  settled  in  Mont  Vernon,  adjoining  Amherst ;  m.  (1) 
Betsey  Durant  23  July,  1805.  She  d.  1 2  October,  1826,  aged 
42.  He  m.  (2)  Elizabeth  Austin  28  September,  1828.  His 
children  were — 

38.  Mahalu  Jones,  b.  27  July,  1806;  m.  fGeorge  C.  Coburn. 
;59.  Nancif  Duranf,  h.  27  September,  1812  ;  d.  in  Concord  oO  January, 
1857;  unmarried. 

40.  Mar//,  b.  11  March,  1814;  m.  fCharles  Austin. 

41.  .fa7ie,  b.  27  October,  1821 ;  d.  in  Concord  22  Xovember,  1846. 

42.  Daniel  Andrew  Jackson,  h.lQ  September,  1829 ;  m.  Emily  A. 
Glover,  of  Franklin,  Yt.,  17  October,  18B1.  He  d.  in  IMont  Vernon  16 
August,  1880;  one  child — George. 

43.  JoJm,  b.  21  August,  1833;  d.  18  August,  1835. 

44.  Charles,  b.  16  January,  1836  ;  res.  in  Lowell,  ]\Iass. ;  unmarried; 

45.  Harriet  Newell,  b.  9  November,  1838;  m.  tJohn  H.  Coggin. 

46.  John,  b.  20  February,  1840  ;  d.  in  September,  1844. 

V.  29.  David  Secombe,  b.  1  March,  1787  ;  d.  in  Milford 
22  December,  1844  ;  m.  (1)  Ascnath  Odell  1  March,  1813. 
She  was  b.  20  May,  1790;  d.  30  May,  1814.  He  m.  (2) 
Lydia  Adams  18  December,  1823.  She  d.  in  Am!;erst  3 
April,  1859,  aged  70.  For  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life 
he  resided  in  Milford  where  he  held  many  important  offices. 

is  children  vrere — 

47.  Asenath  Ann,  h.  and  d.  7  April,  1814. 

48.  Frances  Charlotte,  b.  6  January,  1825;  d.  in  Amherst  30  April, 
1848;  unmarried. 

49.  Darid  Adams,  b.  25  May,  1827.  He  is  a  lawyer  in  jSIinneapolis, 
Minn.;  m. Charlotte  A.  Eastman, of  Conway,  27  February,  1855.  Their 
children  are — 

1.  Carrie  E.,  b.  17  May,  1857. 

2.  David  Willis,  b.  5  July,  1860. 

3.  Frank,  b.  7  September,  1875. 

50.  Charles  Carroll,  b.  25  January,  1830  ;  res.  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.  ; 
m.  (1)  Annabell  Frances  Crosby,  of  Milford,  14  September,  1871  ;  one 
child— 

Annabell,  b.  25  August,  1873. 

51.  William  Wirt,  b.  14  October,  1832  ;  d.  in  New  York  city  8  Sep- 
tember, 1877  ;  unmarried. 


XXIV.]  (ilCNKALOCIKS.  761 

VI.  35.  Lkvi  Jonks  SKC0MI5,  I).  4  Fdinian,  ISOI  ;  d.  31 
October,  1882 ;  m.  Nancy  llcnick  7  A|>ril,  ls:',l.  She  was 
It.  li>  November,  1810.     'riieii-  fliiiilicn  were — 

")•_*.  Ilehn  Eliztilicth,  1>.  1:5  July,  l><:>o  ;  iii.  .Icsm-  ( >.  Koliiiison,  of 
Mont  Vt'i-noii,  2(»  Ai)ril.  1S.")8;  d.  'JT  .Iiiiiu,  isiil.  Tlifir  cliildnni 
were — 

1.  (;<>. >!•<,'. •    Altiv.l    Kohinsoii,  1..  L'l  .Miirch.  18.'»!»  ;     in.    Aiiiiii    K. 
IVoi'tor.  of  .M:irll>or(iuLjli,  ti    Fi'liniarv,  lss;5;     res.  in    Marl- 
hoiou^li. 
L'.   Il.'leii  Eliz:il..Mli  Hol>insoii,  I..  11  .M;n.  isiil. 
.'):>.   ITeni-fi  WehMer,  l>.  I'ti  .March,  183G  ;    in.  Lucy  .Fane  ("lianm-U  '_'l 
l).-c<Mnl>i'r.  ISllf.     Sill'  was  1..  -Jl    Jnly.  l.s'5S;    ,1.  -JJ  .Fiuniarv,  istKi;   no 
cliildren. 

W.  .')7.  I)anii:i,  Fijankijn  Skcomh.  !•.  17  J:iini:ir\ ,  ISl'O  ; 
m.  (1)  Fanny  ('.  Merrick  11  Dcccniber,  185(1.  She  d.  7 
Septcnilter,  18,V.t ;  in.  ( -2 )  Eliza  A.  (  Damreil )  Gordon  28  Feb- 
rnary,  18t)i».  She  was  b.  15  AnuMist,  183(>.  'riu'ir  cbildren 
were — 

.")!.  Al/rril  lltrrii-k,  h.  (i  Fclirnarv,  IS.")!!;  d.  l:;  Anj^nst.  1S.')(;. 

5.">.   /'nincis  Liiirrenci\  h.  i)  Jannury,  iSfJl  ;  ,\.  I'l  ,Inly.  1S(;|. 

ilG.   fifori/e  Fran II in,  h.  'J't  OctolxT,  isti.") ;  i|.  !.">  .lanuarv,  ISIJS. 

57.  Mfiri/  Grace,  h.  '_>(>  Auijfust,  iHGIt. 


Aim  Ha  Willis  Gordon,  stcpHlauf^htiT  of  D.  K.  Sccoinh  ;  !>.  t»  .Sipt<'ni- 
ln-r.  ^^.">l;  in.  Saimiol  Howe  Babcock,  of  Hoston.  Mass..  10  .January, 
18^:5  ;  n'>.  in  Hoston. 

SIIANXON. 
Andukw  SifANNON,  and  his  wife  IMii'lic.  Ii\fd    many  ycar.s 
in  Pond  I'arish.     'I'hcir  childrfii  were — 

1.  Miirii.  h.  10  .<^t•^^tl•nll)l'^,  I7<)1. 

2.  William,  b.  .{  June,  17()7. 

?,.   Plit'hr,  b.  12  K.>l>rnary.  1770;   ni.  .Fnhn  Pipor  12  Ai.ril.  ISOl. 
4.  A  n't rr IV,  h.  S-i  .Fnly.  1771. 

.-;ii.\'rn('K. 

Nai  iiANiKi.  SnAiTicK,  i».  in  'rcniple  27  Fcbrnary,  1774; 
d.  in  Concord  1  Septeiubcr,  \1('A  :  ni.  (  1  )  Mary  Wallace  15 
June,  180t).  She  was  b.  in  Temple  5  A|iril,  17',>():  d.  3 
.Tune,  1812  ;  m.  (2)  Sally  Stanley.     She  was  I),  in  Amherst 


762  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

25  July,  1789  ;  d.  in  Manchester  7  February,  1865.     Their 
children  were — 

1.  Anne  Jane,  h.  in  Milford  12  May,  1809  ;  m.  B.  F.  Wallace,  of 
Antrim,  13  August,  1829  ;  d.  in  Bedford  16  August,  1817. 

2.  Mary  Wallace,  b.  28  March,  1817  ;  d.  6  March,  1819. 

3.  i Algernon  Parker,  b.  15  February,  1819;  ni.  Catlierine  Sweet,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.,  17  July,  1851. 

4.  Catherine  Kendall,  b.  15  December,  1823  ;  ra.  Rev.  Aaron  W. 
Chaffin  20  April,  1848. 

5.  George  Freeman,  b.  9  October,  1825 ;  d.  10  December,  1827. 

6.  Henri/  Campbell,  h.  9  August,  1827 ;  d.  6  April,  1828. 

7.  George  Henry,  h.  9  December,  1830. 

8.  Abial  Shattuck,  who  res.  in   Amherst  some  years 
was  b.  in    Hillsborough  10  June,  1795  ;   d.  in  Townsend, 
Mass.,  in  April,  1859;  m.  Susan  B.  King',  of  Merrimack,  6 
April,  1814.     Their  children  were — 

9.  Nancy  Jane,  h.  28  May,  1815  ;  m.  James  Hildreth,  of  Townsend, 
Mass.,  26  August,  1840. 

10.  Charles  Russell,  b.  1  March,  1817  ;  m.  Rebecca  Eagles,  of  Rox- 
buiy,  Mass.,  in  1840. 

11.  j Francis  Mansfield,  b.  17  February,  1819  ;  ni.  Elmira  Blanchard. 
of  Greenfield,  15  October,  1840;  d.  in  Antrim  16  January,  1876. 

12.  Sarah.  Ismenia,  b.  3  February,  1821 ;  d.  10  October,  1823. 

13.  Abial  Edivin.  b.  5  February,  1823  ;  m.  Susan  Williams. 

14.  Sarah  Marinda,  b.  25  January,  1825  ;  m.  James  L.  Simonds  21 
December,  1842.  . 

15.  Stephen  Afoss,  b.  25  June,  1827  ;  m.  Sophia  Savryson  in  .Tune, 
1850  ;  d.  12  September,  1851. 

16.  Harriet  Mahala,  b.  15  April,  1829  ;  d.  15  May,  1849. 

17.  Supply  Dean,  b.  8  Xovember,  1831. 

18.  Mary  Caroline,  b.  5  August,  1833. 

19.  Elizabeth,  h.  5  November,  1835  ;  d.  25  November,  1837. 

11.  Francis  M.  Shattuck,  b.  in  Merrimack  17  February, 
1819  ;  m.  Ehnira  Blanchard,  of  Greenfield,  15  October, 
1840;  d.  in  Antrim  16  January,  1876.  He  spent  some 
years  of  the  early  part  of  his  life  in  the  employ  of  Dr.  M. 
Spalding ;  was  an  iron-molder  by  trade,  and  an  active,  efli- 
cient,  reliable  man.     Tlieir  children  were — 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  763 

'20.  Minii  E.,  >).    in    AirilMT>t    11    .Inly.  1nI1:   hi.    .\l\iii    K.  H:ik.T    1 

21.  LaHrn,h.\\\  Lymli-lioroiiuli  ^U  ( )(l(.lici-.  isi;.;  m.  i.ivi  M. Curtis 
lf>  MuitIi.  ISOl. 

'J'J.  Mnrtlia  ./..  1..  in  (Jn-fiilirld  I'd  Krlpiiiai y,  ls|9  ;  ni.  Il..i;i,-.-  |{, 
Tuttle  L'7  Octol.iT.  1S7(I. 

23.  Alma  J\,  h.  in  Xasliiia  U)  May.  is'j.');  m.  Iiank  O.  C'lL-iiiuiit  22 
.\pril,  1S7() ;   iv.s.  in  .Mantlifstcr. 

SHAW. 

(^Kouci:  H.  SiiAW,  son  of  William  and  Asenath  Sliaw,  of 
.Milford.  1).  -lO  March,  1807  ;  ."^ettlod  in  Amherst  about  1835  ; 
m.  Lydia  Stiles  in  April,  1838.  She  was  1».  in  Mont  Ver- 
imn  !(•  .May.  1804  ;   no  childnMi. 

SHEPAin). 

I.  Col.  John  Shki'.\ri)  came  to  Sonhegan  \Vest  from 
Concord,  Mass.,  about  1741,  and  built  the  mills  on  Souhegan 
river,  lonu'  known  as  Slu'|)aid's  mills,  lie  settled  on  the 
tract  of  land  i:i-antrd  him  liy  the  |ii(i|»rift(»rs  of  tlu'  town- 
ship, and  was  a  prominent  and  useful  citi/en  of  the  town. 
He  was  one  of  the  foui-  citizens  of  the  town  who  refused  to 
sifi^n  the  "Association  Test  Paper,"  in  March.  17Tit.  lie 
m.  ( 1  )  Miss  Hartwidl  ;  m.  (  -  )  Sarah  French,  who  d.  31  Oc- 
tober, ISO-J,  aired  80.  lie  d.  !»'.•  Xovend)er,  178o,agctl79. 
Their  chihlr*'!!  were — 

2.  f./o/f/f,  1>.  in  17;'>_'. 

3.  Li/ffiti :   III. llowc;  (1.  11  .June,  17tn. 

4.  Ahif/iiil,  h.  (5  April.  173s  ;  m. Steveiisuii ;  d.  in  Lyatli'l>ui- 

oiigh  23  Aii.uu.st,  1S22. 

T).  Mii'ujnmiu,  b.  Is  .Manli.  1711. 

6.  fSaiititel. 

7.  M>iri/,  h.  21  Soptoml"  T.  171!*:   in.  t-'ii-'ob  llil.livtii. 

8.  Stini'i.  \>.  17  October.  17.".7:  in.  (1)   t^tephoii    Kendric-k  ;    in.  (2) 
Doji.  .lohii  liartsluirii. 

J).  .I„!l,<iw,  I).  22  .Inn.'.  17(il. 

10.  Ji(icli(Lh.5  Aj.iil.  17r._':  m.  Sanuu'l  Doil.uc  jr..  I  July.  1781;  d. 
23  duly.  178.'). 

II.  />(»»(</,  li.  2.')  .Sfi«ti-inl>iT,  1701:  in.  Fanny  W't-iitwdrtli  2.'i  May, 
171)3. 


764  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Col.  John  Shepard,  jr.,  was  for  many  years  one  of 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  and  town-clerk,  an  officer  in  the 
militia,  and  a  justice  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common 
Pleas.  He  m.  Mercy  Wilkins,  of  Middleton,  Mass.,  21  Octo- 
ber, 1757.  He  d.  4  December,  1802,  aged  71.  She  d.  at 
Mason  11  August,  1825,  aged  93  years.  Their  children 
were — 

12.  Elizabeth,  h.  16  April,  1759. 

13.  Mary,  b.  5  October,  170() ;  in.  James  Gilman  ;  d.  in  Milford  8 
October,  1S41. 

14.  Jonathan,  b.  31  October,  1762 ;  d.  13  January,  1820. 

15.  Sarah,  b.  28  Xoveinber,  1767;  m.  William  Ci'osby,  of  Amherst; 
d.  in  Milford  in  December,  1845.  Her  death  was  occasioned  by  injuries 
received  from  her  clothes  taking  fire. 

16.  Ljidia,  b.  12  June,  1770  ;  m.  Daniel  Staniford  24  May,  1795. 
She  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  1  June,  1796. 

5..  Benjamin  Shepard,  b.  18  March.  1744;  d.  26  March, 
1810 ;  m.  Lucy  Lund.  She  d.  6  November,  1822.  They 
settled  in  the  south  jjart  of  the  town  on  what  was  known  as 
the  "Honey  Pot"  farm.     Their  children  were — 

17.  "{James,  b.  14  June,  1777. 

18.  William,  b.  29  July,  1780 ;  m.  Miss  Lund ;  settled  in  Vermont. 

19.  f.AoAn,  b.  22  September,  1783 ;  m.  Lucy  B.  Nichols;  settled  in 
Bedford. 

20.  ^Benjamin,  b.  24  March,  1786. 

17.  Capt.  James  Shepard,  b.  14  June,  1777  ;  d.  16  Octo- 
ber, 1834;  m.  Olive  Glover  6  November,  1803.  She  d.  6 
February,  1837,  aged  53.  They  settled  on  the  farm  pre- 
viously occupied  by  his  father.     Their  children  were — 

21.  James  Herveij,  b.  8  December,  1804  ;  married;  d.  22  February. 
1829 ;  no  children. 

22.  ^Robert  Glover,  b.  14  May,  1808. 

23.  Lucy,  b.  18  July,  1812 ;  d.  young. 

24.  Fanny,  b.  10  October,  1813  ;  m.  David  Hutchinson  in  August, 
1835. 

25.  Lydia,  b.  10  April,  1817;  m.  David  Hutchinson  in  August,  1837. 

26.  Benjamin  Hartwell,  b.  18  January,  1822 ;  m.  Lucia  A.  Page. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  765 

127.  (Hirt;  Emelint',  h.  1  OctnlH-r,  1823;  d.  youiij;. 

28.  Elizahtth,  1..  17  Maivli,  1825:   m.  (iardtu!!-  V.  Ilol.l.iiis. 

29.  Willinm,  1..  2r  Ajiril,  1S27;  d.  11  July,  isr.l. 

22.  RunKRT  (Ilovhu  Siii:i-ai;i»,  I..  II  .M;iy,  1808;  in.  (1) 
EunicH'  P.  Shepard  ;  in.  (  2  )  Olive  Bidwoll;  ni.  ( ;> )  Hannah 
Ivin^shnry  Ivainic  1;')  Apiil,  187;").  He  scttlt'd  at  lirst  on 
llic  SlR'|)ai'(l  honicstcad.  thence  rem.  to  Shaker  Village; 
now  res.  in  .Mmiclifstcr.     'i'lirir  rhildifH  were — 

;M).  Clinrlode  Maria,  I).  S  Dci-eiidH'r,  is^JO;  iii.  (ynis  1).  Curtis,  uf 
Boston,  Mass. 

31.  ^Roherl  TohiKU,  Sr„/I,  1>.  2  Manli,  ls;;-j. 

32.  Franres  Lurina,  1-.  11  F.'l.niury,  18  51:  d.  20  .\pril,  18.-,r>. 

33.  Lurij  E/itia,  h.  18  flamiary,  183(i. 

34.  Marif  Morse,  h.  16  SepteinlxT.  1837;  d.  6  April.  1848. 

35.  James  Andrew,  j.  2.")  Man;li,  1839;  in.  Sarali  Joliiisori,  of  Hriili;- 
ton,  Me. 

36.  Ilannnh  Parker,  \).  11  l-\'l)niary,  1811 

37.  Charles  Filch,  I..  11  I)ei-.^inl..T."  18  12. 

38.  Olire  Lamira,  h.  HI  .\ii-usl,  18|I. 

39.  Genrr/e  E(Iiriinl,\KS  Man-ii.  1^  If, :  m.  l>:dH'|  ( )liic\ .  ..f  I'aw  i  u.kri. 
K.  I..  1  .laiuiary,  l88:i. 

31.  RoitKKT  ToLMAN  ScOTT  SlIHl'AKh.  li.  2  .M:nvll.  1832; 
ni.  (1  )  Ireiia  P..  l'o\v(>rs,  of  rittslield,  .M...  11  May,  1853. 
She  d.  ill  .Vpril,  ISdii.  lie  ni.  (2)  Charlotte  T.  Kainie,  of 
li)\vell,  Mass.,  24  Xoveniher,  18tiit:  res.  in  Manchester. 
Their  children  were — 

4(».  Waller  SrotL  \>.  9  January,  1855. 

41.  James  Franklin,  1>.  oO  July,  1857. 

42.  Anffttsta  .\faria,  1>.  21  June.  1860;  d.  26  Juii.-,  18(;3. 

43.  Auijnsta  Maria,  l>.  30  January.  1865. 

44.  Al/rifl  Kaime  (ilorer,  1).  28  S('j)ttMnlM'r,  187(1. 

45.  (nrtrwle  Mail.  1..  27  (><tolMT.  1872. 

111.  .liMlN  SnKl'AUii,  li.  22  S('|iii'Milier,  ITs:',:  d.  at  Ueillord 
11  .Ma\.  Is7();  111.  Lucy  l>.  Nichols,  of  iiedford,  4  June, 
ISII.  She  was  b.  IS  April,  1701:  d.  31  March,  1874.  They 
settled  in  the  nortlj  part  of  iiedford.     Their  children  were — 


766  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

46.  Rebecca,  b.  20  September,  1812 ;  d.  20  May,  1840 ;  unmarried. 

47.  Lucy  M.,  b.  2.5  November,  1814 ;  d.  5  October,  1865 ;  unmarried. 

48.  John  W.,h.  27  August,  1816;  m.  Silvina  Field  16  October,  1837. 

49.  Andrew  N.,h.  22  July,  1818;  m.  Harriet  W.  Brown  1  January, 
1850 ;  has  resided  in  Winchester  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Amherst. 

50.  Stillman  A.,  b.  18  January,  1821 ;  m.  B.  J.  Nichols  :]0  May,  1854 ; 
res.  in  Bedford. 

51.  Clarissa  D.,  b.  13  July,  1823 ;  d.  19  August,  1840. 

52.  Benjamin  A.,h.  19  August,  1827;  d.  3  September,  1851. 

53.  Maru  Ann,  b.  16  February,  1830;  res.  in  Winchester,  Mass;  un- 
inanied. 

54.  Orleanna  J.,  b.  12  July,  1833  ;  d.  25  September,  1857  ;  unmarried. 

20.  Benjamin  Shepard,  b.  24  March,  1786  ;  d.  6  October, 
1864;  res.  hi  Boston,  Mass., from  1809  to  1813;  returned 
to  Amherst  in  1813  ;  m.  Rebecca  D.  Skelton,  of  BurUngton, 
Mass.,  in  December,  1812.  She  was  b.  23  September,  1787  ; 
d,  22  December,  1866.     Their  chihlren  were — 

55.  Benjamin  F.,h.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  27  September,  1813;  m.  Julia 
A.  Phelps,  of  Clinton,  Mass.;  d.  in  Napa  City,  Cal.,,28  June,  1866; 
three  children. 

56.  Erastus  P.,  ]  i     i  i  j       i  si  7  •      *^'  '"  Concord,  1  December,  1875. 


57.  Alonzo  P.,    )  d.  18  February,  1818. 

58.  Alonzo  P.,  h.  7  September,  1821;  m.  Hattie  A.  (Swan)  Tilton,  of 
Hudson,  29  April,  1866 ;  res.  in  Amherst. 

59.  Rebecca  A.,h.  23  August,  1823;  unmarried;  res.  at  Shaker  Vil- 
lage. 

60.  Martha  A.,h.  13  March,  1826;  m.  (1)  Nathaniel  Drake  in  No- 
vember, 1849;  m.  (2)  Nathan  Kemp;  res.  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.;  two 
children. 

61.  Mart/  A.,h.  13  March,  1826;  in.  Zolieth  Sparrow;  res.  in  Con- 
cord ;  two  children. 

62.  Isaac  N.,  h.  in  1833  ;  d.  in  Burlington,  Mass.,  in  1835. 

6.  Capt.  Samuel  Shepard,  settled  in  the  south  part  of 
the  town  near  his  brother  Benjamin,  where  he  d.  12  Janu- 
ary, 1835,ag-ed  85  ;  m.  Elizabeth  .  She  d.  16  Janu- 
ary, 1838,  aged  84.     Their  children  wde — 

63.  Samuel. 

64.  John;  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  staging  business.  He 
afterward  kept  an  hotel  in  Amherst  and  Manchester ;  d.  in  Manchester 
24  September,  1855,  aged  75. 


XXIV.]  (;knk.\L()(;iks.  767 

65.  \Lninmns,  li.  :$  .lamiiiry,  17S(i;  m.  Kilnuli  Towiu'. 

(50.  Nr.hemidh  :  nvs.  in  Amherst  ;  d.  '22  July,  If^'i",  iiLjfil  T'l;   mini. 

(57.   HiirtweH. 

t)S.    C/inrlfi>. 

6f).  LuMMUs  Sm:i'.\iu>,  1».  :'>  .Imiuarv.  ITSil;  m.  Kdiiali 
'P.iwiiL'll  >rarcli,  181-2.  She  d.  24  .Novt-mlier,  1  sr)G,  aged 
TO.  They  settled  in  the  soiitli  part  ot  the  town.  \\v  d.  in 
i'onseiiueuci'  of  injuries  rceeived  fi-oiu  a  fallini:;  tree  14 
Mareli,lS49.     Their  children  were — 

69.  DanUl,  I).  2!)   D.'cember,  ISTJ  ;  .1.  Ji^  K.-l.ru:vrv.  lsf;5. 

70.  t>Sf/muf/  /,.,  b.  fi  .\ugvi.st,  l.Slt5. 

71.  Henry  Harfirrll,  \>.  '21  D.'Ct'.mluT,  181!)  ;   res.  in  lilimiis. 

72.  Charles  //.,!>.  1!)  January,  l.Sl>:5:  .1.  IJ  .Marcli.  IST.J. 
7:5.  Ezrn  Ahhntt,  1).  l'!!  .rnm-,  IS'JS;  .1.  in  F.-hruary.  lS:n. 

70.  S.-vMCKL  li.  SnKi'.viti),  ii.  t!  .\uirnst,  ISlti  ;  d.  _  Kchrii- 
ary,18r):;;   ni.  Marx   .Vnn  (  )1mm-   'll    F.-hrnary,  18:W.     Shed. 

1  :>  .Vpril.  1S4T.      Thrii' childirn  were — 

71.  M<iri/  Kniili/.  li.  •'>   A|>iil,  l>il(l:   in.  Danii-I  \\'. 'I'row  ;   ics.  in  .\m-' 

ll.Tst. 

7'>.    H'irlirrll  Henri/.  1>.  4  Ot-tobcr,  1S4'J;   d.  1(!  .\m,'nst.  1^."):5. 
7t!.    }fiiriii  Kilnn,  1>.  7  Jnly.  ISIT  :   li.  17  .Vmju.st,  IS.M. 

SIIIKMJ;V. 

I>ANIEL  v.  SmuLKY,  1).  24  March,  18:5;');  d.  in  California; 
m.  Jnlia  Ann  Chickerinu:  2:5  A|»ril,  18(50.  She  was  It.  28 
Ajiril,  184:5.     Their  (diildrcn  we -e — 

Ella  M<iri<i.  h.  •_»:•.  Jnn.-.  ls(i:5. 

Albert  (_'.,  It.  17  Sopt.-mlx-r.  lsr)(;:  d.  (i  Marcli.  IsTO. 

Ida,  h.  19  March.  1871. 


SIMONDS. 

Benjamin  Simonds  ;  in.  .Mar\,  daniihtor  of  .John  .Vverill  ; 
settled  in  the  North-west  Tarisli.  now  Mont  Vernon;  rem. 
to  Antrim  in  179:3,  and  d.  thcie  in  182(5,  ag«'d  6").  Tlieir 
children  wer*  — 


768  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Luoj,  b.  30  January,  1784 ;  in.  Enoch  Sawyer  in  1802  ;  d.  7  June, 
1853. 

Polly,  b.  21  May,  1787;  ni.  Robert  Burns  1  September,  1812;  d.  3 
October,  1857. 

Jolm,  b.  3  May,  1790 ;  ni.  Sally  B.  Preston  3  February,  1814  ;  set- 
tled in  Antrim  ;  d.  in  1858. 

Sally,  b.  8  March,  1792  ;  m.  William  D.  Atwood  7  :\Iay,  1812  ;  rem. 
to  Hartland,  Vt. ;  d.  in  1836. 

Benjamin,  b.  in  Antrim  5  June,  1796  ;  m.  Betsey  Parsons,  of  Wind- 
sor ;  d.  in  Antrim  27  October,  1850. 

Nancy,  h.  24  February,  1798;  m.  Simeon  Buck  29  December,  1818; 
d.  in  Windsor. 

Sahrlna,  b.  25  February,  1803;  m.  Simeon  Buck  ;  d.  in  Windsoi'. 

Marl;  h.  24  May,  1807;  d.  1  November,  1807. 


•  Widow  Hannah  Simond.'t  d.  20   June,  1852. 

SKINNER. 

Joshua  Flint  Skinner,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Flint) 
Skinner,  b.  Lynnfield,  Mass.,  29  July,  1806  ;  d.  28  July,  1882 ; 
m.  Mary  Jane  Peabody,  of  Mont  Vernon,  11>  April,  1830., 
She  was  b.  2  July,  1812.  They  settled  in  Amherst  in  April, 
1839.     Their  children  were — 

Joshua  A.,  h.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  17  October,  1830  ;  m.  Carrie  S. 
Winn,  of  AVilton,  8  October,  1850;  two  children;  both  d.  in  infancy. 

Edmund  E.,  b.  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  30  November,  1832 ;'  m.  Martha 
J.  Kinson  1  January,  1856.     He  d.  29  December,  1864.     Two  children. 

Mary  L.,  b.  8  May,  1835  ;  d.  29  September,  1836. 

Julia  A.,  h-  9  July,  1847;  m.  John  A.  Boynton  24  August,  1866; 
four  children. 

SLOAN. 

1.  George  N.  Sloan,  b.  in  Wilminuton,  Mass.,  14  May, 
1817  ;  m.  Lucy  A.  Ball,  of  Milford,  10  October,  1835.  She 
was  b.  in  Milford  10  July,  1813  ;  d.  8  February,  1879.  They 
lived  at  first  in  Milford,  but  about  1854  rem.  to  Amherst. 
Their  children  were — 

2.  Lydia  A.,h.  5  June,  1838;  m.  Edwin  N.  Cobb,  of  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  4  July,  1854.     She  d.  4  September,  1854. 


XXIV.]  (;eni:alo(;iks.  769 

:{.  (ieorye  B.,  I>.  21  May,  iSlli;  was  a  mr-iiiIht  ..f  Co.  11.  loth  IU-kI- 
iiu'iit  N.  H.  Vol.s.,  aiidd.  in  Fairfax  Semiiiarv,  \'a.,  li().-|>ital.  "Jf*  Novrm- 
l.cr,  1862. 

4.  Alin-  E.,  h.  29  .\iii;iist,  1.S46;  in.  Frank  .\.  .Vck.i man.  of  N.-w 
Uoohelle.  X.  V.,  7  October,  18U8. 

").  Ahhi/  F..  h.  29  .\ugust,  18')")  ;  .1.  11  Ot-toher,  18.Vi. 

6.  Nellii-  I..  1>.  7  .Vuirust.  1S.-),S;  d.  2U  SeptfinlM-r.  !><.')!». 

7.  Will'u    \V.,  1..  21   \\>r\\.  ls(JL>. 

SMALL. 

1.  AViLLiAM  Small  inul  I'lidicl  Nccdliain  wcrr  m.  ;if 
Daiivcis.  Ma.s.s.,  21  Fi'l)riiary,  1712-13,  They  st-ttU'd  in 
Daiivcrs,  where  he  d,  IS  Xoveniher,  174<S,  aued  S:^  years. 
She  d.  1.")  A|iiil,  17i'>8.  ai:ed  Kl  years.     Their  sui — 

II.  1.    WiLLLVM   Small.  .11!..  1».  in    Danvcrs.  in    1714:   in. 

Sarah ;  thev  settled  in  Danvers,  but  about  1750  rem. 

to  Souheuan  West,  where  he  d,  1<>  September,  1781.     ,'^he  d. 
8  August,  1771,  aged  60  years.     'I'heir  ehildreii  were — 

2.  Joseph:  baptiztjd  in  Danvtis  1  .Inly,  17:i<i ;  nianii-d  ;  n-ni.  to 
Sonhi'gaii  West;  d.  ni  .-Vudu'isl  It!  DcccnilMT,  18n(i ;   no  cliililn'n. 

;}.  Riti/iel :  l)aptized  7  May.  173s ;  ni.  f^Villiani  Bradford  ;  <1.  in 
Anili.Tst  21)  .Ian nary,  1S02. 

I.  Siini/i  :  baptized  18  July,  1710;  d.  21    March,  177<);   iininarriod. 
,').  tn7//m/«,  U.  21  October,  174:?. 

6.  Lyditi :  baptized  :U  October,  17l.">;  ni.  tl{'""d>i'n  Holt  <!  Fclirna- 
ry.  1772. 

7.  Htinnd/i  :  baptized  10  May,  1717:  d.  young. 

8.  (ji'(ir;/t  .-  baptized  2.")  June,  1749:  d.  27  Seitteuibir.  177'> :   nnni. 

9.  Ahiifiiil,  b.  ill  Souheyan  West;  in.  Stephen  Curtis  ;  il.  lo.lanu- 
ary,  1782." 

1(1.  Man/,  b.  in  \7'>''>:  in.  tJ"'"'  S.cconib  1:')  \ovinilM-r.  1777. 
11.   MehitabU',  b.  in  17.').'.  :  d.  I  May.  179ll ;   imniarri.  d. 

III.  .").  WiLLLx.M  Small,  b.  in  Dauvers.  .Mass..  lil  October, 
174;'> :  d.  in  Morristown,  Vt.,x  Janiniry,  1S34  ;  m.  Patience' 
liovejoy  1  Feliruary,  1787.  She  was  b.  in  AnduM'st  1  April, 
17t>t> ;  d.  in  .Monistown  IS  ()ctobcr,  1S')1.  They  .settled  <m 
the  farm  recently  ofcnpicd  by  .John  Le;i\itt,  whenc«'  they 
rem.  to  Morristown  in  1813.     Their  children  were — 

49 


770  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

12.  Willimu,  b.  7  September,  1787;  d.  1  July,  1862:  m.  Lydia 
Churchill ;  settled  in  Morristowu  ;  four  children. 

13.  George,  b.  1  July,  1789  ;  d.  27  May,  1875;  la.  Orpah  Wilkins  11 
February,  1819;    settled  in  Morristown  ;    ten  children. 

11.  Luther,  b.  2  May.  1791  ;  d.  in  Morristown  14  September,  1851  ; 
unmarried. 

15.  Patience  Lovejoy^  b.  1  April,  1793  ;  d.  in  Morristown  26  Septem- 
ber, 1849  ;  unmarried. 

16.  Sarah,  b.  22  September,  1796;  d.  16  February,  1874;  m.  Am- 
herst Palmer ;  four  children. 

17.  Mary,  b.  10  June,  1799  ;  d.  1  December,  1863  ;   unmarried. 

18.  Lucretia  Carter,  b.  9  June,  1802  ;  d.  22  September,  1805. 
10.  Joseph,  b.  2  March,  1804 ;  d.  16  September,  1805. 

20.  A  son,  b.  and  d.  7  October,  1806. 

21.  Nancy  Bradford,  b.  28  November.  1807;  res.  in  Morristown; 
unmarried. 

22.  Norman   Chandler,   b.  28  November,  1807;   d.  2  March,  1808. 

23.  Laura  Roby,h.  14  April,  1810;  m.  Nathan  Ilerrick  ;  res.  in  Min- 
nesota; four  children. 

24.  Gilbert  Small,  b.  in  Goffstown  8  February,  1820: 
m.  Sabra  P.  Lock  3  April,  1845.  She  was  b.  in  Deering  18 
August,  1820.  Tliey  rem.  from  Weare  to  Amherst  in  April, 
1819.  He  is  a  blacksmith  and  occupies  the  shop  built  and 
occupied  by  George  Kinson.     Their  children  are — 

25.  Lc-Ha  J.,  1).  11  September,  1849  ;  m.  f  Charles  W.  Dodge  11  March, 
1878. 

26.  George  G.,  b.  13  July,  1854. 

27.  Belle  F.,h.  11  October,  1860. 

SMITH. 

1.  Timothy  Smith  and  Mary  Damon,  of  Reading,  Mass., 
were  m.  9  April,  1751.  They  settled  in  Amherst  about 
1762.  He  d.  13  March,  1798,  aged  68.  She  d.  30  April, 
1798,  aged  70.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Rebecca,  b.  14  August,  1759. 

3.  Isaac,  b.  28  January,  1762. 

4.  ^Macerick,  b.  2  August,  1764. 

5.  EUns,  b.  13  May,  1770;  d.  21  January,  1771. 

6.  Timothy. 

7.  Mary. 


I 


XXI  \'.]  CKNKALOGIES.  771 

4.  .Mavi;i;iik  Smith,  It.  'J  AulhisI,  17t'»l:  m.  R.-ln'cca 
D.iiiiMii.  1)1"  Koiidiim-,  Mass.,  iK  Juno,  17SH.  Tli»\v  s.'ttlod 
ill  Aiiilicrst.  Ill'  il.  11  ScptciiilxT.  1H;')0.  She  (1.  in  Fohru- 
ary,  1831,  aged  64.     Tlioir  children  woir — 

8.  Relwrr,!,  h.  (■)  .M.iivh.  17!ll. 

9.  X<M;/,h.-J\   l).n-.-iiil»'r.  17;i;{. 

1(1.   Mitrrrir/,;  l>.  in  ITIK) ;   m.  Ilaimiili  H.mU-M  in  F.'l.niary.  ls:{;i;  ,]. 
1   May.  IS-lO. 
11.    Mlmho'll,  1..  in  17!i7. 
r_>.  Snra/i. 

13.  Catherine. 

14.  CoOLEY  Smith,  of  Ipsu-ii-h  llauilit,  .Mass.,  ni.  Sirali, 
dauijliter  of  Tiiomas  and  Sarah  Miirnharn,of  Ipswich,  Mass. 

They  settled  in  MiiMli'ti»ii,  Mass.     Tlifir  chililren  were — 

15.  EzeUel,  h. -.i  .inw,  17-il  ;  .1.  \U  .Vov.-ihI.it,  1737. 

IG.   P.iltlnh,  1).  2  .\ii,Mist.  17-5  5:  d.  in  171)2;   umnarii''d. 

17.  Simih.h.  17  May,  17;5tj  :  m.  (1)  Oziminh  Wilklns  :  ni.  (2)  Dan- 
iel Wilkins,  of   Sutton. 

LS.  Aari>n,h.  21  April,  17-5S  ;  ni.  (1)  Mary  Thomas;  ni.  (2)  Mr.s. 
15ixl>y.     They  scttleil  in  Anihi-rst,,  \orth-we.st  Parish. 

1!'.   Amc//,  b.  20  June,  1740  ;  u\.  Ai/u!la  WHkins,  oi  New  F^ondon. 

2(1.  ICnnire^h.  'JH  .Inn.'.  1712;  ni.  A'.iir  Millins  :  il  in  Mi.l.lU-ton, 
.Mass. 

•2\.  Jemima.  1..  22  Ainil.  17  H;  ni.  Enus  Will.ins,  of  Mi.MI.'ton, 
Mass. 

22.  .faroh.  1..  ID  Maivli,  17l<;:  ni.  Hannah  Upton,  of  Mi.ldleton  ; 
r.'ni.  to  .Vnduiisl,  N'orth-w.-s;  I'.nish  ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  in  1.S12;  4 
.sons — 

1.  Daiut'l.  3.  JfTciniaii. 

2.  David.  I.  Jacol.. 

2  5.   D trill.  1>.  .")  DecpndxT,  171^;  ni. SwcftsiT;  si'tflcd  in  Soutli 

lii'a  liii','.  now  Waki'field,  M.i-is.  ;   four  sons — 

1.  David.  3.    An-hil.al.i. 

2.  \M:ih.  I.    A.l.im. 

24.  i.lam,s.\K  11  I-V'l.rnary.  17.'>i:  ni.  (1)  .M..riali  llolfe ;  ni.  (2) 
Sarah  (Flildreth)  Join-s. 

2.").  LifiHa.  1>.  !i  Xoviiudifr.  17')5;  m.  ^Aamn  Wilkin.i :  .sottled  in 
AinhtTst. 

20.  Xanmi.  l>.  5  Aj>ril.  17.")7  :  ni.  lUuiamiu  ]ViUin.i  :  .settleil  in 
i.vndi'horouirli. 


772  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

24.  James  Smith,  b.  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  14  February, 
1750  ;  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  29  January,  1831  ;  m.  (1)  Moriah 
Rolfe,  of  Middleton,  Mass.,  in  1775.  They  settled  in  Mid- 
dleton,  where  they  remained  until  about  1778,  when  they 
rem.  to  Amherst,  North-west  Parish,  where  Mrs.  Smith  d. 
in  December,  1802.  He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Sarah  (Hildreth) 
Jones,  who  d.  in  November,  1S30.     Their  children  were — 

27.  j;Rngers,  b.  in  Middleton,  V2  June,  1776. 

28.  Reheccii,  h.  in  Amlierst  in  177S  ;  m.  Robert  Christie  ;  d.  in  Xew 
Boston  6  September,  1804 ;  four  children — 

1.  James.  3.  -lesse. 

2.  Mary.  i.   Rebecca. 

29.  -f  Jesse,  b.  5  April,  1781 ;  m.  Nabby  Kittredge. 

30.  j  James,  b.  8  February,  1784  ;  m.  Susannah  White. 

31.  ^Luther,  b.  27  December,  1786 ;  m.  Mary  Carleton. 

32.  Mary  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

33.  Leander,  b.  22  August,  1808  ;  m.  Sophronia  Wilkins  29  Novem- 
ber, 1833  ;  was  selectman  and  representative  of  Mont  Vernon  several 
years  ;  rem.  to  Antrim  in  1860,  where  he  now  res.  Three  of  his  sons 
lost  their  lives  in  the  service  of  their  country  in  the  late  civil  war. 

27.  Rogers  Smith,  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  12  June,  1776  ; 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Jones,  of  Lyndeborough  ;  com- 
menced practice  iu  Amlierst;  rem.  thence  to  Mont  Vernon  ; 
afterward  to  Greenbush,N.  Y.,  and  Weston,  Vt. ;  m.  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sukey  (Washer)  Dodge,  15  Janu- 
ary, 1802.  She  was  b.  18  September,  1779  ;  d.  in  Weston, 
in  August,  1840.  He  d.  in  Weston  25  March,  1845.  Their 
children  were — 

34.  Samuel,  b.  in  Amherst  7  July,  181)2  ;  d.  24  September,  1804. 

35.  Asa  Dodge,  h.  in  Amherst  21  September,  1804  ;  d.  in  Hanover 
16  August,  1877  ;  m.  Sai-ah  A.  Adams,  of  North  Andover,  Mass.  She 
d.  24  September,  1882,  aged  76.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College 
in  1830;  was  pastor  of  the  14th  St.  Presbyterian  Church,  in  New  Yoi'k, 
29  years,  and  President  of  Dartmouth  College  from  186  3  to  1877. 

36.  Sarah,  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  2  August,  1806;  m.  (1)  John  Dale  ; 
m.  (2)  Elijah  Munson,  of  Wallingford,  Vt. ;  d.  in  August,  1851. 

37.  Rebecca,  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  12  November,  1808  ;  m.  Cephas 
Dale ;  res.  in  Iowa. 


XXIV.]  CKNKALOCIKS.  TTo 

38.  Antifi,  h.  in  rJio<'iil)usli,  N.  V.  ;   m.  Kev.  Dennis  Chiipin. 
8f).   flnniff  IC,  h.  in  Weston,  Vt. ;  is  an  eminent  lawyer  in  .fulinston, 
X.  v.,  ;iinl  Di'iui  of  till'  Albany  Law  School. 

29.  Jksse  Smith,  h.  in  Amln'i-st  .')  April,  ITsl ;  d.  in  M,,iit 
N't'iiioii  14  April,  1862 ;  in.  Nabhy,  dausrhter  <»!  I)r.  /fph- 
aiiiali  Kitti-cdoc,  in  ISOI.  She  •!.  7  .May,  l>^t)6.  Their  rhil- 
(iren  were — 

40.  Jesxe  Kilt n <!<!(' ,  1..  •_'!(  Octnlt.-r,  ISOl  ;  ,1.  I'l  D.-cmiiImt,  18.j1  ;  a 
■'killfnl  snrgeon  and  I'liysician  in  .Mont  Vernon. 

11.  Awl'msf,  l>.  10  Scpteniltcr,  IBOS;  res.  in  (iotYstown. 

\'J.  Xnriiiini.  1).  lU  October.  Isll  ;  a  snrijeon  and  j)liysician  in  (imton, 
Mass. 

■1:5.    f.iiuni.  li.  'J[  Xoveinln'r.  ISll  ;   n-s.  in  .Mont   N'ernon  ;   unni. 

l\.  ./iiiius,  b.  1*:5  Septend.er,  1S17  :  d.  7  Septendier,  l>ils. 

•■)<!.  Jamks  Smith.  1>.  8  February,  1784;  d.  in  Mont  Ver- 
non 2t»  Septcndn'r,  ISOII;  ni.  Sn.sannali  White,  ot  Lynde- 
iMJi-oiiLih,  1  daiuiary.  18'i.").     'I'hcir  (diiiilren  were — 

b").  ./(lines  G..  b.  '22  December,  b'^Oa  :  a  Metliodi>t  clergyman  ;  res.  in 
riymonth. 

46.   Lutht'i;  b.  <)  October,  bS(»7:  d.  in  Manchester  in  March.  IHtJi'. 
■17.    Moridh  Holj'i,  b.  11  Jannary.  1>>10;  <1.  in  infancy. 

ol.  LiTiii'.R  Smith,  1).  27  December,  17(Si;  ;  a  jthysieian  at 
llill.sboroiigh  Bridj^e,  where  he  d.  ')  August,  1824.  He  in. 
Mary,  daughter  ot"  Oea.  John  Carleton.  She  wa.s  b.  19  Jan- 
uary, 171X):  d.  2it  Martdi.  1S72.     Their  children  were — 

•IS.  Mnnj  E.,  b.  7  May,  18ls  ;  d.  10  .lane,  185:5. 

19.  C/n'rles  James,  b.  :{  September,  1820;  now  res.  in  Mont  Vernon, 
where  he  Invs  servcil  as  sni)erinten<lin,ii  .school  committee  many  years  ; 
represented  the  town  in  the  tjeneral  court,  and  served  a.s  .senator  for 
District  No.  8  two  years.  He  ha.s  also  compiled  and  published  a  val- 
uable historical  sketch  of  the  town  of  IlillslKtrou'^h. 

50.  JoNATir.vN  Smith,  b.  in  I)anvers,  Ma.ss.,  21  F(>briiary, 

1785;  d.    in   Ainh(M-st    1    April,  17"J5 ;   ni.    Abigail  . 

She  was  b.  27  November,  17:':'.  ;  d.  IM  .Mareh.  Isol.  They 
settled  in  Amherst  al)ont  17ti<»,  where  he  was  an  inn-kee|)er 
several  years.     Their  children  were — 


774  HISTORY    OP  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

51.  -fJonathan,  b.  in  1762. 

52.  Walter,  b.  in  1766. 

53.  ^Jedididh  K'uhurn,  b.  7  November,  1770. 

54.  Elizdheth,  b.  in  1772;  d.  in  Jaiuxary,  177-5. 

51.  Jonathan  Smith,  jr.,  b.  in  171)2 ;  d.  in  Bedford, 
Penn.,  in  May,  1813  ;  m.  Amelia,  daughter  of  Hon.  Samuel 
Dana,  8  December,  1787  ;  succeeded  Gen.  Moses  Nichols  as 
register  of  deeds  for  Hillsborough  county  in  1790,  and  held 
the  office  until  he  left  Amherst  in  October,  1802.  His 
wife  remained  in  Amherst  until  about  1824,  when  she  rem. 
to  New  York  city,  where  she  d.  in  1826.  Tlieir  children 
were — 

55.  Amelia,  h.  17  March,  1791);  m.  Solomon  Parker  7  November, 
1808. 

56.  Luri/  Gi(l(lin(/s,  b.  23  October,  179-i  ;  m.  Hon.  Samuel  Bell  4 
July,  1826  ;  d.  in  Chester  8  May,  1881). 

.37.  Harriet ;  m.  Horatio  Perry  in  March,  1826. 

58.  George ;  studied  medicine ;  settled  in  Middleton,  Mass. ;  d.  in 
Amherst  2  August,  1822,  aged  23  years. 

59.  Anna  Dana  :  m.  Rev.  Stephen  I.  Bradstreet,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  5 
August,  182-i. 

53.  Jedidiah  Kilbdrn  Smith,  b.  in  Amherst  7  November, 
1770  ;  d.  17  December,  1828  ;  was  an  active  Republican 
politician  during  the  war  of  1812-15;  representative  in  Con- 
gress, councillor,  postmaster,  and  a  judge  of  the  county 
court ;  m.  Anna  Henchman  30  September,  1802.  She  d.  4 
July,  1810,  aged  27.     Their  children  were — 

60.  Jedidiah  Killninu  Jr. :  d.  9  May,  1827,  aged  22. 

61.  Anna  Hencliman  :  m.  Tyler  Tapper  in  April,  1834;  d.  in  Mont 
Vernon. 

62.  Peter  Elkins  Smith  carried  on  the  blaeksmithing 
business  several  years  in  the  shop  on  Amherst  Plain,  since 
occupied  by  Joel  F.  Osgood.  He  m.  Betsey  Runnels  31 
August,  1817.  She  was  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  12  March, 
1798  :  d.  in  Milford  7  October,  1875.  They  left  Amherst 
about  1839.     Their  children  were — 


XXIV.]  {;knkalo(;ii;s.  77 "» 

<;3.  Sop/iiii  li'iinnils,  \>.  Irt  OcIhImt.  IsIs;  m.  |;.\.  Mr.  (  ii.iiiiiiiiliii  : 
ifs.  ill  Iowa. 

til.  ('(iniline  Elizahelli,  \>.  \'>  Si'pti-iiil)cr.  ISi'd  ;  m.  Iti-v.  Mr.  .lewrll  ; 
ri's.  ill  Illinois. 

•  !.').  C/tarles  (flis,  li.  :{  May.  Isl'5;  .1.  in  'rauiitoii,  .Mass.,  I  iMii.riiaiy. 
1  ^72. 

<>(].  Jam'  rmlfr/iill.  I),  i  Jiiii".  ISiH  ;   iii.  Mr.  Sari^t-iil. 

t'u.  Mitri/  Luri/,  1>.  L'S  \i i\ imiiIht.  ls;jj;  III.  y\v.  I'at t>Tsoii  ;  it>s.  in 
I  >uri;lit'.stt!r. 

(i<S.  Ilerltert  Auyiislus,  h.  17  Octolx'r,  1S8.'»;  m.  Kiiiiiia  !.  \V<si  7 
Sf]it('inl>i'r,  !>>()••.  (I.  ill  Bradford.  Mass.,  20  tiaiiiiarv.  1S7<). 

•  !'.'.  L\\(;in).N  S.MiTH,  lu.  Sai'.ih  Ann,  daiijjIitLM-  of  J.»rj.li 
Cr.'sliy.  11  Aiiirust,  1835  ;  .sottled  on  the  Crosby  lioiiicstcad. 
Tlicii'  cliiMrrii  were — 

70.  S'lrith  Miiriii,  1>.  22  Mav,  1S:J(>;  m.  Cvnis  Tatc-li  lo  K.-l>riiary. 
iN;")!!;  d.  in  (^niiicy.  .Mass..  IS  January.  lss:{. 

71.  dunlin  r  /Iu;/t,  li.  Ill  .January.  ls|J:  in.  Mary  Frances  Xii-Imls  L'l 
.March,  istlli. 

The  liirths  oi'  the  rollowiiiir  ehihln'ii  of  (7i!)  .loil\  S.MITH 
are  recorded  on  the  town  l)ook  o(  reeord.s  : 

7;5.  Jdlin,  1).  S  l)3c?iul>er,  17">1.  77.  IS'  ii/iimin,  h.  '2-i  No\.  17")^. 

71.  .l/.f///.  I.,  (i  Xove'iibiT,  17".:!.  78.  Dirhl,  b.  H  .Fiily.  17')  ». 

7.'>.  Sont/i,  1).  :J.)  July,  17.")."».  7!».  Iirlil;/,t,  l>.  0  May.  17iL'. 

70.  .1;//!^/,  I). 'i')  Jiiiu',  17.")t».  so.  /.»/r/(</-,  b.  :J0  Dt'c-mlcr.  17fil. 

Children  of  (  si  )  |)ami:l  and  KM  mam.vh  S.Miin.as  re- 
eordfd  on  the  town  honk — 

sj.   Stimutl,h.2-2  Sept.  17S:i.  S[.   M,ir,/,h-  -'2  .\u;.{ust.  17SJ). 

s:{.    Xanri/.  \  .March.  17^i7.  S.'i.    Siisunufili,  \>.  lO  July.  17!»l. 

Danikl  SMirn  \v:is  a  llevolntionary  soldier.  Affrr  the 
•  lose  of  the  wai-  hr  niairitMJ  and  settled  in  Andierst  :  thence, 
aftfi'  some  years,  he  I'fin  ivcd,  with  his  fanjily,  to  \'t'iiii'»nt. 

SNOW. 

KnMt M)  and  rK<;(;Y  Snow  wen-  icsidrnts  in  .Vinln-rst 
some   years.      lie    d.    in   Camlirid,!li'|»ort.    .Mass..    17    .Maich. 


77G  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1848,  ngcd   82   years.     Two   of  their  cliildren  d.  in   Am- 
herst— 

Charles  ;  d.  19  February,  1<S1:3,  aged  2i>. 
Leancler  W.  :  d.  20  April,  1818,  aged  23. 

SPALDlNCx. 

I.  Edward  Spalding,  the  first  American  ancestor  of 
this  family  came  to  America  probably  between  1630  and 
1633.  He  seems  to  have  settled  at  Braintree,  Mass.,  where 
his  wif^,  Margaret,  d.  in  1640,  and  liis  daughter,  Grace,  in 
1641.  He  m.  (2)  Rachel  .  He  was  made  a  Free- 
man 13  May,  1640.  In  October,  1645,  he,  with  thirty-one 
others,  received  a  grant  of  a  tract  of  land  "  not  exceeding 
ten  thousand  acres"  from  the  General  Court  which  seems 
never  to  have  been  located.  In  1652  and  1653  he  was  en- 
gaged with  others  in  procuring  a  grant  of  the  town  of 
Chelmsford,  Mass.,  which  was  surveyed  and  laid  out  probably 
in  1653,  and  incorporated  in  May,  1655.  He  settled  in 
Chelmsford  about  1654,  and  d.  there  26  February,  1670,  leav- 
ing five  children.     Of  these — 

II.  John  Spalding,  b.  about  1683,  went,  with  his  father, 
to  Chelmsford  ;  m.  Hannah  Hale  at  Concord,  Mass.,  18  May, 
1658.  She  d.  14  August,  1689.  He  d.  at  Chelmsford  3 
October,  1721,  leaving  eight  children.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war.     Of  his  children — 

III.  Joseph  Spalding,  b.  22  October,  1673  ;  m.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Colburn,  of  Chelmsford,  10  April,  1700. 
He  d.  at  Chelmsford  12  March,  1728,  leaving  four  chil- 
dren. 

IV.  Col.  Simeon  Spalding,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Colburn)  Spalding,  was  b.  4  August,  1713;  m.  (1)  Sarah 
Fletcher,  about  1736,  by  whom  he  had  five  children.  She 
d.  14  November,  1746;  he  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Abigail  (Johnson) 
Wilson,  of  Woburn.     They  had  nine  children.     She  was  b. 


^ 


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XXIV.] 


(JKNKALOCIKS. 


777 


ir,  .July,  IT'J:!;  <|.  20  .Jimc,  ISl-J.  II..   .|.  in    ('li..|iiisf(.nl    7 

April,  17.^,").      Col.  Spaldiiiif    \v:is  an    ai'ti\c'    iiaViiot    in    the 

Rcvoliitidiiary  coiitcsf,  and   lillcd  nuuiy    iiii|i()rtant    and    rc- 
s|t()nsil)l('  (illiccs  in  his  town. 


Ur^iDiNCK  i)y  Till    I. A  II    l>i:.  Mai  iiii\-  M\ii>i\i..  .\<i\v   iiik 
l{i>ii>i:NrK  OK  111  \.  ,lii>i  \ii  (i.  1)\\  IS. 

A  portion  ot  llic  main  liouse  was  Imill  l>y  Saiimrl  Stfwaii  prior  to 
177tl.  It  was  purcliasi'd  l)y  lion.  Samnel  Dana  in  17^1',  ami  cnlargi'd, 
after  whicli  it  was  occiipit'd  l»y  liiin  and  his  family  until  aliont  181'J. 
It  was  then  i>nrflia.s«'<l  l<y  Dr.  SpaMini,^  and  occn]>ii'd  liy  liim  until  his 
death,  in  May,  1S65,  sinci'  which  tiini-  it  has  lict-n  owned  ;ind  occu- 
pied by  I'fv.  Mr.  Davis. 

\'.  1.  l>i!.  Matthias  Spalpim;,  son  (d  Col.  Simron  and 
At)i,uail  (  Wilson)  S|)aldin}j^,  was  1).  in  ('ludinsfonj  'J.")  .Ijine, 
1769:  d.in  Ainhoi-.st  "22  May,1865  ;  m.  Rtdiccoa  Wcnlwoith, 
(latmlitci-  of  lion,  .roslnia  Athorton,  l*!  Sc'ptiMnlii'f,  1S()(>. 
She  was  It.  7  An,u;iist,  177S ;  d.  27  Decondtcr,  1862.  lie 
settled  in  Andierst  in  1806.     Their  children  were — 


778  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

2.  Frances  Rebecca,  h.  10  July,  1807 ;  d.  5  January,  1808. 

3.  Abigail  Atherton,h.  3  December,  1809  ;  m.  fRev.  Josiah  G.  Davis. 

4.  Frances  Rebecca,  b.  27  August,  1811;  d.  8  September,  1815. 

5.  Edward,  b.  15  September.  1813  ;  m.  Dorothy  Everett  Barrett,  of 
New  Ipswich,  23  June,  1842;  res.  in  Nashua.      Three  children — 

1.  Mary  Appleton,  b.  20  March,  1818. 

2.  Edward    Atherton,  b.  13  October,  1852  ;    d.  10   November, 

lS(i3. 

3.  Dora  Narcissa,  b.  25  July,  1857. 

6.  Alfred,  h.  24  October,  1815;  m.  R3becca,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Seaton,  P]sq.,  of  Greenupsburg,  Ky.,  14  May,  1846  ;  d.  at  Greenupsburg 
20  December,  1878.     Five  childien — 

1.  George  Atherton,  b.  14  January,  1849  ;  m.  Rebecca  A.  Davis 

4  September,  1878. 

2.  Hannah  Eddy,  b.  2  November,  1853  ;  d.  28  July,  1854. 

3.  Alfred  Matthias,  b.  13  April,  1854. 

4.  Helen  Hockaday,  b.  31  October,  I860. 

5.  Rebecca  Weutworth,  b.  15  September,  1863. 

7.  George,  b.  24  November,  1817  ;  killed  at  sea  by  a  fall  from  a 
mast  21  March,  1837. 

8.  James,  b.  11  December,  1820;  d.  21  October,  1826. 

9.  Rebecca  Frances,  b.  9  November,  1822  ;  d.  20  October,  1826. 

10.  Isaac  Spalding,  b.  in  New  Ipsvvicli  1  February,  1796; 
d.  in  Nashua  14  May,  1876  ;  m.  Lucy  Kendall,  of  Amherst, 
1  May,  1828.  She  was  b.  13  December,  1796.  Tiieir  chil- 
dren were — 

11.  Edward  Francis,  b.  6  ^Slay,  1831  ;  d.  30  August,  1837. 

12.  Isaac  Henri/,  b.  13  March,  1840;  d.  30  August,  1844. 

STACKPOLE. 

Andrew  Stackpole,  formerly  of  Bath,  Me.,  d.  in  Amherst  15  February, 
1877. 

STANLEY. 

1.  Samuel  Stanley  m.  Jane  Seaton.  They  resided  on  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  Francis  W.  Holbrook.  He  d.  of  spotted 
fever  19  April,  1811,  aged  61.  She  d.  5  December,  1812, 
aged  66.     Their  children  were — 


XXI  \'.]  (;knealo(;ies.  TT'.i 

■J.  ^A  mill  ir.  li.  :•  I'rliriiaiv.  177;"). 

■  \.  I'ei/i/if,  \).  \'.i  Si'i>t('mlifr.  177'!;  m.  .fnslni.i  Wviiiaii  L'.">  D.rcmliiT, 
17!»t;. 

i).   Salli/,  b.  2;")  July,  17S!);   in.  f  Natliaiiicl  Siialliu-k,  Ksq. 

2.  Andkkw  Stanlkv,  l>.  ;')  l-Vlinuii-y,  177') :  il.iii  Itidjjcway, 
<  )il(';iiis  coiiiity.  New  York,  in  May,  \Si')~  ;  m.  l-'aimy  I'linci' 
2a  A|.riK  IsoT.  Slu-  .1.  18  October,  1878,  aged  97.  On.- 
cliiltl  Ituiii  in  Ainlu'i'st — 

tJ.   Sitiiiii'l.  li.  ■J7  .lamiarv.  l>>lt). 

4.  David  and  S\\n\  Stanlkv.  A  ircord  of  iln-  liirflis  n( 
till-  t'liUiiwiiiir  (diildrcii  of  David  ami  Maiy  Stanley  is  I'nnnd 
on  the  titw  n  Ixiok — 

7.  Diirul.        ) 

,,     ,         ,  1..  l;i  l).-iTml..r.  ISll. 

STKAKNS. 

I.  Daniel  and  2  .Tomn  Stkaijns,  brothers,  and  their  con- 
sin.-'*  ZAriiAKiAM.  setth'd  in  AnduMst  at  an  earl\  ihite. 

1.  Dami;l  Sti:ai!Ns  ni.  (1)  IJetsey  Arhnekle,  of  Mi'rri- 
niark  ;  ni.  (2)  Dntton  :  left  one  child. 

The  children  of  (2)  .loMN  Stkakns  were — 

4.  Jiilin  .   III.  .Sally  Hlanciianl  f»  ( )ct(tl»<'r.  17H1  ;  s.-ttli-il  in  ViTinout. 

5.  Klnizrr:  .settled  in  .Vinlici-sl  ;  «1.  !»  March.  ls4(;,  aged  S(( ;   mini. 
<!.  Jolhdin  ;  .settled  in  (iolYstown;    one   of  his   dauu'liter.s   in.  lion. 

Mace   Moultoii,  ot"    Manchester;    anether.  heacmi    Cyrii.s    Ka.slMian,  of 
.Vmlierst. 

7.   flieuhfii. 

K.  EHjdli  :  married  ;  was  drowned  in  Merrimack  river  ii'iir  »..>ti"'  s 
Falls. 

n.  t-/"'"'>',  !'■  -t"  Aiiirust.  1774. 
10.   linrh.l  :   m.  .Fohn  Diittoii  1   .May.  17>1  ;  d.  17  .laniiary.  isj'i.  a^cl 
7ly..ar>. 

II.  n,l„r.;i  :  m.  HoyiT  Duttoii  0  .Inly,  178i». 
12.  Salli/  :  m. —  Anderson,  of  Merrimack. 

l;}.  Bi'tseif :  m.  Xaccheiis  .*->leariis  1;{  Decemlx-r,  17!*1. 


780  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

7.  Reuben  Stearns  m.  Miriam  Whiting  28  March,  1799. 
He  d.  in  November,  1842,  aged  73.  She  d.  in  Bedford  9 
September,  1851,  aged  76.     Their  children  were — 

14.  Sophia  :  m.  f  Timothy  Jones,  of  Amherst. 

15.  Almira ;  m.  Bradley  Blaiichard,  of  Dunstable,  in  October,  1826  ; 
d.  28  February,  1827,  aged  20. 

16.  Locey;  d.  in  Lowell  -i  May,  1832,  aged  20. 

17.  Luci/  ;  m.  j  Isaac  llarradon  .3  October,  1820. 

9.  James  Stearns,  b.  30  August,  1774 ;  d.  14  January, 
1854  ;  m.  Lydia  Glover,  of  Nottingham  West.  She  was  b.  29 
July,  1780  ;  d.  2  May,  1863.     Their  children  were—  . 

18.  Ahiya'd  ;  m.  Reuben  Hardy,  of  Mollis. 

19.  Harriet  A. ;  m.  Minot  Blood  14  March,  1844;  d.  in  South  Merri. 
mack  1  February,  1883,  aged  81  years  and  10  months. 

20.  f  Hiram  D. ;  m.  Mary  Putnam. 

21.  Solomon  Granville:  m.  (1)  Mary  Collins ;    m.  (2)   Susan   Harra- 

don  ;  m.  (3) Ritterbush  ;  m.  (4) .    He  d.  in  North 

Hyde  Park,  Vt.,  12  December,  1882,  aged  78  years  and  4  months. 

22.  James ;  m. Patch  ;  settled  in  Vermont. 

28.  Betsey ;  m.  William  Pitcher ;  d.  in  Attleborough,  Mass. 

24.  Adeline:  m.  Charles  Gregg  13  November,  1831  ;  res.  in  New- 
York. 

25.  Caroline  R.,h.  13  August,  1812:  m.  Alexander  McC.  Wilkins  2 
December,  1834 ;  res.  in  Merrimack. 

26.  Mary ;  m.  James  Laugdell ;  res.  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

27.  Frances :  m.  Henry  W.  Brown,  of  Providence,  R.  L,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1838  ;  d.  in  Amherst. 

28.  Charles :  married ;  res.  in  New  York. 

29.  Jane :  m.  William  King ;  res.  in  New  Jersey. 

20.  Hiram  D.  Stearns,  b.  27  November,  1802  ;  m.  Mary 
Putnam  in  November,  1825.  She  was  b.  6  October,  1799 ; 
d.  30  March,  1879.     Their  children  were— 

30.  Granville  A.,h.  16  September,  1826  ;  d.  30  August,  1853. 

31.  Rebecca  Ann,  b.  2  January,  1829  ;  d.  7  ]March,  1831. 

32.  James,h.  22  January,  1832;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  R.  Eaton  16  October, 
1873  ;  res.  in  Amherst. 

33.  William.  D.,h.  20  August,  1834 ;    m.   (1)    Fanny  E.  Mai-vell  24 

November,  1859.     She  d.  1  March,  1863.     He  m.  (2)  Julia .    She 

d.  28  March,  1876,  aged  35. 


XXIV.]  GENEALO(nRS.  781 

34.  Marii  /•'..  I),  ill  August,  l.s:57  ;  d.  20  .July,  !«.'){). 

35.  Eiizn  ./.,  li.  2;{  September,  1.S42;  res.  in  Amherst  ;   iimnarri.-d. 

3.  Z.\CHAKiAii  Stearns,  cousin  ol  .Jdlm  nml  Itanid,  m. 
I')ctt\ ,  (lauf^liter  of  John.     Tlicii-  luily  cliild  — 

30.   Leonard,  d.  mmiarried. 

87.  Sami'KL  Stkai{Ns  ni.  Ifciisilcili  l'>i'yant,  of  Middlct'in, 
Mass., 21  Octolicr,  17.")7.  lie  was  in  Anilicrst  in  ITTii.lmt 
all  of  his  family  had  Ict't  \>v\nv  to  lS()4. 

Child  of  (;iS)  l5i:N.rAMiN  ami  .Mi:iiri ahlh  Stkakns — 
39.  Benjdiniii.  \>.  2  May.  17SG. 


Mi.ts  /■Jiniiii  II'.  Stenrns  d.  21  XdVcmliiT,  1877,  aj^i'd  S,">  years  and 
2  months. 

Willow  Slffirns  d.  ill  daiiiiarv.  isl },  aged  8(1. 
Mrs.  Stearns,  wife  of  SdIoiuoii  (J.  Stearns,  d.  in  August,  ls;{l. 

STKKL,  OR  STKHLK. 

Joseph  Steel,  a  wherlwriirht,  set  fled  in  Sonlu'tran  West 
before  flic  incor|)i)ratioii  of  Amherst.  Ife  d.  '2']  Fcinnarv, 
178S.  His  will  was  |)resentcd  for  |»roi)alt'  li  f  Mari.-h  id'  that 
year.      In  it  he  nantcs  his  wife,  Sally,  ami  idiildrm. 

.loliii,  1).  2!)  August,  173.J.  He  relincjuishtMl  all  further  elaim  ui>on 
his  father's  estate  upon  tln'  rcci'ipt  of  <'iglil"cii  Spanish  milli-d  ilnlhirs 
2!t  August.  17.")li. 

Josi'pli,  li.  in  173S. 

Susannah,  1>.  in  1711. 

Rachel;  ni.  •John  McMillen.  of  \e\v  Hoston. 

Jane:  iji.  .Vnnanias  M<'Allisti'r. 

Sarah  :  m.  Kli;us  Hassell. 

Samuel,  h.  19  Fehruarv.  17.")1. 

Hannah,  h.  in  Julv.  17">;>. 


/l/i»(r;,  daughter  of  .Jt)si'pii  and  Klizaheth  .'^teelt^   was    \i.    \^    ItrcciM- 
ber,  niiS. 


782  ■     HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

STEVENS. 

Daniel  and  Hannah  Stevens,  probably  from  Andover, 
Mass.,  were  among  the  early  settlers  in  Souhegan  West. 
He  d.  30  May,  1806,  aged  77  ;  she  d.  23  May,  1815,  aged 
83.     Among  their  children  were — 

1.  jDanlel,  Jr.,  b.  8  April,  1751.        \  jEnoch,  h.  5  June,  1774. 

2.  \ Solomon,  b.  in  1772. 

I.  Daniel  Stevens,  jr.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  Stevens, 
b.  8  April,  1751 ;  d.  2  March,  1825  ;  m.  Snsannah  Abbott 
in  1771.  She  was  b.  20  December,  1753  ;  d.  in  May,  1830. 
Their  children  were — 

4.  Sumnnah,  b.  1  March,  1772. 

5.  Persis,  b.  1  Decsinbar,  177o  ;  lu. Farrium  ;  d.  20  July,  1853. 

6.  Betsey,  b.  17  December,  177() ;  d.  11  April,  1854. 

7.  Charle.'i,  b.  9  January,  1780  ;  in.  Mary  H.  Blunt  7  July,  1803  ;  d. 
in  July,  1810. 

8.  Hannah,  b.  5  September,   1781  ;  m. ;  d.   in  March, 

1832. 

9.  John  Abbott,  b.  29  Marcli.  1783  :  d.  14  April,  1836. 
10.  Lucretia,  b.  19  August,  1785  ;  d.  in  February,  1831. 

II.  Frances,  b.  21  November,  1789  ;  m.  Isaac  Morse,  of  Winchen- 
don,  Mass.,  20  February,  1821  ;  d.  9  June,  1865. 

12.  Nanci/,  b.  16  April,  1792  ;  m.  Daniel  M.  Day ;  d.  in  Buffalo, 
N.y.,  6  June,  1854. 

13.  ^Daniel  Farnuni,  b.  3  October,  1794. 

14.  Clarissa,  h.  11  August,  1796;  m.  Hazen  Mills,  of  Milford,  15 
July,  1834 ;  d.  in  March,  1872. 

13.  Daniel  Farnum  Stevens,  b.  3  October,  17i^4  ;  was  for 
many  years  a  merchant  on  Amherst  Plain  ;  d.  21  January, 
1852  ;  ra.  Mrs.  Sophronia  (Holt)  Winchester  17  May,  1832. 
Their  children  were — 

15.  George  Francis,  b.  28  Xovember,  1838 ;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth 
Fletcher  6  June,  1866  ;  res.  in  Ashburnham,  Mass. 

16.  Henry,  b.  17  February,  1843 ;  d.  12  July,  1843. 


Alma  E.  Winchester,  daughter  of  William  and  Sophronia  (Holt)  Win- 
chester, step-daughter  of  Daniel  F.  Stevens,  b.  in  Milford  5  August, 
1825 ;  d.  in  Amherst  13  May,  1866. 


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XXIV.]  ( ;  KN  KA  Lu( ;  I  i;s.  7  s:? 

'2.  Soi-OMON  Stkvkns  in.  .Martha  Hall  An  May,  ITl'T  ;  lie 
(i.  '2t  .May,  ISl").  SIk'  d.  in  January,  isls.  :iir.-.l  17.  Th.-ir 
cliildrni  ufre — 

17.  Almira  Si/mmrs.  h.  l2H  XovtMiilicr,  l~'.)7. 

IS.  lienjnmin   Whitiiuj,  h.  18  March.  iSOd. 

19.  Gntr,'  Hull,  h.  IS  December,  1S((1. 

20.  Solomnn  Haskell,  h.  1  April,  ISO  I. 

21.  Enoch  Jnrksnn,  h.  7  March,  ISIKJ. 

22.  Miirthii  Jane,  h.  24  .Vugu.st,  ISDS. 

2:J.   Sninh  Ann  Prt'm-nlt.  1>.  4  .August,  islO. 

•J  I.    M<inj  Atif/itsta.  Ii.  17  .Vui^ust,  1S12. 

■j:..     W'ihioiN  R.    \V,nl>r„r//,.  I..  2:5   Dr.-rrill.iT.   ISl  L 

:*).  Knoch  Stkvkns,  l».  ■)  .lunc  1774;  ni.  .">arali  Warner, 
(laii'jiiti'r  of  Col.  |)ani('l  Wariici-.  She  was  h.  '2  >f\){r]n- 
l»rr.  1777  ;  d.  10  Aui:;u.st,  ISIG.     'I'licir  rliililr.-n  were — 

2tl.  Alinn  ;  lit.  William  l'attiT.S(iii,  of  Mfrrimack. 

27.   Elizft  B. :  m.  IO|ihraim  (loss,  jr.,  of  Amhcrsl,  s  Xovcmlicr.  \^\\. 

WiUinm  Stevens:  d.  1'5  .\iiL;ust,  1S73,  ajjeil  111. 

Emelin"  F.,  wife  of  .Vlphfiis  Stevens,  <1.  2r»  July,  1S."»S,  aijfd  2S. 

.S'(/^/iV.  (laughter  nf  AIpln'us  Stevt'us,  <l.  10  ( ►■•toln'r.  1S72.  .aj,'oil  4 
moiitlis. 

Mrs.  Slircns,  wil'i-  nt"  .Vl|ilieu.s  Stevens,  il.  12  Septcmln'r.  l>>7.'i,  atjcil 
.'}1  yeans,  1  monlli. 

Henjntnin  M.  Stirens  (lilacksmitli")  d.  27  Fflniiary,  1S|7,  aijt'il  'M. 

sTKWAirr.  (»i:  .-'riAirr. 

1.  IxoitKKT  Stknvaut,  1».  in  (Ilasii'ow,  Scotland  ;  cinitrratt'd 
to  America,  and  .scttit'd  first  in  Andovcr,  Mass.,  tlience  he 
rem.  to  SonlieLrau  West  as  early  as  174!'.  He  had  two  sons, 
(2)  .Fohn  ami  ( •'»  )  Samuel,  both  of  whom  settle(l  in  Souho- 
gan  West. 

3.  Samii:i,  SiKWAiiT  settled  on  .Vmhersi  Tlain  where  \\r\. 
.1.  <i.  Davis  now  residi's.  lie  d.  ^7  .May.  1770,  a^rcd  »)0 
years.  Sai-ah.  his  widow,  d.  in  Se|itemliei-.  HHl).  nired  '.'1. 
Their  children  were — 

I.    .l/ary.  1).  2  Septcml)!'!-,  17l'i:   m.  Kz.-ki.'I  H-.It. 

.").  Ell:iil>,'th,h.:i  Mav.  17.'>".:  m.  Li.-iil.  Uoh.-it  H.  Wilkiii>  .ilo.to- 
Iter.  17S2;  d.  7  Julv.  17S1. 


784  HISTOKY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6.  Samuel,  b.  2.)  February,  1753;  m.  Lydia  EUenwood  17  Novem- 
ber, 1778. 

7.  ]Davki,  b.  20  December,  1757. 

7.  David  Stewart,  b.  20  December,  1757  ;  d.  14  Novem- 
ber, 1821.  He  served  fourteen  years  on  the  l)oard  of  select- 
men, and  was  treasurer  of  Hillsborough  county  from  1803 
until  his  death.  He  m.  Susannah  Lovejoy  18  February, 
1795.  She  was  b.  11  June,  1769  ;  d.  24  August,  1846. 
Their  children  were — 

8.  Sarah  Tarhell,  b.  12  September,  1797  ;  in.  Jonathan  Haskell  15 
November,  1826 ;  d.  29  December,  1843. 

9.  jDnrid,  b.  4  May,  1799. 

10.  Aiisire.f.'i,  h.  29  June,  18 J 1  ;  m.  (1)  Rev.  Jeremiah  Stowe  13  July, 
1826;  m.  (2)  Henry  Pierce;  d.  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  3  January, 
1874. 

11.  Mari/  Blanchard,  b.  20  February,  1803  ;  m.  Dr.  Josiali  Kittredge  ; 
d.  at  Pembroke  23  October,  1825. 

12.  Charles  Lovejoij,  b.  1  January,  1895;  d.  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y., 
1  April,  1868.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Amherst  and  New  York  city ; 
after  his  removal  to  New  York  he  accvinmlated  a  large  estate.  He 
was  an  enterprising,  public-spirited  citizen ;  m.  Amanda  Louisa  Pons- 
ford  10  November,  1847  ;  she  d.  in  New  York  City  in  December,  1876. 
Their  children  were — 

1.  Charles  L. :  d.  9  April,  1862,  aged  14. 

2.  Henry  Pierce  ;  res.  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

3.  Josephine. 

4.  Frank  Haskell ;  m.  Mary  L.  Wilson  in  October,  1876. 

5.  Lousia  A. 

13.  Frederick,  b.  4  October,  180 S  ;  d.  at  Pliillipsville,  Alleghany  Co., 
N.  Y.,  11  March,  1853  ;  two  children — 

1.  Mary.  2.  William. 

14.  Robert,  b.  1  June,  1811 ;  d.  26  July,  1813. 

9.  David  Stewart,  jr.,  b.  4  May,  1799 ;  d.  30  August, 
1880  ;  served  for  several  years  on  the  board  of  selectmen, 
and  as  town-clerk  and  representative.  He  was  an  active 
and  useful  citizen  ;  rem.  to  Nashua  in  1860,  but  returned  to 
Amherst  in  1879  ;  m.  (1)  Charlotte  Adams  18  November, 
1834.     She  d.   23  January,  1853.'     He  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Eliza 


XXIV.] 


(;KNi:.\L»)<iii>. 


785 


Uiixton,  of   Nashil:t.      Sin-  .1.    11    Mav,  1  sT'.t.  hmviI    7<».       ||is 
cliildicii  were — 

15.  ICiliniiitil  Piir^ir,  1).  IJ  \<iVfiiil>iT,  IH-JfJ;  ni.  .Vim  K.  Ilntistoii.  of 
N't!W  York,  1  .\ii;,nist.  ls(i-;.  She  il.  -Jt)  April,  ls(;9,  n^^ml  :\\>;  n-s.  in 
N'cw  Yolk. 

li).   Mail/  Ailiiiiis,  li.  L'il  August,  1839;  n-s.  in   .\iiilu*rst  ;  iiiiiiiarri<-<l. 

17.   Siini/i  Mdiiti,  li.  Is  Maivli.  Isl-'i;   n-s.  in  .VinlitTst  ;   unnianicil. 

'2.  John  Stkwaht  sctllccj  on  llic  rurin  west  of  the  irirat 
iiH!ii(lo\v  now  owiu'ii  hy  Mr.  Diuckfi-.  lit-  in.  Kctni'aii  Holt, 
of  Anilovcr,  Mas.s.,  17  DcccnilxT,  1741.  .^hr  was  h.  in  Feh- 
niaiy.  171.'):  d.  !•'>  .Janiiai"}.  17l'7.      Their  cliildrrn  were — 

l.S.  Kitnnili:   Ml.  t  Aiims  <  iii'iMi. 

li).  ^l/rnri/. 

'20.  t>V/;i/w,;,. 

21.  J»/in. 

'2'2.  WUIiiiin  :  n-ni.  to  \'frnn>Mt. 

2'\.  Miirtlia  :  ni.  (1)  t'l:iiii«'>  U.iil-.|i(.rii.  jr.;  m.  (L')  t-^ni..-  l.np.it. 
sen. 


r.'.    I1i:m;v  Stkwaut  ni.  Sarah 


She  il.  .")   .lanna- 


ry,  171^").     They    settled    in    Anilicrst  ;   rem.    to   I)idilin   in 
177!t,  tlu'iu-t'  to  New  Yoi-Jc.     Their  (diildren  were — 

L'l.  S<iiiih,  1'.  21  Supti-nilicr.  \"'>. 

2b.  Luci/.  1>.  :'i  SeptenilxT,  177ti. 

20.  .Mini/.  1>.  1  Xovfinhrr,  177><. 

27.  Jiiin;/.  1>.  1  April,  17S1. 

2S.  Hiiiri/.  1).  1  .Fanuiuy,  17M'J;  <1.  5  Foltrnary,  17^.'). 

20.  Simpson  Sriiw.xuT  settled  first  in  Amherst  :  rem.  to 

Jafl'rey  ahiint   17S0  ;   m.    Hannah    .     Their  ehildreii 

were — 

•_'!>.  Jnlin.  \>.  lit  .\pril.  1771. 

3).   .Siiiip<!,,ii.  \>.  11   Ki'lunaiy.  177<i. 

;U.    llnnmi/i,  1..  :51    .Vu,i,Mist,  177^. 

•.V2.   Eplintim  II..  1..  in  .lalTivy  2.1anuary.  17S1  ;  .1.  7  N'ovfail.-T.  17S:}. 

3  5.    Willinm  II.,  1..  17  May,  i7s:5. 

34.  I-Jf)lirniin,  h.  13  April,  1785. 

35.  lictavij,  b.  5  January.  1788. 

36.  Luther,  h.  (5  January,  1791). 

5(1 


T86  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

37.  John  Stuart,  whose  Scotch  ancestors  settled  in  Ha- 
verhill, Mass.,  was  a  resident  in  Merrimack  in  1760,  and  prob- 
ably some  years  earlier.  He  d.  prior  to  16  March,  1776. 
His  children  were — 

3S.  ^  John,  Jr.,  a,  joiner,  in.  Mary  Barron;  lived  in  ^Merrimack  and 
Amherst ;  d.  in  Bedford  in  1803. 

39.  Thomas,  h.  in  1749  ;  m.  Sarah  McCalley,  of  Litchfield  ;  settled 
in  Antrim. ;  d.  there  9  December,  1803. 

40.  William;  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  for  independence. 

41.  Jean;  m.  John  Stuart,  of  Antrim.  He  was  b.  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  in  1758.  They  were  the  parents  of  Mrs.  John  Elliott,  of  ^lont 
Vernon. 

42.  Francis,  h.  in  1761;  )n.  Susy  Swan,  of^  Peterborough;  settled 
at  first  in  Antrim ;  i-em.  to  Berkshire,  Franklin  Co.,  Vt,  thence  to 
Grand  Isle,  Vt.,  where  they  died. 

43.  Rachel. 

44.  S(n-nh. 

45.  Jame.'^. 

38.  John  Stewart,  jr.,  ra.  Mary  Barron,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Moses  Barron,  of  Bedford.  Silas  Barron,  her  oldest  brother, 
is  said  to  have  been  the  first  child  born  of  English  parents  in 
that  town.  They  settled  on  the  place  afterward  owned  by 
Zaccheus  Greeley,  the  birth-place  of  the  founder  of  the 
N.  Y.  Tribune.  He  d.  in  Bedford  in  1803.  Their  children 
were — 

46.  Sarah,  b.  4  September,  1775;  m. Barry;  rem.  to  Vermont. 

They  were  the  parents  of  Gov.  John  S.  Barry,  of  Michigan. 

47.  John,  b.  -21  October,  1778. 

48.  Hannah,  h.  11  February,  1780;  m.  Amos  Fassett,  of  Alstead,  12 
June,  1803  ;  rem.  to  Albany,  N.  Y. 

49.  Lucii,  b.  20  August,  1782 ;  m.  Timothy  Fassett  8  April,  1802  ; 
rem.  to  Albany,  N.  Y. 

50.  \Moses  Barron,  b.  3  January,  1785. 

51.  Mary,  b.  26  June,  1787. 

52.  Rachel,  b.  1  -June,  1791. 

53.  Thomm,  b.  3  Febrnary,  1795;  d.  in  Erie,  Pa.,  about  1877. 

50.  MosES  Barron  Stewart,  b.  3  January,  1785  ;  d.  in 
Bedford  13  June,  1868  ;  m.  (1 )  Jane  Arbuckle  13  March, 


XXI  \'.)  CFlNFALoniKS.  7^7 

ISll.  She  (1.  ±2  .lull.',  1S11».  II,.  ,M.  (J)  \;uicy  Park.T  in 
M;iy,  1>SJ.").  She  <l.  in  I'.liirfvillc,  CaiT.)ll  Co.,  111.,  1  S-'ptein- 
ber,  1855,  a«:;(?d  59.  lie  iiNcil  for  some  yeiirs  with  Mr.  Jolm 
Arhucklc  ;  attcrw.inl  ho  liveil  on  thf  larni  inljoininir  th;it 
owncil  hy  .lolin  Flctchi-r  on  (^hi'stnnt  Hill.  Tlicii- chililrpn 
wore — 

")!.  J.,f,n  A..  1..  iD.liily.  ISll. 

55.  William,  1>.  S  Octol.iT,  ISIJ;  in.  M;iry  Amiis  10  .Marcli.  ISo'.f  ; 
r(»s.  on  thi'  farm  one  •  nwiu^d  hy  his  granilfatlnT.  John  .Vihiicklr. 

.-.(1.  ffanir,.  1..  •_>  F.-l.niarv.  ISU!:  .1.  in  Mra^lvill.-.  .M....  -JS  .M;,y. 
ISTI. 

.')7.   T/ii>,iri^,  1>.  •_'7  Octoher,  1818;  «!.  I'J  .Imi.-.  ls;{ii. 

58.  Joliu,  li.  1  NovcniKer.  1S.*5;  in.  .lam'  M.  Cox.  <»t'  NCwvillc,  I'a.  : 
res.  in  CovinLCton,  I  ml. 

."»!).  Mnscs  Parker,  \i.  -J  .Nhiy,  1  >'-J7  :  ni.  Anni.'  .M.  l!i-lilan.l.  ..f  I'al- 
niyra.  Mo. ;  re.s.  in  Palmyra. 

(5(1.   George,  h.  17  Septeinher,  18*28;  res.  in  Carhondale,  Ml.;  nnm. 

(U.  Nancy  J.,  b.  ->  Fel>rnary,  18(1  ;  m.  K.  (;.  Tolfonl  :  d.  in  H.Mlf,,nl 
•J  I  Xovemher,  1870. 

(ij.  3/-OV/ 7s.,  1..  1  .Manii.  ls:j;:  ni.  W.  ( ).  Hancock;  r.-s.  in  Man- 
chester. 

6:j.  Charles  F..  1).  '_'  .Inly,  18-35;  killo.l  in  ih  •  I'ninn  arms  at 
Memphis,  'IVnn..  "_*  I  Au^;nst,  18(Jl. 

I'll.  Laura  A.,  li.  "-'7  Feliruary.  ls:J9;  m.  ."^olon  Koine,  of  (JotTstnwn  : 
.1.  in  (J.ilVstown  11  ()ct<.l)'r.  1SIJ2. 


William  .">ri:u'Aitr,  probably  belon^inir  to  this  l)r,ini'h  of 
the  Stewart  family,  was  a  re.sident  of  Sonhegan  West  in 
1  75:;. 

STICK  m:^. 

Thomas  .Stk'k.nkv,  b.  in  11  )\for(l,  .M:iss.,(!  .I;inu;iry,  175."); 
d.  in  Fairfax,  Vt.,  15  February,  1839;  m.  I'riseilla  (Cole) 
Wilkins  17  Miy,  1781.  She  was  b.  in  Boxfonl  25  Deeeni- 
ber,  175") ;  d.  in  F.iirfiK  17  .Nf  ly,  181:5.  lie  was  a  soldier 
at  Hunkor  Hill  ;  wis  in  Arn  )ld's  expedition  to  Canada,  and 
was  at  C^nel)eo  when  Montijoniery  was  kilh'd,  wIhmt  he  was 
takon  jtrisoner.  but  w.is  ndeasecl  at  the  linn-  of  HnrL'oyne's 
.surrender.       lb-    served    live    vears    in    the    arinv.       Thev 


^^'^  788  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

resided  a  short  time  in  Amherst,  but  removed  to  Hillsbor- 
ough near  the  close  of  1782,  thence  to  Fairfax,  Vt. 

STILES. 

1.  Caleb  Stiles  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Sou- 
hegan  West.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church 
22  September,  1741,  and  his  name  is  attached  to  the  peti- 
tion to  Gov.  Wentworth  in  May,  1747.      It  is  also  found  in 

the  list  of  tax-payers  in  1760.     He  m.  (1)   Sarah ;  m. 

(2)  Polly  Dalton.     His  children  (by  first  wife)  were — 

2.  Rebecca,  b.  26  September,  17^54. 

3.  Sarah,  b.  11  February,  1736. 

4.  Caleb,  h.  19  June,  1737. 

5.  Mehitable,  b.  10  June,  1739. 

6.  Dorothji,  b.  2  September,  1740. 

7.  Hannah,  h.  26  May,  1746. 

8.  Joshua,  b.  16  June,  1749  ;  m.  (1)  Mehitable  Leman  ;  m.  (2)  Han- 
nah Lenian ;  m.  (3)  Sally  Dusten ;   d.  at  Greenfield  11  July,  1824. 

9.  Cyrus  Stiles,  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  13  May,  1753; 
d.  in  Amherst,  24  August,  1831  ;  m.  Hannali  Berry,  29 
October,  1789;  she  was  b.  in  Middleton,  14  March,  1771  ; 
d.  in  Amherst,  28  September,  1852.  They  settled  at  first 
in  the  North-west  Parish,  but  afterwiii-d  removed  to  the 
easterly  part  of  the  town.     Their  children  were — 

10.  Ci/rus,  h.  at  Middleton,  25  [February,  179!) ;  d.  in  Amherst,  in 
1794. 

11.  Hannah,  b.  at  Middletin,  1  April,  1792;  m.  Joseph  Prince,  of 
Amherst,  3)  N'oveinber,  1813;  removed  to  Warren,  Pa.;  d.  13  Jan- 
uary, 1837. 

12.  Hiram  :  d.  young. 

13.  Mari/ :  m.  Peter  McNiel,  of  New  Poston,  23  September,  1818; 
d.  in  New  Boston,  1882. 

14.  Abbji :   d.  in  IMont  Vernon,  aged  14. 

15.  Cynthia  :  d.  in  Mont  Vernon,  aged  14. 

16.  Elizabeth  B.;  d.  13  March,  1874,.a^'ed  71  ;   unmanie  1. 

17.  Lijdia,  b.  10  May,  1804;  m.  George  H.  Shaw  in  April,  1838;  res. 
in  Amherst. 

18.  Josiah  :  d.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  3  August,  1868,  aged  ;"9. 


XXIV.]  r.RNF.u.(M;ii:s.  TSO 

r.».  I. i:\vis  Stiij:s  .1.  -I-l  March,  ISTo,  a<>;r.|  T'.t  ymrs. 
His  widow,  Mrs.  |-:ii/,a  llartWL-ll  Slil.'s,<l.  28  .January,  1  870. 
a«r('(l  81  years.     Their  sitii — 

•JO.  W.M.TKK  L.  Stiles,  h.  181t;,  d.  -Ii]  .July,  IsTa;  ,,,. 
Faiiiiy  Squires,  (if  Milford.  7  Soptenilier,  18ot!;  she  was  h. 
April,  ISIO;  d.  in  Manehesler,  :'.()  Jidy,  1878.  Their  (ddl- 
dren  were — 

•Jl.    M<irl/,u  I...  1..  l^l:t. 
•_'■_'.    Anna  /•;.,  1..  Is.VJ. 
•j:{.  Mnnj  .1.,  1..  ls.-,7. 

SWAN. 

Asa  Sw.\n  m.  Kli/.a  I'oihird,  1».  in  Hudson,  J7  November, 
1805;  they  lived  in  Hudson  and  Lawrence,  where  h''  died. 
After  his  decease  she  ni.  Asa  Wynian.of  Hudson,  wljod.  in 
Amherst.  Mr.  an  1  .Nfrs.  Wynnn  liccunie  residents  in 
Amlierst  in  1804.     Children  of  Asa  and  Eliza  P.  Swan — 

Benjamin  F.,  1).  in  Ilmlson.  •)  )   1) 'cimiiIht,  183i>. 

Ilfiltie  A.,  I).  IS  July.  ls:{(i;   111.  Alou/o  P.  Sln'panl  .it"   .\iiiIi.Mst. 

Sani/i  ('..  \>.  7  May,  lS4l);  m.  (1)  Josepli  (".  Kai  w.-U  ;  in.  ('_>)  .lain.- 
P.  Wcli.ster;   livrs  in  Ainher.st. 

Andrew  J.,  I),  in  I.,awrence,  Mivsa.,  29  January,  1817,  Mie  Krst  nialo 
rhild  h.  in  tliiit  place  after  its  incnrporatidii  as  a  city.  He  served  in 
the  :{il  X.  II.  Vols,  from  Merrimack,  and  d.  in  .\mherst,  2S  July,  18(]"). 
aged  18  years. 

TAId'.OT. 

I'hilo  Tiilhuf :  d.  in  F.-l>rnary.  1^07,  aj;e<l  sj. 

TAR  BEL  I.. 

Afify  .1.,  wife  of  ('/inrles  Tdrhell,  .1.  'Jii  .Inly,  ls.")(). 

T.WI.oK'. 
Tlie  ancestors  of  this  fauiily  were,  prolialdy,  from  Wali-s. 

Dk.  Eijknkzkk  Taylou  is  saiil  to  have  been  !>.  on  the 
ocean  while  his  parents  were  on  the  voyai^e  from  En^'lan<l 
to  America.      Hence   he  was  sometimes  called  ".Seaborn" 


790  HISTORY    OF    AMHKRST.  [Chap. 

Taylor.     He  ni.  Coburn,  of  Tjngsborough,  Mass., 

and  settled  in  Dunstable,  now  Nashua.     They  had  sons — 

James.  William.  Benjamin. 

Benjamfn  was  ,b.  iu  1733;  d.  17  November,  1787;  m. 
Martha  Lyon,, Said  to  have  been  the  first  white  cliild  b.  in 
Merrimack  ;  settled  in  Dunstable.     Their  children  were — 

Benjamin.  Abner. 

David.  Ehenezer. 

Luther. 

They  also  had  two  daughters,  one  of  wlioiii  in. Merrill;    the 

other, ^^'oods. 

Benjaiiiiu  and  David  served  in  the  aruiy  in  the  war  for  indepen- 
dence. David  d.  in  the  service.  Benjamin  was  in  the  Battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  and  at  Monmouth.  He  also  served  on  a  privateer  vessel  and  was 
taken  prisoner  by  the  British.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  in 
Maine,  thence,  in  18;53,  he  rem.  to  Ohio,  where  he  d.  at  an  advanced 
age.  Luther  remained  on  the  homestead,  in  Dunstable,  and  d.  there. 
Abner  settled  in  Bangor,  Me.,  and  left  a  large  family. 

1.  Ebenezer  Taylor,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Martha  (Lyon) 
Taylor,  was  b.  in  Dunstable  in  1761 ;  d.  in  Amherst  10  Au- 
gust, 1835  ;  m.  Lucy  Weston  27  January,  179L  She  was  b. 
27  February,  1772  ;  d.  24  July,  1834.  He  ^vas  for  some 
time  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  town,  and  served  on  the 
board  of  selectmen  several  years.    'Their  children  were — 

2.  Lucy,  h.  2  December,  1792  ;  m.  Col.  Benjamin  P.  Brown,  of  Wal- 
tham,  Mass.,  28  October,  1821.  She  d.  17  July,  182i.  He  d.  in  Low- 
ell, Mass.,  in  March,  ISl-"}. 

3.  Ehenezer,  Jr.,  h.  10  March,  1794;  d.  at  ^Nlechanicsville,  Ohio,  19 
March,  1864  ;  unmarried. 

4.  David,  h.  11  October,  1796;  m.  :Margaret  C.  Bell,  of  Hillsbor- 
ough, 23  February,  182  5 ;  d.  in  Low^ell,  ]\Lass.,  20  January,  183 1.  She 
d.  6  April,  18.54. 

5.  Daniel,  b.  in  1798;  d.  1  March,  1803. 

6.  Harriett,  b.  in  1803 ;  d.  24  February,  1803. 

7.  Charlotte,  h.  o  May,  1805;  m.  Walter  Read  3  Aiml,  1832  ;  d.  28 
December,  1835. 

8.  Daniel  Hamilton,  h.  26  September,  1807;  unmarried. 


X.\I\'.]  CKNKAl. (K.IKS.  7!»1 

9.  Lu!/,n:\>.U  ()r\o\H-i,\><\()-  m.  ( 1 )  rii.-l..-  li.-iTy,  at  [...well.  Mjisj*., 
ill  IS.'}:].      Shf  <l.at  riftstii-l.l,  Mass.,  ill  lsl7.      II.-  in.  (J)  Loiiisu  lierry. 

in.  ./(int.  \<.  Hi  SejitcmlHT.  ISlt;  in.  Cliarlfs  \V.  Khouds,  of  Ain- 
li.rst,  (i  Doci'inl.cr,  l.s:]5  ;  d. :{()  July.  ls:Ui. 

11.  6V«r//e,  l>.  25  Sopteiiiber,  ISIS;  ni.  Mary  A.  M.  .Krnics  tl  A|'ril. 
1^18;  res.  ill  Drac'ut,  ^las.s. 

I'J.   IIitiniiKtnil :  (1.  in  infaiicv. 


Xdl/iiiii  Tiii/lnr,  t'nmi  Ainlii'i'st,  scttlfil  in  .\ntriin  in  17"<il.  11.-  d.  in 
Antrim  in  isiis. 

rilN.V  NT. 

1.  MosKS  'ri-;.NANT  was  a  smi  of  Williaiu  and  Aliik-s  ll(»i;g. 
Mis  iiaiiM'  was  (•liaiJii:tMl  tioiu  Ifoi^i^  to  'I'maiit.  lie  was  a 
native   of  Anilierst,  h.   U   NovoiiilxM-,  ITtiil ;  d.   ll-T  Jamiarv, 

IX'M  ;   in.  Sai-ah  .     She  d.  of  si»otto(l  fover  20  April, 

1  "*1.").  aut'd  ."»;'>.      I'^oiii- of  tlit'ir  chilili'eii  (1.  of  the   satue  dis- 
ease     'Plicir   rliililii'ii  were — 

•J.   Moses  Jinrnet,  U.  *_'($  May.  17!>t;  .1.  I  Manli,  1S15. 

a.    William  Miti-hrl,  h.  -'d   An-nst.  17it.'>;  d.  8  Novfiiil>iT.  Hl<; 

4.  Stiiuuel,  h.  31  Januarv,  1707  :  .1.  7  .Maivh,  1815. 

"».  Jofin   WiilkT.  h.  S  Sfpti'inlKT.  17!)!t. 

(1.  Sam/,,  1..  21  March,  ISDl  ;  d.  11  .Iidv.  ISll. 


JosiAii  TuissKi.L.  li.  ill  ISO,"),  i-csidcd  several  years  in  the 
north-east  part  of  the  town.  I>y  his  wife,  Al)itrail,  l».  in 
IMIS.  he  liad  ehihlreii— 

Wiiotlhurii,  li.  in  ls;51.  yniirif  Ann.  I>.  in  Isln. 

Allrn.  h.  in  is;i;{.  Eliza  J.,h.  in  Is-fi. 

Sanili  A.,\>.  in  ls:5.-..  Eldreihjp  /'.It.  in   1.S44. 

M„r„  /...I.,  in  ls;?7.  I.<„r,ll  T..\k  in  1S4S. 

'ni(».MA>. 

Klias  Thomas,  h.  20  .Mareh.  17s7,  and    Liiey    I'.ills    were 
111.80  Mareh,  1817.      He  d.  in  lSti4.     Tlieir  .son— 
Charles,  h.  in  1S17.  d.  JL'  dulv,  lsf.2. 


792  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Israel  Thomas,  b.  20  April,  1786  ;  d.  5  September,  1821. 
Lydia,  his  widow,  d.  27  July,  1811,  aged  51.  Their  children 
were — 

Robert :  d.  23  May.  1840,  aged  23. 
Joanna. 

THORNTON. 

Matthew  Thornton,  .jr.,  son  of  Hon.  Matthew  Thornton, 
of  Merrimacis:,  m.  Fanny,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Curtis. 
He  d.  in  a  few  years  a  victim  of  intemperance.  She  d.  30 
April,  1807,  aged  26  years.     Their  children  were — 

Abigail  Curtis,  b.  3  July,  1800  ;  m.  Capt.  David  McGregor,  of  Lon- 
donderry, 15  July,  1824. 

Hannah  Jack,  b.  15  October,  1801  ;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

THOMPSON. 

Oliver  Thompson  m.  (1)  Betsey  Clark  27  August,  1814. 

She  d.  8  March,  1841,  aged  43.     He  m.  (2)  Sarah . 

She  d.  15  December,  1878,  aged  88  years  and  9  months.     He 
d.  3  December,  1877,  aged  87.     Their  children  were — 

A  child :  (scalded)  d.  in  September,  1819,  aged  1  year. 
Oliver,  jr. :  d.  10  December,  1841,  aged  19. 

TOWNE. 

1.  Capt.  Israel  Towne  was  descended  from  William 
Towne,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Topsfield,  Mass.  He  was 
b.  at  Topsfield  24  March,  1705  ;  d.  in  Amherst  22  November, 
1791 ;  m.  Grace  Gardner  23  May,  1729.  She  d.  3  Septem- 
ber, 1803,  aged  96.  Prior  to  1741  they  settled  in  Souhegan 
West,  on  the  farm  recently  occupied  by  their  great-grand- 
son, Luther  Towne.     Their  children  were — 

2.  iHumws,  h.  in  1732. 

3.  ^Archelaua,  h.  in  1734. 

4.  ^[Israel,  h.  16  No^vembei-,  1736. 
;').  ^Mose.%  h.  in  1738. 

6.   Gardner,  b.  6  June,  1741 ;  m.  Abigail  Hopkins. 


XXIV. J 


(;kni:aL(j«;ik.s. 


798 


7.   EUzalntI,,  li.  ;M.Iiiii.',  171');  d.  If.  July.  17!»J. 
S.   Susannah,  h.  'JS  .Mjiv,  17IS. 

•t.    M.irii.  1..  -Jii  April.  17;'.!  ;  .i.  •_'!»   .\ii-iist.  17^1  :   miiii.uri.Ml. 

'1.  Tm(im.\s  TowNK,  1).  ill  17i5"i:  m.  II;iiin;ili  .     She 

d.  2-3  Novi'iulicr,  \11\\  aged  44.     Their  chihlrcn  wn-c — 

10.  Dorcas,  1>.  lO  Xoveiiiher,  175");   m.  tDciicoii  S;mnn"l  Wilkiiis. 

11.  Josip/i,  1).  :5(t  St'])temlit>r,  1758;  a  int'irliaiif  in  Ilcuiiikfr  ;  iii.  (1) 
Sarali  'lOwiic  1")  .lanuarv,  17^');  in.  (2)  Mari;art't  Harkfi  "Jl  .\uj;ust, 
1S()«). 

12.  RelHi-ra,  1..  .")  .Man-li,  17(51);  «1.  yr>nn,<,^ 
U.' lielirrra,  I.,  in  \;r,:\-   ,1.2  Maivli.  1788. 

11.    Hiunuih,  \k  1  Oftol.iT,  17ti7;  «1.  f»  Octolior.  17»;7. 
1.").   I.ijiIki:  .!.!»  D.-r.-rnlxT.  17SI,  a^v.]  17. 

3.  CaPT.    .VimIIKI. MS  ToWNK.  :ili  oIliciM-  in   the  ;illli\    I't'thf 

R('\ohilitiii  ;  li.  in  17''U;  ni.  (1)  .Mniv  Al)lnil.  Slic  was 
h.  24  .luiK',  IT^JT  :  ni.  el)  Martha  Alihot.  II<'  d.  in  tho 
army  at  Fishkill,  N.  Y.Jn  Novcniltcr,  1T71>.  Their  idiihlrcn 
were — 

1(5.   Sarah,  I..  •_»:}  May.  17.".S. 

17.  Arrhilaiis.  \>.  \.',  .Inly,  17(!;»;  in.  I^IIht  \V.ston  "J'J  ScplcnilHT, 
1781. 

is.   Susannah,  h.  29  Dcim'uiImt,  17<)'J;   Ml.  tTiniotliy  Xii-luils.  jr. 

l!l.   Afari/,  h.  \2  Si-pteinbor,   1771:    in.  Holt;    ivin.  t«.   \'or- 

intiiit. 

L'n.  Afartha,  \k  12  Soptoinlwr,  1771  :  aildplcil  liy  I)aiiiol  C'ain]>ht>ll  ; 
in.  .\ino.s  DodLjt';  d.  m  Salt'in,  Ma-ss. 

4.  CaI'T.    ISRAKl.    ToWNK,  .IK..  I.,  in   Tnlislirid.  .Mass..  lii    N(i- 

vcniliri'.  lT'')t»  :  came  ti>  Sonhciran  West  with  his  parents; 
in.  Ijvdia  ll()])kiiis,  who  d.  in  1820,  uijed  Si),  lie  was  one 
of  the  seh'ctnien  of  the  town  several  year.s.  Ahoiit  17X2  he 
|(urehased  a  hiiire  tract  of  land  in  Stoddard,  to  which  he 
rem.  with  most  of  his  family  shortly  after,  lie  d.  at  Stoil- 
dard  28  Aj»ril,  181:).     Their  children  wen — 

21.  hrarl,  h.  11  .Inn.-,  17f.l  ;  in.  Ilannali  .M.Im.I  J I  .May,  17S1.  Sii.» 
d.  n  March.  1S47,  aged  m.     He  tl.  jit  Stoddard  2  May.  1H48. 

22.  t  Williaw,  h.  2.")  March,  176;{ ;  .settled  in  Ainlierst. 
2  5.   (ianlnrr,  1..  1  Mav.  171).');  d.  10  December,  1815. 


794  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

24.  Benjamin,  b.  23  March,  1767  ;  d.  2  August,  1816. 

25.  Andrew,  h.  11  July,  1739  ;  d.  at  Marlow  26  July,  1865,  aged  96. 

26.  Li/dkt,  h.  11  April,  1772;  d.  28  .August,  1777. 

27.  Daniel,  b.  2 J  August,  177-1;  d.  11  July,  1814. 

28.  Hannah,  b.  28  August,  1776  ;  d.  at  Tyugsborough,  Mass.,  13  .Oc- 
tober, 1870,  aged  94. 

29.  Lemuel,  b.  10  May,  1782;  d.  at  Leiupster  1  July,  1872,  aged  90. 

This  family  was  distinguished  for  longevity,  the  average  age  of  its 
members,  excluding  one  who  d.  in  infancy,  beiug  75  years  and  28  days. 

Six  cliildren  of  (21)  Israel  Towiie  were  living  in  1871  as 
follows : 

Lydia  Hodyman,  Stoddard,  aged  90. 
Arclielaus  Toivne,  Langdon,  aged  89. 
Esther  Howe,  Sullivan,  aged  83. 
Gardner  Toicne,  Marlow,  aged  79. 
Ebenezer  Towne,  Boscawen,  aged  75. 
Li(c>/  Ujifoii,  Stoddard,  aged  74. 

5.  Moses  Towne,  b.  in  1738 ;  d.  9  February,  1824 ;  in. 
Mary  Gray  3  December,  1701.  She  d.  19  October,  1775, 
aged  31.     Their  children  were — 

30.  Sarah,  b.  10  December,  1762. 

31.  Samuel  Gray,  b.  25  May,  1764. 

32.  Moses,  h.  21  August,  1766  ;  m.  Sarah  — .     She  d.  17   April, 

1851,  aged  84.     He  d.  14  August,  1854. 

33.  Mar//,h.  15  September,  1768;  d.  1  March,  1777. 

34.  Elizabeth,  h.  27  October,  1770. 

35.  Lemuel,  h.  17  June,  1773  ;  d.  8  October,  1775. 

22.  William  Towne,  son  of  Capt.  Israel,  jr.,  and  Lydia 
(Hopkins)  Towne,  was  b.  25  March,  1763  ;  settled  on  the 
place  once  occupied  by  his  grandfather,  Capt.  Israel  Towne, 
where  he  d.  8  July,  1841.  He  m.  Martha  Burns,  of  Mil- 
ford.     Their  son  and  only  child — 

36.  T^uther  Towne,  b.  17  September,  1805,  succeeded  his  father  on  the 
Towne  homestead ;  ni.  (1)  Nancy  Tolman;  m.  (2)  Mrs.  Xancy  F. 
(Barrett)  Pollard;  rem.  to  Xashua  where  he  now  res.  His  children, 
all  by  his  first  wife,  wei-e — 


XXIV.]  (;i-:nkalo(;ii:s.  795 

37.   .Man;  iiianiiMl  ;  ri-s.  in  Klinida. 

3H.   Harriett;  iii.  L.  \V.  Niciiuls  ;{  Jmir,  1S:)7;  n-s.  in  \V<.icf.st«!r, 
Mass. 

a;».  ('.vnlhia  S. ;   m.  Krv.  .Ii.liii  A.  liaskwi-U  1'  .May.  l^CJ. 
U).   IliMirii'ita  ;   iimiiai  rird  ;   ri'>.  w  itli  ht-r  sistt-r  in  l-'loriila. 

•11.  .loNATllAN  ToWNK.  hi-itllicror  1  srnrl .  st'iii'T,  a  lid  I'llisha, 
li.  at  'I'opslield  H  Septciulicr.  IT'28;  sctticd  in  .Mmmsoii  ;  ([.in 
llic  iinny,  at  Crown  Toiiit.  in  Jnly,  ITT'i;  m.  .Mar-y  Doanu 
ol  OctohiT.  17")1.     Sill-  (1.  in  17^1.     Tlicir  cJiildrcii  were — 

-JL'.   t/,)n,i/lHin.Jr.,\>.-Jf^  April.  IT.'.l. 

l."l.   Afarif,  h.  23  SepteinlnT.  IT'di;  il.  (i  Manli.  I>il7:   imiiiai  rii-il. 

44.  Heine  If,  li.  in  17r)S. 

4").  Aaron,  b.  14  .Mairli.  IT'H. 

4().  ./(/;//',  l>.  ill  17<i:{. 

47.   Plivhr.  1..  l:i  X,.vriiilMT.  17ti.-.. 

The  fliildivn  of  (  4l' )  .loNATHAN.  .IK.,  and  .\l.\uv  ToWNE 
were — 

45.  Salhi,  I..  -J  I  Ai-ril.  17->-'. 

4!).  Jondt/iini,  li.  (i    .\ni,Mist.  17M. 

50.   Dfirltl,  h.  IS  June.  17.S(i. 

.")!.  Miir;/,  li.  In  Xov.'iiiImt.  17>^7. 

52.  Elisha  Tow.nk,  Inotlier  of  Capt.  Israel,  .senior,  wash. 
at  Topsfield  5  September,  1708;  in.  Mary  Foster,  of  Tops- 
lield,  11  .Iiini',  17'58.  Aliont  174S  he  i-eiu.  to  Monson,  now 
.Millunl.  where  he  and  his  Innlhei-  Israel  had  purchased  :i 
tarin,(il  Widow  Altiixaii  Tayhn'.  on  which  he  setijed.  'I'hcii- 
children  wei'e — 

Pt'S.  Joseph.  1).  ill  173!);  <i.  in   inlancv. 

iM.  litirtholoiui  ii\  1).  8   .April.  1711. 

55.  ThouKif,  I).  S  tVhruarv,  1743. 

5(5.  Mercy,  h.  15  February,  1745. 

57.  S(trttfi.  h.  2>)  Novcnibi'r.  1747. 

58.  Ells/,<i,  b.  11   May.  1751:  <!.  y..nii.-. 
.">!».  Sdnniel.  b.  •J3    Ailjjust.  1753. 

60.  Mart/,  b.  31   July.  1751. 

61.  Ellshii.  b.  !i   Mav.  17G'>. 


796  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

62.  Israel  Towne,  b.  in   Boston,  Mass. ;    ni.  (1)  


;  m,  (2)  Sarali  Brazier;  came  to  Amherst  in  1837; 

d.  25  October,  186'%  aged  74.     Their  children  were — 

63.  Clara. 

64.  Maria;  uninaiTied  ;  res.  in  New  Jersey. 

65.  Amelia;  m.  Zeph.  Bassett;  res.  in  Chelsea,  Mass. 

66.  Hannah  :  m.  W.  W.  Wilson  ;  res.  in  Billerica,  Mass. 

67.  Elizabeth  B. :  ni.  William  J.  Weston ;  res.  iu  Amherst. 

68.  James  W.;  m.  (1)  Cynthia  Gowing;  m.  (2)  Rebecca  Eames,  of 
Wilmington,  Mass. ;  res.  in  East  Orange,  N".  J. 

69.  William ;  married ;  res.  in  California. 

ZO.  Emily  R. :  unmarried  ;  res.  with  her  brother  in  New  Jersey. 

71.   Charles;    married  ;  d.  in    California  31   December,    1875, 

aged  37. 

TROW. 

Joseph  P.  Trow,  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  26  November,  1826  ; 
m.  Lenora  F.  Underwood  8  January,  1856.  She  was  b.  in 
New  Boston  10  June,  1836.  They  settled  in  Amherst  in 
April,  1857,  and  occupy  the  farm  formerly  occupied  by 
Capt.  Elijah  Putnam,  on  Christian  hill.  Tiieir  children 
are — 

Clarence  L.,  b.  13  November,  1860. 
.George  A.,  b.  18  December,  1862. 

TRUELL. 

1.  Amos  Truell,  jR.,b.  in  Amherst  13  August,  1776  ;  d. 
24  September,  1841  ;  m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Wilson  in  October, 
1799.  She  was  b.  in  Merrimack  2  October,  1780  ;  d.  2  July, 
1826.  He  m.  ( 2)  Thankful  Rider  in  April,  1828.  She  was 
b.  in  Dunbarton  15  April,  1796;  d.  9  December,  1844. 
Their  children  (all  b.  in  Amherst)  v;ere — 

2.  Amos,  b.  24  April,  1800 ;  d.  3  February,  1821. 

3.  Jacob,  b.  14  March,  1802;  d.  6  May,  1814. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  11  April,  1804;  d.  2  May,  1814. 

5.  Sophia,  h.  17  June,  1806 ;  m.  Isaac  Lovejoy  in  September,  1827. 

6.  Martha,  b.  27  August.  1808;  m.  Abbot  Russell  in  May,  1836. 


XXIV.]  (;r.Ni;ALO(;iHs.  797 

7.  ;•;//.  I>.  12  NcvciniMT,  ISIO;  iii.  Miiry  A.(;ia_v  in  .ln\\.  \^\:>.  s\„- 
.1.  at  Caul.Mi.  Mass.,  28  August,  ISoT. 

S.   Mar;/  .l,t„r.  h.  27  Deceiiil)f'r.  IslJ;  ,1.  \  May,  l-Sll. 

9.  ./(tcii/i,  1>.  22  ( )rt<)l)er,  ISI.");  in.  l.oiiisa  A.  Fl(;tclii?r  in  ScpttMnhfr, 
IHH. 

Kt.  EH'ithril,,  1..  11  May,  lsl>!:  ni.  I.yniaii  .\n.liv\\s  \:^  An-ust, 
isll. 

11.  Mmii  Jaiir,  li.  SJaniiaiy.  l^L'l  :  .1.  2)  . January,  IS.')!*. 

12.  Amos.  li.  l.'t  .Vjiril,  ls;5J:  ni.  iHana  .Saiisliuiy  in  August,  1852; 
(1.  a  prisoner  of  war  in  .'^alislmry  jdison.  North  Carolina,  2S  Dcrcin- 
i)er,  l.S(M. 

13.  Jdliii  Cr'.,!..  1  .'^fi-ti-nihcr.  1S:{(J. 

14.  Moses  Thukll  ni.  E«lc  Holt.  Sljc  was  b.  in  Temple 
14  .laiiutuT,  1777:  <1.  :i<>  .lime,  IS-J.").  Tlieif  children 
well' — 

1').  Mnsis. 

U).  Siirnh.  1..  1  January,  1811  ;  d.  7  May.  181 1. 

17.  /v/(,l..  7    May,  ISl.j;    d.    11    ."-ei.t.-nil.er,  1817. 

18.  ClKirbs,  I..  1  Aj.ril.  Isl7;  d.  21  February,  IMS. 


Amos  'J'nu/I:  d.  in  .\]iri!,  1 822,  aged  83. 

]Vitl(tir  Tntell  :  d.  in  .January,  iSi>9,  aged  UK. 

Elizalidli  Tniell :  d.  in  August,  1811,  aged  88. 

Sdiiinel  Triiill :  d.  2(i  Fcliruary,  lS3o,  aged  (5t. 

Mrs.  S  list  I II  IK  I /i  TrudI :  d.  2  Fehruary,  IS'JI,  age(l  11. 

Jauiinii,  tiaughter  of  Ihirii/  mnl  Siini/i    '/'luill,  was  1>.  10    .April.  17tiil. 

'rrcK. 

.loiiN  TrcK.  ;i  rcsiilmt  in  Amlicrsl.  stylcil  liimscU"  u  *•  mai-- 
iiicr"  ill  liis  will.  .Mnry,  his  wile.  <l.  i'.  -Vpril,  1>'03.  He 
^jiww  the  ;j."ir;it('r  jKirt  <d'  his  jiroporty  to  his  dauirlitei's, 
Kstlier  and  Sally,  as  thev  were  lame,  but  eommeiided  tlirir 
I'lMthcr  ;iii(l  sisters  to  thi'ir  rare  .should  thev  need  ussist- 
aiicc.      The  children  of  .loliii  :ind  .Mary  'i'ind<  were — 

1.  Jii/in  :  (I.  .")  Xovenilier.  lsi'7.  agi-d  .'3. 

2.  Pol/;/,  h.  1  1   August,  177(!. 

3.  Sulli/. 

4.  Eliziihith. 
b.  Est  In, : 


798  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

TUFTS. 

Widow  Miriam  Tufts  ;  d.  26  December,  1835,  aged  69. 

TUTTLE. 

Nathan  Tuttle,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  d.  in  Mont  Ver- 
non in  July,  1828,  aged  92.  Elizabetli,  his  wife,  d.  17  Sep- 
tember, 1821,  aged  73.     Among  their  children  were — 

William  Bradford.  JotJiam.  James. 

Of  these,  Williinu  Bradford  d.  at  Woodstock,  Baltimore  county,  Md., 
29  September,  1852,  aged  48.  He  was  engaged  in  working  a  granite 
quarry  on  the  Patapsco,  about  12  miles  from  Baltimore.  James  m. 
Hannah  Bradford  5  July,  1798. 

Charles  Bell  Tuttle,  for  twenty  years  a  popular  mer- 
chant on  A  mherst  Plain,  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Peter  and  Gratia 
(Kittredge)  Tuttle.  He  was  b.  in  Hancock  9  May,  1818  ; 
settled  in  Amherst  in  1835;  rem.  to  Milford  in  1865  ;  d.  16 
December,  1880  ;  m.  (1)  Lydia  Ann  Cleaves  8  June,  1843. 
She  was  b.  in  Mont  Vernon  8  April,  1823  ;  d.  26  July,  1866. 
He  m.  (2)  Chase.     Their  children  were — 

Charles  W.,  b.  27  October,  1847 ;  d.  19  August,  1866. 
Catherine  A.,h.  19  June,  1849;  m.  Frank   W.  Chase,  of   Milford,  18 
June,  1877. 

Charlotte  E.,h.  25  July,  1851;  d.  14  June,  1852. 
Caroline  L.,h.  3  August,  1854;  d.  6  September,  1854. 
Edward  Spalding,  b.  8  July,  1819;  d.  12  September,  1860. 
Anna  L.,h.  19  March,  1862  ;  d.  6  October,  1862. 
Isabella  L.,h.  12  February,  1865;  d.  22  July,  1868. 


M.  Caroline,  wife  of  William  Cullen  Tuttle,  d.  13  October,  1853, 
aged  29. 

TWISS, 

1.  DiMON  C.  Twiss,  the  only  child  of  Daniel  and  Rebecca 
(Creasey)  Twiss,  was  b.  in  Marblehead,  Mass.,  4  September, 
1773.  He  in.  (1)  Mary  Woodbury, of  Beverly, Mass., in  1793, 
who  d.  in  1795  ;    m.  (2)   Sarah  Ireson,  of   Marblehead.  in 


XX  1\'.]  CKNKAUXnhS.  799 

171*S,  \vli(»  ti.  ill  ISl');  III.  (  ;;  )  Mar\  .Junes. of  Hillslioroii^'li, 
ill  .Inly.  Isl7.  She  was  li.  17  Scptomher,  17x9,  and  is  still 
1i\iii.r.  Ill'  nsidcd  in  Hcvfi-ly,  Marldclicad,  Xoltinixliain 
West  and  Aiitiiiii;  (.'aine  lo  Ainlii-rsf  alcdit  1  X  1><,  and,  after 
a  few  years,  rem.  to  Mont  Vei'iiun,  wjit're  lie  d.  in  .January, 
IStil .       Tlieir  cliildreii   were  — 

•_'.  Fiirinif  <'.J>.  ill  H.-\crly,  .M:i>s..  Is  (  )«I.)1..t.  17l'!l  :  m.  .Fr>-f  Carr 
;5  hiMi'iiilicr.  18;3:{;  il.  in  Aiilriiii  M)  Novniili.T.  ls.")S. 

;{.    Poll;/,  I..  -JJ  NoveiiiluT,  l.S(KI;   d.  in  iSl  1. 

1.  ThoiiKis  />..!).  in  Marl)lt'ht'a(l,  Mass.,  •_';{  Di'i-.-inlM-r,  isnl  ;  i,i.  H<'t- 
•soy  II.  Hrackett  :5()  .lanuarv,  18  {4  ;  d.  '2\  March,  isTU. 

.5.  JJiiiioii,  1>.  in  Au<,nist,  l.S(»:J;  in.  (I)  Harriet  I'aniKMitt'r  M)  Octo- 
l).'r,  1S.54.  Sli.' d.  in  isn.  He  in.  (2)  M.'liital.l.- Hills  In  .Innt".  1H45. 
lit'  was  a  Macksniitli,  and  rarricd  <>n  Imsincss  in  Anlriin  si-vcral  years. 
iIh'iicc  lie  rt'in.,  in  ISOS.  to  Mont  N'criinn.  \vli<'ie  lie  still  n-s.  His  wifod. 
1  .lime.  1.S74. 

li.  (icnrije,  h.  in  Xottinjj;liain  West  (nuw  Hudson)  In  Decfniher, 
H'll;  m.  Mary  Flajjg  in  18:51;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass., -Jd  .Inly,  IS.VJ. 

7.  Daniel,  1».  18  December,  iSCKi;  a  honse  painter:  in.  and  res.  in 
KasI    Boston,  Miiss. 

8.  Jnmi/t,  h.  27  Ani^nst.  ISO!);  d.  \\  Scptt'iiilter,  ls.")<):   unniarrifd. 

9.  Surah,  1>.  •_';}  Anj^nst,  1811  :  <1.  in  infaney. 

in.  Ahnt/iam  G.,h.  1!)  May,  l'^l>>;  m.  Sahra  (J.  Carr.  of  Antriin.  in 
1><41  ;  wa.s  a  machinist;  d.  in  Manche.ster  8  April,  1870. 

11.  .\far;f  II'..!).  2t)  October,  1810  ;  m.  Mark  Pntnaiii    Id    1> mber, 

ls:{f).     He  .1.  in  Ainli.'rst  'JO  .lainiarv,  1S8.>,  ai,'tMl  0  5. 

12.  \.fnhu   ]\'..\>.  2  .May.  1S22. 

1:5.  ( '<ilJi>  )■;„>'  J. ,\<.'J\   Drr.'inlMT,  1>_'I:    m.  t  Fiv..maii  C.  HilN. 

II.  iMark:  1).  .")  Febrnary,  1827. 

1.').  ^Cfiarles  C,  b.  s  .Vniru.st.  182!». 

1(5.  Ailitniram  ./..]<.  2\   March.  ls;'i2  :   m.  Mary  ( Jil>snn,  of   Xa.sliua. 

Mi:s.  .M.\RY  (.Tones)  'I'wiss,  wi(i(»\v  of  Dinion  ('.  Twiss,  is 
now  (  March,  lSS-2  )  rcsidini;  with  her  dantrhter.  Mrs.  Mark 
i'ntnani.iii  full  |iiissossioii  id' all  her  faculties  and  in  irood 
liealtli.  On  her  ninetieth  hirth-day  the  I?a|»tist  society,  in 
Amherst,  gave  a  ]iarfy  at  the  church  in  her  honnr,  which  she 
attended.  At  the  same  time  the  house,  which  had  l)eeil 
nnderiroinir  repairs,  was  iv-dedicatcd. 


800  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

12.  John  W.  Twiss,  b.  2  May,  1822;  m.  (1)  Hannah 
Mcllvaine  in  September,  1846.  She  d.  in  September,  1856. 
He  m.  (2)  Margaret  Price,  of  Piattsburg,  N.  Y.  He  d.  6 
March,  1876.     Tlieir  children  were — 

17.  Gertrude,  h.  16  December,  1847  ;  m.  Alex.  Henderson  13  Janu- 
ary, 186S;  res.  in  Attleborongh,  Mass. 

18.  Charles  V.,  h.  19  September,  1851 ;  m.  Alice  .Tardy  in  Septem- 
ber, 1872  ;  res.  in  Boston,  ]\Iass. 

19.  George  W.,  b.  19  August,  1856;  adopted  by  ^lai'k  Putnam  in  in- 
fancy, and  bears  the  name  of  Putnam. 

14.  Mark  Twiss,  b.  5  February,  1827  ;  m.  Caroline 
Crosby,  of  Milford,  1  November,  1851.  He  is  an  iron 
molder,  and  res.  in  Providence,  R.  I.     Their  son — 

20.  Edward,  was  b.  3  Ma}',  1854  ;  res.  in  Providence. 

15.  Charles  Cummings  Twiss,  b.  8  August,  1829  ;  m.  (1) 
Harriet  Glover,  of  Franklin,  Vt.,  4  March,  1857  ;  m.  (2) 
Mrs.  Ellen  Jaquith,  of  Nashua,  19  September,  1S76  ;  res.  in 
Nashua.     Their  cliildren  are — 

21.  Mary,  b.  in  August,  1858;  res.  in  Amherst. 

22.  Hattie,  b.  in  April  1861 ;  m.  Fred.  Merrill  in  October,  1881  ;  res. 
in  Andierst. 

23.  FranJc,  h.  in  March,  1808. 

24.  John  C,  b.  1  March,  1870. 

Child  of  (25)  Jonathan  and  Rachel  Twiss — 

26.  Jonathan,  b.  15  May,  1778;  m.  Phebe  Clark  2  December,  1709. 

Children  of  (27)  John  and  Elizabeth  Twiss — she  d.  29 
January,  1782 — 

28.  John,  b.  14  February,  1775. 

29.  Joseph,  b.  7  Aprib  1777. 

30.  Benjamin,  b.  7  November,  177S. 

Children  of  (27)  John  Twiss— 

31.  Jeremiah,  b.  27  November,  1784. 

32.  Caleb,  b.  30  November,  1786. 

Children  of  (33)  Eben  and  Nabby  Twiss — 


X  X  I  \'.  ]  GKNEAI.OCMKS.  HOt 

M.  Al.iiriiL  1..  L'2  I)rc.'riil..'r,  17H3. 

;{;').  Khriuzt'r,  |..  •_'•_>  August,  ITS'!. 

•Mi.  Jmiies,  h.  \  Aii^;iist,  178S. 

:57.  Ihinmi/i,  1».  17  Jim.',  17!M». 

;{s.  D.silniumn,  1>.  l.'i  Mairli,  179-'. 

:i!i.  I.Hilirr.  I..  10  .May.  17!ll. 

lit.  ('all-in,  h.  l.'i  .lime,  17!M). 

11.  ./»//;^  1..  l:')  April,  17!»s. 

12.  M./,ii„h/f,  1..  Ul   April.  l><i)i). 

rNi)i;i{iii[.i.. 

D.wiD  Indkiuiill,  li.  ill  Clu'stcr;  was  fur  some  years  a 
Itroiuiiieiit  citi/.cii  and  politician  in  .\tnherst  ;  d.  (suicide) 
1  1  Deceinljer,  1840,  aired  41  ;  iii.  (  1  )  .Tane  ('.  Lawrence, 
is  Octoltrr.  1S2');  she  d.  .Inn.',  ISiiH  ;  m.  (li )  Lucretia 
Prencli,  of  Milford.  4'lie  cliildrfii  of  David  and  Lncrctia 
l'\  I   iid'TJiill  wcrt' — 

./nsr/.li  />.:,].  l).MTml..T,  182f),  a.i;«'.l  11  moiitlis. 

./astpl,  J'..  I..  17  .Iim.',  1831  ;  .1.  at  Hrooklyn,  N.  V..  11  .M.i\.  ISTti. 

I'niuk-  Piiiii  .•  tl.  11  ScpttMiilier,  1S31,  agetl  11  iiioiillis. 

Ilnrrit  /  P.:  il.  yniiiiL;. 

/■"/v;n('i'.<. 

UM>i:i:W( )()[). 

TiK^MAs  I'ndfsRwooi)  lived  for  some  years  on  the  farm  on 
Chestnut  Hill,  since  owned  by  Asa  >fr('luer  and  l\  W. 
Jones.  Ilr  111.  .Mehitahle  (Jairo,  and  d.  in  IlillslioroiiLdi  IX 
NovemI.er,  1S88,  af^^'d  79:  she  d.  14  diinr.  lsiil»,  ;,.L'«d  C'.'. 
Their  children  were — 

Luriniiii  :  \\\.  .Jithii  Miissi-y. 

/'etrr. 

Ji)fii). 

C/uirhs. 

T/tniiiiis. 

>'/////.  III.  I-aac  dai,'!',  <•!"  Mfrriiiiark.  \9  Marcli.  IslC 

Parhr. 

Jainrs  :  m. •  :  .1.  9  July,  ISS'i,  aged  32. 

WlHiiim.h.  30  Octoher,   ISOC);   in.  (1) :    in.   (2)   Naomi 

S.  Wilkins  10  January.  1833;  <1.  28  Noveml>er.  IMl. 

:.l 


802  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

William  Underwood,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mehitable,  b. 

30  October,  1806  ;  d.  28  November,  1841  ;   m.  (1)  ; 

m.  (2)   Naomi  S.  Wilkms,  10  January,  1833.     Their  chil- 
dren were — 

Ellen  J.,  h.  21  February,  1834;  m.  Ebenezer  Jaquith,  of  Amherst, 
25  December,  1854;  res.  in  Nashua. 

Fareno  F.,  b.  10  June,  1836  ;  m.  J.  P.  Trow  S  January,  1856  ;  res. 
in  Amherst. 

Georr,e  F.,  b.  15  Au-ust,  1838;  d.  14  May,  1841. 

Hannah  Underwood   d.  1  November,  1841,  aged  90. 

UPHAM. 

The  surname  Uphani  was  known  in  England  in  1208.  It 
was  probably  derived  from  the  name  of  a  town,  in  which 
use  it  is  found  as  early  as  1050.  This  being  before  the 
Norman  invasion,  the  name  and  probably  the  race  bearing 
it  were  of  Saxon  origin. 

I.  John  Upham,  b.  in  England  in  1597  ;  came  to  Wey- 
mouth, Mass.,  where  he  was  admitted  freeman  2  September, 
1635.  He  was  often  employed  in  public  business,  and  lield 
the  office  of  deacon  at  least  24  years.  He  d.  25  February, 
1681.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  d.  probably  in  December,  1670, 
and  he  m.  (2)  Catharine  Holland  in  1671. 

II.  Lieut.  Phineas  Upham,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth, 
b.  in  1636,  the  fifth  of  their  children  and  the  first  b.  in  Amer- 
ica ;  m.  Ruth  Wood  14  April,  1658.  He  was  Lieutenant  in 
the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Johnson  in  the  assault 
made  on  the  Narraganset  fort,  19  December,  1675,  in  which 
battle  he  received  a  wound  from  the  effects  of  which  he  d. 
in  October,  1676.  His  wife,  Ruth,  d.  18  January,  1696-7, 
aged  60. 

III.  Phineas  Upham,  eldest  son  of  the  last  named,  b.  in 
Maiden,  22  May,  1659 ;  m.  Mary  Mellins,  of  Charlestown, 
probably  in  1683.  He  served  as  selectman,  moderator, 
representative,  and  deacon,  and  d.  in  October,  1720. 


XX  1\'.]  (;knkaL()(;iks.  S(i:j 

1\'.       I'lllNKAS     I    I'llAM,    soil     ot     |).-;i.     IMlilJiMS  ;ill(l    .M;irv, 

wash.  Ill  .Inn,..  ]i]s-2:  iii. 'I'mimz.iii  Hill  :i:{  Novnulicr.  lTn;j. 
Mr  (I.  ill   IT'it).        His  wife,  'r;imz;iii.  d.  ill   April.  IT'i"^.  miT'-'I 

V.  'riMdTIIV  CrilAM,  sitil  1)1  the  hisl  liiiiiif.l,  h.  2'.t 
.AiiiTust.  ITlii;  III.  .Miiiv  Cliccvor,  ni  l.yiiii,  li  I  Doc^Miihor, 
173!'.  'I'iii'ii- SUM,  Tiinotliy.  Ii.  '.)  Feliruarv,  1747-8;  }::rii(l- 
uatcfl  :i(  Harvard  C.)ll(>^(' in  170S,  and  was  ()ril;iiiici|  and  in- 
stalled as  minister  of  Dccrfndd,  N.  H.,  in  177i'.  He  was 
till-  tatlii'i-  of  (icii.  'riiimtliv  rpliani,  of  I'ortsnioutlL  ami 
Hon.  Nathaniel  l'|»liani,  of  II  n'liestcr,  the  [•atliiT  df  Hon. 
Natlianicl  (J.  I'liliani.  of  Concord. 

V.  J  WW./.  I'l'ilAM,  lirotlicr  of  the  la-^t  naiiii'd,  was  a 
pliysiciaii  ill  IJi'iioklii'ld,  .Mass.  He  was  tin-  father  of 
Phineas,  who  was  the  father  of  Hon.  (Jeoiue  15.  I'ldiain.  of 
Clarenionl. 

V.  JacoI!  I'l'ilAM.  the  yoiiim-esf  child  of  I'liilieas  and 
Tani/an.  ii.  •')•>  .Vpril.  ll'l'):  in.  Rel)ecca  l>iirna|t.  ll>  Jan- 
uirv.  174"^:  il.  •'><•  Sejiteiiilier.  177;"). 

\'l.  1.  .Ia(  oi;  I'l'ilAM,  son  of  Jacoh  and  R'hccca,  h.  Iti 
May.  17tit;;  d.  in  .Vinhcrst  1  April.  lS4'.t :  in.  (1)  Sarah 
Pratt,  17  Xoveiiil.er.  17'.>l  ;  she  was  h.  l'O  April.  I7.".!':  d. 
17  Novenihcr,  LS20 ;  ni.  (2)Siiili  Whittcniorc  1"»  .\piil 
1827:  she  was  i..  •_'.")  .Inly.  177.");  d.  2^  April,  lS4:t.  He 
sctth'il  ill  .\nilier>t  in  17'.>2.     Their  children  were — 

•J.   >•</////.  1'.  JJ  .Mar.li,  17:)  I  ;  .1.  17  .Manli.  17!tli. 
:{.   j.fiin,!,.  ],.  I'll  (KIoIkt.  17!»s. 

VII.  :\.  Jacob  ('fham.  .ik.,  I».  in  Amherst  2".t  (Ktoher, 
17;'S;  d.  14  Octoher,  18VJ:  m.  Sarah  Hayward  2<»  Ni»vem- 
ber,  1822;  she  wa.s  b.  31  August,  IS()4.  and  is  still  liviiii; 
in  Nashua.      Their  chihlren  wei(^ — 

i.  \.Itic<>l>  Jiuniiiji,  i>.  4  .liiuiiiiry,  1821. 

5.  Sarah  T<iiii:aii,  1>.  7  F.'l«ruary.  182t5 ;  ni.  Sumuel  H.  Vose  6 
Noveinlier,   1811):  d.  in  Sal. •in  It!  Xoveraber,  180  1:  nochildi.n  living. 


804  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

6.  Mary,  b.  25  March,  1827  ;  ui.  Gilniau  D.  Kelly  25  November, 
1847 ;  res.  in  Salem,  N.  H.;  four  children. 

7.  Emilii  Dorcas,  b.  30  July,  1829  ;  m.  (1)  Lucius  B.  Merriam  28 
May,  1851;  he  d.  17  June,  1853;  m.  (2)  Henry  E.  Babcock  13  Feb- 
ruary, 1858;  res.  in  Bolton,  Mass.  She  d.  20  June,  1863  ;  two  children 
living. 

8.  Susan,  h.  11  April,  1832 ;  m.  David  Perkins  Lowe  14  June, 
1855;  res.  in  Troy;   three  children. 

9.  fJo/i/i  Henry,  b.  21  November,  1835. 

10.  Ruth  Elizabeth,  b.  18  October,  1838  ;  resides  in  Nashua;  unm. 

11.  /e.«6  Hayward,  b.  19  February,  1841;  d.  3  March,  1841. 

12.  George  William,  b.  23  April,  1842  ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Buss,  of  Tem- 
ple, 2  May,  18(57;  has  two  children  ;   d.  in  Nashua  12   February,  1883. 

13.  Warren,  b'.  8  March,  1850;  now  in  INlinnesota. 

YIII.  4.  Jacob  B.  Upham,  b.  in  Amherst  4  January, 
1824  ;  m.  ( 1 )  Mary  E.  Chapin,  of  Antrim,  31  August,  1871 ; 
b.  12  May,  1835.  She  d.  11  November,  1874  ;  ra.  (2)  Sarah 
F.  Converse,  of  Amherst,  4  November,  1875.  Their  chil- 
di"en  were — 

14.  Mary  Bertha,  b.  15  August,  1872. 

15.  Ernest  Jacob,  b.  17  July,  1874;  d.  15  August,  1875. 

16.  Charles  Jacob,  b.  16  August,  1876. 

VIII.  9.  John  H.  Upham,  b.  in  Amherst  21  November, 
1835;  m.  Catharhie  E.  Colburn,  of  Merrimack,  22  April, 
1862.     Their  children  are— 

17.  Charles  Henry,  b.  27  March,  1863. 

18.  George  Foster,  b.  21  September,  1865. 

19.  Osgood  Fifield,  b.  29  July.  1869. 

20.  Phineas  Upham,  b.  in  Maiden,  Mass.,  in  1744  ;  died 
in  Amherst  10  April,  1815;  m.  Ruth  Green;  she  d.  17 
April,  1815,  aged  71.      Their  children  were — 

21.  Ruth,  b.  2  September,  1767. 

22.  ^Phineas,  b.  24  May,  1769. 

23.  ^Amos,  b.  15  October,  1771. 

22.  Phineas  Upham,  .tr.,  son  of  Phineas  and  Ruth,  b.  24 
May,  1769;    d.   2   February,   1831;    m.   Lois  Stratton   13 


XXI\'.|  GENKALOCIKS.  H(»0 

Fi'hriiiiry,  IT'.'l  :   ^lir  d.  '.'  !"'rlii-ii;ir\-.  1^:')1.      'I'ln-ii-    cliiMi-cii 
were — 

•J4.  jP/ilmas,  1).  l;j  (KtuluT,  17!».'). 

25.  Isaac,  h.  "Jo  Septeinbfir,  17!>7  ;  <l.  '2't  Septeiiil>i'r,  L^OL 

20.  Poll;/.  1>.  10  .Sfpti'iuber,  17!>.t ;   ni.  t.I:i"r;.s  Prince. 

27.  t/""'"-.  '••  !!•  Fi'l.ruarv,  isifj. 

28.  Lmli.r.  )  "1-  (I)  Margaret  Kiustinaii ;  in.  (2) ;    in. 

I.,  is  An:.;ii>l.  isio.    [(;i) ;  r..s.  in   Mouks.-ti,  X.  11. 

2!».   /.»fv/.      )  .1.  21  Auj-iKst,  1S43;    inunani.Ml. 

•M).  Al/n,/.   1..    17    -Miivh,    lSl-_>:  ni.   .M/.ina ;  .1.   in    \Vin.l>Mr. 

Vt.,  12  Manli.  ]8H. 

•2-).  I'hinkas  I'lMiAM.  sDii  (»r  IMiiiKMs,  jr.,  Miiil  Ijiis.  I».  l:{ 
Oetulier,  170.") :  d.  li",  A|Hil,  Isd', ;  i,i.  (1)  .Miry  Cro.sby, 
24  March,  IS'U  ;  .slifw;i.s  l».  in  llomc,  .Mr'.,  4  Sei)t»'inl)er, 
180.S  ;  d.  ill  Ainherst  ti  June,  1888;  in.  (2)  Mr.s.  Sully 
(Crosby)  Klliot,  si.ster  of  lir.st  wife,  lit  F.-iinuiiy,  18.')() ; 
shv  d.  -J.")  M.iivli.  1SS(».     (),„.  child— 

:>1.   i/'/iin<as  (.'.,  li.  2  Kflnnarv.    1S:>.'>;  in.  Nrllif  Sleveii."*. 

•31.  I'hink.vs  (,'.  ri'H.vM,  only  child  of  Phiiieas  and  Mary, 
1).  '2  Fcltriiary,  IS-I") :  d.  5  An_nist,  18.jll :  ni.  Xoilic  Stevens, 
8  January,  l(S")o.      ()ii('  chilil — 

:{2.   .\fari/  E..  \k  in  .\inli.Mst  :\\  ( )ct.)l..T.  ls.-,8. 

21.  Is.v.vr  I'i'MAM.  son  of  Phineas  and  Lois,  \\.  !!•  Fol)- 
rnary,  Isoii  :  d.  17  .V|.!-il.  Istili:  m.  .Miiriln  .1.  C.irtor 
5  July,  IS;')!.     Their  children  were — 

:{:3.  Martha  . I.,  1).  8  July,  18:}.'» ;  in.  Fran.i>  Sliaw.  of  Franklin.  2(J 
April.  18.-)  5:  .1.  2.->  April.  18.-)l.  a;,'e.l  18. 

U.  Hrnr,,  /..I..  7  May,  18:^7:  m.  Myra  K.  Ipton  1.')  .May,  ISOO; 
,sho  WHS  h.  8  ()ctolH>r,  ls:{7  :  1  chilil.  Willif  II..  h.  24  .laiinarv.  ISiL'; 
res.  in  Conconl. 

2'\.  Amos  Timiam,  son  of  I'hiiieas  and  liiitli.  h.  I.")  Octo- 
ber, 1771  :  d.  24  Xovember,  l<S2t>;  m.  (1)  Hannah  (Jreeii 
3  Septenil)er,  17'.t7  ;  m.  (2)  Betsey  Ilas.soU  in  Jiinr,  1808. 


Lois  I'lthiiii  <1.  in  S 'pteinlii'r.  1827,  a^ed  .■>:}. 


806  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Amos  Upham,  fornierlj' of  Amherst,  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  11  February, 
1869.  aged  69. 

Liic)/  Upham  d.  21  August,  1813,  aged  33. 

Nathan  Upham  in.  Sally  Osgood,  21  March,  1810. 

Ruth  Adeline,  daughter  of  Nathan  Uphain,  d.  in  November,  1829, 
aged  11  years. 

A  child  of  Amos  I'pham  d.  in  October,  1803,  aged  7  months. 

Luther  Upham  ni.  Calista  A.  Farnsworth,  of  Danville,  Vt.,  in  July, 
1841. 

UPTON. 

Jeremiah  Upton,  b.  21  February,  1811 ;  m.  Almira 
Howard,  4  November,  1832  ;  she  was  b.  19  July,  1812. 
Their  children  were — 

Charles,  b.  24  January,  1836;  m.  Jennie  W.  Patterson,  of  Hopkin- 
ton  ;  d.  in  Nashua,  18  fluue,  1870. 

Almira  E.,  b.  8  October,  1837.;  m.  Henry  I.  Upham  15  May,  1860; 
res.  in  Manchestei". 

James  Henry,  b.  4  August,  1839;  m.  (1)  Esther  M.  Smith;  (2) 
Theresa  M.  Gale;  (3)  Fanny  S.  Griffin. 

Martha  M.,  )  d.  ;51  July,  1842. 

h.  7  November,  1841 ; 

Marii  S.,      )  d.  24  July,  1842. 

Georcje  H.,  b.  24  January,  1843  ;  m.  Abby  F.  Greeley,  of  London- 
derry. 

Harriet  P.,  b.  3  December,  1845  ;  m.  fHenry  H.  I'arkhurst. 

William  P.,  b.  7  May,  1848;  d.  27  December,  1S73. 

Helen  R..h.  16  July,  1851;  m.  Noble  C.  Sparks;  res.  in  Bristol, 
Conn. 

Jeremiah  E.,  b.  5  November,  1855 ;  m.  Etta  L.  Mace,  of  Bedford, 
17  October,  1882. 

Addie  E.,  b.  18  August,  1859. 

USHER. 

Eleazer  Usher,  b.  10  June,  1746  ;  d.  8  July,  1811  ;  m. 
Mrs.  Prudence  Wilson  ;  she  d.  10  January,  1828,  aged  83. 
Their  children  were — 

Jacob,  b.  in  1775;  d.  in  January,  1814,  aged  39. 
Polhj,  b.  in  1783;  d.  in  May,  1809,  aged  26. 
Simeon,  b.  10  June,  1785;  d.  28  April,  1786. 


XXTV]  fJENRALOcilKS.  K(>7 

\'A[(;ii\. 

Joseph  \'.\r(;iiN.  li.  17l»t> :  <!.  ;it  thr  As\  lum  inr  thr  Insane, 
ill  (/oiicnnl,  •)  A|iriK  IsTti.  lie  ciiniiMl  on  tlic  Imsincss  of 
a  watcli-inakci'  on  the  Tliiin  nioic  tli:tn  tut-nty  vcars.  His 
wife.  Mrs.  li.inict  N'jiiiLilin.  li.  in  |S(I."),  d.  ,')  .Inne,  Ixl.'t. 
'I'lirir  cliiMicn  were — 

Frame.-!  1/.;  in.  Hohfit  Kiiumsom  ."50  ScptciiilxT,  1S47. 
Joseplt  If.,  I.,  in  IS-JJ). 
Willinm   ]]'..  1..  Ill  1S:L'. 
CurolitK,  1..  in  ls:j(i:  .1.  l!i  .Vii-u>l.  iSiUt. 

V(KSK. 

S.\MrEL  \'osi;.  well  i<no\vn  as  a  stauc  owner  :in(l  staj^c 
drivel",  d.  15  Marcii,  IS.')T,  nued  .*)7  ;  ^^al•v  A.,  Iiis  widow, 
d.  T)  Jnnc,  186--^,  a<::ed  ')8.     'I'lieir  rliiidirn  weic — 

Cliiirlts  :  ilrow 1  •_'!)  OctolM-r,  ls|l.  af,'(.'(l  0  years. 

EilicanI,  li.  ill  183!);  wa.s  a  iih'iiiImt  of  tlic  "itli  Kf^^iinciit  N.  II.  Vols, 
in  the  civil  war;  d.  in  tin-  .service. 

Ann  M..  1..  in  is  III;  in.  William  H.  Ilarlwrll  IS  Aj.ril,  Is.". 

G<, >!■(/>,  \>.  in  ISIL';  III.  Kli/a  Katoii.nl"  lIillslion)Hj;Ii,  1.".  April,  ISCtl. 
Up  was  a  iikmiiIkm-  of  Co.  F,  rith  Ke>fiiiieiit  X.  II.  ^'ols..  and  wa.s 
a|>i»oiiifc(l  Isl  Lieut.  .'5  July.  1S(M. 

William  /v..  1).  ;5  Xovenil«>r,  |S44. 

WAKKl'lKIJ). 

1.  TiioMA^  Wakkfikli),  of  Hr'adinu".  Mass..  son  of  Tlmnias 
and  Cas.sy  Wnkeliejd,  wns  ii.  in  iJoston  f>  Anjrust,  IT'JT; 
m.  T>ore;is  Pi'alt.  'J'.'  M;irfli.  1750,  and  settled  in  SonIir>r;in 
West  shortly  afw-r.  He  d.  |»rol»al)ly  in  Septenilier.  17".'l  ; 
she  d.  in  Reudinj;  "Jt!  Xovcinbor,  180^',  ai;ed  78.  He  was 
one  of  the  selectmen  of  Amherst  2'2  years,  and  town-clerk 
several  years,  beside  lillinir  other  impDrtant  olViees.  Their 
children  were — 

■J.   i'l'/iniiKi.f,  li.  in  Ki-aling  IJ  .Fannaiy,  I7")l. 
a.  .fo.irph,  h.  U  May.  I7.VJ. 
I.   ilChenczfi: 


808  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

5.  Timothy,  b.  15  February,  1756;  settled  in  Reading;  d.  19  April, 
1849,  aged  93. 

6.  t  William :  ni.  Sally  Hcjsea  17  November,  1786. 

7.  Dorcas,  b.  13  December,  1759  ;  m.  Daniel  Damon  28  October, 
1794;  d.  at  Reading  1  May,  1819. 

8.  John,  h.  7  March,  1762. 

9.  Pet.er,  b.  7  March,  1764;  m.  Keziah  Burns  3  March,  1792. 

2.  Thomas  Wakefield,  jr.,  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  12  Jan- 
uary, 1751 ;  d.  in  Jaffrey,  in  January,  1839  ;  m.  Elizabeth 
Hardy,  of  Hollis,  in  1772  ;  slie  was  b.  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  22 
July,  1750  ;  d.  in  1832.  They  lived  in  Amherst  seven  years, 
thence  they  rem.  to  Dublin  in  1778,  and  in  1808  to  Jaffrey. 
Their  children  were — 

10.  Thomas,  b.  in  August,  1773;  m.  Olive  Hart,  of  Castine,  Me., 
1805 ;  removed  to  Maine. 

11.  Othniel,  h.  25  April,  1775;  d.  at  Seneca,  N.  Y..  5  September, 
1800. 

12.  Betsey,  h.  in  March,  1777 ;  m.  Timothy  Wakeheld,  Jr.,  of  Read- 
ing, in  October,  1802;  d.  in  November,  1848. 

13.  Cyrus,  b.  16  November,  1779;  m.  Sally  Mason  in  June,  1803. 
He  d.  5  October,  1810. 

14.  ./a?«es,  b.  9  September,  1782 ;  m.  (1)  Hannah  Henunenwayll 
October,  1803 ;  settled  in  Marlborough,  now  Roxbury,  N.  H.  His  son 
Cyrus,  b.  7  February,  1811,  built  a  large  rattan  manufactory  in  South 
Reading,  and  accumulated  a  large  estate  ;  in  compliment  to  him  the 
name  of  the  town  was  changed  to  Wakefield. 

15.  Abigail,  b.  3  June,  1784  ;  m.  Rev.  Amos  Pettengill  in  Jaiui- 
ary,  1807 ;  removed  to  Champlain,  N.  Y.;  d.  in  IMarch,  1810. 

16.  Peter,  b.  16  April,  1786 ;  ni.  Esther  Whitcomb  in  November, 
1809  ;  removed  to  New  York. 

17.  Martha,  b.  11  April,  1788;  m.  Rev.  Peter  Sanborn,  of  Reading, 
in  1810 ;  d.  in  1849. 

18.  Dorcas,  b.  11  March,  1790;  m.  Horace  Riidd  in  1817;  removed 
to  Ohio. 

19.  Joseph,  b.  7  July,  1792;  m.  Sarah  Sawyer  in  1813;  settled 
in  Ohio;  d.  in  1828. 

Children  of  (4)  Ebenezer  and  Abicjail  Wakefield  : — 

20.  Polly,  b.  11  March,  1786. 

21.  Arethusa,  b.  9  March,  1788. 


XXI  \'. J  (;knkal(x;iks.  80i» 

22.  Ebemzfi;  I..  L'7  .Inly,  17!»l». 

23.  Thomits  Lore,  1>.  1l'  April.  17!»J. 

24.  (',>!><•.  1..  I  May.  17!»l. 

0.  William  Wakkiikld,  m.  .^:ill\  iiusca  17  Nmciiihrr, 
ITNti.  II.-  (I.  !•  Xovemher,  iSiiC,  ii^red  il!).  Tliey  settled  in 
Amherst.     Tlicir  i-liildicn  weic — 

2.").   yV/.v,  h.  •_'  April,  17!»0;  .1.  in  Iv.-a.liii','.  .Ma-<s..  1   Was.  1S|.-,. 

26.  Xunri/,  h.  7  .Fumiary,  17!>-J;  il.  "JS  June.  17!»:5. 

27.  Xnnri/,  l>.  .')  Octclx-r,  17!):3. 

2.S.  William  :  <l.  •_':{  .Fuly.  18l)4,  a,i,'<'<l  (5  \.-;irs  ami  J  iiiunliis. 

2!».  'n,oiiiiis  :  .1.  8  OctolMi-.  1S17.  a-.'.l  17. 

'M).  Man/. 

;U.  So/,/,  In. 

WALKKII. 

1.  (tKOHce  Walkki!.  ol'  Aiulierst,  ml  S;ii;di  K<'in|i.tit'  I)iiii- 
stalile,  Mass.,17  December,  1845.     Their  children  were — 

2.   Sarah  Emma,  h.  It)  June,  181.S;  d.  l!l  D.'c.'iiiImt.  is:,}. 
A.  ^George  A'., I).  17  August,  l^<5(). 
4.   C/iailrs  ^/.,\K  'js  .lanuary.  1S.")|. 

a.  (Jp:om:K  Iv.  Walkku,  b.  IT  Anjj:ust.  ly^O;  m.  liiittit-  (J. 
lleald  2.")  I)eceml)er,  ISTI  ;  one  child — 
r>.   (irarlr  Ma,/,  \>.  t!  May.  1871. 

W.VLL.V  ('!•:. 

Childn-n  nf  (  1  )  Willi  »M  mid  .M  \i:v  W\lla('K — 

2.  ./i,.i> p/i.  li.  •)   Si'ptt'iiil't'r,  17.").j. 
'.\.  jJo/in,  l>.  2(1  Mari-li.  17.">7. 

4.   Mar,/.  \>.  Id   Aii-ii>L  17.')!». 
:").    William,  1>.  .')   Ai>ril,  17iil. 

6.  U'lmr.'i,  1..  17   ()<-t..lM-r,  17tit;. 

8.  John  Wallaci:,  b.  :i<»  .March.  1T.")T  :  d.  S-)  .Inly.  1S3.-, ; 
111.  r.tlly  Bradford.     Their  children  were — 

7.  ./o/i;(.  />.,  1>.  2S  Manh.  17S1  ;  m.Oiiv.-  IIut.-liiiiMHi  in  istii;  \Nas 
a  jiliysifian  in  Milford:  il.  \  .Xugu.st,  ls;37. 

s.  t-l "'/'•'"•.  •>.  2S  Man-li.  17S:{. 
n.    .}far;/,  1..  1:5  .May.  17S.->. 
1(1.    Ilatiiiah.  1).  •_'.")  .Inni".  17>-7. 


810  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

11.  Asa,  b.  '21  AvigiLst,  1789. 

12.  Sallij  WarrJ,  b.  8  Xovember,  1792. 

13.  Nancy,  h.  4  .lune,  1794  ;  m.  Dr.  Jonas  Hutchinson  5  September, 
1815. 

14.  Rebecca,  b.  8  January,  1797. 

15.  William,  h.  8  March,  1801 ;  was  a  merchant  in  Milford. 

6.  James  Wallace,  b.  17  October,  1766  ;  m.  (1 )  Betsey 
Kimball  19  September,  1786  ;  m.  (2)  Sophia  Tuttle.  Their 
children  were — 

16.  James,  b.  24  August,  1787. 

17.  Betsey,  b.  5  December,  1788  ;  unmarried. 

18.  Polly,  b.  5  April,  1791. 

19.  Royal. 

20.  Elisha  Fuller;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College;  m.  Lydia 
Wheelwright,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  14  November,  1820. 

21.  Rodney. 

22.  Caroline :  m.  Abel  Lawrence,  of  Salem,  Mass. 

23.  Jane  ;  married  ■. 

8.  Andrew  Wallace,  Esq.,  son  of  Dea.  John  and  Polly 
Wallace,  was  b.  in  Amherst,  now  Milford,  28  March,  1783  ;  d. 
in  Amherst  23  September,  1856  ;  m.  Hepsibah  Cummings  in 
December,  1820.  She  was  b.in  1794;  d.  17  September,  1874. 
After  fitting-  for  the  practice  of  the  law,  he  settled  in  Mont 
Vernon,  which  town  he  represented  one  year  in  the  General 
Court ;  thence  he  rem.  to  Hancock,  where  he  remained  un- 
til April,  1824,  when  lie  received  the  appointment  of  Clerk 
of  the  Courts  in  Hillsborough  county,  and  rem.  to  Amherst, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  resumed  the 
practice  of  the  law  1  November,  1839.  Their  children 
were — 

24.  Horace  Willard,  b.  in  Hancock  25  March,  1822  ;  d.  9  October, 
182(i. 

25.  Charles  Andrew,  h.  in  Amherst  5  August,  1825;  d.  8  March, 
1832. 

26.  Mary  Caroline,  b.  30  ]\Iay,  1828  ;  d.  11  August,  1833. 

27.  Henry  Horatio,  b.  10  January,  1831 ;  d.  18  August,  1833. 

28.  Mary  Caroline,  b.  4  July,  1834;  d.  4  January,  1846. 

29.  Charles  Henry,  b.  14  September,  1835  ;  d.  21  June,  1861. 


^:XIV.]  (;i:ni:aL()<;ii:s.  HU 

\v.\i;r<)\. 

1.  Samuel  Walton,  of  lioiuliiiu-,  M!iss.,m.  |[;iiiii;ili  Seniles, 
»r  \V('iili:im.  >fass..  '22  Dofcinlicr,  17<>l*.  They  settled  in 
Reiidinti'.      Tlieii-  rliildicii  wci'e — 

'J.  Il<u,„<ih,  1..  -r,    Xc.vrmlHT.  17ii;i. 

:{.  ]S,nnnil,h.l  Octol.rr,  170."). 

4.  Surah,  I..  21  N(.\f'iiilMT.  17tt7. 
:>.  William,  1..  iL'    Ai-ril.  17ll!l. 

<i.   M„s,s.  1..  -Jl  May,  171  J. 
7.   Mar;i.  1..  1-J  April.  17U;. 

5.  Jiniathan,  1).  .")  .lamiaiy.  17"Jii. 

3.  Samukl  Walton,  .IK.,  soil  ol  S;iiniiel  :iiid  Ilaniiidi.  was 
D.  17  Octolter,  ITOf) ;  in.  Ileljecea  Davis,  of  Readiiii:-,.')  March, 
I7:i0.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  the  towiishi|)  of 
S'anairaiiset  \o.  D.  or  Smiheuaii  West,  in  17'^;"). 

\VAi;i». 

I.  William  Ward  was  from  l*]n<rhind,aiKl  was  one  of  th«' 
?arly  settlers  in  Siidhuiy.  Mass.,  where  he  had  hiiwls  granted 
liiiii  as  early  as  lt'40.      ||is  son — 

II.  .In UN  Wakd.Ii.  ill  Kii'jlaiid  ill  UJl^ti  :  in.  i  liimiah  .Faek- 
soii  ai)niit  1  •I.")(i.  and  set  tle(l  in  ( 'ami »rid ire  Villa lt*',  now  New- 
Ion,  Mass.  He  was  one  of  the  first  hoard  of  scdeetmen 
L'hoseii  in  New  ( 'amhridui'.  and  its  first  representative  in  the 
General  Coiiit.  Ilr  d.  2  .Inly.  17os.  SImmI.  2\  Aj.ril,  I7oI. 
aged  7-"').     Their  son — 

III.  KiciiAiM)  Wand.  Ii.  1."^  Novemher,  lt)60  :  m.  Thank- 
ful Trowhridue  1  •'>  Peeeinher,  lli'.HI  ;  sneeeetled  his  father 
on  the  homestead  ;  was  stdeetinan,  re|»r(>seiitative.  and  dea- 
con in  the  (diiireh.  lled.'JT  .Mar.di.  17;V.».  Sh<- d.  in  I  7  IJ, 
a«re(l  7o.     Their  son — 

IV.  KiMiNAiM  Wahd,  h.  in  17n:{ ;  m.  (  1  )  Mary  Stone  6 
.lannary.  17".:^.  Sjie  d.  1<I  Oetolier.  M^'l.  He  in.  (  2)  Mary 
(Haven)    Stone:    settled    in    Newton:    was  seleetman   and 


812  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

deacon.    He  d.l  December,  1772.    She  d.  30  October,  1773, 
aged  76.     Their  son — 

V.  1.  Richard  Ward,  b.  in  Newton  9  September,  1739  ; 
m.  Peggy  Chandler,  of  Bedford,  16  September,  1764,  and 
settled  in  Amherst  in  what  was  afterward  the  north-west 
parish,  now  Mont  Vernon.  Here  they  continued  until  Feb- 
ruary, 1794,  when  they  rem.  to  Chester,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  27 
December,  1795.  She  d.  in  March,  1812.  He  seems  to 
have  taken  (|uite  an  active  part  in  the  formation  of  the 
north-west  parish  in  1780,  and  was  one  of  the  fii'st  members 
of  the  church  formed  there.     Their  children  were- — 

2.  William,  b.  in  1765;  was  a  physician ;  d.  in  Maine. 

3.  Murcjaret,  b.  in  1767  ;  <I.  in  Andover,  Vt.,  in  1841  ;  unniarried. 

4.  Manj,  b.  26  Jnly,  1769 ;  m.  Caleb  Barton,  of  Chester,  Vt.,  in 
1798  ;  d.  26  .July,  1799  ;  one  child. 

5.  Sarah,  b.  in  1772  ;  d.  in  1792. 

6.  Richard,  h.  in  177-4  ;  m.  Hannah  Smith  in  1798;  d.  in  Chester  6 
June,  1832;  four  children. 

7.  Ephraim,  b.  in  1777;  m.  Patty  Snow;  d.  in  Canaan,  Me.   , 

8.  Zachariah  Chandler,  b.  in  1781 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Willard  in  1802  ; 
d.  in  Bolton,  Warren  county,  N.  Y.,  14  August,  1842  ;  eight  children. 

9.  John,  b.  in  1782;  m.  Sally  Lord;  res.  in  Hague,  N.  Y. 

10.  Sally:  m.  (1)  Jonas  Putnam,  of  Windham,  Vt. ;  both  became 
Mormons.     After  his  decease  she  m.  again  and  settled  in  New  York. 

11.  Thomas,  b.  in  1788  ;  m.  Rebecca  Gerald  ;  res.  in  Northtield,  Vt. ; 
no  children. 

WARNER. 

1.  Daniel  Warner,  with  his  sons,  (2)  Daniel  and  John, 
emigrated  from  Enghxnd  to  Massachusetts  in  1636,  and  set- 
tled in  Ipswich,  Mass.  Subsequently  John  rem.  to  Wethers- 
field,  Conn.,  where  he  died. 

3.  Daniel  Warner,  a  grandson  of  (2)  Daniel,  was  b.  in 
Ipswich  25  June,  1745  ;  d.  in  Amherst  20  March,  1813  ;  m. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Boardman.  She  was  b.  in  Ips- 
wich 28  November,  1750  ;  d.  29  March,  1833.  They  resided 
in  Dunstable  some  years,  but  rem.  thence  to  Amherst,  near 


XIV.]     .  GENEALOGIKS.  Sl.", 

e  close  ol  flic  war  tor  iiiilc]ti'iiilriif('.  Col.  Warner  rcpiT- 
iitcd  Aiulicrsl  ill  tlir  (Jnu'ral  Coiii't  cit^lit  years  ;  was 
:utc'naiit-iM)l(»iicl,  iniiuMandiiiu:  the  ">tli  rciriiiK'Ht  several 
ars ;  took  the  eeiisiis  ot"  Ilillshoroiiiili  coinily  in  IT'.'O, 
100  and  1810.  ami  made  the  surveys  of  the  town  and  of 
out  Vernon  for  Carriirain's  nKi|t  of  the  state,  uhieh  was 
ihlished  in  181G.  lie  was  a  proiiiinent  meniher  and  olli- 
r  of  r>i'iicvolrnt  Lodi>-e  No.  7.  F.  and  .V.  Masons,  and  his 
neral  services  were  i-ondneted  l»y  his  iirothcr-craftsinen, 
.'V.  I^|ihraiin  1*.  r>radford  onieiatin<i'  as  (diajdain.  The 
ildrcii  of  Col.  haiiiel  ami  Mrs.  Mli/alielh  Warner  were — 

4.  Jnhn  BiKinliiKin,  1).  2  May,  ITOS  ;  d.  lo  Si'pleiiilicr.  177s. 

.">.   I'.heni'zer,  li.  11  April,  1770;  (1.8  Septeiiilicr,  177S. 

ti.   lhini,U  !••  9  .Tuly,  177-_';  d.  •".  Octoher,  1792. 

7.   llliziilKih,  li.  "J.")  Deceinl)!'!-.  1771 :  d.  3  Septt'iiil)»*r,  1778. 

s.  .s'a/v///,  It.  2  ScpteinliiT,  1777;  in.  Kiioch  Stevens  23.Fainiaiv.  17!*7; 
1(1  .\u,-,'ust,  ISIG. 

9.  Jnhu,  I),  is  Mardi,  17.S0;  <l. !»  Dcc'ihIut.  \1^\. 
111.   i:iiza,  I).  2:5  DeciMiihiT,  17.S2:  in.  Henry    Ficl.l.-^  2  Octolu-r.  1S(I2  ; 
M.to  Lansinijhnri,'.  X.  V.;  d.  19  Feliruary.  1.S12. 

11.  .Inlin.  1«.  •>  i'l'lirnarv,  17s6  :  was  a  sergoant  in  tin-  aiiny  and  d.  at 
ckett'.s  Harbor  in  I'Vliriiarv,  1814. 

12.  A'rt«c»/,  h.  yO  .fan  nary,  1789;  m.  I'liiinliii,-;  NN'ldtney  ;  ro.sided  for 
inu  time  in  Merrimack;  d.  2t!  Xoveinher,  1822.  Some  of  her  de- 
Midants  now  res.  in  Mercer,  .Somerset  connty.  Maine. 

1:5.   Ehnczcr,  h.  9  .\n.-,Mist,  1791. 

w.\i;iJi:\. 

Di.MOND  W.MtUKN.  soli  of  John  Warren,  was  h.  in  Chelins- 
rd,  Mass.  lie  d.  in  New  Dostmi  2(>  Deeeinher,  1S.")7.  ajjed 
l'„  ni.  riielte  l']llenwood.     Their  <hildren  were — 

Ehen  :  res.  in  New  Huston. 

John:  m.  .Miij;ail    .M.  Iilakc    in    .M;iy,    1>"J">;    n-in.   to    Lynn.    .Mass., 

)out  IMl. 

Adeline  :   m.  .lolm  .•>.  Hall.  «>t  Mt  rrimack.  22  Deceinhcr.  1^;}9. 

W.VSIIKK. 

1.  John  W.\sni;i{,  !».  in  iOiiLiland,  came  to  America  at  flic 
je  of  ten  vears  ;   m.  Hannah    Wilkins.  td"  Middletoii,  Mass., 


814  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

in  March,  1735.  She  d.  in  Mont  Vernon  in  1808,  aged  89. 
They  resided  in  Souhegan  West,  prior  to  1760,  on  the  farm 
now  occupied  by  William  Pratt.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Amy  :  baptized  in  1740;  m.  fDea.  Oliver  Carleton ;  settled  in 
Amherst,  now  Mont  Vernon. 

3.  ^Stephen;  published  to  Sarah  Wilkuis  1  March,  1758. 

4.  Anna  ;  ra.  Samuel  Bradford  17  December,  1761 ;  settled  in  Hills- 
borough ;    d.  in  Antrim  in  1833. 

5.  A  daughter;  m. Barton. 

6.  A  daughter ;  m. ■  Cochran. 

7.  Susannah  ;  m.  f  Samuel  Dodge. 

8.  John  ;  d.  in  1806. 

3.  Stephen  Washer,  son  of  John  and  Hannah,  m.  Sarah 
Wilkins,  of  Middleton,  in  March,  1758.  She  d.  in  1815. 
They  resided  in  Pond  parish  near  tlie  great  pond.  Their 
children  were — 

f).  Solomon:  m.  Susannah  Bishop  13  March,  1781;  settled  in  Indi- 
ana. 

10.  Hannah  ;  m.  Ebenezer  Cumuiings  29  May,  1787. 

11.  Salig  ;  became  insane  ;  d.  in  March,  1815,  aged  46. 

12.  Patience;  d.  2  May,  1806,  aged  34. 

13.  Betsey ;  d.  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  in  December,  1841. 

14.  ]John,  b.  11  August,  1779. 

14.  John  Washer,  b.  11  Auoiist,  1779  ;  d.  in  Goffstown 
11  August,  1851  ;  m.  Mary  Robertson,  of  Amherst,  15  April, 
1801.  He  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  teaching  school. 
Their  children  (the  first  six  b.  in  Amlierst)  were — 

15.  Ismenki.. 

16.  Sarah  :  m.  Buckman  ;  res.  in  New  Ipswich. 

17.  Mary  Seaton,  h.  18  March,  1806  ;  m.  Timothy  D.  Wood,  of  Mol- 
lis, 14  December,  1824 ;  resided  in  HoUis,  Amherst,  Bedford,  Salem, 
Mass.,  and,  in  1843,  rem.  to  Piipia,  Ohio,  where  she  d.  16  November, 
1882. 

18.  Louisa;  m.  Barter  Holt;  res.  in  Concord. 

19.  Stephen. 

20.  George  E.:  res.  in  MilforJ. 

21.  Johr 

22.  Petei 

23.  Hannah. 


'in.    I 
ter.   J 


XXIV.]  OENKALOC.IKS.  815 

WATSON. 

.luiiN  Watson  was  :i  rcsidnit  of  Aiiilirr>l  sunic  Iwcnfv 
y<':u*s.  Ahiiiit  ISIO  he  ffin.  to  New  ^^)^k.  lit-  d.  in  Allianv 
in  Doci'iiihcr,  iSl;?,  mlicmI  ol  years;  m.  (  1  )  Bt'tsoy  Stevens 
li.")  .June,  ITSC.  She  d.  1  J  DL-ceiuber,  1801,  ageil  3;").  He 
in.  (2)  Lydia  Whitney,  of  Shirhn',  Mass.,  8  .hmuary.  Isol. 
Their  children  were — 

i:.ts,!i  S.  :  ,1.  \  l).-c.-iiil>iT,  17.S7,  ii-v.i  In  Ml.mlll^. 
John  W. ;  il.  •")  Ffbrujiry,  1H()6,  aged  4  iiioiitlis. 
John  lioirns  :  il.  15  \oveml)er,  1S()7,  agcil  1  iinuiilis. 
lli-'bcccu  ;  il.'2'2  Febriuiiv,  If^O!),  jigctl  1  month. 

WAi  (;ii. 

Jusi;rn  Waicjh  was  overseer  ol"  the  town  larni  several 
yeai's.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Sai'ah  II.  Wan<;h,  d.  in  April,  18M0, 
air*'*!    ''•">.       li''    m.   (  l' )    l"'anny . 

WKHIiHK. 

.Ml.ss  SrsAN  Wkhhkk,  of  Bedford,  .Mass.,  d.  at  the  resi- 
dence of  ("ai»t.  1).  llai-tshorn  o  Se|»tenil)er,  1805.  aged  45. 

WMnSTKK. 

.TamKS  !'.  Wkhstkij,  il.  in  Draeut,  .Mass.,  IJ.Iannaiy,  1S:;(); 
ni.  Mi-s.  Sarah  C.  Fai-well.  She  w.is  h.  in  llndson  7  .May, 
1840.  He  s«'rved  one  year  in  the  ;M  \.  11.  \'ols.,  for  Merri- 
niaek.  After  the  close  of  the  war  of  llu'  Uel)ellion  he 
settled  in  Amherst,  on  the  ohl  r  >.id  in-ai-  Siickncy's  mills. 
Tlieir  children  were — 

Charlrs  /'..  1..  •_»(»  .May,  l-SIJ.-);   .1.   1  .July,  1S(;(>. 
Lilfie  .1.,  li.  7  .lainiarv,  18(50. 


A:<>-n,ith,  will-  i,{  Jn'ni  I'.   Wii'isifi;  (1.  1.")  .Vpril,  is:5t;,  ng.-.l  :{7 

WKLLINUTON. 

Donas  WtHiiujton  d.  at  the  pauper  farm  in  .\pril.  is.").'). 


816  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

WEST. 

Joseph  C.  West,  b.  in  Salisbury  in  1806;  d.  in  Amlierst 
3  Marcb,  1859;  m.  Rebecca  Pike.  She  was  b.  in  Amherst 
in  1817.     Tlieir  children  were — 

Charles  E.,  h.  1840. 
George,  b.  1845. 
Hen7-y,  b.  1847. 

WESTON. 

I.  John  Weston,  the  ancestor  of  this  family,  m.  Sarah 
Fitch,  in  Reading,  Mass.,  18  April,  1653.  Their  children 
were — 


John  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

Elizaheth. 

Sarah. 

Samuel. 

Mary. 

Stephen. 

John. 

ji  Thomas. 

II.  Thomas  Weston,  b.  20  November,  1670;  m.  Eliza- 
beth   .  She  d.  26  June,  1715.  They  settled  in  Read- 
ing, Mass.     Their  children  were — 

■\Ebenezer,  h.  28  January,  1702. 
Elizaheth,  h.  2  April,  1705. 
Joskih,  h.  (]  July,  1708. 

III.  1.  Ebenezer  Weston,  b.  in  Reading,  28  January, 
1702 ;  m.  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Isaac  Sutherick,  29  Novem- 
ber, 1726.  She  was  b.  in  October,  1706.  They  settled  in 
Souhegan  West  about  1752.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Mehitable,  b.  27  November,  1727 ;  ni.  fTimothy  Nichols. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  6  October,  1729 ;  m. Larrabee. 

4.  ^Ebenezer,  b.  10  February,   1731. 

5.  Ann,  b.  31  March,  1734;  d.  3  September,  1751 ;  unmarried. 

6.  ]  Daniel,  b.  11  October,  1735. 

7.  Hepsibah,  b.  11  June,  1738  ;  d.  at  an  advanced  age  ;  unm. 

8.  Sarah,  b.  7  September,  1740  ;  d.  22  September,  1751. 

9.  Judith,  b.  3  June,  1742;  d.  31  August,  1751. 

10.  YFhomas,  b.  26  June,  1744  ;  m.  Ruth  Tuttle. 

11.  [soar,  I).  11  May,  1746;  in.  Hannah  Cole. 


XXI  V.J  '  (iKNEALOGIR'*.  SIT 

12.  Tuhithfi.  1..  :U  March.  ITl.S;  m.  (1)  tl'anifl  Wilkiii.s  jr.;  m.  {'J) 
■f.Fosso  lialilwiu  ;  iii.  (:{)  fl^t.. Joseph  Funiiim  ;  il.  in  .Mont  Vernon  in  Jan- 
uary, IHJO.  Siic  was  ^^^andinothor  of  (Ikn.  .Fomn  A.  Dix,  of  Now 
York. 

l:i.   ^Snthcrick-,  !>.  l!l  Nnvciiilx-r.  IT'il  ;   iii.  Sarali  l.aiicv. 

IV.  4.  Kiu:nk/i;u  Wkston,  .ir.,  h.  in  Ri-adiiij:  10  Fohni- 
arv,  17:')1  :  d.  in  Aiulierst  22  DecoinWcr,  1S()5;  in.  (  1 )  K.sther 
Taylor,  of  Diiiistahlo,  Muss.  She  d.  28  June,  1767  ;  in,  (2) 
liUcy  Kicliiinlsoii,  (>r  Litclilicid.  Shod,  in  .May.  lHl:{.  'i'lioir 
children  were — 

14.  Esther,  1».  0  SepttMnLcr,  17.'>0  ;  d.  L'S  October,  176U. 

I.').  ^Ebenezer,  h.  25  .Inly,  1701. 

It).  ICslhrr,  h.  7  July.  17<I'5 ;  ni.  .\rchclaus  To\mo,  jr.,  22  St-pl^nilx-r, 
17.^7. 

17.  .fesft:,  \>.  2  SepteiiiKcr,  17(>");  il.  ~'>  .March.  17(i7. 

18.  Uesse,  h.  21  June,  17ii7. 

10.  Dimitl,  li,  9  February,  1770;  d.  27  February-.  1773. 

20.  f.uri/,  b.  27  February.  177:1;  in.  fFbenczer  4\iylor. 
•Jl.   iDain.l,  b.  19  Au;.,aist.  1771. 

V.  If),  Ebenezku  Weston,  8d,  h.  2;')  .July,  17()1  ;  m.  (1  ) 
Kli/a  Ilildreth  18  Novemher,  1784.  She  d.  18  July,  1799. 
He  ni,  (2)  Sarah  Ilcrriek  1  Jannary,  ISOO.  She  was  b. 
28  Frhniary,  177S  ;  d.  22  Jnne,lS.-,7.  Ilo  d.  12  June,  1H4»;. 
lie  was  a  farmer  in  the  south-easterly  j)art  of  thr  town, 
near  the  Souhe<;an  river.     Their  children  were — 

22.   Ehenrzer,  b.   21   Au.t(ust.   178"!;    in.  Jane    Boyd    17    Noveinl>er, 
1812;  removed  to  Maine;  d.  at  Haimor  1  September,  1859. 
2:5.   AV/caM/j,  b.  30  January,  1788;  d,  18  June,  1817;  uninarrie<l. 

21.  Snraon,  1>,  5  February.  1792;  in.  \anry  Weston  4  June,  1821; 
d.  at  Xa.shua  23  April,  1837. 

25.    Rehccrn    Fhtchrr.h.  ~i\  OcXuU'V.  1^""       rit.   James    I'-'l   ""^    Sep- 
tember,  182ti. 
2i).  Ihi,ti,'l,  b.  11  July,  1S(I5;  d.  2()  Au-u.t.  is72. 
27.  ^Willinm  ./.,  b.  IH  July,  ISlO. 

V.  1^1.  Damki.  \Vi:,>ton,  I).  r.»  Anirnst,  1774  ;  d.  .".  Srj^ 
tcniher.  ISlS  ;  ni.  Arethusa,  dau,ii;hter  of  Pea.  Saniucd  Wil- 
kins,  2(»   ()('t<»l)er,  170'.^      She    was   h.    1    May.   177.");    d.  at, 


818  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

North  Andover,  Mass.,  9  November,  1852.     Their  children 
were — 

28.  Samuel  Wilkiiis,  b.  27  July,  1800;  in.  Polly  Gould  28  December, 
1821.  She  was  b.  at  Boxford,  Mass.,  21  January,  1803 ;  d.  9  March, 
1879.     They  settled  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  9  July,  1853. 

29.  Daniel  Franklin,  b.  28  December,  1801  ;  was  a  merchant  in  Bos- 
ton ;  drowned  near  Nahant  12  June,  1832  ;  unmarried. 

30.  Charles,  h.  14  May,  1803 ;  d.  22  February,  1870 ;  m.  Mary  Dean 
Ward  25  November,  1829.  She  was  b.  20  June,  1806  ;  d.  in  August, 
1878.  They  resided  in  Salem,  INIass.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  a 
tannery. 

31.  Ebenezer  Hamilton,  b.  30  April,  1805;  d.  7  March,  1806. 

32.  Sarah  Farwell,  b.  22  November,  1806;  d.  in  North  Conway 
13  February,  1882;  m.  Willard  Russell  20  September,  1830.  He  was 
b.  in  1805 ;  d.  in  JNIiddleton  in  1874. 

33.  Abigail  Frances,h.  2>Q  September,  1808 ;  d.  7  July,  1846;  m. 
Abijah  Fuller  14  December,  1826.  He  was  b.  in  1801 ;  d.  in  1878. 
They  settled  in  Middleton. 

34.  Ebenezer  Hamilton,  b.  26  February,  1810 ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Wyman 
in  1835.  They  res.  in  Belmont,  Mass.  He  is  a  noted  musician  and  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Brass  Band. 

35.  Robert,  b.  12  May,  1812 ;  d.  20  November,  1882  ;  m.  Sarah  Wel- 
man  in  1840.  She  d.  in  January,  1863  ;  res.  in  Middleton,  Mass.  He 
suffered  from  paralysis  many  years. 

36.  William  Henri/,  b.  11  October,  1813 ;  d.  17  August,  1815. 

VI.  27.  William  J.  Weston,  b.  16  July,  1810  ;  d.  1  Oc- 
tober, 1863 ;  m.  Elizabeth  B.  Towne  14  February,  1850. 
They  settled  on  the  Weston  homestead.  Their  children 
were — 

37.  James  F.,  b.  19  October,  1851. 

38.  Clara  A.,h.  29  July,  1854. 

39.  Lizzie  M.,  b.  12  July,  1856. 

40.  Hattie  E.,  b.  13  November,  1858. 

41.  Will  L.,  b.  12  September,  1860. 

42.  Fannie  E.,  b.  24  July,  1862. 

lY.     6.  Daniel  Weston,  b.  11  October,  1735  ;    m.  Mary- 
Hartshorn  20  April,  1762.     Their  children  were — 

43.  Judith,  b.  30  March,  1763 ;  m.  f  John  Carletou. 

44.  Daniel,  b.  8  July,  1764;  d.  young. 


XXI  \'.]  (;knkaU)(;ii:s.  .slU 

4r>.   Mm;/,  1).  I'd  F.-I.iiiiirv,  ITtJC;   ni.  |):iiip-1  M.riill  J 1   April.  17S8. 
4«i.   Ihirl-I,  I..  l:{  OctolMT.  17ti7. 

IV.  1;5.  SniiKiticK  \Vi:sT(»N,  1..  :it  Ri-ndin;:,  Mass..  10 
Xuvciiihrr,  1T.")1  ;  il.  at  Aiilriiii  11  May,  1831  ;  m.  Marr 
LaiicN,  of  Amherst, -0  .)aim;irv,  177'J.  SIic  <1.  4  August, 
1S.")8,  a,i!('<l  Sii.  'riK\v  rem.  to  Anlrim  in  lT8i».  He  was  a 
soldier  at  I!iiiil<»'r  Hill,  ami  was  one  ol'tlie  |irisoners  tak»Mi 
liy  the  lliitish  and  Indians  at  the  Cedars,  wlu^re  he  was  in- 
iniinanly  treated  l»y  his  captors.     Their  children  were — 

17.  Mini/  A..  11.  IJ  Xovciiiher,  17S0;  in.  Dnnit'l  .Mooro,  c)f  I5i'ilff>n] ; 
(I.  at  MoiitjM'licr.  \'i. 

4.S.  Siil/ierlrLh.>^  March,  17.S:{;  in.  Sarah  8.  Mo.\ulcy  3)  May.  ISitS; 
.sottknl  in  .\iitrini,  hut  rem.  to  Xasliua  in  ISlI!.     He  d.'-V)  May,  IS.")!). 

4!).   /?./,.«•,-,/,  1..  •_> I    April,  17S.V.  .1.  in    ll;iii.M>.-k  L'.')   D ml.  r.  isJl  : 

unmanit-d. 

.")0.   Sophia,  li.  in  OotdhiT,  17><(j;  d.  in  ciiildhond. 

51.  Leonarfl,  1>.  lU  Ootobiir.  1791;  m.  Alma  Wright  in  ISlS:  •,.-n],.,] 
in  Phelps,  N.  J.;  rem.  to  Mic'hi,;;an  in  1841);  d.  in  IS.IS. 

.52.  .S'r»/j/i(Vi.  1). 2.)  October,  1701 ;  m.  Capt.  William  (iri>i:;i;.  of  Annim, 
7  Fohrnary,  1811;  settle;!  in  .Antrim;  rem.  to  Xa-slnia  in  1817;  d.  20 
.Fnno,  IS  14. 

.'>:5.  Lniiri/,  I..  11  Novcmht-r,  1S(H»;  d.  in  Dc-fmlM-r,  1877;  m.  Kliza- 
hi'tli  Moore,  of  Medt'onl;  re.s.  at  tirst  in  .Antrim;  rem.  to  Hodford  in 
1847.  llienee  they  rem.  to  M<mnt  ("lemons,  Micii..  in  185(1. 

1\'.  10.  TiKi.MAS  Wkston,  1).  in  Readin<^  2(3  Jnne,  1744; 
111.  Kuth  Tutlle  ahont  17t!'.>.     They  setthMJ  in  (he  north-we.«*t 

pari    ol'    thi-    town.    ni>\v    .Mont     \'t'nioii.       'I'hrir    children 
were — 

54.   liiil/i,  li.  17  November,  17<;9. 

5.5.  yr/ioinas,ji:,U. '20  .lannarv,  177^5. 

50.   Sani/i,  b.  in  1770;  d.  17  Mareii.  1777. 

57.  Snm/i.  b.  21  .Inly,  177!i. 

V.  .");').  TnoM  \s  Wkston.  .III..  1).  "io  .laniiary,  177;'. ;  d. 'Jli 
Xovemher,  1S40 :  ni.  Liiey  Wilkins  in  17lt5;  settled  in 
Mont  Vernon.     Their  tdiihlren  were — 

58.  fni,  b.  IS  February.  17!H»;  m.  Miriam  ('li-ili-  in  isj.".. 
5!).   Liiri/.  b.  7  .September,  179!). 


820  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

60.  John,  b.  13  September,  1801. 

61.  Thomas,  b.  27  October,  1803;  killed  by  lightning  30  May,  1810. 

62.  Jason,  b.  17  May,  1805;  m.  Eliza  AVilkins  in  1832. 

63.  Langdell,  b.  24  March,  1808  ;  d.  16  March,  1814. 

64.  Sarah,  b.  12  September,  1810;  m.  Elbridge  G.  Fairfield  in  1836. 

65.  Abigail  Tarhell,  b.  13  October,  1813;  d.  27  March,  1814. 

66.  Abigail  Tattle,  h.  4  March,  1815;  m.  Nathan  F.  Richardson  in 
1840. 

IV.  11.  Isaac  Weston,  b.  in  Eeading  11  May,  1746; 
m.  Hannali  Cole.  She  d.  1  June,  1831,  aged  80.  Their 
children  were — 

67.  fJoh?i,  b.  17  July,  1775 ;  m.  Abigail  Haseltine  27  September, 
1802. 

68.  Hannah,  b.  in  1777;  in.  Daniel  L.  Herrick  15  November, 
1801. 

69.  Betsey,  b.  in  1779 ;  in.  Benjamin  Durant. 

70.  Susannah,  b.  in  1781. 

71.  i Isaac,  b.  27  November,  1784;  m.  Mehitable  Batchelder. 

72.  Luther,  b.  in  1785;  d.  in  infancy. 

73.  Luther,  b.  hi  1787  ;  d.  about  1808. 

y.  71.  Isaac  Weston,  jR.,b.  27  November,  1784  ;  d.  23 
January,  1869  ;  m.  Mehitable  Batchelder  20  August,  1812. 
She  was  b.  25  August,  1788  ;  d.  18  April,  1871.  He  resid- 
ed in  Pond  parish  near  the  great  pond.  Their  children 
were — 

74.  ■[  Isaac  Flumer,  h.  20  December,  1812. 

75.  Luther,  b.  30  May,  1816 ;  d.  at  Kenton,  Ohio ;  m.  Eliza  J.  Bates, 
of  Wilton,  in  November,  1838 ;  rem.  to  Ohio ;  four  children. 

76.  Mehitable  J.,  b.  9  October,  1818;  in.  John  C.  Putnam  in  Novem- 
ber, 1843. 

VI.  74.  Isaac  Plumer  Weston,  b.  20  December,  1812  ; 
d.  23  January,  1879 ;  m.  Mary  J.  Howard.  They  resided 
on  the  farm  formerly  occupied  by  his  father.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

77.  Caroline  F.,  b.  14  March,  1836 ;  m.  Charle-s  W.  Temple,  of  Mil- 
ford,  15  November,  1855. 

78.  Martin  P.,b.  20  July,  1838;  d.  at  Fort  Simmons,  Md.,  11  Jamx- 
arv,  1865. 


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CKNKALiXMK.'^. 


821 


7!>.  Litlhn:  l>.  II  Nnv.mlMT,  is:!!);  m.  i.uiii-^ji  S.  Straw,  of  Na^lnia, 
in  Xovi'inbcr,  ls(L*. 

80.  Emrl'nte,  !>.  •_'(»  .luly,  18U  ;  «1.  'IW  .lainuiry.  1^5!).  Sli.-  was  to  havo 
bt-en  iiiarritMl  mi  the  wiM-k  of  her  deatJi. 

81.  Helen  .U..  1..  _'  August,  IS-i:}  ;   m.  John  M.  Kat-.n  t  .\ugust,  l.StJ2. 

82.  Arahella,  \>.  \2  .July,  1K45. 

83.  George  IK.,  b.  28  Doci-inb.-r,  1817. 

81.  Mnrieltii.  I>.  11  .Viigust,  185(1;  ui.  .laiii.'s  \.  Carr,  of  Milfonl.  'JT 
January,  1^70. 

8.").  (ieonjiiiiiitii  .l.,b.  8  .\i>ril.  l>i.VJ;  ni.  fleorgo  .S.  Kalon  '2'-\  Scptcni- 
bcT,  18r)!l. 

V.  IS.  Ji^si:  Wkston,  1).  lil  Jmic,  ITGT  ;  d.  in  Ocloljor, 
1S27;  in.  (1)  Anna  Hartshorn.  She  d.  1 '2  August,  1820. 
Ilr  ni.  (2)  Ahiuail  Read  4  Jannarv,  1S21.  Slic  d.  in  A|.iil, 
1(S42.     Their  children  were — 

>^<).   Xintri/,  b.  '.]  Sei>t«'nibfr.  17!>_* ;  ni.  Sanson  Wcsfon  4  June,  IS'Jl. 
s7.  Af<tri/,  b.  :51  August,  1704;  ni.  Milo  Hrown. 

88.  Esther,  b.  7  April.  17!Hi;  ni.  Alpln'us  dates  27  July,  1S21. 

89.  Ditvi'l,  h.  22  March.  17!».S  ;  ui.  Hannah   .Melvin  8  August,  1S27. 
!»(>.  Jesse  Kendall,  b.  in  .laniiary,  18(10;  ni.  Soplii.i   .Ainln-ws   in   Oc- 
tober, 1821. 

91.  Sarnli.  b.  in  Marrii,  ISQJ;  il.  in  Nashua  in  1S78;  unmarried. 

92.  Lucy  7'ai/lor,\i.  22  April,  lStl4;  ni.  Lemuel  Tr)wne. 

9:5.  Al)i(f(iil  Ealon,  b.  8  .\pril,  ISOO;  m.  Ilaskej  Colliurn  in  1832. 
91.  Eliza,  b.  7  April.  18;)8;  m.  H.  A.  Matteson  in  18:5S. 
95.   Ehen  Hartshorn,  b.  2  April,  ISIO  ;   m.  Aurelia  J.  C'rowell    19  Oc- 
t<..ber,  1812. 

90.  Georije,  1>.  in  June,  1811  ;  d.  in  June,  lsl2. 

97.  A  uifiista. 

98.  .4  nt/eline. 

99.  (icori/e  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

V.  07.  .loilN  Wkston.  It.  IT  .Inly.  177");  was  kilh-d  hy 
the  Tail  ot  a  iiiillstone.  I  fr  m.  .Vhi'^ail  Hasidtinr  27  Si'p- 
t»'inl)er,  1S<)2.     Their  (diihirm  were — 

UK).   Hannah.  1<I3.  Ahi;/ail. 

101.  ./aHic.s- ;  res.  in  Lowell.  Mass.     104.   Mary. 

102.  Thir.^a. 

105.  John  Wkston;  ni.  Sarah  IJontell  12  March,  17'.'-. 
She  d.  18  Auirust,  1843,  aged  71.     Their  children  wen- — 


822  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

106.  Liberty,  b.  3  November,  1705. 

107.  Equity,  b.  13  October,  1796. 

WETHERBEE. 

William  Wetherbee,  Esq.,  a  native  of  Walpole,  resided 
in  town  some  years.  He  was  Register  of  Deeds  for  Hills- 
borough County,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  General 
Court.     He  d.  18  May,  1878,  aged  80  years. 

Annie  E.:  his  only  cliilil,  J.  uuni.  31  August,  1857,  aged  26. 

WHEELER. 

1.  Timothy  Wheeler  d.  28  November,  1826,  aged  77  ;  m. 
Betsey  Nevins  in  1773.  She  d.  in  October,  1815,  aged  65. 
They  lived  near  Babboosuck  pond,  on  the  farm  since  occu- 
pied by  their  son,  John  N.  Wheeler.    Their  children  were — 

'?..  ■fTimotliy,  h.  12  January,  1774-. 

3.  Simeon;  d.  6  February,  1803,  aged  25. 

4.  Nathan;  m.  Huldah  Wilkins,  25  November,  18U7. 

5.  William  N. ;  ra.  ]\Iary  Odell,  30  July,  1803;  d.  at  Plymouth. 

6.  f Daniel,  h.  26  October,  1789. 

7.  ^Jnhn  N.,  h.  in  :\Iay,  1791. 

8.  ^Jonathan. 

9.  Mary ;  m.  Peregrine  Nichols,  of  Merrimack. 
10.  Betsey ;  died  young. 

/      11.  Rebecca;    m.  (1)  Jacob  Mclntire  31  December,  1807;  m.    (2) 
Spalding,  of  Chelmsford. 


12.  Joseph  :  d.  February,  1806. 

2.  Timothy  Wheeler,  jr.,  b.  12  January,  1774  ;  d.  5 
February,  1853  ;  m.  Betsey  Peacock  in  1802.  Slie  was  b. 
29  September,  1778  ;  d.  5  August,  1855.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  lived  on  the  Huliis  road  near  the  town  line.  Their 
children  were — 

13.  ]Timolhy,  Sri,  b.  28  September,  1803.] 

11.  Natha?!,  b.  29  May,  1805;  m.  Hannah  Wheeler  26  November, 
1850;  d.  21  October.  1861;  Hannah,  his  wife,  d.  October,  1856;  no 
children. 


XXI  V.J  (;knkalo(;iks.  h28 

15.  William,  h.  17  .Faniiary,  l.S((7  ;  rii.  ami  sftfh-ri  in  I'.oiia,  111.; 
(I.  tlu'ie  19  .Vpril,  ls4!t  ;  2  rliildren— hotli  .U'ikI. 

10.  Eli  C.  I).  17  .\pril.  IM).!;  III.  Hiiiiiiali  II. .It.  ..f  II..lii^.  Ki  S«>p- 
t*riil..'r,  183:};  sottl.-il  in  .Mill'or.I.      (  liil.livn - 

1.  .Mary  .laiic.  ;{.    Iliiiciinc  V. 

2.  Alma  V.  I.    IsaL.-l. 
17.   ^Porter.   1>.  8  Fphniaiy.  IslL'. 

IS.  H>l^.;i.  1..  !t  .\|.ii!,  IMI;  m.  \\-u\  Diittoii  1  .\|.ril.  IhU.  Five 
cliiliinii  — 

1.    Amlnu  .1.  1.    Kliza  A. 

•J.    KriR-sl   i;.  ;").    Frank  P. 

:\.  Milan. la  W. 

19.  fiardnrr  G"..  h.  17  Juno.  ISIO  ;  d.  '_>_'  May,  18").-);  rn.  (1)  Irene 
Follaii.sbee,  of  Merriniaok  ;  iii.  ('_')  Taliitlia  Brown  21  Dcreiiilter,  1849. 
She  d.  November,  1847,  a^^ed  29. 

18.  Timothy  Wheelkr,  3d,  b.  28  Septcmlier,  1803;  .i.  24 
Dccfinlicr,  1878;  m.  Morcv  Foster  17  April,  1833.  ."-^lif  (1. 
L';'i  Januarv,  iSo'.t,  a;j:c(l  .")9.     Tlioir  cliildrcii  were — 

20.  F,>slei\  I..  C.  May.  Is;i4 ;  m.;  u-^.  in  U'Im-pI.t.- Clia'.s  Mix  Co., 
Dakota;  2  rhildrfn. 

21.  C/inrlrs,  h.  22  No\.'iiil'i'r.  ls:i.");  ni.;  r.s.  in  Hiid-i.ni,  Hale.i  Co., 
.Mis.souri ;   1  ciiild. 

22.  Henri/,  h.  2  XoveiulM-r,  183S;  m.  Frances  K.  Kiniball.  of  Hook 
8Ptt.  11  .April,  iSCil  ;  n>s.  in  .VinJicr.st.  on  tlu"  farm  formerly  owm-d  l)y 
.lonailian  I  lij.livtli  :    1  .lau.L;li(.T,  Mary  K.  WIu-i-I.t. 

17.  roiMKi:  WiiKKLKK.  li.  8  Fcliniaiv.  1S12;  d.  23  No- 
vciiili.T.  1n7i>;  ni.  Mai-y  Unit  -Ji'  April.  IsH;  its.  in  Ain- 
lirr.st.     'riifir  childn'n  ufic — 

23.  /•V(vw<//i  />'..   li.  22  March,  1S42;  ilicd  yoimt,'. 

24.  Ilarrift  X.,  h.  f!  .September,  1S4G;  in.  Alfred  P.  Kcyi-.s  22  .Sejv 
t.niber,  ISGO;   res.  in  Xjvslma,  and  liave  three  childnMi. 

2.*).  (hnilf.o  P.,  b.  13  OctoWr,  1.S49;  m.  (Jeorgia  F  Holt.  2')  Sep- 
h'lnlxT.  1^73;    res.  in  .Aiiiln'ist  ;    have  oin'  dain;hf<'r. 

♦).  Danif.l  WiiFKi.Ki!.  li.  2")  March.  17sr»;  d.  (from  the 
efTcct.H  of  a  fall)  lU  DccciuImm-.  lsi»7;  in.  Martha  (i.  Aiken 
in  October,  ISI^J.  She  wr.s  h.  in  hcoriin;  2«)  March,  1798; 
fl.  /)   Angnst,  1877.     'i'licv  si'tllcd    on    the    fai'iii   now  occu- 


824  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

pied  by  F.  A.  Noyes,  east  of  the  great  pond  near  Merrimack 
line.     Their  children  were — 

26.  Rodney,  b.  2  October,  1817;  d.  (accidentally  shot)  19  April,  1834. 

27.  Martha  G.,  b.  5  November,  1819 ;  in.  Asa  K.  Emery  5  December. 
1849. 

28.  Daniel  F.,  b.  2  August,  1821 ;  m.  Roxanna  Caldwell  in  Februa- 
ry, 1850.     He  d.  (drowned)  15  August,  1868. 

29.  Alfred,  b.  in  September,  1823;  d.  28  May,  1825. 

30.  Alfred,  b.  4  September,  1825  ;  m.  Sarah  J.  Morgan  in  February, 
1857. 

31.  Catherine  S.,  b.  22  February,  1827  ;  d.  7  February,  1877 ;  m.  Jus- 
tin Sjjear  in  May,  1857. 

32.  Henri/  A.,  b.  28  July,  1829  ;  d.  15  September,  1846. 

33.  Mary  E.,  b.  8  October,  1831;  m.  Calvin  Merrill  in  May,  1856. 

34.  John  E.,  b.  9  September,  1833 ;  graduated  at  Amherst  (Mass.) 
College  in  1857  ;  m.  Clara  G.  Martin  in  Aiigust,  1880.  He  is  a  clergy- 
man. 

35.  Ahhie  M.,  b.  30  June,  1835. 

36.  Frances  R.,  b.  IS  March,  1838. 

37.  Harry  R.,  b.  22  February,  1841;  m.  (1)  Nettie  A.  Mills  11  May, 
1864;  m.  (2)  Nellie  S.  Jaquith  16  January,  1870.  He  is  a  printer  in 
Nashua. 

7.  John  Nevins  Wheeler,  b.  in  May,  1791 ;  d.  29  No- 
vember, 1859;  m.  Nancy  Rhoads  11  December,  1814. 
Their  cliildren  were — 

38.  Abigail  R.,  b.  16  March,  1815;  m.  Calvin  Prince  in  May,  1835; 
res.  in  Amherst. 

39.  Lucinda  R.,  b.  12  April,  1817;  m.  (1)  Eli  S.  Gutterson,  of  Am- 
herst, in  December,  1842.  He  d.  19  May,  1863.  She  m.  (2)  Robert 
Hall;  res.  in  Londonderry. 

40.  Nancy  E.,  b.  30  March,  1819 ;  m.  Robert  Hall  in  July,  1843. 
She  d.  in  Londonderry  15  February,  1868. 

41.  Harriet  E.,  b.  13  March,  1821;  m.  (1)  Joseph  Mace,  of  Amherst, 
23  November,  1837.  He  died  2  June,  1864.  She  m.  (2)  David  Hutch- 
inson, of  Milford. 

42.  Mary  F.,  h:  22  February,  1823;  m.  Philip  S.  Barrett,  of  Am- 
herst, 22  January,  1847. 

8.  Jonathan  Wheeler  m.  Martha  Beals  29  November, 
1815.  He  d.  in  March,  1844,  aged  49.  Their  children  were — 


XX  1\'.]  (JKNKAUXMKS.  825 

•l.*}.  JoHiithnn  li.,  \>.  IS  (»i-i,,l,t..r,  IsK). 

44.   llnnwih.  1..  iL'  .Marcli,  181!). 

A't.   Fanny,  h.  10  Ajuil,  1S-J3;  d.  in  SfpteiiibtT,  18'2(i. 

4f).  Josejih  X.,  h.  •_>.")  Ai)ril,  IS-JT. 

47.   (icorge  Nelson,  b.  2  May,    l.s;in;  m.  Mary  \V.   Hill.  (,f  (Ii,'.i.-n5- 
l>m;4li,   \.  v.,  1   June,  1S52.     He   was   Sergeant    in  C«>.  i>,  KhIi  N.  H. 
Vdl.s..  ami  .1.  at  Fortre.-^.s  Monroe  23  Auj.jii.st,  1864,  leaving  one  son — 
(ieorge  Henry,  b.  in  Amherst  14  November,  1858. 

IS.    William  iV.,  b.  21  February,  1832. 

tn.   Samuel  Dexler,  b.  23  May,  lS3r>. 

f)!*.  li/ioiln  Ann,  l>.  5  May,  183S;  ni.  Miirl  Knu-rson.  .She  il.  in 
Chclmsfonl.  Mass..  in  ISSQ. 

;")!.  Isaac   WiiEtLHi;,  l».  liG   Fclini;irv,   ITSl  ;  d.  li<»  June, 

18TU;  m.  (1)  Stiralj   Dodti^e  1»  June,  1S03  ;  m.  (2)  Al.ijrail 

.  Sli.'   <1.    li   July.   ISU.  jiirctl    -,(; ;   HI.   (3)    Kli/.:i  llil- 

divtli.  OiR' chilli— 

•'>■_'.   Maria  ;  il.  2:5  .laniiarv,  1S33,  aged  18  year.s. 

r)3.  Charles  S.  Whkklku,  son  of  (4)  Xathan  ami  lIuMali 
(Wilkins)  Wheeler,  1).  hi  1S20  :  d.  13  January,  ISf.T.  II. • 
carried  on  the  bnsinc.s.s  of  a  carpenttT  and  houst.'-liuilder  in 
Andicrst  several  years,  fie  was  a  skillful  workman  and  a 
good  citizen.  His  widow,  Mary  H.  Wheeler,  d.  in  [^  >well, 
Mass.,  12  AufTust,  1875,  aged  ♦)().     Their  children  were — 

54.  Marion  M..  b.  in  ISl!);   ni.  George  E.  M.rrill  1  Xovember.  18S0, 

55.  Harriet  A.,  )•.  in  ls.")l. 

.56.   George  Henri/,  h.  in  18.")6:  <i.  10  December,  lS.5!). 
•'■7.   .1///)//  ./..  h.  in   is.-,!t. 

.')S.  John  WnKKLKR  m.  Keitecca  Hills  10  r)ecenil)er,  1S(M>. 
He  died  14  January,  1 8^)4,  aged  ')1.  She  d.  1  Sei>teiuher, 
1857,  aged  70.     Of  their  children— 

50.  John  //. .  .1.  17  .Fune.  1816,  aged  7  years. 
CO.   Mahala:  d.  4  April.  1814,  aged  2  year.s. 


Mrs.   Li/itia    \\'/ircl>:r,  motli.^r  of    Isaac   Wheeler,  d.    23   .Inly.    181(5. 
aged  85  years. 

Xathan  Whreler   d.  21  October,  isc.l.  ag.-d  .50  yeai-s. 


826  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Rhoda  Wheeler  d.  3  August,  186 i. 
Hannah  J.  Wheeler  d.  27  Februaiy,  1839,  aged  20. 
George  Wheeler,  a  native  of  Amherst,  d.  10  October.  1876,  aged  68. 
Zenas  Wheeler  d.  in  Canton,  Mass.,  15  ]\Iay,  1876,  aged  84. 
Nathan  Wheeler,  formerly  of  Amherst,  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  27  De- 
cember, 1871,  aged  62. 

John  Wheeler  d.  12  May,  1817,  aged  58. 

Biah,  wife  of  John  Wheeler,  d.  15  March,  1814,  aged  53. 

WHITE. 

1.  Jonathan  White,  b.  17  March,  1792  ;  d.  in  Goffstowu 
12  May,  1876  ;  m.  Sally  B.  Goss  1  January,  1818.  She  was 
b.  8  May,  1796  ;  d.  15  January,  1878.  Mr.  White  was  for 
some  years  a  resident  of  Amherst,  and  engaged  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  Machine  cards  in  company  with  Dea.  David 
Holmes.     The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Sally  White  were — 

2.  James  Whitney,  b.  2  July,  1818;  ni.  (1)  Almira  Jeiiks  in  Janu- 
ary, 1843;  m.  (2)  Harriet  Fowler  ;  res.  in  Hanover,  111. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  25  July,  1821;  m.  Rev.  Alexander  Fairley  16  Feb- 
ruary, 1832;  res.  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

4.  Ann  Mary,  b.  1  June,  1823 ;  in.  Frederick  A.  Brown  18  Novem- 
ber, 1847;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  21  December,  1852. 

5.  Jonathan,  b.  7  February-,  1825;  d.  29  August,  1826. 

6.  William,  b.  31  December,  1826;  d.  19  December,  1831. 

7.  William,  b.  31  December,  1831;  d.  24  March,  1839. 

8.  Frederick  H.,h.  6  February,  1838;  d.  29  July,  1839. 

9.  Sarah:  m.  (1)  Frank  D.  Keirt  23  July,  1848;  m.  (2)  Person  C. 
Cheney  29  May,  1859  ;  res.  in  Manchester. 

10.  Jonathan:  m.  (1)  Ellen  Ii-eganown  12  September,  1855;  m.  (2) 
Arvilda  Lightener  25  August,  1874  ;  res.  in  Hanover,  111. 

11.  Charles  Goss:  m.  Rachel  Montgomery  in  1861);  res.  in  Hanover, 
Illinois. 

12.  Agnes  R. :  m.  Josiah  Laselle  30  October,  1860;  res.  in  Goffstown 
Center. 

WHITING. 

1.  Nathaniel  Whiting,  b,  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  7  Novem- 
ber, 1779;  d.  30  October,  1843  ;  m.  Nancy  Richardson  1 
April,  1804.     She  was  b.  19  September,  1780  ;  d.  14  April, 


X  X  1  \' .  ]  (J  KN  i:  A  LOG  I ES.  K27 

1858.     They  rem.  to  Wasliinirton    (N.  II.;    in    l.sil,  tlinn-c 
to  Amhnsl  in  Marcli,  ISlS,  wjicrc  they  settled  on   the  farm 

loniHMU     i)ci'ii|iic(l     1»\     llriiiy     Kiinlcill.       Tiirii-     cliildrfii 
were  — 

L'.  C'/(//(.s'.sv(,  l>.  •Jfs  Ai>iil,  l.suii;  III.  Asa  K.  Claik.  nl  MHTl".in.  Ma.^s., 
!l  ()i;tt.lier,  IS'JS;  ,1.  H  .lamiary,  187:5. 

3.  \Iienj(imi)i  /iilliiii/s,  1).  1  Octolicr.  ISlU. 

t.  N(incif,\K  \  October,  lbl5;  m.  JLTeiiiiah  K.  Ilawcs,  nf  Sln'rlxtrn, 
1 1  .May.  1S47. 

."..  Al/re,/.  1..  18  Spptembor,  1817;  in.  Mary  S.  Harris  L'l  (  )(I..1>(t, 
isll. 

(!.  ./«///«  Full^r,h.U)  March,  isjj  ;  i„.  ( 1 )  Kliza  J.  Wiley,  ..f  Wake- 
field, Mass.,  IS  May,  1818;  111.  (li)  II.'I.'M  M.  I'utiiaiii  2s  Xuv.'iiilx'r, 
18(il.  She  <1.  29  Xoveinber,  18(is.  |I,.  i„.  (:i)  L()\  ilia  M.  Hoiilell,  of 
^Iclroso,  19  January,  1871. 

'\.  Ukn.iamin  1>illin(;s  WiiiTisn,  I),  in  Wasliiniiton  I  Octo- 
ber, 1813  ;  m.  ( 1  >  Lucy  Jane  Noye.s  -Jtl  January,  1843.  She 
il.  "25  Fehrnary,  18')0.  He  m.  (J)  .Mrs.  Minday  S.  IVaslee, 
of  !>radford,  24  Auijnst,  1855.  She  was  h.  in  Wasliinirton 
4  October,  lsl5.  He  settled  on  the  farm  occupied  by  his 
father,  on  which  he  made  many  improvements.  Their  chil- 
dren were — 

7.  Minlhn  Ellen,  h.  L'7  .Iiiiie,  lst7;   m.  ,b>hii  .Story  in  .Iiiiw.  1S7H. 
S.   Henjnmin  Franklin,  b.  1:}  April.  ISIU;  d.  11  O.-tob.r.  18.".1. 
9.  \[ani  Sabrlna,  b.  10  Oeto»)er,  18r»2. 

10.  Hrnjamin  Fninklln,  b.  .30  April.  Is.'.H  :  in.  H.-m.'  !'.  ruller  2 
April.  Is81. 

11.  Ilanwih  .l,in..\K\-\  April.  IS.",!!;    m.-b.-.-pli  11.  Drnck-M  1:5  Marrh. 

i>7;i. 

1-'.  Ilflcn  Putnam,  b.  10  May,  1^(51. 

1:5.  .Inim,  l».  17  October,  18(58. 

11.  Anna  Clementine,  h.  20  May,  1.S70. 

ir>.  Ifnrrey,  h.  4  September,  1S72. 

1(5.  Florrni'c  BffifriiT.  b.  I  August,  1S76. 

John  and  Kliz-akktm  NVihtinc;.     Their  ehiUlrcn  wore — 

Miriam,  b.  2i>  .Vpril.  177'».  Ihiifail.  b.  G  Xoveint>er,  17s(l. 

Elizahelh.  b.  2tt  .\ii,i,Mist.  1778.  lUujamin.  b.  i:{  February.  178:}. 


828  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Ira  and  Unity  Whiting.     Their  children  were — 

Leiois  Fales,  b.  1  February,  1820. 
Elizabeth  Eaton,  b.  12   June.  1825. 

Samuel  Whiting  m.  Anstress   Barker  31   March,  1795. 
He  d.  24  Marcli,  1805,  aged  42.     Their  children  were — 

Anstress ;  d.  5  August,  1803,  aged  8  months. 
Mary;  d.  23  April,  1805,  aged  4  months. 


Capt.  Thomas  Whiting  d.  16  December,  1801,  aged  27. 
Jonathan  Whiting  d.  17  December,  1802,  aged  24. 

WHITNEY. 

Aaron  Whitney  was  a  blacksmith,  and  carried  on  his 
business  in  Amherst,  where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen  for 
sometime.  About  April,  1819,  he  rem,  to  Maine.  He  d. 
in  Calais,  Me.,  16  February,  1845,  aged  74 ;  m.  (1)  Phebe 
Duncklee  16  November,  1797.  She  d.  31  January,  1800, 
aged  21.     He  m.  (2)  Olive .     Their  children  were — 

Levi,  b.  7  July,  1798. 

Marl;  ^  '  d.  22  February,  1807. 

T    i/  \  b.  2  January,  1800  ; 

Aaron,  b.  15  December,  1801. 
Olive,  b.  15  May,  1805. 

WHITTEMORE. 

Robert  Davis,  child  of  David  Whittemore,  was  b.  25  May,  1806. 

WIGGIN. 

Noah  Greeley  Wiggin  was  a  hatter  by  trade  and  carried 
on  business  in  Amherst  some  years  ;  rem.  to  Bath,  Me.,  where 
he  d.  13  October,  1813  ;  m.  Matilda  Hutchins,  sister  of  Abel 
Hutchins,  of  Concord.  She  wash,  in  Concord  IL  Septem- 
ber, 1777  ;  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Col.  Timothy  Dix, 
of  Boscawcn,  and  d.  in  Concord  4  February,  1819.  Their 
children  were — 


XXIV.]  (5ENKAL0f;iK.S.  H29 

A  child,  I).  15  OctobtT.  I.SOO;  il.  in  wifaiicy. 

Timothy  I)ix,  b.  25  SepU'inber,  ISQl;  (1.21  Xov<'Ih1mt.  In  hi. 

Caroline,  h.  SO  Murrh,  ISOl;  d.  (J  |)i;ct'inlMT,  isos. 

Manjitret  Sarr/ent,  1).  •_'(»  OctobtT,  ISOO. 

Matihlii  Clrerl,;,,  b.  2  Febniaiy,  18'l!»;  <1.  11  <  )ctub.'r,  1850. 

Sarah  Greclfi/  Ilulrhius,  b.  !l  .Inly.  l>>n  ;  d.  in  .Fnlv.  IsjO. 

\vllJ•;^•. 

RoUKKT  WiLKV  in.  Sall.v  l{;iy  I'.t  Sc|.tfiiil)cr,  IT'.'M.  II.-  >] 
L'l;  Oi'tulMT,  1822,  aged  ;')_.     Tlicir  I'liiKlivn  woit — 

liobert  Corhntn,  h.  20  Maivli,  17!"i. 
Sahrina,  b.  :J  April,  1798. 

5«/-«/i,  b.  11   .September,  18LI2 ;    in.  (Jeorge   Xidioi.s   in    ISl'i;;    d.  in 
riiarl.'stdwn,  Mass., in  Maroii,  ls29.  aj^ed  26. 
Litril,  b.  11  .Inni',  1S(»5. 
f.V,,;-,/.    //..!..  IS  .S.-pt.Mnbcr.  iSM. 

John  Wilkv  m.  Hctscy  Elliott  12  November,  iSdT.  .  He 
(1.  S  Marcli,  18:}'.l,  ai;oci  51.  .She  d.  in  Lancaster,  >rass.,22 
October,  ISiJl,  aiicil  78.     Their  chihlreii  were — 

.1  sDii  :  d.  in  Mimli,  lsi4,  ag«'d  2  yt'ars. 

Mnrtlia  J.  :  .1.  1  .May.  1870.  a.i;iMl  .5.'>. 

(!i:oiu;e  Wilkv  \\\.  Sarah  [lart.slioni  8  DeceuiixT,  17G1. 
riu'ir  daughtci' — 

'^diiih.  \\a^  I'.  ;il  .Vni^iist,  17t);3. 


liittiert,  Ai/ncs,  Sitsniinah,  John  and  Jonathan  W'itri/  w<'r<'  ]>la<'od  nn- 
diT  the  i^nardiun.sliip  of  James  Miller  20  December,  1785.  They  were, 
probably,  children  of  George  Wiley. 

.John  Wili-y  and  Dorcas  .\bbott  were  m.  7  .Kiiynst,  17."»2. 

W 11, KINS. 

Bi{AV  WiLKiNS  was  authorized  by  the  irencral  court  of 
Massachusetts,  6  September,  1638,  U)  ereet  a  house  and  keej) 
a  ferry  at  Neponsct  river,  and  have  a  penny  for  each  person 
carried  over. 

About  Itlild  Wilkins  and  John  (Jiiiiih-  bought  a  hirge 
farm  at  Will's  hill,  adjoiuini;  RoadiuiT,  which  ha<l  been 
•rrautcd    to    (iov.    Kic-hard    l?clliui:ham  about    t\s«ulv    vt>ar.s 


830  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

before.  With  the  assistance  of  his  sons  he  soon  paid 
his  share  of  the  purchase  money,  and  afterward  bought 
and  paid  for  his  partner's  share  of  the  farm.  From  this 
tract  he  sold  several  lots,  and  afterward  added  others,  so 
that  finally  his  farm  extended  two  miles  in  length,  along 
Reading  line,  and  comprised  about  seven  hundi'ed  acres  of 
land,  on  which  the  patriarch  and  his  children  dwelt  with 
their  families.  There  he  d.  an  "  ancient  man  "  1  January, 
1702,  at  the  age  of  92  years.  The  farm,  at  his  request,  was 
annexed  to  Salem,  and,  upon  the  incorporation  of  Middleton, 
Mass., became  a  part  of  that  town. 

This  family  furnished  one  of  the  victims  of  the  Salem 
witchcraft.  On  the  Salem  record  of  deaths  we  find  the 
following : 

"  Daniel  Wilkins,  bewitched  to  death  May  16, 1692,  aged 
17." 

The  families  in  Amherst  bearing  the  name  of  Wilkins 
are  all  descended  from  Bray  Wilkins,  the  Patriarch  of  Will's 
Hill,  Middleton,  Mass. 

1 .  Rev.  Daniel  Wilkins,  the  first  minister  of  the  town, 
probably  a  great-grandson  of  Bray,  and  a  son  of  John  and 
Abigail  Wilkins,  was  baptized  18  May,  1710  ;  m.  Sarah  Ful- 
ler, of  Middleton,  9  September,  1736 ;  settled  in  Souhegan 
West  about  1740  ;  d.  11  February,  1784.  She  d.  23  April, 
1790.     Their  children  were — 

2.  Francis  ;  d.  8  November,  173-  (Copied  from  grave-stoue.  Part 
of  the  inscription  is  illegible.) 

3.  ]John,  b.  in  1740  ;  d.  in  Ohio. 

4.  ■fSamiiel,  h.  8  Januaiy,  1742. 

5.  -f Daniel ;  d.  in  the  army  in  1776. 

6.  Abigail,  h.  6  August,  1745;'  m.  f  William  Peabody,  Esq. 

7.  ^Jonathan ;  a  Revolutionary  soldier. 

8.  William  Henri/;  d.  in  the  army  at  Yellow  Springs,  Peiui.,  in 
1778. 

9.  Andrew;  d.  13  September,  1753. 

10.  Sarah;  d.  27  May,  1756. 

11.  ■\Andreu\  h.  in  1761;  ni.  Lucy  Blanchard. 


X  X I  \' .  J  i;knkalo(;iks.  s:n 

■  K  John  Wilkins.  Iciiitizcd  in  1740;  il.  at  Ailinis,  Oliio, 
in  ISOS  ;  <rrailniilL'il  at  Harvard  Colk'ire  in  1701,  in  the  class 
with  (Ji)v,  Stronj^,  uf  Massaclmsutts,  standintr  the  oiL'liteontli 
in  a  class  <»f  lorty-six.  Ik'  ni.  Lucy  Xifliols,  a  sister  of  (Jen. 
Moses  Nichols,  in  17t!'.'.  She  was  h.  at  Headinir  11  Fclirn- 
ary,  17  1:5-4:  d.  at  Atli.iis,  Ohio,  in  lS(i7.  IJr  is  sai<l  to 
have  been  the  first  sture-keeper  in  Amherst.  Al»i»nt  1798 
thi'V  I'em.  t(j  Ohio  and  settled  lirstat  Middleton  on  the  Hock- 
hockinj;  river,  thence  they  rem.  tu  Athens  where,  they  died. 
Theii-  children  were — 

12.  Sail  If  :  111.  .Fdlm  DiMiiiison,  (»f  Amherst ;  il.  in  IVmisylvania  in 
17!tS,  while  on  lier  way  tu  Ohio,  leavintj  one  .son,  who  settled  with  his 
iiiK'le  Tiinotiiy,  in  St.  Loiii.s. 

i;J.  Liiri/:  III.  Daniel  Witliee;  settle.l  in  Oliio;  d.  0  .Inly,  IS:;.'.,  l.-av- 
iiiLj  several  eliildren. 

14.  Iiclierca,  h.  \n  1784;   in.  ^ •  .li>linsi>ii  ;  settled    in    Ohio   and 

left  several  oiiiUlien. 

15.  Timothtj;  settled  in  St.  Louis  and  d.  there,  leavinj^  ehildren. 

4.  Dka.  S.\ml'i:l  W'ilki.ns,  li.  s  January,  174:!;  d.  '1~  Dc- 
cend)or,  188-2,  a<,^ed  "JO  ;  m.  ( 1  )  Ahii^^ail  Farwell  "iS  Fehrii- 
ary,1769.  She  was  h.  1  April,  1747  :  d.  4  Fehrnary,  1780. 
lie  m.  (2)  Dorcas  Towne  24  November,  17S8.  She  was  b. 
10  November,  17.")5 ;  d.  4  Jidy.  1S31>.  Their  childr«'n 
were — 

lii.   Frniicis,  l>. -Jl  Felnnarv.  1770;  d.  1<!  Xoveniber,  l«2t> ;  uniii. 

17.  .\h'„i<tU,  1..  :Ji)  .Vpiil,  177;5;  in.  tTlia<l<len.s  Kendall,  of  Mont  Ver- 
iinii.  i:;  Noveinlier,  Isos.  Tiiey  were  the  parents  of  (Jeorgn  Wilkins 
Kendall,  of  the  Sew  Orlrans  Piaii/unr.  Sin-  d.  at  Mobile,  Alabama.  27 
Sej)tember,  185;]. 

is.  Ardhusa,  h.  1  May.  177");  in.  tl'^miel  Weston,  of  Amherst. 

10.  Snrnh   /'a/v/i //.  1).  20  May.    1777;    lu.  Katon ;    <i.  about 

1801. 

20.  Snp/iin,  h.  lH  Septcniher,  1779;  m.  Solomon  Wilkins,  of  Middle- 
t(»n.  .Mass.,  14  Xoveinher.  isi.");  d.  at  Mid.lleton  .">  .\pril,  18i;i;  no 
children. 

21.  nrhc'ci,  I..  14  -Vpril.  17^1  ;  ni.  David  K.  llark,  of  N-nn  I?..-.i..ii. 
27  ,Inne,  1816;  d.  at  ('harlestown.  Ma.s.s.,  in  April,  1848. 


832  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

22.  Samuel,  b.  16  April,  1783 ;  is  supposed  to  have  perished  in  the 
theater,  at  Richmond,  Va.,  26  December,  1811. 

23.  Mary,  b.  5  July,  1785  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

24.  Daniel,  b.  13  October,  1789 ;  d.  6  .lune,  1847  ;  unmarried. 

25.  ^Thomas,  b.  25  May,  1792. 

26.  ]John  Hubbard,  b.  10  December,  1794. 

5.  Capt.  Daniel  Wilkins  d.  in  the  army  at  Chimney 
Point,N.Y., in  July,  1776.  He  m.  Tabitha  Weston.  She 
d.  in  Mont  Vernon  in  December,  1819.  He  was  first 
lieutenant  in  Capt.  Crosby's  company  on  Bunker  Hill, 
and  captain  of  a  company  composed  largely  of  Amherst 
men,  in  Col.  Bedel's  regiment,  which  was  surrendered  to  the 
British  and  Indians  at  the  "Cedars,"  in  May,  1776.  He  d. 
of  disease  shortly  after  his  exchange.  The  children  of 
Capt.  Daniel  and  Tabitha  Wilkins  were — 

27.  Daniel,  b.  31  October,  1769  ;  settled  in  Claremont. 

28.  Abigail,  b.  28  May,  1772  ;  m.  Timothy  Dix,  of  Boscaweu,  22 
Marcli,  1792.  Gen.  John  Adams  Dix,  late  governor  of  Xew  York, 
was  one  of  their  children.     She  d.  at  Boscawen  3  December,  1808. 

29.  Tabitha,  b.  28  October,  1774;  m.  (1)  Thomas  Gilmore;  (2)  John 
Carleton,  of  Mont  Vernon.  She  d.  at  South  Marlow  16  September, 
1848. 

7.  Jonathan  Wilkins  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution. 
He  also  served  on  board  the  armed  ship  Hague,  and  was 
wounded  in  a  battle  with  a  British  vessel.  He  d.  at  Mont 
Yernon  18  April,  1821,  aged  75  years.  Susannah,  his  first 
wife,  d.  23  December,  1778,  aged  30.  Their  children 
were — 

30.  Polly ;  m. Blanchard. 

31.  David  G. ;  res.  at  Addison,  Vt. 

32.  Jonathan ;  res.  at  Goffstown. 

33.  Samuel;  res.  at  New  Albany,  Ind. 

34.  Robert;  I'es.  at  Jaffrey. 

35.  James,  b.  15  December,  1781 ;  was  apprenticed  to  James  McKeau, 
of  Amherst,  whence  he  took  the  name  of  McKean.  He  rem.  to  Maine 
with  Mr.  McKean,  where  his  education  was  neglected.  When  he  re- 
turned to  Amherst,  at  the  age  of  19,  he  was  unable  to  read  or  write. 
Determined  to  have   an  education,  he  applied  himself  vigorously  to 


XX I  \'.]  (;i:m;al()i;ii;s.  as,', 

.sillily,  litteil  for  college,  yriidiiiittMl  at  Dartiiiuiitli  in  l!Sl2,  rejul  law 
willi  Hull.  Daniel  Al)l>ot,  of  I)iin-;tahle,  and  lUMcticcil  many  years  in 
Hedfuni  and  Manchester.  He  served  as  re|»re.sentative,  .senator,  and 
councillor.  an<l  d.  at  Maiiili   -'  "•  )"^  .January,  l^.V),  uninarri>'d. 

11.  Andrkw  WiLKi.NS  \\a.>  II  j)riv;i(('  ill  tlie  coiniiuny  com- 
iiKindt'd  l»y  lii.s  i»rotlicr,  Daniel,  at  the '"  Ccilar.s,''  in  Mav, 
ITT'i.  lie  HI.  Lucy  lUanelianl  and  rem.  tt»  Detroit,  Mieli., 
wilt  re  lir  il.  10  Septemiier.  Isl'.i.     Their  ehiklren  were — 

;tli.  Wil/iiii/i  I/inn/,\K  2s  Octulier,  17>U  ;  rcsidetl  in  lJurlinj,'ton,  \'t.  ; 
d.  at  .^t.  Alban.s  Vt.,  ±2  Deceniher,  IS.")!. 

37.  Lucy  Jane  ;  nj.  and  went  to  California. 

38.  I'Ueazer  Blaiic/ianl ;  .settled  in  Watertowii,  N.  V.,and  d.  there. 
3!).  Samuel  Andrew;  resided  in  Vermont;  d.  at  Wa.shinglon,  D.  C. 
in.   Daniel ;  was  a  lawyer  in  Chicago. 

11.  AliKjail  Clarissa  ;  ni.  Timothy  Kastman,  of  i'lyniouth. 

12.  Xanci/  Treftlhen. 

l;].  .lost  fill  lllaitrhiinl ;  res.  in  New  York. 

-[.  CuL.  Tim.MA.s  WiLKi.N.s,  b.  -o  May,  17*J2 ;  il.  lo  Xu- 
\iiiii»cr,  18t)8  ;  ni.  Sarah  (Crosby,  of  Milfonl,  '2-i  Deeember, 
1834.  She  was  b.  If)  Sej.teinber,  1798 ;  d.  5  June,  1850. 
He  wa.s  for  some  years  one  of  the  seleetmojj  of  the  town, 
and  an  ollieer  in  the  militia.  They  lesided  mi  the  farm  once 
owned  by  his  grandfathei",  Thomas  Tuwne.  Their  children 
were — 

41.  Kliza/iiili  llnliliant,h.  \  .Maiih,  i>..fi;  .1.  iii  Noriii  (  onway  it 
October,  1S78;  unmarried. 

!."».  Anna  Frances,  b.  0  March,  1S39 ;  m.  Henry  W.  Uus.sell  30  Octo- 
ber, lst;n  :  res.  ill  N'ortli  Conway. 

4t!.  D.vMKL  Wii.KiNSand  Lucv  nuADtuUD  m.in^Iiddleton, 
Ma.s.s.,  27  Felirnary,  1740,  and  settled  in  Souhe.i?an  West 
shorlly  aft<  r.      Their  children  were — 

17.  Hannah,  b.  27  .laniinry.  ll'A  ;  d.  17  \\<r\\,  176!). 
is.  Litci/,  b.  1(3  January,  17.")3. 

49.  jliolicrt  Iira<l/or(l,h.  '2i)  September,  175."). 

50.  .-l.vji,  b.  1  August,  1757;  was  a  .soldier  in  ."seanmiei  ^  r.-^iinem 
from  1777  to  1780. 

.■)3 


834  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

49.  Lieut.  Robert  B.  Wilkins,  b.  in  Souhegan  West  20 
September,  1755  ;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  August,  1832.  He 
m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Stewart,  daughter  of  Samuel  Stewart,  31 
October,  1782.     She  d.  7  July,  1784,  aged  31.     He  m.  (2) 

;  resided  in  Amherst,  Hillsborough,  Concord, 

Pembroke,  and  Boston,  Mass.     Their  children  were — 

51.  Elizabeth:  m.  Ephraim  Blanchard. 

52.  Robert  B. ;  d.  in  Milford  6  September,  1809,  aged  22. 

53.  Minerva  :  d.  in  Concoi'd  in  September,  1819,  aged  28. 

54.  Aaron  Wilkins,  son  of  Uriah  and  Lydia  Wilkins, 
was  b.  in  Middleton,  Mass.,  20  October,  1745,  0.  S. ;  killed 
by  a  falling  tree  23  April,  1800  ;  m.  Lydia  Smith.  She  was 
b.  9  November,  1755  ;  d.  25  March,  1837.  They  settled  in 
Amherst  in  the  spring  of  1779.     Their  children  were — 

55.  ^Aaron,  b.  in  Middleton  17  Febrnary,  1778. 

56.  Alexander,  b.   12  March,  1779 ;    m. ■ — -;    settled  in 

]\Ierrimack,  -where  he  d.  17  April,  1849. 

57.  Lydia,  b.  12  May,  1781 ;  d.  28  Angust,  1773. 

58.  Naoyni,h.  16  March,  1783;  m.  Joseph  Russell  in  Januar3%  1805; 
settled  in  Lyndeborongh,  Avhere  she  d.  2  June,  1869. 

59.  Lydia,  b.  1  June,  1785 ;  m.  Elisha  Felton,  of  Amherst,  30  Decem- 
ber, 1806  ;  d.  30  eTuly,  1859. 

60.  Uriah,  b.  4  Novembei',  1788  ;  m.  Nancy  Kittredge  ;  resided  in 
Stowe,  Vt. ;  d.  26  February,  1874. 

61.  Eliab,  h.  24  December,  1790;  m.  Asenath  Howard  20  January, 
1820 ;  settled  in  Vermont ;  d.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  28  November,  1879. 

62.  Clara  Smith,  b.  21  March,  1792;  m.  Thomas  W.  IMelendy  in 
1819  ;  d.  at  Jacksonville,  TIL,  1  August,  1867. 

63.  Orpah,  b.  29  August,  1794;  m.  George  Small  11  February,  1819; 
d.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  10  August,  1877. 

55.  Aaron  Wilkins,  ,TR.,b.  at  Middleton,  Mass.,  17  Feb- 
ruary, 177^;  d.  in  Amherst  3  June,  1862;  m.  Sarah  (Ken- 
dall) Flint,  a  great-granddaughter  of  Samuel  Lamson,  16 
September,  1824.  She  was  b.  17  January,  1784  ;  d.  14  Sep- 
tember, 1861.  He  occupied  the  farm  left  by  his  fathei',  and 
was  one  of  the  best  citizens  of  the  town — an  upright,  hon- 
est man.     Their  son — 

64.  ■^ Aaron  Smith,  was  b.  25  January,  1827. 


XXI  \'.]  (;kni:al()(:iks.  s3") 

t!4.  Aauon  Smith  Wjlkins,!).  ^5  Jaiuian  ,  Im'7  ;  m.  Martha 
A.  McCliicr  l.S  Novuinlicr,  lsr)2.  She  was  I),  in  MLTrimaok  1  "> 
A|iiil.  18:21).  They  reside  on  Hu-  laini  once  owned  by  his 
fath'T  ami  ixraiidrafhor.     Their  <-hiIdi'i'ii  are — 

G'l.  Adiiii)  MilliDi,  1>.  '12  .liiiiuaiv,  is.'jl;  m.  I^iicy  Ihirtslmni  '2'-\  St'j> 
teiiilMT,  IS^O. 

n<!.  (iionje  Hrnri/,  h,  2.S  Deceinlier,  IS.")"). 

ii7.  Frank-  Eilwin,  h.  f)  Sei>t(Mnbor,  IS.IS. 

(>«.  Charles  Lincoln,  b.  2^  Ainil,  iSfJl. 

0').  Brrtha  Miirm.  h.  17  DecemlK'r,  18G:5. 

7(1.  Iliirrij  Alhvrl,  K.  :j  April,  ISUO. 

71.  Lizzie  Liiwrnnce,  b.  1.")  November,  1870. 

~'2.  Ben.i.vmin  WiLKiNS,  a  youn«:;er  hrotlior  of  Aamn,  was 
1).  ill  ^ridtlU'toM,  Afass.,  3  Jimo,  17(54  ;  d.  in  Andierst  12  St,'j>- 
tt'nil)er,  1S21 ;  ni.  Sarah  Wilkins,  of  Middleton,  22  Si>|iteni- 
ber.lTTs.  Slu-  d.  in  Merrimack  26  Doi*enilior,  1842.  They 
re.sided  <>n  the  |»laee  since  (tccnpied  Ity  Isaac  and  Isaac  1*. 
Weston.  To  distingnish  him  fiom  IJenjamin  Wilkins,  of 
Men-imack,he  was  familiarly  eallcd  "Pond*"  l»en.  Wilkins. 
Theii-  ehildiT'ii  were — 

7;{.  Jnitiit/iiin  :   who  scltlr.l  ill  >i;iii->i<';iil,  (';iiiail;i. 
71.  Li/flia  :  in.  Josopli  Uichanlsdii;  rcsidcil  in  Coniisli. 
7.">.  Ifiili/ii/i :  ni.  N'athan  Whoeler  "Jo  November,  1807;  d.  25  Decem- 
ber, isr.L'.  a^'c.l  78. 

7<i.   P'l'l,  iii-i  :  il.  ill  infaney- 

77.   T/iirz'i/i :  tl.  niiinurrieii  in  Merrimack  1  May.  18.">5,  aged  Ul. 
7s.   Mrah,  b.  1  January,  179  i ;    nvs.  in    Amherst   and  other  place.-*; 
11.  to  Wiscon.sin  in  isfJl ;  d.  in  Slian^n,  Wis.. 22  December,  1881. 
70.   Hiinmth.  h.  1.')  I)  ■ctMiibcr,  17!i7;  res.  in  .Vmlierst. 

50.  JosniA  Wii.KiN.s,  h.  ill  Middleton,  .Mass.,2«!  Anirnst, 
1718,  and  his  wife,  Rnth,  were  residents  in  Amherst  in 
Mar.  h.  177t).     Their  cliildren  were — 

51.  Asa/>l,,  b.  17  .March,  17:^8. 

82.  /•://,  1).  21  September,  17-Jl  ;  d.  young. 

83.  Si/lrtsUr.  b.  11  .lamiaiv.  1711;  d.  young. 

84.  Joshua,  h.  12  Octobei",  1710. 

85.  Elizabeth,  b.  1(5  November,  17 IS:  d.  young. 


836  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

86.  jAhiJaJi,  h.  7  October,  1751. 

87.  t-^''^  ^'-  6  April,  1753;  settled  in  Amherst;  served  on  the  board 
of  selectmen  several  years. 

88.  Sylvester,  b.  24  jSTovember,  1757 ;  a  Revolutionary  soldier  ;  d.  at 
Easton,  Pa. 

89.  Ruth,  b.  21  March,  1761. 

90.  Elizabeth,  b.  15  June,  1761. 

86.  Abijah  Wilkins,  b.  in  Middleton  7  October,  1751  ; 
d.  in  Mont  Vernon  in  Jnly,  1833  ;  m.  Lucy  Averill  7  May, 
1772.  She  was  b.  18  December,  1752.  He  m.  (2  )  Sarah 
Farmer  30  September,  1788.     Their  children  were — 

91.  Ablj'ah,  h.  18  September,  1771. 

92.  Lucy,  h.  27  March,  1777. 

93.  Jason,  b.  7  December,  1780. 

94.  Charles   W.,  b.  30  October,  1791. 

95.  George,  b.  12  December,  1793. 

96.  Esther,  b.  28  October,  1797. 

97.  Ruth,  b.  19  December,  1799. 

87.  Eli    Wilkins,  b.  6  April,  1753  ;   m.  Leach. 

They  settled  in  the  easterly  part  of  the  north-west  parish, 
now  Mont  Vernon.  He  was  frequently  employed  as  a 
school  teacher  ;  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  from  1781 
to  1788  inclusive,  and  held  a  commission  as  justice  of  the 
peace  many  years.     Their  children  were — 

98.  Eli 

99.  Ira;  u\.  Nancy  Kendall. 

100.  John  L. :  m.  Susan  Weston. 

101.  Joshua. 

102.  Tryphosa ;  m.  Gerry  Knights,  of  Francestown. 

103.  Alvah;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Hill;  m.  (2)  Sarah  S.  Gould  25  Septem- 
ber, 1860;  d.  5  October,  1862,  aged  65. 

104.  Nathaniel. 

105.  Samuel  Wilkins,  b.  in  Merrimack  25  May,  1792  ;  d. 
in  Amherst  2  May,  1857  ;  m,  Lucy  Gilmore,  of  Merrimack, 
17  May,  1818.  She  was  b.  17  May,  1799  ;  d.  22  November, 
1876.     Their  children  were — 


XX I  \'.]  CKNKALOCIKS.  ^<;}7 

l()f).   t>"""" /../'■••  1'-  I'J  -Mny,  I82i». 

107.  Nanri/,  I).  :i()  Oclolicr,  1S2J;  in.  Sinicun  C"art«'r,  jr. ;  nvs.  in 
\Viiichi'ii(loii,  Mass. 

lOS.  ./(//(■(/,  1>.  l;i  August,  1Sl>,S;  (1.  1  Kfl.ruarv,  IS.'O;  uuMiairifd. 

109.  Man/  Ti.,  1).  IS  Octoher,  \«30;  ni.  Joliu  R.  l<Vs.s  3  July,  18:.2; 
(I.  in  {'aiiiptdii  "21  nt'cfinlx'r,  1S."»7. 

lOG.  Samui:i>  WiLKiNs,  jr.,  h.  If)  May,  1S20;  lu.  Alil.y 
Siuilli,i)f  .Milfoid,  24  Xovoiiiltcr,  lSo:>.  She  was  1).  2  .fiily, 
ISJ:'..     Tlicir  childit'ii  are — 

110.  Cfiarles  Eihnuixl,  l>.  1  Februarv,  I-SjT. 

111.  Samuel  Franklin,  !>.  1(1  .May,  185;». 

11  L».  Abhie  Frances,  h.  19  IVbiuary,  1804. 

WILSON. 

TiKiMAs  F.  Wilson,  1).  27  August,  1800  ;  d.  27  January, 
1874:  m.  Ruth  BnutcU  17  Xovember,  18;3<5.  She  wa.s  b.  1 
Ar;iy.ls1ii.     Tlu'ir  children  wore — 

Lurii  .1//;/,  1..  !»  March,  ISIJO;  .1.  10  OctobL-r,  ls|ii. 
Frederirk-  A ..  b.  20  Au-just,  1 S 12. 
i:,lw,ir<L  h.  8  Auj,nist,  1811 :  d.  22  Mairli,  180:5. 
Surah  /.'.,  b.  12  February,  IS.VJ. 

SiMKON  Wilson,  formerly  (»f  Amherst,  d.  at  Xashtui  1  Feb- 
ruary, 18()7,  ag'cd  7*.i. 


.lonathan   Wihon ;  <I.  in  May,  1824,  agod  about  50. 
Emlii  r,  wife  of  Jameis  A.  WiUnn,  formerly  of  Manchester,  d.  in    Au- 
gust, 1817,  a;,'c>(l  35. 

WIIJJAMS. 
The  ehihlreii  of  Stei'URN  and  .Mai;v  Williams  wen — 

Stephen,  b.  23  October,  1779. 
ThoiiKin,  b.  .30  .Tun.'.  17^1. 
Dariil.  1>.  27  .January,  1783. 


/i//ca/w/,,  .laui^htf-r  .<f  /.'/.-■.,--.,•  :,,„1  r/,-,,;,. '/,  ir,7;,„ ,.,  u ...  1.  17 
February,  1777. 

Diin'i/  ll'/7///»;/i.<,  foriixTly  cl  A  iiili.  r-i .  ■!.  iii  Mi.i..i-,i  \i,  April,  l■^.i. 
ngt'd  8.">. 


838  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST,  [Chap. 

WINCHESTER. 

Lemuel  Winchester  m.  Lydia  Flint,  of  Readinf^,  Mass., 
28  August,  1760.  They  were  afterward  residents  in  Am- 
herst. 

•      WINN. 

Joseph  and  Sarah  Winn.  He  d.  10  August,  1856,  aged 
84.     She  d.  3  May,  1826,  aged  51.     Their  children  were— 

Joseph,  b.  19  August,  1798. ' 
Parker,  b.  8  August,  1800. 
Rodney,  b.  14  April,  1802. 
Sarah  Kendall,  h.  31  July,  1807. 

Joseph,  jr.,  and  Sarah  Winn.  He  d.  14  February,  1842. 
Their  daug!;ter — 

Sarah  Sophia,  was  b.  10  August,  1839. 


Andrew  J.  Winn  d.  18  February,  1823,  aged  5  years. 

WOODBURY— WOOD  BERRY. 

I.  John  Woodbury  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of 
Beverly,  Mass.  He  came  from  Somersetshire,  England,  in 
1624  ;  was  made  freeman  in  1635  ;  d.  in  1640. 

II.  Humphrey,  son  of  John,  came  over  with  his  father. 
He  was  b.  in  1609  ;  admitted  to  the  church  in  1(348  ;  ciiosen 
deacon  in  1668  ;  m.  Agnes ,  and  was  living  in  1681. 

III.  Peter,  son  of  Humphrey  and  Agnes;  baptized  19 
September,  1640  ;  made  freeman  29  April,  1668  :  d.  5  July, 
1704.  He  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Dodge.  She  was 
b.  in  1644  ;  d.  IL  September,  1726. 

IV.  JosiAH,  son  of  Peter  and  Sarah,  b.  in  Beverly,  15 
June,  1682 ;  resided  in  the  second  parish  of  that  town  ;  d. 
in  1746.  He  m.  Lydia,  daughter  of  Joseph  Herrick,  a 
great-granddaughter  of  Henry  and  Edith  Herrick,  the   an- 


XX1\.J  (;enealo(;iks.  d39 

cestors  of  tlK'  I'iiniilifs  of  tliill  iiaiin-    in    M:i->:i.!iii>(!U    :iii,I 
New  flaiiiijsliire.     They  had  oiu-  son — 

V.  JosiAH,  b.  15  Fohruiuy,  ITO'.t ;  ni.  llaimah  iVrkins, 
ul"  Ipswich,  Mass.,  who  d.  in  lltll,  aiicd  -1(3  years,  lie  d.  in 
177-^.     They  had  two  sons  and  lunr  ilau^htcrs,  of  whom — 

VI.  1.  PiOTKii  WoouBUUY,  li.  ill  IJeveily,  .Mass., 28  Mareh, 
17'iS  ;  d.  in  .Vntriin  1 1  <)i;tol)er,  1S17  :  m.  Kliz;d)eth  (  Dodj^)' ) 
Rea  in  1700.  She  d.  in- Antrim  !'.•  A|»ril,  1S12,  aj2:od  (H" 
years.  Tiiey  settled  in  Andierst,  now  Mont  V'crnon,  in 
1773;  rem.  to  Antrim  in  17'.'1)  or  1800.  Their  ehildirn 
were — 

2.  Levi.  It.  20  .Iiumarv,  ITiil  ;  rnpturi'il  on  tl»e  priv;vt»'er  Kss»».\,  and 
carried  a  prisoner  of  war  to  Kugland,  where  ho  d.  at  I'lyiiioutli. 

y.  Jesse,  \>.  2  Oclober.  17()3  ;  went  to  Mexico  wliere  lie  ol>taiiiL-d 
lari;t;  g^rauts  of  laud.     He  d.  in  Te.xius  alKiiit  ISJJ.'j. 

4.  I'ctei\  h.  !•  Jaiiiiarv,  17<i7;  d.  in  Fraiicrstow  n  IJ  lSf|>lcMdii-r. 
ls:il;  ni.  Mary,  daugliliT  of  .lames  Wondlmrv,  "J:}  .Vpril,  IT^'T;  s.ttlfd 
ill  Fraiicestown.     Their  cliilth'eii  were — 

1.  ^hlrv.  li.  2S  Octolier.  1787;  in.  (1)  Dr.  Adunijaii  llowi-.  i.f 
.latfrey;  ni.  (J)  Dr.  Lnke  llowe.  <if  .laffrey  ;  d.  is  .laniiary, 
187  3. 
•J.  Levi.  1>.  "J  l)ecetnl>er,  1789;  (Jovernor  of  New  llainpshin- ; 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  Secretary  of  the  Navy  ;  A.s- 
sociate  Ju.stice  Supremo  Court,  V.  .S. ;  d.  4  Septemlier,  IS')]^ 

3.  Peter  v.,  b.  8  Atigust,  17!) I ;  a  physician  in  Bedford ;  d.  5  De- 
cember, 1800. 

4.  .\nstross  H.,  b.  2lt  .May.  17!i:5;    iii.  Xeheiniali   Kaslman,  of 

I'anningtdii  ;  d.  l(t  Si-ptember,  1S|7. 

."i.   Martha,  b.     14    .Vugust.    1700 :     m.     riininiis     (;iiiii.>.    of 
Windsor,  \t.;  d.  2')  DecemU-r,  1S;")4. 

(i.   llaiiiiali  T..  1>.  17  March,  17n!»:  m.  I>a:i.    ( ).  Ikuii.-.  ni  lio.n- 
ton,  .Mass;  d.  February  28.  bSTt. 

7.  .Fames  Trask,  b.  !)  May,  IstCS;  a   lawyer  and  clergyman;  d. 
ill  Acton,  .Mass.,  1(5  .Fanuary,  Istil. 

s.   llairirt.  b.  1  .May,  1>^0.5;  m.  I'erley  Dodge,  t)f  .\mlier>t. 

it.  .lesse,  1>.  17  May,  1807  ;  res.  on  the  homestead  in  Franccat^»wn. 
KK   Adeline,!).  22   .Vpril,  ISQ.h  m.   Ktlwin    F.   itunnell.  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 
11.  (ieoige  \Va.sliington.  !•.  2  .Fiiik-.  1811;  a  pliy.sician  in  Yjuumi 
couiitv.  Mi-s. ;  d.  in  Februarv,  ls7('). 


840  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

5.  Betsey,  b.  9  Februaiy,  1770 ;  m.  f  Peter  Jones,  of  Amherst. 

6.  Hannah,  b.  14  February,  1772;  d.  young. 

7.  Mark,  b.  in  Amherst  1  January,  1775 ;  d.  in  Antrim  17  March, 
1828  ;  a  successful  merchant  in  Antrim.  He  m.  Alice  Boyd,  of  Antrim. 
Their  children  Avere — 

1.  Luke,  b.  25  December,  1800  ;  d.  27  August,  1851 ;  was  Judge 

of  Probate  in  Hillsborough  county,  and,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  the  Democratic  candidate  for  governor  of  New 
Hampshire. 

2.  Sabrina,  b.  4  February,  1806;  ni.  George  W.  Hill;  d.  8  May, 

1862. 

3.  ]Mary,  b.  8  December,  1805;  m.  Joshua  C.  Dodge;  d.  3  May, 

1836. 

4.  Betsey,  b.  8  May,  1808  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Betsey,  b.  8  IMay,  1809  ;  m.  Benjamin  B.  Muzzey ;  d.  20  ]\Iarch, 

1849. 

6.  Mark  B.,  b.  9  May,  1811  ;  d.  24  October,  1874. 

7.  Fanny,  b.  14  November,  1813;  d.  15  October,  1858. 

8.  Nancy,  b,   28  October,  1817 ;  m.  (1)  A.  N.  Moore  ;  m.  (2) 

George  C.  Trumbull,  d.  in  Boston  21  October,  1855. 

9.  Levi,  b.  18  August,  1820;  d.  in  Antrim  10  August,  1865. 
10.  John  B.,  b.  13  August,  1823 ;  res.  in  Antrim. 

8.  James  Woodbury,  b.  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  4  June,  1738 ; 
d.  in  Francestown.  3  March,  1823  ;  m.  Hannah  Trask.  She 
was  b.  in  Beverly  28  September,  1741 ;  cl.  in  Francestown 
6  October,  1819. 

He  was  one  of  the  famous  rangers  who  served  under 
Rogers  and*  Stark  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  was 
near  Gen.  Wolfe  when  he  fell  at  Quebec  in  1759. 

He  rem.  from  Beverly  to  Amherst  in  1782,  thence  to 
Francestown  about  1800.     Their  cliildren  were — 

9.  MehitalAe,  b.  15  August,  1762  ;  m.  James  Ray,  of  Amherst,  5  May, 
1780  ;  d.  in  Francestown  14  February,  1858. 

10.  Abigail,' h.  13  March,  1765;  m. Fisk,  of  Wilmot, 

•11.  Hannah,  b.  5  October,  1766 ;  m.  Capt.  Joseph  Perkins ;  d.  in 
Mont  Vernon  15  April,  1856. 

12.  Mar//,  b.  15  August,  1769  ;  m.  Peter  Woodbury  23  April,  1787; 
d.  in  Francestown  31  December,  1839. 

13.  Sarah,  h.  5  May,  1771;  m.  (1)  Josiah  Beard  3  December,  1798; 
m.  (2)  Isaac  Andrews;  d.  in  Francestown  25  March.  1863. 


XXI  \'.]  (;knkalo(;iks,  841 

11.  Aiiiiii,  1).  4  AuLfiist,  1771:  m.  .Ii.lm  Avcrill,  jr.,  ..f  ^I,,iif  ^^•nl,,ll  ; 
(1.0  May,  ls:)H. 

1.").  lit'tKi'ij,  1>,  11  August,  1777;  m.  I'aul  \\'lii|.ji.  10 

October,  1705. 

!•;.  Lurii,  I).  4  OetohiT,  177!»;  <1.  2")  .Jun.',  17s2. 

17.  f.uni,  li.  17  Au^nist,  17>^;} ;  m.  John  S.  'I'yler  7  SepteinlMjr,  1806; 
il.  in  N.-Nv  York  ll'  May,  isilj. 

18.  Cai't.  Nathamiil  WoonniRY, I),  in  Nantucket,  Mass., 
in  ITiiU;  d.  in  Ainlicrst,  1  July,  iS^o  :  ni.  Kli/.abctli,  diiujrli- 
tcr  (if  .losiali  Cotliu,  of  Nauhn'kct,  in  17.")7.  She  was  a  rcl- 
afivc  (if  Admii-al  Sir  Isaac  Cotliu.  and  was  h.  in  ITilli ;  d.  in 
Nantucket  in  171^0.  Slu^rtly  aftci-  her  decease  (/apt.  Wood- 
bury rem.  to  Andierst  and  settled  on  a  i'arui  jiurcliased  hy 
his  son,  Andrew  \Vo()dl)nry,in  I  he  south-east  part  of  the 
town,  when?  the  reinaindei-  of  his  life  was  spent.  Their 
children  were — 

in.  ^//ca/^cM,  1).  in  17."'8;  in.  \U-\.  Zchulon  Bntlor.  \\>-  .1.  in  Fal- 
niontli,  Me.     She  d.  in  .Vuiherst  2G  February,  18'J2. 

L'o.  AhiijftU,  h.  in  170i(:  in.  tC'^ipt-  nanifl  Prior. 

•Jl.   Xiithduiil,  1).  in  1703;  d.  at  sea. 

22.  PrI.srilld  :  in.  fCupt.  George  (iardncr. 

2:5.  .*?(in//i  .'(1.  in  Amherst ;  unmarried. 

21.   Aiti/mr:    in.  ;    settled   in   lialtiinon'.  M'l. :  <i.  at 

sea. 

2.">.   .\fiirif  :  (1.  in  .\inli<'rst ;  iininarrit'il. 

IfoRACK  E.  Woonni:mn',a  n:itivc  of  Beverly,  Mass. :  a  mer- 
chant, and  post-master  in  Amherst  some  years:  rem.  to 
West  Newton,  ^^ass.,  in  ISSO.  lie  m.  Tsahella  Larcom,  of 
Beverlv,  '2'^  Feliruary,  IStJO.     Tlnir  .liildiiii  were — 

Eilul  J/.,  L).  20  Dereniber,  ls7.".. 
Pu'iffht  Liircom,  b.  1   February,  \S^0. 

WooL.^oN. 

1.  Tiio.MAS  WooLsoN,  a  luitive  of  Wohurn,  Mass..  settled 
in  Amherst  .shortly  aft(>r  the  close  of  the  Uevolutiou.  lie 
resided  on  the  |)laee   afterward   occupied   hy   his  .son,  E/ra, 


842  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

and  now  (1882)  by  Lorenzo  M.  Can*.     He  m.  (1)  Martha 

;  m.  (2)  Joanna  Reed   1   January,  1803.     She  d.  3 

August,  1824,  aged  96.     He  d.  hi  September,  1823,  aged  93. 
Their  chikiren  were — 

2.  jEzra,  h.  6  January,  1761 ;  m.  Susannah  Elliott. 

3.  Martha,  b.  26  August,  1763  ;  d.  22  February,  1785. 

4.  Mary,  b.  13  December,  1764. 

5.  Durid ;  ni.  Sally  Crosby,  of  Milford,  in  April,  1798. 

6.  tr/;omfl.y,  b.  in  1777. 

2.  Ezra  Woolson,  b.  6  January,  17G1  ;  m.  Susannah 
Elliott  12  December,  1793.  She  was  b.  13  May,  1765  ;  d.  1 
November,  1841.     He  d.  16  September,  1844.     Their  son — 

7.  ^Nathaniel,  b.  24  April,  1795;  ni.  Lucy  Putnam. 

7.  Nathaniel  Woolson,  b.  24  April,  1795  ;  m.  Lucy  Put- 
nam, of  Milford,  19  August,  1818.  Slie  d.  5  April,  1845. 
He  d.  in  Milford  5  December,  1844.     Their  children  were — 

8.  Henrij  P.,  b.  in  1819  ;  d.  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  31  July,  1859. 

9.  Daniel:  res.  in  Colorado. 

10.  Mary  Ellen  ;  res.  in  Boston,  IMass. 

11.  Ezra,  b.  in  1824 ;  d.  in  Fitzwilliam  14  January,  1815. 

12.  Su!^an,  b.  in  1829 ;  d.  7  May,  1832. 

WRIGHT. 

Lucy,  wife  of  Francis  Wright,  d.  8  October,  1875,  aged 
82  vcars  and  6  months. 


George  W.  Wriyht  d.  31  August,  1870,  aged  13  years  and  4  months. 

WYATT. 

1.  Samuel  Wyatt,  a  native  of  Danvers,  Mass.,  settled  in 
Amherst  in  1782,  on  the  place  now  occulted  by  his  son,  Foster 
Wyatt,  where  he  carried  on  the  tanning  business  tor  some 
years.  He  served  in  the  army  during  a  part  of  the  war  for  in- 
dependence, and  was  in  the  battles  preceding  the  surrender  of 
Burgoyne,  in  one  of  which,  Capt.  Putnam,  liis  commander, 
was  killed.     He  was  then  made  lieutenant  of  the  company, 


XXIN'.J  GENRALIXIIKS.  «13 

and, utter  the  suncmlci-  ol"  IJiirnoyiu',  served  in  N*  ..  .1.  ..-.., 
where  lie  came  near  losing  his  life  from  a  fever.  As  soon 
as  he  was  ai)le  he  n-lnrned  linme.  lie  received  his  pay  in 
Continental  money,  whifli  heeamr  worthless  (jn  his  hands. 

In  Anu.iisi,  l.sl:2,  ihiiin<i'  a  t'resliet,  a  yoim;:;  woman,  named 
Amy  i>earl)orn,  fell  into  the  i)rook  neai*  his  honse.  Heinj; 
a  uood  swimmer  In-  went  to  her  rescue,  but  was  carried  un- 
der the  water  ami  drowned.  A  hystander  I'oaehed  the  end 
of  a  pole  to  file  vonni!"  Woman  wlm  ciMe'Iit  il  and  was  drawn 
ashuiT. 

lie  was  l>.  in  Danvers  19  June.lTol;  d.  in  .Vndieist  '22 
Anj,Mist,181'i:  m.  (1)  Sarah  I'arker  lli  .May,  ITTS.  She 
wash.  3  March,  lTr)3;  d.  2(>  April.  lTl»-2:  m.  (2)  Mar- 
garet McCally,  of  Ilill.shoron.vdi,  9  December,  1794.  She 
was  b.  '2\)  February,  ITob  ;  d.  Is  March,  ISiid.  Their  ehil- 
diin  were — 

■J.  Stiiinii.l,  It.  4  DrfcmlxT,  177->:  il.  in  \  >  tiii'MiI  I'i  i><fciiilnT,  I'^-iiJ ; 
umiiarrifd. 

:j.  n'illiam  P,irhr,  \>.  10  .lainuny,  17"<1  ;  m.  !sil..-l  M<Fiit..>li ;  d.  in 
Itamlolpli,  V't.,  in  .luii.',  ISL'8. 

1.  Josep/i,  I).  27  NovtMiibcr,  1782;  ni.  iSally  Mussey,  of  .ViuIktsI,  13 
Fi-l.iuary,  ISlU;  .1.  in  Poinfret.  Vt.,  18  NovembtM-,  Is-J" 

'}.  Sali'if,  h.  7  June,  1785;  «I.  I  ()ctol>er,  1701. 

ti.  I'fit'fn',  1..  n  Fol.ruarv.  17^8;  ni.  Sainiiol  MilnUi.-li  in  1  VlMiiary, 
1^1:5;  (1.  at  Ik'tli.'l,  Vt.,  12  January,  18S0. 

7.  t^"-''"'".  '••  l''*  Xoveuiber.  17!)5;  ni.  Mary  (oTgij.  of  N«>w  Ro.ston, 
ill  ISlS;   n-s.  on  tlio  lioniestfjul. 

8.  Sail;/,  h.  2$)  December,  17!i7  ;  ni.  .Moses  Noye,H,  jr.,  of  .\nilierst,  1 
June,  1S18:   res.  in  Derrv. 

7.  Fo.sTKii  Wv.\TT,  b.  1^!  November,  1795;  d.  5  February, 
1882:  m.  Mary  (Jreu'ir.  She  was  b.  19  March,  1789:  d.  9 
November,  ISCS.  They  res.  on  the  Wyatt  homestead. 
Their    children  were — 

!».   Iliirriet,  b.  'M  .\ujjiist,  181S;  n-.s.  witli  her  fatlier:  uimianie.l. 

1(1.   /i/Hj/y,  b.  2s  M.-jy,  1S22;  in. Hichard.s,  of  (Joff.stowu  ;  d.2l 

.\pril,  1855. 


844  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

11.  Mary,  b.  7  May,  1824;  m.  (1)  John  K.  Bartlett,  of  Manchester. 
He  d.  1  November,  1867.  She  m.  (2)  Ephraim  W.  Jones,  of  Amherst, 
9  December,  1875. 

12.  Frances  Adeline,  b.  17  February,  1728;  m.  Luther  W.  Biirns,  of 
Milford. 

13.  Sarah  Jane,  b.  26  October,  1829  ;  m.  John  M.  Burns,  of  ^Milford. 

YOUNG. 

1.  Peter  YounCx  m.  Lavina,  dano-liter  of  Capt.  Ebenezer 
Perrj.  He  resided  some  years  on  the  place  formerly  occu- 
pied by  William  Low,  Esq.,  and  d.  there  suddenly  24  Octo- 
ber, 1833.  His  widow  rem.  to  Hooksctt,  where  she  d.  2(S 
March,  1850.  aged  47.     Their  cinldi'en  were — 

2.  Elizabeth  J. ;  m.  Ozro  M.  Smith,  of  Manchester,  in  December, 
1842. 

3.  Luthora  E. 

4.  Orvis  P.,  b.  in  1828. 

5.  Nancy  H. 

6.  Harriet  A. 

7.  Peter  H. 


MARRIAGES  IN"  AMHERST, 

NOT  INCLUDED  IN  THE  FAMILY  REGISTERS. 
Copied  principally  from  the  Town  Records. 


1874,  10  February,  Ezra  B.  Abbott  and  Sarah  L.  Stearns. 

1851,  9  July,  H.  T.  Abbott,  of  Goffstown,  and  Sarah  A.  Thissell. 

1858,  1  June,  Hezekiah  Abbott,  of  l^yndeborough,  and  Rachel  A. 
Robbing. 

1864,  25  November,  James  M.  Abbott,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Julia 
M.  Sawyer. 

1806,  27  November,  John  Adams  and  Esther  Taylor. 

1832,  July,  William  Ames,  of  Milford,  and  Eliza  Knowlton. 

1875,  16  February,  Alvaro  Annis,  of  Goffstown,  and  Lizzie  A.  Breed. 
1798,  1  February,  John  Atwill,  of  Hollis,  and  Tabitha  Fairfield. 
1834,  4  December,   Stephen    Austin,    of    Dunstable,    and   Jane    S. 

Brown. 

1821,  29  November,  Asa  Averill,  of  Boston,  iNLass.,  and  Susan  Mc- 
Intire. 


XXI  \'.]  (J  EN  KA  LOU  IKS.  S  J  "> 

17^:!,  •_'!  Ai-ril,  Kimi.-l  Avfiill  and  Man   Westuii. 

1783,  '2'i  April,  Daviil  Averill  and  .Mary  Carh-ton. 

17.SL>, -JS  May,  Klijali  .Vvorill  and  .Mi-liitalde  Hradlur.l. 

ls(»!),  'i  .laniiary,  IClisha  Avt-rill  antl  F^ois  .Macf. 

iSofi,  1<5  iK'cenilHT.  .Idlni  Avi-rill,  of  Munt  N't-rnon,  and  Donas  A. 
Smiley. 

ls">5,  5   FfWruary,  Asa  .Vvery,  and  .Martha  Stearns. 

17!>1,  2.">  November,  .Samuel  Hadj^t-r  and  Susannah  Ila.-M-liine. 

ISIO,  L'l  Deeendier,  Edward  I'.  Bancroft,  of  Uoston,  Mass.,  and  Clam 
I'.  IVabody. 

1>«10,  September,  Klltridye  Harden,  of  Nashville,  and  Kli/.a  A.Jenni- 
son. 

17>tJ,  *Jl  l)enMnl>er,  Nathan  Barker  and  .Snsainiah  Cole. 

Ib.'jy,  21  November,  Augustu.s  Berry,  of  I lenniker,  and  Dora  l{.  .Snow. 

\>^'2\,  2f)  June,  .\sa  Beverly  and  Koxanna  Loveji.y.  of  Ibdlis. 

17>^(j,  17  August,  .losiah  Bickford  ami  Sarah  Bussell. 

1S7U.  1;!  January,  (jeorge  F.  Bills  and  Ida  .M.  .Sticknev. 

1871,  ;UI  August,  Walter  W.  Blak.'.  of  II.. His.  and  .Mi~.  Ann.;,,  I". 
Jones. 

17^0,  27  tiannary,  .\mos  Blanehaid  .iini  i..iviii,i  11<>|>kju-. 

1S05,  J  August,  Israel  Blanehanl  and  Abigail  Wiley. 

isdl,  I.")  February,  Edward  Blo«lgett  and  Butli  Kimball. 

ISOl',  11  Deeember,  Dexter  L.  BK>od,  of  Hollis.  ami  Cornelia  .\. 
Lovejoy. 

lb2S,  May,  .Major  Franei.s  Blooil,  of  Temple,  and  .Vehsali  \!  ■ 

1805,  1:]  .lanuary,  Jt)sepii  B<iutell  and  Nancy  Wilkins. 

isnn,  30  December,  Charles  L.  Bradford  and  Eliza  Cliuuiaid,  wl 
Mill  on  1. 

IMK).  l-J  Ai.ril.  William  W.  Bradford,  of  l.<.well,  Mass.,  and  Addle 
Kendall. 

1852,  :3  June.  Charles  II.  Brooks,  of  Njishville,  and  IVrmelia  .1.  Wil- 
son. 

1705,  25  October,  James  Brown  and  Sally  Ablxitt. 

180!),  October,  .John  D.  Brown,  of  .Mis>ouri  Valley,  Iowa,  and  Fanny 
C.  Noyes. 

ls."H),  January,  John  Brown  anil  .Mary  J.  Buttriek. 

17il!),  IS  August,  William  Brown,  jr.,  and  'I'abitha  Bontell. 

1>>20,  November,  Samuel  L.  Brown,  of  Haverhill,  .Mass.,  and  Eliza- 
beth M.  Hood. 

1^73,  10  .lune.  John  1".  l^urnham.  of  Lawrence,  Ma.ss..  and  Etta 
Eaton. 

1870.  7  January.  Alb.rl  ('.  lUiswell  and  Lillian  II.  Wilcox,  of 
Na.shua. 


846 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


[Chap. 


1878,  12  December,  Benjamin  F.  Butterfield  and  Sarah  J.  Fuller,  of 
New  Boston. 

1875,  13   January^    Fletcher  H.  Cambridge,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and 
Margaret  E.  Pedrick. 

1859,  26  June,  Brooks  R.  Came,  of  Milford,  and  Mary  A.  Duncklee. 
August,  George  W.  Came  and  Hannah  E.  Knowlton. 
18  June,  James  Campbell  and  Agnes  Kilpatrick. 
2  February,  William  Carson  and  Abigail  Heyward. 
1  May,  Henry  W.  Carter  and  Julia  E.  Wilson,  of  Chelsea,  Vt. 
29  NoA'ember,  Daniel  Chase  and  Abigail  Eaton. 
7  December,  Jedidiah  W.  Cheney  and  Rhoda  AVilliams. 
i  December,  Edwai'd  G.  Clark  and  Mrs.  Laura  Abbot,  of  Man- 


1831 
1795 
1790 
1848 
1807 
1786 
1873 

Chester 
1801 
1778^ 
1786 
1796: 
1793 
1827, 
1864 

joy. 
1819 
1821 
1802 
1866 

field. 
1873 
1856, 
1802, 

kins. 
1848, 

Stiles. 
1834, 
1784 
1827 

Smith. 
1801 
1803 

Putnam. 
1791 
1793 
1808 
1796 


2  March,  John  Clai'k  and  Susannah  Wilson. 
9  November,  Joseph  Clark  and  Eunice  Carkin. 

3  May,  Richard  Clai'k  and  Betsey  Kidder. 

2  October,  Samuel  Clark  and  Betsey  Cleaves. 
21  November,  Timothy  Clark  and  Prudence  Wilson. 
September,  John  Coggin,  of  Dunstable,  and  Myra  Underwood. 
13  June,  Jonathan  T.  Colburn,  of  Hollis,  and  Elvira  A.  Love- 

4  May,  Oliver  Colbvirn,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  and  Mary  Smith. 

9  August,  James  Colgan  and  Sally  Mayberry.  . 
Jonathan  Conant  and  Sarah  Hutchinson,  of  INIilford. 
13  December,  Eben  Converse  and  Betsey  A.  Hill,  of  Ivitch- 

3  July,  Eben  Converse  and  Susan  E.  Parker,  of  Milford. 
June,  Daniel  Cram  and  Sarah  Blood. 

10  February,  William  Cristy,  of  New  Boston,  and  Cynthia  Wil- 

April,  Solomon  Curl)y,  of   New  Haven,  Vt.,  and  Melinda  C. 

4  February,  Levi  CiTrinuiugs  and  Rebecca  King,  of  jNIilford. 
26  Api'il,  John  Damon  and  Susannah  White. 
1  fJanuary,  Samuel  Damon,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  Rebecca 

23  April,  Leonard  Danforth  and  Polly  Henry. 

8  Febriiary,  Joseph  Darrah,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  Relief 

3  August,  George  Dascomb  and  Sally  Lovekin. 

5  December,  Daniel  Dean  and  Polly  Davis. 
21  November,  Peter  Deccan  and  Polly  Tuck. 
28  August,  Andrew  Denjiison  and  Sally  Wilkins. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  847 

1881,  4  JaTuiaiy,  Dr.  Walter  H.  Dinsmore  and  Susie  E.  Bootliby,  of 
Buxton,  Me. 

1819,  10  November,  Allen  Dodge  and  ]\Iary  Upton,  of  Mont  Ver- 
non. 

1S34,  19  December,  Daniel  Dodge,  of  Roxburv,  Mass.,  and  Caroline 
Clark. 

1798,23  May,  Josej)h  Dodge,  of  Xew  Boston,  and  Sally  Smith. 

1804,  6  June,  AVilliam  Dodge  and  Eleanor  Boutell. 

1867,  18  April,  Benjamin  W.  Dolloff,  of  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and 
Etta  M.  Hall. 

1790,  17  June,  WDliam  Douglas  and  Mary  Jewett. 

1880,  29  May,  Walter  Drucker  and  Edith "a.  Cross. 

1824,  November,  Samuel  Dutton  and  Mercy  Gilmore. 

1879,  6  October,  Rev.  Gorham  Estabrook  and  Dolly  A.  Blodgett,  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

1867,  17  September,  Ephraira  Ellenwood  and  Tabitha  Wheeler. 

1780,  26  October,  Samuel  Ellenwood  and  Lucy  Hildreth,  of  Jaffrey. 

1792,  24  January,  Andrew  Elliott  and  Hannah  Stevens. 

1814, 14  February,  John  Elliott  and  Mary  Stewart. 

1821, 14  November,  Reuel  Ellis  and  LydiaP.  Hosmer. 

1848. 18  September,  J.  Milton  Emerson,  of  Methuen,  and  Sophia  T. 
Pearson. 

1819,  24  JauTiary,  Joseph  Emerson  and  Susannah  Clark. 

1801. 16  April,  Nathaniel  Emerson  and  Hannah  Cochran. 

1803. 19  June,  Samuel  Emerson  and  Susannah  Huntoon. 

1834,  24  February,  Samuel  J.  Emerson  and  Clarissa  Andrews,  of 
Hillsborough. 

1819,  April,  Joseph  Emery  and  Susiinnah  Clark. 

1825. 17  May,  Israel  Farnum  and  Susannah  Farnum,  of  Mont  Ver- 
non. 

183.5,  November,  Thomas  Farnum,  of  Mont  Yernon,  and  Lucy  Clark. 

1830,  April,  William  Farnum,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Sabrina  Parker. 

1818,  April,  William  Farrier  and  Lucy  Kittredge,  of  Mont  Vernon. 

1857,  24  September,  Charles  P.  Felch,  of  Amboy,  111.,  and  Mrs.  Mary 
C.  Godfrey. 

1830,  June,  Thomas  Fessenden  and  Sarah  Pearsons. 

1810, 14  October,  Isaac  Fields,  of  Merrimack,  and  Hannah  Gilmore. 

1823,  June,  Joshua  Fields,  of  Merrimack,  and  Eunice  Truel.        / 
■     1857,  16  December,  Daniel  Fisher,  of  Sandusky,  Ohio,  and  Emily  L. 
Love  joy. 

1834,  30  March,  Jason  Flanders,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Lucy  Ann 
Clark. 

1789,  26  November,  Jonathan  Flanders  and  Sally  Steel. 


848  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1848,  "20  June,  Amos  A.  Flint,  of  Xashville,  and  Catherine  Carter. 
1799,2  March,  Richard  Floyd  and  Polly  Upton. 

1802,  28  April,  Benjamin  Foster  and  Hannah  French. 

1827,  December,  Jonathan  Foster  and  Mrs.  Lydia  Tarbell,  of  Mil- 
ford. 

1801,  27  January,  Aaron  French  and  Susannah  Clark. 

1803,  5  April,  Abraham  French,  of  Lyndeborough,  and  Naomi  Wil- 
kins. 

1828,  8  November,  Burleigh  French  and  Nancy  Haywood,  of  Mont 
Vernon. 

1778,  5  March,  David  French  and  Lydia  Parker. 

1802,  31  October,  Aaron  Fuller  and  Betsey  Boynton. 

1869,  26  December,  Albert  S.  Fuller  and  Mary  E.  Nichols,  of  Bur- 
lington, Mass. 

1864,  19  October,  B.  W.  Gage,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  Anna  A. 
Eoby. 

1785,  12  May,  John  Gage  and  Rachel  Stewart. 

1788,  29  AiM-il,  Moses  Gage  and  Ruth  Fuller. 

1875,  2  June,  Charles  E.  Gates,  of  HoUis,  and  Adelia  A.  Peacock. 
1838,  June,  William  Gibson  and  Martha  J.  Kendall. 

1848,  December,  Isaac  B.  Giddings  and  Julia  A.  Buttertield,  of  New 
London. 

1789,  19  April,  Jotham  Gillis  and  Abigail  Codnian. 
1794,  20  October,  Trueworthy  Oilman  and  Eliza  Towne. 
1800,  15  November,  David  Goodall  and  Polly  Raymond. 

1852,  17  October,  Elbridge  Goodnow,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Jane  F. 
Nichols. 

1814,  20  March,  Allen  Goodridge,  of  Mont  Vernon,  and  Mary  Emer- 
son. 

1849,  February,  John  E.  Gould,  of  Weare,  and  Eliza  A.  Holdeu. 
1778, 13  October,  Stephen  Gould  and  Mary  Johnstone. 

1794,  23  October,  Colburn  Green  and  Susaimah  McDaniel. 

1786,  11  May,  Thaddeus  Grimes  and  Hannah  Straw. 
1796,  24  iMarch,  Chase  Hadley  and  Hannah  Smith. 
1857,  November,  John  Hadlock  and  Sarah  E.  Carlton. 

1821,  22  November,  Nathan  Hall,  of  New  Boston,  and  Lucy  Dodge. 

1860,  3  IVIay,  Simon  II.  Hammond,  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  and  Lillian 
Steele. 

187!),  20  July,  John  A.  Hanson  and  Georgianna  D.  Seavey,  of  Bed- 
ford. 

1843,  May,  Elbridge  Hardy,  jr.,  and  Abigail  Simonds,  of  Andover, 
Mass. 

1834,  1  April,  John  F.  Harris,  of  Dunstable,  and  Olive  Brown. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  849 

1801,  19  Febraary,  William  Harwood  and  Asenath  Mills. 

1844,  November,  Peter  W.  Ilaseltine,  of  Nashua,  and  Sarah  Harden. 

1788,  28  August,  William  Haywood  and  Dorety  Parker. 

1873,  27  November,  B.  Frank  Hazen,  of  Goft'stown,  and  Mary  E. 
Parker. 

1811,  20. November,  Reuben  Heath,  of  Deering,  and  Ellis  Nichols. 

lSo7,  7  December,  Simpson  S.  Heath,  of  Wendell,  and  Lucretia  P. 
Ray. 

1824,4  August,  Dr.  Charles  T.  Ilildreth  and  Elizabetli  F.  Dunton, 
of  Boston,  Mass. 

1877,  12  July,  Alonzo  Hill  and  Cora  E.  Knight. 

1797,  30  Aiigust,  Timothy  Hill,  jr.,  and  Rachel  Holt. 

1S62,  25  August,  Timothy  B.  Hill  and  Jennie  Duncklee,  of  Milford. 

1880,  17  August,  William  H.  H.  Hinds,  of  Milford,  and  Margaret 
Twiss. 

1777,  2  July,  John  Hitchcock  and  Rachel  Littlehale. 

1793,  22  July,  Daniel  Holt  and  Patty  Towne. 

1874,  31  March,  Israel  H.  Holt  and  Eva  E.  L.  Freeman,  of  Wilton. 
1839,  29  October,  Lorenzo  W.  Holt,  of  Wilton,  and  Lavina  Brown. 

1794,  12  March,  Joseph  Hood  and  Eleanor  Woodbury. 
1829,  March,  Joseph  Hood  and  Dorothy  Kirk,  of  Deering. 

1829,  Joseph  W.  Hood,  of  Billerica,  Mass.,  and  Elizabeth  Upham. 

1792, 2  December,  Isaac  How  and  Sarah  Griffin,  of  Temple. 

1779,22  August,  John  How  and  Hannah  Dutton. 

1871, 7  December,  Samuel  II.  Howard,  of  Irasburg,  Vt.,  and  Christina 
Kendall. 

1802, 29  September,  Pitman  Howard  and  Mary  Stevens. 

1819, 14  January,  John  Hutchins,  of  Dunbarton,  and  Hannah  Blood. 

1831,  August,  Freeman  Hutchinson,  of  Milford,  and  Mary  J.  Lan- 
caster. 

1866,  Justin  E.  Hutchinson,  of  Milford,  and  Mary  Lewis. 

1784,  30  January,  Edmund  Ingalls  and  Mary  Lovejoy. 

1805,  September,  Thomas  Jameson  and  Isabella  McGaw. 

1816,  24  October,  John  Johnson,  jr.,  and  Mehitable  Clark. 

1880,  3  June,  Blanchard  C.  Jones  and  Susan  C.  Olmstead. 

1780,  7  December,  John  Jones  and  Ruth  Hutchinson. 

1858,  31  March,  William  S.  Kempton,  of  Newport,  and  Irene  L. 
Wright. 

1799,  28  November,  Hezekiah  Kendall,  of  Hollis,  and  Lucy  Kidder. 

1773,  22  April,  John  Kendall  and  Molly  Boynton,  of  Hollis. 

1813,  25  November,  Joshua  Kendall,  of  Hillsborough,  and  Mary- 
Stickney. 

1781,  19  April,  Silas  Keyes  and  Sarah  Lovejoy. 

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S50  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1781,  22  November,  Daniel  Kiddev  and  Elizabeth  Melendy. 

1802,  30  September,  Jonathan  Kidder  and  Susannah  Hagar. 
1835,  20  February,  Joseph  Kidder  and  Rebecca  Pike. 

1809,  19  December,  Josiah  Kidder  and  Hannah  Nevins,  of  Hollis. 

1784,  25  November,  Jonathan  Kimball  and  Sarah  Howard. 
1871,  2  Decembei",  Tyre  P.  Kimball  and  Emma  D.  Chapman. 

1876,  26  October,  Tyre  P.  Kimball  and  Alice  E.  Hamlet,  of  Hudson. 

1800,  24  April,  Mansfield  King  and  Rachel  Gorman. 
1780,  27  January,  William  King,  jr.,  and  Lavina  Wheeler. 

1782,  29   August,   Francis  Kittredge,  jr.,  of  Tewksbury,  and   Lucy 
Crosby.  , 

1787,  29  November,  Joshua  Kittredge  and  Lydia  Kittredge.  ^ 

1788,  27  November,  Stephen  Kittredge  and  Mehitable  Russell. 

1831,  15  February,  Willard  Knowles,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and 
Polly  Kidder. 

1817,  17  Apj'il,  James  Lane  and  Frances  G.  Morse. 

1779,  1  June,  Benjamin  Lewis  and  Anna  Johnstone. 
1854,  18  June,  James  A.  Lovejoy  and  Harriet   A.  Towne,  of  Mil- 
lord. 

1868,  2  April,  Leander  Lovejoy  and  Hattie  C.  Burns. 
1871,  18  April,  Milton  E.  Lovejoy,  of  Milford,   and  Lenora  A.  M. 
Buzzell.  I 

1780,  7  December,  Edward  Lyon  and  Miriam  Straw. 

1879,  27  November,  Charles  A.  McAffee,  of  Bedford,  and  Susie  A. 
Druker. 

1783,  13  June,  John  McAllister  and  Anna  Steel. 
1793,  6  June,  Robert  McAllister  and  Sarah  Stewart. 

1832,  6  December,  James  McCluer,   of   Merrimack,   and   Eliza  J. 
Heath. 

1803,  March,  Thomas  McCoy  and  Sally  Merrill. 

1785,  2  November,  Llugh  McMullen  and  Eunice  Cole. 

1876,  19  April,  John  R.  McKay  and  Angle  A.  Corliss. 
1807,  12  March,  Thomas  Manning  and  Mary  Gilmore. 

■  1803,  March,  Zara  Mansfield  and  Mary  Cross. 
1796,  6  January,  David  Marshall  and  Sally  Hopkins. 
1870,   26  September,  Levi  F.  Martin  and  Sarah  S.  Wilkinson,   of 
Peterborough. 

1877,  12  June,  Walter  E.  Maxwell  and  Helen  J.  Richardson,  of  Hol- 
lis. 

1835, 2  April,  Thomas  Melendy  and  Mai'y  Badger. 
1811,  10  October,  Joseph  Merriam,  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and  Betsey 
Pvand. 

1801,  3  December,  Benjamin  Merrill  and  Anna  Gilmore. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIKS  851 

ISG'I,  28  Octobpr,  Cliarlcs  :M.'irill,  of  Melrose,  Mass.,  and  Marv  V. 
Buttei-liel.l. 

1709.20  Xovoinber,  Daniel  Merrill  and  naiinali  Stevens. 

1.S71,  .")  Angust,  Frank  (i.  Morrill  and  Minnie  I).  Coliurn,  of  Xortli 
Chelmsford. 

1803,  ID  July,  Jonathan  .Merrill  and  Polly  Pike. 

1877,25  May,  William  J.Merrill,  of  Goffstown,  and  Kldnra  L.  Wei.- 
ber. 

17n:5,  ;]  Xoveml)er,  Jam^s  Miller  and  .Susannah  O.lell. 

1812,  12  March,  William  Mills,  of  France.stuwn,  and  Rachel  Parker. 

1832,  December,  James  Minor  and  Elvira  Buell,  of  Greenfield. 

1879,1  January,  Wil lard  H.  Moore,  of  Milford,  and  Eunice  Hun- 
tress. 

1799,  28  November,  William  ^forgan  and  Polly  Dodge. 

181)8,2.3  May,  Zelotes  Morgan,  of  .Milford,  and  Martha  French. 

181)8,  16  March,  Daniel  Mooar,  of  Ilollis,  and  Mary  Nevius. 

1798,  16  October,  Daniel  II.  Morrison  and  Jane  Henry. 

1841,  January,  William  .Moses,  of  Beverly,  .Mass.,  and  Pamdia  F. 
Kidder. 

1774,  17  December,  M.  B.  Xash,  of  .Sparta,  Michigan,  and  Laura  S. 
Berry. 

1868,  1  April,  Albert  F.  Nelson  and  Mary  A.  Corliss. 

1782,  29  January,  Aaron  Nichols  and  Sarah  Abbott. 

1809,  5  November,  Benjamin  Nichols  and  Comfort  Tay. 

1826,  November,  George  N'ichols  and  Sarah  Wiley. 

18.J8,  29  November,  Orlando  II.  Nichols  and  L.  C.  Gilson,  of  Nashua. 

1866,  2.")  February,  William  Xoyes  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Greenwood,  of 
Nasluia. 

1796,  12  Jaimary,  Ebenezer  Nutting  and  Sally  Kidder. 

l.S,->6,  2.J  December,  Pliny  F.  ()  lall  and  Lucy  P..  .Miller,  of  .Merri- 
mack. 

1862.21  April,  Benjamin  H.  Osni'r, of  Peterborough,  and  .Mary  \. 
Boutell. 

1S72,  2  April,  Artlnir  H.  Parker,  of  Wakefield,  Mivs.s.,  and  Emma  II. 
Hill. 

1877.  2i»  June,  Frank  K.  Parker  and  Lura  .M.  Jones,  of  Nashua. 

1879,  4  March,  Herman  H.  I'arker,  of  New  Boston,  and  Ilattio  L. 
Taylor. 

1S.39,  13  October,  .Alelvin  C.  Parker,  of  Milfor.l,  and  Ellen  F.  BaWh- 
elder. 

1S68,  12  November,  Adam.s  Parkhur.-^t,  of  Bedford,  and  Mary  AshV)y. 

1822,  November,  Amos  Parsons,  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  and  llebecca 
Combs. 


852  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1802,  9  February,  Isaac  Patch  and  Hannah  Wilson. 

1831,  4  August,  Douglas  R.  Patterson  and  Dolly  Ann  Wood,  of  Hol- 
lis. 

1795,  12  June,  Ebenezer  Patterson  and  Sally  Clark. 

1833,  26  September,  Stillman  Peacock  and  Lucmda  Heath. 

1813,  November,  William  B.  Peacock  and  Mary  J.  Wright,  of  Mil- 
ford. 

1797,  12  September,  Asa  Pearson,  of  Lyndeborough,  and  Betsey  Har- 
wood. 

1787,  23  November,  Daniel  Pearson  and  Patience  Kimball. 

1868,  9  April,  Samuel  A.  Perliam,  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  and  ]\Irs. 
Olive  A.  (iray. 

1862,  12  August,  Joseph  Pettengill  and  Julia  A.  Merrill. 
1802,  7  March,  Nathan  Phelps  and  Hannah  Mclntire. 

1802,  11  March,  Nathaniel  Phelps,  of  Vermont,  and  Anna  Trow. 
1817,  30  December,  Jesse  Plmumer,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  and  Sally  Nich- 
ols. 

1811,  June,  Jerahmeel  C.  Pratt,  of  Iloxbury,  Mass.,  and  Julia  A. 
Farnum. 

1848,  24  October,  J.  W.  B.  Preston  and  Mary  McKean,  of  Manches- 
ter. 

1858,  30  INIay,  Giles  F.  Putney,  of  Hollistou,  Mass.,  and  Rosella  E. 
Wright. 

1872,  11  NoA'ember,  Byi-on  G.  Quimby,  of  Lcnell,  Mass.,  and  Delia 
Trask. 

1793,  27  September,  Jonathan  Rand  and  Sally  Abbot. 

1876,  11  January,  Edward  Reed  and  Susan  Rockwood,  of  Nashua. 

1879,  17  August,  David  H.  Rhoads  and  Annie  S.  Lowd. 

1879,  19  Jime,  George  E.  Robbins  and  Ellen  M.  Wyman,  of  Wilton. 

1789,  21  May,  Ebenezer  Rider  and  Sarah  Wright. 

1836,  IMay,  Abbot  Russell,  of  Billerica,  Mass.,  and  Martha  Truell. 

1803,  October,  Jedidiah  Russell,  of  Lyndeborough,  and  Abigail 
Whiting. 

1788,  26  June,  Pomp  Russell  and  Margaret  Cutt. 

1873,  27  November,  Frank  W.  Sargent  and  Jennie  P.  Merrill. 
1878,  12  ]\Iarch,  Charles  W.  Searls  and  Helen  M.  Marvell,  of  Mont 

Vernon. 

1846,  11  March,  Josiah  Severance,  of  Merrimack,  and  Elizabeth  H. 
Melendy. 

1787,  27  December,  Thomas  Sewall  and  ]\Iary  Lyon. 

1793,  25  May,' Daniel  Shepard  and  Fanny  Whiting. 

1859,  18  September,  Silas  G.  Shirley  and  Sophia  B.  Atwood. 
1816,  27  February,  Elias  Smith,  of  Goshen,  and  Mary  Smith. 


XXIV.]  GENEALOGIES.  853 

1S66,  0  S.'ptomlifr,  Gooryc  H.  Siniih  :m<l  .Ian.-  L.  Flrl.'h.;r,  of  Muiit 
\'i'riioii. 

ITOK,  n  Fi'liruarv,  Isaac  Smith  and  AyiH-s  ('oliiiau. 
I>i01,  25  March,  Isaac  Siiiifli  ami  Widow  Lovett. 

1792,  G  Fi'liriiary, Sj)imnT  ami  Ilamiah  Xicliols. 

lsr)7,  S  Fi'hniary,  Boiijainiii  SpufTonl,  o(  Maiicliestcr,  ami  Eim-line 
15.  Port.T. 

1>>(»1,  27  .\i>ril,  Moses  Sfjuiri's  ami  Susannah  Uarnea. 

1S15,  17  Soptcinber,  Dea.  David  Staiilpy  and  I'atience  Melendy. 

1781,  1.")  Fchruary,  Sauiiicl  Stearns,  jr.,  and  Molly  Coggin. 

1S3!),  1.')  November,  Ahiel  Stf.'le  and  Flizaheth  Hardy,  of  IloUis. 

17!»1,  .\pril,  Joseph  Steel  and  Mehitalile  Kiiowland. 

ISIK  K)  March,  Samuel  Stewart,  of  Lyndel.orongh,  and  Elizabeth  P. 

l?OUteli. 

1S()7,  8  January,  Jonathan  Stiles  and  Elizabeth  Tuck. 

1800,  10  April,  Eln'nczcr  Stinipsoii  and  Mary  M.  King. 

islf),  10  Augu-<t,  Bernard  Stratton,  of  Orange,  Ma.ss.,and  Charlotte 
lioutell. 

1S7(],  20  September,  David  Sweatt,  of  Bedford,  and  Mrs.  Martha  A. 
JUizzell. 

1790,  i  February,  George  Sumner  and  Lydia  Winchester. 

1790,  <)  December,  Eliphalet  Symonds  ami  Damaris  Duncklee. 

1791,  29  December,  Nathaniel  Symonds  and  Iletsey  lUanchard. 

1793,  20  Sepb'mber,  Robert  Taggart  and  Mary  Bra<Iford. 
1S23,  9  February,  David  Taylor  and  Margaretta  H.'U. 
1^77,  1  .lanuary,  Frank  C.  Taylor  and  Nrllie  M.  Eaton. 

1817.  19  .May,  Nathan  S.  Taylor,  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,and  Mary  J. 
I'pton. 

1791,  2i>  June,  John  Towne  and  Rebecca  Taylor. 

17!».">,  21  December.  Josejjh  Towne  ami  I'olly  Averill. 

1777,  9  December,  Ri -hard  Towne  and  Jane  Corey. 

1791,  10  February,  Joseph  Trow  and  Betsey  Perkins. 

17S0,  .\pril,  David  Truel  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Fisk,  of  Ilollis. 

1780,  15  .Vugust,  Moses  Truel  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Eaton. 

1793,  21  November,  Samuel  Truel  and  Sally  .Vbbot. 

ISII).  10  February,  Samuel  Truel  and  Susannah  Clark. 

l'^19.  27  September,  Willard  Truel  and  Roxanna  Clark. 

IS.')'^,  January,  William  Tuck  and  Elvira  II.  Rumford,  of  Great 
Falls. 

17!'7,  Iti  November,  Stephen  Tuttle  and  Sarah  Holt. 

ISlo.  21  March.  Nathan  I'pham  and  Sally  Osgood. 

180  5.  l.'i  Juue,  Ezekiel  I'pton  ami  Ai)igail  Dodge. 


854  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

1864,  15  April,  Lieut.  George  Vose  and  Eliza  J.  Eaton,  of  Hillsbor- 
ough. 

1818,  27  January,  Cato  Walker,  of  Goffstown,  and  Catherine  Owen. 

1866,  3  July,  William  E.  Wallace  and  I\Irs.  Fannie  E.  FoUett,  of 
Pawtucket. 

1786,  5  March,  Davis  Walton  and  Deborah  Walton. 

1786,  25  June,  John  Watson  and  Betsey  Stev-ens. 

1806,  8  January,  John  Watson  and  Phebe  Whitney,  of  Shirley,  Mass. 

1872,  9  November,  James  E.  Watts,  of  Fi'eedom,  Me.,  and  Laura  E. 
Gilmore. 

1872,  26  Xovember,  Samuel  B.  Webster,  of  Fairfield,  Me.,  and  Lucy 
J.  Austin. 

1824,  5  March,  Charles  Wells  and  Mary  J.  Wiggin,  of  Concord. 

1870,  28  April,  George  W.  West  and  Mrs.  Clara  J.  Cady,  of  Bedford. 

1867,  19  June,  Henry  J.  West  and  Mary  Ann  Blood. 

1869,  6  January,  Henry  J.  AVest  and  Charlotte  Cady,  of  Bedford. 
1813,  27  June,  David  Weston,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  and  Lucinda  Bou- 

tell. 

1812,  15  February,  Jonathan  Weston,  of  Reading,  Mass.,  and  ^lartha 
Elliott. 

1784,  2  December,  Abiezer  Wheeler  and  Ruth  Williams. 
1831,  24  November,  David  Wheeler  and  Catherine  Aiken. 
1777,  10  April,  Reuben  AVheeler  and  Dorcas  Stevens. 
1864,  27  February,  Enos  L.  White  and  Marietta  A.  Wright. 
1853,  1  March,  James  H.  Whiting  and  Mary  J.  Smith. 

1785,  3  February,  Oliver  Whiting  and  Hannah  McKean. 
1851,  23  August,  Charles  E.  AViley  and  Mary  E.  JNIansur. 
1789,  IS  February,  Elisha  AVilkinsand  Mehitable  Dodge, 
1798,  3  May,  Gideon  AVilkins  and  Sally  AVilkins. 

1819,  12  May,  Simeon  AVilson,  of  Merrimack,  and  Roxanna  Gil- 
more. 

1870,  31  May,  Isaiah  AVoodward,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  Addie  E. 
Pearsons. 

1805,  11  February,  Joseph  D.  AA'oodward  and  Betsey  Cochran. 

1830,  April,  Samuel  AVoodward  and  Eunice  Clark. 

18i)4,  December,  Amos  AYoolson  and  Polly  AVoolson. 

1798,  25  December,  John  AVorthley  and  Sally  Weston. 

1821,  10  INIay,  Jonathan  T.  AVright  and  Nancy  Blunt. 

1838,  10  March,  Timothy  AA'right,  jr.,  of  Brookline,  and  Rosannah 
Badger. 

1853,  23  February,  T.  AV.  AVyman,  of  Stanstead,  Conn.,  and  Mary 
A.  Carter. 


I 


XXV.]  OENEALOGIES.  855- 


CHAPTEU    XXV. 

BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 

i:i;v.    1  i:i:i)i:iucK  a.   adams 

Was  burn  in  New  Ii».s\vicli  l!>  July,  1807;  giahiattMl  at  Dartnioiitli  Col- 
lege in  183:5;  manietl  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Col.  David  McH. 
M.-ans,  23  Octobor,  1^30.  She  died  at  Orange,  X.  J.,  -JS  Marcli.  1882. 
After  leaving  Amherst  he  engaged  in  teaching  in  Byfield  Academy; 
thence  he  removed  to  Orange,  X.  J.,  where  he  now  resides.  He  has 
publisiied  several  valuable  text-bnoks  for  use  in  schools.     (See  p.  301.) 

KEY.    SILAS    AIKKN 

Spent  his  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm  in  Bedford,  engaged  in  the 
ordinary  lal)ors  of  the  farm,  and,  for  a  short  time  in  the  spring  of 
each  year,  in  tending  a  saw-mill  which  stooil  upon  a  biiMik  tliat  ran 
liuough  the  premises. 

lie  grew  up  a  strong  ami  \  il;imiiii>  siiiiih,  who  never  felt  \\f;iriiii-.>-s 
even  in  the  heavy  farm  work  during  the  siunmer  heat.  On  this  ac- 
count, and  for  his  love  of  work,  he  was  selected  i>y  liis  father  to  suc- 
ceed him  on  the  farm. 

r>ut  his  life's  work  was  destined  to  be  done  in  another  profession. 
At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  decided  to  prepare  himself  for  the  ministry. 
After  having  pretty  thoroughly  mastered  the  rudiments  of  I.,atin  at 
home,  he  went,  with  one  of  the  students  in  Phillips  Academy,  at  Au- 
dover,  Mass.,  to  enter  that  instituticin  at  the  commencement  of  one  of 
its  academical  years.  He  is  deseril)t'(l  as  being  at  that  tini"  of  a  large 
si/e,  and  possessed  of  great  muscular  strength.  In  .scholarship,  as  in 
every  thing  else  he  undertook,  his  distinguishing  characteristic  was 
thoroughness,  and  he  engaged  with  eagerness  in  th'^  investigation  of 
ditRcult  questions.  The  sami'  trait  followed  him  through  life.  He 
entered  Dartmouth  College  in  lS21,and  graduated  the  valedictorian  of 
his  class,  in  \>^'2'i.  During  his  school  vacations  he  supported  himself 
by  teaching  .school,  and,  while  teaching  a  term  in  his  native  town, 
numbered  Horace  (ireeley  among  his  pupils. 


856  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

After  his  graduation  he  was  ajipointed  tutor  in  the  college,  and  re- 
tained that  position  three  years.  During  this  time  he  studied  theology 
with  President  Tyler  and  Professor  Howe. 

He  coinj)leted  his  studies  for  the  ministry,  and,  while  on  a  visit  to 
his  father,  occupied  the  pulpit  in  his  native  town  for  a  single  Sabbath. 
An  Amherst  man,  who  was  present,  was  so  well  pleased  with  his  per- 
formance that  upon  his  return  home  he  induced  his  townsmen  to  send 
for  him  to  preach  as  a  candidate  for  settlement,  as  Mr.  Lord  was  about 
to  retire  fi-om  the  ministry  to  assume  the  charge  of  Dartmouth  College. 
Mr.  Lord  received  him  and  introduced  him  to  his  people,  and  the  result 
was  that  he  was  ordained  and  installed  as  colleague  pastor  with  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Barnard,  of  the  church  in  Amherst. 

The  ministry  of  Mr.  Lord  had  prepared  the  way  for  that  of  his  suc- 
cessor. The  work  was  laid  out,  and  the  new  pastor  entered  upon  it 
with  a  zeal  that  knew  no  weariness  or  fatigue,  and  the  results  of  his 
labors  were  soon  apparent.  In  1832,  some  sixty  members  were  added 
to  the  church,  and  in  1835  a  still  larger  number,  the  last  additions  be- 
ing, to  a  great  extent,  from  the  young  men  and  women  of  the  town. 

Having  accepted  an  invitation  to  become  the '  pastor  of  Park  Street 
Church,  in  Boston,  he  resigned  his  pastorate  in  Amherst,  and  was  dis- 
missed 5  March,  1837.  He  then  entered  upon  his  new  field  of  labor, 
W'hich  he  occupied  twelve  years,  his  ministry  in  Boston  being  marked 
"by  his  usual  zeal  and  thoroughness.  Finally  he  desired  a  release  from 
the  care  of  so  important  a  parish,  and  tendered  his  resignation,  which 
was  accepted.  He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church  in  Rutland,  Vt., 
29  March,  1849,  where  he  labored  with  his  accustomed  earnestness  and 
success  until  1859,  when  a  colleague  was  settled  to  share  the  burdens 
of  his  office.  Three  years  later  he  was  constrained,  by  increasing  in- 
iirinities,  to  retire  from  the  work  altogether.  After  he  retired  from  the 
ministry,  the  reorganization  of  the  common  schools  in  Rutland  was 
j)laced  in  his  hands,  and  the  people  of  that  town  are  largely  indebted 
to  him  for  the  excellent  school  system  they  now  enjoy. 

In  June,  1868,  he  visited  Amherst  and  preached  to  the  people  of  his 
first  charge,  their  children  and  successors,  for  the  last  time.  During 
the  smnmer  of  that  year,  while  engaged  in  gathering  hay,  he  was  af- 
fected with  something  like  a  sun-stroke.  From  that  time  forward  his 
liealth.  gradually  declined  until  his  death. 

In  addition  to  his  other  labors  he  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  Dart- 
mouth College  several  years.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  from 
the  University  of  Vermont. 

A  friend  described  him  as  having  been  one  of  the  best  remaining 
specimens  of  the  old-fashioned,  healthful,  and  conservative  virtue  of 
.New  England.     He  was  wise  in  advance  of  his   generation ;    studious 


XXV.]  GENEALO(;ii;s.  857 

of  jtriiiciplos  ratlicr  than  of  cxpodients,  of  tend«Micii!S  rather  tlian  of 
accidents,  flaws  and  their  natiir.il  issues  rathnr  than  spocnlaf  ions,  con- 
ceits and  possiliilitii's ;  a  tiiu'  man,  and  one  of  (ioil's  paradoxies; 
strongest  in  Wfaknfss,  richest  in  i)overty,  brightest  in  ohscnrity,  and 
most  eloquent  in  the  silence  of  the  grave.     (See  pp.  20^,  IS'2:  V.) 

Ml:.     SI    111     AMI.-, 

Son  (if  Dr.  Nathaniel  .Ann's,  was  horn  in  hedhani,  .Mass..  IJ  Keliruary, 
171'J;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  17t5J  ;  studied  medicine, 
ami  settled  in  Amherst  where  lie  practiced  some  years  witii  great  suc- 
cess. 

llis  health  finally  failed,  owing,  it  is  said,  to  an  excessive  use  of 
sniitT.  and  he  returned  to  Dedham  where  he  died  1  January,  1778. 

Fisher  Ames,  the  celebrated  Kecleral  orator  and  statesman,  and  Dr. 
Nathaniel  Ames,  jr.,  a  noted  physician,  almanac  publi.sher,  and  Keimb- 
lican  politician,  were  brothers  of  Dr.  Ames.      (See  p.  46fl.) 

HON.  .iii-m  A   Aiiii:i;ri>N 

Numbered  among  his  cla.ssmates  at  IIar\ard.  Elbridge  Gerry,  Jeremy 
Helkna]!  and  other  distinguishe  1  men.  While  residing  in  Litchfield 
and  .Merrimack  he  was  intimate  with  Col.  Lutwyohe,  a  retired  colonel 
of  the  British  army,  a  man  of  mean.s,  of  refined  tastes,  aci|uainted 
with  the  world,  ami  used  to  good  .society. 

Having  received  the  appointment  of  Register  of  Probate  for  Hill.s- 
borough  county,  Mr.  .\tlierton  removed  from  Merrimack  to  .Vmherst 
in  the  summer  of  177^5,  and  was  soon  busily  engaged  in  the  ]>ractice  of 
his  profession.  In  a  shnrt  time,  however,  as  the  dispute  lu'tween  the 
mother  country  and  her  American  col(»nies  iiicrea.sed  in  bitterne.ss,  as 
he  wa.s  an  open  and  avowed  loyalist,  he  fell  under  the  popular  <li.splea.s- 
11  re. 

In  common  witli  many  other  well-informed  men  of  his  time,  he  wa.s 
not  in.sensible  of  the  wrongs  infiicted  upon  the  colonies  by  the  British 
government,  but  saw  no  prosjiect  of  their  redre.ss  by  an  api)eal  to  arms. 
His  profession,  tot),  was  an  unpopular  one,  and  it  was  an  ea.sy  matter 
for  the  leaders  in  the  new  moveimmt  to  excite  the  people  against  him. 
It  is  also  noticeable  that  much  of  the  persecution  to  which  he  was  sulv 
jected  had  its  origin  in  towns  adjoining  Amherst,  rather  than  among 
his  townsmen. 

An  account  of  a  visit  to  him  by  a  party  of  the  inhabitants  of  Bed- 
ford, and  others,  in  the  autumn  of  1771.  has  been  preserved  among  the 


858  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

papers  of  Matthew  Patten,  Esq.,  which,  as  it  illustrates  the  feelings  and 
customs  of  the  times,  we  give  in  Mr.  Patten's  words : 

"  September  19,  1774,  I  attended  a  town-meeting,  at  evening,  and 
the  people  intended  to  go  to  Amherst  to  visit  Mr.  Atherton,  who  in- 
sisted on  my  going  with  them.  They  told  me  /  must  and  should  go  ; 
that  if  I  did  not,  they  would  visit  me,  and  which  I  said  I  would  go, 
20th.  I  went  to  Amherst  and  about  300  men  assembled  and  chose  a 
committee  who  went  to  Mr.  Atherton  and  he  came  to  the  people  to  the 
court  house,  and  he  signed  a  Declaration  and  read  it  to  the  people  who 
accepted  it.  He  invited  them  to  go  to  Mr.  Hildreth's  and  drink  what 
they  pleased.  The  people  dispersed  about  midnight  without  doing 
any  Outi'ageous  act.     I  stayed  till  morning." 

The  declaration  alluded  to  was  as  follows  : 

"  AVhereas  there  has  been  much  said  against  me  of  my  not  being  a 
Son  of  Liberty,  and  not  being  willing  to  choose  a  person  to  meet  at 
Exeter  in  order  to  choose  a  Committee  to  meet  at  the  General  Con- 
gress, to  be  holden  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  I  now  say  I  am,  and 
ever  have  been,  a  friend  to  the  liberties  of  America,  and  have  ever 
thouglit  that  a  General  Congress  was  the  most  eligible  means  of  ob- 
taining a  Redress  from  the  grievances  we  labor  under.  And  I  am 
ready  to  conform  to  and  acquiesce  in  whatever  the  General  Congress, 
now  met  at  Philadelphia,  agrees  upon.  And  as  it  has  been  Reported 
that  I  took  down  a  number  of  names  in  a  town-meeting,  held  at  Am- 
herst for  chasing  a  Delegate  to  meet  at  said  Exeter,  I  do  declare  I 
never  did  take  down  any  person's  name  at  said  meeting  who  voted 
for  the  same,  and  If  I  mentioned  any  such  thing,  I  never  intended  to 
take  any  advantage  of  said  persons  or  to  Injure  them  in  any  manner 
whatever. 

Whereas  it  has  been  Represented  that  I  have  taken  or  engrossed  too 
much  fees  in  my  office  of  Attorney  at  Law,  and  also  of  the  Registry  of 
Probate  office,  I  do  Declare  I  am  sorry  for  any  thing  I  have  done  wrong 
in  Either  of  said  offices,  and  am  Ready  and  willing  to  make  full  resti- 
tution for  any  misconduct  of  mine  to  John  NeaU,  John  Stark,  and  Lt. 
Asa  Patten,  or  Either  two  of  them,  and  I  do  hereby  promise  to  pay  any 
sum  of  money  to  any  person  or  persons  on  demand  with  the  Cost 
of  determining  the  same  that  said  Committee  shall  say  I  have 
wronged  them  off.  And  in  Case  any  person  or  persons  shall  bring  a. 
false  accusation  against  me  they  are  to  pay  me  Damage  and  costs.  As 
to  building  a  new  Courthouse  in  the  town  of  Amherst,  I  never  voted 
for  the  same  and  am  willing  it  should  Remain  where  it  is. 

JOSHUA  ATHERTON. 
Sworn  to  be  the  sentiments  of  his  heart. 

Before  Matthew  Patten,  Justice  of  the  Peace. " 


XXV.]  GENEALOGIES.  859 

NutwithstaiKliiig  this  dcchiratiun,  parties  still  continued  to  visit  him. 
On  one  occasion,  it  is  said,  he  was  jielted  with  rotU^n  eggs  while  occu- 
pying a  stand  on  a  inohusses  liDgshead,  near  the  corner  of  the  old  nieet- 
ing-liouse;  bnt  these  indignities  did  not  cure  him  of  his  loyalty,  or 
cause  him  to  leave  the  country.  In  April,  177'i,  he  refused  to  sign  the 
"  Association  Test  Paper,"  when  it  was  presented  to  him.  At  last  he 
was  disarmed,  his  favorite  fowling-piece  being  taken  from  him,  and, 
later,  he  was  placed  in  confinement  in  Exeter  jail  as  a  disafTecttMl  jxir- 
son  whose  presence  at  large  would  be  dangerous  to  the  liberties  of  the 
country.  Some  indulgences,  however,  were  granted  him,  as  we  fiixl  tiie 
Committee  of  Safety,  21  August,  1777,  ordering  the  prison-kefpcr  to 
"let  .Joshua  Atherton  have  the  liberty  of  the  yard,  he  procuring  snlfi- 
cient  bondsmen  in  the  sum  of  I'odO.  an<l  to  be  under  the  care  of  tlie 
guard."  Tiiis  indulgence  was  granted  on  account  of  the  very  bad 
state  of  his  health.  10  September,  1777,  the  connnittee  gave  the  jail- 
keeju'r  permission  to  liberate  Joshua  Atherton,  Est}.,  from  confinement, 
and  ilirected  said  .\tlierton  to  take  private  lodging  in  the  thickly  set- 
tled part  of  Exeter,  .and  to  confine  himself  within  twenty  rods  of  .said 
lodging  at  all  times  except  when  he  rode  forth  agreeable  to  former  li- 
cense. 

11  October,  1777,  a  written  order  was  sent  him  to  confine  himself 
within  ten  rods  of  his  lodgings. 

He  was  transferred  from  Exeter  to  Andierst  .is  soon  as  the  jail  in 
the  latter  place  was  prejiared  to  receive  prisoners.  Here  he  met  with 
better  treatment,  as  he  was  allowed  by  the  jailer  to  spend  his  nights  at 
home  with  his  family. 

o  June,  177^<,  he  was  liberated  from  confinement  on  his  recognizance 
to  cappear  before  the  sniireine  court  of  judicature  at  its  next  .session, 
then  and  there  to  answer  to  all  things  that  might  be  objected  against 
him,  and  also  giving  bonds  to  be  of  good  behavior  in  the  meantime. 
At  the  time  appointed  he  ajipeared  ami  w:u»s  discharge<l  from  his  re- 
cognizance by  the  court  wiiich  con"^!-'-'!  "•*  M.-I"<)i  Weare,  Matthew 
Thornton  and  Eeverett  Ilubbanl. 

At  the  January  term  of  the  inferior  c<(urt.  in  I77li,  he  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance,  and  the  attorney's  oath,  and  was  admitted  to  praetii-e. 
He  was  al.so  admitted  to  practice  in  the  sujx'rior  court  at  its  session  in 
1779,  uix)n  taking  the  re(|nired  oaths.  notwithstan<ling  remon.strances 
N\  ere  presented  from  Xew  Boston  and  I.yndeborougli.  His  bnsine.ss80oa 
after  became  abundant  and  lucrative.  The  good  will  of  his  fellow- 
citizens  began  to  return  to  him.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  ordi- 
nation of  Mr.  Marnanl,  in  17>it>.  In  1783  he  was  clio.«en  a  delegate  to 
the  convention  that    f.irnie.l    (he    first    permanent    constitution    of  the 


860  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

state.  In  this  convention  he  took  an  active  part,  and  was  a  firm  advo- 
cate of  the  bill  of  rights. 

In  1788  he  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  convention  to  ratify  or  re- 
ject the  proposed  constitution  of  the  United  States.  Acting  upon  his 
own  convictions  of  right  and  the  instructions  of  his  constituents,  he 
opposed  its  ratification. 

In  1792  he  was  appointed  a  delegate  to  the  convention  called  to  re- 
vise the  state  constitution,  adopted  in  1783.  After  several  sessions 
the  work  of  this  convention  resulted  in  the  amended  constitution 
adopted  by  the  people  in  1792,  which  remained  unchanged  for  nearly 
sixty  years. 

In  1793'  and  1794  he  served  as  senator  in  the  state  legislature,  and 
in  the  latter  year  received  the  appointment  of  Attorney  General  of 
the  state.  At  this  time  many  young  men  resorted  to  his  office  for  in- 
structioji  in  their  chosen  profession — William  Plumer,  William  Cole- 
man, afterward  of  the  New  York  Ecening  Post,  and  William  Gordon, 
being  among  the  number. 

After  the  new  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  country  under  the 
Federal  government  had  gone  into  operation,  and  had  exhibited  proofs 
of  a  steady,  wise,  and  firm  rule  over  the  whole  country,  he  became  one 
of  its  firmest  supporters. 

In  1798  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner  for  the  county  of  Hills- 
borough, under  the  act  passed  by  congress  9  July  of  that  year,  provid- 
ing for  the  valuation  of  lands,  dwelling-houses,  &c.,  in  the  United  States, 
with  a  view  to  the  le\^'ing  and  collecting  direct  taxes  for  the  support 
of  government.  This  act  was  an  exceedingly  unpopular  one,  and  his 
acceptance  of  office  under  it  I'evived  all  the  old  ill-will  against  him. 
He,  however,  discharged  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  had  the  honor  of 
being  hung  in  effigy  at  Deering.  His  health  and  mental  vigor  becom- 
ing impaired,  he  resigned  the  office  of  Attorney  General,  in  1800,  and 
thenceforth  devoted  himself  to  the  pursuits  of  a  private  citizen.  (See 
p.  487  :  IV.) 

HON.  CHARLES  HUMPHREY  ATHERTON 

Occupied  a  prominent  place  in  the  Hillsborough  county  bar  for  nearly 
fifty  years.  He  was  a  prudent  and  judicious  counselor,  and  a  faithful 
advocate.  As  a  probate  lawyer  he  had  few  equals,  and  no  superiors  in 
the  state. 

He  represented  the  town  in  the  general  court  in  1823,  1838,  and  1839, 
and  served  many  years  on  the  superintending  school  committee  of  the 
town,  ever  manifesting  a  deep  interest  in  the  prosperity  of  its  common 
schools. 


XXV.]  GENEALOGIES.  861 

lie  was  one  of  the  I'uuiuleis  of  tin-  IIilI.slioniuj;li  ('oiiiitv  .\j,MUiilliiral 
Society,  in  1819,  and  exerted  himsi'lf  in  the  etYorts  made  for  the  ad- 
vaueenieiit  of  the  agrieiiltunil  and  niaiiiifacturiiii,'  interests  of  tin- 
county. 

Mr.  .Vtherton  was  one  of  tliu  directors  of  tiie  ill-fated  lIillslioroni;h 
Hank,  and  ui>on  the  organization  of  tiie  Fanners'  Hank,  in  1>*'_'."»,  he  was 
chosen  one  of  its  directors.  Subsequently  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  lioard  of  directors,  and  held  tlie  ottice  during  the  whole  period  of 
th«^  existence  of  tlie  corporation. 

He  hecaine  a  Master  Mason  'J(l  Kehruary,  170S,  and  was  afterward, 
for  three  years,  Master  of  Henevolent  Lodge  Xo.  7. 

In  his  religions  belief  he  was  a  I'nitarian,  of  the  Channing  .scliool. 
Ill'  took  an  active  part  in  the  local  I'nitarian  controversy,  in"  the 
eatabli.slinient  of  the  "Christian  Society  "and  the  .settlement  of  Mr. 
Sewall  as  its  pastor,  in  18^5. 

Tolitically  he  was  a  Kedt;ralist,  of  the  school  of  Wivshington  and 
Hamilton.  After  tiie  breaking  up  of  the  old  political  parties  he  acted 
with  the  '•  National  Repid)lican  "  and  •■  Whi  •  "  i.Miiic^.  of  whii  Ii  l:i>t 
he  was  a  somewhat  ]>rominent  member. 

In  historical  and  nntiipiarian  researches  w-  look  a  greai  iini  ii>i. 
He  became  a  mendier  of  tiic  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  soon 
after  its  formation,  and  subseipu-ntly  served  two  years  as  its  [iresident, 
contributing  .several  valuable  papers  to  its  collection.s. 

liy  imlu.stry  and  economy  lie  accumulatetl  one  of  the  largest  estates 
ever  left  in  Amherst.     (See  p.  48S:  V.) 

HON.  tllAUI.KS  (iftUDOX  .\TI[KRTON 

Graduated  at  Hanard  College  in  18'J'2;  studied  law  and  commenced 
practice  in  Nashua  village  in  1S25.  He  early  engaged  in  jmlitics,  and 
identified  himself  with  the  Democratic  party,  to  which  he  adhered 
through  life. 

In  1S;{(),  3,  4,  5  and  (5,  he  was  a  member  of  tlie  house  of  representa- 
tives from  DunstaVde,  and  for  tlie  four  Uv-^t  youis  served  as  speaker. 

In  18:57  he  was  elected  to  Congress.  On  the  10th  day  of  December, 
18:^8,  he  introduced  what  was  called  the  "Gag"  rule  into  the  House, 
wliich  provided  that  all  petitions  for  the  abolition  of  slavery  shouhl  l>o 
laid  upon  the  table,  and  no  further  action  taken  upon  them.  This  rule 
continued  in  force  until  ISj."),  and  provoked  much  discussion  in  and 
out  of  CongTcss. 

In  18!:)  he  was  elected  to  the  Senate,  in  which  he  served  a  full  term 
of  six  years.     He  was  again  elected  in  185'J,  and  died  in  olFice. 

He  stood  high  in  his  profession  as  a  coun.selor  antl  advocate,  and  oc- 
cu)>ied  a  resjiectable  p<isition  among  the  able  Democratic  statesmen  of 
his  time.     (See  p.  488:  14.) 


862  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

COL.  NAHUM  BALDWIN 

Was  for  some  yeai's  a  prominent  citizen  of  Amherst.  He  served  as 
town-clerk,  selectman,  and  representative,  and  was  for  a  long  time  one 
of  the  officers  of  the  church. 

In  the  autumn  of  1776  he  commanded  a  regiment  sent  to  reinforce 
the  army  in  northern  New  York,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  at  White 
Plains. 

A^ tradition  had  bsen  handed  down  that  he  and  several  others  were 
once  taken  prisoners  by  the  Indians.  Two  of  the  savages,  with  hatch- 
ets in  their  hands,  would  lead  one  of  the  prisoners  to  the  top  of  a  preci- 
pice, near  by,  down  which  they  would  throw  his  remains,  after  dis- 
patching him.  Not  relishing  the  idea  of  being  disposed  of  in  this 
manner,  Baldwin  broke  away  fx'om  his  captors,  leaving  his  onlj'  re- 
maining garment  in  their  possession,  and  ran  for  his  life. 

The  Indians  threw  their  hatchets  after  him,  which  passed  near  his 
head,  but  fortunately  missed  hiin.  After  running  about  twelve  miles 
he  reached  a  place  of  safety.     (See  p.  491.) 

JOSEPH  BARKER 

Came  to  Amherst  in  1778  or  1779,  and  learned  the  house-wright's 
trade  of  his  father,  Dea.  Ephraim  Barker. 

lie  was  noted  for  his  feats  in  boxing  and  wrestling,  which  attracted 
the  attention  of  Sheriff  Kelley,  who  delighted  in  such  sports,  and 
encouraged  him  in  them.  lie  abounded  in  fun,  and  had  a  keen  sense 
of  the  ludicrous,  which  was  often  the  source  of  much  amusement  to 
his  companions. 

While  living  in  Amherst  one  of  his  neighbors,  a  cross-grained,  crab- 
bed old  man,  whom  nobody  liked,  had  a  mare  which  roamed  about 
the  village,  annoying  the  neighbors  by  her  depredations  in  their 
yards  and  gardens.  She  one  day  made  her  appearance  near  a  house 
where  Barker  was  engaged  in  doing  a  job  of  white-washing.  Think- 
mg  that  a  coat  of  white-wash  might  improve  her  appearance,  he 
caught  her,  and  administered  it.  On  being  liberated  she  went  home, 
but  her  owner,  not  recognizing  his  beast,  drove  her  away  with  stones 
and  curses.  The  next  time  she  appeared  he  set  his  dog  upon  her, 
wondering  why  she  was  so  persistent  in  her  calls. 

He  soon  missed  his  mare,  and  commenced  a  search  for  her  which 
was  unsuccessful  until  the  wliite-wash  began  to  wear  oft',  when  he  dis- 


XXV.]  GENEALOtJIRS.  863 

covered,  to  his  great  disgust,  tliat  he  had  for  some  days  heen  starving 
and  abusing  his  own  beast. 

In  the  autumn  of  ITS!),  Barker  removed,  witli  his  fatlier-in-law.  Capt. 
AViUiain  Dana,  to  Marietta,  Ohio.  The  journey  of  seven  hundred 
miles  was  nuide  in  wagons  drawn  l>y  oxen.  A  cow  which  accompa- 
nied them  funiisheil  milk  for  the  family. 

An  Indian  war  broke  out  in  Ohio,  in  17r)l,wliieh  was  not  finally 
closed  until  170.^.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  commenced  clearing 
a  tract  of  laml  about  seven  miles  above  Marietta.  To  this  i)lace  he 
moved  his  family,  in  December  of  that  year.  In  January,  17!>7,  he 
lost  most  of  his  tools,  materials  for  clothing,  and  bread  stutTs,  l)y  a  lire 
which  consumed  the  cabin  in  which  they  were  stored. 

After  this  misfortune  he  carried  on  the  building  business  in  Marietta 
some  years.  In  170!)  and  1800  he  i)uilt  the  splendid  residence  of  .Mr. 
Hlemierhasset  on  the  island  in  the  Ohio  river  now  known  by  tiie  name 
of  its  former  owner. 

Ship-building  was  commenced  at  Marietta  and  on  the  Muskingum 
river  in  ISOO.  In  this  new  business  he  took  an  active  part.  In  ISO'J 
he  built  two  vessels  on  his  farm,  an<l  in  1S03  one.  In  180G  he  was 
employed  by  Hlennerhasset  to  build  tifteen  large  batteaux  to  be  used 
iu  the  famous  expedition  of  Col.  Aaron  Hurr. 

During  this  time  he  held  several  luibjie  ollices,  the  dutii's  of  which 
he  discharged  to  the  satisfacticm  of  his  constituents.  In  1830  he  was 
electiMl  an  associate  judge  of  the  court  of  common  ])leas,  and  at  the  ex- 
piration of  the  ternj  he  was  re-elected.  This  office  he  held  until  1812, 
when,  owing  to  the  failure  of  his  health,  he  retired.  lie  died  iu  Sep- 
tember, 1843,  and  was  almost  the  last  survivor  of  the  first  settlers  of 
the  state  of  Ohio. 

Nine  of  ten  children  survived  him,  and  most  of  tln-m  liad  large  fam- 
ilies.    (See  p.  V.y)  :    1.) 

HF.V.  .IKKIMIAII    n\i;\AKI>. 

The  following  notice  of  Mr.  I>arnard  appeared  in  the  Boston  Centinel, 
shortly  after  his  death  in  Janiuiry,  183."): 

"Died  in  Amherst.  X.  11., on  the  15th  inst.,  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Bar- 
nard, aged  84,  senior  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  that 
town. 

"This  aged  servant  of  the  Most  High  commenced  his  ministerial 
career  in  the  vicinity  of  this  city,  in  the  most  trying  ])erioil  of  the  |{cv- 
olution,  and  by  his  prayers  and  i)atriotic  sentiments  contrilmted  to  en- 
courage the  Christian  jiatriots  who  distinguished  themselves  at  Lex- 
ington, Concord,  and  Bunker  Hill. 

"  In  1780  he  was  associated  with  the  Kev.  Daniel  Wilkins  as  joint 
pastor  of  the  church  and  society   in  Andierst.  and.  after  a  hap|>y  and 


864  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

harmonious  association  of  four  years,  by  the  death  of  Afr.  Wilkins,  the 
arduous  and  responsible  duties  of  sole  pastor  devolved  on  Mr.  Barnard. 
He  continued  solely  to  discharge  these  duties  with  uninterrupted  zeal 
and  fidelity  for  more  than  thirty  years,  in  course  of  which  the  society 
were  united  and  made  honorable  progress  in  moral  and  religious  im- 
provement from  year  to  year,  and  were  distinguished  for  harmony  and 
social  order. 

"In  1816,  in  consequence  of  his  advanced  years  and  infirmities,  Rev. 
Mr.  Lord  was  associated  with  him  as  colleague,  which  relieved  him  of 
a  portion  of  the  burden  of  his  pastoral  duties  in  his  declining  years. 
Till  within  a  few  years,  however,  lie  continued  to  visit  the  sick,  and 
administered  to  the  distressed.  Although  the  mighty  hand  of  time 
had  impaired  his  physical  and  intellectual  energies,  it  had  not  dimin- 
ished the  benevolence  of  a  Christian  and  philanthropic  heart.  The  re- 
ligion of  Mr.  Barnard  was  deep-rooted,  though  cheerful,  fervent  with- 
out austerity.  It  was,  indeed,  a  religion  of  the  heart — pure,  social,  and 
uiKiffected. 

"  He  was  listened  to  with  respect  as  a  Christian  teacher ;  he  was  re- 
spected for  his  good  sense,  and  beloved  as  a  friend. 

"  After  a  ministry  of  fifty-five  years,  in  the  fullness  of  time,  he  has 
been  gathered  to  his  fathers,  and  he  will  long  be  remembered  with 
respect  by  his  society,  particularly  those  who  are  old  enough  to  know 
him  as  he  was  before  age  had  impaired  his  bodily  faculties  and 
dimmed  his  nuud."     (See  pp.  263,  287,  495 :  1.) 

DR.    PUTKAJM    BARRON 

Received  his  name  from  Gen.  Israel  Putnam,  a  near  relative  of  his 
grandmother,  Hannah  (Putnam)  Hutchinson,  wife  of  the  first  town- 
clerk  of  Amherst. 

After  receiving  a  good  common-school  education,  and  a  partial 
course  at  Dartmouth  College,  he  studied  medicine  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding,  of  Amherst,  and  Dr.  Jennison,  of  Hartland, 
Vt.  He  commenced  practice  in  Charlestown,  in  1818,  where  he  con- 
tinued twenty  years,  when  he  removed  to  Ohio,  where,  after  practicing 
in  several  places,  he  settled  in  Edinburgh,  Portage  county,  in  1841. 
There  he  remained  until  1865,  when  he  removed  to  Raveiina,  and 
resided  with  his  daughter.  In  1871  he  was  prostrated  by  paralysis, 
from  which  he  never  recovered.     He  died  16  March,  1872. 

He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Episcopal  churcli,  to  which  he  was 
great]}'  attached,  and  died  leaving  an  honorable  record  as  a  good  i^hysi- 
cian,  and  a  worthy  man.     (See  p.  494  :  11.) 

DR.    BRADLEY    H.  BARTLETT, 

Son  of  Richard  and  Olive  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Grantham,  studied 
medicine  with  Drs.  Charles  E.  Berry  and  John  Wheeler,  of  Pittsfield, 
and  at  the  Pennsylvania  University  of  Medicine  and  Surgery.  He 
practiced  in  Manchester  and  Pittsfield,  and  as  a  surgeon  in*  the  army 


XXV. J  lUoCliAI'lIKAL    SKKTCIIKS.  805 

a  slinit  tiiiif  (luring  llic  <-iviI  war.  IIi-  caini-  to  .ViiiIutsI  in  Kel)ruary, 
187"J,  and  .soon  SL'curcil  cjuiU'  a  piacticc  In  Octohcr,  187<!,  he  was 
.strifkcii  witli  paralysis,  aftfr  whic-h  liu  uradually  fail<'(l  until  liis  <li-ath, 
which  occiiinul  20  Uecenilx-r,  187.S,  at  llu;  aj;c  of  1!»  years  ami  nitiw 
mouths. 

Durini;  his  n-sidi-nce  in  .\ndiiTst  he  served  on  the  snjierinlendini^ 
.school  coniniittei',  and  as  moderator  of  one  of  the  annual  town  nieet- 
in^s.  He  was  a  whole-.souled  man,  of  a  social  nature,  of  liheral  views, 
ami  a  generous,  puhlic-siiirited  citizen. 

Dlt.     lOIlN     I'l    IN  AM     li.VTCIIELDEK, 

Born  0  Aui^ust,  17.S-1,  dieil  in  Xew  York  city  7  April,  LSOS,  was  the  only 
child  of  Lieut.  Archelaus  and  Mary  (Putnam)  Batchelder.  His  father, 
a  soldier  in  the  war  for  independence,  resided  in  Amherst  many  yearr, 
and  di<'(l  here  in  Deceniher,  182;5,  at  the  age  of  siyi-ars.  His  mother 
was  a  de.scentlant  of  Gen.  Ilufus  Putnam,  another  revolutionary  officer, 
and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  state  of  Ohio. 

Dr.  Hatchelder  commenced  the  study  of  his  prof(;ssion  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Samuel  Fitch,  of  (Jreentield,  and  afterward  studied 
in  the  office  of  Dr.  Matthias  Spaldini;,  in  Andier.-t.  He  received  a 
license  to  practice  in  June,  1S07,  ami  after  attending  a  course  of  lec- 
tures at  the  Medical  School,  at  Cambridge,  receive<l  the  degree  of 
M.  I).,  from  Harvard  University,  in  181'). 

He  practiced  a  few  years  in  Charlestown,  an<I  in  1S17  was  appointed 
Professor  of  Anatomy  in  C:v.stleton,  Vt.,  Medical  College.  Subse- 
quently he  was  appointed  i'rofessor  of  Surgical  Anatomy  in  the  Medi- 
cal School  at  Pittstield,  Mivss.,  to  which  place  he  removed  from 
Charlestown.  .^fter  a  few  years  he  removed  to  Utica,  N.  Y.,  which 
place  he  finally  left,  and  for  the  last  twenty-five  years  of  his  life 
resided  in  New  York  city. 

He  stood  high  in  his  profession  and  performed  many  dillicult  opera- 
tions with  remarkable  success. 

wiii.iAM   nn;if)w, 

.\  graduate  of  Harvard  University,  in  the  chuss  with  Hon.  Charles  H. 
Atherton,  was  for  a  short  time  the  editor  of  the  VUlarie  Mrssentjer  in 
Amherst,  while  pursuing  the  study  of  divinity,  under  the  direction  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Thayer,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.  He  was  quite  a  favorite  with 
the  young  people  of  the  place  during  his  residence  here,  and  mad(^  a 
lively,  wide  awake  pajiir  of  the  Afrsseiufer  during  his  connection 
with  it. 

Aft«r  he  left  Amherst    he  engagnd  in  teaching  a  private  cla.ssical 
.school  in  Salem,  Mass.,  prea<^'hing  occasionally  on  the  Sabbath.      Kroni 
35 


8(36  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

Salem  lie  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  had  charge  of  tlie  Boston  Latin 
School,  having  Edward  Everett,  N.  L.  Frothingham,  and  Charles  P. 
Curtis,  among  his  pupils.  He  frequently  preached  in  the  Brattle- 
square,  and  HoUis-street  churches.  During  this  time  he  published 
several  text  books  for  use  in  schools,  which  were  jnuch  used.  In 
1830  he  published  a  history  of  Natick,  and  later,  one  of  Sherborn, 
Mass. 

His  liealth  finally  failed,  and  he  removed  to  Maine  wliere  hi^  taught 
school  and  wrote  for  newspapers  and  magazines. 

Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  returned  to  Boston,  where  he  foiind 
employment  as  a  proof-reader  in  various  printing  offices.  While  en- 
gaged in  this  business  he  was  seized  with  apoplexy,  which  resulted  in 
death  in  a  few  days. 

He  was  born  in  Natick,  22  November,  1773  ;  died  in  Boston  12  Janu- 
ary, 1841. 

RICHARD    ROVLSTON 

Served  a  four  years'  apprenticeship  in  the  office  of  the  Federal  Spy,  in 
Springfield,  Mass.,  and  finished  his  trade  in  the  office  of  the  Boston 
Cent.inel,  where  he  was;  employed  seven  years  under  the  direction  of 
Maj.  Ben.  Russell. 

Early  in  1809  he  came  to  Amherst,  in  answer  to  an  advertisement  for' 
a  journeyman  printer,  to  take  the  place  of  Isaac  Hill,  who  was  about  to 
graduate  from  the  Cabinet  office. 

After  presenting  his  "  credentials."  he  was  engaged  and  assigned  a 
place  beside  the  future  governor,  Avho  left  shortly  after,  and,  on  the  18th 
day  of  April,  1809,  connuenced  his  career  as  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Patriot. 

In  the  autumn  of  that  year  the  proprietor  of  the  Cabinet  office  be- 
came involved  in  the  failure  of  the  Hillsborough  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  directors,  and  to  avoid  doing  worse  left  town  somewhat  sud- 
denly, and  located  himself  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  the  remainder  of 
his  life  was  spent. 

Previous  to  his  leaving  he  called  IVIr.  Boylston  to  him,  and,  after, 
telling  him  frankly  of  his  plans,  offered  him  his  printing  establishment, 
with  the  book-store,  at  that  time  the  only  one  in  the  county,  on  easy 
terms  assuring  him  that  with  proper  care  and  management  there  was 
every  prospect  of  doing  a  successful  business.  To  this  offer  he  required 
an  answer  early  on  the  following  morning,  as  circumstances  would  ad- 
mit of  no  delay. 

For  some  time  the  young  journeyman  knew  not  what  to  say.  He 
was  young,  without  capital,  or  a  proper  education,  his  school  days  hav- 
ing terminated  when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age.     What  could  he  do  ? 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH KS.  867 

AfttT  liDiirs  of  ;iii\ii)iis  tli(iiiy;lif  tin*  tiim-  ari'iviMl.  An  atliniiative 
answer  was  nivi;ii,  and  Mr.  Cnsliin.;  ilcparti'il  to  liis  n<'\\  Ikjiiic. 

Tin;  lirst  lUiinhRr  of  tlic  Cahiuti  undiT  Mr.  Hoylstfin's  iliroction  was 
issiH'd  10  October,  1.S09.  and  from  tliat  timi-  liis  sni-ci'ss  was  assured. 
For  tell  years  the  papiM-  liad  no  rival  in  tiio  county.  Heing  located  at 
the  county  seat  it  had  a  lan^e  advertisinjj;  patrona:.;e,  beside  which,  a 
large  aiuonnt  of  job  work  was  done  in  the  office.  The  proprietor  also 
had  nearly  all  the  book  trade  in  the  county.  Lartje  invoices  of  school 
books  were  bought  and  .sold  at  a  satisfactory  profit,  and  l)efore  a  long 
time  had  elapsed  Mr.  Cushing's  claim  was  paid  in  full. 

In  1810  Air.  Boylston  nuirried,  and  again  he  was  fortiuiate.  ilis 
wife,  a  neice  of  Paul  Hevere,  of  Ilevolutionary  fame,  proved  to  be  a 
heljimeet  indeed.  Her  husband,  in  his  old  age,  said,  "To  her  etficient 
h(dp  and  wise  management  of  all  the  family  concerns  I  owe  all 
.my  after  prosperity  and  success  in  life."  Of  her,  also,  a  graduate  of 
the  Cahliu'l  otHce,  for  some  years  an  inmate  of  the  family,  said,  when 
more  than  eighty  years  of  age,  "  MoIIkm-  lioylston  was.  emphatically, 
th<'  editor's  'better  half.'  " 

.\nd  so  time  passed  away.  I'nder  his  management  the  Cithinet 
maintained  a  respectable  standing  among  the'  journals  of  its  time,  and 
hail  ([uite  an  exten.sive  circulation. 

.\s  his  lU'^ans  iiicreaseil  Mr.  Hoylston  was  ready  to  engage  in  enter- 
jtrises  that  promised  to  benefit  the  place  of  his  residence.  lie  was  one 
of  the.  first  to  advocate  the  bnililingof  a  railroad  to  Amherst,  the  build- 
ing of  a  steam  mill,  and  kindred  enterprises.  He  early  took  ilecided 
grounds  in  favor  of  the  temperance  movement  and  the  improvement 
of  the  common  .schools.  For  many  years  he  was  a  nu;niber  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  was  repeatedly  elected  one  of  its  olticer.s,  but 
invariably  declined  the  acceptance  of  the  charge.  He  .served  on  the 
superintending  school  committee  .several  ycar.s,  and,  in  IS-il,  t.")  and  4t), 
representetl  thi-  town  in  the  general  court.     (See  p.  515  :  20.) 

M  A.ll>U    U  Ml  I  AM    1!I;AI>I  l'|:|) 

Was  a  sergeant  in  ('apt.  Crosliy's  company  on  Hunker  Hill,  and  an  en- 
sign in  Capt.  Wilkins's  company  at  the  "Cedars."  where  he  was  takeu 
pri.soner  and  abused  by  the  Indian.s.  He  afterward  served  as  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Continental  army. 

He  took  an  active  part  in  the  organi/.afion  of  the  .second  parish,  and 
the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Mont  Vernon,  of  which  he  was  the 
first  representative  in  the  general  coin't. 

In  ISpJ  he  received  a  maj<ir's  commission  in  the  first  regiment  \.  H. 
Volunteers,  but  this  organization    w;vs  .soon   disbanded,  ami  he  retired 


868  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

from  the  service.  Shortly  after  he  removed  to  Barre,  Vt.,  where  he 
died  in  1816.     (See  p.  .517  :  7.) 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  BRADFORD 

Was  second  lieutenant  in  Captain  Benjamin  Taylor's  company  at 
Winter  Hill,  in  the  vv^inter  of  1775-6.  He  commanded  the  Amherst 
company  in  the  battle  of  Bennington,  and  was  in  the  thickest  of  the 
fight,  being  the  second  man.  to  scale  the  Hessian  breastwork.  In  1778 
he  served  as  adjutant  of  Col.  Nichols's  regiment  in  Rhode  Island. 

About  1800  he  removed  to  Hancock,  where  he  died  27  June,  1836,  at 
the  age  of  93  years.     (See  p.  518  :  29.) 

REV.   EPHRAIM  PUTNAM  BRADFORD 

Graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1803,  in  the  class  with  Rev.  Nathan 
Parker,  of  Portsmouth,  Dr.  Edward  Payson,  of  Portland,  Judge  Josiah 
Butler,  of  Deerfield,  and  other  noted  men.  He  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  New  Boston  26  February, 
1806,  which  office  he  most  acceptably  filled  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred 14  December,  1845. 

Rev.  Silas  Aiken  wrote  of  him,  "  He  was  literally  one  of  natui-e's 
noblemen,  of  princely  person,  with  a  sonorous,  commanding  voice,  ex- 
ceptionally fluent  and  accurate  in  speech,  so  richly  gifted  in  mind  and 
heart  that,  Mith  little  preparation,  he  stood  among  the  first  preachers  in 
the  state." 

A  constitutional  lack  of  ambition  and  energy  alone  prevented  his 
advancement  to  the  highest  positions  attainable  by  men  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

He  was  one  of  the  kindest  and  best  of  men — a  peace-maker  among 
a  people  of  strong  arms  and  iron  wills.  His  company  was  sought  by 
all,  and  his  death  was  sincerely  lamented.     (See  p.  519  :  43.) 

JOHN  BRADFORD, 

Son  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Bradford,  was  born  in  New  Boston  in  1815 ;  served 
as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Stewart  &  Lawrence  and  Aaron  Lawrence  & 
Co.,  several  years,  where  he  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  employers 
and  acquaintances.  He  afterward  settled  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
where,  with  some  of  his  brothei's,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits. 
In  a  few  years  he  acquired  a  competency,  retired  from  business,  and 
devoted  his  time  to  the  management  of  his  estate.  He  died  at  Mil- 
waukee 3  May,  1879. 

ISAAC  BROOKS,  ESQ., 

Spent  a  few  months  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1776  with  Dr.  John 
Hale,  of  Hollis,  after\\  ard  a  surgeon   in   the   army  of  the   Revolution. 


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XXV.]  BiOGRAi'iiicAL  -^Kl■:T('l^•;s^.  869 

III'  tlu'ii  rt'turm-il  to  liis  luitivc  town,  wliiTf  lif  \\a-<  cIjo-jcii  tow  n-dcrk 
ill  17n;{.  Lt'Hviii!;  Wolmrii  lie  tan;^lit  school  in  MiTriinack,  Wilton, 
'rrinj)K'.  and  Amherst.  For  some  tinii-  In-  was  t-inplovfil  in  a  ^tor.'  in 
Wilton. 

In  the  summer  and  autumn  of  \S'.)2  he  was  t'lmtloyeil  asacl<'rk  in  tlic 
ottice  of  the  register  of  deeds  for  IIillsl)orouj,di  eounty,  ami,  on  th»'  resij;- 
nation  of  the  reufister,  in  Oetoher,  ISICJ.  lie  wiis  a|>i)oint<'il  to  till  the  va- 
eanev,  and  took  the  oath  of  othee  0  ( )ctol)t'r,  ISll'J.  Shortly  after  In-  pur- 
chaseilthe  house  now  owne<l  hy  his  trraiitlson,  Isaac  H.  Dodge,  Ksij.,  into 
\Yhieli  he  moved  with  his  family,  and  in  which  the  county  records  were 
kept  during  the  term  of  his  uccupancv  of  the  otHcf,  which  exUMidfd  to 
September,  1.S2S. 

He  was  enii>hatically  the  man  for  the  place  he  so  long  tilled,  heing 
an  excellent  penman,  and  scrupulously  exact  in  the  transaction  of  Imsi- 
nes.s.  The  people  of  the  county  showed  their  appreciation  of  his  ser- 
vices by  re-electing  him  to  the  otRce,  year  after  year,  when  a  majority 
of  them  wen>  politically  oj)iiosed  to  him. 

Through  his  whole  lile  he  was  a  victim  of  a  sort  of  nervous  hypochon- 
dria, and  fancied  himself  troubled  with  about  all  the  ills  that  tiesh  is 
heir  to,  for  the  cure  of  which  he  was  perpetually  dosing  himself  with 
medicines  and  cure-alls,  which  accumidated  in  his  house  in  quantities 
almost  sufficient  to  stock  an  ordinary  drug  store.     (.See  p.  .V_>() :   1.) 

CAl'T.   KI.I    lUiOW.V, 

A  retired  sea  captain,  in  cond'ortable  circumstances,  settled  in  .\ndu>rst 
about  180  >,  and  was  for  some  years  one  of  its  prominent  citizens.  lie 
invested  a  considerable  jiortion  of  his  property  in  the  Hillsborough 
Hank,  ami  lost  heavily  by  its  failure.  These  losses  seemed  to  embitter 
him  against  many  witli  whom  he  came  in  contact.  Kditor  Roylston 
fell  under  his  displeasure,  and  he  denounced  him  in  no  gentle  terms 
in  the  columns  of  the  /*ntrlof.  He  also  published  a  terribly  bitter 
pamphlet  against  Hon.  Sanuiel  Hell,  the  president  of  the  bank.  At 
the  commencement  of  the  war  of  1812  lie  volunteered  his  .services  to 
the  government,  and,  after  the  departure  of  Commodore  Perry  to  Lake 
Krie,  was  jdaced  in  command  o^  the  fleet  of  guiiboat.s  on  the  coast  of 
New  England  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then  n'tired  on  half  pay, 
and  died  in  182>t,  leaving  a  widow  and  five  children.     Of  the.se, 

.nHIN    I.    IlKOWN, 

The  eldest  son,  learned  the  bl.acksmith's  tratle  of  ('apt.  William  Hriice, 
in  Mont  Vernon.  When  he  had  finished  his  apprenticeship  he  went 
to  Boston  an<l  found  eni]>loyment  in  a  scale  man u factor}',  as  a  finisher. 
Hi-!  health  failing,  he  went  to  New  Orleans  in  ISlj.  where  he  i-emained 


870  HISTOUY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

one  year.  He  then  commenced  tlie  manufacture  of  scales  in  New 
York,  and  the  excellence  of  his  products  creating  a  large  demand,  he 
soon  built  up  an  extensive  and  remunerative  business,  lie  was  a  con- 
tractor on  many  of  the  public  works  in  Xew  York  city,  including  pav- 
ing, sewerage,  sweeping  streets,  ike. 

lie  was  boini  in  Amherst  7  August,  1805;  died  in  New  Y'ork  city  28 
March,  1875.  He  accumulated  a  large  estate,  and  left  a  widow  and 
one  son. 

GEN.  JOEL  BHOWX, 

A  native  of  HolUs,  commenced  his  business  life  in  Amherst,  in  1824,  in 
the  store  now  occupied  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Sawyer.  Here  he  remained  some 
six  or  seven  years.  He  then  removed  to  Peterborough,  where  he  car- 
ried on  an  extensiA'e  mercantile  business  for  some  time.  Meeting  with 
reverses  he  relinquished  business  at  Peterborough,  and  was  afterward, 
for  eighteen  years,  commencing  in  1850,  employed  as  agent  for  the  iron 
works  at  Brady's  Bend,  Pa. 

While  residing  in  Peterborough  lie  l)eca;ue  interested  in  military 
affairs,  and  was  at  one  time  major-general  of  the  od  division  of  New 
Hampshire  militia. 

He  finally  returned  to  Amherst  and  resided  with  his  brother  on  the 
birth-place  of  Horace  Greeley,  where  he  died  25  March,  1878,  at  the 
age  of  82  years.     He  never  married. 

He  was  an  earnest,  whole-souled  man,  who  had  a  ho^it  of  friends  and 
but  few  enemies. 

REV.  JOHN    BRUCE. 

The  following  account  of  jNIr.  Bruce  is  taken  mainly  from  a  sketch  of 
his  life  and  character  prepared  by  Dr.  Rogers  Smith  : 

Mr.  Bruce  entered  Dartmouth  College  in  1777,  and  graduated  in 
1781.  He  went  through  the  usual  course  of  study  with  reputation  to 
himself,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  instructors,  and,  by  his  teachable 
disposition,  gentleness  of  manners,  mild,  serious,  and  dutiful  behavior 
in  all  respects,  obtained,  it  is  said,  from  the  highest  authority  in  his 
college,  the  distinguishing  appellation  of  "  good  Mr.  Bruce." 

Soon  after  leaving  college  he  commenced  the  study  of  divinity, 
whicli  he  pursued  the  usual  time,  and,  being  regularly  examined  and 
licensed,  he  commenced  the  gospel  ministry.  After  preaching  as  a 
candidate  in  several  places,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  pas- 
toral care  of  the  church  in  the  north-west  parish  of  Amherst,  now  Mont 
Vernon,  where  he  was  ordained  and  installed  3  November,  1785.  There 
he  continued  in  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office  until 
his  death. 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  871 

Although  his  stature  was  considerably  above  tlie  medium  size,  and 
lie  was  well-proportioned,  liis  constitution  was  not  firm  and  robust, 
being  enfeebled,  pi'obably,  by  a  sedentary  life  and  study.  For  several 
years  before  his  death  his  health  sensibly  decayed,  and  for  nrore  tlraii 
a  year  he  was  afflicted  with  the  almost  total  loss  of  the  sight  of  one 
eye. 

Perhaps  he  would  not  have  been  ranked  among  the  first  in  point  of 
talents,  but  any  inferiority  in  this  i-espect  was  more  than  compensated 
by  the  goodness  of  his  heart  and  the  purity  of  his  moi'als.  He  was  a 
man  of  solid  sense,  and  his  literary  acquirements  were  by  no  means 
below  mediocrity. 

In  his  religious  sentiments  he  was  strictly  Calvinistic,  of  the  Congre- 
gational order,  but  controversial  divinity  occupied  but  a  small  part 
of  his  attention,  and  his  hearers  were  never  perplexed  with  fine-spun 
speculations.  His  preaching  was  plain,  serious,  and  practical.  It  was 
addressed  to  the  understanding  and  the  heart,  instead  of  the  imagina- 
tion and  the  passions,  and  was  always  accompanied  with  convincing 
evidence  of  a  dee23  impression  on  liLs  own  mind  of  its  infinite  impor- 
tance. 

His  patience  was  unwearied,  and  his  exertions  unceasing  to  promote 
the  advancement  "of  the  kingdom  of  his  Divine  Master  on  the  earth, 
and  his  labors  were  blessed  to  the  conversion  of  many  souls. 

He  was  meek,  pious,  and  humble ;  kind  and  gentle,  and  possessed 
in  an  eminent  degree  of  that  charity  wdiich  "suffereth  long  and  is  kind." 
Among  the  most  distinguishing  traits  in  his  character,  aside  from 
these,  were  his  prudence  and  discretion.  He  was  eminently  entitled 
to  be  called  a  peace-maker.  All  who  knew  him  loved  and  revered  him. 
As  a  parent  he  was  kind  and  indulgent;  as  a  neighbor,  friendly  and 
hospitable ;  as  a  citizen,  patriotic  ;  and  as  a  Christian,  true  and  sin- 
cere.    (See  pp.  73,  521  :   1.) 


DANIEL  CAMPBELL,   ESQ., 

(^ne  of  the  stalwart  men  of  his  time,  for  many  years  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  the  town,  settled  here  permanently  in  the  spring  of  1761.  He 
and  his  wife  traveled  on  foot  from  Londonderry  to  Lutwych's  ferry, 
where  they  crossed  the  Merrimack  river  in  a  log  boat,  and  thence  pro- 
ceeded to  their  new  home  in  Amherst. 

His  manner  of  living  was  plain,  his  habits  regular,  and  lie  was  tem- 
perate in  all  things.     He  rose  with  the  sun  and  retired  early. 


872  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

In  his  time  the  u,?e  of  ardent  spirits  was  common  on  all  occasions, 
but  a  wine-glass  full  twice  a  day  sufficed  him,  and  an  invitation  to  par- 
take of  more  was  always  declined. 

For  many  years  he  was  much  employed  as  a  surveyor  of  land,  and 
by  that  means  he  acquired  a  better  knowledge  of  the  farms  and  lots  in 
town  than  was  possessed  by  any  other  person. 

The  town  of  Hillsborough  was  surveyed  and  divided  into  lots  under 
his  direction,  and  the  adjoining  town  of  Windsor  received  its  first 
name,  "  Campbell's  Gore,"  from  him. 

In  1766  he  received  a  commission  as  coroner  from  Governor  Went- 
worth,  which  office  he  filled  a  long  time  under  botli  the  provincial  and 
state  governments. 

He  served  on  the  board  of  selectnien  thirteen  years,  and  was,  for 
years  before  his  death,  the  senior  survivor  of  those  who  had  served  in 
t'lat  capacity.  He  was,  also,  the  last  survivor  of  the  town  officers 
elected  prior  to  the  Revolution. 

He  was  one  of  the  four  citizens  of  the  town  who  refused  to  sign  the 
"  Association  Test  paper "  in  1776,  as  he  doubted  the  ability  of  the 
colonies  to  resist  successfully,  by  arms,  the  claims  of  the  mother  coun- 
try. His  townsmen,  much  to  their  credit,  respected  his  opinions,  and 
he  was  not  molested  on  their  account. 

He  was  a  man  of  iron  frame  and  strong  will,  possessed  of  decided 
convictions,  and  ever  ready  to  express  them  fully  and  freely. 

In  early  life  he  was  a  decided  Presbyterian,  but  shortly  after  the 
commencement  of  Dr.  Lord's  ministry  he  joined  with  others  in  the 
movement  which  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Unitarian  society 
in  Amherst,  to  which  he  adhered  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

He  retained  his  physical  and  mental  vigor  wonderfully.  After 
he  had  passed  his  ninety-eighth  year  he  held  a  breaking-up  plow  a 
long  distance,  his  son  and  grandson  walking  on  either  side  of  him  as  a 
sort  of  body-guard  to  assist  him  in  case  of  accident. 

In  his  old  age  he  was  a  great  reader,  and  kept  well  posted  in  the  cur- 
rent events  of  the  day.  He  was  quite  a  politician,  and  retained  his 
interest  in  town  and  state  matters  to  the  last.  The  spring  before  his 
death  he  attended  the  annual  March  meeting,  the  largest  ever  held  in 
town,  and  voted  the  "  Whig  "  ticket.  He  was  the  oldest  man  who  ever 
deceased  in  Amherst.     (See  p.  .526  :  7.) 

CAPT.   D.\NIEL  CWMPBELL,  .JR. 

Taught  school  for  a  succession  of  winters  in  Amherst  and  the  adjacent 
towns.  He  was  a  competent  land  surveyor,  coroner  for  the  county  of 
Hillsliorougli,  a  director  of  the  Farmers'  Bank,  served  twelve  years  on 


XXV.] 


HKMJRAPHK'AL    SKET^H^:S. 


873 


(li(>  board  of  s(^lt>ctiiR'ii,  rt'prcsciitt'd  tho  town  two  yoars  in  the  i^eiioral 
court,  and  was  niodt/rator  of  the  annual  town  nientinps  threi-  years. 

He  passed  his  entire  life  on  the  iioniestead  on  which  he  was  born, 
which  ho  inana^od  to  advantage  and  profit,  Ixmulj  i>n<j  of  I  In-  most  suc- 
cessful stock-^Towfrs  and  farmers  in  town. 

lie  was  a  man  of  probity  and  intc<;rity,  conservative,  but  ever  loyal 
to  his  convictions,  of  sound  judgment  in  business  matters,  deliberate 
in  action,  and  wortiiy  of  the  confidence  re]><)sed  in  liim  by  his  fellow- 
citizens.      (See  i>.  .')L'7  :    11.) 


HON.  (  ii.vi;i.i;s  u.  iami'iu.i.i. 


Received  his  education  at  the  district  .school,  and  attended  an  acadeniy 
a  few  terms;  commenced  teaching  at  sixteen  years  of  age,  which  vo- 
cation he  followed  in  the  winter  for  several  years,  lie  labored  on  the 
liom<>  farm,  succeeding  his  father  in  its  management;  was  engaged 
quite  largely  in  the  cattle  trade,  and  as  a  public  salesman  of  real  estate 
and  other  property;  .served  :us  moderator  of  the  annual  town  meeting 
nine  years  ;  on  the  board  of  selectmen  one  year;  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  legislature  five  years.  In  1804  lie  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  finance,  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  that  originated 
and  rejiorted  the  bill  to  '•  Provide  for  funding  the  State  del>t." 

Having  disjiosed  of  the  greater  part  of  his  real  estate  in  Amherst,  he 
removed  to  Nashua  in  ISOli,  where  he  establisheil  the  fir.st  real  estate 
agency  in  the  city,  connecting  therewith  the  auction  busine.s.s. 

He  represented  the  seventh  .senatorial  district  two  years  in  the  .Sen- 
ate, and,  in  1S72.  was  president  of  that  body. 

He  now  resides  in  Nashua,  and  is  one  of  the  leading  auctioneers  in 
the  state.      (.S,.,.  p.  oiT  :   IM.) 


iio.N.  (1,11 'roN  ci..\<;t;i:TT 


Studied  law  under  the  direction  of  his  father  and  commenceil  juactice 
in  Litchtield  in  17S7,  whence  he  remove<l  to  Amherst  in  ISll.  While 
residing  in  Litchfield  he  represented  the  town  in  the  general  court  .sev- 
eral years.  In  1802.  ISlfi,  ami  b81 8,  he  was  elected  a  Representative  to 
Congress.  In  islo  he  was  aj)pointeil  judge  of  probate  for  Hillsborough 
county,  and  held  the  office  until  September,  181'J,  when,  having  been 
a]i]ioinled  one  nf  the  jiidue>;  iif  the  -.npi'fior  c-(iiirt.   lie    )cviMii,-d.      From 


874  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

this  last  office  he  was  removed,  upon  the  reorganization  of  the  court,  by 
the  Federal  party  the  following  year. 

In  1823  he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate  for  the  county  of  Hills- 
borough, and  held  the  office  until  his  death. 

Dr.  John  Farmer  wrote  of  him,  "  Without  any  commanding  powers, 
but  with  the  possession  of  respectable  attainments.  Judge  Claggett  gave 
his  constituents,  and  the  public  generally,  that  satisfaction  which  has 
not  always  been  imparted  by  those  of  higher  acquisitions,  or  by  those 
of  the  most  popular  and  sjilendid  talents."     (See  p.  533 :  2.) 

CAPT.  .JOSIAH  CROSBY 

Was  a  native  of  Billerica,  Mass.  Tradition  says  his  father  was  killed 
by  the  Indians.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  or  fifteen  he  was  placed  under 
the  care  of  Joseph  Fitcli.  of  Bedford,  Mass.,  to  learn  the  mill-wright's 
trade. 

In  1748  he  was  a  soldier  on  tlie  frontier,  near  Connecticut  river. 
While  there  he  and  fifteen  others,  under  the  command  of  a  lieutenant, 
were  ordered  to  march  from  Fort  Dummer  to  Fort  Hinsdale.  When 
within  about  a  mile  of  their  journey's  end,  the  party  fell  into  an 
ambush  of  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  French  and  Indians,  who 
arose  and  fired  upon  them.  The  party  then  separated,  each  man  seek- 
ing his  own  safety.  Two  of  the  number  escaped  by  secreting  them- 
selves, one  reached  Fort  Hinsdale,  and  Crosby  ran  up  the  river  toward 
Fort  Dummer,  followed  by  an  Indian,  who,  coming  up  within  a  few 
rods,  discharged  his  gun,  the  ball  j^assing  near  him.  Crosby  then 
turned  and  fired  at  the  Indiaii,  who  gave  him  no  further  trouble. 
He  then  pursued  his  way  up  the  river,  and,  on  coming  opposite  Fort 
Dummer,  attempted  to  swim  across,  but  before  reaching  the  opposite 
shore  his  strength  failed  and  he  sunk.  Some  of  the  soldiers  in  the  fort 
came  to  his  assistance  and  rescued  him.  He  and  the  three  others  above- 
named  were  all  of  the  party  that  escaped. 

In  17."j3  he  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  purchased  of  his  wife's  father, 
in  that  part  of  Monson  which  was  afterward  annexed  to  Amherst. 
In  1771,  and  some  subsequent  years,  he  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of 
Amherst,  and  during  some  of  the  years  of  the  Revolution  he  was  one 
of  its  representatives  in  the  general  court  and  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  safety. 

Prior  to  the  battle  of  Lexington  a  company  of  minute  men  was  or- 
ganized in  town,  of  which  he  was  chosen  captain.     After  the  com- 


XXV.]  IJKXJHAI'HK  AL    SKKTCIIKS.  87.') 

iiiciifciiiL'iit  of  hostilities  llie  coiiiiiaiiy  ifjiairLMl  to  Cuiiilirid;^*'.  and,  on 
the  orgixniziition  of  the  New  Ilaiiipsliin'  rt'^imcnts.  in  May  t'olhjwing, 
it  becanu'  a  i)art  of  tlic  third  roj^inient,  and  was  plaecd  undiT  the  com- 
mand of  Coh  James  Reed,  of  Fitzwilliam.  It  paitiripated  in  tlie  I>attle 
of  linnker  Hill,  and  many  of  its  mendiers  remaini-d  in  ihi-  service  un- 
til the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British,  the  March  followin;.;. 

C'a|>t.  Croslty  also  commanded  a  company  sent  to  reinforce  (Jeneral 
Siillivaii  in  Illntde  Island,  in  177S.      (See  p.  5-lS  :   1.) 

1)1!.  sAML'Ei.  cruris. 

Son  of  Key.  I'liiliji  Curtis,  of  Sharon.  .Mass.,  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  ITOfi,  being  the  eighteenth  in  a  class  of  forty.  He  was  a  siu'- 
geon  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution,  and  receivr'd  a  pension  the 
latter  i)art  of  his  life.  He  commenced  practice  in  Andierst  in 
17S!I,  but  in  a  few  years  gave  up  his  jirofessional  imsiness  for  tiiat 
of  an  innkei'per.  He  also  kept  an  apothecaries' shop  in  his  tavern, 
lie  was  the  comjiiler  of  "Curtis'  Pocket  .\hnanac  and  New  Hampshire 
Itt'gister,"  Avhich  was  ]>ublished  annually  from  180!)  tt)  ISOO  inclusive, 
and  several  other  works.      (See  p.  .")■")"_'  :    1.) 

.losKi-ii  (  isniNi; 

Comnienceil  tin-  ]iulilieation  of  the  Ftirnitrs'  Cnlniul  11  Xovt-mber,  18(12, 
and  continued  it  until  the  dose  of  volume  Vn,3  October,  18(19,  when 
he  sold  the  establishment  to  Richard  Moylston.  He  afterward  estaln 
lished  himself  in  Baltimore.  His  successor  in  the  Cnhiiwl  office  said  of 
him,  "He  began  busine.ss  in  this  place  with  snniU  means,  and  pursued 
it  here  and  elsewliere  energetically  initil  he  became  a  ricli  and  honored 
man.  Before  leaving  Amherst  he  had  purposed  to  increase  his  busi- 
ness by  entering  more  largely  into  the  printing,  publi.shing.  and  selling 
of  book.s.  With  this  in  view  he  had  erected  the  large  l)rick  building 
on  the  Plain  which  was  (o  be  occupied  for  the  purpose.  After  .settling 
in  Baltimore  he  entered  largely  into  book-selling,  and  supplied  the 
western  trade  in  large  quantities.  He  was  a  man  of  good  natural  and 
acquired  ability,  and  pos.se.ssed  talents  which  lifted  him  for  ]>ublic  po- 
sitiims.  Thi'.se,  however,  h(!  generally  declined,  believing  a  well-con- 
ducted private  station  to  be  the  highest  jiost  of  honor." 

For  SOUK'  years,  mar  tln'  clo.se  of  his  life,  he  was  president  of  a  sav- 
ings baidx.  which  otlice  he  tilled  with  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  sati.s- 
faclion  of  tho.se  whose  savings  were  entrusted  to  his  care. 

Being  of  a  social,  generous,  and  very  hospitable  disposition,  In-  was 
much  respected  while  residing  in  Amherst.     (See  p.  55:>.) 


876  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

HON.  SAMUEL  DANA 

Entered  the  freshman  class  of  Harvard  College  at  the  age  of  twelve 
years,  and  graduated  four  years  later,  having  for  classmates  President 
John  Adams,  Governor  John  Wentworth,  and  other  noted  men. 

After  fitting  for  the  ministry  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  set- 
tle in  Groton,  Mass.,  where  he  was  ordained  and  installed  3  June,  1761. 
There  he  remained  in  office  until  15  May,  1775,  when  the  affections  of 
many  of  his  parishioners  having  become  alienated  from  him  on  ac- 
count of  the  course  he  saw  fit  to  pursue  in  regard  to  the  controversy 
between  Great  Britain  and  her  American  colonies,  he  voluntarily  re- 
linquished his  pastoral  charge.  He  however  remained  in  Groton  en- 
gaged in  the  cultivation  of  a  small  farm,  and,  for  some  months,  in  1780 
and  1781,  acted  as  the  minister  of  a  poi'tion  of  the  peojile,  who,  not 
pleased  with  his  removal,  had  formed  a  new  society. 

About  this  time  a  law  library  came  into  his  possession,  and  from  a 
perusal  of  the  volumes  he  formed  a  taste  for  the  investigation  of  legal 
matters.  An  attorney  who  boarded  with  him  furnished  him  with  some 
information  in  his  investigations.  In  1780  he  spent  some  months  in 
Amherst  in  the  office  of  Joshua  Atherton,  Esq.,  from  whom  he  received 
further  instruction.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  purchased  a  small  ten- 
ement of  Mr.  Atherton,  into  which  he  moved  with  his  family  in  the 
spring  of  1781.  In  the  autumn  following  he  was,  on  motion  of  Mr. 
Atherton,  admitted  to  practice  as  an  attorney  in  the  court  of  common 
pleas,  and  soon  came  into  full  practice. 

In  1782  he  purchased  the  farm  and  buildings  of  Samuel  Stewart's 
heirs,  at  the  west  end  of  the  Plain,  which  he  occupied  throughout  the 
remainder  of  his  life. 

In  November,  1782,  he  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  convention 
which  framed  the  constitution  of  the  state.  Shortly  after  the  adoption 
of  the  constitution  he  was  ajipointed  a  justice  of  the  inferior  court  of 
common  pleas,  but  declined  to  accept  the  office.  In  1785  he  was  a\> 
pointed  register  of  probate  for  Hillsborough  county,  and  held  the  office 
until  9  January,  1789,  when  he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate.  This 
office  he  resigned  21  December,  1792,  saying,  in  the  letter  conveying 
his  resignation,  that  "  for  the  support  of  my  family  I  am  obliged  to 
practice  as  an  attorney,  and  there  is  danger  that  I  may  not  always  be 
able  to  distinguish  between  a  fee  to  the  attorney  and  a  hribe  to  the 
judge." 

In  179:5  he  was  chosen  to  the  state  senate  to  fill  a  vacancy  caused  by 
the  resignation  of  Hon.  Joshua  Atherton.  In  tliis  position  he  took  an 
active  part  in  procuring  the  passage  of  a  law  abolishing  the  courts  of 
general  sessions  f)f  the  peace. 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  877 

A  few  years  before  his  death  he  procured  the  establishnieut  of  a 
lodge  of  Free  Masons  in  Amherst,  of  which  he  was  the  first  worshipful 
master.  This  lodge  held  their  meetings  for  some  time  in  his  house, 
where  a  hall  was  fitted  up  for  their  accommodation.  His  death,  caused 
by  typhus  fever,  violent  in  its  attack  and  rapid  in  its  progress,  occurred 
2  April,  1798,  and  his  remains  were  entombed  with  Masonic  honors  on 
the  fourth,  when  Timothy  Bigiow,  of  Groton,  delivered  a  funeral  ora- 
tion. 

In  his  person  Judge  Dana  was  tall,  spare,  and  very  ei'ect,  except  an 
inclination  of  the  knees,  which  never  deserted  him  when  he  was  in  a 
standing  position.  He  had  a  blemish,  occasioned  by  the  small-pox^ 
which  had  destroyed  the  sight  of  one  of  his  eyes. 

His  religious  views  were  of  the  most  liberal  kind,  and  he  was  a  kind 
friend  and  supporter  of  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard,  the  minister  of  the  town. 

His  talents  as  a  lawyer  were  above  mediocrity,  but  many  of  the  hab- 
its acquired  in  the  ministry  remained  through  life.  A  contemporary 
says,  "  Could  a  person  have  been  placed  so  as  to  hear  Judge  Dana 
while  he  was  addressing  a  jury,  without  distinguishing  his  words,  not  a 
shadow  of  doubt  would  remain  in  his  mind  that  the  speaker  was  en- 
gaged in  devout  and  earnest  prayer." 

In  his  will,  written  in  1795,  the  usual  invocation  to  the  Deity  is 
omitted.  No  bequest  of  his  soul  and  body  or  mention  of  his  reli- 
gious belief  is  made,  the  first  instance  it  is  believed  in  the  county, 
says  Hon.  C.  H.  Atherton,  of  the  omission  of  these  siipposed  essentials 
to  a  will.      (See  p.  554  :  1.) 

CAPT.  WII.LIAM   DANA, 

A  younger  brother  of  Hon.  Samuel  Dana,  was  born  in  Brighton,  Mass., 
in  1745 ;  married  Mary  Bancroft,  of  Pepperell,  Mass. ;  resided  in 
C'harlestown  and  Worcester,  Mass. ;  removed  to  Amherst  in  1779, 
thence,  in  1788,  to  Marietta,  Ohio.     He  died  in  Ohio  in  1809. 

He  enlisted  in  the  American  army  at  the  commencement  of  hostili- 
ties in  1775,  and  served  some  two  or  three  years  as  a  captain  in  the 
artillery  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Henry  Knox.  In  1778  he  sold 
his  property  in  the  vicinity  of  Worcester,  receiving  his  pay  in  conti- 
nental bills  which  became  worthless  on  his  hands,  and  he  was  reduced 
to  poverty.  His  pay  in  the  army  being  inadequate  for  the  support  of 
his  family,  he  reluctantly  resigned  his  commission  and  left  the  service. 
He  soon  after  removed  to  Amherst  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He 
also  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  carpenter.  A  portion  of  the  time  he 
acted  as  a  deputy  sheriff. 

In  the  spring  of  1788  he,  and  his  two  eldest  sons,  started  for  tlie  new 
settlement  at  Marietta,  Ohio,  where  they  arrived  near  the  last  of  June, 


878  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

after  a  toilsome  journey.  After  building'  a  log  cabin  they  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  bricks, — -the  first  tliat  were  made  in  Ohio. 

The  spi'ing  following  he  returned  to  Amherst  for  the  remainder 
of  his  family,  who  accompanied  him  on  his  return  to  Ohio.  He  then 
located  himself  on  a  tract  of  bottom  land,  near  the^  Ohio  river,  just 
above  the  head  of  Blennerhassett's  island,  where,  after  a  few  years  of 
toil  and  danger,  he  secured  a  comfortable  home. 

In  his  person  Capt.  Dana  was  tall  and  had  the  bearing  of  a  soldier. 
Tn  his  disposition  he  was  cheerful  and  social.  He  had  eleven  chil- 
dren, eight  sons  and  three  daughters,  and  his  descendants  rank  among 
the  first  families  in  Ohio. 

PROF.  JAMKS  FUEKMAX  DANA 

Fitted  for  college  at  Exeter  Academy,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  l"ni- 
versity  in  1813.  He  was  early  interested  in  chemical  studies,  and  in 
1818  was  sent  to  England,  by  the  overseers  of  the  university,  to  procure 
a  suitable  chemical  apparatus  for  the  use  of  the  college.  While  in 
England  he  applied  himself  assiduously  to  the  study  of  his  favorite 
science,  and  after  his  return  he  was  appointed  assistant  professor  of 
chemistry  at  Cambridge. 

He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  soon  after  his  graduation, 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Grorham,  of  Cambridge,  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  in  1817.  The  next  year  he  married  and  commenced  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Cambridge. 

As  but  little  opportunity  was  aiforded  him  for  a  display  of  his  pro- 
fessional skill,  he,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  Samuel  L.  Dana,  pub- 
lished, in  1818,  a  small  octavo  volume  on  the  geology  and  mineralogy 
of  Boston. 

In  1820  he  took  the  name  of  James  Freeman  Dana,  by  authority  of 
the  legislature  of  INIassachusetts,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  that  year  he 
received  the  appointment  of  professor  of  chemistry  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, which  he  accepted,  and  removed  to  Hanover,  giving  up  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  and  devoting  himself  to  the  duties  of  his  professional 
chair. 

He  was  highly  esteemed  at  Hanover,  both  in  the  college  and  by  the 
citizens  of  the  town. 

In  1824  he  was  appointed  an  aid  to  Governor  Morril,  with  the  rank 
of  colonel,  and  in  that  capacity  "assisted  in  the  reception  of  General 
Lafayette  at  Concord,  in  June,  1825.  He  was  also  chosen  a  represent- 
ative to  the  general  court  in  1825. 

He  was  a  Mason  in  high  standing,  and,  at  the  age  of  31  years,  was 
chosen  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  state. 


XXV.]  RIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  879 

In  1820  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  visitors  to  the  military  academy 
at  West  Point,  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and,  near  the  close  of  the 
year,  received  the  appointment  of  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  col- 
lege of  physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  Fniversity  of  New  York.  On 
liis  removal  to  New  York,  in  November,  182(>,  he  applied  himself  to  the 
duties  of  his  office,  but  in  the  month  of  April  following  he  was  attacked 
by  erysipelas,  which  soon  extended  to  liis  brain  and  in  a  few  <lays  ter- 
minated his  life.     (See  p.  55o :   11) 

DIJ.  SAMIKI.    I.l  TIIKU    DAXA 

Fitted  for  college  at  Exeter,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  I'niversity  in 
1S1;3. 

lie  commencetl  the  study  of  law  with  his  uncle,  lion.  Sanuud  Dana, 
of  Charlestown,  ^lass.,  but  soon  abandoned  it.  Shortly  after  he  joined 
the  ami}-,  where  he  served  as  lieutenant  in  the  first  artillery  regiment 
in  New  York  and  Virginia  until  the  close  of  the  war  in  181").  Tn 
dune,  of  that  year,  ho  resigned  his  commission  and  commenced  the 
stu<ly  of  medicine  under  the  dir/Bction  of  Dr.  Bancroft,  of  Croton.  lie 
received  the  degree  of  m.  n.  from  Harvard,  and  commenced  practice  in 
filoncester,  Mass.,  in  1818.  In  181!)  he  removed  to  Waltham  where 
he  continued  in  practice  until  182ti.  During  this  time  he  was  much  in- 
terested in  chemical  investigations,  and  assisted  in  estal>lisliiug  a  lab- 
oratory for  the  manufacture  of  oil  of  vitriol  and  bleaching  salts.  He 
also  founded  the  Newton  Chemical  Company. 

From  1830  fo  1833  he  was  often  called  to  Lowell  as  a  consulting 
chemist.  Tn  the  spring  of  1834  he  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  before 
the  Mechanics'  Association  of  that  place,  and  in  the  autumn  of  that 
year  received  the  appointment  of  chemist  of  the  Merrimack  Manu- 
facturing Company  and  removed  to  Lowell.  Here  his  services  to  the 
company,  in  the  discovery  of  new  methods  of  printing  calicoes,  and  the 
economical  tiseof  coal  in  the  steam  engines,  used  l)y  the  company,  were 
invaluable. 

^Vhile  employed  by  the  company  In-  was  engaged  in  the  appliration 
of  his  favoriti^  science  to  agricultural  pursuits,  and  ])ublished  the  •■  Far- 
mers' Muck  Manual."  His  essay  on  nuinures  received  the  prize  ofter- 
ed  by  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  Society  in  1813.  He  also  pub- 
lished several  pamphlets  on  the  action  of  lead  pipe  upon  the  water 
conveyed  in  them,  and  a  treatise  on  the  amouutof  nutrinn'iit  contained 
in  the  common  articles  of  food. 

In  Novendter,  iSol.  he  removed  to  'ryng.sborough,  where  he  hail  pur- 
chased a  farm,  on  whicli  he  resided  until  iSOi),  when  he  returned  to 
Lowell,  retaining  the  farm  as  a  suuniier  resort  until  lS(j(i,  when  it 
was  sold. 


880  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

He  died  in  Lowell  11  March,  1808,  in  consequence  of  injuries  received 
by  a  fall  upon  the  ice  on  his  doorstep  several  weeks  before.  Said  Dr. 
Hayes,  "  In  the  death  of  Dr.  Dana  we  must  conclude  that  a  great  and 
good  man  has  left  us,  whose  highly  scientific  labors  were  constant  for 
the  benefit  of  others,  but  whose  modesty  and  sphere  of  action  precluded 
public  acknowledgment  and  praise."     (See  p.  5.55  :   12.) 

TIMOTHY  DANI  ORTH,  ESQ., 

Engaged  in  quite  a  number  of  business  enterprises  in  the  course  of  his 
life,  being  a  merchant,  taveruer,  farmer,  brick-maker,  and  whip  manu- 
facturer by  turns.  He  was  also  a  well-known  auctioneer,  deputy  sheriff, 
and  crier  of  the  courts  many  years.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he 
was  .appointed  post-master,  which  office  he  held  a  short  time.  Gentle- 
manly in  his  manners  and  jaeaceable  in  his  demeanor,  he  maintained  a 
respectable  standing  in  society  in  all  the  various  occupations  in  which 
he  engaged.     (See  p.  557  :  3.) 

JAMES  B.  DAVID 
• 

Was  one  of  the  first  citizens  of  the  town  to  tender  his  services  to  the 
country  in  the  civil  war  of  1861-5.  Enlisting  as  a  private,  he  was, 
upon  the  organization  of  his  company,  appointed  first  lieutenant,  and 
was  stationed  at  Fort  Constitution,  near  Portsmouth,  during  the  term 
of  his  enlistment.  He  again  enlisted  and  was  appointed  first  lieuten- 
ant in  the  5th  regiment  jST.  H.  Vols.  After  serving  a  year  he  was 
honorably  discharged.  Afterward  he  assisted  in  raising  a  cavalry  reg- 
iment at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  and  was  commissioned  as  a  captain  of  one  of 
its  companies.  His  regiment  was  employed  in  service  among  the  In- 
dians on  the  frontiers.  After  four  years  of  service  in  this  capacity  he 
was  honorably  discharged,  having  received  brevet  commissions  as 
lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel,  for  meritorious  conduct  on  the  Plains. 
He  now  resides  in  Somerville,  Mass.     (See  p.  560  :  4.) 

REV.  JOSIAH  GARDNER  DAVIS 

Graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1836;  studied  theology  at  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  and  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  from  whence  he  graduated  in  1841.  He  was  ordained  and  install- 
ed pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  and  society  22  May,  1844, 
and,  after  an  able  and  successful  ministry  was  dismissed,  at  his  own  re- 
quest, 22  January,  1880. 

He  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1871,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  in  1876.  He  has  served  as 
statistical  secretary  of  the  general  association  of  New  Hampshire  sev- 
eral years,  and  is  a  corporate  member  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. ;  has  been 


XXV.]  BIOGRArHKAL    J^KETCHES.  H81 

a  nieiiibcr  of  tho  supprinteiuliiit;-  school  coniinitter'  of  tlif  tf)\vii  twentv- 
one  years,  and  has  performed  his  full  share  of  work  in  councils,  associa- 
tions, and  other  ecclesiastical  bodies. 

He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  S.  T.  I),  from  Darlmoutli  Clollege 
in  186G.     (See  pp.  3U-1.  5(i2  :  V2.) 

DAA  ID   DODGE, 

Son  of  Samuel  I)odg(%  was  jilaoed  under  the  guardianshi[>  of  Daniel 
Campbell,  Esq.,  1(»  March,  IT^ST. 

He  became  a  noted  teacher,  and  was  town-clerk  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  from  18U  to  1817,  and  from  1825  to  1847.  He  was  also  city- 
clerk  of  Charlestown  in  lS-47  and  1S4S. 

His  portrait  hangs  in  the  reading  room  of  the  public  lilirary  of  that 
city. 

In  his  old  age  he  removed  to  Billerica,  where  he  died  0  Fcbniiuy, 
1853,  aged  83  years.     (See  p.  568:   16.) 

PEur.KY  dod<;k.  esq., 

Worked  on  his  father's  farm  in  New  Boston  until  he  was  sixteen  years 
of  age,  tiien  fitted  for  college  ;  graduated  from  Union  College,  Sche- 
nectady, X.  Y.,  with  the  class  of  1824;  read  law  in  the  offices  of  Nehe- 
miah  Eastman,  of  Farmington,  and  Titus  Brown,  of  Francestown,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  Xew  Hampshire  in  1827.  He 
commenced  business  in  connection  with  Hon.  Titus  Brown,  in  Frances- 
town  and  New  Boston ;  removed  to  Amherst  7  March,  ls;J2,  where  he 
continued  in  practice  in  the  county  of  Hillsborougli  for  fifty-one  years,  at- 
tending every  term  of  the  court  sitting  in  the  county.  From  1830  to 
to  1857  he  was  clerk  of  the  courts  in  Hillsborough  county,  and  during 
that  time  he  received  and  recorded  every  verdict,  e.Kcept  one,  rendered 
by  the  juries. 

He  represented  the  town  in  the  general  court  of  New  Hamjishiro  in 
the  years  1837,  '53,  and  '54. 

As  he  is  now  unable  to  attend  the  courts  he  ha.s  retired  from  prac- 
tice, and  has  returned  to  his  first  employment — the  cultivation  of  the 
soil.     (See  p.  5U0  :  62.) 

DEA.  CYRUS   EASTMAX 

Served  a  seven  years' apprenticeship  at  the  clock  and  watch-making 
lousiness  with  Major  Timothy  Chandler,  of  Concord.  About  1814  he 
removed  to  Amherst  and  commenced  business. 

Having  an  inventive  genius  he  was  constantly  making  experiments, 
and   in  1815,  or    thereabout,  devised    a   jilan    for   making  lead  pipe, 
foi-  which  he  obtained  a  patent,  and  engaged  in  its  manufacture. 
56 


882  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

In  181!)  he  went  to  New  Orleans  in  the  employ  of  a  company  who 
had  a  contract  to  furnish  the  city  with  water.  But  the  undertaking 
proved  an  unfortunate  one,  as  most  of  the  company  sickened,  and  some 
died  there.  The  survivors  returned  home  poorer  but,  perhaps,  wiser 
men. 

When  Manchester  began  to  be  built  up  Mr.  Eastman  was  one  of  a 
company  to  furnish  the  inhabitants  with  water  by  means  of  aqueducts. 
He  also  furnished  the  pumps  and  pipes  for  the  use  of  the  railroad  com- 
panies between  Lowell  and  Franklin. 

He  was  an  excellent  mechanic,  an  active  business  man,  and  a  public- 
.spirited  citizen. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
one  of  its  officers  from  30  December,  1836,  until  his  death.  (See  p. 
574:  1.) 

DAVID  EVERETT,  ESQ., 

Born  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  in  1769,  died  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  21  December, 
1813 ;  married  Dolly,  daughter  of  Deacon  Isaac  Appleton,  of  New  Ips- 
wich, 29  December,  1799.  She  was  born  6  September,  1770 ;  died  in 
New  Ipswich  15  January,  1859.  They  resided  in  Amherst  from  1802 
until  1807. 

His  father  fell  in  the  war  for  independence,  and  he  was  left  to  the 
care  of  relatives  at  Wrentham,  Mass.,  whence,  at  the  age  of  21,  he  went 
to  New  Ipswich,  where  he  attended  the  academy,  teaching  school  in 
winter  to  give  him  the  means  of  support.  It  was  while  thus  engaged 
that  he  wrote  the  oft  repeated  piece  commencing — 

"  You  'd  scarce  expect  one  of  my  age 
To  speak  in  public  on  the  stage," — 

which  was  spoken  for  the  first  time  at  a  school  exhibition  in  the  acad- 
emy by  Ephraim  H.  Farrar,  afterward  a  well-known  and  worthy  citizen 
•of  the  town. 

He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1795  ;  read  law  with  John 
M.  Forbes ;  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar,  and  had  an  office  on  Court 
street,  Boston,  with  Thomas  O.  Selfridge,  who  afterward  shot  Charles 
Austin  in  a  street  affray. 

In  1802  he  removed  to  Amherst,  where  he  remained  five  years,  when 
he  returned  to  Boston  and  soon  afterward  formed  a  business  con- 
nection with  Lemuel  Shaw,  Esq.,  afterward  Chief  Justice  of  Massachu- 
setts. 

In  1809  he  assisted  in  establishing  the  Boston  Patriot.  Leaving  the 
Republican  party  in  1812,  he  advocated  the  election  of  De  Witt  Clinton 


XXV.]  IJIOGRAPHICAL    SKKTCHES.  883 

to  tlie  presidency.     After  this  he  coiuhieted  the  Ynnkec  aiul  tiie  I'iloi 
newspapers,  tlie  latter  of  which  continued  Init  a  sliort  time. 

In  18l:$  he  went  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  with  the  intention  of  establishing 
a  newspaper  there,  Imt  died  shortly  aftiT  his  arrival  in  that  place. 


(^^^z^<?2^  (T^i/i^n^'i/y^ 


I>K.  .nUIN    1  AliMKK 

Cam(!  to  Andicrst  in  ISOo,  and  .served  as  clerk  in  a  store  on  tin'  IMaiii 
five  years.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  finding  the  occupation  too  lalu)- 
rions  for  his  feeble  health,  he  relin(iuished  it  and  engaged  in  teaching 
school,  devoting  his  leisure  hoiu's  to  literary  and  historical  studies. 

In  IS  1:3  he  was  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society,  and  immediately  began  to  contribute  to  its  collec- 
tions. 

In  181t)  lie  pulilished  a  history  of  Hillerica.  Mass.,  in  jtamphlet  form, 
and  assisted  in  collecting  materials  for  a  history  of  C'lirlnisford,  which 
was  afterward  pid)lished  liy  Rev.  Wilkes  Allen. 

In  1820  he  published  an  historical  sketch  of  the  town  of  Andierst,  of 
which  a  second  edition  was  published  in  1837,  and  forms  a  part  of 
volume  five  of  the  collections  of  the  Mew  Hampshire  Historical  So- 
ciety. 

In  1821  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Matthias  Spal- 
ding, but  relintjuished  it  ;vs  his  health  would  not  admit  of  his  engaging 
in  practice.     He  then  removed  to  Concord. 

After  his  arrival  in  Concord  he  opened  an  apothecary's  store  in  com- 
pany witli  Dr.  Samuel  Morril,  from  which  circumstance  he  ac(piired 
the  title  of  Doctor.  Finally,  (putting  the  apothecary  business,  lie  de- 
voted nearly  his  whole  time  to  his  favorite  pursuits,  and  became  widely 
known  as  one  of  the  jnost  learned  .and  accurate  historians  and  anti(iua- 
rians  of  his  time. 

In  1822  he  received  tht>  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  .Vrts  from 
Dartmouth  College. 

On  the  formation  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  he  be- 
came one  of  its  leading  niend>ers.  and  was,  until  his  death,  its  corre- 
sponding secretary. 

He  never  married,  and  his  remains  rest  in  the  burial  lot  of  his  friend, 
Gen.  .Joseph  Low,  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Concord,  where  a  marble 
monument  lias  been  erected  to  his  memory,  bearing  the  inscription — 


884  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

JOHN    FARMER, 

Born  in  Chebnsford,  Mass.,  12  June,  1789.     Died  in  this  town  13 
August,  1838,  aged  49  years. 

Honored  as  a  man ; 

Distinguished  as  an  Antiquarian  and  Scholar ; 

Beloved  as  a  friend  ; 

And  revered  as  a  Christian  Philantliropist 

And  a  lover  of  impartial  liberty. 

His  death  has  occasioned  a  void  in  Society 

Wliich  time  will  fail  to  supply. 

And  the  reason  and  fitness  of  which. 

As  to  time,  manner,  and  attendant  circumstances, 

Eternity  alone  can  fully  unfold. 

(See  p.  582:  1.) 

HON.  WILLIAM  FISK 

Was,  for  a  long  time,  one  of  the  most  influential  and  widely-known 
citizens  of  Amherst.  He  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  old  Republican 
party  in  town,  and,  although  he  had  nothing  more  than  a  common 
school  education,  is  said  to  have  been  quite  a  formidable  opponent 
to  Hon.  Charles  H.  Atherton,  and  other  educated  men  of  the  Federal 
party,  in  the  discussions  which  took  place  in  the  annual  town  meetings, 
and  on  other  public  occasions.  He  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen 
twenty-five  years  in  succession — from  March,  1790,  to  March,  1815; 
eighteen  years  as  town-clerk — from  March,  1794,  to  ]\Iarch,  1812;  rep- 
resented the  town  six  years  in  the  general  court,  and  District  No.  7 
four  years  in  the  senate. 

In  1813  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  for  Hillsborough  county. 

In  1814  he  received  the  appointment  of  pi'incipal  assessor  of  the  di- 
rect tax  in  Hillsborough  county,  and  in  1820  and  1824  served  as 
an  elector  of  president  and  vice-president  of  the  United  States.  (See 
p.  585 :  VI-4.) 

HON.  FRANCIS  NOURSE  FISK 

Was  a  descendant,  on  his  mother's  side,  from  Francis  and  Rebecca 
Nourse,  of  Salem,  ]Mass.,  the  latter  of  whom  was  one  of  the  victims  of 
the  witchcraft  delusion  in  1692. 

Mr.  Fisk  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  in  the 
Aurean  Academy.  In  1802  he  removed  to  Thomaston,  Me.,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  teaching  until  1810.  Then  he  returned  to  his  native 
state,  settled  m  Concord,  and  became  widely  known  as  a  successful 


XXV\]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  885 

DK^rchaiit.  He  nnnained  in  business  until  ls.')((,  wlien  ho  retired, 
and  his  time  thenceforth  was  ownpicd  in  the  niana<,'einent  of  liis  am- 
ple estate. 

He  was  a  good  citizen,  deniocratic  in  liis  habits  and  party  associations, 
cautious  and  conservative  in  his  business  affairs,  and  sustained  an  en- 
viable r<']>utation  as  a  man  of  honor  and  integrity.  For  many  years 
lie  was  ;i  member  of  the  First  Congregational  church  in  Concord,  and 
took  a  deep  interest  in  its  prosperity. 

In  ISli)  he  was  elected  town-clerk  of  Concord,  and  held  the  office  by 
successive  re-elections  until  1829.  In  1825  and  1826  he  was  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court,  and  in  1827,  '29  and  '30  a  riiember  of  the 
executive  council. 

Ft)r  thirteen  years  he  was  president  of  the  Merrimack  County  Bank 
and  New  Hampshire  Savings  Hank,  two  of  the  soundest  and  best-man- 
aged banking  institutions  in  the  state. 

He  retained  his  faculties  fully  to  the  last,  and  passed  gently  away  7 
October,  1870,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of  his  age. 

He  married,  in  1813,  ^Irs.  Mary  (Walker)  Emery,  a  daughter 
of  Hon.  Timothy  Walker,  of  Concord,  and  granddaughter  of  Kev.  Tim- 
othy Walker,  the  first  minister  of  the  town.  She  died  2.3  February, 
1817. 

Three  children,  a  son  and  two  daughters,  survived  him.    (See  p.  -586.) 

AI.I.KX  riSK,   ESQ., 

Studied  law  under  the  direction  of  Clifton  Claggett  and  Jonathan  Fisk, 
Ksfj.,  of  New  York  city,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1819.  He 
continued  in  practice  but  a  .short  time.  He  next  engaged  in  the  com- 
pilation of  school  books,  many  of  which  were  jmbjished  ami  favorably 
received. 

In  !>;■_'■_'  he  opened  a  private  school  in  Troy,  X.  V.,  which  continued 
several  years  with  marked  success.  Thence,  in  1832,  he  removed  to 
Aulnirn,  X.  Y.,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  academy  as  principal. 
Hecoming  wearied  with  the  labors  of  teaching,  and  his  health  being 
impaired,  he  resigned  his  position  in  183(J  and  retired  to  a  small  farm 
in  the  neighboring  town  of  Scipio.  With  the  return  of  liis  health  he 
again  engaged  in  teaching,  first  in  his  own  house,  next  in  the  village  of 
Skaneateles,  and  finally  in  Troy,  where  he  established  a  weekly  news- 
paper, in  184'"!,  in  connection  with  his  sons  David  and  Albert,  which 
continued  until  1862,  when  its  publication  wiis  suspended  and  he  re- 
tired from  business.  He  removed  soon  after  to  Kenwood,  111.,  where 
he  resided  in  the  family  of  his  eldest  daughter  until  his  death,  in  1S7.'5. 
(See  p.  586:   18.) 


886  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

DH.   FRANCIS  PEUUY   FITCH, 

A  native  of  Greenfield,  commenced  practice  in  New  Boston  in  1832, 
whence  he  removed  to  Amherst  in  1839,  where  he  succeeded  Dr.  Amory 
Gale.  Here  he  continued  until  1  November,  1865,  when,  on  account  of 
failing  health,  he  gave  up  his  business,  and,  shortly  after,  removed  to 
Milford.  His  health  continuing  to  fail,  he  went  to  Vineland,  N.  J., 
where  he  died  24  December,  1874,  aged  G8  years.  Late  in  life  he 
married,  but  left  no  children. 

He  was  a  prominent  member  and  officer  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society,  and  maintained  a  high  standing  in  his  profession  and 
as  a  citizen.  He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  with  decided  convictions 
on  all  matters. 

During  the  civil  war  he  was  appointed  by  the  governor  and  council 
to  visit  the  hospitals  in  Washington  and  vicinity,  and  look  after  the 
welfare  of  our  sick  and  woimded  soldiers. 

CAPT.  DANIFL  FLETCHKK 

Settled  in  Amherst  about  1825,  and  was,  for  more  than  twenty  years, 
th'^'  popular  landlord  of  the  Fletcher  tavern  in  Cricket  Corner.  He 
finally  relinquished  the  tavern  business  and  removed  to  the  Plain, 
where  he  died. 

After  his  removal  to  the  village  he  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen, 
was  town-clerk,  and  represented  the  town  one  year  in  the  general 
court. 

He  was  a  generous,  public-spirited  citizen,  and  stood  high  in  the  es- 
timation of  his  townsmen  and  acquaintances.     (See  p.  588  :  VII-4.) 

CAPT.  GEOKGE  W.  FLETCHER 

Settled  on  a  farm  near  the  noted  tavern-stand  of  his  brother,  Captain 
Daniel  Fletcher.  He  was  one  of  the  most  active  and  enterprising 
farmers  in  town,  and  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He  commanded  the 
Lafayette  rifle  company  in  its  palmiest  days. 

He  w-as  disabled  by  a  fall  from  a  tree  while  gathering  its  fruit,  5  Oc- 
tober, 1864,  and  the  remaining  years  of  his  life  were  passed  in  con- 
stant suffering,  which  was  borne  with  wonderful  patience.  (See  p. 
588:  9.) 

SAMUEL  GIBSON, 

AVho  died  in  Amherst  in  1820,  was  one  of  the  two  hundred  New  Hamp- 
shire soldiers  who  were  surrendered  to  the  French  and  Indians  at  fort 
William  Henry.  Eighty  of  the  number  were  tomahawked  and  scalped 
by  the  Indians  after  the  suiTender,  and  others  were  burned  alive,  suffer- 


-^ce 


Sngr  are  d  l^y  J! 


C.Buttre  KewTorbi. 


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RIOfiltAJ'HICAL    SKFTCIIFS. 


88' 


ing  all  the  torments  that  tlie  inft-niiil  iiii,'('niiity  ot  the  .siivaj^es  could 
inflict,  in  violation  of  the  |)roniisi'  of  jiroteetion  ^iven  Ity  the  French 
coniiiiandi'i-.  ( i«'ii.  .Miuitcaliii,  hefore  tln'  snnrndcr.      (St'c  p.  (i(l(l :    11    1.) 


ifj^^--^  ^^'^^ 


IIDN.  will  lAM  t;ni;i>i»\, 

A  native  of  Boston,  >,nailnateil  al  llaivanl  C'ollei,'!^  in  177!»;  read  law 
with  lion.  Joslma  Atherton  ;  coninienceil  practice  here  in  17<^7.  He 
wa.s  post-master,  senator  in  the  state  legislatnre,  representative  to  con- 
gress, and  attorney-general  of  the  state,  the  duties  of  which  oliiics  Ik; 
discharged  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents. 

.Vn  obituary  notice,  published  in  the  Portxmonth  Ontvte,  speaks  of 
him  a,s  "a  man  of  benevolence,  integrity,  constancy,  and  truth  ;  pos- 
sessed of  an  independence  of  sj)irit,a  jiurity  of  morals,  and  correctness 
of  thought,  which  ranked  him  above  the  prejudices  of  party,  tin-  iriean- 
mss  of  avarice,  and  the  frowns  and  flatteries  of  the  world." 

He  died  at  Boston  8  May,  18;)2,  aged  3!>  years.  His  remains  were 
brought  to  Amherst  where  they  were  buried  on  the  iL'th.  Kcv.  Mr. 
Barnard  iircacln'il  a  funeral  discourse  from  Psahn  <xii:  (I. 

He  married  Frances  Atherton,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Hon.  .loshua 
Athertf)n,  and  left  one  son,  William  (Jordon,  who  griuluated  at  Harvard 
College  in  ISOd ;  read  law  with  his  uncle,  Charles  H.  Atherton  ;  com- 
menced practice  in  I'eterborough  in  ISOO;  removed  thence  to  Waljiole 
anil  Charlestovvn,  X.  H. 

He  dieil  in  the  asylum  for  the  insane  at  Brattleborough,  V't.,  1"_' .Jan- 
uary, 1S71,  agt'd  S:5,  leaving  no  children.     (See  p.  lIlG.) 


rif>ltA<   K  (iUIKI.KY, 

Ff>uii(l(T  the  Siw  York  Trilnme,  was  born  ia  Andierst  W  February, 
ISll,  and  .spent  the  first  ten  years  of  his  life  here. 

He  was  early  not*'d  for  his  love  fif  reading  and  study,  and  before  the 
family  left  .Amln-rst  there  was  scarcely  a  book  \\ithin  ten  miles  of  his 
home,  that  he  could  borrow,  which  he  had  not  read. 

Driven  from  Amherst  by  the  failure  of  his  business  plan.s,  liis  father 
niiiovid  with  his  family  to  West  Haven,  Vt.,  in  the  spring  of  1821, 
where,  for  tive  year.s,  the  future  editor  was  engaged  with  the  rest  of  the 
family  in  a  struggle  for  the  means  of/subsistence  in  a  new   settlement. 


888  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

In  the  spring  of  182(3  Horace  entered  the  office  of  the  Northern  Spec- 
tator, at  f]ast  Poultney,  Vt.,  as  an  apprentice  to  the  printing  business, 
where  he  soon  became  an  expert  workman.  There  he  availed  himself 
of  all  the  means  for  acquiring  knowledge  that  came  within  his  reach. 
His  apprenticeship  was  closed  by  the  breaking  up  of  the  Spectator  estab- 
lishment in  1831. 

After  a  short  visit  to  his  parents,  who  then  resided  in  Erie,  Pa.,  he 
found  employment  in  offices  at  Erie  and  Jamestown,  N.  Y.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1831,  he  went  to  New  York  city  in  search  of  employment,  his 
earthly  possessions  consisting  of  a  ten  dollar  bill  and  a  scanty  ward- 
robe. There  he  labored  in  several  offices  until  1  January,  1833,  when, 
in  company  with  another  young  printer,  he  engaged  in  the  publication 
of  a  penny  daily  paper,  the  first  in  the  country.  This  enterprise  failed 
in  less  than  three  months,  and  in  less  than  six  months  his  partner  in 
business  died. 

In  1834  the  New  Yorker,  a  weekly  political  family  and  literary  news- 
paper, was  connnenced  by  Horace  Greeley  &  Co.  In  the  department 
of  political  statistics  this  paper  was  regarded  as  high  authority  by  all 
parties,  and  .t  had  a  large  circulation  ;  but  owing  to  a  defect  in  its 
business  management  it  was  not  greatly  renanieratve. 

In  1838  Ml'.  Greeley  conducted  the  Jejf'ersoiuan,  a  weekly  political 
newspaper,  published  in  Albany  in  the  interest  ^f  the  "  Whig  "  party. 

In  1840  he  edited  the  Log  Cabin,  which  had  an  extensive  circulation 
through  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  country. 

In  April,  1841,  the  Daili/  Tribune  was  commenced,  and  in  September 
following  the  Weekly  Tribune  took  the  place  of  the  New  Yorker. 

The  Tribune  soon  attained  a  wide  circulation  and  wielded  an  influence 
surpassed  by  few  other  journals  published  in  the  country. 

Aside  from  his  labors  on  the  various  newspapers  on  which  he  was 
engaged,  he  found  time  for  the  compilation  of  several  valuable  histori- 
cal, statistical,  political,  and  agricultural  works. 

He  was  elected  to  Congress  in  the  autumn  of  1848  and  served  one 
session.  While  in  Congress  lie  was  distinguished  for  his  efforts  in 
favor  of  a  reform  in  the  mileage  system,  as  then  practiced. 

In  1850  he  visited  Europe,  and  served  as  one  of  the  judges  at  the 
Crystal  Palace  international  exhibition. 

In  1851  he  visited  California  and  was  every  where  cordially  received 
by  the  citizens  of  the  "  Golden  "  state. 

On  the  foi'mation  of  the  •'  Republican  "  party  Mr.  Greeley  became 
one  of  its  staunchest  advocates,  and  through  the  civil  war  his  pen  and 
tongue  were  ever  ready  for  the  defense  of  the  national  cause. 

In  1872,  deeming  that  a  policy  of  reconciliation  would  soonest  re- 
store harmouv  between  the  different  sections  of  the  country,  he  advo- 


XXV. J  HKxntAriiMAL  sKKTcmos.  889 

cated  its  adoption,  and  was  jmt  in  iioininatioii  for  tlie  jnfsidt'iu-y  by  a 
portion  of  tli«  Republican  party.  Tlu'  nomination  w;is  adopted  by  tlie 
IK'inocracv.  l)nt  in  theidection  wliich  followed  he  was  defcalfd,  (mmk-hiI 
(irant  receivini;'  a  lartje  majority  of  the  electoral  votes. 

He  died  before  the  electoral  votes  were  cast,  worn  out  with  a  life  of 
toil  and  til.-  libors  nf  an  i-xciting  presidential  canvass.     (Sim-  p.  (1()S.) 

(  |>I  .   (   IIAItlKS  E.  IIArC.OOD, 

Morn  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  11  UectMuber,  18;»1) ;  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  ;  learned  the  <jun-inaker's  trade  in  hi.s 
father's  shop  ;  removed  to  Worcester  in  18")1,  where  he  was  for  .several 
years  enyayed  in  one  of  the  lari;est  produce  connnission  houses  in  that 
city;  removed  to  Amherst  in  18.")S,  ;ind,  in  company  with  II.  K.  .\bl)ott, 
of  Worcester,  bought  the  stand  and  business  of  Charles  H.  Tut  tie,  on 
the  Plain.  In  September,  18(51,  he  sold  his  share  of  the  business  to  his 
partner,  and  10  October  following  received  a  commission  as  captain  of 
company  I,  r)th  Hegimeut  X.  II.  V^)ls.  lie  shared  the  fortunes  of  the 
com[)any  until  9  July,  181)2,  when  he  came  home  for  the  benefit  of 
his  health.  He  was  suksequently  employed  in  the  recruiting  service 
in  Concord  and  other  places.  After  the  battlQ  of  Fredericksburg  he 
was  commissioned  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and,  at  his  own  request,  ordered 
to  rejoin  his  regiment,  wliich  he  did  18  February,  18(;a.  Ileconnnand- 
ed  the  regiment  in  the  l)attles  at  Chancellorsville  and  (icttysburg, and, 
'\  July,  isivt,  was  promoted  to  be  colonel  in  place  of  Col.  Cross,  who  was 
killed  in  battle. 

He  continued  with  his  regiment  until  lO  June,  1801,  when  he  was 
severely  wounded.  1><  August,  18(51,  he  was  ordered  to  Philadelphia, 
by  the  AVar  Department,  to  .serve  as  president  of  a  board  of  inspectors 
of  the  military  hospitals  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania.  He  remained 
on  duty  until  17  (^)ctober,  18G4,  when  he  was  mustered  out.  his  term  of 
service  having  expired. 

He  removed  to  Boston  soon  after  his  return  to  Amlii-rst,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  business  in  that  city. 

LKVI   IIAKTSMOKN, 

Son  of  Kdward  and  Lucy  (Klliott)  Hartshorn,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1813,  in  the  class  with  Jonathan  Kittredge,  .Joseph  H.  Felt, 
and  other  eminent  men.  He  titted  for  the  ministry  and  was  invited 
to  settle  at  Dunstable,  Mass.,  as  the  succe.s.sor  of  Mr.  Heywood.  but  de- 
clined the  invitation. 

He  was  ordained  at  (iloncestcr,  .Mass.,  18  October,  b^l.'),  the  ordain- 
ing prayer  on  the  occasion  being  made   by   Rev.  Mr.  Barnard,  of  this 


890  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap. 

town.  He  died  while  on  a  visit  to  his  father,  in  Amherst,  27  Septem- 
ber, 1819. 

He  was  a  good  man,  and  his  death  was  greatly  lamented.  An  obit- 
uary notice,  published  soon  after  his  decease,  said,  "  The  loss  of  such  a 
man  as  Mr.  Hartshorn  can  not  easily  be  estimated  or  repaired." 

At  his  funeral  a  prayer  was  offered  at  the  house  by  Rev.  Mr.  Burnap, 
of  Merrimack.  The  i-emains  were  then  taken  to  the  meeting-house, 
where  a  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr.  Lord  from  Acts,  VIII  :  2.  At 
the  close  of  the  exercises  at  the  meeting-house  the  remains  were  carried 
to  the  burying-ground,  preceded  by  the  male  members  of  the  church 
in  Amherst  and  other  places,  and  followed  by  his  relatives  and  the  fe- 
male members  of  the  church.  Many  other  citizens  of  the  town  joined 
in  the  procession.     (See  p.  616  :  40.) 

.JOHN  HARVEI.L, 

A  native  of  Litchfield,  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war^ 
and  used  to  relate  the  following  story  of  his  experience  in  camp  life : 

AMiile  encamped  in  the  vicinity  of  Ticonderoga  the  soldiers  one 
day  saw  a  girl,  who  lived  in  a  hut  near  by,  baking  bread  in  a  Dutch 
oven.  Being  desirous  of  obtaining  the  bread,  as  their  rations  were  short, 
they  arranged  for  a  dance,  Harvell  acting  as  fiddler.  Having  enticed  the 
girl  into  the  party  of  dancers,  some  of  the  soldiers  managed,  when  her 
back  was  turned,  to  secure  the  bread  which  they  carried  to  the  camp. 
The  dancing  party  broke  up  shortly  after  and  followed  the  fiddler 
to  the  barracks. 

Harvell  returned  home  on  foot,  the  well-known  hills  and  mountains 
along  the  route,  Crotched  mountain  in  Francestown  among  the  number,, 
being  his  guides. 

After  his  return  he  married  and  settled  in  Amherst,  on  the  farm  now 
occupied  by  his  grandson,  Captain  Thomas  M.  Harvell.  (See  p. 
619:  1.) 

DR.  NATHANIEL  HENCHMAN,  JR., 

Entered  Dartmouth  College  but  did  not  graduate.  He  studied  medi- 
cine under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding,  and,  on  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  of  1812,  entered  "the  army  as  a  surgeon's  mate.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  he  practiced  some  time  in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  whence 
he  removed  to  Woodville,  Miss.,  where  he  died  5  September,  1819. 
(Seep.  624:  8.) 

REV.  JOSHUA  HEYWOOD 

Was  a  son  of  Nathaniel  Heywood,  for  some  years  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  the  north-west  parish. 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  891 

Ik'  fijraduated  at  Daitmouth  College  in  179") ;  studieil  divinity,  and 
was  ordained  and  installe<l  pastor  of  the  church  in  l)unstal>le,  Mass.,.') 
June,  1799.  Kev.  Mr.  liruce,  of  Andierst,  preached  the  ordination  .ser- 
mon from  Mark,  XVI:  15,  16.  He  continued  in  the  ministry  until 
his  death,  whicli  oceurred  11  N'oveniber,  isll,  in  the  tifty-second  year 
of  his  aj^e. 

Mr.  Nason  writes  of  him,  in  tiie  iiistoi'v  of  Dunstable,  "  lie  was  a 
\:iv<i;e  man, of  dark  complexion,  dignified  and  courti-ous  in  his  demeanor, 
and  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him." 

Dr.  Loriui;- said  of  him,  at  tlie  Dunstable  centennial,  \7  September, 
1^7;},  "Of  no  minister,  here  or  elsewhere,  can  higher  praise  be  uttered 
than  of  .Joshua  Hey^vood,  who,  recognizing  the  burdens  which  pres.sed 
upon  his  people,  declined  to  avail  himself  of  any  statute  for  his  pecu- 
niary advantage,  refused  to  make  the  stipulation  between  a  minister 
and  his  people  .a  matter  of  speculation,  and  appealed  to  their  sense  of 
honor  to  stand  by  the  contract  he  had  made  with  them,  even  though  it 
might  be  to  his  own  lo.ss." 

HON.    |SA.\t     IIII.I., 

Son  of  Isaar  and  Hannah  (liusscll)  Hill,  was  lunn  in  West  CambridLrc, 
Mass.,  0  April,  1788,  and  removed  to  .Ashburnham  witli  his  parents  at 
the  age  of  10  years.  His  love  of  knowledge  was  n)anifested  at  an  early 
age.  Before  he  was  eight  yeare  old  he  had  read  the  Bible  through 
in  course,  dwelling  with  particular  pleasure  on  the  historical  portions. 
All  other  books  which  came  within  his  reach  were  eagerly  read,  aiul  he 
made  the  best  use  he  could  oi  the  insti'Uftion  received  in  the  com- 
mon schools. 

He  commenced  an  apprenticeship  in  the  otiice  of  the  Fanners'  Cabi- 
net, then  conducted  by  Joseph  Cushing,  3  December,  180'2,  which  ended 
.")  April,  1809,  when  he  went  to  Concord  and  purchased  the  American 
Patriot  establishment,  from  which  he  issued  the  first  uumV)er  of  the 
New  Ilam/is/iin'  Patriot,  18  April,  lStl9. 

The  business  of  the  office  was  conducted  by  Mr.  Hill,  and  his  brotii- 
er,  Walter  R.  Hill,  who  also  learned  his  trade  in  the  Caij/ic/ office,  and 
an  apprentice. 

The  circulation  of  the  ])aper,  at  first  small,  had  increa.sed  in  August, 
1810,  to  18(10  copies  weekly,  and  it  soon  ac(piired  a  power  and  influ- 
ence in  the  state  equaled  by  that  of  no  other  journal. 

The  Patriot  took  a  leading  part  in  advocacy  of  the  measures  adopted 
by  the  government  which  led  to  the  declaration  of  war  against  Great 
Britain  in  1812,  also  in  the  controversy  which  resulted  in  the  attempted 
amendment  of  the  charter  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  the   pa.s.sage  of 


892  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

the  "  toleration  "  law  in  1819.  It  supported  Gen.  Dinsmore  for  gov- 
ernor in  1823,  who  was  defeated  ;  William  H.  Crawford  for  president 
in  1824  ;  and  with  a  large  majority  of  the  old  Republican  party  in  New 
Hampshire,  it  advocated  the  election  of  Gen.  Jackson  to  the  presidency 
in  1828. 

Having  been  appointed  second  comptroller  of  the  treasur}',  Mr.  Hill 
relinquished  the  control  of  the  Patriot  in  the  spring  of  1829. 

In  January,  1859,  he  issued  the  first  number  of  the  Fanners'  Monthly 
Visitor,  and  with  his  sons  continued  its  publication  some  ten  years. 
Free  from  all  political  partisanship,  it  was  devoted  to  the  interests 
of  the  farmers  of  New  Hampshire  and  was  exceedingly  popular  with 
all  parties. 

In  1840  the  publication  of  Hill's  New  Hampshire  Patriot  was  com- 
menced by  Mr.  Hill  and  his  sons.  The  publication  of  this  paper,  one 
of  the  best  of  its  kind  ever  issued  in  the  State,  ceased  in  May,  1847, 
when  it  was  merged  in  the  N'ew  Hampshire  Patriot. 

Mr.  Hill  was  elected  clerk  of  the  senate  of  New  Hampshire  in  1819 ; 
senator  of  District  No.  4  in  1820,  '21  and  '22;  appointed  second  comp- 
troller of  the  treasury  of  the  United  States  in  1829,  but  was  rejected  by 
the  senate  ;  took  his  seat  as  senator  from  New  Hampshire,  November, 
1831,  and  served  until  his  election  as  governor,  in  1836,  which  oSce 
he  held  three  yeai-s.  He  also  held  the  office  of  assistant-treasurer  of 
the  United  States,  at  Boston,  during  the  administration  of  President 
Tyler.  He  died  of  catarrhal  consumption,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  22 
March,  18.51. 

Mr.  Hill  was  a  man  of  decided  convictions  and  was  perfectly  fearless 
in  their  expression.  He  had  many  warm  friends,  and  some  bitter 
enemies. 

His  life  marked  an  era  in  the  newspaper  press  of  New  Hampshire. 

.JOSIAH  HOWARD, 

A  native  of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  settled  in  Amherst  in  1785.  He  enlisted 
into  the  army  at  the  commencement  of  the  revolutionary  war,  when 
but  17  years  of  age,  and  served  four  years,  participating  in  the  battles 
of  Trenton,  Princeton,  Monmouth,  and  othei's,  and  passing  the  winter 
with  the  army  at  Valley  Forge.  He  was  finally  discharged  on  account 
of  severe  wounds  he  had  received. 

After  partially  recovering  from  his  wounds  he  enlisted  in  the  navy, 
where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.     (See  p.  640  :  1.) 

gp:orge  wilkins  kendall. 
*'  In  the  beautiful  and  well-cared  for  cemetery  at  Boone,  Kendall 
county,  Louisiana,  is  the  grave  of  George  AV.  Kendall."     Over  it,  on  a 
marble  slab,  is  this  inscription  : 


XXV.]  BIOfJRAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  893 

"  Genvgo  Wilkins  Kcn<lall,  horn  in  New  Hampshire  Auijust  22, 
ISOO;  (lied  at  Post  Oak  Springs,  Texas,  Octolx-r  22,  1S«7.  I'oot, 
journalist,  author,  farmer — eminent  in  all  ;  clear  head,  stout  heart,  a 
man  of  many  friends,  best  beloved  by  those  who  knew  him  l)est." 

He  was  the  elde.stson  of  Cajit.  Thaddeus  and  Mrs.  Aliii,'ail  (Wilkin.s) 
Kendall,  of  Mont  Vernon.  His  mother  was  a  grand-tlaughter  of  Kev. 
Haiiiel  Wilkins,  and  a  cousin  to  the  mother  of  Cien.  John  A.  Dix,  of 
New  York.  A  largo  portion  of  the  years  of  his  boyhooil  was  sj^ent  at 
tiie  home  of  his  grandfather.  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  of  Amherst.  He 
accpiired  a  knowledge  of  the  printing  business  in  the  otlices  of  the 
AmherM  Herald  and  New  Hampshire  Statesman,  and  after  learning  his 
trade  traveled  in  the  Western  and  Southern  States,  working  as  a  com- 
positor in  printing  ottices  as  opportunity  offered.  During  this  time  he 
spent  some  months  in  New  York  city,  in  the  employ  of  Horace  (Jreeley 
iS:  Co.,  proprietors  of  the  New  Yorker.  In  183."»  he  went  to  New  Orleans, 
where  he  assisted  in  estalilishing  the  New  (Orleans  Picayune,  the  first 
cheap  daily  journal  puldished  in  that  city.  Under  his  direction  the 
Picai/une  became  one  of  the  leading  journals  in  that  section  of  the 
country. 

With  the  hojie  of  benefiting  his  health  he  joined  the  famous  expe- 
dition which  start<Ml  from  Austin,  Texas,  for  Santa  Fe,  Mexico,  in 
1841.  .\fter  his  return  In*  published  a  volume  which  contained  an 
account  of  his  adventures  and  captivity,  which  had  a  wide  circulation. 

He  accompanied  the  American  forces  under  the  connnand  of  Generals 
Taylor  and  Scott  in  the  Mexican  war  of  184(1  and  "47,  and  witnessed 
many  of  the  principal  battles.  He  subse(piently  spent  two  years  in 
Europe,  superintending  the  publication  of  a  costly  work  on  this  war. 

In  1852  he  established  a  large  grazing  farm  in  Comal  county, 
Texas,  when?  the  larger  part  of  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 
In  18(i6  he  visited  Europe,  and,  on  his  return,  in  October  of  that  year  he 
made  a  brief  visit  to  Andaerst. 

He  remained  at  home  through  the  civil  war,  attending  to  his  own 
concerns  and  protecting  his  possessions  from  the  attacks  of  the  Indians, 
who  occasionally  made  a  de.scent  upon  his  flocks  and  herds. 

Through  the  whole  war  he  remained  loyal  to  the  old  flag,  though  he 
had  abandoned  politics  years  before.     (See  p.  G.")4  :  17.) 

•     s<>ii)M(i\  Ki  rruKixJE 

Died  in  Mont  \'.  rium  22  October,  lS4r),  aged  00  years,  2   months   ami 
Iff  days. 

He  joined  the  army  when  about  2o  years  old,  and  was  in  the  liattles 
of  liunker  Hill  anil  Honnington.  He  was  taken  prisoner  bv  the  Hrit- 
ish  and  Indians  at  the  "Cedars,"  in  Canada.  10  May,  1770.  and  shame- 


894  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

fully  treated.  His  clothing  was  mostly  taken  from  him,  but  he 
managed  to  escape  and  reached  home  in  a  destitute  condition,  having 
neither  hat,  coat  or  shoes.     (See  p.  662  :  1.) 


■p^-i/L^ 


SAMUEL  LAMSOX, 

One  of  the  first  settlers  in  the  township,  was  a  native  of  Reading, 
Mass.  He  located  on  a  lot  about  a  mile  south  of  the  present  village, 
which  was  assigned  him  by  the  proprietors  8  September,  1735,  in  lieu 
of  lot  No.  28  of  the  first  division  which  he  had  drawn.  The  lot  is 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Bryant  Melendy,  a  descendant  in  the  fourth  genera- 
tion from  his  sister  Elizabeth  (Lamson)  Melendy. 

About  1765  he  removed  to  Billerica,  Mass.,  where  he  died  about 
1779.  His  son,  Jonathan  Lamson,  died  in  Mont  Vernon  in  1815,  at 
the  age  of  89  years,  and  his  descendants  are  found  in  Mont  Vernon, 
New  Boston,  Amherst,  and  other  places.     (See  p.  664:  11.) 


AARON  LAWREXCK 

Came  to  Amherst  in  his  boyhood  and  served  as  a  clerk  in  the  store 
kept  by  his  uncle,  Eber  Lawrence.  On  the  first  day  of  January,  1826, 
but  a  few  days  after  he  had  completed  his  twenty-first  year,  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  Charles  L.  Stewart,  who  completed  his  twenty- 
first  year  on  that  day,  for  the  transaction  of  the  business  usually  done 
in  a  country  store.  This  partnership  continued  until  16  September, 
1836,  when  it  was  dissolved.  Although  the  partners  were  totally  un- 
like in  almost  every  respect  their  business  was  a  successful  one.  Mr. 
Lawrence  carried  on  the  business  a  short  time  alone,  and  afterward 
with  Charles  B.  Tuttle,  as  partner,  the  firm  being  A.  Lawrence  &  Co. 
Soon  after  the  firm  consisted  of  Tuttle  and  Wheeler,  afterward  Tut- 
tle, Wheeler  and  Boylston.  After  the  lamented  death  of  Mr.  Boylston 
the  business  was  carried  on  by  Charles  B.  Tuttle. 

Mr.  Lawrence  was  always  an  invalid,  but  managed  in  spite  of  his 
infirmities  to  accomplish  a  vast  amount  of  business.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  and  for  a  long  time  the 


XXV.]  HIOr.HAPHICAL    SKETCHES.  895 

only  young  man  connected  with  it.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he 
was  one  of  its  otticers.  By  good  niauagenient  he  aciiiiired  a  hand- 
some property,  which  he  distributed  freely  for  what  he  considered  '^oml 
t)lijects — tlie  churches,  schools,  town  and  individuals  frciincntlv  receiv- 
ing liheral  donations.  He  will  he  remcnihcrod  for  a  long  time  a.s  a 
generous,  [tuhlic-spiritcd  citizen.      (Sec  p.  t)ii8  :  \'l!.) 

tAI'T.    UI/IKIAH    I.cVK.IOV 

Settled  in  Souhegan  West  at  an  early  date.  lie  would  .sometimes 
travel  on  snow  shoes  to  Dunstable,  carrying  a  bag  of  corn  or  other 
grain  to  mill;  at  other  times  lie  would  pound  his  corn  in  a  hollow  log. 
He  was  lieutenant  in  one  of  the  companies  which  marched  to  Khode 
Island  in  177S.  By  his  will,  which  was  presented  at  the  probate  court 
25  June,  1793,  his  son  Jonathan  received  tlie  homestead,  and  was  di- 
rected "to  maintain  his  grandmother  properly,  and  at  her  death  to 
give  her  a  decent  burial."  She  died  1  December,  1805,  aged  101  years,  7 
months,  13  days,  having  had  eleven  children,  fifty-one  grandchildren, 
223  great-grandchildren,  and  fifty-one  great-great-grandchildruu,  mak- 
ing 33ii  descendants.     (See  p.  G7'2-')  :  l\'-5.) 

lU  v.   DANIKI,   I.OVK.IOY 

Removed  with  his  parents  to  Maine,  where  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
was  spent.  He  received  his  literary  training  for  the  ministry  in  the 
academy  at  Byfield,  Mass.,  where  he  was  an  inmate  in  the  family  of 
Rev.  Elijah  Parish,  ^^.  i>.  He  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  in  1805, 
and  labored  as  a  missionary  in  different  parts  of  Maine  until  ISlS, 
when  he  was  installed  as  pastor  of  a  churcii  in  Kobbinst<nvn,  but  re- 
signed the  next  year.  He  continued  in  the  active  duties  of  the  min- 
istry at  other  places  until  his  death.     His  son — 

Klirvil    I-AUISH    I.<)\  K.IOV, 

Born  at  All>ion,  .Me..  9  November,  18()2,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
anti-slavery  movement  in  this  country.  Failing  in  an  attempt  to 
establish  an  anti-slavery  press  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  he  removed  to  Alton, 
111.  There  two  of  his  printing  otiices  were  destroyed  liy  mobs.  In 
defending  his  property  against  a  tliird  attack  by  the  mob,  he  was  shot 
and  killed  7  November,  1837. 

OWK.N    I.OVK.InV, 

Brother  of  Elijah  P.,  was  afterward  a  member  of  congress  from 
Illinoi.s.     (See  p.  (574:  40.) 


896  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

JOSEPH  LOVEJOY 

Entered  the  army  at  the  commencement  of  the  Revolution  and  served 
through  the  whole  war,  acquitting  himself  as  a  good  soldier.  At  the 
close  of  the  contest  he  returned  home  in  poverty.  Witli  a  large  fam- 
ily dependent  upon  him,  the  struggle  for  a  subsistence  was  a  hard  one 
for  years.  Finally  his  children  were  able  to  assist  him,  and  he  closed 
his  life  at  the  residence  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Daniel  Kendall,  in  Mont 
Vernon.     (See  p.  675  :  64.) 

KEV.  NATHAN  LORD,   D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

The  following  notice  of  Dr.  Lord  was  taken  from  a  sketch  of  his  life 
which  ajipeared  in  the  Boston  Journal  10  September,  1870 : 

'•Dr.  Lord  was  inaugurated  president  of  Dartmouth  College  29  Octo- 
ber, 1828,  succeeding  President  Tyler,  who  was  the  fifth  incumbent  of 
the  executive  chair  of  that  institution.  His  administration  extended 
to  July,  1863,  a  period  of  nearly  tiiirty-five  years. 

"  For  the  office  he  so  long  filled  he  possessed  many  and  varied  qualifi- 
cations. Among  them  may  be  mentioned  superior  scholarship,  great 
executive  ability,  remarkable  firmness  of  character  and  devotion  to 
principle,  unwearied  application  to  labor,  a  wonderful  uniformity  of 
disposition  and  temper,  and  very  genial  and  winning  manners  and  ad- 
dress. His  long  administration  of  itself  speaks  volumes  for  his  useful- 
ness and  success.  Though  a  disciplinarian  of  the  strictest  kind,  he 
never  failed  to  secure  the  respect  and  esteeni  of  every  student.  The 
exact  number  who  graduated  during  his  presidency  was  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  twenty-four.  It  is  doubtful  whether  a  man  can  be  found  in 
all  that  number  who  would  not  defend  and  even  eulogize  their  col- 
lege president.  During  his  term  of  service  Dartmouth  rose  in  num- 
bers, strength,  prestige  and  influence.  Her  fame  was  known  through- 
out the  continent,  and  even  spread  bej^ond  the  sea. 

"  As  one  glances  in  imagination  over  the  long  list  of  graduates  who 
received  their  degrees  from  the  hands  of  President  Lord,  what  proud 
and  noble  thoughts  suffuse  the  mind  !  Thronging  before  the  vision 
come  up  in  long  array  distinguished  divines,  statesmen,  publicists,  ju- 
rists and  men  of  business,  all  making  their  deep  impress  on  the  age 
in  which  they  live.  But  among  the  highest  stand  the  patriot  sons  of 
Dartmouth,  who,  on  many  a  battle-field  of  the  great  Rebellion,  exem- 
plified the  sublimest  devotion  to  one's  countrj^,  and  glorified  tlieir  Alma 
Mater.  In  reviewing  all  this,  no  one  will  feel  disposed  to  withhold  the 
generous  meed  of  jM-aise  that  is  due  to  that  honored  president,  who,  for 
so  many  years,  faithfully  and  undeviatingly  guided  and  controlled  the 
college,  and  who  never,  in  any  of  the  dark  and  discouraging  seasons 


XXV.]  i{io(;r{.\r'UKAL  skftchrs.  H[*7 

wliicli  the  institution  cxiMTicnccil,  talt.-n'tl  for  one  niorni-nt  in  tin-  linn 
liclicf  that  j,n'f';itly  incivasi'il  sncct-ss  and  ]>rosfK'rity  awailt-d  I  >.ii  t  inontli 
in  the  future. 

■'At  the  centennial  ceIel>ration  of  the  collei^e,  in  18'iJt,  President 
f.ord  was  prevented  1)V  siekness  from  taking  part  in  the  exercises  that 
had  been  assigned  to  him,  Imt  hi'  was  ahle  to  sit  at  his  ehaud>er  win- 
dow, an<l  after  tiie  giand  jnoeession  was  formed,  it  piusscil  \t\  liis  lionse, 
the  grathiates  and  distinguished  guests  uncovering  their  heads  and 
bowing.  It  was  a  scene  that  toudied  all  hearts.  No  military  cotn- 
mai\der  of  ancient  or  modern  times  could  have  been  prouih'r  of  his 
army,  flushed  with  honorable  victory,  than  was  President  Lord  in  re- 
ceiving the  tokens  of  love  and  reverence  from  the  great  l>ody  of  his 
graduates  who  passed  in  review  l)efore  him. 

"  The  same  plea.sant  relations  that  existed  between  Presidiuit  Lord 
and  the  students,  also  characterized  his  intsrcourse  with  tlu;  fjiciilty 
and  trustees.  In  times  of  peril  in  college  he  was  calm,  considerate  and 
decided.  During  the  early  years  of  liis  administration,  some  will  recrol- 
lect  the  electric  effect  of  a  speech  of  his  to  the  students  who  were 
moved  to  rebel.  They  had  threatened  to  leave  the  college  eu  7nasse 
(as  they  often  <lo)  if  their  wishes  were  not  complied  with.  One  sen- 
tence from  Dr.  Lord  went  like  a  loaded  shell  into  their  ranks.  It  w<is 
this,  '(Jo.  young  gentlemen,  if  you  wi.sh  ;  we  can  bear  to  see  our  seat^s 
vacated,  but  not  our  laws  violate(,l.'  This  wjus  said  with  such  regal 
decision  and  dignity  that  no  man  of  those  classes  afterward  spoke  of 
deserting  the  college  *)n  account  of  any  temporary  <lisatTection. 

"  He  was  an  earne.st,  impre.ssive,  and  solemn  preacher,  and.  until 
bodily  infirmities  made  him  inco:np:^tent  to  the  task,  in  extreme  age, 
he  was  listened  to  with  the  same  devout  attention  which  his  youthful 
eloiiuence  called  forth.  Ilis  nund  seemed  not  to  .share  the  decay  of 
his  body.  It  was  active  and  brilliant  till  the  light  of  his  t^ye  wa.s 
(pienched  by  approaching  deatii. 

"  In  theology  he  was  an  adherent  of  the  old  school,  whi(;h  w;is 
founded  by  Edwards,  Hopkins  and  liellamy.  Dr.  I^ord  iiudined  U)  a 
literal  interpretation  of  the  prophecies,  which  led  to  his  belief  in  th" 
pre-millennial  advent  of  the  Saviour.  This  theory  gave  birth  to  all 
that  was  called  peculiar  in  his  theology.  From  a  similar  interpretation 
of  the  narrative  portions  of  the  Old  Testament  aro.se  his  peculiar 
views  of  slavery.  In  his  opinion  flod  ordained  the  state  and  the  fam- 
ily. Rulei-s  and  subjects,  fathers  and  .sons,  husbands  and  wives,  ma.s- 
t«rs  and  servants,  were  divinely  constituted  agencies  for  the  education 
and  elevation  of  our  race  ;  and  all  of  them  neces.sary  Ut  ihv  highest 
good  of  mankind,  and  destined  to  continue  to  the  end  of  time. 


"698  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

"  In  society  Dr.  Lord  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school— polite,  affa- 
ble, and  courteous  ;  never  i-ude,  abrupt,  or  intrusive.  His  conversation 
was  often  racy,  pointed,  witty,  and  sometimes  sarcastic.  He  was  a 
man  of  decided  opinions,  but  never  forced  them  upon  the  attention  of 
others.  In  argument  he  was  terse,  logical  and  effective  ;  in  controversy 
cool,  confident,  and  self-possessed.  Those  who  have  held  official  rela- 
tions with  him  for  thirty  years  aver  that  thsy  have  never  known  him 
to  yield  to  passion  or  to  reply  with  bitterness. 

"  Dr.  Lord  died  as  he  lived,  an  earnest,  truthful,  faithful  servant  of 
(Jod.  He  had  nine  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  two  died 
early  in  life.  Of  the  sons,  eight  were  graduates  of  Dartmouth  College. 
Six  of  them  are  now  living,  engaged  in  different  professions  and 
branches  of  business. 

" In  the  death  of  Dr.  Lord  the  country  loses  one  of  its  ablest  and 
most  successful  instructors,  theology  an  eminent  divine,  and  the  sjihere 
of  letters  a  scholar  of  superior  endowments."     (See  p.  U7L) 

GKX..JOSKPH   LOW 

Learned  the  painter's  trade  in  liis  boyhood.  He  was  appointed  ensign 
in  the  United  States  army  26  May,  1812,  and  was  attached  to  the  twenty- 
first  ]-egiment,  conunanded  by  Col.  Eleazer  W.  Ripley.  In  the  summer 
following  he  was  appointed  second  lieutenant  of  Capt.  William  Brad- 
ford's company  and  was  attached  to  the  first  regiment  of  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers.  He  was  subsecpiently  chosen  adjutant  of  this  regiment,  l)ut 
declined  the  appointment.  He  was  then  appointed  quartermaster, 
and  subseipiently  paymaster.  The  regiment  being  disbanded  in  the 
winter  of  1812-13  he  repaired  to  Concord  on  recruiting  service  and 
contributed  largely  in  raising  the  forty-fifth  regiment,  afterward  com- 
manded by  Col.  Denny  McCobb.  Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war 
he  settled  in  Concord,  and  was  appointed  postmaster  by  President 
Madison  in  181.5,  which  otfice  he  held  until  182.Q,  when  he  was  succeed- 
ed by  his  brother,  William  Low. 

In  1819  and  1820  he  served  on  the  staff'  of  Gov.  Bell,  and  19  Decem- 
ber, 1820,  was  appointed  adjutant-general  of  the  state.  Fi'om  this 
office  he  was  removed,  for  political  reasons,  1  July,  1839.  In  the 
autunm  of  183.5  he  was  sent,  by  Governor  Badger,  to  quell  the  dis- 
turbances on  the  Indian  Stream  territory,  which  nussion  he  accom- 
plished shortly  after. 

In  1838  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  representatives  of  Concord  in  the 
general  court,  and  in  November,  18i4,  his  name  headed  the  "  Whig  " 
ticket  of  candidates  for  electors  of  president  and  vice-president  of  the 
United  States. 

In   February,  1847,  he  abandonel  his  old  i^arty  associates  on  the 


XXA^.]  BIOCRAPHK'AL    SKKTCUKS.  899 

Mexican  war  qut'stiDii.  ami  tluMiccfoi-tli  arti'il  willi  tin-  Dt'iiioeratic 
]»aity. 

He  advocated  t!u'  acceptance  of  the  city  ch;irti'i-  of  Concord,  and, 
n])on  its  adoption,  in  18.").},  was  nominated  i)V  his  party  for  mayor,  and 
elected  on  the  sec  >nd  ballot.     The  next  year  he  was  re-elected. 

He  took  an  active  part  in  bnildin^  the  Concord,  and  Concord  and 
I'ortsinonth  railroads,  and  in  the  establishment  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Asylum  foi-  the  insane. 

(ien.  Low  was  a  keen,  shrewd  mana:;er  in  business  matters,  and  by 
niarriai^e  and  trade  accumulated  a  handsoiiie  estate. 

In  i)i)litic:il  al'fairs  he  was  not  particularly  successful,  and  his  advice 
to  his  children  was,  "  L.jt  politics  alone  and  attend  to  your  own  busi- 
ness."    (Seep.  OTS:  8.) 

MI!S.  ANNA    (UOltV)    .MA(K 

Iveceived  her  education  in  the  common  schools  and  at  the  Concord  Liter- 
ary and  Scientilic  Institute  ;  was  eni[)loyed  eight  years  as  a  teacher  in 
the  public  sciiools  in  Concord  ;  married  Rev.  Daniel  A.  ALack,  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Methodist  Kpiscopal  church,  in  IS.'il),  and  was  stationed 
twelve  or  thirteen  years  in  various  towns  in  .Massachusetts  and  Ver- 
mont. Her  husband  served  tiiree  years  as  chaplain  of  the  -id  rejjiment 
N'erinont  volunteers  in  the  civil  war.  After  the  close  the  war  lie  took 
an  active  part  in  raisinvj  fumls  lor  the  purcha.se  of  the  *•  \Vel)ster 
place,"  and  the  establishment  of  the  Orjihans'  Home,  at  Franklin.  She 
has  been  the  matron  and  manager  of  the  •' Home  "  during  tin;  whole 
l>eriod  of  its  existence,  devoiing  years  of  li -r  life  to  the  care  and  in- 
struction of  its  inmates,  an  1  contributing  largely  to  the  success  of  the 
institutinn.     (.See  p.  71^  :   1_'.) 

1)I.A.   SKWAI.r.  (J.  M.\(K 

Learned  (he  blacksmithing  business  in  his  father's  shop,  and  worked 
at  il  ill  Amherst  and  other  places.  He  was,  also,  for  some  time,  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  stoves  in  the  shop  of  Hartshorn  & 
I'ratt. 

In  18l()  he  removed  to  Lowell,  wliere  he  took  the  place  of  his  brotlier, 
dohn  Mack,  jr.,  in  tin-  firm  of  Cushing  &  ^Lack,  stove  numufacturers 
and  dealers,  in  which  business  he  still  contiinies. 

In  1843  and  1814  he  was  a  niend)er  of  the  common  council;  in  1847 
and  18.38  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  in  ls.'):{  and  ls.")4 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Lowell. 

During  his  administration  as  mayor  the  first  measure  for  supplying 
Lowell  w  ith  pure  water  was  originate  i,  which,  after  a  struggle  of  many 
vear>'  duration,  was  tinallv  successful* 


900  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

In  1862  he  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts;  beside 
which  he  has  been  a  director  of  the  Railroad  Bank  and  Stony  Brook 
Railroad,  president  of  the  Lowell  Gas-Light  Company,  and  of  the  Mid- 
dlesex Mechanics'  Association,  served  one  or  two  years  on  the  school 
committee,  and  held  other  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility. 

He  is  still  actively  engaged  in  business,  and  is  held  in  high  esteem 
in  the  city  of  his  residence.     (See  p.  682 :  24.) 

THOMPSON  MAXWELL 

Was  the  son  of  an  Irish  immigrant,  who  settled  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  in 
1732,  and  died  there  in  1759. 

He  was  in  the  ranger  service  from  1757  to  1763,  some  of  the  time 
under  the  command  of  Rogers  and  Stark,  and  assisted  in  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  Indian  village  of  St.  Francis  in  1759.  He  was  present  at 
the  destruction  of  the  tea  in  Boston  Harbor,  16  December,  1773,  aiid 
engaged  in  the  pursuit  of  the  British  in  their  retreat  from  Concord,  19 
April,  1775. 

On  tlie  organization  of  minute-men  in  Amhei'st,  early  in  1775,  he  was 
chosen  second  lieutenant  and  acted  as  such  in  the  battle  at  Bunker  Hill 
the  following  June. 

After  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British,  in  March,  1776,  he 
marched  with  the  army  to  Providence  and  New  York,  thence  to  Can- 
ada, and  afterward  to  Crown  Point  and  Ticonderoga.  In  December 
of  the  same  year  the  regiment  to  w'hich  he  belonged  joined  the  army 
irnder  Gen.  Washington,  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Trenton  and 
Princeton. 

In  1777  he  was  again  at  Ticonderoga  and  was  in  the  disastrous  fight 
at  Hubbardston,  Vt. 

He  was  also  in  the  battles  of  Bennington,  Bemis's  Heights,  and  Sar- 
atoga. 

In  1778  he  was  employed  in  the  ranger  service  in  central  New  York 
and  was  in  the  battle  of  Stouy  Arabia.  The  next  year  he  accompanied 
General  Sullivan  in  his  expedition  against  the  hostile  Indians  in  Cen- 
tral New  York,  and  assisted  in  destroying  their  villages,  orchards,  and 
corn-fields. 

With  this  expedition  his  participation  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution 
closed,  and  he  retired  to  Buckland,  Mass.,  whither  his  family  had  re- 
moved some  two  years  before.  There  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the 
convention  that  framed  the  constitution  of  the  commonwealth.  In 
1787  he  was  captain  of  a  company  raised  to  assist  in  suppressing  the 
insurrection  of  Gen.  Shays  in  western  Massachusetts. 

In  1800  he  removed  to  Butler  county,  Ohio,  and  engaged  in  farming. 
In  1812  he  joined  the  army  under  Gen.  Hull,  and  marched  to  Detroit 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES,  901 

wliere  he  was  taken  prisoner.  After  liis  release,  upon  parole,  he  re- 
turned home,  when  his  house  was  burned  V)y  a  mob  who  accused  hinj 
of  having  advised  the  surrender  of  Hull. 

In  1><13  he  joined  the  army  under  Harrison,  and  in  1814  served  under 
(Jencral  Miller  at  Chippewa  and  Lundy's  I^ane,  and  in  the  sortie  at 
Fort  Erie.  Near  the  latter  place  he  was  again  taken  prisoner  by  the 
British,  who  treated  him  with  great  severity,  from  which  he  was  re- 
lieved by  Major  Rogers,  a  son  of  his  old  commander  in  the  ranger  .ser- 
vice, who  conducted  him  to  a  good  house  and  ordered  him  to  be  well 
treated.  He  was  exchanged  V\  March,  1S14,  and  returned  home.  (See 
p.  6S,S:   1.) 

(  oi..  ijonr.nr  mkans. 

Robert  Means  and  .laeoli  Me(Javv,  two  young  weavers  from  the  luu'tli 
of  Ireland,  landed  in  Hoston  in  1706.  After  paying  their  passage  they 
had  but  one  shilling  and  six  pence  (twenty-five  cents)  to  divide  be- 
tween them.  They  soon  found  their  way  to  the  north-west  part  of 
Merrimack,  where  they  settled  and  applied  themselves  to  the  business 
of  their  trade.  To  this  they  added  i)eddling  goods  from  small  trunks, 
one  going  out  at  a  time. 

As  their  s'ock  increased  they  engaged  in  trade  on  a  larger  scale,  and 
it  seemed  de  arable  that  one  of  them  should  remove  to  Amherst.  Both 
wished  to  remain  in  Merrimack,  and  it  was  finally  decided,  by  cast- 
ing lots,  that  Mr.  Means  should  go  to  .\mherst.  Mr.  McCiaw  continued 
in  Merrimack  where  he  became  a  wealtiiy  aiiil  intlucntial  citizen.  He 
died  in  181:)  at  the  age  of  73. 

Mr.  Means  carried  on  the  weaving  busini-^s  som^.  time  after  he  set- 
tled in  .\mhersl,  but  finally  aliandoned  it  and  engaged  wholly  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits.  He  was  noted  for  honesty,  fair  dealing,  and  close  at- 
tention to  business,  and  in  time  became  one  of  the  most  widely  known 
and  distinguished  merchants  in  the  town  or  state.  His  marriage  was 
a  fortunate  one,  his  wife  proving  to  lie  a  true  heljvniate. 

His  property,  too,  increased  rapidly.  In  1797  and  onward  ln'  pai<l 
the  heaviest  tax  as.ses.sed  on  any  person  in  town. 

In  ITS  )-4-;V)  and  H  he  was  elected  to  represent  the  town  in  the 
general  court.  He  served  two  years  in  the  senate,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  executive  council  one  year.  Beside  this  he  acted  as  justice  of 
the  peace  many  years,  was  an  officer  in  the  militia,  and  treasurer  of 
Hillsborough  county  for  a  long  series  of  years  ending  with  1S(I3. 

His  descendants  have  been  numerous  and  respectalde.  One  of  his 
(laughters  was  the  wife  of  .ludge  KUis,  of  this  state,  an<l  afterward  of 
Amos  Lawrence,  Another  was  the  wife  of  .leremiah  Mason,  one  of 
the  greatest  jurists  of   his  time,  ami   another   the   wife   of    President 


902  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Clmp. 

Appletou,  of  Bowdoiii  College.  One  of  her  daughters  was  the  lady  of 
the  White  House  during  the  presidency  of  her  husband,  Franklin 
Pierce. 

None  of  the  descendants  of  Colonel  Means  remain  in  Amherst. 
(See  p.  GS9  :  1.) 

WILLIAM   GOHDON  MKANS. 

(Ahridf/K/   f'roin  "  Slelches  of  Successful  Nov  Hampshire  Men.") 

Among  liis  associates  Mr.  Means  is  remembered  as  a  quick-witted 
boy,  fond  of  adventure  and  overflowing  with  fun.  He  receivt-d  his  ed- 
ucation in  the  village  schools  and  at  Pinkerton  Academy  in  Derry. 

Tn  tlie  autunui  of  18:30  he  went  to  Boston  and  entered  the  store  of 
Daniel  McGregor,  then  a  dealer  in  dry  goods,  finding  employment, 
after  an  apprenticeship  of  four  or  five  years,  in  the  house  of  Robert 
Appletou  &  Co. 

The  commercial  crisis  of  1.S37  threw  him  out  of  employment,  and 
he  returned  to  his  home  in  Amherst. 

In  1838  he  became  cleik  of  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Company, 
at  Manchester,  taking  charge  of  the  books  and  pay-roll  of  the  land  and 
water  power  department,  then  under  the  direction  of  Robert  Read, 
Esq.  The  knowledge  and  experience  acquired  in  this  position  quali- 
fied him  for  the  important  agencies  that  have  since  engrossed  his 
time. 

He  resigned  this  position  in  18o4  and  united  with  others  in  organiz- 
ing a  company  for  building  railway  engines.  By  the  act  of  incorpora- 
tion it  took  the  name  of  the  "  Manchester  Locomotive  Works."  Without 
adeipiate  capital,  in  adverse  times,  with  no  reputation  as  builders,  and 
a  limited  capacity  for  construction,  it  was  not  easy  to  obtain  patronage. 
But  with  a  pluck  and  persistence  that  deserved  success,  the  proprietors 
determined  to  make  only  first-class  engines,  and  at  the  end  of  ten  years 
they  had  gained  a  position  which  commanded  a  wide  confidence. 

Since  that  time  the  business,  with  some  slight  interruption,  has 
steadily  increased  so  that  the  number,  weight,  and  value  of  the  engines 
now  built  in  a  month,  often  exceeds  the  entire  product  of  some  former 
years. 

In  1858  Mr.  Means  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  Salmon  Falls  Manu- 
facturing Company.  The  mills  of  this  company  were  in  the  eastern 
portion  of  the  state,  and  for  convenience  of  access  he  removed  his  fam- 
ily to  Andover,  Mass.,  still  retaining  his  place  as  treasurer  of  the  loco- 
motive-works, and  having  an  office  for  the  business  of  both  companies 
in  Boston.  Under  his  management  the  condition  of  the  Salmon  Falls 
company  was  much  improved.  The  capital  stock  of  the  company  was, 
by   cash    payment    to    its    stockholders,  reduced   from   $1,000,000    to 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHKAL    PKKTCHF.S.  003 

!S(iO(l,(M)0.  New  mills  were  erected,  and  tlin  product ivc  ca|>;icitv  uf  tliu 
Cdiicern  enlarged  one  fourth,  without  any  assessinentHS  or  sacrifices 
on  the  part  of  the  stockholders, — a  result  which  illustrates  beyond  dis- 
pute the  good  judgment  and  skill  of  the  management.  Mr.  MeauH  re- 
signed the  treasurershij)  September  1,  1877. 

In  politics  Mr.  Means  has  been  Whig  and  Hepulilican.  Conversant 
with  the  alTairs  of  government,  and  a  careful  observer  of  pulilic  men, 
he  hiis  manifested  a  generous  appreciation  of  the  good  (|ualitieR  of 
those  with  whom  he  did  not  agree.  Loving  justice  and  abhorring  the 
wrongs  by  which  any  cl.ass  of  his  fellow-men  suffered  injury,  he  strongly 
adhered  to  the  principles,  and  steadfastly  upheld  the  policy,  of  the  party 
with  which  he  voted.  In  is.'jl  he  was  elected  repiesentative  from  ward 
three  in  .Manchester,  and  served  one  term  in  tiie  houst'  at  Concord. 
Having  removed  from  ward  three,  he  was  not  elected  a  second  time. 

In  religion  Mr.  Means  has  firmly  held  to  the  evangelical  system  of 
doctrine.  Tn  early  manhood  he  made  profession  of  his  faith  by  uniting 
with  the  Congregational  church  in  his  native  town — transferring  his 
mend)ership  to  the  Ilanover-stre^t  church  iu  Manchester,  and  tlusnce 
to  the  .South  church  in  .Vndover,  with  successiv-  changes  of  residence. 
In  all  of  these  places  he  has  proved  astaunch  friend  of  the  ministry,  and 
a  liberal  supporter  of  Christian  institutions.  .V  man  of  clear  convic- 
tions and  f)f  marked  indepMidenc'  of  character,  he  has  not  stood  aloof 
from  the  comnuniity,  but,  cherishing  a  hi-arty  r.'spect  for  human  na- 
ture, he  hits  taken  an  active  part  in  the  popular  movements  in  behalf 
<if  education  and  local  improvement.s.  To  th  •  appeals  for  charitable 
aid,  whether  c(tming  from  individuals,  churches,  or  institutions  of 
learning,  the  response  has  be.Mi  cordial.  The  establishment  of  the 
Means  prizes  at  Phillips  Aca  lemy,  illustrat^^-;  his  discriminating  beni-fi- 
cence.  In  times  of  ditficulty  and  depression  he  has  been  helpful  in 
bearing  burdens,  making  good  deficiencies,  an  I  <|uietly  upholding  tlu; 
cause  he  had  espoused. 

He  is  .still  interested  in  tln'  weif.ire  of  lli-  church  and  the  state, 
thoughtful  of  his  friends  and  former  associates,  considerate  of  neigh- 
bors, and  bestowing  sympathy  ami  ii-ssistance  where  they  are  needed, 
seeks  to  keep  alive  the  ancient  virtues  of  Xew  Kugland  life,  and  main- 
tain the  best  staiulards  of  .service  and  citizenship.     (See  p.  (>S0  :    M.) 

THOMAS    W  .   MI  IKNOV 

Removed  to  (iermantown.  Ohio,  in  b'^l!*.  and  engaged  in  the  manuf.'u*- 
ture  f»f  fanning  mills  for  cleaning  grain.  Krom  (lermantowu  he  re- 
moved to  Cincinnati,  whence,  in  18  53.  he  removed  to  Jacksonville,  111., 
where  the  remainder  of  his  life  Wius  s|>ent. 


904  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

He  was  one  of  the  four  or  five  original  anti-slavery  men  in  Jackson- 
ville, and  prior  to  1810  assisted  in  securing  the  freedom  of  a  slave 
woman  who  had  been  brought  to  Jacksonville,  when  her  master  sought 
to  carry  her  back  to  bondage. 

Owing  to  his  course  in  this  matter,  and  his  outspoken  advocacy  of 
anti-slavery  doctrines,  he  became  unpopular  in  Jacksonville,  and,  with 
the  members  of  his  family,  was  subjected  to  many  annoyances  and 
persecutions  from  his  neighbors.  These,  however,  ceased  before  his 
death,  and  he  was  universally  considered  to  be  an  intelligent,  upright 
man,  possessed  of  independence  enough  to  follow  his  convictions  of 
right  though  they  canie  in  conflict  with  the  opinions  of  a  large  majority 
of  his  fellow-citizens.     (See  p.  692  :  18.) 

DK.  GKOKGK  W.  MOORE, 

A  native  of  Princeton,  Alass. ;  born  in  1820 ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1841;  studied  medicine  and  received  the  degree  of  m.  d. 
from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1843.  He  commenced  practice 
in  Amherst  in  July,  1843  ;  married  Miss  Margaret  Ramsay,  of  Green- 
field, but  left  no  children. 

He  died  8  September,  1866.  Mrs.  Moore  married  (2)  Dr.  Leonard 
French,  of  Manchester,  25  June,  18'i7. 

Dr.  Moore  was  a  good  scholar,  and  a  well-read,  skillful  physician,  but 
rough  and  eccentric  in  his  manner.  While  here  he  was  a  somewhat 
active  member  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  served  as  school  commis- 
sioner for  the  county  some  years.  He  also  served  on  the  town  school 
conmiittee.  He  was  appointed  register  of  probate  for  Hillsborough 
county  5  September,  1852,  but  was  removed  by  Gov.  Metcalf  upon  the 
"  address  "  of  the  "  Know  Xothing  "  legislature  of  1855. 

WILLIAM  S.  MORTON, 

Born  in  Roxbiiry,  Mass.,  22  September,  1899,  died  in  Quinc}',  Mass.,  21 
September,  1871. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  University  in  1831 ;  read  law  with  Sidney 
Bartlett,  Esq. ;  commenced  practice  in  the  office  of  Perley  Dodge,  Esq., 
in  Amherst,  in  1810,  but  in  a  short  time  removed  to  Quincy,  where  the 
remainder  of  his  life  was  spent.  He  man-ied  Miss  Mary  J.  W.  Grimes, 
a  niece  of  Hon.  Levi  Woodbury,  3  October,  1839,  by  whom  he  had  six 
children.  One  of  their  sons  served  in  the  cavalry  in  the  recent  war, 
and  lost  his  life  in  consequence  of  exposure  and  suffering.  Another 
son  served  in  the  navy. 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES.  905 

CAl'T.  .mSIAIl   MINKUK 

Reiiiov.^il  fioiii  Loxiiigtoii,  Mass., to  Amherst  about  1777.  He  servetl 
a  short  time  in  tlie  Freiieli  war  in  17'i'J.  Karly  in  tin-  Ktvohition  he 
served  a  few  months  in  New  Jersey.  In  1777  lie  enlisted  in  the  third 
N.  II.  Reyiment.  where  he  oonfinuetl  until  the  close  of  the  war,  rising 
to  the  rank  nf  eaptain  5  -Inly,  17S0.  His  kinsman,  Abraham  Munroe, 
who  (lied  in  Asliliurnhain,  Mass.,  in  182."),  elaimed  to  have  tired  tlie 
iirst  gun  discharged  at  the  British  on  Lexington  common,  19  April, 
1775. 

In  1788  Capt.  Munroe  joined  the  first  party  of  emigrants  to  the 
north-western  territory,  and  ixssisted  in  making  tiie  first  settlement 
within  the  state  of  Ohio,      lie  difd  in  .Marietta.  O.      (Seep.7lt2:    1.) 

Ki:ri$KN  MUSSKV, 

(Irandfather  of  Professor  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  removed  from  Kingston 
to  Souhegan  West,  and  settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  William 
Noyes. 

He  .sometimes  got  into  trouble  with  his  neiglil)ors  al)out  the  boun- 
daries of  his  farm  and  the  line  fences.  On  one  occa.sion  he  had  (]uite 
a  dispute  about  a  line  fence  with  Lt.  Joseph  Prince,  whose  premises 
adjoined  liis.  He  told  Prince  he  didn't  see  why  he  couldn't  get  along 
better  with  Amherst  folks;  he  never  had  any  trouble  with  his  neigh- 
bors in  Kingston  ;  they  were  all  friendly,  and  wlien  he  moved  away 
many  of  them  turned  out  and  gave  him  a  day's  work  to  help  him  of^". 

'"  .\ndierst  folks  woulil  do  better  than  that,"  said  Prince.  "There  are 
many  of  them  who  would  gladly  give  a  week's  work  to  get  rid  of  you." 
(See  p.  7(13:  3:5,  2.) 

Dl!.    IJI.rUK.N   DIMU.NO   Ml  SSKV 

Lived  in  .Vnilier>t  from  17!*1  to  about  180  •.  He  acijuired  a  lilx.-ral  ed- 
ucation, mainly  through  his  own  exertions,  graduating  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  18n3,  in  the  cla.ss  with  Kdmuiul  Parker,  Henry  Hubbard, 
and  other  eminent  men;  fitted  for  his  j>rofession  under  the  instructi(»n 
of  Dr.  Smith,  of  Hanover,  and  Dr.  Howe,  of  .Faffrey.  He  also  attend- 
ed the  medical  lectures  at  Hanover,  where  he  took  the  degree  of  Rach- 
elor  of  Medicine  in  180G.  In  Septenilier  of  that  year  he  commenei'd 
]>ractice  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  but  subsequently  .settled  in  .Salem. 

In  1814  he  was  appointed  to  a  professorship  in  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  College,  and  at  various  periods  between  that  time  and  18^57  he 
tilled  tlie  medical  professorship  in  that  college. 

In  1837  he  accepted  a  profe-s-sorship  in  the  Ohio  Medical  College  at 
Cincinnati,  where  he  remained  fourteen  vears.     H  •   tle-n   founded  the 


906  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

Miami  Medical  College,  where  he  labored  six  years.  Finally,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-eight  years,  he  relinquished  his  professional  duties  and 
retired  to  Boston  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 

"  As  a  surgeon  he  was  bold  and  fearless,  and  ever  ready  to  assume 
any  legitimate  responsibility.     As  a  lecturer  he  was  always  respected 
and  beloved  by  his  students.     From  his  youth  he  was  a  constant  and 
devout  Christian,  and  his  record  is  without  a  blemish.     Few  have  lived  . 
such  a  life  of  usefulness  as  hi  did."     (See  p.  703  :   11.) 

GEN.  MOSES  NICHOLS 

Commenced  practice  as  a  physician  in  Amherst  about  1761 ;  served 
several  years  as  one  of  the  selectmen  and  as  a  representative.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  war  for  independence  he  took  an  active  part  in 
behalf  of  the  popular  cause.  He  was  appointed  colonel  of  the  fifth 
regiment  5  December,  1776,  in  place  of  Colonel  Lutwyche,  of  Merri- 
mack, a  loyalist.  He  commanded  the  right  wing  of  Stark's  army  at 
Bennington,  and  his  regiment  commenced  the  attack  upon  the  Hessian 
entrencliment.  In  1778  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  a  regiment  sent 
to  assist  Gen.  Sullivan  at  Rhode  Island,  and  in  1780  he  was  in  com- 
mand of  a  regiment  at  West  Point  at  the  time  of  Arnold's  treason. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  appointed  brigadier-general  of  the 
fourth  brigade  of  New  Hampshire  militia. 

On  the  organization  of  the  state  government  under  the  temporary 
constitution,  5  January,  1770,  he  was  appointed  register  of  deeds  for 
Hillsborough  county,  and  held  the  office  until  his  death.  (See  p.  70r  : 
IV,  6.) 


a-^^^^2^  ^-^^i:<^  C^^t-^^'^^^^ 


HON.   EDMUND  PARKER 

Graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1803;  succeeded  David  Everett, 
Esq.,  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Amherst  in  1807;  was  moderator  of  the 
annual  town  meeting  six  years,  and  representative  ten  years,  county 
solicitor  and  judge  of  probate.  He  was  also  one  of  the  trustees  of 
Dartmouth  College  a  long  time.  In  1835  he  removed  to  Nashua,  where 
he  was  agent  for  tlie  Jackson  Manufacturing   Company  several  years. 


XXV.]  rnofjRArHifAL  sketches.  !t07 

He  was  a  well-read  lawyer,  faithful  in  all  tho  business  entrust. •(!  in  his 
rare,  a  peace-maker,  an  excellent  citizen,  and  a  worthy  man. 

In  his  old  age  he  went  to  reside  with  his  daughter,  at  Clareniont, 
wluTf  he  died  8  8ei>teinlier,  18.5(1.     (See  |>.  71.'):  4l'.) 

CIIIKF  .irSTUK  .lOlcr.    rAItKKI! 

Studied  law  with  liis  lirother,  Kdniuuil,  on  the  IMaiu.  I.ike  his  hrnther, 
he  abounded  iti  fun  in  which  tiiere  was  soiuetiu  es  mixi'<l  a  toh-rable 
siiarc  dl'  inischii'l". 

While  r.siiling  here  he  was  called  upon  to  do  military  dutv  in  "Old 
West,"  one  "  May  training  day-"  Orderly  Sierg-ant  "  Tom  "  Wilkins, 
who  officiated  on  that  occasion  for  the  first  time  in  that  capacity,  was 
busily  engaged  in  forming  the  company,  passing  in  front  to  see  that 
all  was  right;  just  as  he  had  passed  Parker  that  worthy  sought  to  ac- 
complish his  overthrow  by  placing  his  musket  in  such  a  position  that 
he  would  stumble  over  it.  The  trick  was  discovered  in  .season  to  pre- 
vent tiie  accomplishment  of  its  pur]iose.  and  its  perpi-trator  wa.s  salut<'d 
by  a  blow  from  the  fist  of  the  olHcer  whicii  laid  him  on  the  gnmnd. 
lie  soon  regained  his  feet,  and  ever  after  treateil  the  sergeant  with  the 
••most  distinguished  consiileraliou." 

<   .i;sAK    I'AHKKi;. 

Fifty  years  ago  no  training,  muster,  cattle  show,  or  Knurlli  of  .Fuly 
(  cjebration,  could  have  been  succi.ssfully  carri » 1  on  without  th"  presence 
of  (u'sar  Parker,  a  jolly,  good-natured  .\frican,  black  as  the  ace  of 
spades,  whom  the  boys,  young  ami  old,  rather  irreverently  called  "Old 
Ca'sar,  "  and  took  delight  in  tormenting. 

Ca'sar  is  said  to  have  been  a  native  of  Hosion.  whence,  in  his  youth, 
he  was  brought  to  i/itchtield  and  held  as  a  slave.  Th  •  succ  »ssful  war 
for  independence  put  an  end  to  slavery  in  the  (iranite  State,  and 
thenceforth  Ca'.sar  was  one  oi  tiie  .sovereigns  of  the  land.  Marrying  a 
white  woman  he  settleil  on  a  small  farm  in  the  south  part  of  Mont 
Vernon,  adjoining  .\ndierst.  and  his  marriage  proving  a  fruitful  one,  he 
SQOU  rejoiced  in  a  large  family,  princijially  boys,  to  one  of  whom  he 
gave  the  name  of  the  worthy  "  Pastor  of  the  Ciiurch  in  Milford." 

He  was  .accused  of  bjing  al  licti  I  tj  paty  pilferin,',  and  stori.'s  are 
told  of  some  rather  slippery  dealings  in  regard  to  a  loa  I  of  fish  he  was 
assisting  a  dealer  in  getting  up  M  >;it  Veruo.i  hill  ;  but  wliat<»ver  his 
failings  in  this  regard  might  have  b»';i,  th 'y  were  generally  (h-tected 
and  pro  nptly  putiisli'  I  by  th«  at*en  l:\nts  at  th '  old  K-a  I  store,  who, 
after  the  toils  of  the  day  were  over,  met  at  that  somewhat  celi-brated 
manufactory  of  "Weston's    Itch   Ointment"   and    eiiiporiion   <>i   ,\yy 


908  HISTORY    OP    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

goods  and  groceries,  to  talk  politics,  drink  flip,  or  something  stronger, 
and  organize  raids  upon  old  buildings  that  were  obnoxious  to  "  Dea. 
Carleton's "  company.  One  of  the  performances  of  this  society,  we 
may  infer,  was  described  by  George  Wilkins  Kendall,  himself  an 
honorary  member,  at  least,  of  the  club,  in  the  "melting  story  "  publish- 
ed in  the  New  Orleans  Picayune  some  years  since. 

iTflOne  winter  our  hero  unfortunately  lost  his  cow,  that  hai  contributed 
largely  to  the  support  of  his  numerous  family.  On  making  his  loss 
known  to  Judge  Parker,  who  thea  ha  1  a  law  office  on  the  Plain,  he  re- 
ceived a  handsome  contribution  toward  purchasing  another  animal. 
The  judge  also  furnished  him  with  a  papar  commending  the  bearer  to 
the  consideration  of  charitably  disposed  people,  which  Csesar  circulated, 
and  soon  received  enough  to  enable  him  to  purchase  another  cow. 

That  cow  paper  did  duty  for  a  long  time,  and  over  a  large  extent  of 
territory.  When  change  grew  scarce  Cajsar  started  off  on  a  collecting 
tour,  and  seldom  returned  without  a  supply  of  the  needful. 

Tn  his  old  age  C;vsar  went  to  Rhode  Island,  where,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Newport,  he  died  in  1858,  at  the  age  of  about  96  years. 

r>R.  JOHN  PEABODY, 

Of  the  north-west  parish,  visited  Milford  9  August,  1798,  wearing  a 
French  cocka  le  on  his  hat.  .A.  large  collection  of  citizens  of  the  place 
soon  gathered  around  the  hous?  where  he  stopped,  and  requested  him 
to  remove  the  French  emblem  which  they  regarded  as  a  badge  of  trea- 
son. Upon  his  refusal  to  do  this,  and  attempts  to  defend  himself  with 
a  butcher-knife,  while  cursing  the  constitution  of  the  country,  recourse  , 
was  had  to  argum3nts  stronger  than  requests  ;  the  cockade  and  hat 
were  dismantled,  and  the  doctor  wa^  seen  parading  through  the  door- 
way with  his  heels  in  the  air.  The  citizens  then  formed  a  circle  around 
him  and  gave  three  cheers  for  the  triumphs  of  Federalism,  after  which 
the  doctor  was  dismissed,  with  an  intimation  that,  if  he  visited  the 
town  again  wearing  a  cockade,  the  m  (7/ joonrf  would  be  at  his  service. 
—  Village  Messengn;  August  11,  1798.     (See  p.  722  :  VI,  10.) 

CAPT.  JOSEPH  PERKIXS,  JR., 

From  Beverly  or  Wenham,  Mass.,  settled  in  Amherst  prior  to  the  war 
for  independence.  In  that  contest  he  served  on  board  a  privateer  vessel, 
which  was  taken  by  the  British  and  the  crew  carried  prisoners  of 
war  to  Ireland,  whence  they  were  taken  to  England  and  were 
confined  in  what  was  called  the  "  .Mill  Prison."  While  in  prison  he 
worked  at  tailoring,  that  being  his  trade,  in  which  way  he  contrived  to 
get  some  money,  which  made  his  lot  more  tolerable  than  that  of 
many  others.     Tradition   says  that  when  he   had  secured  a  giunea  he 


XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL    SKKTCHES.  009 

would  cover  it  with  clolh  and  sew  it  on  his  cnat  for  a  Imttmi.  Afb-r 
his  release  he  returned  to  Amherst,  where  lie  spent  the  remaindfr  of  his 
life  a  useful  and  respected  citizen.     (See  p.  727  :  2.) 

KZKA   rUKSCOTT,   KSl^., 

Read  law -with  Hon.  Titus  Brown;  commenced  practice  in  Frances- 
town,  whence,  in  1821,  he  removed  to  (ireentield.  II<'  was  elected 
register  of  deeds  for  Hillsborough  county  in  March,  1S2<S,  and  removed 
to  Andierst  in  the  fall  of  that  year.  He  held  the  ottice  of  register 
until  ISK*,  after  which  he  resumed  the  practice;  of  his  profession.  He 
married  Miss  Eiizaheth  Hardy,  of  Koxbury,  X.  H.,  in  May,  18Ji>;  and 
died  28  September,  184.J,  aged  ti-i  years,  leaving  no  children. 

SAMUEL  PHKSTOX, 

Son  of  Dr.  John  and  Rebecca  (Farrar)  I'reston,  was  born  in  New- 
Ipswich  2i  June,  1778.  He  learned  the  printer's  trade  and  succeeded 
Samuel  Cushing  in  the  publication  of  the  Vilhtfje  Messenrjer,  at  Am- 
herst, 18  April,  17!)7,  which  he  continued  to  edit  and  publish  until 
.")  December,  18^)1,  when  the  publication  was  discontinued. 

He  left  Amherst  .soon  after,  and  engaged  in  trade  in  Dunslalile, 
where  he  continued  until  1800.  There  he  married  Ksthcr,  daughter 
of  Timothy  Taylor,  Es(i.,  ."50  Decend)er,  1804. 

In  1819  lie  removed  to  Bronson,  Huron  county,  Ohio,  where  he  con- 
tinued two  years.  In  1821  he  removed  to  Xorwalk,  in  the  same 
county.  There  he  resided  through  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In 
February,  18^50,  he  commenced  the  publication  of  the  Ilnrtm  lifjlerttir, 
in  which  he  was  engaged  imtii  his  death,  which  took  place  ;i  .March, 
1852. 

He  filled  many  important  ortices  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constitu- 
ents, and  departed,  leaving  no  enemies  l)ehind. 


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1.1 1.1  T.  .lOsKTII   rijiNcr. 


Was  pi()l>al>ly  tin-  only  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the  townsliip 
who  .settled  here  permanently.  He  is  said  to  have  laid  out  the  road 
from  his  cabin  to  the  first  meeting-house  bv  fr)llowiiig  the  .sound  of  the 
haminers  of  the  workmen  who  were  engageil  in  building  tiie  hou.se. 

During  the  French  and  Indian  wars  block-hou.ses  were  built  in  va- 
rious parts  of  the  town  for  the  protection  of*  the  settlers.  For  some 
time  he  declined  taking  refuge  in  the  Idock  hou.se  at  night,  but  finally. 


910  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [CllUp. 

suspecting  that  the  Indians  were  lurking  around,  he  sprinkled  ashes 
on  the  ground  around  his  dwelling,  and  the  next  morning  saw  tracks 
made  by  Indian  moccasins  during  the  night.  After  this  he  was  more 
careful.  On  one  occasion,  as  he  was  going  to  the  block-house  in  the 
evening,  an  Indian  arrow  whizzed  past  his  head,  without  touching  him. 
The  next  day  he  found  the  arrow  sticking  in  a  tree  near  the  path  he 
followed  to  the  garrison-house.     (See  p.  7-i\  :  III,  1.) 

CAl'T.  I).\MEL  PlUOll, 

Born  at  Nantucket,  1760;  died  in  Amherst  it  October,  ISOS  ;  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  Woodbury,  in  1784.  She 
was  born  irx  1760  ;  died  6  January,  1811. 

He  purchased  the  house  on  the  Plain,  now  occupied  by  Isaac  V.  Mc- 
Ivean,  in  January,  1799,  in  which  he  resided,  and  kept  a  grocery  and 
dry  goods  store.  Tliere  also  he  kept  the  post-ottice  from  1803  until  his 
death.  In  1802  he  commenced  the  manufacture  of  tvvine  in  a  build- 
ing he  had  erected  on  the  farm  of  his  father-in-law,  in  the  south-east 
part  of  the  town,  in  which  business  he  was  engaged  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

KOBKRT  HEAD,  KSQ., 

Commenced  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  a  store  at  Chelmsford,  Mass. 
Subsequently  he  returned  to  Amherst,  where  he  was  a  successful  mer- 
chant for  nearly  thirty  years.  In  18;}")  he  removed  to  Nashua,  where 
he  acted  as  agent  of  the  Nashua  Manufacturing  Company.  In  1837 
he  removed  to  Manchester,  having  i-eceived  the  appointment  of  agent 
of  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Company.  This  office  he  filled  near- 
ly fourteen  years,  and  during  the  period  of  his  agency  a  large  portion 
of  the  operations  of  the  Amoskeag  Company,  in  the  way  of  buildings 
and  real  estate  was  completed. 

He  resigned  his  agency  in  Manchester  1  January,  18.52,  and 
returned  to  Nashua,  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 

He  held  the  office  of  town-clerk  of  Amherst  thirteen  years,  and  rei> 
resented  the  town  three  years  in  the  general  court.  In  18.30  he  served 
as  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  from  Manchester. 

For  some  years  he  commanded  the  "  West  "  company  of  infantry  in 
Amherst,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1814  he  served  three  months  at  Poits- 
mouth  as  lieutenant  of  one  of  the  companies  sent  there  to  defend  the 
placi  against  an  anticij^ated  attack  of  the   British  fleet,  then  cruising 


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XXV.]  BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHKS.  '.H 1 

ill  the  vicinity.  In  iSi'S  Ik;  \v;i.s  appoint. -il  aiilf-d. '-camp  t(j  (Jnv.  ,I.>liii 
Hell,  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 

He  was  an  active  and  enterprisini;  Imsincss  man,  ami  liy  lii>  imluslrv 
at'cumulati'il  a  handsonit"  estate.     (Sei-  p.  711.) 

LITHKK  ItOHY,   K.S«J., 

Learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  the  Farmers'  CnOintf,  luui 
worked  a  shoit  time  as  a  journeyman  printer  in  Boston,  hut  returned 
to  Andierst,  where  he  opened  a  printinj; ollice  and  hook-store.  Late  in 
the  antiunn  of  LS'2"J  he  removed  to.Concord,  where,  on  the  (jtli  of  .lan- 
uary,  1823,  he  issued  tlie  first  nnmhi  rof  tlie  New  Hampshire  Stalesman, 
which  he  continued  until  June  following,  when  he  disposed  of  the 
estahlisliment  to  Amos  A.  I'arker,  the  paper  heing  printeti  in  his 
office  for  sometime  afterward.  Me  continued  in  tin'  printing  I )usine.ss, 
to  which  he  suhsequently  added  the  manufacture  of  stereotype  plates, 
and  in  connection  with  Samuel  .V.  Kimhall  and  Ilnfus  Merrill,  under 
the  firm  of  Rohy,  Kind)all  &  Merrill,  did  a  large  Imsiness  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  liihles,  testaments,  anil  school-books.  In  ls(!)  ||,.  was 
engaged  in  the  construction  of  a  canal  to  extend  the  navigation  of  the 
Alerrinuvck,  above  Concord,  but  the  building  of  the  Northern  railroad, 
shortly  after,  caused  the  aV)andonment  of  the  umlertaking.  to  the 
serious  loss  of  those  engaged  in  it. 

.Mr.  Koby  next  engaged  in  opening  the  granite  ledges  on  Rattlesnake 
Hill,  and  lor  some  years  did  a  large  business  in  ipiarrying  and  furnish- 
ing granite  for  buililing  purjmses. 

Hecontribnted  largely  toward  establishing  the  "  Lyndfborough  (llass 
Company,"  and  was  for  .some  time  emjdoyed  in  opening  a  graphite 
mine  in  (Joslien. 

Ill'  was  for  nniny  years  a  member  of  the  Concord  Fire  Department, 
and  fur  some  time  its  chief-engineer. 

In  \>^'i~  and  l.S4!>  he  w;i.s  one  of  the  rt'iiresentatives  from  Comord  in 
the  general  court. 

Mr.  Koby  was  an  active  nnin  in  eveiy  thing  he  undertook.  He  jmj.s- 
.se.ssed  a  gift  of  language  sel  loin  eipialcd,  and  many  of  his  quaint, 
original  sayings,  are  vsell  remendiered  by  his  aci|naintance.s.  (See  p. 
74S  :  (J.) 

i>A\  ii>  Ki  ssKi.i..  ^>«^. 

Carried  on  the  shoe  business  in  town  as  maniifacturrr  and  dealer,  fifty 
years.  He  also  kept  a  drug  store  a  short  time.  He  was  jiost-nKister 
one  year;  served  a.s  town-clerk  six  yeai-s;  wa.s  secretary  of  the  Ilill.H- 
borough  County  Kire  Insurance  Comi)any  a  long  time,  and  n-ceivetl  a 
commission  as  justice  of  the  i»eace  in  l>li>. 


912  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

He  became  connected  ^Yith  the  Congi-egational  church  in  his  native 
town,  from  which  his  relations  were  transferred  to  the  church  in  Am- 
herst, in  1821.  In,  1823  he  became  a  member  of  Benevolent  Lodge, 
No.  7,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  was  for  some  time  the  oldest 
living  member  in  both  organizations. 

For  some  years  he  was  contemporary  with  several  of  the  old  resi- 
dents in  the  town,  from  whom  he  learned  many  facts  in  regard  to  its 
early  history.  These  he  treasured  up,  and  in  his  old  age  his  mind  was 
a  perfect  store-house  of  events  connected  with  the  history  of  the  town, 
and  its  inhabitants,  which  he  loved  to  rehearse  to  visitors.  For  some 
ten  years  preceding  his  death  he  was  totally  blind. 

He  was  a  man  of  sti'ict  integrity,  a  kind  friend  and  neighbor,  and  a 
public-sjiirited  citizen.     (See  p.  7o2  :  1.) 

•lOHX  SABATTEA, 

AVho  had  served  in  the  British  army,  under  Burgoyne,  was  taken  sick 
of  a  fever,  in  Amherst,  during  November,  1784,  which  resulted  in  a 
sore  on  his  leg.  Being  wholly  without  means  he  applied  to  the 
selectn)en  for  relief.  As  he  had  gained  no  settlement  in  any  town,  no 
one  was  liable  for  his  support,  but  out  of  jiity  the  selectmen  requested 
Mr.  Samuel  Dodge  to  take  him  into  his  home  and  care  for  him,  which 
he  did  for  twenty-two  days,  charging  therefor  £6,  12s.  Dr.  Codman 
then  boarded  him  eighteen  and  a  half  weeks,  for  which  he  charged 
£  17,  Is.,  2d.  He  also  presented  a  bill  for  medicine  of  £4,  .5s.,  lOd. ;  and 
Dr.  Weston  presented  one  of  15s.,  for  advice  and  medicine,  making,  in 
the  whole,  £31,  12s.,  which  the  town  directed  the  selectmen  to  ask 
the  general  court  to  refund,  in  June,  1788. 

COL.    PAUL    DUDLEY    S  AUG  EXT, 

Son  of  Col.  Epes  and  Catherine  Dudley  Sargent,  was  born  at  Glouces- 
ter, Mass.,  in  1715.  His  father  soon  after  removed  to  Salem,  where  it 
is  probable  the  son  passed  his  youth  and  early  manhood. 

Driven  from  Massachusetts  by  the  enmity  of  Gov.  Hutchinson,  he 
came  to  Amherst  about  1773.  His  father  having  been  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  he  possessed  several  tracts  of  land  hei-e,  which 
had  become  his  by  inheritance. 

He  early  took  a  decided  stand  in  behalf  of  the  colonists  in  their 
struggle  with  the  mother  country.  He  represented  Amherst  wholly  or 
in  part  in  the  first,  second,  third,  and  fourth,  provincial  congTCSses,  held 
at  Exeter,  Moses  Parsons,  Esq.,  being  his  colleague  in  the  two  last. 

In  the  month  of  May,  1775,  he  raised  a  small  regiment,  with  which 
he  repaired   to   Cambridge,    and  entered   the  army  encamped   there. 


XX  \'. J  li|(i(;i!Al'lll(AL    SKKTCHKS.  I'l;' 

In  llic  iiioiitli  111  N'dv.Miilicr  tnllowiiii;  his  rt'ji;iiiic'iit  was  kiuiwit  af= 
tilt'  Sixteentli  Massachusetts.  He  contimicd  in  the  service  until  after 
llu"  evacuation  of  Kostou  l>y  the  British,  in  March,  177(!.  when  he* 
MiJirched  with  the  rest  of  tin-  ;irmy  to  .Vew  York.  I>urin^  the  suirimer 
(it  177(5  he  actt'il  as  hrii^atlier  j,n'ni'ral,  ami  his  services  in  West  ChcHter 
ciiunty,  in  the  latt<'r  part  of  that  year,  were  luLjhly  creditaMt!  to  hitri 
anil  useful  to  the  country. 

It  is  not  known  when  In-  retired  from  active  ^«  rvi' r  from  what 

cause. 

lie  sul>se(|uently  resided  in  Sullivan,  Maine,  where  he  died  in  Se|>- 
tiinlier,  18i'7.  His  wife,  a  dau'^hter  of  Kev.  Thoimus  Smith,  of  Fal- 
mouth, and  two  cliiMren,  survived  him. 

Willis    SAKliKNr. 

riie  following  account  of  th.-  discovery  of  -  .Mil ford  S[.rin,i,'s"  is 
taken  from  a  coiuniuuication  signed  hy  lOheiiezer  Sargent,  pulilished 
in  the  Farmers'  Cnhiucl  5  Decemlier,  1818: 

Willis  was  sick  of  consumption,  and  onth-  f(jreiioou  of  the  I'Jtli 
of  hily,  preceding  his  death,  fell  asleep.  During  his  sleep  he  had  a 
dream  or  vision  of  a  man  standing  l»y  a  large  rock  in  a  wood  a  .short 
distance  from  his  father's  hou.se,  who  told  him  there  was  a  spring  m 
ttie  groiuid,  under  the  spot  on  which  he  stood,  the  water  of  which 
when  drank  would  cu:-e  consumption.  The  night  following  he  had 
the  same  dream  or  vision.  On  the  eighth  day  of  August  lie  had 
another  vision,  in  which  he  saw  the  same  man,  who  repeated  his  mes- 
.sage,  and  also  told  him  he  was  the  angel  (iabriel.  He  was  not  tohl 
that  the  water  would  cure  him,  hut  that  it  would  help  others,  aiul  he 
was  very  an.xious  to  have  it  tried. 

.Some  persons  then  dug  at  a  short  distance  from  the  [.lace  iixlicated, 
and  found  water  of  a  clayey  appi-arance,  that  would  not  .settle  dear  ; 
but  Willis  said  that  was  not  tiie  water  he  expected  to  find. 

As  he  was  so  anxious  about  it,  he  wa.s  carried  about  seventy  r<iils  to 
the  place,  and  indicated  the  precise  spot  on  winch  the  man  stood.  The 
men  present  commenced  digging,  but  after  going  down  about  seven 
feet  without  finding  water  abandoned  digging.  After  Willi.s's  death  a 
man.  who  w;ts  fretiuently  employed  to  tin<i  hidd.'u  springs  by  mean.'* 
of  a  metallic  rod,  was  engaged,  and  on  going  to  the  spot  directed  the 
parties  present  to  dig  ileeper,  ami  they  would  finally  find  water.  On 
<ligging  about  three  feet  deeiier  they  came  to  a  fine  spring  whicii  gave 
an  aliundant  supply  of  water.  (See  p.  7')!  :  !•».) 
."iS 


S14  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

REV.    WILLIAM    T.    SAVAGE 

Was  born  in  Bangor,  Me.,  14  November,  1812;  graduated  at  Bowdoni 
College  in  1833;  also  at  Lane  Seminary,  Ohio,  where  he  was  a  teacher 
in  Hebrew.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in 
Houlton,  Me.,  where  he  labored  for  some  time.  He  was  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Amherst  '2.3  Februarj',  1840,  and 
dismissed  4  April,  1843. 

He  preached  in  Maine  several  years  after  leaving  Amherst,  and  was 
installed  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Franklin,  4  Sep- 
tember, 1849.  x\fter  a  successful  ministry  of  nearly  twenty-five  years, 
he  was  dismissed  27  August,  1874,  and  is  now  employed  in  his  calling 
in  some  of  the  Western  States. 

He  married  Mary  L.  Bradbury,  of  Alfred,  Me.,  5  April,  1841.  She 
died  at  Franklin,  leaving  no  childi-en. 

CAPT.    .lOHN    SECOMBE, 

Foi'  many  years  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Amherst,  was  a  na- 
tive, and  through  his  whole  life  a  resident,  of  the  town. 

In  early  manhood  he  took  quite  an  interest  in  military  matters,  and 
at  one  time  commanded  the  artillery  company  in  the  5th  Regiment 
N.  H.  Militia,  whence  he  obtained  the  title  of  captain,  by  which,  as 
was  customary  in  those  times,  he  was  ever  after  known. 

He  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  twenty  years ;  was  moderator 
of  the  annual  town  meeting  sixteen  years,  and  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  court  three  years.  He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  county 
of  Hillsborough  seven  years,  and  held  a  commission  as  justice  of  the 
peace  twenty-five  years. 

Politically  he  was  a  Republican  of  the  school  of  Jefferson  and 
Madison,  but  with  many  others  of  like  faith  supported  John  Quincy 
Adams  for  the  presidency  in  1828,  and  thenceforth  acted  with  the 
National  Republican,  Whig,  and  Republican  parties,  in  opposition  to 
the  Jackson  or  Democratic  Rejjublican  party. 

He  was  a  Calvinist  in  his  religious  belief,  and,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  was  the  oldest  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Am- 
herst. 

He  was  a  man  of  few  words,  firm  and  decided  in  his  opinions, 
possessed  a  good  share  of  perseverance  in  his  undertakings,  and  was  a 
believer  in  honest  work.  His  own  work  was  well  done,  better  in  many 
cases  than  his  jjecuniary  interests  would  wai'rant.  Much  of  it  still  re- 
mains to  bear  witness  to  his  faithfulness  and  honesty. 

A  lover  of  reading,  he  delighted  in  collecting  books  and  newspajjers, 
and  spent  much  of  his  leisure  time  in  their  perusal,  thereby  becoming 


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HIOCi: AI'IIKAI,    SKKTCUKS. 


:»i. 


l';iinili;ir   willi   liistoiiciil   iiialttTs  :iii<l   the  curn'Mt   evi'iits  of    tin-    <liiv. 
(St'c  p.  T.'.O:    V.  20.) 


N  A  1  1 1  will 


•  II  \  I  rich.  I  -^^, 


(iia(luat<'(l  at  Dartinoiitli  ("oil.':;.'  in  isill.in  the  rlas.s  with  Dani.-l  \Vt!h- 
.ster;  n-ail  law  with  IJcii  jaiiiiii  J.  ( iillti-rt.  (if  llaiiovfr,  and  TiiiiMthv  Hiij- 
Iciu,  of  (initoii,  Mass..  ami  was  adiiiittt'il  ti)  thi'  Midilh.'.sHX  liar  in  l>^i>|. 
llt'ioiiiiia'iia'tl  piactict.'  in  .Miifont  in  ISOtJ.  I'rior  to  IHIJ  he  r»MnovtMl 
to  AmhtTst,  where  he  remained  until  the  sutnnier  of  18:J0,  when  he 
removed  to  Mason.  lie  afterward  reinoveil  to  Hrookline,  whc^re  he  re- 
mained in  till'  practice  of  liis  profession  until  the  failure  of  his  eyesijjht, 
ill  lsH.  His  sight  was  partially  restored  l»y  a  siirijiciil  op^'ratioii,  hut 
111-  did  not  resume  practice.  Later  he  Ixn-ame  deran^^ed,  and  died  of 
an  apoplectic  attack  at  the  Asylum  for  the  In.sane,  in  Concord,  1  Sep- 
teiiilier,  1.S64,  at  tlie  aj,'e  of  00  years. 

Mis  father  wa.s  one  of  the  fifty-three  wlio  f.jl  with  thi-  ini'etiug-hou.se 
frame,  at  Wilton.  7  .Scptemlier,  177;{.     (Si-e  p.  7t)l.) 


^OO^'^i^ 


<  i>|.       IKIIN     >lll  l-AKI).    .lit., 

.*^eems  to  have  Im-ch  the  tirst  justice  of  the  peace  appointed  in  .\m 
herst,  his  name  being  found  in  the  list  of  the  eighty  justices  who  held 
commissions  in  the  I'rovince  in  17(5'.  Ilis  .services  in  that  capacity 
seem  to  have  given  general  .satisfaction  to  liis  townsmen,  and  we  tind 
the  .selectmen  petitioning  for  his  re-appointment  in  .\ugust.  1785. 
Their  pi-tition  may  .serve  as  a  model  for  those  who  desin;  a  similar 
favor  at  the  present  time. 

To  ///.<  Eirrlhurii  l/ir  Piraiilrnt  ami  the  Ilnnnrahlf.  the  Council  in  ami 
for  the  Stale  of'  Xcir  //unipsfiire  : 

It  is  known  that  for  .some  time  .Inlm  .Sii.'ph.ird.  dr..  Ks<j..  of  this 
town,  held  otiice  in  the  executive  department  under  the  la.st  adminis- 
tration, ami  as  far  as  we  know  to  a  good  deal  of  .satisfacti<»n,  ami  at 
and  since  the  commencement  of  the  hostilities,  apjx'ared  to  have  im- 
hilted  the  true  Kepuldican  principles,  and  if  he  might  now  have  a 
commission  on   the  peace,  on  thi'  one  hand  we  ho|K'  it  would  not  !>«'  a 


916  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

disgrace  to  the  commission ;  on  tlie  otlier,  we  believe  it  would  give  very- 
general  satisfaction  to  the  people. 
Signed 

THOMAS  WAKEFIELD,  )  Selectmen 
JOSHUA  LOVEJOY,         [        of 
(See  p.  76i  :  2.)  ELI  WILKIXS,  )    Amherst. 

REV.   ASA    DODGE    SMITH 

Removed  with  his  parents  to  ]\Iont  Vernon  shortly  after  its  incor- 
poration ;  thence  to  Weston,  Vt.,  about  1810.  He  was  apprenticed  to 
Ide  &  Aldrich,  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  10  December,  1819,  and  worked  in 
their  printing  office  some  years.  Being  desirious  of  obtaining  a  liberal 
education,  he  procured  a  discharge  from  his  apprenticeship,  and  en- 
tered upon  a  course  of  study.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in 
1830 ;  was  principal  of  Limerick,  Me.,  academy  one  year,  after  which 
he  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  whence  he  graduated 
in  1831.  Shortly  after  he  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
14th  Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  New  York  city,  wliich  position  he 
ably  and  successfully  filled  until  October,  1863,  when  he  resigned.  He 
was  then  inaugurated  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  which  office  he 
filled  until  1  March,  1877,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Williams  College,  in 
1849,  and  of  LL.  D.  from  the  University  of  New  Y'ork  in  1864.  (See 
p.  772  :  35.) 

HOX.  JEDIDIAH    KILBURN    SMITH, 

A  native  of  Amherst,  son  of  Jonathan  Smith,  read  law  with  Judge 
Dana,  and  commenced  practice  about  1800.  He  was  an  active  Repub- 
lican politician ;  was  chosen  representative  to  Congress  in  1806,  and 
served  one  term  of  two  years  ;  served  as  councilor  for  Hillsborough 
district  in  1810-11,  and  lacked  but  one  vote  of  being  elected  senator 
in  congress  in  1810.  He  afterward  filled  several  minor  offices  in  the 
county  and  town.  His  last  years  were  made  miserable  by  his  intem- 
perate habits.  He  died  17  December,  1828,  aged  59  years.  (See  p. 
774  :  53.) 

DR.  MATTHIAS   SPALDING 

Began  his  studies  in  Westford  Academy,  under  the  instruction  of  Pro- 
fessor Hedge  ;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1798,  in  the  class  with 
Stephen  Longfellow,  William  Ellery  Channing,  and  Joseph  Story,  and 
although  he  was  the  oldest  member  of  his  class,  he  survived  all  but  two 
of  them. 

He  studied  his  jwofession  with  Dr.  Benjamin  Waterhouse,  of  Cam- 
bridge, and  Dr.  E.  A.  Holyoke,  of  Salem.     In  1801  he  went  to  London, 


XXV.]  i!iO(;ii.\i'ni(  AL  skktcuks.  917 

wlioru  lie  ;itteii(li'il  iiH-iiical  lechirt's,  and  di'votcd  liimstdf  to  ar(|uiiiii:r 
the  kiio\vle(lj;i'  art'unled  liy  its  iiicilical  sdiools  and  liospitals.  lie  at- 
tended the  lectures  oi' Sir  Ast lev  Cooper,  and  the  yi>iiiii,'er  Cliiie,  and  re- 
ceived from  tluMu  nianyinarks  of  personal  attention.  With  Dr.  .lenner 
he  had  a  special  ac(]uaintance,  and  received  from  him  much  informa- 
tion relatiiig  to  vaccination — a  subject  in  which  he  was  uuicli  inter- 
ested. Dr.  Batchelder,  of  Xew  York,  oiu'  of  his  pupils,  says,  "  I'erhaps 
it  would  not  l>e  too  much  to  say  that,  with  the  exception  of  Dr.  Water- 
house,  he  did  more  than  any  other  man  to  introihice  that  important 
practice  into  this  country." 

(  Ml  liis  return  home,  in  Isd-J,  li,.  was  the  hearer  of  a  letter  from  Dr. 
Jfimer  to  Dr.  ^^'aterhouse,  with  the  celebrated  silver  snulY-hox,  contain- 
in;;  vaccine,  aud  having  on  it  the  inscrijition.  ••  Fiom  the  JeniK-r  of  the 
ultl  world  to  the  Jenuer  of  tlie  new." 

Soon  after  his  return  Dr.  Spaldini;  rounui-iici-d  pracliet-  in  iii>  naiiv.- 
town,  where  he  remained  four  years,  and  .secured  a  large  busine.ss  and 
a  hii;h  rt'iMitation  as  a  surgeon. 

In  1>>0()  he  removed  to  Andierst.  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was 
spent. 

Although  his  cou>titution  was  originally  t"eeble.  by  regularity  of  life, 
and  a  careful  abstinence  from  all  injurious  indidgences,  he  was  enabled 
to  perform  a  vast  amount  of  ])rofe.ssif)nal  labor. 

Sensible  of  the  advantages  that  would  accrue  to  the  profession  and 
the  public  from  a  more  intiniate  aciiuaintance  of  physicians  with  one 
another,  he  exerted  himself  to  bring  the  regular  physicians  of  his  neigh- 
l>orhood  together  for  mutual  improvement  aud  i>rofessionaI  culture, 
and  to  him,  nu)re  than  to  any  otlier  one,  is  due  the  establishment  of 
the  Southern  District  Xew  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
was,  for  numy  years,  the  president  and  librarian. 

In  IS()9  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  Ilampsliirc  .Medical 
Society,  of  which  he  was  vice-president  from  1.S15  to  1S21  inclusive, 
and  president  in  \X'J'2  and  1S2:1.  In  1S17  he  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  Dartmouth  College,  and  he  wa,s 
elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine 
1  dune,  18(10. 

Favored  with  an  ediu-alion  which  was  superior  to  that  of  most  of  his 
medical  brethren  around  him.  he  was  also  gifted  by  nature  with  nuiuy 
i|ualities  which  admiral>ly  fitted  him  for  the  j)rofessii>n  of  his  clutire. 
lie  w;us  a  gentleman  in  heart  aud  manners,  and  his  integrity  and  purity 
uf  character  were  never  iiuestioned.  Ilis  etiuaniinity  and  cheerfulness 
rarely  forsook  liim  ;  calm  and  self-reliant,  he  imi)res.se<l  his  jiatientt 
with  the  feeling  that  he  comprehended    their   situation,  and   would  do 


918  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

all  that  an  intelligent,  faithful,  and  cautious  physician  could  do.  He 
had  great  faith  in  true  science,  and  genuine  contempt  for  all  quackery 
in  medicine  or  practice. 

In  the  early  part  of  his  professional  life  his  office  was  the  resort  of 
students,  many  of  whom  attained  distinction  in  other  states  as  physi- 
cians and  surgeons,  and  professors  in  medical  institutions. 

Beside  his  labors  in  his  profession,  he  was  deeply  interested  in  agri- 
cultural matters,  in  which  he  was  an  enthusiast  to  the  last  years  of  his 
life.  He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Hillsborough  County 
Agricultural  Society,  and  contributed,  by  his  example  and  pen,  to  the 
advancement  of  the  objects  which  it  was  formed  to  promote. 

Political  office  he  never  sought,  but  was  always  relied  upon  as  the 
friend  and  supporter  of  such  measures  as  tended  to  promote  education, 
good  morals,  and  the  general  welfare. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  to  which  he  was 
warmly  attached,  and  in  which  he  held  the  office  of  deacon  for  nearly 
half  a  century. 

After  a  long  and  useful  life  he  went  to  his  rest  22  May,  1865.  (See 
p.  777:V.  1.) 

DR.  EDWARD  SPALDING 

Graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1833 ;  studied  medicine  with  his 
father,  and  at  Harvard  Medical  School,  graduating  M.  D.  in  1837  ;  be- 
gan practice  immediately  at  Nashua,  and  there  continues  ;  has  often 
been  a  member  of  the  municipal  government,  and  was  mayor  of  the 
city  in  1864. 

He  became  a  trustee  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1866,  and  in  1877  and 
1878  was  a  member  of  the  executive  council.     (See  p.  57S  :  .5.) 

DR.  ALFRED  SPALDINCi 

Spent  two  years  in  Dartmouth  College  and  some  time  in  Yale.  He 
studied  medicine  with  his  father  and  Dr.  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Dartmouth  in  1843. 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Greenup,  Ivy.,  soon 
after  receiving  his  degree. 

He  had  a  natural  aptitude  for  his  profession,  in  which  he  greatly 
resembled  his  father.  With  the  genial,  quiet  manners  of  the  courteous 
gentleman  he  united  the  discriminating  and  cautious  judgment  of  a 
superior  mind. 

In  his  practice  his  industry  and  pains-taking  fidelity  soon  won  the 
confidence  of  all  classes. 

During  the  Rebellion  his  house  was  a  hospital  for  the  wounded  sol- 
diers, and  his  services  were  sought  by  those  who  did  not  sympathize 
with  his  loyalty  to  the  old  flag. 


^A^^z-oc^^^^ 


XX\'.]  IflOGI!  M'HICAL    SKKTCHKS.  U\'.i 

His  eiithusiasm  in  th.'  stmly  of  iii.'diciiie  never  iili.iterl.  Tli,.  UwhI 
rejiorts  ami  the  most  improvt'd  siirj;ii;al  iiistniiiifiits  and  a|i|>ar:itiiH — 
•  very  thiii^r  posscssiiij;  any  a<lvantaj,'t'  to  his  proffssion  —  \v:i.'<  examined, 
even  llioUi,di  it  deprived  him  of  needed  rest  anrl  sleep. 

Me  was  a  ^ood  horseman,  and  when  he  came  into  the  possession  of 
lands  suit^Ml  to  the  purpose,  devoted  some  time  to  the  raisinj;  of  his 
favorite  animals. 

Mis  interest  in  all  local  enterprise•^  and  improvements  wa.s  constant 
and  i>nictical,  and  he  made  n)any  ami  fast  frieiuls. 

Hi>  iiealth  failing,  he  reliminished  his  jiractice,  ami,  lh«'  summer  lie- 
fore  his  death,  revisited  his  birth-place,  for  a  time  with  some  iK-nefit  ; 
l>nt  it  proved  not  to  l>e  permanent,  and  in  Xovendwr  he  retunie*!,  hv 
slow  .stages,  to  his  home,  where  111-  di.'d  jo  l)cceMdMT,  ls78.  (S«'e  p. 
o7.S:  <;.) 

ISAAC   sr Al  I>I\<i.    Ksc^, 

Came  to  .\mherst  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  IJoluTt  Read,  Ksij.,  in  Ibuf). 
Ill  181t)  he  became  a  partner  in  Imsiness  witii  Mr.  Head,  ami  so  cotitin 
ni'd  for  ten  years,  dnrini;  part  of  which  time  he  wjis  post-m;usler.  in 
\X'JQ  he  removed  to  Xasiuia  and  soon  became  the  most  prominent  mer- 
chant in  that  thriving  village,  .\fter  twelve  years  in  business  he  re- 
tired to  engage  in  railroad  and  other  enterprises,  lie  served  either  an 
director,  treasurer,  or  president  of  theConconl  Hailroiul,  from  it,s  incor- 
(loration  in  is;}.")  to  ls(i6.  For  more  than  twenty-tive  years  he  was 
president  of  the  Nashua  Hank,  which  wound  up  its  affairs  in  IStJIi. 

He  was  chosen  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  New  Hampshire  Asylum 
for  the  Insane  in  1S63,  and  on  the  death  of  Hev.  Charles  Burroughs,  in 
ls6f),  succeeded  him  as  president  of  that  institution. 

He  served  several  years  on  the  board  of  selectmen  in  Nashua;  re|>- 
re.sented  the  town  in  the  legislature  and  in  the  constitutional  conven- 
tion in  is.^iO,  and  was  a  member  of  the  executive  council  in  18(>(i  and 
18f)7. 

In  the  civil  war  he  was  ap|>ointed  tinancial  agent  of  the  go\ernment, 
and  assisted  in  providing  moans  for  the  country's  succe.ss  in  thatstrug- 
gle.  •  ■ 

Hv  close  attention  to  b\isiness  and  good  management  he  l'<  came  the 
wealthiest  citi/eu  in  Hillsborough  county,  and  perhaps  in  the  stat*-. 

In  his  will  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  is  UMpiealhed  Ui  v-.u-h 
of  the  town.s  of  New  Ipswich,  Wilton,  ancl  Amherst,  to  \te  pai«i  in  one 
vear  from  the  decease  of  his  widow,  an<l  kept  by  each  of  those  towns 
as  a  permanent  fund  to  l>e  known  as  the  "Spahling  fuufl,"  an<l  securely 
invested,  the  annual  income  from  which  is  to  Iw  ii<lded,  year  by  year, 
to  the  money  raised  by  the  town   for  the  supi»«>rt   of  scIhkiI.s,  and  ex- 


920  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Cliap. 

peiided  as  such  money  is  now,  or  may  hereat'ter  be  required  to  be  ex- 
pended by  the  laws  of  the  state.     (See  p.  778  :  ]0.) 

MK.   SWINIXGTON, 

A  cooper,  and  an  excellent  workman,  lived  on  the  place  in  Fond 
parish  since  occupied  by  peddler  Kearney.  He  was  not  satisfied  with 
Mr.  Barnard's  preaching,  and  would  walk  to  Merrimack  to  hear  Mr. 
Burnap. 

Mr.  Barnard  employed  him  to  do  his  coopering,  and  being  at  his 
shop  one  day,  the  conversation  turned  upon  his  going  to  Merrimack  to 
hear  Mr.  Burnap  preach.     "  Why  do  you  do  it  ?"  said  Mr.  B. 

"Why  do  you  come  to  me  to  get  your  coopering  done  ?"  replied  Swin- 
ington.  "  There  are  other  coopers  nearer  you,  who  would  be  glad  to 
do  it." 

"  Because,"  said  Mr.  Barnard,  "  I  think  you  do  better  work  than  they, 
and  r  am  willing  to  go  farther  to  get  it." 

"  That  is  just  the  reason  why  I  go  to  hear  ]\Ir.  Burnap  preach,"  said 
Swinington,  "  he  does  the  best  work." 

JOHN  TAGGART 

Served  three  years  in  the  Continental  army  for  Amherst.  He  was 
born  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  22  February,  17511 ;  removed  to  Feterborough, 
with  his  parents,  when  two  years  old ;  lived  there,  and  in  Sharon,  until 
1797,  when  he  removed  to  Dublin,  where  he  died  15  November,  1832. 
He  was  orderly-sergeant  in  C'apt.  Marcy's  company  on  Bunker  Hill. 
On  the  retreat  from  that  battle,  being  thirsty,  he  stopped  his  compan- 
ions, and,  after  taking  a  drink  from  his  canteen,  said:  "Now  let  us 
trust  in  God  and  take  another  run." 

EBP:X  TAYLOR,  .JR., 

Acquked  a  good  education,  and  was  emploN^ed  as  a  teachei-  a  large 
portion  of  his  life.  The  following  description  of  the  old  "  Taylor  " 
school  district,  from  his  pen.  had  a  large  circulation  at  the  time  it  was 
issued : 

"  OUR  NEIGHBORHOOD. 

Our  neighborhood 's  a  pleasant  place  as  one  could  wish  to  see,  sir, 

And  all  the  folks  are  peaceable  and  live  in  harmony,  sir. 

No  placej  you  '11  find,  in  all  our  State  where  there  's  so  little  rumpus, 

And  where  so  many  likely  chaps  live  in  so  small  a  compass. 

Into  his  neighbor's  business,  sir,  there  's  no  one  ever  pr^'ing. 

A  pious  place  it  is,  also,  as  one  could  set  his  foot  in. 

Where  people  read  their  bible,  sir,  and  always  go  to  meeting. 

Few  wicked  folks  can  here  be  found,  a  circumstance  quite  rare,  sir. 


XXV.]  iu<)(;kai'III('.\l  skktcmks.  Oiil 

AikI  \rry  si-liloiii  will  ymi  tun!  ;i  man  wlio'll  f\fi-  swt-ar,  >\r. 

A  Wfalthy  placid  it  is,  also,  altli<)iii;li  it  lonks  so  ^ivasy, 

Cliock  full  of  every  kiixl  ol"  trash,  of  suet  skuis  aixl  sjn'cie. 

(U\  it  the  hanlness  of  the  times  have  male  no  great  iiiipri-ssiou, 

Ami  factorir's  of  every  kiml  have  ristui  hi  succession. 

It  's  on  the  road  to  Boston,  too,  about  a  mile  from  town. 

Where  you  can  see  the  people's  cartas  as  they  are  goini;  down. 

irii;ht  through  it  runs  a  pretty  brook,  a  better  one  none  wishes. 

Where  often  on  a  summer's  day  thtiy  catch  the  little  fishes. 

And  on  its  surface,  too,  I  've  seen  the  swallows  often  skimming, 

And  little  boys,  that  went  to  school  for  mischief's  sake,  a  swimming. 

(iret'ii  grows  tliH  grass   upon   its   banks,  and  gr-""  •'"•  i.h.L..  .!■■  l...ik, 

>ir. 
Across  it,  tuu,  they've  built  a  briilge  all  out  of  stcup-  ami  imTl.ii. 
Nigh  to  this  bridge,  as  you  go  up,  once  live  1  old  C«»L.  Waknkk, 
And  over  it  the  people  jniss  to  go  to  "Cricket  Corner." 
Some  dozen  rods  above  it,  too,  long  before  you  were  born,  sir, 
There  was  a  mill  for  sawing  boards,  and  one  for  grinding  corn,  sir. 
Our  neighV)orhood 's  a  thriving  place, — for  business  nvMi,  a  station 
\Vhere  people  can  be  found  of  almost  every  occupation. 
The  names  of  these,  with  your  consent,  I  '11  now  proceed  to  mention. 
If  you'll  just  listen  to  my  spjt!ch  and  to  m;  pay  attention. 
()m)  Tim  lives  here,  tlie  sa-no  Old  Tim  that  used  to  make  the  bricks. 
Though  of  late  he  's  changed  his  trade  ami  gone  to  making  ni.i'.-. 
Meside  this  business,  also,  for  exercise  ai»d  sport,  sir. 
He  lets  the  pi-ople  out  of  jail,  and  cries,  too,  for  the  cf)urt,  Mr. 
Not  far  from  him.  .some  fifty  rods,  upf>n  a  little  hill,  sir, 
K.  Tayi.ok  lives,  the  clothing  man,  who  t^-nds  the  fulling-mill,  sir. 
Here  Amos  I'i'M.vm  lives,  also,  that  makes  the  wooilen  boxes, 
.\nd  Wai.tku  Hkap,  tlie  trapping  man,  that  catches  all  the  foxe.H. 
Here  Kastman  keeps  the  tavern-house,  and  .sheds  to  put  the  t4>ains  in, 
And  Toi.mas  bakes  the  earthr^rn  pots  for  folks  to  bake  the  beans  in. 
Here  Sami;ki.  Kkad.  the  farnvr,  live.s,  and  tills  the  barn  with  corn, sir, 
AntI  LovK.K>Y  makes  the  powder  kegs,  and  blows  the  bugle  horn,  sir. 
Here  K.vsutN  [..uruKU  farms  it.  too,  and  plays  the  violin,  sir. 
And  Lakkman  makes  the  little  kegs  to  put  the  fishes  in,  sir. 
Heir  I  I'To.v,  oncc  a  sailor,  lives,  though  he  has  lately  come,  sir, 
.\n(l  here  is  Dankoktu,  too,  who  beats  the  oM  b.-iss  drum,  sir. 
And  here  is  ("aitai.n  Lkwis,  too,  a  little  way  from  town,  sir. 
And  nigh  unto  old  "Folly"  bridge  lives  I>KAn»f  .\nKi.  Pow.nk.  sir. 
And  here  is  Khf.s  Tayi.ok,  too,  whom  I  forgot  to  name,  sir, 
^Vho  kept  the  winter  school  last  terni,  and  means  to  keep  again,  sir. 
And  Stkat  roN  lives  among  u.s,  too.  riirht  on  the  old  "  Forge  "  hill.  sir. 


922  HISTORY    OF  AMHERST.  [Chap 

Not  more  than  fifty  rods,  or  so,  from  Taylor's  fulling-mill,  sir. 
Nor  has  Eleazer  left  iis  yet, — our  former  tavern-keeper. 
And  DtCKiNsox  has  come  at  last,  the  beater  of  the  beater, 
Who  various  kinds  of  capers  cuts,  is  never  known  to  blunder, 
Turns  somersets  and  earthen  pots,  and  sets  the  world  to  wonder. 
Then  down  the  road  lives  Leonard  T.,  a  man  of  genius  rare,  sir. 
Who  makes  the  pretty  little  busks  for  all  the  girls  to  wear,  sir ; 
Who  makes  all  kinds  of  wooden  things,  of  maple,  pine,  and  birch,  sir, 
And  is  a  very  nice  young  man  belohging  to  the  church,  sir. 
A  temperance  man  is  Leonard  T.,  and  never  drinks  the  bitters ; 
Neighbor  to  him  is  Uncle  Bill,  that  keeps  the  horned  critters. 
But  I  've  not  mentioned  all  the  folks,  the  place  is  wider  still. 
For  through  the  woods  lives  Col.  Tom,  who  tends  the  cider-mill. 
And  now  the  list  is  incomplete,  admitting  great  extension, 
And,  as  an  auctioneer  would  say,  'too  numerous  to  mention.' 
But  those  whom  I  've  neglected,  sir,  will  pardon  the  omission, 
For  I  've  just  reserved  their  names  unto  my  next  edition. 

(See  p.  790  :  8.)  Amherst,  N.  H.,  March  13,  1834." 

DAVID   UNDERHILL, 

A  native  of  Chester,  learned  the  wheelwright  and  carriage-maker's 
trade  in  the  shop  of  Lewis  Downing,  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  afterward 
carried  on  the  business  in  that  place,  in  company  with  John  Titcomb. 
About  1825  he  removed  to  Amherst  and  established  his  business  here. 
He  soon  became  a  somewhat  prominent  Democratic  politician,  and  was 
appointed  post-master  iu  1829.     This  office  he  held  until  his  death. 

In  1834  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Hillsborough  county,  and  held 
the  office  three  years. 

About  1834  he  relinquished  the  wheelwright  business,  and  engaged 
in  trade  on  the  Plain,  in  the  store  occupied  for  many  years  by  William 
and  Robert  Read. 

ELISHA  F.  WALLACE, 

A  native  of  Amherst,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1811  ;  read  law 
with  Solomon  K.  Livermore,  Esq.,  of  Milford ;  commenced  practice  in 
Marblehead,  Mass.,  and  remained  there  until  1820,  when  he  removed  to 
Amherst.  Here  he  remained  until  1825,  wlien  he  removed  to  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  died  in  1874. 

SAMUEL  WALTON, 

A  native  of  Reading,  Mass.,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Souhegan 
West  in  1735.     He  seems  finally  to  have  located  himself  in  the  easterly 


XX  \'.]  lUOCUAl'HK  AL    >KKTCHKS.  \\'2'A 

jiart  (if  the  towii.iu'ar  Kalibuosiick  poiul.  Mis  naino  appeal's  ucca-niou- 
ally  oil  the  itiDprictors'  records,  uiul  Ls  atlixol  tn  a  |K'titiiiii  for  as-sist- 
aiice  a;,'aiiist  tin*  Indians,  sent  to  the  j;oviTnor  and  council  lA  Mav, 
1717,  l>ut  it  is  not  found  on  the  tax-list  of  ITtU). 

I'roin  the  records  of  the  proliate  court  we  learn  liial  William  \\  al- 
toii  was  a]>jioi!ited  atliiiinistrator  of  his  estate  9  .June,  1771.  I'roliahly 
Ik-  died  a  short  time  previous  t<i  that  date.  All  of  his  descendants 
iiiiLst  have  left  town  shortly  after,  as  the  name  does  not  ap]>ear  on  the 
.\ssocialion    Test  j>a|H'r  of  177<).      (See  p.  ^H  :  ;{.) 

I  Hum  A><  i;.    WKI.I.S. 

Mr.  Wells  wa.s  a  native  of. llopkintoii.  Before  coniui^  to  Amherst 
lif  was  employed  in  the  oltice  of  the  C/irisliau  liftjisler  at  Hoston. 
.Uter  leaving  .Vmherst  he  was  for  a  short  time  one  of  the  proprietor."* 
of  the  Sell'  Hum/ishire  SinttsiiKin  at  Concord.  Cjuittiii;.;  this,  he  wius 
employed  as  a  journeyman  printer  in  the  office  of  Luther  Kol>y. 

In  IX'JC)  he  sailed  in  the  ship  Beverly,  from  Boston,  with  the  intention 
of  estalilishiii^  a  pre.ss  at  .some  point  on  the  western  cua.st  of  South 
.Xiiierica. 

On  the  passa^;e  out,  1.')  .Novemher.  ISJG.  the  ship  was  burned,  and  two 
of  the  t)fHcirs,  six  .seamen,  Mr.  Wells,  ami  .some  others,  e,scajK*d  in  a 
pinnace  and  landed  at  I'aramarilxi,  ( Juiaiia,  on  the  fifteenth  day  after  the 
destruction  of  the  ship.  After  this  he  led  a  sort  of  roving  life  for  some 
years,  traveling  from  place  to  place.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  gold 
fever,  in  1819,  he  went  to  California  and  established  himself  in  the 
express  aii<l  l>anking  business  at  San  Kransisco.  At  the  time  nf  the 
great  tire  in  that  place,  he  remained  in  his  oHice,  in  a  tire-proof  build- 
ing, until  the  surrounding  buildings  were  eiiveloivd  in  tlame,  and  the 
heat  became  almost  uneinhirable.  On  attempting  to  esca|v»  he  found 
the  iron  doors  of  his  othce  were  .so  expanded  by  the  heat  that  tlmy 
could  not  readily  1m»  opene«l.  After  a  long  time,  during  which  his 
haiiils  were  .severely  burned,  he  succeedetl  in  oj>ening  the  d<K>rs  and 
making  his  egress;  but  the  wooden  buildings  on  Iwith  sides  of  the  street 
for  a  long  distance  were  a  ma.ss  of  Haines,  through  which  he  was  obliged 
to  pa.ss  to  reach  a  place  of  safety,  'i'his  he  finally  accomplished,  l>arely 
escaping  with  his  life;  init  li>'  bon-  the  mark.s  of  that  terrible  run  on 
his  cri]>pli<l  fraiin'  ev.r  .iftcr.  lie  died  at  Hopkinton  some  years 
since. 

ISAAl'   WMKKI  Kit, 

Long  an  honored  citizen  of  .Vmherst.  was,  in  early  life,  a  shipwright, 
and  worked   at   his  traile  in  the  Charlesfown    mivv-vard  .several   vears. 


924  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

He  also  assisted  in  fitting  out  Commodore  Perry's  fleet  on  Lake  Erie 
in  1813. 

Some  years  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  on  the  place  former- 
ly owned  by  Samuel  Stanley,  and  now  owned  by  Mr.  Francis  W.  Hol- 
brook,  on  which  he  made  many  improvements. 

He  was  an  excellent  mechanic  and  farmer.  Politically  he  was  a  Re- 
publican of  the  school  of  Jefferson  and  Madison,  and,  in  his  old  age,  a 
Whig.  In  his  religious  belief  he  was  a  staunch  XTniversalist,  and  left 
a  considerable  shai'e  of  his  property  to  Tufts  College.    (See  p.  825  :  51.) 

GILMAN  WHEELEIJ, 

A  native  of  Nelson,  commenced  business  with  his  brother  at  Newton 
Falls.  He  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  William  Wallace,  Esq.,  in  Mil- 
ford,  from  1838  to  1841. 

In  1841  he  came  to  Amherst  and  went  into  business  with  Charles  B. 
Tuttle,  under  the  firm  of  Tuttle  &  Wheeler,  occupying  the  store  for- 
merly occupied  by  Stewart  &  Eawrence.  In  1844  Richard  W.  Boyls- 
ton  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  the  business  was  carried  on  by  the 
firm  of  Tuttle,  Wheeler,  &  Boylston.  This  firm  was  dissolved  by 
the  death  of  Mr.  Boylston  in  Novembei",  1845.  Soon  after  that  time 
he  commenced  business  in  Milford  in  company  with  Mr.  John  Coch- 
ran, under  the  firm  of  Wheeler  &  Cochran.  In  1853  he  sold  out  his 
business  in  Milford  and  went  south  to  recruit  his  health.  He  died 
suddenly,  of  Briglit's  disease,  at  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  10  December,  1872, 
aged  56  years. 

He  married  (1)  Miss  Gratia  Tuttle,  of  Hancock  ;  married  (2)  Miss 
Fa!nnie  Mitchell,  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  who  survived  him.  He  left  one 
child,  a  daughter,  by  his  first  wdfe. 


'^^?^*^      "^r^^l,.^^ 


.JOSEPH    WHEAT, 

A  native  of  Hollis,  followed  a  variety  of  occupations  at  different  times 
in  his  life,  being  a  stage  driver,  cooper,  and  town  crier.  In  1802  he 
was  the  proprietor  of  a  stage  line  from  Boston  to  Windsor,  Vt.  The 
journey  from  Amherst  to  Boston  was  made  every  Monday  and  Wednes- 
day, starting  at  6  A.  M.,  and  arriving  at  Boston  on  the  evening  of  the 
same  day.     The  return  trips  were  made  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays. 

For  Windsor,  the  stage  left  Amherst  at  6  A.  M.  every  Thursday,  and 
arrived  at  Windsor  the    next  day,  at  11  A.  M.     Returning,  it  started 


XXV.]  |{hk;i;ai'hi(  \L  skktches.  025 

liom  Wiiidsoi-  ;ii  1  I'.  M.  cvcrv  Fiitlay.  :iii<l  ;irri\«'il  at  Aiiiln-rst  mi  the 
eveniiijj;  of  tlie  iit-xL  ihiv.  Fan-  fnnii  Huston  to  Wirnlsor  (Ho  iiiilcs), 
•"?5 ;  way  passe uj^ers,  (i  '^.I'lits  per  iiiilf. 

Wlu'at  wiis  blessed  willi  a  nose  of  gi'inToiis  sizf,  which  was  tin* 
source  of  much  ainu.si'meiit  to  himself  ami  aciiuaintaiices,  of  wliich 
the  following  may  serve  as  a  specimen  : 

In  the  Cub'mel  of  17  February,  ISlCJ,  the  editor  says  :  "  The  south- 
ern mail  was  not  received  last  evening.  As  the  .nosk  had  not  appeared 
at  half-past  11  o'clock,  we  presumed  the  mail  must  then  he  at  some  dis- 
tance, and  consequently  were  obliged  to  put  our  paper  to  press  without 
its  reception." 

In  the  next  issue  of  the  paper  the  mail  carrier,  proprietor  of  the 
No.«iK,  reported  as  follows  : 

Mr.  Cnshing — I  observeil  a  complaint  in  your  last  paper  that  the 
.NosK  did  not  arrive  on  Wednesday  evening  last,  and  therefore  you  was 
disappointed  about  the  southern  news.  But  the  nosk  recpiests  the 
public  not  to  laugh  at  nature's  works,  but  they  may  depetid  on  the 
NOSK  to  appear  at  the  j)ost-oltice  at  G  o'clock  1*.  .M.  Conse<|uently,  the 
mail  will  arrive  in  half  an  hour  after.  .1.   W. 

He  was  something  of  a  rhymester  in  his  way,  and  freipieMlly  had 
something  to  offer  on  the  occasion  of  the  marriagi-  of  his  friends. 
The  late  (iovernor  Ilill  w;is  married  in  a  terribly  "cold  term  "  in 
the  month  of  February,  which  event  wa.s  noticed  by  Wheat  as  follows: 

On  ('f)ncord  street  I  saw  a  sight  quite  rare. 

.\  //('//  walked  out  to  take  the  Ai/er. 

And  now,  since  earth  and  sky  have  come  together, 

I  think  there  'II  be  a  change  of  weather. 


Jo-r^J'tfjA:. 


<yr\A 


I>KA.    SAMIKI      W  II  KINS 

\A'a.s  for  many  years  <me  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town,  ami  filled 
many  of  its  most  important  offices.  He  .served  a.s  moderator  of  the 
annual  meeting  eight  years,  was  one  of  the  board  of  s«'lectinen  fifteen 
years,  town-clerk  ten  years,  and  representative  in  the  general  court  one 
year.  He  wjis  also  one  of  the  rle.-xcons  of  the  church  forty-two  years. 
In  his  early  manhood  he  wivs  one  of  the  chaiiipions  of  the  town  in 
the  wrestling  and  the  running  matches  then  common  on  public  occa- 
sions. It  i.s  said  that  but  few  could  be  found  that  couhl  lay  him  on 
his  back.     Tn  his  old  age  he  ]>ecame  quite  infirm,  and  for  a  long  time 


926  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST.  [Chap. 

was  unable  to  walk  or  even  rise  without  assistance.  In  his  infirmity- 
he  was  tenderly  cared  for  by  his  sons  Daniel  and  Thomas.  (See  p. 
831  :  4.) 

JOH>f    HUBBARD    WILKINS, 

Youngest  son  of  Dea.  Samuel  Wilkins,  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1818;  commenced  business  as  a  publisher  in  Boston,  in  1821,  in 
which  calling  he  was  eminently  successful.  He  was  afterward  en- 
gaged as  a  wholesale  paper  dealer,  and  acquired  a  large  property  and 
an  extensive  influence. 

He  retired  from  business  in  1  .%3  to  accept  the  office  of  president  of 
the  National  Bank  of  Boston,  which  he  retained  until  within  a  month 
of  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  common  council  of  the  city, 
in  1840,  '41,  '42  and  '48  ;  an  alderman  in  1844,  '48  and  '49  ;  a  member 
of  the  State  senate  in  1850  and  '51  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Cochituate 
water-board  five  years,  and  once  a  candidate  for  mayor,  but  failed  of 
an  election.  He  married  Mrs.  Thomasine  E.  Minot,  a  sister  of  Prof. 
Bond,  of  Harvard  College,  17  November,  1826,  but  left  no  children. 
The  bulk  of  his  property  was  left  to  societies  connected  with  the  New 
Jerusalem  Church,  of  which  he  had  long  been  an  active  member,  and 
to  different  charitable  institutions. 

ROBERT    BRADFORD    WILKINS, 

A  native  of  Souhegan  West,  enlisted  in  the  army  23  April,  1775,  and 
was  a  private  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Levi  Spaulding  of 
Lyndeborough.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  which 
he  was  severely  wounded. 

On  the  reorganization  of  the  New  Han  pshire  regiments,  in  1777,  lie 
enlisted  in  the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Isaac  Frye,  of  Wilton, 
which  formed  a  part  of  Col.  Scammel's  regiment.  He  was  commis- 
sioned ensign  28  March,  1777,  and  1  May,  1779,  received  a  lieutenant's 
commission,  at  the  request  of  Gen.  Lafayette,  for  meritorious  service 
near  King's  bridge,  in  New  York. 

On  this  occasion  he  received  a  present  of  a  uniform  befitting  his 
rank  from  the  General. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  married  Elizabeth  Stewart,  a  sister  of 
the  late  David  Stewart,  sen.,  and  settled  in  Hillsborough,  wliich  town, 
with  that  of  Henniker,  he  represented  in  the  convention  which 
adopted  the  Federal  constitution,  in  behalf  of  the  people  of  New- 
Hampshire,  12  June,  1788. 

From  Hillsborough  he  removed  to  Concord,  and  subsequently  to 
Pembroke,  where  he  resided  for  some  years.     Finally,  in  his  old  age, 


XXV.]  HKXaiAI'HK  AL    SKKTl  IIKS.  '♦•J7 

he  rfiimvi-il  to  Mostoii.  when-  li.-  ilicl  in  Au^jiist,  1  s;j'_>,  at  tin-  jii,'i'  <>f 
nearly  77  ycais. 

Wln-ii  l.afiiyettc  visiteil  (.'oiicoid.  in  l^L'.'i,  Wilkin-.  an<l  inanv  i>tln'r?* 
of  liis  1)1(1  coinpaiiions  in  arms  met  liim  in  the  urea  l)elc>w  tli«  repre- 
sentatives' hall  in  tiie  State-house.  The  general  recojjiiized  and  em. 
I'laeed  him,  ealliiij;  him.  in  his  broken  Kii^^li.sh,  "Boh  Wilks."  While 
they  were  emhracinjj;  one  another,  the  tears  rolliiij,'  down  fiieir  cjjeeks, 
(Jen.  I'ieree,  who  acte<l  as  ma-ster  of  ceremonies  on  the  ooeasioii, 
touehed  Wilkinson  the  shoulder,  .-iayini;,  "Come,  Uoh,  move  on." 
This  was  too  miieh  for  tlie  vi'teraii.  Tiiniiiii;.  and  looking  Pierre  full 
in  the  face,  he  exclaimed:    "Hen   Pierce,   I   commanded    ifott   in    the 

Ivevolntion,  and  I  '11  he  d ^l  if  you  shall  command  me  now."     (  S.-.- 

p.  s.-J!)  :  4:1.) 

KKV.    SK.NK.C  A     Willi  K, 

rHiin  in  Suttni..  .Mas>..  lT  Filirnaiy.  1794,  graduated  at  hartiimiith  Col- 
lege in  181s,  and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  IVJl.  lie  laKored 
as  a  missiuiiary  inditVerent  parts  of  Maine  ;  was  .settled  jus  pastor  of  the 
South  Congregational  Cliurch  in  Hath.  Maine,  in  1823,  where  he  re- 
maiiu'd  .seven  years.  He  wjis  pa.stor  of  the  church  in  Wiscas,set  frouj 
ls;}"J  to  ls;J7,  and  suh.soquently  supplied  the  church  in  FreeiKirt  .some 
time.  Ill  IS.tS  he  was  .settled  over  the  church  in  Mar>hfirld.  .Ma.ss.,  and 
niiiaiiied  there  until  iS.'iO,  when,  on  account  of  ill  health,  he  resigned 
and  removed  to  l5o>toii.  wluie  he  resideil  until  iSiVJ,  when  he  removed 
to  .\mhirst,  and  dieil  11  daniiary,  1805,  leaving  a  widow  hut  no 
childieii.  During  his  residence  in  Amherst  he  .S4'rved  on  the  .scIumiI 
committee  several  years,  and  preached  occasionally,  iis  opi>ortunity 
olVered  and  the  state  of   liis  health  wdiilil  permit. 

lie  had  a  high  standing  :us  a  .scholar  while  in  his  college  and 
seminary  course,  which  he  retained  while  in  the  ministry.  While  re- 
siding in  Maine  he  was  for  .some  years  one  of  the  trustees  of  B«)wdoiii 
College. 


928  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


ADDITIONS   AND    CORRECTIONS. 


P.  2.     23cl  line,  erase  hundred. 

P.  60.     22d  line,  instead  of  ten,  read  two  miles. 

P.  125.     2d  line,  instead  of  22,  read  21  September. 

P.  406.  8tli  line  from  bottom,  James  Clark  d.  at  Mount  Inde- 
pendence. 

P.  443.     14th  line,  instead  of  Henry,  read  Josiah  Howard. 

P.  469.  6th  line,  instead  of  Henry  Codnian,  son  of  Henri/  Codman, 
read  Henry  Codman,  son  of   Willinm  Cod. 

P.    485.  ARBUCKLE. 

Elizabeth  Arbuckle,  sister  of  William,  who  settled  in 
Merrimack,  was  born  on  tlie  ocean,  during  the  passage  of 
the  family  from  Ireland  to  America.  She  married  William 
Patterson,  and  they  were  great-grandparents  of  Hon. 
James  W.  Patterson,  of  Hanover. 

P.   520.     Brown. 

5.  Alary  Jane,  h.  I  September,  1812  ;  immarried  ;  d.  in  Amherst 
13  February,  1883. 

P.  522.     Bruce. 

4.     James,  b.  5  November,  1789  ;  d.  19  July,  1869, 
7.     Nathaniel,  b.  26  July,  179r> ;  d.  in  March,  1874. 

P.   540.  COD. 

1.     For  Henry,  read    William  Cod. 

P.    555.  DANA. 

11.  His  name,  Jonathan  Freeman,  was  changed  by  the  legislature 
of  Massachusetts  to  .Tames  Freeman. 

P.   565.  DODGE. 

For  Vr.  9.  Levi  Dodgk,  read  VI.  13.  Levi  Dodge. 


ADDITIONS    AND    CORRKCTIONS.  U'2.0 

v.   5f;e>. 

II.  ti.  JosKPn  I)()i)(;i:,  li.  in  1»»')1  :  m.  S.iriili  Kiitoii,  of 
Rfjuliiii:-.  Mass.  :  lir  d.  10  .Vii-iist.  1716;  she  d.  12  Dccem- 
\<v\\  ITl'I.  aiicd  r»  I  vrars. 

V.   .")»is. 

54.  Bkn.ia.min  i>()i)<;i;  m.  (  i^ )  Widow  .Mnd^'dt,  uf 
W.aiv.  1.".  .\faiclu  IMI-J:  she  d.  .".    D.tciuImt,  1^;5.S. 

I'.  r.T'.t.  KMdoir. 

II.      C/inrles  Fniitlclih  :  in.  Harrlt't  'I'/ioin,  ni   D.-rry. 

P.   5s-_>.  FAR.MKir 

3.  Miles  :  in.  (2)  Lucy  I^.  (iray.  Tlii'y  n'nmvt'd  from  Saltm  to 
Na.<*hua,  whfre  he  died  24  S('|it«'inl><'r,  Isfio. 

r.    .VST.  FIJircilKK. 

•J.     Jiisep/i  :  ni.  Slmah  //«//  Fletcher. 

P.    5S!t. 

2S.  AUuil,  res.  in  Boston. 

'JO.  Ciustiirits  Gilmiin,  re.s.  in  Ahibniiui. 

■W.  (InnI  la>t,  ICmeliiie  0<//iW  tn.  Clinton  Bradford  2f»  Novcinlxr. 
1-71. 

I'.    .".'.' I. 

r)2.  Geonjr,  li.  ti  .Fiiuf,  IS^JS;  in.  .\ddi<'  Jnii>s,  i.i  i'lyinoulh  :  n-s.  in 
Manchester. 

'A.  John  Pdtti'isoii,  i>.  28  .May,  Islf*  ;  n-s.  on  tin-  iioinest^-ad  ;  nn- 
rnarrii'd. 

\\  .v.t3.  r(ti,i..\\si;i;i:. 

.1(»HN  FoLi.ANsnKE,  tTjist'  iin  (diild ii'ii,  aiid  iiisort,  Their 
daiiiilitci- — 

.1/.  /•;..  \>.  21'  Augnst,  l^.".!t;  ni.  ('.  L.  Wallac-  1^  March.  lS7!t;  r.->. 
in  Chicago. 

Page   51t4.  FOWIJ]. 

S.vMi'KL  FowLK,  ;i  resident  in  Amherst  prior  to  l.s<t."),  m. 
Liicv  Ilea  22  Ani^nst,  ISO;").     Their  sun — 

John  Ren,  \va.s  b.  21  Octohcr.  1806. 
59 


•930  HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST. 

Samuel  Fowle,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  rem.  from  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  to  Amherst,  in  Apri),  1825.  He  d.  11  June, 
1825,  aged  72  years,  after  years  of  suffering  from  a  wound 
•received  while  in  the  army.  He  m.  Rachel  Lawrence. 
'Their  children  were — 

Sally,  Harriets 

Savniel,  Mary, 

^Joseph,  Ruth. 
Jonathan, 

P.   616.  HARTSHORN. 

43.     JoTHAM  Hartshorn  m.   Elizabeth  Blodgett. 

47.     For  Frank,  read  Franklin. 

VII.  47.  For  Frank  Hartshorn,  read  Frankltx 
Hartshorn. 

51.     For  Hattie  N.,  read  Hattie  M. 

53.  For  10  October,  1878,  read  10  October,  1877. 

P.   617. 

1  n.  2.     David  Hartshokx  was  b.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  .3  March,  1711. 

P.    664.  HOWARD. 

30.     William  Howard  m.  Lucy  Hassell. 

Insert  30^.  Olive  ;  ni.  Jonathan  Lovejoy. 

Insert  32^.  William,  b.  23  May,  1766  ;  m.  Rlioda  Sinionds  in  1794. 
She  was  b.  20  August,  1768  ;  d.  14  July,  1849.  They  settled  in  Hills- 
borough, where  he  d.  28  May,  1854. 

P.    654.  KENDALL. 

7.  Capt.  Thaddeus  Kendall  d.  in  Burlington,  Yt., 
16  October,  1843. 

P.   684.  McCLUER. 

GeorCxE  a.  McCluer  was  killed  in  Virginia.  His  widow 
died  11  March,  1873. 

P.   685.  McKEAN. 

John  and  others  emigrated  to  Massachusetts  in  1718. 

P.   686. 

27.  David  Danforth  McKean  m.  Lydia  Page  19 
January,  1809.     They  settled  first  in  Acworth  ;    removed 


AhDITIONS    AM)    CORRKCTION'S.  lt:'l 

tlii'iicc    ti»    A  lit  liiii,  :iii(l    t'litiii    Aiitiiiii   to    niMlt'iiid.     Tlii'ir 
cliildrfii  were — 

•J^.      Jhiriil  Ihtiijorllt,  l>.  in  Acwnrlli  "JS  NovtMiil'tT.  l«il!». 

20.     Ihn.iel,  b.  18  March,  iHll. 

:5ll.      Isiiiir  /'.,  h.  ill  Antrim  20  Aui^iist,  lsl2. 

:n.     //«///(,  I.,  in  Hf.lfunl  2!>  Xov.-inlH-r,  1«1 4. 

Mary  J.,  h.  20  Maivli,  18111. 

Liicimiii  fr.,  I).  2l»  Oi'toliiT.  181.S. 

/,W'"  i'.,  '  ,,   :„  M.v.  iv.'l. 
Lnri/  ./..     , 

Alrint   W'..  \<.  17  N..v..inl..T.  1820. 
P.     ♦)87. 

:{«i.      Louisa  Hamiltaii,  1).  7  .Vn!,Mist,  1842;   <l.  115  .Sf|.t»-Mil..T.  l8|;{. 
'A7.      Charh.t  Htiuri/  J/aiiiillnn.  h.  1.')  Ocl<.t).T,  ISlli. 

1'.  tii'i.  .Ml;IJ•;^l>^■. 

^.     S(na/i,  li.  5  Kcliiiiarv,  17-5!*  ;    mi.  .Innali  /liiml. 

\\  cm. 

40.      Cunlelia  Maria  :  d.  l!)  l)rlnl»r,  l><)<i. 
.12.     Ahhi/  Bmltjer,  li.  10  XowmiImt,  LSJit. 

1\'.     ;'.!•.       CaI'T.    CiIAULKS    MkLKNKV,    111.    (  :2  )    .Mis.    .'^;ii:ih 
l.,iu  iTiii'c  li.')  I)ccri,il>rr.  isr.l.      Sin-  .1.  -Jii   .Viiiriot,  1^7". 

r.  tii>7. 

88.        IIVMII.TON    MkI.KNM>V    .1.   "J:'.  .I:iiiii;ir\  .    1881. 

r.  t;9:t.  mills. 

1.     Afiii/ail,  \>.  1  .\iii;iist.  17<i'>;   in.   Joint    \ViiliiT>ii(M>ii    It    Xovem- 
her,  \1U:\. 

\\    T<i:;.  MISSi:^'. 

.Sarali  i'lu'lp-.  wit-'  .it    K.-ul.eii  (II.  2.),  was  I..  2ii  ./»////.  171">. 

in.    4.     Dk.  John    Missky    m.   ("J)   Rlio.iu  Barflott,  of 

L|is(iiii,  l<i  N(.vriiil.cr,  LSdT. 

I\    7>i4. 

ill.    U.     ."^al•all  (Striiw)  Miis.sey,  widow   of   iti-utHMi    Diinond,  livod 
to  ho  nearlv  llMI  years  old. 


932  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 

17.     Jonathan,  b.  19  September,  1773;  m.  Miss  Allds. 
19.     Z)«nie/,  b.  7  July,  1778 ;    m.  Naomi  Gage,  of  Merrimack. 
22.     Hannah  Dimond,  h.  10  June,  1787;  m.  Joseph  Parker  27  De- 
cember, 1808  ;   settled  in  Woodstock,  Vt. 

P.    710.  NOYES. 

29.     Elvira :  m.  James  L.  Hardy  ;  res.  in  Wilton. 
29^.   Frances   C. :  m.   John   D.    Brown   in  October,    1869 ;    res.    in 
Missovu'i  Valley,  Iowa. 

P.   723.  PEABODY. 

47.     Joseph,  b.  3  August,  1770. 

P.    728.  PETTENGILL. 

Joshua  Pettengill  resided  on  the  west  part  of  the  farm 
now  owned  by  Tliomas  B.  and  Charles  H.  Parker.     He  m. 

Rollins,  a  sister  to  the  wife  of  Lieut.  Josepli  Prince. 

Beside  the  children  named  on  P.  728,  they  had — 

Hannnh ;  who  m. Wetherby,  and  settled  in  Boston. 

Jacob  ;  who  d.  in  Boston,  and 

Moses  ;  who  m.  Eunice  Bradford. 

Molly  ;  m.  Ebenezer  Ellenwood  21  July,  1806,  and  d.  in  March,  1817. 

P.    731.  PRINCE. 

I.  For  Richard  Prince,  read  Robert  Prince,  Robert 
Prince  m.  Sarah  Warren  5  February,  16^32,  and  d.  4  June, 
1674.  After  his  decease  she  m.  Alexander  Osborn,  an  im- 
migrant from  Ireland.  The  marriage  was  not  a  congenial 
one,  and  she  became  depressed,  if  not  distracted,  in  her 
mind.  She  was  also  bedridden  for  some  time.  In  this 
condition  she  was  accused  of  witchcraft,  and,  after  ex- 
amination, was  confined  in  jail,  where  she  died  10  May, 
1692. 

II.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Robinson) 
Prince,  beside  those  named  on  P.  731 : 

Susannah,  b.  3  July,  1709  ;    d.  27  August,  1799  ;  umn. 
Ahel,  b.  8  April,  1711. 
Martha,  b.  21  June,  1713. 


ADDITIONS    AND    COURECTIONS.  033 

EUzaheth,  1..  Is  Marcli,  17^5. 
William,  h.  H  Sept«Miiln'r,    1717. 
Stnnvel,  1>.  7  .Imu'.  171!». 
Timothij,  1>.  I'J  August,    172 J. 

11.  Lik[:t.  .Ioski'H  riustK  scttlt-ii  in  SouIh-i.;,,!  West  aa 
early  iis  lT-4<>:    iii.  l-lli/alx'th   KnUiiis  in  ITltJ. 

P.    732. 

2.  Elizdlx't/i,  I).  IS  K.;l)niarv,  1717:  .1.  in  ( )ri..l).>r,  ls;!l. 

<).  Alif'l,  1>.   1  ./(iittmri/,  \7'>~. 

8.  Susatiiia/i,  h.  in  17ti3. 

10.  Annti,  in.  Ddiiiel  Heddingtoii  5  May.  17S(). 

P.    733. 

34.     Aliel :  ^i'\\\>'i\  in  Wani'ii,  INim. 
:5(i.     Jdinr^,  1>.  •_'  A II- list.  1793. 

P.    734. 

3!t.      Snnth,  1..  1:2  .!/«///,  iSOn. 

VI.   3G.     JAMK.S,  1).  2  Autrust,  1793. 
P.    73;-^. 

(54.     Siiiuih,  1).  •_>3  Aiiijust.  183.");    iiiarri.'il. 

P.  73»;. 

til).     Liirirti'i  A.,  1>.  1!)  Si'iitcinlMT,  lst;:[. 
70.      Arthur  />.,  1..  1')  Oi-toher,  ISHl. 

i\  7»n.  sii.vrrrcK. 

Na  riiAMKi.  Smatiick  <1.  ill  Coiicord  1  .St>ptRinl)i!r,  18(54. 

l\    7 '.'2.  'I'oWM:. 

Tliis  tainiiy  runiislicd  two  victims  to  the  miserable  witchcraft 
delusion  in  1  ()!••_'. 

Rkhkcca  Tuwne,  daiijrlitcr  of  William,  the  iinmii;rant 
from  Kiiirlaiul,  mairicil  Francis  Xoiir.se  ;  .settled  in  Salem, 
and,  after  livinj;  a  u.srfiil  and  e.\em|ilary  life,  was,  at  the 
age  of  seventy,  ac«'nscd  of  witeheraft.  On  this  charjre  sjie 
was  tried,  found  irniltv,  and  extM-ntiMJ  I'.t  .Iiilv.  l(i'.»2. 


934  HISTOUY    OF    AMHERST. 

Mary  Towne,  her  sister,  married  Isaac  Easty.  Slie  was 
also  accused  of  witchcraft,  and  shared  the  fate  of  her  sister, 
being  one  of  the  eight  Last  executed  on  "  Gallows  Hill,*'  22 
September,  1(:'>92. 

Sarah  Towne,  another  sister,  married  Peter  Ch:»yse. 
She  was  accused  of  witchcraft,  and  brought  before  the 
magistrates,  but  for  some  cause  not  now  known  was  not 
tried. 

P.    801.  UNDERHILL. 

Francis  French,  b.  in  1840 ;   ves.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

WESTON. 

P.  817. 

IV.     Ebenezer  Weston,  jr.,  m.  (1)  Esther  Kendall. 

1:3.  S  Lithe  rick  ;  m.  Mary  Lancy. 

16.  Esther;  d.  2!;)  April,  1850. 

20.  Lucy,  h.  27  February,  1772. 

25.  Rebecca  Fletcher:  d.  27  April,  1883. 

P.    818. 

28.     Samuel  Wilkins  ;  d.  9  July,  186-5. 

32.  Willard  Russell  d.  in  North  Conway  21  February,  1874. 

33.  Ahijah  Fuller:  d.  13  July,  1878. 

35.     Robert  Weston  :  d.  20  November,  1882. 

IV.  6.  Daniel  Weston  d.  about  1768.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  and  Indian  war. 

43.  Judith;  m.  John  Carleton  in  March,  1782;  d.  25  November, 
1824. 

44.  Daniel,  b.  18  July,  1764;    d.  in  Gray,  Me.,  28  May,  1837. 

P.   819. 

45.  Mar// ;  m.  Daniel  Averill. 

46.  Darid :  d.  in  infancy. 

50|-.  Achsah,  b.  20  January,  1788  ;    d.  in  infancy  (scalded). 
51.     Leonard;  m.  ]\Iary  A.  Waite  in  1818;   d.  8  January,  1855. 

IV.  10.     Thomas  Weston,  d.  27  December,  1822. 
57.     Sarah ;  m.  John  Worthley. 

V.  55.     Thomas  Weston,  Jr. :  m.  Lucy  Wilkins  12  July,  1795. 


Ar»riITK)NS    AMI    ( OFiRKPTIONS.  Wf) 

58.  Ira:  d.  IJ  Octoli.-r,  ISdS.  Miiiani  (Cliclli.H)  Wilkiiis  d.  1 
.Iriiin.'iry,  l^firi. 

:.!».      f.iir,,  :  (1.  •_>?  F.'l.niiirv.  1^17. 

P.    s-j(i. 

HO.      ./<,/,„,  .1.   It;   .May.  l^.'.T. 

(VJ.  .Itison  :  rii.  (1)  Klizii  Wilkins;  >li.-  iII.mI  17  .Inly,  Is  tit  ;  m.  ('j) 
.Jaiir  II.  CamiuPlt2{)  Xoveiiiber,  1810. 

n(i.     Ahif/tiil  7'iit/lc :  A.  Ki  XovemlHT.  \s'y.\. 
\  I.     7  1.      Isaac    I'l.iMKIl    U'i;-T(>\  d.  l':'.   J:iiiii:iiv,  ISSO. 

V.    ^21. 

■^•J.     Artthclla  :  iii.  Thnma.'*  C'arr. 

"^;{.      Gfortje   \V. :  <1.  wIhmi  i  years  old. 

>1.      Mnriftta,  1>.  in  January.  185(t. 

\'.  18.  Je.'^SK  We.-^TON  in.  Anna  llart>lic.iii  is  .faiiii.u  V, 
ITliL'. 

8f>.       Dorid:  ,1.  -JSjiily,   ISM). 

01.  Sanih  :  d.  IS  S.-pl.-nilxM-,  1S78. 

02.  /<"<•//  Tfii/lor :  n\.  LcmiK'!  Towm-  in  183^. 

0.').      f-:/itn  Harlahinn  :  mi.  .\urplia  J.  Cnnv.dl  20  O.-IoImt,  1S}2. 

\'.    HI.     John  Wkston  was  killed  in  181(1. 

105.  John  Wkston  hi.  <  1  >  .'^aiali.  daiiglitcM-  of  Kciulall 
Boutoll  :  shed.  2i>  May,  Isos;  ,„.  rl)  Xancv  Weston  r> 
NovcmlxT.  18(10;  shr  d.  2'.>  ().-t«.lK'i-,  1S48.  He  dird  1 
.\.|>ril,  1<S41*.  Ill'  settled  in  South  Readintf,  Mass.,  where 
hi'  was  |»ii>t Miastrr  many  years. 

r.    S-JJ. 

liM'i.  l.iliirii/,  1>.  ■)  N'ovi'iiiIht.  170.'):  d.  ill  N'i*w  Orli-aiis  in  I>"<-l>i  uaiy. 
IKIO. 

1(>7.     J»/,n  E<i>iallt;/.  h.  13  October,  17!M)  ;  d.  2  July.    lH:n. 
Xint'  otlirr  oliildn'H  wcri-  Ixiin  in  South  Kc;uliiig. 

WILKLNS. 
r.   s:U. 
8.     John  Wilkins  d.  in  the  sunnner  of  1807. 

Lucy  (Xichol.s)  Wilkins  d.  in  tlu^  suinniprof  ISOO. 
10.     Sorali  Ffiricfill :  m.  David  S.  Katon.     Hi-   married  (2)    I'olly  S. 
Barnard.  daiightiM-  of  Ufv.  JtMiMiiiali   Harnard. 
21.     liehfcin  :  d.  27  .\|>ril.  ls4s. 


936  HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 

P.  832. 

23.     Mary,  b.  5  July,  178.5  ;  d.  19  September,  1787. 
.5.     Tabitha  (Weston),  wid.  of  Capt.  Daniel   Wilkins,  d.  in  Janu- 
ary, 1820. 

32^.  Sally;  d.  23  February,  1807,  aged  29  years. 

P.   833. 

37.     Lucy  Jane  ;  settled  in  Michigan. 
42.     Mary  A .  Trefethen. 


INDEX    OF    NAMKS    i)F    I'KKSONS. 


9:5  7 


INDEX  OF  NAMES  OF  PERSONS-PR  1-476. 


Aimnii.  Majur   Al>i;il SS.") 

I>aiiit'l,   Ks(i l.'to,  -MiT 

Darius SO,  .Si,  i>fJ7,  37r»,  3IMI 

Kpliraim 47,  51 

K]>liiaim.   '_M 37.'j 

llrmy 19U,  21S 

I  li'iiiiaii 457 

1 1. .His  K. .    126,  170,  317,  423,  447 

Isaac 81),  S8,  267 

l^aac,  jr 88 

.F..hii 32 

.I..sliua 47.  r)l.  61 

.Inshiia,  5(1 :Win.  37(».  373.  4o3 

.losiali 17.  .'.I.  til 

Nathan 374,4(13 

Nathani.'l 4(13 

r.U'i- 395,  31>7.4(»3 

Saiiiuel 88 

K.-v.  Saimifl 311 

SainiK'l 457 

Steph.'ii 3Sl.    1(12.   Il»3 

'I'lioiiias 34 

William 323 

Ahkkcuomiuk.   (Jen 52 

At  KiKMAN.  Naliimi 14(5 

Ai-AM-.    Mrs.    Al.i^ail 174 

Dr.   Daiiii-1 131),  45(i 

l((>v.  Frederick  A..  .280.30(),3()1, 
302 

.lar..l. 88 

l\fv.   .lames 312 

I'ri's.  .Folm 115 

(apt.   I.evi 443 

Krv.  Za)..lit-1 264,  2(J5 


AiKKN.  Renjairiiii   F 420 

Dr.  K.lwar.i.  .17!),  317.  447.  14S, 
16.5.    17(» 

Edward  (  179 

George   F 422 

Kev.   .laine.s 304 

Martha 195 

Ali.sH  Sarah   K 317 

Hev.  Silas.. 208,  248.  288,  289. 

2!tt),   'J97.  298,  299,   31KI.   308, 

470 

AiN.><w«»urji,  l{ev.  Israel.    179,  311 

.\lhany,   Samin'l 348 

Ai.cocK,  John 188 

Al.KXAXDKK.  .lailH'^ 1.52 

Mary ...198 

Siichenj 3 

William  K 179 

AlM).  .lames 188,  .397,  403 

Ai.i.K.N.  Mr 72 

Rev.  Steph.-n  T 302 

Ai.voni).  Kev.   F 3(17 

Amks,  Dr.  S.th 209,  409 

Fisher 469 

William 350 

Amhkkst.  Cieii.  .lefTrey.    12.  27.  51 , 

363 

Anoukws,   Ahraham 4.57 

Alexand.r  ...3.S0 

.John...  30 

KolH-rt 30.43 

Axxis,  Alv.iro.  .  179 

.John 413 

Ai'iM.KTox.  .Mr-^.  Klizalxih         l^s 


938 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Appleton,  Rev.  Jesse.  .  .  .323,  449 

Maj.  Samuel 5 

William 465 

Arbuckle,  John 188,  194,  267 

Armstrong,  George 459 

Atherton,  Mrs.  Charles  G..  313 

Hon.  Charles  G..  .132,  148,  164, 

330,  429,  464 

Hon.  Charles  H..  .76,  120,  121, 

125,  128,  130,  131,   132,  144, 

145,  149,   152,  154,  188,  202, 

211,  213,   216,   218,  247,  276, 

277,  279,  282,  294,   309,  326, 

327,  339,  449,  450,  451,  4.57, 

4.58,  464,  466,  467 

Hon.  Joshua.  .90,  106,  113,  210, 

211,  213,  215,  228,  230,  232, 

260,  261,  322,  339,  349,  377, 

401,  456,  4.59,  466 

Atherton  &  Sawyer 468 

Atkinson,  George 215 

Robert 179 

Theodore 50,  56,  432 

Atwood,  John 179 

Rev.  John 217 

Austin,  Albert  S 422 

Asa 218 

Saul 198,  218 

Timothy 77 

AvERiLL,   Chandler 218 

Daniel 395,  3.97,  403 

David 403 

Ebenezer  .52,  65,  80,  84,  88,  267, 

375 
Elijah.  .65,  80,  88,  378,  384,  397, 

403 

flesse 77 

John.. 61,  70,  71,  77,  258,  261, 
267,  375,  403 

John,  jr 77,  378 

Moses 80,   386,  393,  403 

Thomas 52,  61 

Thomas,  ir 375 


Ayer,  Widow  Anna 350 

Simon 179 

Badgeis,  James. 83 

Sanmel 197 

Gov.  William 216 

Bailey,  Emily 192 

Leonard 2  is 

Baker,  Gov.  Nathaniel  B 217 

Dr.  P.  R 470 

Thomas 31 

B ALCH,   Andrew 35 

Baldwin,  E.  T 127 

Capt.  Isaac 322 

Col.  Nahum  102,  103,  106,  201. 

202,  203,  209,  210,  211,  228, 

257,  264,  309,  320,  3.53,  366, 

371,  374.  375,  378,  379,  384, 

402,  403,  440 

Nahum,  jr 395,  396,  403 

Reuel 88,  219 

William  O 469 

Ball,  Rev.  Mason.  .  .21.S,  312,  325 

Ballard,  John 30,  31 

Nathan 30 

Capt.  Nathan 372,  386 

William 3it 

Bancroft,  Capt.  Samuel 41 

Thomas 42 

Bard,  Dr.  S.  Ingersoll 139 

Barker,  Ebenezer 30 

Dea.  Ephraim 106,  240,  242, 

273,  309,  315,  322,  375 

Joel 88 

Nehemiah 88 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Deborah 194 

Rev.  Jeremiah ...  68,  69,  70,71, 
104,  113,  132,  188,  194,  230. 
2.50,  260,  261,  262,  263,  265, 
266,  267,  269,  270,  271,  272, 
273,  274,  275,  277,  278,  279, 
281,  282,  28.5,  286,  287,  289, 
291,  292,  293,  295,  296,  297. 
315,  316,  321,  326,  441,  456, 
474,  476 


INI>KX    OF    NAMFS    OF    ITJiSONS.  <<:{<♦ 

1Ui:n.M{1>.  .Mi>s   \.\i\\n liMi  IJ  \ n  h,  .M,,s..>  (  .                          .    L'lK 

Mrs.  Mary litJt    HAtitsnux,  Cliarles 424 

JiARNKS,  Dr.  Jost'i.li :\7U    Hayi.ky.  Daniel 59 

Mr I  .'>.'>        I  Ifiirv 30 

15.\k.\i:tt,  Mary  1' l!Mi    IJka.nk,  Km .  .1.  Mi.wrey 314 

Bakhktt,  Charl.  s    .M 179        Samuel 44« 

Ilciiry   H -'IS    Bkdki..  Col.  John 217 

.l.ssc 41(;,    121.  422        Col.  Timothy M.\ 

Nathaniel.  .  .  .:UJ9,  370,  375,  403  Hkkok,  Rev.   Tliom!i.s.  .  .  .2!i2.  2!i3 

I'liiii].  S 17!>,21S  Hki.<  iii.i:.  Cuv.  .Imiatlian  .  .  .1^.  10. 

.Strph.Ml  II 4ti2  21.   1) 

liAi!K(».\,    Lmy 1H3    IJki.i..  (.<.s.  (  li;irl.->  II 2lf> 

Mo.ses  (il,  Klfi.  2(>!»,  23(i,  2.")!»,  3(i!),        James 17s,  2!!.'),  2f»7.  130 

375,  3!)3,  403.  430        lion.  James 217 

Solomon 18S,  441        .lolin,   Ivstj 407 

Solomon    Hice 21H  (Jov.   .John.  .  .                          .  .2Ui 

Capt.  William.  .  .  .37!S,  3!)5,  402       Jcsepli  4.")7 

Hakkows,  Lorenzo  D 217        Gov.  Sanmel 216,  32t>,  330, 

H  \Ki{Y,    James 179  3.".(l,  449.  407 

William 179        Thomas 32 

nAKTiirr.    Dr.  I'>raill<'y    H...175.    Hki.i.ows.  Hon.  Henry  A 205 

202,  470        John 215 

(;.n.   Bra.ll.ury 13.5«  Bkndk.n.   K.lsvin I20,  122.  423 

Mrs.  Cornelius  M.  1 170         Hohert 422 

lion,    k-hahod 210        Thomas  M 218.40(1 

Isaae ss    Bknnktt.  Al.len  B 179.  21S 

Krv.  J.  i; 314        James 77 

(Jov.  Jo.siali  .2l.'p        Jonathan 21.S.  246 

Lemuel 197     Bkkky.   Kdwanl 179 

Sidney,  Ksij 468        Isaiah   S 170 

Thomas 40        CJov.  Nathaniel  S 217 

I>  \Mv\VKi.i.,    Hev.  .1 312     Bna.ow.  Bev.  Jacob 264 

Bassktt.    William 31        Timothy 4(!7 

BATriiirm-.i:.  Liiiit.  ,\r<h.'laus  William 323.  448 

\7>'.  \u:\  Bii  1^.  Arlhnr  .\.                           177 

Khenezt-r  .  77.1m;         Dana    V ...414 

ha   A 171'         Kln-nezer 77,  1H« 

77         Kn-fuian  C 179 


Israel 

.John :n  Mrs.  Haniiali 19.5.  4 OS 

Caj.t.  .lolin 75,  77.  lOO.  430  Jahez  ....  .  .21s 

Dr.  John  r 4.57  Jal>ez  F 179 

Noah    V 122  Lueiu.s  K 179 

.Mr>.  Kach.-l 17s  Lnk.-  Hamilton 192 


940 


HISTORY    OP  AMHERST. 


Bills,  Marinda 192 

BissELL,  Lemuel 202,  218 

BixBK,  Andrew 47,  52,  61,  357 

John 27,30,  35 

Jonathan 77 

Joseph 30 

Black,  Charles 443 

Blackfield,   Henr}'^ 30 

Blackmer,  John 217,  218 

Blaisdell,  Benjamin  E 351 

Letitia  S 334,  351 

Blake,  Jasper 188 

Samuel 188 

Blaxchard,  Augustus,  Esq.. .  .  80, 

81,  82,  84,  86,  88,  204,  211,  213, 

230,  321,  339,  372,  401 

Ephraim  132,  188,  205,  211,  247, 

293,  294,  309,  441,  458 

Isaac 88 

James 188 

James,  2d 420,  422 

John 88 

Joseph 40 

Col.  Joseph 45,  358,  431 

Joseph 322 

Widow  Lucy 88 

Simon 65,  88 

Stephen 65,  88 

Stephen,  jr 88 

Blaney,  Col 42 

Blasdell,  Samuel 375 

Blodgett,  Jacob.  . .  .369,  375,  403 

Joshua .384,385,405 

Blood,  Gen.  Francis 397 

George  H 179 

Lemuel 188,218,  442 

Minot 218 

Rufus 188 

Simon  A 218 

Bluxt,  David  Webster 218 

John 188,  194 

--  Mary ' 196 

_  Taylor  W 416,  421 


Blydenburg,  Rev.  John  257,  2.58 
BoARDMAN,  Rev.  Amos  W.. .  .312 

Bodwell,  Edwin  A 213 

BoxD,  Edward ,38 

Boodro,  John 422 

Bosworth,  Miss  Abby. .  .175,  176 
Capt.  George  W. .  .  179,  202,  305 

BoTJDiNOT,  Hon.  Elias 401 

BouTELL,  Aaron 106,  194,  378,  ' 

403 

Abraham 188 

Albert  F 176,  423 

Amos 106,  373,403 

Caleb 188,  218 

Francis  K..  .  .176,  179,  205,  206, 

218 

Hannah 197 

Henry  R 179,422 

Horace  S 179 

James  C 179,422 

John 389 

John    A 179 

Dea.  Joseph .  .48,  52,  61, 106, 188, 

192,  259,  291,  308,  315,  375 

Joseph,  jr.. .  .106,  188,  3.52,  369, 

370,  375,  403 

Kendall,.  .  .52,  61,  106,  193,  375, 

394 

Lilly  E 188 

Luther 188 

Miss  Rebecca 197 

Reuben 375,  378,  386,  403 

Robert 179,218 

Thomas 403 

BouTON,  Rev.  Nathaniel 227 

BowDEN,    Michael 31 

Bowers,  Col.  George 418 

Hon.  Jesse 58,  346 

Lucy 188 

Oliver 88 

Bowman,  Capt.  Joseph 22,  24 

BowTEL,  John 32 

BoYLEAU,    Pierre 424 


INDKX    OF    NAMKS    oK    I'KRSONS.  '.Ml 

HoviMoN.  Miss   Al>l>ie   F -iM    IW;  \m  vn,  Cornelius 170 

K.iwanI  I)...ltil.   Hi:},   KJG,  !»]!•,    Hhamx.x,  John 33 

ITti,    IT'.i.  JH.  -Jis,  3(i»,    lit),    Hka/.ku,  Hi-v.  .lolui 310 

Hit.  MS    HuKKi..  II. my  A 179 

Miss  Fannie  A 17ti        'I'iniotliy 31 

Mrs.  .Mary 1<>!',  l!'<i    HitKWKii,  ("apt.  Moses 34«i.  317 

Kiiliard   i  15,  15l',   l.')4,  l.J5,  l.')l>.        Pi-ter 3H4,  SS.-).   103.  KlfJ 

lti3,    188,  211.  -*M,  21(),  219.    Huiiu;k,   K.-v.   Klx-ne/.er 2ti:) 

24s.  •J7!t,   293,  29.J,  297,   3(1.'.,        Rev.  .losiab 20r» 

32(1,  41S.  |.-,<),  474        ("ol 389 

i:irli:inl    \V Jl!*     Hi:. ..  ku  a  V.  IIm^h  W 17!) 

r.oi  N  i.iN.  Iiliali.xl ;;i         Jain.'s  11 179 

•I'lliii 31,  ss    HituitKiticK,  Junies  H 179 

M..s<-s 219        TlMiina-s 171.  422 

i;i<-liard (i.'j,  8S  Hu.m.ks.  Isaac.  K-sij.   1S8.  194.  21  J, 

Ki.lianI,  jr 88,  4(t3  32<>.  3."^) 

rii.iMias 8:'.        .Iiiiin 350 

I'.i;  M.HiKY.  .F.)seph  S 219    liuowN,  AllxTl  I' 179 

William 188        Alexamler 3tJ9.  37(>,  Hi3 

Hi; Ai«i  .iiti>,  ('a[it.  Andrew.  .52,  (!5,         Kev.  Ania.sa 312 

■SU,  81,  S4,  8S,   1(13,  2(»3,  2ii!».        Augu.stu.s  W 179 

211,  23(i,  237,  375,  384.  39.\        Capt.  I'enjaniin  V 430 

397,  403        Calel) 88 

C  liarl.s    1 2(15        Capt.  Eli 119.  122.  447.  454 

KiK.s   7(i.  77,  let;.  27(i,  375,  3s9.        John 193 

3!»4,  4(t3        John 197 

K.-v.  Kphraim   V..  .29S.  3(il.  323        J..hn 219 

I    ipt.  John  »»."..  8(1,  81,  s2,S4.8S,        Jdhn    Dalton 219 

109,   22!»,   2(57,  375,  3S5,    38ti,        .Joseph  A 422 

387,  389,  390,  391.   392,  393,        I'anielia l!»(i.  44  1 

403,  430,  451        Teter 380 

Li.'ut.  J..s.ph  309,  372.  403.  4o7        Kol»ert 33 

Laiiihert 7(5,  77        Samuel . .  .219 

Samuel 358        Samuel    F ...219 

Capt.  William 5        Tahiiha .    .  190 

William.  .42.  43.  50,  .52.  71,  70,        lion.  Titus . .  .408 

77,  85,  loo,  105,  203,  270,  291,        Warren  (; . .  .218 

357.  37.5,  3SS,  4.'»4        William 1. ■•,  IS8,  193 

Maj.  William  71.  73,  75,  77,  11.5,  William,  jr..  .179.  18S.  309,  373^ 

2(i9.  210,   211,  22S,   25s,   2(il,  381,  395,  390,  399,  40.3 

207.308.370,373.  403,  43(».  4.54        William.  3.1 Iss.  219 

Hu  v.. .i..Folm ls8  William,   lih.                           .219 

Hkmiamy.   Patrick 179        Willi. on ...424 


942 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Bruce,  Rev.  John  72,  75,  85,  230, 

321 
Buchanan,  Pies.  James.  .165,  414 

Buckley,  Daniel 179 

Dennis 179 

Patrick 179 

BuLLARD,  Edmund  E 423 

Mrs 198 

Nahuni 219 

BuLLis,  Thomas 380 

Bullock,  John 32 

BuRDETT,  Sarah 197 

BuRDiCK,    Rodney.  .416,  421,  422, 


Burns,  Moses 88 

Thomas.  .81,  82,  85,  86,  88,  204, 

209,  210,  228,  256,  268,  270, 

366,  375,  401 

William 380 

Burrill,  Ebenezer 31 

John 31 

Burroughs,  Rev.  David.  .  163, 312 

Burtt,  Edwin  K 179 

Edwin  R 172,  179 

Butler,  Simeon 88 

Stephen 188 

William  A 219 


423    BuTTERKiELD,  Benjamin  F. .  .  .179 


BuRGOYNE,  Gen.  John 392 

Burnet,  Gov.  AVilliam 12,  44 

BuRNAM,  John 457 

BuRNHAM,  Andrew 88,  393 

Asahel 219 

Charles  H 179 

David 81,  386,  403 

Israel 81,  386,  403 

Jeremiah 267 

John 71 

John,   2d 123 

Jonathan 369,  373,  38'j,  403 

Col.  Joshua.  .  .65,  81.  82,  84,  86, 
88,  267,  369,  4l)3,  431 

Mark 77 

Oramus  W 214 

Stephen  65,  81,  85,  88,  103,  209, 
267,  375,  384 

BuRNAP,  Rev.  Jacob 271,  291 

Burns,  Daniel 88 


.  99 
373 


Daniel,  2d 179--€-ame,  Brooks  R 202,  205 


David 52,  61 

George 81,  88,  204,  2U9,  267, 

375 

James 88 

John.  .52,  61,  64,  80,  82,  88,  192, 
204,  209,  268,  358,  375 

John,  jr 88,  209,  268,  375 

John,  3d 375 


Capt 

Major  Isaac 

.Foseph 

Joseph,  2d 179 

Mrs 99 

BrxToN,  Jonathan 88 

Byels,  Jonathan 30 

Cady,  Joseph   F 421 

Nathan 179 

Cesar,  Julius 45 

Caldwell,  Alexander 188 

David 188,  219 

Dustin 219 

Edward  A 179,459 

Isaac  F 179,219 

Jane 192,  198 

Josiah 188 

Sarah 198 

C.A.LL,  Capt.  Xathan 248 

Cambridge,  Charles 77 


C.\MPHELL,  Charles  H.. .  .  165,  166, 

169,  202,   205,  211,  214,  219, 

416,  418,  430 

Daniel,  Esq 76  90,  102,  106, 

125,  161,  188,  198,  201,  203, 
209,  211,  214,  236,  240,  242, 
255,  256,  257,  269,  270,  272, 
274,  276,  277,  284,  323,  325, 


lM)i:X    OK    NAMKS    OF    I'KUSONS.  943 

(ami'iiki.i..  l);iiiiel,  Esq.  •V\S,  ;Jo"J,  Ciiaxdi.i  k  Mallanl. 

:5ti.'..   :;OiJ.  377.  --V.):),  -.Mii),    \M,        Dani.-l   >i>s 

J.')ti,  4()-_'        D.iiii.'l,  lM 88,  .•JS» 

(apt.    Daniel,  jr..  .ll'O.  V.i'J,  14(>,         Davi.l «-),  tlKt 

ISS.  •_>(»•_'.  J04.  -JOG,  L'07.  'ill,        .Majnr   John 111.  11.  l-j,  24 

•Jli).   lMS.   •J7!i.  -JS;-),  :{(I4.   320,1      Primus 373.  4(»3.  4(»0 

l'J7.   130  Saiim.-I.  .13.   11.    15,   IH,  1!»,  JJ, 

ll.'iiiy 73  24.  25 

Kolx'it SS,  3!)5,  11)3  CiiA.N.M.Mi,  \U\.  Williain    K..    2^2 

Samuel 1(33  C'iiaimn.  Ui-v.  St«'i>lit'n        .2!t3.  .151 

.Mis.  Sii>aii \!I2  C'liAi'M A.\.    .Mary                            l;»ti 

(Aui.i.Tu.N-.    I)udl.-y l»(j    t'llA.sK,  K.-V.    n.  \\ 311 

KluMif/.er 37.S,  4(i3        Rev.  SU'plien 2.52 

Knoch   3!>7,  403  Chkkvkk,  H.-ujaiuiu.  .48.  23!»,  3.57 

Mrs.  Kuuicc 77        HiMijamiu,  jr 3.57 

Haimali l!tl)    Cuk.nky.  (Jov.  Person  (' 218 

Dea.  .Jnliii.  .75.  77.  3sl»,  :!!i;!.  4(13    CmcKKHiNt:,   All>ert    K 17!> 

•loliii.  jr ll!i         Frank 41t!,  421 

John 44(i        Isaac IHS,  .30<»,  474 

Moses 188         Isaa<-.  jr 2151 

Oliver    .  .  ..52.  01.  71.  72.  73,  74,  CiiitisToi'ni.ii,  fieorge.  .  .  .3!(7.  403 

20!i.  201.  2(is.  375,  3sS,  4.54    Ciintcii,  Rev.  John  II 2ns 

I'.-ler It;  I.  ■_']  I.  Jl:".  lJ!i    Cii.i.KY,  r.en.  Josepii 13.5.  382 

riK.mas 20.S  l'LA<ii;i:  r  r.  Hon.  Clifton   Ins,  -JH, 

Timnlhy 194  21  I.   L'77.  2S3.   .31(;.  32(5.   31.5, 

(auk,    horen/o 170  4(»s,  420,  111.  107 

Nathan 334,  3.*.2        .Mrs.    Margar.-t l!t2 

(AUitKi.i..  Tiioma-s 375        Miss.Su.san I!i0 

Cahtki!,  Henry  W 21!i        William .157 

-   Jame.s   0 17!(  Ilnn.  Wy.seman                           107 

Mieliael  iSS    C'i.ai'.  Jolni .70 

Oliver.                    17!t.  430  C'i.aimiam,  Cliark>                      .  .40 

Simeon 2l!t    Ci.ai.'K.   Henjamin 52.  01,  loO 

William 21!i         lienjamin,  jr lO'i.  :t7x,  403 

('  \«-ii.  .Fames ]■>>  lu'V.  lU-njamin  1'                      .302 

(An.    ll(.n.  A.sa    1' 217        Calvin 168.  2in 

(  A n  N.  .F(.hn 424        Charle.s  C 17}) 

Caisky,  Kev.  L.'vin  P 314        CharW   J 17J) 

CiiA(  i;.  Frank   W 17!»  Daniel.  .  .14.S,  105,  188.  ins.  2U» 

Chamhimsi.in,  Brothers 454         Kltene/er 188,   21!» 

linn.    Levi 217         Ivhvar.K; 17!i.  I'M 

(  iiAMP.M  V.  lleiijamin 315  Ci.akk.  Knnna   1.                         .170 

(  harle>  123         K/.ra 188 


944 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Clakk,  Ezra   Dexter 219 

Henry 434 

Hiram  A 214,  330 

Horace  A 418 

Ira 424 

James 373,  403,  406 

John 443 

John  H 179,423,  465 

John  L 145 

Joseph 48 

Joseph,    jr 52 

Joshua 268 

Mrs.   Joshua 195 

Josiah 33 

Lucy 195 

Rebecca  W 195 

Kichard 89 

Samuel 392,  403 

Thomas  47,  50,  52,  61,  100,  202, 
357,  369,  375,  403 

Thomas   Jeftersou 219 

Timothy 188 

W.B 169 

Rev.  William 179,  211,  307 

William  B 465 

William  D 179 

William  R 179 

Cleaves,  James  B 219 

Nathan 77,  323,  375 

Xathaniel 209 

Clippenger,  Rev.  Mr 313 

Clough,  Nathan  R 457 

Cloutman,  Capt.  Thomas .  .  75,  77 
Thomas,    jr 138 

CoBURN,  Josiah 77 

LeonO 179 

Cochran,  Isaac 322 

Deacon  James  52,  61,290,  309, 

357 
James . .  .  179,  373,  384,  396,  403 
John  76,  188,  194,  375,  378,  403 

Jonathan 379,  384,  403,  406 

Robert.  .369,  373,  378,  384,  403, 
406 


Codman,  Henry 469 

Dr.  Henry  81,  375,  395,  403,  469, 
475,  476 

Dr.  Henry,  jr 77,469 

William 375 

CoFFREN,  James 42 

CoGGiN,  John  H 177,  179,  206 

Joseph 77,  106,  375 

Joseph,  jr 106 

Luther,  jr 179,  206,  423 

William,  2d 312 

CoLBURN,  James 202,  211 

Josiah 422 

Robert 59,  88 

William 59 

William,  jr 59 

Colby,  Gov.  Anthony.  . .  .216,217 

Charles  C 179 

Isaac 188,  441 

Sylvester   J 179 

CoLCORD,  Rev.  Edward  J.  179,  312 

Cole,  Mrs.  Anna 2 

Eleazer 106 

John .  .  .  .52,  62,  71,  258,  261,  268, 
389,  403,  406 

I     John,  2d 369,  370,  375,  403 

I     Nathan ...  71,  262, 268,  375,  385, 
j  386,  403 

Thomas 323 

CoLLixs,  Henry 31 

Joseph 31 

William 27,31 

Colston,  Fred 179 

Henry  F 444 

William  H 179 

Combs,  Isaac.  .  .1.^0,  188,  214,  219 

CoNANT,  Benjamin 81,  85,  89 

Jonathan 74,  77 

Lot 77 

Mrs.    Rebecca 438 

CONNANT,    Lot 30 

Converse,  Capt.  Alexander  H.  429 
Charles 180,  219 


INDEX    OF    NAMES    OF   PERSONS. 


P45 


CoNVKRSE,  Charles  J IHO    Caosnv,  .losiah,  jr.  fi8,  «1,  Sf),  38r», 


38fl,  -lo;} 

Josiah  1) 219 

Nathaniel 309,  10:5 

Paul an?,  Hi3 

Portor HH 

Sampson 81,  Hft,  268,  375 

Stephen  309,  370,  3H5,  380,  389, 

39.").  403 


Elipnezer 180,  1S8,  190,  219 

C'apt.  Josiali.  .iss,  112,  430,  44.5 

huther  H 180 

Mrs.  Mary 193 

Holu-rt ISO,  ISS,  193 

lluliis 219 

Samuel,  jr 113 

Cook,  Rev.  Samuel 312 

William    403        William    65,  81,  84,  S8,  89,  323, 

Cooi.EncK,  Silas  378,384,  3.S5,  4(13  38.'),  387,  403 

Cooi.KY,    Lawrence 122        ^^■illialll,  2(1 474 

CoopEU,  Sir  Astlev 470    Cross,  Cyrus Iso 

Lemuel  P 217  I      Nathan 77 

CoRi-iss,  Samuel  W 420,  422  i      William  L 180 

I 
CovKUi.Y,  Nathaniel 448  I  Ckowlky.  Jeremiah 422 

CowKN,  William .  . .  .390,  399,  403  |  Cumhehlanh,  Duke  of .51 

Ckam,  Dea.  Dani.l  197,205,211,214    Cummings,  Silas 375,  3H9,  403 


I 


Daniel  W 180 

Khen 447 

Crkaxey,  Kd 444 

C'ROMACK,  Kev.  ,1.  C 312 

(romiuk,  .John 133 

.John,  jr 145 

Cromwklk,  Oliver 304 

Crookkr,  Carroll  .1 180 

Charles  V 422 

Enos  H 219 

George  E 422 

.lames  M 219 

Melzar 188 

.Melzar,  jr 219 

Maj.  Turn-'r 282,411 

Ckoshy.  Alpli.'us.  .  .  .392,  39.J,  403 

K/ekiel 403 

.John 89 

•Joseph.  . .  .05,  ISS,  192,  194,408 

.Joseph  Fitrh 219,430 

Capt.  .losiali.    O.'),  81,  82,  83,  84, 
201,  204,   20!t.  210.  211,   228. 


250,  2.")7,  2.5!>,   200,   201,  209, 
270.  338,  308,  370,  371,  375,  ,  Cjttkr,  Kdward  S 
387,  389,  .392,  Hi3.  iW  ■  Tit  tin.;.  Mr.  .T..lu 
00 


CuNNiNGHA.M,  Robert  . .  .384,  385, 

403 

Robert,  jr 384,  38.5,  403 

CuK TICK.  El)enezer 390,  4(H 

Isaac  Palmer  373,  379,  3S.5,  387, 
395,  404 

.Jacob 100,  270,  273,  .375 

Jacob,  jr.   309,  375,  .379,  385,  3S0 , 

404 

James .30,  77 

Lemuel 404 

Sanniel 380,  387 

Stephen 373,  3h7.  404 

William 32 

CiKTis,  Levi 429 

Mrs.  Nancy 188 

Dr.  Samuel  .  .ISS.  214,  322.  320. 

34.5.  34S.  445,  447,   449,   450, 

409,  172 

CrsHiNG,  .lo.seph.  .  .  .448,  449,  4.57 

Sanuiel 448 

Cm  Kit,  Z.iocheus,  Esq..  .102,  381, 
3S8.  3S9 
.  .172.211 
.  ..  .22,24 


946 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


Damon,  Benjamin  . .  .91,  188,  195, 
219,  311,  408 

Charles  A 420,  422 

John 375 

Stephen 188,  219 

Warren 188,  462 

Dana,  Jonathan  F 464 

Capt.  Luther  188,  398,  404,  427, 

431,  457 

Hon.  Samuel  90,  106,   201,  211, 

214,  228,  230,  274,  322,  327, 

338,  339,  345,  348,  401,  437, 

456,  457,  458,  466,  467 

Samuel,  jr 128,  345,  441 

Samuel  L 464 

Capt.  William  106,  228,  229, 399 

Dane,  Philemon 21 

Nathan.  .154,  155,  205,  211,  214, 

220 

Timothy 220 

Danforth,  Charles  C 220 

Charles  P 429 

Daniel  O 220 

David  87,  88,  204,  212,  322,  434, 

476 

Capt.  George 180,  219 

Harriet 443 

Capt.  Jacob  .  .143,  188,  195,  219 

Jonathan 2,  475 

Simeon  C 196,  220 

Timothy  130,  131,  132,  188,  214, 
219,  232,  346,  413,  447,  455 

Walter 132 

Willard 205,  212,  214 

William 220,444 

Darrah,  Robert 89 

Davenport,  Charles  .  . .  .392,  404 

David,  Albert  F 192 

Barnabas  B.  152,  154,  155,  156, 

157,  166,  174,  180,  205,  211, 

214,  220,  246,  -305,  308,  309, 

313,  350,  415,  455 

Charles  H 220,  309 


David,  Edward  C 465 

James  B 416,  421,  422 

John 455 

John  0 180,  220 

Mrs.  Lucy 197 

William  G 465 

Davis,  Andrew 106 

Benjamin    52,  61,  106,  197,  204, 

212,  259,  260,  262,  270,  895, 

404,  438 

Benjamin,  2d 369 

Charles  L 180 

Edson 180,  422 

Ezekiel 384,  404,  406 

Herman  V 180 

John 52,61,  3.57 

Joseph 384,  404,  400 

Rev.  Josiah  G.  1.58, 163, 166, 169, 

174,  175,   176,  177,  180,  233, 

248,  249,  289,  304,  305,  306, 

307,  308,  331,  415 

Rev.  Levi  W 312 

Lydia 194 

Marshall 170 

Mrs 193 

Miss  Rebecca  A 176,  332 

Samuel 188 

Thomas 33 

Captain  William 2 

Day,  Benjamin 375 

Henry  C 180 

John 39 

Dearborn,  Captain 390 

Dexter,  Philip 31 

Dickey,  Adam 192 

James 220 

Thomas  M 188,  220 

Dike,  Benjamin  369,  373,  384,  404, 

406 

Stephen 398,  404 

DiLLE,  Rev.  W.  R 314 

Dinsmore,  John  0 220 

Gov.  Samuel 216 


INDEX   OP  NAMES   OF   PERSONS. 


947 


DiNs.MOKK,  Gov.  Sainiifl,  jr..  .  .'J17 

Dr.  Walter  II ISO.  \'>[),  t7i» 

Dix,  .Jona.s,  Ksq ■UU'> 

DoDGK,  .Mlyn 77 

Amos 47<) 

.\ii(irt'\v yo 

Hartholoinew    11)0,  l.s8,  27U,  375 

I'.arthuloniew,  jr..  .140,  188,  204, 

•J  12,  296,  21)7 

Hfiijaiiiia 375 

Calvin   220 

Charle.s  W 180 

Dr.  CM 470 

David 7') 

Mrs.  Kuuice 19(5 

Henry  C 17G.  ISO 

Isaac  H 170.  isQ,  187,  205 

Mrs.  Jerusha 193  1 

.luhn 30 

John,  2d 411 

Jonathan 30 

Joseph 77 

Josiah 71,  77,  202,  208,  375 

].evi 188,  192,279,  441 

Mary   194  1 

Niiiian  C 443  I 

Perley,  Esq..  .144,  152,  156,  157,  ' 

103.   100,   109,   172.   180,  202,! 

211,  214,  220.  233.  110,  408  , 

IVrley  W iso,  423 

Mrs.  Perley  W..., 177  i 

Hev.  Mr 158  1 

Samuel 81,  26S,  377,  399' 

William 30 

Doi.E,  Stephen 322 

William -.  .27!» 

Douit,  John     I(»4,  loo 

D()rt;i..vs,  Hon.  Stephen  ,\..  .  .108 
Nathaniel   380 

Duw,  John 384 

Jonathan 230 

Samuel 22(1 


Dowm:,  D.a.  Al.el.    205,  212,  24>>, 
299,  309 

.Mrs.  liaiiiiah  S 1U7 

DovK.N,  .laeol) 395,  401 

DoYi.K,  .Jeremiali  J Isd 

John 1  -Ml 

.John,  jr l.M) 

Patrick ISO 

Thonuus 422 

Drk.sskk,  Henjiiinin .'>2,  01 

I)hivp;k,  Robert 31 

Ruth 31 

Dkuckkr,  Joseph 439 

Joseph  II 180 

Mrs.  Jo.seph  H 459 

DiDLKV,  .Major 12s 

Col.  William 13.  1-1 

DuMMEit,  Lieut.-(iov.  William    11 

DfNHAii,  Rev.  Klijah 31(» 

DrNCKi.EE,  David  87.  89,  188, 193, 

37:. 

David,  jr 8!i 

Ehenezer 220 

Capt.  Ebenezer  T 220,  430 

Jacob .S9,  188,  192 

John 71,  375 

Jonathan 77 

Jo.seph 71,  208,  375 

Levi 220 

Phel.r  .191,  I'.ii; 

Port«'r 180 

Sarah 195 

Sylvester  J 220 

DritANT,  Benjamin 77 

Jacob 188,  102 

Nathan  J 189 

DruKK-K,  Rol)ort 88 

Dr.HTiN,  Rev.  Caleb 313 

DfTToN,  tiacob 4(H 

John 189,  384,  4<t4 

John, 2d   411 

Jonathan 4o4 

Roger  373.  379,  385.  387,  3S9.  404 


948 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


DuTTON,  Samuel 220,  411 

Timothy 411 

Eames,  Rebecca 197 

Eastman,  Dea.  Cyrus.  . .  .159,  189 
220,  300,  309 

Hon.  Ira  A 217,  351 

Hon.    Nehemiah 468 

Moses 131 

Eaton,  George  S 180 

Davids 315 

Hon.  Harrison.  . .  .169,  170,  172, 

180,  211,  214,  220,  .305,  419, 

420,  454,  467 

Harry   G 180 

Lieut.  John.  .  .106, 189,  322,  401 

Mrs.  Laura  A 176 

Loammi 220 

Philip 430 

Samuel 180 

Mrs.  Susie  A 175,  176 

Dr.  Thomas 138 

Edmons,    Samuel 31 

Elam,  Elisha  E 457 

Ellenwood,  Ebenezer  48,  52,  62, 
106,  235,  357 

Ebenezer,  jr 48,  52,  62 

James 389,  404 

Jedidiah.  .  .52,  62,  106,  387,  404 

John 202,212,  326 

Joseph 48,  52,  62,  404 

Ralph 106 

Rolandson 62,  106,  126 

Elinwood,  John 30 

Ralph 30 

Ellery,   Isaac 31 

Elliott,  Dea.  Amos.  . .  .189,  294, 
309,  325,  385,  386,  404,  473 

Dea.  Amos,  jr 309,  350,  430 

Andrew 189,  379,  404 

Charles  F 465 

David 220,  412 

Francis 52,  61,  106,  375 

Hannah 195 


Elliott,  Luther 197,  412 

Phebe 193 

Roger 189,  195,  220 

Sophia 192 

Ellsworth,  Jane 195 

John 390,  404 

Lucy 193 

Nancy 198 

Elwell,  John 32 

Emerson,  Mr.  Brown 320 

Caleb 457 

Rev.  Daniel 265 

Capt.   Daniel 393 

Nathaniel 430,  460 

Emery,  Capt.  Benjamin 379 

English,  Joe 98,  99 

Estabrook,  Rev.  Gorham  W.  312 
EvERDEN,  John.  .48,  358,  387,  389, 

404 

Everett,  David,  Esq.. .  .214,  339, 

449,  466,  468 

Fairfield,  Henry  M 173 

Farr,  Joseph 31 

Farley,  Benjamin  M.,  Esq.  .  .  .  58 

George 424 

George  E 180 

Luther 457 

Farmachiff,  Jonathan 380 

Farmer,  Daniel  Davis  .  .334,  350, 

351 

Dr.  John 323,  326,  457 

Zadoc 197 

Farnum,  Asa 404 

Israel 77,  412         , 

James 443         I 

John 132,404 

John 373 

Lieut.  Joseph  71,  74,  75,  77,  209, 

258,  262,  268,  375,  386,  404 

Stephen    258,  375,  378,  389,  404 

Thomas 77 

Farrar,  Hon.  Timothy    123,  215, 
276,  339 


INDEX    OF   NAME9    OF    PERSONS. 


949 


FARRlN(iT(>N,    -Idllll  :n 

KAititow,  Saiinifl -i-* 

Fay,  .Icscpli  H.  1811,  2()U,  2(13,  'JlC), 

I'll,  214,  419,  420,  422 

Kei.ton,  Klisha  .  .52,  H2.  l(»(i,  ISS, 

375,  391 

Hiram  (', 180,  220 

William U2 

FKiiKti.L,  Daniel 220 

Fkw,  Mrs.  Mary  W 314 

William.  ..  .'. 420 

FiKi.us,  Kdwin 180 

Francis 189 

Henry 34<5 

John 397,  404 

Samuel l'*^9 

FisiiKK,  Miss  Cora  li 459 

.Joel  H 177,  18.1,  20tJ 

FisK,  Allen 457,  465 ' 

David  .  .  .1S9,  195,  374,  404,  4os 

David,  jr 19S,  220,  245 

Dea.  David,  3d,.  .103,  220,  296, 

297,  300,  301,  303,  309,  412, 

430 

Jiilm 77 

CI.  Xatt 412 

William 376 

Hon.  William  75.  10(5,  121.  125, 

132,   133,   139,   189.  202.  204. 

206,  210,  212,  214,  241,  276, 

277,  279,  281,  2S4,  292.  293, 

325,  327,  370,  430,  441,  415 

FisKK.  Kev.  Al>el '^-J 

Fitch,  Dr.  Franeis  1*.  .  .  .156.  lt>3. 

169,   170.  214,   220,  116, 

470 

Thadd.-u.s 369.  370,  404 

Fit  rs.  Abraham 33 

Fi.KTciiK.K,   .\lbert 422 

Arthur 174 

Capt.  Daniel   134.  158,  203,  2o5. 

211,  212,  220,  435 

Daniel  A 180.203 


I'll  TtiiKK  (apt.  (ie(iri;c  W..  .169, 
■J20.  129 

Henry  A 123 

I.saao,  Ks,, 46.S 

John l^^o.  423 

John  V ISO 

Major  Jo.sepli 220,  134,  442 

Merrill 220 

Otis 311.  441 

Robert,  Es(i..  .214,  273,  322.  366 

Robert,  jr .  .437,  156 

Robert 220,  311.  441 

Samuel 1*^9 

Sewall 220 

Simeon 52,  62 

Rev.  Simnn 311 

Fi.i.N.N,  Jarob,  K.sij !^9 

Fmnt,  Amos  .  .106,  204,  256.  2.57. 

262.   264.  270,    1*91.  376,  :'.95. 

154 

Amos,  jr 106,  369,  376,  104 

Butler  P ISO. -123 

Calvin •189 

Charles  K 423 

Nathan 71,72,  77,  26S,  376 

Nathan,  jr 71 

Samuel "7 

Hdu.  Samuel.  .   21 1 

Mrs.  Sarah 1^9 

Widow 192 

Fi.ynt,  John '12 

Thonuus '^2 

Foi.soM,  Cieneral  Nathaniel.  .  361 
!  Foi.LAXSUKK,  James  C  .156,  205. 
\  212.  220 

FoKHK.H.  John  M 466 

FoKi.,  KlizaK'th 196 

I      Frederick IsQ,  463 

.Tames '^'^ 

.lohn 220 

Capt.  John  •i^^ 

FoHSAiTH,  Wilson  D.  .      176,  ISO, 
203,  447,  459 


950 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Foster,  Rev.  Edmund 259 

Edward 89 

Jonathan 189,  460 

Moses 89 

Samuel 445,  447 

FowLE,  Joseph 196,  220 

Joseph  E 180,  308,  309 

Mrs 194 

Fowler,  Asa 217 

Elizabeth 34 

Fox,  John 424 

JohnM 416,  422 

Fray,  George 424 

Freeman,  Hon.  Peyton  R.  .  . .  323 

French,  Benjamm 89 

Benjamin  F 457 

Ephraim  189,  268,  295,  376,  378, 

404 

Frederick,  Esq..  .  .140,  189,  214, 

326,  449 

Hannah 195 

Josiah 380 

Stephen  B 412 

Frye,  James 31 

Capt.  Isaac 370,  371 

Fuller,  Israel  140,  189,  196,  204, 

206,  207,  212,  220,  285,  309, 

328 

Israel,  jr.  142,  152,  154,  205,  214 

220,  429,  435 

John 76 

Martha 189 

Nathan  52,  62,  76,  106,  189,  261, 
350,  376 

ThaddeusM 197 

Thomas 32 

Timothy 42,  235,  251 

William 32 

Fullerton,  Rav.  A.  H 313 

Furber,  Rev.  Franklin 313 

Gage,  James 209,  376 

Gai>;s,  John 29 

Gale,  Dr.  Amory. .  .145,  310,  470 


Gardner,  George  B 220 

Habbakuk 32 

Capt.  Joseph 32 

Mrs.  Friscilla 195 

Gatchel,  Jeremiah.  . .  .27,  32,  35 

John 32 

Gates,  Gen.  Horatio 387,  392 

Gay,  Betsey  C 197 

Brig.-Gen 427 

Gearish,  Col.  Joseph 21 

George  the  Second,  King.  .49,  432 

the  Third,  King 55 

George  W 416,  422,  469 

Miss  Laura  H 447 

Nathaniel  H 180,  447 

Gibson,  Elizabeth 19$  3j 

Robert 189  ' 

Samuel 189,  19^3 

Gilbert,  Benjamin  J.,  Esq..  .  .467 
Laraford  261,  268,  373,  387,  404 

Giles,  Thomas 369,  370,  404 

Gill,  Charles 180 

GiLMAN,  Daniel 412 

Col.  David 379,  402 

James 81 

Gov.  John  Taylor    76,  113,  215, 

382 

Nicholas 387 

Timothy 215 

Gilmore,  Asa 89 

James  .  .189,  192,  209,  369,  370, 
376,  378,  386,  404 

James,  jr 189,  431 

Jesse 189 

Gov.  Joseph  A 217 

Mercy 195 

Thomas 322 

Gilpatrick,  Thomas  M..420,  422 

GiLSON,  Abel 89 

Abigail 196 

Frank  0 180 

Luke 180,  349 

Stephen  H 180 


INDEX   OF   NAMES   OF   PERSONS.  Onl 

f;i.f>Yi),  .Iiilin :V2  fJovK,  Joimtliaii                       .    \:,- 

(ioAUiiAM,  Col.  8hul>ael.  .  .  .•_'!♦.  •_'.")    (Ikwing,  Josoi»li  'J'2l 

(ioKKK,  Col.  Joliii    ;")(),  'A,  5."),  201,    (Ikaiiam.  Arthur s\ 

208,  212,  358       .loliu 2(i;{ 

(ioi  i>.  Aiiaiii ;j;{        JoiKithaii 2«J.S 

(Jooi.Ai  I..  A>a 80        Samuel 81 

(iooimt  K,  Kiv.  .Mr 256    Gkatkk,  Charles  E 180,  422 

CcH.iiM AN.  Huhanl  ;J6!»,  :i.S4.  40 1,        Francis iS!),  l}>,s,  221 

4(17         Fraiiris,  jr 221 

(io.ii.iiii.uK,  Allen.  . .  .71,  77,  2(52,        .lanie.s  II Il'» 

_'t)S,  :}76,  :{80,  ;i87,  :{S!»,  4li4    (Jkavks,  Col.  Kiifus I  In 

Lieut.  Allen 77       Samuel ;{1 

GooDSi'KKD,  John ;J50    Gray,  Robert 420,  422 

GooDWi.N,  Daniel HO  ;      Samuel 52 

(;f)v.  k-haboil 217    Giik<;oky  XIII,  rojie U] 

Mr.  Xathani.'l    12,  1 1,  17,  Is,  2it    Gkkklky,  Horace I(i7 

William  K 221        Col.  Josepli 127 

Gordon,  Hon.  William    201.  212,       Zaccheu.s isjj 

211,  271,  322,  :?:?!».   :;il,  :U.'),  Grkkn,   Amos. .  .S7,  20!»,  370,  1«1 

1 17,  4t>0        Amos,  jr 189,  l!»ti,  221 

William,  jr I."i7,  405        Charle.s 221 

(JoKK,  Hon.  Christopher 3:{!i        Daniel 4(>| 

Go.ss,  Mrs.  Anah l!»!»        Da\  i<l 37(},  3s7 

Kphraim  IsO,  316,  397,  40l,  los        Capt.   .lohn .-, 

John II        .Jonas 89 

.Tolm  Abbott 3915,  4(>4        Nathan 77 

.lolm  K 1S((        Rev.  Samuel 298 

IVfer 309,  3!»7,  40l    (Jukknvii.i.k,  Alonzo  S 157 

Samuel 435    GRiMK.'i,  Francis 387,  4(»4 

Gon.i),  Aml>rose.  .  .  192       ifc»hn HI,  .370,  378,  KM 

Henjamin 221        .Ihiiathan 81,  376 

Daniel 71,  20H        Thad«leus 81 

.lolm ISO.  ffo        William 81 

.Joseph.  .203,  209,  240,  2.")3,  2.'.0,    (Mtiswoi.D.  (Jeorge  1* 416.  422 

366,  376    (jRoirr,  Charles 121 

Mr H8    Grout,  .John 401,  4o| 

Nelson  D 428  <  Gun.v,  Samuel 3(50 

KeulMMi 50  (irTTKR.soN,  Kli  S..  .221,  420,  422 

Kichan!  .'>2.  7 1 .  72,  2.'>(5,  260,  268.        .John 8ft 

37(5,  391        .Samuel  6.i,  89 

Silas .  .3.S7,  401        Samuel,  2d 89 

Stephen 369,  379,  404       Simeon 89 

GovK.  Hon.  Charles  F 148  Hadi  ev,  Hon.  .Tnhn  I..  .  .221,  3.39 


952 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Hadlock,  John 423 

Kendall 221 

Hagar,  Joel -143 

Haile,  Gov.  William 217 

Hale,  Charles  A 422 

Robert,  Esq 35,  36 

Dr.  John 392 

Jonathan 89 

Jonathan,  2d 89 

Col.  Nathan 382 

William    88 

Hon.  William 216 

Haley,  Julia 198 

Hall,  Charles  A.  B 420 

Charles  F 422 

Hon.  Hiland 361 

Jude 376,  384,  385,  404 

Mr 388 

Samuel 376 

Hammond,  Rev.  Mr 313 

Hanafokd,  Mr 112 

Hancock,  Gov.  John ....  366,  367 

Handley,  Henry 397,  404 

Hanson,  John  A 180 

Joseph  F 180,423 

Hanscomb,  George 221 

Hapgood,  Col.  Charles  E..168,214, 
418,  422 

Hardy,  Albert 203,  212 

Arthur 180 

Elbridge.  . .  .144,  158,  163,  205, 
212,  214,  221,  317,  429 

Elbridge,  jr 221 

James  L 162,  422 

Sarah 195 

Harper,  Capt.  William 378 

Harradox,  Isaac 221 

John 32 

Joseph 311 

Reuben  W 423 

Harradaway,  John 32 

Harris,   Henry ' 384,  404 

Henrv  A 180 


Harris,  Samuel 30 

Samuel,  2d 376,  387,404 

Harriman,  Gov.  Walter 217 

Harrington,  Edward  W  .  .  .  .217 

Harris,  John 424 

Harrison,  Robert 422 

Hart,  Col.  John 358 

Hartshorn,  Benjamin 376 

Capt.  Daniel.  .132,  142, 156, 165, 
167,  189,  205,  212,  221,  246, 
430,  436. 

Mrs.  Daniel 440 

Hartshorn,  David  51,  52,  62,  357, 

358 

David,  2d 411 

Edward.  .189,  198,  221,  397,  404 

Franklin 180,  211,  332,  423 

George  R 180 

Hepsibah    199 

James  106, 209, 270, 273, 376, 454 

James,  jr 394,  404 

James,  3d 189 

Jennie  P 459 

John,  106,  189, 194,  376,  378,  404 

Dea.  John,  jr 106,  189,   192, 

19.5,  296,  297,  309 

Joseph 411,  412 

Jotham.  .  170,  205,  211,  212,  214, 
221,  305 

Rev.  Levi 205,  457,  465 

Mrs.  Lucy 443 

Mrs.  Mary 196 

Newton  T 416,  423 

Samuel 89 

Sarah 194 

Timothy 106,  194 

Timothy,  2d 205,  221 

Vaola  J 465 

William 106,  189 

Harvell,  John  193,  204,  212,  268 

Capt.  John 430 

John  H 180 

Capt.  Joseph.  .189,  221,  311,  441 


INDEX    OF    NAMES    OF   PERSONS. 


958 


n  VRVKi.i.,  .Tosf]ili   K 2*21 

Th.-iiius  M.  172.  ISO,  20:),  221, 
:W2,  l:i(».  t.")!) 

II Aic\  1.1,  (Ji.v.  Matlliew 21G 

IIakwdod,  John  . .  .52,  (52,  71,  77, 

258,  2(J1,  208,  1)7 r> 

.loliii,  jr 77 

II.vski.tim:,  Mrs.  lict.si-y 197 

Charle.s ...221,  U:J 

James  G 180,  2o5,  459 

Jolin  180,  1!IG.2()1,  212.  221.  :n2, 

ni 

Joliii  E 180 

Xathanifl  .'JoS,  370, 378, 380,  104 

H.vssKi.i..  (ifor^'e   K 180 

Jo.sepli  II 180,  403 

Mrs li>4 

llASTiN(is,  Benjamin 190,  221 

Charles 423 

William 390 

IIatiii,  Joscpli 31 

II.WKN,  Joseph 31 

il.A.Yi)KX,  Samuel 59 

Thi.mas  W 221 

Willurd 20.'),  212,  221 

1 1  AYi;.**,  lifv.  .Varon '■M'2 

IIav.nks,  llev.  Mr..  .  l.>^ 

11kai»,  (iov.  Xatt J 18 

IJKAt.i.,  Uev.  Albert 248,  312 

IJKAi.KY,  Hon.  Jo.seph 210 

IIkatii,  Alvin   180 

Georjije  K 422 

11i:nlh.man,  Mr.-^.  Anna 1^9 

Dr.  Nathaniel 127.  409 

Rev.  Nathaniel 2r>3 

llKN-itY.  Samuel 100.  208,  370 

IIkkkick.  Mrs.  Dehorah 190 

Frank  V ISQ 

George  W 180 

Joseph 33 

Jonathan 152,  190 

Jonathan,  jr l.VJ 

Lieut.  Jo.siah 77 

01 


I  IIkukuk,  Miss  Mary 104 

Peter 77 

Samuel  I) -ISO 

,      Mrs.  Samuel  I) 177 

I  IIkywood,  Rev.  Jo.shua.  .323,  405 

J..slnia 397,  404 

Nathaniel 73,  22s,  20S 

Nehemiah 72 

i      William 397,  401 

i  IIiCKS,  Major  Joshua.  .  .38,41,  42, 

101,  2.-)l 

lIiiDKKTU,  Al.el  F 323 

!      Dr.  Charles  F 470 

DaviiL.lOO,  189,  194,  370,390, 

404 

Kphraim  52,  209,  240,  348,  370, 

399,  430 

Hannah 189 

Jacob 02.  376 

Jacob,  jr.,  isO,  214,  2l'1.2I."),  327 

Jacob,  2.1 221 

John  H 180,  221 

Jonathan 310 

Jotham 221 

Mary  W 189,  194 

Samuel ISO,  400 

11 II  I,,  Alonzo 180 

Arthur  II 180 

Hradlord  A ISO 

Gcorije  F 459 

Mrs.  George  F 4r)0 

(;ranville  S 180 

(iov.  Lsaac.  .  .12.3,  14s,  -JlO,  311, 

457 

Mrs.  Judith 77 

Stephen 309,  4(»4 

Lieut.  Timothy    75,  77,  100,370 

IIii.i.s,  FrankliiiM 221 

Gilbert 214 

Mo,ses 189,221 

Sally  J 192 

IIiLMAKit.  Francis 148 

HiNU,  Williauj 32 


954 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


Hinds,  Benjamin  F 424 

Rev.  Orlando 312 

Hitchcock,  John 380 

Hoar,  Joseph 89 

Joseph,  jr 89 

HoBBS,  Mrs.  Amey 52 

Dea.  Humphrey  . .  .42,  289,  290, 
308,  358,  359,  360 

HoBSON,  Mr.  John 10,  11 

Capt.  Jeremiah. .  .106,  322,  348, 

430 

HoDGMAN,  George 180 

John  P 180 

Timothy 221 

HoDKiNS,  Edward 180 

HoGAN,  Edward 424 

Hogg,  Miss  Janet 198 

William  .  .52,  62,  208,  209,  268, 
.     376,  387,  404,  454 

HoiT,  Hon.  Daniel 216,  217 

HoLBROOK,  Ebenezer 311 

Francis  W 177,  180 

Frank  A 180 

George  E 180,  459 

Ralph 311 

Stephen 444 

HoLDEN,  George  W 180 

Willard 197 

Holland,  John 388 

HoLLis,  Edward 33 

Holmes,  Abraham 429 

Dea.  David  .  .189,  214,  283,  293, 
294,  309,  449,  454,  455 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 294 

Jacob 457 

Sarah  M 189 

Stephen  R 464 

Holmes  &  White 454 

Holt,  Abiel 379,  404 

Charles 221 

Clark 221 

Daniel 90 

Ebenezer 52,  62,  77,  106 


Holt,  Ebenezer,  jr 52,  376 

Edwin  M 180,  221 

Ezekiel 62,77 

Ezra 161,  221 

Frank  H 420,423 

Hannah 194 

Isaac 376 

Israel   H 180 

Israel  P 221 

Jabez 369,  373,404 

Joshua 457 

Nathan  K 181 

Obadiah 373,  387,  395,  404 

Reuben 106,  376 

Holton,  Joseph 33 

HoLYOKE,  Dr.  Edward  A 470 

Honey,  Calvin 392,  404,  407 

HoNEYMAN,  John 452 

Hood,  Joseph 89,  189,  195 

Joseph,  jr 89 

Hook,  Messrs 317 

Hopkins,  Benjamin  43,  83, 89, 209, 

268,  .376 

Benjamin,  jr.,  65,  81,  89,  376, 390 

Benjamin,   3d 89 

David 89 

David,  2d 181 

Ebenezer 81,  268,;376 

James 71,77,268 

James,  jr 77 

John 89 

Peter 89 

Solomon 86,  89 

William 89 

HosEA,  Miss  Mercy 198 

Capt.  Robert 77 

Houghton,  Mr.  Jonas 11,  14 

How,  Isaac 53,  89,  376 

Samuel 81 

Stephen 89 

Howard,  George 192 

Henry 189,  196,221 

Henry,  jr 455 


INDEX   OF   NAMES   OF   PERSONS. 


955 


Howard,  Herbert 181,  221 

Jonathan 412 

Josiali 189,  44:{ 

Levi 181,  221 

Marv 19.'),  108 

Natliaiiirl l.")4 

Polly   197 

|{o(iney 221,  462 

William lOU,  270,  357 

II<.\VK,  Hev.  A.  M 312 

.I.K'l ;?69,  376,  37S.  :{,S6,  4o4 

ilowK  &  Goodwin 4r)5 

IIiBBARD,  Amos 189,  221 

Kugene  C 181 

Gov.  Ilenrv  .  .i:.l.  216,  428,  466 

.I«M-tMniali 8f) 

Mrs.  Mary  W 196 

William  il 181,  206 

llrinii-.s,  Kidianl.  .  .369,  376,  384, 
396,  404 

Mr  NT,  Calel) 396,  404 

H.Miry 396,404 

.Fal.i-z II 

Mr.  Thomjus 12 

Ml  TCHixs,  Col.  Gordon 379 

John 33 

liiTCHiNsoN,  Abner  62,65,  72,  81, 

89,  209,  268 

Barlholomt'W.  .  .  .65,  81,  89,  268 

B.-njamin    65.  81,  82,  85,  86,  89, 

204,  212 

Ebenezer 376,  38.5,  404 

Elisha  «!5,  81,  85,  86,  89,  268, 376 

Kugene   457 

Isaiah 181 

Jonathan 81 

Josiah  1) 221 

Joseph 33 

Justin  K. 181 

Capt.  Nathan   65,  81,  82,  83,  85, 

201.  212.  270,  376,  395,  396 

Nathan,  jr.  6.5,  81.  89.  268,  376, 

386,  404 


HuTCiiiNso.v,  Nathaniel 850 

Sarah 68 

Solomon  48,  50,  53,  62,  102,  202, 
203,  357,  440 

Solomon,  2d 387.  404 

Thomas.  Esq 12 

Timothy 86 

Ingalls,  Daniel 350 

Samuel 31 

IvK.s,  Captain 35 

Jackson,  I'res.  Andrew  .  .248,  429 

James  M 181,  459 

Jaffuky,  George,  Esq 337 

Jaqi-itii,  Asa,  jr 205,  423 

Ebenezer 423 

Isa.oc 107 

Jkkkukys,  Francis 30 

Jknnison,  Rev.  F^dwin 301 

Edwin  P 181 

Jei-son,  Benjamin 181,  222 

Jkss,  Kob»>rt 181 

.fKWKi.L,  Henjamin,  jr 412 

Jkwktt,  George  W isi 

Hiram  F 441 

John 189 

Joshua 222 

Joseph 107,  189,  387,  4(H 

Josiah 189, 222 

Nathaniel 189 

Mrs.  Phebe 194 

Mrs.  Uelwcca 193 

Robert 222 

Johnson,  Daniel 89 

Capt.  Is.iac 2 

Jonathan 31 

Joseph  F 420,422 

Richard 32 

Sanmel 32 

Jones,  Caleb. .  .65,  66,  85,  89,  268 

Caleb,  jr 268,  386,404 

Mrs.  Cynthia 444 

Ephraim  W 181 

Hon.  Frank 218 


956 


HISTOEY    OF    AMHERST. 


Jones,  John 451 

Jonathan 85,  89 

Joshua 89,  473 

Col.  Levi 222 

Rev.  Mr 313 

Nathan 37,  75,  77,  258,  376 

Nathan,  jr 71,  268,  376 

Peter 37,77,  192,  195 

Peter  Woodbury  .  .  181,  200,  338 

Rev.  Samuel 312 

Thomas    176,  181,  205,  211,  338 

Thomas,  2d 424 

Timothy 106 

Timothy,  2d 181,  189,222 

William  .  .53,  209,  255,  404,  407 

JosLiN,  Levi 222 

Kearney,  Thomas 189,  222 

Keeth,  Mr.  Josiah 22,  24 

Keeleb,  Rev.  Dr 248 

Keiff,  Michael  334,  347,  349,  376, 
396,  404,  459 

Mrs.  Rachel 198,  350 

Kelley,  Hon.  Moses  120,  322,  345, 

382 

Patrick 181 

Kendall,  Asa  S 218 

Daniel 77 

Dea.  Jacob 75,  77,  204,  212 

John 77 

John,  jr 376 

John  L 420,  422 

Joshua 106,  404 

Leonard 222 

Nathan.  . .  .51,  .53,  106,  203,  209, 

212,  270,  353,  376 

Nathan,  jr.  .  .  106,  189,  198,  214, 

322,  327,  3.52,  369,  404,  408, 

430,  441,  447 

Sarah 194 

Stephen 189,212 

Capt.  Thaddeus 77,  427 

Kendrick,  Benjamin  87,  143,  193, 

201,  204,  209,  212,  242,  256, 

259,  365,  366,  376 


Kendrick,  Benjamin,  2d  189,  222, 
316,  317 

Daniel 59 

Widow  Sarah 193 

Stephen 87,  106 

Keney,  Thomas 33 

Kenney,  Archelaus 369,  404 

Daniel 27,  35 

Daniel,  2d 370,395,404 

Kennedy,  Rev.  Nathaniel  . .  .121, 

457 

Kent,  Miss  Anna 176,  317 

George 126,  181,463 

George 216 

Keyes,  Horace  W 181 

Kidder,  Andrew  J.    181,  423,  463 

Benjamin .  .  '. 222 

Daniel 384,  402,  404 

Josiah 189,222,376 

Josiah,  jr 268 

William  L 77 

Kimball,  Anna 198 

Betsey 197, 

Ebenezer 189,  193 

Eli 387,404 

Elizabeth 189 

George 323,457 

Henry.  .  .107,  189,  376,  395,  404 

Holton 189 

Jacob  .  .  .142,  189,  195,  222,  326, 

464 

John ...242 

Mrs.  Lydia 192 

Moses". 74,  106,376,430 

Moses,  jr 106 

Rev.  True 75 

King,  Mansfield 189,  413 

Robert  M •  ...459 

Mr.  William 320 

Kingsbury,  Eleazer  W..  .369,  404 

KiNSON,  Charles  H 181,  423 

Miss  Ella 459 

George 222 


INDEX   OF   NAMES   OF   PERSONS. 


957 


KiNSON,  Mrs.  Sarah If).") 

KiTTRKixJi:,  Jo.siah 77 

Solomon    77,  l(i:5,  204,  -Jo'.),  L'li'J, 

26.S,   ;569,  373,  376,  381,  3S6, 

300,  4(H 

Solonioii,  2(1 2(58 

Dr.  Zepliaiiiah 7s,  :578,  104 

Knkki.and,  Samuel   14,  1"),  10.  21, 

2:{,  33 

KxiniiT.  Jonathan.  .150,  181.  20.'>, 

222,  24(1,  461 

Rolu-rt  T 181 

Knott.  Doctor 'V2 

Knowi.ton.  Joseph. .  .Sf),  180,  102 

Ki-HN,  John  M 412 

r..AFAYKTTP:,  (teneral  .  .  .  .119,  13.') 
Lakkman,  Joseph  .  .14s.  180,  10.5. 

222 

{..•vi 222 

I. AKIN,  William 4o4 

Lamson,  Jereniiah.  .360,  373,  40.'), 

407 

Jesse 78 

Jonathan.  ..•):{,  02.  35S.  .370.  378^ 
■AS'),  387,  405 

Jonathan,  jr 78,  lOO 

Mrs.  Mary 75 

Samuel    36,  42.  48,  53,  251,  289, 

3.58 

Samii.'l.  jr 48.  53,  309,  4o5 

William.  .71.  70.  258,  i>til.  l>(18, 

370.  3S8,  309 

I-k.\NCASTER,  Jnshu.i  .405 

Lancy,  Deborah 290 

George 346 

.Sarah 20O 

William.  ; 2.-)l.  200 

L  VNODKLL,  Joseph    71,  75.  76,  78, 

204,  212,  258,  201,  268.  370 

Langdon,  Gov.  John   70,  21.5,  304 

Langk,  Adolph 443 

Lang  LEY,  Lucinda 107 

Laskin.  Thomas  .  .33 


La.skin.  Timothy 33 

I, ATiiKoi*,  John 440 

hAWUKXci:,  .Varon.  .153,  150,  103, 

100,  211,  212,  214,  222,  299, 

.3(11.  .30.3.  .301,   30.5.   3(10,  317. 

330,  331,  42(1,  421.  447,  401 

i:i«er 131,  1.H9,  3O0,  441 

Horace 423 

Isaac 31(5 

Liz/ie  G 176 

Mi.ss  S.  Lue :U1 

Leavitt,  .\ii(lrt'w  71,76,  iso,  lOS, 
242,  300,  370,  371,  405 

Benjamin 180,  222 

Frank 181 

John 1H9,  222 

Joseph 189,  300,  405 

Mrs.  Mary 4os 

Michael 181 

Michael,  jr isl 

William 1.52 

Lei.ani),  Rev.  Willis  D.    isl.  'jso. 
307,  30S 

Leman,  Abraham .59 

.Sanmel 280 

Lemmons. .325 

fjEONAKl),  Kev.  Levi  W 310 

Samuel 412 

Lekned,  K.V.  J.  11 312 

Levin,  IVter 422 

Lewis,  Asa 386,  387,  40.5,  407 

Henjamin 65,  89 

Benjamin,  jr 65,  389 

Edmund 32 

John 34 

Jo.seph 105 

Mrs lOL  V.iH 

Liunv,  Jeremiah  I  |(i 

LiGONiER,  Lord 51 

Lincoln,  Pres.  Abraham  414,  415 

LiNDsEY,  John 31 

Litti.e.  >LHJor  .Vlfreil 31«) 

LiTTi.iMiAi.E.  .M>raham.    .3!'*.'.  1(''> 


958 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


LiVERMORE,  Hon.  Arthur  339,  358 

Rev.  Jonathan 78,  264 

Hon.  Samuel 276,  335 

Solomon  K 467,468 

Livingston,  Samuel  M 412 

Livius,  Hon.  Peter 335 

LoNGA,  Charles  H 181 

LoNGLEY,  John 13,  14 

Lord,  Rev.  Nathan    127,  131,  189; 

279,  281,  282,  283,  285,  286, 

287,  289,  292,  295,  301,  308, 

317,  326,  351 

LovE-TOY,  Abial 144 

Abijah 53,  62 

Augustus 229 

Benjamin 48,  53,  62 

Benjamin,  jr 62 

Daniel 268 

Francis.  .106,  376,  378,  396,  405 

Hannah 19-5,  198 

Capt.  Hezekiah  47,  53,  62,  103, 

106,  203,  212,  229,  270,  376, 

384,  387,  389,  391,  393,  395, 

405,  430,  454 

Jacob.. 106,  376 

James 222 

John 106,  376,  38.5,  405 

John,  2d 222,444,463 

JohnG 422,423 

Jonathan 89,  118 

Jonathan,  2d 195,  222 

Joseph   53,  62,  70,  261,  268,  358, 

373,  396,  399,  405 

Dea.  Joshua    109,  202,  204,  212, 

273,  309,  437 

Leander 181 

Mark 222 

Miles 222,430 

Mrs.  Olive 198 

]Mrs.  Patience 193 

Samuel 89 

Stephen 189,  222 

William  II 222 


LovEWELL,  Moody  D 350 

Gen.  Noah 388,389 

Lowe,  Albert  N 181 

Mrs.  Betsey 198 

Cyrus  C 222 

David 196,  222 

David  Perkins 222 

Newton 181 

Walter  D ....181 

Low,  Jonathan 78 

Gen.  Joseph 132,  411 

Miss  Sarah 189 

William,  Esq 115,  181,  189, 

210,  212,  242,  244,  376,  385, 
405,  444,  445 

LowDEN,  James 22,  24 

Lowell,  Rev.  Charles 310 

Lull,  O.  W 172 

LuM,  Nicholas 32 

LuMMUs,  Porter 85,  89 

Lund,  Augustus 431 

Ephraim 53,  62 

Jonathan 209,  376,  391 

Jotham 89 

Phinehas 197 

Lutwy'che,  Edward  G.,  Esq.   337, 

388 

Lynch,  George  F 181 

Ly'On,  Daniel 443 

Ebenezer.  .47,  48,  53,  201,  212, 
236,  357,  358 

Edward 405 

Jonathan 53,    62,   209,    376, 

385,  405 

Matthew 117 

Mace,  Frank  W 181,  202 

James  C 189 

John  N 420,422 

Joseph  164, 205, 212, 214, 222, 330 

Mack,  Charles  E 222 

Mrs.  Hannah  A 196 

John ....  140,  141,  204,  212,  222, 
245,  295,  297,  434 


J 


INDEX    OF   NAMES    OF   PEIWONS. 


9o9 


Mack,  Sewall  G 429 

Williiim  A.  .  .107,  170,  IHI,  202, 
2(15,211,214,  ;H7,  41.S.  41!) 

Mackay.  Charles  11 I8l,  447 

John IHI 

McAllister,  Thomas 370 

McClernaxd,  Jolm 53 

McCi.uKK.  Asa 189,  222 

(ieorge  A 420,  422 

McC'omhik,  John  II 181 

Levi 222 

McCcTCHiNS,  Gen.  Luther  .  .  .218 
McFarland,  Rev.  Asa.  .282,  292, 

293 

McGakfin,  Lauy:Iilin SSO 

McGakfy,  Stephen 423 

Mc(tA\v,  Jacob 322 

McGee,  Rev.  Jonathan 302 

.Mt(JKATn,  Daniel 4(»5 

.M( Craw,  James 405,  407 

.M(  (iuK.a.K,  li.'v.  Davi.l 293 

McIntihe,  Andrew 4(t5 

Horatio 181,206 

Timotliy 53,  62.  65 

McKEAN-.Davi.l  I) 176,  222 

Frank  A 218 

Hugh 373,405 

Lsaac  i* 181 

James 10(5,  37(j,  397,  405 

John 308 

John,  2d 392,  4o5 

Samuel  2(il,  2o3,  237 

McKknney.  Dani.'l 360 

-Mr.Mi  RiMiY,  Archibald 40 

Md'HERSON,  James 323 

Mahan,  Richard isl,  423 

Ma.iory,  Captain 38 

Jo.seph 32 

.Man.  I.saac 380 

Mannim;.  Henry  H 41(5.  425 

Isaac 78 

Joseph 457 

Niclioliiis   33 


I  Manximj,  Reuel  G U(5,  422 

Salathiel 189 

.Mansiiei.I),    Danit'l 85 

I      Jost'pli 31 

Mansi-r,  Capt.  Klijah 430,  449 

Marble,  Henjamin 181 

Marcy,  Capt.  Dani.-l 218 

Marhen,  (Jeorge  A 418 

Marsh,  J.  Abbott 187 

Jonathan 33 

Onesiphorous  53 

Marshall,  David 78 

I.saac 89 

Martin.  James 35(J 

Nathaniel 408 

'rhomiLS 32 

Timothy 405 

Marvell,  Daniel  K 181 

John 89 

Joiin.  2d 22 

Mason,  Hon.  .I.-remiah.  .210.  339. 

407 

Lowell ICO 

Maxwell,  Francis l^l 

Thompson.  .209.  366,  3(57,  368, 

370,  405 

May.nakk,  Ivt'v.  Lyman.  .  1 15,  310 

Means,  Col.  David  Mo(; 133. 

134.  14L    189.    211,  212,  214, 

2 14.  295,  297.  427,  430.  457 

Rev.  James.  .  .14(i,  302.  304,  465 

Col.  Robert 75.76.  90,  106. 

121.  120.  1.S9,  193,  2<i2,  2l0, 
212.  214,  230,  250.  257.  277. 
279,  281,  284,  292,  322,  320, 
.339,  34S,  370,  399.  401.  433. 
445,  454.  459 
Rob.rt.  jr...  .132.  131.  HO.  214, 
21(>.  2!t.').  320,  3_>7.  411.  I'.O. 
405,  407 

Mrs.  Robert,  jr .'J  > 

Robert,  3d 222 

Mears,  Franklin.  .  .    •Ill 


960 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Mears,  Oliver 311 

Melendy,  Miss  Betsey 197 

Bryant 36,  181,  222,  454 

Bryant  H 423 

Capt.  Charles,  181,  222,  430,  441 

Daniel  W 181 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 195 

Hamilton 222 

Miss  Hepsibah 197 

James 181 

John  H 181 

Joseph 89 

Capt.  Luther  181,  222,  246,  303, 

430,  441 

Nathaniel  190, 195, 222, 441,  454 

Nathaniel  M 181 

Lieut.  Peter 326,  411 

Miss  Patience 475 

Samuel  B.  152,  159,222,429,455 
Thomas   190,  192,  198,  373,  405, 

408 
William  53,  62,  81,  85,  193,  209 

268 

William,  2d 62,  376,  454 

William,  3d.  .134,  190,  204,  212, 
223,  435 

William,  4th 181,  423,  463 

Melendy  &  David .455 

Melory,  Robert 405 

Melvin,  David 190,  395,  405 

David,  jr 190,  222 

Mrs.  Mary 195 

Mklzar,  Abraham 222 

Merrill,  Benjamin.  ..  .107,  369, 
376,  385,  387,  405 

Benjamin  F 181 

B.  Frank ISl 

Mr.s.  Betsey 198 

Charles 181 

Rev.  Charles 313 

Charles  N 203,  317 

Horatio 190 

Nathan 89 


Meserve,  Eben 181 

Me.sser,  Fifield  H 420,  422 

Metcalf,  Gov.  Ralph 217 

Millard,  John  F 181 

Miller,  Alexander 424 

Farrar 396,405 

Gen.  James 132 

Mills,  Capt.  John.  .71,  209,  2.58, 

261,  268,  358,  368,  373,  386, 

389,  397,  405 

Ebenezer 78 

Mitchell,  Ebenezer 360 

John 62,  376,405 

Samuel 78 

Mooar,  Joshua 65,  89,  431 

William 181 

MooNEY,  Col.  Hercules  .  .393,  403 
Moor,  Alfred  L 416,  422,  463 

Dr.  George  W 470. 

James  R 181 

John 196,  222,  460 

Moore,  Henry 323 

Hugh. .  .190,  195,  222,  316,  317, 
408 

Rev.  Humphrey...  .86,  122,  138, 
293,  298,  301,  302,  305,  458 

Robert ' 187 

Samuel  C 222 

Mrs.  Susannah 192 

Moran,  Patrick 423 

]\I0RG AN,  Joseph 30 

Morril,   Gov.  David   L.  132,  135, 

216,  346 

Morrison,  Joseph 190 

Capt.  Samuel 443 

William  F 457 

Morse,  John  1 181 

Morton,  Hir9,m  F 424 

William  S 214,  468 

MouLTON,  Daniel 190,  222 

John 222 

Mullen,  John 181 

Michael 181 


INDEX   OF   NAMES    OF    PERSONS.  961 

MiTXROK,  Mr.s.  Aziibali 10.")    Xiciioi.sox,  Willi.ini 31 

Elijah \il\    XoKius,  Ki-v.  K.  F :i07 

James 'J14,  161    Non,  K.-v.  Haml.'!  {', 298 

Capt.  .Tosiah 3!»iJ,  4<)1,  K)')    Xoiksk,  Jaiii.-s  V 181,  3.\2 

Mrs.  Susannah 3!»2    Ni.yk.s,  All.-il I'Jn.  l'.>2,  423 

MrssKY,  Diinuii.l 370        Alfivd  181 

Dr.  Juhii 27.'i,  27ti.  It5!i,  171        Anmiial 223,  129 

John n:'..  171        U.'v.  Kli  1* 312 

K.'iibeii    5(1,  .j3,  o.").  (i2,  107,  2()3,        Frank  W iHl 

2()(»,  210,  212,  227,  22S,  25."),        Fn-derick  A 181 

2.'jf!,  257,  259,  268,  377,  3!»1        Rev.  James 314 

Ht'uU'n  1) 107,  3S9,  105        Muses 190,  l!».s,  223 

Dr.  Reul)cn  D 465,  466,  469        Mosvs,  jr 190 

M YitKK,  Lucretia  H 176,  177        Parker,  Ks.i 339 

N'ath,  Al.raham 3.S()        Mrs.  Sally 195 

Xkal,  Jerumiali 33        Sihis 190 

Nkkdham,  Stearns 89        William 181,  223 

Xesmith,  John 152    Nutt,  George  A 223 

Nevins,  Benjamin 89        Miss  Hannah 105,  169 

Thoma-s 59        Samuel 137,  148,  223,  435 

William 59    ( )hf.r,  Henry  S 110.  l2o,  122 

Nkwhai.i.,  John .02       John lno 

Samuel 32       John,  jr 223 

Nkwton,  Frank  S 181        John  A 181 

Hubhanl,  Esq 149,  20l, 212,  i      Mrs.  Sally 198 

214,  24H,  108        .Samuel 170,  181.  223 

Nuiiui.s.  Aaron  lo7,  373.  3.S);,  4o5    O'Hkikn,  James 121 

Freeman .312    O'CoxNKi.i.,  John 181 

I I.nry  A 122,  4(!4        Thoma-s 181,  422 

JoM-ph  .  .  .77,  l!io,  195,  393.  395,    Odkm,,  Ebenezer 76,  78 

396,  405,  430  Ebenezer,  jr..  .  78.  379,  386,  3S7, 

Leonard  T 190,  413  389,  405 

Luther  W 461        .lohn 389,  393,  405 

(uMi.  Moses.  .201.  203,  210,  212,        Luther 190 

214,  227.  230,  237,  366,  376,        I'hebe 193 

384,  386,  387,  388,  389,  391,        Pliny  F 181 

39.5,  402,  405,  468,  469  William. .  .53.  62.  107,  193.  209, 

Dr.  Moses,  jr 409  257.  376,  39l>,  391,  438 

Perkins 445        Lieut.  William,  jr 107,  376 

Timothy 268,  376        William.  3il 190,  223 

Timothy,  jr.    107,  190.  29.5,  326,    Oni.ix,  Dudley 40 

378,  385,  389,  405,  WL  412    O'Donxki.i.,  I'atrick 181 

Nicholson,  Robert 31    O'Xeil,  Daniel 424 

62 


962 


HISTOEY    OP    AMHERST. 


Orcutt,  Rufus 190 

Mrs.  Betsey  E 197 

Orr,  Miss  Ami 160 

Osgood,  George  W.    176,  181,  422 

Rev.  James 252 

JoelF 181,205,223 

JoelF.,  jr 181 

Josiah 89 

Lam-aS 176 

Otis,  Harrison  G.,  jr 457 

Page,  Gov.  John 216 

Capt.  Theophilus 413,  480 

Palfrey,  Rev.  John  G 310 

Palmer,  George  L 447 

Parker,  Arthm-  H 181 

Capt.  Benjamin.  .75,78, 190,  430 

Captain 42 

Charles 181 

Dr.  Charles  E 465 

Charles  S 181 

Capt.  Ebenezer 433 

Hon.  Edmund  132, 133, 134, 135, 
136,  139,  149,  190,  202,  204, 
208,  210,  212,  214,  245,  281, 
282,  294,  295,  296,  297,  299, 
309,  326,  345,  430,  441,  450, 
454,  466,  468 

Ephraim 223 

George  E 181 

Granville 181,  459 

Granville,  jr 181 

Henry  M 176,  182,  424,  459 

Isaac... 182,  190,  193 

Isaac  T 429 

John 30 

John,  2d 156 

Jonathan 223 

Capt.  Joseph.  . .  .39,  42,  234,  235 

Joseph 190,193 

Josiah 195,223 

Josiah  M 223 

Martha  E 192 

Robert. . .  .71,  109,  268,  376,  387 


Parker,  Robert,  jr.78, 378, 384, 405 

Thomas  B 182, 223,  462 

Truman 223 

William 335,  405 

Parkhurst,  Charles  S.  .  .420,  423 

Ephraim  A 182 

George  W 422 

Henry 196,  223 

Hemy,  jr 182,  233 

Henry  H 182 

James  S 182,424 

Silas 223 

Silas  P 182 

Spalding 182,223 

Stillman 223 

Parson,  Samuel 65 

Thomas 65 

William 65 

Parsons,  Moses 209,  466 

Patch,  Timothy  . . .  .161,  223,  444 

Pattee,  Lemuel  N. .  .  157,  202,  211, 
212,  214,  223 

Patten,  Matthew,  Esq 366 

William 350 

Patterson,  Adam.  .369,  376,  385, 
397,  405 

James  W 420,  423 

Lieut.  John    53,  62,  90,  109, 140, 

194,    204,  212,  268,  338,  386, 

405 

Jesse  C 223 

Capt.  Peter .282,431 

Capt.  William 122 

Peabody,  Aaron 65,  78,  79 

Charles  A 182 

Daniel  A 182,416,422 

Francis 134,  159 

Hannah 71 

Isaac 378,  405 

John.' 78,397,405 

M.  B 176 

Matthew  T 223 

Moses 386,  405 


INDEX    OF   NAMES    OP   PERSONS. 


968 


I'k  \nnt)Y.  Hon.  Oliver lMS    I'kickins,  Jcseph,  2rl  71,  7.5,  7(\,  78, 


Saiimol 78 

Samuel,  2(1 228 

Stophon 27,  M(i,  :{') 

Col.  Stephen.  .  KW,  2()8,  209,  210, 
212,  240,  258,  358,  368,  370, 
370,  37S,  381.  380,  3.S9,  300, 


2.-)8,  2fll 

('apt.  Jdsepli,  jr.. .  .7H,  .378,  302, 

3nH,  10.-),  131 

Samuel ;j3 

Thoma.s .'j-i 

Zat-oheus 3;j 


301,  102,  405,  454    Vhiry,  Hev.  David .{01,  302 


Col.  Stephen.  2<1.  .117,  l.VJ.  187, 
214,  223,  320,  408 

Thoma.s 38.5,  397,  405 

William... 41,  47,  53,  .55,  00,  81, 
83,  84,  101,  1!»8,  203,  200,  213, 


Cupt.  El>enezer 224 

•Joseph 80 

Lorenzo  I ) 224 

Thonia.>« .370 

Za<X'heus  O ,300 


255,  2H1,  2fis,  3.57,  370,  3S2    Tkuson,  Daniel 89 

C'apt.    William,   jr..  .  .00,  80.  87,        Kl»enezer .89 

xo,   L»lu,    270,    370,    Jol,  430,    Pktkr.'*,  Andrew 30 

454,  408        I^ev.  Andrew .30,  252 

I'KArocK,  Mrs.  Abigail 198    Pktkrson,  Christian 424 

K/ra  W IH'J,  223    Pkttenoii.l,  John .53 

Iluldah 1!)6        .loscph 423 

Rev.  John 312       Joshua  . .  .02,  369,  387,  389,  405 

John  (J 182  I      ^Irs 1Jj2 

Ruins  . .  . .  .228  I      Moses 397,  405 

Rufus  A 182    I'hki.i*s,  Almond 224 

William 190,  268,  376  '      Amos 190,  106,  224 


William,  jr IDO,  228 

William  K 223 

I'l  AK.  Benjaniiii,  jr 412 

Pk.\rso\.  Thomas 380 

PE.\R.«iONs,  Didymu.s 190,  192 

Franri.s  K 224 

Jane 192 

I'lither     4(J0 

I'tASLEK,  William  S 182 

Pedrick,  George  A 420,  423 

John  D. 
Josi'ph 


Charles  II 178,  416,  420,  422 

Daniel 221 

Frank   A 182 

Frank  P 182,  332 

Horace 182 

Jonathan 89 

Mrs.  .Mary 102,  444 

Nathanii'l 02,  107,  209 

Samuel 30,  78,  397,  405 

Susannah 190 

....182 


.      ,  PiiiLBRicK,  Albert  M 

■.300.'405       f'^-"^^ 182 

, ,  I .     •  ,  o  James  A 423 

I  i:kkin>.  Daniel  S 170;  1  u„  p                                       ,co 

,,,,    .  ,       ,,  -'"hn  C 182 

*  ^    Pill  MP.  King  of  the  Wampanoag.'^ 

•':n"e'^ 4571  ;j^  jj 

Kev.  Jared 217,  31.;  |  Pun  mis  Hon.  John 408 

'fo^V^ 31    PiCKi  Ri.\(;,  lion.  John 215 


964 


HISTORY    OP    AMHERST. 


Pickering,  Thomas 364: 

Pickett,  Joseph 30 

PiCKWOBTH,  Samuel 33 

Pierce,  Gen.  Benjamin.  .123, 131, 

132,  135,  216,  345,  346,  351, 

427 

Joseph 376 

PiERPONT,  Rev.  John 310 

Pike,  Ens.  Benjamm.  .78, 107,  192 

Benjamin,  jr 107 

Ephraim 78 

Jacob 412 

Hon.  James 217 

PiLLSBURY,  Josiah  W 205 

PiNGREESE,  Moses 33 

Plumer,  Gov.  William.  .215,  216, 

339 

Pollard,  Elizabeth 194 

Lucy 194 

Pool,  Benjamin 431 

Poor,  Gen.  Enoch 382 

Potter,  Capt.  Benjamin 251 

Powell,  Thomas. .  .369,  373,  384, 

405 

Pratt,  Edward  H 224,  465 

Loea 198,  224,  303 

Stephen  H 224 

William 182,  206,459 

Prentiss,  Mrs.  A 317 

John.  . .  .144,  202,  213,  214,  224, 

317,  447,  450 

Prescott,  Col.  Benjamin.  .21,  22, 

32 

Gov.  Benjamin  F 218 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 196 

Ezra,  Esq 214,  224,  247,  467 

Bresson,  John 30 

Preston,  Samuel 448 

Price,  Rev.  Ebenezer 113 

Priest,  Aaron 89 

Prince,  Abel.  .  .96,  107,  190,  194, 

379,  380,  405 

Mrs.  Betsey\^ 197,  400 


Prince,  Calvin 182 

Charles  A 182 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 197 

George 190,  224,443 

James 224,  311 

James  U 182,  205,  206,  332, 

458 

John 224 

JohnM 182 

Lieut.  Joseph  36,  42,  53,  62, 107, 

192,  235,  358,  376,  430,  431, 

475 

Joseph 33 

Joseph,  jr 376 

Mrs.  Joseph 194 

Luther 224 

Richard 33,36 

Rodney 182 

Solomon 190,  198,  224,  471 

Solomon,  2d 182,424 

Wilder  J 182 

Prior,  Capt.  Daniel  121,  447,  449 

Puffer  &  Howe 455 

PuLSiFER,  Jeremiah  O..  .170,  182, 

214 

Putnam,  Capt.  Elijah  . .  .  138,  140, 

190,  204,  213,  224,  .^^96,  297, 

304,  328 

Elijah,  jr 182,  224 

George  "W 182,4.59 

James 466 

John 190 

JohnC 224,430 

Joseph 190,  198 

Mark 206,213 

Moses 85 

Mrs.  Nancy 198 

Thomas 33 

Purple,  John .  .  174,  19(t,  192,  198, 

408 

John,  jr 412 

Robert .....412 

Pyke,  Charles 314 


INDEX    OP   NAMES    OF    PERSONS. 


965 


Rahson,  Joliii :13 

Thonia-s 3:i 

IUmsay,  I)iivi<l :J08,  405,  t(i7 

Hamsdki.i,,  Atpiila 32 

Hfiijaniin 3'J 

(Jeorgfi  A 1  Til.  J 11 

I.it'ut.  Iluinpluvv 17;{ 

Hand,  KoLeit .TJ 

H ANCKij,  Klit'iuv.t'i- IH'2 

liANo,  .Idlni 385 

Hay,  KlMMU'zer 370,  37S,  lOo 

.Jami's  7S,  13li,  191),  214,  338, 37!», 
387,  389,  40.-) 

•Fames,  jr 78 

F.fvi 78 

Ka  VMKNT,  Ebenezer  22,  27,  3.->,  38 
3!>,  42.  Ui,  23.-) 

Nathaniel 89 

Thomas 30 

William 3(1 

U  AY  MOM),  Charles  A 224 

(ieorge 13.S 

Parley -'-'1.  Ill 

Mrs.  Pheho .7S 

Head.  Christ<i|)h»ir  ..30 

Robert    17,  4S,  .i3.  I(i7.  1!)2.  201. 

203,  213.  237.  200,  370.  |3o 

Robert,  2.1    .    120,  13.3,  13.=).  130. 

144,   100,  202.   211.  213,  214, 

326,  413,  430,  141,  450,  457 

.Samuel  224 

Walter  224 

William   121.  120.  140.  100,  104, 

279.  2^1.   322.  328,  309.  377. 

379,  405,  445 

Dr.  William  ...  105 

Ukai)  &  Spam>in<}  109 

|{i:kI).  rol.  .James 3')7.  3S2 

Ki  MiNUT«)N,  I'olly      100 

iiiroADS.  Albert  .1S2 

Allivd  II 221 

Charles 221 

David  11 182 


RiioAD.s,  Eleaxer  lH2.  lOo,  10.'),  224 
Warren  .  .  .  .1H2,  224 
William.  .  Ih2 

RnK.  |{al|ih 360 

Illl    II  *l!l»i,     H.-V.      \l!stil,         '"iH.liOl. 

.3112 

Sarah 194 

Richardson,  Capt.  Charh-.s  .  .  190. 

204,  213.  214,  129.  430 

Charles.  i:s<|.  102.  17o,  \sj,  ls7. 

•Jtt:.,  211,  410.  no.  447.  4.52 

K.  B Ki!) 

Joiin,  Esq 21 

Capt.  Jo.s.'ph 39,  43,  23.5,  251 

Parker . .  .75 

Mrs.  M.  W 170 

Hon.  William  M 330 

Zaccheus 224 

RiDDi.K,  All)ert 205,  213,  224 

Charles  A 177.  182 

Laura  .\ 170 

Mary 193 

Hideout,  Abel  "I".  .Is-j 

Hii.KY,  ( )\veii 1.S2 

HiNDOK,  Hon.  Daniel 215 

Houbins,  fieor^;t'  E 182 

HonKKTs.  Hon.  Hiram  R 218 

HoHKHThuv.  lVt.'r     .300.  870,  .377. 
389.  405 

Samuel 370,  405 

RoBi.ssoN.  .Mexander .53 

Samuel    53 

Rudy,  In.  182 

James  322.  :J47.  349 

John  .78,377 

John.  jr.  7^.  l'»7 

William.  1'" 

Woodbury 144 

HocKwooD,  Ebenezer ><5 

Hoor.its,  Charles  .\.  IJl 

Capt.  Robert 3^8 

R«v.  Mr 0O4 

Willi.im 34 


966 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


Rollins,  Hannah 53 

-James 53 

John 78 

John,  2d 311 

Joseph  .  .  107,  377,  389,  392,  405 

Ross,  Hugh 48,  53,  62 

John 33 

RoTCH,  Albert  A.  .  .174,  176,  177, 
182,  203,  211,  214,  424,  449 

Mrs.  Helen  R 176,  317 

William  B 182,  459 

RoiJNDY,  Edwin  R 423 

Rouse,  Owen  L 424 

Row^  Henry 31 

Jacob 31 

RuGGLES,  Capt.  Joseph   21,  22,  24 

RuLAND,  Rev.  George  W 248 

Runnels,  Alexander  ....  397,  405 

RuPEL,  Edward 424 

Russ,  Isaac  J 182 

Russell,  David  197,202,213,214, 
224,  338,  447 

George  W 416,  422,  423 

Miss  Helen  A 170 

James 268 

James,  2d 224 

Josiah 224,435 

Warren  S 423 

William 160 

William  F 182,  423 

Ryan,  Bart 182,422 

James 422,423 

James  T 182 

James  W 182 

Ryder,  George  H 248,  317 

Sackett,  Indian  Captain  359,  360 

Salter,  Rev.  John  W 301 

Sampson,  John 182 

Sanders,  Oliver 62 

Sanderson,  Henry 152 

Sargent,  Andrew 34 

Charles  B 182 

Daniel  W 308,  309 


Sargent,  Dennison 34 

Ebenezer 89,  194 

Enoch  P 182 

Epes,  Esq 42,  43 

Rev.  F.  D .308 

Frank 182 

Col.  Paul  Dudley  209,  213,  364, 
365,  366,  367 

Shepton  M 182 

Thomas  D 182 

William  B 182 

Saunders,  Thomas 170 

Sau8 AMON,  John 3 

Savage,  George  J 424 

Rev.  Thomas  298,  301,  302,  804 

Rev.  William  T..  .224,  289,  302, 

304,  308 

Sawtelle,  Eli 182,  205,  224 

Eli,  2d 350 

Eli  A 182 

Henry  1 224 

Lyman  B 420,  422 

William  Waterman  . .  .416,  420, 

422 

Sawyer,  Aaron  F 450 

Andrew  F 182,  424 

Benjamin 386,  387,  405 

Jonathan 377 

Josiah  47,  48,  209,  366,  368,  370, 

377 

Josiah,  jr 377,  386,  405 

Nourse 369,  405,  407 

Hon.  Thomas  E 217 

ScAMMEL,  Col.  Alexander  . . .  .382 
Robert 405 

Scott,  Rev.  D.  B 307 

Eli 360 

Thomas 405 

Searles,  Thomas 224 

Seaton,  Dr.  Ambrose 202,  213) 

299, 317,  46.5,  471 

Andrew 48,  53,  62,  357 

James 203,  209,  257,  377 


INDEX    OF    NAMF:8    OF    PERSONS. 


i>»;7 


Skaton,  D.ii.  .I..I111.  .  '):{,  1(»7,  2r)», 

•JGl,  309.  3:)7,  377.  301,  4.') I 

Dea.  John,  jr.  1!*0,  l!»l,  3(Mt,  30:t. 

31.-..  171.  173 

Natiian  K IDO,  1 1!» 

Suinii.'].  . .  .53,  G'2,  107,  259,  200, 

!'<;•_' 

Skavky,  Nathaiiii'l ■>!• 

Secomu,  Charles 1  v_> 

Daniel  F 177,  -.'-M 

David liJO,  457 

Henry  W 182 

.lohul &2,  377 

Capt.  John..  .62.   132,  133,  111). 

187,  1110,  202,  201,   2(»(5,  207. 

211,  213,  214,  224,  270,  27!<, 

280,  2S1,  285,  295,  320,  328, 

413,  431,  435,  445 

Levi  ,1..  .  171,  1S2.  202,  205,  211, 

L'14,  224,  120.  42!) 

Skkly,  Mr 313 

Sklden,  K»'V.  K.  (i 3()7 

Skwall,  Rev.  K<1miuihI  (^  . .  .289, 

310 
.Sii.vj.uuch,  William  384,  38.5,405, 

407 

Su.vKKKK.  ( ).scar l.s:> 

Shannon,  Amlrew. .  .)!2,  lo7,  l!»3, 
3S7.  405 

SiiAi-i.KV.  Daviil 32 

Kichanl 32 

.SHATTtcK,  Franei.s  M 224 

XaUum 190 

Nathaui.-l.  K.s.i...  .133.  190,  214, 
407 

Zaocheua 59 

Shaw.  C.  A 170 

George  II 182,  224,  402 

Shea,  .fohn 423 

.•^UEAKE,  Hon.  .laiMfs 215 

Shed,  Simon 89 

SuEHAN,  Daniel  li                   .  .182 
Jeremiah 182 


Shkm  \i:i.,  KcL.Ti  .  .1.S2 

.*<HKI*AltlJ.   .Vlon/o   1' \S'J 

Andrew  N l.vj 

Benjamin 190,  224 

Henjamin  F 311 

Benjamin  F.,  2d 225 

Charle.s  II 423 

Daniel 84,  89 

Kli/.al).-lh 194 

Kliy.al.eth,  2d 190 

Capt.  Jame.s 190,  431 

Col.  John  41.  47,  53,  87. 209. 23."., 

315,  310.  357.  300,  377,  3S2. 

430 

John.  jr..  K.Mi.  .53,  84.  85,  87,  89, 

li'l,   -JUl.  202,  203,   209,  213, 

J 11,  215,  230,  237,  2.-.0,  2tJ0, 

204,  209,  270,  272,  291.  315, 

322.  336,  30(i,  308,  377 

John 190 

J(.iin.  jr 190,  225 

Jonatlian 121 

Jotham 84,  .S9 

Lucy 193 

Lummus 190,  225.  414 

Merry 190 

Mrs. : 120 

Nehemiah .  .^'-5 

Capt.  Robert  (; 13o 

Samuel 190,  194,  4o5,  l3o 

Samuel  L 225 

Widow M 

Shei'I.ey,  Chester 182,  424 

Shekihune,  .Iiilm  S 215 

.Shiki.ey,  Daniel  (  .  .  121 

(;ov.  William «« 

Shokam,  Frank 182 

Shovk,  .Mr.  Kdward  lo.  11.  14,22, 
24.  25 

Shutk,  Gov.  .Samuel 44 

S11.8HV,  ()/.ia.s 4-i7 

SiMoxns,  Daniel 71 

SiMi'soN,  James '"5 


968 


HISTORY   OP   AMHERST. 


Sinclair,  Hon.  John  G 217 

Skinner,  Appleton  J 182 

Joshua  F 182,  225 

Joshua  A 423 

Skully,  John 182 

Sloan,  George 182 

George  B 420,423 

James 190 

Small,  Gilbert 172 

Jonathan 369,  405 

Joseph 47,  53,  107,  858 

William 107,  377 

William,  jr 377,  378,  405 

Smith,  Rev.  Asa  D 469 

Mrs.  Amelia 126,  190 

Benjamin 379,  405 

Charles  E 182 

Daniel  71,  78,  268,  377,  379,  386, 

405 

y  Daniel,  jr 78,  89 

•David 78 

Eben 78 

Rev.  Eli 298 

George  E.     182 

Isaac 71,  78,  377 

Isaac,  jr 78,  384,  405 

Jacob 71,  78,  261,268,  377 

James 71,  75,  78,  262,  268 

Hon.  Jedidiah  K.   122,  125,  140, 

190,  202,  210,  213,  214,  276, 

326,  413,  447,  466 

Jeremiah 78 

Judge  Jeremiah  .  .215,  216,  276, 
389,  344,  345 

John 48,  53,  89,  255 

Jonathan  262,  265,  269,  344,  877, 

440 
Jonathan,  jr.    202,  213,  322,  456 

Langdon 182,  225 

Rev.  Matthew  Hale 305 

Maverick 190 

Nathan 78 

Dr.  Rogers 122,469 


Smith,  Thomas 446 

Timothy  53,  62,  71,  78, 103,  204, 

209,  228,  229,  257,  268,  364, 

877,  384,  890,  454 

Timothy,  jr 71,268 

Smyth,  Gov.  Frederick 217 

Snow,  Alonzo,  &  Co 454 

William 182 

SoAMS,  Joseph 83 

Nathaniel 33 

SouLE,  Gideon  L 328 

SouTHWiCK,  Isaac 89 

Nathaniel 89 

Spalding,  Dr.  Alfred 465 

Dr.  Edward 465 

Henry 77 

Ira 156 

Hon.  Isaac  . . .  126,  144,  383,  447 

Joseph 190,284 

Dr.  Matthias  130,  181,  182,  138, 
190,  198,  214,  225,  277,  279,' 
292,  298,  296,  297,  801,  309, 
487,  470 

Dr.  Matthias,  jr 457 

Mrs.  Rebecca  W 196 

Col.  Simeon 470 

Sparks,  Rev.  Jared 182 

Spofford,  Abijah 78 

Standford,  Mr.  Robert 222 

Staniford,  Daniel 328 

Stanley,  David 208,  475 

Jacob  . .  .107,  377,  389,  895,  405 

Patience 190,  198 

Samuel 107,  377,  389,  405 

Staples,  Alphonso  E 182 

Levi 182 

Samuel  E 182 

Stark,  Gen.  George 217 

Gen.  John. .  .365,  882,  886,  887, 
388,  402 

John,  2d ...388 

William 388 

Starnes,  Benjamin 78 


INDEX   OP   NAMES    OF   PERSONS. 


009 


S TKAUMCS,    .Jollll 87,  88 

Stkakxs,  Heiijiuiiin '26*_* 

Ht'iijainiii,  jr.  208,  387,  -'195,  4(1.") 

Klea/er l!u>.  195,  225 

Miss  Eunice  \V 197 

Iliraiii  1) 182,225,  -lO.'] 

Isaac 373,  3Sl.  4<t.'>.  407 

James l!)(>,  1!)."),  225 

James  B 1>.'» 

James  U 422 

John 89,  193,  405 

Joseph .59 

Jotham 389,  395,  405 

Lydia 190 

Mrs l:i:i 

Gov.  Onsluw  .  JI7 

Oren iKo 

Heuben 190,  192 

Samuel  .  .71.  107.  202,  20s,  :J77, 
405 

Samuel,  jr .59,  3(19,  370,  375 

William  D 422 

Zacelieus 190,  193 

S iKKi.,  Joseph  48,  53,  71,  192,  209, 

237,  255,  377 

Joseph,  jr 377 

Stkki.k,  .\l)ial 2n.-.  211,  225 

Daviil,  Es4i.  .  ,  Its 

Col.  John 413,427 

Gov.  John  II 216,217 

Stkvkns,  Col.  A.  F 41K 

-Mpheus 183 

Himslev 395,  405 

Daniel  .  .107.  ll»ii.  192.  2»5s.  377, 
443 

Daniel  Farnum 15b,  225 

1  )orcas 1 93 

Klizal>.-th 193 

Hon.  Knns 210 

George  1  170,203,214 


I  Stkvkns,  Samm-I.  '.'i 

Dea.  .Sninufl 3!il 

Sanmol 113 

\      Thomas 107,  389,  4o« 

William 225 

SiKWAUT,  .Mien 396,  406 

Charles  1 2oj.  '2V.\,  246,  3J9. 

455 

!»;i\i.l..  .107.  121,  125.  131,  19o. 

204,  213.  242,  279,  322 

David,  jr.  140,  146, 151,  155,  l«;i, 

106,   197,  202,  204,  211.  213, 

214,  225,  295,  304,  33o,  401 

Horace 225 

John  91.  107.  35S.  3^0.  400.  43s_ 

I  I'l 

.K.iui.  J.l 11.' 

John,  jr 112 

Mrs.  Keturah 192 

Moses  H 190,225,  412 

Koliert 3.58 

.^amuel. .  .48,  53,  203,  209,  213, 

410 

Samuel,  2.1. .  .301,  386,  387,  406 

Sarah 197 

Mi.vs  .Sarah  .M 176 

Sinipson 377,  386,  3S7,  406 

William 48,  107 

William.  2.1.  .1.S3,  225,  378,  386, 

3S9,  406,  430 

Sticknky,  .Vmos   71.  72.  212.  208, 

377 

Timothy  J 183 

ST1LK.S,  Caleb    4s,  .53,  62,  289,  357 

Cyrus 78,  190,  193 

Mi.ss  Kliza  II 197 

Hannah 195 


L 


Jesse . 


.434 


John 

Capt.  rhineha.s. 
63 


.3S9 
159 


Walter  L 225 

Stratton,  Davhl  -44^$ 

SamJiel 377 

.S«wall  190 

Stuaw,  (;.)V.  Ezekiel  A 217 


970 


HISTORY    OF,  AMHERST, 


Sullivan,  Hon.  George.  .216,  3:}9 

Gen.  John  . .  .108,  111,  215,  364, 

366,  372,  466 

Swan,  Gustavus 457 

Rev.  James 252 

Janet 197 

SwEATT,  Joseph 32 

Stephen 32 

SwETLAND,  Rev.  Mr 256 

SWINNERTON,  A.sa 406 

Josiah 78 

Symonds,  Daniel 268 

Daniel,  jr 268 

Taggart,  John 384,  385,  406 

Robert 78 

Talbot,  Philo 193 

Talbert,  William.  .386,  389,  395, 

406 

Tarble,  Coinielius  27,  35,  38,  39, 
43,  251 

Deacon 235 

John 33 

Tarbox,  James 196 

Samuel 32 

Thomas 35,  39,  41 

Taylor,  Benjamin  48,  53,  62,  203, 

236,  -379,  386,  387,  389,  406 

Capt.  Benjamin. .  .371,  406,  407 

Daniel  H 225 

Ebenezer  190,  204,  213,  322,  325, 
326,  445 

Ebenezer,  jr 457 

Jacob 433 

John 190 

John 225,  379,  406 

Jonathan  107,  369,  377,  389,  406 

Mary 194 

Nathan  T 423 

Samuel 107 

Widow 90 

William 107,  209,  377 

Temple,  Benjamin.  .  .66,  268,  377 
Ebenezer 377 


Tewksbury,  Henry 311 

Thayer,  Joel  F 190 

Jonathan 190 

Rev.  Nathaniel 31(1 

Thissell,  Josiah 225 

Thomas,  Charles 225 

Elias 190 

George 190 

Israel 190 

Gen.  John 373 

William 225 

Thompson,  Benjamin,  Count  Rum- 
ford  388 

Charles 375 

Hon.  Ebenezer 71 

David  F 42-! 

Oliver 190,  197,  225 

]Mrs.  Sarah  E 197 

William 424 

Thornton,  Hugh 406 

Thurston,  Rev.  Mr 84 

Thyng,  Rev.  Mr 312 

TiLESTON,  Maj.  Thomas  10, 12, 13, 
14,  21,  22,  24,  25 

ToTMAN,  John 352 

TowNE.  Allan 78 

Capt.  Archelaus  .  .257,  369,  377, 

387,  392,  406,  407,  430 

Archelaus,  jr.  369,  387,  392,  406 

Bartholomew.  .  .81,  90,  369,389, 

406 

Grace 197 

Israel.  .47,  48,  53,  107,  192,  289, 

357,  358,  377,  396 

Capt.  Israel,  jr.  53,  203,  213,  242, 

377,  382,  395,  430 

Jonathan  . .  .81,  85,  90,  406,  407 

Luther 225,429 

Moses 53,  90 

Richard 379,406 

Samuel 225 

Samuel  G 322 

Thomas.  . .  .53,  62,  209,  377,  382 


INDKX    OF    NAMES    OF    PERSONS.  071 

TowNi:.  Tliiiiiius,  jr.    71.  '2t)S,  ;i77,    Twiss,  Mrs.  Mary ;»1 1 

:57!>        Sjunufl li»7 

Williimi .  .  .  .  19l»,  320    Tyi.ku,  Kbenozcr 30 

William  1'..  249        Samiu'l 30 

'I'ow  .\sKNi>,  .Andrew 32  rNKKitiiii  i.,  I):i\iil     12(»,  14."»,  21  I, 

Tkask.  Mr..Iulin.  .  .  .21,  21,  27,33  217.  117 

Kiiliis 3(i'.),  ioa    rxr>Ki{\vu()i>.  liamiali l!»H 

William 33       Jam.-s 3.SH 

Tkiavitt,  lleiirv  l^,  386,  3H7,4ti6       .F..lm  \V 141 

('ai.t..Iaim'S  T II:'.  'Ilinma.s.  ..  ..  .l:'.(),  l!ll.  3S(;.  llH5 

licow.  ClartMicL-  I Iss    li'ii.vM,  .\mo.s l!tl 

I )aiii.l  W 1S3,  2(»5,  424        George  W * 12 1 

.loliii 7S        Isaac 225,  4(52,  I7<i 

.lusci.h 7s        Jacob 11»1,  l!*."),  22.') 

.Ii)st'i>li,  jr 78       .lacol),  jr 22*» 

.I.),seph  V 1.S3,  211(5,  424       .lacol.  1? 1H3 

'liu-Ki.,  .Ainus  (52,  l(i7.  l!»(i,  1!)3,20»  John  II.                                •  .    183 

Amo.s,  jr yfJ>. !!)(»        Xathau l!tl 

David .')3,  62,  377        lMiiii.'lia.s l!tl,  377 

Davul,  jr 39l  406        IMiiiK-liius.  jr 225 

Kli 225        Mrs.  Sarah 1!>5 

Klizah.-th .  .  .1!I3        Wanvii 4(55 

Jan.l.                                 225  I'l'inN,  .\aroii  .  .          ■'''■>    I'  'V  In7 

M...r^  .-.3,  (iJ,  111.)        Calel. 53 

.Mrs i:i-        Charles 423 

I'ully '  i:n..s 71,  78,  262,  268 

Samu.-I iM,  i^i,.„t.  Kzrki.'l  .  .71,  7s,  2(58,  377 

Willard 1:M         l),.a.  Kzeki.-l 7S,  2.'.8 

TiTK,  IJciijamiii .5!)7,  406  |  George  II.                          122,  123 

John 107,  377  '      (Jeor-^e  W 423 

Joseph 171,  262,  26.S        Jcremiali ll^i 

William 3(50.  40(1.  407  J.  Kdwar.l  ...                       •  •  .1H3 

TriKKK.  K.-v.  Mr 313       .lohn -'25 

'I'r  1)1)1!.  lli-nry  .1 457  Neheniiali                                    7S 

'rtrri.i:,  Charles  H.    155,  2o2.  203,        Uehecca '••<» 

213,  21  I.  22.-).  1 17    IsnKi!,  Eleazer 193,  387,  406 

lion.  Jacob  , 346       .Mrs I»4 

James 132, 191    Van/.ki.in.  .lohannes 380 

Nnlhan 3S4,  398,  406    Vaiuhn,  Joseph 1»7 

Twiss.  Cl.arl-  C 423  Vkui.y,  Mr.  Luk-       19.  21.  23.  24 

nimiH    I                                    ..225  Vkrhy,  Jonathai                             >3 

Jolin lo7,  377        Samuel .  .  .33 

Jonathan 377  Vosk,  Kdward .  .                  1  JO,  422 


972 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


VosE,  George 416,  422 

Samuel 225 

Waddie,  James 880 

Wadleigh,  Bainbridge 173 

Wadsworth,  Mr.  John 12 

Wakefield,  Eben    369,  370,  406, 

430 

Joseph 369,  370,406 

Peter 397,406 

Thomas  53,  55,  62, 106, 107,  202. 

203,  213,  228,  257,  259,  270, 

•  271,  377,  391,  396 

Thomas,  jr 377 

William 370,406 

Walbrox,  Richard 44 

Walker,  Charles 323 

Charles  M 183 

George 183,  205,  225,  230 

George  K 183 

Mrs.  Ilattie 175 

Nathan 360 

Hon.  Timothy .323 

William 107 

Capt.  William 379,  402 

Wallace,  Andrew,  Esq.  132,  202, 

211,  213,  214,  225,  232,  248, 

4.57,  467 

Betsey 86 

Charles  H 203,  213,  465 

Rev.  Cyrus  W 307 

Elisha  F 122,  214,  309,  467 

Mrs.  Hepsibah 197 

James 59,  86,  90,  450 

John .58,  66,  81,  82,  85,  90 

John,  2d  18.3,  386,  387,  389  604, 

Dr.  John,  jr 345 

Joseph  65,  85,  90,  369,  377,  379, 

406 

Letitia 86 

Mary S6 

Widow  Mary 90 

William  53,  66,  81, 103,  209,237, 
268,  377,  384,  395 , 


Wallace,  Wlliiam  E 423 

Walton,  Benjamin  F 183 

Davis 53 

Reuben 53 

Samuel  36,  42,  43,  235,  251,  357 

William 107 

Ward,  Dea.  Richard    71,  85,  109, 
268,  377 

Wardwell,  Elisha 34 

Warner,  Rev.  Abner  B 304 

Col.  Danitel  75,  76,  90,  110,  113, 

187,  201,  210,  213,  214,  230, 

276,  322,  325,  326,  335,  389, 

406,  458 

Mrs.  Elizabeth 194 

John 412 

Warren,  Diraond 191 

John 225 

Washer,  ■ 325 

Betsey 191 

John 53 

John,  2d 311,  377 

Solomon 386,  389,406 

Stephen  .  .  53,  107,  204,  209,  377,. 

386,  406 

Washington,  Gen.  George  .  .112, 

115,  119,  122,  135,  .371 

Wason,  Horace 225 

John 53 

Waterhouse,  Dr.  Benjamin   470 

Watson,  John 322 

Weare,  Daniel 407 

Pres.  Meshech  .  . .  .215,  372,  374 

Webb,  Rev.  E.  B 307 

Wi^BSTER,  Hon.  Daniel.  .232,  3.39, 

I  (57 

Capt.  Ebenezer 232,  379,  397 

James  F 183 

James  P 183 

John 225 

Moses 226 

Mrs.  Eben 198 

Welles,  Mr.  Sanmel 19 


INDEX   OF  NAMES   OF   PERSONS.  973 

Wri.i.s,  Hon.  John  S -JIT  A\'iikki.f.h,  Franklin                  .l'26 

Thomas  (; 149        (iardnerG Ji'O 

William  II 1(50        Georj^'e  N 423 

Wellington,  Dorcas 191        (iilman 2'J«) 

Wklsii,  Micluu'l 4*23        Ilcnry 183 

Wkn TwoKTii,  Ciov.  Benuing  2,  4^i,        Isaac li<6,  220 

49,  o.'),  5G,  58,  60,  3;").'),  3.')(5,  432       .Iamt\s 59 

( Jov.  John  ....  03,  335,  303,  304        Jolm HH 

Wkst,  Henry 183        John  K 405 

Joseph  C 220        John   X \U],  226 

Preshury,  jr 408        Jonathan U»l,  220 

AVkston,    Daniel 53,  02,  358        Lydia 195 

Daniel,  2<1 121,  323,  320,  3!»5,        Nathan 220 

397,  400,  465        Panl  J 217 

Daniel,  3.1 220,  444        Porter 220 

Khenezer.  .53,  62,  106,  107,  203,        Reuben 369,385,  4<iO 

209,  213,  229,  255,  20S,  269        Rodney 443 

Kbenezer,  2d.  .  ..53,  l(i7.  377,  395.        Timotliy 220 

109        Timothy,  jr 191,  220 

Kbenezer.  3il 191,  195,  226    Wiiiitle,  (ien.  William 389 

Isaac 7»,  202,  377,  406    Whitcu.mu,  John 191 

Isaac,  2d 191.  196.  220,  312    Wiiitk,  Charles  II 183 

Isaac    Plumer 220.  429,  403        Charles  S 183 

Gov.  James   A 217,  21 S        Cajit.  Kdward 14 

Jame.s  F 177,  1S3,  159        Hon.  J..hn  H 210.  217 

John 78        Jonathan 451.  455 

Martin  P 420,  423        Nathaniel 218 

Mehitable 196        Timothy 22 

Hon.  Nathan.  .  .  .  100    Wiiitk  iS:  Piffkr 454 

Sarah 195    Win  riN(;,  Hm  jamin 36.5.  360 

Sutherick 201,  309,  373.  4(iO  Benjamin   M.  HM.  1.S3,  2(i5.  220. 

Thomas.  .   78.  107,  258,  202,  377  35s,  .129 

William  J..    .104,  205,  213,  214,  Benjamin   F                              1S3 

220        Ira 191 

Wi nil  Kill  K,  Capt.  Samu.l.  .  .378        John  F 102.  109.  24(1.  121 

William.  V.<>i   r.'f..  1!I7.  211.  213,        Nathaniel.  .  .  220 

214        Samuel .75,223 

WiiK.\T,  Joseph 172        Capt.  Thoiiuus 130 

Wiii:ki.p:u,  Benjamin 1S3  j  Whitxkv.  Aaron.  . .  .447.  4.VS,  40(1 

Charles  P 183  |       Klizabeth 191 

Daniel .59  j  Wiiittimoim:.  B.Tnard  B..  214,220. 

Dani.l,  2d 191,  22(i,  44  1  '                                                         Uis 

David 226  i       Kbenc/.n  02 


974 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


WiiiTTEMORro,  Jacob 346 

William 346 

Whittle,  William 133,  134 

Wn.D,  John 34 

WiLDKU,  Joseph,  Ks(i 11 

Wii.E!.,  John :!9,  235 

Wiley,  George .')3 

George,  2d 191 

John 373 

John 191,  406 

Levi  H 226 

Pvobert : 1!)1 

WiLKixs,  Aaron 11)7,  443 

Aaron,  jr 196,  226,  316 

Aaron  ^lilton 459 

Mrs.  A.  M 459 

Aaron  Smith .  .  176, 183,  205, 214, 
308,  309,  458 

Abial 78 

Abijah  71.  72.  7S,  204,  213,  242, 
261,  268,  277 

Amos 53 

Andrew 107.  373,  406 

Asa 385,  406 

Benjamin 18,  53,  107,  192 

L5enjamin,  2d 107 

Benjamin,  3d 107 

Benjamin,  4th 191 

Charles  S 183,  45!) 

Kev.  Daniel.  .  .48,  59,  60,  61,  68, 
105,  127,  251,  252,  253,  254, 
255,  256,  257,  258,  2.39,  260, 
268,  271,  286,  287,  289,  290, 
291,  31)8,  314,  318,  336,  337, 
351,  355,  356,  357 

Daniel,  jr 48,  53,  71,  357,  358 

Capt.  Daniel,  jr..  .368,  370,  373. 

399,  406,  407 

Daniel,  3d  226,  208,  373,  396,  406 

Mrs.  Dorcas 194 

Eli,  Esq 71,  75,  76,  78,  115, 

204,  214.  258,  369,  370,  386, 
•       387,  395,  406 


WiLKixs,  Eliab 316 

Fannie  A 45;) 

Frank  E 183 

George  II 183 

James  I\IcKean 323,  465 

John 377,  465,  469 

John  Hubbard 327,  465 

Jonathan .  .78,  192,  258,  369,  370, 
377,  379,  386,  389,  398,  406 

Joseph 3.57 

Joshua 71,  2()1.  268,  377 

Jotham 191 

Lucy 53 

Lucy  A 459 

Lydia 192 

Lydia,  2d 193 

Lydia,  3d 194 

Mary .53 

Peter 78 

Lieut.  Robert  B..  .369,  379,  385, 
392,  406 

Mrs.  Sarah 273 

Dea.  Sannu'l.  .7-5,  76,  106,  It, 7, 
191,  198,  201,  202,  209,  21(1, 
213,  214,  230,  255,  257,  25.), 
260,  261,  271,  272,  273,  276, 
284,  291,  293,  309,  322,  326, 
352,  366,  377,  399,  43:5,  437, 
456,  473 

Samuel,  2d 226 

Samuel,  jr 183,  226,  424 

Samuel  F 1 83 

Solomon 10,  41 

Sylvester 373,  385,  4()6  407 

Col.   Thomas 140,  142,  201, 

213,  226.  430 

William 268,  377 

William  Henry 398,  406,  407 

WiLLAKD,    Abt'l,  Esq 466 

John     : 90 

Col 338 

Mr 338 

WiLLEY,  Samiu'l 373 


INDKX    OF    N.\Mt^->    ur 


W  III  I  AM-«,  Im\  :  1  107 

KlH'iiezt-r  ...  1  '•! 

(;<.v.  .laiT.I  W -.'17 

.louatl.aii.  .I'J.  II.  17.  IH.  1!».  i'n. 

.loiiiitliaii,  ■_'•! •'>■''  < 

.Samuel 20 

Saiimel,   2-1 831),  370.  400 

Stei>heu <»."> 

'riioiiiii.s i!5s 

\Vn>ox,  Frederick  A I'JJ 

George 385,  387,  406 

.Jacol> is:^ 

Gen.  Jame.s,  jr '-'10 

.I(.lm -' 

•    .lonathaii 191 

Capt.  .loiiatliaii 3U7,  308 

Josepli 39J,  303,  3U0,  4U0 

Mary 191 

Siiiit'tm J  JO 

TlioMia.s  F -JO 

Capt.  Zacrh.-u.s 408 

Win.  Ill  -1  i;i!.  Keiimt-l. .  .202,  208, 
309,  370,  377,  4(J0 

.^.lUlll'M 71 

Wix.N.  Joseph 192,  190 

Wi.Nsinw,  (i(»v.  tJiisiali 1 

WtM.corr,  .luliii L' 

Joiiatiiaii .:12 

W(»i,i-i..  Gen.  .IaIne.^ 30  5 

WuoDiiKUKY,  Horace  E..  .  170,  211, 

317,  147 

Wouniii  i{Y,  .lanu'.s  71,  72,  78,  1((!>, 

2.')2,   -JtlJ,  20S,  377,  390.  391, 

404 


WoMfiinitv,  Levi.. 303,  •>:i^, 


till.. 
4n7 


•liid^e    Levi 21'' 

l*et4T.  .71.  72.  2>il.  20!i 
2.'..'>,  2.')7,  201,  2I5M, 

Dr.  IVler  I*. 
Woods,  Duttiii. 

William  U 

Wiioi>\v.vuu,  Aaron  IV  .  . 

Alfred  A.... 

I.saoc 

Samuel 

Wo<)L.SO.N,    h/.ia     . 

Henry  V 

Joanna  

Xathanii'l 

Thoma-  lii7. 

Tlioina.>,  J 

WoiicESTKK,  Frank 

Joel 

WKKiiiT,  Benjamin 

Col.  Carroll  1) 

Charle.<*  F 

Kben  Wiiicol  357,  370, 

Francis  ■  •  103. 

Isaac..  .3011. 

Josej'li 

Josiiiia 

Lii.% 

W  V  \  I  1.    I"..-:.  .  .1.">S, 

205, 


377.  4.VI 

.101 

130 

...  .I8;i 

.183 


Wy.max,  Col.  Tsaao.  . 
YoiNO,  On'is  1' 


226 

.    220 

2215 

....198 

191,  220 

litl.  1!»7 

!!.-..  4.V1 

1S3 

. ...443 

..65,90 

....173 

....183 

4O0.  407 

171,  214 

377. 406 

421 

377 

1!»7 

191,  197. 
210,  220 
.....443 
.378,  402 
.  103 


INDKX    TO    inocJKAl'UMAl.    SKCTCUKS. 


INH'^X  TO  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 


.\miii.J{st,  Gt'ii.  .lefirev •"•! 

Adams,  Kev.  Fredurick  A 8.")") 

Aiken,  Uev.  Siliu* ^«55 

Amks,  Dr.  Seth ri.')7 

A niKKToN,  llim.  .Fiisluia 8o7  , 

Cliarl.'.s    II 8(5(1' 

lloii.Cliarl.'s  C sdl 

Baldwin,  Col.   Nalmm 80J 

B.\KKKK,  Joseph 8(J2 

Baunakd,  Rev.  Jcri'iiiiali  287,  8(13 

Hakkiin,  Dr.  I'ntnam 864  j 

Bakti.ktt.  Dr.   HradU'v  II.  ...8(54 
Batcuki.dkk,  Dr.  .loliii   P.  .  ..8(j5 

BiGLow,   William 8155 

BovLSTON,  Kichanl 806 

Bkadkohd,  Maj.  William 8t57 

Capt.  .Fohn 868 

Kev.  Kphraim  V 868 

.Foliu S(is 

Bkooks,   Isaac,  Ks(i 8t!!> 

Bkown,  Capt.  Kli 869  J 

John   1 8(59 

Gen.  Joel 87(» 

Bkuci:,  Rev.  John sTo 

Cami'hki.i.,  Daniel,   Ksi| s71 

Capt.  Daniel,  jr 872 

Hon.  Charles   II 873 

Claugktt,  lion.  Clifton     .  . .  .873 

Ckosuy,  Capt.  .losiah 87 1 

Curtis,  Dr.  Samuel 87.") 

CusiiiNtJ,  Joseph 875 

Dana,  Hon.  Samuel 876  , 

Capt.  William 877 

Prof.  James  Freeman 878 

01 


Dana,  Dr.  Samuel   1 879 

Dani-oktii,  Timothy,  Kstj.  ...88U 

David,  James  B 880 

Davis,  Kev.  J.  (; 88() 

DoDiJK,  David 881 

Perley,   Ks.i 881 

Kastma.n,  Dea.  Cyrus 881 

KvKKKTT.  David,  Ks<| 882 

Fakmi-.k.  Dr.  Jnhn 883 

FisK,  Hon.  William sSI 

Francis  N 8S4 

Allen,  F.s.i 8s.) 

FiTcii,  Dr.  Francis  P 8s6 

Fi.KTCiiKK,  Capt.  Daniel 886 

(;corge   W 886 

Ginsox,  Samuel 8,S({ 

G(»iU)ON,  Hon.  William 8m7 

GuKKi-KV,  Horace 8S7 

II.vriiooD,  Col.  Charles  K 8S9 

Haktsiiorn,  Kev.  Levi 889 

Harvki.l,  John >i9(» 

Hknchman.  Dr.  Nathaniel .s9(l 

Dr.  .Nathaniel,  jr Mid 

Hkvwood,  Kev.  Joshua 89(1 

Him.,  Hon.  Isaac 891 

Howard,  Josiah 892 

Kkndai.i.,  George  W 892 

KiTTREDGE,  Solonion 893 

Lamson,  Samuel 894 

Lawrknce,  Aaron 894 

LoviMOY,  Capt.  Hezekiah 89.'> 

Rev.  Daniel ^95 

Elijah  P -^95 

Joseph ...■>9(? 


978 


HISTORY    OF    AMHERST. 


LoKD,  Rev.  Nathan s6l,  896 

Low,  Gen.  Joseph 898 

Mack,  Mrs.  Anna  R 899 

Dea.  SewellG 899 

Maxwell,  Thompson 900 

Means,  Col.  Robert 901 

William  G 902 

Melkxdy.   Thomas  W 903 

Moore,  Dr.  George  VV 904 

Morton,  William  S.,  Esq 904 

Munroe,  Capt.  Josiah 905 

MussEY,  Reuben 905 

Prof.  Reuben  D 905 

Nichols,  Gen.  Moses 906 

Parker,  Hon.  Ednmnd 906 

Hon.  Joel 907 

Cfesar 907 

Peabody,  Dr.  John 908 

Perkins,  Capt.  Joseph 908 

Prescott,  Ezra,  Esq., 909 

Preston,  Samuel 909 

Prince,  Lieut.  Joseph 909 

Prior,  Capt.  Daniel 910 

Read,  Robert,  Esq 910 

RoBY,  Luthei-,  Esq 911 

Russell,  David.  Esq 911 

Sabattea,  John 912 


Sargent,  Col.  Paul  D 912 

Willis 913 

Savage,  Rev.  William  T 914 

Secombe,  Capt.  John 914 

Shattuck,  Nathaniel,  Usq.  . .  .915 

Shepard,  Col.  John,  jr 915 

Smith,  Rev.  Asa  D 916 

Hon.  Jedidiah  K 916 

Spalding,  Dr.  Matthias 916 

Dr.  Edward 918 

Alfred 918 

Isaac,  Esq 919 

SWINIXGTON,  Mr 920 

Taggart,  efohn 920 

Taylor,  Eben,  jr 920 

Underbill,  David 922 

Wallace,  Elisha  F 922 

Walton,  Samuel 922 

Wells,  Thomas  G 928 

Wheeler,  Isaac 923 

Gilman 924 

Wheat,  Joseph 924 

White,  Rev.  Seneca 927 

Wilkins,  Rev.  Daniel 272,  287 

Dea.  Samuel 925 

John  H.,  Esq 926 

Lieut.  Robert  B 926