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HISTORY 


OF  THE 


TOWN  OF  HAVERHILL 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


By 
WILLIAM  F.  WHITCHER 


1919 


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PREFACE 

In  1840  Grant  Powers  caused  to  be  published  "  Historical  Sketches  of 
the  Coos  Country  and  Vicinity."  The  major  part  of  this  history  was 
devoted  to  the  early  settlement  of  Haverhill. 

Bittinger's  "History  of  Haverhill,"  published  in  1888,  served  to  show 
the  need  of  a  carefully  prepared  authentic  history  of  the  town  that  would 
preserve  for  future  generations  a  record  of  their  ancestors  who  suffered 
so  many  privations  that  their  descendents  might  enjoy  the  comforts  of 
civilization. 

At  the  urgent  request  of  his  friends,  William  F.  Whitcher  consented 
to  undertake  the  work  and  for  some  years  devoted  his  time  to  interview- 
ing aged  people,  visiting  cemeteries,  looking  up  records,  etc.  It  was  his 
aim  and  hope  to  fully  complete  and  publish  this  history,  but  before  he 
could  finish  the  work  he  was  stricken  with  what  proved  to  be  his  last  ill- 
ness.    His  earthly  career  closed  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  May,  1918. 

As  a  public  speaker  Mr.  Whitcher  was  often  called  upon  to  deliver 
orations  and  addresses;  if  not  a  graceful  he  was  a  strong  and  impressive 
speaker.  When  much  interested  he  spoke  with  animation  and  at  times 
with  an  eloquence  which  rarely  failed  to  stir  the  feelings  of  his  hearers. 

He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  legislative  work  during  his  services  in 
the  State  Legislature  both  in  the  committee  room  and  in  debate. 

He  did  naught  to  extenuate  his  faults,  nor  did  he  magnify  his  virtues. 
He  suffered  no  man  to  prevent  him  from  exercising  his  own  judgment  and 
expressing  his  own  opinion.  He  was  independent  in  forming  his  convic- 
tions and  positive  and  outspoken  in  advocating  them.  He  suffered  at 
times  from  the  mis  judgment  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

He  contributed  liberally  to  the  support  of  the  church;  a  constant 
attendant  upon  divine  service  and  listened  with  attention  to  the  sermon. 
A  great  reader,  he  collected  a  large  and  valuable  library.  His  collection 
of  books  bearing  on  genealogy,  history  and  biography  was  one  of  the  most 
extensive  and  valuable  in  the  state. 

In  politics  he  was  true  to  his  political  friends  and  fair  with  his  political 
enemies. 

In  private  life  his  genial  manners  and  fine  conversational  powers  made 
him  a  most  desirable  and  interesting  companion. 

His  death  left  a  void  in  the  community  which  will  not  soon  be  filled. 

The  history  is  almost  wholly  as  it  came  from  the  author's  hands.  A 
few  expressions  have  been  changed  and  some  parts  have  been  slightly 


rearranged,  but  these  changes  are  only  such  as  the  author  himself  would 
doubtless  have  made  in  the  final  revision.  To  him  belongs  the  credit 
of  the  whole. 

It  was  not  possible  to  give  full  genealogies,  many  of  the  biographical 
sketches  are  regrettably  incomplete  and  no  history  ever  was  free  from 
errors. 

Had  Mr.  Whitcher  lived  to  publish  this  work  proper  credit  would  have 
been  given  to  the  many  who  assisted  him  in  collecting  information.  As 
it  is  the  thanks  must  be  general. 

The  publication  of  the  history  is  made  possible  through  the  public 
spirit  of  the  town,  as  shown  by  the  vote  at  the  annual  meeting  of  March, 
1918: 

"Voted,  That  a  committee  consisting  of  Henry  W.  Keyes,  E.  Bertram  Pike  and  George 
E.  Cummings  be  appointed  to  purchase  the  History  of  Haverhill  manuscript  by  Hon. 
William  F.  Whitcher  and  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  and  placed  on  sale." 

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TABLE   OF    CONTENTS 


CHAPTER  I— GENERAL  DESCRIPTION 

Haverhill — One  op  Six  in  170,000  Names — Named  for  Haverhill,  Mass. — ■ 
John  Hazen  a  Discoverer — Fortunate  in  Location — Rich  in  Drives — 
Irregular  in  Shape — Hitchcock's  Description — Dearth  of  Lakes  and 
Ponds — Ores  and  Metals — The  Whetstone  Industry — Lime  and  Soap- 
stone — Roads — Local  Names — Farming  Town  but  Filled  with  Vil- 
lages   1-8 


CHAPTER   II— INDIANS,   AND  FIRST  VISIT  OF  WHITES 

Little  Known  of  Indians — "The  Swift  Deer  Hunting  Coosucks" — Have 
Decreased — Penhallow  Tells  Us  in  1704  of  Corn  Planted  High  Up  the 
River  at  Coos — Capt.  John  Stark — Capt.  Peter  Powers  in  1754 — Maj. 
Robert  Rogers  in  1759 — Survey  Made  by  Thomas  Blanchard 9-14 


CHAPTER   III— THE   CHARTER  AND   PROPRIETARY 

John  Hazen  and  Jacob  Bailey  in  Coos  in  1760 — The  Promised  Char- 
ters by  Governor  Wentworth — Began  Settlement  in  1761 — Charter 
Granted  May  18,  1763 — Hazen  Looked  Out  for  Friends — First  Meeting 
Held  in  Plaistow  in  June,  1763 — Twenty-five  More  Held — Division  of 
Land — Grants  for  Mills — The  Piermont  Controversy 15-31 


CHAPTER  IV— SETTLEMENT  AND  FIRST  SETTLERS 

Friendship  between  Hazen  and  Bailey  :  Hazen  Came  up  in  1672 — His  Char- 
acter Seen  in  First  Settlers — Brief  Sketches  of  Each — Joshua  Howard, 
Timothy  Bedel,  John  Page,  John  Hurd,  Asa  Porter,  Charles 
Johnston,  and  Others — Town  Meetings — Census  Growth  from  1767  to 
1773 32-65 


CHAPTER  V— ATTEMPTED   SECESSION  AND   REVOLUTIONARY  WAR 

Haverhill  During  the  War  of  the  Revolution — Officers  Appointed  by 
the  Exeter  Government — Cause  of  Disaffection  in  Coos  and  Attempted 
Secession — Its  History  and  the  Result — Haverhill  Stood  by  the  Patriot 
Cause — Col.  Hurd  Leaves  Town  on  Col.  Porter's  Return  Home — In 
Double  Revolt — Names  of  Haverhill  Soldiers — One  Hundred  and 
Nineteen  Men 66-82 


VI  CONTENTS 


CHAPTER   VI— READJUSTMENT  AFTER  THE   WAR 

Readjustment  Came  after  the  War — Depreciated  Currency — Mr.  Powers 
Concludes  His  Work — Tories  Asked  To  Leave  Town — Paper  Currency 
Voted  To  Be  Issued — Census,  1790-1800 — Difficulty  in  Securing 
Selectmen — Vaccination  Controversy — Brook  and  Corner  Outgrow- 
ing the  Plain — Federalists  in  Power — Haverhill,  a  Community  of 
Farmers — Social  Life — Each  Home  a  Manufactory — Church  and 
Tavern 83-96 


CHAPTER  VII— CHURCHES 

Oldest  of  Organizations  in  Town — The  Church — Mr.  Powers  Called  as 
Pastor  in  1765 — Town  Divided  into  Two  Parishes — House  at  Horse 
Meadow  Built  First — Ladd  Street  Organized  in  1790 — Discussion  Over 
Tax  Rate  for  Ministers — Difficulty  Settled — Controversy  with 
Church  at  Newbury  over  Timothy  Barron  and  Captain  Wesson — 
John  Smith  Settled  by  Town  as  Minister — Grant  Powers — Bought 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Corner — "Smooth  as  a  Bone" — North 
Parish — Pike — Methodist  Episcopalian — Four  Churches — Baptist — 
Union  Meeting  House,  Now  Adventist — Protestant  Episcopal — 
Universalist — Evangelical  Association — Mental  Liberty  Society — 
Pastors  Born   in   Haverhill 97-135 


CHAPTER   VIII— SCHOOLS  AND  EDUCATION 

Timothy  Curtis,  the  First  Schoolmaster — Schoolhouses  at  Two  Hundred 
and  Fifty  Dollars  Each — Woodsville  House  Cost  Less — Interior  of 
Old  Schoolhouse — Text-books  and  Superintendence — First  Commit- 
tee in  1815 — Records  of  Two  Schools — Town  Schools  in  1885 — Unsuc- 
cessful Attempt  to  Secure  a  College — Haverhill  Academy — List  of 
Scholars  and  Teachers — Mr.  Samuel  Southard 136-161 


CHAPTER  IX— CIVIC  AND  POLITICAL 

Town  Meetings  from  1800  till  1918 — What  Was  Done  and  What  Failed — 
New  Names — Exciting  Events — New  Town  Hall  and  Clerk's  Office — 
Town  Seesawed — Appropriations  Grew  Larger  Year  by  Year 162-216 


CHAPTER  X— IN  THE  WARS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 

New  Hampshire,  a  Federalist  State — John  Montgomery — Haverhill  Town 
Meetings  Take  Part — Names  of  Soldiers  at  Stewartstown  and 
Portsmouth — Moody  Bedel — Mexican  War — Captain  Batchelder  and 
Names  of  Soldiers — The  War  for  the  Union — Money  Voted — Soldiers 
with  Each  Individual  Record — The  War  with  Spain — The  World 
War — Names  of  Soldiers 217-244 


CONTENTS  Vll 


CHAPTER  XI— ROADS,   BRIDGES  AND  CANALS 

Roads  in  the  First  Place  Poor  Apologies — Laid  Out  but  Little  Done — In 
1783  £100  Was  Raised  to  Repair  Highways— In  1807  $800  Was  Raised 
and  in  1898  and  1899  $8,000 — Three  Bridges  Across  the  River — For  a 
Long  Period  All  Toll,  Now  All  Free — The  Last  Made  Free  in  1917 — 
The  River  and  Attempts  to  Make  It  Navigable — All  Failed — The  Rail- 
road— President  Quincy's  Remarks — Connection  with  the  Passumpsic — 
Great  Celebration  at  Woodsville  in  1853 — Additions  to  Road — Land 
Damages — Has  Built  Up  Woodsville 245-271 


CHAPTER  XII— COURTS   AND   BAR 

Courts  Established  in  Grafton  County  in  1773 — Court  House  in  Haverhill 
— First  Term  April  21,  1774 — Suspended  During  the  Revolution — 
Court  House  Built — Dissatisfaction — Moved  to  Corner  in  1793 — 
Burned  in  1814 — Rebuilt  in  Connection  with  Academy — New  Court 
House  Erected  in  1846 — Registry  of  Deeds,  Probate  Office  and  Jail 
Followed — Removed  to  Woodsville — The  Bar — Moses  Dow,  Alden 
Sprague,  George  Woodward,  John  Nelson,  David  Sloane,  Joseph  Bell, 
Nathan  B.  Felton  and  Others — Gilchrist  in  Case  of  Statute  Lawyers — 
Haverhill  Police  Court 272-300 


CHAPTER  XIII— THE   MEDICAL  PROFESSION 
Dr.  Samuel  White  Came  to  Newbury  in  1763 — The  Only  Physician  in  Coos 

UNTIL   AFTER  REVOLUTIONARY  WAR — Dr.    MARTIN  PHELPS   FlRST  IN  HAVER- 

hill — Followed  by  Drs.  Edmund  Carleton,  Ezra  Bartlett,  John 
Angier,  Phineas  Spalding,  Henry  B.  Leonard,  John  McNab,  Samuel  P. 
Carbee,  Charles  R.  Gibson — Present  Physicians — Drs.  Miller,  Law- 
rence (died  1919),  Dearborn,  Speare — Dentists — "Goold"  Davis — The 
Cottage  Hospital 301-319 


CHAPTER  XIV— NEWSPAPERS   AND   LIBRARIES 

Printing  Was  Begun  in  Haverhill  Previous  to  1800 — Four  or  Five  Small 
Papers — In  1820  the  "Grafton  and  Coos  Intelligencer"  Appeared;  Sketch 
of  No.  3,  Vol.  1 — "New  Hampshire  Post,"  Anti-Masonic — Removed  to 
Lebanon — "  Democratic  Republican,"  1828-1863 — Woodsville  Register 
1883 — Grafton  County  Register  by  Bittinger  Press — Removed  to 
Woodsville  in  1890 — Sold  to  W.  F.  Whitcher  in  1899 — Sold  March  1,  1916 
to  F.E.  Thayer — The  Social  Library — The  Haverhill — The  Woodsville, 
Gift  of  Ira  Whitcher — North  Haverhill,  Town  Assisted  in  Building 
—Town  Libraries 320-336 


Vlll  CONTENTS 


CHAPTER  XV— TAVERNS,   MAILS  AND  STAGES 

Taverns — Capt.  Uriah  Morse — John  Hazen — Luther  Richardson — Capt. 
Joshua  Howard — Mr.  Cobleigh — Ezekiel  Ladd — At  the  Corner — The 
Bliss — Edward  Towle — The  Williams — The  Grafton — Joseph  Balch, 
First  Post  Rider — Joseph  Bliss,  First  Postmaster — Multiplied  in 
Later  Years — Stage  Line  Projected  in  1811 — Stage  Routes — First 
Stage  Owners — Names  of  Postmasters 337-347 


CHAPTER  XVI— BANKS  AND  BANKING 

Coos  Bank  Incorporated  in  1803 — Large  Territory  Covered  for  Twenty 
Years — Grafton  Bank  Chartered  in  1822 — Lasted  till  1845 — Payson 

AND  BrITTON — WOODSVILLE  GUARANTY  SAVINGS  IN  1889 — WOODSVILLE  LOAN 

and    Banking    Association    in    1891 — Succeeded    by    the    Woodsville 
National  Bank 348-353 


CHAPTER  XVII— LODGES,   FRATERNITIES,   SOCIETIES 

Free  and  Accepted  Masons — Charter  Granted  in  June,  1799 — Moved  to 
Orford  in  1809 — Charter  Forfeited  in  1844 — Restored  in  1857 — Odd 
Fellowship,  Charter  Granted  in  1848 — Surrendered  in  1858 — New 
Lodge  at  Woodsville  in  1874 — Grand  Canton  Albin — Owns  Lodge 
Block — Mountain  View  Lodge,  1902 — Now  Owns  a  Block — Patrons  of 
Husbandry — Independent  Order  of  Good  Templars — Two  Lodges  K.  of  P. 
— Woman  's  Reading  Club — Three  Chapters  of  Daughters  of  American 
Revolution 354-359 


CHAPTER  XVIII— CRIMES  AND  THEIR  PUNISHMENT 

Under  N.  H.  Laws  There  Were  15  Crimes  Punishable  by  Death — In  1917 
But  One,  Murder,  Remains — Murder  Trials— First,  That  of  Toomalek — 
Thomas  Webster — Josiah  Burnham — His  Trial  and  Execution — Sermon 
by  "Priest"  Sutherland — William  F.  Comins — Enos  Dudley — Samuel 
Mills— Frank  C.  Almy 360-366 


CHAPTER  XIX— MANUFACTURERS  AND  MERCANTILE 

Lumber,  Beginning  in  1764 — The  Mills  Built  Since — At  the  Brook  Various 
Flourishing  Industries — Shovel  Handles  at  Woodsville — Lime  Burning 
— Pike  Manufacturing  Co. — The  Merchants 367-371 


CHAPTER  XX— THE  CORNER,   NORTH  HAVERHILL,  WOODSVILLE 

AND   PIKE 

The  Corner — Old  Times — Livermore  Reminiscence — Change  Began  after 
1860 — Fires  Broke  out  in  1848 — Another  in  1902  and  Another  in  1913 — 


CONTENTS  IX 

Business  Directory  in  1827  and  Another  in  1916 — North  Haverhill 
First  Settled — Swasey's  Mills — Slab  City — Horse  Meadow — Brier  Hill 
and  the  Centre — Cornet  Band — Town  Hall  in  1847 — New  Town  Hall — 
Notable  Celebration  op  150th  Anniversary  and  Unveiling  Soldiers' 
Monument,  Woodsville — Governor's  Farm — J.  L.  Woods — Growth 
Begun  by  Charles  M.  Weeks — Others  C.  B.  Smith,  Ira  Whitcher,  Ezra 
B.  Mann — George  E.  Cummings — More  than  a  Railroad  Village — 
schoolhouses — business  houses — banks — hotels — directory  1916 — 
East  Haverhill  and  Pike 372-415 


CHAPTER  XXI— THE   CEMETERIES 

Six  in  Town — Haverhill — North  Haverhill — Number  Six — East  Haver- 
hill— Haverhill  Centre — Woodsville — Under  Care  of  Cemetery  Com- 
mission  416-418 


CHAPTER  XXII— APPENDIX 

Officers — Court  House — County  Farm — Fisher  Farm — Militia — Population 
— Superintendent  Cummings'  Address — Haverhill  Bibliography.  . .  .419-447 


CHAPTER   XXIII— GENEALOGY 


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GENERAL  DESCRIPTION 

Haverhill — One  of  Six  in  170,000  Names — Named  for  Haverhill,  Mass. — John 
Hazen  a  Discoverer — Fortunate  on  Location — Rich  in  Drives — Irregular 
in  Shape — Hitchcock's  Description — Dearth  of  Lakes  and  Ponds — Ores 
and  Metals — The  Whetstone  Industry — Lime  and  Soapstone — Roads — 
Local  Names — Farming  Town  but  Filled  with  Villages. 

The  number  of  names  of  places  and  localities  found  in  the  "Century 
Dictionary  Atlas"  is  about  170,000,  and  of  these  there  are  six  Haverhills: 
One  in  England,  and  five  in  the  United  States.     It  is  an  English  name. 

The  English  Haverhill  is  an  ancient  parish  and  market  town  in  Essex 
and  Suffolk  counties,  on  a  branch  line  of  the  Ancient  Eastern  Railway, 
eighteen  miles  southeast  of  Cambridge.  It  is  delightfully  situated  in  a 
valley  and  consists  of  one  long  street.  It  has  a  population  of  about 
4,500,  and  "a  more  typical  or  picturesque  English  town  of  its  size — with 
its  chequered  lawns,  its  quaint  shops,  its  pretty  church  and  graveyard, 
and  the  fine  trimly  kept  estates  of  its  gentry  and  wealthier  folk — it  wouid 
be  difficult  to  find." 

John  Ward  was  born  in  Haverhill,  England,  November  5,  1606.  He 
was  the  son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ward,  who  came  to  New  England  in 
1634  and  became  the  pastor  of  the  church  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts 
Bay,  then  called  Agawam,  and  the  grandson  of  Rev.  John  Ward,  a  worthy 
and  distinguished  minister  of  the  English  town.  John  Ward,  the  younger, 
received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1626,  and  that  of  A.  M.  in  1630,  and  in 
1639  followed  his  father  to  New  England,  where  it  was  hoped  that  he 
might  secure  a  settlement  as  pastor  of  some  church.  No  opening  ap- 
pearing, Nathaniel  Ward  conceived  the  idea  of  a  new  settlement  on  the 
Merrimack  at  a  place  called  Pentucket,  and  in  1640  twelve  families  from 
Ipswich  and  Newbury  worked  their  way  up  the  river  to  the  locality 
agreed  upon  and  began  the  work  of  building  homes  in  the  wilderness. 
The  new  settlement  grew  rapidly,  and  in  October,  1641,  John  Ward 
became  the  first  minister.  The  Indian  name  of  Pentucket  was  dropped, 
and  in  honor  of  their  minister  the  name  of  his  English  birthplace  was 
given  to  the  new  town — Haverhill. 

John  Hazen  (Hazzen)  was  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  August  11,  1731, 
the  son  of  Moses  and  Abigail  White  Hazen.  He  was  resident  of  that 
part  of  Haverhill  known  as  Timberlane,  which  was  found  to  be  on  the 
north  side  of  the  boundary  line  between  New  Hampshire  and  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  settlement  of  that  line  in  1741.  A  part  of  this  tract, 
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I  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

sometimes  called  Haverhill  District,  was  incorporated  by  the  New  Hamp- 
shire government  as  the  town  of  Hampstead  January  19,  1749.  John 
Hazen  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  new  town  and  rendered 
valuable  service  in  the  old  French  war  as  an  officer.  He  stood  high  in 
estimation  of  the  Province  authorities,  and  when  in  consideration  of 
such  service,  he,  with  a  large  number  of  friends  and  relatives,  was  granted 
a  township  in  the  Cohos  country  on  the  Connecticut  River,  which  he 
promised  to  settle,  the  township  was  given,  at  his  request,  the  name  of 
his  native  Massachusetts  town,  Haverhill. 

There  are  three  other  Haverhills  in  the  United  States,  all  small  towns. 
Haverhill,  Ohio,  is  in  the  southernmost  county — Lawrence — was  set- 
tled by  a  party  led  by  Asa  Boynton  who  went  from  Haverhill,  N.  H.; 
while  the  leading  spirits  in  the  settlement  of  the  little  towns  of  Haverhill, 
Iowa,  and  Haverhill,  Kan.,  were  from  the  Massachusetts  town. 

The  New  Hampshire  Haverhill  is  like  no  other  New  Hampshire  town. 
Indeed,  no  two  of  these  towns  are  alike.  Towns,  like  people,  differ. 
Each  has  a  life  peculiarly  its  own,  depending  upon  geographical  location, 
physical  features,  time  and  manner  of  its  founding,  character  of  its  found- 
ers, the  industries  and  customs  of  its  people,  its  institutions,  social, 
religious,  educational  and  political.  Haverhill  has  little  or  nothing  in 
common  with  other  Haverhills  mentioned.  It  differs  from  the  other 
towns  of  the  state  and  county,  indeed,  from  its  next-door  neighbors, 
Bath,  Benton  and  Piermont.  Newbury,  Vt.,  is  its  twin  sister.  The 
charters  of  the  two  towns  bear  the  same  date.  The  leading  grantees  of 
each  town  were  the  same.  John  Hazen  and  Jacob  Bayley  headed  the 
list  of  the  Haverhill  grantees  and  Jacob  Bayley  and  John  Hazen  the  list 
of  Newbury  proprietors.  The  twin  towns  were  settled  by  the  same  class 
of  people;  their  first  church  was  the  Haverhill  and  Newbury  Church. 
They  had  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  but  one  meeting  house. 
Peter  Powers  was  the  minister  of  the  two  towns,  but  their  growth  and 
development  has  been  along  different  lines.  Each  town  has  had  its  own 
peculiar  life;  each  town  has  its  own  individuality.  Haverhill  is  fortunate 
in  location.  Lying  on  the  east  of  New  England's  great  river,  the  Con- 
necticut, it  is  bounded  on  the  west  by  Newbury,  Vt.,  north  by  Bath, 
east  by  Benton,  and  south  by  Piermont,  though  a  glance  at  the  map  will 
show  that  a  small  area  in  the  southwestern  section  of  the  town  is  also 
bounded  on  the  north  and  east  by  Piermont,  an  explanation  of  which 
will  be  given  later.  The  parallel  44  degrees  north  latitude  crosses  about 
a  mile  below  the  southern  boundary,  and  the  meridian  72  degrees  west 
longitude  passes  through  the  town  about  a  mile  east  of  the  river.  The 
length  of  the  town  on  the  river  side  is  about  ten  miles  and  on  the  east 
about  eight  miles,  with  an  average  width  of  a  little  over  six  miles,  the 
width  on  its  northern  boundary  exceeding  somewhat  that  of  the  south- 


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era.  The  narrowest  part,  that  from  the  village  of  North  Haverhill 
eastward,  is  something  less  than  six  miles.  The  western  boundary, 
conforming  to  the  winding  of  the  river,  is  very  irregular. 

Few  if  any  towns  in  New  Hampshire,  a  state  famous  for  its  scenic 
beauty,  have  more  of  which  to  boast  in  natural  attractiveness  and  charm 
than  has  Haverhill.  Its  ten  miles  and  more  of  winding  river  down  the 
valley  from  "the  Narrows"  of  the  Connecticut  and  the  mouth  of  the 
Ammonoosuc  at  Woodsville,  flanked  on  the  right  a  part  of  the  way  in 
the  broad  intervals  of  the  Great  and  Little  Oxbow,  and  by  the  wooded 
hills  of  Newbury,  the  villages  of  Wells  River,  Newbur}r  and  the  hamlet 
of  South  Newbury,  and  on  the  left  by  like  Oxbow  intervales,  the  rich 
uplands  and  the  villages  of  Woodsville,  North  Haverhill  and  Haverhill 
Center,  furnish  Connecticut  Valley  prospect  than  which  there  is  none 
more  beautiful  the  entire  length  of  the  noble  river.  The  Mount  Gardner 
range  stands  at  the  north  like  a  sentinel  overlooking  the  town.  The 
drive  down  the  river  to  North  Haverhill,  through  the  Horse  Meadow 
street,  on  over  Brier  Hill  if  one  chooses,  gives  views  unsurpassed.  From 
the  North  Haverhill  Village  plateau,  there  is  to  the  west  the  superb  view 
of  the  beautiful  Oxbow  intervales,  and  to  the  east  Black  Mountain,  Sugar 
Loaf,  and,  in  the  background  overtopping  all,  grand  old  Moosilauke, 
finest  of  all  the  mountains  of  New  Hampshire,  standing  solitary  guard 
over  the  two  beautiful  valleys  of  the  Connecticut  and  the  Merrimack. 

The  valley  views  from  Ladd  Street  and  Powder  House  Hill  at  "the 
Centre"  are  of  unsurpassed  loveliness,  while  the  drive  up  through  the 
valley  of  the  Oliverian  to  East  Haverhill,  thence  over  the  Limekiln  road, 
or  Brushwood  road  to  the  Centre  then  over  the  Pond  road  to  Swiftwater 
just  on  the  border  of  Bath,  and  thence  over  the  hill  to  Woodsville,  in 
case  one  did  not  choose  to  go  from  Swiftwater  up  over  Bradley  Hill  to 
Benton,  and  turning  there  almost  under  the  shadow  of  Moosehillock 
take  the  old  County  road  to  North  Haverhill — this  drive,  or  this 
series  of  drives,  will  be  found  all  the  way  a  wonder  and  delight.  Haver- 
hill, with  its  rivers,  its  ponds,  French  and  Woods,  its  hills  and  near 
mountains,  its  valleys  and  uplands,  is  a  gem  of  beauty  among  beautiful 
New  Hampshire  towns.  It  has  not,  like  the  English  Haverhill  or  its 
nearer  godmother,  the  Massachusetts  Haverhill,  mills  and  machinery, 
manufactures  and  commerce  of  which  to  boast,  but  it  has  its  unrivalled 
scenery,  its  fertile  acres,  its  productive  farms,  its  thrifty  and  prosperous 
villages,  and  its  honorable  history  in  which  it  may  justly  take  worthy 
pride. 

The  old  historic  Corner  and  Ladd  Street,  as  well  as  Horse  Meadow, 
are  rich  in  old-time  associations  if  not  in  modern  hustle  and  business 
enterprise.  East  Haverhill,  a  little  hamlet  on  the  Oliverian — the  railroad 
station  is  now  named  Oliverian — nestles  at  the  foot  of  the  hills,  gateway 


4  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

on  the  east  from  Warren  and  Benton.  Pike  is  Pike,  that  is  all,  the 
center  of  an  industry  known  the  world  over  for  its  manufacture  of  scythe 
stones,  and  in  fact  all  stone  sharpeners  of  edge  tools,  an  industry  which 
with  its  ramifications  from  Pike  is  a  monopoly,  if  not  indeed  a  trust. 
North  Haverhill— once  " Swasey's  Mills,"  later  "Slab  City,"  now  North 
Haverhill  post  office  but  "Blackmount"  railroad  station — beautiful 
village  of  residences  and  farm  houses,  centre  of  town  official  life,  with 
town  hall  and  town  clerk's  office,  is  no  unimportant  part  of  the  town, 
and  is  the  business  centre  for  the  Brier  Hill  and  Centre  sections.  Then, 
in  the  extreme  northwest  corner,  on  a  peninsula  jutting  down  between 
the  Ammonoosuc  on  the  north  and  east,  and  the  Connecticut  on  the  west, 
lies  Woodsville,  alive,  bustling,  optimistic  always,  county  seat,  railroad 
centre,  business  resort  for  a  large  surrounding  territory  which  patronizes 
its  wholesale  houses,  with  its  concrete  streets,  sidewalks,  its  electric 
lights,  its  water  and  fire  department  service,  opera  house,  high  school, 
hotels,  free  postal  delivery,  its — well, — everything  up-to-date — one  of 
the  most  beautiful  of  northern  New  Hampshire  villages.  It  would  be  an 
ideal  summer  resort  had  its  residents  time  to  make  it  such,  but  they  are 
looking  after  things  which  they  deem  of  more  importance.  Woodsville, 
with  more  than  half  the  population  of  the  town,  the  growth  of  a  little 
more  than  a  single  generation,  is  in  a  sense  the  new  Haverhill.  It  has  as 
a  village  but  little  past.  Its  annals  require  but  little  space  in  a  town 
history.     Woodsville's  history  lies  in  the  future. 

The  area  of  the  town  is  about  35,000  acres,  much  more  than  one  half 
of  which  is  under  profitable  cultivation,  and  in  the  value  of  its  agricultural 
products  it  maintains  the  highest  rank,  in  some  decades  standing  first  in 
the  state,  according  to  the  official  census  returns.  It  has  a  large  acreage 
of  excellent  pasturage,  and  its  woodland,  such  as  has  escaped  the 
lumberman's  axe,  has  a  constantly  increasing  value.  Much  attention 
has  been  given  in  recent  years  to  caring  for  the  second  growth  of  white 
pine,  birch,  maple  and  hemlock  which  has  come  up  where  the  original 
forest  has  been  cut  by  the  lumberman,  and  increasing  attention  will  be 
paid  in  the  future.  There  are  but  few  acres  which  are  not  valuable 
either  for  farming  purposes  or  for  the  growth  of  wood  and  timber. 

The  most  extensive  intervals  or  meadows  on  the  Connecticut  River 
in  the  state  are  to  be  found  in  Haverhill,  and  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  where 
they  are  from  one  half  to  more  than  a  mile  in  width.  These  lands  are 
very  fertile,  being  composed  of  the  finest  silt,  and  are  enriched  nearly 
every  year  by  a  coating  of  mud  from  the  turbid  spring  freshets.  Back 
of  these  intervals  are  terraces  of  greater  or  less  width.  The  lower 
terraces  are  of  the  same  material  as  the  intervals,  very  produc- 
tive, but  are  not  overflowed.  There  are  higher  terraces,  commonly 
known    as    plains,  which  usually  show   an   intermixture   of    sand   or 


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gravel.     As  to  the  extent  and  formation  of  these  terraces,  Professor 
Hitchcock  says:1 

From  Wells  River  to  Wait's  River,  at  Bradford,  the  lowest  terrace  or  interval  is  one 
half  mile  to  one  mile  in  width;  and  the  river  sweeps  in  broad  curves  from  side  to  side 
between  its  bordering  upper  terraces.  By  the  largest  of  the  bends  called  the  Oxbow, 
the  river  traverses  three  and  a  half  miles  to  make  one  half  mile  of  entrance,  by  which  a 
beautiful  expanse  of  interval  is  added  to  Newbury.  An  old  channel  formerly  left  this 
and  as  much  more  on  its  east  side.  .  .  .  North  Haverhill  is  situated  on  the  highest 
normal  terrace,  107  feet  above  the  river  and  27  feet  higher  than  the  corresponding 
terrace  opposite  on  which  Newbury  is  built.  This  difference  may  be  partly  due  to  the 
fact  that  here  was  one  of  the  principal  outlets  of  the  melting  ice-sheet  that  continued  to 
cover  Moosilauke  and  the  high  water  shed  after  it  had  withdrawn  from  the  Connecticut 
Valley.  East  of  North  Haverhill,  where  there  are  now  only  insignificant  brooks,  we 
find  an  abundance  of  sand  and  coarse  gravel  which  came  from  this  source.  It  is  dis- 
posed in  irregular  slopes,  in  some  portions  mounded  or  ridged,  and  rising  in  about  one 
mile  250  feet,  beyond  which  the  same  materials  extend  nearly  level  to  French  pond. 
Taking  the  road  to  Haverhill  town  house,2  we  pass  a  ridge  of  coarse  gravel  or  slightly 
modified  drift,  which  rises  from  40  to  100  feet  above  the  village.  Northeast  from  this, 
there  is  a  nearly  level  plain  of  fine  alluvium,  with  beds  of  clay.  A  short  distance  further 
east  we  come  to  a  sand  ridge  which  extends  about  half  a  mile  along  the  road,  rising  80 
feet  by  a  gentle  slope,  and  then  abruptly  75  feet  more,  like  the  face  of  a  terrace  to  a  level 
plain  on  which  the  town  house  stands,  247  feet  above  North  Haverhill,  and  752  feet 
above  the  sea.  This  plain,  its  western  steep  slope,  and  the  first  ridge  below  are  all  of  sand, 
with  none  of  the  coarse  gravel  characteristic  of  kames.  Similar  deposits  of  fine  material 
reach  for  a  half  mile  on  each  side  of  this  road,  sometimes  in  level  plains  of  small  extent, 
but  generally  in  varying  slopes,  by  which  they  are  continuous  from  the  town  house  to 
the  upper  terrace  by  the  river. 

The  remainder  of  the  way  to  French  Pond,  is  comparatively  level,  being  at  first  a 
plain  of  stratified,  coarse-grained  sand,  which  extends  north  one  half  mile  to  the  brook; 
thence  for  a  mile  and  a  half  further,  sand  or  coarse  rounded  gravel  extends  along  the  road 
on  its  east  side  as  far  north  as  French  Pond.  Immediately  about  this  pond  the  modi- 
fying action  of  the  water  is  not  apparent,  but  the  surface  is  composed  of  heaped  and 
ridged  morainic  drift,  over  which  the  road  passes.  This  material  is,  however,  in  the 
main,  level  with  irregular  hollows  and  depressions  of  over  10  to  20  feet.  Its  rock  frag- 
ments are  angular,  but  small  in  size,  seldom  exceeding  two  feet.  A  coarse  morainic 
ridge  extends  more  than  a  mile  on  the  east  side  of  this  level  alluvial  valley,  with  a  height 
of  about  125  feet  above  it,  while  on  the  west  rises  the  precipitious  face  of  Brier  Hill. 
Three  miles  southeast  are  the  serrated  mountains  which  extend  north  from  Owl's  Head; 
and  nine  miles  southeast  is  the  high  massive  ridge  of  Moosilauke. 

By  estimate  French  Pond  is  about  770  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  and  the  water- 
shed on  the  road  northwest  is  from  40  to  50  feet  higher.  This  hollow,  bounded  on  both 
sides  by  high  hills,  seems  to  have  been  for  a  time  the  outlet  of  the  melting  ice  at  the  north, 
before  the  way  was  opened  westward  for  the  Lower  Ammonoosuc  River.  The  glacier 
which  covered  the  mountains  at  the  southeast  also  contributed  to  these  deposits  of  modi- 
fied drift,  as  is  shown  by  the  high  moraine  mentioned,  and  by  others,  three  fourths  of  a 
mile  from  the  town  house,  at  the  mouth  of  a  gap  in  the  first  high  range  of  hills.  The 
highest  of  these  last  has  been  modified  by  a  current  of  water.  It  presents  on  the  west 
side  a  steep  escarpment  of  clear  sand,  reaching  from  980  to  12,00  feet  above  the  sea. 
The  rest  are  at  the  east  against  the  hillside.     On  the  northwest  nothing  intervenes  to 

1  "Geology  of  New  Hampshire,"  Vol.  3,  pp.  29,  30. 

2  The  old  town  house  which  was  located  at  Centre  Haverhill. 


6  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  town  house  and  North  Haverhill,  300  and  550  feet  below,  where  we  find  the  sand 
and  clay  which  were  brought  down  by  these  glacial  streams. 

At  Haverhill  there  are  only  scanty  remains  of  modified  drift  above  the  interval,  which 
is  nearly  a  mile  wide.  The  highest  terrace,  best  shown  on  the  Vermont  side,  is  80  feet 
above  the  river;  enough  of  it  is  left  on  the  east  side  to  indicate  that  it  was  once  contin- 
uous across  the  valley.  Hall's  Brook  and  Oliverian  Brook,  which  have  their  mouths  here 
opposite  to  each  other,  have  brought  down  large  amounts  of  modified  drift,  which  is 
deposited  along  the  lower  portion  of  their  course.  On  the  former  this  slopes  in  one  mile 
to  125  feet  above  the  upper  terrace  of  the  Connecticut.  On  the  east  side  only  slight 
vestiges  of  this  terrace  are  found,  and  we  have  a  direct  rise  of  220  feet  from  the  interval 
to  the  modified  drift  of  Oliverian  Brook,  which  thus  commences  at  a  greater  height  than  is 
reached  in  the  first  mile  on  Hall's  Brook.  In  two  miles  this  slopes  upward  100  feet,  or 
to  340  feet  above  the  river,  being  well  shown  all  the  way,  and  at  one  place  nearly  a  mile 
wide.  These  streams  are  both  of  large  size,  but  the  deposits  along  their  source  cannot 
be  attributed  to  their  ordinary  action,  any  more  than  the  modified  drift  east  of  North 
Haverhill  is  due  to  the  brooks  there.  All  these  deposits  are  plainly  of  the  same  date  and 
from  one  cause — the  melting  of  the  ice  sheet. 

The  glacial  period  was  generous  to  Haverhill.  It  gave  the  town  its 
fertile  soil,  interval,  terrace  or  plain  and  hills,  a  diversified  and  some- 
what irregular  surface,  but  with  hardly  an  acre  useless  and  valueless. 
Unlike  the  neighboring  towns  Haverhill  has  no  elevations  which  can  be 
dignified  with  the  name  of  mountains.  Black  Hill  on  the  east,  a  part  of 
which  is  in  the  town  of  Benton,  is  the  highest  of  Haverhill's  hills,  and  this, 
perhaps  as  well  as  Catamount  Hill  and  Iron  Ore  Hill  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  town,  would  be  regarded  as  mountains  if  located  in  the 
southern  sections  of  the  state,  but  they  are  only  near  mountains  in 
the  northern  region.  There  is  a  range  of  hills  in  the  northwest  part  of  the 
town  lying  to  the  east  of  Horse  Meadow  and  running  northerly  to  the 
Bath  line,  and  another  quite  well  defined  range,  of  which  Brier  Hill  is 
the  highest  elevation,  traverses  the  central  part  from  north  to  south. 

Haverhill,  unlike  many  of  its  neighbors,  does  not  abound  in  lakes  or 
ponds.  Woods  Pond  in  the  southern  part  and  French  Pond  in  the 
northern  part  are  the  only  bodies  of  still  water,  and  these  are  each  com- 
paratively small. 

Equally  unimportant  are  its  streams  aside  from  the  Connecticut  which 
has  so  slight  a  fall  within  the  town  limits  that  it  furnishes  no  power  which 
can  be  utilized.  For  a  few  rods  above  its  mouth  the  Ammonoosuc  flows 
through  Haverhill,  and  its  excellent  power  is  utilized  at  the  present  time 
in  supplying  the  village  of  Woodsville  with  water,  electric  lighting  and 
other  service. 

There  are  two  brooks  emptying  into  the  Connecticut:  Poole  Brook, 
the  mouth  of  which  is  a  little  to  the  south  of  the  village  of  North  Haver- 
hill, is  formed  on  the  union  of  two  brooks,  the  Clark  having  its  rise  in  the 
northeast  part  of  the  town  near  Benton  line  and  forming  a  junction  near 
the  centre  of  the  town  with  another  flowing  out  of  French  Pond  and  thence 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  / 

to  the  south  of  Brier  Hill  through  North  Haverhill  Village  to  the  Con- 
necticut. This  brook  in  former  years  furnished  power  for  sawmills  and 
potato-starch  mills,  but  these  no  longer  exist,  and  its  power  is  now  utilized 
only  by  a  sawmill  and  gristmill  at  North  Haverhill.  The  Oliverian  has 
its  rise  on  the  western  slope  of  Moosilauke  in  Benton,  flows  through  the 
Benton  meadows  and  enters  Haverhill  near  its  southeast  corner.  It  is 
joined  at  East  Haverhill  by  a  tributary  known  as  the  North  Branch, 
which  also  has  its  rise  in  Benton  near  Sugar  Loaf.  The  Oliverian  flows 
through  a  valley  containing  excellent  farms  falls  precipitously  between 
Lack!  Street  and  Haverhill  Corner  to  the  Meadows  and  enters  the  Con- 
necticut near  Bedel's  bridge.  In  the  past  the  power  of  this  stream  has 
been  utilized  both  on  the  North  Branch  and  the  main  stream  for  sawmills, 
tannery,  paper-mill  and  other  manufactures  now  extinct.  It  is  still  util- 
ized in  connection  with  steam  at  Pike,  and  also  in  a  comparatively  small 
way  at  what  is  known  as  "The  Brook"  at  the  southerly  end  of  Ladd 
Street.  The  power  furnished  by  these  streams  is  variable,  there  being  a 
full  volume  in  the  spring  and  rainy  seasons  while  in  the  summer  it  is  of 
little  account.  It  is  believed,  however,  that  both  streams  would  give 
steady  power  of  great  value  by  the  construction  of  reservoirs,  the  cost  of 
which  would  be  small  as  compared  with  the  electric  power  which  could 
be  generated.     It  is  safe  to  predict  that  such  utilization  will  yet  be  made. 

As  is  seen  from  Professor  Hitchcock's  description,  the  soil  is  varied. 
Along  the  Connecticut  it  is  alluvial,  as  it  is  in  some  sections  of  the  Olive- 
rian Valley.  On  the  North  Haverhill  terrace  or  plain  it  is  a  clayey  loam, 
while  the  remainder  possesses  the  qualities  of  the  ordinary  uplands  of 
New  Hampshire.  The  general  rock  area  is  what  is  known  as  Bethlehem 
gneiss,  but  other  varieties  are  granite,  common  gneiss,  hornblende  schist, 
limestone  and  soapstone.  Granite  of  fine  quality  has  been  quarried,  and 
the  French  Pond  granite,  both  pink  and  gray,  is  of  fine  quality,  as  is  also 
that  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town  near  Haverhill  Corner.  It  is  quite 
extensively  used  in  monumental  work.  A  fine  quality  of  limestone  is 
found  along  the  north  branch  of  the  Oliverian  and,  previous  to  the  con- 
struction of  the  railroad,  lime  of  the  best  quality  was  preserved  in  large 
quantities.  There  is  a  vein  of  soapstone  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town, 
but  an  attempt  to  quarry  and  market  it,  made  nearly  half  a  century  ago, 
was  not  found  to  be  practicable  or  profitable.  The  whetstone  quarries 
on  Cutting  Hill  near  Pike,  in  Haverhill  and  Piermont,  have  been  worked 
successfully  for  half  a  century  or  so,  with  large  profit,  and  the  immense 
beds  of  this  stone  show  no  signs  of  exhaustion. 

The  town,  however,  can  hardly  be  called  rich  in  ores  and  minerals. 
Native  arsenic  is  found  in  small  quantities  on  the  Frank  Kimball  farm, 
and  iron  from  Iron  Ore  Hill,  near  Haverhill  Corner,  was  at  one  time 
hauled  to  a  smelting  furnace  on  the  Vermont  side  of  the  river.     What- 


8  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

ever  the  future  may  reveal,  Haverhill  is  today  as  it  has  been  from  its 
beginning,  essentially  a  farming  town,  and  has  just  reason  to  be  proud  of 
her  rank  among  the  agricultural  towns  of  the  state. 

The  town  has  an  excellent  system  of  roads.  The  three  principal  ones 
are  the  River  road  from  Haverhill  Corner  through  Ladd  Street,  North 
Haverhill  and  Horse  Meadow  to  Woodsville,  now  a  part  of  the  state 
boulevard  system,  the  County  road  from  Ladd  Street  through  the  centre 
of  the  town  to  what  is  known  as  the  Union  Meeting  House,  where  turning 
to  the  right  it  continues  to  Benton,  to  the  left  to  North  Haverhill,  and 
over  Brier  Hill  to  near  the  Bath  line,  and  in  the  same  direction  changing 
its  name  to  the  Pond  road  to  Swiftwater.  Then  there  is  the  Brook  road 
up  the  Oliverian  Valley  to  Benton  Flats;  the  Limekiln  road  running 
irregularly  over  the  hills  and  joining  the  County  road  at  two  different 
points;  then  "over  the  Hill"  road  from  Woodsville  to  Swiftwater;  the 
Brushwood  road  from  Pike  to  the  County  road  and  North  Haverhill, 
and  several  short  roads  intersecting  into  these  named.  A  liberal  policy 
has  been  pursued  in  their  maintenance. 

Local  names  have  been  applied  to  different  sections  of  the  town.  "The 
Corner"  is,  indeed,  the  corner  at  the  southwest.  "The  Brook"  desig- 
nates the  smaller  village  in  the  valley  on  the  north  of  the  corner  and 
formerly  the  location  of  various  manufactures.  A  little  further  up  the 
river  is  "Ladd  Street,"  among  the  first  localities  to  be  settled.  Then 
"Dow  Plain,"  now  the  residence  of  Governor  Keyes,  opposite  Newbury 
Village,  and  so  called  because  long  owned  by  Gen.  Moses  Dow.  Still 
further,  "Swasey's  Mills,"  "Slab  City,"  now  North  Haverhill.  North- 
erly and  still  along  the  river  "Horse  Meadow,"  early  settled,  and  at  its 
northerly  end  the  county  farm,  almshouse  and  jail.  "Cobleigh's  Land- 
ing," where  the  Cottage  Hospital  now  stands,  was  the  starting  point  of 
the  lumber  rafts  down  the  river  in  the  ante-railroad  days,  and  in  the 
northwest  corner  is  Woodsville,  once  a  dense  forest  of  big  pines,  now  a 
railroad  centre,  county  seat  and  the  most  important  village  in  the  town. 
Following  up  the  Oliverian  from  "the  Brook"  is  Pike,  seat  of  the  famous 
whetstone  industry,  and  further  up  towards  the  east,  East  Haverhill. 
Northerly  from  East  Haverhill  are  the  "  Jeffers  Neighborhood,"  "Morse 
Hill "  and  "  Lime  Kiln,"  to  the  east  from  North  Haverhill  is  the  "Centre," 
with  its  Union  Meeting  House,  now  Advent  Church,  some  times  known 
in  former  days  as  "Bangstown,"  and  to  the  northeast,  beautiful  for  situ- 
ation, "  Brier  Hill."  These  are  names  which  will  more  or  less  often  occur 
in  the  following  pages,  and  this  word  of  explanation  may  not  be  amiss  at 
the  beginning. 


CHAPTER   II 


INDIANS,   AND   FIRST  VISIT   OF  WHITES 

Little  Known  of  Indians — "The  Swift  Deer  Hunting  Coosucks" — Herd  De- 
creased— Penhallen  Tells  us  in  1704  of  Corn  Planted  High  up  the  River 
at  Coos — Capt.  John  Stulk — Capt.  Peter  Powers  in  1754 — Maj.  Robert 
Rogers  in  1759 — Survey  Made  by  Thomas  Blanchard. 

But  little  is  definitely  known  of  the  Indian  dwellers  in  the  Upper  Val- 
ley of  the  Connecticut,  known  to  the  people  of  the  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut  towTns  in  the  seventeenth  and  early  part  of  the  eighteenth 
century  as  Coos,  or  the  Coos  country.  There  were  Indians,  however, 
and  the  name  given  to  the  section  is  of  Indian  origin,  and  has  various 
spellings:  Corvass,  Cohass,  Cohos,  Coos,  the  latter  being  the  more  mod- 
ern. Upper  Coos  embraced  the  broad  intervals  near  the  present  town 
of  Lancaster  and  the  territory  to  the  northward,  and  Lower  Coos 
embraced  that  portion  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  extending  from  the 
Narrows  above  Woodsville  as  far  south  as  Lyme  and  Thetford,  Vt. 
The  name,  according  to  tradition,  signifies  "a  place  of  deer,"  "a  place 
of  tall  pines,"  "wide  valley,"  "crooked  river,"  but  tradition  is  not  very 
trustworthy. 

Relics  of  Indian  occupation  of  various  kinds  have  been  found  in  Haver- 
hill. Certain  mounds  along  the  meadows  have  been  regarded  by  experts 
as  the  work  of  Indian  hands.  Stone  arrow  and  spear  heads,  stone  mortars 
and  pestles,  as  wrell  as  other  implements  and  utensils  used  by  Indians  have 
been  found  on  the  meadow  and  upland  farms  bordering  on  the  river. 
About  a  mile  north  of  the  Haverhill  railroad  station  and  but  a  short  dis- 
tance from  the  track  is  a  smooth  ledge  of  rock  on  which  is  drilled  a  hole 
about  two  feet  in  diameter  and  two  and  a  half  feet  deep,  which  it  is  claimed 
was  used  by  Indians  as  a  mortar  in  which  was  pounded  the  corn  raised 
on  the  Oxbow  meadows.  The  first  white  man  visiting  Coos  found  a 
cleared  space  on  these  meadows,  on  both  sides  the  river,  which  had  been 
used  by  Indians  as  a  planting  ground  and  there  wTere  numerous  other 
indications  that  this  locality  had  at  some  time  been  quite  extensively 
occupied  before  its  settlement  by  whites. 

It  is  not  probable,  however,  that  Haverhill,  or  for  that  matter,  Coos, 
either  upper  or  lower,  was  ever  the  permanent  home  of  any  Indian  tribe. 
The  Indians  of  the  interior  of  New  England  were  of  the  great  Algonquin 
race,  and  were  called  by  the  seashore  tribes  of  the  race,  Nipmucks,  or 
fresh  water  Indians,  and  the  places  they  occupied  were  always  in  the 

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10  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

vicinity  of  ponds,  lakes  and  rivers.  There  were  twelve  tribes  or  families 
of  these  Nipmucks.  The  Pemigewassets  occupied  the  valley  now  bear- 
ing that  name;  the  Nashuas,  one  of  the  most  powerful  of  the  tribes,  were 
found  in  the  southern  part  of  New  Hampshire;  the  Amoskeags  were  at 
the  falls  on  the  Merrimac,  now  bearing  that  tribal  name;  the  Souhegans 
were  on  the  Souhegan  River;  the  Penacooks  on  the  Merrimac  intervals 
above  and  below  Concord;  the  Swamscotts  near  Exeter;  the  Piscata- 
quakes  on  the  Piscataqua;  the  Ossipees  had  a  wigwam  city  at  Ossipee 
lake;  "the  beautiful  Winnepissaukies "  were  found  by  the  great  lake; 
the  Pequakees  had  villages  in  the  fertile  valley  of  Pequaket;  "the  death- 
dealing  Androscoggins  "  had  lodges  on  the  banks  and  at  the  sources  of  the 
Androscoggin,  while  "the  swift  deer  hunting  Coosucks"  were  those  who 
hunted  their  game  on  the  hills  and  cultivated  in  their  rude  way  the  Con- 
necticut intervals  of  the  Coos  County.  It  is  not  believed  that  these 
Nipmuck  tribes  or  families  dwelt  for  any  considerable  length  of  time  in 
one  place,  but  were  nomadic  in  their  mode  of  life.  It  is  also  believed 
that  previous  to  the  settlement  of  Coos,  the  numbers  of  the  Coosucks  had 
been  greatly  decreased  by  disease.  In  any  event  the  few  degenerates 
who  lingered  in  the  valley  when  settlement  by  the  whites  began  soon 
disappeared. 

The  first  visits  of  white  men  to  the  Coos  meadows  were  involuntary. 
When  the  village  of  Deerfield,  in  Massachusetts,  was  destroyed  by 
French  and  Indians  February  29,  1704,  among  the  one  hundred  and 
twelve  captives,  men,  women  and  children,  carried  to  Canada,  was  the 
Deerfield  minister,  the  Rev.  John  Williams.  He  lived  to  return,  and 
under  the  title  of  "A  Redeemed  Captive  Returning  to  Zion,"  published 
an  account  of  his  captivity  and  sufferings.  He  says  that  at  the  mouth  of 
the  White  River,  the  company  divided,  a  part  of  the  captors  and  captives 
going  up  that  stream,  while  the  others  ascended  the  Connecticut  and 
spent  some  time  at  the  Coos  meadows,  where  their  provisions  giving  out, 
they  only  escaped  starvation  by  hunting  and  fishing,  and  where  two  of 
the  captives,  Daniel  Hix  and  Jacob  Holt  actually  died  of  hunger.  The 
significance  of  his  narrative  lies  in  the  fact  that  he  mentions  Coos  as  if 
the  region  were  well  enough  known,  even  at  that  time,  to  need  no  other 
description  than  the  mere  name.  Penhallow  also  in  this  same  year,  1704, 
mentions  a  French  Indian  fort,  and  corn  planted  high  up  on  the  Connec- 
ticut River  at  Coos.  Just  how  and  when  the  section  had  previously 
become  known  to  the  whites  is  still  unexplained. 

In  February,  1709,  five  years  after  the  burning  of  Deerfield,  the  town 
was  again  attacked  by  Indians,  and  one  Thomas  Baker  was  taken  cap- 
tive, and  was  carried  up  the  Connecticut  through  Coos  to  Canada.  Ran- 
somed the  next  year,  he  returned  by  the  same  route  to  his  home,  and  thus 
gained  some  knowledge  of  the  route,  and  of  the  different  families  of  Indians 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  11 

in  the  sections  through  which  he  passed.  In  1712,  with  the  purpose  of 
destroying  a  body  of  Indians  having  their  encampment  somewhere  in  the 
Pemigewasset  Valley,  he  raised  a  companj'-  of  thirty-four  men  and  with  a 
friendly  Indian  for  a  guide  started  northward  on  his  expedition.  He 
proceeded  directly  to  the  Coos  meadows,  in  what  is  now  Haverhill  and 
Newbury.  Then  following  the  lead  of  his  Indian  guide,  he  passed  up  the 
Oliverian,  thence  over  the  height  of  land  south  of  and  in  plain  sight  of 
Moosilauke  and  then  down  the  Indian  Asquamchumauke,  in  Warren — 
now  bearing  the  name  of  Baker's  River — through  Wentworth,  Rumney 
and  Plymouth.  In  Rumney  he  surprised  an  encampment  of  Indians, 
some  of  whom  he  killed  while  others  escaped.  He  destroyed  their  wig- 
wams and  secured  a  large  amount  of  furs.  He  departed  hastily  south- 
ward pursued  by  the  Indians,  but  by  strategy  suggested  by  his  Indian 
guide  he  evaded  his  pursuers  and  arrived  in  Dunstable  without  the  loss 
of  a  single  man.  Whiton,  in  his  history  of  New  Hampshire,  gives  the 
date  of  Baker's  expedition  as  1724,  but  he  is  manifestly  in  error  since  the 
journal  of  the  Massachusetts  Annual  Court  shows  that  the  claim  of 
Lieut.  Thomas  Baker,  as  "commander  of  a  company  in  a  late  expedition 
to  Coos  and  over  to  Merrimack  River  and  so  to  Dunstable,"  for  Indian 
scalps  brought  in  was  allowed  and  paid  in  1712,  and  an  additional  allow- 
ance for  the  same  was  made  in  June  of  that  year,  with  the  promotion  of 
Lieutenant  Baker  to  the  rank  of  Captain.  This  fixes  the  time  of  Baker's 
visit  to  Coos  beyond  question. 

It  may  be  asked  why  no  steps  were  taken  in  the  direction  of  the  settle- 
ment of  what  was  thus  early  known  to  be  a  desirable  country.  The 
answer  is  not  far  to  seek.  From  about  the  year  1665  to  1760  there  was 
almost  unbroken  warfare  between  France  and  England,  with  consequent 
hostilities  between  the  French  colonists  and  their  Indian  allies,  and  the 
English  colonists  in  America.  The  danger  of  pushing  onward  the  Eng- 
lish frontier  settlements  was  too  great  to  be  undertaken.  But  there 
were  brief  periods  of  respite.  One  of  these  followed  the  treaty  of  peace 
between  France  and  England  signed  at  Aix-la-Chapelle  in  1748.  Tak- 
ing advantage  of  the  comparative  quiet  the  New  Hampshire  government 
began  to  prepare  for  the  settlement  of  the  Connecticut  Valley.  Settle- 
ment had  been  made  at  Charlestown — known  as  Number  Four — and 
had  become  established  after  repeated  assaults  upon  it  and  after  having 
been  once  abandoned.  The  question  of  the  settlement  of  Coos  began 
to  be  agitated. 

In  the  summer  of  1751,  several  hunters  went  up  the  river  from  Number 
Four  as  far  as  the  mouth  of  the  Ammonoosuc,  making  somewhat  careful 
examination  of  the  country  on  both  sides  the  river.  In  1752  Governor 
Wentworth  began  making  township  grants  in  the  valley,  and  Captain 
Symes  of  North  Hampton  made  application  for  charters  for  townships 


12  HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL 

six  miles  square  at  Coos,  these  charters  to  be  granted  to  four  hundred 
men  who  proposed  to  become  actual  settlers.  In  his  petition  he  said 
that  several  of  the  three  hundred  and  forty  men  already  engaged  in  the 
project  had  been  to  Coos  and  were  favorably  impressed  with  the  possi- 
bility of  settlement.  The  would-be  settlers  were  for  the  most  part  from 
the  towns  of  Newmarket,  North  Hampton,  East  Hampton,  Rye  and 
South  Hampton.  It  was  proposed  to  cut  a  road  from  Number  Four  to 
Coos,  to  lay  four  townships,  two  on  each  side  the  river,  opposite  to  each 
other,  where  the  towns  of  Haverhill  and  Piermont  on  the  east  side  and 
Newbury  and  Bradford  on  the  west  now  are.  The  settlers  were  to  have 
courts  of  judicatory  and  other  civil  privileges  of  their  own  and  were  to 
be  under  strict  military  discipline.  The  French  authorities  in  Canada 
learned  of  this  plan,  and  a  deputation  of  French  and  Indians  appeared 
at  Number  Four,  remonstrating  in  threatening  terms  against  it  and  in 
the  interest  of  safety  it  was  for  the  time  being  abandoned.  Other  plans 
came  into  being.  In  the  spring  of  1752  John  Stark, — the  General  John 
Stark  of  the  Revolution, — William  Stark,  Amos  Eastman  of  Hollis  and 
David  Stimson  of  Londonderry,  while  on  a  hunting  expedition  in  the 
Baker's  River  country  were  surprised  by  a  party  of  Indians  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Rumney.  William  Stark  escaped  by  flight,  Stimson 
was  killed,  and  John  Stark  and  Eastman  were  taken  prisoners,  and  were 
carried  to  Canada  captives.  They  were  led  up  over  the  height  of  land 
from  the  Baker's  River  valley,  down  the  Oliverian  and  directly  through 
the  already  much  talked  of  Oxbow  meadows.  They  returned  home  the 
same  summer  over  practically  the  same  route.  The  account  they  gave 
of  the  country  increased  the  desire  to  explore  and  settle  it.  But  the 
renewal  of  hostilities  between  France  and  England  was  inevitable,  and 
plans  of  settlement  were  postponed.  Fearing,  however,  the  establish- 
ment of  a  French  garrison  at  Coos,  Governor  Wentworth  determined  to 
send  a  company  to  explore  the  region,  not  this  time  by  way  of  Number 
Four,  but  over  the  trail  by  which  Stark  and  Eastman  had  been  taken 
when  captured  the  year  before.  Accordingly  on  the  tenth  of  March, 
1753,  a  company  of  sixteen  men  officered  by  Col.  Zaccheus  Lovewell 
and  Maj.  John  Talford,  with  Capt.  Caleb  Page  as  surveyor  and  John 
Stark  as  guide  left  Concord — then  called  Rumford — proceeded  up  the 
Merrimac,  the  Pemigewasset  and  Baker's  rivers,  marking  out  a  road 
and  cutting  out  the  fallen  trees,  and,  after  crossing  the  height  of  land 
at  what  is  now  Warren  Summit,  proceeded  westerly  reaching  the  Con- 
necticut at  Moose  meadow  in  Piermont  March  17.  They  remained 
but  one  night  there,  for  fearing  an  attack  from  Indians,  they  returned 
hastily  over  the  same  route  reaching  Concord  after  an  absence  of  thirteen 
days.  The  Lovewell  expedition  was  a  failure  except  for  the  fact  that  it 
had  marked  out  a  route  from  Concord  to  Coos. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  13 

The  next  year,  1745,  Capt.  Peter  Powers  of  Hollis,  Lieut.  James 
Stevens  and  Ensign  Ephraim  Hale,  both  of  Townsend,  Mass.,  led  another 
company  for  the  exploration  of  Coos.  A  somewhat  detailed  account  of 
this  expedition  was  recorded  in  a  journal  kept  by  Captain  Powers,  which 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Societ}r,  and  from 
which  the  Rev.  Grant  Powers  in  his  "  History  of  the  Coos  County  "  makes 
liberal  quotation.  The  company  rendezvoused  at  Concord  and  left  for 
their  expedition  June  15.  They  went  by  way  of  Contoocook  up  the  Mer- 
rimac  to  the  mouth  of  the  Pemigewasset,  and  thence  up  that  river  follow- 
ing the  path  marked  out  the  previous  year  by  Colonel  Lovewell,  reaching 
the  Connecticut  at  Moose  Meadow  in  Piermont,  June  25.  Proceeding 
thence  northward  through  the  wide  intervals  of  the  river,  they  "encamped 
on  the  banks  of  a  large  stream  which  came  out  of  the  east,"  and  which  is 
described  as  "furnishing  the  best  of  falls  and  conveniences  for  all  sorts  of 
mills."  This  stream  was  the  Oliverian,  and  the  place  of  encampment 
was  undoubtedly  at  "the  Brook,"  and  very  likely  on  the  plot  near  the 
Gen.  John  Montgomery  house.  The  next  day  they  proceeded  up  the 
river,  Captain  Powers  making  note  of  the  clear  intervals  on  both  sides 
the  river  later  known  as  the  Great  Oxbow  in  Newbury  and  the  Little 
Oxbow  in  Haverhill.  (In  these  pages  the  term  Oxbow  will  be  used  for 
convenience  sake  as  meaning  the  latter,  the  Haverhill  tract.)  On  reach- 
ing the  Ammonoosuc  just  north  of  what  is  now  Woodsville,  they  found  it 
too  wide  and  deep  for  fording,  and  they  were  obliged  to  build  a  canoe 
before  they  could  cross.  They  continued  their  journey  northward 
through  the  highlands  lying  between  the  Connecticut  and  the  Ammonoo- 
suc, on  through  the  present  towns  of  Bath,  Monroe,  Littleton,  Dalton, 
over  the  intervals  below  and  above  Lancaster  as  far  as  Northumberland 
where  they  arrived  July  2.  Their  stock  of  provisions  had  become  much 
reduced  and  Captain  Powers  made  his  preparations  to  return.  They 
had  met  no  Indians  on  their  march,  but  a  little  to  the  north  of  their 
Northumberland  encampment  they  found  a  place  where  Indians  had  been 
making  canoes  and  which  had  been  abandoned  but  a  little  before.  The 
fifth  of  July  found  them  on  their  return  just  below  the  mouth  of  Wells 
River  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  when  they  camped  for  the 
night.  July  6,  they  went  down  through  the  cleared  interval  crossing  into 
Haverhill  below  the  Newbury  Oxbow  at  what  is  now  the  Keyes  farm. 
Thence  they  marched  south  by  east  about  three  miles  and  camped  on 
high  ground  near  the  Oliverian,  on  what  Captain  Powers  called  "the  best 
of  upland  covered  by  some  quantities  of  large  white  pine."  This  place  of 
encampment  was  probably  at  what  later  became  Haverhill  Corner,  since 
Captain  Powers  description  answers  to  that  given  the  Corner  by  its  first 
settlers.  The  remainder  of  their  march  to  Concord  was  over  the  route 
they  had  previously  taken  on  their  journey  northward. 


14  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Captain  Powers  brought  back  glowing  reports  of  the  wonderful  fertility 
and  great  resources  of  Coos,  but  the  threatened  French  and  Indian  war 
soon  broke  out,  and  with  New  England  frontiers  exposed  to  the  incursions 
of  the  French  and  their  savage  Indian  allies,  any  plans  which  had  been 
made  for  the  occupancy  of  the  new  country  were  delayed. 

In  1759,  a  portion  of  the  command  of  Maj.  Robert  Rogers,  who  had 
been  sent  by  General  Amherst  from  Crown  Point  to  destroy  the  Abenaki 
village  of  Indians  on  the  St.  Francis,  a  little  above  its  junction  with  the 
St.  Lawrence,  fearing  retreat  to  Crown  Point  had  been  cut  off  after  the 
purpose  of  the  expedition  had  been  successfully  accomplished,  attempted 
to  return  by  way  of  Lake  Memphremagog  and  the  Connecticut  River. 
It  had  been  arranged  that  provisions  for  his  command  would  be  sent  up 
the  river  from  Number  Four.  Reaching  the  spot  designated,  supposed 
to  be  the  at  mouth  of  the  Ammonoosuc,  with  his  men  nearly  perishing 
from  hunger,  he  found  that  the  relief  party  had  come  up  the  river,  and 
after  waiting  a  little  had  returned  taking  the  supplies  with  them.  The 
situation  was  desperate.  Rogers  with  two  others  made  his  way  down 
the  river  on  a  rude  raft  and  returned  with  boats  for  his  men,  but  many  of 
them  had  wandered  into  the  forests  and  perished.  Of  the  one  hundred 
and  forty-two  men  who  left  St.  Francis,  no  less  than  forty-nine  died  from 
starvation  and  exposure  in  the  wilderness  or  were  tortured  to  death  by  the 
Indians.  Remains  of  some  of  these  were  found  by  the  early  settlers  some 
years  later  on  the  meadows  and  nearby  uplands. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1760,  Thomas  Blanchard  of  Dunstable  was 
employed  by  Governor  Wentworth  to  make  a  survey  of  Connecticut 
River  between  Number  Four  or  Charlestown  and  the  mouth  of  the 
Ammonoosuc.  At  the  end  of  each  six  miles  in  a  straight  line,  he  was  to 
erect  a  boundary  or  mark  a  tree  on  each  side  the  river,  these  boundaries 
marking  the  north  and  south  limits  of  townships  to  be  granted  later. 
This  survey  was  made  in  March,  the  surveying  party  going  up  on  the  ice. 
Boundaries  were  duly  set  each  six  miles,  except  for  the  northernmost  pair 
of  towns,  these  being  about  seven  miles,  the  Ammonoosuc  having  been 
previously  determined  upon  as  the  northern  boundary. 

All  this  was  in  anticipation  of  settlement,  but  the  clangers  threatening 
from  the  north  had  made  the  actual  undertaking  of  settlement  unadvisa- 
able.  With  the  surrender  of  Montreal  to  the  British  in  September, 
1760,  and  the  consequent  downfall  of  French  Empire  on  the  American 
continent,  these  dangers  were  practically  ended  and  the  coveted  Connecti- 
cut Valley  region,  especially  the  meadows  and  uplands  of  Lower  Coos 
were  open  to  occupancy. 


CHAPTER    III 

THE  CHURCH  AND  PROPRIETARY 

John  Hazen  and  Jacob  Bailey  in  Coos  in  1760 — The  Promised  Charters  by  Gov- 
ernor Wentworth — Began  Settlement  in  1761 — Charter  Granted  May  18, 
1763 — Hazen  Looked  Out  for  Friends — First  Meeting  Held  in  Plaistow 
in  June,  1763 — Twenty-five  More  Held — Division  of  Land — Grants  for 
Mills — The   Piermont  Controversy. 

In  the  spring  of  1760  a  regiment  of  New  Hampshire  troops,  under 
command  of  Col.  John  Goffe  of  Bedford,  was  sent  by  Governor  Went- 
worth to  Canada  to  aid  in  the  completion  of  its  conquest.  It  took  part 
in  the  siege  of  Montreal  and  was  present  at  its  surrender  September  8, 
1760.  Four  officers  of  this  regiment  were  destined  to  have  large  influence 
in  the  settlement  and  early  history  of  Coos,  and  especially  of  the  towns  of 
Haverhill  and  Newbury.  Lieut. -Col.  Jacob  Bayley,  Capt.  John  Hazen, 
First  Lieut.  Jacob  Kent  all  of  Hampstead,  and  Second  Lieut.  Timothy 
Bedel  of  Salem,  on  their  return  home,  after  the  surrender  passed  through 
Lower  Coos.  The  Oxbow  meadows,  on  both  sides  the  river,  of  which 
they  had  doubtless  previously  heard,  attracted  their  attention,  and  they 
spent  several  days  in  the  vicinity  giving  them  and  the  adjacent  uplands 
a  somewhat  careful  examination. 

They  determined  to  secure,  if  possible,  charters  of  two  townships  on 
opposite  sides  of  the  river,  in  which  they  might  make  permanent  homes 
for  themselves,  and  on  their  arrival  home  they  lost  no  time  in  making 
application  to  Governor  Wentworth  for  such  charters.  Bayley  and 
Hazen  had  each  rendered  valuable  military  service  which  gave  them  favor 
with  the  governor,  and  they  also  had  influential  friends  whom  the 
governor  wished  to  please.  There  is  little  doubt  that  they  were  given 
assurance  by  the  governor  that  the  desired  grants  would  be  made,  since 
it  is  highly  improbable  that  in  the  absence  of  such  assurance  they  would 
have  begun  the  settlement  of  the  towns,  as  they  did,  two  years  in  advance 
of  the  issue  of  the  charters.  Furthermore,  it  is  known  that  in  the  summer 
of  1762  Maj.  Joseph  Blanchard  and  Oliver  Willard  made  application  to 
Governor  Wentworth  for  charters  of  these  same  Oxbow  townships,  but 
the  governor  recognized  Bayley  and  Hazen  as  having  prior  claims  and, 
the  application  of  Blanchard  and  Willard,  though  strenuously  supported, 
was  denied. 

Settlement  wras  begun  in  1761,  and  vigorously  pushed  in  1762,  but  the 
desired  charters  were  not  given  till  May  18,  1763.  They  were  each 
issued  the  same  day.     In  the  charter  for  Newbury  the  list  of  grantees  is 

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16  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

headed  with  the  names  of  Jacob  Bayley  and  John  Hazen  (or  Hazzen) 
and  the  list  of  Haverhill  grantees  is  begun  with  the  names  of  John  Hazen 
and  Jacob  Bayley.  This  was  in  accordance  with  an  understanding  that 
Bayley  w^s  to  lead  in  the  settlement  of  Newbury  and  Hazen  in  that 
of  Haverhill. 

The  Haverhill  charter  was  couched  in  the  following  terms,  and  the 
spelling,  punctuation,  capitals  and  abbreviations  in  the  original  list  are 
here  followed: 

PROVINCE  OF   NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

HAVERHILL 

L.  S. 

George  the  Third 

By  the  Grace  of  God,  Grate  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith 
&c  &c. 
To  all  Parsons  to  whom  These  Presents  shall  [come]  Greeting — 

Know  yee  that  we  of  our  special  Grace  Certain  Knowlige  and  mere  motion  for  the 
Due  Encouragement  of  Setting  a  New  Plantation  within  our  said  Province  by  and  with 
the  advice  of  our  Trusty  and  well  Beloved  Benning  Wentworth  Esq  Our  Governor  and 
Commander  in  Chief  of  Our  said  Province  of  Newhampshire  in  New  England  and  Our 
Council  of  the  said  Province,  Have  Upon  the  Conditions  and  Reservations  herein  after 
made  Given  and  Granted  and  by  These  Presents  for  our  Our  Heirs  and  Successors  Do 
Give  and  Grant  in  Equal  Shares  unto  Our  Loving  Subjects  Inhabitants  of  Our  said 
Province  of  Newhampshire  and  Our  Other  Governments  and  their  Heirs  and  assigns 
for  Ever  whose  Names  Are  Entered  on  this  Grant  to  be  Divided  to  and  Amongst  them 
into  Eighty  one  Equal  Shares  all  that  Tract  or  Parcel  of  Land  Situate  Lying  and  being 
within  Our  said  Province  of  Newhampshire  Containing  by  Admeasurement 

Acres  which  Tract  is  to  Contain  more  Than  Six  Miles  Square  Out  of  which  an 
allowance  is  to  be  made  for  high  Ways  and  unimprovable  Lands  by  Rocks  Ponds  Moun- 
tains and  Rivers  One  Thousand  and  Forty  Acres  free  according  To  a  Plan  and  Survey 
thereof  made  by  Our  said  Governors  Order  and  Returned  into  the  Secretary's  Office  and 
here  unto  anexed  Budtted  and  Bounded  as  follows  viz.  Beginning  at  a  Tree  marked 
Standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  Eastern  side  of  Connecticut  river  and  on  the  southerly  or 
south  westedly  side  of  the  mouth  of  the  Amonuck  River  Opposite  to  the  South  westedly 
Cornor  of1  Bath  from  thence  Down  Connecticut  river  as  that  runs  Till  it  comes  to  a 
marked  Tree  Standing  on  the  Bank  of  the  River  and  is  about  Sevn  (7)  Miles  On  a  straight 
Line  from  the  mouth  of  Amonuck  River  aforesaid  from  thence  south  Fiftey  Three  De- 
grees East  five  Miles  and  Three  Quarters  to  a  Stake  and  Stones  Thence  North  Twenty 
Five  Degrees  East  about  Eight  Miles  Until  it  Corns  upon  a  line  with  the  Lro  Side  Line 
of  Bath  Thence  North  Fiftey  Five  Degrees  West  as  Bath  Runs  to  the  Tree  by  the  River 
The  Bounds  Began  at  and  that  the  Same  be  and  hereby  is  Incorpor- 

ated into  a  Township  by  the  name  of  Haverhill  and  the  inhabitants  that  Do  and  Shall 
hereafter  inhabit  the  said  Township  are  hereby  Declared  to  be  Enfranchized  with  and 
Intitled  to  all  and  Every  the  Priviledges  and  Immunities  that  Other  Tounds  within 
Our  Province  by  Law  Enuse  and  enjoy  and  further  that  the  said  Tound  as  soon  as  thire 
Shall  be  Fiftey  Families  Resident  and  settled  Therein  shall  have  the  Liberty  of  Holding 
Two  Feares  one  of  Which  shall  be  held  on  the  and  the  Other  on  the 

annually  which  Fairs  are  not  too  Continue  Longer  then  the  Respect- 
ive Following  the  said  and  that  as  soon  as  the  said 

1  Bath  was  one  of  the  towns  chartered  in  1761,  though  settled  later  than  HaverhilL 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  17 

Tound  shall  Consist  of  Fiftey  families  a  Market  may  be  Opened  and  Kept  one  or  More 
Days  in  Each  Week  as  may  be  Thought  most  advantageous  to  the  Inhabitants  also 
that  the  first  Meeting  For  the  Choice  of  Tound  Officers  agreable  to  the  Laws  of  Our 
social  Province  Shall  be  held  on  ye  Second  Tuesday  in  June  Next. 

Which  sd  meeting  Shall  be  Notified  by  Capt  John  Hazzen  who  is  hereby  also  appointed 
the  Moderator  of  the  said  First  Meeting  which  he  is  to  Notify  and  Govern  agreeable  to 
the  Laws  and  Customs  of  Our  said  Province  and  that  the  Annual  meetings  forever  here- 
after for  the  Choice  of  such  officers  for  the  said  Tound  Shall  be  on  the  Second  Tuesday 
of  March  annually — 

To  Have  and  To  Hold  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  Above  expressed  together  with  all 
Privileges  and  appurternance  to  them  and  Thire  Respective  heirs  and  assigns  forever 
upon  the  following  Considerations  viz — 

1.  That  Every  Grantee  his  heres  or  assigns  shall  Plant  and  Cultivate  Five  acres  of 
Land  within  the  Tern  of  Five  Years  for  Every  Fiftey  acres  Contained  in  His  or  Thire 
Shares  or  Proportion  of  Land  in  said  Toundship  and  Continue  to  Improve  and  Settle 
the  Same  by  additional  Cultivation  on  Penalty  of  Forfeiture  of  his  Grant  or  Share  in 
said  Toundship  and  of  its  Reverting  to  us  Our  Heres  and  Successors  to  be  by  us  and  them 
Regranted  to  Such  of  Our  Subjects  as  shall  Effectually  Settle  and  Cultivate  the  same — 

21y.  That  all  White  and  Other  Pine  Trees  within  the  Said  Toundship  Fit  for  Mast- 
ing Our  Royal  Navy  be  carefully  Preserved  for  that  Use  and  not  to  be  Cut  or  felled  with 
Out  our  special  Licence  for  so  Doing  First  had  and  Obtained  upon  the  Penalty  of  the 
Forfeiture  of  the  Right  of  Sutch  Grantee  his  Hiers  and  assigns  to  us  Our  hiers  and  Suc- 
cessors as  well  as  Being  Subject  to  the  Penalty  of  an  act  or  acts  of  Parliament  that  Now 
are  or  here  after  Shall  be  Enacted — 

31y  That  before  any  Division  of  the  Land  be  Made  To  and  among  the  Grantees,  a 
Tract  of  Land  as  near  the  Centre  of  the  sd  Township  as  the  land  will  admit  of:  Shall  be 
Reserved  and  marked  Out  For  Tound  Lotts  one  of  which  shall  be  allotted  to  Each  Grantee 
of  the  Contents  of  One  Acre. 

41y,  Yielding  and  Paying  therefore  to  us  Our  heirs  and  Successors  for  the  Space  of 
Ten  Years  to  be  computed  from  the  date  hereof  the  rent  of  one  Ear  of  Indian  Corn 
only  on  the  Twentey  Fifth  Day  December  annually  if  Lawfully  Demanded  the  First 
Payment  To  be  made  on  the  Twentey  Fifth  Day  of  December:  1763. 

51y.  Every  Proprietor  Settler  or  Inhabitant  Shall  Yield  and  pay  unto  us  Our  Heirs 
and  Successors — yearly  and  Every  Year  forever  from  and  After  the  Expiration  of  Ten 
Years  from  the  above  said  Twenty  Fifth  Day  of  December  which  will  be  the  Year  of  Our 
Lord  1773  One  Shillings  Proclamation  Money  for  Every  Hundred  acres  he  so  owns 
Settles  or  Possesses  and  So  in  Proportion  for  a  Grater  or  Lesser  Tract  of  the  said  Land : 
which  money  shall  be  Paid  the  Respective  Parsons  abovsaid  thire  Hiers  or  assigns  in 
Our  Council  Chamber  in  Portsmouth  or  to  sutch  Officer  or  Officers  as  shall  be  appointed 
To  Receive  the  Same  and  This  To  be  in  Lien  of  all  Other  Rents  and  Serviceses  What- 
soever— 

In  Testimony  whereof  we  have  Caused  the  Seal  of  Oursaid  Province  to  be  hereunto 
Witness  Benning  Wentworth  Esqr  Our  Governor  and  Commander  in  Cheaf  of  Our  said 
Province  the  18th  Day  of  May  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  Christ  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Three  and  in  the  Third  Year  of  Our  Reign — by  his  Excellenceys  Com- 
mand With  the  advice  of  Council 

B.  Wentworth 
T.  Akinson  Junr,  Secry — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  May  thel8  1763  Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters  Page 
397  &  398 

T.  Atkinson  Junr,  Secry — 


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HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 


The  Names  of  The  Grantees  of  Haverhill 


John  Hazzen 
Jacob  Bayley  Esq 
Ephraim  Bayley 
James  Philbrook 
Gideon  Gould 
John  Clark 
John  Swett 
Thomas  Emery 
Benoney  Colbourn 
Reuben  Mills 
John  Hazzen  Junr 
Edmond  Copley 
Danil  Hall 
Lemuel  Tucker 
Edmond  Moores  Esq 
John  White 
Benjamin  Moores 
William  Hazzen 
Moses  Hazzen 
Robert  Peaslee 
Timothy  Bedel 
John  Spafford 
Enoch  Heath 
William  Page 
Joseph  Kelley 
Aaron  Hosmer 
John  Harriman 
John  Lambson 
Stephen  Knight 
John  Hall 
David  Hulbart 
Simon  Stevens 
John  Moores 
William  Toborn 
David  Page 
James  White 
Benj  Merrill 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
John  Church 


Jaasiel  Harriman 

Jacob  Kent 

Eleazer  Hall 

Samuel  Hubbard 

John  Haile  Esq 

Maxey  Hazelton 

Thomas  Johnson 

John  Mills 

John  Trusial 

Abraham  Dow 

Uriah  Morse 

Enoch  Hall 

Jacob  Hall 

Benoney  Wright 

John  Page 

Josiah  Little 

John  Taplin  Esq 

Jona  Foster 

Joseph  Blanchard  Esq 

Richard  Pittey 

Moses  Foster 

The  Honorable 

James  Nevin  Esq 

John  Nelson  Esq 

Theodore  Atkinson  Junr 

Nathaniel  Barrel 

Col  William  Symes 

William  Porter 

John  Hastings 

Capt  George  Marsh 

Maj  Richard  Emery 

Capt  Nehemiah  Lovell 

Hon  Henry  Shorbern  Esq 

Maj  John  Wentworth 

Samuel  Wentworth  Esq 

Boston 

Burfeld  Lloyd  Boston 

And  his  Excellency 

Governor  Barnard 


His  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth  Esq,  a  Tract  of  Land  to  Contain  Five  Hundred 
Acres  as  Marked  B:  W:  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be  accounted  two  of  the  within  shares. 
One  Whole  Share  for  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
Foreign  Parts  One  Whole  Share  for  a  Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  One  Share  for  the 
First  Settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  and  One  Share  for  the  Benefit  of  a  School  in  said 
Tound 


Province  of  New  Hampshire  May  the  18th  1763 
Page  399  &c. 

T.  Atkinson  Junr  Secry 


Recorded  in  the  Book  of  Charters 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  19 

Of  these  grantees  most  of  whom  were  selected  by  John  Hazen,  Jacob 
Bayley,  Ephraim  Bayley,  Jaasiel  Harriman,  Jacob  Kent,  Samuel  Hub- 
bard, Moses  Hazen,  Timothy  Bedel,  Simon  Stevens,  Theodore  Atkinson, 
Jr.,  Col.  William  Symes  and  John  Hazen  were  named  also  among  the 
grantees  of  Newbury,  and  some  of  these,  notably  Jacob  Bayley,  Ephraim 
Bayley  and  Jacob  Kent  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  that  town.  Jacob 
Bayley  became  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  men  of  Coos.  The  massive 
monument  of  stone  and  bronze  on  the  Seminary  park  in  Newbury,  erected 
to  his  memory  in  1912  by  his  descendants,  bears  testimony  to  his  primary 
influence  in  his  town  and  section  in  matters  civic,  religious  and  military 
in  the  settlement  of  Newbury,  and  during  the  Revolutionary  and  post- 
Revolutionary  period.  In  selecting  his  grantees  Captain  Hazen  named 
many  who  were  not  prospective  settlers,  among  them  friends  and  rela- 
tives whose  rights  in  the  new  township  he  could  doubtless  secure  for  him- 
self at  a  fair  price  and  without  great  difficulty.  John  Hazen,  Jr.,  at  that 
time  not  more  than  six  or  seven  years  of  age  was  a  grantee.  Robert 
Peaslee,  a  brother-in-law,  Moses  and  William  Hazen,  brothers,  were 
others.  His  sister  had  married  Moses Moores,  and  the  names  of  Edmund, 
John  and  Benjamin  Moores  appear  in  the  list.  The  name  of  Nathaniel 
Merrill,  his  future  son-in-law,  also  appears.  Captain  Hazen  early 
acquired  the  rights  of  John  Spofford  of  Charlestown,  Thomas  Emery, 
Gideon  Gould,  John  Clark  and  Benoni  Colburn  of  Hampstead;  John 
Swett  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  Maj.  Edmund  Moores.  He  also  acquired 
the  rights  or  parts  of  rights  of  David  Halbart  (Hobart)  of  Hampstead, 
Enoch  Heath,  Robert  Peaslee,  William  Toburn  and  John  Nelson.  But 
ten  of  the  grantees,  aside  from  himself,  settled  in  Haverhill:  Jaasiel 
Harriman,  Maxi  Haseltine,  Thomas  Johnson,  Uriah  Morse,  John  White, 
Timothy  Bedel,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  John  Page,  John  Taplin  and  William 
Porter,  and  of  these  Harriman,  Johnson,  Morse  and  Taplin  remained  but 
a  short  time. 

Of  the  larger  number  of  the  grantees  named  in  the  charter,  little  or 
nothing  is  known.  James  Philbrook,  Gideon  Gould,  Thomas  Emery, 
Benoney  Colburn,  Eleazer  Hall,  David  Hall,  Samuel  (or  Lemuel)  Hub- 
bart,  John  Mills,  Stephen  Knight  and  David  Hulbart  (Hobart)  were  of 
Hampstead,  fellow  townsmen  of  Captain  Hazen.  John  Church  was  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Enoch  Hall  and  Jacob  Hall  were  of  Newbury,  Mass. 
Joseph  Blanchard  was  of  Merrimac,  and  he  sold  his  right  to  Samuel  Ladd. 
George  Marsh  was  of  Stratham,  Richard  Emery  was  of  Exeter,  John 
Trusial  and  John  Hall  were  of  Plaistow  (Hall  sold  his  share  to  Joshua 
Haywood  also  of  Plaistow).  Joseph  Kelley  of  West  Nottingham  dis- 
posed of  his  right  to  John  Corliss;  Simon  Stevens,  to  John  Hurd;  Abra- 
ham Dow  and  John  Wentworth,  to  Joshua  Howard;  Aaron  Hosmer,  to 
John  Locke;  Benjamin  Merrill  to  Ezekiel  Ladd;  John  Foster  and  Moses 


20  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Foster  to  Samuel  Way,  and  James  Nevin  to  Moses  Little.  These  pur- 
chasers, except  Way  and  Little,  became  settlers,  but  these  latter  became 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  proprietors,  especially  Little,  who  acquired 
large  interests,  the  valuable  governor's  right  (now  Woodsville)  passing 
into  his  possession. 

The  meetings  of  these  grantees  or  proprietors  of  the  town  were  held 
from  time  to  time  for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years.  They  were 
entirely  distinct  from  the  annual  meetings  of  the  voters.  An  abstract  of 
the  proceedings  of  these  various  meetings  can  but  aid  in  an  understanding 
of  the  methods  employed  in  dividing  lands  of  the  township  among  the 
proprietors  and  securing  the  permanent  and  successful  settlement  of  the 
town. 

First  Meeting. — The  charter  provided  that  the  first  meeting  of  the 
proprietors  should  be  held  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1763,  for  the 
choice  of  town  officers,  and  John  Hazen  was  authorized  to  call  and  govern 
said  meeting.  The  proprietors  met  accordingly  June  13,  1763,  at  the 
house  of  John  Hall,  innholder,  in  Plaistow.  Though  settlement  of  the 
town  had  been  begun  more  than  a  year  previously,  few  of  the  proprietors 
were  in  Haverhill,  and  meetings  were  not  held  in  town  till  more  than  a 
year  later.  Officers  chosen  were:  Town  clerk,  Jesse  Johnson;  con- 
stable, Stephen  Knight;  selectmen,  John  White,  Jacob  Bayley,  Edmund 
Moores.  These  officers  were  chosen  to  serve  until  the  voters  of  the  town 
should  choose  their  own  officers,  at  the  annual  meeting  the  succeeding 
March. 

It  was  voted,  in  order  to  facilitate  settlement,  that  a  part  of  the  town- 
ship be  laid  out  immediately  in  lots,  and  John  Hazen,  John  White,  Jacob 
Bayley,  Robert  Peasley  and  Benjamin  Moores  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee with  discretionary  power  to  bound  out  the  township  and  lay  out 
one  lot  of  meadow  and  one  lot  of  upland  to  each  proprietor  in  a  manner  to 
commode  settlers.1  They  were  instructed  to  proceed  with  the  work 
immediately  after  the  town  of  Newbury  should  be  laid  out,  and  John 

1  In  numbering  and  laying  out  the  lots,  thus  authorized,  the  lots  were  numbered  from 
north  to  south,  except  the  meadow  lots,  and  these  were  numbered  according  to  the 
meadows  in  which  they  were  situated.  There  were  seven  of  these,  designated  as  follows, 
beginning  at  the  north:  (1)  Upper,  (2)  Horse,  (3)  Wheeler,  (4)  Oxbow,  (5)  Moores,  (6) 
Bailey,  (7)  Hosmers — afterwards  called  Oliverian  Meadow.  The  one-acre  house  lots 
were  laid  out  along  the  high  ground.  When  the  division  of  the  town  into  lots  was  com- 
pleted, there  were  three  ranges  of  lots  of  100  acres  each,  with  100-acre  lots  within  ranges, 
then  north  and  south  divisions  of  80-acre  lots  and  south  divisions  of  40-acre  lots.  The 
owners  of  rights  or  shares  obtained  their  holdings  by  drawing  lots,  except  where  by 
special  vote.  Captain  Hazen,  Colonel  Bayley  and  a  few  others  who  had  been  instru- 
mental in  obtaining  the  charter,  or  had  specially  aided  in  the  settlement,  were  allowed 
to  "pitch"  their  rights  or  to  take  their  entire  rights  in  meadow  lots.  Governor  Went- 
worth's  right  of  500  acres  was  in  the  extreme  northwest  corner  of  the  town,  and  the  right 
of  Secretary  Theodore  Atkinson,  Jr.,  was  next  south. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  21 

Hazen  was  appointed  a  receiver  of  the  money  to  be  collected  to  defray 
the  expense  of  establishing  boundaries  and  running  lot  lines. 

Second  Meeting. — Question  arising  as  to  the  legality  of  some  of  the 
action  of  the  first  meeting,  a  second  was  called  to  meet  September  26, 
1763,  at  the  same  place  as  before,  for  the  purpose  of  choosing  proprietor's 
clerk,  assessors,  collector  and  treasurer;  to  ratify  and  confirm  action 
taken  at  the  previous  meeting;  to  see  if  any  part  of  shares  deficient  in 
paying  expense  already  incurred  shall  be  sold  to  meet  such  expense;  to 
see  what  encouragement  will  be  given  proprietors  making  immediate 
settlement  or  who  have  already  settled,  and  to  provide  for  the  drawing  of 
lots. 

At  this  meeting  officers  chosen  were:  Moderator,  Jacob  Bayley;  clerk, 
Jesse  Johnson;  assessors,  Edmond  Moores,  Timothy  Bedel,  James 
White;  collector,  Hezekiah  Hutchins;  treasurer,  John  Hazen. 

"Voted  to  accept  and  confirm  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed 
at  the  previous  meeting  to  lay  out  the  township." 

"Voted  to  sell  part  of  the  shares  of  the  delinquent  proprietors  to  pay 
the  charges  that  have  arisen." 

"Voted  that  John  Hazen  take  meadow  lots  numbered  2,  3,  4,  5  and  6 
and  house  lots  numbered  31,  32,  33,  34  and  35,  reserving  the  mill  and 
mill  yard  priveleges  for  the  use  of  the  proprietors." 

Mr.  Whiting,  the  surveyor,  was  allowed  4s  per  day  for  services  in 
laying  out  the  town. 

"Voted  that  proprietors  who  pay  their  proportion  of  charges  as  assessed 
by  the  Committee,  heretofore  appointed,  at  or  before  the  next  meeting 
shall  be  entitled  to  draw  their  lots  at  such  meeting,  and  that  all  others  be 
excluded  until  a  further  vote  of  the  proprietors." 

The  expense  of  the  meeting  was  made  chargeable  to  the  proprietary. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  in  the  same  place  October  3,  Major 
Edmond  Moores  was  appointed  a  committee  to  conduct  the  drawing  of 
"such  lotts  as  may  be  drawn  this  day,"  and  also  "  voted  that  Uriah  Morse 
have  for  his  pitch  No.  1  Meadow  lott  in  Moores  Meadow  and  No.  44 
house  lott." 

"Voted  that  the  proprietors  of  Haverhill  join  with  the  proprietors  of 
Newbury  to  look  out  and  clear  a  road  through  Haverhill."  John  Hazen, 
Jacob  Bayley  and  Jacob  Kent  were  made  a  committee  to  do  this  work. 

"Voted  to  join  with  Newbury  in  paying  for  preaching  one  or  two 
months  this  fall." 

A  committee  of  five,  headed  by  Jacob  Bayley,  was  appointed  to  lay  out 
100  acre  lots  "as  soon  as  may  be." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  October  16,  "voted  that  the  committee  that 
laid  out  the  house  and  meadow  lots  be  paid  £5, 10s,  old  tenor,  they  finding 
themselves  and  horses  going  and  coming." 


22  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Then  proceeded  to  draw  lots,  which  was  continued  at  adjourned 
meetings,  held  December  14,  December  27  and  January  2,  1764,  but 
there  is  no  record  of  business  transacted  at  these  meetings. 

Third  Meeting. — This  was  also  held  at  the  house  of  John  Hall,  innholder, 
in  Plaistow  March  1,  1764.  Jesse  Johnson  was  appointed  to  draw  the 
remainder  of  the  lots,  and  adjournment  was  taken  to  March  13,  when  it 
was  voted  to  sell  the  right  to  build  two  mills,  and  Jacob  Bayley,  Hezekiah 
Hutchins,  Ebenezer  Mudgett,  Jesse  Johnson  and  Joseph  White  were 
appointed  a  committee  of  sale.  The  charges  of  sale  were  to  be  paid  down 
and  the  remainder  within  nine  months.  These  rights  were  sold  at  public 
auction  and  were  bid  off  by  Capt.  Hezekiah  Hutchins  for  $520  at  an 
adjourned  meeting  in  Hampstead,  March  27. 

Captain  Hutchins  evidently  did  not  fulfill  the  conditions  of  the  sale, 
since  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  held  April  2,  the  right  to  build  mills  was 
set  up  anew  and  was  purchased  by  Jesse  Johnson,  John  Hazen  and  Jacob 
Bayley  in  partnership.  The  drawing  of  the  house  and  meadow  lots  was 
completed.  An  indication  of  the  value  of  a  proprietor's  right  is  seen  in 
the  purchase  at  this  meeting  at  vendue  sale  of  the  right  of  John  Nelson 
for  the  sum  of  fifty  one  dollars.1 

Fourth  Meeting. — This  was  held  at  the  house  of  John  Marshall,  Hamp- 
stead. John  Hazen  was  chosen  moderator,  and  it  was  "voted  to  assist 
the  town  and  proprietors  of  Newbury  in  having  preaching  for  the  next 
next  six  months  and  that  Timothy  Bedel  be  a  committee  to  join  a  like 
committee  in  Newbury  to  secure  this  result."  Adjourned  to  meet 
October  16,  at  the  house  of  John  Hazen  in  Haverhill .  At  this  adjourned 
meeting,  the  first  held  in  town,  Benjamin  Whiting  was  chosen  "extemper- 
ary  dark." 

"Voted  that  200  acres  of  land  be  laid  out  next  to  the  river  for  a  par- 
sonage for  this  parish." 

"Voted  to  give  Glazier  Wheeler  one  full  right  of  land  provided  he  give 
sufficient  bond  to  set  up  a  shop  and  follow  the  trade  of  blacksmith 
ten  year's  from  date,  by  himself  or  some  other  person,  and  be  obliged  to 
work  for  the  people  of  Haverhill  before  any  others.2 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  at  Captain  Hazen's,  November  20,  1764, 
"  voted  to  give  Timothy  Bedel  and  Elisha  Locke  the  whole  privelege  of  the 
lower  falls  on  Hosmers  (Oliverian)  brook,  with  the  land  laid  out  for  such 
privelege,  provided  they  complete  two  mills  by  November  20,  1765,  one 
a  sawmill,  the  other  a  gristmill." 

i  By  the  term  dollars  as  then  used  was  meant  Spanish  milled  dollars. 

2  There  is  a  tradition  that  this  Glazier  Wheeler  turned  his  skill  as  a  worker  in  metals 
to  illegitimate  uses,  and  was  employed  in  making  counterfeit  dollars,  that  he  was  de- 
tected and  had  his  ears  cropped  as  a  part  of  the  penalty  for  his  crime.  There  is  also  a 
tradition  that  years  later,  after  leaving  Haverhill,  he  was  employed  in  the  government 
mint  in  Philadelphia. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  23 

Fifth  Meeting. — This  was  held  at  the  house  of  John  Hazen  April  1, 
1768,  more  than  three  years  having  elapsed  since  the  previous  meeting. 
John  Taplin  was  moderator,  Timothy  Bedel,  clerk.  Timothy  Bedel, 
Ezekiel  Ladd  and  Joshua  Haywood  were  appointed  a  committee  to  lay 
out  100  acre  lots,  one  lot  to  each  right.  Timothy  Bedel,  Simeon 
Goodwin  and  Enos  Bishop  were  chosen  assessors.  John  Hazen,  Ezekiel 
Ladd  and  John  Way  were  appointed  a  committee  to  lay  out  and  make  a 
road  through  the  town. 

"Voted  to  give  privelege  to  build  a  sawmill  on  Hosmer's  (Oliverian) 
brook  and  one  half  of  land  laid  out  for  that  purpose  forever,  provided  the 
mill  is  fit  to  saw  boards  by  April  1,  1769,  and  owner  of  the  mill  to  saw  for 
the  proprietors  of  the  town  for  the  first  five  years,  and  to  deliver  400 
boards  out  of  a  thousand  to  the  man  that  draws  the  logs  to  the  mill  and 
after  the  said  five  years  to  deliver  the  one  half  of  boards  to  the  man  that 
draws  the  logs,  forever,  and  to  keep  the  mill  in  good  repair  or  forfeit  the 
privelege  in  case  of  neglect  of  same." 

John  Hazen  entered  his  dissent  to  this  vote. 

"Voted  to  give  Elisha  Lock  the  one  quarter  part  of  the  privelege  left 
for  mills  on  Hosmers  brook,  and  the  quarter  part  of  the  land  left  to 
accommodate  the  privelege  that  is  eighteen  acres  to  said  Lock." 

It  was  voted  to  leave  a  privelege  for  mills  on  the  Mill  Brook  so  called 
above  the  old  saw-  and  gristmill  which  were  built  by  the  proprietors  of 
Haverhill  and  Newbury.  [This  was  Poole  Brook  or  Hazen's  Brook  as  it 
was  sometimes  called.] 

Sixth  Meeting. — At  John  Hazen's  in  Haverhill,  March  30,  1769. 
Moderator  John  Hazen;  clerk,  Andrew  Savage  Crocker.  Simeon 
Goodwin,  Joseph  Hut  chins  and  James  Woodward  were  made  a  committee 
to  run  out  and  measure  the  south  and  east  lines  of  the  town. 

"Voted  to  pay  4s  a  day  for  what  has  been  done  on  the  roads  and  for 
what  shall  be  done  the  present  year." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  April  20  it  was  voted  to  give  Enoch 
Hall  $65  in  lieu  of  a  half  right  of  land  formerly  voted  him  by  the 
proprietors. 

Seventh  Meeting. — Held  at  John  Hazen's.  Moderator,  James  Bailey; 
clerk,  Asa  Porter. 

"Voted  to  pay  for  planning  the  river  in  this  town."1 

"Voted  to  give  the  Rev.  Elitzer  Whelock,  D.  D.,  fifty  acres  of  land  in 

»  At  a  meeting  held  March  30,  1769,  a  committee  had  been  appointed  to  run  the  south- 
ern line  of  the  town,  and  its  report  revealed  the  fact  that  a  serious  dispute  existed  with 
the  proprietors  of  Piermont  concerning  this  line.  It  was.  therefore,  voted  that  Jacob 
Bajdey  be  a  committee  to  wait  on  the  governor  and  council  to  petition  him  to  settle  and 
determine  the  boundary  between  the  two  towns.  This  controversy  extended  over  a 
period  of  several  years,  and  frequently  occupied  the  attention  of  the  proprietors.  An 
account  of  this  will  be  given  later  under  a  separate  head. 


24  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Haverhill  lying  on  Capt.  John  Hazen's  Mill  brook  where  there  is  a  con- 
venient waterfall  for  a  mill  and  to  be  laid  in  a  convenient  form  for  a 
mill  provided  Dartmouth  College  shall  be  located  in  Haverhill." 

Eighth  Meeting. — Held  at  the  house  of  John  Hazen,  November  12, 
1770.     John  Hazen,  Moderator;   Andrew  Savage  Crocker,  clerk. 

"Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  $10  upon  each  share  of  land  to  pay  proprie- 
tors debts  and  that  Ezekiel  Ladd  be  Collector." 

Ninth  Meeting. — Held  at  John  Hazen's,  January  4,  1771.  Moderator, 
John  Hazen;  clerk,  A.  S.  Crocker.  At  this  meeting  action  was  taken, 
which  created  or  set  up  the  tract  of  land  known  as  "the  Fisher  Farm," 
and  which  had  an  important  influence  on  the  settlement  of  the  town. 
An  account  of  this  will  be  given  at  the  close  of  this  chapter. 

Tenth  Meeting. — Held  at  John  Hazen's,  February  4,  1771.  Moderator, 
James  Bailey;  clerk,  Andrew  S.  Crocker.  Charles  Johnston  was  elected 
treasurer;  Ezekiel  Ladd,  collector,  and  it  was  voted  that  he  receive  two 
pence  per  pound  for  collecting. 

"Voted  that  John  Herd  in  behalf  of  the  proprietors  divide  the  mill 
privelege  on  Hosmer's  brook,  between  Jonathan  Sanders,  Charles  John- 
ston and  Elisha  Lock." 

A  large  number  of  accounts  for  work  performed  in  laying  out  100  acre 
lots,  for  work  on  roads, etc.,  were  presented  and  allowed.  Major  Willard's 
account  for  surveying  and  planning  the  one  hundred  acre  lots  amounted 
to  £10,  18s.  An  account  was  also  allowed  for  four  and  one  half  gallons 
of  rum  furnished  the  surveyor  and  his  men.  An  adjournment  was  had  to 
February  11,  when  it  was  voted  to  sell  all  the  common  and  unappro- 
priated lands  within  lines  of  second  division  of  100  acre  lots,  and  Simeon 
Goodwin  was  appointed  vendue  master.  Five  lots  within  the  ranges 
were  accordingly  sold.  Adjourned  to  February  21,  when  the  time  was 
devoted  to  the  consideration  and  allowance  of  sundry  accounts. 

Eleventh  Meeting. — At  John  Hazen's.  Moderator,  Ezekiel  Ladd;  clerk, 
A.  S.  Crocker.  A  proposition  to  petition  Governor  Wentworth  to  re- 
grant  the  town  as  it  is  now  bounded  or  any  part  thereof  was  negatived, 
and  adverse  action  was  also  had  upon  a  proposition  to  lay  out  a  tract  of 
land  for  use  of  the  school  in  Haverhill  and  clear  a  part  thereof. 

Voted  to  give  Elisha  Lock  the  privelege  of  building  a  gristmill  on 
Hosmer's  brook  between  said  Lock's  mill  and  the  sawmill  belonging  to 
Jonathan  Sanders  and  Charles  Johnston  on  condition  that  the  mill  be 
completed  in  one  year  and  that  Lock  will  grind  for  the  proprietors  in 
preference  to  any  others,  and  will  grind  their  grain  faithfully  and  well. 

Twelfth  Meeting.— At  Hazen's,  February  22,  1772.  Moderator, 
James  Abbott.     Made  choice  of  Collector  and  other  officers. 

Thirteenth  Meeting. — Held  May  12,  1772.  Action  was  taken  relative 
to  a  county  seat,  and  John  Hurd  was  appointed  agent  to  secure  its 


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establishment  in  Haverhill.     An  account  of  such  establishment  will  be 
found  on  the  chapter  devoted  to  Courts  and  Court  Houses. 

Fourteenth  Meeting. — Held  at  Hazen's,  August  7,  1772.  Moderator, 
James  Bailey.  This  was  a  meeting  of  refusals.  Refused  to  advance 
money  in  the  matter  of  litigation  over  the  Piermont  boundary.  Refused 
to  assess  money  or  choose  a  collector.  Refused  to  give  titles  to  lands 
previously  sold  at  vendue  sale.  Refused  to  dispose  of  right  of  land 
granted  to  first  settled  minister. 

Fifteenth  Meeting. — At  Hazen's,  April  19,  1773.  A  committee  of  six 
was  appointed  to  open  and  mind  roads.  Adjourned  to  April  25,  at  which 
time  John  Hurd  was  appointed  agent  to  devise  some  method  to  recover 
back  the  common  land  then  in  possession  of  Luther  Richardson.  Charles 
Johnston,  James  Woodward  and  Joshua  Haywood  were  chosen  a  commit- 
tee to  lay  out  school  and  other  public  lots  agreeable  to  the  charter. 

Reuben  Foster  was  given  the  privelege  of  building  a  gristmill  and  saw- 
mill on  the  falls  above  the  bridge  or  Oliverian  Brook,  so  called,  for  twenty 
years,  "allowing  the  sawmill  if  needed  an  equal  right  to  falls  and  stream." 
This  is  the  first  appearance  in  the  records  of  the  name  Oliverian  as  applied 
to  this  brook. 

Sixteenth  Meeting. — At  house  of  Luther  Richardson,  June  17,  1773. 
Moderator,  James  Bailey;  clerk,  Simeon  Goodwin.  Voted  to  record  the 
plan  of  the  town.1 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  June  24,  the  time  was  largely  devoted  to 
allowing  accounts.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  June  28,  it  was  voted  "to 
give  the  road  through  the  town  to  the  town  as  it  is  now  trode."  Col.  Asa 
Porter  entered  his  dissent  to  this.  The  remaining  privelege  on  Hosmer's 
Brook  was  given  to  Reuben  Foster,  on  condition  that  the  mill  be  erected 
within  eighteen  months  and  that  he  saw  logs  at  the  halves.  John  Fisher 
petitioned  for  the  100  acre  lot  reserved  for  mill  privelege  on  Hazen's 
Brook.  "Voted  to  grant  petition  on  condition  that  he  will  set  up  a  saw- 
and  gristmill  with  in  fifteen  months  and  saw  logs  for  the  proprietors,  who 
shall  haul  them  to  the  mill,  for  one  half  the  boards,  and  shall  keep  the 
mill  in  good  repair  for  twenty  years." 

Seventeenth  Meeting. — Met  at  house  of  John  Hazen,  August  16,  1773. 
Chose  Ephraim  Wesson,  moderator,  and  adjourned  to  house  of  Luther 
Richardson.  Refused  "to  lay  out  the  society  right  and  glebe  to  the 
'exceptence'  of  minister  and  church  wardens  in  town  of  Haverhill." 
This  refusal  had  to  do  with  a  somewhat  persistent  attempt  to  secure  these 
rights  for  the  benefit  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Eighteenth  Meeting. — Held  at  the  house  of  Luther  Richardson,  Febru- 
ary 25,  1774.  The  sale  of  the  following  rights  for  taxes  was  conducted  by 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  collector. 

1  This  plan  is  missing  from  the  records. 


26  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Right  of  Samuel  Wentworth  sold  to  Asa  Porter  for  Jno.  Wentworth,  for  $19 

Right  of  William  Porter  sold  to  Asa  Porter,  for $19 

Right  of  John  Hastings  sold  to  Jacob  Bayley,  for $19 

Part  right  of  John  Nelson  sold  to  John  Hazen,  for $14 

The  two  rights  of  Benning  Wentworth  sold  to  Moses  Little,  for $38 

House  and  meadow  lot  of  James  Nevin  sold  to  Moses  Little $8 

Meadow  lot  of  Gov.  Bernard  sold  to  James  Lad,  for  $19 

Right  of  Aaron  Hosmer  sold  to  John  Hall,  for $19 

Right  of  Uriah  Morse  sold  to  Nathaniel  Merrill  for  Timothy  Bedel  Jr. .  .  $19 

Right  of  Maxi  Hazeltine  sold  to  Asa  Porter  and  Jona.  Hall,  for $19 

Right  of  George  Marsh  sold  to  Jona.  Hall,  for $19 

Right  of  James  Philbrook  sold  to  Jona.  Hale,  for $19 

It  was  at  this  meeting  that  the  proprietors  refused  to  carry  into  effect 
their  vote  of  May  12,  1772,  promising  1,000  acres  of  land  to  Col.  John 
Hurd,  for  services  in  securing  the  county  seat. 

Nineteenth  Meeting. — At  house  of  Luther  Richardson,  January  27, 
1775.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  lay  out  public  rights.  The  time 
of  the  meeting  was  mostly  devoted  to  consideration  of  the  Piermont 
boundary  question. 

Twentieth  Meeting. — July  5,  1779,  at  the  house  of  William  Moors. 
Moderator,  Charles  Johnston;  clerk,  Simeon  Goodwin.  The  Piermont 
matter  was  again  considered. 

Voted  to  give  the  privelege  of  building  a  fulling-mill  on  Hosmer's  Brook 
either  above  the  great  bridge,  about  three  rods  at  a  little  island,  or  below 
said  bridge,  as  builder  may  choose,  to  be  built  within  six  months. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting,  August  18,  Joseph  Pearson  made  his  pitch 
for  a  fulling-mill  on  the  little  island  three  rods  above  the  bridge  and  it  was 
ordered  recorded. 

Voted  to  lay  out  the  undivided  land  and  Stephen  Haywood,  Timothy 
Barron  and  John  Rich  were  appointed  a  committee  to  lay  out. 

Twenty-First  Meeting. — At  house  of  William  Moors,  November  30, 
1779.     Moderator,  Charles  Johnston. 

Voted  that  Timothy  Bedel,  Timothy  Barron  and  John  Rich  be  a 
committee  to  run  the  south  and  east  lines  of  Haverhill  and  establish 
corners." 

"Voted  to  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  liberty  to  erect  two  sawmills  on  Hos- 
mer's Brook,  one  of  said  mills  opposite  the  fulling-mill  and  the  other 
opposite  the  flaxmill,  and  to  improve  said  mills  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
proprietary,  provided  said  mills  are  completed  in  one  year  from  this  time, 
and  logs  sawed  for  half  the  boards.  Said  mills  are  not  to  injure  any  priv- 
eleges  already  granted." 

Voted  to  Capt.  Joseph  Hutchins  liberty  to  erect  a  gristmill  on  Hosmer's 
Brook  on  the  South  Side  of  said  brook  below  the  bridge,  and  to  improve 
the  same  during  the  pleasure  of  the  proprietary,  provided  said  mill  is 


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completed  in  one  year  from  date  and  not  injure  any  privelege  already 
granted." 

Twenty-Second  Meeting. — At  State  House  in  Haverhill,  December  28, 
1779.     Moderator,  Charles  Johnston. 

"Voted  to  lajr  out  the  land  said  to  be  claimed  by  Col.  John  Hurd  into 
lotts  to  be  drawn  as  other  lands." 

At  adjourned  meeting  at  house  of  Capt.  Joseph  Hut  chins  December  29, 

1779,  it  was  voted  to  resume  nine  100  acre  lots  for  the  public  rights  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Fisher  farm. 

"Voted  that  no  proprietor  shall  draw  his  lots  in  the  third  division  till 
he  has  paid  the  collector  the  tax  due  to  him." 

"Voted  to  Capt.  Timothy  Barron  21s  for  7  quts,  rum.  Voted  to  give 
Elisha  Lock  one  gallon  rum." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  at  the  house  of  Timothy  Barron,  January  27, 

1780,  it  was  voted  to  raise  £30  on  each  right  to  be  collected  by  James 
Woodward.  •  Adjournments  were  had  to  February  17  and  February  22, 
but  there  is  no  record  of  business  transacted. 

Twenty-Third  Meeting. — At  house  of  Joseph  Hutchins,  May  4,  1780. 
No  record  of  business. 

Twenty-Fourth  Meeting. — At  State  House,  April  25,  1781.  Asa  Porter, 
Ezekiel  Ladd  and  James  Woodward  were  appointed  to  take  care  and 
charge  of  proprietor's  land  and  mill  privelege  on  Oliverian  Brook. 

Twenty-Fifth  Meeting. — Held  October  11,  1781,  "at  house  where 
Bryan  Hay  now  lives."  Moderator,  Moses  Dow.  Piermont  boundary 
matters  considered. 

Twenty-Sixth  Meeting. — At  dwelling  house  of  Col.  Joseph  Hutchins, 
January  20,  1785.     Moderator,  x\sa  Porter. 

This  meeting  and  subsequent  adjournments  till  July  7,  1785,  dealt 
exclusively  with  the  Piermont  boundary  Controversy  and  matters  con- 
nected with  it.  The  adjustment  of  land  titles  made  necessary  by  the  issue 
of  the  controversy  was  finally  settled  and  confirmed  at  the  last  meeting 
of  the  proprietors,  of  which  there  is  record  December  22,  1808. 

The  Piermont  Boundary  Dispute 

By  the  terms  of  the  charter  of  Haverhill,  the  southern  boundary  of  the 
town  ran  in  a  straight  line  southeasterly  from  the  Connecticut  River 
parallel  with  the  north  line.  The  map  of  the  town  at  present  shows  that 
about  two  miles  from  the  river  this  line  is  broken,  forming  an  irregular 
tract  on  which  the  village  of  Haverhill  is  located,  and  which,  because  of 
the  dispute  that  for  years  raged  concerning  the  ownership  of  this  tract, 
was  designated  as  "the  Corner."  Referring  again  to  the  charter  it  is 
found  that  the  eastern  boundary  of  the  town  should  be  about  seven  miles 
in  length  in  a  straight  southerly  line  from  the  mouth  of  the  Ammonoosuc. 


28  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Refering  again  to  the  present  map  of  the  town,  this  western  boundary 
actually  is  more  than  eight  miles  in  length. 

When  Thomas  Blanchard  in  1760  made  his  survey  designating  pairs  of 
towns  each  six  miles  north  from  Charlestown,  he  marked  the  northerly 
limit  of  the  eighth  pair  of  towns,  now  Piermont  and  Bradford,  Vt.,  near 
the  southwest  corner  of  the  present  Bedel's  bridge.  From  thence  to  the 
mouth  of  the  Ammonoosuc  it  is  about  seven  miles,  the  charter  length  of 
the  towns  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury.  When  Simeon  Goodwin,  Joseph 
Hutchins  and  James  Woodward  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  Haverhill 
proprietors  in  March,  1769,  to  run  out  and  measure  the  south  and  east 
lines  of  the  town,  came  to  the  south  line  which  had  been  run  and  marked 
at  the  instance  of  the  proprietors  by  Surveyors  Caleb  Willard  and  Ben- 
jamin Whiting  in  1763,  they  found  the  validity  of  this  line  disputed  by 
the  proprietors  of  Piermont,  the  charter  of  which  had  been  granted  in 
1764,  a  year  later  than  that  of  Haverhill.  Moretown,  Vt.  (now  Bradford) , 
made  the  same  claim  as  Piermont,  founding  their  claims  on  their  char- 
ters, which  called  for  six  miles  in  a  straight  line  on  the  river,  north  of 
Oxford  and  Fairlee.  The  Piermont  proprietors  further  averred  that 
when  Willard  and  Whiting  surveyed  and  marked  the  boundaries  of  Haver- 
hill and  Newbury  in  1763,  acting  under  the  private  orders  of  John  Hazen 
and  Jacob  Bayley,  and  came  to  the  boundary  corner  near  Bedel's  bridge, 
established  and  set  up  by  Thomas  Blanchard  in  1760,  they  wholly  disre- 
garded this,  and  kept  on  into  the  then  unsettled  and  ungranted  land 
below,  establishing  new  boundary  corners  for  both  towns  a  mile  and  sixty 
eight  rods  to  the  south.  By  so  doing  they  enriched  Haverhill  and  New- 
bury at  the  expense  of  the  subsequently  granted  towns  of  Piermont  and 
Bradford,  in  case  the  latter  should  acquiesce  in  the  new  boundaries.  But 
there  was  no  acquiescence,  and  a  long  and  bitter  controversy  followed. 
The  Haverhill  and  Newbury  case  has  been  very  fully  stated  by  Mr.  F.  P. 
Wells.1  Governor  Wentworth  had  promised  charters  of  Haverhill  and 
Newbury  to  Hazen  and  Bayley  and  their  friends  on  account  of  services 
rendered  by  them  in  the  colonial  wars;  and  previous  to  the  date  of  the 
charter  they  had  actually  begun  settlement.  When  it  came,  however,  to 
the  delivery  of  the  charters,  the  governor  insisted  on  adding  to  the  list  of 
grantees  prepared  by  Hazen  and  Bayley,  a  score  or  so  of  names  of  per- 
sonal friends  and  others  to  whom  he  was  under  obligations.  Land  was 
plenty,  money  was  scarce;  and  such  a  course  was  an  easy  way  of  discharg- 
ing obligations.  Hazen  and  Bayley  naturally  objected,  claiming  that 
they  had  personally  been  at  considerable  expense  in  exploring  the  town, 
cutting  roads,  and  beginning  settlement  and  that  a  division  of  the  land 
among  eighty  grantees  instead  of  sixty  as,  according  to  custom,  they  had 
expected  would  be  the  case,  would  detract  from  the  value  of  each  of  their 

1  History  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  page  24. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  29 

shares.  The  governor  insisted,  however,  that  the  names  of  his  friends 
should  go  into  the  list,  but  Hazen  and  Bailey  claimed  they  were  told  by 
the  governor  that  they  might  take  from  the  ungranted  lands  south  enough 
to  make  up  for  the  twenty  additional  shares.  Accordingly  this  strip  one 
mile  and  sixty-eight  rods  wide  was  taken.  This  claim  of  theirs  was  at 
least  plausible,  but  the  proprietors  of  Piermont  and  Bradford  would  not 
admit  its  validity.  The  Haverhill  proprietors  had  surveyed  the  meadow, 
house  lots,  and  the  first  division  of  100  acre  lots  in  the  disputed  territory 
and  these  had  been  drawn  and  settlement  begun  on  some  of  them  previous 
to  the  survey  of  the  boundary  in  1769.  At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors, 
April  10,  1770,  it  was  voted  to  pay  the  committee  who  had  run  out  the 
boundary  line  the  previous  year  for  their  services,  and  Col.  Jacob  Bayley 
was  appointed  a  committee  to  wait  on  the  governor  and  council  to  petition 
for  a  settlement  of  the  bounds  between  Piermont  and  Haverhill.  John 
Hazen,  Jonathan  Sanders  and  Maxi  Hazeltine  were  also  appointed  to 
instruct  Colonel  Bayley  "as  they  shall  think  proper  "  on  the  matter.  The 
governor  and  his  council  did  not  see  fit  to  interfere,  and  in  the  meantime 
the  Piermont  proprietors  had  brought  suits  of  ejectment  against  Jonathan 
Sanders,  named  above,  and  William  Eastman  who  had  settled  on  lands  in 
the  disputed  strip.  The  proprietors  had  a  common  interest  with  these 
parties,  and  showed  this  by  voting  at  a  meeting  held  November  26,  1770, 
"to  pay  Sanders  and  Eastman  for  any  charge  or  costs  which  hath  or  may 
arise  to  said  Sanders  and  Eastman  in  defending  themselves  against  any 
action  or  actions  which  the  Proprietors  of  Piermont  have  commenced 
against  them  or  either  of  them." 

At  the  proprietors  meeting,  held  February  4,  1771,  a  proposition  to 
submit  the  dispute  to  referees  was  voted  down,  and  Asa  Porter  was 
appointed  agent  "to  attend  the  most  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
to  be  holden  at  Portsmouth  to  assist  Jonathan  Sanders  and  William  East- 
man in  any  action  or  actions  which  the  proprietors  of  Piermont  have  com- 
menced against  them,"  and  it  was  also  voted  that  Ezekiel  Ladd  advance 
Colonel  Porter,  as  such  agent,  the  sum  of  $20  to  be  expended  in  securing 
attorneys  and  evidence  in  behalf  of  Sanders  and  Eastman. 

A  proposition  was  made  at  a  meeting  held  February  7,  1772,  to  peti- 
tion the  governor  and  council  to  regrant  the  township  "as  it  is  now 
bounded  or  any  part  thereof  to  the  present  proprietors,"  but  this  method 
of  circumventing  Piermont  was  voted  down.  A  sense  of  discouragement 
is  next  evident,  since,  August  7,  the  same  year,  it  was  voted  not  to  raise 
any  money  to  carry  on  litigation.  Piermont,  however,  had  proceeded 
against  others  besides  Sanders  and  Eastman  and  when  men  like  Charles 
Johnston  and  John  Page  became  involved  the  proprietors  saw  new  light. 
So,  June  17, 1773,  they  voted  to  take  the  burden  on  themselves  and  "carry 
on  the  several  actions  the  proprietors  of  Piermont  have  commenced 


30  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

against  Charles  Johnston,  Jonathan  Sanders,  Jonathan  Elkins,  John 
White,  George  Moor,  John  Page  and  Simeon  Elkins."  "They  chose 
Moses  Little  and  Jacob  Bayley  agents  to  defend  the  actions  to  final 
judgment  at  the  charge  of  the  proprietary"  and  empowered  them  to 
employ  one  or  more  attorneys.  Another  step  was  taken  January  27, 
1775,  when  a  committee,  headed  by  Capt.  Moses  Little,  was  chosen  by 
the  Haverhill  proprietors  and  given  full  power  to  join  with  a  like  committe 
from  Piermont  to  settle  the  boundary  question  each  by  themselves  or  by 
a  committee  of  disinterested  men  to  whom  the  matter  should  be  referred. 
Four  years  and  a  half  later  July  5,  1779,  this  same  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  meet  with  a  Piermont  committee  at  Colonel  Webster's  in 
Plymouth  September  15,  1779,  "in  order  to  come  into  some  measure  to 
settle  the  boundary  line."  Nothing  satisfactory  came  of  this  meeting, 
and  December  29,  1779,  another  committee,  consisting  this  time  of  Timo- 
thy Bedel,  James  Woodward,  Charles  Johnston,  Joshua  Howard  and 
Asa  Porter,  was  appointed  to  make  settlement.  Correspondence  was 
carried  on  without  avail,  and  on  April  25,  1781,  still  another  committee 
consisting  of  Asa  Porter,  Charles  Johnston,  Moses  Dow,  James  Woodward, 
John  Page,  Amos  Fisk  and  John  Rich,  was  chosen  to  reach  a  final  settle- 
ment September  18,  1781,  with  the  representatives  of  the  Piermont 
proprietors;  Jonathan  Moulton  of  Hampton  and  Richard  Jenness  of  Rye. 

The  conditions  of  this  settlement  were  as  follows:  "All  the  meadow 
lots,  all  the  house  lots,  and  all  the  first  division  of  100  acre  lots  as  laid  out 
and  bounded  by  the  proprietors  of  Haverhill  shall  be  and  remain  with  the 
township  and  proprietors  of  Haverhill,  and  that  all  suits  of  law  already 
commenced  relative  to  the  premises  and  now  pending  shall  cease,  and  be 
no  further  prosecuted  than  is  necessary  to  carry  this  agreement  into 
execution."  The  remainder  of  the  disputed  strip  was  to  be  left  within  the 
bounds  of  Piermont. 

The  Haverhill  proprietors  doubtless  congratulated  themselves  in 
having  the  better  of  the  bargain  in  thus  dividing  the  disputed  territory 
and  unquestionably  it  seemed  so  then,  if  division  was  to  be  made. 
Since  the  meadow  lands  were  wide  and  fertile  and  were  much  the  more 
valuable  part  of  this  territory :  but  the  proprietors  were  not  aware  of  the 
value  of  the  whetstone  ledges  which  were  left  to  Piermont,  and  which,  in 
the  years  since,  have  paid  richer  dividends  than  the  much  coveted  meadow 
lands. 

The  Newbury  proprietors  would  listen  to  no  proposition  of  settlement 
from  Bradford,  and  the  final  result  justified  their  obduracy.  Newbury's 
claim  that  the  strip  in  dispute  belonged  to  it  by  direct  authority  of  Gover- 
nor Wentworth  was  finally  allowed  by  the  Vermont  legislature,  and  Brad- 
ford lost  its  entire  case.  By  the  Haverhill  and  Piermont  settlement 
certain  parties  who  had  drawn  80  acre  lots  in  the  third  division  lost  them 


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to  Piermont,  and  in  order  to  reimburse  them  the  80  acre  lots  in  the  fourth 
division  were  reduced  to  70  acre  lots,  thus  giving  each  shareholder  who 
lost  by  the  settlement  an  equal  portion  of  land  with  the  others.  This 
plan  was  presented  by  a  committee  consisting  of  Asa  Porter,  Charles 
Johnston,  James  Woodward,  Simeon  Goodwin  and  Daniel  Stevens,  at  a 
meeting  held  July  7,  1785,  but  was  not  finally  ratified  and  confirmed  until 
December  22,  1808. 

This  settlement  of  a  long  continued  controversy  was  not  only  of 
importance  to  the  proprietors,  but  it  had  an  important  bearing  on  the 
development  and  subsequent  history  and  life  of  Haverhill,  and  of  Pier- 
mont as  well.  Had  Piermont  gained  its  entire  contention  the  larger  part 
of  the  historic  "Corner,"  with  its  academy,  county  seat  buildings,  stage 
coach  taverns,  etc.,  would  have  been  lost  to  Haverhill,  and  possibly,  if 
not  indeed  probably,  would  never  have  existed  in  Piermont. 


CHAPTER  IV 


SETTLEMENT   AND   FIRST  SETTLERS 

Friendship  Between  Hazen  and  Bailey:  Hazen  Came  Up  in  1672 — His  Character 
Seen  in  First  Settlers — Brief  Sketches  of  Each — Joshua  Howard,  Tim- 
othy Bedel,  John  Page,  John  Hunt,  Asa  Porter,  Charles  Johnston,  and 
Others — Town  Meetings — Census  Growth  from  1767  to  1773. 

In  the  list  of  names  of  the  early  pioneer  settlers  of  Haverhill  there  is  one 
which  must  always  stand  out  prominent — that  of  John  Hazen,  or  as  it  is 
spelled  in  the  charter,  Hazzen.  Jacob  Bayley  has  been  rightly  accorded 
the  honor  of  being  the  founder  of  the  town  of  Newbury,  Vt.  In  the  annals 
of  Haverhill,  a  like  honorable  place  must  be  accorded  to  John  Hazen. 
In  the  list  of  the  grantees  of  the  town  of  Newbury  the  name  of  Jacob 
Bayley  stands  first,  that  of  John  Hazen  second.  In  the  list  of  the  grantees 
of  the  town  of  Haverhill  the  name  of  John  Hazen  is  first,  that  of  Jacob 
Bayley  second.  Bayley  was  a  native  of  the  town  of  Newbury,  Mass., 
Hazen  of  the  town  of  Haverhill.  It  was  but  natural  that  the  township 
granted  to  Bayley  and  his  associates  should  be  given  the  name  of  New- 
bury, and  also  that  the  township  granted  to  Hazen  and  his  associates 
should  be  named  Haverhill. 

There  was  a  warm  and  intimate  friendship  between  the  two  men  formed 
in  boyhood  and  early  manhood  and  which,  cemented  by  intimate  associa- 
tion in  adventures  of  hardship  and  danger,  continued  until  the  death  of 
Hazen  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  forty-three  years.  He  was  born 
in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  August  11,  1731.  His  early  home  was  in  that  part 
of  the  Massachusetts  town  known  as  Timberlane  or  Haverhill  district. 
When  the  boundary  line  between  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  was 
established  in  1741,  this  part  of  Haverhill  together  with  a  part  of  Ames- 
bury  fell  within  the  limits  of  New  Hampshire,  and  in  1749  these  tracts 
were  elected  by  the  New  Hampshire  government  into  a  township  under 
the  name  of  Hampstead.  The  Bayley  family  had  removed  to  this  district 
from  Newbury  about  1747.  During  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  Hazen 
and  Bayley  saw  much  service  together,  and  as  previously  noted  both  men 
more  than  once  held  commissions  in  the  same  command.  Captain  Hazen 
was  active  in  the  affairs  of  Hampstead  serving  as  selectman  and  in  other 
official  positions,  and  also  resided  for  a  time  in  Plaistow  from  which  town 
he  was  enrolled  in  the  Provincial  Militia.  Having  obtained  from  Gover- 
nor Wentworth  promise  of  charters,  they  at  once  began  preparation  for 
settlement.     The  early  summer  of  1761  found  them  on  the  ground,  where 

32 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  33 

they  made  a  more  careful  and  extended  examination  of  their  proposed 
settlement  and  arranged  more  definite  plans.  It  was  agreed  that  Hazen 
should  settle  and  have  his  township  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  and 
Bayleyon  the  west.  Bayley  went  on  to  Crown  Point  on  military  business 
and  Hazen  returned  to  Hampstead  by  way  of  Charlestown,  where  he 
engaged  several  men  to  go  to  Coos,  cut  and  stack  the  hay  on  the  Oxbow 
clearings.  There  is  a  tradition  to  the  effect  that  they  secured  on  both 
sides  the  river  no  less  than  ninety  tons. 

In  the  meantime  a  stock  of  cattle,  mostly  young  cows  and  steers,  were 
purchased,  and  in  August  Michael  Johnston,  John  Pet  tie  and  Abraham 
Webb  started  with  these  from  Hampstead  by  way  of  Charlestown  and, 
following  the  line  of  spotted  trees  made  by  Blanchard  the  previous  year, 
reached  their  destination  in  October.  They  built  for  themselves  a  rude 
improvised  shelter,  and,  as  the  advance  guard  of  settlers  who  were  to  fol- 
low a  few  months  later,  they  spent  the  winter  alone.  The  winter  was 
exceptionally  long  and  severe,  but  the  time  was  employed  in  caring  for 
the  cattle,  and  in  breaking  the  steers  to  the  yoke  that  they  might  be 
ready  for  the  plough  and  the  other  work  in  the  spring.  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  one  of  these  three,  Johnston,  who  was  the  better  educated, 
did  not  keep  a  journal  of  the  happenings  of  this  first  winter  of  white  men 
in  Haverhill,  though  the  happenings  were  probably  few.  One  day  was 
much  like  another.  Charlestown,  seventy  miles  distant  down  the  river 
was  the  nearest  settlement.  The  meadow  clearings,  by  the  side  of  the 
frozen  river  were  surrounded  by  the  unbroken  forests  of  giant  pines;  the 
nearby  hills  were  covered  with  the  old  time  depth  of  snow;  Black  Hill  and 
Sugar  Loaf  could  be  discerned  to  the  east,  and  Mount  Gardner  to  the 
north  and  Moosilauke  in  the  east  glistened  bare  and  white  on  sunny  days 
as  now,  but  the  three  passed  the  lonely  winter  in  what  must  have  seemed 
a  silence  which  could  be  felt,  a  solitude  which  made  loneliness  something 
real. 

Their  welcome  for  Captain  Hazen  and  the  men  who  arrived  in  the  early 
spring  of  1762  must  have  been  a  hearty  one,  and  it  is  little  wonder  that 
Johnston  and  Pettie  were  ready  to  make  use  of  the  canoe  they  had  con- 
structed during  the  winter  and  go  down  the  river  where  there  were  people. 
Johnston,  whose  home  was  in  Hampstead,  was  drowned  by  the  capsizing 
of  the  canoe  at  Olcotts  Falls,  but  Pettie  made  his  way  safely  to  Charles- 
town. So  far  as  known  he  never  returned  to  Haverhill.  The  experi- 
ences of  that  memorable  first  winter  were  probably  enough  for  him. 

Captain  Hazen  came,  by  way  of  Charlestown,  up  the  river  with  a  small 
force  of  men.  They  brought  with  them  the  necessary  material  for  con- 
structing a  primitive  saw-  and  gristmill,  and  the  work  of  building  at  once 
began.  This  first  mill  was  built  on  Poole  Brook,  on  the  site,  as  near  as 
■can  be  ascertained,  of  the  mills  afterward  erected  by  Obadiah  Swasey, 


34  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

just  north  of  the  iron  bridge  on  Depot  Street  at  North  Haverhill,  and  he 
made  his  "pitch"  for  a  home  on  the  Oxbow  Meadow,  which  later  the 
proprietors  by  special  vote  authorized  him  to  select  as  his  share  in  the 
division  of  land.  Of  Captain  Hazen's  party  in  1762,  Joshua  Howard  and 
two  others  came  up  the  Baker's  River  trail  over  the  height  of  land  and 
down  the  Oliverian. 

John  Hazen  was  much  more  than  an  ordinary  man,  and  was  well 
fitted  for  the  pioneer  task  he  undertook.  He  came  of  excellent  family, 
was  fourth  in  descent  from  Edward  Hazzen  who  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  about  1640.  He  had  the  genuine  soldier's 
spirit.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  company  of  Capt.  Jacob  Bayley,  his 
townsman,  in  the  Crown  Point  expedition  of  1757.  The  next  year  he 
was  a  captain  in  Colonel  Hart's  regiment,  and  in  1760,  he  was  as  pre- 
viously noted  captain  in  Colonel  Goffe's  regiment,  of  which  his  friend 
Bayley  was  lieutenant-colonel.  In  each  of  these  expeditions  in  which 
he  served  he  distinguished  himself  for  bravery  and  capacity.  He  was  a 
man  of  undaunted  courage,  of  great  physical  strength  and  of  wise  fore- 
sight. This  latter  quality  he  evinced  not  only  in  securing  the  nam- 
ing as  grantees  of  the  new  town  those  whose  rights  he  might  without 
difficulty  secure  for  himself,  but  also  in  immediately  beginning  settle- 
ment without  waiting  for  the  issue  of  the  charter,  and  in  the  desirable 
class  of  men  he  was  instrumental  in  securing  as  early  settlers  most  of 
whom  were  not  numbered  among  the  grantees.  Among  the  more  prom- 
inent of  those  who  became  settlers  prior  to  1774  were:  Timothy  Bedel, 
John  Page,  Joshua  Howard,  Joshua  Poole,  John  White,  James  Bailey, 
Maxi  Hazeltine,  Elisha  Lock,  Uriah  Stone,  James  Woodward,  Jonathan 
Elkins,  Ezekiel  Ladd  with  his  six  brothers,  Jonathan  Goodwin,  Edward 
Bayley,  Jonathan  Sanders,  James  Abbott,  Joseph  Hutchins,  Simeon 
Goodwin,  John  Hurd,  Willaim  Eastman,  Joshua  Hayward,  Timothy 
Barron,  Nathaniel  Weston,  Asa  Porter,  Andrew  Savage  Crocker,  Charles 
Johnston,  Ephraim  Wesson,  James  Corliss,  Jonathan  Ring,  Thomas 
Simpson,  Amos  Kimball  and  Charles  Bailey.  Some  of  these  men  would 
have  had  marked  influence  in  any  community  in  which  they  might  be 
placed.  Captain  Hazen  had  doubtless  an  ambition  to  become  a  large 
land  owner,  and  he  became  one,  but  he  did  not  attempt  the  formation  of 
a  community  in  which  a  single  personality,  and  that  his  own,  should  be 
dominant.  Some  of  these  men  named  were  his  superiors  in  culture  and 
qualities  of  leadership,  and  none  recognized  this  more  clearly  than  he, 
but  these  were  men  who  could  secure  for  his  town  county  seat  honors, 
who  could  establish  schools  and  churches,  who  could  give  the  new  town 
enviable  prominence,  and  they  did  it. 

From  the  very  beginning  Haverhill  was  the  first  town  in  Coos.  These 
men  above  named  and  such  as  these  gave  tone  and  character  to  the 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  35 

Haverhill  of  their  day,  and  the  Haverhill  of  subsequent  years  as  well. 
They  were  of  sturdy  English  stock,  of  Puritan  ideals  and  training,  of 
frugal  habits  and  virtuous  life.  They  were  possessed  of  the  pioneer 
spirit,  born  of  the  racial  hunger  for  land  ownership.  Among  them  were 
men  of  liberal  culture,  like  John  Hurd  and  Asa  Porter,  graduates  of 
Harvard;  men  of  rugged  integrity  and  devout  piety,  like  John  Page  and 
Charles  Johnston;  men  of  indomitable  purpose,  like  Ezekiel  Ladd,  James 
Woodward,  Timothy  Barron  and  Jonathan  Elkins.  There  were  no 
weaklings  among  them.  The  War  of  the  Revolution  gave  proof  of 
their  courage,  endurance  and  self-sacrificing,  undying  patriotism. 

Captain  Hazen  from  the  time  of  his  arrival  to  begin  settlement  in  1762 
till  his  death  September  23,  1774,  was  a  man  of  incessant  activity.  The 
burdens  were  to  be  borne,  the  herculean  tasks  accomplished  at  the  very 
beginning.  He  was  a  leading  spirit  among  the  proprietors,  and  served  on 
their  important  committees  in  dividing  the  town  into  lots,  in  the  cutting 
out  of  roads,  and  the  erection  of  mills.  Active  in  the  civic  affairs  of  the 
new  town,  he  was  the  first  moderater  of  the  town  meetings,  and  served 
in  that  capacity  most  of  the  time  till  his  death.  He  served  also  as  town 
clerk  and  selectman  and  filled  the  various  other  town  offices.  His 
burial  was  probably  in  the  grave  yard  at  Great  Oxbow  though  this  is 
uncertain.  The  bond  of  the  administrators  on  his  estate,  William  Simp- 
son of  Plymouth  and  Abigail  Hazen,  his  widow,  was  filed  in  the  Probate 
Court  of  Grafton  County  October  22,  1774.  Charles  Johnston,  Andrew 
Savage  Crocker  and  Joseph  Hutchins  were  appointed  appraisors  Novem- 
ber 4,  1774  and  made  return  of  the  inventory  of  the  estate  six  days  later 
November  10.  Though  he  had  disposed  of  his  Oxbow  farm  and  the 
large  tract  adjoining  it,  extending  to  the  Coventry  line,  in  1771  and  1772 
to  John  Fisher,  he  still  had  large  holdings  of  real  estate.  These  consisted 
of  one  right  through  the  town  and  8th  lot  House  appraised  at  Meadow 
£100;  a  part  of  two  rights  without  the  meadow  and  house  lots  Nos.  27 
and  28  on  it  with  undivided  land  £120;  100  acres  upland  £8,  8s.  He 
still  occupied  the  Oxbow  farm  as  is  indicated  by  the  inventory  of  his 
personal  estate,  which  amounted  to  £729,  including  notes  of  hand  for 
£360,  6s.  The  list  of  property  making  up  the  remaining  £368,  14s; 
is  worthy  careful  perusal  indicating  as  it  does  the  manner  of  life,  and 
character  of  possessions  of  the  more  prominent  of  the  early  settlers. 
[See  Genealogy,  Hazen.] 

Just  how  many  and  who  came  with  Captain  Hazen  in  the  settlement 
near  1762  is  not  definitely  known,  but  among  them  were  Thomas  John- 
son, who  after  a  brief  stay  went  to  Newbury;  John  Page,  Simon  Stevens, 
Joshua  Howard,  Jaasiel  Harriman,  John  White,  who  probably  did  not 
become  a  prominent  resident,  Uriah  Morse  and  Joshua  Poole.  In  1763, 
the  year  of  the  charter,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  James  Bailey,  Maxi  Haseltine, 


36  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Elisha  Locke,  Jonathan  Sanders,  Uriah  Stone,  James  Woodward  and  John 
Taplin  were  among  the  new  comers.  Taplin  and  Stone  remained  but  a 
short  time,  the  former  removing  to  Newbury  and  the  latter  to  Piermont. 
Jonathan  Elkins,  Edward  Bayley,  James  Abbott,  Jonathan  Goodwin, 
and  Joshua  Hayward  were  among  those  who  came  in  1764.  In  1765 
Ezekiel  Ladd  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  purchased  a  lot  on  what  is  now  Ladd 
Street,  and  settled  there  and  was  immediately  followed  by  his  six  brothers, 
Daniel,  Samuel,  John,  David,  James  and  Jonathan.  They  settled  near 
each  other,  and  the  family  became  one  of  large  influence  in  the  first  half 
century  history  of  the  town.  Others  who  came  this  year  were  Joseph 
Hutchins,  Asa  Bailey,  Richard  Young,  Simeon  Godwin,  and  William 
Eastman.  Reuben  Young  settled  in  1766.  Timothy  Barron,  John 
Mills,  Ebenezer  Rice,  John  Way  and  Nathaniel  Weston  came  in  1767.  In 
1768  came  John  Hunt,  Asa  Porter,  Andrew  Savage  Crocker,  brother-in- 
law,  Charles  Johnston,  Ephraim  Wilson,  Joseph  Haines;  1769,  James 
Corliss,  Jonathan  Ring,  John  Chase,  John  Hew;  1770,  Thomas  Simpson, 
Amos  Kimball,  Leal  Crocker;  1771,  Charles  Bayley,  Daniel  G.  Wood; 
1772,  Luther  Richardson,  Stephen  Smith,  Samuel  Hall,  Daniel  Stevens, 
Jonathan  Hale;  1773,  Ebenezer  Sanborn  and  Bryan  Kay. 

The  settlements  were  for  the  most  part  along  the  river.  There  had 
not  been  time  as  yet  to  undertake  the  subduing  of  the  forest  and  wilder- 
ness country  to  the  east.  There  were  sixty-six  families.  They  were 
comparatively  young  people.  But  one  male  member  of  the  population 
was  over  sixty  years  of  age.  They  were  men  and  women,  boys  and  girls 
of  stern  stuff  who  were  facing  hardships  and  facing  them  cheerfully. 
And  there  were  hardships;  life  was  simple,  but  its  simplicity  did  not 
detract  from  its  strenuousness.  The  first  log  cabins  had  begun  to  be 
succeeded  bj^  frame  houses,  but  these  were  small  and  scantily  furnished. 
The  Hazen  house  on  the  Oxbow,  still  standing,  seems  small  and  inconven- 
ient today,  but  it  was  one  of  the  most  pretentious  then.  Colonel  Porter 
and  Colonel  Johnston  perhaps  had  larger  and  better  furnished  dwellings, 
but  the  difference  was  hardly  appreciable.  Money  was  not  plenty. 
Each  home  was  a  center  of  numerous  industries.  There  were  a  few 
pieces  of  furniture  here  and  there  brought  by  great  effort  from  the  old 
homes  in  Haverhill,  Hampstead,  Salem,  Hampton,  Newburyport  and 
Newbury,  Mass.,  but  the  larger  part  were  of  home  manufacture.  Cloth- 
ing was  for  the  most  part  the  product  of  the  home,  and  was  for  protection 
and  comfort  rather  than  ornament.  The  spinning  wheel  and  the  hand 
loom  were  in  evidence  in  nearly  every  household.1  Calf  skins,  deer  and 
moose  skins  and  hides  from  cattle  were  dressed  at  home.     The  shoe- 

1  Items  taken  from  various  accounts  filed  against  the  estate  of  Captain  Hazen  may  be 
of  interest  as  showing  wages  paid  and  cost  of  articles  purchased  for  the  household.  The 
dates  of  charges  are  in  the  years  1773  and  1774.     Ebenezer  Dame  and  his  wife  worked 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  37 

maker  journeyed  from  house  to  house  or  turned  his  own  kitchen  into  a 
shop.  Ebenezer  Sanborn  and  Ebenezer  Mcintosh  were  the  shoemakers 
of  the  settlement.  Jonathan  Ring  and  Glazier  Wheeler,  the  blacksmiths. 
Maxi  Haseltine  made  the  machinery  necessary  for  the  primitive  mills. 
Nails  for  building  were  made  by  hand,  and  all  building  material  except 
glass  for  windows  was  of  home  manufacture.  Ornamentation  of  dwelling 
was  practically  unknown.  The  soil  was  fertile,  and  food  though  plain 
was  plenty.  The  first  ten  years  of  town  life  subsequent  to  the  charter 
were  years  of  strenuous  endeavor,  but  in  that  time  the  town  had  become 
established.  There  were  in  spite  of  hardships  comparatively  few  deaths. 
Births  were  numerous.  It  was  the  day  of  large  families.  Race  suicide 
had  not  become  a  question.  Hardships  and  privations  were  borne  cheer- 
fully, since  those  by  whom  they  were  borne  believed  in  the  future  of  their 
town. 

The  character  of  any  community  is,  of  course,  influenced  by  soil  and 
climate,  by  mountain,  lake  and  river,  and  Haverhill  has  been  fortunate 
in  these;  but  underlying  these  in  any  town  or  community  are  the  lives  and 
characters  of  its  men  and  its  women,  and  Haverhill  has  also  been  fortu- 
nate in  these,  doubly  fortunate  in  the  character  of  John  Hazen,  and  those 
associated  with  him  in  her  founding,  establishing  her  churches  and 
schools,  building  her  roads  and  transforming  her  forests  into  fertile  fields. 

Captain  Hazen  married  November  30,  1752,  Anna  Swett  of  Haverhill, 

for  Captain  Hazen  during  the  summer  of  both  years.  In  July  and  August,  1774,  there  is 
a  charge  for  36  days  at  3s  per  day,  and  some  of  the  charges  for  the  work  of  his  wife  were: 
spinning  9  skeins  wool  yarn,  2s,  Qd;  knitting  2  pairs  stockings,  2s;  making  pair  "britches," 
2s,  Qd;  making  2  pairs  trousers,  2s;  footing  4  pairs  stockings,  8s;  spin  and  make  2 
pairs  mittens,  2s,  Qd.  Here  is  a  charge  without  date,  but  not  earlier  than  September, 
diggin  grave  for  Captain  Hazen,  3s.  Elisha  Cook  had  a  charge  for  sawing  and  stacking 
up  2,000  boards,  18s,  and  for  dressing  two  deer  skins,  8s.  Jonathan  Ring  presented  a 
long  account  for  shoeing  horses.  The  last  item  in  his  bill  was  September  12,  1774  "shoein 
horse,"  2s.  In  the  account  of  Daniel  Clark,  items  were  for  1  pound  tea,  5s;  1  ax,  6s;  1 
bread  trough,  4s;  1  almanac,  Qd.  Captain  Hazen  had  dinner  at  Ezekiel  Ladd's  tavern 
for  which  including  a  bowl  of  toddy  he  was  charged  9d.  Joshua  Sanders  charged  5s  for 
3  pounds  of  "loaf  shugar."  In  the  account  of  Ebenezer  Mcintosh  in  1773,  these  items 
appear :  "making  shoes  for  John,  3s " ;  "making  shoes  for  Anna,  2s,  Qd,"  "making  shoes 
for  wife,  3s."  The  leather  was  of  course  furnished  by  Captain  Hazen.  His  daughter 
Anna  was  at  school  in  the  spring  of  1774,  where  does  not  appear,  but  at  a  private  school 
as  appears  from  the  account  of  Seth  Wales:  "Boarding  your  daughter,  16J  weeks  at 
3s,  £2,  9s,  6d;  cash  paid  for  schooling,  private  school,  9s."  In  the  same  account  were 
charges  for  "  §  case  knives  and  forks  and  making  2  gowns,  6s,  Qd."  "Four  yards  Tanny 
and  2  skeins  silk,  14s,  Qd;  9  yards  camblet,  £1,  7s;  3  yards  quality,  Qd."  Asa  Porter  in 
his  account  included  "3  yards  Baize,  10s,  Qd;  2  yards  serge,  18s;  1J  yards  shallow, 
6s;  1  breeches  pattern,  13s.  4d;  8  j^ards  quality,  3s;  lh  quire  paper,  3s."  John  Ward 
presented  an  account  for  40  panes  7  by  9  glass  omitted  in  previous  settlement,  £1,  3s,  4d. 
Flip  and  toddy  and  rum  frequently  appear  in  the  charges  made  by  Luther  Richardson, 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  Asa  Porter  and  Andrew  Savage  Crocker.  A  quart  of  rum  was  3s,  a  mug  of 
flip  3d,  a  bowl  of  toddy  the  same  price. 


38  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Mass.,  who  died  soon  after  their  removal  to  the  Oxbow,  September  19, 
1765.  Of  their  four  children  [see  genealogy]  two  died  about  1759.  Sarah, 
born  1754,  married  October  10,  1771,  Nathaniel  Merrill  [see  genealogy, 
Merrill]  and  John  went  to  reside  with  his  Uncle  William  Hazen  in  New 
Brunswick.  John  Hazen  married,  second,  1766,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Josiah  Cotton.  They  had  one  child  Anna,  born  August  1,  1768, 
who  came  under  the  guardianship  of  her  Uncle  Moses  Hazen  after  the 
death  of  her  father  and  the  remarriage  of  her  mother,  January  23,  1775, 
to  Henry  Hancock  of  Lyman.  Mr.  Hancock  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  that  town. 

Moses  and  William  Hazen,  brothers  of  John,  were  each  grantees  of  both 
Haverhill  and  Newbury  but  neither  settled  in  either  town.  Moses  had  a 
somewhat  distinguished  career.  He  rendered  conspicuous  service  in  the 
French  and  Indian  Wars,  and  for  special  gallantry  on  the  Plains  of  Abra- 
ham under  Wolfe,  where  he  was  severely  wounded,  he  was  retired  on  half 
pay  in  the  British  army.  He  settled  at  St.  John,  married  a  French  lady, 
and  became  a  large  owner  of  land.  The  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary 
War  found  him  in  warm  sympathy  with  the  patriot  cause.  He  sacrificed 
his  large  Canadian  estates  and  his  half  pay  for  life,  raised,  partly  in 
Canada  and  partly  in  the  Northern  Colonies,  by  his  own  personal  exer- 
tions, a  regiment,  the  service  of  which  he  tendered  to  Congress,  which  he 
commanded  and  which  won  distinction  as  "Hazen's  Own,"  or  "Congress' 
Own."  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  held  a  commission  as  Brigadier-General. 
He  cut  out  and  constructed,  in  conjunction  with  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley,  the 
larger  part  of  the  military  road  from  Wells  River  in  through  Peacham  and 
through  a  notch  in  the  Green  Mountains  to  Montgomery,  Vt.  The  notch 
and  road  still  bear  his  name.  He  died  without  issue  in  Troy,  N.  Y., 
February  4,  1803.  WTilliam  Hazen,  though,  like  John  and  Moses  a 
grantee,  never  visited  Haverhill.  He  conveyed  his  holdings  to  his 
brother  John,  August  24,  1764,  and  October  19,  1770.  Soon  after  this 
latter  date  he  went  to  New  Brunswick  when  he  became  owner  of  extensive 
tracts  of  land  and  held  high  official  position.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Governor's  Council  from  the  organization  of  the  Province  till  his  death 
in  1814.  He  had  a  large  family  of  sixteen  children  and  his  descendants 
have  been  prominent  in  Provincial  and  Dominion  affairs. 

With  the  death  of  John  Hazen  the  name  passes  out  of  the  records  and 
history  of  the  town  of  which  he  was  preeminently  the  founder.  The 
house  which  he  built  about  1769  is  still  standing  on  the  Oxbow  farm, 
his  only  visible  monument.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  location  of  his 
grave  is  unknown.  It  has  been  generally  supposed  that  he  was  buried  in 
the  Oxbow  graveyard  on  the  Newbury  side  of  the  river,  but  the  charge  in 
the  account  of  Ebenezer  Dame,  the  hired  man,  of  1774  for  "  diggin '  a  grave 
for  Captain  Hazen"  raises  the  inquiry  whether  the  grave  may  not  have 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  39 

been  on  the  farm  he  had  cleared  and  made.  His  descendants,  however, 
through  his  daughter  Sarah  Hazen  Merrill  and  her  ten  daughters,  bearing 
the  names  of  Hibbard,  Swasey,  Runnells,  Pearsons,  Morse  and  Page  have 
been  and  are  still  numerous  in  Haverhill  and  Newbury  and  other  sections 
of  the  old  Coos  County. 

An  exceptionally  long  time  was  taken  for  the  settlement  of  Captain 
Hazen's  estate,  if  indeed  it  was  ever  really  settled.  There  is  no  record  of 
settlement.  After  the  return  of  the  inventory,  a  commission  of  insolvency 
was  appointed  to  allow  claims  against  the  estate,  but  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  came  on  and  the  functions  of  the  newly  established  courts  of 
Grafton  County  were  suspended  until  nearly  its  close.  In  April,  1783, 
the  administrators  petitioned  for  the  appointment  of  a  new  commission 
in  insolvency,  and  in  May,  1784,  Asa  Porter,  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  Andrew 
Savage  Crocker  were  named  as  the  new  commission.  They  made  report 
in  October,  1792,  eight  years  and  more  later,  allowing  claims  to  the  amount 
of  £762,  19s,  Sd.  The  administrators  were  apparently  slow  in  settling 
these  claims.  In  February,  1798,  Moody  Bedel,  administrator  of  the 
estate  of  Timothy  Bedel,  a  creditor  of  the  Hazen  estate  petitioned  the 
court  for  leave  to  bring  suit  against  Asa  Porter,  one  of  the  bondsmen  of 
the  Hazen  administrators,  and  in  June  the  same  year,  John  Page,  Joshua 
Howard,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Josiah  Burnham,  James  Ladd,  Simeon  Goodwin 
and  David  Weeks,  other  creditors,  presented  a  like  petition,  alleging  that 
the  estate  had  been  and  was  being  wasted  by  the  administrators.  As  late 
as  May  23,  1816,  more  than  forty-one  years  after  the  death  of  Captain 
Hazen,  the  administrators  were  cited  to  appear  at  a  probate  court  to  be 
held  in  Enfield  in  July  for  settlement,  but  the  probate  records  are  silent 
as  to  action  taken.  A  settlement  of  some  kind  was  doubtless  made  since 
there  is  a  family  tradition  that  Sarah  Hazen  Merrill  finally  received  the 
sum  of  twelve  dollars  as  her  share  of  her  father's  estate,  with  which  sum 
she  purchased  a  large  family  Bible,  which  is  still  in  the  possession  of  her 
descendants  and  known  as  "the  Hazen  Bible."  The  name  is  appropriate 
though  the  imprint  bears  the  date  of  1817. 

Simon  or  Simeon  Stevens  came  to  Haverhill  with  Captain  Hazen's 
party  in  1762,  but  remained  only  a  short  time,  choosing  rather  to  settle  in 
Newbury  of  which  town  he  was  also  a  grantee.  He  sold  his  Haverhill 
lands  in  1765  and  later  to  Joseph  Blanchard  of  Merrimack,  Robert  Rogers 
of  Portsmouth,  James  Wyman  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  and  David  McGregor 
of  Londonderry.  Blanchard  was  also  a  grantee  but  it  does  not  appear  that 
he  ever  came  to  Haverhill.  He  sold  his  original  right  to  David  Page  of 
Petersham,  Mass.  The  descendants  of  Simeon  Stevens  became  prominent 
in  Newbury.  He  rendered  valuable  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  and 
in  the  Revolutionary  wars.  One  of  his  daughters  married  Capt.  Uriah 
Stone  of  Haverhill  and  Piermont. 


40  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Thomas  Johnson,  Haverhill  grantee,  came  to  Haverhill  with  Hazen  in 
1762,  but  soon  after  settled  in  Newbury  on  the  Great  Oxbow,  of  which 
town  he  was,  in  the  early  days,  next  perhaps  to  Jacob  Bayley  its  leading 
citizen.  He  rendered  distinguished  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 
One  of  his  sons,  Moses  Johnson,  married,  first,  a  daughter  of  Gen.  Moses 
Dow  of  Haverhill,  and  second,  Betsey  Pierson  also  of  Haverhill.  A 
daughter  Hannah  Johnson  married  David  Sloan  of  Haverhill,  a  leading 
lawyer  of  the  section  for  nearly  half  a  century.     [See  Genealogy,  Sloan.] 

Jaasiel  Harriman  was  one  of  the  three  who  came  up  by  the  Baker's 
River  and  Oliverian  trail  in  1762  and  was  a  grantee  of  Bath  as  well  as  of 
Haverhill  and  Newbury.  Until  1765  he  lived  for  a  part  of  the  time  in 
Haverhill  and  a  part  in  Newbury  but  in  1765  his  was  the  first  family  to 
settle  in  that  part  of  Bath  now  known  as  Lower  Village.  He  cleared  land 
and  established  his  home  on  the  meadow  just  south  of  the  village  and 
tradition  has  it  that  the  first  vegetables  raised  in  that  town  were  from 
seed  planted  on  the  great  rock  in  the  upper  end  of  the  meadow  and  near 
the  present  highway.  One  of  his  daughters  married  Jesse  Carleton  who 
lived  for  years  in  Haverhill  as  did  also  their  son  Isaac  Carleton.  [See 
Genealogy,  Carleton.]  Jaasiel  Harriman,  while  living  in  Haverhill,  fol- 
lowed his  trade  of  blacksmith,  using  a  hard  rock  for  an  anvil. 

John  White  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  was  chosen  by  the  proprietors  select- 
man at  their  first  meeting  in  1763,  and  is  thought  to  have  been  among 
those  who  came  with  the  first  settlers  in  1762,  but  if  he  was  of  their  num- 
ber he  probably  did  not  remain  long  at  that  time.  He  disposed  of  a  part 
of  his  rights  as  proprietor  to  Joshua  Howard  in  1764.  He  returned  to 
Haverhill  later,  however,  and  held  a  commission  as  first  lieutenant  in 
Colonel  Bedel's  regiment  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

Uriah  Morse  not  only  came  with  Hazen  in  1762,  but  he  brought  his 
family  with  him,  the  first  white  family  in  town.  He  was  born  January  7, 
1730-31,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Morse  of  Halliston,  Shrewsbury 
and  Worcester,  Mass.  He  was  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of 
Samuel  Morse  of  Dedham,  Mass.  He  married  previous  to  1760  and  set- 
tled in  Northfield,  Mass.,  from  which  town  he  came  to  Coos  and  settled 
on  the  bank  of  Poole  Brook  west  of  the  bridge  on  the  main  road  and  a 
little  southwest  of  the  house  now  owned  by  W.  H.  Ingalls.  This  was  the 
first  house  built  in  town  and  here  in  the  spring  of  1763,  the  first  white  child 
was  born.  Here  also  occurred  the  first  death  in  the  settlement,  that  of 
Polly  Harriman,  a  young  woman  of  eighteen,  a  death  the  records  say 
"much  lamented."  Here  Captain  Hazen  and  his  men  boarded  while 
they  were  building  mills  and  dwellings,  and  clearing  land  until  Captain 
Hazen  moved  his  family  to  town  two  years  later.  Uriah  Morse  is 
described  in  the  conveyances  of  the  time  as  "taverner,"  and  his  house  was 
the  stopping  place  of  such  strangers  as  came  to  Coos,  the  first  tavern 
as  well  as  first  dwelling  house  in  town. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  41 

At  a  proprietors  meeting  in  1763,  it  was  voted  that  Morse  be  allowed  to 
have  pitch  Number  One  in  the  Meadow,  which  later  bore  his  name,  the 
meadow  below  the  Oxbow  which  was  given  to  Captain  Hazen.  This  was 
accorded  him  in  consideration  of  his  services  in  boarding  the  men  who 
came  up  in  1762,  and  as  being  the  head  of  the  first  white  family  in  town. 
After  a  few  years  residence  in  Haverhill,  Morse  removed  to  Newfane,  Vt., 
where  other  descendents  of  Samuel  Morse  had  settled.  The  name  of 
Morse  has  been  prominent  in  the  history  of  Haverhill,  but  with  the 
exception  of  Uriah  it  is  believed  that  all  others  bearing  the  name  were 
descendants  of  Anthony  Morse  who  settled  in  Newbury  in  1635.  [See 
Genealogy,  Morse.] 

Joshua  Howard,  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  April  24,  1740,  was  a 
grantee  of  Newbury,  but  by  consent  of  Colonel  Bayley  entered  the  employ 
of  Captain  Hazen  and  settled  in  Haverhill.  He  came  in  April,  1762,  by 
the  Baker's  River  and  Oliverian  Indian  trail.  He  purchased  land  of 
Abraham  Dow  and  John  White,  original  proprietors  in  1764,  and  subse- 
quently of  John  Hazen,  John  Went  worth  and  Hezekiah  Hut  chins.  He 
established  his  home  on  the  large  island  in  the  Connecticut  just  north  of 
the  county  farm,  an  island  which  still  bears  his  name.1  He  was  a  quiet 
man,  of  the  strictest  integrity,  liberal  in  his  religious  views  and  became 
one  of  the  most  highly  respected  and  substantial  citizens  of  the  town,  liv- 
ing to  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-eight  years  and  nine  months.  He  filled 
most  of  the  various  town  offices,  and  with  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  was  a 
member  from  Haverhill  in  April,  1781,  of  the  Assembly  held  under  what 
was  known  as  the  Second  Vermont  Union  at  Charlestown,  an  assembly  or 
legislature  in  which  thirty-five  New  Hampshire  and  thirty-six  Vermont 
towns  were  represented.  This  abortive  attempt  to  establish  a  state  com- 
posed of  the  towns  in  the  Connecticut  Valley  on  both  sides  of  the  river  will 
be  described  in  another  chapter.  Colonel  Howard,  who  rendered  good 
service  during  the  struggle  for  independence,  was  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Safety  in  1776,  and  was  lieutenant  in  a  company  of  Rangers. 

1  Grant  Powers  in  his  "History  of  the  Coos  County,"  says  of  him:  He  was  a  man  of 
strict  veracity,  and  at  the  time  when  he  gave  his  narration  of  events  in  the  earlier  settle- 
ment of  these  towns  (July  27,  1824),  he  was  of  sound  mind  and  good  memory.  I  am 
much  indebted  to  him  for  material  in  these  sketches.  Howard  labored  that  first  season, 
1762,  in  preparing  the  timbers  for  the  mills  and  was  present  at  the  raising  of  them.  He 
relates  one  providential  escape  from  death  at  the  raising  of  those  mills  which  deserves 
notice.  One  of  their  company,  John  Hughs,  an  Irishman,  fell  from  the  frame,  sixteen 
feet,  and  struck  perpendicularly  upon  the  mud  sill,  head  downwards,  without  anything 
to  abate  the  force  of  the  fall.  He  was  taken  up  without  sign  of  life,  but  Glazier  Wheeler 
from  Newbury,  found  a  penknife  with  the  company  and  opened  a  vein,  and  after  the  loss 
of  blood,  he  revived  and  soon  recovered  from  the  tremendous  blow.  Physicians  and 
surgeons,  those  comfortable  adjuncts  to  an  improved  state  of  society,  were  then  out  of 
the  question,  and  every  mind  in  such  an  emergency  was  put  upon  its  own  resources. 
[History  Coos,  p.  44.] 


42  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

He  was  much  interested  in  the  militia  from  service  in  which  he  obtained 
his  title  of  Colonel.     [See  Genealogy,  Howard.] 

Bittinger  in  his  history  of  Haverhill  states  that  Timothy  Bedel  was 
one  of  the  1762  company  that  came  up  with  Captain  Hazen,  his  authority 
probably  being  the  statement  of  Grant  Powers  that  "Bedel  boarded  with 
the  family  of  Uriah  Morse  in  the  autumn  of  1762."  Bedel  was  unques- 
tionably with  Jacob  Bayley,  John  Hazen  and  Jacob  Hunt  in  the  autumn 
of  1760  when  they  spent  a  few  days  at  the  Oxbows  and  vicinity  on  their 
return  from  the  seige  and  surrender  of  Montreal.  It  is,  however,  un- 
likely that  he  came  to  Haverhill  for  any  permanent  stay  until  1764  when 
he  came  up  with  his  family  and  settled  at  first  on  Poole  Brook,  a  little 
later  near  the  Oliverian.  He  could  hardly  have  come  in  1762,  since  he 
went  to  Havana  with  the  Royal  Provincials  in  that  year  and  was  present 
at  the  six  weeks'  siege  and  capture  of  that  place.  He  was  commissioned 
captain  under  Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst  April  13,  1762,  and  remained  in  the 
service  until  peace  was  made  in  1763.  A  grantee  of  Bath  as  well  as  of 
Haverhill  and  Newbury  and  with  the  intention  of  becoming  a  settler  at 
the  earliest  possible  moment,  his  deep  and  abiding  interest  in  the  town 
dates  from  the  beginning.  From  1764  till  his  death  in  1787,  he  was  a 
dominant  personality  not  only  in  the  affairs  of  Haverhill  and  of  Bath, — 
in  which  town  he  had  his  residence  for  a  part  of  the  time  between  1770  and 
1778, — but  of  the  entire  Coos  County.  He  was  in  his  fortieth  year  when 
he  set  up  his  home  in  Haverhill,  and  his  large  experience  and  strenuous 
service  in  pioneer  and  military  life  gave  him  a  peculiar  fitness  for  leader- 
ship. He  had  been  in  Captain  Goffe's  scouting  campaign  from  the 
Merrimac  and  Connecticut  rivers  in  1745.  In  1754  he  was  with  Colonel 
Blanchard's  regiment  raised  for  service  on  these  rivers,  and  was  in  the 
detachment  of  this  regiment  posted  at  Charlestown  under  Major  Benja- 
min Bellows.  In  1755  he  saw  service  in  the  expedition  against  Crown 
Point  and  the  next  year  was  with  William  Stark's  company  of  rangers  in 
the  second  expedition  against  that  post.  In  1757  he  had  left  his  native 
town,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  becoming  a  resident  of  Salem,  N.  H.,  and  that 
same  year  went  to  Halifax  as  lieutenant  under  Colonel  Meserve.  In 
1758,  he  was  with  General  Amherst  at  the  capture  of  Louisburg,  in  1759 
he  was  at  the  taking  of  Quebec,  and  in  1760  was  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Hazen's  company  in  the  campaign  which  ended  with  the  surrender  of 
Montreal.  In  1762,  as  has  already  been  noted,  he  was  again  with  General 
Amherst  at  Havana.  His  distinguished  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
lution will  be  noted  in  another  chapter.  He  was  a  born  soldier  and  his 
descendants  followed  in  his  footsteps.  This  varied  service,  coupled  with 
great  force  of  character,  untiring  energy,  indomitable  will  and  courage 
eminently  fitted  him  to  be  a  co-worker  with  Bayley  and  Johnson  of  New- 
bury and  Hazen  of  Haverhill  in  the  settlement  and  development  of  the 
new  Coos  County. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  43 

The  records  of  Haverhill  and  Bath  bear  testimony  to  a  constant  activity 
in  all  the  affairs  of  the  settlement.  He  is  supposed  to  have  built  the  first 
mill  on  the  Oliverian,  at  what  afterwards  came  to  be  called  "The  Brook." 
He  was  the  first  on  the  committee  appointed  by  the  town  to  secure  the 
settlement  of  Mr.  Peter  Powers  as  the  first  minister  of  Haverhill  and 
Newbury;  he  was  selectman  with  Jonathan  Elkins  and  Jonathan  Sanders 
in  1766,  and  in  later  years  filled  with  efficiency  and  credit  to  himself  every 
position  of  trust  and  responsibility  within  the  gift  of  his  fellow  townsmen; 
he  was  a  leader  in  the  attempt  to  unite  the  Connecticut  Valley  towns  into 
a  separate  commonwealth,  but  when  this  attempt  failed,  he  gave  his 
hearty  and  unswerving  allegiance  to  New  Hampshire.  In  1784  he  was 
representative  in  the  General  Court  from  Haverhill  at  that  time  classed 
with  Piermont,  Warren  and  Coventry  for  representation.  There  is  due 
his  memory  more  honorable  recognition  of  patriotic  service  to  his  country 
in  war,  to  his  town  and  state  in  peace  that  has  been  awarded  him.  "His 
dust  rests  in  the  old  cemetery  near  the  Corner  on  that  commanding 
eminence  which  overlooks  the  broad  valley  of  the  Connecticut  which  was 
the  centre  of  his  struggles,  his  leadership  and  his  power."  The  inscrip- 
tion on  the  modest  stone  which  originally  marked  his  grave  has  been 
rendered  nearly  illegible  by  exposure  to  the  storms  of  more  than  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years,  but  this  has  been  remedied  by  the  Hannah  Morrill 
Whitcher  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  of  Woods- 
ville,  which  unveiled  with  simple  but  appropriate  ceremonies  on  Saturday, 
May  29,  1915,  a  memorial  tablet  over  his  grave.  The  tablet,  of  United 
States  standard  bronze  is  inserted  in  a  rough  boulder,  cut  from  new  West- 
erly granite  and  was  placed  on  the  lot  beside  the  original  headstone. 

The  day  was  an  ideally  perfect  one  and  the  large  company  present 
found  the  occasion  an  inspiring  one.  The  lot  was  appropriately  decorated 
with  evergreens  and  flags.  Among  the  specially  invited  guests  were  many 
descendants  of  Colonel  Bedel,  members  of  Oxbow  Chapter,  D.  A.  R., 
Newbury,  Vt.,  Coosuck  Chapter,  North  Haverhill,  Ellen  I.  Sanger  Chap- 
ter, Littleton,  the  National  Westgate  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  Woman's 
Relief  Corps  of  Haverhill. 

Mrs.  Norman  J.  Page,  Regent  of  the  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher  Chap- 
ter, presided.  Prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Eaton  of  North 
Haverhill  and  the  tablet  was  unveiled  by  Miss  Barbara  Aldrich,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Aldrich  of  Brookline,  Mass,  granddaughter  of 
Judge  Edgar  Aldrich  of  the  United  States  Court,  and  sixth  in  lineal  de- 
scent from  Colonel  Bedel.  Miss  Luvia  E.  Mann  of  Woodsville  recited 
most  appreciatively  and  effectively  Kipling's  Recessional  and  this  was 
followed  by  commemorative  addresses  by  Judge  Edgar  Aldrich  of  Little- 
ton, descendant  of  Colonel  Bedel  in  the  fourth  generation,  and  by  William 
F.  Whitcher  of  Woodsville.     Following  the  exercises  at  the  grave,  lunch 


44  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

was  served  members  of  the  Chapter  and  invited  guests  in  the  Ladd  Street 
schoolhouse  hall.     [See  Genealogy,  Bedel.] 

John  Page  came  to  the  Coos  Meadows  in  September,  1762,  and  with 
one  other  man  and  a  boy  took  charge  of  General  Bayley's  cattle  on  the 
Great  Oxbow  during  that  autumn  and  the  following  winter.  For  this 
service,  coupled  with  his  promise  to  become  a  settler,  his  name  was  in- 
cluded among  the  grantees  of  Haverhill.  In  1763  he  went  to  Lancaster 
and  worked  for  his  Uncle  David  Page  for  a  time,  for  which  service  he  was 
deeded  another  right  in  Haverhill.  His  uncle  was  one  of  the  grantees  of 
Haverhill,  but  was  dissatisfied  with  the  methods  adopted  by  the  pro- 
prietors in  dividing  the  lands  and  pushed  on  to  Upper  Coos  where  he 
began  a  settlement  in  what  is  now  Lancaster,  incorporated  in  July,  1763. 
John  Page  built  his  first  house  on  a  little  knoll  on  the  meadows  just  south 
of  the  Bedel  bridge  road.  Later  he  built  a  more  substantial  home  on  the 
site  of  the  present  Page  homestead.  He  was  born  in  Lunenburg,  Mass., 
and  came  to  Coos  from  Rindge  where  his  family  then  lived.  He  had 
just  passed  his  majority,  and  his  earthly  possessions  consisted  of  an  ax 
and  a  small  bundle  of  clothing.  He  was,  however,  endowed  with  remark- 
able physical  strength,  sound  common  sense  and  rare  tact  which  gave 
him  great  influence  among  the  Indians  yet  remaining  in  Coos,  and  which 
made  him  from  the  first  a  valuable  accession  to  the  new  settlement. 
He  was  thrice  married.  His  first  wives  each  died  without  issue.  [See 
Genealogy,  Page.]  He  married  third,  in  1786,  Mrs.  Hannah  Green, 
widow  of  William  Green,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  Royce  of  Landaff .  She 
was  a  woman  of  great  superiority  of  mind  and  character  and  left  her  im- 
press on  the  young  community,  and  especially  on  the  lives  and  char- 
acter of  her  four  sons,  two  of  whom,  as  will  be  noted  later,  lived  to  old 
age,  an  honor  to  her  memory  and  to  the  family  name.  Of  the  earliest 
settlers  of  the  town,  he  alone  with  a  single  exception  has  descendants, 
bearing  the  family  name,  still  living  in  town,  his  great  grandsons,  Charles 
P.  and  Frederick  W.  Page.  The  homestead  farm  at  his  death  came  into 
the  possession  of  his  eldest  son,  John — governor  and  United  States  Sen- 
ator— thence  to  the  youngest  son  and  is  now  owned  by  his  widow,  Mrs. 
Edward  L.  Page.  The  farm  is  a  valuable  one,  and,  so  far  as  known, 
furnishes  the  only  instance  where  the  farm  and  homestead  of  a  first 
settler  has  not  been  alienated  from  the  family. 

In  the  Page  family  lot  in  the  old  cemetery  at  the  Corner  may  be  read 
epitaphs,  which  have  the  merit  of  being  strictly  truthful,  something  which 
is  not  always  to  be  said  of  tombstone  inscriptions. 

Among  the  accession  to  the  settlers  in  1763,  were  Maxi  Haseltine  (name 
spelled  in  list  appended  to  charter,  Maxey),  Elisha  Locke,  Jonathan 
Sanders,  Uriah  Stone  and  James  Woodward. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  45 

Maxi  Haseltine  was  a  grantee,  came  from  Haverhill  and  entered  at 
once  actively  into  the  affairs  of  the  settlement.  Aside  from  his  own 
right,  he  purchased  that  of  John  Harriman  a  few  weeks  after  the  issue  of 
the  charter,  and  two  years  later  added  to  his  holdings  by  purchase  from 
Hezekiah  Hutchins.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  served  twice  as 
selectman,  filled  various  other  town  offices  and  in  1775  was  chosen  as 
one  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  "to  see  that  the  results  of  the  Continental 
Congress  were  carried  out."  He  served  again  on  the  Committee  of 
Safety  in  1778,  but  after  the  war  he  removed  to  Bath.  While  he  seems 
to  have  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen,  he  may  have  found 
himself  in  straightened  circumstances,  since  there  is  a  record  of  sale  for 
taxes  to  Asa  Porter  and  Jonathan  Hale  in  1771  of  his  one  hundred  acre 
lot  and  all  subsequent  divisions  of  his  original  right. 

James  Woodward  came  from  Hampstead  at  the  age  of  twenty-two, 
and  purchased  the  one  hundred  acre  lot  on  the  meadow  below  Ladd 
Street,  which  was  a  part  of  the  right  of  William  Page,  a  grantee.  He  was 
one  of  the  young  men  whom  John  Hazen  was  successful  in  inducing  to 
become  a  settler,  and  who  was  destined  to  have  large  influence  in  the 
community.  He  built  his  first  house  on  the  bank  of  the  river,  in  which 
he  lived  for  three  years  alone,  engaged  in  clearing  his  land,  and  walking 
to  what  is  now  the  Keyes  farm  for  his  meals.  He  married  December  30, 
1766.  Grant  Powers  says  it  was  the  first  marriage  in  town,  but  the 
record  shows  that  John  Page  was  married  to  Abigail  Sanders,  the  daughter 
of  his  neighbor  Jonathan  Sanders,  December  18,  1766,  twelve  dajrs  earlier, 
the  first  marriage  of  which  there  is  record  in  town.  He  lived  in  his  small 
log  house  on  the  Meadow  until  the  flood  of  1771  drove  him  back  to  the 
upland  where  he  built  his  second  house,  a  part  of  which  is  still  standing, 
known  as  the  Judge  Woodward  place,  the  second  north  of  the  residence  of 
the  late  James  Woodward  on  Ladd  Street.  He  lived  here  until  his  death 
in  his  eightieth  year  in  1821.  He  became  one  of  the  most  substantial 
citizens  of  the  town  and  county,  was  the  first  representative  from 
Haverhill  to  the  New  Hampshire  legislature,  elected  in  1783,  and  on  the 
reorganization  of  the  Grafton  County  courts  after  the  war,  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  an  office  he  held  for  many  years. 
He  served  five  times  on  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  held  many  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility  and  enjoyed  during  his  long  and  useful  life  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  was  associated.  [See  Geneal- 
ogy, Woodward.] 

Elisha  Locke  is  described  in  the  deed  of  land  which  he  purchased  of 
Jacob  Kent,  a  Haverhill  grantee,  November  14,  1763,  as  of  Chester,  but 
he  was  born  in  Rye,  where  the  Locke  family  was  numerous.  [See 
Genealogy,  Locke.]     He  was  married  in  1743  and  six  of  his  seven  children 


46  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

were  born  before  coming  to  Haverhill.  He  probably  came  to  Haverhill 
in  1763,  though  he  may  not  have  brought  his  family  till  the  summer  of 
1764.  He  at  once  became  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town,  was 
moderator  of  the  annual  town  meeting  in  1765,  and  was  elected  with 
John  Hazen  and  Jonathan  Elkins  selectman  that  same  year.  He  held 
other  offices  during  the  next  few  years  but  he  was  one  of  the  older  settlers, 
and  the  records  give  but  little  information  concerning  him  after  1771. 
He  was  one  of  the  committee  appointed  at  the  special  town  meeting  in 
January,  1765,  to  secure  the  settlement  of  Peter  Powers  as  minister  and 
was  a  loyal  supporter  of  religious  services.  He  was  town  clerk  in  1766 
and  1767,  and  the  records  indicate  that  his  education  in  penmanship 
had  been  somewhat  neglected,  and  his  spelling  would  delight  those  of  the 
present  time  who  believe  in  simplified  methods.  He  was  associated  with 
Timothy  Bedel  in  building  and  operating  the  mills  early  erected  at  the 
Brook. 

Jonathan  Sanders  was  a  native  of  Hampton  (see  Genealogy,  Sanders), 
but  came  to  Haverhill  in  1763,  and  purchased  land  for  his  farm  a  little 
to  the  south  of  that  on  which  John  Page  established  himself.  His  one 
hundred  acre  meadow  lot  and  house  lot  he  purchased  of  Ebenezer  (Eleazor) 
Hale  of  Hampstead,  a  grantee,  August  4,  1763.  His  purchase  lay  in  the 
territory  in  dispute  between  Haverhill  and  Piermont,  and  he  suffered 
much  annoyance  from  this  until  his  death  January  1,  1775.  The  Haver- 
hill proprietors,  as  has  been  seen,  rendered  him  such  assistance  as  they 
were  able  to  do  to  protect  his  interests.  He  had  a  large  family  and  two 
of  his  sons  rendered  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  His  eldest 
daughter,  Abigail,  became  the  first  wife  of  John  Page.  He  was  selectman 
in  1766. 

Uriah  Stone  came  from  Hampstead  and  built  a  log  cabin  for  himself 
and  wife  on  the  bank  of  the  river  near  the  present  Bedel's  bridge.  His 
house  was  carried  away  by  high  water  about  two  years  later,  and  tradi- 
tion says  it  was  landed  on  Piermont  meadows.  Be  that  as  it  may  he 
followed  his  house  and  established  himself  in  Piermont  where  he  cleared 
and  cultivated  a  large  farm,  conducted  a  tannery  and  established  the 
first  ferry  for  the  accommodation  of  Haverhill  and  Piermont  settlers, 
and  those  of  Moretown,  now  Bradford,  Vt.  He  reared  a  large  family, 
and  had  numerous  descendants  in  both  Piermont  and  Haverhill.  One 
of  the  sons  of  Uriah,  George  Washington  Stone,  removed  to  Canada. 
A  daughter  of  his,  Melvina,  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  William  Arthur, 
and  mother  of  Chester  A.  Arthur,  twenty-first  President  of  the  United 
States. 

Jonathan  Elkins  was,  like  his  neighbor,  Jonathan  Sanders,  of  a 
family  numerous  in  Hampton,  and  was  fourth  in  descent  from  Henry 
Elkins  who  came  to  New  England  previous  to  1635,  lived  for  a  time  in 


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Boston,  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Exeter,  but  removed  to  Hampton 
about  1650.  [See  Genealogy,  Elkins.]  Jonathan  came  to  Haverhill  in 
the  early  summer  of  1764,  and  settled  near  what  was  afterwards  known 
as  the  Dr.  Carleton  homestead.  He  had  a  large  family  of  children  six  of 
whom  were  born  in  town.  In  1775  he  removed  to  Peacham,  Vt.,  where 
he  built  the  first  house  in  town,  and  where,  as  during  his  residence  in 
Haverhill  he  was  an  influential  and  prominent  citizen.  He  was  the  first 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  there,  and  was  the  leading  spirit  in 
its  organization  and  support.  A  man  of  deep  religious  convictions  and 
consistent  Christian  character  he  was  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the 
settlement.     He  was  selectman  in  1765  and  1766. 

Edward  and  James  Bailey,  third  in  descent  from  James  Bailey  who 
settled  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  about  1640,  were  among  the  new  comers  in 
1764.  Edward  was  constable  in  1765  and  selectman  in  1767.  His 
name  does  not  appear  on  the  records  subsequent  to  1768.  James,  born 
in  Newbury,  Mass.,  February  21,  1722,  lived  on  what  was  later  the  Dow 
farm,  now  the  Keyes  farm,  and  was  prominent  in  town  matters  during 
the  War  of  the  Revolution.  He  also  lived  in  Newbury  for  a  time,  but 
later  with  his  family  removed  to  Peacham  where  he  died  about  1807. 
He  was  selectman  in  Haverhill  in  1770-71,  1774-75  and  held  other  town 
offices  and  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Congress  in  1777.  His 
service  in  the  French  and  Indian  War  was  especially  notable,  and  in  the 
early  years  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  had  charge  of  several  scouting 
parties  sent  out  from  Haverhill. 

James  Abbott,  born  in  Andover,  Mass.,  January  12,  1717,  third  in 
descent  from  the  emigrant  George  Abbott  who  came  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1643, 
came  to  Coos  in  November,  1763.  He  settled  first  on  the  Great  Oxbow, 
but  later  sold  his  land  to  Rev.  Peter  Powers,  and  came  to  Haverhill 
where  he  lived  till  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War  when  he  returned  to 
Newbury  and  bought  the  farm  which  has  remained  in  the  family  since. 
While  in  Haverhill  he  was  active  in  town  affairs,  was  town  clerk,  select- 
man, member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety.  He  and  his  wife  and  two  of  his 
ten  children  were  original  members  of  the  Newbury  and  Haverhill  Church, 
and  he  was  one  of  its  first  deacons.  Many  of  his  descendants  have  at 
various  times  lived  in  Haverhill,  and  a  daughter  Abigail  married  Major 
Asa  Bailey  of  Haverhill  and  Landaff.  An  autobiography  published  by 
her  is  in  many  respects  a  remarkable  work,  and  has  become  one  of  the 
scarce  volumes  of  American  biography.     [See  Genealogy,  Abbott.] 

The  Goodwins.  Jonathan  and  Simeon  who  came  from  Hampstead 
were  of  good  New  England  stock.  Jonathan  came  in  1764,  and  is  set  up 
in  the  deed  of  land  which  he  sought  of  Richard  Potter  of  Salem  as  of 
Chester.     He  was  elected  to  the  then  important  office  of  tithing  manjlin 


48  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1765,  but  he  probably  returned  soon  after  to  his  old  home  in  Hampstead 
since  he  went  in  1777  from  that  town  as  a  member  of  Capt.  John  Goffe's 
company  to  Ticonderoga  and  Saratoga.  Simeon  Goodwin  purchased  his 
land  of  John  Mills  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  a  grantee,  and  came  to  Haverhill 
to  begin  clearing  and  building  a  home  in  the  latter  part  of  1764,  or  early 
in  1765.  He  probably  spent  a  part  of  his  time  in  Hampstead  for  two 
years  or  more  and  did  not  bring  his  family  to  Haverhill  till  1767,  as  his 
son  Philip  was  born  in  that  town  in  February,  1767,  and  Susanna,  the  first 
of  his  children  born  in  Haverhill,  is  recorded  among  the  births  February 
28,  1769.  He  was  selectman  that  year,  also  in  1772  and  1776,  was  re- 
peatedly called  to  posts  of  responsibility.  He  served  on  the  Committee 
of  Safety,  and  on  special  comittees  of  conference  with  like  committees  of 
other  towns  for  the  protection  and  defence  of  Coos  during  the  Revolution. 
On  the  reorganization  of  county  affairs  after  the  war,  he  was  appointed 
coroner  for  Grafton  County. 

Nathaniel  Merrill,  born  March  2,  1747,  was  one  of  the  grantees  of 
Haverhill.     He  was  from  Plaistow,  and  came  early  to  town.     Just  when 
is  not  certain,  but  there  is  a  tradition  that  he  came  with  the  family  of 
John  Hazen  whose  daughter,  Sarah,  he  married  in  1771.     He  was  then 
published  as  of  Bath.     He  soon  afterwards  removed  to  Newbury  of  which 
town  he  was  also  a  grantee,  and  settled  on  the  farm  afterwards  owned  for  a 
long  time  by  Moses  Swasey  and  his  son,  George  Swasey.     He  came  to 
Haverhill  about  1778,  and  settled  on  a  farm  on  the  plain,  a  part  of  which  is 
now  the  homestead  farm  of  Wilbur  F.  Eastman.     In  1816  he  removed  to 
Vermont  where  he  died  in  1825.     He  was  a  man  of  strong  character,  and 
became  one  of  the  most  influential  citizens  of  the  town.     He  served  as 
selectman  several  times  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  in 
1794,  '95,  '96  and  1806.     He  was  eccentric,  brusque  in  his  manner  but 
possessed  of  strong  common  sense,  and  marked  business  ability.     His 
education  was  limited,  but  the  Rev.  Ethan  Smith  said  of  him,  "  He  knew 
more  than  any  man  who  hadn't  more  education  than  he  had."     He  was 
not  an  ardent  believer  in  foreign  missions.     When  asked  for  a  contribution 
to  civilize  the  heathen,  he  replied,  "I'll  give  $20  to  civilize  the  heathen 
within  five  miles  of  my  house."     He  rendered  valuable  service  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution  and  was  also  a  major  in  the  Militia.     He  was  noted  for 
the  possession  of  a  voice  of  great  volume  and  it  has  been  stated  on  good 
authority  that  Major  Merrill  and  Capt.  Joshua  Hale  of  Newbury  could 
carry  on  conversation  when  a  mile  apart  with  the  greatest  ease,  and  this 
in  the  days  before  the  telephone  had  been  dreamed  of. 

He  had  a  family  of  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom  were  daugh- 
ters, all  of  whom  are  said  to  have  been  of  rare  attractiveness  and  charm. 
The  son  died  at  the  early  age  of   twelve.     Nine   of  the   daughters 


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married  and  had  children.  Through  the  daughters  of  Major  and  Mrs. 
Merrill,  the  descendants  of  Captain  Hazen  became  numerous.  [See 
Merrill  Genealogy.] 

Perhaps  the  most  prominent  of  the  arrivals  in  town  in  1765  was  that  of 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  who  was  soon  followed  by  his  six  brothers,  Daniel, 
Samuel,  John,  David,  James  and  Jonathan,  who  settled  near  each  other  in 
that  part  of  the  town  bearing  their  name,  Ladd  Street.  The  Ezekiel  Ladd 
homestead  was  on  the  east  side  of  Ladd  Street,  between  the  schoolhouse 
and  the  residence  of  Henry  S.  Bailey,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  in 
1818.  His  brothers  settled  near  him.  He  was  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 
April  10,  1738,  the  third  of  twelve  children  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable 
(Roberts)  Ladd.  His  wife  was  Ruth  Hutchins,  also  of  Haverhill.  Sam- 
uel Ladd  lived  on  what  is  known  as  the  James  Woodward  place,  John 
Ladd  built  the  Henry  S.  Bailey  house,  David  Ladd  lived  in  the  Clifford 
house,  James  Ladd  lived  opposite  the  home  of  his  sister  who  married 
Samuel  Cross,  and  Jonathan  Ladd's  house  was  what  in  recent  years  has 
been  known  as  the  old  gristmill  house.  The  Ladd  family  was  a  numerous 
one,  and  for  many  years  was  a  prominent  one  in  the  history  of  the  town. 
No  representative  of  the  family  is  now  in  town.  Ezekiel  Ladd  was  the 
most  prominent  member  of  the  family.  He  was  active  in  all  the  affairs 
of  the  town,  served  several  years  as  one  of  the  selectmen,  was  town 
treasurer,  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  from  1787  till  1812 
for  Grafton  County,  and  rendered  valuable  service  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  holding  a  commission  as  captain.  His  brothers  James, 
David  and  Jonathan  also  served  as  soldiers,  David  rendering  service 
during  almost  the  entire  war  and  James  serving  as  lieutenant  in  the 
company  commanded  by  his  brother.  Judge  Ladd  was  one  of  the 
earliest  innholders  in  town  and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  tannery  business. 
[See  Ladd  Genealogy.] 

Joshua  Hayward  (Haywood)  came  from  Plaistow.  He  made  his 
first  purchase  of  land  of  Enoch  Hale,  Jr.,  and  subsequently  bought  of 
James  Abbott,  John  Hazen,  John  Taplin  and  John  Hall.  He  settled  at 
Horse  Meadow  in  1765,  served  in  the  various  town  offices,  rendered 
honorable  service  in  the  Revolutionary  struggle,  and  was  later  major  of 
the  12th  Regiment  of  Militia.  His  brother  Jonathan  came  later,  and 
during  the  war  was  one  of  the  Committee  of  Inspection.  Joshua  was 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  in  1779  but  after  the  close  of  the 
Revolution  the  names  of  neither  Joshua  or  Jonathan  appear  in  the  town 
records.  Joshua  Hayward  conveyed  his  real  estate  to  Moses  Porter  and 
Asa  Porter.  His  deed  to  the  latter  was  dated  December  13,  1788,  to  the 
former  conveying  the  farm  on  which  Col.  John  Hurd  had  lately  lived  at 
Horse  Meadow,  under  date  of  June  10,  1779. 


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Joseph  Hutchins  came  from  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  1765.  He  pur- 
chased, July  3,  a  part  of  the  right  of  Benjamin  Merrill,  a  grantee,  and 
settled  near  the  Oliverian  brook  and  at  once  became  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  the  settlement.  His  name  appears  in  the  records,  in  connection 
with  that  of  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  James  Woodward  as  a  committee  to  build 
a  pound  for  the  benefit  of  the  town.  He  was  selectman  in  1769,  1789 
and  1791,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  1788,  1789  and  1791. 
In  1788  he  was  delegate  from  Haverhill  to  the  convention  that  adopted 
the  Federal  Constitution,  voting  against  its  adoption,  and  in  1791  he  was 
delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  that  year.  After  this  year 
his  name  does  not  appear  in  the  records  in  connection  with  town  affairs, 
though  he  owned  real  estate  in  town  for  several  years  later,  when  he 
appears  to  have  suffered  business  reverses,  much  of  his  property  being 
taken  on  execution.  He  removed  with  his  family  to  Middlesex,  Vt., 
residing  there  until  his  death.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  struggle  for 
independence,  and  was  in  command  of  a  company  of  rangers  in  1780.  He 
was  also  colonel  of  a  regiment  in  the  state  militia.  The  official  positions 
held  by  him  indicate  his  importance  and  influence  as  a  citizen  in  the  early 
history  of  the  town. 

William  Eastman  settled  on  Ladd  Street.  He  was  born  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  October  3,  1715,  removed  to  Hampstead.  Married,  first,  Ruth 
Chase;  second,  Rebecca  Jewett.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1765,  but 
two  years  later  removed  to  Bath  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  Many  of 
his  descendants,  however,  became  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town. 
Four  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  His  son, 
James,  first  brought  the  news  of  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis  to  Haverhill. 
[See  Eastman,  Genealogy.] 

Timothy  Barron  came  with  his  wife,  Olive,  and  two  eldest  children 
in  1766  or  early  in  1767  and  settled  at  Horse  Meadow.  He  was  active 
in  town  affairs,  served  as  selectman,  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  War  of 
the  Revolution,  was  captain  of  a  company  in  Colonel  Bedel's  regiment  in 
1775,  was  one  of  the  committee  named  to  "see  that  the  results  of  the 
Continental  Congress  were  observed  in  Haverhill."  He  died  in  1797  in 
his  fifty-eighth  year,  and  his  tombstone  in  the  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery 
records  in  detail  the  gift  of  the  land  which  constituted  the  original  ceme- 
tery to  the  town.     [See  Barron  Genealogy.] 

Among  those  settling  in  town  in  1768  were  four  men  who  became  prom- 
inently conspicuous  in  its  early  life,  and  in  the  conduct  of  its  affairs:  John 
Hurd,  Asa  Porter,  Andrew  S.  Crocker  and  Charles  Johnston. 

John  Hurd  was  descended  from  John  Hurd  who  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Boston  during  the  first  decade  of  the  settlement  of  that 
town.     His  father,  Jacob  Hurd,  was  a  goldsmith  by  trade  and  appears  to 


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have  been  a  man  of  property  and  influence.  John  was  the  second  of  the 
ten  children  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Mason)  Hurd  and  was  born  in  Boston 
December  9,  1727;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1757. 
He  remained  for  some  years  in  Boston  and  was  named  as  of  that  town  in 
1758  as  administrator  of  his  father's  estate,  the  settlement  of  which  must 
have  occupied  some  time  subsequent  to  that  year.  He  went  to  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  sometime  near  the  beginning  of  the  administration  of  John 
Wentworth,  who  called  about  him  a  coterie  of  young  men  of  liberal  edu- 
cation and  ability,  and  from  the  numerous  grants  of  land  which  he  made 
to  John  Hurd  in  towns  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state  it  is  evident  that 
he  was  regarded  with  high  favor.  Just  when  he  settled  in  Haverhill  is 
uncertain,  but  he  was  here  in  the  latter  part  of  1768,  and  acquired  real 
estate.  In  a  conveyance  dated  April  1,  1768,  he  is  named  as  of  Ports- 
mouth, but  in  another  dated  March  25,  1769,  he  is  named  as  of  Haverhill, 
these  two  dates  indicating  within  a  few  months  the  date  of  his  becoming  a 
resident  of  the  latter  town.  He  was,  however,  much  of  his  time  for 
three  or  four  years  subsequently,  in  Portsmouth  and  in  close  touch  with 
the  Wentworth  government.  In  May,  1770,  he  purchased  the  second 
division  of  excise,  and  in  1772  he  held  the  office  of  receiver-general  of 
quit  rents,  the  duties  of  which  must  have  kept  him  much  of  his  time  at 
the  seat  of  government. 

Grafton  County  was  incorporated  in  1771,  but  for  two  years  no  courts 
were  established  or  county  officers  appointed,  the  county  being  treated 
as  a  part  of  Rockingham  for  judicial  and  kindred  purposes.  There  was 
rivalry  on  the  part  of  the  proprietors  and  inhabitants  of  various  towns  in 
securing  the  establishment  of  courts  of  record  and  county  seat.  The 
towns  of  Lyme  and  Orford  presented  a  petition  to  the  General  Assembly 
asking  that  one  of  them  be  designated  for  holding  half  the  courts  of  record, 
but  when  in  June,  1775,  Israel  Morey  and  Alexander  Phelps  presented 
their  petition  they  were  confronted  by  John  Hurd  who  appeared  in  behalf 
of  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Bath,  Lyman  and  Gunthwaite  (now  Lisbon) 
asking  that  Haverhill  be  made  the  shire  town  of  the  new  county.  "Legis- 
lative agents"  it  would  seem  served  for  a  compensation  then  as  now. 
The  fourth  and  fifth  articles  in  the  warrant  for  the  Haverhill  proprietors' 
meeting,  to  be  held  May  12,  1772,  were  "to  see  if  the  proprietary  will 
choose  one  or  more  agents  to  petition  the  General  Assembly  that  part  or 
all  the  courts  for  the  county  of  Grafton  should  be  held  in  Haverhill" ;  and 
also  "to  see  what  encouragement  or  premium  they  will  offer  said  agent  or 
agents  in  case  he  or  they  should  succeed  in  procuring  the  establishment  of 
said  courts  as  aforesaid."  At  the  meeting  it  was  voted  that  John  Hurd, 
Esq.,  be  the  agent,  and  as  for  the  matter  of  "encouragement,"  it  was 
agreed,  with  but  one  dissenting  vote,  "to  give  John  Hurd,  Esq.,  one 


52  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  undivided  land  in  the  township  of  Haverhill, 
and  that  he  shall  have  liberty  to  pitch  it  in  a  square  form  in  any  part  of 
the  undivided  land  in  said  township,  upon  condition  that  he  shall  succeed 
and  obtain  one-half  the  inferior  courts  for  the  county  of  Grafton  and  one 
Superior  Court  for  said  county,  to  be  held  at  Haverhill.     Colonel  Hurd 
was  doubtless  at  this  time  in  Portsmouth,  since  at  this  same  meeting  it 
was  voted  "that  Asa  Porter,  Esq.,  shall  take  the  earliest  method  to  send 
a  copy  of  this  vote  to  Portsmouth."     It  is  probable  that  Porter  person- 
ally carried  a  copy  of  this  vote  to  Portsmouth,  as  being  the   "earliest 
method,"  and  certainly  the  surest.     The  proprietors  felt  so  certain  of  the 
success  of  their  agent,  that  at  a  meeting  held  March  25,  1773,  they  pro- 
ceeded to  fix  the  site  of  the  court  house  and  jail  and  make  ready  for  the 
erection  of  suitable  buildings.     The  mission  of  Colonel  Hurd  was  success- 
ful, the  courts  were  established  and  Haverhill  was  made  a  shire  town  in 
1773.     Gratitude,  however,  is  sometimes  "a  lively  sense  of  favors  to 
come,"  and  like  many  of  his  successors  in  the  business  of  influencing  legis- 
lation, Legislative  Agent  Hurd  made  the  discovery  that  the  agent  would  do 
well  to  receive  at  least  a  portion  of  the  "encouragement"  offered  before 
the  entire  service  bargained  for  was  performed.     An  article  in  the  warrant 
for  the  proprietors'  meeting  of  February  25,  1774,  was  significant:  "To 
see  if  the  proprietors  will  bear  their  proportion  with  Asa  Porter,  Esq., 
Capt.  John  Hazen,  Dea.  James  Abbott  and  Andrew  Savage  Crocker, 
Esq.,  of  the  thousand  acres  of  land  which  they  voted  to  John  Hurd,  Esq., 
or  any  part  of  it."     The  proprietors  refused.     It  is,  however,  to  the  credit 
of  the  four  above  named  that  they  were  willing  to  meet  the  claim  of 
Colonel  Hurd.     He  evidently  did  not  suffer  the  matter  to  drop.     The 
vote  granting  him  the  land  is  recorded  on  the  first  page  of  the  first  book  of 
the  Grafton  registry  of  deeds,  but  in  1779  the  proprietary  took  final 
action  in  the  matter  and  "voted  that  the  thousand  acres  of  land  claimed 
by  Col.  John  Hurd  be  laid  out  into  lots  by  the  committee  chosen  to  lay 
out  the  third  division  of  lots,  and  that  these  be  drawn  as  other  land  by 
the  proprietors." 

It  may  be  that  the  proprietors  sought  excuse  for  their  action  in  the 
fact  that  Colonel  Hurd  had  received  sufficient  "encouragement"  for  his 
services  in  the  official  recognition  he  received.  He  was  appointed  in 
February,  1773,  recorder  of  deeds  and  conveyances  for  the  county  of 
Grafton,  and  subsequently  was  given  the  office  of  county  treasurer.  On 
the  18th  of  May,  1773,  he  was  appointed  chief  justice  of  His  Majesty's 
inferior  court  for  Grafton  County,  and  a  little  later  was  commissioned 
colonel  of  a  regiment  of  militia  in  the  northern  towns.  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege honored  him  with  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  For  the  next  six 
years  he  was  in  Haverhill  the  greater  part  of  the  time  his  only  absences 


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being  on  public  business.  His  home  was  at  Horse  Meadow,  near  that  of 
Colonel  Porter,  and  his  was  a  part  of  that  afterwards  known  as  the  Moses 
Southard  farm.  These  six  years  were  eventful  years  in  the  history  of  the 
town  and  in  the  career  of  Colonel  Hurd. 

As  affairs  in  the  colonies  approached  a  crisis  Governor  Wentworth 
chose  the  side  of  the  King  rather  than  that  of  the  people.     He  had  been 
the  generous  patron  of  Colonel  Hurd,  who  because  of  this  and  also  because 
of  his  talents,  natural  and  acquired,  and  of  his  experience  in  public  affairs 
had  doubtless  more  influence  with  His  Majesty's  government  than  any 
other  man  in  Grafton  County.     But  when  it  came  to  a  choice  between  the 
cause  of  the  colony  and  that  of  the  King  he  did  not  hesitate,  and  refused 
to  follow  his  patron.     His  position  was  pronounced,  and  was  immediately 
recognized  in  the   Revolutionary   Provincial   Congress  of  the   Colony. 
He  was  named  as  colonel  of  the  regiment  of  militia  to  be  raised  in  Coos 
for  purposes  of  defence.     In  June,  1775,  he  was  made  custodian  of  the 
Grafton  court  records,  the  Congress  having  determined  that  John  Fenton, 
clerk  of  the  court,  was  no  longer  fit  to  be  trusted  with  them.     He  became 
a  member  of  the  Fourth  Provincial  Congress  which  met  at  Exeter,  May 
5,  1775 — though  when  and  by  whom  elected  does  not  appear — and  was 
designated  to  receive  certain  sums  of  money  from  Attorney-General 
Samuel  Linermon,  money  which  had  been  received  from  foreign  vessels 
entering  the  port  of  Piscataqua,  and  which  had  been  appropriated  for  the 
purchase  of  powder  for  the  colony.     He  was  elected  from  the  towns  of 
Haverhill,  Bath,  Lyman,  Gunthwaite,  Landaff  and  Morristown  to  the 
Fifth  Provincial  Congress  which  met  at  Exeter  December  21,  1775,  and 
in  the  proceedings  of  which  he  at  once  took  prominent  part.     He  was  one 
of  the  committee  of  thirteen  appointed  December  26  "to  draw  up  a  plan 
of  government  during  the  contest  with  Great  Britain,"  and  to  this  com- 
mittee belongs  the  lasting  honor  of  having  framed  the  first  form  of  civil 
compact,  or  constitution  for  the  government  of  New  Hampshire.     Two 
days  later  he  was  appointed  first  of  a  committee  of  six  to  draft  a  form  of 
oath  or  obligation  to  be  taken  by  members  of  the  new  government,  and 
he  also  served  on  other  important  committees.     The  first  article  of  the 
temporary  constitution  adopted  by  the  Congress — and  which  went  into 
effect  January  5,  1776 — provided  that  after  the  Congress  had  resolved 
itself  into  a  house  of  representatives,  that  said  house  proceed  to  choose 
twelve  persons,  "to  be  a  distinct  and  separate  branch  of  the  legislature, 
by  the  name  of  a  council,  for  the  colony,  to  continue  as  such  until  the 
third  Wednesday  in  December  next  any  seven  of  whom  to  be  a  quorum 
to  do  business." 

Colonel  Hurd  was  chosen,  for  Grafton  County,  one  of  the  twelve  coun- 
cillors, also  recorder  of  deeds  and  conveyances,  county  treasurer  and  first 


54  HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL 

justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  Grafton  County.  He  was 
appointed  June  11,  1776,  on  the  part  of  the  council  first  on  the  committee 
to  draft  the  declaration  of  the  General  Assembly  for  the  independence  of 
the  united  colonies.  He  was  given  almost  the  entire  control  of  the  mili- 
tary operations  in  Coos.  He  was  to  "fix  off"  all  the  companies  from 
Coos,  except  two  from  the  vicinity  of  Charlestown,  with  ten  days'  provi- 
sion, "a  quart  of  rum  for  each  man"  and  six  dozen  axes,  being  sent  from 
Exeter  for  this  purpose.  He  was  to  receive  of  the  quartermaster  300 
pounds  of  powder,  750  pounds  of  bullets  and  1,200  flints  for  the  use  of 
troops.  There  was  paid  him  for  the  troops  destined  for  Canada  the  sum 
of  £350,  and  he  was  made  one  of  a  committee  to  receive  $10,000  from  the 
Continental  Congress.  Haverhill  was  made  the  place  of  rendezvous  for 
the  troops  intended  for  a  Canadian  expedition,  and  Colonel  Hurd  with 
Colonel  Morey  was  to  enlist  the  companies,  muster  and  pay  the  soldiers, 
deliver  commissions  to  persons  chosen  officers  by  the  soldiers,  and  give 
orders  to  the  several  companies  of  rangers,  raised  to  protect  the  western 
frontiers,  as  to  the  scouting  routes  to  be  taken  by  them. 

It  need  not  be  said  that  the  responsibilities  placed  on  Colonel  Hurd  by 
the  new  government  were  heavy  and  burdensome,  all  the  more  so  because 
of  the  existence  of  a  serious  disaffection  on  the  part  of  a  large  majority  of 
the  people  of  Coos  with  the  Exeter  government,  and  of  efforts  which 
were  being  made  to  establish  a  separate  and  distinct  state  consisting  of  the 
towns  in  the  Connecticut  Valley  on  both  sides  the  river.  Haverhill  while 
loyal  to  the  patriot  cause  was  in  sympathy  with  this  movement,  and  it  is 
not  difficult  to  see  that  Colonel  Hurd,  who  was  an  intense  partisan  of  the 
Exeter  government,  fell  into  disfavor  in  the  town  for  the  interests  of 
which  he  had  labored  so  ardently.  The  causes  of  this  will  be  treated 
more  fully  in  another  chapter.  He  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Boston 
in  the  latter  part  of  1778  or  early  in  1779,  but  he  left  his  impress  on  the 
town  in  which  he  had  held  so  prominent  position,  and  doubtless  more 
than  any  other  held  Haverhill  in  the  critical  years  of  1775,  '76  and  '77 
in  at  least  nominal  allegiance  to  the  Exeter  government.  His  place  in  the 
history  of  Haverhill  and  of  Grafton  County  is  an  honorable  as  well  as 
important  one.  He  filled  important  positions  of  trust  with  signal  ability 
and  discharged  with  fidelity  the  obligations  imposed  on  him  by  his  King, 
his  state  and  his  townsmen.  His  removal  from  state,  county  and  town 
was  more  their  loss  than  his  own ;  and  in  so  far  as  his  removal  was  enforced, 
he  was  the  victim  of  his  loyal  devotion  to  the  state  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  to  the  conscientious  performance  of  duty  as  he  saw  it.  Subsequent 
events  fully  justified  his  course  and  proved  his  foresight,  for  within  five 
years  after  his  removal  from  Haverhill,  both  the  leaders  of  public  opinion 
and  the  people  themselves  were  brought  either  willingly  or  unwillingly — 
but  in  any  event  were  brought — to  an  acceptance  of  a  situation  which  he, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  55 

from  the  outset,  regarded  as  right  and  politic,  foresaw  to  be  inevitable, 
and  for  advocating  which  he  was,  by  force  of  superior  numbers  and  the 
persecution  of  those  who  should  have  gratefully  recognized  his  eminently 
patriotic  services,  driven  from  town  and  county. 

His  wife  died  in  Boston  in  1779,  as  appears  from  an  inscription  on  a 
stone  in  the  old  Granary  burying  ground:  "In  memory  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Hurd,  the  amiable  and  virtuous  consort  of  John  Hurd,  Esq.,  who  departed 
life  the  14th  day  of  November,  1779,  ae.  48."  Another  inscription  on  a 
stone  adjacent,  is  as  follows:  "To  the  memory  of  John  Hurd,  Jr.,  an 
officer  in  the  late  Massachusetts  line  of  the  Continental  Army.  Obit. 
20  August,  1784,  And  Aek.  24." 

Colonel  Hurd  died  in  1809  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  and  was  probably 
buried  in  the  Granary  ground  though  no  stone  can  be  found  to  mark  his 
grave.  After  his  removal  to  Boston  he  seems  to  have  engaged  in  no 
public  service,  but  to  have  pursued  the  business  of  broker  and  insurance 
agent. 

Col.  Asa  Porter  was  a  different  type  than  many  of  the  early  settlers. 
He  descended  from  Samuel  Porter  who  emigrated  with  his  wife  from  the 
west  of  England  to  Plymouth  in  1622.  He  was  born  in  Boxford,  Mass., 
May  26,  1742;  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1762.  He  established  himself 
as  a  merchant  in  Newburyport,  where  he  married  Mehitable,  daughter  of 
John  Crocker,  Esq.  He  was  remarkable  for  his  fine  form  and  manly 
beauty  as  well  as  fox*  great  moral  purity  of  life  and  character.  A  man  of 
culture,  and  of  abundant  means,  he  had  the  pioneer  spirit,  and  the  fertile 
meadows  and  rich  intervals  of  Coos  attracted  him.  He  made  his  first 
purchase  of  land  of  John  Hazen  just  north  of  the  Hazen  farm  in  April, 
1768,  and  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  he  purchased  additional  tracts 
of  Joshua  Haywood  and  of  Jonathan  Hale  of  Hollis.  The  spot  where 
he  built  his  home  a  little  later,  probably  the  most  commodious  and  sub- 
stantial in  the  settlement  and  a  part  of  which  is  still  standing  and  occu- 
pied by  Arthur  C.  Clough,  is  one  of  great  attractiveness,  situated  as  it  is 
on  one  of  the  fairest  and  most  graceful  sweeps  of  the  river.  He  entered 
at  once  into  the  life  of  the  settlement,  and  became  a  marked  figure  in  the 
Coos  region.  He  had  a  well  trained  and  intellectual  family,  and  his  home 
was  favorite  resort  of  the  cultivated  and  refined.  Francis  Brinley,  the 
biographer  of  his  grandson,  William  T.  Porter,  says: 

Colonel  Porter  was  a  model  of  affability  and  dignity;  never  laying  aside  the  garb  or 
deportment  of  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  but  always  preserving  his  courtly  air  and 
address  without  sacrificing  a  particle  of  his  self-reliant  energy  and  fearlessness.  In 
politeness  and  civility  he  was  excelled  by  none. 

Such  a  man  must  have  had  a  marked  influence  in  the  new  community. 
Like  his  neighbor,  John  Hurd,  he  was  an  Episcopalian  in  religion,  and  in 
politics  he  was  unlike  him,  in  that  when  the  War  of  the  Revolution  came 


56  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

on  his  sympathies  were  royalist.  Because  of  this  he  was  for  a  time  under 
a  cloud  suffering  in  person  and  property,  though  he  later  gained  the 
esteem  and  respect  of  his  patriot  neighbors.  His  father,  Moses  Porter, 
was  a  zealous  supporter  of  the  cause  of  the  colonies.  When  the  son,  Asa, 
was  arrested  on  a  charge  of  Toryism,  he  was  later  parolled  on  giving  bond 
that  he  would  repair  forthwith  to  his  father's  farm  in  Boxford,  and  not 
depart  for  the  term  of  one  year,  except  to  attend  divine  worship  on  the 
Lord's  Day. 

There  is  a  family  tradition  that  during  the  war  business  obliged  him  to  visit  Boston. 
He  set  out  in  his  own  sleigh,  which  had  the  arms  of  England  emblazoned  upon  the  back. 
As  he  drove  into  town,  he  found  his  sleigh  an  obnoxious  mark  of  attraction.  At  first  he 
was  inclined  to  pay  no  other  heed  to  it  than  starting  up  his  horses  a  little,  but  the  multi- 
plied volleys  of  missiles  and  words  admonished  him  to  take  counsel  of  his  discretion,  and 
he  stopped  at  a  painters  shop  and  had  the  obnoxious  blazonry  effaced.  On  his  return 
home  his  wife  was  at  the  door  to  welcome  him.  She  soon  perceived  the  discoloration  on 
the  back  of  the  sleigh,  and  with  ready  intuition  divined  the  cause.  She  was  of  remark- 
able spirit  and  entered  into  the  political  faith  of  her  husband  with  all  the  animation  of 
her  character.  She  ordered  her  woman  to  bring  soap  and  brushes  and  without  a  thought 
of  the  cold  air,  or  too  tender  regard  for  her  own  fair  hands,  she  picked  her  way  on  her 
little  high  heels  to  the  sleigh  and  never  stopped  scrubbing  until  the  old  Lion  and  the  Uni- 
corn reappeared  fighting  for  the  crown  as  fresh  as  on  the  day  they  parted  from  her  loyal 
eyes.1 

Colonel  Porter  was  appointed  one  of  the  first  judges  of  the  Court  of 
Sessions,  when  the  Grafton  County  courts  were  organized,  was  entrusted 
with  the  erection  of  the  first  court  house.  He  had  a  passion  for  land  and 
at  one  time  he  owned  at  least  one  hundred  thousand  acres.  He  received 
from  the  King  the  grant  of  the  township  of  Broome  in  Canada.  He  had 
also  a  fondness  for  fine  horses.  He  spared  no  pains  in  purchasing  blood 
of  the  purest  strain,  and  obtained  some  of  his  best  stock  of  bis  friend 
Governor  Wentworth.  A  gentleman  himself  his  associations  were  with 
such.  His  sons  married  gentlewomen,  his  daughters,  brilliant  and 
accomplished,  educated  in  Newburyport  and  Boston,  married  gentlemen. 
[See  Porter  Genealogy.]  He  maintained  an  establishment  in  which  the 
town  might  well  take  pride.  His  house  was  well  furnished  and  his  family, 
in  style  of  living,  was  accustomed  to  luxury.  Of  the  four  negro  slaves  in 
Haverhill  in  1790,  three  were  owned  by  Colonel  Porter. 

Moses  and  William  Porter,  brothers  of  Asa,  came  to  Haverhill  sub- 
sequently. After  the  grant  of  the  township  of  Broome  to  Colonel  Porter, 
Moses  removed  with  his  large  family  to  that  town.  William  lived  at 
first  near  his  brother  at  Horse  Meadow,  but  later  removed  to  a  farm  on 
the  turnpike  east  of  Haverhill  Corner,  on  what  was  known  as  Porter  Hill, 
where  he  was  succeeded  in  its  ownership  and  occupancy  by  his  son  Wil- 
liam, well  known  as  Billy  Porter.  No  representative  of  the  Porter  family 
is  now  living  in  Haverhill.     [See  Porter  Genealogy.] 

1  Life  of  W.  T.  Porter,  pp.  6,  7. 


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Andrew  Savage  Crocker  came  from  Newbury  port,  Mass.,  at  the 
same  time  with  Colonel  Porter,  and  purchased  his  real  estate  as  did 
Colonel  Porter  of  John  Haywood  and  of  Captain  Hazen  and  John  Hale 
of  Hollis.  As  the  date  of  the  conveyances  to  both  parties  is  the  same, 
they  were  doubtless  drawn  to  Haverhill  by  the  same  attractions.  He 
was  the  brother  of  Mrs.  Porter,  and  was  married  in  1770  to  Shua  Thurston 
of  Newbury.  He  was  born  about  1743,  and  died  in  1821.  Aristocratic  in 
his  tastes  and  style  of  living,  like  his  brother-in-law,  he  took  a  more  active 
part  in  town  affairs,  was  town  clerk  and  served  for  twelve  years  as  one  of 
the  selectmen.  Few  men  took  a  more  prominent  part  in  the  early  devel- 
opment of  the  town,  and  in  its  early  history  few  were  more  influential. 
He  was  evidently  not  in  full  sympathy  with  the  patriot  cause  during  the 
Revolution,  and  appointed  a  coroner  for  Grafton  County  in  1776,  he 
declined  the  appointment  on  the  ground  that  he  "was  not  in  sympathy 
with  the  form  of  government  then  in  vogue."  During  these  years  his 
name  seldom  appears  on  the  records  as  holding  office.  He  was  selectman 
in  1771  and  1773,  but  did  not  hold  that  office  again  till  1783,  and  was 
elected  for  nine  times  in  subsequent  years.  His  name,  however,  does  not 
appear  in  the  town  records  after  1801  when  he  was  elected  selectman. 
His  only  son,  Edward  Bass  Crocker,  lived  on  the  Isle  of  Orleans  just 
below  Quebec  in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century  returning  to  Horse 
Meadow  at  the  outbreak  of  the  War  of  1812,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that 
his  father  lived  with  him  during  his  residence  there.  He  died  at  his  old 
home  in  Haverhill,  July  17,  1821,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  seventy-eight. 

Col.  Charles  Johnston,  who  came  to  Haverhill  in  1769,  was  like 
Colonels  Hurd  and  Porter,  a  man  of  marked  ability,  untiring  energy,  wise 
foresight  and  indomitable  perseverance.  He  settled  at  Haverhill  Corner, 
and  may  fitly  be  called  the  founder  of  that  village,  for  many  years  the 
political,  social,  and  business  center  of  Coos.  He  was  born  in  Hampstead. 
May  29,  1737,  of  the  famous  Scotch-Irish  stock.  His  father,  Michael 
Johnston,  was  a  native  of  Londonderry,  Ireland;  born  in  1687;  came  to 
America,  at  first  to  Londonderry,  and  later  in  1737  settled  in  Hampstead. 
His  son,  Charles,  married  Ruth  Marsh  of  Londonderry  in  1762,  went  to 
New  Chester  (now  Hill)  in  1767  to  look  after  landed  interests  in  that  town 
and  two  years  later,  through  the  representatives  of  Captain  Hazen  and 
others  of  his  former  Hampstead  friends  and  neighbors  who  had  settled  in 
Coos,  came  to  Haverhill,  where  he  at  once  became  prominent  in  ecclesias- 
tical, social,  and  political  affairs.  Like  Captain  Hazen  and  Colonel  Bedel 
he  had  rendered  honorable  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars.  He 
served  as  private  in  the  4th  company  of  Capt.  Peter  Gilman's  regiment  of 
which  Jacob  Bayley  was  a  lieutenant  from  September  22,  1755,  to  the 
end  of  the  campaign  of  that  year.  He  also  served  as  quartermaster  of 
Colonel  Goff's  regiment,  in  which  John  Hazen  was  captain  from  March  5, 


58  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1760  to  the  end  of  the  war.  It  is  not  certain  that  he  established  a  home 
in  New  Chester,  of  which  town  he  was  a  grantee,  and  there  are  indications 
that  he  brought  his  family  direct  from  Hampstead  to  Haverhill.  In  con- 
veyances of  land,  in  which  he  is  named  as  one  of  the  grantees  of  New 
Chester,  dated  October,  1765,  December,  1768,  and  March,  1769,  he  is 
named  as  of  Hampstead.  The  date  of  his  settlement  in  Haverhill  is 
approximately  fixed  by  the  fact  that  at  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March, 
1770,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  selectmen.  Thenceforward  till  his  death 
in  1813,  no  name  than  his  appears  more  prominently  and  frequently  in 
the  town  records.  No  citizen  of  the  town  held  more  varied  public  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  responsibility.  He  presided  at  no  less  than  twenty- 
four  town  meetings;  was  twice  elected  town  clerk;  twenty-one  times 
selectman,  serving  usually  as  chairman  on  all  important  town  committees ; 
was  town  and  county  treasurer  for  many  years;  was  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council  in  1780-82  and  filled  the  important  office  of  judge  of 
probate  for  Grafton  County  from  1781  till  1807,  when  he  became  disquali- 
fied by  reason  of  age.  His  military  record  was  a  notable  one.  Aside 
from  his  service  in  the  old  French  war  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  Revo- 
lution. He  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  12th  regiment, 
Colonel  Hobart's,  Starks  brigade,  and  was  distinguished  for  special  gallant 
conduct  at  the  battle  of  Bennington. 

Notably  public-spirited,  he  was  a  constant  and  untiring  promoter  of  all 
enterprises  which  he  believed  to  be  for  the  industrial,  social,  educational  and 
religious  welfare  of  the  town.  He  combined  with  the  characteristic  Scotch- 
Irish  prudence,  thrift  and  energy,  the  characteristic  Scotch-Irish  religious 
devotion.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  membership  in  the  church 
at  Hampstead  March  25,  1764,  and  after  their  settlement  in  Haverhill, 
were  dismissed  to  be  received  by  the  church  in  Newbury  of  which  they 
were  members  until  the  organization  of  the  church  in  Haverhill  in  1790 
of  which  church  he  was  the  first  deacon.  He  gave  to  the  settlement  at 
the  Corner  the  two  commons  or  parks  about  which  the  village  was  built. 
He  also  gave  the  land  on  which  the  court  house  and  the  academy  were 
built,  and  was  a  leader  in  the  enterprise  of  founding  the  academy  and 
securing  the  transfer  of  the  jail  and  court  house  from  their  first  site  on  the 
plain,  near  Horse  Meadow  to  the  Corner.  He  was  one  of  the  incorpora- 
tors of  the  social  library  and  a  leading  spirit  in  securing  the  incorporation 
and  construction  of  the  old  Cohos  turnpike. 

Whatever  earl}'-  educational  advantages  were  his  were  improved,  and 
while  he  was  not  a  graduate  of  college,  he  was  deemed  qualified  to  take 
charge  of  the  academy  for  a  term  when  there  was  a  vacancy  in  the  princi- 
palship.  His  handwriting  as  it  appears  in  the  town  and  county  records 
is  a  marvel  of  beauty.  Some  of  his  numerous  activities  will  be  chronicled 
in  other  chapters.     [See  Genealogy,  Johnston.] 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  59 

James  Corliss,  who  settled  in  1769,  was  of  a  family  which  became 
influential  in  town  and  county,  and  others  who  added  materially  to  the 
prosperity  of  the  settlement  were  John  Chase,  John  Herr  and  Jonathan 
Ring.  A  daughter  of  the  latter  became  the  wife  of  Gen.  John  Mont- 
gomery, and  a  great  grandson,  George  Ring,  carpenter  and  builder  lives 
in  Woodsville,  one  of  the  very  few  descendants  of  the  early  settlers  residing 
in  town. 

Among  the  settlers  of  1770  was  Amos  Kimball  who  came  from  Ver- 
mont, settling  first  at  Ladd  Street,  but  later  removed  to  the  north  end  of 
the  town  near  Woodsville,  where  he  became  the  leading  citizen  of  that 
section,  his  descendants  becoming  prominent  and  influential  in  town 
affairs. 

Luther  Richardson,  who  was  one  of  the  early  innholders  of  the  town, 
and  who  filled  various  town  offices,  settled  in  1772.  Ephraim  Wesson 
and  Jonathan  Hale  settled  the  same  year.  Major  Hale  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Revolution,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety 
during  that  struggle.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  having  charge  of 
the  scouting  parties  sent  out  from  Haverhill.  On  several  occasions  he 
secured  arms  and  ammunition  for  the  town.  Later  he  acquired  large 
landed  interests  in  Coventry,  and  owned  a  farm  of  upwards  of  a  thousand 
acres  on  what  was  known  as  Coventry  Meadows,  later  Benton  Flats. 

Captain  Wesson  came  from  Pepperell,  Mass.  He  had  seen  hard  service 
in  the  old  French  war,  held  a  lieutenant's  commission  in  the  expedition 
against  Crown  Point  in  1755,  later  was  at  the  taking  of  Louisburg,  partic- 
ipated in  the  attack  on  Ticonderoga,  and  fought  in  other  battles  of  that 
war.  He  became  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Haverhill,  served  as  mod- 
erator and  selectman,  and  very  naturally  became  prominent  in  the  Revolu- 
lution.  He  was  a  member  for  a  time  of  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Exeter, 
and  a  special  delegate  for  the  procurement  of  arms  for  Haverhill.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  committees  of  safety  and  of  correspondence.  He 
lived  at  Horse  Meadow,  and  was  a  neighbor  of  and  intimately  associated 
with  Timothy  Barren.  Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  moved  to 
Groton,  Vt.,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  town.  He  was  a 
brave  and  accomplished  officer,  a  man  of  unblemished  character  and 
reputation  of  unyielding  Puritan  principles.  He  lived  to  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety-three  years. 

Thomas  Simpson  settled  in  1772  or  1773.  He  was  almost  constantly 
in  service  during  the  Revolution,  was  captain  of  rangers.  He  served  as 
moderator,  selectman  and  held  numerous  positions  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility. In  petitioning  for  a  pension  on  account  of  the  loss  of  an  eye  and 
because  of  other  wounds,  he  eloquently  closed:  "that  he  may  express  in 
strains  of  gratitude  the  liberality  of  that  country  in  whose  service  he  has 
spent  the  best  of  his  days,  and  in  whose  defence  he  more  than  once  shed 


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cheerfully  the  crimson  flood  of  life."  No  government,  not  even  an 
ungrateful  republic  could  resist  such  an  appeal.  Captain  Simpson  was 
granted  a  pension.     [See  Simpson,  Genealogy.] 

Bryan  Kay  came  to  Haverhill  in  the  latter  part  of  1774,  and  became  a 
a  farmer  and  inn  keeper.  At  the  age  of  38  with  his  wife  Dorothy,  age  42, 
five  daughters,  a  brother,  Robert,  age  42,  he  sailed  from  Hull,  England, 
for  Fort  Cumberland,  Nova  Scotia.  In  landing  at  Halifax  his  two  elder 
daughters  were  drowned,  and  the  remainder  of  the  family  including  the 
brother  Robert,  who  settled  in  Newbury,  came  to  Haverhill.  Of  the 
surviving  daughters,  one  married  Stephen  Morse,  another  John  Morse, 
his  brother,  and  another  Moses  Porter.  [See  Genealogies.]  During  the 
Revolution  several  of  the  annual  and  special  town  meetings  were  held  at 
his  house,  and  the  various  offices  to  which  he  was  repeatedly  elected  and 
appointed  indicate  his  usefulness  as  a  citizen.  Though  a  Yorkshire 
man,  and  but  recently  from  the  Mother  Country,  he  heartily  espoused  the 
patriot  cause. 

That  Haverhill  had  become  in  1774  just  previous  to  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revolution,  the  leading  town  in  the  Coos  county  was  due  in  part  to 
natural  advantages,  but  more  to  the  character  of  the  men  who  were  its 
first  settlers,  such  men  as  these  just  enumerated.  They  had  the  fitness 
and  training  for  the  task  they  undertook.  The  records  of  their  town  meet- 
ings are  meagre,  but  such  as  they  are  they  shed  light  on  the  beginnings 
of  the  town. 

The  first  annual  town  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  John  Hall,  inn- 
holder,  in  Plaistow,  March  13,  1764.  James  Bayley  was  elected  modera- 
tor, and  thereupon  the  meeting  "adjourned  to  the  house  of  Maj.  John 
Taplin  in  Haverhill,  Wednesday,  June  13,  1764."  Unfortunately  there 
is  no  record  of  this  adjourned  meeting.  The  first  meeting  of  which  there 
is  record  was  a  special  meeting  held  at  the  house  of  John  Hazen,  January 
25,  1765,  a  meeting  of  such  importance  and  significance  that  the  entire 
record  is  of  special  interest.     Five  votes  were  passed : 

1st:  Voted  to  join  with  Newbury  to  give  Mr.  Peter  Powers  a  call  as  their  gospel 
minister. 

2d:  Voted  to  give  their  equal  proportion  of  his  salary  as  Newbury  has  voted,  viz.: 
seventy-five  pounds — dollars  six  shillings — and  also  to  give  thirty  cords  good  wood  at 
his  Dore,  cut  and  corded. 

3d:  Voted  to  pay  one-third  part  of  Mr.  Peter  Power's  settlement  as  Newbury  has 
voted,  with  a  condition  that  Newbury  shall  be  bound  and  obligated  to  return  said  money 
when  Haverhill  shall  settle  a  minister  to  be  returned  in  the  same  speacies  Haverhill  has 
paid  it  in. 

4th:  Voted  that  Timothy  Bedel,  John  Taplin  Esq.,  and  Elisha  Lock  be  a  committee 
to  wait  upon  Mr.  Powers  with  the  above  votes,  and  to  apply  to  the  Proprietors  of  Haver- 
hill for  their  assistance  in  the  above  affair. 

5th:  Voted  that  this  meeting  stand  adjourned  to  the  1st  day  of  February,  1765,  at 
3  o'clock  p.  m.  at  Captain  Hazens  in  Haverhill. 


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There  is  no  record  of  this  adjourned  meeting. 

The  first  town  meeting  of  which  there  is  record  provided  for  a  "gospel 
ministry."  The  first  money  raised  and  appropriated  was  for  the  salary 
of  a  gospel  minister.  It  antedated  appropriations  for  roads,  schools,  or 
even  the  salaries  or  wages  of  town  officers.  The  first  corporate  act  of 
these  settlers  was  to  establish  a  town  church.  The  reason  for  this  may 
pertinently  be  asked.  These  first  settlers  were  of  sturdy  Puritan  stock, 
were  God-fearing  men,  but  were  not  religious  devotees.  Indeed,  few 
were  church  members.  There  were  reasons  for  this  action  other  than 
those  purely  religious.  These  settlers  wished  to  give  their  town  char- 
acter and  standing,  to  offer  inducements  to  a  desirable  class  of  families 
to  make  their  homes  in  a  wilderness.  Hence  they  first  of  all  established 
a  church.  The  minister  of  the  average  New  England  town  in  the  eight- 
eenth century  was  its  first  citizen.  He  was  the  recognized,  almost 
unquestioned  authority  on  questions  of  religion  and  morals,  the  arbiter 
in  matters  educational  and  social,  if  not  indeed  political.  There  were 
no  newspapers,  few  books  in  the  new  settlements;  schools  had  not  been 
established.  Stated  worship  on  the  Lord's  Day  furnished  the  only  oppor- 
tunity for  the  scattered  families  to  meet,  exchange  greetings,  hear  the 
latest  news  from  the  old  home  towns,  discuss  quietly  among  themselves 
matters  of  local  importance  as  well  as  obtain  religious  instruction.  Every- 
body "went  to  meeting,"  to  services  held  not  in  "a  church,"  but  in  a 
meetinghouse.  They  sat  on  rude  benches  and  listened  reverently,  or 
indifferently,  as  the  case  might  be,  to  long  prayers  and  still  longer  ser- 
mons; but  this  Sabbath  meeting  was  their  one  weekly  outing,  their  only 
vacation  from  strenuous  toil  and  labor.  It  was  newspaper,  library,  club, 
as  well  as  the  House  of  God.  This  first  corporate  action  of  the  settlers 
was  wise,  worldly  wise.  They  might  not  have  been  devotedly  pious, 
most  of  them  were  not,  but  they  recognized  in  the  church  and  its  minister 
not  only  an  institution  which  would  attract  desirable  settlers,  give  char- 
acter to  the  community,  but  a  saving  salt  which  would  prevent  the  degen- 
eration of  their  settlement  into  the  primitive  conditions  of  savagery. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  1765,  held  at  the  house  of  John  Hazen,  the 
records  show  no  business  except  the  choosing  of  officers.  The  minor  offi- 
cers elected  were:  Constable,  Edward  Bayley;  hogreeve,  Uriah  Morse; 
surveyors  of  highways,  Joshua  Hayward,  James  Woodward;  fence  viewer, 
Jonathan  Sanders;  tything  man,  Jonathan  Goodwin.  On  the  second 
article  in  the  warrant,  "to  see  what  sum  of  money  the  town  will  raise 
for  the  payment  of  Mr.  Powers  and  other  public  affairs,"  no  action  seems 
to  have  been  taken. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  1766,  the  minor  officers  chosen  were:  Con- 
stable, James  Abbott;  surveyors  of  highways,  Maxi  Haseltine,  Nathaniel 
Merrill;  hogreeve,  Moses  Bayley;  fence  viewers,  John  Page,  Asa  Bailey; 


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surveyor  of  timber,  Richard  Young;  tything  man,  Edward  Bayley.  The 
progress  made  in  the  settlement  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  a  pound 
seems  to  have  become  a  necessity,  and  it  was  voted  to  build  a  pound  for 
the  benefit  of  the  town.  Joseph  Hutchins,  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  James 
Woodward  were  appointed  a  committee  to  build  it.  This  pound  was 
probably  located  at  Ladd  Street  and  John  Ladd  was  the  first  pound 
keeper. 

The  importance  of  the  pound  is  indicated  by  the  character  of  the  pound 
committee.  It  was  voted  to  raise  £10  lawful  money  for  the  use  of  the 
town,  and  the  price  of  all  labor  done  for  the  town  was  fixed  at  one-half 
dollar  a  day.     This  was  the  first  money  raised  for  town  purposes. 

In  1767,  the  minor  officers  chosen  were:  Constable,  Maxi  Haseltine; 
surveyors  of  highways,  Edward  Bayley,  John  Page,  Joshua  Hayward; 
hogreeves,  Moses  Bayley,  Timothy  Barns  (Barron) ;  fence  viewers,  Joseph 
Hutchins,  Joshua  Haywood. 

Highways  seem  to  have  occupied  the  time  and  attention  of  the  annual 
meeting  this  year.  They  were  rude  apologies  for  highways,  little  more 
than  bridle  paths.  The  difficulty  seems  to  have  been  that  many  settlers 
did  not  respond  to  the  call  of  the  surveyors  for  work  in  making  roads, 
since  it  was  voted  that  William  Bancroft,  Joseph  Hutchins  and  Richard 
Young  be  "a  committee  to  settle  with  the  old  surveyors  and  see  who  has 
worked  and  who  has  not,"  and  further  that  "the  surveyors  shall  not  call 
on  them  that  has  done  the  most  work  till  the  others  have  done  their  part." 
Three  shillings  a  day  was  fixed  as  the  price  for  a  man  for  work  on  the 
highway,  and  two  shillings  for  a  yoke  of  oxen.  Elisha  Lock  was  the  first 
tax  collector. 

A  special  meeting  was  held  June  15,  1767,  at  which  the  question  of 
highways  was  again  at  the  front,  and  John  Hazen,  Ezekiel  Ladd  and 
Timothy  Bedel  were  made  a  committee  to  lay  out  roads  and  to  see  that 
the  same  were  made  by  the  town.  At  this  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to 
raise  £35  lawful  money  for  Mr.  Powers  and  other  town  charges.  The 
minister  was  a  town  charge.  Also  voted  to  "jine"  with  Newbury  in 
building  a  meetinghouse  in  the  center  of  Newbury  as  the  road  shall  be 
laid  out  beginning  at  the  south  side  of  the  governor's  farm,  measuring 
the  road  next  to  the  river  to  the  south  end  of  said  town  or  the  lower  end, 
and  the  middle  is  the  place. 

In  1768,  at  the  annual  meeting,  balloting  for  the  choice  of  officers  was 
dispensed  with,  as  it  was  voted  to  choose  all  officers  by  "handy"  vote, 
whatever  that  might  mean. 

The  minor  officers  were:  Constable,  William  Bancroft;  surveyors  of  the 
highways,  John  Way,  Ezekiel  Ladd;  hogreeves,  Moses  Bayley,  Joshua 
Hayward;  fence  viewer,  John  Mills;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Nathaniel 
Weston;  tything  man,  Joseph  Hutchins.     It  was  voted  to  raise  £40 


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lawful  money  to  pay  Mr.  Powers  and  to  defray  other  town  charges  for 
the  year. 

In  1769  the  minor  officers  elected  were:  Constable,  Josiah  Elkins; 
highway  surveyors,  John  Way,  Joseph  Haines;  hogreeves,  Richard 
Young,  Ebenezer  Rice;  fence  viewer,  Samuel  Ladd;  sealer  of  leather, 
James  Abbott;  tything  man,  James  Abbott;  surveyor  of  lumber, 
Nathaniel  Weston.  Wolves  were  evidently  becoming  troublesome,  for  it 
was  voted  to  give  a  bounty  of  20s  for  each  wolf  caught  and  killed  in  town. 

At  a  special  meeting  February  15,  1770,  "Voted  to  build  a  meeting 
house  in  Haverhill  the  present  year." 

At  the  annual  meeting  March  13,  it  was  voted  to  set  the  meetinghouse 
on  the  common  land  that  Joshua  Poole's  house  stands  on;  that  the 
house  be  40  by  50  feet;  that  Jonathan  Sanders,  Elisha  Locke  and  Ezekiel 
Ladd  be  a  committee  to  provide  building  material.  The  sum  of  £35  was 
voted  for  preaching  and  £6  to  defray  town  charges.  The  selectmen  were 
made  a  committee  to  dispose  of  the  money  for  preaching.  John  Page 
and  John  Chase  were  appointed  "to  reckon  with  the  former  selectmen." 
The  minor  officers  chosen  were:  Highway  surveyors,  Joseph  Hutchins, 
Joshua  Hay  ward;  hogreeve,  James  Corliss;  tything  men,  John  Way, 
Jonathan  Elkins;  fence  viewers,  John  Way,  Elisha  Lock;  sealer  of  leather, 
and  of  weights  and  measures,  James  Abbott ;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Elisha 
Lock. 

The  annual  meeting  in  1771  was  held  March  12  at  Joshua  Poole's. 
Simeon  Goodwin  was  chosen  constable;  treasurer,  John  Hazen;  highway 
surveyors,  Timothy  Barron,  James  Bayley,  John  Hew;  sealer  weights  and 
measures,  Charles  Johnston;  fence  viewers,  Ebenezer  Rice,  Joshua  Poole, 
John  Page;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Elisha  Locke.  A  bounty  was  again 
voted  on  wolves,  and  the  sum  of  £35  was  voted  the  Rev.  Mr.  Powers 
"the  present  year,  provided  he  preach  in  Haverhill."  It  was  voted  to 
raise  the  frame  of  the  meeting  house,  board  and  shingle  and  lay  the  under- 
floor.  Later  this  vote  was  reconsidered.  They  voted  to  build  a  house 
one  story,  30  by  36  feet,  and  Jona  Sanders,  Maxi  Hazeltine  and  Ezekiel 
Ladd  were  chosen  a  building  committee.  These  votes  were  subsequently 
reconsidered.  Voted  to  raise  £50  lawful  money  to  build  a  house,  and 
that  each  man  shall  have  the  privilege  of  working  out  his  proportion  at 
3s  per  day.  It  was  voted  at  an  adjourned  meeting  March  19  to  build 
the  house  proposed  in  1770,  and  Jona  Sanders,  James  Bayley  and  Timo- 
thy Barron  were  chosen  the  building  committee.  Bills  to  the  amount  of 
£23,  6s,  Qd  were  allowed  for  work  already  performed  on  the  meeting 
house.  Edward  Bayley  had  spent  a  day  in  "numbering  the  people"  in 
town  in  1767,  and  for  this  work,  he  was  now  allowed  3s. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  1772  Joshua  Hay  ward  was  elected  constable; 
Simeon  Goodwin,  treasurer;  Ephraim  Weston  and  James  Corliss,  high- 


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way  surveyors;  Charles  Johnston,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures; 
James  Abbott,  sealer  of  leather;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Elisha  Lock; 
hogreeves,  Joseph  Hutchins,  John  Way;  fence  viewer,  Ezekiel  Ladd. 
The  6s  bounty  was  continued  on  wolves  with  the  provision  that  they  be 
full  grown. 

In  1773,  the  annual  meeting  voted  to  hire  a  master  "to  keep  a  town 
school  the  present  year."  At  an  adjourned  meeting  it  was  voted  to  raise 
£35  lawful  money  to  be  paid  in  specie  for  the  use  of  school,  and  £5  in 
cash  to  defray  town  charges.  John  Page  was  allowed  24s  for  work  on 
timber  for  the  meeting  house,  and  3s  a  day  was  fixed  upon  as  compensa- 
tion for  the  various  officers,  when  attending  to  their  duties.  This  was 
the  first  year  money  was  raised  for  a  school.  The  river  road  from  Bath 
line  to  Piermont  line  which  had  been  laid  out  four  rods  wide  and  which 
had  been  cut  out  by  the  proprietors  was  this  year  given  to  the  town. 
The  lesser  town  officials  chosen  were:  Constable,  Joshua  Hay  ward;  fence 
viewers,  Timothy  Barron,  Simeon  Goodwin,  James  Woodward ;  tything 
men,  Jonathan  Elkins,  Charles  Bayley,  Joshua  Hayward ;  surveyor  lum- 
ber, James  Woodward;  hogreeves,  Daniel  Y.  Wood,  Charles  Bayley, 
David  Ladd;  deerreeve,  Ephraim  Wesson.  Jurors  were  chosen  this 
year  for  the  first  time  for  the  Grafton  County  courts. 

In  1774  the  annual  town  meeting  which  had  previously  been  almost 
uniformly  held  at  Captain  Hazen's  was  held  March  8  at  the  house  of 
Luther  Richardson.  A  new  minor  office  was  created,  and  Joshua  Hay- 
ward  and  James  Corliss  were  elected  surveyors  of  wheat.  Other  officers 
were:  Constable,  James  Woodward;  tything  men,  John  Page,  Jonathan 
Elkins,  Maxi  Haseltine,  Timothy  Barron;  highway  surveyors,  James 
Bailey,  Maxi  Haseltine,  Joshua  Hayward,  Timothy  Barron,  James  Cor- 
liss, John  Page  (this  office  had  become  more  important  by  the  taking 
over  from  the  proprietors  the  river  road);  surveyor  of  lumber,  Joseph 
Hutchins;  fence  viewers,  Timothy  Barron,  Samuel  Ladd,  Luther  Rich- 
ardson; hogreeves,  Jonathan  Ring,  Luther  Richardson,  Stephen  Smith; 
deerreeve,  Charles  Bailey;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  Samuel  Hull; 
sealer  of  leather,  Ezekiel  Ladd.  Taverns  had  been  opened.  The  old 
account  books  of  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  Asa  Porter  show  sales  of  merchandise, 
the  prophecy  of  the  later  country  stores.  Artisans  were  employed  at  their 
various  trades.  Wolves  and  bears  were  being  exterminated,  and  the 
necessity  for  protection  of  deer  was  seen  in  the  appointment  by  the  town 
of  deerreeves. 

The  census  taken  in  1767  by  Edward  Bailey  gave  a  population  of  172; 
unmarried  men  from  16  to  60,  21;  married  men  from  16  to  60,  32;  boys, 
16  and  under,  43;  men,  60  and  above,  1;  unmarried  females,  43;  married 
females,  29;  male  slaves,  2;  female  slaves,  1. 

Another  census  was  taken  in  1773,  showing  a  marked  increase  in  the 


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six  years,  a  total  of  387,  classified  as  follows:  unmarried  men  between 
the  ages  of  16  and  60,  30;  married  men  between  the  ages  of  16  and  60, 
66;  men  over  60,  1;  unmarried  females,  112;  married,  66;  widows,  3; 
negro  slaves,  2. 

It  will  be  noted  that  the  increase  in  the  number  of  families  during  these 
six  years  was  more  than  100  per  cent,  another  marked  indication  of  the 
healthy  and  prosperous  growth  of  settlement. 

Danger  from  wolves  had  evidently  decreased,  and  the  bounty  for  their 
killing  was  withdrawn.  It  was  voted  to  provide  "two  burying  places" 
in  the  town,  also  a  burying  cloth  for  use  of  the  town.  The  places 
provided  were  what  are  now  the  Ladd  Street  and  Horse  Meadow 
Cemeteries. 

Premonitions  of  the  struggle  for  independence  in  which  the  colonies 
were  to  become  involved  are  found  in  the  brief  record  of  a  special  meeting 
held  at  the  house  of  Luther  Richardson  November  4,  1774,  Capt.  Eph- 
raim  Wesson,  moderator. 

"Voted  to  provide  a  town  stock  of  ammunition." 

"Voted  to  raise  £20  to  provide  a  town  stock  of  ammunition." 

A  proposition  to  provide  arms  for  such  persons  of  the  town  as  are  unable 
to  procure  arms  for  themselves  was  negatived. 

The  records  of  the  town  meetings,  and  of  the  meetings  of  the  proprietors 
are  meagre,  but  much  progress  had  been  made  and  Haverhill  had  become 
a  fully  established  town.  The  records  contain  hints  of  methods  adopted. 
A  church  had  been  established.  Provision  had  been  made  for  schools. 
An  effort  had  been  made,  which  only  narrowly  failed  to  locate  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  town.  Haverhill  had  been  made  the  chief  shire  town  of 
Grafton  County.  The  chief  justice  and  one  of  the  associate  justices  of 
the  county  court  were  citizens  of  Haverhill.  A  court  house  and  jail  had 
been  erected.  The  meadows  and  adjoining  uplands  along  the  river  from 
Bath  to  Piermont  had  been  occupied  and  were  the  homes  of  thrifty  and 
enterprising  settlers.  Mills  had  been  erected,  frame  houses  were  super- 
seding the  log  cabins  which  were  the  first  homes.  Commendable  progress 
had  been  made  in  making  roads. 


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CHAPTER  V 


ATTEMPTED   SECESSION   AND   REVOLUTIONARY  WAR 

Haverhill  During  the  War  of  the  Revolution — Officers  Appointed  by  the 
Exeter  Government — Cause  of  Disaffection  in  Coos  and  Attempted  Seces- 
sion— Its  History  and  the  Result — Haverhill  Stood  by  the  Patriot  Cause — 
Colonel  Hurd  Leaves  Town  on  Colonel  Porter's  Return  Home — In  Double 
Revolt — Names  of  Haverhill  Soldiers — One  Hundred  and  Nineteen  Men. 

The  conditions  existing  in  Coos  towns,  of  which  Haverhill  in  1775  was 
the  recognized  centre  of  influence,  were  peculiar,  and  need  to  be  consid- 
ered in  any  account  of  the  part  borne  in  Haverhill  in  the  Revolutionary 
struggle.  The  Coos  towns  had  been  chartered  by  His  Majesty's  govern- 
ors, and  were  nominally  a  part  of  His  Majesty's  province,  but  in  some 
respects  this  connection  with  the  province  was  more  nominal  than  real. 
Previous  to  the  termination  of  the  royal  government,  no  town  in  the  Coos 
country,  or  on  either  side  of  the  Connecticut  River,  had  been  represented 
in  the  provincial  legislature  except  Charlestown  which  was  first  repre- 
sented in  1771.  For  the  House  of  1775,  members  were  elected  for  the 
towns  of  Plymouth,  Orford  and  Lyme  by  virtue  of  the  King's  writ,  but 
they  were  refused  seats  on  the  ground  that  the  writ  had  been  issued  with- 
out the  concurrence  of  the  legislature.  This  body  was  not  disposed  to 
add  to  its  membership  from  the  recently  settled  towns.  This  refusal 
led  to  an  acrimonious  dispute  between  the  governor  and  the  house.  The 
governor  stood  on  the  royal  prerogative,  and  the  House  upon  its  right  to 
regulate  its  membership  and  grant  the  privilege  of  representation  as  it 
saw  fit. 

The  towns  in  the  northern  and  western  section  of  the  province  were 
aggrieved  at  this  denial  of  representation,  and  in  this  grievance  Haverhill 
shared.  This  feeling  later  induced  action  which  threatened  the  integrity 
of  the  new  state  of  New  Hampshire.  Many  of  those  who  had  settled  the 
Coos  towns, — and  this  was  especially  true  of  Haverhill, — were  men  of 
culture  and  influence,  and  they  were  inclined  to  pay  little  heed  to  legis- 
lative enactments  in  which  they  had  no  voice.  When  the  break  came 
between  the  Province  and  the  Crown  and  the  provincial  congress  became 
a  provisional  government,  Haverhill  was  unrepresented,  except  during 
the  fourth  and  fifth  congresses,  when  Ephraim  Wesson  and  John  Hurd 
were  members  of  the  fourth,  and  John  Hurd  of  the  fifth,  in  which  he 
represented  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Bath,  Lyman,  Gunthwaite,  Landaff 
and  Morristown.  Just  how  or  when  Wesson  and  Hurd  were  elected  does 
not,  however,  appear  in  the  town  records.     There  was  no  subsequent 

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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  67 

representation  of  Haverhill  in  the  new  government  until  1783.  When  a 
special  town  meeting  was  held,  January  5,  1775,  to  consider  the  threaten- 
ing aspect  of  affairs,  a  committee,  consisting  of  James  Bayley,  Capt. 
Ephraim  Wesson,  Capt.  Charles  Johnston,  Simeon  Goodwin,  Timothy 
Barron,  Lieut.  Joseph  Hutchins  and  Maxi  Haseltine,  was  appointed  to 
see  that  the  results  of  the  Continental  Congress  were  duly  observed  in  the 
town.  The  phrase  "results  of  the  Continental  Congress"  is  significant 
as  is  also  the  fact  that  nowhere  in  the  town  records  during  the  Revolution 
is  there  any  reference  to  the  provincial  congress  or  house  of  representa- 
tives of  New  Hampshire. 

The  Exeter  government  made  requisitions  for  aid  and  service  from 
Haverhill  and  like  appeals  were  made  to  the  Exeter  authorities  by  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Haverhill  and  Coos,  but  these  were  made  largely  because  of 
dangers  threatening  the  entire  province  and  state  as  well  as  Coos  from 
the  north.  The  fact  remains,  however,  that  there  was  little  sympathy 
on  the  part  of  the  masses  of  the  people  of  Haverhill  and  the  surrounding 
towns  with  the  Exeter  government.  The  tie  of  allegiance  to  New  Hamp- 
shire was  not  strongly  binding. 

It  was  recognized,  however,  at  the  outset  that  the  holding  of  Coos 
against  attack  by  the  British  from  Canada  was  all  important.  As  early 
as  May  2,  1775,  committees  from  the  towns  of  Lyme,  Orford,  Piermont, 
Bath,  Gunthwaite,  Lancaster,  Northumberland  and  Haverhill  met  at 
the  house  of  Joseph  Hutchins,  innholder,  in  Haverhill  and  signed  the 
following  pledge  and  declaration: 

We,  the  subscribers,  do  solemnly  declare  by  all  the  sacred  ties  of  honor  and  religion, 
that  we  will  act  at  all  times  against  all  illegal  and  unconstitutional  impositions  and  acts 
of  parliament,  made  and  enacted  against  the  New  England  governments  and  the  con- 
tinent of  English  North  America.  And  we  do  believe  that  shutting  up  the  port  of 
Boston,  Quebec  bill,  and  sundry  other  bills  and  acts,  to  be  illegal  and  unconstitutional, 
and  also  the  declaration  wherein  the  New  England  governments  are  declared  in  a  state 
of  rebellion,  etc.,  are  unconstitutional  and  unjust;  and  we  do  engage  to  stand  in  opposi- 
tion to  all  force  come,  or  coming  against  us,  by  order  of  the  present  ministry,  for  sup- 
porting of  the  present  measures,  while  our  lives  and  fortunes  last,  or  until  those  notorious 
and  unconstitutional  acts  are  repealed  and  the  American  Colonies  re-established  in  the 
privileges  due  to  them  as  English  subjects. 

This  pledge  was  signed  by  Lieut.  Charles  Nelson  for  Lyme;  Daniel 
Tillotson,  Esq.,  for  Orford;  Lieut.  Jonathan  Chandler,  Lieut.  John  Weed 
for  Piermont;  Timothy  Bedel,  Esq.,  Capt.  Oliver  Sanders,  William  East- 
man for  Bath;  John  Young  for  Gunthwaite,  (Lisbon);  Joseph  Peverly, 
Esq.,  for  Northumberland;  Capt.  Edward  Beakman  for  Lancaster; 
James  Bayley,  Simeon  Goodwin,  Timothy  Barron,  Charles  Johnston  for 
Haverhill. 

These  men  proceeded  at  once  to  take  action.  They  voted  to  organize 
a  regiment  for  service  to  consist  of  enlistments  from  the  several  towns, 


68  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

and  also  chose  committees  to  send  scouting  parties  to  Canada  or  elsewhere 
as  may  be  thought  proper.  Officers  appointed  for  the  regiment  were: 
Colonel,  Timothy  Bedel;  lieutenant-colonel,  Charles  Johnston;  first 
major,  Jonathan  Childs;  second  major,  James  Bayley;  adjutant,  Simeon 
Goodwin;  quartermaster,  John  Young;  surgeon,  Samuel  Hale.  It  was 
provided  that  the  company  officers,  captain,  lieutenant,  and  ensign,  be 
appointed  by  the  several  towns,  and  it  was  further  voted,  that  "each  and 
every  person  belonging  to  our  said  towns  do  put  themselves  under  com- 
mand, and  submit  themselves  unto  such  commanding  officers  as  are  and 
shall  be  chosen  by  this  committee  and  each  particular  town."  Ezekiel 
Ladd  was  appointed  to  represent  the  committee  in  the  provincial  congress, 
and  that  Charles  Johnston,  clerk  of  the  committee,  was  directed  to  trans- 
mit a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting  to  the  fourth  provincial 
congress  to  be  convened  at  Exeter  on  the  17th  of  May,  1775. 

It  does  not  appear  that  Ezekiel  Ladd  served  as  a  delegate,  and  it  may  be 
that  Ephraim  Wesson  and  John  Hurd  were  appointed  in  his  place,  as 
Wesson  appears  to  have  been  in  attendance  on  this  fourth  congress 
fifty-nine  days,  and  Hurd  six  days,  before  its  dissolution,  November  15. 
Colonel  Johnston,  in  transmitting  his  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
meeting  to  the  fourth  congress  as  directed,  mentioned  the  reports 
prevalent  that  men  were  being  invited  by  Governor  Carlton  of  Que- 
bec, and  that  Indians  were  being  engaged,  for  the  invasion  of  Coos, 
and  further  wrote: 

How  near  the  borders  of  the  enemy  we  are,  every  one  knows  who  is  acquainted  with 
the  boundaries  of  our  province.  As  to  the  position  of  defence,  we  are  in  difficult  cir- 
cumstances; we  are  in  want  of  both  arms  and  ammunition.  There  is  little  or  none 
worth  mentioning,  perhaps  one  pound  of  powder  to  twenty  men,  and  not  one  half  of  our 
men  have  arms.  Now,  gentlemen,  we  have  all  reason  to  suspect,  and  really  look  upon, 
ourselves  in  imminent  danger  of  the  enemy,  and  at  this  time  in  no  capacity  for  a  defence 
for  want  of  arms  and  ammunition.  .  .  .  We  refer  the  matter  to  your  mature  con- 
sideration, whether  it  is  not  necessary  to  give  us  assistance  in  case  of  invasion.  We  have 
a  number  of  men  in  these  parts  of  the  country  who  have  not  any  real  estate,  who  will 
certainly  leave  us  unless  some  assistance  is  given ;  and  who  are  ready  to  assist  and  stand 
by  our  cause  with  their  lives,  provided  encouragement  is  given  them.  If  you  shall 
think  it  necessary  to  raise  forces  to  defend  this  our  Province,  if  you  will  give  orders  in 
what  manner  assistance  can  be  provided,  please  to  inform  us  as  expeditiously  as  the 
nature  of  things  will  allow.  There  is  no  doubt  of  enlisting  numbers  without  distressing 
or  much  interfering  with  towns  near  the  seacoast  provided  we  have  the  platform  to  act 
on. 

In  response  to  this  appeal,  the  provincial  congress  voted,  June  3,  that 
a  company  of  sixty  men  be  raised  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  western  fron- 
tiers to  be  commissioned  by  the  Committee  of  Safety,  and  that  these,  and 
two  companies  out  of  the  two  thousand  men  raised  in  this  colony,  be 
stationed  as  soon  as  the  Committee  of  Supplies  procure  stores  for  them 
by  the  Committee  of  Safety,  on  said  frontiers  and  remain  until  further 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  69 

orders.  Timothy  Bedel,  who  had  a  month  before,  as  has  been  seen,  been 
appointed  by  the  representatives  of  the  Coos  towns  colonel  of  a  regiment 
to  be  raised,  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  these  companies  now 
authorized.  July  7,  he  was  commissioned  captain,  and  later  in  the  month 
mustered  his  men  at  Haverhill,  which  was  made  the  place  of  rendezvous. 
In  September,  commissioned  colonel  of  a  force  of  about  1,200  men,  he 
joined  the  army  of  General  Schuyler  who  was  invading  St.  Johns,  Canada. 
This  regiment  rendered  brilliant  service.  The  patriotic  spirit  was  dom- 
inant. The  citizens  of  Haverhill  were  ready  to  act  at  the  very  outset; 
they  only  wanted  authority,  and  though  the  men  raised  for  defence  were 
used  for  aggression  it  was  little  more  than  authority  that  was  granted.  So 
seemingly  neglectful  were  the  Exeter  authorities  in  making  provision  for 
Colonel  Bedel's  troops,  that  down  to  the  fall  of  St.  Johns  in  November, 
1775,  it  was  uncertain  whether  his  command  belonged  to  the  military 
establishment  of  the  province  or  that  of  the  Continental  government, 
the  result  being  that  both  governments  neglected  to  pay  his  men,  a  neglect 
due  partly  to  lack  of  ability  on  the  part  of  both. 

At  the  beginning  and  indeed  all  through  the  struggle  for  independence, 
Haverhill  and  her  sister  towns  were  made  to  feel  that  they  had  little  to 
expect  in  the  way  of  material  aid  from  the  Exeter  government. 

During  the  entire  war  the  town  maintained  a  Committee  of  Safety, 
composed  of  her  most  substantial  citizens;  and  these  committees  were 
constantly  on  the  watch.  Haverhill  was  the  rendezvous  from  which 
troops,  scouting  parties,  rangers  and  supplies  were  sent  out.  There  were 
frequent  alarms  from  threatened  invasion  from  Canada.  Four  stockade 
forts  were  built  in  1776  to  secure  the  people  from  sudden  attacks.  Two  of 
these  were  on  the  Plain  (North  Haverhill),  one  on  Ladd  Street  and  one 
at  the  Corner,  built  around  the  Colonel  Johnston  homestead.  At  all 
times  there  was  a  lack  of  arms  and  ammunition.  The  Exeter  authorities 
responded  to  some  of  the  appeals  made  for  such  supplies,  mostly,  how- 
ever, during  the  later  years  of  the  war,  but  the  records  show  that  the 
town  was,  at  its  annual  and  special  meetings,  making  the  best  provision 
possible  for  defence.  Powder,  lead  and  firearms  were  the  aid  sought. 
The  town  paid  the  expenses  of  scouting  parties,  and  furnished  horses  for 
the  same.  Supplies  were  voted  for  the  families  of  those  absent  from  home 
on  military  service.  Captain  Wesson,  in  1775,  gave  his  personal  note  to 
the  Exeter  authorities  for  fifty  pounds  of  gunpowder  for  the  use  of  the 
town.  The  town  at  its  meeting  March  14,  1780,  voted  to  reimburse  him. 
At  this  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  allow  James  Ladd  £21,  17s,  Qd  for 
himself  and  five  men  one  month  and  seventeen  days  each  scouting  to  be 
paid  in  wheat  at  6s  per  bushel;  Charles  Bailey,  12s  for  running  98  pounds 
lead  into  bullets,  also  £4,  6s  for  journey  and  expenses  to  Hanover  in  the 
previous  January.     Conferences  were  frequently  held  with  committees 


70  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  safety  of  other  towns,  and  the  scouting  parties  were  under  the  general 
direction  of  these  committees  of  safety. 

The  break  of  Haverhill  with  the  new  state  government  began  in  1776. 
When  Col.  John  Hurd,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the  fifth  provincial 
congress  which  met  at  Exeter  December  21,  1775,  arrived  home  in  Haver- 
hill in  July,  1776,  he  found  affairs  in  a  most  unsatisfactory  state.  Few 
men  had  been  more  prominent  and  influential  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
congress  and  the  legislature,  into  which  the  congress  soon  after  meeting 
was  resolved,  than  he.  Before  its  adjournment  he  had  been  given  almost 
the  entire  control  of  military  operations  in  Coos.  Haverhill  was  to  be  the 
rendezvous  for  soldiers  intended  for  service  in  Canada,  for  defence  of  the 
frontiers,  and  for  scouting  service.  In  connection  with  Col.  Israel  Morey 
of  Orford,  he  was  to  enlist  and  muster  the  men,  form  the  companies,  give 
orders  to  the  scouts  and  rangers,  and  deliver  commissions  to  those  whom 
the  soldiers  had  chosen  as  officers.  But  in  July,  1776,  the  army  in  Can- 
ada was  retreating  before  the  superior  force  of  General  Burgoyne. 
Colonel  Bedel  who,  after  the  fall  of  St.  Johns  in  the  latter  part  of  1775,  had 
in  January,  1776,  returned  to  Haverhill,  raised  in  the  Coos  county  another 
regiment  and  taken  it  through  the  woods  on  snowshoes  to  the  Cedars, 
near  Montreal,  was  under  arrest,  shortly  to  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 
Coos  was  in  a  state  of  alarm.  Haverhill,  as  previously  stated,  had  been 
fortified  to  some  extent;  the  towns  to  the  north  were  practically  deserted, 
and  many  had  left  Haverhill  for  their  old  homes.  Among  these  was  Mrs. 
Hurd,  whom  her  husband  met  at  Concord  on  his  way  home,  and  from 
which  place  he  sent  back  to  Exeter  urgent  appeals  for  help,  while  he 
hastened  on  to  Haverhill. 

Arriving  home  he  found  the  new  government,  of  which  he  was  so  impor- 
tant a  member,  regarded  with  anything  but  high  esteem  by  his  constitu- 
ents. And  the  causes  of  the  disaffection  existing  were  not  of  recent  origin. 
The  government  of  none  of  the  colonies  had  been  more  arbitrary  than  that 
of  New  Hampshire.  A  president  and  council  had  been  appointed  by 
royal  authority,  in  1679,  to  govern  what  has  since  been  known  in  history 
as  the  Mason  Grant,  and  the  form  of  government  then  set  up,  depending 
on  no  written  charter,  had  continued  without  virtual  change  till  John 
Wentworth  abandoned  his  post  in  1775. 

The  original  province  of  New  Hampshire  as  granted  to  John  Mason 
was  a  tract  but  sixty  miles  square,  but  when  the  royal  commission  was 
issued  to  Benning  Wentworth,  as  its  governor,  it  described  the  province 
as  bounded  on  the  west  and  north  by  "our  other  governments."  Went- 
worth thus  not  only  laid  claim  to  the  territory  which  constitutes  the  pres- 
ent state  of  New  Hampshire  but  also  to  that  within  the  present  boundaries 
of  Vermont.  Wentworth  proceeded  to  grant  townships  in  the  King's 
name  in  this  new  territory,  with  powers  and  privileges  similar  to  those  of 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  71 

the  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut  towns  from  which  it  was  expected 
settlers  would  be  drawn.  The  controversy  which  arose  between  New 
York  and  New  Hampshire,  relative  to  jurisdiction  over  this  territory,  led 
to  the  issuance  of  an  order  by  the  King  in  Council,  in  1764,  establishing 
the  west  bank  of  the  Connecticut  River  as  the  boundary  line  between  the 
two  provinces.  The  towns  granted  by  the  New  Hampshire  governor, 
on  both  sides  the  river,  were  many  of  them  rapidly  settled,  but  neither  of 
the  Wentworths  seems  to  have  taken  any  pains  to  make  them  really  a 
part  of  the  body  politic,  known  as  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire. 

The  provincial  government,  based  on  royal  commission,  was  pretty 
nearly  absolute.  The  power  of  its  assembly  had  from  the  first  been  cir- 
cumscribed by  the  will  of  the  governor,  and  its  office  had  been  little  more 
than  to  register  his  decrees.  Only  such  towns  were  allowed  representa- 
tions in  it  as  were  selected  by  him.  In  1680,  only  four  towns  were  given 
representation,  and  the  precepts  sent  to  them  expressly  named  the  electors 
who  were  to  choose  the  representatives.  In  1775,  the  list  of  favored  towns 
had  only  grown  to  forty-three,  while  upwards  of  one  hundred  had  no  voice 
in  legislation  at  all.  Only  three  in  all  the  region  to  the  north  and  west  of 
the  watershed  between  the  Merrimack  and  the  Connecticut  had  ever  had 
representatives  admitted  to  seats.  One  result  of  this  policy  was  that, 
in  the  later  years,  the  assembly  had  become  even  more  exclusive  than 
the  governor,  and  had  refused  to  admit  representatives  from  towns  to 
which  he  had  sent  precepts. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  the  government  of  the  province  had 
become  a  practical  oligarchy.  Its  controlling  spirits  were  the  aristocratic 
merchants  and  professional  men  of  the  seaport  town  of  the  county  of 
Rockingham  which,  down  to  1760,  contained  more  than  half  the  popu- 
lation of  the  province. 

The  settlers  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  towns  were  mostly  from  Massa- 
chusetts and  Connecticut  towns  and  were  imbued  with  a  spirit  of  democ- 
racy. Among  them  were  men  of  means  and  liberal  culture,  graduates  of 
Harvard  or  Yale,  eminently  fitted  to  mould  the  institutions  of  a  state  and 
guide  its  destinies.  Dartmouth  College  was  chartered  and  located  at 
Hanover,  and  naturally  became,  with  its  professors  and  other  educated 
and  influential  men  with  admitted  capacity  for  public  affairs,  the  centre 
of  political  influence  in  the  valley.  The  river  was  no  more  than  nominally 
a  dividing  line  between  separate  provinces.  The  government  of  New 
York  was  too  remote  to  make  itself  much  felt  on  the  west  side,  and  that 
of  New  Hampshire  was  scarcely  more  than  a  name  on  the  east  side.  It 
issued  a  few  commissions  to  justices  of  the  peace  and  to  militia  officers  and 
exacted  a  trifling  tax  in  return.  It  left  the  towns,  however,  pretty  much 
to  shift  for  themselves.  Representation  in  government,  dear  to  the 
hearts  of  the  men  who  settled  these  towns,  was  denied,  and  when  the  new 


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revolutionary  government  provided  for  it,  the  provision  was  regarded  by 
the  towns  interested  as  unfair  and  unequal.  Representation  in  the  house 
of  representatives  in  the  new  government  set  up  at  Exeter  was  based  on 
population.  Grafton  County  was  given  but  six  representatives  in  a 
total  of  eighty-nine,  and  for  purposes  of  representation  towns  were  classed. 

The  towns  in  the  valley  had  been  settled  by  men  who  held  to  the  prin- 
ciple that  the  town  should  be  the  unit  of  government,  entitled  to  repre- 
sentation in  a  legislative  assembly  in  its  capacity  as  a  town.  Hanover, 
and  the  five  towns  classed  with  it,  had  refused  to  send  a  member  to  the 
congress  which  met  in  December,  1775,  and  during  the  spring  and  sum- 
mer of  1776.  Hanover  men,  led  by  Col.  John  Wheelock  and  Bezabel 
Woodward,  had  been  active  in  stirring  up  disaffection  with  the  Exeter 
government  in  the  towns  to  the  north.  Haverhill  among  the  others. 
The  seeds  of  dissention  thus  sown  fell  naturally  into  fertile  soil,  and  by  the 
time  the  Exeter  legislature  adjourned  many  of  the  Grafton  County  towns 
were  in  a  state  of  incipient  revolt  against  it. 

In  fact  Colonel  Hurd  had  hardly  arrived  home  before  the  famous 
Dresden  convention  met  in  Hanover  July  31.  Haverhill  and  nine  other 
towns  of  Grafton  County  sent  their  committees  of  safety  or  delegates.  Its 
ostensible  purpose  was  to  devise  means  for  protection  against  invasion 
from  Canada,  but  its  real  purpose  was  to  protest  against  the  authority 
assumed  to  be  exercised  over  them  by  the  government  at  Exeter,  and  to 
take  the  initial  steps  for  the  formation  of  a  new  state  in  the  Connecticut 
Valley.  An  ingeniously  framed  address  to  the  people  was  issued  by  this 
body  which  was  calculated  to  work  great  mischief  and  increase  the  spirit 
of  revolt  against  the  new  government  of  New  Hampshire.  The  devotion 
of  the  men  comprising  the  convention  to  the  patriot  cause  was  unques- 
tioned. They  were  in  double  revolt — openly  against  their  King,  and 
hardly  less  openly  against  their  state.  Haverhill  was  in  growing  sym- 
pathy with  this  latter  only  partially  concealed  revolt.  Colonel  Hurd  was 
devotedly  loyal  not  only  to  the  Continental  Congress,  but  also  to  the 
Exeter  government.  The  state  of  affairs  in  Haverhill  caused  him  great 
concern,  and  he  exerted  all  his  influence  to  combat  the  growing  disaffec- 
tion. His  Boston  birth  and  training  had  naturally  made  him  an  ardent 
revolutionist,  but  John  Wentworth  had  been  his  patron;  he  was  one  of 
the  four  men  in  the  grants  who  had  been  high  in  favor  with  the  provincial 
government,  and  one  of  the  few  men  who  had  come  to  Coos,  not  direct 
from  Massachusetts  or  Connecticut  towns,  but  by  way  of  Portsmouth, 
where  he  had  been  in  full  fellowship  with  the  exclusive  set  that  had  con- 
trolled the  province.  He  was  disposed  to  look  upon  disloyalty  to  the 
Exeter  government  as  disloyalty  to  the  country,  and  had  little  apprecia- 
tion of  the  causes  of  dissatisfaction  which  existed  in  Haverhill  and  the 
other  Coos  towns. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  73 

Colonel  Hurd  discovered,  or  thought  he  discovered,  that  his  neighbor 
and  former  associate  on  the  Grafton  County  bench,  Col.  Asa  Porter,  was 
engaged  in  a  plot  to  throw  Coos  under  the  portection  of  General  Burgoyne. 
The  evidence  is  not  clear  that  Colonel  Porter  was  engaged  in  any  such 
plot.  A  man  of  large  means,  liberal  education,  aristocratic  in  his  tastes 
and  habits,  he  probably  had  little  sympathy  with  the  revolutionary  acts  of 
his  neighbors — Johnston,  Hurd,  Bedel,  Ladd,  Wesson,  Barron,  Woodward 
and  others.  He  certainly  had  little  sympathy  with  the  Exeter  govern- 
ment, and  he  made  little  effort  to  disguise  this  fact.  Human  nature  was 
much  the  same  in  1776  as  now.  He  had  been,  on  the  reorganization  of 
the  county  court  by  the  new  government,  dropped  from  his  office  as  a  jus- 
tice, while  his  neighbor,  Colonel  Hurd,  had  not  only  been  retained  as  chief 
justice,  but  had  been  made  councillor  for  Grafton  County,  recorder  of 
deeds,  county  treasurer,  and  had  returned  home  as  chief  military  author- 
ity for  the  section.  It  is  just  possible,  too,  that  Colonel  Hurd  may  have 
shown  signs  of  consciousness  of  his  own  importance  as  a  monopolist  of 
county  offices,  and  repository  of  military  authority,  and  this  may  have 
made  his  reception  by  his  neighbor  and  former  judicial  colleague  less 
enthusiastic  than  he  wished.  This  much  is  certain:  Colonel  Porter  was 
a  positive  man  and  was  beyond  question  outspoken  in  his  criticism  of  the 
Exeter  government  for  its  neglect  to  send  aid  to  the  seriously  threatened 
people  of  Coos,  and  while  Colonel  Hurd  must  have  felt  under  obligations 
to  his  neighbor  and  fellow  alumnus  of  Harvard  for  his  efforts  to  secure 
him  justice  from  the  Haverhill  proprietors  in  the  matter  of  his  claim  to 
the  thousand  acres  of  land  voted  him,  while,  as  adherents  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church,  they  had  labored  together  to  secure  minister  and  glebe 
rights  for  that  church,  he  could  not  overlook  criticisms  of  the  Exeter 
government.  In  the  mind  of  Colonel  Hurd  that  government  represented 
the  patriot  cause  of  the  country,  and  criticism  of  one  was  criticism  of  the 
other.  The  conviction  that  fastened  itself  in  his  mind  that  his  friend 
Porter  was  "practicing  things  inimical  to  his  country"  was  not  a  pleasant 
one,  and  his  duty  in  the  case  was  still  more  unpleasant  in  its  performance. 
He  did  not  hesitate,  however,  but  caused  Porter's  arrest,  and  after  exam- 
ination of  the  charges  against  him  by  the  safety  committees  of  Bath, 
Haverhill  and  other  towns,  he  was  sent,  with  the  witnesses  in  the  case,  to 
Exeter  for  trial.  Colonel  Hurd,  without  doubt,  acted  from  the  most 
patriotic  motives,  but  the  sympathies  of  many  were  such  that  he  undoubt- 
edly greatly  damaged  his  own  influence  and  popularity  in  the  county  by 
his  action,  and  at  the  same  time  greatly  increased  the  growing  disaffection 
with  the  Exeter  government. 

Colonel  Porter  was  tried  by  the  Committee  of  Safety  at  Exeter  at  our 
expense  to  the  rate  of  £42,  18s.  He  was  placed  under  bonds,  obtained 
sureties,  appealed  to  the  legislature,  which  after  much  delay  permitted 


74  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

him  to  go  to  his  father's  farm  in  Boxford,  and  later  in  November,  1777, 
by  vote  of  the  legislature,  he  was  permitted  to  return  to  his  home  in 
Haverhill  "to  attend  to  his  private  concernments,  he  being  of  good 
behavior,  according  to  his  bonds."  The  Porter  case,  the  Dresden  address, 
the  threatened  dangers  from  the  north,  gave  Colonel  Hurd  a  summer  full 
of  anxieties,  but  he  attended  to  his  work  of  organizing  companies  of 
rangers  and  directing  operations  for  the  defence  of  Coos.  In  September 
he  returned  to  Exeter  to  resume  his  activity  as  a  member  of  the  council, 
but  this  was  his  last  work  there  as  he  was  not  again  elected.  Indeed, 
there  was  no  representation  of  Haverhill  in  either  branch  of  the  legisla- 
ture for  the  next  seven  years. 

The  address  of  the  Dresden  convention  bore  its  fruit  in  the  refusal  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Grafton  County  to  obey  the  precepts  issued  in  the 
name  of  the  council  and  house  of  representatives  for  the  choice  of  a  coun- 
cillor and  representatives  at  the  election  of  1776.  Meetings  were  held 
in  obedience  to  the  precepts  issued,  but  the  towns  refused  to  act  except 
to  choose  committees  to  return  the  precepts  together  with  the  reasons  for 
non-compliance.  These  reasons  were  similar  in  each  case  and  were, 
doubtless,  inspired  at  Dresden.  The  voters  of  Haverhill  gave  reasons 
which  may  be  summarized  as  follows:  The  plan  of  representation  was 
inconsistent  with  the  liberties  of  a  free  people ;  the  classification  of  towns 
for  purposes  of  representation  was  in  violation  of  undoubted  rights  inher- 
ing in  towns  as  units  of  government ;  none  but  free  holders  were  entitled 
to  election;  no  bill  of  rights  had  been  drawn  up,  or  any  form  of  govern- 
ment established  subsequent  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence  by  the 
Colonies;  a  council  having  power  to  negative  proceedings  of  the  house  of 
representatives  was  dangerous  to  the  liberties  of  the  people;  if  a  council 
was  to  be  authorized  at  all,  it  should  be  elected  on  a  general  ticket  by  the 
whole  people,  instead  of  by  districts.  This  latter  objection  was  raised 
not  only  by  the  towns  in  the  western  part  of  Grafton  County,  but  there 
was  a  strong  sentiment  against  it  in  other  sections  of  the  state  and  to  the 
method  of  its  election.  Indeed,  the  name  chosen  for  this  branch  of  the 
state  government  was  unfortunate,  since  the  old  provincial  council  had 
been  regarded  by  the  people  as  identified  with  many  abuses  in  the  admin- 
istration of  justice  and  of  public  affairs.  The  fact  that  the  congress  of 
December,  1775,  took  it  upon  itself  to  elect  the  council  for  which  the  con- 
stitution of  January,  1776,  provided,  from  its  own  membership,  did  not 
tend,  either,  to  increase  the  popularity  of  this  body. 

In  the  legislature  of  1777,  Haverhill  was  unrepresented.  In  the  dis- 
organized state  of  affairs  there  were  no  judicial  duties  requiring  Colonel 
Hurd's  attention  as  chief  justice  of  the  court.  The  feeling  of  revolt 
against  the  state  government  was  general,  and  in  his  loyalty  and  devotion 
to  it  he  probably  had  but  a  small  following.     His  residence  in  Haverhill 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  75 

was  becoming  more  and  more  unpleasant  for  him.  He  might  have  sought 
relief  in  military  service  had  not  the  state  of  his  health  forbidden,  as 
appears  from  the  following  letter  of  his  to  Captain  Thornton,  under  date 
of  Haverhill,  September  30,  1777: 

I  am  extremely  chagrined  that  my  infirm  limbs  will  not  permit  me  to  share  the  toils 
and  dangers  of  the  field  with  my  countrymen.  I  have  spared  two  of  my  family  and  sent 
them  off  with  horses  and  provisions  for  nearly  a  month;  one  of  them,  my  son  Jacob, 
though  hardly  of  age  sufficient,  but  a  well  grown  lad  of  good  heart  and  disposition  to 
supply  his  father's  place. 

The  return  of  Colonel  Porter  in  November,  1777,  to  his  home  near 
Hurd's  residence,  must  have  made  his  surroundings  doubly  unpleasant. 
He  certainly  could  hope  to  accomplish  little  for  the  New  Hampshire 
government  by  remaining  in  Haverhill,  and  he  must  have  left  town  soon 
after  the  return  of  Colonel  Porter.  By  so  doing  he  promoted  his  own 
peace  of  mind,  if  anything  may  be  judged  from  the  tone  of  an  extract  from 
a  pamphlet  which  appeared  in  December,  1778,  entitled  "A  Public  De- 
fence of  the  Right  of  the  New  Hampshire  Grants  (so  called)  on  Both 
Sides  Connecticut  River  to  Associate  Together  and  Form  an  Independent 
State."     Its  reference  to  Colonel  Hurd  is  as  follows: 

As  to  those  who  have  applied  for  relief,  etc.,  we  know  of  none,  except  Col.  John  Hurd 
of  Haverhill  at  Cohos  (who  to  the  great  joy  of  the  people  has  removed  out  of  that  part 
of  the  country,  a  mutual  dissatisfaction  having  arisen  between  him  and  the  people)  who 
has  made  application  to  the  assembly  of  New  Hampshire  and  from  them  obtained  a 
summons  or  order  to  notify  a  certain  gentleman  living  in  said  Haverhill  to  appear  before 
said  assembly  to  answer  to  certain  defamation  some  time  or  other  laid  in  by  him  against 
said  Hurd.  Also  one  Nathaniel  Hovey,  lately  living  in  Enfield  (who  is  well  known  to 
have  been  a  litigious  person  from  his  youth  up,  and  consenting  to  be  a  tool  for  said  Hurd 
to  assist  him  in  holding  certain  lands  which  he  claims  in  Enfield)  who  occasioned  such 
disturbance  in  the  town  that  they  warned  him  to  depart,  and  after  some  time  (he  not 
obeying  the  order)  the  constable  by  warrant  from  the  selectmen  proceeded  to  remove 
him  and  family  towards  his  last  settlement. 

Grafton  County  was  evidently  not  a  pleasant  place  of  residence  for 
Colonel  Hurd  or  for  his  avowed  friends  in  the  year  1778.  It  is  significant 
of  the  bitterness  of  the  feeling  against  him  that  of  the  names  appended  to 
this  document  was  that  of  his  former  colleague  on  the  bench,  Bezabel 
Woodward,  and  another  that  of  his  old  time  friend,  Col.  Jacob  Bayley. 

Haverhill,  however,  was  fully  committed  to  the  movement  to  separate 
the  river  towns  from  the  jurisdiction  of  New  Hampshire.  The  county 
was  unrepresented  in  the  council  or  the  general  committee  of  safety  of 
the  state  for  the  years  1777  and  1778,  and  Haverhill  refused  to  be  repre- 
sented in  the  assembly  until  1783.  During  these  two  years  the  move- 
ment for  the  Union  of  the  towns  lying  west  of  the  Mason  Grant  and  east 
of  Connecticut  River  with  Vermont,  advanced  so  far  that  sixteen  of  these 
towns,  Haverhill  included,  with  James  Bailey,  were  duly  represented  in 


76  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

the  Vermont  assembly.  Such,  however,  was  the  pressure  brought  to 
bear  upon  the  political  leaders  in  Vermont  in  opposition  to  this  union,  that 
they  gave  the  delegates  from  these  towns  signal  offense  by  refusing  to 
erect  counties  east  of  the  river,  a  measure  which  was  demanded  as  indis- 
pensable to  good  government.  This  refusal  on  the  part  of  the  Vermont 
assembly,  which  met  at  Bennington  in  June,  1778,  led  to  a  dissolution  of 
the  union  which  these  towns  had  formed  with  Vermont. 

An  attempt  was  then  made  to  influence  the  New  Hampshire  authorities 
to  claim  jurisdiction  in  Vermont  west  of  the  river,  and  this,  instead  of 
being  successful,  led  to  a  reaction  in  favor  of  the  New  Hampshire  authori- 
ties. Col.  Charles  Johnston  became  the  leader  in  this  reaction,  taking  the 
place  from  which  Colonel  Hurd  had  been  driven,  with  the  result  that  he 
was  elected  to  the  New  Hampshire  council  for  Grafton  County  by  the 
votes  of  such  of  the  towns  as  had  remained  loyal  to  the  Exeter  government 
and  the  votes  of  some  of  the  towns  which  had  met  with  such  a  decided 
rebuff  from  Vermont.  The  county,  thenceforward,  was  represented  in 
the  council  till  the  adoption  of  the  state  constitution  in  1784. 

Haverhill,  however,  remained  obdurate  and  continued  in  revolt. 
Numbers  from  both  sides  the  river  seceded  from  this  assembly  which  had 
met  first  at  Bennington  in  June,  1778,  and  later  at  Windsor  in  October 
and  called  for  a  convention  to  meet  at  Cornish  in  December.  James 
Bayley  and  Thomas  Simpson  were  the  delegates  from  Haverhill  to  this 
convention.  The  purpose  of  the  leaders  of  this  movement  was  to  secure 
the  union  of  the  towns  on  both  sides  the  Connecticut  in  one  jurisdiction. 
It  was  proposed  to  keep  them  together  either  by  a  union  with  New  Hamp- 
shire or  with  New  York,  or  failing  this  by  the  erection  of  a  new  state  to  be 
composed  of  the  valley  towns.  This  Cornish  convention  in  March,  1779, 
drew  up  a  definite  proposition  for  union  with  New  Hampshire,  and  made 
its  appeal  to  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  for  concurrence.  That  body 
referred  the  matter  to  the  Continental  Congress  with  the  result  that 
nothing  was  done. 

Cheshire  County  next  took  the  lead.  A  convention  of  Cheshire  dele- 
gates held  at  Walpole  November  17,  1780,  issued  a  call  for  a  convention 
from  all  the  towns  within  the  grants  to  meet  at  Charlestown  in  January, 
1781.  Forty-six  towns  were  represented  in  this  convention,  and  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Vermont  legislature  which  was  to 
meet  at  Windsor  in  February,  and  the  convention  adjourned  to  meet  at 
the  same  time  at  Cornish,  on  the  opposite  side  the  river,  and  wait  events. 
The  assembly  received  the  committee  of  the  Cornish  convention  February 
10,  and  articles  of  union  were  agreed  upon  to  take  effect  when  ratified  by 
two  thirds  of  the  interested  towns.  Adjournment  was  had  to  ascertain 
the  result  of  the  voting,  and  these  being  favorable,  on  the  5th  of  April 
members  from  thirty-five  towns  east  of  the  Connecticut  River  were  ad- 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  77 

mitted  to  seats  in  the  Vermont  legislature.  This  was  the  second  union 
accomplished.  Haverhill  was  represented  by  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  and 
Capt.  Joshua  Howard,  elected  at  a  special  town  meeting  held  March  31, 
1781,  at  which  it  was  formally  "voted  that  the  articles  of  union  between 
the  state  of  Vermont  and  the  New  Hampshire  grants  be  agreed  to." 

When  the  assembly  met  in  June  at  Bennington,  eleven  towns  near 
Hudson  River,  now  in  the  state  of  New  York,  were  admitted  to  seats  on 
similar  terms  as  those  granted  to  the  New  Hampshire  towns,  and  the 
political  situation  was  changed.  Delegates  were  sent  to  the  Continental 
Congress  applying  for  the  admission  of  Vermont  to  the  Confederation, 
but  they  were  informed  that  a  condition  of  such  admission  would  be  an 
abandonment  of  all  claim  to  territory  east  of  the  Connecticut  River  and 
west  of  a  line  drawn  from  the  northwest  corner  of  Massachusetts  to  the 
southern  extremity  of  Lake  Champlain.  The  legislature  met  in  October 
in  Charlestown,  and  in  default  of  an  election  of  lieutenant-governor  by 
the  people,  Elisha  Payne  of  Lebanon  was  chosen  to  that  office.  Sixty-six 
Vermont  towns  and  thirty-six  of  those  east  of  the  river  were  represented. 
Resolutions  relating  to  the  terms  imposed  by  Congress  were  passed,  and 
courts  were  provided  for  towns  east  of  the  river. 

In  some  of  these  latter  towns  there  was  a  minority  vigorously  opposed 
to  this  union.  In  Haverhill  the  opposition  was  quietly  but  effectively  led 
by  Colonel  Johnston.  The  authority  of  Vermont  was  openly  defied  and 
armed  collision  occurred  in  the  southern  towns.  Gov.  Meshech  Weare 
ordered  a  draft  of  a  thousand  men  to  proceed  to  the  scene  of  the  disturb- 
ance, and  Vermont  proceeded  to  hold  these  eastern  towns  by  force. 
Civil  war  seemed  imminent,  and  agents  of  the  British  in  Canada  were 
busy.  The  period  was  a  critical  one.  Finally  Washington  threw  the 
weight  of  his  influence  in  favor  of  the  plan  proposed  by  the  Continental 
Congress  and  this  prevailed.  In  February,  1782,  the  legislature  met  at 
Bennington  and  the  union  was  dissolved  by  formal  vote.  The  towns 
east  of  the  river  were  left  to  adapt  themselves  and  their  affairs  as  best  they 
might  to  the  government  of  New  Hampshire.  Newbury,  Bradford, 
Thetford,  Norwich  and  Hartford  on  the  west  side  the  river  sought  for  a 
time  the  protection  and  jurisdiction  of  New  Hampshire,  but  they  received 
little  encouragement,  and  the  river  towns  one  by  one  came  to  acknowledge 
the  jurisdictions  determined  by  the  river  as  a  boundary  line.  It  was, 
however,  not  till  December,  1783,  that  Haverhill  sent  its  first  representa- 
tives to  the  New  Hampshire  house,  and  not  till  1786  that  Newbury  became 
enough  reconciled  to  Vermont  to  send  representatives  to  her  legislature. 

It  is  to  the  honor  of  Haverhill  that,  during  all  these  troubles,  there  was 
no  wavering  in  her  devotion  to  the  patriot  cause.  The  records,  while  by 
no  means  complete,  show  that  the  town,  as  already  noted,  was  constantly 
making  appropriations  to  promote  the  cause,  and  was  year  by  year  plac- 


78  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

ing  its  most  substantial  citizens  on  its  committees  of  safety.  Ezekiel 
Ladd  was  reimbursed  for  money  advanced  to  Capt.  Joshua  Haywood  for 
"horses  for  his  men  to  Saratoga";  the  Widow  Richardson  was  paid  for 
supplies  provided  for  James  Hardy,  a  Continental  soldier,  in  his  sickness; 
James  Little  was  allowed  £12  for  lead  bought  of  Moses  Little. 

At  a  special  meeting  in  January,  1780,  Charles  Bailey  was  chosen  dele- 
gate to  a  convention  to  be  held  in  Dresden  January  20,  to  consult  upon 
some  united  measures  to  be  taken  "for  the  defense  of  these  frontiers";  in 
February,  it  was  voted  "to  take  effectual  measures  to  stop  all  grain  in 
town  for  the  use  of  the  public"  and  a  guard  was  appointed  to  carry  this 
vote  into  effect.  Captain  Bedel,  John  Rich  and  James  Woodward  were 
made  a  committee  to  look  after  such  guard,  and  to  give  permission  to 
such  women  and  children,  as  they  deemed  best,  to  secure  supplies  of 
grain. 

The  town  may  take  just  pride  in  its  Revolutionary  roll.  In  spite  of 
internal  strife  concerning  state  jurisdiction,  there  was  no  hesitation  when 
it  came  to  giving  military  service.  John  Hurd,  Timothy  Bedel  and 
Charles  Johnston  held  commissions  as  colonels.  Thomas  Simpson, 
Joseph  Hutchins,  William  Tarleton,  Simeon  Stevens,  Luther  Richardson, 
Timothy  Barron  and  Ezekiel  Ladd  held  commissions  as  captains  and  at 
various  periods  were  in  command  of  companies.  No  less  than  109  others, 
men  and  boys,  between  the  years  1775  and  1783,  served  in  subordinate 
capacities  as  officers  or  as  soldiers  in  the  ranks — and  this  out  of  a  pop- 
ulation which  did  not,  at  any  one  time,  exceed  425.  Haverhill  occupied 
a  strategic  position.  It  paid  the  penalty  for  being  the  foremost  Coos 
town. 

In  the  company  of  rangers  authorized  by  the  provincial  congress  May 
26,  1775,  increased  later  to  a  battalion,  and  later  still  to  a  regiment  under 
command  of  Colonel  Bedel,  and  which  was  at  the  fall  of  St.  Johns  in 
November,  1775,  there  were  15  Haverhill  men.  There  were  upwards  of 
25  soldiers  from  Haverhill  in  Colonel  Bedel's  regiment,  authorized  in 
January,  1776,  assigned  to  the  Northern  Continental  army,  and  which 
saw  service  in  Canada,  at  St.  Johns,  the  Cedars,  and  elsewhere.  Haver- 
hill men  were  found  also  in  Colonel  Stark's  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill,  in 
other  New  Hampshire  regiments  during  the  siege  of  Boston,  in  Colonel 
Scammel's  battalion,  and  in  other  New  Hampshire  commands  on  the 
Continental  line  during  the  war;  they  were  found  in  Major  Whitcomb's 
company  and  battalion  of  rangers,  in  service  from  October  15,  1776,  to 
December  31,  1779;  in  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y., 
during  the  winter  1776-77;  in  Colonel  Warren's  regiment  in  the  Jer- 
seys in  1775,  and  in  the  fateful  expedition  of  Arnold  against  Quebec; 
in  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment;  in  Gen.  John  Stark's  brigade  at  Benning- 
ton; in  Capt.  Joseph  Hutchins'  company  which  served  under  the  com- 


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mand  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley  in  the  eastern  division  of  the  Northern  Army 
under  General  Gates,  from  August  17  to  October  3,  1777;  in  Colonel 
Bedel's  regiment  raised  by  order  of  Congress  for  an  expedition  to  Canada 
in  December,  1777,  and  January,  1778,  which  after  the  abandonment  of 
that  expedition  was  continued  in  service  for  the  defence  of  the  frontiers 
on  and  adjacent  to  Connecticut  River  until  November  30,  1779  (five  of 
the  eight  companies  of  this  regiment  were  commanded  by  Haverhill  men) ; 
in  Col.  Moses  Hazen's  regiment  raised  under  act  of  Congress  March  15, 
1779,  and  in  General  Hazen's  later  command  in  1782;  in  Capt.  Ebenezer 
Webster's  company,  serving  under  direction  of  Col.  Charles  Johnston, 
from  June  till  November,  1782,  and  in  New  York  and  Massachusetts 
regiments  for  longer  or  shorter  periods  during  the  war. 

The  names  of  nearly  all  of  these  men,  with  the  service  they  rendered, 
have  been  preserved,  though  some  muster  rolls  have  been  lost.    These  are : 

David  Ladd:  In  Bedel's  company  of  rangers  in  1775;  in  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada, 
1776;  in  May,  1777,  in  Major  Whitcomb's  rangers;  in  Hobart's  regiment,  Stark's 
brigade,  at  Bennington  in  1777. 

Joseph  Moulton:     In  Bedel's  company  of  rangers  in  1775. 

Ebenezer  Sanborn  (or  Sandborn):     In  Bedel's  company  of  rangers,  1775. 

John  Sanborn:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada,  1776. 

Mark  Sanborn:  In  Colonel  Warren's  regiment  in  the  Jerseys  in  1775;  in  1776  in  a 
Massachusetts  regiment. 

James  Abbott:     In  Colonel  Reed's  regiment  in  1776. 

Robert  Simpson:  In  Bedel's  rangers,  1775;  in  New  Hampshire  continental  battalion, 
seige  of  Boston,  winter  of  1775-76. 

Nathaniel  Wales:     Quartermaster,  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada,  1776. 

Joseph  Fifield:  In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada,  1776;  May  1,  1777,  in  Major  Whit- 
comb's rangers. 

John  Loverin  (Lovering):  In  Bedel's  rangers,  1775;  later  enlisted  in  New  York  state  for 
three  years. 

Joseph  Hadley:  In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada  in  1776;  in  Major  Whitcomb's  rangers, 
May  1,  1777. 

John  Haseltine:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada,  1775. 

John  Dodge:  In  Colonel  Warren's  regiment  in  the  Jerseys  in  1775;  in  1776  in  a  Massa- 
chusetts regiment. 

Thomas  Simpson:  In  Bedel's  rangers,  1775;  in  continental  battalion,  seige  of  Boston, 
winter  of  1775-76;  captain  of  company  of  53  men  on  the  frontiers,  September  14  to 
December  5,  1776. 

Thomas  Simpson,  Jr. :    Ensign  in  his  father's  company,  September  to  December,  1776. 

Harry  Morgan:     In  Colonel  Reed's  regiment,  1776. 

William  Haseltine:     In  Colonel  Reed's  regiment,  1776. 

John  Rine:     In  Stark's  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill. 

Silas  Wheeler:     In  Col.  Moses  Hazen's  regiment. 

Daniel  Stevens:     Enlisted  in  New  York  state  regiment  for  three  years. 

Avery  Sanders:     Enlisted  in  New  York  for  three  years. 

Alexander  Hogg:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill  in  winter  of  1776-77. 

Solomon  Parker:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill. 

Ebenezer  Rice:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill. 


80  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

William  Miner:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill;  in  Captain  Hutchins' 

company  in  1778. 
George  Moors:     In  Stark's  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill;  in  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at 

Peekskill;  later  in  New  York  service  for  three  years. 
Samuel  Lang:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill. 
Joshua  Hayward:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill. 
John  Taylor:     In  Bedel's  rangers,  and  at  St.  Johns,  1775. 
Ephraim  Wesson:     In  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment  at  Peekskill. 
Hezekiah  Fuller:     In  Massachusetts  service  for  three  years. 
Anthony  Foster:     In  Captain  House's  company,  Colonel  Cilley's  regiment,  Continental 

line. 
Josiah  Elkins:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  in  Capt.  Joseph  Hutchins'  company, 

1778. 
John  Hodgdon:     In  Bedel's  regiment  at  St.  Johns;  May  1,  1777,  in  Major  Whitcomb's 

rangers. 
John  Sanders:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  in  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  1778. 
Isaac  Stevens:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Thomas  Manchester:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
John  Fifield:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Jona.  Sanders:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Asa  Bailey:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
William  Abbott:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Richard  Sanborn:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Jesse  Heath:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  later  enlisted  in  New  York  for  three 

years. 
Benijah  Hall:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Zebulon  Hunt:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Amos  Heath:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 

Joseph  Sawyer:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  later  in  Massachusetts  service. 
Josiah  Burnham:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  May  1, 1777,  in  Moses  Hazen's  regi- 
ment. 
Henry  Palmer:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada. 
Moses  Doty:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  later  in  a  New  Hampshire  battalion, 

Continental  line. 
Perley  Rogers:     In  Bedel's  regiment  in  Canada;  later  in  Massachusetts  service. 
Joseph  Springer:     In  Colonel  Stark's  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill,  till  September,  1775; 

one  of  the  88  New  Hampshire  men  in  Colonel  Arnold's  Quebec  expedition. 
Henry  Springer:     In  New  Hampshire  battalion,  Continental  army;  in  Captain  Stone's 

company,  Col.  Alex.  Scammel's  regiment. 
William  Locke:     In  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment,  Stark's  brigade,  at  Bennington. 
Elisha  Lock:     In  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment,  Stark's  brigade,  at  Bennington. 
Ezra  Gates:     In  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment,  Stark's  brigade,  at  Bennington. 
Thomas  Haselton:     In  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment,  Stark's  brigade,  at  Bennington. 
Edward  Clark:     In  Colonel  Hobart's  regiment;  in  Col.  Moses  Hazen's  regiment  organ- 
ized under  resolution  of  Congress,  1779. 
Elisha  Brown:     In  Luther  Richardson's  company,  Bedel's  regiment,  1778-79. 
Caleb  Young:     In  Captain  Cushman's  company,  Bedel's  regiment,  1778-79. 
Ezekiel  Ladd:     Captain  in  Bedel's  regiment,  April  1,  1778  to  May  1,  1779. 
James  Ladd:     Lieutenant  in  Bedel's  regiment,  April  1,  1778  to  May  1,  1779;  also  in 

Bedel's  rangers,  1775;  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Ezekiel  Webster's  company,  1782. 
John  Brown:     In  Captain  Young's  company,  Bedel's  regiment,  December,   1777  to 
March,  1778. 


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Moody  Bedel:     In  Captain  Ladd's  company,  Bedel's  regiment,  1778-79. 

Simeon  Stevens:     Captain  in  Bedel's  regiment,  1778-79. 

John  Way,  Jr.:     In  Bedel's  regiment,  177S-79. 

Gains  Niles:     In  3d  company,  Colonel  Cilley's  regiment,  previous  to  March,  1780;  in 

Capt.  Moody  Duston's  company,  1st  New  Hampshire  regiment;  enlisted  February 

13,  1781. 
Michael  Salter:     Drummer,  Moses  Hazen's  regiment,  organized  in  1779. 
Jona.  Pratt:     Fifer,  Moses  Hazen's  regiment,  organized  in  1779. 
Israel  Olmstead:     Moses  Hazen's  regiment,  organized  in  1779. 

Robert  Hartley:     In  Major  Whitcomb's  rangers,  March  22,  for  service  during  the  war. 
Aaron  Wesson:     In  Captain  Phelps'  company,  Bedel's  regiment  to  March  31,  1778. 
Jonathan  Cooper:     In  Continental  army  from  December  4,  1776,  to  March  1,  1777. 
Jonathan  Morse:     In  Captain  Stone's  company,  Colonel  Nichols'  regiment,    Stark's 

brigade,  at  Bennington. 
James  Gould:     In  1st  New  Hampshire  regiment,  Continental  service. 
Stephen  Morse:     In  1st  New  Hampshire  regiment,  Continental  service. 
Ebenezer  Whitaker:     In  1st  New  Hampshire  regiment,  Continental  service. 
Eleazar  Danforth:     In  Arnold's  expedition  to  Quebec. 
Timothy  Curtis:     In  Bedel's  company,  1775. 
Thomas  Caprin:     In  Bedel's  company,  1775. 
Timothy  Barron:     In  Captain  Hutching'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Gates  army,  from 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777;  captain  of  company  in  Bedel's  regiment  raised  in 

spring  of  1778. 
Luther  Richardson:     In  Captain  Hutchins'   company,    Bayley's    brigade,    Northern 

army,  August  18  to  October  5,   1777;  captain  of  company  in  Bedel's  regiment 

raised  in  spring  of  1788. 
John  Page:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  Company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army,  August 

to  October,  1777;  in  Captain  Ebenezer's  company  in  force  under  command  of  Col. 

Charles  Johnston  raised  in  June,  1782,  for  defence  of  western  frontiers. 
William  Tarleton:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  to  October,  1777;  captain  in  Colonel  Bedel's  regiment  raised  in  spring  of 

1778. 
Joshua  Howard:     Lieutenant  in  Capt.  Thomas  Simpson's  rangers,  September  14  to 

December  5,  1776;  in  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  August  IS  to 

October  5,  1777. 
Joseph  Hutchins:     Captain  company  in  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army,  August  to 

October,  1777. 
Samuel  Ladd:     In  Captain  Hutchins'   company,   Bayley's  brigade,   Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Ebenezer  McKintosh:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern 

army,  August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
David  Sanders:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,   Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Elisha  Cleveland:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Jona.   Moulton:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade    Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Darnel   Miller:     In  Captain   Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,   Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Jona.  Eastman:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
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82  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Charles  Wheeler:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
James  Bayley:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,   Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
James  Woodward:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 
Jonathan  Ring:     In  Captain  Hutchins'  company,  Bayley's  brigade,  Northern  army, 

August  18  to  October  5,  1777. 

In  Capt.  Ebenezer  Webster's  company,  raised  June  26,  1782,  for  the  defence  of  the 
western  frontiers,  the  entire  force  being  under  the  command  of  Col.  Charles  Johnston, 
were  besides  those  previously  mentioned: 

Frederick  Zilgo  Michael  Johnston 

Joseph  Ladd  Elijah  Balcom 

Hugh  Barnes  William  Green 

Asa  Ladd  Joel  Richardson 

Amos  Blood  Smith  Williams 

Joseph  Young  Reuben  Page 

Ezra  Abbott  Jonathan  Pike 

William  McLaughlin  Seth  Flanders 

Noah  Moulton  Daniel  Moulton 
Daniel  Stevens,  Jr. 

Many  of  these  one  hundred  and  nineteen  men  saw  two  or  three  terms 
of  service.  It  is  doubtful  if  any  New  Hampshire  town  can,  in  numbers  in 
service  in  proportion  to  population,  show  a  superior  record.  It  is  true 
many  of  these  men  were  never  on  the  firing  line,  never  engaged  in  battle, 
were  in  no  long  campaigns,  but  they  rendered  arduous,  self-sacrificing 
military  service  in  their  country's  cause. 


CHAPTER  VI 


READJUSTMENT   AFTER   THE   WAR 

Readjustment  Came  After  the  War — Depreciated  Currency — Mr.  Powers 
Concludes  His  Work — Tories  Asked  to  Leave  Town — Paper  Currency  Voted 
To  Be  Issued — Census,  1790-1800 — Difficulty  in  Securing  Selectmen — 
Vaccination  Controversy — Brook  and  Corner  Outgrowing  the  Plain — 
Federalists  in  Power — Haverhill,  a  Community  of  Farmers — Social  Life — 
Each  Home  a  Manufactory — Church  and  Tavern. 

While  no  battles  were  fought  in  Haverhill  during  the  War  of  the 
Revolution,  it  was  the  centre  of  military  activity,  and  in  a  sense  the  seat 
of  war  for  the  Coos  county.  There  was  an  almost  constant  state  of 
alarm,  and  the  growth  of  the  town  was  at  a  standstill;  in  fact  there  was 
at  one  time  a  decrease  of  population.  In  1773  the  number  of  inhabitants 
was  387;  in  1775,  it  was  but  365,  and  in  1780  it  was  hardly  more  than  400. 
Recovering  from  the  effects  of  the  war  was  slow.  Internal  disputes  had 
engendered  strife,  and  harmony  did  not  come  immediately.  Town 
expenses  had  increased,  currency  had  depreciated,  real  money  was  ex- 
ceedingly scarce,  and  corn  and  wheat  were  made  exchange  for  the  pay- 
ment of  debts,  and  taxes  and  salaries.  In  1775,  the  sum  of  £5  was  voted 
for  town  expenses,  while  in  1780  the  sum  voted  was  £1880,  10s  and  in 
1781  the  sum  of  $34,150  (continental  dollars  of  course)  was  voted  to  sup- 
ply the  town's  quota  of  beef  for  the  army.  The  extent  of  depreciation  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  it  was  voted  to  allow  town  accounts  to  be  paid  in 
wheat,  and  at  a  ratio  of  40  to  1.  Even  with  this  depreciation  general 
town  expenses  had  increased  nearly  tenfold.  In  this  same  year  parties 
who  had  contracted  to  erect  mills  and  make  other  improvements  wrere 
released  from  their  contracts  because  of  financial  embarrassment  and 
"difficult  times."  There  were  also  a  large  number  of  sales  of  original 
rights  and  other  lots  of  land  belonging  to  parties  whose  circumstances  had 
become  straightened  by  reason  of  the  war.  Several  prominent  families 
left  town  to  become  settlers  in  newer  towns. 

The  period  immediately  following  the  war  was  evidently  a  period  of 
recuperation  from  the  disastrous  effects  of  the  conflict,  and  of  adjustment 
to  changed  conditions,  especially  the  enforced  abandonment  of  any  pur- 
pose of  union  with  Vermont  or  the  formation  of  a  new  state  in  the  Con- 
necticut Valley.  During  the  war  towrn  meetings,  annual  and  regular, 
wrere  held;  town  officers  were  chosen,  but  in  the  lists  of  names  of  these 
various  officers  hardly  a  name  appears  except  those  already  mentioned 

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84  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

as  having  been  chosen  prior  to  1775.  Some  of  the  votes  recorded  just 
after  the  war  are  explanatory  of  conditions  then  existing.  For  example, 
at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1783,  it  was  "voted  that  the  present 
government  be  continued  in  full  force  till  the  10th  day  of  June,  1784,  not- 
withstanding a  general  pacification  should  take  place  in  the  meantime, 
provided  a  permanent  plan  of  government  for  this  state  should  not  be 
established  antecedent  to  that  period."  The  people  were  making  ready 
to  recognize  the  full  authority  of  the  general  government.  The  courts 
which  had  been  discontinued  during  the  war  were  revived,  since  the 
records  show  that  jurors  were  drawn  for  the  Court  of  General  Sessions 
and  Common  Pleas  to  be  held  in  Haverhill  on  the  third  Tuesday  of 
August,  1783. 

At  a  special  meeting,  September  16,  1783,  it  was  voted  not  to  hire  Mr. 
Powers  to  preach  any  more.  For  the  two  previous  years  he  had  not 
preached  in  Newbury,  except  occasionally  in  private  dwellings  and  barns, 
having  taken  up  his  residence  in  Haverhill  in  the  house  of  Col.  Charles 
Johnston  late  in  1780  or  early  in  1781.  His  salary  had  fallen  in  arrears, 
and  his  outspoken  utterances  in  favor  of  the  patriot  cause  had  caused 
adverse  criticism  on  the  part  of  those  who  were  not  in  hearty  sympathy 
with  the  cause,  and  were  popularly  classed  as  tories.  On  Sunday,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1780,  Mr.  Powers  paid  his  respects  to  this  class  in  his  parish 
in  language  that  could  not  be  mistaken.  He  took  the  text  for  the  two 
sermons  of  the  day  from  the  famous  song  of  Deborah:  "Curse  ye  Meroz, 
said  the  Angel  of  the  Lord,  curse  ye  bitterly  the  inhabitants  thereof; 
because  they  came  not  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of  the  Lord 
against  the  mighty."  There  is  little  doubt  that  the  Merozites,  those  in 
Newbury  in  particular,  were  scathingly  and  effectively  cursed.  Mortal 
offense  was  given,  the  life  of  the  minister  was  threatened,  and  he 
became  so  greatly  alarmed  for  his  own  personal  safety  that  he  moved 
his  family  across  the  river  as  before  stated.  General  Bayley,  Col. 
Robert  Johnston  and  others  felt,  that,  having  hurt  the  patriot  cause 
more  than  he  had  helped,  having  by  his  utterances  increased  their  bur- 
dens and  perplexities  and  by  removing  from  town  had  left  them  to  face 
the  plottings  and  ill  will  of  their  Tory  townsmen  alone,  he  had  broken 
the  agreement  of  his  settlement,  they  secured  the  shutting  of  the  meet- 
ing house  against  him,  and  for  the  next  two  years  his  ministrations  were 
for  the  most  part  in  Haverhill.  But  his  work  in  Haverhill  closed  in 
September,  1783. 

In  the  warrant  for  this  same  special  town  meeting  there  was  the  follow- 
ing significant  article: 

Art.  4.:  To  see  if  the  town  will  pass  some  votes  concerning  tories,  absentees,  or  per- 
sons who  have  left  the  United  States  of  America  and  voluntarily  taken  residence  within 
the  lines  of  the  enemies  of  said  states  and  have  returned  or  may  return  into  this  town. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  85 

It  was  "voted  that  Jonathan  Ring,  Joseph  Hut  chins,  Nathaniel  Merrill, 
Thomas  Miner  and  Ephraim  Bailey  be  a  committee  to  take  care  that  no 
such  persons  as  mentioned  in  the  4th  article  of  the  warning  be  suffered  to 
reside  in  this  town." 

It  may  be  noted  that  at  the  annual  meeting  this  same  year,  Col.  Asa 
Porter  was  chosen  constable  and  collector  of  taxes,  and,  though  he  de- 
clined to  serve,  his  election  is  an  indication  that  the  charges  of  "Toryism" 
which  had  been  made  against  him,  and  upon  which  he  had  been  arrested 
and  deprived  of  his  liberty  were  not  generally  accepted  as  true  by  his 
fellow  townsmen. 

Another  step  in  bringing  the  town  into  accord  with  the  Exeter  govern- 
ment was  taken  at  a  special  meeting  here  December  8,  1783,  the  purpose 
of  which  was  recited  in  the  second  article,  viz. : 

To  elect  one  person,  being  a  reputable  freeholder  and  an  inhabitant  of  said  town  and 
qualified  as  the  law  directs  to  represent  said  town  in  the  General  Assembly  of  said  state, 
to  be  convened  and  held  at  Concord  on  the  3d  Tuesday  of  December  next,  and  to  im- 
power  such  representative  to  transact  such  business  and  pursue  such  measures  as  he 
may  judge  necessary  for  the  public  good  until  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  next  and  par- 
ticularly to  impower  such  representative  to  vote  in  the  choice  of  delegates  for  the  Con- 
tinental Congress. 

At  this  meeting  James  Woodward  was  elected  representative,  an  ad- 
mirable choice,  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  sound  judgment,  unimpeach- 
able character,  and  a  reputable  freeholder.  His  successor,  elected 
February  10,  1784,  for  the  classed  towns  of  Haverhill,  Piermont  and  War- 
ren was  Col.  Timothy  Bedel.  There  seems  to  have  been  at  this  time  some 
uncertainty  as  to  how  the  representative  was  to  be  compensated  for  his 
services,  as  in  the  warrant  for  the  meeting  of  the  voters  of  these  towns 
there  was  an  article  "To  see  what  wages  or  pay  said  representative  shall 
receive  for  his  attendance  at  said  Assembly  and  how  the  same  shall  be 
apportioned  among  said  towns  and  how  and  when  paid."  That  this 
article  was  dismissed  indicates  that  the  voters  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  state  would  provide  "wages, "  as  the  Assembly  was  to  meet  under  the 
provisions  of  the  New  Constitution. 

The  lack  of  money  in  these  years  of  readjustment,  led  not  only  to 
appropriations  for  preaching,  schools  and  other  town  expenses  being 
made  payable  in  corn  and  wheat,  but  a  meeting  was  called  for  December 
11,  1786,  "to  see  if  the  town  is  of  the  opinion  that  a  paper  currency  be 
emitted  on  the  plan  proposed  by  the  sub-committee  of  the  general  court 
of  the  state  or  any  other  plan  which  may  be  thought  proper."  The 
following  was  unanimously  passed. 

Voted  that  a  paper  currency  be  emitted  on  the  following  plan,  viz.:  that  one  hundred 
thousand  pounds  be  emitted, — twenty  thousand  pounds  to  be  in  suitable  bills  to  defray 
the  charges  of  government,  and  to  exchange  foi  such  public  securities  as  may  be  offered 


86  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

at  this  current  exchange,  which  is  to  be  ascertained,  and  to  carry  no  interest,  but  to  be 
receivable  in  taxes  and  all  demands  of  government  and  a  tender  in  all  cases  equal  to  silver 
and  gold,  and  to  be  called  in  by  taxes  annually, — the  residue  to  be  made  in  different 
bills  expressing  their  import,  and  to  be  loaned  to  individuals  at  five  per  cent,  on  landed 
security  of  double  the  value,  and  to  be  paid  into  the  treasury  at  proper  times,  which  shall 
carry  an  interest  of  two  and  a  half  per  cent,  and  so  receivable  in  all  demands  of  govern- 
ment and  a  tender  in  all  cases  as  above — with  the  interest  due  on  said  bills  at  the  time 
of  payment. 

This  emission  was  of  course  to  be  by  state  authority,  and  favorable 
action  on  the  plan  was  taken  by  many  other  towns  beside  Haverhill. 
That  such  a  plan  was  proposed  and  indorsed  showed  the  desperate 
financial  condition  prevailing,  but  the  legislature  finally  decided  that  it 
was  without  authority  to  "make  paper  bills  of  credit  a  tender  to  dis- 
charge private  contracts  made  prior  to  the  passage  of  such  an  act." 
This  early  irredeemable  currency  was  quickly  repudiated  by  the  second 
sober  thought  of  the  people,  but  a  century  later  the  similar  Greenback 
proposition  found  ardent  advocates  in  Haverhill. 

Besides  those  who  had  been  classed  as  Tories,  the  town  had  in  this 
decade  following  the  war  other  residents  whom  it  regarded  as  "undesirable 
citizens, "  and  drastic  measures  were  taken  to  deport.  February  8,  1784, 
Timothy  Stevens,  constable,  was  commanded  to  warn  no  less  than  twenty- 
eight  persons,  named  in  the  command,  out  of  town,  and  he  made  due  re- 
turn of  his  action  except  in  the  case  of  six  who  could  not  be  found.  In 
November,  the  same  year,  Charles  Johnston  was  voted  6s  for  man  and 
two  horses  to  convey  Abigail  Baxter  and  two  children  from  town  to 
Warren.  What  Warren  had  to  say  is  not  a  matter  of  record.  Ephraim 
Wesson  was  voted  13s  for  ordering  thirteen  of  these  undesirables  out  of 
town.  Some  of  these  must  have  returned  or  the  proportion  of  the  unwel- 
come was  phenomenally  large  for,  in  1789,  Jonathan  Ring  was  voted 
27s  or  a  shilling  per  capita,  for  warning  out  twenty-seven  poor.  There 
was  a  current  classification  of  the  poor — "the  Lord's  poor,  the  devil's 
poor  and  poor  devils." 

The  town  was  not  without  desirable  immigration,  however,  during  the 
war  and  the  years  immediately  following.  Among  the  newcomers  who 
added  materially  to  its  prosperity  were  Stephen  Smith,  Daniel  Mills, 
Moore  Russell,  Aaron  Wesson,  Ebenezer  Gray,  Charles  Wheeler,  Moses 
Dow  (who  came  in  1782,  and  at  once  became  prominent),  John  French, 
Thomas  Miner,  Deliverance  Sawyer,  Joseph  Pearson,  Simon  Rodiman, 
Israel  Swan,  Phineas  Swan,  Daniel  Greenleaf,  Stephen  Morse,  Daniel 
Stevens,  Daniel  Hunt,  John  Sly,  John  Morse,  John  Montgomery,  Samuel 
Brooks  and  Dr.  Martin  Phelps. 

The  first  census  taken  by  the  Federal  government  for  the  purpose  of 
Congressional  apportionment  was  in  1790,  and  the  population  of  Haverhill 
had  then  increased  to  522,  Hanover,  Lebanon,  Enfield  and  Plymouth 


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87 


alone  of  the  Grafton  County  towns  leading, 
the  names  of  ninety-four  males  appeared  as 


were: 

William  Abbott 
Samuel  Bunker 
Moody  Bedel 
Amos  Chapman 
James  Corliss 
Benjamin  Crocker 
Moses  Dow 
Jonathan  Eames 
Bezaleel  French 
Samuel  Gould 
Jeremiah  Harris 
John  Howard 
Joseph  Hutchins 
Michael  Johnston 
Edward  Kendall 
George  Knapp 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Joseph  Ladd 
David  Lock 
Ebenezer  McKentosh 

(Mcintosh) 
John  Montgomery 
Stephen  Morse 
Joseph  Pearson 
Moses  Porter 
Jonathan  Ring 
John  Sanborn 
Enos  Sayer 
Daniel  Stevens 
Samuel  Thompson 
Samuel  White 
Benjamin  Wiser 


David  Young 
Paul  Adams 
Timothy  Barron 
Samuel  Bonley 
Edward  Clark 
Samuel  Corliss 
Ephraim  Cross 
Moses  Doty 
Samuel  Emerson 
Richard  Goodwin 
Ebenezer  Gray 
Robert  Haseltine 
Abner  Hunt 
David  Jewell 
Bryan  Kay 
Benjamin  Keniston 
James  Ladd 
David  Ladd 
Samuel  Ladd 
William  Lock 
Annis  Merrill 
Moses  H.  More 
Jacob  Page 
Martin  Phelps 
William  Porter 
Simon  Rodiman 
Avery  Sanders 
John  Sly 
Israel  Swan 
Peter  Wesson 
Ebenezer  Whittaker 
James  Woodward 


In  this  census  of  Haverhill 
heads  of  families.     These 

David  Ash 
John  Beads 
Samuel  Brooks 
John  Clark 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
William  Cross 
Josiah  Elkins 
Joseph  Flanders 
Simeon  Goodwin 
David  Greenleaf 
Joshua  Howard 
Daniel  Hunt 
Charles  Johnston 
Amos  Kimball 
James  King 
Asa  Ladd 
John  Ladd 
Samuel  Lee 
James  Luroy 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
John  Morse 
John  Page 
Asa  Porter 
Daniel  Richardson 
Moore  Russell 
Jonathan  Sanders 
Daniel  Staniford 
Phineas  Swan 
Charles  Wheeler 
John  Winslow 
Joshua  Young 


In  this  census  seven  women  were  enumerated  as  heads  of  families,  viz.: 
Anne  Chase,  Marian  Chase,  Abigail  Eastman,  Elizabeth  Fifield,  Mary 
Fisk,  Elsie  McCormick  and  Mary  Simpson. 

The  ten  years  from  1790  to  1800  were  years  of  progress.  The  questions 
growing  out  of  the  war  were  settled,  professional  men  were  establishing 
themselves,  mills  and  various  small  manufactories  were  erected,  the  cause 
of  education  received  more  and  more  attention,  a  Haverhill  church  was 
organized.  "The  Brook"  and  "the  Corner"  begun  to  come  into  prom- 
inence as  business,  social  and  political  centres;  improvements  in  roads, 
bridges,  and  in  matters  pertaining  to  health  were  made,  and  Haverhill 
began  to  recognize  and  appreciate  her  opportunities.  The  town  records, 
while  meagre  and  fragmentary,  abound  with  significant  entries. 


88  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

There  was  difficulty  in  1789  and  1790  in  securing  selectmen  who  were 
willing  to  serve.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  1789,  Charles  Johnston,  A.  S. 
Crocker  and  Joseph  Hutchins  were  elected.  The  latter  refused  to  serve, 
and  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  March  26,  Nathaniel  Merrill  was  elected 
in  his  place.  He  also  refused  the  honor  and  at  another  meeting,  March 
30,  Simeon  Goodwin  was  elected."  In  1790  Moses  Dow,  Nathaniel 
Merrill  and  Amos  Kimball  were  elected.  Dow  and  Merrill  refused  to 
serve,  and  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  March  18,  Charles  Johnston  and 
A.  S.  Crocker  were  elected  to  fill  vacancies.  Kimball  would  not  qualify, 
and  at  another  meeting,  held  March  31,  Johnston  and  Crocker  were  again 
elected,  and  Ezekiel  Ladd  was  chosen  in  place  of  Kimball.  The  trouble 
seems  to  have  arisen  concerning  an  act  passed  by  the  legislature  "for 
the  better  observance  of  the  Lord's  Day."  This  act  required  the  select- 
men to  inform  against  all  persons  who  traveled  on  the  Sabbath  between 
sunrising  and  sunsetting,  except  to  "attend  to  public  worship,  visit  the 
sick,  or  do  works  of  charity."  The  vigorous  enforcement  of  this  law 
caused  angry  protests.  The  selectmen  "informed,"  the  tythingman  was 
vigilant,  and  many  persons  overtaken  on  the  road  by  sunrise,  almost 
in  sight  of  home,  were  compelled  to  pause  in  their  journey  until  the  sun 
had  sunk  behind  the  western  horizon.  John  Page,  for  example,  had  been 
on  a  business  trip  "down  country."  He  had  arrived  as  near  home  as 
Warren  when  the  Sabbath  dawned.  He  would  have  gone  home,  but  the 
Warren  tythingman  invited  him  to  stay,  and  he  was  only  permitted  to 
go  home  the  next  morning  after  payment  of  fine  and  costs  for  violation 
of  the  Sabbath  act.  The  Haverhill  selectmen,  less  pious  perhaps  than 
like  officers  in  Warren  and  other  towns,  but  endowed  a  little  more  gen- 
erously with  common  sense,  would  not  take  oath  to  enforce  the  law  in 
question.  Johnston,  Crocker  and  Ladd  kindly  accepted  office  in  1790 
by  taking  a  modified  oath,  with  observance  of  the  Sabbath  law  omitted. 
In  1791,  Joseph  Hutchins,  Nathaniel  Merrill  and  Moody  Bedel  were 
elected  selectmen,  but  they  would  not  take  the  oath  of  office  until  the 
town  had  formally  voted  to  eliminate  obedience  to  the  provisions  of  the 
Sabbath  act  so  called  from  their  oath.  The  rights  of  conscience  were 
thus  observed. 

There  was  evidently  a  division  of  sentiment  in  the  earlier  days  as  to  the 
wisdom  of  employing  vaccination  as  a  preventive  of  smallpox,  and  anti- 
vaccinationists  were  more  numerous  then  than  now.  In  the  warrant  for 
a  special  meeting,  held  November  21,  1791,  the  question  was  stated 
boldly  in  the  5th  article:  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  have  the  small- 
pox in  said  town  by  way  of  innoculation."  The  town  said  no.  At  an 
adjourned  meeting,  January  3,  1792,  the  negative  vote  was  reconsidered 
and  it  was  "voted  that  Dr.  Martin  Phelps  have  liberty  to  propogate 
smallpox  by  way  of  innoculation."     January  23,  this  vote  was  rescinded. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  89 

The  controversy  raged,  as  did  also  the  smallpox  to  quite  an  alarm- 
ing extent,  until  at  a  special  meeting,  held  January  7,  1793,  the  town 
voted  to  "have  such  form  of  smallpox  as  would  come  by  way  of 
innoculation." 

As  late  as  1792  wheat  and  corn  were  receivable  for  taxes,  money  still 
being  conspicuous  by  its  absence.  The  sum  of  £25  was  raised  to  defray 
town  charges  payable  in  wheat  at  4s  per  bushel  and  £50  in  addition  to  the 
amount  required  by  law  for  keeping  grammar  school,  also  payable  in 
wheat.  James  Woodward  was  chosen  to  receive  the  wheat  in  the  district 
where  he  lived  and  pay  the  same  to  the  schoolmaster. 

In  1798  a  long  standing  debt  against  the  town  for  patriotic  services  was 
provided  for,  the  town  voting  to  pay  Capt.  Ebenezer  Sanborn  the  sum  of 
£10  "for  fetching  200  lbs.  balls,  50  lbs.  powder  and  a  quantity  of  flints 
from  Exeter  in  1775  for  the  use  of  the  town." 

During  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  for  several  years  subsequent  to  its 
close,  the  finances  of  the  town  seem  to  have  been  managed  loosely.  Col- 
lectors of  taxes  had  collected  only  a  part  of  the  taxes  committed  to  them 
for  collection,  and  not  all  of  the  moneys  collected  had  been  turned  over 
to  the  town  treasurer.  The  official  accounts  of  as  prominent  a  citizen  as 
Andrew  Savage  Crocker  were  in  questionable  shape  and  at  a  special  meet- 
ing in  September,  1790,  Nathaniel  Merrill  was  chosen  collector,  Amos 
Kimball,  selectman,  and  Michael  Johnston,  town  clerk,  in  place  of 
Crocker,  "said  to  have  removed  from  the  state."  Litigation  followed 
which  was  not  fully  settled  till  1796,  when  the  annual  meeting  voted  to 
raise  £15  "for  the  benefit  of  A.  S.  Crocker  to  be  assessed  the  present 
year  in  full  of  all  disputes  between  himself  and  the  town."  Crocker 
returned  later,  and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs  as  before.  There  were 
several  other  disputes,  but  at  the  annual  meeting  in  1800  there  was  a 
report  from  a  committee  which  had  been  appointed  to  settle  with  all 
collectors  of  taxes  previous  to  that  year,  and  there  was  a  general  cleaning 
up  and  settlement  of  all  accounts  with  collectors  and  other  town  officers, 
so  that  the  new  century  was  started  with  new  books,  and  new  methods 
of  accounting. 

The  care  of  the  poor  had  become  a  problem.  Previous  to  1798,  the 
maintenance  of  the  town's  poor  had  been  settled  by  turning  the  paupers, 
no  matter  what  their  previous  condition,  over  to  the  lowest  bidder  for 
support.  In  1798  Ezekiel  Ladd  was  voted  the  sum  of  £22,  6s,  2d  for  care 
of  the  poor  from  April  1,  1797,  to  March  31,  1798,  and  then  it  was  voted 
to  take  care  of  the  poor  in  accordance  with  a  law  which  permitted  the 
town  to  have  houses  of  correction  or  workhouses  in  which  to  set  their 
poor  at  work,  and  these  were  also  to  be  used  when  towns  saw  fit  for  the 
"keeping,  correcting  and  setting  to  work  of  rogues,  vagabonds,  common 
beggars,  lewd,  idle  and  disorderly  persons."     Inhuman  perhaps,  but  an 


90  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

inhumanity  which  at  that  time  was  prevalent.     It  is  to  the  credit  of 
Haverhill  that  this  system  was  given  but  the  briefest  trial. 

The  Brook  and  Corner  had  begun  to  outgrow  and  surpass  the  Plain  in 
enterprise  and  manufactures,  and  a  rivalry,  not  always  friendly,  grew  up 
between  the  two  sections.  At  a  special  town  meeting,  November  21, 
1791,  Charles  Johnston,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  Dr.  Martin  Phelps,  Amos 
Kimball,  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  Joshua  Howard  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
settle  all  disputes  between  the  two  ends  of  the  town,  and  various  votes 
were  passed  designating  the  place  of  holding  town  meetings.  At  this 
same  town  meeting,  it  was  voted  that  the  annual  town  meetings  be  held 
alternately  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Moses  Dow,  then  at  the  Corner, 
and  the  court  house  at  the  Plain,  and  that  district  meetings  be  held  at  the 
meeting  house  or  court  house  or  such  other  place  as  shall  be  provided  at 
Horse  Meadow.  The  division  of  interest  necessitated  the  building  of 
two  pounds,  one  at  the  north  end  on  land  of  Joshua  Howard,  the  other 
at  the  south  end  on  land  of  Moody  Bedel.  Persons  liable  to  taxation  at 
the  south  end  of  the  town — south  of  the  Fisher  farm — were  notified  to 
meet  the  selectmen  of  1795  at  the  house  of  Joseph  Bliss,  April  14,  and  at 
the  house  of  Ezekiel  Ladd,  April  15,  to  give  under  oath  invoice  of  their 
taxable  property. 

In  1797  Joshua  Howard,  Amasa  Scott,  Asa  Boynton  and  Joseph  Bliss 
were  licensed  to  keep  tavern  and  sell  liquor,  and  other  licensees  were 
William  Mitchell,  John  Montgomery  and  Josiah  Burnham. 

Party  lines  were  being  drawn  in  politics,  and  Federalists  were  in  an 
overwhelming  majority,  judging  from  the  vote  for  governor  in  1798  when 
John  Taylor  Gilman  received  55  votes,  John  Langdon  16,  and  Timothy 
Walker  8. 

Schools  were  being  given  what  was  a  liberal  support  for  that  time: 
an  academy  had  been  established,  the  courts  had  been  removed  from  the 
Plain  to  the  Corner,  roads  had  been  inproved,  settlers  had  begun  to  push 
out  east  from  the  river  along  the  Oliverian,  lands  had  been  cleared  and 
homes  had  begun  to  be  established  to  the  east  of  the  Plain  and  to  the  north 
of  the  Fisher  farm  on  Brier  Hill.  Sufficient  settlement  had  been  made  in 
the  extreme  north  end  of  the  town  so  that  a  school  district  had  been  set 
off,  and  a  schoolhouse  built,  in  later  years  known  as  the  Pine  Plain  school- 
house.  The  beginning  of  the  new  century  may  well  be  taken  as  marking 
the  beginning  of  a  new  period.  The  day  of  pioneer  settlement  was  over. 
The  log  cabins  were  disappearing,  frame  dwellings  taking  their  places 
on  the  farms  and  in  the  villages;  especially  at  the  Corner  and  Ladd  Street 
more  pretentious  residences,  a  church — a  Haverhill  church  distinct  from 
Newbury  had  been  organized,  and  a  meeting  house  built  to  which  wor- 
shippers were  called  by  a  sweet  and  clear-toned  bell,  the  only  bell  in  the 
north  country.     Institutions  had  become  established,  the  town  meeting, 


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the  church,  the  school,  the  courts,  and  the  story  of  the  town  from  the 
year  1800  on  is  the  story  of  its  institutions,  of  its  social,  political,  educa- 
tional, professional  and  religious  life,  of  its  business  activity  and  enter- 
prise, of  its  people,  for,  after  all,  it  is  the  people  who  are  the  centre  of  all 
story  and  history. 

The  increase  in  population  had  been  marked  in  the  decade  1790-1800. 
In  the  latter  year  it  was  875  as  against  559  in  1790.  In  1800  there  were 
145  polls.  The  list  will  be  found  interesting  by  comparison  with  the  list 
of  heads  of  families  as  given  by  the  census  of  1790.  Some  of  the  names 
which  have  become  familiar  in  the  preceding  pages  are  missing.  Many 
of  the  earliest  settlers  had  passed  away  in  1800.  New  names  appear: 
new  blood  has  been  infused  into  the  life  of  the  town. 


The  number  of  polls  in  1800  was  as  follows: 


Moses  Abbott 
William  Abbott 
Cyrus  Allen 
Ozias  Allen 
Webster  Annise 
Phineas  Ayers 
Zechariah  Bacon 
John  Baptiste 
Jonathan  Barron 
Caleb  Bayley 
Joseph  Bayley 
Samuel  Bayley 
Jacob  Bedel 
John  Bedel 
Moody  Bedel 
Joseph  Bliss 
Asa  Boynton 
Samuel  Brooks 
Charles  Bruce 
Moses  Burbank 
Amos  Carleton 
Edmund  Carleton 
Daniel  Carr 
Amos  Chapman 
Daniel  Chaffin 
Edward  Clark 
John  Clark 
Ross  Coon 
James  Corliss 
John  Corliss 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
William  Cross 
John  H.  Cummings 
Sargent  Currier 
David  Dailey 


Joseph  Dow 
Joseph  Dow,  Jr. 
Moses  Dow 
Lanson  Drary 
Moses  Edgerly 
Joseph  Edmunds 
Jonathan  Elkins 
Moses  Elkins 
Stephen  Elkins 
John  Fifield 
Barzilla  French 
Richardson  French 
Samuel  Goode 
Simeon  Goodwin 
Benjamin  Gould 
James  Gould 
Ebenezer  Gray 
John  Haddock 
Abel  Hale 
Henry  Hancock 
Daniel  Hanniford 
Nathaniel  Harris 
John  Haseltine 
William  Hastings 
Olney  Hawkins 
Reuben  Heath 
William  Heath 
William  Hicks 
Amos  Horn 
John  Howard 
Joshua  Howard 
Rice  Howard 
Daniel  Hunt 
Jeremiah  Hut  chins 
Charles  Johnston 


Michael  Johnston 
Bryan  Kay 
Amos  Kimball 
John  Kimball 
James  King 
Asa  Ladd 
Daniel  Ladd 
David  Ladd 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. 
John  Ladd 
Joseph  Ladd 
Moody  Ladd 
Samuel  Ladd 
William  Ladd 
Ebenezer  Larvey 
Stephen  Larvey 
John  Merrill 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
Abner  Miles 
Robert  Miller 
William  Mitchell 
John  Montgomery 
Stephen  Morse 
Stephen  Morse,  Jr. 
Stephen  Morse,  3d 
Artemus  Nixon 
Joseph  Noyes 
Herbert  Ormsbee 
John  Osgood 
John  Page 
Asa  Porter 
Billy  Porter 
John  Porter 
Moses  Porter 


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HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 


William  Porter 
William  Rowell 
Nathaniel  Runnells 
Moor  Russell 
John  Sanborn 
Avery  Sanders 
Oliver  Sanders 
Amasa  Scott 
Ephraim  Skinner 
Jonathan  Soper 
Alden  Sprague 
Daniel  Stevens 
Joseph  Stimpson 


Ephraim  Stocker 
Israel  Swan 
Joshua  Swan 
Joshua  Swan,  Jr. 
Phineas  Swan 
Phineas  Swan,  Jr. 
Ezekiel  Tewksbury 
John  M.  Tillotson 
Leopold  Tissot 
John  True 
Joshua  Ward 
Uriah  Ward 
John  Warrill 


David  Webster,  Jr. 
Ephraim  Wesson 
Kern  West 
Clark  Wheeler 
Joseph  Whitney 
Jacob  Williams 
Abiel  Willis 
Jahleel  Willis 
Clark  Woodward 
Jacob  Woodward 
James  Woodward 
James  Woodward,  Jr. 
Benjamin  Young 


Haverhill  was  a  community  of  farmers.  Few  tradesmen  and  mechan- 
ics were  needed  in  a  state  of  society  where  simplicity  in  style  of  living 
prevailed,  and  the  famous  Jeffersonian  simplicity  was  just  coming  into 
vogue.  Each  family  had  its  farm,  or  at  least  house  lot  and  garden,  with 
pigs,  poultry  and  cattle.  The  minister,  in  addition  to  his  pastoral  duties 
and  the  preparation  of  his  sermons — and  the  preparation  involved  in 
some  of  these  causes  one  to  shudder — carried  on  his  farm,  laboring  with 
his  own  hands;  and  lawyer  and  doctor  by  no  means  relied  on  the  emolu- 
ments of  their  profession  for  a  livelihood.  Then  again  scarcity  of  money 
made  the  farmers  in  turn  tradespeople,  mechanics  and  manufacturers. 

Almost  everything  required  for  sustenance  and  comfort  was  produced 
within  the  town  limits,  and  each  family  was  in  a  large  sense  sufficient  unto 
itself.  Each  had  its  own  field  of  rye,  oats,  wheat,  corn  and  potatoes,  and 
each  raised  its  own  supply  of  garden  vegetables.  Beef,  mutton,  pork, 
poultry  were  home  products,  as  were  the  home  cured  hams,  shoulders, 
sausage,  dried  and  smoked  beef.  There  was,  of  course,  exchange  of  com- 
modities for  mutual  accommodation,  the  excess  on  one  farm  contributing 
to  the  deficiency  on  another.  Nearly  every  household  was  a  manufactur- 
ing establishment.  Household  and  farm  utensils,  the  common  articles  of 
furniture  were  home  made.  There  was  the  large  spinning  wheel  for  the 
wool,  and  the  little  wheel  turned  by  foot  on  which  the  linen  was  spun 
had  its  place  in  every  household.  Every  family  raised  its  own  flax,  rotted 
it,  hackeled  it,  dressed  it  and  spun  it,  and  the  hum  of  the  spinning  wheel 
was  seldom  unheard,  keeping  time  with  the  shuttle  on  both  large  and 
small  looms.  The  chimney  corner  for  the  household  dye  tub  was  seldom 
unoccupied.  There  was  "a  fulling  mill"  at  the  Brook  where  the  home- 
made cloth  for  men's  wear  was  fulled,  dyed  and  dressed,  was  for  custom 
work  only  as  were  also  the  two  or  three  tanneries.  The  leather  was 
worked  up  into  foot  gear  by  the  itinerant  shoemaker  who  set  up  temporary 
shop  in  the  kitchen  corner,  until  the  household  was  shod.  The  village 
tailor,  from  the  best  of  the  home-made  cloth,  brought  him  fashioned  gar- 


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ments  for  "best"  for  the  heads  of  families  and  the  young  men,  while  gar- 
ments for  every  day  wear,  and  for  the  boys  of  the  family  were  made  by 
housewife  and  daughters,  or  by  the  itinerant  tailoress — usually  a  maiden 
lady  of  uncertain  age  and  temper — who,  armed  with  a  single  pattern, 
journeyed  from  house  to  house,  leaving  in  her  wake  habiliments  fearfully 
and  wonderfully  made,  with  stitches  unrippable,  and  with  wearing  quali- 
ties defying  the  roughest  kind  of  rough  usage. 

Butter,  cheese,  soap,  candles  were  all  of  home  manufacture.  Soap 
boiling  and  candle  dipping  days  were  household  events.  Sugar  and  mo- 
lasses for  the  most  part  came  from  the  West  Indies,  though  sugar  maples 
were  made  to  pay  their  utmost  tribute.  Tea  and  coffee,  though  the  latter 
was  very  little  known,  were  of  course  imported,  but  each  farm  had  its 
orchard,  and  there  was  the  fruit  of  the  orchard.  There  were  winter 
apples,  apples  for  table  use,  apples  for  apple  sauce,  and  apples  for  cider. 
The  latter  was  the  main  thing.  No  winter's  supply  of  provisions  was 
complete  without  several  barrels  of  cider.  It  was  the  common  drink, 
and  nearly  everybody,  it  may  also  be  said,  drank  rum.  The  farmers  sup- 
plied their  day  laborers  with  it,  especially  during  the  summer  months. 
Neglect  to  offer  it  to  male  callers  or  visitors,  the  minister  included  when 
he  made  his  pastoral  visit,  would  have  been  regarded  as  an  unpardonable 
breach  of  good  manners.  There  were  various  lands  of  delicate  elixirs  and 
cordials  of  which  rum  was  the  basis,  in  which  women  indulged,  and  hot 
toddy  was  deemed  an  infallible  remedy  for  soothing  crying  babies  troubled 
with  "wind." 

The  farmhouse  cellars  were  veritable  storehouses.  The  cellar  of  one  of 
the  well-to-do  class  was,  in  the  autumn — with  its  barrels  of  beef,  pork  and 
cider,  its  bins  of  potatoes,  turnips,  beets  and  carrots,  its  stacks  of  cabbages 
— a  picture  of  plenty,  while  the  garret  depository  for  wool,  flax  and  tow, 
with  its  ornamentation  of  long  strings  of  dried  apples  and  pumpkins,  with 
large  bunches  of  various  kinds  of  savory  herbs,  presented  a  picture  hardly 
less  attractive.  Then  there  were  the  barns  and  outlying  sheds  and  gran- 
aries, the  cows,  oxen,  horses,  sheep,  and  swine;  the  poultry,  especially  the 
flocks  of  geese,  source  of  supply  for  feather  beds  and  pillows.  Haverhill 
had  entered  upon  its  era  of  prosperity  at  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 

The  winters  were  long  and  cold,  but  there  were  the  big  fireplaces,  and 
wood  was  fortunately  plenty,  since  the  amount  consumed  in  one  of  the 
fireplaces,  six  feet  long  by  four  feet  deep,  seems  in  these  modern  days 
almost  incredible.     To  build  a  fire  and  keep  it  was  no  small  undertaking. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  century  the  men  still  wore  long  broad-tailed  coats  with  huge 
pockets,  long  waistcoats  and  breeches.  The  hats  had  low  crowns  and  broad  brims, 
sometimes  so  broad  as  to  be  supported  with  cords  at  the  sides.  The  stockings  of  the 
parson  and  a  few  others  were  of  silk  in  summer  and  of  worsted  in  winter.     Those  of  the 


94  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

common  people  were  generally  of  wool,  blue  and  gray  mixed,  though  linen  was  worn 
in  summer.  The  hair  was  worn  long,  either  loose  and  floating  down  to  the  shoulders; 
or  in  a  diminutive  queue  tied  with  a  ribbon,  or  turned  up  and  tied  in  a  sort  of  club- 
queue.  .  .  .  But  this  style  of  dress  was  doomed;  early  in  the  century,  round  hats 
and  pantaloons  began  to  make  their  appearance.  Jefferson  was,  or  pretended  to  be, 
very  simple  in  his  taste,  dress  and  manners.  He  wore  pantaloons  instead  of  breeches, 
and  leather  shoestrings  in  place  of  buckles;  and  his  inauguration  as  President,  in  1801, 
seems  to  have  given  the  signal  for  the  change.  Powder  and  queues,  cocked  hats  and 
broad  brims,  white  top  boots  and  breeches,  shoebuckles  and  kneebuckles  began  to 
disappear  with  the  departure  of  the  Elder  Adams  from  office,  while  the  establishment  of 
democratic  rule,  short  hair,  pantaloons  and  round  hats  with  narrow  brims  became  the 
prevailing  costume  of  men  of  all  classes.  Never  a  style  of  dress  went  so  completely 
out  of  date  and  became  antique  in  so  short  a  time. 

The  women  wore  close,  short-waisted  dresses  of  "silk,  calico,  muslin  and  gingham"  with 
a  full  muslin  kerchief  or  broad  standing  ruffle  at  the  neck.  The  girls  wore  also  white 
Vandykes,  but  these  were  worn  by  the  wealthier  class,  or  by  the  common  people  only  on 
holiday  occasions.  The  ordinary  dresses  of  the  women  were  made  of  material  of  their 
own  manufacture.  There  was  the  plain  or  plaided  flannel  for  winter  use,  the  striped  or 
checked  linen  and  linsey-woolsey  for  other  seasons.  .  .  .  But  they  did  like  to  dress 
up  on  occasions.  Many  a  buxom  lass  has  lengthened  out  the  summer  day  with  her 
spinning  and  the  winter  evening  with  her  knitting,  in  order  to  earn,  in  the  time  that  was 
her  own,  the  money  that  was  to  purchase  the  gay  flowered  India  calico,  to  be  worn  to  the 
next  quilting,  or  to  the  ball  at  the  tavern.  Women  wore  large  bonnets  of  straw  or 
silk ;  sensible  bonnets  they  were,  covering  the  head  and  protecting  the  face  from  the  sun 
and  wind.1 

The  chief  centres  of  social  life  were  the  meeting  house  and  the  tavern. 
The  influences  radiating  from  the  former  were  not  wholly  and  entirely 
religious.  All  the  people  were  church  goers.  No  light  excuses,  based 
on  wind  and  weather,  kept  them  at  home.  Some  of  them  lived  at  long 
distances  from  the  meeting  house,  but  for  these  horses  were  put  in  requisi- 
tion, the  man  riding  on  the  saddle  and  the  good  wife  on  the  pillion  behind 
him.  In  the  intermission  between  the  two  services,  those  who  came 
from  any  considerable  distance  gathered  in  knots  to  eat  the  lunch  they 
had  brought,  while  they  discussed  the  sermon,  the  news  of  the  day,  and 
other  things.  The  meeting  house  was  really  a  meeting  place,  a  social 
centre.  All  this  was  pleasant  in  the  summer  time,  but  a  bit  strenuous  in 
the  winter  when  the  congregation,  some  of  whom  had  come  from  a  long 
distance  through  the  driving  storm  or  biting  cold,  sat  through  the  long 
services  in  a  room  without  stoves,  which  were  then  unknown,  and  desti- 
tute of  fireplace.  The  women  had  footstoves  to  warm  their  feet,  the  use 
of  which  was  shared  with  the  younger  children,  while  men  and  boys 
disturbed  the  easy  flow  of  the  minister's  prayer  or  sermon  by  rapping 
their  boots  together  in  the  effort,  not  always  successful,  to  warm  their 
half  frozen  feet.  Social  life  as  found  at  the  tavern  was  not  always  the 
best,  but  the  men  mingled  with  each  other,  and  from  travelers  learned  of 

1  Conn.  Valley  Hist.  Society,  Proceedings,  pp.  227,  228. 


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the  life  and  the  trend  of  affairs  in  other  towns  and  communities.  Sunday- 
evening  was  the  great  time  for  neighborly  visiting.  More  social  calls  were 
then  made  than  in  all  the  rest  of  the  week.  Holy  time  was  over  at  sunset, 
but  in  most  cases  the  work  of  the  week  did  not  begin  till  Monday  morning. 
It  was  the  leisure  evening.  The  best  or  Sunday  clothes  had  not  been 
discarded,  and  people  are  usually  at  their  best  when  best  dressed. 
Many  an  "engagement"  dated  from  a  Sunday  evening  call,  or  a  Sunday 
evening  "sitting  up, "  and,  were  all  the  facts  known,  the  making  of  many 
a  local  political  slate  might  be  traced  to  a  quiet  Sunday  evening  confer- 
ence of  a  few  leading  citizens.  Strange  as  it  may  seem  funerals  were 
social  events.  They  called  together  great  numbers,  for  it  was  a  mark 
of  respect  for  the  dead  to  follow  them  to  the  grave,  as  well  as  a  testi- 
monial of  sympathy  for  the  living.  The  house  was  always  filled  to 
overflowing,  and  frequently  numbers  stood  outside.  There  was  prayer 
at  the  house,  and  then  the  coffin  was  placed  on  the  bier,  the  bearers  of 
which  headed  the  long  procession  to  the  old  graveyard,  where  there  was 
again  prayer  and  an  appropriate  address  by  the  minister.  The  event 
was  usually  "improved  upon"  in  the  next  Sunday  sermon.  The  day 
of  the  funeral  was  a  holiday,  a  serious  one,  indeed,  but  a  holiday  just  the 
same. 

Then  they  were  the  great  festivals  of  Fourth  of  July,  Thanksgiving, 
and  the  General  Muster  or  Training  Day.  Christmas,  Lent  and  Easter 
were  observed  in  general  non-observance.  The  house  and  barn  raisings 
were  events  which  brought  together  the  men  from  far  and  near.  There 
was  hard  lifting  to  be  done,  but  there  was  mirth  and  jollity,  aided  by 
the  flip  and  cider  which  circulated  unsparingly.  The  work  done,  the 
heavy  frame  in  place,  there  were  the  usual  athletic  contests. 

In  the  way  of  amusements  there  were  the  corn  huskings  (who  has  not 
heard  of  them,  with  their  romance  of  red  ears?),  the  apple  paring  bees 
when  the  fruit  was  prepared  for  drying,  and  the  quilting  parties  where 
the  quilt  with  its  mysterious  and  wonderful  patchwork  cover  was  put 
upon  the  frames  in  the  morning,  and  marked  with  its  pattern  of  shells, 
or  herringbone,  all  ready  for  the  work  to  begin,  finished  in  the  afternoon, 
before  the  young  men  began  to  arrive  for  the  bountiful  supper  and  the 
festivities  of  the  evening,  and  last  but  not  least  the  "Seeing  Nellie  home." 
There  was  also  the  occasional  tea  party  for  the  women,  antedating  the 
sewing  circle,  and  meetings  of  the  ladies  aid,  when  the  women  plied  the 
inevitable  knitting  needle,  sipped  their  favorite  beverage,  discussed  the 
last  sermon  of  the  parson,  talked  over  the  news  of  the  neighborhood, 
and  the  newest  goods  received  at  the  store.  It  was  gossip  perhaps,  but 
innocent  gossip,  and  the  busy,  hard  working  women  of  1800  had  few  or 
no  outside  interests  and  little  recreation  of  any  kind. 


96  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

Books  and  newspapers  were  scarce.  Each  family  had  its  little  store 
of  devotional  books  which  were  read  on  Sunday,  and  by  old  people  on 
other  days,  but  the  Bible  and  Watts  Psalms  and  Hymns  were  more  read 
than  all  the  rest  together.  The  weekly  reading  was  confined  for  the 
most  part  to  the  Farmer's  Almanac,  and  stray  copies  of  the  weekly 
newspaper  which  had  begun  to  be  published  in  the  larger  towns.  News- 
papers were  still  numbered  among  the  curiosities  and  luxuries — not 
necessities. 

The  new  century  opened  auspiciously  for  Haverhill  with  a  promise  of 
prosperity  which  did  not  lack  fulfillment. 


CHAPTER  VII 


CHURCHES 

Oldest  of  Organizations  in  Town — The  Church — Mr.  Powers  Called  as  Pastor 
in  1765 — Town  Divided  into  Two  Parishes — House  at  Horse  Meadow 
Built  First — Ladd  Street  Organized  in  1790 — Discussion  Over  Tax  Rate 
for  Ministers — Difficulty  Settled — Controversy  with  Church  at  New- 
bury over  Timothy  Barron  and  Captain  Wesson — John  Smith  Settled  by 
Town  as  Minister — Grant  Powers — Bought  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
at  Corner — "Smooth  as  a  Bone" — North  Parish — Pike — Methodist  Episco- 
palian— Four  Churches — Baptist — Union  Meeting  House,  Now  Adventist — 
Protestant  Episcopal — Universalist — Evangelical  Association — Mental 
Liberty  Society — Pastors  Born  in  Haverhill. 

The  oldest  institution  in  Haverhill  next  to  its  charter  and  town  organ- 
ization is  the  church.  No  separate  church  organization  for  the  town 
existed  until  1790,  but  previous  to  this  date  although  the  first  meeting 
house  was  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river  the  church  wras  that  of  Newbury 
and  Haverhill.  The  two  towms  were  one  parish.  As  has  been  previously- 
stated  the  proprietors  of  NewTbury  and  Haverhill  united  as  early  as  1763 
to  secure  preaching,  and  Mr.  Silas  Moody,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College 
and  a  relative  of  Moses  Little,  came  to  Coos,  preaching  three  Sabbaths 
in  Newbury  and  two  in  Haverhill  in  September  and  October  of  that  year, 
and  was  paid  by  the  proprietors  of  the  two  towns.  It  wras  hoped  that 
he  might  be  induced  to  become  the  minister  of  the  two  towns,  but  being 
disinclined  to  settle,  the  choice  of  the  leaders  in  the  two  settlements  fell 
upon  the  Rev.  Peter  Powers  of  Hollis,  who  had  for  some  six  or  seven 
years  previously  been  the  minister  of  Newent  (now  Lisbon),  Conn.  Mr. 
Powers  came  to  Coos  in  May,  1764,  remaining  for  several  weeks,  preach- 
ing in  houses  and  towns  to  the  acceptance  of  the  settlers. 

In  September,  1764,  the  Newbury  and  Haverhill  Church  was  organ- 
ized, and  in  January,  1765,  Haverhill  joined  with  Newbury  in  giving  "a 
call  to  Mr.  Peter  Powrers  to  become  their  gospel  minister."  Mr.  Powers 
accepted  the  call  and  his  installation  as  pastor  of  the  Newbury-Haverhill 
Church  took  place  on  the  last  Wednesday  in  February.  As  there  was 
no  church  within  sixteen  miles,  its  was  deemed  best  to  have  the  installa- 
tion ceremonies  at  some  place  where  a  council  could  convene,  and  these 
took  place  in  the  church  at  Hollis.  Air.  Powrers  preaching  his  own  instal- 
lation sermon  from  Matt.  22  :  8,  9.  The  ministers  participating  in  the 
council  were  Rev.  David  Emerson  of  Hollis,  Rev.  Henry  True  of  Hamp- 
stead,  Rev.  Abner  Bayley  of  Salem,  Rev.  Joseph  Emerson  of  Pepperell, 


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Mass.,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Goodhue.  Mr.  Powers  removed  his  family  to 
Newbury  in  March,  and  the  work  of  the  church  was  begun. 

From  the  fact  that  he  lived  in  Newbury  and  that  the  first  meeting 
house  was  built  there,  the  church  is  often  spoken  of  as  the  Newbury 
church,  but  Haverhill  contributed  by  public  taxation  to  its  support 
about  £90  during  the  first  three  years,  and  after  1771  £35  annually  till 
1777  when  its  share  became  £37,  6s. 

As  has  been  previously  stated,  Mr.  Powers  continued  to  preach  in 
Haverhill  for  some  time  after  his  labors  in  Newbury  were  finished. 
Haverhill  and  Newbury  were  fortunate  in  securing  Mr.  Powers  as  their 
minister  almost  coincident  with  the  beginning  of  their  settlement.  His 
parish  at  the  first  was  the  entire  Coos  County,  though  there  is  no  record 
that  towns  other  than  Newbury  and  Haverhill  contributed  to  his  support. 
He  preached  occasional  sermons,  officiated  at  weddings  and  funerals  all 
the  way  from  Hanover  and  Plymouth  on  the  south  to  Lancaster  on  the 
north,  and  it  is  claimed  that  he  preached  the  first  sermon  in  no  less  than 
twenty-seven  towns  in  Coos  and  vicinity.  For  a  score  of  years  the  log 
meeting  house  and  its  successor  on  the  great  Oxbow  in  Newbury  was 
the  only  building  for  public  worship  within  a  radius  of  many  miles. 

After  the  removal  of  Mr.  Powers  from  Newbury  in  1781,  he  continued 
to  preach  in  Haverhill  until  the  autumn  of  1783.  At  a  special  town 
meeting  held  September  16,  1783,  it  was  "Voted  not  to  hire  Mr.  Powers 
to  preach  any  more"  and  he  soon  afterwards  went  to  Cornish,  and  later 
to  Deer  Island,  Me.  There  was  a  period  of  religious  depression  for  some 
years  following  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  religious  services  were 
held  very  irregularly.  At  the  annual  meeting  March  9,  1784  it  was 
"voted  £50  be  paid  out  for  hiring  preaching  the  year  ensuing,  except 
£10,  10s  for  preaching  paid  the  past  year  by  the  committee,  which  said 
£50  is  to  include  the  £40  voted  last  year."  Charles  Johnston,  Ezekiel 
Ladd  and  Nathaniel  Merrill  were  made  a  committee  to  hire  preaching 
and  provide  place  of  meeting  not  below  Col.  Joseph  Hutchins  (at  the 
Brook)  nor  above  the  Court  house,  the  meetings  to  be  held  in  two  dif- 
ferent places  in  equal  proportion.  An  article  in  the  warrant  for  the 
annual  meeting  1785,  "to  see  how  much  money  the  town  will  raise  to 
hire  preaching"  was  dismissed. 

At  a  special  meeting  January  10,  1788,  it  was  voted  to  build  a  meeting 
house  and  to  divide  the  town  into  two  parishes,  the  dividing  line  to  be 
on  the  south  side  of  the  Fisher  farm  in  a  straight  course  through  the  town, 
reserving  to  each  parish  an  equal  share  of  the  ministerial  right  of  land 
and  of  school  and  common  lands.  It  seems  from  this  vote  that  the  meet- 
ing house  which  it  was  voted  to  build  in  1771,  and  on  which  some  work 
had  been  done  as  appears  by  subsequent  votes  had  now  been  completed. 
This  house  was  at  Horse  Meadow,  and  later,  reduced  in  size  and  com- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  99 

pleted,  became  the  meeting  house  of  the  North  Parish.  At  the  annual 
meeting  in  1788,  notwithstanding  the  vote  in  January  to  build  a  meeting 
house,  no  action  seems  to  have  been  taken  to  secure  preaching,  and  at 
the  annual  meeting  1789,  the  proposition  to  hire  preaching  was  nega- 
tived. The  meeting  house  at  Ladd  Street  was  built  so  that  it  could 
be  occupied  for  religious  purposes  in  1790,  though  it  was  not  finished  in  the 
style  of  later  years.  The  meeting  house  at  Horse  Meadow  had  been 
begun,  and  was  partly  built  by  town  tax,  but  there  is  no  evidence  that 
the  town  ever  acquired  any  right  in  the  Ladd  Street  house.  It  appears 
to  have  been  erected  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  the  original  pew- 
holders. 

For  several  years  following  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  the  removal 
of  Mr.  Powers  there  had  been  great  religious  depression,  but  coinci- 
dent with  the  erection  of  the  Ladd  Street  house  there  was  a  great  relig- 
ious awakening.  Whether  this  followed  the  voluntary  contributions  of 
the  people  to  erect  a  house  of  worship,  or  whether  these  contributions 
were  a  result  of  the  awakening  is  not  known,  but  this  is  certain  that  fol- 
lowing the  erection  of  the  house  of  worship  and  the  religious  revival  the 
First  Congregational  Church  in  Haverhill  was  "gathered"  October  3, 
1790  by  the  Rev.  Edw.  Burroughs  of  Hanover,  the  Rev.  Asa  Burton  of 
Thetford,  Vt.,  and  Rev.  Mr.  North.  The  covenant  adopted  and  signed 
by  the  original  members  is  of  abiding  interest,  as  indicating  the  pre- 
vailing theological  belief,  and  attitude  of  members  of  the  church  toward 
each  other: 

We  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed  being  hopefully  persuaded  each  one  for 
himself,  and  charitable  for  each  other,  that  we  have  been  made  willing  in  the  day  of 
God's  power:  and  that  under  these  circumstances  it  has  become  our  indispensable  duty 
to  subscribe  ourselves  with  our  hands  unto  the  Lord  and  to  surname  ourselves  by  taking 
the  name  of  Israel,  by  taking  the  vows  of  God  upon  us,  in  giving  up  ourselves  to  the 
Lord  in  the  bond  of  his  covenant  and  unto  one  another  as  according  to  his  will,  and 
under  a  solemn  sense  and  conviction  of  his  infinite  and  condescending  compassion  in 
admitting  such  vile  worms  of  the  dust  to  lay  hold  on  his  covenant: — We  do  this  day 
avouch  the  Lord  Jehovah,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  to  be  our  God,  and  do  give  up 
ourselves  to  Him  to  be  his  and  his  only  forever,  most  solemnly  renouncing  our  own  right- 
eousness as  being  but  filthy  rags  and  betaking  ourselves  from  henceforth  to  the  blood 
of  sprinkling  and  the  everlasting  righteousness  of  our  glorious  Redeemer  as  the  only 
ground  of  our  confidence  toward  God  for  pardon  and  cleansing.  And  for  the  purpose 
of  walking  together  in  the  faith  and  hope  of  the  Gospel,  and  that  our  Heavenly  Father 
may  be  glorified  by  our  shining  as  lights  in  the  world,  we  do  now  come  under  the  solemn 
and  awful  vows  of  God  and  do  bind  ourselves  by  them  to  take  His  Word  for  the  only 
rule  of  our  faith  and  practice,  meaning  by  such  a  purpose  to  make  it  our  care  to  act  out 
such  a  temper  of  love,  humility  and  meekness  as  is  according  to  the  true  spirit  and 
plain  meaning  of  the  Word:  and  in  our  treatment  of  one  another  and  in  our  conduct 
towards  all  men,  that  by  the  manifestation  of  such  temper  in  our  daily  walk  and  con- 
versation, we  may  approve  ourselves  to  every  man's  conscience  in  the  sight  of  God. 
And  we  do  moreover  submit  our  souls  to  the  authority  of  that  Word  which  binds  us  to  watch 


100  HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL 

over  one  another  in  the  Lord,  and  do  call  him  to  witness  that  in  attending  to  this  duty 
it  is  our  desire  and  our  governing  purpose  to  condemn  every  branch  of  conduct  in  each 
other  which  the  Word  of  God  condemns,  and  to  require  that  temper  and  conduct  in  each 
other  which  the  Word  of  God  requires,  and  this  without  partiality  or  respect  of  persons 
(or  knowing  any  one  after  the  flesh).  And  we  do  materially  and  jointly  take  refuge  in 
sovereign  mercy  and  rely  upon  the  free  and  rich  grace  of  our  dear  Redeemer  that  these 
principles  may  be  written  in  our  hearts,  as  with  a  pen  of  iron  and  the  point  of  a  diamond 
that  in  the  issue  it  may  appear  that  in  this  solemn  transaction  with  God  we  have  not 
flattered  him  with  our  mouth,  nor  lied  with  our  tongues,  but  that  our  hearts  are  right 
with  him  and  are  steadfast  in  his  covenant. 

David  Ladd  Martha  Ladd 

Martin  Phelps  Hannah  Ladd 

Carl  Adams  Hannah  Pearson 

Joseph  Ladd  Zilpah  Ring 

Ebenezer  Gray  Abigail  Cross 

Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr.  Anna  Wood 

Benjamin  Young  Sarah  Ladd 

James  Ladd  Sarah  Johnston 

William  Locke  Betty  Montgomery 

David  Young  Ruth  Phelps 

Lucinda  Young 
Betty  Tarleton 
Mehitable  Cross. 

Mr.  Ethan  Smith  supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  church  a  large  portion  of 
the  time  for  a  year  or  more,  under  the  direction  and  with  the  assistance 
of  Mr.  Burroughs  and  Mr.  Burton,  before  he  became  the  first  settled 
minister  of  the  church.  There  were  difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  settle- 
ment of  a  minister  from  the  first.  The  people  in  the  southern  portion 
of  the  town  desired  to  follow  the  custom  of  the  time  and  support  the 
ministry  by  a  town  tax,  but  this  was  strenuously  opposed  by  the  people 
at  the  northern  end  of  the  town.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  1790  the 
sum  of  £40  was  voted  to  hire  preaching  for  that  year,  one  half  to  be  at 
the  court  house,  the  other  half  at  the  Ladd  Street  meeting  house.  At  a 
special  meeting  held  August  2  it  was  voted  to  select  a  minister  and  to 
have  worship  at  the  meeting  house,  and  at  the  court  house  or  some  other 
place  in  Horse  Meadow  in  proportion  to  the  taxes  annually  raised  for 
that  purpose  at  each  end  of  the  town,  making  the  south  boundary  of 
the  Fisher  farm  the  dividing  line,  and  also  to  hire  Rev.  Mr.  Bell  to  preach 
on  probation.  Charles  Johnston,  Nathaniel  Merrill  and  Ezekiel  Ladd 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  carry  this  vote  into  effect. 

At  a  special  meeting  October  27,  1791,  it  was  voted  to  rescind  all  former 
rates  respecting  a  division  of  preaching  according  to  taxes  received  and 
"to  hire  Mr.  Ethan  Smith  four  Sabbaths  on  probation  the  one  half 
to  be  preached  at  the  meeting  house  and  the  other  half  at  the  Court 
house,"  Charles  Johnston,  Joseph  Bliss  and  Dr.  Martin  Phelps  were 
named  a  committee  to  treat  with  Mr.  Smith.     At  another  special  meeting 


HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL  101 

November  21,  1791,  it  was  voted  that  meetings  be  held  alternately  at 
meeting  house  and  court  house,  and  also  by  a  vote  of  39  to  33,  to  give 
Mr.  Ethan  Smith  a  call  to  settle  in  town  as  gospel  minister  at  a  salary 
of  £70,  one-third  part  to  be  paid  in  money,  the  other  two-thirds  in  produce 
equal  to  money  in  such  articles  as  he  will  need  in  a  family,  provided  he 
will  settle  and  continue  as  minister.  James  Woodward,  Dr.  Martin 
Phelps  and  John  Montgomery  were  appointed  a  committee  to  treat 
with  Mr.  Smith  on  the  part  of  the  town,  this  committee,  it  may  be  noted, 
was  from  the  north  end  of  the  town. 

The  vote  by  which  Mr.  Smith  was  called  was  a  narrow  one.  It  does 
not  appear  that  there  was  any  objection  to  him,  but  the  trouble  was 
rivalry  between  the  north  and  south  ends  of  the  town,  and  objection  to 
support  of  the  ministry  by  public  taxation.  The  south  end  of  the 
town  was  growing  in  importance  and  its  residents  objected  to  paying  taxes 
for  one  half  the  preaching  to  be  at  the  north  end.  Those  at  the  north 
demanded  half  the  preaching  if  they  were  to  be  taxed.  Another  special 
meeting  was  held  January  3,  1792,  at  which  it  was  then  voted  that  all  the 
people  north  of  the  church  line  of  the  Fisher  farm  shall  be  freed  and 
exempted  from  paying  any  minister  tax  or  salary  to  Mr.  Ethan  Smith, 
and  that  all  the  meetings  for  public  worship  on  the  Lord's  Day  be  held  at 
the  meeting  house  at  the  lower  end  of  Haverhill.  Mr.  Smith's  response  to 
the  call  as  modified  by  this  vote  was  as  follows: 

Whereas  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Haverhill  have  invited  me  to  settle  with  them 
as  a  gospel  minister,  I  do  hereby  comply  with  their  invitation  and  do  consent  to  take 
the  pastoral  charge  of  all  those  in  said  town,  who  desire  to  put  themselves  under  my  care, 
and  I  do  comply  with  the  proposal  voted  in  town  meeting  January  3,  1792,  viz.:  to  have 
all  those  persons  who  live  north  of  the  south  edges  of  the  Fisher  farm  exempt  from  pay- 
ing any  part  of  my  salary,  which  I  do  now  consent  to  receive  yearly,  viz:  £60  to  be 
paid  as  the  £70  which  the  town  voted  me,  with  the  addition  of  twenty  cords  of  hard 
wood  per  year,  and  to  have  the  meetings  for  public  worship,  held  on  every  Lord's  Day  at 
the  meeting  house  at  the  lower  end  of  Haverhill. 

Joseph  Bliss,  Charles  Johnston,  John  Montgomery,  James  Woodward, 
Dr.  Martin  Phelps  and  Ezekiel  Ladd  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
agree  with  Mr.  Smith  on  a  council  in  order  to  ordain  him  and  to  appoint 
a  day  of  ordination. 

But  the  end  of  the  settlement  had  not  yet  been  reached.  Another 
special  town  meeting  was  held  January  23,  1792,  two  days  before  the 
time  set  for  the  ordination  and  installation  of  Mr.  Smith.  It  was  then 
voted  34  to  30  to  rescind  the  vote  giving  Mr.  Ethan  Smith  a  call  to 
settle  as  a  gospel  minister  in  Haverhill  and  also  the  vote  to  give  him  £70 
salary.  All  the  votes  passed  January  3,  1792,  at  the  special  meeting 
respecting  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Smith  were  also  rescinded,  and  Moody 
Bedel,  town  clerk,  was  chosen  to  wait  on  Mr.  Smith  and  inform  him  of 


102  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

these  votes.  It  was  left  for  the  church  to  act  on  its  own  motion  and 
responsibility  in  the  matter  of  settlement  which  it  proceeded  to  do  and 
January  25,  1792,  Ethan  Smith  was  duly  installed  pastor,  the  church 
voluntarily  assuming  the  entire  responsibility  for  his  support. 

Mr.  Smith's  field  of  pastoral  labor  covered  the  entire  town  and  also 
Piermont.  While  the  preaching  was  at  the  Ladd  Street  meeting  house 
some  families  from  the  north  part  of  the  town  attended.  Soon  after 
his  installation,  eleven  members  of  the  church  in  Piermont  not  relishing 
the  preaching  of  the  pastor,  Rev.  Mr.  Richards,  who  was  accused  of 
strong  Arminian  beliefs,  withdrew  from  his  church,  and  united  with  the 
church  in  Haverhill,  conditionally,  retaining  the  privilege  of  returning 
to  Piermont  whenever  a  majority  of  them  so  voted.  At  the  time  of 
Mr.  Smith's  dismission  in  1799,  nearly  a  third  of  the  membership  of  the 
Haverhill  church  resided  in  Piermont,  but  the  Piermont  church  having 
become  extinct,  thirty  members  of  the  Haverhill  church  resident  in 
Piermont,  availed  themselves  of  this  conditional  membership,  and  with- 
drew to  reorganize  the  church  in  their  own  town. 

Mr.  Smith's  ministry  was  immediately  greatly  successful.  At  the 
end  of  its  first  year  there  had  been  fifty-three  admissions  to  church 
membership,  mostly  by  confession  of  faith.  But  there  were  discourage- 
ments. Discipline  was  strict,  and  there  was  a  rigid  adherence  to  the 
church  covenant,  and  regard  for  the  sacredness  of  its  obligations.  During 
Mr.  Smith's  pastorate  numerous  special  sessions  of  the  church  were 
occupied  with  cases  of  admonition  and  excommunication.  Five  were 
excommunicated  for  adherence  to  the  principles  and  faith  of  close  com- 
munion Baptists,  three  for  drunkenness,  a  number  comparatively  small, 
in  view  of  the  customs  and  habits  of  the  time,  others  for  "habitual  want 
of  Christian  temper,"  one  for  "unchristian  conversation  with  her  neigh- 
bor," two  others  for  neglect  of  church  services,  and  neglect  of  mainte- 
nance of  family  prayer.  May  3,  1799,  "Brother  John  Montgomery  sent 
in  a  confession  to  be  read  in  public  for  his  transgression  in  riding  on  two 
occasions  on  the  Lord's  Day,  with  humble  acknowledgment  of  his  sin, 
which  was  accepted. " 

The  church  records  under  date  of  1794  contain  this  entry:  "Voted, 
that  fellowship  with  the  church  in  Newbury  be  suspended."  This  was 
the  result  of  a  protracted  controversy  between  the  two  churches  which 
could  not  but  have  an  injurious  effect  upon  the  religious  life  of  both  towns. 

As  has  been  noted,  the  sum  of  £40  was  voted  at  the  annual  town 
meeting  in  March,  1790,  to  hire  preaching  for  that  year.  There  was 
opposition  at  the  north  end  of  the  town  to  the  organization  of  a  Haverhill 
church,  to  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Smith  as  pastor,  and  to  the  raising 
of  money  by  taxation  for  the  support  of  the  church;  and  several  refused 
to  pay  their  proportion  of  the  £40  assessed  for  this  purpose  in  1790. 


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Several  members  of  the  Newbury  church  residing  at  Horse  Meadow  and 
North  Haverhill  were  among  this  number.  The  leading  spirits  were 
Ephraim  Wesson  and  Timothy  Barron,  both  members  of  the  Newbury 
church,  and  both  leaders  in  the  movement  to  defeat  the  settlement  of 
Mr.  Smith.  They  attended  church  in  Newbury,  claiming  the  right  of 
choice  in  matters  of  church  attendance,  and  having  paid  for  the  support 
of  the  Newbury  church,  they  held  themselves  to  be  exempt  from  the 
support  of  any  other.  They  were  both  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
Haverhill,  and  to  bring  the  matter  to  a  test  they  were  arrested  and 
committed  to  jail  at  North  Haverhill  till  this  delinquent  minister  tax 
should  be  paid.  Just  how  long  they  remained  in  jail  is  unknown,  but  one 
day  finding  the  jail  door  unlocked  and  the  keeper  out  of  sight,  they 
quietly  walked  out  and  went  home.  They  were  soon  rearrested  and 
brought  before  the  magistrates  charged  with  the  offense  of  breaking 
jail.  To  this  they  replied,  that  they  had  committed  no  violence;  that 
finding  their  prison  door  unlocked  they  had  simply  gone  out,  being 
under  no  promise  to  remain  there:  further  if  the  jailor  had  neglected 
his  business  it  was  none  of  theirs.  When  they  were  reminded  that  they 
had  broken  the  law  of  the  state  and  were  liable  to  punishment  additional 
to  that  for  which  they  had  been  committed,  they  cited  the  example  of 
the  Apostle  Peter,  who,  finding  the  door  of  his  prison  open,  had  walked 
out,  claiming  that  what  was  right  for  Peter  was  also  right  for  Timothy 
and  Ephraim.  This  led  to  serious  admonition  for  this  irreverence  in  pre- 
suming to  liken  themselves  to  Saint  Peter.  They  undoubtedly  settled 
by  paying  the  tax  in  question  since  there  is  no  record  of  their  being  sent 
to  jail  again. 

But  this  led  to  the  serious  trouble  between  the  churches  and  the  people 
on  the  two  sides  of  the  river.  The  Haverhill  church  was  aggrieved  that 
the  Newbury  church  had  not  disciplined  Barron  and  Wesson,  and  the 
Newbury  church  had  a  grievance  in  that  certain  of  their  members  who 
lived  at  North  Newbury  were  permitted  by  the  Haverhill  people  to  attend 
church  at  Ladd  Street,  and  by  their  support  of  that  church,  claimed 
exemption  from  taxation  for  the  support  of  the  church  in  their  own 
town.  Fellowship,  between  the  two  churches  was  suspended.  A  council 
was  called  in  1794,  which  recommended  that  the  Newbury  church 
censure  Barron  and  Wesson  for  their  conduct,  and  that  the  Haverhill 
church  should  not  receive  James  Abbott  and  Thomas  Brook  to  its  com- 
munion, but  this  did  not  help  matters  much.  The  question  had  been 
raised  as  to  both  the  right  and  the  expediency  of  supporting  the  church 
by  taxation,  and  the  leaven  had  begun  to  work.  The  beginning  of  the 
end  of  the  New  England  system  of  union  of  state  and  church  had  come, 
and  at  the  next  council,  which  was  called  in  1796 — a  mutual  council — 
one  decided  step  was  taken  in  the  direction  of  a  complete  severance  of 


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church  and  state  affairs.  It  had  been  deemed  best  to  select  ministers 
from  a  distance,  in  view  of  the  high  tension  of  feeling  between  the  two 
churches  and  the  importance  of  the  questions  involved.  The  ministers 
who  comprised  the  council,  and  by  whose  decision  the  church  had  agreed 
to  abide  were  Conant  of  Lyme,  Spaulding  of  Salem,  Woodman  of  San- 
bornton,  Ward  of  Plymouth  and  Swift  of  Bennington. 

The  council  met  at  Newbury  on  Wednesday  of  the  week  before  com- 
mencement at  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  attended  by  large  numbers 
from  both  towns,  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley,  who  spoke  for  the  laymen,  raised 
a  question  which  the  ministers  strove  to  evade.  They  admitted  that 
taxation  for  the  support  of  religious  worship,  was  right,  just;  but  argued 
strenuously  that  each  tax  payer  had  the  right  to  select  the  particular 
church  or  form  of  belief  to  which  he  wished  his  tax  applied.  The  conduct 
of  Captains  Barron  and  Wesson,  though  not  in  accordance  with  the  strict 
letter  of  the  law,  was  not  therefore  deserving  of  censure  by  the  church. 
The  ministers  comprising  the  council  were,  however,  extremely  jealous 
of  their  prerogatives,  and  perhaps  some  of  them  feared  personal  loss 
should  they  be  forced  to  depend  on  voluntary  contributions  for  their 
salary.  They  refused  to  give  General  Bayley  and  those  he  represented 
respectful  consideration.  They  attacked  the  position  taken  by  General 
Bayley  with  great  violence.  The  result  was  that  the  council  censured 
both  churches  for  this  unchristian  conduct,  and  maintained  the  prin- 
ciple that  every  man  should  be  taxed  for  the  support  of  the  religious 
organization  favored  by  a  majority  of  the  voters  of  his  town.  The 
church  at  Newbury  was  also  admonished  for  not  disciplining  the  two 
members  whose  obstinacy  had  caused  the  trouble.  It  was  a  victory  for 
the  Haverhill  church,  but  many  of  its  members,  and  the  members  of 
the  council  lived  to  realize  and  admit  the  fact  that  their  churches  were 
more  prosperous  under  the  voluntary  system  which  later  was  adopted 
having  been  made  obligatory  by  law.  The  Newbury  church  proceeded 
to  discipline  its  two  members,  excommunicating  one,  and  continuing  the 
other  only  on  his  confession  of  sin  and  repentance.  Captain  Barron  died 
soon  after  in  1797,  and  was  the  first  person  buried  in  the  Horse  Meadow 
Cemetery,  and  this  action  of  the  Newbury  church  and  the  feeling  against 
him  in  Haverhill  doubtless  led  Captain  Wesson,  who  had  seen  hard  service 
in  the  Old  French  War  and  also  in  the  War  of  Revolution,  to  remove  to 
Grafton,  Vt.,  and  later  to  Peacham,  Vt.,  where  he  died  in  1812.  A  grand- 
son of  his,  Rev.  Ephraim  Clark,  became  a  missionary  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands,  and  a  translator  of  the  Bible  into  the  Hawaiian  language. 

The  last  years  of  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Smith  were,  as  can  be  easily 
understood  from  the  troubles  described,  troubles  which  were  the  sensa- 
tion of  the  day,  filled  with  discouragements,  and  he  asked  for  dismission 
in  1799,  which  was  given  him.      The  church  in  its  subsequent  history 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  105 

had  no  more  devoted,  godly  and  able  minister  than  he.  He  subsequently 
filled  important  pastorates  and  died  in  Boston  at  the  age  of  87.  He  was 
the  author  of  several  religious  works  which  had  a  wide  sale  in  their  day, 
among  which  were  treatises  on  Baptism,  the  Trinity,  on  the  Prophecies 
and  the  Book  of  Revelation,  and  a  small  volume  in  which  he  ingeniously 
contended  that  the  North  American  Indians  were  the  lost  tribes  of  Israel. 

After  a  vacancy  of  some  three  and  a  half  years,  John  Smith  was 
ordained  and  settled  as  pastor  both  by  town  and  church  December  23, 
1802.  As  the  first  minister  settled  by  the  town  he  received  as  a  part  of 
his  settlement  the  farm  upon  which  he  lived  during  his  pastorate  and 
which  he  insisted  on  retaining  as  his  own  property  after  he  had  been 
deposed  from  the  ministry  and  excommunicated  from  the  church  in  Jan- 
uary, 1807,  under  a  cloud  of  grave  scandal.  His  action  in  persisting  in 
retaining  the  farm  coupled  with  the  scandal  affecting  his  character  had 
doubtless  much  to  do  with  the  period  of  religious  depression  which  fol- 
lowed his  deposition.  Mr.  Smith  preached  both  at  Ladd  Street  and  at 
the  north  part  of  the  town. 

Another  religious  awakening  came  in  1814,  when  the  church  of  more 
than  a  hundred  members  had  dwindled  to  twelve.  This  was  followed  by 
the  ordination  and  installation  of  Grant  Powers  January  14,  1815.  The 
town  had  been  divided  into  two  parishes,  and  Mr.  Powers'  ministry  was 
restricted  to  the  South  Parish.  His  pastorate  lasted  fourteen  years  and 
three  months,  and  was  the  longest  in  the  history  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  native  of  Hollis,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  class  of  1810, 
had  studied  theology  with  Dr.  Asa  Burton  of  Thetford.  A  grandson  of 
Capt.  Peter  Powers  the  pioneer  explorer  of  the  Coos  County,  a  nephew 
of  the  Rev.  Peter  Powers  the  first  minister  of  Coos,  he  had  especial  fit- 
ness for  writing  "A  History  of  the  Coos  County,"  a  work  for  which  he  is 
doubtless  better  remembered  than  for  his  long  and  somewhat  stormy 
pastorate.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy,  with  especial  fitness  for 
gathering  in  and  moulding  into  a  strong  church  the  results  of  the  great 
revival  which  preceded  and  continued  during  the  first  years  of  his  min- 
istry. He  was  also  a  man  of  strong  convictions.  Methodism  began 
to  gain  adherents,  and  with  Methodist  theology  and  methods  he  had  no 
sympathy  whatever.  Indeed  he  regarded  them  as  subversive  of  genuine 
religion,  and  they  met  with  his  outspoken  denunciation.  When  George 
Woodward,  bank  cashier  and  lawyer,  opened  his  house  to  Methodist 
preachers,  and  his  heart  to  the  Methodist  faith,  he  and  his  family  lost 
caste  in  the  social  circle  in  which  they  had  moved,  and  when  Methodists 
secured  the  court  room  for  their  Sunday  services,  there  was  mourning  on 
the  part  of  Mr.  Powers'  church  and  congregation.  But  in  spite  of  oppo- 
sition the  Methodists  grew  in  numbers,  and  two  years  before  the  close 
of  Mr.  Powers'  pastorate  built  the  brick  church  on  the  side  of  the  academy 


106  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  court  house,  which  was  later  sold,  and  is  now  the  Congregational 
house  of  worship. 

The  attitude  of  Mr.  Powers  and  his  church  towards  the  Methodists  is 
found  in  the  dismissal  of  a  member,  who  had  asked  for  a  letter  or  recom- 
mendation to  that  growing  denomination: 

Whereas,  Mary  Olmstead,  who  has  been  for  several  years  a  professed  sister  in  this 
church,  has  for  some  time  past  gone  out  from  us  to  join  with  the  Methodists  in  belief  and 
practice,  which  system  both  doctrinal  and  practical  we  consider  unscriptural  and  dan- 
gerous to  the  prosperity  of  Zion;  and,  whereas,  the  said  Mary  Olmstead  has  made 
known  her  wish  and  determination  to  adhere  to  her  present  belief  and  practice  against 
repeated  endeavors  to  reclaim  her  from  the  error  of  her  way, — Resolved,  therefore,  that 
the  church  considers  the  said  Mary  Olmstead  just  as  she  considers  herself,  no  more  of 
us.  John  1st  Epis.,  2  :  19.  Voted,  by  the  church  that  this  resolve  be  communicated 
to  the  said  Mary  Olmstead  by  the  moderater  as  their  final  decision.  Church  in  session 
May  15,  1823. 

Grant  Powers,  Moderator  of  the  Church. 

The  church  in  session  today  would  hardly  so  treat  a  request  for  a  letter 
of  dismission  to  the  Methodist  Church,  either  in  form  or  spirit.  The 
Rev.  Bryan  Morse,  a  Methodist  local  preacher,  and  Mr.  Powers  had 
frequent  wordy  combats.  Both  were  members  of  the  church  militant, 
as  both  now  doubtless  hold  fellowship  in  the  church  triumphant.  As 
the  Methodists  increased  in  numbers  and  social  position,  as  they  had 
erected,  though  had  not  paid  for  their  church  next  the  court  house  and 
academy,  some  of  the  members  of  Mr.  Powers'  church  began  to  ques- 
tion whether  he  were  not  just  a  little  too  strong  in  his  statements  of 
Calvinistic  doctrine. 

In  the  autumn  of  1824  occurred  an  incident  which  tended  to  increase 
the  disaffection  in  the  community  towards  Mr.  Powers.  At  a  Methodist 
camp  meeting  held  in  Warren,  the  conversion  of  one  Narcissa  Griffin  was 
reported  to  be  accompanied  by  a  spiritual  enhancement,  in  which  it 
was  affirmed  that  her  face  shone  like  that  of  an  angel  and  that  her  skin 
became  preternaturally  smooth.  An  anonymous  communication  appeared 
in  the  Intelligence  in  September  in  which  the  writer  affirmed  that  he 
believed  every  word  of  the  story,  and  that  he  was  particularly  convinced 
that  the  skin  of  the  young  woman  was  perfectly  smooth,  for  he  "had 
felt  a  hundred  of  them  and  they  all  felt  exactly  so — smooth  as  bone." 
The  phrase  became  a  byword,  "Smooth  as  a  bone"  was  on  everybody's 
tongue.  An  investigation  was  started  to  determine  the  authorship  of  the 
communication,  which  was  generally  denounced  as  indecent  if  not  sacri- 
legious. So  warm  did  the  search  for  the  author  become  that  in  the  end 
Mr.  Powers  at  a  Sunday  service  confessed  himself  the  author,  expressing 
regrets,  but  at  the  same  time  excused  himself,  by  quoting  the  example  of  the 
prophet  Elijah  who  made  use  of  irony  and  satire  to  confound  the  priests 
of  Baal.     In  a  communication  to  the  Intelligence  he  also  acknowledged 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  107 

himself  the  author  of  the  much  discussed  Griffin  communication,  and 
said:  "However  numerous  and  great  were  the  considerations  which 
induced  me  to  notice  the  camp  meeting  story  in  so  ludicrous  and  ironical 
sense  as  I  did,  I  have  upon  reflection  seen  and  realized  it  to  be  wrong — 
all  wrong — and  deeply  regret  the  tendency  of  it."  Mr.  Powers,  however, 
never  recovered  the  favor  he  lost  by  this  event,  and  this  loss  combined 
with  a  growing  dissatisfaction  with  unswerving  dogmatism  of  his  pulpit 
utterances  led  to  his  resignation  early  in  1829. 

He  was  the  last  pastor  to  occupy  the  old  Ladd  Street  Meeting  House. 
An  indebtedness  on  the  brick  church  at  the  Corner  which  the  Methodists 
had  built  in  1827,  and  which  proved  too  heavy  for  the  young  society  to 
meet,  gave  the  Congregationalists  an  opportunity  to  purchase  a  house 
already  built  and  greatly  simplified  the  problem  of  removing  the  church 
home  from  Ladd  Street  to  the  Corner.  The  Ladd  Street  people  were 
now  reconciled  to  the  change  by  the  continuance  for  some  years  of  one 
meeting  each  Sunday  at  the  old  church.  This  was  fashioned  after  the 
style  of  the  meeting  houses  of  those  days,  with  square  pews,  a  barrell- 
shaped  pulpit,  perched  high  and  over  it  the  heavy  sounding  board,  hung 
by  what  seemed  all  too  slender  an  iron  rod.  The  deacons'  seats  of  honor 
were  in  front  of  the  pulpit  and  facing  the  congregation.  The  broad  aisle 
ran  straight  from  them  to  the  front  door.  Beside  the  front  door  on 
the  west  side  there  was  another  entrance  at  the  south  under  the  tower 
from  which  rose  a  stairway  to  the  gallery  which  extended  around  three 
sides  of  the  house,  the  gallery  also  containing  the  old  fashioned  square 
pews.  (See  cut  of  the  interior.)  The  accompanying  cut  made  from  a 
plan  of  the  interior  of  the  church,  now  in  the  possession  of  Miss  Jennie 
Westgate  with  the  names  of  the  original  pew  owners  with  prices  paid 
for  pews  enables  the  reader  to  build  again  in  imagination  the  interior  of 
this  historic  old  structure,  and  to  people  it  once  more  with  its  old-time 
congregation.  The  names  of  the  pew  owners  are  the  substantial  ones  of 
Haverhill  history:  Col.  Charles  Johnston,  Col.  Joseph  Hutchins,  Gen. 
John  Montgomery,  Judge  James,  Woodward,  Michael  Johnston,  Samuel 
Ladd,  Joshua  Young,  Judge  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Avery  Sanders,  Capt.  Jonathan 
Ring,  Josiah  Elkins,  Capt.  Joseph  Pearson,  Dr.  Isaac  Moore,  John  Page, 
Dr.  Martin  Phelps,  Harris  Sawyer,  Daniel  Stamford,  Gen.  Moses  Dow, 
Samuel  Brooks,  James  Burenton,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Moody  Bedel,  Joseph 
Noyes,  Dr.  Scott  J.  Ward,  Moses  Elkins,  James  Ladd,  James  Mitchell, 
Jonathan  Soper,  and  Ross  Coon. 

And  then  the  bell,  the  charming  autobiography  of  which  was  read  in 
1901  at  its  centennial  by  Miss  Grace  Woodward,  the  first  bell  to  hang 
from  a  belfry  in  the  Coos  county,  "the  sweetest  toned  bell  ever  heard, 
which  old  Mr.  Cross  made  to  swing  in  the  steeple  with  a  strongly  religious 
expression  that  no  other  bell  ever  had,  nor  could  any  other  but  the  same 


108  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

old  man  draw  from  that  one."  The  people  at  the  Corner  wanted  the 
bell  for  the  new  church  home,  but  all  attempts  to  secure  it,  strenuous 
attempts  some  of  them,  were  defeated,  and  the  bell  hangs  in  the  belfry  of 
the  Ladd  Street  school  house,  souvenir  and  memento  of  the  old  meeting 
house  which  stood  for  nearly  three  score  years  on  the  same  site,  its  demoli- 
tion taking  place  in  1849. 

The  church  has  been  fortunate  in  its  pastors.  Rev.  Henry  Wood  was 
the  first  after  the  occupation  of  the  church  at  the  Corner.  A  native  of 
Loudon,  graduate  of  Dartmouth  in  1822,  valedictorian  of  his  class, 
contemporary  and  friend  of  Choate  and  Marsh  at  Hanover,  theologically 
trained  at  Princeton,  professor  in  Hampton-Sidney  College,  Virginia, 
pastor  for  a  brief  period  in  Goffstown.  Scholarly,  polished,  refined  in 
taste,  yet  because  of  his  birth  and  early  associations  in  heart-touch  with 
the  humblest  and  lowliest,  he  was  eminently  fitted  for  the  pastorate 
of  the  new  church,  new  because  of  environment.  (See  General  Wood.) 
The  Corner  at  this  time — county  seat,  stage  centre,  with  its  half  dozen 
taverns,  its  eighty-one  dwellings,  its  twenty-seven  shops  and  stores,  its 
bank,  academy,  newspaper,  its  new  church,  its  manufacturing  establish- 
ments at  the  Brook — was  the  most  notable  village  in  the  north  country, 
and  the  Congregational  church  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  influential 
in  the  state. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary 
of  the  church  Mr.  J.  H.  Pearson  of  Chicago,  born  in  Haverhill,  1820, 
gave  a  pen  picture  of  the  congregation  of  his  boyhood  and  early  manhood 
which  in  part  was  as  follows: 

As  I  look  back  over  the  years,  I  see  the  people  as  they  took  their  places  in  church. 
The  seats  have  been  turned  about  since  I  attended  here.  The  pews  faced  the  minister 
and  the  singers  and  also  the  entrance  of  the  church  so  that  every  one  in  their  seats  could 
see  the  people  come  into  church.  I  used  to  think  that  a  very  nice  arrangement,  for  we 
could  see  every  one  and  how  they  looked  when  they  entered.  I  will  follow  the  pews  and 
their  occupants  as  I  remember  them.  I  will  commence  with  the  wall  pews  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  church  as  it  used  to  be.  Of  course  I  cannot  recall  all.  There  was 
Miss  Eliza  Cross,  who  used  to  sit  in  one  of  the  cross  pews  in  the  corner.  She  was  active 
in  all  Christian  work,  especially  interested  and  effective  in  the  Sunday  school.  She  was 
an  earnest  advocate  of  the  anti-slavery  movement  that  was  discussed  in  Ladd  Street  from 
as  far  back  as  1840  on.  Near  her  were  Jonathan  and  William  Watson  who  lived  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  town.  They  were  not  members  of  the  church,  but  men  who  com- 
manded the  respect  of  the  community.  The  Woods  family  and  Mrs.  Jewett  occupied 
the  same  pew.  The  Johnston  family  occupied,  if  I  remember  rightly,  two  pews.  They 
were  an  old  substantial  family  taking  an  honorable  place  among  their  neighbors.  John 
Smith,  who  was  once  pastor,  and  his  son,  Charles  R.  Smith,  had  seats  near  and  were 
regular  attendants.  Next  came  the  family  of  Hon.  Joseph  Bell.  He  was  a  man  of  fine 
appearance,  excellent  business  ability,  leading  lawyer,  and  exercised  a  wide  influence 
through  all  northern  New  Hampshire.  I  can  see  him  still  as  he  used  to  walk  into  church 
in  his  Sunday  suit,  with  ruffled  shirt  bosom,  followed  by  his  fine  looking  wife  and  children. 
He  was  not  a  member  of  the  church,  but  attended  pretty  regularly  and  paid  the  most 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  109 

pew  rent  to  the  church.  There  was  John  Osgood  and  his  family  on  that  side.  He  was 
known  throughout  the  town  as  honest  John  Osgood.  He  and  his  family  were  all  mem- 
bers— a  very  fine  family  and  good  citizens. 

The  Towle  family  and  Dr.  Morgan  sat  side  by  side.  Both  were  prominent  in  the 
community.  William  Burton  and  his  family  sat  on  this  side  the  church — a  large  family 
regular  in  attendance,  and  interested  in  all  the  life  of  the  church.  Henry  Towle  (the 
jeweller)  was  also  on  that  side  the  house.  He  was  always  in  church  and  came  early. 
John  L.  Rix  and  his  family  were  usually  in  church,  though  not  as  early  as  some  others. 
He  was  not  a  church  member,  but  his  wife  was.  He  took  an  interest  in  church  affairs, 
and  if  all  did  not  go  right,  he  generally  had  something  to  say  about  it.  Next  that  I 
remember  were  Nathan  B.  Felton  and  wife  and  John  R.  Reding  and  wife.  They  took  a 
back  seat.  I  remember  it  was  a  little  higher  than  the  other  pews,  so  that  they 
could  overlook  the  whole  congregation.  They  were  both  prominent  people  and  good 
citizens. 

Lyman  Burk  and  family,  Arthur  Carleton  and  family,  Jacob  Bell  and  family  and 
James  Bell  and  family  occupied  body  pews.  The  two  Bell  families  were  the  more 
prominent  and  their  appearance  corresponding.  I  can  well  remember  John  L.  Bunce 
as  he  used  to  come  to  chinch.  He  was  a  tall  fine  looking  man,  as  straight  as  a  candle 
and  with  a  military  step  that  suited  him  well.  He  was  banker  and  leading  man  in  town. 
Then  I  can  see  Deacon  Henry  Barstow  and  his  tall  wife.  He  was  rather  short  and  a 
little  lame.  He  used  to  lead  the  singing  in  the  prayer  meeting.  Near  these  were  James 
Atherton  and  family  and  Dr.  Spalding  and  family.  Deacon  Chester  Farnum  had  a 
front  pew  in  the  next  row  of  seats.  He  lived  farthest  away  from  church,  and  yet  you 
would  always  find  him  and  his  family  in  their  seats  before  any  others. 

Benjamin  Merrill  and  family  came  next.  He  had  a  large  family  and  I  think  they 
occupied  two  pews.  Everybody  in  town  knew  Capt.  "Ben"  Merrill.  He  was  the  king 
merchant  in  the  village,  a  bright,  active  man  and  had  a  bright,  active  family.  Deacon 
A.  K.  Merrill — eldest  son  of  Benjamin — was  made  deacon  when  quite  young  and  remained 
deacon  till  his  death.  I  recall  the  name  of  Russell  Kimball,  prominent  in  the  church  and 
society.  He  was  for  many  years  the  leading  merchant  in  the  village,  and  his  note  was  as 
good  as  that  of  any  man  in  town,  if  you  could  get  it,  but  his  notes  never  floated 
round  on  the  market.  John  Nelson  and  family  came  next.  He  had  one  of  the  good  old 
fashioned  families  that  filled  two  pews  when  all  were  present.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  ability 
and  also  a  successful  business  man. 

Among  the  leading  families  that  came  from  Ladd  Street,  I  recall  the  Ladds  and  Her- 
berts. Somewhere  in  the  body  pews  were  John  A.  Page  and  his  wife.  Mr.  Page  was 
cashier  of  the  Grafton  bank  for  a  number  of  years  after  Mr.  Bunce  left.  Next  to  John  A. 
Page,  as  I  remember,  came  Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett  and  family.  I  can  still  see  the  venerable 
doctor  with  ruffled  shirt  bosom  and  cane  coming  into  the  aisle  at  the  head  of  the  family, 
his  portly  wife  following  him,  and  the  large  family  following  in  their  order,  according  to 
age.  I  must  not  forget  to  mention  Peabody  Webster.  "Pee"  Webster,  we  used  to  call 
him.  He  was  a  leading  man  in  this  church  and  society  as  long  as  he  lived.  Dr.  Edmund 
Carleton  sat  behind  Dr.  Bartlett.  He  and  his  family  were  remarkable  people.  He  was 
deacon  for  many  years  until  his  death.  I  recall  distinctly  Dr.  Carleton,  as  he  distributed 
the  bread  and  wine  at  communion.  Benjamin  Swan  and  family  were  next  behind 
Charles  Carleton.  On  the  east  side  the  church  Joshua  Woodward  and  family  and  Caleb 
Hunt  and  family  occupied  two  pews  side  by  side.  Somewhere  near  the  Hunts  and 
Woodwards  were  Gen.  Poole  and  his  family.  Next  to  these  came  David  Sloan  and 
family.  "Squire"  Sloan,  as  he  was  called,  was  somewhat  peculiar.  He  was,  however, 
a  good  lawyer  and  with  his  family  was  highly  respected.  I  next  recall  Samuel  Page  with 
a  well  filled  pew  of  children  on  the  east  side  of  the  church.     He  was  a  good  Christian  man, 


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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


an  honored  citizen,  a  wise  counsellor  in  all  secular  and  religious  matters.  Hosea  S.  Baker 
and  family  came  next.  He  was  a  pew  holder  and  attended  this  church  until  about  1845, 
when  he  was  induced  to  take  charge  of  the  Methodist  Sunday  School  and  afterwards 
attended  that  church.  Then  came  Moses  St.  Clair  and  family.  "Major"  St.  Clair  he 
was  usually  called.  One  of  his  sons,  George  St.  Clair,  became  an  active  worker  in  this 
church  and  also  in  the  church  in  Chicago,  where  he  later  lived  and  died.  The  next  pew 
was  my  father's,  and  next  to  it  sat  Moses  Dow  and  family.  After  his  death  Voramus 
Keith  married  his  widow  and  they  were  regular  attendants.  Then  came  the  pew  of 
Jonathan  S.  Nichols  and  family,  and  the  two  pews  occupied  by  Michael  Carleton  and 
his  large  family. 

I  must  speak  of  the  members  of  the  choir.  The  leader  was  Timothy  K.  Blaisdell  who 
was  conductor  for  many  years,  from  about  1830  to  1845.  He  was  a  merchant,  a  good 
citizen,  had  a  fine  family,  and  his  reputation  as  choir  leader  was  excelled  by  none  in  the 
state.  Sarah  Merrill,  or  perhaps  one  of  the  other  Merrill  girls — sister  of  Deacon  Merrill 
— played  the  organ.  Miss  Eleanor  Towle,  was  the  leading  soprano.  The  rest  of  the 
choir  came  largely  from  the  Merrill  and  Barstow  families,  though  there  were  Samuel 
Ladd,  Henry  Towle,  Nelson  Chandler,  James  Woodward,  Jona.  S.  Nichols,  Ellen 
McClary  (Mrs.  Reding)  two  of  James  Bell's  daughters,  Calista  and  Orpha,  and  Luella 
Bell  (Mrs.  D.  F.  Merrill).  I  think  it  is  true  this  church  had  the  best  singing  of  any 
church  in  this  part  of  the  county. 

This  indeed  was  a  notable  congregation.  Those  were  the  days  when  the 
leading  men  of  the  town  who  were  not  church  members  attended  church 
and  gave  a  hearty  support  to  religious  institutions.  The  glory  of  the 
Corner  had  not  departed,  and  no  small  factor  of  this  glory  was  to  be 
found  in  the  influence  of  the  First  Congregational  church.  The  list 
of  pastors  is  a  notable  one,  scholarly,  able  godly  men.  There  have  been, 
including  the  present  stated  supply,  nineteen  with  terms  of  service  as  fol- 
lows: 


Ethan  Smith 
John  Smith 
Grant  Powers 
Henry  Wood 
Joseph  Gibbs 
Archibald  Fleming 
Samuel  Delano 
Moses  C.  Searle 
Edward  H.  Greeley 
John  D.  Emerson 
Edward  H.  Greeley 

J.  Q.  Bittinger 
Eugene  C.  Stoddard 
Sidney  K.  Perkins 
Charles  L.  Skinner 
Maurice  J.  Duncklee 
John  Snow 
J.  Harold  Gould 
Almon  T.  Boland 


Ordained  Jan.  25,  1792  Dismissed  June  23,  1799 

Ordained  Dec.  23,  1802  Dismissed  Jan.  14,  1807 

Ordained  Jan.     4,  1815  Dismissed  Apr.  28,  1829 

Installed  Dec.  14,  1831  Dismissed  Mar.   3,  1835 

Ordained  June  16,  1835  Died  Apr.  11,  1837 

Installed  June  27,  1838  Dismissed  Sept.  23,  1841 

Installed  Feb.  16,  1842  Dismissed  Jan.  14,  1847 

Stated  supply  May    1,  1847  Closed  May    1,  1849 

Ordained  Nov.    7,  1849  Dismissed  Jan.     6,  1858 

Ordained  Oct.     1,  1858  Dismissed  Nov.  19,  1867 

Supply  Aug.     1,  1868 

Installed  Nov.  25,  1869  Dismissed  July     2,  1874 

Installed  July     2,  1874  Dismissed  Oct.  12,  1886 

Ordained  Oct.  22,  1886  Dismissed  Mar.   4,  1891 

Stated  supply  May  17,  1891  Closed  July  23,  1893 

Stated  supply  Nov.    1,  1893  Closed  Oct.  31,  1904 

Stated  supply  July     1,  1905  Closed  July     1,  1908 

Stated  supply  Dec.    1,1908  Closed  Oct.  21,  1911 

Stated  supply  Apr.  14,  1912  Closed  July  31,  1915 

Stated  supply  Apr.     1,  1916 


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111 


Charles  Johnston 

Apr. 

12, 

1792 

Dr.  Martin  Phelps 

Apr. 

12, 

1792 

John  Richards  2d 

Mar. 

29, 

1793 

Samuel  Gould 

Oct. 

3, 

1804 

Stephen  Morse 

June  20, 

1813 

Charles  Farman 

June 

8, 

1815 

Dr.  Edmund  Carleton 

June 

8, 

1815 

John  Punchard 

July 

11, 

1818 

Henry  Barstow 

Jan. 

8, 

1829 

Abel  K.  Merrill 

Jan. 

6, 

1839 

John  V.  Beane 

May 

5, 

1S48 

Grove  S.  Stevens 

Oct. 

9, 

1S57 

Peabody  W.  Kimball 

Oct. 

9, 

1875 

William  H.  Page 

Jan. 

2, 

1881 

William  0.  Burbank 

Jan. 

1, 

1892 

George  H.  Stevens 

Dec. 

30, 

1902 

Charles  P.  Page 

Aug. 

11, 

1911 

The  church  has  also  been  fortunate  in  its  lay  officials.  Since  1792 
seventeen  men  have  filled  the  office  of  deacon,  the  same  number  as  have 
filled  the  pastorate.     Their  terms  of  service  have  been  as  follows: 

Died  Mar.  4,  1813 

Removed  and  deceased 

Dismissed  to  Piermont 

Dismissed  Aug.  13,  1815 

Dismissed  to   North   Haverhill,    1815 

Died  Dec.  29,  1847 

Died  Nov.  2,  1838 

Resigned  March,  1819 

Dismissed  Apr.  2,  1841 

Died  Nov.  26,  1878 

Dismissed  to  Worcester,  Jan.  21,  1858 

Died  Dec.  20,  1905 

Died  July  5,  1916 

Died  Aug.  2,  1906 

Removed  to  California 

Died  Nov.  19,  1905 

This  First  Church  has  had  a  notable  history.  It  has  numbered  among 
its  members  many  strong  men.  A  score  have  been  sent  out  into  the 
Christian  ministry.  It  has  strengthened  with  its  best  brain  and  heart, 
trained  in  its  Sunday  school,  and  by  its  pulpit  teachings  scores  of  other 
churches  in  the  great  centres  of  population  and  industry.  It  has  stood 
ever  for  godly  living  and  sound  doctrine;  of  the  eleven  pastors  installed, 
no  less  than  seven  were  ordained  at  the  time  of  their  installation.  Its 
devout  women  have  been  not  a  few,  of  whom  Hannah  Pearson,  daughter 
of  Col.  Charles  Johnston,  founder  of  the  Sunday  school  of  the  church; 
Mrs.  Joseph  Ladd,  living  example  of  unselfish  piety,  and  Mrs.  Mary 
P.  Webster,  leader  in  good  works  and  helpfulness  for  the  suffering,  the 
outcast  and  the  depraved,  were  types. 

The  problems  which  it  faces  at  the  present  time  are  those  which  con- 
front not  Congregational  churches  alone,  but  those  of  other  denomina- 
tions, as  well,  throughout  rural  New  Hampshire.  The  glory  and  power 
of  "the  standing  order"  has  departed,  and  denominational  jealousy  and 
rivalry  have  brought  denominational  weakness,  the  weakness,  indeed,  of 
all  church  authority.  The  minister  is  no  longer  held  in  awe,  and  in  many 
cases  quiet  contempt  has  taken  the  place  of  respect.  He  is  a  man  and 
citizen  nothing  more.  He  is  no  longer  hedged  about  by  the  dignity  of 
position.  Growing  looseness  of  Sabbath  observance  has  resulted  in 
decreasing  attendance  on  church  services.  In  many  churches  free  seats 
have  displaced  the  family  pew,  and  the  family  known  for  regular  church 
attendance  as  a  family  has  become  the  rare  exception  rather  than  the 
rule  as  formerly.     The  younger  generation  has  listened  to  the  call  of 


112  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  city,  and  the  population  of  the  towns,  except  where  manufacturing 
industries  flourish,  has  steadily  declined.  In  the  case  of  the  village  at 
the  Corner,  the  home  of  the  historic  First  Church,  the  railroad  came  and 
left  it  one  side,  fire  did  its  devastating  work,  courts  and  county  offices 
were  removed  to  another  section  of  the  town,  manufacturing  industries — 
fulling  mill,  carding  mill,  tanneries,  paper-mill,  cabinet  making,  etc. — 
were  abandoned,  and  the  church  has  been  a  partaker  in  the  life  and 
fortunes  of  the  community.  Its  past,  however,  is  secure,  and  its  future  is 
by  no  means  hopeless.  The  church  property  is  valued  at  $7,000,  and 
church  and  society  have  invested  funds  amounting  to  $5,400. 

The  Congregational  Church  in  the  North  Parish  of  Haverhill  was 
organized  in  1815.  It  had  been  voted  in  1788  to  divide  the  town  into 
two  parishes,  but  this  vote  was  not  at  once  carried  into  execution,  and 
later  it  was  rescinded.  There  was  disagreement  between  the  two  sections 
and  several  attempts  had  been  made  to  settle  it.  In  1815,  however,  the 
town  was  divided  into  two  parishes.  A  meeting  of  the  male  members 
of  the  Haverhill  and  Bath  churches  who  resided  in  this  newly  created 
North  Parish  was  held  June  10,  1815.  The  meeting  was  opened  with 
prayer  by  Dea.  Stephen  Morse,  who  had  been  chosen  moderator  and 
it  was  unanimously  voted  to  form  a  North  Parish  Congregational  Church. 
Those  present  were  Dea.  Stephen  Morse,  John  Carr,  Daniel  Carr, 
Jona.  Whitman,  Moses  Campbell,  John  Punchard,  John  Kimball,  Joseph 
Bullock,  John  Morse,  Jahleel  Willis,  Andrew  S.  Crocker,  Henry  Hancock 
and  Moses  N.  Morse.     John  Kimball  was  elected  clerk. 

The  church  was  duly  organized  June  15,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Goddard 
being  moderator,  with  the  Rev.  David  Sutherland  of  Bath  assisting  in 
the  organization.  Stephen  Morse  and  John  Punchard  were  elected 
deacons.  Articles  of  faith  and  covenant  were  adopted.  The  Covenant 
was  a  model  of  simplicity,  conciseness  and  orthodoxy: 

We  do  avouch  the  Lord  Jehovah  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  to  be  our  God:  We 
profess  with  our  mouths  and  believe  in  our  hearts  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  accept  him 
as  our  only  Saviour  in  his  mediatorial  character  as  prophet  to  instruct,  Priest  to  atone 
and  King  to  reign  in  and  over  us — and  do  under  these  impressions  of  Divine  Grace, 
renounce  the  world,  the  flesh  and  the  devil. — We  engage  to  give  ourselves  and  ours  to 
God  through  Jesus  Christ  in  an  everlasting  covenant.  We  engage  to  make  the  Word  of 
God  according  to  the  plain  import  of  it  the  rule  of  our  conduct  in  all  things :  promising 
through  grace  and  strength  derived  from  Jesus  Christ  unquestioning  obedience  to  all 
his  commands,  approving  that  only  in  ourselves  and  others  which  Gods  Word  approves : 
and  condemning  that  which  Gods  Word  condemns.  We  engage  to  promote  the  public 
worship  of  God  by  encouraging  and  supporting  according  to  our  ability  the  administra- 
tion of  word  ordinances  and  institutions  of  the  Gospel  and  by  a  faithful  attendance  on 
the  same.  We  engage  to  maintain  the  worship  of  God  in  our  families  and  bear  testimony 
against  the  neglect  of  the  same  which  we  believe  to  be  displeasing  to  the  Lord.  And  in 
a  word,  through  the  grace  of  God  we  engage  that  our  walk  and  conversation  shall  in  all 
things  be  agreeable  to  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  whom  with  the  Father  and  Holy 
Spirit  be  glory  and  blessing  both  now  and  forever.     Amen. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  113 

It  is  a  tradition  that  this  covenant  -was  drawn  up  by  the  Rev.  David 
Sutherland  as  well  as  the  articles  of  faith  which  were  adopted.  The  roll 
of  membership  seems  to  have  been  quite  carefully  kept.  Fifty-seven 
names  are  appended  to  the  covenant  including  the  thirteen  who  met 
June  10,  1815,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  the  church.  This  was  not  a 
large  membership  but  the  North  Parish  was  a  farming  community,  and 
compared  with  the  South  Parish  was  sparsely  settled.  The  names  of 
the  thirteen  have  already  been  given.  The  others  were:  Daniel 
Rowell,  Joseph  Emerson,  Nathan  Heath,  Daniel  Carr,  Sr.,  Nathan  Avery, 
Moses  Mulliken,  Moses  Mulliken,  Jr.,  Edward  B.  Crocker,  Gorham 
Kezer,  Hiram  Carr,  D.  C.  Kimball,  Augustus  Robinson,  Elisha  Hibbard, 
Daniel  Carr,  Jr.,  E.  Swift,  Sarah  Morse,  Hannah  Carr,  Sally  Punchard, 
Mehitable  Kimball,  Sarah  Bullock,  Eunice  Morse,  Sally  Willis,  Shua 
Crocker,  Hannah  Morse,  Betsey  Emerson,  Elizabeth  Carr,  Elizabeth 
Bruce,  Mary  Chase,  Mary  Goodridge,  Isabella  Johnson,  Polly  Johnson, 
Sally  Chase,  Susanna  Howard,  Isabella  Sanborn,  Clarissa  Sanborn, 
Jedediah  Kimball,  Betsey  Crocker,  Polly  Gibson,  Betsey  Crocker,  sen., 
Anna  Mulliken,  Matilda  Carr,  Sally  Kimball,  Mrs.  Porter,  H.  R.  Leland. 
No  less  than  twenty-eight  of  these  fifty-seven  members  received  letters 
of  dismission  to  other  churches.  Dea.  John  Kimball  and  a  few  others 
uniting  with  the  South  Parish  Church,  while  the  others  who  did  not 
remove  from  town  cast  in  their  lots  with  the  Baptists  and  Methodists. 

The  records  of  the  church  aside  from  the  membership  roll  are  meagre. 
It  does  not  appear  that  for  several  years  there  was  any  regular  pastor. 
At  first,  preaching  was  doubtless  provided  by  the  New  Hampshire  Mis- 
sionary Society.  At  a  church  meeting  September  26,  1816,  the  thanks 
of  the  church  were  voted  to  this  Society  "for  the  aid  they  have  extended 
to  this  church,"  and  further  aid  was  solicited.  Some  entries  in  the  book 
of  the  treasurer  Dea.  John  Kimball  are  of  value  as  indicating  the  state 
of  affairs  in  the  early  days  of  the  church:  April  7,  1816,  paid  Rev. 
Samuel  Goddard  for  preaching,  S8;  December  28,  1817,  paid  Mr.  Goddard 
$8.67;  March  22,  1818,  received  from  N.  H.  Missionary  Society,  S18.10; 
December  17,  1828,  Rev.  Silas  McKean  preached,  communion;  January 
17,  1819,  communion,  Rev.  Mr.  Goddard  preached;  June  13,  1819, 
communion  by  Rev.  David  Sutherland;  May  28,  1820,  communion  by 
Rev.  Jonathan  Hovey;  June  18,  1821,  communion  by  Rev.  David 
Smith;  July  14,  1822,  communion  by  Rev.  David  Sutherland;  July  17, 
1825,  communion  by  Rev.  Sylvester  Dana;  October  21,  1827,  communion 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Porter. 

In  the  published  proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  Congregational 
Churches  in  New  Hampshire,  the  church  so  far  as  reported  was  without 
a  pastor  until  1828,  when  the  name  of  Rev.  Ambrose  Porter  appears  as 
pastor  with  a  total  membership  of  41.    This  was  increased  to  51  in  1830, 


114  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

when  the  name  of  Rev.  John  Dalton  appears  as  pastor.  It  does  not 
appear  that  he  was  installed,  and  the  convention  reports  are  silent  as  to 
the  length  of  his  pastorate.  At  a  church  meeting  May  3,  1843,  he  was 
elected  moderator  with  John  Carr  clerk,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that 
he  sustained  some  kind  of  pastoral  relation  to  the  church  during  the 
intervening  years.  The  largest  membership  reported  was  in  1830, 
after  which  date  there  was  a  gradual  decrease. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Delano  was  dismissed  from  the  pastorate  of  the 
First  or  South  Parish  Church  January  14,  1847.  Bettinger  says  of  him: 
"  He  was  a  man  of  imperious  will,  much  vigor  of  mind  and  quite  eccentric. 
Being  remonstrated  with  by  one  of  the  sisters  of  the  church  on  this 
account  he  replied,  in  characteristic  style:  'I  must  be  Sam  Delano  or 
nobody.'  He  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1823,  and  a 
trustee  of  that  institution  for  thirty-two  years."  The  North  Parish 
records  of  May  16,  1747,  contain  this  minute:  "The  good  hand  of 
God  should  be  acknowledged  as  it  has  come  to  pass  most  clearly  by  his 
overruling  providence  that  Rev.  Samuel  Delano,  late  of  Haverhill  South 
Parish  should  come  among  us  to  labor  in  the  gospel  ministry.  And 
with  a  deep  sense  of  the  mercy  of  God  we  would  here  record  the  fact 
that  on  the  16th  of  May,  it  being  the  third  Sabbath,  the  above  named 
Samuel  Delano  commenced  his  labors  in  this  North  Parish,  being  engaged 
for  one  year." 

The  membership  at  this  time  was  reported  as  18.  This  acting  pastorate 
continued  for  upwards  of  four  years.  Such  records  as  were  kept  are  in 
the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Delano  who  signed  himself  as  acting  pastor,  and 
the  last  of  these  entries  is  under  date  of  September  7,  1851.  During  the 
pastorate  of  Mr.  Delano  his  field  of  labor  was  extended  so  that  many 
of  the  church  services  were  held  in  the  Union  Meeting  House  at  the 
Centre  and  in  the  Baptist  Meeting  House  at  North  Haverhill.  He 
was  indeed  the  minister  of  the  geographical  North  Parish.  Such  entries 
as  the  following  are  more  or  less  frequent:  "May  6,  1849,  ordinance  of 
the  Lord's  Supper  at  the  Union  House.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Luther  Warren 
presented  their  child  for  Baptism."  "July  1,  1849,  ordinance  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  at  the  Baptist  Meeting  House  where  we  hold  meetings  all 
the  time."  Deacons  John  Punchard,  and  John  Kimball  had  removed 
their  membership  to  the  South  Parish.  Dea.  John  Carr  was  enfeebled 
by  age  and  at  a  regular  church  meeting  held  at  the  schoolhouse  on 
Brierhill,  Rev.  Samuel  Delano  was  elected  clerk,  and  Elisha  Swift  and 
Peiiey  Ayer  were  elected  deacons.  These  were  the  last  two  elected. 
In  1851  but  sixteen  members  were  reported,  and  Mr.  Delano  soon  after 
closed  his  labors  and  went  to  Hartland,  Vt. 

The  name  of  the  church  does  not  appear  in  the  convention  report  after 
1854,  when  the  pastorate  is  reported  vacant,  and  the  membership  as 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  115 

sixteen.  The  last  entry  in  the  book  of  church  records  is  under  date 
of  April  5,  1855:  "A  meeting  of  the  church  was  held  at  the  schoolhouse, 
Brierhill,  Rev.  Mr.  Strong  of  the  Bath  Church  was  moderator.  Dea. 
Perley  Aver  and  wife  and  daughter,  Laura  W.  Ayer,  were  given  letters 
of  dismission  to  the  South  Parish  Church.  Another  member  was 
excommunicated  on  a  charge  of  disorderly  conduct. 

The  church  building  at  Horse  Meadow  soon  after  this  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Lafayette  Morse,  who  used  it  as  a  barn  until  it  was  torn  down. 
The  land  is  now  a  part  of  the  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery,  lying  next  to 
the  River  road. 

Haverhill  Methodism 

The  peculiar  polity  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  renders  it  a 
difficult  task  to  determine  just  when  there  was  any  organized  society  of 
this  denomination  in  Haverhill.  The  early  Methodist  preachers  were 
veritable  itinerants.  They  preached  where  and  when  there  was  oppor- 
tunity. They  formed  classes,  and  appointed  class  leaders;  these  classes 
grew  into  societies,  which  were  united  in  circuits,  which  became  com- 
ponent parts  of  a  Conference,  over  which  a  bishop  of  the  denomina- 
tion exercised  jurisdiction  and  assigned  his  preachers  to  the  charge  of 
societies  and  circuits  as  in  his  godly  judgment  he  deemed  best.  Pre- 
vious to  the  year  1800  and  a  little  later  such  Methodist  Episcopal  classes 
and  societies  as  there  were  in  New  England  were  a  part  of  the  New  York 
Conference.  Laban  Clark  was  born  in  Haverhill  July  19,  1778,  but  his 
family  soon  after  removed  to  Bradford,  Vt.  At  about  the  age  of  twenty 
he  was  converted  at  a  meeting  held  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Peckett,  who 
had  formerly  been  a  member  of  the  family  of  John  Wesley.  In  1799  he 
went  with  a  local  preacher,  John  Langdon,  to  Landaff,  and  under  their 
joint  labors  a  Methodist  class  was  formed,  and  at  the  session  of  the  New 
York  Conference  of  1800,  Landaff  was  the  name  given  to  a  circuit  in 
the  New  London,  Conn.,  district,  and  to  this  circuit  comprising  all  of 
New  Hampshire  north  of  Concord,  Elijah  R.  Sabin  was  assigned  as 
preacher.  Laban  Clark,  a  native  of  Haverhill,  antedated  Sabin,  as  an 
apostle  of  what  was  then  the  "new  faith"  or  "new  departure"  in  north- 
ern New  Hampshire.  His  subsequent  career  was  a  notable  one.  He 
became  prominent  as  a  minister,  holding  the  leading  pastorates  of  his 
denomination  in  New  York  and  Connecticut,  was  several  years  presiding 
elder,  the  leading  factor  in  founding  Wesleyan  University  at  Middletown, 
Conn.,  purchasing  the  property  it  occupied,  and  serving  for  several  years 
as  its  financial  agent  and  from  1831  till  1868,  as  president  of  its  board  of 
trustees.     He  died  in  Middletown,  November  28,  1869. 

Just  when  Methodism  gained  a  foothold  in  Haverhill  does  not  appear. 
The  name  of  the  town  does  not  appear  in  any  list  of  conference  circuits 


116  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

or  stations  until  1826,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  itinerants  had 
preached  in  various  parts  of  the  town,  and  had  formed  classes  of  converts 
several  years  earlier.  Haverhill  was  a  part  of  the  Landaff  circuit,  con- 
stantly diminishing  in  territory,  as  it  was  divided  and  subdivided  from 
time  to  time  until  1826,  when  Haverhill  and  Orford  appear  in  the  minutes 
of  the  New  England  Conference,  Danville  district,  as  a  station  or  circuit 
with  Ebenezer  Ireson  and  Nathan  Howe  as  preachers.  The  membership 
reported  was  261.  The  Landaff  circuit  was  a  part  of  the  New  York 
Conference  until  1804,  when  it  became  a  part  of  the  New  England  Con- 
ference. The  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  Conference  was  set  off  from 
the  New  England  in  1829,  and  this  conference  was  divided  in  1832,  and 
the  present  New  Hampshire  Conference  was  established.  Among  the 
famous  preachers  of  old  Landaff  circuit  prior  to  1826,  who  probably 
preached  in  Haverhill  as  opportunity  offered  while  travelling  the  circuit 
may  be  mentioned  Martin  Ruter,  Thomas  Branch,  Joel  Worth,  Asa  Kent, 
Isaac  Pease,  Joseph  Peck,  John  W.  Hardy,  Jacob  Sanborn,  John  Lord, 
Lewis  Bates,  Samuel  Morris,  Moses  Fifield,  Abraham  D.  Merrill,  Samuel 
Kelly,  Dan  Young,  Charles  Baker  and  George  Storrs. 

The  date  of  the  organization  of  the  first  class  in  Haverhill  Corner  is 
not  definitely  known,  but  was  probably  in  1817  or  1818  when  Jacob  San- 
born, Lewis  Bates  and  Samuel  Norris  were  the  preachers  on  the  Landaff 
circuit.  From  1826  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  the  church  at  Haverhill 
corner  was  joined  with  other  churches  or  societies  forming  a  circuit,  usually 
with  more  than  one  preacher  in  charge.  Even  when  the  name  Haverhill 
appears  in  the  official  minutes  alone,  the  naming  of  more  than  one  preacher 
in  charge  indicates  the  existence  of  a  circuit  covering  the  entire  town 
and  the  adjoining  towns  of  Piermont  and  Benton. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  preachers  from  1826  till  the  present 
time: 

1826.  Haverhill  and  Orford — Ebenezer  Ireson,  Nathan  Howe. 

1827.  Haverhill — Ebenezer  Ireson,  Moses  Merrill. 

1828.  Haverhill— E.  Wells,  John  J.  Bliss. 

1829.  Haverhill— Schuyler  Chamberlain. 

1830.  Haverhill  and  Orford— Caleb  Dustin,  William  Peck. 

1831.  Haverhill  and  Orford — Caleb  Dustin,  Charles  R.  Harding.  James  W.  Morey. 

1832.  Haverhill  and  Orford — N.  W.  Aspinwall,  C.  R.  Harding,  Samuel  A.  Cushing. 

1833.  Haverhill— C.  Lamb,  D.  I.  Robinson. 

1834.  Haverhill — D.  I.  Robinson,  C.  Granger. 

1835.  Haverhill— M.  G.  Cass,  R.  Dearborn. 

1836.  Haverhill— J.  Gould,  L.  D.  Blodgett. 

1837.  Haverhill— Silas  Quimby,  J.  Gould. 

1838.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill — S.  Quimby,  J.  Dow. 

1839.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill— E.  B.  Fletcher,  J.  W.  Johnson. 

1840.  Haverhill— D.  Wilcox,  E.  B.  Morgan. 

1841.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill — Geo.  W.  Stearns,  Chester  W.  Lovings,  Elisha 

Brown. 


HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL  117 

1842.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill — Elisha  Adams,  J.  W.  Wheeler,  T.  B.  Bingham. 

1843.  Haverhill— Elisha  Adams,  J.  W.  Wheeler,  T.  P.  Brigham. 

1844.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill— R.  H.  Spaulding,  D.  Lee,  H.  H.  Hartwell. 

Until  1845,  North  Haverhill  had  been  included  in  the  circuit  of  which 
Haverhill  was  the  centre.  With  this  year  a  change  in  the  method  of 
appointing  Methodist  preachers  in  Haverhill  took  place.  A  class  had 
been  organized  as  early  as  1820  at  North  Haverhill,  and  one  as  early  as 
1822  at  East  Haverhill.  A  great  religious  revival  began  at  a  camp  meet- 
ing held  in  Landaff  in  1842,  which  spread  over  the  entire  old  Landaff 
circuit.  There  were  large  additions  to  the  membership  of  the  societies 
in  North  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill  as  well  as  in  Haverhill.  The 
North  Haverhill  Methodists  had  been  permitted  to  hold  their  meetings 
for  some  time  in  the  North  Parish  Congregational  Meeting  House  at 
Horse  Meadow;  but  as  a  result  of  this  revival  they  erected  a  house  of 
worship  as  their  own  in  1843,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  A  class  had  been  organized  at  East  Haverhill  in  1822- 
23,  and  a  society  was  incorporated  under  the  state  law  in  1833,  with 
Henry  Noyes,  Moses  Mead,  Caleb  Morse  and  Roswell  Elliott  as  incor- 
porators, and  a  church  edifice  was  erected  in  1834.  From  1845  to  the 
present  time  the  assignment  of  Methodist  preachers  to  the  different  Haver- 
hill churches  has  been  the  following : 

1845.  Haverhill— William  Hines;  East  Haverhill— G.  W.  H.  Clark;  North  Haverhill— 

H.  H.  Hartwell. 

1846.  Haverhill,  Piermont  and  Orford — William  Hines,  George  S.  Dearborn;    East 

Haverhill — C.  L.  McCurdy;  North  Haverhill — Newell  Culver. 

1847.  Haverhill  and  Piermont — Lewis  Howard;  East  Haverhill  and  North  Haverhill — 

Benjamin  R.  Hoyt. 

1848.  Haverhill  Corner  Mission  and  North  Haverhill — Kimball  Hadley;  East  Haver- 

hill and  Benton — George  W.  Bryant. 

1849.  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;    North  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill — Kimball 

Hadley. 

1850.  Haverhill  and   North   Haverhill — Charles   H.   Lovejoy;    East   Haverhill  and 

Benton — no  regular  pastor. 

1851.  Haverhill  and  Piermont — no  regular  pastor;    East  Haverhill — C.  H.  Lovejoy; 

North  Haverhill,  Swiftwater  and  Benton — D.  W.  Barber. 

1852.  Haverhill,  North  Haverhill  and  Piermont — R.  Newhall;   East  Haverhill — John 

M.  Blake. 

1853.  Haverhill,  East  Haverhill  and  Piermont — Richard  Newhall;   North  Haverhill — 

Oloff  H.  Call. 

1854.  Haverhill,  East  Haverhill  and  Piermont — R.  Newhall,  A.  C.  Dustin;    North 

Haverhill — Nelson  Martin. 

1855.  Haverhill,  North  Haverhill  and  Piermont — Ashley  C.  Dutton;  East  Haverhill — 

O.  W.  Watkins. 

1856.  Haverhill,  North  Haverhill  and  Piermont — A.  C.  Dutton;    East  Haverhill — 

O.  W.  Watkins. 

1857.  Haverhill — no    regular    pastor;     East    Haverhill — no    regular    pastor;     North 

Haverhill — C.  U.  Dunning. 


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1S58.     Haverhill— C.  U.  Dunning;  North  Haverhill— A.  K.  Howard;  East  Haverhill— 
no  regular  pastor. 

1859.  Haverhill— C.  U.  Dunning;  North  Haverhill— A.  K.  Howard;  East  Haverhill— 

no  regular  pastor. 

1860.  Haverhill — George   C.   Thomas;     North   Haverhill — no   regular   pastor;     East 

Haverhill — no  regular  pastor. 

1861.  Haverhill — Charles  H.  Chase;   North  Haverhill — Silas  Quimby;  East  Haverhill 

— C.  F.  Bailey. 

1862.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill — C.  H.  Chase;  North  Haverhill — Geo.  S.  Noyes. 

1863.  Haverhill,   East  Haverhill  and  Piermont — C.   H.   Chase;    North  Haverhill — 

Geo.  S.  Noyes. 

1S64.     Haverhill — Richard   Harcourt;  East   Haverhill — Hugh   Montgomery;     North 
Haverhill — L.  W.  Prescott. 

1865.  Haverhill — J.    Mowry    Bean;  East    Haverhill — Hugh    Montgomery;     North 

Haverhill — L.  W.  Prescott. 

1866.  Haverhill — J.    Mowry    Bean;     East    Haverhill — Hugh    Montgomery;     North 

Haverhill— S.  P.  Heath. 

1867.  Haverhill— J.  M.  Bean;    East   Haverhill— A.  B.  Russell;   North   Haverhill— 

Simeon  P.  Heath. 

1868.  Haverhill — John  Gowan;    East  Haverhill — A.  B.  Russell;    North  Haverhill — 

H.  A.  Matteson. 

1869.  Haverhill— H.  S.  Ward;    East  Haverhill— A.  B.  Russell;    North  Haverhill— 

H.  A.  Matteson. 

1870.  Haverhill — H.  Chandler;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;  North  Haverhill — 

H.  A.  Matteson. 

1871.  Haverhill — Josiah  Hooper;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;  North  Haverhill 

— G.  W.  Roland. 

1872.  Haverhill — J.  Hooper;   East  Haverhill — A.  W.  Brown;   North  Haverhill — John 

Currier. 

1873.  Haverhill — J.  Hooper;   East  Haverhill — A.  W.  Brown;   North  Haverhill — John 

Currier. 

1874.  Haverhill — Joseph  Hayes;    East  Haverhill — I.  J.  Tibbetts;    North  Haverhill — 

John  Currier. 

1875.  Haverhill— J.  T.  Davis;    East  Haverhill— I.  J.  Tibbetts;    North  Haverhill— J. 

Hayes. 

1876.  Haverhill — J.  T.  Davis;   East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;    North  Haverhill, 

J.  Hayes. 
1S77.     Haverhill— T.  Windsor;    C.  W.  Dockrill;    North  Haverhill— J.  H.  Knott. 

1878.  Haverhill   and   Piermont— G.    N.   Bryant;    East   Haverhill— C.   W.    Dockrill; 

North  Haverhill— J.  H.  Knott, 

1879.  Haverhill  and  Piermont— G.  N.  Bryant;  East  Haverhill— L.  W.  Prescott;  North 

Haverhill— I.  J.  Tibbetts. 

1880.  Haverhill — G.  N.  Bryant;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;   North  Haverhill 

— James  Cairns. 

1881.  Haverhill — C.  E.  Rogers;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;  North   Haverhill 

— James  Cairns. 

1882.  Haverhill  and  East  Haverhill— C.  E.  Rogers;    North  Haverhill— S.  P.  Heath. 

1883.  Haverhill— W.    Ramsden;    East   Haverhill— C.   E.   Rogers;    North    Haverhill 

— J.  H.  Brown. 

1884.  Haverhill— W.  Ramsden;    East  Haverhill— C.  E.  Rogers;    North  Haverhill — 

J.  H.  Brown. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  119 

18S5.     Haverhill— J.   H.  Trow;    East  Haverhill— W.   A.   Loyne;    North  Haverhill— 
J.  H.  Brown;  Woodsville — Albert  Twichell. 

1886.  Haverhill— J.   H.   Trow;    East  Haverhill— W.   A.  Loyne;    North  Haverhill— 

J.  H.  Hillman;  Woodsville— A.  Twichell. 

1887.  Haverhill— J.   H.  Trow;    East  Haverhill— W.  A.  Loyne;    North  Haverhill— 

J.  H.  Hillman;  Woodsville— Albert  Twichell. 

1888.  Haverhill— G.  W.  Buzzell;   East  Haverhill— J.  Mowry  Bean;   North  Haverhill 

— M.  T.  Cilley;  Woodsville — James  Cairns. 

1889.  Haverhill— G.  W.  Buzzell;    East  Haverhill— H.  E.  Allen;    North  Haverhill— 

J.  P.  Frye;  Woodsville — C.  J.  Fowler. 

1890.  Haverhill— G.  W.  Buzzell;    East  Haverhill— H.  E.  Allen;    North  Haverhill— 

J.  P.  Frye;  Woodsville— C.  J.  Fowler. 

1891.  Haverhill  and  Piermont — E.  .C   Langford;    East  Haverhill — Mellen  Howard; 

North  Haverhill — E.  R.  Perkins;    Woodsville — C.  M.  Howard. 

1892.  Haverhill  and  Piermont— E.  C.  Langford;    East  Haverhill— G.  A.  McLucas; 

Woodsville— C.  M.  Howard;  North  Haverhill— E.  R.  Perkins. 

1893.  Haverhill  and  Piermont — E.  C.  Langford;    East  Haverhill — G.  A.  McLucas; 

North  Haverhill — E.  R.  Perkins;  Woodsville — C.  M.  Howard. 

1894.  Haverhill— E.  C.  Langford;   East  Haverhill— G.  R.  Locke;    North  Haverhill— 

E.  R.  Perkins;  Woodsville — William  Ramsden. 

1895.  Haverhill— E.  C.  Langford;   East  Haverhill— G.  R.  Locke;    North  Haverhill— 

E.  R.  Perkins;  Woodsville— W.  H.  Tarkington. 

1896.  Haverhill  and  Piermont— W.  J.  Wilkins;  East  Haverhill— E.  C.  Clough;  North 

Haverhill— E.  R.  Perkins;  Woodsville— R.  T.  Wolcott. 

1897.  Haverhill  and  Piermont — W.  R.   Webster;    East  Haverhill— H.   F.  Quimby; 

North  Haverhill — J.  R.  Dinsmore;  Woodsville — R.  T.  Wolcott. 

1898.  Haverhill— E.  E.  Reynolds;   East  Haverhill— N.  T.  Carter;   North  Haverhill— 

J.  Roy  Dinsmore;  Woodsville — George  N.  Dorr. 

1899.  Haverhill— E.  E.  Reynolds;  East  Haverhill— J.  H.  Vincent;  North  Haverhill— 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — George  N.  Dorr. 

1900.  Haverhill — C.  J.  Brown;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;  North  Haverhill — 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville— W.  A.  Loyne. 

1901.  Haverhill — D.  W.  Downs;  East  Haverhill — no  regular  pastor;   North  Haverhill 

— C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — W.  A.  Loyne. 

1902.  Haverhill— D.  W.  Downs;  East  Haverhill— George  M.  Newhall;  North  Haver- 

hill—C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — W.  A.  Loyne. 

1903.  Haverhill— D.  W.  Downs;   East  Haverhill— D.  W.  Downs;    North  Haverhill— 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — W.  A.  Loyne. 

1904.  Haverhill— R.  E.  Thompson,  E.  J.  Canfield;  East  Haverhill— W.  R.  Patterson; 

North  Haverhill — C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — James  G.  Cairns. 

1905.  Haverhill— W.  P.  White;   East  Haverhill— W.  R.  Patterson;   North  Haverhill 

— C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — James  G.  Cairns. 

1906.  Haverhill— W.  P.  White;  East  Haverhill— W.  R.  Patterson;  North  Haverhill— 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — Charles  H.  Farnsworth. 

1907.  Haverhill— A.  F.  Leigh;  East  Haverhill— D.  J.  Smith;   North  Haverhill— C.  E. 

Eaton;  Woodsville — C.  H.  Farnsworth. 

1908.  Haverhill— Geo.  G.  Williams;  East  Haverhill— D.  J.  Smith;  North  Haverhill 

— C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — C.  H.  Farnsworth. 

1909.  Haverhill— Willis  Holmes;   East  Haverhill— F.  J.  Andrews;   North  Haverhill— 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — C.  H.  Farnsworth. 

1910.  Haverhill— Willis  Holmes;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury;    North  Haverhill— 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville — Leslie  R.  Danforth. 


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North  Haverhill — 
North  Haverhill — 
North  Haverhill — 
North  Haverhill — 


1911.  Haverhill— Robert  Fuller;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury 

C.  E.  Eaton;  Woodsville— L.  R.  Danforth. 

1912.  Haverhill— Robert  Fuller;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury 

Alpa  M.  Markey;  Woodsville — L.  R.  Danforth. 

1913.  Haverhill— Robert  Fuller;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury 

A.  M.  Markey;  Woodsville — J.  Roy  Dinsmore. 

1914.  Haverhill— Robert  Fuller;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury 

A.  M.  Markey;  Woodsville — J.  Roy  Dinsmore. 

1915.  Haverhill— R.  S.  Barker;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury;      North  Haverhill— 

A.  M.  Markey;  Woodsville — J.  R.  Dinsmore. 

1916.  Haverhill— R.  S.  Barker;    East  Haverhill— A.  H.  Drury;    North  Haverhill— 

A.  M.  Markey;  Woodsville — James  N.  Seaver. 

The  first  Methodist  Episcopal  house  of  worship,  was  erected  at  Haver- 
hill Corner,  and  was  the  first  church  building  in  that  village.  The  South 
Parish  Congregational  meeting  house  was  at  Ladd  Street  and  the  North 
Parish  edifice  at  Horse  Meadow.  There  were  no  other  church  buildings 
in  town.  The  people  at  the  Corner  irrespective  of  denominational  affilia- 
tion greatly  wished  a  "meeting  house,"  and  the  Methodists  were  encour- 
aged to  build.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  Monday,  June  4,  1827,  by  the 
newly-installed  officers  of  Grafton  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  These  were: 
W.  M.,  Jonathan  Sinclair;  S.  W.,  Samuel  Page;  J.  W.,  John  L.  Burns; 
Sec,  Sylvester  T.  Goss;  Treas.,  John  Page;  S.  D.,  William  Ladd;  J.  D., 
Horace  S.  Baker;  Chaplain,  Ebenezer  Ireson;  Marshal,  Joshua  Blaisdell. 
The  procession  formed  at  the  lodge  room  was  composed  of  the  officers  and 
members  of  Grafton  Lodge,  the  building  committee,  selectmen,  the  rev- 
erend clergy,  the  grand  master  and  past  and  present  grand  officers. 
The  address  at  the  stone  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Ireson, 
chaplain  of  the  lodge  and  minister  of  the  church.  It  was  a  great  day  for 
the  Haverhill  Methodists.  In  the  Cods  Intelligence  of  June  2,  there  was 
an  appeal  for  funds  for  the  erecting  of  the  building  which  reads  curiously 
like  some  appeals  of  later  years: 

While  the  traveller  passes  through  our  village  he  is  delighted  with  the  rich  landscape 
before  him.  He  admires  our  beautiful  meadows,  our  dark  rolling  Connecticut  and 
feasts  his  vision  upon  a  prospect  far  more  beautiful  and  far  more  worthy  of  admiration 
than  those  which  have  called  forth  all  the  energies  of  song,  and  exhausted  the  genius  of 
the  artist.  He  sees  before  him  a  thriving  and  populous  village,  but  his  eye  rests  upon  no 
church.  No  spire  pointing  to  heaven  tells  him  that  God  may  be  worshipped  in  the 
beauty  of  holiness,  no  temple  pure  lifts  up  the  aspiration  of  the  pure  in  heart  or  gives 
an  additional  charm  to  our  village,  but  he  is  forced  to  inquire  amidst  all  this  profusion  of 
nature,  with  all  this  lovely  and  enchanting  scenery  around  us,  have  you  no  church  for 
public  worship — a  building  so  peculiarly  the  ornament  of  a  country  village?  There  is 
scarcely  a  town  in  New  England,  and  not  one  possessing  the  advantages  of  Haverhill 
which  is  not  ornamented  and  consecrated,  if  I  may  so  say  by  its  meeting  house.  But 
if  we  cannot  be  urged  by  considerations  strong  and  weighty  as  those  which  have  been  men- 
tioned, mere  selfishness  would  seem  to  induce  us  to  engage  in  the  undertaking.  Money 
expended  for  the  erection  of  a  commodious  and  handsome  church  cannot  be  viewed  in 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  121 

the  light  of  a  tax  upon  the  inhabitants  here,  they  would  thereby  invest  their  money 
certain  to  bring  handsome  returns  on  their  investment.  Every  consideration  prompts 
to  aid  the  enterprise  now  inaugurated. 

This  was  a  fervid  appeal.  More  fervid  appeals  still  were  made  for 
funds  by  the  famous  John  Newland  Maffit,  who  preached  on  the  occasion 
of  the  dedication  of  the  building  in  1828.  He  urged  the  people  to  "lend 
to  the  Lord."  He  spoke  of  the  large  interest  some  of  them  were  re- 
ported to  be  receiving,  but  larger  returns  would  be  secured  by  lending 
to  the  Lord.  But  it  was  a  Methodist  church,  and  the  influence  of  Con- 
gregationalist  conservatism  had  not  yet  been  overcome.  Grant  Powers 
had  not  yet  abdicated. 

Previous  to  this  the  Methodists  had  worshipped  in  private  houses  and 
later  in  the  Court  house.  The  society  allowed  its  enthusiasm  to  get  the 
better  of  its  judgment,  and  when  the  church  was  completed,  the  society 
found  itself  confronted  with  a  heavy  debt,  hopelessly  crippled.  The 
difficulty  was  solved  by  selling  their  church  to  the  Congregationalists 
who  were  desirous  of  establishing  themselves  at  the  Corner,  and  giving 
up  their  meeting  house  at  Ladd  Street.  The  property  was  conveyed  to 
the  Congregationalists  in  1829  and  is  still  occupied  by  them.  It  was  sub- 
stantially built,  and  with  improvements  made  from  time  to  time,  this 
oldest  church  building  in  town,  with  an  historic  association  is  still  an 
attractive  place  of  worship.  The  Methodists  returned  to  the  Court 
house  for  worship  until  1836,  where  they  built  their  present  church  edifice, 
the  site  being  given  them  by  Gov.  John  Page,  a  leading  member.  It  is  a 
commodious  building,  constructed  of  wood  rather  than  brick,  and  with 
its  chapel  adjoining,  and  its  commodious  parsonage  property  is  happily 
free  of  debt.     The  property  is  valued  at  $5,500. 

The  church  at  East  Haverhill  was  built  in  1834,  on  a  site  given  by  Isaac 
Pike,  was  several  times  remodelled,  until  it  was  destroyed  by  fire  Decem- 
ber 14,  1902.  A  new  building  was  erected  of  modern  style,  and  suited  to 
modern  needs  and  was  dedicated  May  24,  1905.  The  society  also  owns  a 
comfortable  parsonage  conveniently  located  near  the  church.  The  entire 
property  being  valued  at  $4,000. 

The  church  erected  at  North  Haverhill  in  1843  was  destroyed  by  fire 
in  1865,  but  was  rebuilt  the  next  year.  Some  thirty  years  later  it  was 
remodelled,  and  in  1912  it  was  greatly  improved,  and  presents  one  of  the 
most  attractive  interiors  in  the  county.  A  fine  parsonage  property  ad- 
joins the  church.     Church  and  parsonage  are  valued  at  $7,000. 

A  Methodist  Episcopal  church  was  organized  at  Woodsville  in  May, 
1885,  by  George  W.  Norris,  presiding  elder  of  the  Concord  District  with 
a  membership  including  probationers  of  17,  which  was  increased  to  26 
in  1886  when  Woodsville  first  appears  in  the  minutes  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Conference.     The  Rev.  Albert  Twichell,  a  local  preacher,  was  the 


122  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

first  pastor.  A  church  edifice  was  erected  in  1886  on  Central  Street,  but 
was  removed  to  its  present  location  in  1889.  An  extension  or  annex  was 
added  in  1911,  for  Sunday  school  and  social  purposes.  The  church  is 
finely  lighted,  carpeted,  has  a  fine  pipe  organ,  the  gift  of  Ira  Whitcher  in 
memory  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Chester  Abbott,  and  with  its  recently 
added  annex  or  chapel,  is  attractive  and  finely  adapted  to  accommodate 
the  various  activities  and  departments  of  the  modern  church.  A  par- 
sonage was  erected  during  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  James  Cairns  in 
1888,  which  with  its  pleasant  location  and  modern  improvements  fur- 
nishes a  pleasant  home  for  the  pastor;  church  and  parsonage  are  valued 
at  $12,000. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  Haverhill  has  an  honorable  history, 
and  has  been  no  unimportant  factor  in  promoting  the  moral,  social  and 
religious  life  of  the  town.  It  has  numbered  among  its  communicants 
many  who  have  been  prominent  in  other  than  church  affairs,  and  whose 
influence  still  remains,  whose  work  abides  though  they  have  long  since 
passed  to  their  reward. 

Among  the  early  and  influential  members  of  the  church  at  the  Corner, 
the  names  of  John  Page,  George  Woodward,  Jonathan  St.  Clair,  William 
Ladd,  Samuel  Smith,  C.  B.  M.  Woodward,  Abba  Swift,  and  Nathan  H. 
Batchelder  are  familiar:  at  North  Haverhill  those  of  Eben  Eastman, 
Newhall  Pike,  James  Glynn,  Jefferson  Pennock,  John  W.  Judson,  Nathan 
P.  Rideout,  Hubert  Eastman,  Benjamin  Gale,  George  C.  Hale  and  Martin 
S.  Meader:  at  East  Haverhill,  Moses  Mead,  Caleb  Morse  and  Alonzo 
F.  Pike,  and  at  Woodsville  Benjamin  Dow  and  Ira  Whitcher,  suggest 
themselves. 

None  of  the  four  churches  are  large,  none  are  in  large  communities, 
and  with  the  exception  of  that  in  Woodsville  none  are  in  growing  com- 
munities. The  church  at  Haverhill  has  a  membership  of  56,  and  a 
property  valued  at  $5,200;  that  at  East  Haverhill  a  membership  of  56, 
church  property  $4,000;  North  Haverhill,  membership  100,  property 
$6,600,  and  that  at  Woodsville,  membership,  137,  church  property 
$11,500.  The  total  membership  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  churches  in 
the  town  was  in  1913,  349,  and  the  church  property  was  valued  at  $27,300. 

Baptist  Church,  North  Haverhill 

In  response  to  a  call  of  a  few  Baptists  in  Haverhill  and  Bath  several 
persons  met  in  North  Haverhill  September  14,  1830,  and  after  consulta- 
tion with  two  Baptists  ministers,  the  Revs.  John  Peacock  and  Noah 
Nichols,  proceeded  to  organize  a  Baptist  church.  This  first  organiza- 
tion consisted  of  thirteen  members:  Benjamin  Ropes,  Deliverance 
Woodward,  Oliver  Davison,  Ira  Thyng,  William  Dudley,  Mary  Rogers, 
Sally  Glazier,  Sally  Davison,  Rhoda  Carr,  Hannah  Morse,  Maude  Dud- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  123 

ley,  Roxana  Bacon,  Sarah  B.  Glazier.  In  March,  1831,  at  a  council  of 
ministers  and  delegates  from  six  churches  of  the  Merideth  Association  of 
Baptist  churches,  Benjamin  Ropes  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  the  church, 
and  continued  in  this  capacity  until  May,  1834,  when  he  was  dismissed. 
The  church  was  without  a  pastor  until  September,  1835,  when  Bradford 
Harvey  of  New  Hampton  Institution  spent  several  weeks  with  the  church, 
the  result  of  which  was  a  religious  awakening  and  the  addition  of  fourteen 
to  the  church  by  baptism.  In  1836  Stephen  Morse  conducted  meetings 
as  a  licentiate,  but  there  was  no  pastor  until  Jan.  1,  1838,  when  Rev. 
Samuel  Eastman  became  pastor,  and  began  his  labors,  which  continued 
for  three  years  in  the  new  house  of  worship,  which  had  been  dedicated  two 
weeks  earlier.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  David  Burroughs,  who  re- 
mained pastor  until  1845,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Lucius  Chick- 
ering  whose  pastorate  was  brief,  closing  under  a  cloud  in  March,  1846. 
From  this  time,  until  the  disintegration  of  the  church  there  was  no  regular 
pastor,  except  in  1855,  when  Rev.  J.  E.  Strong  was  reported  as  pastor. 
In  1856  there  was  no  pastor,  and  the  house  was  opened  for  worship,  only 
occasionally.  In  1859  there  appears  in  the  minutes  of  the  Baptist  State 
Convention  the  following  report  from  the  Merideth  Association:  'The 
church  at  North  Haverhill  has  become  extinct,"  and  its  name  was  erased 
from  the  minutes. 

The  church  building  was  erected  in  1837  and  was  formally  dedicated 
December  14,  1837.  It  was  built  of  brick,  was  well  constructed,  and  is 
standing  at  the  present  time  in  good  condition,  known  as  Village  Hall, 
having  stood  uncared  for  for  several  years  after  the  disintegration  of  the 
church,  until  it  was  put  in  order  by  the  Village  Improvement  Society, 
previous  to  1900,  and  has  since  been  used  for  social  purposes,  and  as  a 
place  of  worship  for  Trinity  Protestant  Episcopal  Mission.  It  was  built 
by  the  "First  Baptist  Society  of  Haverhill"  duly  incorporated  December 
22,  1836.  The  corporators  were  Oliver  Davidson,  Asa  Thyng,  Elijah 
Blood,  George  Warren,  Joshua  Blaisdell,  Jacob  Morse,  Asa  Bacon,  Aaron 
P.  Glazier,  David  Carr,  Jr.,  George  W.  Bisbee,  Zebulon  Carey  and  Clark 
Bacon.  The  cost  of  the  building  was  $1,533.87,  and  this  was  provided 
for  by  subscriptions  and  the  sale  of  pews.  This  sale  amounted  to 
SI, 359. 75,  and  the  purchasers  of  pews  were  Ira  C.  Crouch,  N.  M.  Swasey, 
Daniel  Carr,  Jr.,  T.  H.  Braynard,  Aaron  Southard,  E.  B.  Hibbard,  Willard 
Whitman,  E.  Merrill,  Joshua  Blaisdell,  George  Warren,  E.  W.  Carr, 
Aaron  P.  Glazier,  Zebulon  Carey,  Stephen  Morse,  D.  Worthen,  Jona. 
Morse,  Oliver  Davidson,  B.  Webster,  Jr.,  E.  Lovejoy,  D.  C.  Kimball, 
David  Carr,  E.  Blood,  T.  Reed  Bacon,  Asa  Thyng,  Jacob  Morse,  Clark 
Bacon,  Asa  Bacon,  Isaac  Morse,  Jotham  Howe,  George  W.  Bisbee. 
Comparatively  few  of  these  pew  holders  were  residents  of  the  village, 
then  known  as  "Slab  City,"  but  at  least  ten  resided  in  Centre  Haverhill, 


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T.  H.  Braynard 
Jan.  1,1838       136.00 


No.  12 

A.  Southard 
Jan.  1,1838      $35.25 


No.  14 

E.  B.  Hibbard 
Jan.  1, 1838       336.75 


No.  15 

Willard  Whitman 
Jan.  1,  1838       340.25 


No.  18 

E.  Merrill 
Jan. 1, 1838       $34.00 


No.  20 

Joshua  Blaisdell 
Jan.  1,  1838       $37.00 


No.  22 

George  Warren 
Jan.  1,  1838       $34.00 


No.  24 

W.  Whitman 
Jan.  1, 1838       $34.00 


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No.  49 

No.  48 

E.  W.  Carr 
Jan.  1,1838      $35.00 

No.  47 

Jona.  Morse 
Jan.  1,1838      $34.00 

No.  46 

A.  P.  Glazier 
Jan.  1,1838       $36.50 

No.  45 

Oliver  Davison 
Jan.  1,  1838       $38.50 

No.  44 

Z.  Carey 
Jan.  1,  1838      $38.25 

No.  43 

B.  Webster  Jr. 

No.  42 

G.  Warren 
Jan.  1, 1838      $40.00 

No.  41 

E.  Lovejoy 

No.  40 

S.  Morse  2d 
Jan.  1,1838      $38.50 

No.  39 

D.  C.  Kimball 
Jan.  1,  1838      $35.00 

No.  38 

D.  Worthen 
Jan.  1,1838      $34.00 

No.  37 

Daniel  Carr 

$38.00 

No.  36 

J.  Blaisdell 

$34.00 

No.  35 

E.  Blood 
Jan.  1,1838      $34.00 

No.  34 

No.  33 

T.  R.  Bacon 

No.  32 

No.  31 

E.  B.  Hibbard 
Jan.  1, 1838      $20.00 

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Z.  Carey 
Jan.  1,  1838       $39.00 


No.  11 

A.  Thing 
Jan.  1,1838       $34.00 


No.  13 

Jacob  Morse 
Jan.  1,1838      $35.00 


No.  15 

Clark  Bacon 
Jan.  1,  1838       $37.75 


No.  17 

Asa  Bacon 
Jan.  1,  1838      $38.50 


No.  19 

Isaac  Morse 
Jan.  1,  1838      $38.25 


No.  21 

Jotham  Howe 


No.  23 

David  Morse 


No.  25 


No.  27 

George  W.  Bisbee 
Jan.  1,  1838       $23.50 


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HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL  125 

and  as  many  more  on  Brier  Hill,  and  in  other  parts  of  the  town  outside  the 
village.     (See  diagram  of  the  interior.) 

A  somewhat  new  method  was  devised  for  the  support  of  preaching. 
When  the  Rev.  David  Burroughs  was  selected  as  pastor  in  1841  at  an 
annual  salary  of  $400,  an  agreement  was  signed  by  forty  citizens  of  the 
town  that  any  deficiency  which  might  exist  after  the  amount  raised  by 
voluntary  subscription  was  exhausted,  should  be  made  up  by  an  assess- 
ment upon  their  polls  and  ratable  property  in  the  towns  where  they 
resided.  The  forty  names  appended  to  this  agreement  were  George  W. 
Bisbee,  David  Morse,  Zebulon  Cary,  Oliver  Davison,  Joseph  Willis, 
David  Carr,  Jr.,  John  Buswell,  T.  U.  Berry,  Adams  Houston,  George 
Warren,  William  Houston,  Joshua  Blaisdell,  Benjamin  Webster,  James 
George,  Thomas  George,  David  George,  George  W.  George,  Richard  G. 
Crouch,  Curtis  Knight,  Isaac  Pike,  Charles  Cussen,  William  Eastman, 
Horace  McConnell,  Asa  Bacon,  G.  A.  Branible,  S.  E.  Blood,  Henry 
George,  Willard  Whitman,  John  S.  Sanborn,  William  C.  Bacon,  Timothy 
R.  Bacon,  Isaac  Morse,  Alfred  George,  Jeremiah  G.  Farnam,  Benjamin 
Webster,  Jr.,  A.  J.  George,  Albert  D.  Johnson,  Harvey  M.  Gales,  J.  E. 
Clifford,  S.  E.  Leslie.  High-water  mark  in  the  prosperity  of  this  church 
and  society  was  reached  during  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Burroughs.  In 
1844  the  membership  reported  was  138,  in  1845  this  had  decreased  to 
100,  and  in  1846  after  the  brief  but  unfortunate  pastorate  of  Mr.  Chick- 
ering  it  dropped  to  40.  The  church  records,  now  in  existence,  are  scanty 
and  poorly  kept.  In  1855  when  the  last  attempt  was  made  to  support  a 
pastor  and  maintain  services,  the  membership  had  been  reduced  to  26, 
and  many  of  these  members  maintained  only  a  nominal  relation  to  the 
church.  No  member  of  this  church  now  survives,  the  late  Charles  F. 
Carr  of  Woodsville  being  the  last  to  pass  away,  and  he  had  been  for 
years  affiliated  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Freewill  Baptist  Church 

In  the  eastern  part  of  the  town,  in  what  is  known  as  "Number  Six" 
there  was  a  deep  religious  interest,  in  1831  and  a  meeting  held  in  June 
of  that  year,  in  the  homestead  barn  of  Josiah  Jeffers,  was  followed  by  the 
baptism  of  several  persons  and  the  organization  of  a  Freewill  Baptist 
church.  Elder  George  W.  Cogswell  of  Landaff  held  preaching  services 
in  that  vicinity  for  a  number  of  years,  and  about  1838,  Abel  Wheeler,  a 
member  of  the  church,  was  ordained  and  became  its  pastor.  Previous  to 
1831,  there  had  been  occasional  Freewill  Baptist  preaching.  Elder  John 
Calkin,  a  famous  evangelist  of  his  time  being  the  earliest  of  the  preachers, 
and  Elder  John  Davis,  who  afterwards  lived  in  "Number  Ten"  followed 
him.  In  1842  there  was  quite  an  extensive  revival,  and  another  in  1858. 
Lorenzo  D.  Jeffers,  a  convert  in  the  revival  of  1842,  was  later  ordained 


126  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

elder  and  preached  with  great  acceptance  in  this  church  and  in  the 
churches  of  adjoining  towns.  He  was  a  man  of  fervent  piety,  a  student  of 
the  Book  and  of  marked  ability.  Other  preachers  were  Elders  Stedman, 
Cummings,  Almon  Shepard,  Warren  Strafford  and  J.  D.  Cross.  The 
church  never  erected  any  house  of  worship,  and  the  church  organization 
as  such  passed  out  of  existence.  Haverhill  does  not  seem  to  have  fur- 
nished a  fertile  soil  for  Baptist  seed. 

Union  Meeting  House 

As  the  town  began  to  be  settled  east  of  the  river  the  need  of  religious 
services  was  recognized,  and  this  led  to  the  organization  of  an  undenomina- 
tional society  which,  in  1836,  erected  at  the  Four  Corners  on  the  County 
road  and  on  the  road  leading  from  North  Haverhill  to  Swiftwater — the 
Pond  road — what  was  known  as  the  "North  Haverhill  Union  Meeting 
House."  There  was  no  church  organization  connected  with  it,  and  the 
pulpit  was  occupied  from  time  to  time  by  the  pastors  of  the  North  Parish 
Congregational  church,  the  Baptist  church,  by  ministers  of  the  Freewill 
Baptist,  Methodist  Episcopal,  Universalist  and  Adventist  denominations. 
In  1858  and  for  a  few  years  thereafter,  the  Free  Baptist  preachers  minis- 
tered to  such  congregations  or  they  could  gather,  and  later  the  edifice 
passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Advent  Christian  church,  organized  in 
1892,  who  in  1896  repaired  it,  remodelled  it  and  now  maintain  regular 
services. 

Elder  George  E.  Brown,  preached  at  different  times  before  there  was  a 
regular  organization,  and  filled  vacancies  between  pastors  till  his  death. 
The  pastors  since  the  organization  in  1892  have  been  Elders  John  Magoon, 
L.  H.  Brigham,  R.  R.  Mead,  O.  W.  Heyer,  Bert  J.  Glazier,  and  F.  W. 
Richardson. 

There  was  an  Advent  organization  at  the  Brook  which,  in  1875,  erected 
a  church  edifice  which  was  regularly  occupied  for  a  few  years  for  religious 
services,  but  the  society  disintegrated,  and  the  building  was  unused  after 
1880  until  it  was  sold,  and  was  transformed  into  a  creamery. 

Protestant  Episcopal  Church 

St.  Luke's  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  Woodsville  was  organized  as 
a  mission  by  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  William  W.  Niles  of  the  New  Hampshire 
diocese  in  February,  1877.  Services  were  first  held  in  the  schoolhouse 
hall,  with  Mr.  A.  B.  Crawford  as  lay  reader  in  charge,  and  the  first  rector 
was  the  Rev.  W.  B.  T.  Smith,  who  began  his  work  September,  1878,  and 
who  inspired  active  efforts  to  build  a  church  edifice.  A  site  was  given 
by  Charles  B.  Smith,  and  the  present  church  was  built  in  1879  at  a  cost  of 
about  $5,000  and  was  consecrated  free  of  debt  in  the  spring  of  1880.  It 
has  a  seating  capacity  of  about  two  hundred  and  fifty.     It  also  owns 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  127 

a  fine  rectory  on  Maple  Street,  and  a  parish  house  on  Central  Street, 
with  all  accommodations  for  social  work  and  service.  The  church  was 
seriously  damaged  by  fire  in  1912,  but  was  immediately  restored  and 
beautified. 

St.  Luke's  was  the  first  church  organization  in  Woodsville,  followed  by 
the  Methodist  Episcopal,  the  Universalist,  St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic, 
and  the  Evangelical  in  order.  Early  in  the  history  of  the  town  there  was 
an  attempt  to  gain  a  foothold  for  the  Episcopal  church,  which  had  as  its 
chief  result  much  bitterness  of  feeling.  The  charter  provided  for  the 
giving  of  one  whole  share  of  land  to  "the  Incorporated  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, "  one  whole  share  for  a  glebe 
for  the  Church  of  England,  and  also  one  share  for  the  first  settled  minister 
of  the  Gospel.  Col.  John  Hurd  and  Col.  Asa  Porter  were  Episcopalians, 
adherents  of  the  Established  Church  of  England.  They  held  that  in  the 
towns  of  the  charter  the  right  of  glebe  could  be  diverted  to  the  use 
of  no  minister  other  than  of  that  church,  and  that  the  right  of  the  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  the  society  being 
adjunct  of  said  church,  went  with  it,  and  furthermore,  by  implication,  the 
right  of  the  first  settled  minister,  since  no  church  save  the  Church  of 
England  was  recognized  in  the  charter.  They  early  secured  a  church 
organization,  with  Rev.  Ranno  Cossit  as  minister,  and  Cols.  Hurd  and 
Porter  as  workers  and  laid  claim  to  these  rights.  The  proprietors,  how- 
ever refused  to  recognize  this  claim  and  at  a  meeting,  held  August  16, 
1773,  the  only  business  transacted  was  the  definite  refusal  "to  lay  out  the 
society  right  and  glebe  to  the  acceptance  of  the  minister  and  church 
workers  in  said  town  of  Haverhill. "  The  claim  was  persisted  in  and  at 
the  regular  town  meeting  in  March,  1775,  it  was  voted  to  defend  the 
ministerial  right  of  land  against  the  claims  of  the  aforesaid  Ranno  Cossit. 
At  the  meeting  in  1776,  further  action  was  taken  and  Thomas  Simpson, 
Timothy  Barron  and  Bryan  Kay  were  chosen  as  committee  "to  take  care 
of  the  ministerial  right  of  land  in  Haverhill  and  rent  it  for  the  advantage 
of  the  town  the  present  year. "  Mr.  Cossit,  however,  had  in  the  meantime 
secured  a  title  to  the  land  through  the  courts,  the  town  having  been  de- 
faulted, and  in  1780  the  annual  town  meeting  chose  Col.  Moses  Little 
"agent  to  petition  the  General  Court  that  the  default  may  be  taken  off 
the  ministerial  right  of  land  in  Haverhill  said  land  being  called  out  in  favor 
of  Ranno  Cossit. "  This  petition  was  granted  and  the  town  came  into  its 
own. 

The  action  of  Cols.  Hurd  and  Porter,  profoundly  stirred  the  community 
in  both  Haverhill  and  Newbury.  In  January,  1775,  a  document,  entitled 
the  Haverhill  and  Newbury  Covenant,  was  numerously  signed  by  the 
adherents  of  the  Haverhill  and  Newbury  church  of  which  Rev.  Mr. 
Powers  was  pastor,   denouncing  in  the  most  vigorous  terms  the  two 


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offending  colonels.     As  a  speciment  of  a  boycott  nearly  a  century  and  a 
half  old  the  document  possesses  a  curious  interest: 

Whereas  it  appears  to  us  that  in  almost  every  instance,  Col1  John  Hurd,  and  Lieut 
Col1  Asa  Porter  do  and  are  acting  contrary  to  the  interest  of  the  society  of  Haverhill  and 
Newbury  and  to  the  town  and  proprietary  of  Haverhill  in  particular,  and  to  the  interest 
of  the  whole  County  of  Grafton. 

In  that  when  the  said  John  Hurd  and  Asa  Porter  knew  that  the  Revd  Peter  Powers 
was  settled  as  a  minister  for  both  towns,  for  more  than  seven  years,  and  that  they  knew 
there  was  not  many  more  than  two  persons  of  the  Church  of  England  in  the  town  of 
Haverhill,  that  they  should  reccommend  Mr.  Ranny  Cossit  to  Governor  Wentworth 
and  the  Bishop  of  London  that  he  might  be  ordained  a  minister  over  Haverhill:  that 
they  do  use  their  endeavor  that  said  Cossit  should  have  and  enjoy  the  ministerial  right 
in  this  town,  .  .  .  that  whereas  some  of  the  town  of  Plymouth  Court  made  request 
to  Col1  John  Hurd,  who  is  Judge  for  the  County  of  Grafton,  whether  the  cause  between 
Timothy  Barron  and  Mr.  Ranny  Cossitt  would  be  tried,  and  said  Hurd  declared  that 
it  would  not:  nor  could  not  without  a  special  Court,  on  which  the  cause  was  neglected  at 
the  same  Court  by  Mr.  Barron,  who  was  defaulted,  execution  issued  and  presented  &c. 

That  the  said  Asa  Porter,  of  his  own  head,  did  carry  on  the  building  of  the  Court 
House  for  said  County  in  the  most  extravagant  way,  the  said  Hurd  connived  at  the  same. 
And  it  is  believed  that  he  really  assisted  said  Porter  in  his  wickedness,  and  used  his 
endeavor  to  get  his  enormous  bill  allowed. 

Upon  consideration  whereof,  we  and  each  of  us  look  upon — both  of  these  Gentlemen — 
viz.:  Colls  Hurd  and  Porter  as  public  enemies  to  the  good  of  said  society  and  County, 
and  as  such  we  do  engage  to  treat  them,  and  promise  that  from  and  after  the  date  of 
this  agreement,  not  to  have  any  connection  with  either  of  them  (entertainment  at  public 
houses,  and  their  proper  turn  to  be  served  at  the  gristmills  only  excepted),  not  so  much  as 
to  trade,  lend  or  borrow,  or  labor  with  them  (public  offices  as  Justices  of  the  County 
excepted).  And  we  further  engage  that  we  will  not  hold  any  correspondence,  or  have 
any  dealings  with  any  that  hold  with  Colls  Hurd  and  Porter,  until  they  shall  willingly 
make  public  satisfaction  for  what  they  have  done  to  the  premises.  Haverhill  Jan.  28, 
1775. 


Jonathan  King 
John  Ladd 
Andrew  Carter 
Joseph  Janey 
Jesse  Lucas 
James  Woodward 
James  Bailey  jr 
Samuel  Heth 
Stephen  Bayley 
Charles  Baybrige 
Enos  Bishop 
John  Way  jr 
Adonijah  Koplin 
Timothy  Center 
James  Bayley 
Daniel  Bayley 
Cyrus  Bayley 
Timothy  Brown 
(name  erased) 


Jonathan  Janey 
Daniel  Stevens 
John  Kirk 
John  Sanders 
Josiah  Elkins 
Daniel  Ladd 
Thomas  Manchester 
Theodoni  Sanders 
Joseph  Fifield 
John  Fifield 
John  Louvin 
Joseph  Smith 
George  Moor 
Samuel  Lad 
Isaac  Stevens 
James  Abbott  Jr. 


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There  is  no  record  that  the  two  colonels  and  their  handful  of  sympa- 
thizers ever  made  public  satisfaction,  but  a  century  elapsed  before  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  obtained  a  foothold  in  Haverhill,  and  then 
first  in  the  village  of  Woods ville  which  had  just  begun  its  career  of  growth 
and  development. 

In  September,  1878,  the  Rev.  W.  B.  T.  Smith  took  charge  of  the  work 
of  St.  Luke's  Mission.  Services  were  still  held  in  school  house  hall,  and 
Holy  Communion  was  first  celebrated  November  3,  1878.  Charles  B. 
Smith,  a  leading  citizen  of  Woodsville,  gave  the  lot  on  which  St.  Luke's 
church  was  later  erected,  and  ground  was  broken  for  the  erection  of  the 
building,  November  26,  which  was  pushed  forward  to  completion  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  Smith,  who  remained  in  charge  of  the  parish  until 
May,  1880,  where  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Burbank.  In 
1884,  the  Rev.  H.  A.  Remick  became  rector,  remaining  in  charge  until 
May,  1892.  The  Rev.  A.  W.  Jenks  became  rector  in  August,  1892,  and 
was  followed  by  the  Rev.  James  C.  Flanders  in  September,  1895.  In 
January,  1905,  the  Rev.  Frederick  C.  Cowper  became  rector,  and  was 
succeeded  in  May  by  the  Rev.  George  R.  Savage,  who  was  followed  in 
the  autumn  of  1915  by  the  present  rector,  the  Rev.  A.  A.  Cairns. 

The  number  of  communicants  in  1878  was  14  and  in  1914,  106,  with  a 
membership  in  the  Sunday  school  of  33.  The  church  property,  consist- 
ing of  church  and  parish  house  on  the  corner  of  Central  and  School  streets, 
and  rectory  on  Maple  Street,  with  endowment  funds,  is  valued  at  about 
$15,000. 

In  the  summer  of  1892,  the  Rev.  Arthur  Jenks,  rector  of  St.  Luke's, 
began  holding  mission  services  in  Village  Hall  at  North  Haverhill,  which 
were  continued  until  1895,  when  the  Rev.  James  C.  Flanders,  who  suc- 
ceeded him  at  St.  Luke's,  organized  a  Guild,  becoming  its  first  president 
and  the  sum  of  $50  a  year  was  pledged  for  its  support.  His  successor, 
the  Rev.  F.  C.  Cowper,  continued  the  work,  having  service  twice  a  month, 
with  Holy  Communion  at  Christmas  and  Easter.  In  1914,  Trinity 
Mission  was  regularly  organized  by  Bishop  Parker,  and  has  since  been 
in  charge  of  the  rectors  of  St.  Luke's.  The  mission  still  holds  its  services 
in  Village  Hall,  formerly  the  place  of  worship  of  the  Baptist  church.  It 
hopes  in  the  not  distant  future  to  have  a  church  building  of  its  own. 

The  Universalist  Church 

In  the  early  summer  of  1891,  a  movement  was  inaugurated  by  the 
preaching  of  the  Rev.  Walter  Dole,  a  Universalist  clergyman  of  Barre, 
Vt.,  in  Music  Hall,  which  resulted  in  the  organization  of  a  Universalist 
parish  society  by  Mr.  Dole,  in  November  of  that  year,  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  church  in  August,  1892,  with  a  membership  of  18.     A  leading 

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130  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

promoter  in  the  organization  of  the  parish  and  church  was  the  Rev.  Q.  H. 
Shinn,  D.  D.,  general  missionary  of  the  denomination,  who  also  urged 
the  erection  of  a  church.  In  August,  1891,  Dr.  Shinn,  and  the  Rev.  M.  D. 
Shutter  preached  in  Music  Hall  and,  the  first  movement  towards  building 
a  church  was  a  collection  taken  by  Mr.  Shinn  at  the  morning  service, 
amounting  to  $21.30,  and  at  a  meeting  held  after  the  service  about  $600 
was  pledged  for  the  same  purpose. 

A  Help  and  Hope  Society  was  organized  by  the  leaders  on  August  12, 
1891.  Those  present  at  the  first  meeting  were  Mrs.  C.  E.  Randall,  Mrs. 
C.  K.  Kinne,  Mrs.  C.  0.  Whitcher,  Mrs.  Martin  Perkins,  and  Miss  Ida 
Crossier.  The  membership  had  increased  to  30  in  November,  and  it 
was  voted  to  raise  $1,000  towards  a  building  fund.  The  organization, 
which  has  taken  effective  lead  in  all  the  financial  work  of  the  church, 
still  vigorously  carries  on  its  work. 

A  desirable  church  lot  was  obtained  on  Elm  Street  for  the  sum  of  $500. 
A  building  committee  consisting  of  W.  D.  Sargent,  C.  E.  Randall  and 
O.  D.  Eastman  was  chosen  July  21,  1892;  plans  were  adopted  and  a  con- 
tract was  made  with  Martin  Perkins  to  build  the  church  for  the  sum  of 
$3,900.  Ground  was  broken  August  8,  1892,  and  on  December  11  serv- 
ices were  held  in  the  vestry.  The  church  was  finished,  except  the  fur- 
nishings, June  3,  1893,  and  was  dedicated  August  11.  The  pews  were 
furnished  by  the  Help  and  Hope  Society,  the  pulpit  and  pulpit  furniture 
by  the  Young  People's  Christian  Union,  and  the  organ  by  the  Sunday 
school.  This  was  first  held  August  2,  1891,  and  afterwards,  when  no 
church  services  were  held,  it  met  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  C.  E.  Randall. 
The  Y.  P.  C.  U.  was  organized  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  C.  K.  Kinne,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1891.  This  society  placed  the  pipe  organ  in  the  church  in  the 
summer  of  1899. 

During  the  first  year  or  two  of  the  organization,  there  were  a  number  of 
preachers,  some  of  the  ablest  in  the  denomination,  and  the  Rev.  Walter 
Dole  frequently  served  until  the  church  had  a  regular  pastor.  The  church 
has  been  greatly  prosperous,  and  for  its  prosperity  too  much  credit  can- 
not be  given  to  the  constant,  persistent,  self-sacrificing  work  of  a  few  lead- 
ers, among  whom  Mrs.  C.  E.  Randall  must  be  regarded  as  pre-eminent 
during  the  entire  life  of  the  church.  It  has  at  the  present  time  a  com- 
modious church  edifice  and  parsonage  valued  at  $14,000  and  entirely  free 
from  indebtedness.  Its  pastors  have  been  the  Rev.  F.  L.  Carrier,  who 
served  from  June  17,  1894,  till  March,  1902,  except  for  a  few  months  in 
1898  when  he  was  chaplain  of  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment  in 
the  war  with  Spain,  and  his  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Rev.  H.  L.  Veazey. 
Succeeding  pastors  have  been  Rev.  F.  L.  Leavitt,  1902-04;  Rev.  F.  W. 
Miller,  1904-06,  and  the  Rev.  C.  F.  Mclntire,  the  present  pastor  who 
entered  on  his  work  in  July,  1906. 


history  of  haverhill  131 

St.    Joseph's    Church,    Roman    Catholic 

Up  to  the  year  1896,  the  Catholics  of  Haverhill  had  been  under  the 
spiritual  care  of  priests  in  Littleton,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  There  had 
been,  too,  for  some  years  a  small  mission  chapel  in  Wells  River,  where  mass 
was  occasionally  celebrated,  and  where  the  Catholics  of  Haverhill  and 
other  towns  availed  themselves  of  the  rites  and  sacraments  of  the  church. 
The  few  Catholics  hereabouts  were  also  visited  occasionally  by  priests 
from  Littleton  and  Claremont.  The  Catholic  population  here  was  small 
when  January  1,  1896,  the  Rev.  P.  S.  Cahill  was  given  charge  of  a  parish 
which  embraced  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Bath,  Lisbon,  Landaff ,  Monroe, 
Lyman,  Carroll  and  Lincoln,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Woodsville. 
There  was  no  church  building  in  this  parish,  except  at  Twin  Mountain  in 
Carroll,  and  at  all  other  places  services  were  held  in  schoolhouses,  town 
halls  and  private  residences.  For  several  months  after  Father  Cahill's 
arrival  in  Woodsville,  mass  was  celebrated  twice  a  month  in  the  hall  over 
what  is  now  the  Central  Fire  Station,  but  in  the  meantime  plans  were 
formulated  for  the  erection  of  a  church,  which  were  carried  into  effect. 

A  house  was  purchased  on  Pine  Street  for  a  rectory,  and  land  adjoining 
for  a  church  edifice,  which  was  completed  and  named  St.  Joseph's  before 
January,  1897.  The  interest  taken  in  providing  a  church  home  for  the 
Haverhill  Catholics  may  be  noted  from  the  fact  that  upwards  of  $1,000 
was  contributed  by  non-Catholics  towards  the  erecting  of  the  church  be- 
sides the  patronage  given  by  them  at  fairs,  entertainments  and  suppers. 
Owing  to  the  extent  of  his  parish  and  the  large  number  of  Catholic 
visitors  during  the  summer  months  at  Sugar  Hill,  Fabyans,  Bretton  Woods 
and  Twin  Mountain,  Father  Cahill  was  in  need  of  an  assistant,  usually 
from  May  1  to  November  1,  and  during  his  pastorate,  his  assistants  were 
the  Revs.  William  Sweeney,  M.  J.  Reddin,  D.  D.,  W.  F.  Pendergast  and 
W.  L.  Dee,  D.  D.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Reddin  succeeded  Father  Cahill 
in  May,  1907,  and  took  up  pretty  much  the  same  work,  with  the  same 
parish,  except  the  town  of  Lincoln  where  a  church  was  built  in  1902  by  the 
late  Rev.  J.  J.  McCooey.  Father  Reddin  was  given  a  permanent  assistant 
so  that  he  was  able  to  hold  services  at  St.  Joseph's  every  Sunday.  During 
his  pastorate  his  assistants  were  successively  the  Revs.  J.  H.  Sullivan  and 
Michael  R.  Griffin. 

Father  Reddin  was  succeeded,  October  12,  1913,  by  the  present  pastor, 
the  Rev.  P.  E.  Walsh,  and  his  assistants  have  been  the  Revs.  John  Belford, 
Edward  Quirk  and  J.  E.  Belford. 

There  are  now  four  churches  in  the  parish:  the  three  outside  of  Woods- 
ville are  St.  Catherine's  at  Lisbon,  Our  Lady  of  the  Mountain  at  Bretton- 
Woods,  both  built  during  the  pastorate  of  Father  Reddin,  and  St.  Mar- 
garet's at  Twin  Mountain  built  in  1915  to  replace  the  old  St.  Margaret's 
destroyed  by  fire  in  June,  1914.     This  new  church,  built  of  stone,  cost 


132  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

about  $14,000  and  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  beautiful  church  edifices 
in  northern  New  Hampshire.  These  churches  are  all  in  nourishing 
condition.  St.  Joseph's  at  Woodsville  is  free  of  debt,  the  last  of  a  twenty- 
year  mortgage  having  been  paid  in  1915  by  the  present  pastor.  Some 
$1,500  has  been  expended  on  the  rectory  during  the  past  two  years,  and 
the  church  property  is  valued  at  about  $13,000.  St.  Joseph's  parish  is 
efficiently  organized  and  in  addition  to  the  regular  Sunday  morning  serv- 
ices, there  is  a  well  attended  Sunday  school  class  and  evening  services 
every  Sunday,  and  holy  days  of  obligation.  The  Catholic  population 
of  Woodsville  is  (1916)  about  350,  and  120  in  other  parts  of  Haverhill, 
principally  at  East  Haverhill  where  plans  are  being  made  for  the  erection 
of  a  church  in  the  near  future. 

The  Evangelical  Association 

In  the  summer  of  1893  an  independent  church  was  organized  of  which 
Rev.  George  E.  Noble  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  became  pastor.  He  was  called 
to  a  larger  field  the  following  year,  and  the  society  decided  to  enter  the 
Evangelical  Association,  one  of  the  Methodist  bodies,  and  the  change  in 
organization  was  effected  July  8,  1894,  by  the  Rev.  Joshua  Gile,  presiding 
elder.  The  officers  were:  Trustees,  Benjamin  Dow,  Charles  W.  Eastman; 
stewards,  Benjamin  Dow,  Charles  W.  Eastman,  Anson  B.  Bo  wen, 
Sarah  E.  Dow,  Helen  Eastman;  treasurer,  A.  B.  Bowen;  recording 
steward,  Helen  Eastman;  Sunday  school  superintendent,  A.  B.  Bowen. 
A  neat  and  commodious  chapel  was  dedicated  August  25,  1897,  by  Rev. 
John  Short,  presiding  elder. 

During  the  first  year  or  two  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Rev.  R.  S. 
Harrington  and  later  still  for  a  brief  period  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Lockwood. 
Suceeding  pastorates  were  as  follows:  1896-97,  Rev.  George  Haddon; 
1897-99,  Rev.  L.  H.  Merrill;  1899-1901,  Rev.  B.  M.  Smith;  1901-02, 
supplied  by  A.  R.  Craig;  1902-04,  Rev.  M.  E.  Perry;  1904-06,  Rev. 
L.  H.  Merrill.  From  March  until  August,  1906,  the  pulpit  was  supplied 
by  J.  E.  Nickerson,  when  the  church  was  disbanded,  and  the  chapel  was 
converted  into  a  dwelling. 

Mental  Liberty  Society 

This  was  the  name  given  an  organization  formed  in  1845  or  1846  at 
North  Haverhill.  It  was  not  a  church,  nor  did  it  profess  to  be  a  religion, 
but,  organized  in  open  and  avowed  opposition  to  churches  and  to  all  forms 
of  supernatural  religion,  it  may,  perhaps,  be  noticed  as  appropriately 
in  this  chapter  as  elsewhere.  A  pamphlet,  published  in  1846,  contains 
an  address  of  the  president  of  the  society,  Dr.  M.  F.  Morrison  of  Bath, 
with  the  constitution,  resolutions  and  by-laws,  the  constitution  con- 
stituting the  articles  of  faith — or  non-faith  they  might  be  more  appro- 
priately called.     Article  9,  perhaps,  as  clearly  as  any  other  summarizes  the 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  133 

purpose  of  the  society  and  the  attitude  of  its  members  towards  revealed 
religion : 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  member  of  this  Society,  by  candid  and  careful 
examination,  to  render  firm  their  own  convictions,  and  the  wavering  or  doubtful  opinions 
of  others:  to  meet  with  candor  and  frankness,  but  temperate  firmness,  the  opposing 
prejudices  of  those  swayed  by  different  influences,  and  convince  the  world  by  the  prac- 
tical utility  and  careful  observance  of  our  own  moral  precepts,  that  while  we  eschew 
and  are  Infidels  to  the  modes,  forms,  ceremonies  of  all  supernatural  religion,  we  are 
faithful  to  Science,  Truth  and  Morality,  and  the  great  and  Universal  Brotherhood  of 
Man. 

The  names  of  officers  and  associates  appended  to  the  constitution  are 
Dr.  M.  F.  Morrison,  Bath,  president;  Dr.  John  McNab,  Mclndoes  Falls, 
Vt.,  vice-president;  Josiah  F.  Wilson,  Haverhill,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer; Jonathan  Wilson,  Haverhill  librarian;  Nathaniel  Annis,  Haverhill, 
Cyrus  J.  S.  Scott,  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  Jacob  Morse,  Haverhill,  council  of 
supervision;  Jacob  M.  White,  Haverhill;  Charles  J.  Scott,  Newbury,  Vt. ; 
Charles  A.  Sawyer,  Haverhill;  Frederick  Crocker,  Bath;  Capt.  Daniel 
French,  Haverhill;  Richardson  French,  Haverhill. 

Perhaps  the  object  of  this  Mental  Liberty  Society  is  best  declared  by 
its  president,  Dr.  Morrison,  in  his  address  delivered  at  North  Haverhill 
and  published  in  1846.     He  said: 

We  therefore  believe,  from  the  evidence  of  all  history,  that  religion  in  all  its  phases  and 
Prolian  forms,  is  the  offspring  of  a  wild  and  visionary  imagination,  not  of  inductive 
reason: — that  its  influence  is  demoralizing,  oppressive,  intolerant,  legalizing  crime,  con- 
serving ignorance,  nourishing  credulity,  promoting  discord,  founded  in  error,  and  perpetu- 
ating misery.  Shall  we  then  honest  and  firm  in  our  own  convictions,  conscious  of  the 
purity  of  our  motives,  and  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  their  practical  application, 
hesitate  to  act  up  to  the  full  measure  of  our  convictions,  and  thus  prove  traitors  to  our- 
selves and  recreants  to  our  race?  And  does  it  not  become  highly  important  and  necessary 
to  associate  for  the  purpose  of  accomplishing  the  high  and  glorious  objects  we  have  in 
view?  Few  in  numbers  and  isolated  in  situation,  what  can  be  the  result  of  individual 
effort  without  concentrated,  united  action?  .  .  .  History  points  out  the  crimes  of 
this  visionary  superstition  (Christianity)  and  we  are  sensible  to  its  better  ingredients. 
.  .  .  Few  have  waked  to  the  guidance  of  reason  and  the  light  of  truth,  but  of  those 
who  claim  to  be  free,  we  entreat  by  their  experience  of  the  past,  by  their  hopes  of  the  fu- 
ture, to  come  fearlessly  forward  and  act  individually  and  socially  in  accordance  with  the 
impulse  of  their  own  conviction. 

Just  how  long  this  organization  was  maintained,  when  and  where  it 
held  meetings,  does  not  appear.  It  did  not  break  down  and  destroy  the 
churches.  It  did  not  "emancipate"  the  fellow  townsmen  and  neighbors 
from  the  thralldom  of  their  superstitions.  It  soon  passed  out  of  sight, 
and  it  has  been  long  lost  to  memory.  Its  only  monument  seems  to  be 
the  little  pamphlet  of  twenty-four  pages  containing  the  inaugural  address 
of  its  president,  Dr.  Morrison,  the  resolutions  passed,  the  constitution 
and  by-laws  adopted,  and  the  names  of  its  members.  The  church,  how- 
ever, lives  on  and  on. 


134  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

The  Rev.  N.  F.  Carter  in  his  "Native  Ministry  of  New  Hampshire," 
published  in  1905,  gives  brief  sketches  of  no  less  than  twenty-seven 
natives  of  Haverhill  who  entered  the  Christian  ministry.  This  list  does 
not  include  nearly  as  many  who  were  residents  of  Haverhill  at  the  time 
of  their  academic,  collegiate  and  theological  education.  The  list  given 
by  Mr.  Carter  is  as  follows: 

Stephen  Adams,  Methodist,  son  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  (Johnston)  Adams,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1813.     Admitted  to  N.  H.  Conference  1840;  d.  New  Hampton,  Va.,  May  14,  1883. 
Paul  P.  Atwell,  Methodist,  b.  Mar.  28,  1801.     Studied  medicine;  admitted  to  Troy  Con- 
ference 1843;  d.  Schuylerville,  N.  Y.,  June  13,  1873. 
Amos  Gilman  Bartlett,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Dr.  Ezra  and  Jane  Hannah  (Gale) 
Bartlett,  b.  Jan.  14,  1814;  d.  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  7,  1880. 

Ephraim  Weston  Clark,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Weston) 
Clark,  b.  Apr.  25,  1799.  Graduated  Dartmouth  College  and  Andover  Theological 
Seminary;  missionary  Sandwich  Islands,  1827-63;  first  secretary  Hawaiian  Mis- 
sionary Society;   d.  Chicago,  111.,  July  15,  1878. 

John  Clark,  Congregationalist,  son  of  John  and  Mehitable  (Hutchins)  Clark,  b.  June  25, 
1800.  Pastorates  and  ministerial  labors  in  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont;  d. 
Rumney,  Aug.  31,  1887. 

Laban  Clark,  D.  D.,  Methodist,  b.  July  19,  1778.  Admitted  to  New  York  Conference 
1801;  d.  Middletown,  Conn.,  Nov.  28,  1868. 

Moses  Elkins,  Methodist,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sally  (Philbrick)  Elkins,  b.  June  20,  1801. 
Ordained  by  Bishop  Soule,  May  21,  1843;  most  of  life  spent  in  teaching;  d.  Hixton, 
Wis.,  1866." 

Stephen  Goodhue  Emerson,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Rev.  John  Dolbeer  and  Sarah 
Jane  (Dudley)  Emerson,  b.  Oct.  19,  1864.  Graduated  Dartmouth  1887;  Oberlin 
Theological  Seminary  1S90;    pastorates  in  California;   in  Pasadena,  since  1898. 

Robert  Waterman  Carr  Farnsworth,  Methodist,  b.  Feb.  20,  1844.  Graduated  Wesleyan 
University  1871;  School  Theology,  Boston  University,  1872-73;  admitted  to  Provi- 
dence Conference  1874;  pastorates  in  that  conference  and  in  California;  d.  San 
Fernando,  Cal.,  Jan.  3,  1888. 

Lucien  Haskell  Wary,  D.  D.,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Charles  and  Abigail  Carpenter 
(Haskell)  Wary,  b.  Mar.  19,  1839.  Dartmouth  College  1S66;  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  1869;  d.  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  May  13,  1903. 

Michael  J.  Gray,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Ruth  (Johnston)  Gray,  b. 
Oct.  28,  1789.     Settled  as  pastor  in  London  1813. 

Jakey  True  Howard,  Congregationalist,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (True)  Howard,  b.  Aug. 
22,  1804;  d.  West  Charleston,  Vt.,  Oct.  7,  1883. 

Lorenzo  Dow  Jeffers,  Free  Baptist,  son  of  Josiah  and  Lydia  Jeffers,  b.  1821.  Ordained 
1854;  d.  Haverhill. 

Charles  Johnston,  Presbyterian,  son  of  Michael  and  Sarah  Atkinson  (Converse)  John- 
ston, b.  June  3,  1789;  d.  Ovid,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  1866. 

David  Merrill  Ladd,  Free  Baptist,  son  of  Asa  and  Martha  (Chase)  Ladd,  b.  1806. 
Pastorates  in  Vermont;  d.  Jan.  8,  1889. 

Benjamin  Merrill,  Presbyterian,  son  of  Abel  Kimball  and  Mary  Leverett  Merrill,  b. 
Mar.  25,  1835.  Graduated  Dartmouth,  and  Princeton  Theological  Seminary;  d. 
Swanzey,  Nov.  16,  1888. 

Charles  Henry  Merrill,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Abel  Kimball  and  Abbie  (Leverett) 
Merrill,  b.  June  16,  1845.  Dartmouth  College  1867;  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary 1870;  secretary  of  the  Vermont  Missionary  Society  1887-;  resides  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt. 


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John  Leverett  Merrill,  Presbyterian,  son  of  Abel  Kimball  and  Mary  Leverett  Merrill, 

b.  May  29,  1833.     Dartmouth  College  1S56;  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  1859; 

last  pastorate,  Newbury,  Vt.,  1891-1901;  residence,  1911,  Reading,  Mass. 
Horace  Webster  Morse,  Universalist,  son  of  David  and  Sarah  (Morse)  Morse,  b.  May  2, 

1S10.     Numerous  pastorates  in  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire;    d.  Green- 
wood, Mass.,  March  1,  1903. 
Joseph  Bartlett  Morse,  Universalist,  son  of  John  and  Eunice  (Willoughby)  Morse,  b. 

May  21,  1814.     Dartmouth  College  183S;  d.  Hanover,  June  26,  1893. 
Silas  Everard  Quimby,  Methodist,  son  of  Rev.  Silas  and  Penelope  Cowdry  (Fifield) 

Quimby,  b.  Oct.  19,  1837.     Wesleyan  University  1859;  New  Hampshire  Conference 

1863-. 
Jonathan  Shepard,    Methodist,   afterwards   Universalist,   son  of  Harris  and   Martha 

Shepard,  b.  Apr.  16,  1792.     Evangelist,  never  a  pastor;   d.  Linden,  Mich.,  Aug.  26, 

1878. 
Stephen  Sanford  Smith,  Congregationalist,  son  of  Rev.  Ethan  and  Bathsheba  (Sanford) 

Smith,  b.  Apr.  14,  1797;  d.  Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  1871. 
William  Page  Stone,  D.  D.,  Methodist,  son  of  Joseph  and  Priscilla  Page  Stone,  b.  Sept. 

1,    1831.     Graduated  Lawrence   University,   Wisconsin,    1858;    joined  Wisconsin 

Conference  1858;  d.  Chicago,  Jan.  4,  1896. 
George  Stevens  Wheeler,  Swedenborgian,  son  of  Ezekiel  Horace  and  Mehitable  Towne 

Wheeler,  b.  Apr.  27,  1857.     Pastor  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  1890-. 
Dyer  Willis,  Methodist,  b.  July  20,  1816.     Joined  Vermont  Conference  1843;  pastorates 

all  in  Vermont;  retired  1883. 
Charles  B.  M.  Woodward,  Methodist,  son  of  Jacob  and  Lydia  Woodward,  b.  June  10, 

1808.     Admitted  N.  H.  Conference  1839;  retired  1847;  d.  Sept.  9,  1881. 

Elder  John  Davis,  though  not  a  native  of  Haverhill,  but  rather  of  Plais- 
tow  from  which  town  so  many  of  the  first  settlers  came,  was  so  long  a 
resident  of  Haverhill  that  he  has  been  regarded  by  many  as  a  native. 
He  came  to  Haverhill  a  boy  of  fourteen,  and  the  town  was  his  home  for 
a  greater  part  of  his  active  life.  He  was  born  in  1802  and  died  in  Boston 
in  1885.  He  was  ordained  a  Free  Baptist  minister  in  1830,  and  came  to 
Haverhill  in  1845,  and  remained  till  1866,  preaching  in  the  meantime  in 
North  Haverhill,  Centre  Haverhill,  Bath,  Benton,  Warren  and  Piermont. 
His  educational  advantages  were  limited  but  he  studied  his  Bible  and 
was  sound  in  the  faith.  Blunt  and  outspoken  he  had  a  habit  of  saying, 
in  the  pulpit  as  well  as  out  of  it,  whatever  came  to  his  mind.  His  pulpit 
preparation  was  made  for  the  most  part  on  his  feet  after  he  had  begun 
his  sermon.  He  never  failed  to  reprove  those  who  violated  the  sanctity 
of  the  Sabbath.  On  one  occasion,  while  preaching  at  the  Union  Meeting 
House,  he  saw  through  the  open  window  a  man  riding  rapidly  horseback. 
Pausing  and  pointing  out  of  doors,  he  shouted,  "There  goes  a  man  bound 
for  hell,"  but  getting  a  nearer  view  of  the  man  as  he  passed  and  recog- 
nizing him  as  one  of  his  neighbors,  he  quickly  added,  "No,  no,  it's  Mr. 
going  for  the  doctor."  His  salary  was  not  large,  and  on  one  occa- 
sion noticing  several  of  his  congregation  asleep,  he  abruptly  called  out, 
"It's  hard  enough  to  preach  for  a  dollar  a  day  without  having  to  talk  to 
as  sleepy  a  crowd  as  this."    The  sleepers  awoke  and  remained  awake. 


CHAPTER  VIII 


SCHOOLS  AND  EDUCATION 

Timothy  Curtis,  the  First  Schoolmaster— Schoolhouses  at  Two  Hundred  and 
Fifty  Dollars  Each — Woodsville  House  Cost  Less — Interior  of  Old  School- 
house — Text-Books  and  Superintendence — First  Committee  in  1S15 — Rec- 
ords of  Two  Schools — Town  Schools  in  1885 — Unsuccessful  Attempt  to 
Secure  a  College — Haverhill  Academy — List  of  Scholars  and  Teachers — 
Mr.  Samuel  Southard. 

Just  when  the  first  school  was  opened  in  Haverhill  is  not  definitely 
knowm.  The  earliest  vote  of  the  town  on  record  is  that  of  March  9,  1773, 
when  it  was  "voted  to  hire  a  master  to  keep  a  town  school  this  present 
year,  and  to  raise  £35  to  be  paid  in  specie  for  the  use  of  school."  In  the 
warrant  for  the  annual  town  meeting  the  previous  year,  1772,  there  was 
an  article  "to  see  if  the  town  will  lay  out  a  tract  of  land  for  the  use  of  the 
school  in  Haverhill."  It  does  not  appear  that  any  action  was  taken  on 
this  article,  but  its  wording  would  indicate  that  a  school  was  probably 
in  existence  before  that  date.  Such  school,  however,  was  doubtless  small. 
The  population  was  composed  of  new  families  and  single  persons.  During 
the  first  few  years  of  the  settlement  there  were  few  children  of  school  age. 
The  town  at  the  beginning  made  provision  for  a  minister.  It  may  be 
safely  assumed  that  when  the  need  arose,  it  also  made  provision  for  a 
schoolmaster.  Peter  Powers  was  the  first  minister,  and  so  far  as  known 
Timothy  Curtis  was  the  first  schoolmaster.  Little  is  known  of  Timothy 
except  that  he  was  employed  to  "keep  school"  for  at  least  two  years. 
On  the  first  page  of  the  earliest  volume  of  town  records,  there  are  the  two 
following  entries: 

May  10,  1774,  Received  of  Capt.  Charles  Johnston  £8,  19s,  6d  in  full  for  five  months 
and  twenty  days  teaching  school  in  Haverhill. 

Timo.  Curtis. 

Haverhill,  Feb.  10,  1775,  Recd  of  Charles  Johnston  £8,  7s,  6d  in  full  for  5  mos.  18 
days  teaching  publick  school  in  said  town. 

Timo.  Curtis. 

In  1774,  the  sum  of  £35  to  be  paid  in  specie  was  again  voted  "for  use 
of  the  school"  and  in  1775,  £34.  The  records  show  no  separate  appro- 
priation for  schools  until  1786,  but  notwithstanding  the  disorganized 
state  of  affairs  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  there  is  evidence  that 
the  public  school  was  not  neglected.  Just  where  the  town  school  was 
kept  does  not  appear,  whether  at  Ladd  Street,  Haverhill  Corner,  or  Horse 
Meadow,  or  at  each  of  these  places  alternately  is  not  certain.     There 

136 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  137 

were  no  schoolhouses  until  1787.  At  the  annual  meeting  in  1786,  it  was 
voted  to  divide  the  town  into  four  school  districts,  and  £60  was  raised 
for  the  support  of  schools  to  be  paid  in  wheat  at  6s  per  bushel  and  Indian 
corn  at  3s  per  bushel.  District  Number  One  extended  from  Piermont 
line  to  the  Oliverian,  the  second  from  the  Oliverian  to  the  south  line  of 
the  Fisher  farm,  the  third  to  the  bridge  leading  to  Colonel  Howard's 
island,  and  the  fourth  from  there  to  Bath  line.  These  districts  were  all 
on  the  river. 

In  1811  a  vote  was  passed  to  increase  the  number  of  districts  but  it 
does  not  appear  that  anything  was  done  till  1815,  when  the  town  was 
divided  into  nine  districts  and  their  boundaries  were  fixed.  Number  One 
was  at  Haverhill  Corner,  and  the  schoolhouse  was  near  Powder  House 
Hill.  Number  Two  was  the  Ladd  Street  District,  so-called.  Number 
Three  was  at  North  Haverhill.  Number  Four  was  near  the  Bath  line, 
and  was  known  as  the  Pine  Plain  or  Kimball  district.  Number  Five  was 
the  Brier  Hill  district.  Number  Six  was  near  the  Benton  line,  and  was 
later  known  as  the  Morse  or  Jeffers  district.  Number  Seven  was  known 
as  the  Union  district,  a  part  being  in  Piermont.  Number  Eight  was  at 
what  is  now  Pike  village  and  Number  Nine  was  at  Haverhill  Centre,  the 
schoolhouse  being  located  at  the  junction  of  the  County  road,  and  that 
leading  from  North  Haverhill  to  Number  Six  known  as  the  Limekiln 
road. 

But  with  the  increase  of  population  and  the  settlement  of  the  eastern 
section  of  the  town  districts  were  divided  and  subdivided  until  they 
numbered  twenty.  An  idea  of  their  location  is  gained  from  the  location 
of  the  schoolhouses.  Number  Ten  lay  to  the  north  and  east  of  Nine  with 
schoolhouse  at  the  junction  of  County  road  and  road  leading  to  Colby 
Hill.  Number  Eleven  schoolhouse  was  on  the  road  leading  from  Brier 
Hill  to  Swiftwater  in  Bath.  Number  Twelve  was  the  Horse  Meadow 
district.  Number  Thirteen  the  Woodsville  district.  Number  Fourteen 
the  East  Haverhill  district  midway  between  Number  Six  and  Eight. 
Number  Fifteen  had  its  schoolhouse  located  on  the  County  road  near  the 
old  stone  town  house.  Number  Sixteen  schoolhouse  was  on  a  road  leading 
off  the  Pond  road,  so-called,  towards  the  Bradley  Hill  road  leading  to 
Benton.  Number  Seventeen  was  set  off  from  Number  One  and  the 
schoolhouse  was  on  Main  Street  at  the  Corner  near  Piermont  line. 
Number  Eighteen  was  just  off  the  road  between  the  Brook  and  Pike. 
Number  Nineteen  was  between  Ladd  Street  and  North  Haverhill  and 
was  known  as  the  Powers  district,  and  Number  Twenty  was  between 
Nine  and  Six,  and  was  known  as  the  Limekiln  district. 

The  school  buildings  were  at  first  hardly  up  to  the  standard  of  "the 
little  red  schoolhouse."  They  certainly  lacked  paint,  either  red  or 
other  color.     In  1787  the  town  voted  to  build  four  schoolhouses,  and  the 


138  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

sum  of  £100  was  appropriated  to  make  the  vote  effective.  Each  district 
was  to  have  the  proportion  of  the  money  to  which  it  was  entitled  by  its 
valuation. 

It  was  further  voted  that  "scholars  must  attend  school  in  their  own 
district."  The  sum  raised  was  insufficient  to  build  the  houses  and  at 
a  special  town  meeting  held  January  10,  it  was  voted  to  raise  £60  pay- 
able in  wheat  at  5s  a  bushel  to  finish  the  schoolhouses,  and  at  the  annual 
meeting  in  1789,  it  was  voted  to  raise  £50  more  for  the  same  purpose, 
payable  in  wheat  at  6s  and  Indian  corn  at  3s.  These  schoolhouses 
would  be  considered  crude  affairs  today,  and  were  crude  then,  but  they 
would  compare  favorably  with  those  in  other  northern  New  Hampshire 
towns.  Such  as  they  were  they  answered  the  purpose  until  1805,  when, 
at  the  annual  town  meeting  it  was  "voted  to  raise  $1,000  to  build  school- 
houses  in  the  different  school  districts  to  be  divided  between  the  different 
districts  in  proportion  to  money  raised  by  the  town."  Had  the  money 
been  divided  equally,  it  would  have  given  the  town  four  houses  costing 
$250  each.  A  beggarly  sum  it  seems,  and  yet  nearly  half  a  century  later, 
that  amount  was  deemed  sufficient  to  build  a  good  schoolhouse. 

The  first  schoolhouse  in  district  Number  Thirteen,  the  Woodsville 
district,  was  built  in  1847.  It  was  the  average  schoolhouse  in  respect  to 
architecture,  furnishings  and  conveniences.  It  was  used  as  a  schoolhouse 
until  1872,  when  the  new  and  better  building  was  erected  to  accommodate 
the  increasing  number  of  pupils.  Even  then  it  was  not  torn  down.  It 
was  transformed  into  a  dwelling  house,  and  is  still  standing  on  its  original 
site  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  South  Court  Street,  one  of  the  better  class 
of  tenements.  At  a  meeting  of  the  voters  of  district  Number  Thirteen 
January  29,  1848,  it  was  "Voted  to  accept  of  the  schoolhouse  built  by 
John  L.  Woods  with  twenty-one  dollars  reduction  from  the  two  hundred 
and  fifteen  dollars,  which  the  committee  recommend  be  allowed  for 
defects,  making  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  dollars  that  the  district  are 
to  pay  for  the  house."  It  was  also  "voted  to  raise  two  hundred  and 
fifty-five  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  the  schoolhouse  built  by 
J.  L.  Woods,  Esq.,  and  fitting  it  up  and  furnishing  stove,  out  buildings 
and  other  apparatus  and  fixings  for  the  same  and  location." 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  was  not  so  small  a  sum  for  building  a 
schoolhouse  one  hundred  years  ago  as  might  at  first  seem.  Architec- 
turally these  houses  were  pretty  much  the  same  throughout  the  state,  and 
remained  the  same  for  a  half  century  or  more.  Who  of  the  older  genera- 
tion of  today  does  not  remember  that  schoolhouse — the  successor  of  the 
log  building  of  the  eighteenth  century?  It  was  located  as  near  the 
geographical  centre  of  the  district  as  the  highways  would  permit.  It  was 
usually  a  square  building — sometimes,  however,  oblong.  You  entered 
the  one  door  through  a  vestibule  (entry)  sometimes  flanked  by  a  wood 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  139 

shed.  Facing  you  was  the  teacher's  desk  on  a  small  raised  platform  about 
four  feet  square,  and  in  front  of  it  was  a  seat  intended  to  accommodate 
three  or  four  of  the  alphabet  scholars.  On  either  side  next  to  the  wall 
ran  a  long  plank  seat,  with  two  or  three  (as  the  case  might  be)  rows  of 
desks,  also  made  of  spruce  or  pine  plank,  with  shelf  underneath,  and 
raised  some  six  or  eight  inches  from  the  floor.  On  level  with  the  floor  and 
facing  the  centre  of  the  room  was  another  row  of  desks  with  plank  seats, 
and  these  were  fronted  with  seats  without  desks,  to  be  used  by  the  smaller 
scholars,  or  for  recitation  purposes.  There  was  the  same  arrangement  of 
seats  on  each  side.  There  was  a  boys'  side  and  a  girls'  side.  The  boys' 
side  was  next  to  the  road,  because  the  boys  were  regarded  as  having  less 
curiosity  to  look  out  of  the  windows  at  passers  by  than  the  girls,  and  the 
windows,  small  with  their  7  by  9  panes  of  glass,  were  placed  so  high  there 
was  little  temptation  for  either  sex  to  look  out.  The  desks  were  intended 
for  two  pupils  each,  but  when  the  school  was  crowded  three  or  four  could 
be  accommodated  at  the  wall  desks,  by  using  all  the  seat  space,  and  taking 
turns  at  the  desks.  These  had  been  made  plain,  but  on  the  boy's  side, 
for  boys  had  jackknives,  they  soon  became  anything  but  plain.  They  were 
ornamented  with  "fly  traps,"  initials,  carvings  (no  one  ever  knew  who 
did  the  ornamentation  and  carving).  In  the  earlier  days  the  door  was 
in  one  corner,  so  to  give  room  for  the  big  fireplace  at  the  end  fronting 
the  throne  of  schoolmaster,  or  schoolma'am,  but  later  the  centre  of  the 
room  was  occupied  by  the  big  box  stove.  In  the  winter  the  big  boys 
and  girls  froze  on  the  wall  seats,  and  the  little  folks  on  the  front  seats 
roasted. 

The  pupils  in  winter,  which  was  the  important  school  term,  ranged  in 
age  all  the  way  from  four  years  to  twenty,  but  the  basis  of  the  course  of 
study  for  all  was  "Readin',  Ritin'  and  Rithmetic."  There  were  side 
courses  in  "jography"  and  grammar  with  its  parsing.  The  boys  on 
alternate  Saturdays  "spoke  pieces"  and  both  boys  and  girls  wrote  com- 
positions. Spelling  was  embraced  under  the  head  of  reading  and  had 
perhaps  more  careful  attention — but  "Readin',  Ritin'  and  Rithmetic," 
was  the  basis  of  instruction.  Nothing  was  neglected  for  this.  The 
reading  classes  and  spelling  classes  came  into  the  centre  of  the  floor  and 
stood  in  line  for  recitation.  If  there  was  a  crack  between  the  floor  boards, 
and  there  usually  was,  this  was  the  mark  on  which  they  stood  in  line ;  if 
there  was  none  there  was  a  chalk  mark,  and  boys  and  girls  when  forming 
in  line  were  required  to  "toe  the  mark."  At  the  end  of  the  room  on 
either  side  the  door  were  the  blackboards,  veritable  blackboards,  pine  or 
spruce  boards  painted  black,  and  these  were  in  constant  use  by  the  arith- 
metic classes.  Now  and  then  a  schoolhouse  boasted  an  outline  map  or 
two,  and  once  in  a  while  there  was  a  schoolmaster  of  mechanical  acquire- 
ments who  fashioned  blocks  by  which  he  explained  cube  root  to  the  more 


140  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

advanced  scholars.  As  for  ventilation,  there  was  usually  plenty  fur- 
nished by  illfitting  doors  and  windows,  if  not  by  cracks  through  the  walls 
of  the  house.  Sanitation  was  of  nature's  provision;  modern  microbes 
and  germs  had  not  been  invented. 

Who,  also,  of  the  older  generation  does  not  remember  the  school  "kept" 
in  that  schoolhouse?  There  were  two  terms  a  year,  a  summer  term  kept 
by  a  schoolma'am,  and  a  winter  term  by  a  master,  as  in  such  cases  it  was 
felt  necessary  to  have  some  one  who  "kept  order."  This  "keeping  order" 
was  regarded  as  one  of  the  first  essentials.  The  master  was  first  of  all  to 
have  the  ability  to  soundly  "thrash"  the  big  unruly  boys  or  any  combina- 
tion of  them,  if  such  "thrashing"  was  necessary  to  keep  order.  Seats 
were  not  assigned.  They  were  pre-empted.  The  boy  who  first  got  his 
books  on  a  certain  desk  on  the  first  Monday  of  school  had  established  his 
claim  to  seat  and  desk.  There  were  early  arrivals  on  that  Monday 
morning,  and  entrances  were  effected  through  windows  where  the  door 
was  locked.  The  school  was  its  own  janitor.  The  girls  alternated  in 
sweeping  the  floor,  and  in  the  winter  time  the  boys  by  turn  kindled  the 
fire  and  attended  to  it  during  the  day. 

At  the  annual  district  school  meeting  it  was  decided  whether  the  teacher 
should  board  round  or  his  board  should  be  hired  at  some  one  place.  In 
the  latter  event  the  board  was  frequently  set  up  at  auction  and  bid  off 
by  lowest  bidder.  The  writer  remembers  his  first  experience  as  school- 
master: he  had  been  bid  off  for  seventy-five  cents  a  week,  and  his  remem- 
brance of  that  boarding  place  are  among  the  pleasantest  of  a  lifetime. 
His  salary  for  the  three  months'  school  was  thirteen  dollars  per  month 
and  board,  a  total  of  thirty-nine  dollars.  The  next  winter  he  boarded 
round.  It  was  a  Haverhill  country  school.  His  board  at  the  different 
families  of  the  district  was  timed  in  several  cases  by  "killing  hogs."  He 
has  still  vivid  remembrances  of  fresh  pork,  sausage,  "souse"  and  scraps. 

Recitation  periods  were  not  lengthy.  There  was  time  each  forenoon 
and  afternoon  for  exercises  in  reading  and  spelling  by  the  entire  school, 
divided  into  classes  according  to  age  and  proficiency.  Arithmetic, 
geography,  grammar,  perhaps  United  States  history,  with  a  brief  period 
for  writing  in  the  copy  book  occupied  the  rest  of  the  time.  The  morning 
session  opened  at  nine  o'clock  with  reading  by  those  able  to  read  one 
verse  alternately  from  the  New  Testament,  and  if  he  was  "a  professor" 
and  understood  to  be  pious,  prayer  by  the  teacher.  The  issue  of  the 
Bible  in  schools  had  not  been  raised.  The  pupils  were  almost  exclusively 
of  Yankee  Protestant  stock. 

There  was  not  a  prescribed  course  of  study  and  text-books  were  few. 
Even  as  late  as  1831  text-books  were  not  numerous.  George  Woodward, 
Cummings  Sanborn  and  David  Blaisdell,  3d,  superintending  committee, 
issued  the  following  order  as  late  as  December  7,  1831 : 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  141 

List  of  text-books  authorized  by  the  school  committee:  no  others  permitted.  New  Tes- 
tament, Webster's  Spelling  Book,  Easy  Lessons,  Webster's  School  Dictionary,  Colburn's 
Arithmetic  and  Colburn's  Sequel,  Murray's  Grammar,  Political  Class  Book,  Good- 
rich's Math,  Brun's  Geography,  Historical  Reader,  Goodrich's  History  of  the  United 
States. 

This  list,  "no  others  permitted,"  gives  an  idea  of  the  studies  pursued 
as  late  as  1831  in  the  district  schools.  And  Haverhill  was  in  advance  of 
other  towns.* 

As  early  as  1800  the  sum  of  $333  was  appropriated  for  the  four  district 
schools  including  the  amount  required  by  law.  In  1810  this  amount 
was  increased  to  S500;  in  1820,  to  $600;  in  1830,  to  S700;  in  1840,  to  $820; 
in  1880,  SI, 730  with  $25  additional  for  support  of  Teacher's  Institute  in 
Western  Judicial  District.  Year  by  year  these  appropriations  were 
increased.  In  1890  the  sum  of  $4,000  was  raised  and  appropriated;  in 
1900,  $4,500.  Previous  to  1810,  the  supervision  of  the  schools,  in  addi- 
tion to  that  of  the  prudential  committee  of  each  district,  was  assigned  to 
the  selectmen.  In  this  latter  year  the  town  at  its  annual  meeting  chose 
as  "committee  in  addition  to  the  selectmen  to  visit  schools,"  Ezra 
Bartlett,  John  Smith  and  Moses  Campbell.  Such  committee  was 
chosen  annually  till  1815,  when  the  selectmen  were  relieved  of  responsi- 
bility in  visiting  schools,  and  a  committee  for  such  work  was  chosen 
consisting  of  Joseph  Bell,  Esq.,  Rev.  Grant  Powers,  Ephraim  Kingsbury, 
Stephen  P.  Webster  and  John  Kimball.  This  was  the  first  superintending 
committee,  composed  of  the  town's  leading  citizens,  men  of  liberal  educa- 

*  Lists  of  text-books  previous  to  the  publication  of  this  authorized  list  are  difficult  to 
find,  but  some  of  the  books  which  did  service  have  survived  their  hard  usage,  and  are 
still  in  existence  as  curiosities.  There  was  "the  New  England  Primer  improved  for  the 
more  easy  attaining  of  the  true  reading  of  English  to  which  is  added  the  Assembly's  and 
Mr.  Cotton's  catechism."  This  was  published  in  Massachusetts  and  had  for  a  frontis- 
piece a  portrait  of  "John  Hancock,  Esq.,  late  President  of  Congress,"  and  also  of  John 
Rogers,  burning  in  the  flames  at  the  stake  with  his  wife  and  nine  small  children,  one  at 
the  breast  looking  on.  There  was  an  illustrated  alphabet  begining  with,  "In  Adam's  fall 
we  sinned  all,"  and  then  the  catechism,  in  which  the  children  were  periodically  instructed 
by  the  minister.  For  readers  the  older  pupils  used  the  "American  Preceptor"  and  the 
"Columbian  Orator."  Daboll's  Arithmetic  antedated  Dillworth's  Schoolmasters' 
Assistant  just  as  that  antedated  Adams'  Arithmetic.  The  text-book  par  excellence, 
however,  was  "the  American  Spelling  Book,  by  Noah  Webster,  Jun,  Esquire."  The 
title  page  of  the  ninth  edition  of  this  remarkable  book,  published  in  1794,  further  de- 
scribes it  as  "Containing  an  easy  standard  of  pronunciation,  being  the  first  part  of  a 
grammatical  institute  of  the  English  language,  to  which  is  now  first  added  an  appendix 
containing  a  moral  catechism  and  a  federal  catechism  with  many  corrections  and  im- 
provements by  the  author."  A  thorough  knowledge  of  this  little  book  from  cover  to 
cover,  with  its  classic  stories  of  "the  old  man  who  found  a  rude  boy  in  one  of  his  apple 
trees  stealing  apples,"  the  milk  maid,  the  cat  and  the  rat,  etc.,  amounted  to  a  pretty 
liberal  education.  Its  one  blemish  was  the  awful  woodcut  of  the  immortal  Noah  as  a 
frontispiece,  which  the  publishers  were  petitioned  to  omit  on  the  ground  that  it  frightened 
the  children. 


142  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

tion.  Thenceforward,  for  a  period  of  seventy  years  until  the  district  system 
was  abolished,  the  town  has  each  year  had  its  superintending  school 
committee.  The  list  of  names  of  those  who  have  filled  this  office  is  a 
distinguished  one,  evidencing  the  interest  of  the  town  in  its  schools. 
On  this  list,  besides  those  already  mentioned,  are  found  such  names  as 
Stephen  R.  Page,  Moses  Porter,  John  Nelson,  George  Little,  Andrew 
Mack,  Samuel  Cartland,  Jacob  S.  Clark,  William  Ladd,  Josiah  F.  Wilson, 
David  Sloan,  John  Angier,  Archibald  Fleming,  David  Burroughs, 
Samuel  Delano,  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Hiram  Morgan,  Eben  Eastman, 
Charles  R.  Morrison,  George  S.  Towle,  Samuel  Adams,  Phineas  Spalding, 
Chas.  A.  Dounning,  Daniel  F.  Merrill,  Chas.  H.  Chase,  H.  H.  Tenney, 
L.  W.  Prescott,  George  F.  Putnam,  Harvey  Knight. 

In  1885  the  district  system  of  school  organization  was  abolished,  and 
the  town  was  made  a  single  district,  with  the  exception  of  Woodsville, 
which  had  previously  been  created  into  a  district  by  itself,  a  part  of 
Bath  having  been  united  with  it.  Some  of  the  old  schoolhouses  have 
been  abandoned.  New  schoolhouses  have  been  erected  at  East  Haver- 
hill, Pike,  and  North  Haverhill,  and  the  schoolhouses  which  are  still 
used  for  school  purposes  in  the  former  Number  Six,  Ten,  Fifteen  and 
Ladd  Street  districts,  are  either  new  or  have  been  modernized  to  meet 
up-to-date  conditions.  Districts  numbered  One  and  Seventeen  at  the 
Corner  have  been  united,  and  by  a  contract  with  the  trustees  of  Haver- 
hill Academy,  a  single  school  with  three  departments,  high,  grammar  and 
primary,  has  been  established  in  the  commodious  new  brick  building, 
still  bearing  the  name  of  Haverhill  Academy,  erected  on  a  lot  adjoining 
the  old. 

In  1872  the  old  $255  schoolhouse  in  Woodsville  was  replaced  by  a  new 
two  story  building  with  rooms  for  primary  and  grammar  grades,  and  for 
the  high  school  grade  later  established.  In  1901  this  was  replaced  by  the 
large  and  commodious  building,  now  used  for  primary  and  grammar  grades, 
which  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  upwards  of  $20,000.  In  1913  in  order  to 
meet  the  increasing  needs  of  the  high  school,  and  provide  room  for  the 
primary  and  grammar  grades,  the  fine  new  high  school  building,  with  all 
modern  improvements  and  appliances  now  standing  on  King's  Plain,  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  nearly  $30,000.  It  meets  the  requirements  of  a 
school  which  ranks  with  the  best  in  the  state. 

Haverhill  takes  a  just  pride  in  its  schools  of  today.  It  makes  liberal 
appropriations  for  their  support.  In  conjunction  with  Bath  it  employs 
an  efficient  superintendent  who  devotes  his  entire  time  to  supervision. 
It  has  two  high  schools,  from  one  of  which  graduates  are  admitted  to  the 
New  England  colleges  (except  Yale  and  Harvard)  on  certificate,  and  care 
is  exercised  in  selection  of  teachers  to  secure  only  those  of  known  efficiency, 
of  normal  training  or  its  equivalent.     It  may  well  remember,  however,, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  143 

with  grateful  appreciation,  its  old  time  district  school.  Some  things  were 
accomplished  and  well  accomplished.  Not  so  much  was  attempted  as  at 
present,  but  the  few  things  attempted  were  pretty  thoroughly  done.  The 
foundations  of  education  were  laid.  Obedience  to  authority  was  main- 
tained and  enforced.  Sound  morals  and  the  homely  virtues  were  incul- 
cated. Good  citizens  were  trained  and  developed  by  the  somewhat  hap- 
hazard courses  (if  they  might  be  so  called)  of  instruction.  The  district 
schoolhouses  were  also  used  for  other  purposes.  Religious  meetings  were 
held  in  them,  and  more  than  one  great  religious  awakening  in  the  town 
had  its  beginning  at  some  meeting  held  in  some  one  of  the  district  school- 
houses.  The  annual  district  school  meetings  were  often  occasions  of 
lively  interest.  These  were  duly  warned  with  all  the  formality  attendant 
on  the  warning  of  the  annual  town  meeting,  and  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  schools  were  discussed  and  acted  upon. 

The  choice  of  a  "Prudential  Committee"  was  the  important  matter, 
and  contests  over  his  election  were  frequent  and  sometimes  bitter.  It 
was  a  distinct  honor  not  lightly  esteemed  nor  thoughtlessly  conferred. 
Unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  voters,  the  prudential  committee  en- 
gaged teachers,  arranged  for  their  board,  provided  for  the  wood,  had  the 
care  and  oversight  of  the  schoolhouse.  Sometimes  a  committeeman  was 
guilty  of  employing  a  daughter,  a  niece,  or  some  other  relative  as  teacher; 
sometimes  he  boarded  the  teacher  in  his  own  home  or  in  the  home  of  a 
relative  or  some  particular  friend,  and  fixed  the  compensation;  sometimes 
it  was  thought  he  got  a  personal  "rake  off"  from  the  wood  he  purchased  of 
a  neighbor.  There  was  temptation  for  graft  and  nepotism  besetting  the 
prudential  committee.  Sometimes  politics  entered  into  district  affairs. 
A  Whig  committee  would  not  readily  be  forgiven  for  hiring  the  son  or 
daughter  of  a  Democrat  as  teacher  or  for  boarding  the  teacher  in  a  Demo- 
cratic family,  and  it  hardly  need  be  said  that  Democrats  were  no  less 
violently  partisan  than  their  Whig  neighbors.  Blood  and  politics  in 
school  district  matters  were  thicker  than  water. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  records  of  these  school  districts  have  not 
been  more  carefully  preserved.  An  effort  was  made  after  the  districts 
were  abolished  to  collect  them  and  deposit  them  in  the  office  of  the  town 
clerk,  but  this  met  with  little  success.  The  records  for  a  single  year  in 
two  of  the  districts  are  fair  illustrations  of  those  for  other  years  in  other 
districts  and  are  not  without  interest. 

At  the  annual  district  meeting  in  Number  Thirteen,  March  29,  1845, 
held  in  the  store  of  John  L.  Woods,  Alba  Hall  was  elected  moderator  and 
prudential  committee,  and  B.  S.  Bard,  clerk.  There  were  evidently  sus- 
picions concerning  the  management  of  affairs,  for  first  of  all  it  was  "voted 
that  all  the  business  done  by  the  committee  for  the  district  for  the  year 
shall  be  handed  in  to  the  clerk  and  he  shall  record  it." 


144  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Voted  that  the  mistress  shall  board  round  with  the  schollers. 

Voted  to  join  with  the  district  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  (Bath),  for  a  summer 
school. 

Voted  that  the  committee  confer  with  the  committee  on  the  other  side  of  the  river 
about  organizing  the  districts  together. 

Voted  that  committee  procure  wood  for  the  ensuing  winter. 

Voted  to  instruct  the  committee  to  hire  the  same  mistress  that  kept  the  school  in 
this  place  last  summer. 

Committeeman  Hall,  thus  instructed,  made  the  following  report: 

Paid  out.  Repairs  on  schoolhouse:  8  lights  glass  and  nails,  48;  1  door  ketch,  12;  8  lbs. 
nails,  48;  1  day's  work  by  Mr.  King,  75;  one  day's  work  by  Mr.  Whitcher,  75;  5  day 
by  Mr.  Sanborn,  33;  door  handle,  bolts  and  screws,  52;  work  of  Koster  Annis,  25; 
Mr.  Hall,  U  days  work,  1.00;  door  hinges  and  latch,  88;  boards,  83;  total. . .     $6.39 

Wood 5. 15 

Paid  for  summer  school 21 .  83 

Paid  Master 47. 25 

Paid  Moses  Abbott,  Jr.,  for  stove 4 .  67 

Paid  M.  Abbott,  for  board 8 .  82 

$94.11 
Amount  of  money  received  in  both  districts 93 .  95 

Balance  due  committee $0.16 

There  is  no  record  that  Mr.  Hall  ever  received  the  16  cents  he  was  out  of 
pocket.  This  may  have  been  the  price  of  the  honor  conferred.  But  he 
may  have  been  in  on  the  wood  deal,  or  Moses  Abbott,  who  had  received 
$13.49  of  the  district  money,  may  have  considered  him. 

The  present  Ladd  Street  schoolhouse  was  not  built  as  were  the  others 
of  the  town  by  a  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  by  the  district,  but 
it  was  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old  meeting  house  by  certain  prominent 
Ladd  Street  citizens  as  a  private  enterprise,  the  district  being  given  cer- 
tain rights  in  the  building  in  consideration  of  a  certain  specified  sum. 
This  was  the  agreement: 

We,  the  undersigned,  agree  to  build  a  two  story  house,  about  36  by  28  feet  on  the 
ground,  and  to  furnish  District  Number  Two  with  a  schoolroom  on  the  lower  floor,  the 
same  to  be  finished  in  as  good  a  manner  as  the  schoolroom  in  District  Number  One;  the 
outside  of  the  building  and  the  lower  story  to  be  finished;  also  to  put  in  a  belfrey  and 
hang  the  bell  on  the  same;  we  further  agree  to  underpin  said  house  with  good  stone,  and 
place  a  good  door  stone  at  the  door,  said  house  to  be  finished  by  the  middle  of  June, 
1849.  The  above  agreement  is  in  consideration  that  the  district  pay  us  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

f  Henry  Merrill, 
Signed     \  J.  H.  Woodward, 
[  James  H.  Pearson. 

The  upper  room  is  to  be  used  for  public  meetings  or  lectures  at  the  disposal  of  the 
district. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  145 

The  building  was  finished  according  to  agreement,  and  was  occupied 
for  school  purposes  during  the  school  year  1849-50.  The  historic  meeting 
house  bell  of  which  the  Congregational  church,  after  its  purchase  of  the 
brick  meeting  house  at  Haverhill  Corner,  had  tried  in  vain  to  get  posses- 
sion, and  which  had  been  kept  in  concealment  by  the  Ladd  Street  people 
for  years,  was  brought  out  of  its  hiding  place  and  hung  in  the  belfry. 

It  appears  that  the  building  was  under  different  rules  and  regulations 
than  those  pertaining  to  the  ordinary  district  schoolhouse,  since  there 
were  printed  and  framed  a  set  of  by-laws  governing  its  control.  The 
report  of  Lyman  Buck,  prudential  committee,  made  to  the  annual  school 
district  meeting,  March  27,  1850,  gives  at  least  the  outlines  of  a  picture 
which  represents  educational  conditions  in  the  Ladd  Street  district 
during  this  first  year  of  the  school  service  of  the  bell. 

School  District  No.  2  in  Account  with  Lyman  Buck,  Dr. 
1849 

Aug.      2         For  paying  for  printing  by-laws  and  frame $1 .25 

Sept.     7         Paid  for  insurance  policy 3  49 

22  "      for  rent  for  stove,  and  broom,  1.19-25 1 .44 

27           "      for  stove  and  pipe,  wire  and  hooks 15 .  13 

Oct.       3  "  S.  F.  Hook  for  three  chairs 1 .  26 

20  "  Mrs.  Ward  for  8  weeks'  teaching  and  board 21 .  34 

Nov.    17  "  for  80  feet  of  boards 90 

23  "  Mrs.  Woods  for  four  weeks'  teaching  and  board 12.67 

1850 

Jan.     11            "  for  Shaker  broom .34 

"  George  Piersons  for  building  woodshed 24 .  37 

26  "  J.  B.  S.  Chandler  for  8  weeks' teaching 36.00 

Mar.     8           "  Mr.  Emery  for  6  wks'  teaching  and  board  14  wks' 48.00 

11  "J.  H.  Pearsons  for  wood  4  1-2  months 12 .  00 

$180.50 
1849  Credit 

Aug.    26        Rec'd  from  Charles  Smith  former  committee $7.53 

Sept.     7  "       of  the  selectmen  on  order 37 .  00 

27  "       for  old  stove  sold  at  Bradford 3.79 

1850 

Jan.     11  "       town  order  to  pay  for  shed,  stove  and  pipe 39.50 

Feb.      2  "       town  order  for  all  due  District  No.  2 100 .  37 


$188.19 
Which  leaves  a  balance  due  from  your  committee  of  $7.69  after  charging  nothing  for 
getting  the  stove  and  pipe,  and  setting  them  up,  and  for  washing  the  schoolhouse  out, 
and  cleaning  it  out  twice.     I,  therefore,  move  that  there  is  nothing  allowed  our  com- 
mittee for  cleaning  up  our  schoolhouse  for  the  paltry  $1.50  allowed  last  year. 

The  committeeman  evidently  had  a  feeling  that  school  districts  as  well 
as  republics,  were  ungrateful, 
li 


146  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

An  interesting  glimpse  into  the  affairs  of  the  district  at  this  period 
is  obtained  from  the  warrant  posted  by  Mr.  Buck,  warning  the  District 
Number  Two  school  meeting  in  March,  1850: 

State  of  New  Hampshire 
[l.  s.] 
To  the  Legal  Voters  of  School  District  No.  2  in  the  Town  of  Haverhill: 

You  are  hereby  notified  to  meet  at  the  schoolhouse  in  said  district  on  Wednesday  the 
27th  day  of  March  inst.,  at  7  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  for  the  transaction  of  the  following 
business,  viz.: 

1st     To  choose  a  moderator  to  preside  in  said  meeting. 
2d      To  choose  a  clerk,  prudential  committee  and  other  necessary  officers  for  the  ensuing 

year. 
3d      To  see  if  the  district  will  have  a  summer  school. 
4th     To  see  if  the  district  will  have  the  teachers  board  round,  and  if  not,  see  if  they  will 

set  the  board  at  auction  to  the  lowest  bidder. 
5th     To  see  if  the  district  will  set  the  wood  for  the  winter  school  up  at  auction  to  the 

lowest  bidder. 
6th     To  see  if  the  district  will  consent  to  have  the  upper  part  of  the  schoolhouse  con- 
trolled by  J.  H.  Woodward  or  any  other  person,  contrary  to  the  by-laws  of  said 
district. 
7th     To  transact  any  other  business  thought  proper,  when  met. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  at  said  Haverhill  this  11th  day  of  March,  1850. 

Lyman  Buck, 
Prudential  Committee  for  the  District. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  no  record  of  the  proceedings  of  this  first 
meeting  in  the  new  schoolhouse  has  been  preserved.  It  would  be  inter- 
esting to  know  whether  the  teachers  "boarded  round"  or  were  "struck 
off  to  the  lowest  bidder."  There  was  evidently  trouble  also  concerning 
that  upper  room.  The  builders  of  the  schoolhouse,  and  the  district 
authorities  were  at  odds.  There  is  no  record  of  how  the  difference  was 
settled. 

That  the  early  settlers  and  proprietors  of  Haverhill  were  fully  alive 
to  the  advantages  arising  from  institutions  for  advanced  education  is 
proven  by  the  efforts  they  put  forth  to  secure  for  the  town  the  location  of 
Dartmouth  College  which  had  been  chartered  by  Governor  Wentworth 
in  December,  1769.  What  might  have  been  is  of  course  not  history,  but 
the  story  of  what  Haverhill  narrowly  missed  is  at  least  an  interesting 
one.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Eleazer  Wheelock  had  for  some  years  maintained  an 
Indian  Charity  School  at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  but  circumstances  had  arisen 
which  made  advisable  its  removal,  and  coincident  with  its  removal  its 
enlargement  into  an  academy,  seminary,  or  college.  Dr.  Wheelock  was 
inclined  at  first  to  locate  in  New  York  or  Pennsylvania,  but  his  attention 
was  later  directed  to  the  Coos  country  in  New  Hampshire,  and  as  early  as 
1767  a  movement  was  inaugurated  on  the  part  of  several  towns  in  the 
Connecticut  Valley  to  secure  the  college  location.  In  January,  1768,  the 
Rev.  Peter  Powers  wrote  Dr.  Wheelock  from  Newbury,  recommending 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  147 

that  region  as  the  best  in  the  Connecticut  Valley,  though  he  expressed 

little  confidence  of  benefiting  the  Indians  of  the  locality.     He  wrote: 

The  Indians  who  come  here  are  a  miserable,  abandoned,  drunken,  frenchified  popish 
crew,  so  effectually  prejudiced  against  religion  that  there  seems  little  hope  of  doing  them 
any  good,  though  perhaps  some  of  their  posterity  may  be  reclaimed;  but  the  school  may 
be  of  advantage  to  about  a  hundred  new  townships  in  this  part  of  the  country. 

A  little  later  Col.  Israel  Morey  and  others  of  Orford  recommended  this 

town,  and  then  the  claims  of  Lyme,  Campton  and  Plymouth  were  urged. 

The    Rev.   Ebenezer  Cleveland   had  been  sent  out  by  Dr.  Wheelock, 

during  the  summer  and  autumn  of  1768,  to  investigate  and  make  report 

on  desirable  locations  for  the  college  in  New  Hampshire.     He  first  visited 

Campton,  Plymouth  and  Rumney  and  was  disposed  to  favor  one  of  these 

towns,  preferably  Campton.     He  next  visited  Coos  on  the  Connecticut 

River. 

The  inhabitants  of  that  new  country  were  universally  much  engaged  to  have  the  school 
fixed  there,  both  from  a  respect  to  Dr.  Wheelock 's  person  and  a  regard  to  the  general 
design.  .  .  .  Several  places  were  more  especially  set  up — namely,  Haverhill,  Pier- 
mont,  Orford,  Lebanon,  Plainfield,  Claremont,  Charlestown  and  Walpole — those  in 
which  it  appeared  the  greatest  donations  would  centre.  .  .  .  Large  subscriptions 
have  been  made  and  are  still  making  which  centre  in  particular  towns,  the  principal  of 
which  were  Haverhill  and  Orford.  Their  situation  is  very  pleasant,  and  their  soil  very 
fertile, — their  lands  so  much  improved  and  so  fertile  that  there  is  already  a  sufficient 
supply  of  provisions  for  the  school.  At  Haverhill  is  a  farm  of  about  600  acres  of  excel- 
lent land,  about  150  of  which  are  under  good  improvements — all  within  two  bows  of  the 
river,  which  is  a  sufficient  outside  fence;  and  it  is  otherwise  suitably  divided  and  secured 
by  good  fences,  has  on  it  a  large  and  well  finished  barn  on  one  bow  and  also  a  good  corn- 
barn  on  the  other  bow;  also  a  good  gristmill  and  sawmill,  and  something  for  a  house. 
.  .  .  It  is  beautifully  situated  in  the  centre  of  the  town  and  other  lands  may  be  had 
to  accommodate  it  here,  5,600  acres  are  already  subscribed  for  that  end.  At  Orford 
they  have  already  subscribed  2,100  acres  of  land  and  about  £80  sterling  in  labor  and 
materials  for  building.  .  .  .  Besides  the  offers  already  mentioned,  upwards  of 
2,000  acres  are  subscribed  on  condition  it  shall  be  fixed  in  either  of  the  above  mentioned 
towns. 

The  English  patrons  headed  by  Lord  Dartmouth  upon  whom  Dr. 

Wheelock  relied  for  financial  aid  and  support  wrote  him  from  London 

under  date  of  April  3,  1769: 

We  are  unanimously  of  the  opinion  that  the  most  advantageous  situation  for  carrying 
on  the  great  purposes  of  your  school  will  be  in  one  of  the  townships  belonging  to  the 
district  of  Cowass  in  the  government  of  New  Hampshire,  agreeably  to  the  proposal  of 
Governor  Wentworth  and  the  gentlemen  who  have  generously  expressed  their  intention 
of  contributing  to  that  design;  but  whether  Haverhill  or  Orford  may  be  the  most  eligible 
for  this  purpose,  we  must  leave  to  your  judgment  to  determine.  According  to  the  best 
information  we  can  procure  of  the  state  of  those  towns,  we  think  you  may  give  the  pref- 
erence to  the  former,  especially  if  the  farm  which  you  mention  as  very  convenient  for  an 
immediate  supply  of  provisions  can  be  procured  upon  reasonable  terms. 

The  charter  of  the  college  bears  date  of  December  30,  1769,  and  this 
was  followed  by  the  grant  of  the  town  of  Landaff  to  the  college,  January 


148  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

25,  1770.  The  competition  for  the  location  of  the  college  began  afresh. 
Governor  Wentworth's  views  as  to  location  were  made  known  to  Dr. 
Wheelock  in  a  letter  under  date  of  January  29,  1770:  "Upon  the  whole  I 
consent  to  Bath,  Landaff  or  Haverhill,  the  college  to  have  at  least  one 
hundred  acres  adjoining,  and  to  stand  not  less  than  a  mile  from  the  river." 
Col.  Israel  Morey  of  Orford  wrote  Dr.  Wheelock  that  his  judgment 
favored  the  selection  of  Haverhill. 

Col.  Alexander  Phelps,  son-in-law  of  Dr.  Wheelock,  was  the  principal 
agent  in  securing  the  charter,  and  acted  for  him  also  in  fixing  the  location. 
He  set  out  Janaury  30,  1770,  from  Portsmouth  for  Coos,  expecting  to 
meet  Dr.  Wheelock  there.  In  a  letter  to  a  correspondent  that  same  day 
Dr.  Wheelock  wrote  of  the  location  "three  towns  are  bidding  for  it, 
Haverhill,  Orford  and  Hanover."  This  is  the  first  mention  of  Hanover  in 
any  official  correspondence,  but  in  September,  1769,  Dr.  Edward  Freeman 
of  Mansfield,  Conn.,  in  writing  to  his  son  Jonathan  who  had  settled  in 
Hanover  said,  concerning  the  location  of  the  college:  "I  have  heard 
transiently  that  Dr.  Wheelock  thinks  likely  in  Hanover,  or  in  Orford,  or 
in  another  town.  I  know  not  the  name.  The  doctor,  as  I  hear,  says 
Hanover  is  settled  with  the  most  serious,  steady  inhabitants."  Hanover 
and  Lebanon,  so  far  as  they  had  been  settled  at  all,  had  been  settled  from 
Connecticut,  a  fact  not  without  significance. 

Colonel  Phelps  must  have  understood  that  he  had  authority  from 
Dr.  Wheelock  to  fix  the  location,  in  case  he  did  not  meet  the  latter  in 
Coos.  Leaving  Portsmouth  January  30,  1870,  he  spent  the  month  of 
February  and  a  large  part  of  March  in  Coos.  After  a  thorough  examina- 
tion of  the  offers  made  he  selected  Haverhill  and  made  contracts  for  the 
purchase  of  materials  and  the  erection  of  the  buildings.  The  site  deter- 
mined upon  as  shown  by  plan,  preserved  in  Chase's  History  of  Dartmouth 
College,  was  just  above  the  village  of  North  Haverhill  opposite  the  Great 
Oxbow,  on  the  plain  which  was  then  the  principal  settlement  of  the  town, 
and  a  part  of  which  was  later  taken  as  a  site  for  the  Grafton  County 
buildings.     No  more  beautiful  location  could  be  imagined. 

Deeds  of  neighboring  lands,  partly  given  and  partly  purchased,  on  both  sides  the  river, 
including  some  of  the  best  of  the  Great  Meadow  were  executed  (some  to  the  College  and 
some  to  Wheelock)  and  deposited  in  the  hands  of  Colonel  Bailey,  Colonel  Porter  and  Mr. 
Coleman,  awaiting  Wheelock's  acceptance.  Of  five  thousand  acres  lying  in  Haverhill, 
Newbury  and  Bath,  the  subscriptions  are  preserved,  running  four-fifths  to  the  college 
and  one-fifth  to  Wheelock.  Besides  outlying  lands,  there  were  given  180  acres  on  and 
near  the  Great  Oxbow,  and  165  acres  of  adjoining  high  lands  for  business  purposes.  The 
plan  exhibits  but  a  part  of  it.  There  was  a  barn  45  feet  by  30  completely  finished  and  a 
small  house  16  by  16,  finished  on  the  outside.  There  were  also  subscriptions  for  money, 
materials  and  labor  (even  down  to  the  'macking  two  pear  of  lethern  briches')  for  which 
notes  were  to  be  given  by  June  1st,  payable  by  October  1st  with  interest;  and  contracts 
were  made  for  other  materials  and  buildings.1 

1  Chase's  History  of  Dartmouth  College,  pp.  130,  131. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  149 

In  the  warrant  for  a  meeting  of  the  Haverhill  proprietors  to  be  held 
April  6,  1770,  there  was  an  article  "to  see  if  the  proprietors  would  give 
anything  to  Dartmouth  College,  Dr.  Wheelock,  or  Colonel  Phelps,  or 
either  of  them,  as  an  'incouragement'  for  said  college  being  fixed  in  said 
township."  The  proprietors  made  generous  response.  They  "voted  to 
give  to  Revd  'Elitzer'  Wheelock,  D.  D.,  fifty  acres  of  land  in  Haverhill 
lying  on  Capt.  John  Hazen's  Mill  Brook  (Poole  Brook)  where  there  is  a 
convenient  waterfall  for  a  mill  and  to  be  laid  out  in  a  convenient  form  for 
a  mill,  provided  Dartmouth  College  should  be  located  in  Haverhill." 
These  fifty  acres  would  be  near,  if  not  indeed  adjoining,  the  site  selected 
by  Colonel  Phelps  for  the  college,  and  were  of  the  greatest  possible 
value,  in  connection  with  the  sawmill  privilege,  to  aid  in  the  erection  of 
buildings. 

The  official  correspondence  indicates  that  all  these  proceedings  were 
known  to  Governor  Went  worth  and  had  his  cordial  approval,  and  Colonel 
Phelps  seems  to  have  entertained  no  doubts  as  to  his  authority  as  the 
representative  of  Dr.  Wheelock  in  determining  on  the  Haverhill  location. 
Colonel  Phelps  was  not  a  Haverhill  partisan.  He  had  large  interests  in 
Orford,  and  at  first  made  active  to  secure  the  location  for  that  town,  but 
he  assented  to  a  transfer  of  the  Orford  interest  and  support  to  Haverhill. 

The  action  of  Colonel  Phelps  in  selecting  Haverhill  led  to  a  great  out- 
cry on  the  part  of  the  disappointed  towns,  and  there  was  a  union  of  the 
towns  of  Plainfield,  Hartford,  Lebanon,  Norwich  and  Hanover  in  favor 
of  the  latter  place.  The  interests  of  Hanover  seem  to  have  been  placed 
in  the  hands  of  James  March,  an  acquaintance  of  Dr.  Wheelock  and  an 
early  and  prominent  settler  of  the  town,  and  he  began  a  most  active 
campaign.  He  wrote  to  Dr.  Wheelock  under  date  of  March  13,  1770, 
attacking,  at  least  by  insinuation,  Colonel  Phelps: 

I  would  also  take  the  liberty  to  inform  you  that  the  people  in  these  parts  imagine  that 
the  colonel  (Colonel  Phelps)  does  not  give  a  fair  representation,  and  they  think  not  with- 
out reason  for  their  imagination,  for  Mr.  Powers  has  told  John  Wright  that  the  colonel, 
being  in  company  with  Colonel  Moulton,  put  the  question  whether  Colonel  Moulton 
would  give  him  half  his  interest  he  had  in  Orford  if  he  would  get  it  in  that  town,  adding 
that  his  interest  there  did  not  cost  Colonel  Moulton  so  much  as  it  had  cost  him  in  that 
business,  Colonel  Moulton  telling  him  that  he  would  take  it  into  consideration  and  send 
him  a  letter  with  the  promise  of  fifty  pounds  if  he  should  obtain  it  at  Orford;  at  which 
Colonel  Phelps  showed  great  resentment  for  so  trifling  a  sum  being  offered.  This  here, 
together  with  much  of  his  talk,  gave  them  to  suspect  that  if  he  be  not  bribed,  his  is  trying 
to  advance  his  own  interest. 

It  became  freely  charged  that  Colonel  Phelps  had  sold  the  college  to 
Haverhill.  His  letter  to  Dr.  Wheelock  dated  March  22,  1770,  from 
Hebron,  Conn.,  whither  he  had  returned  after  concluding  his  negotiations 
at  Haverhill  which  he  believed  to  be  final,  speaks  for  itself.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  part: 


150  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

As  you  remember,  I  set  out  in  the  affair  in  November  last  expressly  instructed  by  you 
to  "transact  the  whole  affair  relative  to  said  college  according  to  my  own  prudence," 
with  the  advice  of  such  as  I  should  think  fit  to  consult;  also  that  when  the  charter  should 
be  obtained  and  recorded,  then  I  should  proceed  to  take  the  deeds  of  land  given  to  the 
school  and  yourself,  in  doing  which  your  express  direction  was  that  I  should  keep  my 
"eye  on  getting  as  much  land  near  and  convenient  for  speedy  improvement  for  the 
present  support "  of  your  family  and  school  as  might  be,  and  that  I  should  bring  home  the 
several  offers  to  induce  the  preference  for  a  site  of  the  school  in  the  several  places,  and 
the  governors  reasons  for  preferring  the  place  we  should  choose  to  fix  it  in;  and  also  that 
I  should  see  what  "materials  for  buildings  might  be  had  on  the  spot,"  viz.:  Boards,  etc. 
And  in  order  to  execute  my  commission,  I  was  obliged  to  show  the  same  to  His  Excel- 
lency and  the  rest  of  the  Trustees  in  New  Hampshire,  who  considered  you  as  the  prin- 
cipal actor  in  the  whole  affair,  and  as  such  acting  with  them  by  me,  and  I  also  considered 
myself  as  personating  you  in  the  whole  affair.  .  .  .  The  occasion  of  my  writing  at 
this  time  is  a  hint  which  is  spreading  that  in  my  late  tour  in  the  affair  of  the  college  I 
acted  without  book,  which  is  spread  and  is  spreading  by  such  persons  as  I  fear  you  will 
have  reason,  when  too  late,  to  consider  as  angues  in  herbis,  let  their  present  connections 
with  the  college  be  ever  so  near,  which  hint,  if  it  should  reach  the  governor,  will  not  serve 
any  good  purpose.  ...  I  had  the  happiness  to  gain  the  governor's  friendship  to 
the  college  and  to  you,  when  it  was  most  certainly  very  cold;  and  as  I  left  him  a  hearty 
friend  in  these  regards,  I  hope  he  will  continue  such.  His  friendship  lost  will  hardly  be 
regained.  As  to  such  lands,  such  laborers,  etc.,  which  I  engaged,  if  it  is  likely  you  shall 
not  have  them,  I  wish  I  might  know,  if  my  knowing  would  not  disserve  your  cause, 
that  I  might  write  to  them,  which  I  promised  to  do,  and  now  have  no  opportunity. 

In  the  latter  part  of  May  or  early  in  June  Dr.  Wheelock  made  his  first 
visit  to  Coos,  and  visited  the  different  towns  which  had  made  bids  for  the 
location  of  the  college.  He,  of  course,  visited  Haverhill,  though  there  is 
no  record  of  how  long  he  remained.  He  was  in  Hanover  the  first  week  in 
June,  when  Colonel  Phelps  joined  him  and  his  party.  Additional  sub- 
scriptions to  those  already  made  for  Hanover  or  Lebanon  from  Charles- 
town,  Claremont,  Cornish,  Plainfield,  Lebanon  and  Hanover,  and  from 
Hartford,  Norwich  and  Hartland  across  the  river,  were  handed  in.  He 
then  proceeded  to  Campton.  While  there  he  received  a  letter  from  Gov- 
ernor Wentworth  and  the  other  Portsmouth  trustees  earnestly  and  unan- 
imously recommending  that  the  college  be  built  in  Landaff,  or  if  that 
were  impracticable,  in  Haverhill.  While  at  Plymouth  Dr.  Wheelock 
wrote  his  wife  under  date  of  June  25,  and  referring  to  the  letter  he  had 
received  from  the  Portsmouth  trustees  while  at  Campton  said:  "I  am 
setting  out  tomorrow  to  wait  upon  the  gentlemen,  and  hope  to  convince 
them  that  what  they  propose  is  impracticable.  .  .  .  Mr.  Moses 
Little  and  Colonel  Bayley  are  with  me  and  design  to  set  out  tomorrow 
morning  for  Portsmouth." 

It  is  evident  that  Dr.  Wheelock  went  to  Portsmouth  with  his  mind 
fully  made  up  to  locate  the  college  in  Hanover.  On  arriving  there  Colonel 
Bayley,  who  accompanied  him,  made  his  final  appeal  for  Haverhill  in  the 
following  letter : 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  151 

Portsmouth,  June  29,  1770. 
Honb'9  and  Rev1 — In  the  capacity  of  agent  for  the  Towns  of  Newbury  and  Haverhill 
I  promise  and  Ingage  (if  Dartmouth  College  is  placed  in  said  Haverhill  in  New  Hamp8) 
that  out  of  the  subscriptions  of  said  Haverhill  and  Newbury  and  the  town  of  Bath,  that 
three  thousand  acres  shall  be  laid  out  in  a  convenient  farm  at  the  Corner  of  Haverhill 
adjoining  the  southwest  corner  of  the  town  of  Landaff  and  one  thousand  acres  more 
laid  out  in  a  gore  in  Bath  adjoining  said  town  of  Landaff  and  the  three  thousand  acres  in 
Haverhill  as  above.  And  also  engage  to  give  five  hundred  acres  more  to  the  HonbIe 
and  Rev1  Trust  of  said  College  for  the  use  of  said  College  in  a  handsome  farm  Round 
said  College  if  it  is  set  in  sd  Haverhill.  Provided  it  is  not  set  on  Lands  already  laid  out, 
which  if  it  is,  to  lay  out  said  Five  Hundred  next  adjoining  in  a  convenient  form,  as  also  to 
make  and  raise  a  frame  for  a  Building  two  hundred  feet  long  and  Eighteen  feet  broad, 
one  story  high,  or  frame  and  labor  to  that  value.  The  above  I  promise  to  perform 
at  or  before  the  first  day  of  November  next.  The  frame  I  promise  to  set  on  demand. 
Witness  my  hand, 

Jacob  Bayley. 

The  above  offer  of  the  4,000  acres  adjoining  Landaff  was  in  response  to 
a  request  made  by  the  governor  and  the  Portsmouth  trustees,  as  this 
would  bring  the  college  lands  into  one  body,  Landaff  having  been  granted 
to  the  college.  The  500  acres  on  which  the  college  should  be  set  would 
be  the  commodious  and  beautiful  site  above  North  Haverhill,  overlook- 
ing the  Oxbow,  which  had  been  selected  and  accepted  by  Colonel  Phelps 
a  few  months  before. 

But  Dr.  Wheelock  had  made  up  his  mind.  He  wanted  a  town  in 
which  the  college  should  be  supreme,  and  Hanover  offered  to  give  him 
within  its  limits  the  smaller  town  of  Dresden.  Hanover  and  Lebanon 
had  been  granted  to  and  thus  far  settled  by  friends  and  acquaintances  of 
his  from  Connecticut,  "more  serious  and  steady"  than  the  settlers  of 
Haverhill,  from  Hampstead,  and  Haverhill  and  Newbury,  Mass.  It  may 
also  have  been  deemed  by  him  that  these  Connecticut  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances, would  be  more  amenable  to  his  wishes  than  men  like  Col. 
John  Hurd,  Col.  Asa  Porter,  Jacob  Bailey,  Charles  Johnston  and  men  of 
like  character  and  ability,  who  were  the  leading  spirits  in  Haverhill. 
The  choice  was  made  of  Hanover  and  Dr.  Wheelock  before  the  summer 
had  passed  was  already  living  "in  his  log  hut  in  the  wilderness"  almost 
before  Haverhill  had  discovered  that  that  which  it  had  every  reason  to 
believe  in  March  had  been  gained  beyond  question,  was  irrecoverably 
lost.  It  can  be  conjectured  what  might  have  been  the  history  of  the 
college  in  the  light  of  subsequent  events,  but  after  all  it  would  be  only 
conjecture.  Dr.  Wheelock  did  not  escape  criticism,  and  attacks  were 
numerously  made  in  which  his  motives  and  honor  were  seriously 
impugned. 

The  early  settlers  of  Haverhill  did  not,  because  of  their  failure  to  secure 
the  college,  abandon  efforts  to  provide  facilities  for  a  more  liberal  educa- 
tion than  their  town  schools  afforded.     The  controversy  with  the  Pier- 


152  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

mont  proprietors  over  the  boundary  between  the  two  towns  having  been 
settled,  the  settlement  at  the  disputed  "Corner"  began  to  grow  and  plans 
for  an  academy  were  made.  In  the  latter  part  of  1792,  or  early  in  1793, 
Col.  Charles  Johnston,  Major  Samuel  Bliss,  and  John  Page,  with  several 
others  erected  a  building  between  the  present  Pearson  hall  and  the  new 
academy  building  in  what  was  then  Colonel  Johnston's  field,  for  an 
"academy  and  other  purposes,"  and  in  1794  the  legislature  granted  an 
academy  charter,  the  trustees  named  being  the  three  above  mentioned 
with  the  addition  of  the  Rev.  Ethan  Smith.  The  petition  for  the  charter 
set  forth  the  erection  of  the  building  and  that  "a  young  gentleman  (Moses 
P.  Pay  son,  afterwards  of  Bath)  had  been  employed  and  that  about  thirty 
pupils  had  already  engaged  in  pursuit  of  an  education  in  the  arts  and 
sciences."  The  object  of  the  institution  was  stated  to  be  "to  promote 
religion,  purity,  virtue  and  morality,  and  for  instruction  in  English,  Latin 
and  Greek  languages;  in  writing,  music  and  the  art  of  speaking;  in  geom- 
etry, logic,  geography,  mathematics  and  such  other  branches  of  science  as 
opportunity  may  furnish."  The  academy  was  one  of  the  earliest  in  the 
state.  Phillips  at  Exeter  began  its  work  ten  years  earlier  in  1783.  Apple- 
ton  at  New  Ipswich  was  incorporated  in  1789,  Atkinson  in  1790,  and 
Gilmanton  in  the  same  year  with  the  Haverhill  institution.  The  first 
building  of  wood  was  burned  in  1814,  and  this  was  succeeded  by  the  brick 
building  just  a  little  north  of  the  old, — now  Pearson  Hall — which  was 
erected  under  the  supervision  of  Edmund  Stevens.  The  building  as  it 
stands  at  the  present  time  after  the  lapse  of  more  than  a  century,  is  a  fine 
specimen  of  the  architecture  of  the  time,  and  furnishes  ample  evidence  of 
the  thorough  workmanship  and  good  taste  of  the  builder. 

The  establishment  of  the  academy  was  a  prominent  factor  in  promoting 
the  growth  of  the  village,  and  with  the  later  removal  of  the  courts  from 
Horse  Meadow,  and  the  centreing  of  the  various  stage  lines,  Haverhill 
Corner  became  in  a  few  years  the  leading  and  most  prominent  village  in 
northern  New  Hampshire.  The  influence  of  the  institution  in  promoting 
the  culture  and  refinement  for  which  the  village  was  early  notable  is 
hardly  to  be  overestimated,  while  its  wider  influence  in  the  life  work  of  its 
hundreds,  if  not  thousands  of  pupils  in  town,  state  and  nation  is  incal- 
culable. In  the  first  half  century  of  its  existence  and  for  some  years 
later,  it  furnished  Dartmouth  College  with  an  exceptionally  large  number 
of  students.  Its  early  rolls  or  catalogues  have  not  been  preserved,  but  a 
comparison  of  some  of  the  earliest  with  the  Dartmouth  general  catalogue 
show  that  thirty  per  cent  of  the  young  men  on  its  rolls  were  also  gradu- 
ates of  Dartmouth. 

Some  of  the  early  lists  of  students,  with  the  number  of  weeks  attendance 
and  the  amount  charged  for  tuition,  which  were  reported  by  preceptors  to 
trustees  are  still  in  existence  and  these  are  interesting  as  indicating  the 


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153 


families  availing  themselves  of  the  privileges  furnished  by  the  new  educa- 
tional institution.  There  were  forty  students  in  attendance  for  the  term 
or  quarter  beginning  December  2,  1801  and  ending  March  1,  1802.  The 
list  is  as  follows: 


Clark  Atkinson 
Harriet  Sprague 
Michael  Gray 
Samuel  C.  Webster 
Amos  Bailey 
Charles  Johnston 
Deborah  Corliss 
Sukey  Swift 
Samuel  Brooks,  Jr. 
George  Brooks 
Joseph  Boynton 
Charles  Boynton 
Cinthia  Boynton 


William  Smith 
Sukey  Smith 
Rebecca  Gilman 
Ephraim  Corliss 
Eliza  Webster 
Harriet  Webster 
Sukey  Webster 
John  Page,  Jr. 
William  G.  Page 
Samuel  Page 
Louisa  Corliss 
Sally  Johnston 
Hannah  Johnston 
William  Tarleton 


Esther  Miller 
Charles  Bailey 
Sukey  Ladd 
Olive  Bailey 
Levi  Gleason 
Phineas  Mitchell 
Hannah  Ladd 
Phineas  Bailey 
Joshua  Whittier 
Agur  Piatt 
Grove  Sanders 
Moses  Webster 
Haynes  Johnston 


Clark  Atkinson  was  a  Latin  scholar,  and  the  tuition  charged  for 
eleven  and  two-thirds  weeks  was  $2.33.  The  other  thirty-nine  are  listed 
in  English,  geography,  etc.,  and  the  tuition  bill  was  $1.96  each. 

In  the  third  quarter  of  1805,  ending  August  24,  consisting  of  fourteen 
weeks  there  were  sixty  students  in  attendance.  The  tuition  charge  was 
$2.80.  The  list  of  pupils  is  interesting  as  showing  the  changes  which  had 
taken  place  in  the  personnel  of  students: 


William  Smith 
George  W.  Brooks 
Hannah  Brooks 
Michael  Johnston 
John  Osgood,  Jr. 
Paul  Sprague 
Joseph  Edmunds 
Charles  Johnston 
James  Morris 
Chas.  Eastman 
Walter  Webster 
David  Tyler 
Nancy  Lee 
Hannah  Dow 
George  Howard 
Samuel  Janes 
Nath1  Mitchell 
Miss  Ramsey 
Betsey  Cross 
Miss  Vaner 


George  K.  Montgomery 
Mira  Montgomery 
Ralph  Webster 
Sukey  Webster 
Lucy  Boynton 
Caleb  Knapp 
Samuel  Gookin 
Caleb  Stevens 
Henry  Ward 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
Ebenezer  Little 
Sukey  Smith 
Fanny  Smith 
Eliza  Smith 
Sally  Elkins 
Samuel  Pearson 
Joseph  McKean 
Polly  Pearson 
Sally  Ward 
Parkhurst 


Cynthia  Boynton 
Jonathan  Burnham 
Caroline  Bliss 
Harriet  Sprague 
Paul  Sprague 
Lydia  Ball 
Sukey  Ball 
John  Ford 
James  Gould 
Lucinda  Merrill 
Edmund  Carleton 
Harry  Woodward 
Gardner  Smith 
Noah  Kimball 
Dorcas  Kimball 
Timo.  Bedel 
Mary  Bedel 
Laban  Ladd 
Levi  Ladd 
J.  Sanborn 


It  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  that  all  these  early  lists  have  not  been 
preserved,  but  the  names  in  those  here  given  are  familiar  to  those  who  have 


154  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

acquainted  themselves  with  the  early  history  of  the  town.  They  sug- 
gest the  character  of  the  families  which  in  its  early  years  were  patrons  of 
the  academy. 

It  is  the  character  of  the  teacher  which  counts  for  the  success  or  failure 
of  a  school,  and  the  list  of  preceptors  of  the  academy  from  the  beginning 
till  1880  when  it  was  merged  into  the  town  school  system  is  a  notable  one. 
In  his  address  at  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  academy,  in  1897,  the 
Rev.  J.  L.  Merrill  gave  an  exceptionally  interesting  sketch  of  these  pre- 
ceptors of  which  liberal  use  is  here  made  with  grateful  acknowledgment. 

Moses  P.  Payson  was  the  first  preceptor,  who  later  as  a  resident  of 
Bath,  accumulated  a  fortune  and  won  an  enviable  reputation  in  both 
branches  of  the  state  legislature.     He  was  succeeded  in  1796,  by  Thomas 
Snell  who  remained  but  one  year,  later  studying  theology,  became  a 
clergyman  of  prominence,  dying  in  1862  at  the  advanced  age  of  87. 
He  was  followed  in  1797  by  Sebastian  Cabot,  who  also  became  a  clergy- 
man and  lived  till  1853.     Stephen  P.  Webster,  a  graduate  of  Harvard, 
in  the  years  of  his  administration,  left  his  impress  on  both  school  and 
town.     He  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  and  was  honored 
by  his  townsmen  with  every  official  position  within  their  gift.     William 
Lambert,  1800-05,  later  entered  the  legal  profession.     Abner  Emerson 
was  principal  in  1805,  and  was  succeeded  in  1806  by  David  Shaw  who 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  that  year.     During  his  long  career  as  a 
lawyer  in  Haverhill,  he  maintained  an  active  interest  in  the  academy, 
and  served  it  as  trustee.     Joseph  Bell  was  principal  in   1807,  studied 
law  later,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1811,  and  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  in  his  profession  both  in  New  Hampshire  and  later  in  Boston. 
Ephraim  Kingsbury  was  principal  in  1807-11,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Isaac  Patterson,  who  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1812.     Charles  John- 
ston who  became  preceptor  in  1813  was  a  grandson  of  Col.  Charles  John- 
ston.    He  later  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Grant  Powers  and  Dr.  Lyman 
Beecher   and    entered   the    Presbyterian    ministry.     Joseph    Merrill,    a 
Dartmouth  graduate  of  the  class  of  1814,  taught  while  studying  law  with 
Joseph  Bell,  but  became  a  Congregational  minister  and  was  pastor  in 
Dracut,  Mass.,  at  a  time  when   all   the    Congregationalists  of  Lowell 
attended  his  church.     E.  J.  Boardman,  who  was  the  first  principal  in  the 
new  brick  academy,  taught  in  1816-17,  and  was  followed  by  Cyrus  P. 
Grosvenor  in  1818,  whose  administration  was  not  successful.     Later  he 
won  an  enviable  reputation  as  an  educator,  and  was  president  of  Central 
College,  New  York.     Jesse  Kimball,  who  succeeded  him,  made  a  deep 
impression  for  good  upon  his  pupils.     He  was  followed  for  one  year  by 
Joseph  Porter  who  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  Andrew  Mack,  who  had 
been  a  tutor  at  Dartmouth,  before  coming  to  Haverhill  and  who  re- 
mained for  a  period  of  seven  years,  the  school  enjoying  a  period  of  great 


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prosperity,  a  large  number  of  its  graduates  going  to  Dartmouth.  Nathan 
G.  Dow  taught  for  a  year,  became  a  lawyer  in  Boston,  winning  marked 
success  in  his  profession. 

In  1829  Ephraim  Kingsbury  again  became  the  head  of  the  school,  and 
made  efforts  to  raise  its  standard  and  extend  its  scope.  Mr.  Kingsbury 
was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Haverhill,  was  a  lawyer  by  profession, 
but  was  active  in  many  directions,  was  town  clerk,  treasurer,  register  of 
deeds  for  many  years,  superintendent  of  schools,  secretary  of  the  academy 
trustees  and  was  regarded  as  an  authority  in  matters  educational.  Infirm- 
ities of  temper,  however,  extravagance  of  speech  and  conduct  often 
brought  him  into  needless  collision  with  his  pupils,  his  townsmen  and 
his  brethren  in  the  church,  leading  to  his  excommunication  from  the 
latter.  Arthur  Livermore  says  of  him:  "Kingsbury  was  of  comely 
proportions;  his  pale  face  denoted  refinement,  reserve,  and  the  infirm 
health  that  made  him  irritable.  I  remember  him  and  his  cleanly  office, 
redolent  of  paper  and  the  folios  which  covered  the  walls."  Though 
excommunicated  from  the  Congregational  Church,  he  evidently  did  not 
become  a  Methodist.  On  one  occasion  while  those  of  the  latter  faith  were 
holding  a  tent  meeting  on  the  Common  and  were  somewhat  demonstrative 
"Squire  Kingsbury  went  to  the  door  of  the  tent  and  read  the  riot  act  to 
the  meeting."  He  removed  to  Connecticut  about  1834  and  later  to  New 
York  where  he  died  in  1855.  An  example  of  his  extravagance  of  speech 
was  furnished  in  an  address  he  made  against  the  acceptance  by  the  town 
of  a  piece  of  bank  wall  on  the  Oliverian  highway  when  he  said  of  the  stone 
used  in  its  construction,  "I  could  put  any  three  stones  in  it  in  my  eye 
and  wink  with  perfect  ease." 

Mr.  Kingsbury  was  succeeded  by  Ambrose  Vose,  an  experienced 
teacher  who  remained  one  year,  when  Joseph  T.  Bodwell  was  principal 
for  ten  years.  During  his  term  he  was  assisted  by  his  Dartmouth  class- 
mate, John  Lord,  later  Dr.  John  Lord,  lecturer  and  historian.  There 
was  never  but  one  John  Lord.  While  teaching  in  the  academy  he  had  a 
name  for  each  of  his  pupils,  suggested  by  some  individual  peculiarity. 
He  became  a  Congregationalist  clergyman.  He  was  not  adapted  to  parish 
work,  but  was  delightful  on  the  platform,  and  his  "Modern  History  for 
Schools,"  "The  Old  Roman  World,"  "Ancient  States  and  Empires'"  and 
"Beacon  Lights  of  History"  are  his  monument  as  a  historian.  His 
examination  for  ordination  to  the  ministry,  before  a  Council  of  Congrega- 
tional ministers  and  laymen  is  said  to  have  been  a  somewhat  drastic  one. 
His  eccentricities  were  even  then  suspected  as  was  also  his  thorough 
orthodoxy.  "Mr.  Lord,"  said  one  of  his  venerable  inquisitors,  when 
the  subject  of  disinterested  benevolence  had  been  broached,  "would 
you  be  willing  to  be  damned  for  the  glory  of  God?"  "I  have  not  yet 
arrived  at  that  state  of  grace,"  the  harassed  candidate  replied,  "but  I 


156  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

am  willing  this  Council  should  be."  He  was  ordained.  He  was  a 
thoroughgoing,  extreme  independent,  or  Congregationalist  in  matters  of 
church  polity.  He  simply  had  no  use  whatever  for  ritual,  no  sympathy 
or  tolerance  for  the  rites  and  ceremonies  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  He  intended  his  only  son  for  the  Congregational  ministry. 
He  was  not  a  brilliant  boy,  but  had  managed  to  get  his  A.  B.  at  Dart- 
mouth, and  was  to  enter  Andover  according  to  his  father's  plan.  During 
the  vacation  season,  however,  he  electrified  his  father  one  morning  at 
breakfast  by  saying,  "I've  decided  not  to  go  to  Andover.  I  am  going 
to  be  an  Episcopal  minister,  and  wish  to  go  to  the  seminary  in  New 
York."  The  plans  and  hopes  cherished  by  Dr.  Lord  for  years  were 
rudely  shattered,  but  he  acquiesced.  "I  think  you  have,  perhaps,  decided 
rightly,  the  Episcopal  ministry  is  your  appropriate  place;  you  will  make 
your  mark;  you  have  no  brains,  no  learning,  no  religion,  God  help  you." 
The  son  did  not  live  to  realize  either  his  own  ambitions  or  those  of  his 
father.  Mr.  Bodwell  after  his  two  years  service  in  the  academy  took  a 
theological  course  at  Highbury  College,  London,  on  the  advice  of  Mr. 
Gibbs,  then  pastor  at  Haverhill,  and  his  first  pastoral  charge  was  in 
England  where  he  married.  Trained  to  speak  without  manuscript,  he 
was  much  in  request  as  a  lecturer  and  as  preacher  on  special  occasions 
after  his  return  to  this  country.  He  was  for  many  years  previous  to  his 
death,  professor  in  the  Hartford,  Conn.,  Theological  Seminary. 

Peter  T.  Washburn  was  the  successor  of  Mr.  Bodwell.  He  later  became 
distinguished  at  the  Vermont  bar,  and  was  governor  of  the  state  having 
previously  rendered  distinguished  service  in  the  war  for  the  Union. 
Daniel  F.  Merrill  was  principal  in  1836-37.  He  was  of  the  Dartmouth 
class  of  1836,  a  born  educator,  and  the  best  part  of  his  life  was  devoted  to 
teaching.  He  left,  on  account  of  his  health,  after  two  years  service,  and 
taught  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  for  upwards  of  twenty  years.  He  returned  to  the 
academy  again  in  the  autumn  of  1860,  and  was  at  its  head  till  1865,  when 
he  went  to  Washington  as  clerk  in  the  Treasury  Department  for  a  period 
of  twenty  years. 

H.  H.  Benson  was  principal  in  1838,  and  later  became  a  Congregation- 
alist clergyman.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  fall  of  1839  by  John  P.  Hum- 
phrey, who,  like  many  of  his  predecessors,  became  a  Congregational 
clergyman,  and  for  twenty  years  was  a  successful  pastor  in  Winchester, 
later  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  and  Winchendon,  Mass.  H.  H.  Hazeltine. 
a  classmate  at  Dartmouth,  succeeded  him  as  preceptor  of  the  academy 
while  the  building  was  occupied  by  the  courts.  After  the  trustees  had 
come  into  full  possession  of  the  academy,  an  opportunity  was  given  for 
greatly  enlarging  the  scope  of  the  work.  Thorough  repairs  with  neces- 
sary alterations  were  made  in  the  interior  of  the  building  and  in  1846  Rev. 
Herman  Rood  became  head  of  the  school  with  Miss  Catherine  Hitchcock 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  157 

as  lady  principal.  There  had  previously  been  a  separate  department  for 
girls  which  had  been  sustained  for  much  of  the  time  from  1818  to  1832. 
At  the  head  of  this  had  been  Miss  Ruth  Phelps  Morse,  Miss  Harriet 
Marsh  and  Miss  Kent,  whose  school  won  deservedly  a  fine  reputation. 
Her  schoolroom  was  on  the  second  floor  of  Henry  Towle's  building.  Miss 
Hitchcock,  assisted  by  Misses  Susan  and  Jane  Rood,  in  French,  instru- 
mental music  and  drawing,  gave  the  separate  girls  department  great 
popularity.  She  was  the  daughter  of  President  Hitchcock  of  Amherst 
College  and  became  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Storrs,  D.  D.  She  was 
succeeded  by  Miss  Lucinda  R.  Dewey  in  1847.  When  Mr.  Rood  resigned 
in  1849  the  academy  passed  under  the  control  of  Rev.  John  R.  Beane,  a 
retired  teacher  then  living  in  Haverhill,  who  agreed  to  maintain  a  female 
seminary  for  three  years  if  the  trustees  would  guarantee  him  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  dollars  a  year,  which  they  did.  Among  the  teachers  in  this 
period  were  Mrs.  Laura  M.  Carpenter,  Miss  Hannah  Page  and  Miss 
Catherine  McKean.  With  the  expiration  of  Mr.  Beane's  contract  in 
1852,  the  school  struggled  under  adverse  circumstances  until  1854,  when 
the  trustees  came  to  its  assistance  with  a  guarantee  fund  of  five  hundred 
dollars  a  year,  and  secured  the  services  as  principal  of  Edward  A.  Charl- 
ton, a  graduate  that  year  of  Dartmouth,  who  had  good  success  during  the 
single  year  of  his  administration.  He  was  the  author  of  "  New  Hampshire 
As  It  Is."  Chandler  Richards,  Dartmouth  '55,  succeeded  him  in  1855, 
and  Halsey  J.  Boardman,  and  Edward  M.  Denny  were  teachers  in  1856 
and  1857.  Mr.  Boardman  became  a  successful  Boston  lawyer,  and  Mr. 
Denny  rendered  distinguished  service  in  the  Civil  War.  Miss  Mandana 
F.  Buswell  was  assistant  principal  from  1854  to  1857,  when  she  became 
principal  for  the  next  four  years,  and  she  was  succeeded  by  Daniel  F. 
Merrill  who  remained  at  the  head  of  the  institution  till  1865,  when  Miss 
Buswell  returned  for  part  of  the  year.  Benjamin  M.  Hill  taught  in  1867 
and  Dr.  Kelley  in  1869. 

During  the  next  ten  years,  until  in  1880,  the  academy  was  merged  into 
the  public  school  system,  the  trustees  granted  the  use  of  some  of  the 
rooms  in  the  building  to  parties  who  conducted  private  schools,  and  in  the 
latter  part  of  this  period  school  districts  numbers  One  and  Seventeen 
were  given  accommodations  in  the  building  for  district  school  purposes. 
When  the  academy  became  in  1880  a  part  of  the  town  school  system,  it 
retained  and  still  retains  its  old  corporate  name  of  Haverhill  Academy, 
though  as  a  public  high  school,  its  work  is  upon  different  material,  its 
course  of  study,  and  its  aims  and  purposes  are  different  from  those  of  the 
old  historic  academy.  Its  subsequent  history  has  been  that  of  the  public 
school  system. 

The  New  England  academy  filled  an  important  place  in  the  develop- 
ment of  New  England  character  and  life,  and  among  these  New  England 


158  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

academies  that  of  Haverhill  holds  an  honored  place.  Scores  and  hun- 
dreds of  its  graduates  have  filled  positions  of  prominence  and  usefulness 
in  public  and  private  life.  It  never  had  the  benefit  of  an  endowment, 
except  the  comparatively  small  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  the  gift  of 
Mrs.  Mary  P.  Webster.  It  depended  on  the  sums  received  from  tuition, 
and  the  contributions  made  by  trustees  and  others  to  meet  current  ex- 
penses. Its  existence  was  a  standing  example  of  and  lesson  in  self- 
reliance.  Many  pupils  did  such  work  as  came  to  their  hands  to  earn 
money  to  pay  board  and  tuition,  and  in  the  first  half  of  the  last  century 
"high  cost  of  living " had  not  been  invented.  One  dollar  a  week  would  pay 
all  necessary  expenses  except  those  for  tuition  and  textbooks.  Nathan 
Clifford,  afterward  associate  justice  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
came  up  from  Rumney  and  did  night  and  morning  chores  for  his  board, 
in  the  home  of  John  Nelson,  and  there  were  many  others.  Arthur  Liver- 
more,  who  was  a  boy  student  in  1819-20,  in  his  reminiscences  at  the 
Continental  in  1891,  mentions  among  the  pupils  of  his  time,  Andrew  S. 
Woods,  chief-justice  of  New  Hampshire;  Levi  Bartlett  and  Horace  N. 
Soper,  successful  in  medicine  and  law  in  New  York;  Benjamin  W. 
Bouney,  a  leading  lawyer  in  New  York  City;  and  Warren  D.  Gookin, 
Cuban  sugar  planter  and  New  York  shipping  merchant.  Some  of  the 
names  of  others  who  were  students  both  in  former  and  later  years,  and 
who  have  won  distinction  in  professional  and  business  life  indicate  the 
usefulness  of  the  institution.  Among  those  entering  the  ministry  may  be 
mentioned  Michael  Gray,  Charles  Johnston,  Stephen  S.  and  Carlos 
Smith,  sons  of  the  Rev.  Ethan  Smith,  John  L.  Benjamin  and  Charles  H. 
Merrill,  sons  of  Dea.  Abel  K.  Merrill,  Levi  Rodgers,  Franklin  P.  Wood, 
Charles  H.  Barstow,  Charles  N.  Flanders,  and  Lucian  H.  Tracy.  The 
names  of  George  Barstow,  lawyer  and  historian;  John  Kimball,  lawyer  in 
New  Hampshire  and  Vermont;  Alfred  Barstow,  lawyer  and  jurist  in 
California;  Prescott  Hunt,  manufacturer  in  Boston;  James  W.  Bell, 
successful  decorator;  William  Merrill,  New  York  banker  and  broker; 
Joseph  B.  Morse,  educator;  Peabody  A.  Morse,  lawyer  and  jurist  in 
Louisiana  and  California;  George  W.  Morse,  distinguished  inventor; 
Thos.  L.  Nelson,  lawyer  and  U.  S.  circuit  judge;  Isaac  S.  Morse,  prom- 
inent Massachusetts  lawyer;  James  H.  Pearson,  wholesale  lumber  dealer,, 
Chicago;  John  A.  Page,  banker  and  Vermont  state  treasurer;  John 
Reding,  Boston  commission  merchant;  Jonathan  B.  Rowell,  lawyer  and 
congressman,  Illinois;  Lyman  D.  Stevens,  successful  lawyer  in  Concord; 
Edward  B.  Wilson,  wholesale  dry  goods  merchant,  Boston;  Nathaniel 
Wilson,  successful  lawyer  in  Maine;  Moses  S.  Page,  watch  and  diamond 
dealer,  Boston ; — these  are  a  few  who  went  out  from  the  academy  to  win 
more  than  ordinary  success,  position  and  fortune. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  159 

Of  the  influence  of  the  academy  on  the  village  and  town  of  Haverhill 
the  Rev.  J.  L.  Merrill  in  his  centennial  address  fitly  said : 

The  village  of  Haverhill  owes  its  early  reputation  for  culture  and  refinement  largely 
to  the  academy.  The  fact  that  the  courts  sat  here  and  were  frequented  by  the  most  able 
lawyers  in  New  Hampshire,  when  Ezekiel  Webster,  Jeremiah  Smith  and  John  Sullivan 
were  members  of  the  bar,  was  no  small  advantage  to  the  place.  Neither  was  it  any  slight 
thing  that  the  Congregational  church  of  the  village  was  one  of  the  strongest  and  most 
intelligent  in  this  vicinity,  and  Rev.  Ethan  Smith  lifted  high  the  standard  of  ministerial 
requirements  for  this  church.  The  travelers  also  that  passed  through  here  from  north, 
south,  east  and  west  were  not,  of  course,  an  unmixed  blessing  but  they  gave  the  citizens 
of  Haverhill  the  opportunity  of  meeting  a  great  variety  of  people,  and  the  intermingling 
of  divers  characters  helps  to  polish  the  mass.  More  potent,  however,  than  all  things 
else  was  the  academy,  to  keep  high  the  standard  of  intellectual  attainment. 

Few  families  felt  that  they  had  done  their  duty  if  they  had  not  given  their  children  a 
taste  of  academic  culture,  continuing  them  in  this  school  from  one  term  to  several  years, 
according  to  the  appetite  of  the  pupil  and  the  financial  ability  of  the  parents.  Parents 
who  were  not  self  moved  to  do  this  felt  the  contagion  of  their  environment.  It  was  the 
thing  to  do  in  Haverhill,  and  consequently  people  who  might  not  have  thought  of  it  in 
some  places  gave  their  children  academic  advantages  here. 

The  academy  had  a  strong  influence  on  the  district  schools  of  the  town 
and  vicinity.  The  fall  and  spring  terms  were  the  fullest.  In  the  first 
quarter  of  the  last  century  8  per  cent  of  the  young  men  in  attendance  at 
the  fall  term  were  teaching  district  schools  in  winter.  The  institution 
was  normal  school  as  well  as  academy. 

The  academy  as  a  part  of  the  public  school  system  of  the  town  has 
maintained  excellent  rank  as  a  high  school,  and  in  doing  the  work  of  such 
school  it  has  had  principals  and  teachers  well  qualified,  fit  successors  of 
the  old  academy  principals  and  teachers.  It  is  the  teacher  after  all  that 
makes  the  school.  Better  results  have  been  secured  by  the  erection  of 
the  new  academy  building  which  was  formally  dedicated  in  1897.  In 
these  latter  years  it  has  been  greatly  aided  by  the  income  from  the  hand- 
some bequest  of  the  late  Samuel  F.  Southard  amounting  to  about  $10,000 
— a  bequest  the  more  notable  in  that  it  was  made  by  one  who  only  enjoyed 
the  privileges  of  the  academy  for  a  comparatively  brief  time,  and  who  was 
not  a  native  of  the  town,  and  in  that  it  constitutes  the  only  permanent  fund 
by  which  the  school  benefits.  Mr.  Southard  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
May  17,  1813  [see  Genealogy]  and  came  to  Haverhill  with  his  parents 
when  but  nine  years  of  age.  His  father,  Aaron  Southard,  with  his  twin 
brother  Moses,  purchased  the  Col.  Asa  Porter  farm,  and  on  the  portion 
which  fell  to  his  lot  after  the  death  of  his  father,  he  spent  his  life  an  enter- 
prising, successful  farmer.  He  was  successful  because  he  merited  and 
won  success.  "A  citizen  of  sterling  integrity,  kind  and  generous  feelings, 
frank  and  manly  bearing,  he  enjoyed  the  friendship  and  esteem  of  the 
leading  men  of  his  section  of  the  state."  He  died  May  4,  1893,  and  Ha- 
verhill Academy  was  made  his  residuary  legatee. 


160  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

The  old  academy  building  was  by  no  means  abandoned  when  the  new 
one  was  erected  in  1896-97.  When  the  question  arose  as  to  the  disposi- 
tion to  be  made  of  it  Mr.  James  H.  Pearson  of  Chicago,  a  former  resident, 
offered  to  put  it  in  repair,  and  convert  its  interior  into  a  village  hall  and 
library.  This  he  did,  and  the  first  floor  is  now  transformed  into  a  hand- 
some and  commodious  hall,  with  convenient  stage  and  stairways  leading 
to  the  dressing  room  above.  On  the  second  floor  is  kitchen,  banquet 
room  on  one  side  and  on  the  other  there  was  a  well  furnished  room  for 
the  free  library  until  it  was  removed  to  the  county  building  on  Court 
Street  in  1916.  The  building  is  still  the  property  of  the  Haverhill  Acad- 
emy, and  furnishes  supplementary  advantages  and  privileges  for  the 
school. 

In  what  Haverhill  has  done  and  attempted  to  do  in  educational  matters, 
she  has  no  reason  to  decline  comparison  with  other  towns  in  the  state. 
Indeed  the  town  may  well  be  proud  of  its  educational  history. 

By  the  first  division  of  the  town  into  school  districts,  four  were  created 
all  on  the  river.  As  population  increased  these  were  divided  and  sub- 
divided until  before  the  return  to  the  town  system  of  schools  there  had 
been  no  less  than  twenty  districts,  each  with  a  schoolhouse  of  its  own, 
though  some  of  them  had  been  abandoned  for  school  purposes;  but  divi- 
sion and  subdivision  having  spent  its  course  reunion  and  consolidation 
had  already  set  in.  These  twenty  districts  were  situated  in  different 
parts  of  the  town  something  as  follows : 

1.  Haverhill  Corner,  south  of  the  Brook,  now  part  of  the  Academy  dis- 
trict. 

2.  Ladd  Street. 

3.  North  Haverhill. 

4.  Pine  Plain,  house  on  the  river  road  near  Bath  line,  now  transformed 
into  a  dwelling. 

5.  Brier  Hill,  house  on  main  road  known  as  Pine  Plain  district. 

6.  East  Haverhill,  house  near  foot  of  Morse  Hill,  in  what  has  been 
known  as  Jeffers  neighborhood. 

7.  Union  district  with  Piermont,  abandoned. 

8.  Pike. 

9.  Haverhill  Centre,  house  now  demolished,  stood  at  junction  of  Lime- 

kiln, and  County  road  to  Benton. 

10.  Haverhill  Centre,  house  at  junction  of  County  road,  and  road  leading 
to  Colby  hill. 

11.  Brier  Hill,  house  stood  on  road  leading  from  main  road  to  Swift  water. 

12.  Horse  Meadow,  little  brick  school  house  now  transformed  into  a 
tea  house. 

13.  Woodsville,  now  as  Woodsville  Union  High  School  district  separate 
and  distinct  from  the  town  system  of  schools. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  161 

14.  East  Haverhill. 

15.  District  of  which  the  old  stone  town  hall  was  the  centre. 

16.  On  the  Pond  road  to  the  road  leading  from  Swiftwater  to  Benton, 
school  building  not  now  standing. 

17.  Haverhill  Corner,  south  of   Court   Street,  now   part  of   Academy- 
district. 

18.  On  the  road  about  midway  between  "the  Brook"  and  Pike,  aban- 

doned. 

19.  The  Powers  district,  on  river  road  between  North  Haverhill  and  Ladd 

Street,  abandoned. 

20.  Limekiln  district,  house  stood  near  top  of  hill  on  road  from  No.  9 
to  No.  6,  abandoned. 

Under  the  town  system  schools  have  been  abandoned  in  districts  num- 
bered 4,  7,  9,  11,  12,  16,  17,  19  and  20. 


12 


CHAPTER   IX 


CIVIC   AND   POLITICAL 

Town  Meetings  from  1800  till  1918 — What  Was  Done  and  What  Failed — New 
Names — Exciting  Events — New  Town  Hall  and  Clerk's  Office — Town 
See-sawed — Appropriations  Grew  Larger  Year  by  Year. 

Haverhill  town  meetings  have  usually  indicated  an  active  interest  on 
the  part  of  the  voters  not  only  in  matters  pertaining  exclusively  to 
the  town,  but  to  those  of  the  state  and  nation  as  well.  With  the 
beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century  party  lines  began  to  be  drawn,  and  in 
no  state  in  the  Union  perhaps  was  there  a  more  rigid  regard  for  such  lines, 
both  in  state  and  nation,  than  in  New  Hampshire,  and  Haverhill  was 
imbued  with  the  New  Hampshire  spirit. 

Until  1788,  there  were  no  November  elections,  except  quadrennially 
for  presidential  elections.  State  and  county  officers  were  voted  for  at  the 
annual  March  meeting,  when  town  officers  were  chosen,  appropriations 
made  and  other  necessary  town  business  was  transacted.  For  many 
years  New  Hampshire's  vote  in  March  was  the  first  in  the  great  national 
campaigns,  and  as  an  indication  of  the  temper  of  the  people,  and  a  sign 
of  the  times,  it  excited  national  interest.  Times  were  seldom  dull  politi- 
cally in  New  Hampshire,  and  Haverhill  was  a  typical  New  Hampshire 
town.  Voters  kept  themselves  informed  on  the  issues  of  the  day.  Town 
meetings  were  spirited  affairs,  frequently  lasting  two  days  once  indeed 
seven  days.  Politically  the  town  see-sawed,  and  elections  were  often 
close,  and  the  contests  were  often  productive  of  intense  bitterness  of 
feeling  between  neighbors.  National,  state  and  local  politics  had  its 
influence  on  educational  affairs,  on  religion,  and  social  life.  The  town 
meetings,  with  their  results,  were  a  reflex  of  town  life,  and  furnished  a  most 
interesting  field  for  study.  The  votes  taken,  the  appropriations  made 
mark  the  progress  of  the  town.  The  list  of  town  officials,  even  the  minor 
ones,  tell  the  story  of  "Who's  been  Who"  in  Haverhill.  The  list  of 
moderators,  clerks,  treasurers,  selectmen  and  representatives  to  the 
General  Court  will  be  found  in  a  separate  chapter. 

1801.  At  the  annual  town  meeting,  March  10,  at  house  of  Samuel 
Bailey,  officers  chosen  were:  Collector  of  taxes,  John  Kimball,  who  was 
lowest  bidder  for  the  office,  16  cents  on  the  £;  constables,  Daniel  Stevens, 
Moses  Porter;  highway  surveyors,  Jona.  Elkins,  Avery  Sanders,  Moody 
Bedel,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Joshua  Howard,  Charles  Bruce,  John  Sanborn; 
fence  viewers,  John  Page,  Joshua  Howard ;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Stephen 

162 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  163 

Morse,  John  Clark;  tythingmen,  William  Cross,  William  Abbott; 
hogreeves,  Joseph  Bliss,  Cyrus  Alden,  John  Montgomery,  Richardson 
French.  The  vote  for  governor  was,  John  Taylor  Gilman,  Fedr.  61; 
Timothy  Walker,  Rep.  12. 

1802.  Annual  meeting  at  meeting  house.  Collector,  Capt.  Daniel 
Stevens;  constables,  Daniel  Stevens,  Zechariah  Bacon;  Highway  sur- 
veyors, Michael  Johnston,  Avery  Sanders,  Ephraim  Skinner,  Joseph 
Ladd,  Nathaniel  Runnells,  Stephen  Morse,  John  Kimball,  Joshua  How- 
ard; surveyors  of  lumber,  Stephen  Morse,  Jr.,  Richard  Gookin,  Moody 
Bedel;  tythingmen,  Jacob  Woodward,  Charles  Bruce;  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures,  Benjamin  Standring;  hogreeves,  Stephen  Morse,  3d, 
Samuel  Ladd,  Daniel  Stevens,  Jahhleel  Willis,  Daniel  S.  George,  Moses 
Abbott,  Moses  Horn;  vote  for  governor,  John  T.  Gilman,  58:  John 
Langdon,  18.  Appropriations:  for  highways,  $600;  schools,  $333.34; 
town  charges,  $200;  preaching,  $300. 

1803.  Annual  meeting  at  house  of  Joshua  Howard.  Collector  of 
taxes,  Moses  Abbott  at  5  cents  on  a  dollar;  constables,  Moses  Abbott, 
Daniel  Stevens;  highway  surveys,  David  Webster,  Avery  Sanders, 
John  Montgomery,  Phineas  Ayer,  William  Dame,  Samuel  Gould,  John 
Kimball,  Ebenezer  Whitaker;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Uriah  Ward, 
Nathaniel  Merrill;  fence  viewers,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  John  Page; 
tythingmen,  Amos  Horn,  William  Abbott;  hogreeves,  David  Stevens, 
Bryan  Kay,  Uriah  Ward;  vote  for  governor,  John  T.  Gilman,  Federalist, 
74;  John  Langdon,  Republican,  22.  Appropriations:  highways,  $600; 
schools,  $333.34;  bridges,  $70;  town  charges,  $200;  sexton  for  ringing 
meeting  house  bell  one  year,  $25.  Voted  for  "  smallpox  by  way  of  inocula- 
tion." 

1804.  Annual  meeting  at  meeting  house,  March  13.  Vote  for 
governor,  John  T.  Gilman,  Federalist,  86;  John  Langdon,  Republican, 
29.  A  board  of  assessors  was  chosen  for  the  first  time,  Moody  Bedel, 
Nathaniel  Merrill,  John  Montgomery.  Appropriations:  highways,  on 
Main  road,  $300;  on  back  roads,  $300;  town  charges,  $100. 

At  the  meeting  November  5,  for  election  of  presidential  electors,  the 
Federal  ticket  headed  by  Oliver  Peabody  received  81  votes;  the  Jeffer- 
sonian  or  Democratic  ticket  headed  by  John  Goddard,  33.  New  Hamp- 
shire, by  a  narrow  margin,  swung  away  from  Federation  and  voted  for 
Jefferson. 

1805.  Annual  meeting,  March  12,  at  dwelling  house  of  Benjamin 
Morrison.  Vote  for  governor,  John  Taylor  Gilman,  Fed.,  90;  John 
Langdon,  Dem.,  64.  Party  lines  were  not  so  closely  drawn  as  to  prevent 
Charles  Johnston,  Federalist  from  receiving  135  votes  for  treasurer,  and 
Samuel  Brooks,  another  Haverhill  Federalist,  the  same  number,  only 
one  vote  being  cast  against  each. 


164  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

1806.  Annual  meeting  at  meeting  house,  March  11.  Vote  for  gov- 
ernor, John  Langdon,  Democrat,  75;  Oliver  Peabody,  55.  The  Demo- 
crats also  elected  their  candidate  for  representative  to  General  Court, 
Nathaniel  Merrill,  but  Samuel  Brooks,  Federalist,  received  131  votes  for 
register  of  deeds,  practically  a  unanimous  vote.  Collector  of  taxes,  Moody 
Bedel,  at  3  cents  on  a  dollar;  constables,  Moody  Bedel,  Zacheus  Bacon; 
highway  surveyors,  Amos  Blood,  John  Pike,  Richard  Gookin,  Nathaniel 
Merrill,  Amos  Kimball,  Ephraim  Wesson,  Ebenezer  Whitaker;  surveyors 
of  lumber,  Jacob  Ladd,  Peter  Johnson;  surveyor  of  wood  and  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  Samuel  Brooks;  tythingmen,  Samuel  Ladd, 
Peter  Johnson;  poundkeeper,  Samuel  Ladd;  hogreeves,  Joseph  Elkins, 
George  Woodward,  David  Mitchell,  Isaac  Pearson,  James  Sanders, 
Zach.  Bacon,  Moses  Morse,  Jacob  Abbott.  Appropriations:  schools, 
$300;  highways,  $500,  in  labor;  town  charges,  $200. 

1807.  Annual  meeting  at  meeting  house,  North  Parish,  March  10. 
Governor  vote,  John  Langdon,  Democrat,  66;  Oliver  Peabody,  Federalist, 
34.  In  the  entire  state  this  year  only  16,861  votes  were  cast,  of  which 
Langdon  received  13,912.  Collector,  Zach.  Bacon,  3  cents  on  the  dollar; 
constables,  Zach.  Bacon,  Jacob  L.  Corliss;  highway  surveyors,  Michael 
Johnston,  Uriah  Ward,  Richard  Gookin,  Timothy  A.  Edson,  Richardson 
French,  John  Kimball,  Caleb  Morse;  fence  viewers,  John  Page,  Zachariah 
Bacon;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Gen.  Moody  Bedel,  Capt.  Stephen  Morse; 
tythingmen,  Mr.  John  Smith  (he  had  been  deposed  from  the  ministry 
a  year  earlier,  for  gross  immorality),  Andrew  S.  Crocker,  Esq.;  pound- 
keepers,  Samuel  Ladd,  Nathaniel  Merrill;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures, 
Samuel  Brooks;  hogreeves,  James  Porter,  John  Jeffers,  Jesse  Woodward, 
Zach.  Bacon,  Edward  King.  Appropriations:  schools,  $300;  town 
charges,  $200;  bridge  and  highways,  $800,  one  third  to  be  paid  in  money 
to  be  laid  out  under  the  direction  of  the  selectmen.  Voted  to  allow 
David  Ladd  $40  on  account  of  sickness  in  his  family. 

1808.  Annual  Meeting,  South  Parish  meeting  house,  March  8. 
Governor  vote,  John  Langdon,  Democrat,  10;  Oliver  Peabody,  Feder- 
alist, 20;  John  T.  Gilman,  Fed.  1.  Collector,  Capt.  Stephen  Morse  at 
3  cents  on  the  dollar;  constables,  J.  L.  Corliss,  Zach.  Bacon;  highway 
surveyors,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Clark  Woodward,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr., 
John  True,  John  Kimball,  Cyrus  Allen,  Ebenezer  Whitaker,  Asa  Ladd; 
fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnston,  Zach.  Bacon;  surveyors  of  lumber, 
Richard  Gookin,  Stephen  Morse;  tythingman,  William  Cross;  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  Samuel  Brooks;  sealer  of  leather,  Richard 
Gookin;  hogreeves,  John  Nelson,  Esq.,  John  C.  Butler,  Edward  Towle, 
James  Abbott,  Jr.,  Z.  Bacon,  Caleb  Morse.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$800,  $300  in  money  to  be  laid  out  by  the  selectmen;  schools,  $350;  town 
charges,  $400. 


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At  the  meeting  November  4,  1808,  for  voting  for  presidential  electors, 
a  decided  political  change  appeared.  The  policy  of  the  Jefferson  admin- 
istration was  disapproved  by  a  vote  of  122  for  the  Federalist  electoral 
ticket  headed  by  Jeremiah  Smith,  to  59  for  the  Democratic  ticket  headed 
by  John  Langdon. 

1809.  Annual  meeting  at  North  meeting  house,  March  14.  Gov- 
ernor vote,  Jeremiah  Smith,  Federalist,  123;  John  Langdon,  Democrat 
47.  The  embargo  laws  had  aroused  New  Hampshire  as  well  as  the  rest 
of  New  England,  and  Langdon  who  had  been  elected  governor  the  year 
before,  almost  without  opposition,  was  defeated  by  the  Federalist  candi- 
date, Smith.  In  Haverhill  there  was  a  Federalist  landslide.  Collector, 
Stephen  Morse;  constables,  Stephen  Morse,  Jacob  Williams;  highway 
surveyors,  Jonathan  Nelson,  John  Montgomery,  Moody  Ladd,  David 
Merrill,  Jacob  Bailey,  John  Carr,  John  Jeffers,  Asa  Ladd;  fence  viewers, 
Nathaniel  Merrill,  Michael  Johnston;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Timothy  B. 
Bayley,  R.  Goodkin,  John  True;  tythingman,  Stephen  Morse;  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures,  Samuel  Brooks ;  sealer  of  leather,  Richard  Gookin. 
Article  14  of  the  town  meeting  warrant  was:  "To  express  by  vote  or 
resolutions  the  opinion  of  the  town  upon  the  alarming  state  of  public 
affairs."  John  Nelson,  George  Woodward  and  Nathaniel  Merrill  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  take  the  article  into  consideration  and  before 
the  meeting  adjourned  they  reported  lengthy  and  elaborate  resolutions, 
evidently  carefully  prepared  beforehand,  which  were  adopted  and  the 
selectmen  were  ordered  "to  get  them  printed  in  the  Coos  Courier.  These 
resolutions  passed  were  the  following: 

Resolved  As  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  the  present  situation  of  our  country  both  in 
its  internal  and  external  relations  is  truly  interesting  and  alarming,  and  furnishes  an 
extraordinary  occasion  for  the  expression  of  public  opinion. 

Resolved  That  we  hold  it  an  essential  and  established  right  secured  both  by  our 
Fraternal  and  State  constitutions,  and  on  great  and  extraordinary  conjunctions,  the 
solemn  duty  of  the  people  peaceably  to  assemble  and  express  their  sentiments  and 
consult  together  for  the  common  good.  While  the  citizens  now  assembled  claim  this 
right  and  vindicate  this  truth,  they  disclaim  the  principle  of  resistance  to  any  Constitu- 
tional law  of  their  country.  They  claim  merely  the  right  to  express  their  solemn  and 
dispassionate  opinion  of  the  measures  of  their  rulers,  and  to  bring  their  complaints  before 
them,  believing,  that  elevated  to  power  for  the  benefit  of  the  people,  and  accountable 
to  them  for  the  correctness  of  their  conduct  in  office,  they  will  be  inclined  to  respect  the 
opinions  and  listen  to  the  complaints  of  their  constituents.     .     .     . 

Resolved  That  we  have  viewed  with  deep  regret  and  concern  the  total  destruction  of 
our  foreign,  and  the  increasing  embarrasments  imposed  upon  our  domestic  commerce 
by  certain  laws  of  the  United  States  called  the  Embargo  laws.  Nor  are  our  anxiety 
and  concern  in  any  way  diminished  by  the  extraordinary  measures  in  which  the  same 
laws  have  been  enforced.  Indeed  the  late  law  enforcing  the  Embargo  has  called  forth 
our  astonishment  and  surprise.  We  have  been  anxious  for  the  safety  of  our  public 
Rights  and  Liberties.  We  have  feared  that  the  Constitution  of  our  Country  has  been 
violated.     .     .     . 


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Resolved  That  we  are  ready  to  expose  ourselves  to  any  hazard  and  to  meet  any  sacrifice 
of  life  or  fortune  to  preserve  the  peace,  safety,  honor  and  liberties  of  our  Country  when- 
ever they  shall  be  in  danger. 

Resolved  That  in  the  opinion  of  the  citizens  now  assembled,  the  Embargo  Policy, 
adopted  and  persevered  in  by  the  late  administration,  has  not  consulted  the  dignity  nor 
interest  of  the  Nation,  nor  have  the  immense  sacrifices  and  losses  thereby  imposed  upon 
the  people  been  called  for  by  the  safety,  honor,  or  independence  of  the  United  States. 

These  resolutions  and  other  of  like  towns  reveal  the  feeling  which  existed 
throughout  New  England,  and  which  was  especially  dominant  in  Haverhill. 
Smith  was  elected  governor  over  Langdon  by  a  majority  of  about  250  in 
a  total  vote  of  nearly  31,000,  and  for  the  next  six  years  the  parties  in  this 
state  were  nearly  equally  divided.  The  Democrats  did  not  return  to 
power  in  Haverhill  till  1816.  Appropriations:  highways,  $800,  $300  to  be 
paid  in  money;  schools,  $400;  town  charges,  $300;  to  hire  preaching  $200. 

1810.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  13.  Vote  for 
governor,  Jeremiah  Smith,  120;  John  Langdon,  77.  Chas.  Johnston  and 
Samuel  Brooks  no  longer  received  unanimous  votes  for  county  treasurer 
and  registrar  of  deeds,  respectively.  They  each  had  their  party  vote  and 
no  more.  Collector  of  taxes,  Stephen  Morse  at  2|  cents;  constables, 
Stephen  Morse,  Jacob  Williams;  highway  surveyors,  Josiah  Elkins, 
John  Pike,  Benjamin  Swan,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  Jacob  Bailey,  Stephen 
Morse,  2d,  Ebenezer  Whitaker,  David  Clark;  fence  viewers,  Michael 
Johnston,  Jacob  Bailey;  sealer  of  leather,  Richard  Gookin;  tythingman, 
Stephen  Morse;  hogreeves,  William  Burston,  Timothy  Bedel,  James 
Morse,  Joseph  Morse,  John  S.  Sanborn,  Alpheus  Ladd.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $800;  schools,  $400;  town  charges,  $300.  It  was  voted  not 
to  hire  preaching. 

1811.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  12.  Governor 
vote,  John  Langdon,  Democrat,  65;  Jeremiah  Smith,  Federalist,  106. 
Collector  of  taxes  and  constable,  Stephen  Morse;  highway  surveyors, 
Isaac  Pearson,  George  Woodward,  John  Smith,  Thomas  Morse,  Jacob 
Bayley,  Charles  Bruce,  Billy  Porter,  David  Clark;  fence  viewers, 
Richard  Gookin,  Nathaniel  Merrill;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures, 
Jacob  Williams;  tythingmen,  Stephen  Morse,  Joseph  Pearson;  sur- 
veyors of  lumber,  Timothy  B.  Bailey,  Stephen  Morse;  hogreeves,  Joseph 
Jones,  Jr.,  Moses  Campbell.  Appropriations:  highways,  $700;  schools, 
amount  required  by  law;  town  charges,  $400. 

1812.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  10.  Governor 
vote,  John  Taylor  Gilman,  Fed.,  95;  William  Plumer,  Dem.,  90;  collector 
of  taxes,  Stephen  Morse;  constables,  Stephen  Morse,  Israel  Swan;  high- 
way surveyors,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Clark  Woodward,  Moses  Campbell,  John 
Kimball,  John  Carr,  Billy  Porter,  David  Clark;  fence  viewers,  John 
Kimball,  Michael  Johnston;  tythingmen,  William  Cross,  Jacob  Wood- 
ward; culler  of  staves,  Nathaniel  Runnells;  surveyor  of  lumber,  John 


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True,  Timothy  B.  Bayley;  sealer  of  leather,  Richard  Goodkin;  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  Jacob  Williams;  corder  of  wood,  John  Osgood; 
hayward,  Jona.  Soper;  auditors,  Ezra  Bartlett,  David  Merrill.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $600;  to  repair  bridges,  $100;  town  charges,  $500. 

At  the  presidential  and  Congressional  election  in  November  the 
Federal  or  anti-war  party  were  triumphant.  The  electoral  ticket 
headed  by  Oliver  Peabody  received  120  votes  to  72  for  the  Democratic 
ticket  headed  by  John  Langdon.  The  Congressional  ticket  headed  by 
Daniel  Webster,  Fed.,  120  votes;  that  by  John  F.  Parrott,  69  votes. 

1813.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  9.  Governor 
vote,  John  T.  Gilman,  Fed.,  135;  William  Plumer,  Dem.,  86.  Collector 
of  taxes,  Timothy  B.  Bailey  at  1  per  cent;  constables,  Jona.  Sinclair, 
Zachariah  Bacon;  highway  surveyors,  John  Pike,  Joshua  Woodward, 
Obadiah  Swasey,  John  Kimball,  John  Emerson,  Enoch  Chase;  surveyors 
of  lumber,  Timothy  B.  Bailey,  Timothy  A.  Edson;  corders  of  wood, 
Edward  Towle,  Noah  Davis;  tythingmen,  Ross  Conn,  Asa  Porter;  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  John  Osgood;  auditors,  Ephraim  Kingsbury, 
Ezra  Bartlett,  Joseph  Bell.  The  vote  for  the  senater  was,  Moses  P. 
Payson,  Federalist,  104;  Stephen  P.  Webster,  Democrat,  71;  for  register 
of  deeds,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Federalist,  103;  John  Page,  Jr.,  Democrat, 
69.  Appropriations:  highways,  $600,  one  half  in  money,  to  be  expended 
by  the  selectmen;  town  charges,  $400;  for  hiring  preaching  to  be  expended 
at  the  discretion  of  the  selectmen,  $200.  A  special  town  meeting  was 
held  on  August  31  of  this  year  to  take  into  consideration  matters  per- 
taining to  the  war  then  in  progress,  and  an  account  of  this  meeting  will 
be  found  in  a  subsequent  chapter. 

1814.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  November  8.  Governor 
vote,  William  Plumer,  Dem.,  73;  John  T.  Gilman,  Fed.,  129;  straight  party 
vote  for  other  officers;  collector  of  taxes,  Stephen  Morse,  ItV  per  cent; 
constables,  Stephen  Morse,  Timothy  B.  Bailey;  highway  surveyors, 
John  Pike,  Richard  Gookin,  John  Morse,  1st,  Amos  Kimball,  Jr.,  Daniel 
Carr,  Thomas  Davis,  David  Clark;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  John 
Osgood;  corders  of  wood,  Edward  Towle,  Thomas  Morse;  hayward, 
Jacob  Williams;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Jacob  Bailey,  Timothy  B.  Bailey, 
Horace  H.  Goodwin,  Timothy  B.  Edson;  culler  of  staves,  Nathaniel 
Runnells;  auditors,  Joseph  Bell,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Dr.  Edward  Carle- 
ton;  on  revision  of  constitution,  yes  1,  no  172.  Appropriations:  high- 
ways, $1,000,  $400  in  money,  balance  in  labor  at  8  cents  per  hour;  town 
charges,  $450;  to  hire  preaching,  article  dismissed. 

1815.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  14.  Governor 
vote,  William  Plumer,  Democrat,  69;  John  T.  Gilman,  Federalist,  119; 
collector  of  taxes,  Stephen  Morse,  3  per  cent;  constables,  Stephen  Morse, 
Jona.  Sinclair;  highway  surveyors,  Israel  Swan,  Isaac  Pearson,  Daniel 


168  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Morse,  John  S.  Sanborn,  Enoch  Chase,  Caleb  Morse,  Robert  Forsaith; 
tythingmen,  John  Nelson,  John  Punshard,  John  Kimball,  Stephen  Morse, 
Clark  Woodward,  John  Osgood,  Ebenezer  Whitaker,  John  Smith,  Eph- 
raim  Crouch,  Asa  Ladd  (it  was  determined  to  enforce  a  more  rigid  observ- 
ance of  the  Lord's  Day  than  had  been  the  custom  for  several  years) ; 
fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnston,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr.,  Thomas  Morse; 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  Israel  Swan;  sealer  of  leather,  John  Smith; 
corders  of  wood,  Joseph  Bell,  Benjamin  Merrill,  Richard  Gookin,  John 
Punchard;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Stephen  Morse,  Timothy  A.  Edson, 
Jabez  Brown,  Joseph  Ladd;  pound  keeper,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr.;  auditors, 
Joseph  Bell,  Edmund  Carleton,  Jno.  Kimball,  Noah  Davis.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $400  in  money  for  bridges,  $600  in  labor  on  roads; 
schools,  $500;  town  charges,  $450. 

1816.  Annual  meeting,  March  12,  North  meeting  house.  Governor 
vote,  James  Sheaf e,  Fed.,  107;  William  Plumer,  Dem.,  112.  The  town 
was  once  more  Democratic,  and  elected  Stephen  P.  Webster  representa- 
tive to  General  Court.  Collector  of  taxes,  Isaac  Pearson,  at  2  per  cent; 
constables,  Jona.  Sinclair,  Isaac  Pearson,  John  Kimball;  highway  survey- 
ors, Jona.  Sinclair,  Jesse  Woodward,  David  Merrill,  John  Kimball,  Jacob 
M.  White,  Joseph  Flanders,  Jr.,  Asa  Ladd;  fence  viewers,  Michael  Johns- 
ton, Benjamin  Morse;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Chester  Farman,  Obadiah 
Swasey;  corders  of  wood,  Benjamin  Merrill,  Jno.  True;  cullers  of  staves, 
Nathaniel  Runnells,  Ahira  Wright;  auditors,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr.,  Edmund 
Carleton,  Joseph  Bell,  John  Kimball,  Noah  Davis;  tythingman,  Jno. 
Kimball.  Voted  that  all  instructors  in  schools  be  examined  by  the  super- 
intending committee  previous  to  beginning  to  teach.  Appropriations: 
highways  and  bridges,  $600;  schools,  $500;  town  charges,  $900. 

Presidential  election,  November  4.  Vote  for  Federal  electors,  72; 
Democrats,  75. 

1817.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  Governor  vote,  scattering  2; 
James  Sheafe,  Fed.,  94;  William  Plumer,  Dem.,  103.  Collector,  Jno. 
Kimball,  3  per  cent;  highway  surveyors  (town  divided  into  seven  high- 
way districts),  (1)  Edward  Towle,  (2)  Richard  Gookin,  (3)  Timothy 
A.  Edson,  (4)  John  Kimball,  (5)  Moses  N.  Morse,  (6)  Joseph  Flanders, 
Jr.,  (7)  Henry  A.  Chellis;  fence  viewers,  Jno.  Page,  Jr.,  Timothy  A.  Edson, 
John  Kimball;  sealer  of  leather,  Jno.  Smith;  sealer  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures, Jno.  Osgood;  corders  of  wood,  Benjamin  Merrill,  John  True; 
surveyors  of  lumber,  Joseph  Ladd,  Chester  Farman;  culler  of  staves, 
Benjamin  Merrill,  poundkeeper,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. ;  tythingmen,  John  Kim- 
ball, Chester  Farman;  hay  ward,  Jno.  Sinclair;  firewards,  Richard  Gookin, 
Ephraim  Kingsbury,  John  Pike,  Jabez  Brown,  Thomas  Morse,  Obadiah 
Swasey;  auditors,  same  as  previous  year.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$600  in  labor  at  8  cents  per  hour;  schools,   $500;  town  charges  and  to 


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rebuild  bridge  over  Poole  brook,  $1,580.     The  boundaries  of  nine  school 
districts,  into  which  it  was  voted  in  1815  to  divide  the  town,  were  fixed. 

1818.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  16.  Governor 
vote,  Jeremiah  Mason,  86;  William  Plumer,  94.  Collector  of  taxes, 
John  Kimball,  at  2\  cent;  constables,  Jno.  Kimball,  Jona.  Sinclair;  high- 
way surveyors,  District  1,  William  G.  Page,  (2)  Chester  Farman,  (3) 
John  C.  Morse,  (4)  Amos  Kimball,  (5)  Jacob  M.  White,  (6)  Jno.  Hartwell, 
(7)  Ralph  Webster;  tythingmen,  John  Page,  Jr.,  Jno.  Kimball,  Benjamin 
Merrill;  fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnston,  Obadiah  Swasey;  sealer  of 
leather,  Jno.  Kimball,  Richard  Gookin;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures, 
Israel  Swan;  corders  of  wood,  John  True,  Henry  Towle;  surveyors  of 
lumber,  T.  A.  Edson,  Jabez  Brown,  Joseph  Ladd;  culler  of  staves,  Nathan- 
iel F.  Hurd;  hayward,  Benjamin  Merrill;  firewards,  Ephraim  Kingsbury, 
Richard  Gookin,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Jno.  Pike,  Jabez  Brown;  hogreeves, 
John  Stearns,  Jno.  W.  Milliken,  John  Farnum,  Amos  Kimball,  Jr.,  James 
King.  Appropriations:  highways,  $700,  $100  to  be  in  money  to  be 
laid  out  by  selectmen;  schools,  $500;  town  charges,  $1,200.  It  was  voted 
that  the  selectmen  have  power  to  dispose  of  the  town  paupers  at  auction 
at  any  time  they  may  think  proper.  In  connection  with  this  it  was  also 
voted  that  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  John  Montgomery  and  John  Kimball 
be  a  committee  to  consider  the  expediency  of  building  a  poor  house,  and 
report  at  the  next  meeting.  "Voted  that  no  sheep  or  swine  run  at 
large  within  100  rods  of  the  North  and  South  meeting  houses  or  court 
house  from  April  1  to  October  31  under  penalties  of  law  passed  January 
17,  1811."  "Voted  that  the  town  is  willing  to  have  that  part  of  Bath 
south  of  the  Ammonoosuc  River  and  west  of  road  leading  from  David 
Rowell's  to  Bath  Village  annexed  to  Haverhill."  Nothing  ever  came  of 
this,  for  while  Haverhill  seemed  willing  to  receive,  Bath  was  not  willing 
to  give.  John  Page,  Jr.,  Piermont,  was  chosen  representative,  defeating 
Moody  Bedel. 

1819.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  9.  Governor 
vote,  William  Hale,  Fed.,  78;  Samuel  Bell,  Dem.,  91.  The  town  had 
become  admittedly  Democratic,  and  there  was  not  a  large  vote.  John 
Page,  Jr.,  was  again  elected  representative.  Collector  of  taxes,  Stephen 
Morse,  3  per  cent;  constables,  John  C.  Morse,  John  H.  Sinclair;  highway 
surveyors,  District  1,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  (2)  Ezekiel  Ladd,  (3)  Obadiah 
Swasey,  (4)  Jno.  Kimball,  (5)  John  Carr,  (6)  Peter  Whitaker,  (7)  Ralph 
Webster;  fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnston,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Jno.  Kim- 
ball; sealer  of  leather,  Richard  Gookin,  who  was  directed  to  procure  a 
suitable  seal  at  the  expense  of  the  town;  culler  of  staves,  Simeon  Olms- 
stead;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Oliver  Davison,  Joseph  Ladd,  T.  A.  Edson, 
Jabez  Brown;  tythingmen,  Edward  Towle,  John  Kimball;  hayward, 
Jacob  Williams;  auditors,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Edmund  Carleton,  Joseph  Bell, 


170  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

John  Kimball,  Noah  Davis;  hogreeves,  John  L.  Wright,  Alfred  Nevins, 
Ezra  Sanborn,  Joseph  Wyman,  Phenias  Gould,  Nathaniel  F.  Hunt;  com- 
mittee to  examine  teachers  and  visit  and  examine  schools,  Grant  Powers, 
Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Stephen  P.  Webster,  Jno.  Smith,  Jno.  Kimball, 
Stephen  R.  Page,  Jno.  Nelson.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,000,  $400 
to  be  raised  in  money;  schools,  $600;  town  charges,  $500. 

1820.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  14.  The  Fed- 
eralist party  had  pretty  much  gone  out  of  existence  in  1820  in  New  Hamp- 
shire as  well  as  elsewhere  in  the  nation.  In  1819  their  candidate  for 
governor  received  but  8,860  votes  to  13,761  for  Samuel  Bell,  Dem.,  and 
in  1820  they  made  no  nominations.  Samuel  Bell  received  22,212  out  of 
a  total  vote  of  24,771,  the  remainder  being  classed  as  scattering.  In 
Haverhill  he  received  212,  and  John  Page,  Jr.,  was  again  elected  repre- 
sentative. Collector  of  taxes,  Stephen  Morse,  3  per  cent;  constables, 
Uriah  Ward,  John  C.  Morse.  The  number  of  highway  districts  was 
increased,  and  highway  surveyors  were,  John  Sinclair,  Benjamin  Swan, 
Jona.  Wilson,  Jno.  C.  Morse,  Amos  Kimball,  Jr.,  Ezra  Sanborn,  Richard 
French,  Jacob  M.  White,  Caleb  Morse,  Luther  Warren,  Jacob  Fuller, 
Jno.  L.  Corliss,  Ralph  Webster;  fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnston,  Oba- 
diah  Swasey;  sealers  of  leather,  Daniel  Worthen,  Benjamin  Merrill; 
surveyors  and  inspectors  of  shingles,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Richard  Gookin; 
auditors  same  as  previous  year;  school  committee,  same  with  exception 
of  preceptor  of  academy  for  the  time  being;  tythingman,  William  Barstow; 
hay  ward,  Samuel  Page;  firewards,  same  as  previous  year;  there  was 
pretty  much  a  new  list  of  hogreeves,  the  office  having  come  to  be  con- 
sidered in  the  light  of  a  joke,  Samuel  Page,  Nathaniel  Kimball,  Henry 
Stearns,  Francis  D.  Kimball,  David  Worthen,  Austen  Ladd.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $800  in  labor,  $200  in  money;  schools,  $600;  town 
charges,  $300. 

At  the  Congressional  and  Presidential  election  November  6,  a  light 
vote  was  polled.  The  largest  vote  for  members  of  Congress  was  66  for 
Arthur  Livermore,  and  the  largest  for  presidential  electors  was  61  for 
Ezra  Bartlett. 

1821.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  November  13.  No 
contest  again  for  governor.  Samuel  Bell,  Dem.,  167.  Collector  of  taxes, 
Jacob  Williams,  3  cents;  constables,  John  C.  Morse,  John  H.  Sinclair; 
highway  surveyors,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Isaac  Pearson,  T.  A.  Edson, 
David  Worthen,  Jno.  Kimball,  Ezra  Sanborn,  Daniel  Carr,  Cyrus  Allen, 
Thomas  Davis,  Daniel  Sargent,  Stephen  Farnsworth,  David  Leonard; 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  John  Osgood;  sealer  of  leather,  Daniel 
Worthen;  corders  of  wood,  Jno.  Punchard,  Samuel  B.  Wright;  surveyor 
of  lumber,  same  as  previous  year;  culler  of  staves,  Joseph  Ladd;  hay  ward, 
Benjamin  Merrill;  school  committee,   auditors  and  firewards  same  as 


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previous  year.  Appropriations:  highways,  $200  in  money,  $800  in 
labor  at  8  cents  an  hour;  schools,  $600;  town  charges,  $400.  On  the 
question  of  a  convention  to  revise  the  constitution,  yes  0,  no  82.  It  was 
voted  that  no  swine  be  permitted  to  run  in  the  roads  or  commons. 
"Voted  that  two  hearses  and  appurtenances  be  purchased  for  the  use  of 
the  town.  It  was  certainly  a  meeting  where  no  partisanship  prevailed. 
Evidence  of  this  is  seen  in  the  election  of  Joseph  Bell  as  representative 
to  the  General  Court.  It  is  doubtful  if  there  had  been  a  more  uncom- 
promising Federalist  than  he,  and  his  election  must  bear  testimony  to 
his  pre-eminent  ability.     A  second  term,  however,  did  not  come  till  later. 

1822.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  12.  Governor 
Bell  had  no  opposition  for  re-election.  He  received  197  votes,  Ezra 
Bartlett  for  councillor  195,  Arthur  Livermore  for  senator  198,  and  Eph- 
raim  Kingsbury  for  register  of  deeds,  200.  John  L.  Corliss  was  elected 
representative.  Mr.  Corliss  had  always  been  identified  with  the 
Democratic  party.  The  vote  for  representative  was  not  made  a  matter 
of  record  until  1832.  Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb  Morse  at  3f  cents; 
constables,  John  H.  Sinclair,  John  C.  Morse;  highway  surveyors,  Edward 
Towle,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  James  Hibbard,  George  Banfield,  Francis  D. 
Kimball,  Nathan  Heath,  Jahleel  Willis,  Jacob  M.  White,  Benjamin  Davis, 
Carleton  Batchelder,  Roswell  Wilmot,  Simeon  Stafford,  David  Webster; 
tythingmen,  Chester  Farman,  John  Kimball;  fence  viewers,  Michael 
Johnston,  Thomas  Morse,  John  True,  Isaac  Pearson;  other  minor  officers 
were  the  same  as  in  1821,  except  that  there  was  a  new  set  of  hogreeves, 
headed  by  Joseph  Bell,  who  had  failed  of  re-election  as  representative. 
The  others  were  Jacob  Bell,  Austin  Ladd,  Perley  Aj^er,  Stephen  Farnum, 
Moses  Stevens,  George  Banfield,  Amos  Kimball,  Phineas  Gould.  Appro- 
priations: same  as  previous  year.  "Voted  that  Dr.  I.  P.  Woodward  be 
paid  $30  for  vaccinating  all  persons  who  have  not  had  Kine  or  smallpox, 
provided  they  assemble  at  the  schoolhouses,  such  as  cannot  at  their  homes, 
and  that  he  visit  them  at  their  homes  until  they  have  had  Kinepox." 
At  the  Congressional  election,  September  16,  Dr.  Woodward  brought  in  a 
bill  for  $138  as  the  total  expense  of  vaccination,  and  it  was  voted  that  the 
selectmen  allow  him  such  sum  as  they  deem  best. 

1823.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  11.  Until  this 
year  the  Democratic  members  of  the  legislature,  at  the  June  session  had 
been  in  the  habit  of  naming  the  candidate  for  governor  to  be  supported 
at  the  succeeding  March  election.  In  June,  1822,  they  had  nominated 
Samuel  Dinsmoor,  but  this  met  with  a  protest  especially  in  Rockingham, 
Strafford  and  Hillsborough  counties,  and  later  meetings  and  councillors, 
and  Senatorial  conventions  named  Levi  Woodbury  of  Portsmouth.  The 
contest  was  an  animated  one,  resulting  in  the  election  of  the  latter  by  a 
vote  of  16,985  to  12,718  for  Dinsmoor.     This  split  in  the  party  was 


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destined  to  lead  to  the  formation  of  distinct  parties.  Haverhill  gave  its 
support  to  Woodbury,  the  vote  being  Dinsmoor  40,  Woodbury  160. 
Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb  Morse,  3f  cents;  highway  surveyors,  District  1, 
Henry  Noyes.  (2)  Moody  Ladd,  (3)  Chester  Farman,  (4)  Aaron  Southard, 
(5)  Levi  Little,  (6)  Ezra  Sanborn,  (7)  Joseph  Emerson,  (8),  Cyrus  Allen, 
(9)  Thomas  Davis,  (10)  Tristram  Hanns,  (11)  David  Wilmot,  (12)  Moses 
Kimball;  fence  viewers,  Michael  Johnson,  John  True,  Benjamin  Davis; 
surveyors  of  lumber,  Richard  Gookin,  John  True,  Simon  Stafford, 
Moses  Dunkley;  firewards,  Richard  Gookin,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Thomas 
Morse,  Sylvester  T.  Goss;  poundkeeper,  Samuel  Ladd;  tythingmen, 
Jno.  H.  Sinclair,  Thomas  Morse;  hogreeves,  Francis  D.  Kimball,  George 
Little,  George  Banfield,  Sylvester  T.  Goss,  Roswell  Wilmot,  Ebenezer 
Tenney,  Nathaniel  S.  Burnite,  Samuel  W.  Hadley,  Samuel  Ladd,  Jona. 
Sinclair,  Hiram  Martin,  Isaac  Pike.  School  committee  and  other  minor 
officers  same  as  in  previous  years.  Appropriations:  highways,  $800  in 
labor,  $200  in  money;  schools,  $600;  town  charges,  $800.  The  sheep 
and  swine  by-law  of  former  years  was  passed,  with  penalty  of  $1  for  each 
offence.  Jacob  M.  White  and  Jacob  M.  White,  Jr.,  were  disannexed  from 
school  district  number  5. 

1824.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  9.  Governor 
vote,  Jeremiah  Smith,  22;  David  L.  Morrill,  12;  Levi  Woodbury,  180. 
There  was  no  choice  for  governor,  and  David  L.  Morrill  was  elected  by 
the  legislature.  Parties  had  begun  to  form.  The  division  line  marked 
preference  for  presidential  candidates,  and,  in  New  Hampshire  for  some 
years,  the  parties  were  Adams  or  Jackson.  Governor  Woodbury  had 
expressed  his  preference  for  Jackson.  The  successful  candidate,  Morrill, 
was  for  Adams.  Haverhill  furnished  certainly  its  full  quota  of  candidates 
for  office  this  year.  For  councillor,  Ezra  Bartlett  received  210  votes; 
Stephen  P.  Webster  for  senator,  176;  Benjamin  Merrill  for  county 
treasurer,  202;  Ephraim  Kingsbury  for  register  of  deeds,  214;  all  of 
whom  were  elected.  Collector  of  taxes,  Stephen  Farnsworth,  2\  per  cent; 
highway  surveyors,  Jona.  Sinclair,  Stephen  Farnsworth,  Ezekiel  Ladd, 
Joshua  Morse,  Moses  Southard,  John  Kimball,  Ezra  Sanborn,  David  Carr, 
Jacob  M.  White,  Thomas  Davis,  Daniel  Rollins,  Jacob  Fuller,  Moses 
Kimball;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Richard  Gookin,  John  True,  Simon 
Stafford,  Ezra  Sanborn,  Josiah  F.  Wilson;  firewards,  Ephraim  Kings- 
bury, Obadiah  Swasey,  S.  T.  Goss,  Moses  Southard;  collector  of  taxes, 
Ahira  Wright;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  Henry  Towle;  superin- 
tending school  committee,  Grant  Powers,  Joseph  Bell,  Jno.  Kimball, 
Ephraim  Kingsbury,  J.  C.  Higgins,  Andrew  Mack,  John  Nelson,  John 
Smith,  Stephen  P.  Webster,  Samuel  Cartland;  auditors,  Joseph  Bell, 
E.  Carleton,  Jr.,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  John  Page;  hogreeves,  Andrew  Mack, 
Samuel  Page,  Austin  Ladd,  Jason  C.  Higgins,  Dudley  C.  Kimball,  Daniel 


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Carr,  Jr.,  Charles  Webster,  Simeon  Haines.  The  by-law  forbidding 
sheep,  swine  and  geese  to  run  at  large  was  continued.  John  Page, 
Obadiah  Swasey,  John  Kimball,  Daniel  Carr,  Caleb  Morse,  Jno.  L.  Corliss, 
and  Jona.  Wilson  were  appointed  a  committee  to  bring  in  at  the  next 
annual  town  meeting  nominations  for  all  town  officers  not  necessary  to  be 
chosen  by  ballot. 

At  the  Presidential  election,  November  2,  the  electoral  ticket  headed 
by  Josiah  Bartlett  received  55  votes,  and  there  were  three  scattering.  For 
Congress  eleven  candidates  were  voted  for.  The  successful  candidates 
received  votes  as  follows:  Ichabod  Bartlett,  67;  Arthur  Livermore,  57; 
Nehemiah  Eastman,  52;  Jona.  Harvey,  20;  Titus  Brown,  24;  James 
Healey,  28;  Thomas  Whipple,  Jr.,  6. 

1825.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  8.  John  Quincy 
Adams  had  just  been  inaugurated  President.  The  opposition  or  Jackson 
party  had  not  organized.  David  L.  Morrill  was  re-elected  governor, 
receiving  29,166  votes  to  563  scattering.  In  Haverhill  the  vote  was: 
Levi  Woodbury,  2;  David  L.  Morrill,  230.  Samuel  Cartland  was  chosen 
representative.  Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb  Morse,  3|  cents;  highway 
surveyors,  Jona.  Sinclair,  John  Sanborn,  Richard  Gookin,  Stephen 
Farnum,  John  C.  Morse,  Jona.  B.  Rowell,  Ezra  Sanborn,  John  Carr, 
James  King,  Jr.,  Aaron  Morse,  Geo.  Bisbee,  Moses  Kimball,  Frederick 
Carr;  fence  viewers,  Joshua  Woodward,  John  L.  True,  Jno.  L.  Corliss; 
cullers  of  staves,  Ahira  Wright,  George  Bixbee;  corders  of  wood, 
surveyors  of  lumber  and  school  committee,  same  as  previous  year,  with 
addition  of  Jacob  S.  Clark  to  school  committee.  Other  officers  as  in  1824, 
except  hogreeves.  For  this  office  the  nominating  committee  presented  a 
somewhat  distinguished  list,  which  was  duly  approved,  John  L.  Bruce, 
James  Place,  Moses  Dow,  John  Nason,  Stephen  Farnum,  George  Banfell 
(Banfield),  Jno.  Kimball,  Moses  N.  Morse,  Caleb  Morse,  Person  Noyes, 
Asa  Beacon,  Isaac  Morse,  Jacob  M.  White,  Jr.  Appropriations:  high- 
ways, $300  in  money,  $900  in  labor;  schools,  $600;  town  charges,  $850. 
The  sheep,  swine  and  geese  by-law  was  again  passed,  with  neat  cattle 
added. 

1826.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  14.  The 
opposition  to  the  Adams  administration  had  begun  to  crystallize;  the 
parties  centered  about  the  persons  of  Adams  and  Jackson.  Adams  was 
a  candidate  for  re-election;  Jackson  was  a  candidate  in  opposition.  There 
was  the  Adams  party  and  the  Jackson  party;  the  issues  "were  largely 
personal,  and  personal  issues  engender  bitterness,  vindictiveness.  Ben- 
jamin Pierce  was  supported  by  the  Jackson  men  for  governor,  receiving 
79  votes,  and  David  L.  Morrill  (Adams),  139.  John  L.  Corliss  (Adams) 
was  elected  representative.  Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb  Morse;  highway 
surveyors,  new  names  in  list,  Schuyler  Merrill,  Jona.  A.  Ladd,  John  S. 


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Stafford,  Elisha  Swift,  Luther  Warren;  no  new  names  appear  in  the  lists 
of  the  minor  town  offices,  except  those  of  Isaac  P.  Wilson,  Nathan  Hay- 
wood, Charles  J.  Swan  and  Joseph  Niles  as  hogreeves.  Appropriations : 
highways,  $400  in  money,  $600  in  labor;  schools,  $600;  town  charges, 
$900.     The  sheep,  swine,  geese  and  cattle  by-law  was  passed. 

1827.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  November  13.  It  was 
an  off  year  politically.  Benjamin  Pierce  (Jackson)  was  elected  governor 
with  little  opposition.  Haverhill  gave  him  a  vote  of  239  with  a  few  scatter- 
ing, and  there  seems  to  have  been  little  opposition  to  the  re-election  as 
representative  of  John  L.  Corliss  (Adams).  Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb 
Morse;  constables,  Moses  H.  Sinclair,  Jno.  C.  Morse;  new  names  among 
highway  surveyors,  James  Acherton,  Leonard  Morse,  Enoch  P.  Woodbury, 
Joseph  Stow;  corders  of  wood,  Joseph  Ladd,  Russell  Kimball;  new  names 
among  the  hogreeves,  Gould  French,  Benj.  Coon,  Jr.,  Isaac  Heath,  James 
A.  Morse,  Aaron  Martin,  Hiram  Ladd.  Appropriations:  highways, 
money,  $400,  labor  $600;  schools,  $650;  town  charges,  $500. 

1828.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house.  The  political  lull  of 
1827  was  followed  by  an  exciting  campaign  in  1828,  and  the  governor  vote, 
39,807,  was  the  largest  yet  polled  in  the  state.  There  were  but  76  scatter- 
ing votes.  Party  lines  were  closely  drawn.  Benjamin  Pierce  (Jackson) 
received  18,672;  John  Bell  (Adams),  21,149.  In  Haverhill  the  vote  was 
Pierce,  148;  Bell,  206.  Caleb  Morse  (Adams)  was  elected  representative. 
Collector,  Caleb  Morse;  constables,  Horace  S.  Baker,  Dudley  C.  Kimball; 
highway  surveyors,  new  names,  Samuel  Hibbard,  Zebulon  Cary,  Robert 
Ford,  William  Gannett;  no  new  names  appear  in  lists  of  fence  viewers, 
sealers  of  leather,  sealers  of  weights  and  measures;  corders  of  wood, 
surveyors  of  lumber,  cullers  of  staves,  poundkeeper,  tythingmen,  auditors 
or  school  committee.  Jacob  Morse  later  prominent  in  town  affairs  makes 
his  first  appearance  in  the  records,  having  been  elected  hogreeve.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $400  in  money,  $1,000  in  labor;  schools,  $650;  town 
charges,  $500.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  contract  with  some  one 
person  for  support  of  paupers.  At  a  special  meeting,  September  22,  an 
additional  amount  of  $500  was  voted  to  be  paid  in  labor  for  the  repair 
of  roads  and  bridges. 

At  the  presidential  election,  November  3,  1828,  the  Adams  electoral 
ticket  headed  by  George  Sullivan  received  212  votes;  the  Jackson  ticket, 
155.  The  total  vote  in  the  state  was  the  largest  yet  cast.  The  Adams 
electors  received  22,922;  the  Jackson,  22,124. 

1829.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  10.  Governor 
vote,  Benjamin  Pierce  (Jackson),  171;  John  Bell  (Adams),  206.  The 
state  swung  over  to  the  support  of  the  Jackson  administration  and  Pierce 
was  elected  22,615  to  19,583  for  Bell,  and  only  45  scattering.  The  coun- 
cillor candidates  were  both  Haverhill  citizens,  Stephen  P.  Webster  (Jack- 


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son)  received  170,  and  Ezra  Bartlett  (Adams),  205.  Webster  was  elected. 
Joseph  Bell  and  Caleb  Morse,  both  Adams  men,  were  elected  representa- 
tives by  a  strict  party  vote.  Representation  was  based  on  the  number 
of  ratable  polls.  A  town  having  150  was  entitled  to  one  representative, 
and  one  for  each  additional  300.  Haverhill,  for  the  first  time,  was 
entitled,  by  its  upwards  of  450  ratable  polls,  to  two  representatives. 
Collector  of  taxes,  Perkins  Fellows,  2f  cents;  constables,  Hosea  S.  Baker, 
Dudley  C.  Kimball;  highway  surveyors,  new  names,  Ephraim  Couch, 
David  Cheney,  Daniel  How;  tythingmen,  Nathaniel  Rix,  Stephen  Morse; 
no  new  names  appear  in  the  lists  of  other  officers  except  that  of  one  new- 
comer among  the  hogreeves,  George  W.  Kent.  Among  these  officials  this 
year  were  Joseph  Bell,  Jno.  Nelson,  Samuel  Cartland  and  William  Ladd. 
Appropriations:  highways,  $600  in  money,  $1,000  in  labor;  schools, 
$700;  town  charges,  $600.  It  was  voted  that  the  school  districts  choose 
their  own  officers.  This  was  the  beginning  of  home  rule  for  school 
districts. 

1830.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  9.  The  governor 
vote  showed  Haverhill  still  in  the  hands  of  the  Adams  party.  Matthew 
Harvey  (Jackson)  had  168  votes;  Timothy  Upham  (Adams),  190.  The 
state,  however,  had  become  safely  Jackson.  Joseph  Bell  and  Caleb 
Morse  were  reelected  representatives.  Collector,  Perkins  Fellows,  2 
cents;  constables,  Perkins  Fellows,  D.  C.  Kimball,  H.  S.  Baker,  John  S. 
Stafford;  highway  surveyors,  Benjamin  Merrill,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Benjamin 
Ropes,  Daniel  Morse,  John  Angier,  Nathan  Heath,  Joseph  Willis,  Jacob 
M.  White,  Peter  Whitaker,  Ashael  Comstock,  John  Stearns,  Moses 
Kimball,  Joel  Davis,  Moses  Dunkley;  fence  viewers,  Jno.  Page,  Samuel 
Ladd,  John  True,  Luther  Warren;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  R.  N. 
Brown;  corders  of  wood,  Henry  Towle,  Joseph  Ladd,  Hosea  S.  Baker, 
Jacob  Bell,  Ezra  Sanborn,  John  Stearns;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Isaac 
Pierson,  Simon  Strafford,  Stephen  Farnum,  Joseph  Olmstead,  Elisha 
Hibbard;  cutter  of  stones,  Ahira  Wright;  poundkeeper,  Samuel  Ladd; 
tythingmen,  Samuel  Newton,  James  King,  Barzillia  Pierce;  auditors, 
Joseph  Bell,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Edmund  Carleton,  John  Nelson,  John  Page, 
John  Kimball,  John  Angier;  firewards,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Isaac  Pier- 
son,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Moses  Southard;  the  list  of  hogreeves  is  a  notable 
one,  John  L.  Rix,  Amos  Drown,  Arthur  L.  Peters,  David  Rollins,  Samuel 
P.  Adams,  Anson  Brackett,  James  Harriman,  George  Johnson,  Samuel 
Carr,  Barzillia  Pierce,  George  Banfield,  John  Stearns,  Hiram  Ladd, 
Kimball  Tyler,  Zebulen  Carey,  John  Angier,  John  R.  Reding.  There 
were  new  names  in  this  list,  and  these  owners  were  destined  to  become 
important  factors  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  The  coming  of  two  of  these 
in  particular,  John  L.  Rix  and  John  R.  Reding,  marked  a  new  era  in  the 
politics  of  the  town.     Appropriations:   highways,  $300  in  money,  $900 


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in  labor,  not  over  $50  for  use  of  tools  on  highways;  schools,  $700;  town 
charges,  $500.  The  selectmen  decided  to  provide  for  town  paupers; 
selectmen  authorized  to  lease  lands  belonging  to  the  town.  Voted  that 
the  selectmen  shall  not  grant  licenses  to  showmen. 

1831.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  8.  Haverhill 
this  year  was  controlled  by  the  Jackson  party.  The  governor  vote  was: 
Ichabod  Bartlett  (Adams),  187;  Samuel  Dinsmore  (Jackson),  199.  John 
Page,  for  register  of  deeds,  received  nearly  a  unanimous  vote,  392.  For 
senator,  Samuel  Cartland  (Jackson),  192;  John  Wilson  (Adams),  198. 
Cartland  was  elected.  The  congressional  ticket  headed  by  Rev.  John 
Brodhead  (Jackson)  received  164  votes  to  141  for  that  headed  by  Jno.  F. 
Parrott  (Adams).  Jona.  Wilson  and  Samuel  Page  were  elected  repre- 
sentatives. The  victory  of  the  Jackson  men  was  complete.  Collector  of 
taxes,  Caleb  Morse,  2f  cents;  constables,  Perkins  Fellows,  H.  S.  Baker, 
J.  B.  Rowell,  William  Ladd;  highway  surveyors,  Perkins  Fellows,  Jona. 
A.  Ladd,  Schuyler  Merrill,  Moses  Southard,  J.  B.  Rowell,  Nathan  Heath, 
Daniel  Carr,  Jacob  M.  White,  Simeon  Haines,  Asa  Bacon,  Joseph  Niles, 
Moses  Kimball,  Josiah  Jeffers,  Anson  A.  Smith;  fence  viewers,  John 
Page,  Samuel  Ladd,  John  True,  Stephen  Farnsworth;  firewards,  Joseph 
Bell,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Isaac  Pierson,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Moses  South- 
ard; surveyors  of  lumber,  Ezra  Sanborn,  Isaac  Pierson,  Joseph  Ladd, 
Simon  Stafford,  John  True,  Stephen  Farnum,  Joseph  Olmstead,  D.  C. 
Kimball;  hogreeves,  John  Blaisdell,  Gorham  Kezer,  Russell  Kimball, 
J.  R.  Reding,  Jno.  Carr,  Jr.,  Timothy  Smith,  Moses  Dunkley,  E.  R.  Olcott, 
Joseph  Snow,  Hiram  Ladd,  S.  P.  Sinclair,  Lin  Hamlet,  Walter  Bailey; 
tythingmen,  Bryan  Morse,  Daniel  Page,  David  Worthen.  Appropria- 
tions :  highways  and  bridges,  $500  in  money,  $900  in  labor;  schools,  $700; 
town  charges,  $400. 

There  was  an  article  in  the  warrant  "to  see  if  the  town  will  shingle  the 
meeting  houses  in  the  North  and  South  parishes  for  the  privilege  of  hold- 
ing town  meetings  in  them."  The  proposition  was  negatived,  and  the 
question  of  building  a  town  hall  was  discussed,  but  no  action  taken.  The 
selectmen  were  instructed  to  investigate  the  desirability  of  purchasing  a 
farm  for  the  support  of  the  poor  and  report  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 

1832.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  13.  Party  feel- 
ing had  become  intense.  The  administration  supporters  had  assumed 
the  designation  of  Democratic  Republicans,  or  Democrats,  and  their 
opponents  that  of  Whigs.  The  Democrats  were  still  in  the  ascendancy 
and  party  lines  were  rigidly  drawn.  The  anti-Masonic  movement  had 
not  crystallized  into  a  separate  party  in  Haverhill,  but  Free  Masonry 
became  an  issue  in  the  election  of  local  officers,  and  neither  party  dis- 
regarded it  in  the  selection  of  candidates.  The  governor  vote  was: 
Ichabod  Bartlett,  Whig,  188;   Samuel  Dinsmoor,  Dem.,  222.     The  vote 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  177 

for  representatives  to  the  General  Court  is  recorded  for  the  first  time. 
Jona.  Wilson  received  210;  Samuel  Page,  209,  and  there  were  69  scatter- 
ing. The  Whigs  for  the  most  part  evidently  refrained  from  voting. 
Collector  of  taxes,  Caleb  Morse,  2  cents,  7  mills.  The  office  as  had  been 
customary  for  many  years  had  been  set  up  at  auction,  and  struck  off  to 
the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  rate  of  collecting.  Politics  was  elimi- 
nated. Constables,  H.  S.  Baker,  Perkins  Fellows,  Jona.  B.  Rowell, 
William  Ladd,  Elisha  Swift;  highway  surveyors,  Benjamin  Merrill, 
Ebenezer  L.  Burbeck,  Stephen  Farnum,  Aaron  Southard,  John  Kimball, 
John  S.  Kimball,  Samuel  Carr,  Edward  King,  Thomas  Davis,  Jacob 
Morse,  Levi  Stafford,  Moses  Kimball,  Elisha  Swift,  Daniel  Rollins;  the 
tythingmen  disappear  this  year  in  the  board  of  selectmen;  sealers  of  leather 
also  drop  out;  fence  viewers,  John  Page,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Moses  Southard, 
John  L.  Corliss;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  Henry  Towle;  pound- 
keeper,  John  A.  Ladd;  auditors,  same  as  in  previous  years,  except  that 
John  Angier  was  added;  Willard  Whitman,  James  Bell  and  Benjamin 
Woodbury  were  new  names  in  corders  of  wood;  surveyors  of  lumber, 
same  as  previous  year;  hogreeves,  H.  S.  Baker,  Perkins  Fellows,  John  B. 
Rowell,  William  Ladd,  Elisha  Swift,  Nathaniel  Bailey,  Isaac  Morse,  John 
Stearns,  Hiram  Morse.  The  matter  of  providing  for  paupers  was  left 
with  the  selectmen,  with  instruction  to  procure,  if  practicable,  one  person 
to  take  care  of  all.  It  was  made  a  closed  season  for  horses,  cattle,  swine, 
sheep  and  geese ;  they  were  prohibited  from  running  at  large  for  the  year. 
The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  lease  all  unoccupied  public  lands  on 
best  possible  terms.  It  was  voted  that  the  selectmen  report,  at  the  next 
town  meeting  in  November,  a  suitable  plan  with  estimated  expense  and 
a  proper  location  for  a  town  house,  and  that  they  be  authorized  to  pro- 
vide at  the  expense  of  the  town  a  suitable  place  to  hold  town  meetings 
until  a  town  hall  shall  be  built.  Appropriations:  highways,  money 
$600,  labor  $1,000;   schools,  $700;   town  charges,  $600. 

At  the  November  election,  November  5,  the  Democratic  electoral 
ticket  received  207  votes;  the  Whig,  168.  No  report  was  made  in  the 
matter  of  building  a  town  hall  as  had  been  voted  at  the  March  election. 

1833.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  The  Whigs  were  evidently  dis- 
heartened. Governor  vote,  Arthur  Livermore,  Whig,  87;  Samuel  Dins- 
moor,  Dem.,  239.  For  other  offices  there  was  a  straight  party  vote. 
John  Angier  was  elected  representative  for  members  of  Congress.  There 
was  an  anti-Masonic  ticket  which  polled  7  votes.  Constables,  H.  S. 
Baker,  Perkins  Fellows,  William  Ladd;  firewards,  Joseph  Bell,  Ephraim 
Kingsbury,  Isaac  Pierson,  Obadiah  Swasey,  Moses  Southard,  Samuel 
Carr,  Caleb  Morse,  Jno.  Angier;  highway  surveyors,  H.  S.  Baker,  Ezekiel 
Ladd,  Samuel  E.  Merrill,  Reuben  Foster,  Daniel  French,  Leonard  Stev- 
ens, Joseph  Storr,  Luther  Colby,  Caleb  Page,  Moses  Kimball,  Perley 

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178  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Aver,  Ebenezer  Tenney,  Joel  Davis;  fence  viewers,  poundkeeper,  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures,  corders  of  wood,  surveyors  of  lumber,  auditors 
and  hogreeves  furnished  no  new  names.  For  the  first  time  in  its  history, 
the  town  voted  to  choose  a  board  of  health,  and  this  new  and  hitherto 
unheard  of  board  was:  John  Page,  Simon  Stafford,  Jona.  B.  Rowell, 
Anson  Bartlett,  Edmund  Carleton,  Ezra  Bartlett,  John  Angier,  Ezekiel 
Ladd,  Jacob  Bell,  Moses  Southard,  Ephraim  Kingsbury.  Just  why 
this  imposing  board  was  elected  at  this  particular  time  and  just  what 
they  accomplished  does  not  appear.  The  four  physicians  of  the  town 
were  in  evidence.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,000  in  labor,  $800  in 
money;  town  charges,  $500.  The  selectmen  were  authorized  to  pur- 
chase a  suitable  farm  for  paupers  and  house  of  correction,  and  it  was 
voted  to  raise  $400  for  that  purpose  and  $500  annually  until  farm  is  paid 
for.  On  the  question  of  holding  a  constitutional  convention  the  vote  was 
99  yes,  28  no.  Article  13  of  the  warrant  was  "to  take  the  sense  of  the 
town  on  petition  of  James  J.  Page  and  others  of  Coventry  to  be  annexed 
to  the  town  of  Haverhill."  It  was  proposed  to  annex  what  was  known 
as  the  Page  school  district  of  Coventry,  a  tract  lying  to  the  east  of  school 
district  Number  6  in  Haverhill,  and  which  was  cut  off  by  mountains 
from  the  other  part  of  Coventry.  Logically  and  geographically  this  tract 
belonged  to  Haverhill,  but  it  was  voted  to  dismiss  the  article. 

1834.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house.  Governor  vote,  Will- 
iam Badger,  Democratic,  304.  There  was  no  organized  opposition  to 
Badger  throughout  the  state,  and  there  were  no  scattering  votes  in  Haver- 
hill. For  senator  there  was  a  short  party  vote,  Jared  W.  Williams,  Dem. 
242;  Oliver  S.  Brooks,  66.  For  representatives  to  General  Court,  the 
vote  is  not  given  in  the  town  records.  The  contest  seems  to  have  been 
along  personal  lines  rather  than  party.  Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett,  Whig,  received 
a  majority  of  the  votes  on  the  first  day  of  the  meeting,  and  on  the  second 
day  John  L.  Rix,  Whig,  received  a  majority  and  was  declared  elected. 
His  seat  was  successfully  contested,  however,  on  the  ground  that  he  was 
elected  on  the  second  day.  Collector,  Stephen  Morse,  3d,  2|  per  cent; 
constables,  Jona.  Sinclair,  H.  S.  Baker,  John  S.  Kimball,  William  Ladd, 
Elisha  Swift,  Joshua  Howard,  Jr.,  Perkins  Fellows,  Stephen  Morse,  2d; 
highway  surveyors,  Eph.  Kingsbury,  Joshua  Woodward,  Ephraim  Woods, 
James  C.  Webster,  John  S.  Kimball,  Daniel  Carr,  Jr.,  James  King,  Jr., 
Hiram  Morse,  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  John  Steavens,  Moses  Kimball,  Josiah 
Jeffers,  Aaron  Southard,  Daniel  Rollins;  tythingmen,  T.  K.  Blaisdell, 
Jona.  Bliss,  Isaac  Pike,  Richardson  French,  Caleb  Morse;  only  one  new 
name  in  the  list  of  hogreeves,  Alden  E.  Morse;  there  were  no  new  names 
in  the  lists  of  other  minor  offices.  On  the  proposition  to  revise  the  con- 
stitution, yes,  179,  no  102.  Appropriations:  highways,  $400  in  money; 
$1,200  in  labor;  schools,  $700;  town  charges  $600.     A  proposition  to 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  179 

build  a  town  house  was  negatived.  The  Democratic  Republican  for  March 
19,  1834,  gives  the  result  of  the  various  ballots  for  representatives:  First 
ballot  on  Tuesday:  John  Angie,  Dem.,  142;  Jona.  Wilson,  Dem.,  164; 
J.  L.  Corliss,  34;  Isaac  Morse,  73;  John  L.  Rix,  147;  Ezra  Bartlett,  181. 
The  last  four  named  were  candidates  in  opposition  to  the  regular  Demo- 
cratic caucus  nominees.  Angier  and  Wilson,  second  ballot:  John  Angier, 
142;  Jona.  Wilson,  168;  J.  L.  Corliss,  15;  Isaac  Morse,  65;  J.  L.  Rix,  158; 
Ezra  Bartlett,  208;  and  Dr.  Bartlett  was  declared  elected.  Third  ballot, 
John  Angier,  6;  Jona.  Wilson,  171;  Isaac  Morse,  36;  John  L.  Rix,  153. 
A  motion  was  made  to  adjourn,  and  was  carried.  Fourth  ballot,  Wednes- 
day, Jona.  Wilson,  149;  Isaac  Morse,  51;  John  L.  Rix,  172.  Fifth 
ballot,  Jona.  Wilson,  151;  Isaac  Morse,  41;  J.  L.  Rix,  189.  Sixth  ballot, 
scattering,  5;  Jona.  Wilson,  149;  Isaac  Morse,  34;  John  L.  Rix,  190;  and 
the  latter  was  declared  elected.  Explanations  of  the  peculiar  result  of 
this  election  were  in  order,  and  Editor  John  R.  Reding  of  the  Democratic 
Republican  proceeded  to  explain.  His  editorial  is  of  interest  even  now, 
three  quarters  of  a  century  later.  It  gives  an  insight  into  old  time  politi- 
cal conditions  in  Haverhill : 

In  order  to  give  our  distant  friends  an  explanation  of  the  strange  state  of  matters  in 
this  town,  we  are  compelled  to  state  the  following  facts.  On  Thursday  evening  previous 
to  the  election  a  caucus  was  holden  at  Burbank's  tavern  on  the  Olverian,  which  was 
attended  by  about  forty  individuals,  a  large  majority  of  whom  were  federalists.  Several 
republicans  attended  the  meeting — some  of  whom  did  not  act  at  all — several  took  part 
in  some  of  the  proceedings,  and  we  are  glad  to  have  it  in  our  power  to  say,  that  very  few 
acted  throughout  the  whole.  This  meeting  was  got  up  by  D.  S.  Palmers  'radicals,'  & 
was  christened  "Independent  Republican,"  or  "Freeman's  Meeting."  At  this  meeting 
Joseph  Bell  was  nominated  for  moderator,  John  P.  Chapin  was  nominated  for  Town 
Clerk,  John  L.  Rix,  and  John  L.  Corliss,  Esq.  were  nominated  for  Representatives,  and 
Joshua  Woodward,  John  L.  Corliss  and  Jonathan  B.  Rowell,  were  nominated  for  Select- 
men. Messrs.  Corliss  and  Rowell  absolutely  refused  to  stand  as  candidates  for  the 
offices  for  which  they  were  nominated,  especially  as  it  would  have  a  tendency  to  make 
division  in  the  Democratic  party.  These  two  gentlemen  would  not  have  been  voted 
for  had  they  not  both  been  so  much  indisposed  as  to  prevent  their  attendance  at  town 
meeting.  Mr.  W.  also  declined  standing  a  candidate — and  instead  of  his  name  that 
of  John  Nelson,  was  placed  upon  the  'radical'  ticket.  Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  John  L. 
Rix  was  the  only  one  having  any  pretence  to  being  a  republican  who  consented  to  accept 
the  nomination  from  this  meeting.  Joseph  Bell,  John  P.  Chapin,  John  Nelson  and  John 
L.  Rix,  republicans  indeed !  On  Friday  night  the  Anti-Masonic  party  so  called  held  a 
caucus  at  Slab-City  and  nominated  Joseph  Bell  and  J.  P.  Chapin  (reccollect  the  names) 
for  the  same  offices  which  they  were  before  in  nomination  for  by  the  'radicals.'  They 
also  nominated  Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett  and  Isaac  Morse  for  Representatives,  and  James  Bell, 
Elisha  Swift  and  Samuel  Carr  for  Select  men.  These  men  are  all  federalists  and  are 
understood  to  be  decided  ani-masons. 

What  is  called  the  National  or  federal  party  made  no  nominations  except  so  far  as 
they  attended  the  above  named  caucuses. 

On  Monday  evening  the  regularly  democratic  republican  caucus  nominated  the  can- 
didates above  arranged  under  the  head  of  "republican."  This  was  the  state  of  things 
on  the  morning  of  election. 


180  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Notwithstanding  this  state  of  things,  we  feel  proud  to  have  it  in  our  power  to  state 
that  more  than  seven  eights  of  the  democratic  republicans  remained  true  to  themselves 
and  to  their  principles. — We  have  been  present  at  eight  town  meetings  in  this  place — six 
annual  elections,  and  two  presidential  elections,  and  never  before  have  we  seen  so  much 
anxiety  manifested,  or  so  much  exertion  used  by  the  opponents  of  democracy  as  at  the 
last  election.  But  little  exertion  was  made  to  bring  our  friends  to  the  polls — while  every 
thing  was  done  by  the  combination  to  rally  their  forces. 

Had  not  the  democrats  been  taken  by  surprise,  and  had  our  party  generally  attended 
the  polls  the  result  would  have  been  different.  No  democrat  expected  to  see  anti- 
masons  vote  for  a  master  mason,  neither  did  they  expect  to  see  Royal  Arch  and  other 
masons  vote  for  anti-masons — but  all  this  they  saw,  aye  more.  They  saw  Joseph  Bell 
and  his  brothers  of  course,  John  Nelson,  David  Sloan,  Joshua  Blaisdell,  Benj.  Merrill, 
Ezra  Bartlett,  Samuel  Cartland,  John  L.  Rix,  Nathaniel  Rix,  Jonathan  Pool,  Perkins 
Fellows  &c.  &c.  combined  together  like  a  band  of  brothers,  voting  and  doing  all  in  their 
power  to  elect  Joseph  Bell,  John  P.  Chapin,  Ezra  Bartlett  and  John  L.  Rix  to  the  places 
they  now  occupy. 

The  result  is  undoubtedly  gratifying  to  the  federal  party  generally,  but  we  do  know 
that  there  were  some  democrats  in  this  combination  who  regret  it  exceedingly.  It  is 
impossible  for  any  genuine  democrat  to  view  with  pleasure  the  treachery  of  some  of  our 
pretended  friends  on  this  occasion  in  offering  up  as  they  did  the  democratic  party  as  a 
sacrifice  to  gratify  private  anamosities.  There  were  not  thirty  individuals  of  our  party 
who  embarked  in  this  crusade  against  democracy,  and  had  the  truth  been  adhered  to  by 
the  projector  of  this  plot,  and  the  few  who  are  his  tools,  there  would  not  have  been  fifteen 
republicans  found  in  the  combination. 

These  are  some  of  the  facts  as  they  at  present  occur  to  us,  and  certainly  they  are  the 
most  favorable  that  can  be  presented  for  the  opposition. 

Without  making  further  comments,  we  will  bring  this  article  to  a  close,  by  merely 
enquiring,  what  could  have  induced  the  entire  federal  party  and  a  majority  of  the  anti- 
masonic  party  in  this  town  to  support  John  L.  Rix  for  representative,  or  what  could  have 
induced  a  portion  of  the  republican  party  to  support  Joseph  Bell  and  other  bitter  and 
vindictive  federalists  when  staunch  republicans  were  put  up  in  opposition  to  them? 
The  object  of  the  federalists  was  undoubtedly  to  divide  and  conquer — that  of  the  "radi- 
cals" we  shall  leave  for  themselves  to  determine. 

1835.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  10.  Gover- 
nor vote,  William  Badger,  Dem.,  265;  Joseph  Healer,  Whig,  181.  The 
Democratic  Congressional  ticket  headed  by  Franklin  Pierce,  265;  Whig 
headed  by  Samuel  Hale,  166;  scattering,  7.  The  law  required  the  record 
of  vote  for  representative  which  was  as  follows:  whole  number  of  votes, 
470;  necessary  to  a  choice,  236.  Abel  Wheeler,  Simeon  Haines,  James 
Bell,  Obediah  Swazey,  1  each;  Aaron  Southard,  3;  John  Angier,  13;  John 
L.  Rix,  214;  Jonathan  Wilson,  Democrat,  235;  John  Page,  Dem.,  260;  and 
John  Page  was  declared  elected.  The  election  of  1835  was  bitterly  con- 
tested. A  fusion  of  Whigs,  anti-Masons  and  disaffected  Democrats 
had  defeated  the  regular  nominees  of  the  Democratic  party  for  repre- 
sentatives in  1834,  though  the  Democratic  candidate  for  governor  re- 
ceived virtually  a  unanimous  vote.  The  result  was  keenly  felt  by  the 
Democratic  leaders,  and  they  conducted  a  canvass  almost  throughout 
the  entire  year  to  win  a  victory  in  1835.     Instead  of  the  usual  caucus  to 


HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL  181 

nominate  candidates  for  representatives  and  town  officers,  a  meeting  of 
Democrats  was  held  January  17  and  made  the  following  arrangements. 
Chose  as  a  committee  of  vigilance,  Jona.  Wilson,  Simon  Stafford,  John 
Angier,  Joseph  Storr  and  Samuel  Page.  This  committee  named  the 
following  Democrats  to  call  a  caucus  in  each  school  district  for  the  choice 
of  delegates  to  a  general  convention  to  be  held  at  Haverhill  Corner  the 
Saturday  evening  preceding  the  election,  for  the  purpose  of  nominating 
candidates  for  representatives  and  for  town  offices.  The  committee  to 
call  the  district  caucuses  with  number  of  delegates  to  which  each  district 
was  entitled  was,  District  No.  1,  Jona.  Sinclair,  6  delegates;  No.  2,  J. 
Adams,  2  delegates;  No.  3,  J.  T.  Wilson,  4  delegates;  No.  4,  Ezra  San- 
born, 3  delegates;  Nos.  5  and  11,  Daniel  Carr,  Jr.,  3  delegates;  No.  6, 
Joseph  Storr,  4  delegates;  Nos.  7  and  8,  Simon  Stafford,  5  delegates; 
No.  9,  Stephen  Morse,  3d,  4  delegates;  No.  10,  Jacob  Morse,  2  delegates; 
No.  12,  Nathaniel  Annis,  3.  The  convention  nominated  for  moderator, 
John  Page;  town  clerk,  Henry  Barstow;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Sinclair, 
Jona.  B.  Rowell,  John  L.  Corliss;  representatives,  John  Page,  Jonathan 
Wilson.  The  test  vote  was  for  moderator;  John  Page  was  elected,  receiv- 
ing 254  votes  to  240  for  Joseph  Bell.  The  Democrats  elected  their  entire 
ticket  with  the  exception  cf  second  representative,  Mr.  Wilson  failing 
by  a  single  vote.  The  Democratic  Republican  of  March  18,  commenting 
on  the  result,  said : 

This  year  as  well  as  a  year  or  two  preceding  the  Democracy  of  this  town  have  had 
to  contend  with  not  only  a  bitter  and  vindictive  but  a  treacherous  and  dishonest  opposition. 
At  any  and  all  times  since  1830,  when  united  the  Democratic  party  could  beat  the  feder- 
alists with  ease,  but  for  two  of  the  years  our  ancient  foe  with  the  assistance  of  a  few 
treacherous  friends  have  succeeded  in  defeating  us.  On  the  11th  inst.  however  the  allied 
forces  received  a  blow  from  which  they  will  not  soon  recover, — and  that  day  will  be 
remembered  by  every  true  Democrat.  In  this  election  the  Democratic  party  triumphed 
over  Federalism,  Anti-Masonry,  Whigism  and  independent  Republicanism  combined. 
All  we  have  to  regret  is  that  a  few  friends  should  have  mistaken  the  name  of  Dr.  Angier 
for  that  of  Mr.  Wilson  the  regular  candidate  for  second  representative.  As  it  was  Mr. 
Wilson  only  wanted  one  vote  of  an  election. 

The  only  new  names  appearing  in  the  lists  of  minor  offices  were :  high- 
way surveyors,  Nathaniel  Annis,  Nathaniel  Runnels,  George  Bixby, 
Walter  Bailey,  Drury  F.  Willoughby,  Joseph  Jones,  Anson  Smith;  sur- 
veyors of  lumber,  Richard  N.  Brown;  hogreeves,  Charles  J.  Jones,  George 
Glines,  Solon  Swift,  Jona.  S.  Nichols,  Ezra  S.  Kimball,  Charles  Carleton, 
Hubbard  Russ,  Alva  Howard,  J.  N.  Noyes,  Samuel  Ward,  Drury  F.  Pike; 
these  were  mostly  the  names  of  new  voters.  Appropriations :  highways, 
$700  in  money,  $1,200  in  labor;  schools,  $700;  town  charges,  $800.  It 
was  voted  to  require  inventory  to  be  given  under  each.  The  selectmen 
were  instructed  to  appoint  collector  of  taxes.  On  revision  of  constitu- 
tion, yes,  104,  no,  36. 


182  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

1836.  Annual  meeting,  Old  South  meeting  house,  March  8.  Gov- 
ernor vote,  Isaac  Hill,  Dem.,  248;  Ezra  Bartlett,  Whig,  133;  William 
Badger,  2.  Representatives  to  General  Court,  Joseph  Bell,  1;  Jona. 
Wilson,  3;  Joshua  Woodward,  Whig,  193;  Aaron  Southard,  Whig,  193; 
John  Angier,  Dem.,  248;  John  McClary,  Dem.,  248;  the  two  last  named 
were  declared  elected.  New  names  appearing  in  the  list  of  minor  officers 
were :  Jona.  Blaisdell,  Charles  R.  Smith,  Samuel  E.  Merrill,  Luther  Butler, 
Jabez  R.  Willis,  Jona.  Flanders,  Valentine  Morse,  Aaron  Wheeler;  corders 
of  wood,  William  Watson,  Austin  Ladd;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Percival 
Erwin;  hogreeves,  Amos  H.  Lund,  F.  T.  Kimball,  Samuel  P.  Adams, 
Joseph  Dutton,  Horatio  Willoughby;  firewards,  Jona.  Pool.  Appropria- 
tions: highways,  $1,000  in  money,  $1,500  in  labor;  schools,  $700;  town 
charges,  $1,000.  The  appointment  of  collector  of  taxes  was  left  with  the 
selectmen,  a  custom  which  was  thereafter  followed.  An  article  in  the 
warrant  relative  to  hiring  the  Union  meeting  house  for  town  meetings 
was  dismissed,  as  was  also  an  article  relative  to  buying  a  town  farm. 

Presidential  election,  November  6.  Democratic  electoral  ticket,  183; 
Whig,  8.  An  article  to  vote  for  councillor  in  fifth  district  to  fill  vacancy 
caused  by  resignation  of  John  Page,  who  had  been  elected  United  States 
senator,  was  dismissed,  and  like  action  was  taken  on  an  article  to  vote 
for  representative  to  the  General  Court  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  death 
of  John  Angier.  On  expediency  of  building  a  state  hospital  for  insane, 
yes,  8;  no,  189. 

1837.  A  special  town  meeting  was  held  February  11,  at  the  North 
meeting  house,  to  see  what  action  should  be  taken  with  Haverhill's  share 
of  the  surplus  revenue  which  had  been  distributed  among  the  states  by 
the  Federal  government.  This  was  the  first  and,  up  to  date,  the  last 
such  distribution.  Voted  to  receive  from  the  state  Haverhill's  share  of 
the  surplus  revenue  in  accordance  with  an  act  of  the  legislature  providing 
for  such  disposition. 

Chose  Josiah  F.  Wilson  to  receive  said  money  and  also  to  retain  and 
loan  the  money  in  sums  of  not  less  than  $50  nor  more  than  $300,  on  good 
security  at  6  per  cent,  to  inhabitants  of  this  town,  and  report  his  doings 
to  the  selectmen,  and  then  to  the  town  annually  at  the  meeting  in  March. 
"Voted  to  loan  the  money  to  individuals  for  their  own  use  and  not  to  banks 
nor  money  lenders,  to  take  notes  on  demand  with  annual  interest  and 
to  loan  to  applicants  without  distinction  of  party."  "Voted  that  the 
agent  give  notice  on  what  day  he  will  receive  applications  and  that  he 
proportion  the  money  among  the  applicants  in  sums  of  not  less  than 
$50  nor  more  than  $300."  The  agent  was  required  to  give  bonds  in 
double  the  amount  he  received,  and  in  case  of  his  non-acceptance 
or  resignation  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  appoint  some  other 
person. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  183 

Annual  meeting,  1837,  North  meeting  house,  March  10.  Governor 
vote,  scattering  5;  Isaac  Hill,  Democrat,  222.  The  same  vote  was  cast 
for  other  state  and  county  officers,  and  the  Democratic  vote  for  members 
of  Congress  was  223;  the  Whig  vote,  1.  The  Haverhill  Whigs  this  year 
were  conspicuous  by  their  absence  from  the  annual  meeting.  The  vote 
for  representatives  to  the  General  Court  was,  scattering,  30;  John  Page, 
Democrat,  60;  Jonathan  Wilson,  Democrat,  207;  John  McClary,  Demo- 
crat, 266.  It  was  emphatically  a  Democratic  year.  The  new  names  in 
list  of  minor  town  offices  were:  highway  surveyors,  Alvah  Haywood; 
constables,  Daniel  Batchelder;  tythingmen,  Aaron  P.  Glazier;  hogreeves, 
Curtis  C.  Noyes,  Robert  French,  John  C.  White,  Hiram  Sawyer,  New- 
hall  Pike,  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Bailey  B.  Martin,  Jothan  Howe.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $800  in  money,  $1,500  in  labor;  schools,  the  amount 
required  by  law;  town  charges  and  support  of  paupers,  $1,000.  It  was 
voted  that  any  surplus  remaining  after  defraying  town  charges  be  laid 
out  on  highways  and  bridges  under  the  direction  of  the  selectmen.  An 
article  relative  to  purchase  of  town  farm  was  dismissed.  It  was  voted 
that  no  person  shall  sell  ardent  spirits  on  town  meeting  days  within  half 
a  mile  of  the  place  of  holding  town  meetings  except  at  public  taverns. 

1838.  Annual  meeting,  Old  South  meeting  house,  March  13.  The 
quiet  non-resistance  of  Haverhill  Whigs  in  1837  was  followed  by  a  year 
of  active  campaign  work,  and  the  business  distress  and  financial  directors 
of  the  year  helped  them.  The  blame  for  the  hard  times  naturally  fell 
on  the  Democratic  party,  and  the  Whigs  made  the  most  of  their  oppor- 
tunity. The  governor  vote  was:  Isaac  Hill,  Democrat,  232;  James 
Wilson,  Whig,  250;  a  strict  party  vote.  For  representatives  to  the 
General  Court  the  vote  was,  scattering,  2;  Samuel  Swasey,  Dem.,  228; 
Jacob  Williams,  Dem.,  233;  John  S.  Sanborn,  Whig,  254;  Hosea  S. 
Baker,  Whig,  255;  and  the  two  last  named  were  elected.  The  new 
names  in  the  list  of  minor  offices  were  more  numerous  than  usual.  Whigs 
displaced  Democrats.  Highway  surveyors,  Shubal  Bliss,  Andrew  Edger- 
ton,  Samuel  Newton,  Walter  P.  Flanders,  George  W.  Glines,  Henry 
Sawyer;  surveyors  of  wood,  Abel  K.  Merrill,  James  Bell,  Ebenezer  Jeffers, 
Ezekiel  B.  Hibbard;  constables,  Royal  S.  Clark;  tythingmen,  Timothy  K. 
Blaisdell;  hogreeves,  Thomas  Snell,  Michael  B.  Carr,  Greenleaf  N.  Pierce, 
John  K.  Brainard,  Benjamin  Morse.  Aaron  Southard,  Whig,  was  chosen 
agent  for  the  surplus  money  fund  in  place  of  Josiah  F.  Wilson,  Dem.,  and 
Joseph  Bell  was  chosen  agent  to  settle  with  Wilson.  The  selectmen  were 
authorized  to  insure  the  Haverhill  part  of  the  Ammonoosuc  bridge.  The 
selectmen,  with  Joseph  Bell,  John  Page,  N.  B.  Felton,  Samuel  Page  and 
Daniel  Carr,  were  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  purchase  of  a 
farm  for  paupers,  and  resources  of  the  town  available  to  pay  for  the  same, 
and  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting,  May  29. 


184  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Special  meeting,  April  10.  Voted  to  purchase  farm,  and  to  use  in  pay- 
ment $5,000  of  the  surplus  fund.  John  Page,  Joseph  Bell  and  Ezra 
Bartlett  were  chosen  a  committee  to  make  the  purchase. 

At  the  adjourned  meeting,  May  29,  no  business  of  importance  was 
transacted. 

1839.  Annual  meeting,  North  meeting  house,  March  12.  Circum- 
stances favored  the  Democrats  again.  The  disposition  of  the  surplus 
was  made  an  issue,  and  a  Haverhill  citizen  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  governor.  The  Democrats  were  also  thoroughly  organized.  The 
Whigs  missed  the  organizing  genius  of  John  L.  Rix  who  was  spending 
some  years  in  Boston.  Vote  for  governor,  Jeremiah  Smith,  1 ;  Jonathan 
Harvey,  7;  James  Wilson,  Whig,  212;  John  Page,  Dem.,  260.  For 
representatives  to  General  Court,  scattering,  3;  John  I.  Sanborn,  Whig, 
230;  Hosea  S.  Baker,  Whig,  230;  Samuel  Swasey,  Dem.,  254;  Jacob 
Williams,  Dem.,  256.  New  names  in  list  of  minor  officers:  highway 
surveyors,  Orris  Pattee,  David  Putnam;  constables,  Robert  French, 
Abiel  Deming;  hogreeves,  David  Adams,  Horace  Herbert,  Samuel 
Herbert;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Windsor  S.  Cobleigh.  Appropriations, 
highways,  $2,000;  schools,  $710;  town  charges,  $2,000.  "Voted  to 
instruct  the  selectmen  to  let  out  by  job,  work  on  the  highways  to  lowest 
bidder.  The  vote  of  the  previous  year  to  apply  the  surplus  revenue 
fund  to  the  purchase  of  a  town  farm  was  rescinded,  and  it  was  voted  to 
make  the  fund  a  permanent  one  for  the  use  of  schools. 

1840.  Annual  meeting,  South  meeting  house,  March  10.  Governor 
vote,  Enos  Stevens,  Whig,  142;  John  Page,  Dem.,  291;  other  Democratic 
candidates,  289.  Representatives  to  General  Court,  Joseph  Storr,  Aaron 
Wheeler,  Samuel  Page,  1  each;  John  Gould,  64;  Hosea  S.  Baker,  69; 
Caleb  Morse,  Whig,  110;  Joseph  Bell,  Whig,  110;  Samuel  Swasey,  Dem., 
273;  Samuel  Smith,  Dem.,  279.  There  were  four  new  names  in  the  list 
of  town  officers.  Tythingmen  drop  out,  the  town  voting  that  their  duties 
devolve  on  the  selectmen,  and  the  policy  placing  the  appointment  of  tax 
collector  and  school  committee  in  the  hands  of  the  selectmen  seems  to 
have  become  a  settled  one.  New  names:  highway  surveyors,  Henry  H. 
Page,  Benjamin  Webster,  Jr.,  Rufus  Stearns,  James  M.  Bancroft,  H.  K. 
Batchelder,  John  Jeffers,  Jona.  A.  Bagley,  Isaac  Carleton,  Charles  C. 
Chamberlain,  Abijah  Cutting;  hogreeves,  Robert  T.  Dick,  William 
Richardson,  J.  F.  C.  Hayes,  Franklin  Kezer,  Hiram  Carr.  Appropria- 
tions:  highways,  $1,800  in  labor;  schools,  $710;  town  charges,  $2,000. 

Special  meeting,  June  16.  It  was  voted  that  the  selectmen  be  author- 
ized to  hire  money  sufficient  to  pay  the  balance  due  for  the  town  farm  at 
a  rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  bank  interest.  It  appears  that  a  farm 
had  at  last  been  purchased.  The  proposition  to  divide  Grafton  County 
was  negatived. 


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185 


At  the  Presidential  election,  November  2,  in  spite  of  the  log  cabin  cam- 
paign enthusiasm  which  enabled  the  Whigs  to  increase  their  March  vote 
by  more  than  a  hundred,  the  Democrats  held  their  ranks  firm  and  gave 
Van  Buren  electors  a  substantial  majority.  The  vote  was,  Whig,  264; 
Democrats,  308.  That  the  Democrats  were  able  to  maintain  their 
ascendancy  in  this  log  cabin,  hard  cider  landslide  year  was  due  largely  to 
a  perfect  organization.  John  Page  was  governor  and  was  to  be  a  candi- 
date for  re-election.  John  R.  Reding  was  to  be  a  candidate  at  the  March 
election  of  1841  for  Congress,  and  it  was  held  to  be  all  important  that 
Haverhill  should  continue  loyal  to  the  party.  Early  in  September,  1840, 
a  Vigilance  Committee,  a  device  of  John  R.  Reding,  was  appointed  in 
each  school  district,  whose  chief  duty  was  to  see  that  every  Democratic 
voter  possible  was  got  to  the  polls.  The  names  of  this  committee  are  of 
interest  as  indicating  the  names  of  the  live  Democratic  workers  of  the  day. 


Dist.  No.  1 
Henry  Page 
M.  H.  Sinclair 
S.  P.  Adams 
Chandler  Cass 
Perkins  Fellows 

No.  4 
Windsor  Cobleigh 
Abiel  Deming 
Hiram  King 

No.  7 
Nathaniel  Rix 


No.  10 
Stephen  Morse  2d 
Eli  Pike 
Moody  Mann 

No.  14 
Niles  Doty 
John  L.  Corliss 
Stephen  Farnsworth 


Dist.  No.  2 
James  Adams 
Samuel  Herbert 
Willard  Keith 
Rufus  Stearns 

No.  5 
Thos.  J.  Pennock 
Hiram  Martin 
Dan  Y.  Jackson 

No.  8 
Kinsley  H.  Batchelder 
Benj.  Noyes 
Greenleaf  N.  Pierce 

No.  11 
James  King 
William  Southard 
J.  G.  White 

No.  15 
Samuel  Newton 
Charles  Wetherbee 
Ransom  Clifford 


Dist.  No.  3 
Joel  Angier 
Aaron  P.  Glazier 
Willard  Whitman 

N.  M.  Swasey 

No.  6 

Alvah  Haywood 
Joseph  Flanders 
Ebenezer  Tenney 

No.  9 
Simeon  Haines 
Gad  Bisbee 
Paine  Blake 

No.  12 
Ezra  Sanborn 
Daniel  Morse 
James  M.  Bancroft 

No.  16 
Horace  Battis 
Alfred  Tyler 
L.  H.  Chase 


1841.  Annual  meeting,  North  Parish,  March  9.  With  a  Haverhill 
candidate  for  Congress  as  well  as  for  governor,  the  Democrats  polled  a 
full  vote,  and  easily  maintained  their  ascendancy.  The  governor  vote 
was,  Enos  Stevens,  Whig,  187;  John  Page,  Democrat,  304;  John  R.  Red- 
ing also  received  304  for  Congress,  and  other  candidates  on  the  ticket, 
306.  For  representatives,  Joseph  Bell,  1;  Joshua  Blaisdell,  Whig,  114; 
Aaron  Southard,  Whig,  119;  Samuel  Smith,  Dem.,  296;  Samuel  Swasey, 
Democrat,  296.     New  names  on  the  list  of  minor  offices  were:  highway 


186  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

surveyors,  Moses  Dunkley,  Thomas  E.  Barron,  Thomas  B.  Perkins, 
Wilder  P.  Dix,  Jarvis  Sargent,  Samuel  Page,  Jr.,  David  Cheney;  survey- 
ors of  lumber,  Ezra  Niles;  fence  viewers,  Nathaniel  Rix,  Jr.;  hogreeves, 
Michael  Carleton,  Jr.,  S.  E.  Lester,  Arthur  Carleton,  Nathaniel  Dickin- 
son, Silas  M.  Burke,  Amasa  Niles,  B.  Frank  Gale,  George  W.  Bisbee. 
Voted  to  tax  the  town  farm  for  support  of  schools.  Voted  to  raise  a 
sum  of  money  equal  to  interest  on  surplus  fund  for  schools;  this  vote  was 
rescinded  at  an  adjourned  meeting  March  17.  "Voted  to  lay  out  $100 
on  the  road  from  Brier  Hill  to  Slab  City."  At  an  adjourned  meeting 
March  17.  Appropriations:  highways  and  bridges,  to  pay  town  debts 
and  town  charges,  $3,000  in  money,  $1,800  in  labor;  schools,  $881. 

1842.  Annual  meeting,  old  meeting  house,  South  Parish,  March  8. 
The  Democrats  retained  control  of  affairs  in  spite  of  a  division  from  the 
regular  ranks  by  so  called  Independent  Democrats,  who  were  opposing 
giving  charters  to  railroads  permitting  them  to  take  land  for  roadway 
by  right  of  eminent  domain.  This  remained  an  issue  for  three  or  four 
years,  and  the  Independents  were  led  by  some  of  the  ablest  leaders  of 
the  party.  Governor  vote,  John  H.  White,  Ind.  Dem.,  30;  Enos  Stevens, 
Whig,  167;  Henry  Hubbard,  258.  Representative  vote,  William  South- 
ard, 1;  Daniel  Batchelder,  4;  Jona.  Wilson,  4;  Jona.  B.  Rowell,  4;  Samuel 
Page,  Whig  and  Free  Soil,  218;  Roswell  Elliott,  Whig  and  Free  Soil,  223; 
Samuel  Swasey,  Dem.,  250;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  259.  The  Free  Soil  as 
well  as  the  railroad  issue  entered  into  the  choice  of  selectmen.  On  the 
first  ballot  Samuel  Swasey  and  Nathaniel  Rix  2d  were  chosen,  no  check 
list  being  used,  and  on  the  second  John  Page  was  elected,  the  check  list 
being  demanded.  The  new  names  appearing  in  the  list  of  minor  offices 
were:  Highway  surveyors,  Isaac  F.  Allen,  Samuel  B.  Morse,  Abram 
Thomas,  Joseph  Willis,  Jesse  Rollins,  Ransom  Clifford,  Franklin  Crouch, 
Clark  Bacon,  David  Merrill,  John  Cummings;  auditors,  D.  H.  Collins, 
Abiel  Deming;  surveyor  of  wood,  Gardner  Elliott;  hogreeves,  Samuel 
T.  Wood,  Horace  Jones,  Orson  Morse,  Jona.  Poole,  Jr.,  Hiram  George, 
D.  H.  Hall,  Norman  Baker.  John  A.  Page  was  chosen  agent  to  take 
charge  of  the  literary  fund.  Appropriations:  highways  and  town 
expenses,  $2,000  in  money,  $1,800  in  labor;  schools,  $1,181,  of  which 
$300  was  to  be  divided  equally  among  the  school  districts. 

1843.  Annual  meeting,  Old  meeting  house  North  Parish,  March  14. 
Governor  vote,  John  M.  White,  Ind.  Dem.,  72;  Anthony  Colby,  Whig, 
161;  Henry  Hubbard,  Dem.,  301.  Representatives  to  General  Court, 
Nathaniel  Kimball,  Ind.  Dem.,  46;  Samuel  Page,  Ind.  Dem.,  50;  Russell 
King,  Whig,  148;  Gardner  Elliott,  Whig,  149;  Eben  Eastman,  Dem., 
299;  Samuel  Swasey,  Dem.,  301.  Swasey  for  the  first  time  polled  the 
full  party  vote.  He  had  been  elected  speaker  of  the  House  in  1842,  and 
his  town  appreciated  the  honor  conferred.     He  was  speaker  again  in 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  187 

1843.  New  names  in  the  list  of  town  offices  were:  highway  surveyors, 
Eleazer  Smith,  Jona.  A.  Russell,  Dan  Y.  Jackson,  William  Leonard,  Lor- 
enzo H.  Chase,  Charles  Wetherbee,  Timothy  R.  Bacon,  Russell  Wright; 
surveyors  of  lumber,  John  C.  Deming;  hogreeves,  Joseph  Mack,  Henry 
Merrill,  John  N.  Morse,  William  Brown,  Voranus  Keeth,  Samuel  M. 
Hubert,  Simeon  Hurlburt,  Ira  Sanborn,  Chester  Farnham,  Ephraim 
Crouch.  Appropriations:  highways,  $2,000  in  labor;  town  charges,  etc., 
$1,600;  schools,  $1,180,  of  which  $300  was  to  be  divided  equally  among 
the  districts.  The  overseer  of  poor,  Daniel  Batchelder,  was  authorized 
to  let  out  the  town  farm,  and  make  provision  for  support  of  paupers  for 
one  year,  and  it  was  voted  that  the  selectmen  and  overseer  erect  addi- 
tional buildings  on  the  town  farm. 

1844.  Annual  meeting,  Ladd  Street  meeting  house,  March  12. 
Governor  vote,  David  Hoit,  Free  Soil,  22;  John  H.  White,  Ind.  Derm,  22; 
Anthony  Colby,  Whig,  135;  John  H.  Steele,  Dem.,  175.  The  contest 
at  this  election  and  it  was  an  exciting  one  was  over  the  election  of  repre- 
sentatives to  the  General  Court.  Eben  Eastman  and  Daniel  Batchelder 
were  the  Democratic  candidates.  Batchelder  was  a  comparatively  new- 
comer in  town — coming  from  Coventry — and  secured  his  nomination  in 
the  caucus  by  a  close  vote.  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  and  Hosea  S.  Baker  were 
the  Whig  candidates.  The  Independent  Democrats  had  been  for  three 
or  four  years  a  disorganizing  factor,  and  the  Free  Soilers  had  become  a 
force  to  be  reckoned  with  and  party  lines,  especially  on  the  part  of  the 
Democrats  had  become  loosely  drawn.  Only  354  votes  had  been  cast 
for  governor  and  the  remainder  of  the  state  and  county  ticket,  but  the 
smallest  representative  vote  on  the  four  ballots  taken  was  454. 

First  ballot — whole  number  votes,  481;  necessary  for  choice,  241; 
scattering,  6;  W.  S.  Cobleigh,  3;  Eleazor  Smith,  4;  Hiram  Morgan,  11; 
Nathaniel  Kimball,  11;  Samuel  Page,  14;  John  McClary,  33;  Hosea  S. 
Baker,  185;  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  190;  Daniel  Batchelder,  232;  Eben  East- 
man, 272,  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected. 

Second  ballot — whole  number  votes,  478;  necessary  for  choice,  240; 
scattering,  5;  John  McClary,  6;  Samuel  Page,  7;  Hiram  Morgan,  9;  Daniel 
Morse,  2d,  223 :  Daniel  Batchelder,  228. 

Third  ballot — whole  number  votes,  485;  necessary  for  choice,  243; 
scattering,  9;  John  McClary,  3;  Hiram  Morgan,  4;  Daniel  Morse,  2d 
233;  Daniel  Batchelder,  236. 

Fourth  ballot — whole  number  of  votes,  454;  necessary  for  choice,  228; 
scattering,  5;  John  McClary,  4;  Daniel  Batchelder,  214;  Daniel  Morse, 
2d,  233,  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  His  supporters  had  the 
better  staying  qualities.  The  Democrats  evidently  wanted  more  time  for 
election  of  selectmen,  &c,  and  the  meeting  was  adjourned  without  delay. 
A  special  meeting  was  warned  for  March  29,  at  the  Horse  Meadow  Meet- 


188  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

ing  House  when  appropriations  were  made,  and  town  officers  were 
elected.  Alvah  E.  Haywood  and  Samuel  Swasey,  Dems.,  were  elected 
selectmen  on  the  first  ballot  and  Isaac  Morse,  Whig,  on  second  ballot. 
New  names  on  the  list  of  other  offices  were:  highway  surveyors,  Isaac 
F.  Allen,  Jefferson  Pennock,  Samuel  Newton,  Lyman  M.  Southard,  James 
Blake,  Aaron  Knight;  constables,  Cephas  Cummings,  James  A.  Cutting, 
Luther  Colby;  tythingman,  James  Blake,  Jr.  When  it  came  to  the  elec- 
tion of  hogreeves,  the  town  simply  outdid  itself.  No  less  than  29  more 
or  less  distinguished  citizens  were  elevated  to  that  important  office.  The 
list  is  certainly  an  interesting  one.  Rev.  David  Burroughs,  Orrin  Sart- 
well,  Charles  Noyes,  Joseph  Locke,  Marquis  D.  Stearns,  James  Gould, 
Ira  Gould,  Winthrop  Elliott,  Alexander  Moore,  Sylvester  Jeffers,  Benj. 
Webster,  Jr.,  Osgood  M.  Morse,  Cyrus  George,  Phineas  Spalding,  M.  D., 
Isaac  Morse,  Joel  Davis,  David  Page,  Samuel  T.  Ward,  Simeon  Haines, 
David  Dunckley,  S.  F.  Hook,  Samuel  Poole,  C.  S.  Cox,  William  H. 
Cummings,  Daniel  Carr,  Jr.,  John  Page,  Samuel  Carr,  John  L.  Rix, 
Samuel  Swasey.  Hogs  were  never  so  well  provided  for  either  before  or 
since.  School  committee  was  once  more  elected,  instead  of  authorizing 
selectmen  to  appoint:  Rev.  Samuel  Delano,  Rev.  Elisha  Adams, 
Joseph  Niles,  Eben  Eastman,  Nathan  B.  Felton.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $2,000  in  labor;  schools,  $1,181,  to  be  divided  as  in  previous 
years;  town  expenses,  $1,000.  Abiel  Deming  was  appointed  agent  to 
settle  with  the  tax  collectors  for  1840,  41  and  42,  and  to  report  at  the 
November  meeting  or  be  fined.  There  is  no  record  of  either  settlement 
or  fine  at  the  November  meeting.  It  was  voted  not  to  license  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquors.  At  the  November  presidential  election,  the  fate 
for  electors  was,  Free  Soil,  16;  Whig,  213;  Dem.,  289.  For  revision  of 
Constitution,  yes,  275;  no,  53;  abolition  of  capital  punishment,  yes,  110; 
no,  201. 

1845.  Annual  meeting,  Horse  Meadow  meeting  house,  March  11. 
Governor  vote,  David  Hoit,  Free  Soil,  47;  Anthony  Colby,  Whig,  158; 
John  H.  Steele,  Dem.,  249.  There  was  again  an  exciting  contest  for 
election  of  representative  to  General  Court.  Nathan  B.  Felton  and 
Jonathan  Wilson  were  the  regular  Democratic  candidates,  Daniel  Morse, 
2d,  was  the  Whig  candidate  and  Daniel  Batchelder,  who  had  been 
defeated  in  1844  as  the  regular  Democratic  candidate,  was  running  inde- 
pendently. The  result  indicated  that  there  had  been  a  deal,  Whigs  were 
found  supporting  the  life-long  Democrat  "Dan"  Batchelder.  The  deal 
was  successful.  It  was  charged  that  John  L.  Rix  engineered  it.  This  at 
least  is  certain,  John  L.  Rix  had  returned  to  town  and  was  active  in  local 
politics.  In  fact,  he  was  never  anything  but  active.  There  were  three 
ballots. 

First  ballot — whole  number  of  votes,  490;  necessary  for  a  choice,  246; 


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scattering,  14;  Daniel  Batchelder,  Ind.,  221;  N.  B.  Felton,  Dem.,  238; 
Jona.  Wilson,  236;  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  247,  and  David  Morse,  2d,  was 
declared  elected. 

Second  ballot — whole  number  of  votes,  484;  necessary  for  a  choice, 
243;  scattering,  12;  Daniel  Batchelder,  235;  N.  B.  Felton,  237. 

Third  ballot — whole  number  of  votes,  471;  necessary  for  a  choice,  236; 
scattering,  4;  N.  B.  Felton,  227;  Daniel  Batchelder,  240.  At  least  ten 
Democrats  failed  to  remain  till  the  voting  was  over,  and  Daniel  Batchel- 
der was  elected.  Before  another  election,  there  was  a  getting  together 
of  Democrats,  and  Daniel  Batchelder  dropped  out  of  Haverhill  political 
life,  reappearing  only  after  a  lapse  of  more  than  twenty  years  when  he  was 
twice  elected  moderator.  The  Whigs  elected  two  of  the  selectmen,  Dudley 
C.  Kimball  and  Isaac  Morse,  Alvah  E.  Haywood,  Democrat,  being  elected 
to  third  place  on  the  second  ballot.  New  names  on  the  lists  of  other 
town  officers  were:  highway  surveyors,  G.  W.  George,  Alba  Hale,  Chas. 
Champlin,  Hiram  Keyes,  Hiram  Ladd,  Thos.  B.  Perkins,  Abijah  Cutting, 
Anson  A.  Smith,  Joseph  Sanborn,  David  Morse;  constables,  James 
Bancroft,  Walter  P.  Flanders;  surveyors  of  wood,  Charles  G.  Smith; 
superintending  school  committee,  Clark  Haywood;  appropriations: 
highways,  $2,000  in  labor,  $2,500  in  money;  schools,  $300,  in  addition  to 
the  sum  required  by  law.  Chose  Dudley  C.  Kimball  "to  ferret  out  and 
find  if  possible  certain  notes  reported  by  auditors  as  lost  or  misplaced 
and  if  found  to  collect  them  forthwith,"  "also  the  literary  fund  notes  and 
apply  the  same  on  town  debt." 

A  special  meeting  was  held  September  23  for  election  of  member  of 
Congress.  It  was  voted  to  dismiss  an  article  in  the  warrant  relative  to 
building  town  hall. 

1846.  Annual  meeting,  Ladd  Street,  March  10.  Governor  vote, 
J.  H.  White,  1;  N.  S.  Berry,  F.  S.,  90;  Anthony  Colby,  168;  Jared  W. 
Williams,.  256  It  is  to  be  noted  that  the  Free  Soil  vote  drawn  from  both 
Whig  and  Democratic  parties  had  become  an  important  factor.  There 
was  a  larger  vote  for  representatives  than  for  governor.  Had  the  entire 
Free  Soil  vote  been  given  to  the  Whig  candidates,  they  would  have  been 
elected,  but  it  had  not  yet  been  sufficiently  welded  together  to  make  the 
most  of  itself. 

First  ballot — whole  number  of  votes,  525;  necessary  for  a  choice,  263; 
Nathaniel  Kimball,  Whig,  255;  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  Whig,  249;  Nathl. 
Rix,  Dem.,  262;  Samuel  Swasey,  Dem.,  270:  Second  ballot — whole 
number  of  votes,  502;  necessary  for  a  choice,  252;  scattering,  6;  Nathl. 
Kimball,  Whig,  232;  Nathl.  Rix,  Dem.,  264.  Two  ballots  were  necessary 
to  elect  selectmen.  John  McClary,  Dem.  and  Isaac  F.  Allen,  Whig, 
were  elected  on  first  ballot,  and  Josiah  Jeffers,  F.  S.  on  second. 

New  names  on  list  of  minor  offices:     highway  surveyors,  Horatio  N. 


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Ladd,  Daniel  French,  David  Putnam,  Gad  Bisbee,  George  Walcott,  Ros- 
well  Wilmot,  Abram  H.  Chandler;  surveyor  of  lumber,  David  Page; 
surveyor  of  wood,  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey ;  hogreeve,  Samuel  Pike,  tything- 
men,  Abel  K.  Merrill,  Niles  Doty;  superintendent  school  committee, 
Herman  Rood.  Appropriations:  highways,  $2,000  in  labor;  schools, 
$1,250;  town  expenses,  $1,500.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  report 
a  plan  of  town  house  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 

1847.  Annual  meeting,  Horse  Meadow  meeting  house,  March  9. 
Governor  vote,  Nathaniel  S.  Berry,  F.  S.,  54;  Anthony  Colby,  Whig, 
229;  Jared  W.  Williams,  Dem.,  260.  For  representatives  and  selectmen, 
most  of  the  Free  Soilers  voted  with  the  Whigs,  the  result  being  the  elec- 
tion of  the  Whig  candidates  on  first  ballot.  New  names  in  list  of  offices, 
highway  surveyors,  Stephen  Metcalf,  Joshua  Carr,  Ward  Mason,  Tris- 
tram Cross,  Peter  Whitaker,  Amos  C.  Foster,  N.  M.  Chase;  constable, 
George  Wetherell;  hogreeves,  James  Glazier,  Eli  L.  Evans,  George  W. 
McConnell,  Hubert  Eastman;  superintendent  school  committee,  Charles 
R.  Morrison,  Geo.  S.  Towle.  Appropriations:  highways,  $2,000  in 
labor;  schools,  $1,310;  town  expenses,  $1,700.  On  revision  of  Consti- 
tution, Yes,  201;  No,  42.  At  a  special  meeting  August  6,  "to  see  if 
town  will  vote  to  sell  town  farm  and  purchase  one  of  less  value,"  voted  to 
refer  to  next  annual  meeting;  "to  see  if  the  town  will  pay  John  Nason  for 
horse  killed  on  highway,"  voted  to  dismiss  the  article. 

1848.  Annual  meeting,  Horse  Meadow,  March  14.  It  was  a  bitterly 
contested  election  from  the  start,  and  lasted  through  three  days.  Whigs 
and  Free  Soilers  had  united  on  a  candidate  for  governor,  and  also  for 
representatives  and  town  offices,  for  councillor,  senator  and  county 
offices  there  were  separate  Whig  and  Free  Soil  tickets,  the  latter  polling 
from  67  to  70  votes.  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  was  elected  moderator,  by  a 
plurality  of  three  votes.  James  T.  Burston  was  chosen  town  clerk  on 
second  ballot.  Governor  vote,  Anthony  Colby,  Whig,  1;  Nathaniel 
S.  Berry,  Whig  and  F.  S.,  285;  Jared  W.  Williams,  286.  For  Repre- 
sentatives: Whole  No.  votes,  543;  necessary  for  a  choice,  272;  Samuel 
Swasey,  Dem.,  269;  Thomas  B.Jackson,  Dem.,  270;  Samuel  Page,  W.  and 
F.  S.,  270;  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  272.  Adjourned  till  9  a.  m.  Wednesday. 
Second  ballot  for  representative:  Whole  number  votes,  536;  necessary  for 
a  choice,  269;  John  L.  Rix,  1;  Thomas  B.  Jackson,  Dem.,  264;  Samuel 
Page,  W.  and  F.  S.,  271.  Two  ballots  were  necessary  to  elect  selectmen, 
and  the  coalition  was  successful.  New  names  in  list  of  town  offices: 
highway  surveyors,  Rinaldo  Moulton,  Lyman  Haines,  Kimball  Corliss, 
Simon  Heath,  Luther  Warren,  Benj.  Cole;  hogreeves,  Isaiah  Wood- 
ward; tythingman,  Alexander  Manson.  William  H.  Page  was  appointed 
tax  collector  by  the  selectmen.  On  the  question,  is  it  expedient  that  a 
law  be  enacted  prohibiting  the  sale  of  wines  and  spiritous  liquors  except 


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for  mechanical  and  medicinal  purposes  the  vote  was,  yes,  76;  no,  96. 
This  was  the  first  vote  on  the  question  of  statutory  prohibition.  Appro- 
priations same  as  previous  year.  At  the  presidential  election  November 
7,  the  Democratic  electoral  ticket  received  235  votes,  the  Whig  179,  the 
Free  Soil  49. 

The  Democratic  Republican  of  March  22,  made  caustic  comment  on  the 
result : 

Never  since  we  have  known  anything  of  political  matters,  have  we  seen  such  gross 
unfairness  and  favoritism  shown  by  selectmen  as  was  shown  by  our  board  to  the  Whig 
party  in  putting  the  names  of  Whigs  on  the  list,  and  in  excluding  Democrats  from  it. 
Nor  was  the  favoritism  of  the  selectmen  the  only  thing  the  Democracy  had  to  contend 
with.  Rum  and  rowdyism,  countenanced  by  the  Whig  leaders,  reigned  supreme  through 
the  first  two  days  of  town  meeting.  Bullies  armed  with  bludgeons,  were  appointed  by  the 
Whigs  at  their  caucus  to  sleep  in  the  meeting  house  and  to  take  possession  of  a  certain 
pew,  which  they  supposed  to  be  a  desirable  spot  for  them  to  operate  in,  and  others  were 
selected  to  row  it  in  the  aisle,  through  which  the  voters  were  obliged  to  pass  to  get  to  the 
ballot  box.  It  was  impossible  for  Democrats  to  get  to  the  ballot  box  without  being 
insulted  in  the  grossest  manner.  In  several  instances  we  saw  men  who  were  going  orderly 
and  quietly  to  deposit  their  ballots  assaulted  by  bullies  in  the  aisle,  and  it  became  neces- 
sary for  them  to  fight  their  way,  or  defer  giving  their  votes.  At  one  time  a  fight  was  going 
on  in  the  house  for  nearly  or  quite  half  an  hour,  and  not  the  least  effort  was  made  on  the 
part  of  the  moderator,  though  he  was  ordered,  in  the  most  peremptory  manner  to  do  so  by 
the  editor  of  the  Whig  paper  in  this  village.  The  moderator  probably  knew  that  the 
valor  imported  to  the  bullies  of  his  party  by  the  rum  furnished  them  must  find  vent 
somewhere,  and  he  did  not  care  to  call  down  their  indignation  on  his  head  by  interfering 
with  their  sport. 

There  was  evidently  an  after-election  soreness  on  the  part  of  the  Demo- 
crats. On  the  first  ballot  for  representatives  on  the  first  day  of  the  meet- 
ing, Daniel  Morse,  2d,  was  declared  elected  by  the  moderator,  as  having 
received  272  votes,  just  the  number  necessary  to  a  choice,  but  it  seems  an 
error  had  been  made.  The  Whig  and  Free  Soil  or  Coalition  candidates 
were  Daniel  Morse  2d,  and  Samuel  Page,  the  Democratic  Samuel  Swasey 
and  Thomas  B.  Jackson.  But  an  error  was  discovered.  The  whole 
number  of  votes  cast  on  the  first  balloting  was  544;  necessary  to  a  choice, 
273.  At  the  time  of  the  count  it  was  found  that  there  were  269  ballots 
bearing  the  names  of  Morse  and  Page,  three  bearing  the  name  of  Morse, 
but  not  that  of  Page,  and  one  bearing  the  name  of  Page,  but  not  that  of 
Morse,  making  the  number  of  Coalition  ballots  273.  There  were  269  bal- 
lots bearing  the  names  of  Swasey  and  Jackson,  and  one  bearing  the  name 
of  Jackson,  but  not  that  of  Swasey  making  the  number  of  Democratic 
votes  270,  a  total  in  all  of  543,  which  was  declared  by  the  moderator  as  the 
vote.  Before  the  declaration,  however,  a  ballot  bearing  the  names  of 
Swasey  and  Jackson  was  received  by  the  moderator,  bringing  the  total 
Democratic  vote  up  to  271,  and  the  total  vote,  544.  This  latter  vote  was 
not  reckoned  in  the  declaration,  and  so  Morse  really  failed  by  one  vote 


192  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  receiving  the  number  required  to  elect,  273.  The  Democrats  in  the 
Legislature  had  an  ample  majority,  and  Mr.  Morse,  though  declared 
elected  did  not  attempt  to  take  his  seat,  and  thus  provoke  a  contest, 
in  which  he  would  have  doubtless  have  been  defeated. 

1849.  Annual  meeting,  at  New  Town  Hall  March  14.  There  was  no 
vote  for  governor.  For  representative :  whole  number  votes,  544 ;  neces- 
sary for  a  choice,  273;  scattering,  2;  T.  B.  Jackson,  Dem.,  262;  Samuel 
Swasey,  Dem.,  265;  Samuel  Page,  W.  and  F.  S.,  273;  Daniel  Morse, 
2d,  279;  James  T.  Burston  was  elected  town  clerk  only  on  second  ballot. 
There  was  no  choice  for  selectmen  on  Tuesday  and  adjournment  was  had 
till  Wednesday,  when  Dudley  C.  Kimball,  Isaac  Morse  and  Washington 
W.  Simpson,  Coalition  candidates,  were  elected.  The  warrant  contained 
the  usual  article :  "To  bring  in  your  votes  for  governor,  councillor,  senator, 
county  treasurer,  register  of  deeds,  three  road  commissioners  and  repre- 
sentative in  Congress  from  the  Fourth  District."  Voted,  "to  dismiss  the 
article,"  and  Haverhill  for  the  first  and  only  time  in  its  history  deliber- 
ately disfranchised  itself  in  national,  state  and  county  affairs.  The 
minor  town  offices  were  elected  on  report  of  a  committee  on  nominations. 
New  names  in  list:  highway  surveyors,  David  Parker,  Jr.,  E.  B.  Wil- 
loughby,  Israel  H.  Davis,  Alonzo  W.  Putnam,  Roswell  Elliott,  Moses 
Noyes,  Roswell  Crosby,  Charles  Cox,  Hiram  Wilmot.  Hogreeves, 
Isaac  L.  Morse,  Paul  N.  Meader.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,500 
in  labor  at  10c  an  hour,  $1,500  in  money;  schools  including  literary  fund 
and  surplus  revenue,  $1,730;  for  part  of  our  standing  town  debt  and 
town  expenses,  $2,000. 

1850.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  The  pendulum  swung  again.  It 
was  a  Democratic  year.  Governor  vote,  N.  S.  Brun,  F.  S.,  25;  Lin 
Chamberlin,  Whig,  201;  Samuel  Dinsmoor,  265.  The  Democratic 
candidates  for  selectmen  and  representatives  were  elected  by  substantial 
majorities.  Other  officers  were  again  elected  on  nomination  of  committee 
previously  appointed.  New  names  were:  highway  surveyors,  Eben 
Gitchell,  Warren  Rogers,  Joseph  Hardy,  Jr.,  James  L.  Bisbee,  Jason 
Blood,  D.  F.  Palmer,  Samuel  Peters,  Benj.  L.  Warren;  hogreeves,  David 
Dickey,  Henry  W.  Smith,  Azro  Niles,  Lysander  Brayvorn,  Hazen  Ricker, 
I.  B.  Ayer;  surveyors  of  wood,  T.  F.  Coggswell.  Rev.  S.  Delano,  for  the 
superintending  school  committee,  made  report,  which  was  ordered  to  be 
printed  in  cheap  pamphlet  form  and  that  one  copy  be  furnished  to  each 
family  in  town.  This  was  the  first  published  school  report.  Rev. 
Samuel  Delano,  Chas.  R,  Morrison  were  elected  school  committee.  The 
selectmen  were  authorized  to  appoint  a  collector  to  collect  uncollected 
taxes  on  the  tax  books  of  W .  H .  Page .  Appropriations :  highways ,  $  1 , 500 
in  labor;  schools,  $1,730;  current  expenses,  $1,500;  outstanding  indebt- 
ness,  $1,000;  teachers'  institute  in  Western  Judicial  district,  $25. 


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A  special  meeting  was  held  Oct.  8,  to  choose  delegates  to  a  Constitu- 
tional Convention.  Samuel  Swasey  and  Jacob  Morse,  Dems.,  were 
elected  with  practically  no  opposition. 

1851.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  This  year  the  pendulum  swung 
the  other  way.  Governor  vote,  John  Atwood,  F.  S.,  32;  Samuel  Dins- 
moor,  Dem.,  216;  Thomas  E.  Sawyer,  Whig,  228.  Representative  vote, 
scattering,  26;  Thomas  B.  Jackson,  Dem.,  219;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Dem., 
229;  Chas.  E.  Thompson,  Whig,  251;  Dudley  C.  Kimball,  255.  The 
Whigs  elected  their  candidates  for  selectmen.  New  names  on  the  list 
of  other  town  offices:  highway  surveyors,  W.  C.  Marston,  Eben  F.  Morse, 
Daniel  W.  Webster,  Geo.  W.  Mason,  Rufus  Foster,  Henry  Chandler; 
hogreeve,  C.  A.  Gale;  collector  taxes,  Geo.  Wetherell.  All  the  amend- 
ments proposed  by  the  Convention  of  1850  to  the  Constitution  were 
overwhelmingly  defeated.  Voted,  to  recommend  that  the  justices  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  purchase  two  "poor  farms,"  one  in  the  Eastern 
and  the  other  in  the  Western  Judicial  district.  Voted,  that  the  selectmen 
curtail  the  expenses  of  prudential  school  committees  as  much  as  possible. 
Appropriations:  highways,  $1,500  in  labor,  10  cts.  per  hour;  schools, 
$1,730;  outstanding  debts,  $1,000;  current  expenses,  $1,500. 

1852.  Annual  meeting,  March  9.  Another  close  election  with  Whig 
and  Free  Soil  victory  in  town  affairs.  Governor  vote,  John  Atwood,  F.  S., 
32;  Thomas  E.  Sawyer,  Whig,  205;  Noah  Martin,  Dem.,  207.  Repre- 
sentative vote,  first  ballot,  scattering,  6;  Jacob  Morse,  Dem.,  250; 
Nathan  B.  Felton,  Dem.,  253;  Dudley  C.  Kimball,  Whig,  253;  Charles 
E.  Thompson,  Whig,  259,  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  Second 
ballot,  scattering,  2;  N.  B.  Felton,  Dem.,  238;  Dudley  C.  Kimball,  Whig, 
251.  New  names  on  list  of  town  offices:  highway  surveyors,  Nathaniel 
Bailey,  Benjamin  Hatch,  Asa  Bacon,  Daniel  Day,  William  Tenney, 
George  Gleason,  George  W.  Prescott;  hogreeve,  Abner  Palmer;  fire- 
wards,  J.  V.  Bean.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,500  in  labor;  schools, 
$1,730;  outstanding  debts,  $500;  town  expenses,  $1,500.  Voted,  to 
dispense  with  tything  man.  Three  amendments  to  the  constitution  were 
submitted:  To  abolish  religious  test,  yes  106,  no  48;  to  abolish  property 
qualification,  yes  129,  no  23;  on  submission  of  future  amendments  by 
legislature,  yes  67,  no  93.  Presidential  election,  1852.  Democratic 
electors,  231;  Whig  electors,  204;  Free  Soil,  27. 

1853.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  A  Democratic  year,  once  more,  but 
the  last  till  thirteen  years  later.  The  scepter  passed.  Governor  vote, 
John  H.  White,  F.  S.,  70;  James  Bell,  Whig,  188;  Noah  Martin,  Dem., 
226;  Representative  vote,  scattering,  14;  Isaac  Morse,  Whig,  243;  John 
L.  Rix,  Whig,  244;  Jacob  Morse,  Dem.,  259;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Dem., 
262.  Three  ballots  were  required  to  elect  a  town  clerk,  the  third  result- 
ing: Lorenzo  D.  Jeff ers,  F.  S.,  5;  James  T.  Barstow,  Whig,  254;  Charles 

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194  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

G.  Smith,  Dcm.,  262.  New  names  in  list  of  town  offices:  highway- 
surveyors,  Selden  Willey,  Moody  Maren,  Henry  W.  Reding;  constable, 
Edson  B.  Hadlock.  George  W.  Aiken  was  appointed  tax  collector  and 
treasurer.  For  the  first  time  there  was  a  single  superintending  school 
committee,  Eben  Eastman.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,500  in  labor; 
schools,  $1,300,  and  $450  additional  to  be  equally  divided  among  the 
school  districts;  town  expenses,  $1,400. 

1854.  Annual  meeting,  March  14.  There  was  a  large  vote,  the  repre- 
sentative contest  bringing  out  nearly  every  available  voter.  Governor 
vote,  Jared  Perkins,  F.  S.,  26;  Nathaniel  B.  Baker,  211;  James  Bell,  234. 
Representative  vote,  whole  number  of  votes,  526;  necessary  for  a  choice, 
264;  scattering,  5;  Jacob  Morse,  Dem.,  246;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Dem., 
247;  John  L.  Rix,  Whig,  273;  Isaac  Morse,  Whig,  277.  New  names  in 
list  of  town  offices:  highway  surveyors,  Warren  Stevens,  Major  W. 
Nelson,  Irad  Porter,  D.  P.  Kimball,  B.  F.  King,  Raymond  Page,  Charles 
P.  Warren,  Luke  C.  Glazier,  Seth  Heath,  Stephen  Jeffers;  corders  of 
wood,  George  S.  Kelsea,  Nathan  Dickinson;  hogreeves,  E.  P.  Woodbury, 
Willard  Weatherbee,  David  Whitcher,  Moses  Mulliken,  Henry  Blake, 
Royal  W.  Clark.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,800  in  labor;  schools, 
$1,300;  town  expenses,  $1,000.  Voted,  to  adopt  act  of  legislature 
providing  for  the  establishment  of  a  police  court  and  the  appointment  of 
a  police  justice.  At  a  special  meeting  September  23,  the  vote  relative  to 
the  establishment  of  a  police  court  was  rescinded. 

1855.  This  was  the  famous  "Know  Nothing"  year.  The  secret 
organization  known  as  the  American  party,  came  into  existence  and 
virtually  absorbed  the  Whig  and  Free  Soil  parties  and  drew  to  some 
extent  from  the  Democrats.  Its  candidate  for  governor,  Ralph  Metcalf , 
was  elected,  receiving  32,769  votes  to  27,055  for  Nathaniel  B.  Baker, 
Dem.;  3,436  for  James  Bell,  Whig,  and  1,237  for  Asa  Fowler,  F.  S.  The 
absorption  of  Whigs  and  Free  Soilers  was  more  general  throughout  the 
state  than  in  Haverhill  where  the  governor  vote  was,  Fowler,  F.  S.,  18; 
Bell,  Whig,  107;  Metcalf,  A.,  172;  Baker,  Dem.,  208.  "Know 
Nothings"  and  Whigs  united  on  representatives,  and  the  vote  was, 
whole  number,  511;  scattering,  5;  Moses  B.  Gove,  F.  S.,  16;  Major  W. 
Nelson,  F.  S.,  17;  George  W.  Bisbee,  Dem.,  206;  Nathan  B.  Felton, 
Dem.,  206;  John  L.  Rix,  W.  and  A.,  283;  Isaac  Morse,  W.  and  A.,  286. 
New  names  in  list  of  town  officers;  highway  surveyors,  F.  P.  Bowen, 
Jr.,  B.  F.  Woodward,  J.  Porter  Kimball,  Solon  Baker,  George  W.  Morrison, 
John  Palmer,  Ananias  Millen,  Edward  Dean.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$1,200  in  labor;  schools,  $1,600;  town  charges,  $1,400.  It  was  ordered 
that  400  copies  of  the  report  of  superintendent  of  schools  be  printed  and 
distributed. 


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1856.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  Governor  vote,  Ichabod  Goodwin, 
Whig,  12;  John  S.  Wells,  Dem.,  248;  Ralph  Metcalf,  A.,  278.  Repre- 
sentative vote:  whole  number,  543;  George  W.  Bisbee,  Dem.,  256; 
Charles  R.  Morrison,  Dem.,  256;  John  L.  Rix.,  W.  and  A.,  286;  Isaac 
Morse,  W.  and  A.,  287.  New  names  in  list  of  town  officers:  highway 
surveyors,  William  Eastman,  Lyman  G.  Clark,  Eben  Hardy,  Simon 
Clifford,  Abel  Wheeler,  Riley  J.  Mack;  constable,  W.  B.  Douglass;  hog- 
reeves,  D.  C.  Knight,  P.  W.  Kimball,  Collins  Durant,  E.  B.  Adams, 
E.  L.  Page,  Jacob  Brock,  Hiram  S.  Carr,  Chase  S.  Blake.  Appropriations : 
highways,  SI, 200  in  labor;  schools,  $1,600;  current  expenses  and  town 
indebtedness,  $2,000.  It  was  voted  that  400  copies  of  the  auditors' 
report  be  printed  and  250  copies  of  report  of  superintendent  of  schools. 
At  the  Presidential  election,  November  4,  but  two  electoral  tickets  were 
voted.  Democratic  candidates  for  electors  received  248,  and  the  candi- 
dates of  the  newly  organized  Republican  party,  309. 

1857.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Governor  vote,  John  S.  Wells, 
Dem.,  214;  William  Haile,  Rep.,  264.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number  ,  459;  George  W.  Bisbee,  Dem.,  196;  John  McClary,  Dem.,  196; 
Nathaniel  Bailey,  Rep.  263;  Russell  King,  Rep.,  263.  New  names  in  town 
office  list:  highway  surveyors,  William  Jewett,  Samuel  Kezer,  Charles 
Jacobs,  George  Tilton,  Harry  Patridge,  W.  McCloskey,  Jr.;  hogreeves, 
Ezra  S.  Kimball,  G.  C.  Smith,  A.  E.  Hildreth,  George  Keyes,  Mark 
Hildreth,  John  Hovey,  Edwin  Hildreth.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$1,000;  schools,  $1,600;  current  expenses  and  indebtedness,  $2,000. 

1858.  Annual  meeting,  March  9.  Governor  vote,  Asa  P.  Cate,  Dem., 
228;  William  Haile,  Rep.,  293.  Representative  vote,  scattering,  2; 
Hiram  Morgan,  Dem.,  194;  Joseph  Powers,  Dem.,  195;  Nathaniel 
Bailey,  Rep.,  272;  Russell  King,  Rep.,  274.  New  names  in  list  of  minor 
offices:  highway  surveyors,  Nathan  P.  Rideout,  Royal  H.  Baker,  Wil- 
liam G.  Campbell,  Parker  Metcalf,  J.  H.  Large;  hogreeves,  Greenleaf 
Page,  H.  H.  Tenney,  Solomon  Blumley,  Akel  E.  Davis,  Abiel  Nelson, 
Geo.  W.  Chapman,  Calvin  Pennock,  James  Battis.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $1,000;  schools,  $1,600;  town  expenses,  and  debts,  $2,000. 
Lyman  Buck  was  by  vote  licensed  to  sell  liquor. 

1859.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  Governor  vote,  Asa  P.  Cate, 
Dem.,  219;  Ichabod  Goodwin,  Rep.,  271.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number,  475;  scattering,  5;  Marcus  B.  Jackson,  Dem.,  208;  John 
McClary,  208;  George  S.  Kelsea,  258;  James  P.  Webster,  258.  New 
names  in  list  of  town  offices:  highway  surveyors,  S.  S.  Hovey,  Fred 
Clough,  Eben  T.  Hardy,  George  Aldrich,  James  B.  Clark,  C.  Alonzo 
Cummings;  constable,  Nathaniel  M.  Page;  corders  of  wood,  Albert 
Bailey;  hogreeves,  S.  S.  Evans,  Rev.  Charles  U.  Dunning,  W.  B.  Rogers, 


196  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

Jerome  B.  Carr,  Chester  Phelps,  Albert  Gordon,  David  Kezer.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $1,000  in  labor;  schools,  $1,600;  town  charges  and 
debts,  $2,000.  Voted  to  build  a  new  dwelling  house  on  the  town  farm 
and  to  raise  $500  therefor.  Voted  to  give  each  school  district  the  amount 
of  the  school  tax  raised  on  its  property.  H.  M.  Marsh  was  licensed  to  sell 
liquor  for  medicinal,  chemical  and  mechanical  purposes.  S.  F.  Hook  was 
chosen  town  agent  to  sell  liquor,  to  sell  at  not  exceeding  25  per  cent  profit 
and  to  receive  $75  for  services.  Marsh  to  sell  at  same  profit  and  to  re- 
ceive $50  compensation.  Neither  to  sell  to  common  drunkards,  nor  to 
any  person  using  liquor  to  excess,  unless  on  prescription  of  physician. 
^(Comment  on  this  kind  of  regulation  of  sale  of  liquor  is  unnecessary.) 

1860.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  Governor  vote,  Asa  P.  Cate, 
Dem.,  210;  Ichabod  Goodwin,  Rep.,  276.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number,  470;  N.  M.  Swasey,  Dem.,  5;  Marcus  B.  Jackson,  Dem.,  198; 
John  McClary,  Dem.,  203;  James  P.  Webster,  Rep.,  266;  George  S. 
Kelsea,  Rep.,  267.  New  names  on  list  of  town  offices:  highway  survey- 
ors, Peter  Flanders,  Amos  Sly,  A.  D.  Elliott,  Franklin  Hurlburt,  Syl- 
vester Hurlburt;  surveyors  of  lumber,  Addison  Ring,  D.  C.  Hutchins; 
hogreeves,  Henry  Chapman,  W.  I.  Fisher,  Nelson  Hanaford,  Hibbard  S. 
Sleeper,  George  Tilton,  Harry  Hix.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,200  in 
labor;  schools,  $1,600;  debts  and  town  charges,  $2,000.  S.  F.  Hook  and 
Ann  C.  Marsh,  agents  to  sell  liquor  on  same  terms  as  previous  year. 
Presidential  election,  November  6.  There  were  four  electoral  tickets 
voted  for,  Bell  and  Everett,  Union,  2;  Breckenridge  and  Lane,  Dem., 
68;  Douglas  and  Johnson,  Dem.,  109;  Lincoln  and  Hamlin,  Rep.,  263. 
The  North  Haverhill  cornet  band  was  invited  to  play  while  voters  were 
coming  in.  "Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  meeting  be  presented  to  the 
band  for  their  excellent  and  enlivening  music." 

1861.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Governor  vote,  George  Stark, 
Dem.,  210;  Nathaniel  S.  Berry,  Rep.,  255.  The  regular  Republican 
nominees  for  representatives  were  George  W.  Chapman  and  Daniel 
Morse.  The  Democrats  nominated  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey  and  John  S. 
Bryant.  The  Democrats  had  no  hope  of  electing  either  of  their  candi- 
dates, and  so  were  ready  to  help  Republicans  dissatisfied  with  the  regular 
nominations  to  defeat  them.  It  was  a  go-as-you-please  contest,  and  three 
ballots  were  necessary.  First  ballot:  whole  number,  479;  scattering,  11; 
John  S.  Bryant,  Dem.,  112;  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey,  Dem.,  112;  Hosea 
:S.  Baker,  Rep.,  102;  George  W.  Chapman,  Rep.,  228;  Daniel  Morse, 
2d,  247;  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  Second  ballot:  whole 
number,  456;  scattering,  7;  N.  M.  Swasey,  Dem.,  9;  Nathaniel  W. 
Westgate,  Rep.,  10;  Geo.  W.  Chapman,  Rep.,  210;  Hosea  S.  Baker, 
Rep.,  220.  Third  ballot:  whole  number,  448;  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey, 
Dem.,  4;    H.  S.  Baker,  Rep.,  213;    Nathaniel  W.  Westgate,  Rep.,  231; 


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and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  The  Democrats  were  powerless  to 
elect  a  candidate  of  their  own,  but  they  dictated  the  choice  of  a  Repub- 
lican. New  names  in  list  of  minor  offices:  highway  surveyors,  John  C. 
Moore,  Daniel  W.  Day,  Lyman  A.  Marden,  Daniel  Merrill,  Jr.,  Benj. 
Noyes;  hogreeves,  Edmund  M.  Carleton,  Gilman  Torsey,  Joseph  Dow, 
W.  F.  Johnson.  Appropriations:  highways,  $1,200  in  labor;  schools, 
$1,600;  town  expenses  and  indebtedness,  $2,500.  N.  H.  Ladd  and  George 
W.  Mason  were  appointed  liquor  agents  under  the  statute. 

During  the  next  four  years  several  special  town  meetings  were  held  to 
take  action  in  regard  to  enlistment  of  soldiers,  payment  of  bounties  and 
other  matters  growing  out  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  The  action  taken 
will  be  noted  in  another  chapter. 

1862.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  Governor  vote,  Paul  J.  Wheeler, 
War  Dem.,  7;  George  Mark,  198;  Nathaniel  S.  Berry,  248.  The  Demo- 
cratic candidates  for  representative  were  Dr.  Henry  B.  Leonard  and 
Charles  G.  Smith ;  the  Republican  candidates,  Luther  Butler  and  Albert 
Bailey.  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  had  not  been  nominated  for  re-election. 
George  W.  Chapman  was  as  much  entitled  to  renomination  as  he,  but  the 
party  caucus  thought  it  wise  to  drop  both  and  make  new  nominations. 
"Daniel"  decided  to  run  independently.  He  had  been  the  beneficiary 
of  great  luck  at  previous  elections.  He  made  the  same  mistake  now, 
that  other  politicians,  big  and  little,  had  made  before  and  have  made 
since.  It  is  not  safe  to  run  for  office  on  a  platform  of  personal  popularity. 
Four  ballots  were  taken  before  election  was  completed.  Morse  had  the 
satisfaction  of  breaking  the  party  ticket,  and  of  accomplishing  his  own 
political  extinguishment  at  the  same  time.  First  ballot :  whole  number, 
446;  scattering,  5;  Daniel  Morse,  bolting  Rep.,  35;  Henry  B.  Leonard, 
Dem.,  192;  Charles  G.  Smith,  Dem.,  194;  Luther  Butler,  Rep.,  212; 
Albert  Bailey,  Rep.,  252;  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  Second 
ballot:  whole  number,  423;  scattering,  2;  Daniel  Carr,  Rep.,  23;  H.  B. 
Leonard,  199;  Luther  Butler,  199.  Third  ballot:  whole  number,  448; 
Carr,  31 ;  Leonard,  205;  Butler,  209.  It  is  sometimes  safe  to  swap  horses 
while  crossing  a  stream.  The  Republicans  hastily  decided  that  the  swap 
had  become  imperatively  necessary,  and  they  swapped.  Fourth  ballot: 
whole  number,  443;  scattering,  2;  Leonard,  202;  Maj.  W.  Nelson,  Rep., 
239;  and  the  latter  was  declared  elected.  New  names  in  town  office 
list:  highway  surveyors,  Henry  Swan,  A.  D.  Nelson,  Nathan  B.  Davis, 
Sylvester  Hildreth,  A.  H.  Chandler,  Roland  Niles;  surveyor  of  lumber, 
E.  C.  Hutchins;  hogreeves,  Henry  F.  King,  John  Currier,  Tristram  Hart- 
well,  John  Martin,  Marcellus  M.  Davis,  Andrew  J.  French,  John  E.  Carr, 
Berton  Smith,  Nathaniel  Messer,  Wilbur  Johnson,  R.  Heeney.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $1,200  in  labor;  town  charges  and  debts,  $2,500: 
schools,  $1,600. 


198  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

1863.  Annual  Meeting,  March  10.  Governer  vote,  Walter  Harriman, 
War  Dera.,  18;  Ira  A.  Eastman,  Dem.,  241;  Joseph  A.  Gilman,  Rep., 
245.  The  Republicans  elected  two  of  their  candidates  for  selectmen 
on  the  first  ballot,  Dudley  C.  Kimball  and  Daniel  Merrill,  and  on  the 
second  ballot,  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey,  Dem.,  was  chosen.  The  Republi- 
cans found  themselves  near  the  danger  line,  and  on  the  representative 
vote  party  lines  were  closely  drawn.  Whole  number  votes,  471;  neces- 
sary for  a  choice,  236;  Luther  Butler,  Rep.  1;  Charles  G.  Smith,  Dem., 
229;  Henry  B.  Leonard,  Dem.,  232;  Maj.  W.  Nelson,  Rep.,  236;  Albert 
Bailey,  Rep.,  238.  It  was  a  narrow  escape  for  the  dominant  party.  New 
names  on  list  of  minor  offices:  highway  surveyors,  George  C.  Butler, 
Myron  Bailey;  corders  of  wood,  Harvey  Gannett.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $1,500;  schools,  .11,600;  town  charges  and  debt,  $2,500. 
Voted  to  fund  the  floating  debt  of  the  town  and  issue  bonds  or  certificates 
to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  $7,000,  signed  by  the  treasurer  and  counter- 
signed by  the  selectmen  and  not  to  be  sold  less  than  par. 

1864.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  Governor  vote,  E.  W.  Harrington, 
Dem.,  246;  J.  A.  Gilmore,  Rep.,  278.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number,  518;  scattering,  4;  Charles  G.  Smith,  Dem.,  244;  Henry  B. 
Leonard,  Dem.,  247;  Joseph  P.  Cotton,  Rep.,  270;  Peabody  W.  Kimball, 
Rep.,  270.  New  names  in  list  of  town  offices:  Selectman,  Harvey  A. 
Albee;  highway  surveyors,  James  Knapp,  Allen  Bailey,  Fred  Clough, 
Joseph  A.  Pike,  Albert  Chase;  surveyors  of  lumber,  John  D.  Lawrence, 
Charles  M.  Weeks;  fireward,  William  R.  Park.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $1,500  in  labor;  schools,  $1,600;  town  charges  and  debt,  $6,000. 
Voted  to  fund  the  floating  debt  to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  $20,000. 
Presidential  election,  November  8.  Electoral  vote,  Lincoln  and  Johnson 
electors,  255;  McClellan  and  Pendleton  electors,  239.  On  calling  a 
constitutional  convention,  yes,  98;  no  119. 

1865.  Annual  meeting,  March  14.  Governor  vote,  E.  W.  Harrington, 
Dem.,  198;  Frederick  Smyth,  Rep.,  245.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number,  436;  scattering,  2;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Dem.,  197;  Charles 
M.  Weeks,  Dem.,  197;  Peabody  W.  Kimball,  Rep.,  234;  John  N.  Morse, 
Rep.,  238.  New  names  on  list  town  offices:  highway  surveyors,  John 
Nute,  Charles  Fisher,  Nathan  Heath,  David  S.  Hurd,  Nathan  Chase, 
Amos  H.  Lund,  Charles  P.  Warren,  William  Davis,  Leonard  J.  Brown; 
hogreeve,  Alvah  Blake.  Appropriations:  highways,  $2,000  in  labor, 
at  14  cents  an  hour;  schools,  $1,600;  current  expenses,  $3,000,  to  be 
applied  on  town  debt  $15,000. 

1866.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  The  vote  for  moderator  resulted 
in  the  election  by  a  small  plurality  of  Daniel  Batchelder,  Dem.  The 
first  count  showed  the  election  of  James  P.  Webster,  the  Republican 
candidate,  but  amid  great  excitement  amounting  almost  to  a  riot,  a 


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recount  resulted  in  the  election  of  the  Democrats'  candidate.  The 
Democrats  again  gained  control  of  town  and  retained  it  except  for  such 
divisions  as  were  made  by  Greenbackers,  until  1894.  The  governor  vote 
was,  Fred  Smyth,  Rep.,  239;  John  G.  Sinclair,  Dem.,  264.  Representa- 
tive vote,  whole  number,  508;  scattering,  2;  C.  A.  Dole,  Rep.,  240;  John 
N.  Morse,  Rep.,  241;  Charles  G.  Smith,  Dem.,  263;  Henry  B.  Leonard, 
Dem.,  265.  New  names  on  list  minor  offices:  highway  surveyors,  Albert 
H.  Tefft,  Henry  Holt,  H.  P.  Burleigh,  Parker  Beal,  Stephen  Jeffers,  Jr., 
Thomas  C.  Sloan;  fireward,  John  Piatt;  hogreeves,  Levi  Nelson,  Clark 
Dunkley,  M.  V.  Bleady;  superintendent  of  school  committee,  George 

F.  Putnam.  N.  M.  Taber,  George  S.  Cummings  and  Charles  Fisher  were 
chosen  agents  to  sell  liquor.  A  consultation  of  the  full  list  of  town 
officers  shows  the  triumph  of  Jacksonian  principles  in  Haverhill:  "To 
the  victors  belong  the  spoils."  The  names  of  Republicans  are  con- 
spicuous by  their  absence.  Appropriations:  highways,  $2,000  in  labor, 
at  14  cents;  schools,  $1,600;  town  expenses,  $3,000;  on  town  indebted- 
ness, $4,000.  On  the  first  ballot  for  selectmen,  Roswell  Elliott  was 
elected  with  Charles  M.  Weeks  and  Langdon  Bailey.  He  declined  to 
serve,  and  Jacob  Morse  was  chosen  in  his  place. 

1867.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Governor  vote,  Walter  Harriman, 
Rep.,  233;  John  A.  Sinclair,  Dem.,  304.  Representative  vote,  John  F. 
Morse,  3;  John  N.  Morse,  Rep.,  225;  C.  A.  Dole,  Rep.,  227;  Charles 

G.  Smith,  Dem.,  300;  Henry  B.  Leonard,  Dem.,  301.  New  names  on 
list  of  other  offices:  highway  surveyors,  Merrill  Phelps,  Jeremy  Titus, 
Morey  Gannett,  Moses  Knight,  George  A.  Elliott;  hogreeves,  Harlan 
Blanchard,  Ethan  O.  Harris,  Morris  E.  Kimball.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $2,000;  town  charges,  $3,000;  interest  and  principal,  town 
indebtedness,  $4,000;  schools,  $1,900,  $600  to  be  divided  equally 
among  the  school  districts.  Voted  to  adopt  provision  of  act  of  June, 
1845,  with  additional  act  of  June,  1852,  to  authorize  contiguous  school 
districts  to  associate  together  and  establish  high  schools. 

1868.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Governor  vote,  Walter  Harriman, 
Rep.,  249;  John  G.  Sinclair,  Dem.,  322.  Representative  vote,  whole 
number,  540;  George. W  Chapman,  Ind.,  27;  Langdon  Bailey,  Ind.,  28; 
Luther  Butler,  Rep.,  198;  Abel  K.  Merrill,  Rep.,  198;  George  F.  Putnam, 
Dem.,  317;  Charles  M.  Weeks,  Dem.,  319.  New  names,  minor  offices: 
highway  surveyors,  Orrin  M.  Whitman,  E.  W.  Bolkum,  W.  B.  Rogers, 
T.  P.  Blake,  Horace  Noyes,  S.  B.  St.  Clair,  Mark  F.  Colton,  Hosea  B. 
Cass;  hogreeves,  J.  C.  Pennock,  Amos  M.  Pike,  Ezra  B.  Mann,  Henry 
Battis,  Frank  Davis,  Harrison  Carleton.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$2,000  in  labor;  schools,  $2,000,  $600  to  be  equally  divided  among  school 
districts;  town  charges,  $4,000;  town  debt  and  interest,  $4,000. 

Voted  to  petition  Congress  to  tax  all  bonds  of  the  United  States  not 


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exceeding  1  per  cent  annually  and  to  make  the  tax  a  lien  on  coupons  and 
interest  on  bonds,  and  to  set  such  sum  apart  as  a  sinking  fund  to  apply 
on  the  debt  of  the  United  States.  Voted  $200  to  be  expended  in  grading 
road  to  Bedel's  bridge.  Presidential  election,  November  3.  Republican 
electoral  ticket,  for  Grant  and  Colfax,  219;  Democratic  electoral  ticket, 
Seymour  and  Blair,  246. 

The  volume  containing  the  records  of  town  meetings,  of  the  vote  of  the 
town  for  state  and  county  offices  and  the  quadrennial  vote  for  Presidential 
electors  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1885,  when  the  store  of  the  town  clerk, 
Enoch  R.  Weeks,  at  North  Haverhill  was  burned.  Unfortunately  the 
town  did  not  print  a  report  of  its  officers,  with  a  list  of  minor  officers  for 
the  most  of  these  years,  nor  was  a  weekly  newspaper  published  in  town, 
so  that  the  details  of  these  meetings  and  elections  are  irrecoverably  lost. 
One  result  of  this  loss  was  the  erection  soon  after  of  a  substantial  brick 
building  with  a  commodious  fireproof  vault  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the 
records.  The  stable  door  had  not,  however,  been  locked  in  time.  The 
governor  vote  and  the  representative  vote  after  1877  until  1887,  together 
with  some  other  facts  relative  to  town  officials  and  town  expenditures 
during  the  seventeen  years  the  records  for  which  are  lost,  are  available, 
and  are  here  given. 

1869.  Annual  meeting,  March  9.  Governor  vote,  Onslow  Stearns, 
Rep.,  205;  John  Bedel,  Dem.,  277;  Charles  M.  Weeks  and  George  F.  Put- 
nam, Dem.,  were  re-elected  representatives. 

1870.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  Governor  vote,  Lorenzo  D.  Bar- 
rows, Pro.,  and  scattering,  15;  Samuel  Flint,  Dem.,  61;  Onslow  Stearns, 
Rep.,  195;  John  Bedel,  Dem.,  229.  Representatives,  Langdon  Bailey, 
John  W.  Cutting,  Dem. 

1871.  Annual  meeting,  March  14.  Governor  vote,  James  Pike,  Rep., 
181;  James  A.  Weston,  Dem.,  277.  There  was  no  choice  this  year  for 
governor  by  the  popular  vote,  and  James  A.  Weston  was  elected  by  the 
legislature  through  a  coalition  of  the  Democratic  members  and  two  or 
three  so-called  labor  reformers.  Henry  Holt  and  John  W.  Cutting, 
Democrats,  were  elected  representatives. 

1872.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Governor  vote,  Lemuel  M. 
Cooper,  Pro.,  and  scattering,  8;  Ezekiel  A.  Straw,  Rep.,  221;  James  A. 
Weston,  Dem.,  292.  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey  and  Sylvester  Reding,  Demo- 
crats, were  elected  representatives.  At  the  November  election  for  choice 
of  Presidential  electors,  while  the  Democrats  carried  the  town,  it  was  by  a 
reduced  vote,  many  voters  refusing  to  support  the  nomination  of  Horace 
Greeley,  candidate  of  their  party  and  of  the  Liberal  Republicans. 

1873.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  Governor  vote,  scattering,  1; 
Ezekiel  A.  Straw,  Rep.,  121;  James  A.  Weston,  Dem.,  192.  N.  M.  Swa- 
sey and  Sylvester  Reding  were  elected  representatives. 


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1874.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Governor  vote,  John  Blackmer, 
Pro.,  2;  Luther  McCutcheon,  Rep.,  193;  James  A.  Weston,  Dem.,  269. 
Weston  was  elected,  and  was  the  last  Democrat  to  fill  the  office  until 
Samuel  D.  Felker  was  inaugurated  in  January,  1913.  Representatives 
elected  were  Levi  B.  Ham  and  Andrew  J.  Edgerly,  Democrats. 

1875.  Annual  meeting,  March  9.  Governor  vote,  scattering,  1; 
Person  C.  Cheney,  Rep.,  221;  Hiram  R.  Roberts,  Dem.,  310.  Levi  B. 
Ham  and  Charles  A.  Gale,  Democrats,  were  elected  representatives. 

1876.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  Governor  vote,  Person  C.  Cheney, 
Rep.,  233;  Daniel  Morey,  Dem.,  302.  Representatives,  Charles  A.  Gale, 
Ezra  B.  Mann,  Democrats. 

1877.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  Governor  vote,  Benjamin  F. 
Prescott,  Rep.,  238;  Daniel  Morey,  Dem.,  311.  Ezra  B.  Mann  and 
Samuel  T.  Page,  Democrats,  were  elected  representatives. 

1878.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Governor  vote,  Benjamin  F. 
Prescott,  Rep.,  225;  Frank  A.  McKean,  Dem.,  303.  Beginning  with  this 
year  the  town  clerk  made  return  to  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  number 
of  voters  whose  names  were  on  the  check  list,  the  number  of  ratable  polls, 
and  the  representative  vote.  Names  on  check  list,  703 ;  number  of  ratable 
polls  on  back  of  list,  16.  Representative  vote,  whole  number,  488; 
necessary  for  a  choice,  245;  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey,  1;  Henry  Merrill,  1; 
Ira  Whitcher,  2;  Jacob  Burton,  Rep.,  206;  Benjamin  K.  Eastman,  Rep., 
208;  John  E.  Carr,  Dem.,  274;  Samuel  T.  Page,  Dem.,  279. 

The  annual  election  in  1878  was  the  last  at  which  state  and  county 
officers  and  a  legislature  were  chosen.  The  elections  for  these  offices, 
and  for  Congressmen,  by  amendment  to  the  constitution  have  since  then 
been  biennial,  the  first  of  the  biennial  elections  being  held  in  1878. 

1878.  Biennial  election.  Governor  vote,  Warren  A.  Brown,  Green- 
backer,  and  scattering,  118;  Natt.  Head,  Rep.,  215;  Frank  A.  McKean, 
Dem.,  224.  Representative  vote — the  town  after  repeated  trials  to  elect 
"voted  not  to  send,"  and  for  the  first  time  in  nearly  a  century  Haverhill 
was  without  representation  in  the  legislature  of  1879. 

1879.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  The  Greenbackers,  a  party  hold- 
ing to  the  belief  that  the  cure  for  all  financial  ills  was  the  issue  by  the 
government  of  an  irredeemable  paper  currency,  had  come  into  existence, 
and  had  sufficient  numbers  in  Haverhill  to  hold  the  balance  of  power 
between  Republicans  and  Democrats.  Straight  party  nominations  for 
town  offices  were  made  this  year,  and  the  Greenbackers  issued  their 
ultimatum.  The  result  was  the  longest  drawn  out  contest  in  the  history 
of  the  town.  The  meeting  lasted  for  six  consecutive  days,  and  most  of 
the  time  was  spent  in  balloting  for  selectmen.  The  contest  was  an  excit- 
ing and  at  times  bitter  one,  and  the  meeting  was  attended  with  much 


202  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

disorder.  The  result  was  the  election  of  Nathan  P.  Rideout,  George  C. 
Jeffers,  and  Enoch  G.  Parker. 

1880.  Biennial  election,  November  2.  Governor  vote,  scattering,  50; 
Charles  H.  Bell,  Rep.,  262;  Frank  Jones,  Dem.,  344.  Representative 
vote,  whole  number  of  votes,  641 ;  necessary  to  a  choice,  321 ;  Jacob  Bur- 
ton, 1;  Tyler  Westgate,  1;  Samuel  F.  Southard,  16;  Benjamin  K.  East- 
man, 14;  Hubert  Eastman,  Rep.,  293;  Charles  H.  Simpson,  Rep.,  289; 
John  E.  Carr,  Dem.,  331;  William  C.  Marston,  Dem.,  332.  The  whole 
number  of  names  on  the  check  list  was  688.  The  vote  for  Presidential 
electors  was,  Greenback,  Prohibition  and  scattering,  49;  Garfield,  Rep. 
electors,  263;  Hancock,  Dem.,  347. 

1882.  Biennial  election,  November  7.  Governor  vote,  Greenback, 
Prohibition  and  scattering,  35;  Samuel  W.  Hale,  Rep.,  231;  Martin  S.  B. 
Edgerly,  Dem.,  289.  Representative  vote,  first  ballot:  whole  number 
votes,  543;  necessary  for  a  choice,  272;  scattering,  6;  Charles  H.  Simpson, 
Rep.,  39;  William  F.  Westgate,  Rep.,  241;  Charles  Fisher,  Dem.,  258; 
Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  257;  William  W.  Coburn,  Rep.,  282;  and  the 
latter  was  declared  elected.  No  record  of  the  second  ballot  is  available. 
Third  ballot:  whole  number  votes,  277;  necessary  for  a  choice,  139;  scat- 
tering, 7;  Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  129;  William  F.  Westgate,  144.  The 
whole  number  of  names  on  list  was  695. 

1884.  Biennial  election.  Governor  vote,  Prohibition  and  scattering, 
19;  Moody  Currier,  Rep.,  313;  John  M.  Hill,  Dem.,  349.  Representative 
vote;  whole  number  votes,  680;  necessary  to  a  choice,  341;  scattering  3; 
Charles  H.  Simpson,  Rep.,  326;  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  Rep.,  333;  Joseph 
Poor,  Dem.,  340;  George  H.  Mann,  Dem.,  342;  George  H.  Mann  was 
declared  elected.  The  following  note  appears  on  the  return  of  the  town 
clerk  to  the  secretary  of  state:  "There  was  one  vote  challenged,  and  it 
should  be  decided  that  it  was  not  a  legal  one,  then  the  moderator  declared 
that  Joseph  Poor  was  elected  as  one  of  the  representatives  from  the  town 
of  Haverhill  for  two  years  from  the  first  Wednesday  of  June,  1885." 
It  appears  to  have  been  decided  that  the  challenged  ballot  was  legal,  and 
that  Joseph  Poor  was  not  elected.  The  whole  number  of  names  on  the 
check  list  was  739.  For  Presidential  electors  the  whole  number  votes, 
679;  scattering,  20;  Blaine  electoral  ticket,  Rep.,  309;  Cleveland  electoral 
ticket,  350.  The  meeting  this  year  was  held  in  the  new  town  hall  at 
North  Haverhill.  The  old  town  hall  first  occupied  in  1851  was  built  of 
stone  and  was  located  on  the  County  road  a  little  to  the  west  of  the 
Union  meeting  house,  and  near  the  geographical  centre  of  the  town.  The 
sum  of  $1,500  had  been  appropriated  for  the  building,  but  the  building 
committee  greatly  exceeded  this  sum,  and  there  was  strong  opposition 
to  the  acceptance  of  the  building.  The  matter  was  finally  settled,  the 
town  finding  itself  liable  from  the  fact  that  the  selectmen  had  without 


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realizing  the  legal  consequences  of  their  act,  warned  the  town  meeting  to 
be  held  in  the  new  house,  and  had  posted  the  warrant  on  the  door.  The 
location  had  come  to  be  unsatisfactory,  and  in  1883  when  it  was  voted  to 
build  a  new  town  hall  at  North  Haverhill,  this  was  built  of  wood  under 
the  direction  of  the  selectmen  at  a  cost  of  about  $2,000  and  with  subse- 
quent inprovements  the  town  has  now  a  commodious  and  satisfactory 
hall. 

1887.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  The  vote  for  town  clerk  indicated 
that  the  Democrats  were  losing  their  hold  on  town  affairs.  Morris  E. 
Kimball,  Rep.,  received  192  votes,  and  Enoch  R.  Weeks,  Dem.,  199. 
For  selectmen,  Henry  F.  King,  Rep.,  and  Levi  B.  Ham,  Dem.,  were 
elected  on  the  first  ballot,  and  three  more  ballots  were  taken  before  Wil- 
lard  W.  Coburn,  Rep.,  was  elected.  Tyler  Westgate  and  George  S.  Cum- 
mings  were  chosen  fish  wardens,  and  it  was  voted  that  the  selectmen 
appoint  all  minor  town  officers.  New  names  appear  in  these  appoint- 
ments. Collector  of  taxes,  C.  O.  Morse,  $150  compensation;  chief  of 
police,  Albert  Hood;  road  agents,  Orville  Noyes,  Clifford  Sawyer,  C.  W. 
Simpson,  Hiram  M.  Putnam,  Calvin  Prescott,  Edward  Everett;  health 
officers,  Charles  R.  Gibson,  Charles  Newcomb.  Appropriations:  high- 
ways, $2,000;  this  like  all  other  sums  raised,  it  was  voted,  should  be  paid 
in  money;  schools,  $4,000;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  town  expenses,  $1,000. 
The  article  to  see  if  the  town  would  make  an  appropriation  for  a  town 
history  was  dismissed. 

Special  meeting,  May  23.  Voted  to  build  a  fireproof  brick  building, 
16  by  24  feet,  at  North  Haverhill,  with  fireproof  vault  for  the  books  and 
papers  of  town  officers,  and  the  town  records,  at  a  cost  not  exceeding 
$1,200  with  land.  This  building,  the  present  town  clerk's  office,  was 
erected  just  west  of  the  present  town  hall.  Willard  W.  Coburn,  Fred 
Partridge  and  E.  R.  Weeks  were  chosen  building  committee.  That  this 
vote  was  not  obtained  without  opposition,  is  evidenced  by  the  action  of 
another  special  meeting  held  July  16,  at  which  it  was  voted  not  to  rescind 
the  vote  of  May  23.  Another  special  meeting  was  held  September  24  at 
which  it  was  voted  to  accept  the  building  in  question,  erected  on  land 
given  by  the  citizens  of  North  Haverhill.  It  was  further  voted  to  in- 
struct the  selectmen  to  deliver  to  the  building  committee  an  order  on  the 
town  treasurer  for  $1,200.  This  closed  the  incident  of  a  town  clerk's 
office  and  fireproof  vault. 

1888.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  and 
Enoch  R.  Weeks,  Dem.,  were  elected  moderator  and  town  clerk  respec- 
tively, with  but  little  opposition,  but  it  took  three  ballots  to  complete  the 
election  of  a  board  of  selectmen.  Dexter  L.  Hawkins  and  Edward  C. 
Kinne  were  elected  on  the  first  ballot,  and  Willard  W.  Coburn  on  the 
third  ballot  by  the  following  vote;  whole  number,  255;  necessary  for  a 


204  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

choice,  128;  Darius  K.  Davis,  Rep.,  6;  Henry  F.  King,  Rep.,  15;  Caleb 
Wells,  Dem.,  103;  Willard  W.  Coburn,  131.  The  total  vote  cast  was 
255,  the  largest  number  voting  at  this  meeting,  though  there  were  over 
800  names  on  the  check  list.  Biennial  elections  for  state  and  county 
officers  and  representatives  had  already  resulted  in  a  comparatively  small 
attendance  at  the  annual  town  meetings,  when  matters  more  intimately 
affecting  the  interests  and  welfare  of  the  town  are  settled.  The  election 
of  town  officers  and  the  appropriation  of  money  raised  by  taxation  had 
come  to  be  regarded  with  comparative  indifference  by  the  great  majority 
of  voters,  and  conditions  have  not  improved  in  this  respect  in  more  recent 
years.  At  an  adjourned  meeting,  March  17,  appropriations  made  were: 
highways,  $4,000,  one  half  in  money,  one  half  in  labor;  schools,  $4,000; 
town  purposes,  $500;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  It  was  voted  to  leave  the 
appointment  of  minor  town  offices  with  the  selectmen.  New  names 
appearing  among  these  appointments  were:  police,  Frank  D.  Paul, 
Ernest  Scott;  road  agent,  Henry  L.  Woodward,  Horace  Blake,  E.  W. 
Jeffers,  F.  P.  Cutting,  Manson  Young,  C.  C.  Rinehart,  Simeon  Sanborn, 
Edwin  Everett;  fish  and  game  warden,  Charles  S.  Newell;  surveyors  of 
lumber,  Eben  C.  Weed,  A.  J.  Holmes. 

Biennial   and    Presidential   election,    November   6.     Governor   vote, 

E.  S.  Carr,  Pro.,  7;  David  H.  Goodell,  Rep.,  341;  Charles  H.  Amidon, 
Dem.,  401.  Presidential  electors,  Pro.,  7;  Rep.,  347;  Dem.,  392.  The 
vote  for  representatives  was:  whole  number  of  votes,  724;  necessary  to  a 
choice,  363;  Benjamin  Dow,  1;  Ezra  B.  Willoughby,  9;  John  W.  Jackson, 
9;  Francis  B.  Sleeper,  Rep.,  312;  Moses  D.  Carbee,  Rep.,  324;  Samuel  B. 
Page,  Dem.,  392;  Amos  Tarleton,  Dem.,  394.  Daniel  W.  Meader, 
Albert  H.  Leighton  and  Charles  W.  Pike,  Democrats,  were  elected  super- 
visors of  check  list  by  a  strict  party  vote.  Delegates  to  constitutional 
convention,  Charles  Fisher  and  Charles  G.  Smith,  Democrats.     Edward 

F.  Mann  of  Haverhill,  the  Democratic  candidate  for  Congress,  ran 
largely  ahead  of  his  ticket,  receiving  437  votes. 

1889.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  The  whole  number  of  votes  cast 
for  selectmen  on  the  first  ballot  was  490;  necessary  to  a  choice,  246; 
scattering,  4;  E.  C.  Kinne,  108;  George  C.  Butler,  203;  Henry  S.  Bailey, 
205;  Darius  K.  Davis,  212;  H.  J.  Holmes,  195;  Charles  G.  Smith,  253; 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  296;  and  D.  L.  Hawkins  and  C.  G.  Smith  were 
declared  elected.  Second  ballot:  whole  number,  425;  necessary  to  a 
choice,  213;  H.  J.  Holmes,  96;  Darius  K.  Davis,  148;  E.  C.  Kinne,  181. 
Third  ballot:  whole  number,  371;  necessary  to  a  choice,  186;  Horace  J. 
Holmes,  62;  Darius  K.  Davis,  116;  E.  C.  Kinne,  187.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $3,000  in  money;  schools,  $3,500;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  town 
debt,  $1,500;  Memorial  Day,  $50.     It  was  voted  to  dismiss  the  article 


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relative  to  the  purchase  of  100  copies  of  the  History  of  Haverhill  by  the 
Rev.  J.  Q.  Bittinger  to  sell  to  citizens  of  the  town  at  cost.  The  selectmen 
were  authorized  to  appoint  minor  town  officers.  New  names  in  the  list 
of  such  officers  were:  police,  Arthur  E.  Davis,  W.  E.  Pike;  collector  of 
taxes,  E.  E.  Shepardson. 

1890.  Annual  town  meeting,  March  11.  Five  ballots  were  necessary 
to  elect  the  board  of  selectmen.  On  the  first  ballot,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins, 
Dem.,  was  elected,  receiving  231  votes  in  a  total  of  444;  on  the  second, 
Ashael  L.  Warren,  Rep.,  received  201  in  a  total  of  400  and  was  elected 
on  the  fifth,  Percy  Demin,  Dem.,  received  155;  the  whole  number  was 
292.  Appropriations:  highways,  S3, 000;  schools,  $4,000;  town  charges, 
$1,500;  town  indebtedness,  $1,500;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  The  town  re- 
fused to  purchase  any  copies  of  Bittinger's  town  history,  and  also  refused 
to  exempt  the  Opera  Block  in  Woodsville  from  taxation  for  a  term  of 
years.  The  selectmen  were  directed  to  appoint  all  necessary  town  officers, 
and  appointed  collector  of  taxes,  Charles  J.  Ayer. 

Biennial  election,  November  4.  Governor  vote,  J.  M.  Fletcher,  Pro., 
12;  Hiram  A.  Tuttle,  Rep.,  272;  Charles  A.  Amsden,  386.  Representative 
vote,  whole  number,  653;  scattering,  7;  F.  M.  Morrison,  Pro.,  6;  Paul 
N.  Meader,  5;  Amos  Tarlton,  Dem.,  37;  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  Rep.,  268; 
Nathan  S.  Knight,  Rep.,  242;  Ira  Whitaker,  Dem.,  355;  Henry  W.  Keyes, 
Dem.,  373.  The  removal  of  the  court  house  from  Haverhill  Corner  to 
Woodsville  was  made  an  issue,  and  Haverhill  Corner  Democrats  halted 
the  nomination  of  Mr.  Whitcher,  because  of  his  instrumentality  in 
securing  the  removal.  M.  V.  B.  Cady,  Daniel  W.  Meader,  Albert  H. 
Leighton,  Democrats,  were  elected  supervisors  of  the  check  list  by  prac- 
tically a  strict  party  vote. 

1891.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  There  was  again  a  prolonged  con- 
test in  the  election  of  selectmen.  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  was  elected 
on  the  first  ballot,  Ashael  L.  Warren,  Rep.,  on  the  second,  and  John  A. 
Kimball,  Rep.,  on  the  fifth.  Appropriations:  highways,  $3,000;  schools, 
$4,500;  town  charges,  $1,500;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  Moses  A.  Meader 
was  appointed  by  the  selectmen,  treasurer. 

1892.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  The  vote  for  selectmen  was,  scat- 
tering, 3;  Darius  K.  Davis,  69;  W.  R.  Cheney,  83;  W.  O.  Burkeck,  136; 
A.  C.  Clough,  138;  Franklin  P.  Currier,  225;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  251; 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  257.  Charles  B.  Grisward,  Tyler  Westgate  and 
Ezra  B.  Mann  were  elected  auditors;  E.  S.  Blake  and  L.  E.  Collins,  fish 
and  game  wardens;  R.  A.  Horner,  treasurer.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
appointment  of  other  town  officers  by  the  selectmen.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $3,000  in  money;  schools,  $4,500;  town  charges,  $1,000; 
Memorial  Day,  $50. 


206  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Biennial  and  Presidential  election,  November  8.  The  vote  for  Presi- 
dential electors  was  St.  John,  Pro.,  19;  Blaine,  Rep.,  312;  Cleveland,  Dem. 
369.  Governor  vote,  E.  L.  Carr,  Pro.,  20;  John  B.  Smith,  Rep.,  303; 
Luther  F.  McKinney,  Dem.,  367.  Supervisors  of  check  list,  H.  L. 
Woodward,  Rep.,  300;  George  C.  Jeffers,  Rep.,  303;  Quincy  A.  Scott, 
Rep.,  310;  M.  V.  B.  Cady,  Dem.,  356;  D.  W.  Meader,  Dem.,  360;  Albert 
H.  Leighton,  Dem.,  367.  Representative  vote,  Rev.  E.  C.  Langford, 
Rep.,  306;  George  C.  Butler,  Rep.,  318;  Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  380; 
Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  361. 

1893.  Annual  meeting,  March  14.  There  was  a  comparatively  small 
attendance,  and  Democratic  candidates  were  elected  by  substantial 
majorities.  Selectman  vote,  A.  C.  Clough,  Rep.,  126;  Charles  J.  Pike, 
Rep.,  134;  Arthur  E.  Davis,  Rep.,  137;  F.  P.  Currier,  Dem.,  172;  George 
Wells,  Dem.,  174;  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.  176.  Auditors  were  the 
same  as  in  the  two  previous  years.  Fish  and  game  commissioners,  E.  S. 
Blake,  Charles  S.  Grisword;  treasurer,  R.  A.  Horner;  collector  of  taxes, 
Wilbur  F.  True.  Appropriations:  highways,  general,  $2,000,  per- 
manent, $1,000;  schools,  $5,000;  town  charges,  $2,000;  Memorial  Day, 
$50.  Voted  to  dismiss  article  relative  to  the  establishment  of  a  town 
library. 

1894.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.     The  vote  for  town  clerk  showed 
that  the  Democratic  majority  had  become  slight.     Albert  F.  Kimball, 
Rep.,  received  196;  Enoch  R.  Weeks,  203.     For  selectmen,  first  ballot 
whole  number  of  votes,  438;  necessary  to  a  choice,  220;  scattering,  8 
H.  L.  Woodward,  Rep.,  210;  Arthur  E.  Davis,  Rep.,  215;  Charles  J 
Pike,  Rep.,  245;  F.  P.  Currier,  Dem.,  174;  George  Wells,  Dem.,  206 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  230.     Second  ballot:     whole  number  votes,  352 
necessary  to  a  choice,  174;  A.  F.  Kimball,  1;  George  Wells,  Dem.,  154 
Arthur  E.  Davis,  Rep.,  174.     The  Democrats  had  lost  control  in  town 
affairs;  the  selectmen  appointed  in  most  cases  Republicans  to  the  various 
town  offices.     New  names  were,  collector  of  taxes,  Fred  P.  Dearth;  treas- 
urer, Charles  J.  Ayer;  road  agents,  Burns  N.  Pike,  F.  L.  Keyes. 

Biennial  election,  November  6.  In  spite  of  the  warning  given  at  the 
annual  town  meeting,  the  Democrats  approached  the  November  election 
serenely  confident.  For  nearly  thirty  years  they  had  never  been  wholly 
defeated,  and  they  had  come  to  look  on  control  of  affairs  as  a  virtual 
right.  The  result  was  a  surprise,  and  they  have  since  been  the  minority 
party  in  town  affairs.  The  governor  vote  was,  Daniel  D.  Knowles,  Pro., 
17;  Henry  O.  Kent,  Dem.,  337;  Charles  A.  Bussel,  Rep.,  382.  Represen- 
tative vote,  scattering,  5;  Charles  C.  Rinehart,  Dem.,  321;  Samuel  B. 
Page,  Dem.,  350;  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  Rep.,  365;  George  C.  Butler,  Rep. 
379;  supervisors,  M.  V.  Cady,  Dem.,  340;  D.  W.  Meader,  Dem.,  345; 


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Albert  H.  Leighton,  Dem.,  350;  Daniel  E.  Carr,  Rep.,  352;  Frank  P. 
Pray,  Rep.,  354;  William  O.  Burbeck,  367.  Moderator,  E.  S.  Kimball, 
Rep.,  339;  Samuel  B.  Page,  353.  This  last  vote  was  the  one  crumb  of 
comfort  of  the  day  for  the  Democrats. 

1895.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Enoch  R.  Weeks  was  again 
elected  town  clerk  by  a  vote  of  242  to  234  for  Albert  F.  Kimball.  Vote 
for  selectmen,  scattering,  8;  Martin  S.  Meader,  4;  George  W.  Richardson, 
3;  Benjamin  Dow,  5;  George  Wells,  Dem.,  236;  Arthur  C.  Clough,  Rep., 
252;  D.  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  256;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  258;  Arthur 
E.  Davis,  Rep.,  268;  Charles  J.  Pike,  Rep.,  271;  and  the  three  last  named 
were  declared  elected.  Harry  H.  Pike,  David  E.  Bliffin  and  Joseph  F. 
Bittinger  were  elected  fish  and  game  wardens.  Eli  D.  Collins  was  elected 
surve\ror  of  highways  for  the  Woodsville  district;  Burns  H.  Pike  was 
elected  special  fish  and  game  detective.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$6,000;  schools,  $3,500;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  Memorial  Day,  $50. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  appointment  of  town  treasurer,  collector 
of  taxes  or  road  agents.  "Voted  that  the  selectmen  re-guideboard  the 
town." 

1896.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Vote  for  town  clerk,  Enoch  R. 
Weeks,  Dem.,  251;  Albert  F.  Kimball,  Rep.,  269.  Selectmen  vote,  whole 
number,  558;  necessary  to  a  choice,  280;  E.  E.  Shepardson,  Dem.,  243; 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  267;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  279;  Charles  J. 
Pike,  Rep.,  282;  Ezra  B.  Willoughby,  Rep.,  291;  Arthur  E.  Davis,  Rep., 
294;  George  B.  Silver  was  elected  road  agent;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Tyler 
Westgate  and  Ellsworth  E.  Morgan,  auditors;  Russell  T.  Bartlett,  Charles 
H.  Wetherbee  and  Harry  H.  Pike,  fish  and  game  commissioners.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $6,000;  schools,  $4,000;  town  expenses,  $1,500; 
Memorial  Day,  $50. 

Biennial  and  Presidential  election,  November  3.  Presidential  vote, 
scattering,  3;  Pro.,  8;  Palmer  Natt,  Dem.,  32;  Bryan,  Dem.,  224;  McKin- 
lee,  Rep.,  463.  Governor  vote,  scattering,  4;  Berry,  Pro.,  7;  Henry  O. 
Kent,  Dem.,  307;  George  A.  Ramsdell,  Rep.,  387.  Representative  vote, 
Enoch  R.  Weeks,  Dem.,  306;  Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  318;  Frank  S. 
Sleeper,  Rep.,  381;  Charles  R.  Gibson,  Rep.,  422;  supervisors,  Henry 
W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  361;  J.  0.  Tuttle,  Dem.,  313;  James  F.  Leonard,  Dem., 
328;  Daniel  E.  Carr,  Rep.,  396;  Charles  J.  Ayer,  Rep.,  400;  Clarence  L. 
Bailey,  Rep.,-  401;  moderator,  Samuel  B.  Page,  359;  George  C.  Butler, 
388.     The  Republican  victory  was  complete. 

1897.  Annual  meeting,  March  9.  A.  F.  Kimball  was  re-elected  town 
clerk,  and  has  since  been  re-elected  each  year  by  unanimous  vote.  Select- 
men vote,  whole  number,  545;  necessary  to  a  choice,  273;  James  O.  Tuttle, 
Dem.,  211;  Albert  H.  Leighton,  Dem.,  247;  Charles  J.  Pike,  Rep.,  265- 


208  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  295;  Ezra  B.  Willoughby,  Rep.,  297;  Arthur  E. 
Davis,  Rep.,  305.  Library  trustees  were  elected  for  the  first  time  as 
required  by  the  new  library  law,  Arthur  K.  Merrill,  Moses  A.  Meader, 
Fred  P.  Dearth,  and  they  have  since  been  re-elected  as  their  terms  have 
expired.  Fred  P.  Dearth  was  elected  collector  of  taxes,  but  resigned 
June  26,  1897,  to  accept  the  appointment  of  postmaster  at  Woodsville, 
and  Daniel  E.  Carr  was  appointed  in  his  place.  Charles  J.  Ayer  was 
elected  treasurer.  Appropriations:  highways,  $3,000;  schools,  $4,500; 
town  expenses,  $1,500;  town  indebtedness,  $2,000;  Memorial  Day,  $50. 
A  cloud  burst  in  the  early  summer  caused  great  damage  to  the  highways, 
and  a  special  town  meeting  was  called  for  June  8,  "to  see  if  the  town  will 
raise  additional  money  for  repairs  of  highways."  Voted  to  pass  the 
article.  This  action  was  taken  because  of  so  small  attendance  no  legal 
action  could  be  taken.  Another  special  meeting  was  held  the  second 
Friday  in  August  at  which  it  was  "voted  that  the  sum  of  $30,000  be 
raised  for  highway  purposes  in  addition  to  the  amount  raised  in  March 
and  that  the  same  be  raised  by  temporary  loan  for  one  year."  The  vote 
by  ballot  was,  nays  8;  yeas  491;  the  whole  number  voting  499.  The 
whole  number  of  legal  voters  was  931.  Though  the  vote  was  nearly 
unanimous  in  favor  of  raising  this  additional  sum,  which  the  board  found 
was  but  little  more  than  half  enough  to  meet  the  repairs  made,  there  was 
dissatisfaction  with  the  work  of  the  selectmen  which  made  itself  evident 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  1898. 

1898.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  Selectmen  vote,  scattering,  2; 
Moses  A.  Meader,  Rep.,  211;  George  C.  Smith,  Rep.,  240;  F.  R.  Dean, 
Rep.,  242;  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  312;  Ashael  L.  Warren,  Rep.  313; 
Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  378;  the  whole  number  of  votes  was  572;  neces- 
sary to  a  choice,  287.  Mr.  Keyes  had  been  a  member  of  the  board  the 
previous  year,  but  had  refused  to  act  with  his  associates  in  the  building  of 
bridges  and  repairing  highways.  A  motion  to  fund  the  town  indebted- 
ness was  indefinitely  postponed  owing  to  uncertainty  as  to  the  amount. 
Hebert  W.  Allen  was  elected  town  treasurer;  Jonas  N.  Brown,  highway 
agent.  The  selectmen  were  authorized  to  appoint  other  town  officers. 
Appropriations:  highways,  $8,000;  schools,  $4,500;  town  expenses,  $1,500; 
indebtedness,  $2,000;  town  library,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  New 
names  in  the  list  of  minor  offices  were,  board  of  health,  Dr.  Charles 
Newcomb,  Dr.  Henry  C.  Stearns;  highway  agent,  Jonas  N.  Brown; 
fence  viewers,  George  F.  Kimball;  police,  T.  A.  Rowden,  C.  S.  New- 
ell, C.  R.  Ward,  N.  S.  Knight,  P.  M.  Howe,  Henry  Talbert,  F.  L. 
Wilmot,  S.  R.  Drown,  F.  C.  Keyes;  tax  collector,  Chas.  S.  Newell. 

Special  meeting,  October  25,  1898.     Of  the  959  legal  voters  553  were 
present  and  voting.     The  total  indebtedness  of  the  town  was  reported 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  209 

at  $57,116.32.  On  motion  of  Henry  W.  Keyes  it  was  voted  that  this 
indebtedness  be  funded  and  that  bonds  be  issued  to  the  amount  of 
$57,000,  45  of  the  denomination  of  $1,000  each,  and  24  of  the  denomina- 
tion of  $500  each,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  4  per  cent,  $3,000  to  be 
payable  each  year.     The  vote  was  550  yes,  3  no. 

Biennial  election,  November  8.  Governor  vote,  Stevens,  Pro.,  10; 
Charles  F.  Stone,  Dem.,  341;  Frank  W.  Rollins,  Rep.,  412.  Represen- 
tative vote,  scattering,  4;  Charles  G.  Smith,  Dem.,  308;  Samuel  B.  Page, 
Dem.,  373;  Henry  F.  King,  Rep.,  389;  Morris  E.  Kimball,  Rep.,  407. 
Ernest  E.  Craig,  Daniel  E.  Carr  and  Harry  W.  Jewett,  Republicans, 
were  elected  supervisors  by  a  strict  party  vote.  Moderator  vote,  Samuel 
B.  Page,  Dem.,  341;  George  C.  Butler,  Rep.  408. 

1899.  Annual  meeting,  March  14.  The  Republicans  made  party 
nominations  for  selectmen,  but  the  memory  of  1897  had  not  yet  died  out 
and  the  result  was  a  non-partisan  board  with  a  Democratic  majority. 
The  vote  was,  whole  number,  435;  necessary  to  a  choice,  218;  W.  W. 
Coburn,  Rep.,  141;  Henry  F.  King,  Rep.,  161;  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem., 
263;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  303;  Ashael  L.  Warren,  Rep.,  431.  The 
Democrats  pursued  a  policy  of  naming  one  Republican  on  their  ticket,  a 
policy  which  the  Republicans  later  wisely  adopted.  Other  electors  were: 
auditors,  S.  B.  Page,  C.  J.  Pike,  Tyler  Westgate;  fish  and  game  wardens, 
L.  E.  Collins,  C.  H.  Wetherbee,  Edward  M.  Clark.  The  selectmen  were 
instructed  to  appoint  other  town  officers.  Appropriations:  highways, 
$8,000;  schools,  $4,500;  town  indebtedness,  $2,000;  town  expenses, 
$1,500;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  town  libraries,  $200.  James  F.  Leonard 
and  F.  M.  Morrison  were  appointed  sealers  of  weights  and  measures, 
and  M.  S.  Williams,  fence  viewer. 

1900.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  Selectmen  vote,  whole  number, 
451 ;  necessary  to  a  choice,  226;  scattering,  2;  Edward  M.  Clark,  Rep.,  187; 
Charles  J.  Pike,  Rep.,  193;  George  C.  Butler,  Rep.,  194;  Arthur  C.  Clough, 
Rep.,  216;  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  233;  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Dem.,  285; 
second  ballot,  Arthur  C.  Clough,  3;  E.  M.  Clark,  127;  Charles  J.  Pike, 
180;  auditors,  Tyler  Westgate,  Samuel  B.  Page,  Morris  E.  Kimball;  fish 
and  game  wardens,  Edward  C.  Rowe,  Leforest  E.  Collins,  Burns  H.  Pike. 
Appropriations:  highways,  $6,000;  schools,  $4,500;  bonded  indebtedness 
and  interest,  $3,500;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  library,  $200;  Memorial  Day, 
$50;  to  purchase  snow  roller,  $350.  Isaac  Pike  was  appointed  tax  collec- 
tor, but  resigned  and  C.  S.  Newell  was  appointed  in  his  place.  Surveyor 
of  lumber,  W.  B.  Southard.  New  names  on  list  of  police,  James  C. 
Gallagher,  Eben  C.  Weed,  George  E.  Emery. 

Biennial  and  Presidential  election,  Nov.  6.  Presidential  vote,  Social- 
ist, 3;  Prohibition,  7;  Bryan,  Dem.,  278;  McKinley,  Rep.,  508.  Gov- 
ernor vote,  Claflin,  Soc,  4;  Fletcher,  Pro.,  6;  Potter,  Dem.,  275;  Chester 

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210  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

B.  Jordan,  Rep.,  498.  Representative  vote,  John  M.  Phillips,  Dem.,  324; 
Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  327;  Enoch  R.  Weeks,  Dem.,  330;  William  F. 
Whitcher,  Rep.,  457;  Charles  J.  Pike,  Rep.,  482;  Henry  S.  Bailey,  Rep., 
487.  Moderator,  S.  B.  Page,  Dem.,  292;  George  C.  Butler,  Rep.,  478. 
Ernest  E.  Craig,  Harry  W.  Jewett  and  Daniel  E.  Carr,  Republicans, 
were  elected  supervisors  of  check  list  on  regular  party  vote. 

1901.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Meeting  was  called  to  order  by 
Supervisor  Daniel  E.  Carr,  owing  to  death  of  the  moderator  George  C. 
Butler.  William  F.  Whitcher  was  unanimously  elected  moderator  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  George  C.  Butler.  But  one  ballot  was  cast  for 
each  of  the  town  officers  elected:  town  clerk,  Albert  F.  Kimball;  select- 
men, Henry  W.  Keyes,  Charles  J.  Pike,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins;  auditors, 
Tyler  Westgate,  Samuel  P.  Page,  Morris  E.  Kimball.  It  was  voted 
that  remaining  town  officers  be  appointed  by  the  selectmen.  Appro- 
priations: highways,  $6,500;  schools,  $5,000;  town  expenses,  $1,500; 
bonds  and  interest,  $3,000;  library,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  There 
were  15  articles  in  the  warrant,  officers  were  elected,  appropriations  made, 
and  the  meeting  lasted  31  minutes.  This  was  record  time  for  an  annual 
town  meeting.  New  names  in  list  of  minor  officers  were,  highway  agent, 
Nathan  H.  Nutter;  police,  William  Wigmore. 

1902.  Annual  meeting,  March  11.  A  single  ballot  was  cast  by 
unanimous  consent  for,  town  clerk,  A.  F.  Kimball;  selectmen,  H.  W. 
Keyes,  D.  L.  Hawkins,  Charles  J.  Pike;  auditors,  Tyler  Westgate,  S.  B. 
Page,  M.  E.  Kimball;  treasurer,  H.  W.  Allen.  The  selectmen  were 
authorized  to  appoint  all  necessary  town  officers.  E.  B.  Pike,  A.  C. 
Clough  and  F.  W.  Baine  were  chosen  committee  to  act  with  the  selectmen 
in  investigating  the  condition  of  the  cemeteries  in  town.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $6,500;  schools,  $5,000;  school  supplies,  $750;  bonded  indebt- 
edness, $3,000;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  library,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50. 
Voted  to  construct  a  lock-up  at  Pike  station.  New  names  in  list  of  minor 
officers  were;  surveyor  of  wood  and  lumber,  Charles  F.  Carr;  police, 
George  Rogers,  Rufus  Sawyer. 

Biennial  election,  November  4.  Governor  vote,  Berry,  Pro.,  10; 
Henry  F.  Hollis,  Dem,  210;  Nahum  J.  Batchelder,  455.  Representa- 
tive vote,  Thomas  E.  Taylor,  Dem.,  226;  Oliver  D.  Eastman,  Dem.,  234; 
Wilbur  F.  True,  Dem.,  246;  E.  Bertram  Pike,  Rep.  406;  Daniel  E.  Carr, 
Rep.,  429;  William  F.  Whitcher,  Rep.,  435.  Delegates  to  constitutional 
convention,  James  F.  Leonard,  Dem.,  243;  S.  B.  Page,  Dem.,  250;  E.  B. 
Pike,  Rep.,  377;  Scott  Sloane,  Rep.,  402;  Tyler  Westgate,  Rep.,  626. 
Ernest  E.  Craig,  George  W.  Richardson  and  H.  W.  Jewett  were  elected 
supervisors  by  strict  party  vote,  and  William  F.  Whitcher,  moderator,  by 
a  like  vote. 


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1903.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Selectmen  vote,  whole  number, 
276;  necessary  to  a  choice,  139;  scattering,  4;  W.  G.  White,  Dem.,  83;  J. 
M.  Phillips,  Dem.,  83;  C.  J.  Pike,  Rep.,  193;  H.  W.  Keyes,  Rep.,  194;  D. 
L.  Hawkins,  Dem.,  244;  auditors  of  previous  year  were  re-elected,  and  the 
selectmen  were  authorized  to  appoint  other  officers.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $6,500;  schools,  $5,000:  school  supplies,  $950;  indebtedness, 
$3,000;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  libraries,  $200;  for  observance  of  Old 
Home  week,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  New  names  on  the  list  of  minor 
officers  appointed  by  the  selectmen;  highway  agent,  George  B.  Silver; 
surveyor  of  wood  and  lumber,  Jesse  R.  Squires. 

Special  meeting,  May  12.  Called  under  the  license  law  passed  by  the 
legislature  of  1903  to  vote  on  the  question,  "Shall  licenses  be  issued  for 
the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquor?"     The  vote  was,  yes  263;  no  179. 

Special  meeting,  May  27.  The  fee  for  licenses  of  the  second  class  was 
fixed  at  $1,200,  for  the  fourth  class  at  $600. 

Special  meeting,  June  17.  The  fee  for  licenses  of  the  third  class  was 
fixed  at  $800. 

1904.  Annual  meeting,  March  8.  The  town  clerk,  treasurer  and  se- 
lectmen of  the  previous  year  were  unanimously  re-elected.  Tyler  West- 
gate  and  S.  B.  Page  were  re-elected  auditors,  and  the  selectmen  were 
given  the  usual  authority  to  appoint  other  town  officers.  Appropriations: 
highways,  $6,500;  schools,  $6,000;  school  supplies,  $750;  indebtedness, 
$3,000;  town  expense,  $1,500;  libraries,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  The 
only  new  name  on  list  of  officers  appointed  by  the  selectmen  was  that  of 
Thomas  Scallon,  police. 

Presidential  and  biennial  election,  November  8.  Presidential  vote, 
Prohibition,  4;  Democratic,  223;  Republican,  534.  Governor  vote, 
Claflin,  Soc,  1 ;  Heald,  Pro.,  7;  Henry  F.  Hollis,  Dem.,  218;  John  McLane, 
Rep.,  524.  Representative  vote,  Andrew  J.  Leighton,  Dem.,  220; 
Samuel  B.  Page,  Dem.,  221;  Peter  E.  Tragansa,  Dem.,  222;  William  F. 
Whitcher,  Rep.,  512;  Daniel  E  .  Carr,  Rep.,  520;  George  W.  Richardson, 
Rep.,  520.  Supervisors,  Frank  L.  Chase,  Dem.,  213;  E.  R.  Cady,  Dem., 
213;  Samuel  T.  Page,  Dem.,  221;  Joseph  M.  Howe,  Rep.,  517;  Willard 
W.  Coburn,  Rep.,  519;  Harry  W.  Jewett,  Rep.,  520.  Moderator,  John 
J.  Jesseman,  Dem.,  207;  W.  F.  Whitcher,  Rep.,  512.  "Shall  licenses  be 
granted  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquor";  yes  346;  no  267. 

1905.  Annual  meeting,  Mar.  8.  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Charles  J.  Pike 
and  Dexter  L.  Hawkins  were  unanimously  elected  selectmen,  and  Joseph 
M.  Howe  and  Tyler  Westgate,  auditors.  Cemetery  commissioners, 
Wilbur  F.  Eastman,  P.  W.  Kimball,  E.  B.  Pike,  James  M.  Jeffers,  Caleb 
Wells.  Voted  to  raise  all  license  fees  to  the  maximum  sum  provided  by 
law.     Appropriations:  highways,  $7,500,  and  voted  to  apply  for  state  aid; 


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schools,  $6,000;  school  supplies,  $750;  indebtedness,  $3,000;  libraries, 
$200;  Memorial  Day,  $50.  H.  Damon  Gannett  was  appointed  by  the 
selectmen  as  one  of  the  three  highway  agents. 

1906.  Annual  meeting,  March  13.  Town  clerk,  selectmen,  treasurer 
and  auditors  of  the  previous  year  were  re-elected.  Appropriations:  high- 
ways, $7,500,  and  voted  to  apply  for  state  aid;  schools,  $6,000;  school 
supplies,  $750;  indebtedness,  $3,000;  town  expenses,  $1,500;  libraries, 
$200;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  $1,000  for  improvements  made  in  cemeteries  in 
1905,  and  $500  for  improvements  the  present  year;  $300  for  markers  for 
unmarked  graves.  New  names  on  list  of  minor  officers;  surveyors  of 
wood  and  lumber,  Joseph  Willis;  cemetery  commissioners,  James  M. 
Jeffers;  police,  George  Wheat. 

Special  meeting,  July  24.  Fred  S.  Wright  was  appointed  moderator 
pro  tern,  by  the  supervisors.  "Voted  to  unite  with  the  town  of  Newbury 
to  purchase  and  repair  the  bridge  between  Haverhill  and  Newbury  and 
make  it  a  free  bridge,  the  entire  expense  not  to  exceed  $1,500." 

Biennial  election,  November  6.  Governor  vote,  McFall,  Soc,  2; 
Tetlin,  Pro.,  29;  Jameson,  Dem.,  265;  Charles  M.  Floyd,  Rep.,  474. 
Representative  vote,  S.  T.  Page,  Dem.,  249;  Caleb  Wells,  Dem.,  262; 
George  H.  Mann,  Dem.,  289;  W.  F.  Whitcher,  Rep.,  408;  G.  W.  Richard- 
son, Rep.,  477;  Ezra  B.  Willoughby,  Rep.,  488;  Joseph  M.  Howe,  Willard 
W.  Coburn  and  Harry  W.  Jewett  were  re-elected  supervisors  by  party 
vote  as  was  W.  F.  Whitcher,  moderator.  The  vote  on  issuing  licenses  to 
sell  liquor  was,  yes  303;  no  428. 

Special  meeting,  February  2,  1907.  "To  see  if  the  town  will  apply  for 
a  charter  to  supply  the  town  with  pure  water."  Voted  to  dismiss  the 
article. 

1907.  Annual  meeting,  March  12.  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Charles  J. 
Pike  and  Dexter  L.  Hawkins  were  re-elected  selectmen.  Appropriations: 
town  expenses,  $1,500;  schools,  $6,000;  highways,  $7,500;  and  voted  to 
ask  for  state  aid;  to  retire  town  bonds,  $3,000;  libraries,  $200;  Memorial 
Day,  $50;  school  supplies,  $750;  free  bed  at  Cottage  Hospital,  $300. 
Through  failure  of  supervisors  to  post  check  list  in  time,  the  meeting  was 
illegal,  and  a  special  act  of  the  legislature  was  passed  during  the  week 
legalizing  its  proceedings. 

Special  meeting,  September  19.  A  precinct  was  authorized  and  laid 
out  at  Haverhill  Corner  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  streets. 

1908.  Annual  meeting,  March  10.  Selectmen  elected  were  Henry  W. 
Keyes,  Charles  J.  Pike,  Ernest  E.  Craig.  New  names  on  the  list  of  minor 
officers:  police,  Will  Atkins,  Wane  W.  Allen,  A.  A.  Irwin,  Hubert  Davis, 
C.  P.  Glover.  Appropriations:  schools,  $6,000;  school  supplies,  $750;  to 
retire  bonds,  $3,000;  highways,  $3,000,  and  voted  not  to  apply  for  state 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  213 

aid;  town  charges,  $1,500;  town  libraries,  $200;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  free 
bed,  Cottage  Hospital,  $300. 

Presidential  and  biennial  election,  November  3.  Vote  for  Presidential 
electors;  Socialist,  1;  Independent  Labor,  5;  Prohibition,  11;  Democratic, 
246;  Republican,  543.  Governor  vote,  Claflin,  Soc,  2;  Lewis,  Ind.  Labor, 
5; ,  Pro.,  12;  Clarence  E.  Carr,  279;  Henry  B.  Quinby,  493.  Rep- 
resentative vote,  Jesse  R.  Squires,  Dem.,  246;  James  F.  Leonard,  Dem., 
290;  Henry  S.  Bailey,  Rep.,  490;  Arthur  E.  Clough,  Rep.,  525;  Elmer  M. 
Miller,  Rep.,  539.  Moderator,  S.  B.  Page,  Dem.,  255;  W.  F.  Whitcher, 
Rep.,  512.  Supervisors,  S.  W.  Tewksbury,  Dem.,  239;  Wilbur  F.  East- 
man, Dem.,  245;  G.  Henry  Mann,  Dem.,  246;  Walter  Burbeck,  Rep., 
520;  Edward  M.  Clark,  Rep.,  524;  Willard  W.  Coburn,  Rep.,  577. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1909.  Selectmen  elected  were  Charles  J.  Pike, 
William  J.  Clough  and  Ernest  E.  Craig;  highway  agents,  Manson  F. 
Young,  Pardon  W.  Allen,  Willey  E.  Dearth;  auditor,  Tyler  Westgate. 
Appropriations;  schools,  $6,000;  to  retire  bonds,  $3,000;  highways,  in- 
cluding amount  for  permanent  improvement,  and  amount  necessary  to 
secure  state  aid,  $7,000;  other  town  charges,  $1,500;  Memorial  day,  $50; 
town  libraries,  $200;  free  bed  at  Cottage  Hospital,  $300.  At  a  school 
meeting  held  subsequently  there  was  appropriated  for  repair  of  school 
house,  $500,  and  to  retire  school  bonds,  $2,000. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1910.  Selectmen,  Charles  J.  Pike,  William 
J.  Clough,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins;  auditors,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Fordyce  T. 
Reynolds,  Herbert  E.  Smith;  highway  agent  Willie  H.  Ingalls.  Appro- 
priations: town  bonds,  $3,000;  highways,  $6,000;  town  libraries,  $200; 
free  bed  in  Cottage  Hospital,  $300 ;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  other  town  charges, 
$1,500;  support  of  schools,  $6,000;  retire  school  bond,  $2,000;  repair 
schoolhouses,  $500;  repair  schoolhouse  at  Pike,  $1,000. 

At  the  biennial  election,  November  8,  the  vote  for  governor  was, 
Robert  E.  Bass,  Rep.,  391;  Clarence  E.  Carr,  Dem.,  245;  John  C.  Berry, 
Soc,  7.  Representative  vote,  Louis  M.  Kimball,  400;  Edward  M. 
Clark,  375;  William  F.  Whitcher,  348;  Wilbur  F.  Eastman,  254;  James  F. 
Leonard,  212;  Oliver  D.  Eastman,  210.  Supervisors,  Walter  Burbeck, 
401;  Edward  M.  Clark,  393;  Willard  W.  Coburn,  390;  John  E.  Eastman, 
215;  Albert  H.  Leighton,  214.  Moderator,  W.  F.  Whitcher,  567.  On 
calling  convention  to  revise  constitution,  145  voted  no,  167  yes. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1911.  Selectmen,  Charles  J.  Pike,  William 
J.  Clough,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins;  treasurer,  Louis  M.  Kimball;  highway 
agents,  Thomas  Morris,  Willey  E.  Dearth,  Henry  Dexter;  auditors, 
Herbert  E.  Smith,  Wilbur  F.  Eastman,  Fordyce  T.  Reynolds.  Appro- 
priations: to  retire  town  bond,  $3,000;  highways,  $4,500,  and  to  secure 
state  aid,  $5,000;  town  libraries,  $300;  other  town  charges,  $1,500;  Me- 


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morial  Day,  $50;  schools,  $6,000;  repair  schoolhouse,  $1,000;  to  retire 
school  bond,  $1,800. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1912.  Selectmen,  Charles  J.  Pike,  William 
J.  Clough,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins;  treasurer,  Louis  M.  Kimball;  highway 
agent,  Thomas  Morris;  auditors,  Norman  J.  Page,  Herbert  E.  Smith, 
William  F.  Whitcher;  assessors,  William  H.  Langmaid,  Raymond  U. 
Smith,  James  N.  Brown;  committee  on  the  observance  of  one  hundred 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town,  William  F.  Whitcher, 
Henry  W.  Keyes,  E.  Bertram  Pike,  Wilbur  F.  Eastman,  Maurice  H. 
Kimball.  Delegates  to  Constitutional  Convention,  E.  M.  Clark,  W.  E. 
Lawrence,  W.  F.  Whitcher.  Appropriations:  retire  town  bond,  $3,000; 
highways,  $4,500;  to  secure  state  aid  on  highways,  $3,500;  soldiers'  monu- 
ment, $2,000;  town  libraries,  $300;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  free  bed  in  hospital, 
$300;  other  town  charges,  $1,500;  repairs  on  state  highways,  $250;  support 
•of  schools,  $8,500;  to  retire  school  note,  $1,600. 

At  the  biennial  election,  November  5,  1912,  the  vote  for  governor  was, 
Franklin  Worcester,  Rep.,  306;  Samuel  D.  Felker,  206;  Winston  Church- 
ill, 174;  Albert  F.  Morrill,  6;  William  H.  Wilkins,  2.  Representative 
vote,  Pardon  W.  Allen,  279;  Walter  Burbeck,  277;  William  E.  Lawrence, 
315;  Ezra  B.  Mann,  172;  Jesse  R.  Squires,  154;  Caleb  Wales,  110;  Cyrus 
Batchelder,  186;  George  A.  Wells,  180;  Selwyn  K.  Dearborn,  256.  Super- 
visors, Pardon  W.  Allen,  287;  Walter  Burbeck,  307;  Willard  W.  Coburn, 
308;  John  J.  Jesseman,  186;  James  F.  Leonard,  97;  Flavius  M.  Wells, 
186;  Joseph  Willis,  139;  Prescott  H.  Morse,  136;  William  H.  Langmaid,  1. 
Moderator,  William  F.  Whitcher,  464;  Alba  M.  Markey,  154. 

1913.  Annual  meeting,  March,  1913.  Selectmen,  Charles  J.  Pike, 
William  J.  Clough,  Dexter  L.  Hawkins;  treasurer,  L.  M.  Kimball;  high- 
way agents,  Thomas  Morris,  Manson  F.  Young,  Irving  Thayer;  auditors, 
William  F.  Whitcher,  Norman  J.  Page.  Appropriations,  to  retire  town 
bond,  $3,000;  highways,  $5,000;  permanent  improvement,  $2,000; state  aid, 
$2,000;  care  present  roads,  $125;  care  state  highway,  $260;  Memorial 
Day,  $50;  town  libraries, $300;  other  town  charges,  $1,500;  schools,  $9,000; 
repairing  schoolhouses,  $500.  C.  J.  Pike  resigned  as  selectman,  and 
Henry  W.  Keyes  was  appointed  in  his  place. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1914.  Selectmen,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Fred  P. 
Dearth,  Jonas  N.  Brown;  treasurer,  Louis  M.  Kimball;  auditors,  William 
F.  Whitcher,  Norman  J.  Page.  Appropriations:  to  retire  town  bond, 
$3,000;  highways,  $5,000;  repair  state  highway,  $260;  permanent  im- 
provement, $3,000;  town  libraries,  $300;  North  Haverhill  library,  $500; 
Memorial  Day,  $50;  free  bed  in  Cottage  Hospital,  $300;  other  town 
charges,  $1,500;  schools,  $10,000;  repairing  schoolhouses,  $500;  transpor- 
tation of  pupils  to  and  from  high  school,  $500. 

At  the  biennial  election,  November  3,  1914,  for  governor,  Rolland  H. 


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Spaulding,  414;  Albert  W.  Noone,  212;  Henry  D.  Allison,  17;  scattering, 

4.  Representatives,  Frank  N.  Keyser,  452;  Fred  P.  Dearth,  420;  Henry 
W.  Keyes,  386;  James  C.  Gallagher,  199;  Samuel  T.  Page,  177;  Scott  W. 
Mann,  169.  Supervisor,  Williard  W.  Coburn,  374;  Walter  Burbeck,  355; 
Pardon  W.  Allen,  355;  Jonas  N.  Brown,  216;  Dexter  L.  Hawkins,  206; 
William  W.  Cook,  197.     Moderator,  William  F.  Whitcher,  569. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1915.  Selectmen,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Fred  P. 
Dearth,  Jonas  N.  Brown;  treasurer,  Louis  M.  Kimball;  auditors,  William 
F.  Whitcher,  Norman  J.  Page.  Appropriations:  to  retire  town  bonds, 
$3,000;  highways,  $5,262.50;  trunk  line  maintenance,  $1,700;  permanent 
improvement,  $2,025;  state  aid,  $1,012.50;  town  libraries,  $300;  North 
Haverhill  library,  $500;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  free  bed  for  Cottage  Hospital, 
$200;  improvement  in  cemeteries,  $500;  other  town  charges,  $1,500;  re- 
pairing schoolhouse,$275;  schools,  $11,000;  transportation  of  pupils,  $400. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1916.  Selectmen,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Fred  P. 
Dearth,  Jonas  N.  Brown;  treasurer,  Louis  M.  Kimball;  auditors,  Tyler 
Westgate,  Norman  J.  Page;  trustees  of  town  funds,  for  three  years  Den- 
nis R.  Rouhan,  for  two  years  Maurice  H.  Randall,  for  one  year  John  E. 
Eastman.  Appropriations:  to  retire  town  bond,  $3,000;  highways, 
$5,000;  maintenance  of  trunk  line,  $1,500;  building  state  aid  roads, 
$2,999.25;  town  libraries,  $600;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  free  bed  in  Cottage 
Hospital,  $150;  for  benefit  of  Cottage  Hospital,  $1,000;  other  town 
charges,  $1,500;  support  of  schools,  $11,000;  repairs  of  schoolhouse, 
$1,500;  transportation  of  pupil,  $500. 

Biennial  election,  November  7,  1916.  For  governor,  Henry  W.  Keyes, 
658;  John  C.  Hutchins,  202;  scattering,  6.     For  representatives,  Henry 

5.  Bailey,  493;  George  C.  Butler,  499;  Frank  N.  Keyser,  553;  John  E. 
Eastman,  293;  Olin  A.  Lang,  321;  Samuel  T.  Page,  275.  For  supervisor, 
Pardon  W.  Allen,  499;  Walter  Burbeck,  576;  Willard  W.  Coburn,  493; 
Elmer  S.  Blake,  278;  William  W.  Cook,  279;  Ira  W.  Mann,  313.  For 
moderator,  Raymond  U.  Smith,  533;  Samuel  T.  Page,  271. 

Annual  meeting,  March,  1917.  Selectmen,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Fred  P. 
Dearth,  Jonas  N.  Brown.  In  the  early  summer  Collector  of  Taxes  C.  S. 
Newell  resigned,  and  Fred  P.  Dearth  was  appointed  in  his  place,  and 
Ernest  E.  Craig  was  appointed  selectman  in  Mr.  Dearth's  place.  Treas- 
urer, Louis  M.  Kimball;  highway  agents,  Harry  A.  Clark,  George  B. 
Silver;  auditors,  Tyler  Westgate,  Norman  J.  Page;  trustee  of  town  funds, 
for  three  years  John  E.  Eastman,  for  one  year  Tyler  Westgate.  Appro- 
priations: support  of  highways,  $5,000;  permanent  improvement, 
$3,030.75;  maintenance  of  trunk  lines,  $1,800;  state  aid  road,  $800;  town 
libraries,  $600;  Cottage  Hospital,  $1,600;  Memorial  Day,  $50;  other  town 
charges,  $2,000;  support  of  schools,  $11,500;  repair  schoolhouses,  $1,200; 
transportation  of  pupils,  $1,000. 


2ig  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

The  list  of  town  officers  varies  very  much  with  the  list  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  and  the  first  part  of  the  nineteenth.     Back  as 
far  as  1775  besides  the  moderator,  town  clerk  and  selectmen,  voters  chose 
Asa  Bailey',  constable;  James  Bailey,  town  treasurer;  tythingmen,  Daniel 
Stevens,  Asa  Bailey,  James  Bailey,  Jona.  Hale;  surveyor  of  highways 
Timothy  Barron,  Thomas  Manchester,  Simeon  Goodwin,  John  Earl, 
Maxi  Haseltine;  surveyor  of  lumber,  Joseph  Hutchins;  fence  viewers, 
John  Page,  Joshua  Hay  ward;  hogreeves,  Daniel  Stevens  Timothy  Stev- 
ens, Charles  Bailey;  deerreeves,  Maxi  Hazeltine,  Simeon  Goodwin,  Dame 
Stone;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  John  Page;  sealer  of  leather  Ezekiel 
Ladd-  surveyor  of  wheat,  Joshua  Haywood,  James  Corliss.     In  1817, 
just  100  years  ago,  the  voters  chose  firewards,  a  collector  of  taxes  corder 
of  wood,  culler  of  staves,  poundkeeper,  and  a  hayward.     In  1916  the 
moderator,  town  clerk,  selectmen  and  treasurer  were  chosen  as  usual,  but 
a  change  had  come  over  the  town  in  the  choice  of  other  officers.     There 
were  tax  collectors,  fence  viewers,  sealers  of  weights  and  measures,  and 
supervisors  of  wood  and  lumber,  and  a  school  board  for  the  town,  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  a  board  of  health,  auditors,  a  highway  agent,  super- 
visors of  check  list,  library  trustees,  a  tree  warden,  a  board  of  com- 
missioners of  cemeteries,  and  seven  policemen-three  for  Woodsville 
and  four  for  the  remainder  of  the  town-but  constables,  tythingmen, 
hogreeves,  deerreeves,  sealer  of  leather,  surveyor  of  wheat  had  gone. 
Albert  F    Kimball  has  been  town  clerk  since  1896.     H.  W.  Keyes  has 
been  one  of  the  selectmen  since  1895  for  most  of  the  time       W.   F 
Whitcher  served  as  moderator  for  sixteen  years,  and  C.  S.  Newell  and 
A  E  Davis  had  been  tax  collector  and  sheriff  for  a  long  time. 


CHAPTER  X 


IN  THE  WARS  OF  THE  REPUBLIC 

New  Hampshire,  a  Federalist  State — John  Montgomery — Haverhill  Town 
Meetings  Take  Part — Names  of  Soldiers  at  Stewartstown  and  Ports- 
mouth— Moody  Bedel — Mexican  War — Captain  Batchelder  and  Names  of 
Soldiers — The  War  for  the  Union — Money  Voted — Soldiers  with  Each 
Individual  Record — The  War  with  Spain — The  Present  War — Names  of 
Soldiers. 

The  War  of  1812  was  not  welcomed  by  the  dominant  party  in  Haver- 
hill. The  town  was  overwhelmingly  Federalist  in  sentiment,  and  as 
may  be  seen  from  resolutions  passed  in  1809,  which  appear  in  another 
chapter,  it  had  little  sympatlry  with  the  policies  of  the  Democratic  admin- 
istration, which  in  its  attempts  to  retaliate  for  unjustifiable  action  on 
the  part  of  Great  Britain,  had  crippled  and  almost  destroyed  the  leading 
industries  of  New  England.  War  was  declared  against  Great  Britain 
June  18,  1812.  In  anticipation  of  such  declaration,  active  preparations 
had  been  made  for  war  by  the  national  administration,  and  under  act 
of  Congress  of  April  10,  1812,  President  Madison  made  requisition  on 
New  Hampshire  for  its  quota  of  detached  Militia.  Governor  John 
Langdon,  who  was  in  full  sympathy  with  the  administration,  issued 
general  orders  under  date  of  May  29, 1812,  detaching  3,500  men  from  the 
Militia  of  the  state,  to  be  organized  into  companies,  battalions  and  regi- 
ments to  be  armed  and  equipped  for  actual  service  and  to  be  in  readiness 
to  march  at  the  shortest  notice.  The  draft  was  made  and  companies, 
battalions  and  regiments  duly  organized,  in  part,  to  be  completed 
by  his  successor,  William  Plumer,  who  was  also  in  sympathy  with  the 
Madison  administration,  and  who  was  inaugurated  June  5.  On  the 
23d  of  July,  1812,  Governor  Plumer  issued  an  order  completing  the  organ- 
ization of  the  detached  Militia  into  two  brigades,  one  to  be  under  com- 
mand of  Brig.-Gen.  Clement  Storer,  and  the  other  under  the  command 
of  Brig.-Gen.  John  Montgomery. 

General  Montgomery  was  at  this  time  one  of  the  most  prominent  citi- 
zens of  Haverhill.  He  had  in  early  life  engaged  in  military  affairs  as 
an  officer  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  of  New  Hampshire  Militia,  was 
major  of  the  second  battalion  of  that  regiment  from  1804  to  1806,  lieu- 
tenant colonel  commandant  from  1806  to  1812,  and  was  commissioned 
brigadier  general  of  the  Sixth  Brigade  June  15,  1812,  succeeding  Brig.- 
Gen.  Moody  Bedel  also  of  Haverhill,  who  had  resigned  to  accept  a  com- 
mission as  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Eleventh  United  States  Infantry. 

217 


218  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

General  Montgomery  was  an  ardent  Federalist,  but  he  was  first  of  all  a 
soldier  who  obeyed  orders. 

The  first  call  upon  Haverhill  for  men  for  active  service  was  made  upon 
representation  of  the  people  of  the  northern  part  of  the  state  that  there 
was  danger  of  depredations  from  Canada,  and  that  contraband  trade 
was  rife  on  the  frontier,  by  which  the  enemy  were  obtaining  supplies. 
General  Montgomery  drafted  for  six  months'  service  at  Stewartstown 
and  other  points  on  the  Canadian  frontier  the  company  under  command 
of  Capt.  Ephraim  Mahurin  of  Strafford.  This  company  was  composed 
of  men  from  Haverhill,  Warren,  Coventry,  Wentworth,  Piermont  and 
Orford  and  served  from  July  27,  1812,  to  January  27,  1813.  Ten  mem- 
bers of  this  company  were  from  Haverhill:  Lieut.  John  Page,  Jr.;  Pri- 
vates Joshua  H.  Johnson,  John  Abbott,  Jonas  Flagg,  Irad  Ford,  Levi 
Judd,  Robert  McKeon,  John  Stearns,  Nathan  Stevens  and  Samuel  Wood- 
bury. These  men  rendered  efficient,  though  somewhat  irksome  service 
in  the  field  to  which  they  had  been  sent,  though  they  did  not  win  glory 
by  being  called  upon  to  engage  in  bloody  battles. 

Haverhill  was  divided  into  war  and  anti-war  parties.  There  was  a 
feeling  on  the  part  of  many  that  these  drafted  men  should  receive  com- 
pensation in  addition  to  their  regular  pay  as  militiamen,  for  being  sum- 
marily called  away  from  their  homes  for  this  six  months'  service.  A 
special  town  meeting  was  called  for  August  31,  1812,  in  response  to  the 
following  petition  or  statement : 

We  the  subscribers,  inhabitants  of  Haverhill  taking  under  due  consideration  at  this 
critical  time,  the  necessity  of  protecting  the  frontiers  against  foreign  invasion  and  against 
encroachments  of  savages  and  the  hard  task  which  falls  upon  those  who  are  drafted  to 
perform  that  service,  are  of  opinion  that  they  ought  to  have  additional  compensation 
from  that  allowed  them  by  the  general  government  as  an  additional  encouragement  for 
the  more  faithful  and  patriotic  discharge  of  their  duty. 

This  was  signed  by  John  Hall,  Jacob  Woodward,  Stephen  Morse,  Jr., 
Caleb  Morse,  Richard  Colby,  Obadiah  Swasey,  John  F.  Hurlburt,  Elisha 
Hurlburt,  John  True,  Zach.  Bacon,  John  Morse,  2d,  Benjamin  Morse, 
Daniel  Morse,  Amos  Kimball,  Abel  Willis,  Ezra  Bartlett,  John  Page, 
John  Osgood,  Timothy  A.  Edson,  John  Page,  Jr.,  Moses  Dow,  Edward 
Towle,  J.  L.  Corliss,  Josiah  Elkins,  Jona.  Sinclair,  Joseph  Morse,  Stephen 
Morse,  2d,  Timothy  B.  Bayley.  It  is  not  probable  that  these  signers 
expected  to  secure  favorable  action  at  the  town  meeting,  though  on  the 
governor  vote  in  the  March  previous,  the  vote  was  nearly  equally  divided 
between  Democrats  and  Federalists.  If  they  hoped  to  bring  out  an 
anti-war  declaration  on  the  part  of  the  Federalists,  they  were  adundantly 
successful. 

The  proposition  to  give  additional  compensation  to  such  men  as  might 
be  drafted  for  military  service  was  defeated  after  acrimonious  debate, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  219 

as  was  also  a  vote  to  dissolve  the  meeting.  A  vote  to  choose  a  committee 
to  report  by  resolutions  or  otherwise  on  the  present  situation  of  national 
affairs  led  to  further  debate,  the  opponents  of  the  motion,  claiming 
that  the  meeting  having  been  called  for  another  and  entirely  different 
purpose,  no  such  action  could  be  taken.  Finding  that  protests  and  oppo- 
sition would  prove  useless,  most  of  the  supporters  of  the  national  ad- 
ministration withdrew  from  the  meeting  and  the  motion  prevailed. 

Ezekiel  Ladd,  David  Webster,  John  Nelson,  John  Montgomery,  John 
Kimball  and  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr.,  were  chosen  such  committee,  and  they 
almost  immediately  reported  resolutions,  the  preparation  of  which 
had  been  carefully  attended  to  beforehand,  and  they  were  adopted 
as  follows: 

Government  is  instituted  for  the  common  benefit,  protection  and  security  of  the  whole 
community  and  not  for  the  private  emolument  of  any  one  man,  family,  or  class  of  men. 
When,  therefore,  the  Administration  of  such  a  government  is  so  conducted  that  the  com- 
mon benefit  of  the  whole  community  is  neither  the  end  proposed  nor  the  object  attained, 
when  the  speculative  opinions  of  visionary  theorists  have  for  a  long  time  predominated 
in  the  courts  of  the  nation,  by  the  influence  of  which  a  system  of  commercial  restric- 
tions has  been  adopted  in  direct  opposition  to  the  rules  of  practical  wisdom  and  the 
dictates  of  universal  experience — when  a  system  of  notorious  antipathy  to  one  of  the 
great  Belligerents  of  Europe,  and  partiality,  if  not  subserviency  to  the  other  has  at  length 
precipitated  the  nation  unprepared  into  all  the  horrors  and  calamities  of  war,  premature, 
unnecessary,  and  impolitic,  with  an  extensive  range  of  sea  coast  comparatively  defense- 
less and  an  immense  amount  of  commercial  capital  exposed  to  inevitable  capture  and 
destruction,  and  when  amidst  such  a  complication  of  errors  and  distress,  the  interest  of  a 
particular  man  and  the  emoluments  of  a  particular  class  of  men  engross  the  cares  and 
attention  of  the  Administration  of  our  Government  to  the  exclusion  or  neglect  of  the  great 
concern  of  the  Union,  under  such  circumstances  it  is  not  only  the  right,  but  it  is  the  impe- 
rious and  indispensable  duty  of  the  people  in  an  orderly  and  peaceable  manner  to  assem- 
ble to  consult  upon  the  public  good,  and  with  firm,  united  and  strenuous  exertions  to 
endeavor  to  restore  wisdom  to  our  council  and  peace  to  our  country. 

Such  a  spirit  of  inquiry  and  investigation  into  the  spirit  and  conduct  of  their  rulers  is 
the  distinguishing  characteristic  of  freemen,  and  the  right  of  examination  into  the  objects, 
policy  and  operation  of  these  measures,  a  primary  and  essential  principle  of  every  free 
government.  It  is  to  this  spirit  that  Americans  are  indebted  for  their  Liberty,  their 
Independence,  and  all  their  privileges  as  a  nation:  it  is  to  the  firm,  temperate  and  delib- 
erate exercise  of  this  right  that  they  must  look  for  the  preservation,  support  and  continu- 
ance of  them. 

These  principles  so  dear  to  the  patriots  of  the  Revolution,  at  all  times  so  important 
and  in  all  countries  so  interesting  to  the  friends  of  rational  freedom,  are  in  these  times 
of  unprecedented  calamity,  peril  and  distress  rendered  particularly  dear,  important  and 
interesting  to  the  advocates  of  liberty  and  the  friends  of  peace,  of  commerce  and  philan- 
thropy throughout  our  once  flourishing  and  happy  republic. 

1st.  Therefore,  Resolved,  that  while  we  fully  recognize  and  explicitly  acknowledge  as 
the  fundamental  principle  of  our  Constitution  "that  a  majority  must  rule,"  and  while 
we  as  fully  and  explicitly  denounce  and  discourage  all  forcible  and  unwarrantable 
opposition  to  constitutional  laws  and  the  constituted  authorities  of  the  Country  we  can- 
not but  remember  that  although  in  a  minority  Freeman  still  have  rights  in  the  Country, 


220  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

and  that  the  Liberty  of  Speech  and  of  the  Press,  publicity  of  debate  and  freedom  of 
electives  are  essential  to  the  existence  of  Republican  government. 

2d.  Resolved,  that  in  a  Country  where  the  theory  of  the  Government  is  that  all  power 
resides  originally  in  and  is  derived  from  the  people,  when  all  the  magistrates  and  officers 
of  government  are  but  their  substitutes  and  agents,  and  at  all  times  accountable  to  them, 
it  is  essential  to  the  preservation  of  the  rights  of  the  people  and  to  a  just,  proper  and 
impartial  exercise  of  their  electoral  privileges  that  all  the  channels  of  information  respect- 
ing public  men  and  public  measures  should  be  open  to  all. 

3d.  Resolved,  therefore,  that  we  cannot  but  view  with  anxiety,  apprehension  and 
alarm  the  late  proceedings  in  Congress  by  which  a  system  of  measures  has  been  deliber- 
ated, matured  and  avowedly  adopted  to  check  the  freedom  and  prevent  the  publicity  of 
debate  at  the  whim  or  caprice  of  a  heated  majority,  and  thus  to  conceal  from  the  people 
the  unfaithfulness  of  public  men,  and  prevent  the  detection  and  exposure  of  the  impolicy 
and  inexpediency  of  public  measures. 

4th.  Resolved,  that  we  revere  the  principles  and  honor  of  the  patriots  of  the  Revolution. 
Their  example  and  conduct  have  spread  a  lustre  over  this  country  which  we  hope  will 
never  be  tarnished  by  their  descendants.  The  war  which  they  waged  was  necessary  and 
just :  it  was  in  self  defence :  its  objects  were  great :  they  were  the  safety,  liberty  and  inde- 
pendence of  this  country:  they  were  attainable.  In  such  a  war  we  would  be  foremost 
in  tendering  our  fortunes  and  our  lives.  But  until  such  an  occasion  shall  again  call  us 
to  arms,  we  cannot  but  believe  that  the  interests  and  honor  of  the  United  States  will 
require  us  to  cherish  the  relations  of  Peace.  We  cannot  discover  in  the  present  war  that 
necessity,  that  justice  and  those  great  and  attainable  objects  which  sanctified  the  former: 
drawn  into  it  however  by  the  constituted  authorities  of  our  country,  we  will  as  good  citi- 
zens submit  to  the  laws  and  make  all  the  sacrifices  which  they  require :  But  at  the  same 
time  we  are  firmly  resolved  to  exercise  our  unalienable  rights  of  scrutinizing  the  measures 
of  our  rulers,  to  bring  them  to  the  test  of  the  maxims  of  wisdom  and  sound  policy :  and 
to  use  every  legal  and  constitutional  means  of  placing  in  the  several  departments  of  gov- 
ernment men  whose  views  shall  be  more  conformable  to  the  honor  and  interest  of  our 
Country,  and  whose  policy  and  wishes  shall  be  more  friendly  to  the  establishment  of 
peace. 

5th.  Resolved,  that  while  we  are  necessitated  wholly  to  disapprobate  the  policy  of  our 
national  administration  as  involving  the  sacrifice  of  our  dearest  rights  and  tending  to  a 
dissolution  of  our  national  compact,  we  declare  our  firm  attachment  to  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States,  and  our  determination  to  preserve  it  inviolate,  and  to  support  the 
union  at  any  hazard. 

6th.  Resolved,  that  a  frequent  recurrence  to  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Consti- 
tution of  the  United  States,  and  a  constant  adherence  to  justice,  moderation,  temperance, 
industry  and  frugality,  and  all  the  social  virtues  are  indispensably  necessary  to  preserve 
the  blessings  of  liberty  and  good  government:  the  people  ought  therefore  to  have  a 
particular  regard  to  all  those  principles  in  the  choice  of  their  officers  and  representatives. 
7th.  Resolved,  therefore,  that  for  the  promotion  of  the  above  described  objects,  and 
for  the  maintainance  of  our  rights  and  privileges,  and  for  the  advancement  of  the  general 
welfare,  we  will  unite  with  any  other  town  or  towns  in  this  county  by  delegates  to  a 
County  Convention. 

8th.  Resolved,  therefore,  that  it  is  expedient  to  appoint  and  we  do  hereby  appoint 
Joseph  Bell,  John  Smith  and  George  Woodward  to  represent  this  town  in  a  County 
Convention  for  the  County  of  Grafton  to  meet  at  Orford  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  October 
next  to  consult  on  and  carry  into  effect  the  foregoing  object. 

9th.  Resolved,  that  the  Town  clerk  be  directed  to  record  in  the  Town  Book  the  above 
resolves. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  221 

It  may  be  noted  that  Grafton  County  was  represented  in  the  famous 
Hartford  Convention,  and  that  Haverhill,  by  this  action  ever  connected 
with  it. 

That  these  resolutions,  in  the  drafting  of  which  the  hand  of  John 
Nelson  may  be  seen,  accurately  represented  the  feeling  of  the  majority 
of  the  voters  of  the  town  may  be  seen  from  the  fact  that  at  the  November 
election  of  1812,  the  vote  for  Federal  presidential  electors  was  120  to  67 
for  the  Democratic  candidates,  and  at  the  March  election  of  1813  John 
T.  Gilman,  the  Federal  candidate  for  governor  received  135  votes  to  86 
for  Governor  Plumer,  the  Democratic  candidate  for  re-election  and  the 
Federalists,  who  were  distinctly  an  anti-war  party  retained  their  ascen- 
dancy in  the  town  till  after  the  close  of  the  war.  The  service  of  Haver- 
hill men  was  confined  almost  exclusively  to  those  who  were  drafted  from 
the  Militia,  and  no  other  draft  than  the  one  already  mentioned  was 
made  until  September  9,  1814. 

During  the  entire  summer  of  the  war,  there  was  a  general  expectation 
of  an  attack  on  Portsmouth  by  the  British  cruisers  which  were  con- 
stantly hovering  near  that  town.  For  a  time  the  governor  paid  little 
attention  to  this,  until  in  September,  the  people  becoming  thoroughly 
aroused,  he  yielded  to  their  demands,  and  made  a  draft  upon  the  Militia 
of  two  companies  from  each  of  the  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Twenty- 
fifth  and  Thirty-fifth  Regiments  to  march  immediately  for  Portsmouth 
for  its  defense.  General  Montgomery  went  to  Portsmouth  in  com- 
mand of  the  brigade  there  formed  and  rendered  important  service.  He 
was  accompanied  by  his  son,  George  Knox  Montgomery  and  by  eleven 
men  belonging  to  Capt.  John  D.  Harty's  company  of  the  Third  Regi- 
ment of  Militia  who  served  for  sixty  days  from  September  27.  These 
were  3d  Sergt.  William  W.  Bailey,  Privates  Jacob  Alls,  Timothy  Good- 
win, William  Jones,  Joseph  Pratt,  Daniel  Perkins,  Levi  Stafford, 
Charles  J.  Swan,  William  Stevens,  Ulysses  Young  and  Freeman  P. 
Bowen.  In  Capt.  Reuben  Hayes'  company  in  the  First  Battalion  of 
Artillery,  detached  Militia,  drafted  for  sixty  days  beginning  October  3, 
1814,  for  service  at  Portsmouth  were,  Qm. -Sergt.  Benj.  Swan,  Corp. 
Samuel  Smith  and  Private  Amos  H.  Jones. 

In  addition  to  these  names  Bettinger  gives  the  names  of  eleven  others 
as  serving  in  this  war,  viz. :  Sergt.  John  McClary,  Isaac  Carleton,  Elisha 
Hibbard,  Jeremiah  Goodwin,  Uriah  Ward,  Ezekiel  Day,  William 
Stearns,  Henry  Towle,  Ethan  S.  Ladd,  James  Woodward  and  E.  P. 
Woodbury.  These  names  do  not  appear  on  the  rolls  of  New  Hampshire 
Militia  detached  for  service,  excepting  that  of  Isaac  Carleton,  who  served 
for  sixty  days  at  Portsmouth  in  Capt.  John  Bassett,  Jr.'s,  company,  but 
who  was  from  Bath.  He  later  became  a  resident  of  Haverhill,  which 
perhaps  accounts  for  his  being  given  place  among  the  Haverhill  soldiers 


222  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

by  Bettinger,  as  it  also  accounts  for  the  mention  of  Sergeant  McClary, 
who  served  through  the  war  in  the  Forty-fifth  Regiment  of  Volunteers, 
where  he  had  been  sergeant-major.  He  was  in  his  later  life  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Haverhill,  becoming  a  resident  in  1832.  The  others  named 
were  recipients  of  pensions  for  service  in  the  war  and  were  residents  of 
Haverhill.  Some  of  them  were  doubtless  among  the  397  men  recruited 
at  Concord  between  May  8  and  September  16,  1812,  by  Lieut.-Col. 
Moody  Bedel  for  his  regiment,  the  11th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

It  is  no  disparagement  to  others  to  say  that  Colonel  Bedel  rendered 
distinguished  and  brilliant  service.  He  was  a  born  soldier.  He  was  the 
son  of  Col.  Timothy  Bedel,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  born  in  Salem  May 
12,  1764.  He  came  to  Haverhill  with  his  father's  family  the  same  year. 
At  the  age  of  twelve  years,  he  accompanied  his  father  in  his  expedition 
into  Canada,  and  was  an  enlisted  soldier  in  his  father's  regiment,  Capt. 
Ezekiel  Ladd's  company,  from  April  1,  1778,  to  May,  1779,  acting  a 
large  part  of  the  time  as  issuing  commissary.  Active  and  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  Militia  of  his  state  he  had  served  through  the  various  grades 
from  2d  lieutenant  of  the  first  company  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  to 
that  of  brigadier-general  of  the  Sixth  Brigade  holding  this  commission 
from  June,  1806,  till  he  resigned  in  April,  1812,  to  accept  a  lieutenant- 
colonelcy  in  the  Regular  Army.  In  May,  1812,  he  took  command  of 
the  "District  of  New  Hampshire  for  Recruiting"  with  headquarters  at 
Concord  with  orders  to  recruit  seven  companies.  He  was  commissioned 
lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Eleventh  Infantry  July  6.  From  September 
26,  1812,  to  August  22,  1813,  he  was  in  command  of  his  regiment  at 
Burlington,  Vt.,1  "when  in  recognition  of  his  marked  executive  ability, 
he  was  placed  by  his  superior  officers  upon  detached  duty  requiring 
energy  and  perseverance,  and  had  no  opportunity  to  participate  in 
those  battles  in  which  his  regiment  had  gained  the  title  of  'the  Bloody 
Eleventh.'  Of  course,  a  soldier  from  boyhood,  he  chafed  under  this 
deprivation;  and  when  opportunity  offered  he  hastened  to  the  front  to 
take  command  of  his  regiment,  which,  by  the  battles  of  Chippewa  and 
Lundy's  Lane,  was  without  a  field  officer.  He  joined  General  Brown, 
when  he  assumed  command  at  Fort  Erie,  September  2,  1814.  At  the 
memorable  sortie  of  September  17,  Lieut.-Col.  Bedel,  with  the  11th 
at  his  particular  solicitation,  had  the  honor  of  leading  Gen.  Miller's 
column,  and,  being  in  the  advance,  disabled  their  guns,  took  twenty-four 
prisoners,  and  brought  them  from  the  field  before  the  engagement 
became  general,  and  otherwise  so  distinguished  himself  as  to  be  honor- 
ably noticed  by  his  superior  officers."  He  was  promoted  to  the  colonelcy 
of  his  regiment,  a  promotion  long  deserved.  On  the  withdrawal  of  the 
American  forces  from  Canada,  he  was  ordered  with  his  regiment  to 

1  Potter's  Military  History  of  New  Hampshire,  p.  239. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  223 

Sackett's  Harbor,  where  he  remained  until  the  reduction  of  the  army, 
when  he  returned  to  Haverhill.  His  town  has  reason,  under  the  cir- 
cumstances and  in  view  of  the  strong  anti-war  feeling  then  existing — 
verging  on  the  unpatriotic  in  character — to  be  especially  proud  of  the 
brilliant  service  rendered  by  her  distinguished  son,  Col.  Moody  Bedel. 

Mexican  War 

The  part  borne  by  Haverhill  men  in  the  war  with  Mexico,  1847-48,  is 
found  in  the  service  of  sixteen  men  in  Company  H,  Ninth  United  States 
Infantry,  Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder.  This  regiment  had  been  recruited  in 
New  England  under  the  auspices  of  Col.  Franklin  Pierce  of  New  Hamp- 
shire as  its  colonel,  Abner  B.  Thompson  of  Maine  as  its  lieutenant-colonel, 
and  Gen.  Trueman  B.  Ransom  of  Vermont  as  its  major,  their  commis- 
sions bearing  date  of  February  16,  1847.  Colonel  Pierce  was  appointed 
brigadier-general,  having  command  of  a  brigade  composed  of  the  Ninth, 
and  other  detachments,  and  Major  Ransom  was  promoted  to  the  colonelcy. 
Company  H  of  the  Ninth  was  recruited  in  the  main  by  Daniel  Batch- 
elder,  then  of  Haverhill,  from  towns  in  Grafton  County,  and  the  Haverhill 
members  of  the  company  were  3d  Sergeant  Ezra  T.  Pike,  mortally 
wounded  at  Chepultepec;  Corporal  James  Williams;  Privates  Henry 
Albert,  Kinsman  Avery,  John  Brudle,  John  W.  Bewer,  George  E.  Barnes, 
John  Flynn,  William  Gould,  Jr.,  Joseph  E.  Little,  Arthur  L.  Pike,  Asa 
Randall,  George  W.  Woods,  Nelson  B.  Woodward,  George  Welch,  Wil- 
liam W.  Welch.  The  term  of  enlistment  was  during  the  war.  Sergeant 
Pike  was  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment  in  the  employ  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Patriot  at  Concord.  General  Pierce  in  a  public  address  at  Concord 
soon  after  this  return  from  Mexico  in  speaking  of  those  who  fell  in  the 
victorious  assault  on  Chepultepec  said: 

And  there  was  Sergeant  Pike,  who,  having  behaved  with  distinguished  gallantry  in 
all  the  preceding  engagements,  fell  pressing  upon  the  causeway  to  the  gate  below.  He 
was  on  one  of  the  arches  of  the  Aqueduct,  when  a  bomb  from  the  castle  exploded,  and 
killed  every  man  on  it  except  Pike,  and  his  leg  was  literally  torn  off  by  the  shell,  and  was 
made  worse  by  the  pretended  amputations  that  followed.  The  bone  of  his  thigh  was 
found  protruding  two  inches,  two  or  three  days  after.  There  was  a  second  amputation. 
Some  defect  made  a  third  necessary.  When  I  called  upon  the  Sergeant  and  said,  "I 
fear  you  are  not  able  to  endure  another  amputation  now,"  Pike  replied,  "I  can,  sir,  I 
have  made  up  my  mind  to  it.  I  want  it  taken  off  today,  and  when  they  cut  it  off  again, 
I  hope  they  will  cut  it,  so  that  it  will  stay  cut." 

Company  H  rendered  excellent  service.  It  was  noted  for  its  bravery 
and  gallantry  at  Conteras  and  Cherebusco,  and  it  led  the  assault  on 
Chepultepec.  Colonel  Ransom  was  killed  at  this  time.  There  were  no 
ladders  at  hand  to  scale  the  wall  of  the  castle.  Company  H  was  in 
advance,  and  Captain  Bowers  placed  his  broad  shoulders  against  the 
wall,  crying  out,  "Now,  boys,  up  and  at  them,"  the  boys  used  his  hands 


224  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  shoulders  as  so  many  rounds  of  a  ladder,  each  getting  a  toss  upward 
from  the  stalwart  captain  as  he  went  up  the  wall. 

Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder — the  older  readers  of  these  pages  will  remem- 
ber Dan  Batchelder,  Grafton  County  deputy  sheriff  and  auctioneer — was 
born  in  Corinth,  Vt.,  May  10,  1803;  died  in  Haverhill,  July  8,  1868.  He 
was  active  in  Militia  affairs;  was  appointed  adjutant  of  the  Thirteenth 
Regiment  in  1833,  and  Captain  of  the  Sixth  Company  of  Infantry  in 
1839.  He  was  active  in  recruiting  Company  H  in  the  Ninth  (or  New 
England)  Regiment  for  the  Mexican  War,  and  was  appointed  captain, 
March  6,  1847,  but  was  detained  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  for  recruiting  service, 
the  command  of  the  company  falling  on  1st  Lieut.  George  Bowers  who 
was  commissioned  captain  in  December,  1847.  Captain  Batchelder 
resigned  in  March,  1848,  and  returned  to  Haverhill.  He  represented 
Coventry  in  the  legislature  in  1833,  '34,  '35,  '36,  '37,  '38  and  '39,  and 
secured  the  passage  of  the  act  enabling  the  town  to  change  its  name  to 
Benton.  He  was  also  a  representative  from  Haverhill  in  1845.  (See 
General  Batchelder.) 

The  War  for  the  Union 

In  the  War  for  the  Union,  1861-65,  Haverhill  may  well  take  just  pride 
in  its  record.  It  furnished  its  full  quota  of  troops  at  every  call.  Those 
of  her  sons  who  went  forth  to  danger,  hardships,  privation  and  death 
have  been  gratefully  remembered,  and  those  who  remained  at  home, 
bore  the  burdens,  which  at  times  bore  sorely  and  heavily,  without  com- 
plaint. The  monument  erected  in  1912  at  North  Haverhill,  for  which 
the  women  of  the  Relief  Corps  of  Nathaniel  Westgate  Post  had  labored 
and  to  the  erection  of  which  the  town  contributed  by  vote  the  sum  of 
$2,000,  commemorates  in  enduring  granite  and  bronze  the  service  of  her 
sons  in  the  great  struggle  for  national  life  and  unity.  The  war  cost  the 
town  heavily  in  money,  representing  toil  and  sacrifice,  of  those  who 
remained  at  home  to  toil  on  farm,  in  shop  and  store  and  in  homes,  wait- 
ing anxiously  in  many  cases  for  those  who  never  returned  from  the  front. 
The  votes  to  raise  money  were  for  the  most  part  passed  at  special  town 
meetings.  The  record  is  brief,  but  it  tells  the  story  of  how  the  town 
rose  to  the  occasion,  and  met  each  increasing  demand: 

At  a  special  meeting,  November  23,  1861:  "Voted,  that  the  town 
raise  by  hire,  what  money  may  be  needed  for  the  support  of  the  families 
of  the  volunteers  who  have  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States 
from  this  town,  not  exceeding  $500,  and  that  the  selectmen  be  a  com- 
mittee for  appropriating  the  same." 

At  a  special  meeting,  August  26,  1862:  "Voted,  to  raise  a  sum  of 
money  not  exceeding  $8,000  to  be  appropriated  in  payment  of  bounties 


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of  $100  each,  to  volunteers  who  have  enlisted  since  the  call  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  for  600,000  more  troops,  and  to  all  who  may 
hereafter  enlist  for  the  term  of  three  years  or  for  the  term  of  nine  months 
in  pursuance  of  said  call  to  be  paid  when  such  volunteers  shall  be  mus- 
tered into  the  United  States  Service  in  the  New  Hampshire  Volunteers 
under  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  War  Department." 

At  the  annual  meeting,  March  10,  1863:  "Voted,  to  fund  the  floating 
debt  of  the  town  and  issue  bonds  or  certificates  of  indebtedness  to  an 
amount  not  to  exceed  $7,000,  signed  by  the  treasurer  and  countersigned 
by  the  selectmen  not  to  be  sold  less  than  par." 

At  a  special  meeting,  September  15,  1863:  "Voted,  that  the  sum  of 
$10,000  be  appropriated  and  paid  as  bounties  to  those  members  of  the 
enrolled  Militia  of  this  town  who  have  been,  or  may  be  drafted  or  con- 
scripted under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  to  serve  in  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  during  the  existing  rebellion,  or  to  the  substitutes  for  such 
conscripts  or  substitute  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  statute  of 
this  state,  approved  July  10,  1863,  and  that  the  selectmen  of  this  town 
are  authorized  and  empowered  to  hire  such  money  from  time  to  time  as 
the  same  may  be  needed,  to  pledge  the  credit  of  the  town  therefor,  and 
to  give  a  note  or  notes  in  behalf  of  the  town  at  a  rate  of  interest  not  exceed- 
ing 6  per  cent,  and  to  pay  over  the  money  to  said  conscripts  or  substitutes 
according  to  the  provisions  of  said  statute." 

At  a  special  meeting,  December  3,  1863:  "Voted,  to  raise  the  sum  of 
$14,000  and  that  the  selectmen  be  authorized  to  hire  on  notes  of  the  town 
at  a  rate  not  exceeding  6  per  cent  money  to  encourage  voluntary  enlist- 
ment to  fill  quota  of  300,000  men  last  called  for  by  proclamation  of  the 
president — provided  that  such  volunteer  assign  to  the  town  such  bounties 
as  he  may  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  state." 

At  a  special  meeting,  April  23,  1864:  "Voted,  to  raise  the  sum  of 
$3,400  to  pay  for  voluntary  enlistments  to  this  date,  and  $1,000  to  be 
expended  by  the  selectmen  in  case  there  should  be  another  call." 

At  special  meeting,  August  8,  1864:  "Voted,  that  the  town  raise  the 
sum  of  $15,000  agreeable  to  Act  of  July  16,  1864." 

At  special  meeting,  August  30,  1864:  "Voted,  that  the  selectmen  be 
authorized  to  raise  money  and  appropriate  the  same  as  pay  for  the  serv- 
ices of  agents  to  recruit  in  the  insurgent  states,  and  also  to  advance  the 
state  bounty  to  all  persons  so  recruited  according  to  the  provisions  of  an 
act  entitled  'An  act  to  facilitate  the  raising  of  troops,'  approved  August 
19,  1864." 

At  special  meeting,  September  21,  1864:  "Voted,  to  raise  the  sum  of 
$27,000  to  be  appropriated  in  bounties  of  $1,000  each  for  volunteer  citi- 
zens of  the  town  of  Haverhill,  who  shall  enlist  and  enter  the  service  of 

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226  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  United  States  and  be  counted  on  the  quota  of  Haverhill  on  the  last 
call  of  the  president  for  500,000  men." 

At  special  meeting,  January  17,  1865:  "Voted,  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate money  or  bounty  to  such  person  who  shall  be  mustered  into  service 
to  fill  the  quota  of  this  town  under  the  last  call  of  the  president  for  300,000 
troops,  whether  such  person  shall  have  voluntarily  enlisted,  or  volun- 
teered as  a  drafted  or  enrolled  man  of  Haverhill,  such  bounty  not  to 
exceed,  in  addition  to  the  state  bounty,  the  sum  of  $100  for  each  one- 
year  man,  $200  for  each  two-year  man,  $300  for  each  three-year  man, 
and  also  a  bounty  of  $300  for  each  person  who  may  for  three  months 
preceding  have  been  an  inhabitant  of  the  town  and  enlisted  in  its  quota 
and  actually  mustered  into  service  for  one  year." 

At  special  meeting,  February  17,  1865:  "Voted,  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate money  to  fill  quota  under  call  of  the  president  December  20,  1864, 
for  300,000  men,  in  accordance  with  provisions  of  act  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Legislature,  approved  August  19,  1864,  and  that  the  selectmen  take 
such  measures  as  they  think  best  to  fill  the  quota  of  the  town  under  this 
last  call,  and  to  hire  money  for  such  purpose  on  the  best  terms  that  can 
be  secured." 

At  annual  meeting,  March  14,  1865:  "Voted,  that  the  selectmen  be 
authorized  to  fill  future  quotas  of  the  town  for  men  on  the  best  terms 
possible  and  to  raise  money  on  the  best  terms  it  can  be  procured." 

The  beginning  of  the  end  had  come  however,  and  there  were  no  more 
quotas  and  no  more  enlistments  to  be  secured.  These  rates  quoted, 
indicate  the  difficulty  of  securing  volunteers  as  the  most  of  the  war  passed 
without  the  stimulus  of  substantial  bounties.  All  the  patriotism  was 
not  monopolized  by  the  men  and  boys  who  donned  uniforms  and  went 
to  the  front.  There  has  been  a  tendency  to  forget  the  men  who  remained 
at  home,  who  toiled  and  sacrificed  to  furnish  the  sinews  of  war,  who 
paid  the  regular  war  taxes  assessed  in  multifarious  forms,  and  the  extra- 
ordinary taxes  which  they  assessed  on  themselves  to  pay  bounties  to 
the  men  who  enlisted.  When  the  war  was  over  it  was  found  that  the 
town  had  voted  for  bounties  and  for  assistance  to  the  families  of  soldiers 
no  less  than  $77,900  and  this  with  the  total  valuation  of  all  its  property 
at  about  $950,000.  It  was  a  debt  to  be  met.  It  was  funded,  and  in 
1885,  the  last  dollar  was  paid. 

The  men  who  volunteered  from  Haverhill,  were  for  the  most  part  men 
and  boys  who  wore  the  uniforms  of  privates,  who  fought  in  the  ranks. 
Haverhill  furnished  no  officers  of  marked  distinction.  Few  indeed  held 
commissions  of  any  sort,  and  the  few  commissions  were  earned.  The 
record  of  service,  a  summary  of  which  follows,  is  that  of  the  average 
volunteer  soldier,  the  record  for  the  most  part  of  boys.  It  is  an  hon- 
orable record: 


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Second  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry 

The  Second,  the  first  of  the  three-year's  regiments.  It  left  New  Hampshire  June  20, 
'61,  and  arrived  in  Washington  June  23.  Was  attached  to  Department  of  Washington 
same  day;  Hooker's  Brig.,  Army  of  Potomac,  Aug.  12,  '61;  1st  Brig.,  Hooker's  Div., 
Oct.  3,  '61;  1st  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  3d  Corps,  Mar.  16,  '62;  Department  of  the  East,  Mar.  3, 
'63;  Casey's  Div.,  22d  Corps,  May  27,  '63;  3d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  3d  Corps,  June  14,  '63; 
Department  7  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  July,  '63;  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  18th  Corps., 
Apr.  23,  '64;  18th  Corps  (Corps  Headquarters),  June,  '64;  1st  Brig.,  1st  Div.,  18th 
Corps.,  Aug.  13,  '64;  3d  Brig.,  1st  Div.,  18th  Corps.,  Oct.  7,  '64;  3d  Brig.,  3d  Div.,  24th 
Corps.,  Dec.  2,  '64;  1st  Independent  Brig.,  24th  Corps.,  July  10,  '65;  Dist.  N.  E.,  Va., 
Dept.  Va.,  Aug.  '65. 

This  certainly  was  varied  service,  and  the  regiment  was  not  permitted  to  rust  out  for 
lack  of  fighting.  The  engagements  in  which  it  participated  were  some  of  them  the  most 
memorable  of  the  war.  They  were:  Bull  Run,  Va.,  July  21,  '61;  siege  of  Yorktown, 
Va.,  Apr.  11  to  May  4,  '61;  Williamsburg,  Va.,  May  5,  '62;  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  June  23,  '62; 
Oak  Grove,  Va.,  June  25,  '62;  Peach  Orchard,  Va.,  June  29,  '62;  Peach  Orchard  and  Glen- 
dale,  Va.,  June  30,  '62;  Malvern  Hill,  Va.,  July  1,  Aug.  5,  '62;  Kettle  Run,  Va.,  Aug.  27, 
'62;  Bull  Run  (2d),  Aug.  29,  '62;  Chantilly,  Va.,  Sept.  1,  '62;  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec. 
14,  '62;  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  July  2,  '63;  Wapping  Heights,  Va.,  July  23,  '63;  Swift  Creek, 
Va.,  May  9,  '64;  Drurys  Bluff,  Va.,  May  16,  '64;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1-9,  '64; 
Petersburg,  Va.,  Aug.  18,  Sept.  1,  '64;  occupation  of  Richmond,  Va.,  Apr.  3,  '65. 

Van  Buren  Glazier,  Co.  G;  b.  Haverhill;  age  19;  enl.  Apr.  24,  '61,  for  3  mos.;  not 
mustered  in;  paid  by  state;  re-enl.  May  21,  '61,  for  3  yrs.;  mustered  in  June  5,  '61,  as 
Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Feb.  9,  '63,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Joel  E.  Hibbard,  Co.  G;  b.  Haverhill;  age  22;  enl.  Apr.  22,  '61,  for  3  mos;  not  must, 
in;  paid  by  state;  re-enl.  May 21, '61,  for  3  yrs;  must,  in  June  5, '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab., 
July  16,  '61,  Washington,  D.  C;  Enl.  Co.  D,  13th  N.  H.  V.,  Aug.  13,  '62;  must,  in  Sept. 

19,  '62,  as  Corp.;  must,  out  June  21,  '65,  as  Priv. 

Samuel  E.  Merrill,  Co.  F;  b.   Peacham,  Vt.,  age  21;  cred.  Haverhill;  enl.  Aug. 

20,  '62;  must,  in  Aug.  30,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Sergt.  July  1,  '64;  1st  Sergt.,  Nov.  3,  '64; 
disch.  June  9,  '65,  Manchester,  Va. 

Hiram  K.  Ladd,  Co.  G;  b.  Haverhill,  age  19;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Apr.  20,  '61,  for 
3  mos.;  not  must,  in;  paid  by  state;  re-enl.  May  21,  '61,  for  3  yrs.;  must,  in  June  5,  '61, 
as  Sergt.;  app.  1st  Sergt.,  Jan.  1,  '62;  1st  Lt.  Co.  I,  July  31,  '63;  tr.  to  Co.  A, 
Sept.  1,  '63;  must,  out  June  21,  '64;  re-enl.  Co.  A,  18th  N.  H.  V.,  Sept.  7,  '64,  for  1  yr; 
must,  in  as  Priv.;  app.  2d  Lt.,  Sept.  20,  '64;  1st  Lt.,  Apr.  4,  '65;  must,  out  June  10,  '65. 

William  G.  Walcott,  Co.  G;  b.  Lancaster;  age  24;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Apr.  20,  '61, 
for  3  mos.;  not  must  in;  paid  by  state;  re-enl.  May  21,  '61  for  3  yrs.;  must,  in  June  5,  '61, 
as  Corp.;  disch.,  disab.,  Jan.  7,  '63,  David's  Island,  N.  Y.  H.;  Enl.  1  N.  H.  H.  A.  for  1 
yr,  Aug.  31,  '64;  must,  in  Sept.  5,  '64  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

John  T.  Walcott,  Co.  G;  b.  Lancaster;  age  21;  enl.  May  21,  '61;  must,  in  June  5,  '61, 
as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Aug.  3,  '61,  Washington,  D.  C.  Enl.  Co.  I,  4th  N.  H.  Inf.,  Sept. 
3,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  re-enl.  Feb.  11,  '64;  disch.,  disab., 
June  13,  '65,  Manchester. 

Samuel  Woodward,  Co.  F;  age  21;  cred.  Haverhill;  enl.  Aug.  12,  '62;  must,  in  Aug. 
30,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wounded  severely  July  2,  '63  at  Gettysburg;  disch.  for  wounds  Oct.  19, 
Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Fourth  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry 

The  Fourth  was  mustered  into  service  of  United  States,  Sept.  18-20,  '61,  at  Man- 
chester.    Each  man  was  a  volunteer  for  three  years  or  during  the  war.     The  original 


228  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

members  who  had  not  re-enlisted  were  mustered  out  Sept.  27,  '64  at  Concord:  The  re- 
enlisted  men  and  recruits  were  mustered  out  Aug.  27,  '65  at  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

The  regiment  was  a  part  of  Sherman's  Expeditionary  Corps,  Oct.  28,  '61  to  Mar.  31, 
62;  at  various  times  in  Dept.  of  the  South  till  Apr.  '64;  1st  Brig.,  3d  Div.,  10th  Corps, 
Apr.  to  June  19,  '64;  3d  Brig.,  2d.  Div.,  10th  Corps,  to  Dec.  3,  '64;  3d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  24th 
Corps,  to  Apr.  2,  '65;  1st  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  10th  Corps.,  to  Aug.  '65. 

The  engagements  in  which  it  participated  were:  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  Nov.  7,  '61;  James 
Island,  S.  C,  June  10,  '62;  Pocotaligo,  S.  C,  Oct.  22,  '62;  siege  Fort  Wagner,  Morris 
Island,  S.  C,  July  10  to  Sept.  6,  '63;  siege  Fort  Sumpter,  S.  C,  Sept.  7,  '63,  to  Jan.  15, 
'64;  Drury's  Bluff,  Va.,  May  14-16,  20,  '64;  near  Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  May  17-18, 
'64;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.;  June  4-12,  '64;  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  '64;  siege  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  23  to  July  29,  '64;  mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  30,  '64;  Fort  Fisher, 
N.  C,  Jan.  15,  '65;  Fort  Anderson,  N.  C,  Feb.  18,  '65. 

John  W.  Beamis,  Co.  I;  b.  Haverhill;  age  18;  enl.  Sept.  3,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61, 
as  Priv.;  re-enl.  Feb.  15,  '64;  must,  in  Feb.  29,  '64;  app.  Corp.;  1st  Sergt.;  must,  out  Aug. 
25,  '65. 

Jonathan  Clark,  Co.  I;  b.  Haverhill;  age  23;  enl.  Sept.  3,  '61;  must,  in  Sept.,  '61, 
as  Sergt.;  disch.,  disab.,  Jan.  29,  '63,  at  Concord. 

Dana  Fifield,  Co.  I;  b.  Chelsea,  Vt.;  age  25;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  3,  '61;  must,  in 
Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  disch.,  disab.,  June  12,  '63. 

Alfred  T.  Hardy,  Co.  I;  b.  Piermont;  age  20;  enl.  Aug.  31,  '61;  must  in  Sept.  18,  '61, 
as  Priv.;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Dec.  25,  '63;  cred.  Haverhill;  dishon.  disch.  Mar.  30,  '65,  by 
sentence  G.  C.  M.  with  loss  of  all  pay  and  allowance,  and  to  be  confined  at  Clinton 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  for  the  period  of  3  yrs. 

James  E.  Haynes,  Co.  J;  b.  Wentworth;  age  21;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Aug.  27,  '61; 
must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61;  must,  out  Sept.  27,  '64. 

Henry  M.  Hicks,  Co.  I;  b.  Lyndon,  Vt.;  age  24;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  10,  '61; 
must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Sergt.;  App.  2  Lieut.  Co.  H,  Oct.  25,  '62;  1  Lt.,  Feb.  8,  '63; 
disch.,  disab.,  Sept.  14,  '64. 

John  D.  McConnell,  Co.  I;  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  age  25;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  3, 
'61;  must,  in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv.;  killed  July  30,  '64,  mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Va. 

Daniel  C.  Randall,  Co.  I;  b.  New  Brunswick;  age  "36";  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  2, 
'61;  must,  in  Sept.,  18,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Nov.  17,  '62,  Beaufort,  S.  C,  enl. 
Co.  A,  9th  N.  H.  V.,  Dec.  17,  '63;  Age  "40";  must,  in  same  day,  died,  disease,  Camp 
Nelson,  Ky.,  Mar.  18,  '64. 

Joseph  Raney,  Co.  I;  b.  Derby,  Vt.,  age  22;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Aug.  30,  '61;  must, 
in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Corp.;  app.  Sergt.;  re-enl.  Feb.  11,  '64;  must,  in  Feb.  20,  '64;  app.  2 
Lieut.,  Mar.  1,  '65;  1  Lieut.,  Aug.  23,  '65,  not  must.;  must.  out.  Aug.  23,  '65,  as  2  Lieut. 

James  Wilson,  Co.  I;  b.  Elgin,  Can.;  age  24;  res.  Haverhill;  Enl.  Aug.  24,  '61;  must, 
in  Sept.  18,  '61,  as  Priv.,  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Feb.  28,  '64;  app.  Corp.;  must,  out  Aug. 
23,  '65. 

Sixth  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry 

The  Sixth  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  Service,  Nov.  27-30,  1861,  at  Keene,  N.  H- 
Each  man  enlisted  for  three  years  unless  otherwise  stated.  Original  members  who  had 
not  re-enlisted  mustered  out  Nov.  27-28,  near  Petersburg,  Va.  Re-enlisted  men  and 
Tecruits  must,  out  July  17,  '65,  near  Alexandria,  Va.  Left  New  Hampshire  Dec.  25, 
'61.  It  was  attached  to  Gen.  Casey's  Provincial  Brigade,  near  Washington,  Dec.  28; 
as  a  part  of  the  Burnside  expedition  to  North  Carolina  in  Jan.  '62;  4th  Brig.,  Dept. 
North  Carolina,  March  6,  '62;  1st  Brig.,  1st  Div.,  Dept.  North  Carolina  June,  '62; 
1st  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  Corps.,  July,  '62;  Dist.  of  Kentucky,  Dept.  Ohio,  Sept.  9,  '63; 
veteran  furlough,  Jan.  '16,  '64;  9th  Corps,  unassigned,  March  '64;  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div., 
9th  Corps,  Apr.  20,  '64. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  229 

The  engagements  in  which  the  Sixth  participated  were:  Camden,  N.  C,  Apr.  19, 
'62;  Bull  Run,  Va.,  Aug.  29-30,  '62;  Chantilly,  Va.,  Sept.  1,  '62;  South  Mountain,  Md., 
Sept.  14,  '62;  Antietam,  Md.,  Sept.  17,  '62;  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  Nov.  15,  '62; 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  '62;  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  14  to  July  4,  '63; 
Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-16,  '63;  Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  '64;  Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May 
8-20,  '64;  North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  23-26,  '64;  Bethseda  Church,  Va.,  June  2-3, 
'64;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  4-12,  '64;  seige  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  '64  to  Apr.  3, 
'65;  mine  explosion,  Petersburg;  assault,  July  30,  '64. 

Samuel  P.  Adams,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  51;  res.  Haverhill;  app.  Capt.,  Nov.  30, 
'61;  must,  in  to  date  Nov.  27,  '61;  resigned,  July  30,  '62. 

Horace  L.  Blanchard,  Co.  B;  age  26;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  14,  '61;  must,  in, 
Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Sergt.;  wounded  Dec.  13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  died,  accidental 
injuries,  May  30,  '63,  near  Lexington,  Ky. 

Chandler  G.  Cass,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  17;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Nov.  9,  '61; 
must,  in,  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  re-enl;  and  must,  in  Jan.  2,  '64;  killed  June  3,  '64, 
Bethesda  Church,  Va. 

John  Flavin,  Co.  B;  b.  Granby,  Can.;  enl.  Sept.  IS,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.; 
captured,  Aug.  29,  '62,  Bull  Run,  Va.;  released;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Dec.  20,  '63;  res. 
Haverhill;  captd.  Oct.  1,  '64,  Polar  Springs  Church,  Va.;  released;  died  dis.,  Manchester, 
Feb.  16,  '65. 

Sumner  Hardy,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  32;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  14,  '61;  must. 
Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  missing,  Aug.  29,  '62,  Bull  Run,  Va.;  gained  from  missing  Dec.  29, 
'62;  disch.,  disab.,  Philadelphia,  May  14,  '63. 

Horace  J.  Holmes,  Co.  B;  b.  Hanover;  age  21;  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  10,  '61;  must. 
in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Corp.;  disch.,  disab.,  Dec.  3,  '62,  Alexandria,  Va.;  had  previous  service 
in  1st  N.  H.  Vols.;  enl.  Apr.  17,  '61,  3  mos.;  must,  in  May  2,  '61;  must,  out  Aug.  9,  '61. 

Charles  P.  Potter,  Co.  B;  b.  Bucksport,  Me.;  age  29;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  16, 
'61;  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  captd.  Aug.  29,  '62,  Bull  Run,  Va.;  released;  re-enl. 
and  must,  in  Jan.  3,  '64;  app.  Corp.  July  1,  '65;  must,  out  July  17,  '65. 

Edwin  C.  Holmes,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  20;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  16,  '61; 
must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  June  19,  '62,  New  Berne,  N.  C. 

West  Pearson,  Co.  B;  b.  Bethlehem;  age  21;  enl.  Sept.  14,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  27, 
'61,  as  Corp.;  disch.,  disab.,  Sept.  29,  '62,  Philadelphia. 

Hiram  H.  Poole,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  35;  enl.  Nov.  9,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61, 
as  Priv.,  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Jan.  2,  '64;  app.  Corp.  July  1,  '65,  must,  out  July  17,  '65. 

Andrew  J.  Randall,  Co.  B;  b.  Maine;  age  31;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  9,  '61;  must, 
in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Corp.;  app.  Sergt.;  disch.,  disab.,  Aug.  3,  '63,  Concord. 

Martin  V.  B.  Randall,  Co.  B;  b.  Piermont;  age  20;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  20, 
'61;  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.  wounded  Aug.  29,  '62,  Bull  Run,  Va.;  disch.,  wds., 
Nov.  26,  '62,  Washington  D.  C. 

Charles  W.  Sherwell,  Co.  B;  b.  Warren;  age  18;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.,  Oct.  30, 
'61,  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  killed  Dec.  13,  '61,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Elijah  L.  Smith,  Co.  B;  b.  Brookfield;  age  32;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  14, '61; 
must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Sergt.;  reduced  to  ranks,  Sept.  1,  '62;  disch.,  disab.,  Dec.  1, 
'62,  Washington,  D.  C. 

George  H.  Smith,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  18;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Nov.  9,  '61; 
must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Jan.  4,  '64;  wounded  May  6,  '64, 
Wilderness,  Va.;  app.  Sergt.,  July  1,  '65;  must,  out  July  17,  '65. 

Ira  Stowell,  Co.  B;  b.  Hyde  Park,  Vt.;  age  18;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  18,  '61; 
mu6t.  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.,  Apr.  16,  '62,  Roanoake  Isl.,  N.  C. 

Archibald  H.  Stover,  Co.  F;    b.  Rockland,   Me.;    age   29;    res.  Haverhill;    enl. 


230  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Sept.  14,  '61;  must,  in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  1st  Sergt.;  reduced  to  Sergt.;  killed  Aug.  29,  '62, 
Bull  Run,  Va. 

John  P.  Swift,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  21;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.,  Oct.  1,  '61;  must, 
in  Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Sept.  11,  '62,  Concord. 

Henry  G.  Tasker,  Co.  B;  age  21;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.,  Sept.  12,  '61;  must,  in 
Nov.  27,  '61,  as  Sergt.;  reduced  to  ranks  Mar.  31,  '62;  Cap'd,  July  21,  '62,  at  New 
Berne,  N.  C;  died  dis.,  Nov.  15,  '62,  Richmond,  Va. 

Joseph  Weed,  Co.  B;  b.  Topsham,  Vt.;  age  27;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  16,  '61; 
must,  in  Nov.  27,  '63,  as  Priv.;  wounded  May  6,  '64,  Wilderness,  Va.;  disch.,  Dec.  10, 
'64,  Concord,  term  expired. 

Nathan  W.  Wheeler,  Co.  B;  age  20;  res.  Haverhill;  enl.  Sept.  21,  '61;  must,  in 
Nov.  27,  '60,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.,  Mar.  18,  '62,  Hallisas  Inlet,  N.  C. 

Ninth  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantry 

Mustered  into  service  of  the  United  States,  July  3  to  Aug.  23,  1862,  at  Concord. 
Organization  completed,  Aug.  23;  left  state  Aug.  25,  '62.  Each  man  was  recruited  for 
three  years  or  during  the  war.  Original  members  mustered  out  June  10,  1865,  near 
Alexandria,  Va.;  recruits  transferred  to  6th  N.  H.,  June  1,  1865. 

The  Ninth  was  attached  to  Whipples  Division,  defenses  of  Washington,  Aug.  28,  1862; 
1st.  Brig.  2  Div.,  9th  Corps,  Sept.  6,  1862;  District  of  Kentucky,  Dept.  of  Ohio,  Sept. 
'63  to  Jan.  '64;  unattached  Jan.  to  Mar.  '64;  1st  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  Corps.,  Mar.  26, 
'64;  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  Corps.,  Apr.  27,  '64. 

Participated  in  engagements  as  follows:  South  Mountain,  Md.,  Sept.  14,  '62;  Antie- 
tam,  Sept.  17,  '62;  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  Nov.  15,  '62;  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
Dec.  13,  '62;  siege  Vicksburg,  Va.,  June  14  to  July  4,  '63;  Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-16, 
'63;  Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  7,  '64;  Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May  10-18,  '64;  North  Anna 
River,  Va.,  May  24-26;  Totopotomy,  Va.,  May  31  to  June  1,  '64;  Bethesda  Church, 
Va.,  June  2,  3,  '64;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  5-12,  '64;  siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16, 
'64,  to  Apr.  3,  '65;  Petersburg,  Va.  (assault  in  the  Shana  house),  June  17,  '64;  mine  explo- 
sion, Petersburg,  Va.  (assault),  July  30,  '64;  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  Aug.  20-21,  '64; 
Poplar  Springs  Church,  Va.,  Sept.  30,  Oct.  1,  '64;  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  Oct.  27, '64; 
Petersburg,  Va.;  Apr.  1,  2,  '65. 

Haverhill  Men 

Henry  N.  Chapman,  Co.  A;  b.  Haverhill;  age  24;  cred.  Haverhill;  enl.  June  27, 
'62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wounded  July  27,  '64;  died  of  wounds  July  28,  '64, 
near  Petersburg,  Va. 

William  Clark,  Co.  A;  b.  Newbury,  Vt.;  age  18;  res.  Haverhill;  cred.  Haverhill; 
enl.  June  12,  '62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.,  Hampton,  Va.,  Apr.  6,  '63. 

Charles  T.  Collins,  Co.  A;  b.  Southborough,  Mass.;  age  27;  res.  Haverhill; 
cred.  Hav.;  enl.  June  18,  '62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  disch.,  disab., 
Oct.  6,  '63,  at  Concord. 

George  S.  Humphrey,  Co.  A;  b.  Waterbury,  Vt.;  age  34;  res.  Haverhill;  cred. 
Haverhill;  enl.  June  3,  '62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  May  24,  '65; 
Louisville,  Ky. 

Scott  W.  Keyes,  Co.  A;  b.  Haverhill;  age  20;  res.  Haverhill;  cred.  Haverhill; 
enl.  June  13,  '62;  must,  in  July  3,  '62,  as  Sergt.;  wounded,  Sept.  17,  '62  at  Antietam; 
disch.,  disab.,  Oct.  6,  '62,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Joseph  L.  Willey,  Co.  A;  b.  Rhode  Island;  age  18;  res.  Haverhill;  cred.  Haverhill; 
enl.  July  5,  '62;  must,  in  July  12,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  killed  June  18,  '64,  Peters- 
burg, Va. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  231 

Eleventh  Regiment   Volunteer  Infantry 

Mustered  into  service  of  the  United  States  Sept.  2,  1862,  at  Concord.  Left  the  state 
Sept.  11,  '62.  The  original  members  were  mustered  out  June  4,  1865,  near  Alexandria, 
Va.,  and  the  recruits  were  transferred  to  the  Sixth  N.  H.  The  Eleventh  was  attached 
to  1st  Brig.,  Casey's  Div.,  defenses  of  Washington,  till  Sept.  29,  '62,  and  was  afterwards 
in  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  Corps,  till  mustered  out  June  4,  '65. 

The  engagements  in  which  it  participated  were:  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  '62; 
siege  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  15  to  July  4,  '63;  Jackson,  Miss.,  July  10-17,  '63;  siege 
of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  Nov.  17  to  Dec.  3,  '63;  Wilderness,  Va.,  May  6,  '64;  Spottsylvania, 
Va.,  May  9-18,  '64;  North  Anna  River,  Va.,  May  23-27,  '64;  Totopotomy,  Va.,  May 
28-31,  '64;  Bethesda  Church,  Va.,  June  2,  3,  '64;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.,  June  5-12,  '64;  siege 
of  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16,  '64,  to  Apr.  3,  '68;  mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Welden 
Railroad,  Va.,  Poplar  Springs  Church,  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.  (during  the  siege),  Peters- 
burg, Va.,  Apr.  1-3,  '65. 

Haverhill  Men 

Leroy  Bell,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  22;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  22,  '62,  as  Priv.; 
must,  in  as  2d  Lieut,  to  date  Sept.  2,  '62;  wounded  May  12,  '64,  Spottsylvania,  Va.; 
wd.  June  2,  '64,  Bethesda  Church;  app.  Capt.  July  22,  '64;  wd.  July  30,  '64;  mine  explo- 
sion, Petersburg,  Va.;  Sev.  wd.  Sept.  30,  '64,  Poplar  Springs,  Church,  Va.;  disch.  to  date 
June  4,  '65. 

Thomas  Baxter,  Co.  G;  b.  Canada,  East;  age  24;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug. 
14,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Band,  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  Corps,  Oct.  14, 
'62;  must,  out  June  4,  '65,  as  2d  class  Muse. 

Lewis  Bean,  Co.  G;  b.  Rumford,  Me.;  age  33;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  13, 
'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Sergt.;  disch.  May  16,  '65,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Cyrus  Alden,  Co.  G;  b.  Middleboro,  Mass.;  age  30;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug. 
18,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must  out  June  4,  '65. 

Levi  B.  Bisbee,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  27;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  14,  '62;  must,  out  June  4,  '65,  1st 
class  Muse. 

Benjamin  (Bixbee)  Bixby,  Co.  G;  b.  Warren;  age  22;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Aug.  18,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Sergt.;  must,  out  June  4,  '65. 

Riley  B.  Cady,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.,  age  24;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  died  dis.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  Apr.  11,  '64. 

Martin  U.  B.  Cady,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  20;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Muse;  disch.  May  12,  '65. 

Charles  F.  Carr,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  31;res.Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62;  must 
in  Sept.  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.  disab.  Dec.  29,  '62,  Concord. 

Frank  B.  Carr,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  33;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  14,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Aug.  29,  '63. 

Hiram  S.  Carr,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  30;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  22,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  14,  '62;  disch.,  disab.,  Aug.  6,  '63 
as  1st  Class  Muse,  Milldale,  Miss. 

Daniel  J.  Coburn,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  22,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  trans,  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  14,  '62;  disch.,  incompetency 
May  21,  '63,  Lancaster,  Ky. 

Ira  B.  Gould,  Co.  G;  b.  Hanover;  age  31;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  15,  '62,  as  3rd  class  Muse;  disch. 
disab.,  Jan.  26,  '63,  near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Robert  W.  Haney,  Co.  G;  b.  Canada;  age  25;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15, 


232  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv. ;  wd.  May  12,  '62,  Spottsylvania,  Va.;  missing  July  30, 
'64,  mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.;  gained  from  missing;  disch.  to  date  from  June  4,  '65. 

Amos  Lund,  Jr.,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wd.  June  16,  '64,  Petersburg,  Va.;  must,  out  June  4,  '65. 

Moody  C.  Marston,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  22;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  14,  '62;  disch.  May  15,  '63. 

Henry  Merrill,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  19;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  as  Priv.  Sept.  2,  '62;  died,  dis.,  Apr.  13,  '63,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky. 

George  W.  Miller,  Co.  G;  b.  New  Hamp.;  age  23;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Aug.  15,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.,  Feb.  28,  '65,  near  Petersburg,  Va. 

Elias  Moulton,  Co.  G;  b.  Corinth,  Vt.;  age  39;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  14, 
'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Jan.  9,  '63,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Jonathan  C.  Pennock,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  20;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug. 
15,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  W.  W.  Brig.  Band  Oct.  14,  '62;  disch.  Feb.  2, 
'63;  enl.  and  must,  in  July  25,  '64,  as  Corp.  Marten  Guards;  sent  Fort  Constitution, 
Portsmouth;  must,  out  Sept.  16,  '64. 

Adin  M.  Pike,  Co.  G;  b.  Orford;  age  24;  res.  Or  ford;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  13,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wd.  June  19,  '64,  near  Petersburg,  Va.,  and  died  of  wds. 
Sept.  14,  '64,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Martin  Rogers,  Co.  G;  b.  Ireland;  age44;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  14,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.;  wd.  May  6,  '64,  Wilderness,  Va.;  miss.  July 
30,  '64,  mine  explosion,  Petersburg,  Va.;  gd.  from  miss.;  disch.  June  4,  '65,  Concord. 

James  W.  Sampson,  Co.  G;  b.  Lyman;  age  34;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15, 
'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band,  Oct.  14,  '62;  app.  Band  leader; 
disch.,  disab.,  Dec.  22,  '62;  died,  dis.,  Jan.  14,  '63,  Washington,  D.  C. 

George  Southard,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  19;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  18, 
'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  died  dis.,  Apr.  '63,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Salon  Swift,  Co.  G;  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt. ;  age  44;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug. 
20,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  wd.  Dec.  13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va.;  tr.  to  Co. 
K,  12  I.  C.  Jan.  15,  '64;  disch.,  disab.,  Nov.  14,  '64,  Alexandria,  Va. 

George  C.  Swift,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  killed  July  22,  '64,  near  Petersburg,  Va. 

Albert  H.  Tefft,  Co.  G;  b.  Schituate,  R.  I.;  age  32;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Aug.  15,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Sept.  21,  '63. 

Orrin  M.  Whitman,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  24;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band  Oct.  14,  '62;  disch.,  incompetency, 
Feb.  2,  '63,  as  3rd  Class  Muse,  near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Albert  U.  Willey,  Co.  G;  b.  Wheelock,  Vt.;  age  39;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Aug.  16,  '62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  killed  Dec.  13,  '62,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Joseph  Willis,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  20;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  14,  '62; 
must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  tr.  to  Brig.  Band  Oct.  14,  '62;  must,  out  as  2d  Class  Muse, 
June  4,  '65. 

George  W.  Woodward;  b.  New  York;  age  22;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Aug.  14, 
'62;  must,  in  Sept.  2,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  4,  '65. 

Eleven  of  the  32  men  who  enlisted  in  Co.  G  from  Haverhill  were  members  of  the 
North  Haverhill  Cornet  Band  at  the  time  of  their  enlistment,  and  were  transferred  with 
their  leader  to  the  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  9th  A.  C.  Band. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  233 

Fifteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infantry 

Enlisted  for  nine  months.  Mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  at  Concord, 
Nov.  12,  1862,  and  left  the  state,  Nov.  13.  It  -was  with  the  U.  S.  forces  at  Carrollton, 
La.,  Dept.  of  the  Gulf,  Dec.  24,  '62,  to  Jan.  27,  '63;  attached  to  1st  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  19th 
A.  C,  Jan.  27  to  July  11,  '63;  2d  Brig.;  3d  Div.,  19th  A.  C,  July  18,  '63;  2d  Brig.  U.  S. 
forces,  Port  Hudson,  La.,  July  18  to  date  of  muster  out,  Aug.  13,  '63.  It  was  engaged  in 
the  seige  of  Port  Hudson,  La.,  May  27  to  July  9,  '63.  There  were  27  Haverhill  men  in 
this  regt.  mostly  in  Co.  B: 

John  D.  Brooks,  Co.  B;  b.  Charlestown,  Vt.;  age  27;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Sept.  4,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Neander  D.  Brooks,  Co.  B;  b.  Canada;  age  29;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 
22,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

James  Buckland,  Co.  B;  age  21;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  30, '62;  must,  in 
Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Oct.  10,  '62,  Concord. 

Charles  Carpenter,  Co.  B;  b.  Canada;  age  35;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 
8,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Edwin  J.  L.  Clark,  Co.  B;  b.  Newbury,  Vt.;  age  37;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Sept.  2,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Royal  F.  Clark,  Co.  B;  b.  Haverhill;  age  23;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1, 
'62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Richard  C.  Drown,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  32;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  2, 
'62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Daniel  C.  Dunklee,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  25;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1, 
'62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Franklin  Furgerson,  Co.  B;  b.  Sharon,  Vt.;  age  30;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl. 
Sept.  12,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  10,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

James  Glynn,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  22;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  disch.  to  date  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Nelson  S.  Hanaford,  Co.  B;  b.  Bath,  age  28;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1, 
'62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Hylus  Hackett,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1, '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;   died  dis.,  Aug.  5,  '63,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

John  Hackett,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  27;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;   must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Ethan  O.  Harris,  Co.  B;  age  29;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Oct.  3,  '62;  must,  in 
Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

George  F.  Keyes,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  24;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63;  re-enl.  for  one  year  1st  N.  H. 
Heavy  Artillery  and  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Hiram  P.  Kidder,  Co.  B;  b.  West  Fairlee,  Vt.;  age  32;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.; 
enl.  Sept.  18,  '62;   must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;   must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Caleb  Knight,  Co.  B;  b.  Benton;  age  40;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Oct.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  21,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Aikin  Ladderbush,  Co.  B;  b.  Canada;  age  39;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 
20,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63;  re-enl.  Aug.  1,  '64,  Co. 
D,  1st  N.  H.  Cav. 

Lewis  Ladderbush,  Co.  B;  b.  Canada;  age  19;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  30, 
'62;   must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;   must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Sylvester  W.  Marden,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 


234  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

26,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  discharged  Oct.  25,  '62,  at  Concord;  enl.  for  one 
yr.,  Co.  I,  1st  N.  H.  H.  A.,  Sept.  24,  '64;  must,  in  Sept.  24,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15, 
'65. 

James  A.  Page,  Co.  B;  b.  Orford;  age  26;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1,  '62,  as  Priv.;  app. 
2d  Lieut.  Nov.  3,  '62;  must,  in  to  date  2d  Lieut.  Oct.  8,  '62;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

George  W.  Leith,  Co.  B;  b.  Quebec,  P.  Q.;  age  41;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 
10,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63;  enl.  Sept.  7,  '64,  one 
yr.  1st  N.  H.  H.  A.;   must,  in  Sept.  26,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Calvin  Pennock,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  29;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  2,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

George  W.  Pennock,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  24;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  2, 
'62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Sergt.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Charles  G.  Perkins,  Co.  B;  b.  Goffstown;  age  31;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept. 
4,  '62;  must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.  Jan.  12,  '63,  Carrollton,  La. 

John  C.  Shelly,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  1,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8,  '62,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Aug.  13,  '62. 

George  C.  Smith,  Co.  B;  b.  Hav.;  age  27;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  15,  '62; 
must,  in  Oct.  8.  '62,  as  Priv.;   must,  out  Aug.  13,  '63. 

Eighteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Infantry 

Six  Companies  of  this  regiment  were  raised  under  the  call  of  the  president  July  18, 
1S64.  The  last  four  companies  were  ordered  enlisted  by  the  governor  by  proclamation 
of  Oct.  13,  in  advance  of  the  call  of  the  president  of  Dec.  19.  The  regiment  was  not  fully 
organized  until  the  spring  of  '65  and  Co.  K,  which  was  mustered  into  service  Apr.  6, 
did  not  leave  New  England.  Some  of  the  men  enlisted  for  three  years;  some  for  one 
year.  The  first  six  companies  went  to  the  front  in  Oct.  '64.  Three  others  joined  it 
later.  The  regiment  was  attached  to  Engineer  Brigade,  defences  of  Washington,  Oct. 
6,  '64  to  Nov.  19,  '65;  to  9th  Army  Corps,  Mar.  19  to  26,  '65;  3d  Brig.,  1st  Div.,  9th 
A.  C.  Corps,  March  26,  to  date  of  muster  out,  June  23  and  July  29,  '65.  The  engage- 
ments in  which  it  participated  were:  Fort  Stedman,  Va.,  Mar.  25,  29,  '65;  Petersburg, 
Va.,  Apr.  2,  '65.     Haverhill  contributed,  10  men  to  this  regiment: 

Harlin  S.  Blanchard,  Co.  E;  b.  Hav.;  age  30;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  22,  '64,  for  1  yr.; 
must,  in  Sept.  27,  '64,  as  Sergt.;  resigned  warrant;  disch.  May  26,  '65. 

Levi  Braddish,  Co.  F;  b.  Hartford,  Vt.;  age  43;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  28,  '64,  for  1 
yr.;  must,  in  Sept.  28,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  10,  '65. 

Solomon  H.  Butterfield,  Co.  E;  b.  Standstead,  Canada,  East;  age  36;  cred.  Hav.; 
enl.  Sept.  26,  1  yr. ;  must,  in  Sept.  27,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  10,  '65. 

Joseph  Cams,  Co.  E;  b.  Picto,  N.  S.;  age  2S;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  for  3  yrs. 
Sept.  27,  '64,  as  Priv.;  des.  Oct.  4,  '64. 

Frank  D.  Davis,  Co.  E;  b.  Benton;  age  18;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  for  1  yr.  Sept.  26,  '64; 
must,  in  Sept.  27,  '64;  must,  out  June  16,  '69. 

Curtis  H.  Hicks,  Co.  F;  b.  Hav.;  age  23;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  21,  '64  for  1  yr.;  must, 
in  Sept.  27,  '64,  as  Sergt.;  disch.  June  3,  '65. 

Oramus  S.  Hix,  Co.  E;  b.  Burke,  Vt.;  age  38;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  27,  '64,  for  1  yr.; 
must,  in  same  day  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  10,  '65. 

Hiram  K.  Ladd;  see  2d  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols. 

Simon  E.  Puffer,  Co.  E;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  26,  '64  for  1  yr.; 
must,  in  Sept.  27,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  10,  '65. 

Person  Wallace,  Co.  E;  b.  Hav.;  age  42;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  24,  '64,  for  1  yr.; 
must,  in  Sept.  29,  '64,  as  Priv. ;  disch.  June  23,  '65. 

Don  F.  Willis,  Co.  E;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  26,  '64;  must,  in  Sept. 

27,  as  Priv.;  disch.  May  27,  '65,  at  Concord. 


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New  Hampshire  Battalion  First  New  England  Volunteer  Cavalry 
Also  Known  as  First  Rhode  Island  Volunteer  Cavalry 

The  New  Hampshire  Battalion  was  composed  of  Companies  I,  K,  L,  M,  until  these 
companies  were  detached  Jan.  7,  1864,  and  made  a  part  of  the  1st  Regt.,  N.  H.  Vol. 
Cavalry.  The  battalion  participated  in  the  following  engagements:  Cedar  Mountain, 
Va.,  Aug.  9,  '62;  Groveton,  Va.,  Aug.  29,  '62;  Bull  Run  (2d),  Va.,  Aug.  30,  '62;  Chantilly, 
Va.,  Sept.  1,  '62;  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  12-14,  '62;  Kelly's  Ford,  Va.,  Mar.  17,  '63; 
Stoneman's  Raid,  Va.,  Apr.  27  to  May  8,  '63;  Brandy  Station,  Va.,  June  9,  '63;  Middle- 
burgh,  Va.,  June  18,  '63;  Rapidan  Station,  Va.,  Sept.  14,  '64;  Culpeper,  Va.,  Oct.  12, 
'63;  Bristol  Station,  Va.,  Oct.  14,  '63.     There  were  five  Haverhill  men  in  this  regiment: 

Byron  L.  Carr,  Co.  M;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Jan.  20,  '62;  must,  in  Jan.  21, 
as  Priv.;  captd.  June  18,  '63,  near  Middleburgh,  Va.;  par.  '63;  app.  Corp.;  re-enl.  and 
must,  in  Feb.  1,  '64;  app.  Sergt.;  wd.  Sept.  22,  '64;  disch.  wds.  June  23,  '65. 

Jerome  B.  Carr,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  23;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Oct.  30,  '61;  must,  in  Dec. 
17,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.  Jan.  1,  '63;  re-enl.  and  must,  in  Feb.  1,  '64;  captd.  Aug.  17, 
'64,  Winchester,  Va.;  died  Jan.  21,  '65,  Danville,  Va. 

Simon  G.  Cutting,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Nov.  25,  '65;  must,  in  Dec. 
17,  '61,  as  Priv.;  re-enl.  Jan.  2,  '64;  must,  in  Jan.  5,  '64;  must,  out  July  15,  '65. 

George  W.  Morrison,  b.  Boston,  Mass.;  age  23;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Oct.  24,  '61;  must,  in 
Dec.  17,  '61,  as  Priv.;  app.  Sergt.  July  13,  '62;  re-enl.  Jan.  2,  '64;  must  in  Jan.  5;  app.  Co. 
Q.  M.  Sergt.;  2d  Lieut.  Co.  A,  July  30,  '64;  mis.  Dec.  21,  '64,  near  Lacey's  Springs,  Va.; 
gd.  from  mis.;  app.  1st  Lieut.  Co.  G,  July  10,  '64;  not  must.;  must,  out  July  18,  '65,  as 
2d  Lieut.  Co.  A. 

Horace  H.  Morrison,  Co.  I;  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.;  age  23;  res.  Hav.;  enl.  Oct.  25,  '61; 
must,  in  Dec.  17,  '61,  as  Priv.;  captd.  June  18,  '63,  near  Middleburgh,  Va.;  par.;  re-enl. 
Jan.  2,  '64;  must,  in  Jan.  5;  app.  Sergt.  Sept.  1,  '64;  must,  out  July  15,  '65. 

First  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteer  Cavalry 

In  February,  1864,  the  four  companies  of  cavalry  from  New  Hampshire  belonging  to 
the  New  England  regiment  returned  to  Concord  to  recruit  a  regiment.  Companies  A, 
B  and  C  were  soon  recruited,  and  the  seven  companies  were  ordered  to  Washingtion 
reaching  there  Apr.  25.  Four  other  companies  were  recruited  later,  but  they  served 
after  going  to  the  front  in  a  separate  detachment.  They  were  composed  for  the  most 
part  of  bounty  jumpers,  gamblers  and  thieves,  and  though  they  cost  this  state  and  towns 
to  which  they  were  credited  from  $1,000  to  $1,500  apiece,  they  were  worthless  and 
deserted  at  the  first  opportunity.  The  regiment  was  in  almost  constant  service  from 
May,  '64,  until  mustered  out.  It  was  attached  to  2d  Brig.,  3d  Div.  Cav.  Corps,  June 
6,  '64,  to  Mar.  23,  '65,  and  to  Cav.  Forces,  Dept.  Washington,  22d  A.  C,  from  March 
23,  '65,  the  detachments  having  been  united,  till  June  29,  when  it  soon  after  left  for 
Concord,  where  it  was  mustered  out  July  21.  The  principal  engagements  in  which  it 
participated  were  Hanover  Court  House,  Cold  Harbor,  White  Oak  Swamp,  Winchester, 
Charlestown,  Cedar  Creek,  Lacey's  Springs  and  various  raids.  In  addition  to  the  five 
men  serving  in  the  N.  H.  battalion  of  the  New  England  Regiment,  five  others  enlisted 
from  Haverhill  in  the  first  three  new  companies : 

George  F.  Cutting,  Co.  I;  b.  Lebanon;  age  19;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Mar.  24,  '64;  must,  in 
same  day  as  Priv.;  mis.  Dec.  21,  '64,  Lacey's  Springs,  Va.;  gd.  from  mis.;  disch.  June  27, 
'65,  Concord. 

Jeremiah  B.  Davis,  Co.  E;  b.  Benton;  age  19;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Aug.  17, 
'64,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.  May  1,  '65;  must,  out  July  13,  '65. 

Simon  W.  Elliott,  Co.  G;  b.  Hav.;  age  20;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Aug.  10,  '64, 
as  Priv.;  must,  out  July  15,  '65. 


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Hiram  S.  Kellam,  Co.  C;  b.  Irasburgh,  Vt.;  age  29;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in 
Mar.  31,  '64,  as  Priv.;  app.  Corp.  May  1,  '64;  wd.  Aug.  25,  '64,  Kearney ville,  Va.;  Captd. 
Dec.  21,  '64,  Lacey's  Springs,  Va.;  released  Feb.  16,  '65;  disch.  June  5,  '65. 

Nathaniel  W.  Westgate,  Jr.,  Co.  I;  b.  Enfield;  age  19;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in 
Mar.  24,  '64,  as  Priv.;  Captd.  Aug.  17,  '64,  Winchester,  Va.;  died  Jan.  7,  '65,  Danville,  Va. 

First  Regiment  New  Hatnpshire  Volunteer  Heavy  Artillery 

The  recruiting  of  this  regiment  was  authorized  in  August  and  September,  1864,  and 
the  companies  as  fast  as  recruited  were  sent  to  the  front.  During  the  winter  of  '64  and 
'65,  the  regiment  garrisoned  a  line  of  works  in  defense  of  Washington.  The  men  were 
enlisted  for  one  year.     Ten  Haverhill  men  served  in  this  regiment: 

Patrick  Baldwin,  Co.  L;  b.  Ireland;  age  38;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  24,  '64,  1  yr.; 
must,  in  same  day  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Ezekiel  Day,  2d,  Co.  I;  b.  Cornish,  Me.;  age  44;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept 
24,  '64,  as  Priv.;  died,  dis.,  Dec.  11,  '64. 

John  H.  Day,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  21;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '64,  as 
Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65;  served  previously  in  9th  Vt.  Vol.  Inf. 

Joseph  S.  Deland,  Co.  I;  b.  Stanstead,  Can.;  age  43;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in 
Sept.  24,  '64,  as  Priv.;  disch.,  disab.,  Apr.  17,  '65,  Fort  Reno,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Charles  Goodwin,  Co.  I;  b.  Salem;  age  20;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  Sept.  28,  '64;  must,  in 
Sept.  29,  '64,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Henry  M.  Miner,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '64, 
as  Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Charles  J.  Pike,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '64,  as 
Priv.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

Orren  Simpson,  Co.  I;  b.  Newbury,  Vt.;  age  44;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept. 
24,  '64  as  Corp.;  must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

John  Stears,  Co.  I;  b.  Hav.;  age  29;  cred  Hav.;  enl.  and  must,  in  Sept.  24,  '64; 
must,  out  June  15,  '65. 

George  W.  Woods,  Jr.,  Co.  A;  b.  Hav.;  age  18;  res.  Hav.;  cred.  Hav.;  enl.  July  23, 
'65,  must,  in  July  29,  '65,  as  Priv.;  must,  out  Sept.  11,  '65. 


The  War  with  Spain 
New  Hampshire  sent  but  one  regiment  into  the  field  in  the  war  declared 
with  Spain  in  1898,  and  this  fight  into  which  it  was  sent  could  hardly 
be  called  a  fight,  except  for  disease  from  which  the  regiment  suffered 
severely.  The  camp  established  in  the  Southland  was  unsanitary,  the 
food  unfit,  and  conditions  could  hardly  have  been  worse.  Haverhill 
furnished  but  few  recruits.  Rev.  F.  L.  Carrier,  pastor  of  the  Woodsville 
Universalist  Church,  was  among  the  first  enlistments  as  private,  but 
before  the  return  of  the  regiment  home  the  chaplain  having  resigned 
he  was  commissioned  chaplain  with  rank  of  captain.  Other  enlistments 
were  those  of  Newell  C.  Wright,  Thomas  Jehue  and  Felix  Guerrin. 
Almon  D.  Pike  enlisted  in  the  First  Vermont,  the  service  of  which  was 
similar  to  that  of  the  New  Hampshire  command,  viz.,  waiting  idly  in  a 
fever  stricken  camp. 


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The  World  War 

Following  the  inauguration  of  Wilson  there  was  two  or  three  years 
of  war  with  Mexico,  though  at  the  time  no  declaration  was  made.  This 
might  have  continued  till  the  present  time  had  not  the  United  States 
been  drawn  into  the  war  across  the  seas,  the  most  awful  of  modern  times, 
at  a  cost  in  treasure  and  blood  beyond  compare.  Our  entrance  on  the 
conflict  was  in  April,  1917,  and  the  preparations  for  war  have  been 
taken  in  nearly  every  conceivable  way  since.  Haverhill's  honor  roll  is  as 
furnished  by  Mr.  Norman  J.  Page,  town  historian. 

Abbreviations 

E.  =enlisted;  I.  =  inducted;  D.  =  discharged;  R.  =released     from     active 

duty;  A.  =age;  Trf.  =  transferred. 

1.  Adams,  Charles  Curtis — E.  Dec.  7,  '17;  A.  28;  2nd  CI.  Gun-pointer;  3  mos.  at 
Newport,  R.  I.,  as  instructor  in  Machine  gunnery;  trf.  to  U.  S.  S.  Narragansett  at 
New  London,  Conn.;  May  15,  '18,  Chief  Boatswain's  Mate;  July,  '18  until  Apr.  '19  on 
Narragansett  in  English  Channel  service;  Apr.  '19  Chief  Master-at-Arms  on  Patricia 
during  homeward  journey;  R.  Apr.  26,  '19. 

2.  Ashley,  Daniel  Whitcher — E.  Apr.  30,  '17;  A.  23;  Naval  Reserves;  Pay  Corps; 
Ensign  Sept.  26,  '17;  from  Nov.  '17  until  Jan.  '19  made  14  trips  across  Atlantic  as  supply 
officer  on  U.  S.  S.  Standard  Arrow;  Lieut.  Jr.  Grade  July  1,  '18;  Lieut.  Sept.  21,  '18; 
R.  Mar.  8,  '19. 

3.  Avard,  Aime  M  —  I.  Apr.  26,  '18;  A.  24;  Camp  Dix;  A.  E.  F.,  May  '18  to  June 
'19;  Alcquines,  Chelers,  St.  Mihiel,  Limey,  Meuse-Argonne ;  Hdqtrs.  Co.,  309th 
Regt.,  78th  Div.,  Inf.;  D.  June  11,  '19. 

4.  Bailey,  George  Austin— E.  Oct.  17,  '18;  A.  18;  Co.  E,  Inf.,  S.  A.  T.  C,  N.  H. 
State  College;  D.  Dec.  15,  '18. 

5.  Bailey,  Harold  Roy— E.  Sept.  '18;  A.  21;  Co.  A.  Inf.,  N.  H.  State  College;  D. 
Dec.  6,  '18. 

6.  Bailey,  Hugo  George — May  9,  '18;  A.  21;  Fort  Slocum;  Specialist  School, 
Camp  Hancock;  Camp  Dix;  Bugler,  Hdqtrs.  Co.,  M.  G.  Tr.  Corps;  D.  Feb.  26,  '18. 

7.  Beamis,  Herbert  Leon — E.  Apr.  17,  '18;  A.  20;  Fort  Slocum,  Washington 
Barracks;  Engineering  Corps;  trf.  to  Co.  C,  2nd  Inf.,  2nd  Div.;  A.  E.  F.;  gassed  at  Ch. 
Thierry;  D.  Mar.  14,  '19. 

8.  Bedard,  Albert  Joseph — E.  May  28,  '18;  A.  18;  Forts  Slocum  and  Adams, 
Camps  Eustis  and  Hill;  C.  A.  C,  4th  Anti-Aircraft  Bn.;  A.  E.  F.,  Oct.  '18  to  Jan.  '19; 
Montmorency,  France;  D.  Jan.  21,  '19. 

9.  Bedard,  Horace  Joseph — E.  June  7,  '17;  A.  19;  Fort  Ethan  Allen,  Camp  Bartlett; 
Hdqtrs.  Co.,  103rd  Inf.,  26th  Div.;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Chemin-des-Dames, 
Toul,  Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Verdun,  Meuse-Argonne;  D.  Apr.  28,  '19. 

10.  Bedard,  Napoleon — E.  1916;  Camps  Keyes,  Bartlett,  Greene;  A.  E.  F.,  July 
'18;  at  Brest  about  one  year  serving  as  Cook;  D.  July  '19. 

11.  Bishop,  William  Geo. — E.  June  14,  '18;  A.  22;  Dartmouth  College;  Camp 
Jos.  E.  Johnston;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '18  to  July  '19;  Roque  Fort  La  Pallice,  Biarritz; 
Motor  Transport  Co.  314;  trf.  Motor  Transport  Co.  619;  D.  July  17,  '19. 

12.  Blake,  Harold  Prescott — E.  June  4,  '17;  A.  21;  Navy;  Fireman;  U.  S.  S. 
Covington  from  July  '17  until  July  '18,  when  the  ship  was  torpedoed;  U.  S.  S.  Tucker. 

13.  Blake,  Herbert  E. — E.  June  4,  '18;  A.  21;  Naval  Reserves;  U.  S.  S.  Columbia, 


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C.  W.  Morse  and  Adirondack;  Fireman  3rd  CI.;  died,  Naval  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  Sept. 
25,  '18  of  Sp.  Influ. 

14.  Blank,  Eric  H. — E.  June  '17;  A.  18;  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Camps  Jackson,  Sevier, 
Mills;  A.  E.F.,  Aug. '18  to  June '19;  St.  Die;  Meuse-Argonne;  Med.  Corps,  Fid.  Hosp. 
Co.,  322,  306th  San.  Tr.,  81st  Div.;  D.  June  27,  1918. 

15.  Boemig,  Roy  Ernest — E.  May  10,  '17;  A.  19;  Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett; 
A.  E.  F.,  Oct.  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Chemin-des-Dames,  Bois  Brule,  Aisne-Marne,  St.  Mihiel, 
Marcheville-Riaville,  Meuse-Argonne;  Co.  B,  103rd  M.  G.  Bn.;  Corporal;  cited  for 
bravery;  wounded  Oct.  23,  '18;  D.  Apr.  29,  '19. 

16.  Balond,  Harold  Pollard — E.  June  20,  '17;  A.  18;  Fort  Slocum,  Camps  Wilson, 
Stanley,  McArthur,  Upton;  A.  E.  F.,  May  27,  '18  to  July  22,  '19;  England;  Camp 
Valdahon,  France;  Moyenvontier ;  St.  Mihiel;  Puneville;  Luxembourg;  Batt.  C.  19th 
Field  Artillery;  cited  for  bravery;  D.  July  29,  1919. 

17.  Briggs,  Wilbur  F. — E.  May  '17;  Co.  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.;  Camp  Rockingham; 
A.  E.  F.,  July  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Cook;  D.  May  2,  '19. 

18.  Brown,  Leroy  Elton— E.  Oct.  31,  '18;  A.  19;  Co.  A,  Engrs.;  S.  A.  T.  C,  No. 
Eastern  College,  Boston;  D.  Dec.  10,  '18. 

19.  Bunker,  Charles  B  —  I.  June  28,  '18;  A.  23;  Co.  B,  12th  Military  Police;  Camp 
Devens;  D.  Jan.  28,  '19. 

20.  Burleigh,  Fred  Seymoren— I.  May  16,  '18;  A.  22;  N.  H.  State  College;  26th 
Co.,  7th  Bn.,  151st  Depot  Brig.;  trf.  to  246th  Ambulance  Co.,  12th  San.  Tr.,  12th  Div.; 
Camp  Devens;  D.  Jan.  28,  '19. 

21.  Carr,  Hazel  Glazier — A.  23;  Enrolled  in  Med.  Corps  Sept.  '18;  called  Feb.  12, 
'19;  Reconstruction  aid  (Physio-therapy);  Camp  Upton;  Plattsburg;  Oct.  '19  Camp 
Porter. 

22.  Chandler,  Edson  T. — E.  Jan.  15,  '18;  A.  18;  175th  Aero  Squadron;  Jan.  20, 
'19,  Serg.;  Fort  Slocum;  Ellington  Field;  Payne  Field;  Camp  Dix;  D.  Apr.  7,  '19. 

23.  Clark,  Harold  John — E.  May  '17;  A.  21;  Q.  M.  C;  Camps  Keyes,  Bartlett, 
Greene,  Wadsworth,  Devens;  Oct.  6,  '18,  1st  Serg.;  D.  Dec.  28,  '18. 

24.  Clark,  Thomas  Edward— E.  May  31,  '17;  A.  31;  Co.  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.; 
Camp  Rockingham;  A.  E.  F.,  July  27,  '17  to  May  21,  '19;  Somme,  Marne,  Meuse- 
Argonne;  D.  May  28,  '19. 

25.  Cotton,  Leon  Fernald — E.  Aug.  9,  '17;  A.  25;  Navy;  Fireman;  Charleston, 
S.  C;  South  America  on  U.  S.  S.  Proteus;  D.  Jan.  28,  '19. 

26.  Darby,  Edward  Everett — E.  Sept.  3,  '18;  A.  21;  Med.  Corps,  Veterinary 
Fid.  Unit,  Ambulance  Co.,  Camp  Devens;  D.  Jan.  29,  '19. 

27.  Davison,  Harold  K  —  E.  Apr.  28,  '17;  A.  24;  Plattsburg;  2nd  Lieut.,  Aug.  15, 
'17;  1st  Lieut,  Aug.  12,  '18,  Co.  G,  101st  Inf.,  trf.  to  Supply  Co.,  101st  Inf.,  26th  Div.; 
Commanded  Co.  two  months;  rec'd  Croix-de-Guerre  and  4  citations;  Camps  Devens, 
McGuinness;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  gassed  once;  Chemin-des-Dames,TouI, 
Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne,  Verdun;  D.  Apr.  29,  '19. 

28.  Davison,  Harry  C. — E.  May  2,  '17;  A.  22;  Camps  Keyes,  Bartlett,  Greene; 
Co.  B,  M.  G.  Bn.,  trf.  to  Dep.  Brig.,  1st  N.  H.  M.  G.  Co.;  D.  Jan.  26,  '18. 

29.  Desautels,  Louis  C. — E.  Mar.  18,  '18;  A.  26;  Fort  Slocum;  Ordnance  Dept.; 
U.  S.  Gov't  plant  No.  1,  Sheffield,  Ala.;  accountant;  D.  Jan.  15,  '19. 

30.  Dow,  Henry  Horace— E.  June  9,  '17;  A.  27;  Co.  F,  103rd  Inf.,  26th  Div.; 
Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett;  Sept.  '17  England;  France  (Villouxel,  Toul,  Ch.  Thierry); 
July  18,  '18  severely  wounded;  D.  Mar.  25,  '19. 

31.  Dunn,  Burleigh  Hiram — E.  Dec.  13,  '17;  A.  27;  Fort  Slocum,  Camps  Lee  and 
Hancock;  Hdqtrs.  Co.;  2nd  Motor  Mechanic  Sig.  Corps,  Aviation  section  A.  E.  F., 


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Mar.  4,  '18  to  June  12,  '19;  trf.  while  in  France  to  803rd  Aero  Repair  Squadron,  trans- 
portation Reserve  Park;  Chauffeur;  D.  June  21,  '19. 

32.  Dutton,  Shelley  Earle— E.  Oct.  7,  '18;  A.  19;  S.  A.  T.  C,  N.  H.  State  College; 
Aviation,  Co.  E,  2nd  Bn.;  D.  Dec.  15,  '18. 

33.  Eastman,  Milo  Donald — E.  May  24,  '18;  A.  23;  Medical  Reserves;  Newport, 
R.  I.,  Pelham  Bay;  D.  about  Mar.  1,  '19. 

34.  Emory,  Kenneth  Pike— E.  Oct.  3,  '18;  A.  20;  S.  A.  T.  C,  Dartmouth  College; 
Co.  B;  Corporal;  D.  Dec.  16,  '18. 

35.  Emory,  William  Closson — E.  Apr.  '17;  Hdqtrs.  Co.,  101st  Regt.,  F.  A.;  A.  E.  F., 
Sept,  '17  to  May  23,  '19;  trf.  to  53rd  Brig.,  108th  F.  A.,  28th  Div.;  Croix-de-Guerre  and 
citation;  1st  Lieut,,  Mar.  '19;  in  army  of  Reserves. 

36.  Farland,  Wilfred — E.  July  5,  '17;  Co.  K,  1st  N.  H.  Regt.  Inf.;  Camp  Bartlett, 
France. 

37.  Field,  Donald  Wells— E.  June  29,  '17;  A.  23;  Naval  Reserves;  Sept.  1,  '18, 
1st  CI.  Seaman;  Norfolk,  Va.,  U.  S.  S.  Iowa;  R.  Dec.  22,  '18. 

38.  Field,  Girvelle  L. — E.  July  17,  '18;  A.  21;  Hdqtrs.  Dept,,  1st  Replacement 
Regt,,  Engrs.;  Washington  Barracks,  Camp  Devens;  D.  Jan.  17,  '19. 

39.  Fletcher,  Almon  D—  E.  June  24,  '16;  A.  20;  Corporal;  Co.  C.  101st  Engrs.; 
France. 

40.  Follansbee,  Harry  Chas. — I.  Apr.  26,  'IS;  A.  22;  Camp  Dix;  Fort  Niagara; 
Camp  Raritan;  Co.  B,  11th  Bn.  Inf.;  D.  Jan.  21,  '19. 

41.  French,  Ray  Malcolm — E.  Nov.  19,  '17;  A.  22;  Fireman  3rd  CI.;  Common- 
wealth Pier,  Boston;  Newport,  R.  I.;  died  of  pneumonia,  Feb.  5,  '18,  Newport. 

42.  Gale,  Errol  Clinton— E.  July  14,  '18;  A.  23;  N.  H.  State  College,  Fort 
Hancock,  Camps  Eustis  and  Stuart;  A.  E.  F.,  Oct.  '18  to  Feb.  '19;  stationed  at  Libourne, 
France,  with  Hdqtrs.  Co.,  37th  Regt.  C.  A.  C;  D.  Feb.  11,  '19. 

43.  Gale,  Linn  Augustus — E.  Apr.  23,  '18;  A.  27;  Montreal;  Overseas,  May  '18; 
England,  France,  Belgium;  Co.  A,  5th  Canadian  Mounted  Rifles;  D.  Apr.  30,  '19. 

44.  Gale,  Morris  Merrill — E.  Dec.  13,  '17;  A.  29;  Fort  Slocum;  Camp  Jos.  E. 
Johnston;  A.  E.  F.,  June  '18  to  July  '19;  Montigny-le-Roi;  France  as  clerk  in  Quarter- 
master's Dept,,  309th  Supply  Co.;  D.  July  15,  1919. 

45.  Gallagher,  Edward  Francis— E.  May  22,  '17;  A.  27;  Camp  Rockingham; 
A.  E.  F.,  July  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Somme,  Aisne-Marne;  Co.  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.;  D.  May  7, 
'19. 

46.  Gates,  Frederick  Tabor— E.  Oct.  5,  '18;  A.  18;  S.  A.  T.  C,  Yale,  F.  A.;  D.  Dec. 
16,  '18. 

47.  Gray,  Agesilaus  C. — I.  Oct.  4,  '18;  A.  30;  Forts  Constitution  and  Monroe; 
D.  Dec.  6,  '18. 

48.  Guyette,  Albany  Albert — E.  May  29,  '17;  A.  23;  Camp  Rockingham; 
A.  E.  F.,  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Somme,  Aisne-Marne;  Co.  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.;  D.  May  2,  '19. 

49.  Guyette,  William  Henry — E.  May  29,  '17;  A.  25;  Camp  Rockingham; 
A.  E.  F.,  July  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Somme,  Aisne-Marne;  Co.  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.;  D.  May 
2, '19. 

50.  Hardy,  Lawrence  A. — I.  Oct.  21,  '18;  A.  21;  Forts  Constitution  and  Foster; 
D.  Dec.  9,  '18. 

51.  Hatch,  Llewellyn  Victor — I.  Sept.  19,  '17;  A.  24;  Camp  Devens;  A.  E.  F., 
July  '18  to  Apr.  '19;  Ceyrat,  Hannonville;  Batt.  C,  303rd  Regt,,  H.  F.  A.,  76th  Div.; 
D.  May  1,  1919. 

52.  Holt,  Henry  A.— E.  July  16,  '18;  A.  19;  Fts.  Terry  and  Hamilton,  Camps 
Eustis  and  Stuart;  Mechanic;  38th  Regt,,  41st  Brig.,  H.  A.;  D.  Dec.  6,  '18. 


240  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

53.  Hosford,  Larkin  Lambert — E.  Sept.  27,  '17;  A.  25;  Naval  Reserves;  Charles- 
ton Navy  Yard,  Bumkin  Island,  Newport;  Musician,  2nd  CI.;  R.  Dec.  16,  '18. 

54.  Howe,  Luman  Burr — E.  Dec.  14,  '17;  A.  21;  Navy  Yard,  Boston;  Yeoman 
2nd  CI.;  D.  June  19,  '18. 

55.  Hoyt,  John  I.— E.  June  9,  '17;  A.  20;  Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett;  A.  E.  F., 
Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19;  Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul,  Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Verdun;  Co.  K, 
103rd  Inf.,  26th  Div.;  cited  for  bravery;  gassed  at  Verdun;  D.  Apr.  28,  '19. 

56.  Jeffers,  Weston  Harvey — E.  early  in  '18;  4th  O.  T.  C,  Camp  Devens;  Camps 
Lee  and  Funston;  Sept.  '18,  France;  2nd.  Lieut.,  June  1,  '18;  1st  Lieut.,  Aug.  21,  '18; 
D. . 

57.  Jewett,  Harold  Earl — E.  Apr.  27,  '18;  A.  18;  Naval  Reserves;  Seaman; 
Newport,  R.  I.;  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  U.  S.  S.  Victoria. 

58.  Johnson,  Raymond  R. — I.  Sept.  19,  '17;  Camp  Devens;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '18  to 
Apr.  '19;  Corporal,  Batt.  E,  303rd  H.  F.  A.,  76th  Div.;  D.  May  1,  '19. 

59.  Joseph,  Arlie  L. — E.  July  29,  '18;  A.  21;  Signal  Corps;  instructor  in  Radio, 
Dartmouth  College;  D.  Dec.  12,  '18. 

60.  Kezer,  F.  Ray— E.  Oct.  8,  '18;  A.  20;  S.  A.  T.  C,  Tufts  College;  Co.  B,  Engrs.; 
D.  Dec.  9,  '18. 

61.  Kezer,  Roland  Winfield — E.  Sept.  19,  '18;  A.  22;  Vocational  Section  N.  H. 
State  College;  Co.  A,  Corporal;  D.  Dec.  10,  '18. 

62.  Kimball,  Ray  L. — E.  Mar.  16,  '18;  Carpenter;  Kelley  Field  Aviation  Camp; 
trf.  to  507th  Aero  Squadron,  Wilbur  Wright  Field;  Sergeant,  Dec.  1,  '18;  D.  Mar. 
26,  '19. 

63.  Klarke,  Perley  N— E.  Dec.  3,  '17;  A.  24;  Navy;  Feb.  '18  Musician  1st  CL; 
U.  S.  S.  Vestal,  U.  S.  S.  Supply;  R.  Dec.  7,  '18. 

64.  Knight,  Andrew  Thomas — E.  Mar.  21,  '18;  A.  18;  Naval  Reserves;  Seaman 
1st  CI.;  R.  Dec.  '18; 

65.  Kugelman,  Robert  Somers — E.  Oct.  '18;  A.  19;  S.  A.  T.  C,  Harvard;  Co.  C, 
Aviation;  D.  Dec.  5,  1918. 

66.  Lancaster,  Herman  L. — E.  May,  '17;  A.  22;  Fort  Slocum,  Washington,  over- 
seas with  Co.  C,  10th  Engrs.  Lumber  Unit;  Corporal;  D.  Feb.  19,  '19. 

67.  Large,  Robert  H. — E.  Dec.  7,  '17;  A.  22;  N.  C.  D.  R.,  Radio  Seaman;  Sept.  1, 
'18  Electrician,  3rd  CL;  Newport,  R.  I.,  Light  Vessel  No.  66  on  Great  Round  Shoals, 
Light  Vessel  No.  85  South  Shoals  as  Radio  Operator;  R.  Aug.  14,  '19. 

68.  Larty,  Wilfred  J.— E.  June  29,  '17;  A.  22;  N.  C.  D.  R.;  Boston,  Charleston, 
S.  C;  Fireman  2nd  CL;  trf.  to  Hospital  Corps  and  again  to  Q.  M.  Corps,  Naval  Avia- 
tion; R.  Dec.  5,  '18. 

69.  Lavoie,  George  Joseph — I.  Sept.  5,  '18;  A.  31;  11th  Co.,  152nd  Depot  Brig., 
Camp  Upton;  D.  Dec.  24,  '18. 

70.  Lee,  Frederick  A.  E. — E.  Feb.  1,  '18;  A.  24;  Co.  A,  24th  Canadian  Victorian 
Rifles,  5th  Inf.,  2nd  Div.;  Montreal,  England,  France  (Amiens,  Arras,  Cambrai,  Valen- 
ciennes, Mons),  Germany;  D.  May  19,  '19. 

71.  Leonard,  George  Wesley — E.  Apr.  24,  '18;  A.  23;  Tufts  College,  Camps 
Lee  and  Upton;  7th  Co.  2nd  B:,  152nd  Depot  Brig.;  2nd  Lieut.;  Oct.  5,  1918;  D.  Dec. 
4,  '18. 

72.  Leonard,  Jasmin  Mortimer — E.  Apr.  6,  '17;  A.  29;  Naval  Reserves,  Lieut. 
J.  G.;  Lieut.,  July  20,  '18;  Newport,  R.  I.,  Sept.  29,  '18,  District  communication  Supt., 
2nd  Naval  Dist.;  R.  Apr.  26,  '19. 

73.  Leonard,  John  Ray — E.  Nov.  26,  '17;  A.  20;  Fort  Slocum,  San  Antonio,  Dayton; 
162nd  Aero  Squadron;  England,  France;  Chauffeur;  D.  Feb.  13,  '19. 


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74.  Libby,  William  Herman — I.  Apr.  26,  '18;  A.  23;  Camp  Dix;  Proving  Grounds, 
Aberdeen,  Md.;  Co.  M,  328th  Inf.  Ordnance  Dept.;  died  Oct.  11,  '18  of  Sp.  Influ. 

75.  Lord,  Henry  W.— E.  May  6,  '17;  A.  21;  Batt.  F,  19th  F.  A.;  trf.  5th  Trench 
Mortar  Batt.;  Camps  Sam  Houston,  Stanley,  Mc Arthur,  Upton;  A.  E.  F.,  June  4,  '18, 
to  Mar.  12,  '19;  D.  Apr.  4,  '19. 

76.  Luce,  Frank  Allen — I.  Oct.  22,  '18;  A.  21;  Fort  Constitution,  1st  Truck  Co., 
60th  Ammunition  Tr.;  D.  Dec.  16,  '18. 

77.  McCarthy,  Peter  H. — E.  June  9,  '17;  A.  23;  Forestry;  one  year  in  Scotland 
enlisted  in  U.  S.  Navy,  June  13,  '18;  Mine  force;  2nd  CI.  Yeoman;  R.  Apr.  4,  '19. 

78.  McClintock,  Herbert  Elmer — E.  July  13,  '18;  A.  25;  N.  H.  State  College 
Fort  Hancock,  Camps  Eustis  and  Stuart,  Fort  Terry;  Supply  Co.,  37th  C.  A.  C;  trf., 
to  10th  Co.,  C.  A.  C,  Long  Island  Sound;  D.  May  12,  '19. 

79.  McConnell,  Malcolm  E. — E.  May  19,  '17;  A.  23;  Boston,  Newport,  R.  I., 
Seaman  2nd  CI.;  Musician  2nd  CI.;  R.  Feb.  3,  '19. 

80.  McCormick,  Jasmin  B. — I.  June  27,  '18;  A.  27;  Camps  Devens  and  Alfred  Vail; 
Co.  B,  212th  Field  Sig.  Bn.;  D.  Jan.  28,  '19. 

81.  McDuffee,  Fred  Wm.-E.  Jan.  15,  '18;  A.  21;  C.  A.  C;  trf.  to  Batt.  B,  2nd 
Trench  Mortar  Bn.;  Company  Mechanic;  Portsmouth,  Forts  Slocum  and  Caswell, 
France. 

82.  McIntire,  Clarence  W. — E.  Dec.  12, '17;  A.  25;  Forts  Oglethorpe  and  Monroe, 
Camp  Stuart;  A.  E.  F.,  Apr.  '18  to  Feb.  '19.  (St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne) ;  Batt.  E, 
60th  Regt.,  C.  A.  C;  Feb.  1,  '19  Corporal;  D.  Feb.  25,  '19. 

83.  McMeekin,  Norman  Alex. — E.  May  23,  '17;  A.  26;  Camp  Rockingham; 
A.  E.  F.,  July  '17  to  Apr.  '19  (Somme,  Aisne-Marne) ;  Co.  B,  14th  Regt.  Ry.  Engrs.; 
D.  May  2,  '19. 

84.  McNtjlty,  Anthony  Edward — E.  Mar.  28,  '18;  A.  26;  Camp  Devens;  France; 
Batt.  F,  107th  Regt.  F.  A. ;  trf. ;  to  1st  Prov.  Div.  Batt.,  1st  Replacement  Depot;  D. . 

85.  Martin,  Alphonse  Desire — E.  Apr.  4,  '17;  A.  26;  Camps  Keyes,  Bartlett, 
Greene,  Wadsworth;  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  '18  to  June  '19;  326th  Field  Signal  Bn.;  stationed 
at  Remiremont  with  the  1st  Army  in  the  Meuse-Argonne  offensive,  with  Army  of 
Occupation  in  Belgium,  Luxembourg  and  Germany;  Corporal;  Sergeant;  D.  July 
7,  '19. 

86.  Merrill,  Asbury  T. — E.  Dec.  12,  '17;  A.  26;  Signal  Corps,  Aerial  Coast  Patrol; 
Bayshore,  L.  I.;  A.  E.  F.,  Mar.  '18  to  Nov.  '18  (Brest,  Finistere);  Pelham  Bay,  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  Great  Lakes,  111.;  1st  CI.  Machinist  on  Aeroplanes;  D.  July  18,  '19. 

87.  Miller,  Harold  Rodney — E.  Aug.  30,  '17;  A.  25;  2nd  Lieut.;  Signal  Corps, 
28th  Balloon  Co.;  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Waco,  Texas;  Balloon  School,  Lee  Hall,  Va. ;  D.Dec. 
20,  '18. 

88.  Miller,  Lynne  Willis— I.  Apr.  26,  '18;  A.  28;  Camp  Dix;  A.  E.  F.,  May  '18 
to  Dec.  '18  (St.  Mihiel,  Argonne);  Co.  D,  309th  Inf.,  78th  Div.;  Corporal,  July  4,  '18; 
D.  Jan.  24,  '19. 

89.  Moore,  Ralph  Leavitt — I.  July  25,  '18;  A.  31;  Camps  Devens,  Lee  and  Upton; 
Co.  L,  302  Remount  Depot,  Veterinary  Dept.;  D. . 

90.  Morrill,  Charles  H. — E.  Aug.  17,  '17;  A.  28;  Camp  Curtis  Guild,  Newport 
News;  A.  E.  F.,  Dec.  '17  to  Apr.  '19.  (Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul,  Ch.  Thierry,  St. 
Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne);  101st  F.  A.,  Hdqtrs.  Co.,  26th  Div.,  Corporal  Sept.  1,  '18; 
D.  Apr.  29,  '19. 

91.  Morrill,  Dorothy  (Miss) — E.  Aug.  8,  '18;  A.  25;  Army  Nurses  Corps;  Camp 
Greene;  Base  Hospital  61;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '18  to  May  '19.  (Beaume,  Base  Hospital  57 
at  Paris);  D.  May  16,  '19. 


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242  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

92.  Morrill,  Herman  A. — E.  June  15,  '17;  A.  18;  Fid.  Ambulance  Service,  315th 
Inf.  Med.  Dept.;  Forts  Slocum  and  Oglethorpe;  Camp  Meade;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '18  to 
May  '19  (sector  No.  304,  Meuse-Argonne,  Montfaucon,  Grand  Montagne);  D.  June  5, 
'19. 

93.  Morrill,  John  H  —  E.  Feb.  22,  '18;  A.  20;  426th  Motor  Truck  Co.,  412th 
Motor  Supply  Train,  Q.  M.  C;  Fort  Slocum,  Camp  Jos.  E.  Johnston;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '18 
to  July  '19  (St.  Nazaire);  Corporal;  D.  July  17,  '19. 

94.  Morse,  Horace  E. — E.  Oct.  30,  '18;  A.  18;  Long  Island  Aviation  Camp;  13th 
Provisional  Co.;  D.  Dec.  8,  '18. 

95.  Moulton,  Amos  Lloyd— E.  July  29,  '18;  A.  21;  Sig.  Corps,  Tr.  Detach.;  426th 
Telegraph  Bn.,  Co.  E,  Fid.  Sig.  Bn.  40;  Dartmouth;  Camp  Meade;  D.  Jan.  15,  '19. 

96.  Myott,  Lawrence  A.— I.  July  24,  '18;  A.  29;  Camp  Devens;  40th  Co.,  10th 
Bn.  151st  Depot  Brig.;  D.  Dec.  5,  '18. 

97.  Nelson,  Clarence — E.  July  '17;  Co.  K,  1st  N.  H.  Regt.;  severely  wounded  in 
France;  D.  Dec.  '18. 

98.  Nutter,  Joseph  Simes — E.  Aug.  7,  '18;  A.  19;  Naval  Reserves;  Charleston, 
S.  C;  U.  S.  Rifle  Range,  Mt.  Pleasant,  S.  C;  Landsman  for  Carpenter's  mate;  D. 
Dec.  2,  '18. 

99.  Page,  William  E  —  E.  June  22,  '17;  A.  28;  Hosp.  Ambulance  Corps,  Sec.  599; 
Camp  Crane;  June  '18  Italy;  France;  D.  Apr.  26,  '19. 

100.  Palmer,  Fred  A.,  Jr. — E.  July  15,  '16;  A.  — ,  Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett; 
Co.  K,  103rd  U.  S.  Inf.;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19.  (Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul, 
Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Verdun);  gassed  3  times;  Corporal;  D.  Apr.  28,  '19. 

101.  Palmer,  Wenlock  C— E.  June  9,  '17;  A.  23;  Co.  K,  103rd  Inf.,  26th  Div.; 
Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19  (Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul, 
Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Verdun);  gassed  twice;  D.  Apr.  28,  '19. 

102.  Paradie,  Napoleon — I.  May  25,  '18;  A.  31;  Camp  Devens;  D. . 

103.  Park,  Bernard  E  —  E.  Mar.  11,  '18;  A.  21;  Light  Artillery;  trf.  in  France  to 
Ammunition  Tr. ;  Camp  Logan;  France;  Army  of  Occupation;  Corporal;  D.  Aug. '19. 

104.  Pike,  Carl  A. — I.  June  27,  '18;  A.  26;  Camps  Devens  and  Upton;  42nd 
Inf.  12th  Div.;  D.  Jan.  23,  '19. 

105.  Pike,  Isaac  Watson— E.  May  15,  '18;  A.  29;  N.  H.  State  College;  Co.  F.,  28th 
Engrs.  (Quarry);  Camps  Humphries,  Bally  McElroy;  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  '18  to  Mar.  '19; 
D.  Apr.  4,  '19. 

106.  Robinson,  Charles  Earl. — E.  June  7,  '17;  A.  27;  Co.  F,  9th  Mass.  Regt., 
Inf.;  trf.  to  Co.  B,  3rd  Pioneer  Regt.;  again  trf.  to  4th  Anti-Aircraft  M.  G.  Bn.;  Camps 
McGuinness,  Greene,  Wadsworth;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '18  to  Jan.  '19;  Corporal,  Sergeant; 
D.  Jan.  25,  '19. 

107.  Robinson,  Duff. — I.  May  10,  '18;  A.  26;  Machine  Gun  Bn.;  Fort  Slocum, 
M.  G.  School,  Camp  Hancock;  D.  Jan.  15,  '19. 

108.  Robinson,  John  McDonald— E.  Oct.  7,  '18;  A.  20;  N.  H.  State  College, 
S.  A.  T.  C;  Co.  G,  Inf.;  D.  Dec.  15,  '18. 

109.  Ross,  Tracy  John — E.  June  16,  '17;  A.  18;  Forts  Slocum  and  Sam  Houston; 
3rd  Fid.  Art.,  Batt.  C;  died  of  scarlet  fever  July  26,  '17;  first  man  from  Haverhill  to 
give  his  life  in  the  war. 

110.  Rowden,  Henry  T.— E.  Oct.  17,  '18;  A.  18;  S.  A.  T.  C,  N.  H.  State  College; 
Co.  G,  Inf.;  Sergt. -Bugler;  D.  Dec.  15,  '18. 

111.  Russell,  Fred  Cutler,  M.  D. — E.  July  12,  '17;  Med.  Reserve  Corps;  called 
July  6,  '18;  A.  52;  Fort  Ethan  Allen;  Lieut.;  D.  Dec.  6,  '18. 

112.  Russell,  John  Farrington — E.   Mar.  29,   '17;  A.   18;  Camp  McGuinness; 


Tracy  Ross 


Dorothy  Morrill 


Harold  K.  Davison 


Robert  H.  Large 


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A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  17  to  Jan.  '19;  gassed  May  31,  '18;  Co.  L,   101st  Inf.,  26th  Div.;  D. 
Feb.  12,  '19. 

113.  Sanborn,  Carl  R—  E.  Aug.  14,  '18;  A.  21;  Co.  D,  426th  Tel.  Bn.,  Sig.  Corps; 
Dartmouth,  Camp  Meade;  D.  Jan.  15,  '19. 

114.  Sanborn,  Roy  E.— E.  June  1,  '17;  A.  22;  Camp  Devens;  A.  E.  F.,  Mar.  '18 
to  May  '19;  Co.  E,  401st  Tel.  Bn.;  D.  June  19,  '19. 

115.  Smith,  Fred  A.— E.  May,  '18;  A.  30;  O.  R.  C;  2nd  Lieut.,  60th  Engrs.; 
Camp  Lee;  Fort  Benj.  Harrison;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '18  to  July  '19;  D.  July  30,  '19. 

116.  Spear,  Franklin  E.,  M.  D  —  E.  June  '18;  A.  44;  called  Nov.  9,  '19;  1st  Lieut.; 
Med.  Corps;  Co.  12,  3rd  Bn.;  Camp  Greenleaf;  D.  Dec.  21,  '18. 

117.  Squires,  Walter  Hale,  M.  D  —  E.  May  '18;  A.  24;  314  Regt.,  79th  Div. 
Med.  Reserve  Corps;  Camp  Meade;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '18  to  May  '19;  Gen.  Hospital 
30  U.  S.  A.  since  June  '19;  1st  Lieut.;  Capt.  Feb.  24,  '19. 

118.  Stimson,  Erville  Rupert— E.  Oct.  17,  '18;  A.  20;  S.  A.  T.  C,  N.  H.  State 
College;  Co.  H,  Engrs.;  D.  Dec.  15,  '18. 

119.  Stimson,  Raymond  E  —  E.  Oct.  22,  '18;  A.  22;  Fort  Constitution;  2nd  Regt., 
C.A.  C;  D.  Dec.  17,  '18. 

120.  Sullivan,  William  Thos—  I.  Sept.  9,  '19;  A.  28;  Camp  Devens;  A.  E.  F., 
July  '18  to  Apr.  '19.  (Toul  sector);  Batt.  F,  303rd  Regt.,  H.  F.  A.;  1st  Serg..;  D.  May 
1,  '19. 

121.  Sutherland,  Robert  H  —  E.  Oct.  15,  '18;  A.  20;  S.  A.  T.  C,  Yale;  Chemical 
Warfare  Service,  Co.  E,  Chemists  and  Engrs.;  D.  Dec.  14,  '18. 

122.  Swan,  Harold  W. — E.  June  15,  '17;  A.  22;  Fort  Oglethorpe;  Camps  Jackson, 
Sevier,  Mills;  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  '18  to  June  '19  (St.  Die,  Meuse-Argonne) ;  322nd  Ambu- 
lance Co.,  306th  San.  Train;  Sergt.  Med.  Corps;  D.  June  27,  '19. 

123.  Swan,  Herbert  Ralph — E.  June  15,  '17;  A.  22;  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Camps 
Jackson,  Sevier,  Mills;  A.  E.  F.,  Aug.  '18  to  June  '19  (St.  Die,  Meuse-Argonne);  322nd 
Ambulance  Co.,  306th  San.  Tr.;  Sergt.  Med.  Corps;  D.  June  27,  '19. 

124.  Sweeney,  James  M. — E.  Nov.  '17;  A.  24;  Forts  Slocum  and  Oglethorpe, 
Camp  Merritt;  A.  E.  F.,  Apr.  '18  to  Apr.  '19  (Ch.  Thierry,  Verdun);  Evacuation  Hosp. 
26;  Sergt.  Med.  Corps;  D.  May,  '19. 

125.  Thayer,  Bernard  Allen— E.  Apr.  29,  '19;  A.  31;  Co.  D,  66th  Regt.,  Trans- 
portation Corps  Engrs.;  Fort  Slocum,  Camp  Laurel,  Md.;  June,  '18,  France;  D. 
June,  '19. 

126.  True,  Merle  Selwyn — E.  May  11,  '17;  A.  24;  1st  Army  Band,  later  Gen. 
Hdqtrs.  Band;  Musician  1st  CI.;  Camp  Greene;  A.  E.  F.,  Apr.  '18  to  June  '19  (Bor- 
deaux, Aix-les-Bains,  Chaumont);  D.  June  13,  '19. 

127.  Walker,  Maurice  C. — E.  May  11,  '17;  A.  18;  Camps  Keyes  and  Bartlett; 
A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr  '19  (Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul,  Seicheprey,  Ch.  Thierry,  St. 
Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne);  Corporal,  Co.  E,  103rd  Inf.,  26th  Div.;  severely  wounded, 
Oct.  27,  '18;  D.  May  22,  '19. 

128.  Ward,  Leon  Clinton— E.  Sept.  7,  '18;  A.  27;  Camp  Devens,  36th  Co.,  9th 
Bn.  151st  Depot  Brig.;  Clerk,  with  Registration  Board  of  Grafton  County  at  Woods- 
ville;  D.  Jan.  7,  '19. 

129.  Ward,  Reymer  E. — E.  May  31,  '17;  A.  24;  Camps  Keyes  and  McGuinness; 
A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19  (Vosges,  Ch.  Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne);  Field 
Hosp.  104;  trf.  to  Field  Hosp.  161;  D.  Apr.  29,  '19. 

130.  Wells,  Howard  A.— E.  June  '  ,  '17;  A.  21;  Co.  L,  101st  Regt.,  26th  Div.; 
Camp  McGuinness;  A.  E.  F.,  Sept.  '17  to  Apr.  '19  (Chemin-des-Dames,  Toul,  Ch. 
Thierry,  St.  Mihiel,  Meuse-Argonne);  Corporal;  gassed  twice;  cited  for  bravery  twice; 
D.  Apr.  28,  '19. 


244  HISTORY   OF   HAVERHILL 

131.  Wheeler,  Joe  Horace— E.  Aug.  31,  '16;  Fort  Slocum;  A.  E.  F.,  June  '17  to 
Jan.  '19;  Camp  Merritt;  Corporal;  wounded  Oct.  5,  '18;  Co.  B,  26th  Inf.  Regulars. 

132.  Williams,  Ralph  Stewart— E.  Apr.  21,  '17;  A.  18;  2nd  Co.  C.  A.  C.  1st 
N.  H.  Regt.;  trf.  Batt.  B,  73rd  R.  R.  Artillery;  Corporal;  D.  Dec.  30,  '18. 

133.  Willoughby,  Harold  Rideout — E.  Aug.  1,  '18;  A.  28;  Sergeant;  Camp 
Jackson;  Batt.  A,  6th  Regt.;  instructor  in  dismounted  drill;  D.  Dec.  23,  '18. 

134.  Wilson,  Frank  W  — E.  May  4,  '17;  A.  21;  U.  S.  Army  Balloon  School,  Fort 
Omaha;  1st  Balloon  Squadron;  retained  at  Omaha  as  instructor  in  Meteorology  and 
Aerology  being  attached  to  Meteorological  Section  of  U.  S.  Army;  Sergeant;  D.  Apr.  4, 
'19. 

135.  Wood,  Arthur  Ernest— E.  May  24,  '17;  A.  30;  Co  B,  14th  Ry.  Engrs.; 
Sergeant,  Camp  Rockingham;  A.  E.  F.,  July  '17  to  Apr.  '19  (Somme,  Aisne-Marne); 
D.  May  9,  '19. 

136.  Wright,  Freeman  Ernest— E.  Oct.  22,  '18;  A.  21;  Fort  Constitution;  1st 
Truck  Co.,  60th  Ammunition  Train;  D.  Dec.  16,  '18. 

137.  Young,  Maurice  Ray— I.  Sept.  5,  '18;  A.  24;  11th  Co.,  trf.  to  28th  Co.,  152nd 
Depot  Brig.;  Camp  Upton;  D.  Dec.  4,  '18. 


CHAPTER  XI 


ROADS,   BRIDGES   AND   CANALS 

Roads  in  the  First  Place  Poor  Apologies — Laid  Out  but  Little  Done — In  1783 
£100  Was  Raised  to  Repair  Highways — In  1807  $800  Was  Raised  and  in  1898 
and  1899  $8,000 — Three  Bridges  Across  the  River — For  a  Long  Period 
All  Toll,  Now  All  Free — The  Last  Made  Free  in  1917 — The  River  and 
Attempts  to  Make  It  Navigable — All  Failed — The  Railroad — President 
Quincy's  Remarks — Connection  with  the  Passumpsic — Great  Celebration  at 
Woodsville  in  1853 — Additions  to  Road — Land  Damages — Has  Built  Up 
Woodsville. 

The  matter  of  roads  was  one  of  the  earliest  to  engage  the  attention  of 
both  proprietors  and  first  settlers  of  Haverhill.  The  proprietors  wished  to 
promote  the  settlement  of  their  town;  the  settlers  who  came  at  first 
through  an  unbroken  wilderness  following  a  trail  marked  by  blazed 
trees,  wished  to  make  ingress  into  the  new  town  easier  for  those  who 
might  follow  them,  and  they  also  wanted  to  maintain  some  sort  of  com- 
munication with  the  outside  world.  They  could  not  hope  to  supply  all 
wants  and  necessities  from  the  forest  and  the  soil;  some  articles  of  food 
and  drink — and  drink  was  no  small  item  in  the  living  of  those  days — some 
farm  and  household  tools  and  utensils  must  be  brought  in,  and  some 
products  of  forest  and  soil  were  expected  to  go  out  in  exchange.  At  the 
very  first  food,  as  well  as  tools  and  utensils,  had  to  be  brought  in  on  horse- 
back over  the  trail,  dragged  on  sleds  or  sledges  over  the  snow,  or  hauled 
up  the  river  on  the  ice  in  winter  from  the  settlements  below.  If  a  minister 
of  the  gospel  was  a  necessity  to  make  plain  the  road  to  heaven,  roads  to 
Concord,  Exeter,  Portsmouth  and  Newburyport  were  a  like  necessity. 

At  the  second  meeting  of  the  proprietors  held  September  26,  1763,  it 
was  "voted  to  join  with  the  proprietors  of  Newbury  to  look  out  and  clear 
a  road  through  Haverhill,"  and  Col.  Jacob  Bayley,  Capt.  John  Hazen 
and  Lieut.  Jacob  Kent  were  made  a  committee  to  carry  this  vote  into 
effect.  This  vote  was  somewhat  indefinite  as  to  the  location  of  the  road, 
and  it  was  made  more  definite  by  the  proprietors  a  few  months  later, 
March  27,  1764,  when  it  was  "voted  to  join  the  proprietors  of  Newbury  to 
make  a  road  through  Haverhill  so  as  to  meet  the  road  that  leads  to  Ports- 
mouth," and  Colonel  Bayley,  Captain  Hazen  and  John  Taplin  were  made 
"a  committe  to  look  out  said  road,  clear  and  make  same  soon  as  may  be." 
This  "Portsmouth  road"  was  the  trail  or  bridle  path  leading  from  the 
Plain  (now  North  Haverhill  village),  over  what  has  since  been  known  as 

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246  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

Morse  Hill,  down  near  the  present  Number  Six  schoolhouse,and  thence  to 
Coventry  line,  was  subsequently  known  as  "the  Coventry  road."  The 
road  which  the  committee  named  were  to  look  out  and  clear  was  from 
Horse  Meadow  to  the  "Plain,"  and  this  with  "the  Coventry  road"  was 
doubtless  the  earliest  in  town.  It  followed  the  trail  which  was  used  by 
some  of  Captain  Hazen's  men  when  they  came  up  from  Hampstead  to 
begin  settlement  in  1762,  as  it  was  the  nearest  route  from  the  southern 
part  of  the  state  to  the  Plain  or  Oxbow.  It  is,  of  course,  only  by  courtesy 
that  it  could  be  called  a  road.  For  some  years  it  was  little  more  than  a 
bridle  path.  The  meagre  records  of  the  proprietors  indicate,  however, 
that  something  was  done,  since  at  a  meeting  held  at  Captain  Hazen's 
March  30,  1769,  it  was  voted  "to  allow  4  shillings  per  day  for  what  work 
has  been  done  on  roads,  and  for  what  may  be  done  the  present  year." 
The  proprietors  early  turned  over  to  the  town  the  clearing  and  making  of 
roads,  though  at  a  meeting  held  April  25,  1773,  Haverhill  having  been 
made  the  county  seat,  they  voted  a  piece  of  land  200  rods  square  for 
court  house  and  jail,  opposite  the  great  Oxbow,  and  made  provision  for  a 
road  2  rods  wide  and  200  rods  long.  This  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
built,  nor  does  it  appear  that  their  subsequent  vote  to  enlarge  the  Cov- 
entry bridle  path  road  by  "cutting  out  a  road  2  rods  wide  from  the  court 
house  to  Coventry  line"  was  carried  into  execution.  They  did,  however, 
at  this  time  vote  to  give  to  the  town  the  "rode  through  the  town  as  it  is 
now  trode,"  though  Asa  Porter,  Esq.,  entered  his  dissent.  This  was  the 
path  along  which  the  settlers  had  built  their  houses,  and  was  described  as 
running  "from  the  Bath  south  line,  southwesterly  to  Lieut.  Hay  ward's, 
thence  south  to  north  side  of  Ministerial  house  [Horse  Meadow],  thence 
southeasterly  to  Capt.  Hazen's,  thence  southeasterly  a  little  over  Mill 
brook  (Poole),  thence  in  a  general  southwesterly  line  to  Piermont." 
In  turning  this  road  over  to  the  town  "as  now  trode,"  the  settlers  provided 
that  their  houses  should  not  be  left  off  the  road.  From  the  Bath  line  to 
Woodsville,  it  ran  as  now  east  of  Woodsville — there  was  no  Woodsville — 
and  was  the  original  of  the  present  state  road  through  the  town.  The 
course  of  the  road  from  Colonel  Bedel's  on  Ladd  Street  was  down  the  hill 
crossing  the  Oliverian  below  the  present  gristmill,  and  along  the  west  side 
of  Powder  House  Hill,  passing  the  log  cabin  where  John  Page  lived  and 
thence  to  the  Colonel  Johnston  house  where  Jesse  R.  Squires  now  lives. 
The  change  to  the  present  road  from  the  lower  end  of  Ladd  Street  to  the 
Corner  was  made  in  1795. 

In  1765  the  General  Court  at  Portsmouth  was  petitioned  to  construct  at 
the  public  expense  a  road  from  that  city  to  Cohos,  and  an  act  was  passed 
for  such  purpose  and  signed  by  the  governor.  The  Haverhill  portion  of 
this  road  was  to  be  from  Coventry  Meadows  over  Morse  Hill  to  "the 
Plain,"  but  the  province  authorities  did  little  or  nothing  to  carry  the  act 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  247 

into  effect  as  appears  from  the  petition  of  John  Hurd  to  the  governor  in 
1774  to  have  this  road  "improved  and  made  safe." 

The  first  road  from  the  Corner  to  the  country  below  was  that  to 
Plymouth  known  as  the  Plymouth  road.  It  followed  pretty  much  the 
same  course  taken  later  by  the  Coos  turnpike.  It  ran  east  to  St.  Clair 
Hill,  thence  over  the  lower  part  of  the  hill,  bearing  thence  to  the  south- 
east, past  Lake  Tarleton,  and  over  the  height-o-land  to  Warren.  This, 
like  the  others,  was  at  first  only  a  bridle  path,  but  as  early  as  1772,  an  ox 
team  made  its  way  over  this  road  to  Plymouth  and  return,  an  event  which 
caused  excited  interest  and  was  regarded  as  the  beginning  of  convenient, 
not  to  say  rapid,  communication  with  the  old  homes  of  the  settlers.  This 
road  and  its  successor,  the  Coos  turnpike,  became  the  great  thoroughfare 
from  Haverhill  to  the  towns  below.  In  1789  what  is  known  as  the  Oliver- 
ian  Brook  road  leading  from  the  brook  on  the  south  side  the  stream  to 
Pike  was  begun,  but  it  was  only  opened  up  as  settlements  along  the 
Oliverian  were  made.  And  it  was  not  till  about  1820  that  settlements  of 
any  account  were  made  up  the  stream  beyond  Pike. 

In  1798  a  road  was  cut  out  from  Greenleaf's  Mill  at  the  Brook  to  the 
Coventry  road  and  intersected  with  this  near  where  the  stone  town  hall 
was  later  located,  later  extended  and  in  part  constructed  by  the  county 
it  ran  up  through  school  districts  Number  Nine  and  Number  Ten  to  the 
county  line,  thence  through  the  north  part  of  that  town  and  the  east 
part  of  Landaff,  it  became  known  as  the  County  road  from  Haverhill  to 
Franconia.  In  the  same  year  a  road,  such  as  it  was,  was  cut  out  from  the 
mills  on  the  Fisher  farm  at  the  Plain,  intersecting  with  the  County  road 
near  where  the  Union  Meeting  House  now  stands,  and  later  turning  at 
at  that  point  to  the  left  became  what  is  known  as  the  Pond  road  leading 
to  the  Bath  line  near  Swiftwater  village.  A  road  had  also  been  begun 
about  this  time  from  the  Plain  to  Brier  Hill.  Previous,  however,  to  1800, 
the  only  roads  which  might  be  entitled  to  the  name — and  the  name  would 
hardly  be  appropriate  in  places — were  the  River  road,  the  Coventry 
road  over  Morse  Hill,  and  the  road  leading  from  the  Corner  over  St. 
Clair  Hill  to  Warren  and  Plymouth.  The  most  important  impetus  given 
to  road  building  came  from  the  construction  of  the  Coos  Turnpike,  which 
took  the  place  of  the  last  named  road.  The  charter  was  obtained  Decem- 
ber 29,  1803,  and  was  one  of  the  early  charters  granted  for  such  roads. 
Three  such  charters  were  granted  in  the  closing  years  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  one  in  1800  and  another  1802. 

In  December,  1803,  charters  were  granted  to  no  less  than  seven 
turnpike  corporations,  the  Coos  being  among  the  number.  The  incor- 
porators were:  Moses  Dow,  Absalom  Peters,  Joseph  Bliss,  David  Web- 
ster, Jr.,  Asa  Boynton,  Charles  Johnston,  Alden  Sprague,  Moody  Bedel, 
Col.  William  Tarleton,  John  Page  and  Stephen  P.  Webster,  all  with  a 


248  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

single  exception  Haverhill  men  of  enterprise  and  influence.  It  was 
completed  and  opened  to  public  travel  in  1808,  and  for  more  than  a  genera- 
tion, by  its  connection  with  other  turnpikes  and  roads  became  the  great 
thoroughfare  for  teams,  travel  and  stages  from  northern  New  Hamp- 
shire to  the  central  and  southern  sections  of  the  state.  It  became  the 
chief  factor  in  making  the  Corner,  during  this  time,  the  most  important 
village  north  of  Concord.  More  than  anything  other,  it  aroused  the 
citizens  of  the  town  to  the  necessity  of  good  roads  as  essential  to  pros- 
perity. With  the  opening  of  the  Coos  Turnpike,  the  town  began  to  com- 
plete the  roads  already  projected,  and  to  build  others  as  its  settlement 
eastward  from  the  river  demanded.  By  the  middle  of  the  nineteenth 
century  the  town  had  become  well  supplied  with  roads,  and  four  have 
been  laid  out  and  built  since  then.  The  accompanying  map  reproduced 
from  a  state  and  town  atlas  published  in  1892  shows  with  approximate 
accuracy  the  location  of  the  roads  of  the  town  at  the  present  time. 

The  methods  of  constructing  roads  and  keeping  them  in  repair,  have 
been  crude  and  uneconomical  until  recent  years,  when  the  problem  of  good 
roads  has  come  to  the  front.  The  policy  which  has  prevailed  in  Haver- 
hill has  been  much  like  that  of  other  New  Hampshire  towns. 

Highway  surveyors  were  first  elected  in  1765.  These  were  two, 
Joshua  Hayward  from  the  north  end  of  the  town — Horse  Meadow — 
and  James  Woodward  from  the  south  end — Ladd  Street.  There  is  no 
record  of  the  amount  raised  by  taxation  for  highway  construction  or 
maintenance.  Whatever  the  highway  tax  was  it  was  to  be  paid  in 
labor,  and  that  there  was  a  voluntary  element  entering  into  it,  appears  from 
the  vote  passed  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1767,  "that  the  surveyors  shall 
not  call  on  them  that  has  done  the  most  work,  till  the  others  have  done 
theair  part."  It  was  also  voted  at  this  time  "that  3s  a  day  shall  be  the 
standing  price  for  work  done  on  the  highway  and  2s  for  ox  work."  Evi- 
dently there  were  some  who  had  not  done  "theair  part,"  since  it  was  fur- 
ther "voted  that  William  Bancroft,  Joseph  Hutchins  and  Richard  Young 
be  a  committee  to  settle  with  the  old  surveyors  and  see  howe  has 
worked  and  howe  has  not." 

The  first  recorded  vote  of  a  definite  amount  raised  for  highways  was 
that  passed  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1783,  when  the  sum  of  £100  was 
voted  to  repair  highways  to  be  paid  in  labor  at  4s  a  day.  As  but  £30 
was  raised  for  town  charges,  it  is  probable  that  road  maintenance  had  been 
much  neglected  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  The  amount  raised 
for  building  and  maintenance  of  highways  had  increased  by  1795  to 
£150  to  be  paid  in  labor  at  3s  per  day,  and  the  surveyors  of  highways  to 
six.  In  1801,  the  sum  of  $500  was  voted  "  to  mend  and  repair  highways," 
and  in  addition  to  this  it  was  voted  that  $100  be  laid  out  on  the  road  from 
Captain  Montgomery's  store  to  Coventry  line  (the  Oliverian  Brook  road) ; 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  249 

$100  on  the  road  from  Fisher  farm  to  Coventry  line  (the  Coventry 
road);  and  $100  on  the  road  running  opposite  the  old  court  house  to 
near  Ephraim  Wesson's  and  from  thence  by  James  King's  to  Bath  (the 
Brier  Hill  road).  At  the  same  meeting  the  town  refused  to  consent  to 
building  the  turnpike  for  which  two  years  later  a  charter  was  obtained. 
In  1807,  the  sum  of  $800  was  raised  for  highways  and  bridges,  one  third 
of  which  was  to  be  paid  in  money  to  be  laid  out  at  the  discretion  of  the 
selectmen.  In  1820,  the  appropriation  for  highways  was  $800  in  labor 
and  $200  in  money;  in  1830,  $900  in  labor  at  8  cents  per  hour  and  $300 
in  money;  in  1840,  $1,800  in  labor  under  the  direction  of  no  less  than 
nineteen  highway  surveyors;  in  1850,  $1,500  in  labor  at  10  cents  per  hour 
and  $1,500  in  money,  and  the  number  of  highway  districts  had  increased 
to  twenty-three.  Thereafter,  the  annual  appropriation  was  $1,500  in 
labor,  until  1864  when  it  was  raised  to  $2,000  to  be  paid  in  labor  at  14 
cents  per  hour,  the  number  of  highway  districts  remaining  the  same. 

The  highway  bridge  over  the  Ammonoosuc  between  Haverhill  and 
Bath  was  built  in  1829,  cost  $2,400  equally  divided  between  the  two 
towns. 

The  policy  of  having  a  large  portion  of  the  tax  paid  in  labor  prevailed 
for  some  years  later  and  the  appropriation  seldom  exceeded  $2,000  until 
1888  when  $4,000  was  appropriated,  one-half  to  be  paid  in  money  and 
one-half  in  labor.  In  1889  the  appropriation  was  $3,000,  all  to  be  paid 
in  money.  In  1893,  the  same  sum  was  raised  of  which  $1,000  was  for 
permanent  highway  repair;  in  1894,  the  amount  was  $4,500;  in  1895, 
$6,000;  in  1895  and  1896,  the  same.  In  1897  the  sum  was  reduced  to 
$3,000.  Unprecedented  damage  was  done  to  the  roads  and  bridges  by  a 
summer  cloudburst,  and  at  a  special  town  meeting  Friday,  August  2,  the 
sum  of  $30,000  was  voted  to  be  raised  by  temporary  loan  for  making 
immediate  necessary  repairs.  In  making  repairs  and  replacing  bridges 
which  had  been  carried  away,  the  selectmen  pursued  a  policy  of  doing 
thorough  work,  having  regard  to  permanence  instead  of  affording  tem- 
porary relief,  and  as  a  result  in  March,  1898,  the  auditors  reported  a  town 
debt  of  $57,116.32,  represented  by  unpaid  bills,  outstanding  orders  and 
town  notes  on  which  from  4^  to  6  per  cent  interest  was  being  paid. 
At  a  special  town  meeting  October  25,  1898,  it  was  voted,  550  to  3,  to 
issue  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $57,000  in  order  to  bring  the  town  debt  into 
one  form  of  obligation.  These  were  issued,  interest  at  4  per  cent,  $3,000 
to  be  retired  annually  under  the  terms  of  the  issue.  The  bonds  were 
sold  at  a  premium,  placing  the  interest  charge  on  nearly  a  2>\  per  cent 
basis  and  have  now  been  nearly  all  retired. 

This  disaster  had  the  effect  of  deepening  the  interest  of  the  citizens  of 
the  town  in  good  roads  and  in  1898  and  1899,  the  appropriation  for  high- 
ways was  $8,000  each  year.     This  was  not  all  available  for  highways  in 


250  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  town  proper,  since  in  1881,  the  village  of  Woodsville  had  been  made  a 
separate  district  for  certain  purposes  including  streets  and  highways,  and 
its  proportionate  share  of  all  highway  money  raised,  based  on  valuation, 
was  expended  by  commissioners  elected  by  the  district.     The  policy  of 
the  town  in  recent  years  has  been  a  liberal  one  in  the  matter  of  high- 
way appropriations,  and  with  the  adoption  by  the  state  of  a  policy  of 
aiding  towns  in  making  permanent  improvements  the  town  has  availed 
itself  of  this  aid  on  the  conditions  prescribed  by  the  state.     The  river 
road  from  Piermont  to  Bath  line,  with  a  branch  from  the  Cottage  Hos- 
pital to  Woodsville,  has  been  constructed  as  a  state  road,  steel  bridges 
have  in  other  parts  of  the  town  succeeded  those  constructed  of  wood,  and 
the  growing  use  of  automobiles  in  recent  years  has  led  to  a  policy  of  mak- 
ing improvements  of  a  more  permanent  character  than  formerly,  and 
more  scientific  methods  of  construction  and  repair.     The  voters  have  not 
only  made  liberal  appropriations  for  highways,  but  have  insisted  on 
knowing  where  and  by  whom  the  money  has  been  expended  as  the  full 
detailed  and  itemized  statement  of  expenditure  in  the  printed  town 
reports  since  1879  bear  testimony.     The  town,  outside  the  Woodsville 
district,  has  in  round  numbers  a  hundred  miles  of  highways.     They  are 
not  all  what  they  should  be  as  yet,  methods  of  maintenance  are  not  yet 
perfect,  but  there  is  constant  improvement,  and  it  is  believed  that  in  the 
near  future  the  town  will  be  able  to  take  genuine  pride  in  its  highways. 
Many  of  the  interests  of  the  settlers  of  the  two  towns  of  Haverhill  and 
Newbury  were  common,  and  constant  communication  between  the  two 
settlements  was  a  necessity,  but  the  waters  of  the  Connecticut  separated 
them.     There  were  few  if  any  places  where  the  river  could  be  forded,  and 
ferries  came  early  into  existence,  remaining  the  only  accommodation  for 
public  travel  across  the  river  during  the  open  summer  season  for  a  period 
of  upwards  of  thirty  years.     Some  of  these  were  owned  by  individuals 
and  were  operated  by  permission  of  the  town,  and  others  were  chartered 
by  the  legislature  of  New  Hampshire  after  the  boundary  line  had  been 
determined.     The  earliest  ferry  was  kept  by  Richard  Chamberlin,  and 
after  his  death  by  his  sons.     He  had  no  charter  at  first,  but  in  1772  the 
New  Hampshire  legislature  approved  his  right,  and  the  town  of  Newbury 
confirmed  it  the  next  year  and  fixed  rates  of  toll.     Col.  Asa  Porter  ob- 
tained a  ferry  charter  which  gave  him  exclusive  rights  between  his  farm 
and  the  Newbury  bank  for  three  miles  both  up  and  down  the  river. 
This  charter  was  a  perpetual  one,  and  became  an  appurtenance  of  his 
farm.    Er  Chamberlin  maintained  one  at  the  extreme  north  end  of  the  two 
towns,  and  obtained  a  charter  for  it  after  some  years  from  the  New 
Hampshire  legislature.     At  the  southern  end  of  the  town,  Uriah  Stone, 
until  his  removal  down  the  river  to  Piermont,  carried  people  across  the 
river  in  1763  and  1764,  and  later  Moody  Bedel  maintained  a  ferry  near 


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the  present  bridge.  At  a  special  town  meeting  held  February  9,  1791, 
to  consider  matters  pertaining  to  ferries,  it  was  "voted  to  give  Moody 
Bedel  exclusive  right  for  ferry  over  Connecticut  River  near  the  Mouth 
of  Oliverian  brook,  between  meadow  land  of  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  John 
Page  and  to  ask  the  General  Court  to  give  him  a  charter."  It  was  pro- 
vided in  connection  with  this  vote  that  Bedel  give  bonds  of  £300  to  the 
town  with  sufficient  sureties  that  he  pay  the  town  £30  lawful  money 
with  interest  within  one  year,"  and  that  he  will  open  and  keep  in  good 
repair,  fit  for  the  public  use  at  all  times,  free  from  any  expense  to  the  town, 
a  good  road  from  the  main  road,  leading  through  the  town  of  Haverhill 
up  and  down  the  river,  to  the  place  of  keeping  the  ferry,  and  keep  a  good 
boat  or  boats  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public,  and  keep  the  same  in 
good  repair  and  give  due  attendance."  These  votes  indicate  that  ferry 
privileges  had  become  valuable.  The  meeting  also  took  action  relative 
to  the  upper  ferry  which  had  been  maintained  by  Er  Chamberlin.  It 
appointed  Amos  Kimball  and  Joshua  Howard  a  committee  to  rent  the 
ferry,  and  instructed  the  selectmen  "to  lay  out  a  road  to  the  upper 
ferry  without  being  very  expensive  to  the  town."  The  first  ferry  boats 
were  primitive  affairs,  but  later  they  were  made  large  enough  to  convey 
loaded  wagons  drawn  by  horses  or  oxen,  though  smaller  ones  were  kept 
for  the  accommodation  of  pedestrians. 

The  ferry  business  was  a  profitable  one,  so  much  so  that  the  question 
of  toll  bridges  begun  to  be  agitated  soon  after  Moody  Bedel  secured  his 
ferry  rights.  The  first  bridge  across  the  Connecticut  between  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont  was  erected  at  Bellows  Falls  in  1785,  and  in 
1797  there  were  thirteen  bridges  across  the  river,  the  Haverhill  and  New- 
bury bridge  being  the  thirteenth.  Perhaps  the  number  thirteen  was  un- 
luckjr!  The  bridge  was  erected  in  1796,  but  was  gone  in  1798.  This  is 
evident  from  a  letter  written  by  Col.  Thos.  Johnson  to  General  Chase 
under  date  of  April  19,  1798,  seeking  aid  in  the  rebuilding  of  the  bridge 
which  had  been  carried  off.  Some  kind  of  a  bridge  was  constructed  this 
year,  but  it  lasted  but  a  few  years,  since  in  1805,  the  corporation  appointed 
a  committee  to  make  estimates  for  building  a  bridge  similar  to  the 
"Federal  bridge"  over  the  Merrimack  River  at  Concord,  and  to  deter- 
mine the  best  place  to  build  the  bridge.  The  Haverhill  Bridge  Corpora- 
tion had  been  chartered  at  the  June  session  1795,  the  members  being 
Benjamin  Chamberlin,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Moses  Dow,  Thomas  Johnson, 
William  Wallace,  John  Montgomery  and  their  associates.  Their  rights 
extended  from  the  extreme  point  of  Little  Oxbow  to  the  southwest 
corner  of  Ezekiel  Dow's  farm,  a  short  distance  above  the  mouth  of  the 
Oliverian.  The  committee  appointed  in  1805,  Charles  Johnston,  Samuel 
Ladd,  Joseph  Pierson,  John  Montgomery,  Jeremiah  Harris  and  Asa 
Tenney,  reported,  to  locate  the  bridge  "from  land  of  Phineas  Ayer  in 


252  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Haverhill  to  that  of  Col.  Robert  Johnston  in  Newbury,  and  the  bridge 
was  built  sometime  between  1705  and  1709  on  the  site  of  the  present 
bridge.  The  bridge  built  in  the  new  location  was  not  long  lived,  and 
must  have  been  pretty  thoroughly  wiped  out  since  it  is  on  record  that  the 
clerk  of  the  corporation,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  on  April  3,  1822,  sold  all 
the  shares  of  the  bridge  to  Josiah  Little  and  Asa  Tenney  at  the  nominal 
price  of  one  cent  a  share.  In  September,  1833,  a  meeting  was  held  to 
secure  stock  subscriptions  for  a  new  bridge  which  was  built  in  1834  the 
cost  being  approximately  $9,200.  That  this  was  a  good  bridge  con- 
structed of  the  best  of  material  is  evidenced  by  its  life  and  service  of  nearly 
eighty  years.  It  had  double  drive  ways,  the  only  bridge  on  the  river 
thus  constructed.  In  1895  it  was  strengthened  by  means  of  arches,  the 
repairs  costing  some  $2,000.  In  1898  the  old  stock  was  called  in  and  new 
was  issued,  ninety-two  shares  in  all  and  these  held  by  eleven  persons. 

In  1906  when  it  was  found  that  the  bridge  again  needed  strengthening, 
the  proprietors  seemed  indisposed  to  incur  the  necessary  expense.  Henry 
W.  Keyes  of  Haverhill  purchased  all  the  stock  and  became  in  his  own  per- 
son "Proprietors  of  Haverhill  Bridge."  He  made  a  proposition  to  the 
towns  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury  that  if  they  would  make  the  necessary 
repairs,  which  competent  engineers  had  estimated  would  give  the  bridge 
a  life  of  twenty  years,  and  maintain  a  free  bridge,  he  would  give  the  towns 
the  structure  as  it  then  stood. 

At  a  special  town  meeting  in  Haverhill,  July  12,  1906,  it  was  voted  to 
unite  with  the  town  of  Newbury  to  purchase  and  repair  the  bridge  be- 
tween Haverhill  and  Newbury  and  to  make  it  a  free  bridge,  at  an  expense 
of  not  more  than  $1,500.  Like  action  was  taken  by  Newbury,  and  the 
offer  of  Mr.  Keyes  was  accepted.  Repairs  were  made,  the  toll  gate 
abolished,  and  it  was  believed  that  the  bridge  was  good  for  another 
quarter  of  a  century.  It  is  said  of  man  that  his  days  "are  three  score 
years  and  ten,  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  four  score  years,  yet 
is  their  strength  labor  and  sorrow."  This  may  likewise  be  said  of  Con- 
necticut River  bridges.  The  floods  of  the  spring  of  1913,  the  ice  jam  of 
the  year,  had  their  effect  on  the  aged  structure,  the  towns  thought  not 
best  to  repair — and  it  was  decided  to  erect  a  new  steel  structure  at  once. 
This  latter  was  opened  to  public  travel  December  1,  1913.  The  material 
in  the  old  bridge  when  taken  down  was  sold  at  public  auction  for  one 
hundred  dollars. 

In  the  charter  granted  for  the  bridge  in  1795  rates  of  toll  were  fixed 
which  remained  much  the  same  until  the  bridge  became  free.  These 
are  interesting  as  indicating  modes  of  transportation,  and  the  character 
of  vehicles  in  use  at  that  time:  "For  each  foot  passenger,  one  cent;  for 
each  horse  and  his  rider  or  leader,  four  cents;  for  each  chaise  or  carriage 
of  pleasure  with  two  wheels  and  one  horse,  ten  cents;  for  each  sleigh  with 


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one  horse,  four  cents;  for  each  sleigh  with  two  horses,  eight  cents  and 
two  cents  for  each  additional  horse;  for  each  cart  or  wagon  or  sled  or 
other  carriage  of  burden  drawn  by  one  beast,  four  cents;  for  the  like  car- 
riage drawn  by  two  beasts,  eight  cents;  if  by  more  than  two,  four  cents 
for  each  additional  pair  of  horses  or  yoke  of  oxen;  for  sheep  and  swine 
one  quarter  of  one  cent  each;  for  cattle  and  horses  three  quarters  of  one 
cent  each,  and  to  each  team  one  person  only  shall  be  allowed  to  pass  free 
of  toll." 

A  previous  charter  for  a  bridge  had  been  granted  January  14,  1795, 
to  Asa  Porter  and  his  associates.  This  was  to  be  erected  a  few  rods  north 
of  the  present  Woodsville  and  Wells  River  bridge.  The  middle  pier  was 
to  be  erected  on  the  island  or  peninsula  now  known  as  "No  Man's  land" 
which  was  ceded  to  the  corporation.  Exclusive  rights  were  granted  from 
the  south  end  of  Howard's  Island  to  a  point  two  miles  above  the  mouth 
of  Ammonoosuc  River.  By  extension  of  time  seven  years  were  allowed 
for  the  completion  of  the  bridge,  but  none  was  erected  there. 

The  second  charter  for  what  for  a  century  was  known  as  the  Wells 
River  bridge  was  granted  December  27,  1803,  to  Er  Chamberlin,  Ezekiel 
Ladd,  James  Whitelaw,  Moses  Little,  Amos  Kimball,  William  Abbott 
and  their  associates.  They  were  given  the  same  privileges  previously 
granted  to  Colonel  Porter  whose  charter  had  lapsed.  Chamberlin  had 
for  thirty  years  or  more  maintained  a  ferry  here,  and  he  was  given  a  share 
in  the  charter  to  recompense  him  for  the  loss  of  his  ferry  privileges  which 
were  to  revert  to  him  should  the  bridge  be  discontinued.  The  bridge 
was  built  in  1805  and  the  Vermont  end  was  on  the  ledge  of  rocks  above 
the  mouth  of  Wells  River.  This  was  the  first  of  the  five  Wells  River 
bridges.  It  was  an  open  structure  resting  upon  wooden  "horses,"  but  in 
the  spring  freshet  of  1807  it  was  carried  away.  The  shares  of  stock  sold 
at  par  in  1806.  The  rates  of  toll  fixed  by  the  charter  were:  "For  each 
foot  passenger,  one  cent;  for  a  horse  and  rider,  three  cents;  each  chaise 
or  two  wheeled  carriage  drawn  by  one  horse,  ten  cents;  one-horse  wagon 
or  cart  drawn  by  one  beast,  eight  cents;  by  two  beasts,  ten  cents;  each  four 
wheeled  carriage  or  coach,  twenty-five  cents;  and  two  cents  for  each  horse 
more  than  two;  two  cents  for  each  animal  except  sheep  and  swine,  which 
were  one  cent  each." 

Steps  were  taken  at  once  to  rebuild,  and  at  a  meeting  held  July  7  a 
tax  of  $12.50  was  levied  on  each  share  for  the  purpose  of  rebuilding.  This 
amount  was  insufficient,  and  at  a  meeting  January  28,  1809,  it  was  voted 
to  assess  a  tax  of  $24  a  share  including  the  $12.50  previously  voted. 
Amos  Kimball  was  the  moving  spirit  in  the  erection  of  this  bridge,  and 
of  the  $1,139  allowed  in  accounts  for  building,  his  bill  for  materials  fur- 
nished and  labor  performed  amounted  to  $838.50.  He  was  the  owner  of 
a  large  farm  comprising  what  were  subsequently  known  as  the  Eli  Evans, 


254  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  Russell  King,  the  J.  P.  Kimball  and  E.  S.  Kimball  farms.  He  had 
great  confidence  in  the  stability  of  the  bridge  he  had  been  so  instrumental 
in  building  and  offered  to  insure  it  against  freshets  for  a  term  of  years 
for  a  comparatively  small  sum.  His  offer  was  naturally  accepted  and 
when  the  bridge  went  out  by  a  freshet  in  1812  the  loss  fell  on  Mr.  Kimball 
causing  him  serious  financial  embarrassment.  No  effective  action  was 
taken  towards  building  a  new  bridge  till  the  spring  of  1819.  The  charter 
was  extended  by  successive  acts  of  the  legislature  in  1813,  1815  and  1819. 
In  the  meantime  the  ferry  was  revived  and  conducted  by  Er  Chamberlin 
till  1817  when  he  sold  his  rights  to  John  L.  Woods.  In  April,  1819, 
Timothy  Shedd,  Charles  Hale  and  David  Worthen  were  elected  directors, 
and  May  15  it  was  voted  to  rebuild  the  bridge  and  an  assessment  of  $10 
a  share  was  voted  to  be  paid  before  June  1.  A  second  assessment  of 
$15  a  share  was  voted  September  27  to  be  paid  before  the  first  of  Novem- 
ber. On  the  2d  of  November  it  was  voted  to  build  a  toll  house  and  move 
and  repair  the  barn  belonging  to  the  corporation,  to  purchase  land,  to 
dispose  of  the  old  toll  house,  to  contract  for  filling  the  trestle  work  of  the 
bridge  with  stone,  and  the  directors  were  authorized  to  proceed  with 
building  the  bridge  by  contract  or  otherwise  at  their  discretion.  In 
December  another  assessment  of  $20  a  share  was  levied.  Abraham  Gale 
was  engaged  at  7s.  6d,  per  day  as  overseer  in  building  the  bridge  under 
the  direction  of  the  directors,  Messrs.  Worthen,  Hale  and  Shedd.  The 
original  members  of  the  corporation  seem  to  have  dropped  out  of  the 
management. 

The  bridge  was  completed  in  the  summer  of  1820.  An  additional 
assessment  of  $20  a  share  was  levied,  the  entire  four  amounting  to  $65, 
or  a  total  of  $3,120  which  may  be  set  down  as  the  cost  of  the  bridge.  It 
was  located  south  of  the  two  former  bridges.  The  toll  house  then 
erected  still  stands  in  the  meadow  now  owned  by  Ezra  B.  Mann  and 
known  for  many  years  as  the  Sawtell  house.  The  bridge  was  constructed 
with  a  roof,  and  the  system  of  annual  passes  seems  to  have  been  inaug- 
urated with  its  opening  to  public  travel.  Some  ten  years  later  the 
matter  of  repairing  or  rebuilding  the  bridge  was  agitated,  but  nothing 
was  done  till  1836,  when  the  bridge  was  rebuilt  for  the  most  part  from 
money  in  the  treasury,  only  $500  being  hired  for  the  purpose.  This  was 
built  with  stone  abutments,  stone  piers,  and  with  a  roof.  The  main 
span  was  carried  away  by  a  freshet  in  the  spring  of  1850,  but  was  immedi- 
ately rebuilt,  an  assessment  of  $40  a  share  being  levied  for  the  purpose. 
That  the  bridge  was  profitable  appears  from  the  fact  that  it  paid  a 
dividend  of  $26  a  share  the  first  year.  The  matter  of  a  free  bridge  was 
much  discussed,  and  at  the  same  time  the  matter  of  dispersing  to  other 
parties  all  or  a  part  of  the  rights  and  franchises  of  the  corporation. 

The  situation  was  this:   The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad 


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was  completing  its  tracks  to  Woodsville  and  wished  to  cross  the  Connecti- 
cut to  form  a  junction  with  the  Passumpsic.  The  latter  corporation  did 
not  want  this  junction  and  was  doing  all  in  its  power  to  prevent  it.  The 
bridge  company  owned  franchises  which  would  be  of  service  to  the  New 
Hampshire  road  in  accomplishing  its  purpose  of  crossing  the  river. 
Though  the  toll  bridge  had  been  rebuilt  but  two  years  previously  it  was 
of  an  unsatisfactory  character  having  to  be  weighted  with  stone  to  resist 
the  pressure  of  high  water.  A  new  bridge  was  needed.  A  free  bridge 
was  desirable,  but  there  seemed,  as  there  also  seemed  some  fifty  years 
later,  to  be  no  way  of  securing  it.  A  contract  was,  therefore,  entered  into 
between  a  committee  of  the  bridge  corporation  of  the  one  part  and  a  com- 
mittee of  the  railroad  of  the  other,  a  contract  later  ratified  by  both  cor- 
porations, which  gave  the  bridge  proprietors  a  new  bridge  without  any 
expenditure  on  their  part,  and  the  railroad  a  right  of  way  into  Vermont, 
enabling  it  to  form  a  junction  with  the  Passumpsic  at  Wells  River.  The 
railroad  agreed  to  construct  for  the  bridge  proprietors  a  bridge,  opposite 
the  village  of  Wells  River,  with  all  necessary  highways  and  approaches, 
for  the  accommodation  of  public  travel,  to  be  for  the  sole  use  of  the 
proprietors  of  Wells  River  bridge  for  the  purposes  of  a  toll  bridge.  The 
bridge  was  to  be  so  constructed  that  if  the  railroad  should  wish  to  run 
their  cars  and  engines  over  the  same,  they  might  do  so  by  constructing 
a  track  for  that  purpose  on  the  top  or  upper  chords  of  the  bridge,  while 
the  lower  chords  and  approaches  to  the  bridge  were  to  remain  unen- 
cumbered by  such  construction  and  the  running  of  cars.  The  bridge  was 
to  be  forever  kept  in  repair  by  the  railroad,  except  the  flooring  of  the  high- 
way. The  bridge  company  was  to  issue  to  some  person  or  trustee  for 
the  railroad  fifteen  capital  shares  of  its  corporation  stock,  to  be  on  a  par 
per  share  with  the  already  existing  forty-eight  shares  of  bridge  stock. 
The  new  bridge  was  completed  and  opened  to  travel  March  2,  1853. 
Its  cost  including  the  approaches  and  several  rods  of  highway  to  connect 
with  what  was  the  old  ferry  highway  near  the  present  railroad  bridge 
across  Wells  River  was  about  $20,000.  The  material  used  in  construction 
was  of  the  best.  The  frame  was  selected  from  old  growth  white  pine  cut 
in  the  town  of  Whitefield,  and  when  taken  down  in  1903  was  still  sound 
showing  no  signs  of  decay  except  on  the  ends  of  the  arches.  The  bridge 
was  what  is  known  as  "the  Burr  truss,"  and  at  the  time  of  its  construction 
was  the  only  one  of  its  kind  and  was  also  the  longest  single  span  in  the 
United  States.  The  old  toll  house  was  sold  to  Julia  Ann  Sawtell,  and 
the  old  bridge  to  the  railroad  company  for  $175. 

The  bridge  was  strengthened  and  thoroughly  repaired  in  1868,  and  was 
again  strengthened  by  new  arches  in  1876,  but  these  latter  made  the  road- 
way too  narrow  for  safety  and  a  new  bridge  became  necessary.  It  was 
hoped  that  a  free  bridge  might  be  secured.     The  Concord  and  Montreal 


256  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Railroad  had  acquired  all  the  shares  of  stock  and  franchises  of  the  bridge 
corporation  and  the  legislature  of  1903  legalized  this  acquisition  and  gave 
the  railroad  the  power  to  fix  rates  of  toll.  It  offered  on  liberal  terms  to 
construct  a  highway  bridge  separate  from  the  railroad  bridge,  to  make  it 
free  at  the  outset  or  open  the  way  for  making  it  a  free  bridge  in  the  immedi- 
ate future,  but  its  offer  was  not  accepted,  and  the  new  steel  bridge 
completed  and  opened  to  travel  in  February,  1904,  was  a  double  bridge, 
still  a  toll  bridge.  The  bridge  was  constructed  "a  half-hitch  Baltimore  pin 
truss,"  and  is  239  feet,  2  inches  in  length  from  centre  to  centre  of  pins. 
The  truss  is  33  feet  high  and  contains  460  tons  of  thoroughly  tested  open 
hearth  steel.  The  posts  are  2|  feet  square  and  37  feet  in  length.  The 
four  large  pins  in  the  posts  are  8^  inches  in  diameter,  and  the  other 
pins  in  the  truss  6|  inches.  The  bridge  is  one  of  the  finest  in  New 
England.  There  had  been  talk  for  years  of  securing  free  transporta- 
tion between  the  villages  of  Woodsville  and  Wells  River,  but  in  the 
absence  of  a  proffer  of  state  aid,  it  has  been  only  talk.  With  the 
matter  of  state  aid  for  the  building  a  bridge  at  Portsmouth,  it  was 
felt  that  it  was  only  proper  to  ask  the  state  for  aid,  and  at  the  annual 
meetings  in  1916  in  the  two  towns  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury,  action  was 
taken  in  Haverhill  on  the  following  article  which  was  passed  without 
dissent:  "To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to 
contract  with  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  Newbury  in  the  state  of  Ver- 
mont to  build  a  free  bridge  across  the  Connecticut  River  between  the 
village  of  Wells  River  in  said  Newbury  and  Woodsville  in  the  town  of 
Haverhill,  at  an  expense  in  proportion  to  the  valuation  of  the  respective 
towns,  and  to  make  all  necessary  agreement  relating  thereto."  Newbury 
adopted  a  like  resolution,  and  later  obtained  from  Vermont  the  sum  of 
$8,000  and  $500  from  the  town  of  Ryegate.  New  Hampshire  obtained 
$8,000  voted  by  the  legislature  of  the  state  and  also  the  sum  of  $2,000 
appropriated  by  the  county  commissioners. 

In  the  erection  of  this  bridge,  a  beautiful  and  most  modern  structure, 
the  two  towns  have  made  a  record,  having  abolished  or  freed  more  toll 
bridges  during  the  past  six  years  than  any  other  two  towns  from 
Canada  to  Massachusetts.  The  masonry  consists  of  two  abutments 
and  two  piers.  The  foundations  for  the  piers  are  about  twenty-five 
feet  below  water  level.  For  these  piers  coffer  dams  were  built  and  nec- 
essary excavation  was  made,  and  everything  cleared  off  from  the  bed  of 
the  river  to  the  ledge  foundations.  The  bridge  is  what  is  known  as  a 
riveted  Warren  Deck  Truss  consisting  of  three  spans  with  a  total  length 
of  about  two  hundred  and  sixty  feet.  The  floor  of  the  bridge  is  of  rein- 
forced concrete  seven  inches  thick  with  a  wearing  surface  of  tar  and 
asphalt  two  inches  thick,  giving  a  roadway  of  twenty-four  feet  in 
the    clear   between    curbs    and    a    six   foot  sidewalk.     The  railing  of 


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the  bridge,  while  artistic  in  design,  is  substantial  in  structure  being 
built  of  seven-eighths  vertical  rods,  spaced  six  inches  on  centres,  being 
capped  with  a  three  inch  diameter  pipe.  There  are  electric  lights  on 
both  sides  of  the  bridge,  and  over  each  of  the  piers.  The  capacity  of 
the  bridge  is  equal  to  almost  any  loads  that  could  possibly  be  brought 
upon  it,  being  designed  for  the  heaviest  trucks  or  road  rollers.  This 
means  that  there  could  be  two  lines  of  twelve  ton  trucks  closely  follow- 
ing each  other,  and  extending  the  full  length  of  the  bridge. 

On  October  15,  1917,  the  new  free  bridge  was  opened  in  the  presence  of 
the  Governors  of  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  and  more  than  5,000 
people.  The  day  of  opening  was  a  perfect  one.  Promptly  at  1.30  o'clock 
there  were  two  processions  starting  for  the  bridge;  one  from  Rowden's 
block  in  Woodsville,  and  the  other  from  Hale's  Tavern  in  Wells  River. 
The  line  of  march  from  Rowden's  block  was  made  up  of  Major  Ray- 
mond U.  Smith,  grand  marshal;  Gov.  Henry  W.  Keyes;  the  bridge 
engineer,  John  Storrs  of  Concord;  A.  H.  Kittredge,  secretary  of  the 
United  Construction  Company  of  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  the  Grafton  County 
commissioners;  members  of  the  Woodsville  Board  of  Trade;  Camp 
Fire  Girls;  citizens  of  Woodsville  and  surrounding  towns,  and  the 
pupils  of  the  Woodsville  schools.  The  line  of  march  from  Hale's 
Tavern  was  made  up  as  follows:  Raymond  E.  Farwell,  marshal; 
color  bearer,  John  Martin;  members  of  the  Boy  Scouts;  Horace  F. 
Graham,  governor  of  Vermont;  members  of  the  Vermont  Bridge  com- 
mission; selectmen  of  Newbury;  trustees  of  the  village  of  Wells  River; 
members  of  the  Red  Cross  First  Aid  Class;  Colonel  Preston,  Relief 
Corps;  citizens  of  Wells  River;  the  pupils  of  the  Wells  River  schools. 
The  two  processions  met  in  the  middle  of  the  bridge  and  the  exercises 
began  with  speeches  by  the  governors  and  others.  Governor  Keyes 
gave  a  brief  sketch  concerning  the  toll  bridges  which  have  been  built 
between  the  two  towns,  this  being  the  seventh  between  Woodsville  and 
Wells  River,  and  went  somewhat  into  detail  over  the  controversy 
which  existed  when  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  road  extended 
its  line  into  Vermont.  Governor  Keyes  had  much  to  do  with  securing 
free  bridges.  Governor  Graham  dwelt  on  the  historical  events  which 
had  taken  place,  and  suggested  that  the  bridge  be  called  Rangers 
bridge.  Not  less  than  4,000  people  were  on  the  bridge,  giving  it  a 
test  which  will  stand  through  coming  years.  The  approximate  cost 
of  the  bridge  was  $65,000.  The  opening  of  this  bridge  means  a  closer 
relation  between  the  villages  of  Woodsville  and  Wells  River,  and  as 
time  goes  on  will  do  more  to  unite  their  social  and  business  interests 
than  any  one  thing  in  the  history  of  the  towns. 

The  charter  for  the  bridge  between  Haverhill  and  South  Newbury, 
to  be  built  within  the  limits  of  Bedel's  ferry,  was  granted  by  the  New 

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258  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Hampshire  legislature  to  Moody  Bedel  and  others,  June  16,  1802.  Of 
the  one  hundred  shares  of  stock  Moody  Bedel  held  thirty-five,  and 
Capt.  William  Trotter  of  Bradford,  Vt.,  fifteen.  The  first  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  was  held  May  9,  1805,  at  the  house  of  Asa  Boynton, 
innholder  in  Haverhill.  General  Bedell  conveyed  his  ferry  rights  to  the 
new  corporation  for  the  sum  of  $900.  The  first  bridge,  an  open  one 
resting  on  wooden  piers,  was  built  that  same  year  by  Avery  Sanders  for 
a  contract  price  of  $2,700.  Just  when  this  bridge  was  carried  away  is 
uncertain,  but  at  a  meeting  held  September  4,  1821,  steps  were  taken 
to  rebuild  the  bridge  which  had  been  partially  destroyed.  The  cost  of 
rebuilding  was  a  little  less  than  $2,600.  This  bridge  stood  till  February, 
1841,  when  it  was  again  carried  away.  The  ferry  came  into  use  again 
till  1851  when  an  open  bridge  supported  by  wooden  piers  was  con- 
structed which  lasted  till  the  spring  of  1862  when  it  was  carried  away  by 
the  high  water  resulting  from  the  unprecedented  depth  of  the  winter's 
snow.  The  next  year  a  covered  bridge  was  constructed.  It  was  of 
light  construction,  and  was  strengthened  by  arches  in  1865  which  made 
the  roadway  narrow  and  unsafe.  This  bridge  was  demolished  by  a  gale 
in  1866,  and  was  replaced  the  same  year  by  the  present  structure.  It 
has  been  known  for  more  than  a  century  as  Bedell's  bridge. 

The  fourth  toll  bridge  between  Haverhill  and  Newbury  was  never 
built.  A  charter  was  granted  in  1809  to  Asa  Porter  and  others  of 
Haverhill  and  to  Asa  Tenney,  and  others  of  Newbury,  for  a  bridge 
between  Horse  Meadow  and  the  Oxbow  in  Newbury  at  some  place 
between  half  a  mile  above  and  half  a  mile  below  Col.  Asa  Porter's  ferry. 
The  proprietors  were  to  build  a  road  "from  Colonel  Porter's  house  to 
the  main  road  in  Haverhill."     The  bridge  and  road  were  never  built. 

The  Connecticut  River  was  early  utilized  for  transportation  purposes. 
In  the  early  settlement  of  the  town  many  heavy  manufactured  articles, 
including  some  of  the  machinery  for  the  first  mills,  were  hauled  up  the 
river  on  the  ice,  and  rafts  were  early  used  to  convey  lumber  and  some 
agricultural  products  to  the  markets  below  during  the  open  season. 
Large  quantities  of  sawed  lumber  were  sent  down  the  river  each  season, 
after  a  series  of  locks  and  canals  had  been  constructed  at  White  River, 
Quechee,  Bellows  Falls,  Millers  Falls  and  South  Hadley  and  the  lumber 
industry  in  Haverhill  and  vicinity  became  an  important  and  profitable 
one.  These  rafts  of  lumber  were  sent  from  Kimball's  landing  in  Haver- 
hill, situated  on  the  east  bank  of  the  river  near  the  present  Cottage  Hos- 
pital, the  hospital  being  on  the  site  of  the  tavern,  known  in  later  years 
as  the  Cobleigh  Tavern,  a  part  of  which  still  remains  as  a  portion  of  the 
hospital  building.  Boats  were  also  used  to  carry  to  tide  water,  the  prod- 
ucts of  the  soil,  and  to  bring  back  all  kinds  of  merchandise.  During  the 
spring  and  fall  seasons  when  the  water  in  the  river  was  of  mean  depth, 


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the  trade  between  Wells  River,  Vt.,  the  head  of  navigation,  and  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  was  considerable.  The  navigation  was  carried  on  in  boats, 
from  60  to  64  feet  in  length,  with  an  average  width  of  9  or  10  feet.  Their 
draft  of  water  was  from  20  to  24  inches,  with  full  freight  weighing  on  the 
average  16  tons.  This  amount  could  be  transported  in  one  boat,  when 
the  river  was  between  flood  and  low  water  at  what  is  called  boat  pitch. 
Such  pitch  continued  from  six  to  eight  weeks  in  the  spring  and  from  four 
to  six  weeks  in  the  fall.  The  time  required  to  descend  the  river  from 
Wells  River  to  tide  water  was  ten  days,  and  to  return  twenty  days,  and, 
not  more  than  two  or  at  the  most  three  trips  could  be  made  from  Wells 
River  to  Hartford  and  return  in  any  one  year.  The  customary  charge 
for  freight  down  the  river  was  $10  per  ton  and  from  Hartford  up  $20  per 
ton.  This  was  much  lower  than  the  cost  of  transportation  of  merchan- 
dise by  land  from  Haverhill  and  Newbury  to  Boston  which  was  upwards 
of  $20  per  ton  each  way  throughout  the  year. 

It  was  but  natural  that  schemes  for  cheaper  transportation  were 
devised  and  promoted.  That  which  was  of  chief  interest  to  Haverhill 
and  its  sister  town  Newbury  involved  the  improvement  of  navigation  on 
the  river,  by  utilizing  its  waters  in  connection  with  canal  construction. 
To  promote  such  improvement  the  Connecticut  River  Company  was 
organized  in  the  latter  part  of  1824.  In  February,  1825,  four  of  the 
officers  of  this  company  participated  in  a  convention  held  at  Windsor, 
Vt.,  which  was  attended  by  more  than  two  hundred  delegates  from  various 
towns  in  the  Connecticut  Valley.  This  convention  was  in  session  for  two 
days  and  after  passing  resolutions  and  appointing  various  committees, 
unanimously  adopted  and  forwarded  to  Congress  a  memorial  requesting 
aid  from  the  general  government  towards  improving  navigation  in  the 
Connecticut  Valley. 

In  order  to  ascertain  the  cost  of  carrying  into  execution  a  river  and 
canal  plan,  the  River  Company  entered  into  negotiations  with  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  various  locks  and  canals  on  the  river,  and  provided  for  a 
detailed  survey  of  the  river  to  see  what  other  locks  and  canals  would  be 
needed,  and  to  find  as  near  as  might  be  the  total  cost  of  the  improvements. 
It  was  found  that  the  shares  of  the  companies  owning  the  then  existing 
locks  and  canals  could  be  purchased  for  the  sum  of  $368,000.  The 
Federal  government,  through  the  War  Department,  provided  for  a  sur- 
vey of  a  route  for  a  canal  from  the  river  at  Barnet  to  Lake  Memphrema- 
gog,  and  also  to  make  a  survey  of  the  river  from  Connecticut  Lake  to 
Long  Island  Sound.  It  was  found  that  the  government  surveyor  would 
not  be  able  to  make  both  surveys  in  a  single  season,  and  the  River  Com- 
pany secured  the  services  of  Holmes  Hutchinson,  an  experienced  engineer 
who  had  been  connected  with  the  construction  of  the  Erie  canal,  to  make 
a  survey  of  the  river  from  Barnet  to  Hartford  to  ascertain  the  practica- 


260  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

bility  of  making  the  river  navigable  by  using  in  connection  with  it  locks 
and  canals.  This  survey  was  made  in  the  summer  and  fall  of  1825,  was 
thorough  and  comprehensive  and,  as  published  in  1826,  is  a  most  interest- 
ing and  valuable  document.  Mr.  Hutchinson's  summary  after  giving  his 
detailed  statement  of  the  cost  of  improving  the  nineteen  sections  into 
which  he  divided  the  river  for  estimation  of  needed  improvements  and 
cost  of  same  was  as  follows: 

The  whole  distance  from  Barnet  to  Hartford  in  the  course  of  the  proposed  water  com- 
munication is  219  miles,  of  which  17  miles  would  be  canal  and  202  miles  slack  water 
navigation  in  the  river.  The  number  of  locks  proposed  is  41  to  overcome  420  feet  of 
descent,  and  the  total  estimatal  cost  is  $1,071,827.91. 

All  the  works  have  been  planned  to  afford  a  connected  navigation  of  four  feet  depth  at 
low  water;  and  with  reasonable  repairs,  will,  it  is  believed,  admit  the  use  of  boats  draw- 
ing three  feet  of  water  through  the  summer.  The  difficulties  of  making  a  canal  from 
Barnet  to  Hartford  would  be  great;  and  I  think  the  improvement  of  the  river  decidedly 
the  most  judicious,  considering  the  relative  expense  and  utility,  and  the  extent  of  country 
to  be  accommodated. 

The  board  of  directors  of  the  River  Company  adopted  the  opinions  of 
Mr.  Hutchinson,  but  were  met  with  obstacles  at  the  outset.  The  capi- 
tal stock  of  the  company  authorized  by  the  charter,  granted  by  the 
legislature  of  Vermont,  was  manifestly  insufficient  for  the  undertaking, 
which  with  the  purchase  of  the  rights  of  the  existing  lock  and  canal 
companies  would  require,  at  least,  a  capital  of  $1,500,000,  and  the  orig- 
inal charter  had  to  be  amended.  This  occasioned  delay.  Then,  sub- 
scriptions for  stock  could  not  be  opened,  until  the  Vermont  act  had 
received  the  assent  of  the  states  of  New  Hampshire  and  Connecticut 
nor  could  the  company  be  organized  until  subscriptions  should  amount 
to  at  least  $500,000.     All  this  tended  to  cause  delay. 

Then  came  the  question  of  power,  whether  steam  or  horses,  and  the 
board  inclined  to  the  use  of  steam,  though  this  necessitated  the  construc- 
tion of  the  canals  ten  feet  wider  than  those  which  had  beeen  constructed 
in  the  state  of  New  York.  It  was  concluded  that  steamboats  with  a 
draft  of  three  feet  of  water  would  possess  sufficient  power  to  safely  navi- 
gate the  river  and  pass  with  convenience  all  the  requisite  canals. 

Still  again  came  the  question  of  railroad   construction.     These  had 

recently  been  constructed  in  Great  Britain,  and  the  discussion  of  the 

expediency  and  practicability  of  railroads  in  which  President  Alfred  Smith 

of  the  River  Company  indulged  makes  at  the  present  day   decidedly 

interesting  reading.     He  said,  quoting  from  his  published  report: 

As  to  the  saving  of  expense  in  the  first  outlay,  railroads  require  less  land  than  canals, 
•and  no  water,  and  the  savings  in  those  particulars  amount  in  Great  Britain,  to  a  large 
sum.  The  land  necessary  for  a  railway  in  this  valley  would,  on  the  contrary,  cost 
much  more  than  that  which  is  necessary  for  improving  the  river.  Iron,  an  article  of 
the  first  consequence  in  railways,  is  dearer  in  this  country  than  in  Great  Britain. 
Frosts  in  New  England  are  much  more  severe  than  in  that  country,  which  would 


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occasion  an  increased  expense  by  requiring  the  supports  of  the  rails  to  be  longer  and  to 
be  sunk  deeper. 

President  Smith  discussed  at  length  the  comparative  merits  of  a  rail- 
road, or  the  improvement  of  the  river,  as  furnishing  transportation 
facilities  for  Haverhill,  Newbury  and  the  other  towns  in  the  Connecticut 
Valley,  citing  the  various  experiments  which  had  been  made  in  Great 
Britain  and  finally  pronounced  what  he  doubtless  believed  to  be  a  sound 
verdict,  he  said: 

It  appears  to  be  a  safe  conclusion  that  a  power  moving  a  boat  with  a  speed  of  four  miles 
an  hour  will  produce  an  effect  at  least  equal  to  that  which  will  be  produced  by  the  same 
power  on  a  railroad.  And  it  is  only  when  the  quantity  or  value  of  property  to  be  trans- 
ported is  very  great,  that  a  velocity  exceeding  four  miles  an  hour  will  become  important, 
and  were  the  question  here,  as  in  England,  between  a  railway,  which  would  cost  $16,000 
a  mile,  and  a  canal  which  would  cost  double  or  treble  that  sum,  we  think  the  subject  of  a 
railway  may  be  safely  dismissed  from  consideration ;  inasmuch  as  the  cost  of  the  proposed 
improvement  of  the  navigation  is  estimated  at  less  than  half  the  stated  average  expense 
of  railways;  as  the  navigation  by  steamboats  with  a  velocity  of  four  miles  an  hour  is 
equal  to  the  wants  of  this  section  of  country,  and  may  be  maintained  on  the  river  with 
no  greater  power  than  that  required  on  a  railway. 

The  entire  programme  for  the  improvement  of  the  river  was  not  carried 
out,  but  enough  was  done  so  that  navigation  was  carried  on  to  a  certain 
extent.  A  steamboat,  the  Barnet,  built  in  New  York  in  1826,  had  got 
up  as  far  as  Bellows  Falls.  In  1830,  the  John  Ledyard  was  taken  up  the 
river  by  the  aid  of  the  locks  then  constructed  as  far  as  Wells  River,  and  an 
attempt  was  made  to  steam  up  through  the  Narrows  to  Barnet.  It 
grounded  on  a  bar  just  above  the  Narrows,  and  the  man-power  furnished 
by  a  gang  of  rivermen  was  insufficient  to  pull  it  further.  It  went  back 
down  the  river  and  never  returned. 

In  the  autumn  of  1830  the  Connecticut  River  Valley  Steamboat  Com- 
pany was  organized,  and  stock  was  issued  for  building  five  boats  which 
were  to  ply  the  river  in  sections  without  attempting  to  pass  through  the 
locks  and  canals  which  had  been  constructed.  The  Adam  Duncan  was 
built  at  Wells  River,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  $5,000,  to  ply  between  that  point 
and  Olcott  Falls.  The  boat  would  be  a  curiosity  today.  It  was  about 
60  feet  in  length  with  a  breadth  of  beams  of  12  feet  and  had  a  draught  of 
22  inches  of  water.  It  had  four  boilers  each  15  feet  in  length  by  1  foot  in 
diameter.  Horace  Duncan  of  Lyman  was  captain,  and  Hiram  Wells, 
pilot.  The  career  of  the  boat  was  brief.  On  its  second  trip,  July  4,  1831, 
to  take  a  party  of  excursionists  from  Wells  River  to  Hanover,  the  con- 
necting pipe  between  the  boilers  burst,  letting  the  steam  and  water  escape. 
This  created  a  panic,  but  no  one  was  injured,  except  a  Dr.  Dean  of  Bath, 
who  in  his  excitement  jumped  overboard  and  was  drowned.  The  Adam 
Duncan  went  out  of  commission.  It  was  taken  to  Olcott  Falls  and  dis- 
mantled.    Steamboat   navigation    on   the    Connecticut,    between   that 


262  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

point  and  Wells  River,  was  abandoned.  The  Connecticut  River  Valley 
Steamboat  Company  had  also  a  brief  career.  It  was  not  popular  in  the 
more  important  towns  on  the  river.  Haverhill — and  Haverhill  was  then 
Haverhill  Corner — gave  it  no  encouragement.  It  threatened  the  turn- 
pike and  stage  routes;  and  there  were  obstacles  in  the  way  of  success, 
found  in  high  freight  rates  and  uncertain  service.  Assessments  were  in 
order,  and  state  assessments  usually  mark  the  beginning  of  the  end  of 
any  corporation.     A  specimen  receipt  reads: 

Connecticut  River  Valley  Steamboat  Company 
This  certifies  that  the  assessment  of  four  dollars  per  share  has  been  paid  by  John  & 
Joseph  Patterson  on  Shares  Nos.  1197  &  1198  of  the  Capital  Stock  of  Said  Company, 
agreeably  to  a  vote  of  Directors,  passed  February  9,  1832,  at  Brattleborough,  Vermont. 

Frederick  Pettis,  Treasurer. 
$8.00. 
Windsor,  Vt.,  May  12,  1832. 

The  company  failed  in  1832.  Assessments  even  when  paid,  did  not 
save  it.  The  canals  and  locks  which  had  been  constructed  at  large 
expense  around  the  various  falls  continued  to  be  used  for  rafts  of  lumber 
from  Haverhill  and  for  steamboats  below  Turners  Falls.  At  the  present 
time  the  Enfield  canal,  and  the  canal  at  Holyoke  are  utilized  in  furnishing 
power  for  manufacturing  and  the  same  is  true  of  the  canal  at  Bellows 
Falls. 

There  had  been  other  waterways  planned  previous  to  the  Connecticut 
River  scheme.  Better  connection  was  desired  with  the  Boston  market. 
A  canal  was  proposed  from  the  Pemigewasset  River  in  Wentworth  to 
Haverhill,  the  channel  of  that  river  and  Baker's  river  to  be  improved  to 
that  point.  The  route  of  the  canal,  as  surveyed  by  John  McDuffee  in 
1825,  would  have  been  practically  that  later  followed  by  the  railroad. 
But  the  lack  of  water  made  this  plan  impracticable.  There  was  also  a 
strong  opposition  in  some  quarters  to  any  river  navigation  whatever. 
This  was  especially  the  case  in  Haverhill. 

The  merchants  of  Haverhill  Corner,  which  eighty  years  ago  was  the  most  important 
place  in  the  north  country,  were  not  in  favor  of  river  navigation,  their  interest  lying  in 
the  Coos  turnpike,  which  was  largely  built  by  Haverhill  capital,  and  which  in  its  turn 
built  up  Haverhill  Corner.  This  turnpike  which  went  out  through  Court  Street  and 
passed  between  the  Tarleton  lakes  in  Piermont  to  Warren  was  then  the  most  travelled 
road  in  all  this  region.  There  was  a  tavern  every  two  miles,  and  often  200  teams  passed 
over  it  in  a  day.  One  may  now  travel  for  miles  along  that  road  without  meeting  a  team, 
and  what  was  then  a  prosperous  community,  east  of  Tarleton  lake,  has  not  now  a  soli- 
tary inhabitant.1 

Haverhill  Corner  opposed  river  and  canal  navigation  and  transporta- 
tion, but  later  was  enthusiastically  in  favor  of  railroad  construction.  It 
duly  recognized  what  had  been  done  for  its  prosperity  by  the  Coos  turn- 

1F.  P.  Wells'  History  of  Newbury,  p.  303. 


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pike,  and  it  expected  greater  things  from  the  railroad.  Railroad  construc- 
tion did  indeed  have  large  influence  in  promoting  the  prosperity  of  Haver- 
hill, though  not  to  the  section  anticipated  so  fondly  by  the  leading 
citizens  of  the  Corner. 

The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  was  incorporated  by  the 
legislature  December  27,  1844.  Among  the  incorporators  were  John 
Page  and  John  McClary  of  Haverhill.  No  town  was  more  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  road  than  Haverhill  which  was  expected  to  be  its  northern 
terminus,  an  interest  all  the  more  felt  since  the  exact  location  of  this  ter- 
minus remained  for  some  time  unsettled  after  the  granting  of  the  charter. 
Section  2  of  the  act  of  incorporation  read,  "beginning  at  any  point  on  the 
westerly  bank  of  the  Connecticut  River  opposite  Haverhill  or  Littleton 
in  this  state,  or  any  town  on  said  river  between  the  towns  aforesaid  thence 
passing  in  the  direction  of  the  Oliverian  route,  so-called  to  Plymouth," 
etc.  The  return  of  the  survey  of  the  route  by  William  P.  Crocker,  civil 
engineer,  was  made  August  1,  1845.  The  northern  terminus  of  the 
survey  was  at  the  whetstone  factory  in  Haverhill  (now  Pike),  a  distance 
from  Concord  of  eighty-one  miles.  The  engineer  said:  "The  course  of 
the  line  from  this  point  will  depend  upon  what  shall  finally  be  decided 
upon  as  the  crossing  place  into  Vermont.  The  line  may  be  continued 
down  the  Oliverian,  upon  either  side  of  the  stream,  as  shall  best  accommo- 
date the  farther  extension  of  the  road.  The  distance  from  this  point  to 
the  village  of  Haverhill  is  about  three  miles."  It  was  doubtless  at  first 
expected  that  the  road  would  cross  the  Connecticut  near  the  mouth  of 
the  Oliverian  and  that  a  junction  would  be  made  with  the  Passumpsic, 
but  difficulties  in  the  way  of  grade,  and  dangers  from  freshets  and  high 
water  on  the  meadows,  led  to  an  abandonment  of  this  plan,  much  to  the 
disappointment  of  the  citizens  of  Haverhill  Corner  whose  fears  of  the 
results  have  been  realized.  Subsequent  events,  including  the  construc- 
tion of  the  White  Mountain  and  the  Montpelier  and  Wells  River  roads 
have  vindicated  the  wisdom  of  the  decision  which  made  Woodsville  the 
terminus. 

As  evidencing  the  optimism  of  the  promoters  of  the  road,  some  abtracts 
from  the  statistical  report  made  by  the  directors  in  July,  1845,  give  an  idea 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  these  promoters  expected  in  order  to 
make  the  road  profitable  to  the  stockholders.  They  stated  that  the  total 
number  of  passengers  annually  over  the  Grafton  Turnpike,  and  the  Bris- 
tol, Sanbornton,  Meredith,  Sandwich,  Moultonborough,  Eaton,  Conway 
and  other  small  roads  was  34, 350,  and  most  of  these  would  be  diverted  from 
the  stage  routes  to  the  railroad.  The  4,600  passengers  over  the  Grafton 
Turnpike  would  take  the  road  at  Haverhill.  The  promoters  believed  that 
mountain  travel  would  add  something  to  the  income.  They  said: 
"The  White  Mountains,  Franconia  Notch,  Red  Hill  and  Center  Harbor, 


264  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  the  variety  of  natural  scenery  which  this  section  of  our  state  presents, 
it  is  well  known,  have  become  objects  of  great  attraction  and  are  visited 
by  thousands  of  people  from  all  parts  of  our  country.  Railroad  facilities 
into  these  mountain  regions  would  undoubtedly  increase  very  much  this 
kind  of  travel — many  suppose  it  would  double  in  a  single  year."  Then 
they  proceed  to  map  out  an  ideal  excursion.  "It  would  be  difficult  to 
imagine  a  more  beautifully,  romantic  excursion  than  this  would  afford, 
leaving  the  railroad  at  the  head  of  the  lake,  Meredith  Village,  passing  to 
Centre  Harbor,  which  is  a  place  of  great  resort,  being  in  the  vicinity  of  Red 
Hill,  thence  passing  up  the  southeast  side  of  the  White  Mountains 
through  the  Notch  to  the  Hotels  upon  the  west  side.  Then  visiting  the 
Franconia  Notch,  the  Flume,  the  Old  Man  of  the  Mountain,  and  passing 
out  striking  the  railroad  again  at  Plymouth ;  or  passing  down  the  Ammo- 
noosuc  into  the  Valley  of  the  Connecticut  at  Haverhill.  The  quantity  of 
this  mountain  travel  is  not  easily  estimated,  but  from  the  present  amount, 
it  may  be  set  down  as  no  inconsiderable  item  in  the  business  of  the  rail- 
road." In  the  light  of  present  day  summer  travel  this  outlook  into  the 
future  was  certainly  modest. 

But  the  promoters  of  the  road  expected  great  things  in  the  way  of 
Haverhill  business.  "Haverhill  Lime.  This  article  of  universal  con- 
sumption is  found  at  Haverhill,  contiguous  to  the  track  of  the  railroad 
(some  two  miles  distant).  According  to  Dr.  Jackson's  Geological  report, 
of  superior  quality,  better  than  the  best  of  Thomaston,  and  as  inexhaust- 
ible as  the  mountains  of  which  it  is  composed.  Lime  is  produced  here 
to  a  limited  extent,  being  carried  off  for  the  surrounding  country,  some  of 
it  as  far  down  as  Holderness.  There  is  no  doubt  that  lime  will  be  fur- 
nished for  our  entire  consumption  as  far  down  as  Nashua,  if  it  would  not 
compete  successfully  for  the  Lowell  and  Boston  markets;  and  this  item 
alone  will  furnish  many  thousands  of  tons  annually.  ...  Of  the 
lime  of  Haverhill  Dr.  Jackson  says:  'This  bed  of  limestone  is  of  incal- 
culable importance  to  the  people  of  New  Hampshire,  and  will  save  an 
immense  sum  from  expenditure  for  foreign  lime.'"  The  optimism  of 
these  statistics  has  not  been  justified  by  subsequent  events.  The  rail- 
road has  not  by  way  of  transportation  made  inroads  on  this  deposit. 
The  limekilns  at  the  base  of  Black  Mountain  have  fallen  into  decay,  and 
Haverhill  is  as  rich  as  ever  in  limestone  deposits. 

The  railroad  promoters  also  counted  on  making  Haverhill  the  seat  of 
an  iron  industry.  The  iron  ore  of  Piermont  was  within  a  mile  and  a  half 
of  the  line  of  road  as  surveyed.  Quoting  from  Dr.  Jackson:  "The 
Piermont  iron  mine  is  favorably  situated  for  advantageous  operations  in 
the  manufacture  of  iron.  The  ore  is  abundant  and  the  mine  will  need  no 
artificial  drainage.  Water  power  is  close  at  hand  and  is  unoccupied  at 
present.     Charcoal  may  be  had  in  any  desired  quantity,  for  three  or  four 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  265 

dollars  per  100  bushels.  Stone,  proper  for  the  construction  of  blast 
furnaces,  is  found  in  the  immediate  vicinity."  The  furnaces  have  never 
been  erected.  Iron  and  lime  have  been  transported  in,  not  out.  Strange 
that  in  this  outlook  for  business,  the  whetstone  factory  at  the  end  of  the 
survey  was  overlooked,  as  were  also  the  cattle,  swine  and  sheep  then 
driven  to  market,  but  later  filling  long  heavily  loaded  cattle  trains. 

The  difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  construction  of  the  road  were  great, 
and  would  have  seemed  insurmountable  to  men  less  determined  than  its 
promoters,  and  less  energetic  than  the  president  of  the  Corporation, 
Josiah  Quincy,  whose  indomitable  zeal  and  self-sacrificing  devotion  to  the 
task  which  he  unwillingly  accepted  won  at  last  merited  success. 

Some  of  these  obstacles  were  detailed  in  a  paper  written  by  Mr.  Quincy 
in  1873  for  perusal  by  his  children.  His  story  was  an  interesting  one. 
A  part  of  this  paper  is  here  presented : 

Our  plan  was  to  connect  with  the  Passumpsic  Road  at  Wells  River,  and  by  that  road 
with  the  Grand  Trunk  in  Canada.  The  gentlemen  who  represented  the  Passumpsic 
interest  gave  us  the  strongest  assurances  of  their  co-operation,  cautioned  us  against  being 
carried  away  by  side  issues,  and  begged  us  to  reject  at  once  all  applications  to  deviate 
from  the  general  course  proposed. 

At  the  time  our  road  was  chartered,  a  charter  was  granted  to  the  Cheshire  and  to  the 
Northern  roads.  It  was  then  understood  that  the  Cheshire  was  to  connect  with  the 
Rutland,  the  Northern  with  the  Vermont  Central,  and  the  territory  through  which  they 
respectively  passed  was  assigned  to  them,  while  the  territory  through  which  the  upper 
part  of  the  Passumpsic  and  Connecticut  River  lies  was  assigned  to  us.  A  scheme  was, 
however,  privately  formed  to  defeat  the  building  of  our  road,  and  to  have  the  Passump- 
sic connect  with  the  Northern  about  forty  miles  down  the  Connecticut  River.  I 
received  notice  that  a(committee  of  the  Passumpsic  road  were  in  Boston  attempting  to 
carry  such  a  scheme  into  effect.  I  immediately  went  to  Boston,  where  I  'found  the  com- 
mittee and  was  informed  by  them  that  the  Northern  had  offered  to  subscribe  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars  to  their  stock,  on  condition  that  they  should  leave  us  and  join  them. 
This  was  entirely  out  of  the  question  as  we  could  not  secure  subscriptions  to  stock  to 
build  our  own  road.  They  made  the  threatened  arrangement,  thus  abandoning  us 
entirely,  and  informed  us  that  the  promised  subscription  had  been  made.  This  sub- 
scription we  afterward  proved  before  the  railroad  committee  of  the  Legislature  was  a 
bogus  one.  There  were  but  few  subscribers,  some  of  whom  took  $50,000  apiece,  and  all 
lent  their  names  with  the  understanding  and  agreement  that  they  were  not  to  take  a 
single  dollar  of  the  stock  subscribed  for.  The  Concord  Road,  also,  which  we  supposed 
would  be  greatly  benefited  by  the  building  of  our  road,  turned  a  cold  shoulder  to  us,  and 
exerted  its  influence,  which  was  then  great  against  us.  Its  principal  managers  sneeringly 
said  we  could  "not  get  stock  enough  to  operate  a  wheelbarrow."  Wherever  our  agents 
went  in  Boston  to  procure  subscriptions,  they  were  preceded  or  followed  by  parties  in 
the  interest  of  the  Passumpsic  and  Northern  roads,  who  insisted  upon  our  inability  to 
accomplish  anything,  and  who  declared  that  every  cent  of  money  paid  us  would  be  lost. 
The  struggle  was  so  hard  and  our  prospects  were  so  discouraging,  that  at  one  time  we 
accepted  a  proposition  from  the  Northern  directors  to  the  effect  that  they  should  furnish 
us  sufficient  subscriptions  to  our  stock  to  build  our  road  to  the  present  Laconia,  which 
should  be  our  terminus;  and  that  our  road  from  Concord  to  Sanbornton  should  be  trans- 
ferred to  them.  The  bargain  was  to  be  ratified  in  Boston,  but  upon  our  proceeding 
thither  for  this  purpose,  they  peremptorily  withdrew  from  it.     Mr.  Addison  Gilmore 


266  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

(who  was  at  that  time  a  kind  of  railroad  king)  having  assured  them  that  if  they  should 
let  us  alone,  we  must  fail  and  that  we  could  not  complete  a  single  mile  without  their 
assistance. 

By  incessant  labor  and  with  wearing  effort  we  at  length  graded  our  road  to  Sanborn- 
ton,  when  a  new  and  utterly  unsuspected  difficulty  assailed  us.  Our  agent  made  an 
agreement  with  a  Boston  firm  for  the  iron  required,  stipulating  that  the  order  and  pat- 
tern should  be  sent  to  England  by  the  next  steamer  which  was  to  sail  in  one  or  two  days. 
When  too  late,  I  learned  that  the  vessel  had  sailed  without  the  order,  and  upon  asking 
the  cause,  was  told  that  after  our  agent  had  left  the  city,  certain  gentlemen  connected 
with  the  Passumpsic  and  Northern  roads  had  assured  the  firm  that  we  could  not  pay  for 
the  iron,  that  our  pattern  would  be  unsalable,  and  that  consequently  it  would  be  a  dead 
loss.  I  immediately  cancelled  the  bargain,  and  dispatched  an  agent  to  England,  who 
bought  the  iron  of  the  very  house  from  which  it  was  to  have  been  obtained  by  the  Boston 
parties,  and  thus  saved  in  commissions  about  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

After  our  road  was  opened  to  Sanbornton,  two  lines  of  stages  from  the  north  connected 
with  it.  We  had  the  sympathy  of  the  people  through  that  section  and  northern  Vermont, 
and  not  only  were  the  stages  filled  to  their  utmost  capacity,  but,  at  times,  all  the  car- 
riages which  could  be  obtained  were  pressed  into  the  service.  The  Northern  put  on  an 
opposition  line  from  Plymouth  to  their  road  but  obtained  little  patronage.  The  North- 
ern built  a  branch  road  to  Bristol  for  the  purpose  of  heading  us  off,  but  without  success. 
A  great  effort  was  also  made  to  stop  us  at  Laconia.  Just  before  the  annual  meeting  when 
the  subject  of  extension  was  to  be  considered,  Mr.  French,  who  was  then  our  treasurer, 
was  induced  to  issue  a  circular  purporting  to  give  the  condition  of  our  affairs,  and  pro- 
fessing to  show  that  we  could  not  proceed  further.  In  this  were  statements  absolutely 
false.  I  immediately  went  to  Concord,  took  the  books  from  Mr.  French,  appointed  Mr. 
George  Minot  treasurer,  and  issued  another  circular  stating  the  facts.  At  the  meeting  it 
was  voted  to  go  on,  and  the  utmost  efforts  continued  to  be  made  to  promote  success.     .     .     . 

We  struggled  on,  but  could  not  get  sufficient  stock  taken  and  were  obliged  to  borrow 
money.  This  could  not  be  raised  simply  on  the  Corporation  notes,  and  some  of  the 
directors  were  obliged  to  indorse  them.  Times  were  hard  and  we  had  to  pay  large  sums 
to  keep  our  floating  debt  along.  ...  It  was  a  gloomy  time  for  us.  Our  difficulties 
increased  instead  of  diminishing,  and  at  length  became  insurmountable.  I  was  holden 
as  endorser  for  large  sums  and  finally  I  advised  the  directors  to  stop  payment  and  put 
the  road  into  the  hands  of  trustees  to  secure  the  endorsers.  This  was  done,  strenuous 
efforts  were  made  to  sell  the  bonds,  a  thorough  investigation  was  made  into  the  affairs 
of  the  corporation  and  every  debt  was  paid. 

This  statement  of  President  Quincy  gives  some  idea  of  the  almost 
insuperable  obstacles  which  met  the  directors  of  the  corporation  in  the 
construction  of  the  road.  At  the  annual  meeting  in  1850  the  directors 
reported  the  road  as  open  to  Plymouth,  and  in  1851  it  was  open  to  Warren, 
and  work  was  proceeding  on  the  unfinished  section  to  the  north.  The 
location  of  the  road  in  Haverhill  was  not  fully  decided  until  the  summer 
of  1851.  The  Passumpsic  owners  were  anxious  that  whatever  junction 
was  made  with  this  road  should  be  at  Newbury  instead  of  Wells  River, 
and  the  people  at  Haverhill  Corner  also  hoped  that  this  would  be  the 
plan  finally  adopted.  In  their  annual  report  in  May,  1852,  the  directors 
say: 

During  the  last  summer,  negotiations  were  entered  into  between  this  Corporation 
and  the  Connecticut  and  Passumpsic  Rivers  Railroad,  for  a  connection  of  the  two  roads, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  267 

but  that  company  was  extremely  desirous  it  should  be  made  at  Newbury  instead  of 
Wells  River,  and  made  proposals  in  accordance  with  that  wish.  Such  propositions 
could  not,  of  course,  receive  other  than  the  most  attentive  consideration  of  this  board; 
and  three  lines  were  surveyed  into  Newbury,  with  a  view  to  determine  its  practicability. 
The  result  was  that  considering  the  progress  that  had  been  made  above  the  point  of 
divergence  between  the  lines  to  Newbury  and  Wells  River,  there  would  have  been  no 
saving  of  expense,  and  it  would  have  been  attended  with  the  permanent  disadvantage  of 
a  grade  of  nearly  seventy  five  feet  to  get  down  to  the  line  of  the  Passumpsic  track,  as  well 
as  danger  from  freshets  to  the  road  and  bridge  in  crossing  the  intervale  lands  at  New- 
bury. Under  this  aspect  of  the  case  as  presented  in  the  engineers  report,  this  Board  con- 
sidered a  connection  there  as  substantially  impracticable,  and  declined  the  proposition. 

The  road  was  opened  to  East  Haverhill  in  the  fall  of  1852,  and  in  May, 
1853,  to  Woodsville.  The  Passumpsic  railroad  having  failed  to  force  a 
junction  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  at  Newbury,  were  deter- 
mined to  prevent  a  junction,  if  possible,  at  Wells  River.  The  White 
Mountain  Road  was  approaching  completion.  If  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  was  halted  at  Newbury,  the  White  Mountain  would  be 
obliged  to  take  all  its  mountain  passenger  travel  from  the  Passumpsic  at 
Wells  River,  or  at  the  New  Hampshire  line.  The  Passumpsic  proposed 
to  control  the  mountain  travel.  It  laid  out  a  spur  track  from  its  main 
tracks  to  the  prospective  bridge  across  the  Connecticut,  in  order  to  reach 
the  White  Mountain  Railroad,  but  not  proposing  to  have  any  connection 
with  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal.  The  latter  could  not  extend 
its  road  into  Vermont  without  a  charter  from  that  state,  and  with  the 
president  of  the  Passumpsic  corporation  holding  the  office  at  the  same 
time  of  Governor  of  Vermont,  this  charter  could  not  be  obtained.  The 
Passumpsic,  on  the  other  hand,  could  not  build  a  bridge  across  the  river 
without  a  New  Hampshire  charter,  and  this  it  could  not  obtain.  On  the 
advice  of  counsel  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  purchased  land  on 
the  Vermont  side  of  the  river  for  bridge  abutments,  acquiring  title  to  some 
eight  acres  of  land  extending  to  the  Passumpsic  right  of  way.  The 
Passumpsic  then  undertook,  by  way  of  injunction,  to  prevent  the  build- 
ing of  a  bridge  abutment  on  the  land  purchased  by  the  rival  road,  and 
failing  in  this  tried  to  confiscate  the  land  to  the  state  on  the  ground  that  a 
foreign  corporation  could  not  hold  land  in  Vermont,  but  the  courts  held 
that  such  corporation  could  so  hold.  Resort  was  then  had  to  physical 
force.  The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  began  to  grade  for  tracks  on 
its  land,  and  the  Passumpsic  sent  a  small  army  by  night  to  destroy  the 
work  done.  The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  did  this  work  over 
again,  removing  obstructions  made  by  their  rivals  and  for  some  days 
exciting,  though  bloodless  warfare  followed.  In  the  end  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Corporation  won  out,  and  its  tracks  were  permanently  laid  on  the 
Vermont  side  of  the  river.  There  was  a  great  celebration  at  Woodsville 
in  May,  1853,  when  the  road  was  opened  to  that  point  and  the  junction 


268  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

with  the  Passumpsic  was  completed,  though  trains  did  not  begin  to  run 
regularly  till  August.  The  rivalry  between  the  roads  was  continued  for 
some  time,  and  the  weapon  of  cut  rates  was  brought  into  use.  The  Bos- 
ton, Concord  and  Montreal  during  the  summer  of  1853,  and  perhaps  later 
also,  ran  a  stage  from  Newbury  to  Haverhill  depot,  and  gave  passenger 
service  from  Newbury  to  Concord  and  other  points  between  Concord 
and  Boston  at  less  rates  than  were  charged  by  the  Passumpsic  over  its 
line  to  the  same  places.  This  was  somewhat  unprofitable,  and  the 
bitter  railroad  fight  was  soon  ended. 

For  three  or  four  years  previous  to  granting  the  charter  to  the  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal  there  had  been  strong  opposition  to  such  grant  to 
any  railroad,  and  the  dominant  democratic  party  was  divided  into  two 
factions,  the  one  led  by  Isaac  Hill  being  an  anti-railroad  faction.  It 
especially  opposed  permitting  railroads  to  secure  right  of  way  by  right  of 
eminent  domain,  but  insisted  that  such  right  should  be  acquired  only  by 
purchase  from  individual  owners  of  land.  Finally  by  act  of  June,  1844, 
all  railroad  corporations  were  declared  to  be  public  corporations,  and  a 
board  of  railroad  commissioners  was  created  with  power  to  determine 
routes  and  assess  damages  for  right  of  way  where  agreement  was  not 
had  between  corporations  and  individual  owners.  The  damages  awarded 
Haverhill  land  owners  by  the  railroad  commissioners  for  right  of  way 
amounted  to  $4,643.73  of  which  $1,100  or  nearly  one-fourth  was  awarded 
to  Windsor  S.  Cobleigh,  owner  of  the  property  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  the  Cottage  Hospital.  It  happened  that  Mr.  Cobleigh  had  but  a 
little  before  erected  new  buildings  that  had  to  be  removed  or  destroyed. 

The  line  of  the  road  extended  for  about  sixteen  miles  in  Haverhill,  and 
stations  were  established  at  Woodsville,  North  Haverhill,  Haverhill, 
Pike  Station,  East  Haverhill  and  later  at  Horse  Meadow,  between  Woods- 
ville and  North  Haverhill. 

As  has  been  noted  the  progress  in  construction  was  slow,  largely  due  to 
the  difficulty  experienced  in  raising  the  necessary  funds.  When  the 
construction  account  closed  in  May,  1856,  it  footed  up  $2,580,134.78, 
and  $282,288.33  had  been  expended  for  equipment.  The  liabilities  were 
$850,000  in  bonds,  a  floating  debt  of  $239,743.82,  $800,000  of  preferred, 
$541,000  of  new,  and  $421,700  of  old  stock.  The  income  for  the  year 
ending  April  30,  1856,  was  $286,949.83,  and  the  operating  expense 
$163,378.67,  a  net  income  of  $123,949.83.  But  the  tide  of  liabilities  con- 
stantly increased,  and  in  January,  1857,  the  property  was  assigned  to 
trustees,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  devise  some  means  for  pro- 
viding for  the  floating  debt  and  the  maturing  bonds.  The  committee 
were  measurably  successful  and  in  1860  the  management  reverted  to  the 
directors. 

In  1860  John  E.  Lyon  of  Boston,  who  had  become  interested  in  the 


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road,  succeeded  Josiah  Quincy  as  president  of  the  board  of  directors. 
From  that  time  until  his  death  in  April,  1877,  he  was  the  controlling 
spirit  of  the  road.  He  foresaw  the  possibilities  of  the  road  as  an  avenue 
to  the  mountain  region,  and  he  had  the  strength  to  grasp  them.  He  had 
large  resources  and  he  devoted  them  all  to  the  support  and  extension  of 
the  road;  and  step  by  step,  in  spite  of  great  obstacles,  he  carried  the  road 
through  the  wilderness  and  over  the  steeps  to  Groveton  and  Fabyan's. 

The  White  Mountain  Road  was  chartered  in  1848,  and  opened  to 
Littleton  in  August,  1853.  As  it  was  without  equipment,  the  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal  agreed  to  run  its  trains  over  its  track  for  $7,000 
a  year,  and  in  1859  leased  the  road  at  an  annual  rental  of  $10,000  for  five 
years.  This  lease  was  subsequently  extended,  until  in  1873  the  White 
Mountain  was  consolidated  with  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal,  its 
stockholders  exchanging  their  stock  for  $300,000  in  6  per  cent  consolidated 
bonds.  Prior  to  this  the  White  Mountain  had  been  extended  to  the 
Wing  Road  in  Bethlehem,  which  it  reached  October  1,  1869;  to  Lancaster, 
January  1,  1872;  to  Groveton,  August,  1872,  and  to  Fabyan's  in  July, 
1874.  The  cost  of  these  extensions,  about  $1,440,000,  was  provided  for 
as  far  as  possible  by  the  sale  of  mortgage  bonds.  In  July,  1876,  the  road 
was  extended  to  the  base  of  Mt.  Washington,  giving  direct  connection 
from  that  point  to  the  summit  of  the  mountain.  The  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  voted  in  1881  to  lease  the  Pemigewasset  Valley  Road  for  a 
period  of  ninety-nine  years  at  a  rental  of  6  per  cent  of  its  cost. 

As  has  been  the  case  with  other  roads,  the  benefits  growing  out  of  con- 
struction have  largely  accrued  to  the  state,  and  to  the  communities 
through  which  the  road  has  passed,  rather  than  to  its  builders.  The  town 
of  Haverhill,  especially  the  Woodsville  section,  owes  much  of  its  pros- 
perity to  the  railroad.  The  original  stock,  amounting  to  $1,000,000, 
until  the  merger  of  the  road  in  the  Concord  paid  nothing  but  scrip  divi- 
dends, and  $800,000  preferred  likewise  paid  nothing  until  1869,  after 
which  it  paid  3  per  cent  semiannually  until  1885. 

In  1884  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  and  its  leased  lines  was 
leased  to  the  Boston  and  Lowell  for  a  period  of  ninety-nine  years,  the  rental 
being  guaranteed  to  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  its  indebtedness, 
the  rental  due  the  Pemigewasset  Valley  Road,  and  6  per  cent  on  the  pre- 
ferred stock  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  for  the  first  year  of  the 
lease  and  5  per  cent  thereafter.  This  lease  however  was  declared  in- 
valid in  March,  1887,  and  a  fight  was  inaugurated  between  the  Concord 
and  the  Boston  and  Lowell  to  secure  legislation  which  would  enable  a 
valid  lease  to  be  made  to  the  latter  road.  After  a  long  and  bitter  con- 
test, such  an  act  was  passed  which  was  vetoed  by  the  governor,  and  the 
Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  returned  into  the  hands  of  its  stock- 
holders.    Subsequently  the  larger  part  of  the  stock  of  all  descriptions  was 


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purchased  by  a  syndicate  of  stockholders  of  the  Concord  Railroad,  and 
in  November,  1888,  a  contract  was  made  with  the  Concord  Road  which 
placed  the  operation  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  in  the  hands 
of  the  former,  which  was  followed  by  the  merger  of  the  two  roads  in 
September,  1889,  into  a  single  corporation  under  the  Corporate  title  of 
Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad,  and  this  latter  road  with  its  leased 
lines  was  in  turn  leased  to  the  Boston  and  Maine,  June  29,  1895,  and 
became  part  of  that  great  New  England  system. 

The  land  damage  to  owners  of  land  for  right  of  way  by  Boston,  Con- 
cord and  Montreal  Railroad  through  the  town  of  Haverhill  as  awarded 
by  Asa  P.  Cate,  J.  M.  Weeks  and  S.  M.  Dearborn,  commissioners,  in 
September  and  November,  1851,  was  as  follows: 

F.  &H.  Keyes $111.00 

Town  of  Haverhill 75 .00 

Archibald  Hoyt 60.00 

Abigail  Eastman,  Guard 12.50 

John  C.  Morse 161 .00 

Windsor  S.  Cobleigh 1,100.00 


Alexander  Manson $100 .00 


Lyman  G.  Clark 

Isaac  Pike 

Henry  M.  Marsh 

Caleb  S.  Hunt 

Abner  Bailey 

Joshua  Q.  Clark 

J.  Powers  &  E.  Swift 
John  S.  Sanborn 
Ruth  E.  Eastman 

Hannah  Currier 

William  Waddell 

James  Woodward  .  .  . 


72.00 

65.00 

45.00 

2.00 

20.00 

24.00 

1.00 

38.00 

12.50 

25.00 

81.00 

230.23 

Stephen  Farnsworth 280 .00 


Horace  Jones 
B.  F.  Palmer . 


B.  F.  Simpson,  Lowell  man .  . 

David  Dickey 

Charles  R.  Smith 

Henry  O.  Eastman 

Betsey  Johnson 


225.00 
50.00 

165.00 
25.00 
31.00 


70.00 

180.00 

Jeremy  S.  Cross 120 .00 

Charles  Wetherbee 100 .00 

Lyman  Buck 35 .00 

William  Bailey 42 .50 

Jefferson  Pennock 230 .00 

John  F.  Mulliken 202 .00 

Hubert  Eastman 50 .  00 

Major  Nelson 200 .00 

J.  M.  Morse  and  wife 60.00 

Francis  D.  Kimball 365 .00 


The  commissioners  also  awarded  damages  for  White  Mountain  right 
of  way  in  Haverhill,  as  follows:  Socrates  Tuttle  and  Franklin  Eastman 
of  Barnet,  Vt.,  $184.00;  Isaac  F.  Allen,  $800.00.  The  right  of  way 
through  land  of  Abiel  Deming  and  other  parties  was  purchased. 

As  has  been  noted,  the  building  of  the  railroad  and  the  enlargement  and 
improvement  of  its  facilities  operated  disastrously  on  the  further  growth 
and  development  of  the  village  at  Haverhill  Corner,  and  Woodsville  at 
the  other  extreme  corner  of  the  town,  an  insignificant  hamlet  in  1880, 
advantageously  situated  at  the  junction  with  the  Passumpsic,  and  later 
with  Montpelier  and  Wells  River  railroad,  grew  into  a  busy  railroad 
centre,  more  than  offsetting  in  its  growth  and  prosperity  the  decadence 
into  which  its  sister  village  fell,  when  stage  lines  were  superseded  by  rail- 
road trains,  when  manufactories  at  the  Brook  were  given  up,  when  the 
Court  house  and  County  offices  were  removed,  and  when  a  large  and 
important  section  of  the  village  was  devastated  by  fire. 


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Haverhill,  except  for  the  village  of  Woodsville,  has,  in  common  with 
most  other  farming  towns  of  the  county,  and  for  that  matter  of  the  state, 
fallen  off  in  population  since  the  building  of  railroads.  Some  of  the 
towns  have  grown  and  increased  in  population  by  the  building  up  and 
growth  of  manufactures,  but  Haverhill  is  not  of  this  number.  Except 
for  the  whetstone  plant  at  Pike,  and  to  a  limited  extent  a  lumber 
industry  it  is  still  a  farming  town,  and  maintains  its  old  time  reputa- 
tion of  being  one  of  the  best  in  the  state,  but  that  it  has  in  recent  years 
increased  in  population  and  valuation  is  due  to  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  Woodsville  as  a  railroad  centre,  and  railroad  division  head- 
quarters. 

The  census  statistics  for  Haverhill  and  Grafton  County  from  1840  to 
the  present  time  tell  their  own  story.  In  that  year  when  the  Corner  was 
at  the  height  of  its  prosperity  as  county  seat  and  stage  centre  the  popula- 
tion of  the  town  was  2,675;  in  1850,  2,405;  in  1860,  2,291;  in  1870,  2,270; 
in  1880,  2,452;  in  1890,  2,545;  in  1900,  3,414;  in  1910,  3,498.  The  growth 
since  1870  has  all  been  in  Woodsville,  and  this  has  been  coincident  with 
the  growth  in  importance  of  Woodsville  as  a  railroad  centre.  Its  most 
marked  growth  was  in  the  decade  1890-1900,  when  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  merged  with  the  Concord  into  the  Concord  and  Montreal, 
was  leased  to  the  Boston  and  Maine  and  Woodsville  became  the  head- 
quarters of  an  important  division  of  a  large  and  powerful  railroad  sys- 
tem. The  growth  of  the  town  has  been  proportionately  larger  than  the 
growth  of  the  county,  to  which  contribution  has  been  made  by  the  col- 
lege town  of  Hanover  and  the  manufacturing  towns  of  Littleton  and 
Lebanon. 

The  population  of  Grafton  County  in  1860,  was  42,245;  in  1870,  38,725; 
in  1880,  38,791;  in  1890,  37,145;  in  1900,  40,844;  in  1910,  41,632.  The 
county  reached  high-water  mark  in  1860.  Its  population  in  1910  was 
less  by  613  than  in  the  former  year,  while  that  of  Haverhill  was  1,207  more. 
Yet  there  have  been  prominent  Haverhill  citizens  who  have  decried  the 
advantages  accruing  to  the  town  from  railroad  transportation  and  facili- 
ties, and  have  used  their  utmost  endeavor  to  prevent  railroad  develop- 
ment and  prosperity. 

The  application  of  electricity  to  transportation  is  in  its  infancy  and 
its  history  is  yet  to  be  written. 


CHAPTER   XII 


COURTS   AND   BAR 

Courts  Established  in  Grafton  County  in  1773 — Court  House  in  Haverhill — 
First  Term  April  21,  1774 — Suspended  During  the  Revolution — Court 
House  Built — Dissatisfaction — Moved  to  Corner  in  1793 — Burned  in  1814 
— Rebuilt  in  Connection  with  Academy — 'New  Court  House  Erected  in 
1846 — Registery  of  Deeds,  Probate  Office  and  Jail  Followed — -Removed 
to  Woodsville — The  Bar — Moses  Dow,  Alden  Sprague,  George  Woodward, 
John  Nilson,  David  Sloane,  Joseph  Bell,  Nathan  B.  Felton  and  Others — 
Gilchrist  in  Case  of  Statute  Lawyers — Haverhill  Police  Court. 

The  proprietors  of  Haverhill  embraced  every  opportunity  which  pre- 
sented itself  to  secure  for  their  township  anything  which  would  tend  to 
promote  its  growth  and  prosperity,  and  give  it  a  leading  position  among 
its  sister  townships.  They  failed  of  securing  the  location  of  Dartmouth 
College  within  its  borders,  but  were  more  successful  in  their  efforts  to 
have  the  town  made  the  county  seat. 

It  was  not  until  1755  that  any  effort  was  made  to  divide  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire  into  counties.  In  January  of  that  year  it  was  pro- 
posed to  set  up  two  counties — Portsmouth  and  Cumberland — with  the 
Merrimack  River  as  the  dividing  line  between  them.  The  Assembly 
favorably  entertained  the  proposition,  but  the  council  rejected  the  plan 
since  it  provided  for  a  court  at  Exeter  as  well  as  at  Portsmouth,  and  this 
could  by  no  means  be  consented  to.  It  was  not  till  1769  when  an  agree- 
ment was  finally  reached  and  the  approval  of  the  Crown  secured.  March 
19,  1771,  five  counties  were  erected:  Rockingham,  Strafford,  Hills- 
borough, Cheshire  and  Grafton.  Strafford  and  Grafton,  on  account  of 
sparsity  of  population,  were  annexed  to  Rockingham,  until  the  governor, 
with  advice  of  the  council,  should  declare  them  competent  to  exercise 
their  respective  jurisdictions.     This  was  done  in  1773. 

Grafton  County  was  territorially  large,  embracing  all  of  the  present 
counties  of  Grafton  and  Coos,  a  large  part  of  Carroll  and  parts  of  Merri- 
mack and  Sullivan.  According  to  a  census  taken  of  twenty-five  towns  in 
the  county  in  1773,  it  had  a  population  of  3,549,  including  90  students  in 
Dartmouth  College  and  20  slaves.  A  census  ordered  by  the  Revolution- 
ary Convention  of  1775  resulted  in  a  return  of  4,101.  The  importance  of 
Haverhill  among  these  towns  is  seen  from  the  fact  that,  in  1767,  five  years 
after  its  settlement  was  begun,  it  had  a  population  of  172,  which  had 
increased  to  365  in  1775. 

In  anticipation  of  the  organization  of  the  county  the  proprietors,  at  a 

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meeting  May  12,  1772,  took  measures  to  secure  for  their  town  the  distinc- 
tion of  county  seat.  Col.  John  Hurd  was  in  high  favor  with  the  govern- 
ment at  Portsmouth,  and  was  at  that  time  in  the  town  by  the  sea.  He 
was  chosen  agent  to  petition  the  General  Assembly  to  secure  the  bringing 
of  the  courts  to  Haverhill,  and  for  such  service  he  was  voted,  if  successful, 
"  1,000  acres  of  land  in  the  undivided  land  in  the  township  of  Haverhill," 
with  "liberty  to  pitch  it  in  square  form."  Col.  Asa  Porter  was  chosen  to 
send  a  copy  of  the  vote  to  Colonel  Hurd  by  "the  easiest  method"  which 
doubtless  meant  that  he  made  a  personal  visit  to  Portsmouth.  Colonel 
Hurd  was  successful  in  securing  the  county  seat  for  Haverhill,  but  the 
proprietors  later  refused  him  the  land  they  had  promised.  They  did, 
however,  reimburse  him  for  cash  expended  in  the  matter,  since  at  a  meet- 
ing held  August  16,  1773,  they  voted  to  allow  his  account  as  follows: 
"Cash  paid  for  two  petitions  to  the  General  Cort  to  gitt  the  Courts  in 
Haverhill,  12s;  cash  paid  to  Mr.  Livermore,  12s;  cash  paid  to  Mr.  Lovel, 
£2,  8s."  The  total  was  £3,  12s,  a  modest  sum  for  securing  so  important 
results. 

With  the  organization  of  the  county,  it  was  included  in  the  circuit  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  Judicature.  A  county  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
of  four  justices  and  a  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  composed 
of  the  justices  of  peace  resident  in  the  county,  were  established  with  the 
other  departments  of  county  civil  government. 

The  Court  of  Common  Pleas  was  an  exceptionally  able  one  in  its  per- 
sonnel. Col.  John  Hurd  of  Haverhill  was  named  as  chief  justice,  with 
Col.  Asa  Porter  of  Haverhill,  David  Hobart  of  Plymouth,  and  Bezaleel 
Woodward  of  Hanover,  as  associates.  Colonels  Hurd  and  Porter  were 
graduates  of  Harvard,  and  had  large  influence  in  giving  Haverhill  early 
prominence.  Colonel  Hurd  had  been  receiver  of  quit  rents,  and,  besides 
his  appointment  as  chief  justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  he  was 
also  appointed  county  treasurer  and  register  of  deeds.  He  had  large 
holdings  of  lands  in  Haverhill  and  also  in  other  towns  of  the  county. 
Colonel  Hobart  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Plymouth  and  was  active  in 
the  military  affairs  of  the  Province.  Bezaleel  Woodward  came  from  Con- 
necticut with  Eleazar  Wheelock,  and  was  professor  in  the  college  at  Han- 
over. A  graduate  of  Yale,  he  was  for  a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years 
the  final  legal  authority  in  Hanover  and  the  neighboring  towns.  He  was 
trial  justice  for  many  years  under  the  authority  of  both  New  Hampshire 
and  Vermont.  Col.  John  Fenton  of  Plymouth  was  clerk.  It  was  a  dis- 
tinguished court.  It  is  doubtful  if  the  Grafton  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
ever  saw  an  abler  bench. 

The  first  term  of  this  court  of  which  there  is  record  was  held  at  Haver- 
hill April  21,  1774,  the  chief  justice  and  associate  justices  being  present. 
The  term  lasted  for  three  days.     John  Fenton  was  clerk.     There  were 

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twenty-three  cases  on  the  docket  of  which  fifteen  were  disposed  of,  and 
of  these  fifteen,  six  were  tried  by  a  jury.  Eight  were  continued  to  the 
July  term.  The  counsel  in  the  cases  whose  names  appear  on  this  first 
docket  were  Jonathan  M.  Sewall  of  Portsmouth  who  had  been  appointed 
register  of  probate  and  who  probably  intended  to  settle  in  the  county  as  a 
lawyer,  and  who  appeared  for  the  plaintiff  in  each  case,  and  Simeon  Olcott 
of  Charlestown  who  was  entered  for  the  defendant  in  two  cases.  There 
were  probably  no  resident  attorneys  in  the  county.  Moses  Dow  suc- 
ceeded Sewall  as  register  of  probate  in  this  same  year,  1774,  and  at  the 
October  term  of  the  court  in  Haverhill  his  name  appears  on  the  docket  of 
forty  cases  as  attorney,  together  with  those  of  J.  M.  Sewall  and  Samuel 
Livermore  of  Portsmouth  and  B.  West,  Jr.  The  full  bench  was  present, 
as  it  also  was  at  the  April  term,  1775,  when  the  names  of  Chief  Justice 
Hurd  and  Associate  Justice  Porter  appear  as  parties  in  suits.  As  this 
April  term  was  the  last  held  by  this  court  previous  to  the  Revolution, 
only  three  terms  were  held  in  Haverhill.  At  the  July  term,  which  was  set 
for  Plymouth,  only  Associate  Justice  Hobart  appeared  and  no  business 
was  transacted.  Adjournment  was  taken  to  the  second  Tuesday  in 
October  to  meet  in  Haverhill,  but  there  is  no  record  that  the  court  met  or 
that  any  term  was  held.  The  King's  courts  ceased  to  do  business  in  Graf- 
ton County.  Though  the  Provincial  Congress  of  1776  reorganized  them 
with  a  reformed  personnel  in  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  the  times,  there 
is  no  record  that  the  Common  Pleas  transacted  any  business,  and  it  prob- 
ably never  met  during  the  war. 

The  members  of  the  first  court  were  then  variously  occupied.  Chief 
Justice  Hurd  was  an  active  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Committee  of 
Safety  for  Grafton  County.  He  took  an  early  and  pronounced  stand  in 
the  cause  of  independency,  and  had  a  general  charge  of  all  military  opera- 
tions in  the  Coos  country,  until,  because  of  his  loyalty  to  and  warm  parti- 
sanship for  the  Exeter  government,  his  influence  was  undermined  by  the 
faction  in  the  Connecticut  Valley  which,  repudiating  that  government, 
was  endeavoring  by  effecting  a  union  with  Vermont  towns  to  establish  a 
new  state,  and  he  was  practically  forced  to  leave  the  county,  returning  to 
his  old  home  in  Boston.  Judge  Porter  did  not  find  time  hanging  heavy 
on  his  hands,  as  he  was  facing  charges  of  Toryism  and  disloyalty,  and  for 
a  considerable  period  was  under  surveillance  on  his  father's  farm  in  Box- 
ford,  Mass.  '  Judge  Woodward  was  devoting  himself  to  the  promotion  of 
a  scheme  for  the  annexation  of  that  part  of  Vermont  east  of  the  Green 
Mountains  and  known  as  New  Hampshire  Grants  to  western  New  Hamp- 
shire in  which  event  he  would  have  the  capital  of  the  state  thus  formed  at 
Hanover,  the  seat  of  Dartmouth  College,  or  in  some  near-by  town,  and 
Haverhill  was  a  party  to  this  scheme.  Judge  Hobart  was  in  the  saddle 
at  the  front,  rendering  valuable  and  efficient  service  with  his  sword. 


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Colonel  Fenton,  clerk  of  courts  and  judge  of  probate,  had  been  deprived 
of  his  office  and  sent  out  of  the  country  for  his  country's  good. 

Grafton  County  was  too  thoroughly  occupied  with  other  matters  to 
pay  attention  to  litigation  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  was  not  reorganized  until  1782,  when  Samuel  Emerson 
of  Plymouth,  Ezekiel  Ladd  and  James  Woodward,  both  of  Haverhill, 
and  Enoch  Page  were  named  as  judges,  with  George  Williamson  Liver- 
more  of  Holderness  as  clerk. 

The  first  term  of  the  new  court  was  held  in  Haverhill  August  3,  1782. 
Ten  cases,  which  had  been  continued  from  the  April  term  of  1775,  were 
disposed  of  and  there  were  twenty-one  cases  on  the  new  docket.  The 
counsel  appearing  were  Moses  Dow  of  Haverhill,  John  Porter  of  Plymouth 
and  Aaron  Hutchinson  of  Lebanon,  and  so  far  as  the  records  show  these 
were  the  only  members  of  the  bar  in  the  county  at  that  time.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  court  were  laymen.  Lawyers  were  not  numerous,  and  those 
who  were  competent  for  judicial  honors  could  hardly  afford  to  accept 
places  on  the  bench  on  account  of  the  insufficient  salaries.  For  some 
years  it  was  as  much  the  custom  to  appoint  physicians,  clergymen  and 
merchants  to  the  bench  as  members  of  the  legal  profession.  There  is 
good  authority  for  saying  that  the  laymen  of  that  period  made  better 
judges  than  such  lawyers  as  could  afford  and  were,  therefore,  willing  to 
accept  appointments.  Lawyers  were  not  popular  in  many  towns  in  the 
period  immediately  following  the  Revolution.  A  general  demoralization 
following  the  war,  the  evils  arising  from  an  unlimited  issue  of  paper 
money,  confiscation  of  the  property  of  those  who  had  been  adjudged 
Tories,  the  contracting  of  debts  the  payment  of  which  became  hopeless, 
the  relations  of  church  and  state,  and  questions  arising  out  of  grants  of 
lands  and  townships  by  the  Province  governors  resulted  in  a  flood  of  liti- 
gation in  which  lawyers  seemed  to  derive  most  of  the  benefit  instead  of 
litigants,  and  lawyers  were,  for  a  time,  not  only  unpopular,  but  no  incon- 
siderable party  demanded  the  abolition  of  the  profession. 

The  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  commonly  called  the 
Sessions  Court,  held  its  first  term  in  Haverhill  April  19,  1774,  with  nine 
justices  present,  viz.:  John  Hurd,  Asa  Porter,  John  Fenton,  Bezaleel 
Woodward,  Israel  Morey,  Daniel  Brainard,  John  Wheatley,  Seth  Wales 
and  Samuel  Gilbert.  Moses  Dow  was  appointed  to  act  as  King's  attorney 
in  the  absence  of  Att.  Gen.  Samuel  Livermore.  The  statutes  provided 
that  this  court  should  "have  cognizance  of  all  matters  relating  to  the  con- 
servation of  the  peace  and  punishment  of  offenders."  It  was  also  "  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  make  orders  for  the  raising  any  sum  or  sums  of 
money  that  may  be  necessary  from  time  to  time,  for  building  and  repairing 
court  houses,  prisons,  houses  of  correction  or  other  public  county  build- 
ings, payment  of  grand  jurors,  travel  of  petit  jurors,  travel  and  attendance 


276  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  the  justices  of  the  Sessions,  and  all  other  county  charges;  and  to  examine 
and  allow  any  accounts  or  demands  that  may  be  laid  before  it  for  the  ends 
aforesaid,  and  to  remit  any  fines  or  forfeitures  accruing  to  the  county." 
On  its  organization,  justices  of  the  peace  were  not  numerous  in  Grafton 
county,  but  in  1794,  when  the  court  was  abolished  and  its  powers  trans- 
ferred to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  it  had  become  too  large  a  body  for 
the  satisfactory  transaction  of  business,  the  records  showing  no  less  than 
twenty-two  justices  present  at  one  term  held  in  Haverhill. 

The  records  of  this  court  give  much  valuable  information  concerning 
the  erection  of  the  first  court  house  and  jail,  a  little  to  the  north  of  North 
Haverhill  Village,  and  of  its  abandonment  twenty  years  later  for  a  loca- 
tion at  the  Corner.  Before  the  organization  of  the  courts  the  proprietors 
of  Haverhill,  at  a  meeting  held  April  23,  1773,  had  made  generous  provi- 
sion for  the  location  of  court  house  and  jail,  by  voting  "a  parcel  of  land 
200  rods  square  and  a  road  two  rods  wide  and  200  rods  long  opposite  the 
Great  Ox-Bow  to  accommodate  the  court  house  and  jail."  Col.  Asa 
Porter  was  made  the  agent  of  the  committee  for  the  erection  of  the  build- 
ing which  was  to  be  court  house  and  jail  combined,  two  stories  high,  50 
by  80  feet,  the  upper  story  to  be  used  as  court  and  jury  rooms,  and  the 
lower  for  jail,  at  the  west  end,  and  at  the  east  end,  rooms  for  the  sheriff 
and  dwelling  of  the  jailer.  In  Colonel  Porter's  detailed  account  of  ex- 
penses incurred  in  erection,  the  first  charge  was  made  in  May,  1773,  and 
the  last  in  May,  1775.  The  colonel  evidently  intended  to  build  for  the 
future  as  well  as  the  present.  The  raising  of  the  frame  was  a  notable 
event.  It  began  on  the  19th  of  November,  1773,  and  ended  November 
30.  Provision  was  made  for  the  men  employed  in  the  raising  on  a  liberal 
scale.  They  consumed  45  gallons  of  rum  at  6s  a  gallon,  650  pounds  of 
beef,  25  pounds  of  pork,  1|  gallons  of  molasses  at  6s,  and  bread  that  cost 
£4,  9s,  about  one  third  the  amount  which  was  expended  for  rum.  The 
fathers  were  by  no  means  total  abstainers,  and  could  not  be  charged  with 
extravagance  and  wastefulness  in  the  item  of  bread. 

There  was  evidently  dissatisfaction  with  the  work  of  Colonel  Porter 
on  the  ground  of  expense  incurred,  and  at  the  April  term  of  the  Sessions 
Court,  1774,  John  Fenton,  Samuel  Gilbert,  Daniel  Brainard,  John  Wheat- 
ley,  Samuel  Gilbert  and  Seth  Wales  were  appointed  to  inspect  Colonel 
Porter's  accounts  respecting  the  erection  of  court  house  and  jail.  The 
committee  reported  that  the  accounts  showed  gross  extravagance  on  the 
part  of  the  agent,  and  the  court  added  Samuel  Gilbert  and  Mr.  Jonathan 
Hale  and  Capt.  Charles  Johnston  to  the  building  committee,  who  were 
instructed  to  report  the  next  day  "in  what  manner  it  will  be  best  to 
finish  the  court  house  and  goal."  The  committee  reported,  as  instructed, 
what  needed  to  be  done  at  present,  and  recommended  "that  it  be  done 
in  the  plainest  and  most  frugal  manner."     This  recommendation  of  the 


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committee  was  adopted,  and  the  committee  were  directed  to  proceed 
accordingly. 

At  this  same  session  it  was  voted  that  the  sheriff  be  instructed  to  notify 
the  selectmen  of  Plymouth  and  Haverhill  that  it  is  expected  they  erect 
stocks  and  whipping  posts  in  their  respective  towns  near  the  court  houses 
and  jails  forthwith.  There  is  no  record,  however,  that  this  vote  was  ever 
carried  into  effect.  Colonel  Porter's  account  for  the  building  was  the 
subject  of  long  continued  discussion  and  was  not  finally  settled  until  the 
September  term  of  the  court  in  1791,  when  a  final  and  formal  settlement 
was  made  with  Colonel  Hurd,  who  was  the  county  treasurer  at  the  time 
of  the  erection  of  the  building.  The  bill  in  question  amounted  to  £386, 
5s,  2d,  or  a  little  less  than  $2,000.  In  the  frame  and  covering  of  the 
building  the  best  materials  were  used.  Some  of  the  shingles  of  old  growth 
pine  were  sixteen  inches  in  width,  and  were  in  perfectly  sound  condition 
when  the  building  was  finally  taken  down  fifty  years  after  it  was  built. 
The  plainness  and  frugality  ordered  were  found,  in  the  interior,  which  led 
to  a  constant  demand  for  repairs  when  terms  of  the  court  were  resumed 
February  20,  1783,  after  being  suspended  from  April,  1775,  a  period  of 
nearly  eight  years.  The  condition  of  the  house  was  such  that  at  the 
February  term,  1783,  the  court  adjourned  to  the  house  of  Maj.  Nathaniel 
Merrill,  near  by,  and  then  to  the  house  of  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Ladd  Street,  for 
the  remainder  of  the  term.  That  the  building  had  been  used  by  Hazen's 
regiment  in  1779  appears  from  the  appointment,  by  the  court,  of  a  com- 
mittee at  the  September  term,  1791,  "to  prepare  an  account  against  the 
state  of  New  Hampshire  for  damages  done  the  court  house  in  Haverhill 
by  the  Continental  soldiers  stationed  near  that  place,  and  procure  the 
necessary  vouchers  for  supporting  said  account."  Later,  in  1794,  the 
court  allowed  the  account  of  Joshua  and  Nathaniel  Young  for  underpin- 
ning and  other  stone  for  steps,  etc.,  furnished  in  1774  for  the  court  house, 
only  half  of  which  were  used.  The  committee  investigating  the  account 
reported  that  Joshua  Young  took  one  of  the  stones  away,  that  another 
was  used  for  a  hearth  in  Captain  Merrill's  house,  and  that  the  residue 
were  taken  by  Colonel  Hazen's  regiment  in  1779  and  used  for  chimneys 
to  their  huts.     The  court  allowed  the  account  to  the  amount  of  £42. 

The  jail  seems  to  have  been  in  worse  condition  than  the  court  house. 
At  the  May  term  in  Plymouth,  1783,  the  sheriff  entered  his  protest  against 
the  present  situation  of  the  jails  in  the  county,  and  the  court  ordered  the 
Haverhill  jail  to  be  put  in  order.  At  the  November  term,  1883,  Moses 
Dow,  Charles  Johnston  and  James  Woodward  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  repair  the  jail,  and  also  "to  consider  the  method  for  building  a  jail 
and  jail  house  in  Haverhill  and  make  a  plan  of  the  same,  also  to  prepare 
a  place  and  conveniences  for  the  same,  ascertain  on  what  terms  the  land 
may  be  had  and  see  who  will  advance  property  towards  effecting  the  same 


278  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  how  much  and  report  thereon  at  the  next  Court  of  the  General  Ses- 
sions." This  committee  reported  in  favor  of  building  a  new  jail  and  jail 
house  "on  land  of  John  Ladd  a  little  south  of  the  Brook,"  probably 
Powder  House  Hill,  but  action  on  the  report  was  postponed,  and  noth- 
ing came  of  it.  In  June,  1785,  Colonel  Porter  and  Nathaniel  Merrill 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  make  a  jail  yard,  and  a  suitable  close 
room  for  prisoners,  with  window  shutters  and  bars,  and  cause  the  room 
to  be  properly  cleansed.  They  were  also  to  contract  for  the  erection  of  a 
barn,  20  by  22  feet  in  dimensions,  suitable  for  stabling  horses  at  an  expense 
not  to  exceed  £30. 

In  spite  of  frequent  repairs,  conditions  continued  unsatisfactory.  At 
the  March  term,  1788,  Bezaleel  Woodward,  Charles  Johnston  and  Moses 
Baker  were  appointed  "to  receive  offers  from  individuals  or  corporations 
with  respect  to  the  accommodation  of  the  County  of  Grafton  with  nec- 
essary public  buildings  and  consider  the  proper  place  for  their  erection." 
At  the  September  term,  the  same  year,  in  response  to  the  vote  just  named, 
offers  were  made,  one  by  Colonel  Craig  of  Rumney,  and  another  by 
Esquire  Shattuck  and  others  of  Cockermouth  to  erect  in  their  respective 
towns  court  house  and  jail  free  of  expense  to  the  county,  and,  at  the  same 
term,  Moses  Dow  and  Andrew  S.  Croker  were  appointed  to  see  on  what 
terms  the  court  house  at  Haverhill  could  be  disposed  of.  No  action, 
however,  seems  to  have  been  taken.  At  the  September  term,  in  1790, 
Ezekiel  Ladd  and  A.  S.  Crocker  were  appointed  "to  repair  the  jail  in 
such  manner  as  they  think  fit  for  the  confinement  of  prisoners,  and  to 
repair  the  dwelling  so  as  to  be  comfortable  for  a  family  to  live  in."  The 
sum  expended  for  these  repairs  was  £82,  17s,  2d.  Minor  repairs  were 
again  made  in  1792,  amounting  to  £9. 

Dissatisfaction  with  the  building  and  its  location  was  not  overcome  by 
these  repairs.  It  rather  increased.  There  was  ample  waterpower  at 
the  Brook  which  was  being  more  and  more  utilized  and  the  settlement 
there,  and  at  Ladd  Street,  was  rapidly  growing,  and  the  Corner  was 
coming  into  prominence.  The  meeting  house  had  been  erected  at  Ladd 
Street  and  the  church  organized  in  1790,  and  enterprising  men  in  that 
section  of  the  town  took  advantage  of  the  situation. 

In  1793,  Col.  Charles  Johnston  and  others  had  erected  a  building  for 
an  academy,  for  which  they  secured  a  charter  a  year  later.  The  building 
was  a  large  and  commodious  one,  and  contained  accommodations  for  the 
courts  as  well  as  the  academy  if  it  should  be  decided  to  abandon  the 
■court  house  at  the  north  end  of  the  town.  It  was  located  in  Colonel 
Johnston's  field  on  the  land  between  the  present  Pearson  Hall  and  the 
academy  building.  The  lawn  in  front  of  it  extended  down  to  the  river 
road,  and  is  now  the  North  Common.     There  was  then  one  building  on 


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it,  in  the  present  northwest  corner,  the  residence  of  Samuel  Brooks,  sub- 
sequently removed  to  the  west  side  of  Main  Street. 

Colonel  Johnston  and  his  associates  memorialized  the  Court  of  Sessions, 
offering  the  free  use  of  the  building  for  the  Sessions  Court  and  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas.  This  was  considered  at  an  adjourned  session  of  the 
March  term  which  was  held  at  the  meeting  house  in  June.  Court  was 
opened  and  immediately  adjourned  to  the  new  academy  building.  After 
examination  of  the  building  it  was  "voted  that  the  offer  of  Col.  Charles 
Johnston  and  others  this  day,  of  the  use  of  a  building  for  holding  the 
courts,  in  their  memorial  mentioned,  be  accepted  by  the  justices  of  this 
court,  and  that  hereafter  the  courts  when  sitting  in  Haverhill  do  sit  in 
said  building  until  the  further  order  of  this  court."  A  formal  vote  of 
thanks  was  tendered  to  Colonel  Johnston  for  this  generous  offer,  and  an 
adjournment  was  taken  to  the  old  court  house,  where,  on  meeting,  the 
court  immediately  adjourned  to  "the  new  court  house." 

This  was  burned  in  1814,  and  the  question  of  providing  accommoda- 
tions for  the  court  again  demanded  attention.  The  burned  building  also 
contained  room  for  the  accommodation  of  the  schools  of  the  first  school 
district.  Negotiations  were  at  once  begun  for  the  joint  occupation  of 
the  new  academy  building,  which  should  be  erected  by  academy,  court 
and  district  school.  At  a  meeting  of  the  voters  of  the  school  district 
September  2,  1814,  it  was  "voted  that  Joseph  Bell,  Jonathan 
Soper  &  Jonathan  Sinclair  be  a  committee  to  confer  with  the  trustees  of 
Haverhill  Academy  and  see  whether  they  will  grant  to  district  No.  One 
the  privilege  of  holding  a  district  school  in  any  building  which  may  be 
erected  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Academy."  That  these  negotia- 
tions were  successful  appears  from  the  vote  of  Demember  16,  1815,  to 
raise  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  school- 
house  in  connection  with  the  trustees  of  Haverhill  Academy  and  that 
Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Ezra  Bartlett,  and  John  Nelson  be  a  committee  to 
superintend  the  expenditure  of  this  money.  It  was  also  voted  that  the 
committee  be  instructed  to  have  the  building  built  of  brick.  The  courts 
were  also  successful  in  securing  a  home  for  themselves  as  appears  from  a 
report  of  a  committee  consisting  of  Ezra  Bartlett  and  David  Webster, 
Jr.,  made  in  March  1817,  to  the  effect  that  the  County  of  Grafton  had 
become  a  tenant  in  common  with  the  trustees  of  Haverhill  Academy  and 
school  district  Number  One  in  the  erection  of  a  building  for  joint  occu- 
pancy, and  that  the  whole  of  the  upper  part  of  the  building  was  to  be  for 
the  use  of  the  courts  with  such  privilege  in  the  district  schoolrooms  as 
are  desired  for  the  use  of  juries.  In  consideration  of  this  the  committee 
reported  that  it  had,  in  behalf  of  the  county,  paid  to  the  trustees  of  the 
academy  the  sum  of  $1,000. 


280  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

This  building,  the  old  academy,  now  Pearson  Hall,  was  for  a  period  of 
about  thirty  years  the  home  of  academy,  courts  and  district  school.  Its 
exterior  has  suffered  little  or  no  change  since  its  erection  more  than  a 
century  ago.  Of  the  interior  the  late  Daniel  F.  Merrill,  twice  principal 
of  the  academy,  says:1 

I  well  remember  the  old  academy  building  with  entrance  into  a  large  vestibule  or 
"entry"  as  it  was  called  having  stairways  on  either  side  leading  up  to  the  old  court  room 
in  the  second  story,  used  for  several  years  as  a  place  of  worship  for  the  Methodist  denom- 
ination. Opposite  the  front  entrance  below  were  three  doors,  those  on  either  side  open- 
ing into  narrow  rooms  used  for  the  "town  schools,"  and  also  for  jury  rooms  during  the 
sessions  of  court.  .  .  .  The  middle  door,  opposite  the  front  entrance,  led  into  a  long 
narrow  hall,  the  length  of  the  town  schoolrooms.  Another  door  at  the  end  opened  into 
a  large,  well  lighted  room,  the  width  of  the  whole  building  with  the  teacher's  desk  upon 
a  raised  platform  opposite  the  entrance. 

This  arrangement  could  hardly  have  been  satisfactory  to  any  of  the 
parties,  and  yet,  in  spite  of  dissatisfaction  all  the  time  increasing,  it  was 
continued  for  three  decades. 

In  1845  the  partnership  was  dissolved.  The  county  proposed  to  relin- 
quish its  interest  in  the  academy  building,  and  build  a  court  house  for 
its  sole  use,  if  the  trustees  of  the  academy  would  furnish  free  of  expense 
to  the  county  a  suitable  building  lot.  The  school  district  also  agreed  to 
give  up  its  rights  in  the  building  if  needed  interior  repairs  should  be  made 
so  that  the  entire  property  might  be  used  for  academy  purposes.  Both 
these  propositions  were  accepted  by  the  trustees  and,  to  meet  the  expense 
of  repairs  and  the  purchase  of  court  house  lot,  the  friends  of  the  academy 
raised  by  subscription  the  sum  of  $1,500.  The  lot  lying  to  the  east  of 
the  recently  erected  county  offices  building,  then  occupied  by  a  dwelling 
house,  a  wheelwright  shop  and  a  blacksmith  shop,  was  purchased  and 
presented  to  the  county  and  on  this  the  commodious  court  house  was 
erected,  and  made  ready  for  the  courts  in  1846.  The  court  room  was 
admittedly  one  of  the  best  in  the  state,  the  jury  rooms  and  judge's  room 
were  convenient.  The  cost  of  the  building  was  about  $4,500,  and  Grafton 
County  had  reason  to  take  a  just  pride  in  its  court  house.  The  building 
is  still  standing  on  Court  Street. 

For  several  years  before  definite  action  was  taken,  the  question  of  the 
removal  of  the  court  house  and  county  offices  from  Haverhill  Corner  to 
Woosdville  was  agitated,  and  the  matter  was  brought  before  the  county 
convention  only  to  have  the  proposition  negatived.  The  opposition  to 
the  removal  on  the  part  of  the  people  at  the  Corner  was  vigorous  and, 
combined  with  the  sentiment  existing  throughout  the  county  against 
destroying  and  breaking  up  traditions  and  historic  associations  nearly  a 
century  old,  was  successful  for  a  time.  New  offices  for  the  registry  of 
deeds  and  probate  and  for  the  clerk  of  courts  were  imperatively  de- 

1  Haverhill  Academy  Centennial  Anniversary. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  281 

manded,  and  it  was  recognized  that  the  location  at  the  Corner  had 
become,  since  the  building  of  the  railroads,  inconvenient  of  access  to  the 
people  of  the  county.  Woodsville  had  become  a  railroad  centre,  and  it 
was  pointed  out  that  any  one  in  any  section  of  the  county  having  business 
at  any  of  the  county  offices  could  leave  his  home,  transact  his  business 
were  it  at  Woodsville  and  return  the  same  day.  As  a  place  for  holding 
the  sessions  of  the  court  for  the  Western  Judicial  District  of  the  county 
the  superiority  of  Woodsville  over  the  Corner  was  unquestioned.  Mani- 
festly destiny  pointed  to  Woodsville,  and  its  citizens  conducted  an  aggres- 
sive campaign  for  securing  the  removal  of  the  county  offices  from  the 
Corner,  and  the  erection  of  a  new  court  house  in  their  village.  Plans  and 
specifications  for  the  proposed  new  building  were  secured  for  presenta- 
tion to  the  convention  of  1889,  and  the  offer  of  a  most  desirable  lot  for 
such  building  to  be  presented  to  the  county,  without  cost,  was  made  by 
Ira  Whitcher  of  Woodsville  who  had  been  one  of  the  leading  promoters 
of  the  proposed  removal  from  the  Corner  to  Woodsville.  The  lot  in 
question  lying  just  north  of  his  own  residence,  he  had  for  years  refused 
to  sell,  frequently  saying  that  he  was  holding  it  in  reserve  for  the  Grafton 
County  court  house.  A  new  court  house  was  also  needed  for  the  Eastern 
Judicial  District  at  Plymouth,  and  the  friends  of  both  projects  combined 
to  secure  the  results  they  so  earnestly  desired.  The  matter  was  thor- 
oughly canvassed  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  convention,  held  July  24,  1889, 
the  following  resolution,  offered  by  Harry  Bingham  of  Littleton,  was 
adopted  by  a  vote  of  20  to  12: 

Resolved,  That  the  court  house  and  county  offices,  now  located  at  Haverhill  Corner, 
be  located  at  Woodsville  in  said  town  of  Haverhill  and  that  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars  be  appropriated  for  building  a  new  court  house  and  offices  at  Woodsville,  and 
that  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  be  appropriated  for  building  a  new  court  house  at 
Plymouth,  said  buildings  to  be  erected  in  accordance  with  plans  and  specifications  to 
be  approved  by  the  county  commissioners  and  to  be  furnished  in  a  thorough  and  work- 
manlike manner  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  the  sums  heretofore  named,  and  that  said  appro- 
priations to  be  expended  and  said  buildings  be  erected  under  the  direction  of  the  county 
commissioners,  and  Ira  Whitcher  of  Haverhill,  B.  F.  Kendrick  of  Lebanon,  Frank  H. 
Abbott  of  Bethlehem  and  Alvin  Burleigh  of  Plymouth,  who  are  hereby  constituted  a 
committee  for  said  purpose.  Said  appropriation  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  is  to  be 
funded  at  the  lowest  possible  rate  of  interest  payable  in  fifteen  years  at  two  thousand 
dollars  a  year. 

F.  B.  Kendrick  of  Lebanon  declining  to  serve  upon  the  committee, 
J.  F.  Perley  of  Lebanon  was  appointed  to  serve  in  his  place. 

Plans  and  specifications  for  the  two  buildings  were  adopted,  and  Ira 
Whitcher,  chairman  of  the  sub-committee  having  in  charge  the  erection 
of  the  Woodsville  building,  agreed  to  erect  it  according  to  the  plans  and 
specifications  for  the  sum  of  $20,000,  the  amount  appropriated,  and 
bond  was  given  by  Edward  F.  Mann  and  others  to  guarantee  the  fulfill- 
ment of  this  agreement.     The  building  was  completed,  ready  for  occu- 


282  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

pancy,  in  the  latter  part  of  1890,  and  at  the  convention  of  the  represen- 
tatives from  Grafton  County  in  February,  1891,  the  following  resolutions 
were  adopted: 

Whereas  The  courthouse  in  that  part  of  Haverhill  called  Woodsville  has  been  com- 
pleted and  suitable  offices  for  the  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  register  of  deeds,  and 
register  of  probate  have  been  provided  therein; 

Resolved  That  said  officers  be  instructed  to  remove  the  records  and  furniture  of  their 
respective  offices  to  the  rooms  provided  for  them  in  said  new  court  house; 

Resolved  That  the  commissioners  be  instructed  to  duly  advertise  and  sell  at  public 
auction  on  the  first  day  of  May,  1891,  all  the  property  owned  by  the  county,  situated  at 
Haverhill  Corner,  excepting  what  is  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  county  at  that  place, 
and  to  pay  the  proceeds  of  the  same  into  the  county  treasury. 

The  removal  ordered  was  promptly  made  and  the  1891  March  term 
of  the  Supreme  Court  was  held  in  the  new  court  house.  In  the  course 
of  the  construction  of  this  building  certain  changes  from  the  plans  and 
specifications  adopted  were  made  by  Mr.  Whitcher,  at  the  request  of  the 
commissioners,  involving  additional  outlay  and  expense.  The  com- 
missioners also  insisted  that  by  the  vote  of  the  convention  making  the 
appropriation,  and  by  the  terms  of  the  bond  furnished,  he  had  obli- 
gated himself  to  furnish  the  building  with  needed  furniture  as  well  as  to 
erect  it.  In  the  vote  of  the  convention  the  following  words  occur,  "and  to 
be  furnished  in  a  thorough  and  workmanlike  manner."  Mr.  Whitcher 
contended  that  there  was  an  error  in  the  record,  that  instead  of  the  word 
"furnished,"  the  word  finished  was  intended,  the  word  almost  invariably 
employed  in  such  votes  and  contracts.  The  record  should  have  read 
"finished  in  a  thorough  and  workmanlike  manner."  He  presented  his 
bill  for  furnishing,  and  for  additional  expenditures  asked  for  by  the  com- 
missioners, which  the  commissioners  refused  to  approve  and  pay.  The 
report  of  the  Building  Committee  was  presented  to  the  convention  of 
the  legislature  of  1893,  and  after  reference  to  a  special  committee,  and 
due  consideration  by  the  convention,  it  was  accepted,  and  a  resolution 
was  adopted  as  follows : 

That  the  County  of  Grafton  appropriate  the  sum  of  $2,995.20  to  pay  Ira  Whitcher, 
that  being  the  amount  expended  by  him  as  chairman  of  the  Sub-building  Committee  in 
excess  of  the  appropriation  for  building  the  Woodsville  court  house,  and  that  the  sum 
of  $2,995.20  be  raised  by  taxation  for  this  purpose. 

The  commissioners  still  refused  to  approve  the  bill  on  the  ground  that 
the  vote  of  the  convention  was  illegal  and  unconstitutional,  and  it  was 
finally  paid  only  after  the  Supreme  Court  had  affirmed  its  legality. 

The  removal  of  the  court  house  and  county  offices  from  the  Corner 
caused  some  bitterness  of  feeling  on  the  part  of  the  residents  of  that  vil- 
lage, especially  against  Mr.  Whitcher,  and  at  the  election  of  1890  when  he 
was  a  Democratic  candidate  for  representative  to  the  General  Court,  the 
Democrats  of  the  Corner  placed  a  candidate  in  the  field  against  him, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  283 

who  polled  37  votes.  This  was  a  protest  of  the  Corner  Democrats,  which, 
however,  was  offset  at  the  polls  by  Woodsville  Republicans  voting  for 
Mr.  Whitcher  who  was  elected  by  substantially  his  party  vote. 

In  1915,  the  office  of  registry  of  deeds  was  given  more  room  which  had 
come  to  be  needed,  by  an  addition  to  the  west  side  of  the  building,  and 
the  vaults  of  the  registry  of  deeds  and  probate  and  clerk  of  court  were 
reconstructed  so  as  to  make  them  fireproof  in  accordance  with  newest 
and  up-to-date  methods.  All  dissatisfaction  with  the  removal  of  the 
court  house  and  county  offices  to  Woodsville  has  long  since  passed  away. 

The  courts  had  been  secured  for  the  Corner,  and  then  came  the  ques- 
tion of  jail.  Immediately  on  meeting  at  the  new  court  house,  the  court 
took  under  consideration  the  proposition  of  John  Page,  Michael  John- 
ston and  others  to  build,  at  their  own  expense,  on  a  suitable  lot  of  land  at 
the  Corner  a  good  and  sufficient  jail  and  jail  house.  This  was  accepted. 
The  court  voted  that  the  new  building  be  on  a  parcel  of  land  contain- 
ing one  acre  on  the  northerly  line  of  the  road  leading  from  Haverhill  to 
Plymouth  about  twenty  rods  easterly  from  the  dwelling  house  of  Capt. 
Joseph  Bliss.  Plans  and  specifications  were  presented  and  accepted. 
The  building  was  to  be  thirty-six  feet  long  by  thirty  feet  wide.  It  was 
to  be  two  stories  in  height,  the  jail  to  be  on  both  floors  on  the  west  end, 
the  end  towards  the  river  road.  The  jail  house  or  dwelling  was  to  be  in 
the  east  end.  Page  and  his  associates  were  to  give  security  for  the  proper 
performance  of  their  duties  and  were  "to  be  entitled  to  the  present  build- 
ing belonging  to  the  county,  now  used  as  a  jail  and  jail  house  near  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Merrill's,  also  to  the  land  where  it  stands,  provided  that  it  be 
not  dismantled  until  the  new  building  is  done  to  the  acceptance  of  the 
county."1 

The  specifications  for  the  construction  of  the  jail  proper  were  minute, 
and  indicate  that  it  was  intended  to  make  it  at  least  a  secure  place  of 
confinement  for  prisoners: 

That  16  feet  of  the  westerly  end  of  the  house  including  walls  and  partitions  and  of  the 
whole  width  of  each  story  be  taken  for  prisons,  which  are  to  be  divided  into  two  apart- 
ments in  each  story,  as  nearly  equal  as  may  be  judged  expedient:  that  under  the  prison 
part,  one  foot  below  the  natural  surface  of  the  ground  to  the  sleepers,  be  placed  large 
flat  rocks,  one  on  the  top  of  others  and  so  as  to  break  joints,  and  that  the  edges  of  the 
rocks  be  in  no  case  more  than  two  or  three  inches  from  each  other  and  to  touch  where  it 

1  The  old  court  house  and  jail  was  not  demolished  for  some  years  after  the  removal  of 
the  prisoners  to  the  new  jail  at  the  Corner.  It  was  difficult  for  its  new  owners  to  find 
for  it  any  profitable  use.  It  was  occupied  for  a  time  as  a  dwelling,  and  the  court  room 
was  used  for  town  meetings,  but  for  several  years  previous  to  its  demolition  it  stood 
empty.  It  was  a  desolate  looking  affair,  and  stories  of  its  being  haunted  made  children 
on  their  way  to  school  afraid  to  enter  it.  The  small  green  glass  window  panes  made 
targets  for  the  boys  who  practiced  throwing  stones,  and  finally  not  one  was  left,  the 
empty  sash  bearing  evidence  of  their  marksmanship. 


284  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

can  be  convenient:  that  the  prison  part  be  double  posted,  silled  and  studded  and  planked 
with  three  inch  plank  of  hard  wood,  and  that  large  flat  rocks,  in  the  lower  story  of  the 
thickness  of  six  inches  be  placed  edgewise  between  the  outer  and  inner  planks,  close  to 
each  other:  that  one  window  for  each  apartment,  of  suitable  dimensions,  be  made  at 
the  west  end  of  said  building,  and  securely  grated  by  fastnesses  to  the  outer  side  of  the 
inner  planks,  and  the  inner  side  of  the  outer  planks :  that  the  partitions  between  the  pris- 
ons and  jail  house  be  effectually  secured  by  timbers,  planks  and  iron  bars  and  the  par- 
titions between  the  two  prisons  in  the  lower  story  in  the  same  or  other  equally  effec- 
tive manner:  that  the  prison  rooms  in  the  chamber  or  second  story,  be  formed  and  secured 
by  timbers,  hard  wood  plank  and  grates  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court  or  its  committee : 
that  the  partitions  between  the  two  stories  and  over  the  second  story  be  effectively 
secured  by  timber  hard  wood  and  stone  where  the  agent  thinks  necessary  and  that  one 
proper  vault  for  the  conveyance  of  filth  be  formed  from  each  prison  room,  descending 
obliquely  from  the  apartment  to  the  outer  side  of  the  building  so  as  to  terminate  on  the 
outer  side  above  ground. 

This  was  hardly  the  way  a  modern  jail  is  constructed,  but  it  was  as 
secure  as  the  modern  building  erected  a  few  years  since  at  the  county 
farm.  It  was  voted,  at  this  time,  that  the  jail  in  Haverhill  be  the  only 
one  for  the  county,  and  the  lumber  which  had  been  purchased  for  a  new 
jail  at  Plymouth  was  ordered  sold. 

The  work  on  the  building  proceeded  rapidly,  and  at  the  December  term, 
held  in  Plymouth  in  1794,  it  was  accepted  as  the  new  jail  and  the  prison- 
ers were  ordered  to  be  removed  from  the  old  jail  at  the  north  end.  The 
limits  of  the  jail  yard  were  established  as  extending  two  hundred  rods  in 
every  direction  from  the  new  jail  and  no  more  "provided  it  does  not 
cross  Connecticut  River."  This  was  to  permit  prisoners,  confined  for 
debt  and  for  mild  offenses,  to  leave  the  jail  during  the  day  to  work  for 
farmers  or  others,  these  prisoners  being  given  what  was  known  as  the 
liberty  of  the  yard. 

The  official  bill  of  fare  for  prisoners  was  fixed  at  the  March  term  of 
the  court  as  follows:  "For  dinner,  one  half  pound  meat  and  sauce  such 
as  is  used  for  family.  One  pound  good  flour  bread  per  day,  one  pint 
bean  or  pea  poridge  or  cyder,  or  half  pint  of  milk,  or  tea,  or  coffe  reason- 
ably sugared,  once  a  day,  morning  or  evening,  and  so  much  water  as  is 
necessary." 

The  court  also  ordered  a  barn  to  be  erected  on  jail  lot  30  by  28  feet, 
with  eighteen-foot  posts. 

This  jail  was  used  without  material  change  until  1845,  when  the  prison 
portion  of  the  building  was  taken  down  and  one  erected  in  more  modern 
style  and  under  improved  sanitary  conditions.  During  the  operation 
of  rebuilding,  the  four  attic  rooms  in  the  attic  story  of  the  dwelling  of 
Eleazar  Smith,  afterwards  known  as  Smith's  or  the  Exchange  Hotel, 
were  used.  This  with  some  repairs  was  occupied  as  a  jail  until,  after 
the  removal  of  the  court  house  to  Woodsville,  a  new  jail  was  built  at 
the  County  Farm. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  285 

At  the  convention  of  Grafton  County  representatives,  February  17, 
1897,  the  matter  of  the  erection  of  a  new  jail  which  had  been  discussed  at 
the  session  of  the  legislature  in  1895  was  again  brought  up,  and  an  informal 
vote  was  taken  as  to  whether  it  should  be  located  at  Woodsville  or  the 
County  Farm.  The  result  was  25  in  favor  of  the  County  Farm  to  5  in 
favor  of  Woodsville.  At  a  meeting  held  March  18  a  resolution  was 
adopted  providing  that  a  jail  and  house  of  correction  be  erected  at  the 
County  Farm  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  $12,000  in  excess  of  the  amount  which 
should  be  received  from  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  old  jail,  and  for  the 
issue  of  bonds  payable  in  ten  years,  at  a  rate  of  4  per  cent  interest,  and  a 
building  committee  consisting  of  the  county  commissioners,  Henry  F. 
Green,  James  E.  Huckins  and  Horace  F.  Hoyt,  J.  E.  Henry  of  Lin- 
coln and  H.  W.  Herbert  of  Rumney  was  appointed.  The  county  com- 
missioners were  also  authorized  to  sell  the  jail  property  at  Haverhill 
Corner  and  apply  the  proceeds  on  the  cost  of  the  new  building.  The  jail 
was  erected  that  year,  and  its  cost  was  provided  for  out  of  current  funds, 
and  without  the  issue  of  bonds  authorized. 

For  more  than  half  a  century  after  the  organization  of  the  Grafton 
County  courts,  the  records  of  the  courts,  and  of  the  register  of  deeds  were 
kept  in  the  homes  or  places  of  business  of  the  clerks  of  the  courts  and 
registers.  As  these  records  increased  in  bulk  and  volume,  the  importance 
of  safeguarding  them  from  fire  or  other  accident  was  more  and  more  recog- 
nized, and  the  convention  of  representatives  at  the  June  session  of  the 
legislature,  1838,  voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  $2,000  for  the  erection  of  a 
suitable  building  for  the  records.  It  was  to  be  provided  "with  a  sufficient 
number  of  fire  safes,"  and  the  court  was  authorized  to  locate  such  building 
in  such  town  as  they  deemed  best,  taking  into  consideration  the  sum 
pledged  by  each  town  for  the  building  aforesaid.  It  would  appear  from 
this  vote  that  it  was  not  a  matter  of  legal  requirement  that  the  records 
should  be  kept  at  the  county  seat. 

The  justices  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  reported  to  the  convention 
of  1840  that,  in  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the  convention  of  1838,  they 
had  built  at  Haverhill  a  two-story  brick  building,  containing  four  offices, 
each  furnished  with  fireproof  vault,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  register 
of  deeds,  the  register  of  probate,  and  the  clerks  of  the  courts.  The  cost 
of  the  building  was  $2,450,  exclusive  of  the  land  which  was  donated  by 
citizens  of  the  Corner.  The  building  still  stands,  and  is  occupied  by 
former  Judge  of  Probate  Tyler  Westgate,  and  the  Haverhill  Free  Library. 
It  was  at  first  intended  to  construct  the  building  with  but  one  story,  but 
the  court  at  its  discretion  changed  the  plan  to  two  stories,  and  made  the 
roof  of  slate  instead  of  shingles.  Col.  John  R.  Reading  was  the  contractor, 
and  the  court  reported  he  had  done  his  work  "in  good  style  and  in  a  most 
thorough  manner." 


286  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

As  the  bar  of  Grafton  County  increased  in  membership  it  became  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  ablest  in  the  state,  and  the  members  of  the  profession 
in  Haverhill  have  been  an  honorable  part  of  the  bar  of  county  and  state. 

Moses  Dow,  the  first  of  the  profession  to  settle  in  town,  was  a  native 
of  Atkinson,  the  son  of  John  Dow,  and  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in 
the  class  of  1769.  He  came  to  Grafton  County,  first  at  Plymouth, 
probably  prior  to  1774,  since  in  that  year  he  was  appointed  register  of 
probate,  and  also  by  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  to  act  as  King's  attorney 
in  the  absence  of  the  attorney-general.  He  removed  from  Plymouth  to 
Haverhill  in  1779.  In  1783  he  was  elected  moderator,  town  clerk,  one 
of  the  selectmen  and  sealer  of  weights  and  measures.  After  that  date 
his  name  frequently  appears,  indicating  activity  and  prominence  in  local 
affairs  until  near  the  close  of  his  life.     [See  Genealogy  Dow.] 

He  was  beyond  question  an  able  and  learned  lawyer,  and  stood  high  in 
the  esteem  of  the  public.  He  was  interested  in  military  affairs  and  held  a 
commission  as  brigadier-general  in  the  state  militia.  He  was  solicitor 
of  Grafton  County  for  four  years,  and  from  1774  to  1807  he  was  register 
of  probate.  In  1784  and  1791,  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  and 
was  chosen  president  of  that  body  in  the  latter  year.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  executive  council  in  1785-86.  He  became  judge  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1808  and  remained  on  that  bench  until  his 
death  in  1811.  In  1784  he  was  elected,  by  the  General  Court,  a  member 
of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederation,  but  declined  the  election  on  the 
ground  that  he  did  not  feel  qualified  for  the  responsibilities  and  duties 
of  the  office.  No  Haverhill  citizen  has  since  followed  his  example,  nor 
for  that  matter  any  citizen  of  New  Hampshire.  He  was  the  first  post- 
master of  Haverhill,  his  commission  bearing  the  signature  of  George 
Washington.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  academy,  and  a 
heavy  subscriber  to  the  stock  of  the  Haverhill  Bridge  Company.  He 
resided  for  the  most  part  of  his  life  at  the  Corner,  his  residence  being  that 
later  owned  by  the  late  Milo  Bailey,  and  burned  a  few  years  since. 
Some  of  his  time  was  spent  on  his  valuable  farm  south  of  North  Haver- 
hill, known  for  many  years  as  "the  Dow  farm,"  now  owned  by  Henry 
W.  Keyes.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  to  protest  against  taxation  for  the 
support  of  the  ministry,  advocating  a  complete  separation  between 
church  and  state.  Energetic,  enterprising,  public  spirited  as  a  citizen, 
of  unimpeachable  character,  his  literary  attainments,  his  unquestioned 
abilities  and  his  standing  in  his  profession  gave  him  great  influence  in  his 
town,  and  eminence  in  his  county  and  state. 

Alden  Sprague  settled  in  Haverhill  about  1796.  He  was  eminent  in 
his  profession  and  had  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He  was  a  native 
of  Rochester,  Mass. ;  studied  law  with  his  half  brother  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Cheshire  County.     He  excelled  as  an  advocate  before  juries. 


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He  was  appointed  by  the  court  in  1805  senior  counsel  to  defend  Josiah 
Burnham  for  the  murder  of  Freeman  and  Starkweather,  with  Daniel 
Webster  as  junior.  As  there  was  really  no  defense,  Mr.  Sprague  declined 
to  make  any  argument  to  the  jury,  leaving  the  case  in  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Webster  who  proceeded  to  address  the  jury  in  opposition  to  capital 
punishment,  his  first  and  also  his  last  address  of  that  character.  Burn- 
ham  was  not  acquitted,  but  Mr.  Webster's  argument  attracted  the  favor- 
able attention  of  the  court.  Mr.  Sprague  was  twice  married.  One 
daughter  by  his  first  wife  became  the  wife  of  James  I.  Swan  of  Bath,  a 
famous  lawyer  of  his  time.  Another  daughter  married  Hamlin  Rand,  and 
Charles  W.  and  Edward  D.  Rand,  leading  members  of  the  Grafton  bar, 
were  her  sons. 

John  Porter,  a  son  of  Col.  Asa  Porter,  graduated  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1787,  read  law  in  Chester  and  practiced  there  for  a  time.  He 
came  to  Haverhill  about  1795  and  engaged  in  practice  both  in  Haverhill 
and  Newbury,  Vt.,  until  he  removed  to  Broome,  Canada,  his  father, 
Colonel  Porter,  having  received  some  years  before  a  grant  of  almost  that 
entire  township. 

Moses  Dow,  Jr.,  studied  law  with  his  father,  and  began  practice  in 
1800.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  register  of  probate  in  1807,  and  held 
that  office  for  thirty-two  years.  He  also  succeeded  his  father  as  post- 
master. He  lacked  the  energy  and  ambition  of  his  father,  and  his  legal 
practice  was  never  extensive. 

George  Woodward  was  a  native  of  Hanover,  a  son  of  Judge  Bezaleel 
Woodward  and  a  grandson  of  President  Wheelock  of  Dartmouth  College 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1793.  After  his  admission  to  the 
bar  he  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Haverhill  in  1805.  He  became  cashier 
of  the  Coos  Bank  when  it  was  established  in  1804.  He  was  also  clerk  of 
the  court  for  some  years,  and  stood  high  in  his  profession.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  purity  of  character,  and  a  devout  Christian.  He  identified 
himself  with  the  early  Methodists  and,  strange  as  it  may  seem  today,  this 
action  led  to  practically  a  social  ostracism,  which  doubtless  had  much  to 
do  with  his  removal  to  Lowell  in  1816  when  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
until  his  death  in  1836. 

Joseph  Emerson  Dow,  second  son  of  Gen.  Moses  Dow,  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  in  1799,  studied  law  with  his  father  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1802.  He  remained  but  a  little  time  in  Haverhill,  however. 
He  opened  an  office  for  a  short  time  in  Strafford,  Vt.,  and  became  the 
pioneer-lawyer  in  Littleton  in  1807.  In  1812  he  removed  to  Franconia, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  until  his  death  in  1857,  except  for  a 
few  years  when  he  followed  this  vocation  in  Thornton,  at  the  same  time 
holding  the  office  of  postmaster.  He  was  not  a  successful  lawyer,  being 
by  nature  averse  to  strife,  and  in  his  later  years  practically  abandoned  his 


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profession.  He  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  the  daughter  of  Hon. 
Jonathan  Arnold  of  Rhode  Island,  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  strength  of 
character  and  of  prominent  social  standing.  A  son  of  theirs,  Moses 
Arnold  Dow,  amassed  a  fortune  in  the  conduct  of  the  Waverly  Magazine, 
and  was  the  founder  of  Dow  Academy  in  his  native  town,  Franconia. 

John  Nelson  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  of  the  county,  and 
ranked  high  in  the  legal  profession  of  the  state.  He  was  a  native  of 
Exeter,  but  his  boyhood  was  spent  in  Gilmanton,  his  parents  having 
removed  there  from  Exeter  when  he  was  still  a  child.  He  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  in  1803.  He  read  law  with  Charles  Marsh  of  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  and  later  with  Peter  0.  Shacker  of  Boston  and,  on  his  admission  to 
the  bar,  settled  in  Haverhill  where  he  spent  his  life.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, first,  to  Susannah  Brewster,  daughter  of  Gen.  Ebenezer  Brewster  of 
Hanover,  and,  second,  to  Lois  Burnham  Leverett,  daughter  of  John 
Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.  The  Leverett  family  was  a  prominent  one  in 
Colonial  Massachusetts,  giving  to  the  colony  a  governor,  and  to  Harvard, 
in  its  early  history,  a  president.  Mrs.  Nelson  was  a  woman  of  superior 
charm,  a  highly  cultured  intellect  and  of  refined  literary  taste.  The 
family  of  eleven  children  inherited  the  tastes  and  ability  of  parents  and 
the  Nelson  home  was  a  social  centre  in  the  golden  days  of  the  Corner. 
Mr.  Nelson  had  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  and  was  counsel  in  some  of 
the  more  important  cases  of  his  time.  A  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  of 
unsullied  integrity  he  stood  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  townsmen.  One  of 
his  daughters  was  the  wife  of  Chief  Justice  Ira  Perley  of  Concord,  and  a 
son,  Thomas  Leverett  Nelson,  residing  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  was  a  distin- 
guished lawyer,  and  for  some  }rears  before  his  death  was  judge  of  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court.  Mr.  Nelson  for  many  years  was  known  as 
"the  Admiral,"  a  name  given  him  because  of  his  somewhat  stately  and 
measured  step,  and  of  his  clinging  to  the  old  time  dress  of  blue  coat  with 
polished  brass  buttons. 

Henry  Hutchinson,  son  of  Aaron  Hutchinson  of  Lebanon,  one  of  the 
pioneer  lawyers  of  the  county,  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  studied  with  his 
father,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1807,  and  in  1810  came  to  Haverhill, 
where  he  practiced  his  profession  for  five  years.  He  then  went  to  Han- 
over, and  later  to  New  York  when  he  died  in  1838.  He  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Bezaleel  Woodward  of  Hanover. 

David  Sloane  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Haverhill  in  1811.  Born 
in  Pelham,  Mass.,  in  1780,  he  worked  his  way  through  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege and  studied  law  with  W.  H.  Woodward  of  Hanover  and  George 
Woodward  of  Haverhill.  Eccentric  in  manner,  somewhat  careless  as  to 
personal  appearance,  he  was  a  shrewd  and  able  lawyer,  a  practical  busi- 
ness man,  and  was  prudent  in  the  care  of  the  emoluments  of  his  profession. 
He  married  Hannah,  a  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  Johnson  of  Newbury,  Vt. 


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His  youngest  daughter,  Miss  Elizabeth  Sloane,  is  still  living  (1914)  in 
the  old  homestead  at  the  Corner,  the  interior  of  which  is  rich  in  old  time 
furniture,  china,  and  souvenirs  of  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury. Scott  Sloane,  for  several  years  a  practicing  lawyer  at  Woodsville, 
now  of  Lebanon,  is  a  grandson  of  David  Sloane. 

Joseph  Bell,  born  in  Bedford  in  1787,  of  Scotch  Irish  parentage,  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth  in  1807,  and  came  to  Haverhill  as  precepter  of  the 
academy  the  same  year.  He  read  law  with  Samuel  Bell  of  Amherst, 
Samuel  Dana  of  Boston  and  Jeremiah  Smith  of  Exeter,  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Haverhill  in  1811  and  continued  it  till  1842, 
when  he  removed  to  Boston  and  became  associated  in  practice  with  Henry 
F.  Durant,  the  founder  of  Wellesley  College.  In  his  early  professional 
career  he  was  cashier  of  the  Grafton  Bank  and  later  its  president.  He  took 
an  active  interest  in  political  affairs,  was  an  ardent  Federalist  and  later  a 
Whig.  He  represented  Haverhill  twice  in  the  legislature,  held  various 
town  offices,  was  county  solicitor,  and  candidate  for  Congress  in  1835. 
After  his  removal  to  Boston  he  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  legis- 
lature, both  House  and  Senate,  and  was  president  of  the  latter  body  for 
one  term.  He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Mills  Olcott  of  Hanover 
and  subsequent  to  this  was  defendant  in  a  famous  suit  for  breach  of  prom- 
ise to  marry,  the  plaintiff  being  a  daughter  of  Gen.  Moses  Dow,  who,  after 
two  bitterly  fought  trials  of  the  case,  lost.  Of  large  and  powerfully  built 
frame,  he  was  of  commanding  presence,  and  impervious  and  overbearing  in 
manner,  autocratic  in  his  relations  with  others,  he  was  not  a  popular  man. 
He  won  his  successes  by  sheer  ability,  and  his  enemies  were  doubtless  as 
numerous  as  his  friends.  He  stood,  however,  in  the  front  rank  of  his 
profession  in  the  state;  and  among  his  apponents  at  the  bar,  sometimes 
successful  and  sometimes  unsuccessful,  were  George  Sullivan,  Ichabod 
Bartlett,  Jeremiah  Smith,  Ezekiel  Webster,  Levi  Woodbury  and  Joel 
Parker.  He  did  not  excel  so  much  as  an  advocate  as  a  lawyer.  Careful 
and  painstaking  in  the  preparation  of  his  cases,  he  trusted  little  to  others. 
A  master  of  legal  principles,  he  was  thorough  and  exact  in  his  knowledge 
of  law.  He  never  came  to  court  unprepared;  the  minute  details  of  his 
cases  were  carefully  attended  to,  and  he  was  always  on  guard,  and  seldom 
if  ever  taken  by  surprise.  He  was  beyond  question  Haverhill's  most 
distinguished  lawyer.  He  began  his  professional  life  in  straightened  cir- 
cumstances, but  by  great  industry,  careful  saving  and  shrewd  farsighted 
investments,  he  amassed  a  large  property.  As  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  Col.  Asa  Porter,  it  is  said  that  by  his  management  and  disposal  of  the 
estate,  especially  of  its  large  landed  property,  he  made  in  connection  with 
the  syndicate  who  purchased  the  lands  in  bulk  "big  money."  In  money 
matters  he  was  extremely  exacting,  and  held  all  with  whom  he  had  deal- 
ings to  the  strictest  account.     He  always  kept  his  agreements,  but  he  was 

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extremely  careful  in  making  them.  He  became  in  time  the  money  king  of 
Haverhill.  Although  his  early  circumstances  were  humble,  he  was  a 
born  aristocrat.  He  lived  much  alone,  did  not  mingle  freely  with  his 
fellow  townsmen,  was  feared  by  them  more  than  loved.  He  was  the 
high  priced  lawyer  of  his  town,  yet  his  services  were  always  in  demand. 
His  removal  to  Boston  was,  doubtless,  due  as  much  to  his  ambition  for 
political  preferment,  an  ambition  shared  and  fostered  by  his  wife,  as  to 
expectations  of  increased  professional  emolument.  He  regarded  Massa- 
chusetts as  offering  more  favorable  opportunities  for  the  realization  of 
his  ambition  than  rock-ribbed,  Democratic  New  Hampshire.  To  some 
extent  he  was  successful,  but  his  sudden  death  at  Saratoga  in  1851,  ended 
his  distinguished  career.  His  Haverhill  residence  is  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  Frederic  W.  Page. 

One  of  his  five  children,  a  son,  Joseph  Mills,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
in  1844,  read  law  with  his  father,  and  became  associated  in  practice  with 
Rufus  Choate  whose  daughter  he  married.  Mrs.  Choate  was  a  sister  of 
his  mother.  During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  served  on  the  staff  of 
Gen.  Benjamin  F.  Butler  in  New  Orleans  and  later  became  judge  of  the 
Recorders  Court  in  that  city. 

Samuel  Cartland  was  born  in  Lee  in  1797,  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
in  1816,  studied  law  and  came  to  Haverhill  some  time  prior  to  1825. 
He  represented  Haverhill  that  year  in  the  state  house  of  representatives 
and  was  a  member  of  the  state  senate  from  the  twelfth  district  for  a  part 
of  the  session  of  1829,  and  for  the  years  1830-31.  He  was  president  of 
that  body  in  1829,  also  in  1831.  Immediately  after  the  adjournment  of 
the  legislature  he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate  for  Grafton  County, 
resigning  the  office  in  June,  1832.  He  was  a  candidate  for  Congress  in 
1835,  but  was  defeated,  a  defeat  which  he  took  seriously  to  heart.  He 
went  South  for  a  time  in  1837  or  1838,  then  to  Maine  when  he  died  in  1840 
at  the  age  of  43.  He  held  high  rank  as  a  lawyer,  and  of  accomplished  and 
gentlemanly  manners  he  was  a  social  favorite.  His  practice  would  have 
been  a  most  lucrative  one  had  not  political  ambitions  interfered  with  it. 
"The  law  is  a  jealous  mistress." 

Edmund  Carleton,  a  native  of  Haverhill,  son  of  Dr.  Edmund  Carle- 
ton,  was  born  in  1797;  he  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1822,  engaged  in 
teaching  in  Virginia,  reading  law  in  the  meantime,  returned  to  Haverhill, 
when  he  finished  his  law  studies  with  Joseph  Bell,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1826.  He  began  practice  in  Haverhill,  but  in  1831  removed  to 
Littleton.  Mr.  Carleton  was  well  grounded  in  the  principles  of  juris- 
prudence, a  sound  and  safe  adviser  who  always  advised  a  peaceful  settle- 
ment of  differences  instead  of  contests  in  courts.  On  account  of  ill  health 
he  finally  abandoned  his  profession  and  engaged  in  active  business.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Abolition  party,  and  his  Littleton 


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home  was  one  of  the  stations  on  the  underground  railroad  leading  to 
Canada. 

Hale  Atkinson  Johnston,  son  of  Michael  and  Sarah  Atkinson  John- 
ston, and  grandson  of  Col.  Charles  Johnston,  began  the  practice  of  law 
with  excellent  prospects  in  1829,  but  died  two  years  later  of  pulmonary 
consumption.  He  was  born  in  Haverhill  in  1801,  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1825,  taught  in  Northumberland,  Pa.,  read  law  with  James 
McKeen  in  New  York  City  and  finished  his  studies  with  Joseph  Bell. 

Daniel  Blaisdell,  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1830  from  the 
office  of  Joseph  Bell,  began  practice  in  Haverhill  as  an  associate  of  John 
Nelson.  In  1832,  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  and  later  in  1835  to  Hanover, 
where,  aside  from  his  duties  as  treasurer  of  Dartmouth  College,  he  con- 
tinued in  the  practice  of  his  profession  till  his  death  in  1875.  A  gentle- 
man of  the  old  school,  courteous  and  refined  in  manners,  he  was  well 
read,  painstaking  and  judicious  as  lawyer  and  counsellor.  He  was  a 
son  of  Elijah  B.  and  Nancy  (Fogg)  Blaisdell,  born  in  Pittsfield  in  1806. 
He  fitted  for  college  at  Kimball  Union  Academy  and  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1827.  He  married  Charlotte,  a  daughter  of  John  Osgood,  the 
famous  clockmaker  and  silversmith  of  Haverhill. 

Edward  R.  Olcott,  son  of  Mills  Olcott  of  Hanover,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1828,  but  came  to  Haverhill  in  1830  where  he  was  associated 
for  a  short  time  with  Joseph  Bell,  but  removed  to  Louisiana  where  he 
won  distinction  at  the  bar  and  was  raised  to  the  bench. 

Jonathan  Bliss  was  a  native  of  Randolph,  Vt.,  born  in  1799,  the  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Maria  (Martin)  Bliss.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in 
1824,  read  law  with  Joseph  Bell,  and  William  C.  Thompson  of  Plymouth 
and  began  practice  of  the  law  at  Plymouth  in  1828.  Two  years  later  he 
came  to  Haverhill,  and  was  in  active  practice  for  four  years  when  he 
went  to  Gainesville,  Ala.,  where  he  remained  in  practice,  a  successful 
advocate,  and  an  able  lawyer,  till  his  death  in  1879.  He  married,  first, 
Lucretia,  daughter  of  William  Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.;  second,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Kidder  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  third,  Maria 
Kidder  of  Medfield,  Mass. 

William  H.  Duncan,  whose  later  years  were  spent  in  Hanover,  was 
in  practice  a  year  or  two  in  Haverhill.  He  was  born  in  Candia,  then  a 
part  of  Londonderry,  in  1807,  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1830.  He 
was  a  man  of  brilliant  talents,  of  fascinating  manner,  a  great  favorite 
with  the  ladies  of  Hanover,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  accomplished 
of  whom — Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Mills  Olcott — he  afterwards  married. 
Two  of  Mr.  Olcott's  daughters  were  already  married,  one  to  Rufus  Choate 
and  the  other  to  Joseph  Bell,  and  Mr.  Duncan,  after  teaching  in  the  South 
for  three  or  four  years,  reading  law  in  the  meantime,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  began  practice  in  Haverhill,  with  promise  of  success  equal  to 


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that  of  his  two  distinguished  brothers-in-law.  The  failing  health  of 
Mr.  Olcott  led  to  the  removal  of  Mr.  Duncan  to  Hanover  to  assist  his 
father-in-law  in  his  large  and  important  business  concerns.  He  soon 
acquired  a  large  and  lucrative  practice,  which  was  later  interrupted  by 
the  necessity  of  spending  his  winters  in  the  South  on  account  of  the  health 
of  Mrs.  Duncan,  and  this  interruption  was  increased  by  the  death  of 
Mr.  Olcott  in  1845,  and  Mrs.  Olcott  in  1848,  the  settlement  of  their 
estates  falling  into  his  hands.  The  death  of  Mrs.  Duncan  in  1850  was 
a  blow  from  which  he  never  recovered,  and  he  soon  withdrew  from  active 
participation  in  professional  or  business  affairs.  In  politics  he  was  a 
conservative  Democrat,  in  religion  a  devout  Episcopalian.  Though  his 
residence  in  Haverhill  was  brief,  he  left  a  lasting  impression  of  a  lawyer 
of  especially  brilliant  promise,  of  graceful  and  elegant  deportment,  and 
of  a  social  charm  rarely  equalled. 

Samuel  C.  Webster  could  hardly  be  called  a  Haverhill  lawyer,  though 
the  year  of  his  death,  1835,  he  practiced  in  Haverhill,  coming  from  Ply- 
mouth where  he  had  been  in  practice  since  1815.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  sheriff.  He  was  an  able  lawyer,  active  in  politics,  and  was 
speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  in  1830. 

Few  if  any  of  the  Haverhill  lawyers  enjoyed  more  thoroughly  the  re- 
spect and  confidence  of  his  townsmen,  were  more  thoroughly  trusted  by 
members  of  the  bar,  for  soundness  of  judgment  and  rigid  integrity,  than 
Nathan  B.  Felton.  He  was  born  in  Pelham,  Mass.,  in  1798,  grad- 
uated at  Middlebury  College,  studied  law  with  Gen.  Charles  W.  Field 
at  Newfane,  Vt.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1824.  He  began  prac- 
tice at  Lebanon  that  same  year  where  he  remained  for  about  ten  years, 
the  latter  part  of  which  time  he  was  postmaster.  Appointed  clerk  of 
the  court  in  1834,  he  came  to  Haverhill,  and  remained  until  his  death  in 
1876,  the  most  of  the  time  in  full  practice  of  law.  He  was  clerk  for  ten 
years,  and  register  of  probate,  five  years  from  1852,  town  clerk  in  1837  and 
1843,  and  representative  in  1842  and  1853.  "Squire"  Felton  was  a 
careful,  painstaking  and  learned  lawyer.  His  mind  was  eminently 
judicial,  and  in  knowledge  of  court  procedure  he  had  no  superior  in  the 
state.  Few  men  were  endowed  with  a  larger  capacity  of  acquisition. 
He  fitted  for  the  junior  class  in  college  in  eighteen  months  from  the  time 
he  began  the  study  of  Latin  and  Greek,  at  a  time  when  Latin,  Greek  and 
mathematics  constituted  almost  the  entire  college  curriculum.  Quiet 
and  retiring  in  manners,  he  was  not  a  great  trial  lawyer,  but  his  opinions 
in  matters  of  law,  always  trustworthy  and  valuable  were  constantly 
sought  in  cases  of  large  importance.  His  unpaid  services  for  the  poor 
and  dependent  freely  given  were  no  small  part  of  his  professional  work. 
In  his  forty-two  years'  residence  in  Haverhill,  his  integrity  of  character 
was  never  questioned,  and  though  in  his  political  affiliations  he  was  a 


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lifelong  uncompromising  Democrat,  he  had  always  the  respect  of  his 
political  opponents.  He  probably  never  used  a  stub  pen,  typewriters 
were  unknown  in  his  day,  but  his  papers,  legal  documents,  and  records, 
all  written  with  the  quill,  were  models  of  neatness,  exactness,  and — what 
could  not  be  said  even  of  Choate — were  always  legible.  Joseph  Bell  was 
Haverhill's  most  distinguished  lawyer;  Nathan  B.  Felton,  Haverhill's 
most  useful  lawyer. 

David  Dickey,  a  member  of  the  bar,  graduate  of  Dartmouth  in  1835, 
son-in-law  of  John  Nelson,  was  in  Haverhill  1838-40,  but  was  devoted 
rather  to  speculative  enterprises  than  to  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

David  H.  Collins^  born  in  Deerfield,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  in 
1835,  was  in  practice  in  Haverhill  in  1839  to  1843.  He  was  register  of 
probate  for  three  years,  but  resigned  on  account  of  failing  health.  He 
returned  to  his  native  town,  and  died  of  consumption  at  the  early  age  of 
31.  While  register  of  probate,  he  put  the  papers  and  records  of  the 
office,  which  he  found  in  much  confusion,  in  order  and  made  an  index,  a 
service  of  great  value  to  the  county.  A  brilliant  scholar,  well  read  as  a 
lawyer,  a  devout  Episcopalian,  he  showed  great  promise  of  professional 
success,  the  fulfillment  of  which  was  prevented  by  his  early  death.  He 
left  the  larger  part  of  a  considerable  property  for  religious  purposes. 

Jonas  D.  Sleeper  spent  twelve  years  in  Haverhill,  from  1848  to  1860, 
as  clerk  of  court,  and  was  not  in  active  practice  as  a  lawyer.  He  was 
born  in  Gilford  in  1814,  a  son  of  Jonas  and  Sally  (Bean)  Sleeper.  He 
fitted  for  college  at  Gilmanton  Academy  and  graduated  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity in  1836.  He  read  law  in  the  office  of  Josiah  Quincy  of  Rumney 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842,  and  entered  on  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Hill  where  he  remained  till  appointed  clerk  of  the  court  for 
Grafton  County  in  1848.  Courteous  and  gentlemanly  in  manners,  he 
made  friends  of  all  with  whom  he  sustained  professional  or  business  rela- 
tions and  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  important  positions  he 
occupied  he  was  punctiliously  faithful  and  trustworthy.  A  Democrat 
in  his  political  affiliations  he  never  gave  offence  by  unfair  partisanship. 
In  1854  and  1855,  he  represented  the  Grafton  and  Coos  district  in  the 
state  senate.  In  1860  he  accepted  the  position  of  cashier  of  the  state 
Capital  Bank  at  Concord,  but  only  remained  one  year  when  he  was 
appointed  clerk  of  court  for  Merrimack  County  which  office  he  held  until 
his  death  which  occurred  in  1868  at  Plymouth,  while  engaged  in  a  reference 
case.  He  was  married  in  1845  to  Martha  Grace,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Quincy  of  Rumney. 

John  S.  Bryant  was  a  native  of  Meredith  born  in  1800,  and  before 
coming  to  Haverhill  in  1839  lived  in  Bristol.  He  was  a  deputy  sheriff 
for  a  number  of  years  and  was  engaged  in  what  was  known  as  "running 
lines"  and  surveying  land.     For  several  years  he  employed  his  leisure  in 


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the  study  of  the  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1846,  as  what  was 
known  as  "a  statute  lawyer."  Section  2,  chapter  177,  Revised  Statutes, 
1830,  provided  that  "any  citizen  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  of  good 
moral  character,  on  application  to  the  superior  court  shall  be  admitted 
to  practice  as  an  attorney."  This  provided  a  somewhat  short  cut  for 
admission  to  the  bar  and  Mr.  Bryant  availed  himself  of  the  opportunity 
offered.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than  usual  natural  ability,  of  untiring 
energy,  industiy  and  perseverance,  which  brought  him  a  profitable 
practice  until  his  death  in  1873. 

David  Page  was  another  "statute  lawyer,"  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1845.  He  had  previously  been  a  teacher  and  clerk  in  a  store.  He  was 
engaged  in  mercantile  business,  abandoning  his  practice  for  a  time,  but 
returned  to  practice  in  1857,  and  did  a  large  business  in  procuring  pen- 
sions subsequent  to  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

It  hardly  need  be  said  that  these  "statute  lawyers"  were  not  in  high 
favor  with  the  court.  In  1850  a  petition  addressed  to  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  asked  for  the  disbarment  of  John  S.  Bryant  for  certain 
alleged  unprofessional  practices,  which  allegations  seem  to  have  been 
fully  sustained  by  the  investigation  ordered  by  the  court,  but  the  case 
was  transferred  to  the  Superior  Court  for  the  reason  that  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  doubted  whether  it  could  "exercise  authority  over  attor- 
neys who  appear  by  virtue  of  an  admission  to  the  bar  of  the  Superior 
Court  upon  the  ground  that  they  are  persons  of  good  moral  character." 
At  the  December  term,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Superior  Court  rendered  by 
Chief  Justice  Gilchrist,  he  took  occasion  to  say  some  things  concerning  the 
policy  of  creating  lawyers  by  statute,  which  made  an  interesting  page  in 
Volume  24  of  the  New  Hampshire  Reports.  In  commenting  on  the  action 
of  Attorney  Bryant  in  the  case  which  gave  rise  to  the  petition  for  his 
disbarment  he  said: 

Almost  any  course  would  have  been  better  than  the  one  he  pursued :  for  the  positions 
he  took  were  inconsistent  with  each  other,  and  all  his  statements  could  not  have  been 
true.  ...  In  looking  after  his  interest  and  fixing  his  eyes  constantly  upon  that  he 
lost  sight  of  the  truth,  and  that  is,  in  great  measure,  the  cause  of  his  present  difficulty. 
.  .  .  But  he  was  ignorant  of  the  law  and  the  practice,  and  being  thus  ignorant,  and 
perhaps  embarrassed  and  uncertain  what  course  to  pursue,  he  did  whatever  he  thought 
would  answer  the  immediate  purpose,  without  looking  beyond  it.  This  course  may  fairly 
enough  be  presumed  to  have  resulted  from  his  ignorance  of  the  law,  and  not  to  have 
proceeded  from  any  corrupt  and  fraudulent  motive. 

In  dismissing  the  petition  for  Mr.  Bryant's  disbarment,  Judge  Gilchrist 
took  occasion  to  say  some  things  concerning  the  statute,  the  keen  and 
biting  sarcasm  of  which  doubtless  had  some  influence  in  securing  the  re- 
peal of  the  statute  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  lawyers: 

This  brings  us  to  the  question  whether,  in  the  present  state  of  the  law,  mere  ignorance 
of  the  law,  however  gross,  can  authorize  the  court  to  remove  an  attorney  from  practice. 


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But  how  can  the  court  possess  this  power,  when  the  statute  declares  that  any  citizen, 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  of  good  moral  character,  shall,  on  application,  be  admitted  to 
practice  as  an  attorney?  The  statute  requires  no  knowledge  of  the  law,  no  acquaintance 
with  the  practice,  and  no  education  whatever.  The  applicant  may  be  destitute  of  even 
the  rudiments  of  an  education.  He  may  be  unable  to  read  or  write.  He  may  subscribe 
the  oaths  to  the  constitution  and  of  office,  by  making  his  mark.  But  if  he  comes  within 
the  statute  he  must  be  admitted.  It  has  been  sometimes  thought  that  if  attorneys, 
who  take  such  an  important  part  in  the  administration  of  justice,  should  be  reasonably 
familiar  with  those  great  principles,  which  for  some  hundreds  of  years  have  formed  the 
foundation  of  government,  have  selected  domestic  relations,  have  fixed  the  construction 
of  contracts  and  have  secured  the  rights  of  persons  and  property  to  all  who  speak  the 
English  language.  If  these  could  be  dispensed  with,  some  knowledge  of  the  ordinary 
rules  of  practice,  or,  at  least  of  the  distinction  between  forms  of  action,  has  been  supposed 
to  be  necessary.  But  the  statute  dispenses  with  all  this.  It  does  not  require  so  much 
education  in  an  attorney,  to  whom  such  momentous  interests  are  entrusted,  as  it  requires 
in  the  teacher  of  a  district  school.  A  school  mistress  must  be  qualified  to  teach  the 
English  language  grammatically,  and  the  rudiments  of  arithmetic  and  geography.  But 
the  statute  does  not  require  that  the  studies  of  an  attorney  should  have  been  prosecuted 
so  far.  Anything  that  tends  to  lower  the  standard  of  professional  acquirements  among 
those  whose  duty  it  is  to  investigate  and  defend  the  rights  of  others  is  to  be  lamented. 
.  .  .  And  it  is  with  a  full  conviction  of  the  importance  of  preserving  the  standard  of 
professional  qualifications,  that  we  have  been,  nevertheless,  constrained  to  come  to 
the  result,  that  ignorance  of  the  law  in  an  attorney  does  not  authorize  the  court  to 
suspend  or  remove  him  from  office,  as  a  contrary  doctrine  would  render  it  necessary  that 
an  attorney  should  possess  some  knowledge  of  the  law — a  condition  which  the  statute 
does  not  require. 

Charles  E.  Thompson  born  in  1802,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth,  class 
of  1828,  was  in  practice  in  Haverhill  till  1855,  when  he  went  to  Chicago. 
He  married  Mary,  a  daughter  of  Mills  Olcott  of  Hanover.  He  was  a 
man  of  brilliant  accomplishments  but  unfortunate  habits  interfered  with 
his  professional  success.  He  died  in  1882  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in 
New  Jersey. 

George  W.  Chapman  came  to  Haverhill  from  Hill  where  he  had 
been  in  practice  for  three  or  four  years,  in  1853,  and  enjoyed  a  successful 
practice,  accumulating  ample  fortune.  He  married  Eleanor  H.  Towle 
(see  Genealogy)  and  their  home  was  a  hospitable  one,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Chapman  being  social  favorites.  He  read  law  at  first  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
later  with  Jonas  D.  Sleeper  in  Hill,  and  with  Judge  Nesmith  and  A.  F. 
Pike  in  Franklin.  He  was  a  native  of  Hollis,  born  in  1827,  and  died  in 
1896.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Plymouth  in  1849.  He  was  public 
spirited,  interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  serving  as  a  trustee  of 
Haverhill  Academy,  and  superintendent  of  the  town  schools. 

Charles  R.  Morrison  was  born  in  Bath  on  January  22, 1819  (see  Gen- 
ealogy), educated  at  Newbury  (Vt.)  Seminary,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1842,  from  the  office  of  Goodall  &  Woods,  and  remained  in  Bath  for  a 
time  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Goodall.  In  1845  he  came  to  Haverhill 
and  practiced  his  profession  till  the  summer  of  1851,  when  he  was  ap- 


296  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

pointed  "Circuit  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,"  holding  this 
position  until  the  Know  Nothing  ascendancy  of  1855.  In  1856,  he  re- 
moved to  Nashua,  and  his  later  practice  was  in  Manchester  and  Concord. 
During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  he  served  as  adjutant  of  the  Eleventh 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers  for  nearly  two  years,  when  he  resigned  and 
returned  to  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  an  able,  learned  lawyer, 
endowed  with  an  acute,  critical  mind.  He  rendered  his  state  and  pro- 
fession valuable  service  by  his  "A  Digest  of  the  New  Hampshire  Reports," 
"Town  Officer,"  "Justice  and  Sheriff  and  Attorneys  Assistants,"  "Probate 
Directory,"  and  "Digest  of  School  Laws." 

Nathaniel  W.  Westgate  was  born  in  Plainfield  January  26,  1801 
(see  Genealogy).  He  received  his  academic  education  at  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  read  law  with  Charles  Flanders,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Newport  in  1827.  He  located  at  Enfield,  and  continued  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  there  until  1856,  when  he  was  elected  register  of 
probate  and  removed  to  Haverhill  where  he  made  his  home,  an  honored 
and  respected  citizen,  until  his  death  in  1890.  He  was  appointed  judge 
of  probate  in  1861,  succeeding  Judge  Berry,  who  had  been  elected 
governor,  and  served  until  1871,  when  he  retired  under  the  statute  age 
limitation.  His  life  was  a  useful  one,  his  personal  character  stainless 
and  his  record  was  one  of  a  safe  and  valued  counsellor  to  the  hundreds 
who,  relying  on  his  integrity  and  sound  judgment,  sought  advice  and 
counsel.  His  early  political  affiliations  were  with  the  Whig  party,  and 
on  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party,  he  cordially  espoused  its 
principles.  Such  men  as  Judge  Westgate  made  it  "the  Grand  Old 
Party." 

George  Frederick  Putnam,  born  in  Croydon  (see  Genealogy),  grad- 
uate of  Thetford  (Vt.)  Academy  and  of  Norwich  University,  read  law  with 
Nathan  B.  Felton,  and  with  Charles  R.  Morrison  in  Manchester  where  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  that  city  in  1867,  and  began  practice  in  Haver- 
hill. He  removed  to  Warren  in  1870,  returning  to  Haverhill  in  1877, 
taking  the  office  of  Mr.  Felton  after  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1876,  and 
continued  in  successful  practice  until  1882  when  he  removed  to  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  where  he  took  a  leading  position  at  the  bar  of  that  city,  and  was 
prominent  in  financial  circles  until  his  sudden  death  in  1899. 

Luther  C.  Morse,  was  a  native  of  Haverhill,  born  in  1834,  the  son  of 
Daniel  and  L.  (Colby)  Morse  (see  Morse,  Genealogy).  He  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  in  1860,  and  read  law  with  O.  W.  Lull,  and  Nathaniel  W. 
Westgate,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863.  He  succeeded  Judge 
Westgate  as  register  of  probate  in  July  1861,  and  in  April  1871,  was 
succeeded  by  Tyler  Westgate.  He  went  West  soon  after,  and  in  recent 
years  has  been  engaged  in  the  management  of  mining  properties  in 
California. 


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Samuel  T.  Page  is  also  a  native  of  Haverhill  son  of  Daniel  and  Marga- 
ret (Taylor)  Page,  born  in  1849  (see  Genealogy).  He  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1871,  read  law  with  Cross  &  Burnham  in  Manchester,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Amherst.  His  professional  practice  has  been  for 
the  most  part  in  Haverhill.  In  the  meantime  he  has  held  various  official 
positions;  has  been  superintendent  of  schools,  and  was  register  of  probate 
in  1874-76,  and  again  in  1881-85.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the 
legislature  in  1877-78,  and  again  in  the  prolonged  session  of  1887.  He  was 
private  secretary  to  Governor  Weston  in  1874,  and  was  for  some  time 
general  business  manager  of  the  New  Hampshire  Democratic  Press 
Company  at  Concord.  It  may  be  safely  inferred  that  Mr.  Page  is  in  his 
political  affiliations  a  Democrat. 

William  F.  Westgate,  son  of  Nathaniel  W.,  was  born  in  Enfield  in 
1852,  and  completed  his  academic  education  at  the  Chandler  Scientific 
School,  Dartmouth  College.  He  read  law  with  his  father  and  G.  F.  Put- 
nam and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1880.  Besides  his  professional 
practice  he  was  also  engaged  quite  extensively  as  civil  engineer  and  land 
surveyor.  In  1882  he  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature,  and  was 
twice  elected  register  of  probate.  A  Republican  in  politics  he  was  active 
in  the  councils  of  his  party. 

Samuel  B.  Page,  the  last  years  of  whose  professional  life  was  spent  in 
Haverhill  (Woodsville)  was  a  native  of  Littleton,  born  in  1838  (see 
Genealogy).  He  read  law  with  Woods  &  Bingham  of  Bath,  attended  the 
Albany  (N.  Y.)  Law  School  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1861  in  Ver- 
mont, and  to  practice  in  the  United  States  courts  in  1869.  He  began 
practice  at  Wells  River,  Vt.,  but  soon  afterward  went  to  Warren,  subse- 
quently to  Concord  and  later  to  Woodsville  where  he  continued  in  practice 
till  his  death  in  1912.  He  was  not  a  great  lawyer,  but  was  a  man  of 
wonderful  versatility,  and  was  effective  before  juries.  He  was  active  in 
politics,  which  activity  undoubtedly  militated  against  his  professional 
eminence  and  success.  A  born  parliamentarian,  ready  in  debate,  never 
at  a  loss  for  the  correct  word,  a  brilliant  rhetorician,  he  was  a  power  in 
the  New  Hampshire  legislature,  from  1863  to  1869,  from  the  town  of 
Warren,  in  1874  from  Concord,  and  in  1887,  1889,  and  1893  from  Haver- 
hill. His  services  on  the  stump  in  political  campaigns  were  always  in 
demand,  and  in  the  Democratic  party  councils  he  was,  for  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  influential  and  prominent,  and  few  New  Hampshire 
men  were  better  known  in  every  section  of  the  state.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1876.  In  Haverhill  he  was  active  in 
town  affairs,  was  superintendent  of  schools  and  moderator  for  several 
years.  He  was  prominent  in  several  fraternal  organizations,  especially 
the  Odd  Fellows,  Masons  and  Elks,  having  served  as  grand  master  of  the 
former  organization.     Versatility    and   its   accompaniments   interfered, 


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however,  with  his  success.  He  was  a  genius,  and  genius  ofttimes  exacts 
penalties. 

Edgar  W.  Smith  may  not  perhaps  be  properly  classed  as  a  Haverhill 
lawyer,  since  his  office  and  residence  have  been  in  Wells  River,  Vt.,  but 
during  his  partnership  with  Scott  Sloane  and  later  with  his  son,  Raymond 
U.  Smith,  he  maintained  with  them  an  office  in  Woodsville,  and  he  has 
enjoyed  a  large  and  important  practice  in  the  Grafton  County  courts. 
He  is  an  able,  learned  and  successful  lawyer  of  sound  and  reliable  judg- 
ment as  a  counsellor,  and  exceptionally  effective  in  the  trial  of  causes. 

Scott  Sloane  (see Genealogy),  who  was  associated  with  Mr.  Smith  for  a 
time  in  Wells  River,  and  for  several  years  when  the  firm  opened  its  office, 
in  Woodsville,  is  of  an  old  Haverhill  family,  the  grandson  of  David  Sloane 
one  of  the  early  lawyers  of  the  town,  is  still  in  successful  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Lebanon,  whither  he  removed  from  Woodsville  in  1904. 
While  in  Haverhill  he  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Republican  party,  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1902,  and  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  the  community.  As  a  lawyer  he  is  painstaking  and  persistent 
and  in  the  trial  of  causes  before  either  court  or  jury,  he  meets  with  a 
marked  degree  of  success. 

Raymond  U.  Smith,  on  his  graduation  from  Norwich  University  in 
1894,  began  the  study  of  law,  and  on  his  admission  to  the  bar  entered  into 
partnership  with  his  father,  having  charge  of  the  office  in  Woodsville 
and  taking  up  his  residence  in  Haverhill.  In  1911,  the  partnership  was 
dissolved,  and  Mr.  Smith  has  continued  in  practice  since  that  time 
alone.  He  has  a  rapidly  growing  practice  and  is  winning  an  enviable 
reputation  as  a  lawyer.  Elected  solicitor  of  Grafton  County  in  1914 
and  held  office  four  years;  appointed  Major  on  staff  of  Governor  Keyes 
in  January,  1917;  acted  as  Government  Appeal  Agent  during  war  in 
connection  with  Local  Board  for  Grafton  County;  moderator  of  town 
1917-18-19. 

Charles  H.  Hosford,  though  maintaining  his  legal  residence  in 
Monroe,  has  been  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  in  Woodsville 
since  1899.  He  is  also  largely  interested  in  real  estate,  which  with  his 
law  practice  has  won  him  financial  success.  He  represented  the  second 
senatorial  district  in  the  legislature  of  1911,  and  has  been  active  in  the 
counsels  of  his  party.  While  having  a  voting  residence  in  Monroe,  he 
has  been  in  all  other  respects  active  in  all  the  affairs  of  Woodsville  where 
he  takes  a  leading  part. 

Dexter  D.  Dow  maintains  his  voting  residence  in  Littleton,  but,  as 
clerk  of  the  court  for  the  County  of  Grafton  since  1897,  he  has  resided 
in  Woodsville,  where  he  has  become  one  of  the  leading  factors  in  its  social 
and  business  life.  Debarred  by  the  nature  of  his  office  from  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession,  he  serves  as  commissioner  in  taking  testimony, 


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as  referee  in  important  civil  actions,  master  in  taking  testimony  in  equity 
cases,  and  holds  many  positions  as  trustee  or  administrator  of  estates. 
He  is  also  justice  of  the  Police  Court  of  the  Haverhill  district.  Careful, 
methodical,  painstaking,  he  is  recognized  both  by  court  and  bar  as  a 
model  clerk.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  1889,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  from  the  office  of  Bingham,  Mitchell  &  Batchellor 
of  Littleton. 

Fred  S.  Wright,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Vermont,  studied 
law  at  the  Yale  Law  School,  and  shortly  after  his  admission  to  the  bar 
entered  into  partnership,  in  1901,  with  C.  H.  Hosford  under  the  firm 
name  of  Hosford  &  Wright.  This  continued  until  January  1,  1909, 
when,  Mr.  Wright  having  been  elected  to  the  office  of  county  solicitor, 
the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  he  entered  on  practice  by  himself. 
He  served  four  years  as  solicitor  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  a  general 
practice  which  is  becoming  yearly  more  important. 

Fred  B.  Lang  has  had  offices  both  in  Newbury  and  Woodsville  since 
1899,  but  has  not  been  largely  engaged  in  court  practice,  business  affairs 
outside  his  profession  occupying  his  time  and  claiming  his  attention  to  a 
large  extent.  Some  of  his  business  ventures  have  proven  successful  in  a 
marked  degree.  In  the  autumn  of  1915,  he  disposed  of  his  business  and 
professional  interests  and  removed  to  the  province  of  Alberta,  Canada. 

Ira  W.  Thayer,  on  his  graduation  from  the  Woodsville  High  School, 
took  the  law  course  in  Boston  University  and,  on  his  admission  to  the  bar, 
began  practice  in  St.  Johnsbury,  later  in  Woodsville  for  a  brief  period, 
having  his  office  with  C.  H.  Hosford,  but  in  1913,  a  favorable  opening 
occurring  he  removed  to  Berlin  where  he  has  every  prospect  of  a  success- 
ful practice. 

The  history  of  the  Haverhill  bar  has  been  an  honorable  one. 

Haverhill  Police  Court 

In  accordance  with  a  vote  at  the  annual  town  meeting  of  1893,  the 
legislature  of  1895  passed  an  act  establishing  a  Police  Court  in  Haverhill, 
and  William  F.  Westgate  was  appointed  justice,  and  this  was  amended 
at  the  session  of  1899  by  providing  for  an  associate  justice,  the  latter  to 
"have  sole  jurisdiction  within  the  limits  of  the  Woodsville  fire  district," 
Dexter  D.  Dow,  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  was  appointed  associate 
justice  in  May,  1899.  He  served  in  this  capacity  until  February  11, 
1903,  when  he  was  appointed  justice  in  place  of  W.  F.  Westgate  who  had 
died  April  23,  1902.  Herbert  E.  Smith  of  Pike  was  appointed  associate 
justice,  but  served  only  a  brief  period,  when  Russell  T.  Bartlett,  register 
of  probate  for  Grafton  County  was  appointed  associate  justice.  The 
court  was  abolished  by  the  legislature  of  1913,  and  Haverhill  was  made 
part  of  a  police  district,  consisting  of  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Orford, 


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Piermont,  Warren,  Benton  and  Monroe,  to  be  known  as  the  police  court 
for  the  district  of  Haverhill.  Dexter  D.  Dow  was  appointed  justice,  and 
it  was  provided  that  the  court  should  hold  its  sessions  at  some  suitable 
place  in  the  town  of  Haverhill.  These  district  police  courts  were  given 
enlarged  jurisdiction  in  both  civil  and  criminal  matters.  The  change 
was  not  wholly  satisfactory  throughout  the  state,  and  the  legislature  of 
1915  abolished  the  district  Court,  and  the  old  Haverhill  Police  Court, 
under  the  new  name  of  Haverhill  Municipal  Court,  was  re-established, 
and  Judge  Dow  was  appointed  justice,  with  Russell  T.  Bartlett  associate. 
The  jurisdiction  given  by  the  act  of  1913  was  in  the  main  retained  and  the 
Court  was  for  Haverhill  alone. 


CHAPTER   XIII 


THE   MEDICAL   PROFESSION 

Dr.  Samuel  White  Came  to  Newbury  in  1763 — The  Only  Physician  in  Coos 

UNTIL  AFTER  REVOLUTIONARY  War — Dr.  MARTIN   PHELPS   FlRST  IN  HAVERHILL — 

Followed  by  Drs.  Edmund  Carleton,  Ezra  Bartlett,  John  Angier,  Phineas 
Spalding,  Henry  B.  Leonard,  John  McNab,  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  Charles  R. 
Gibson — Present  Physicians — Drs.  Miller,  Lawrence  (died  1919),  Dearborn, 
Speare — Dentists — "Goold"  Davis — The  Cottage  Hospital. 

Haverhill's  first  physician,  like  Haverhill's  first  minister,  lived  in  New- 
bury, but  no  account  of  the  medical  practitioners  of  Haverhill  would  be 
complete  without  mention  of  Dr.  Samuel  White,  who,  while  he  lived 
across  the  river,  was  Haverhill's  only  doctor  till  just  after  the  Revolution. 
Like  many  other  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  two  towns,  he  was  a  native  of 
Plaistow.  He  was  the  fourteenth  of  the  fifteen  children  of  Nicholas 
White  of  whom  seven  fine  sons  and  two  daughters  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Newbury.  The  eldest  son,  Noah,  b.  1728  was  one  of  the 
grantees  and  came  with  his  wife  and  four  brothers  to  the  town  in  1763. 
Samuel,  born  November  6,  1750,  a  boy  of  thirteen,  remained  but  a  short 
time,  returned  to  Plaistow  and  later  studied  medicine  with  Doctor  Brickett 
of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  in  1773  located  permanently  in  Newbury,  was 
for  some  time  the  only  physician  in  Coos,  and  for  many  years  the  principal 
practitioner  in  the  settlements  on  both  sides  the  river,  his  account  books 
showing  visits  as  far  to  the  north  as  Guildhall  and  Northumberland. 
F.  P.  Wells  says  of  him:1 

"He  had  the  confidence  of  the  people  and  was  esteemed  very  skilful.  Many  of  his 
journeys  were  on  foot,  and  in  winter  on  snowshoes.  He  was  surgeon  to  the  troops  sta- 
tioned in  Coos,  and  accompanied  the  soldiers  who  went  to  Saratoga.  He  reached 
Bennington  the  day  after  the  battle  and  helped  care  for  the  wounded.  Two  accounts 
kept  by  him  are  owned  by  Mrs.  Z.  A.  Richardson  of  St.  Johnsbury  and  are  in  a  beautiful 
handwriting,  each  entry  being  clear  and  exact  and  the  ink  as  fresh  as  if  just  written. 
These  accounts  begin  in  1773  and  end  in  1790.  For  an  ordinary  visit  the  charge  was 
one  shilling  here  in  Newbury;  from  two  to  six  shillings  in  Haverhill;  in  Bath  from  three 
to  seven  shillings.  A  visit  to  Capt.  Ward  Bayley  at  Upper  Coos  is  charged  at  forty 
shillings.  Medicine  was  always  extra.  In  these  books  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
remedial  agents  are  mentioned.  Physic  stands  first,  some  sort  being  used  over  fifteen 
hundred  times.  Bleeding  was  common.  Surgical  operations  were  few,  scarcely  a  dozen 
are  mentioned  in  these  volumes,  and  these  were  simple  fractures  of  arms  or  legs.  .  .  . 
In  person  Doctor  White  was  tall  and  large  in  frame,  capable  of  great  endurance,  and  strong 
constitution  as  his  great  age  testified.  He  was  fond  of  anecdote,  and  abounded  in  wit 
and  humor.  He  used  to  say  that  he  was  'apt  to  have  poor  luck  with  his  patients  in  their 
last  illness.'     He  was  generous  to  a  fault,  somewhat  slack  in  business,  and  would  take 

1  History  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  pp.  736-737. 

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notes  from  people  whose  financial  ability  he  knew  nothing  about.  For  years  he  drank 
heavily,  but  afterwards  discontinued  the  use  of  spirits.  Late  in  life  he  made  a  profes- 
sion of  religion,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Congregational  Church  at  a  special  service 
held  at  his  house  September  19,  1844." 

Doctor  White  died  January  25,  1848,  in  his  98th  year.  During  the 
period  covered  by  his  account  books,  but  seven  confinement  cases,  an 
indication  of  the  prevailing  employment  of  midwives  in  those  early  days, 
and  the  few  cases  of  surgery  indicate  that  the  use  of  the  knife  was  almost 
unknown.  Appendicitis,  gall  stones  and  a  score  or  so  of  other  ailments 
had  not  then  been  discovered  or  invented,  and  anaesthetics  had  not 
taken  the  place  of  alcohol  which  was  the  only  opiate  then  used  by  the 
profession.  The  medical  treatment  by  practitioners  was  heroic,  and 
Doctor  White  was  undoubtedly  the  first  of  the  Haverhill  heroes.  He  had 
a  large  family  of  twelve  children,  none  of  whom  married,  and  the  graves 
of  nine  of  these  with  those  of  their  parents  are  marked  by  the  long  row 
of  white  gravestones  in  the  Jefferson  Hill  Cemetery. 

Bittinger  mentions  a  Dr.  John  Porter  as  connected  with  the  early 
evidence  relative  to  the  charges  of  disloyalty  made  against  Col.  Asa 
Porter  as  early  as  1776,  and  says  that  he  was  probably  a  brother  of  Col. 
Asa,  but  the  latter  had  no  brother  of  that  name,  nor  is  there  any  evidence 
that  he  ever  practiced  medicine  in  Haverhill,  and  as  little  is  known  of 
Dr.  Samuel  Hale  who  is  mentioned  in  the  proprietors  in  1778,  where  he 
was  voted  £3,  18s  for  doctoring  in  Ezekiel  Chapman's  family. 

Dr.  Thaddeus  Butler  came  to  Haverhill  in  the  closing  years  of  the 
Revolution.  He  was  married  before  1783  to  a  daughter  of  Col.  Timothy 
Bedel.  He  must  have  died  early,  since  his  widow  married  Samuel  Brooks 
in  1787  or  1788. 

The  first  physician  resident  in  Haverhill  who  came  into  prominence 
was  Dr.  Martin  Phelps,  who  must  have  come  to  the  town  as  early  as  1782, 
since  in  that  year  he  acted  as  attending  surgeon  to  the  soldiers  at  Haver- 
hill under  Capt.  Charles  Johnston.  He  was  born  in  Northampton,  Mass., 
in  1756,  the  third  of  the  nine  children  of  Martin  and  Martha  Parson 
Phelps  and  fifth  in  descent  from  William  and  Dorothy  Phelps,  who  was 
born  in  Tewksbury,  England,  August  4,  1560,  and  came  to  New  England, 
arriving  March  20,  1630,  and  was  one  the  first  settlers  and  founders  of 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts  Bay.  Doctor  Phelps  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1776,  studied  medicine  and  came  to  Haverhill.  He  married,  first,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1786,  Ruth  Ladd  of  Haverhill,  who  died  in  Chester,  Mass.,  April 
16,  1804,  and,  second,  February  5,  1806,  Mary  Fowler  of  Westfield,  Mass. 
He  died  in  Chester,  Mass.,  whither  he  had  removed  some  time  subse- 
quent to  1796,  his  name  appearing  on  the  tax  list  for  the  last  time  in  that 
year.     Of  his  eight  children,1  the  first  five  were  born  in  Haverhill,  the 

1  See  Phelps  Genealogy. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  303 

sixth  in  Belchertown,  Mass.,  in  1799,  and  the  two  youngest  in  Chester, 
Mass.  He  was  a  man  of  great  excellence  of  character,  and  enjoyed  an 
enviable  reputation  as  a  physician.  At  a  special  town  meeting,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1791,  a  proposition  to  introduce  "the  small  pox  in  town  by  way  of 
inoculation"  was  negatived.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  January  3, 
1792,  this  action  was  rescinded  and  it  was  "voted  that  Dr.  Martin 
Phelps  have  liberty  to  propagate  the  small  pox  in  town  by  inoculation." 
At  a  special  meeting  January  23,  this  action  was  rescinded,  and  the  mat- 
ter remained  in  abeyance  till  at  a  special  meeting  January  7,  1793,  it  was 
"voted  that  the  town  consent  to  have  small  pox  in  town  by  way  of  inocu- 
lation." It  is  evident  that  a  strong  feeling  was  aroused  over  this  subject, 
and  there  is  a  tradition  that  one  result  of  this  was  the  removal  of  Doctor 
Phelps  from  town.  In  Chester  he  became  prominent  as  a  physician  and 
a  citizen  holding  various  town  offices  and  was  a  representative  to  the 
General  Court.  While  in  Haverhill  he  was  active  in  the  organization  of 
the  First  Congregationalist  Church,  and  with  Col.  Charles  Johnson  was 
one  of  its  two  first  deacons,  an  office  which  he  held  until  his  removal  to 
Belchertown.  In  the  record  of  baptisms  are  found,  children  of  Doctor 
Martin  and  Ruth  Phelps:  Patty,  1788;  Samuel,  October  14,  1790;  Sally, 
April  29,  1792;  Electa,  February  16,  1794. 

Doctor  Phelps  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  Amasa  Scott,  who  lived  in  the 
Phelps  house  on  Ladd  Street,  where  he  maintained  a  sort  of  tavern  for 
invalids,  what  perhaps  would  be  called  in  these  modern  days  a  sanata- 
rium.  In  1800-01-02  he  served  as  moderator  at  special  town  meetings, 
but  soon  after  this  went  to  Hanover,  where  he  was  in  practice  in  1815. 
In  the  treatment  of  what  was  known  as  the  spotted  fever  or  black  plague 
which  was  epidemic  in  this  section  that  year  especially  in  the  town  of 
Warren,  he  was  eminently  successful  where  other  physicians  failed. 
During  the  time  he  remained  in  Haverhill  his  practice  seems  to  have  been 
special  rather  than  general. 

Dr.  Isaac  Moore  was  of  Scotch  ancestry,  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  in 
1765.  He  came  to  this  section  of  the  country  early  in  life,  since  as  a 
boy  of  fifteen  he  witnessed  the  burning  and  sacking  at  Royalton,  Vt., 
by  the  British  and  Indians  in  1780.  He  probably  began  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Haverhill,  but  remained  here  but  a  short  time,  going  to  Bath 
in  1790,  in  which  town  and  in  Littleton  he  practiced  until  his  death  in 
1818.  He  had  not  special  knowledge  of  books,  but  was  a  man  of  great 
natural  ability,  and  though  rough  in  manners  and  speech,  often  shocking 
his  more  refined  patients,  he  had  more  than  ordinary  success  in  his  prac- 
tice. His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  and  they  had  a 
family  of  thirteen  children.  He  was  one  of  the  early  advocates  of  vaccina- 
tion, and  his  efforts  to  introduce  it  in  Bath  antedated  those  of  Doctor 
Phelps  in  Haverhill.     In  1789  Bath  voted  to  permit  him  to  "set  up  a 


304  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

house  inoculation,"  but  so  strong  was  the  prejudice  against  it,  in  spite  of 
this  vote,  the  building  was  torn  down  before  it  was  completed.  In  1790, 
however,  he  erected  another  building,  and  somewhat  extensively  adver- 
tised his  small  pox  hospital  for  the  accommodation  of  "those  who  wished 
to  take  the  small  pox  by  the  safe  and  easy  way  of  inoculation." 

Dr.  Edmund  Carleton  practiced  his  profession  for  nearly  half  a 
century  in  Haverhill.  He  was  born  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  May  13,  1772, 
fifth  in  descent  from  Edward  Carleton,  who  came  from  England  and 
settled  with  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers  and  nineteen  others  in  1638-39, 
Rogers  Plantation,  afterwards  Rowley,  Mass.  Soon  after  birth  he 
went  with  his  parents  to  Haverhill,  Mass.  In  1792  he  taught  school 
in  Boscawen,  where  he  later  married  Joanna,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Rebecca  Coffin,  born  April  11,  1773.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Jacob  Kittredge  of  Dover,  and  settled  in  Haverhill  in  1795,  and  pursued 
the  practice  of  his  profession  until  a  few  years  before  his  death,  which 
occurred  November  2,  1838.  After  beginning  his  practice  in  Haverhill, 
he  attended  lectures  in  Hanover  and  graduated  from  the  Dartmouth 
Medical  School  in  1804.  He  lived  on  the  main  street  near  the  Piermont 
line,  at  first  in  a  small  house,  and  later  in  the  large  one  which  he  built, 
and  where  his  youngest  son,  Arthur,  afterwards  lived.  He  had  a  fine 
productive  farm,  and  was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  community  especially 
in  the  church  of  which  he  was  a  respected  deacon  for  nearly  twenty-five 
years.  He  was  for  many  years  a  director  of  the  Coos  Bank,  and  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  Academy  and  the  schools  of  the  town.  Prudent  and 
economical,  a  foe  of  anything  that  looked  like  waste,  he  narrowly  escaped 
being  regarded  by  his  neighbors  and  fellow  townsmen  as  "near,"  if, 
indeed,  he  may  be  said  to  have  escaped,  and  he  amassed  what  was 
regarded  in  his  time  a  handsome  property.  He  stood  high  in  his 
profession  and  was  much  in  demand  by  his  brother  physicians  for  con- 
sultation in  critical  cases.  In  a  time  when  medicine  was  administered 
heroically,  he  anticipated  modern  treatment  by  giving  more  diminutive 
doses  than  did  his  brethern,  claiming  that  better  results  were  thereby 
obtained. 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett  came  to  Haverhill  from  Warren,  where  he  had  been 
in  practice  since  1797,  in  1812,  and  remained  in  active  practice  for  a 
period  of  thirty-six  years.  He  was  distinguished  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon,  and  was  also  prominent  in  public  affairs.  He  had  an  aptitude 
for  both  vocations,  much  of  this  by  inheritance.  He  was  born  in  Kingston 
in  1770,  the  son  of  Josiah  Bartlett,  who  was  a  native  of  Amesbury,  Mass. 
In  one  of  the  public  squares  of  that  town  there  is  a  bronze  statue  of 
Josiah  Bartlett,  and  on  a  bronze  tablet  imbedded  in  the  pedestal  is  an 
inscription  of  which  the  following  is  a  part: 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  305 

Patriot,  Scholar,  Statesman 

A  delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress 

A  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 

With  Stark  at  Bennington 

A  member  of  the  Convention — which  ratified 

The  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

Chief  Justice,  President  and  First 

Governor  of  New  Hampshire 

Not  more  illustrious  for  public  services 

Than  for  his  private  virtues. 

He  was  45  years  of  age  when  the  War  of  the  Revolution  broke  out,  and 
was  enjoying  a  large  and  successful  practice  of  medicine  in  the  town  of 
Kingston.  Ezra  Bartlett  owed  much  to  inheritance.  He  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Warren  in  1797.  The  fact  that  his  father  was  one 
of  the  grantees  of  the  town,  and  had  not  disposed  of  his  holdings  of  land 
doubtless  had  something  to  do  with  the  settlement  of  the  son  in  that  town. 
He  had  a  large  practice  almost  immediately.  He  took  an  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town,  was  moderator  in  1800,  1808  and  1811,  town  clerk 
and  treasurer  in  1803  and  1804,  and  represented  Warren  in  the  legislature 
in  1805-06-07.  He  gave  a  great  impetus  to  town  affairs,  and  when 
in  1812  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  there  were  better  educational 
advantages  for  his  children  and  a  larger  field  for  professional  practice, 
Warren  was  not  the  same  town  in  which  he  established  himself  in  1797. 
The  roads  were  better;  the  schools  were  better;  the  farms  were  better, 
and  he  set  a  good  example  by  building  a  fine  house  for  himself,  which 
served  as  a  pattern  for  scores  of  others.  His  professional  reputation  was 
such  and  he  had  such  excellent  facilities  for  study,  that  he  nearly  always 
had  one  or  more  medical  students  with  him,  some  of  whom  became  in 
after  life  eminent  professionally  and  politically.  Two,  Dr.  Thomas 
Whipple,  and  Dr.  Robert  Burns  became  members  of  Congress,  the  former 
for  four  terms.  Something  of  his  popularity  in  Warren,  and  afterwards 
in  Haverhill  and  adjourning  towns  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  many 
children  were  named  for  him,  and  even  to  the  present  time,  the  christian 
name  of  Ezra  Bartlett  like  that  of  George  Washington  is  frequently 
found.  During  the  thirty-six  years  of  his  practice  in  Haverhill  he  was 
beyond  question  the  leading  physician  in  this  region,  and  was  regarded  as 
an  authority  in  consultations.  His  interest  in  public  affairs  brought  him 
frequent  honors.  In  1819  and  1820  he  was  treasurer  and  town  clerk, 
presidential  elector  in  1820,  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  in  1822, 
and  represented  Haverhill  in  the  Legislature  in  1834.  He  was  chief 
justice  of  the  Court  of  Sessions  before  that  Court  was  abolished,  a  judge 
of  the  Circuit  Court  and  for  several  years  an  associate  justice  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas.     All  these  positions  he  filled  with  honor  to  himself, 

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and  with  scrupulous  fidelity  to  the  public.  He  had  a  large  family  of 
children,  and  of  his  seven  sons,  five  adopted  the  profession  of  father  and 
grandfather  and  some  became  eminent  in  their  profession.  Many  stories 
were  related  of  him  illustrating  his  tact  and  readiness  in  emergencies. 
Arriving  home  after  midnight  after  a  professional  visit  one  night,  as 
he  drove  his  two-wheeled  doctor's  sulky  in  the  yard,  he  saw  a  man  dis- 
appear suddenly  from  his  cellar  window.  Quietly  alighting  and  making 
for  the  window,  he  was  surprised  to  receive  from  some  one  in  the  cellar 
a  large  piece  of  salt  pork.  He  took  it  silently  and  deposited  it  in  a  bag 
which  was  lying  near  and  then  another,  and  still  another  and  another 
until  two  bags  had  been  filled,  when  there  came  from  the  cellar  the 
question  "Shall  we  take  it  all?"  "No,  friend,  no,"  replied  the  doctor, 
"leave  me  enough  for  my  breakfast."  The  runaway  was  discovered, 
and  the  two  it  need  not  be  said  settled  for  pork.  He  died  at  his  home  on 
Court  Street  nearly  opposite  the  old  Court  house  December  5,  1848, 
mourned  by  the  entire  community. 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Warren,  September  28,  1811,  the 
year  before  the  removal  of  his  father  to  Haverhill,  and  died  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  June  16,  1892.  He  was  educated  at  Haverhill  Academy,  preparing 
for  college,  but  did  not  enter,  and  after  studying  medicine  with  his  father 
and  with  his  uncle  Dr.  John  French  of  Bath  was  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth Medical  School  in  1832,  and  began  practice  in  Warminster,  Va.  He 
remained  there  but  one  year  when  on  account  of  the  illness  of  his  father 
he  returned  to  Haverhill,  and  entered  into  partnership  with  him.  He 
remained  but  a  few  years,  however,  when  he  went  to  South  Berwick,  Me., 
where  he  remained  fifteen  years.  Later  he  went  to  East  Boston,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  for  nearly  five  years,  when  he  went  to  Exeter,  where 
he  practiced  until  he  retired  on  account  of  advancing  years.  He  was  a 
successful  and  skilful  physician  and  enjoyed  a  large  and  lucrative  prac- 
tice. During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  "contract  surgeon"  for 
two  years,  and  was  on  duty  in  Tennessee,  Georgia,  and  after  Sherman's 
march  to  the  sea  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C.  He  was  twice  married,  first,  to 
Sarah  Calef  of  Saco,  Me.,  and,  second,  to  Mrs.  Eleanor  Augusta  Tucker, 
widow  of  John  Hubbard  a  lawyer  of  South  Berwick,  Me.  One  son  by 
the  first  marriage,  Josiah  Calef  Bartlett  of  Chicago,  was  connected  with 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad. 

Dr.  John  Angier  was  born  in  Fitzwilliam  December  20,  1784,  the  young- 
est of  the  eleven  children  of  Silas  and  Elizabeth  (Drury)  Angier.  His  early 
practice  of  medicine  was  in  Alstead  and  Maine,  but  came  to  North 
Haverhill  in  1827,  where  he  had  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  physician 
and  an  extensive  practice  until  his  death  in  1836,  losing  his  life  by  being 
thrown  from  a  buggy  while  on  a  visit  to  Weathersfield,  Vt.  He  was  the 
first  resident  physician  in  North  Haverhill.     Active  in  politics,  a  Demo- 


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crat  when  party  feeling  ran  high  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in 
1833,  and  was  defeated  for  the  same  office  by  John  L.  Rix  in  1834,  though 
Rix  was  denied  his  seat  on  the  ground  that  he  was  declared  elected  on 
Wednesday  at  an  adjourned  meeting.  He  was  again  elected  in  1836,  and 
served  at  the  June  session  the  year  of  his  death.  He  married  Mary 
Mann,  who  died  in  1873,  at  the  age  of  84.  Of  their  children  two  are 
buried  in  the  family  lot  in  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery.  One  daughter 
became  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey  (see  Swasey  Genealogy)  and 
his  two  sons,  J.  Dorsey  and  George  W.,  went  early  in  life  to  northern 
Pennsylvania  where  they  successfully  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
Dorsey  Angier  may  be  said  to  have  been  the  discoverer  of  petroleum, 
accidently  observing  oil  floating  on  his  mill  pond,  which  he  secured  by 
digging  pits  into  which  the  water  flowed,  and  the  oil  was  removed  from 
the  top.  Believing  that  the  oil  must  have  come  from  pools  in  the  earth, 
he  sunk  a  well  near  the  mill  pond  "striking  oil"  at  a  depth  of  sixty-nine 
feet.  Other  wells  were  sunk  and  there  was  the  beginning  of  the  immense 
petroleum  industry — John  D.  Rockefeller  and  Standard  Oil.  A  Haverhill 
boy  was  the  pioneer.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  Angier  brothers  made 
handsome  fortunes  and  were  numbered  among  the  first  citizens  of  Titus- 
ville,  Pa.  Dr.  Angier  was  a  man  of  striking  personal  appearance,  tall, 
straight  and  is  said  to  have  borne  a  striking  resemblance  to  Gen.  Andrew 
Jackson,  so  much  so  that  when  acting  as  one  of  the  marshals,  while  a 
member  of  the  legislature,  on  the  occasion  of  General  Jackson's  visit  to 
that  body,  he  was  mistaken  by  many  for  the  general  himself  and  was  the 
recipient  of  quite  an  ovation. 

Dr.  Joel  Angier,  a  nephew  of  Doctor  John,  was  a  son  and  the  eighth 
of  the  twelve  children  of  Major  Joel  and  Olive  (Turner)  Angier,  was  born 
in  Acworth,  married  Mary  E.  Polly  of  Acworth.  He  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  Bliss  of  Alstead,  graduated  at  the  Dartmouth  school,  and  after 
practicing  in  Washington  and  Bethel,  Vt.,  came  to  North  Haverhill 
about  1840  where  he  practiced  five  or  six  years,  with  a  good  degree  of 
success,  when  he  removed  to  Swiftwater,  was  for  a  time  in  Benton,  the 
only  practicing  physician  ever  residing  in  that  town,  when  he  removed  to 
Bath  and  from  there  to  Hazel  Green,  Wis.,  where  he  remained  in  practice 
until  his  death. 

Dr.  Anson  Brackett  was  a  native  of  Wheelock,  Vt.,  graduated  at  the 
Medical  College  of  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  after  practicing  for  a  time  in 
North  Danville,  Vt.,  and  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  where  he  gained  much  success 
came  to  Haverhill  some  time  previous  to  1829  and  remained  here  about 
six  years  when  he  removed  to  Gainesville,  Fla.,  where  he  practiced  till  his 
death,  becoming  one  of  the  leading  surgeons  and  physicians  in  that  state. 
He  was  especially  distinguished  in  surgery  and  before  leaving  Haverhill 
performed  some  very  important  operations,  among  which  was  the  ampu- 


308  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

tation  of  the  leg  of  B.  Frank  Palmer,  which  was,  owing  to  the  weakened 
condition  of  the  patient,  a  specially  critical  operation.  The  leg  had  been 
terribly  crushed  and  torn  in  a  bark  mill  in  Bradford,  Vt.  Dr.  Brackett 
would  allow  no  stimulants  to  be  used — anaesthetics  were  unknown,  but 
did  consent  that  the  patient  might  have  a  strong  cup  of  tea  after  the  opera- 
tion. Mr.  Palmer  subsequently  acquired  fame  as  the  inventor  of  the 
Palmer  artificial  leg  which  brought  him  a  fortune.  Dr.  Brackett  was  a 
man  of  high  character,  and  his  removal  to  the  south  was  a  distinct  loss  to 
the  profession  in  New  Hampshire. 

Dr.  Simon  B.  Heath  had  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Brackett,  and 
after  the  removal  of  the  latter  to  Florida  succeeded  to  his  Haverhill 
practice,  but  though  a  man  of  marked  natural  ability,  his  intemperate 
habits  prevented  his  success  and  after  a  brief  association  with  Dr.  Hiram 
Morgan  which  proved  unsatisfactory  to  the  latter,  he  removed  to  Groton, 
Vt. 

Dr.  Hiram  Morgan  was  born  in  Rochester,  Vt.,  in  1805,  and  died  in 
Haverhill  in  1876.  He  studied  medicine  first  with  Dr.  Page  of  Bethel, 
Vt.,  then  at  the  Woodstock  (Vt.)  Medical  School  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1833,  practiced  for  a  time  in  Hancock  and  then  in  Corinth,  Vt.,  and 
came  to  Haverhill  about  1836.  After  a  practice  of  a  dozen  years  or  so 
in  Haverhill,  which  was  constantly  increasing,  giving  promise  of  abundant 
success,  he  went  to  New  York  to  attend  lectures,  but  soon  after  his  return 
was  stricken  with  disease  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered,  and  was 
so  broken  in  health  that  he  relinquished  practice  for  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  married  November  13,  1837,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Col. 
Edward  Towle,  a  woman  of  great  refinement  and  most  attractive  per- 
sonality. For  many  years  after  he  gave  up  his  practice  he  and  his  wife 
boarded  at  Smith's  Hotel  and  occupied  an  influential  position  in  the  best 
society  of  the  village.  Before  his  loss  of  health  Dr.  Morgan  gave  promise 
of  taking  high  rank  in  his  profession. 

Dr.  Edward  S.  Mattocks,  a  son  of  Governor  Mattocks  of  Vermont,  came 
to  Haverhill  prior  to  1839,  but  failed  to  secure  business  and  remained  but 
a  short  time,  when  he  went  to  Lyndon,  Vt.,  where  he  died  soon  after. 

Dr.  Henry  Hayes  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Colby  of  Stanstead,  Canada,  and  came  from  there  to  Haverhill  about  the 
same  time  that  Dr.  Mattocks  did.  He  came  with  the  best  of  recommen- 
dations, and  was  employed  by  many  of  the  best  families  who  formed  a 
warm  friendship  for  him.  But  Haverhill  at  that  time  was  over  supplied 
with  doctors,  competition  was  sharp  and  after  a  few  years  he  went  to 
Bradford,  Vt.,  from  there  to  the  Vermont  towns  of  Irasburg  and  Hart- 
land,  and  then  to  Massachusetts,  where  he  died.  He  was  regarded  as  a 
well  read  and  skilful  physician,  but  did  not  remain  long  enough  in  one 
place  to  achieve  the  best  possible  success. 


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Dr.  Phineas  Spalding  was  born  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  January  14,  1799,  the 
son  of  Reuben  and  Jerusha  (Carpenter)  Spalding,  and  died  in  Haverhill 
where  he  had  resided  since  1839,  and  where  he  had  been  a  practicing  physi- 
cian for  fifty  years,  October  29,  1897.     Some  years  of  his  early  life  were 
spent  in  teaching  in  his  native  town  and  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  where  he 
began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  brother,  James,  later  attending  the 
Medical  School  at  Dartmouth,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
1823.     He  spent  the  next  fifteen  years  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  where  he  built  up  a 
prosperous  and  successful  professional  practice.     In  1838  he  attended  a 
course  of  lectures  at  the  Harvard  Medical  College  and  settled  the  next 
year  in  Haverhill,  where  he  spent  the  last  fifty-eight  years  of  his  long  and 
useful  life.     He  was  devoted  to  his  profession,  a  member  of  various  medi- 
cal associations  and  societies,  a  delegate  on  several  occasions  to  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Society,  and  a  frequent  contributor  of  articles  to  medical 
journals,  also  reports  of  cases.     Among  these  was  the  successful  treat- 
ment of  an  "inter-capsular  fracture  of  the  thigh  bone"  in  1827,  previous 
to  which  time  successful  treatment  of  such  a  case  had  been  held  by  the 
highest  authorities  to  be  hopeless.     In  1841  he  was  lecturer  on  Surgery 
in  the  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Medical  College.     He  took  a  deep  interest  in 
public  matters,  and  was  a  prominent  leader  in  church  affairs.     He  was 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  and  was  elected  to 
the  same  office  in  Haverhill  but  declined  it.     An  early  advocate  of  tem- 
perance he  organized  in  1828  the  first  temperance  society  in  Vermont. 
He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  construction  of  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  Railroad,  the  first  meeting  relative  to  it  in  this  section 
having  been  called  by  him  and  Harry  Stevens  of  Barton,  Vt.     He  took  a 
deep  interest  in  Haverhill  Academy,  was  one  of  its  trustees  for  many 
years,  and  also  served  as  superintendent  of  the  Haverhill  schools.     He 
was  a  man  of  decided  positiveness,  and  was  a  strong  partisan  Republican 
in  politics  as  well  as  a  strong  partisan  Congregationalist.     His  party  said 
in  writing  of  him  in  his  later  years,  while  admitting  that  the  sense  of 
humor  was  somewhat  lacking  in  his  make  up:1  "He  takes  a  large  view  of 
things  and  is  never  trivial  in  the  treatment  of  questions  of  duty  and  action. 
What  he  does  he  does  intelligently  and  from  a  conviction  of  what  he  sees  is 
right.     He  is  social,  hospitable,  fond  of  company,  loves  argument,  and 
is  entirely  free  from  demagogism.     He  is  a  staunch  friend  of  all  that  is 
good,  and  steadfast  in  purpose — full  of  hope,  courage,  energy."     He  was 
twice   married  (see  Genealogy).     His  residence  for  many  years  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  was  the  large  brick  three  story  house  built  as  a 
hotel,  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  enlarged  and  repaired  in  1830  by 
Jonathan  Sinclair  and  kept  by  him  as  the  Grafton  Hotel  for  several  years 
before  it  passed  into  the  possession  of  Doctor  Spalding.     The  property 

JBittinger's  Haverhill,  p.  301. 


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is  still  owned  by  the  Spalding  heirs,  but  life  possession  of  it  was  given  by- 
Doctor  Spalding  to  Mrs.  Nettie  Crawford  who  was  his  faithful  nurse  and 
attendant  during  his  last  years  and  who  has  made  it  an  attractive  hotel 
once  more,  under  the  name  of  the  Crawford  House,  a  favorite  resort  in 
the  summer  months  for  many  former  residents  of  the  town. 

Dr.  Henry  B.  Leonard  was  born  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  July  8,  1817,  the  eldest 
son  of  Gaivs  and  Eunice  (Spalding)  Leonard.  His  early  years  were 
spent  on  the  home  farm,  but  he  acquired  by  his  own  efforts  and  persist- 
ence an  academic  education,  and  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his 
uncle  Dr.  James  Spalding  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  and  later  graduated  from 
the  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Medical  School.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  North  Haverhill  in  1842,  succeeding  Dr.  John  Angier  as  the 
physician  in  that  village.  He  continued  this  with  marked  fidelity  and 
success  until  his  death  February  7,  1869.  His  practice  covered  the 
entire  town  of  Haverhill,  extending  into  Bath  and  Benton.  During 
the  diphtheria  epidemic  of  1863,  he  had  great  success  in  the  treatment  of 
the  dread  disease,  and  night  and  day  he  was  driving  in  his  old  fashioned 
two-wheeled  sulky  over  the  rough  roads  of  the  outlying  districts  of  the 
towns  mentioned.  Dr.  Leonard  was  the  ideal  country  doctor,  and  his 
name  is  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by  many  living  at  the  present. 
He  was  twice  married  (see  Genealogy).  His  mother  was  a  sister  of 
Dr.  Phineas  Spalding,  and  it  is  said  that  he  settled  in  North  Haverhill 
against  the  advice  if  not  indeed  the  protest  of  his  uncle,  and  they 
never  maintained  intimate  relations  with  each  other.  Indeed  it  was 
not  a  matter  of  common  knowledge  among  their  respective  patients 
that  they  were  relatives.  They  had  little  in  common  except  that 
each  took  a  deep  interest  in  public  affairs.  Doctor  Leonard  was 
liberal  in  his  religious  beliefs,  and  seldom  attended  church.  He  was  as 
ardent  a  Democrat  as  was  his  uncle  a  Republican  and  when  in  1866, 
the  Democrats  recovered  possession  of  the  town  after  twelve  years  of 
Republican  ascendancy,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  two  representatives  to 
the  General  Court  and  was  re-elected  the  following  year. 

Dr.  Homer  H.  Tenney  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Haver- 
hill in  1858,  but  on  account  of  ill  health  removed  after  two  or  three 
years  to  Kansas,  where  he  remained  in  practice,  gaining  an  honorable 
place  in  his  profession,  until  his  death  several  years  later. 

Dr.  John  McNab  did  not  come  to  Haverhill  (Woodsville)  to  reside 
till  about  1865  but  as  a  physician  in  Wells  River  and  Barnet,  Vt.,  for 
some  thirty-five  years  previously,  he  was  frequently  called  in  critical 
cases,  especially  in  surgical  operations  in  which  he  displayed  great  daring 
and  skill,  in  towns  on  the  New  Hampshire  side  of  the  river.  He  was  born 
in  Glenarchay,  Scotland,  January  27,  1784,  and  came  to  America  with 


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his  parents  while  he  was  still  a  child.  They  settled  at  first  in  Thornton, 
and  afterwards  in  Barnet,  Vt.  He  graduated  at  the  Dartmouth  School 
in  1824  and  came  to  Wells  River,  Vt.,  where  he  practiced  and  at  Barnet 
until  about  1865  he  removed  to  Woodsville,  where  he  remained,  never 
wholly  giving  up  his  practice,  until  his  death  in  1879  at  the  advanced  age 
of  94.  He  was  brusque  in  manner,  liberal  to  the  extreme  in  his  theolog- 
ical views,  and  prominent  as  a  Mason.  He  suffered  the  amputation 
of  his  left  arm  because  of  a  cancerous  affection  contracted  in  performing 
an  operation  for  that  disease.  A  man  of  a  remarkably  vigorous  physical 
and  mental  constitution  he  retained  his  faculties  to  an  exceptional  degree 
until  his  death.  Indeed  but  ten  days  before  this  event  he  made  a  trip 
to  Boston  unattended.  He  was  survived  by  four  children:  Capt. 
John  McNab,  a  retired  officer  of  the  United  States  Army,  Mrs.  Joseph 
Y.  Cheney  of  Woodsville,  Mrs.  Calvin  Dewey  of  Mclndoes,  Vt.,  and  Mrs. 
N.  M.  Loomis  of  Charlestown,  Mass.  In  his  political  affiliations  he  was 
a  pronounced  Democrat. 

Dr.  Samuel  Powers  Carbee,  was  born  in  Bath  June  14,  1836,  youngest 
of  the  five  sons  of  John  H.  and  Anna  Powers  Carkee.  He  married 
September  30,  1885  N.  Delia,  daughter  of  Lyman  Buck  of  Haverhill. 
He  obtained  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at 
Newbury,  Vt.,  Seminary.  Beginning  the  study  of  medicine  in  1860, 
after  several  years  spent  in  teaching,  with  Dr.  A.  H.  Crosby  of  Wells 
River,  Vt.,  he  continued  the  same  with  Doctors  Dixi  and  A.  B.  Crosby 
of  Hanover  until  1862,  when  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  12th  New 
Hampshire  Volunteers,  subsequently  commissioned  as  assistant  surgeon, 
he  held  that  position  till  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  with  his  regiment 
at  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg  and  was  the  first 
surgeon  to  enter  Richmond  as  its  captain.  Returning  home  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  at  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  graduating  in  1866, 
and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Haverhill  succeeding  Doctor 
Tenney.  A  man  of  marked  energy,  enthusiastically  devoted  to  his 
profession,  he  brought  to  its  practice  not  only  knowledge  of  the  books, 
but  a  marked  degree  of  common  sense  which  contributed  to  his  marked 
success  till  his  death  January  31,  1900.  He  was  a  member  of  the  White 
Mountain  and  New  Hampshire  Medical  Societies  and  was  for  fourteen 
years  member  of  the  board  of  examiners  for  pensions.  A  Republican 
in  his  political  affiliations  he  was  active  and  influential  in  the  councils 
of  his  party;  was  surgeon  general  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Busiel;  elected 
one  of  the  board  of  County  Commissioners  in  1884  and  re-elected  in  1886; 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  1905-07.  His  optimistic  cheerful 
disposition  won  him  a  large  circle  of  friends,  both  among  his  patients 
with  whom  he  was  a  general  favorite,  and  in  the  community  at  large. 


312  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Dr.  Moses  D.  Carbee  a  cousin  of  Samuel  P.  was  born  in  Newbury,  Vt., 
May  13,  1847,  son  of  Thomas  Henry  and  Olive  L.  (Robinson)  Carkee. 
He  pursued  his  Academic  studies  in  the  Lancaster  Academy  and 
graduated  from  the  medical  school  of  the  University  of  Vermont  in 
1873.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1874,  and  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  cousin,  Samuel  P.,  which  continued  till  1882,  when  he  practiced 
by  himself.  At  his  sudden  death  from  diphtheria  Oct.  23,  1889,  he  was 
enjoying  a  successful  and  growing  practice. 

Dr.  Haven  Palmer,  son  of  Lewis  and  Susan  H.  Palmer  was  born 
Jefferson  in  1843,  graduated  at  Bowdoin  Medical  College,  practiced  in 
Wentworth  for  a  year  or  so,  came  to  Haverhill  in  1872  and  was  in  partner- 
ship with  Dr.  S.  P.  Carkee  for  two  years  when  he  went  to  Meredith, 
where  he  remained  till  1883,  when  he  went  to  Plymouth.  He  was  a 
man  of  high  character  and  was  successful  in  his  profession. 

Dr.  Ira  E.  Brown,  who  came  to  Haverhill  in  1880,  was  well  equipped, 
for  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Ira  and  Emily 
(Clark)  Brown  of  Wells  River,  Vt.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in 
1874  and  from  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School  in  1878,  and  continued 
his  preparation  in  hospitals  in  New  York  City.  He  remained  in  Haverhill 
but  two  years,  when  he  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  where  he  won 
distinction  in  health  and  quarantine  service  for  both  city  and  state,  and 
was  professor  of  chemistry,  toxicology  and  preventative  medicine  in  the 
Minneapolis  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  He  was  also  the 
founder  of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Vice  in  that  city. 

Dr.  Clarence  H.  Clark,  after  graduation  from  the  Dartmouth  Medical 
School  in  1878,  came  to  Haverhill  in  1879.  He  was  a  native  of  Newbury, 
Vt.,  and  his  preliminary  medical  studies  were  with  Dr.  Watkins  of  that 
town.  For  a  year  before  coming  to  Haverhill  he  was  a  subordinate  officer 
in  a  Montreal  hospital  and  attended  medical  lectures  in  that  city.  Enthu- 
siastically devoted  to  his  profession,  he  gave  great  promise  of  success  but 
failing  health  caused  him  to  relinquish  practice  after  a  few  years,  and 
after  seeking  relief  from  a  change  in  climate,  he  returned  to  Haverhill  to 
die  of  New  England's  scourge,  consumption. 

Dr.  Henry  P.  Watson,  born  in  Guildhall,  Vt.,  in  1845,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Henry  L.  Watson,  fitted  for  college  at  Newbury  Seminary,  and  beginning 
the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father,  continued  it  under  Drs.  A.  B.  and 
Dixi  Crosby  and  graduated  from  the  Dartmouth  Medical  in  1866.  He 
began  practice  in  Groveton,  but  came  to  North  Haverhill  about  1868, 
practicing  there  for  fifteen  years  when  he  removed  to  the  Corner  where  he 
remained  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  large  and  successful  practice  having 
earned  in  the  meantime  the  reputation  of  being  a  skilful  surgeon,  until 
his  removal  to  a  larger  field  in  Manchester,  where  he  stood  in  the  front 
rank  of  his  profession. 


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Dr.  Nathaniel  H.  Perkins,  of  the  homeopathic  school  of  medicine,  who 
came  to  Woodsville  in  1868  and  remained  till  1876  when  he  removed  to 
Winchendon,  enjoyed  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  Homoeopathy  has 
never  been  popular  in  northern  New  Hampshire,  but  Dr.  Perkins  before 
his  removal  was  rapidly  overcoming  such  prejudice  as  existed  and  had  the 
promise  of  winning  success.  He  remained  in  Winchendon  several  years, 
removing  from  there  to  Milton,  Mass.,  where  he  has  taken  a  high  place 
in  his  profession.  He  has  been  one  of  the  State  Board  of  Medical  Exam- 
iners. While  in  Winchendon  he  represented  the  town  in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Legislature. 

Dr.  Charles  R.  Gibson  was  born  in  Alstead  on  April  12,  1853,  the  son  of 
Reuel  and  Emily  Barnard  Gibson.  He  fitted  for  College  at  Appleton 
Academy,  New  Ipswich,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  the 
class  of  1872.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  S.  T.  Smith  and  graduated 
from  the  Bowdoin  Medical  School  in  1875.  He  was  for  nearly  two  years 
an  interne  in  the  Maine  General  Hospital  at  Portland  and  began  his  pro- 
fessional life  in  Woodsville,  where  he  practiced  till  his  death,  October  2, 
1914.  He  was  twice  married,  first,  to  S.  Jennie  Park  of  Plymouth,  who 
died  March  21,  1911,  and,  second,  to  Mrs.  Jennie  Quimby,  who  survives 
him.  When  he  settled  in  Woodsville  the  village  was  small,  but  he  had 
faith  that  it  was  destined  to  grow  and  he  patiently  waited  for  more  than 
six  months  before  he  had  his  first  patient.  Success  came,  however,  and  it 
was  well  earned  by  his  faithfulness  and  devotion  to  his  patients,  and  his 
skill  as  a  physician,  especially  as  a  surgeon.  He  was  an  Episcopalian, 
warden  of  St.  Luke's  church,  a  Republican  when  Republicans  were  scarce 
in  Woodsville,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the  Legislature  of  1897-99. 
He  was  president  for  many  years  previous  to  his  death  of  the  Woodsville 
Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  a  director  of  the  Woodsville  Opera  Building 
Association,  and  besides  his  residence  on  Pleasant  street  was  the  owner 
of  other  real  estate.  Public  spirited  and  helpful  as  a  citizen,  responding 
cheerfully  to  calls  for  which  there  was  no  hope  of  payment,  never  indulg- 
ing himself  in  vacations,  he  could  always  be  depended  upon  for  cheerful 
and  willing  service.  During  the  last  year  of  his  life  his  health  had  failed 
him,  and  he  associated  with  him  Dr.  F.  E.  Speare  of  Lisbon,  who  suc- 
ceeded to  his  practice. 

Dr.  Oliver  D.  Eastman  was  born  in  Sonora,  Calif.,  but  owing  to  the 
death  of  his  father  came  east  in  childhood  to  live  with  his  grandparents 
in  Vermont.  He  received  his  Academic  education  at  Newbury  Seminary, 
began  his  professional  studies  with  Dr.  H.  P.  Watson,  and  attended  lec- 
tures at  Burlington,  and  Dartmouth  Medical,  graduating  from  the  latter 
in  1882.  He  began  practice  in  Piermont  in  1882,  but  came  to  Woodsville 
in  1884,  where  he  has  since  remained.  He  has  a  large  practice  not  only  in 
Woodsville,  but  in  other  sections  of  the  town  especially  East  Haverhill, 


314  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

also  in  Warren.  He  married  Addie  D.  Davis  in  1882  (see  Genealogy), 
and  of  their  four  sons,  D.  K.  is  a  veterinary  surgeon,  Oliver  is  practicing 
medicine  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  lectures  in  the  Medical  School  there,  and 
Burns  is  practicing  medicine  in  Michigan.  The  youngest,  Milo,  is  yet 
in  school. 

Dr.  Charles  Newcomb,  who  practiced  his  profession  in  North  Haverhill 
from  1887  to  about  1900,  was  born  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  in  1858,  where  he 
received  his  early  education.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr.  C.  M.  Chandler 
of  Montpelier,  and  attended  lectures  both  at  Dartmouth  and  Vermont 
University  Medical,  taking  his  degree  from  the  latter  institution.  Pre- 
vious to  coming  to  North  Haverhill  he  practiced  in  West  Fairlee  and  in 
Washington,  Vt.,  and  about  1900  he  returned  to  his  native  city,  where  he 
has  since  enjoyed  a  good  practice. 

Dr.  I.  N.  Eastman,  who  began  practice  in  Woodsville  in  1893  at  the 
age  of  26,  was  soon  having  an  excellent  business,  but  his  health  became 
broken  and  about  1900  he  returned  to  his  native  town  of  Groton,  Vt. 

Dr.  Henry  C.  Stearns,  born  in  Lovell,  Me.,  Sept.  21,  1866,  received  his 
academic  training  in  Fryeburg,  Me.,  and  his  professional  training  in  the 
Dartmouth  school,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1896.  After  a  brief  practice 
in  Bartlett  and  Warren,  he  came  to  Haverhill,  where  he  had  married  in 
1897  (see  Genealogy),  Mary  Louise  only  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
Swasey  Pow.  Except  for  a  short  time  spent  in  Concord  he  practiced 
successfully  in  Haverhill  until  he  was  instantly  killed  August  23,  1915, 
his  automobile  being  struck  by  an  automobile  at  Cobleigh's  Crossing, 
near  Woodsville.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  town  affairs,  and  was 
largely  instrumental  in  securing  a  water  supply  for  the  village,  and  was 
treasurer  of  the  Water  Company  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
succeeded  in  his  practice  by  Dr.  F.  C.  Russell,  who  had  been  his  classmate 
at  Dartmouth,  and  who  for  a  short  time  was  associated  with  him  when  he 
first  came  to  Haverhill,  but  who  later  practiced  in  Newbury  and  Bradford, 
Vt.,  until  he  returned  to  Haverhill  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Stearns. 

Dr.  Forrest  J.  Drury,  son  of  Rev.  A.  H.  Drury,  was  born  in  Easton 
January  17,  1885.  His  preparatory  education  was  obtained  at  Colebrook 
Academy  and  Tilton  Seminary.  He  graduated  from  the  School  of 
Medicine,  Boston  University,  in  1911,  and  was  house  physician  at  the 
Cullis'  Consumptives  Home  in  Berlin  for  a  year  or  more  before  gradua- 
tion. He  began  practice  at  Haverhill  Corner  in  March,  1912,  but  left 
in  December,  1912,  for  Seabrook,  when  he  has  since  been  in  practice. 

Dr.  Elmer  M.  Miller  came  to  Woodsville  in  1898  after  his  graduation 
at  Baltimore  Medical  College,  having  previously  studied  at  Dartmouth 
Medical  School.  His  preparation  was  at  St.  Johnsbury  Academy,  from 
which  institution  he  graduated  in  1894.     He  has  a  large  and  eminently 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  315 

successful  practice  as  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
and  was  (1916)  president  of  the  Grafton  County  Medical  Society:  Is  an 
Odd  Fellow,  Mason,  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  represented 
Haverhill  in  the  Legislature  1909-11.  He  married  in  Boston  June  22, 
1898,  Lillian  Estelle,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  M.  Ray. 

Dr.  William  E.  Lawrence  came  to  North  Haverhill  in  1903,  succeeding 
in  practice  Doctor  Newcomb.  He  was  born  in  Eden,  Vt.,  August  1,  1871, 
son  of  Daniel  E.  and  Martha  (Johns)  Lawrence.  Graduated  at  Beman, 
New  Haven,  Vt.,  Academy  1891,  studied  in  University  of  Vermont 
1892-3,  and  took  his  medical  degree  at  Baltimore  Medical  College  in 
1896.  Practiced  in  Worcester,  Vt.,  1898-03.  He  had  a  large  and  growing 
practice,  and  took  a  keen  interest  in  town  and  state  affairs.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Woodsville  Guarantee  Savings  Bank  and  had  been  a 
member  of  the  Haverhill  Board  of  Education  since  1903.  Was  a  member 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Constitutional  Convention  of  1912,  and  of  the 
Legislature  of  1913-15.  He  was  appointed  in  1915  by  Governor  Spaulding 
a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Control  having  charge  of  the  State 
Hospital,  School  for  Feeble  Minded,  Sanatorium  for  Consumptives, 
and  other  kindred  institutions,  and  as  one  of  the  two  members  having 
special  charge  of  the  sanatorium  at  Glencliff.  Doctor  Lawrence  was  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society,  in  politics  a  Republican,  a  Mason,  in  religious  belief 
a  Unitarian.     He  died  April  19,  1919. 

Dr.  Selwyn  K.  Dearborn  began  his  practice  in  Woodsville  in  1905. 
He  was  born  in  Bristol,  September  10, 1879  the  son  of  Kenson  E.  Dearborn, 
a  well-known  Grafton  County  attorney.  He  graduated  from  Dart- 
mouth College  in  the  class  of  1901,  and  from  Dartmouth  Medical  School 
in  1905,  since  which  time  he  has  been  in  practice  in  Woodsville  and  is  at 
present  established  in  a  good  practice.  Doctor  Dearborn  has  been  twice 
married. 

Dr.  Franklin  E.  Speare  came  to  Woodsville  Jan.  1,  1914,  associating 
himself  in  practice  with  Doctor  Gibson,  and  after  the  death  of  the  latter 
succeeded  to  his  practice,  by  his  care,  devotion  and  skill  earning  marked 
favor,  and  rapidly  securing  a  good  practice.  He  was  born  in  Charlotte, 
Vt.,  July  18,  1873;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  of  Burlington,  in  the  University  of  California  and  University  of 
Vermont.  He  graduated  from  the  Vermont  College  of  Medicine  in 
1903  and  spent  the  next  two  years  as  house  physician  at  the  Mary 
Fletcher  Hospital.  He  was  in  practice  in  Lisbon  from  September, 
1905,  until  he  came  to  Woodsville.  He  is  a  Mason,  Odd  Fellow,  and 
member  of  Grafton  County,  New  Hampshire  State  and  American 
Medical  associations. 


316  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Dr.  Jacob  Blaisdell  was  for  a  short  time  in  practice  at  the  Corner  in 
1836. 

Dr.  Edmund  H.  Noyes  came  to  North  Haverhill  in  May,  1896,  but 
remained  in  practice  less  than  two  years  when  he  removed.  He  received 
his  medical  education  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
Ohio  at  Cincinnati  graduating  in  1885.  Previous  to  his  coming  to  North 
Haverhill  he  practiced  in  Cambridgeport  and  Gloucester,  Mass.  He 
remained  in  North  Haverhill  hardly  long  enough  to  establish  himself 
fully  in  practice. 

Vernon  H.  Edson,  D.  O.,  and  Anna  Edson,  D.  O.,  his  wife,  graduates 
of  the  American  College  of  Osteopathy  at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  which  is  under 
the  presidency  of  Dr.  Andrew  T.  Still,  founder  of  the  science,  have  been 
in  a  highly  successful  practice  in  Woodsville  since  December,  1914. 

Dentistry 

Dentistry  as  a  profession  did  not  come  into  vogue  in  Haverhill  till  in 
recent  years.  The  early  physicians  had,  of  course,  among  their  instru- 
ments the  old  fashioned  "cant  hooks"  and  forceps,  the  sight  of  which  is 
enough  to  cure  toothache  in  these  modern  days.  After  dentistry  had 
become  somewhat  common  as  a  profession  the  people  of  Haverhill  for 
many  years  had  recourse  to  dentists  who  had  established  themselves  at 
Bradford,  Newbury  and  Wells  River,  Vt.,  and  in  Lisbon  and  Littleton. 
Dr.  Moses  N.  Howland  of  Lisbon  maintained  for  a  time  a  branch  office  at 
the  Corner,  and  Dr.  James  B.  Clark  for  a  number  of  years  combined  the 
practice  of  dentistry  with  farming  at  Center  Haverhill.  A  Doctor  Dar- 
ling was  for  a  time  in  practice  in  Woodsville  until  his  office  was  destroyed 
by  fire  about  1901.  Woodsville  has  at  the  present  time  no  less  than  four 
dentists.  Dr.  Frederick  G.  Weeks,  Dr.  Edward  S.  Miller  (a  brother  of 
Dr.  E.  M.  Miller),  Dr.  F.  E.  Speed  and  Dr.  Samuel  Baker. 

There  are  doctors  and  doctors,  and  Haverhill  has  had  some  of  the  latter 
class  who  have  borne  the  self-given  title  without  bothering  medical  schools 
to  confer  degrees  or  state  examining  boards  to  grant  licenses.  The  earliest 
of  these  was  Ross  Coon  who  in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century  was  the 
landlord  of  the  Coon  tavern  at  the  Corner.  He  kept  a  fine  bar  and  is 
said  to  have  been  a  most  generous  patron  of  the  same.  One  of  his  favorite 
remedies  for  bilious  troubles  was  a  compound  for  clearing  out  as  he  said 
the  "bilery  dux."  He  sometimes  preached  though  without  ordination 
as  a  minister.  Weighing  upwards  of  four  hundred  pounds,  he  was  in  the 
constant  "enjoyment  of  poor  health"  and  in  his  later  years  he  was  con- 
fined for  most  of  his  time  to  a  large  armchair,  where  he  prescribed  for 
both  soul  and  body  and  regaled  his  visitors  with  mirth-producing  stories. 
He  averred  that  "a  thousand  lies  are  told  every  day  and  not  half  of  them 
are  true." 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  317 

"Dr."  Myron  S.  Wetherbee  combined  the  practice  of  medicine  with 
farming  at  North  Haverhill.  He  called  himself  an  eclectic  physician, 
practicing,  so  far  as  he  knew,  the  best  from  all  schools  of  the  profession. 
He  had  never  a  large  practice,  but  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  had 
the  satisfaction  of  calling  himself  and  being  called  doctor. 

"Doctor"  Shaw  also  of  North  Haverhill  and  a  contemporary  of  Doctor 
Wetherbee  had  a  like  satisfaction  even  if  the  most  who  addressed  him  as 
"doctor,"  smiled  significantly  when  they  did  it.  He  got  little  if  anything 
more  out  his  alleged  profession  than  the  above  named  satisfaction  of  being 
called  doctor. 

But  the  character  of  this  entire  class  of  practitioners  was  Israel  B. 
Davis  better  known  as  "Dr.  Goold,"  or  "Gooley"  Davis.  He  lived  on 
the  Limekiln  road,  was  peddler,  agent  for  insurance  companies  which 
were  all  right  except  when  it  came  to  the  payment  of  fines.  His  physical 
appearance  was  striking;  like  Darius  Green  of  flying  machine  fame,  "his 
body  was  long  and  lank  and  lean"  and  in  speaking  his  voice  alternated 
between  that  of  a  high  pitched  tremulous  falsetto,  and  a  deep  rotund 
basso  profondo.  Yet  in  the  sixties  of  the  last  century,  strange  as  it  may 
appear  this  illiterate,  without  the  faintest  knowledge  of  medicine,  a 
thoroughgoing  charlatan,  had  quite  an  extensive  practice.  He  had 
always  quite  a  stock  of  liquors,  samples  procured  on  his  application  from 
wholesale  liquor  houses.  There  were  few  if  any  such  houses  this  side  the 
Mississippi  to  which  he  had  not  made  application  and  frequently  with 
success.  It  might  be  said  of  "Doctors"  Wetherbee  and  Shaw  that  they 
were  at  least  honest.     This  could  hardly  be  said  of  "Dr."  Goold  Davis. 

Cottage  Hospital 

The  Cottage  Hospital  at  Woodsville  was  incorporated  under  the 
general  laws  of  New  Hampshire  providing  for  voluntary  corporations 
October  6,  1903,  the  following  being  named  as  corporators.  William 
A.  Loyne,  Scott  Sloane,  Herbert  W.  Allen,  Fred  E.Thorpe,  Newton  Lang, 
Charles  H.  Greene,  Eustache  M.  Lamarre.  The  purpose  of  the  hospital 
was  set  forth  in  corporation  agreement  as  follows:  "The  object  of  the 
Association  is  the  establishing  and  maintaining  of  a  general  hospital 
for  the  treatment  and  care  of  the  sick  and  injured,  and  for  the  establish- 
ment and  maintenance  of  a  training  school  for  nurses  in  connection 
therewith,  and  of  supplying  trained  nurses  for  the  sick  in  their  own  homes. 
Said  hospital  and  training  school  may  charge  and  receive  from  patients 
such  fees  as  may  be  established  by  said  Hospitals  Association  of  this 
state,  varied  by  the  necessity  of  each  case,  and  the  ability  of  the  patients 
to  pay,  but  for  no  other  purpose  whatever,  being  a  charitable  institution 
for  the  alleviation  of  suffering  without  profit  to  any  person. " 


318  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

The  prime  mover  in  the  establishment  of  the  institution  was  the 
Rev.  William  A.  Loyne,  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
Woodsville  from  April,  1900,  to  April,  1904.  Woodsville  was  a  railroad 
centre;  a  large  proportion  of  its  population  consisted  of  railroad  employees, 
married  men  with  their  families,  and  single  men  whose  homes  were  in 
boarding  houses.  Woodsville  was  also  the  centre  from  which  operations 
in  large  lumbering  and  logging  industries  to  the  north  and  east  were 
supervised  and  directed,  and  to  which  the  sick  and  injured  would  natu- 
rally be  taken  for  care  and  relief.  Mr.  Loyne  became  convinced  of  the 
imperative  need  of  a  hospital  at  Woodsville  and  labored  enthusiastically 
in  season  and  out  of  season  to  convince  others  of  such  need.  During 
the  last  year  of  his  pastorate  he  secured  pledges  which  he  believed 
warranted  incorporation,  and  the  purchase  of  the  property  on  the  river 
road  at  the  junction  of  the  Bath  and  Woodsville  roads  which  was  known 
as  the  Cobleigh  place,  and  which  had  been  a  well-known  tavern  in  the 
old  stage  days,  and  the  days  of  sending  rafts  of  lumber  down  the  river. 
Necessary  repairs  were  made,  the  interior  was  remodeled  and  the 
hospital  was  opened  to  patients  in  the  summer  of  1894.  Mr.  Loyne 
left  the  pastorate  for  a  year  in  April  1894.  and  for  the  following  year 
devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  work  of  superintendent  of  the  hospital. 

The  by-laws  adopted  provided  for  a  board  of  trustees  of  not  less  than 
seven  and  not  more  than  sixteen  members;  a  board  of  directors  of  not 
less  than  ten  and  not  more  than  twenty-five,  a  clerk,  treasurer,  financial 
secretary,  board  of  advice,  house  committee,  each  to  serve  for  one  year. 
The  duties  of  these  were  defined,  and  are  much  the  same  as  those  of  like 
officers  in  similar  hospitals.  The  institution  has  been  in  the  main 
excellently  managed,  and  has  done  a  work  greatly  needed.  It  has 
been  generously  supported  by  an  appreciative  public,  but  like  other 
institutions  of  the  same  character  is  in  need  of  funds  for  its  maintenance, 
and  for  the  payment  of  a  mortgage  and  floating  indebtedness.  The 
town  of  Haverhill  at  its  annual  meeting  has  for  several  years  maintained 
a  free  bed,  and  at  the  meeting  of  1916  made  an  appropriation  of  $1,000 
in  its  aid. 

In  the  year  ending  March  22,  1916,  the  receipts  were  from  patients 
$6,756.33;  donations  by  individuals,  $746.25,  and  from  the  free  bed 
fund  $127.55,  a  total  of  $7,630.18.  The  trustees  for  1916  are  Joseph  M. 
Howe,  G.  E.  Cummings,  F.  P.  Dearth,  R.  E.  Farwell,  Newton  Lang,  Dr.  E. 
M.  Miller,  E.  W.  Smith,  Dr.  F.  E.  Spear,  S.  E.  Clark,  Dr.  F.  C.  Russell, 
W.  A.  Loyne,  E.  Bertram  Pike,  H.  W.  Keyes,  Daniel  Whitcher,  L.  C. 
Desautels,  Chas.  Butson.  The  board  of  directors  is  composed  of 
ladies,  of  whom  it  may  be  said  they  have  rendered  most  efficient  service 
in  securing  funds  for  the  support  of  the  institution  through  the  medium 
of  fairs  and  personal  solicitation  and  by  their  officers  members  of  the 


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House  Committee.  The  directors  for  1916  are  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Randall, 
F.  A.  Carr,  Kate  D.  Lee,  Geo.  H.  Clark,  Newton  Lang,  W.  F.  Whitcher, 
F.  L.  Sargent,  E.  M.  Miller,  W.  F.  Eastman,  A.  R.  Franklin,  C.  T.  Gates, 
A.  M.  Pike,  D.  R.  Rouhan,  James  Laurie,  R.  M.  Stahl,  Geo.  E.  Mann, 
W.  S.  Burton,  Fred  Gibson,  Frank  Sherwell,  Misses  Luvia  E.  Mann,  and 
O.  McLam.  The  institution  has  rendered  most  invaluable  service,  a 
large  part  of  which  has  been  without  compensation.  It  needs  an 
endowment,  and  merits  generous  support. 


CHAPTER  XIV 


NEWSPAPERS  AND   LIBRARIES 

Printing  Was  Begun  in  Haverhill  Previous  to  1800 — Four  or  Five  Small  Papers 
— In  1820  The  "Grafton  and  Coos  Intelligencer"  Appeared;  Sketch  of  No. 
3,  Vol.  1 — "New  Hampshire  Post"  Anti-Masonic — Removed  to  Lebanon — 
"Democratic  Republican,"  1828-1863 — Woodsville  Register  1883 — Graf- 
ton County  Register  by  Bittinger  Press — Removed  to  Woodsville  in  1890 
— Sold  to  W.  F.  Whitcher  in  1899 — Sold  March  1,  1916,  to  F.  E.  Thayer — 
The  Social  Library — The  Haverhill — The  Woodsville,  Gift  of  Ira  Whit- 
cher— North  Haverhill  Town  Assisted  in  Building — The  Town  Libraries. 

Just  when  the  printing  press  came  to  Haverhill  is  uncertain.  While 
the  controversy  relative  to  jurisdiction  over  the  New  Hampshire  Grants 
during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  was  raging,  a  printing  press,  and 
printer  in  the  person  of  Alden  Spooner,  was  imported  from  Connecticut 
into  Hanover,  and  a  press  of  some  kind  found  its  way  to  Haverhill  not 
many  years  later.  Previous  to  1800  Daniel  Caverly  attempted  the 
publication  of  a  small  weekly  newspaper,  but  gave  up  the  attempt  after 
six  months,  and  a  small  magazine  printed  by  Wesley  Dunham  was  even 
shorter  lived.  Another  paper,  under  the  name  of  the  Cods  Courier  was 
projected  in  1808,  but  publication  was  soon  suspended.  Still  another 
attempt  was  made  in  1810  when  the  Haverhill  Advertiser  was  published 
by  T.  L.  Houghten  for  about  three  months.  This  was  a  four-page  paper 
of  three  columns  each.  The  price  was  one  dollar  a  year,  partly  to  be 
paid  by  subscribers.  In  the  issue  of  June  28,  1810,  Volume  1,  number  6, 
almost  the  entire  paper  is  made  up  of  miscellaneous,  though  a  local  flavor 
is  introduced  by  the  statement  of  James  Whelelan  concerning  a  survey  of 
land  to  which  he  had  testified  in  court  in  a  case  tried  in  the  Superior 
Court  in  October,  1809,  Thomas  Johnson  of  Newbury  seeking  to  recover 
from  the  proprietors  of  the  Haverhill  bridge  for  timber  cut  by  them  on  his 
land.  It  was  not  till  November,  1820,  that  Sylvester  T.  Goss  began  the 
publication  of  the  first  newspaper  which  might  be  regarded  as  a  perma- 
nency. This  was  first  published  under  the  name  of  The  Grafton  and  Cods 
Intelligencer.  Two  years  later  it  was  called  the  New  Hampshire  Intelli- 
gencer and  Grafton  and  Cods  Advertiser,  and  in  1825,  the  latter  part  of  the 
title  was  dropped  and  the  paper  appeared  until  its  suspension  in  1827  as 
the  New  Hampshire  Intelligencer.  This  was  a  four-page  paper,  and  four 
columns  to  the  page  of  12  by  20  inches,  and  was  published  at  "two 
dollars  a  year  payable  half  in  produce  and  half  in  cash."     No  subscrip- 

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tion  was  received  for  a  less  time  than  one  year,  later  changed  to  six  months, 
and  subscribers  were  required  to  pay  the  postage  on  their  papers,  and 
letters  to  the  editor  were  required  to  be  postpaid.  The  weekly  newspapers 
of  that  day  are  curiosities  at  the  present.  The  Intelligencer  was  much 
like  its  contemporaries.  Number  3  of  Volume  1,  dated  December  13, 
1820,  may  be  taken  as  a  sample.  On  the  first  page  is  found  the  second 
part  of  an  essay  or  sermon  on  "The  Sabbath";  an  article  of  two  columns 
on" The  Denominations  of  the  Christian  World";  an  abstract  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  for  the  last  week  in  November 
and  of  Congress  for  the  same  week,  and  an  announcement  of  the  drawing 
of  a  prize  of  $40,000  in  the  Baltimore  Cathedral  Church  Lottery.  The 
second  page  is  devoted  mostly  to  extracts  from  newspapers  "On  last 
Thursday's  Mail"  under  the  titles  of  "President  Boyer"  of  St.  Domingo; 
"Singular  Elopement,"  from  the  Bridgeport  Courier;  "A  Discovery," 
from  the  New  York  Gazette;  "Savage  Outrage,"  from  the  New  York 
Evening  Post;  "The  Discovery  Ships,"  "Kentucky";  "A  Panther  Hunt"; 
New  York  Grand  Canal.  The  only  items  of  news  on  the  page  are  brief 
accounts  of  a  robbery  of  the  mail  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  the  capture  of  a  mail 
robber  at  Fredericktown,  Va.,  a  fatal  accident  in  Montreal,  the  murder  of 
two  soldiers,  by  Indians  at  Rock  Creek  Island,  Mich.,  and  an  account  of 
an  Indian  at  Mackinac,  Mich.,  who  has  in  each  arm  and  leg  more  than 
double  the  number  of  joints  usually  found  in  legs  and  arms.  The  third 
page  contains  a  half-column  summary,  a  column  of  "Latest  from  Eng- 
land," an  account  of  a  recently  invented  "cambouse"  for  the  purification 
of  air  on  closely  crowded  warships,  and  a  letter  describing  the  Massachu- 
setts Constitutional  Convention  then  in  session  in  Boston;  a  list  of  con- 
victs sent  to  the  New  Hampshire  state  prison  during  the  year  from  the 
counties  of  Strafford,  Rockingham,  Hillsborough,  Cheshire  and  Grafton. 
There  is  on  this  page  a  column  and  a  half  of  advertisements;  notice  of  a 
meeting  of  the  Haverhill  Bridge  Corporation  to  see  about  raising  money 
for  rebuilding  the  bridge,  and  a  notice  informing  the  public  that  in  spite  of 
reports  to  the  contrary  Bedel's  Bridge  was  safe  for  passengers  and  teams. 
Webster  &  Underwood  of  Boston  advertise  their  staple  and  fancy  goods. 
In  the  long  list  may  be  found  "  bombazettes,  figured  and  plain,  all 
colors";  "black  and  colored  double  chain  Levantines";  "black  sinchans 
and  Sarsnetts";  "fine  flag  and  bandanna  handkerchiefs"  and  "mourning 
articles  of  the  best  quality."  It  is  safe  to  say  these  articles  are  not  in 
stock  in  the  Boston  department  stores  of  today.  Hamlin  Rand,  executor, 
advertises  an  auction  sale  of  the  personal  property  of  the  late  James  I. 
Swan  of  Bath.  Among  the  articles  to  be  sold  are  "a  second-hand  chaise 
and  harness;  secretary;  pair  card  tables;  set  Northumberland  tables; 
terrestrial  globe;  high  post  bedsteads;  cook-stove  and  funnel;  2  buffalo 
skins;  1  bear  skin,  and  fancy  chairs,  clock,  looking  glasses.     On  the  last 

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page  is  a  poem,  "The  Voice  of  Nature,"  1  Kings  3,  16;  "Mary  of  the 
Mountains,"  a  pathetic  story  from  the  Christian  Journal,  while  three 
columns  and  a  half  are  devoted  to  advertisements,  monthly  tax  collector's 
sales  in  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Piermont  and  Warren.  There  are  notices 
of  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Coos  Bank  stockholders,  and  the  Coos 
Turnpike  Corporation.  Benjamin  Merrill,  and  Samuel  Page,  merchants, 
request  settlement  of  accounts,  which  are  the  only  advertisements  of 
Haverhill  merchants.  John  Slevinger  of  Lancaster  gives  notice  that  he 
has  provided  for  the  support  of  Samuel  Springer  and  forbids  the  harbor- 
ing or  trusting  the  said  Samuel  on  his  account,  and  the  loss  of  a  red  mo- 
rocco work  box  containing  valuable  articles  by  the  bursting  of  a  trunk 
behind  the  mail  stage  between  Concord  and  Boscawen  is  advertised  and  a 
handsome  reward  is  offered  for  its  recovery.  Editor  Goss  evidently 
combined  trade  with  his  newspaper  business,  since  he  advertises  "for  sale 
at  this  office,"  Day  &  Martin's  Real  Japan  Blacking;  Maynard  &  Noyes' 
Ink  Powder,  and  that  he  has  just  received  evangelical  reviews,  for 
schools  and  all  kind  of  school  supplies,  with  Watt's  Psalms  and  Hymns, 
Bibles,  Testaments,  spelling  books,  Murray's  grammar  and  Reader, 
Scott's  Lessons,  Adams'  arithmetic,  last  edition  of  Walker's  diction- 
ary, etc.,  also  "the  Mother-in-Law,"  a  useful  instructive  book  for  young 
people.  He  also  wants  an  apprentice,  and  offers  to  buy  linen  and  cotton 
rags. 

The  Intelligencer  is  well  printed,  is  remarkably  free  from  typographical 
errors,  and  wood  pulp  paper  had  evidently  not  at  that  time  been  heard  of. 
As  a  local  newspaper,  the  Intelligencer,  was  remarkable  for  containing, 
aside  from  the  notices  mentioned,  nothing  whatever  in  the  way  of  news  of 
a  local  character.  It  was  printed  at  Haverhill,  that  was  all,  and  in  this 
respect  it  differed  little  from  other  weekly  newspapers  of  the  time. 
Gradually  local  merchants  and  artisans  began  to  advertise,  as  five  years 
later  in  November,  1825,  three  brief  local  advertisements  appear,  and 
there  is  also  the  publication  of  an  act  passed  at  the  previous  June  session 
of  the  legislature  incorporating  "the  First  Musical  Society  of  Haverhill" 
(South  Parish)  and  a  statement  that  the  society  has  been  organized  and 
that  Capt.  B.  Stevens  has  been  engaged  to  instruct  a  singing  school 
which  will  meet  on  Tuesday  and  Saturday  evenings  at  the  academy. 
Not  only  was  there  almost  nothing  in  the  way  of  local  news,  but  abso- 
lutely nothing  editorial,  and  it  was  conducted  on  the  lines  of  its  first  issues 
until  its  suspension  in  1827.  In  November,  1822,  Mr.  Goss  published  his 
prospectus  of  The  Evangelist,  a  religious  paper  to  be  published  once  in 
two  weeks  beginning  the  following  month.     In  this  he  said: 

The  cause  of  religion  is  now  exciting  a  general  interest  in  Christendom.  Many  very 
valuable  religious  papers  are  now  published  and  circulated  for  the  diffusion  of  Christian 
knowledge.     But  it  has  appeared  that  the  great  majority  of  these  publications  are  con- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  323 

ducted  upon  so  large  a  scale  as  to  render  them  too  expensive  to  gain  circulation  among 
the  majority  of  our  Christian  readers.  The  design  of  this  publication  is  to  remove  this 
embarrassment,  by  giving  an  epitome  of  what  ordinarily  appears  in  the  Missionary 
Herald,  the  Boston  Recorder,  the  Religious  Intelligencer,  the  New  Hampshire  Repository 
and  the  Evangelical  Monitor.  Original  communications  of  the  same  nature  in  a  concise 
form,  are  solicited  of  the  Christian  public  and  will  receive  notice. 

The  Evangelist  consisted  of  eight  large  octavo  pages  and  was  to  be 
delivered  to  subscribers  for  fifty  cents  a  year  to  be  paid  at  the  expiration 
of  six  months.  These  liberal  terms  did  not,  however,  secure  a  profitable 
circulation,  and  the  life  of  this  new  religious  venture  was  short. 

Among  the  four  advertisements  of  a  local  nature  which  appeared  from 
time  to  time  in  the  Intelligencer,  one  in  the  issue  of  November  22,  1825, 
may  be  noted  as  indicating  that  the  virtues  of  so-called  patent  medicines 
were  as  great  then  as  in  these  modern  days.  John  L.  Rix  had  come  to 
Haverhill  and  engaged  in  trade,  and  through  the  Intelligencer  notified 
the  public  that  he  had  "just  received  a  fresh  supply  of  Chemical  Embro- 
cation, or  Whitewill's  Improved  Opodeldoc.  This  article  is  in  the  liquid 
form,  and  is  considered  by  the  first  physicians  in  the  U.  S.  to  rank  higher 
than  any  other  composition  in  existence  for  the  following  complaints: 
Bruises,  sprains,  gout,  rheumatism,  croup,  numbness,  weakness  or  stiff- 
ness of  the  neck  or  joints,  chilblains,  chapped  hands,  sting  of  insects, 
vegetable  poison,  etc.  It  is  applied  to  both  man  and  beast — and  is 
recommended  by  the  celebrated  Dr.  Mitchell  of  New  York."  Mr.  Rix 
also  had  on  sale  "the  volatile  aromatic  snuff,  so  celebrated  throughout 
the  U.  S.  in  cases  of  catarrh  and  headache.  It  is  extremely  grateful  and 
fragrant  to  the  smell." 

Editor  Goss  evidently  had  the  printers'  proverbial  difficulty  in  making 
collections.  Under  date  of  November  3,  1824,  he  publishes  the  follow- 
ing letter: 

Haverhill  June  7,  1824. 

Mr.  Goss,  the  statement  that  you  have  made  to  my  Boy  is  not  so  for  I  told  you  that 
I  must  have  the  money  &  that  if  it  does  not  come  this  afternoon  I  shall  sell  it  to  an 
attorney  for  what  it  will  fetch. 

Stephen  Adams. 

Mr.  Adams  had  made  good  his  threat  and  Mr.  Goss  had  been  served 
with  a  "Greeting  to  appear,"  etc.,  and  made  a  fervent  appeal  to  those 
indebted  to  him  to  pay  in  order  that  he  might  "settle  with  this  dealer 
in  tape  and  buckram."  Mr.  Goss  also,  in  order  to  make  both  ends  meet, 
had  a  circulating  library,  and  also  had  on  sale  patent  medicines,  which 
he  advertised  extensively  in  1821.  Among  these  were  Dr.  Relfe's  Botan- 
ical Drops,  Dumfries  Ointment  for  the  Itch,  British  Anticeptic  Denti- 
frice, Albion  Corn  Plaister,  Asthmatic  Pills,  Cambrian  Tooth-Ache  Pills, 
Dr.  Tibbs  Rheumatic  Liniment,  etc.  The  publication  of  the  Intelligencer 
was  suspended,  and  presses  and  material  were  sold  to  John  R.  Riding  who 


324  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

had  come  from  Concord  to  establish  a  weekly  newspaper  in  Haverhill. 
Mr.  Goss  had  done  his  best  but  the  Intelligencer  lacked  enterprise,  spirit, 
ginger,  and  that  it  lived  for  seven  years  and  more  was  remarkable.  Dur- 
ing its  lifetime  the  Masonic  Cabinet,  "designed  for  the  benefit  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,"  was  first  printed  in  1824,  but  was  discontinued  in 
about  two  years,  at  the  beginning  of  the  famous  anti-Masonic  crusade. 

In  June,  1827,  The  New  Hampshire  Post  and  Grafton  and  Coos  Adver- 
tiser, published  by  Atwood  &  Woolson,  made  its  appearance  and  at  once 
manifested  the  enterprise,  spirit  and  ginger  which  the  Intelligencer  had 
lacked.  In  politics  it  was  anti-Jackson,  and  was  strongly  partisan.  It 
joined  the  anti-Masonic  crusade,  and  was  to  say  the  least  vigorous  in  its 
denunciations  of  the  Masonic  order.  It  secured  advertising,  something 
essential  to  success,  and  with  a  live  rival  competitor  established  the  next 
year,  intensely  Jacksonian  in  its  politics,  and  ably  conducted,  it  main- 
tained itself  for  twenty  years,  a  successful  weekly  newspaper.  In  the 
latter  part  of  1828,  Woolson  withdrew  and  for  a  time  the  paper  was 
published  by  Moses  G.  Atwood.  Later  John  L.  Bunce,  who  had  come 
from  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  be  cashier  in  the  Grafton  Bank,  became  part 
owner  and  later  sole  proprietor,  the  paper  being  printed  by  a  young  man, 
John  English,  who  later  became  a  well-known  minister  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Conference.  About  1839  George  S.  Towle  bought  the  paper  and 
published  it  until  1848  when  he  removed  it  to  Lebanon,  the  name  having 
been  changed  to  the  Granite  State  Whig.  From  the  first  the  Post  had 
liberal  advertising  patronage  by  the  Haverhill  merchants,  and  while 
articles  from  exchanges  and  miscellany  abounded  ever  increasing  space 
was  given  to  local  news  and  editorials.  Mr.  Atwood  conducted  a  book- 
store in  connection  with  his  newspaper.  The  political  position  of  the 
Post  is  indicated  by  an  extract  from  its  columns  in  its  first  issue  after  the 
inauguration  of  General  Jackson  as  President:  "We  print  in  other  columns 
the  inaugural  address  of  President  Jackson.  We  have  a  few  remarks  to 
make.  As  a  state  paper  it  is  absolutely  beneath  criticism  or  comment. 
When  we  turn  back  to  the  similar  productions  of  the  celebrated  statesmen 
who  have  preceded  Mr.  Jackson  in  the  exalted  station  he  now  holds,  the 
mind  sickens  at  the  comparison,"  etc.  In  this  same  issue,  Carleton  & 
Tracy,  cabinet  makers,  in  a  display  advertisement  mention  among  their 
attractive  manufactures,  "Grecian,  card,  dining,  Pembroke,  Extension, 
Work  and  Breakfast  Tables,  with  or  without  bags."  They  had  also 
recently  opened  a  shop  in  Bath.  In  the  next  issue  there  appeared  the 
following  editorial  mention  of  Hon.  Levi  Woodbury  who  had  been  a  warm 
supporter  of  Jackson.  "Levi  Woodbury  is  to  be  sent  somewhere,  we 
don't  exactly  know  to  what  place,  not  having  the  proofs  in  our  pocket. 
Some  say  he  is  going  to  the  Netherlands,  others  that  he  is  to  be  sent  to 
St.  Petersburg, — others  again  assign  him  to  Denmark  thereby  adding,  if 


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he  should  go,  confirmation  strong  to  the  ancient  truism  that  there  will 
be  found  ' something  rotten  in  the  state  of  Denmark.'  We  pray  him  good 
deliverance  from  New  Hampshire." 

That  Editor  Atwood  found  it  difficult  to  reconcile  himself  to  the  ad- 
ministration of  President  Jackson  is  evident  from  the  following  mild 
criticism  which  appeared  in  an  editorial  in  April,  1829 :  "  We  should  depre- 
ciate everything  that  looks  like  an  unnecessary  opposition  to  the  acts  of 
General  Jackson — it  would  be  following  too  close  in  the  steps  taken  by 
the  Jackson  party — even  before  Mr.  Adams  began  to  act.  But  if  ever 
there  was  reason  to  'cry  aloud  and  spare  not,' — that  is  now.  No  Presi- 
dent ever  yet  acted  through  his  whole  course,  so  far  contrary  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  whole  nation,  as  has  General  Jackson  in  one  little  month  of 
his  administration." 

Under  the  editorship  of  Mr.  Bunce,  the  Post  was  an  out  and  out  anti- 
Masonic  organ.  At  the  head  of  its  editorial  columns  it  placed  the  names 
of  the  anti- Masonic  nominees  for  President  and  Vice-President,  William 
Wirt  of  Maryland  and  Amos  Ellmahr  of  Pennsylvania.  In  an  address  to 
the  anti-Masons  of  New  Hampshire,  Editor  Bunce  pointed  to  the  success 
of  the  cause  in  Vermont,  to  the  progress  being  made  in  New  York,  Massa- 
chusetts, Rhode  Island,  Connecticut  and  Maine,  but  was  somewhat  pessi- 
mistic regarding  the  cause  in  New  Hampshire.  "What  shall  be  done?" 
he  asks.  "Go  back  one  cannot,  if  we  were  so  disposed;  stand  still  we 
must  not;  go  forward  we  must,  and  all  the  means  in  our  power  must  be 
brought  into  operation  to  crush  the  foe  that  lurks  in  secret  for  blood." 
He  complained  of  the  attitude  of  the  press  of  the  state  towards  the  insti- 
tution. "Look  into  the  twenty  different  papers  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
then  point  to  us  a  single  syllable  or  letter  or  word  that  was  ever  published 
on  the  subject  of  Masonry  or  anti-Masonry  unless  it  was  to  throw  ridicule 
on  every  attempt  of  anti-Masons  to  spread  the  truth  before  the  people." 
Mr.  Bunce  evidently  felt  himself  alone  and  the  sequel  showed  he  was 
fighting  a  losing  fight.  The  publishing  of  the  Post  was  not  his  chief 
business.  During  his  proprietorship  he  held  the  position  of  cashier  of  the 
bank,  which  he  assumed  about  1824.  He  married,  June  17,  1824,  first 
Louisa,  daughter  of  Richard  Gookin  who  died  April  17,  1837.  Shortly 
after  her  death  he  was  offered  the  position  of  cashier  of  the  Phenix  Bank 
of  his  home  city,  and  he  closed  out  his  interests  in  Haverhill  and  returned 
to  Hartford  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  as  cashier  and  later 
as  president  of  that  bank.  He  married,  second,  June  6,  1838,  Louisa 
Merrill  of  Haverhill,  and  at  the  time  his  residence  was  given  as  Hartford. 

Mr.  George  B.  Towle,  after  his  purchase  of  the  paper,  made  it  a  Whig 
organ,  and  in  the  log  cabin  and  hard  cider  campaign  of  1840,  it  was  in- 
tensely partisan.  He  was  a  native  of  Meredith,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth, 
class  of  1839.     After  his  purchase  of  the  Post,  he  studied  law,  was  admit- 


326  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

ted  to  the  bar  and  practiced  his  profession  to  some  extent  in  connection 
with  his  duties  as  editor.  He  became  active  in  the  political  life  of  Lebanon 
after  the  removal  of  his  newspaper  to  that  town  in  1848,  the  name  being 
changed  to  the  Granite  State  Whig.  He  was  representative  in  1853,  '56 
and  '57^  and  state  senator  in  1859  and  1860,  being  president  of  that  body 
the  latter  year.  In  1861  he  went  to  Boston,  having  been  appointed  to  a 
clerkship  in  the  Boston  Custom  House. 

The  Democratic  Republican  was  established  in  June,  1828,  by  John 
R.  Reding  and  continued  to  be  published  by  the  Reding  family  until 
it  was  discontinued  in  1863.  Mr.  Reding  was  born  in  Portsmouth, 
October  18,  1805.  He  received  an  academic  education  and  before  coming 
to  Haverhill  served  his  newspaper  and  printer's  apprenticeship  under 
Isaac  Hill  of  the  New  Hampshire  Patriot,  and  spent  two  years  as  foreman 
in  the  composing  room  of  the  Boston  Statesman,  afterwards  the  Boston 
Post.  He  purchased  the  plant  of  the  Intelligencer,  which  had  suspended 
publication  a  year  or  two  previously,  and  was  sole  proprietor  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic-Republican until  his  election  to  Congress  in  1840,  when  the  paper 
passed  into  the  hands  of  his  brothers,  Silvester  and  Henry  W.,  until 
the  suspension  of  the  publication  in  1863.  He  published  his  editorial 
valediction,  November  24,  1841.  Mr.  Reding  was  admirably  trained 
for  the  conduct  of  a  weekly  newspaper,  a  man  of  great  force  of  character, 
an  uncompromising  Democrat,  and  there  was  never  any  doubt  as  to  the 
position  of  his  newspaper  on  political  questions.  His  relations  with  Isaac 
Hill,  whose  sister  he  married,  were  intimate,  and  these  were  of  great 
advantage  to  him  in  the  conduct  of  his  paper.  After  his  retirement 
from  Congress  he  returned  to  his  native  city  where  he  was  one  of  its 
most  prominent  citizens,  dying  at  the  advanced  age  of  88  years.  The 
Democratic-Republican  was  ably  conducted,  and  during  its  thirty-five 
years  of  life  was  probably  the  most  influential  paper  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  state.  Had  its  files  been  preserved  they  would  be  invaluable  as 
furnishing  historical  material,  but  not  more  than  two  or  three  bound 
volumes  are  known  to  be  in  existence,  and  only  now  and  then  is  a  single 
stray  copy  to  be  seen.  The  paper  was  published  at  first  on  Eastern 
Avenue,  now  Court  Street,  but  in  1840  the  establishment  with  the 
post  office  which  had  been  in  the  same  building,  was  removed  to  Main 
Street  four  doors  south  of  the  Towle  Tavern,  and,  at  the  time  publication 
was  suspended,  it  occupied  the  southerly  end  of  the  Buck  block. 

There  was  no  mistaking  the  meaning  of  Mr.  Reding  in  his  editorials, 
as  will  be  noted  from  examples  given  in  a  previous  chapter.  The 
following  from  the  issue  of  September  4,  1833  is  one  sample  of  his  style: 

Report  says  that  Ex-Pres.  Adams  stopped  at  Orford  on  Friday  night  last,  having 
objections  to  riding  in  the  stage  in  the  evening:  that  on  Saturday  a  coach  and  six  went 
from  this  place  to  Orford,  took  his  highness  on  board  crossed  into  Vermont  proceeded  to 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  327 

the  Spring  Hotel  in  Newbury,  deposited  the  invaluable  cargo  and  then  returned  in 
ballast  home :  that  on  Sunday — mark  the  day — his  highness  recrossed  the  river  and  took 
lodgings  in  Bath.  Many  conjectures  are  afloat  as  to  the  immediate  objects  of  the 
journey  of  his  highness  and  the  reasons  why  he  was  so  very  particular  in  running  by 
Haverhill  Corner,  so  recently  the  headquarters  of  anti-ism  in  this  state.  Some  think 
he  is  ashamed  of  his  former  officials  in  Haverhill  and  was  ashamed  to  be  seen  in  their 
company. 

On  the  issue  of  Masonry,  Mr.  Reding  was  not  a  Mason  or  its  defender, 
but  was  opposed  to  political  anti-Masonry  on  the  ground  that  its  object 
was  to  break  down  the  Democratic  party.  "Queer  indeed  isn't  it  to 
hear  tools  of  Joseph  Bell  and  Ephraim  Kingsbury  president  and  secretary 
of  the  Washingtonian  Benevolent  Society,  prate  about  Democracy 
and  urge  objections  to  such  men  as  Nathaniel  Rix,  John  Page,  and 
Enoch  Page  because  they  belong  to  a  secret  society." 

The  outspoken  criticism  of  political  opponents  in  which  Mr.  Reding 
indulged  was  not  always  well  received.  Caleb  Morse,  an  Adams  or 
Whig  partisan  was  elected  representative  in  1829  and  1830.  In  the 
latter  year,  previous  to  the  March  election,  Editor  Reding  printed  some 
rather  unhandsome  things  concerning  Mr.  Morse,  the  result  of  which  was 
that  Mr.  Morse  brought  an  action  of  libel  against  Mr.  Reding  at  the 
May  term  of  the  Superior  Court.  The  case  was  tried  four  times  and 
naturally  excited  great  interest,  at  least  in  Haverhill  where  the  parties 
were  so  well  known.  At  the  first  trial  the  jury  disagreed;  at  the  second 
in  November,  1832,  a  verdict  was  obtained  for  the  defendant,  but  the 
case  was  carried  up  to  the  law  term,  1833,  on  exceptions,  but  these  were 
overruled,  and  execution  was  issued  which  was  not,  however,  paid. 
At  the  November  term,  1833,  a  writ  of  review  was  sued  out,  and  the 
action  was  continued  till  the  May  term,  1834,  once  again  till  the  adjourned 
term  in  October  where  the  jury  again  disagreed.  At  the  fourth  trial  in 
May,  1835,  the  plaintiff  obtained  a  verdict,  with  damages  assessed  at  one 
cent,  which  must  have  healed  the  wounded  feelings  of  Mr.  Morse. 
The  counsel  in  the  case  for  Mr.  Morse  were  Iver  Goodall,  A.  S.  Woods 
and  Joseph  Bell,  for  Mr.  Reding,  Bartlett  and  Josiah  Quincy.  In 
sustaining  the  verdict  of  November,  1832,  the  Law  Court  held: 

Defendant  may  under  general  issue  give  evidence  to  rebut  the  presumption  of  malice. 
Any  voter  is  justified  in  publishing  for  the  information  of  his  fellow  voters  any  facts  of 
which  he  is  advised  touching  the  character  and  qualifications  of  a  candidate  for  his 
suffrage.  In  an  action  for  libel  it  is  no  excuse  that  the  publisher  received  the  libel  from 
a  third  person.     In  an  action  for  slander  the  rule  is  different. 

Dr.  Reding  gave  his  opinion  of  the  character  of  the  suit  in  the  columns 
of  his  paper  previous  to  the  fourth  trial  in  1835.     He  said: 

This,  as  every  one  knows,  is  a  political  suit,  originally  intended,  undoubtedly,  to  break 
us  down,  and  as  a  certain  leading  federalist  who  advised  to  the  prosecution  expressed  it 
to  drive  us  from  the  town.     In  this  they  have  not  yet  suceeded — how  long  it  will  take 


328  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

them  we  cannot  tell.     That  the  expense  of  prosecuting  this  suit  is  borne  by  the  plaintiff 
on  the  record  we  do  not  believe,  and  we  have  strong  reasons  for  disbelieving  it. 

In  a  pecuniary  point  of  view,  it  would,  no  doubt,  have  been  better  for  us  had  the  case 
ended  on  the  first  trial,  even  had  it  gone  against  us  for  there  is  no  pretence  that  the 
damage  would  have  been  anything  equal  to  what  the  cost  has  been  to  each  party  since 
that  time.  What  the  cost  has  been  we  are  at  this  time  unable  to  determine,  but  every 
one  at  all  acquainted  with  the  blessings  that  result  from  a  law  suit,  especially  a  political 
libel  suit,  must  know,  that  the  expenses  of  ten  terms  of  court  are  not  paid  with  a  song — 
especially  when  a  number  of  the  most  able  counsel  to  be  found,  are  engaged  in  it.  Well, 
more  or  less,  it  is  several  hundred  dollars  and  as  yet  we  have  fortunately  been  enabled  to 
face  up  the  expense  of  the  defence  single  handed,  and  if  the  plaintiff  has  paid  up  his  bills, 
we  have  no  doubt  a  purse  has  been  raised  for  that  purpose  by  those  who  led  him  into 
the  scrape. 

The  political  effect  of  this  litigation  on  the  parties  in  the  case  differed. 
Mr.  Morse  won  his  suit  and  recovered  his  damages,  but  he  did  not  there- 
after hold  official  position,  while  six  years  later  Mr.  Reding  was  elected 
to  Congress. 

In  1839  J.  F.  C.  Hayes  began  the  publication  of  the  Whig  and  Egis 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  Whig  party,  but  this  was  suspended  in 
1842. 

In  January,  1882,  W.  C.  Mahurin,  who  had  learned  the  printers  trade 
with  the  Redings  in  1859  and  '60,  purchased  the  material  of  the  Demo- 
cratic-Republican, and  began  the  publication  of  the  Grafton  County  Signal, 
a  six-page  quarto,  neutral  in  politics,  and  well  supplied  with  local  news. 
After  two  years  he  sold  the  paper  to  Joseph  W.  Dunbar,  principal  of  the 
academy,  who  continued  the  paper  at  Haverhill  for  a  year,  later  having  it 
printed  at  Hanover,  then  at  Littleton,  where  it  was  later  merged  with  the 
Republic- Journal.  The  Haverhill  Herald,  later  called  the  Advertiser  and 
Budget  of  Fun,  were  published  for  a  short  time  at  Woodsville,  by  A.  W. 
Jones,  but  was  short  lived,  as  was  also  a  little  sheet  published  at  East 
Haverhill  called  the  Oliverian.  The  Woodsville  Enterprise  was  established 
in  1883,  by  W.  H.  Pringle,  and  the  Grafton  County  Register  by  the  Bittinger 
Brothers,  which  made  its  first  appearance  at  Haverhill  January  1,  1886. 
The  Bittengers,  Joseph  F.  and  Frederick  W.,  sons  of  the  Rev.  J.  Q.  Bit- 
tinger, were  graduates  of  Dartmouth,  and  who,  as  proprietors  of  the 
Cohos  Steam  Press  with  its  excellent  outfit  and  machinery,  had  a  con- 
stantly increasing  business.  They  purchased  the  Enterprise  and  in  1890 
consolidated  it  with  the  Register,  and  published  the  consolidated  paper 
under  the  name  of  the  Weekly  News,  the  first  number  appearing  August 
22.  The  Cohos  Press  was  moved  from  the  Corner  to  Woodsville  into  a 
building  which  they  had  erected,  known  as  Bittinger's  Block  and  where 
the  News  is  still  published.  The  Weekly  News  was  neutral  or  independent 
in  politics,  though,  as  the  proprietors  were  both  Democrats,  it  was  some- 
times accused  of  having  Democratic  sympathies.  It  was  a  four-page, 
five-column  sheet,  bright,  breezy  and  enterprising,  and  had  a  growing 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  329 

circulation,  with  job  work  up  to  the  capacity  of  the  office.  About  1898 
the  Bittingers  purchased  the  Memorial  Press  at  Plymouth,  Mass.,  and 
sold  the  News  to  William  F.  Whitcher  who  had  come  to  Woodsville  from 
Boston  in  1898.  He  had  been  for  eighteen  years  on  the  editorial  staff 
of  the  Boston  Traveller  and  Advertiser,  for  several  years  editor-in-chief  of 
the  former  paper.  He  to6k  possession  November  1,  1899,  enlarged  the 
paper  to  a  six-column  quarto,  and  January  1,  1900,  changed  its  name 
to  the  Woodsville  News.  He  made  the  paper  aggressively  Republican  in 
its  politics,  and  gave  special  attention  to  its  editorial  columns  with  the 
result  that  no  weekly  newspaper  was  more  widely  quoted  throughout  the 
state.  Besides  giving  attention  to  local  news,  and  matters  of  local  inter- 
est, he  also  gave  much  space  to  articles  of  local  historical  interest.  He 
conducted  the  paper  as  sole  editor,  proprietor,  and  manager  till  March  1, 
1916,  when  he  sold  it  to  the  Woodsville  Publishing  Company  and,  under 
the  editorship  and  management  of  one  of  the  company,  F.  E.  Thayer,  who 
had  been  foreman  of  the  composing  room  for  four  years  previously,  the 
News,  now  neutral  in  politics,  is  energetically  devoting  itself  to  the  local 
interest,  and  has  a  deservedly  growing  circulation  and  patronage.  Mr. 
Whitcher,  in  taking  leave  of  his  readers  to  devote  himself  to  historical 
work,  said: 

With  this  week's  issue  of  the  News  the  connection  of  owner,  editor  and  publisher  for 
the  past  sixteen  years  and  more,  closes,  and  the  paper  will  hereafter  be  issued  under  its 
new  ownership  and  management.  That  it  will  merit  the  confidence  and  the  patronage 
of  the  public  we  have  no  doubt.  The  value  of  the  weekly  newspaper  to  a  community 
is  one  of  the  things  not  appreciated.  Like  air  and  sunlight  it  is  too  common.  Like  the 
weather  it  is  the  subject  of  adverse  criticism.  There  is  complaint  concerning  the  things 
printed,  there  is  forgetfulness  of  gratitude  for  the  things  not  printed. 

Gratefully  appreciating  the  patronage  of  subscribers  and  job  customers  for  the  past 
sixteen  years,  the  retiring  editor  asks  not  for  the  same  but  also  better  patronage  for  his 
successors.  He  has  endeavored  to  work  for  the  interests  of  Woodsville,  with  malice 
towards  none  and  charity  for  all  and  wherein  he  has  failed  and  needlessly  offended — and 
for  which  he  is  sorry — he  is  willing  to  be  forgiven.  In  taking  leave  of  his  thousands  of 
readers,  he  has  this  word :  Patronize  your  weekly  paper,  and  protect  your  own  interests 
and  happiness  thereby. 

The  newspaper  history  of  Haverhill  is  certainly  marked  by  numbers 
and  variety,  but  the  two  that  stand  out  prominent  for  permanency  and 
influence  are  the  Democratic-Republican  and  the  News. 


330  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


Libraries 

The  early  attempts  to  establish  libraries  for  the  general  use  of  the 
public  were  not  crowned  with  large  success.  These  attempts  were  nat- 
urally made  at  the  Corner.  In  1801  "the  Social  Library"  was  incor- 
porated with  Charles  Johnston  as  prime  mover,  and  associated  with  him 
were  John  Osgood,  Israel  Swan  and  John  Page.  In  1812  the  name  was 
changed  to  the"Aurelian  Social  Library."  In  1829  the  libraries  were  char- 
tered, one  called  the  "North  Social  Library"  and  the  other  the  "South 
Social  Library."  Bittinger  thinks  that  these  were  continuations  of  the 
original  "Social  Library,"  and  that  it  is  more  than  probable  that  another 
library  which  came  into  existence  in  1845  was  a  reorganization  of  these 
of  1829,  since  this  was  also  called  the  "Social  Library,"  and  some  of  the 
books  belonging  to  the  earlier  libraries  probably  formed  the  nucleus  of 
this  last.  The  number  of  volumes  in  it  was  about  250,  while  the  number 
contained  in  the  earlier  ones  was  doubtless  smaller,  though  in  1827  the 
number  of  volumes  in  the  "Aurelian  Social"  was  stated  to  be  314,  with 
a  library  fund  of  $200.  There  was  also  a  circulating  library  established 
by  S.  T.  Goss  at  his  printing  office  and  bookstore  November  12,  1823, 
and  continued  later  under  the  name  of  "Haverhill  Circulating  Library," 
by  Samuel  C.  Stevens  at  his  bookstore.  Subscribers  entitled  to  two 
volumes  at  a  time  paid  $5  per  year  in  advance,  or  $2.50  for  six  months, 
$1.50  for  three  months,  or  50  cents  for  one  month.  Books  could  not  be 
detained  for  longer  than  three  weeks,  and  could  not  be  changed  oftener 
than  once  a  day.  Non-subscribers  paid  6|  cents  per  week  for  each  vol- 
ume taken  out,  except  for  octavos,  and  for  these  10  cents  per  week. 

The  Social  Libraries  contained  a  less  proportion  of  fiction  and  lighter 
reading  than  the  public  libraries  of  the  present  day,  and  the  volumes 
consisted  in  the  main  of  standard  works,  such  as  Dwight's  Theology,  5 
volumes;  Scott's  Works,  6  volumes;  Life  of  Brainerd;  Cases  of  Conscience; 
Vicar  of  Wakefield;  Doddridge's  Rise  and  Progress;  Spring's  Essays; 
Scott's  Essays;  Reign  of  Grace;  Don  Quixote;  Chalmer's  Discoveries; 
Edwards  on  the  Affections;  British  Poets,  in  15  volumes;  Blair's  Phil- 
osophy; Life  of  Franklin;  Whelpy's  Compend  of  History;  Northern  Trav- 
eller; Beauties  of  Shakespeare;  Kenilworth;  Scottish  Chiefs,  3  volumes; 
History  of  New  England;  Napoleon  in  Exile,  2  volumes;  Revolution  in 
in  South  America;  The  President's  Tour;  Nicholl's  Recollections  During 
the  Reign  of  George  III.  Books  such  as  these  were  the  standards  of  the 
time.  It  is  not  perhaps  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  library  was  not  gen- 
erally patronized,  and  that  some  of  the  books  which  have  come  down  to 
the  present  are  in  good  condition.  If  they  have  ever  been  used,  the  use 
has  been  most  careful. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  331 

The  list  of  books  in  the  circulating  libraries  includes  those  of  a  lighter 
vein  and  fiction  predominated.  These  were  the  works  of  Walter  Scott; 
Charlotte  Temple;  Arabian  Nights;  Young  Grandson;  Gulliver's  Travels; 
Sons  of  Whitefield,  General  Putnam,  Commodore  Perry,  General  Marion, 
General  Jackson,  Lord  Nelson;  Roderick  Randem,  2  volumes;  Heiress  of 
Desmond;  Count  Fathom;  Adventure  of  Caleb  Williams;  Elizabeth  or  the 
Exile  of  Siberia;  The  Saracen,  2  volumes;  Portraiture  of  Shakerism; 
Annals  of  the  Parish;  Sarah,  or  the  Exemplary  Wife;  Paul  and  Virginia; 
Merchant's  Widow;  Spanish  Daughter,  etc.  These  are  for  the  most  part 
but  names.  Small  wonder  that  libraries  did  not  flourish.  Besides  these 
mentioned  there  was  a  People's  Circulating  Library  Association.  This 
was  in  existence  in  1861.  The  membership  fee  was  $1;  G.  F.  Hook  was 
librarian. 

The  first  step  in  the  direction  of  securing  a  library  of  educational  value, 
of  furnishing  books  which  would  be  read,  was  taken  in  October,  1880,  in 
the  organization  of  the  Haverhill  Library  Association.  Mrs.  Augustus 
Whitney  was  the  prime  mover  in  the  plan  of  furnishing  not  only  useful 
but  attractive  reading  for  the  young  people.  Her  plan  at  first  embraced 
not  only  books,  but  also  a  reading  room,  but  this  latter  project  was  aban- 
doned. The  association  consisted  of  women;  and  the  original  officers 
were:  President,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Griswold;  vice-president,  Mrs.  George 
F.  Putnam;  librarian,  Miss  Kate  Mc Johnston;  committee  on  books, 
Mrs.  Griswold,  Mrs.  Stephen  H.  Curnmings,  Mrs.  Whitney,  Miss  Johns- 
ton. The  library  opened  in  November  with  ninety  volumes  of  new 
books  to  which  were  added  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  volumes  from 
the  "Social  Library"  of  1845.  The  library  was  established  in  the  old 
academy  building  now  Pearson  Hall,  anyone  could  become  a  member  of 
the  association  and  continue  so  by  the  payment  of  one  dollar  initiation 
fee  and  a  yearly  tax  of  fifty  cents.  It  has  had  a  steady  growth,  and  has 
at  the  present  time  (1916)  about  5,000  volumes.  After  the  act  of  1901 
creating  a  division  of  the  town  library  fund,  it  became  and  still  remains  a 
part  of  the  free  town  library  system. 

The  library  has  an  income  besides  its  proportion  of  the  annual  appro- 
priation made  by  the  town,  from  funds  received  since  1901,  from  the 
following  named  estates:  Mrs.  Salome  D.  Curnmings,  $100;  Amos  Tarle- 
ton,  $315.29;  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Carleton,  $3,558.56;  Mrs.  Ellen  M.  Page, 
$100.  After  occupying  the  rooms  in  Pearson  Hall  for  nearly  twenty 
years,  the  library,  in  the  summer  of  1916,  moved  into  the  old  county  office 
building  on  Court  Street,  and  occupied  the  rooms  which  were  formerly 
the  office  of  the  register  of  deeds.  The  present  officers  of  the  Library 
Association  are:  Trustees,  Peabody  W.  Kimball,  Charles  P.  Page,  Mary 
E.  Flanders;  president,  P.  W.  Kimball;  vice-president,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 
Stearns;  secretary  and  treasurer  and  librarian,  Miss  Mary  E.  Flanders. 


332  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

This  system  was  inaugurated  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  1891,  which 
created  a  state  board  of  library  commissioners  which  was  "authorized 
and  directed  to  expend  upon  the  application  of  any  town  owning  no  free 
public  library  owned  and  controlled  by  the  town,  a  sum  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars,  for  books  for  such  town  entitled  to  the  benefit  of 
these  provisions,  such  books  to  be  used  by  the  town  for  the  purpose  of 
establishing  a  free  public  library."  This  was  conditioned  upon  the  town 
having  accepted  the  provisions  relative  to  free  public  libraries  at  a  regular 
called  town  meeting,  and  also  having  provided  in  a  manner  satisfactory 
to  the  commissioners  for  the  care,  custody  and  distribution  of  the  books 
furnished.  It  was  also  provided  that  any  town  accepting  these  provisions 
should  "annually  appropriate  for  the  use  and  maintenance  of  its  free 
public  library,  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  if  its  last  assessed  valua- 
tion was  one  million  dollars  or  upward,  or  a  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five 
dollars  if  the  valuation  was  less  than  one  million,  and  not  less  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  or  a  sum  not  less  than  fifteen  dollars 
if  the  valuation  was  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars." 

An  article  was  placed  in  the  warrant  for  the  annual  town  meeting  of 
1893  to  see  if  the  town  would  accept  the  provisions  of  the  library  act, 
but  it  was  voted  to  pass  the  article,  and  it  was  not  till  1898  that  the  town 
voted  to  accept  the  provisions  in  question,  chose  three  trustees  and  voted 
an  appropriation  for  a  free  town  library. 

There  had  been  an  attempt  to  start  a  library  at  Woodsville  in  the  early 
seventies,  and  the  association  then  formed  collected  a  number  of  volumes. 
The  association  was  named  the  Ladies'  Charitable  Society,  organized  for 
charitable  work,  January  4,  1871,  with  the  following  officers:  President, 
Mrs.  Betsey  Evans;  vice-president,  Miss  Sarah  Chamberlain;  secretary 
Miss  Lizzie  A.  King;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Marian  Drake.  The  ladies  met 
once  in  two  weeks  to  sew  for  the  poor,  and  each  member  was  to  pay  into 
the  treasury  five  cents  at  each  meeting.  Under  the  rules  no  refreshments 
were  served.  On  June  28,  1871,  it  was  voted  to  buy  books  for  the  use 
of  the  association  with  the  money  on  hand,  and  Charles  B.  Drake,  a 
druggist,  was  chosen  librarian.  In  October,  nearly  $75  was  expended 
for  the  beginning  of  a  library.  The  last  meeting  of  which  there  is  any 
record  was  held  January  8,  1874.  There  were  additional  purchases  of 
books,  and  such  volumes  as  had  been  preserved  were  turned  over  to  the 
Woodsville  Free  Library  when  that  was  established  in  1894. 

In  the  winter  of  1893-94  Ira  Whitcher  who  had  come  to  Woodsville  in 
1870,  and  had  since  been  actively  engaged  in  business,  recognizing  the 
desirability  of  library  privileges  and  advantages,  erected  on  a  lot  in  the 
square  fronting  the  school  building,  a  substantial  brick  building  with 
granite  basement,  designed  for  library  purposes,  at  a  cost  of  upwards  of 
six  thousand  dollars  and  on  the  16th  day  of  May,  1894,  conveyed  the 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  333 

same  with  such  fixtures  and  appurtenances  as  he  might  in  his  lifetime  add 
thereto,  by  deed  of  trust,  to  Dexter  D.  Dow,  clerk  of  the  Superior  Court 
of  Grafton  County,  Maude  Kimball,  Annabel  M.  Sloan,  Fred  W.  Bit- 
tinger,  Mary  E.  Whitcher  Abbott,  Alzina  M.  Griswold,  Charles  R.  Gibson, 
Charles  C.  Whitcher  and  Oliver  D.  Eastman,  trustees,  the  conditions  of 
the  trust  being  the  following: 

Said  trustees  shall  hold  and  control  said  estate  and  other  property  to  and  for  the  uses 
of  a  public  library  open  at  all  reasonable  times  and  under  such  reasonable  rules  and 
regulations  as  said  trustees  may  prescribe  to  all  citizens  of  the  said  (Woodsville  Union 
High)  school  district,  provided  however  that  such  trustees  by  major  vote  may  extend 
the  privileges  of  said  library  to  any  worthy  and  deserving  person  not  resident  in  said 
district;  or  they  may  by  major  vote  enlarge  the  limits  of  such  use  and  privilege.  The 
trustees  named  shall  elect  a  president,  clerk  and  necessary  committees  in  the  month  of 
May  in  each  year  and  shall  become  incorporate.  Said  Dow  shall  hold  office  until 
another  person  is  chosen  or  appointed  clerk  of  the  Superior  Court  for  Grafton  County 
and  that  person  shall  be  his  successor  in  this  trust;  said  Kimball  shall  hold  office  until 
the  next  annual  meeting  of  same  school  district,  when  said  district  may  choose  his  suc- 
cessor, and  continue  to  do  the  same  annually;  said  Gibson  and  Whitcher  shall  hold  office 
for  four  years;  said  Griswold  for  three  years;  said  Abbott  and  Bittinger  for  two  years; 
and  said  Sloane  and  Eastman  for  one  year;  and  upon  the  expiration  of  their  terms  the 
remaining  trustees  shall  choose  their  successors  for  the  term  of  four  years.  All  trustees 
shall  hold  office  until  their  successors  are  chosen,  and  the  trustees  are  empowered  to  fill 
vacancies,  arising  from  death,  resignation,  permanent  removal  from  the  district,  or  any 
other  cause ;  the  trustees  shall  report  to  the  proper  state  officers  as  in  case  of  institutions 
of  a  similar  character. 

The  following  memoranda  by  Mr.  Whitcher  was  filed  with  the  deed: 

Memoranda  of  cost  of  Library  Building  and  furnishings  conveyed  by  me  in  trust  for 
the  purpose  of  a  Free  Public  Library  in  Woodsville : 

The  cost  of  excavation,  foundation,  stone  work,  building  material,  construction, 
grading,  furniture  and  fixtures,  etc.,  was  six  thousand  fifty-two  dollars  and  seventy-one 
cents. 

In  addition  to  this  I  also  placed  in  the  building,  in  connection  with  William  F.  Whitcher 
and  Mary  E.  Whitcher  Abbott,  books  to  the  value  of  upwards  of  a  thousand  dollars,  it 
being  the  understanding  that  a  like  amount  should  be  raised  by  the  citizens  of  Woods- 
ville to  be  expended  for  books  to  be  placed  in  the  library  previous  to  its  being  opened 
for  use." 

The  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars  was  raised  by  citizens  and  expended  for 
books  in  pursuance  of  this  understanding. 

The  trustees  met  for  organization,  July  16,  1894,  and  chose:  President, 
Dr.  C.  R.  Gibson;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Charles  Whitcher;  committee 
on  purchase  of  books,  D.  D.  Dow,  F.  W.  Bittinger,  Mrs.  Griswold,  Mrs. 
Abbott,  Mrs.  Sloan.  New  books  were  purchased  and  the  library  was 
opened  for  the  public  in  the  following  October.  The  district  at  first 
appropriated  $150  a  year  for  the  support  of  the  library  which  has  since 
increased  nearly  to  $300.  The  town  appropriation  for  the  use  of  the 
Woodsville  library  was  at  first  $66.66,  and  this  has  been  increased  so 


334  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

that  in  1916,  it  was  $200.  The  library  opened  with  upwards  of  2,000 
volumes,  and  it  has  at  the  present  time  on  its  shelves  about  7,000  volumes. 
The  first  librarian  was  Charles  B.  Griswold.  He  was  succeeded  July  29, 
1901,  by  Mrs.  F.  A.  Gray,  who  was  in  turn  succeeded  in  June,  1905,  by 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Chamberlain.  The  library  organization  at  the  present  time 
(1916)  is:  President,  W.  F.  Whitcher;  secretary  and  treasurer,  S.  M. 
Chamberlain;  librarian,  Mrs.  S.  M.  Chamberalin;  assistant  librarian, 
Miss  Luvia  E.  Mann;  committee  on  purchase  of  books,  W.  F.  Whitcher, 
S.  M.  Chamberlain,  Norman  J.  Page;  executive  committee,  D.  D.  Dow, 
J.  F.  Leonard,  Joseph  M.  Howe. 

In  October,  1898,  an  association  was  formed  and  chartered  at  North 
Haverhill  under  the  title  of  "The  North  Haverhill  Library  Association," 
with  the  following  members  named  in  the  charter:  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Benton 
of  Boston,  Mrs.  Ellen  B.  Fisher,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  Southard,  May  E.  Peters, 
Mrs.  Kate  C.  Meader  and  Henry  W.  Keyes.  Hon.  Josiah  H.  Benton  of 
Boston,  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Boston  Public  Library, 
showed  his  interest  in  the  association  by  giving  the  use  of  the  front  room 
of  the  Dr.  Watson  house  then  owned  by  him  for  library  purposes,  and 
this  was  furnished  by  Mrs.  Benton,  who  was  a  frequent  summer  visitor, 
at  her  own  expense,  and  who  also  donated  five  hundred  volumes  as  a 
nucleus  of  the  library.  Indeed  Mrs.  Benton  may  be  regarded  as  the  prime 
mover  in  founding  the  library.  There  was  an  informal  opening  of  the 
library  October  21,  1898,  about  fifty  being  present,  most  of  whom  joined 
the  association,  paying  the  prescribed  fee  of  one  dollar.  A  constitution 
and  by-laws  were  adopted,  and  officers  were  chosen:  President,  Henry  W. 
Keyes;  librarian,  Mary  L.  Southard;  assistant  librarian,  Ellen  B.  Fisher; 
secretary,  Kate  C.  Meader;  treasurer,  May  E.  Peters;  book  committee, 
Mary  A.  Benton,  Katherine  Morse,  Emma  Weeks.  Funds  for  the 
purchase  of  books  were  provided  by  the  annual  membership  fee,  and  from 
the  proceeds  of  various  entertainments  given  under  the  charge  of  the 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee,  an  office  held  for  several  years  by 
Mrs.  Fisher  and  later  by  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Keyes.  By  the  gift  of  books 
and  magazines  from  friends,  of  funds  from  the  Village  Improvement 
Society  and  the  Dramatic  Association,  the  library  contained  1,600  vol- 
umes in  1905,  and  there  was  in  the  treasury  the  sum  of  $180.  The  library 
availed  itself  of  participation  in  the  town  appropriation  for  free  public 
libraries  by  formally  accepting  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  1901,  and 
Ezra  B.  Willoughby,  Moses  A.  Meader  and  Dr.  W.  B.  Lawrence  were 
elected  library  trustees. 

In  April,  1912,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Fisher  gave  a  fine  lot  for  a  library 
building  on  Main  Street,  and  a  committee  consisting  of  Rev.  A.  M. 
Mackey,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Keyes,  Miss  Annie  Filley,  Miss  Ida  Tragausa  and 
L.  M.  Kimball,  was  appointed  to  solicit  funds  for  the  erection  of  a  building. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  335 

They  met  with  a  gratifying  response  from  friends  and  former  residents 
of  the  town,  and  later  reported  the  sum  of  $1,946  as  having  been  raised, 
the  largest  gift  being  from  Mrs.  Annie  Cotton  Thyng,  in  memory  of  her 
father,  Joseph  B.  Cotton,  a  former  merchant  in  the  village.  The  town, 
by  two  appropriations,  one  in  1913,  and  another  in  1915,  added  $1,000  to 
the  fund.  A  beautiful  brick  building,  well  furnished  and  well  equipped 
with  library  conveniences,  was  opened  and  dedicated  September  15, 
1915,  the  exercises  being  held  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and 
the  dedicatory  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  G.  M.  Watson  of  Manches- 
ter. The  plan  was  furnished  by  F.  Lyman  Clark,  architect  of  Brookline, 
Mass.,  and  the  contractors  were  the  Cummings  Construction  Company. 
The  total  cost  was  $4,728.97,  not  including  pictures,  reading  table  and 
chairs,  the  gift  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benton,  and  the  librarian's  desk,  the  gift 
of  the  Village  Improvement  Society.  The  building  committee  were 
Messrs.  Willoughby,  Keyes,  Dr.  Lawrence,  Mrs.  Fisher  and  Miss  Morse. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  January,  1916,  there  were  reported  2,047 
volumes  on  the  shelves,  besides  files  of  magazines  and  the  library  was  out 
of  debt.  The  library  is  open  to  the  public  each  Wednesday  evening  and 
Saturday  afternoon.  Branch  libraries  have  been  established  at  East 
Haverhill  and  the  Center  and  boxes  of  books  have  been  sent  out  as  called 
for.  Officers  at  present  (1916)  are:  President,  H.  W.  Keyes;  vice-presi- 
dent, E.  B.  Willoughby;  secretary,  Kate  C.  Meader;  treasurer,  Ida  M. 
Tragausa;  librarian,  Mary  L.  Southard;  trustees,  E.  B.  Willoughby, 
Dr.  W.  E.  Lawrence,  L.  M.  Kimball;  chairman  executive  committee, 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Keyes;  book  committee,  Mrs.  Benton,  Mrs.  Southard,  Mrs. 
Keyes,  Miss  Morse,  Mr.  Kimball. 

There  were  three  libraries  in  town  wrhen  the  town  voted  to  accept  the 
provisions  of  the  act:  that  at  Woodsville,  a  free  public  library;  the  other 
two  voluntary  associations.  It  was  manifestly  impracticable  to  estab- 
lish a  town  library  district  from  these,  and  as  manifestly  unfair  to  make 
either  of  the  three  a  town  library.  A  town  library  at  North  Haverhill 
would  accommodate  neither  Woodsville  nor  the  Corner,  each  five  miles 
distant,  and  still  less  would  a  town  library  at  Woodsville  or  the  Corner 
accommodate  other  sections  of  the  town.  It  was  proposed  that  the  state 
board  of  library  commissioners  approve  a  decision  between  the  three  libra- 
ries of  the  fund  voted  by  the  town,  but  they  would  not  consent  to  this  on 
the  ground  that  two  of  the  libraries  were  not  free,  and  they  were  also 
opposed  to  any  decision  on  the  ground  that  the  library  act  provided  for  a 
single  town  library  not  for  two  or  three.  In  the  meantime  the  Haverhill 
library  trustees  simply  placed  the  funds  which  came  into  their  hands  in 
the  bank.  There  was  need  of  legislative  action,  but  such  action  would 
be  special  legislation,  not  easy  to  secure  on  any  matter  covered  by  a  gen- 
eral law.     Under  the  general  title  of  "An  Act  to  Prevent  Misappro- 


336  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

priation  of  Funds  raised  by  Taxation  for  Public  Libraries,"  the  legis- 
lature of  1901  enacted: 

One  third  part  of  the  taxes  heretofore  raised  and  set  apart  under  existing  law  for  the 
purpose  of  a  free  public  library  in  the  town  of  Haverhill  shall  be  paid  by  the  trustees  of 
the  town  library  to  the  trustees  of  the  Woodsville  Free  Public  Library  in  said  town  for 
the  purposes  of  said  library,  and  one  third  part  of  the  amount  hereafter  to  be  raised  for 
free  public  library  purposes  in  said  town  shall  annually  be  paid  to  said  trustees  for  the 
purposes  of  said  Woodsville  Free  Public  Library.  The  accumulation  of  said  library 
funds  in  said  town  by  reason  of  said  two  thirds  of  said  library  taxes  in  said  town  not 
hereby  appropriated  to  the  present  use  of  any  library  shall  be  held  by  the  town  library 
trustees  for  the  use  of  any  other  free  public  library  or  libraries  in  said  town  which  may 
hereafter  conform  to  the  requirements  of  law  regarding  free  public  libraries. 

The  Woodsville  library  received  immediately  one  third  of  the  three 
years'  accumulation  of  funds,  and  a  little  later  the  libraries  of  the  Corner 
and  North  Haverhill  availed  themselves  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  of 
1901,  and  Haverhill  has  now  three  town  libraries,  or  rather  three  free 
public  libraries,  each  entitled  to  one  third  the  amount  raised  by  taxation 
for  town  library  purposes.  The  duties  of  the  Haverhill  library  trustees 
are  not  onerous.  They  receive  from  the  town  treasurer  the  amount 
annually  appropriated  and  pay  the  same  over  to  the  treasurers  of  the 
three  libraries,  and  there  their  duties  end.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  they 
serve  without  pay. 


CHAPTER  XV 


TAVERNS,   MAILS   AND   STAGES. 

* 

Taverns — Capt.  Uriah  Morse — John  Hazen — Luther  Richardson — Capt.  Joshua 
Howard — Mr.  Cobleigh — Ezekiel  Ladd — At  the  Corner — The  Bliss — 
Edward  Towle — The  Williams — The  Grafton — Joseph  Balch,  First  Post 
Rider — Joseph  Bliss  First  Postmaster — Multiplied  in  Later  Years — • 
Stage  Line  Projected  in  1811 — Stage  Routes — First  Stage  Owners — Names 
of  Postmasters. 

No  sooner  was  the  settlement  of  Haverhill  begun,  than  there  was  felt 
the  need  of  some  place  where  the  settlers,  oppressed  by  the  loneliness  of 
the  wilderness,  might  meet  for  social  intercourse,  and  the  solace  and 
comfort  which  in  that  day  was  believed  to  be  found  in  bowls  of  punch  and 
mugs  of  flip.  Travellers  were  not  numerous  in  those  first  days,  indeed 
there  were  no  travellers,  but  there  was  the  comfort  of  the  settler  himself 
to  be  considered.  When  Capt.  John  Hazen  guided  his  horse  over  the 
bridle  path  or  "  road  as  it  is  now  trode"  down  the  river  to  Ladd  Street  to 
transact  a  matter  of  business  with  Timothy  Bedel,  it  was  a  matter  of 
great  convenience  that  they  could  meet  at  Ezekiel  Ladd's  and  transact 
their  business,  while  they  partook  of  the  liquid  refreshment  which  Cap- 
tain Ladd  was  licensed  as  common  importer  to  sell.  That  Captain 
Hazen  did  not  always  have  his  six  pence  or  his  "three  pence  ha'penny" 
with  him  made  no  difference,  as  appears  from  accounts  of  Captain  Ladd, 
as  rendered  to  the  Administrators  of  Captain  Hazen's  estate.  The  old- 
fashioned  ordinary,  the  tavern,  the  licensed  innholder  were  first  of  all  for 
the  comfort  and  accommodation  of  the  home  people;  later  for  the  traveller. 
There  were  few  travellers,  until  there  were  roads,  and  roads  were  hardly 
worthy  the  name,  until  the  beginning  was  made  with  the  construction  of 
the  Coos  turnpike.  With  roads  came  stages  and  Haverhill  became  one 
of  the  most  important  of  stage  centres,  just  as  in  later  years  it  has  become 
one  of  the  most  important  of  northern  New  England  railroad  centres. 
The  fact  that  it  was  the  first  settled  of  the  Coos  County  towns  had 
something  to  do  with  this,  but  geographical  situation  was  the  determining 
factor.  The  earliest  taverns  were  not  at  the  Corner.  "Probably1  the 
first  tavern,  or  at  least  what  served  the  purpose  of  a  tavern,  was  Uriah 
Morse's  on  Poole  brook.  Captain  Hazen  was  an  innholder  as  early  as 
1766,  in  the  same  locality  a  little  north,  and  Luther  Richardson  kept  a 
public  house  in  1774  at  the  'Plain.'  Another  very  early  tavern  was  kept 
by  Samuel  Ladd  on  Ladd  Street.   This  house  stood  just  south  of  the  James 

JBittinger,  p.  200. 

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338  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Woodward  place.  There  was  also  a  tavern  in  early  times  on  Ladd 
Street,  where  the  house  known  as  the  Mrs.  Osgood  Morse  house  now 
stands.  Col.  Joshua  Howard  kept  a  tavern  near  the  site  of  the  County 
almshouse.  Also  a  little  later  there  was  a  tavern  at  Horse  Meadow 
known  as  the  'Morse  tavern, '  which  was  kept  by  John  Morse,  and  a  mile 
north  of  this  was  the  'Cobleigh  tavern',  where  the  fast  men  of  the  day 
met  and  drank  and  handled  cards.2  The  Burk  house  at  the  north  end  of 
Ladd  Street  was  once  a  tavern  known  as  the  '  Swan  tavern.'  In  later  days 
it  was  kept  by  Capt.  "Lyman  Burk."  Ezekiel  Ladd  also  held  an  innhold- 
er's  license  for  several  years.  His  house  was  near  his  tannery  on  the 
west  side  of  Ladd  Street  a  little  south  and  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
street  from  Henry  S.  Bailey's. 

The  most  notable  of  the  taverns  or  hotels,  as  in  the  later  stage  days 
they  were  called,  were  at  the  Corner.  One  of  the  first  that  was  built  and 
which  is  still  standing  was  the  famous  "Bliss  tavern."  It  was  built 
by  Joseph  Bliss  who  came  to  Haverhill  about  1790,  and  who  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  early  history  of  the  town.  He  was  one  of  the  number 
that  built  the  first  Academy  building.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  of 
Haverhill  appointed  under  Washington  in  1792  or  1793.  He  kept  this 
tavern  until  his  death  in  1819,  and  in  its  day  it  was  the  aristocratic  head- 
quarters for  the  judges  and  lawyers  during  the  sessions  of  the  court.  It 
is  still  standing,  a  dignified  and  comfortable  mansion,  at  the  corner  of 
Court  and  Academy  streets.  The  Coon  tavern,  built  and  kept  by  Ross 
Coon,  was  on  the  west  side  of  Main  Street  on  the  site  of  the  Grafton  Bank 
house,  and  of  the  new  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Rogers. 
The  Coon  tavern,  previous  to  the  erection  of  the  bank  building,  was  cut 
in  two  and  moved  from  the  premises,  a  part  becoming  the  Levi  B.  Ham 
house,  east  of  the  south  common,  and  a  part  the  Augustus  Whitney 
house. 

The  great  stage  tavern  was  owned  and  kept  by  Col.  Simon  Towle,  who 
came  from  Chester  to  Haverhill  in  1805.  It  was  previously  kept  by  Asa 
Boynton,  and  it  is  probable  he  was  the  builder.  Colonel  Towle  died  soon 
after  coming  to  Haverhill  and  he  was  succeeded  as  landlord  by  his  son, 
Edward  Towle,  who  made  the  Towle  tavern  one  of  the  most  famous  on 
the  northern  New  England  stage  lines,  until  it  was  burned  in  the  great 
fire  of  April  18,  1848.  The  fire  caught  from  a  defective  flue  in  the  tavern 
which  stood  on  the  site  of  what  was  afterwards  known  as  the  Nathaniel 
Page  property,  now  the  store  of  W.  H.  Page  &  Son.  Six  buildings 
besides  the  tavern  were  burned,  and  the  loss  was  one  from  which  the 
Corner  never  fully  recovered. 

On  the  opposite  corner  from  the  Bliss  tavern  there  is  still  standing 

2  Now  transformed  into  the  Cottage  hospital. 


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another  relic  of  the  old  tavern  days,  the  present  residence  of  Samuel  S. 
Page,  and  for  many  years  the  residence  of  his  father,  David  Page.  This 
was  kept  for  many  years  by  Jacob  Williams,  who  later  bought  a  resi- 
dence on  the  west  side  of  Main  Street,  which  he  enlarged  and  kept  as  a 
hotel  until  he  sold  to  Eleazer  Smith,  who  with  his  son  and  successor, 
Charles  G.  Smith,  made  it  for  many  years  a  popular  hostelry.  Charles 
G.  Smith  was  succeeded  by  Scott  Fellows,  but  with  the  removal  of 
the  courts  to  Woodsville  the  glory  of  the  Exchange  Hotel  departed,  and 
the  building  burned  in  the  fire  of  1902. 

The  large  brick  three-story  building  on  Court  Street  so  long  the  home 
of  Dr.  Phineas  Spalding  and  now  known  as  the  Crawford  House  was 
originally  built  for  a  tavern  and  under  the  name  of  the  Grafton  Hotel  was 
kept  for  many  years  by  Jonathan  Sinclair,  and  it  is  thought  by  many  was 
built  by  him  early  in  the  first  decade  of  the  last  century.  In  1830  Mr. 
Sinclair  enlarged  and  repaired  the  house  and  the  following  prospectus  or 
announcement,  published  in  the  Intelligencer  February  24,  1830,  is  inter- 
esting as  what  might  be  expected  of  a  first  class  tavern  of  the  time: 

Jonathan  Sinclair  has  recently  enlarged  and  repaired  the  Grafton  Hotel  at  Haverhill 
Corner,  his  former  establishment,  and  has  re-opened  the  same  as  a  house  of  public  enter- 
tainment. To  his  friends  and  former  customers  he  would  say  that  his  accommodations 
are  much  superior  to  what  they  formerly  were,  and  inferior  to  none  in  the  state.  To 
the  public  generally  he  would  observe  that  his  house  shall  never  be  the  haunt  of  tipler, 
gambler  and  idler  but  shall  on  all  occasions  be  found  a  pleasant  and  commodious  resort 
for  the  weary  traveller,  the  man  of  business  and  the  gentleman  of  pleasure.  On  the 
subject  of  charges,  attendance  and  fees,  the  proprietor  would  remark  that  fair  dealing, 
trusty  servants  and  good  living  shall  be  found  inmates  of  his  establishment.  He  also 
professes  to  be  a  connisseur  in  the  article  of  coffee,  and  care  will  distinguish  the  Coos 
domestic  from  the  Java  coffee.  The  bar  is  furnished  with  the  best  of  liquor  and  one 
toddy  stick  for  the  accommodation  of  gentlemen  with  many  for  family  use. 

The  terms  of  court  were  longer  in  the  early  days  than  now.  Besides 
the  court  of  Common  Pleas  and  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the 
Peace  at  which  sometimes  no  less  than  twenty  justices  were  present  there 
was  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judication,  and  with  justices,  lawyers,  clients, 
sheriffs,  deputies,  jurors  and  witnesses  remaining  in  town  until  their  law 
business  was  finished,  the  taverns  at  the  Corner  were  crowded  for  weeks 
at  a  time,  as  besides  these  there  was  the  daily  stage  passenger  list  which 
had  to  have  accommodations.  Bliss's  tavern  was  headquarters  for  court 
and  bar,  which  had  a  special  dining  table  to  which  no  layman,  however 
high  his  social  standing  was  admitted. 

There  was  another  old  "Morse  tavern,"  besides  the  one  at  Horse 
Meadow.  This  was  on  Morse  Hill  on  the  road  leading  from  the  Plain  or 
North  Haverhill  up  through  the  Centre  over  the  hill  down  through  "No. 
Six"  through  the  Coventry  or  Benton  Meadows,  the  Coventry  road,  so- 


340  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

called,  to  Portsmouth  and  Boston.  This  stood  on  the  hill  a  little  east  of 
the  present  Dearborn  place.  This,  like  many  of  the  taverns  of  the  day 
outside  the  villages,  was  a  story  and  half  building  containing  four  rooms 
below  and  two  in  the  attic,  these  latter  occupied  by  the  family.  Of  the 
four  lower  rooms  one  at  the  front  was  the  bar  room,  and  the  one  opposite 
a  sort  of  reception  room.  Back  of  these  were  the  dining  room  and  kitchen. 
For  a  number  of  years  more  teams  passed  over  the  Coventry  road  than 
over  the  turnpike  from  the  Corner  to  Plymouth.  In  the  summer  time 
freight  was  carried  to  and  from  the  cities  in  heavy  wagons  for  the  most 
part,  the  regular  teamsters  never  having  less  than  four  horses,  a  ton  being 
allowed  for  each  horse,  but  there  were  three  horse  teams  called  "spikes," 
two  horse,  called  "podangers"  and  single  horse  with  cart  "gimlets,"  all 
demanding  the  tavern  as  a  necessity,  though  the  smaller  teams  were 
never  favorites  with  the  tavern  keepers.  It  was  in  the  winter  time,  when 
there  was  usually  plenty  of  snow,  that  the  wagons  were  housed,  that 
taverns  like  the  Morse  on  Morse  Hill  and  the  Tarleton  on  the  turnpike 
were  crowded.  The  farmer  became  his  own  carrier,  and  sold  and  pur- 
chased for  himself  in  the  large  towns  "down  country."  Often  twenty  or 
thirty  farmers  would  start  together  on  the  road  to  town.  The  two-horse 
pung  or  single  horse  pod  sleigh  was  closely  packed  with  farm  produce 
that  could  be  sold  in  the  large  town  or  city,  "frozen  hogs,  poultry  and 
venison:  firkins  of  butter,  casks  of  cheese,  bags  of  beans,  peas,  sheep 
pelts,  and  hides,  mink,  fox  and  fisher  cat  skins,  and  now  and  then  a  bear 
skin,  nuts  that  the  boys  had  gathered,  shoe  pegs  they  had  cut,  yarn  their 
sisters  had  spun,  stockings  and  mittens  they  had  knitted,  homespun  cloth 
and  linen,  splint  brooms  and  birch  brooms  strapped  on  behind.  So 
closely  packed  was  the  sleigh  that  the  driver  could  not  sit :  he  stood  on  a 
little  semi-circular  step  on  the  back  of  the  sleigh  protected  from  the  cut- 
ting mountain  winds  by  the  high  sleigh  back.  At  times  he  ran  alongside 
to  keep  his  blood  briskly  warm."1 

On  the  Coventry  road,  as  well  as  on  the  Coos  turnpike,  these  trains  of 
farm  sleighs  were  sometimes  half  a  mile  long.  Taverns  were  a  necessity 
for  these,  and  tavern  keepers  might  need  all  these  farmers  paid  for  meals 
as  well  as  for  lodging  and  for  what  they  obtained  at  the  bar,  but  they 
nearly  all  carried  their  own  food  and  provender  for  their  teams.  Part  of 
the  latter  was  sometimes  deposited  on  the  way  down  with  reliable  land- 
lords, and  there  was  no  more  reliable  class  of  citizens,  to  be  used  on  the 
way  home,  and  plenty  of  food  was  carried  for  the  journey, — doughnuts, 
cooked  sausages,  mince  pies,  roast  pork,  "rye  and  injun"  bread,  pork 
scraps  and  cheese  of  "the  kind  mother  used  to  make."  Alas!  the  knack 
of  making  it  has  departed  with  the  brick  and  Dutch  oven,  the  turnspit, 

1  "Stage  Coach  and  Tavern  Days";  Earle,  317. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  341 

the  open  fireplace.  This  was  an  itinerant  winter  picnic.  Tavern-fare  was 
not  expensive,  but  small  country  taverns  like  Morse's,  could  not  serve 
meals  to  large  numbers  of  travellers.  A  "cold  bite"  could  be  had  in  an 
emergency  for  twelve  and  a  half  cents — ninepence — and  a  regular  meal 
for  twenty-five  cents.  The  landlord's  profits  were  made  on  the  liquor  he 
sold  and  the  sleeping  room  he  furnished.  The  frozen  food  was  thawed 
out  by  the  open  fire  place  in  the  bar  room  and  at  supper  cider  and  flip 
from  the  bar  took  the  place  of  coffee  or  tea.  The  bed  and  lodging  was  of 
the  simplest  character.  The  guests  spread  out  their  blankets  or  fur  robes, 
and  lying  in  a  semi-circle  with  a  their  feet  towards  the  great  blazing 
fireplaces  in  the  bar  and  reception  rooms,  slept  the  sleep  of  the  weary, 
healthy  and  cider  filled,  at  the  cost  of  ten  cents.  The  bar  had  besides 
cider,  rum  and  gin,  flip  and  toddy,  and  the  tavern  keeper  did  a  thriving 
business. 

The  old-time  tavern  was  distinguished  for  its  home-like  hospitality. 
Many  of  these  were  famous  for  their  excellent  tables.  No  supercilious 
clerk  with  diamond  blazing  in  shirt  front,  showed  you  the  register  and  then 
turned  you  over  to  the  tender  mercies  of  a  bell  boy  expectant  of  tips,  but 
mine  host  himself  gave  you  cordial  greeting.  At  the  table  you  might  not 
find  the  elaborate  and  artificial  cooking,  the  numerous  tidbit  dishes  and 
delicacies,  but  there  was  plenty  of  beef  and  mutton  and  fowl,  with  pies 
and  puddings  set  before  you  in  ample  quantities  from  the  old  fashioned 
baking  ovens,  the  thought  of  which  stimulates  the  appetite  in  these  latter 
dyspetic  degenerate  days. 

The  Haverhill  tavern  was  of  vast  importance  to  the  town.  It  was  a 
news  centre  and  furnished  in  itself  great  educational  advantages.  News- 
papers were  infrequent,  but  the  constant  stream  of  newcomers  brought 
all  there  was  worth  telling  from  everywhere.  The  tavern  keeper  was  the 
medium  through  which  the  news  was  spread.  He  came  into  close  contact 
with  the  leaders  in  law,  politics  and  business,  and  companionable  and 
intelligent,  he  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  town  affairs,  respected  and  hon- 
ored. Luther  Richardson,  Joseph  Bliss,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  Joseph  Hutchins, 
John  Page,  Asa  Boynton,  Moody  Bedel,  John  Montgomery,  Andrew  S. 
Crocker,  Samuel  Brooks,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  Edward  Towle,  Jonathan 
Sinclair  were  among  those  who  held  licenses  as  "taverners  and  vendors  of 
spirituous  liquors." 

The  first  regular  mail  service  for  Haverhill  of  which  there  is  any  authentic 
record  was  that  arranged  for  by  the  State  Committee  of  Safety  at  the 
beginning  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  This  Committee  appointed  John 
Balch  post  rider,  and  established  a  route  for  him  which  he  was  to  cover 
once  in  two  weeks  for  a  term  of  three  months.  For  this  service  he  was  to 
receive  the  "sum  of  seventy  hard  dollars,  or  its  equivalent  in  paper 


342  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

money."  Previous  to  this  letters  to  and  from  the  settlers  in  Coos  were 
sent  by  chance  travellers  into  the  new  settlements,  or  who  were  returning 
from  them,  a  most  unsatisfactory  and  unreliable  means  of  communica- 
tion, and  the  receiving  or  sending  a  letter  was  an  event.  Scarcely  less 
unsatisfactory  was  the  service  of  John  Balch,  but  it  had  at  least  the  merit 
of  regularity.  He  was  to  start  at  Portsmouth  and  ride  to  Haverhill  by 
way  of  Conway  and  Plymouth,  thence  down  the  Connecticut  River  to 
Charlestown,  and  back  to  Portsmouth  again.  This  service  was  per- 
formed by  Balch  not  only  for  three  months,  but  also  during  the  entire 
period  of  the  Revolution,  and  was  in  fact  continued  with  some  changes 
of  route  and  perhaps  of  riders  until  1791,  when  the  State  Legislature 
established  "four  routes  for  posts  to  be  thereafter  appointed  to  ride  in 
and  through  the  interior  of  the  state." 

There  was  already  a  mail  route  along  the  sea  coast,  established  by  the 
United  States  government.  The  routes  established  by  the  state  were  to 
be  covered  once  in  two  weeks.  Postage  on  a  single  letter  was  twelve  and 
one  half  cents  for  each  forty  miles  and  eight  cents  for  any  number  of  miles 
less  than  forty.  Postmasters  were  to  be  allowed  four  cents  for  each  letter 
that  passed  through  their  offices. 

A  post  office  was  established  at  Haverhill.  Just  who  was  the  first  post- 
master is  not  definitely  known.  Joseph  Bliss  was  appointed  to  this  office 
in  1793,  when  the  federal  government  took  over  from  the  state  the  carry- 
ing of  the  mails  to  and  from  Haverhill,  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  he  held 
the  same  position  the  previous  two  years  under  state  authority.  The 
mails  consisted  almost  entirely  of  letters,  for  the  era  of  newspapers  and 
periodicals  had  not  dawned,  and  at  the  current  rates  of  postage  which 
was  seldom  prepaid,  the  few  letters  constituting  the  mail,  were  hardly 
burdensome  to  the  post  rider.  John  Balch  was  succeeded  as  post  rider 
by  Col.  Silas  May,  who  as  soon  as  roads  would  permit,  certainly  not  later 
than  the  completion  of  the  turnpike,  substituted  his  Dutch  wagon  for 
saddle,  and  became  a  carrier  of  packages  as  well  as  of  mails.  It  was 
express,  and  rural  delivery  a  century  ahead  of  time.  With  the  advent  of 
the  wagon  the  mail  was  carried  twice  a  week,  and  the  Haverhill  post 
office  with  Moses  Dow  as  postmaster  furnished  mail  accommodations  for 
the  entire  town,  and  later  after  the  advent  of  mail  stages  became  a  dis- 
tributing centre  for  a  large  section  of  country.  The  growth  of  the  postal 
service  during  the  century  which  elapsed  after  Colonel  May  in  the  spring 
of  1814,  drove  his  first  mail  stage  coach  down  Sinclair  Hill  to  the  post 
office  at  the  Corner  has  been  gradual  but  none  the  less  marvellous. 

Haverhill  has  now  its  five  post  offices,  the  most  important  being  of 
course  that  at  Woodsville  with  its  four  or  five  daily  mails  both  north  and 
south,  its  free  delivery  village  service,  its  two  rural  delivery  routes,  its 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  343 

money  order,  postal  savings,  departments,  and  its  special  delivery  and 
parcel  post  service.  North  Haverhill,  Haverhill  and  Pike  have  also 
their  rural  delivery  routes,  with  money  order  and  the  other  modern  facili- 
ties. At  one  time  there  was  a  post  office  at  Centre  Haverhill,  on  a 
weekly  route  from  Haverhill  over  the  county  road  so-called  through 
Benton  and  East  Landaff  (now  Easton)  to  Sugar  Hill  and  Franconia. 
In  the  middle  of  the  last  century  there  was  a  route  with  mails  twice  a 
week  from  the  North  Haverhill  post  office  through  Centre  Haverhill  to 
Benton,  and  later  a  route  from  Woodsville  to  Swiftwater  in  Bath,  Benton, 
Whitcherville  and  Wildwood  in  Easton  with  daily  mails,  but  rural  deliv- 
ery has  taken  its  place.  Haverhill  has  had  its  full  share  of  the  advantages 
accruing  from  the  marvellous  development  of  the  country's  mail  service. 

With  the  establishment  of  stage  lines  and  the  coming  of  the  stage  coach 
Haverhill  Corner  took  on  new  importance,  and  an  era  of  prosperity  set 
in.  A  stage  line  had  been  projected  as  early  as  1811,  of  which  Col.  Wil- 
liam Tarleton  of  the  Tarleton  tavern  was  chief  owner.  Silas  May  was  not 
the  driver  much  to  his  disappointment,  but  this  enterprise  was  short  lived, 
and  it  was  not  till  1814  that  a  permanent  line  was  established.  This  was 
organized  by  Robert  Morse  of  Rumney,  a  native  of  Haverhill,  who 
secured  the  support  and  interest  of  all  the  towns  along  the  route  from 
Haverhill  to  Concord,  the  first  trip  was  made  in  the  spring  with  Colonel 
May  in  the  box  and  with  his  four  in  hand  he  came  down  the  long  Sinclair 
Hill,  and  with  wild  blasts  from  his  horn,  wheeled  his  coach  with  its  load 
of  passengers,  proprietors  and  managers  of  the  line  in  front  of  Towle's 
tavern  to  meet  with  a  rousing  reception  from  the  crowd  which  had  gath- 
ered for  the  purpose.  The  trips  were  soon  increased  from  two  a  week 
each  way  to  three,  and  soon  to  daily,  with  additional  coaches  to  meet  the 
demands  of  travel.  The  line  from  Haverhill  to  Concord  via  Hanover  soon 
followed  that  via  Plymouth,  and  then  in  rapid  succession  came  the  open- 
ing of  the  lines  to  Boston,  New  York,  Stanstead,  Canada,  Saratoga, 
the  White  Mountains,  Chelsea  and  Montpelier,  Vt.  Before  the  railroad 
came  there  were  half  a  dozen  or  more  stage  lines  and  arriving  at  Haver- 
hill as  they  usually  did  in  the  evening  and  departing  in  the  morning,  the 
setting  down  at  Towle's,  the  Grafton,  the  Columbian,  Bliss  and  other 
taverns  of  a  hundred  and  fifty  or  more  passengers  for  the  night  was  not 
an  infrequent  occurrence. 

According  to  a  time  table  published  in  the  Intelligencer  February  24, 
1827,  mail  stage  for  Plymouth,  Dunbarton,  Concord  and  Boston  left 
William's  hotel,  Haverhill,  Wednesdays,  Fridays  and  Sundays  at  4 
o'clock  a.  m.  and  arrived  at  Haverhill  on  their  return  on  Tuesdays, 
Thursdays  and  Saturdays  at  6  o'clock  p.  m. 

The  Boston  and  Concord  mail  stage  via  Hanover  left  Towle's  tavern  on 


344  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Tuesdays,  Thursdays  and  Saturdays  at  3  p.  m.  connecting  with  the  Great 
Southern  mail,  and  was  due  in  Haverhill  Sundays,  Thursdays  and  Sat- 
urdays at  10,  p.  m. 

The  Northern  mail  stage  left  Towle's  tavern  for  Lancaster,  Colebrook 
etc.,  on  Wednesdays,  Fridays  and  Sundays  at  6  p.  m.  and  was  due  on 
return  Tuesdays,  Thursdays  and  Saturdays  at  3  p.  m. 

The  Montpelier  and  Burlington  stage  left  Williams  hotel,  Wednesdays 
and  Sundays  at  4  p.  m.  and  was  due  to  return  Tuesdays  and  Saturdays 
at  9  p.  m. 

The  Concord  and  Haverhill  stage  left  Grafton  coffee  house,  Haverhill, 
Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays  at  7  a.m.,  passing  through  Piermont, 
Bradford,  Vt.,  Orford,  Lyme,  Canaan,  Grafton,  Andover,  Salisbury  and 
Boscawen,  connecting  at  Concord  with  the  Southern  stages;  and  returning 
left  Concord  Tuesdays,  Thursdays  and  Saturdays  at  7  a.  m.,  connecting 
at  Haverhill  with  the  Northern  stage. 

In  March,  1845,  a  reduction  of  fare  to  five  dollars  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  was 
advertised,  stage  leaving  daily  at  noon  and  arriving  in  Albany  the  next 
evening. 

In  1845  there  was  an  advertisement  for  proposals  for  carrying  the 
mails  on  the  following  stage  routes:  To  Windsor,  Vt.,  and  return  six 
times  a  week  with  four-horse  coaches;  leave  Haverhill  at  12  noon,  arrive 
at  Windsor  9  p.m.;  to  Bath,  Littleton,  Lancaster  and  Guildhall,  Vt.,  and 
return  3  times  a  week;  to  Concord  via  E.  Haverhill,  Warren,  Wentworth, 
Rumney,  Plymouth,  Sanbornton  and  Canterbury  and  return,  three  times 
a  week,  leaving  Haverhill  with  four-horse  coach  Tuesdays,  Thursdays  and 
Saturdays;  to  Concord  via  Bradford  and  Fairlee  Vt.,  Orford,  Orfordville, 
Wentworth,  Plymouth,  Bridgewater,  Bristol,  Franklin  and  Boscawen, 
leaving  Haverhill  with  four-horse  coach  Thursdays,  Wednesdays  and 
Fridays. 

These  stray  time  tables  and  stage  schedules,  now  so  rare  as  to  be 
curiosities,  give  some  idea  of  how  these  stage  lines  with  their  numerous 
arrivals  and  departures  contributed  to  the  life  of  Haverhill  Corner  as  a 
community,  and  to  its  prosperity.  <(1The  stage  tavern  was  the  great 
centre  of  attraction  in  those  days,  and  where  the  stages  came  in  from 
various  points  bringing  in  their  passengers  and  news,  the  village  people 
were  accustomed  to  gather  at  the  tavern  to  learn  what  was  going  on  in  the 
outside  world.  Here  reputable  citizens  congregated  and  talked  on  the 
happenings  of  the  day.  Newspapers  were  infrequent,  and  the  tavern 
became  a  sort  of  literary  exchange  where  any  body  that  had  anything  to 
relate  could  always  find  eager  listeners.  The  bar  room,  as  it  was  then 
called,  with  its  bottles  of  whiskey  and  gin  was  a  large  room  with  benches 
and  settees  on  all  sides.     .     .     .     The  open  fire  place  was  a  conspicuous 

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HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  345 

feature  and  the  flip  iron  and  mug  were  inseparable  concomitants  of  the 
bar  room.  Treating  was  the  universal  custom,  and  the  mug  filled  with 
steaming  flip  was  passed  around  amongst  the  crowd,  and  every  body 
took  a  sip  of  the  favorite  beverage.  When  the  news  was  all  talked  over, 
and  the  hours  were  speeding  toward  midnight  and  especially  where  the 
stage  happened  to  be  late,  the  crowd  dispersed  only  to  renew  its  gathering 
the  following  evening.  Those  stage  villages  where  the  mails  lay  over 
night  were  busy  little  centres,  and  manifested  all  the  attributes  of  a  small 
metropolis.  The  populations  retired  at  night  with  a  general  knowledge 
of  the  doings  and  happenings  of  the  outside  world,  and  awaited  with  un- 
disturbed self-possession  the  coming  of  the  next  coach.  And  so  life  rolled 
on  in  those  earlier  days  with  a  satisfaction  and  success  which  now  to  our 
swifter  means  of  locomotion  and  faster  ways  of  living  seem  tame  and 
abortive.  Information  and  knowledge  were  gained  then  more  by  hearing 
and  talking  than  by  reading,  but  the  people  were  quite  as  intelligent  in 
general  matters  as  they  are  to-day,  and  the  peculiar  discipline  of  these 
times  developed  many  a  hard  headed  man  of  shrewd  common  sense  and 
large  experience.  Those  attentions  of  mind  and  interchange  of  informa- 
tion and  opinion  had  a  flavor  of  their  own.  What  an  educational  force 
the  old  stage  tavern  was." 

And  then,  too,  those  old  time  stage  drivers.  Famous  among  them  was 
Dan  Field  of  the  Stanstead  line  with  his  bugle  horn  announcement  of 
his  coming  into  the  village  and  the  graceful  curve  he  made  with  his  team 
as  he  drove  up  in  front  of  the  tavern.  There  was  Caleb  Smart,  Sanborn 
Jones,  Eleazer  Smith,  "Jim"  Langdon,  "Wash"  Simpson,  whose  last 
years  were  spent  as  station  agent  at  East  Haverhill  railroad  station; 
Seth  Greenleaf,  who  laid  down  whip  and  rein  to  use  the  conductor's 
punch  on  the  old  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal;  Walt  Gould,  who  was  the 
first  driver  of  the  two  horse  coach  between  Haverhill  and  Hanover 
before  the  day  of  the  six  horse  team.  There  was  "Bill"  Fuller;  the 
two  Simmonds  brothers,  "Josh"  and  Jehiel;  the  Morses,  father  and  son; 
the  Henry  brothers,  "Tim"  and  Charles;  "Web"  Stearns,  one  of  the 
youngest,  and  one  of  the  last  to  go  out  of  service  which  ended  when  the 
stages  were  permanently  housed.  These  were  some  of  the  skilled  and 
experienced  drivers.  An  evidence  of  this  popularity  is  found  in  the  fact 
that  they  were  not  known  as  Mr.  Simpson,  Mr.  Langdon,  etc.,  but  as 
"Wash"  Simpson,  "Jim"  Langdon,  "Rob"  Morse,  etc.  They  were  a 
hardy  set,  exposed  to  perils  and  dangers,  bearing  large  responsibilities, 
sometimes  autocratic  in  manner  and  rough  in  speech,  but  they  were  as  a 
class  true  and  faithful  men.  Many  of  these  drivers  were  part  providers 
of  the  lines  on  which  they  drove,  were  men  of  ability  and  enterprise,  who 
when  stage  lines  were  superseded  by  railroads  won  success  in  other  lines 
of  business. 


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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


The  Haverhill  of  today  owes  much  to  the  impetus  given  its  life  in  the 
old  days  of  stages  and  stage  taverns. 

The  different  post  offices  were  established  in  Haverhill  as  follows: 
Haverhill,  Jan.  1,  1795;  No.  Haverhill,  Aug.  7,  1826;  East  Haverhill,  July 
18,  1844;  Haverhill  Centre,  Mar.  28,  1846;  Woodsville,  Feb.  4,  1853; 
Pike  Station,  Feb.  27,  1880. 

The  first  postmaster  at  Haverhill  was  Joseph  Bliss,  proprietor  of  Bliss 
tavern,  appointed  Jan.  1, 1795.  His  successors  with  dates  of  their  appoint- 
ment have  been: 


Moses  Dow,  Apr.  1,  1803 
John  R.  Reding,  Mar.  13,  1830 
William  Barstow,  Jan.  29,  1841 
Timothy  K.  Blaisdel,  June  3,  1841 
William  Barstow,  Aug.  20,  1842 
John  S.  Bryant,  Apr.  20,  1843 
Henry  W.  Reding,  Jan.  4,  1845 
John  L.  Rix,  May  15,  1849 
Henry  W.  Reding,  Apr.  20,  1853 


John  Currier,  June  25,  1861 
Hiram  S.  Kellam,  July  12,  1865 
Henry  Merrill,  Mar.  18,  1869 
Moses  D.  Carbee,  Oct.  31,  1877 
Tyler  Westgate,  Apr.  12,  1881 
Joseph  Poor,  Sept.  2,  1885 
George  C.  Cass,  June  20,  1889 
William  A.  Gibson,  Feb.  10,  1899 
Maurice  H.  Randall,  May  5,  1904 


The  postmasters  with  dates  of  appointment  at  North  Haverhill  have 
been: 


Aaron  Martin,  Aug.  7,  1826 
David  Worthen,  May  24,  1828 
Willard  Whitman,  June  1,  1831 
Willard  Whitman,  Feb.  6,  1844 
James  Glynn,  May  8,  1849 
Perley  Ayres,  Apr.  24,  1827 
Russell  Hurd,  Aug.  25,  1829 
E.  B.  Hibbard,  Sept.  6,  1843 
Nathl.  M.  Swasey,  June  7,  1845 
Nathl.  M.  Swasey,  Apr.  20,  1853 


Joseph  B.  Cotton,  June  25,  1861 
J.  F.  Morse,  Mar.  24,  1865 
Morris  E.  Kimball,  Mar.  28,  1873 
Morris  E.  Kimball,  Apr.  23,  1889 
Charles  F.  Southard,  Sept.  15,  1897 
Abel  E.  Davis,  June  20,  1864 
William  I.  Nelson,  July  29,  1868 
Enoch  R.  Weeks,  Sept.  24,  1885 
Charles  H.  Wetherbee,  July  18,  1893 


Postmasters  at  East  Haverhill  have  been  appointed : 


Nathaniel  Kimball,  July  18,  1844 
Niles  Doty,  June  14,  1845 
Chester  Crouch,  July  6,  1846 
Hosea  S.  Baker,  Feb.  6,  1852 
Niles  Doty,  Apr.  20,  1853 
William  R.  Park,  July  23,  1861 
William  A.  Simpson,  Jan.  24,  1870 
Wilbur  F.  True,  May  3,  1877 


George  W.  Richardson,  Dec.  9,  1880 
Nathan  Hanson,  Oct.  22,  1885 
Martin  S.  B.  Cady,  May  11,  1886 
George  W.  Richardson,  May  29,  1889 
Wilbur  F.  True,  July  17,  1893 
George  W.  Richardson,  Dec.  10,  1897 
William  H.  Langmaid,  Nov.  20,  1906 
Wilbur  F.  True  May  4,  1909 


Haverhill  Center  postmasters  were  appointed: 

James  Glazier,  Mar.  28,  1846  Russell  Kimball,  July  1,  1854 

Ansel  A.  Smith,  Dec.  4,  1849  George  W.  Bisbee,  Mar.  24,  1858 

George  H.  Gleason,  Feb.  2,  1853  Sarah  B.  Bisbee,  June  20,  1864 

James  Glazier,  Oct.  25,  1853  Saml.  H.  Crocker,  Oct.  3,  1866 

Office  was  discontinued  Apr.  13,  1868 


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Postmasters  in  Woodsville  have  been: 


Iva  M.  Clark,  Feb.  4,  1853 
E.  M.  Child,  Nov.  28,  1853 
John  Hale,  June  25,  1855 
Chas.  M.  Weeks,  Apr.  5,  1860 
William  B.  Douglass,  Apr.  15,  1863 
Henry  W.  Ramsey,  Nov.  6,  1863 
CM.  Weeks,  July  29,  1868 
H.  W.  Ramsey,  Aug.  26,  1868 


Chas.  B.  Drake,  Nov.  9,  1871 
Chas.  B.  Drake,  Apr.  28,  1873 
Jacob  Burton,  Sept.  13,  1880 
Quincy  A.  Scott,  Nov.  8,  1881 
Ezra  B.  Mann,  Nov.  13,  1885 
Solon  S.  Evans,  July  3,  1889 
Fred  P.  Dearth,  June  4,  1897 
James  F.  Leonard,  Jan.  27,  1914 


The  post  office  at  Pike  was  established  at  "Pike  Station"  Feb.  27,  1880 
named  changed  to  "Pike,"  June  17,  1903.     The  postmasters  have  been: 


A.  F.  Pike,  Feb.  27,  1880 
Chas.  J.  Ayer,  Dec.  4,  1891 


Rexford  Pierce,  Aug.  21,  1893 
E.  B.  Pike,  July  17,  1897 


CHAPTER  XVI 


BANKS   AND   BANKING 

Coos  Bank  Incorporated  in  1803 — Large  Territory  Covered  for  Twenty  Years 
— Grafton  Bank  Chartered  in  1822 — Lasted  Till  1845 — Payson  and  Britton 
— Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  in  1889 — Woodsville  Loan  and  Banking 
Association  in  1891 — Succeeded  by  the  Woodsville  National  Bank. 

There  were  no  banks  in  New  Hampshire  until  1792  when  the  New 
Hampshire  Bank  at  Portsmouth  was  incorporated.  Indeed  there  were  no 
banks  in  the  colonies  until  near  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War  in 
1781  when  the  Bank  of  North  America  was  established  in  Philadelphia. 
It  was  not  till  1784  that  New  England  had  its  first  bank,  the  Massachu- 
setts, which  was  established  in  Boston.  This  first  New  Hampshire  Bank 
was  incorporated  for  a  term  of  fifty  years,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000. 
Ten  years  later  in  June,  1802,  the  New  Hampshire  Union  Bank  of  Ports- 
mouth was  incorporated  with  a  capital  of  $200,000  for  a  term  of  twenty 
years,  and  the  next  year  1803  no  less  than  five  bank  charters  were  granted 
by  the  legislature,  the  Portsmouth,  and  the  Rockingham  at  Portsmouth, 
each  with  a  capital  of  $200,000;  the  Strafford  at  Dover,  capital  $150,000; 
Exeter  at  Exeter,  capital  $200,000,  and  the  Coos  at  Haverhill. 

The  establishment  of  the  Coos  Bank  was  indicative  of  the  enterprise 
not  only  of  the  men  of  Grafton  County,  which  embraced  within  its  borders 
what  that  same  year  became  Coos  County,  but  also  of  the  growing  wealth 
and  importance  of  the  Connecticut  Valley.  It  indicated  also  the  import- 
ance of  Haverhill  as  a  business  centre.  At  the  time  of  its  incorporation 
there  was  no  other  bank  within  a  hundred  miles,  and  this  condition  of 
affairs  continued  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The  Lebanon  bank  was  not 
incorporated  till  1828  and  the  Lancaster  bank  not  until  1832.  The  bank 
at  Wells  River  was  incorporated  this  latter  year.  Vermont,  indeed, 
chartered  no  banks  until  1818,  so  that  the  Haverhill  institution  furnished 
for  many  years  the  banking  facilities  for  the  Connecticut  Valley  on  both 
sides  the  river.  It  was  not  until  1821  that  there  was  another  bank  in  the 
Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  Valley,  that  at  Brattleboro.  The  incor- 
porators named  in  the  charter  of  the  Coos  Bank  were  John  Montgomery, 
Moses  P.  Payson,  Peter  Carleton,  Moor  Russell,  Daniel  Smith,  Nathaniel 
Burlow  and  Timothy  Dix,  Jr.  The  charter  was  for  twenty  years  from 
January  1,  1803;  the  capital  stock  was  to  be  not  less  than  $25,000  nor 
more  than  $100,000,  paid  in  specie  and  divided  into  one  thousand  shares; 
the  bank  was  authorized  to  hold  lands  with  tenements  and  hereditaments 

348 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  349 

to  the  amount  of  $50,000  and  no  more  at  any  one  time.  It  could  not 
have  at  any  one  time  bills,  notes,  or  obligations  to  a  greater  amount  than 
twice  the  stock  actually  paid  in;  seven  directors  were  to  be  chosen 
annually,  and  dividends  might  be  declared  semi-annually. 

The  bank  organized  and  began  business  in  1804  with  John  Montgomery 
as  president  and  John  Osgood,  cashier.  Mr.  Osgood  held  the  position 
only  temporarily,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  George  Woodward,  a  well 
known  lawyer,  who  occupied  for  a  residence  and  also  for  banking,  rooms  of 
the  fine  mansion  house  at  the  south  end  of  the  common,  afterwards  the 
residence  of  Joseph  Bell,  later  of  David  F.  Merrill  and  now  owned  and 
occupied  by  Frederick  W.  Page.  Mr.  Woodward  served  almost  from  the 
opening  of  the  bank  for  business,  and  may  be  properly  regarded  as  its 
first  cashier.  Bank  notes  or  bills  were  issued  of  the  denominations  of  one, 
two,  three,  five,  ten  and  twenty  dollars.  A  reproduction  of  a  note  for 
one  dollar  herewith  presented  shows  the  somewhat  primitive  character  of 
the  bank  notes  of  that  day. 

General  Montgomery  was  the  largest  stockholder  of  the  bank,  hold- 
ing in  1805  one  hundred  shares  which  were  assessed  for  taxation  at  $75 
per  share.  Mr.  Woodward  held  the  position  of  cashier  for  less  than  ten 
years  when  he  was  succeeded  for  a  brief  period  by  Joseph  Bell,  who  was  in 
turn  succeeded  by  John  G.  Wright,  a  son-in-law  of  Dr.  Wellman  of  Pier- 
mont.  The  bank  found  itself  in  financial  difficulties  in  1818-20  and  failed, 
entailing  much  disastrous  litigation  and  loss  to  stockholders.  The 
cashier,  John  S.  Wright,  was  given  power  of  attorney  to  dispose  of  the 
property  of  the  bank  July  20,  1818,  and  in  1820  the  winding  up  of  its 
affairs  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  John  Nelson,  a  well  known  attorney, 
who  performed  his  trust  with  great  credit  to  himself  and  the  satisfaction  of 
all  concerned.  General  Montgomery  retired  from  the  presidency  pre- 
vious to  1814  and  was  succeeded  by  Moses  P.  Payson  of  Bath,  and  about 
the  same  time,  Peter  Carleton,  Moor  Russell,  Daniel  Smith,  Nathaniel 
Barlow  and  Timothy  Dix,  Jr.,  were  succeeded  in  the  directorate  by  David 
Webster,  Dr.  Edmund  Carleton,  Mills  Olcott  and  Richard  Gookin.  One 
of  the  causes  of  the  failure  had  been  an  over  issue  of  notes  in  violation  of 
the  charter. 

A  charter  was  obtained  for  a  new  bank  under  the  name  of  the  president 
and  stockholders  of  the  Grafton  Bank,  and  this  new  institution  went  into 
business  January  1,  1822.  Moses  P.  Payson,  the  only  survivor  of  the 
directorate  of  the  original  Coos  Bank,  was  its  president  and  John  L. 
Bunce,  who  had  been  brought  from  Hartford,  Conn.,  for  the  purpose,  was 
its  first  cashier.  The  directors  aside  from  Mr.  Payson  were  Mills  Olcott, 
Abiathar  G.  Britton,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Joseph  Bell,  Ezra  Bartlett  and 
Richard  Gookin.  A  new  building  for  the  business  of  the  bank,  and  resi- 
dence of  the  cashier,  was  erected  nearly  opposite  on  the  west  side  of 


350  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Main  Street  and  which  was  known  as  "the  bank  house"  until  its  destruc- 
tion by  fire  in  1909.  Mr.  Bunce  resigned  as  cashier  in  1839,  and  John  A. 
Page  was  elected  cashier  in  his  place.  The  bank  had  become  the  subject 
of  political  criticism.  It  was  charged  that  it  was  in  control  of  a  junta  of 
aristocratic  old  time  Federalists  and  Whigs,  all  known  to  be  under  the 
influence  of  Joseph  Bell.  The  Democratic  party  had  become  divided  on 
the  question  of  granting  charters  to  railroads,  and  in  the  spring  of  1843, 
Isaac  Hill  led  a  party  of  bolters  from  the  regular  nominations,  who 
placed  candidates  of  their  own  in  the  field.  John  Page  led  these  bolters 
in  Haverhill,  and  was  himself  a  candidate  for  Congress.  They  were  not 
numerous  enough  in  Haverhill  to  defeat  the  regular  Democratic  candi- 
dates but  did  poll  72  for  John  H.  White  as  against  308  for  Henry  Hubbard, 
the  regular  candidate,  and  161  for  Anthony  Colby,  Whig. 

In  its  issue  of  January  25,  1843,  the  Democratic  Republican  in  an 
editorial  criticism  of  both  bank  and  Mr.  Page  said: 

It  appears  to  us  singular  that  during  the  twenty  years  the  Grafton  Bank  has  been  in 
existence,  that  Hon.  John  Page  and  a  son  of  his  are  the  only  professed  Democrats  who 
have  ever  been  elected  officers  of  said  bank.  John  A.  Page  was  chosen  cashier  four  or 
five  years  since  at  the  particular  desire  of  Joseph  Bell,  Esq.,  after  another  man  had  been 
elected  to  supply  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  John  L.  Bunce.  About  the 
time  Mr.  Bell  elected  J.  A.  Page  to  the  cashiership,  his  father  was  very  intimate  with  Bell, 
and  that  in  political  conversation  with  people  here  he  professed  anything  but  Demo- 
cratic principles.  .  .  .  On  the  second  day  of  the  present  month  John  Page  was 
elected  director  of  the  bank  in  place  of  Joseph  Bell  who  has  left  the  state.  This  election 
did  not  take  place  until  it  was  known  that  Governor  Page  was  favorably  disposed  to  the 
disorganizing  schemes  of  Isaac  Hill  and  his  other  federal  associates  in  this  state — until 
it  was  known  he  was  to  be  a  candidate  for  office  nominated  by  the  federal  conservative 
convention  which  was  to  assemble  at  Concord.  We  are  told,  also,  by  one  of  the  stock- 
holders of  the  bank — a  Federalist — that  Mr.  Bell  used  his  influence  in  securing  the  elec- 
tion of  Governor  Page,  saying:  "He  must  be  elected  in  my  place.  .  .  .  It  is  a  well 
known  fact  that  almost  every  stockholder  in  Grafton  Bank  is  a  Federalist  of  the  stiff 
rump  kind  and  that,  sooner  than  have  a  true  Democrat  associated  with  them  in  the 
management  of  the  affairs  of  the  institution,  they  would  see  the  whole  concern  blown 
into  air.  Yet  John  Page  and  his  son  are  both  officers  in  the  bank,  each  of  whom  would 
take  it  unkindly  when  their  pretentions  to  Democracy  are  called  in  question." 

The  last  list  of  officers  of  the  bank  which  appears  in  the  list  of  banking 
institutions  for  the  state  in  the  New  Hampshire  Register  is  for  the  year 
1844  and  is  as  follows:  President,  Mills  Olcott;  cashier,  John  A.  Page; 
directors,  Mills  Olcott,  Abiathar  G.  Britton,  Ezra  Bartlett,  William  V. 
Hutchins,  Abel  K.  Merrill,  James  Bell  and  John  Page.  A  beginning  in 
winding  up  the  affairs  of  the  bank  was  made  in  1845,  when  William 
H.  Cummings  was  appointed  agent  to  sell  real  estate  and  no  less  than 
thirty-six  conveyances  are  recorded  as  made  by  him  in  that  year. 
The  final  act  came  in  July,  1849,  when  James  Bell,  as  agent  of  the  bank, 
conveyed  to  John  L.  Rix  and  Charles  R.  Morrison,  "All  the  property  and 
rights  of  property  whether  real  or  personal  or  mixed,  judgments,  bonds, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  351 

notes,  chattels  and  land  which  now  belong  to  or  are  vested  in  said  cor~ 
poration,  with  full  power  to  sell  or  dispose  of  the  same  and  apply  the  pro" 
ceeds  in  trust  for  the  following  purposes;  firstly,  to  defray  the  reasonable 
expenses  of  defraying  and  disposing  of  said  property;  secondly,  to  pay 
all  legal  claims  now  existing  against  said  corporation,  and  thirdly,  to  dis- 
tribute the  residue  among  the  stockholders." 

In  closing  up  the  affairs  of  the  trust,  Morrison  conveyed  the  bank  house 
property  to  John  L.  Rix  in  October,  1850,  who  afterwards  occupied  it  as  a 
residence. 

The  late  Arthur  Livermore  in  his  reminiscences  of  Haverhill  Corner 
gives  a  pen  picture  of  two  of  these  officers  which  is  graphic  and 
interesting: 

On  Wednesdays,  about  noon,  with  great  regularity,  two  forms  came  from  opposite 
directions  into  the  village  and  drove  to  Towles  Inn.  One  was  Mr.  Payson  who  had  left 
his  home  in  Bath  at  ten  o'clock,  and  halted  at  the  halfway  house1  at  Horse  Meadow  for 
repose  of  himself  and  beast,  and  a  mere  taste  of  mine  host's  excellent  rum.  For  such 
was  the  liquor  he  preferred.  He  was  affable  by  nature,  and  the  drop  tasted  made  him 
yield  the  more  to  that  fine  instinct.  Politics,  money,  agriculture,  are  among  the  themes 
on  which  a  gentleman  is  free  to  converse,  is  indeed  expected  to  converse,  with  any  man 
whose  relations  with  him  are  not  merely  servile;  and  by  the  time  he  is  ready  to  proceed 
another  drop  is  required. 

Driving  into  the  village  he  knows  everybody,  and  the  comprehensive  sweep  of  his 
courteous  bow  embraces  every  thing  visible  within  the  boundaries  of  the  common.  He 
finds  the  rum  at  Mr.  Towles  good  as  he  has  often  found  it  before.  It  is  the  day  of  the 
stated  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Grafton  Bank,  and  he  is  the  president  of  that  board. 
Indeed  he  is  president  of  everything  he  belongs  to,  capable  of  a  presiding  officer.  Moder- 
ator of  the  town  meeting  in  Bath,  as  a  matter  of  course,  only  a  few  votes  are  cast  to  satisfy 
the  exigencies  of  the  law  requiring  an  election  by  ballot.  He  was  always  president  of  the 
Senate  of  New  Hampshire  during  the  many  years  that  he  sat  in  that  chamber,  and  when 
all  the  world  met  at  Windsor  to  vote  the  Connecticut  River  into  the  list  of  navigable 
streams  and  to  take  orders  for  the  removal  of  obstructions,  Mr.  Payson  was  placed  in 
the  chair.  It  was  his  courtesy  of  manner,  his  tact  and  good  common  sense  that  were  well 
known,  and  qualified  him  for  such  places.  His  mind  was  not  largely  informed,  but  it 
was  safe  and  sound  within  its  own  sphere,  and  was  plagued  by  no  half-lights,  no  mislead- 
ing passions. 

It  should  not  seem  strange  if  the  successes  he  won  by  these  valuable  practical  forces, 
brought  on  a  little  pompous  vanity  in  the  end.  But  neither  the  success  nor  the  credit 
which  he  won  impaired  the  amiable  disposition,  the  even  temper,  the  hospitable  manners 
that  made  him  with  but  one  unhappy  exception  a  most  agreeable  man.  According  to  a 
fashion  that  was  not  in  all  cases  fatal  to  the  strong  men  of  his  day,  he  began  by  eleven 
o'clock  and  continued  through  the  day,  it  is  said,  tasting  New  England  rum  in  very  small 
quantities  and  much  diluted.  He  died  at  not  much  over  fifty,  happily  before  his  habit 
could  be  called  intemperance,  but  too  late  to  restore  its  ravages  upon  his  system. 

Mr.  Livermore  continues: 

A  differently  constituted  man  was  Mr.  Britton,2  who  for  a  like  purpose,  drove  into  the 
village  with  equal  punctuality  from  an  opposite  direction  on  the  same  days.     He  was 

1  Morse's  tavern 

2  Abiathar  G.  Britton  of  Orford 


352  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

tall,  well  formed,  and  to  the  end  of  a  life  of  seventy-seven  years  was  an  erect  and  firm 
man.  He  always  appeared  clean  and  well  dressed  in  the  conservative  style  of  apparel, 
that  no  token  should  be  wanting  to  denote  his  aversion  to  unseasoned  innovation.  At 
that  time  (1822)  he  wore  his  hair  in  a  queue,  but  abandoned  that  fashion  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  for  some  cause  unknown  to  me,  other  than  the  lack  of  an  abundance  of 
the  necessary  material,  for  such  existed  and  retained  its  color  to  the  last,  and  but  spar- 
ingly interspersed  with  white.  His  manner  was  gay,  his  humor  at  once  kind  and  cynical. 
There  was  nothing  about  him  that  should  have  repelled  anybody.  Yet  he  was  never  a 
candidate  for  popular  suffrage,  nor  held  any  public  office  whatever,  but  that  of  justice  of 
the  peace.  And  the  functions  of  that  office  were  with  him  of  the  most  formal  manner 
only.  He  aimed  at  no  demonstrations,  and  was  eminently  a  man  of  the  most  impreg- 
nable secrecy.  He  was  never  charged  with  unfair  practices,  whether  at  the  bar  or  in  his 
private  transactions.  He  accumulated  an  estate  and  transmitted  it  to  his  children  in 
safe  investments,  the  nature  and  amount  of  which  impertinent  inquiry  has  thus  far  failed 
to  discover. 

Both  President  Payson  and  Director  Britton  saw  long  service  in  the 
management  of  the  Grafton  Bank. 

The  "Grafton  County  Bank"  was  incorporated  in  1846,  with  a  capital 
of  $100,000  but  it  never  went  into  operation.  A  charter  was  also  granted 
in  1879  for  the  Grafton  County  Savings  Bank,  but  the  charter  was 
unused,  the  bank  never  organizing  for  business. 

The  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank.  A  charter  for  a  sav- 
ings bank  at  Woodsville  was  granted  by  the  legislature  of  1889  to  Ira 
Whitcher  and  his  associates  under  the  name  of  Woodsville  Guarantee 
Savings  Bank.  The  bank  was  duly  organized  in  1889  with  the  following 
officers:  Trustees,  Ira  Whitcher,  W.  A.  Stowell,  Ezra  B.  Mann,  Edward 
F.  Mann,  Isaac  M.  Smith,  Charles  W.  King,  Robert  A.  Horner,  David 
Whitcher,  George  Leslie,  Chester  Abbott,  Chester  R.  Gibson  and  Henry 
C.  Carbee.  The  trustees  organized  as  follows:  President,  Ezra  B.  Mann; 
vice-president,  Isaac  M.  Smith;  treasurer,  Robert  A.  Horner;  clerk, 
Chester  Abbott.  The  guaranty  fund  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
was  raised  and  made  a  special  deposit  and  the  bank  was  opened  for  busi- 
ness in  rooms  in  the  old  railroad  station. 

Ezra  B.  Mann  as  president  was  succeeded  by  Dr.  C.  R.  Gibson  in  Jan- 
uary, 1899,  and  on  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1914  he  was  succeeded  by 
Geo.  E.  Cummings.  Robert  A.  Horner  was  succeeded  as  treasurer  by 
Charles  C.  Whitcher  in  March,  1895.  Herbert  W.  Allen  became  treasurer 
in  February,  1896,  Jerry  Abbott  in  1901,  and  was  succeeded  by  Horace 
B.  Knight  in  May,  1914.  William  F.  Whitcher  became  clerk  in  1898, 
succeeding  Chester  Abbott,  and  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  Dexter  D. 
Dow  in  January,  1913.  On  the  completion  of  the  Opera  Block  in  1890, 
the  bank  was  removed  to  rooms  in  that  building,  which  it  has  since  occu- 
pied. It  has  had  a  steady  increase  of  business,  and  its  deposits  in  1916 
were  upwards  of  $525,000,  and  its  guaranty  fund  had  been  increased  to 
$57,000.     It  pays  four  per  cent  on  deposits  and  is  established  on  a  sound 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  353 

and  conservative  basis  with  prospects  of  a  prosperous  future.  An  addi- 
tion has  just  been  made  to  the  banking  rooms  at  a  cost  of  about  ten  thou- 
sand dollars. 

The  Woodsville  Loan  and  Banking  Association  was  chartered  in  April, 
1891,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $20,000.  It  went  into  business  immediately, 
and  continued  in  business  with  R.  B.  Horner  and  C.  C.  Whitcher  as  its 
cashiers  until  under  the  leadership  of  H.  W.  Allen,  it  was  transformed 
into  a  national  bank. 

The  Woodsville  National  Bank,  which  succeeded  the  Loan  and  Bank- 
ing Association,  when  the  latter  went  into  liquidation,  was  chartered 
October  9,  1897,  and  began  business  immediately  under  its  charter. 
The  capital  stock  was  $50,000.  The  first  board  of  directors  were: 
Henry  W.  Keyes,  George  C.  Carey,  William  H.  Gilchrist,  Dexter  D. 
Dow,  Samuel  P.  Carbee,  Herbert  W.  Allen,  Joseph  M.  Howe,  Morris  E. 
Kimball,  W.  H.  Burbank.  Henry  W.  Keyes  was  elected  president, 
W.  H.  Gilchrist,  vice-president  and  Herbert  W.  Allen,  cashier.  Mr. 
Allen  was  succeeded  as  cashier  by  Jerry  Abbott  March  1,  1908,  and  Hor- 
ace B.  Knight  became  cashier  May  1,  1914.  The  present  board  of  direc- 
tors is  H.  W.  Keyes,  W.  H.  Gilchrist,  D.  D.  Dow,  J.  M.  Howe  and  Louis 
M.  Kimball.  The  management  of  the  bank  has  been  conservative  and 
it  is  doing  a  prosperous  business  on  a  sound  basis. 


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CHAPTER  XVII 


LODGES,  FRATERNITIES,  SOCIETIES 

Free  and  Accepted  Masons — Charter  Granted  in  June  1799 — Moved  to  Orford 
in  1809 — Charter  Forfeited  in  1844 — Restored  in  1857 — Odd  Fellowship, 
Charter  Granted  in  1848 — Surrendered  in  1858 — New  Lodge  at  Woodsville 
in  1874 — Grand  Canton  Albin — Owns  Lodge  Block — Mountain  View  Lodge 
1902 — Now  Owns  a  Block — Patrons  of  Husbandry — Independent  Order  of 
Good  Templars — Two  Lodges  K.  of  P. — Woman's  Reading  Club — Three 
Chapters  of  Daughters  of  American  Revolution. 

Naturally  the  first  of  secret  societies  to  be  organized  in  Haverhill 
was  a  lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  a  charter  for  which  was  granted 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  June,  1799,  and  "Union  Lodge  No.  10,"  was 
duly  organized  and  officers  installed  the  same  month.  A  petition  for 
this  charter,  signed  by  Moody  Bedel,  John  Montgomery,  Joseph  Bliss, 
William  Cross,  Artemas  Nixon,  John  Haley,  William  Lambert  and 
Amasa  Scott  of  Haverhill,  and  Micah  Barron,  and  William  Wallace  of 
Newbury,  Vt.,  Arad  Stebbins  and  Andrew  B.  Peters  of  Bradford,  Vt., 
had  been  presented  the  previous  January,  and  in  the  intervening  months 
the  petitioners  had  been  at  work  as  a  lodge  under  a  dispensation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  The  installation  of  officers  was  public,  and  the  cere- 
monies were  held  in  the  meeting  house  under  the  direction  of  Nathaniel 
Adams,  of  Portsmouth,  Grand  Master  for  the  jurisdiction  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. The  Rev.  Mr.  Forsaith  of  Orford,  who  had  officiated  previously 
on  a  like  occasion  delivered  an  appropriate  discourse.  The  chairs  were 
filled  by  Micah  Barron,  worshipful  master;  John  Montgomery,  senior 
warden;  Moody  Bedel,  junior  warden;  William  Lambert,  deacon.  The 
jurisdiction  of  the  lodge  covered  not  only  Haverhill,  but  the  towns  of 
Bath,  Piermont  and  Orford,  and  Newbury  and  Bradford,  Vt.  The  lodge 
had  in  its  list  of  membership  many  of  the  leading  men  of  the  section.  In 
1809  it  was  moved  to  Orford  where  it  was  continued  under  the  original 
name  until  about  1860,  when  its  name  was  changed  to  Mount  Cube  Lodge. 

In  the  meantime  the  Haverhill  members  of  the  lodge,  finding  them- 
selves inconvenienced  by  the  removal  of  the  lodge  to  Orford,  secured  a 
charter  for  a  new  lodge  in  1826,  under  the  name  of  "Grafton  Lodge,  No. 
46."  This  was  but  a  few  years  before  the  breaking  out  of  the  anti-Masonic 
controversy,  the  bitterness  of  which  can  hardly  be  imagined  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  The  attacks  on  Masons  and  Masonry  were  not  so  vindictive 
in  New  Hampshire  as  in  Vermont  where  the  anti-Masonic  party  elected 

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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  355 

their  candidate  for  governor  in  1831,  '32,  '33,  and  '34,  and  when  the 
electoral  vote  of  the  state  was  cast  in  1832  for  Wirt  and  Ellmaker,  the 
candidates  of  the  party  for  the  presidency  and  vice-presidency,  the  in- 
stitution was  not  only  attacked  by  the  Danville  North  Star,  the  Vermont 
anti-Masonic  organ,  but  every  Mason,  whatever  his  previous  character, 
was  denounced  as  a  liar  and  murderer,  and  unless  he  would  renounce 
and  denounce  Masonry  was  unworthy  of  being  a  fit  member  of  society. 
Some  went  so  far  as  to  proscribe  Masons  in  their  business,  and  a  few 
said  they  longed  to  see  them  put  to  the  guillotine.  Ministers  were  dis- 
missed from  their  parishes  and  many  worthy  members  of  churches  were 
excommunicated. 

The  denunciation  of  Masonry  was  not  so  bitter  in  Haverhill,  but  it 
was  bitter,  and  the  Post  and  Advertiser  was  only  less  virulent  in  its  utter- 
ances than  the  North  Star.  Grafton  Lodge  did  not  grow  as  its  predecessor 
had  done,  and  though  its  membership  was  composed  of  reputable  citizens 
the  prejudice  against  Masonry  as  an  institution  aroused  by  the  contro- 
versy of  the  early  thirties  militated  against  the  growth  of  the  lodge  and 
its  charter  was  declared  forfeited  in  1844,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  on  account 
of  failure  to  make  returns.  The  character  of  its  members  may  be  judged 
from  the  list  of  officers  who  laid  the  corner  stone,  with  Masonic  cere- 
monies, of  the  new  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  June  4,  1827.  They 
were:  Worshipful  master,  Jonathan  Sinclair;  senior  warden,  Samuel 
Page;  junior  warden,  John  L.  Bunce;  secretary,  Sylvester  T.  Goss;  treas- 
urer, John  Page;  senior  deacon,  William  Ladd;  junior  deacon,  Hosea  S. 
Baker;  chaplain,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Ireson;  marshal,  Joshua  Blaisdell.  The 
meetings  or  communications  of  the  old  Union  Lodge,  before  its  re- 
moval to  Orford,  were  held  in  Newbury,  Bradford,  Orford  or  Haverhill 
as  convenience  might  dictate. 

The  charter  of  Grafton  Lodge  was  restored  in  1857,  and  notwithstand- 
ing obstacles  and  discouragements  there  has  been  a  commendable  growth, 
and  names  of  many  leading  citizens  of  the  town  are  found  on  its  rolls,  or 
on  the  rolls  of  Kane  Lodge,  Lisbon.  That  membership  in  Kane  or  Graf- 
ton Lodge  is  optional,  by  dispensation  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  with  Masons 
in  Woodsville  has  been  a  serious  handicap  to  the  growth  of  Grafton  Lodge. 
On  account  of  railroad  train  service  Woodsville  Masons  can  easily  and 
conveniently  attend  communications  in  Lisbon,  while  attendance  on 
communications  at  Haverhill  Corner  is  inconvenient.  The  result  has 
been  that  a  majority  of  Woodsville  Masons  are  members  of  Kane  Lodge. 
The  late  Amos  Tarleton,  previous  to  his  death,  at  his  own  expense  fitted 
the  lodge  rooms  of  Grafton  Lodge  with  new  furniture,  so  that  in  its  appoint- 
ments it  was  second  to  no  lodge  in  the  north  country,  but  these  were 
lost  in  the  fire  of  1909,  when  the  brick  block  in  which  the  fine  and  com- 


356  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

pletely  furnished  rooms  were  situated,  was  totally  destroyed.  This  was 
a  serious  blow  to  the  prosperity  of  the  lodge,  but  from  this  it  has  gradually 
recovered.  The  lodge  met  for  a  time  in  Pearson  Hall,  but  later  moved 
to  rooms  fitted  up  on  Court  Street  over  the  store  of  M.  H.  Randall.  For- 
tunately the  records  and  jewels  were  saved  at  the  time  of  the  fire. 

Iona  Chapter,  No.  39,  Order  Eastern  Star,  was  instituted  August  22, 
1904,  and  charter  is  dated  December  13,  1904.  It  has  a  membership 
(1916)  of  thirty-seven  and  meets  in  Masonic  hall  on  the  second  Tuesday 
of  each  month. 

The  beginnings  of  Odd  Fellowship  in  Haverhill  date  with  the  institu- 
tion of  Moosehillock  Lodge,  No.  25,  at  the  Corner  in  1848  by  Grand 
Master  J.  C.  Lyford.  While  the  lodge  started  with  excellent  prospects, 
and  contained  in  its  membership  men  like  former  Chief  Justice  Jonathan 
E.  Sargent,  Jonas  D.  Sleeper,  Ellery  A.  Hibbard,  Charles  G.  Smith,  Hosea 
S.  Baker,  it  never  became  large  and  about  1858  surrendered  its  charter. 
The  general  decline  of  business  at  the  Corner  after  the  fire  of  1848,  and 
the  construction  of  the  railroad,  doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  prevent- 
ing a  satisfactory  growth  of  the  institution.  The  original  charter  mem- 
bers were  Samuel  Swasey,  Henry  W.  Reding,  J.  A.  Cutting,  Daniel  Dickey 
and  George  W.  Simpson. 

In  1874  the  lodge  was  resuscitated,  through  the  efforts  of  Joseph  Kid- 
der of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  Quincy  A.  Scott.  Under  the  restoration  of 
charter  the  following  were  charter  members:  George  A.  Davison,  M.  H. 
Perkins,  Kimball  Marshall,  Q.  A.  Scott,  M.  V.  B.  Perkins.  The  growth 
of  the  lodge  was  marked  from  the  first,  no  less  than  fifteen  being  admitted 
to  membership  the  first  month.  Meetings  were  held  for  a  time  in  the 
Mt.  Gardner  House  hall,  but  the  lodge,  outgrowing  its  accommodations 
there,  in  1882  purchased  a  property  on  Pleasant  Street,  and  erected  a 
three-story  building,  40  by  60,  with  stores  on  the  first  floor,  tenements  on 
the  second,  and  the  lodge  hall  and  ante-rooms  on  the  third.  This  build- 
ing was  burned  in  May,  1901,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  present  sub- 
stantial brick  block,  erected  in  1904  and  occupied  by  stores  and  the  post 
office  on  the  first  floor,  offices  and  the  Odd  Fellows  banquet  hall  on  the 
second,  and  the  lodge  hall  and  rooms  on  the  third.  The  lodge  has  had 
a  remarkable  growth  having  received,  since  its  resuscitation,  no  less 
than  526  members,  and  its  present  membership  is  265,  among  whom  are 
numbered  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Woodsville  and  vicinity.  The 
property  is  valued  at  $28,000,  and  the  trustees  are  Fred  P.  Dearth,  Ernest 
E.  Craig  and  Joseph  M.  Howe.  The  officers  (1916)  are:  Noble  grand, 
W.  R.  McMeekin;  secretary,  George  E.  Emery;  treasurer,  Olin  A.  Lang. 
Samuel  B.  Page  was  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1902,  and 
Ernest  E.  Craig  held  the  same  office  in  1907  and  1908. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  357 

Mary  A.  Glidden  Rebekah  Lodge,  No.  45,  was  instituted  at  Woods- 
ville  February  11,  1892,  by  Grand  Master  Frank  M.  Davis,  with 
ten  charter  members.  The  lodge  has  had  a  large  growth,  is  in 
nourishing  condition,  and  has  been  an  effective  factor  in  the  work  of 
Woodsville  Odd  Fellowship.  It  has  a  membership  at  present  (1916) 
of   205. 

Grand  Canton  Albin,  No.  4,  Patriarchs  Militant,  was  mustered  Decem- 
ber 15,  1887,  with  seventy-five  members,  and  was  composed  of  Patri- 
archal Odd  Fellows  who  were  members  of  the  different  lodges  and 
components  in  this  section  and  had  components  in  Littleton,  and 
Bradford,  Vt.  These  were  organized  as  a  battalion  under  command  of 
Major  Q.  A.  Scott. 

Mountain  View  Lodge,  I.  O.  0.  F.,  was  instituted  at  North  Haverhill 
March  10,  1902,  by  Grand  Master  Samuel  B.  Page,  assisted  by  Grand 
officers,  Frank  L.  Way,  Joseph  Kidder  and  Charles  S.  Emerson.  This  was 
on  petition  of  Percy  Deming  and  thirty-four  other  members  of  the  order, 
for  the  most  part  members  of  Moosehillock  Lodge,  No.  25,  of  Woodsville. 
The  officers  of  the  new  lodge  were:  Noble  grand,  William  G.  Wetherbee; 
vice-grand,  Dennis  S.  Merrill;  secretary,  Percy  Deming;  treasurer, 
Moses  A.  Meader.  Degrees  were  conferred  on  thirty-four  candidates  for 
initiation,  and  the  officers  elective  and  appointive  were  duly  installed, 
and  the  lodge  began  its  work  under  favorable  auspices.  Up  to  July  1, 
1916,  730  meetings  of  the  lodge  have  been  held,  three  in  village  hall,  and 
the  remainder  in  the  town  hall  until  February  1,  1915,  when  the  first 
meeting  was  held  in  the  new  hall  erected  by  the  lodge,  adjoining  the  town 
hall  on  Depot  Street,  Rev.  Alba  M.  Markey,  Noble  Grand,  in  the  chair. 
Ground  was  broken  for  the  new  hall  September  29,  1914,  the  first  soil 
being  turned  by  Noble  Grand  Rev.  A.  M.  Markey,  who  was  the  leading 
promoter  of  the  building  enterprise.  The  cornerstone  was  laid  October 
12,  1914,  the  ceremonies  being  in  charge  of  Deputy  Grand  Master  Will  A. 
Cutler  of  Woodsville.  The  work  of  construction  was  pushed  rapidly, 
and  the  building  was  appropriately  dedicated,  according  to  the  ritual  of 
the  order,  the  ceremonies  being  in  charge  of  Past  Grand  Master  Ernest  E. 
Craig  and  other  grand  officers.  There  were  present  at  the  exercises 
nearly  two  hundred  and  fifty  members  of  the  order,  the  lodges  at  Wells 
River,  Vt.,  and  Woodsville  being  largely  represented.  The  building  is 
finely  designed  and  fitted  for  the  work  of  the  lodges,  and  was  completed 
at  a  cost  of  $3,487.67,  exclusive  of  the  lot,  the  whole  property  valuation 
being  about  $4,000.  The  lodge  is  in  a  flourishing  condition  with  a  mem- 
bership (1916)  of  116.  The  officers  are:  Noble  grand,  Moses  A.  Meader; 
vice-grand,  O.  E.  Decker;  secretary,  W.  G.  Upton;  treasurer,  Dennis  S. 
Merrill. 


358  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Landscape  Rebekah  Lodge,  No.  87,  was  instituted  May  21,  1903,  with 
twenty-three  charter  members,  all  of  whom  had  taken  withdrawal  cards 
from  Mary  A.  Glidden  Lodge  of  Woodsville.  On  the  night  of  the  insti- 
tution sixty-three  joined  by  initiation.  The  meetings  are  held  the  first 
and  third  Thursday  evenings  of  each  month.  The  following  named  have 
served  as  noble  grand:  Dennis  Merrill,  Cora  M.  Keith,  Ellen  C.  Deming, 
Anna  Irwin,  Edith  Pike,  Sarah  M.  Eastman,  Eunice  J.  Farnham,  Luella 
Kimball,  Mary  E.  Farnham,  Elva  J.  Campbell,  Mabel  Tewksbury,  Ethel 
Stratton,  Lula  Getchell.  Only  three  members  have  filled  the  office  of 
secretary,  Ina  B.  Miller,  Mary  B.  Meader,  Kate  C.  Meader  (since  1907). 
The  lodge  has  an  active  membership  of  120.  It  has  paid  (1916)  $400 
towards  the  new  hall,  and  has  $150  invested  in  silver,  table  linen,  dishes, 
etc. 

The  order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry  has  no  less  than  five  granges  in 
Haverhill,  a  distinction  enjoyed  by  no  other  town  in  the  United  States. 
These  were  organized  in  1894  and  1895,  and  are:  Haverhill  at  Haverhill 
Corner;  Moosilauke  at  East  Haverhill;  Mount  Gardner  at  Woodsville; 
Pink  Granite  at  North  Haverhill,  and  Pike  Station  at  Pike.  The  com- 
bined membership  of  these  granges  is  about  four  hundred,  and  the  value 
of  this  work  in  promoting  co-operation  and  interest  in  matters  pertaining 
to  the  home  and  farm  life  of  the  town  is  not  to  be  over  estimated. 

Mount  Gardner  Lodge,  K.  of  P.,  was  instituted  at  Woodsville  October 
8,  1895,  with  twenty-six  charter  members.  It  has  pleasant  and  finely 
furnished  rooms  in  Tilton  Block.  Davis  Lodge,  No.  19,  K.  of  P.,  was 
instituted  at  Haverhill  Corner,  and  held  its  meetings  there  until  its 
rooms  were  destroyed  by  fire.  It  now  meets  first  and  second  Mondays 
of  each  month  at  the  Ladd  Street  schoolhouse  hall. 

In  the  years  immediately  following  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  there  were 
flourishing  lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Good  Templars,  one  at 
North  Haverhill  and  the  other  at  the  Corner.  Besides  doing  a  good  work 
in  advancing  the  cause  of  temperance,  as  the  Washingtonian  societies 
had  done  in  previous  years,  they  also  furnished,  through  their  meetings, 
social  centres  which  were  of  no  small  value.  The  granges  later  took  their 
place  in  this  respect,  and  this  with  political  prohibition  alienating  many 
of  the  more  prominent  members  from  the  lodge,  led  to  the  surrender  of 
their  charters.  Such  surrender  by  no  means  indicated  a  decrease  of 
interest  in  the  cause  of  temperance  reform,  but  rather  the  adoption  of 
changed  methods  of  advancing  and  promoting  such  cause. 

There  was  for  a  few  years  a  flourishing  lodge  of  Maccabees  at  the 
Corner,  but  this  has  been  dissolved  and  charter  surrendered. 

The  Woman's  Reading  Club  at  Woodsville,  organized  in  1894,  by  a 
few  ladies  who  met  on  stated  afternoons  to  pursue  a  course  of  reading, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  359 

has  developed  into   an  important  organization.     It  joined  the  State 
Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs  in  1912. 

There  are  three  chapters  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution : 
one  at  Woodsville,  the  Hannah  Morrill  Whitcher;  one  at  North  Haverhill, 
the  Coosuck;  and  one  at  the  Corner,  the  Haverhill,  organized  in  1916, 
with  a  charter  membership  of  nearly  fifty.  Excellent  work  has  already 
been  accomplished  by  these  chapters  in  marking  historic  sites,  preserv- 
ing relics  of  the  Revolutionary  days  and  in  cultivating  and  promoting  the 
spirit  of  American  patriotism. 


CHAPTER  XVIII 


CRIMES  AND   THEIR  PUNISHMENT 

Under  N.  H.  Laws  There  Were  15  Crimes  Punishable  by  Death — In  1917  But 
One,  Murder,  Remains — Murder  Trials — First,  That  of  Toomalek — Thomas 
Webster — Josiah  Burnham — His  Trial  and  Execution — Sermon  by  "Priest" 
Sutherland — William  F.  Comings — Enos  Dudley — Samuel  Mills — Frank  C. 
Almy. 

In  the  New  Hampshire  criminal  code  of  1680  there  were  no  less  than 
fifteen  crimes  punishable  with  death;  in  1791  after  courts  had  been  estab- 
lished in  Grafton  County  there  were  eight.  In  1812  the  death  penalty 
was  abolished,  except  for  treason  and  murder,  and  in  1836  treason  was 
taken  from  the  list.  Down  to  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century  a 
severe  code  of  criminal  law  was  administered  in  Grafton  County  and  at 
Haverhill  its  county  seat.  There  is  their  record  of  a  case  in  1774  of  the 
trial  by  jury  in  which  the  respondent  was  found  guilty  of  stealing  one 
yard  of  cloth,  and  was  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  ten  shillings  or  be  whipped 
ten  stripes  by  the  public  whipper;  also  to  pay  complainant  nine  shillings 
being  treble  the  value  of  the  stolen  goods,  costs,  etc.,  and  in  default  of 
such  payment  to  be  sold  into  servitude  by  complainant  for  six  months. 
For  forgery  the  same  party  at  the  same  term  was  sentenced  to  imprison- 
ment for  one  year  without  bail  or  mainprize  and  to  be  set  in  the  pillory 
and  to  have  one  of  his  ears  cut  off. 

At  the  October  term,  1783,  respondent  was  found  guilty  of  counterfeit- 
ing, sentenced  to  be  set  in  pillory  and  have  an  ear  cut  off  and  be 
imprisoned  for  one  year.  In  May,  1796,  in  State  vs.  Holmes  there  was  a 
verdict,  guilty  of  horse  stealing,  and  a  sentence  "that  he  be  marked  with 
a  line  of  India  ink,  well  and  deeply  inserted,  across  the  forehead  from  the 
hair  of  the  temple  on  one  side  to  the  hair  of  the  temple  on  the  other  side 
and  with  a  line  from  the  centre  of  the  line  aforesaid  to  the  top  end  of  the 
nose  on  the  most  prominent  part  thereof,  and  to  pay  the  complainant  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy  dollars  being  two  fold  of  the  value  of 
the  mare  stolen  and  costs,  etc."  Parties  were  often  sentenced  to  be  sold 
into  servitude  for  specified  terms  as  late  as  the  first  quarter  of  the  nine- 
teenth century. 

There  have  been  several  trials  for  capital  crimes  in  Haverhill,  and 

several  executions  for  the  crime  of  murder  have  taken  place,  some  of 

these  are  of  special  interest.     Grant  Powers  in  his  "History  of  the  Coos 

Country"  gives  an  account  of  the  first  trial  and  execution  in  Haverhill 

of  which  tradition  is  preserved,  and  probably  the  last  under  Indian 

auspices : 

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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  361 

A  remnant  of  the  St.  Francis  Tribe  of  Indians  which  had  been  at  Coos  before  the 
French  and  Indian  War  returned  after  the  close  of  hostilities.  One  of  the  most  vicious 
of  this  remnant  was  one  named  Toomalek,  who  in  a  fit  of  jealousy,  intending  to  kill  one 
Mitchel  who  had  been  successful  in  winning  an  Indian  girl,  Lena,  as  his  bride,  shot  at 
him,  wounding  him,  and  by  the  same  discharge  killed  Lena  who  had  been  sitting  at  the 
side  of  Mitchel  before  the  evening  fire.  Mitchel  recovered,  and  Toomalek  was  tried 
after  the  Indian  form.  Through  the  influence  of  Captain  John,  an  influential  and  cruel 
old  warrior  who  was  president  of  the  court,  he  was  acquitted  on  the  ground  that  as  there 
was  no  intention  to  kill  Lena,  but  rather  Mitchel,  there  was  no  murder.  Mitchel  mar- 
ried again,  and  soon  after  Toomalek  accompanied  by  a  white  man  and  a  bottle  of  rum 
visited  Mitchel's  wigwam.  "Mitchel  drank  much  and  Toomalek  little,  when  Mitchel 
had  become  practically  helpless,  Toomalek  provoked  a  quarrel  concerning  the  shooting 
of  Lena,  and  Mitchel  made  a  feeble  drunken  pass  at  Toomalek  with  a  knife,  and  Tooma- 
lek made  this  an  excuse  for  dispatching  him  on  the  spot.  Toomalek  had  his  trial  and 
was  acquitted  on  the  ground  of  self-defence,  Captain  John  was  also  president  of  this 
court,  and  again  saved  the  life  of  Toomalek.  Retribution,  however,  soon  followed  both. 
A  party  of  Indians  were  on  the  Haverhill  side  near  the  old  court-house.  Pi-al,  the  son 
of  Captain  John  had  some  bantering  talk  with  a  young  squaw  from  Newbury.  She  took 
umbrage  at  some  of  Pi-al's  sallies  and  going  aside  with  Toomalek  whispered  with  him. 
Toomalek  returned  to  Pi-al,  and  as  he  was  walking  by  his  side  drew  a  long  knife  and  by 
a  back  hand  stroke  plunged  it  into  Pi-al's  throat.  Pi-al  fell  dead  a  few  rods  away.  Old 
John  was  almost  frantic  with  agony  when  he  learned  that  Toomalek  had  killed  his  son 
Pi-al.  He  confessed  his  sin  in  sparing  the  life  of  Toomalek.  The  next  day  in  the  fore- 
noon a  court  was  called  to  try  Toomalek.  All  the  evidence  was  taken  and  it  was  unani- 
mously agreed  that  he  was  guilty  and  must  be  shot.  They  sent  a  delegation  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Powers  to  learn  whether  that  decision  was  agreeable  to  the  word  of  God.  The  minister 
heard  the  evidence  and  affirmed  the  judgment.  By  the  Indian  law  old  John  must  be 
the  executioner  as  he  was  the  nearest  by  blood  to  the  slain,  and  he  must  avenge  the 
blood  of  his  son.  The  ground  floor  of  the  old  court  house  was  the  place  designated  for 
the  execution.  Toomalek  came  to  the  place  himself,  without  guard  or  attendance, 
where  John  stood  in  readiness  with  his  loaded  musket.  He  seated  himself  on  the  floor, 
said  his  Catholic  prayers,  covered  his  eyes,  and  said  'mack  bence,'  that  is  'kill  me  quick.' 
John  stepped  forward,  put  the  muzzle  of  his  gun  near  his  head  and  he  was  dead  in  an 
instant." 

The  celerity  with  which  justice  was  meted  out  in  this  case  is  one  of 
the  notable  features  of  the  proceedings.  Toomalek  had  the  benefit  of 
two  miscarriages  of  justice,  but  this  time  there  was  no  escape  and  no  delay 
in  meeting  his  doom. 

At  the  execution  in  Haverhill  July  28,  1796,  of  Thomas  Powers,  sen- 
tenced to  be  hung  for  a  hideous  crime  committed  in  Lebanon,  December 
7,  1795,  a  sermon  was  delivered  by  Noah  Worcester,  A.  M.  This  was 
published  in  a  pamphlet  of  33  pages  by  N.  Coverly,  Hanover.  The  text 
was  Luke  23,  39-46.  The  first  17  pages  were  a  general  application  or 
elucidation  of  the  text.  The  address  to  the  criminal  occupied  3^  pages 
and  the  remainder  was  an  address  to  the  audience  in  which  the  great 
increase  of  crime  was  dwelt  upon.  "Dr.  Daniel  Peterson  of  Boscawen 
&  Dr.  Lacy  of  Hopkinton  rode  to  Haverhill  to  be  present  at  this  execution. 
Powers  was  a  negro,  and  he  had  sold  his  body  to  the  two  physicians  for 


362  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

dissection.  Dr.  Lacy  skinned  the  body,  had  the  skin  tanned  and  a  pair 
of  boots  made  from  it."  [Horton  of  Boscawen  and  Webster,  Coffin,  p. 
428.]  Powers  is  said  to  have  sat  upon  his  coffin  on  the  scaffold,  chewing 
tobacco  during  the  service. 

The  manner  of  Toomalek's  execution  may  have  seemed  barbarous,  but 
the  circumstances  were  hardly  less  gruesome  than  those  attending  the 
execution  of  Josiah  Burnham  August  12,  1806,  the  place  of  execution 
being  Powder  House  hill  at  the  Corner.  For  a  period  of  thirty  years 
Josiah  Burnham  had  been  a  well  known  character  in  the  towns  of  Bath, 
Coventry  (Benton),  Warren  and  Haverhill.  He  was  land  surveyor,  school 
master,  blacksmith,  speculator,  almost  constantly  engaged  in  litigation, 
and  bearing  anything  but  a  good  reputation  for  honesty  and  morality. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  career  he  was  hopelessly  in  debt,  and  he  was, 
at  the  time  of  the  commission  of  his  crime  of  murder,  confined  in  jail  for 
debt,  and  on  charges  of  certain  dishonest  business  transactions.  He 
came  of  good  New  England  stock,  and  was  the  black  sheep  of  a  notable 
family.  He  was  born  in  Kensington  (Farmington),  Conn.,  August  12, 
1743,  the  son  of  Josiah  and  Ruth  (Norton)  Burnham.  His  grandfather, 
the  Rev.  William  Burnham,  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  1702,  was  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Farmington  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  a  leading  clergy- 
man of  the  Connecticut  colony,  and  according  to  Hinman  "a  gentleman 
of  great  wealth."  His  wife,  grandmother  of  Josiah,  was  a  member  of  the 
famous  Connecticut  Walcott  family. 

The  crime  of  which  he  was  guilty  was  a  peculiarly  atrocious  and  revolt- 
ing one.  A  contemporary  account  of  the  affair  appeared  in  the  New 
Hampshire  Gazette  Dec.  31,  1805: 

Horrid  Deed!  ! 
On  the  morning  of  the  18th  inst.  Russell  Freeman  Esquire  and  Captain  Starkweather, 
being  confined  in  the  same  room  in  the  prison  at  Haverhill  with  Josiah  Burnham,  a 
prisoner  confined  for  forgery — owing  to  some  misunderstanding  that  had  existed  between 
the  prisoners,  Burnham  in  cold  blood  drew  his  knife  which  was  a  long  one  which  he  car- 
ried in  a  sheath,  and  taking  advantage  of  Starkweathers  absence  in  another  part  of  the 
room,  he  inhumanly  stabbed  Freeman  in  the  bowels,  which  immediately  began  to  gush 
out.  At  the  noise  occasioned  by  this,  Starkweather  endeavored  to  come  to  the  assistance 
of  his  friend  Freeman,  when  horrid  to  relate,  Burnham  made  a  pass  at  him  and  stabbed 
him  in  his  side,  and  then  endeavored  to  cut  his  throat,  and  the  knife  entered  in  by  his 
collar  bone.  Burnham  after  this  made  a  fresh  attack  on  Starkweather  and  stabbed  him 
four  times  more.  By  this  time  he  had  grown  so  weak  that  the  monster  left  him  and  flew 
at  Freeman,  who  all  this  time  was  sitting  holding  his  bowels  in  his  hands,  and  stabbed 
him  three  times  more.  This  abandoned  wretch  then  attempted  to  take  his  own  life, 
but  did  not  succeed.  By  this  time  the  persons  in  the  house  were  alarmed  and  came  to 
the  gaol  door,  and  after  considerable  exertion  entered  and  secured  the  murderer.  Free- 
man lived  about  three  hours,  and  Starkweather  about  two,  from  the  time  the  assistants 
entered  the  prison.  Our  informant  mentions  that  Burnham  appeared  in  good  spirits 
and  said  he  had  done  God's  service. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  363 

Capt.  Joseph  Starkweather,  Jr.,  was  a  reputable  citizen  of  Haverhill 
whose  only  crime  was  that  he  was  in  debt  and  unable  to  pay.  Russell 
Freeman,  a  prominent  citizen  and  merchant  of  Hanover,  who  had  held 
various  positions  of  trust  and  honor  including  the  speakership  of  the  New 
Hampshire  House,  and  membership  in  the  Executive  Council  for  five 
years,  had  been  unfortunate  in  business,  and  was  beset  by  debts  and 
embarrassed  by  suits  instigated  by  his  creditors.  Confined  in  jail  for 
debt  the  three  occupied  the  same  room.  It  is  claimed  that  Burnham's 
only  provocation  was  some  allusions  on  the  part  of  Starkweather  and 
Freeman  to  his  relations  with  a  woman  who  was  libelee  in  an  action  for 
divorce. 

The  Gazette  account  of  the  murder  is  certainly  concise,  graphic  and 
realistic.  The  newspaper  of  today  would  have  used  columns  of  space, 
embellished  with  pictures,  but  its  readers  would  hardly  have  gained  a 
clearer  conception  of  the  brutal  tragedy  than  did  the  readers  of  the  Gazette. 

At  the  May  term  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Judicatur,  1806  held  at 
Plymouth  the  grand  jury  found  two  indictments  of  Burnham,  one  for  the 
murder  of  Freeman,  the  other  for  the  murder  of  Starkweather.  At  the 
same  term  he  was  arraigned  and  tried,  Chief  Justice  Jeremiah  Smith, 
presiding  with  Associate  Justices  Wingate  and  Livermore  sitting  with 
him.  Attorney  General  George  Sullivan  appeared  for  the  State,  and  on 
Burnham's  plea  of  not  guilty,  Alden  Sprague  of  Haverhill  and  Daniel 
Webster  who  had  the  previous  year  begun  the  practice  of  law  in  Bos- 
cawen  were  assigned  by  the  Court  as  counsel  for  the  defence.  The  news- 
papers of  the  day  in  their  brief  accounts  of  the  trial  at  which  Burnham  was 
speedily  found  guilty  and  sentenced  to  death  make  no  mention  of  Web- 
ster as  one  of  the  counsel  for  the  defence,  but  this  perhaps  was  not  strange 
as  Webster  had  been  only  a  few  months  at  the  bar  and  Daniel  Webster 
not  then  been  discovered.  In  later  years,  in  1851,  Mr.  Webster  in  the 
course  of  a  conversation  with  Judge  Nesmith  of  Franklin  in  which  he 
reviewed  some  of  the  early  legal  controversies  in  which  he  had  been  engaged 
alluded  to  the  trial  of  Burnham  and  remarked : 

Burnham  had  no  witnesses.  He  could  not  bring  past  good  character  to  his  aid,  nor 
could  we  urge  the  plea  of  insanity  in  his  behalf.  At  this  stage  of  the  case,  Mr.  Sprague, 
the  senior  counsel,  declined  to  argue  in  defense  of  Burnham  and  proposed  to  submit  his 
case  to  the  tender  mercies  of  the  Court.  I  interfered  with  this  proposition  and  claimed 
the  privilege  to  present  my  views  of  the  case.  I  made  my  first  and  only  solitary  argu- 
ment of  my  whole  life  against  capital  punishment,  and  the  proper  time  for  a  lawyer  to 
urge  this  defence  is  when  he  is  young  and  has  no  matters  of  fact  or  law  upon  which  he 
can  found  a  better  defence. 

The  execution  of  Burnham  which,  as  before  stated,  took  place  August 
12,  1806  was  a  memorable  event.  It  took  place  in  the  presence  of  an 
immense  concourse  of  people.     There  had  been  previously  but  one  execu- 


364  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

tion  in  Grafton  County  under  sentence  of  the  court,  that  of  Thomas 
Palmer  of  Lebanon,  July  28,  1796,  and  the  people  of  the  entire  section  of 
country  round  about  made  the  most  of  their  opportunity  to  witness  the 
tragic  spectacle.  It  was  claimed  at  the  time  that  no  less  than  10,000 
people  were  gathered  on  the  west  side  of  Powder  House  hill  a  number 
perhaps  over  estimated,  but  "they  came  from  far  and  near,  in  carts  and 
in  wagons,  on  horse  back  and  on  foot,  old  men  and  young  men,  beaux 
and  lassies,  mothers  with  babes  in  their  arms  and  even  invalids."  The 
hanging  of  Burnham  was  made  a  general  holiday  for  the  people  of  the 
Coos  country.  The  event  took  place  with  much  ceremony.  The  sheriff, 
David  Webster,  assisted  by  a  military  guard  escorted  the  doomed  man 
from  the  jail  to  the  scaffold,  where  standing  with  the  noose  about  his 
neck,  he  listened  to  a  long  sermon,  preceded  by  singing  and  prayer,  by 
Rev.  David  Sutherland  of  Bath.  He  chose  as  his  text,  "The  wages  of 
sin  is  death;  but  the  gift  of  God  is  eternal  life  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord."  Before  announcing  his  text  he  said :  "The  occasion  of  our  meet- 
ing is  inexpressibly  awful.  Several  months  ago  a  man  confined  in  the 
jail  of  this  place,  impelled  by  the  impetuosity  of  his  vile  passions,  laid 
violent  hands  on  two  of  his  fellow  prisoners,  and  put  a  period  to  their 
temporal  existence.  Since  the  perpetration  of  the  horrid  deed  he  has 
had  an  impartial  trial,  and  has  been  condemned  to  die  by  the  hands  of  the 
public  executioner  of  justice.  You  have  assembled  to  be  spectators  of 
the  shocking  scene  and  to  attend  to  some  devotional  exercises."  His 
sermon  saturated  with  the  prevailing  New  England  Calvinistic  theology 
of  the  time  occupied  an  hour  in  its  delivery.  At  its  close  he  made  a  per- 
sonal address  to  Burnham.     He  began: 

Unhappy  Fellow  Creature.  You  are  now  an  old  man.1  In  the  course  of  your  long 
life  you  have  experienced  many  painful  seasons  of  adversity,  but  this  is  the  most  trying 
of  them  all.  You  are  now  exhibited  as  a  spectacle  of  horror  to  this  immense  concourse 
of  your  fellow  men.  Already  you  are  pinioned,  the  fatal  cord  is  wreathed  about  your 
neck,  the  terrible  gibbet  is  erected  over  your  head,  and  your  grave  is  open  beneath  your 
feet.  A  few  minutes  more  and  you  shall  be  in  eternity!  Whilst  this  company  is  dis- 
persing, and  previously  to  reaching  their  respective  homes,  you  shall  have  received  an 
irreversible  sentence,  from  the  mouth  of  the  Judge  of  the  whole  earth.  Addressing  you, 
therefore,  for  the  last  time,  in  the  immediate  view  of  eternity  you  will  bear  with  me, 
whilst  with  plainness  of  speech,  I  would  endeavor  to  deal  faithfully  with  your  soul. 

This  he  proceeded  to  do,  and  there  certainly  was  according  to  the  lights 
of  the  time,  and  marked  and  able  personality  of  the  preacher,  most 
faithful  dealing.  He  had  a  personal  word  also  for  the  multitude  whom  he 
faced : 

Possibly  there  are  some  among  you,  who  if  your  crimes  were  as  well  known  as  those  of 
Josiah  Burnham,  should  like  him  be  brought  to  an  untimely  end.     Others  of  you  are  now 

1  Burnham  was  sixty-three  years  of  age  on  the  day  of  his  execution. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  365 

living  in  the  commission  of  sins,  not  cognizable  indeed  by  human  laws,  but  for  which 
God  will  call  you  to  account.  You  esteem  it  a  matter  of  alarming  consequence  to  be 
arraigned  at  a  human  tribunal,  tried,  convicted  and  hanged;  and  you  think  right  for  so 
it  is.  But,  alas,  many  of  you  think  nothing  of  the  probability  of  your  being  condemned 
at  the  bar  of  the  eternal  Judge.  ...  In  a  few  minutes  you  will  shudder  to  see  a 
fellow  creature  launched  into  eternity!  but,  oh  remember  that  it  shall  be  much  more 
intolerable  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  living  God,  who  is  angry  at  the  wicked  every 
day.  All  the  temporal  judgments  that  overtake  ungodly  men  are  only  as  a  single  drop 
in  comparison  with  that  overflowing  cup,  the  very  dregs  of  which  they  shall  be  forced  to 
wring  out  in  the  eternal  world.  Consider  this,  therefore,  ye  that  forget  God,  lest  he  tear 
you  in  pieces  and  there  be  none  to  deliver 

It  is  difficult  to  imagine  the  scene  on  Powder  House  hill  on  that  12th 
of  August  more  than  a  century  ago.  Every  thing  conspired  to  make 
it  dramatic  in  the  extreme.  The  like  had  never  before  been  known 
in  the  history  of  New  Hampshire.  It  has  never  since  been  known. 
Preacher  and  occasion  would  be  alike  impossible  to  day.  "  Priest  Suther- 
land" as  he  was  familiarly  called  and  "the  Burnham  hanging"  were 
unique. 

The  trial  of  William  F.  Comins  of  Bath  for  the  murder  of  his  wife, 
Adeline  T.  Comins,  occurred  at  the  September  term  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  in  Haverhill  in  1843.  It  was  charged  in  the  indictment  that 
Comins  committed  the  crime  by  strangling,  and  then  by  suspending  the 
body  from  a  bed  post,  attempted  to  make  it  appear  that  it  was  a  case  of 
suicide.  The  tragedy  occurred  September  9,  1842.  Comins  was  arrested 
in  the  state  of  New  York  February  21,  1843,  and  an  indictment  was  found 
charging  him  with  murder,  by  the  Grand  Jury,  at  the  May  term  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  at  Plymouth.  The  trial  began  September  12, 
and  ended  with  the  conviction  of  Comins,  and  sentence  of  death  by  the 
court  September  20,  1843.  On  the  bench  were  Andrew  S.  Woods,  pre- 
siding judge,  Noah  Tibbetts,  circuit  judge,  David  C.  Churchill,  Nathaniel 
S.  Berry,  associate  justices.  The  counsel  for  the  prosecution  were  Attor- 
ney General  L.  B.  Walker  and  Harry  Hibbard,  and  for  the  defence 
Josiah  Quincy,  Leonard  Wilcox  and  C.  E.  Thompson.  The  trial  was  a 
sensational  one,  and  attracted  wide  attention.  There  was  the  inevitable 
woman  in  the  case,  the  state  attempting  to  show  a  motive  for  the  crime  in 
the  infatuation  of  Comins  for  a  young  woman,  named  Abbott,  who  lived 
in  Bath  just  across  the  river  from  Woodsville.  She  was  a  witness  for  the 
State,  and  confessed  to  criminal  intercourse  with  Comins,  which  confession 
he  confirmed  in  a  pamphlet  published  by  him  subsequent  to  the  trial  and 
sentence.  He  was  sentenced  to  be  hanged  October  30,  1844,  but  a 
reprieve  was  granted  by  Governor  Steele  till  December  26,  in  order  that  a 
vote  of  the  citizens  of  the  state  upon  the  question  of  abolishing  capital 
punishment  might  be  ascertained  by  the  Legislature  to  which  returns  were 
to  be  made  November  20.     The  legislature  recommended  commutation 


366  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  the  sentence  to  imprisonment  for  life.  He  remained  in  prison  until 
June  1853  when  he  was  pardoned,  went  West  and  died  soon  after. 

The  next  execution  subsequent  to  that  of  Burnham  was  that  of  Enos 
G.  Dudley,  a  clergyman  from  the  town  of  Grafton,  who  was  found  guilty 
of  the  murder  of  his  wife  in  March,  1848.  He  was  tried  at  a  special  term 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  held  in  January,  1849,  and  the  death 
sentence  was  executed  in  the  jail  yard  in  May,  1849.  Joseph  Powers  of 
Haverhill  was  sheriff  and  executioner. 

The  next  execution  was  that  of  Samuel  Mills  who  was  hanged  by 
Sheriff  Grover  S.  Stevens  in  the  jail  yard  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May, 
1868.  Mills  was  an  Englishman  who  was  indicted  for  the  murder  of 
George  Maxwell  at  Franconia  in  December,  1866.  He  was  indicted  for 
the  crime  at  the  March  term  of  court,  1867,  tried  at  the  same  term,  found 
guilty  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged  in  May,  1868.  Mills  had  been  at  work 
in  the  mines  at  Lisbon,  and  his  crime,  which  was  a  peculiarl  brutal 
one,  was  committed  for  the  sake  of  obtaining  a  few  paltry  dollars 
in  money  from  his  aged  victim.  Previous  to  his  execution  he  broke  jail 
and  was  at  large  for  several  days,  but  was  retaken  before  the  day  set  for 
execution.  The  execution  was  public.  The  special  train  run  to  accom- 
modate those  wishing  to  attend  was  well  filled.  The  scaffold  was  erected 
inside  the  jail  yard,  the  platform  a  few  inches  higher  than  the  yard 
fence.  Mills  was  taken  from  the  upper  story  of  the  jail  onto  the  scaf- 
fold in  full  view  of  the  spectators.  He  declined  all  spiritual  consolation. 
The  noose  was  adjusted,  the  cap  drawn  over  his  head  and  Mills  dropped 
out  of  sight.  His  neck  was  not  broken  and  he  slowly  strangled  to  death. 
His  body  was  taken  down,  put  into  a  coffin,  taken  outside  the  jail  yard, 
set  on  two  carpenter's  horses  and  the  public  invited  to  view  the  remains. 
This  was  the  last  public  execution  in  the  state ;  all  hangings  since  have 
taken  place  in  the  state  prison  at  Concord. 

The  only  other  capital  trial  in  which  the  result  was  conviction  and 
execution  was  that  of  Frank  C.  Almy  at  the  November  term  at  Plymouth 
in  1891.  Almy  was  arraigned  at  Woods ville  September  29,  1891,  for  the 
murder  of  Christie  Warden  at  Hanover  the  previous  July,  and  on  his 
plea  of  not  guilty  was  held  for  the  grand  jury,  which  returned  an  indict- 
ment for  murder  in  the  first  degree  at  the  November  term.  He  retracted 
his  plea,  and  on  a  plea  of  guilty,  was  sentenced  by  Chief  Justice  Doe  to 
death  by  hanging,  and  the  sentence  was  carried  into  execution  at  the 
state  prison  in  Concord  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  December,  1892. 
Attorney  General  Daniel  Barnard  appeared  for  the  state  and  Alvin 
Burleigh  of  Plymouth  for  Almy.     , 


CHAPTER  XIX 


MANUFACTURES   AND   MERCANTILE 

Lumber,  Beginning  in  1764 — The  Mills  Built  Since — At  the  Brook  Various 
Flourishing  Industries — Shovel  Handles  at  Woodsville — Lime  Burning — 
Pike  Manufacturing  Co. — The  Merchants. 

Haverhill  is,  first  of  all,  an  agricultural  town,  ranking  among  the 
first  three  or  four  towns  in  the  state  in  the  value  of  its  agricultural  prod- 
ucts, and  in  many  years  taking  first  rank.  Yet  its  manufacturing 
industries  and  its  mercantile  business  have  taken,  as  a  whole,  during  its 
history,  no  mean  proportions.  That  it  has  not  like  many  other  towns 
been  a  manufacturing  centre  has  been  due  not  so  much  to  lack  of  enter- 
prise and  initiative  on  the  part  of  its  citizens  as  to  lack  of  water  power. 
Such  power  as  its  streams  have  furnished  has  been  fairly  well  utilized. 

For  some  years  after  its  settlement  nearly  every  home  was  a  manufac- 
tory, and  necessarily  so.  Even  the  settlers  who  were  possessed  of  means 
brought  with  them  only  the  absolutely  necessary  articles  of  household 
furniture  and  kitchen  utensils.  There  were  no  roads,  and  whatever  was 
brought  for  furnishing  the  log  houses  which  were  first  built  was  brought 
over  the  bridle  paths  on  the  backs  of  horses,  or  hauled  up  the  river  on 
the  ice  in  winter.  The  town,  except  on  the  river  meadows,  was  covered 
with  forests,  and  sawmills  were  first  in  order,  followed  immediately  by 
the  erection  of  gristmills,  that  the  first  harvests  of  corn,  rye  and  barley 
might  be  converted  into  meal  and  flour.  Most  of  the  furniture  was  made 
from  the  product  of  the  sawmills.  The  chairs,  tables,  bedsteads  and  such 
articles  were  of  home  manufacture,  rude  indeed,  but  they  answered  the 
purpose.  Plates,  platters,  bowls,  kneading  and  mixing  troughs  were  of 
wood,  as  were  in  many  cases  spoons  and  other  articles  of  table  furniture. 
Most  of  the  clothing  for  years  was  fashioned  from  cloth  woven  in  the 
home  from  flax  and  wool  raised  on  the  farm  clearings,  and  sheared  from 
the  few  sheep  which  the  settlers  had  driven  up  through  the  wilderness 
with  their  cattle.  Carts,  sleighs,  plows,  harrows,  in  short  nearly  all 
farming  utensils  were  of  home  manufacture.  Mills  were  erected  on 
Poole  Brook  by  the  proprietors  in  1762,  and  passed  into  private  ownership 
two  years  later. 

A  sawmill  and  gristmill  were  erected  on  Hosmer's  Brook  (Oliverian)  in 
1764,  and  other  saw  and  gristmills  soon  followed.  The  lumber  industry 
assumed  large  proportions  until  the  immense  pines  and  other  forest 
growths  were  cut  down.     At  first  logs  were  sent  down  the  river  and  later 

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368  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

great  rafts  of  sawed  lumber,  until  the  river  as  a  means  of  transportation 
was  superseded  by  the  railroad.  The  first  mills  on  Poole  Brook  had  sev- 
eral successors,  all  of  which  save  one  went  out  of  existence  when  the  supply 
of  standing  timber  grew  scant.  Among  those  in  the  last  century  who 
did  a  large  business  at  the  Brook  were  the  Pearsons,  father  and  son. 
The  sawmills  on  the  Oliverian  were  at  the  Brook,  and  along  up  the  stream 
at  Pike,  East  Haverhill,  and  up  the  east  branch  in  Number  Six.  Isaac 
Pike,  William  Garenett,  W.  R.  Park,  and  Jeffers  Brothers  did  a  large 
business.  The  water  power  of  the  Ammonoosuc  at  Woodsville  was 
utilized  to  convert  the  heavy  pine  growth  of  the  vicinity  into  lumber  by 
Mills  Olcott,  John  L.  Woods  and  their  successors,  and  the  saw  and  grist- 
mills on  Poole's  Brook,  North  Haverhill,  have  been  operated  by  Nathan- 
iel Merrill,  Obadiah  Swasey,  the  Whitmans,  Blood  &  Meader  and  the 
Sleepers.  The  Woodsville  Lumber  Company  (Ira  Whitcher  and  L.  C. 
Pattee),  later  F.  L.  Pattee,  and  still  later  D.  S.  Stone,  carried  on  an  exten- 
sive lumber  business  at  Woodsville,  as  did  also  C.  B.  Smith  who  did  a 
thriving  business  in  the  manufacture  of  shovel  handles  at  the  J.  L. 
Woods  mill  site.  The  steam  sawmills  at  Centre  Haverhill  of  F.  Bacon 
and  of  Sumner  Clifford  at  North  Haverhill,  and  numerous  portable  steam 
sawmills  in  different  sections  of  the  town  have  combined  in  recent  years 
to  make  the  lumber  industry  one  of  large  importance. 

For  several  years  prior  to  1880  there  were  several  factories  for  the 
manufacture  of  potato  starch.  At  the  Brook,  Ladd  Street  and  the 
Corner,  from  the  early  settlement  until  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century, 
there  were  various  flourishing  industries.  Ezekiel  Ladd  was  the  owner  of 
a  tannery  in  the  last  decade  of  the  eighteenth  century  and  this  was  in 
operation  for  years  by  his  successors.  John  Montgomery  conducted  a 
large  tanning  business  as  did  also  the  firm  of  J.  Bell  and  Company,  and 
an  extensive  business  in  tanning  and  currying  was  carried  on  for  years  in 
the  last  half  of  the  last  century  by  the  Currier  brothers,  James  and  F.  P. 

There  was  a  flaxmill  at  Hosmer's  Falls  as  early  as  1779,  and  a  little 
later  Samuel  Brooks  ran  an  oilmill  nearby.  Cloth  and  carding  mills 
were  established  early,  and  the  manufacture  of  potash  was  carried  on  by 
the  Bell  brothers.  John  Osgood  made  clocks,  some  of  which,  veritable 
grandfather's  clocks,  are  still  ticking  away  the  seconds  as  accurately  as 
they  did  a  century  ago.  Uriah  Ward  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
hats,  and  Blumley  &  Sturtevant  had  a  woolen  mill.  Paper  making  was 
carried  on  for  many  years  by  Hutchins  and  Company  and  later  by  P.  F. 
Litchfield  until  the  mill  was  burned.  At  the  Oliverian  Iron  Foundry 
all  kinds  of  mill  irons,  sleigh  and  sled  shoes,  hollow  ware,  cauldron  kettles, 
cook  stoves  and  parlor  stoves  were  manufactured  up  to  1840.  Fire 
did  destructive  work  among  the  industries  at  the  Brook  and  unfortunately 
mills  and  factories  were  not  rebuilt. 


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Cabinet  making  was  carried  on  at  the  Corner  by  Michael  Carleton,  and 
specimens  of  his  really  fine  work  are  much  sought  after  by  purchasers 
of  the  antique. 

Richard  Gookin  came  to  Haverhill  in  1799,  at  the  age  of  30,  and 
became  a  large  factor  in  its  industrial  life.  It  is  said  that  in  connection 
with  his  brother,  Samuel,  he  was  the  first  person  to  manufacture  watch 
and  hair  springs  in  America.  Before  coming  to  Haverhill  he  was  foreman 
in  the  first  cut  nail  factory  in  Amesbury,  Mass.  He  was  a  man  of 
inventive  genius  and  of  great  enterprise,  and  introduced  from  England  the 
wool  carding  machines  for  the  improvement  of  which  he  obtained  several 
patents,  and  manufactured,  in  Boston,  the  first  machines  of  this  kind  ever 
used  in  the  United  States.  Previous  to  the  introduction  of  this  machine 
all  wool  was  carded  by  hand.  He  lived  on  Ladd  Street  and  erected  at 
the  Brook  a  large  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  his  improved  machine 
and  its  output  was  sold  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
He  was  part  owner  in  woolen  mills  in  Bath  and  other  towns,  and  with 
Obadiah  Swasey  was  for  some  years  the  owner  of  the  Fisher  farm.  He 
filled  an  important  place  in  the  industrial  life  of  the  Coos  county.  He 
died  in  1826.  One  daughter  was  the  wife  of  John  L.  Bunce,  cashier  of  the 
Grafton  Bank  and  editor  of  the  Intelligencer.  A  son,  Warren  D.  Gookin, 
inherited  much  of  the  versatility  of  his  father.  Educated  at  the  academy 
and  at  Dartmouth,  he  spent  some  years  in  Cuba  on  a  sugar  plantation, 
travelled  extensively,  and  later  became  a  shipping  merchant  in  New  York 
where  he  won  large  success. 

There  have  been  numerous  other  industries,  like  that  of  the  burning  of 
lime  from  the  limestone  quarries  in  the  Eastern  part  of  the  town,  the 
burning  of  charcoal  in  the  brickkilns  at  East  Haverhill,  the  quarrying  of 
granite  at  the  Corner,  and  work  of  the  French  Pond  Granite  Company 
at  North  Haverhill.  Much  of  the  stone  in  the  Christian  Science  Church 
in  Boston  was  furnished  by  the  company,  and  the  Jesseman  Granite 
Company  is  still  engaged  in  a  small  way  in  working  the  pink  granite 
quarry  for  monumental  purposes.  Few  of  the  manufacturing  industries 
have  been  of  large  importance,  but  taken  as  a  whole  they  have  contributed 
in  no  small  degree  to  the  prosperity  of  the  town.  A  single  exception,  that 
of  the  Pike  Manufacturing  Company  at  Pike,  will  be  noticed  in  another 
chapter.  In  1917,  A.  C.  Grey  of  Manchester  opened  a  cheese  factory  at 
Woodsville  near  the  Stone  mill,  which  employs  a  dozen  or  more  hands 
and  is  proving  a  great  success.  The  factory  building  is  about  50  by  150 
feet. 

While,  as  has  been  stated,  every  home  was  a  manufactory  in  the  early 
history  of  the  town,  there  were  still  articles  of  necessity  which  had  to  be 
brought  in,  which  it  was  impossible  to  make  in  the  home,  and  some  me- 
dium of  exchange  of  surplus  articles  was  desirable,  and  stores  were  estab- 

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lished  as  soon  as  roads  would  permit  the  transportation  of  goods.  Pre- 
vious to  the  construction  of  roads  heavy  goods  were  hauled  up  on  the  ice 
from  Number  Four,  and  lighter  articles  came  in  on  pack  horses.  The 
old  account  books  and  papers  of  Carr,  Asa  Porter,  and  Ezekiel  Ladd  show 
that  at  early  date  they  kept  some  articles  of  merchandise  on  sale — prin- 
cipally in  a  liquid  form — but  the  first  real  store  for  the  sale  of  general 
merchandise  was  probably  that  opened  by  Samuel  Brooks  at  the  Corner 
about  1790,  whose  successor  was  Henry  Barstow,  and  later  the  Barstow 
Brothers.  Other  stores  at  the  Corner  in  the  last  century  were  those  of 
Stephen  Adams,  Benjamin  Merrill,  Russell  Kimball,  Samuel  Page,  Tim- 
othy K.  Blaisdell,  Rix  &  Chapin,  Blaisdell  &  Williams,  Rix  and  Cum- 
mings  (John  L.  Rix,  William  H.  Cummings),  Bailey  Brothers,  William  H. 
Page,  Page  &  Poor,  Poor  &  Westgate,  S.  F.  Hook,  Noah  Davis,  Henry 
Merrill,  John  W.  Merrill,  John  Osgood  and  Henry  Towle,  jewellers, 
R.  N.  Brown,  L.  B.  Ham,  E.  J.  Facey,  hardware.  At  the  Brook  with 
John  Montgomery,  Bell  Brothers,  Bailey  Brothers,  Blaisdell  Brothers, 
A.  M.  Bowen,  W.  H.  Nelson,  F.  T.  Kiernan,  J.  Le  Roy  Bell.  The  store 
of  Isaac  Pike  was  the  first  at  Pike,  and  other  merchants  there  have  been 
A.  F.  Pike,  Pike  and  Davis,  C.  J.  Ayer  and  the  Pike  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. At  East  Haverhill  the  earliest  store  was  that  of  Wheeler  &  Aiken, 
succeeded  by  Davis  and  Aiken,  A.  L.  Page,  and  later  by  Park  &  Davis, 
Richardson  &  Merrill,  G.  W.  Richardson,  H.  D.  Gannett  and  W.  F. 
True.  Charles  Martin  had  a  store  in  North  Haverhill  early  in  the  last 
century,  and  others  there  were  owned  by  Thomas  and  Joshua  Hall, 
Joshua  Morse,  the  Hibbards,  Caleb  Webster,  Morse  &  Kelsea,  S.  B. 
Rodgers,  Joseph  B.  Cotton,  W.  H.  Nelson,  E.  R.  Weeks,  Morris  E.  Kim- 
ball, N.  C.  Wright,  C.  H.  Wetherbee,  Kimball  Brothers,  Cryan  &  Morse 
and  C.  F.  Southard. 

The  first  store  in  Woodsville  was  that  of  John  L.  Woods,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Edward  Child,  later  by  E.  S.  Kimball,  John  Hale  for  Hutchins 
&  Buchanan,  and  then  by  Charles  M.  Weeks.  The  latter  erected  about 
1860  what  is  known  as  the  Weeks  Block  south  of  the  railroad  track  where 
he  conducted  for  many  years  a  large  business  in  general  merchandise. 
These  were  the  first  of  the  large  number  of  stores  retail  and  wholesale 
which,  combined  with  the  excellent  railroad  facilities,  have  made  Woods- 
ville the  mercantile  centre  for  a  large  section  of  the  north  country. 

The  class  and  variety  of  goods  kept  by  the  early  merchants  of  Haver- 
hill was  regulated  naturally  by  the  demand  of  their  customers,  and  some 
of  their  advertisements  indicate  the  wants  and  necessities  of  our  fathers 
and  grandfathers.  For  example  in  1822  Stephen  Adams,  whose  store 
was  just  north  of  the  old  academy  building  at  the  Corner,  advertised  "A 
general  assortment  of  groceries  of  superior  quality  among  which  are  old 
hyson,  young  hyson,  skin  and  souchong  teas,  loaf  and  brown  sugar. 


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brandy,  rum,  gin,  wines,  lemons,  oranges,  raisins,  figs  and  most  other 
articles  necessary  for  family  use,  which  he  will  sell  at  fair  prices  for  ready 
pay  or  approved  notes:  also  cabinet  furniture  as  usual,  crockery  ware, 
looking  glasses,  etc.,  etc." 

Henry  Barstow  announced  that  he  had  begun  business  in  the  store 
formerly  occupied  by  Samuel  Brooks,  and  offered  for  sale  "W.  I.  goods, 
wines,  rum,  brandy,  sugar,  etc.,  hard  ware,  crockery,  glass  ware,  and 
dry  goods,"  enumerating  "Green  bockings,  rattinetts,  Caroline  plaids, 
figured  silks,  Canton  crepes,  bandana  and  flag  handkerchiefs,  silk  and 
tabby  velvets,  raw  silk  shawls,  black  levantine,  and  500  pairs  ladies' 
kid  Morocco  and  Denmark  satin  shoes." 

Blaisdell  &  Page  (T.  K.  Blaisdell,  John  A.  Page)  advertised  "Hollow 
ware;  caldron  kettles:  6,  5,  3,  1  pail  kettles  and  pots;  high  pans;  bake 
pans;  fire  dogs;  spiders;  basins;  skillets;  No.  1  and  2  teakettles;  cart 
boxes,  and  crow  bars.  Also  wanted  in  exchange  for  goods  1,000  yards 
4-4  wool  flannel;  1,000  yards  7-8  wool  f rocking;  2,000  pairs  woolen  socks 
for  which  a  fair  price  will  be  paid." 

It  would  appear  from  the  advertisements  of  the  day  that  West  India 
goods  were  for  the  most  part  wet  goods,  the  brandy,  gin,  rum — especially 
rum — being  necessary  articles  of  family  consumption. 


CHAPTER  XX 


THE   CORNER,  NORTH   HAVERHILL,  WOODSVILLE 

AND  PIKE 

The  Corner — Old  Times — Livermore  Reminiscence — Change  Began  after  1860 
— Fires  Broke  out  in  1848 — Another  in  1902  and  Another  in  1913 — -Business 
Directory  in  1827  and  Another  in  1916 — North  Haverhill  First  Settled 
— Swaseys  Mills — Slab  City — Horse  Meadow — Brier  Hill  and  the  Centre 
— Cornet  Band — Town  Hall  in  1847 — New  Town  Hall — Notable  Celebra- 
tion 150th  Anniversary  and  Unveiling  Soldiers'  Monument,  Woodsville — 
Governor's  Farm — J.  L.  Woods — Growth  Begun  by  Charles  M.  Weeks — 
Others  C.  B.  Smith,  Ira  Whitcher,  Ezra  B.  Mann— George  E.  Cummings 
— More  than  a  Railroad  Village — Schoolhouses — Business  Houses — -Banks 
— -Hotels — Directory  1916 — East  Haverhill  and  Pike 

The  golden  age  of  Haverhill  Corner  as  a  stage  centre,  and  as  centre 
for  trade  and  manufacturing  industries  is  found  in  the  three  decades 
between  1820  and  1850.  The  population  of  the  town  in  1820  was  1,609, 
in  1830,  2,153,  in  1840,  2,675.  In  1850,  it  had  fallen  off  to  2,405,  and  in 
1860  to  2,291.  During  this  time  the  waterpower  at  the  Brook  had  been 
used  to  its  fullest  capacity,  while  at  the  Corner  hatters,  cabinetmakers, 
printers,  clock  makers  and  silversmiths  plied  their  trade.  The  rooms  at 
Towles'  Tavern,  the  Columbian,  Coon's,  Bliss's  and  the  Grafton  were 
filled  every  night,  and  on  extra  occasions  like  court  weeks  the  homes  of 
large  numbers  of  residents  were  opened  for  the  accommodation  of 
boarders.1  The  Superior  Court  was  holden  annually  in  May,  and  the 
event  was  one  of  deeper  and  more  pervading  impression  than  can  easily 
be  described.  The  best  parlor  and  the  best  bedroom,  closed  and 
secluded  through  the  rest  of  the  year,  were  opened  in  every  house. 
The  paper  curtains  were  rolled  up,  the  fireboards  were  removed  from 
the  fireplace  they  had  kept  sealed,  the  year's  gathering  of  dust  removed, 
and  all  things  put  into  working  order;  so  that  what  seemed  sacred  and 
sepulchral  before  took  on  light  and  cheerfulness.     Such  were  the  prepa- 

1  "Seventy  Years  Ago,"  by  Arthur  Livermore.  Mr.  Livermore,  son  of  Chief  Justice 
Arthur  Livermore  of  Holderness,  came  in  1820,  a  boy  of  nine  years,  to  Haverhill  where  he 
spent  two  or  three  years  at  the  academy,  boarding  with  his  grandmother,  the  widow  of 
Joseph  Bliss  of  Bliss  Tavern  fame.  He  was  consul  at  Londonderry,  Ireland,  1861-85, 
when  he  removed  to  Bath,  England,  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
till  his  death  in  1906  at  the  advanced  age  of  95.  In  1888  he  wrote  a  little  volume  of 
reminiscences  of  Haverhill  Corner  for  the  perusal  of  a  personal  friend,  with  no  thought 
of  their  publication.  They  are  the  impressions  made  upon  the  mind  of  a  boy  of  ten  or 
eleven,  recorded  seventy  years  later,  and  in  this  fact  lies  their  charm . 

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rations  of  almost  any  house  for  the  reception  of  boarders  for  "court 
week."  A  dollar  a  day  was  paid  by  the  judge  and  lawyers  for  the 
most  sumptuous  accommodations  provided,  and  for  jurors,  witnesses, 
and  others  the  scale  was  adjusted  in  a  reasonable  manner.  It  was 
usual  for  two  gentlemen  to  occupy  one  bed,  and  the  pairing  was  a  per- 
manent arrangement  extending  over  a  succession  of  years.  The  court, 
and  many  of  the  bar  and  the  sheriff  were  commonly  lodged  at  Mrs. 
Bliss's  who  sent  for  Mrs.  Fifield  to  come  in  and  do  the  cooking. 

At  the  time  of  which  Mr.  Livermore  writes  in  his  reminiscences,  there 
were  formal  ceremonies  in  connection  with  the  court  which  have  been 
ignored  in  these  later  days.     In  the  twenties  of  the  last  century,  Chief 
Justice  Richardson  and  his  associates,  Green  and  Woodbury  of  the  Supe- 
rior Court,  were  attended  in  going  and  coming  from  the  court  house  by 
Colonel  Brewster  of  Hanover,  the  sheriff  for  the  county  wearing  a  coat 
with  brass  buttons  and  red  collar  and  bearing  a  fine  dress  sword.     Two 
deputies  bearing  maces  also  attended  the  judges.     The  maces,  the  sword, 
the  red  collar  and  brass  buttons  were  impressive.     Fancy  Judge  Sawyer 
being  thus  escorted  by  Sheriff  Huckins,  and  Deputies  Cotton  and  Rine- 
hart  to  and  from  the  court  house  and  Hotel  Wentworth!     The  Grafton 
bar  in  those  days  was  a  notable  one.     There  were  Ira  Goodall,  Moses  P. 
Payson,  Jonathan  Smith,  Andrew  S.  Woods  and  Harry  Hibbard  of  Bath; 
Miles  Olcott,  Henry  Hutchinson,  Daniel  Blaisdell  and  William  H.  Dun- 
can of  Hanover;  William  P.  Weeks  and  Elijah  Blaisdell  and  Jonathan 
Kittredge  of  Canaan;  Nathan  B.  Felton  of  Lebanon;  Henry  A.  Bellows 
of  Littleton;  Abiather  G.  Britton  and  Leonard  Wilcox  of  Orford;  Samuel 
C.  Webster,  Nathaniel  P.  Rogers,  William  C.  Thompson  and  Jonathan 
Bliss  of  Plymouth;  Josiah  Quincy  of  Rumney,  and  David  Sloan,  Joseph 
Bell,  John  Nelson,  Samuel  Cartland,  and  Charles  E.  Thompson  of  Haver- 
hill.    There  were  others  but  these  were  the  names  most  frequently  appear- 
ing on  the  docket.     Then  from  outside  the  county  there  came  the  great 
lawyers  from  the  southern  part  of  the  state  and  from  Massachusetts. 
There  was  Jeremiah  Mason, and  Jeremiah  Smith, and  Levi  Woodbury,  each 
driving  into  town  in  his  "one  horse  shay";  and  then  there  was  Ichabod 
Bartlett  of  Portsmouth,  and  George  Sullivan  the  elder,  so  long  the  able 
and  accomplished  attorney-general;  Ezekiel  Webster  and  Judge  Fletcher 
of  Boston  were  also  in  evidence,  the  latter  said  to  have  been  the  ablest 
advocate  that  ever  appeared  at  the  Grafton  bar.     The  term  of  court  was 
a  great  event  in  those  old  days  of  seventy  and  ninety  years  ago,  and  court 
weeks  were  great  weeks.     Mr.  Livermore  speaks  of  them  as  "occasions 
of  conviviality  among  gentlemen  known  to  each  other.     Because  they 
were  well  known  to  each  other  this  conviviality  was  free  but  because  they 
were  in  general  gentlemen,  it  never  became  coarse.     Outsiders  familiar 
with  the  general  demeanor  and  lordly  form  of  Ezekiel  Webster,  would 


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hardly  believe,  if  told,  that  he  would  join  his  double  bass  to  the  tenors 
and  other  supplementaries  of  the  harmonies  in  singing  the  fable  of  the 
bag  and  the  apple  tree,  or  the  formal  words  of  a  '  capais '  to  the  music  of 
an  oratorio.  Rogers  and  Britton  and  others  gave  parties.  There  was 
a  little  drinking  and  the  decanters  of  wine  and  brandy  were  at  all  times 
in  evidence  in  the  parlor  of  the  boarding  house  and  on  the  dinner  table." 

The  custom  of  escort  for  the  judge  was  maintained  for  years.  The 
writer,  who  was  a  boy  of  fifteen,  a  student  at  the  academy  in  1860,  and 
for  whom  the  sessions  of  the  court  possessed  a  great  attraction,  well 
remembers  the  imposing  appearance  of  Sheriff  John  H.  Thompson  of 
Holderness  as  he  escorted  the  presiding  judge  from  the  court  house,  at 
the  dinner  hour,  to  Smith's  Hotel.  It  was  the  sheriff  not  the  judge  who 
made  the  vivid  impression  on  his  mind.  And  the  bar  at  that  time  was 
one  of  marked  ability.  Only  a  few  of  the  more  prominent  members  need 
be  mentioned:  Andrew  S.  Woods,  Hany  Hibbard,  Alonzo  P.  Carpenter, 
David  R.  Lang,  George  A.  Bingham  of  Bath;  Lewis  W.  Fling  of  Bristol; 
William  P.  Weeks,  George  W.  Murray  of  Canaan;  Daniel  Blaisdell  of 
Hanover;  David  Sloan,  George  W.  Chapman,  Nathan  B.  Felton  of  Haver- 
hill; George  S.  Towle,  Aaron  H.  Cragin  of  Lebanon;  Edward  D.  Rand  of 
Lisbon;  Harry  Bingham,  William  J.  Bellows,  Charles  W.  Rand,  John 
Farr  of  Littleton;  C.  J.  F.  Stone,  Joseph  Burrows,  Henry  W.  Blair  of 
Plymouth,  and  Thomas  J.  Smith  of  Wentworth.  Many  of  these  names 
have  a  prominent  and  honorable  place  in  the  political  and  judicial  history 
of  New  Hampshire. 

In  1860  the  Corner  had  not  changed  much  from  the  preceding  years. 
The  stages  had  gone,  and  Smith's  Hotel  was  the  solitary  tavern.  The 
railroads,  Passumpsic  and  B.  C.  &  M.,  were  too  near  the  village  for  the 
maintenance  of  profitable  stage  lines,  and  too  far  away  to  be  of  service 
to  the  business  and  social  life  of  the  village.  Travelling  salesmen  or 
drummers  were  unknown  and  the  merchants  made  their  semi-annual 
trips  to  Boston  and  New  York  to  purchase  goods.  The  Brook,  with  its 
paper-mill,  tanneries,  grist-  and  sawmills  with  other  smaller  factories,  was 
still  bustling  and  busy.  The  general  tone  of  society  as  well  as  of  business 
was  conservative.  Among  the  older  residents  were  the  Pages,  John, 
Samuel  and  David;  the  Redings,  Sylvester  and  Warren;  the  Websters, 
J.  V.  and  J.  W.;the  Baileys,  Nathaniel,  Albert  and  Milo;  the  Carletons, 
Arthur  and  Michael;  there  were  Doctors  Morgan,  Spalding  and  Tenney; 
there  was  Colonel  Bryant,  Esquire  Felton,  Colonel  McClary,  Henry 
Towle,  Levi  Ham,  R.  N.  Brown,  Daniel  F.  Merrill,  Russell  Kimball, 
David  Sloan,  George  W.  Chapman,  Michael  Johnston,  Dea.  A.  K.  Mer- 
rill, N.  W.  Westgate,  John  L,  Rix,  Charles  G.  Smith,  Horace  Hunt,  and 
well,  there  was  a  solid,  substantial,  conservative  citizenship.  It  was 
Haverhill  Corner  before  the  war. 


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Buildings  in  1860 

Beginning  at  the  bridge,  the  buildings  on  the  right  of  the  road  to  Pier- 
mont  line  were  as  follows;  residences  when  not  not  otherwise  designated: 
Paper  mill;  store  and  store  house;  Mrs.  Conn;  Mrs.  Mitchell;  J.  S. 
Nichols;  H.  F.  Herbert;  G.  S.  Stevens;  Mrs.  Chandler;  schoolhouse;  A.  P. 
Wood;  Dr.  E.  D.  Chapman;  M.  Johnston;  J.  A.  Currier;  store,  Hook's; 
S.  F.  Hook;  Exchange  Hotel;  store;  A.  Bailey;  H.  Hunt;  Brick  Block 
(Rix  and  Page,  H.  Towle,  Democratic  Republican,  N.  B.  Felton  office); 
Perley  Ayer;  J.  L.  Rix;  H.  R.  Sinclair;  C.  B.  Morey;  G.  L.  Wilson;  J.  S. 
Webster;  P.  Merrill,  Jr.;  James  A.  Page.  On  the  left  of  road:  Photograph 
room;  D.  J.  Bell;  W.  Keith;  D.  Sloan  (owner);  E.  N.  Tabor;  E.  Lee  (heirs); 
parsonage;  Methodist  Church;  N.  M.  Page;  E.  L.  Page  and  John  Page; 
M.  Johnston;  Hiram  Ladd,  Common,  D.  K.  Merrill;  A.  Whitney; 
Mrs.  M.  Barstow;  R.  J.  Mack;  L.  M.  Brainerd;  schoolhouse;  blacksmith 
shop;  C.  H.  Poole;  H.N.  Brown  and  tin  shop;  E.Parker;  Arthur  Carleton; 
Samuel  Page.  North  side  North  Common:  H.  Ladd;  Dr.  Tenney,  office; 
parsonage;  Congregational  Church.  East  side,  North  Common:  S. 
Adams  estate;  academy;  Chapman  office,  G.  W.  Chapman.  East  side, 
South  Common:  D.  Sloan,  R.  Kimball,  Jno.  McClary.  North  side  Court 
Street  from  Common:  Atherton  House  (Bliss  Tavern);  blacksmith  shop; 
county  buildings,  east  of  county  buildings  and  back  from  street,  C.  B. 
Morrison,  Miss  Cooper,  carriage  shop;  county  jail;  S.  Reding;  A.  K. 
Merrill;  J.  P.  Webster;  W.  H.  Burbank;  J.  H.  Swan;  J.  Pillsbury.  South 
side:  S.  T.  Page  house;  store;  Russell  Kimball  store;  Dr.  Spalding; 
C.  S.  Tracy;  E.  Barrett;  N.  W.  Westgate;  J.  S.  Bryant;  N.  B.  Felton; 
H.  N.  Ladd;  L.  Palmer;  M.  Carleton,  Jr.;  M.  Carleton;  Mrs.  Rogers; 
J.  D.  Sleeper. 

At  the  Brook,  on  the  Oliverian  road,  there  was  a  shop  and  store  at  the 
corner:  J.  L.  Cook;  George  Walcott;  J.  H.  Currier;  E.  Day;  H.  Blanchard. 
Across  the  Brook,  towards  Ladd  Street,  were  sawmills  and  gristmill, 
and  to  the  east  along  the  Brook  there  was  the  foundry  and  the  tannery  of 
Currier  and  Webster. 

Fires  at  the  Corner 
The  village  at  Haverhill  Corner  has  suffered  at  various  times  from 
fires.  One  of  the  most  destructive  of  these  and  which  was  for  years 
known  as  "the  big  fire"  was  the  one  occurring  Monday  April  17,  1848. 
The  following  account  of  it  is  taken  from  the  Democratic  Republican  of 
April  19.  The  plant  of  this  newspaper  was  one  of  the  establishments 
totally  destroyed,  and  the  paper  for  the  next  few  weeks  was  printed  at 
Newbury,  Vt.: 

About  a  quarter  before  5  o'clock  the  alarm  was  given,  and  the  Columbian  Hotel, 
owned  and  kept  by  C.  S.  Towle  &  Co.,  was  found  to  be  on  fire  in  the  garret  of  the  back 


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part  of  the  house,  which,  notwithstanding  every  effort  made  to  stop  it,  soon  reached  the 
main  part  of  the  house  and  spread  with  fearful  rapidity  until  the  whole  was  enveloped 
in  flames.  Before  the  fire  could  be  arrested,  eight  buildings  on  the  street,  reaching  to  the 
old  Grafton  Bank,  and  ten  or  twelve  barns  and  out  buildings  were  destroyed.  These 
were  as  follows:  The  Columbian  Hotel,  three  barns,  granarys  and  sheds,  etc.;  the 
brick  store  owned  by  Mrs.  L.  B.  Nelson,  and  occupied  by  W.  H.  Cummings  for  a  store 
and  by  Geo.  S.  Towle  for  a  law  office,  and  David  Page  for  a  law  office;  the  store  occupied 
by  Thompson  &  Steele;  Henry  Towle's  jewelry  and  book  store  and  the  printing  office  of 
the  True  Democrat;  R.  N.  Brown's  building,  occupied  by  him  as  a  store,  tin  and  sheet 
iron  ware  shop;  furniture  rooms  of  Thompson  &  Steele;  H.  B.  Sinclair's  harness  maker's 
shop;  G.  W.  Miner's  shoe  maker's  shop,  and  the  law  office  of  L.  R.  Morris;  the  buildings 
belonging  to  John  R.  Reding,  and  used  for  the  post  office,  reading  room  and  printing 
office  of  the  Democratic  Republican;  the  dwelling  house,  barn,  granary,  sheds,  etc.,  of 
John  R.  Reding;  the  dwelling  house  occupied  by  Col.  John  R.  McClary.  When  the 
fire  had  reached  this  point  the  people  were  enabled  to  stop  its  further  spread  by  tearing 
away  the  granary  and  sheds  connected  with  the  Southern  stage  stable  and  here  the  work  of 
destruction  was  stopped.  At  the  time  the  fire  broke  out,  the  wind  was  blowing  fresh 
from  the  north  causing  the  flames  to  spread  in  a  southern  direction,  yet  the  heat  from 
the  burning  hotel  was  so  intense  that  it  was  with  the  greatest  difficulty  and  labor  the 
house  on  its  north  occupied  by  Samuel  Swasey  could  be  saved.  As  it  was,  the  back  part 
of  the  house  and  its  south  side  was  very  much  injured  by  the  fire,  so  much  so  as  to  make 
it  uninhabitable.  .  .  .  The  amount  of  property  destroyed,  for  a  village  the  size  of 
this  is  large,  amounting  to  $30,000,  and  it  will  take  us  a  long  time,  we  fear,  to  outgrow  it. 

Whereas,  it  appears  that  the  community  in  which  we  live  is  in  peril 
from  the  work  of  incendiaries  and  other  offenders,  and  a  committee  of 
three  has  been  appointed  to  organize  a  night  watch — by  the  citizens  of 
this  place — now,  we  the  subscribers,  agree  to  do  duty  as  watchmen  at 
such  times  and  places  as  may  be  designated  by  said  committee  consisting 
of  Albert  Bailey,  Charles  G.  Smith  and  G.  Fred  Putnam. 

Haverhill  May  2d,  1863. 


George  W.  Chapman 

G.  F.  Putnam 

Albert  Bailey 

Charles  G.  Smith 

N.  W.  Westgate 

John  McClary 

H.  H.  Tenney 

L.  B.  Ham 

Orren  G.  Page 

J.  H.  Chandler 

W.  H.  Page 

N.  B.  Tabor 

A.  K.  Merrill 

H.  Towle 

John  Currier 

C.  H.  Poole 

N.  D.  Brooks 

L.  A.  Braynard 


H.  D.  Carleton 
G.  S.  Stevens 
N.  H.  Batchelder 
Eugene  Stevens 
Perley  Ayer 
J.  B.  Smith 
George  W.  Miner 
Samuel  C.  Barrett 
George  L.  Wilson 
John  B.  Chapman 
Hosea  B.  Cass 
G.  W.  Whipple 
C.  M.  Durant 
Joseph  Weed 
James  Page 
George  C.  Currier 
A.  P.  Jenkins 
A.  F.  Thomas 


L.  C.  Morse 
Nathaniel  Bailey 
S.  M.  Wright 
E.  Carleton,  Jr. 
Joseph  Poor 
Samuel  Page 
C.  B.  M.  Woodward 
H.  B.  Sinclair 
N.  H.  Messer 
S.  Powers 
R.  T.  Mack 
James  Page 
Sam.  P.  Adams 
M.  Carleton,  Jr. 
Chandler  Tracy 
J.  C.  Sinclair 
Augustus  Whitney 
John  V.  Webster 


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377 


P.  W.  Kimball 
Phineas  Spalding 
N.  B.  Felton 
H.  N.  Lack! 
Michael  Carleton 
W.  H.  Burbank 
Jesse  M  or  ley 
Tyler  Westgate 
J.  D.  Emerson 
B.  M.  Swasey 
A.  P.  Wood 
S.  Reding 
Thos.  C.  Sloan 


George  Cooker 
N.  Bailey 

D.  Merrill 
H.  Morgan 
A.  T.  Beane 
N.  M.  Page 
J.  P.  Webster 
F.  P.  Currier 
H.  W.  Reding 

E.  N.  Tabor 
Jno.  S.  Bryant 
Michael  Johnston 
E.  S.  Page 


M.  B.  Carpenter 
W.  A.  Bingham 
Moses  Kimball 
J.  N.  Olmstead 
James  A.  Currier 
G.  N.  Pierce 
A.  M.  Glover 
E.  B.  Carpenter 
W.  P.  Smith 
A.  J.  Randall 
John  L.  Cook 


Another  serious  fire  occurred  Wednesday  morning,  February  19,  1902, 
entailing  a  loss  of  about  $40,000  only  partially  covered  by  insurance. 
It  broke  out  a  little  after  midnight  in  what  was  known  as  the  Batchelder 
building  two  doors  north  of  the  historic  Exchange  hotel,  and  spread 
both  north  and  south  until  eight  buildings,  including  the  hotel  owned  and 
occupied  by  G.  H.  Stevens  were  totally  destroyed.  The  Batchelder 
block  was  occupied  by  N.  S.  Batchelder  as  a  residence  and  by  the  store 
of  Arthur  K.  Merrill.  North  of  this  block  were  the  residences  of  Charles 
G.  Smith  and  W.  H.  Kent,  both  of  which  were  destroyed.  On  the 
south  were  the  residence  and  office  of  Dr.  Henry  C.  Stearns,  the  hotel, 
the  Bailey  block  containing  the  post  office,  the  express  office  and  the  store 
of  Dow  &  Westgate,  and  the  residence  owned  by  the  estate  of  Milo 
Bailey,  occupied  by  N.  H.  Barbour.  These  all  fell  prey  to  the  flames, 
and  the  progress  of  the  fire  was  only  stayed  at  the  residence  belonging  to 
the  estate  of  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Page.  The  village  was  without  adequate 
fire  protection,  and  the  loss  would  have  been  much  greater  had  it  not  been 
for  the  depth  of  snow  resting  on  the  adjoining  buildings. 

Sunday,  April  29,  brought  another  serious  fire  entailing  a  loss  of  some 
$30,000  which  was  only  partially  covered  by  insurance.  The  buildings 
burned  were  the  two-story  brick  block,  erected  after  the  big  fire  of  1848, 
the  barn  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Nathaniel  Page,  and  the  two  residences 
south  of  the  brick  block,  the  first  owned  by  Miss  Eliza  Ayer,  long  time  the 
residence  of  her  father,  Perley  Ayer,  and  the  second,  the  brick  mansion 
house  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Anna  Rogers,  formerly  owned  and 
occupied  by  the  old  Grafton  Bank  and  known  as  "the  Bank  house." 
This  as  well  as  the  brick  block  was  a  well-known  landmark.  The 
block  was  owned  and  occupied  by  W.  H.  Page  &  Son,  general  merchan- 
dise; J.  W.  Merrill,  Haverhill  Drug  Co.,  Tyler  Westgate,  Joseph  Poor, 
Grafton  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.;  Haverhill  Grange,  and  Knights  of 
Pythias.  As  a  result  of  these  two  fires  the  only  buildings  left  stand- 
ing on  Main  Street   for   a   distance    extending   more   than   the    entire 


378  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

length  of  the  two  Commons  was  the  Page  house,  the  solitary  survivor 
of  the  two  big  fires. 

The  late  spring  of  1913  brought  a  series  of  fires  extending  over  a  period 
of  five  or  six  months  which  were  evidently  of  incendiary  origin.  These 
involved  the  loss  of  property  belonging  to  Tyler  Westgate,  Roy  Dunkley, 
Fred  W.  Page,  Charles  P.  Page  and  damage  to  the  Crawford  House. 
These  roused  the  village  to  action  the  result  of  which  has  been  the  organ- 
ization under  the  laws  of  a  village  precinct,  with  a  well  organized  fire 
department,  and  the  introduction  of  a  long  needed  water  supply  adequate 
for  fire  protection  and  for  domestic  purposes. 

First  Piano 

The  first  piano  in  Haverhill  was  owned  by  Gen.  John  Montgomery 
and  was  brought  to  Haverhill  some  time  prior  to  1820.  This  instrument 
had  an  interesting  history.  It  was  made  in  London  by  Christopher 
Gaverand  and  had  been  the  property  of  Princess  Amelia,  daughter  of 
George  III.  She  gave  it  to  a  chaplain  of  the  Royal  family,  whose  daugh- 
ter married  an  American  by  the  name  of  Odionne.  They  brought  it  to 
Boston,  later  it  was  taken  to  Medford  and  used  in  a  school  kept  by 
Miss  Susan  Ranson.  It  was  later  still  purchased  by  General  Mont- 
gomery and  brought  to  Haverhill,  where  it  was  in  use  for  some  years, 
and  was  then  taken  to  New  Ipswich,  where  its  real  historical  importance 
was  seen  in  the  life  work  of  Jonas  Chickering,  who  was  at  the  age  of 
twenty  a  cabinet  maker  in  that  town.  The  piano  was  out  of  repair  and 
he  was  given  the  task  of  placing  it  in  condition  and  though  he  had  never 
seen  such  an  instrument  before  he  made  it  a  careful  study  and  successfully 
accomplished  his  task,  and  determined  to  become  a  piano  manufacturer. 
He  went  to  Boston  in  1818,  and  entered  the  employ  of  John  Osborne  the 
only  piano  maker  in  that  city.  He  mastered  every  detail  of  the  work, 
made  many  improvements  and  in  1823  began  business  for  himself  in 
April,  and  in  June  of  that  year  finished  and  sold  his  first  piano.  This  is 
now  in  the  collection  of  early  musical  instruments  of  various  types  be- 
longing to  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  in  Boston. 

1827 
Haverhill  Corner  Business  Directory 

Grafton  Bank — John  L,  Bunce,  Cashier. 

Post  office — Moses  Dow,  postmaster;  Edward  Towle,  assistant;  office,  Towle's  tavern. 

Ministers — Grant  Powers,  Congregational;  Ebenezer  Ireson,  Methodist;  Bryan  Morse, 

Methodist. 
Academy — Andrew  Mack,  principal. 
Physicians — Edmund  Carleton,  Ezra  Bartlett. 

Attorneys — Samuel  Cartland,  Joseph  Bell,  David  Sloan,  John  Nelson. 
Notary — George  Woodward. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  379 

Deputy  Sheriff — Joshua  Blaisdell. 

Tailors — Moses  H.  Sinclair,  Prentiss  Knight. 

Coroner — Jonathan  Sinclair. 

English  and  West  India  Goods — John  L.  Rix,  Benjamin  Merrill,  Russell  Kimball  &  Co., 

Stephen  Adams,  Wm.  Barstow,  Jacob  Bell,  Nancy  Bliss. 
Booksellers — George  Woodward,  Henry  Towle. 
Printer — Sylvester  T.  Goss. 

Taverners — Edward  Towle,  James  Williams,  Jonathan  Sinclair. 
Tanners — Henry  Barstow,  Austin  Ladd,  Hiram  Ladd. 
Goldsmiths  and  Jewellers — Henry  Towle,  John  Osgood. 
Cabinet  Makers — Stephen  Adams,  Michael  Carleton. 
House  Joiners — Jabez  Brown,  Hiram  Rowe. 
Shoe    Manufacturers — Moses   H.   Sinclair,   Amos   Horn,    William   Woodward,   Joshua 

Merrill,  Henry  Barstow,  Haines  &  Chapman. 
Wheelwrights,  Wagons  and  Sleighs — Bryan  Morse,  Hiram  Rowe,  Joseph  Lee. 
Miller  and  Cloth  Dresser — Isaac  Piersons. 
Blacksmiths — Pool  &  Wilson,  Jona.  Sinclair,  John  H.  Sinclair,  Bryan  Morse,  Joseph 

Herbert. 
Painter  and  Glazier — Nathaniel  Tucker. 

Saddlers  and  Harness  Makers — Jacob  Williams,  Henry  Barstow,  Joshua  Merrill. 
Tin  Plate  Worker — Richard  N.  Brown. 
Hatters — Uriah  Ward,  Gould  French. 
Milliner — Nancy  H.  French. 
Butchers — Charles  J.  Swan,  Hosea  S.  Baker. 
Cooper — Ahira  Wright. 
Mason — William  Ladd. 
Carding  Machine  Maker — Joseph  Herbert. 

Haverhill  Corner  had  not  then  reached  the  height  of  its  business  pros- 
perity, but  there  was  a  steady  though  perhaps  not  rapid  growth  for  the 
next  fifteen  or  twenty  years,  the  most  serious  check  being  caused  by  what 
was  known  as  the  big  fire  of  1848.  The  business  directory  of  1916  may  be 
found  of  interest  in  comparison  with  that  of  90  years  earlier: 

Academy — E.  B.  Cornell,  principal. 

Post  Office — M.  H.  Randall,  office  in  his  store  on  Court  Street. 

Ministers — ,  Congregational;   ,  Methodist  Episcopal. 

Physician — Russell. 

Blacksmiths — Elmer  Spencer,  Frank  L.  Keyes. 

Carpenters — Elmer  S.  Blake,  John  O.  Gifford,  H.  H.  Morrison,  C.  M.  Swan. 

Carriage  Repairers — Elmer  Spencer,  F.  L.  Keyes. 

Creamery — Lyndon ville  Creamery  Association. 

General  Stores— W.  H.  Page  &  Son,  M.  H.  Randall,  Wells  &  Atkins. 

Harness  Maker — N.  M.  Avard. 

Hotel — The  Crawford  House,  Mrs.  Nettie  Crawford,  Prop. 

Insurance — Tyler  Westgate. 

Notaries,  Justices — Tyler  Westgate,  Arthur  K.  Merrill. 

Lawyer — Samuel  T.  Page. 

Library — Haverhill  Free  Library. 

Milliner — Miss  H.  F.  Morrison. 

Painters — H.  A.  Carpenter.  W.  H.  Large. 

Undertaker — M.  H.  Randall. 


380  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Haverhill  Corner  was  in  the  heyday  of  its  prosperity  in  1820.  In  1790 
it  was  a  question  whether  Horse  Meadow,  Ladd  Street  or  the  Corner  was 
to  be  the  leading  village  of  the  town.  But  when  the  county  buildings  at 
Horse  Meadow  needed  to  be  replaced  by  new  ones,  Col.  Charles  John- 
ston and  his  neighbors  executed  a  master  stroke  of  policy  when  they  made 
room  for  the  courts  in  the  edifice  they  were  erecting  for  the  Academy, 
and  John  Page  and  Capt.  Michael  Johnston  made  a  jail  according  to  the 
specifications  of  the  court  and  presented  it  to  the  county.  The  enterprise 
of  these  public-spirited  men  did  not  end  here,  they  obtained  an  exten- 
sion of  the  postal  service  from  the  south  to  this  village,  and  to  facilitate 
travel  from  the  lower  towns  to  the  Corner  a  turnpike  was  built  over  the 
old  Indian  trail  to  Bakers  River,  and  the  Coos  Bank  was  incorporated 
so  that  this  was  one  of  the  few  villages  enjoying  banking  facilities  in 
New  England. 

All  this  made  it  certain  that  Haverhill  Corner  should  become  the  most 
important  business  center  north  of  Concord,  showing  what  can  be  done  by 
wise  and  enterprising  individuals  for  the  community  in  which  they  live, 
enhancing  the  value  of  their  own  property  while  promoting  the  general 
welfare.  Stage  routes  were  established  in  every  direction,  from  Concord 
by  way  of  Bristol,  also  Hanover  from  the  towns  down  the  Connecticut 
River,  from  Montreal  by  way  of  Stanstead,  Danville  and  Peacham,  from 
Lancaster  by  way  of  Littleton,  and  across  the  Green  Mountains  to  Bur- 
lington, Albany  and  down  the  Hudson  to  New  York.  We  find  routes 
advertised  in  all  these  directions  in  the  local  papers  so  that  Haverhill 
seemed  to  its  residents  to  be  a  point  from  which  one  could  start  for  any 
part  of  the  world  that  had  communication  with  civilization.  Indeed  the 
news  from  Europe  though  several  weeks  old  occupied  a  far  larger  space 
in  the  local  print  than  it  does  today  in  proportion  to  the  local  items. 
A  lady  once  told  me  that  when  she  was  a  child  in  Danville,  Vt.,  it  was 
the  ambition  of  her  life  to  see  Haverhill  Corner,  where  all  travellers 
from  North,  South,  East  and  West  must  pass  the  night.  Mr.  Wells 
the  historian  of  Newbury  says  that  when  he  read  the  verse,  "A  city  set 
upon  a  hill  cannot  be  hid,"  he  always  thought  of  the  Corner  across 
the  line. 

The  busiest  place  at  the  Corner  "in  the  olden  time,"  was  where  the  old 
Court  House  now  stands.  Here  was  a  lawyer's  office,  two  stores,  and  the 
Eagle  Hotel  on  the  south  side  of  the  street,  and  on  the  north  side  Michael 
Carleton's  shop  where  rifles  were  made,  a  wheelwright  shop,  and  the  black- 
smith shop  where  General  Poole  and  his  stalwart  sons  shod  the  horses 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  most  conspicuous  of  all  the  yellow  building, 
afterwards  moved  back  to  make  room  for  the  Court  House,  in  which 
was  the  office  of  the  local  paper,  a  book  store,  and  most  important  of  all 
the  exchange  post  office  for  the  whole  north  country  where  the  mail 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  381 

pouches  brought  each  night  from  every  quarter  were  emptied  and  the 
mail  redistributed  to  be  sent  out  in  the  morning  in  every  direction. 
Morning  and  evening  the  six  horse  Concord  coaches  drove  up  to  this 
yellow  building  to  take  in  or  give  out  the  mail  and  then  turn  across  to 
the  Eagle  hotel  or  the  Towle  tavern  or  the  Exchange  to  discharge  and 
take  on  its  passengers,  fifteen  or  more  on  a  coach,  especially  fall  and 
spring  when  merchants  made  their  semi-annual  trip  to  Boston.  As 
postage  was  high,  and  the  express  business  not  what  it  afterwards  became, 
these  merchants  would  be  loaded  down  with  letters  and  commissions 
which  required  a  day  or  more  in  the  city  to  deliver  and  execute. 

The  journey  to  Boston  or  Montreal  occupied  two  days,  the  intervening 
night  being  spent  at  Concord  or  Stanstead  according  as  the  journey  was  to 
the  South  or  North.  Travellers  had  ample  time  to  become  acquainted 
with  each  other  on  this  two  day  journey,  and  when  the  coaches  were 
crowded  ample  opportunity  to  test  each  other,  and  ascertain  in  whom  the 
altruistic  spirit  was  most  fully  developed. 

As  every  thing  from  "down  below"  as  it  was  called,  must  be  brought 
by  the  team,  the  people's  wants  were  met  largely  by  local  manufactures. 
The  wool  and  the  flax  raised  by  the  farmers  was  made  up  at  home,  and 
furnished  almost  entirely  the  material  for  wearing  apparel.  Uriah 
Ward,  hatter,  furnished  the  head-gear  that  was  not  made  up  at  home. 
Michael  Carleton  and  Stephen  Adams,  with  their  journeymen  and  appren- 
tices manufactured  the  furniture,  and  articles  of  furniture  from  Michael 
Carleton'sshop  are  today  cherished  in  some  homes  as  handsomer  and  more 
serviceable  than  what  can  be  purchased  in  the  cities.  John  Osgood 
made  clocks.  The  one  he  gave  to  the  brick  church  which  long  hung  behind 
the  minister's  desk  is  still  keeping  good  time  in  the  chapel.  Some  of  his 
tall  clocks  can  still  be  seen  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Corner.  Down  at  the 
Brook  carriages  were  made  in  two  different  factories.  Woolen  cloth  was 
made  in  the  brick  factory  which  has  recently  been  torn  down.  Two  saw- 
mills not  only  furnished  lumber  for  the  local  market,  but  also  for  the  rafts 
that  were  sent  down  the  river.  A  gristmill  prepared  the  flour  and  coarser 
grains  for  man  and  beast.  A  foundry  transformed  the  old  iron  brought  in 
into  stoves  and  other  useful  articles.  The  blacksmith  supplied  the  mar- 
ket with  iron  and  steel  utensils  which  the  foundry  could  not  turn  out. 
The  tannery  furnished  the  leather  for  the  local  shoemakers  and  harness- 
makers.  In  short,  local  manufacturers  supplied  nearly  every  need,  for 
freighting  with  horses  greatly  enhanced  the  price  of  whatever  was  brought 
from  a  distance.  Their  distance  from  market  made  the  people  of  Haver- 
hill resourceful,  while  their  situation  where  thoroughfares  met  and 
crossed  made  them  intelligent  and  up-to-date,  and  the  Academy  inspired  a 
cultivated  tone  in  society  at  the  Corner  which  probably  was  unexcelled 
in  Northern  New  Hampshire. 


382  •  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

It  is  a  little  difficult  to  say  where  the  village  of  North  Haverhill  begins 
and  where  it  leaves  off.  Determined  by  residences  and  buildings  the 
village  might  be  said  to  begin  with  the  Eastman  homestead  on  the  north, 
extend  on  the  street  south  to  the  top  of  the  hill  above  W.  H.  Ingalls',  to 
embrace  Depot  Street  as  far  east  as  the  Jefferson  Pennock  place,  but  this 
would  be  a  most  inadequate  description  of  that  part  of  the  town  of 
Haverhill,  known  at  first  as  "the  Plain,"  afterwards  as  Swasey's  Mills, 
Slab  City,  and  since  the  advent  of  the  railroad  as  North  Haverhill, 
though  the  railroad  station  rejoices  in  the  name  of  Black  Mount. 

Haverhill  as  it  has  grown  and  developed  has  become  a  town  of  four 
communities.  The  Corner,  embracing  Ladd  Street  and  the  Brook,  has 
been  distinct  from  the  beginning.  Pike  and  East  Haverhill,  the  school 
districts  numbered  8,  14  and  6  may  be  fairly  classed  as  another  distinct 
community.  Woodsville  is  isolated  in  the  northwest  corner,  while  North 
Haverhill  means  more  than  two  streets  mentioned  above;  it  includes 
Horse  Meadow,  Brier  Hill,  and  that  part  of  the  township  variously  known 
as  Bangerstown,  the  Centre,  school  districts  numbered  10,  15,  and  19. 

In  glancing  at  the  history  of  the  growth  and  development  of  this  section 
of  the  town  there  is  a  temptation  to  speculate  on  what  might  have  been 
if — the  first  settlement  was  at  North  Haverhill,  Poole  Brook  was  the 
site  of  the  first  mills  and  its  waters  turned  the  first  water-wheels  in  town  ; 
if  only  the  mill  privileges  on  that  brook  had  been  utilized  at  the  first  as 
were  those  on  Hosmer's,  the  Oliverian ;  if  only  the  proprietors  had  not 
permitted  John  Hazen  to  combine  his  rights  and  take  the  whole  of  the 
little  Oxbow  into  his  farm  instead  of  dividing  it  into  half  a  dozen  home- 
steads on  each  of  which  was  located  the  family  of  a  settler;  if  only  by 
further  combination  the  so-called  "Fisher  farm"  had  not  been  created, 
and  a  large  section  of  what  is  now  North  Haverhill  been  closed  to  settle- 
ment for  thirty  years  and  more;  if  only  the  location  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege had  been  secured  for  the  Plain  as  at  one  time  it  seemed  certain  it 
would  be;  if  only  the  court  house  and  jail  which  had  been  built  at  large 
expense  on  a  site  which  was  then  desirable,  and  the  desirability  of  which 
would  not  have  been  subsequently  affected  by  railroad  construction,  had 
not  been  abandoned  for  a  less  favorable  location  at  the  Corner;  if  only 
after  the  death  of  Capt.  Hazen  the  two  leading  settlers  Colonels  Hurd 
and  Porter  had  not  only  worked  at  cross  purposes  with  each  other,  but 
with  the  other  settlers,  so  that  they  became  subjects  of  boycott;  if  only 
— well,  if  only  several  things  had  not  happened,  concerning  which  it  is 
idle  to  speculate,  the  history  of  the  Plain,  Horse  Meadow — North  Haver- 
hill, in  fact,  might  have  been,  probably  would  have  been  different. 
Things  had,  however,  by  1800  got  well  started  at  the  Corner  and  the 
Brook  and  the  opportunity  of  North  Haverhill  had  passed.  "Oppor- 
tunity has  no  back  hair." 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  383 

The  first  sawmill  was  at  North  Haverhill  on  Poole  Brook,  and  there 
was  connected  with  this  some  sort  of  a  gristmill.  This  was  built  by  the 
proprietors  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury  acting  jointly,  it  having  been  voted 
by  the  Haverhill  proprietors  at  the  last  meeting  held  by  them  in  Hamp- 
stead  March  27,  1764,  "to  give  the  proprietors  of  Newbury  one  half  the 
privilege  of  the  mills  in  Haverhill  for  fourteen  years  next  to  come." 
Previous  to  this,  March  1,  1764,  the  right  to  build  the  mills  at  Haverhill, 
had  been  sold  at  a  public  vendue  held  in  Plaistow  to  Jesse  Johnson,  John 
Hazen  and  Jacob  Bayley  in  partnership  for  $297,  but  it  does  not  appear 
that  anything  ever  came  of  this  partnership,  unless  the  single  mill  erected 
by  Haverhill  and  Newbury  was  a  result.  Attention  was  directed  to  Hos- 
mer's,  Oliverian  Brook.  As  early  as  November  20, 1764,  it  was  voted  by 
the  proprietors  to  give  Timothy  Bedel  and  Elisha  Lock  the  whole  privi- 
lege of  the  lower  falls  on  Hosmer's  Brook  with  the  whole  lands  laid  out  for 
said  privilege,  provided  they  complete  two  mills  by  the  20th  of  November, 
1765,  one  a  sawmill  and  the  other  a  gristmill  on  said  falls.  Other  privilege 
to  build  a  sawmill  and  gristmills  on  Hosmer's  Brook  were  voted  April  1, 
1768,  John  Hazen  dissenting.  It  was  perhaps  this  dissent  which  led 
the  same  meeting  to  a  vote  "to  leave  a  privilege  for  mills  on  the  Mill 
Brook  (Poole)  so  called  above  the  old  saw  and  gristmills  which  were  built 
by  the  proprietors  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury."  This  was  not  utilized, 
however,  for  years.     Mills  and  manufacturies  went  to  the  Brook. 

It  was  not  till  1808,  after  the  Fisher  farm  had  come  into  the  market, 
that  another  mill  was  built,  where  the  present  one  now  stands,  and  this 
with  the  gristmill  lower  down,  and  the  privilege  where  once  stood  the 
Powers  sawmill  has  been  the  only  utilization  of  Poole  Brook  in  the  village 
or  near  its  mouth.  The  stream  was  dammed  at  two  other  places,  one  a 
little  to  the  north  of  the  Union  Meeting  House,  which  furnished  power  for 
a  small  sawmill  built  by  John  C.  Deming,  belonging  in  its  later  years  to 
Abner  Chase,  and  later  for  a  starch  factory.  Further  down  the  stream 
on  the  road  from  Union  Meeting  House  to  Brier  Hill  was  the  sawmill  of 
Aaron  P.  Glazier,  and  later  owned  by  the  Wilson  Brothers,  Josiah  F.  and 
Jonathan.  This  power  was  used  for  a  few  seasons  after  its  abandonment 
as  a  sawmill  for  a  starch  mill.  A  sawmill  was  built  by  Obadiah  Swasey  in 
partnership  with  Richard  Gookin  in  1808  after  the  purchase  of  the  Fisher 
farm.  Swasey  was  a  man  of  great  activity  (see  Swasey  Genealogy),  an 
expert  mechanic,  and  his  mill  became  at  once  an  important  industry. 

As  a  hamlet  began  to  grow  around  Swasey's  Mills,  it  was  discovered 
that  the  slabs  from  the  great  white  pine  logs  which  were  being  sawed 
and  which,  accounted  as  refuse  could  be  had  for  little  or  nothing,  made 
excellent  battening  for  the  roofs  of  barns  and  houses,  and  also  for  the  walls, 
and  they  began  to  be  more  freely  used  for  that  purpose  giving  the  hamlet 
at  least  a  more  picturesque  appearance  than  shingles  and  clapboards 


384  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

would  have  done,  just  as  the  name  "Slab  City"  was  more  picturesque 
than  Swasey's  Mills.  In  later  years  the  Whitmans,  Willard  and  his 
sons,  carried  on  a  somewhat  extensive  carriage  and  sleigh  manufacturing 
business,  succeeded  later  still  by  John  M.  Getchell  and  George  E.  Eastman. 
The  Pikes,  Newhall  and  his  brothers,  burned  brick  for  some  years  in  a 
yard  near  the  present  railroad  station,  but  except  for  sawmills,  and  these 
only  lasted  until  the  forests  were  extinct,  North  Haverhill  has  had  no 
manufacturing  industries. 

And  its  stores  have  been  the  ordinary  country  store.  Just  who  was 
the  first  to  open  a  store  is  uncertain.  Col.  Asa  Porter  supplied  his  neigh- 
bors with  various  articles  of  merchandise,  as  did  also  Nathaniel  Merrill 
andObadiah  Swasey,as  appear  from  accounts  filed  by  them  in  the  probate 
records  against  certain  parties,  but  it  is  not  till  1805  that  one  Christopher 
Seaton  is  taxed  for  $500  stock  in  trade.  As  this  same  year  James  London, 
Ross  Coon,  Jacob  Williams,  Joseph  Bliss,  Samuel  Brooks,  John  Osgood, 
Montgomery  &  Mitchell,  Richard  Gookin,  residents  of  the  Corner  and 
Brook,  were  each  taxed  for  stock  in  trade,  it  is  evident  where  the  stores 
in  town  were  located.  But  Seaton  had  his  successors  as  proprietors  of 
country  stores,  and  while  at  times  there  has  not  been  more  than  one 
general  store  at  the  village  there  have  sometimes  been  two  or  three,  and 
some  of  the  merchants  have  conducted  a  large  and  various  business. 
Among  the  earliest  were  Joshua  Morse,  John  Hall,  Aaron  Martin,  the 
Hibbards,  Thomas  Hall,  Caleb  Webster,  Russell  Hurd  and  later  Samuel 
B.  Rodgers,  James  Glynn,  T.  K.  Whitman,  J.  N.  Judson.  The  experiment 
of  a  union  or  co-operative  store  was  tried  for  a  time  in  the  fifties,  but 
was  not  successful.  Other  and  later  merchants  have  been  Morse  & 
Kelsea,  Cotton  &  Kelsea,  Joseph  B.  Cotton,  Cotton  &  Nelson,  Enoch  R. 
Weeks,  Morris  E.  Kimball,  Newell  C.  Wright,  W.  W.  Millen,  Charles 
H.  Wetherbee,  M.  E.  Kimball  Estate,  and  Kimball  Bros.,  Chas.  F. 
Southard,  Morse  &  Cryan.  During  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  J.  B.  Cotton 
was  postmaster,  and  his  store  was  something  of  a  news  centre,  as  were 
indeed  most  country  stores  of  that  period.  It  was  the  custom  on  the 
arrival  of  the  afternoon  mail  for  some  one  to  secure  possession  of  Mr. 
Cotton's  copy  of  the  Boston  Daily  Journal  and  read  the  war  news  to  the 
assembled  throng  while  the  postmaster  was  assorting  the  mail.  The 
reader  was  frequently  a  former  schoolmaster  and  town  official,  a  pretty 
fair  reader  with  all,  and  possessed  of  excellent  voice.  One  afternoon 
just  after  a  big  battle  in  which  a  New  Hampshire  regiment  was  engaged, 
he  read  the  name  of  a  Haverhill  boy,  "seriously  wounded  in  the  abdomen," 
"Where  is  that?"  interrupted  an  interested  old  farmer.  "Why  in  the 
neck  of  course,"  replied  the  reader  withering  his  interrupter  with  a  look 
of  scorn. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  385 

North  Haverhill  and  its  adjoining  territory  has  been  a  home  of  farmers. 
Other  sections  of  the  town  have  had  its  trade  and  manufacturing.  Its 
present  business  directory  is  a  brief  one:  Blacksmith,  W.  F.  Pike; 
carpenters,  W.  W.  Coburn,  J.  M.  Getchell;  carriage  mfg.  and  repairer, 
W.  G.  Upton;  coal  dealers,  Kimball  Bros.,  F.  S.  Sleeper  &  Co.;  creamery, 
North  Haverhill  Creamery;  eavestroughs  and  stanchions,  L.  E.  Glazier, 
W.  B.  Titus;  general  stores,  Kimball  Bros.,  Cryan  &  Morse,  E.  V.  Scott, 
C.  F.  Southard;  garage  and  automobiles,  E.  M.  Clark;  flour  and  grain, 
F.  S.  Sleeper  &  Co.;  granite  workers,  the  Jesseman  Granite  Co.;  lumber 
dealers,  and  sawmills,  F.  Bacon,  Clifford  Lumber  Co.,  E.  M.  Clark; 
notary,  Albert  F.  Kimball;  painters,  M.  H.  Clifford,  Moores  Clough, 
N.  H.  Noyes,  W.  M.  Kimball;  mason,  P.  A.  Tragansa. 

Among  the  men  and  families  at  the  village  who  have  exercised  large 
influence  and  have  been  more  or  less  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  of 
whom  some  account  is  given  in  other  chapters  may  be  mentioned  Major 
Nathaniel  Merrill  who,  though  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
town,  lived  at  first  in  Bath  and  Newbury,  and  came  to  Haverhill  at 
the  close  of  the  Revolution  and  lived  on  the  farm  at  the  north  of  the 
village  known  as  the  Eastman  farm.  Obadiah  Swasey  and  his  sons,  and 
Timothy  A.  Edson,  who  were  owners  of  the  Hazen  farm,  the  Eastmans, 
William,  Moses,  Hubert,  Eber,  the  Blaisdels,  the  Farmans,  the  Jacksons, 
the  Meaders,  the  Merrills,  David  and  Schuyler,  the  Whitmans,  the 
Cliffords,  the  Glynns,  James,  Isaac  the  blind  showman,  and  Samuel 
familiarly  known  as  "Dad"  Glynn,  Newhall  Pike,  station  agent,  brick 
maker  and  bark  dealer.  Newhall  Pike  and  James  Glynn  were  both 
ardent  Methodists,  and  were  in  the  habit  of  preferring  charges  against 
each  other  so  that  church  trials  were  not  infrequent.  There  were  the 
Cliffords,  the  Nelsons,  the  Noyes,  Joseph  Powers,  sheriff  and  executive 
councillor,  the  Fishers  and  Sleepers,  David  Whitcher,  Jason  G.  Blood, 
the  Wetherbees,  the  Warrens,  the  Wrights,  Enoch  R.  Weeks,  merchant 
and  for  many  years  town  clerk,  the  Wilmots  and  the  Gales,  the  Kimballs, 
Charles  and  his  sons  Morris  and  John,  these  and  others  made  up  a  society 
which  gave  the  village  its  local  color  which  in  many  respects  it  still 
retains. 

With  the  passing  of  the  Porters,  Col.  Hurd,  A.  S.  Crocker,  Timothy 
Barron,  Ephraim  Wesson  and  Joshua  Howard  at  Horse  Meadow,  Horse 
Meadow  remained  one  of  the  most  prosperous  of  the  prosperous  farming 
communities  of  the  town,  and  among  its  leading  citizens  were  Moses,  Aaron 
and  Samuel  F.  Southard,  George  Woodward  and  his  sons,  Dudley  C. 
and  Daniel  P.Kimball  who  sold  the  county  their  farm,  now  "the  County 
Farm,"  almshouse,  jail  and  house  of  correction,  the  Morses,  Stephen, 
John  C,  John  N.,  and  Lafayette,  and  Arthur  C.  Clough.     Among  the  early 

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386  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

settlers  on  Brier  Hill  were  the  Carrs,  Deacon  Daniel1,  Major  Samuel,  with 
descendants  numerous,  many  of  whom  have  been  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  and  some  of  whom  have  won  distinction  abroad.  Richard  French, 
famous  in  his  day  as  hunter  and  trapper,  had  numerous  descendants 
among  whom  Joseph,  Daniel,  Andrew  and  Nahum  W.  are  well  remem- 
bered. It  was  and  is  a  prosperous  farming  community.  On  the  road 
from  Brier  Hill  to  Center  Haverhill  the  Wilson  brothers,  Josiah  F.  and 
Jonathan,  farmers  and  mill  owners  were  prominent  in  town  affairs. 
Josiah  F.  was  widely  known  for  his  religious  views,  or  rather  for  his  radical 
agnosticism.  A  pronounced  Democrat  in  politics  he  held  many  positions 
of  trust  in  town  affairs,  his  pronounced  atheistic  views  militating,  however, 
against  his  usefulness  and  influence.  As  justice  of  the  peace  in  taking 
acknowledgment  of  legal  papers,  he  was  careful  to  erase  the  abbreviation 
"A.  D."  "In  the  year  of  our  Lord,"  using  just  the  date  or  sometimes  the 
words  "in  the  year  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States,"  instead. 
He  was  at  least  consistent  in  his  atheism. 

At  the  Centre  among  the  prominent  families  were  those  of  the  Morse 
brothers,  David,  Stephen,  Daniel,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  who  came  from 
Hebron,  the  three  latter  of  whom  were  prominent  in  the  political  life  of 
the  town,  Jacob  being  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  Isaac  and  Daniel,  Whigs, 
all  serving  as  selectmen  and  as  representatives  in  the  General  Court;  the 
Bacon  brothers,  J.  Reed  and  Asa;  the  Glaziers,  James  and  his  sons,  Aaron 
P.,  Luke  C.  and  James;  the  Bisbees,  Gad,  and  his  sons,  George  W.,  Levi, 
Daniel  W.;  the  Clarks,  Jonathan  and  his  sons,  Jeremiah  A.,  James  B., 
Ira  B.  and  Jonathan  C;  the  Hildreths,  Ephraim  and  Samuel;  the  Battis, 
Horace  and  sons;  the  Hurlberts;  the  Haywards,  Alvah  and  Benjamin  F.; 
the  Youngs,  Milton  and  Manson;  the  Wells  Brothers,  who  came  from 
Benton,  George  and  Caleb;  the  Smiths;  Haines;  Browns,  Jonas  G.  and 
son,  Rev.  George  E.;  the  Metcalfs;  the  Davises;  Zebulon  Carey;  Moody 
Mann,  and  Isaac  Carleton;  the  Gleasons  and  Hardys.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  the  Fayette  Bacon  sawmill,  and  the  granite  quarrying  at  French 
Pond,  the  industry  at  the  Centre  has  been  exclusively  that  of  farming, 
and  the  farms  for  the  most  part  have  been  productive,  and  their  cultiva- 
tion has  added  to  the  prosperity  of  the  town.  During  the  life  of  the 
Baptist  Church  at  the  village  many  of  its  members  and  supporters  lived 
at  the  Centre,  though  the  Union  Meeting  House,  now  the  property  of  the 
Advent  Church  has  been  the  religious  centre.  In  recent  years,  since  the 
passing  of  the  members  of  the  Morse,  Bisbee,  Bacon,  Glazier,  Haywood 
and  Wells  families,  by  death  and  removal,  there  has  been  less  of  political 
activity  and  influence  on  the  part  of  the  farmers  at  the  Centre.  The 
drift  has  been  toward  the  village. 

1  The  fifth  Daniel  is  owner  and  occupant  of  the  Daniel  Carr  homestead,  and  there  is 
a  sixth  Daniel  now,  1916,  a  little  over  a  year  old. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  387 

Haverhill  has  had  several  bands  for  furnishing  instrumental  music,  but 
perhaps  the  most  notable  was  the  North  Haverhill  Cornet  Band,  organized 
in  the  late  fifties  of  the  last  century  under  the  leadership  of  James  Ward 
Sampson,  a  painter  who  came  to  North  Haverhill  from  Lynn,  Mass., 
where  he  had  married  a  daughter  of  Kimball  Tyler,  Jr.,  of  Benton,  and 
established  himself  at  his  trade.  He  was  an  accomplished  musician,  who 
inspired  great  enthusiasm  among  the  members  of  the  organization,  which 
under  his  direction  and  teaching  became  especially  proficient.  It  fur- 
nished music  for  at  least  one  election,  and  the  voters  of  Haverhill  at  the 
fateful  presidential  election  of  1860  cast  their  ballots  under  the  inspiration 
of  music.  Under  date  of  November  6,  1860,  these  two  entries  appear  in 
the  town  clerk's  record:  "Voted,  that  the  North  Haverhill  Band  be 
invited  to  play  while  votes  are  coming  in,"  and  "Voted,  that  the  thanks 
of  the  meeting  be  presented  to  the  band  for  their  excellent  and  enlivening 
music."  The  breaking  up  of  this  band  was  an  honorable  one.  No  less 
than  twelve  of  its  members  including  the  leader,  Sampson,  enlisted  in  1862 
as  musicians  in  Co.  G,  of  the  11th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols.  They  were  James 
W.  Sampson,  Cyrus  Alden,  Levi  B.  Bisbee,  Martin  V.  B.  Cady,  Daniel 
J.  Coburn,  Jonathan  C.  Pennock,  Joseph  Willis,  Thomas  Baxter,  Hiram 
S.  Carr,  Ira  B.  Gould,  Moody  C.  Marston,  Orrin  M.  Whitman.  Others 
of  the  band  would  have  enlisted,  had  they  been  able  to  pass  surgeon's 
examination,  so  that  it  may  be  fairly  said  that  the  band  enlisted  as  a 
body,  an  honor  which  the  North  Haverhill  Cornet  Band  shared  with  no 
other  in  the  state. 

There  was  a  mysterious  disappearance  in  1833  which  has  never  been 
satisfactorily  cleared  up.  On  the  evening  of  October  21  a  pedler,  Ezra  D. 
Blaisdell  of  Peeling  (Woodstock)  in  the  employ  of  John  Rogers  of  Plymouth, 
left  his  team  at  the  home  of  William  Dudley,  at  the  Centre  where  he  was 
to  spend  the  night.  After  his  team  had  been  cared  for  he  started  to  go  to 
the  home  of  one  Connor,  about  three  fourths  of  a  mile  distant  by  road  to 
see  a  young  man  named  Coburn,  who  owed  him  for  goods.  He  is  said  to 
have  left  Connor's  between  8  and  9  o'clock  to  return  to  Dudley's,  and 
was  not  seen  afterwards.  Not  returning  to  Dudley's,  two  or  three  days 
later  a  search  by  not  less  than  three  hundred  people  under  the  leadership 
of  Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder  was  instituted,  and  lasted  for  several  days, 
fields,  swamps,  forests  being  carefully  examined,  houses  searched  without 
finding  any  trace  of  the  missing  man.  There  was  much  excitement  at 
the  time,  and  all  sorts  of  rumors  were  rife.  It  was  said  that  during  the 
night  of  the  22d  an  ox-cart  was  heard  being  driven  quietly  down  over  an 
old  logging  road  towards  North  Haverhill,  and  the  fact  that  Dudley  was 
plowing  all  day  in  the  rain  on  the  23d  contrary  to  any  former  custom  of 
his,  and  that  he  soon  after  sold  out  and  went  West  attracted  suspicion 
to  him,  but  there  was  nothing  more  than  suspicion.     Some  thirty  years 


388  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

later  part  of  a  human  skeleton  was  unearthed  in  a  field  near  the  logging 
road  which  was  thought  by  many  to  be  the  bones  of  the  missing  man,  but 
the  mystery  of  his  disappearance  was  never  solved. 

With  the  growth  of  the  town  and  the  increase  in  the  number  of  voters 
the  question  of  a  permanent  place  of  holding  town  meetings  began  to  be 
agitated  and,  as  early  as  1831,  articles  relative  to  the  matter  began  to 
appear  in  the  town  meeting  warrants,  and  all  sorts  of  propositions  were 
made.  The  early  town  meetings  were  held  in  the  houses  of  voters,  or  of 
licensed  innholders,  or  the  old  court  house  on  the  Plain  which  is  once  at 
least  in  the  records  designated  as  the  "state  house,"  and  later  in  the 
meeting  houses  of  the  South,  and  North  parishes.  Neither  of  the  two 
last  named  were  satisfactory,  and  a  proposition  to  shingle  these  two 
places  of  worship  for  the  privilege  of  holding  town  meetings  in  them 
alternately  was  voted  down  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1831.  In  1832  the 
selectmen  were  instructed  to  report,  at  the  November  meeting,  a  suitable 
plan,  proper  place  of  location  and  probable  expense  of  building  a  town- 
house,  and  they  were  authorized  to  provide  at  the  expense  of  the  town  a 
suitable  place  to  hold  town  meetings  until  a  town  hall  shall  be  built. 
It  does  not  appear  that  any  report  was  made,  and  the  practice  of  holding 
the  meetings  at  the  old  meeting  houses  alternately  was  continued.  In 
1834  it  was  voted  not  to  build  a  town  house.  At  the  annual  meeting  in 
1836,  an  article  proposing  to  hire  the  Union  meeting  house  for  town 
meetings  was  dismissed,  and  nine  years  later  at  a  special  meeting,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1845,  similar  action  was  taken  on  an  article  relative  to  building  a 
town  house.  In  these  intervening  nine  years  the  question  of  the  pur- 
chase of  a  farm  for  the  support  of  the  poor  had  been  agitated  and  settled 
by  the  purchase  in  1838  of  the  farm,  just  below  the  village  near  the  outlet 
of  Poole  Brook  into  the  Connecticut,  which  was  so  long  occupied  as  a 
poor  farm  and  abandoned  only  after  nearly  all  paupers  became  county 
instead  of  town  charges  in  1868. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  1846,  the  selectmen  were  instructed 
to  report  plan  for  a  town  house  at  the  next  annual  meeting.  There  is  no 
record  of  any  action  at  the  meeting  of  1847,  but  at  the  annual  meeting 
in  the  Horse  Meadow  meeting  house  in  1848,  John  Page,  D.  C.  Kimball, 
Abiel  Deming,  Samuel  Carr  and  John  Carr  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  report  concerning  the  expediency  of  building  a  town  house  and  its 
probable  cost.  This  committee  made  its  report  at  a  special  meeting  held 
at  Horse  Meadow,  April  1,  and  the  matter  was  taken  up  in  earnest. 
Five  votes  were  passed : 

1.  To  build  a  town  house  to  be  located  near  the  Union  meeting  house. 

2.  To  raise  the  sum  of  $1,500  to  defray  expense  of  building  and  purchase 
of  land  necessary. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  389 

3.  That  moderator  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to  superintend  the 
building  of  the  house  to  be  completed  in  time  for  the  November  election. 
The  moderator  named  Josiah  J.  Wilson,  Nathaniel  Rix  and  Simeon 
Haines. 

4.  That  moderator  appoint  a  committee  of  five  to  fix  upon  a  plan  and 
report  it  to  the  building  committee  in  May.  John  R.  Reding,  Samuel 
Carr,  D.  C.  Kimball,  Isaac  Morse  and  Eber  Eastman  were  named  as  this 
committee. 

5  That  the  building  committee  select  and  purchase  location  and 
receive  title  as  agents  for  the  town. 

The  house  was  erected  of  stone  a  little  distance  from  the  Union  meeting 
house  on  the  road  leading  to  Haverhill  Corner,  and  was  occupied  first  for 
annual  town  meeting  in  March,  1849,  the  selectmen  having  warned  the 
meeting  before  the  building  was  accepted  by  the  town.  The  building 
committee  had  greatly  exceeded  the  appropriation  in  the  erection  of  the 
building  and  there  was  a  bitter  opposition  to  its  acceptance,  but  the 
action  of  the  selectmen  in  posting  a  warrant  for  the  meeting  of  1849  on 
the  door  and  calling  the  meeting  in  the  new  building  was  claimed  by  many 
to  be  a  virtual  acceptance  on  the  part  of  the  town.  The  meeting  this  year 
was  one  of  wild  disorder,  and  was  the  only  time  in  the  history  of  the  town 
that  the  article  calling  for  ballots  for  state  and  county  offices  was  dis- 
missed without  action.  No  action  was  taken  on  the  report  of  the  build- 
ing committee,  but  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1850  it  was  voted  that  a 
committee  of  seven,  Luther  Butler,  David  Carr,  Jr.,  Aaron  Southard, 
Russell  King,  and  the  selectmen,  John  R.  Reding,  Isaac  F.  Allen  and 
Jotham  Home,  examine  the  accounts  and  vouchers  of  Josiah  F.  Wilson, 
Nathaniel  Rix,  and  Simeon  Haines,  town  house  building  committee,  look 
into  the  whole  matter,  decide  upon  what  is  just  and  equitable  as  to  the 
claims,  and  that  the  selectmen  be  authorized  to  settle  and  adjust  the  same 
in  accordance  with  the  opinion  of  the  committee.  At  a  special  meeting 
held  October  8,  1850,  it  was  voted  to  pay  the  claim  of  the  building  com- 
mittee, as  reported  by  the  committee  of  seven,  with  interest  from  March  1, 
1849. 

The  location  of  this  house  was  never  satisfactory,  and  after  upwards  of 
thirty  years'  use  during  which  it  was  the  scene  of  many  animated  and 
exciting  contests,  with  rough-house  sometimes  predominating,  it  was 
abandoned  and  sold  when  in  1883,  the  new  town  hall  was  built  at  North 
Haverhill  under  the  direction  of  the  selectmen,  Caleb  Wells,  Ira  Whitcher 
and  Charles  W.  Pike,  at  a  cost  of  about  $2,000.  This  building,  con- 
structed of  wood,  is  commodious  and  well  adapted  for  town  meeting 
purposes,  political  rallies,  dramatic  entertainments,  and  public  meetings, 


390  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  with  the  repairs  and  improvements  made  in  1914  is  a  hall  which  is  a 
credit  to  the  town. 

A  brick  town  clerk's  office,  with  fireproof  vaults,  was  erected  in  1895, 
nearby,  thus  guaranteeing  the  safety  of  the  records  and  official  documents 
and  papers  from  destruction  by  fire.  North  Haverhill  thus  became  the 
official  centre  of  the  township,  and  was  the  logical  location  for  the  soldiers' 
monument  erected  by  the  town  in  conjunction  with  the  Woman's  Relief 
Corps,  and  which  was  duly  dedicated  on  the  occasion  of  the  celebration 
of  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town 
in  September,  1912.  The  town  also  contributed  a  thousand  dollars 
toward  the  erection  in  1914  of  the  beautiful  free  library  building  on 
Main  Street,  nearly  opposite  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  though 
no  aid  had  been  given  the  other  two  free  libraries  for  building  purposes. 
This  appropriation  was  somewhat  in  the  nature  of  a  recognition  that  the 
village  had  shown  a  large  measure  of  public  spirit  through  its  Village 
Improvement  Society,  and  had  already  become  and  was  destined  to  be- 
come still  more  the  civic  centre  of  the  town. 

Friday,  September  20,  1912,  was  not  only  a  notable  day  in  the  history 
of  the  town,  but  was  a  memorable  one  for  the  village  of  North  Haverhill. 
It  was  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  a  monument  in  commemoration 
of  the  services  of  Haverhill's  soldiers,  and  of  exercises  in  observance  of  the 
one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  Haverhill's  settlement.  Nevers' 
Second  Regiment  Band  of  Concord  furnished  music  for  the  day.  The 
parade  of  the  pupils  of  the  schools  of  the  town,  six  hundred  strong,  escort- 
ing the  Veterans  of  the  War  for  the  Union,  the  escort  suggesting  the  hope, 
the  escorted  the  glory,  of  the  nation,  was  one  of  the  features  of  the  day. 
The  dedication  of  the  monument  with  dedicatory  address  by  Hon. 
Alfred  S.  Roe  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  was  impressively  interesting,  Hon. 
Henry  W.  Keyes  presiding  over  the  exercises,  which  consisted,  besides 
the  dedicatory  address,  of  the  rendering  of  the  G.  A.  R.  ritual,  and  an 
address  by  Mrs.  Ellen  Benton  Fisher  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps.  A 
bountiful  lunch  was  served  at  the  noon  hour  and  the  lunch  sheds  were 
crowded.  The  anniversary  exercises  were  held  in  the  afternoon  in  the 
town  hall,  which  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity.  The  Rev.  John 
Barstow  of  Lee,  Mass.,  presided,  and  the  historical  address  was  given  by 
William  F.  Whitcher.  The  museum  of  antiques  and  articles  of  local 
historical  interest  in  Village  Hall  was  thronged  the  entire  day,  and  the 
demonstration  of  old-time  household  industries  was  especially  interesting. 
The  concert  in  the  evening,  by  "Ye  bigge  choir  of  singers,"  all  arrayed  in 
their  best  store  clothes,  was  the  crowning  event  of  what  was  a  day  of 
successful  events. 

The  committees  having  charge  of  the  exercises  and  events  of  the  day 
were:     On  Anniversary  Observance,  chosen  by  the  town:    William  F. 


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Soldiers'  Monument  at  Xokth  Haverhill 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  391 

Whitcher,  Henry  W.  Keyes,  Maurice  H.  Randall,  E.  Bertram  Pike, 
Wilbur  F.  Eastman;  Mr.  Pike  being  unable  to  serve,  Walter  Burbeck  was 
appointed  in  his  place.  This  committee  added  to  their  number  the  fol- 
lowing, from  different  sections  of  the  town,  who  rendered  most  efficient 
service:  Jesse  R.  Squires,  Miss  Jennie  Westgate,  Mrs.  N.  Delia  Carbee, 
Mrs.  Henry  C.  Stearns,  Henry  S.  Bailey,  Miss  Jennie  Buck,  Herbert  E. 
Smith,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Sherwell,  Mrs.  Eben  Morrill,  Mrs.  Amos  M.  Pike, 
Miss  Annie  K.  Filley,  Louis  M.  Kimball,  William  G.  Upton,  Miss  Kath- 
erine  Morse,  Mrs.  Ida  Carr,  Mrs.  Lillian  Ray  Miller  and  Miss  Luvia  E. 
Mann.  On  Soldiers'  Monument,  chosen  by  the  town:  Henry  W.  Keyes, 
William  F.  Whitcher,  Wilbur  F.  True  (Mr.  True  was  unable  to 
serve  and  his  place  was  left  unfilled);  chosen  by  Natt  Westgate  Post, 
G.  A.  R. :  Charles  J.  Pike,  Frank  B.  Carr,  Joseph  Willis;  chosen  by 
Woman's  Relief  Corps:  Mrs.  Ida  Carr,  Mrs.  Luella  Kimball,  Mrs. 
Mary  French. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  March  the  sum  of  $300  was  voted  for  the 
celebration  of  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  settlement,  and 
a  committee  of  five  appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements,  and 
a  further  sum  of  $2,000  was  also  voted  for  the  erection  of  a  soldiers' 
monument,  and  a  committee  of  three  was  elected,  to  be  increased  later 
by  three  members  from  Natt  Westgate  Post  and  by  three  from  the 
Woman's  Relief  Corps,  making  in  all  a  committee  of  nine.  The  commit- 
tee was  authorized  to  select  a  site  for  a  monument,  to  fix  upon  design, 
purchase  and  erect  the  same.  After  careful  planning  and  examination 
of  other  memorials  in  New  Hampshire  and  elsewhere  a  design  was  unan- 
imously chosen,  the  monument  purchased  at  a  cost  of  approximately 
$2,600,  all  of  which  in  excess  of  what  the  town  had  voted  had  already  been 
raised,  not  in  one  year,  nor  in  two,  but  by  persistent  labor  through  many 
seasons  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps. 

The  monument  was  designed  by  Mr.  O.  L.  Hazelton,  and  was  erected 
by  the  C.  A.  Bailey  Monumental  Works  of  Manchester.  It  stands  in  the 
triangle  made  by  the  bifurcation  of  the  street  leading  from  the  railroad 
station  to  the  Main  Street  or  state  road  in  the  village  of  North  Haverhill, 
a  little  distance  from  the  town  hall  and  clerk's  office.  It  is  built  of  light 
Barre  granite  and,  from  foundation  to  top  of  figure  of  soldier,  the  height 
is  twenty-six  and  one  half  feet.  The  accompanying  cut  gives  an  idea  of 
its  beauty  of  proportion.  It  bears  no  inscriptions  except  those  on  the 
tablets  of  United  States  standard  bronze  which  cover  the  four  sides  of 
the  die,  which  is  5  feet  10  inches  in  height  and  4  by  4  on  the  base  and  3.6 
by  3.6  on  the  top.  The  tablet  on  the  front  of  the  monument  facing  the 
state  road  and  the  west  is  2.6  by  3  feet,  on  the  east  3  by  4  feet,  and  on  the 
south  and  north  they  are  each  5  feet  6  inches  by  3  feet  8  inches  at  the 
bottom  and  3  feet  2  inches  at  top. 


392  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

The  inscriptions  are  as  follows : 

(Face  of  Monument  on  West) 

In  Commemoration 

of  the  Services  op  the 

Soldiers  of  Haverhill 

in  the  Wars  of  the  Country 

Erected  bt  the  Town  and  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  No.  11 


(On  the  South) 


1861     WAR  FOR  THE  UNION     1865 


CHANDLER  G.  CASS 
JOHN  D.  MCCONNELL 


HORACE  L.  BLANCHARD 
RILEY  B.  CADY 
JEROME  B.  CARR 
HENRY  N.  CHAPMAN 
WILLIAM  CLARK 
DANIEL  C.  RANDALL 
JOSEPH  RANEY 


8AMUEL  P.  ADAMS 
ROBERT  ARNOLD 
LYFORD  BAILEY 
ROYAL  F.  CLARK 
EDWIN  J.  L.  CLARK 
JOHN  COPP 
GEORGE  COPP 
DANIEL  J.  COBURN 
CHARLES  T.  COLLINS 
GEORGE  F.  CUTTING 
SIMON  G.  CUTTING 
FRANK  D.  DAVIS 


Killed  In  Action 

charles  w.  8herwell 
archibald  h.  stover 
joseph  l.  willey 

Died  in  Service 

hylus  hackett 
henry  merrill 
george  w.  miller 
charles  g.  perkins 
adin  m.  pike 
nathan  w.  wheeler 
henry  c.  wright 
nathaniel  w.  we8tgate,  jr. 

Honorably  Discharged 

james  boswell 
lin  bradish 
cyrus  alden 
thomas  baxter 
patrick  baldwin 
louis  bean 
j.  leroy  bell 
john  w.  beami8 
levi  b.  bisbee 
benjamin  bixby 
harlan  s.  blanchard 
chester  m.  carleton 


ALBERT  U.  WILLEY 
GEORGE  C.  SWIFT 


JAMES  W.  SAMPSON 
GEORGE  SOUTHARD 
IRA  STOWELL 
HENRY  G.  TASKER 
EZEKIEL  DAY,  2D 
JOHN  FLAVIN 
SILAS  WOODARD 


JOHN  CHAPMAN 
JONATHAN  CLARK 
JOHN  D.  BROOKS 
NEANDER  D.  BROOKS 
SOLOMON   H.   BUTTERFIELD 
FRANK  B.  CARR 
BYRON  L.  CARR 
CHARLES  F.  CARR 
HIRAM  8.  CARR 
CHARLES  CARPENTER 
MARTIN  V.  B.  CADY 
JERE.  B.  DAVIS,  JR. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


393 


(On  the  North) 


1861     WAR  FOR  THE  UNION     1865 


JOHN  H.  DAY 
WILLIAM  DEAN 
JOSEPH  DELAND 
RICHARD  C.  BROWN 
DANIEL  C.  DUNCKLEE 
SIMON  W.  ELLIOTT 
DANA  FIFIELD 
FRANKLIN  FURGER80N 
JAMES  R.  GEORGE 
VAN  BUREN  GLAZIER 
JAMES  GLYNN 
CHARLES  GOODWIN 
IRA  B.  GOULD 
JOHN  HACKETT 
NELSON  S.  HANNAFORD 
ROBERT  W.  HARVEY 
SUMNER  HARDY 
ETHAN  O.  HARRIS 
JAMES  E.  HAYNES 
JOEL  E.  HIBBARD 
HENRY  M.  HICKS 
CURTIS  HICKS 
ORAMU8  HIX 
EDWIN  C.  HOLMES 
HORACE  J.  HOLMES 
HIRAM  S.  KELLAM 


Honorably  Discharged 

george  f.  keye8 
scott  w.  keyser 
hiram  kidder 
caleb  knight 
hiram  k.  ladd 
aiken  ladderbu8h 
lewis  ladderbush 
george  w.  leith 
amos  lund 

sylvester  w.  marston 
moody  c.  marston 
samuel  e.  merrill 
henry  m.  miner 
george  w.  morrison 
horace  h.  morrison 
elias  moulton 
james  a.  page 
charles  p.  patten 
west  pearson 
calvin  pennock 
jonathan  c.  pennock 
george  w.  pennock 
george  perkins 
edwin  p.  philbrick 
charles  j.  pike 
hiram  h.  poole 
samuel  woodward 


WLSLEY  PORTER 
SIMON  E.  PLFER 
MARTIN  V.  B.  RANDALL 
ANDREW  J.  RANDALL 
MARTIN  ROGERS 
JOHN  C.  SHELLEY 
ORRIN  SIMPSON 
ELIJAH  L.  SMITH 
GEORGE  H.  SMITH 
GEORGE  C.  SMITH 
JOHN  STEARNS 
JOHN  P.  SWIFT 
SOLON  SWIFT 
ALBERT  H.  T    FFT 
WILLIAM  G.  WALCOTT 
JOHN  T.  WALCOTT 
PERSON  WALLACE 
EBEN  C.  WEED 
JOSEPH  WEED 
WILLIAM  C.  WETHERBEE 
ORRIN  M.  WHITMAN 
JOSEPH  WILLIS 
DON  F.  WILLIS 
JAMES  WILSON 
GEORGE  W.  WOODS,  JR. 
GEORGE  W.  WOODWARD 


(On  the  East) 


1775-1783 


War  for  Independence 
Col.  John  Hurd,  Col.  Timothy  Bedel 
Col.  Charles  Johnston 
and 
116  Others,  Scouts,  Rangers  and  Soldiers  of  the  Line 

War  of  1812-15 
Brig.  Gen.  John  Montgomery,  Lt.  Col.  Moody  Bedel 

and  28  others 


War  With  Mexico.  1846— 184S 

Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder  and  15  Haverhill  Men 
Co.  H.  9th  U.  S.  Infantry 
War  with  Spain  1898 
Six  enlisted  Men 


394  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

When  Surveyor  Whiting  made  his  first  survey  of  the  town  of  Haverhill 
for  the  proprietors,  and  divided  the  town  into  lots,  he  located  the  double 
right  on  the  five  hundred  acres  which  Governor  Benning  Wentworth,  in 
granting  the  charter  to  John  Hazen  and  others,  had  reserved  for  himself, 
in  the  extreme  northwest  corner  of  the  town.  The  village  of  Woodsville, 
therefore,  lies  within  what  was  known  as  the  Governor's  reservation  or  the 
Governor's  farm. 

When  a  name  was  sought  for  the  northern  terminus  of  the  Boston, 
Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad  in  1853,  Benning  Wentworth  had  long 
been  forgotten,  while  John  L.  Woods  who  had  a  quarter  of  a  century 
before  purchased  the  sawmill  and  mill  privilege  at  the  mouth  of  Am- 
monoosuc  River,  was  still  alive,  and  was  the  one  resident  of  the  locality 
actively  engaged  in  lumber  and  mercantile  business,  and  Woodsville 
became  the  official  designation  of  the  Governor's  farm.  It  may  be  of 
interest  to  trace  the  title  of  such  part  of  the  farm  as  Captain  Woods 
owned  from  Governor  Wentworth  down. 

In  February,  1774,  Ezekiel  Ladd,  collector  for  the  proprietors,  sold  at  a 
meeting  of  the  proprietors  several  rights  for  non-payment  of  proprietary 
taxes.  Among  these  thus  sold  was  the  Governor's  right,  or  Governor's 
farm,  which  was  purchased  by  Moses  Little  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  for 
thirty-eight  dollars,1  and  the  house  and  meadow  lot  of  James  Nevins  for 
eight  dollars.  Colonel  Little  had  previously  acquired  the  house  and 
meadow  lot  belonging  to  the  original  right  of  William  Symes.  These 
two  latter  were  Upper  Meadow  lots  and  adjoined  the  Governor's  farm. 
Colonel  Little,  who  was  subsequently  an  officer  in  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
lution and  was  one  of  the  grantors  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  also  of  Littleton 
and  in  honor  of  whom  the  latter  town  was  named,  thus  came  into  posses- 
sion of  a  tract  of  some  six  hundred  acres  for  a  sum  of  money  not  exceed- 
ing sixty  dollars.  Benning  Wentworth  had  died  in  October,  1770, 
and  except  for  the  presumable  ignorance  of  the  value  of  the  Haverhill 
property  on  the  part  of  those  having  charge  of  his  estate,  it  is  hardly 
credible  that  the  five  hundred  acres  in  which  lies  the  present  village  of 
Woodsville  would  have  been  sold  for  the  sum  of  thirty-eight  dollars. 

In  February,  1782,  Colonel  Little  deeded  to  his  son,  Moses  Little,  Jr., 
then  a  minor,  in  consideration  of  the  love  and  good  will  he  bore  his  son, 
this  tract  of  six  hundred  acres  which  he  described  as  follows:  Beginning  at 
a  white  pine  tree  standing  on  the  east  bank  of  Connecticut  River  and 
north  of  Ammonoosuc  River  which  is  the  northwesterly  corner  boundary 
of  said  Haverhill,  thence  on  the  north  line  of  said  Haverhill  five  hundred 
rods  to  a  stake  and  stones,  thence  southwest  one  hundred  and  sixty  rods 
or  thereabouts,  thence  such  a  course  northwesterly  so  as  to  include  what 
was  called  the  Governor's  farm;  also  the  house  lots  and  all  the  meadow 

1  Spanish  milled  dollars. 


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lots  belonging  to  the  original  rights  of  James  Nevins  and  William  Symes 
to  Connecticut  River  thence  up  said  river  about  two  hundred  rods  to  the 
bounds  begun  at,  the  same  containing  six  hundred  acres  be  the  same  more 
or  less. 

Moses  Little,  Jr.,  January  21,  1795,  sold  to  William  Abbott  thirty-seven 
and  one-half  acres  in  the  northwesterly  corner  of  this  tract,  upon  which 
Abbott  settled  and  cleared  land  which  became  known  as  the  Abbott 
farm.  On  this  farm  was  a  mill  privilege  near  the  month  of  the  Ammo- 
noosuc.  This  mill  privilege  was  deeded  by  Moses  and  Jacob  Abbott  to 
Isaac  Smith  and  Moses  Campbell,  April  9,  1809,  for  the  sum  of  four 
hundred  dollars.  A  portion  of  the  privilege  was  situated  in  the  town  of 
Bath,  and  the  whole  contained  five  and  one-half  acres  and  twenty-nine 
rods. 

Mills  Olcott  of  Hanover  purchased  the  premises  of  Smith  and  Camp- 
bell, September  3,  1816.  During  his  ownership  a  dam  was  con- 
structed across  the  river,  and  a  mill  built,  and  this  was  deeded,  September 
14,  1827,  to  William  Styfield,  subject  to  a  lease  to  John  L.  Woods  and  Sam- 
uel Hutchins  &  Son  of  Wells  River,  Vt. 

Woods,  in  company  with  Hutchins  was  then  evidently  operating  the 
sawmill  under  lease,  having  a  few  months  previously  purchased  all  the 
remainder  of  the  William  Abbott  farm  of  thirty-seven  and  a  half  acres, 
except  that  part  set  off  for  widow's  dower,  and  that  deeded  to  Moses 
Campbell  for  a  mill  privilege,  and  all  the  buildings  thereon  except  that 
part  of  house  set  off  for  widow  and  the  back  part  of  the  house  built  for 
"Widow  Brock." 

John  L.  Woods,  January  22, 1830,  purchased  the  mill  privilege  of  William 
Styfield,  the  consideration  being  one  thousand  dollars  and  the  descrip- 
tion the  following:  "A  certain  piece  or  parcel  of  land  in  Haverhill  and 
Bath  containing  five  and  one-half  acres  and  twenty-nine  rods,  with  the 
appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  containing  a  sawmill  and  privilege, 
together  with  the  mill  irons  in  and  about  the  same  which  properly  apper- 
tain thereto,  and  the  dwelling  house  standing  thereon." 

In  June,  1835,  Woods  purchased  of  Moses  Little,  for  consideration 
not  stated  thirty-six  acres  and  one  hundred  rods.  This  was  in  the  heart 
of  what  is  now  the  village  of  Woodsville  on  both  sides  of  Central  Street 
and  was  covered  with  a  heavy  growth  of  white  pine.  In  November, 
1835,  the  remainder  of  the  Governor's  reservation,  excepting  fifty  acres 
on  the  east  end  deeded  in  1800  to  Joseph  Sanborn,  estimated  to  contain 
from  three  hundred  and  eighty  to  four  hundred  acres,  was  sold  by  Moses 
Little  to  Russell  King  of  Charlestown  for  the  sum  of  $6,000. 

William  Abbott  was,  undoubtedly,  the  first  actual  permanent  settler 
in  what  is  now  Woodsville,  and  his  dwelling  was  on  the  site  of  what  has 
since  been  known  as  the  Brock  house  just  off  Ammonoosuc  Street.     Land 


396  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

adjoining  the  Governor's  reservation  was  disposed  of  to  early  settlers: 
Amos  Kimball  of  Barnet,  Vt.,  purchased,  February  18,  1781,  house  and 
meadow  lot  No.  8  on  the  Upper  Meadow  drawn  to  the  right  of  Lemuel 
Tucker,  and  house  and  meadow  lots  No.  9,  drawn  to  the  right  of  J.  Harri- 
man,  and  in  August,  1809,  sold  the  same  to  John  Kimball,  who  had  pre- 
viously purchased  of  Nathaniel  Adams  of  Portsmouth  in  March,  1799,  the 
adjoining  Simpson  farm  so  called,  containing  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  of  which  forty  acres  was  situated  on  the  Upper  Meadow.  The 
land  drawn  to  the  right  of  Theodore  Atkinson,  secretary  of  the  Province, 
and  of  Theodore  Atkinson,  Jr.,  and  known  as  the  Secretary's  farm, 
five  hundred  and  sixty-four  acres  in  all  was  purchased  from  the  Atkinson 
estate  January  27,  1795,  by  Amos  Kimball. 

When  John  L.  Woods  came  from  Wells  River  in  1830,  to  take  charge  of 
the  sawmill  he  had  recently  purchased,  he  devoted  himself  with  energy 
to  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  finding  for  the  first  few  years  his  material 
ready  at  hand.  A  few  dwellings  were  erected  in  the  vicinity  of  his  mills: 
there  was  the  Abbott  farm,  the  Simpson  farm,  the  farms  of  Amos  and  John 
Kimball,  and  later  the  farm  of  Russell  King,  and  his  brother-in-law,  Eli 
Evans,  who  had  purchased  a  part  of  the  King  holdings,  but  the  settle- 
ment was  of  slow  growth,  and  the  clearing  of  the  land  aside  from  the 
meadows  lying  north  of  what  is  now  Cottage  Hospital  proceeded  slowly, 
the  upland  being  for  the  most  part  covered  by  a  heavy  growth  of  white 
pine.  Even  when  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad  was  com- 
pleted in  1853,  and  Woodsville  was  made  its  northern  terminus,  though 
much  of  the  forest  growth  had  been  cleared  away,  and  farms,  by  the 
division  and  subdivision  of  the  Woods,  Kimball,  King  and  Evans  proper- 
ties, had  become  more  numerous,  there  was  little  to  suggest  a  village 
except  a  half  a  dozen  or  so  dwellings,  a  gristmill  added  to  the  saw- 
mill, a  blacksmith  shop,  and  a  store  for  the  transaction  of  general  mer- 
chandise business  erected  some  years  before  by  Mr.  Woods,  and  a  little 
schoolhouse  at  the  foot  of  Clay  Hill.  This  is  still  standing,  transformed 
into  a  dwelling  house,  as  is  also  the  store,  which  has  undergone  a  like 
transformation  and  has  been  now,  for  some  years,  the  residence  of 
Isaac  K.  George. 

The  boom  which  might  have  been  expected  did  not  seem  to  materialize. 
The  construction  of  the  White  Mountains  road,  which  was  completed 
from  Woodsville  to  Littleton,  two  years  later,  added  little  or  nothing  to 
the  growth  of  the  former.  The  tracks  of  both  roads  were  carried  on  the 
roof  of  the  toll  bridge,  newly  constructed  for  that  purpose,  across  the  river 
to  Wells  River,  Vt.,  which  thus  became  the  real  junction  of  the  railroads, 
and  the  immediate  benefit  and  advantages  arising  from  the  new  railroad 
facilities  were  reaped  by  the  latter  named  village. 

The  Woods  store,  erected  near   his  sawmill,  in  the   management  of 


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which  he  was  succeeded  by  Edward  Child  as  agent  for  the  Wells  River 
firm  of  Hutchins  &  Buchanan,  and  later  by  Ezra  S.  Kimball,  seemed  for 
years  to  meet  Woodsville  demand  for  mercantile  supplies,  while  the  stores 
and  shops,  and  manufactories  patronized  by  the  farmers  of  the  surround- 
ing country,  the  church,  hotels,  bank,  post  office,  in  short  nearly  all  the 
business  was  at  Wells  River.  Bath  Village,  four  miles  to  the  north,  was 
then  flourishing,  its  decadence  having  hardly  begun,  while  ten  miles  to 
the  south  was  Haverhill  Corner,  with  its  stores,  hotels,  newspaper  and 
printing  establishment,  academy,  court  house  and  county  offices,  with  its 
manufactures  at  the  near  by  "Brook,"— the  most  important  village,  all 
things  considered,  in  Grafton  County.  The  growth  of  Woodsville  was 
hardly  perceptible.  Some  idea  of  the  slowness  of  the  growth  of  the 
village,  if  indeed  it  might  properly  be  called  a  village,  during  the  ten 
years  succeeding  the  completion  of  the  railroad  may  be  gathered  from  a 
statement  of  Ezra  B.  Mann  who  says: 

For  a  few  weeks  in  the  spring  of  1864  I  performed  the  duties  of  station  agent,  post- 
master, and  express  agent,  besides  having  the  care  of  the  round  house,  and  making  my  run 
as  conductor  of  the  freight  train  which  carried  all  the  freight  between  Woodsville  and 
Littleton,  then  the  terminus  of  the  White  Mountains  road. 

Had  Mr.  Woods  been  a  younger  man  when  the  railroad  was  completed, 
he  would,  doubtless,  with  his  natural  enterprise  and  energy,  have  availed 
himself  of  the  advantages  which  it  seemed  to  offer  for  the  growth  and 
development  of  business,  but  he  was  then  past  sixty  years  of  age,  was  in 
poor  health,  and  death  put  an  end  to  his  activities  a  little  less  than  two 
years  later.     Woodsville  was  forced  to  wait. 

The  beginning  came  in  1859,  when  Charles  M.  Weeks  of  Lyndon,  Vt., 
who  had  a  little  before  reached  his  majority,  purchased  the  Woods 
store  from  Ezra  S.  Kimball,  and  immediately  devoted  himself  with  the 
enthusiasm  and  enterprise  of  a  young  man  to  making  his  store  a  centre 
for  general  trade  for  the  surrounding  country.  The  next  year  he  erected 
a  new  store  south  of  the  railroad  track  on  the  road  to  Wells  River,  a  part 
of  which  is  still  standing,  known  for  many  years  as  the  Weeks  Block,  and 
now  as  the  Stahl  Block.  He  secured  the  establishment  of  a  post  office, 
and  began  the  finding  of  markets  for  the  produce  of  the  farmers,  not  only 
of  the  northern  part  of  Haverhill  but  of  the  adjacent  towns.  During  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion  he  became  the  purchasing  agent  of  several  large 
mills  to  secure  the  wool  clip  in  a  large  territory  in  both  New  Hampshire 
and  Vermont,  and  later  became  interested  in  potato  starch  and  other 
manufactures,  and  was  instrumental  in  giving  Woodsville  growing  repu- 
tation as  a  centre  for  country  trade.  Until  he  met  with  business  reverses 
by  accommodation  on  the  paper  of  others,  which  resulted  in  his  removal 
to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1897,  he  was  the 
leading  spirit  in  business  enterprises,  and  the  business  growth  of  the 


398  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

village  as  something  apart  from  being  an  annex  of  Wells  River  may  be 
said  to  have  begun  with  him.  He  erected  for  himself  in  1870,  on  a  lot 
adjoining  his  store,  the  commodious  and  well  appointed  dwelling,  now 
the  residence  of  Ezra  B.  Mann. 

The  Woods  sawmill,  with  the  gristmill  which  had  been  added  later, 
passed  in  1864  into  the  hands  of  Charles  B.  Smith,  a  native  of  Belgrade, 
Me.,  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shovel  handles  in 
Maine  and  at  Union  Village,  Vt.,  for  a  period  of  some  twenty-five  years. 
Mr.  Smith  immediately  added  to  the  machinery  that  for  the  manufacture 
of  axe  and  shovel  handles,  and  made  the  industry  an  important  one  until 
mill  and  dam  were  carried  away  by  a  freshet  in  1878.  He  was  preparing 
to  rebuild  when  he  died  quite  suddenly  in  the  summer  of  1880  before  his 
preparations  were  completed.  Mr.  Smith  had  marked  business  ability, 
became  quite  an  extensive  owner  of  real  estate,  and  was  a  public  spirited 
citizen  who  believed  in  the  future  of  the  village.  He  encouraged  building 
by  selling  building  lots  at  a  low  price,  and  gave  the  lot  for  the  erection  of 
the  first  church  in  the  village,  St.  Luke's  Protestant  Episcopal,  valued  at 
a  thousand  dollars,  though  he  was  not  himself  a  communicant. 

Ira  Whitcher,  who  had  been  for  more  than  thirty  years  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  in  Benton,  removed  to  Woods ville  in  the  spring  of 
1870  in  order  to  avail  himself  of  the  railroad  facilities  which  that  location 
offered  for  his  business,  and  was  from  that  time,  perhaps,  more  than  any 
other  single  individual  identified  with  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
village  until  his  death  in  December,  1897,  at  the  age  of  82.  In  1872  he 
formed  a  copartnership  with  Lewis  C.  Pattee  of  Lebanon  and  erected  the 
steam  sawmill  plant  which,  under  the  name  of  the  Woodsville  Lumber 
Company,  did  an  extensive  and  lucrative  business.  He  had  the  sole  man- 
agement of  this,  besides  his  other  lumbering  interests  in  Benton,  Easton 
and  Warren,  until  1891,  when  he  sold  his  half  interest  to  Mr.  Pattee,  and 
under  the  name  of  the  Woodsville  Lumber  Works  it  was  conducted  by 
Fred  L.  Pattee  until  the  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire  about  1902.  Mr. 
Whitcher  built  a  large  number  of  dwelling  houses  which  he  rented  or  sold 
on  liberal  terms,  and  at  his  death  was  the  owner  of  thirteen  of  these 
besides  his  own  large  and  substantial  residence  on  Court  Street  which  he 
erected  in  1870,  and  which  is  now  occupied  by  his  son,  and  he  also  aided 
several  others  in  erecting  homes  for  themselves  by  making  them  loans  on 
favorable  terms.  He  was  largely  instrumental,  as  has  been  elsewhere 
stated,  in  securing  the  location  of  the  county  court  house  and  offices  in 
Woodsville,  donating  the  lot  on  which  it  was  erected,  and  as  one  of  the 
special  commission  appointed  to  build  it,  supervised  the  work.  He  was 
one  of  the  corporators  of  the  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Company  and  its  first 
president,  of  the  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  and  the  largest  sub- 
scriber to  the  stock  of  the  Woodsville  National  Bank.     Indeed  there  was 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  399 

no  movement  calculated  to  advance  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the 
village  which  did  not  find  in  him  a  liberal  and  hearty  supporter.  His 
early  educational  opportunities,  so  far  as  schools  were  concerned,  were 
the  most  meagre,  but  he  keenly  appreciated  the  value  of  education  and 
of  books,  and  gave  to  the  village  its  handsome  brick  and  stone  library 
building  for  free  public  library  use,  at  a  cost  of  some  seven  thousand  dol- 
lars, and  placed  on  its  shelves  a  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  well  selected 
books  as  a  nucleus  of  a  library.  He  was  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  church 
of  his  choice,  the  Methodist  Episcopal,  giving  a  fund  of  some  two  thousand 
dollars,  the  income  to  be  used  for  pastoral  support,  and  also  a  fine  pipe 
organ  at  a  cost  of  twelve  hundred  dollars. 

Ezra  B.  Mann,  a  nephew  of  Mr.  Whitcher,  born  in  Benton  in  1843, 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad  in  1863, 
and  since  1864  has  made  Woodsville  his  home.  He  early  became  identi- 
fied with  its  interests,  and  in  1872  left  the  employ  of  the  railroad  and 
entered  into  partnership  with  George  S.  Cummings  in  the  drug  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.,  of  which  firm,  with  a  greatly 
enlarged  business  embracing  a  periodical  department,  paints,  oils,  soil 
pipes,  powder  and  other  explosives,  he  is  still  the  senior  partner.  He 
has  by  no  means  confined  his  attention  to  this  business,  but  has  been 
engaged  in  real  estate  transactions,  has  been  president  of  the  Guaranty 
Savings  Bank,  for  which  he  was  instrumental  in  securing  a  charter,  is 
president  of  the  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Company,  of  the  Opera  Block 
Association,  owning  one-third  of  the  stock,  and  is  interested  in  and  a 
supporter  of  every  enterprise  which  promises  to  add  to  the  prosperity  of 
Woodsville.  If  Mr.  Mann  has  any  one  characteristic  dominating  others, 
it  is  his  unbounded  faith  in  the  future  of  Woodsville,  of  which  he  has  been 
and  is  no  small  part.  There  were  others  who  might  be  named  as  among 
the  early  promoters  of  the  growth  of  the  village,  but  after  John  L.  Woods, 
the  four  names  that  stand  out  prominent  are  those  of  Charles  M.  Weeks, 
Charles  B.  Smith,  Ira  Whitcher  and  Ezra  B.  Mann. 

When  in  1868-72,  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad  began  to 
extend  its  trackage  by  the  acquisition  of  the  White  Mountains  road,  it 
was  recognized  by  those  who  studied  the  situation  that  Woodsville  was 
destined  to  become  the  natural  centre  of  a  somewhat  extensive  rail- 
road system.  It  had  the  room  for  tracks,  yards  and  necessary  buildings 
which  Wells  River  lacked.  In  1873  the  White  Mountains  road,  which  had 
previously  been  extended  to  Lancaster,  became,  by  purchase  the  property 
of  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal,  and  was  extended  to  Groveton, 
making  connection  there  with  the  Grand  Trunk.  From  Wing  Road,  a 
road  was  built  to  Twin  Mountain,  Fabyans,  and  the  base  of  Mt.  Wash- 
ington. The  construction  of  the  Franconia  Notch,  the  Bethlehem,  the 
Whitefield  and  Jefferson,  the  Berlin,  the  Pemmigewasset  Valley,  the  Til- 


400  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

ton  and  Belmont  and  the  Lake  Shore  branches  followed,  and  Boston, 
Concord  &  Montreal  became  quite  an  extensive  system  in  itself,  made 
more  extensive  in  the  era  of  leases  and  consolidations  which  followed. 
The  road  and  its  branches,  as  has  been  noted  elsewhere,  was  leased 
to  the  Boston  &  Lowell,  which  in  turn  was  leased  to  the  Boston  & 
Maine.  This  lease  declared  invalid,  the  B.  C.  &  M.  was  consolidated 
with  the  Concord  under  the  name  of  Concord  &  Montreal,  and  later  the 
consolidated  road  was  leased  to  the  Boston  &  Maine,  of  which  road  the 
old  B.  C.  &  M.  system  became  the  White  Mountains  Division.  Woods- 
ville,  which  had  been  growing  in  importance  as  a  railroad  centre  and  ship- 
ping point,  became  naturally  and  almost  inevitably  the  headquarters  for 
the  offices  and  departments  of  this  division,  with  new  and  commodious 
buildings,  engine  houses  and  large  modern  planned  freight  yard. 

In  1868  only  two  locomotives  remained  in  the  little  roundhouse  at 
Woodsville  over  night.  Only  one  freight  and  two  passenger  trains  passed 
through  Woodsville  daily,  and  the  passenger  trains  passed  through  with 
just  a  bare  stop.  The  work  of  the  road  north  of  Woodsville  was  per- 
formed with  one  twenty  ton  locomotive.  At  the  present  time  70  locomo 
tives  are  required  for  the  regular  train  work,  the  smallest  weighing  33  tons 
the  freight  locomotives  105  tons,  and  those  of  the  Pacific  type  116  tons. 
There  are  upwards  of  ninety  locomotive  engineers  employed  and  eighty 
firemen.  The  division  has  240  miles  of  track  exclusive  of  spurs  and 
sidings.  In  the  passenger  service  there  are  twenty  regular  conductors, 
and  thirty-five  or  forty  trainmen.  There  are  forty  freight  conductors 
and  sixty  freight  brakeman.  The  roundhouse  calls  for  the  employment 
of  thirty  men  and  the  freight  yards  and  freight  stations  for  from  thirty  to 
forty  more.  In  1868  the  wood  burning  locomotives  at  the  roundhouse 
were  kept  supplied  with  fuel  prepared  by  two  men,  while  the  locomotives 
take  at  present  no  less  than  125  tons  of  coal  from  the  Woodsville  coal 
sheds  each  day  for  locomotive  use.  The  superintendent  of  the  division 
has  his  assistants  and  clerks  who  with  the  chief  train  dispatcher  and 
his  assistants  make  no  inconsiderable  force  employed  at  the  passenger 
station.  During  the  summer  season  twenty-eight  regular  freight  trains 
and  upwards  of  thirty  regular  passenger  trains  run  in  and  out  from  the 
Woodsville  station  and  yards.  In  short  Woodsville  has  become  a  bustling 
railroad  centre,  the  most  important  in  the  state  perhaps  except  Concord. 
The  railroad  division  offices,  have  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  been 
under  the  personal  supervision  of  Superintendent  George  Edgar  Cum- 
mings  whose  home  from  early  boyhood  has  been  in  Woodsville,  and  whose 
residence  which  he  built  on  Central  Street  is  one  of  the  pleasantest  and 
best  appointed  in  the  village.  Superintendent  Cummings,  now  in  the 
early  sixties  has  enjoyed  the  best  of  training  as  a  practical  railroad  man, 
training  which  has  come  to  him  in  nearly  fifty  years  of  railroad  experience. 


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As  kindergartener  he  began  as  a  small  boy  cleaning  engines,  and  then 
took  the  graded  course  up  through  the  positions  of  fireman,  brakeman, 
baggage  master,  freight  conductor,  passenger  conductor,  wood  agent, 
manager  of  railroad  logging,  transfer  agent  at  Concord,  train  master 
at  Woodsville,  assistant  superintendent,  and  since  1892  superintendent 
of  the  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  north  of  Woodsville,  now  the 
White  Mountains  division  of  the  Boston  and  Maine.  His  entire  railroad 
life  of  nearly  half  a  century — and  Mr.  Cummings  is  by  no  means  an  old 
man — has  been  spent  on  the  same  road  under  various  managements 
preceding  his  own,  thus  giving  him  the  advantage  of  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge not  only  of  the  road  but  also  a  personal  acquaintance  with  its 
employees  and  business  patrons. 

A  large  proportion  of  the  railroad  employees  have  their  homes  and 
boarding  places  in  Woodsville,  and  this  has  necessitated  the  opening  of 
streets,  the  erection  of  dwellings,  and  while  there  has  never  been  any 
boom  year  in  building,  there  has  been  a  gradual  growth,  all  the  more 
healthy  because  gradual. 

Woodsville,  however,  is  more  than  a  railroad  village,  though  the  basis 
of  its  growth  and  prosperity  will  be  found  in  its  becoming  a  railroad  centre. 
It  was  this  which  brought  the  court  house  and  the  county  offices  from  the 
Corner.  The  Corner  had  become  side-tracked,  while  Woodsville  by  its 
exceptional  railroad  service  extending  in  all  directions  was  brought  into 
close  touch  with  every  town  in  the  county.  The  railroad  needed  for  its 
shops,  roundhouse,  its  constantly  increasing  number  of  locomotives,  and 
its  freight  yards  an  adequate  water  supply  and  electric  lighting  as  much 
as  did  residences  and  stores,  hence  the  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Company, 
organized  in  1885.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  exceptionally  excellent  ship- 
ping facilities  furnished  by  the  railroads,  Woodsville  would  have  known 
nothing  of  wholesale  houses  and  wholesale  trade.  There  was  a  railroad 
need  of  protection  from  fires,  as  well  as  a  general  need  and  the  Woodsville 
Fire  District  was  created  by  the  Legislature  of  1887. 

Railroad  employees  making  their  homes  in  Woodsville  were  young  or 
middle-aged  men,  and  the  proportion  of  children  of  school  age  to  the 
whole  population  largely  exceeded  that  of  other  sections  of  the  town, 
when  in  1885  the  school  district  system  was  abandoned  and  a  return  was 
made  to  the  old  town  system,  because  in  several  districts  there  were  not 
a  sufficient  number  of  scholars  to  maintain  a  school.  Woodsville  had 
outgrown  its  little  two  hundred  and  fifty-five  dollar  schoolhouse  at  the 
foot  of  Clay  hill,  and  the  Union  High  School  district  had  been  created  by 
the  addition  of  the  Pine  Plain  district  and  a  small  section  in  Bath  north 
of  the  Ammonoosuc,  and  a  new  two-story  schoolhouse  had  been  erected 
in  1872-73.  This  was  outgrown  in  a  few  years,  and  in  1901  the  large 
brick  schoolhouse  was  erected  on  the  same  site  at  a  cost  of  $20,000. 

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402  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

There  was  strong  opposition  to  this  building,  its  opponents  claiming  that 
it  would  never  be  filled  with  pupils,  but  that  its  empty  rooms  would  stand 
for  years  a  monument  to  the  folly  of  those  who  believed  that  Woodsville 
was  still  destined  to  grow.  But  school  facilities  were  still  further  de- 
manded, and  to  meet  this  demand,  the  fine  new  building  was  erected  in 
1913  on  Kings  Plain  at  a  cost  of  $30,000  for  high  school  purposes  only. 
This  building  was  authorized,  and  a  building  committee  chosen  at  a 
regular  meeting  of  the  voters  of  the  district  without  opposition  and  almost 
without  discussion,  in  striking  contrast  to  the  long  drawn  out  attempts  to 
secure  for  the  district  its  first  schoolhouse  at  the  foot  of  Clay  hill. 

The  Woodsville  district,  No.  13,  was  established  in  1840,  and  the  first 
meeting  of  the  voters,  called  by  the  selectmen,  was  held  the  20th  of  May 
in  that  year.  At  this  meeting  Russell  King,  Nathaniel  Dickinson  and 
Jona.  B.  Rowell  were  chosen  a  committee  "to  report  a  plan  for  a  school- 
house  and  the  expense  for  building  the  same  and  the  site  and  cost  for  the 
same."  The  meeting  adjourned  till  the  third  Wednesday  in  October,  but 
on  that  date  as  there  was  no  one  in  attendance  no  meeting  was  held  and 
nothing  more  appears  in  the  district  records  concerning  a  schoolhouse 
until  the  annual  meeting  of  1847  when  it  was  voted  to  appoint  a  commit- 
tee to  "see  whether  we  join  with  Bath  district  or  not  or  whether  we  four- 
nish  a  place  in  our  own  district  for  a  school."  At  an  adjourned  meeting 
April  9  it  was  "voted  to  appoint  Russell  King  to  ascertain  the  legal  course 
about  meeting  to  build  a  schoolhouse." 

It  appears  that  up  to  this  time  the  district  had  joined  with  the  Bath 
district  across  the  river,  and  that  union  schools  had  been  maintained  in 
the  little  schoolhouse  on  the  Ammonoosuc  River  road  west  of  what  is 
now  known  as  the  Burton  place.  Once  or  twice  it  had  been  voted  to 
unite  with  district  No.  4  in  Haverhill,  the  house  being  at  the  junction  of 
the  roads  leading  from  North  Haverhill  to  Bath,  and  over  the  hill  to 
Swiftwater,  known  as  the  Pine  Plain  schoolhouse.  Adjourned  meetings 
were  held  May  4,  May  22,  and  June  12,  all  at  the  store  of  John  L.  Woods, 
which  was  the  place  of  all  public  meetings.  At  this  meeting  it  was  voted 
to  build  a  schoolhouse  and  Mr.  Witherell  was  appointed  a  committee  to 
fix  upon  a  location,  and  secure  a  title  to  the  land,  and  Messrs.  Witherell, 
King  and  Hall  were  appointed  a  building  committee,  and  to  report  the  cost 
of  building  to  the  next  meeting.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  July  3,  Mr. 
Witherell  reported  that  he  had  not  been  able  to  secure  "a  piece  of  ground 
to  set  the  house  on."  Adjourned  meetings  were  held  August  28,  Septem- 
ber 25,  and  October  9,  at  which  latter  meeting  it  was  voted  to  raise  two 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars  "to  defray  the  expenses  of  building  a  school- 
house  and  location  for  said  house  to  be  built  by  the  first  day  of  December 
next." 

It  seems  that  it  was  then  found  that  these  votes  and  proceedings  had 


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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  403 

not  been  legal,  and  it  was  necessary  to  begin  anew.  So  at  meetings  called 
on  petition  of  four  voters  and  held  November  4,  6  and  20,  1847,  the  matter 
was  taken  up  in  earnest  and  it  was  voted  to  build  a  new  schoolhouse, 
that  Messrs.  Woods,  King  and  Hall  be  a  building  committee,  that  D.  P. 
Kimball  be  a  committee  to  lay  out  the  spot  for  the  house  and  assess  the 
damage  therefor  by  agreement  with  J.  L.  Woods  and  that  two  hundred 
and  twenty  dollars  be  raised  to  build  the  house  and  furnish  the  location. 
It  was  then  voted  to  raise  thirty-one  dollars  in  addition  to  the  last  men- 
tioned sum  "to  defray  the  expense  of  furnishing  stove  and  stovepipe  and 
out  building  making  two  hundred  and  fifty-one  dollars  in  all."  There 
were  adjourned  meetings  December  4,  and  December  11,  but  no  business 
appears  to  have  been  transacted.  In  the  meantime  Mr.  Woods  of  the 
committee  had  proceeded  to  build  the  house  and  it  might  be  supposed 
that  the  long-drawn-out  building  proceedings  were  ended,  but  not  so, 
the  school  meeting  habit  had  become  pretty  nearly  a  fixed  one.  A  meet- 
ing called  on  petition  of  voters  was  held  at  the  newly  built  house  January 
17,  1848,  "to  see  if  the  district  will  vote  to  build  a  schoolhouse,  or  pur- 
chase the  one  already  built,  raise  money  and  take  money  therefrom." 

At  this  meeting  it  was  voted  that  Russell  King,  George  Witherell,  and 
J.  W.  Morrison  examine  the  house  and  "see  what  alterations  should  be 
made  if  any,  and  see  if  the  district  will  take  that  house  on  what  reduction 
in  the  price." 

The  report  of  the  committee  made  at  an  adjourned  meeting  January 
22  is  one  of  decided  interest  as  indicating  the  character  of  Woodsville's 
first  schoolhouse  and  the  methods  of  transacting  school  district  business 
in  the  middle  of  the  last  century: 

Whereas,  Mr.  Russell  Kong,  George  Witherell,  and  J.  W.  Morrison  have  been  ap- 
pointed at  a  school  meeting  held  at  the  store  of  J.  L.  Woods  Esq.  in  Haverhill  January 
17,  1848,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  house  lately  built  by  J.  L.  Woods  Esq.  for  the 
purpose  of  a  schoolhouse,  what  alterations  are  necessary  or  should  be  made  to  make  it 
such  a  house  as  was  contracted  for  by  Alba  Hall  and  Russell  King  with  the  said  Woods 
and  report  at  a  subsequent  meeting: 

Therefore,  we,  the  said  committee,  beg  leave  to  report — that  the  seats  and  writing 
desks  are  too  narrow  and  too  high,  and  were  imperfectly  put  up  and  finished,  therefore 
they  should  be  taken  down  and  rebuilt.  The  window  casements  are  too  narrow  and 
new  ones  should  be  put  up.  In  many  places  the  lathing  is  so  imperfectly  put  on  not 
nailed  as  should  be  from  which  cause  the  plastering  will  soon  be  off  and  have  to  be  re- 
paired. There  is  wanting  some  finish  about  the  entry  door,  the  lathing  in  the  entry 
should  come  off  in  part  and  put  on  more  substantial  and  plastered  or  sealed  up  with 
seasoned  boards.  And  the  work  generally  is  done  in  a  very  slighty  and  imperfect,  shammy 
coarse  manner  in  the  inside  of  the  house,  the  chimney  is  not  what  it  should  be,  there- 
fore a  new  one  is  required  and  some  of  the  lumber  was  imperfectly  seasoned  we  think 
from  appearances.  After  due  examination  we  are  of  the  opinion  it  will  cost  twenty-one 
dollars  to  make  these  repairs  or  amendments  and  put  up  three  more  seats  for  small 
scholars,  one  in  front  and  one  on  each  side  of  the  teachers  desk  which  we  think  should 
have  been  done  when  the  house  was  built. 


404  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

We,  therefore,  recommend  that  the  said  Woods  make  the  foregoing  alterations  and 
amendments  to  be  done  in  good  faith  with  good  materials  and  in  a  workmanlike  manner, 
or  make  twenty-one  dollars  deduction  from  his  original  contract  made  with  the  said  Hall 
and  King,  being  two  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars,  that  the  district  raise  money  to  pay  for 
the  said  house,  otherwise  build  a  new  one. 

There  was  no  mistaking  the  character  of  this  report,  or  the  temper  of 
the  voters  of  the  district  which  at  once  according  to  the  records  "ex- 
cepted" it.  An  adjournment  was  had  for  a  week  to  give  Captain  Woods 
time  to  consider  this  ultimatum,  and  at  the  adjourned   meeting   it  was 

Voted,  to  except  of  the  schoolhouse  built  by  J.  L.  Woods  with  twenty-one  dollars 
deduction  from  the  two  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  agreeable  to  the  report  of  committee 
making  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  dollars  that  the  district  are  to  pay  for  the  house. 

Voted  to  raise  two  hundred  and  fifty-five  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  the  school- 
house  built  by  J.  L.  Woods  Esq.  and  fitting  it  up  and  furnishing  stove,  out  buildings  and 
other  apparatus  and  fixings  for  the  same  and  location. 

Russell  King  was  chosen  a  committee  to  make  the  "alterations  and 
amendments"  recommended  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  twenty-one  dollars, 
and  the  meeting  adjourned  to  February  1,  at  which  time  an  agent  was 
appointed  to  take  a  lease  of  the  location,  receive  "the  money  from  the 
town  when  collected  and  pay  it  over  to  them  that  it  belongs  to."  "  Voted, 
to  adjourn  sine  die  (without  day)." 

The  schoolhouse  was  thus  completed,  and  was  occupied  for  district 
schools  until  the  completion  of  the  new  two  story  house,  in  December, 
1872,  which  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $5,980.36.  It  had  been  voted  unan- 
imously at  a  meeting  held  December  16,  1871,  to  build  this  house  at  a 
cost  not  exceeding  $6,000,  and  only  two  adjourned  meetings  were  neces- 
sary to  decide  upon  location.  No  less  than  twenty-one  meetings  of  the 
voters  of  the  district  were  held  relative  to  building  the  original  school- 
house  before  the  final  adjournment  "sine  die  (without  day)  February  1, 
1848,  but  the  district  was  determined  that  there  should  be  no  graft,  or 
rake  off,  that  it  should  get  the  worth  of  its  $255.  After  being  used  for 
school  purposes  for  twenty-five  years  the  house,  still  standing  on  the 
original  site,  was  sold  at  public  auction  to  A.  H.  Burton  for  the  sum  of 
$87.50;  transformed  into  a  dwelling  house,  it  is  now  owned  by  Ezra  B. 
Mann. 

With  the  exception  of  the  residence  of  the  late  E.  B.  Miller,  which  was 
built  and  at  first  occupied  for  a  store,  the  building  now  occupied  as  a  meat 
and  provision  market  just  across  the  so-called  dry  bridge,  the  building 
known  as  "the  brick  store"  built  by  H.  W.  Ramsey  southeast  of  Highland 
Street  crossing,  containing  tenements,  and  a  large  and  commodious  store, 
occupied  in  1883  by  Stickney  Pray,  then  by  S.  P.  Stickney  and  Stickney 
Bros,  who  were  succeeded  by  C.  O.  Whitcher,  then  by  Cyrus  Cameron, 
now  the  plumbing  and  hardware  establishment  of  Rhelt  P.  Scruggs,  and 
the  wholesale  warehouses  of  Armour  &  Co.  and  the  Holbrook  Grocery  Co., 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  405 

the  shops  and  stores  and  business  establishments  of  the  village  have  been 
located  on  the  south  and  west  of  the  railroad  tracks,  a  section  which  has 
also  become  the  most  desirable  residence  district.  The  next  store  after 
the  Weeks  block  was  built  by  George  S.  Cummings,  and  first  occupied  by 
A.  H.  Burton,  who  was  succeeded  by  Deming  &  Abbott,  by  Percy  Deming, 
by  F.  P.  Pray,  later  by  S.  A.  Barrows,  and  then  by  E.  A.  Sargent  who  in 
1912  erected  on  the  site  the  three-story  brick  block,  the  ground  floor  of 
which  he  occupies  as  a  department  store,  and  the  two  upper  floors  contain 
suites  and  offices.  This  Burton  store  was  followed  by  the  erection  by  Cum- 
mings in  1869  of  the  building  at  the  corner  of  Court  and  Central  streets, 
which  was  occupied  by  himself  and  partner,  C.  B.  Drake  as  a  drug  store  on 
the  street  floor,  and  by  himself  as  a  residence  above.  E.  B.  Mann  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  Drake  in  1872,  the  firm  name  being  that  of  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co. 
Ai  Willoughby  succeeded  Mr.  Cummings  in  the  firm,  and  the  business  was 
conducted  in  this  store  until  the  completion  of  the  Opera  Block  in  1889, 
when  the  business  was  removed  to  the  store  in  that  building  which  had 
been  specially  arranged  for  it.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Willoughby  in 
May,  1905,  Ira  W.  Mann  succeeded  him,  the  firm  name  remaining  un- 
changed. The  weather-beaten  sign  of  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.,  on  the  Court 
Street  side  of  the  building  is  that  of  the  oldest  business  establishment  in 
the  village,  its  life  extending  (1916)  over  a  period  of  forty-four  years. 

The  Opera  block  was  erected  in  1890-91  by  the  Woodsville  Opera 
Building  Association,  from  plans  furnished  by  C.  W.  &  C.  P.  Damon, 
architects  of  Haverhill,  Mass.     The  builders  were  S.  S.  Ordway  &  Co.,  of 
Worcester,  Mass.,  and  the  contract  price  of  the  building  was  $25,000,  ex- 
clusive of  land  and  furnishings.     The  ground  floor  has  been  occupied  since 
the  completion  of  the  building  by  the  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings 
Bank,  the  Woodsville  Loan  and  Banking  Co.,  and  its  successor  the 
Woodsville  National  Bank:  the  store  of  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.:  the  post  office 
until  the  removal  to  Odd  Fellows  Block,  since  by  the  jewelry  store  of  Doe 
Bros,  and  at  present  by  the  jewelry  store  of  C.  Tabor  Gates,  the  general 
merchandise  store  of  Howe  &  Gordon,  and  their  successors,  Mann  &  Mann, 
and  E.  B.  Mann,  J.  M.  Howe  agent.     On  the  southern  end  of  the  block 
is  the  Opera  hall,  with  stage,  scenery,  opera  chairs  on  floor  and  in  bal- 
cony, artistically  and  tastefully  decorated,  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
six  hundred,  a  hall  in  which  any  village  may  well  take  pride.     At  the 
present  time  the  Railroad  Club,  an  organization  of  railroad  employees 
which  succeeded  the  Railroad  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  occupies  nearly  the  whole  of 
the  third  floor,  while  on  the  second  floor  are  the  offices  of  Attorneys  C.  H. 
Hosford  and  Fred  S.  Wright,  and  the  dental  rooms  of  Dr.  F.  G.  Weeks, 
and  Dr.  P.  E.  Speed. 

Odd  Fellows  Block,  a  three-story  brick  building,  on  Central  Street  was 
erected  in  1903  at  a  cost  of  about  $35,000  on  the  site  of  the  Music  Hall 


406  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Building  which  was  burned,  and  which  contained  Odd  Fellows  Hall,  be- 
sides offices  and  stores.  The  new  block  has  on  its  street  floor  the  post 
office,  and  the  furniture  store  and  undertaking  establishment  of  the 
Woodsville  Furniture  Co.  The  second  floor  front,  is  the  telephone 
central,  the  law  office  of  R.  U.  Smith,  the  shop  of  the  Woodsville  Printing 
Co.,  the  offices  of  F.  P.  Dearth,  insurance,  and  of  A.  E.  Davis  deputy- 
sheriff;  the  rear  of  this  floor  has  the  banquet  room  with  its  fine  appoint- 
ments of  Moosehillock  Lodge  and  third  floor  is  occupied  by  the  lodge  and 
anterooms. 

The  Tilton  Block,  another  three-story  brick  veneer  building,  erected  by 
S.  D.  Tilton  in  1896-97,  might  also  be  called  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
Block,  since  its  upper  story  contains  the  hall,  banquet  and  other  rooms  of 
the  local  lodge  K.  of  P.  There  are  two  tenements  on  the  second  floor  and 
two  stores  on  the  street  floor.  One  of  these  has  been  occupied  from  the 
completion  of  the  building  for  the  hardware  store  of  E.  H.  Lother,  and  the 
other  for  groceries,  boots  and  shoes  successively  by  the  Crown  Bros., 
H.  A.  Hibbard,  W.  J.  Beattie,  G.  L.  Lampher  and  at  present  by  Batchelder 
&  Libby,  clothing  and  men's  furnishing  goods.  Another  substantial 
block,  the  Mulliken  (erected  on  Central  Street  by  the  late  Adna  F. 
Mulliken  in  1900)  was  burned  in  the  spring  of  1916.  It  was  occupied 
for  stores  and  offices  of  Drs.  O.  D.  Eastman  and  P.  E.  Speed,  and  for  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Mulliken.  The  stores  of  Earl  F.  Mulliken,  hardware; 
Batchelder  &  Libby,  clothing,  etc.,  and  Linn  Miller,  groceries,  were  on 
the  street  floor.  The  building  was  a  fine  one,  and  its  burning  entailed  a 
serious  loss  not  only  to  owner  and  occupants,  but  to  the  village  as  well. 
Henderson's  Block  erected  in  1913  on  the  site  of  the  Parker  House, 
which  was  burned  in  the  winter  of  1911-12,  is  the  latest  of  the  large  brick 
blocks.  It  was  erected  by  D.  Henderson,  primarily  to  furnish  room  for 
his  moving  picture  theatre  which  he  had  run  for  a  year  or  so  previously 
in  the  building  which  had  been  for  many  years  occupied  by  Lewis  Barter 
&  Co.,  the  Northern  Supply  Co.,  and  various  other  parties  as  a  flour,  grain 
and  feed  store.  The  block  cost  upwards  of  $30,000  and  aside  from  its 
theatre  accommodations  is  occupied  by  pool  room,  and  by  a  boot  and 
shoe  repair  shop  in  the  basement,  the  store  of  L.  Kugelman  and  a  res- 
taurant on  the  street  floor,  and  for  a  hotel  on  the  European  plan. 

Woodsville's  first  hotel  was  the  Parker  House  erected  first  as  a  boarding 
house  by  Mrs.  Hortense  Ramsey,  and  sold  to  John  L.  Davis  in  1872,  and 
first  occupied  as  a  hotel  by  E.  G.  Parker,  who  gave  it  its  name  and  who 
was  its  efficient  landlord  for  about  ten  years.  He  was  succeeded  by  D.  L. 
Hawkins  and  Eugene  Nutting,  until  Oscar  D.  Johnson  purchased  the 
property  of  Mr.  Parker  and  run  it  for  five  or  six  years,  when  he  sold  it  to 
W.  H.  Richardson  a  well-known  North  Country  hotel  man.  He  was 
succeeded  by  J.  E.  Hamilton,  later  by  Chase  B.  Woodman,  when  it  was 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  407 

purchased  by  C.  H.  Hosford,  and  the  rooms  on  the  two  upper  floors  were 
connected  into  the  Hotel  Wentworth  adjoining,  and  the  street  floor  be- 
came occupied  by  a  barber  shop  and  periodical  store,  and  by  Scharffer's 
restaurant  until  it  burned  in  1912. 

The  Mount  Gardner  House  was  also  built  a  little  later  by  JohnL.  Davis, 
at  the  westerly  end  of  Central  Street  near  the  site  of  the  building  recently 
used  for  moving  pictures,  and  by  Batchelder  &  Libby  for  a  clothing  store. 
It  was  managed  at  first  by  Francis  Richardson,  then  by  I.  K.  George  and 
then  by  Truman  Glover  until  it  was  burned  in  1886. 

The  Brunswick  was  another  hotel  on  Central  Street  near  St.  Luke's 
Church  built  by  I.  K.  George  by  whom  it  was  managed  until  it  passed  into 
the  hands  of  0.  D.  Johnson,  who  changed  the  name  to  Hotel  Johnson. 
Mr.  Johnson  was  an  experienced  hotel  man,  but  for  some  reason  or  other, 
location  being  undoubtedly  an  adverse  factor,  the  hotel  was  not  a  success. 
Matters  were  not  improved  when  the  property  passed  into  the  hands  of 
Chester  Abbott  and  under  various  names  it  was  run  by  various  persons 
until  it  was  also  burned  in  1912;  the  site  is  now  occupied  by  a  meat 
market  and  grocery  store. 

The  Hotel  Wentworth  was  built  by  A.  H.  Leighton  and  opened  to  the 
public  in  June,  1891.  It  is  a  substantial  brick  building  with  twenty-five 
large  guest  rooms,  located  just  opposite  the  railroad  station  and  is  open 
all  night  as  well  as  day.  It  has  all  modern  improvements,  and  has  been 
and  is  Woodsville's  one  successful  hotel,  its  only  drawback  being  lack  of 
rooms  for  guests.  It  gained  an  enviable  reputation  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  Leighton  and  H.  G.  LaPierre,  and  no  hotel  in  the  state  is  a 
greater  favorite  with  the  travelling  public  than  is  the  Wentworth  at  pres- 
ent managed  by  W.  F.  Wormwood. 

Aside  from  these  brick  business  blocks  mentioned,  Woodsville  has  had 
its  ample  supply  of  smaller  buildings  used  for  shops  and  stores  and  among 
firms  and  individuals  who  have  been  in  business  in  the  past,  have  been 
succeeded  by  others  and  have  been  factors  in  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  the  village,  may  be  mentioned,  Barzilla  M.  Blake  the  first 
barber,  and  the  builder,  among  other  buildings  of  the  Music  Hall  Block 
which  he  sold  to  the  Tabor  brothers;  E.  W.  Balkum,  blacksmith;  Isaac 
Eastman,  boot  and  shoe  manufacturer;  Alexander  Woodman,  Henry 
Holt,  I.  W.  Morrison,  Jonathan  B.  Rowell,  Alba  Hall,  Nathaniel  Dickin- 
son, Horatio  Hibbard,  George  Witherell,  Addison  Ring,  carpenter,  who 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  George  Ring;  Edson  B.  Hadlock,  who  had  a 
sawmill  on  Ammonoosuc  Street,  just  opposite  the  Nutting  place;  Ephriam 
F.  Bartlett,  David  Parker,  George  Ramsey,  Henry  W.  Ramsey,  Joseph 
M.  Cheney. 

Lewis  Barter  &  Co.  had  a  wholesale  flour,  grain  and  feed  store,  after- 
wards Henderson's  Palace  Theatre,  and  were  succeeded  in  this  business 


408  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

by  Bailey  &  Davison  (Langden  Bailey  and  George  Davison),  by  the 
Northern  Supply  Co.  and  later  by  E.  H.  Thayer  and  C.  H.  Johnson. 
Q.  A.  Scott  was  for  years  in  trade  in  the  Weeks  block,  first  in  partnership 
with  A.  H.  Leighton,  and  later  by  himself,  E.  D.  Carpenter  conducted  a 
successful  furniture  and  undertaking  business.  The  predecessors  of  the 
present  jewellers,  were  W.  K.  Wallace,  F.  E.  Kittredge,  A.  D.  Phillips, 
and  Doe  Bros.  C.  W.  Sawyer  &  Co.,  preceded  Geo.  H.  Clark  in  the  drug 
business.  E.  D.  Collins  who  came  from  Claremont  with  his  son  L.  E. 
Collins,  conducted  for  several  years  an  extensive  business  in  bottling  soft 
drinks.  William  Ricker  came  from  Groton,  Vt.,  and  was  a  large  dealer 
in  cattle  and  swine. 

In  1860  the  store  of  Charles  M.  Weeks  stood  solitary  and  alone  as 
Woodsville's  place  of  business.  In  1830,  when  John  L.  Woods  bought 
the  Styfield  sawmill,  there  were  but  two  houses  in  what  is  now  Woods- 
ville,  the  Brock  house,  on  Ammonoosuc  Street  and  the  farmhouse  belong- 
ing to  the  Tuttles,  known  later  as  the  Alba  Hall  house,  still  standing  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  village,  Woodsville's  oldest  building,  and  occu- 
pied by  Robert  Parks. 

The  following  business  directory  for  1917,  tells  its  own  story: 
Auctioneers,  C.  S.  Newell,  J.  M.  Nutter;  automobile  dealers  and 
garages,  C.  L.  Bailey,  Davis  &  Clough,  Dana  Wiggin,  E.  F.  Mulliken; 
baker,  C.  N.  Davison;  banks,  Woodsville  National,  Woodsville  Guaranty 
Savings;  bicycle  dealer,  George  H.  Clark;  blacksmiths,  Leo  Mason, 
T.  U.  Sherman;  brick  manufacturer,  Newton  Lang;  books  and  station- 
ery, newspapers  and  periodicals,  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.;  carpenters,  builders 
and  general  contractors,  Cummings  Construction  Co.,  J.  R.  Lowe,  George 
Ring,  C.  H.  Johnson,  Fred  S.  White,  George  E.  Shortsleeve;  cement  brick 
manufacturer,  C.  H.  Johnson;  clothing,  R.  Stahl  &  Co.,  the  Batchelder- 
Libby  Co.,  E.  A.  Sargent;  coal,  James  Kearney,  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Randall; 
confectionery  and  fruit,  R.  E.  Christopher;  creamery,  Woods ville- 
Lyndonville  Creamery;  crockery,  china  and  glassware,  V.  L.  Carpenter 
&  Son,E.  H.  Lother;  dentists,  E.  S.  Miller,  F.  G.  Weeks,  S.  S.  Baker,  P.  E. 
Speed;  dry  goods,  E.  B.  Mann,  Levi  Kugelman,  the  Sargent  Co.;  drain 
and  sewer  pipe,  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.;  eating  houses  and  cafes,  F.  H.  Battis, 
J.  H.  Scharffer,  B.  L.  Mitchell;  electric  lighting,  Woodsville  Aqueduct 
Co.;  fancy  goods,  the  Sargent  Co.,  V.  L.  Carpenter  &  Son;  explosives, 
E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.  (dynamite);  flour  and  grain,  L.  C.  Butler;  furni- 
ture, carpets,  etc.,  the  Woodsville  Furniture  Co.;  general  store,  E.  B. 
Mann;  grocers,  the  Holbrook  Grocery  Co.  (wholesale,  S.  C.  Blodgett, 
Mgr.),  M.  W.  Field,  C.  N.  Davison,  E.  B.  Mann,  the  F.  H.  Mann  Co.; 
gents'  furnishings,  E.  A.  Sargent,  R.  Stahl  &  Co.,  Batchelder-Libby  Co.; 
hardware  and  tools,  R.  R.  Scruggs,  E.  H.  Lother;  harness  maker,  H.  G. 
Smith;  horse  dealers,  Kimball  &  Nutter;  hospital,  Cottage  Hospital; 


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hotels,  Hotel  Wentworth,  Hendersons;  ice  dealer,  N.  J.  Miller;  insurance, 
R.  T.  Bartlett,  W.  F.  Whitcher,  F.  P.  Dearth,  S.  W.  Mann;  justices, 
R.  T.  Bartlett,  Dexter  D.  Dow,  George  E.  Cummings,  W.  F.  Whitcher, 
C.  H.  Hosford,  E.  B.  Mann,  R.  U.  Smith,  F.  S.Wright;  jewellers,  C.  Tabor 
Gates,  R.  E.  Boemig;  laundry,  Woodsville  Steam  Laundry;  lawyers, 
C.  H.  Hosford,  E.  W.  Smith,  R.  U.  Smith,  F.  S.  Wright;  library,  Woods- 
ville Free  Library;  lumber  manufacturer  and  dealer,  D.  S.  Stone;  masons, 
John  A.  Thornton,  L.  A.  Moran;  meats  and  provisions,  Armour  &  Co. 
(wholesale,  E.  E.  Craig,  Mgr.),  C.  A.  Butson,  W.  L.  Hartwell;  news- 
papers and  job  printing,  the  Woodsville  News,  Commercial  Printing  Co. 
(F.  E.  Thayer,  Mgr.),  notaries,  R.  T.  Bartlett,  E.  B.  Mann,  F.  S.  Wright, 
H.  B.  Knight,  R.  U.  Smith,  F.  L.  Sargent;  opera  house,  E.  B.  Mann, 
Mgr.,  J.  M.  Howe,  Treas.;  osteopath  physicians,  Vernon  H.  Edson,  Anna 
Edson;  painters,  C.  H.  Bickford,  C.  O.  Whitcher,  Joseph  Barney,  F.  H. 
Palmer;  paints,  oils  and  paper  hangings,  E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.;  photog- 
rapher and  photo  supplies,  G.  F.  Hobart;  physicians,  E.  M.  Miller, 
O.  D.  Eastman,  S.  K.  Dearborn,  F.  E.  Speare;  plumbing  and  heating, 
R.  R.  Scruggs,  pool  rooms,  F.  H.  Battis,  R.  E.  Henderson;  sewing  ma- 
chines, D.  R.  Rouhan;  shoe  dealers,  Batchelder-Libbey  Co.,  R.  Stahl  & 
Co.,  E.  A.  Sargent;  stables,  Davis  &  Clough,  Kimball  &  Nutter  (sales); 
tailor,  E.  Gobeille;  undertaker,  D.  R.  Rouhan;  variety  store,  V.  L.  Car- 
penter &  Son;  wood  dealers,  Kimball  &  Nutter,  James  Kearney. 

An  account  of  the  banks,  county  officers  and  courts,  schools,  churches, 
physicians  and  lawyers  has  been  given  in  other  chapters. 

The  Woodsville  Fire  District  was  created  by  act  of  the  Legislature  of 
1887.  It  embraced  the  section  lying  north  of  the  homestead  of  George 
Ring  and  west  of  the  highway  leading  from  the  County  Almshouse  to  Bath 
— the  state  road — and  as  subsequently  amended  in  1899  and  1913  pro- 
vided that  the  district  shall  elect  at  each  annual  meeting  in  the 
month  of  March,  moderator,  clerk,  auditor,  treasurer,  and  three  com- 
missioners. Until  1900  there  were  five  commissioners.  The  commissioners 
shall  have  within  the  district  all  the  powers  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen 
of  any  city  respecting  highways,  sidewalks  and  sewers,  and  shall  be  by 
virtue  of  their  office,  firewards.  They  shall  control  and  direct  the  expen- 
diture of  all  moneys  raised  under  the  authority  of  the  district  and  by  the 
town  of  Haverhill  for  expenditure  in  the  district.  They  shall  have  sole 
authority  to  appoint  a  highway  surveyor  in  the  district,  and  in  default  of 
such  appointments  shall  themselves  perform  the  duties  of  the  office,  and 
no  distinct  or  special  liability  is  imposed  on  the  district  respecting  highways 
within  its  limits.  All  streets  and  highways  within  the  district  are  laid  out 
by  the  selectmen,  and  are  constructed  by  the  town,  the  district  being 
responsible  for  their  upkeep,  for  which  it  receives  in  proportion  to  valua- 
tion its  part  of  all  moneys  raised  by  the  town  for  general  highway  purposes. 


410  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

The  district  may  raise  and  appropriate  such  additional  sums  of  money 
as  it  deems  necessary  for  streets,  sidewalks,  sewers  and  fire  protection. 

As  a  result  of  this  legislation,  the  Woodsville  District  has  pursued  a 
liberal  policy.  The  main  or  Central  Street  has  been  concreted  its 
entire  length,  concrete  and  cement  sidewalks  have  been  constructed, 
streets  have  been  lighted  by  electricity,  a  comprehensive  and  efficient 
system  of  sewers  has  been  constructed,  and  an  efficient  fire  department 
has  been  organized  and  maintained,  and  it  is  no  exaggeration  that  no 
village  in  the  state  has  better  or  more  effective  protection  from  fire. 
Woodsville  has,  as  a  matter  of  course,  suffered  from  fires,  the  more  not- 
able of  which  have  been:  The  Mount  Gardner  House,  1886;  Railroad 
Passenger  Station  and  Division  Superintendent's  offices,  February,  1888; 
the  Woodsville  Lumber  Works  sawmill  fire,  November  24,  1905;  Music 
Hall  and  Odd  Fellows  Block,  etc.,  May,  1902;  the  roundhouse,  May  15, 
1907;  Legro  Block,  August  28,  1910;  the  Parker  House,  February 
13,  1912;  the  Hotel  Johnson,  August  31,  1912;  Electric  Light  Sta- 
tion, February  17,  1913;  D.  S.  Stone's  saw  and  planing  mill,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1915;  Mulliken  Block,  March  14,  1916.  The  number  of  men  at 
present  connected  with  the  department  is  20.  There  is  the  large  hose 
house  on  Central  Street,  and  a  small  one  at  the  westerly  end  of  the  street. 
The  department  has  five  hose  carts,  one  ladder  truck,  and  3,650  feet  of 
hose,  and  the  29  hydrants  which  have  been  installed  are  so  situated  as  to 
afford  protection  to  the  entire  village. 

Until  1868  the  supply  of  water  both  for  the  use  of  the  railroad  and  for 
families  was  obtained  from  wells  and  by  pumping  from  the  Ammonoosuc, 
but  in  that  year  a  spring  on  what  was  known  as  the  Chamberlain  farm  in 
Bath  lying  northerly  of  the  Butler  farm  in  Haverhill  was  purchased  by 
the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad,  and  water  was  brought  to  the 
village,  through  a  lead  pipe  main,  costing  $5,500.  As  the  village  grew 
and  the  demand  for  water  by  the  railroad  increased,  the  supply  became 
more  and  more  inadequate,  and  the  problem  of  such  supply  became  more 
and  more  urgent.  The  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Company  was  incorporated 
in  1885,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $30,000.  The  rights  of  C.  B.  Smith  in 
the  mill  privilege  on  the  Ammonoosuc  with  those  of  the  John  L.  Woods' 
heirs  were  purchased,  as  were  also  the  spring  and  aqueduct  belonging  to 
the  railroad,  a  new  dam  was  built  on  the  site  of  the  old  one  which  had  been 
practically  destroyed  by  freshets,  and  a  complete  and  thoroughly  con- 
structed water  system  was  put  in  giving  the  railroad  an  ample  supply  for 
its  constantly  increasing  needs,  the  village  also  a  supply  for  domestic 
purposes.  The  fire  district  created  two  years  later  the  best  possible  pro- 
tection from  fires,  and  by  its  automatic  pumps,  generating  power  for  its 
electric  lighting  system  added  five  years  later  in  1890,  also  for  small 
manufacturing  industries.     In  the  construction  of  the  power  house,  it 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  411 

may  be  of  interest  to  note  that  its  stone  foundation  was  made  of  the 
stone  which  had  formed  the  walls  of  the  old  town  house  at  the  centre  of 
the  town  which  had  been  abandoned  some  two  years  previously,  a  new 
Town  Hall  having  been  erected  at  North  Haverhill.  Improvements  and 
additions  have  since  brought  the  construction  account  up  to  nearly 
$70,000,  and  the  property  is  a  valuable  one  and  is  under  excellent  and 
businesslike  management,  a  majority  of  the  stock  being  at  the  present 
time  owned  by  the  Concord  &  Montreal  railroad.  The  quality  of  the 
water  for  domestic  purposes  is  perhaps  not  beyond  criticism,  but  it  has 
in  recent  years  been  greatly  improved  by  chemical  and  mechanical  devices 
used  for  its  purification,  and  the  water  from  the  spring  is  still  brought  to 
the  village  separated  through  its  original  main,  and  is  available  for  family 
use,  so  that  little  or  nothing  is  left  to  be  desired  in  the  way  of  water  supply. 
The  aqueduct  water  is  certified  to  by  the  state  board  of  health  as  pure. 

The  original  corporators  were  W.  A.  Stowell,  E.  B.  Mann,  William 
Ricker,  E.  F.  Mann,  Ira  Whitcher,  G.  A.  Davison  and  George  S.  Cum- 
mings;  the  directors  were  Ira  Whitcher,  W.  C.  Stowell,  E.  F.  Mann,  E.  B. 
Mann,  G.  A.  Davison,  G.  S.  Cummings  and  S.  B.  Page.  The  officers  were: 
President,  Ira  Whitcher;  clerk  and  treasurer,  G.  A.  Davison;  superin- 
tendent and  agent,  E.  B.  Mann.  The  pump  used,  automatically  run  by 
water  power,  keeping  the  mains  full  at  sufficient  pressure  for  fire  protec- 
tion was  made  by  Lang  &  Goodhue  of  Burlington,  Vt.  In  1807-08  it 
was  completely  overhauled  and  repaired  and  auxilliary  steam  fire  pump 
installed  under  the  direction  of  Charles  Griffin  of  Lowell  at  an  expense 
of  about  $10,000.  In  1915  the  dam  was  rebuilt  at  an  expense  of  about 
$6,500.  At  the  present  time  (1917)  the  water  taps  are  330  and  electric 
light  meters  are  367.  The  fire  district  has  installed  29  hydrants  at  an 
annual  expense  of  $25  each,  and  pays  $15  each  for  its  85  street  lights. 
The  officers  of  the  company  are:  President,  E.  B.  Mann,  superintendent, 
George  E.  Cummings;  clerk  and  treasurer,  Fred  L.  Sargent. 

Woodsville  has  never  been  a  manufacturing  centre,  nor  is  the  prospect 
bright  for  its  becoming  such.  It  has  ample  and  unexcelled  railroad 
facilities,  but  its  lack  is  a  cheap  power.  The  Ammonoosuc  water  power 
is  fully  used  in  the  maintenance  of  a  water  supply,  and  the  generation  of 
electricity  for  the  purpose  of  lighting  streets,  railroad  yards,  places  of 
business  and  dwellings.  There  is  no  Connecticut  River  power  available 
except  such  as  may  be  generated  from  electricity  and  brought  from  a  long 
distance  up  the  river.  Coal  could  of  course  be  used  for  steam  power,  but 
the  expense  of  transportation  has  heretofore  been  too  great  to  make  its 
use  profitable.  Besides  the  sawmills  before  mentioned  the  lumber  finish- 
ing works  operated  for  a  time  by  L.  H.  Parker,  J.  M.  Sayres  and  later  by 
G.  H.  Kendall,  and  the  present  sawmill,  planing  mill,  box  and  spool  mill 
of  Dwight  S.  Stone,  there  has  been  little  or  nothing  in  the  line  of  manu- 


412  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

facturing  industry.  An  attempt  to  establish  granite  working  sheds,  the 
raw  material  being  taken  from  the  French  Pond  granite  quarries  promised 
success  for  a  time,  but  was  abandoned  as  unprofitable. 

As  a  village  of  residences  Woodsville  is  specially  attractive.  Its  growth 
at  the  present  time  is  necessarily  toward  the  east.  The  available  house 
lots,  except  on  Kings  Plain  near  the  new  High  School  house,  are  occupied 
until  across  the  track  is  found  the  newest  portion  of  the  village,  where 
new  streets  have  been  laid  out,  and  tasteful  and  well  finished  dwelling 
houses  erected  by  D.  S.  Stone  have  given  the  locality  the  name  of  Stone- 
ville.  Central  Street,  appropriately  named,  runs  parallel  with  the  rail- 
road track  nearly  through  the  centre  of  the  village.  On  the  north  and 
east  the  principal  streets  are  North  Court,  Highland,  Mill,  Ammonoosuc, 
Cherry,  Park  streets  and  those  newly  laid  out  in  Stoneville,  while  on  the 
south  and  west  are  Pleasant,  South  Court,  Maple,  Elm,  Pine,  Beach, 
King  and  South  streets.  Central  Street  has  just  been  extended  west- 
ward in  a  straight  line  to  the  bank  of  the  Connecticut  to  meet  the  new 
street  over  the  free  highway  bridge,  which  the  towns  of  Haverhill  and 
Newbury  are  building  to  replace  the  toll  bridge. 

The  Woodsville  streets  are  well  kept,  the  residences  furnished  with 
modern  improvements,  are  themselves  for  the  most  part  new  and  modern. 
The  board  of  trade  is  constantly  on  the  lookout  for  improvements  and  for 
new  business,  and  there  is  a  gradual  healthy  growth,  and  development. 
In  many  respects  a  separate  and  distinct  municipality  by  itself,  it  is  at 
the  same  time  an  important  part  of  the  old  town  of  Haverhill,  loyal  at  all 
times  to  its  best  interests  and  prosperity.  More  than  any  other  section 
of  the  town  its  history  lies  in  the  future. 

East  Haverhill  has  probably  changed  less  during  the  last  three  quar- 
ters of  a  century  than  any  other  section  of  the  town.  It  is  not  a  large 
village;  it  never  was  large,  nor  is  there  any  prospect  of  immediate  growth. 
It  has  no  manufacturies  unless  the  creamery  may  be  considered  one. 
The  sawmills  on  the  branch  of  the  Oliverian,  one  in  the  Jeffers  neighbor- 
hood and  another,  an  earlier  one,  lower  down  the  stream,  and  the  larger 
and  more  important  one  near  the  railroad  crossing  below  the  railroad 
station  have  disappeared.  The  kilns  for  the  burning  of  lime  at  the 
base  of  Black  Mountain  and  Sugar  Loaf  have  crumbled,  and  those 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  railroad  station  once  used  for  the  burning  of  char- 
coal have  long  since  been  abandoned,  with  little  left  to  tell  of  a  former 
existence. 

East  Haverhill  is  a  farming  community.  It  has  its  store,  its  post  office, 
its  church,  a  neat  modern  structure  erected  on  the  site  of  the  one  built  in 
the  thirties  of  the  last  century  and  destroyed  by  fire  a  few  years  since, 
and  that  is  all.  Its  farms,  such  as  have  not  been  abandoned  are  in  a 
state  of  better  cultivation  than  half  a  century  ago;  their  owners  have 


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more  money  now  than  then,  but  there  has  been  little  change.  Among  the 
names  of  the  present  residents,  are  still  those  of  Blake,  Elliott,  Jeffers, 
Hardy,  True  and  Gannett,  but  those  of  Noyes,  Farnsworth,  Doty,  Baker, 
Park,  Durant,  Morse,  Nason,  Page,  Burleigh,  Cawley,  Simpson,  once 
familiar,  are  missing.  The  railroad  station  is  no  longer  East  Haverhill 
but  Oliverian,  but  the  community  is  still  one  by  itself,  with  its  own  tra- 
ditions and  its  own  individuality.  Whatever  intimate  connection  it 
has  with  other  parts  of  Haverhill,  it  has  with  Pike,  just  as  half  a  century 
ago  Pike  Station  might  be  considered  a  part  of  East  Haverhill,  and  School 
Districts,  Nos.  Eight,  Fourteen  and  Six,  a  community  by  itself.  The 
changes  which  have  taken  place  are  at  Pike,  where  from  small  beginnings 
an  industry,  under  the  name  of  the  Pike  Manufacturing  Co.  has  grown  to 
control  the  most  extensive  business  of  its  kind,  that  of  tool  sharpening 
stones — in  the  world.  In  1821  Person  Noyes,  who  lived  at  East  Haver- 
hill, while  chopping  in  the  woods  in  Piermont  near  the  Haverhill 
line  picked  up  a  piece  of  stone  upon  which  he  attempted  to  whet  his 
axe.  The  stone  gave  such  good  results  that  he  got  a  few  rough  pieces 
from  a  nearby  ledge,  and  broke  them  into  rough  scythestone  shape  but 
made  no  attempt  to  grind  them  smooth.  He  sold  some  of  these  to  neigh- 
boring farmers,  but  dying  soon  after,  there  was  no  attempt  to  develop 
an  industry  until,  in  1823,  Isaac  Pike,  who  had  married  Mrs.  Noyes, 
began  to  grind  these  stones  into  scythestones  and  place  them  on  the 
market.  He  built  his  grinding  mill  on  the  Oliverian,  where  the  village 
of  Pike  has  since  grown  up.  He  was  also  engaged  in  the  lumber  business, 
and  transported  his  scythestones  on  his  rafts  down  the  Connecticut, 
and  hauled  them  by  teams  to  Burlington,  Vt.,  whence  he  shipped  them 
to  New  York  by  water.  The  quany  first  used  was  on  the  shores  of  Indian 
Pond,  just  over  the  Haverhill  line  in  Piermont,  and  the  product  became 
known  as  the  Indian  Pond  scythestone.  a  name  which  has  become  famil- 
iar in  all  parts  of  the  world  where  scythes  are  used. 

Mr.  Pike  saw  large  possibilities  in  this  industry,  but  at  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1860,  the  whetstone  business  was  in  a  very  unsatisfactory  con- 
dition. It  was  taken  up  by  his  son,  Alonzo  F.  Pike,  and  by  his  indomita- 
ble energy,  and  executive  ability  it  soon  began  to  assume  large  impor- 
tance. In  1883,  the  Pike  Manufacturing  Company  was  incorporated 
with  A.  F.  Pike  as  president  and  large  owner  of  stock.  At  his  death  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Edwin  B.  Pike  as  head  of  the  corporation, 
who  in  turn  at  his  death  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  E.  Bertram  Pike. 
The  whetstone  business  soon  outgrew  itself,  and  the  production  of  Arkan- 
sas oilstones  was  taken  on,  the  Arkansas  stone  being  found  only  in  the 
Ozark  Mountains  in  that  state.  Originally  used  by  the  Indian  for  his 
crude  cutting  implements,  its  fame  is  now  world-wide.  The  genuine 
stone  is  composed  of  millions  of  pure  silica  crystals  microscopic  in  size, 


414  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  the  greatest  hardness  and  sharpness,  silica  being  among  the  hardest  of 
known  minerals.  Indeed  so  perfectly  crystallized  is  it  that  it  is  nearly 
sixteen  times  harder  to  cut  than  marble,  enabling  the  hardest  steel  tools 
or  blades  with  fine  points  or  blades  to  be  sharpened  upon  it  without 
grooving  the  stone.  No  other  oilstone  approaches  the  Arkansas  for  the 
purpose  of  removing  the  last  bit  of  microscopic  burr  from  the  cutting 
edge  or  from  the  delicate  parts  of  fine  machinery.  Arkansas  stones  are 
prepared  for  commercial  purposes  in  two  grades,  hard  and  soft.  The 
hard  is  composed  of  99^%  pure  silica  and  its  sharpening  qualities  are 
due  to  small,  sharp  pointed  crystals,  and  it  is  used  by  surgeons,  histolo- 
gists,  jewellers,  dentists,  watchmakers,  engravers,  and  in  all  other  similar 
professions  or  trades.  The  soft  is  not  quite  so  fine  grained  or  hard,  but  it 
cuts  faster  and  is  better  adapted  for  sharpening  the  tools  of  wood  carvers, 
pattern  makers  and  all  workers  in  hard  wood.  It  is  a  stone  used  by 
sheep-shearers  on  the  great  sheep  ranches  of  the  United  States,  Australia 
and  South  America.  Washita  oilstones  is  another  product  of  the  Ozark 
Mountains,  manufactured  by  the  Pike  Co.  and  is  composed  of  nearly 
pure  silica,  but  is  much  more  porous.  It  is  regarded  as  the  best  natural 
stone  for  sharpening  carpenters'  and  wood-workers'  tools. 

The  output  of  the  company  also  embraces  a  variety  of  artificial  sharpen- 
ing stones,  among  which  is  an  India  oilstone  manufactured  by  the  Norton 
Company  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  the  sale  of  which  is  handled  by  the  Pike 
Co.,  and  known  the  world  over  as  the  Pike  India.  It  is  a  stone  used 
almost  universally  in  machine  shops.  These  stones  were  first  made  from 
corundum  imported  from  India,  but  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  a  supply  of 
corundum  led  to  its  reproduction  in  a  stone  called  Alundum  made  by 
fusing  bauxite  in  the  intense  heat  of  an  electric  furnace.  The  Pike  Crysto- 
ton  is  another  artificial  stone,  an  electric  furnace  product  made  from  coke, 
sand,  salt  and  sawdust.  The  growth  of  this  business  of  this  company  has 
been  phenomenal;  and  from  the  rude  scythestone  fashioned  by  Person 
Noyes  nearly  a  century  ago  to  the  more  than  eleven  hundred  different 
stones  listed  regularly  in  the  catalogue  of  the  Pike  Co.,  it  is  indeed  a  far 
cry.  There  are  shapes,  sizes  and  grits  for  every  conceivable  purpose,  this  is 
because  each  one  of  these  stones  fills  some  particular  sharpening  require- 
ment just  a  bit  better  than  any  other  stone.  For  example  it  might  seem 
that  in  the  limited  field  of  the  scythestone,  the  ordinary  stone  would  be 
all  sufficient.  A  scythestone  is  a  scythestone.  But  there  are  decided 
differences,  some  grass  is  fine,  tough  and  wiry  like  that  common  to  New 
England,  while  at  the  other  extreme  is  the  coarse  heavy  prairie  grass  of  the 
west.  For  the  first  a  fine  even  edge  is  required  on  the  scythe,  for  the 
latter  a  coarse  rough  edge  is  better,  and  for  the  variations  in  between  edges 
of  various  descriptions  are  found  more  efficient.     This  principle  applies 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  415 

to  the  whole  range  of  sharpening  stones.  A  certain  class  of  work  may  be 
satisfactorily  performed  on  a  natural  stone,  an  Arkansas,  Washita,  or  a 
Pike  scythestone,  or  an  artificial  stone  like  the  India,  or  Crystoton  may 
be  better  fitted  for  the  work  in  hand. 

The  Pike  Manufacturing  Company  furnishes  Haverhill's  most  notable 
industry.  Its  headquarters  are  at  Pike,  where  a  village  has  grown  up 
around  its  whetstone  plant,  and  where  its  business  offices  are  located. 
They  have  another  large  plant  located  at  Littleton. 


CHAPTER  XXI 


THE   CEMETERIES 

Six  in  Town — Haverhill — North  Haverhill — Number  Six — East  Haverhill — 
Haverhill  Centre — Woodsville — Under  Care  op  Cemetery  Commission. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  in  March,  1903,  the  need  of  doing 
something  in  the  way  of  improving  and  maintaining  the  cemeteries  of 
the  town  was  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  voters  by  Mr.  E.  B.  Pike. 
As  a  result  of  this,  a  committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Pike,  Frank  W.  Baird 
and  Arthur  Clough  was  appointed  to  look  into  the  matter.  At  the 
meeting  of  1904  the  following  persons  were  elected  cemetery  commis- 
sioners: Edwin  B.  Pike,  chairman;  Wilbur  F.  Eastman,  secretary; 
Dr.  Henry  C.  Stearns,  treasurer;  James  M.  Jeffers  and  Caleb  Wells.  It 
may  be  noted  that  these  commissioners  are  all  dead,  but  the  work  of 
caring  for  the  cemeteries  has  been  carried  on  by  their  successors  subse- 
quently elected,  though  much  remains  to  be  done. 

In  the  Memory 

of 

Mr.  Jonathan  Sanders 

Who  Died 

January  11,  1774 

In  Ye  64th  Year  of  His  Age 

Blessed  are  Ye  Dead  Yt  Die  in  Ye  Lord 

Such  is  the  inscription  on  the  oldest  tablet  in  the  Haverhill  Cemetery 
at  Ladd  Street,  according  to  the  pamphlet  issued  by  the  Cemetery  Com- 
missioners in  1906,  which  in  1774  was  set  apart  by  the  town  for  the  burial 
of  the  dead,  twelve  years  after  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  in  1762. 
The  original  burying  ground  was  situated  in  the  northwest  corner  of  the 
present  cemetery.  Another  addition  was  made  in  1853,  and  in  June, 
1868,  another  addition  was  made  so  that  the  cemetery  consists  of  three 
distinct  lots.  The  last  addition  was  laid  out  in  three  distinct  ranges, 
and  a  further  addition  will  soon  have  to  be  made.  In  June,  1849,  land 
was  deeded  for  a  cemetery  on  Powder  House  Hill,  but  there  were  but 
few  burials  there,  and  the  bodies  were  taken  up  and  removed  to  the 
Ladd  Street  Cemetery.  Located  on  a  hill  overlooking  the  Connecticut 
Valley,  the  oldest  cemetery  in  the  town,  it  is  the  last  resting  place  of  so 
many  sturdy  pioneers  who  helped  to  make  the  town  of  Haverhill  what  it 
is  today.  Here  are  interred  members  of  many  of  the  old  Haverhill 
families.     Here  lies  the  body  of  Col.  Charles  Johnston,  the  Bedels,  the 

416 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  417 

Page  family  (a  member  of  which  was  Governor  John  Page),  the  Merrills, 
the  Kimballs,  the  Ladds,  the  Pearsons,  the  Swans,  the  Montgomery's, 
the  Bells,  the  Crosses,  the  Sloans,  the  Dows,  the  Gookins,  the  Carletons, 
the  Bartletts,  the  Towles  and  many  others. 

The  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery  is  located  about  a  mile  and  a  half  on  the 
road  leading  from  North  Haverhill  to  Woodsville.  In  the  original  part 
of  the  cemetery  is  a  stone  which  bears  the  following  inscription: 

THIS   STONE  IS   PLACED  HERE 

BY 

Timothy  Barron  of  Bath  in  memory  of  his 
grandsire,  Capt.  Timothy  Barron,  who  died 
Nov.  7,  1797,  in  the  58th  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  town 
and  the  first  person  interred  in  this  burying 
ground.  He  was  seized  and  possessed  of  the 
land  he  was  buried  upon  and  there  is  never 
to  be  any  conveyance  from  him  nor  his  heirs 

Our  Fathers;  where  are  they  and 

The  prophets  do  they  live  forever? 

So  far  as  is  known  there  is  no  other  title  by  which  the  ground  is  held 
for  burial  purposes.  April  30,  1866,  land  was  purchased  of  the  late 
Schuyler  Merrill  to  make  an  addition  to  the  south  and  east  sides  of  the 
cemetery,  and  May  4,  1893,  land  was  bought  of  Lafayette  Morse  to 
make  additions  to  the  north  and  west  sides.  In  June,  1900,  a  spring  was 
purchased  which  furnishes  a  good  supply  of  water.  This  was  opened  at 
the  same  time  as  the  Haverhill  Cemetery,  1774.  Among  the  prominent 
people  buried  here  are:  Asa  Porter,  John  L.  Woods,  Joshua  Howard, 
Obadiah  Swasey,  Dr.  John  Angier,  Dr.  Henry  B.  Leonard,  Langdon 
Bailey,  Nathan  P.  Rideout,  George  A.  Davidson,  Charles  M.  Weeks, 
Ira  Whitcher,  George  S.  Cummings,  Ira  Carleton,  Dr.  H.  P.  Watson, 
together  with  members  of  the  following  families:  Southards,  Moses, 
Kimballs,  Frenches,  Jacksons,  Abbotts,  Eastmans,  Carrs,  Gales,  Glynns, 
Hibbards,  Merrills,  Butlers,  Woodwards,  Getchells,  Johnsons  and 
numerous  others. 

Adjoining  this  on  the  east  side  is  a  lot  devoted  to  the  burial  of  paupers. 

There  is  no  available  information  as  to  the  exact  date  when  the  ceme- 
tery at  Number  Six  was  first  used  as  a  burial  ground  and  by  whom  laid 
out.  The  oldest  gravestone  having  name  and  date  thereon  is  that  of 
Nathan  Mead,  who  died  in  1812.  There  are  other  graves  older  than  this 
one,  and  it  may  be  presumed  that  the  laying  out  of  the  lot  was  a  voluntary 
action  on  the  part  of  the  first  settlers  of  this  part  of  the  town  and  the 
west  part  of  Benton.  It  is  on  the  road  leading  from  near  Number  Six 
schoolhouse  south  through  Benton  flats.     Here  will  be  found  the  graves 

28 


418  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  the  Morses,  the  Meads,  the  Elliotts,  the  Lunds,  the  Jefferses,  the 
Haines,  the  Dotys,  the  Whitakers,  the  Batchelders. 

The  land  of  the  East  Haverhill  Cemetery  was  purchased  of  Stephen 
Farnsworth,  consisting  of  about  half  an  acre,  the  price  paid  for  the  same 
being  $15.  This  money  was  raised  by  subscription  by  Hosea  S.  Baker, 
and  a  deed  was  given  July  8,  1824.  A  second  lot  was  bought  of  Stephen 
Farnsworth,  2d,  and  additional  land  was  from  J.  O.  Tuttle  and  wife. 
The  first  person  buried  here  was  a  son  of  John  Buswell  in  1822  who  lived 
on  the  farm  now  owned  by  William  Spooner.  There  are  sixty  graves 
in  this  yard  that  are  unknown,  and  there  are  more  than  fifty  known  graves 
that  have  no  stones.  Much  has  been  done  to  improve  the  condition  of 
the  yard,  but  much  more  remains  to  be  done.  Among  the  graves  here 
are  those  of  the  Pages,  the  Pikes,  the  Pierces,  the  Bakers,  the  Simpsons, 
the  Knights,  the  Cuttings,  the  Fords,  the  Niles,  the  Woodburys,  the 
Noyes',  and  many  others. 

The  Centre  Haverhill  Cemetery  was  first  used  by  the  burial  of  a  son  of 
William  Gannett,  in  1832.  The  land  for  the  cemetery  was  donated  to 
the  Centre  Haverhill  Society  by  Anson  Smith.  It  has  been  twice  neces- 
sary to  enlarge  the  yard.  Among  the  prominent  families  buried  in  this 
yard  are  the  Gannetts,  Mills,  Nawns,  Hildreths,  Bacons,  Glaziers, 
Bribers,  Morses,  Prescotts,  Haywards,  Partridges,  Phelps,  Whartons, 
Pikes,  Sleepers,  Wilsons,  Aldriches,  Keysers,  Chases,  Cloughs,  Millers, 
Heaths  and  Gleasons. 

The  cemetery  at  Woodsville  is  finely  situated,  on  the  road  over  the 
hill  to  Swiftwater,  and  was  first  opened  to  the  public  in  1899. 


CHAPTER   XXII 


APPENDIX 

Officers — Court   House — County  Farm — Fisher  Farm — Militia — Population — 
Superintendent  Cummings'  Address — Haverhill  Bibliography. 

Moderators,  town  clerks,  selectmen  and  representatives  to  the  general 
court  from  1763  to  1916.  Town  officers  for  the  year  1763  were  ap- 
pointed by  the  proprietors,  except  moderator  who  was  named  as  such  in 
the  charter.  Moderators  with  s  attached  to  their  names  held  their 
positions  at  special  meetings. 

Moderators 


1763 
1766 
1769 
1771 
1774 
1775 
1777 
1779 
1780 
1781 
1783 


1788 
1789 
1790 
1791 
1792 
1793 
1794 
1795 
1796 
1797 
1798 
1800 
1801 

1802 
1803 
1804 
1805 
1806 


John  Hazen  1764 

John  Hazen  1767 

John  Hazen  1770 

Charles  Johnston  1772 

Ephraim  Wesson  1774 

James  Bailey  1776 

Ephraim  Wesson  s  1777 

Charles  Johnston 

James  Abbott  s,  Timothy  Bedel  s,  Timothy  Bedel 


Jacob  Bailey  1765 

James  Abbott  1768 

John  Hazen  s  1770 

John  Hazen  1773 

Ephraim  Wesson  s  1775 

James  Bailey  s  1776 

Thomas  Simpson  1778 


Elisha  Lock 
Timothy  Bedel 
James  Bailey 
Charles  Johnston 
Simeon  Goodwin  s 
Thomas  Simpson 
Thomas  Simpson  s 


Timothy  Bedel 
Moses  Dow 


1785    Charles  Johnston 


Moses  Dow  s 


1782     Timothy  Bedel,  Charles  Johnston  s 
1784     Timothy  Bedel,  Charles  Johnston  s,  Daniel  Ste- 
vens s 
1786     Moses  Dow  1787    Asa  Porter  3,  Moses 

Dow 
1788     Charles  Johnston        1788     Charles  Johnston  a 
Charles  Johnston  s,  Charles  Johnston,  Charles  Johnston  s 
Charles  Johnston,  Moses  Dow  s 

Moses  Dow,  Charles  Johnston  s,  Asa  Porter  s,  Obadiah  Eastman  s 
Asa  Porter  s,  Charles  Johnston 
Charles  Johnston  s,  Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Charles  Johnston,  Moody  Bedel  s 
Charles  Johnston,  Asa  Porter  s,  A.  S.  Crocker  s 
Charles  Johnston,  John  Montgomery  s 
Charles  Johnston,  Michael  Johnston  s 
Charles  Johnston  1799    Charles  Johnston 

John  Montgomery,  Amasa  Scott  s,  Daniel  Stevens  s,  Charles  Johnston  s 
Amasa  Scott  s,  Moor  Russell  s,  Moody  Bedel  s,  John  Montgomery,  Daniel 

Stamford  s 
Amasa  Scott  s,  Ross  Coon 

Asa  Porter,  Charles  Johnston  s,  Moses  Dow  s,  Joshua  Swan  s 
S.  P.  Webster,  Capt.  Isaac  Pearson  s 

Samuel  A.  Pearson  s,  Stephen  P.  Webster,  Amos  Chapman  s,  Isaac  Pearson  8 
Stephen  P.  Webster,  John  Montgomery  s,  Moses  Dow  s,  John  Osgood  «,  Asa 
Boynton  s 

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420  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Moderators — Cont. 

1807  Moody  Bedel,  Simeon  Towle  s 

1808  S.  P.  Webster,  Richard  Gookin  s,  Moody  Bedel  s,  John  Montgomery  8 

1809  S.  P.  Webster,  Alden  Sprague  s,  Charles  Johnston  s 

1810  S.  P.  Webster,  Alden  Sprague  s,  Charles  Johnston  s 

1811  S.  P.  Webster,  John  Kimball  s,  Charles  Johnston  s,  John  Smith  s 

1812  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Jacob  Williams  s,  Israel  Swan  s 

1813  Stephen  P.  Webster,  S.  P.  Webster  s,  Israel  Swan 

1814  Ephraim  Kingsbury  s,  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Israel  Swan  s 

1815  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  David  Webster  s,  Noah  Davis  s 

1816  Ephraim  Kingsbury,  Israel  Swan  s 

1817  Moody  Bedel,  Isaac  Pearson  s,  E.  Kingsbury  s 

1818  S.  P.  Webster,  E.  Kingsbury  s 

1819  S.  P.  Webster,  Jona.  Sinclair  s 

1820  S.  P.  Webster,  Benj.  Merrill  s,  Timothy  A.  Edson 

1821  Joseph  Bell,  Thomas  Morse  s 

1822  Joseph  Bell,  Ezekiel  Ladd  s,  Ezra  Bartlett  s 

1823  Joseph  Bell,  S.  P.  Webster  s 

1824  Ezra  Bartlett,  Ezekiel  Ladd  s 

1825  Joseph  Bell,  John  Smith  s 

1826  Joseph  Bell,  Ezekiel  Ladd  s,  Jona.  Pool  s 

1827  Joseph  Bell,  Ezekiel  Ladd  s,  John  Smith  s 

1828  Joseph  Bell,  John  Kimball  s,  John  Nelson  s 

1829  Joseph  Bell,  Isaac  Pearson  s 

1830  John  Smith,  John  Nelson  s,  Joseph  Bell  s,  Caleb  Morse  a,  Ezekiel  Ladd  8 

1831  John  Page,  R.  N.  Powers  s,  Moses  Dow  s,  Bryan  Morse  s 

1832  John  Angier,  John  L.  Rix  s,  John  Angier  s 

1833  John  Angier,  Ezra  Niles  s,  Moses  Dow  s,  John  L.  Rix  s 

1834  Joseph  Bell,  Samuel  Cartland  s,  John  Nelson  s 

1835  John  Page,  E.  Kingsbury  s,  Jona.  Bliss  s 

1836  John  Page,  Jona.  Sinclair  s,  Moses  H.  Sinclair  s 

1837  John  Page,  J.  B.  Rowell  s,  Jona.  Sinclair  s 

1838  John  Page,  Caleb  Morse  s,  Nehemiah  Woods  s 

1839  John  Page,  Jacob  Williams  s,  Moses  H.  Sinclair  s 

1840  John  Page,  David  H.  Collins  s,  Samuel  Page  s 

1841  Samuel  Swasey,  A.  M.  Brown  s,  Hosea  S.  Baker  s 

1842  John  Page,  John  Carr,  Jr.  s,  Samuel  Swasey  s,  John  S.  Bryant  s,  Henry  W.  Red- 

ing s 

1843  Chandler  Cass,  Samuel  Swasey  s 

1844  Samuel  Swasey  1845    Samuel  Swasey  1846    Samuel  Swasey 

1847  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  Nathaniel  Rix  s,  Dudley  C.  Kimball  s 

1848  Daniel  Morse,  2d,  Samuel  Swasey  s  1849  Daniel  Morse,  2d 
1850  Jonas  D.  Sleeper  1851  Jonas  D.  Sleeper  1852  Joseph  Powers 
1853  J.  D.  Sleeper,  John  Reding  s  1854  James  P.  Webster 
1855  James  P.  Webster  1856  James  P.  Webster  1857  James  P.  Webster 
1858  James  P.  Webster  1859  James  P.  Webster  1860  James  P.  Webster 
1861  James  P.  Webster,  Samuel  Carr  s                               1862     James  P.  Webster 

1863  James  P.  Webster,  D.  C.  Kimball  s,  Natl.  M.  Swasey  s 

1864  James  P.  Webster,  G.  W.  Chapman  s,  Andrew  J.  Edgerly  s 

1865  James  P.  Webster,  James  P.  Webster  s,  Samuel  Carr  s 

1866  Daniel  Batchelder  1867     Daniel  Batchelder       1868     Charles  G.  Smith 


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421 


1869     Charles  G.  Smith  1870 

1872  Charles  M.  Weeks  1873 
1875  Charles  M.  Weeks  1876 
1878  Charles  M.  Weeks,  Enoch  G 
1880  Charles  M.  Weeks  1881 
1883  Charles  M.  Weeks  1884 
1886     Charles  G.  Smith  1887 

1888     Samuel  B.  Page,  S.  B.  Page  s 
1890    Samuel  B.  Page  1891- 

1895-97     Samuel  B.  Page        1897-' 
1901-03     WiUiam  F.  Whitcher 
1905-07     William  F.  Whitcher1 
1909-11     WiUiam  F.  Whitcher 
1913-15    William  F.  Whitcher 
1917-18     Raymond  U.  Smith 


Charles  G.  Smith  1871 

Charles  M.  Weeks  1874 

Charles  M.  Weeks  1877 

Parker  s  1879 

Charles  M.  Weeks  1882 

Charles  M.  Weeks  1885 
Samuel  B.  Page 


93    Samuel  B.  Page 
99    Geo.  C.  Butler 
1903-05 
1907-09 


Charles  M.  Weeks 
Henry  P.  Watson 
C.  M.  Weeks 
Enoch  G.  Parker 
Charles  M.  Weeks 
C.  G.  Smith 


1889     Samuel  B.  Page 
1893-95    Samuel  B.  Page 
1899-1901     Geo.  C.  Butler 

William  F.  Whitcher 

William  F.  Whitcher 


1911-13     William  F.  Whitcher 
1915-16    William  F.  Whitcher 


1763     Jesse  Johnson 

1766-67    Elisha  Lock 
1771     Charles  Johnston 
1783-84     Moses  Dow 
1787     Charles  Johnston 
1794-95     Samuel  Brooks 
1799-1803    Joseph  Ladd 
1806-08     David  Mitchell 

1813-15  H.  H.  Woodman 
1821-29  Ephraim  Kingsbury 
1834    John  L.  Chapin 
1838    T.  K.  Blaisdell 
1843     N.  B.  Felton 
1848-49    James  T.  Barstow 
1853     Chas.  G.  Smith,  Geo. 

W.  Aiken 
1857    Jacob  Bell 
1864    A.  K.  Merrill 

1866-73     Levi  B.  Ham 


Town  Clerks 
1764     No  record 

1768    Timothy  Bedel 
1772-73     James  Abbott 
1785    Joshua  Young 
1788-90    A.  S.  Crocker2 
1796     Moody  Bedel 
1804    John  Osgood 
1809-11     Ephraim  Kings- 
bury 
1816-18    John  Osgood 
1830     J.  Woodward 
1835-36     Henry  Barstow 
1839-40    John  McClary 
1844-46     Nathl.  M.  Swasey 
1850     Charles  G.  Smith 
1854-57    Nathl.  Bailey.3 


1765     John  Taplin,  John 

Hazen 
1769-70    James  Abbott 
1774-82     Charles  Johnston 
1786    Andrew  S.  Crocker 
1791-93     Moody  Bedel 
1797-98    John  Osgood 
1805-06    Joseph  Ladd 
1812    John  Page,  Jr. 

1819-20    Ezra  Bartlett 
1831-33     Henry  Barstow 
1837     Nathan  B.  Felton 
1841-42    John  A.  Page 
1847     Alvah  E.  Hayward 
1851-52    J.  T.  Barstow 


1858-63     Abel  K.  Merrill     1863     Michael  Carleton 
1865    Albert  Bailey,  A.  K. 

Merrill 
1874-95    Enoch  R.  Weeks   1896-1917    Albert  F. 

ball 


Kim- 


1  F.  S.  Wright,  appointed  by  supervisors,  moderator  at  special  meeting,  July  12. 

2  Sept.  27,  1790.     Chose  Michael  Johnston  clerk  in  place  of  A.  S.  Crocker,  res. 

3  Resigned  Mar.  24,  '57,  Jacob  Bell  appointed. 


422 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


1763     John  White 
James  Bailey 
Edmond  Moores 

1766     Timothy  Bedel 
Jonathan  Elkins 
Jonathan  Sanders 

1769     Joseph  Hutchins 
James  Woodward 
Simeon  Goodwin 

1772  Ephraim  Wesson 
Charles  Johnston 
Simeon  Goodwin 

1775     Charles  Johnston 
James  Bailey 
Ephraim  Wesson 

177S     Jonathan  Hale 
Maxi  Hazeltine 
Charles  Johnston 

1781     Charles  Johnston 
Timothy  Bedel 
James  Woodward 

1784     Charles  Johnston 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Nathaniel  Merrill 

1787     Charles  Johnston 
Joshua  Howard 
Ezekiel  Ladd 

1790     Moses  Dow2 

Nathaniel  Merrill 
Amos  Kimball 
Charles  Johnston 
A.  S.  Crocker 

1793  Ezekiel  Ladd 
A.  S.  Crocker 
Moody  Bedel 

1796  Alden  Sprague 
Nathl.  Merrill 
Moody  Bedel 

1799     Charles  Johnston 
Nathl.  Merrill 
William  Porter 


Selectmen 
1764     No  record. 


1767 


1770 


1773 


1776 


1779 


1782 


1785 


1788 


1791 


1794 


James  Abbott 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Edward  Bailey 
James  Bailey 
Maxi  Hazeltine 
Charles  Johnston 
Charles  Johnston 
Ephraim  Wesson 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Thomas  Simpson 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Simeon  Goodwin 
Joshua  Haywood 
Daniel  Stevens 
Charles  Johnston 
Charles  Johnston 
Timothy  Bedel 
James  Woodward 
Charles  Johnston 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
Charles  Johnston 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Nathl.  Merrill 
Joseph  Hutchins 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
Moody  Bedel 


Samuel  Brooks 
A.  S.  Crocker 
Nathl.  Merrill 

1797     Charles  Johnston 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Amos  Kimball 

1800     Nathl.  MerriU 
Moor  Russell 
Michael  Johnston 


1765 


1768 


1771 


1774 


1777 


1780 


1783 


1786 


1789 


1792 


1795 


John  Hazen 
Elisha  Lock 
Jonathan  Elkins 
Timothy  Bedell 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Nathaniel  Wesson 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Charles  Johnston 
James  Bailey 
Ephraim  Wesson 
James  Bailey 
Charles  Johnston 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
James  Woodward 
Charles  Johnston 
Charles  Johnston 
Ephraim  Wesson 
Timothy  Barron 
James  Woodward 
Moses  Dow 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Charles  Johnston 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Nathaniel  Merrill 
Charles  Johnston 
Andrew  S.  Crocker 
Joseph  Hutchins1 
Moody  Bedel 
Amos  Kimball 
Moses  Porter 


Samuel  Brooks 
A.  S.  Crocker 
Daniel  Staniford 

1798     Charles  Johnston 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Amos  Kimball 

1801     A.  S.  Crocker 
Amasa  Scott 
Ross  Coon 


1  March  26.  Chose  Nathl.  Merrill  selectman  in  place  of  Joseph  Hutchins  who  re- 
fused to  serve.  March  30.  Chose  Simeon  Goodwin  selectman  in  place  of  Nathl. 
Merrill  who  refused  to  serve. 

2  Dow  and  Merrill  refused  to  serve  and  at  an  adjourned  meeting  March  18,  1790, 
Charles  Johnston  and  A.  S.  Crocker  were  chosen  in  their  place.  Johnston  and  Crocker 
took  oath  except  so  far  as  respects  an  act  providing  for  the  better  observance  of  the 
Sabbath. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


423 


1802     Nathl.  Merrill  1803 

Moody  Bedel 

Asa  Boynton 
1805     S.  P.  Webster  1806 

John  Kimball 

Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. 
1808     Simeon  Towle  1809 

Richard  Gookin 

John  Kimball 
1811     John  Kimball  1812 

Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. 

Jacob  Williams 
1814     David  Webster,  Jr.        1815 

Israel  Swan 

John  Kimball 
1817     John  Page,  Jr.  1818 

John  Kimball 

Benj.  Merrill 
1820     John  Page,  Jr.  1821 

Benj.  Merrill 

Timothy  A.  Edson 
1823     Ephraim  Kingsbury       1824 

Jacob  Williams 

Jonathan  Wilson 
1826     John  Page  1827 

John  Kimball 

Caleb  Morse 
1829     John  Nelson  1830 

John  Kimball 

Caleb  Morse 
1832     John  Page  1833 

Simon  Stafford 

Jona.  B.  Rowell 
1835    Jona.  Sinclair  1836 

Jona.  B.  Rowell 

John  L.  Corliss 
1838    Joshua  Woodward         1839 

Caleb  Morse 

Moses  Southard 
1841     Samuel  Page  1842 

Joseph  Stowe 

Daniel  Carr,  Jr. 
1844    Alvah  E.  Haywood        1845 

Samuel  Swasey 

Isaac  Morse 
1847     Dudley  C.  Kimball        1848 

Samuel  Page 

Isaac  Morse 

1850    John  R.  Reding  1851 

Isaac  F.  Allen 
Jotham  Howe 


Stephen  Morse  1804 

Asa  Boynton 

Ezekiel  Ladd 

Asa  Boynton  1807 

John  Kimball 

Nathl.  Merrill 

John  Kimball  1810 

Richard  Gookin 

Michael  Johnston 

Stephen  P.  Webster    1813 

John  Kimball 

Uriah  Ward 

Israel  Swan  1816 

John  S.  Sanborn 

Ephraim  Kingsbury 

John  Page,  Jr.  1819 

John  Kimball 

Benjamin  Merrill 

John  Page,  Jr.  1822 

Obadiah  Swasey 

Benj.  Merrill 

E.  Kingsbury  1825 

Jacob  Williams 

Jona.  Wilson 

John  Page  1828 

John  Kimball 

Caleb  Morse 

John  Page  1831 

John  Kimball 

Joshua  Woodward 

John  Page  1834 

Simon  Stafford 

Jona.  B.  Rowell 

Jona.  B.  Rowell  1837 

Jona.  Sinclair 

John  L.  Corliss 

Samuel  Page  1840 

Jacob  Morse 

Daniel  Carr,  Jr. 

Samuel  Swasey  1843 

Nathl.  Rix 

John  Page 

Dudley  C.  Kimball     1846 

Isaac  Morse 

Alvah  E.  Haywood 

Dudley  C.  Kimball     1849 

Isaac  Morse 

Washington  W. 

Simpson 
Dudley  C.  Kimball     1852 
Isaac  Morse 
Nathaniel  Kimball 


Stephen  P.  Webster 
John  Kimball 
Ezekiel  Ladd 
Moody  Bedel 
John  Kimball 
Timothy  A.  Edson 
John  Kimball 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. 
Michael  Johnston 
John  Kimball 
David  Merrill 
Israel  Swan 
Israel  Swan 
Chester  Farman 
Enoch  Chase 
John  Page,  Jr. 
John  Kimball 
Edward  Towle 
John  Page,  Jr. 
Benj.  Merrill 
Obadiah  Swasey 
E.  Kingsbury 
Jona.  Wilson 
Jacob  Williams 
John  Kimball 
Caleb  Morse 
John  Nelson 
John  Page 
Simon  Stafford 
Jona.  Wilson 
John  Page 
Jona.  Wilson 
Simon  Stafford 
Jona.  B.  Rowell 
Samuel  Page 
Jacob  Morse 
Samuel  Page 
Daniel  Carr,  Jr. 
Joseph  Stowe 
Nathl.  Rix 
Newhall  Pike 
Alvah  E.  Haywood 
John  McClary 
Josiah  Jeffers 
Isaac  F.  Allen 
Dudley  C.  Kimball 
Isaac  Morse 
W.  W.  Simpson 

Samuel  Page 
Luther  Colby 
Nathaniel  Kimball 


424 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 


Selectmen — Cont. 

1853     John  R.  Reding  1854 

Nathl.  M.  Swasey 

Nathan  S.  Davis 
1856    James  P.  Webster  1857 

Hosea  S.  Baker 

Luther  Butler 
1859    Stephen  Metcalf  1860 

John  L.  Rix 

Solon  S.  Southard 
1862    James  A.  Currier  1863 

Joshua  Carr 

Roswell  Elliott 
1865    Edward  L.  Page  1866 

Hosea  S.  Baker 

Nathl.  Bailey 
1868    Ezra  S.  Kimball  1869 

Charles  Fisher 

John  W.  Cutting 
1871     Charles  G.  Smith  1872 

Calvin  Merrill 

Samuel  H.  Crocker 
1874    Charles  G.  Smith  1875 

Sylvester  Jeffers 

Henry  F.  King 
1877    Horace  E.  Noyes  1878 

A.  W.  Thomas 

David  W.  Meader 
1880    Ezra  B.  Mann  1881 

Stephen  H.  Cummings 

Nathan  P.  Rideout 
1883    Caleb  Wells  1884 

Ira  Whitcher 

Chas.  W.  Pike 
1886    Caleb  Wells  1887 

Ira  Whitcher2 

Levi  B.  Ham 
1889    Dexter  L.  Hawkins        1890 

Chas.  G.  Smith 

Edward  C.  Kinne 
1892     Dexter  L.  Hawkins        1893 

Henry  W.  Keyes 

Franklin  P.  Currier 
1895    Chas.  J.  Pike  1896 

Arthur  E.  Davis 

Henry  W.  Keyes 
1898     Henry  W.  Keyes  1899 

Ashael  L.  Warren 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 


Samuel  Page  1855 

Samuel  Carr 

Nathl.  Kimball 

Samuel  Page  1858 

Luther  Butler 

David  Merrill 

Stephen  Metcalf         1861 

John  L.  Rix 

Solon  S.  Southard 

Dudley  C.  Kimball     1864 

David  Merrill 

Nathl.  M.  Swasey 

Charles  M.  Weeks      1867 

Langdon  Bailey 

Jacob  Morse 

Ezra  S.  Kimball  1870 

Charles  Fisher 

John  W.  Cutting 

Charles  G.  Smith        1873 

Samuel  H.  Crocker 

Sylvester  Jeffers 

John  E.  Carr  1876 

William  C.  Marston 

Horace  E.  Noyes 

David  W.  Meader      1879 

Stephen  H.  Cummings 

Ezra  B.  Mann 

Ezra  B.  Mann  1882 

S.  H.  Cummings 

Horace  Eaton 

Caleb  Wells  1885 

Ira  Whitcher 

Chas.  W.  Pike 

Henry  F.  King  1888 

Levi  B.  Ham 

Willard  W.  Coburn 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins     1891 

Ashael  L.  Warren 

Percy  Deming 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins     1894 

George  Wells 

Franklin  P.  Currier 

Arthur  E.  Davis         1897 

Ezra  B.  Willoughby 

Chas.  J.  Pike 

Ashael  L.  Warren       1900 

Henry  W.  Keyes 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 


James  P.  Webster 
Samuel  Carr 
Hosea  S.  Baker 
Luther  Butler 
Russell  Kimball 
Stephen  Metcalf 
Stephen  Metcalf 
James  A.  Currier 
Joshua  Carr 
Dudley  C.  Kimball 
Harry  A.  Albee 
Edward  L.  Page 
Chas.  M.  Weeks 
Langdon  Bailey 
Jacob  Morse 
Charles  G.  Smith 
James  L.  Bisbee 
Calvin  Merrill 
Charles  G.  Smith 
Sylvester  Jeffers 
John  E.  Carr 
John  E.  Carr 
William  C.  Marston 
Horace  E.  Noyes 
N.  P.  Rideout 
Geo.  C.  Jeffers 
Enoch  G.  Parker 
S.  H.  Cummings 
Horace  Eaton 
Caleb  Wells 
Chas.  W.  Pike 
Wm.  C.  Marston 
Seth  P.  Stickney1 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Willard  W.  Coburn 
Edward  C.  Kinne 
D.  L.  Hawkins 
Ashael  L.  Warren 
John  G.  Kimball 
Charles  J.  Pike 
D.  L.  Hawkins 
Arthur  E.  Davis 
Arthur  E.  Davis 
Ezra  B.  Willoughby 
Henry  W.  Keyes 
Henry  W.  Keyes 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Charles  J.  Pike 


1  Resigned  and  Stephen  H.  Cummings  was  appointed. 

2  Resigned  and  Henry  F.  King  was  appointed. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


425 


1901     Henry  W.  Keyes  1902 

Chas.  J.  Pike 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
1904    Henry  W.  Keyes  1905 

Charles  J.  Pike 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
1907     Henry  W.  Keyes  1908 

Charles  J.  Pike 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
1910    Charles  J.  Pike  1911 

William  J.  Clough 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
1913     Chas.  J.  Pike1  1914 

William  J.  Clough 

Dexter  L.  Hawkins 

Henry  W.  Keyes2 
1916    Henry  W.  Keyes  1917 

Fred  P.  Dearth 

Jonas  N.  Brown 


Henry  W.  Keyes         1903 
Chas.  J.  Pike 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Henry  W.  Keyes         1906 
Charles  J.  Pike 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Henry  W.  Keyes         1909 
Charles  J.  Pike 
Ernest  E.  Craig 
Charles  J.  Pike  1912 

William  J.  Clough 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Henry  W.  Keyes         1915 
Fred  P.  Dearth 
Jonas  N.  Brown 

Henry  W.  Keyes         1918 
Fred  P.  Dearth 
Jonas  N.  Brown 


Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Henry  W.  Keyes 
Chas.  J.  Pike 
D.  L.  Hawkins 
Chas.  J.  Pike 
Henry  W.  Keyes 
Charles  J.  Pike 
Ernest  E.  Craig 
William  J.  Clough 
Charles  J.  Pike 
William  J.  Clough 
Dexter  L.  Hawkins 
Henry  W.  Keyes 
Fred  P.  Dearth 
Jonas  N.  Brown 

Jonas  N.  Brown 
Earnest  A.  Sargent 
Herbert  E.  Smith 


Representatives 

No  Representative  was  sent  from  Haverhill  to  the  New  Hampshire 
legislature  until  1783  after  the  second  union  of  the  New  Hampshire  towns 
with  Vermont  had  been  dissolved.  James  Bailey  represented  Haverhill 
at  the  legislature  of  first  union,  and  Col.  Timothy  Bedel  and  Maj. 
Joshua  Howard  at  the  legislatures  of  the  second  union.  Until  1804 
Haverhill  was  classed  with  Piermont  and  Coventry  and  sent  a  representa- 
tive alone  first  in  1804. 


1783    James  Woodward 

1786 

1790-91     Moses  Dow 

1794-96    Nathl.  Merrill 

1801-02     Moody  Bedel 

1807     Moody  Bedel 

1815    Ezekiel  Ladd,  Jr. 
1818-20    John  Page,  Jr. 
1825    Samuel  Cartland 
1828-30    Caleb  Morse 
1833    John  Angier 
1836    John  McClary 

John  Angier 
1839    Jacob  William 

Samuel  Swasey 

1  Resigned  July  21,  1913. 

2  Appointed  Aug.  26,  1913. 


1784     Timothy  Bedel 
1787 

1792     Samuel  Brooks 
1797-98    Moody  Bedel 
1803-05    John  Montgom- 
ery 
1808-12     Stephen  P.  Web- 
ster 
1816    Stephen  P.  Webster 
1821     Joseph  Bell 
1826-27    John  L.  Corliss 
1831     Jona.  Wilson 
1834    Ezra  Bartlett 
1837     John  McClary 

Jona.  Wilson 
1840    Samuel  Swasey 

Samuel  Smith 


1785 

1788-89    Joseph  Hutchins 
1793     Moses  Dow 
1799-1800     Moor  Russell 
1806     Nathl.  Merrill 

1813-14     John  Kimball 

1817     Moody  Bedel 
1822-24     John  L.  Corliss 
1828    Joseph  Bell 
1831-32     Saml.  Page 
1835     John  Page 
1838     Hosea  S.  Baker 

John  S.  Sinclair 
1841     Samuel  Swasey 

Samuel  Smith 


426 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


Representatives — Cont . 


1842 

Nathan  B.  Felton 

1843 

Samuel  Swasey 

1844 

Eben  Eastman 

Samuel  Swasey 

Eben  Eastman 

Daniel  Morse,  2d 

1845 

Daniel  Morse,  2d 

1846 

Samuel  Swasey 

1847 

Daniel  Morse,  2d 

Daniel  Batchelder 

Nathl.  Rix 

Nathl.  Kimball 

1848 

Samuel  Page 

1849 

Daniel  Morse,  2d 

1880 

Samuel  Swasey 

Only  one  sent 

Samuel  Page 

Thomas  B.  Jackson 

1851 

Charles  E.  Thompson 

1852 

Charles  E.  Thompson  1853 

Nathan  B.  Felton 

Dudley  C.  Kimball 

Dudley  C.  Kimball 

Jacob  Morse 

1854 

John  L.  Rix 

1855 

John  L.  Rix 

1856 

John  L.  Rix 

Isaac  Morse 

Isaac  Morse 

Isaac  Morse 

1857 

Nathl.  Bailey 

1858 

Nathl.  Bailey 

1859 

James  P.  Webster 

Russell  King 

Russell  King 

Geo.  S.  Kelsea 

1860 

George  S.  Kelsea 

1861 

Daniel  Morse,  2d 

1862 

Albert  Bailey 

James  P.  Webster 

Nathl.  W.  Westgate 

Major  W.  Nelson 

1863 

Albert  Bailey 

1864 

Peabody  W.  Kimball  1865 

P.  W.  Kimball 

Major  W.  Nelson 

Joseph  B.  Cotton 

John  N.  Morse 

1866 

Charles  G.  Smith 

1867 

Charles  G.  Smith 

1868 

George  F.  Putnam 

Henry  B.  Leonard 

Henry  B.  Leonard 

Charles  M.  Weeks 

1869 

Charles  M.  Weeks 

1870 

Langdon  Bailey 

1871 

Henry  Holt 

George  F.  Putnam 

John  W.  Cutting 

Jno.  W.  Cutting 

1872 

Nathl.  M.  Swasey 

1873 

Nathl.  M.  Swasey 

1874 

Levi  B.  Ham 

Silvester  Reding 

Silvester  Reding 

Andrew  J.  Edgerly 

1875 

Levi  B.  Ham 

1876 

Charles  N.  Gale 

1877 

Ezra  B.  Mann 

Charles  N.  Gale 

Ezra  B.  Mann 

Samuel  T.  Page 

1878 

John  E.  Carr 

18801 

John  E.  Can- 

1882 

William  W.  Coburn 

Samuel  T.  Page 

William  C.  Marston 

William  F.  Westgate 

1884 

Geo.  H.  Mann 

1886 

Samuel  B.  Page 

1888 

Samuel  B.  Page 

Only  one  sent 

Samuel  T.  Page 

Amos  Tarleton 

1890 

Henry  W.  Keyes 

1892 

Henry  W.  Keyes 

1894 

George  C.  Butler 

Ira  Whitcher 

Samuel  B.  Page 

Samuel  P.  Car  bee 

1896 

Charles  R.  Gibson 
Frances  S.  Sleeper 

1898 

Morris  E.  Kimball 
Henry  F.  King 

1900 

William  F.  Whitcher 

1902 

William  F.  Whitcher 

1904 

William  F.  Whitcher 

Henry  S.  Bailey 

Daniel  E.  Carr 

Daniel  E.  Carr 

Charles  J.  Pike 

E.  Bertram  Pike 

George  W.  Richardson 

1906 

William  F.  Whitcher 

1908 

Elmer  M.  Miller 

1910 

William  F.  Whitcher 

George  W.  Richardson 

i 

Arthur  C.  Clough 

Louis  M.  Kimball 

Ezra  B.  Willoughby 

Henry  S.  Bailey 

Edward  M.  Clark 

1912 

Walter  Burbeck 

1914 

Fred.  P.  Dearth 

1916 

Frank  N.  Keyser 

William  E.  Lawrence 

Henry  W.  Keyes 

Luther  Butler 

Pardon  W.  Allen 

Frank  N.  Keyser 

Henry  Bailey 

Judges  of  Probate 

1781-1807    Charles  Johnston  1831-32        Samuel  Cartland 

1861-1871     Nathaniel  W.  Westgate  1890-1913    Tyler  Westgate 


1  After  1878,  representatives  were  chosen  biennially  in  November. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


427 


Registers  of  Probate1 


1774-1807 

Moses  Dow 

1807-39 

Moses  Dow,  Jr. 

1842-52 

Samuel  Swasey 

1852-1856 

Nathan  B.  Felton 

1861-71 

Luther  C.  Morse 

1871-74 

Tyler  Westgate 

1874-76 

Samuel  T.  Page 

1876-81 

Tyler  Westgate 

1881-85 

Samuel  T.  Page 

1885-89 

William  F.  Westgate 

1889-1890 

Tyler  Westgate 

1890-91 

William  F.  Westgate2 

1891-95 

Stephen  H.  Cummings 

1895- 

Russell  T.  Bartlett 

State  Senators  from  Haverhill  District  No.  12 


1784 

Moses  Dow 

1791 

Moses  Dow 

1823 

Stephen  P.  Webster 

1824 

Stephen  P.  Webster 

1825 

Stephen  P.  Webster 

1829 

Samuel  Cartland3 

1830 

Samuel  Cartland 

1831 

Samuel  Cartland 

1854 

Jonas  D.  Sleeper 

1855 

Jonas  D.  Sleeper 

Senators  Under  the  Constitution  of  1889 
1903-5     Henry  W.  Keyes 


1776    John  Hood 
1781     Charles  Johnston 


Councillors  Under  Temporary  Constitution 

1779     Charles  Johnston 


Councillors  Under  State  Constitution 


1785 

Moses  Dow 

1786     Moses  Dow 

1823 

Ezra  Bartlett 

1822     Ezra  Bartlett 

1830 

Stephen  P.  Webster 

1829     Stephen  P.  Webster 

1838 

John  Page 

1836    John  Page 

1872 

Joseph  Powers 

1871     Joseph  Powers 

Construction 

of  Town  Hall 

1773 


Sept.     1st 


2d 


Cash  pd.  Joshua  Bayley  &  2  hands  for  surveying  &  laying 

out  the  Common 
29  £  days  work  in  clearing  the  Common  @  3s 
20?  "      cutting  a  road  and  digging  the  hill  to  haul 

up  joists  &  boards  &c 
1  Carpenter  1  day  at  hewing  timber  @  4s 
3  Men  at  said  work  @  3s  one  day  each 
1  Carpenter  1  day  at  do  at  4/ 
3  Men  at  do  1  day  each  at  3/ 


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1  Until  Constitution  of  1878,  appointed  by  Governor  and  Council. 

1  Appointed,  vice  Tyler  Westgate  promoted  to  probate  judge 

3  Elected  near  close  of  the  session  to  take  place  of  Abner  Greenleaf,  resigned. 


428  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Construction  of  Town  Hall — Cont. 

1773 
Sept.     6th     1  Carpenter  at  do  1  day  at  4/ 
3  Men  at  do  1  day  each  at  3/ 
7th     1  Carpenter  at  do  1  day  at  4/ 
3  Men  at  do  1  day  each  at  3/ 
8th     1  Carpenter  at  do  1  day  at  4/ 
3  Men  at  do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
10th     1  Carpenter  at  do  1  Day  at  4/ 
3  Men  at  do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
14th     1  Carpenter  at  preparing  Timber  for  Court  House  1  Day 
at  4/ 
3  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
15th     1  Carpenter  at  Do  1  Day  at  4/ 

3  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  3/ 
16th     1  Carpenter  at  Do  1  Day  at  4/ 

3  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 

17th     Mr.  Jona  Saunders  1  Day  at  Do  at  5/ 

4  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 

18th     Do  Saunders  5  Day  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each  at  4/ 

7  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 

21st     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter  1  Day  each  at  Do 
6  Men  at  Do  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
22  Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter  1  Day  each  at  Do 

5  Men  at  Do  1  Day  Each  at  3/ 

23d      Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  at  Do,  1  Day  each 

11 1  Days  work  by  Men  &  3  by  Oxen  at  preparing  &  haul- 
ing lumber  at  3/ 

Cattle  Cart  1  Day  for  Do 
24th    Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each  at  Do 

11  i  Days  Work  by  Men  &  4  by  Oxen  at  Do.  1  Day  Each 
25th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each  at  Do 

7|  Days  work  by  Men  &  2  by  Oxen  at  Do  at  3/ 
27th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  at  Do  1  Day  each 

10  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  Day  each  at  3/ 

1  Cart  for  Do  3  Days  at  1/6 
28th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

9j  Days  work  by  Men  &  4  by  Oxen  at  3/ 
30th     Do  Saunders  &  3  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

8  Days  Work  by  Men  &  3  by  Oxen  at  3/ 
Cart  2  Days  at  Do 

Oct.       1st      Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 
8|  Days  Work  by  Men  at  3/ 
2d       §  Days  Work  by  Carpenter 

6  Men  §  Day  Each  at  3/ 

4th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

8  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
5th     Do  Saunders  &  4  Carpenters  at  Do  1  Day  Each  at  prepar- 
and  Frameing  the  Court  House 

8  Days  Work  by  Men  &  2  by  Oxen,  at  3/ 
6th     Do  Saunders  &  5  Carpenters  1  Day  each 


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1773 
Oct.       6th    1\  Men  1  Day  Each  at  3/ 

7th     Do  Saunders  &  5  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

8  Men  1  Day  Each  at  3/ 
8th     Do  Saunders  &  5  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

3  Men  1  Day  each  3/ 
9th     Do  Saunders  &  5  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

4  Men  1  Day  Each  3/ 
11th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

3  Men  1  Day  each  3/ 
12th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

9  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  Day  each  3/ 
13th     Do  Saunders  &  3  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

7g  Days  work  by  Men  &  1  by  Oxen 
14th     Do  Saunders  &  3  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

5  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
15th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

4  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
16th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

6  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
18th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter  1  Day  each 

2  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
19th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

3  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
20th     Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  Each 

6  Men  1  Day  Each  at  3/ 
21st      Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

6  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
22d      Do  Saunders  &  2  Carpenters  1  Day  each 

5£  Days  Work  Men  at  3/ 
Oct.     23d      Carpenter  1  Day 

6  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  Day  each  at  3 
25th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter  1  Day  each 

5  Men  1  Day  each  at  3/ 
26th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

6  Men 
27th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

A\  Days  Work  Men 
28th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

5  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen 
29th     Do  Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

6  Men 
30th     Saunders  1 

7  Men 
Nov.     1        Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

8  Men  boating  slip  work  1  Day  Cart 
2d      Saunders  &  Carpenter  1  d 

85  days  Work  by  Men  &  3  by  Oxen  at  hauling  slit  work 

Cart  1  day 
3d      Sand  &  carpenter 

5  Men 
4th     Saunders  &  3  Carpenters 


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HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


Construction  of  Town  Hall — Cont. 


1773 
Nov.      4th 
5th 
6th 

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9th 

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11th 
12th 
13th 
15 


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Nov.   23 


5j  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen,  Cart  1  d 
Carpenter  5  d 
Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 


16th 
17th 


18th 


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24th 


29th 


30th 


45  Men,  5  Oxen 

Saunders  &  1  Carpenter 

6£  Men  &  2  Oxen  &  Cart  1  d. 

Saunders  &  Carpenter 

6  Men 

S&C 

3  5  days  work  Men 

Sands  &  3  Cart,  6  Men  1  d  Each 

S  &  3  Cart,  6  Men  1  pr  Oxen  1  d  each 

S  &  3  Cart  &  6  Men 

S  &  1  Cart,  5  Men  1  pr  Oxen — 

Pd  Josiah  Burnham  for  surveying  &  planning  the  New 

Common 
Sands  &  1  Cart  4|  days  for  Men  1£  Oxen 
Sand  &  Cart  9§  days  Man,  5  pr  Oxen  1  d,  3  Carts  1 
36  Gals  rum  about  said  work  at  ^  pint  per  day  besides 
2  5  gals  before  began  frame  at  6/ 
Sands  &  1  Cart,  IO3  d  by  Men,  5  5  do  by  Oxen  3  Carts 

1  d  each 
Boarding  men  for  all  afore  said  work  620  days     after  began 

frame 
Began  to  raise 

1  pr  Oxen.     3.s.     130  lbs  beef  at  4d    bread  for  do  48s. 
7.  gals  rum,  15  Meals  at  my  house  at  8d,  10- 
pd  9  men  raising 

I  Gal  Molasses 
Raising  Continued. 
10.  Gals  rum  at  6/-  190  lbs  Beef  @  4d  bread  24/.  sauce  4/- 

II  Men  to  raise — 1.16 
Rais  Contd. 
10  Meals  victuals  for   people  at  my  house,  6s,  8d.     9 

Gals  rum.     2.14  Bread  16/ 
Salt  at  sundry  times  4/  150  lbs  Beef  at  4d  same  at  4/. 

Men.     2  qts.  Molasses 
contd  raising 
30  Men  1  day,  4,13.0  day  24  lbs  rope  at  1/6— Spikes  5/ 

451  Beef  at  3d    1\  Gals  rum 
Bread  15/.    20  Meals  at  My  house  for  people  13.4.    Same  4 
Contd  raising 

335  days  men  to  raise  at  3/  24  clear  salt  pork,  8d  25d  Salt 
beef  4d    5§  Gals  rum  6/  Bread  12/ 
Finished  raising 

Saunders  &  1  Carpenter  Id  to  finish  raising.  3  men  1  day. 
Provisions  &  Rum.  Supplied  them  7/.  10  lbs  lOd  Nails,  1/- 
Sundry  Articles  lost  &  broke  at  raising,  viz.  2  doz  knivs  & 

Forks,  5  glass  boats 


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1773 

Nov.  30th 


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1774 
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Apr. 


June    20 


Sept. 


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8th 
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18 


paid  for  mending  Chains,  10/,  ax  lost  9/  Pd  Capt  J.  Mason 
for  rum  supplied  people  2/  53m  ft.  slit  work  for  joists, 
skids  and  braces  &  transporting  to  Court  house 

2  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  day  each  hauling  Gaol  timber 

1  Man  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  d  each  at  2/ 

Transporting  nails,  lime,  iron  &  glass  from  Plymouth  to 

Hav.  18.75  lbs.  at  5/-per  hundred  lbs. 

1  Man  1  pr  Oxen  1  day  each  haul  timber  &  boards — 2/ 

1  Man  &  1  pr  Oxen  1  day  each  haul  timber  &  board — 2/ 

3  Men  1  d  sticking  boards — 2/- 

2  1  pr  Oxen  1  day  each  haul  timber  Gaol 

2  "     12  pr  Oxen  \  d  each— at  2/ 
1  Carpenter  2  Men.     1  d  each  New  timber  Gaol 

3  Men  &  1  pr  Oxen  \  day — cutting  &  haul  timber 
Man  &  1  pr  Oxen  \  day — cutting  &  haul  timber 
1  Carp  &  2  Men  hewing  Gaol  timber 

1  a  a  a  it  a  u 

Apr.  19,  inc — Men  &  Carpenters,  hewing  timber  for  jail — 
and  carpenters  &  joiners  finishing  Court  house — 
(the  joiners  began  work  Apr.  1)  viz  Joseph  Hovey,  Carleton 
Stephens  &  Stafford 

Boarding  Men  from  time  raising  to  Apr.  19,  besides  joiners 
&  keeping  Oxen  when  at  work  on  Court  house 
Rum  for  do  &  boards 
hauling  window  frames  for  joiners 
Paid  Hazeltine  for  Iron  work 

2  Men  1  day  each  sticking  boards 

1  Man  &  2  pr  Oxen — |  day  each  hauling  Bds  &  window 

frames 
17  M  Shingles  at  8/  6- 

4  M  Clapboards  at  33/- 
Transporting  do 

Shingles  from  Piermont 
1  M  &  2  pr  Oxen  1  day 
1  Man  1  day  fixing  Gaol  timber 
1  Man  1  day. 

27  days  work  Men  &  Oxen   hauling  stone,   brick,  clay 
for  chimney  @  3/  as  per  Fullingtons  %  in  my  absence 
10  M  brick,  at  18/ 
25  tile 

10  Quarries  7x9  glass 
1  M.  lOd  Nails- 
Rum  for  men  from  Apr. 

1  day  work  by  B.  Hall 
.     11        n     a     a      it 

My  Cart  to  haul  above  stone  brick  &  Clay  5  3  days 
1  Man  3  pr  Oxen  &  Cart  to  haul  stone  for  underpinning 
1  day  by  Sam  Parker 

5  Men  1  day 


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Construction  of  Town  Hall — Cont. 

1774 
Dec.      2        2  Men  1  day  sticking  boards 

Paid  M.  &  T.  Young  by  Capt  C.  Johnston  for 

2237  ft.  3  in  plank 
1775 


Pd  Capt  C.  Johnston  hauling  2  Ids  stone  to  Court  house 

Sundries  supplied  for  Do  at  raising. 

§  day  by  Hovey 

boarding  star  board  &  hands  since  April  1774 

"       Young  lOd 
9  lb  whiting  3  lb.  white  lead 
2  qts  Rum  for  Young,  besides  what  I  supplied  them 

who  boarded  him 
Rum  supplied  other  people  when  at  work 
Cash  pd  Timothy  Barron  for  boarding  joiners  22  d  1/ 
2  Qts  Rum  all  Young 

Pd  Dane  Stevens  for  hauling  two  loads  stone 
"  J.  Saunders  for  hauling  1  loads  Stone 
"  Corlis  for  hauling  1  load  stone 
"  James  Stevens  for  joiner  work 

Transporting  2237  ft  3M  plank  for  Court  house  also  4§  m  do — 9 
boarding  joiners — Joseph  Hovey,  Dudley  Carleton  & 
Benj  Spofford  when  at  work  on  Court  house  58 1  weeks 
at  9/     Rum  supplied  them 

24  M  ft  Merchantable  Seasoned  Boards  &  plank  at  24/ 
1\  M.  ft  clear  seasoned  do  at  36/ 
Transporting  do  from  mills  to  Court  house 
Boarding  J.  Steven  Joiner  18  days 

£386.  5s   12d 

At  this  time  Col.  Porter  filed  a  supplementary  account  of  £33.  6s.  lOd.  including  £30 
for  personal  services  in  over  sight  of  the  work,  and  £3.  6s.  lOd.  paid  Capt  Jona.  Ring 
for  iron  work.  He  had  been  paid  previously  £363.  leaving  a  balance  due  him  of  £56. 
4s.  9d. 

The  County  Farm 

At  the  June  session  of  the  Legislature  of  1850,  the  question  of  the  pur- 
chase of  a  farm  on  which  the  county  poor  should  be  placed  was  brought 
to  the  attention  of  the  Grafton  Convention,  and  it  was  voted  that  the 
matter  be  referred  to  the  towns  to  be  voted  upon  at  the  annual  town 
meetings  in  March,  1851.  At  these  meetings  the  vote  was  250  in  favor 
of  such  purchase  to  1280  against.  It  was  not  till  1865  that  the  matter 
came  again  before  the  convention,  when  at  the  June  session  of  the  Legis- 
lature it  was  voted  that  "the  County  Commissioners  be  instructed  to 
invite  proposals  for  a  county  poor  farm  and  report  at  an  adjourned  meet- 
ing of  the  Convention  in  September."  It  was  however  found  that  less 
than  the  required  number  of  members  to  take  legal  action,  could  be 


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assembled  and  after  two  attempts  were  made  to  hold  a  legal  meeting  in 
September  the  Convention  adjourned  without  action. 

At  the  session  of  the  Legislature  in  June,  1866,  the  vote  was  23  in  favor 
to  7  against  on  the  proposition  of  purchasing  a  farm.  The  sum  of  $30,000 
was  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  a  farm  and  the  erection  of  buildings, 
and  the  county  commissioners  were  instructed  to  make  the  purchase, 
subject  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  a  committee  of  seven  elected 
by  ballot  from  the  membership  of  the  Convention.  This  committee  was 
given  full  revisory  power  over  the  purchase  of  the  farm  and  the  erection 
of  buildings.  In  the  following  September  the  present  county  farm  with 
the  farm  buildings  was  purchased  of  Dudley  C.  and  Daniel  P.  Kimball 
for  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  the  erection  of  an  almshouse 
was  begun  the  next  year.  Additions  have  since  been  made  to  the  acreage 
of  the  farm  by  purchase,  and  with  the  construction  of  new  barns  and  other 
buildings  the  farm  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  state. 

The  Fisher  Farm 

At  the  ninth  meeting  of  the  proprietors  held  January  4,  1771,  it  was 
"voted,  that  those  persons  that  hold  the  rights  of  land  in  Haverhill  of 
which  Capt.  John  Spofford,  John  Hazen,  Gideon  Gould,  Benoni  Colburn, 
John  Clarke,  Thomas  Emery,  John  Sweat,  Maj.  Edmund  Moors  and 
Jacob  Bayley  were  original  proprietors  shall  hold  their  proportion  of  land 
in  said  town  in  a  body  between  the  Oxbow  and  the  east  line  of  said  town- 
ship according  to  a  plan  this  day  exhibited  by  Maj.  Caleb  Willard,  upon 
condition  that  said  proprietors  shall  pay  their  proportion  of  all  charges 
or  costs  which  have  or  shall  hereafter  arise  to  the  proprietary  of  Haverhill, 
at  the  same  time  reserving  to  themselves  the  privilege  of  laying  out  and 
opening  roads  through  any  part  of  said  body  of  land  free  of  any  costs  or 
charges." 

John  Hazen  had  previously,  at  the  second  meeting  of  the  proprietors 
held  September  26,  1763,  been  authorized  to  take  Meadow  lots  Nos.  2,  3, 
4,  5  and  6  in  Oxbow  Meadow,  and  house  lots  adjoining  Nos.  31,  32, 
33,  34  and  35  and  these  were  known  as  the  "Hazen  Farm."  At  the  time 
of  the  meeting  of  January  4,  1771,  he  had  also  acquired  the  rights  of  the 
original  proprietors  above  named,  and  in  anticipation  of  the  vote  had  the 
lots  surveyed  in  a  single  tract  extending  from  his  Oxbow  farm  to  the 
Coventry  (now  Benton)  line.  With  this  acquisition  authorized  by  vote 
of  the  proprietors  he  became  the  largest  landed  proprietor  of  the  town, 
and  the  tract  covered  for  the  most  part  with  an  unbroken  forest  of  the 
finest  of  white  pine  had  certainly  great  prospective  value.  It  passed, 
however,  the  same  year  out  of  his  possession  into  the  hands  of  John 
Fisher  of  Salem,  Mass.,  who  never  occupied  it,  and  under  the  name  of 
"the  Fisher  Farm"  was  held  until  early  in  the  nineteenth  century  by 

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434  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

non-resident  owners.  This  non-resident  ownership  of  so  large  a  tract  in 
the  centre  of  the  town  had  no  inconsiderable  influence  in  the  early  settle- 
ment and  development,  or  rather  non-settlement  and  non-development  of 
the  town.  John  Fisher's  interest  was  purely  speculative  and  selfish.  He 
was  an  English  gentleman  who  was  naval  officer  at  Portsmouth  for  a 
time,  where  he  married  Anna,  a  daughter  of  Mark  Hunking  and  Elizabeth 
(Rindge)  Wentworth,  who  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  about  18  years 
of  age.  She  was  a  niece  of  Governor  Benning  Wentworth,  and  a  sister  of 
his  successor,  Governor  John  Wentworth.  When  the  Revolution  broke 
out  Fisher  was  collector  of  customs  at  Salem,  Mass.,  and  left  the  colonies 
for  England  about  the  same  time  with  John  Wentworth.  Previous  to 
leaving,  November  30,  1775,  he  mortgaged  his  Haverhill  "farm"  to 
Francis  Cabot  of  Salem  for  the  sum  of  £525  which  mortgage  was  recorded 
in  the  Grafton  County  registry  of  deeds  September  25,  1782.  In  1783, 
October  10,  Cabot  deeded  and  assigned  the  property  to  Mark  Hunking 
Wentworth.  In  the  mean  time  Fisher's  lands  in  New  Hampshire, — and 
he  had  large  holdings  in  other  towns, — were  confiscated  with  those  of 
other  Royalists  by  the  New  Hampshire  act  of  1778,  and  the  tillable  por- 
tion of  his  Haverhill  lands  were  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  Revolutionary 
troops  stationed  at  Coos.1  These  lands  were  later  restored  by  act  of  the 
Legislature  so  that  the  legal  title  vested  in  him  and  his  assigns  with  full 
power  to  sell  and  convey.  Mark  Hunking  Wentworth  conveyed  the 
property  to  Fisher  December  30,  1784,  and  the  title  vested  in  him  until 
he  sold,  through  his  son  John  as  attorney,  to  Nathaniel  Merrill2,  Timothy 
A.  Edson,  Joseph  Pierce,  Peter  Johnson  and  others,  early  in  the  last  cen- 
tury, by  whom  the  tract  was  opened  up  to  settlement  and  improvement. 
After  his  return  to  England  John  Fisher  became  under-secretary  to  Lord 
Sackville  in  Mr.  Pitts'  administration,  and  later  to  the  successor  of  Lord 
Sackville.  He  died  in  Clifton,  England,  June  1,  1805,  and  his  widow  in 
Bath,  England,  October  21,  1813.  They  were  the  parents  of  fifteen  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  eldest,  John,  born  in  Portsmouth,  1764,  managed  by 
power  of  attorney  the  American  estates  of  his  father.  John,  the  younger, 
spent  some  time  in  America  after  the  war,  and  at  the  time  he  sold  the 
Haverhill  lands  he  was  residing  in  Portsmouth.  He  subsequently  went 
to  England  as  did  all  his  brothers  and  sisters  except  one,  Sarah,  who 
married  James  Sheafe  of  Portsmouth,  twice  United  States  senator  and 
several  times  member  of  Congress  from  New  Hampshire. 

'"Voted,  that  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley  be  directed  to  pay  to  Col.  Charles  Johnston  $2,400 
which  he  has  in  his  hands,  for  forrage  supplied  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Fisher  improved  by 
Mr.  Kay  and  that  he  give  him  a  receipt  for  the  same  for  the  use  of  this  state." — Journal 
of  the  House,  Nov.  4,  1779. 

2  Merrill  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  Fisher  lands,  was  also  the  owner  of  the  Hazen 
farm  proper  on  the  Oxbow,  which  remained  in  his  possession,  and  that  of  his  son-in-law 
Obadiah  Swasey  and  his  family  for  a  period  of  more  than  eighty  years.  The  deed  of 
Fisher  to  Merrill  is  dated  December  2,  1802. 


history  of  haverhill  435 

Military  Companies 

Haverhill  Companies  belonged  to  the  13th  Regiment,  6th  Brigade  and 
until  1840  Second  Division,  and  for  the  next  twelve  years  to  the  Fourth 
Division.  Haverhill  had  its  fair  share  of  regimental,  brigade  and  division 
commanders.     These  were: 

Colonels  Brigadier  Generals  Major  Generals 

John  Kimball,  Lt.  Col.  Moody  Bedel,  1808,  John  Montgomery,  1817, 

Commanding  1812,  1813,  1814  1809,  1810,  1811  1818,  1819 

Caleb  Morse,  Lt.  Col.  John  Montgomery,  Jonathan     Poole,     1829, 

1815, 1816  1812,  1813,  1814,  1830 

1815,  1816 
Jonathan  Poole,  Col.  1826  Jonathan  Poole,  1827,      Samuel  P.  Adams,  1849, 

1828  1850,  1851 

Samuel  P.  Adams,  Col.  1846,  1847     Samuel  P.  Adams,  1848 

The  organization  of  the  militia  into  regiments,  brigades,  etc.,  was  abol- 
ished by  the  legislature  in  July,  1851. 

Population  of  Haverhill 

Previous  to  taking  the  first  census  by  the  Federal  Government  in  1790, 
there  had  been  two  enumerations  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  made  by 
town  authority.  The  first  was  made  in  1767  by  Edward  Bayley  and  was 
as  follows:  Unmarried  men  from  16  to  60,  21;  married  men  from  16  to 
60,  32;  boys  16  and  under,  43;  men  60  and  above,  1;  unmarried  females, 
43;  married  females,  29;  male  slaves,  2;  female  slaves,  1;  total,  172. 

A  return  of  another  enumeration  made  October  26,  1775,  was  as  follows: 
Males  under  16,  97;  from  16  to  50  not  in  army,  69;  males  above  50 
years,  9;  males  gone  in  army,  17;  all  females,  169;  negroes  and  slaves 
for  life,  4;  total,  365. 

The  population  at  each  decennial  census  beginning  with  1790  has  been: 

1790  552  1840  2675                                       1890        2545 

1800  1850  2405  1900        3413 

1810  1105  1860  2291                                       1910        3498 

1820  1609  1870  2270 

1830  2153  1880  2452 

Supt.  G.  E.  Cummings'  Address 

In  the  winter  of  1901,  Supt.  G.  E.  Cummings  of  the  White  Mountain 
Division  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  gave  an  address  at  the  Rail- 
road Y.  M.  C.  A.  rooms,  descriptive  of  the  old  time  methods  of  railroading, 
especially  dealing  with  the  construction  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Mont- 
real, the  men  who  constituted  its  management,  and  its  force  of  employees, 
in  short  with  men  and  things  in  the  early  days  of  the  road.     Mr.  Cum- 


436  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

mings  entered  the  employ  of  the  road  in  1865,  and  has  since,  in  almost 
every  conceivable  capacity  from  "bridge  walker"  to  superintendent,  been 
constantly  in  its  employ,  so  that  on  this  occasion  sixteen  years  ago  he 
spoke  from  personal  knowledge  and  experience.  The  address  published 
at  the  time  in  the  Woodsville  News  is  here  in  the  main  reproduced: 

The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad,  that  part  of  the  White  Mountain 
Division  between  Concord  and  Woodsville  was  incorporated  in  1844.  The  first  stake 
for  the  final  survey  of  the  road  was  driven  at  Concord  May  20,  1845  by  Jeremiah  S. 
Jewett,  now  a  resident  of  Warren.  The  same  year  the  line  was  surveyed  from  Concord 
to  a  point  on  the  Connecticut  River  in  the  town  of  Haverhill.  The  original  intention 
was  that  the  road  form  a  connection  with  the  Passumpsic  nearly  opposite  Haverhill 
Corner.  It  appears  that  the  surveyors  first  found  trouble  with  their  survey  at  Pike. 
After  getting  over  Warren  Summit  they  could  get  down  to  a  low  level  enough  to  cross  the 
Connecticut  at  Haverhill  Corner  and  it  became  a  question  what  to  do  after  striking  the 
Oliverian  at  Pike's.  They  were  hung  up  there  for  some  time,  but  finally  concluded  to 
continue  on  to  Wells  River  and  form  a  connection  with  the  Passumpsic  at  that  point. 
Woodsville  was  considered  of  no  account  whatever. 

The  road  was  opened  to  Sanbornton,  now  Tilton,  May  22,  and  to  Lake  Village,  Octo- 
ber 2, 1848.  Trains  left  Boston  at  7.10  a.  m.  and  12  noon.  Stages  left  on  arrival  of  these 
trains  for  Plymouth,  Haverhill  and  Littleton.  Merchandise  cars  ran  daily  between 
Boston  and  Lake  Village.  On  March  19,  1849,  the  road  was  opened  to  Meredith  Village, 
and  on  July  5,  trains  ran  up  to  Fogg's  to  connect  with  the  stages,  and  then  back  to 
Meredith  to  stay  over  night,  where  there  was  an  engine  house,  turntable,  water  tank, 
woodshed,  etc.  The  road  was  opened  to  Holderness,  now  Ashland,  on  December  3, 
1849,  and  to  Plymouth  January  21,  1850.  They  established  headquarters  at  Plymouth 
and  remained  there  till  June  2,  1851,  when  the  road  was  opened  to  Warren.  The  road 
was  opened  from  Warren  to  Wells  River,  and  regular  trains  began  to  run  to  Wells  River 
July  4,  1853. 

The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  had  met  with  and  overcome  great  obstacles  in  the 
construction  of  the  road  between  Concord  and  Woodsville.  The  Northern  Road  and 
the  Passumpsic  Road,  which  were  in  process  of  construction  at  the  same  time,  antago- 
nized it  at  every  point,  and,  but  for  the  perseverance  of  Josiah  Quincy,  its  first  president, 
the  lines  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  would  have  been  considerably  changed. 
The  people  of  the  North  Country  were  entirely  in  sympathy  with  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  and  gave  it  their  support,  and  when  the  road  was  finally  opened  to  Woods- 
ville they  had  a  great  celebration.  Tables  were  set  up  in  the  engine  house  and  a  grand 
collation  was  provided  free  for  everybody.  According  to  the  best  accounts  we  have, 
every  body  filled  up  with  both  victuals  and  drink  that  day. 

The  opposition  to  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal,  backed  some  parties  who  started 
in  to  build  the  White  Mountain  Railroad  from  Woodsville,  to  connect  with  the  Atlantic 
&  St.  Lawrence,  now  a  part  of  the  Grand  Trunk,  at  Groveton.  The  White  Mountain 
Road  was  begun  before  the  completion  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  to  Woods- 
ville, and  was  opened  to  Littleton  in  1853.  Funds  then  ran  out  and  the  terminus 
remained  at  Littleton  for  a  number  of  years.  The  White  Mountain  was  run  under 
difficulties,  as  a  separate  road  for  a  year,  and  was  then  leased  to,  and  after  some  years 
purchased  by  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal.  In  1868,  the  Boston,  Concord  and 
Montreal  under  President  Lyons  began  extension  of  the  White  Mountain,  opening  up 
to  Wing  Road  in  1869.  The  following  summer  the  road  was  opened  to  Whitefield  which 
was  the  terminus  till  October,  1870  when  the  road  was  opened  to  Lancaster.  The 
branch  was  opened  to  Bethlehem  Junction  in  1872,  to  Fabyans  in  1874  and  to  the  base 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  437 

of  Mount  Washington  in  1876.  The  extension  was  built  from  Lancaster  to  Groveton 
in  1873,  connecting  with  the  Grand  Trunk.  At  that  time  the  Grand  Trunk  was  a  broad 
guage  road  and  there  was  no  interchange  of  cars.  The  Pemigewasset  Valley  was  built 
in  1883. 

The  offices  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  were  first  established  at  Concord. 
There  were  temporary  headquarters  at  Meredith  while  that  town  was  the  terminus. 
Permanent  headquarters  were  established  at  Plymouth  in  1854,  and  moved  to  Woods- 
ville  in  1884.  The  first  superintendent  was  Peter  Clark.  In  1847,  Mr.  Clark  was  suc- 
ceeded by  James  N.  Elkins.  In  1853  Mr.  Elkins  was  succeeded  by  James  M.  Whiton. 
In  1857,  J.  T.  Coffin  ran  the  road  for  a  while  for  the  trustees,  the  road  having  got  into 
financial  trouble  about  that  time.  Joseph  A.  Dodge  was  appointed  superintendent  in 
1858,  and  served  as  superintendent  and  general  manager  until  1883,  when  he  was  obliged 
to  retire  on  account  of  ill  health.  Soon  after  Mr.  Dodge's  death  the  headquarters  were 
moved  from  Plymouth  to  Woodsville,  and  most  of  you  know  all  about  who  they  have  had 
to  succeed  Mr.  Dodge  in  the  way  of  superintendents.1 

I  find  no  memorandum  as  to  when  the  telegraph  was  put  into  Plymouth.  A  line  was 
constructed  from  Plymouth  to  Woodsville  and  I  think  to  Littleton  in  1862.  I  remember 
very  well  being  present  in  the  office  when  the  first  wire  was  connected  up,  and  I  heard  the 
tick  of  the  first  telegraph  instrument  that  ever  ticked  in  Woodsville.  When  the  stage 
lines  were  superseded  by  the  railroad,  the  stage  drivers  were  made  conductors.  The 
first  train  that  ever  I  was  brakeman  on,  Seth  Greenleaf  was  conductor.  I  did  consider- 
able braking  under  "Sid"  Russ. 

I  have  in  my  office  the  pay  roll  for  September  1859.  At  that  time  the  line  between 
Concord  and  Woodsville  was  divided  into  twenty-three  sections.  J.  J.  Sanborn,  gener- 
ally known  as  "Jarve"  was  general  road  master,  and  he  was  paid  $3.07  per  day.  His 
assistant  road  master  was  Abe  Mitchell  who  was  paid  $1.75  per  day.  Section  foremen 
were  paid  $1.15  per  day,  and  the  second  hands  90  cents.  Superintendent  Dodge  was 
paid  $6.38  per  day,  and  the  general  passenger  and  ticket  agent,  J.  L.  Rogers,  $2.23. 
George  Stevens  was  master  mechanic  at  $3.19  per  day,  and  Moses  Elkins,  foreman  in  the 
wood  shop  received  $1.80.  Shop  hands  were  paid  $1.30  and  John  Knights,  foreman  of 
painters  $1.50.  J.  S.  Jewett,  foreman  of  inspectors  received  $1.80,  and  Joe  Lougee,  fore- 
man in  the  blacksmith  shop  $1.91. 

The  freight  engineers  were  J.  J.  Garmon,  Ralph  Adams  and  Charles  Tilton,  and  were 
paid  $2  per  day.  The  firemen  were  W.  D.  Sargent,  G.  B.  Randall  and  B.  F.  Osgood  and 
they  were  paid  $1.10.  The  passenger  engineers  received  $2  and  were  Henry  Little,  John 
Davis  and  Isaac  Sanborn.  Their  firemen,  John  Sargent,  W.  Varnum  and  J.  H.  Smalley 
were  paid  $1.12.  The  freight  conductors  were  "Dave"  Fergurson,  O.  R.  Farrah,  J.  W. 
Butler,  H.  W.  Ramsey  and  L.  D.  Whitcher  and  were  paid  $1.73  and  the  brakemen 
George  Ramsey  and  Natt  Batchelder  received  $1.25. 

"Curt"  Leavett  was  station  agent  at  Laconia  at  $2  per  day,  J.  W.  Beede  at  Meredith 
at  $1.10,  T.  P.  Woodman  at  Holderness  at  $1.20,  Morrill  Sanborn  at  Warren  $1.12|, 
W.  B.  Douglas  at  Woodsville,  $1.23,  Horace  E.  Chamberlin  at  Littleton,  $1.82  and  his 
helper,  Alden  Quimby  $1,  George  Pearsons  at  Lisbon  48  cents,  stations  from  Plymouth 
to  Warren  90  cents,  and  at  Plymouth,  the  business  was  transacted  from  the  Superinten- 
dent's office  and  no  salary  appears. 

Mr.  Lyons  died  in  1879  and  Mr.  Dodge  in  1884.  "Jim "  Rogers,  the  general  passenger 
and  ticket  agent,  left  the  road  somewhere  in  the  '80's  and  died  some  years  later.  Mr. 
Lyons  was  not  a  very  dignified  looking  man,  but  he  was  a  very  sagacious  business  man. 
He  had  great  confidence  in  the  future  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  and  put 
money  and  time  into  it,  but  he  knew  more  about  starch  and  dry  goods  than  he  did  about 

*W.  A.  Stowell,  Edward  F.  Mann,  George  E.  Cummings. 


438  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

railroading.  Mr.  Dodge  used  to  tell  me  how  he  started  out  as  a  stable  boy,  taking  care 
of  the  stage  horses  at  Meredith  Village,  and  from  that  went  to  work  for  Jim  Beede  in 
the  station,  and  when  headquarters  were  moved  to  Plymouth  he  went  with  them,  and  at 
last  became  general  manager  of  the  road.  He  was  dignified  and  reserved  but  when  you 
once  got  at  him  you  found  him  one  of  the  kindest  hearted  of  men. 

George  Stevens  was  succeeded  as  master  mechanic  by  Ralph  Adams  about  1870. 
Stevens  went  west  and  died  there.  Of  the  passenger  engineers  Henry  Little  is  now 
flagging  Ferry  Street  at  Concord.     John  Davis  recently  died  here  in  Woodsville. 

Isaac  Sanborn  ran  the  Peter  Clark  between  Woodsville  and  Littleton.  For  years  the 
"old  Peter"  did  all  the  work  that  was  done  on  the  Mountain  road,  coming  down  in  the 
morning  with  a  passenger  train,  going  back  with  a  freight,  return  with  freight  to  Woods- 
ville, and  back  to  Littleton  with  the  mail  at  night.  "West"  Lyons  was  his  fireman  and 
when  "West"  was  promoted,  George  was  taken  on.  "Ike"  and  his  fireman  thought 
the  "old  Peter"  was  the  only  engine  on  the  line,  and  they  kept  her  looking  pretty  neat. 
I  remember  of  hearing  them  say  that  she  ran  over  a  year  at  one  time  without  going  to  the 
shop.  I  well  remember  the  circumstances  of  Sanborn's  finishing  up  for  the  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal.  Along  in  the  fall  of  1869  Mr.  Dodge  had  an  idea  the  business 
was  slack,  and  the  "Mountain  Maid,"  a  small  engine,  weighing  about  25  tons,  could  do 
the  work  just  as  well  as  the  "Peter,"  and  he  notified  "Ike"  he  was  going  to  send  up  the 
"Mountain  Maid"  for  him.  "Ike"  replied  that  if  he  sent  her,  he  might  send  a  man  to 
run  her.  Mr.  Dodge  did  not  believe  "Ike"  would  leave,  but  one  night,  John  Davis 
brought  the  "Mountain  Maid"  up  from  Lakeport  with  orders  for  "Ike"  to  take  her  the 
next  morning,  while  he  would  take  "Peter"  back  to  Lakeport.  Davis  liked  to  see  a  little 
row  stirred  up  now  and  then,  and  he  made  considerable  talk  about  how  Sanborn  would 
look  running  the  "  Mountain  Maid."  I  was  watchman  at  that  time  and  he  told  me  a  lot 
of  stuff  to  tell  "Ike"  about  what  to  do  and  not  to  do  with  her  and  when  "Ike"  came  in 
from  Littleton  we  had  the  "Mountain  Maid"  all  ready  to  go  back  on  the  freight.  I 
began  to  tell  him  what  Davis  had  said  about  running  her,  and  he  told  me  to  tell  Davis 

and  all  the  rest  of  them  to  go  to quite  a  distance  from  Woodsville.     He  picked  up 

his  frock  and  overalls  and  everything  else  he  had  and  got  on  the  train  as  a  passenger  for 
Littleton.  We  telegraphed  Adams  to  send  a  man  to  run  in  Sanborn's  place  and  John 
Davis  was  the  man  sent  up.  I  told  John  all  the  points  of  the  "Mountain  Maid"  that 
he  told  me  to  tell  Sanborn,  and  a  madder  man  never  left  a  station  on  an  engine  than  Davis 
on  the  "Mountain  Maid."  "Ike"  was  a  particular  friend  of  Superintendent  Chamber- 
lain then  of  the  Concord  Road,  and  he  was  soon  provided  with  a  job  on  the  Concord.  He 
ran  there  for  many  years,  was  later  made  roundhouse  foreman  at  Concord  and  died  there 
in  1886. 

Very  few  of  these  men  I  have  mentioned  met  with  a  violent  death.  I  recollect  of  but 
two  who  were  killed.  George  Ramsey  was  killed  by  striking  a  telegraph  pole  at  Rum 
Hill  bridge,  while  a  freight  conductor,  E.  P.  Fisher,  who  was  baggage  master  through  to 
Boston  was  killed  at  Amoskeag  by  being  thrown  from  the  forward  end  of  his  baggage  car 
underneath  the  wheels. 

Only  within  the  past  ten  or  twelve  years  were  conductors  or  other  trainmen  uniformed. 
In  the  old  days  the  conductors  wore  no  uniforms  or  badge  to  indicate  who  they  were. 
They  wore  any  clothes  they  saw  fit,  and  any  kind  of  hat  or  cap.  Every  one  along  the 
line  was  expected  to  know  who  the  conductor  was,  and  the  conductor  usually  took  pains 
to  have  everybody  understand  who  was  in  charge.  In  fact  the  old  conductors  did  just 
about  as  they  pleased,  and  did  not  allow  any  one  to  dictate  to  them  very  much.  They 
ran  the  train  as  though  they  owned  the  road ;  and  in  some  cases  they  did  literally  become 
possessors  of  a  large  part  of  it.  The  passenger  trains  would  haul  freight  cars  behind 
their  trains  to  be  left  at  points  on  the  main  line  for  loading.     They  would  wait  at  stations 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  439 

for  passengers  to  do  a  little  business.  Passengers  could  purchase  tickets  or  pay  on  the 
cars,  just  as  they  chose.  There  was  no  bothering  with  rebate  slips.  There  were  no 
telegraph  orders.  The  train  first  arriving  waited  for  the  other,  except  in  cases  where 
they  were  specified  on  the  time  card  to  wait  five,  ten,  or  fifteen  minutes,  and  then  proceed. 

The  first  annual  stockholders'  meeting  held  at  Plymouth  appears  to  have  been  held  in 
1854,  and  after  that  time,  with  the  exception  of  three  or  four,  at  Laconia,  Meredith  and 
Plymouth,  and  the  stock  was  largely  distributed  along  the  line  of  the  old  Boston,  Con- 
cord and  Montreal.  Stockholders'  day  was  a  day  when  every  one  travelled.  Every 
passenger  car  and  engine  that  could  be  secured  was  pressed  into  service  to  handle  the 
crowds.  Stockholders  on  that  day  were  allowed  to  ride  all  over  the  road,  and  they 
usually  availed  themselves  of  the  privilege  by  figuring  just  how  much  riding  they  could 
get  for  themselves,  their  families  and  their  neighbors.  They  did  not  mind  so  much 
about  attending  the  meeting  as  they  did  about  the  riding.  They  would  start  on  the 
first  train  and  ride  on  every  train  possible  and  get  home  on  the  last  train  at  night.  In 
consequence  of  this  every  train  was  crowded.  It  was  one  of  the  big  days  for  northern 
New  Hampshire. 

The  first  regular  conductor  was  Jacob  Libby  who  graduated  from  a  coach  to  run  as 
conductor.  After  him  came  "Sid"  Russ  and  Seth  Greenleaf.  Afterwards  "Tom" 
Robie  took  charge  of  the  train  that  was  known  for  years  as  Robie's  train  or  "Patch's" 
train.  In  the  early  days  trains  were  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  the  engineers  or 
conductors.  "Patch"  Clifford  was  the  engineer  and  Robie  the  conductor  of  the  morn- 
ing train  from  Plymouth  to  Concord  and  the  afternoon  train  from  Concord  to  Plymouth, 
and  that  train  is  known  today  amongst  the  old  settlers  as  "Patch's  train"  or  "Robie's 
train."  Seth  Greenleaf  at  one  time  was  worth  considerable  money,  but  invested  it  all  in 
a  gold  mining  scheme  at  Lisbon,  and  lost  it.  Robie  ran  the  Plymouth  and  Concord  train 
for  years.  Afterwards  he  ran  the  train  between  Fabyan  and  the  Base  and  looked  after 
the  logging  on  the  Passumpsic  Valley  winters.     He  died  in  Plymouth  in  1893. 

We  must  not  forget  Uncle  Webb  (Wilbur  F.)  Stearns.  Webb  was  one  of  the  early 
stage  drivers  and  afterwards  had  charge  of  the  staging  business  of  the  company  when 
they  ran  the  lines  from  Plymouth  and  Littleton  to  the  mountain  hotels.  In  the  winter 
Webb  turned  his  hand  to  anything.  I  remember  my  first  lesson  in  passenger  braking 
came  from  Webb  Stearns.  Later  on  we  had  as  conductors,  George  Eastman,  "Pete" 
Hines,  Dave  Fergurson,  who  came  off  a  freight  to  run  a  passenger  train,  and  there  was 
Ed  Fisher  and  Bill  Rollins,  who  ran  baggage  cars  between  Boston  and  Plymouth  and 
were  conductors  between  Plymouth  and  Littleton.  Afterwards  came  "Ed."  Mann  and 
a  long  string  of  conductors  with  whom  you  are  familiar.  Many  of  us  here  know  "Ed." 
Mann.1  Probably  no  one  knew  him  better  than  I  did.  I  ran  with  him  for  a  number  of 
years  on  trains.  He  was  baggage  master  and  I  was  brakeman.  I  took  his  place  at  Con- 
cord when  he  was  made  superintendent  at  Woodsville,  and  afterwards  came  to  Woods- 
ville  as  his  assistant.  A  better  man  than  "Ed."  Mann  never  lived.  His  only  fault  (if 
he  had  one)  was  that  he  trusted  too  much  to  his  friends.  He  could  not  conceive  of  any 
wrong  doing  in  any  one  toward  his  fellowmen. 

My  memory  in  regard  to  railroad  matters  runs  back  further  than  my  personal  con- 
nection with  the  road  for  the  reason  that  my  father  was  in  its  employ  from  1853  to  1871. 
In  1853  he  was  second  hand  on  the  section  at  Rumney.  When  the  road  was  opened  to 
Woodsville  he  became  section  foreman  between  Woodsville  and  North  Haverhill  for 
quite  a  number  of  years.     His  section  started  in  at  Woodsville  and  ended  at  Hannaford'a 

'Edward  F.  Mann,  born  in  Benton  September  7,  1845;  entered  the  employ  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal  1865,  in  the  passenger  service;  was  baggage  master,  conductor, 
train  despatcher  at  Concord;  assistant  superintendent  at  Woodsville;  general  superin- 
tendent Concord  and  Montreal  with  office  at  Concord  till  hia  death,  August  19,  1892. 


440  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Pass,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  below  North  Haverhill  station.  At  that  time  it  was 
thought  best  to  go  over  the  road  before  the  early  morning  train.  The  last  train  into 
Woodsville  at  night  was  before  dark,  and  I  know  that  for  many  years  my  father  would 
get  up  one  morning  and  Dan  Foley  would  get  up  the  next  morning  and  walk  down  to 
North  Haverhill  ahead  of  the  freight  which  left  Woodsville  about  5  o'clock.  My  father 
continued  as  section  foreman  for  a  number  of  years;  afterwards  ran  the  construction 
trains,  picked  up  old  ties,  etc.,  leaving  the  road  to  go  into  business  in  1871. 

My  own  connection  with  the  road  dates  back  to  somewhere  about  1865.  Mr.  Dodge 
got  a  notion  that  it  would  be  safer  for  some  one  to  go  over  the  Connecticut  River  bridge 
after  the  passage  of  each  train.  There  were  at  that  time  four  or  five  trains  each  day 
crossing  the  bridge,  and  he  arranged  with  my  father  to  have  me  go  over  the  bridge  after 
the  passage  of  each  train  to  look  for  fire,  and  I  was  paid  for  this  summer's  work  eight 
dollars.  In  the  fall  of  1868  I  went  into  the  engine  house  here  at  Woodsville  as  watch- 
man and  engine  cleaner,  and  continued  for  a  year  when  I  went  to  Littleton,  and  from 
there  as  the  road  advanced  to  Lancaster,  taking  care  of  the  engines  nights.  Mr.  Dodge 
had  always  told  me  that  just  as  soon  as  I  got  large  enough  and  was  old  enough,  I  should 
be  made  a  brakeman,  and  he  finally  put  me  on  the  train  in  the  spring  of  1871,  and  I  have 
been  around  doing  something  ever  since. 

At  the  time  I  entered  the  service,  one  engine  the  "Peter  Clark"  was  doing  all  the 
business  between  Littleton  and  Woodsville.  As  I  have  before  stated,  Isaac  Sanborn 
was  the  engineer,  West  Lyons,  fireman,  and  Ezra  Mann  did  the  shifting  in  the  Woods- 
ville yard  and  ran  the  freight  to  Littleton  and  return.  On  the  passenger  train,  the 
baggage  master  ran  from  Boston  to  Plymouth.  Then  he  was  made  conductor  from  Ply- 
mouth to  Littleton,  and  the  brakeman  went  ahead  as  baggage  master.  The  cars  that 
ran  between  Boston  and  Woodsville  were  thought  to  be  entirely  too  good  to  run  north  of 
Woodsville,  so  everybody  had  to  change  cars  here,  and  we  had  running  north  of  Woods- 
ville an  old  flat  top  passenger  car  and  a  car  which  served  for  baggage,  mail  and  express. 
Everything  had  to  be  changed  at  Woodsville;  mails,  express  and  passengers,  and  the 
cars  that  came  from  Boston  were  set  off  here  to  be  washed  and  cleaned  and  ready  for  the 
next  day.  I  remember  this  old  passenger  car  as  having  in  the  centre  of  it  a  wood  stove, 
cast  iron  base  and  sheet  iron  top,  similar  to  the  old  fashioned  parlor  stoves,  two  candles, 
one  on  each  side  of  the  car.  You  could  barely  see  your  way  through  the  car  when  they 
were  lighted. 

The  first  cars  constructed  with  monitor  top  were  built  in  1868,  at  Laconia,  two  com- 
bination cars  and  two  coaches.  These  were  followed  by  two  more  coaches,  the  next 
summer  with  what  were  known  as  "French  tops."  For  a  long  time  these  good  cars  were 
all  taken  off  in  the  fall,  and  we  ran  only  the  flat  roof  cars  during  the  winter.  The  cars 
were  hitched  up  with  pin  and  link  couplers,  and  of  course  there  were  no  such  things  as 
air  brakes.  We  had  bell  cord  that  were  used  only  in  cases  of  emergency.  We  had  a 
signal  that  we  used  to  slide  out  on  the  end  of  the  car  to  stop  at  flag  stations,  instead  of 
pulling  the  cord  and  the  engineer  looked  back  to  see  it.  The  box  cars  in  freight  trains 
most  of  them  had  brakes,  but  there  were  no  brakes  on  the  flat  cars.  None  of  the  freight 
cars  had  over  20,000  pounds  capacity  and  the  longest  cars  were  28  feet.  The  caboose 
had  space  for  freight  in  each  end  and  the  conductor's  room  in  the  center.  The  con- 
ductor's room  was  so  small  you  could  sit  on  the  seat  and  put  your  feet  on  the  small  box 
stove.  On  each  end  on  top  of  the  caboose  there  was  a  recess  cut  into  the  top  of  the  car, 
and  a  hood  to  pull  over  it,  so  that  in  stormy  weather  when  the  brakeman  rode  on  top  of 
the  caboose  he  could  sit  down  in  this  recess  and  pull  the  hood  over  him  and  be  protected 
from  the  wind  and  storm.  There  was  no  accommodation  for  sleeping  in  the  cabooses, 
and  I  cannot  imagine  what  a  freight  crew  would  say  today,  if  started  out  with  the  equip- 
ment given  the  men  of  that  time,  and  which  was  perfectly  satisfactory. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  441 

The  freight  conductors  ran  through  to  Boston,  and  usually  one  end  of  the  caboose  was 
used  as  a  private  conveyance  for  eggs  and  butter  and  that  sort  of  stuff.  Some  of  the 
freight  conductors  got  up  a  great  reputation  in  Boston  as  dealers  in  butter  and  eggs,  one 
of  them,  Farrah,  going  so  far  as  to  have  a  sign  on  his  caboose  door.  For  locomotives  we 
had  the  old  "McDuffie"  and  the  "Granite  State."  One  of  these  was  stationed  at 
Woodsville  as  shifter  and  helper.  They  were  an  old  style  of  Hinckley  engines.  The 
cylinders  were  not  set  level,  but  at  an  angle.  Then  there  was  the  old  "Jim  Elkins" 
and  the  "Crawford,"  inside  connections.  These  were  passenger  engines.  I  remember 
them  particularly  well  as  being  the  meanest  things  to  clean  we  had.  The  "Chocorua" 
was  the  pet  engine  of  the  road.  Henry  Little  ran  her  and  she  had  more  brass  on  her 
than  all  the  engines  on  the  division  put  together  at  the  present  time.  Henry  was  so 
careful  of  her  that  he  had  a  lot  of  old  canvass  to  cover  her  up  with  when  she  was  in  the 
engine  house. 

The  "Peter  Clark"  as  I  have  said  before  did  all  the  work  north  of  Woodsville  and  the 
"Winnie "  and  the  " Pea "  did  the  freight  work.  " Patch "  Clifford  had  the  " Lady  of  the 
Lake"  south  of  Plymouth  and  he  never  let  her  go  out  of  his  hands.  Everything  burned 
wood.  We  had  woodsheds  strung  along  the  line  wherever  wood  was  handiest.  The 
principal  wooding-up  points  for  passenger  trains  were  Woodsville,  East  Haverhill, 
Warren,  Plymouth,  Lakeport  and  Northfield.  Brakemen  and  conductors  and  all  hands 
had  to  get  out  and  help  wood-up  every  time  the  train  stopped  for  wood.  Freights  had 
to  stop  at  slab  and  wood  piles  besides  the  track  between  stations. 

When  I  began  watching  (1868)  in  the  engine  house  at  Woodsville,  the  railroad  build- 
ings here  consisted  of  the  engine  house,  which  was  a  roundhouse  with  turn-table  under 
cover,  and  five  pits  with  blacksmith  shop  on  the  rear.  The  buildings  were  of  brick 
heated  by  box  stoves  burning  wood.  Back  of  the  engine  house  was  the  woodshed  some 
two  or  three  hundred  feet  long;  a  stationary  engine  house  in  which  there  was  a  small 
engine  used  to  saw  the  wood  and  pump  the  water  from  the  river  for  the  use  of  locomo- 
tives, and  incidentally  for  the  use  of  the  few  people  who  lived  near  the  engine  house,  who 
were  permitted  to  take  water  whenever  they  wished.  The  station,  about  where  the  road 
department  offices  are  now,  and  about  the  same  kind  of  a  building,  was  occupied  by 
both  freight  and  passenger  departments,  two  small  waiting  rooms — an  ordinary  country 
station — the  ticket  office  between.  There  was  a  tenement  for  the  station  agent  in  the 
rear,  and  in  the  rear  of  the  tenement  the  freight  house. 

About  opposite  the  present  passenger  station  was  a  car  house  of  two  tracks  holding 
four  cars.  The  hand-car  house  was  just  about  opposite  Ai  Willoughby's,  and  a  little 
north  of  that,  about  opposite  Mulhken's  Block  was  a  rail  shop,  where  they  mended  iron 
rails.  Very  near  where  the  gate  tower  for  the  crossing  stands,  was  a  small  switch  house 
and  this  was  the  junction  of  the  White  Mountain  Road  and  the  Boston,  Concord  and 
Montreal.  Standing  at  this  switch  house  you  could  look  in  all  directions  and  see  only 
one  set  of  buildings.  These  were  known  as  the  Tut  tie  farm  buildings  and  is  the  place 
where  Robert  Parks  now  lives.  There  were  at  that  time,  outside  the  railroad  buildings 
less  than  twenty  buildings  in  the  village.  The  highway  went  over  the  tracks  where  the 
underpass1  now  is.  There  were  some  stock  yards  between  the  railroad  and  the  highway 
in  front  of  Ai  Willoughby's.  There  was  one  track  running  to  the  stock  yards,  and  one 
track  running  to  the  freight  house,  and  the  long  Biding  running  from  about  where  the 
dry  bridge  is,  down  through  to  the  ledge,  a  little  farther  down  than  where  the  small  hose 
house  now  stands.  The  land  south  of  the  passenger  station  was  covered  with  lumber 
and  bark  hauled  from  Groton  way.  The  Montpelier  and  Wells  River  Road  was  being 
built  about  this  time.  On  the  Wells  River  side  the  passenger  station  was  down  below 
the  church,  and  there  was  only  one  track  between  here  and  Wells  River,  now  known  as 
the  south  "  Y."     The  bank  at  that  time  came  close  to  the  south  "Y"  track. 

1  Dry  bridge. 


442  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Looking  at  the  Woodsville  of  today  one  can  hardly  conceive  that  there  has  been  such 
a  change  in  thirty  years.  There  was  little  business  of  any  account  here  at  that  time.  A 
shovel  handle  shop  and  a  small  sawmill  stood  on  the  site  of  the  pumping  station,  run  by 
C.  B.  Smith.  The  Weeks  Block,  so  called,  was  the  only  store  in  the  place,  and  was  the 
centre  of  a  thriving  business,  taking  in  large  quantities  of  every  kind  of  farm  produce  in 
exchange  for  goods.  There  was  no  coal  used  in  the  place.  I  well  remember  the  first 
coal  I  ever  saw.  The  blacksmith  at  the  engine  house  had  been  in  the  habit  of  using 
charcoal,  or  hemlock  bark  in  the  forge.  They  sent  up  from  somewhere  down  country, 
some  barrels  of  what  they  then  called  sea  coal,  the  same  kind  we  now  burn  on  the  loco- 
motives. The  oil  used  on  the  trains  for  everything  except  the  valves  was  pure  lard  oil. 
In  the  winter  we  had  to  take  it  out  of  the  barrels  and  melt  it  in  kettles  over  the  fire.  For 
the  valves  they  used  tallow. 

At  this  time  there  were  three  engines  kept  at  Woodsville  over  night,  the  mail  train 
engine,  the  freight  engine  and  the  helper.  When  the  helper  was  not  gone  over  the  hill  it 
was  used  as  a  shifter.  Henry  Little  and  "Bogie"  Drake  ran  the  mail  trains  and  Charlie 
Burleigh  and  George  Hutchins  were  their  firemen.  Charlie  Green  and  Aaron  Ferguson 
ran  the  way  freights  and  Orin  Bailey  was  one  of  the  firemen.  Bill  Clement  ran  the  helper 
and  Charlie  Hoit  was  his  fireman.  Ezra  Mann  ran  the  mountain  freight,  but  I  do  not 
remember  who  his  brakeman  was,  if  he  had  any.  He  probably  did  not.  Henry  Ramsey 
was  station  agent  and  in  full  charge  of  everything  here  in  Woodsville.  There  were  no 
doctors,  or  lawyers,  or  ministers  in  the  village.  Up  to  1882  trains  were  seldom  moved 
by  telegraph  orders.  Some  attempts  were  made  at  train  despatching,  but  in  rather  a 
loose  way.  In  1882  W.  A.  Stowell  assumed  charge  of  the  train  service,  opened  a 
despatcher's  office  at  Plymouth,  and  George  Randall  was  taken  from  the  Central  Ver- 
mont road  and  made  chief  despatcher. 

The  train  men  of  the  present  day  think  they  are  working  hard,  but  in  the  early  70's 
when  we  first  opened  up  to  Lancaster  a  man  would  leave  Lancaster  with  a  three  car 
train,  as  baggage  master  and  brakeman,  making  all  stops  by  hand  to  Plymouth.  At 
Plymouth  we  took  on  one  car  and  another  brakeman  to  Boston.  All  we  had  to  do  was 
to  brake  two  brakes  and  take  care  of  the  baggage.  When  we  reached  Boston,  we  had 
to  shift  our  train,  and  sweep  out  our  cars  and  get  our  kindling  wood  ready  to  build  a  fire 
the  next  morning,  then  get  up  in  the  morning  and  go  down  to  the  car  shed  and  build  the 
fires  in  season  to  have  the  cars  warm  to  leave  Boston  at  7.30;  brake  two  brakes,  take  care 
of  the  baggage  to  Plymouth,  and  then  have  two  or  three  cars  to  brake  back  to  Lancaster 
alone.  Generally  we  had  to  wood-up  two  or  three  times,  get  in  our  wood  to  run  the 
stoves,  see  that  the  fire  was  going  all  right  and  a  few  other  things  to  keep  us  from  getting 
asleep.  At  Lancaster  they  had  car  cleaners,  so  we  did  not  have  to  clean  our  cars  at  that 
end  of  the  trip.  We  thought  we  had  a  good  job  then.  We  received  at  that  time  the 
same  pay  brakemen  receive  now. 

The  way  freight  conductors  ran  from  Woodsville  to  Boston;  Woodsville  to  Concord 
the  first  day,  Concord  to  Boston  the  next  day,  back  to  Concord  from  Boston 
the  third,  and  to  Woodsville  the  fourth,  taking  four  days  to  make  the  run.  They  never 
had  but  one  brakeman  on  the  trains;  they  would  leave  Woodsville  in  the  morning  at 
four  or  five  o'clock  with  a  double  header;  unload  meal,  grain,  etc.,  and  load  butter,  etc., 
all  the  way  down  at  every  station,  wood-up  three  or  four  times,  have  thirty  or  forty  cars 
into  Plymouth,  stop  there  two  or  three  hours  to  have  everything  looked  over  by  the 
officials  and  do  what  shifting  was  to  be  done,  leave  enough  cars  at  Plymouth  so  that  they 
could  get  over  Ashland  hill,  change  engines  and  brakeman  at  Lakeport  and  get  into  Con- 
cord somewhere  in  the  evening.  On  the  run  between  Concord  and  Boston  there  was 
little  to  do,  and  the  time  in  Boston  was  occupied  in  selling  butter  and  eggs,  so  they  had, 
take  it  all  around,  a  good  job. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  443 

The  company  from  the  very  beginning  thought  it  would  be  economical  to  burn  old 
ties,  so  every  fall  ties  were  picked  up  and  put  into  piles  along  the  track,  when  some  one  was 
got  to  saw  them  up;  then  trains  would  stop  wherever  there  were  piles  of  ties  and  wood- 
up.  Later  they  built  three  tie  sheds,  one  at  Bridgewater,  one  at  Woodsville  and 
the  other  at  Wing  Road.  A  contract  was  made  with  O.  G.  Smith  to  pick  up  the  ties  and 
saw  them  at  so  much  a  cord.  Just  as  soon  as  the  summer  trains  were  off,  we  would  start 
out  with  ten  flat  cars,  about  thirty  men  with  boarding  cars,  and  fill  up  these  sheds,  living 
all  the  time  on  the  train  and  stopping  wherever  night  overtook  us.  This  took  the  time 
till  snow  came.  Then  Smith  would  put  his  sawing  machine  into  the  sheds  and  saw  up 
the  ties  during  the  winter.  He  was  supposed  to  cut  them  sixteen  inches  long,  but  from 
the  time  he  cut  them  to  the  time  they  were  put  into  the  fire  box  they  generally  grew  to 
be  any  where  from  24  to  30  inches  in  length.  A  large  part  of  these  ties  would  fall  to 
pieces  in  handling,  and  every  fall  before  we  filled  the  shed  with  a  new  consignment  we 
would  shovel  out  fifty  carloads  or  so  in  the  form  of  chips  and  rotten  rubbish. 

They  had  a  directors  meeting  at  one  time  to  talk  over  the  matter  of  using  the  old  ties. 
Some  thought  it  was  not  economical,  but  the  management  thought  we  better  keep  on 
using  them.  One  director  expressed  his  opinion  that  although  the  ties  would  probably 
make  just  as  much  steam  as  good  hard  wood,  the  steam  was  undoubtedly  of  poorer  quality. 
The  business  of  picking  up  old  ties  was  finally  abandoned  and  cord  wood  was  bought 
instead,  but  usually  this  lay  out  of  doors  until  it  was  rotten  before  it  was  used.  The  idea 
seemed  to  prevail  that  wood  was  not  good  for  anything  until  it  had  laid  beside  the  track 
three  or  four  years.  The  last  year  before  the  lease  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal 
to  the  Boston  and  Lowell,  I  bought  some  30,000  cords  of  wood  and  this  was  about  our 
annual  consumption.  There  were  no  coal  burning  engines  on  the  Boston,  Concord  and 
Montreal  up  to  the  time  of  the  lease  to  the  Lowell,  except  two  which  had  been  experi- 
mented with  years  before,  but  the  parties  who  had  wood  to  sell  made  such  expostulations 
that  Mr.  Dodge  changed  them  back  to  wood  burners. 

Some  time  about  1874  or  75  Mr.  Dodge  thought  it  would  be  a  good  thing  to  have  a 
parlor  car  run  from  the  boat  connection  at  New  London  into  the  mountains,  so  the  Nor- 
wich and  Worcester  bought  one  car  and  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  the  other  so 
as  to  have  two  cars  in  the  run.  I  went  with  Mr.  Dodge  to  Concord  when  the  car  arrived 
and  ran  extra  with  the  car  from  Concord  to  Lancaster  to  see  if  it  would  clear  the  plat- 
forms and  everything  along  the  line.  This  was  the  first  parlor  car  ever  run  over  the  road. 
I  do  not  know  what  ever  became  of  the  Norwich  and  Worcester  car,  but  the  Boston,  Con- 
cord and  Montreal  car  is  now  running  as  a  passenger  coach.  The  road  later  bought 
several  parlor  cars  at  the  Laconia  shops.  The  first  sleeping  car  over  the  road  came  up 
with  General  Grant  when  he  made  his  trip  through  New  Hampshire.  We  were  then 
building  the  road  between  Bethlehem  Junction  and  Twin  Mountain  and  we  got  the  car 
to  Twin  Mountain.  The  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  was  pretty  hard  up  before  the 
lease  to  the  Lowell.  It  was  pretty  well  run  out  of  everything.  I  remember  in  cases  of 
broken  rails,  trains  would  sometimes  have  to  stop  and  go  to  the  nearest  siding  and  get 
out  a  rail  to  put  in  place  of  the  broken  one. 

In  June  1861,  on  account  of  the  war,  railroad  business  was  very  much  depressed. 
Freight  trains  ran  between  Concord  and  Woodsville  only  three  days  in  the  week,  that  is, 
a  freight  would  come  from  Concord  to  Woodsville  one  day  and  return  the  next.  North 
of  Woodsville  they  ran  only  two  days  in  the  week.  The  use  of  flat  cars  for  lumber 
gradually  increased  and  it  became  on  freight  trains  a  question  of  getting  box  cars  enough 
together  for  brakes  to  hold  the  trains  down  the  hills.  After  a  great  deal  of  talk  they 
began  to  put  some  brakes  on  the  flat  cars.  It  then  became  a  question  to  get  at  the 
brakes  in  good  shape  and  put  them  up.  I  think  the  first  man  who  used  a  wrench  of  any 
kind  on  a  flat  car  was  Henry  Mann.     He  used  to  take  a  monkey  wrench  and  use  that. 


444  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

We  afterwards  found  that  the  rail  forks  used  by  section  men  to  lift  rails  were  better  than 
a  wrench,  and  we  made  raids  on  hand-car  houses  as  we  came  across  them  and  took  posses- 
sion of  these  forks.  The  progressive  spirit  of  the  time  would  not  allow  the  shop  to  make 
us  fork  wrenches,  so  we  were  obliged  to  confiscate  all  we  had. 

After  Mr.  Lyons  died,  his  mercantile  partner  in  Boston,  Mr.  Vose,  became  president 
of  the  road.  Mr.  Vose  had  no  experience  whatever,  and  did  not  like  it.  Soon  after  the 
death  of  Mr.  Dodge,  the  Boston  and  Lowell  Road  made  the  directors  of  the  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal  an  offer  to  lease  their  road  which  was  accepted,  and  the  Boston 
and  Lowell  took  possession  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  in  1884.  It  was  run 
as  the  White  Mountain  Division  of  the  Boston  and  Lowell  until  1889,  when  the  Con- 
cord Railroad  having  secured  a  majority  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  stock 
broke  the  lease,  and  brought  about  a  consolidation  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal 
and  Concord  under  the  name  of  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad.  The  Concord  and 
Montreal  operated  the  road  until  1895,  when  it  was  leased  to  the  Boston  and  Maine, 
and  is  now  run,  as  you  all  know,  as  the  White  Mountain  Division  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine,  it  being  a  part  of  that  great  system  which  controls  and  operates  at  the  present 
time  3,260  miles  of  road,  representing  a  capital  investment  of  something  like  $204,000,- 
000.  The  annual  gross  receipts  of  the  combined  system  are  now  about  $38,000,000  and 
its  operation  requires  the  employment  of  over  25,000  persons,  the  annual  pay  roll  being 
between  fourteen  and  fifteen  million  dollars.  The  Boston  and  Lowell,  the  Concord  and 
Montreal  and  afterwards  the  Boston  and  Maine  made  very  few  changes  in  the  employees 
of  the  leased  lines.  It  has  always  been  the  policy  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  to  retain 
all  the  officials  and  employees  of  leased  lines  that  were  worthy  of  retention,  and  President 
Tuttle  has  always  maintained  that  the  success  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  has  been  largely 
owing  to  the  thousands  of  excellent  assistants  in  all  its  fines  of  service.  I  do  not  think 
there  exists  in  the  United  States  a  corporation  where  there  is  better  feeling  between  the 
officials  and  employees  than  there  is  on  the  Boston  and  Maine  road  and  I  know  that 
from  the  president  down  the  officials  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  have  the  welfare  of  the  men 
at  heart  and  do  everything  they  can  for  the  comfort  and  welfare  of  the  employees. 


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Historical  Address,  On  the  Occasion  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth   Anniversary 

of  the  Settlement  of  the  Town  of  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Sept.  20,  1912.     Privately 

Printed,  1912. 
Assistant  Editor  of  Genealogical  and  Family  History  of  New  Hampshire,  Ezra  S. 

Stearns.     Editor.     (4  vols.,  4°).     New  York,  1908. 
Address  on  the  Occasion  of  the  Dedication  of  the  Statue  of  General  Franklin  Pierce, 

Fourteenth  President  of  the  United  States,  at  Concord,  Nov.  25,  1914. 
An  Almost  Successful  Secession :  An  account  of  the  so-called  Vermont  Controversy, 

in  Vol.  II,  History  of  New  Hampshire  by  E.  S.  Stackpole  (4  vols.).     New  York, 

1917. 
Franklin  Pierce,  President.     Chapter  16,  Vol.  Ill,  History  of  New  Hampshire  by 

E.  S.  Stackpole.     (4  vols.)     New  York,  1917. 


GENEALOGY 


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ABBOTT 

The  emigrant  ancestor,  George  Abbott,  is  supposed  to  have  come  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  in  1640.  He  became  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1643.  He 
married,  1647,  Hannah  Chandler;   died  Dec.  24,  1681.     Thirteen  children: 

William2  (George1)  b.  1657;  d.  1713;  m.  1682  Elizabeth  Gray.     Ten  chil. 

James3  (William2,  George1)  b.  Feb.  12,  1695;  d.  Dec.  27,  1787;  m.  Jan.  1714  Abigail 
Farnum.     Fifteen  chil.     Was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Concord  about  1735. 

James4  (James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Andover,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1717;  d.  Newbury, 
Vt.,  1803;  m.  1742  Sarah  Bancroft.  Settled  first  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  1763,  but  sold 
his  farm  on  the  Oxbow  to  Rev.  Peter  Powers,  and  came  to  Haverhill  about  1767. 
He  was  town  clerk  1769-70;  selectman  and  member  of  the  Council  of  Safety 
1772-75;  was  one  of  the  first  deacons  of  the  Haverhill-Newbury  Church  of  which 
his  entire  family  were  members.  Ten  chil.:  1,  Sarah  b.  Mar.  1,  1743;  2,  Abigail 
b.  Jan.  22,  1746,  d.  Bath  Feb.  11,  1815,  m.  Maj.  Asa  Bailey.  (See  Bailey.) 
Seventeen  chil.:  3,  Mary  b.  Feb.  6,  1748;  4,  James  b.  Oct.  18,  1750;  5,  Judith  b. 
Jan.  19,  1753;  6,  William  b.  Apr.  24,  1755;  7,  Bancroft  b.  June  4,  1757;  8,  Ezra 
b.  Oct.  8,  1759;  9,  Susannah  b.  Mar.  3,  1763;   10,  Ezra  b.  June  2,  1765. 

William5  (James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Concord  Apr.  24,  1755;  m.  1777, 
Mabel  Whittlesey  of  East  Guilford,  Conn.;  d.  June  14,  1807.  Eleven  chil., 
most  of  whom  settled  in  Bath.  In  Jan.  1795  he  settled  in  Haverhill  having  pur- 
chased 37|  acres  of  the  governor's  reservation,  northwest  corner,  including  the 
mill  privilege  in  what  is  now  Woodsville.  His  sons  Moses  and  Ezra,  subsequently 
in  1809,  sold  the  mill  privilege  and  in  1827  the  remainder  of  the  37£  acres  to  John 
L.  Woods.  William  Abbott  was  probably  the  first  settler  in  what  is  now  Woods- 
ville. 

Moses6  (William5,  James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  at  Bath,  June  16, 1778;  m., 
1st,  1802  Lucy  Willis,  who  d.  1842;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  14,  1844  Mrs.  Lucy  Wells.  He 
removed  to  Bath,  and  d.  May  7,  1856.     Fourteen  chil. 

Myron7  (Moses6,  William5,  James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Bath  Apr.  24, 
1803;  m.,  1st,  Clarissa  Willis,  d.  Aug.  21,  1865;  m.,  2d,  1866  Martha  Leach. 
He  d.  Bath  June  3,  1883.     Four  chil. 

Myron  B.8  (Myron7,  Moses6,  William5,  James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Bath 
Dec.  18,  1840;  m.  Apr.  27,  1865,  Ellen  M.  Brock.     Five  chil. 

Harry  E.9  (Myron  B.8,  Myron7,  Moses6,  William5,  James4,  James3,  William2, 
George1)  b.  June  14,  1866;  m.  Feb.  22,  1888,  Josie  E.  Weare  of  Woodsville.  In 
trade  at  Woodsville,  Littleton  and  Chester,  Vt.  Three  chil. :  Maurice  J.  b.  Aug. 
7,  1889;  Charles  W.  b.  Feb.  19,  1892;  Elmer  W.  b.  Oct.  25,  1895. 

Moses7  (Moses6,  William5,  James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Bath  Dec.  27, 
1818;  d.  July  30,  1889;  m.,  1st,  Lucia  K.,  dau.  of  Moses  and  Sally  (Smith) 
Eastman  of  Haverhill,  who  d.  Apr.  14,  1853,  ae.  26;  m.,  2d,  May  5,  1855,  Mary 
P.,  dau.  of  John  C.  and  Maria  (Powers)  Weeks  of  Bath;  d.  Feb.  10,  1914. 
Lived  in  Bath  on  farm  across  the  river  from  Woodsville,  dealer  in  lumber,  prod- 
uce and  wool.     Six  chil. 

Chester8  (Moses7,  Moses6,  William5,  James4,  James3,  William2,  George1)  b.  Bath 
Oct.  13,  1850;  m.,  1st,  Nov.  1,  1877,  Mary  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Ira  and  Lucy  Royce 
Whitcher  of  Haverhill,  b.  July  17,  1847.  She  d.  Apr.  15,  1897;  m.,  2d,  June 
22,  1898,  Abbie  Sophronia,  dau.  of  Frederick  D.  and  Lois  (Hale)  Williamson  of 
Barton,  Vt.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1871.  She  d.  (killed  in  automobile  accident)  Oct.  1, 
1916.  Married  3d,  April  13,  1918,  Mrs.  Alice  Weeks,  b.  Sept.  14,  1876,  widow  of 
Isaac  S.  Weeks  of  Bath,  daughter  of  Hibbard  and  Victoria  Jodrie  of  Kentville,  Nova 
Scotia.  Until  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  he  lived  in  Woodsville  in  the  employ  of 
his  father-in-law  and  the  Woodsville  Lumber  Co.  He  removed  to  Bath  in  1898 
where  he  still  resides,  engaged  in  insurance  and  real  estate.  Has  one  child: 
Albert  L.,  adopted;  b.  Dec.  19,  1897;  m.Sept.  16,  1918,  Jeannette  F.  Nutter. 
Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  1917. 

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452  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

ADAMS 

Stephen  Adams1  was  born  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  Aug.  1778,  and  came  to  Haverhill 
with  his  widowed  mother,  Elizabeth  Adams,  previous  to  1805.  She  died  in  Haverhill 
May  25,  1821,  in  her  84th  year.  He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furniture  and  to 
this  he  added  the  business  of  a  general  store  dealing  in  dry  and  West  India  goods.  His 
places  of  business  were  a  building  north  of  the  Academy,  then  on  Eastern  avenue,  near 
where  the  Court  House  was  subsequently  built,  and  later  on  the  old  site  between  the 
Academy  and  the  Brick  Church.  He  is  described  as  a  large  man,  tall  and  well  built. 
He  was  interested  in  the  militia,  was  at  one  time  captain  of  a  company  of  Horse  Guards, 
and  was  greatly  pleased  to  be  addressed  by  his  military  title.     He  died  Aug.  28,  1859. 

He  was  twice  married,  first,  1807,  Susan ,  born  1786,  died  Apr.  8,  1809;  second,  1809, 

Sarah  Johnston  of  Haverhill,  born  Haverhill,  1787,  published  July  2,  1809;  died  Aug. 
22,  1863.  They  had  a  large  family  of  children,  but  so  far  as  known  none  of  the  descend- 
ants of  Capt.  Adams  are  at  present  residents  of  Haverhill. 

1.  Samuel  P.2  b.  Hav.  Oct.  1,  1808. 

2.  Stephen2  b.  Feb.  22,  1810;  d.  Mar.  1,  1810. 

3.  Sylvia2  b.  Feb.  22,  1810;  d.  Mar.  1,  1810. 

4.  Charles  Johnston2  b.  Feb.  3,  1811.     Lived  in  Lowell  and  Cambridge,  Mass. 

5.  Stephen2  b.  Feb.  12,  1813.     A  Methodist  Episcopal  clergyman. 

6.  Eliza  J.2  b.  Nov.  24,  1815;  d.  Feb.  10,  1831. 

7.  Horace  Johnston2  b.  Dec.  23,  1817.     Lived  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

8.  Sarah2  b.  Nov.  7,  1819;  m.  May  24,  1848,  William  C._Day;  d.  June  25,  1903.   Had 

four  chil. 

9.  George  b.  Aug.  27,  1821. 

10.  Michael.     In  business  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

11.  Ezra  B.     In  business  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

12.  Abbie  Bush  b.  Hav.  July  12,  1825;  m.  Apr.  4,  1848,  Henry  H.  Wilder,  a  prominent 

business  man  of  Lowell,  Mass.     She  had  three  chil.     Died  Mar.  4,  1894. 

13.  Anna  B.  b.  Hav.  Jan.  27,  1829;  m.  Geo.  W.  Aiken  of  Wentworth. 

Capt.  Samuel  P.  Adams  born  Haverhill  Oct.  1,  1808;  married 1835;  died  July 

20,  1867.  Two  children:  1,  Andrew  J.  born  1836,  died  Feb.  3,  1842,  age  6  years;  2, 
Sylvia  E.  G.  born  1838,  died  Mar.  5,  1842.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  the  militia; 
was  colonel  of  the  13th  Regiment  in  1846-47;  brigadier-general  of  the  6th  Brigade  in 
1848,  and  major-general  of  the  4th  division  of  the  Militia  from  1849  to  the  abandonment 
of  the  militia  organization  in  1851 .  When  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out,  he  enlisted 
in  the  summer  of  1861,  and  was  active  in  securing  the  enlistment  of  others.  He  was  com- 
missioned captain  of  Company  B,  6th  N.  H.  Vols.,  and  was  mustered  in  as  captain  to 
date  Nov.  27,  1861.  He  was  then  past  53  years  of  age,  and  his  health  naturally  became 
so  impaired  in  the  service  that  to  his  great  regret  in  July,  1862,  he  was  forced  to  resign. 
He  had,  however,  gained  the  reputation  of  being  a  capable  and  efficient  officer.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade. 

Charles  J.,  Michael,  Horace  and  Ezra  B.  Adams  became  extensively  engaged  in 
the  furniture  business  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Adams  &  Co.  Charles 
J.  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Middlesex  County,  and  city  marshal  of  Lowell.  He  had  charge 
of  the  Middlesex  County  jail  and  house  of  correction  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  for  a  period 
of  thirty-three  years,  till  death  in  1892.  He  was  appointed  jail  keeper  in  1851.  Two 
children  born  in  Lowell : 

1.  Charles  Sylvester3  b.  Apr.  6,  1836;  d.  Sept.  16,  1836. 

2.  Charles  Sylvester3  b.  July  7,  1837;  d.  Feb.  6,  1868;  m.  May  30,  1861,   Chris- 

tina W.  Jennison,  b.  Dec.  3,  1837;  d.  Feb.  18,  1871.     Two  chil.:   (1)  Chas.  Jen- 
nison,  (2)  Henry  Sewell.     Henry  Sewell  m.  and  has  five  chil. 

Horace  Johnston2  born  Haverhill  Dec.  23, 1817;  moved  to  Lowell  about  1833;  mar- 


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ried  Nov.  5,  1840,  Elsie   Greenleaf  Fichling,  born  Lowell  1826,  died  in  1902.     He  died 
Oct.  31, 1884.     Two  children: 

Abner  Somersfield  b.  Apr.  23,  1844;  d.  June  4,  1898.     No  chil. 
Ellen  Josephine  b.  Apr.  13,  1854;  d.  Dec.  13,  1856. 

ALLEN 

Pardon  W.  Allen  born  Craftsbury,  Vt.,  Apr.  26,  1849;  son  of  George  W.  and 
Lydia  (Hoyt)  Allen,  a  great  grandson  of  Ira  Allen  of  Green  Mountain  fame;  married 
Oct.  25,  1865,  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Merah  (Royce)  Howe,  born  Benton,  Jan. 
31,  1845,  d.  Haverhill,  Oct.  19,  1814;  married  second,  Aug.  30,  1915,  Mrs.  Lilla  Howe, 
daughter  Levi  B.  and  Malvina  (Morse)  Bisbee.  He  was  the  first  recruit  in  Company 
E,  8th  Vt.  Vols.,  enlisting  Aug.  16,  1861,  his  fourteenth  birthday  occurring  while  in  the 
service.  He  was  twice  severely  wounded,  and  three  times  taken  prisoner,  the  last  time 
confined  for  three  months  in  Andersonville.  Has  lived  in  Danville,  Vt.,  Benton  and 
Haverhill.  Farmer  and  auctioneer.  In  politics  a  Republican;  in  religious  faith  a 
Methodist  Episcopalian ;  Granger  and  Mason ;  K.  of  P.  While  in  Benton  he  was  town 
clerk,  supervisor,  tax  collector,  superintendent  of  schools,  and  postmaster.  Represented 
Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1913  and  1919;  has  been  for  several  years  supervisor  of 
check  list;  member  of  G.  A.  R.;  has  been  commander  of  post.     Five  children: 

1.  Guy  L.  b.  Danville,  Vt.,  Aug.  12,  1866;  d.  Hav.  Apr.  11,  1868. 

2.  Linwood  b.  Aug.  12,  1871;  d.  Mar.  29,  1894. 

3.  Effie  E.  b.  July  26,  1875;  m.  Nov.,  1891,  George  M.,  son  Charles  A.  Gale,  b. 

1833.  Killed  in  railroad  accident,  Oct.  12,  1896.  Two  chil.:  Bertha  A.  b.  Apr. 
13,  1903;  Beulah  D.  b.  Feb.  3,  1905,  m.  Jan.  1,  1901,  E.  H.  Lewis;  live  in  Centre 
Hav. 

4.  Ward  W.  b.  June  23,  1877;  m.  June  23,  il912,  Clara  A.  Moore  of  Lisbon;  lives  in 

Boston. 

5.  Frank  b.  July  9,  1879;  d.  Apr.  1881. 

Marriages  and  Publishments,  Town  Records 

Mar.     Roxana  Allen  of  Hav.  to  Reuben  Kay  of  Hav.  Dec.  20,  1831. 

Pub.     Cyrus  Allen*  of  Hav.  and  Ellena  Fitch  of  Lebanon.     Feb.  18,  1801.     Lived 

on  what  has  been  known  as  the  Wilmont  farm,  now  owned  by  Butson,  on  the  road 

from  Woodsville  to  Bath. 
Pub.     Dracia  Allen  of  Lebanon  and  Nancy  Bryce  of  Hav.     June  19,  1824. 
Pub.     Betsy  Allen  of  Hav.  and  John  Whitaker  of  Coventry.     Oct.  17,  1825. 

ANGIER 

Maj.  Joel  Angier  born  Framingham,  Mass.;  baptised  Nov.  4,  1770,  the  fifth  of  the 
eleven  children  of  Silas  and  Elizabeth  (Drury)  Angier;  married  Olive,  eldest  daughter  of 
Joel  Turner  of  Acworth. 

Dr.  Joel  Angier,  the  eighth  of  the  twelve  children  of  Maj .  Joel  and  Olive  (Turner) 
Angier,  born  Acworth;  married  Mary  E.  Polly.  Studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Bliss  of 
Alstead,  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Medical  School.  Practiced  in  Washington, 
N.  H.,  and  Bethel,  Vt.  Came  to  North  Haverhill  about  1840  and  after  five  or  six  years  of 
practice  there,  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Benton  and  Bath  (Swiftwater)  and  then 
removed  to  Hazel  Green,  Wis.,  where  he  lived  till  his  death.     Two  children : 

1.  Oscar  F.  m.  Ellen  Campbell. 

2.  Mary  G.  m.  Robert  Lane. 

Dr.  John  Angier,  youngest  of  the  eleven  children  of  Silas  and  Elizabeth  (Drury) 
Angier,  born  Fitzwilliam  Dec.  30,  1784;   married  Mary  Mann.     Studied  medicine,  and 

♦Isaac  F.  Allen,  son  of  Cyrus,  lived  on  the  farm  of  his  father  in  1850,  and  sold  the  right  of  way  to  the 
White  Mountains  railroad. 


454  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

began  practice  in  Alstead,  but  came  to  North  Haverhill  in  1827,  the  first  practicing  physi- 
cian in  the  northern  part  of  the  town.  He  had  an  extensive  practice,  was  a  man  of  marked 
energy  of  character,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  which  he  twice 
represented  in  the  legislature  once  in  1833  and  again  in  1836.  He  was  a  man  of  large 
powerful  frame  over  six  feet  in  height.  An  ardent  Democrat  in  politics  he  stood  high  in 
the  councils  of  his  party.  He  died  Oct.  9,  1836,  the  result  of  being  thrown  from  his 
buggy  while  on  a  visit  to  Weathersfield,  Vt.  His  wife  died  Mar.  20,  1873,  at  the  age  of 
84.     Six  children: 

1.  John  L.  C.  b.  1814;  d.  July  13,  1837,  at  No.  Hav. 

2.  Mary  M.  m.  Sept.  29,  1841,  Nathaniel  M.  Swasey.     (See  Swasey.) 

3.  Sarah  H.  m.  Dec.  12,  1848,  Joshua  A.  Vail  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 

4.  Cynthia  R.  b.  1826;  d.  Sept.  13,  1829. 

5.  J.  Dorsey  b.  No.  Hav. 

6.  George  W.  b.  No.  Hav. 

The  two  last  named  went  early  in  life  to  northern  Pennsylvania  where  they  engaged 
successfully  in  the  lumber  business.  "  *While  thus  engaged  they  observed,  on  a  mill  pond, 
oil  floating,  and  Mr.  Dorsey  Angier  after  thinking  the  matter  over,  made  up  his  mind  that 
the  oil  could  be  turned  to  use  if  gathered,  and  suggested  the  digging  of  pits  three  on  four 
feet  square,  into  which  the  water  was  allowed  to  flow,  and  there  the  oil  was  caught  by 
woolen  blankets  and  wrung  out.  The  process  was  slow,  but  as  oil  at  the  first  commanded 
a  high  price,  it  proved  sufficiently  remunerative.  Meantime  he  insisted  that  the  oil 
could  be  procured  by  sinking  wells,  maintaining  that  as  the  oil  comes  with  the  water  from 
the  earth,  there  must  be  pools  of  oil  in  the  earth.  This  idea  was  put  into  execution, 
and  a  well  was  sunk  near  the  mill  dam  or  pond  above  mentioned,  and  at  a  depth  of  sixty- 
nine  feet  oil  was  reached.  This  gave  immense  impulse  to  the  oil  search,  and  one  hundred 
wells  were  sunk  in  that  immediate  section.  The  Angiers  were  thus  pioneers  in  the  great 
petroleum  industry,  and  naturally  made  handsome  fortunes.  They  lived  in  Titusville, 
Pa." 

ANNIS 

Milo  H.  Annis,  fourth  of  the  seven  children  of  Samuel  C.  and  Mary  (Smith)  Annis, 
born  Benton  May  16,  1853;  married  Dec.  26,  1874,  Emerline  S.,  daughter  of  William  T. 
and  Irene  W.  (Davis)  Torsey  of  Benton,  born  Nov.  12,  1854.  Entered  the  employ  of 
the  Boston,  Concord,  &  Montreal  Railroad  in  June,  1871,  was  one  of  the  veteran  loco- 
motive engineers  on  the  White  Mountain  Division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine.  Retired  in 
1917  account  poor  health;  died  April  21,  1919.  Methodist;  Democrat;  had  served  on 
the  Board  of  Education;  resided  in  Woodsville.     Two  children: 

1.  Ella  Carrie  b.  Oct.  28,  1889;  d.  Aug.  24,  1891. 

2.  Emma  A.  b.  Oct.  10,  1896.  .     Grad.  W.  H.  S.  in  1916.     Has  been  in  business  col- 

lege in  Manchester  for  two  years. 

ASHLEY 

William  V.  Ashley,  son  of  George  and  Mary  Hill  Ashley,  born  in  Milton,  Vt.,  May 
26,  1864;  married  May  24,  1891,  in  Bath,  Mary  Belle  Bailey,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Nancy  (Royce  Knight)  Whitcher,  born  Landaff  Feb.  10,  1869.  He  is  train  dispatcher  in 
railroad  office  in  Woodsville ;  republican;  Unitarian;  Mason.     One  child: 

Daniel  Whitcher  Ashley  b.  Bath,  Mar.  15,  1894.  Prepared  for  college  at 
Woodsville  High  and  Tilton  Seminary.  Grad.  at  Colby  University,  Waterville, 
Me.,  class  of  1914.  Enrolled  as  yeoman  U.  S.  V.  R.  F.  April  1917.  Made  four- 
teen trips  across  the  Atlantic  as  supply  officer  of  U.  S.  S.  "  Standard  Arrow." 

*Bittinger's  Haverhill,  p.  311-12. 


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ATHERTON 

James  Atherton  died  July  4,  1842,  aged  75  years.     Sarah  Lawson,  wife  of  James 
Atherton,  died  Dec.  8,  1857,  aged  86  years. 
Betsey  Atherton  died  Feb.  16,  1843,  aged  42  years. 
Mary  Jane  Atherton  died  Dec.  4,  1854,  aged  44  years. 
William  Atherton  died  Oct.  16, 1816,  aged  12  years. 

AYER 

Phineas  and  Betsey  (Elizabeth)  Ayer  came  to  Haverhill  after  the  Revolution  and 
settled  at  the  Corner,  living  for  some  of  the  time  just  over  the  line  in  Piermont.  He 
died  May  6,  1816,  at  the  age  of  52  years.  She  died  Feb.  16,  1821,  at  the  age  of  51  years, 
and  both  are  buried  in  the  Ladd  Street  Cemetery.     Children : 

1.  Charlotte  b.  Feb.  25,  1796;  m.  Nov.  28,  1811,  Charles  Martin. 

2.  Perley  b.  July  23,  1798. 

3.  Eliza  b.  Jan.  2,  1803. 

4.  Phineas  b.  Apr.  4,  1806;  d.  Apr.  1,  1833. 

5.  Harriet  b.  Feb.  1811;  d.  Dec.  18,  1812. 

Perley  Ayer,  son  Phineas  and  Betsey,  born  July  23,  1798;  married  Mary  E.  Worthen. 
Farmer;  lived  at  Horse  Meadow  and  later  at  Haverhill  Corner,  in  the  house  next  south 
of  the  brick  block.     Republican;  Congregationalist.     Children: 

Phineas  b.  May  17,  1828;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  Class  1852;  lawyer;     d.    Duluth, 

Minn.  Feb.  27, 1906.     Judge  of  Probate. 
David  W.  b.  Aug.  1830;  d.  May  2,  1833. 
Laura  W.  b.  July  1833;  d.  July  21,  1860. 
Franklin  b.  Sept.  1836;  d.  June  2,  1843. 
Eliza  b.  1838. 

David  F.  b.  1842;  d.  Dec.  4,  1843. 
Perley  b.  Nov.  1844;  d.  Aug.  9,  1846. 

BACON 

George1  Bacon  embarked  for  New  England  in  Apr.  1635,  on  the  "Increase "of  Lon- 
don, Robert  Lee,  master.  The  passenger  list  (as  copied  by  Hotten)  reads:  "A  mason, 
George  Bacon  ae.  43,  Samuel  ae.  12,  John  ae.  8,  Susan  ae.  10,  children  of  sd  mason," 
In  Sept.,  1635  he  was  a  proprietor  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  in  1642,  he  died  there.  His 
wife  was  Margaret .     Two  children,  perhaps  others  were  born  in  Hingham. 

A  child  of  George  Bacon  (Thomas)  baptized  Nov.  27,  1640;  child  of  George  Bacon 
(Peter)  baptized  Mar.  30,  1642.  Thomas  Bacon  settled  in  Roxbury;  Peter  remained  in 
Hingham  on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  and  assumed  the  care  of  his  aged  mother,  who 
subsequent  to  the  death  of  her  husband,  George  Bacon,  married  Edward  Gold,  a  cooper, 
of  Hingham.     She  died  Feb.  6, 1682-3. 

Thomas1  Bacon  (George1)  married  May  27,  1663,  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Gamlin, 
Jr.  He  lived  in  Roxbury  and  died  there  Oct.  25,  1701.  The  births  of  nine  children  are 
found  in  the  Roxbury  records: 

1.   Thomas3  b.  Jan.  7,  1763-64;  settled  in  Woodstock,  Conn.,  1687. 

3.  Mary3  b.  July  27,  1668. 

4.  George3  b.  Sept.  12,  1671;  d.  July  19,  1672. 

5.   b.  Oct.  4,  1673,  stillborn. 

6.  George  bapt.  Sept.  20,  1674;  killed  Sept.  19,  1715;  m.  May  4,  1699,  Mary  Davis. 

7.  Margaret  bapt.  May  16,  1680;  d.  Oct.  18,  1682. 

8.  Margaret  bapt.  Jan.  14,  1682-3;  m.  June  12,  1706,  Timothy  Whitney. 

9.  Hannah  bapt.  Jan.  10,  1685. 


456  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Joseph3  Bacon  (Thomas,2  George1)  born  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1665-6;  married 
Nov.  6,  1688  Margaret,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Johnson)  Bowen, 
born  Roxbury  Jan.  26,  1667-8,  died  Feb.  19,  1726-7  at  Woodstock,  Conn.  He  died 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  May  31,  1741 .  The  Bowens  might  properly  be  called  an  ancient  family. 
There  is  an  ancient  record  in  the  Herald's  College,  London,  which  traces  the  ancestry  of 
Griffith  Bowen,  father  of  Lieut.  Henry,  back  to  55  B.  C.  Griffith  Bowen  came  from 
Glenmorganshire,  Wales,  to  New  England,  settled  in  Boston,  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Church,  but  returned  to  England  where  he  died  in  1676.  Lieut.  Henry  Bowen  was  in 
Capt.  Isaac  Johnson's  Company  in  the  Great  Swamp  Fight  Dec.  19,  1675,  in  which 
Capt.  Johnson  was  killed.  The  eight  children  of  Joseph3  and  Margaret  were  born  in 
Roxbury: 

1.  Margaret4  b.  Oct.  9,  1689. 

2.  Elizabeth4  b.  Oct.  19,  1691. 

3.  Henry4  b.  Nov.  20,  1693. 

4.  Mary4  b.  Nov.  24,  1696. 

5.  Joseph4  b.  Aug.  29,  1700. 

6.  Benjamin4  b.  Nov.  26,  1703;  d.  Apr.  22,  1704. 

7.  Mehitable4  b.  May  26,  1706. 

8.  Unice4  b.  Oct.  15,  1710. 

Lieut.  Henry4  Bacon  (Joseph,3  Thomas,2  George1)  born  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  20, 
1693;  died  Pomfret,  Conn.,  Apr.  6, 1752;  married,  first,  Hannah  Adams,  who  died  Decem- 

22,  1730;  married,  second,  Sarah ,  born  Pomfret,  Conn.,  July  30,  1710;  died  Mar. 

7,  1746;  married,  third,  Sept.  17,  1746,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Chapman.     He  removed  to  Con- 
necticut settling  in  Woodstock  and  later  in  Pomfret.     Children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Hannah5  b.  Mar.  16,  1720. 

2.  Henry6  b.  Nov.  2,  1722. 

3.  Benjamin5  b.  Feb.  2,  1724;  d.  Apr.  30,  1724. 

4.  Ephraim5  b.  Mar.  15,  1725;  d.  Aug.  30,  1726. 

5.  Benjamin6  b.  Jan.  4,  1727. 

6.  Ephraim5  b.  Dec.  1,  1728. 

7.  Joseph5  b.  Dec.  10,  1730;  d.  Dec.  16,  1730. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

8.  Sarah6  b.  Aug.  7,  1732. 

9.  Mary6  b.  Aug.  5,  1734. 

10.  Nehemiah5. 

11.  Joseph5  b.  Sept.  7,  1738. 

12.  Abner6  b.  Jan.  29,  1740;  soldier  in  War  of  Revolution,  rank  of  captain. 

13.  William5  b.  June  1743. 

14.  Darius6  b.  Aug.  29,  1745. 

Nehemiah5  Bacon  (Lieut.  Henry,4  Joseph,3  Thomas,2  George1)  born  Pomfret,  Conn., 
Sept.  6,  1736;  died  Pomfret  Nov.  6,  1832;  married  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  Dec.  29,  1756, 
Ruth  Adams,  who  died  June  28,  1825.  He  enlisted  from  Pomfret  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution,  in  May  1775  and  served  eight  months,  under  Israel  Putnam;  enlisted  again 
in  1777  and  served  till  1780  or  81  under  Capt.  Abner  Bacon  and  Col.  John  Durkee;  pen- 
sion granted  on  his  application  dated  July  6,  1818.  He  was  then  a  resident  of  Suffield 
County,  Ohio.     Births  of  children  recorded  in  Pomfret,  Conn.: 

1.  Henry6  b.  June  12,  1757;  d.  Feb.  22,  1838. 

2.  Mary6  b.  Apr.  26,  1760. 

3.  Sarah6  b.  Mar.  9,  1762;  d.  Nov.  4,  1843. 

4.  Joseph6  b.  Feb.  12,  1764. 

5.  Ruth9  b.  July  22,  1766. 

6.  Abner8. 

7.  William6  b.  May  20,  1771;  d.  Jan.  22,  1850. 

8.  Chapman6  b.  May  17,  1774;  d.  Mar.  8,  1847. 

9.  Joseph6  b.  May  17,  1777. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  457 

Dea.  Abner6  Bacon  (Nehemiah,5  Lieut.  Henry,4  Joseph,3  Thomas,2  George1)  born 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  Aug.  15,  1768;  died  Putney,  Vt.,  May  16,  1864;  married  Putney,  Vt., 
Sept.  6,  1795,  Katherine  Read  of  Putney,  born  Mar.  6,  1773,  Dunstable,  Mass.,  daughter 
of  Timothy  and  Susannah  (Tayler)  Read.  She  died  Sept.  21,  1861.  At  the  age  of  14 
he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  tanners  and  shoemakers  trades  of  a  man  in  Putney,  Vt. 
After  his  marriage  he  lived  for  two  years  or  so  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  but  after  the  birth  of 
his  eldest  son,  he  removed  to  Putney  where  he  lived  till  his  death.     Six  children : 

1.  Asa7. 

2.  Timothy  Read7. 

3.  Abner7  b.  Mar.  20,  1801;  d.  Aug.  26,  1801,  Putney. 

4.  William  C.7  b.  Putney,  Vt.,  Aug.  11,  1804;  d.  Dec.  10,  186S,  Putney. 

5.  Clark7. 

6.  George7  b.  Oct.  10,  1809;  d.  Feb.  24,  1846. 

Asa7  Bacon  (Abner6,  Nehemiah5,  Lieut.  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  George1)  born 
Salisbury  Corner,  Oct.  30,  1796;  married  Feb.  29,  1824,  Roxana  Matilda,  daughter  of 
William  and  Eleanor  (Jones)  Perry  of  Putney,  Vt.,  born  May  6,  1801;  died,  Haverhill 
Apr.  25,  1883.  He  died  Aug.  15,  1882.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Putney,  Vt., 
where  he  lived  till  shortly  after  his  marriage  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill  where  he 
had  previously  purchased  the  70  acre  lot  No.  24  in  the  north  division.  The  lot  was  a 
dense  forest  and  he  proceeded  to  clear  the  land  for  his  home  and  farm,  where  with  his 
wife,  his  life  was  spent,  a  quiet,  unassuming,  God-fearing  citizen,  a  credit  to  the  com- 
munity and  town.  For  the  first  ten  years  they  lived  in  a  log  house,  then  in  a  frame 
house  which  was  built  on  the  site  of  the  house  on  the  Pond  road  now  occupied  by  his 
only  grandchild  E.  H.  Lewis.  In  the  first  years  of  their  residence  in  town  Mrs.  Bacon 
taught  school  in  the  district  now  known  as  Number  Ten,  at  a  salary  of  $1.00  per  week, 
and  boarded  herself.     Five  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Katherine  Matilda8  b.  Feb.  21,  1826;  d.  Aug.  28,  1831. 

2.  George  Henry8  b.  May  17,  1830;  d.  Mar.  28,  1832. 

3.  William  Perry8  b.  Oct.  21,  1832;  d.  Sept.  26,  1848. 

4.  Fayette  F.8  b.  Oct.  24,  1835;  m.  Oct.  11,  1859,  Susanna  C,  dau.  of  Russell  and 

Hannah  C.  Wright,  b.  Hav.  Feb.  11,  1837,  d.  Apr.  13,  1887.  No  children.  Mr. 
Bacon,  farmer,  wheelwright  and  lumber  manufacturer  and  dealer,  lives  (1915)  on 
Pond  road  where  his  sawmill  is  situated.     Republican;  Free  Baptist. 

5.  Caroline  Minerva8  b.  May  26,  1838;  m.  Dec.  31,  1874,  W.  Henry  Lewis  of  West- 

port,  Mass.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1844,  Lewiston,  Me.  Mrs.  Lewis  lives  with  her  brother 
(1915),  housekeeper.  One  child:  Enos  Henry  b.  Apr.  16,  1878;  m.  Hav.  Jan.  1, 
1902,  Mrs.  E.  (Allen,  Gale,  Blake)  Clifford,  dau.  Pardon  W.  and  Dorcas  (Howe) 
Allen.     Live  in  Hav.     He  is  a  stationary  engineer. 

Timothy  Read7  Bacon  (Abner6,  Nehemiah6,  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  George1) 
born  Putney,  Vt.,  Oct.  16,  1798;  died  Haverhill  Nov.  24,  1895;  married  Nov.  21,  1825, 
Betsey,  daughter  of  Archibald  and  Susanna  (Pierce)  Chase  of  Putney,  Vt.,  born  at  Royal- 
ton,  Mass.,  Feb.  23,  1801,  died  Haverhill  May  1,  1870.  Her  grandfather,  Lieut.  Francis 
Chase,  rendered  honorable  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  and  her  great-great- 
grandfather, John  Chase,  fought  under  Capt.  Turner  in  "The  Falls  Fight"  May  18, 
1676,  King  Philip's  War.  They  lived  in  Newfane  and  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  where  their 
children  were  born,  until  the  spring  of  1840,  when  they  came  to  Haverhill  and  with  his 
brother,  William  C,  purchased  the  farm  on  the  Pond  road  where  they  lived  till  1865, 
when  he  sold  his  farm  to  Daniel  W.  Meader,  and  in  1867  purchased  the  Benjamin  K. 
Eastman  farm  on  the  County  road  where  he  lived  till  his  death.     Eight  children: 

1.  Abner8  Bacon  (Timothy  R7.,  Abner6,  Nehemiah5,  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2, 
George1)  b.  Newfane,  Vt.,  Jan.  28,  1827;  d.  West  Lebanon  Dec.  18,  1907;  m. 
Oct.  12,  1852,  Mary  J.,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Phebe  Ann  (Avery)  Hanchett  of  Plain- 
field,  b.  Jan.  10,  1829.  ;v  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  lived  in  W.  Leba- 
non.    One  child: 


458  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

(1)  Charles  Abner9  b.  July  3,  1855;  m.  Nov.  30,  1879,  Annie  A.  Wood  of  Plain- 
field,  b.  July  24,  1857.  He  lives  (1915)  at  W.  Lebanon;  contractor  and 
builder;  Republican;  K.  T.  Mason.  Two  chil.:  (a)  Charles  Abner,  Jr.10b. 
W.  Lebanon  Sept.  16,  1886;  m.  Sept.  30,  1907,  Emma  Brown  Holton,  b. 
Apr.  1,  1885,  Chicago,  111.  He  lives  in  W.  Lebanon,  and  follows  the 
occupation  of  father  and  grandfather.  Two  chil.:  Wendell  Abner11  b. 
Sept.  26,  1908;  Everett  Holton11  b.  June  29,  1910.  (b)  Elloine  Dickin- 
son10 b.  W.  Lebanon  June  23,  1894;  d.  June  28,  1901. 

2.  Elmon  Chase8  Bacon  (Timothy  R.7,  Abner8,  Nehemiah5,  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2, 

George1)  b.  Newfane,  Vt.,  Dec.  1,  1828;  d.  Cleveland,  O.,  May  22,  1909;  m.  Feb. 
25,  1856,  Lucia  Kent,  dau.  of  Rinaldo  and  Harriet  (Kent)  Mullin  of  Lyman,  b. 
Feb.  10,  1837,  d.  Cleveland,  O.,  Mar.  8,  1892.  He  learned  the  carpenters'  trade, 
engaged  in  bridge  building  and  later  became  travelling  salesman  for  the  Fairbanks 
Scale  Co.  About  1874  went  to  Cleveland,  O.  Salesman  for  a  wholesale  tea  and 
coffee  house,  and  later,  till  his  death,  a  wholesaler  of  lightning  rods.  Prominent 
in  Masonry.     Four  children: 

(1)  Edward  Rinaldo9  b.    St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  26,  1857;  d.  Cleveland,  O., 

May  15,  1911;  m.  July  19,  1893,  Lena,  dau.  Frank  S.  and  Mary  Anna 
(Sears)  Lang  of  Cleveland.  Hotel  clerk  and  bookkeeper.  Two  chil: 
(a)  Lucia  Mary10  b.  May  7,  1894;  m.  1913  A.  J.  Fish;  one  child: 
Elizabeth  Jane11  b.  Oct.  12,  1914.      (b)  Harriett  Anna10  b.  May  4,  1898. 

(2)  Harriet  Emily9  b.  Cleveland,  O.,  Oct.  26,  1860;  m.  Mar.  4,  1885,  Carl,  s. 
of  George  and  Lena  (Gressmuck)  Dueringer  of  Cleveland,  b.  Sept.  4,  1864. 
Living  (1915)  Euclid,  O.  Four  chil.:  (a)  Florence  Lucia10  b.  Feb.  25, 
1890;  m.  Dec.  27,  1912,  Chester  Gans,  s.  of  Frank  J.  and  Mary  E.  (Gans) 
Warns  of  Cleveland,  b.  Cincinnati  July  3,  1891.  One  child:  Lucia 
Kent11  b.  Oct.  23,  1914.  (b)  Lelia  Bacon10  b.  Apr.  5,  1892;  m.  Aug.  17, 
1914,  Harold  C.  s.  of  George  F.  and  Mary  G.  (Hahan)  Folts  of  Chicago, 
b.  Aug.  11,  1875.  (c)  Edna  Harriet10  b.  Cleveland,  May  19,  1894;  m. 
Dec.  4,  1912,  Darwin  Sherwin  Barrett  Jr.  of  Cleveland,  b.  Oct.  16.  1892. 
One  child:  Darwin  Sherwin 3d11  b.  Aug.  24,  1914.  (d)  Harriet  Kent10  b. 
Sept.  8,  1902. 

(3)  Minnie9  b.  Hav.  Mar.  26,  1862;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  15,  1863. 

(4)  Elmore  Chase  Jr.9  b.  Cleveland,  O.,  Oct.  6,  1878;  m.  Nov.  26,  1901,  Min- 
erva Janet  Hertel  of  Cleveland,  b.  July  8,  1882.  Lives  in  Cleveland.  On 
editorial  staff  "Cleveland  Leader."  Four  chil.:  (a)  Elmore  Chase  3d10  b. 
July  21,  1903.  (b)  Dorothy  Jean10  b.  Aug.  13,  1906.  (c)  Edward  Kent 
b.  Jan.  23,  1908.     (d)  Betsey  Blanche10  b.  Sept.  19,  1914. 

3.  Sumner   Pierce8   Bacon    (Timothy   R.7,  Abner6,    Nehemiah5,    Henry4,    Joseph3, 

Thomas2,  George1)  b.  Newfane,  Vt.  June  7,  1830;  m.  Aug.  10,  1856,  Mariah 
Marietta,  dau.  Orrin  and  Nancy  (Burley)  Stebbins  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  b. 
Borodeno,  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  26,  1833;  d.  Terrace  Park,  O.,  Jan.  1, 
1910.  Dealer  in  coal  and  iron,  living  (1915)  Terrace  Park,  Hamilton  Co.,  O. 
Six  chil. 

(1)  Sarah  Inez9  b.  No.  Hav.,  Nov.  15,  1857. 

(2)  Emma  Lucena9  b.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Oct.  25,  1860;  m.  Nov.  28,  1882, 
William,  s.  of  William  L.  and  Mary  Beal  Christopher,  b.  Aug.  10,  1856. 
Two  chil.:  (a)  Marietta10  b.  Sept.  17,  1883,  at  Milford,  O.,  m.  Aug.7,  1906, 
F.  Moulton  Cobb;  two  chil.:  Dorothy11,  b.  June  14,  1907,  and  William 
Christopher11  b.  Apr.  5,  1910.  Lives  in  Jackson,  Mich,  (b)  Raymond 
B.10  b.  Milford,  O.,  Feb.  3,  1885;  m.  Dec.  13,  1911,  Pearl  Ida  Breeling, 

T'PtTJl  PP  Pfl T*K     (~) 

(3)  Charles  Sumner9  b.  Terrace  Park,  O.,  Sept.  16,  1867;  m.  Mary  Eliza  Stovall 
of  Cincinnati.  Lives  Terrace  Park,  O.;  bookkeeper.  Three  chil.:  (a) 
Corinne  Inez10  b.  Cincinnati  July  23,  1892.  (b)  Owen  Stovall10  b.  March 
5,  1895.     (c)  George  Leete10  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Dec.  29,  1888. 

(4)  Blanche  Anna9,  b.  Terrace  Park  Nov.  16,  1869;  m.  June  14,  1899,  Charles 
A.  Myers,  Jr.  of  Cincinnati,  b.  July  4,  1870.  Lives  at  Terrace  Park.  Two 
chil.:  (a)  Dorothy10  b.  June  24,  1901.     (b)  Janet  b.  May  29,  1903. 

(5)  George  Read9  b.  Terrace  Park,  O.,  Jan.  26,  1873. 

(6)  Jennie  Eudora9  b.  Terrace  Park,  O.,  July  12,  1875. 

4.  Katherine8  b.  Apr.  20,  1832;  d.  in  infancy. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  459 

5.  Lucena  Brewster8   (Timothy  R.7,  etc.)   b.  Wardsboro,   Vt.,  Jan.  6,  1834;   m. 

Apr.  26,  1864,  Trustum  C.  Haynes  of  St.  Johnsbury,  b.  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Jan. 
12,  1835,  d.  Oct.  6,  1889.  She  d.  Oct.  14,  1911.  Lived  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  One 
child:  George  Carlos'  b.  Nov.  18,  1872;  d.  Oct.  7,  1874. 

6.  Mary  Ann8  (Timothy  R.7,)  b.  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Dec.  9,  1835;  m.  Apr.  18,  1865, 
Moses  Blood  Meader  of  Hav.     Lives  (1915)  No.  Hav.     (See  Meader.) 

7.  Caroline  Elvira8  (Timothy  R.7,  etc.)  b.  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Mar.  21,  1838;  m. 
Nov.  29,  1859,  James  E.  Haywood,  living  (1915)  Port  Huron,  Mich.  (See  Hay- 
wood.) 

8.  Martha  Maria8  (Timothy  R.7,  etc.)  b.  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Oct.  17,  1839;  m.  Apr. 
16,  1865,  Chester  M.  Carleton  of  Hav.     (See  Carleton.) 

William  C.7  Bacon  (Abner6,  Nehemiah5,  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  George1)  born 
Putney,  Vt.,  Aug.  11,  1804;  died  there  Dec.  10,  1868;  married  Haverhill  Feb.  16,  1843, 
Maria  Mary,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  Blaisdell  of  Haverhill.  He  came  to  Haver- 
hill about  1835  and  in  company  with  his  brother,  Timothy  R.,  purchased  the  Pond  road 
farm.  In  1844  sold  to  his  brother  and  soon  after  returned  to  Putney,  Vt.  Carpenter 
and  builder.     Five  children: 

1.  Jennie  L.8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  9,  1843. 

2.  Henry  C.8  b.  Hav.  Sept.  7,  1845.     Living  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 

3.  George8  b.  Putnev,  Vt.,  Jan.  31,  1847;  d.  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  Nov.  5,  1911. 

4.  Ella8  b.  Putney,  Vt.,  May  25,  1849. 

5.  Emma8  b.  Putney,  Vt.,  May  25,  1849. 

Clark7  Bacon  (Abner6,  Nehemiah5,  Henry4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  George1)  born  Oct. 
10,  1806,  Putney,  Vt.;  married  Mar.  2,  1836,  Lydia  B.,  daughter  Valentine  and  Rhoda 
(Winslow)  Kerr,  born  June  9,  1812.  Came  to  Haverhill  about  1835.  Bought  lot  No.  14 
in  the  "Fisher  Farm"  tract.  In  1854  he  sold  25  acres  of  this  to  Drusilla  M.  Bisbee  and 
Sarah  Bisbee,  and  in  1855  sold  the  remainder  to  Horace  Wilmot  and  returned  to  Putney. 
One  child: 

Harrison  K.8,  soldier  in  War  of  Rebellion,  1st  lieut.,  d.  in  1866. 

BAKER 

Hosea  Swett  Baker  was  less  than  twenty  years  old  when  he  came  to  Haverhill, 
about  1817.  He  was  born  in  1797  (?)  and  is  said  to  have  descended  on  his  mother's  side 
from  Capt.  John  Lovewell,  the  famous  Indian  warrior.  He  came  on  his  mother's  death 
to  live  with  an  uncle  in  Piermont.  He  earned  money  to  obtain  an  education  at  the 
Academy  and  pursued  teaching  for  several  years  in  Rumney  and  Haverhill.  He  was 
always  a  busy  man  and  said  it  was  better  to  work  for  his  board  than  to  go  idle.  After- 
wards he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  on  the  Oliverian.  He  moved  to  the  Corner  in 
1825,  engaged  in  the  meat  business,  and  was  with  Blaisdell  &  Co.  in  general  merchandise 
trade.  The  succeeding  thirty  years  were  spent  in  farming  at  East  Haverhill  on  what  is 
known  as  the  Baker  farm.  No  man  was  better  known  in  town  than  himself,  and  was 
noted  for  his  line  of  conversation  and  anecdote.  Mr.  Baker  held  many  positions  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  deputy  sheriff,  captain  of  militia,  postmaster,  selectman,  representa- 
tive, trustee  Haverhill  Academy  and  for  more  than  forty  years  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
performing  marriage  ceremonies  without  number.  He  was  also  in  requisition  in  the 
settlement  of  estates.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  a  Methodist,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Republican  party. 

He  married  Fanny  Huntington  of  Hanover.  He  died  May  20,  1885,  at  the  age  of  88 
years,  and  she  died  Apr.  16,  1874,  at  the  age  of  72. 

Peyton  Randolph  Baker  was  born  Sept.  2,  1825.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  the 
Class  of  1848  and  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  N.  Y.,  1853.    He  was  a 


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physician  and  died  May  17,  1873,  at  Warren,  Me.  Oliver  Randolph  Baker,  a  clothing 
merchant  at  Bradford,  Vt.,  was  a  son  of  his. 

Royal  H.  Baker  died  Aug.  22,  1871,  at  the  age  of  49. 

Oliver  H.  Baker  died  July  11,  1902,  aged  68;  Chastina  B.  Baker  died  Jan.  31,  1897, 
aged  52. 

Solon  H.  Baker  died  Jan.  29,  1906,  76  years  5  months  23  days.  He  was  30  when 
married.  Chastina  L.  Baker  died  July  20,  1894,  aged  53.  They  were  married  June  12, 
1860.     He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  with  her  father.     Republican;  Methodist. 

Fannie  M.  Baker  was  married  at  the  age  29  to  Rev.  Moses  T.  Runnells  of  Orford. 


BARBOUR 

Ned  T.  Barbour,  son  of  Zachariah  R.  and  Eliza  Cross  Barbour,  born  Fairlee,  Vt.,  July 
27,  1856;  married  at  Bradford,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1892,  Edith,  daughter  of  Milo  and  Ellen 
(Page)  Bailey  of  Haverhill,  born  Haverhill  Sept.  4,  1870.  Have  lived  since  marriage  in 
Haverhill,  for  past  fifteen  or  twenty  years  in  Woodsville;  business,  restaurant.  Two 
children : 

1.  Madge  Gertrude  b.  Hav.  Sept.  4,  1894. 

2.  Dorothy  Ellen  b.  Woodsville  Apr.  17,  1900. 


BARRON 

Capt  Timothy  Barron1  born  in  Groton  or  Westfield,  Mass.,  about  1740;  married 
Olive  Moore,  widow  of  Col.  Russell.  Came  to  Haverhill  about  1774;  died  Nov.  7,  1797. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Revolution.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  chosen  at  the 
annual  town  meeting  in  Mar.  1775  "to  see  that  the  results  of  the  Continental  Congress 
were  observed  in  town. "  He  held  a  captain's  commission  in  Col.  Bedel's  regiment  for 
the  defence  of  the  frontier  in  1778  and  1779.  He  also  served  in  Capt.  Joseph  Hutchins 
company  of  34  men  that  went  from  Haverhill  to  the  Northern  Army  under  Gen.  Gates  in 
1777.  His  son,  Jonathan,  served  in  Gen.  Stark's  brigade  from  July  24  to  Sept.  27,  1777, 
and  also  in  Col.  Bedel's  regiment  for  the  defence  of  the  frontier  from  Apr.  1778  to  Apr. 
1779.  He  was  selectman  in  1780.  He  lived  at  Horse  Meadow,  and  gave  the  plot  of 
land  which  was  the  nucleus  of  the  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery.  There  are  none  bearing 
the  name  of  Barron  now  living  in  town  though  he  still  has  descendants  both  in  Haverhill 
and  Bath.     Five  children : 

1.  Jonathan2  b.  June  30,  1760,  soldier  in  Revolution;   m.  Jan.  29,  1784,  Thankful 

Miner. 

2.  Deborah  2  b.  Nov.  25,  1763;  m.  Jan.  21,  1784,  Edward  Pickett, 

3.  Hannah  2  b.  June  14,  1766;  m.  Aug.  22,  1784,  Jacob  Hurd  of  Bath. 

4.  Priscilla2  b.  Oct.  6,  1768;  m.,  1st,  May  24,  1784,  Nathan  Clough;  2nd,  Apr.  7, 

1787,  Noah  Moulton  of  Lyman. 

5.  Sarah  2  b.  Nov.  12,  1771;  m.  Dec.  28,  1799,  Ezekiel  Tewksbury. 

The  town  records  show  other  marriages:  Mary  Barron  to  Herman  Pennock  May  31, 
1821.  William  Barron  to  Sophia  Morse  Apr.  24,  1836.  Mrs.  Hannah  Barron  to  David 
Northey  of  Franconia  Feb.  22,  1785.  Timothy  Barron  of  Bath  to  Susanna  White  Jan. 
29, 1809. 

In  the  Barron  lot  in  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery,  there  are  besides  the  Capt.  Timothy 
Barron  monument,  headstones  with  inscriptions  as  follows:  Capt.  Moses  Barron  died 
Mar.  7,  1841,  in  his  86th  year.  Rhoda,  wife  of  Capt.  Moses  Barron,  died  Aug.  4,  1833, 
aged  71  years.  Mary,  daughter  Fletcher  and  Mary  Barron,  died  Mar.  1832,  aged  1  year  2 
months. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  461 

BARSTOW 

William  Barstow1  was  one  of  two  brothers  who  embarked  from  Yorkshire,  England, 
Sept.  20,  1635,  for  New  England  in  the  ship  "Truelove,"  John  Gibbea,  master.  He  was 
in  Dedham,  Mass.,  1636,  and  later  settled  in  that  part  of  Scituate  which  is  now  Hanover, 
when  he  died  1668  aged  56  years. 

Joseph  Barstow2  (William1)  born  Dedham,  Mass.,  1639;  married  May  16,  1666, 
Susanna  Lincoln;  died  Apr.  17,  1712. 

Samuel  Barstow3  (Joseph2,  William1)  born  Scituate,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1683;  married 
Mar.  17,  1708;  died  Scituate  Oct.  23,  1730. 

Joseph  Barstow4  (Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  baptized  Scituate,  June  13,  1725;  re- 
moved to  Lebanon,  Conn.,  about  1735;  married  May  6,  1752,  widow  Mary  Webster, 
maiden  name  Bliss;  died  May  4,  1770. 

Michael  Barstow5  (Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  born  Lebanon,  Conn., 
May  24,  1754;  soldier  in  Revolutionary  War  six  years;  married  Ruth  Abbott  of  Lebanon. 
Removed  first  to  Campton,  N.  H.,  later  to  Haverhill  where  his  sons  were  engaged  in 
business;  died  June  27,  1836,  and  his  wife  died  three  months  later.  He  was  a  man  of 
remarkable  physical  power,  exceedingly  athletic  and  nimble  even  after  he  became  an 
octogenarian.  "The  prominent  traits  in  his  character  were  courage  and  piety,  and  he 
died  as  he  had  lived,  a  Christian  soldier  and  an  honest  man. "  Six  children  all  born  in 
Campton : 

1.  William. 

2.  Henry. 

3.  Charles;  lived  and  d.  in  Campton. 

4.  Thomas. 

5.  Nancy  b. ;  d.  Sept.  1,  1827,  ae.  38. 

6.  Ruth  b. ;  d.  Mar.  31,  1832,  ae.  34. 

William  Barstow4  (Michael5,  Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  born  Campton 
Jan.  22,  1784;  married  (published  Nov.  1809)  Abigail,  daughter  Ebenezer  Townsend  of 
Chester;  died  Mar.  1,  1844;  she  died  Sept.  16,  1862,  age  73  years.  He  was  in  trade  at  the 
Coiner.  In  1827  he  appears  in  a  business  directory  as  "a  dealer  in  English  and  W.  I. 
goods. "  In  his  political  affiliations  he  was  a  Federalist  and  Whig.  He  was  defeated  for 
the  office  of  town  clerk  in  1831  by  hia  brother  Henry,  Democrat,  at  one  of  the  exciting 
town  meetings  of  those  days.  On  the  incoming  of  the  Harrison  administration  he  was 
appointed  postmaster  and  held  the  office  until  his  death.  Ten  children  all  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Julia  Ann  7  b.  1810;  d.  Dec.  4,  1815. 

2.  George  7  b.  1811 ;  m.  June  4,  1844,  Emily,  dau.  of  John  Shipley  of  Saco,  Me.     They 

had  no  children.  He  was  educated  at  the  Academy  and  at  Dartmouth  College 
leaving  College,  however,  before  graduation.  He  read  law  with  Robert  Rantoul 
in  Boston,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  practice  in  that  city.  Returned  to 
to  New  Hampshire  and  practiced  in  Hillsborough  and  Manchester.  After  the 
admission  of  California  to  the  Union  he  removed  to  San  Francisco  and  successfully 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  there.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  ability, 
of  high  character,  and  was  distinguished  in  his  profession.  While  in  Hillsborough 
he  served  on  the  staff  of  Maj  .-Gen.  John  McNiel.  Before  leaving  New  Hampshire 
he  wrote  and  published  a  history  of  the  state,  a  work  of  much  value.  While  in 
California,  he  was  active  in  politics,  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  and 
Speaker  of  the  House. 

3.  William  H.7  b.  1812;  m.  1831  Margaret,  dau.  of  Rev.  William  Woodward  of  Ver- 

mont; d.  of  cholera  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  1832. 

4.  Abigail  7  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  James  Townsend.7 

6.  Abigail.7 

7.  Mary  A.7  lived  in  Columbia,  Tex.,  and  d.  there. 

8.  Charles  W.7  educated  at  the  Academy  and  became  a  devoted  and  successful 

Moravian  minister;  settled  in  Iowa  and  d.  there. 


462  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

9.    Mary  7  m.  Edwin  S.  Thayer  of  So.  Milford,  Mass. 

10.  Ebenezer  T.7  was  a  merchant  in  Columbia,  Tex.,  and  d.  there  unm. 

11.  Catherine  7  b.  1833;  d.  Hav.  Sept.  24,  1864. 

Dea.  Henry  Barstow6  (Michael5,  Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  born  1787; 
came  to  Haverhill  about  1801;  married,  first  (published  Nov.  12,  1813),  Harriet,  daughter 
Capt.  David  Webster  of  Plymouth;  married,  second  (published  Aug.  16,  1825),  Frances 
Pierce  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  born  Sept.  22,  1803,  died  Oct.  26,  1888.  Dea.  Barstow  died 
Lowell,  Mass.,  Feb.  24,  1849. 

He  took  an  active  part  in  town  and  church  affairs,  was  as  uncompromising  a  Democrat 
as  his  brother  William  was  Federalist  and  Whig.  He  was  town  clerk  and  treasurer  in 
1831-33,  and  again  in  1835-36.  He  became  deacon  of  the  church  Jan.  8,  1829,  and  held 
that  office  until  his  removal  to  Claremont  in  Apr.  1841.  He  was  a  partner  of  his  brother 
William  in  the  business  of  keeping  a  general  store  until  1822,  when  the  partnership  was 
dissolved,  his  brother  continuing  the  business  at  the  old  stand  a  little  south  of  Towles 
tavern,  while  Henry  began  business  on  his  own  account  in  the  store  which  had  formerly 
been  occupied  by  Samuel  Brooks.  His  stock  according  to  his  advertisement  in  the  local 
newspaper  consisted  of  W.  I.  goods,  hardware,  crockery,  glassware,  dry  goods,  wines, 
rum,  brandy,  sugar,  etc.  The  selling  of  rum  and  brandy  was  not  deemed  at  all  inconsist- 
ent with  holding  the  office  of  deacon.  After  a  few  years  in  Claremont  he  removed  to 
Lowell  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1849.     Four  children  by  his  first  marriage: 

1.  Lydia  Woodward7  b.  Mar.  9,  1815;  m.  Merrill  Pearson.     (See  Pearson.) 

2.  Harriett7  b.  May  26,  1816;  d.  Aug.  11,  1839. 

3.  Henry7  b.  June  25,  1819;  went  to  California. 

4.  Horace7  b.  Feb.  20,  1822. 

Ten  children  by  second  marriage : 

5.  Frances7  bapt.  Apr.  3,  1826;  m.  Benj.  F.  Larabee  of  Hartland,  Vt. 

6.  David  Pierce7  bapt.  Sept.  30,  1827. 

7.  Alfred7  bapt.  Apr.  7,  1829.     At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered  the  law  office  of  his 

cousin,  George  Barstow  in  Manchester.  In  1849  he  joined  the  Argonauts  and 
went  to  California.  Finishing  his  law  studies  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
became  a  prominent  and  successful  lawyer.  He  was  also  a  pioneer  in  the  grape 
growing  industry  of  his  adopted  state.  He  m.  in  1868  the  dau.  of  his  law  partner, 
ex-Judge  A.  L.  Rhodes  of  the  California  Supreme  Court.  He  resided  in  Oakland, 
with  law  offices  in  San  Francisco.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  ability  and  force  of 
character. 

8.  Anson7  was  a  grain  dealer  in  Oakland,  Cal. 

9.  Ellen7. 

10.  Francis7  b.  Dec.  1838;  d.  Nov.  5, 1839. 

11.  Frederick  S.7  b.  July  1847;  d.  Aug.  14,  1848. 

12.  Clara  A.7  b.  1840;  d.  Sept.  8,  1845. 

13.  Charles  C.7  b.  Dec.  1843;  d.  Mar.  1849. 

14.  Gardner7  lived  in  Chicago,  engaged  in  grain  business. 

Thomas  Barstow6  (Michael5,  Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  came  to  Haverhill 
and  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  brothers;  married  Sally,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Sarah 
(Cutter)  Hale  of  Wells  River,  Vt.,  born  June  9,  1796.  They  lived  in  Piermont  and  later 
in  Canada.     They  had  nine  children: 

1.  Sarah  A.7 

2.  Harriet7  m.  and  lived  at  Derby,  Vt. 

3.  Nancy7  m.  Feb.  8,  1850,  Edwin  S.  Thayer  and  lived  in  Thetford,  Vt. 

4.  Michael  H.7  lived  in  Boston,  Mass. 

5.  Thomas  A.7 

6.  Arthur  C.7 

7.  Louisa7. 

8.  Ruth  A.7 

9.  William  H.7 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  463 

James  T.  Barstow7  (William6,  Michael5,  Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  born 
Haverhill  Dec.  16,  1816;  died  Piermont  Feb.  17,  1893;  thrice  married:  first,  to  Marice 
M.  Lovering  who  died  Sept.  14,  1846,  age  22  years;  second,  Oct.  19,  1857,  to  Mary  S., 
daughter  of  R.  N.  Brown  of  Haverhill  who  died  Sept.  12,  1869,  age  36  years;  third  to 
Sophronia  M.  Holden  who  died  Jan.  20,  1890,  age  50  years.  Two  children  by  second 
marriage : 

1.  Nellie  J.8  d.  June  21,  1869,  ae.  7  yrs.,  5  mos.,  21  days. 

2.  Edward  C.8  d.  Sept.  16,  1879,  ae.  14  yrs.  3  mos. 

Mr.  Barstow  lived  in  Haverhill  and  Piermont.  Was  town  clerk  of  Piermont  in  1848- 
49,  and  1851-52.  The  records  as  kept  by  him  are  a  model  of  neatness  and  accuracy.  After 
his  removal  to  Piermont  he  represented  that  town  in  the  legislature. 

Thomas  A.  Barstow7  (Thomas6,  Michael5,  Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  William1)  born 
Melbourne,  Canada;  married  Mary  J.,  daughter  of  Amos  Tarleton  of  Piermont.  Resided 
in  Piermont  from  which  town  he  enlisted  in  1862  in  Company  B,  15th  N.  H.  Vols,  and 
was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson  in  May  1863.     Three  children: 

1.  George8  b.  Aug.  1849;  drowned  in  Connecticut  River  Aug.  1863. 

2.  Margarette8  b.  Aug.  1853;  m.  Jesse  R.  Squires.     (See  Squires.) 

3.  Walter  Thomas8  b.  Jan.  1860;  m.  Inez  Clark  of  Lowell,  Mass.     No  chil. 

BARSTOW 

Rev.  Ezekiel  Hale  Barstow  (Ezekiel5,  Joshua4,  Joshua3,  Joshua2,  William1),  son  of 
Ezekiel  and  Mary  (Connor),  was  born  in  Hanover,  Mass.,  May  17,  1815;  married  Aug. 
1842,  Emma  G.,  daughter  of  Rufus  Clarke  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.  He  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth in  1839,  and  for  five  years  was  principal  of  Lawrence  Academy.  Studied  theology 
and  became  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Walpole  in  1845.  Became  teacher  in 
a  classical  school  in  Newton,  Mass.,  in  1851.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1860,  in  failing 
health,  and  died  soon  after.  His  wife  survived  him  several  years,  and  of  their  children 
Mary  C.  and  Sallie  C.  became  teachers.  William  engaged  in  business  in  Nebraska,  and 
John,  born  in  1858,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1883,  studied  theology  at  Hartford  and 
Andover,  and  is  a  successful  Congregationalist  minister. 

BARTLETT 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett,  who  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  years  filled  a  large  place  in  the 
professional,  political  and  social  life  of  Haverhill,  came  of  a  distinguished  ancestry. 

John  Bartlett1  came  to  America  from  England  early  in  the  seventeenth  century 
and  established  himself  at  Beverly,  Mass. 

Richard  Bartlett2  (John1)  born  in  Beverly,  one  of  the  several  sons  of  John,  settled 
in  Newbury.  Mass.,  where  he  reared  a  large  family,  eight  sons  and  two  daughters. 

Stephen  Bartlett3  (Richard2,  John1),  fifth  son,  born  Newbury,  Mass.;  married 

Webster,  and  a  few  years  after  his  marriage  settled  in  Amesbury. 

Josiah  Bartlett4  (Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1),  fourth  son  of  Stephen,  born  Amesbury, 
Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1729;  died  Kingston  May  10,  1795.  He  received  the  rudiments  of  a 
classical  education  and  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  a  relative,  Dr.  Ordway  of 
Amesbury.  In  1750  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Kingston.  Exercising 
freedom  from  the  dogmatical  rules  of  practice  he  soon  became  eminent  in  his  profession. 
He  began  his  political  life  in  1765  as  a  delegate  to  the  legislature,  an  office  to  which  he 
was  annually  chosen  till  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  frequently  opposed  to 
the  royal  policy,  and  Gov.  Wentworth  in  the  hope  of  gaining  his  favor,  appointed  him 
a  magistrate  and  later  in  1770  to  the  command  of  a  militia  regiment.  He  remained, 
however,  devoted  to  the  patriot  cause  and  in  1775  was  deprived  of  both  these  offices. 
He  declined  an  election  to  the  first  Provincial  Congress  in  1774,  on  account  of  the  loss 


464  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  his  house  by  fire,  but  in  1775,  Gov.  Wentworth  having  left  the  province,  Dr.  Bartlett 
became  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  upon  which  the  government  of  the  prov- 
ince practically  devolved  for  some  months,  and  he  also  accepted  a  commission  as  colonel 
of  the  7th  Regiment.  He  was  elected  to  the  Continental  Congress  in  Aug.  1775,  and 
again  in  Jan.  1776.  He  was  the  first  to  give  his  vote  for  the  Declaration  of  Independence, 
and  the  first  after  John  Hancock  to  affix  his  name  to  that  immortal  document.  In  1777 
he  was  with  Stark  at  Bennington,  acting  as  agent  for  the  state  in  procuring  medical  sup- 
plies. In  Mar.  1778  he  was  again  elected  to  Congress  and  still  again  in  August  of  that 
year.  He  became  chief  justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1779,  justice  of  the 
Superior  Court  in  1780  and  chief  justice  in  1788.  In  this  year  he  was  also  an  active 
member  of  the  state  convention  which  adopted  the  federal  constitution.  In  1789, 
greatly  depressed  by  the  death  of  his  wife,  he  declined  an  election  to  the  United  States 
Senate,  pleading  his  advanced  age.  He  was,  however,  chosen  president  of  the  state  by 
the  legislature  in  1790,  and  in  1791  and  1792  by  popular  election.  In  1793  he  became 
the  first  governor  of  the  state  under  the  new  state  constitution  and  held  this  office  till 
1794. 

Of  his  children,  three  sons  chose  the  profession  of  their  father;  Levi,  the  eldest,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  practice  of  his  father  in  Kingston;  Josiah  located  in  Stratham,  and  Ezra 
came  first  to  Warren  and  then  to  Haverhill.  Brought  up  in  the  atmosphere  of  politics, 
the  three  brothers  took  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  all  public  affairs  throughout 
their  lives.  Their  letters,  now  in  the  possession  of  their  descendants,  are  interesting 
commentaries  on  the  public  men  and  matters  of  their  times. 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett5  (Josiah4,  Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1),  youngest  son  and  executor 
of  his  father's  will,  born  Kingston,  Sept.  13,  1770;  married  Jan.  31,  1799,  at  Kingston, 
by  the  Rev.  Elihu  Thayer,  Hannah,  daughter  Dr.  Amos  and  Hannah  (Gilman)  Gale. 
Dr.  Gale  was  the  partner  of  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett,  and  attended  to  the  practice  of  the  firm 
while  his  partner  was  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  a  pronounced  Whig  and  served  on  several 
committees  during  the  Revolution,  but  held  no  other  office  and  performed  no  military 
duty.  Dr.  Bartlett  died  Dec.  5,  1848;  she  died  Sept.  8,  1855.  Eleven  children,  eight 
born  in  Warren,  three  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Laura  S.e  b.  Oct.  20,  1799;   m.  Jacob  Bell.     (See  Bell.) 

2.  Josiah9 1801-02. 

3.  Josiah9  b.  May  3,  1803;  m.  Hannah  E.  Weeks;  d.  1853. 

4.  Hannah9  b.  Jan.  7,  1805;    m.  John  Blaisdell  1835;    d.  Alton,  111.,  June  17,  1897; 

had  two  children :  A  son  who  m.  and  had  one  child  who  survived  only  a  few  weeks, 
and  a  daughter  Arriana,  who  lives  unm.  in  Alton,  111. 

5.  Levi9  b.  Oct.  4,  1806;  m.,  1st.,  Amelia  Honeneman,  d.  Aug.  7,  1829,  buried  in  Bart- 

lett lot  in  cemetery  at  Ladd  Street;  m.,  2nd,  Harriett  Hopkins.      He  d.   June 
22,  1892. 

6.  Mary6  b.  1808;   d.  Aug.  6,  1830;   unm. 

7.  Sarah9  b.  1810;   d.  Oct.  1,  1836;  unm. 

8.  Ezra9  b.  Sept.  28,  1811;  m.,  1st,  Sarah  Calef;  2d,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Hubbard.     He  d. 

June  16,  1892. 

9.  Amos  Gilman9  b.  Jan.  14,  1814;  m.  Georgianna  Pike.      He  had  two  sons:  (1)  Albert 

Edward7,  a  physician  in  Albany,  N.  Y.;   (2)  Frank7  and  possibly  others. 

10.  Albert  Gattalen9  b.  May  23,  1815;   m.  Susan  Ann  Calef;   d.  1842. 

11.  Stephen  Madison9  b.  June  22,  1817. 

The  morning  after  his  marriage,  Feb.  1,  1799,  Dr.  Bartlett  and  his  young  wife  started 
on  horseback,  on  their  honeymoon  trip,  for  Warren  where  he  settled  as  a  physician, 
secured  a  successful  practice.  From  the  start  he  took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs, 
represented  Warren  in  the  legislature  of  1805,  and  in  1806  was  made  judge  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas.  In  1812,  he  removed  to  Haverhill  where  he  took  at  once  a  leading 
position  as  a  physician,  dividing  with  Drs.  Carleton  and  Spalding  an  extensive  practice, 
and  holding  important  public  offices.     In  his  political  affiliations  he  was  a  Federalist  and 


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later  a  Whig.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1834,  and  held  various 
town  offices.  In  1836  he  received  the  Whig  vote  as  candidate  for  governor  against  Isaac 
Hill,  Democrat.  He  was  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  in  1816,  and  chief  justice  of  the 
Court  of  Sessions  in  1820.  He  was  member  of  the  Executive  Council  for  three  years 
1822-24  and  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the  fifth  New  Hampshire  district.  He  was 
elector  of  president  and  vice-president  in  1820  and  again  in  1828,  voting  in  the  latter 
year  for  Adams.  He  was  a  man  of  high  character  and  standing  both  in  his  profession 
and  in  public  life,  and  few  if  any  citizens  of  Haverhill  enjoyed  greater  popularity.  An 
evidence  of  this  is  seen  in  the  fact  that  probably  more  children  in  Haverhill  and  adjoining 
towns  were  named  for  him  than  for  any  other  man  of  his  time  with  the  possible  exception 
of  the  immortal  George  W.  The  Bartlett  residence  is  on  Court  Street  at  the  corner,  the 
next  house  west  of  the  Judge  Westgate  residence. 

Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett6  (Ezra5,  Josiah4,  Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1)  married  Mary  E. 
Weeks;  was  a  physician  in  Stratham;  was  killed  in  a  railroad  accident  at  South  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  in  1853.     They  had  six  children: 

1 .  Mary7  who  m. Rollins  of  Dover  and  had  two  children :  Daniel3  who  d.  without 

issue,  and  Hannah8  still  living  in  Dover,  unm. 

2.  Antoinette7  d.  unm. 

3.  Laura7  d.  unm. 

4.  Josiah7  in  the  Navy,  was  in  the  battle  between  the  Kearsarge  and  Alabama,  but 

who  d.  without  issue. 

5.  Ezra7  d.  without  issue. 

6.  George7  d.  unm. 

Dr.  Levi  Bartlett6  (Ezra5,  Josiah4,  Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1)  settled  as  a  physician 
in  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.;  two  children  by  his  first  wife:  He  had  by  his  second  wife  one 
son  Fred7,  who  died  in  New  York  City  without  issue. 

1.  Edward7  who  later  became  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  but  d.  with- 

out issue. 

2.  Mary7  m. Kellogg  and  d.  1915  without  issue. 

Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett,  Jr.6  (Ezra5,  Josiah4,  Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1)  born  Warren 
Sept.  28,  1811;  married,  first,  Apr.  25,  1835,  Sarah  Calef  of  Saco,  Me.;  second,  Mrs. 
Eleanor  Augusta  Tucker,  widow  of  John  Hubbard,  a  lawyer  of  South  Berwick,  Me. 
Studied  medicine  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  John  French  of  Bath,  and  graduated  from  the 
Dartmouth  Medical  School  in  1832.  Began  practice  in  Virginia  but  was  called  home  at 
the  end  of  one  year  by  the  illness  of  his  father,  with  whom  he  spent  a  few  years  in  part- 
nership, when  he  went  to  South  Berwick,  Me.,  where  he  remained  fifteen  years.  He  was 
later  in  East  Boston,  Mass.,  for  four  years,  when  he  went  to  Exeter  where  he  lived  until 
his  death.  During  the  last  two  years  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  a  "contract 
surgeon"  and  was  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time  with  the  armies  operating  in  Tennessee 
and  Georgia.  He  was  a  very  skillful  and  successful  physician  and  enjoyed  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.     He  had  one  son  by  his  first  marriage,  Josiah  Calef7,  who  graduated 

at  Harvard;  married  Grace ;  engaged  in  business  in  Chicago  and  became  agent  for 

the  C.  B.  &  Q.  railroad;  he  died  about  1900  leaving  three  sons:  (1)  Josiah  Calef8,  (2) 
Hugh8,  and  (3)  Paul3. 

Stephen  Madison  Bartlett6  (Ezra6,  Josiah4,  Stephen3,  Richard2,  John1)  married 
1856,  Susan  A.  Hendree  of  Tuskegee,  Ala.;  died  Washington,  D.  C,  1891.  Three 
children: 

1.  Agnes  S.7  m.  Charles  C.  Bryan,  and  has  one  dau.  Agnes  Bartlett8;  all  living  (1916) 

in  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  Sallie7.     Lives  in  Calef,  Cal. 

3.  George  m.,  has  several  children  and  lives  in  Colorado. 

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466  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

BARTLETT 

Richard  Bartlett1.     Settled  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1635;  died  May  25,  1647. 

Richard  Bartlett2  (Richard1)  born  1622;  married  Abigail ;  lived  in  Newbury, 

Mass.;  member  of  General  Court  four  years;  died  1698. 

Richard  Bartlett3  (Richard2  J)  born  Feb.  21,  1649;  married  Nov.  18,  1673,  Hannah 
Emery  of  Newbury. 

Richard  Bartlett4  (Richard3 * x)  born  Oct.  20,  1676;  married  Apr.  12.  1699,  Mar- 
garet Woodman. 

Richard  Bartlett5  (Richard4  3  2  J)  born  June  27,  1700;  settled  in  Sutton,  Mass. 

Christopher  Bartlett6  (Richard6  4  3  2 !)  settled  in  Pembroke,  N.  H. 

Stephen  Bartlett7  (Christopher6,  Richard5  4  3  2  x)  married  Hannah ;  moved  to 

Goshen  1776;  children  born  Pembroke. 

Josiah  Bartlett8  (Stephen7,  Christopher6,  Richard5  un)  born  1774;  married 
Abigail,  daughter  James  and  Abigail  (Kinsman)  Wheelock  of  Hanover;  lived  in 
Bath;  died  about  1851.     She  was  born  1786;  died  1843. 

Michael  Bartlett9  (Josiah8,  Stephen7,  Christopher6,  Richard5  *321)  born  Sept. 
1814;  married,  first,  Amanda  Abbott;  second,  Laura  A.  Hibbard. 

BATCHELDER 

John  Bachellor1  born  in  England  1610;  married,  first,  Mary ;  second,  Eliza- 
beth Herrick.  Came  to  America  1635;  settled  in  Salem;  made  a  Freeman  Nov.  13, 
1640;   admitted  to  church  1639;   died  Sept.  10,  1675.     Six  children. 

John  Bachelor2  (John1)  born  Salem  June  23,  1650;  married  Salem  Aug.  14,  1673, 
Mary,  daughter  Zachariah  and  Mary  (Dodge)  Herrick,  born  Oct.  10,  1654;  she  died 
Aug.  19,  1684.     Cooper  by  trade;  lived  in  that  part  of  Salem,  now  Beverly.     Six  children. 

Jonathan  Batchelder3  (John2,  John1)  born  Salem,  Mass.,  Mar.  29,  1678;  married 
about  1719,  Ruth  Rayment  (Raymond);  lived  in  Salem;   died  1740.     Three  children. 

Lieut.  Jonathan  Batchelder4  (Jonathan3,  John2,  John1)  born  Salem,  Mass.,  1720; 
married  (published)  Feb.  3,  1744,  Hepzibah  Conant,  Beverly  b.  Oct.  26,  1729.  First 
Lieutenant  in  Capt.  Caleb  Dodge's  Company  which  marched  Apr.  19,  1775,  to  Concord 
and  Lexington;  lived  in  Salem  and  Beverly,  Mass.;  died  Oct.  18,  1776.     Ten  children. 

Rev.  Daniel  Batchelder5  (Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  John2,  John1)  born  (probably  in 
Massachusetts)  Feb.  25,  1765;  married  Unity,  N.  H.,  Jan.  25,  1785,  Phebe  Chase,  born 
Feb.  28,  1767;  died  Corinth,  Vt.,  Oct.  19,  1858.  He  was  the  first  ordained  Freewill 
Baptist  Minister  in  Orange  County,  Vt.;  ordained  at  Corinth  Oct.  4,  1799;  served  the 
Corinth  Church,  which  he  organized,  as  pastor  twenty  years.  He  went  west  to  visit  his 
daughter  Mrs.  Lena  Ladd,  and  died  thirty  miles  from  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  1833.  Resided 
in  Corinth  and  Bradford,  Vt.     Nine  children. 

Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder6  (Daniel5,  Jonathan4,  Jonathan3,  John2,  John1)  born  Cor- 
inth, Vt.,  May  10,  1803;  married,  first,  Jan.  20,  1835,  Mrs.  Emeline  (Cooke)  Brown  of 
Corinth,  Vt.,  born  Mar.  22,  1801;  died  July  20,  1862;  married,  second,  Dec.  23,  1863, 
Mrs.  Lucretia  Haywood,  widow  of  Alvah  E.  at  East  Haverhill.  She  died  Sept.  1876. 
He  died  July  8,  1868.  He  came  to  Coventry  (now  Benton)  in  1824,  and  lived  there  till 
1841,  when  he  removed  to  East  Haverhill  where  he  lived,  except  for  a  few  years  spent  in 
Corinth,  till  his  death  in  1868.  While  a  resident  of  Coventry  he  took  an  active  part  in 
town  affairs  holding  the  various  town  offices,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature 
in  1834,  '35,  '36,  '38,  '39.  He  procured  the  passage  of  the  enabling  act  changing  the 
name  of  the  town  from  Coventry  to  Benton,  which  was  accepted  by  the  town  in  1840. 
After  his  removal  to  Haverhill,  he  was  elected  representative  in  1845,  and  was  moderator 
in  1866-67.     A  Democrat  in  politics  he  was  active  in  party  and  town  affairs.     Was 


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deputy  sheriff,  and  for  many  years  was  an  auctioneer,  probably  more  widely  known  as 
such  than  any  one  of  this  time  in  Haverhill  and  the  adjoining  towns.  He  had  a  loud 
voice,  ready  wit  and  a  sharp  tongue,  and  sold  the  goods.  He  recruited  a  company  for 
the  9th  Regiment  Infantry  in  the  Mexican  War,  and  was  commissioned  captain,  but  was 
detained  on  recruiting  service  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  did  not  go  to  Mexico.  He  was  also 
captain  in  the  13th  N.  H.  Militia.     Four  children: 

1.  Ann  Maria7  b.  Coventry  Dec.  13,  1836;  d.  Hav.  Sept.  24,  1867. 

2.  Caroline  Cooke7  b.  Coventry  Nov.  27,  1838;  lived  in  Jefferson,  la. 

3.  Emeline  Cooke7  b.  Hav.  Feb.  8,  1842;   m.  Feb.  8,  1859,  in  Grand  Junction,  la., 

Charles  Cooke  Carpenter  of  Corinth,  Vt.,  b.  Apr.  8,  1836.  Three  chil.:  (1) 
Charles  Daniel  b.  June  17,  1860;  m.  June  16,  1884.  (2)  Susan  Emma  b.  Mar.  20, 
1863;  m.  Jan.  26,  1881;  lived  Walker,  Lynn  Co.,  la.  (3)  Carrie  A.  b.  Apr.  15, 
1872;  lives  Grand  Junction,  la. 

4.  Adaline  Bradley7  b.  Nov.  28,  1845;  d.  Apr.  21,  1847. 

BATCHELDER 

Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler1  born  England  1561;  College  of  St.  John,  Oxford.  Came  to 
New  England  in  1632,  was  in  Massachusetts  till  1639  when  he  came  to  Hampton,  N.  H. 
His  name  is  conspicuous  in  the  early  annals,  and  his  life  was  one  of  great  activity. 
Returned  to  England,  and  died  there  in  1660. 

Nathaniel  Batchelder2  (Rev.  Stephen1)  born  England  1590;  did  not  come  to 
America. 

Nathaniel  Batchelder3  (Nathaniel2,  Stephen1)  born  England  1640;  married,  first, 
Dec.  10,  1659,  Deborah,  daughter  of  John  Smith  of  Martha's  Vineyard;  married, 
second,  Oct.  31,  1676,  Mary  (Carter)  Wyman,  widow  of  John  Wyman;  married,  third, 
Oct.  28,  1689,  widow  Elizabeth  Knell.  He  died  Jan.  17,  1710.  Lived  in  Hampton. 
Seventeen  children. 

Nathaniel  Batchelder4  (Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Rev.  Stephen1)  born  Hampton, 
Dec.  24,  1659;  married  1685  Elizabeth  Foss,  born  1666,  died  1746.  Lived  Hampton 
Falls.     He  died  1745.     Nine  children. 

Jethro  Batchelder6  (Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Rev.  Stephen1)  born  Hamp- 
ton Jan.  2,  1698;  married  May  15,  1721,  Dorothy  Sanborn,  born  Oct.  27,  1698,  daughter 
Dea.  Benj.  Sanborn  of  Hampton.  Lived  in  Hampton  Falls  and  Exeter.  He  died  1723; 
she  died  1757.     Two  children. 

Jethro  Batchelder6  (Jethro5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Rev.  Stephen1) 
born  Loudon  1723;  married  Abigail  Lovering.  Lived  in  Loudon.  He  died  after  1780. 
Eight  children. 

Abel  Batchelder7  (Jethro6,  Jethro5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Rev.  Ste- 
phen1) born  Loudon  June  15,  1772;  married  Oct.  4,  1792,  Sarah  Sanborn,  born  Sept. 
3,  1768,  died  Plymouth  Feb.  11,  1833.     He  died  Jan.  28,  1853.     Nine  children. 

Kinsley  Hall  Batchelder8  (Abel7,  Jethro6,  Jethro5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3, Nathan- 
iel2, Rev.  Stephen1)  born  Jan.  30,  1808;  married  Betsy  Page. Knight,  daughter  Moses 
Knight  of  Landaff,  Lived  in  Haverhill,  Coventry,  and  Plymouth  till  1868  when  he 
removed  to  Concord;   died  1883.     She  died  Dec.  1,  1888.     Six  children. 

1.  George9  b.  Haverhill  1831. 

2.  Sally  Sanborn9  b.  Coventry  (Benton)  Feb.  13,  1832;   m.  John  Connell  for  years 

city  marshal  of  Concord. 

3.  Mary  Ann9  b.  Nov.  15,  1833;  m.  Charles  H.  Bowles. 

4.  Harriet  C.9  b.  Haverhill  1838;  m.  Robert  W.  Mitchell  Nov.  27,  1856. 

5.  Eleanor.9 

6.  Moses9  d.  1863. 

George  Batchelder9  (Kinsley  H.8,  Abel7,  Jethro6,  Jethro5,  Nathaniel4,  Nathaniel3, 
Nathaniel2,  Rev.  Stephen1)  born  Haverhill  1831;    married  Oct.  28,  1862,  Miriam  J. 


468  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Bennett;  lived  in  Haverhill  and  Plymouth  till  about  1860  when  he  removed  to  Minne- 
sota.    Three  children  born  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  two  in  Hamilton,  Ont. 

1.  George  K.10  b.  Mar.  10,  1864.     In  employ  of  Page  Belting  Co.     In  1901  went  to 

Rangoon,  India. 

2.  Moses  Abel10  b.  Dec.  10,  1866;  m.  Mar.  8,  1894,  Edith  Camilla,  dau.  of  Lemuel  N. 

and  Priscilla  (Simpson)  Phillips  of  Littleton,  b.  Bethlehem  Jan.  23,  1867.  In 
clothing  business  in  Plymouth  since  1883;  town  clerk. 

3.  Bennett10  b.  June  10,  1869;  m.,  Jan.  1,  1900,  Annie  S.  Roberts.    One  child:  Mir- 

iam11 b.  Oct.  10,  1900.  In  clothing  business,  Brown  &  Batchelder,  in  Concord, 
since  1890. 

4.  Miriam10  b.  Jan.  5,  1872;  went  with  her  father  to  Australia  and  later  to  India;  m. 

1893  Fred  G.  Wallis.     She  d.  Rangoon,  India,  May  15,  1902. 

5.  William  J.10  b.  Mar.  16,  1874;   m.  June  16,  1900,  Virginia,  dau.  Charles  Taplin  of 

Canaan.     (1)  Bennett11  b.  July  5,  1903. 

Cyrus  Batchelder10,  son  of  William  Batchelder  of  Lancaster,  is  a  descendant  of  the 
Rev.  Stephen,  the  line  of  descent  to  his  father  being  as  follows:  William9,  Stephen8 
Stephen7,  James6,  John5,  Stephen4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Stephen1. 

Cyrus  Batchelder10,  son  William9  and  Mary  B.  Farnsworth  Batchelder,  born  Nov. 
22,  1857,  at  West  Levant,  Me.;  married  Lisbon  Apr.  27,  1883,  Ellen  S.  Jesseman,  born 
Dec.  1,  1864.  He  came  to  Haverhill  from  Nashua  where  he  had  been  manager  of  a 
bicycle  store,  and  became  associated  with  the  Jesseman  Granite  Co.  at  North  Haverhill. 
Before  going  to  Nashua  he  was  foreman  in  a  job  printing  and  tag  manufacturing  estab- 
lishment. Is  the  head  of  the  Jesseman  Granite  Co.  and  resides  at  North  Haverhill. 
Four  children: 

1.  Cora11  b.  Sept.  11,  1883;  m.  John  E.  Eastman.     (See  Eastman.) 

2.  Harold11  b.  Apr.  11,  1887. 

3.  Hazel11  b.  Oct.  3,  1893;  m.  Wilbur  Fish  Eastman.     (See  Eastman.) 

4.  William  C.u  b.  Aug.  24,  1896. 

BATCHELDER 

1.  Simon  Batchelder  married  Mary  Marston.  Lived  in  Bridgewater.  Ten  children 
born  in  Bridgewater:  1,  Polly;  2,  Benjamin;  3,  Caleb;  4,  Simon;  5,  David;  6,  Betsey; 
7,  Jemima;  8,  Phebe;  9,  Martha;  10,  Nancy. 

2.  David  Batchelder  born  Bridgewater  Sept.  12,  1798;  married  1821  Sally 
Thompson,  daughter  Moses  Thompson  and  Mehitabel  (Robertson)  Willard.  Lived  in 
Bridgewater.  Six  children:  1,  Louisa  L.;  2,  David  W.,  d.  at  age  of  2  yrs.;  3,  Charles  W.; 
4,  David;  5,  Lucinda  T.;  6,  Nathan  H. 

3.  Nathan  H.  Batchelder,  son  David  and  Sally  (Willard)  Batchelder,  born  Bridge- 
water  Apr.  20,  1833;  married  Bradford,  Vt.,  Dec.  21,  1856,  daughter  of  Dudley  and 
Ruby  (Allen)  Hovey,  born  Aug.  1,  1836,  died  Feb.  20,  1899.  He  died  Jan.  3,  1903. 
Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Hebron,  Bristol,  Franklin,  and  Concord,  he  learned 
the  carriage  maker's  trade,  and  came  to  Haverhill,  where  with  the  exception  of  a  few  years 
spent  in  Bristol,  he  resided  till  his  death,  engaged  for  the  most  of  the  time  in  the  manu- 
facture of  carriages  and  sleighs.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  a  strong  advocate  of 
prohibition,  and  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.     Two  children: 

1.  Fred  Perkins  b.  Dec.  17,  1864;  m.  Junction  City.,  Kan.,  Aug.  31,  1892,  Zadie  Ethel, 

dau.  of  Col.  C.  H.  Purinton.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Newbury  Seminary  and 
Haverhill  Academy  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  class  1886;  class  poet.  He 
pursued  post  graduate  studies  at  Boston  University,  receiving  his  M.  A.  degree  in 
1889.  Engaged  in  teaching,  and  was  thus  engaged  at  Junction  City,  Kan., 
Nantucket,  South  Hadley  and  Florence,  Mass.  Was  admitted  to  the 
Massachusetts  bar  in  1891,  but  continued  in  educational  work,  as  principal  and 
superintendent;  d.  Apr.  29,  1905. 

2.  Mary  Hovey  b.  Sept.  13,  1869;  d.  Oct.  26,  1869. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  469 

BATTIS 

John  Battis  was  a  tax  payer  in  Haverhill  as  early  as  1799,  and  his  marriage  to  Susan- 
nah Wheeler  is  recorded  in  the  town  records,  Mar.  10,  1800.  Whether  they  were  the 
parents  of  Horace  Battis  is  uncertain,  but  there  is  a  possibility  of  such  parentage  since 
Horace,  from  whom  has  descended  a  numerous  family,  was  born  in  Haverhill  in  1804,  and 
lived  in  town  until  his  death  in  1860,  at  first  in  a  log  house  where  his  eldest  child  was 
bom  and  then  in  a  frame  house  near  the  summit  of  King  Hill. 

Horace  Battis1  born  Haverhill  1804;  married  Elizabeth  H.,  daughter  James  and 
Hannah  (Pettie)  Rix  of  Landaff,  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  who  died  in  the  service 
at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.  He  died  Mar.  7,  1860.  She  died  May  10,  1876,  aged  75  years,  10 
months.     Eight  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Susan  G.2  b.  Jan.  27,  1827;  m.  Jan.  1,  1846,  George  Wheeler,  farmer  at  No.  Hav., 

d.  Aug.  18,  1883.  Mrs.  Wheeler  lived  at  No.  Hav.  in  full  possession  of  her  faculties 
and  the  enjoyment  of  a  good  degree  of  health  until  her  death  on  Jan.  19,  1919. 
Two  chil.  b.  Hav.:  (1)  Helen  b.  May  22,  1847;  m.  Josiah  Willoughby.  (2) 
Horace  m.  Clara  Winchester.     Lived  on  Brier  Hill.     Eight  chil. 

2.  James  R.2  b.  Nov.  28,  1828. 

3.  Jane  2  b.  1831 ;  m.  May  28,  1847,  John  W.  St.  Clair.     (See  St.  Clair.) 

4.  Phebe2  b.  May  7,  1835;  m.  Dec.  17,  1854,  Albert  Chase.     (See  Chase.) 

5.  Nancy  R.2  b.  1833;  m.  Frank  Richardson;  d.  Nov.  30,  1891. 

6.  William  Henry2  b.  Sept.  8, 1838;  m.  (pub.  Dec.  19, 1867)     Eliza  J.,  dau.  Solon  and 

Theodora  (Hurlbert)  Swift.  (See  Swift.)  One  child:  L.  Maude3  b.  Hav.  Sept. 
22,  1874;  milliner;  unm.     He  d.  Hav.  Jan.  31,  1908. 

7.  John  S.2  b.  June  21,  1841;  m.  Lydia  Ann  Whitcher  of  Warren,  b.  1842.     Farmer; 

lived  at  Hav.  Centre;  d.  Apr.  2,  1907.     No  chil. 

8.  Charlotte2  d.  young. 

James  Rix  Battis2  born  Nov.  28,  1828;  married,  first  Apr.  13,  1857,  Mary  A., 
daughter  Joseph  and  Lucy  (Jeffers)  Hardy,  died  1860;  married,  second  Jan.  4,  1865, 
Tryphenia  M.,  daughter  David  and  Abigail  (Cutting)  Putnam,  born  Croyden  May  22, 
1831.  He  died  Woodsville  Nov.  27,  1893.  She  lives  (1917)  with  her  son,  Clarence,  in 
Woodsville.  Farmer.  Democrat.  Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill,  two  born  first 
marriage,  five  by  second: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth3  b.  Feb.  10,  1858;  m.  Nov.  21,  1885,  Frank  Edward,  son  George 

B.  and  Mary  O.  (Sargent)  Roby,  b.  Concord  Sept.  11,  1858.  Live  in  Woodsville. 
He  is  freight  conductor  B.  &  M.  R.  R.     No  chil. 

2.  Carl  Hebert3  b.  Sept.  1859;  d.  Sept,  1861,  2  yrs.,  8  days. 

3.  Nellie  Richardson3  b.  Mar.  19,  1866;  d.  Apr.  16,  1880. 

4.  Clarence  E.3  b.  Oct.  1,  1867;  m.  Jan.  9,  1897,  Catherine  Bridgetta  Magean.     Em- 

ployee B.  &  M.  R.  R.;  in  charge  coal  sheds,  Woodsville.  Two  chil.:  (1)  James 
Carl4  b.  Woodsville  Jan.  15,  1898;  rural  delivery  mail  carrier,  Woodsville  P.  O. 
(2)  John  Henry4  b.  May  14,  1905. 

5.  Fred  Horace3  b.  Nov.  30,  1869;  m.  Feb.  8,  1905,  Lillian  M.,  dau.  John  H.  and 

Emma  M.  (Hadley)  Hartwell  of  Orford,  b.  June  18,  1873,  d.  July  18,  1914;  res- 
taurant and  pool  room,  Woodsville. 

6.  John  P.3  b.  Dec.  30,  1873;  clerk;  d.  June  4,  1911. 

7.  Alice  Mabelle3  b.  Feb.  26,  1876;  m.  Moses  H.  Pillsbury,  Sept.  1905. 

BAYLEY— BAILEY 

In  his  history  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  Mr.  F.  P.  Wells  says  that  the  town  seems  to  have  been 
"very  attractive  to  persons  bearing  this  name,  as  there  were  no  fewer  than  seven  men 
among  the  early  settlers  who  were  the  pioneer  ancestors  of  Newbury  families  named 
Bailey."  Of  these  seven  three  had  also  descendants  living  in  Haverhill,  though  much 
fewer  in  number  than  in  the  Vermont  town.  These  pioneer  settlers  were  descended 
from  John  Bay  ley  of  England  and  Salisbury,  Mass.,  James  Bailey  of  England  and 
Rowley,  Mass.,  and  Richard  Bailey  of  England  and  Rowley,  Mass.    Until  about  seventy- 


470  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

five  years  ago  the  names  of  John  of  Salisbury  and  England  and  his  descendants  were 
spelled  "Bayley,"  but  since  then  the  spelling  has  been  almost  uniformly  "Bailey." 

John  Bayley1  of  Chippenham,  Eng.,  married  Eleanor  Knight;  came  to  America  in 
1635;  first  settler  of  Salisbury,  Mass.;  died  there  Nov.  1651. 

John  Bayley2  (John1)  born  1613;  married  Eleanor  Emery;  settled  Newbury,  Mass.; 
died  1691. 

Isaac  Bayley3  (John2,  John1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  July  22,  1654;  married  June  13, 
1683,  Sarah  Emery;  she  died  Apr.  1,  1694;  he  died  Apr.  26,  1740. 

Joshua  Emery4  (Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Oct.  30,  1685;  married  Sarah,  daughter 
Stephen  and  Sarah  (Atkinson)  Coffin.  She  died  Nov.  27,  1768.  He  died  Oct.  6,  1760. 
Farmer  in  Newbury,  Mass.     Nine  children. 

Gen.  Jacob  Bayley5  (Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John,2  John1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  July  19, 
1726,  eighth  of  nine  children;  married  Oct.  16,  1745,  Prudence,  daughter  Ephraim  and 
Prudence  (Stickney)  Noyes.  In  1747  his  family  removed  to  that  part  of  the  town  of 
Haverhill,  which  subsequently  became  by  settlement  of  state  boundary  line  a  part  of 
the  town  of  Hampstead.  Filled  important  official  positions  in  Hampstead;  rendered 
valuable  and  distinguished  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  holding  commission  as 
Colonel  at  its  close  in  consideration  of  which  he  was  named  first  of  the  grantees  of  New- 
bury and  second  of  Haverhill  when  these  two  townships  were  chartered  in  1763.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  overestimate  the  value  of  his  military  services  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution,  and  his  civic  services  in  various  positions  were  no  less  important.  Joshua 
Coffin  in  his  History  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  says  of  these  services:  "These  positions  in- 
volved great  responsibilities,  and  subjected  him  to  danger,  difficulties  and  sacrifices  of 
an  extraordinary  character.  He  sacrificed  a  large  estate  in  the  service  of  his  country  for 
which  he  never  received  any  compensation,  and  was  equally  distinguished  for  his  talents, 
his  patriotism  and  his  piety.  The  losses  he  suffered  by  his  services  to  the  patriot  cause 
amounted  to  about  $60,000  for  which,  notwithstanding  his  applications  to  Congress  for 
relief,  he  received  no  compensation,  and  he  died  a  poor  man.  The  town  he  settled  and 
founded,  on  the  one  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  dedicated  to  his 
memory  a  fitting  and  imposing  monument.  In  Sept.  1764  he  became  one  of  the  first 
members  of  the  Newbury-Haverhill  Church  and  with  Jacob  Kent,  and  James  Abbott  of 
Haverhill  one  of  its  first  deacons.  He  died  Mar.  1,  1815,  his  wife  having  preceded  him 
June  1,  1809.     They  had  ten  children. 

Ephraim  Bayley6  (Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury,  Mass., 
Oct.  5,  1746;  married,  first,  Hannah  Fowler;  second,  Lucy  Hodges.  He  died  Lyman 
July  7,  1825.     Seven  children  by  first  marriage,  by  second  four. 

Jacob  Bayley7  (Ephraim6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Mar.  9, 
1769;  married  Hannah,  daughter  Uriah  and  Rachel  Chamberlain,  born  Mar.  4,  1773. 
Lived  North  Haverhill  and  Littleton,  but  died  in  the  West.  She  died  July  6,  1842. 
Eleven  children. 

Jacob  Bayley6  (Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Hampstead  Oct.  3, 
1755;  married,  first,  about  1776  Ruth,  daughter  of  Col.  Timothy  Bedel,  died  1779; 
married,  second,  Oct.  1782  May,  daughter  Ezekial  and  Ruth  (Hutchins)  Ladd,  born 
Haverhill  Feb.  14,  1766,  died  Haverhill  Mar.  1,  1855.  He  died  June  28,  1837,  Quarter- 
master in  Col.  Bedel's  Regiment.  Was  aide  to  his  father,  Gen.  Jacob;  also  served  in 
several  alarms.  His  widow  pensioned  $50  a  month.  One  child  by  first  marriage, 
eleven  by  second.     Lived  in  Newbury  and  Haverhill. 

Abner  Bayley7  (Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Apr.  30, 
1778;  married,  first,  Aug.  9,  1801,  Polly  Barker  who  died  Oct.  27,  1803,  leaving  one  son; 
married,  second  (published  in  Haverhill  Feb.  22,  1808),  Lucinda,  daughter  Maj.  Nathl. 
Merrill  of  Haverhill,  born  Jan.  20,  1787;  died  Nov.  15,  1809,  no  children;  married,  third, 


HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL  471 

Feb.  28,  1811,  Betsey,  daughter  Col.  Aaron  Hibbard,  a  niece  of  his  second  wife,  born 
Oct.  11,  1790;  died  Nov.  17,  1857.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer;  resided  in  Newbury; 
member  of  Congregational  Church.  One  child  by  first  marriage;  thirteen  by  third,  all 
born  Newbury,  Vt. : 

1.  Moody  B.8  b.  Oct.  19,  1803;  m.  Lydia  Vance.     Lived  in  Illinois,  where  he  d.  sub- 

sequently to  1884.     Seven  chil. 

2.  Nathaniel  M.8  b.  June  7,  1812. 

3.  Azro8  b.  June  30,  1814. 

4.  Lucinda8  b.  Dec.  4,  1816;  d.  Sept.  3,  1828. 
5    Albert8  b  Mar  21   1818 

6.  Edwin8  b.  July  16,  1820; m.  Oct,  23,  1861,  Mrs.  Verta  Grant  of  Gardiner,  Me.     In 

business  in  Corinth  and  Post  Mills,  Vt.;  later  in  Boston  and  Gardiner,  Me.  In 
Newbury  from  1867  till  death  Oct.  11,  1888.  Two  chil. :  (1)  Edwin  A.9  b.  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass.,  July  30,  1862;  m.  June  15,  1892,  Lucia  A.  Watkins  of  Newbury,  Vt.; 
practicing  law  in  Boston.     (2)  Wallace  b.  Mar.  22,  1864;  d.  Aug.  25,  1864. 

7.  Nelson8  b.  Jan.  6,  1822;  m.  Oct.  29,  1861,  Eliza  A.  Barnett;  d.  July  19,  1881.     Lived 

in  Newbury,  Vt.;  farmer  on  homestead  with  his  brother  George.     Eight  chil. 

8.  Milo8  b.  Feb.  4,  1824. 

9.  Ruth8  b.  Nov.  17,  1825;  d.  July  9,  1897. 

10.  Martha8  b.  July  20,  1827;  d.  Aug.  30,  1828. 

11.  Allen8  b.  May  29,  1829;  m.  Phebe  Clark  of  Groton,  Vt.     Farmer  in  Hav.     Later 

in  trade  there  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Milo;  d.  June  18,  1875. 

12.  George8  b.  Feb.  28,  1831.     Farmer  in  Newbury  with  his  brother  Nelson.     Served 

in  12th  Vt.  Vols.;  d.  Nov.  9,  1892. 

13.  Lucinda8  b.  Feb.  5,  1833;  m.  John  B.  Buxton;  d.  Sept.  9,  1892. 

14.  Mary  S.8  b.  Sept.  10,  1836;  m.  Nov.  16,  1860,  Rev.  Charles  B.  Wallace.     One  dau. 

Grace. 

Nathaniel  M.  Bailey8  (Abner7,  Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac',  John1,  John1) 
born  June  7,  1812;  married  June  10,  1880,  Phebe  (Clark),  widow  of  his  brother  Allen. 
Nathaniel  and  Albert  were  in  trade  at  East  Topsham,  Vt.,  many  years;  afterwards  in 
Haverhill  where  he  resided  till  death,  Nov.  24,  1892.  His  widow  resides  (1916)  next 
house  south  the  Charles  Johnston  house.  He  served  as  town  treasurer  1854,  town 
clerk  1S54-57,  was  representative  in  1857,  and  selectman  1865. 

Azro  Bailey8  (Abner7,  Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  June 
30,  1814;  married  Feb.  22,  1843,  Hannah,  daughter  Sherburne  Lang  of  Bath,  where  he 
lived  till  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill.  Farmer  on  Ladd  Street,  Died  Haverhill 
July  10,  1884.     Eight  children. 

1.  Henry  S.9  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  1844. 

2.  Emery  A.9 

3.  Clara  Nelson  9. 

4.  Edwin  9. 

5.  Charles  9. 

6.  Hazen  H.9 

7.  Herbert  F.9 

8.  Mary9. 

Albert  Bailey8  (Abner7,  Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born 
Mar.  21,  1818;  married  May  8,  1848,  Harriet  A.  Blake  of  Topsham,  Vt.;  died  Nov.  5, 
1879.  He  was  in  business  with  his  brother,  Nathaniel,  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  and  Haverhill 
and  then  in  Haverhill  for  a  time  alone  afterwards  removing  to  Bradford,  Vt.,  where  he 
became  the  first  president  of  the  Bradford  Savings  Bank.  Represented  Haverhill  in 
legislature  in  1862;  town  clerk  1865.     Two  children: 

1.  Nelson  Albert.9 

2.  Isa  Belle9  m.  Phineas  Chamberlain,  a  lawyer  of  Bradford,  b.  Bath  Mar.  7,  1855,  d. 

Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Aug.  1887. 

Milo  Bailey8  (Abner7,  Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Feb. 
4,  1824;  married  Ellen,  daughter  Samuel  and  Eliza  Swasey  Page  of  Haverhill.     Mer- 


472  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

chant  at  the  Corner  and  the  Brook  for  many  years.  Died  Dec.  2,  1901.  She  died  Sept. 
27,  1872,  aged  36  years.     Three  children: 

1.  Anna  Gertrude9  b.  1858;  d.  Aug.  24,  1884,  ae.  26  yrs. 

2.  Edith  b.  Sept.  4,  1870;  m.  N.  T.  Barbour;  resides  in  Woodsville.     (See  Barbour.) 

3.  Maud  b.  1866;  d.  Mar.  6,  1908,  ae.  42  yrs. 

Henry  S.  Bailey9  (Azro8,  Abner7,  Jacob6,  Gen.  Jacob5,  Joshua4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1) 
born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Aug.  31,  1844;  married  Feb.  20,  1877,  Ella  F.,  daughter  Henry  and 
Sarah  J.  Swan,  born  Suncook  1843.  Farmer;  lived  on  the  Ladd  Street  and  Meadow 
farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father,  Azro.  Residence  next  north  of  the  Ladd  Street 
schoolhouse.  Enlisted  Company  C,  15th  N.  H.  Vols.  Sept.  5,  1862;  mustered  in  Oct.  6; 
mustered  out  Aug.  13,  1863.  Member  of  New  Hampshire  legislature  1901,  1909,  and 
1917.  Has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  town  affairs.  One  child: 
Fred  Mortimer10  b.  Sept.  6,  1884. 

Isaac  Bailey4  (Isaac3,  John2,  John1). 

Moses  Bailey5  (Isaac4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.;  married  Mary 
Ordway.     Lived  Newbury,.  Mass. 

Moses  Bailey6  (Moses5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  12, 

1740;  married  Elizabeth .     Was  in  Haverhill  1766.     Eldest  son  of  Moses  and  Mary 

(Ordway)  Bailey.  Had  a  sister  Sarah  born  1750  who  married  Capt.  Stephen  Morse  of 
Haverhill  1777.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Moses7  b.  Aug.  13,  1766. 

2.  Elizabeth7  b.  June  30,  1768. 

3.  Jesse7  b.  Oct.  4,  1769. 

4.  Stephen7  b.  Nov.  1,  1771;  d.  Nov.  1,  1771. 

5.  Asenath7  b.  Apr.  28,  1774. 

6.  Phebe7  b.  Feb.  4,  1776. 

7.  Ruth7  b.  Sept.  5,  1777. 

BAILEY 

James  Bailey1  came  to  Rowley,  Mass.,  about  1640  from  England;  died  1677. 

John  Bailey2  (James1)  born  1642;  married  Mary  Mighill;  died  1690  (perished  in  expe- 
dition to  Canada).     Lived  in  Rowley. 

James  Bailey3  (John2,  James1)  born  1680;  married  Hannah  Wood;  died  1769.  Lived 
Bradford,  Mass. 

Dea.  Edward  Bailey4  (James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Aug.  1711;  married  Elizabeth 
Burbank.     Lived  at  one  time  in  Methuen,  Mass.     Six  children: 

1.  Moses,5  who  probably  settled  in  Peacham,  Vt. 

2.  Dea.  Aaron5  lived  and  d.  in  Bath.     Chil.:  Hepzibah  m.  Fields  of  Peacham, 

Vt.;  Mehitabel  m. Roger  Sargent  of  Bath ;  and  Aaron;  Moses;  and  perhaps  others. 

3.  Maj.  Asa.5 

4.  Cyrus5  settled  in  Peacham,  Vt.;  no  descendants  there  in  1860. 

5.  Daniel5  settled  in  Bath. 

6.  Mary5  m.  Rev.  James  Bailey  of  Peacham,  Vt.,  her  cousin. 

Maj.  Asa  Bailey6  (Dea.  Edward4,  James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Methuen,  Mass.,  May 
24,  1745;  married  Haverhill  Apr.  15,  1767,  Abigail,  daughter  Dea.  James  Abbott  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  born  Concord,  1745;  died  in  Bath  Feb.  11,  1815.  Seventeen  children, 
the  five  eldest  born  in  Haverhill;  the  others  in  Landaff : 

1.  Abigail8  b.  Feb.  11,  1768;  m.  Stephen  Bartlett,  merchant  Bath.     Chil.:  Stephen, 

Cossam,  William,  Myron,  Chloe,  Theron. 

2.  Ruth6  b.  Aug.  7,  1769;  m.  1785  Eben  Bacon  of  Bath.     Chil.:  Eben,  Ruth,  Mark, 

Abigail  and  others. 

3.  Samuel6  b.  June  13,  1771. 


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4.  Phebe6  b.  Apr.  20,  1772;  d.  with  the  Shakers  at  Enfield. 

5.  Sarah6  b.  Nov.  28,  1773;  d.  1776. 

6.  Asa6  b.  Oct.  16,  1775;  m. Webster  of  Landaff ;  went  west. 

7.  Caleb6  b.  Aug.  12,  1777. 

8.  Anna6  b.  Aug.  12,  1777;  m.  Phillips,  went  west  and  had  a  very  interesting 

family  of  children. 

9.  Sarah6  b.  Aug.  21,  1779;  m.  1807  Rev.  Mr.  Beal  of  Bangor,  Me. 

10.  Jabez"  b.  Jan.  21,  1781;  m.  Martha  Hunt  of  Bath  and  lived  there. 

11.  Chloe6  b.  Aug.  8,  1782;  m.  1810 Ford;  went  west  and  d.  1834. 

12.  Amos6  b.  May  11,  1784;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Bancroft  Abbott  of  Newbury,  Vt.     She 

d.  in  Chicago  1831.  Dea.  Bancroft  A.  Bailey,  now  living  (1916)  South  Newbury, 
Vt.,  in  his  99th  year  is  their  son.  Rev.  Ambrose  Bailey,  D.  D.,  a  prominent  Bap- 
tist clergyman  of  Indiana  is  their  grandson. 

13.  Olive8  b.  Feb.  25, 1786;  m. Etheridge.     No.  chil. 

14.  Phineas6  b.  Nov.  6,  1787;  studied  theology  in  Chelsea,  Vt.     Preached  in  Berkshire, 

Vt.,  10  yrs.;  elsewhere  12  yrs.;  returned  to  Berkshire  and  preached  7  yrs.  Lived 
in  Albany,  Vt.,  after  1852;  m.  dau.  John  and  Margaret  (Aitken)  McArthur,  who 
d.  1839;  m.,  2d,  Betsey,  dau.  Dea.  Maser  Fiske,  who  d.  1847;  m,  3rd,  Hannah,  dau. 
Phillips  Edwards,  niece  Pres.  Edwards.     Several  chil. 

15.  Judith6  b.  Sept.  15,  1789;  m.  David  Pelton  of  Lyme. 

16.  Simeon6  b.  Sept.  15,  1789;  d.  in  infancy. 

17.  Putnam9  b.  May  25,  1791 ;  never  m. ;  lived  in  Landaff. 

The  married  life  of  Mrs.  Abigail  Bailey  was  peculiarly  unhappy,  and  her  Memoirs, 
edited  by  Rev.  Ethan  Smith  who  had  been  pastor  of  the  church  in  Haverhill,  were  pub- 
lished shortly  after  death  in  1815.  It  presents  a  peculiar  picture  of  life  in  northern 
New  Hampshire  at  the  time,  and  commands  a  high  price  at  book  sales. 

James  Bailey4  (James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1721-22; 
married,  first,  about  1745  Rachel  Berry;  second,  Mary  Kincaid.  Served  in  the  French 
war;  taken  prisoner  and  confined  in  France  for  nineteen  months.  Came  to  Haverhill 
before  1770;  lived  on  the  Keyes  farm.  Seven  children  by  first  marriage;  by  second  three. 
His  sons  were  James5  b.  Newburyport,  Oct.  26,  1750,  became  Baptist  minister;  Joshua6; 
Benjamin5;  Luther5;  Charles5,  and  five  daughters.  James,  Benjamin  and  Luther  served 
in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.     He  died  in  Peacham,  Vt.,  about  1807. 

Stephen  Bailey4  (James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Jan.  3,  1715;  married,  first,  May  3, 
1737,  Sarah  Church;  married,  second,  May  22,  1740,  Judith  Varnum  of  Amsbury, 
Mass.     Lived  Bradford,  Mass. 

James  Bailey5  (James4,  James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Oct.  26,  1750;  Revolutionary 
soldier;  Baptist  minister;  married  Apr.  18.,  1772,  Mary  (Polly)  Bailey.  Two  children 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Rutherford6  b.  Hav.  Dec.  1,  1773. 

2.  Flavel.6 

Charles  Bailey5  (Stephen4,  James3,  John2,  James1)  born  Bradford,  Mass.,  Aug.  27, 
1744;  married  Mar.  25,  1767  Abigail  Safford  of  Harvard,  Mass.  Lived  Brookfield,  Mass., 
and  Hardwick,  Vt.,  also  between  1767  and  1780  in  Haverhill.  He  died  in  Hardwick, 
Vt..  May  15,  1835.  She  died  Hardwick  Feb.  15,  1828.  Ten  children,  the  seven  eldest 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Charles6  b.  Nov.  24,  1768;  d.  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Aug.  31,  1839. 

2.  Kiah6  b.  Mar.  11,  1770;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  1793;  Congregationalist  minister  1797 

to  1829;  d.  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1857. 

3.  Enoch6  b.  Oct.  1,  1771;  lived  in  Hardwick,  Vt.,  till  1839,  then  in  Delevan,  Wis., 

where  he  d.  Apr.  8,  1866;  twice  m.;  farmer.     Thirteen  chil. 

4.  William6  b.  Jan.  13,  1773;  d.  Aug.  24,  1774. 

5.  Whitfield6  b.  Dec.  8,  1775;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  1799  Sally,  dau.  Webster  Bailey;  m.,  2d, 

Fanny  Graves.     He  d.  Hardwick.  Vt.,  Mar.  8,  1847. 

6.  William6  b.  Mar.  11,  1777;  d.  Aug.  1,  1779. 

7.  Martha6  b.  Feb.  29,  1780;  m.  Dr.  Huntingdon  of  Greensboro,  Vt.;  d.  Sept.  15,  1880. 


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8.  Abigail  b.  Mar.  2,  1782;  m.  John  Cobb  and  lived  in  Brookfield  and  Peacham,  Vt. 

9.  Ward  b.  Apr.  27,  1784;  m.  Judith  Hall;  farmer  Hardwick;  d.  Mar.  8,  1847.     Seven 

chil. 
10.  Calvin  P.  b.  June  11,  1792.     Lived  in  Perry,  N.  Y.;  d.  Sept.  8,  1860. 

BAILEY 

1.  Benjamin  [Bailey  born  in  Goffstown;  married  Lettie  Little  who  lived  to  the 
advanced  age  of  99  years.  About  1796,  Benjamin  Bailey  removed  to  Lyman  and 
cleared  a  farm  on  which  he  lived  till  his  death. 

2.  Moses  Bailey,  son  of  Benjamin,  born  Goffstown  Jan.  7,  1795;  married  Ruth 
Chase,  born  Mar.  5,  1796,  daughter  of  Robert  Chase. 

3.  Langdon  Bailey,  son  of  Moses  and  Ruth  (Chase),  born  Lyman  Oct.  27,  1821; 
married  Mar.  14,  1850,  Mary  W.,  daughter  Samuel  and  Mary  (Bayley)  Hibbard,  of 
North  Haverhill,  born  Mar.  22,  1829.  He  died  June  10,  1898.  She  died  Sept.  18,  1906. 
He  conducted  a  tavern  in  Bath  for  a  time,  and  then  another  in  a  building  now  the  Cottage 
hospital,  near  Woodsville.  About  1850  he  established  a  wagon,  carriage  and  sleigh 
factory  at  North  Haverhill  which  he  conducted  successfully  until  1879 ;  he  opened  a  flour 
and  feed  store  in  Woodsville,  retiring  from  business  in  1885.  He  resided  in  Woodsville 
till  his  death.     Democrat;  was  selectman  1866-67.     Two  children: 

1.  Lizzie  G.  b.  N.  Hav.  Jan.  3,  1851;  m.  May  16,  1877,  Geo.  A.  Davison.    She  d.  June 

4,  1919.     No  children. 

2.  William  A.  went  to  California  about  1880.     Nothing  has  been  heard  from  him  for 

nearly  twenty  years,  and  he  is  supposed  deceased. 

BAILEY 

John  H.  Bailey1  was  born  on  the  Isles  of  Shoals,  whither  his  father  had  come  from 
England.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  his  mother  was  an  Indian.  He  was 
twice  married,  his  second  wife  being  Ann  Carr  born  Boston.  He  lived  in  Alexandria, 
Candia,  Manchester  and  Warren.  He  drove  the  first  team  to  the  top  of  Moosilauke 
with  a  load  of  lumber  to  be  used  in  building  the  Tip  Top  House  in  1859.  By  his  second 
marriage  he  had  eight  children.  He  moved  from  Warren  to  Canada  where  he  wa3 
killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree. 

1.  Polly.2 

2.  Nancy.2 

3.  Dorothy  Ann2  b.  Alexandria  Feb.  17,  1834;  m.  Aug.  20,  1856,  Josiah  Hardy.     (See 

Hardy.) 

4.  Iva.2 

5.  Charles.2 

6.  John  W.2 

7.  Jennie.2 

8.  Byron  A.2  b.  June  2,  1856;  m.  Rebecca,  dau.  Ephraim  and  Adeline  (Wilson)  Cooley. 

Lived  at  Woodsville;  job  teamster;  d.  Apr.  19,  1914. 

John  W.  Bailey2  (John  H.1)  born  Alexandria;  married  Dec.  15,  1868,  Eleanor  H., 
daughter  Simeon  L.  and  Harriet  (Bailey)  Locke  (8th  generation  from  the  emigrant 
John  Locke),  born  Lyman  July  20,  1850.  She  died  Jan.  1898.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War;  blacksmith  in  Haverhill,  now  lives  with  his  daughter  in  Woodsville.  Four 
children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Clarence  L.3  b.  Nov.  11,  1869. 

2.  Roy3  b.  July  1871;  d.  June  18,  1872. 

3.  Harriet  A.3  b.  Dec.  4,   1872;  m.  Dec.  6,  1893,  Winfield  S.  Keyser.    Children: 

Roland  W.  b.  Feb.  16,  1897;  Frank  Ray  b.  Sept.  29, 1898;  Blanchie  A.  b.  July  13, 
1902;  Doris  M.  b.  Sept.  30,  1908. 

4.  Blanche  F.3  b.  June  30,  1877;  d.  Woodsville,  unm.,  Jan.  1,  1898. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  475 

Clarence  L.  Bailey3  (John  W.2,  John  H.1)  born  Lyman  Nov.  23,  1869;  married 
Feb.  1,  1893,  Mary  A.,  daughter  Alonzo  and  Mary  (Burnett)  Spooner  of  Benton,  born 
1870.  Learned  trade  of  blacksmith  with  his  father  and  followed  it  in  Littleton,  Lisbon 
and  Haverhill  till  1891,  when  he  came  to  Woodsville  and  conducted  a  shop  till  1910 
when  he  became  selling  agent  for  Buick  automobiles,  and  now  (1917)  has  a  large  and  well 
appointed  garage  in  Woodsville.  Republican;  Odd  Fellow;  has  served  as  supervisor  of 
check  lists.     Children  born  in  Woodsville: 

1.  Harold  Roy4  b.  Aug.  12,  1897. 

2.  Eleanor  Nettie4  b.  Oct.  8,  1898. 

3.  Arthur  E.4  b.  Oct.  8,  1901. 

BEATTIE 

John  Beattie1  born  Orange  County,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  14,  1780,  of  Scotch  Irish  stock; 
married  1808  Sarah  Haines.     Eleven  children. 

Rev.  James  Milligan  Beattie2  (John1)  born  Montgomery,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  24,  1811; 
married  Dec.  24,  1856,  Margaret  Sophia,  daughter  of  John  Nelson,  born  Apr.  15,  1830, 
died  Woodsville,  Aug.-  1907.  Installed  pastor  of  Ryegate  and  Barnet,  Vt.  Reformed 
Presbyterian  Congregation  June  20,  1844.     He  died  Ryegate  Mar.  9,  1883.     Six  children. 

James  Remick  Wilson  Beattie3  (Rev.  James  M.2,  John1)  born  Ryegate,  Vt.,  Mar. 
6,  1872  (twin  to  Mary  Sophia3,  who  married  Dec.  21,  1905,  Dr.  William  G.  Ricker  of 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.);  married  1893,  Blanche  Nelson,  daughter  of  Archibald  A.  Miller  of 
Ryegate;  merchant  at  Ryegate  Corner  till  store  was  burned  Aug.  1890,  then  in  Boston  till 
about  1907  when  he  purchased  the  store  of  H.  W.  Hibbard  in  the  Tilton  block,  Woods- 
ville, which  he  conducted  for  several  years.     Resides  in  Woodsville.     Four  children: 

1.  Ibbie  Jean4  b.  Ryegate,  Vt.,  1894;  d.  Oct.  20,  1910. 

2.  James  Milligan  b.  Ryegate,  1895;  d.  1896. 

3.  Blanche  Miller  b.  Boston  1902. 

4.  Robert  Archibald  b.  Boston  1904. 

BEDEL 

It  was  in  the  late  summer  or  early  autumn  of  1760  that  Timothy  Bedel,  at  the  age 
of  twenty,  a  war  worn  veteran  of  seven  campaigns  in  a  seven  years  war,  in  four  of  which 
he  had  a  commission,  was  returning  home  in  company  with  brother  officers  .  .  .  from 
the  fall  of  Montreal  which  had  ended  the  Conquest  of  Canada,  and  the  fateful  so-called 
French  and  Indian  War.  They  came  upon  the  Coos  Meadows,  the  Great  and  Little 
Oxbow,  and  came  as  discoverers.  They  remained  for  the  better  part  of  a  week  viewing 
them  and  the  magnificent  pine  forests  surrounding  them;  the  idea  of  ownership  and 
settlement  possessed  them  and  the  townships  of  Haverhill  and  Newbury  were  then  and 
there  born. 

He  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  or  Salem,  N.  H.,  about  1740,  and  died  in  Haverhill 
during  the  year  1787.  He  married,  first,  Elizabeth  Merrill,  and  second  Mary,  called 
Polly,  Johnson,  daughter  of  Capt.  James  and  Susanna  (Willard)  Johnson.  She  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Dec.  8,  1752:  taken  captive  with  her  parents  Aug.  30,  1754; 
carried  to  Canada  and  from  there  to  England;  redeemed  with  her  mother  and  brought 
back  in  Dec.  1757. 

He  was  a  man  of  large  endowment  and  great  force  of  character.  A  purer  patriot  did 
not  engage  in  the  Revolutionary  struggle.  He  was  in  all  respects  a  most  valuable  citizen 
of  the  town,  and  was  called  repeatedly  to  various  trusts  of  honor  and  responsibility  in 
town  affairs.  After  the  war  he  was  appointed  major-general  of  the  Second  Division  of 
New  Hampshire  troops.  A  full  account  of  his  services  will  be  found  in  other  chapters 
of  this  volume.     Seven  children  by  first  wife : 


476  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1.  Cyrus  b.  Salem  Jan.  22,  1760;  d.  July  8,  1772. 

2.  Ruth  b.  Salem  Feb.  6,  1763;  m.  Jacob  Bailey,  s.  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bailey  of  Newbury, 

Vt.;d.  Oct.  9,  1779. 

3.  Moody  b.  Salem  May  12,  1764;  m.  Ruth  Hutchins,  nine  children;  second,  Mary 

Hunt,  nine  children;  d.  Jan.  13,  1841. 

4.  Anna  b.  Hav.  Oct.  20,  1766.     She   m.,    1st,    Dr.   Thaddeus  Butler,   2d,  was  the 

second  wife  of  Samuel  Brooks  of  Hav. 

5.  Mary  b.  Mar.  15,  1771;  she  m.  Dr.  Isaac  Moore;  d.  July  31,  1857. 

6.  7.   There  were  two  daughters  who  d.  in  infancy. 

Two  children  by  second  wife : 

8.  Hazen  b.  Hav.  Aug.  6,  1785;  d.  Aug.  12,  1835. 

9.  Abigail  b.  Hav.  Dec.  17,  1786;  d.  May  20.  1842. 

Col.  Moody  Bedel  was  born  in  Salem  May  12,  1764.  He  married,  first,  Ruth 
Hutchins  Aug.  27,  1783,  and  second  Mary  Hunt  of  Bath  Mar.  1,  1808.  He  died  in  1841. 
By  his  first  wife  he  had  nine  children  and  by  his  second  nine.  For  an  account  of  his 
military  service,  see  chapter  on  "Wars  of  the  Republic." 

Besides  large  ownership  of  real  estate  in  Haverhill,  Bath,  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  Platts- 
burg,  N.  Y.,  he  became  interested  in  the  purchase  of  an  immense  tract  of  land  in  northern 
New  Hampshire  known  as  "  Philip  Grant"  and  began  a  settlement,  called  "Indian  Stream 
Settlement,"  but  the  War  of  1812  called  him  away.  The  legislature  refused  to  confirm 
the  "King  Philip"  title,  and  he  became  greatly  embarrassed  dying  a  poor  man.  He 
was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Haverhill,  distinguished  for  ,his  enterprise,  liberality 
and  ability.  The  bridge  between  Haverhill  Corner  and  South  Newbury  was  built  by 
him  and  is  known  as  "Bedel's  Bridge."  He  also  built  a  large  brick  building  at  the 
Brook  which  was  afterward  used  as  a  tavern.  He  lived  at  one  time  in  the  old  toll  house 
at  the  foot  of  Powder  House  Hill.  He  served  as  moderator  at  several  town  meetings, 
as  selectman  three  times  and  as  representative  to  the  General  Court  five  times. 

Nine  children,  Moody  and  Ruth  Bedel: 

1.  Elizabeth  b.  Apr.  15,  1784. 

2.  Ruth  b.  Dec.  20,  1785. 

3.   . 

4.  Timothy  b.  Apr.  18,  1788. 

5.   . 

6.  Polly  b.  Dec.  21,  1790;  m.  Francis  Pratt. 

7.  Ad  aline  m.  Clark  J.  Haynes;  Adaline  Bedel  Haynes  m.  Ephraim  C.  Aldrich,  and 

was  the  mother  of  Judge  Edgar  Aldrich  of  the  U.  S.  Court. 

8.  Anna  b.  Jan.  10,  1796. 

9.   . 


Nine  children  by  second  wife : 

1.  Nancy  b.  Jan.  10,  1809. 

2.  Moody,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1811;  lived  in  Peoria,  111. 
3. 


4.  Louisa  m.  Warren  J.  Fisher  of  Hav. 

5.  . 

6. 


7.  Hazen  b.  Hav.  1818.     During  the  financial  embarrassment  of  his  father  he  lived 

for  five  years  with  Jacob  Williams  at  the  Corner,  who  kindly  cared  for  him,  and 
placed  him  for  four  years  in  the  Academy.  Went  first  to  Lancaster,  then  in  1844 
to  Colebrook,  where  he  spent  his  life.  Was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  in  1850  and  again  in  1876.  Represented  Colebrook  in  the  legislature, 
was  councillor  for  two  years,  judge  of  probate  for  Coos  County,  county  com- 
missioner, postmaster  for  sixteen  years.  Was  in  large  request  in  settling  estates, 
interested  in  starch  mills  and  trade.  Was  an  enterprising  and  highly  esteemed 
citizen  of  town  and  county.  He  m.  Ann  S.,  dau.  of  Lyman  Lombard  of  Cole- 
brook.    A  Mason  and  a  Democrat.     Haverhill  had  a  warm  place  in  his  heart. 

8.  John  b.  at  Indian  Stream  in  1823.     Received  his  education  in  the  common  schools 

of  Bath  and  Newbury  Seminary,  Vt.     Began  his  study  of  law  with  Harry  Hib- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  477 

bard  of  Bath,  but  volunteered  in  the  Mexican  War  as  lieutenant  under  Gen. 
Pierce.  Finished  his  law  studies,  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Bath, 
was  appointed  to  a  special  clerkship  in  the  treasury  department.  When  the 
Civil  War  broke  out  he  resigned,  was  made  major  of  the  3d  N.  H.  Vols.,  was  pro- 
moted to  be  lieutenant  colonel,  and  then  colonel.  He  was  taken  prisoner  in  one 
of  the  assaults  on  Fort  Wagner,  and  remained  such  for  more  than  a  year.  He 
was  promoted  to  be  brigadier-general.  When  the  war  was  over  he  returned  to 
Bath  and  engaged  in  manufacture  of  starch.  Represented  Bath  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  was  twice  Democratic  candidate  for  governor.  He  m.  Mary 
Augusta,  dau.  of  Jesse  Bourns  of  Nashua.  Gen.  Bedel  d.  in  1875,  one  of  the  most 
honored  and  esteemed  citizens  of  Bath. 
9.    Maria  L.  m.  Rufus  Dow. 


BELL 

1.  John  Bell1  born  in  Ireland;  came  to  Bedford,  N.  H.,  about  1736.  In  1739  he  was 
followed  by  his  wife  and  four  children:  John,  Joseph,  Mary  and  Susanna. 

2.  John  Bell2  (John1)  born  Ireland  1732;  came  with  his  mother  to  Bedford  in  1739. 
Married  Jane  Carr  who  died  soon  after  without  issue;  married,  second,  Sarah  Bell  of 
Londonderry.  They  had  eleven  children :  Joseph,  John,  Rachael,  Susanna,  and  Mary, 
the  others  dying  in  infancy. 

3.  Joseph  Bell3  (John2,  John1)  born  Apr.  17,  1757;  died  Amherst  May  18,  1828; 
married  June  4,  1776,  Mary  Houston,  born  1753,  died  Dec.  7,  1830.  Nine  children, 
all  born  in  Bedford: 

1.  Sarah4  b.  Apr.  4,  1777;  m.,  1st,  Daniel  Piatt;  2d,  Oliver  Townsend. 

2.  John  4  b.  Feb.  23,  1779;  m.  1801  Peggy  Brown;  resided  in  Antrim;  d.  Oct.  5,  1864. 

3.  Mary4  b.  Apr.  12,  1781;  m.  David  Atwood;  resided  in  Bedford;  d.  Oct.  12,  1857. 

4.  Isaac4  b.  Apr.  9,  1783;  m.  Susanna  Hutchinson;  d.  Feb.  2,  1830. 

5.  Susannah4  b.  Sept.  25,  1785;  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Joseph4  b.  Mar.  21,  1787. 

7.  David4  b.  Oct.  16,  1789;  m.  Polly  Houston;  d.  Nov.  29,  1832. 

8.  James4  b.  Jan.  15,  1792. 

9.  Jacob4  b.  Apr.  30,  1795. 

6.  Joseph  Bell4  (Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Bedford  Mar.  21,  1787;  died  Saratoga, 
N.  Y.,  1851;  married  (published  Sept.  3,  1821)  Catherine,  daughter  Peletiah  Mills  and 
Sarah  Porter  Olcott  of  Hanover.  He  graduated,  Dartmouth,  class  of  1807.  Came  to 
Haverhill  and  was  principal  of  the  Academy  one  year.  Studied  law  and  located  in 
Haverhill.  Had  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  and  was  the  high  priced  lawyer  of  his 
time.  His  practice  extended  into  other  counties,  and  he  was  without  question  the 
leader  of  the  Grafton  bar.  He  was  stronger  as  a  lawyer  than  as  an  advocate.  In  speech 
he  was  loud  and  imperious,  in  his  manners  aristocratic  and  overbearing,  and  often 
repelled  rather  than  attracted  the  sympathies  of  juries.  They  had  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren all  born  in  Haverhill.  A  son,  Joseph  Mills,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1844,  studied 
law  with  his  father,  and  became  a  partner  of  Rufus  Choate,  whose  wife  was  sister  to  his 
mother.  During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  he  served  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler  in 
New  Orleans,  and  later  was  appointed  to  judicial  position  in  that  city. 

Helen  Sarah,  dau.  Joseph  and  Caroline  O.  Bell,  bapt.  Sept.  8,  1822. 
Harrison  C,  son  Joseph  and  Caroline  O.  Bell,  b.  Apr.  1,  1832;  d.  June  28,  1837. 
Isabella  O.,  dau.  Joseph  and  Caroline  O.  Bell,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834;  d.  Jan.  29,  1838. 

8.  James  Bell4  (Joseph3,  John,2  John1)  born  Jan.  15,  1792;  died  Bolton,  Mass., 
Jan.  25,  1864;  married,  first,  Sept.  21,  1813,  Mary  Barnett,  and  settled  in  Amherst. 
She  died  1825.     Married,  second,  Rebecca  F.  Weston  of  Amherst,  born  1800;  died  1883. 

James  Bell  came  to  Haverhill  from  Amherst  about  1830  and  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Jacob,  who  had  come  to  town  some  twenty  years  previously.     The 


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firm  of  "J.  and  J.  Bell"  occupied  an  important  place  in  the  business  life  of  the  town  in 
the  zenith  of  its  prosperity.  They  were  proprietors  of  a  large  general  store,  the  owners 
of  a  sawmill,  gristmill,  and  a  large  tannery  and  potash  factory,  the  products  of  which 
were  exchanged  in  Boston  for  South  American  hides.  He  was  a  man  of  great  executive 
and  business  ability,  and  was  the  financial  manager  of  the  firm.  He  removed  to  Bolton, 
Mass.,  about  1840  living  there  till  his  death  in  1864.  He  had  a  family  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren, by  his  first  marriage  five,  all  born  in  Amherst: 

1.  LiATTE5b.  1814;  d.  1832. 

2.  Alfred5  b.  1816;  d.  1847. 

3.  Brooks5  b.  1818;  d.  1865;  m.  Abby  F.  Morse  who  d.  in  Florence,  Italy.     Two  chil.: 

(1)  William  McPherson  Bell6,  who  d.  in  Medford,  Mass.     (2)  Helen  Calista. 

4.  Calista5  b.  1821;  d.  1910;  m.  1848  William  Johnston  McPherson  of  Boston  who  d. 

1900.     Mr.  McPherson  had  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  decorator.      No  chil. 

5.  Orfa5  b.  1824;  d.  1888;  m.  1850  Walter  McPherson,  twin  brother  of  William  J. 

He  d.  1854.     No  chil. 

6.  Latetia5  b.  Amherst  1827;  d.  1870;  m.  1850  Windsor  Howe  Bigelow  who  d.  1874 

at  Bolton,  Mass.  Four  chil.:  (1)  James  Gilbert  b.  1853;  d.  1872.  (2)  Walter 
McPherson  and  (3)  William  Johnston  b.  1860;  d.  1860.  (4)  Mary  Alice  b. 
1858;  lives  in  Scituate,  Mass. 

7.  Ruana5  b.  Amherst  1829;  d.  1908. 

8.  James  Webster5  b.  Hav.  1832;  m.  Charlotte  Lincoln;  followed   the  business  of 

decorator  with  his  brothers-in-law,  the  McPhersons,  and  retired  on  an  ample 
fortune.  During  the  administration  of  Gen.  Grant  he  was  decorator  of  the 
White  House;  d.  1903. 

9.  John5  b.  Hav.  1834;  d.  1837. 

10.  Rufus  Choate5  b.  Hav.  1836;  d.  1836. 

11.  John5  b.  Hav.  1837;  d.  1908;  m.  Caroline  F.  Pratt;  was  a  prominent  and  successful 

dentist  in  Boston.     Lived  in  Chelsea.     Five  chil. 

12.  Lucetta,  b.  Hav.  1840;  d.  1902. 

13.  Charles  Henry  b.  Bolton,  Mass.,  1842;  d.  1898;  m.  A.  J.  Willoughby.     Lived  in 

Boston.     No  chil. 

Jacob  Bell4  (Joseph3,  John2,  John1),  son  Joseph  and  Mary  (Houston)  Bell  born  Apr.  30, 
1795;  died  July  2,  1870;  married  May  9,  1822,  Laura,  daughter  Dr.  Ezra  and  Han- 
nah Bartlett,  born  Oct.  20,  1799,  died  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  31,  1872.  He  came  to 
Haverhill  in  1811,  and  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  time  in  North  Haverhill,  and  later 
became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Gen.  Montgomery  at  the  Brook,  until  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness for  himself  in  which  he  was  joined  by  his  brother  James.  He  was  the  only  one  of 
the  three  brothers  who  came  to  Haverhill,  who  remained  in  town  till  his  death.  Con- 
gregationalist  in  his  religious  affiliations,  Whig  and  Republican  in  politics,  devoted  to 
business,  he  enjoyed  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  Seven  children 
all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Laura  Luella  Bartlett5  b.  Jan.  18,  1823;  m.  Daniel  F.  Merrill.     (See  Merrill.) 

2.  Ezra  Bartlett5  b.  July  15,  1825;  d.  Feb.  16,  1829. 

3.  Joseph  Addison5  b.  June  10,  1827;  d.  Mobile,  Ala.,  Nov.  15,  1851. 

4.  Hannah5  b.  Mar.  30,  1830;  d.  Jan.  23,  1844. 

5.  Mary  Houston5  b.  Aug.  14,  1833;  m.  Dec.  5,  1853,  Ellery  A.  Hibbard,  s.  of  Silas 

and  Olive  Albee  Hibbard,  b.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  July  31,  1826,  d.  Laconia,  July 
24,  1903.  She  d.  May  16,  1905.  Mr.  Hibbard  was  "a  prominent  member  of  the 
bar,  served  with  honor  in  the  National  House  of  Representatives  to  which  he  was 
elected  as  a  Democrat  and  in  1874  was  appointed  to  the  superior  bench  by  Gov- 
ernor Weston  serving  until  the  reorganization  of  the  courts  under  the  succeeding 
Republican  administration.  They  had  four  children:  (1)  Charles  Bell  Hibbard, 
a  prominent  practicing  lawyer  in  Laconia,  b.  Dec.  25,  1855;  m.  Dec.  14,  1897,  Mary 
Eastman  Gale.  Two  children:  Ellery  Gale  b.  Sept.  3,1900,  d.  Sept,  25,  1900; 
Elizabeth  Chadwick  b.  Sept.  29,  1901.  d.  May  18,  1902.  (2)  Jennie  Olive,  b. 
Mar.  1,  1860;  m.  Apr.  14,  1884,  Orman  True  Lougee;  d.  Dec.  19,  1912;  resided  in 
Laconia.  (3)  Walter  Silas  b.  Oct.  23,  1862;  d.  Feb.  27,  1870.  (4)  Laura  Bart- 
lett b.  May  25,  1865;  lives  in  Laconia. 


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6.  Ezra  Bartlett5  b.  Sept.  17,  1837;  d.  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  6,  1874;  m.  Laconia 

Aug.  11,  1864,  Elizabeth  Ann  Thomas.     Living  (1915)  in  Boston.     One  child: 
Anna  Loring  Bell. 

7.  Jacob  Leroy5  b.  Nov.  29,  1839;  m.,  1st,  June  24,  1869,  Sarah  E.,  dau.  of  William 

Fling  of  Compton,  P.  Q.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1845,  d.  Oct.  25,  1878;  one  child:  Harry 
Fling  b.  Oct.  17,  1878,  d.  Nov.  19,  1878;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  5,  1880,  Harriet  P.,  dau.  of 
Moses  M.  and  Sarah  M.  Weeks  of  Bath,  b.  Oct,  6,  1844,  d.  May  2,  1893.  Capt. 
Bell  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  but  had  retired  from  business  in  recent  years 
owing  to  failing  health.  In  1862  he  enlisted  as  private  in  the  11th  N.  H.  Vols., 
and  rendered  honorable  and  efficient  service  especially  in  the  campaign  against 
Richmond  from  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  to  the  autumn  of  1864.  He  was 
mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  war  with  the  rank  of  captain,  the  only  one  of 
Haverhill's  enlisted  men  obtaining  like  promotion.  Capt.  Bell  resided  for  years 
previous  to  his  death  in  the  spacious  Gen.  Montgomery  mansion  at  the  Brook 
which  was  purchased  by  his  father  after  the  death  of  the  General.  He  d.  May 
14,  1916. 

BEMIS 

Moses  P.  Bemis,  son  of  Lyman  and  Ann  (Coon)  Bemis  and  grandson  of  Reuben  Bemis, 
born  Lisbon  Aug.  30,  1841;  married,  first,  Nov.  26,  1865,  Sally  Ann,  daughter  Joseph  and 
Susan  (Brown)  Hutchins,  born  Benton  Oct.  22,  1848;  died  Haverhill  July  29,  1891.  He 
died  Nov.  1905.  Farmer;  Republican;  Odd  Fellow;  Natt  Westgate  Post,  G.  A.  R. 
Came  to  Haverhill  1868.  Nov.  7,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  6th  N.  H.  Vols.,  and 
served  through  the  entire  war,  mustered  out  second  lieutenant  Company  G.  He  took 
honorable  part  in  no  less  than  twenty-two  engagements,  and  received  his  promotions  for 
special  bravery.     Two  children: 

1.  Eugene  W.  b.  1866;  m.  Hav.  Oct.  13,  1889,  Susie,  dau.  Luther  and  Jane  Blake,  b. 

Hav.  1871.     Farmer;  resides  in  Hav.;  d.  1916.     Three  chil.:  (1)  Holan  M.;  (2) 
Josie  B.  b.  Hav.  Apr.  2,  1894;  (3)  b.  Hav.  Feb.  18,  1896. 

2.  Lillian  B.  b.  1870;  m.  Nov.  28,  1829,  Albert  A.  s.  John  C.  and  Carrie  M.  (Brown) 

Hall,  stone  cutter,  b.  Illinois  1865.     Three  chil.:  Earl  C,  Claude  E.,  deceased, 
and  Darrall. 

BISBEE 

Thomas  Bisbee1,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  New  England  family  of  Bisbee,  came 
to  this  country,  sailing  from  Sandwich,  England,  with  his  wife  and  six  children  on  the 
ship  "Hercules,"  John  Winthrop,  master.  He  landed  at  Scituate,  Mass.,  in  the  spring 
of  1634,  removed  to  Sudbury,  Mass.,  where  he  died  1672. 

Elisha  Bisbee2  (Thomas1)  born  Scituate. 

John  Bisbee3  (Elisha2,  Thomas1). 

John  Bisbee*  (John3,  Elisha2,  Thomas1)  married  Mary  Oldham;  lived  in  Pembroke, 
Mass. 

Abner  Bisbee5  (John4,  John3,  Elisha2,  Thomas1)  born  Pembroke,  Mass.,  July  31, 
1734;  married  Mary  daughter  of  George  Hall,  born  Fort  Dummer,  Brattleboro,  Vt.;  a 
strong,  vigorous  minded  woman  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  French 
and  Indian  War,  and  also  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  Held  three  commissions  as 
captain:  one  under  the  Crown,  another  from  Gov.  Clinton  of  New  York  and  another 
from  Gov.  Chittenden  of  Vermont.  Came  to  Springfield,  Vt.,  in  1763,  on  horseback,  with 
a  bed  of  sea  fowl  feathers  and  a  few  household  utensils  strapped  to  his  horse.  Was  a 
farmer  and  tanner.     Seven  children,  born  Springfield,  Vt,: 

1.  Elizabeth6  b.  Feb.  18,  1769. 

2.  Abner6  b.  Sept.  24,  1773. 

3.  John6  b.  Sept.  3,  1777. 

4.  Elisha6  b.  Apr.  25,  1780. 

5.  Sally6  b.    1782. 

6.  Elijah6  b.  1786. 

7.  Gad6  b.  Jan.  2,  1789. 


480  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Gad  Bisbee6  (Abner5,  John4,  John3,  Elisha2,  Thomas1)  born  Springfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  2, 
1789;  married  Nov.  13,  1808,  Lilly,  daughter  James  and  Rebecca  (Bates)  Litchfield, 
born  Springfield  1792.  [Her  mother,  Rebecca  Bates,  was  a  daughter  of  Lieut.  Levi 
Bates,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  and  two  brothers,  Dexter  and  Lewis,  were  early 
Methodist  itinerants  in  New  England.  Rev.  Levi  B.  Bates,  father  of  former  Gov.  John 
Lewis  Bates  of  Massachusetts  was  cousin  of  Lilly  (Litchfield)  Bisbee.]  Gad  Bisbee  and 
wife,  Lilly  and  four  eldest  children  came  to  Haverhill  from  Springfield,  Vt.,  accompany- 
ing their  household  goods  on  an  ox-team,  in  1823,  and  settled  at  the  Centre  near  the 
present  Advent  meetinghouse  on  the  Pond  road.  He  was  a  farmer;  Democrat;  Metho- 
dist. He  died  Sept.  9,  1857.  She  died  June  16,  1876.  Nine  children,  five  born  Spring- 
field, four  Haverhill: 

1.  Jairtts7  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  about  1810;  d.  June  2,  1838;  unm. 

2.  George  W.7  b.  Springfield  1812. 

3.  Fanny7  b.  Springfield  1815  (?);  m.  Hiram  Lockwood;  moved  to  Ohio,  and  d.  there 

about  1839. 

4.  Martha7  b.  1818;  m.  Valentine  Morse.     (See  Morse.) 

5.  James  Litchfield  b.  Apr.  1821. 

6.  Drusilla  b.  Hav.  1824;  m.  James  B.  Clark.     (See  Clark.) 

7.  Sarah  T.7  b.  Hav.  Jan.  6,  1826;  d.  Aug.  5,  1905;  m.  George  W.  Mann.     (See  Mann.) 

8.  Aurelia7  b.  1829  (?);  m.  Benj.  F.  Haywood.     They  had  four  chil.  b.  Hav.:  (1) 

Alvah,  lives  in  Michigan.  (2)  Ella  J.  m.  Orman  L.  Mann;  lives  in  Benton; 
widow,  with  one  dau.  Grace  (Mrs.  Charles  C.  Tyler).  (3)  Mary  A.  m.  Frank  L. 
Chase;  d.  Feb.  2,  1903.     (4)  Martha  m.  Frank  Parker  of  Lisbon. 

9.  Levi  Bates7  b.  1831  (?). 

BLAISDELL 

Ralph  Blaisdell1  came  from  Lancashire,  England,  in  1635;  settled  first  in  York,  Me., 
and  in  1642  in  Salisbury,  Mass. 

Henry  Blaisdell2  (Ralph1)  married,  first,  Mary  Haddon;  second,  Elizabeth . 

Jonathan  Blaisdell3  born  Oct.  11,  1676;  married  1698  Hannah  Jameson. 

Enoch  Blaisdell4  born  July  2,  1714;  married  Mary  Satterlee. 

Elijah  Blaisdell5  born  Dec.  31,  1740;  married  Mar.  14,  1759,  Mary  Sargent.  About 
1762  he  moved  to  Warner. 

Daniel  Blaisdell8  (Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1)  born  Amesbury, 
Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1762;  married  Jan.  29,  1782,  Sally  Springer,  born  Oct.  15,  1761,  died  June 
10,  1838.  He  died  Jan.  10,  1833.  After  the  war  in  1780,  he  went  to  Canaan,  where  his 
life  was  spent.  His  was  a  strong  character.  He  was  a  Baptist;  a  Federalist — and  he 
hated  Thomas  Jefferson.  In  all  things  he  was  aggressive.  He  was  ten  times  a  member 
of  the  New  Hampshire  House,  several  times  a  senator,  five  times  a  member  of  the  Execu- 
tive Council,  served  one  term  in  Congress,  and  was  for  some  years  a  judge  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  for  Grafton  County.  He  had  a  family  of  eleven  children:  1,  Elijah7; 
2,  James7;  3,  Daniel,  Jr.7;  4,  William7;  5,  Joshua7;  6,  Parrott7;  7,  Jacobs7;  8,  John7;  9, 
Sally7;  10,  Rhoda7;  11,  Timothy  K7. 

Joshua  Blaisdell7  (Daniel9,  Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1)  born 
Canaan  Apr.  20,  1791;  married  Dec.  19,  1813,  Polly,  daughter  of  his  uncle  Parrott 
Blaisdell6,  who  died  in  Pottsdam,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  22,  1865;  married,  second,  Mrs.  Mehitabel 
Springer  Frost,  who  died  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  Oct.  12,  1883.  From  1818  to  1833  he  was 
deputy  sheriff  and  lived  at  the  Corner.  Was  a  member  of  two  or  three  different  firms  in 
connection  with  his  brother,  John,  and  John  A.  Page  engaged  in  general  trade  at  the 
Brook  and  on  Court  Street.  He  moved  with  his  family  to  Fort  Covington,  N.  Y.,  in  1842, 
and  later  to  Pottsdam,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died.  He  had  six  children,  four  sons  and  two 
daughters.  The  eldest,  Justin,  died  Apr.  19,  1831,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery 
near  Ladd  Street.     No  record  of  the  other  children  who  were  born  in  Haverhill  is  avail- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  481 

able.     He  was  an  ardent  Baptist  and  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  organization  of  the 
Baptist  Church  at  North  Haverhill. 

John  Blaisdell7  (Daniel6,  Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1)  born  Feb.  19, 
1798;  married,  first,  Persis,  daughter  of  Col.  Jeremiah  and  Ann  Eames,  who  died  in 
Haverhill  Nov.  7,  1832;  second,  Sept.  9,  1835,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Ezra  Bart- 
lett.  (See  Bartlett.)  He  came  to  Haverhill  about  1825,  and  was  engaged  in  trade  with 
his  brother,  Joshua,  John  A.  Page,  J.  Williams  and  others  until  he  went  to  Illinois,  some 
time  after  1840.     Two  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  John  L.8  b.  Mar.  1841;  d.  May  2,  1842. 

2.  Ariana8  living  unm.,  Alton,  111.,  1890. 

Jacob  Blaisdell7  (Daniel9,  Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1)  born  Oct. 
20,  1795;  married  Mar.  7,  1825,  Eliza  Harris  of  Canaan;  both  died  in  Keysport,  N.  Y. 
As  a  seventh  son,  it  was  thought  necessary  for  him  to  enter  the  medical  profession.  He 
was  for  a  time  in  Haverhill,  his  card  as  physician  and  surgeon  appearing  in  the  Demo- 
cratic-Republican Jan.  6,  1836.     Nothing  is  known  of  his  practice  in  town.     No  children. 

Timothy  K.  Blaisdell7  (Daniel6,  Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1)  born 
May  9,  1904;  died  Sept.  24,  1853;  married,  first,  Sept.  23,  1824,  Phebe  Cobb  who  died 
Mar.  23,  1832;  second,  Harriet,  daughter  Capt.  Benj.  Merrill,  born  Nov.  1813,  died 
Dec.  1848.  He  was  for  several  years  a  prominent  merchant  at  the  Corner  until  he  failed 
in  business  during  the  panic  of  1837.  Later  he  lived  in  Boston,  agent  of  the  Connecticut 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.  till  his  death.  He  was  a  pronounced  Abolitionist  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church.  He  was  town  clerk  in  1838,  and  postmaster  in  1841. 
He  built  and  occupied  as  a  residence  the  house  which  is  now  the  Congregational  par- 
sonage.    Five  children  by  second  marriage  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Sarah8  m.  William  Blanchard  of  Chicago. 

2.  Harriet  b.  Nov.  11,  1834;  m.  Apr.  30,  1856,  Charles  H.  Cram,  b.  Hanover,  Mar.  22, 

1832.  Grad.  Dartmouth;  successful  shoe  merchant  in  Chicago.  Nine  chil.:  (1) 
Clara  b.  Jan.  19,  1857;  (2)  Nathan  D.  b.  Aug.  2,  1857;  (3)  Charles  H.  b.  Nov.  12, 
1862;  (4)  Harriet  B.  b.  Aug.  26,  1864;  (5)  Bessie;  (6)  Timothy  b.  Apr.  26,  1870; 
(7)  Rupert;  (8)  Walter  b.  Jan.  10,  1874;  (9)  Mildred  b.  Aug.  11,  1876,  who  d. 
Mar.  5,  1900.  Mrs.  Cram  returned  to  Hav.  after  death  of  husband,  and  Mrs. 
Paulson  lived  with  her. 

3.  Timothy  served  in  war  of  rebellion  and  contracted  consumption  from  which  he  d. 

single. 

4.  Edward. 

5.  Frank. 

Daniel  Blaidsell,  3d8  (Elijah7,  Daniel6,  Elijah5,  Enoch4,  Jonathan3,  Henry2,  Ralph1) 
born  Pittsfield  Aug.  25,  1806;  died  1875;  married  Charlotte  Osgood  of  Haverhill.  Law- 
yer; treasurer  Dartmouth  College.     (See  Osgood.) 

BLANCHARD 

Horace  L.  and  Eliza  Blanchard.     Three  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Emma  P.  b.  June  21,  1857;  m.  Oct.  7,  1885,  George  Pickering,  b.  Rome,  Italy,  1853, 

8.  William  and  Emma  Pickering. 

2.  Mary  A.  b.  May  14,  1859;  m.  Apr.  2,  1876,  Simon  W.  Clifford. 

3.  Sarah  M.  b.  July  1,  1861;  m.  Sept.  1,  1884,  Edward  Dennis,  b.  Strafford. 

BLIFFEN 

David  E.  Bliffen  1832-1900.  Farmer.  Was  superintendent  County  Farm.  Eleanor 
A.,  wife  of  David  E.  Bliffen,  1830-1906.     Children: 

David  M.,  s.  of  David  E.  Bliffen,  1854-1859. 

Thomas  E.  m.  Sept.  30,  1885  (27),  Nettie  B.  Sleeper  (23),  dau.  of  Hibbard  S.  and 

Ellen  M.  Sleeper.     Lives  in  Boston. 
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BLISS 

Families  bearing  the  name  of  Bliss  who  have  resided  in  Haverhill  may  trace  their 
ancestry  to  Thomas  Bliss,1  who  came  to  America  in  1635,  and  settled  first  in  Braintree, 
Mass.,  and  later  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  Springfield,  Mass.     Ten  children. 

Samuel  Bliss2  (Thomas1)  born  England  1624;  married  Mary  Leonard. 

Thomas  Bliss3  (Samuel2,  Thomas1)  born  Springfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  8,  1668;  m.  Hannah 
Caldwell.     Thirteen  children. 

Rev.  Daniel  Bliss4  (Thomas3,  Samuel2,  Thomas1)  born  June  21,  1715.  tenth  of  thir- 
teen children.  Graduated  Yale  College  1732,  ordained  Mar.  1739  pastor  Congregational 
Church,  Concord,  Mass.;  pastor  till  his  death  1764.  One  of  the  most  distinguished 
clergymen  of  his  day  who  were  denominated  "New  Lights";  several  times  before  a 
council  on  account  of  his  religious  views.  Married  July  1738  Phebe  Walker.  Nine 
children. 

Capt.  Joseph  Bliss5  (Rev.  Daniel4,  Thomas3,  Samuel2,  Thomas1),  youngest  of  nine 
children,  born  Concord,  Mass.,  July  23,  1757;  married  July  11,  1786,  Nancy,  daughter  of 
Major  Cook  of  Newton,  Mass.;  died  Jan.  3,  1819.  At  the  age  of  18  he  was  clerk  in  the 
bookstore  of  Gen.  Harry  Knox  of  Boston;  enlisted  in  Knox's  Regiment  and  served  as 
ensign,  lieutenant,  captain  and  paymaster.  Came  to  Haverhill  about  1790  and  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  was  trustee  of  the  Academy  and  one  of  those 
who  erected  the  first  building;  was  also  the  first  postmaster  in  town,  having  been  ap- 
pointed under  Washington.  His  tavern,  still  standing  at  the  corner  of  Court  and 
Academy  streets,  the  Bliss  tavern,  now  known  as  the  Leith  house,  had  a  wide  reputation, 
and  was  one  of  the  famous  hostleries  of  the  old  stage  days.  After  his  death  Mrs.  Bliss 
kept  a  store  in  the  east  room  of  the  tavern.     They  had  five  children: 

1.  John  A.  Bliss6  b.  Concord,  Mass.,  1787;  graduated  Harvard  1808,  admitted  to  the 

bar  in  New  York  City  1811;  was  lieutenant-colonel  serving  in  the  War  of  1812. 
8.,  John  H.  Bliss7,  was  lawyer,  civil  engineer  and  manufacturer  in  Wisconsin. 

2.  Louisa6  b.  Hav.  1791;  m.  Mar.  27,  1810,  Hon.  Arthur  Livermore  of  Holderness, 

chief  justice  of  New  Hampshire,  1809-13;  member  of  Congress  1817-21, 1823-25; 
chief  justice  Court  of  Common  Pleas  1825-33.  He  was  b.  Londonderry  June  28, 
1766;  d.  Campton.  She  d.  St.  Peter's,  Minn.,  Feb.  28,  1871.  Of  their  eight  chil. 
Arthur,  the  eldest,  b.  June  7,  1811;  educated  at  the  Academy  and  Dartmouth, 
class  1829,  was  lawyer  in  Bath,  entered  consular  service  in  1861,  and  d.  Bath, 
England,  in  his  95th  year.  His  reminiscences  of  Haverhill  Corner — "Seventy 
Years  Ago" — privately  published  is  a  delightful  monograph. 

3.  Horace  Bliss6,  youngest  s.,  b.  Hav.  May  24,  1802;  educated  West  Point,  grad.  in 

class  of  1822;  resigned  from  army  in  1836  as  lieutenant-colonel;  engineer  in  service 
of  several  railroads;  from  1853-57  in  charge  of  public  works  for  the  government  of 
Chile;  m.  a  Miss  Calhoun  of  Baltimore  and  lived  in  that  city  till  his  death,  Nov. 
7,  1878. 
Two  dau.  of  Capt.  Joseph  Bliss,  Caroline  and  Julianna,  d.  young. 

John  Bliss2  (Thomas1),  tenth  child  Thomas.  Married  Patience  Brent.  Seven 
children. 

Nathaniel  Bliss3  (John,2  Thomas1)  born  Jan.  26,  1761;  married  Feb.  3,  1697,  Mary 
Wright.     Five  children. 

Henhy  Bliss4  (Nathaniel3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Enfield,  Conn.;  married  1724  Bethia 
Shafford.     Nine  children. 

Pelatiah  Bliss5  (Henry4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Lebanon,  Conn.,  Mar. 
6,  1725;  married  June  19,  1744,  Hepzibah  Goodwin;  lived  in  Lebanon  and  Bolton,  Conn. 
Seven  children. 

Pelatiah  Bliss9  (Pelateah5,  Henry4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Lebanon, 
Conn.,  Apr.  3,  1749;  removed  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  1770;  married  Newbury  Aug.  20,  1772, 
Ruth  Lowell;  minute  man  under  Capt.  Thomas  Johnson  in  1775;  taken  prisoner  in  1782 


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by  a  detachment  of  British  troops  sent  out  to  capture  Gen.  Bayley;  blacksmith.     His 
last  years  were  spent  in  Haverhill.     Nine  children. 

Davenport  Bliss7  (Pelatiah6,  Pelatiah5,  Henry4,  Nathaniel3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born 
Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  27,  1779;  married  Newbury,  Oct.  13,  1800,  Ruth  Hibbard;  died 
West  Concord,  Vt.,  Nov.  23,  1856.  She  died  June  5,  1857.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and 
spent  most  of  his  life  in  Haverhill,  where  his  seven  children  were  born: 

1.  Pelateah8  b.  June  24,  1801;  m.  Abigail  Kellum;  blacksmith,  Irasburg,  Vt.;  d.  Hav. 

ae  24  yrs. 

2.  Betsey8  m.  Bailey  White;  farmer,  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  Hav.;  d.  Hav. 

3.  Mary8  b.  Oct.  17,  1810;  m.  Henry  Smith;  druggist,  Canton,  N.  Y. 

4.  Hannah8  b.  Apr.  18,  1813;  m.  John  R.  Stevens;  d.  Hav.  Mar.  1840. 

5.  William8  b.  Apr.  1,  1817. 

6.  Alden  E.8  b.  Sept.  7,  1821;  m.,  1st,  Feb.  13,  1843,  Lucy  Ann  Frye;  one  child,  Clara 

E.9,  b.  Mar.  5,  1848;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  15,  1871,  Mary  A.  Truell.     He  was  a  dealer  in 
hardware,  Lowell,  Mass. 

7.  Lucy  Ann,8  b.  May  2,  1824;  m.  May  17,  1840,  T.  H.  B.  Dowse;  farmer,  Concord, 

Vt. 

William  Bliss8  (Davenport7,  Peletiah6,  Pelatiah5,  Henry4,  Nathaniel3,  John2, 
Thomas1)  born  Apr.  1,  1817;  married  Lucy  Stevens,  born  Middlesex,  Vt.;  blacksmith  at 
North  Haverhill  and  Benton.    Three  children  born  Haverhill : 

1.  Lydia  b. ;  m.  Jeremiah  B.  Davis,  Jr.     Live  in  Easton. 

2.  Jane  b. ;  m.  William  Steere. 

3.  Isaac. 

BLUMLEY 

Solomon  Blumley  born  Barnet,  Vt.,  Jan.  28,  1831,  the  fourth  of  the  twelve  children 
of  Charles  and  Betsey  (Chadwick)  Blumley,  who  came  to  America  from  Richdale,  Eng- 
land; married  1858  Mary  A.  Swift  of  Haverhill;  died  Aug.  26,  1913.  He  came  to  Haver- 
hill about  1840,  and  except  for  a  few  years  spent  in  Amesbury,  Mass.,  always  lived  in 
Haverhill.  He  lived  for  more  than  fifty  years  on  his  farm  on  the  River  road  just  south 
of  North  Haverhill  village.  In  politics  he  was  a  staunch  Republican,  always  attending 
the  party  caucus  and  missed  but  one  election  after  attaining  his  majority.  Eight  chil- 
dren born  Haverhill: 

1.  John  Warren  b.  Nov.  1,  1860;  d.  July  10,  1911. 

2.  William  Elisha  b.  Feb.  26,  1863. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth  b.  Dec.  20,  1866;  m.  Jan.  8,  1890,  Chas.  Frank  Gale.      (See  Gale.) 

4.  Carrie  Childs  b.  Jan.  16,  1869;  d.  Nov.  13,  1881. 

5.  Charles  Allen  b.  Nov.  24,  1871;  d.  Jan.  28,  1888. 

6.  Anna  Betsey  b.  Dec.  16,  1873;  d.  Aug.  3,  1887. 

7.  Samuel  Carbee  b.  Nov.  26,  1875;  d.  Dec.  28,  1881. 

8.  Edward  Livingstone  b.  Nov.  26,  1875. 

BOSWELL 

John  Boswell1  born  Hebron;  married  Lucinda  Pike,  daughter  of  Moses,  born  Hebron; 
lived  in  Hebron,  Warren,  Benton  and  Haverhill.     Children: 

1.  Laura2  b.  Warren;  m.  Gleason  Haines;  went  to  Gurney,  111.,  and  d.  there. 

2.  William2  b. ;  m.  Kate  Lyons  of  Green  Bay,  Wis.     Lived  in  Michigan. 

3.  Joseph2  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Eliza2  m.  Ephraim  Cook.     Lived  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

5.  John  went  west,  lived  in  Michigan. 

6.  Hannah  m. Cass. 

7.  Dorothy  m.  Charles  Knox  of  Ossipee. 

8.  Moses  P.  b.  Hav.  Feb.  4,  1830. 

9.  Albert  lived  in  Estelline,  Hamlin  Co.,  S.  D. 


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10.  Nathan  K.  m.  Martha  .     Lived  in  Laramie  City,  Wyo.;  warden  of  peniten- 

tiary 12  yrs.;  first  sheriff  of  his  county. 

11.  James  S.  b.  Hav.  Jan.  8,  1840;  m.  Jan.  14,  1864,  Lucy  F.,  youngest  dau.  Alexander 

and  Mary  Ann  (Martin)  Manson;  lived  in  Wisconsin.  Three  chil. :  (1)  John  P. ;  (2) 
Ruby  m.  Geo.  E.  Green  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  (3)  Gladys  m.  John  Hoschied  of 
Castle  wood,  S.  D. 

12.  Lottie  m.  George  Wheeler  of  Hollis. 

Moses  P.  Boswell2  (John1)  born  Haverhill  Feb.  4,  1830;  married  June  6,  1861,  Mary 
Bailey,  daughter  Alexander  and  Mary  Ann  (Martin)  Manson.  He  died  Feb.  23,  1910. 
She  died  Feb.  29,  1896.  Lived  in  Haverhill  and  Benton;  farmer;  Republican.  Four 
children : 

1.  Edith  M.3  b.  Benton  May  16,  1863;  m.  Chas.  S.  Newell.     (See  Newell.) 

2.  Albert  P.3  b.  Hav.  Sept.  22,  1868;  m.,  1st,  Mrs.  Hattie  Swett,  dau.  of  Charles  Craig 

of  Warren;  m.,  2d,  sister  of  first  wife.  Two  chil.  by  2d  m.,  (1)  Hattie  M.,  (2) 
Bernice. 

3.  Gleason  H.4  b.  Hav.  May  9,  1865;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Bernice  Bell4  b.  Hav.  Apr.  9,  1881 ;  m.  Apr.  1901  William  Wilkie ;  live  in  Plymouth. 

Four  chil.  b.  Woodsville:  (1)  Glea  B.  b.  Apr.  1902;  (2)  Eunice  B.  b.  Apr.  4,  1904; 
(3)  Beatrice  M.  b.  Oct.  16,  1906;  (4)  Arthur  Wendell  b.  Oct.  16,  1908. 

BOYNTON 

1.  John  Boynton,  emigrant,  born  Knapton,  Wintringham,  East  Riding,  Yorkshire 
1614;  came  to  America  with  his  brother  William  and  settled  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  1638. 
Seven  children. 

2.  Capt.  Joseph  Boynton,  eldest  son  of  John,  born  Rowley  1644;  married,  first,  May 

13.  1669,  Sarah,  daughter  Capt.  Richard  and  Ann  Swan;  second,  Elizabeth  Wood. 
Lived  in  Rowley.     Nine  children. 

3.  Richard  Boynton,  fourth  child  Capt.  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Swan),  born  Rowley 
Nov.  11,  1675;  married  Dec.  24,  1701,  Sarah,  daughter  John  and  Martha  Dresser,  born 
Rowley  Apr.  4,  1678,  died  Apr.  26,  1759.     He  died  Dec.  25,  1732.     Seven  children. 

4.  Nathaniel  Boynton,  sixth  child  Richard  and  Sarah  (Dresser),  born  Aug.  18, 
1812;  married  Mar.  8,  1736-7,  Mary,  daughter  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  (Stewart)  of 
Rowley.     Twelve  children. 

5.  Asa  Boynton,  eleventh  child  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Stewart),  born  Rowley  Mar.  4, 
1760;  married  Apr.  11,  1781,  Mary,  daughter  Joseph  and  Mary  Fry  Edmands  of  Lynn, 
Mass.,  born  Lynn  Aug.  9,  1762.  Came  to  Haverhill  about  1791,  and  settled  at  the 
Corner.  He  does  not  appear  to  have  purchased  real  estate  prior  to  1795,  when  he  bought 
the  meadow  farm  of  Jonathan  Sanders,  deceased,  and  shortly  afterwards  prior  to  1800 
bought  several  other  properties  in  Haverhill  and  Piermont.  He  was  one  of  the  highway 
surveyors  in  1793,  selectman  in  1802-03.  In  1797  he  was  one  of  the  four  persons  in 
town  licensed  to  "keep  tavern  and  sell  liquor, "  the  others  being  Joshua  Howard,  Amasa 
Scott  and  Joseph  Bliss.  The  Boynton  tavern  was  probably  located  fronting  the  com- 
mon on  the  southwest  corner  of  Court  and  Academy  streets,  the  Bliss  tavern  being  on 
the  northwest  corner.  A  large  part  of  the  present  common,  all  that  on  the  south  side  of 
Court  Street,  was  given  by  him  to  the  village,  though  tradition  assigns  the  gift  to  Col. 
Charles  Johnston.  Mr.  Boynton  was  among  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town,  and  in 
1804  was,  with  three  exceptions,  the  largest  taxpayer,  the  three  being  Col.  Asa  Porter, 
Lieut.  John  Page  and  Moody  Bedel.  Shortly  after  he  suffered  some  financial  reverses, 
and  in  1806  he  went  to  Ohio,  took  up  land  on  the  Old  French  Grant,  and  located  the 
township  of  Haverhill,  Ohio.  He  left  his  family  in  Haverhill  till  1810,  when  he  took 
them  to  his  new  home,  the  newest  Haverhill.  They  went  in  wagons,  driving  some  live 
stock  and  were  six  weeks  in  making  the  journey.  He  died  Feb.  21,  1837.  There  were 
six  children: 


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1.  Mary  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Dec.  17,  1782;  d.  Hav.  May  4,  1797. 

2.  Asa  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1784;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  30,  1802. 

3.  Lucy  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1787;  d.  Nov.  29,  1797. 

4.  Lydia  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1789;  m.  1815  James  B.  Prcscott;  d.  Feb.  23,  1825. 

5.  Joseph  E.  b.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1791;  m.  1813  Betsey  Wheeler;  d.  Haverhill, 

O.,  Aug.  17,  1817;  left  a  s. 

6.  Charles  C.  b.  Hav.  Dec.  29,  1792;  m.  Rhoda  H.,  dau.  Edwin  C.  Sumner  of  Peacham, 

Vt.     Chil.  were  b.  in  Wheelersburg,  O. 

BRADISH 

James  Bradish1  came  from  Vermont  to  Haverhill  about  1800.  He  married  Polly 
Jones.  During  the  war  of  1812-14  he  carried  provisions  to  the  army  in  New  York,  and 
died  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.     Children: 

Hosea2  b. ;  m.  Maria  Perry  and  went  to  Chester,  Vt.,  where  he  d. 

Caroline2  b. ;  m.  Albert  Bullen;  lived  in  Charlotte,  N.  Y.;  had  two  chil.     She 

d.  at  the  Old  Ladies'  Home,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Abigail2  b. ;  m.  Lorenzo  Palmer  of  Hav. 

Cyrus2  b.  ;  went  to  Illinois;  m.  twice;  a  s.,  Cyrus,  lives  in  Ottawa,  111.     His 

first  wife  was  Hannah  Batchelder  of  Hav.     Cyrus  has  six  chil. 
Levi2  b.  in  Hav.  about  1808. 
These  children  were  all  very  young  when  their  father  left.     They  were  brought  up  by 
friends.     James's  widow  married,  second,  Phineas  Gould,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Love- 
joy)  Gould. 

Levi  Bradish2  (James1)  son  of  James1,  was  born  in  Haverhill  about  1808;  married 
Permelia  Morse,  born  in  Haverhill  about  1813,  daughter  of  Col.  Caleb  and  Polly  (Fair- 
banks) Morse.  He  was  a  lumberman  all  his  life,  and  spent  the  most  of  his  life  in  Hav- 
erhill, but  late  in  life  removed  to  Grand  Junction,  Col.,  where  his  son  settled  and  died 
there  about  1883.  His  widow  died  in  the  same  place  about  1887.  Children  born  in 
Haverhill : 

Ellen  Persis3  b.  Aug.  10,  1837;  m.  Jan.  10,  1863,  George  Porter  Clark,  b.  in  Ca- 
naan, N.  H.,  Apr.  29,  1834,  s.  of  Stillman  and  Clarissa  (Porter)  Clark.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Civil  War.  His  chil.  were  b.  in  Canaan,  but  about  1880,  he  removed 
to  Concord,  where  he  d.  Dec.  23,  1901.  Chil.:  (1)  Cora  Eloise  b.  Aug.  26,  1866; 
lives  in  Boston;  unm.  (2)  Amasa  Burton  b.  Nov.  2,  1863;  m.  Harriet  Johnson. 
He  grad.  from  the  Chandler  Scientific  School,  Hanover.  He  is  a  civil  engineer  in 
New  York  City.  No  chil.  (3)  Mildred  B.  b.  Aug.  31, 1872;  m.  Harry  Christman; 
reside  in  Concord.  Child:  Natalie  Christman  b.  in  Concord  Sept.  25,  1909.  (4) 
Kate  Felch  b.  Dec.  16,  1876.  She  has  never  m.  and  lives  at  home  in  Concord. 
She  is  a  stenographer  and  typewriter  in  the  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank, 
Concord. 

Kate  Augusta3  b.  Jan.  26,  1848;  m.  Henry  F.  Felch  of  Piermont.  They  removed 
to  Grand  Junction,  Col.,  where  she  d.  leaving  one  dau.,  Claribel,  who  m.  a  Fowle 
and  live  in  Piermont.     Mr.  Felch  d.  in  Cal.  after  the  death  of  his  wife. 

James  Orson  b.  Nov.  10,  1850;  m.  Ellen  Van  Armon  of  Chicago,  111.  He  resided  in 
Grand  Junction,  Col.,  until  a  few  years  since,  when  he  removed  to  San  Diego, 

Cal.,  where  he  still  resides.     Child:  (1)  Fannie  b.  ;  m.  a  Paddock;  lives  in 

Oakland  Cal. 

BROWN 

Benjamin  Franklin  Brown  born  Lisbon,  son  of  Samuel  Prescott  and  Mary  Rebecca 
Thompson  Brown,  Oct.  17,  1854;  married  Haverhill  Sept.  6,  1882,  Cora  Anna,  daughter 
Alonzo  W.  and  Fanny  Thurston  Smith,  born  Vershire,  Vt.,  Dec.  2,  1862.  Has  been  in 
the  service  of  the  railroad  since  1880;  was  assistant  road  master  of  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  for  a  short  time  and  then  road  master  of  the  Northern  division  of  the 
Concord  and  Montreal.  Has  held  that  position  on  the  Passumpsic  Division  of  the 
Boston  and  Maine,  the  Connecticut  River  and  Sullivan  County,  St.  Johnsbury  and  Lake 


486  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Champlain,  constructed  the  Hardwick  and  Woodbury  Railroad,  and  in  Dec.  1911  came 
to  Woodsville  again  as  road  master  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  and  its  branches  north  of 
Woodsville.  Has  lived  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Wells  River,  Hardwick  and  Lyndonville,  Vt., 
and  in  Woodsville.    Republican.     Universalist.     One  child: 

Christobel  Fannie  b.  Woodsville  Apr.  12,  1883;  m.  Aug.  17,  1910,  Warren  Wil- 
liams Mack  of  Hardwick,  Vt.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Lois  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  6, 
1913;  (2)  Franklin  Brown  b.  Sept.  10,  1915. 

BROWN 

1.  John  Brown,  son  of  Caleb  Brown  of  Bristol,  born  Nov.  22,  1784;  married  Jan.  7, 
1813,  Olive  Colby,  daughter  of  John  Colby  of  Salisbury.  John  Colby  had  charge  of 
Daniel  Webster's  Salisbury  farmr  With  his  brother,  Richard,  he  removed  to  Coventry 
(Benton)  about  1830.  Of  their  ten  children  four  became  residents  of  Haverhill:  Jonas 
G.;  Susan  married  Joseph  Hutchins;  Eliza  J.  marridd  John  Flanders  (see  Delaney); 
Julia  Ann  married  Elisha  Hibbard. 

2.  Jonas  Galusha  Brown  born  Andover  Dec.  17,  1814;  died  Haverhill  Oct.  2,  1889; 
married  Jan.  1838  Angeline,  daughter  Richard  and  Phebe  (Willoughby)  Whitman,  born 
Warren  Oct.  5,  1814,  died  Haverhill  Dec.  18,  1879.  Married  twice.  He  went  to 
Coventry  (Benton)  with  his  parents  about  1830,  engaged  in  farming  and  manufacture  of 
lumber  till  1869  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill  purchasing  the  Metcalf  farm  at  the  Centre 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.     Adventist.     Democrat.     Children  all  born  in  Benton: 

1.  Marium  M.  b.  Dec.  23,  1838;  m.  Chester  C.  Clough. 

2.  George  E. 

3.  Olive  b.  Sept.  1842;  d.  Aug.  1843. 

4.  Clara  A.  b.  July  8,  1847;  m.  Willard  W.  Coburn. 

5.  Cyrenia  M.  b.  May  1,  1850;  m.  1869  Ransom  Coburn. 

6.  Imogene  b.  Sept.  2,  1853;  m.  Mar.  17,  1880,  Calvin  W.  Cummings  of  Warren. 

3.  Rev.  George  E.  Brown  born  Benton  May  31,  1841;  died  Haverhill  June  13,  1907; 
married  Sept.  9,  1863,  Eveline  D.,  daughter  Noah  C.  and  Hannah  (Jessemen)  Hutchins, 
born  Benton  June  4,  1847.     Children: 

1.  Jonas  N.  b.  Sept.  25,  1864. 

2.  Allen  M.  b.  Apr.  13,  1867. 

3.  Abbie  F.  b.  Benton  June  29,  1869;  d.  Hav.  July  28,  1879. 

4.  Marium  M.  b.  Hav.  Oct.  9,  1871;  engaged  in  teaching;  d.  Feb.  16,  1916. 

5.  C.  Ida  b.  Hav.  Mar.  10,  1874;  m.  Nov.  1,  1894,  Moors  Clough. 

6.  Josie  L.  b.  Hav.  Sept.  27,  1876;  d.  1879. 

7.  Grace  Edith  b.  Hav.  Mar.  31,  1881;  m.  Harry  A.,  s.  of  Ira  B.  and  Susan  Clark. 

(See  Clark.) 

Mr.  Brown  was  a  successful  farmer,  and  a  larger  owner  of  real  estate,  and  was  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  business  until  the  death  of  the  latter.  His  early  educational 
advantages  were  limited,  but  he  made  the  most  of  these  and  began  fitting  himself  for  the 
ministry  in  the  early  60's.  He  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  Advent  denomination 
Aug.  20,  1871,  and  preached  in  various  places  in  New  Hampshire,  Vermont  and  Canada, 
though  always  residing  in  Haverhill.  In  early  life  was  a  Democrat  but  after  his  ordi- 
nation took  no  part  in  politics. 

4.  Jonas  N.  Brown  born  Benton  Sept.  25,  1864;  married  Jan.  8,  1888,  Emma,  daugh- 
ter Parker  and  Nancy  Bancroft.  Resides  in  Haverhill.  Farmer;  Democrat;  Adventist. 
Children  all  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  George  P.  b.  Feb.  2,  1889;  m.  Belle  Andrews. 

2.  Harry  R.  b.  Nov.  8,  1890;  m.  Lila  Hannet. 


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3.  Bertha  May  b.  Sept.  6,  1892;  d.  Jan.  1,  1906. 

4.  Lilian  Evaline  b.  Nov.  1,  1895;  m.  Roy  Dunkley.     (See  Dunkley.) 

5.  Hazel  Theo  b.  Dec.  12,  1896;  m.  Edwin  Spooner,  a.  Horace  Spooner. 

6.  Milly  b.  Dec.  14,  1898;  m.  Carl  Spooner,  s.  Horace  Spooner. 

7.  Margaret  Louise  b.  Sept.  21,  1908. 

5.  Allen  M.  Brown  born  Benton  Apr.  13, 1867;  married  Apr.  10, 1889,  Lizzie,  daughter 

of Wooster  B.  and  Ardella  French  Titus,  born  Haverhill.     Resides  in  Haverhill. 

Farmer;  Democrat;  Adventist.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Beulah  H.  b.  Mar.  31,  1896. 

2.  Kathleen  b.  Dec.  1,  1906. 

BRYANT 

John  S.  Bryant  was  born  in  Meredith  Apr.  11,  1800,  and  after  leaving  his  native 
place  lived  in  Bristol  till  1839  when  he  came  to  Haverhill.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  for 
a  number  of  years,  and  was  also  engaged  as  surveyor  of  lands.  He  devoted  some  of  his 
time  to  the  study  of  the  law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  1846  as  "a  statute  lawyer." 
He  died  Sept.  5,  1873.  He  married  Harriet  Powers  who  was  born  Mar.  21,  1801,  and 
who  died  June  29,  1893.  His  mother  came  to  Haverhill  with  him;  born  June  25,  1775, 
and  who  died  Mar.  14,  1863.  He  was  full  of  energy,  industry  and  perseverance  and 
enjoyed  a  good  practice.     They  had  three  children: 

George  Franklin  d.  while  a  student  at  Dartmouth  College,  Aug.  22,  1843,  ae.  17 
yrs. 

Ann  became  the  wife  of  Gardner  Elliott  and  lived  for  many  years  in  the  South. 
She  had  a  s.  who  was  in  the  U.  S.  navy,  and  a  member  of  the  expedition  in  search 
of  the  Long  exploration  party  which  was  lost  in  the  Arctic  regions. 

Louisa  m.  George  W.  Burleigh  of  Great  Falls. 


BUCKLEY 

John  W.  Buckley  born  Wells  River,  Vt.,  Feb.  13,  1863.  Lives  in  Woodsville. 
Married  Oct.  4,  1886,  Alice  G.,  daughter  of  James  and  Amanda  Keeble,  born  Ply- 
mouth Nov.  16,  1868;  died  Nov.  17,  1907.     Two  children  born  Woodsville : 

1.  Goldie  m.  Sylvester  P.  Kennedy.     (See  Kennedy.) 

2.  George  m.  and  lives  in  Portsmouth.     Is  a  railway  trainman.     Name  of  child 

Edward  Merrick  Buckley. 

BURBANK 

Henry  Burbank  married Mary  or  (Polly),  daughter  Charles  and  Ruth  John- 
ston, and  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  Charles  Johnston  lived  in  Enosburg,  Vt.  Later  in 
life  he  lived  in  Haverhill,  being  taxed  there  in  1839.  They  had  sons  Henry,  Jr., 
Johnston,  Michael,  and  Elijah. 

Johnston,  son  of  Henry  and  Polly  (Johnston)  Burbank  lived  in  the  family  of  his 
grandfather  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  the  latter.  He  married  Nov.  6,  1818,  Polly 
Pen-in  of  Pomfret,  Vt.,  and  resided  in  Haverhill.  His  name  appears  on  the  tax  list  as 
late  as  1830. 

Michael,  another  son  of  Henry  and  Polly  (Johnston)  Burbank  married  Rosilla, 
daughter  James  Eastman,  Jan.  5,  1828.  He  was  born  Royalton,  Vt.,  June  17,  1799; 
died  Haverhill  1839.  She  was  born  Benton  Sept.  14,  1803;  died  Clinton ville,  N.  Y., 
June  5,  1872. 


488  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

BURBECK 

Edward  Burbeck1  is  recorded  as  married  in  Boston  Dec.  17,  1712,  to  Martha  Shute, 
and  the  birth  of  three  children  is  also  recorded:  Martha,  William  and  Edward. 

William  Burbeck2  (Edward1)  born  Boston  July  22,  1716;  married,  first,  Abigail 
Tuttle;  second,  Oct.  7,  1748,  Jerusha  Glover,  born  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1722,  died 
July  27,  1777.  He  died  July  22,  1785;  buried  at  Copp's  Hill;  was  wood  carver,  and  also 
student  of  gunnery  and  pyrotechnics.  In  1769  was  second  officer  at  Castle  William,  and 
in  1775  succeeded  Col.  Gridley  in  command  of  the  Massachusetts  Artillery.  After  the 
war  Col.  Burbeck  was  stationed  again,  but  under  the  new  flag,  at  Castle  William.  Two 
children  by  first  marriage,  nine  bj'  second.  One  of  the  nine  was  Gen.  Henry  Burbeck 
born  June  8,  1754;  died  Oct.  2,  1848,  captain  of  artillery  in  the  Revolution,  and  a  brig- 
adier general  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  saw  thirty-six  years'  service  under  the  flag,  and 
was  more  responsible  than  any  one  else  for  the  erection  of  buildings  at  West  Point. 

Edward  Burbeck3  (William2,  Edward1)  born  Boston  about  1738;  married  Mar.  23, 
1761,  Jane,  daughter  John  and  Jane  (Brown)  Milk,  born  Sept.  16,  1739.  Was  a  wood 
carver;  captain  of  artillery,  and  by  family  tradition  a  member  of  the  "Boston  Tea 
Party."  Removed  to  Newburyport,  Mass.;  killed  in  his  house  by  a  stroke  of  lightning 
June  23,  1782. 

James  Burbeck4  (Edward3,  William2,  Edward1)  born  Boston  Jan.  15,  1763;  married 
1784  Elizabeth  Butler  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  In  1789  removed  to  Plymouth,  and  in 
1791  to  Campton  where  he  lived  till  his  death  Mar.  17,  1844.  She  died  Mar.  22,  1844. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  Campton  Congregational  Church  from  1816  till  his  death.  Four- 
teen children: 

1.  Edward6  b.  Feb.  13,  1788;  d.  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  Oct.  15,  1855. 

2.  Abigail5  b.  July  15,  1789;  m.  Mar.  11,  1818,  John  Rogers;  d.  Lowell,  Mass.,  Dec. 

4,  1884. 

3.  James5  b.  Feb.  3,  1791;  m.  Apr.  20,  1831,  Ruth  Pulsifer;  lived  in  Campton;  d.  Aug. 

27,  1873. 

4.  Ebenezer  L.5  b.  Campton  May  4,  1792;  m.  Laura  Carr  May  28,  1823  (see  Carr); 

d.  in  New  Jersey  Dec.  11,  1882. 

5.  John5  b.  Sept.  3,  1793;  d.  Dec.  27,  1796. 

6.  Elizabeth  G.6  b.  June  5,  1795;  m.  William  Rogers;  d.  Sept.  6,  1884. 

7.  Mary6  b.  Aug.  26,  1796;  m.  Arnold  Ladd;  removed  to  Wisconsin;  d.  1848. 

8.  Joseph6  b.  Apr.  11,  1798;  m.  Anna  Regan;  d.  1882  in  New  Jersey. 

9.  Jane6  b.  Sept.  3,  1799;  m.  Nov.  13,  1882,  John  Chandler  of  Campton;  d.  June  21, 

1865. 

10.  Sarah5  b.  Feb.  5,  1801;  m.  William  Orr;  d.  Jan.  25,  1881. 

11.  Susannah5  b.  Sept.  24,  1802;  d.  Dec.  25,  1825. 

12.  Samuel  K.5  b.  Apr.  25,  1804;  d.  in  Boston,  Feb.  25,  1886. 

13.  William  Henry5  b.  May  16,  1807. 

14.  Benjamin  C.  b.  Mar.  2,  1810;  d.  Jan.  13,  1811. 

William  Henry  Burbeck5  (James4,  Edward3,  William2,  Edward1)  born  Campton, 

May  16,  1807;  died  Dec.  8,  1893;  married,  first,  Little;  one  child,  Harriet  Little, 

lives  in  Concord;  married,  second,  Sarah  C.  Carleton  born  Haverhill  Mar.  18,  1819, 
daughter  of  Micah  Carleton,  died  June  1910.  He  came  to  Haverhill,  and  was  bound  out 
to  learn  carpenter's  trade.  Worked  for  a  time  in  Boston.  Came  to  Haverhill  before 
1850.     Six  children: 

1.  Edward  C.  b.  Boston  July  18,  1846;  d.  Denver,  Col.,  Mar.  27,  1897;  m.  Luella 

Carleton.     Left  2  chil.:  (1)  Myra  L.  m.  Feb.  27,  1876,  Col.  Johnson;  (2)  Edward 
K. 

2.  James  b.  Boston  June  29,  1848;  m.,  1st,  Janie  Thompson  of  Woburn;  had  three  chil., 

Ethel,  Bertha,  and  Ben,  who  live  in  Woburn.     His  second  wife  was  Jane  Pickard 
of  Canterbury.     They  live  in  Concord. 

3.  George  b.  Hav.  Aug.  4,  1850;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  1874;  went  to  California,  live  in 

Oakland;  m.;  one  dau. 


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4.  William  O.  b.  Jan.  4,  1853;  m.  Carrie  Blanchard  of  Maine;  went  to  California  in 

1910  or  11.     Four  chil.:  (1)  Everett;  (2)  Walter;  (3)  Perry;  (4)  Ella. 

5.  Walter  b.  May  24,  1855;  m.  Dec.  7,  1880,  Abbie  E.  Kimball,  dau.  Ezra  S.  Kim- 

ball. Lived  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Was  express  agent;  ran  mill  for  Pike  three 
years;  was  with  Pike  Co.  for  several  years.  Is  in  bark  business.  Has  been 
supervisor  ten  years;  was  commissioner  one  year,  and  member  of  the  legislature 
in  1913.  Congregationalism  Republican.  Mrs.  Burbeck  d.  Mav  3  1916.  Five 
chil.: 

(1)  Martha  A.  b.  Feb.  14,  1883;  m.  Sept.  4,  1896,  Warren  B.  Gilchrist,  Proctors- 
ville,  Vt. ;  manager  Murdock  Woolen  Mills.  Educated  Academy,  W .  H.  S. 
and  Tilton.  Has  two  chil.:  Lucille  S.  b.  June  29,  1907,  and  Burbeck 
Benton  b.  Mar.  1915. 

(2)  Harry  W.  b.  Aug.  31,  1886;  d.  Jan.  14,  1887. 

(3)  Florence  M.  b.  Julv  10,  1891;  m.  May  20,  1916,  Floyd  G.  Davison.     Has 

two  chil.:  John  Philip  b.  Apr.  21,  1917,  and  Edward  B.  b.  July  23,  1918. 

(4)  Elizabeth  C.  b.  Feb.  22,  1897;  educated  W.  H.  S.  Is  pursuing  2d  year 
violin  study  at  present. 

(5)  Stanley  O.  b.  Nov.  1,  1900. 

6.  Mary  b.  June  28,  1861;  educated  Haverhill  Academy.     Taught  school,  and  has 

been  for  several  years  instructor  in  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind. 

BURTON 

Israel  Burton1  of  Voluntown,  R.  I.,  married  June  23,  1748,  Silena  Herrick.  Ten 
children. 

Jacob  Burton2  (Israel1),  Revolutionary  soldier,  married  Keturah  Palmer.  Six 
children. 

Stephen  Burton3  born  Stonington,  Conn.,  Sept.  23,  1796;  married  Dec.  12,  1821, 
Judith  Noyes  Peaslee;  lived  in  Washington,  Vt.,  till  1864,  then  in  Newbury  with  his 
youngest  son,  A.  H.  Burton,  till  death  of  his  wife,  Jan.  3,  1865.  He  died  in  Woodsville 
at  home  of  his  eldest  daughter,  Mrs.  Marcia  B.  Emery,  Sept.  13,  1886  age  90.  Another 
daughter  married  Rev.  Ollof  H.  Call,  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Conference,  paster  of  church  at  North  Haverhill  in  1853. 

Alexander  Hamilton  Burton4  (Stephen3,  Jacob2,  Israel1)  born  Washington,  Vt., 
Oct.  14,  1839,  youngest  of  eight  children;  married  Oct.  7,  1863,  Ella  A.,  daughter  John 
and  Susan  (Sanborn)  White,  born  Jan.  18,  1838.  Received  education  at  Newbury  Sem- 
inary and  Barre,  Vt.,  Academy.  Studied  law  with  C.  B.  Leslie,  Wells  River,  Vt.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  reaching  his  majority.  He  then  went  west,  and  practiced 
law  in  Michigan  and  Minnesota  till  1863  when  he  returned  to  Vermont  and  for  a  short 
time  lived  on  a  farm  at  the  Oxbow.  Came  to  Woodsville  in  1868  and  began  trade  in  the 
store,  which  after  rebuilding  is  now  the  Sargent  block.  In  1880  on  account  of  failing 
health  he  sold  his  store  and  removed  to  Bath  purchasing  the  William  Abbott  farm  above 
Woodsville,  on  the  Ammonoosuc,  where  he  lived  till  his  death  Aug.  30,  1898.  He  was 
a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  good  business  ability.  Four  children  born  Haverhill 
(Woodsville) : 

1.  Susie  May5  b.  Aug.  3,  1869;  d.  Sept.  1,  1871. 

2.  Stephen  J.5  b.  Apr.  12,  1871;  m.  Oct.  11,  1893,  Maude  Hibbard  of  Bath;  lives  in 

Bath. 

3.  Wilbur  I.5  b.  Dec.  23,  1873;  m.  Apr.  12,  1899,  Belle  Bartlett  of  Lisbon;  lives  on 

the  Woodsville-Haverhill  highway  in  the  old  Swan  Tavern  stand. 

4.  Hamilton  H.  b.  Apr.  1,  1875;  unm.,  lives  in  Portsmouth. 

BUTSON 

John  Butson1  and  Sarah  Norton  Butson  lived  in  Topsham,  Vt.  He  died  in  1906, 
and  the  mother  lives  on  Highland  Street,  Woodsville.  They  had  nine  children:  1,  James 
born  1865,  dead;  2,  John  born  1866;  3,  Wm.  Henry  born  1868;  4,  Ella  J.  born  1870;  5, 


490  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

Charles  born  1872;  6,  Frederick  born  1875,  dead;  7,  Robert  born  1877;  8,  Edward  born 
1879;  9,  Jessie  born  1881. 

Charles  A.  Butson2  born  June  19,  1872;  educated  at  Peacham  Academy;  married 
Feb.  1,  1903,  Eva  R.,  daughter  of  William  McVety  of  Quebec,  P.  Q.  Came  to  Woods- 
ville  in  1901.  Is  in  meat  business.  Odd  Fellow;  Republican;  Methodist.  Five  chil- 
dren born  in  Woodsville: 

1.  Irene  Ruth3  b.  Jan.  2,  1905. 

2.  Helen  Sarah3  b.  Aug.  11,  1911. 

3.  Hazel3  b.  Apr.  10,  1914. 

4.  Chas.  Harold3  b.  Nov.  26,  1915;  d.  May  2,  1917. 

5.  Chas.  Lincoln3  b.  Dec.  24,  1917. 

Robert  R.2  born  June  13,  1877;  married  Dec.  25,  1903,  Mary  McVety,  daughter  of 
John  McVety  of  Quebec.  Has  lived  in  Haverhill  ever  since.  Lives  now  on  the  Eben 
Eastman   farm.     Republican.     Methodist.     Two   children: 

1.  Harriet  Hazel3  b.  Jan.  28,  1905. 

2.  Ernest  Henry3  b.  Nov.  29,  1909. 

Edward2  born  July  30,  1879;  unmarried;  lived  with  his  mother  in  Woodsville.  Is  in 
water  business.     Republican.     Methodist. 

BUNCE 

Bunce  is  an  early  family  name  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Thomas  Bunce  went  to  Hartford 
from  Massachusetts  in  1637.  He  was  an  ensign  in  the  Pequot  Indian  War.  Died 
Hartford  in  1683. 

Russell  Bunce1,  descendant  of  Thomas,  born  Hartford  Oct.  10,  1776;  died  April  20, 
1846.  Deacon  First  Church,  Hartford,  many  years;  married  Lucinda  Marvin  of  Lyme, 
Conn.,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Lee  who  settled  in  Saybrooke  1641. 

John  Lee  Bunce  (Russell1)  born  Hartford  1802;  married,  first,  June  17,  1824,  Louisa, 
daughter  Richard  and  Rebecca  Gookin,  born  July  15,  1803;  died  Apr.  17,  1837;  married, 
second,  June  6,  1838,  Louisa,  daughter  Capt.  Benjamin  Merrill,  born  Dec.  30,  1816. 
He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1824  or  1825  to  become  cashier  of  the  Grafton  Bank,  having 
previously  filled  a  subordinate  position  in  a  bank  in  his  home  city.  He  was  a  model 
cashier,  and  in  addition  to  the  duties  of  this  position,  he  proved  himself  a  forceful  and 
vigorous  newspaper  editor.  He  became  part  owner  of  the  New  Hampshire  Post,  and 
the  Grafton  and  Cods  Advertiser  the  publication  of  which  was  begun  in  1827,  and  which 
for  the  next  twenty  years,  was  the  pronounced  Whig  and  anti-Democratic  organ  of  the 
north  country.  The  publication  was  also  vigorously  anti-Masonic,  and  during  a  large 
portion  of  the  time  Mr.  Bunce  was  its  guiding  spirit.  He  wielded  a  trenchant  pen,  and 
editor  Reding  of  the  Democratic-Republican  had  to  deal  with  a  formidable  rival.  He 
sold  the  paper  to  George  S.  Towle,  who  removed  it  to  Lebanon  and  about  1844,  he  re- 
turned to  Hartford  as  cashier  of  the  Phenix  bank  in  that  city,  later  its  president  till  his 
death  Apr.  10,  1878.  He  was  a  devoted  disciple  of  Isaak  Walton  and  Lake  Tarleton 
was  one  of  his  favorite  resorts.  Gentlemanly,  affable,  fond  of  society,  he  was  during 
his  twenty  years  residence  at  the  Corner  no  unimportant  factor  in  the  social,  educational, 
business  and  political  life  of  the  town.  Active  in  the  militia  he  had  a  commission  as 
captain.     He  had  seven  children  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Charles  H.3 

2.  Sarah  G.3  b.  1829;  d.  May  27,  1831. 

3.  Edward  Merrill. 

4.  Frederick  Lee. 

5.  Henry  Lee 

6.  Alice. 

7.  Richard  Gookin. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  491 

CARBEE 

Joel  Carbee  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  who  had  a  record  of  three  different  enlistments  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  settled  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  about  1790.  He  married  Louise 
Downer,  who  died  Apr.  11,  1844,  aged  83.  He  died  Feb.  19,  1834,  in  his  71st  year. 
Their  seven  children  were  all  born  in  Newbury,  Vt.: 

1.   JohnH.  b.  June  1,  1791;  m. 


2.  Moses  P.  b.  May  18,  1793;  m. . 

3.  Joel  b.  Apr.  24,  1795. 

4.  William  Peach  b.  Nov.  3,  1798. 

5.  Andrew  b.  Aug.  16,  1802. 

6.  Thomas  Henry  b.  Dec.  23,  1804. 

7.  Sarah  b.  July  15,  1807. 

John  H.  Carbee2  (Joel  *)  married  Mar.  4,  1819,  Anna,  daughter  Samuel  Powers, 
born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  14, 1797,  died  Bath  June  25, 1857.  He  died  Bath  June  25, 1877. 
He  settled  in  Bath  after  his  marriage  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  son,  Henry  C.  Car- 
bee, and  was  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town.     Ten  children  born  in  Bath. 

Samuel  Powers  Carbee3  (John  H.2,  Joel1)  was  the  ninth,  born  June  13,  1836. 
After  finishing  his  academic  studies  at  the  Newbury  Seminary  he  spent  two  years  in 
teaching,  and  then  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Albert  H.  Crosby  of  Wells 
River,  Vt.,  and  continued  later  with  Drs.  Dixi  and  A.  B.  Crosby  of  Hanover.  In  the 
autumn  of  1862,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  12th  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Vols. 
He  was  a  little  later  commissioned  as  assistant  surgeon  and  served  in  that  capacity  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  finished  his  studies  at  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  gradu- 
ating in  1866,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Haverhill  as  the  successor  of 
Dr.  Tenney.  He  was  a  faithful  and  skillful  physician,  and  enjoyed  a  very  extensive 
practice  on  both  sides  the  river.  While  in  the  military  service  he  was  with  his  regiment 
at  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg,  and  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
from  the  Wilderness  to  the  Capture  of  Richmond.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  public 
affairs,  and  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Republican  party  of  the  state.  He  served  as 
surgeon-general  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Busiel,  was  elected  county  commissioner  for 
Grafton  County  in  1884,  and  re-elected  in  1886.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legis- 
lature in  1894  and  was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  Haverhill  Board  of  Education. 
He  married  Sept.  30,  1885,  N.  Delia,  daughter  of  Lyman  Birch  of  Haverhill.  He  died 
Jan. 31,  1900. 

William  Peach  Carbee2  (Joel1)  married  Feb.  1,  1827,  Euseba  Smith.  They  lived 
in  Bath.     He  died  July  9,  1876.     She  died  June  10,  1887.     Eight  children. 

Horace  Clark  Carbee3  (William  P.2,  Joel1)  born  in  Bath  Sept.  25,  1839,  spent  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  in  Haverhill,  and  was  for  many  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Concord 
and  Montreal  and  Boston  and  Maine  railroads.  He  married  Feb.  26,  1866,  Marcia 
White  of  Norwich,  Vt.,  born  Dec.  19,  1846,  died  Nov.  23,  1907.  He  died  in  Woodsville 
Dec.  13,  1907.     They  had  three  children : 

1.  Mabel  b.  Dec.  25,  1866;  dressmaker;  resided  in  Woodsville,  died  May  29,  1913. 

2.  Lewis  b.  Jan.  23,  1870;  d.  Aug.  14,  1883. 

3.  George  b.  Mar.  4,  1881;  d.  Feb.  11,  1893. 

Thomas  Henry  Carbee2  (Joel1)  lived  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  later  in  Bath.  He 
married  Dec.  10,  1829,  Olive  L.,  daughter  of  John  Robinson  who  died  in  Newbury,  Vt.. 
Jan.  7,  1881.     He  died  in  Lancaster  Nov.  2,  1874.     Nine  children. 

Moses  Dyer  Carbee3  (Thomas  H.2,  Joel1)  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  13,  1847,  was, 
like  his  cousin  Samuel,  a  practicing  physician  in  Haverhill.  He  graduated  from  the 
Medical  School  of  the  Vermont  University  at  Burlington  in  1873,  and  after  brief  practice 


492  HISTORY      OF    HAVERHILL 

in  Lunenburg,  Vt..  came  to  Haverhill  in  1874,  and  entered  into  practice  in  partnership 
with  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Carbee  till  1882,  and  then  continued  by  himself  till  his  sudden  death 
from  diphtheria,  on  the  10th  anniversary  of  his  wedding  Oct.  23,  1889.  Sympathetic 
and  faithful  in  his  professional  work,  he  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  patients.  He  held 
the  office  of  postmaster  at  the  Corner  during  the  Hayes  Administration.  He  married 
Oct.  23,  1879,  Mary  F.  Dexter  of  New  York. 

CAREY 

Zebulon  Carey  died  Mar.  18,  1865,  76  years,  3  months.  Hannah  W.  Carey,  wife, 
Nov.  8,  1869,  71  years.  Sarah  Perry,  adopted  daughter,  Mar.  31,  1832,  3  years,  11 
months. 

CARLETON 

The  Carleton  family  in  America  trace  their  ancestry  to  Baldwin  de  Carleton  who 
came  to  England  with  William  the  Conqueror,  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Hastings 
Oct.  14,  1066.  He  lived  after  the  Conquest  at  Carleton  Hall  near  Penrith,  Cumberland, 
where  his  descendants  also  lived  for  more  than  six  hundred  years.  Members  of  the  family 
at  different  times  occupied  prominent  positions  under  the  crown. 

Edward  Carleton1,  son  of  Erasmus  Carleton,  the  emigrant  to  America,  was  born  in 
London  1605;  married  Eleanor  Denton.  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers  at  the  head  of  twenty 
English  families,  as  their  minister,  came  to  America  in  1638-9  and  acquired  a  tract  of 
land  between  Newbury  and  Ipswich  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  made  a  settle- 
ment, at  first  called  Rogers  Plantation,  and  later  chartered  as  Rowley.  Next  after 
the  minister,  Edward  Carleton  seems  to  have  been  the  most  prominent  man  in  the  settle- 
ment. He  was  the  largest  land  owner,  was  made  a  freeman  in  1642  and  was  a  man  of 
distinction  in  the  colony.  He  was  a  member  of  the  General  Court  in  1644,  '45,  '46,  and 
'47,  and  a  trial  justice  from  1648  until  his  return  to  England  in  1650-51  where  he  died 
about  1661.     Four  children: 

John2  b.  England  1630. 

Edward2  b.  Rowley  Aug.  28,  1639.  First  birth  in  Rowley. 

Mary2  b.  Rowley  Apr.  2,  1642. 

Elizabeth2  b.  Rowley  Jan.  20,  1644. 

Lieut.  John  Carleton2  (Edward1)  born  1630;  died  Jan.  2,  1668;  married  Hannah, 

daughter  Joseph  and  Mary  (Malinson)  Jewett,  born  June  16,  1640.     He  resided  in 

Haverhill  and  Bradford.     He  accompanied  his  father  on  his  return  to  England,  but  came 

again  to  New  England  to  settle  some  unfinished  business  for  his  father,  and  died  in  1668. 

His  widow  married  second  Christopher  Babbage.     Four  children: 

John3  b.  1658;  d.  Andover,  Mass.,  Oct.  15,  1745;  m.  Hannah  Osgood. 
Joseph3  b.  Mar.  4,  1662-63;  m.  Abigail  Osgood,  sister  of  Hannah. 
Edward3  b.  Mar.  22,  1664-65. 
Thomas3  b.  Nov.  1,  1667, 

Edward  Carleton3  (Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Mar.  22,  1664; 
married  Elizabeth  Kimball. 

Aaron  Carleton4  (Edward3,  John2,  Edward1)  born  June  12,  1697;  married,  first, 
Prudence ;   second,  Priscilla. 

Aaron  Carleton5  (Aaron4,  Edward3,  John2,  Edward1)  born  Bradford,  Mass.,  Nov. 
29,  1737;  married  Jan.  26,  1769,  Mehitabel  Chadwick.  Lived  in  Bradford.  Three 
children  born  Bradford,  Mass. : 

1.  Aaron9  b.  Dec.  18,  1769;  m.  Sarah  Merrill;  five  chil. 

2.  Edmund8  b.  May  13,  1772. 

3.  Amos6  b. ;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  William  Porter;  resided  for  a  time  in  Hav.  later 

in  Canada  and  Ohio. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  493 

Edmund  Carleton6  (Aaron5,  Aaron4,  Edward3,  John2,  Edward1)  married  Joanna, 
daughter  Peter  and  Rebecca  (Hazelton)  Coffin,  born  Apr.  11,  1773,  died  Sept.  3,  1847. 
Taught  school  in  Boscawen  in  1792;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Jacob  Kittredge  of 
Dover;  came  to  Haverhill  in  1795,  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine,  in  the  meantime 
continuing  his  studies,  graduating  from  Harvard  Medical  School  in  1804.  Was  in  the 
successful  practice  of  his  profession  for  a  period  of  43  years,  also  a  successful  farmer. 
Enjoyed  a  reputation  as  a  skillful  physician;  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  for 
many  years;  director  of  the  Coos-Grafton  Bank.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  town  and  community.  He  died  Nov.  2,  1838.  Lived  on  the  east  side  of  Main  street, 
near  the  Piermont  line,  the  farm  being  still  known  as  the  Dr.  Carleton  farm.  Nine 
children  all  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Edmund7  b.  Oct.  29,  1797;    m.  Nov.  30,  1836,  Mary  Kilburn,  dau.  Thomas  and 

Hannah  (Kilburn)  Coffin;  d.  Littleton;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1S22;  admit- 
ted to  bar  in  1836,  and  practiced  his  profession  in  Hav.  until  1831,  when  he 
removed  to  Littleton.  (See  Chapter,  Lawyers.)  Two  chil. :  (1)  Mary8  b.  Sept. 
2,  1837;  d.  July  9,  1862.     (2)  Edmund  b.  Dec.  11,  1839,  d. . 

2.  Rebecca'  b.  Aug.  27,  1799;  d.  Apr.  28,  1803. 

3.  Peter7  b.  Nov.  13,  1801;    m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Kilburn;    2d,  Sarah  Ann  Wilder,  d. 

Aug.  7,  1856.     Two  chil.  by  first  wife. 

4.  Charles7  b.  Mar.  31,  1804;    m,  1st,  1S34  Marinda  Bell;    2d,  Mrs.  Miranda  Fox 

Hammond.     Five  chil.  by  first  wife,  one  by  second. 

5.  Rebecca7  b.  July  11,  1806;  m.  Jotham  Clark  Cutler;  d.  Littleton  May  23,  1884. 

6.  Arthur7  b.  Feb.  16,  1810;   m.  Sarah  Ann  Atherton,  b.  1808.     No  children.     He 

lived  on  the  old  homestead  until  his  death  in  1883.     She  d.  1903. 

7.  Joanna7,  b.  Apr.  6,  1814;  m.  William  Webster.     Two  chil. 

8.  Abigail7  b.  Apr.  6,  1816;  d.  Feb.  9,  1817. 

9.  Abigail7  b.  Aug.  26, 1817;  d.  May  7, 1819. 

Thomas  Carleton3  (Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Bradford,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1667; 
died  Nov.  25,  1734;  lived  Bradford;  married  Feb.  7,  1694,  Elizabeth,  daughter  Abra- 
ham and  Elizabeth  Haseltine,  born  Apr.  29,  1677,  died  May  20,  1758.  Five  children 
born  in  Bradford. 

Ensign  George  Carleton4  (Thomas3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Sept.  20,  1702; 
married  Mary,  daughter  Samuel  and  Martha  (Palmer)  Hale,  born  Bradford  May  27, 
1705,  died  Boxford  Nov.  28,  1780.  They  lived  till  1727  in  Bradford  and  removed  to 
Boxford  where  7  of  their  8  children  were  born.  He  died  Feb.  13,  1783.  They  were 
members  of  the  Second  Church  in  Boxford. 

Samuel  Carleton5  (Ensign  George4,  Thomas3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Brad- 
ford, Mass.,  Jan.  22,  1726-7;  died  Mar.  1,  1803;  married  June  27,  1847,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Frazer)  Goodridge,  born  Boxford,  Mass.,  June  27,  1727, 
died  Mar.  23,  1802.     Lived  in  Boxford.     Five  children  born  in  Boxford. 

Jesse  Carleton9  (Samuel5,  Ensign  George4,  Thomas3,  Lieut.  John2  Edward1)  born 
Jan.  15,  1762;  died  Bath,  N.  H.,  Aug.  1,  1827;  married  Aug.  25,  1789,  Nancy  Agnes, 
daughter  Jasiel  and  Mary  (Davis)  Harriman,  born  Chester  June  12,  1771,  died 
Haverhill  Aug.  23,  1859.  Served  as  private  in  Col.  Rufus  Putnam's  Massachusetts 
Regiment  from  April  1781  to  June  1783.  At  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he 
came  to  Bath,  and  lived  on  the  farm  on  the  Ammonoosuc,  later  known  as  the  Abiel 
Deming  place.     Eleven  children  born  in  Bath: 

Sarah7  b.  May  20,  1791;  d.  Dec.  25,  1876;  m.  Ebenezer  Stocker. 

Rebecca  Goodrich7  b.  June  16,  1793;  m.  Daniel  Putnam. 

Isaac7 

Martha7  b.  Feb.  6, 1797;  d.  July  1, 1872;  m.  Nathan  Swett. 

Samuel7  b.  May  7,  1799;  m.,  1st,  Dorcas  Cleveland;  2d,  Sarah  Baron. 

John  Hancock7  b.  Oct.  1801;   d.  1872;  m.  Celista  E.  Smith;  parents  of  the  poet 

Will  Carleton. 
James  Harriman7  b.  Oct.  2, 1803;  m.  Nancy  Smith. 


494  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

George  Washington'  b.  Sept.  1, 1805;  d.  May  13, 1833;  m.  Betsey  Hunt. 
David  Carr7  b.  Feb.  16,  1807;  d.  Mar.  21,  1894;  m.  Deborah  Gregory. 
Nancy  Jane  McKinley7  b.  July  29,  1810;  d.  Sept.  10,  1890;  m.  James  S.  Morse. 
Mary  Annette7  b.  Nov.  3,  1812;  d.  Mar.  23,  1890;  m.  John  Hunkins. 

Isaac  Carleton7  (Jesse8,  Samuel5,  Ensign  George4,  Thomas3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1) 
born  Bath  May  1,  1794;  died  Haverhill  Sept.  23,  1883;  married,  first,  Dec.  12,  1822, 
Abigail,  daughter  David  and  Dorothy  (Clark)  Merrill  of  Haverhill,  born  Feb.  14,  1801, 
died  Nov.  27,  1843;  married,  second,  Dec.  29,  1843,  Ruth  B.,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and 
Fanny  (Abbott)  Clough,  born  Bath  Aug.  28,  1807,  died  Aug.  25,  1889,  at  Haverhill. 
He  was  a  farmer;  lived  in  Newbury,  Vt.  (where  his  seven  eldest  children  were  born), 
on  the  farm  known  as  the  Hale  farm  south  of  Wells  River  until  about  1837,  when  he 
purchased  what  was  known  as  the  Ira  Brown  farm  in  the  northeast  part  of  Haverhill  in 
District  No.  10,  where  he  resided  till  his  death.     Ten  children : 

1.  Elizabeth  Gage8  b.  Nov.  26,  1823;  d.  Oct.  18,  1874;  m.  Paul  N.  Meader.     (See 

Meader.) 

2.  David  Merrill8  b.  Apr.  6,  1825;   d.  unm.  Mar.  12,  1854,  of  disease  contracted 

while  at  work  on  railroad  across  isthmus  of  Panama. 

3.  ABiGAiL8b.  Mar.  23, 1827;  d.  Sept.  9, 1853;  m.  Frank  Blood  Gale.     (See  Gale.) 

4.  Edward  Merrill8  b.  Mar.  16,  1829;  d.  Feb.  2,  1831. 

6!  Edward  Merrill8  b.  Apr.  2,  1833;  d.  Lynn,  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1890;  m.  Dec.  31, 
1860,  Sarah  D.,  dau.  Andrew  J  and  Fanny  (Durkee)  Noyes  of  Tunbridge,  Vt., 
b.  Oct.  12,  1899,  d.  Jan.  14,  1892.  Lived  in  Lynn,  Mass.  Shoemaker.  Two 
chil.:  (1)  Ansel  Guy9  b.  June  15,  1867;  m.  Jan.  5,  1900,  Mrs.  Sarah  C.  (Lovell) 
Anderson  of  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1857.  Resides  Springfield,  Mass. 
(2)  Cecil  Rivers9  b.  May  24,  1870;  m.  Oct.  18,  1893,  Addie  Caroline,  dau.  Arthur 
W.  and  Emma  L.  Evarts  Aseltine  of  Maiden,  Mass.  Resides  Brockton,  Mass. 
Member  of  "the  Brockton  Stay  Co." 

7.  Mary  Lane  Hale8  b.  May  31,  1835;  d.  unm.  Dec.  31,  1895,  in  California,  buried 

in  Elmira,  Cal.  Grad.  at  Newbury  Seminary;  engaged  in  teaching;  was  for 
many  years  preceptress  in  Drew  Seminary,  a  school  for  girls  in  Carmel,  N.  Y. 

8.  Annette  Hanson8  b.  Hav.  Sept.  16,  1838;  graduate  of  Newbury  Seminary  1864; 

engaged  in  teaching;  m.  Newbury  Nov.  25,  1890,  Ebenezer  C,  s.  of  Ebenezer 
and  Sarah  (Carleton)  Stocker,  b.  Apr.  19,  1821,  d.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  3,  1892. 
She  d.  No.  Hav.  Jan.  31,  1912. 

9.  Harrison8  b.  Hav.  Mar.  24,  1841;   m.  Nov.  13,  1867,  Salina  A.,  dau.  of  Elbndge 

G.  and  Rhoda  (Clay)  Conary  of  Blue  Hill,  Me.,  b.  July  15,  1848,  d.  Elmira,  Cal., 
Oct.  28,  1909.  Lived  on  the  Isaac  Carleton  homestead  until  1885,  then  four 
years  in  Loyalton,  S.  D.,  till  1889,  then  in  Elmira,  Cal.,  till  spring  of  1914  when 
he  removed  with  his  two  sons  to  Amerisk,  Alberta;  d.  there  Nov.  26,  1914.  Five 
chil.  b.  Hav.: 

(1)  Elbridge  Isaac9  b.  Oct.  19,  1868.     Resides  1914  Amerisk,  Alberta,  Can. 

(2)  Arthur  Merrill9  b.  Feb.  4,  1872;  m.  Dec.  1,  1912,  Ida  Inman.  Resides 
1914,  Amerisk,  Alberta. 

(3)  Maud  Madeline9  b.  Dec.  11,  1875;  m.  Aug.  24,  1909,  Philip  Joseph  Ross 
of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  b.  Edmundton,  N.  B.,  Dec.  5,  1868.  Resides  in  San 
Francisco. 

(4)  Abbie  Susan9  b.  June  19,  1883;  m.  July  27,  1907,  Bernard  M.,  s.  of 
Harold  Joseph  Rowney,  b.  England  May  11,  1876.  Three  chil.  (a)  Harold 
Joseph  b.  Almeda,  Cal.,  Nov.  25,  1909.  (b)  James  Carleton  b.  Almeda 
Mar.  20,  1912.  (c)  Beatrice  Maud  b.  Seattle,  Wash.,  Apr.  10, 1914.  Resides 
Seattle,  Wash. 

(5)  Will9  b.  Nov.  29,  1877;  d.  Jan.  3,  1910,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

By  secoad  marriage: 
10.  Alice  B.  b.  Hav.  Oct.  9,  1848;  m.  Mar.  24,  1871,  Chester  C,  only  s.  of  Amos  and 
Olive  Crouch  Drown,  b.  Hav.  about  1832-4.     He  d.  in  Colorado.     Lived  in  Dan- 
bury.     She  d.  Danbury  Jan.  16,  1887.     One  s.  Amos  B.  Drown  b.  Apr.  1,  1872. 

Chester  Merrill  Carleton8  (Isaac7,  Jesse9,  Samuel8,  Ensign  George4,  Thomas3, 
Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Jan.  18,  1831,  Newbury,  Vt.;  died  Sept.  18,  1807,  Lisbon, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  495 

N.  H.;  married  Apr.  18,  1865,  Martha,  daughter  Timothy  Read  and  Betsey  (Chase) 
Bacon  of  Haverhill,  born  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Oct.  17,  1839,  died  Haverhill  May  3,  1906. 
Mr.  Carleton  fitted  himself  at  a  musical  institute  in  Chicago  for  teaching  vocal  music, 
and  was  following  his  profession  in  Missouri  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 
In  Aug.  1861  he  enlisted  in  St.  Louis  in  Bissell's  Engineer  Regiment  of  the  West,  and  was 
made  Sergeant  of  Company  D.  In  the  autumn  of  1863,  the  Company  became  a  part  of 
the  25th  Missouri  Infantry,  known  as  "the  First  Engineer  Missouri  Volunteers."  He 
saw  service  with  Fremont  in  the  fall  of  1861,  was  with  Pope  in  the  spring  of  1862  at 
Island  No.  10,  with  Halleck  in  the  summer  of  that  year  in  the  march  against  Corinth, 
with  Grant  at  Vicksburg  in  1863,  and  with  Sherman  in  the  latter  part  of  his  Atlanta  cam- 
paign. During  his  term  of  service  he  was  twice  detached  for  recruiting  service  in  Mis- 
souri. After  over  three  years  service  he  was  discharged  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  Nov.  2, 
1864.  When  he  first  left  home  and  previous  to  his  going  west  he  was  in  Boston, 
property  man  in  one  of  the  theatres  there  and  a  member  of  the  Handel  and  Hayden 
Society.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Haverhill,  married  and  engaged  in  farming. 
He  lived  until  after  the  death  of  his  wife  on  a  farm  on  the  County  road  a  short  distance 
from  the  Haverhill  railway  station.  He  was  a  great  reader,  well  versed  in  the  best  of 
literature,  well  informed  in  current  events,  an  ardent  Republican  in  politics  as  was  his 
father  before  him.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Lena  Bacon9  b.  Feb.  8,  1868;    grad.  St.  Johnsbury  Academy  1887.     Has  been 

teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Georgetown,  Mass.,  for  many  years,  where  she  is 
still  (1915)  engaged.  Has  her  home  at  Haverhill  Corner,  where  she  owns  an 
attractive  residence. 

2.  Mary  Abigail9  b.  Jan.  21,  1872;  m.  Aug.  24,  1899,  Karl  Julius,  s.  of  George  and 

Louisa  (Smith)  Brvimmer  of  Lisbon,  b.  Lisbon  Dec.  23,  1872.  Resides  Lisbon; 
member  of  firm  of  George  Brummer's  Sons.  One  child:  Edward  Carleton  Briim- 
mer  b.  Lisbon  Jan.  7,  1909. 

3.  Lucia  Hazel9  b.  Apr.  19,  1874;  d.  Sept.  9,  1888. 

4.  Harry  Merrill9  b.  Apr.  6.  1879;  d.  Sept.  4,  1888. 

CARLETON 

Dudley  Carleton5  (Benjamin4,  Edward3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1)  born  Jan.  5,  1722; 
married  Abigail  Wilson.     Lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.     Twelve  children. 

Dudley  Carleton9  (Dudley5,  Benjamin4,  Edward3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1),  eldest 
son  and  second  child,  born  May  16,  1748;  married  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  February  10,  1776, 
Mehitabel  Barker,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  Vt.  Was  a  skillful  cabinetmaker,  as  the 
excellent  condition  of  furniture,  now  in  use,  made  by  him  more  than  125  years  ago 
attests.  Served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  died  April  21,  1835.  She  died  Nov. 
13,  1842,  aged  90  years.     Eleven  children  all  born  Newbury,  Vt. 

Michael  Carleton7  (Dudley8,  Dudley5,  Benjamin4,  Edward3,  Lieut.  John2,  Edward1), 
tenth  child,  born  Nov.  4,  1793;  married  Oct.  10,  1816,  Betsey,  daughter  Daniel  Putnam. 
Came  to  Haverhill  in  1812,  and  carried  on  the  business  of  cabinetmaker  and  wheelwright. 
He  died  June  20,  1876;  she  died  June  19,  1875,  aged  80  years.  They  had  eight  children 
all  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Michael8  b.  1818;  bapt.  July  18,  1823. 

2.  Sally  Putnam8  bapt.  July  18,  1823;  m.  William  H.  Burbeck      (See  Burbeck.) 

3.  Mehitable  B.8  b.  Dec.  10, 1820;  bapt.  July  18,  1823;  m.  Levi  Rodgers,  pub.  Dec.  6, 

1841.     (See  Rodgers.) 

4.  Betsey8  bapt.  Sept.  12,  1824;  m.  Sept.  28,  1847,  Stephen  I.  Roberts  of  Medford, 

Mass.     Resided  in  Claremont. 

5.  Mary        \,    .      ,     1co-f  bapt.  Sept.  2,  1827;  d.  June  5,  1856. 

6.  Martha    / twins  D'  18Z/  1m.  Nov.  5,  1863,  Eben  L.  Rowell  of  Newport. 

7.  Harriet  N.8  b.  1830;  d.  Nov.  29,  1843. 

8.  Horace  D.8  b.  1833;  m.  Mary  Ellen  Mahurin.     He  d.  July  3,  1892;  she  d.  June  18, 

1882. 


496  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Michael  Carleton8  (Michael7,  Dudley8,  Dudley5,  Benjamin4,  Edward3,  Lieut.  John*, 

Edward1),  born  ;  married  (published  Dec.  30,  1840)  Lucia  B.  Rogers,  who  died 

1843;  married,  second,  Susan  Cone,  born  Sept.  15,  1825,  died  Nov.  18,  1889.  He  died 
April  30,  1899,  aged  81  years.  Cabinetmaker  and  wheelwright;  Congregationalist; 
Republican.     Four  children  born  Haverhill,  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Louise  L.9  b.  1842;  m.  Timothy  F.  Carleton  June  17,  1873,  of  New  Ipswich;  d. 

without  chil. 

By  second  marriage: 

2.  Charles  Kimball8  b.  Aug.  8,  1846. 

3.  Anna  C.8  b.  1856;  m.  Mar.  11,  1874,  Frank  D.  Hutchins  of  Keene;  d. . 

4.  Elizabeth8  b.  1856;  m.  second  wife  Frank  D.  Hutchins. 

Charles  Kimball  Carleton9  born  Aug.  8,  1846;  married  Nov.  4,  1874,  Martha  G., 
daughter  of  Caleb  and  Philena  Poole.  She  died  June  21, 1878,  aged  23.  He  died  Woods- 
ville  Feb.  26,  1914.  Was  engaged  with  his  father  in  the  undertaking  and  wheelwright 
business  until  about  1903,  when  he  made  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Harry  D. 
Dean,  in  Woodsville.     Republican.     Congregationalist.     Two  children. 

CARPENTER 

Charles  Carpenter,  died  Mar.  1,  1894,  age  67  years,  2  months.  Nancy  A.,  wife  of 
Charles  Carpenter,  died  Jan.  22,  1895,  age  65  years,  8  days.  Rebecca  J.,  daughter 
Charles  and  N.  A.  Carpenter,  died  Feb.  18,  1853,  age  2  years  9  months,  28  days. 

CARR 

The  Carr  family  has  been  a  numerous  and  influential  one  in  Haverhill.  According  to 
the  Carr  genealogy  George  Carr1,  the  emigrant  born  in  England  about  1599,  came  to 
Plymouth  in  1620  as  ship's  carpenter  of  the  Mayflower  on  her  first  voyage,  and  his  young 
wife  was  one  of  the  unfortunate  forty-one  who  sickened  and  died  that  first  winter  1620- 
21.  His  name,  however,  is  not  given  in  the  Mayflower  list,  nor  does  it  appear  among 
those  that  are  given  in  Bradford's  History  published  by  order  of  the  Massachusetts 
legislature.  His  name  does,  however,  appear  among  those  who  first  settled  Ipswich,  and 
from  Ipswich  he  went  with  the  first  settlers  to  Colchester  on  the  Merrimack  and  May  3, 
1640,  when  the  name  of  the  township,  was  changed  to  Salisbury,  he  was  granted  an 
island  in  the  Merrimack  for  a  shipyard  and  home,  the  island  bearing  his  name  till  the 

present  time.     He  married  Elizabeth ;  died  Salisbury  Apr.  4,  1682;  she  died  May  6, 

1691.     Ten  children  born  in  Salisbury. 

James  Carr2,  (George1),  sixth  of  the  ten  children  of  George  and  Elizabeth,  born  Apr. 
28,  1650;  died  Carr's  Island,  Salisbury,  Aug.  5,  1726;  married  Nov.  14,  1677,  Mary 
Sears  of  Newbury,  Mass.  Was  made  a  freeman  1690.  Resided  in  Newbury,  Mass. 
Eight  children. 

John  Carr3  (James2,  George1)  born  Aug.  26,  1684;  married  Dec.  14,  1708,  Elizabeth 
Chase  of  Newbury.     Eleven  children. 

Daniel  Carr"  (John3,  James2,  George1)  born  July  13,  1734,  twice  married.  Came  to 
Haverhill  with  his  sons  prior  to  1800,  and  died  Haverhill  Apr.  12,  1822.  His  second  wife, 
Elizabeth,  died  Haverhill,  Jan.  24,  1819.  Three  of  the  four  children  of  Daniel  and 
Elizabeth  Carr  settled  in  Haverhill.  Moses  settled  in  Hopkinton,  and  his  daughter  and 
youngest  child  born  Newbury,  Aug.  20,  1779,  married  Nov.  15,  1803,  James  Jeffers  of 
Newbury .     (See  Jeffers . ) 

Capt.  Daniel  Carr5  (Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  July 
28,  1773;  died  North  Haverhill  Nov.  10,  1852;  married  Nov.  19,  1795,  Elizabeth  Worth, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  497 

born  Newbury  Nov.  2,  1768,  died  North  Haverhill  Sept.  18,  1836.  He  came  to  North 
Haverhill  in  1796,  and  settled  on  Brier  Hill.  Their  eight  children  were  all  born  in  North 
Haverhill. 

1.  Melinda6  b.  Sept.  12,  1796;  m.  Aug.  9,  1820,  Hiram  Carr;  two  chil. :  (1)  Samuel; 

(2)  Elizabeth. 

2.  Daniel6  b.  Jan.  31,  1798. 

3.  Frederick6  b.  Mar.  22,  1799:  m.  Feb.  14,  1821,  Betsey  Bagley  of  Topsham,  Vt.; 

d.  June  11,  1833.     No  chil. 

4.  Laura6  b.  Jan.  1,  1801;  she  d.  Mar.  14,  1882,  ae.  88  yrs.,  m.  Ebenezer  L.  Burbeck. 

(See  Burbeck.) 

5.  Samuel6  b.  Feb.  14,  1803. 

6.  Edmund6  b.  Nov.  14,  1804;  d.  Oct.  9,  1809. 

7.  Elizabeth6  b.  Apr.  27,  1806;  d.  Jan.  7,  1810. 

8.  Nancy6  b.  Mar.  12,  1809;  m.  Gershom  Kezer,  Sept.  5,  1850;  d.  Nov.  13,  1855. 

(See  Kezer.) 

Dea.  John  Carr5  (Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  13, 
1775;  died  North  Haverhill  Mar.  10,  1859;  married  Nov.  20,  1800,  Hannah  Worth, 
born  Newbury,  Mass.,  1798,  died  North  Haverhill  Mar.  2,  1855.  Farmer;  lived  on  Brier 
Hill.     Twelve  children  all  born  North  Haverhill. 

1.  Hannah6  b.  Aug.  31,  1801;  m.  Stephen  Farnham.     (See  Farnham.) 

2.  Eliza6  b.  Apr.  21,  1803;  m.  Nov.  24,  1825,  John  E.  Stafford;  lived  Waukegan,  111. 

Six  chil.:  Frank,  Grant  P.,  Levi,  Elizabeth,  Laura  A.,  William  L.  G. 

3.  Moses6  b.  May  13,  1805;  d.  unm.  Dec.  19,  1886. 

4.  John6  b.  Nov.  28,  1806. 

5.  Sarah  W.6  b.  May  24,  1808;  m.  Andrew  Crocker;  d.  July  27,  1839.     (See  Crocker.) 

6.  Edmund  W.6  b.  July  18,  1810. 

7.  David  S.6  b.  Mar.  16,  1812;  d.  Feb.  12,  1841. 

8.  Michael  B.6  b.  Feb.  19,  1814. 

9.  Daniel  C.«  b.  Feb.  7,  1816;  d.  July  30,  1823. 

10.  Hiram6  b.  Jan.  10,  1818;  m.  Dec.  25,  1839,  Mary  Crocker,  b.  Hav.  Apr.  9,  1817. 

Resided  Needham,  Mass.     Three  chil.  (1)  Emma  L.  b.  Feb.  4,  1841;  (2)  Martin 
L.  b.  Mar.  1,  1845;  (3)  Alice  W.  b.  Aug.  5,  1847. 

11.  Joshua6  b.  Mar.  1,  1820. 

12.  Laura6  b.  Jan.  16,  1822;  d.  Apr.  15,  1838. 

Dea.  Daniel  Carr*  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John5,  James2,  George1)  born  Jan.  31,  1798; 
married,  first  Feb.  9,  1823,  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Hannah  Bagley  of  Topsham, 
Vt.,  born  Aug.  7,  1799,  d.  Jan.  24,  1843;  second,  Apr.  11,  1843,  Hannah  Sawyer  of  Bath. 
She  died  Sept.  11,  1887.  He  died  Apr.  9,  1879.  Farmer  on  Brier  Hill;  Deacon  in  Bap- 
tist Church,  North  Haverhill  for  several  years.     Eight  children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Daniel7  b.  Dec.  14,  1825;  d.  Jan.  13,  1827. 

2.  Nathan  Bagley7  b.  July  24,  1827. 

3.  Francis  Bailey7  b.  Apr.  27,  1829. 

4.  Charles  Frederick7  b.  Jan.  20,  1831. 

5.  George  Edwin7  b.  Oct.  7,  1832. 

6.  Jackson  M.  V.  B.7  b.  Dec.  25,  1834;  d.  Oct.  11,  1861. 

7.  Harriet  Bagley7  b.  Aug.  7,  1837;  d.  Oct.  18,  1842. 

8.  Charlotte7  b.  Aug.  23,  1839;  d.  Feb.  18,  1840. 

Four  children  by  second  marriage: 

9.  Ezekiel  M.7  b.  June  26,  1844;  d.  Aug.  29,  1845. 

10.  Samuel  E.7  b.  Aug.  16,  1846;  d.  1890. 

11.  Daniel  E.7  b.  May  10,  1848. 

12.  Harriet  Sawyer7  b.  Sept.  12,  1850;  m.  Jan.  28,  1873,  Charles  R.  Crosby;  d.  July 

20,  1877.     One  child:  Clara  Hattie  Crosby  b.  Mar.  25.  1876;  d.  June  19,  1891. 

Maj.  Samuel  Carr9  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Haverhill  Feb. 
14,  1803;  married,  first,  Nov.  20,  1829,  Elizabeth  V.  Brewster,  died  Dec.  25,  1842,  aged 
37  years;  second,  her  sister  Rachel  H.  Brewster;  died  Feb.  16,  1867  aged  52  years,  third, 

33 


498  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Mary  Ann  Crosby.  Major  Carr  was  actively  interested  in  the  militia,  and  was  promi- 
nent in  town  affairs;  was  selectman  in  1854-55.  He  died  Dec.  1,  1889.  Six  children  by 
first  wife: 

1.  Laura  Maria7  b.  June  26,  1831. 

2.  Alma  Augusta7  b.  June  18,  1833. 

3.  Nancy  Arabella7  b.  Apr.  7,  1835. 

4.  Elizabeth  Ayers7  b.  Jan.  4,  1837;  d.  Mar.  27,  1839. 

5.  Jerome  Bonaparte7  b.  Sept.  10,  1838;  enlisted  in  1st  N.  H.  Cavalry;  taken  prisoner 

and  d.  in  rebel  prison,  Danville,  Va. 

6.  Ann  Elizabeth7  b.  May  16,  1842. 

Six  children  by  second  wife: 

7.  William  Henry7  b.  May  8,  1844;  d.  July  29,  1844. 

8.  Loren  Edgar7  b.  Aug.  12,  1846;  d.  Oct.  23,  1846. 

9.  Persis  Orette7  b.  Mar.  18,  1848;  d.  Mar.  30,  1848. 

10.  Julia  Rachel7  b.  Apr.  26,  1849. 

11.  Mary  Ida7  b.  Oct.  13,  1850;  m.  Daniel  E.  Carr.     (See  Carr.) 

12.  Samuel  Fred7  b.  Apr.  29,  1853. 

John  Carr9  (Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Haverhill  Nov.  28, 
1806;  married  Dec.  16,  1830,  Susan  C.  Rider.  Farmer,  lived  in  Haverhill;  died  Jan.  21, 
1866.     She  died  Mar.  19,  1886,  aged  76  years.     Five  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Helen  E.7  b.  May  5,  1832;  m.  Francis  B.  Carr. 

2.  Jane  Hibbard7  b.  Apr.  5,  1836;  m.,  1st,  John  Easton ;j2d,*Horace  A.  Hinckley.     Re- 

sided in  Illinois.     Two  chil.  by  first  husband. 

3.  Sarah  C.7  b.  Jan.  30,  1838;  m.  Sept.  22,  1862,  Andrew  J.  Edgerly.     (See  Edgerly.) 

4.  Susan  Augusta7  b.  1840;  d.  1840. 

5.  Byron  L.7  b.  Sept.  1843. 

Edmund  Worth  Carr8  (Dea  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  July  18, 
1810;  married  June  1,  1833,  Wealthy  Hunt,  died  Mar.  24,  1848.  She  died  June  16, 
1859.     Two  children: 

1.  Julia  Adelaide7  b.  Nov.  2,  1838;  m.  Oct.  8,  1866,  Hollis  A.  Moran  of  Derby,  Vt. 

Two  chil.  both  deceased. 

2.  Edmund  Leroy7  b.  Nov.  15,  1847. 

Michael  B.  Carr9  (Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Feb.  19,  1814; 
married  Oct.  15,  1837,  Louisa  McConnell,  born  1813,  died  Sept.  14,  1871.     He  died 
Sept.  25,  1882.     One  child. 
John  E.  b.  June  11,  1840. 

Joshua  Carr9  (Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Mar.  1,  1820; 
married  Nov.  27,  1845,  Mary  C.  Carey,  born  Rochester,  Vt.,  Sept.  10,  1820,  died  Sept. 
25,  1897.  He  died  Nov.  2,  1898.  Farmer;  lived  in  Haverhill.  He  had  gifts  of  versifi- 
cation, and  was  known  as  "the  poet  of  Brier  Hill."  He  served  on  the  Board  of  Selectmen 
in  the  important  years  of  1861-62.     Two  children: 

1.  Ellen  F.7  b.  Dec.  15,  1849;  m.  Martin  S.  Meader.     (See  Meader.) 

2.  Roselle  E.7  b.  Sept.  6,  1853;  m.  George  C.  Gale.     (See  Gale.) 

Nathan  Bagley  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel9,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1) 
born  July  27,  1827;  married  May  29,  1856,  Rosetta,  daughter  of  David  Colburn,  born 
June  29,  1826,  died  Cabot,  Vt.     Lived  in  Madison,  Wis.     Four  children. 

Francis  Bailey  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel9,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born 
Apr.  27,  1829;  married  Dec.  20,  1850,  Helen  E.,  daughter  John  and  Susan  C.  (Rider) 
Carr,  born  May  5, 1832,  died  Feb.  6, 1866.  Enlisted  in  1862  in  Eleventh  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers;  died  Sept.  19,  1919.     Two  children: 

1.  Arthur8  b.  Apr.  2,  1853.     Ft.  conductor,  B.  &  M.  R.  R.     No  children. 

2.  Walter8  V.  b.  June  2,  1855;  m.  Minnie  M.  Greene,  b.  1858.     He  d.  1904. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  499 

Charles  Frederick  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel8,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1) 
born  Jan.  10,  1831;  married  Nov.  29,  1855,  Kate  Melissa,  daughter  of  Ward  Mason. 
Enlisted  in  1862  in  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  Carpenter  and  builder. 
Resided  in  Woodsville.     Died  Feb.  28,  1912.     Five  children: 

1.  Emma  Rhoda8  b.  Aug.  11,  1856;  d.  Apr.  10,  1875. 

2.  Mary  Mabel,8  b.  July  21,  1859;  m.  Nov.  25,  1880  Fernando  C.  Gale. 

3.  Lewis8  b.  Jan.  14,  1861;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Elmer  Ellsworth8  b.  July  21,  1863;  d.  Feb.  16,  1865. 

5.  Orville  Grant8  b.  Jan.  27,  1866. 

George  Edson  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel8,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born 
Oct.  7,  1832,  married  Feb.  28,  1860,  Mary  Ann  Foster,  born  Bath  Dec.  20,  1837.  Re- 
sided in  Bath.     Four  children: 

1.  Walter  P.8  b.  Dec.  13,  1862. 

2.  William  E.8  b.  Dec.  30,  1864. 

3.  Mattie  Foster8  b.  July  1,  1870. 

4.  Deat  Milo8  b.  Oct.  26,  1872. 

Samuel  Ezekiel  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel6,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born 
Aug.  16,  1846;  married  Dorothy  Ann  Rollins.     Reside  Port  Hope,  Mich.     Two  children: 

I,  Robert  Daniel;  2,  Hattie  Grace. 

Daniel  Edmund  Carr7  (Dea.  Daniel8,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born 
May  10,  1848;  married  Oct.  2,  1882,  Mary  Ida,  daughter  Maj.  Samuel  and  Rachel 
(Brewster)  Carr.  Farmer.  Resided  North  Haverhill;  held  various  town  offices;  mem- 
ber of  New  Hampshire  House  1903,  1905;  died  Apr.  25,  1908.     One  child: 

Daniel8  b.  Apr.  10,  1884;  m.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  25,  1913,  Sadie  A.,  dau.  Edwin 
and  Helen  L.  (Brooks)  Reeves.  Farmer;  resides  on  the  farm  in  Hav.  which  has 
been  in  the  family  five  generations.    One  child:  Daniel  Edwin9  b.  Sept.  30, 1915. 

Byron  L.  Carr7  (John8,  Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  Sept., 
1843;  enlisted  in  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Cavalry;  lost  an  arm  in  action.     Studied  law, 

engaged  in  practice  in  Colorado.     Became  attorney-general  of  that  state;  died  ; 

married,  1867,  Mary  Pease.     Two  children:  1  Susan  C.8;  2,  Jerome  Byron8. 

Edmund  L.  Carr7  (Edmund  W.8,  Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born 
Nov.  15,  1847;  married  Nov.  13,  1868,  Elva  M.  Rice  of  Sutton,  Vt.     Three  children: 

1.  Flora  A.8  b.  1869;  d.  1888. 

2.  Harold  F.  b. . 

3.  lRAW.8b. . 

John  E.  Carr7  (Michael  B.8,  Dea.  John5,  Daniel4,  John3,  James2,  George1)  born  June 

II,  1840;  married,  first,  Jan.  27,  1859,  Nancy  S.  Mason.  She  died  Oct.  15,  1877,  aged 
36  years,  9  months;  married,  second,  Apr.  19,  1882,  Delia  Belden.  She  died  Jan.  15, 
1891.  He  died  Mar.  9,  1891.  He  was  active  in  town  affairs;  was  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  as  such  served  on  the  Board  of  Selectmen  in  1873,  '75  and  '76;  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  in  1878-80.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture, 
representing  Grafton  County.     Two  children  by  first  wife: 

1.  Lilla  A.8  b.  Oct.  1,  1859;  m.  Aug.  6,  1882,  Fred  S.  Carr.     They  had  three  chil.: 

(1)  Edward  S.9  b.  June  21,  1883;  (2)  Nancy  M.9  b.  July  18,  1885;  (3)  M.  Fred9  b. 
June  4,  1889. 

2.  Melvin  B.8  b.  Oct.  20,  1862. 

CARR 

Osman  Carr1  born  Lisbon  May  8,  1808;  married  Mary  C.  McConnell,  born  Pier- 
mont  Jan.  28,  1814.     Three  children: 

1.  George  A.2  b.  Pittsburg,  N.  H.,  Sept.  1,  1836. 

2.  Mary  A.2  b.  1841  Lyman. 

3.  Ann  Eliza2  b.  1846  Landaff;  m.  Rev.  Alba  B.  Carter. 


500  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

George  A.2  (Osman1)  born  Pittsburg  Sept.  1,  1836;  married  Maria  Sherman  of  Ly- 
man; died  May  13,  1903.     Four  children: 

1.  George  Irving3  b.  1864;  m.  Florence  Hillier  of  Lancaster;  d.  May  1917. 

2.  Mary3  b.  1866;  d.  1884. 

3.  Fred  A3  b.  Mar.  9,  1873. 

4.  Ned3  b.  Mar.  7,  1878. 

Fred  A.3  (George  A.2,  Osman1)  born  North  Haverhill  Mar.  9,  1873;  married  Carrie 
M.  Taylor,  daughter  of  Thomas  E.  and  Alice  (Glazier)  Taylor.     One  child: 

1.  Hazel  G.4  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  29,  1895.  Served  in  World  War  as  Reconstruction 
Aide,  Physio-Therapy, U.  S.  A.  Medical  Corps;  enrolled  Aug.  23,  1918;  assigned 
to  Base  Hospital,  Camp  Upton,  N.  Y.;  transferred  to  U.  S.  A.  Gen'l.  Hospital, 
No.  10,  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 

CARRIER 

Rev.  Frederick  L.  Carrier  born  Brimfield,  Portage  County,  O.,  Aug.  31,  1870,  son 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Edson)  Carrier.  Educated  at  Mount  Union  College,  Alliance,  O., 
and  at  St.  Lawrence  University,  Canton,  N.  Y.  Was  ordained  in  1894,  in  Woodsville, 
to  the  ministry  of  the  Universalist  denomination  and  became  the  first  pastor  of  the 
Universalist  Church  in  Woodsville.  He  enlisted  as  private  in  the  First  Regiment  New- 
Hampshire  Volunteers  in  the  Spanish-American  War  1898,  and  was  mustered  in  as  such, 
but  was  a  little  later  commissioned  as  chaplain,  and  held  this  position  till  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  resigned  his  pastorate,  in  Mar.  1902  and 
accepted  a  pastorate  in  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  and  has  held  subsequent  pastorates  in  Ohio 
and  California.  Residence  1914  Mason,  O.;  married  Mar.  4,  1902,  Gertrude  S.,  daughter 
of  John  M.  and  Maria  S.  (Chase)  Little  of  Monroe.     One  child: 

Stuart  Edson  b.  Oct.  4,  1904,  Mason,  O. 

CAWLEY 

Samuel  Cawley2,  son  of  Josiah  and  Anna  (Fullington)  Cawley1,  was  born  Jan.  1, 
1782,  in  Epping.  As  a  young  man  went  to  Canada,  but  left  there  in  1814  during  the 
war  of  his  country  with  Great  Britain  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Sanbornton  and  then  in 
Haverhill,  he  died  1842.  He  married,  first,  Betsey  Sanborn  who  died  1815;  second,  Nov. 
5,  1817,  Phebe  Howe  who  died  in  Pembroke  July  28,  1873.  He  died  Haverhill  May  18, 
1S42.     Sixteen  children. 

Chase  Sanborn  Cawley3  (Samuel2,  Josiah1)  born  May  1,  1814,  in  Stukeley,  P.  Q.; 
married  June  8,  1838,  Polly  Fairbanks  Morse,  daughter  Caleb  M.  Morse  of  Haverhill, 
born  Apr.  25,  1821.  (See  Morse.)  Stone  mason;  lived  for  a  time  in  Benton;  then  in 
Haverhill.     He  died  Oct.  9,  1895;  she  died  Oct.  4,  1895.     Seven  children: 

1.  Ruth  Barbara4  b.  Dec.  9,  1839;  d.  Mar.  1,  1841. 

2.  Nancy  Jennie4  b.  Jan.  10,  1841;  m.  Apr.  6,  1857,  Samuel  W.  Bass;  bobbin  manufac- 

turer of  Lowell,  Mass.     One  child:  (1)  William  Edgar5  (Bass). 

3.  Elliot  Johnson4  b.  Benton  Jan.  23,  1843;  farmer,  E.  Hav.;  m.,  1st,  Mar.  22,  1865, 

Ann  Wilson,  who  d.  Mar.  11,  1877.  Three  chil.:  (1)  JohnW.5  b.  May  25,  1866. 
(2)  Albert  B.5  b.  Dec.  28,  1871.  (3)  Thos.  F.8  b.  Nov.  1875;  m.,  2d,  Dec.  25, 
1878,  Nellie  M.  Welch  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

4.  Ruth  Barbara4  b.  E.  Hav.  Aug.  15,  1844;  m.  June  2,  1865,  John  D.  Worthington, 

a  druggist  of  Irasburg,  Vt.  Later  he  became  a  painter  in  Lowell,  Mass.  Two 
chil.:  (1)  Lottie  Blanche5  (Worthington)  b.  Irasburg,  Vt.,  July  2,  1868;  (2) 
George  Chase5  (Worthington)  b.  Irasburg  Feb.  15,  1871. 

5.  John  H.4  b.  E.  Hav.  Sept.  3,  1847.     Went  to  the  petroleum  section  of  Pennsylvania 

in  1864;  unm. 

6.  Sam4  b.  E.  Hav.  Sept,  29,  1849;  entered  the  employ  of  the  old  B.  C.  &  M.  R.  R.  as 

fireman;  later  went  west,  became  locomotive  engineer  on  the  Lake  Shore  and 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  501 

Michigan  Southern;  m.,  1st,  July  22,  1873,  Emma  Morton  who  d.  June  23,  1877; 

m.,  2d, . 

7.   Lillian  E.  b.  Jan.  2,  1858;  m.,  1st,  June  17,  1880,  Guy  A.,  b.  1858,  s.  of  Jesse  C.  and 
Annette  J.  Danforth  of  Danbury;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  1888  Charles  J.  Ayer. 

The  Haverhill  records  contain  the  following  under  marriages:  Apr.  14,  1846,  Nancy 
S.  Cawley  to  Andrew  E.  Johnson  of  Bridgewater. 

CHAPMAN 

George  W.  Chapman  died  Aug.  11,  1896,  aged  69  years.  Eleanor  H.  (Towle)  Chap- 
man died  Feb.  19,  1891,  aged  75  years;  born  1816.  Betsey  Colby,  1781-1855,  "a  life 
long  and  faithful  friend  and  domestic  in  the  family." 

CHASE 

Nehemiah  Chase1  and  Lucinda  Glynn  Chase  came  to  Haverhill  from  Springfield, 
Mass.,  in  1830,  and  settled  on  a  farm  on  the  road  from  Brier  Hill  to  the  Union  Meeting 
House. 

Nehemiah  Chase,  1785-1847;  Lucinda  Chase,  wife,  1792-1881;  Sophronia  Frost, 
daughter,  1820-1860;  Glenville  Chase,  1816-1848;  Ada  Chase,  1818-1888. 

Albert  Chase2  (Nehemiah1)  born  Springfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  12,  1827;  married 
Haverhill  Dec.  17,  1854,  Phebe,  daughter  Horace  Battis.  He  died  Aug.  29,  1892;  she 
died  June  21,  1913.  He  was  a  farmer,  owned  a  sawmill  and  was  in  the  wood  and  lum- 
ber business.     Democrat.     Three  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Frank  L.  Chase3  b.  Sept.  27,  1855;  m.  Nov.  25,  1880,  Mary  A.,  dau.  Benj.  F.  Hay- 

wood, b.  Aug.  2,  1855,  d.  Feb.  2,  1903.  No  chil.  He  lives  on  the  homestead  of 
his  father.     Democrat. 

2.  Ella  F.3  b.  June  28,  1863;  m.  1892  F.  H.  Clark,  s.  Ira  B.  Clark.     (See  Clark.) 

3.  Charles  W.  Chase3  (Albert2,  Nehemiah1)  b.  Feb.  11,  1873;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  1894, 

Emily  J.  Newell,  d.  Aug.  28,  1902;  m.,  2d,  May  5,  1904,  Hattie  L.  Robinson,  d. 
Jan.  3,  1907;  m.,  3d,  Aug.  15,  1908,  Alta  E.  Coulter.  Farmer;  Democrat;  lives 
Brier  Hill.  Five  chil.  b.  Hav.:  (1)  Frank  C."  b.  Feb.  26,  1909,  d.  Aug.  1,  1909;  (2) 
Henry  A.  b.  May  25,  1910;  (3)  Alvah  H.  b.  Mar.  25,  1912;  (4)  Catherine  R.  b. 
Apr.  15,  1914;  (5)  Josephine  L.  b.  Oct.  10,  1915. 

CHASE 

David  Chase  born  Mar.  25,  1795.     Dolly,  his  wife,  died  Feb.  17,  1881,  aged  83  years. 
Nathan  M.  Chase  died  Jan.  29,  1858,  aged  37  years.     Elizabeth  D.,  wife  N.  M. 
Chase  and  Marcus  B.  Jackson,  died  Oct.  22,  1898,  77  years,  7  months. 

Melvina  W.  Morse,  dau.  David  and  Dolly  Chase,  d.  Nov.  2,  1879,  54  yrs. 
Harlan  W.  Chase,  s.  Nathan  M.,  d.  Feb.  3,  1864,  15  yrs.,  3  mos. 
Ella  W.  Chase,  dau.  Nathan  M.,  d.  Feb.  15,  1864,  9  yrs.,  5  mos. 

CHENEY 

Nathaniel  Cheney1  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Oct.  7,  1747;  grandson  of  the  notable 
Mrs.  Hannah  Dustin;  married  Elizabeth  Ela.     Ten  children. 

Moses  Cheney2  (Nathaniel1),  third  child,  eldest  son;  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Dec.  15, 
1779;  married  Abigail  Leavitt.  Became  Freewill  Baptist  minister,  and  later  Calvinist 
Baptist;  also  farmer  in  Vermont;  singer  and  hymn  writer;  described  as  "strong- 
minded,  yet  versatile,  popular,  yet  faithful";  preached  about  fifty  years,  and  occasionally 
till  the  time  of  his  death  in  Sheffield,  Vt.,  Aug.  9,  1856.  She  died  Derby,  Vt.,  Apr.  12, 
1862.  Most  of  his  twelve  children  were  greatly  gifted  with  music,  four  of  his  sons, 
Moses  E.,  Nathaniel,  Simeon  P.,  and  Joseph  Y.,  becoming  famous  as  teachers  of  singing 


502  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

schools,  and  with  their  sister  Elizabeth,  under  the  name  of  the  "Cheney  Family"  giving 
concerts  for  two  years  in  New  York,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  and  Massachusetts, 
beginning  in  New  York  City  in  Oct.,  1845. 

Joseph  Y.  Cheney3  (Moses2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Meredith  Apr.  17,  1820;  married  Sept. 
12,  1849,  Juliette,  daughter  Dr.  John  McNab,  born  Sept.  13,  1824,  died  Aug.  9,  1881. 
He  died  Apr.  17,  1886.  Like  his  brothers  he  was  a  popular  teacher  of  singing  school, 
and  frequently  during  the  winter  season  he  would  conduct  them  each  evening  during  the 
week  with  two  or  three  extra  afternoons.  His  Woodsville  home  was  the  Russell  King 
house,  on  the  hill,  probably  the  oldest  in  the  village,  now  (1916)  occupied  by  Robert  H. 
Park.  Fond  of  a  story,  with  a  keen  sense  of  humor,  he  was  a  favorite  in  social  circles. 
His  "Woodchuck  sermon"  will  never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  were  privileged  to  hear 
it.  His  early  life  gave  him  familiarity  with  the  peculiarities  of  the  Freewill  Baptists, 
and  his  reproduction  of  "the  heavenly  tone"  affected  by  some  of  the  early  preachers  was 
perfect.  He  "brightened  the  corner  where  he  lived,"  a  good  man,  a  good  citizen.  Four 
children: 

1.  Katherine  J.4  b.  Jan.  24,  1853;  d.  Dec.  27,  1886. 

2.  Carlos  M."  b.  Sept.  5,  1855;  d.  July  25,  1856. 

3.  John  McNab4  b.  Jan.  6,  1859;  studied  law,  and  is  engaged  in  a  successful  practice 

in  Orlando,  Fla.  Was  U.  S.  district  attorney,  and  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
U.  S.  District  Court  by  President  Taft  in  the  closing  days  of  his  administration,  but 
the  senate  on  partisan  grounds  solely  neglected  to  confirm  the  appointment,  in 
order  that  the  vacancy  might  be  filled  by  a  Democratic  president.  Married, 
1886,  Elizabeth  Alexander  of  Bristol.  Two  s.,  graduates  of  Dartmouth,  Donald 
Alexander,  Joseph  Y.;  one  dau.,  Glenn  A. 

4.  Cynthia  R.4  b.  July  11,  1862;  m.,  1st.,  Jan.,  2,  1885,  Child  R.  Page  who  d.  of  con- 

sumption a  little  later;  2nd,  Gilbert  M.  Dow.     (See  Dow.) 

CHENEY 

David  Cheney  died  Apr.  28,  1884,  86  years.  Hannah  Taylor,  wife  of  David  Cheney, 
died  Jan.  10,  1878,  80  years. 

CLIFFORD 

Alden  S.  Clifford  died  May  23,  1874,  aged  64  years,  9  months.  Lydia  S.,  wife  of 
George,  died  June  1, 1882,  aged  70  years,  1  month.  Burrage  Clifford  born  Feb.  21,  1831 ; 
died  Dec.  31,  1895.     Lydia  S.  Clifford  born  Jan.  20,  1836;  died  Feb.  20,  1865. 

CLIFFORD 

Thomas  K.  Clifford  born  Sept.  19, 1822;  married  Oct.  11, 1844,  Chastina  McConnell, 
born  May  31,  1819,  died  Sept.  10,  1897.     He  died  Apr.  4,  1897.     Children: 

1.  Martin  J.  Clifford  m.  Aug.  4,  1869,  Abbie  J.  Blodgett,  dau.  of  Lorenzo  D.  and 

Clara  Blodgett  of  Stewartstown. 

2.  Susie  E.  Clifford  b.  Nov.  4,  1858;  m.  Nov.  6,  1879,  George  H.,  s.  of  L.  Badger 

and  Lydia  B.  (Titus)  St.  Clair.    She  d.  Nov.  21,  1890. 

3.  Sidney  E.  d.  May  30,  1870,  ae.  15. 

4.  Thomas  E.  d.  Mar.  2,  1871,  ae  14. 

CLOUGH 

William  Clough1  born  June  19,  1734;  died  Aug.  21,  1798.  Moved  with  his  wife, 
Elizabeth,  to  Lyman  from  Salem,  N.  H.;  served  in  French  and  Indian  War  three  years; 
was  captured  and  carried  to  France  where  he  was  imprisoned  for  about  a  year;  served 
without  enlistment  in  Revolution  and  fought  in  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

Abner  Clotjgh2  (William1)  born  May  6,  1777;  died  July  6, 1833;  married  Nancy , 

born  Mar.  20,  1786,  died  June  11,  1842.     Abner  and  Nancy  had  13  children. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  503 

Jeremiah  Clough3  (Abner2,  William1)  born  1816;  died  1894;  married  Martha  Buck 

June  20,  1849.     Had  four  children: 

Arthur  C.<  b.  May  14,  1850;  d.  Aug.  24,  1917. 

Albert  H.4  b.  Dec.  14,  1851. 

Wallace4  b.  Mar.  15,  1855. 

Mary4  b.  Jan.  22,  1860;  d.  Mar.  16,  1898. 

Arthur  Clough4  (Jeremiah3,  Abner2,  William1)  born  in  Bath  May  14,  1850;  married 

Kate  Elizabeth  Sutherland  of  Bath,  N.  H.,  daughter  of  John  and  Mehitable  Sutherland 

and  granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  David  Sutherland  who  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Bath 

in  1803.     Moved  to  Haverhill  in  1884;  represented  town  in  the  legislature  and  served 

several  years  as  county  commissioner.     Seven  children: 

David5  b.  Mar.  10,  1881;  d.  Mar.  13,  1881. 

John  S.5  b.  Mar.  17,  1882;  m.  Stella  Marden;  one  child,  Wallace  S.8,  b.  Aug.  19, 

1919;  contractor  and  builder. 
Martha  C.5  b.  Oct.  1,  1883;  m.  Theodore  Chamberlain;  two  chil.,  Phineas  A.6  and 

Kate  Elizabeth6;  reside  in  South  Acton,  Mass. 
William  J.5  b.  Jan.  22,  1885;  m.  Nell  M.  Sargent  Mar.  24,  J1914;  lives  in  Hav.; 

farmer;  served  five  terms  as  selectman. 
Kate  A.5  b.  Oct.  1,  1887. 

Samuel  S.5  b.  Mar.  20,  1889;  m.  Etta  M.  Pike;  lives  in  Hav.;  farmer. 
Anna  M.5  b.  Jan.  12,  1893;  is  training  at  Mary  Fletcher  Hospital,  Burlington,  Vt. 
Ellen  P.5  b.  May  8,  1894;  is  training  at  Mary  Fletcher  Hospital,  Burlington,  Vt. 

COBURN 

Jonathan  Coburn1  born  1810;  married  Dec.  12,  1836,  Philena,  daughter  Josiah  and 
Lydia  (Goodwin)  Jeffers,  born  Haverhill  July  22,  1816;  died  Mar.  20,  1850.  He  died 
Apr.  22,  1892. 

Willard  W.  Coburn2  (Jonathan1)  born  Bath  Sept.  22,  1844;  married,  first,  Nov. 
1865  Clara  A.,  daughter  Jonas  G.  and  Angeline  (Whitman)  Brown  of  Benton,  born  July 
8,  1847;  died  July  12,  1872;  married,  second,  June  15,  1875,  Abbie  K.,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Betsey  (Clark)  Pennock,  born  Haverhill  Feb.  4,  1841.  He  enlisted  Aug. 
18,  1862,  Company  G.,  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  was  mustered  in  Sept.  2, 
1862,  was  seriously  wounded  at  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862,  and  discharged  for 
disabilities  caused  by  this  wound  Sept.  20,  1863.  Lived  in  Benton  after  his  first  mar- 
riage till  about  1870  when  he  came  to  North  Haverhill  where  since  resided,  following  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  builder,  and  taking  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town. 
He  was  prominent  in  G.  A.  R.  circles.  Was  an  Odd  Fellow  and  Mason,  Republican, 
and  Adventist.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1883;  selectman  1887, 
1888,  and  supervisor  of  checklist  since  1904.  He  was  a  useful  citizen,  filling  positions 
of  trust  and  honor  with  credit  to  himself  and  town.  He  died  Nov.  20,  1919.  Two 
children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Olive  V.3  b.  Benton  May  6, 1868;  m.,  1st,  Nov.  6, 1889,  West  B.  Cass,  who  d.  Woods- 

ville  Mar.  5, 1891 ;  m.,  2nd,  Russell  T.  Bartlett,  Oct.  2,  1895.   Reside  in  Woodsville. 

2.  Adna3  b.  June  13,  1869;  d.  Hav.  Apr.  21,  1879. 

By  second  marriage: 

3.  Bessie  C.»  b.  Hav.  Apr.  21,  1879;  m.  Dec.  1,  1897,  David  R.  Cole  of  St.  Johnsbury, 

Vt.;  resides  St.  Johnsbury. 

4.  Gerry  W.3  b.  Hav.  Oct.  30, 1880;  m.  Oct.  19, 1904,  Flora  A.  Green  of  Danville,  Vt. 

COGSWELL 

Thomas  J.  Cogswell,  1806-1857.  Ruth,  wife  of  Thomas  J.  Cogswell,  1816-1892. 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  and  Ruth  Cogswell,  1848-1849.  Thomas  N.,  son  of 
Thomas  J.  and  Ruth  Cogswell,  1849-1854. 


504  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

COLBY 

John  L.  Colby  is  the  son  of  Fred  H.  and  Rose  J.  Colby.     He  was  born  in  Mclndoes 

Falls  July  17,  1879.    Was  educated  at  Mclndoes  and  St.  Johnsbury  academies.    Entered 

the  employ  of  Armour  &  Co.     Married  Apr.  9,  1902,  Maude  A.  Hosford,  daughter  of 

Hon.  Charles  H.  Hosford,  born  June  29,  1880.     Came  to  Woodsville  to  live  at  that  time. 

Five  children: 

Nadine  H.  b.  July  17,  1904. 
Alta  J.  b.  June  22,  1908. 
Flavia  J.  b.  Mar.  31,  1910. 
Charles  H.  b.  Oct.  7,  1912. 
Delphine  R.  b.  July  25,  1917. 

COLLINS 

Eli  D.  Collins,  son  of  Phineas  and  Mary  Collins,  was  born  in  Gilford,  Vt.,  Dec.  20, 
1831,  and  died  in  Woodsville  Nov.  20,  1899.  He  was  married  in  Worcester  Feb.  11, 
1853,  to  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary  Huse.  She  was  born  in  Harvard, 
Mass.,  Mar.  30,  1836.  Lived  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  and  Claremont,  and  came  to  Woodsville 
in  1878.     Children: 

1.  Laforest  E.  Collins  b.  Ayer,  Mass.,  Apr.  24,  1855;  m.  Dec.  15,  1904,  to . 

2.  Mary  O.  Collins  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  June  27,  1859. 

3.  Della  M.  Collins  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Nov.  26,  1861. 

4.  Charles  H.  Collins  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  June  22,  1864;  d.  July  14,  1865. 

5.  Mertie  E.  Collins  b.  Claremont  Feb.  12,  1866. 

6.  Lettie  M.  Collins  b.  Claremont  Nov.  4,  1868;  m.  Lem  Miller. 

CORNELL 

Edward  B.  Cornell  born  Craftsbury,  Vt.;  son  of  Zebulon  A.  and  Mary  A.  (Metcalf) 
Cornell;  educated  in  public  schools  and  Craftsbury  Academy,  University  of  Vermont, 
graduating  in  class  of  1907.  Instructor  in  modern  languages  one  year  in  Frederick  Col- 
lege, Frederick,  Md;  in  1908  became  principal  of  Haverhill  Academy.  Married  July 
20,  1909,  Lillian  Gertrude  Hedges  of  Middletown,  Md.  Resigned  to  accept  a  better 
position  elsewhere  in  Feb.,  1918. 

CORLISS 

Isaac  Corliss  died  Mar.  19,  1862,  aged  78  years,  13  days.  Dorothy  Corliss,  wife  of 
Isaac  Corliss,  died  Apr.  7,  1851,  aged  46  years,  9  months. 

Isaac  Corliss  b.  Jan.  1,  1828;  d.  Mar.  27,  1898;  m.  Esther  Corliss.  Chil.:  Lubin 
I.  Corliss  d.  Aug.  25,  1862,  9  mos.,  7  days;  John  H.  Corliss  d.  Aug.  30,  1862,  ae. 
6  yrs.,  2  mos.,  17  days. 

CRAIG 

William  Craig1  born  Erskine,  Renfrew,  Scotland,  1753;  married  about  1771  Margaret 
Mclnlay  (McKinley).  Came  to  America  in  1784  and  settled  in  Ryegate,  Vt.  He  died 
1807;  she  died  1823.     Eight  children,  the  five  eldest  born  in  Scotland. 

John  Craig2  (William1)  born  Scotland  Aug.  5, 1776;  came  to  Ryegate  with  his  parents; 
married,  first,  Mar.  2,  1806,  Jean,  daughter  of  Alexander  Miller,  born  Apr.  1,  1787,  died 
Jan.  17,  1819;  second,  Dec.  30,  1819,  Mary  Dickey  of  Topsham,  Vt.  Settled  in  South 
Ryegate,  Vt.;  built  saw-  and  grist  mill  and  place  was  known  as  Craig's  Mills.  He  died 
1859;  she  died  1853.     Five  children  by  first  marriage;  seven  by  second. 

Robert  Miller  Craig3  (John2,  William1),  only  son  and  youngest  child  by  first  mar- 
riage, born  Dec.  17,  1813;  married  Jan.  24,  1839,  Nancy,  daughter  Daniel  Keenan,  born 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  505 

Ireland  Nov.  7,  1817,  died  Topsham,  Vt.,  Jan.  4,  1878.     He  died  May  10,  1855.     Eight 
children  born  Ryegate,  Vt. : 

1.  Daniel  R.4  b.  Mar.  27,  1840.     Enlisted  Co.  G,  6th  Vt.  Vols.;   taken  prisoner  in 

Battle  of  the  Wilderness;   confined  in  Andersonville,  exchanged  and  died  Wash- 
ington a  week  later. 

2.  William  P."  b.  Sept.  16,  1842;  d.  Mar.  7,  1843. 

3.  Albert  Edward4  b.  Apr.  10,  1844. 

4.  William  P.4  b.  Dec.  28,  1845.      Enlisted  Co.  G,  6th  Vt.  Vols.;  killed  at  Funkstown, 

Md.,  July  10,  1863. 

5.  Martha  L.4  b.  Nov.  8,  1847;  d.  June  15,  1872. 

6.  Margaret  Jane4  b.  May  27,  1850;  d.  May  10,  1905. 

7.  Rockwell  F.4  b.  Apr.  30,  1852;    m.  July  1875  Lizzie  Buswell;    resides  Marlow, 

N.  H.     Two  chil. 

8.  Mary  E.4  b.  Nov.  20,  1853;  m.  1875  Forrest  Mills. 

Albert  Edward  Craig4  (Robert  M.3,  John2,  William1)  born  Ryegate,  Vt.,  Apr.  10, 
1844.  Enlisted  with  his  two  brothers  (see  above)  in  Company  G,  Sixth  Vermont  Vol- 
unteers and  was  with  that  fighting  regiment  through  the  war.  He  returned  to  Topsham, 
Vt.,  for  a  time;  engaged  in  farming.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Dodge  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  at  Bradford,  Vt.,  again  engaged  in  farming  at  Bradford  and  Piermont.  About 
1890  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Pike  Mfg.  Co.  at  Pike,  and  some  five  years  later  came 
to  Woodsville  where  he  lived,  a  respected  and  useful  citizen  till  his  death.  He  married 
Oct.  18,  1870,  Katherine  Haslett,  born  St.  Gila,  P.  Q.,  Sept.  3,  1848,  died  Dec.  29,  1905. 
He  died  Dec.  26,  1914.     Three  children: 

1.  Ernest  E.5  b.  Topsham,  Vt.,  Sept.  21,  1871. 

2.  Etta  E.5  b.  June  29,  1873;  m.  Dec.  17,  1895  Elmer  E.,  s.  of  Leonard  J.  Brown. 

3.  George  A.6  b.  June  28,  1877;  d.  July  6,  1877. 

Ernest  E.  Craig5  (Albert  Edward4,  Robert  M.3,  John2,  William1)  born  Topsham,  Vt., 
Sept.  21,  1871;  married  Feb.  17,  1892,  Martha  Adella,  daughter  Henry  and  Martha 
(Parker)  Sly  of  Woodsville,  born  May  13,  1872.  Was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Haverhill  Academy.  Went  to  Stoneham  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  was  employed 
in  the  grocery  and  provision  business,  until  about  1891,  when  he  came  to  Woodsville, 
and  was  with  Q.  A.  Scott  in  the  clothing  business,  and  later  with  the  American  Express 
Co.,  until  1900,  when  he  went  into  the  grocery  business  until  Dec,  1909,  when  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Armour  Co.,  first  as  travelling  salesman  till  July  1912,  when  he  became 
general  manager  of  their  wholesale  store  in  Woodsville.  He  is  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow, 
and  in  the  latter  fraternity  has  held  prominent  place.  A  member  of  Moosehillock  Lodge, 
No.  25,  he  passed  all  the  chairs  of  the  subordinate  and  grand  lodges,  and  in  Oct.  1907 
became  grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge.  A  Republican  in  politics  he  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  public  affairs,  served  as  member  of  the  school  board  for  five  years,  super- 
visor of  check  list  four  years,  and  selectman  two  years  1908,  1909.  Attends  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.     One  child: 

Harry  Earle6  b.  Woodsville  Mar.  15,  1893.     In  employ  of  Armour  Co.  as  sales- 
man, Portland,  Me. 

CRAWFORD 

John  Crawford  born  May  20,  1855;  died  May  24,  1899.  Nettie  S.  Large,  his  wife, 
born  Mar.  22,  1859;  died  Apr.  23,  1898.  Nettie,  daughter  John  and  Nettie  S.  Crawford, 
born  Aug.  5,  1886;  died  Feb.  28,  1887. 

CROCKER 

Andrew  Savage  Crocker  was  one  of  the  pre-revolutionary  settlers  of  Haverhill. 
He  was  a  brother  of  the  wife  of  Col.  Asa  Porter  and  came  to  Haverhill  from  Hollis, 


506  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

where  he  had  lived  a  short  time  soon  after  the  coming  of  his  distinguished  brother-in-law 
and  settled  at  Horse  Meadow  near  Col.  Porter.  His  name  appears  in  the  town  records  as 
early  as  1771,  when  he  was  elected  selectman  and  between  that  year  and  1801  he  was 
eleven  times  re-elected  to  that  important  office.  He  was  also  town  clerk  for  several  years, 
and  filled  other  positions  of  honor. 

He  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  the  son  of  John  Crocker,  Esq.,  in  1743. 
Married  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  Sept.  10,  1769  Shua  Thurston,  born  1749,  died  in  Haverhill 
Feb.  19,  1827.  He  died  July  17,  1821.  The  records  show  that  he  took  an  active  and 
leading  part  in  the  early  development  of  the  town.  He  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace  by  commission  from  the  British  Government  in  the  colonial  days,  and  while  it  is 
not  known  that  he  was  openly  charged  with  being  a  Tory  during  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, as  was  his  brother-in-law,  there  is  evidence  that  he  was,  at  least,  not  heartily  in 
sympathy  with  the  patriot  cause.  (See  biographical  sketch  in  chapter  on  Early  Settlers 
and  Settlement.)     Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Mary  b.  Aug.  18,  1770. 

2.  Edward  Bass  b.  Aug.  21,  1781. 

Mr.  Crocker  was  a  man  of  high  social  position,  and  commanded  the  respect  of  the 
community  by  his  fine  qualities  of  character.  He  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Haver- 
hill Church  July  7,  1801.  John  Smith,  who  had  been  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
Haverhill  Church  in  1802,  was  deposed  Jan.  14,  1807,  for  gross  immoralities  of  which  he 
had  confessed  himself  guilty.  The  next  day  Jan.  15,  Andrew  Savage  Crocker  and  wife 
were  brought  before  the  church,  charged  "with  secreting  the  crime  of  Smith."  They 
acknowledged  that  they  had  knowledge  of  it  at  the  time  of  his  ordination,  but  believing 
that  great  harm  would  be  done  by  the  scandal  arising  from  his  exposure,  they  decided  to 
keep  their  knowledge  to  themselves.  They  acknowledged  their  mistake  for  which  they 
professed  themselves  penitent,  and  after  due  deliberation,  the  hand  of  fellowship  was 
continued. 

Edward  Bass  Crocker,  son  of  Andrew  Savage  and  Shua  (Thurston)  Crocker,  born 
Haverhill,  Aug.  21,  1781;  married  Elizabeth  Gibson  of  Hillsborough,  born  Aug.  20,  1776, 
died  June  1,  1829.  She  died  Mar.  24,  1853.  He  lived  with  his  father  at  Horse  Meadow 
till  the  early  part  of  the  last  century,  when  the  family  spent  a  few  years  on  the  Isle  of 
Orleans  in  the  St.  Lawrence  just  below  Quebec.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  1812 
the  family  returned  to  Horse  Meadow.  Edward  B.  Crocker  and  his  wife  and  eldest  son, 
Moses,  who  died  in  infancy,  Dec.  28,  1809,  are  buried  in  the  family  lot,  Horse  Meadow  . 
Cemetery.  They  had  six  children:  1,  Moses;  2,  Andrew  born  1808,  died  Feb.  25,  1840; 
3,  Edward;  4,  Giles;  5,  Frederick;  6,  Mary  born  Haverhill,  Jan.  10,  1817.  Andrew  died 
in  Cuba  in  1840,  Giles  in  Mobile  Ala.,  and  Edward  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  all  three  in  the 
same  year.  Andrew  married  Mar.  10,  1830,  Sarah  Worth,  daughter  Dea.  John  Carr  of 
North  Haverhill,  born  May  24,  1808,  died  July  27,  1839.  (See  Carr.)  Edward  read 
law  with  Joseph  Bell  and  practiced  until  his  death  in  New  Orleans;  unmarried.  Giles 
died  unmarried.  The  names  of  the  three  last  mentioned  are  inscribed  on  a  stone  in  the 
family  lot,  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 

Andrew  and  Sarah  Worth  (Carr)  Crocker  had  two  children:  1,  Hannah  born  Oct.  16, 
1831,  unmarried,  lived  in  Plainfield,  N.  J.;  2,  Elizabeth  born  June  5,  1833,  died  Dec.  22, 
1835. 

Mary,  youngest  child  and  only  daughter  Edward  Bass  Crocker,  born  Haverhill,  Apr. 
9,  1817;  married  Dec.  25,  1839,  Hiram,  son  of  Dea.  John  Carr  of  Haverhill  (Brier  Hill). 
Three  children.     (See  Carr.) 

The  youngest  son  of  Andrew  Savage  Crocker,  Frederick,  born  Isle  of  Orleans  1811; 
went  south  in  1842  and  engaged  in  business.     He  married  1840  Hannah  B.  Dodge  of 


HISTORY  OF    HAVERHILL  507 

Bath.  They  had  a  family  of  twelve  children  and  their  descendants  are  widely  scattered. 
In  1859  went  to  northwestern  Pennsylvania  and  engaged  in  the  production  of  petroleum 
being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  this  great  industry,  and  meeting  with  great  success.  (See 
sketch,  Bittinger's,  pp.  321,  322.) 

CROCKER 

Samuel  Hooker  Crocker7  (Thomas9,  Josiah5,  Benjamin4,  William3,  Joseph2,  Dea. 
William1)  born  Apr.  23,  1819,  at  Pawlet,  Vt.,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Hooker) 
Crocker  of  Barnstable,  Mass.  He  died  at  Greenville,  Bond  County,  111.,  Dec.  28,  1876, 
where  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile  and  milling  business;  was 
sheriff,  county  collector  of  taxes  and  postmaster.  He  was  twice  married,  first  in  Illinois 
to  Harriet  Jane  Ferguson  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  Caroline,  marrying  Albert  F. 
Kimball,  town  clerk  of  Haverhill.  He  married,  second  Dec.  20,  1859,  Abiah  Worth 
Morse,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Kendall  Morse,  born  Apr.  30,  1830,  died  at  the  home 
of  her  son  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  Nov.  15,  1911.  (See  Morse.)  Mrs.  Crocker  was  a  woman  of 
rare  excellence  of  character,  educated  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  Newbury  seminary,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  previous  to  her  marriage  was  a  teacher  in  Benton,  Warren,  and 
Haverhill  schools.  Owing  to  the  ill  health  of  her  father,  and  the  death  of  his  wife,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Crocker  came  to  Haverhill  in  1865,  and  resided  with  him  till  after  his  death  and 
the  settlement  of  his  estate,  returning  to  Greenville,  111.,  in  1872.  While  living  in 
Haverhill  he  took  an  active  part  in  town  affairs,  and  served  as  selectman  in  1871  and 
1872.  Politically  he  was  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  a  man  of  sound  business  judg- 
ment, and  integrity  of  character.     Four  children  by  second  marriage: 

1.  Hattie  Lora  b.  Greenville;  d.  Jan.  2,  1862. 

2.  May  b.  Greenville  July  2,  1863;  d.  Aug.  3,  1863. 

3.  Flavius  Morse  Crocker  b.  Oct.  6,  1865,  Hav.;  B.  S.  Univ.  Michigan  1889;  civil 

engineer  and  architect.     Resides  Cincinnati,  O. 

4.  Herbert  Samuel  Crocker  b.  Hav.  June  20,  1867;  B.  S.  Univ.  Michigan  1889;  m. 

Aug.  10,  1895,  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  Mrs.  Ermina  Elizabeth  (Wheeler)  Perry,  dau.  of 
Frederick  F.  Wheeler  of  Norwalk,  Conn.  In  1895,  civil  engineer  in  charge  of 
construction  of  bridges  in  Hamilton,  Ont.,  consulting  engineer.  Resides  Denver, 
Col. 

CROOK 

William  W.  Crook  born  Aug.  21,  1843,  Haddam,  Conn.,  son  Chauncey  W.  and  Sylvia 
Lucretia  (Dowd)  Crook;  married  Nov.  7,  1886,  Nellie  B.,  daughter  Haran  and  Lydia 
(Martin)  Wilmot  of  North  Haverhill,  born  Jan.  5,  1866.     Children: 

1.  Stanley  W.  b.  Oct.  13,  1887. 

2.  Hazel  A.  b.  May  22,  1892. 

Mr.  Crook  is  of  an  old  Connecticut  family.  He  enlisted  in  the  summer  of  1862  in 
the  fifteenth  Connecticut  Volunteer  and  served  through  the  war,  his  discharge  being 
dated  June  27,  1865.  He  lived  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  and  in  Maine  until  he  came  to 
New  Hampshire  in  1879  and  to  North  Haverhill  in  1880,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.     Was  for  many  years  a  traveling  salesman. 

CROSS 

William  Cross  was  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  1742,  and  after  his  marriage  to  Abigail 
Ladd,  sister  of  Judge  Ezekiel  Ladd,  came  to  Haverhill  in  1788.  He  was  for  many  years 
the  faithful  and  trusty  sexton  of  the  Ladd  Street  Meetinghouse,  and  was  at  all  times 
punctual  in  ringing  the  9  o'clock  evening  bell,  the  signal  for  putting  out  the  candle  lights 
and  preparing  for  rest.* 

*  The  Ladd  Street  Bell,  page  14. 


508  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

"Mr.  Cross  was  60  years  of  age  when  I  was  brought  to  Haverhill,  and  for  forty  years 
thereafter  he  and  I  were  almost  constant  companions.  It  was  said  and  truly  too  that  no 
one  knew  how  to  ring  the  bell  like  Deacon  Cross,  for  it  always  knew  his  moods  and 
responded  to  his  touch  like  a  stringed  instrument  under  a  master's  hand.  I  loved  the 
good  old  man  and  did  my  best  for  him.  "f 

"Judge  Ladd's  house  stood  on  the  east  side  of  the  street,  nearest  to  the  church;  Sam 
Ladd's  on  the  Woodward  place;  Moody  Ladd's  opposite  the  Henry  Bailey  house;  John 
Ladd's  on  the  old  Smith  place;  David  Ladd's  the  place  recently  owned  by  Mr  Williams; 
James  Ladd's  across  the  street  from  the  William  Cross  house  where  lived  the  sister  Abigail . 
Jonathan  Ladd's  was  the  old  gristmill  house,  now  owned  by  Mr.  Lyman. " 

In  the  Haverhill  Cemetery  there  is  a  lot  containing  four  graves,  the  combined  ages  of 

three  person  buried  there  is  about  295  years,  and  the  fourth  brings  the  number  up  to  371 

years. 

William  Cross  d.  Hav..  N.  H.,  May  23,  1843,  ae.  106 jrs.,  7.mos. 
Abigail  Cross  d.  Hav.  Apr.  30,  1841,  ae.  97  yrs. 
Children : 

R.  W.  Jeremy  L.  Cross  d.  Jan.  26,  1866,  ae.  76  yrs.,  7  mos. 
Eliza  Cross  d.  Sept.  21,  1887,  ae.  97  yrs.,  2  mos.,  20  days. 

Jeremy  L.  Cross  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability,  but  of  somewhat  limited 
education,  but  was  very  prominent  as  a  Free  Mason,  holding  the  highest  position  in  that 
order.     He  was  regarded  as  the  best  authority  on  the  practical  working  of  the  system. 

Eliza  Cross  was  a  woman  of  great  strength  of  character,  a  zealous  worker  in  the 
church,  and  at  one  time  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school.  She  gave  the  first  library 
for  the  use  of  the  schools  in  Haverhill :  one  hundred  books  each  to  the  school  at  Ladd 
Street,  at  the  Corner,  and  at  East  Haverhill. 

m.  Prudence  Cross  to  Ebenezer  Rice,  Mar.  24,  1774. 
m.  Uriah  Cross  to  Mary  Minchin,  Mar.  20,  1777. 
m.  Molly  Cross  to  Jacob   Gideons,  Feb.  16,  1792. 
m.  Polly  Cross  to  Jacob  Woodward,  Mar.  5,  1795. 
m.  Ephraim  Cross  to  Mehitable  Corliss,  Dec.  18,  1790. 
m.  Deborah  Cross  to  Timothy  Hutchins,  Feb.  10,  1805. 
m.  Abigail  L.  Cross  to  Thomas  Snell,  Sept.  20,  1814. 

CROUCH 

Ephraim  Crouch  died  July  18,  1855,  75  years.  Rebekah,  wife  of  Ephraim  Crouch, 
died  Jan.  22,  1842,  42  years.  Abigail,  wife  of  Ephraim  Crouch,  died  Oct.  7,  1851,  54 
years. 

CUMMINGS 

Isaac  Cummings1  born  1601;  died  May  1677.  Came  from  Scotland  to  New  England 
in  1627.     Was  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  as  early  as  1639. 

Isaac  Cummings2  (Isaac1)  born  1633;  married  Nov.  27,  1659,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Grace  Andrews;  lived  in  Ipswich;  was  selectman,  constable,  treasurer, 
tythingman,  deacon  of  church  1686;  died  1721.     She  died  1712.     Ten  children. 

Isaac  Cummings3  (Isaac2,  Isaac1)  born  Topsfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  15, 1664;  married,  first, 
Dec.  25,  1688,  Alice,  daughter  Thomas  and  Alice  (French)  Howlett;  second,  Nov.  23, 
1696,  Frances  Sherwin.     He  died  Aug.  7,  1746.     Seven  children. 

Isaac  Cummings4  (Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1)  born  Topsfield,  Mass.,  baptized  Aug.  24, 
1692;  married  Mar.  8,  1716-7,  Abigail,  daughter  Joseph  and  Prudence  (Foster)  Board- 
man.     Lived  in  Ipswich,  Mass.     Six  children. 

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Elisha  Cummings5  (Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1)  born  Topsfield,  Mass.,  baptized 
Aug.  2,  1719;  married,  first,  Nov.  22, 1744,  Mary  Andrews  of  Boxford,  Mass.;  second,  July 

30,  1776,  Jemima ,  widow  of  Caleb  Marston  of  Bridgewater,  N.  H.     Removed  from 

Topsfield  to  Bridgewater  about  1760.  Served  in  three  different  companies  in  War  of 
Revolution.     Nine  children — born  in  Bridgewater. 

Elisha  Cummings9  (Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1)  born  Sept.  20,  1754;  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Jemima  Marston,  born  1759.     Six  children. 

Caleb  Cummings7  (Elisha6,  Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1)  born  Apr.  28,  1796; 
married  May  29,  1818,  Susan  Spaulding,  born  June  25,  1799;  died  1867.  He  died  in 
Holderness  Nov.  20,  1859. 

George  S.  Cummings8  (Caleb7,  Elisha6,  Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1)  was  fifth 
of  the  nine  children  of  Caleb  and  Susan  (Spaulding);  born  in  New  Hampton,  July  7, 
1830;  married  Apr.  16,  1852,  Mariette  Vinton.  She  died  Oct.  1,  1865.  Married  second, 
Mary  Harrington  of  Littleton  Sept.  1867.  She  died  Dec.  24,  1909.  He  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  a  railroad  employee,  residing  in  Ashland,  Rumney  and  Woodsville.  Leaving 
railroad  employ,  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  1870  in  Woodsville  in  partnership 
with  Charles  B.  Drake,  and  a  little  later  with  Ezra  B.  Mann  under  the  firm  name  of 
E.  B.  Mann  &  Co.,  erecting  the  building  at  the  corner  of  Central  and  Court  streets 
known  as  the  Willoughby  block.  He  erected  for  himself  the  fine  modern  residence  on 
Central  Street  now  owned  by  E.  A.  Sargent.  He  died  Apr.  20,  1894,  at  his  death  the 
oldest  resident  of  Woodsville.     Children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  George  Edgar9  b.  Rumney  Oct.  10,  1853. 

2.  Charles  L.9  b.  Woodsville  Sept.  22,  1858. 

3.  Wesley  B.9  b.  Sept.  9,  1865.  d.  Sept.  14,  1914. 

By  second  marriage: 

4.  Mary  H.9  b.  July  13,  1873;  m.  Jan.  15,  1896,  Robert  Noble  of  Burlington,  Vt.; 

one  child:  Guy  C.  Noble  b.  Burlington,  Vt.,  Aug.  30,  1900.     Lives  in  Burlington. 

George  Edgar  Cummings9  (Geo.  S.8,  Caleb7,  Elisha6,  Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac1, 
Isaac1)  born  Rumney  Oct.  10,  1853;  came  to  Woodsville  in  March  1854;  married  Oct.  9, 
1883,  Elizabeth  P.,  daughter  of  Edwin  P.  and  Helen  (Wells)  Fisher,  born  Sept.  29,  1864. 
Entered  railroad  service  at  the  age  of  15,  and  has  been  connected  with  all  branches  of 
the  operating  department.  Division  superintendent  of  the  White  Mountain  Divi- 
sion, Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  twenty-six  years.  President  of  the  Mount  Wash- 
ington Railway;  director  Pemigewasset  Valley  Railroad;  director  and  superintendent 
Woodsville  Aqueduct  Co.  and  Wells  River  Bridge  Co.;  president  Woodsville  Guaranty 
Savings  Bank.  On  account  of  impaired  health  retired  from  active  railroad  work  Nov. 
1,  1918,  after  over  fifty  years  continuous  service.  Resides  in  Woodsville.  Is  inter- 
ested in  and  promoter  of  welfare  of  the  town.  Republican,  Protestant  Episcopalian. 
One  child: 

Helen  Mariette10  b.  July  2,  1886;  grad.  Wellesley,  class  1908;  m.  July  5,  1911, 

Richard  Brackett,  s.  of  Henry  and  Caroline  (Brackett)  Merrill,  b.  Littleton  Sept. 

26,  1886,  grad.  Dartmouth,  class  1908.     He  was  in  insurance  business,  Alhambra, 

Cal.,  till  1916,  now  bank  cashier,  Bellevue,  Idaho.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Elizabeth  C. 

b.  Alhambra,  Cal.,  Apr.  26,  1912;  (2)  John  Cummings  b.  Alhambra  Apr.  11,  1915. 

2.  Charles  L.  Cummings9  (Geo.  S.8,  Caleb7,  Elisha6,  Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac1, 
Isaac1)  born  Woodsville  Sept.  22,  1858;  married  Oct.  28,  1886,  Jennie  L.,  only  daughter 
of  Orville  and  Caroline  (Blood)  Moore.  At  the  age  of  15,  he  entered  employ  of  the  rail- 
road as  locomotive  fireman,  and  seven  years  later  became  an  engineer,  a  position  he  still 
holds.  Democrat,  Protestant  Episcopalian,  and  Odd  Fellow.  One  child: 
Hazel  C.10b.  Hav.  Feb.  3,  1892;  d.  June  28,  1917. 

Stephen  Huse  Cummings8  (Joseph7,  Isaac6,  Elisha5,  Isaac4,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1) 
son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Huse)  Cummings,  born  Rumney,  N.  H.,  May  11,  1822. 


510  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

(Joseph7  born  New  Hampton  July  6,  1781;  Mary  Huse  born  Sanbornton  Aug.  3,  1787. 
They  resided  in  New  Hampton,  then  Rumney,  later  removed  to  Lisbon,  where  he  died 
Feb.  10,  1864.  She  died  Jan.  29,  1859.)  He  married  Sept.  10,  1846,  Maria  T.  Newcomb 
of  Orford,  where  they  resided  several  years;  removed  to  Lisbon,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  and  manufacturing  business;  postmaster,  town  clerk,  superintendent  schools. 
Later  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  he  was  register  of  deeds,  selectman  five  years,  and 
later  register  of  probate.  Democrat.  His  wife  died  in  Lisbon  Sept.  26,  1868.  Mar- 
ried, second,  Dec.  8,  1870,  Salome,  widow  David  Mitchell.  He  died  in  Medfield,  Mass., 
Nov.  26,  1901.     Four  children: 

Samuel  Oscar9  b.  Orford,  N.  H.,  Apr.  27,  1848;  m.  Elizabeth  H.  Bryant,  Enfield, 
N.  H.,  Mar.  8,  1869;  she  d.  Oct.  26,  1871;  m.,  second,  Sept.  9,  1876,  Maria  Fenn 
Eckley.  Was  a  physician,  M.  D.  Dartmouth;  d.  Valdostes,  Ga.,  Feb.  17,  1883. 
Four  chil.,  three  living;  resides  in  California. 

2.  Joseph  Eugene,9  b.  Orford,  N.  H.,  Dec.  1,  1852;  m.  June  20,  1878,  Inez  M.  McCrea 

of  Portage,  Wis.     He  d.  Portage  Oct.  28,  1882.     Widow  resides  Des  Moines,  la. 
Two  chil.,  dau.,  reside  Des  Moines,  la. 

3.  Ada  Maria9  b.  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  Mar.  23,  1857;  m.  Geo.  S.  B.  Worthen  of  Haverhill; 

child,  Oscar  J.  Worthen  b.  June  9,  1885,  in  Haverhill.     They  reside  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

4.  George  Newcomb  b.  Apr.  10,  1859,  Lisbon;  d.  New  York  City  Jan.  20,  1883;  unm. 

William  Huse  Cummings8  (Joseph7,  Isaac9,  Elisha5,  Isaac1,  Isaac3,  Isaac2,  Isaac1) 
born  New  Hampton  Jan.  1817;  married  Lisbon  Aug.  3,  1843,  Harriet  Sprague  Rand  of 
Middletown,  Conn.  Was  in  trade  at  Haverhill  Corner  for  a  time  in  partnership  with 
John  L.  Rix,  but  the  store  being  destroyed  by  the  big  fire  of  1848,  removed  to  Lisbon, 
where  he  became  a  leading  citizen.  Member  of  the  legislature  in  1856  and  1883;  state 
senator  1877  and  1878;  delegate  to  Democratic  National  Convention  of  1876;  president  of 
National  Bank  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  till  his  death  July  15,  1891.  His  widow  died  Jan.  20. 
1901.     Three  children  born  in  Lisbon: 

1.  Harriet  S.9  b.  Aug.  24,  1844;  m.  O.  P.  Newcomb;  she  d.  Oct.  20,  1869. 

2.  William  Edward9  b.  Mar.  12,  1846;  d.  unm.  Mar.  1,  1867. 

3.  Mary  Rand9  b.  Aug.  14,  1858;  unm.;  lives  in  Lisbon. 

CURRIER 

Richard  Currier  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Enfield,  a  native  of  Southampton, 
Mass.  His  son,  Chellis  Currier,  born  in  Enfield,  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Richard 
Foster  of  Hanover,  and  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  in  his  native  town.  They  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children ;  James  A.,  George  W.,  John,  Sarah  Eliza,  Harriet  E.,  Franklin  P. 
and  Lucy  Ann. 

Franklin  Pettingil,  son  of  Chellis  and  Susan  (Foster)  Currier,  born  Enfield  July 
12,  1830;  married  Jan.  1,  1862,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Missouri  E.,  daughter  of  David  and 
Eliza  Whitman,  born  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  engaged  in  farming  with  his  brother  until  the 
early  sixties,  when  he  came  to  Haverhill  and  entered  into  the  tannery  business  with  his 
brother,  James  A.,  who  had  already  established  himself  at  the  Brook.  When  the  tannery 
was  destroyed  by  fire  he  purchased  the  farm,  where  he  still  (1915)  resides,  his  residence 
being  at  the  lower  end  of  Main  Street,  at  the  Corner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Currier  are  attend- 
ants of  the  Congregational  Church  of  which  Mrs.  Currier  has  been  a  long-time  member, 
and  he  has  served  as  selectman,  and  member  of  the  School  Board.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.     Three  children : 

1.  Norma  C.  b.  July  3,  1863;  m.  Leslie  F.  Snow  of  Rochester. 

2.  Susan  E.  m.  Leslie  F.  Snow  of  Rochester.     Norma,  her  elder  sister,  was  the  second 

wife  of  Mr.  Snow.     There  were  two  chil.  by  the  first  marriage,  Conrad  E.  and 
Leslie  F.,  both  graduates  of  Dartmouth  with  high  honors. 

3.  Anzolette  A.  m.  Timothy  Blanchardj  resides  Watsonville,  Cal. 


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DAVIS 

Nathan  B.  Davis2,  son  of  Jonathan  Davis1  of  Loudon,  born  1798;  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Moses  Batchelder;  went  to  Coventry  (Benton)  about  1830,  as  a  young 
man,  and  lived  there,  a  farmer,  till  about  1857,  when  he  came  to  Haverhill,  purchasing 
a  farm  on  the  Limekiln  road  in  School  District  No.  9,  where  he  lived  till  his  death  in 
1864  at  the  age  of  66.  She  died  in  1891  aged  89.  His  father,  Jonathan,  died  Jan.  26, 
1843,  aged  69.  Six  children  born  in  Loudon  and  Benton.  1,  Darius  K3;  2,  Abel  S.  E. 
B.3;  3,  Abigail  S3;  4,  Sally  Ann  H.3;  5,  Abigail3;  6,  Eveline  B3. 

Darius  K.  Davis3  (Nathan  B.2,  Jonathan1)  born  Loudon  Nov.  7,  1825;  married  1853 
Susanna  E.,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Phebe  (Eaton)  Howe  of  Benton,  born  Benton  1833, 
died  Woodsville  1903.  He  died  Vermont  Dec.  21,  1904.  He  came  to  Haverhill  about 
1865,  and  was  engaged  for  many  years  in  buying  and  selling  general  merchandise  at 
East  Haverhill,  Warren  Summit  and  Pike,  and  later  in  farming  at  Pike,  until  he  retired 
to  reside  with  his  daughter  in  Woodsville.  He  was  an  active  business  man,  enjoying  the 
respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.     Republican,  Universalist.     One  child: 

Addib  Dariah4  b.  Nov.  12,  1854;  m.  Dec.  14,  1882,  Dr.  O.  D.  Eastman.     (See 
Eastman.) 

DAVIS 

Arthur  E.  Davis,  son  of  Salmon  W.  and  Lucy  A.  (Luther)  Davis  and  grandson  of 
Joseph  E.  and  Polly  (Kimball)  Davis,  was  born  June  6,  1859,  on  the  farm  cleared  by  his 
great-grandfather,  John  Davis,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Marshfield,  Vt.  He  mar- 
ried, first,  Feb.  24,  1892,  Hattie  T.,  daughter  of  Solon  and  Theodora  (Hurlburt)  Swift 
of  Haverhill;  second,  Aug.  18,  1913,  Mrs.  Blanche  S.  Rinehart,  daughter  of  Nelson  S. 
and  Lucinda  French  Handford  of  Haverhill.     No  children. 

Mr.  Davis  after  having  been  engaged  in  brick  manufacture  and  the  lumber  business 
in  Corinth  and  Groton,  Vt.,  came  to  Woodsville,  where  has  since  resided,  conducting  a 
first  class  livery  business.  He  is  an  active  Republican.  Has  served  for  some  twenty 
years  as  deputy  sheriff,  three  terms  as  sheriff  of  Grafton  County,  and  was  selectman 
1895,  '96,  '97. 

DAVISON 

Andrew  Davison  born  Feb.  29,  1825,  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland;  came  to  Canada 
with  his  parents  when  less  than  a  year  old;  was  married  Jan.  2,  1849,  to  Charlotte  M., 
daughter  of  Ensign  George  and  Corina  (Durkee)  Sager.  Died  July  12,  1900;  his  wife 
died  Sept.  2,  1911.  In  his  early  days  he  learned  the  tailor's  trade  and  later  engaged  in 
farming  in  Sutton,  Que.  Was  captain  of  one  of  the  companies  in  the  52d  Battalion  of 
Canadian  Militia,  and  won  a  medal  from  taking  part  in  the  Fenian  Raid  in  1870.  In 
1892  he  came  to  Woodsville,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  July 
1900.     Children  all  born  in  Sutton: 

1.  Fannie  Emeline  b.  Oct.  17,  1849;  m.  James  McNiel,  Sutton,  Que.,  Feb.  12,  1872; 

had  one  dau.  Dora  Emeline,  b.  Oct.  30,  1874,  who  m.  Charles  O.  Smith  of  Woods- 
ville, has  one  child,  Margurite  Anna. 

2.  George  A.  b.  Mar.  3,  1852;  d.  Feb.  23,  1888;  m.  Lizzie  G.,  dau.  of  Langdon  and 

Mary  Bailey  of  N.  Hav.,  May  16,  1877;  came  to  Woodsville,  entered  employ  of 
railroad,  1874,  following  that  line  of  business  up  to  time  of  his  death,  being 
station  agent  at  that  time.  Treasurer  of  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Company,  Odd 
Fellow,  member  and  warden  of  St.  Luke's  (Episcopal)  Church. 

3.  Edgar  b.  Sept.  3,  1855;  m.  Nellie  M.  Willey  of  North  Monroe  Sept.  20,  1881;  came 

to  Woodsville  Mar.  1876,  entering  the  employ  of  railroad  as  ticket  agent  in  1885; 
appointed  station  agent  at  Lisbon,  which  he  left  on  Oct.  30,  1912,  to  spend  the 
winter  with  his  s.  in  California.     Was  so  taken  with  the  country  he  decided  to 


512  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

remain  there  and  is  now  financial  secretary  of  the  city  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  the  youngest  dau.  Olive,  making  her  home  with  him.  Had  four  chil.,  one 
s.  and  three  dau. : 

Earl  B.  b.  Nov.  15,  1884;  not  m.;  entered  322  Field  Signal  Battalion,  American 

Expeditionary  Force,  Apr.  1918-1919,  and  is  now  in  Los  Angeles. 
Pearl  N.  b.  May  23,  1888;  d.  Aug.  1888. 

Maude  E.  b.  May  23, 1888;  m.  Earl  Barrett  Sept.  30,  1907,  and  have  four  chil., 
two  s.  and  two  dau.:     Hulda  P.  b.  Dec.  23,  1907;  Hilda  E.  b.  May  4, 
1909;  Earl  Hall  Jr.  b.  Mar.  19,  1915,  and  Lorenzo  Edgar  b.  Aug.  19,  1917. 
Olive  F.  b.  Sept.  1894;  grad.  from  Los  Angeles  City  Hospital  1917. 

4.  Edward  b.  Sept.  3,  1855;  d.  Nov.  2,  1880:  m.  to  Minnie  M.  Carr  June  9,  1879;  came 

to  Woodsville  in  1874  and  entered  employ  of  railroad  being  locomotive  fireman  at 
time  of  his  death.  Member  of  St.  Luke's  (Episcopal)  Church;  had  one  son.,  b. 
after  his  death,  Edward  b.  Mar.  10,  1881,  d.  May  2,  1883. 

5.  William  H.  b.  Feb.  1,  1859;  d.  Dec.  21,  1874,  at  Sutton. 

6.  Charles  N.  b.  Aug.  25,  1861;  m.  Sept.  5,  1885,  Lizzie  M.,  dau.  of  John  Lyons  of 

Bath;  came  to  Woodsville  in  1880,  entered  employ  of  railroad  as  fireman  and 
engineer;  owing  to  poor  health  gave  up  railroading  and  for  the  past  few  years  has 
been  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  bakery  business.  Is  a  Republican,  Episcopalian, 
and  Odd  Fellow,  Had  five  chil.  b.  in  Woodsville:  Lottie  M.  b.  Sept.  1,  1888; 
m.  Sept.  26,  1907,  Walter  G.  Cotton;  reside  at  Laconia,  N.  H.;  have  six  chil. 
Floyd  G.  b.  Dec.  2,  1891;  m.  May  1916  Florence  M.,  dau.  of  Walter  Burbeck  of 
Woodsville;  have  two  chil.:  Harry  C.  b.  Apr.  22,  1895,  m.  Oct.  26,  1917,  Maude 
A.  King;  Anna  M.  b.  June  3,  1901.     Ruth  M.  b.  Mar.  1904;  d.  May  27,  1907. 

7.  John  P.  b.  June  9,  1865;  d.  Oct.  5,  1865,  Sutton. 

8.  Lewis  E.  b.  May  21,  1867;  m.  Sept.  10,  1890,  Anna  M.,  dau.  of  Henry  F.  and  Luvia 

L.  King  of  Wood  sville;  m.,  second,  Oct.  16,  1907,  Ella  G.,  dau.  of  Sherman  W.  and 
Ruth  Chadwick;  came  to  Woodsville  Feb.  1886  and  entered  employ  of  railroad  as 
clerk  at  station,  worked  at  all  classes  of  station  work  and  at  present  is  station  agent 
having  spent  33  yrs.  in  the  railroad  service.     Member  of  the  New  England  Assn. 
of  Railroad  Veterans  and  Order  of  Railroad  Station  Agents.     Republican  and 
Episcopalian.     Chil.  all  b.  at  Woodsville,  one  s.  and  one  dau.  by  first  marriage: 
Harold  K.  b.  Apr.  12, 1893;  graduate  of  Woodsville  High  1911,  Dartmouth  1915, 
entered  Harvard  Law  School  1915;  went  to  Plattsburg  Officers'  Training 
School  May  1917,  commissioned  second  lieutenant  Aug.  1917,  sailed  for 
France  Sept.  6,  second  lieutenant  company  G,  101st  Regiment  American 
Expeditionary  Force  and  given  Croix  de  Guerre  Mar.  6,  1918,  for  bravery 
and  meritorious  work  in  the  front  lines  against  the  enemy;  commissioned 
first  lieutenant  Aug.  13,  1918. 
Mildred  K.  b.  July  6,  1894;  d.  Nov.  8,  1904,  Woodsville. 
Four  dau.  b.  by  second  marriage: 
Kathleen  C.  b.  June  25,  1908. 
Charlotte  E.  b.  Aug.  29,  1912. 
Elizabeth  E.  b.  Apr.  30,  1914. 
Harriett  L.  b.  Dec.  10,  1916. 

9.  De  Forest  b.  Sept.  6,  1869;  m.  Jennie  M.  Smith,  May  7,  1892;  one  dau.  Vivian  C. 

b.  Feb.  23,  1901 ;  came  to  United  States  in  1887  working  for  railroad  in  station  at 
Lisbon,  afterwards  taking  up  the  train  service,  passenger  conductor,  on  B.  &  M. 
R.  R.  since  1905;  resides  at  12  Montrose  Street,  Somerville,  Mass. 

DAY 

Daniel  W.  Day,2  son  of  Ezekiel  Day1,  born  Parsonfield,  Me.,  Sept.  18,  1825;  mar- 
ried Mar.  19,  1849,  Hannah  B.,  daughter  of  William  Gould  of  Piermont.  She  was  born 
Oct.  15,  1826.     They  lived  in  Haverhill,  Warren  and  Piermont.     Six  children: 

1.  Zelinda  M.3  b.  Piermont  Dec.  1849;  m.  Robert  Bagley  of  Hav.     Two  chil.     Her- 

bert A.4  and  Lula.4 

2.  Isaiah  A.3  b.  Hav.  1852;  d.  July  18,  1913. 

3.  Simon  D.3  b.  Piermont  Jan.  1855;  d.  Mar.  1855. 

4.  EMMA3b.  Hav.  1856;  m.  Charles  E.  Mudgett  of  Piermont.     She  d.  Jan.  1910. 

5.  Joseph  R.3  b.  Hav.  1860;  m.  Carrie  Humphrey;  lives  in  Hav.     Two  chil.:  Guy  G.4, 

on  railroad,  m.  dau.  of  Isaac  Pike;  Lilly4  m.  Arthur  Dow;  lives  in  Hav. 

6.  Peabody  K.3  b.  Jan.  20,  1866;  lives  in  Hav. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  513 

DEARBORN 

Selwin  C.  Dearborn1  and  Emma  J.  (Thurnbold). 

Kenson  E.  Dearborn2  (Selwin  C.1)  born  Apr.  22,  1844,  in  Hill;  married  Mary  J. 
Tibbetts,  born  Nov.  13,  1846,  died  Aug.  4,  1882;  lived  in  Hill  and  Bristol.  Lawyer. 
Children  born  in  Bristol : 

Daisy  Mary3  b.  Apr.  6,  1871;  m.  Merrill. 
Leona  Laura3  b.  May  22,  1872;  d.  1884. 
Grace  Marion3  b.  Apr.  1876;  m.  Bowen;  d.  1908. 
Selwyn  K.3 

Selwyn  K.  Dearborn3  (Kenson  E.2,  Selwin  C.1)  born  Sept.  10,  1879,  in  Bristol;  pre- 
pared for  college  at  New  Hampton;  graduated  Dartmouth  1901,  Dartmouth  Medical 
1905;  married,  first,  Sept.  1901,  Eda  F.  Mann,  daughter  G.  Henry  Mann,  born  Jan.  1, 
1879,  died  Woodsville  Jan.  7,  1907;  married,  second,  Oct.  29,  1910,  Maude  E.  Johnson, 
born  Apr.  1897.  Is  a  member  of  all  the  medical  societies,  county,  state,  and  American 
Medical.     Is  a  Mason  and  Republican.     Three  children  born  in  Woodsville: 

Mirway4  b.  Nov.  15,  1911.     One  day. 
Grace  Marion4  b.  Apr.  15,  1913.     One  day. 
May  Louisa4  b.  Oct.  19,  1914. 

DEARTH 

Fred  P.  Dearth,  son  of  Enoch  C.  and  Hannah  C.  (Willey)  Dearth  and  grandson  of 
Asa  and  Elizabeth  (Carr)  Dearth,  born  Bath,  Aug.  4,  1860;  married  May  19,  1886,  Maude 
E.,  daughter  Charles  E.  and  Helen  S.  Rumsey  of  Wells  River,  Vt.  (Enoch  C.  Dearth 
enlisted  in  1862  in  the  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  but  died  at  the  age  of  31  in 
New  Orleans.)  Mr.  Dearth  was  a  railroad  employee  for  seven  years,  then  in  the  bottling 
business  for  thirteen  years,  became  postmaster  at  Woodsville  in  1897,  serving  till  1913, 
is  tax  collector,  is  engaged  in  the  insurance  business,  and  has  been  selectman,  and  a 
member  of  the  New  Hampshire  legislature.     Resides  in  Woodsville.     One  child: 

Dorothy  b.  Jan.  26,  1895;  educated  at  St.  Mary's  School,  Concord. 

DICKEY 

David  Dickey  born  Oct.  5,  1806,  Epsom;  died  Lowell,  Mass.,  Oct.  30,  1877;  married 
Mar.  1849  Lois  Leverett,  daughter  John  and  Lois  Burnham  Leverett  Nelson  of  Haver- 
hill, born  1824.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  class  of  1835,  studied  law,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  came  to  Haverhill,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  for  several  years, 
but  devoted  himself  more  to  outside  matters,  real  estate  and  speculative  enterprises. 
He  spent  his  later  years  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  died.  He  had  at  one  time  large  real 
estate  holdings  in  Benton,  and  the  farm  at  Glen  Cliff  adjoining  the  State  Sanatorium  is 
still  known  as  the  Dickey  farm.     Nine  children: 

1.  Edward  Hudson  b.  Hav.  1851. 

2.  Helen  b.  Hav.  1853;  d.  Mar.  27,  1904;  m.  1875  Joseph  Foster,  paymaster,  U.  S.  N., 

b.  1841.     Four  chil.:  (1)  Joseph  Foster,  b.  1880,  Harvard;  (2)  Beatrice  Foster 
b.  1882,  d.  1900;  (3)  Dorothy  Foster,  b.  1886;  d.  1900;  (4)  Isabel  Foster  b.  1892. 

3.  Isabel  McClary  b.  1854;  d.  1890;  m.  1879  Theodore  Nye,  b.  1845.     Four  chil.: 

(1)  Annie  Robie  Nye  b.  1881;  (2)  Stuart  Nelson  Nye  b.  1884;  (3)  Kathleen  Nye 
b.  1886;     (4)  Lois  Leverett  Nye  b.  1889. 

4.  Thomas  Leverett  b.  1856;  m.  1886  Emma  Augusta  Cody. 

5.  Hanour  b.  1859;  d.  1882. 

6.  John  Nelson  b.  1860;  d.  1861. 

7.  David  Stuart  b.  1862. 

8.  Lois  Leverett  b.  1865;  d.  1888. 

9.  Elizabeth  Nelson  b.  1867. 

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514  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

DOUGLASS 

Alonzo  S.  Douglass  born  July  25,  1853,  at  Greenbush,  Me.,  son  of  William  and 
Catherine  (Page)  Douglass;  married  Nov.  24,  1904,  Bertha  E.,  daughter  of  Alonzo  W. 
and  FannieT.  (Merrill)  Smith  of  East  Haverhill.  Resides  at  East  Haverhill.  Contractor. 
Democrat.     One  child: 

Virginia  S.  b.  E.  Hav.  Apr.  8,  1909. 

DOW 

Gen.  Moses  Dow,  who  was  the  first  lawyer  settling  in  Haverhill  and  for  the  latter 
quarter  of  the  eighteenth  century  one  of  the  three  or  four  citizens  who  exercised  a  mould- 
ing influence  in  the  development  of  the  affairs  of  the  town,  came  and  established  himself 
as  a  lawyer  in  Plymouth  in  1774,  and  five  years  later  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  he 
lived  till  his  death  in  1811.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  class  of  1769;  and  Dart- 
mouth made  him  an  honorary  son  by  bestowal  of  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1785.  A  brief 
sketch  of  his  notable  career  will  be  found  in  the  chapter  on  the  Courts  and  the  Bar. 

Thomas  Dow1,  his  eminent  ancestor,  was  an  early  settler  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  remov- 
ing to  Haverhill,  where  he  died  May  31,  1664. 

Stephen  Dow2  (Thomas1)  born  Newbury,  Mar.  29,  1642;  married  Sept.  16,  1663,  Ann 
Storie  of  Salem,  who  died  Feb.  3,  1714.  He  married  Feb.  7,  1715,  Joanna  Hutch- 
ins,  who  died  Oct.  29,  1734.     He  died  Haverhill  July  3,  1717. 

John  Dow3  (Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  July  13,  1675;  married  May 
23,  1696,  Sarah,  daughter  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  (Sheperd)  Brown,  born  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1676  7. 

John  Dow4  (John3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Aug.  19,  1707;  mar- 
ried June  3,  1728,  Mehitable  Haynes,  born  Jan.  25,  1709.  The  Dow  homestead  was  in 
the  northern  part  of  Haverhill,  but  became  New  Hampshire  territory  in  the  town  of 
Atkinson  after  the  establishment  of  the  province  line  in  1741.  He  died  Jan.  20,  1786. 
She  died  Oct.  24,  1783.  The  house  he  built  in  Atkinson,  the  oldest  in  town,  is  owned 
and  occupied  by  a  descendant,  George  P.  Dow. 

Gen.  Moses  Dow5  (John4,  John3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Atkinson  Feb.  17,  1746-47; 
graduated  Harvard  1769;  removed  to  Plymouth  1774;  to  Haverhill  1779.  His  official 
preferments  were  frequent  and  substantial.  He,  like  John  Hurd  and  a  few  other  officials 
under  the  Crown,  espoused  the  patriot  cause  when  the  Revolution  came.  (See  Courts 
and  Bar,  Vol.  I.)  He  married  Phebe  Emerson.  He  died  Haverhill  Mar.  31,  1811. 
She  died  July  11,  1842,  aged  91  years  and  4  months.     Nine  children: 

1.  Mehitable6  b.  Atkinson  Nov.  15,  1769;  m.  Dec.  29,  1793,  John  Hazeltine.     She 

d.  May  22,  1823.  Of  her  chil.  one,  a  dau.,  Phebe,  m.  Hanes  Johnson  of  New- 
bury, Vt. 

2.  Phebe6  b.  Atkinson  Feb.  17,  1772;  m.  Sept.  11,  1790,  Moses  Johnson,  b.  Feb.  29, 

1768,  s.  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Lowell)  Johnson  of  Newbury,  Vt.  They  lived 
in  Newbury,  where  she  d.  Aug.  16,  1836.     Seven  chil. 

3.  Katee6  b.  Jan.  22,  1774;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  16,  1779. 

4.  Moses6  b.  Plymouth  Nov.  6,  1775. 

5.  Joseph  Emerson6  b.  Plymouth  Dec.  28,  1777. 

6.  Lucy6  b.  Hav.  May  12,  1780;  m.  May  5,  1803,  Hon.  James  Elliott,  b.  Gloucester, 

Mass.,  1775,  s.  of  James  and  Martha  (Day)  Elliott.  He  was  a  prominent  lawyer 
of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  and  representative  to  Congress  three  terms.  He  d.  Nov.  10, 
1839.     She  d.  about  1867. 

7.  Mary6  b.  Hav.  Oct.  13,  1784;  d.  unm.  Feb.  8,  1840. 

8.  Nancy6  b.  Hav.  July  19,  1787;  d.  Feb.  3,  1802. 

9.  Hannah6  b.  July  29,  1789;  d.  unm.  Dec.  8,  1853. 

The  farm  known  for  so  many  years  as  the  Dow  farm,  and  now  owned  and  occupied  as 
a  residence  by  Gov.  Henry  W.  Keyes,  was  purchased  by  Gen.  Dow  in  1785,  and  remained 


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in  his  possession  and  that  of  his  family  till  1848,  when  it  was  sold  to  Hon.  Henry  Keyes, 
the  father  of  Governor  Keyes  of  New  Hampshire.  Gen.  Dow  resided  here,  building  the 
fine  colonial  mansion  farmhouse,  burned  in  1899,  until  his  official  duties  required  his 
presence  at  the  Corner  where  he  lived  in  what  was  later  known  as  the  Milo  Bailey  house, 
west  of  the  Common  and  next  to  Towles  tavern.  Gov.  Keyes  built  his  present  fine  and 
commodious  brick  residence  on  the  site  of  the  original  Dow  mansion,  which  at  the  time 
of  its  erection  was  on  the  regular  laid  out  highway.  In  the  spring  of  1810,  however,  the 
selectmen  laid  out  a  new  road  across  the  plain,  belonging  to  the  farm,  discontinuing  the 
road  which  passed  by  the  residence  and  awarded  Gen.  Dow  damages  amounting  to  $20. 
From  this  award  he  appealed  to  the  Court  of  Sessions,  on  the  ground  that  the  new  road 
made  necessary  from  500  to  600  rods  of  entirely  new  fence,  that  it  cut  off  some  80  acres 
of  pasture  land  from  water,  and  that  all  travel  was  diverted  to  a  distance  of  about  80 
rods  from  his  dwelling,  thus  preventing  him  from  opening  it  as  a  much  needed  public 
house  and  a  store  for  merchandise  which  he  had  contemplated.  His  residence  which 
had  been  delightsome,  pleasant  and  agreeable,  had  been  rendered  by  the  substitution  of 
the  new  for  the  old  road,  lonesome,  unpleasant  and  gloomy.  The  Court  appointed  as 
commissioners  to  consider  his  petition  Samuel  Wetherbee,  Benjamin  Barron  and  John 
Kimball,  and  after  a  hearing  they  awarded  him  Oct.  16,  1810,  damages  in  the  sum  of 
$575  and  $24  costs. 

The  gloom  and  seclusion  of  which  Gen.  Dow  complained  was  later  welcomed  by  at 
least  one  member  of  his  family.  After  the  death  of  Gen.  Dow,  when  Joseph  Bell  was 
establishing  himself  as  a  lawyer  at  the  Corner,  he  became  a  boarder  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Dow  and  her  daughters,  Mary  and  Hannah.  His  relations  with  the  family  were  such  as 
to  lead  unfortunately  to  expectations  on  the  part  of  Miss  Mary  Dow,  which  were  shared 
by  her  mother  and  sister,  and  which  were  doomed  to  disappointment. 

*"  It  is  not  necessary  to  believe  that  Mr.  Bell  willingly  caused  or  knew  of  the  existence 
of  these  expectations.  During  a  few  days  absence  at  court,  the  ladies  heard  of  his  en- 
gagement to  a  granddaughter  of  their  old  neighbor,  Col.  Porter,  charged  him  with  it  on 
his  return,  and  expelled  him  from  the  house,  hurling  his  boxes  into  the  road,  and  giving 
publicity  to  grief  in  every  possible  manner.  I  use  the  terms  of  plurality,  because  I  did 
not  learn  that  the  lady  to  whom  the  alleged  wrong  had  been  done,  was  particularly  active 
in  these  demonstrations.  She  very  soon  retired  to  the  place  of  her  father's  former  resi- 
dence, and  there  remained  during  her  life  (a  period  of  twenty  years)  in  absolute  seclusion. 
By  reason  of  the  shortening  of  the  road  the  house  had  been  thrown  into  obscurity  behind 
a  dense  growth  of  trees  and  underwood,  and  to  the  traveller  who  with  difficulty  gained 
a  view  of  it,  seemed  the  fit  abode  of  gloom  and  despondency.  Her  sister,  a  more  strenu- 
ous character,  gave  expression  to  opinion  not  fully  warranted  by  the  evidence,  and  in- 
duced her  sister  to  consent  to  a  suit  at  law.  That  unfortunate  measure  was  attended 
in  the  first  place  with  a  trial  at  Haverhill  in  which  the  jury  failed  to  agree,  and  later  at 
Plymouth  where  a  verdict  was  rendered  for  the  defendant." 

Mr.  Bell  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Olcott  of  Hanover  in  1821. 

Allusion  has  been  made  to  the  declination  by  Gen.  Dow  of  an  election  to  Congress,  on 
the  ground  of  inability  to  properly  perform  the  duties  of  the  office.  His  letter  of  declina- 
tion addressed  to  Pres.  Meshech  Weare  must  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  curiosities  of 
political  literature.     Under  date  of  "Haverhill,  Oct.  4,  1784,"  he  wrote: 

t"  Having  lately  received  from  your  Secretary  a  copy  of  the  vote  of  the  General  Court, 
appointing  the  Hon'ble  Abiel  Foster,  Jona  Blanchard,  &  John  Landgon  Esquires,  with 
myself  delegates  to  represent  this  state  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  the  ensuing 
year,  I  take  this  opportunity  to  make  my  sincere  and  hearty  thanks  to  your  Excellency 

*  Livermore's  Reminiscences,  pp.  10-11. 
t  State  Papers,  Vol.  12,  p.  182. 


516  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

&  the  Court  for  the  honor  done  me  in  this  appointment.     I  feel  the  most  agreeable  sen- 
sations, when  I  find,  that  I  possess  so  much  of  the  confidence  of  my  fellow  citizens,  as 
leads  them  to  such  an  election  and  as  I  have  always  made  it  my  principal  design 
uprightly  to  endeavor  the  promotion  of  the  public  good,  my  ambition  is  highly  gratified, 
while  I  thus  experience  the  public  approbation. 

"I  acknowledge  the  appointment,  to  be  honorable,  &  very  respectable,  and  concieve, 
the  tour  &  employment  would  be  exceeding  pleasant  and  agreeable — and  that  all  the 
unhappiness  I  should  find  in  the  pursuit,  would  arise  from  a  consciousness  of  my  inability 
to  render  that  service  to  the  State  my  inclination  would  dictate.  As  I  have  had  no 
apprehension,  but  some  two  of  the  three  worthy  gentlemen,  at  the  same  time  elected, 
who  are  experienced,  &  much  better  qualified  for  the  purpose  at  this  important  and 
critical  junction,  when  matters  of  the  last  consequence  are  before  Congress,  which  require 
the  greatest  wisdom  and  perseverance,  would  have  undertaken  the  representation  of 
the  State,  I  have  entirely  neglected  every  necessary  preparation. 

"The  present  infirm  state  of  my  health,  the  real  conviction  of  my  inequality  to  the 
business  of  the  mission,  and  many  other  circumstances,  unnecessary  to  be  mentioned, 
render  it  extremely  difficult,  or  rather  impossible  for  me  to  engage  in  a  trust  so  arduous 
&  interesting!  And  I  doubt  not  but  the  candor  of  your  Excellency,  and  of  the  worthy 
members  of  the  General  Court  will  readily  apologize  for  and  excuse  me,  while  I  say  I 
cannot  concieve  it  to  be  my  duty,  or  by  any  means,  see  my  way  clear,  at  this  time  to  un- 
dertake an  appointment  of  such  weight  and  importance. 

"With  the  highest  sentiments  of  esteem,  I  have  the  honor  to  subscribe  myself,  your 
Excellency's  most  obedient  &  most  humble  Servant  Moses  Dow" 

The  editor  of  the  State  Papers  fitly  remarks  that  "it  is  difficult  to  believe  in  these 
times  that  any  man  would  decline  to  accept  an  election  as  member  of  the  United  States 
Congress,  on  the  plea  of  a  lack  of  ability  to  fill  the  position."  Elections  to  Congress  are 
not  declined  in  these  modern  days. 

Moses  Dow9  (Moses5,  John4,  John3,  Stephen2,  Thomas')  born  Plymouth  Nov.  6, 
1775;  married  Sarah  Young  of  Rumney  Mar.  18,  1825.  He  died  Nov.  27,  1839.  She 
died  July  6,  1866.  After  the  death  of  her  husband  she  married,  second,  Voranus  B. 
Keith  of  Laconia.  He  studied  law  with  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1800. 
He  lacked  the  force  of  character  of  his  father,  took  no  important  part  in  town  affairs, 
and  his  professional  practice  was  inconsiderable.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  register  of 
probate  in  1808  and  held  that  office  till  1838,  about  a  year  before  his  death.  He  was 
postmaster  for  several  years,  but  was  removed  by  President  Jackson.  Four  children 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Anna  Catherine7  m.  Cogswell  Eastman. 

2.  Sarah7  m.  Carl  Ansorge. 

3.  Moses  Franklin7  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  South  and  d.  unm. 

4.  James  E.7  d.  young  Aug.  3,  1832. 

Arthur  Livermore  in  his  Reminiscences  says  of  him: 

"He  was  a  man  of  remarkable  quietude  of  manner,  and,  on  sitting  down,  uncon- 
sciously assumed  all  the  appearance  of  being  fast  asleep.  He  testified  in  a  certain  case 
concerning  an  incident  noticed  by  him  about  8  o'clock  in  the  evening.  Counsel  in  his 
argument  to  the  jury  in  commenting  on  this  testimony  said:  'Eight  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing? Impossible  gentlemen!  My  word  for  it,  he  was  at  that  hour  asleep.  Do  you 
doubt  it?  Then  look  at  him,  for  there  he  sits  the  very  image  of  profound  repose.'  I  never 
heard  a  syllable  in  disparagement  of  his  character  or  conduct  in  office." 

Joseph  Emerson  Dow6  (Moses5,  John4,  John3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Plymouth 
Dec.  28,  1777;  married,  first,  Mar.  10,  1803,  Abigail  B.,  daughter  of  Dr.  Jonathan  and 
Polly  (Burr)  Arnold  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  born  Mar.  12,  1780,  died  Mar.  23,  1824;  sec- 
ond, Nancy  Bagley  of  Thornton.  He  died  Franconia  Aug.  25,  1857.  He  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  1799,  studied  law  with  his  father,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1802,  removed 


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to  Littleton  in  1807  and  became  the  pioneer  lawyer  in  that  town.  After  1811  he  lived 
in  Franconia  and  Thornton,  engaged  more  in  teaching  than  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession.    Six  children: 

1.  Catherine7  d.  young. 

2.  James  B.7  b.  May  5,  1807;  m.  Mary  McVarney;  printer  and  publisher  in  Boston; 

d.  1877. 

3.  Moses  A.7  b.  Littleton  May  20,  1810;  m.  Oct.  20,  1836,  Elizabeth  Tayler  Houghten, 

b.  July  7,  1811.  He  d.  June  22,  1886.  She  d.  Nov.  14,  1901.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  came  from  Franconia  to  Hav.  to  learn  the  printer's  trade  and  attend 
the  academy.  Four  years  later  he  went  to  Boston  and  in  a  short  time  started  in 
the  publishing  business  for  himself.  Before  he  was  thirty  years  of  age  he  had 
started  the  publication  of  nine  different  periodicals  all  of  which  were  failures. 
He  worked  for  some  months  as  compositor  on  the  Boston  Traveller  and  in  1850 
started  the  Waverly  Magazine,  with  less  than  five  dollars  capital  of  his  own.  Pub- 
lished at  first  at  a  heavy  loss,  he  persevered,  increasing  its  circulation  until  at  its 
best,  it  paid  a  net  income  of  $150,000  a  year.  He  remembered  his  home  town  of 
Franconia  and  was  the  founder  and  liberal  benefactor  of  Dow  Academy.  He 
had  two  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Elizabeth8  b.  Dec.  22,  1844;  m.  Sept.  29,  1869,  Rev. 
Geo.  R.  W.  Scott,  D.  D.,  the  able  pastor  of  Congregational  churches  in  Newport 
and  Fitchburg,  Mass.  He  d.  Berlin,  Germany,  Sept.  13,  1902.  Theirs.,  Geo.  D. 
Scott,  is  a  physician  in  New  York;  another  s.,  Arnold  Scott,  a  lawyer  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  a  dau.,  Mary  Elizabeth  Scott,  d.  in  infancy.  (2)  Emma  Jane8  b.  Oct. 
15,  1846;  m.  Oct.  7,  1876,  Leonard  F.  Cutter  of  Boston  and  their  five  chil.  are: 
Lillian  Arnold,  Lucy  Elizabeth,  Leonard  Francis,  Charles  Winthrop  and  Irving 
Tayler. 

4.  George  Barker7  b.  July  5,  1912;  m.  Hannah  Emerson;  d.  Charlestown,  Mass., 

1880.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Abigail  Arnold8,  (2)  James  Charles8. 

5.  Charles  Marsh7  b.  June  6,  1816;  d.  Boston,  Mass.,  1841,  unm. 

6.  Joseph7,  only  child  of  second  wife,  Nancy  Bagley,  d.  in  youth. 

DOW 

Benjamin  Dow  of  Woodsville  traced  his  ancestry  to  the  emigrant  Thomas1,  who  set- 
tled in  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1640. 

Stephen2  (Thomas1). 

Stephen3  (Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  1760  Haverhill,  Mass.;  married  1697  Mary, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Johanna  (Corlis)  Hutchins;  carpenter;  died  1743. 

Richard4  (Stephen3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1706;  married  1728 
Phebe  Heath,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Bradley)  Heath.  In  1741  lived  in  Salem, 
N.  H.,  where  he  was  leading  citizen.  Took  part  in  expedition  to  Ticonderoga  and  Crown 
Point;  was  captain  of  militia  company  in  1777;  died  1780. 

Asa5  (Richard4,  Stephen3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Salem  1743;  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Wheeler  of  Salem.  He  lived  in  that  part  of  Salem  which 
became  Windham  in  1785;  died  1825. 

Cyrus6  (Asa5,  Richard4,  Stephen3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Salem  (Windham)  1772. 
Removed  to  Bath  with  brother,  Caleb,  1795;  married,  first,  Mary  Tullock;  second,  Abi- 
gail Millen;  died  1851.     Eight  children. 

Alden7  (Cyrus6,  Asa5,  Richard4,  Stephen3,  Stephen2,  Thomas1)  born  Bath  1804;  mar- 
ried 1826  Laodicea,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Stanford)  Cobleigh  of  Littleton;  died 
1849. 

Benjamin  Dow8  (Alden7,  Cyrus6,  Asa5,  Richard4,  Stephen3,  Stephen2  Thomas1)  born 
Bath  1830;  married  1862  Sarah  E.,  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Betsey  (Titus)  Moulton 
of  Lyman;  died  Woodsville  Dec.  5,  1909.  In  1848  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  remained 
in  business  as  master  teamster  until  1860  when  he  returned  to  New  Hampshire,  buying  a 
farm  in  Lyman  and  engaging  in  stockraising  until  1879,  representing  the  town  in  the 
legislature  of  1874  and  1875  and  holding  various  town  offices.  In  1879  removed  to 
Woodsville  and  as  a  dealer  in  horses  and  cattle  became  widely  known  in  Haverhill  and 


518  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

surrounding  towns.  He  was  county  commissioner  1879-82,  was  member  of  Board  of 
Education  and  treasurer  of  the  Union  School  District  for  several  years;  active  member 
and  liberal  supporter  of  Woodsville  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.     Two  children. 

Gilbert  M.  Dow9  (Benjamin8,  Alden7,  Cyrus8,  Asa5,  Richard4,  Stephen3,  Stephen2, 
Thomas1)  born  Lyman  1865;  married  Dec.  5,  1888,  Cynthia  R.  (Cheney)  Page,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Y.  and  Juliette  (McNab)  Cheney;  railroad  conductor;  lived  in  Woodsville; 
died  Apr.  11,  1894.     (See  Cheney.)     Two  children: 

1.  Shirley  C.  Dow10  b.  Feb.  25,  1890;  teacher  in  Lisbon  schools. 

2.  Norma  Dow10  b.  Apr.  13,  1892;  stenographer. 

Eugene  Madison  Dow9  (Benjamin8,  Alden,7  Cyrus6,  Asa5,  Richard4,  Stephen3,  Ste- 
phen2, Thomas1)  born  Lyman  Aug.  28,  1878;  married  Frances  W.  Burdett  of  Middleton, 
N.  S.;  prepared  for  college  Woodsville  High  School,  graduated  Dartmouth  1901,  Rufus 
Choate  grade  in  scholarship,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  A.  M.  Harvard  1904;  member  American 
Association  Advanced  Science;  teaching  in  College  Preparatory  Schools,  Boston.  Two 
children : 

1.  Allyn  M.10  b.  1909;  d.  1910. 

2.  Virginia10  b.  1911. 

DOW 

James  Dow1  born  Barnet,  Vt.,  Sept.  23,  1780.     Two  sons:  Samuel2,  Amos  H.2 

Samuel  Dow2  (James1)  born  Barnet,  Vt.,  Aug.  27,  1803;  married  Oct.  1,  1829,  Jen- 
nette  Kingsley,  born  Dec.  9,  1803,  died  Dec.  12,  1846.  He  died  Greensboro,  Vt.,  Apr. 
1,  1871. 

William  Kingsley  Dow3  (Samuel2,  James1)  born  Barnet,  Vt.,  Oct.  13,  1830;  married 
Huldah  Maria,  daughter  of  Alden  Farnsworth,  born  May  6,  1828;  died  Clinton,  Wis., 
Nov.  7,  1875.  He  died  Lincoln,  Neb.,  May  17,  1877.  Travelling  salesman;  Democrat. 
Three  children:   1,  William  K.;  2,  Dexter  D.;  3,  Jennie  A. 

Dexter  D.  Dow4  (William  Kingsley3,  Samuel2,  James1)  born  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20, 
1863;  unmarried.  Prepared  for  college  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Academy;  graduated 
Dartmouth  class  of  1889;  read  law  with  Bingham,  Mitchell  &  Batchellor;  admitted  to 
bar  1892.  In  Jan.  1893  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  for  Grafton 
County  and  on  the  reorganization  of  the  courts  was  appointed  clerk  of  Supreme  Court. 
Has  resided  in  Woodsville  since  1893,  maintaining,  however,  his  legal  domicile  in  Lit- 
tleton. He  is  trustee  of  several  estates,  and  of  several  trust  funds,  is  frequently  ap- 
pointed administrator,  and  guardian;  is  justice  of  the  Haverhill  Police  Court;  director 
of  the  Woodsville  National  Bank;  vice-president  and  clerk,  Woodsville  Guaranty  Sav- 
ings Bank,  and  clerk  and  trustee  of  the  Woodsville  Free  Library;  Democrat;  K.  P.; 
A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  Burns  Lodge;  K.  T.,  St.  Gerard  Com.;  A.  A.  S.  R.  32d. 

DROWN 

Chester  Crouch  Drown,  son  of  Amos  and  Olive  (Crouch)  Drown,  born  about  1832 
or  1834  in  Haverhill,  N.  H.;  died  in  Colorado.  Lived  for  a  time  in  Danbury,  N.  H.; 
married  Mar.  24,  1871,  to  Alice  B.  Carleton,  who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
19,  1848,  and  died  in  Danbury,  N.  H.,  Jan.  16,  1887;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Carle- 
ton  and  his  second  wife,  Ruth  B.  Clough.  One  child: 
Amos  B.  Drown  b.  Apr.  1,  1872. 

DUTTON 

Rev.  John  Dutton  died  May  18,  1848,  aged  71  years.  Betsey,  wife  of  Rev.  John 
Dutton,  died  Jan.  19,  1842,  aged  57  years.  Jacob  B.  Dutton  died  Feb.  14,  1847,  aged 
34. 


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EASTMAN 

1.  Roger  Eastman  born  1611;  came  to  America  in  1638  and  settled  in  Salisbury, 
Mass.;  married  Mary  Smith,  born  1621,  died  Mar.  11,  1694.  He  died  Dec.  6,  1794. 
Of  their  ten  children,  two,  Philip  and  Thomas,  had  numerous  descendants  who  have 
lived  in  Haverhill  and  adjacent  towns. 

2.  Philip. 

3.  Ebenezer. 

4.  Obadiah. 

5.  Obadiah  born  Salem,  N.  H.,  May  7,  1747;  married  Nov.  19,  1767,  Mehitabel, 
daughter  of  Peter  Merrill,  born  Apr.  27,  1747,  died  Coventry,  now  Benton,  Dec.  27,  1815. 
He  died  Coventry  Jan.  10,  1812.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Coventry,  having 
previously  served  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution;  was  in  Capt.  Jesse  Page's  Company, 
Col.  Jacob  Gale's  Regiment  as  corporal;  joined  army  in  Rhode  Island  Aug.  1778.  Eight 
children:  1,  Jesse  born  Sept.  13,  1769;  2,  Sarah  born  July  31,  1771 ;  3,  James  born  Mar. 
12,  1774;  4,  Obadiah  born  Oct.  5,  1777;  5,  Mehitabel  born  Feb.  21,  1780;  6,  Moses  born 
Dec.  21,  1782;  7,  Ruth  born  July  26,  1785;  8,  Peter  born  June  3,  1788. 

1.  Jesse  Eastman,  s.  of  Obadiah  and  Mehitabel,  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  Sept.  13,  1769;  m. 
Sally  Merrill,  b.  Jan.  21,  1780,  d.  Jan.  30,  1863.  He  d.  Hav.  Sept.  16,  1858. 
Chil.:  (1)  Lavinia  b.  July  24,  1798;  d.  July  20,  1870;  m.  John  Lathrop  of  Chelsea, 
Vt.,  b.  Jan.  24,  1795,  d.  Feb.  17,  1864;  lived  in  Benton;  four  chil.:  Horace,  Caro- 
line, David,  Benjamin.  (2)  Belinda  b.  Hav.  Aug.  6,  1800;  d.  Hav.  1875;  m. 
Aug.  6,  1825,  Joseph  Niles,  farmer  and  teacher;  lived  in  Benton  and  Hav. 
(See  Niles.)  (3)  Jesse  b.  Hav.  Feb.  27,  1803;  m.  Sarah  C.  Barber  of  Warren; 
chil.:  Belinda  N.;  Caroline  L.;  lived  in  Benton  and  Hav.  (4)  Benjamin  b.  Hav. 
Nov.  30,  1807. 

3.  James  Eastman,  s.  of  Obadiah  and  Mehitabel,  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  Mar.  12,  1774; 

m.  Aug.  28,  1798,  Betsey  Boynton,  b.  Oct.  8,  1778.  Eight  chil.:  (1)  Jesse  b. 
July  28,  1799;  (2)  Rosilla  b.  Sept.  14,  1803;  d.  Clintonville,  N.  Y.,  June  5,  1872; 
m.  Hav.  Jan.  5,  1828,  Michael,  s.  Henry  and  Polly  Johnston  Burbank,  b.  Royal- 
ton,  Vt.,  June  17,  1799,  d.  Hav.  1839;  (3)  Louisa  b.  June  29,  1805;  (4)  Nancy  b. 
June  13,  1808;   (5)  Sylvester  b.  Aug.  3,  1814;   (6)  Betsey  b.  Sept.  22,  1816;   (7) 

Moses  b.  Dec.  14,  1818;  (8)  James  b. 1820. 

(5)  Sylvester  Eastman,  s.of  James  andBetsey  Boynton,  m.  Mar.  1, 1841,  Louisa, 
dau.  William  and  Mary  (Noyes)  Whitcher,  b.  Benton  Dec.  22,  1811,  d. 
May  4,  1889.  He  d.  Jan.  19,  1860.  Lived  in  Benton.  Three  chil.: 
George  E.,  Ruth  J.,  William  W.  George  E.  Eastman,  s.  of  Sylvester  and 
Louisa,  b.  Dec.  8,  1841;  m.,  1st,  Mar.  14,  1866,  Rebecca  W.,  dau.  David 
and  Azubah  (Judd)  Bronson;  two  chil. :  (a)  Louisa  Ellen  b.  June  21,  1868; 
unm.;  resides  No.  Hav.  (b)  Mary  Elizabeth  b.  May  20,  1874;  m.,  1st, 
William  F.  Polley  of  Quebec,  P.  Q.,  who  d.  in  New  Mexico  Sept.  17,  1895; 
2d,  Walter  J.  Trafton  of  Lynn,  Mass.  George  E.  m.,  2d,  Sept.  17,  1906, 
Mrs.  Susan  S.  Clark,  b.  1840.  He  resided  in  No.  Hav.  till  1910,  when  he 
removed  to  Laconia. 

4.  Obadiah  Eastman,  s.  of  Obadiah  and  Mehitabel,  b.  Salem,  N.  H.,  Oct.  5,  1777; 

m.,  1st,  Ruth ,  d.  Hav.;  m.,  2d,  Jan.  23,  1814,  Eunice  Eastman,  widow  of  his 

brother  Moses.  Lived  in  Hav.,  but  after  his  second  marriage  moved  to  Broome, 
Canada,  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  Four  chil.  b.  in  Hav. :  Obadiah  b.  Nov.  6, 
1804,  Ezra  B.,  Ebenezer,  Ruth. 

2.  Thomas. 

3.  Jonathan. 

4.  William,  son  of  Jonathan,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Oct.  3, 1715;  married,  first,  Dec. 
14,  1738,  Ruth  Chase,  died  Jan.  2,  1742;  second,  Apr.  19,  1748,  Rebecca  Jewett.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Hampstead.  Removed  to  Bath  1767  after  living  a  short  time  in  Haverhill; 
died  Nov.  30,  1790.  She  died  Jan.  26,  1806,  aged  84  years.  Buried  in  Pettyborough 
burying  ground. 

5.  James  Eastman,  son  of  William  and  Rebecca  (Jewett),  born  Hampstead  Sept.  24, 


520  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1753;  died  Haverhill  Jan.  7,  1853,  aged  99  years,  3  months;  married  Mar.  7,  1782,  Mary 
Searle  of  Hollis,  born  Mar.  18,  1760;  died  Oct.  23,  1737.  Settled  in  Bath.  After  birth  of 
their  eight  children  removed  to  Haverhill  in  winter  of  1833,  followed  later  by  his  son 
Moses.     Was  soldier  in  War  of  Revolution.     Children: 

1.  James  b.  Nov.  1782;  d.  May  1,  1842. 

2.  Moses  b.  Dec.  16,  1784. 

3.  Amos  b.  Dec.  9,  1786;  d.  Oct.  15,  1787. 

4.  Searle  b.  Jan.  24,  1789. 

5.  Mary  b.  Jan.  19,  1792;  m.  Lazarus  Sampson;  d.  Jan.  30,  1879. 

6.  William  b.  July  9,  1794;  d.  unm.  in  Benton  Aug.  16,  1879. 

7.  Joel  b.  Aug.  24,  1800;  d.  1833  Washington,  D.  C. 

8.  Eber  b.  Aug.  10,  1803. 

2.  Moses  Eastman,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Searle,  born  Bath  Dec.  16,  1784;  died 
Haverhill  Mar.  6,  1842,  married  May  16,  1816,  Sally  Smith,  born  Feb.  18,  1796,  died 
Haverhill  Dec.  1,  1886.  He  came  to  Haverhill  Mar.  17,  1834,  and  purchased  the  farm 
originally  owned  by  Maj.  Nathaniel  Merrill,  the  farmhouse  having  been  built  by  the 
Major.  This  farm  has  been  in  the  family  ever  since.  They  had  ten  children  all  but  the 
youngest  born  in  Bath: 

1.  Melissa  b.  July  25,  1817;  m.  S.  S.  Southard.     (See  Southard.) 

2.  Hubert. 

3.  Celesta  b.  Nov.  25,  1820;  d.  July  30,  1851. 

4.  Susan  E.  b.  Apr.  1822;  d.  June  28,  1900;  unm. 

5.  Wilbur  F.  b.  Dec.  14,  1823;  d.  Dec.   22,  1841. 

6.  Charles  W.  b.  May  1825;  d.  June  29,  1825. 

7.  Lucia  K.  b.  July  18,  1826;  m.  Moses  Abbott;  d.  Apr.  14,  1853. 

8.  Henry  O.  b.  Aug.  26,  1829.     Went  west  and  resided  in  Union  City,  Ind.,  on  the 

Ohio  side;  d.  Oct.  23,  1919. 

9.  Ruth  E.  S.  b.  Sept.  4,  1832;  m.  Chas.  Chamberlin;  one  s.  living,  Henry  R.  Cham- 

berlin,  Concord,  city  clerk. 
10.   Abbie  F.  b.  Hav.  Oct.  28,  1834;  d.  Apr.  3,  1864. 

Hubert  Eastman,  son  Moses  and  Sally  (Smith),  born  Bath  Nov.  16,  1818;  married 
Jan.  4,  1847,  Esther  L.  Rice,  born  Dover,  Vt.,  Dec.  28,  1818,  died  Haverhill  Nov.  20, 
1904.  He  died  Nov.  5,  1908.  Mrs.  Eastman  was  seventh  generation  from  Edmund 
Rice  who  came  from  England  in  1638  and  settled  in  Sudbury,  Mass.  She  was  daughter 
of  Amos  and  Martha  (Brown)  Rice.  Her  great  grandfather,  Ashur,  was  carried  captive 
by  Indians  to  Canada,  and  after  some  years  was  redeemed  by  his  father.  Her  grand- 
father, Benjamin,  was  wounded  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  carried  the  bullet  in  his  body  during 
life.     Three  children  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Martha  L.  b.  July  11,  1848;  m.  June  20,  1877,  John  G.  Chamberlin  of  Bath. 

2.  Wilbur  Fisk. 

3.  John  Elbridge  b.  May  19,  1860;  d.  Oct.  21,  1863. 

Wilbur  Fisk  Eastman,  son  Hubert  and  Esther,  born  Oct.  26,  1851;  died  June  27, 
1913.  Thrice  married:  first,  June  12,  1878,  Jennie  W.,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Alice 
(Lang)  Buck  of  Bath,  born  May  20,  1852,  died  Nov.  9,  1881;  second,  Dec.  25,  1882, 
Hattie  A.  Day,  daughter  of  Daniel  M.  Day  of  Winchendon,  Mass.,  died  Jan.  10,  1886; 
third,  Apr.  30,  1890,  Mrs.  Annie  Miller  Holmes,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Eliza  Gates 
Miller  of  Ryegate,  Vt.     Three  children: 

By  1st  marriage:     John  Elbridge  b.  Dec.  12,  1880;   m.  Oct.  6,  1909,  Cora  May, 

dau.  Cyrus  Batchelder,  b.  Lancaster  Sept.  11,  1883. 
By  2d  marriage:     Martha  Alice  b.  Mar.  8,  1884;  d.  Feb.  26,  1885. 
By  3d  marriage:     Wilbur  Fisk  b.  May  21,  1893;  m.  May  21,  1914,  Hazel,  dau. 

Cyrus  Batchelder,  b.  Sanford,  Me.,  Oct.  5, . 

4.  Searle  Eastman,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Searle,  born  Jan.  24,  1789;  lived  in 
Bath.     Child: 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  521 

1.  Orrin  Eastman,  s.  of  Searle,  b.  Bath  July  4,  1819;  d.  Dec.  14,  1901;  m.  Mar.  25, 
1848,  Hannah  Nute,  b.  Bartlett  Mar.  13,  1827,  d.  Bath  May  24,  1893.  Lived  in 
Bath,  Landaff  and  Benton.  Five  chil.:  (1)  Frank  E.  b.  Landaff  Oct.  15,  1850. 
(2)  Mary  F.  b.  May  12,  1852;  m.  Harry  H.  Elliott  of  Benton.  (3)  Eunice  L.  b. 
Nov.  29,  1855;  d.  Feb.  7,  1864.  (4)  Kate  b.  Sept.  23,  1857;  d.  Dec.  29,  1863. 
(5)  James  O.  b.  Lisbon  Dec.  22,  1860;  d.  May  30,  1910;  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Jesse 
Mann  of  Bath,  adopted  dau.  of  Moody  Mann  of  Haverhill;  resided  in  Ladd  Street. 
Two  chil.:  (a)  Frank  J.  b.  Hav.  Aug.  23,  1889,  d.  by  drowning  in  Connecticut 
River  July  1,  1906;  (b)  Leon  b.  Hav.  Dec.  17,  1890,  d.  by  drowning  in  Connecticut 
River  July  1,  1906. 

8.  Eber,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Searle)  Eastman,  born  Aug.  10,  1803;  married  Apr. 
9,  1839,  Cynthia  Clark  of  Landaff;  died  Sept.  26,  1891.     She  died  Nov.  13,  1882.     They 

lived  at  North  Haverhill  on  the  farm  now  owned  by Keith,  and  which  was  originally 

a  part  of  the  farm  of  his  father,  James,  and  his  brother,  Moses.  In  his  early  life  he 
devoted  himself  to  teaching.  He  was  for  several  years  superintendent  of  schools  in 
Haverhill,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1843  and  1844.  He  published 
an  account  of  the  capture  by  the  Indians,  and  subsequent  rescue  of  his  great  grand- 
mother, Hannah  Eastman.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  most  estimable  citizen.  They  had  two  children 
both  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

Emeline  W.  Eastman,  daughter  of  Moses5  (William4,  Jonathan3,  Thomas.2  Roger1) 
born  Lyman  Oct.  17,  1823;   married  Samuel  T.  Ward.     (See  Ward.) 

William  Eastman7  (Jonathan6,  Obadiah5,  William4,  Jonathan3,  Thomas2,  Roger1) 
born  Orford  Mar.  4,  1821;  died  Haverhill  Oct.  20,  1865;  married  May  1,  1844,  Ellen 
Ramsey  Davis  of  Orford.  They  lived  on  the  Pond  road  in  Haverhill,  and  their  family  of 
five  children  were  born  in  Haverhill.  Mr.  Eastman  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  the  family 
of  Zebulon  Cary,  who  owned  the  farm  which  afterwards  came  into  his  possession. 

Children: 

1.  Sarah  Jane  b.  Aug.  31,  1845;  m.  Sept.  30,  1866,  Samuel  E.  Merrill  of  Hav.     (See 

Merrill.) 

2.  Stephen  Orlando  b.  Feb.  8,  1850;  d.  Mar.  9,  1854. 

3.  Mary  Netta  b.  Aug.  24,  1854;  teacher  in  public  schools,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

4.  Eva  Sophia  b.  Apr.  15,  1857. 

5.  Susan  A.  b.  Oct.  23,  1860,  teacher  in  public  schools,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

EASTMAN 

Oliver  Davis  Eastman,  M.  D.,  born  July  8,  1808,  Senora,  Cal.;  married  Dec.  14, 
1882,  Addie,  only  daughter  of  Darius  K.  and  Susannah  Howe  Davis.  His  parents  who 
had  gone  to  California  from  the  East,  died  when  he  was  quite  young;  he  came  East  to 
make  his  home  with  his  grandfather  in  Newbury,  Vt.  He  graduated  from  the  Dart- 
mouth Medical  School  in  1882,  and  after  practicing  his  profession  a  short  time  in  Pier- 
mont  settled  in  Woodsville  in  1884,  where  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  successful  practice. 
Democrat;  Odd  Fellow;  Mason;  K.  of  P.;  Universalist.  Has  served  several  years  on 
the  School  Board.     Five  children,  sons  born  in  Piermont  and  Haverhill: 

1.  D.  K.  b.  Piermont  Jan.  8,  1884.     Graduate  Cornell.     Now  in  government  service 

as  veterinary. 

2.  Oliver  Newell  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  13,  1885.     Graduated  as  M.  D.  at  Burlington; 

m.  1910  Ethel  Southwick  of  Burlington;  two  chil.,  Oliver  N.  b.  Nov.  20,  1910; 
Winnie  S.  b.  Apr.  22,  1916. 

3.  Burns  Rush  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  22,  1887.     m.  1913  Francis  Scrivner  of  Montreal; 

one  child,  Francis  S.,  b.  Oct.  14,  1917. 

4.  Abel  Earl  b.  Woodsville  May  15,  1890;  d.  Oct.  6,  1891. 

5.  Milo  Donald  b.  Woodsville  Feb.  2,  1892. 


522  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 


EATON 


Rev.  Charles  Edward  Eaton  born  Sutton,  Mass.,  Dec.  23,  1847,  married  Jan.  28, 
1871,  Mary  A.,  daughter  Erastus  and  Laura  (Lawrence)  of  Broome,  P.  Q  .,  born  Oct.  2, 
1850.  Educated  in  high  school  Lodi,  Wis.  Worked  as  a  mechanic  till  1881  when  he 
joined  the  New  Hampshire  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  continued 
in  the  pastorate  until  1915,  when  he  purchased  a  home  in  North  Haverhill  nearly  oppo- 
site the  town  hall  and  retired  from  active  work.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church 
in  that  village  from  1899  to  1912,  and  at  the  close  of  this  pastorate  he  had  broken  the 
record  for  length  of  continuous  Methodist  pastorate  in  New  England.     One  daughter: 

Edith  Amelia  b.  June  26,  1877;  m.  Oct.  16,  1900,  J.  Ray  Sargent  of  Franklin,  s. 
of  Johnson  and  Nettie  Bruce  Sargent.  He  d.  Dec.  1900  and  since  his  death  his 
widow  has  resided  with  her  parents. 

EDSON 

Timothy  A.  Edson  born  1770,  came  to  Haverhill  from  Charleston,  purchasing  the 
John  Hazen  farm  of  Nathaniel  Merrill  Mar.  31,  1803,  and  was  a  leading  citizen  of  the 
town  till  his  removal  to  Littleton  in  1824.  He  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Wetherbee  of  Concord,  Vt.,  born  1781,  died  in  Littleton  1856.  He  died  1854.  He  was 
selectman  in  Haverhill  in  1807,  and  held  various  other  town  offices.  He  was  sheriff  of 
Grafton  County  five  years,  1813  to  1818.     Two  children: 

1.  Samuel  A.  b.  Hav.  Oct.  5,  1815;  m.  Nov.  5,  1844,  Hannah  M.  Varney.     He  lived 

in  Littleton  till  his  death  in  July  1878.  Representative  1869-70.  Two  chil.: 
(1)  Susan  Carolina  b.  Dec.  16,  1849;  m.  Charles  G.  Morrison.  (2)  George  A.  b. 
Sept.  15,  1851;  m.  Oct.  11,  1876,  Clara  M.  Longley;  two  chil.:  (a)  Bessie  May; 
(b)  Harold  Alden. 

2.  Carolina  Betsey  b.  Littleton  Sept.  13,  1824;  m.  Joseph  L.  Gibbs,  hotelkeeper, 

Littleton. 

ELKINS 

Jonathan  Elkins,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Joanna  Roby  Elkins,  was  born  in  Hampton 
Aug.  3,  1734,  and  married  Elizabeth  Rowell  of  Chester.  He  came  with  his  wife  to  Haver- 
hill in  1764.  He  purchased  of  John  Hazen  two  full  grantees  rights  drawn  to  Reuben 
Mills  and  James  White,  for  the  sum  of  £1350  old  tenor,  and  later  from  Abraham  Davis 
of  Amesbury  for  the  sum  of  £500  the  original  right  of  Robert  Peaslee.  He  settled  at  the 
Corner  near  the  Piermont  line,  and  the  controversy  that  arose  later  over  the  Haverhill- 
Piermont  boundary  line  may  have  had  much  to  do  with  his  removal  after  some  ten  years' 
residence  in  Haverhill  to  Peacham,  Vt.  He  was  influential  and  prominent  both  in 
Haverhill  and  Peacham,  and  was  regarded  as  the  father  or  founder  of  the  latter  town. 
His  son,  Harvey,  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Peacham.  He  was  active  in  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Peacham,  and  was  its  first  deacon.  He  was  one 
of  the  selectmen  of  Haverhill  in  1765  and  1766,  the  first  two  years  of  which  there  are 
town  meeting  records.  Of  his  large  family  eight  children  were  born  in  Hampton  and 
Haverhill.     The  record  of  those  born  in  Peacham  has  been  obtained. 

1.  Jonathan  b.  Hampton  Oct.  23,  1761;    m.,  1st,  Sally  Philbrook  of  Hampton  Feb. 

1793. 

2.  Moses  b.  Hampton  Sept.  15,  1763. 

3.  Josiah  b.  Hav.  Nov.  5,  1766;  m.  Nancy  Shirley;  lived  in  Piermont. 

4.  Sabra  b.  Hav.  May  19,  1768. 

5.  David  b.  Hav.  Aug.  1,  1769. 

6.  Salmon  b.  Hav.  Apr.  11,  1771. 

7.  Curtis  b.  Hav.  Nov.  4,  1772. 

8.  Samuel  b.  Hav.  Aug.  17,  1774. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  523 

During  the  War  of  the  Revolution  he  rendered  valuable  service  as  a  pilot  for  Col. 
Bedel's  regiment  on  its  way  to  Canada.  During  this  war  Peacham  was  one  of  the  extreme 
frontier  towns,  and  Mr.  Elkins  was  compelled  to  move  his  family  back  to  Haverhill  for  a 
temporary  sojourn  on  two  occasions  when  the  town  was  threatened. 

His  eldest  son,  Jonathan,  was  a  scout  in  Col.  Hazen's  regiment  which  was  stationed 
along  the  road  from  Haverhill  to  Peacham.  He  was  captured  in  1781  in  an  attack  by 
the  British  and  Indians  on  Peacham,  and  was  carried  to  Quebec  and  thence  to  England, 
where  he  was  imprisoned  till  near  the  close  of  the  war  when  he  was  exchanged  and 
returned  to  Peacham  where  he  lived  till  1836,  when  he  removed  to  Albion,  N.  Y.  He 
was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being  the  widow  of  Alden  Sprague,  a  leading  Grafton 
County  lawyer,  a  woman  of  brilliant  mind  and  great  force  of  character.  Ephraim  S.,  a 
son  by  this  marriage,  married  a  daughter  of  Obadiah  Swasey  of  Haverhill  (see  Swasey), 
a  successful  lumber  dealer  of  Chicago. 

EMERY 

John  Emery1  born  1781;  died  Mar.  19,  1848;   married  Sally ,  born  1786,  died 

1858. 

James  K.  R.  Emery2  (John1)  born  Dec.  18,  1828;  died  Feb.  22,  1893;  married  Caro- 
line H.  Goodwin,  born  June  21,  1835,  died  Oct.  15,  1899.  Lived  in  Newton  Lower 
Falls,  Mass.     Four  children: 

Charles  W.3  d.  Mar.  15,  1856. 
George  E.3 
Frank  S.3 
Nettie  B.3 

George  E.  Emery3  (James  K.  R.2,  John1)  born  Feb.  4,  1855,  Newton  Lower  Falls;  died 
May  17,  1919;  married  Sarah  Glines  Bickford,  daughter  Charles  R.  Bickford,  born  May 
30,  1850,  died  Sept.  9,  1918,  Plymouth  Normal  School;  have  lived  in  Holderness,  Ply- 
mouth and  Woodsville.  In  last  place  about  43  years.  Clerk,  plumber,  Democrat, 
Mason.     One  child: 

Charles  S.  Emery4  (George  E.3,  James  K.  R.2,  John1)  b.  Dec.  21,  1879;  m.  Dec. 
18,  1901,  Blanche,  dau.  James  W.  and  Mary  (Weeks)  Foster  of  Bath.  Child: 
George  James5  b.  Oct.  26,  1915. 

EVANS 

Eli  L.  Evans1,  a  brother-in-law  of  Russel  King,  came  to  Haverhill  from  and 

settled  in  Woodsville.     He  married  Betsey  King  who  died  Mar.  19,  1887,  aged  77  years 
and  11  months.     He  died  Mar.  4,  1880,  at  the  age  of  73  years,  6  months.     Children: 

Solon  S.  m.  Oct.  13,  1858,  Mary  W.  Gale  of  Bath;  educated  in  Hav.  Academy; 

postmaster,  Woodsville,  1889-97.     He  d. .     She  d.  1900. 

Eliza  A.  m.  May  7,  1857,  Jason  G.  Spaulding  of  Concord.     She  d.  Aug.  11,  1862. 

He  d.  Nov.  12,  1876,  ae.  45  yrs.,  8  mos. 

FARMAN 

Chester  Farman1  came  to  Haverhill  with  his  wife  and  three  children  from  Strafford, 
Conn.,  in  1810  and  settled  at  North  Haverhill  near  Pool  Brook,  engaging  in  lumbering 
and  mill  building.  Quiet  and  unassuming  in  his  manners,  he  was  a  man  of  devoted  piety, 
of  the  strictest  integrity,  and  excellence  of  character.  He  became  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Ladd  Street  in  1815  and  continued  in  that  office  till  his  death 
Dec.  29,  1847.  He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being  Lucy  Stearns,  married 
Aug.  9,  1842;  died  July  20,  1861.     In  his  address  at  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the 


524  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

church  Mr.  J.  H.  Pearson  of  Chicago  in  describing  how  the  congregation  were  seated  in 
the  30's  said:  "Deacon  Chester  Farman  had  a  front  pew  in  the  next  row  of  seats.  He 
lived  farthest  away  from  the  church,  and  yet  you  would  always  find  him  and  his  family 
in  their  seats  before  any  others.  He  was  a  very  substantial  and  good  Christian  man, 
and  every  one  knew  where  to  find  Deacon  Farman."  He  had  three  children,  two  daugh- 
ters and  one  son : 

1.  Miriam  Sargent2  m.  Nov.  29,  1821,  Austin  Ladd.     (See  Ladd.) 

2.  Anne  Watson2  m.  Aug.  31,  1825,  Henry  Morse  of  Lyme. 

3.  Jeremiah  Gordon2  m.  1823  or  24,  Cynthia  Hastings  Ladd.     (See  Ladd.) 

Jeremiah  G.  Farman2  (Dea.  Chester1)  born  Strafford,  Conn.;  came  to  Haverhill  in 
1810  with  his  parents;  married  1823  or  24  Cynthia  Hastings,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Cynthia  Hastings  (Arnold)  Ladd,  born  Haverhill  May  11,  1796.  He  lived  in  Haverhill 
until  1852,  when  he  removed  to  Hartland,  Vt.,  and  afterwards  to  Claremont,  where  he 
resided  with  his  son,  Samuel.     Five  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Anne  Watson3  b.  Oct.  13,  1824;  m.  Dec.  1,  1864,  Theron  Howard,  a  lawyer  of  St. 

Johnsbury,  Vt. 

2.  Samuel  Ladd3  b.  Sept.  12,  1829;  m.  Sept.  12,  1858,  Alma  A.  Carr;  d.  W.  Lebanon 

May  15,  1914.  Five  chil.  He  was  connected  with  the  Claremont  Paper  Co.  and 
later  lived  at  White  River  Junction,  Vt.  He  was  the  last  of  Dea.  Farman's 
descendants  bearing  the  family  name. 

3.  Cynthia  Hastings3  b.  Sept.  13,  1831;  m.  May  1866  Carlos  Fulton  of  Bradford,  Vt. 

4.  Miriam  Eliza3  b.  June  10,  1836;  d.  Mar.  26,  1841. 

5.  Eleanor  Louisa3  b.  Mar.  10,  1841 ;  m.  Apr.  1879  Leonard  Cady  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

FARNHAM 

Stephen  Farnham1  came  from  Ohio  to  Haverhill.  He  married  Apr.  26,  1827,  Han- 
nah, eldest  daughter  of  Dea.  John  Carr,  born  Aug.  30,  1801,  and  who  died  Sept.  10,1851. 
He  died  Jan.  10,  1844,  at  the  age  of  59.     Children: 

1.  George2  b.  Mar.  24,  1829;  m.  and  d.  in  Dunstable,  Mass. 

2.  John  C.2  b.  Nov.  24,  1830. 

3.  Eliza  Ann2  b.  Nov.  11,  1833;  m.  Lyman  Buck;  d.  soon  after. 

4.  Stephen  Jr.2  b.  Dec.  18,  1839;  d.  Apr.  13,  1862,  ae.  23  yrs. 

John  C.  Farnham2  born  Haverhill  1838;  married  Nov.  29,  1865,  Laura  Ann  Howe, 
daughter  of  Jotham  Howe,  born  Oct.  3,  1843,  died  June  15,  1866,  married,  second,  Apr. 
28,  1868,  Mary  Jane  Howe,  daughter  of  Jotham  Howe,  born  Mar.  27,  1849.  He  died 
Jan.  29,  1897.     Republican.     Methodist.     Children: 

Arthur  Stephen3  b.  June  2,  1869;  m.  Apr.  28,  1891,  Emma  Jane  Gale.     One  child: 

John  Leon4  b.  Hav.  Apr.  21, 1896. 
Bertha  Laura3  b.  Apr.  21,  1874;  d.  Nov.  15,  1905. 

Milo  George3  b.  Dec.  31,  1877;  m.  Oct.  1,  1901,  Belle  Rinehart;  d.  in  1906;  m., 
2d,  in  1907  Mary  E.Keith.  One  child:  Flossie ;  Mary4  b.  Mar.  6,  1901;  lives 
Townsend  Harbor,  Mass. 

FARNSWORTH 

Stephen  Farnsworth  born  Dec.  22,  1788;  married  Jan.  27  in  Haverhill  Anna  Martin. 
Came  to  Haverhill  from  Hebron  and  settled  on  the  Oliverian,  between  East  Haverhill 
and  Pike,  about  1817.  He  died  Dec.  26,  1831.  She  died  February  1,  1838.  Ten  chil- 
dren, the  two  eldest  born  in  Hebron,  the  others  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Cyrus  b.  Oct.  25,  1814;  d.  in  Hav.  Apr.  17,  1832. 

2.  Stephen  b.  Sept.  1,  1816. 

3.  Calvin  b.  Sept.  12,  1818. 

4.  Lydia  b.  Aug.  9,  1820;  m.  Dec.  24,  1840,  Robert  W.  Carr.     Both  became  Mormons 

and  went  to  Utah,  when  they  remained  till  their  death. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  525 

5.  Laura  b.  Mar.  19,  1822;  m.  Thomas  Pillsbury  of  Boston;  d.  there. 

6.  Esther  b.  Mar.  1,  1824;  m. Dutton;  d.  in  Boston.     Two  chil. :     Lydia  C.  b. 

Oct.  26, 1848;  Elmer  C.  b.  Aug.  21, 1850. 

7.  Joel  b.  Feb.  18,  1826.     He  was  last  seen  taking  a  steamboat  on  Lake  Michigan; 

was  never  heard  from  subsequently. 

8.  Anna  b.  Jan.  29,  1828;  d.  June  19,  1828. 

9.  David  b.  June  19,  1829;  mysteriously  disappeared  in  New  York  State  when  a  young 

man. 
10.   Orrin  b.  May  16,  1831;  enlisted  in  3d  Vt.  Vols.;  killed  in  action  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  May  4,  1863. 

2.  Stephen  Farnsworth,  son  of  Stephen  and  Anna  (Martin)  born  Sept.  1,  1816; 
married,  first,  Dec.  7,  1837,  Mary  Ann  Locke,  died  Aug.  29,  1848,  aged  32  years; 
married,  second,  July  18,  1849,  Ann  Sylvester,  died  Feb.  23,  1854,  aged  29  years, 
5  months,  23  days;  married,  third,  Oct.  15,  1854,  Jane  C.  Smith,  died  Barnet,  Vt.,  Aug. 
17,  1872,  aged  59  years,  1  month,  16  days;  married,  fourth,  in  California,  Amanda 
Mason.  She  died  in  California.  Stephen  Farnsworth  lived  in  East  Haverhill  in  what 
was  known  as  the  mill  house  near  the  present  railroad  crossing,  and  later  until  he  moved 
to  Barnet,  Vt.,  about  1865,  on  what,  is  known  as  the  Farnsworth  homestead,  opposite  the 
East  Haverhill  Pike  Cemetery.  After  the  death  of  his  third  wife  he  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  a  Methodist,  an 
upright,  industrious,  substantial  citizen.  Five  children  by  first  marriage  all  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  David  L.  b.  Nov.  15,  1838;  m.  Fannie  Clough;  went  to  California  when  a  young 

man  and  engaged  in  the  trucking  business  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  Held 
important  official  positions  in  the  San  Francisco  city  government;  d.  in  1900, 
leaving  a  property  of  more  than  half  a  million.  Two  chil.:  Silas  B.  and  Lottie 
P.;  both  living  (1915)  in  San  Francisco. 

2.  Mary  Ann  b.  Feb.  8,  1840;  m.  Samuel  Magoon  of  Corinth,  Vt. 

3.  Elbridge  G.  b.  Mar.  13,  1842;  m.  Louise  Somers;  lives  E.  Barnet,  Vt.;  three  chil.. 

one  living;  m.,  2d,  Frances  G.  Carr. 

4.  Florinda  L.  b.  Mar.  25,  1844;  m.  Job  C.  Bartlett;  lives  in  California. 

5.  Orrin  E.  b.  Nov.  29, 1846;  fives  in  Oregon;  m.  June  IS,  1873,  Catherine  M.  Pray. 

Five  children  by  third  marriage,  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

6.  Abbie  Jane  b.  Oct.  17, 1855;  m.;  fives  (1915)  Waterbury,  Vt. 

7.  Alice  Orinda  b.  Oct.  17,  1855;  deceased. 

8.  Stephen  b.  June  23,  1857;  lives  in  San  Francisco. 

9.  Willis  Stebbins  b.  Jan.  29,  1859;  manufacturer  of  letter  boxes,  parcel  post  boxes, 

etc. ;  lives  in  Chicago. 
10.   Lizzie  B.  b.  Mar.  22,  1861;  m. Dixon;  fives  in  Barnet,  Vt. 

3.  Calvin  Farnsworth,  son  of  Stephen  and  Anna  (Martin),  born  Haverhill  Sept.  2, 

1818;  married .     He  died  Northfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  9,  1891.     She  died—.     They  lived 

in  Haverhill  and  Lyman  and  Lyndon  and  Northfield,  Vt.     Five  children: 

1.  Russell  b.  Hay.  Aug.  12, 1839;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  30,  1867,  Ellen  Fairbrother  of  E.  Burke, 

Vt.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Josie,  living  (1915)  Pasadena,  Cal.;  (2)  Herbert,  d.  by  drown- 
ing.  M.,  2d,  Belle of  Richland,  Kan.     Two  chil.:  Jennie  and  Mabel,  both  m. 

and  living  in  Kansas.     He  d.  Topeka,  Kan.,  Jan.  31,  1897. 

2.  Silas  b.  Hav.  1842;  enlisted  in  3d  Vt.  Vols.;  killed  in  Battle  of  the  'Wilderness  May 

12,  1864. 

3.  Rev.  Robert  W.  Carr  b.  Hav.  Feb.  20,  1844;  m.  Aug.  10,  1871,  Emma  S.  George  of 

Newbury,  Vt.;  enlisted  10th  Vt.  Vols.  1862,  commissioned  captain  Co.  F,  32d 
U.  S.  Colored  Infantry;  severely  wounded  and  discharged  1865.  Grad.  Wesleyan 
University  1871;  studied  theology  Boston  University  1872-74;  joined  Providence 
Conference  1874;  pastorates  in  New  England  eight  years.  Fall  River,  New  Bedford 
and  West  Dennis,  Mass.,  and  Davidsonville,  Conn.  Transferred  to  southern  Califor- 
nia Conference;  pastorates  in  Pasadena,  San  Gabriel,  presiding  elder  Los  Angeles 
district.     Dean  Maday  School  Theology .     Died  San  Fernandino,  Cal.,  Jan.  3, 1888. 


526  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

4.  Rev.  Charles  H.b.  Jan.  19, 1846;  m.  Aug.  27, 1868,  Amelia  A.,  dau.  Reuben  and  Olive 

(Martin)  Hatch;  educated  Newbury,  Vt.,  Seminary  and  School  of  Theology, 
Boston  University.  Joined  Vermont  Conference  1881.  Has  held  pastorates  in 
Marshfield,  Groton,  Plainfield,  White  River  Junction,  Bellows  Falls  and  Proctors- 
ville,  Vt.;  transferred  to  New  Hampshire  Conference;  pastorates  in  Hudson,  N.  H., 
Haverhill  and  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Manchester,  Woodsville  and  Penacook,  N.  H. 
Resides  (1915)  Concord,  N.  H. 

5.  Ellen  J.  b.  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Apr.  7,  1854;  m.  1873  Rev.  Orville  Dwight  Clapp  of  the 

Vermont  Methodist  Episcopal  Conference.  Three  chil. :  (1)  Florence  d.  Burlington, 
Vt.,  Jan.  1,  1899;  (2)  Ernest,  living  (1915)  Warsaw,  Wis.;  (3)  Robert,  clerk  in  Santa 
F6  Railroad  office,  Chicago. 

FARNSWORTH 

Mathias  Farnsworth1  born  1612  probably  in  or  near  Farnsworth,  Lancashire, 
England;  married  Mary  Farr  of  Lynn,  Mass.;  sixth  son,  tenth  child.     Eleven  children. 

Jonathan  Farnsworth2  born  June  1,  1675;  married  1698  Ruth  Shattuck  of  Water- 
town;  lived  in  Groton,  Mass.;  died  June  16,  1748. 

Simeon  Farnsworth3,  seventh  son,  twelfth  of  15  children  of  Jonathan;  married,  first, 
Martha  Hale;  second,  Lucy  Atherton;  lived  in  Harvard  till  1781,  then  removed  to  Wash- 
ington, N.  H.;  died  Mar.  21,  1805. 

Simeon  Farnsworth  Jr.4,  eldest  son,  second  child  of  17  children;  born  Harvard  Sept. 
24,  1746;  lived  in  Washington;  married  Esther  or  Ellen  Ellenwood;  died  Jan.  27,  1791. 

Stephen  Farnsworth5,  fourth  son,  seventh  of  8  children;  born  Dec.  21,  1788;  married 
Anna  Martin;  resided  Haverhill,  N.  H.;  died  Dec.  26,  1831. 

Stephen  Farnsworth6,  second  son,  Stephen;  born  Sept.  1,  1816,  Haverhill;  married 
twice;  went  to  California;  returned  to  Haverhill. 

Calvin  Farnsworth6,  third  son,  third  of  10  children  of  Stephen  Farnsworth;  born 
Sept.  18,  1818;  married  Mary  J.  Underwood;  resided  Northfield,  Vt.,  Haverhill,  N.  H. 

R.  W.  C.  Farnsworth7,  third  son,  third  child  of  5  children  of  Calvin  Farnsworth;  born 
Haverhill  Feb.  20,  1844;  graduated  Wesleyan  1871;  married  Emma  George;  M.  E. 
Ministry  North  Church,  Fall  River;  Forth  Street,  New  Bedford;  Davidsonville,  Conn.; 
1880  transferred  to  Southern  California  Conference;  presiding  elder;  dean  of  School 
History,  University  Southern  California;  delegate  to  General  Conference  1884;  elected  in 
1888,  did  not  serve;  died  Los  Angeles  Jan.  3,  1888. 

Charles  H.  Farnsworth7  fourth  son  of  Stephen. 

Albert  Farnsworth  published  to  Betsey  Danforth,  both  of  Haverhill,  Dec.  25,  1814. 

FELTON 

Nathaniel  Felton1,  the  emigrant,  born  about  1615;  came  from  England  to  Salem, 
Mass.,  1633,  where  he  lived  till  his  death  about  1705;  married  Mary,  daughter  Rev. 
Samuel  Skelton,  first  minister  of  Salem,  who  died  July  30,  1705,  aged  90  years. 

Nathaniel  Felton2  (Nathaniel1)  born  Salem  Aug.  15,  1655;  seventh  child;  married 
Ann,  daughter  Dea.  John  Horn;  lived  Salem;  died  Jan.  1733-34,  aged  78  years. 

Skelton  Felton3  (Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  eldest  child  born  about  1680;  married 
1712  Hepsibah,  daughter  William  Sheldon;  lived  Salem  65  years;  moved  to  Rutland, 
Mass.,  1744;  died  there  1749. 

Joseph  Felton4  (Skelton3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1),  eldest  son,  third  child;  baptized 
Aug.  14,  1715;  married  Mary  Trask  of  Salem;  moved  to  Rutland,  Mass.,  1744;  died  Feb. 
14,  1803.     Eleven  children. 

Benjamin  Felton5  (Joseph4,  Skelton3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1),  eldest  son,  second 
child;  born  Salem  Mar.  12,  1739;  married,  first,  Dec.  24,  1867,  Jennie  Dorrety;  married, 
second,  Ruth  Hamilton;  lived  in  Sturbridge  and  Brookfield,  Mass.;  died  Jan.  26,  1820. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  527 

Benjamin  Felton6  (Benjamin5,  Joseph4,  Skelton3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1),  eldest  son, 
second  child  of  13  children;  born  July  20,  1771;  married  Sept.  1794  Nancy  Ellis;  lived 
East  Pelham  (incorporated  1722,  Prescott),  Mass.;  moved  1810  Wardsborough,  Vt., 
and  later  to  Jamaica,  where  he  died  Oct.  18,  1858. 

Nathan  B.  Felton7  (Benjamin6,  Benjamin5,  Joseph4,  Skelton3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1), 
eldest  son,  second  child  of  8  children;  born  East  Pelham,  Mass.,  Nov.  12,  1798;  married 
Haverhill  May  22,  1836,  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Reding  of  Portsmouth;  born  Feb.  20, 
1809;  died  Haverhill  June  30,  1900.  (See  Reding.)  Graduated  Middlebury  College 
1821  with  high  honors;  read  law  with  Morton  Field  of  Newfane,  Vt.,  and  with  Jonathan 
Hunt  of  Brattleboro;  admitted  to  bar  1825;  began  practice  of  his  profession  in  Lebanon; 
postmaster  1825-35;  clerk  Supreme  Court,  Grafton  County,  1835-47;  register  of  probate 
1852-56;  town  clerk  1837,  1843;  representative  1842,  1853;  practiced  profession  in  Haver- 
hill till  his  death  Dec.  22,  1876.  Funeral  services  in  Congregational  Church  on  Christ- 
mas Day.  Addresses  by  Evarts  W.  Farr  of  Littleton,  and  W.  H.  Duncan  of  Hanover. 
No  children      (See  chapter  on  Courts  and  Bar.) 

FILLEY 

Mary  Ann  Powers,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Anne  Kendall  Powers,  born  Dec.  12, 
1821,  in  Bristol,  and  died  in  Haverhill  May  6,  1910.  She  married  Sept.  1,  1859,  Edward 
R.  Filley  in  Lansingburg,  N.  Y.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Powers  they  moved  to  his 
homestead.     She  died  May  6,  1910.  Four  children : 

1.  Atjrelia  Filley  Kittredge  b.  Aug.  4,  1852. 

2.  Chloe  Filley  b.  Feb.  24,  1856;  d.  July  5,  1858. 

3.  Augustus  Filley  b.  July  26,  1858;  d.  Apr.  2,  1904. 

4.  Anne  K.  Filley  b.  Aug.  22,  1861. 

FLANDERS 

Stephen  Flanders1  with  his  wife,  Jane,  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  about  1640-46.     He  died  June  27,  1684;  she  died  Nov.  19,  1683.     Six  children. 

Stephen  Flanders2  (Stephen1),  eldest  child,  born  Mar.  8,  1646;  married  Dec.  28,  1670, 
Abigail  Carter;  lived  in  Salisbury,  Mass.     Eleven  children. 

Philip  Flanders3  (Stephen2,  Stephen1),  eighth  child  and  seventh  son;  born  Jan.  8, 
1681;  married  Joanna  Smith.     Seven  children. 

Philip  Flanders4  (Philip3,  Stephen2,  Stephen1),  second  child  and  eldest  son;  born 
South  Hampton  Mar.  13,  1710;  married  Hannah  Morrill  1734;  resided  in  Kingston;  died 
1754.     Eight  children. 

Ezra  Flanders5  (Philip4,  Philip3,  Stephen2,  Stephen1),  fifth  child,  fourth  son;  born  1743; 
married  Sarah  Blaisdell.     Resided  in  Hawke,  now  Danville.     Seven  children. 

John  Flanders6  (Ezra5,  Philip4,  Philip3,  Stephen2,  Stephen1),  eldest  child,  born  Hawke 
Jan.  24,  1769;  married  Feb.  24,  1794,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Andrew  (a  Revolutionary  sol- 
dier) and  Abigail  (Greeley)  Pettingill  of  Salisbury;  died  May  7,  1848.  Came  to  Brad- 
ford, Vt.,  in  1796.     Eight  children,  the  first  born  in  Warner,  the  others  in  Bradford. 

Peter  Flanders7  (John6,  Ezra5,  Philip4,  Philip3,  Stephen2,  Stephen1),  seventh  child, 
fifth  son;  born  Jan.  14,  1813;  married  Apr.  4,  1844,  Mary  E.,  daughter  Jacob  and  Abigail 
(Parks)  Cass,  born  Mar.  30,  1821.  He  died  Haverhill  June  24,  1890;  she  died  Oct. 
5,  1877.  Lived  in  Bradford  until  1854,  when  the  family  went  to  Piermont  for  two  years 
then  to  Haverhill  in  1856,  living  on  the  farm  east  of  the  Haverhill  Cemetery  till  his 
death.     Congregationalist,  Republican.     Three  children  born  in  Bradford,  Vt.: 

1.  Charles  Nelson8. 

2.  Mary  Ellen8. 

3.  Abbie  Rebecca8. 


528  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Rev.  Charles  Nelson  Flanders8  born  Bradford,  Vt.,  Aug.  24,  1845;  married 
Jan.  1,  1875,  Emily,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Swasey)  Page,  born  Haverhill  June  6, 
1846.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth  1871,  Andover  Theological  Seminary  1874.  Pastor 
of  Congregational  churches  in  Westmoreland,  Wapping,  Conn.,  Newport,  and  in  Cali- 
fornia. Is  now  (1916)  retired  and  resides  Porterville,  Cal.  Has  been  a  highly  success- 
ful and  esteemed  minister  and  pastor.     Three  children: 

1.  Austin  Philps9  b.  Westmoreland  Apr.  24,  1878;   m.  May  1903  Mabel  Howard; 

resides  Berkeley,  Cal.;  two  chil.:     (1)  Charles  Nelson10  b.  Oct.  14,  1905;   (2) 
Howard  Barrett10  b.  Mar.  2,  1909. 

2.  Louise  Babcock9  b.  Wapping,  Conn.,  Dec.  8,  1881;  m.  Jan.  1,  1908,  William  G. 

Davis,  who  d.  May  1915;  one  chil.:     Charlotte  Helen10  b.  Boise,  Idaho,  Feb.  4, 
1909. 

3.  Charlotte  E.9  b.  Wapping,  Conn.,  Mar.  3,  1884;  d.  Nov.  11,  1888. 

Mary  Ellen  Flanders8  born  Bradford,  Vt.,  Dec.  30,  1848;  resides  in  Haverhill; 
clerk  of  Congregational  Church;  librarian  Haverhill  Free  Library.  Miss  Flanders  has 
kindly  contributed  the  foregoing  data  concerning  the  Flanders  family. 

Abbie  Rebecca  Flanders8  born  Bradford,  Vt.,  May  5,  1852;  married  Feb.  26, 
1875,  James  Knapp  of  Haverhill,  son  of  James  and  Esther  Knapp,  born  1840,  died 
Mar.  10,  1881.     She  died  June  16,  1884.  No  children. 

In  the  Haverhill  Cemetery  are  also  found  the  following  tombstone  inscriptions : 

Ezra  Flanders  d.  Mar.  13,  1835,  ae.  65  yrs. 

Lucy  Flanders,  wife  of  Ezra  Flanders,  d.  Jan.  23,  1822,  ae.  48  yrs. 

Charlotte  T.,  dau.  of  Ezra  and  Lucy  Flanders,  d.  Jan.  21,  1820,  ae.  22  yrs. 

FLANDERS 

Joseph  Flanders2,  son  of  Onesiphorus1  and  Sally  Flanders,  was  born  1782;  married 
Oct.  16,  1803,  Abigail  Mead  of  Coventry,  now  Benton,  born  1785.  They  resided  in 
Coventry  in  the  neighborhood  called  High  Street,  until  late  in  life  they  removed  to  East 
Haverhill.     He  died  Sept.  29,  1822.     She  died  Mar.  18,  1873. 

Walter  P.  Flanders3  (Joseph2,  Onesiphorus1)  born  1808;  published  Mehitable  Mar- 
ston  of  Coventry  Sept.  30,  1832.  He  died  July  24,  1882.  She  died  Nov.  7,  1902. 
They  lived  at  East  Haverhill  in  a  large  two-story  house  near  the  church  building.  Two 
children : 

1.  Hosea  Baker  Flanders4  b.  Nov.  16,  1837;  m.  Mar.  20,  1865,  Ella  Augusta,  dau. 

William  and  Sarah  N.  (Butler)  McDole  of  Plymouth,  b.  Nov.  28, 1840,  d.  Aug.  18, 
1869;  m.,  2d,  June  24,  1870,  Anna  Mary  McDole,  a  sister  of  first  wife,  b.  Dec. 
21,  1852.  He  studied  medicine,  practiced  eight  years  in  Corinth,  Vt.,  and  later 
in  Fairlee,  Vt.     He  was  in  Plymouth  in  1873  and  1874. 

2.  Alice  B.  Flanders4  b.  Aug.  8,  1842;  pub.  Aug.  23,  1867. 

FLANDERS 

Lafayette  Wells  Flanders,  son  of  Israel  and  Polly  (Wells)  Flanders,  was  born  in 
Coventry,  now  Benton,  Sept.  18,  1830.  He  married,  first,  Anne,  daughter  of  Russell 
and  Hannah  (Cilley)  Wright  of  Haverhill,  who  died  Oct.  30,  1861,  at  the  age  of  30.  He 
married,  second,  Marietta,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Susan  (Brown)  Hutchins,  born  Oct. 
22,  1840.  He  died  May  4,  1840.  He  lived  with  his  parents  in  what  is  known  as  the 
East  District  till  about  1870  when  he  purchased  a  farm  on  Brier  Hill  near  the  schoolhouse 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.     His  widow  and  son  still  reside  there.     Three  children: 

1.  Della  M.  b.  Benton  1864;  m.  June  4,  1889,  Chas.  F.  Cotton  of  Hav.,  b.  Strafford, 

Vt.,  1859. 

2.  Ina  G.  b.  Hav.  1873;  m.  Dec.  28,  1893,  Henry  E.,  s.  of  Edwin  W.  Hildreth  of  Hav. 

3.  Guy. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  529 

FLANDERS 

Other  marriages  where  one  of  the  contracting  parties  was  Flanders  are  found  in  the 
town  records  as  follows: 

Almira  Flanders  to  Roswell  Elliott,  Dec.  27,  1825. 

Mary  Flanders  to  Arthur  L.  Pike,  May  15,  1830. 

Sally  Flanders  to  Ira  Martin  of  Bradford,  Vt.,  pub.  Dec.  5,  1801. 

Joseph  Flanders  to  Hannah  Colby,  pub.  Sept.  3,  1810 

Sukey  Flanders  to  David  Quimby,  pub.  May  18,  1817. 

Mehitable  Flanders  to  James  Pike,  pub.  Aug.  5,  1815. 

Joseph  Flanders  to  Hannah  Johnston,  pub.  Aug.  17,  1818. 

Naomi  Flanders  to  Benj.  Page,  pub.  Nov.  11,  1812. 

FOSTER 

Reuben  Foster  was  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  previous  to  the  Revolutionary  War,  in  which 
he  saw  service,  and  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  In  1777  with  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley 
he  represented  Newbury  in  the  first  Windsor  Convention,  and  was  chosen  the  next  year 
with  Col.  Jacob  Kent  to  the  second  convention.  He  married  Hannah  Bayley  and  after 
the  war  lived  for  some  time  in  Haverhill,  and  later  removed  to  Landaff,  settling  on  what 
has  been  known  as  Foster  Hill,  and  numerous  descendants  have  been  residents  of  that 
town.     His  seven  children  were  born  in  Newbury,  Vt.: 

1.  Edward  b.  May  14,  1768. 

2.  Lydia  b.  Sept.  21,  1770. 

3.  Cyrus  b.  July  10,  1772. 

4.  Mary  b.  June  19,  1774;  d.  Aug.  11,  1776. 

5.  Ebenezer  b.  June  25,  1776. 

6.  Nathaniel  b.  May  25,  1778. 

7.  Dorcas  b.  Jan.  4,  1782;  m.  May  18,  1809,  Samuel  Royce,  s.  of  Rev.  Stephen  Royce. 

They  lived  in  Landaff  and  Hav.  where  she  d.  June  30,  1842.     (See  Royce.) 

FOSTER 

David  Foster  born  Aug.  26,  1834;  died  May  8,  1906.  Louisa  J.,  wife  of  David 
Foster,  born  Mar.  22,  1808;  died  Dec.  22,  1876.  Louisa  M.  Foster  born  Dec.  4,  1839; 
died  Nov.  10,  1864.  Lavinia  L.  Foster,  wife  of  David  Foster,  born  June  16,  1839;  died 
Feb.  2,  1903.  Mary  Jane,  wife  of  David  Foster,  Jr.,  died  Dec.  25,  1861,  aged  18  years, 
10  months. 

FRENCH 

Richardson  French1  born  Epping  Mar.  15,  1775;  married  (published  Oct.  16,  1800) 
Sarah,  daughter  John  and  Sarah  (Marston)  Whitcher  of  Warren,  born  Oct.  1779;  died 
Apr.  5,  1858.  He  died  Sept.  5,  1858.  He  came  to  Haverhill  1796  or  97  and  settled  on 
Brier  Hill,  near  the  pond  which  bears  his  name.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also  gained  fame 
as  a  trapper,  doing  much  to  rid  the  town  and  surrounding  country  of  bears.  Eleven 
children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Betsey2  b.  Sept.  20,  1801;   m.  Fairbanks  Willoughby.     (See  Willoughby.) 

2.  Daniel2  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Moses2  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Daniel2  b.  May  20,  1807. 

5.  Lucinda2  b.  May  8,  1809;  m.  David  Hibbard  of  Bath. 

6.  Moses  S.2  b.  Mar.  10,  1811. 

7.  Margaret2  b.  Jan.  3,  1814;   m.,  1st,  Lorenzo  D.  Warren;  2d,  Albert  Martin,  two 

chil.  by  first  marriage:  (1)  Jane  Dow3  b.  Dec.  22,  1836;  m.  May  10,  1867,  Amos 
Brewster  French,  d.  May  2,  1910.  (2)  Hannah  Dow3  b.  July  30,  1839;  m.  Nov. 
24,  1863,  John  H.  French;  one  child  by  second  marriage:  Horace  Martin3  d.  Sept. 
1885. 

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530  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

8.  Sally2  b.  Mar.  10,  1816;  m.  Horace  Willoughby.     (See  Willoughby.) 

9.  Joseph  W.2  b.  Mar.  28,  1818. 

10.  Burton2  b.  Aug.  23,  1820. 

11.  Mahala2  b.  Mar.  15,  1824;  m.  McConnell.     Shed.  Apr.  8,  1891. 

Daniel  French2  (Richardson1)  born  Haverhill  May  20,  1807;  married  Emily  Wil- 
loughby. Lived  Brier  Hill;  farmer;  died  Aug.  16,  1884.  Four  children  born  in  Haver- 
hill: 

1.  Andrew  Jackson3  b.  July  31,  1838. 

2.  Ardelle3  b.  May  19,  1849;  m.  Wooster  B.  Titus.     (See  Titus.) 

3.  Adelaide3  b.  July  25,  1852;   d.  Feb.  15,  1809;   m.  Alfred  Hardy.     Two  chil. 

4.  Lucinda3  b.  1839;  m.  Nelson  Handford.     (See  Handford.) 

Moses  S.  French2  (Richardson1)  born  Jan.  23,  1811;  married  Chestina  Wheeler; 
lived  in  Haverhill,  Benton  and  Warren;  died  Nov.  25,  1883.  She  died  Aug.  3,  1885, 
aged  72  years.     Five  children: 

1.  Wheeler3  went  to  Canadian  Northwest  in  1866. 

2.  Emerenza3  m.  George  Libbey  of  Warren. 

3.  Luella3  m.,  1st,  Sulden  Taylor  of  Laconia;  2d,  John  Elliot. 

4.  Louisa3  m.  George  Knight  of  Warren;  one  child,  Annie  Knight,  b.  Nov.  8,  1871. 

5.  Caleb3  b.  Apr.  1849;    d.  1904;  m.  Alice  Dubois,  Canada.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Reuben, 

(2)  Walter. 

Joseph  W.  French2  (Richardson1)  born  Mar.  28,  1818;  married  Eliza,  daughter 
Jonathan  Wilson,  born  Aug.  29,  1821,  died  July  22,  1887.  Farmer;  lived  North  Haver- 
hill.    He  died  May  15,  1893.     Six  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Jane  B.3  b.  1850;  d.  Jan.  1,  1865. 

2.  George  W.3  b.  1853;  d.  May  9,  1863. 

3.  Nahum  W.3  b.  Nov.  7,  1854. 

4.  Sarah3  b.  July  9,  1857;  m.  Feb.  28,  1884,  Joseph  M.  Nutter  of  Bath;  no  chil. 

5.  Mary3  b.  1861;  d.  Sept.  26,  1862. 

6.  Ella  A.3  b.  1864;  d.  Sept.  13,  1867. 

Burton  French2  (Richardson1)  born  Aug.  23,  1820;  married  Mar.  30,  1858,  Eliza  C, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Susan  (Tyler)  Davis  of  Benton;  died  Apr.  11,  1891.  He 
died  Mar.  5,  1896.     Farmer,  lived  on  Pond  road.     Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Susan  May3  b.  1862;  d.  Mar.  30,  1863. 

2.  Rose  N.3  b.  Feb.  25,  1864;  d.  Nov.  3,  1864. 

3.  May3  b.  Dec.  7,  1866;  m.  Geo.  Welch  of  Benton;  d.  Dec.  10,  1906. 

4.  Rose3. 

5.  Mahala3  m.  Fred  Nelson,  Barton,  Vt. 

6.  Richard3  b.  1875;  m.  July  17,  1915,  [Eva  B.,  dau.  Nathaniel  and  Eliza  Rowe 

Aldrich  of  Lakeport. 

7.  Sally3  m.  Charles  Weeks  of  Warren. 

Nahum  Wilson  French3  (Joseph  W.2,  Richardson1)  born  Nov.  7,  1854;  married  May 
18,  1892,  Mrs.  Lena  E.  Brooks,  daughter  Charles  and  Sarah  (Pike)  Collins,  born  Benton 
Feb.  1,  1869,  died  Mar.  16,  1908.  He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead  farm  on 
the  road  from  North  Haverhill  to  Brier  Hill,  and  also  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
In  Mar.  1913,  he  sold  his  farm  and  removed  to  Thornton's  Ferry  to  secure  school  priv- 
ileges for  his  children,  and  where  he  now  lives  "a  retired  farmer  naturalist."  Has  pub- 
lished several  monographs  on  the  subject  of  taxation.  In  1913  he  published  "Discussion 
of  General  Property  Tax  Principles  and  Principals."  Republished  and  extended  in 
1915  as  "The  Progress  of  Nature — or  Equality,  Liberty  and  Nature."  Supplemented 
and  republished  in  1916  "The  Progress  of  Nature,  or  Discipline  of  the  Sciences."  Six 
children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Eliza  Alta*  b.  Mar.  22,  1893;  m.  July  4,  1912,  Clarence  E.  Leazer. 

2.  Alice  Barbara*  b.  July  6,  1894. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  531 

3.  Mary  Ellen*  b.  Sept.  14,  1895;  d.  June  7,  1904. 

4.  Joseph  Wilson4  b.  Aug.  18,  1897. 

5.  Mabel  Lena4  b.  July  8,  1901. 

6.  Marion  Edith4  b.  July  29,  1906. 

Andrew  Jackson  French3  (Daniel2,  Richardson1)  born  Haverhill  July  2,  1838;  mar- 
ried Jan.  16,  1862,  Mary  Frances,  daughter  Jeremy  and  Cynthia  (Ward)  Titus,  born 
Bath  Sept.  2,  1844.  He  died  May  26,  1909.  Farmer;  lived  on  Brier  Hill;  Democrat. 
Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Elmer  Walton4  b.  May  28,  1863. 

2.  Julius  Roscoe4  b.  June  16,  1874;  unm.;  farmer;  Democrat. 

3.  Alice  Cynthia4  b.  Feb.  19,  1877;  d.  Oct.  12,  1879. 

Elmer  Walton  French4  (Andrew  J.3,  Daniel2,  Richardson1)  born  May  28,  1863; 
married  Feb.  9,  1886,  Georgianna,  daughter  of  George  Amos  and  Helen  Clough  Dexter, 
born  Haverhill  Oct.  8, 1862.  Farmer;  Democrat;  lives  off  the  River  road,  Horse  Mead- 
ow— on  the  Southard-Porter  farm.     Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Erroll  Leroy5. 

2.  Andrew  Willoughby5  b.  June  5,  1891;  d.  Jan.  28,  1892. 

3.  Ray  Malcom5  b.  Sept.  7,  1895;  died  in  service  at  the  Naval  Hospital,  Newport, 

R.  I.,  Feb.  5,  1917. 

Erroll  Leroy  French5  born  Feb.  15, 1887;  married  Sept.  6,  1911,  Flora  Belle,  daugh- 
ter Ellery  Eugene  and  Roaney  Lindsey  Downer,  born  Landaff  Feb.  13,  1885. 

FRENCH 

Benjamin  French  died  Apr.  25,  1843,  aged  76  years.  Ruth  Doll,  wife  of  Benjamin 
French,  died  Dec.  11,  1850,  aged  70  years.     Maria  B.  French  born  1815;  died  1887. 

Nathaniel  W.  French  died  Aug.  30,  1891,  aged  74  years,  9  months,  11  days.  Sarah 
K.  French,  wife  of  Nathaniel  French,  died  Apr.  12,  1845,  aged  22  years.  Maria  Hatch, 
daughter  Nathaniel  French,  died  Oct.  20,  1906,  aged  96  years,  5  months,  13  days. 

GALE 

Charles  Albert  Gale1  born  Gilmanton,  in  what  is  now  Belmont,  1816,  the  son  of 
Daniel  and  Abigail  (Robinson)  Gale.  He  came  to  Haverhill  about  1848,  and  engaged 
in  farming  near  North  Haverhill  village.  He  married  May  28,  1850,  Laura  G.,  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Abigail  (Woodward)  Wetherbee,  born  Haverhill  1833,  died  Feb.  28,  1912. 
In  his  religious  belief  he  was  a  Baptist;  member  Grafton  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  In 
politics  a  Democrat.  Represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  1875-76;  died  Dec. 
3,  1888.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Charles  Albion2  b.  Aug.  25,  1853.     Farmer. 

2.  Herbert  Clinton2  b.  Nov.  22,  1858. 

3.  George  M.2  b.  May  15,  1863. 

4.  Frank  P.2  b.  May  15,  1863. 

Charles  Albion  Gale2  born  Aug.  25,  1853;  married  Nov.  23,  1882,  Mrs.  Minnie  L. 
Davison,  daughter  of  Hiram  Samuel  Carr,  born  Haverhill  Jan.  20,  1860;  farmer; 
Republican;  lives  North  Haverhill.     Three  children: 

1.  Winnie  M.3  b.  Apr.  26,  1885;    m.  Feb.  10,  1917,  Ralph  A.  Gove  of  Wentworth. 

Previous  to  her  marriage  was  a  very  successful  teacher  in  public  schools. 

2.  Elmer  H.3  b.  Sept.  5,  1888;  m.  Oct.  1,  1913,  Ruby  M.  Lawrence  of  Hooksett;  auto- 

mobile salesman;  resides  in  Manchester;  Republican. 

3.  Nellie  Grace3  d.  in  infancy. 

Herbert  Clinton  Gale2  born  Nov.  22,  1858;  married  June  23,  1886,  Minnie  M., 
daughter  Simeon  T.  and  Mary  (Richardson)  Merrill  of  East  Haverhill.     In  1880  he 


532  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

went  west  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  and  West  Michigan  Railroad,  but  four  years 
later  returned  to  Haverhill  and  was  until  his  death,  July  14,  1915,  in  the  employ  of  the 
Concord  and  Montreal  and  its  successor  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad,  freight  con- 
ductor; Odd  Fellow;  Methodist.     Five  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Morris  M.3  b.  May  19,  1888. 

2.  Linn  A.3  b.  Aug.  12,  1890. 

3.  Erroll  C.3  b.  Feb.  21,  1895. 

4.  Marion3  b.  June  8,  1901. 

5.  Muriel3  b.  Jan.  23,  1909. 

George  M.  Gale2  (Charles  A.1)  born  May  15,  1863;  married  Nov.  21,  1891,  Effie  E., 
daughter  Pardon  W.  and  Dorcas  (Howe)  Allen.  Was  railroad  conductor;  killed  in 
railroad  accident  Oct.  12,  1896.     Two  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Bertha  A.3  b.  Apr.  13,  1893;    m.  Oct.  25,  1910,  Charles  Field.     Two  chil.:    (1) 

Martha  E.  b.  Sept.  17,  1911;  (2)  Ruth  J.  b.  Aug.  24,  1913. 

2.  Beulah  D.3  b.  Feb.  3,  1S95. 

Frank  P.  Gale2  (Charles  A.1)  born  May  15,  1863;  married  May  15,  1863,  Laura  E. 
Rowden;   railroad  conductor;    Democrat;    lives  Woodsville.     One  child: 

Gladys  M.3  b.  Jan.  26.  1900. 

GALE 

Frank  Blood  Gale,1  son  of  Stephen  andLMargaret  (Sanborn)  Gale,  born  Alexandria 
Oct.  29,  1819;  married,  first,  Jan.  7,  1845,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Abigail  (Mer- 
rill) Carleton  of  Haverhill,  who  died  at  North  Haverhill  Sept.  9,  1853.  (See  Carleton.) 
Married,  second,  June  13,  1855,  Susan  M.  Carter,  born  May  22,  1828,  died  Jan.  9,  1905. 
He  died  May  31,  1877.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1840,  and  established  himself  at  his 
trade,  that  of  blacksmith,  first  in  District  No.  10,  later  at  North  Haverhill.  Republican. 
Methodist.     Five  children  by  first  marriage,  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Eugene  Beauharnais2  b.  Oct.  16,  1845;    prepared  for  college  at  Newbury  Sem- 

inary; graduated  Dartmouth  College,  class  of  1868;  entered  Columbia  Law 
School  in  1870.  After  admission  to  bar  engaged  in  practice  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  till 
health  failed.     Returned  to  No.  Hav.  and  d.  Mar.  13,  1875. 

2.  George  Carleton2  b.  June  25,  1847;  m.  Hav.  Mar.  27,  1872,  Roselle  Eva,  dau. 

Joshua  Chase  and  Mary  (Carey)  Carr.  (See  Carr.)  They  were  both  active 
workers  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  No.  Hav.;  farmer,  Brier  Hill; 
Republican.     She  d.  Sept.  2,  1911.     He  d.  Jan.  7,  1917.     No  chil. 

3.  Mary  Augusta2  b.  May  26,  1849;  m.  Apr.  14,  1870,  Stephen  Dustin;  lived  in 

Hebron  and  E.  Concord;  farmer.  She  d.  Apr.  8,  1880.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Frank 
B.  Dustin  b.  July  26,  1871;  m.  Mary  A.  Clement.  (2)  Eugene  Gale  Dustin  b. 
Mar.  22,  1873;  d.  July  3,  1878.  (3)  Florence  Ethel  Dustin  b.  June  21,  1875;  m. 
Bernard  E.  Adams. 

4.  Abbie  Frances2  b.  Sept.   12,  1851;  m.  Feb.  8,  1872,  William  Farris  Shattuck, 

b.  Dedham,  Mass.,  July  27,  1847,  d.  June  25,  1909.  Residence  Wellesley,  Mass. 
Eight  chil.:  (1)  Grace  C.  b.  Dec.  29,  1872,  d.  Aug.  10,  1873;  (2)  Carl  b.  June 
12,  1874,  m.  Hilda  Ericson;  (3)  Arthur  Farris  b.  Oct.  9,  1877,  d.  Dec.  20,  1S78; 
(4)  Frank  Eugene  b.  Oct.  9,  1877,  m.  Sadie  McDonald;  (5)  William  Hale  b.  Oct. 
20,  1882;  (6)  Walton  Gale  b.  Oct.  20,  1882,  d.  Aug.  2,  1883;  (7)  Maxwell  C.  b. 
Sept.  16,  1885;  (8)  Edward  W.  b.  Mar.  10,  1887. 

5.  Charles  Frank2  b.  Sept.  8,  1853. 

Six  children  by  second  marriage,  born  in  North  Haverhill : 

6.  Daughter  b.  Feb.  1856;  d.  in  infancy. 

7.  Fernando  C.2  b.  May  26,  1858. 

8.  Harry  L.2  b.  Aug.  25,  1860;  d.  Sept.  29,  1864. 

9.  Fred  G.2  b.  Aug.  25,  1862;  d.  Apr.  16,  1863. 

10.  OraEva2  b.  Mar.  1,  1864;  m.  William  S.  Clough,  Mar.  1,  1891. 

11.  Emma  J.2  b.  June  9,  1869;  m.  Apr.  2,  1891,  Arthur  S.  Farnham. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  533 

Charles  Frank  Gale2  (Frank  B.1)  born  Sept.  8,  1853;  married  Haverhill  Jan.  8, 
1890,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  Solomon  and  Mary  Alida  (Swift)  Blumley,  born  North 
Haverhill  Dec.  20,  1866.  Farmer;  Republican;  lives  North  Haverhill.  Three  children 
born  Haverhill: 

1.  Max  Van3  b.  Feb.  8,  1891. 

2.  Lois  Abigail3  b.  Aug.  12,  1896. 

3.  Milan  Carleton3  b.  Nov.  19,  1899. 

Fernando  C.  Gale2  (Frank  B.1)  born  May  26,  1858;  married  Nov.  25,  1880,  Mary 
M.,  daughter  Charles  F.  and  Kate  Mason  Carr;  she  died  Dec.  1,  1914,  aged  55  years. 
Lives  in  Woodsville;  locomotive  engineer;  Republican;  Methodist.     One  child: 

Leroy  S.  Gale3  b.  Nov.  12,  1882;  m.  Sept.  26,  1918,  Lilian  Hill;  d.  Oct.  12,  1918. 
Was  freight  transfer  clerk,  B.  &  M.;  lived  in  Woodsville. 

GEORGE 

Alvah  Sawyer  George  was  born  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  Nov.  29,  1851,  the  son  of  William 
Thompson  and  Harriet  B.  (Weed)  George.  W.  T.  George  was  a  farmer,  auctioneer, 
constable,  sheriff  of  Orange  County,  town  representative,  state  senator  and  collector  of 
internal  revenue.  While  holding  the  latter  office  he  captured  no  fewer  than  fifteen  illicit 
stills  for  making  whiskey  and  brandy.  Alvah  S.  George  married,  first,  Mar.  31,  1877, 
Rosa  B.,  daughter  of  Albert  Smith  of  Corinth,  Vt.;  married,  second,  Abbie  M.,  daughter 
of  John  and  Susan  (Quint)  Park  of  Ryegate,  Vt.,  born  Jan.  10,  1861.  After  his  second 
marriage  he  came  to  Woodsville  and  was  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  brother-in-law,  Edgar 
Miller,  for  several  years.  Has  been  clerk  in  other  stores  and  is  now  (1917)  in  the  employ 
of  the  Hotel  Wentworth.     No  children. 

GEORGE 

1.  Levi  George  born  in  Canaan;    married  Eunice  Walworth. 

2.  Isaac  K.  married  Cyrena . 

3.  Isaac  K.,  Jr.,  born  Sutton  Dec.  21,  1837;  married,  Mar.  8,  1857,  Belle  A.,  daughter 
of  William  and  Mary  (Pattee)  Simonds  of  Alexandria,  born  Carlisle,  Mass.,  Jan.  1836. 
Mrs.  Simonds  died  Nov.  18,  1905,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter  in  Woodsville  at  the 
advanced  age  of  101  years  and  11  months.  Mr.  George  lived  in  Alexandria  until  1873 
when  he  became  superintendent  of  the  Grafton  County  farm  and  almshouse  for  a  period 
of  twelve  years.  He  came  to  Woodsville  where  he  has  since  resided,  engaged  in  hotel 
and  boarding-house  business.  His  home  is  on  the  corner  of  Ammonoosuc  Street  near  the 
Bath  bridge,  the  building  since  changed,  having  been  built  by  John  L.  Woods  as  a 
store,  the  first  in  Woodsville    They  have  four  children  born  in  Alexandria: 

1.  Charles  E.  b.  Dec.  20,  1857;  attorney  and  editor. 

2.  Mary  W.  b.  Aug.  1,  1861;  m.  S.  D.  Tilton. 

3.  Lewhs  C.  b.  May  31,  1861;    m.  June  14,  1893,  Nellie  Louise,  dau.  Amos  C.  and 

Abigail  Noyes  of  Landaff.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Louise  b.  Apr.  24,  1894;  (2) 
Beatrice  Isabel  b.  Dec.  16,  1899;  (3)  Harry  Lewis  b.  Nov.  6,  1896;  d.  Aug.  14, 
1897;  lives  in  Woodsville. 

4.  Rena  Isabel  b.  1868;  d.  1870. 

GETCHELL 

Zebulon  Getchell  of  Corinth,  Vt.,  died  June  13,  1833,  at  the  age  of  77;  Hannah 
Getchell,  his  wife,  died  Oct.  22,  1832,  aged  72  years.  Of  their  nine  children,  two,  Ebene- 
zer  and  Silas  P.  became  residents  of  Haverhill. 

Ebenezer  Getchell  born  Corinth,  Vt.,  Dec.  13,  1796;  married,  first  (published), 
Jan.  26,  1824,  Sally  Johnston;    died  Nov.  27,  1842,  aged  40  years;   married,  second, 


534  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Sophia  S. ,  died  Dec.  1,  1880,  aged  79.     He  died  Jan.  1,  1873.     Children  (Ebenezer 

and  Sally) : 

1.  Zadoc  b.  Dec.  1,  1832;  d.  Apr.  2,  1833. 

2.  Amos  M.  b.  Jan.  1840;  d.  Jan.  10,  1843. 

3.  Alonzo  A.  b.  Mar.  1841;  d.  Feb.  5,  1842. 

4.  Benjamin  b.  Oct.  1835;  d.  Oct.  29,  1856. 

5.  Calvin  b.  1828;  adopted  s.  of  Ebenezer  and  Sally;  m.  Mar.  9,  1862,  Ellen  G. 

Coagley,  b.  1840,  d.  Feb.  14,  1895.  He  d.  May  31,  1892.  Of  their  chil. :  James 
b.  1862,  d.  Feb.  9,  1872;  Nellie  L.  b.  1863,  m.  James  A.  Larkin;  Eben  C.  lives  in 
Montpelier,  Vt. 

Silas  P.  Getchell  born  Corinth,  Vt.,  Feb.  19,  1804;  married  Abigail  Q.  McCon- 
nell;  came  to  Haverhill  where  they  afterwards  lived  subsequent  to  1831.  He  was 
farmer;  died  June  22,  1869;  she  died  Nov.  29,  1869,  aged  62.     Four  children: 

1.  Elvira  A.  b.  Pittsburg  Feb.  3,  1830;  m.  Sept.  18,  1853,  David  E.  Blimn. 

2.  George  A.  b.  No.  Hav.  Apr.  8,  1838;  d.  Feb.  5,  1842. 

3.  John  M.  b.  No.  Hav.  Aug.  28,  1841. 

4.  Emma  A.  b.  No.  Hav.  July  6,  1847;  d.  June  19,  1848. 

John  M.  Getchell  born  North  Haverhill  Aug.  28,  1841;  married  Dec.  31,  1865, 
Roselle  E.,  daughter  William  C.  and  Lucy  S.  (Frary)  Marston,  born  June  2,  1845,  died 
Feb.  23,  1897;  married,  second,  Dec.  15,  1897,  Lula,  daughter  John  W.  and  Victoria 
(Cady)  Bemis,  born  Mar.  26,  1877.     Two  children  born  North  Haverhill: 

1.  Carl  E.  b.  May  5,  1901. 

2.  Leon  A.  b.  Jan.  24,  1907. 

Mr.  Getchell  is  a  carpenter  and  builder;  has  patented  several  useful  inventions.  Odd 
Fellow,  Democrat. 

GIBSON 

Charles  R.  Gibson,  M.  D.,  born  Alstead  May  12,  1853;  married,  first,  Jan.  21,  1880, 
S.  Jennie,  daughter  of  William  R.  Park  of  Plymouth,  born  Mar.  3,  1850,  died  Mar.  21, 
1911;  married,  second,  in  New  York  in  1913,  Mrs.  Jennie  L.  Quimby.  He  died  Oct.  2, 
1914.     No  children. 

Dr.  Gibson  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  New  Ipswich  Acad- 
emy, and  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin  College,  graduating  in  1875.  After 
spending  some  two  years  in  the  Maine  General  Hospital  at  Portland,  he  settled  in  Woods- 
ville  in  1877,  building  up  a  successful  practice  in  which  he  continued  until  stricken  with 
fatal  disease.  He  was  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  prominent  member  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Episcopal,  trustee  and  president  of  the  Woods ville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  was  member  of  the  legislature  from  Haverhill  in  1897. 

GLAZIER 

1.  Aaron  Glazier1,  whose  ancestors  came  to  New  England  previous  to  1700,  served 
as  a  soldier  blacksmith  the  entire  eight  years  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  lived  in 
Weathersfield,  Vt.  His  anvil,  made  in  England  in  1714,  is  in  possession  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Historical  Society.  He  married  Orpha  Belknap.  He  died  May  5,  1833. 
She  died  May  11,  1833,  aged  77  years. 

2.  Janes  Glazier2  (Aaron1)  born  in  Weathersfield;  married  Sally  Parker,  a  native 
of  Irasburg,  Vt.  He  was  also  a  blacksmith,  and  served  as  such  in  the  War  of  1812, 
using  the  same  anvil.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  1825,  purchasing  the  farm  on  the  County 
road,  just  east  of  Number  Nine  schoolhouse.  Aside  from  his  farming,  he  followed  his 
blacksmith's  trade,  till  his  death  June  6,  1860,  at  the  age  of  76.  She  died  Dec.  8,  1856. 
Eight  children: 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  535 

1.  Zenas3  b.  Apr.  16,  1806;  lived  and  d.  in  Delaware. 

2.  Orpha3  b.  Sept.  22,  1807;  m. Newton;  came  to  Hav.  about  1824;  later  went 

west  when  she  d.     Two  chil.  in  Hav.  Centre  Cemetery. 

3.  Aaron  P.3  b.  July  12,  1810. 

4.  Nathaniel  P.3  b.  Sept.  29,  1812;  lived  and  d.  in  Cleveland,  O. 

5.  Sarah  B.3  b.  Nov.  22,  1815;  m.  Geo.  W.  Bisbee.     (See  Bisbee.) 

6.  Luke  C.3  b.  Dec.  19,  1818. 

7.  Janes3  b.  July  13,  1823. 

8.  Mary  C.3  b.  Aug.  19,  1827. 

Aaron  P.  Glazier3  (Janes2,  Aaron1)  born  Troy,  Vt.,  July  12,  1810;  married  Aug.  19, 
1832,  Hannah,  daughter  Samuel  and  Dorcas  (Foster)  Royce.  He  died  Haverhill  Oct. 
6,  1878;  she  died  Nov.  1,  1873.  With  the  exception  of  two  years  1835-37  spent  in 
Alabama  Mr.  Glazier  always  resided  in  Haverhill.  He  was  in  the  lumber  business  at 
North  Haverhill  1833-35.  On  his  return  from  the  South  he  purchased  a  farm  in  the 
northeast  part  of  the  town,  and  remained  there  and  on  one  adjoining  until  his  death. 
In  religious  belief  he  was  a  Universalist,  and  in  politics  an  uncompromising  Democrat. 
He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  town,  and  was  thoroughly  informed  on  current 
events.  He  married,  second,  Feb.  21,  1874,  Emma  E.  Lake,  who  died  Apr.  30,  1916. 
Children  by  first  marriage,  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Parker4  b.  June  10,  1835;  d.  Sept.  21,  1838. 

2.  Henry  A.4  b.  May  10,  1837;  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Benj.  Tyrrell;  lived  in  Benton, 

Hav.  and  Barton,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  1913.     One  s. 

3.  Sarah  B.4  b.  Dec.  10,  1839;  m.  Marcus  B.  Jackson;  d.  Mar.  17,  1865.     (See  Jack- 

son.) 

4.  Van  Buren4  b.  Feb.  9,  1842. 

5.  Ruth  F.4  b.  Feb.  4,  1845;  m.  Elisha  B.  Hibbard;  d.  Dec.  8,  1864. 

6.  Mary4  b.  May  1,  1847;  d.  unm.  Jan.  1908. 

7.  Lizzie  S.4  b.  July  22,  1856;  d.  Jan.  2,  1867. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

8.  Jessie  N.  b.  Hav.  Oct.  19,  1875;  m.  June  7,  1899,  Frederick  E.  Rowell,  b.  May  10, 

1876;  resides  Lynn,  Mass. 

9.  Blanche  b.  Mar.  14,  1877;  m.  Nov.  14,  1914,  William  A.  Kenney. 

Rev.  Luke  C.  Glazier3  (Janes2,  Aaron1)  born  Derby,  Vt.,  Dec.  19,  1818;  married 
Apr.  7,  1842,  Mary  Ann  Phelps,  born  Aug.  18,  1823.  Farmer  and  Adventist  minister. 
Resided  on  Brushwood  road,  near  the  "Four  Corners."  He  died  Oct.  30,  1867,  she  died 
July  28,  1900.     Nine  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Sally  Ann4  b.  Mar.  4,  1843;  m.,  1st,  May  7,  1866,  G.  Frank  Locke  at  Weare,  who 

d.  1868;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  24,  1872,  Nathaniel  W.  Davis  of  Lynn,  Mass.     She  d.  Apr. 

9,  1908.    Two  chil.:  (1)  Susan  Maud5  b.  June  24,  1874;    (2)  Merwin  N.5  b.  July 

10,  1876;   m.  Oct.  4,  1904,  Grace  J.  McLillan;   lives  in  Berlin. 

2.  Mary  Ella4  b.  Dec.  4,  1846;  m.  July  27,  1878,  Henry  Wadley.     Resides  Haverhill, 

Mass. 

3.  Lucy  Jane4  b.  May  19,  1849;  d.  Jan.  14,  1890. 

4.  Zenas4  b.  Mar.  16,  1851;  d.  Aug.  23,  1852. 

5.  Lizzie  Mellinda4  b.  Dec.  17,  1852;  m.  Jan.  21,  1871,  William  V.  Johnson.     Resides 

Hartford,  Conn.  One  child:  Anna  L.  Johnson5  b.  Mar.  13,  1875;  m.  July  18, 
1902,  Louis  F.  Colton,  Hartford.  One  child:  Beulah  Louise  Colton6  b.  Apr. 
24,  1903. 

6.  ArzeliaClay4  b.  June  5, 1855;  m.  July  3,  1872,  Edward  M.  Staples  of  Hav.,  Mass., 

d.  Sept.  24,  1889.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Alice  Ethel5  b.  May  8,  1874;  m.  May  25, 
1898,  Rev.  John  Stott  Blair  (Baptist),  Worcester,  Mass.;  one  child:  John 
Edward  Blair6  b.  May  30,  1899.  (2)  Edith  May5  b.  Aug.  12,  1876;  m.  June  3, 
1914,  James  Southerland  Davidson,  Hav.,  Mass.  (3)  Urdix  Lloyd5  b.  Feb.  12, 
1883;  m.  Oct.  17,  1905,  Myrtle  Marie  Hayes;  reside  Hav.,  Mass.  Two  chil.: 
(a)  Robert  Saltmarsh  Staples  b.  Oct.  18,  1906;  (b)  Dorothy  Haves  Staples  b. 
Jan.  14,  1911. 

7.  Anna  Flora4  b.  July  22;  d.  Nov.  24,  1893. 


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8.  Luke  Elwyn4  b.  July  10,  1860;   m.  Sept.  6,  1910,  Alice  O'Hara  of  Rhode  Island. 

An  adopted  dau.  Frances  b.  Jan.  1,  1902.     Farmer;  resides  on  homestead  farm. 

9.  Merwin  P."  b.  May  24,  1863. 

Janes  Glazier3  (Janes?,  Aaron1)  born  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  July  13,  1823;  married 
June  5,  1845,  Almira,  daughter  David  and  Mary  Mead  Elliott,  born  Coventry  (Benton) 
July  11,  1824.  He  died  Haverhill  Nov.  11,  1899;  she  died  Haverhill  Feb.  20,  1915. 
He  lived  on  the  homestead  at  Haverhill  Centre  until  1854,  when  he  removed  to  Benton, 
engaging  in  carriage  making  and  carpentering.  He  spent  a  year  in  Concord,  six  years 
in  Warren,  fourteen  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  following  his  trade,  and  in  1883  returned  to  his 
farm  where,  except  for  a  few  years  previously  spent  in  Suncook  he  lived  till  his  death. 
Democrat,  Adventist.     Four  children: 

1.  Alma  J.4  b.  Feb.  26,  1847;  m.,  1st,  Sept.  16,  1865,  Ira  C.  Swain  of  Warren;  four 

chil.:  (1)  Charles  I.  Swain6  b.  Feb.  5,  1868;  m.  Oct.  4,  1893,  Grace  Little;  one 
child.  (2)  Alice  M.6  b.  Oct.  17,  1869;  m.  Milton  Young;  2  chil.  (3)  Delia  G.6 
b.  Aug.  3,  1871;  m.  Mar.  27,  1895,  Milan  Jeffers  of  Hav.;  one  child.  (4)  Elsie6 
b.  Jan.  17,  1874;  m.  Sept.  1,  1904,  Henry  Little  of  Plymouth.  Alma  J.4,  m.,  2d, 
Feb.  26,  1879,  Charles  Clark,  s.  of  Jeremiah  A.  of  Hav.  She  d.  June  9,  1910;  one 
child  Myra  E.  Clark5  b.  July  25,  1886;  m.  Earl  Young  of  Hav.  One  child.  (See 
Young.) 

2.  Alice  M.4  b.  Hav.  July  23,  1850;  m.  Nov.  28,  1866,  Thomas  E.  Taylor  of  Lowell, 

Mass.     (See  Taylor.) 

3.  Winnie  B.4  b.  Benton  May  27,  1856;   m.  Dec.  21,  1892,  Fred  S.  Aldrich.    One 

child. 

4.  Bert  Janes4  b.  June  20,  1866. 

Rev.  Bert  Janes  Glazier4  (Janes3,  Janes2,  Aaron1)  born  June  20,  1866;  married  Dec. 
9,  1892,  Lettie  C,  daughter  Henry  and  Mary  Little,  born  Warren  Sept.  26,  1874;  Advent- 
ist minister;  has  been  pastor  in  Franconia,  Haverhill  Centre,  North  Carver,  Mass.,  and 
(1917)  Northwood  Narrows.     Two  children: 

1.  Elmer  David6  b.  Hav.  Apr.  25,  1894;  m.  Aug.  7,  1915,  Verdie  F.  Brown  of  North- 

wood  Narrows. 

2.  Iras  Christine6  b.  Franconia  Feb.  1,  1898;  m.  Earl  Quimby  of  Northwood  Narrows. 

One  child. 

Van  Buren  Glazier4  (Aaron  P.3,  Janes2,  Aaron1)  born  Haverhill  Feb.  9,  1842;  mar- 
ried Aug.  27,  1865,  Lavinia,  daughter  of  Archimides  Young  of  Landaff ;  he  died  Mar.  14, 
1915;  she  died  Aug.  1919  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  He  was  among  the  first  to  respond  to  the 
initial  call  for  soldiers  in  Apr.  1861,  and  was  one  of  those  enlisting  for  three  months  under 
the  call  for  75,000.  More  than  the  number  called  for  having  responded,  he  immediately 
re-enlisted  for  three  years  and  served  in  Company  G,  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers 
from  Apr.  24,  1861,  to  Feb.  9,  1863,  when  he  was  discharged  for  disability.  After  his 
marriage  he  engaged  in  farming,  for  a  time  in  Haverhill,  but  in  1870  purchased  a  farm  in 
Landaff  which  he  operated  until  failing  health  compelled  him  to  seek  lighter  employ- 
ment under  better  climatic  conditions,  and  the  last  six  years  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
Southern  California.  He  was  a  Methodist,  a  Republican,  an  active  member  of  the  G. 
A.  R.  serving  as  Aid-de-Camp  on  the  staff  of  theNational  Commander  in  1896.  Three 
children,  Julia  E.6  and  Hattie  E.5,  both  holding  fine  positions  in  the  profession  of 
teaching,  and  Murray  R.6,  farmer  and  teacher,  who  died  in  Landaff  191-. 

GLOVER 

Seth  Glover  born  Plymouth  May  1,  1821,  with  Elmira  Pike  born  Dec.  24,  1819,  came 
to  Haverhill  about  1872  to  accept  the  superintendency  of  the  County  farm.  He  became 
an  efficient  superintendent.  They  were  married  Nov.  30,  1843.  He  died  in  Newbury, 
Vt.,  Jan.  28,  1883,  and  she  died  May  23,  1895.     Seven  children: 

1.   Viola  Jane  b.  Hebron  Mar.  23,  1845;  m.  Dec.  4,  1878,  Austin  G.  Olney  of  Woods- 
ville;  d.  at  Lisbon  Aug.  23,  1914. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  537 

2.  Austin  Seth  b.  Hebron  Sept.  3,  1846;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  16,  1872. 

3.  Lydia  Hadley  b.  Hebron  Aug.  26,  1848;   m.  Apr.  9,  1873,  George  J.  Woodward. 

They  live  in  Lisbon.  One  s.,  Julius  Seth,  b.  Hav.  Feb.  1,  1882;  m.  Dec.  25,  1906, 
Grace  B.  Clifford.  Now  living  at  Maiden,  Mass.  One  dau.  Doris  Josephine,  b. 
Maiden  July  3,  1909. 

4.  Mary  Orett  b.  Hebron  Oct.  4,  1850;  d.  Lisbon  June  10,  1914. 

5.  Wesley  Powers  b.  Hebron  Jan.  23,  1853;   m.  at  Hav.  Aug.  18,  1874,  Esther  A. 

Merrill.  Now  live  in  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.  Two  s.,  one  dau.:  Carl  Wesley  b. 
Hav.  Nov.  20,  1882;  m.  July  28,  1910,  Catherine  Anna  Olney,  one  dau.,  now 
living  in  Claremont.  Seth  Roy  b.  Hav.  May  21,  1885;  m.  at  Santa  Clara,  Cal., 
Oct.  11,  1910,  to  Olive  R.  Dickinson;  a  s.  and  dau.  now  living  in  Oakland,  Cal. 
Grace  May  b.  Hav.  Oct.  15,  1892;  m.  at  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  George  Hudson  of 
Oakland,  where  they  now  reside.     One  s. 

6.  Truman  West,  b.  Plymouth  May  23,  1859;  m.  Dec.  25,  1890,  Alice  Mabel  Williams 

of  Woodsville;  now  lives  in  Lisbon;  livery  business.  One  s.,  Paul  Williams 
Glover  b.  Woodsville  Mar.  13,  1902;  m.  June  14,  1919,  Katherine  E.,  dau.  Amos 
N.  and  Katherine  (Woods)  Blandin;  lieutenant  in  A.  E.  F.,  France. 

7.  Olive  Elmira  b.  Plymouth  Feb.  25,  1862;  d.  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  Mar.  11,  1881. 

GLYNN 

John  Glynn1  was  born  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Apr.  6,  1730,  nine  days  after  his  emigrant  par- 
ents arrived  in  America  from  Ireland.  He  married  Thankful  Adams,  born  1729,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  eight  children:  Joseph,  James,  William,  Isaac,  Phebe,  Betsey, 
Polly  and  Sally.  Protestants  in  religion,  they  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
Church. 

Isaac  Glynn2  (John1)  born  Westford,  Mass.,  1751;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Reed)  Nutting.  He  died  Springfield,  Vt.,  Dec.  30,  1835.  She 
died  North  Haverhill  Oct.  27,  1852.  Isaac  Glynn  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  in 
1775,  and  by  re-enlistments  served  continuously  during  the  entire  war.  He  was  at 
Bunker  Hill  in  1775,  and  at  Yorktown  six  years  later  on  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  service  he  held  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  was  with  Sullivan 
in  his  famous  expedition  through  the  wilderness  into  Central  New  York,  where  he 
destroyed  the  power  of  the  Indians.  After  his  army  service  ended,  he  learned  the  trade 
of  cooper  and  moved  to  Springfield,  Vt.,  when  later  he  purchased  a  farm  which  he 
occupied  till  his  death.     Fifteen  children  all  born  in  Springfield,  Vt. : 

1.  Benjamin  b.  Sept.  22,  1786;  d.  Mar.  3,  1863. 

2.  Sally  b.  July  6,  1788. 

3.  Lucinda  b.  Jan.  17,  1791. 

4.  Polly  b.  Nov.  26,  1793. 

5.  Thomas  b.  Apr.  5,  1795. 

6.  Samuel  A.  b.  Apr.  29,  1797. 

7.  Joseph  b.  Jan.  24,  1799. 

8.  Isaac  b.  Nov.  24,  1800. 

9.  Sophronia  b.  July  17,  1803. 

10.  James  b.  Aug.  1,  1804. 

11.  Sophronia  b.  June  15,  1806. 

12.  John  b.  Nov.  10,  1810. 

There  were  three  others  who  d.  in  early  infancy. 

Samuel  Adams  Glynn3  (Isaac2,  John1)  born  Westboro,  Mass.,  Apr.  29,  1797;  married 
1816,  Hannah  Lockwood,  born  Springfield,  Vt.,  May  3,  1796,  died  May  12,  1878.  He 
died  Aug.  15,  1894.  Came  to  North  Haverhill  from  Springfield,  Vt.,  in  the  summer  of 
1833.  Lived  there  till  their  death,  except  for  a  few  years  spent  in  Peacham,  Vt.  Ten 
children : 

1.  Lucius  H.4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Nov.  13,  1819;  d.  unm.  No.  Hav.,  Aug.  14,  1896. 

2.  Sarah  F.4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  May  17,  1821;   unm.;  d.  July  3,  1915,  New  Haven, 

Conn. 


538  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

3.  Thankful4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1823;  m. Home,  d.  Baltimore,  Md., 

Sept.  26,  1870. 

4.  Lafayette4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1825;  m.  Mary  Perry;  d.  Minneota,  Lyon 

County,  Minn.,  Apr.  29,  1906. 

5.  Charles  B.4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Oct.  6,  1827;  d.  Minneota,  Minn.,  July  19,  1906. 

6.  Clemontina4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Oct.  6,  1829;  m.,  1st,  Morris  Clark  of  Groton,  Vt.; 

2d,  Nelson  I.  Parker  of  Salisbury,  N.  Y.     Lives  (1915)  New  Haven,  Conn. 

7.  Christina4  b.  Springfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  13,  1832;  m.  Joseph  M.  Eustis.     Lives  Minne- 

apolis, Minn. 

8.  Louisa  P.4  b.  No.  Hav.  Aug.  29,  1833;  m.  John  Wilcox;  d.  No.  Hav.,  Sept.  9,  1894. 

9.  Charlotte4  b.  No.  Hav.  May  12,  1837;  m.  Charles  Griffin;  d.  Manchester  Oct.  12, 

1870. 
10.   James4  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Mar.  14,  1841;  served  in  Union  Army;   when  last  heard 
from  1895  was  living  in  Des  Moines,  la. 

James  Glynn3  (Isaac2,  John1)  born  Aug.  1,  1804,  Springfield,  Vt.;  married  Nov.  18, 
1823,  Olive,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Beulah  (Sartwell)  Bemis.  He  died  Lisbon  Mar.  9, 
1891.  She  died  Lisbon  June  12,  1890.  He  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  later  that 
of  blacksmith  which  he  followed  for  a  number  of  years  in  Moriah,  N.  Y.  He  came  to 
North  Haverhill  about  1835,  worked  at  his  trade  for  a  time  when  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business.  Later  he  purchased  a  farm  on  the  road  from  North  Haverhill  Station  to  the 
Union  Meetinghouse  which  he  carried  on  successfully  until  1873  when  he  removed  to 
Lisbon  and  retired  from  active  business.  He  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican,  and 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Was  postmaster  in  1849. 
Eight  children: 

1.  Cordelia  J.  b.  Jan.  25,  1825;  m.  B.  C.  Durgin  of  Limerick,  Me.;  d.  Sept.  10,  1855. 

2.  Gratia  A.  b.  Aug.  31,  1827;  m.,  1st,  O.  A.  Emerson  of  Thetford,  Vt.;  2d,  Daniel 

Morse  of  Hav.     (See  Morse.) 

3.  Horace  H.  b.  Mar.  16,  1829;  d.  Hav.  July  12,  1840. 

4.  Ellen  P.  b.  Jan.  8,  1832;  m.  Calvin  Pennoch.     (See  Pennoch.) 

5.  Ruth  M.  b.  June  17,  1834;  d.  Jan.  4,  1852. 

6.  Emily  L.  b.  Sept.  5,  1836;  d.  Apr.  1,  1839. 

7.  Emily  L.  b.  May  24,  1839. 

8.  Verona  A.  b.  Mar.  30,  1845;  m.  Mar.  18,  1868,  Geo.  W.  Pennoch.     (See  Pennoch). 

Isaac  Glynn3  (Isaac2,  John1)  born  Nov.  24,  1800;  married  Sarah  Bacon;  came  to 
Haverhill  about  1833;  was  blind;  a  musician  and  showman;  died  Haverhill.  After 
death  of  her  husband  she  went  to  Went  worth  and  died  there.     Eight  children: 

1.  Mary  A.  m.  Isaac  Morse.     (See  Morse.) 

2.  Maria  m. Page;  lived  and  d.  at  Hav.  Corner. 

3.  Emerson  m.  Susannah,  dau.  of  Hiram  Morse  of  Morse  Hill.     (See  Morse.)     Went 

to  California  in  the  50's,  where  he  became  successful  in  the  trucking  business. 
After  the  San  Francisco  earthquake,  spent  some  time  East. 

4.  Clesta  m.  Edward  Hackett  and  lived  in  Manchester. 

5.  Edwin. 

6.  Isaac  was  wood  and  coal  dealer  in  Lancaster. 

7.  Sarah. 

8.  John. 

GOOKIN 

The  Gookin  family  was  for  a  time  a  prominent  one  in  Haverhill.  Samuel  was  born  in 
1742  and  lived  in  Dedham  and  Boston,  and  later  in  Haverhill.  His  son,  Richard,  was 
born  in  Boston  in  1769,  and  with  his  brother,  Samuel,  was  the  first  person,  it  is  said,  who 
manufactured  watch  and  hair  springs  in  America.  He  and  a  party  by  the  name  of  Sand- 
vin  introduced  from  England  the  wool-carding  machines  and  on  these  he  obtained  sev- 
eral patents.  Previous  to  this  all  wool  was  carded  by  hand.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in 
1799  and  manufactured  wool-carding  machines  which  were  sold  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  in  Canada.     He  was  interested  in  woolen  factories  in  Bath  and  other 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  539 

places  and  lived  on  Ladd  Street.  He  was  the  owner  with  Obadiah  Swasey  of  the  "Fisher 
farm."  There  is  a  tradition  that  on  account  of  the  carding  machines  being  brought  from 
England  an  attempt  was  made  on  the  lives  of  Mr.  Gookin  and  his  partner.  A  hat  was 
sent  the  former  armed  with  a  secret  deadly  spring,  but  was  discovered  before  the  hat 
was  worn.  It  was  put  on  a  dog  and  instantly  killed  the  animal.  To  Mr.  Sandvin  was 
sent  a  trunk  that  was  to  explode  when  unlocking. 

His  wife's  name  was  Rebecca  Denman.  One  of  his  daughters  married  John  Lee 
Bunce.  Mr.  Gookin  was  a  marked  man  in  Haverhill,  but  no  trace  of  the  family  is  left 
in  town,  outside  the  graveyard. 

Samuel  Gookin  died  Dec.  8,  1824,  aged  82  years. 

Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Gookin. 

Samuel  Gookin,  Jr.  died  June  18,  1818,  aged  18  years  and  4  months. 

Richard  Gookin  died  May  20,  1826,  aged  57  years. 

Rebecca  D.,  wife  of  Richard  Gookin,  died  June  14,  1838,  in  her  70th  year. 

Lucinda,  daughter  Richard  and  Rebecca  Gookin,  died  Nov.  19,  1814,  aged  15  years, 
9  months. 

Richard  Gookin  died  Savannah,  Ga.,  1831,  aged  30  years. 

John  F.  Gookin  died  Sept.  27,  1828,  in  his  22d  year. 

Sarah  Gookin  died  Jan.  14,  1828,  in  her  23d  year. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Gookin,  wife  of  Rev.  Walter  Tileston,  died  Apr.  27,  1827,  aged  32 
years. 

Louisa,  wife  of  John  L.  Bunce,  died  Apr.  19,  1837,  aged  34  years. 

Warren  D.  Gookin  died  June  27,  1874,  aged  74  years.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1830.  He  spent  the  early  part  of  his  life  on  a  sugar  plantation  in  Cuba  and 
spent  some  time  in  travel.  He  finally  went  to  New  York  where  he  won  large  success  as 
a  shipping  merchant.  A  scholarship  at  Dartmouth  was  founded  by  him.  A  daughter 
married  Edwin  S.  Waterman. 

GORDON 

James  Gordon,  son  of  John  and  Rhoda  Pope  Gordon,  was  born  in  Shipton,  P.  Q., 
Dec.  24,  1844;  d.  Oct.  4,  1917.  He  married,  first,  at  the  age  of  24,  Sept.  18,  1873,  Eva 
Burt  of  Wells  River,  Vt.  She  died  in  1876.  In  1877  he  married,  second,  Jennie, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Gracia  (Eames)  Hancock.  Lived  in  Woodsville  since  1880. 
Carpenter  and  farmer;  Democrat.     Three  children:     Leslie  J.,  Nina,  and  Harold. 

GREEN 

Frederic  W.  Green,  the  son  of  Orrin  and  Sarah  Green,  born  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  Oct. 
3,  1869.  Was  married  Christmas  Eve,  1891,  to  Miss  Florence  Alice  Nims,  born  Rutland, 
Vt.,  Dec.  25,  1872.  Has  been  hotel  clerk  at  the  Wentworth  for  nearly  nineteen  years. 
Two  children: 

1.  Walter  Frederick  b.  Dec.  28,  1893. 

2.  Robert  Kingsley  b.  Dec.  28,  1901. 

HAINES 

Samuel  Haines1  born  in  England  1611;  came  to  New  England  1635;  settled  in  Ports- 
mouth. 

Samuel  Haines2  (Samuel1)  born  1646;  married  Jan.  9,  1673,  Mary  Fifield  of  Hampton, 
died  1688-89. 

William  Haines3  (Samuel2,  Samuel1)  born  Jan.  6,  1679;  married  Jan.  4,  1705,  Mary 
Louis  of  Casco  Bay;  died  1760. 


540  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

David  Haines4  (William3,  Samuel2,  Samuel1)  born  June  27,  1717;  married  Lydia  Cate; 
settled  in  Epping.     Ten  children. 

Simeon  Haines6  (David4,  William3,  Samuel2,  Samuel1)  born  May  9,  1752;  married 
Eunice  Gilman;  died  Haverhill  1829,  aged  77.     Twelve  children  born  in  Sanbornton. 

Simeon  Haines  (Simeon5,  David4,  William3,  Samuel2,  Samuel1)  born  Sanbornton 
July  17,  1791;  learned  the  trade  of  tanner  and  currier,  and  settled  first  in  Plainfield,  com- 
ing to  Haverhill  about  1824.  His  farm  was  at  the  Centre  near  the  Union  Meetinghouse. 
He  returned  to  his  native  town  about  1870,  and  resided  with  his  son  in  Northfield  till  his 
death  Oct.  7,  1879.  Married,  first,  1814,  Sarah  Flanders  of  Wilmot,  who  died  Haver- 
hill May  19, 1833,  aged  36;  second,  1834,  Mrs.  Mary  (Mason)  Pearsons  of  New  Hampton, 
who  died  Feb.  13,  1843,  aged  40;  third,  1843,  Sarah  J.  Clark  of  Sanbornton,  who  died 
(child  birth)  Haverhill  Mar.  25,  1845,  aged  38  years,  3  months;  married,  fourth,  Sept.  21, 
1845,  Betsey  Eliza  Clark,  sister  of  third  wife,  born  Sanbornton  Nov.  11,  1800,  died  July 
2,  1850;  married  fifth,  Mrs.  Phebe  (Acherton)  Merrill  of  Vermont,  who  died  Feb.  3,  1861, 
aged  55.  His  second,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  wives  are  buried  in  the  Centre  Haverhill 
Cemetery.     Six  children: 

1.  Charles  Timothy7  b.  Plainfield  Aug.  2,  1815;  was  farmer  in  Illinois. 

2.  Betsey7  b.  Plainfield  June  19,  1817;  m.  David  Merrill  of  Hav.     (See  Merrill.) 

3.  Simeon7  b.  Hav.  July  16,  1824;  lived  in  California. 

4.  Moses7  b.  Hav.  Nov.  4,  1827,  lost  at  the  age  of  21  on  one  of  the  Western  lakes. 

5.  Mary  Ann7  b.  Hav.  July  20,  1829;  m.  Marcellus  J.  Morse,  s.  of  Jacob;  lived  in 

Fitchburg,  Mass.     (See  Morse.) 

6.  Charles  Clark7  b.  Hav.  Mar.  25,  1845,  at  death  of  mother,  3d  wife;  farmer  in 

Northfield  till  he  moved  west  in  1880.  He  m.  Oct.  25,  1871,  Fannie  Maria 
Stevens  of  Bangor,  Me.  One  son  Alvin  Stevens  Haines8  b.  Northfield  July  21, 
1872. 

HALE 

David  H.  Hale  died  Aug.  28,  1884,  aged  84  years.  Sybil  J.  F.,  wife  David  H.  Hale 
died  Apr.  17,  1877,  aged  72  years,  6  months.  Elvira  C.  Page  born  Sept.  10,  1811;  died 
Mar.  27,  1892. 

Jakey  H.  Hale  died  Feb.  22,  1892,  aged  85  years,  5  months.  Prudence  H.,  wife  of 
Jakey  H.  Hale,  died  July  2,  1862,  aged  58  years.  Betsey  S.,  wife  of  J.  H.  Hale,  died 
Sept.  10,  1899,  aged  80  years,  3  months,  23  days.  Lucinda  B.,  daughter  of  J.  H.  Hale, 
died  Feb.  19,  1871,  aged  25  years. 

HALE 

1.  Thomas  Hale  and  Thomasine,  his  wife,  came  from  England  and  settled  in  New- 
bury, Mass.,  between  1635  and  1638.     Four  children. 

2.  Thomas  born  in  England  1635,  came  with  parents  to  America;  married  May  26, 
1657,  Mary,  daughter  Richard  and  Alice  Bosworth  Hutchinson.     Nine  children. 

3.  Samuel,  youngest  son  of  Thomas,  born  June  6, 1674;  married,  first,  Martha  Palmer; 
second,  Sarah,  widow  of  Edward  Hazen.     Six  children  by  first  wife. 

4.  Jonathan  born  Bradford,  Mass.,  in  what  is  now  Groveland,  Jan.  9,  1701-2;  mar- 
ried Susanna  Tuttle,  Ipswich  Nov.  10,  1729.  Probably  removed  to  Worcester  after  1747. 
Six  children,  one  daughter  who  married  Rev.  Peter  Powers. 

5.  Jonathan  born  Bradford,  Mass.,  1752;  married,  first,  Silence,  daughter  Elisba  and 
Anna  (Haven)  Goddard  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  born  Nov.  18,  1752,  died  Jan.  15, 1800;  married, 
second  May  6,  1800,  Mary  Parker  of  Exeter.  He  died  1837  in  Coventry  (New  Benton). 
He  lived  in  Bradford  and  Sutton,  Mass.,  in  Haverhill,  Concord,  Framingham,  Mass., 
and  Coventry,  N.  H.  He  was  in  Haverhill  during  the  Revolutionary  struggle  in  which 
he  took  an  active  part.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  and  had  charge 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  541 

of  the  scouting  parties  sent  out  from  town.  In  1779  and  1780  he  was  a  resident  of 
Concord.  He  was  a  delegate  in  Sept.  1779  with  Col.  Timothy  Walker  to  a  convention 
called  for  "appreciating  currency  by  regulating  prices"  and  in  Dec.  1780  he  was  elected 
a  representative  from  Concord  to  the  General  Court.  From  Concord  he  went  to  Fram- 
ingham,  Mass.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wool  cards.  He  was  select- 
man of  the  town  in  1788,  '89  and  '90  and  in  1795  represented  Framingham  in  the  General 
Court.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  removed  to  Coventry  where  he  owned  a  large  farm 
of  a  thousand  acres  on  what  were  known  as  Coventry  Meadows.  The  first  town  meeting 
of  that  town  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  town  government  was  held  at  the  house  of 
Maj.  Jonathan  Hale  Dec.  30,  1801,  and  that  town,  except  for  drill  periods  spent  in  Haver- 
hill, was  his  home  till  his  death  in  1837.  He  was  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  section. 
His  six  children  were  born  probably  in  Framingham : 

1.  Nathan  Haven  d.  unm. 

2.  Mary  m.  William  Coolidge  of  Coventry. 

3.  Susanna  b.  Nov.  1784;  m.  Nathan  Dewey. 

4.  John  b.  June  16,  1789. 

5.  Mehitable  m. Kent. 

6.  Anna. 

HARDY 

Joseph  Hardy1  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1781;  came  to  Haverhill,  from  Weathers- 
field,  Vt.,  about  1830;  married  Lucy  Jeffers,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1794;  settled  at 
foot  of  Little  Black  Hill  off  the  Limekiln  road,  where  he  built  his  log  house  and  cleared 
his  farm.     He  died  July  21,  1858;  she  died  Apr.  3,  1850.     Eight  children: 

1.  John2  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt. 

2.  Joseph2  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  May  21,  1822. 

3.  Abraham2  b.  Feb.  7,  1825  (?);  m.,  1st,  Nancy  E.  Bailey;  2d,  Sarah  Dow  Hobbs; 

lived  in  Plymouth. 

4.  Eben2  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  1827. 

5.  Sumner2  b.  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  1829;  enlisted  Sept.  1861,  6th  Regt.  N.  H.  Vols., 

discharge  for  disability  May  1863. 

6.  Josiah2  b.  Hav.  July  18,  1831. 

7.  Mary  A.2  b.  Hav.;  m.  (pub.  Apr.  13,  1857)  James  R.  Battis.     (See  Battis.) 

8.  Lucy.2 

Joseph  Hardy2  (Joseph1)  born  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  May  21,  1822;  married,  Sept.  2, 
1852,  Alzina  E.  Glynn  of  Chester,  Vt.  Farmer,  Democrat.  Lived  on  the  Limekiln  road 
and  later  in  East  Haverhill;  died  May  21,  1900.     Seven  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  William  J.3  b.  1854;  farmer;  lives  Jeffers  Hill  road. 

2.  Charles  Lowell3  b.  1856;  m.  (pub.  Jan.  8,  1874)  Eliza  Adams,  b.  Canada;  farmer; 

lives  on  the  Knight's  road  above  Pike.     One  child,  Charles.4 

3.  Frank  S.3  b.  1858. 

4.  Luella3  b.  1860;  m.  (pub.  Dec.  8,  1882)  Chas.  E.  Barrett,  Weymouth,  Mass.,  b. 

1857. 

5.  Fred  S.3  b.  1863. 

6.  George  J.  b.  1865;  m.  Wren;  lives  in  Auburn,  Me.     Three  chil. :  Beatrix,4 

Gwendolin,4  Ella. 

7.  Bertha  m.  Fred  Noyes. 

8.  Blanche  m.  Walter  Arnold. 

Eben  Hardy2  (Joseph1)  born  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  1827;  married  Adeline  Bowen;  lived 
at  North  Haverhill,  Woodsville,  and  Webster;  died  Webster  June  20,  1894.  Two  sons, 
who  lived  till  manhood :  Albert3  and  Eben.3 

Josiah  Hardy2  (Joseph1)  born  Haverhill  July  18,  1831;  married  Aug.  20,  1856, 
Dorothy  Ann,  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Ann  D.  (Ladd)  Bailey,  born  Alexandria  Feb.  17, 
1834.     They  lived  in  Haverhill,  where  he  was  employed  as  section  boss  on  the  Boston, 


542  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad,  until  1882  when  he  purchased  a  farm  in  East  Piermont 
where  he  resided  till  his  death  Mar.  3,  1912.     Two  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Ernest  A.  b.  Apr.  9,  1859;  d.  Apr.  8,  1860. 

2.  Arabella  G.  b.  Mar.  4,  1861;  m.  Mar.  3,  1881,  George  A.  Clarke;  farmer  and 

Advent  minister;  who  d.  May  19,  1905.  After  his  death,  at  the  age  of  45,  she 
taught  her  first  district  school  in  East  Piermont,  teaching  for  eight  terms;  lives 
in  East  Piermont;  m.,  2d,  James  Leonard.  One  child,  Ernest  G.  Clarke,  machinist, 
m.  Mary  J.  Noyes  of  Bradford,  Vt.  Resides  Weymouth,  Mass.;  employee  in 
Fore  River  Shipbuilding  Yard,  Quincy,  Mass. 

Frank  S.  Hardy3  (Joseph2,  Joseph1)  born  1859;  married  (published  Oct.  9,  1879), 
Helen  E.  Smalley,  born  Rockingham,  Vt.,  1861.  Two  children,  1,  Mary4  m.  Fred  A. 
Sleeper;  2,  Joseph4  m.  Dec.  12,  1907,  Lillian  Wright,  lives  at  Fred  A.  Sleeper's,  East 
Haverhill. 

Fred  S.  Hardy3  (Joseph2,  Joseph1)  born  1863;  married  Nov.  10,  1883,  Cora  A.,  daugh- 
ter Alvin  and  Ellen  Blake,  born  Haverhill  1865;  farmer  lives  Number  Six  Schoolhouse 
road.     Two  children  born  Haverhill : 

1.  Lucy4  b.  May  30,  1886;  m.  Arthur  Blake. 

2.  Lawrence  A*  b.  Jan.  15,  1897. 

Another  family  by  the  name  of  Hardy  has  lived  in  Haverhill  of  which  there  is  prob- 
ably now  no  representative  living. 

Henry  Hardy  died  Apr.  15,  1855. 

Sarah  Hardy  married  Samuel  Hardy  of  Piermont  Feb.  23,  1843. 

In  the  Haverhill  Cemetery  there  is  a  lot  containing  four  graves  with  inscriptions  on 
headstones:  Mary  Rogers,  wife  of  William  H.  Hardy,  died  Feb.  16,  1881,  aged  75  years. 
Joel  R.  Hardy,  1841-1904.  Alfred  T.  Hardy,  1843-1904.  Rodney  M.  Hardy,  1847- 
1905. 

Another  inscription:     Sarah  Hardy,  July  6,  1816- Aug.  18,  1893. 

HARRIMAN 

1.  Leonard  Harriman1  of  Rowley,  Mass. 

2.  Matthew  Harriman2  born  June  16,  1652;  married  Elizabeth  Swan. 

3.  Abner  Harriman3  married  Sarah  Merrill,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hampstead. 

4.  Jasiel  Harriman4  (Abner3,  Matthew2,  Leonard1)  born  Hampstead  Mar.  11, 
1726-7;  died  Aug.  17,  1802,  in  Sandwich;  married  Mar.  19,  1752,  Mary,  daughter 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Lowell)  Davis,  born  May  19,  1733,  died  1819.  He  was  a 
grantee  of  Haverhill,  Bath  and  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  was  one  of  the  party  that  came  up  in 
the  spring  of  1762  to  assist  John  Hazen  in  putting  up  his  mill  and  begin  settlement. 
With  Joshua  Howard  and  Simeon  Stevens  he  made  the  journey  from  Hampstead  in  four 
days  coming  up  direct,  by  the  Baker's  River  route,  and  over  what  is  now  Warren  Summit, 
instead  of  taking  the  usual  course  as  did  Hazen  and  the  others  by  way  of  North  Haverhill. 
They  were  the  first  of  the  settlers  to  take  the  shorter  direct  route.  He  remained  but  a 
little  time  in  Haverhill,  went  to  Bath  where  he  became  the  first  settler,  and  later  went 
to  Chester,  and  still  later  to  Sandwich.  Before  coming  to  Coos  he  lived  for  a  time  in 
Gilmanton.  He  was  the  first  blacksmith  in  Coos,  hence  a  person  of  first  importance. 
Ten  children: 

1.  Molly5  b.  Hampstead  July  26,  1752-3. 

2.  Sarah5  b.  July  21,  1755;  m.  Robert  McKinley. 

3.  Mercy5  b.  1757;  d.  1847;  m.  David  Carr  of  Corinth,  Vt. 

4.  Joab5  b.  Gilmanton  July  4,  1760;  m.  Hannah  Beede. 

5.  Peabody5  b.  Aug.  22,  1762. 

6.  James5  b.  1764;  d.  young. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  543 

7.  Mary6  b.  Bath  1766;  m.  Simeon  Smith  of  Campton,  and  d.  there  near  the  close  of 

1854  ae.  88  yrs.     She  was  the  first  white  child  in  b.  Bath. 

8.  James  Chester5  b.  in  Bath,  June  14,  1767;  d.  Wiscasset,  Me.,  Jan.  9,  1848;  m.  Oct. 

13,  1790,  Sarah  Eaton. 

9.  Jane  m.  Hohn  McKinley;  moved  to  the  "Western  Reservation"  about  1810. 
10.   Nancy  b.  June  12,  1772,  in  Chester;  m.  Jesse  Carleton.     (See  Carleton.) 

HAWKINS 

Dexter  Lorenzo  Hawkins,2  son  of  Dexter1  and  Martha  (Weare)  Hawkins,  was  born 
Pomfret,  Vt.,  July  27,  1835;  died  Oct.  5,  1918;  married  June  11,  1855,  Rhoda  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Wayne  and  Olive  Armstrong,  born  Norwich,  Vt.,  Aug.  7,  1832.  They  lived  in 
Sharon,  Vt.,  and  Norwich  till  1860,  when  they  moved  to  Bath,  where  he  was  agent  for 

D.  K.  Jackman  and  for  his  estate  after  his  death  until  he  came  to  Woodsville  in  1884;  was 
clerk  at  the  Mount  Gardner  House;  joint  manager  of  the  Parker  House  with  Eugene 
Nutting  until  the  completion  of  the  Opera  block  in  1890,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of 

E.  B.  Mann  where  he  remained  for  twenty-seven  years.  While  a  resident  of  Bath  he  was 
selectman  for  four  years,  and  in  1887  was  elected  selectman  of  Haverhill,  and  reelected 
twenty-one  times,  a  service  of  twenty-two  years,  breaking  all  previous  records  for  length 
of  service.  A  life-long  Democrat,  the  larger  number  of  his  elections  were  given  him  when 
his  party  was  in  the  minority;  was  clerk  in  the  Mann  drug  store,  and  janitor  of  the 
Opera  block;  Mason;  Christian  Scientist.     Nine  children: 

1.  Ida  Jane3  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  1856;  d.  1864. 

2.  Olive  Albina3  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  1858;  m.,  1st,  John  Gale;  2d,  Frank  Chamberlin  of 

Bath;  d.  1900. 

3.  Martha3  b.  Norwich,  Vt.,  1860;  m.  Warren  H.  Whitcomb  of  Bath. 

4.  Ellen  F.3  b.  Bath  1862;  m.  Arthur  Carr;  d.  1902. 

5.  Dexter  L.3  b.  Bath  1864;  d.  1865. 

6.  Climena3  b.  Bath  1866;  m.  Odell  Wilson;  lives  in  Portland,  Me. 

7.  Rhoda  Ann3  b.  Bath,  1868;  m.  1890  Walter  H.  Stickney. 

8.  Max3  b.  Bath  1870;  m.  Alice  Moseley  of  Lyme;  lives  in  Manchester. 

9.  Maude3  b.  1871;  d.  1872. 

HAYWARD 

In  the  early  history  of  the  town  the  names  of  Joshua  and  Jonathan  Hayward  frequently 
appear  in  the  records,  Joshua  was  selectman  in  1779,  was  surveyor  of  highways  as  early 
as  1765,  and  was  one  of  the  jurors  at  the  first  term  of  the  Grafton  County  Court  in  1773. 
He  rendered  honorable  service  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  later  was  major  of  the 
twelfth  regiment  New  Hampshire  Militia.  Jonathan  Hayward  was  one  of  the  "com- 
mittee of  inspection, "  during  the  Revolutionary  struggle.     The  names  of  neither  appear 

in  the  town  clerks  records  subsequent  to  1780.     Joshua  married  Susanna .     They 

had  five  children  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  JoHNb.  June  20,  1766. 

2.  Susanna  b.  May  22,  1768. 

3.  Joshua  b.  Sept.  28,  1770. 

4.  Rix  or  Rise  b.  Sept.  1,  1772. 

5.  Amos  b.  Apr.  9,  1775. 

HAYWOOD 

Nathaniel  Haywood  born  Winchendon,  Mass.,  Apr.  14,  1792;  married  Mary  Durant 
of  Springfield,  Vt.,  born  Keene  Dec.  20,  1795;  died  Haverhill  Mar.  23,  1829.  She  died 
Haverhill  1862.  They  came  to  East  Haverhill  where  he  purchased  a  farm  about  1818. 
Seven  children: 

1.  Alvah  E.  b.  May  4,  1813. 

2.  Clark  b.  Nov.  20,  1815. 


544  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

3.  Mary  A.  b.  Oct.  1,  1817;  m.  John  J.  Jeffers.     (See  Jeffers.) 

4.  Sarah  D.  b.  May  4,  1820;  m.  Daniel  Dunkley.     (See  Dunkley.) 

5.  Benjamin  F.  b.  Nov.  24,  1822. 

6.  Martha  A.  b.  Aug.  13,  1826;  m.  James  Bisbee.     (See  Bisbee.) 

7.  Parthena  E.  b.  Feb.  28,  1829;  m.  Jan.  12,  1853,  Joseph  A.  Davis  of  Bath. 

1.  Alvah  E.  Haywood,  son  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Durant,  born  East  Haverhill  Apr. 
12,  1814,  married  Lucretia  Jeffers,  published  June  5,  1834,  died  Nov.  4,  1859.  She 
married,  second,  Dec.  25,  1863,  Daniel  Batchelder.  She  died  Oct.  21,  1874.  Alvah  E. 
Haywood  was  a  farmer;  lived  on  the  road  leading  from  near  the  old  town  house,  Center 
Haverhill,  over  the  hill  to  Number  Six  schoolhouse.  Was  prominent  in  town  affairs; 
served  as  selectman,  was  several  years  deputy  sheriff;  a  Democrat,  was  active  in  the 
councils  of  his  party.     They  had  seven  children  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  James  E.  b.  May  23,  1836. 

2.  Sybil  M.  b.  May  30,  1839;  m.  Nov.  20,  1855,  John  Carr  of  E.  Hav.;  d.  Mar.  1,  1907. 

3.  Chastina  L.  b.  Aug.  5,  1841;  m.  June  12,  1860,  Solon  H.  Baker.     (See  Baker.) 

4.  Martha  E.  b.  July  11,  1845;  m.  William  R.  Johnson  of  Bath;  living  1914  in  Detroit, 

Mich. 

5.  Nathaniel  J.  b.  May  4,  1850;  m.  Maria  E.  Vrock  of  Almont,  Mich.,  living  1914 

in  New  York  City. 

6.  Ira  W.  b.  Nov.  22,  1854;  living  in  Ohio;  unm. 

7.  Mary  Olin  b.  July  8,  1856;  d.  unm.  Apr.  17,  1872. 

James  E.  Haywood,  son  Alvah  E.  and  Lucretia  Jeffers,  born  May  23,  1836;  married 
Nov.  16,  1859,  Caroline  E.,  daughter  of  Timothy  Read  Bacon  of  Haverhill.  He 
went  to  Michigan  on  attaining  his  majority  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  lumber  firm 
of  Stafford,  Haywood  and  Jenness,  his  uncle,  Clark  Haywood,  being  a  member  of  the 
firm.  He  was  a  pioneer  worker  in  the  unbroken  forests  of  Huron  County,  and  has  made 
his  home  in  Port  Huron  since,  and  won  notable  business  success.  A  Democrat  in  politics 
like  his  father,  he  has  held  important  official  positions;  has  been  two  years  county 
treasurer;  represented  Huron  County  in  the  state  legislature  four  years,  and  was  deputy 
collector,  inspector  and  appraiser  of  the  Huron  district  during  the  first  Cleveland  and 
part  of  the  Harrison  administrations.     Resides  Port  Huron,  Mich.     Two  children: 

1.  Edwin  Reed  b.  Jan.  13,  1863;  m.  Nov.  16,  1892,  Jennette  G.  Allan.     Engineer 

Grand  Truck  Railroad;  killed  in  railroad  collision  Nov.  4,  1904.  Two  chil. : 
Allan  E.  b.  Jan.  2,  1892;  Edwin  B.  b.  Feb.  4,  1903.  Mrs.  Haywood  and  sons 
live  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

2.  Blanche  P.  b.  Feb.  3,  1870;  m.  Feb.  20,  1895,  Alexander  Moore;  lives  Port  Huron, 

Mich. 

2.  Clark  Haywood,  son  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Durant,  born  Weathersfield,  Vt.,  Nov. 
20,  1815;  married  Feb.  6,  1845,  Ellen  Noyes,  daughter  Daniel  Clark  of  Landaff,  born 
Sept.  2,  1820.  Soon  after  reaching  his  majority  he  went  to  Landaff  as  clerk  in  a  country 
store,  and  later  opened  a  store  of  his  own  in  Swiftwater,  Bath,  which  he  successfully 
conducted  till  about  1857,  where  he  went  to  Michigan,  engaging  successfully  in  the 
lumber  businss  at  Port  Huron  in  company  with  two  other  New  Hampshire  men,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Stafford,  Haywood  and  Jenness.  He  died  Mar.  24,  1896.  Seven 
children:  1,  Arthur  Henry  born  in  Bath,  died  in  infancy;  2,  May  Ellen;  3,  May  Alice 
married  F.  J.  Haines;  4,  Eben  Clark  born  Landaff,  went  West  with  his  father,  lived  in 
Cleveland;  5,  Ella  Maria  born  Bath;  6,  Martha  Alonia  born  Bath;  7,  Charles  Durant 
born  Lexington,  Mich. 

3.  Benjamin  F.  Haywood,  son  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Durant,  born  Haverhill  Nov. 
24,  1822;  married  Aurelia,  daughter  Gad  and  Lilly  (Litchfield)  Bisbee  of  Haverhill; 
farmer  and  lumberman.  Lived  in  Haverhill  and  Landaff  and  again  in  Haverhill  at  the 
Centre  where  he  died  March  9,  1881.     Children: 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  545 

1.  Alva  E.  b.  1851;  m.  Susan  M.  Wilson,  dau.  Amos  and  Sally  Whitcher  of  Benton, 

pub.  Jan.  14,  1873.     Lived  in  Haverhill  and  later  in  the  West. 

2.  Ella  m.  Orman  L.  Mann  of  Benton.     (See  Mann.) 

3.  Mary  A.  b.  1856  (?);m.  July  25,  1880,  Frank  L.  Chase  of  Hav.     (See  Chase.) 

4.  Martha  B.  b.  1863;  m.  Dec.  20,  1881,  Frank  B.,  s.  of  Prescott  and  Maria  Parker  of 
Benton.     Live  in  Lisbon. 

HAZEN— HAZZEN 

1.  Edward.  The  name  occurs  in  the  Rowley,  Mass.  records  "Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Edward  Hazzen,  died  Sept.  18,  1649."  He  married,  second,  Mar.  1650  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter Thomas  and  Hannah  Grant  of  Rowley.     Their  ten  children  were  born  in  Rowley. 

2.  Richard,  son  Edward  and  Hannah  Grant  Hazzen,  born  Aug.  6,  1669;  married 
Dec.  5,  1694,  Mary,  daughter  Capt.  John  and  Hannah  Andrews  Peabody.  She  died 
Dec.  13,  1731;  he  died  Sept.  25,  1733.  Their  eleven  children  were  born  in  Rowley  and 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

3.  Moses,  son  Richard  and  Mary  (Peabody)  Hazzen,  born  May  17,  1701;  married 
Mar.  5,  1727-8,  Abigail,  daughter  John  and  Lydia  (Gilman)  White.  Six  children  born 
in  Haverhill,  Mass. : 

1.  Abigail  b.  Jan.  7,  1728-9;  m.  Moses  Moors. 

2.  John. 

3.  Moses. 

4.  Anna  b.  July  30,  1735;  m.  Robert  Peaslee,  s.  of  Moses  of  Dover.     He  was  one  of  the 

grantees  of  Hav.,  but  did  not  settle  in  town.  Hon.  Charles  H.  Peaslee,  member  of 
Congress  from  New  Hampshire,  was  their  grandson. 

5.  William  b.  July  17,  1738;  d.  Mar.  23,  1814.     He  was  a  grantee  of  Hav.,  but  never 

settled.  He  went  when  a  young  man  to  New  Brunswick,  where  he  became  a  large 
landowner,  and  was  prominent  in  public  life,  and  was  for  several  years  a  member  of 
the  Governor's  Council  previous  to  his  death.     He  had  a  family  of  sixteen  chil. 

6.  Sarah  b.  1741;  d.  young. 

2.  John,  son  of  Moses  and  Abigail  (White)  Hazen,  born  Aug.  11,  1731;  married,  first, 
Nov.  30,  1752,  Anna  Swett  of  Haverhill,  Mass.  She  died  after  their  removal  to  Haver- 
hill, N.  H.,  Sept.  29,  1765.     Their  three  children  were  born  in  Hampstead: 

1.  Sarah  b.  Mar.  12,  1753;  m.  Nathaniel  Merrill.     (See  Merrill.) 

2.  John  b.  Nov.  29,  1755.     He  went,  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  with  his  uncle 

William  to  New  Brunswick,  where  he  subsequently  made  his  home.  In  a  letter 
to  his  brother-in-law,  Nathaniel  Merrill,  in  1797,  he  speaks  of  his  own  family,  and 
in  another  in  1823  while  on  a  visit  to  Concord  N.  H.,  he  announces  his  intention  to 
spend  some  time  in  Hav.,  before  returning  home,  and  alludes  to  a  previous  visit 
he  had  made  fourteen  years  before. 

3.  Moses  b.  Sept.  1,  1757;  d.  May  1,  1758. 

John  Hazen,  married  second,  1766,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev.  Josiah  Cotton.  One 
child: 

4.  Anna  b.  Aug.  1,  1768.     After  the  death  of  her  father,  and  the  second  marriage  ofher 

mother,  she  came  under  the  guardianship  of  her  uncle  Moses  Hazen,  Oct.  1,  1779. 
In  1797  she  was  living  with  her  brother,  John,  in  New  Brunswick.  In  a  letter  to 
Nathaniel  Merrill  Sept.  2,  that  year,  her  brother  wrote:  "My  sister,  Nancy, 
intends  going  to  the  states  this  fall.  If  she  should  do  so  you  will  hear  particularly 
of  us." 

John  Hazen  died  in  Haverhill,  Oct.  1774.  The  administrators  of  his  estate  filed  bond 
Oct.  22,  1774.  He  was  probably  buried  in  the  Oxbow  Cemetery  at  Newbury,  but  this  is 
not  certain  as  his  grave  is  unmarked.  His  widow,  Abigail,  married  Jan.  23, 1775,  Henry 
Hancock,  a  native  of  England  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Lyman.  They  resided 
in  Haverhill  and  Bath,  and  their  son,  Thomas  and  grandson,  the  late  Samuel  R.  Han- 
cock, lived  on  what  is  known  as  the  Hancock  farm  just  over  the  Bath-Haverhill  line. 

Before  coming  to  Haverhill,  John  Hazen  was  active  in  the  settlement  of  Hampstead 

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546  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

and  had  distinguished  himself  by  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  War.  In  1757  he 
was  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Jacob  Bayley's  Company,  Col.  Meserve's  New  Hampshire  regi- 
ment and  took  part  in  the  Crown  Point  expedition.  In  1758  he  was  a  captain  in  Col. 
Hart's  regiment,  and  in  1760  he  also  commanded  a  company  in  Col.  Goffe's  regiment 
which  was  sent  out  for  the  invasion  of  Canada.  He  gained  an  enviable  reputation  for 
bravery  and  daring,  during  these  hazardous  campaigns.  Named  first  of  the  grantees 
of  Haverhill  he  was  first  on  the  ground  in  beginning  its  settlement,  was  the  largest  land- 
owner, and  the  leader  in  its  affairs  in  its  early  years.  He  served  on  the  important  com- 
mittees named  by  the  proprietors  in  the  division  of  the  town  into  lots,  the  construction 
of  roads  and  the  erection  of  mills.  He  was  moderator  of  the  first  town  meeting  and 
served  in  that  capacity  the  most  of  the  time  until  his  death. .  He  also  held  the  office  of 
town  clerk  and  selectman.  He  was  instrumental  in  securing  a  desirable  class  of  settlers, 
and  untiring  in  his  activities  for  the  welfare  of  the  new  town  in  the  settlement  of  which 
he  was  so  important  a  factor.  Indeed  to  him  more  than  to  any  other  may  be  fitly  ascribed 
the  title,  "Founder  of  Haverhill." 

3.  Moses,  son  of  Moses  and  Abigail  (White)  Hazen,  born  June  1,  1733;  died  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  4,  1803.  Like  his  brother,  John,  he  distinguished  himself  in  the  colonial 
wars,  and  served  under  Wolfe  on  the  Plains  of  Abraham  where  he  was  severely  wounded. 
He  was  retired  on  half  pay,  married  Charlotte  La  Sausse,  a  French  lady,  and  settled  at 
St.  John  in  Canada.  They  had  no  children.  He  had  acquired  large  landed  property 
in  Canada  when  the  War  of  the  Revolution  broke  out.  At  the  sacrifice  of  his  Canadian 
property,  and  his  half  pay  for  life,  he  immediately  espoused  the  patriot  cause,  and  raised 
a  regiment  of  Canadians,  known  as  "Congress'  Own"  and  "Hazen's  Own"  and  which 
rendered  important  service.  Before  the  close  of  the  War  he  was  commissioned  brigadier- 
general.  He  cut  a  military  road  in  Vermont  from  Peacham  to  Montgomery  through  a 
notch  in  the  mountains  which  perpetuates  his  memory  by  bearing  his  name.  He  was 
one  of  the  grantees  of  both  Haverhill  and  Newbury,  but  was  never  much  identified  with 
the  affairs  of  either  town. 

HAZEN 

George  Boardman  Hazen  born  Feb.  11,  1834,  Glover,  Vt.,  son  Charles  A.  and 
Martha  P.  (Hardy)  Hazen;  married  June  12,  1855,  Phebe,  daughter  Asa  and  Harriet 
Loveland,  born  Sept.  1,  1834.  Farmer;  lived  Glover,  Vt.,  later  in  Bath  and  Haverhill 
(Woodsville).     Three  children  born  Glover,  Vt.: 

1.  Ida  May  b.  May  12,  1856;  m.  Herbert  D.  Chamberlin  of  Bath;  reside  in  New  Salem, 

Mass. 

2.  Ellen  W.  b.  May  12,  1857;  unm.;  lives  with  parents,  Woodsville. 

3.  Charles  A.  b.  Nov.  25,  1860;  m.  Mar.  1892  Charlotte  McKinzie,  b.  Canada;  lives 

Woodsville. 

HEATH 

Sylvanus  Heath  came  from  Sandwich,  Mass.,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  1762. 
He  married  Sept.  24,  1769,  Azubah  Sawyer,  and  died  Feb.  26,  1787.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren.    His  widow  survived  him  47  years,  and  died  July  26,  1834,  aged  81. 

Nathan  Heath,  fourth  of  the  ten  children  of  Sylvanus  and  Azubah  (Sawyer),  born 
Newbury,  Vt.,  July  16,  1775;  married  Louisa  Chamberlin  of  Bath,  N.  H.  Lived  in 
Bath  and  later  in  Haverhill  on  the  farm  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  great-grandson, 
Guy  O.  Heath.     They  had  six  children: 

1.  Betsey  m.  Roswell  Wilmot,  pub.  Sept.  7,  1822. 

2.  Sylvanus  m.  Hannah . 

3.  Abigail  m.  Francis  D.  Kimball  of  Hav.     (See  Kimball.) 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  547 

4.  Isaac. 

5.  Rachel  m.  Horace  Smith.   Three  chil.:  Horace,  Nathan,  Lyman. 

6.  Sarah  d.  young. 

Isaac  Heath,  son  of  Nathan  and  Louisa  (Chamberlin) ;  married  Harriet  Willis,  pub- 
lished Nov.  22,  1826.  Lived  on  the  farm  on  the  Brier  Hill  road  known  as  the  Heath 
farm.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Sarah  b.  1828;  m.  Joshua  Nutter  of  Bath. 

2.  Harriet  d.  unm. 

3.  Nathan. 

4.  Hannah  D.  m.  B.  F.  Hibbard  of  Bath;  died  in  New  York.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Hortense, 

d.  Jan.  20,  1920;   (2)  Adaline.    Noted  musicians. 

Nathan  Heath,  son  Isaac  and  Harriet  Willis,  born  June  7,  1833;  married  Mar.  31, 
1859,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  French  Foster  of  Bath,  born  June  1,  1841;  lived  on  the 
Heath  farm,  died  Sept.  20,  1913.     She  died  Mar.  20,  1915.     One  child. 

Guy  O.  Heath,  son  of  Nathan  and  Abigail  (Foster),  born  Haverhill  Apr.  6, 1873;  mar- 
ried Sept.  23,  1900,  Delia,  daughter  of  Leander  Bennett,  Unity,  Me.,  born  Mar.  1874; 
lives  on  the  Heath  farm.     Farmer  and  proprietor  of  milk  route.     Four  children: 

1.  Ora  Kendall  b.  Sept.  1,  1901. 

2.  Roy  Isaac  b.  May  31,  1906. 

3.  Morris  Nathan  b.  Oct.  6,  1908. 

4.  Harold  b.  Sept.  23,  1914. 

HENRY 

James  Everett  Henry1,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Calhoun  Henry,  born  in  Lyman 
Apr.  21,  1831;  married  Apr.  5,  1854,  Eliza  Ann,  daughter  Joseph  Ide,  born  in  Waterford, 
Vt.,  June  30,  1832.  He  came  to  Woodsville  about  1872,  and  resided  here  till  about  1880. 
Was  a  farmer,  but  while  in  Woodsville  became  interested  in  the  lumber  business,  owning 
an  extensive  tract  in  the  region  of  Fabyans,  Henry,  Joy  and  Baldwin.  Went  to  Lin- 
coln; largest  lumber  plant  in  New  Hampshire.  J.  E.  Henry1  sons  resided  in  Lincoln. 
Republican;  representatives  1897,  1901,  1903.     He  died  April  19,  1911.     Five  children: 

1.  Ida  Mary2  b.  Littleton  Feb.  13,  1855;  m.  June  3,  1875,  Parker  A.  Putnam  of  Hav. 

Resides  Glenns  Ferry,  Idaho. 

2.  Harriet  Sarah2  b.  Littleton  Feb.  6,  1857;  m.  June  1,  1881,  George  W.  Nuckolls 

phvsician;  resides  Tintah,  Minn. 

3.  George  Everett2  b.  Littleton  Mar.  24,  1862;  m.  Apr.  21,  1891,  Bertha  Sarah,  dau. 

George  Cowan ;  Republican ;  Methodist ;  resides  Winchester,  Man.  Lumber  man- 
ufacturer (J.  E.  Henry  &  Sons). 

4.  John  Higgins2  b.  Littleton  Mar.  4,  1863;  m.  Marion  Cooledge;  two  chil. ;  resides  in 

Pasadena,  Cal.,  where  he  has  large  real  estate  interests. 

5.  Charles  Buck2  b.  Hav.  (Woodsville)  Feb.  24,  1875;  m.  Jan.  1,  1900,  Katherine 

Frances,  dau.  Dr.  Thaddeus  Ezra  and  Iantha  (Kneeland)  Sanger,  b.  Littleton 
Apr.  7,  1879;  lumber  manufacturer  (J.  E.  Henry  &  Sons).  Republican.  Resides 
in  Lincoln. 

HOBBS 

Edward  G.  Hobbs  born  Wentworth  May  25,  1810;  married  Naomi  Quimby;  lived  in 
Went  worth  and  Warren;  came  to  North  Haverhill  about  1870;  died  Haverhill  Nov.  10, 
1901.     Farmer  and  shoemaker.     Six  children  born  in  Wentworth  and  Warren. 

John  L.  Hobbs,  eldest  son  Edward  G.  and  Naomi  Quimby,  born  Warren  1849(?) ;  mar- 
ried 1882  Bessie,  daughter  Samuel  Nason  of  Wentworth.  He  was  employed  for  some 
years  as  a  machinist  in  Exeter  and  Portsmouth,  but  came  to  Haverhill  in  1882  and  set- 
tled on  the  farm  on  Brier  Hill  where  he  has  since  resided.  They  have  six  children,  all 
born  in  Haverhill: 


548  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

1.  Maude  E.  b.  Sept.  21,  1884;  m.  Aug.  18,  1904,  Kinsley  Robinson,  b.  Lyme,  1877; 

lives  in  Hav.;  farmer.  Chil.:  (1)  Max  b.  Aug.  19,  1905;  (2)  Morris  b.  Feb.  23, 
1908;  (3)  Alice  Louise  b.  Sept.  6,  1909;  (4)  Bert. 

2.  Edward  G.  b.  Apr.  1886;  m.  Oct.  14,  1909,  Lois  m.,  dau.  John  S.  and  Emma  Marcy 

Rogers  of  Hav.,  b.  June  1892;  butter  maker,  and  farmer;  lives  Center  Hav. 
Three  chil.:  (1)  Dennis  Alfred  b.  Mar.  1911;  (2)  Bertha  Louise  b.  Jan.  1,  1913; 
(3)  Arthur  b.  Jan.  1,  1914. 

3.  Gladys  b.  Sept.  22,  1888;  m.  May  1913  Roy  McQuestion.     One  child,  Clara  b. 

May  1914;  lives  in  Bath. 

4.  Bertha  b.  Mar.  14,  1890;  d.  Aug.  1892. 

5.  Florence  b.  Apr.  2,  1895;  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Dorothy  b.  June  27,  1897;  m.  Aug.  30,  1912,  Will  L.  Smith;  lives  Brier  Hill.     One 

child. 


HOSFORD 

Obadiah  Hosford1  born  Hebron,  Conn.,  Mar.  27,  1756;  married  June  20,  1779,  Abi- 
gail Carrier,  born  Hebron  Dec.  13,  1760;  farmer  at  Thetford,  Vt.;  died  Nov.  16,  1822; 
she  died  Nov.  27,  1740. 

Calvin  Hosford2  (Obadiah1)  born  Thetford,  Vt,,  Nov.  17,  1791;  married  Feb.  27, 

1823,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Jesse  Carpenter  of  Lyme,  born  Dec.  19,  1789.     Three  children. 
Calvin  L.  Hosford3  (Calvin2,  Obadiah1)  born  Thetford,  Vt.,  Apr.  11,  1824;  married 

Dec.  23,  1850,  Emily  R.,  daughter  Ira  W.  and  Diana  Downer  Johnson,  born  June  14, 

1824,  died  Feb.  22,  1884.     He  died  Monroe,  Mar.  1,  1890.     Two  children  born  Thetford, 
Vt.:     1,  Charles  H.;  2,  Frank  L.  born  Apr.  4,  1854. 

Charles  H.  Hosford4  (Calvin  L.3,  Calvin2,  Obadiah1)  born  Thetford,  Vt.,  Apr.  10, 
1853;  married  Jennie  L.,  daughter  Noah  M.  and  Sarah  (Hadley)  Hastings,  born  Monroe 
Apr.  9,  1859.  Educated  at  Thetford,  Vt.,  Academy,  read  law  with  ex-Gov.  Roswell 
Farnham,  Bradford,  Vt.,  and  Samuel  B.  Page,  Woodsville.  Admitted  to  bar  June  17, 
1879.  Practiced  his  profession  at  Mclndoes,  Vt.,  for  twenty  years,  and  at  Woodsville 
since  Feb.  1899.  Became  interested  in  Woodsville  real  estate  of  which  he  has  been  and 
is  a  large  owner,  and  spending  almost  his  entire  time  in  Woodsville  he  is,  though  retain- 
ing his  residence  in  Monroe,  practically  a  citizen  of  Haverhill.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
New  Hampshire  House  from  Monroe  in  1897,  and  of  the  Senate  from  the  second  district 
1911-12.     Three  children  born  Monroe: 

1.  Maude  A.5     (See  Colby.) 

2.  Jean  W.5  b.  1886;  m.  June  12,  1906,  Howard  W.  Burrill.     One  s.  Guy  H.  Burrill. 

3.  Larkin  L.s  b.  Apr.  5, 1893;  m.  May  30,  1914,  Harriet  M.  Burns.     Lives  in  Woods- 

ville.   Served  in  Navy. 


HOWARD 

Col.  Joshua  Howard  was  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Apr.  24,  1740.  He  came 
with  two  others,  from  Salisbury  up  the  Merrimac  over  the  height  of  land  direct  to  Haver- 
hill, in  Apr.  1762  and  at  once  went  to  work  for  Capt.  Hazen.  He  was  a  grantee  of  New- 
bury, Vt.,  but  settled  on  an  island  just  north  of  the  county  farm.     He  brought  his  wife 

to  his  farm  later — Susan who  died  May  20,  1816,  at  the  age  of  73.     He  lived  to  the 

age  of  98  years  and  9  months,  dying  Jan.  4,  1839.  (See  First  Settlers.)  Little  is  known 
of  his  family. 

Joshua  Howard,  Jr.,  his  eldest  son,  remained  with  his  father  and  died  Dec.  6,  1848,  in 
his  60th  year,  while  his  wife  lived  till  Dec.  27,  1851,  dying  at  the  age  of  71. 

Another  son,  Benjamin,  went  to  Ohio,  and  still  another,  Rice,  spent  most  of  his  time 
in  the  South. 

A  daughter,  Susanna,  married  in  Mar.  1888,  Ephraim  Knapp. 


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HOWE 

John  Howe1,  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  most  numerous  branch  of  the  Howe  families 
of  America,  was  in  Sudbury,  Mass.,  1638;  freeman  1640;  selectman  1642;  grantee  and 
early  settler  of  Marlborough;  his  wife,  Mary,  died  1679.     He  died  1689. 

John  Howe2  (John1)  married  Jan.  22,  1662,  Elizabeth .     Killed  by  the  Indians 

Apr.  20,  1676. 

John  Howe3  (John2,  John1)  lived  in  Marlborough.  By  his  wife,  Rebecca,  had  eleven 
children;  died  about  1753. 

Peter  Howe4  (John3,  John2,  John1)  born  Marlborough  May  8,  1695;  married  Dec.  4, 
1718,  Grace  Bush.     He  died  Oct.  18,  1778;  she  died  Dec.  10,  1770. 

Ezra  Howe6  (Peter4,  John3,  John2,  John1)  born  Marlborough  Mar.  12,  1719;  married 
Phebe  Bush.  Served  in  French  War.  Removed  to  Henniker  about  1770;  died  there 
Apr.  4,  1789. 

Micah  Howe6  (Ezra6,  Peter4 ,  John3,  John2,  John1)  born  Sept.  22,  1759;  lived  in  Hen- 
niker; married  Louisa  Amsden,  born  Mar.  14, 1761.   She  died  1800;  he  died  July  22, 1842. 

Lieut.  Joel  Howe7  (Micah6,  Ezra6,  Peter4,  John3,  John2,  John1)  born  Henniker  Apr. 
4,  1784;  married  Dec.  4,  1812,  Sophia  Patterson,  born  Henniker  Jan.  7,  1794;  soldier 
in  war  of  1812;  carpenter  and  mill  owner;  had  a  hotel  in  Warner.     He  died  Apr.  22, 1850. 

Joel  William  Howe8  (Lieut.  Joel7,  Micah8,  Ezra6,  Peter4,  John3,  John2,  John1)  born 
Henniker  Dec.  19,  1818;  married  Sept.  22,  1846,  Elizabeth  B.  Woods  of  Thornton,  who 
died  Feb.  9,  1860.  He  married,  second,  Jan.  1,  1861,  Lucinda  F.  Gould  of  Concord. 
Lived  in  Warner,  where  he  died. 

Joseph  Miller  Howe9  (Joel  William8,  Lieut.  Joel7,  Micah6,  Ezra5,  Peter4,  John3, 
John2,  John1)  born  Warner,  July  27,  1847;  married  Oct.  25,  1880,  Annie  Maria,  daughter 
Damon  Young  and  Maria  M.  (Morrison)  Dearborn,  born  Oct.  14,  1854.  He  was  mer- 
chant clerk  in  Plymouth  1870-85;  town  treasurer  1878-79.  In  business  in  Windsor, 
Vt.,  1885-92;  general  store  in  Woodsville  1892  (Howe  &  Gordon);  manager  store  of  E.  B. 
Mann,  1913,  till  present  (1919);  member  of  Board  of  Supervisors  of  check  list  four  years, 
1905-08;  member  Board  of  Education  of  Woodsville  eight  years;  director  Woodsville 
National  Bank.  Republican;  Congregrationalist;  has  lived  in  Woodsville  since  1892. 
Four  children: 

1.  Willis  Dearborn10  b.  Plymouth  Apr.  21,  1882;  grad.  Dartmouth  B.  S.  1906,  spent 

year  in  Tuck  School,  M.  C.  S.  1907.  Has  since  been  in  employ  of  International 
Banking  Corp.  at  Empire,  Canal  Zone,  Panama,  Mexico  City,  San  Francisco. 
At  present  (1917)  in  charge  of  bank  at  Medelhn,  Columbia,  South  America. 
Married  Aug.  16,  1916,  Helen  Alice  Thompson  of  San  Francisco. 

2.  Alida  Dearborn10  b.  Plymouth  May  17,  1884;  m.  Sept.  16,  1908,  Raymond  A. 

Pearl.  Accountant,  Fairbanks  Scale  Co.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  Resides  St. 
Johnsbury.     One  child  Margaret  Morrison  b.  July  6,  1916. 

3.  Margaret  Damon10  b.  Windsor,  Vt.,  Aug.  26, 1891 ;  d.  Oct.  17, 1918.  Graduate  State 

Normal  School,  Plymouth.    Taught  in  Woodsville  and  Gardner,  Mass.,  schools. 

4.  Luman  Burr10  b.  Woodsville  July  7, 1896;  member  class  of  1917,  Dartmouth  College. 

Enlisted  as  yeoman,  U.  S.  N.,  Dec.  1917. 

HOWE 

Jotham  Howe  was  born  in  Enfield  in  1805  and  died  in  Haverhill  Mar.  21,  1872,  at 
the  age  of  66  years  and  5  months.  His  wife,  Anne  Childs,  was  born  in  Royalton,  Vt., 
in  1806,  and  died  in  Haverhill  Sept.  1,  1867,  aged  61  years  and  8  months.  They  were 
married  Feb.  20,  1837;  was  a  farmer  and  established  himself  on  the  Howe  farm  a  little  off 
the  street  leading  from  the  Main  Street,  North  Haverhill,  up  to  the  Wilson  place.  A 
Democrat,  attended  M.  E.  church.     Children: 

Anne  Jane2  b.  Dec.  31,  1840;  d.  Feb.  19,  1842. 

Laura  Ann2  m.  John  C.  Farnham. 

Mary  Jane2  m.  John  C.  Farnham.     (See  Farnham.) 


550  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

HUBERT 

Joseph  Hubert  died  Apr.  18,  1848,  aged  68  years.  Susan  Hubert,  wife,  died  Mar. 
25,  1860,  aged  78  years.  Henry  M.  Hubert  died  Mar.  15,  1856,  aged  37  years.  Mary 
Ann,  daughter  Joseph  and  Susan  Hubert,  died  June  18,  1828,  aged  2  years.  Harriet, 
daughter  Joseph  and  Susan  Hubert,  died  Mar.  16,  1828,  aged  3  years. 

HUNKINS 

Jonathan  Hunkins,  son  of  Thomas  and  Clarence  Hewes  Hunkins  of  Hill,  born  June 
11,  1799;  married  Oct.  18,  1826,  Betsey,  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith  of  New  Chester. 
He  went  to  Benton  in  1844,  residing  there,  owning  a  farm  and  sawmill  on  Tunnell  stream 
until  about  1865  when  he  purchased  the  Simeon  Haines  farm  near  the  Union  Meeting- 
house, and  resided  there  till  his  death  Aug.  9,  1866.  She  died  Bradford,  Vt.,  Jan.  12, 
1879,  in  her  75th  year.     Five  children: 

1.  Joseph  Smith  b.  Apr.  21,  1828;  lived  in  Laconia. 

2.  Harvey  Augustus  b.  Apr.  29,  1830;  m.  Maria,  dau.  Daniel  Wilson,  d.  Benton  Jan. 

12,  1859.     (See  Wilson.) 

3.  Thomas  Hewes  b.  Aug.  3,  1834;  m. Pope;  lived  in  Hav.  and  Bradford,  Vt., 

till  about  1880. 

4.  Olive  Ann  b.  May  30,  1837;  m.  James  Page  of  Benton.     (See  Page.) 

5.  Clarissa  Jane  b.  July  7,  1840;  went  to  California;  d.  June  6,  1875. 

HUNT 

Hunt  Monument 
Caleb  Hunt  died  June  11,  1861,  aged  78  years,  10  months. 

Rebecca  Poole,  wife  of  Caleb  Hunt,  died  Nov.  8,  1863,  aged  70  years,  11  months. 
Elizabeth  Poole  died  Apr.  19,  1873,  aged  90  years,  17  days. 
Mary  Antoinette,  wife  Horace  Hunt,  died  May  21,  1869,  aged  42  years,  27  days. 
Edward  Morse  died  Aug.  1854,  aged  7  months,  8  days. 
Antoinette  died  Aug.  3,  1856,  aged  13  months,  13  days. 
Henry  Towle  Oct.  24,  1857,  aged  one  day. 
Harriet  July  16,  1864,  aged  22  months,  10  days. 

Caleb  S.  Hunt,  eldest  son  of  Caleb  Hunt;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  1832;  read  law 
with  Lieut.  Gov.  Read  of  Massachusetts,  whose  daughter  he  married.  Lived  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  where  he  manufactured  cotton  goods. 

Horace  Hunt  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1847.  He  returned  to  Haverhill  and 
purchased  Towle  farm.  Later  he  went  to  Boston  and  engaged  in  business,  but  lost 
largely  on  account  of  endorsements. 

Prescott  Hunt  was  educated  Haverhill  Academy  and  later  went  to  Boston  as  clerk, 
then  partner  in  Benton  Iron  Co.  He  was  president  of  a  national  bank,  but  like  his 
brother  he  lost  heavily. 

Helen  Hunt  married  Hon.  Stoddard  Colby,  prominent  lawyer  of  Montpelier,  Vt., 
and  register  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury.     They  had  two  children. 

HUTCHINS 

Joseph  Hutchins  with  his  wife,  Martha,  came  from  Haverhill,  Mass.,  to  the  New 
Hampshire  Haverhill  in  1765.  He  purchased  of  Timothy  Bedel  for  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  thirty  dollars,  the  original  right  of  John  Church,  grantee,  which  embraced 
Meadow  lot  Number  43  in  Hosmer's  Meadow  and  settled  at  the  Brook.  The  deed 
bears  the  date  of  July  3,  1765,  and  he  is  described  as  "Yeoman." 

From  the  beginning  he  was  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town,  serving  on  important 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  551 

committees  appointed  by  the  proprietors,  and  filling  also  the  most  important  town  offices. 
His  name  appears  as  the  first  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  in  1769,  and  he  was  again  a 
member  of  the  board  in  1788  and  in  1791.  He  was  representative  to  the  General  Court  in 
1788  and  1789,  and  represented  the  towns  of  Haverhill,  Piermont,  Warren  and  Coventry 
in  the  Convention  of  1788  that  adopted  the  Federal  Constitution.  In  1791  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Convention  called  to  revise  the  constitution  of  the  state.  During  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  he  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  and  was  in  com- 
mand of  a  company  of  volunteers  who  served  in  the  Eastern  Division  of  the  Northern 
Department  in  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley's  brigade  from  Aug.  to  Oct.  1777.  The  names  of 
some  of  the  privates  of  his  company  indicate  the  regard  in  which  he  must  have  been 
held — Timothy  Barron,  Samuel  Ladd,  Ebenezer  Mcintosh,  John  Page,  Jona.  Sanders, 
Jona.  Ring,  James  Woodward,  James  Bailey,  Nathaniel  Rix,  Joshua  Howard.  He  lived 
on  Ladd  Street,  and  operated  a  gristmill  which  the  proprietors  granted  him  permission 
in  1779  "on  the  south  side  of  Hosmers  (Oliverian)  brook  below  the  bridge."  His  name 
appears  frequently  in  the  records  with  the  title  of  "Colonel,"  but  this  must  have  been  a 
militia  title,  and  not  one  by  right  of  commanding  a  regiment  during  the  war.  His  name 
disappears  from  the  town  records  after  1791,  and  in  1792  or  1793  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Middlesex,  Vt.  The  cause  of  his  removal  was  perhaps  financial  embarrassment, 
as  the  court  records  show  a  large  number  of  executions  issued  against  him.  Twelve  chil- 
dren all  except  eldest  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Ruth  b.  Feb.  6,  1764;  m.  Nov.  29,  1883,  Moody  Bedel. 

2.  Mehitable  b.  May  24,  1766;  m.  (pub.  July  4,  1791)  John  Clark. 

3.  Joseph  b.  Apr.  5,  1768. 

4.  William  b.  July  9,  1770. 

5.  Hannah  b.  Aug.  2,  1772;  m.  (pub.  Nov.  5,  1791)  Amos  Fish. 

6.  Jeremiah  b.  Dec.  9,  1774;  m.  Feb.  4,  1798,  Hannah  Clark  of  Wentworth. 

7.  Zereniah  b.  Feb.  27,  1777. 

8.  Abigail  b.  June  25,  1779. 

9.  Timothy  b.  Sept.  2,  1781;  m.  Feb.  18,  1805,  Deborah  Cross. 

10.  Betsy  b.  Apr.  13,  1784. 

11.  Solomon  b.  Feb.  27,  1787. 

12.  Martha  b.  Sept.  24,  1790;  d.  Sept.  27,  1790. 

HUTCHINS 

Joseph  Hutchins2,  son  of  Benjamin  C.  Hutchins1,  born  Apr.  1815;  married  Susan  E., 
daughter  John  and  Olive  Brown  of  Benton  born  Apr.  17,  1822,  died  Haverhill  Nov.  25, 
1881.  He  died  Haverhill  Nov.  15,  1872.  Farmer,  lived  in  Benton  till  about  1865, 
when  they  came  to  Haverhill  and  lived  on  the  road  leading  from  the  County  road  near 
the  old  town  house  to  North  Haverhill.     Five  children: 

1.  Mariette3  b.  Oct.  22,  1840;  m.  Lafayette  W.  Flanders.     (See  Flanders.) 

2.  Ellen  A.3  b.  Feb.  24,  1843;  m.  Frank  L.  Wilmot.     (See  Wilmot.) 

3.  Jane  B.3  b.  Nov.  18,  1846;  m.  Moses  Clough;  d.  May  7,  1873. 

4.  Sally  Ann3  b.  Oct.  22,  1848;  m.  Moses  P.  Bemis.     (See  Bemis.) 

5.  Charles  A.3 

Charles  A.  Hutchins3  (Joseph2,  Benj.  C.1)  born  Benton  Sept.  4,  1853;  married 
Emma,  daughter  of  William  Harden.  He  died  Nov.  7,  1916.  Railroad  employee  for  some 
years,  and  later  employee  of  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Co.;  lived  in  Woodsville;  widow  resides 
with  her  daughter.     One  child  Gladys  K.  born  1882;  married  Earl  F.  Mulliken. 

INGALLS 

John  Calvin  Ingalls1  had  a  son,  Stephen  Raymond2,  born  Acworth;  married  Sapphira 
Griswold.     Lived  in  Eden  and  Montgomery,  Vt.     They  had  a  son: 

William  Ingalls3  b.  Eden,  Vt.,  Sept.  26,  1829;  m.  Emily  J.  Lord.      Was  farmer  in 
Brownington,  Vt.     Five  chil. 


552  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

William  Herbert  Ingalls4  (William,3  Stephen  R.2,  John  C.1),  third  child,  born  Brown- 
ington,  Vt.,  June  11,  1856.  Came  to  North  Haverhill  from  Brownington  about  1890; 
married  Londonderry,  Vt.,  May  2,  1900,  Eva  M.,  daughter  Silas  and  Maria  (Little) 
Bartlett.  Bought  the  farm  known  as  the  Merrill  or  town  farm.  Successful  farmer. 
Republican.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Carroll  H.  b.  Feb.  5,  1902. 

2.  Clark  B.  b.  Dec.  19,  1909. 

JACKSON 

Robert  Jackson  and  Mary  Ann  Jackson  removed  from  Heigh  street,  Benton  (Coven- 
try) to  Haverhill  and  settled  in  North  Haverhill.  He  died  in  1843  at  the  age  of  83,  and 
his  wife  in  1835.     Children: 

Marcus  B.  b.  Benton  Dec.  14,  1808;  thrice  married,  2d,  Sarah  B.  Glazier  who  d. 

at  age  of  25;  3d,  Widow  Elizabeth  Chase,  b.  in  Peterboro.     He  d.  Dec.  24,  1876. 
Dan  Young  b.  Feb.  11,  1810;  d.  in  1876. 
William  Witson  b.  Mar.  2,  1812. 
Fletcher  b.  Aug.  25,  1814. 
Eliza  b.  Mar.  3,  1818. 
Thomas  Branch  d.  Feb.  19,  1890,  at  the  age  of  70;  his  wife,  Sarah  J.,  d.  Sept.  4, 

1906,  ae.  79. 
John  Wesley  b.  1822;  m.  June  9,  1851 ;  Eliza  W.  Whitman.     They  had  one  s.,  Willis 

F.,  b.  in  1852,  d.  in  1853.     He  d.  in  1890. 

JACOBS 

Charles  Hodgdon  Jacobs,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sally  Tuttle  Jacobs,  born  Barnstead 
Aug.  27,  1821;  married  Jan.  10,  1848,  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Anna  (Harris) 
Hurlburt  of  Haverhill.  Resided  as  blacksmith  and  teamster  in  Haverhill,  Benton  and 
Warren.     Two  children  both  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  George  Franklin  b.  Mar.  27,  1849. 

2.  Sarah  Anna  b.  Dec.  31,  1851. 

JOHNSTON 

Michael  Johnston  and  Mary  Hancock,  his  wife,  came  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  in  1727  or  28,  but  removed  soon  after  to  that  part  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  which  later  after  the  settlement  of  the  boundary  line  question  became  New  Hamp- 
shire territory,  and  constituted  a  part  of  the  town  of  Hampstead.  Here  their  six  children 
were  born,  three  of  whom,  like  others  from  the  town,  were  to  become  factors  in  the  settle- 
ment and  development  of  the  Coos  country.     The  children  were: 

1.  Miriam  b.  Hav.  (later  Hampstead),  Aug.  31,  1728;  m.  Eben  Mudgett  of  Hampstead 

and  Weare. 

2.  John  b. ;  d.  Hampstead  1756,  and  buried  in  the  Hampstead  Cemetery  beside 

his  parents,  Michael  and  Mary. 

3.  Michael  b. ;  drowned  in  the  Connecticut  river  in  the  early  summer  of  1762, 

having  spent  the  previous  winter  on  the  Oxbow  meadows,  in  the  employ  of  Capt. 
John  Hazen.  With  a  co-employee,  John  Pattie,  they  brought  up,  in  the  summer  of 
1761  by  way  of  Charlestown,  some  cattle  for  Capt.  Hazen,  which  they  cared  for 
during  the  winter  in  Coos.  On  the  arrival  of  the  advance  guard  of  settlers  the 
next  year  they  started  to  return  home,  but  their  canoe  was  upset  in  the  river  at  a 
point  now  known  as  Olcotts  Falls,  and  Johnston  lost  his  life. 

4.  Sarah  b. ;  m.  Thomson. 

5.  Charles  b.  May  29,  1737. 

6.  Robert  b.  Sept.  3,  1738. 

The  three  brothers  saw  service  in  the  old  French  war.  Michael  was  a  private  in  the 
7th  company  of  Blanchard's  regiment,  enlisted  for  service  against  the  French  forts,  and 
served  from  Apr.  28  to  Oct.  1755.     Charles  and  Robert  were  privates  in  the  4th  company 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  553 

of  Col.  Peter  Gilman's  regiment,  of  which  Jacob  Bayley  was  a  lieutenant  from  Sept.  22, 
1755,  to  the  end  of  the  campaign.  Michael  and  Robert  were  privates  in  the  11th  com- 
pany of  Meserve's  regiment  in  the  Crown  Point  Expedition  of  1756  and  served  seven 
months.  They  also  served  in  the  same  regiment  in  1757.  Michael  was  also  a  private 
in  Capt.  John  Hazen's  company  of  Goff's  regiment  from  Mar.  5,  1760,  to  the  end  of  the 
war  in  November.  Charles  was  quartermaster  in  the  same  regiment.  Robert  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  of  Newbury,  building  the  first  two  story  house  in  that  town  in  which 
he  kept  tavern.  He  rendered  honorable  and  distinguished  service  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  was  in  Capt.  Thomas  Johnson's  company  of  minute  men  in  1775,  in  Peter  Gilman's 
regiment  in  1776,  and  in  Capt.  Thos.  Johnson's  guarding  and  scouting  57  days.  In 
Oct.  1778,  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  4th  regiment,  was  recruiting 
officer,  and  his  house  was  several  times  made  a  rendezvous  for  troops.  In  civic  affairs  he 
was  prominent.     He  was  four  times  married  and  had  a  family  of  16  children. 

Charles  Johnston,  son  Michael  and  Mary  Hancock  Johnston,  born  May  29,  1737; 
married  May  31,  1762,  Ruth,  daughter  Ephraim  and  Hannah  Smith  Marsh,  born  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  June  22,  1739.  He  died  Haverhill  Mar.  5,  1813.  She  died  Haverhill  Aug.  29, 
1816.  They  were  admitted  to  membership  in  the  church  at  Hampstead  Mar.  25,  1764, 
and  were  dismissed  to  be  received  by  the  church  at  Newbury-Coos  Feb.  27,  1774. 

Bittinger  gives  the  year  of  Johnston's  settlement  in  Haverhill  as  1769,  which  is  prob- 
ably correct.  Previous  to  this  he  had  purchased  land  in  the  town  of  New  Chester  (now 
Hill).  In  conveyances  dated  Oct.  5,  1765,  Dec.  8,  1868,  and  Mar.  29,  1769,  in  which  he 
is  named  as  grantee,  he  is  described  as  of  Hampstead,  but  at  the  annual  town  meeting 
in  Haverhill  in  Mar.  1770  he  was  elected  as  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town.  It  does 
not  appear  that  he  ever  lived  in  New  Chester,  but  probably  removed  direct  from  Hamp- 
stead to  Haverhill.  He  settled  at  the  Corner,  and  with  marked  foresight  purchased  a 
large  part  of  the  land  which  later  became  the  prosperous  and  beautiful  village.  He  had 
the  prudence,  thrift,  and  energy  characteristic  of  the  Scotch-Irish  combined  with  the 
characteristic  religious  devotion.  Notably  public  spirited,  he  immediately  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  all  the  affairs  of  the  town,  and  was  a  constant  and  untiring  promoter  of  all 
enterprises  which  he  believed  would  enhance  the  industrial,  social,  educational  and  relig- 
ious welfare  of  the  town.  He  gave  to  the  place  the  two  Commons  or  parks  about  which 
the  village  was  built;  he  also  gave  the  land  on  which  the  old  Courthouse  and  the  Academy 
were  built  and  led  in  the  enterprise  of  founding  the  Academy  and  securing  the  transfer  of 
the  jail  and  Courthouse  from  their  first  site  on  the  plain  near  Horse  Meadow  to  the 
Corner.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Social  Library,  and  a  leading  spirit  in 
securing  the  incorporation  and  construction  of  the  old  Cohos  turnpike.  For  a  period  of 
forty  years  no  names  appear  more  frequently  on  the  records  of  the  town,  no  man  was 
more  prominent  in  its  affairs,  and  none  held  more  varied  public  positions  of  honor  and 
responsibility.  He  presided  at  no  less  then  twenty-four  town  meetings,  was  twice 
elected  town  clerk,  was  twenty-one  times  elected  selectman,  served  usually  as  chairman 
on  all  important  town  committees,  was  town  treasurer  and  county  treasurer  for  many 
years,  was  a  member  of  the  Executive  Council  in  1780-82  and  filled  the  important  office 
of  judge  of  probate  for  Grafton  County  for  a  period  of  twenty-six  years  from  1781  until 
disqualified  by  age.  His  military  record  was  a  most  honorable  one.  Aside  from  his 
service  in  the  old  French  war  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  Revolution.  He  was  com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel  of  the  12th  regiment,  Col.  Hobart's,  Stark's  brigade,  and 
was  distinguished  for  special  gallant  conduct  at  the  Battle  of  Bennington.  He  was 
active  in  the  organization  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Haverhill,  and  was  its  first 
deacon.  Whatever  early  educational  advantages  were  his  were  improved,  and  while  not 
a  graduate  of  college  he  was  deemed  qualified  to  take  charge  of  the  Academy  for  a  term 
when  there  was  a  vacancy  in  the  principalship.      His  handwriting  as  it  appears  in  the 


554  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

town  and  county  is  a  marvel  of  beauty.  Mrs.  Johnston,  who  survived  him  some  three 
years,  was  of  a  quiet  retiring  disposition  but  a  woman  of  estimable  worth,  a  helpmate 
indeed  to  her  husband.     They  had  eight  children: 

1.  Michael  b.  Hampstead  Apr.  19,  1764. 

2.  Mary  b.  Hampstead  May  13,  1766;  m. Henry  Burbank;  lived  in  Enosburg,  Vt. 

3.  Ruth  b.  Hampstead  July  31,  1768;  m.  Ebenezer  Gray,  pub.  Jan.  29,  1784. 

4.  Charles  b.  Hav.  July  19,  1770;  d.  July  5,  1775. 

5.  Abigail  b.  Hav.  Sept.  20,  1772;  m.  Israel  Swan,  pub.  Aug.  22,  1790.     (See  Swan.) 

6.  Sarah  b.  Hav.  May  22,  1775;  m.  Apr.  12,  1792,  Simon  Rodiman. 

7.  Elizabeth  b.  Hav.  Sept.  26,  1777;  m.  May  27,  1794,  Lawson  Drewey. 

8.  Charles  b.  Hav.  Oct.  22,  1779;  d.  June  24,  1783. 

1.  Michael,  son  of  Charles  and  Ruth  Johnston,  married  Sarah  Atkinson  of  Boscawen, 
published  July  19, 1784.  She  was  born  May  11,  1764;  died  Haverhill  Apr.  28,  1849.  He 
succeeded  his  father  on  the  homestead  at  the  Corner.  He  served  for  two  years  in  the 
Revolution,  was  a  captain  of  militia,  was  town  treasurer  in  1799,  and  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Selectmen  in  1800  and  1810.  He  died  Oct.  2,  1842.  Their  eight  children  all 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Sarah  b.  Mar.  1787;  m.  1809  Stephen  Adams  of  Hav.,  pub.  July  22,  1809.     (See 

Adams.) 

2.  Charles  b.  June  3,  1789.     Grad.  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1813;  studied  theology 

with  the  Rev.  Grant  Powers,  and  later  with  Lyman  Beecher  and  entered  the  Pres- 
byterian ministry.  He  labored  for  a  time  as  an  evangelist  with  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Nettleton,  and  then  was  settled  as  pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  Otisco, 
N.  Y.     He  never  lived  in  Hav.  after  finishing  his  studies  with  Mr.  Powers. 

3.  Hannah  b.  June  17,  1793;  m.  June  3,  1821,  Rev.  Silas  McKeen,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the 

Congregational  Church,  Bradford,  Vt.  She  was  educated  at  Hav.  Academy,  was 
"a  woman  of  devoted  Christian  character,"  a  devoted  wife  and  mother.  She  was 
before  her  marriage  superintendent  of  the  first  Sunday  school  organized  in  Hav. 

4.  Michael  b.  Feb.  13,  1797. 

5.  Hale  A.  b.  June  19,  1802;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1825;  taught  in  academy 

Northumberland,  Pa.;  read  law  in  New  York,  and  then  with  Joseph  Bell,  Hav., 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1829,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Hav.  He  had  prospects  of  a  successful  career,  but  d.  of  consumption  Jan.  28, 
1831. 

6.  Betsey  b.  May  25,  1804. 

7.  George  Whitefield4  born  Aug.  10,  1806. 

8.  Horace  M.4  born  Mar.  28,  1809;  died  Nov.  12,  1816. 

Michael  Johnston4  (Michael3,  Charles2,  Michael1)  born  Feb.  13,  1797;  married  1838 
Ann,  daughter  Joseph  and  Anna  Atkinson,  born  Boscawen  July  30,  1812,  died  Apr.  19, 
1859.  He  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the  Johnston  farm  which  remained  in  the 
Johnston  family  until  some  time  after  his  death  Sept.  22,  1874.  Six  children  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Edward  8  b.  Dec.  15,  1839;  d.  Philadelphia  May  28,  1907;  m.  Nellie  Conrad  June 

17 ;  lived  in  the  South. 

2.  Mary  P.6  b.  May  19,  1841;  d.  Dec.  5,  1870. 

3.  Charles  M.6  b.  Sept.  8,  1844;  d.  May  3,  1846. 

4.  Kate  M.6  b.  Apr.  20,  1846. 

5.  Harry  A.5  b.  Nov.  6,  1848;  d.  Nov.  2,  1883;  m.  (pub.  Nov.  1,  1878)  Jennie  C.  and 

Mary  J.  (Weeks)  Merrill. 

6.  Frank  P.b 

6.  Betsey  D.4  born  May  25,  1804;  married  (published  Oct.  8,  1827)  Nathaniel  Pea- 
body  Atkinson  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  born  Boscawen  Jan.  15,  1785;  died  Nov.  13,  1868. 
He  was  of  the  Boscawen  family  which  became  so  intimately  connected  by  marriage  with 
the  Haverhill  Johnstons.  Eight  children:  1,  Charles  Peabody  Atkinson5  born  Oct.  8, 
1828;  2,  Hale  Johnston  born  Jan.  31,  1830,  died  Aug.  25,  1832,  buried  in  Haverhill  Ceme- 
tery; 3,  Sarah  Johnston  born  Jan.  26,  1834;  4,  Julia  Amanda  born  Nov.  25,  1835;  5, 
Augusta  Hale,  born  Sept.  25,  1838,  died  Feb.  13,  1840;  6,  Samuel  B.  born  Aug.  24,  1840, 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  555 

died  July  30,  1844;  7,  Edward  Melanthon  born  May  3,  1843;  8,  Helen  Maria  born  Apr. 
14,  1845. 

George  Whitefield  Johnston4  (Michael3,  Charles2,  Michael1)  born  Aug.  10,  1806; 
married  Susan,  daughter  Joseph  and  Anna  Atkinson,  born  Boscawen  Mar.  12,  1808, 
died  Mar.  1,  1887.     Four  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Hale  Atkinson6  b.  Nov.  2,  1830. 

2.  Sarah5  b.  Sept.  10,  1832;  m.  Dr.  Tenney;  d.  Irving,  Kan.,  Feb.  7,  1914. 

3.  Ellen  H.5  b.  July  8,  1834;  d.  Irving  Kan.,  July  31,  1912. 

4.  George  Washington5  b.  June  4,  1836. 

Hale  Atkinson  Johnston5  (George  Whitefield4,  Michael3,  Charles2,  Michael1)  born 

Haverhill  Nov.  2,  1830;  married  Mar.  30,  1857,  at  Palaskala,  O.,  Lucy  Alward,  born  Nov. 

3,  1834.     He  died  Champaigne,  111.,  Sept.  22,  1913.     Eight  children: 

1.  Anna  C.9  b.  Apr.  22,  1858;  m.  Apr.  7,  1881,  C.  L.  Hutchinson.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Ella 
May  Hutchinson,  b.  Sept.  23,  1882.  (2)  Anna  Belle  Hutchinson  b.  May  5,  1884; 
m.  Dec.  27,  1904,  Howard  Drake;  four  chil.:  (a)  Erma  Aline  Drake  b.  Nov.  12, 
1906;  (b)  Beula  Avis  Drake  b.  June  26,  1910;  (c)  Geneve  Drake,  b.  May  28,  1913; 
(d)  Marvin  Emerson  Drake,  b.  Sept.  24,  1915. 

3.  Ada  Ellen6  b.  Nov.  21,  1863;    m.  Champaign,  111.,  Apr.  8,  1890,  Howard  E.  Ward, 

b.  Howard  County,  O.,  Apr.  29,  1866.  Seven  chil.:  (1)  Ethel  Lucy  Ward  b.  Feb. 
20,  1891;  m.  June  4,  1913,  Cecil  C.  Drennan;  two  chil.  (a)  Eleanor  J.  b.  July  20, 
1914;  (b)  Clarence  Lyle  b.  Dec.  16,  1915.  (2)  Frank  Howard  Ward  b.  Dec.  6, 
1892.  (3)  Mabel  Sarah  Ward  b.  Mar.  11,  1895;  m.  Sept.  28,  1916,  Archibald 
Shields,  b.  Jan.  2,  1893.  (4)  Helen  Marie  b.  Apr.  20,  1897.  (5)  Leslie  Orlando 
b.  Mar.  31,  1900.  (6)  Edna  Louise,  b.  Jan.  5,  1902.  (7)  Ted  Johnston  b.  Apr. 
25   1905. 

4.  Elmer  A.6  b.  July  16,  1867;  grad.  Rush  Medical  College  1897;  d.  June  3,  1904. 

5.  Ella  M.5  b.  July  16,  1867;  d.  Sept.  15,  1882. 

6.  Frank  P.6  b.  Nov.  29,  1869;  d.  Nov.  25,  1892. 

7.  George  H.«  b.  July  10,  1873;  d.  Mar.  11,  1874. 

8.  Edna  L.  b.s  Dec.  9,  1875;  d.  Jan.  2,  1902. 

George  Washington  Johnston5  (George  Whitefield4,  Michael3,  Charles2,  Michael1) 
born  Haverhill  June  4,  1836;  married  Bloomington,  111.,  Oct.  20,  1864,  Sarah  Shearer, 
born  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  22,  1845,  died  Nov.  26,  1896.  He  died  Champaign,  111.,  Oct. 
19,  1905.     Four  children  born  in  Champaign,  111.: 

1.  Lee  George8  b.  Sept.  13,  1865. 

2.  Jessie6  b.  May  31,  1868;  m.  Feb.  27,  1888,  John  West.     She  d.  May  30,  1890.     One 

child  Jesse  B.  West  b.  May  25,  1890;  m.  Aug.  26,  1913,  Pansy  Harriet  Bierman. 

3.  Herbert6  b.  Sept.  1,  1870;  m.  Feb.  7,  1906,  Olive  Alma  Berry;  reside  Champaign, 

111.     No  chil. 

4.  Harley  Tenney6  b.  Sept.  18,  1873. 

Charles  Henry  Johnston6  (Hale  A.5,  George  Whitefield4,  Michael3,  Charles2,  Mich- 
ael1) born  Champaign,  111.,  July  24,  1860;  married,  first,  Eva  West,  died  Sept.  20,  1896; 
married,  second,  Feb.  3,  1897,  Ollie  Snyder.     Three  children  born  in  Champaign : 

1.  Wayne  Alvin7  b.  Jan.  4,  1890. 

2.  Florence  Ruby7  b.  Oct.  30,  1891. 

3.  Irving  West7  b.  Mar.  15,  1893;  m.  Apr.  6,  1916,  Rose  Ehler. 

Lee  George  Johnston6  (George  Washington5,  George  Whitefield4,  Michael3,  Charles2, 
Michael1)  born  Sept.  13,  1865;  married  May  24,  1894,  Annie  Jervis,  born  Dec.  16,  1868. 
Reside  Champaign.     Two  children. 

1.  Lillian  Ruth7  b.  Feb.  2,  1896. 

2.  Clarence  Lee7  b.  Feb.  4,  1898. 

Harley  Tenney  Johnston6  (George  Washington5,  George  Whitefield4,  Michael3, 
Charles2,  Michael1)  born  Sept.  18,  1873;  married  May  23,  1897,  Clara  Roe  Seeley,  born 
Manchester,  O.,  July  20,  1875.  One  child,  George  Seeley7  born  Champaign  May  25, 
1903. 


556  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

JONES 

Horace  Jones,  born  July  17,  1815;  married  Haverhill  Dec.  31,  1841,  Roxana  W. 
Page,  born  Dec.  8,  1824,  died  Dec.  13,  1904.  He  died  Jan.  17,  1891.  He  lived  at  East 
Haverhill,  farmer  till  about  1860,  where  he  removed  te  South  Landaff,  and  later  to  Bath 
where  he  resided  till  his  death.     Six  children  born  in  Haverhill. 

1.  Charles  Franklin  b.  Dec.  26,  1842;  d.  Dec.  12,  1889. 

2.  Oliver  Doe  b.  Nov.  22,  1846;  d.  Sept.  15,  1848. 

3.  Horace  Edwin  b.  Mar.  13,  1849;  d.  Sept.  5,  1874. 

4.  Mary  Alice  b.  July  27,  1851;  m.  Ai  Willoughby.     (See  Willoughby.) 

5.  Harry  Hibbard  b.  Apr.  6,  1856;  farmer  resides  in  Bath;  m.,  1st  June  3,  1880,  Alice 

Bell.  Child  b.  June  21,  1855,  d.  Oct.  1,  1884;  2d,  Jennie  L.  Dearth  Apr.  25,  1892, 
b.  Sept.  10,  1868.  Five  chil.:  (1)  Raymond  C.  b.  Mar.  15,  1881,  physician, 
Fitchburg,  Mass. ;  (2)  Helen  Maude  b.  Sept.  20,  1882,  resides  in  Woodsville,  unm., 
clerk  in  Woodsville  postoffice;  (3)  Alice  Bell  b.  Mar.  15,  1884,  d.  May  20,  1885; 
(4)  Charles  F.  b.  Aug.  23,  1895;  (5)  Horace  Edwin  b.  Nov.  3,  1900. 

6.  Nellie  Louise  b.  Aug.  18,  1859;  d.  Aug.  4,  1893. 

KAY 

Bryan  Kay,  farmer,  born  1736,  with  his  wife,  Dorothy,  born  1732,  and  five  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Sarah,  Anne,  and  Jane,  all  from  Yorkshire,  England,  in  Mar.  1774 
sailed  for  Fort  Cumberland  on  Bay  of  Fundy.  (See  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.,  Vol.  36, 
p.  135.)  In  landing  at  Halifax  the  two  elder  daughters,  Elizabeth  born  1758  and  Han- 
nah born  1760  were  drowned.  The  remainder  of  the  family  came  to  Haverhill  soon 
after.  A  special  town  meeting  held  Jan.  2,  1776,  was  at  the  house  of  Bryan  Kay,  and 
at  the  regular  meeting  Mar.  12,  1776,  in  arranging  for  meetings  for  preaching  it  was 
voted  "that  the  town  of  Haverhill  meet  one  half  of  the  first  six  months  at  Mr.  Kay's 
lower  barn  near  where  Luther  Richardson  lately  lived,  and  the  other  six  months  the  town 
agrees  that  the  selectmen  shall  provide  for  as  they  think  proper."  Previously  the  town 
meetings  had  been  held  at  John  Hazen's  and  Luther  Richardson's,  but  for  the  next 
twenty  years  when  not  held  at  the  Courthouse  Bryan  Kay's  appears  to  have  been  the 
favorite  meeting  place.  Dorothy,  wife  of  Bryan,  died  about  1800  and  he  married  second, 
July  8,  1801,  at  Bath  the  "Widow  Elsie  McCormack"  published  at  Haverhill  July  6.  She 
died  previous  to  1810,  and  he  married  third  Mary,  widow  of  David  Smith.  He  died 
Haverhill  1813.     Five  children  born  in  England  by  first  marriage,  three  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Elizabeth  b.  1758;  drowned  at  Halifax  in  1774. 

2.  Hannah  b.  1760;  drowned  at  Halifax  in  1774. 

3.  Sarah  b.  1762;  m.  Stephen  Morse.     (See  Morse.) 

4.  Anne  b.  1764;  m.  Moses  Porter.     (See  Porter.) 

5.  Jane  b.  1766;  m.  John  Morse,  brother  of  Stephen. 

By  2d  marriage: 

6.  Bryan  J.  b.  1803;  m.  Olive  Wheeler;  moved  to  N.  Y.  state  and  from  there  to  Sis- 

terville,  W.  Va.,  where  he  d.  Apr.  29,  1857. 

7.  Robert  b.  Apr.  11,  1805;  m.  Hav.  Dec.  20,  1831,  Roxalina,  dau.  Cyrus  and  Eleanor 

(Fitch)  Allen,  b.  June  9,  1809,  d.  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  11,  1874. 

8.  Hannah  b.  1806. 

KENNEDY 

Sylvester  P.  Kennedy1  born  1887  (?),  son  of  Patrick  and  Mary  Kennedy,  married 
Nov.  23,  1907,  Goldie  M.  Buckley,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Alice  G.  Buckley,  born 
1887  in  Woodsville.     Trainman,  lives  in  Concord.     Three  children: 

Beatrice  Alice2  b.  Woodsville  Jan.  2,  1909. 
Dorothy  Edna2  b.  Woodsville  Oct.  11,  1911. 
John  Buckley2  b.  Concord  June  14,  1916. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  557 

KENT 

Jacob  Kent  born  Essex,  Mass.,  June  12,  1726;  married,  first,  Dec.  26,  1752,  Abigail, 
daughter  Joseph  and  Abigail  Webster  Bailey;  second,  at  Plaistow  June  16,  1762,  Mary, 
daughter  Nicholas  White,  born  Aug.  14,  1736,  died  June  17,  1834.  He  died  Dec.  13, 
1812.  He  came  from  Plaistow  to  Coos  in  1763,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
Newbury,  Vt.     Five  children  born  in  Newbury,  Vt. 

Joseph  Kent2  (Jacob1),  third  son  of  youngest  child,  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  29,  1773; 
married  Apr.  3,  1800,  Elizabeth,  daughter  Remembrance  Chamberlain,  born  Deo.  19, 
1781,  died  Feb.  26,  1837.     He  died  July  20,  1859.     Eleven  children  born  in  Newbury,  Vt. 

Arad  Stebbins  Kent3  (Joseph2,  Jacob1)  eldest  son,  born  Mar.  27, 1802;  married  Boston, 
Mass.,  May  3,  1828,  Mary  Ann  Griffin,  born  Dec.  19,  1806,  died  Jan.  2,  1885.  He  died 
Feb.  1,  1871.     Six  children  born  in  Newbury,  Vt. 

Joseph  Frank  Kent4  (Arad  S.3,  Joseph2,  Jacob1)  born  Feb.  13,  1845;  married  June 
19,  1869,  Effie  A.  Burbank  of  Haverhill;  she  died  Derby,  Vt.,  Dec.  15,  1882;  married, 
second,  July  3,  1883,  Eunice  Idella,  daughter  Alonzo  R.  and  Emelia  B.  Parker  of  Derby. 
He  was  a  farmer  lived  in  Derby  till  1909,  when  he  came  to  Woodsville  to  take  charge  of 
the  farm  of  his  sister  Mrs.  William  K.  (Kent)  Wallace.  Three  children.  One  by  first 
marriage,  two  by  second. 

1.  Hattie  M.8 

2.  William  F.6  b.  W.  Derby,  Vt.,  Apr.  12,  1890;  d.  Sept.  9,  1898. 

3.  Harry  Frank6  b.  W.  Derby,  Vt.,  Dec.  18, 1891.     Lives  in  Woodsville  on  the  Wallace 

farm. 

KEYES 

Solomon  Keies.1  The  original  spelling  of  this  name  appears  to  have  been  Keies. 
The  marriage  of  Solomon  Keies  and  Frances  Grant  Oct.  2, 1653,  is  found  in  the  Newbury, 
Mass.,  records.  In  1664,  Solomon  Keies  took  up  land  in  Chelmsford  and  the  house  he 
built  the  next  year  is  still  standing  in  that  part  of  Chelmsford  now  called  Westford. 
The  old  town  clerks  book  of  Chelmsford  has  this  entry:  "Sargent  Solomon  Keys  dyed 
Mar.  28,  1702."     His  wife  died  1708.     Eleven  children. 

Solomon  Keies2  or  Keys  (Solomon1)  born  June  24,  1665;  twice  married;  name  of  first 
wife  Mary,  of  second  Priscilla. 

Solomon  Keys3  or  Keyes  (Solomon2,  Solomon1),  third  son  of  Solomon  and  Mary, 

born  May  11,  1701,  married  Sarah .     He  was  in  Capt.  Lovewell's  Company  on  its 

famous  excursion  to  Pequawket,  Me.,  in  Apr.  1725,  and  was  one  of  the  few  survivors.  He 
received  three  bullet  wounds  and  was  believed  to  be  dying.  He  rolled  himself  down  the 
beach  and  into  a  canoe  to  prevent  his  body  from  being  mutilated  by  the  Indians.  The 
canoe  was  blown  across  the  pond  at  Fryeburg  and  he  escaped.  He  settled  in  Warren, 
Mass.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  old  French  war  and  was  killed  at  Lake  George  Sept.  8,  1755. 
His  eldest  son  was  wounded  in  the  same  battle.     Eight  children. 

Col.  Danforth  Keyes4  (Solomon3,  Solomon2,  Solomon1)  born  Warren,  Mass.,  1740. 
Was  a  soldier  in  the  old  French  war;  was  in  the  same  battle  in  which  his  father  was 
killed,  but  escaped  unharmed;  served  through  the  war  and  was  at  the  surrender  of  Mont- 
real. Was  the  first  child  born  in  the  town  of  Warren,  Mass.  He  also  served  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  beginning  with  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill.  During  the  entire 
war  he  visited  his  home  but  twice.  He  was  a  personal  friend  of  Washington.  The  town 
of  Hardwick,  Vt.,  was  granted  to  him  and  his  Associates.  Married  Dec.  6,  1764,  Sarah 
Cutler  of  Warren,  Mass.,  born  Apr.  2,  1745;  died  Aug.  19,  1831.  He  died  Sept.  14,  1826. 
Eight  children. 

Thomas  Keyes5  (Danforth4,  Solomon3,  Solomon2,  Solomon1)  born  Warren,  Mass., 
Nov.  3,  1774;  settled  in  Vershire,  Vt.,  about  1800,  where  he  was  a  farmer;  married 


558  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Margaretta  McArthur,  born  Thornton,  died  Newbury,  Vt.,  1853.     He  died  Vershire 
Mar.  26,  1850.     Was  state  senator  several  terms. 

Henry  Keyes6  (Thomas6,  Danforth4,  Solomon3,  Solomon2,  Solomon1)  born  Vershire,  Vt., 
Jan.  3,  1S10;  married,  first,  May  2,  1838,  Sarah  A.  Pierce  of  Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  who  died 
Dec.  8, 1853;  no  children;  married,  second,  May  6, 1856,  Emma  F.Pierce,  sister  of  first  wife. 
She  died  Sept.  1916.  He  died  Sept.  24,  1870,  after  brief  illness.  Came  to  Newbury  in 
1825;  clerk  in  general  store.  Was  partner  with  his  brother  Freeman  in  the  mercantile 
business  till  1854;  firm  name  F.  &  H.  Keyes.  Was  one  of  the  original  promoters  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Passumpsic  Rivers  Railroad,  and  one  of  its  first  Board  of  Directors. 
In  1854  succeeded  Gov.  Erastus  Fairbanks  as  president  of  the  road,  and  devoted  himself 
to  pushing  the  road  through  to  Canada,  to  a  connection  with  the  Grand  Trunk.  The 
road  was  opened  to  Barton  in  1857,  to  Newport  in  1863,  to  Derby  in  1867,  and  to  Lennox- 
ville  in  1870.  The  undertaking  seemed  at  times  a  hopeless  one  and  shares  were  as  low  as 
$5.00  each  for  several  years,  but  Mr.  Keyes  lived  to  see  the  enterprise  completed  and 
stock  selling  at  par.  He  was  a  large  stockholder  in  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  and  became  its  president  in  1869.  He  was  also  interested  in  several  stage  and 
steamboat  lines  and  in  the  United  States  Hotel,  Boston.  Was  a  practical  farmer  having 
purchased  the  extensive  Dow  farm  in  Haverhill  which  he  conducted;  was  president  of 
the  Vermont  State  Agricultural  Society;  town  representative  in  1855;  state  senator 
1847-48;  Democratic  candidate  for  governor  of  Vermont  in  1856,  '57  and  '58;  delegate  to 
several  Democratic  National  Conventions.  Was  offered  the  presidency  of  one  of  the 
largest  railroads  in  Massachusetts,  but  declined,  as  acceptance  would  necessitate  living  in 
Boston,  and  he  wished  to  make  Newbury  his  home.  In  politics  was  an  uncompromising 
Democrat;  was  a  member  and  for  some  years  chairman  of  the  First  Congregational 
Society  of  Newbury.     As  a  business  man  he  had  few  equals.     Five  children : 

1.  Isabelle  F.7  b.  Newbury  ,Vt.,  June  21,  1859;  unm.;  resides  in  Boston. 

2.  Henry  W.7  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  23,  1862. 

3.  Martha  G.7  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Apr.  26,  1864;  m.  Boston  Nov.  16,  1892,  Ezra  Henry 

Baker,  d.  June  16,  1896. 

4.  George  T.7  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Sept.  1867;  grad.  Harvard  University  1889,  and  after 

studying  law  at  Harvard  Law  School  entered  the  paper  manufacturing  business. 
Is  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Nashua  River  Paper  Co.,  of  Pepperell,  Mass. 

5.  Charles  W.7  b.  Newton,  Mass.,  Jan.  16,  1870;  grad.  Harvard  1893,  and  at  once 

became  identified  with  Nashua  River  Paper  Co.,  and  is  its  secretary. 

Henry  Wilder  Keyes7  (Henry6,  Thomas5,  Danforth4,  Solomon3,  Solomon2,  Solomon1) 
born  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  23,  1862;  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools,  and  in 
Adams  Academy,  Quincy,  Mass.,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  William  Everett  and  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  in  the  class  of  1887.  Was  prominent  in  athletics  at  Harvard  being  a 
member  of  the  track  and  football  squads  and  a  member  of  the  varsity  crew  four  years, 
its  captain  in  his  senior  year,  and  a  winner.  His  popularity  in  the  university  was 
attested  by  his  election  as  first  marshall  of  his  class  for  Commencement  week,  an  honor 
regarded  the  highest  in  the  gift  of  the  student  body.  After  a  period  of  extended  travel 
in  Europe,  with  promising  avenues  to  success  in  business  and  professional  life  open  to 
him,  he  chose  the  life  of  a  farmer,  and  taking  the  charge  and  giving  himself  to  the  per- 
sonal management  of  the  Pine  Grove  farm  of  more  than  a  thousand  acres,  which  his 
father  had  made  a  model  one  after  its  purchase  from  the  Dow  family,  has  won  a  wide 
reputation  as  a  successful  general  farmer,  and  breeder  of  blooded  cattle,  horses,  sheep 
and  swine.  From  the  beginning  he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  In 
1891,  1893  and  again  in  1915  he  was  one  of  the  representatives  from  Haverhill  in  the 
New  Hampshire  House,  and  in  1903  represented  District  Number  2  in  the  state  senate. 
He  was  a  trustee  of  the  New  Hampshire  College  at  Durham  1893-96.  On  the  enact- 
ment of  local  option  license  law  in  1903,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Bachelder  license 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  559 

commissioner,  and  was  clerk  and  treasurer  until  the  appointment  of  a  new  commission 
by  the  Democratic  administration  of  1913.  When  the  excise  commission  was  created 
by  the  legislature  of  1915,  Mr.  Keyes  was  made  its  chairman,  and  held  the  office  till 
1916  when  he  resigned  to  become  the  Republican  candidate  for  governor.  By  the  friends 
and  apponents  of  license  alike,  he  is  recognized  as  having  rendered  the  state  most  val- 
uable service  in  this  important  office.  He  has  served  his  town  seventeen  terms  as  one 
of  its  selectmen,  having  several  times  received  an  unanimous  election,  and  of  all  his 
public  service,  Mr.  Keyes  himself  takes  most  pride  in  this  latter  which  abounds  in  nota- 
ble accomplishment  in  the  payment  of  burdensome  town  debt;  the  replacement  of  two 
toll  bridges  over  the  Connecticut  by  two  up-to-date  steel  and  cement  structures  free  to 
the  traveling  public,  and  in  great  improvements  in  the  town's  highways.  Mr.  Keyes 
has  been  a  busy  man.  Aside  from  the  management  of  his  farm  and  his  public  service 
he  has  held  various  and  important  business  connections.  He  has  been  vice-president  and 
director  of  the  Connecticut  and  Passumpsic  Rivers  Railroad  Corporation,  director  of 
the  New  England  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co.,  president  of  the  Woodsville  National 
Bank,  trustee  of  the  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  vice-president  of  the  Nashua 
River  Paper  Co.  of  Pepperell,  Mass.,  president  Sullivan  County  Railroad,  director 
United  Life  and  Accident  Insurance  Co.,  director  Connecticut  River  Railroad.  Upon 
becoming  a  candidate  for  governor,  and  in  view  of  the  possibility  of  railroad  legislation 
in  1917,  he  resigned  all  official  connection  with  the  railroad  of  which  he  was  the  head. 
For  several  years  his  name  had  been  frequently  mentioned  in  connection  with  the  Re- 
publican gubernational  nomination,  and  he  had  been  urged  to  become  a  candidate,  but 
it  was  not  till  1916  that  he  accepted  the  task.  At  the  primaries  in  August  he  was  nomi- 
nated receiving  12,724  votes  to  9,683  for  Rosecrans  W.  Pillsbury  of  Londonderry.  At 
the  election  in  November,  although  the  Democratic  candidates  for  electors  carried  the 
state,  Mr.  Keyes  received  45,889  to  38,853  for  John  C.  Hutchins  of  Stratford,  and  his 
majority  over  all  other  candidates  was  5,556.  The  vote  was  a  personal  tribute  to  Mr. 
Keyes  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud. 

In  his  inaugural  message  Governor  Keyes  proposed  to  the  General  Court  a  program 
of  constructive  and  progressive  legislation,  but  the  entrance  of  New  Hampshire  into 
the  world-wide  war  gave  the  state  problems  which  demanded  attention  to  the  exclusion 
of  other  matters.  Military  legislation,  suggested  by  him,  was  adopted  by  both  branches 
of  the  General  Court  without  a  word  of  opposition.  It  included  the  raising  of  one  mil- 
lion dollars  for  war  purposes,  the  establishment  of  a  military  Emergency  Board,  the 
registration  of  aliens,  providing  for  new  armories,  dealing  with  the  keeping  and  sale  of 
explosives,  dealing  with  state  defense  and  labor  laws  during  the  war  and  authorizing  cities 
and  towns  to  raise  money  for  war  purposes.  As  chief  executive  he  organized  the  draft 
machinery  throughout  the  state  and  personally  supervised  the  carrying  into  effect  of 
the  Selective  Service  Law  during  the  recent  world  war.  No  state  has  had  a  better 
record  for  accomplishing  what  has  been  asked  of  it  than  New  Hampshire.  He  is  a  Mason, 
a  member  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  by  religious  affiliation  a  Protestant  Episcopalian. 
On  November  5,  1918,  Mr.  Keyes  was  elected  to  the  United  States  Senate  for  a  term 
of  six  years  by  a  plurality  rising  5,000;  it  is  the  first  time  for  nearly  a  hundred  years 
that  a  senator  has  been  elected  while  holding  the  office  of  governor. 

He  married  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  June  8,  1904,  Frances  P.  Wheeler,  daughter  of  John  H. 
and  Louise  (Johnson)  Wheeler,  born  July  21,  1885.  Professor  Wheeler,  her  father, 
graduated  at  Harvard  at  the  age  of  nineteen  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class,  was 
instructor  in  Latin  and  Greek  at  Harvard  and  Radcliffe,  and  professor  in  the  University 
of  Virginia  until  a  few  weeks  before  his  death.  Mrs.  Wheeler  was  the  great  granddaugh- 
ter of  Col.  Thomas  Johnson  who  as  one  of  the  grantees  of  Haverhill  settled  there  in  1763, 
but  soon  afterward  acquired  land  on  the  Newbury-Oxbow,  and  fairly  divides  the  honor 
with  Jacob  Bayley  of  being  the  founder  of  that  town.     The  residence  of  Governor  Keyes 


560  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  North  Country,  planned  and  built  by  himself  on  the  spot  where 
the  Moses  Dow  colonial  mansion  had  stood  and  which  was  burned  in  1901.  They  have 
three  children: 

1.  Henry  Wilder,  Jr.8  b.  Hav.  Mar.  22,  1905. 

2.  John  Parkinson8  b.  Hav.  Mar.  26,  1907. 

3.  Francis8  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  4,  1912. 

KEZER 

David  Kezer  born  May  1,  1811;  married  Apr.  14,  1844,  Mahala  French,  daughter 
Elisha  and  Susan  (Smith)  Meader,  born  Warren  July  9,  1822,  died  Haverhill  Sept.  2, 
1857.     He  died  May  14,  1879.     Lived  at  Center  Haverhill.     Children: 

1.  Infant  Son  b.  Mar.  25,  1845,  d.  Mar.  31,  1845. 

2.  Francis  Stewart  b.  Oct.  15,  1850. 

3.  Ltjcene  b.  Nov.  24,  1852;  went  to  California  in  the  70's;  in  1914,  mining  in  Alaska. 

4.  Racine  b.  Nov.  24,  1852;  d.  June  25,  1855. 

5.  Infant  Daughter  b.  1855;  d.  June  25,  1855. 

Francis  S.  Kezer,  son  David  and  Mahala  (Meader),  married  Angie  Sarah,  daughter 
George  W.  and  Sarah  (Glazier)  Bisbee,  born  Nov.  5,  1848.  Lived  in  Woodsville.  Was 
railroad  employee.     He  died  Mar.  21,  1891.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  George  Harlan  b.  Oct.  16,  1876;  m.  Annie  Valdes;  no  chil. 

2.  Arthur  Lucene  b.  Nov.  4,  1879. 

3.  Blanch  Mahala  b.  Nov.  13,  1881;  m.  Carl  Aldrich  of  Bath. 

4.  Angie  Sarah  b.  Aug.  12,  1885;  m.  Nov.  3,  1905,  John  J.  Tracy,  b.  Dallas,  Tex., 

1875;  div.  May  term  1916.     One  child:  Myrtle  B.  b.  Aug.  2,  1907;  lives  in 
Woodsville. 

KIMBALL 

The  common  ancestor  of  the  great  majority  of  the  Kimballs  in  the  country  was  Rich- 
ard Kimball1,  who  with  his  family  embarked  at  Ipswich  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land Apr.  10,  1634,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  William  Andrews,  master.  He  settled  first 
in  Watertown,  Mass.,  but  about  1637  went  to  Ipswich,  where  the  new  settlement  was 
in  need  of  a  competent  wheelwright.  His  wife,  Ursula,  was  the  daughter  of  Henry 
Scott  of  Rattlesden,  England.  He  married,  second,  1661,  Margaret,  widow  of  Henry 
Dow  of  Hampton,  N.  H.     He  died  June  22,  1674-5.     His  wife  died  Mar.  1,  1676. 

Benjamin  Kimball2  (Richard1)  born  Ipswich  1637;  married  1661  Mary,  daughter 
Robert  and  Ann  Hazeltine,  lived  in  Salisbury,  Rowley  and  Bradford,  Mass.  Eleven 
children. 

Ebenezer  Kimball3  (Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  June  20,  1684;  married  Ruth  Eaton; 
died  Jan.  23,  1715;  lived  in  Haverhill  and  Bradford,  Mass.     Three  children. 

Abraham  Kimball4  (Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  Jan.  3,  1713-14;  married 
Dec.  13,  1739,  Hannah  Hazeltine;  second,  Apr.  16,  1747,  Mary  Pike.  Lived  in  Brad- 
ford and  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Amos  Kimball5  (Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  Bradford,  Mass., 
Aug.  31,  1750;  married  Feb.  20,  1774,  Abigail  Corliss.  Lived  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  till 
1772  when  he  went  to  Barnet,  Vt.,  and  a  little  later  to  Haverhill,  first  at  Ladd  Street 
and  finally  on  the  farm  known  as  the  Ezra  S.  Kimball  farm.  He  was  interested  in  the 
development  of  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  and  built  one  of  the  early  bridges  across 
the  Connecticut  at  Woodsville.  He  was  selectman  in  1790  and  1792.  He  was  colonel 
in  the  militia,  and  was  enrolled  in  Capt.  Thomas  Johnson's  company  of  minute  men  in 
1775,  just  previous  to  his  removal  to  Haverhill.     Thirteen  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  John8  b.  Jan.  4,  1775. 

2.  Hannah6  b.  Nov.  3,  1777;  m.  Joseph  Heath  of  Newbury,  Vt. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  561 

3.  Everett4  b.  Feb.  20,  1780;  m.  Apr.  23,  1804,  Susannah  Sanborn. 

4.  Sarah6  b.  Apr.  26,  1782;  m.  Aug.  9,  1796,  John  Haddock. 

5.  Molly6  b.  May  1,  1784;  m.  Feb.  25,  1803,  Richard  Chamberlin. 

6.  Abigail6  b.  July  14,  1786;  m.  Nov.  6,  1805,  Francis  Clark. 

7.  Charlotte6  b.  June  2,  1788. 

8.  Amos6  b.  Feb.  9,  1791;  m.  Nov.  23,  1813,  Anna  Willis;  m.  2d,  Ruby  Moulton  of 

Lyman. 

9.  Carleton8. 

10.  Francis6. 

11.  Eliza6. 

12.  Priscilla6. 

13.  Paulina6  b.  1801;  d.  1820,  in  her  20th  year. 

John  Kimball6  (Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  Haverhill 
Jan.  4,  1775;  married  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Dudley  Carleton.  He  died  May  4,  1869; 
she  died  Nov.  1,  1839,  aged  64  years.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  especially  in 
the  North  Parish.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  of  1813  and  1814;  was 
one  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen  for  nineteen  years,  was  a  deacon  of  the  North  Parish  Con- 
gregational Church,  and  a  Colonel  of  militia.  His  farm  was  one  of  the  best  in  town, 
and  was  sold  by  his  son,  Dudley  C,  to  Grafton  County  and  with  subsequent  additions 
is  now  the  valuable  county  farm.  Federalist,  Whig,  Republican,  Congregationalist. 
Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  John  Kimball7  b.  Sept.  30,  1796;  Grad.  at  Dartmouth  1822;  read  law  with  Moses 

P.  Payson  of  Bath;  began  practice  in  Claremont,  which  town  he  represented  in 
the  legislature;  removed  in  1839  to  Putney,  Vt.;  once  town  representative;  states 
attorney  for  Windham  County  1844-46;  state  senator  1847-49;  m.  Sept.  7,  1834, 
Francis  Mary,  dau.  of  Phineas  White.     Lived  and  d.  Putney,  Vt. 

2.  Dudley  Carleton7. 

3.  Benjamin  F.7  b.  1810;  lived  with  his  nephew,  Daniel  P.  Kimball8,  Newbury,  Vt. 

4.  Isaac  B7.  b.  1817;  m.  Kate ;  lived  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  and  Concord;  d.  Jan. 

22,  1905. 

5.  Hattie  C.7 

In  the  John  Kimball  plot,  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery,  there  are  three  graves  with 
inscriptions  on  headstones  as  follows: 

"Mehitable,  daughter  of  John  and  Mehitable  Kimball,  died  Feb.  16,  1834." 
"Sally,  daughter  John  and  Mehitable  Kimball,  died"  (date  illegible). 
"Cynthia,  daughter  John  and  Mehitable  Kimball,  died"  (date  illegible). 

Francis  D.  Kimball6  (Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born 
Haverhill  Dec.  9,  1795;  died  Apr.  12,  1860;  married  Abigail  Heath.  Farmer,  lived  on 
the  Amos  Kimball  farm.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Infant  son7  d.  Sept.  1821. 

2.  Hannah7  d.  1823. 

3.  Jane  E.7  b.  1824;  m.  Isaac  Stevens,  Jr.,  d.  1901.     (See  Stevens.) 

4.  Rachel  C.7  m. Smith. 

5.  Francis  D.7  b.  1828;  m.  Sarah  R. ;  d.  1865. 

6.  Martha  E.7  b.  1831;  m.  A.  E.  Leavitt. 

7.  Ezra  S.7  b.  Dec.  10,  1834. 

8.  Harriet.7 

Dudley  Carleton  Kimball7  (John6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2, 
Richard)  born  1800;  married  Aug.  27,  1823,  Sally,  daughter  of  Daniel  Putnam  of  New- 
bury, Vt.  She  died  Dec.  8,  1866.  Lived  on  and  owned  what  is  now  the  county 
farm  at  Horse  Meadow  till  1866,  when  with  his  son  he  purchased  the  Hazen  farm  in 
Newbury.  Died  Sept.  11,  1887.  Represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1852;  was 
selectman  in  1847,  '48,  '49,  '51,  '63,  '64,  and  rendered  invaluable  service  in  keeping  the 
town's  quota  of  soldiers  filled;  was  deacon  Congregational  Church,  Wells  River,  Vt. 
Republican.  Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 
1.  Daniel  Putnam8  b.  July  1824. 
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2        TfmF'PTT   "PoRTlFR^  1")     1  S2fi 

3!   Mehitabel  C.8  b.  Feb.  3,  1832;  m.  Sept.  16,  1857,  Lyman  M.  Southard.    (See 
Southard.) 

Daniel  Putnam  Kimball8  (Dudley  C.7  John6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2, 
Richard1)  born  Haverhill  1824;  married  1856  Melissa  A.,  daughter  Phineas  D.  Keyes, 
born  1835.  He  died  Oct.  14,  1895.  Lived  in  Haverhill  till  1866  when  he  removed  to 
Newbury,  Vt.,  with  his  father,  Dudley  C.  Deacon  in  First  Congregational  Church, 
town  representative  1880.  Held  nearly  every  town  office.  Republican;  successful 
farmer.     Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Carrie  M9.  b.  May  1858;  m.  James  B.  Hale  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

2.  Frank  E9.  b.  Jan.  1861;  m.  1887  Emma  Clark  of  Jamesville,  Wis.;  owned  one  of  the 

largest  and  most  valuable  farms  in  the  state  of  Vermont;  town  representative 
Newbury  1898;  member  of  firm  of  Kimball  &  Nutter,  dealers  in  horses,  with 
sales  stables  at  Woodsville;  d.  Dec.  1916.  Republican;  Congregationalist.  No 
chil.     With  his  death  the  male  line  of  the  family  of  Dudley  C.  became  extinct. 

Joseph  Porter  Kimball8  (Dudley  C.7  John6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benja- 
min2, Richard1)  born  Haverhill  1826;  married  Mary  A.  Brock.  He  died  Aug.  12,  1903, 
aged  78;  she  died  July  15,  1906,  aged  86.  He  lived  on  the  farm  south  of  Woodsville, 
formerly  owned  by  his  father;  Republican;  deacon  in  Congregational  Church,  Wells 
River,  Vt.,  many  years.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Helen  L.  b.  1857  (?);  m.  (pub.  Feb.  21,  1881)  Sherburn  L.  Hibbard  of  Bath;  d. 

Aug.  7, 1887,  ae.  30yrs.;  lived  in  the  West,  buried  in  the  family  lot,  Horse  Meadow 
Cemetery.    A  son,  Joseph,  b.  Mar.  29,  1887;  d.  Aug.  1,  1906. 

2.  Anna  J.  d.  unm.  Aug.  21,  1890,  ae.  32  yrs. 

3.  Charles  P.  d.  Apr.  6,  1863,  ae.  3  yrs,  6  mos. 

4.  Arthur  d.  Sept.  29,  1862,  ae.  8  mos.  23  days. 

Ezra  S.  Kimball7  (Francis  D.6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1) 
born  Haverhill  Dec.  10,  1834;  married  Mar.  4,  1857,  Jane  E.,  daughter  Dr.  Simeon  and 
Fannie  M.  (Holton)  Colburn  born  Mar.  23,  1835.  Was  for  some  years  in  railroad 
employ  in  Ohio,  but  receiving  serious  injuries  in  a  railroad  collision  returned  to  Haver- 
hill and  became  farmer  on  the  old  homestead;  selectman  1868,  1869.  Democrat,  but  in 
his  later  years,  Republican.  She  resides  Woodsville.  Died  Sept.  5,  1899.  Four  chil- 
dren: 

1.  Abbie  E.8  b.  Bath  Mar.  16,  1858;  m.  Dec.  7,  1881,  Walter  Burbeck.    (See  Burbeck.) 

2.  Martha  L.8  b.  Lisbon  Dec.  24,  1850;  m.  Jan.  25,  1882,  Dr.  John  W.  Staples  of  Frank- 

lin.    He  d.  Dec.  11,  1913.     Since  his  death  his  widow  resides  with  her  son. 

3.  Harmon  Reymer8  b.  Hav.  Aug.  10,  1863. 

4.  Francis  D.8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  2,  1869;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  17,  1870. 

Harmon  Reymer  Kimball8  (Ezra  S.7,  Francis  D.6,  Amos5,  Abraham4,  Ebenezer3, 
Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  Aug.  10,  1863;  married  June  5,  1892,  Edna  F.,  daughter 
George  W.  and  Mary  J.  (Rix)  McKean  of  Landaff ;  died  Mar.  18,  1904.  She  lives  in 
Lowell,  Mass.     Three  children  born  in  Woodsville: 

1.  Ezra  b.  Apr.  18,  1895. 

2.  Margueritte. 

3.  Alice  K.  R.  b.  June  4,  1901. 

Russell  Kimball8  (Benjamin7,  Benjamin6,  Jonathan5,  Benjamin4,  Jonathan3,  Ben- 
jamin2 Richard1)  born  Kingston  Dec.  7,  1798;  was  for  many  years  merchant  at  the  Cor- 
ner; married  Jan.  7,  1834,  Louisa  Bean  of  Piermont.  He  died  Jan.  15,  1862;  she  died 
Aug.  18,  1866.     Four  children: 

1.  Peabody  Webster  Kimball9  b.  Oct.  24,  1834. 

2.  Sarah  L.9  b.  Hav.  July  1838;  d.  Feb.  4,  1842. 

3.  Charles  R.9  b.  Hav.  Nov.  1842;  d.  Hav.  Dec.  11,  1842. 

4.  Ellen  L.9  b.  Hav.  Feb.  1844;  d.  Hav.  Oct.  17,  1848. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  563 

Peabody  Webster  Kimball9  (Russell8,  Benjamin7,  Benjamin6,  Jonathan6,  Benja- 
min4, Jonathan3,  Benjamin2,  Richard1)  born  Piermont  Oct.  24,  1834;  married  Dec.  25, 
1855,  Jane,  daughter  George  and  Mary  (English)  Pearson  of  Lyme.  After  the  death  of 
his  father  retired  from  business,  resided  at  the  Corner  till  his  death  July  5,  1916. 
She  died  Nov.  16,  1916.  Their  married  life  of  more  than  sixty  years  was  spent  in  the 
same  home  on  the  street  east  of  the  South  common.  Mr.  Kimball  represented  Haverhill 
in  the  legislature  in  1864,  and  1865.  Republican;  deacon  Congregationalist  church 
from  1875  till  his  death;  Mason.     Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Ellen  Louisa10  b.  Jan.  5,  1860;  m.  May  15,  1901,  Dr.  Henry  A.  Hildreth  of  Beth- 

lehem, who  d.  Mar.  25,  1909;  lives  with  her  brother. 

2.  George  Russell10  b.  Aug.  31,  1866,  a  retired  printer.     Mason,  belongs  to  Grafton 

Lodge  No.  46,  Franklin  Chapter,  St.  Gerard  Commandery,  New  Hampshire 
Consistory,  Bektash  Temple,  and  are  Iona  Chapter  No.  39,  O.  E.  S.  Is  a  Repub- 
lican and  member  of  Congregational  Church. 

KIMBALL 

Caleb  Kimball1,  of  Exeter,  married  Dec.  3,  1761,  Sarah  Ambrose  of  Chester.  They 
had  a  son  Thomas2  born  Chester  Nov.  22,  1762,  who  died  Rumney  in  1830.  He  married 
Mary  Willoughby  and  had  a  son  Caleb3  born  July  1791;  married  Sally  Hall;  died  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  1827.  She  died  1858.  They  had  two  sons  who  became  residents  of  Haver- 
hill: Charles  Caleb4,  Russell4.     Also  two  daughters:  Marinda4,  Matilda4. 

Charles  Caleb  Kimball4  (Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Aug.  31,  1817;  married 
Sept.  1841  Hannah,  daughter  Ebenezer  and  Alice  (Swan)  Morris,  born  Lisbon  Dec.  22, 
1817,  died  Feb.  1,  1908.  He  died  Jan.  11,  1899.  Farmer,  Republican.  Five  children 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Charles  M.5  b.  Aug.  28,  1842. 

2.  Morris  E.6  b.  Oct.  24,  1843. 

3.  John  G.5  b.  July  20,  1847. 

4.  George  F.6  b.  Oct.  12,  1854. 

5.  Albert  F.6  b.  Sept.  13,  1856. 

Charles  Morris  Kimball6  (Charles  C.4  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Aug.  28, 
1842;  married  Nov.  6,  1866,  Ann  C,  daughter  Lyman  and  Betsey  (Mason)  Marden  of 
Haverhill.  She  died  Feb.  11,  1915.  Farmer;  lives  in  North  Haverhill.  Four  children 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  James  Henry6,  b.  Sept.  1,  1867;  d.  Aug.  1868. 

2.  Mabel6  b.  Jan.  9,  1870;  m.  Apr.  11,  1894,  Philip  D.  W.  Hildreth. 

3.  Hannah  Blanche8  b.  Nov.  28,  1873;  unm. 

4.  Anna  Etta6  b.  June  7,  1879;  m.  Oct.  3,  1896,  Burt  W.  Kidder.     Two  chil. :  (1)  Mar- 

guerite b.  July  2,  1897;     (2)  Alice  May  b.  Nov.  13,  1898.     Lives  in  No.  Hav. 

Morris  Ebenezer  Kimball5  (Charles  C.4,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Oct.  24, 
1843;  married  1867  Gazilda  C,  daughter  Lawrence  and  Harriet  (Brooks)  Moran,  born 
Derby,  Vt.,  May  3,  1844.  Educated  in  public  schools;  became  clerk  in  general  store  of 
Colten  &  Co.  at  North  Haverhill,  succeeding  them  as  proprietor;  conducted  a  successful 
business  till  his  death  July  13,  1903;  postmaster  several  years;  representative  in  legis- 
lature of  1903.  Republican,  Methodist.  Five  children  born  in  Haverhill,  two  died  in 
infancy : 

1.  Addie  M.6  b.  May  19,  1870;  m.  May  16,  1894,  Frank  N.  Keyser. 

2.  Louis  M.8  b.  June  21,  1876;  grad.  Dartmouth  College,  class  oi'  1902;  with  his  brother 

succeeded  his  father  in  the  store  at  No.  Hav.  under  the  firm  name  of  Kimball 
Bros.  Has  been  town  treasurer  since  1910;  director  Woodsville  National  Bank. 
Represented  Hav.  in  legislature  of  1911.  Mason,  Episcopalian,  Republican. 
Unm. 

3.  Roy6  b.  Dec.  19,  1877;  merchant,  Kimball  Bros. 


564  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

John  Goodhue  Kimball8  (Charles  C.4  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  July  20,  1847; 
died  June  10,  1899;  married  Luella  N.,  daughter  Byron  G.  and  Mary  (Smith)  Howard. 
Farmer,  Republican.     Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Helen  M.6  b.  Apr.  1, ;  m.  Edward  M.  Clark. 

2.  Alice6  d.  young. 

3.  William  Henry6  m.  May  30,  1905,  Lena  Campbell. 

George  French  Kimball5  (Charles4,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Oct.  12,  1851; 
married  Addie  M.,  daughter  Horace  and  Dorothy  Fifield  Blake.  Farmer.  Four  chil- 
dren born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Arthur  R.6  b.  May  23,  1885. 

2.  Roy  Horace6  b.  July  6,  1887. 

3.  Julie6  b.  Apr.  11,  1889;  m.  Apr.  4,  1908,  Frank  Keeth. 

4.  Harland6  Oct.  10,  1896. 

Albert  Frost  Kimball5  (Charles  C4.,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Sept.  13,  1855; 
married  Greenville,  111.,  Mar.  10,  1776,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Harriet  (Fer- 
guson) Crocker;  Republican,  Episcopalian,  town  clerk  since  1896.  One  child  born  in 
Haverhill: 

Charles  Samuel6  b.  Jan.  10,  1879;  d.  Jan.  14,  1879. 

William  Henry  Kimball6  (John  G.5,  Charles  C.4,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  married 
May  30,  1905,  Lena,  daughter  Peter  and  Alvira  (Sawyer)  Campbell.  Painter,  lives 
North  Haverhill.     Five  children  all  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Dorris7,  b.  Dec.  8,  1905. 

2.  Mildred7  b.  Dec.  12,  1906. 

3.  William  H.7  b.  July  21,  1908;  d.  Aug.  2,  1908. 

4.  Helen7  b.  June  4,  1910. 

5.  John7  b.  Sept.  22,  1911. 

Arthur  Rogers  Kimball6  (George  F.5,  Charles  C.4,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born 
May  23,  1885,  married  Oct.  1, 1906,  Belle,  daughter  Charles  C.  Rinehart.     Two  children: 

1.  Merle  Carroll7  b.  May  30,  1907. 

2.  Meril  Helen7  b.  May  30,  1907. 

Ray  Horace  Kimball6  (George  F.5,  Charles  C.4,  Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  July 

6.  1887;  married  Aug.  8,  1906,  Lottie,  daughter  Fred  H.  St.  Clair.     Farmer.     Four  chil- 
dren born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Erland  F.7  b.  Mar.  4,  1907. 

2.  Leslie7  b.  Nov.  18,  1908. 

3.  Morris  Badger7  b.  Aug.  10,  1912. 

4.  Howard  Ray7  b.  Feb.  20,  1915. 

Russell  Kimball4  (Caleb3,  Thomas2,  Caleb1)  born  Nov.  20,  1812;  married  Sarah 
Glynn  of  Chester,  Vt.  Lived  for  a  few  years  on  what  is  known  as  the  Glazier  place  in 
School  District  No.  9.  They  had  seven  children:  1,  Esther6  married  Curtis  Fletcher; 
2,  Marinda8;  3,  Martha8;  4,  Marinda8  married  Clark  Dunkley  (see  Dunkley);  5,  Martha5 
married  Hiram  Drew;  6,  Nellie8  married  first,  Will  Hoyt,  second, Will  Hadley;  7,  Charles8 . 

Caleb  Kimball3  had  two  daughters:  Marinda4  born  Jan.  26,  1814;  married  John 
Goodhue  of  Tewksbury,  Mass.  No  children.  Matilda4  born  Jan.  19,  1815;  married 
Geo.  W.  French;  two  children:    Sarah8,  William5. 

KING 

Russell  King  came  to  Haverhill  from  Charlestown  in  1835  purchasing  of  Moses 
Little  his  farm,  consisting  of  the  four  hundred  acres  of  the  governor's  reservation  still 
undisposed  of,  and  in  company  with  his  brother  Hiram  who  was  a  co-purchaser  with 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  565 

him  immediately  occupied  it.  The  farmhouse  is  still  standing  on  the  top  of  the  hill, 
known  in  recent  years  as  the  Cheney  house,  and  is  at  present  occupied  by  Robert  Parks, 
probably  the  oldest  dwelling  house  in  Woodsville.  The  farm  buildings  on  the  river  road 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Henry  F.  King  were  not  erected  till  some  years  later. 
The  farm  was  a  little  time  after  the  purchase  divided  between  the  two  brothers,  but 
Hiram  King  did  not  become  a  permanent  resident  of  the  town.  Disposing  of  his  hold- 
ings he  removed  to  Coventry  (Benton)  near  East  Haverhill,  in  what  was  known  as  the 
Page  district,  on  a  large  farm  that  later  passed  into  the  possession  of  Governor  John  Page. 
Russell  King  became  an  active  factor  in  the  town,  and  was  a  leader  in  affairs  in  the  north- 
ern end  of  the  town.  He  was  a  substantial  farmer,  in  politics  a  Whig  and  Republican, 
and  in  religious  preference  a  Congregationalist.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  leg- 
islature in  1857  and  again  in  1858.  When  he  came  to  Haverhill  he  was  accompanied  by 
his  father  William  King  and  Sally  Walker,  sister  of  his  wife.  William  King  born  1772, 
died  1841;  Sally  Walker  King  born  1789,  died  1836. 

Russell  King  born  in  Langdon  Jan.  26,  1801;  married  Apr.  4,  1827,  Ann  Walker, 
born  Rockingham,  Vt.,  Mar.  9,  1805.  He  died  Haverhill  Mar.  13,  1874;  she  died  Sept. 
13,  1873.  They  had  nine  children,  the  four  eldest  born  in  Charlestown,  the  others  in 
Haverhill: 

1.  Samuel  Russell  b.  Jan.  9,  1828;  d.  Nov.  19,  1832. 

2.  Herbert  Dana  b.  Mar.  9,  1830;  d.  Apr.  17,  1833. 

3.  Samuel  Dana  b.  Oct.  24,  1833;  m.  Jan.  6,  1856,  Amanda  Burt.     Lived  in  Penn- 

sylvania, was  locomotive  engineer.  They  had  three  sons,  two  of  whom  are  still 
living,  and  are  locomotive  engineers  on  the  Pennsylvania  railroad. 

4.  Hiram  Herbert  b.  Sept.  23,  1835;  d.  Nov.  4,  1836. 

5.  Henry  Franklin  b.  Feb.  13,  1838;  m.  Jan.  14,  1863,  Luiva  S.  Weeks,  dau.  of  John 

C.  and  Maria  P.  Weeks  of  Bath,  b.  Mar.  12,  1840.  He  d.  Nov.  2,  1905.  One 
child,  Anna  Maria,  b.  Feb.  16,  1868;  m.  Louis  E.  Davison.  (See  Davison.) 
Henry  F.  King  spent  nearly  two  years  prior  to  his  marriage  in  railroad  employ- 
ment in  Pennsylvania,  but  returned  about  the  time  of  his  marriage  to  Hav.  and  with 
his  father  became  the  owner  of  the  home  farm.  He  was  identified  with  the  growth 
and  development  of  Woodsville,  served  as  free  district  commissioner,  was  select- 
man of  the  town,  deputy  sheriff,  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  of 
1899-01.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  in  later  life  an  attendant  on  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  a  successful  fanner  and  one  of  the  most 
substantial  citizens  of  the  town. 

6.  Alden  Walker  b.  Aug.  1,  1840;  d.  Dec.  28,  1840. 

7.  Sally  Ann  b.  Sept,  30,  1841;  d.  Mar.  9,  1844. 

8.  Charles  Russell  b.  May  21,  1845;  m.  Mar.  28,  1871,  Margaret  J.,  dau.  of  Hugh 

and  Rachel  Neeley.  two  chil.:  (1)  Russell  b.  June  1874,  d.  Aug.  1881;  (2) 
Bessie  b.  June  1877,  m.  Charles  E.  Grubbs,  locomotive  engineer  on  Pennsylvania 
railroad.  Charles  R.  King  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Mon- 
treal railroad  in  1863,  and  of  the  Pennsylvania  road  in  1866.  Became  locomotive 
engineer  in  1871  and  was  honorably  retired  on  pension  Feb.  27, 1914,  after  48  years 
continuous  service.     Resides  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  north  side. 

9.  Elizabeth  Ann  b.  Feb.  5,  1848;  m.  Frank,  s.  of  Ira  and  Lucy  Royce  Whitcher. 

(See  Whitcher.) 

James  King  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  Haverhill,  but  the  records  of  his  family, 
except  a  few  obtained  from  the  town  records,  are  fragmentary.  There  have  been  no 
representatives  of  his  family  bearing  the  family  name  for  a  period  of  more  than  fifty 
years.  He  lived  as  did  also  his  son  James  King,  Jr.,  on  Brier  Hill,  his  farm  being  at 
the  top  of  the  hill  on  the  road  leading  from  Swiftwater.  He  married  Nov.  23,  1786, 
Elizabeth  Young  of  Haverhill.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  Nov.  1825,  aged  63.  His  sec- 
ond wife,  Eunice,  died  Jan.  8,  1846,  aged  69.     He  died  Dec.  2,  1850.     Children: 

Edward  m.  Nov.  22,  1806,  Emma  Hibbard  of  Bath. 
Betsey  m.  June  26,  1807,  Moses  Atwood  of  Landaff . 
James,  Jr.  m.  1811  Hannah  Hackett  of  Tunbridge,  Vt. 
Adaline  E.  m.  Ashall  Wheeler  of  Bath;  d.  Nov.  1,  1837,  ae.  25. 


566  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Hannah  m.  Apr.  4,  1818,  Leonard  Stevens. 

Mary  m.  Dec.  5,  1814,  Linis  Hale  of  Tunbridge,  Vt. 

James  King,  Jr.,  lived  with  his  father  on  the  Brier  Hill  farm  and  was  taxed  in  Haverhill 
as  late  as  1852.     About  that  time  he  removed  to  Bath.     Children  of  James  King,  Jr.: 

Almon  m.  Dec.  10,  1835,  Mary  P.  Cummings. 

Emeline  m.  Dec.  25,  1835,  Cephas  Cummings.  Children:  Chester  b.  Hav.  Sept. 
27,  1837;  Adaline  b.  Hav.  June  5,  1839;  d.  Mar.  31,  1840;  Alice  b.  Hav.  May 
30,  1841;  Cephas  H.  b.  Hav.  1844  (?)  He  made  his  home  with  his  uncle  L.  H. 
Chase  as  late  as  1871,  but  soon  after  went  west. 

Another  daughter  m.  Lorenzo  H.  Chase,  who  occupied  the  farm  as  late  as  1871. 

KNIGHT 

Nathan  S.  Knight,  son  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  (Holmes)  Knight,  was  born  in  Jefferson 
Apr.  20,  1849.  He  was  the  third  in  a  family  of  eight  children.  Completing  his  educa- 
tion at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  spent  some  ten  years  in  lumber  mills,  for  the  most  part 
those  of  the  Brown  Lumber  Co.  at  Whitefield.  He  then  entered  the  service  of  the 
Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  Company,  where  he  spent  some  twenty  years,  retiring  as 
passenger  conductor  on  account  of  ill  health  induced  by  injuries  received  in  an  acci- 
dent. He  married  Mar.  6,  1871,  Vina  R.,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Hannah  (Ware)  Hub- 
bard of  Whitefield,  born  Oct.  28,  1856.  Except  for  a  few  years  spent  in  Manchester 
(1907-1916)  has  resided  in  Woodsville.  Republican,  Odd  Fellow.  Attends  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.     One  child: 

Fred  M.  Knight  b.  Nov.  20,  1878;  m.  1906,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Ethel  Eadie.  Has 
been  for  the  past  twelve  years  in  the  employ  of  the  Borden  Condensed  Milk  Co., 
beginning  as  salesman;  at  present  manager,  covering  a  field  of  six  Western  states 
with  headquarters  in  Detroit  where  he  resides.  One  child,  Kenneth  Nathan 
Knight,  b.  Nov.  10,  1910. 

KNIGHT 

Benjamin  Knight1  married  Elvira  P.  Morton.     Three  children. 

Andrew  J.  Knight2  born  Aug.  27,  1836;  married  May  16,  1859,  Sarah  E.,  daughter 
Stillman  and  Jane  King  Jenne.     Seven  children. 

M.  Clarence  Knight3  born  Sept.  24,  1861;  married  Dec.  26,  1887,  Clara  A.,  daughter 
William  H.  Silsby.     Lives  Newbury,  Vt.     Three  children. 

Horace  B.  Knight4  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Sept.  9,  1889;  married  Oct.  21,  1915,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  James  and  Joan  Dalton  of  Wells  River,  Vt.,  born  Apr.  11,  1884.  Resides 
in  Woodsville.  Cashier,  Woodsville,  and  treasurer  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Banks. 
Educated  in  Newbury  public  schools,  and  Eastman's  Commercial  College,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.  Clerk  in  Wells  River  Bank  from  1909  to  1914,  cashier  and  treasurer  Woodsville 
banks  since  May  1,  1914.  Two  children:  Joan  E.  born  Mar.  26,  1917;  James  S.  b. 
May  21,  1919. 

KNIGHT 

In  1817  Moses  Knight1  with  his  son,  Aaron2,  came  from  Landaff  to  Coventry  (Ben- 
ton) and  purchased  the  Coolidge  farm,  but  about  1845  the  family  removed  from  Benton 
to  East  Haverhill.     None  of  the  family  are  remaining  in  town. 

Aaron  Knight2  and  Betsey  Currier  were  married  Dec.  23,  1819.     Children: 

1.  Louisa  K.3  b.  Sept.  15,  1820;  m.  Stephen  Jeffers. 

2.  Caleb3  b.  Mar.  5,  1822;  d.  July  5,  1881. 

3.  Moses3  b.  Nov.  15,  1823;  d.  July  6,  1884. 

4.  Betsey3. 

5.  Jane3. 

6.  Dudley3. 

7.  Lauretta3. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  567 

Caleb  Knight3  married  in  1850  Nancy  Blake,  who  died  in  1853.     He  married,  second, 

in  1854,  Delia  Daudy.     Addie  J.4 was  born  in  1851,  and  married  Horace  E.  Noyes 

in  1870.     (See  Noyes.)     A  daughter  was  born  of  the  second  marriage:   Jennie4  in  1860 
who  died  in  1866. 

LADD 

Daniel  Ladd1  took  the  oath  of  supremacy  and  allegiance  to  pass  to  New  England  on 
the  "Mary  &  John  of  London,"  Robert  Sayles,  master,  Mar.  24,  1633-4.  Settled  first 
in  Ipswich,  next  in  Salisbury  and  later  became  one  of  the  original  settlers  in  Haverhill, 

Mass.     In  1646  he  was  taxed  on  an  inventory  of  £40.     He  married  Ann .     Eight 

children,  three  born  in  Salisbury,  five  in  Haverhill. 

Samuel  Ladd2  (Daniel1),  second  son  fifth  child,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1649; 
married  Dec.  1,  1674,  Martha,  daughter  George  Corliss.  Killed  by  Indians  Feb.  22, 
1698.     (See  Chase's  History  of  Haverhill.) 

Daniel  Ladd3  (Samuel2,  Daniel1),  eldest  son  and  child,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov. 
19,  1676;  married  Nov.  17,  1701,  Susannah  Hartshorn  of  Rowley.  Was  captured  by 
Indians  at  time  his  father  was  killed.  (See  Chase.)  He  died  June  15,  1751.  Six 
children. 

Daniel  Ladd4  (Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Nov.  15,  1710;  married  Sept.  20,  1833, 
Mehitable  Roberts.     Twelve  children  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.: 

1.  Susannah5  b.  July  7,  1734;  m.  Stephen  Merrill. 

2.  Asa5  b.  Mar.  10,  1736;  m.  Sarah  Merrill. 

3.  Ezekiel5  b.  Apr.  10,  1738. 

4.  Daniel5  b.  Apr.  21,  1740;  m.  Dorothy  Foot. 

5.  Mehitable5  b.  Feb.  11,  1742;  m.  Samuel  Cross. 

6.  Samuel5  b.  Nov.  9,  1744. 

7.  John5  b.  Apr.  17,  1746. 

8.  David5  b.  July  8,  1848.     Settled  in  Hav.,  where  his  nine  chil.  were  b.,  but  his  name 

does  not  appear  on  the  tax  list  after  1903. 

9.  Abigail5  b.  July  27,  1750. 

10.  James5  b.  Apr.  10,  1752. 

11.  RuTH5b.  Oct.  10,  1757. 

12.  Jonathan5  b.  Dec.  10,  1760. 

No  less  than  seven  of  the  twelve  children  of  Daniel4  and  Mehitable  Ladd  (six  sons — 
Ezekiel,  Samuel,  John,  David,  James  and  Jonathan — and  one  daughter),  became  resi- 
dents of  Haverhill.  Ezekiel  was  one  of  the  first  settlers,  coming  in  1765,  and  was  soon 
followed  by  five  of  his  brothers  and  later  by  a  sister.  They  settled  on  what  very  appro- 
priately was  known  as  Ladd  Street,  and  in  the  early  history  of  the  town,  the  family  was  an 
important  factor  in  its  affairs.  Ezekiel  was  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Sessions,  one  of  the 
early  innholders  or  tavern  keepers,  selectman  and  town  treasurer  in  1768,  and  also  in 
several  years  subsequently.  He  owned  one  of  the  first,  if  not  the  very  first  tannery  in 
town.  He  lived  on  the  east  side  of  Ladd  Street  between  the  schoolhouse  and  Henry 
Bailey's.  Samuel  Ladd  lived  where  the  late  James  Woodward  resided  for  many  years. 
John  Ladd  built  the  house  now  owned  by  Henry  S.  Bailey.  David  Ladd  lived  in  what 
is  known  as  the  Clifford  house.  James  Ladd  lived  on  the  same  side  of  the  street  as 
Ezekiel,  and  Jonathan  Ladd's  house  was  the  old  gristmill  house.  The  family  was  one 
of  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  town,  but  it  has  now  no  representative  bearing  the 
family  name. 

Ezekiel  Ladd5  (Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Apr.  10, 
1738;  married  1760  Ruth  Hutchins;  came  to  Haverhill  1765;  captain  of  company  in 
War  of  Revolution;  judge  Court  of  Sessions  and  Court  Common  Pleas.  (See  chapter 
in  Revolution,  Courts  and  Bar.)  He  died  July  12,  1818;  she  died  July  8,  1817.  Eight 
children,  two  eldest  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass,  six  youngest  in  Haverhill,  N.  H.: 


568  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Abiah6  b.  Jan.  21,  1761;  m.  Joshua  Young. 

Joseph6  b.  Dec.  15,  1764. 

Molly6  b.  Feb.  14,  1766;  m.  Jacob  Bailey,  Newbury,  Vt. 

Ezekibl6  b.  May  18,  1768. 

Hannah6  b.  May  3,  1772;  m.  John  Bailey,  Newbury,  Vt. 

Abigail6  b.  May  27,  1774;  m.  Jacob  Williams. 

Moody6  b.  Dec.  15,  1777. 

James6  b.  July  6,  1782. 

Samuel  Ladd6  (Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel*,  Daniel1)  born  Nov.  9,  1744;  married,  first, 
June  1769,  Martha  Hubbert;  married,  second,  Dec.  16,  1794,  Mrs.  Cynthia  Hastings 
Arnold,  widow  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Arnold  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  In  1791  was  keeping 
tavern  just  south  of  the  James  Woodward  house.  He  died  Jan.  9,  1915.  The  inscrip- 
tions on  the  tombstone  of  Martha  Hubbert  Ladd,  and  on  those  of  four  children  are 
obliterated.     Five  children  by  first  wife: 

1.  William6  b.  Mar.  8,  1770;  m.  Abigail  Spalding. 

2.  Ruth6  b.  June  18,  1771;  m.  Dr.  Martin  Phelps.     (See  Phelps.) 

3.  Anna6  b.  Oct.  30,  1772;  d.  Mar.  11,  1777. 

4.  Labun6  b.  Feb.  27,  1775;  d.  Mar.  21,  1777. 

5.  Samuel6  b.  Apr.  6,  1778;  d.  May  11,  1778. 

Six  children  by  second  wife: 

6.  Cynthia  A.6  b.  May  11,  1796;   m.  Jeremiah  G.  Farman.     Seven  chil.     (See  Far- 

man.) 

7.  Jonathan  A.6  b.  Apr.  28,  1798;  m.  Mary  Burbeck. 

8.  Samuel6  b.  Aug.  25,  1800;  m.  Mary  Ward. 

9.  Martha6  b.  Aug.  25,  1800;   m.  Jan.  10,  1826,  Rev.  B.  F.  Kimball;  2d,  Nov.  16, 

1829,  Philip  Goss. 

10.  Elizabeth6  b.  Aug.  15,  1802;  m.  Aug.  1825  Charles  Swan. 

11.  Horace  Hall9  b.  June  4,  1807;  m.  Jan.  16,  1833,  Amanda  Juta. 

*"  Cynthia  Hastings  Arnold  had  by  her  first  husband  two  children,  Lemuel  Hastings 
and  Freeline,  who  came  with  their  mother  to  Haverhill.  The  son,  Lemuel  Hastings 
Arnold,  in  after  life,  became  prominent  in  Rhode  Island,  was  governor  of  the  state,  and 
member  of  Congress.  Freeline  married  Noah  Davis  of  Haverhill  and  became  the  mother 
of  the  distinguished  Judge  Noah  Davis  of  New  York."  She  died  Jan.  6,  1858,  aged  58 
years. 

John  Ladd6  (Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Apr.  17,  1746; 
married  Hannah  Eastman.  (See  Eastman.)  He  built  the  Henry  Bailey  house,  but 
probably  removed  from  town  about  1800,  as  his  name  is  not  found  in  the  tax  list  after 
1803.  It  does  not  appear  either  that  any  of  his  twelve  children,  who  were  born  in  Haver- 
hill, settled  in  town.  Daniel6,  the  eldest,  born  Oct.  6,  1777,  married  Elizabeth  Huse; 
Moses6,  ninth  child,  married  Sarah  Luevey  in  Mt.  Desert,  Me.,  about  1801,  and  settled 
in  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  four  of  his  five  children  were  born;  soldier  in  War  of  1812  and 
died  in  that  year  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  of  canker-rash. 

James  Ladd5  (Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Apr.  10,  1752;  married  Dec.  3, 
1772,  Hannah  Lock.  He  died  Piermont  Dec.  5,  1836;  she  died  Nov.  7,  1841,  aged  86. 
Both  are  buried  in  the  Ladd  Street  Cemetery.  He  was  soldier  in  War  of  Revolution. 
Eleven  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Tryphena6  b.  June  23,  1774;  m.  1st, Goodwin;   2d,  David  Heath. 

2.  Phebe6  b.  Feb.  24,  1776;  m.  William  Kelsey. 

3.  Abigail6  b.  Dec.  3,  1778;  m.  Mar.  5,  1800,  William  Tarleton. 

4.  Susannah6  b.  Feb.  1,  1780;  m.  Sept.  3,  1805,  Simeon  Olmstead. 

5.  Theodo6  b.  Dec.  19,  1782;  m.  Amos  Tarleton. 

6.  James6  b.  Apr.  6,  1784;  unm. 

7.  Timothy6  b.  Sept,  18,  1786;  m.  Esther  Pillsbury. 

•Bittinger's  Haverhill,  p.  67. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  569 

8.  Ethan  Smith6  b.  May  31,  1791;  m.  Roxana  Davis. 

9.  Samuel8  b.  Aug.  25,  1793;  m.  Mary  Dudley  Melvin. 

10.  Hannah6  b.  Jan.  27,  1796;  unm. 

11.  Roxana8  b.  Jan.  12,  1800;  m.  Benj.  Martin. 

Jonathan  Ladd5  (Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Dec.  10,  1760;  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Elisha  Lock.  He  died  Mar.  11,  1833.  Seven  children  born  in 
Haverhill: 

1.  Theodosia6  b.  Feb.  15,  1786;  m. .  Smith. 

2.  Elisha  Lock8  b.  June  14,  1787;  m.  Jan.  1,  1822,  Asenah  Batchelder. 

3.  Ruth9  b.  July  4,  1789;  m.  John  Boise. 

4.  Isaac9  b.  July  6,  1792;  m.  Nancy  Riggs. 

5.  William  Wallace8  b.  Nov.  25,  1794. 

6.  James9  b.  Feb.  12,  1797. 

7.  Tryphena9  b.  Mar.  11,  1803. 

Joseph  Ladd6  (Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Dec.  15,  1764;  married  Sarah  Ring  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  Merchant  in  Haverhill 
for  many  years.  Town  clerk  1799,  1800,  1803,  1805,  1816.  He  died  Dec.  31,  1836; 
she  died  Mar.  8,  1851,  aged  83  years.     Thirteen  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Pamelia7  b.  June  27,  1786;  d.  Nov.  18,  1832;  unm. 

2.  Lavinia7  b.  Sept.  18,  1787;  m.  1814  Dea.  John  Buxton  of  Newbury,  Vt.     (Second 

wife)  by  whom  she  had  seven  chil.;  d.  Sept.  6,  1855. 

3.  Joseph7  b.  May  20,  1789;  d.  unm.  Nov.  6,  1840. 

4.  Otis  Freeman7  b.  Feb.  23,  1791;  m.  Caroline  P.  Heath. 

5.  Persis7  b.  Jan.  11,  1793;  m.  Dea.  Daniel  Thompson;  lived  in  Francestown. 

6.  Lewis7  b.  Aug.  13,  1794;  m.  Catherine  Colburn. 

7.  Sally7  b.  June  27,  1796;  d.  Jan.  25,  1810. 

8.  Amasa  Scott7  b.  Mar.  17,  1799;  m.  Mary  Ann  Childs  Oct.  31,  1818. 

9.  William  Hutchins7  b.  July  4,  1801;  d.  Valparaiso,  S.  A.,  Dec.  1824. 

10.  Louisa  B.7  b.  Aug.  4,  1803;  m.  Warren  Ives;  d.  Feb.  1871. 

11.  Peabody  Webster7  b.  Aug.  15,  1805;  m.  Elizabeth  Lowde  Johnson. 

12.  Calvin  P.7  b.  Aug.  1809;  m.  Mary  Parson  Harmon  Sept.  1,  1830. 

13.  Charlotte7  b.  Aug.  18,  1814;  d.  Mar.  14,  1815. 

Ezekiel  Ladd6  (Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  May  6, 
1768;  married  1796  Elizabeth  Swan;  lived  Haverhill;  moderator  1822,  1824,  1826, 
1827,  1830;  selectman  1810-11;  treasurer  1810-11;  representative  1815.  Eight 
children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Hustin7  b.  May  22,  1798;  m.  Miriam  Farman. 

2.  Isaac7  b.  May  22,  1800;  d.  July  10,  1802. 

3.  Hiram7  b.  June  12, ;  m.  Dec.  16,  1830,  Eliza  Crouch. 

4.  George  W.7  b.  May  9,  1805;  d.  New  Orleans  Sept.  20,  1847. 

5.  Horatio  Nelson7  b.  Nov.  11,  1807;  d.  unm. 

6.  Caroline7  b.  Feb.  9,  1809;  d.  unm. 

7.  Eliza7  b.  June  10,  1810;  d.  unm.  Nov.  15,  1867. 

8.  Harriet7  b.  July  13,  1813;  m.  Hiram  Tracy,  Burlington,  Vt. 

Moody  Ladd6  (Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  Dec.  15, 
1777;  married  Olive  Williams.     Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Julia7  b.  May  5,  1805;  d.  Nov.  3,  1877;  unm. 

2.  Harvey  William7  b.  Nov.  24,  1810;  d.  Aug.  30,  1839;  unm. 

3.  Franklin  Hutchins7  b.  Nov.  24,  1810;  d.  Oct.  15,  1842;  unm. 

4.  Oliver  William7  b.  Mar.  9,  1815;  d.  Aug.  8,  1865. 

5.  Martha7  b.  Dec.  24,  1817;  m.  Thos.  Anderson.     Chil.:     Ellen,  Frank,  Carrie  J., 

Mary,  Albert. 

6.  Emily7  b.  Oct.  21,  1820;  m.  Sept.  5,  1850,  J.  C.  Gile;  chil.:   Mary  Emma,  Willie  H. 

7.  John  Quincy  Adams7  b.  Apr.  25,  1828;  m.  1850  Elizabeth  Brown  of  Hartford,  Ct. 

James  Ladd6  (Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  July ^6, 
1782;  married  Oct.  29,  1807,  Lucy  Sellors.     At  age  of  20  went  to  Portsmouth;  was^in 


570  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

custom  house  for  some  years  and  in  business  20  years.  Removed  to  Boston  and  then  to 
Salisbury,  where  he  died  Sept.  20,  1873.  She  died  June  14,  1865.  Chil- 
dren: 1,  James  Leander  Sellers;  2,  Sophia  Adala;  3,  Lucy  Amanda;  4,  Charles 
Edwin;  5,  Frances  Matilda;  6,  Cecelia  E.;  7,  Cecelia  E.;  8,  Ruth  Marie. 

William  Ladd6  (Samuel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  Mar.  8, 
1770;  married  Abigail  Spaulding.  Will  proved  May  30,  1823.  Nine  children  born 
in  Haverhill: 

1.  Elvira  M.7  b.  June  12,  1799;  m.  June  25,  1825,  Horace  Spaulding. 

2.  Abigail  Maria7  b.  Apr.  11,  1805. 

3.  Martha  Phillips7  b.  June  17,  1807. 

4.  Mary  Ann7  b.  May  27,  1809. 

5.  Azel  Parkhurst7  b.  Sept.  5,  1811;  m.  Louisa  M.  Burrill. 

6.  Cynthia  Hastings7  b.  Aug.  3,  1815. 

7.  William7. 

8.  Laben7. 

9.  Levi  Spaulding7. 

Jonathan  A.  Ladd6  (Samuel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill 
Apr.  24,  1798;  married  Mary  Burbuk.  He  died  Nov.  9,  1878.  Six  children  born  in 
Haverhill: 

1.  Hastings  A.7  b.  July  15,  1823;  m.  Rebecca  B.  Haven. 

2.  Martha7  m.  H.  B.  Sherman. 

3.  Mary7. 

4.  Charles  L7. 

5.  Cynthia  Hastings7  b.  1830;  m.  Henry  Carr. 

6.  Eliza  Swan7  b.  May  28,  1832;  m. Chapman. 

Samuel  Ladd6  (Samuel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  Aug.  25, 
1800;  married  Oct.  18,  1822,  Mary  Ward.  He  died  Apr.  2,  1841.  She  died  May  8, 
1872.     Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Mariana7  b.  July  3,  1829;  m.  W.  A.  Lincoln. 

2.  Henry  B.7  b.  Aug.  15,  1834;   m.  1st,  Eliza  Lather;   2d,  Eliza  Graham;   no  chil. 

3.  Mary  Isabel7  b.  Aug.  12,  1838;    m.  William  Hvde.     Chil.:    (1)  James  B.8  1864; 
(2)  Martha  B.8  1865;    (3)  William8;   (4)  Lula  May8;   (5)  Isabella8. 

Ethan  Smith  Ladd6  (James5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill  May 
31,  1791;  married  Roxana  Davis;  soldier  in  War  of  1812.  He  died  Dec.  24,  1879.  She 
died  Nov.  3,  1879.     Children: 

1.  Eliza  Ann7  b.  Sept.  1821;  m.  James  H.  Harriman. 

2.  Catherine7  b.  1825;  m.  H.  M.  Dunbar. 

3.  Horace7  unm. 

4.  Charles7  unm. 

Amasa  Scott  Ladd7  (Joseph6,  Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born 
Haverhill  Mar.  17,  1799;  married,  first,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Oct.  31,  1818,  Mary  Ann 
Childs,  died  Hartford,  Conn.,  1828;  second,  Martha  B.  Dwight  Aug.  30,  1829,  died 
1863;  third,  Mary  Robbins,  Feb.  2,  1868.  Lived  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  till  1830,  then 
Barnet,  Vt.,  till  1840,  then  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  afterwards  in  Hume,  N.  Y.;  Belfast, 
N.  Y.;  Franklinville,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1882  in  Arcada,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  Feb.  23,  1886. 

Otis  Freeman  Ladd7  (Joseph6,  Ezekiel6,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel')  born 
Haverhill  Feb.  23,  1791;  married  1828  Caroline  R.  Heath.  He  died  Apr.  11,  1834. 
Children : 

1.  Arthur  S.8  b.  July  2,  1830;  m.  1870  Ruth  Ann  Nettleton. 

2.  Charlotte8  b.  Mar.  18,  1832. 

Peabody  Webster  Ladd7  (Joseph6,  Ezekiel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1) 
born  Haverhill  Aug.  15,  1805;  married  Aug.  30,  1827,  Elizabeth  Lowell  Johnson  of  New- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  571 

bury,  Vt.,  granddaughter  of  Col.  Thos.  Johnson.     Lived  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  held 
prominent  official  and  social  position. 

Calvin  P.  Ladd7  (Joseph6,  Ezekiel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haver- 
hill Aug.  1809.  Educated  in  public  schools  and  at  Haverhill  Academy.  Learned  trade 
of  iron  founder  and  woolen  machinery  manufacturer.  Was  with  the  Fairbanks'  Scale 
manufacturers  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  for  several  years.  Afterwards  in  business  for 
himself  in  Montreal,  and  later  with  manufacturing  concerns  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
New  Jersey.     Was  twice  married;  died  Nov.  12,  1889. 

Hiram  Ladd7  (Ezekiel6,  Ezekiel5,  Daniel4,  Daniel3,  Samuel2,  Daniel1)  born  Haverhill 
June  12,  1803;  married  Dec.  16,  1830,  Eliza  Crouch  of  Haverhill,  born  Aug.  1,  1803. 
He  died  Freeport,  111.,  May  4,  1875.     Children: 

1.  George  A.8  b.  June  18,  1833. 

2.  Mary  Louisa8  b.  Oct.  7,  1836;  m.  Oliver  J.  Hardy  Aug.  5,  1857.     He  d.  Haynes- 

ville,  Ala.,  Feb.  26,  1858;  m.,  2d,  Loyal  L.  Munn,  Sept.  1861;  removed  to  Free- 
port,  111.,  where  their  four  chil.  were  all  b. 

3.  Hiram  K.8  b.  May  1,  1842;   d.  Hav.  Apr.  7,  1865;   enlisted  in  the  2d  N.  H.  Vols. 

1861,  commissioned  second  lieutenant.  He  was  the  last  of  the  Ladd  family  in 
Hav. 

LANGE 

Thomas  Lange1  born  Oct.  7,  1855;  married  Yette  Lange,  born  Jan.  27,  1857. 

Svend  Lange2  born  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  Mar.  12,  1880;  married  Ellen  Julie, 
daughter  of  John  Fred,  Valdenor  Jacobson,  born  Jan.  9,  1886.  Have  lived  in  Copen- 
hagen and  Pike.  Four  children:  Nellie  Signe3  b.  Oct.  26,  1906;  Ethel  Wilhelmina3 
b.  Dec.  4,  1908;  William  Svend3  b.  July  29,  1910;  John  Fred.  Valdemar3  b.  July  5, 
1915. 

LARGE 

William  Large1  born  in  England  during  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century.  He 
had  two  brothers  John  and  James.  By  profession  William  was  a  Methodist  minister. 
Married  Martha  Hamilton,  a  direct  relative  of  Alexander  Hamilton.  They  had  five 
children:  James2,  John,2  William,2  Robert,2  Betsy.2 

John  Harmer2  (William1)  born  in  Thelnetham,  England,  Aug.  14,  1818;  came  to 
America  in  1836  and  settled  in  Haverhill  as  a  farmer;  throughout  his  life  he  was  an 
enthusiastic  Democrat;  died  Haverhill  Oct.  18,  1899;  married  Esther  B.  Keyes  May  9, 
1844.  She  was  born  Jan.  19,  1824,  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  died  Jan.  23,  1852.  Second 
marriage  to  Emma  Sophia  Keyes  of  Haverhill  June  8,  1856,  born  Aug.  3,  1839.  They 
had  nine  children  all  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  William  Harvey3  b.  Mar.  12,  1857;  m.  Carrie  Sarah  Wilson  of  Hav.  Nov.  19,  1885, 

b.  July  18,  1859.  They  adopted  one  child:  Bertha  Large  Crawford,  May  1899, 
b.  June  4, 1897,  d.  Feb.  9, 1902.  William  resides  on  Ladd  street  in  Hav.  Occupa- 
tion, carpenter  and  painter. 

2.  Annette  Susan3  b.  Mar.  22,  1859;  d.  Apr.  23,  1898,  at  Claremont,  N.  H.;  m. 

John  Melvin  Merrill  at  Hav.  Apr.  23,  1876,  b.  Aug.  6,  1851,  d.  Sept.  22,  1876,  at 
Woodsville,  N.  H.  Second  marriage  to  John  Crawford,  a  stone  cutter  at  Hav. 
July  10,  1882,  b.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  May  23,  1855,  d.  May  1899  in  Boston,  Mass. 
They  had  five  chil.: 

(1)  Nettie4  b.  Aug.  5,  1886;  d.  Feb.  28,  1887,  at  Hav. 

(2)  Edith  Janet4  b.  Apr.  17,  1888,  at  Newbury,  Vt.;  m.  at  Hav.  June  1,  1915, 
Frank  Williams  of  Nevada.  They  have  one  child:  Ruth5  b.  June  6,  1919, 
at  Woodsville,  N.  H. 

(3)  Ethel  Evelyn4  b.  Nov.  21,  1891,  at  Claremont,  N.  H.  resides  at  Hav. 

(4)  Arthur  Hamilton4  b.  June  28,  1894,  at  Claremont,  N.  H.;  m.  Pearl  Dut- 

ton  of  Hav.  June  1,  1919;  resides  in  Hav.;  farmer. 


572  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

(5)  Bertha  Large4  b.  June  4,  1897,  at  Claremont,  N.  H.;  adopted  by  William 
Harvey  Large  May  1899;  d.  Feb.  9,  1902,  at  Hav. 

3.  Edward  John8  b.  Dec.  24,  1861;  m.  Hanover,  N.  H.,  June  20,  1894,  Elizabeth 

Lyon  Haskell  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  by  Dr.  C.  S.  Bartlett,  President  of  Dartmouth 
College.  She  b.  Aug.  10,  1861,  at  Concord,  N.  H.  Edward  lives  in  Woodsville ; 
B.  &.  M.  R.  R.  freight  conductor.     They  have  one  child: 

(1)  Robert  Haskell4  b.  Dec.  1,  1895,  at  Woodsville;  served  in  the  U.  S. 
Naval  Reserve  Force  during  the  World  War  as  radio  operator,  Dec.  13, 
1917,  to  Aug.  14,  1919.  Chief  time  clerk  of  White  Mountain  Division, 
B.  &  M.  R.  R.  at  Woodsville. 

4.  Licetta3  b.  Mar.  10,  1865;  d.  Jan.  27,  1866,  at  Hav. 

5.  Annie  Amanda3  b.  Apr.  15,  1867;  d.  Jan.  1,  1870,  at  Hav. 

6.  Hattie  Herbert3  b.  Nov.  21,  1870;  m.  Kay  Cass  of  Hav.  Mar.  6,  1895.     He  was 

a  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  telegrapher  and  d.  at  North  Woodstock,  N.  H.,  Jan.  6,  1902. 
They  had  one  child: 

(1)  Roland  West4  b.  Nov.  17,  1896,  at  Canterbury  Depot,  N.  H.     He  is  a 

B.  &  M.  R.  R.  employee;  resides  with  his  mother  who  runs  a  boarding 

house  in  Woodsville,  N.  H. 

7.  Harry  Dana3  b.  June  8,  1873;  m.  Apr.  2,  1901,  Alberta  Shorey  of  Rochester,  N.  H.; 

lives  in  Maiden,  Mass.;  supervisor  at  Boston  Navy  Yard. 

8.  Elsie  Martha3  b.  Aug.  14,  1875;  resides  with  her  sister,  Hattie  Cass,  in  Woods- 

ville, N.  H.;  dressmaker. 

9.  Annabel  Merrill3  b.  Jan.  9,  1877;  m.  Frank  J.  Glines  Sept.  21,  1895,  at  Fairlee, 

Vt.,  b.  Mar.  26,  1872,  at  Hav.  They  live  on  the  old  Glines  farm  in  Hav.  and  have 
one  child:  Susan  Rebecca4  b.  Feb.  12,  1898,  at  Hav.,  school  teacher  at  Campton, 
N.  H 

LEIGHTON 

LAYTON,  laton,  LAITON 

Reuben  Leighton1,  born  in  Dover;  went  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  about  1800;  bought 
forest  land  and  cleared  a  farm  on  what  is  known  as  "Leighton  Hill."  He  died  June  28, 
1842,  aged  72,  and  his  wife,  Mary,  died  Feb.  21,  1862,  aged  92  years  and  5  months. 
Nine  children: 

Stephen  D.  Leighton2  (Reuben1)  born  Newbury,  Vt.;  settled  in  Bath;  married 
Mar.  5,  1829,  Sarah,  daughter  Joel  and  Louise  (Downes)  Carbee,  born  Newbury,  Vt., 
July  15,  1807.  He  died  Feb.  19,  1834,  in  his  71st  year.  She  died  Apr.  11,  1844,  aged  83. 
Twelve  children  born  in  Bath: 

Sarah  Leighton3  (Stephen  D.2,  Reuben1)  married  David  G.  Forsyth.  She  resides 
in  Woodsville,  with  her  children,  Mabel  L.  and  John  A. 

Andrew  J.  Leighton3  (Stephen  D.2,  Reuben1)  born  May  28,  1831 ;  married  Helen  L. 
Bedell,  born  Apr.  24,  1836,  died  Mar.  1,  1909.     He  died  Jan.  3,  1907.     Five  children: 

Emma  C.  b.  May  11,  1854;  d.  July  10,  1880;  m.  Apr.  16,  1871,  J.  E.  Taplin  of 
Corinth,  Vt.     Two  chil.:  Frank  H.,  b.  May  21,  1879;  Helen  J.,  b.  July  18,  1877. 

Frank  A.  b.  Dec.  15,  1857;  d.  unm.  Mar.  1,  1891. 

Fred  M.  b.  Apr.  25,  1859;  m.  Dec.  13,  1888,  Emma,  dau.  of  William  Kimball. 

Henry  A.  b.  May  28,  1865;  m.  Oct.  19,  1898,  Carrie,  dau.  of  R.  M.  Johnson.  Two 
chil.:  Philip  H.  b.  July  1899;  Richard  A.  b.  July  1891. 

Belle  C.  b.  1867;  m.  Aug.  23,  1887,  Lloyd  Kimball;  2d,  George  W.  Canty  of  New- 
port, Vt.  Two  chil.:  Ray  Kimball  b.  Oct.  6,  1888;  Frank  C.  Kimball  b.  July  21, 
1890. 

Albert  Henry  Leighton3  (Stephen  D.2,  Reuben1)  born  Bath;  died  Woodsville, 
Jan.  14,  1917;  married  Sept.  5, 1872,  Ellen  C,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  Lother, 
born  in  Benton.  Resided  in  Woodsville  most  of  his  life,  in  business  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  Q.  A.  Scott,  and  proprietor  many  years  of  the  Hotel  Wentworth,  which  he  built. 
Was  the  efficient  superintendent  of  streets  for  years.  Democrat;  Universalist;  out- 
spoken in  his  convictions;    a  useful  citizen.     One  child: 

Martha  Louise  b.  Feb.  23,  1879;  m.  Fred  L.  Sargent.  She  has  been  clerk  in 
office  of  register  of  deeds,  and  of  probate  since  1902. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  573 

LEITH 

George  W.  Leith1  born  in  Quebec,  P.  Q.,  May  20,  1820;  was  of  Scotch  ancestry,  hia 
father  being  a  ship-builder  who  removed  from  Leith,  Scotland,  to  the  Canadian  provinces 
soon  after  1800.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of  tailor,  and  in  1852  after 
two  years  in  Adams,  Mass.,  came  to  Haverhill  and  established  himself  as  merchant 
tailor;  married  1855  Eveline  E.,  daughter  Charles  S.  and  Abigail  (Haskell)  Frary,  born 
Haverhill  Oct.  10,  1835,  died  Dec.  20,  1908.  He  enlisted  Sept.  10,  1862,  Company  B, 
Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  was  mustered  out  Aug.  13, 1863;  wounded  at 
Port  Hudson,  La.,  just  before  his  discharge;  re-enlisted  in  Company  L,  First  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers,  Heavy  Artillery,  Sept.  27,  1864,  and  was  mustered  out  June  15,  1865. 
On  account  of  failing  health  he  retired  from  business  in  1893  and  died  Aug.  14,  1905.  His 
home  at  the  Corner  was  in  the  famous  Bliss  tavern.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  George  E.2  superintendent  of  Pinkerton  detective  agency  in  Boston. 

2.  William  H.2  b.  May  19,  1859. 

3.  Harry  W.2  b.  Apr.  4,  1871;  d.  Hav.  June  16,  1911.     Physician. 

4.  Walter  H.1 

William  H.  Leith2  (George  W.1)  born  Haverhill  May  19,  1859;  educated  at  Haver- 
hill Academy,  Braintree,  Mass.,  High  School  and  Medical  College  of  the  University  of 
Vermont,  graduating  with  degree  of  M.  D.  in  class  of  1883.  Practicing  physician  in 
Lancaster  since  1886.  Married  Oct.  4,  1888,  Minnie  P.,  daughter  of  George  Roscoe  and 
Sarah  J.  (Parker)  Eaton  of  Lancaster.     One  child,  Eaton3. 


LEONARD 

Henry  Baxter  Leonard  was  born  in  Sharon,  Vt.,  July  8,  1817,  the  eldest  son  of 
Gains  and  Eunice  (Spalding)  Leonard.  His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Reuben  and 
Jerusha  (Carpenter)  Spalding  and  a  sister  of  Dr.  Phineas  Spalding,  so  long  in  practice 
of  his  profession  at  Haverhill  Corner.  His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  home  farm, 
but  he  acquired  by  his  own  efforts  and  perseverance  an  academic  education  and  began 
the  study  of  medicine  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  James  Spalding,  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  and  later 
graduated  from  the  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Medical  College.  He  began  the  practice  of  hia 
profession  at  North  Haverhill  and  continued  with  marked  fidelity  and  success  until  his 
death  Feb.  7, 1869.  He  was  the  ideal  country  doctor.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  pub- 
lic affairs,  was  a  Democrat  in  his  political  affiliations,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the 
legislature  in  1866-67. 

Dr.  Leonard  was  twice  married:  first,  Nancy,  daughter  Obadiah  and  Nancy  (Merrill) 
Swasey,  born  Haverhill  Apr.  27,  1805,  died  without  issue,  Aug.  3,  1867;  married,  second, 
Sept.  23,  1867,  Lizzie  M.  Dunkley  of  Haverhill.  One  child,  Henry  B.  Leonard,  Jr., 
born  Haverhill  Sept.  1,  1868. 

LEONARD 

James  Frederick  Leonard  born  Springvale,  Me.,  Oct.  31,  1857,  son  of  William  M. 
(born  Taunton,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1834)  and  Avis  Gardner  (Macy)  Leonard  (born  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.,  May  31,  1836),  great  grandson  of  Nathaniel  and  Sally  Leonard  and  grand- 
son of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Richmond)  Leonard;  married  July  17,  1886,  at  Olathe, 
Kan.,  Ada  Weimer,  daughter  Solomon  A.  Weimer,  born  Oct.  31,  1857.  Came  to  Woods- 
ville  Sept.  1887;  was  yard  master  at  the  freight  yards  until  appointed  postmaster  by 
President  Wilson,  taking  office  Mar.  2,  1914.  Began  his  railroad  work  with  the  Boston, 
Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad.     Was  in  railroad  employ  in  the  west  from  1880  to  1887, 


574  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

when  he  returned  to  Woodsville  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston  and  Maine. 
Democrat;  Episcopalian.     Two  children  born  in  Woodsville: 

1.  James  Mortimer  b.  Jan.  18,   1888;    electrical  engineer,  N.  E.  Tel.  &  Tel.  Co., 

Boston,  Mass.     Lieut.,  Naval  Reserves,  1917-18. 

2.  Mary  Brewer  b.  May  15,  1892. 

LEVERETT 

Lois  Burnham  Leverett,  wife  of  John  Nelson;  Mary  Leverett  and  Abigail  B. 
Leverett,  first  and  second  wives  of  Deacon  Abel  K.  Merrill,  and  daughters  of  John 
Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  were  each  of  such  influence  in  their  respective  families  and  in 
the  social  life  of  the  town  that  the  genealogical  record  of  the  Nelson  and  Merrill  families 
would  lack  completeness  without  a  sketch  of  their  ancestry.  The  regard  in  which  this 
ancestry  is  held  by  both  families  is  proven  by  the  frequency  of  the  appearance  of  the 
name  among  the  descendants  of  John  Nelson  and  Deacon  Merrill. 

Elder  Thomas  Leverett1,  emigrant  ancestor  from  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  England, 
where  the  youngest  of  his  sixteen  children  was  baptized,  came  to  America  in  company 
with  Rev.  John  Cotton  and  settled  in  Boston  1633.  Became  a  member  of  the  First 
Church.  Following  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Cotton,  he  was  made  ruling  elder  and  held 
this  office  till  his  death.  He  married  1610  Anne  Fisher;  died  Apr.  3,  1650;  she  died 
Oct.  16,  1656. 

Governor  John  Leverett2  (Thomas1)  born  England  July  1616;  came  to  America 
with  his  father.  He  was  a  merchant,  but  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  devoted  to  the 
colony.  He  was  deputy  governor  1671  and  1672  and  governor  from  1673  till  his  death. 
In  1676  he  received  from  Charles  II  the  order  of  Knighthood,  but  never  assumed  the 
title.  Married,  first,  1639,  Hannah,  daughter  Ralph  Hudson,  died  July  7,  1646;  mar- 
ried, second,  Sept.  7,  1647,  Sarah  Sedgwick,who  died  Nov.  2,  1704.  He  died  Mar.  16, 
1678-9. 

Hudson  Leverett3  (John2,  Thomas1)  born  Boston  May  3,  1640;  married  1661  Sarah 

Peyton,  born  Boston  1643.     She  died  about  1679;    married,  second,  Elizabeth  . 

He  died  1694;  his  widow  died  1714.     Merchant.     One  son  of  Hudson  and  Sarah:   John 
born  Aug.  25,  1662,  became  president  of  Harvard  College. 

Thomas  Leverett4  (Hudson3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Boston;  baptized  1674;  married 
Dec.  11,  1701,  Rebecca  Winsor,  born  Nov.  3,  1673.     He  died  1706. 

Knight  Leverett6  (Thomas4,  Hudson3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Boston  Jan.  1,  1702-3; 
married  Feb.  1,  1725-6,  Abigail  Buttolph.  Merchant;  inherited  both  lands  and  money. 
Died  Jan.  11,  1753. 

John  Leverett6  (Knight5,  Thomas4,  Hudson3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Boston,  Jan.  28, 
1726-7;  married  Dec.  19, 1757,  Mary  Greenleaf,  born  Nov.  20, 1732,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  Gould  Greenleaf.  Was  line  officer  in  Col.  John  Phillips'  Regiment  of  Militia, 
and  in  1771  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  in  Col.  John  Erwing's  Regiment;  was 
subsequently  its  colonel;  was  a  merchant  and  importer  of  British  goods.  His  ware- 
house and  contents  were  destroyed  by  the  King's  troops  when  they  took  possession  of 
Boston  in  1774.  He  removed  his  family  to  Middletown,  Conn.,  where  he  died  June  10, 
1777.  His  widow  removed  with  her  sons  to  Windsor,  Vt.,  where  she  died  July  8,  1795. 
There  were  three  sons:  1,  John;  2,  William,  whose  daughter  Mary  married  Hon.  Horace 
Everett;  daughter  Elizabeth  married  Hon.  George  Woodward  of  Hanover,  and  daughter 
Lucretia  married  Jonathan  Bliss;  3,  Thomas,  secretary  of  state  of  Vermont. 

John  Leverett7  (John6,  Knight5,  Thomas4,  Hudson3,  John2,  Thomas1)  born  Boston 
Sept.  19,  1754;  Harvard  1776.  Removed  from  Middletown,  Conn.,  to  Windsor,  Vt., 
and  was  through  life  an  able  and  trusted  lawyer.  He  was  in  affluent  circumstances  and 
refused  all  overtures  of  political  preferment.     He  was  a  studious  gentleman  of  rare 


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attainment  and  marked  ability.  Married,  first,  Mar.  3,  1790,  Lois  Burnham,  born 
Mar.  29,  1764,  died  Jan.  11,  1791;  married,  second,  June  7,  1792,  Hannah  Leverett, 
granddaughter  of  Knight  Leverett5;  she  died  Apr.  29,  1799;  married,  third,  June  9, 
1803,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Sewall  Salisbury  of  Boston,  born 
Aug.  15,  1772;  died  Apr.  17,  1848.  He  died  Apr.  18,  1839.  One  child  by  first,  three  by 
second  and  seven  by  third  marriage: 

1.  Lois  Burnham  b.  Dec.  29,  1790;   m.  Mar.  16,  1818,  John  Nelson.     (See  Nelson.) 

2.  John  b.  Mar.  11,  1793;  m.  Sept.  1,  1824,  Esther  S.  Wellman,  merchant  in  Boston 

and  New  York;  d.  1843. 

3.  Thomas  b.  May  29,  1795;  d.  June  6,  1816. 

4.  Hannah  b.  Mar.  29,  1798;  d.  Jan.  4,  1826. 

5.  Samuel  Salisbury  b.  May  14,  1804;  d.  Apr.  30,  1828;  Dartmouth  1822. 

6.  Josiah  b.  Jan.  24,  1810;  unm.;  merchant,  New  York. 

7.  Elizabeth  b.  Sept.  3,  1805;   m.  July  1836,  Rev.  John  S.  Davenport;   d.  Aug.  18, 

1894. 

8.  Martha  b.  Jan.  2,   1807;    m.  William  C.  Thompson,   lawyer,   Plymouth.     (See 

Thompson.) 

9.  Mary  b.  June  2,  1808;  m.  Apr.  30,  1832,  Abel  K.  Merrill.     (See  Merrill.) 

10.  Abigail  B.  b.  Oct.  14,  1811;  m.  Abel  K.  Merrill.     (See  Merrill.) 

11.  William  b.  July  8,  1813;   Yale  1834;   lawyer,  Plymouth,  till  his  death  Sept.  18, 

1874. 

LIBBEY 

Luke  Libbey1  came  into  Warren  from  Landaff  just  as  the  War  of  the  Revolution 
closed.  He  had  served  for  seven  years  in  the  war  and  had  spent  fourteen  months  in  an 
English  prison. 

George  Libbey2  of  Warren  was  a  son  of  Luke  Libbey. 

John  A.  Libbey3  was  born  in  Warren  and  married  Angeline  Prescott  Nov.  12,  1843. 
They  had  five  children:  1,  William  A.4;  2,  Ellen4;  3,  E.  Irving4;  4,  Emma4;  5,  Elmer 
P.4;   died  Rutland. 

William  A.4  born  Sept.  14,  1843,  educated  in  public  schools  of  Piermont;  married 
Aug.  9,  1864,  Lucy  Stone,  born  Feb.  22,  1845.  They  are  still  living.  Three  children 
born  in  Piermont:     Lettie  Stone6;   Elbert  G.5;   John  Edward5. 

John  Edward5  married  Feb.  22,  1903,  Lois  F.  Albee  of  West  Littleton,  born  June  1876. 
One  child.  Democrat;  Methodist;  Mason.  In  company  with  J.  L.  Batchelder,  gentle- 
men's furnishings. 

John  A.6  born  Mar.  26,  1905. 

LOCKE 

John  Locke1  came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  about  1644,  and  settled  in  Dover  about 
1652;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Berry  of  Rye  and  removed  to  that  town. 
He  was  killed  by  Indians  Aug.  26,  1696,  while  reaping  grain  in  his  field,  but  two  of  his 
sons  who  were  with  him  escaped. 

William  Locke2  (John1),  fourth  of  the  six  sons  of  John  and  Elizabeth,  born  Rye  Apr. 
17,  1677;  married  Nov.  23,  1699,  Hannah  Knowles,  born  Apr.  18,  1678;  died  Sept.  12, 
1769.     He  died  Jan.  22,  1768;  was  deacon  of  church  in  Rye  many  years. 

Elisha  Locke3  (William2,  John1)  baptized  in  Rye  1719;  married  Jan.  14,  1743,  Try- 
phena,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Phebe  (Philbrick)  Moulton  of  Rye,  born  1726;  lived  in 
Barrington  and  Chester;  purchased  land  in  Haverhill  in  1763  and  came  to  his  new  pos- 
sessions soon  after;  was  moderator  of  the  first  annual  town  meeting  of  which  there  is 
record  (1765);  selectman  that  same  year,  and  town  clerk  1766-67.  He  sold  his  real 
estate  in  Chester  in  1767,  and  in  the  conveyance  is  described  as  miller.  In  Oct.  1764 
the  Haverhill  proprietors  "voted  the  whole  privilege  of  the  lower  falls  on  Hosmers 


576  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

(Olivarian)  Brook  with  the  whole  lands  laid  out  for  said  privilege  to  Timothy  Bedel  and 
Elisha  Lock  provided  they  complete  two  mills  by  the  20th  of  Nov.  1765,  one  a  sawmill, 
the  other  a  gristmill  on  said  falls."  These  two  mills  were  probably  not  built  at  that 
time  since  in  1768  there  were  further  rates  in  reference  to  the  sawmill.  The  gristmill, 
however,  had  evidently  been  erected  by  Elisha  Lock,  as  appears  from  proprietors  rates 
Apr.  1,  1768,  and  Feb.  4,  1771. 

The  first  gristmill  at  "the  Brook"  was  owned  and  operated  by  "Elisha  Lock,  miller." 
He  was  one  of  the  leading  and  influential  men  of  the  pioneers.  Seven  children  born  in 
Barrington,  Chester  and  Haverhill : 

1.  Elisha  b.  1743;  d.  young. 

2.  David  b.  1745;  d.  infancy. 

3.  Mary  S.  b.  1747;  m.  Jonathan  Ladd.     (See  Ladd.) 

4.  Sergt.  William  b.  1753;  m.  Tryphena  Saunders. 

5.  Hannah  b.  1755;  m.  Dec.  3,  1772,  James  Ladd.     (See  Ladd.) 

6.  Elisha  b.  Chester  1760;  m.  Mehitable  Stickney. 

7.  David  b.  Hav.  1767  (?);  m.,  1st,  1787  Elizabeth  Lillingham;  2d,  Nov.  6,  1809, 

Rachel  Brainard. 

Sergt.  William  Locke4  (Elisha3,  William2,  John1)  born  1753;  married  Tryphena 
Saunders.  Lived  in  Bath  and  Haverhill.  He  was  in  Capt.  James  Osgood's  company, 
enlisted  June  24,  1776.  He  was  also  a  member  of  Capt.  Post's  Company,  Stark's  regi- 
ment. He  is  said  to  have  been  a  man  of  marked  eccentricities,  and  was  known  as 
"Picker, "  probably  suggested  by  his  trade  that  of  stonecutter.  His  children,  probably 
born  in  Haverhill,  went  to  New  York,  none  of  them  settling  in  Haverhill  and  late  in  life 
he  returned  to  Rye,  where  he  died  "a  lone  man"  Apr.    19,   1828.     Five    children: 

1.  Jonathan5  b.  Nov.  26,  1797;  m.  Jan.  31,  1822,  Sophia  Thurston;    settled    Brasher 

Falls,  N.  Y. 

2.  Abigail5  m.  John  Saunders. 

3.  Tryphena  5m.    Isaac  Winter. 

4.  Adeline5a  m.  Cornelius  Rice. 

5.  Nelson  Horatio5  m.,  1st,  Amanda  Squires. 

Corp.  Elisha  Locke4  (Elisha3,  William2,  John1)  born  1760;  married  Mehitable  Stick- 
ney, daughter  of  James  and  Eleanor  (Wilson).  He  was  in  Simpson's  Rangers  1776; 
Stark's  Regiment,  Capt.  Post's  company,  July  24,  to  Sept.  25,  1777;  in  Capt.  Barrow's 
company  1779;  paid  for  services  1777  to  Jan.  1778,  and  to  Apr.  9,  1782.  He  removed 
with  his  family  to  Monroe  County,  N.  Y.,  1816;  pensioned  in  1841;  died  Jan.  28,  1844; 
wife  died  previous  to  1820.     Eleven  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Phebe5  b.  1790;  d.  1809. 

2.  Rev.  Wallace5  b.  1792;  Methodist  minister. 

3.  Susan5  b.  1794;  m.  Nov.  21,  1821,  Peter  Eastman  of  Bath. 

4.  David5  b.  1796;  m.  Mehitable  Pattee;  lived  Cold  Water,  Mich. 

5.  Dorothy5  b.  1798;  d.  1816. 

6.  Jonathan5  b.  1800;  d.  1829. 

7.  Johnson5  b.  1802. 

8.  Nathan5  b.  Apr.  8,  1804;  m.  Mar.  2,  1828,  Esther  Kittredge. 

9.  Amos5  b.  1806. 

10.  Dudley5  b.  1809;  m.  Olive  Strong. 

11.  Dolly  m.  James  Pierce;  lived  Hartland,  N.  Y. 

Joseph  Locke7  (David6,  Simeon5,  David4,  Jonathan3,  Dea.  William2,  John1)  born 
Lyman  Feb.  27,  1812;  married  1844,  Arvilla  Carr  of  Haverhill.  Lived  in  Haverhill 
till  about  1863,  when  he  went  with  family  to  Titusville,  Pa.,  where  he  died  July  6,  1777. 
Six  children  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Nancy  Alice8  b.  Mar.  31,  1846;  m.  Apr.  8,  1865,  Theodore  M.  Shearer. 

2.  Henry  Walker8  b.  May  6,   1847;  m.   1st,    1869,   Amanda  Lutz;    m.,  2d,    1886, 

Clara  Alexander. 


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3.  John  Carr8  b.  Feb.  12,  1850;  d.,  unm.,  Harmony,  Pa.,  June  1893. 

4.  Morrill  Silas8  b.  Sept.  10,   1853;  m.  1876  Susan  F.  Parker  of  Titusville,  Pa. 

Machinist,  living  (1915)  Bridgeport,  111. 

5.  Joseph  Hannibal8  b.  May  20,  1856;  m.  1888,  Sarah  Ditson,  Lima,  O.;  machinist 

in  oil  business,  Robinson,  111.;  d.  June  1,  1907. 

6.  William  Hale8  b.  Aug.  17,  1858;  m.  July  13,  1891,  Elizabeth  Boyd. 

LOTHER 

Edward  H.  Lother,  son  Edward  and  Hannah  Lother,  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  20, 
1852;  married  Apr.  17,  1883,  Ellen  Augusta,  daughter  of  John  and  Betsey  Elizabeth 
(Manning)  Stebbins,  born  Royalton,  Vt.,  Feb.  17,  1854.  Has  lived  in  Woodsville  since 
1883.  At  first  in  employ  of  railroad,  but  since  1892  in  the  hardware  business.  Univer- 
salist,  Democrat,  Odd  Fellow,  Maccabee.     One  child: 

Henry  Edward  Lother  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  12,  1892;  m.  July  25,  1914,  Eva  May, 
dau.  George  Davis  of  Lakeport.  Chief  clerk  in  office  of  division  engineer, 
B.  &  M.  R.  R.  at  Woodsville. 

LOVEJOY 

Wellington  H.  Lovejoy  born  Peru,  Me.,  Oct.  22,  1842,  son  of  Reuben  and  Martha 
Reading  Lovejoy;  married,  first,  Apr.  16,  1877,  Fatima  M.  Porter  of  Paris,  Me.,  died 
Woodsville  May  10,  1905;  married,  second,  June  19,  1906,  Mrs.  Harriet  (Bancroft) 
Thorpe  of  Harrisville.  Went  to  Boston  as  a  young  man,  and  was  employed  in  the 
Quincy  Market  till  Apr.  3,  1865,  where  he  enlisted  in  Second  United  States  Cavalry. 
After  a  few  months  service  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  he  saw  service  on  the  Plains,  until 
mustered  out  with  rank  of  sergeant  in  Apr.  1868.  Was  wood  contractor  on  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railway  till  about  1881,  when  he  went  into  the  meat  and  provision  business  in 
Stratford;  came  to  Woodsville  in  1896,  built  the  block  on  Central  street,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  market  till  about  1906,  when  he  retired.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat;  attends 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  trustee  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank. 

LYONS 

George  Lyons  born  in  Landaff  on  Nov.  20,  1848;  married  Inez  Eastman,  born  in 
Littleton,  July  18,  1850.  They  were  married  Dec.  11,  1875.  He  died  Apr.  10,  1916. 
Children : 

1.  George  C.  b.  Lancaster  Dec.  9,  1876;  engineer  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 

2.  May  M.  b.  Elkhart,  Ind.,  Dec.  15,  1879;  m.  A.  C.  Sault. 

MACKINTOSH 

Ebenezer  Mackintosh  born  Boston,  Mass.,  1736;  married   first,    Maverick, 

whose  brother,  Samuel,  was  killed  in  the  Boston  Massacre  Mar.  5,  1770;  married,  second, 
Nov.  11,  1784,  widow  Elizabeth  Chase  of  Newbury,  Vt.  He  died  Haverhill  1816, 
buried  in  the  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 

*  He  acquired  prominence  in  the  local  disturbances  in  Boston  prior  to  the  outbreak  of 
the  Revolution,  but  he  disappears  from  her  history  before  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill. 
He  was  a  shoemaker  at  the  South  End  of  the  town,  and  was  the  leader  of  a  faction  of 
young  men  who  maintained  a  feud  with  a  like  faction  at  the  North  End,  and  who  were 
almost  constantly  in  trouble  with  each  other.  In  1765  the  two  factions  harmonized  and 
after  a  friendly  meeting  in  King  (now  State)  Street  marched  together  to  Liberty  Tree. 
The  leaders,  Mackintosh  of  the  South  and  Swift  of  the  North  End,  appeared  in  military 
habits,  with  small  canes  resting  on  their  left  arms,  having  music  in  front  and  flank.     All 

♦Drake's  Tea  Leaves,  pub.  1884,  p.  126. 

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578  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

the  property  used  on  such  occasions  was  afterwards  burned  on  Copp's  Hill.  Mackin- 
tosh was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  riot  of  Aug.  16,  1765,  when  Lieutenant-Governor  Hutch- 
inson's house  was  destroyed,  and  was  arrested  in  King  Street  next  day  but  was  imme- 
diately released  by  the  sheriff,  on  the  demand  of  a  number  of  merchants  and  other  persons 
of  character  and  property. 

The  following  passage  occurs  in  the  "Diary  and  Letters  of  Thomas  Hutchinson": 
"The  governor  had  summoned  a  council  the  day  after  the  riot.  The  sheriff  attended, 
and  upon  enquiring,  it  appeared  that  one  Mackintosh,  a  shoemaker,  was  among  the 
most  active  in  destroying  the  Lieutenant-Governor's  house  and  furniture.  A  warrant 
was  given  to  the  sheriff  to  apprehend  him  by  name  with  divers  others.  Mackintosh 
appeared  in  King  Street,  and  the  sheriff  took  him,  but  soon  discharged  him,  and  returned 
to  the  council  chamber,  where  he  gave  an  account  of  his  taking  him,  and  that  Mr. 
Nathaniel  Coffin,  and  several  other  gentlemen  came  to  him  and  told  him  that  it  had  been 
agreed  that  the  cadets  and  many  other  persons  should  appear  in  arms  the  next 
evening,  as  a  guard  and  security  against  a  fresh  riot,  which  was  feared  and  said  to  have 
been  threatened  but  not  a  man  would  appear  unless  Mackintosh  was  discharged. 
The  Lieutenant-Governor  asked,  'And  did  you  discharge  him?'  'Yes.'  'Then  you 
have  not  done  your  duty.'  And  this  was  all  the  notice  taken  of  the  discharge.  The 
true  reason  of  this  discharging  of  Mackintosh  was  that  he  could  disclose  who  had 
employed  him,  whereas  the  other  persons  apprehended  were  such  as  had  collected  together 
without  knowing  of  any  previous  plan. " 

Such  is  Governor  Hutchinson's  account.  There  were  more  "higher  up"  who  wished 
to  protect  themselves,  and  they  feared  that  Mackintosh  might  talk  too  much.  From 
what  was  known  of  him  in  his  later  years,  he  had  indeed  this  weakness.  He  was  called 
"Captain"  Mackintosh,  and  he  claimed  to  have  been  the  "First  Captain  General  of  the 
Liberty  Tree,"  but  there  is  no  evidence  of  any  such  title  belonging  to  him  except  as  it 
was  self-bestowed,  or  that  he  ever  held  a  commission.  There  is  no  doubt  whatever  that 
Mackintosh  was  a  member  of  the  party  which  on  the  night  of  Dec.  23,  1773,  emptied  342 
chests  of  tea  valued  at  £18,000  into  Boston  Harbor.  It  is  not  yet  definitely  known  who 
constituted  the  party.  Thatcher  in  his  "  Traits  of  the  Tea  Party, "  published  in  1835,  gives 
the  names  of  fifty-eight  of  them  secured  after  careful  and  prolonged  investigation,  but  the 
Christian  name  of  Mackintosh  and  one  other  Martin  does  not  appear,  but  there  is  no  evi- 
dence that  Mackintosh  was  a  leader.  But  two  of  the  recognized  leaders  of  the  people  were 
there —  Dr.  Young  and  Thomas  Molineaux.  Says  Drake:  "  Most  of  them  were  mechanics 
and  apprentices  of  the  Stamp  of  Revere,  Howard,  Wheeler,  Crane  and  Peck,  men  who 
could  restrain  and  keep  in  due  subordination  the  more  fiery  and  dangerous  element,  always 
present  in  popular  demonstrations.  That  element  was  not  wholly  absent  on  this  occa- 
sion, for  Mackintosh  the  leader  in  the  Stamp  Act  riots  was  present  with  'his  chickens' 
as  he  called  them  and  active  in  destroying  the  tea.  There  were  also  professional  men 
and  merchants,  men  of  high  character  and  standing,  so  that  all  classes  were  fairly  repre- 
sented."  The  statement  that  Mackintosh  was  the  leader  of  the  Boston  Tea  Party, 
made  in  the  history  of  Ryegate,  Vt.,  page  289,  is  incorrect.  There  is  no  doubt  that  in 
his  later  years  he  claimed  this  leadership  but  he  talked  too  much.  It  was  the  fact  which 
doubtless  led  to  his  being  induced  to  leave  Boston  soon  after  the  party  as  he  probably 
also  knew  too  much  for  the  comfort  of  the  real  leaders.  He  is  said  to  have  come  "to 
Haverhill  on  foot  through  the  wilderness  leading  a  son,  Paschal,  by  the  hand  and  carry- 
ing his  daughter,  Betsey,  in  his  arms  their  mother  being  dead."  If  he  came  as  early  as 
1774,  Betsey  who  was  six  years  of  age  must  have  been  something  of  a  burden.  He 
settled  on  the  Plain,  North  Haverhill,  but  also  lived  for  a  time  in  Newbury  and  also 
Ryegate,  Vt..  with  his  daughter  after  her  marriage.  During  the  Revolution  he  enlisted 
in  Capt.  Joseph  Hutchins'  company  of  thirty-four  men  in  the  Eastern  Division  of  the 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  579 

Northern  Department  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Gates,  and  in  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley's 
brigade,  from  Aug.  18  to  Oct.  6,  1777.  He  certainly  served  in  distinguished  company. 
Among  other  privates  and  comrades  were  Timothy  Barron,  Samuel  Ladd,  Seth  Ford, 
John  Rich,  John  Page,  John  Sanders,  Josiah  Elkins,  Luther  Richardson,  James  Bailey, 
James  Woodward,  Jonathan  Ring,  Nathaniel  Rix,  John  Young  and  Joshua  Howard. 
The  records  of  1780  also  show  payment  for  scouting  duty.  The  office  of  sealer  of  leather 
was  an  important  one  in  the  early  days,  and  in  Haverhill  was  held  by  such  men  as 
Ezekiel  Ladd,  Richard  Gookin  and  John  Montgomery,  but  in  1782,  '83,  and  '84,  Eben- 
ezer  Mackintosh,  who  must  have  been  recognized  as  an  expert  in  the  matter  of  leather 
properly  tanned  and  which  could  not  be  used  until  officially  stamped  and  sealed,  was 
elected  to  that  important  office.     There  was  nothing  like  leather  in  those  days. 

The  census  of  1790  credits  him  with  a  family  of  five  including  himself  and  wife.  It 
gives  two  white  males  under  16  years  of  age.  There  may  have  been  two  children  by  his 
second  marriage,  but  of  this  there  is  no  record.     Children: 

1.  Paschal  b.  Boston  about  1766;  went  to  Montmorency,  O.;  m.  and  reared  a  large 

family.  His  father,  Ebenezer,  spent  a  few  years  with  him  before  his  death  going 
and  returning  on  foot  it  is  said.  Some  of  his  descendants  recently  sent  to  the 
Coosuck  Chapter  of  the  D.  A.  R.  at  No.  Hav.  funds  for  the  erection  of  a  monument 
to  his  memory.  The  Chapter  performed  this  office  by  the  erection  on  Main 
Street  of  a  marble  tablet  inclosed  in  cement  on  the  site  of  the  house  occupied  by 
him  for  several  years,  as  it  was  found  impossible  to  locate  his  grave  in  the  Horse 
Meadow  Cemetery.  It  is  to  be  regretted,  however,  that  the  Chapter  or  the  persons 
authorizing  the  erection  of  the  tablet  were  not  a  little  more  careful  in  making  the 
inscription.  It  is  to  the  memory  of  "Capt.  Philip  Mackintosh."  The  "Mackin- 
tosh" is  all  right  but  the  "Capt."  is  apocryphal,  and  it  is  hardly  possible  to  twist 
"Ebenezer"  into  "Philip." 

2.  Betsey  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  12,  1768;  m.  Hav.  1786  Jabez,  s.  of  Jabez  and 

Deborah  (Knowlton)  Bigelow  of  Newbury,  Vt.  She  d.  Ryegate,  Vt.,  Oct.  10, 
1848;  he  d.  Dec.  31,  1851.  Of  their  family  of  eleven  chil.,  John  Bigelow  was  a 
farmer  in  Ryegate,  and  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He  was  a  teacher  in  penman- 
ship, a  captain  in  militia  and  town  representative  in  1869. 

MANN 

Samuel  Mann1  born  in  England  in  1773;  came  to  America,  settled  in  Landaff ;  married 
1804  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  Howe  of  that  town,  born  1780;  died  Benton  Nov.  15,  1866. 
He  died  Benton  July  19,  1842.  In  politics  he  was  Federalist  and  Whig,  in  his  religious 
belief  Universalist,  had  little  confidence  in  majorities,  and  could  usually  be  found  lining 
up  with  minorities.  They  came  to  Coventry  (Benton)  previous  to  1835,  and  settled  on 
the  farm  later  owned  by  his  son,  George  W.,  and  which  is  now  in  the  family,  the  home  of 
his  great  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Tyler.  He  was  interested  in  the  militia  and  held  commis- 
sion as  major.     Eight  sons  all  born  in  Landaff: 

1.  Amos  C.2  b.  1805;  lived  in  Boston,  later  in  Benton. 

2.  Moody2  b.  1807. 

3.  Jesse2  b.  1809;  m.  Frances  Catherine  Butters;  lived  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  in 

Bath. 

4.  Peter2  b.  1811;  lived  in  Boston  and  Portland,  Me. 

5.  Samuel  A.2  b.  1814. 

6.  James  A.2  b.  1816;  lived  in  Newburv,  Vt.,  and  Woburn,  Mass. 

7.  Edward  F.2  b.  1818;  d.  in  Benton  Sept.  7,  1842. 

8.  George  W.2  b.  1821;  lived  and  d.  in  Benton. 

Moody  Mann2  (Samuel1)  born  1804;  married  Sarah,  daughter  James  Austin;  farmer, 
lived  in  School  District  No.  10.  Was  an  ardent  Democrat;  in  religious  belief  a  Univer- 
salist. He  died  Apr.  29,  1881,  aged  74  years,  6  months;  she  died  Dec.  13,  18S7,  aged  77 
years,  1  month.  Having  no  children  of  their  own  they  adopted  Sarah  W.,  daughter  of 
Jesse  Mann,  brother  of  Moody,  born  June  9,  1853.     She  married  James  L.  Eastman 


580  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

(see  Eastman)  and  lived  at  Ladd  Street.  Their  two  sons,  Frank  J.  and  Leon,  were 
drowned  in  Connecticut  River  July  1,  1906.     He  died  May  30,  1910. 

Samuel  A.  Mann2  (Samuel1)  born  Landaff  1814.  Like  his  brothers,  Amos  C,  Moody, 
Jesse,  and  Peter,  he  left  home  for  Boston  soon  after  attaining  his  majority,  but  his  stay 
was  more  prolonged  than  theirs  for  he  soon  disappeared  and  nothing  was  heard  from 
him  for  nearly  twenty  years,  when  in  the  early  fifties  he  returned  home  having  been  long 
regarded  by  his  family  as  dead.  During  his  absence  he  had  served  in  the  regular  army, 
was  bearer  of  despatches  for  Gen.  Taylor  during  the  war  with  Mexico,  and  later  went 
overland  to  California  with  the  early  forty-niners.  When  he  returned  he  found  his  old 
sweetheart,  Sally  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  granddaughter  of  Gen  Jacob  Bailey,  waiting 
for  him.  They  married  and  settled  on  a  small  farm  next  to  Benton  line  known  as  the 
Hinkley  farm,  and  later  removed  to  Benton  purchasing  the  farm  later  owned  by  their 
nephew,  Orman  L.  Mann.  They  had  no  children,  but  took  into  their  home  almost 
immediately  after  their  marriage  the  twin  baby  boys  of  their  brother,  George  W., 
whose  mother  had  died  before  they  were  two  years  old.  He  died  Oct.  26,  1873;  she  died 
Oct.  1895. 

George  W.  Mann2  (Samuel1)  born  Landaff  Feb.  20,  1821;  married,  first,  Apr.  13, 
1843,  Susan  M.,  daughter  William  and  Mary  (Noyes)  Whitcher  of  Benton,  born  May 
20,  1825,  died  Oct.  6,  1854;  married,  second,  Mar.  4,  1855,  Sarah  T.,  daughter  of  Gad 
Bisbee  of  Haverhill,  born  Haverhill  Jan.  6,  1826;  died  Aug.  5,  1905.  He  died  Jan. 
6,  1901.  He  always  lived  in  Benton,  and  combined  the  business  of  carpenter  and  builder 
with  that  of  farmer,  but  had  large  real  estate  interests  in  Woodsville.  Was  Universalist, 
Democrat,  prominent  in  town  affairs  in  Benton,  filled  at  different  times  all  the  various 
town  offices,  was  six  times  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  legislature,  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  of  1876,  and  served  for  several  years  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture.  Five  children  by  first  marriage,  five  by  second,  all  born  in  Benton;  of 
these,  several  with  their  families  have  resided  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Ezra  Bartlett3  b.  Nov.  2,  1843. 

2.  Edward  Foster3  b.  Sept.  7,  1845. 

3.  George  Henry3  b.  Feb.  19,  1848. 

4.  Osman  Chander3  b.  Dec.  18,  1852;  d.  Benton  Oct.  20,  1870. 

5.  Orman  Leander3  b.  Dec.  18,  1852;  m.  Dec.  25,  1873,  Ella  Haywood  of  Hav. 

By  second  marriage: 

6.  Melvin  Jevious3  b.  Mar.  8,  1856. 

7.  Hosea  Ballou3  b.  May  27,  1858;  m.  Oct.  6,  1886,  Ida  Emma  Ladd;  resides  Little- 

ton. 

8.  Susan  M.3  b.  Jan.  3,  1861;  unm.;  resides  Laconia. 

9.  Minnie  Sarah3  b.  Dec.  4,  1863;  m.  Mar.  7,    1887,   William  Sims   Nutter;  resides 

in  Woodsville. 
10.    Moses  Bisbee3  b.  June  20,  1865;  m.  Feb.  25,  1892,  Minnie  G.    Scott  of  Maiden, 
Mass.;  resides  Maiden;  custom  officer.     One  son,  two  daughters. 

Horace  F.  Mann3  (Jesse2,  Samuel^born  Bath;  married  Caroline  Green  June  13,  1863; 
came  to  Woodsville  to  live  in  1878;  in  employ  of  the  railroad  till  his  health  failed  a  few 
years  before  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Enosburg  Falls,  Vt.,  Dec.  12,  1911.  She 
died  Woodsville  June  2,  1901.     Six  children  born  in  Bath  and  Woodsville: 

1.  Ellen  F.4  b.  Bath  Feb.  8,  1864;  d.  May  1885. 

2.  Alice  E.4  b.  May  2,  1866;  m.  June  4,  1894,  Edgar  F.  Houston;  lives  Enosburg  Falls, 

Vt. 

3.  Lena  F.4  b.  Oct  5,  1874;  m.  Mar.  20,  1895,  Gilman  P.  Blake  of  Woodsville;  d.  Dec. 

29,  1897. 

4.  Clarence  H.4  b.  Mar.  29,  1877;  m.  Ivah  Griffen. 

5.  Mary  E.4  b.  Woodsville  Oct.  4,  1879;  d.  July  27,  1881. 

6.  Orville  H.4  b.  Woodsville  Mar.  16,  1883;  m.  Dec.  6,  1908,  Freda  Mary  Hall;  rail- 

road employee,  lives  in  Woodsville. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  581 

Ezra  B.  Mann3  (George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Nov.  2,  1843;  married  Jan.  7,  1868, 
Sarah  Ellen,  daughter  George  W.  and  Sarah  Glazier  Bisbee  of  Haverhill,  born  Aug.  8, 
1844.  Has  lived  in  Woodsville  since  marriage.  Railroad  employee  1863-72.  In 
business  since;  large  owner  real  estate;  president  Woodsville  Aqueduct  Co.;  president 
Woodsville  Opera  Building  Association;  trustee  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank, 
was  president  for  several  years;  selectman;  representative  in  legislature;  Odd  Fellow, 
Elk,  Mason,  K.  T.,  member  Raymond  Consistory  Scottish  Rite,  member  N.  H.  Society 
G.  A.  R.,  and  of  Amoskeag  Veterans;  Democrat;  Universalist.  Five  children  all  born 
in  Woodsville: 

1.  George  Edward4  b.  May  7,  1874;  m.  Mar.  4,  1910,  Margaret  S.  Ward,  b.  Chatham, 

N.  B.,  1880;  superintendent  of  Aqueduct  and  Electric  Light  Co.  Democrat, 
Episcopalian.  Is  a  Knight  Templar  and  member  of  other  fraternal  organizations . 
Resides  in  Woodsville. 

2.  Ira  Whitcher4. 

3.  Harry  Bingham4  b.  Apr.  22,  1880;  m.  Nov.  20,  1908,  Lulu  B.,  daughter  Louie  and 

Mary  Cheney,  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  1886.  Locomotive  engineer  in  employ  of  B.  & 
M.  R.  R.     Democrat,  Mason.     Resides  in  Woodsville. 

4.  Luvia  Ellen4  b.  Apr.  1,  1883;  graduate  Woodsville  High  School  and  Emerson  School 

of  Oratory,  Boston;  is  instructor  in  elocution,  and  has  an  enviable  reputation  on 
the  platform  as  reader  and  impersonator;  m.  June  4,  1919,  Almore  Dexter 
Mank,  b.  Dec.  7,  1868,  Waldoboro,  Me.     Passenger  conductor,  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 

5.  Henry  Carbee4  b.  July  21,  1886;  graduate  of  Woodsville  High  and  of  Clark  Uni- 

versity, Worcester,  Mass.,  class  of  1907.  Democrat.  Employed  in  division 
engineer's  office,  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 

Edward  F.  Mann3  (George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Sept.  7,  1845;  married  Providence, 
R.  I.,  Jan.  10,  1881,  Elvah  G.,  daughter  Chase  and  Sarah  (Royce)  Whitcher,  born  Benton 
Nov.  19,  1850,  died  Nov.  5,  1896.  He  died  Concord  Aug.  19,  1892;  she  died  Concord 
Feb.  10,  1910.     One  child:  Marian  born  Feb.  13,  18S2,  died  Nov.  5,  1896. 

Mr.  Mann  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  in  the 
passenger  service  in  1865,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  general  superintendent  of  the 
Concord  and  Montreal  System  with  office  in  Concord.  He  had  served  as  baggage 
master,  conducter,  train  despatcher  with  office  at  Concord,  assistant  superintendent, 
residing  during  this  service  in  Woodsville,  returning  to  Concord  where  after  the  consoli- 
dation of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  with  the  Concord,  he  became  general  super- 
intendent. Was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  K.  T.;  attendant  on  services  of  the 
Episcopal  Church;  a  Democrat  in  politics,  standing  high  in  councils  of  his  party;  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  Benton  in  1871  and  1872;  twice  a  member  of 
the  Senate  from  the  North  Country  District;  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  Congress 
in  1888,  and  only  defeated  by  a  narrow  plurality  in  a  district  strongly  Republican. 
Though  a  resident  of  Haverhill  for  a  comparatively  brief  time,  he  was  for  years  actively 
identified  with  the  interests  of  the  town. 

George  Henry  Mann3  (George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Feb.  19,  1848;  married  Jan.  26, 
1874,  Elnora,  daughter  of  David  and  Myra  Clifford  Gove,  born  Wentworth  Dec.  9,  1850. 
He  died  July  31,  1913. 

George  Henry  Mann  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  rail- 
road in  1869,  and  continued  in  its  service  as  freight,  cattle  train,  and  passenger  train 
conductor  for  a  period  of  thirty-two  years,  when  he  left  in  1901  to  become  a  partner  with 
his  son,  Fred  H.,  in  the  business  of  a  general  store  under  the  firm  name  of  Mann  &  Mann 
in  which  he  continued  till  his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  radical  in  his 
religious  belief.  He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1885,  being  elected  after 
a  prolonged  contest,  while  there  was  no  election  for  the  other  representative  to  which 
the  town  was  entitled.  After  his  marriage  he  lived  in  Woodsville.  Seven  children  all 
born  in  Woodsville: 


582  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1.  Luna  Ardelle4  b.  Oct.  22,  1874;  d.  Oct.  22,  1875. 

2.  Fred  Henry4  b.  July  6,  1876;  m.  June  16,  1900,  Daisy  M.,  dau.  of  Frank  and  Laura 

Richardson  Colby,  b.  Lunenburg,  Vt.,  Dec.  5,  1881.  Clerk  for  Howe  &  Gordon, 
and  travelling  salesman  till  1901  when  he  went  into  the  business  of  general  store. 
Since  the  death  of  his  father  in  grocery  store  under  the  name  of  F.  H.  Mann  Co. 
Democrat. 

3.  Eda  Frances4  b.  Jan.  1,  1879;  d.  Mar.  9,  1907;  m.  Sept.  4,  1901,  Dr.  Selwyn  K. 

Dearborn.     (See  Dearborn.) 

4.  Ada  Myra4  b.  Dec.  25,  1881.     Successful  teacher  in  public  schools. 

5.  Harley  Elmer4  b.  Oct.  21,  1883. 

6.  Scott  Whitcher4  b.  Dec.  9,  1885;  graduate  Woodsville  High  School  and  Dartmouth 

College,  class  of  1908;  m.  June  30,  1912,  Mary  Ella,  dau.  James  H.  and  Drusilla 
(McLean)  Mitchell  of  Bath,  b.  June  28, 1885,  teacher  in  Woodsville  schools.  Train 
despatcher  till  1914;  clerk  in  National  Bank  of  Newbury;  resides  in  Woodsville. 

7.  Ida4  b.  Jan.  15,  1894;  graduate  Woodsville  High  and  State  Normal  School  at  Ply- 

mouth in  1916.     Teaching  in  public  schools  of  Ashland. 

Melvin  J.  Mann3  (George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Benton  Mar.  8,  1856;  married  Jan.  31, 
1883,  Mary  E.  Merrill.  In  employ  of  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  and  Boston  and 
Maine  railroad  since  1877,  is  at  present  one  of  the  oldest  passenger  conductors  in  the 
service.     Democrat;  Methodist;  Mason;  resides  in  Woodsville.     One  child  (adopted): 

Maude  E.  b.  1887;  m.  Dec.  2,  1909,  Konrad  Sidelinger,  born  Germany  1882; 
railroad  employee.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Georgia  b.  Dec.  3,  1911;  d.  Dec.  22, 
1911;  (2)  Resides  in  Woodsville. 

Ira  Whitcher  Mann4  (Ezra  B.3,  George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Jan.  8,  1877;  married 
Jan.  8,  1901,  Josephine,  daughter  of  Frank  E.  and  Nellie  E.  (Kibbie)  Thayer,  born 
Manchester  July  5,  1879.  Pharmacist;  partner  with  his  father  in  firm  E.  B.  Mann  & 
Co.  Democrat,  Episcopalian.  Resides  in  Woodsville.  Four  children  all  born  in 
Woodsville : 

1.  Margaret  Burns5  b.  Oct.  22,  1901. 

2.  Luvia  Jeanette5  b.  Apr.  30,  1905. 

3.  Frances  Whitcher5  b.  Jan.  12,  1913. 

4.  Ezra  Bartlett5  b.  July  28,  1914. 

Harley  E.  Mann4  (George  Henry3,  George  W.2,  Samuel1)  born  Oct.  21,  1883;  married 
Oct.  9,  1905,  Martha  Alvina,  daughter  William  and  Sarah  (Smalley)  Hardy,  born  Hav- 
erhill Dec.  25,  1885;  graduate  of  Woodsville  High  and  spent  two  years  at  Dartmouth. 
Train  despatcher  at  Woodsville.     Progressive  Democrat.     Three  children: 

1.  Mattie  Louise5  b.  Sept.  9,  1907. 

2.  Edna  Hardy5  b.  June  6,  1909. 

3.  Marion  Una5  b.  Feb.  7,  1912. 

MANSON 

Alexander  Manson1  and  Mary  Ann  (Martin)  Manson  came  to  Haverhill  from  Bat- 
tery, Me.,  about  1834;  lived  East  Haverhill.  He  died  Feb.  3,  1878,  aged  71;  she  died 
May  23,  1854,  aged  45.     Six  children: 

1.  Alexander  Manson2  (Alexander1)  b.  Kittery,  Me.,  1834;  came  to  Hav.  same  year 

with  his  parents;  m.,  1st,  Harriet  Cilley  of  Nottingham;  2d,  Mrs.  Huldah  Bigelow 

of  Newbury,  Vt.;  3d,  Shepardson.     Blacksmith  at  E.  Hav.     Three  chil. 

b.  Hav.,  by  first  marriage:  (1)  Nellie  J.3  b.  1860,  m.  Will  White  of  Hampton,  d. 
Exeter  1903;  (2)  Anna  L.3  b.  1864,  d.  Exeter  1908.  By  second  marriage:  (3) 
Adella3  b.  1865,  m.  Sept.  29, 1884,  Edward  E.,  s.  of  Simeon  and  Lavina  Shepardson 
of  Newbury,  Vt. 

2.  Elizabeth  A.2  b.  Hav.  Apr.  7,  1836;  m.  Apr.  8,  1858,  George,  s.  of  John  Kimball  of 

Hav.  Went  to  Black  River  Falls,  Wis.  Two  dau.  b.  in  Wisconsin:  (1)  Harriet; 
(2)  Lydia. 

3.  Mary  Bailey2  b.  Hav.  Apr.  3,  1839;  m.  M.  P.  Boswell.    (See  Boswell.) 

4.  Phebe2  b.  Hav.  Apr.  1841;  m.  Geo.  Carmen;  lived  in  Wisconsin. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  583 

5.  Charles  W.2  b.  Hav.  May  17,  1848;  m.  Jan.  25,  1873,  Bell,  dau.  Valentine  Morse, 

b.  July  28,  1850,  d.  Apr.  1,  1895.  He  d.  Dec.  1892.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Willis  C.3 
b.  Mar.  1,  1874,  d.  Sept.  24,  1886;  (2)  George  K.»  b.  Apr.  15,  1876,  lives  in  Boston; 
(3)  Maude  E.3  b.  Apr.  17,  1878,  d.  May  4,  1902. 

6.  Lucy  Frost2  m.  James  Boswell  Jan.  14,  1864;  lives  in  Wisconsin.     (See  Boswell.) 

Three  chil.  b.  Wis.:  (1)  John  P.3;  (2)  Ruby3  m.  George  E.  Green,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.;  (3)  Gladys3  m.  John  Hoschild,  Castlewood,  S.  D. 

MARSTON 

Capt.  William  Marston1  born  Yorkshire,  England,  1622;  came  with  his  father  to 
Salem,  Mass.,  1634;  to  Hampton  1638,  where  he  lived  till  his  death  Jan.  22,  1703;  mar- 
ried, first,  Rebecca  Paige,  Oct.  15,  1652;  second,  Mrs.  Ann  Philbrick  about  1675,  widow 
of  James  Philbrick.     Eight  children. 

Capt.  Samuel  Marston2  (William1)  born  Hampton  July  8,  1661;  married  Sarah 
Sanborn.     He  died  Hampton  Nov.  8,  1723.     Eleven  children. 

Obadiah  Marston3  (Samuel2,  William1),  youngest  child,  born  Hampton  Sept.  28, 

1810;  married  1734  Elizabeth ;  lived  Hampton  till  1765;  went  to  Deerfield.     Ten 

children. 

Samuel  J.  Marston4  (Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1),  fourth  child,  born  Hampton 
Jan.  2,  1741;  married  1766  Rhoda  Edgerley;  went  to  Deerfield  1765;  to  Coventry  1780. 
Ten  children. 

David  Marston5  (Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1),  fifth  son  seventh  child, 
born  Coventry  Sept.  1780;  married  Susannah  Bronson  of  Connecticut.  Lived  in  Cov- 
entry till  late  in  life  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill;  died  Jan.  27,  1860.  She  died  Apr. 
24,  1868,  aged  90.     Three  children  born  Coventry  (now  Benton): 

1.  Mehitable9  b.  Nov.  27.  1808;  m.  Walter  P.  Flanders  of  Hav.     (See  Flanders.) 

2.  Lucy6  b.  Sept.  7,  1811;  m.  John  Bacon. 

3.  William  Coolidge8  b.  July  28,  1815. 

Jonathan  Marston5  (Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1)  born  Coventry  June 
20,  1782;  married  1807-08  Phebe  Howe  of  Landaff;  lived  in  Coventry  till  1859,  when 
he  went  to  Camden,  N.  Y.,  with  his  son,  Jonathan  H.;  died  Sept.  6,  1859.  Four  children 
born  Coventry: 

1.  Orrin9  b.  Jan.  15,  1809;  m.  Mary  Torsey.     Of  their  five  chil.  twos.,  Stephen  T.7  and 

William7,  made  their  homes  in  Hav.  Stephen  T.  lived  in  Woodsville;  twice  m.; 
no  chil.;  d.  May  5,  1912,  at  home  of  his  brother,  William,  who  lives  in  what  was 
formerly  the  toll  house,  Hav.  and  Newbury  bridge.     He  has  no  chil. 

2.  Bartlett6  b.  Apr.  28,  1816. 

3.  Jonathan  Hale9  b.  July  1,  1818;  went  to  Camden,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  there. 

4.  Phebe9  b.  Mar.  7,  1823;  m.  Gilbert  P.  Wright.     (See  Wright.) 

William  C.  Marston6  (David5,  Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1)  born  Cov- 
entry July  28,  1815;  married  Feb.  20,  1838,  Lucy  S.  Frary  of  Bath;  settled  in  North 
Haverhill.  Farmer;  Democrat;  selectman  in  1875-76.  He  died  May  10,  1879;  she 
died . 

1.  Ellen  M.7  b.  Oct.  4,  1838;  m.  Walter  B.  Davis. 

2.  Moody  C.7  b.  Aug.  10,  1840. 

3.  Roselthe7  b.  June  2,  1845;  m.  John  M.  Getchell.     (See  Getchell.) 

4.  Mary  Ella7  b.  Dec.  25,  1852;  m.  Edward  D.  Brainard. 

Bartlett  Marston6  (Jonathan5,  Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1)  born 
Coventry  Apr.  28,  1816;  married  Mar.  26,  1839,  Anna  S.,  daughter  Richard  Brown. 
Lived  in  Benton  till  about  1870  when  he  removed  to  Woodsville  where  he  lived  till  his 
death,  Dec.  12,  1903.     Democrat;  Baptist.     Eleven  children  all  born  Benton: 

1.  Laura  A.7  b.  June  20,  1840;  m.  George  Wilson.     (See  Wilson.) 

2.  Wesley  B.7  b.  Oct,  21,  1841;  d.  unm. 


584  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

3.  Sarah  L.7  b.  May  18,  1844;  d.  Oct.  16,  1863. 

4.  George  W.7  b.  Aug.  14,  1846;  d.  Mar.  14,  1849. 

5.  Rhoda  J.7  b.  June  26,  1848;  m.  C.  C.  Hildreth  of  Lisbon. 

6.  Henry  G.7  b.  Mar.  27,  1851. 

7.  Elvah  S.7  b.  May  3,  1853;  m.  A.  A.  Clement. 

8.  Lucy  M.7  b.  Apr.  7,  1855;  m.  George  Sargent. 

9.  Hosea  M.7  b.  Feb.  2,  1858;  d.  Mar.  24,  1858. 

10.  May  B.7  b.  Mar.  6,  1860;  d.  Oct,  27,  1864. 

11.  Luvia  E.7  b.  Apr.  3,  1863;  m.  Feb.  26,  1884,  C.  W.  Sawyer.     (See  Sawyer.) 

Henry  G.  Marston7  (Bartlett6,  Jonathan5,  Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1) 
born  Mar.  27,  1851;  married  Mar.  27,  1893,  Jennie  A.,  daughter  Hiram  D.  Sawyer. 
Came  to  Haverhill  with  his  father;  farmer;  retired  about  1912.  Democrat;  Methodist; 
trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  board.  She  died  Apr.  17,  1915;  he  died  Jan.  27,  1918. 
One  child,  Sadie9,  born  Haverhill;  married  Harry  Kent. 

Moody  C.  Marston7  (William  C.6,  David5,  Samuel  J.4,  Obadiah3,  Samuel2,  William1) 
born  North  Haverhill  Aug.  10,  1840;  married  Dec.  24,  1863,  Clara  A.,  daughter  John 
White,  Wells  River,  Vt.  Enlisted  1862  Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Regiment  Volunteers; 
severely  wounded.  Retired  farmer;  Democrat;  Methodist.  Lives  in  Woodsville.  One 
child,  John,  born  Apr.  21,  1869. 

McCLARY 

John  McClary  born  Newburyport,  Mass.,  June  12,  1792;  married,  first,  in  1819, 
Rebecca  Dodge  of  Lisbon,  born  Ipswich,  Mass.,  June  10,  1795,  died  Bristol  Mar.  8, 
1828;  married,  second,  Nov.  30,  1830,  Hannah  Dodge,  sister  of  his  first  wife;  she  died 
Haverhill  July  23,  1867.  He  died  Haverhill  Sept.  24,  1868.  Children  of  John  and 
Rebecca  Dodge  McClary: 

1.  Ellen  Dodge  b.  Apr.  5,  1820;  m.  Apr.  5,  1842,  Silvester  Reding.     (See  Reding.) 

2.  Julia  Minot  b.  Mar.  18,  1823;  d.  unm.  Jan.  16,  1864. 

3.  Caroline  b.  Bristol,  d.  Sept.  2,  1826,  aged  17  mos. 

Col.  John  McClary  went  to  Lisbon  before  reaching  his  majority  and  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  War  of  1812  enlisted  for  one  year,  and  later  enlisted  for  the  war;  was  sergeant- 
major  of  the  Forty-fifth  Regiment  of  Volunteers,  was  a  brave  and  efficient  soldier.  He 
went  from  Lisbon  to  Bristol  and  engaged  in  the  tannery  business  with  Nathaniel  S. 
Berry.  Came  to  Haverhill  about  1832,  and  entered  into  a  five  year  partnership  with 
the  Bell  Bros.,  who  were  extensively  engaged  in  the  tanning  business  at  the  Brook.  Before 
the  expiration  of  that  time  he  was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  Grafton  County  and  held 
the  office  for  five  consecutive  years.  He  took  an  active  part  in  town  affairs,  served  as 
selectman  and  town  clerk,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  in  1836  and  1837. 
He  was  colonel  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Militia.  He  was  of  Scotch 
ancestry,  connected  with  the  McClarys  who  settled  in  Epsom  before  the  Revolution. 
His  grandfather,  Maj.  Andrew  McClary,  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Few 
men  of  his  day  enjoyed  more  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen.  He  was  endowed  with 
large  native  intelligence,  was  public  spirited,  and  served  with  usefulness  his  day  and 
generation. 

MEADER— MEDER 

In  1653  the  name  of  John  Meader  is  found  among  the  settlers  of  Essex  County,  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay,  and  in  that  same  year  he  obtained,  in  partnership  with  William  Sheffield, 
a  grant  of  land  lying  on  the  neck  between  Oyster  River  and  Royall's  Cove  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Durham,  the  remainder  being  acquired  by  him  in  1660  by  purchase 
from  Valentine  Hill.  He  erected  here  a  garrison  house — one  of  the  fourteen  on  Oyster 
River — for  protection  against  the  Indians.  At  the  time  of  the  Indian  attack  in  1694 
nearly  all  of  these  houses  were  burned,  that  of  John  Meader  included,  but  he  rebuilt  the 


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next  year,  and  for  several  generations  the  property  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  Meader 
family,  many  of  whom  were  Quakers.  The  name  has  been  sometimes  spelled  "Meder," 
but  by  far  the  larger  number  of  the  descendants  of  John  have  used  the  spelling  "  Meader." 
Elisha,  sixth  in  descent  from  John  of  Durham,  settled  in  Haverhill,  and  had  numerous 
descendants.     Descent  is  as  follows: 

John  Meader1  born  England  about  1630;  came  to  America  before  1653;  married 
Abigail  Tuttle  before  1660.     Five  children  born  in  Durham. 

Nathaniel2  (John1),  youngest  son,  born  June  14,  1671;  married  about  1690  Eleanor 
Hall.  Killed  by  Indians  in  their  attack  on  Durham,  Apr.  25,  1704.  Five  children  born 
Durham. 

Daniel3  (Nathaniel2,  John1)  born  Nov.  3,  1698;  married  June  6,  1727,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter Francis  and  Hannah  (Jenkins)  Allen  of  Kittery,  Me.  Eight  children  born  in  Dur- 
ham.    He  was  a  Quaker. 

Joseph4  (Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born  Mar.  26,  1741;  twice  married;  second  mar- 
riage June  24,  1767,  Abigail,  daughter  William  and  Abigail  (Varney)  Frye  of  Kittery, 
Me.;  died  Dec.  15,  1784.     Six  children  born  Durham. 

Paul5  (Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born  1758;  married  Nov.  2,  1787,  Deborah, 
daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Penhallow)  Knight  of  Portsmouth,  born  1767,  died  1853. 
He  died  Nov.  8,  1835.  During  the  War  of  the  Revolution  his  father's  family  removed  to 
Lee.  After  his  marriage  he  lived  for  twelve  years  in  Barnstead,  later  for  a  time  in  Rum- 
ney,  and  later  still  settled  in  Warren  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the  town,  near  a  pond 
which  still  bears  his  name.  He  was  killed  by  the  giving  way  of  a  pile  of  logs,  while 
engaged  in  logging  near  Meader  Pond,  his  son,  Elisha,  being  with  him  at  the  time,  but 
unable  to  render  any  assistance.  Eight  children:  Elisha,  Lydia,  Eunice,  George,  Abby, 
Moses  Avery,  Mary,  Abigail. 

Elisha  Meader6  (Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born  Barnstead  (?)  Feb. 
23,  1788;  died  Haverhill  Mar.  2,  1877.  He  married,  first,  Susan,  daughter  Dea.  Joseph 
and  Betsey  (Marston)  Smith  of  Meredith,  born  Aug.  19, 1790,  died  Sept.  28, 1831;  second, 
Mrs.  Abigail  Webster,  maiden  name  Foss,  born  1802,  died  Haverhill  May  15,  1867. 
Before  his  marriage  he  served  in  the  War  of  1812  at  Lake  Champlain.  Fie  lived  for  a 
time  in  Haverhill,  Ladd  Street,  after  his  first  marriage,  but  returned  to  Warren  where  he 
lived  till  after  his  second  marriage,  when  he  removed  to  Bath  remaining  there  two  years, 
thence  for  another  two  years  to  a  farm  at  the  foot  of  Black  Mountain  in  Benton  and 
about  1838  came  to  Haverhill  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  He  lived  at  first  on  the 
road  leading  from  the  County  road  to  the  Swiftwater  and  Benton  road,  then  carried  on 
the  farm  which  his  son,  Paul,  had  purchased  on  Colby  Hill,  till  the  marriage  of  the  latter, 
when  he  purchased  a  farm  on  the  County  road  between  the  Russell  Wright  and  Moody 
Mann  farms,  where  he  lived  until  he  went  with  his  wife  to  five  with  his  son,  Webster, 
on  the  Pond  road  on  what  was  known  as  the  Reed  Bacon  place.  Politically  he  was  a 
Jeffersonian  Democrat.  His  life  was  that  of  a  pioneer,  one  of  strenuous  toil  and  hardship 
in  his  early  days.  He  came  of  sturdy  stock  and  justified  in  his  life  his  ancestry.  By 
his  first  wife  there  were  seven  children: 

1.  Samuel  Knight7  b.  Hav.  Aug.  9,  1816. 

2.  Joseph  Smith7  b.  Warren  Mar.  7,  1818,  d.  (?). 

3.  Betsey  Smith7  b.  Warren  June  18,  1820;  d.  1839. 

4.  Mahala  French7  b.  Warren  July  9,  1822;  d.   Sept.   2,    1857;  m.   David  Kezer. 

5.  Paul  Nason7  b.  Warren  June  27,  1824. 

6.  Deborah7  b.  Warren  July  29,  1828;  d.  Jan.  16,  1848. 

7.  Elisha7  b.  Warren  Aug.  8,  1830;  d.  at  age  of  4  or  5  yrs. 

By  the  second  marriage  there  were  three  children : 

8.  Daniel  Webster7  b.  Warren  June  13,  1832. 

9.  Elisha  Knight7  b.  Dec.  4,  1834. 

10.   Moses  Blood7  b.  Benton  Nov.  1,  1837. 


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Samuel  K.  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  married 
Eliza  Griswold.  He  went  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  early  life  and  became  a  railroad  con- 
tractor. He  spent  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Haverhill  with  his  brothers;  died  Apr.  30, 
1898,  and  was  buried  in  Zion  Hill  Cemetery,  Hartford,  beside  his  wife  and  sons.  Three 
children,  all  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.: 

1.  Watson8  b.  Apr.  2,  1840;  d.  June  29,  1876,  Hartford,  Conn.;  m. ;  no  chil. 

2.  Francis  H.8  b.  Mar.  18,  1845. 

3.  Samuel  K.8  b.  May  13,  1847;  d.  Hartford,  Conn.,  July  16,  1875;  m. ;  no  chil. 

Francis  H.  Meader8  married  New  York  City  Mar.  8,  1864,  Sarah  Dole,  born  New 
York  City  Jan.  23,  1848,  died  Cleveland,  O.,  Oct.  6,  1875.     They  had  two  children: 

1.  Lottie  Elizabeth9  b.  New  York  City  Oct.  5,  1865;  m.  Oct.  3,  1884,  George  Rider,' 

b.  Seymour,  Conn.;  lived  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  Middletown,  Conn.  She  d. 
Feb.  18,  1895.  Their  two  children  are  Arthur  Freemont  Rider10  b.  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  May  25,  1885,  and  Perley  Bell  Rider10  b.  Middletown,  Conn.,  Nov.  3,  1886. 

2.  Charles  Samuel  Meader9  b.  New  York  City  Mar.  19, 1868;  m.  Middletown,  Conn., 

June  29,  1892,  Margaret  Dripps,  b.  Middletown,  Conn.,  Dec.  24,  1869.  One 
child:   Mildred  Evangeline  Meader10  b.  Aug.  29,  1896;  lives  in  Middletown. 

Joseph  Smith  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born 
Mar.  7,  1818;  married  Hannah  Critchett.  During  the  early  part  of  his  married  life  he 
lived  in  East  Boston,  Mass.,  engaged  in  the  trucking  business.  Later  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia where  he  settled  in  the  Sacramento  Valley,  owning  considerable  real  estate,  which 
was  washed  away  by  a  disastrous  freshet.  He  never  returned  East,  but  his  two  children, 
Julius  Mortemer8  and  Francena  Susan8,  remained  East.  The  former  lived  for  a  time 
when  a  boy  with  his  uncle  in  Haverhill,  and  the  latter  lives  unmarried  in  East  Boston. 

Paul  Nason  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born 
Warren  June  27,  1824;  married,  first,  Dec.  5,  1848,  Elizabeth  Gage,  daughter  Isaac  and 
Abigail  (Merrill)  Carleton,  born  Bath  Nov.  26,  1823,  died  Oct.  18,  1874.  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Haverhill  district  schools,  and  at  Newbury  Seminary  and  was  a  successful 
teacher  previous  to  her  marriage.  Married,  second,  Apr.  22,  1876,  Mrs.  Luthina  L. 
Wilmot,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Merab  (Royce)  Howe,  born  Benton  Feb.  7,  1840,  died 
Mar.  15,  1878;  married,  third,  Phebe  A.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Merab  (Royce)  Howe, 
born  Benton  Feb.  14,  1843,  died  Feb.  11,  1903.  He  died  Mar.  2,  1899.  Mr.  Meader 
was  a  farmer,  and  was  also  engaged  in  potato  starch  manufacture  and  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness. He  and  his  first  wife  were  devoted  members  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church  and  Mrs. 
Luthina  and  Mrs.  Phebe  A.  Meader  were  consistent  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Mr.  Meader  in  his  early  political  affiliations  was  a  Free  Soiler,  but  on  the  birth 
of  the  Republican  party  espoused  its  principles,  and  for  the  remainder  of  his  life  his 
affiliations  were  for  the  most  part  with  the  Republican  party,  though  in  his  later  years 
party  ties  held  him  loosely.  He  lived  on  the  farm  on  Colby  Hill  till  1866,  greatly  improv- 
ing it  and  erecting  new  buildings.  He  removed  to  the  Daniel  Morse  farm  on  County 
road,  and  about  1870  removed  to  North  Haverhill  owning  successively  the  Solon  Swift 
and  the  James  Glynn  farms.     His  four  children  were  born  on  Colby  Hill,  Haverhill: 

1.    Marlin  Silas  Meader8  b.  Nov.  30,  1849;  m.  Dec.  20,  1870,  Ellen  Frances,  dau.  of 
Joshua  and  Mary  Cary  Carr,  b.  Dec.  15,  1849;  he  d.  Feb.  12,  1913.   Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Meader  supplemented  their  common  school  education  by  attendance  at  the  sem- 
inaries in  Tilton  and  Newbury,  Vt.     Mr.  Meader  was  a  farmer  and  except  for  a 
few  years  spent  in  Florida,  lived  in  No.  Hav.,  later  on  the  Jarvis  farm.    He  pur- 
chased the  David  Whitcher  farm  where  his  widow  now  resides  with  her  s.,  Carl. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meader  were  both  devoted  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.     In  politics  he  acted  with  the  Republican  party.     They  had  two  chil.: 
(1)  Fred  Marlin9  b.  Hav.  Jan.  28,  1876;  graduated  Wesleyan  Univ.  1902, 
Johns  Hopkins  Univ.  Medical  Department  1909;  instructor  in  pathology, 
Syracuse  University  until  1914,  when  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  Commu- 


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nicable  Diseases  in  the  New  York  State  Department  of  Public  Health; 
m.  Sept.  20,  1905,  Emma  Sophia,  dau.  of  Jacob  Cornelius  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
b.  Hamburg,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1874.  They  reside  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  They 
have  two  chil.:  Carleton  Cornelius10  b.  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  7,  1909; 
Alice  Ellen10  b.  Syracuse  Mar.  1,  1913. 
(2)  Carl  Merton9  b.  Nov.  14,  1880;  m.  Dec.  8,  1904,  Mina  Josephine,  dau. 
Daniel  and  Josephine  (Brown)  Whitcher  of  Winona,  b.  Dec.  8,  1880,  edu- 
cated at  New  Hampton  Institution,  and  N.  H.  State  Normal  School,  and 
previous  to  her  marriage  engaged  successfully  in  teaching.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Moody  School,  Mt.  Hermon,  and  at  New  Hampton  Institution, 
graduating  there  in  1901.  Both  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Reside  on  the  home  farm,  which  is  well  supplied  with  up-to-date 
appliances  and  machinerv.     Granger,  Odd  Fellow  and  Republican. 

2.  Arthur  Merrill8  b.  Jan.  3,  1855";  d.  Mar.  3,  1858. 

3.  Abbie  Susan8  b.  July  14,  1856;  educated  at  Drew  Female  Seminary,  Carmel,  N.  Y., 

Montebello,  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  New  Hampton  Institution.  Spent  several  years 
in  successful  teaching.  Has  been  deeply  interested  in  W.  C.  T.  U.  work  from 
almost  the  beginning  of  the  organization,  and  is  at  present  engaged  in  rescue  work, 
at  the  State  W.  C.  T.  U.,  Mercy  Home,  East  Manchester;  unm.;  Baptist;  believes 
in  equal  suffrage. 

4.  Moses  Arthur  Meader8  b.  Oct.  3,  1858;  m.  Aug.  26,  1896,  Katherine,  dau.  Dr. 

William  and  Caroline  B.  (Lang)  Child  of  Bath,  b.  Sept.  22,  1860;  educated  Hav. 
Academy  and  Oberlin  College,  O.;  successful  teacher  for  13  years;  member  D.  A.  R. 
and  Grange.  Mr.  Meader  was  educated  at  New  Hampton  Institution;  has  been 
engaged  in  mercantile  affairs;  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  No.  Hav.  Cream- 
ery; owns  the  Swasey  farm,  a  part  of  the  historic  John  Hazen  farm.  The  farm- 
house is  the  oldest  in  Haverhill,  built  by  John  Hazen  in  1769.  Granger,  Odd 
Fellow,  Mason,  Progressive.  Resides  on  farm  on  Brier  Hill.  One  child :  Dorothy 
Elizabeth9  b.  June  14,  1897;  student  in  Northfield  Seminary,  Northfield,  Mass. 

Daniel  Webster  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born 

Warren  June  13,  1832;  married  Jan.  9,  1858,  in  Old  Forge,  Pa.,  Lydia  A.,  daughter  of 

Elias  and  Zuba  (Millen)  Swartz,  born  Scranton,  Pa.,  Feb.  4,  1836,  died  July  3,  1895. 

Mr.  Meader  when  a  young  man  was  employed  in  railroad  construction  by  his  brother, 

Samuel,  in  Connecticut.     Later  went  to  California  for  a  time  but  returned  and  about 

1863  purchased  the  Reed  Bacon  farm  where  his  father  and  mother  lived  with  him  till 

their  death.     Later  engaged  in  starch  manufacture  at  North  Haverhill,  and  since  the 

death  of  his  wife  has  resided  with  her  niece  in  Harrisville.     He  served  his  town  two 

years  as  selectman,  and  was  supervisor  of  check  list  ten  years.     Democrat;  Odd  Fellow 

and  Granger.     Died  Harrisville  Feb.  24,  1917.     Two  children: 

Herman  Edgar8  b.  Piston,  Pa.,  Jan.  6,  1859;  d.  Oct.  3,  1859. 
Edwin  Herbert8  b.  Piston,  Pa.,  July  2,  1860;  d.  Mar.  16,  1861. 

Elisha  Knight  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born 
Warren  Dec.  4,  1834;  married  1862  Mary  E.,  daughter  Franklin  and  Hannah  (Gale)  Kezer 
(published  Dec.  1,  1862),  born  Nov.  15,  1839,  died  July  15,  1864.  At  the  age  of  20  he 
went  to  California  returning  in  1862.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  again  went  to  Cali- 
fornia expecting  to  return  soon  for  his  wife,  but  she  was  stricken  with  diphtheria  and 
passed  out  of  life.  He  returned  for  a  short  time  to  New  Hampshire,  but  so  far  as  is 
known,  he  is  still  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Moses  Blood  Meader7  (Elisha6,  Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born 
Benton  Nov.  1,  1837;  married  Apr.  15,  1865,  Mary  A.,  daughter  Timothy  Reed  and 
Mary  (Chase)  Bacon,  born  Wardsboro,  Vt.  He  spent  some  years  in  California  when  a 
young  man  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle,  Moses  Avery6,  but  after  his  return  he  married  and 
engaged  in  farming.     Odd  Fellow;  Republican. 

George  Meader6  (Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  married  Sarah  Morrill 
(maiden  name  Smith),  a  cousin  of  the  wife  of  his  brother  Elisha6.  He  came  to  Haverhill 
and  lived  for  a  time  with  his  brother  Elisha,  and  later  removed  to  Lisbon.     He  died  in 


588  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Rhode  Island  where  his  son  George  had  settled.     He  had  three  children:    Abel7  died 

a  young  man  in  Bradford,  Vt.;  Elecra7;  George7.     The  latter  married  Josephine 

and  lived  in  Rhode  Island. 

Moses  Avery  Meader6  (Paul5,  Joseph4,  Daniel3,  Nathaniel2,  John1)  born  Deo.  18> 
1802;  died  Oct.  13,  1890;  married,  first,  Sarah  Blood;  second,  Nov.  10,  1837,  Olive  Sinnot 
of  Harpswell,  Me.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  Haverhill  on  the  Pond  road,  later  in  Lisbon. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  emigrants  to  California,  when  gold  was  discovered,  but  engaged 
there  in  agriculture  instead  of  mining  and  accumulated  a  handsome  property.  He  had 
two  children  by  his  first  wife,  Angeline7  and  Sarah7.  Angeh'ne  married  Thomas  Hart. 
They  had  three  daughters:  (1)  Sarah  Jane8  married McKenzie;  (2)  Emma8  mar- 
ried   Hinds,  and  (3)  Ella8  married  Hazard  Root. 

MERRILL 

Several  families  bearing  the  name  of  Merrill  have  from  time  to  time  lived  in  Haverhill, 
and  the  name  is  a  common  as  well  as  important  one  in  the  history  of  the  town.  The 
different  branches  or  families  in  Haverhill  have  a  common  ancestry,  nearly  all,  if  not 
indeed  all,  tracing  their  descent  to  Nathaniel  Merrill*  who,  with  his  brother,  John, 
emigrated  from  England  as  early  as  1633.  He  first  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  but  re- 
moved to  Newbury  in  1634  or  the  following  year.  He  was  of  Huguenot  descent  and  the 
original  spelling  of  the  name  was  Merle.  As  his  ancestors  fled  from  France  because  of 
their  fidelity  to  the  reformed  faith,  they  naturally  cast  in  their  lot  with  the  Puritans  of 
England.  As  the  patronymic  Merle  means  blackbird,  tho  early  generations  of  the 
family  in  France  used  a  seal  on  which  is  displayed  three  blackbirds. 

Nathaniel  Merrill1  married  1634  Susanna  Willerton  (Williston,  Welterton),  who 
after  his  death,  Mar.  16,  1654-55,  married,  second,  Stephen  Jordan.  She  died  Jan.  12, 
1672.     Their  seven  children  born  in  Newbury,  Mass.: 

1.  John2  b.  1634;  d.  July  8,  1712;  m.  Sarah  Eaton. 

2.  Abraham2  b.  1636;  m.,  1st,  Jan.  18,  1660-61,   Abigail  Webster;  2d,  Sept.  2,  1713, 

Sarah  Bond. 

3.  Nathaniel2. 

4.  Susannah2  b.  1640;  d.  1690,  m.  Oct.  15,  1663,  John  Burbank. 

5.  Daniel2  b.  Aug.  20,  1642;  d.  June  27,  1717;  m.,  1st,  Sarah  Clough;  2d,  Sarah  Morrill 

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6.  Abel2  b.  Feb.  20,  1643-44;  d.  Oct.  28,  1689;  m.  Feb.  10,  1670-71,  Priscilla  Chase. 

7.  Thomas2  b.  1648. 

Nathaniel  Merrill2  (Nathaniel1)  born  about  1638;  died  Jan.  1,  1682-83.  Lived 
in  Newbury,  Mass.;  married  Oct.  15,  1661,  Joanna  Kinny.  She  died  Feb.  8,  1718,  aged 
about  90  years.  Nathaniel2  subscribed  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  1668.  Inherited  by  will 
the  farm  of  his  father.     Seven  children  born  in  Newbury: 

1.  John3  b.  Feb.  16,  1662-63;  d.  May  15,  1705;  m.  Lucy  Webster. 

2.  Nathaniel3. 

3.  Peter3  b.  Aug.  20,  1667;  d.  Mar.  20,  1696-97;  m.  Mary  Brown. 

4.  Joanna3  b.  Aug.  5,  1669;  d.  Nov.  2,  1669. 

5.  Joanna3  b.  Oct.  4,  1670;  d.  Oct,  30,  1670. 

6.  Hannah3  b.  July  12,  1672;  m.  William  Moulton. 

7.  Mary3  b.  Sept.  18,  1675;  m.  James  Freese. 

Nathaniel  Merrill3  (Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Feb.  8,  1664-65;  died  July  4, 
1738;  married,  first,  Rebecca  Brown,  died  Dec.  9,  1689;  married,  second,  1691,  Sarah, 
daughter  Edward  and  Mary  (Goodridge)  Woodman.     Twelve  children ;  by  first  marriage : 

1.  Nathaniel4  b.  Nov.  23,  1688;  d.  Apr.  18,  1749;  m.  Mary  Belknap. 

2.  Peter4  b.  1689;  m.  Mary  Flanders. 

*Rev.  J.  L.  Merrill  in  Wells'  History  of  Newbury,  p.  635. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  589 

By  second  marriage: 

3.  Hannah4  b.  Dec.  30,  1692;  d.  young. 

4.  Sarah4  b.  Oct.  26,  1694;  d.  July  10,  1748;  m.  Nathaniel  Clement. 

5.  Mary4  m.  John  Ladd. 

6.  Rebecca4  m.  Josiah  Gage. 

7.  Samuel4. 

8.  Elizabeth4  b.  Nov.  2,  1704;  m.  Caleb  Page. 

9.  John4  b.  Feb.  12,  1706-07;  d.  July  3,  1741;  m.  Lydia  Gage. 

10.  Joseph4  b.  July  3,  1709;  m.  Ruth  Corliss. 

11.  Benjamin4  b.  July  4,  1710;  d.  July  4,  1710. 

12.  Stephen4  b.  1706  (?);  d.  Aug.  19,  1785;  m.  Keziah  Hardy. 

Nathaniel  Merrill  lived  in  Newbury  till  1698,  where  he  moved  to  a  farm  in  Haverhill 
West  Parish,  which  he  had  inherited  and  where  his  five  younger  children  were  born. 

Samuel  Merrill4  (Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Aug.  2,  1702;  died  Apr. 
25,  1742;  married  May  21,  1732,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth  (Page)  Eaton, 
born  Apr.  17,  1712.     Her  mother  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Whittier  who  built,  in 
1688,  the  Whittier  homestead  in  Haverhill,  where  his  descendant,  the  poet,  was  born. 
They  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  where  their  four  children  were  born: 

1.  Ruth5  b.  Apr.  1,  1733;  d.  Nov.  3,  1735. 

2.  Sarah5  b.  Feb.  27,  1734-35;  d.  Dec.  9,  1801;  m.  Asa  Ladd. 

3.  Samuel5. 

4.  David5  b.  Jan.  4,  1738-39;  m.  Joanna  Bailey. 

Samuel  Merrill5  (Samuel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Dec.  7,  1737, 
Haverhill,  Mass.;  died  Dec.  29,  1801;  married,  Oct.  25,  1759,  Abigail,  daughter  Samuel 
and  Mehitable  (Harriman)  Eaton  of  Plaistow,  N.  H.,  born  Aug.  8,  1736,  died  May  22, 
1816.  Lived  on  the  farm  inherited  by  his  grandfather,  Nathaniel,  in  Haverhill  West 
Parish.  Was  captain  in  Massachusetts  militia  in  1776.  Captain  in  Maj.  Gage's  com- 
mand winch  marched  to  reinforce  the  Northern  Army  in  Sept.  1777.  Was  present  at 
surrender  of  Burgoyne.     Nine  children  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.: 

1.  Samuel6  b.  1761;  d.  1833;  lived  in  Methuen,  Mass. 

2.  Jesse9  b.  Oct.  8. 1762;  d.  Oct.  8, 1840;  m.  Priscilla  Kimball;  lived  in  Peacham,  Vt. 

3.  James6  b.  1764;  d.  1788. 

4.  Jonathan6  b.  1766;  d.  1805;  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

5.  Evan6  b.  1768:  d.  1821;  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.     Commissioned  colonel  in  War  of 

1812. 

6.  David6. 

7.  William6  b.  1773;  d.  1843;  m.  Elsie  Howe;  lived  in  the  old  homestead. 

8.  John  Hancock6  b.  Nov.  24,  1775:  d.  Oct.  1,  1826;  m.  Elizabeth  Carleton;  lived  in 

Pembroke,  N.  H. 

9.  Horatio6  b.  1778;  d.  1850;  lived  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

David  Merrill6  (Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  May  8, 
1771,  Haverhill,  Mass.;  died  Nov.  19,  1824,  Haverhill;  married  Dorothy,  daughter 
Daniel  and  Rebecca  (Hunt)  Clark,  born  Lebanon,  Conn.,  Feb.  8,  1778;  died  Haverhill 
Jan.  31,  1840.  Came  to  Haverhill  from  Peacham,  Vt.,  in  1804.  Lived  at  North  Haver- 
hill on  what  was  afterwards  the  town  farm.  Eight  children  born  Peacham,  Vt.,  and 
Haverhill : 

1.  Abigail7  b.  Feb.  14,  1801;  d.  Nov.  27,  1843;  m.  Isaac  Carleton.     (See  Carleton.) 

2.  Schuyler7. 

3.  Edward  S.7  b.  June  10,  1805;  was  hotel  keeper,  Andover,  Mass. 

4.  Samuel  E.7  b.  Nov.  8,  1807;  d.  May  3,  1839. 

5.  Chester7  b.  July  8,  1810;  d.  Oct.  22,  1831. 

6.  David7  b.  Nov.  7,  1813;  m.,  1st,  Betsey  Harris;  two  chil. :  Henry  who  d.  in  the  army, 

and  Francis. 

7.  Berintha  R.7  b.  Mar.  4,  1817;  d.  Jan.  7,  1854;  m.  Solon  Southard.     (See  Southard.) 

8.  John  H.7  b.  Apr.  1820;  d.  Oct.  7,  1820. 


590  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Schuyler  Merrill7  (David6,  Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel') 
born  Peacham,  Vt.,  Dec.  14,  1802;  died  Haverhill  Aug.  7,  1892;  married  at  Haverhill 
Sept.  18,  1828,  Esther  E.,  daughter  David  Mead  of  Walpole,  born  Apr.  10,  1810;  died  at 

Haverhill  Oct.  25, .     They  lived  in  Haverhill,  then  for  some  years  in  Peacham,  Vt., 

later  returned  to  Haverhill.     He  lived  for  some  years  on  what  was  formerly  the  town 
farm,  now  owned  by  W.  H.  Ingalls.     Nine  children  born  in  Haverhill  and  Peacham,  Vt.: 

1.  Cynthia  Clark8  b.  Nov.  13,  1829,  at  Hav.;  m.  Harry  M.  Patridge.     (See  Patridge.) 

2.  John  Henry8  b.  at  Hay.  Aug.  28,  1832;  d.  Mar.  31,  1912;  m.  Dec.  25,  1874,  Winnie 

Gray  of  Canada.     Lived  just  above  No.  Hav.  Village.     No  chil. 

3.  Sophia  Mead8  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Dec.  28,  1834;  d.  Apr.  30,  1859;  m.  Feb.  3,  1856, 

Nathaniel  F.  Ames  of  Barnet,  Vt. 

4.  Franklin  Southard8  b.  Peacham,  Dec.  10,  1836;  d.  of  starvation  in  Libby  Prison 

June  28,  1864;  m.  Nov.  2,  1859,  Eunice  Wells  of  Illinois. 

5.  Esther8  b.  Peacham  Apr.  3,  1839;  d.  Sept.  3,  1841. 

6.  Samuel  Eaton8  b.  Peacham,  Feb.  24,  1842. 

7.  Schuyler  F.8  b.  Feb.  13,  1844;  d.  Jan.  12,  1858. 

8.  David  Choate8  b.  Apr.  4,  1846;  m.  Mary  Ellen  Southard  of  Hav.,  living  (in  1913) 

in  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

9.  Esther  Azora8  b.  Nov.  7,  1851;  m.  Aug.  19,  1875,  Wesley  P.  Glover  of  Hav.,  s.  of 

Seth  and  Almira  Glover. 

Samuel  Eaton  Merrill8  (Schuyler7,  David6,  Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathan- 
iel2, Nathaniel1)  born  Feb.  24,  1842,  at  Peacham,  Vt.;  married  Sept.  13,  1866,  Sarah  Jane, 
daughter  of  William  and  Elsie  (Davis)  Eastman,  born  Haverhill  Aug.  31,  1845,  died  Dec. 
5,  1883,  at  Tampa,  Fla.  He  served  in  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  in  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion.  (See  Military  Record.)  About  1882  he  went  to  Florida,  but  after 
a  few  years  returned  North  and,  in  1914,  resided  in  Natick,  Mass.  Five  children  all 
born  in  North  Haverhill: 

1.  Harriet  Dame9,  graduate  of  normal  school. 

2.  Alice  Brooks9  m.  Nov.  27,  1902,  Walter  P.  Merryman,  photographer.     Resides  138 

Cedar  Street,  Haverhill,  Mass.  Two  chil.:  Rebecca  Eastman10  b.  May  31, 
1904;  John  Bradbury10  b.  Jan.  26,  1907. 

3.  William  Sheridan9  m.  July  10,  1897,  Mary  Bullock  of  Boston,  Mass.;  contractor 

and  builder,  Natick,  Mass.  Four  chil.:  Eaton10  b.  Boston  Oct.  26,  1899;  d.  1902; 
Esther10  b.  Boston  Sept.  28,  1901,  d.  1903;  Florence10  b.  Boston  Aug.  16,  1903;  Le 
Verne10  b.  Boston  Apr.  11,  1906. 

4.  Leslie  Eaton9  m.  Oct.  24,  1904,  Elsie  Watson  of  Haverhill,  Mass.     Resides  Bar- 

berton,  O.  Superintendent  Valve  Mfg.  Co.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Winslow  Eaton10 
b.  Springfield,  Mass.,  Oct.  21,  1905;  (2)  Sarah  Elizabeth10  b.  Nov.  29,  1912. 

5.  John  Roscoe9  m.  Oct.  19,  1910,  Nellie,  dau.  Edwin  and  Elizabeth  (Sanborn)  Hall, 

Haverhill,  Mass.  He  is  a  shoe  manufacturer.  Resides  Haverhill,  Mass.  Two 
chil.:  (1)  Sarah  Eastman10  b.  July  31,  1911;  (2)  Samuel  Eaton10  b.  Sept.  23,  1912. 

Joseph  Merrill4  (Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  brother  of  Samuel4,  born 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  July  3,  1709;  married  Sept.  28,  1731,  Ruth  Corliss.  Lived  in  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  where  their  nine  children  were  born.  Children:  1,  Joseph5  died  young;  2, 
Mehetabel5  died  unmarried;  3,  Joseph5  lived  in  Maine;  4,  Benjamin5;  5,  Elizabeth6;  6, 
Ruth5  born  Mar.  15,  1743,  married  Jesse  Wilson  of  Pelham;  their  son,  Nathaniel,  came  to 
Haverhill  1801  (see  Wilson);  7,  John6  married  Ruth  Cleveland,  lived  in  Bath;  8,  Abigail6 
married,  first,  Poole  who  was  drowned  at  the  Narrows  in  the  Connecticut  River;  married, 
second,  as  second  wife  of  Col.  Thomas  Johnson  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  died  Dec.  2,  1774; 
9,  Nathaniel5. 

Nathaniel  Merrill6  (Joseph4,  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Mar.  2, 
1747;  died  Piermont  1825;  married  (published  June  22,  1771)  Sarah,  daughter  Capt. 
John  Hazen  of  Haverhill,  born  1754,  died  Feb.  7,  1819.  He  was  a  grantee  of  Newbury, 
but  came  first  to  Bath  about  1770.  Later  he  went  to  Newbury,  then  to  Haverhill  after 
the  War  of  the  Revolution.     He  held  a  commission  as  major  in  the  militia  and  rendered 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  591 

valuable  service  in  the  war.  A  man  of  great  energy  and  sturdy  common  sense  he  took 
an  important  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  one  of  the  select- 
men of  Haverhill  for  twelve  years,  between  1784  and  1806,  and  represented  the  town  four 
times  in  the  state  legislature,  1794,  '95,  '96  and  1806.  He  owned  the  farm  on  the  Plain 
which  early  in  the  last  century  was  purchased  by  James  Eastman  and  which  has  been 
owned  by  his  descendants  since.  It  was  a  part  of  the  famous  Hay  farm.  He  is 
believed  to  have  been  the  owner  of  the  first  chaise  in  town.  He  was  possessed  of  a 
remarkably  strong  voice,  and  could  converse  with  Major  Joshua  Hale  of  Newbury,  who 
was  similarly  gifted,  with  perfect  ease  when  they  were  a  mile  apart.  They  had  no  need 
of  a  telephone.  He  was  not  a  member  of  the  church,  though  a  constant  attendant. 
Rev.  Ethan  Smith  said  of  him:  "He  knew  more  than  any  man  I  ever  met,  who  hadn't 
more  education  than  he  had."  He  lived  in  Haverhill  till  1816,  when  he  removed  to 
Piermont  where  he  died  in  1825.  Major  Merrill  had  a  family  of  thirteen  children, 
twelve  of  whom  were  daughters,  and  through  his  daughters  his  descendants  are  numerous 
though  none  bear  his  name.  His  only  son  and  namesake  died  soon  after  reaching  his 
majority.     Thirteen  children  born  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  Haverhill: 

1.  Sarah  b.  May  5,  1772;  m.  Oct.  14,  1789,  Col.  Aaron  Hibbard  of  Bath;  d.  Feb.  24, 

1842. 

2.  Elizabeth  b.  Mar.  3,  1774;  m.  Mar.  10,  1793,  Moses  Swasey  of  Newbury;  d.  Feb. 

4,  1855. 

3.  Abigail  b.  Jan.  29,  1776;  d.  Apr.  2,  1778. 

4.  Mary  Polly  b.  Mar.  16,  1778;  m.  Nathaniel  Runnells  of  Piermont;  d.  Oct.  7,  1838. 

5.  Ann  Nancy  b.  Mar.  16,  1780;  m.  Obadiah  Swasey.     (See  Swasey.) 

6.  Abigail  b.  June  16,  1782;  d.  Apr.  2,  1818. 

7.  Charlotte  b.  July  15,  1784;  m.  Isaac  Pearsons;  d.  Aug.  19,  1817.     (See  Pearsons.) 

8.  LuciNDAb.  Jan.  20,  1787;  m.  (pub.  Feb.  22,  1808)  Abner  Bayley;  d.  Dec.  15,  1809. 

9.  Ruth  b.  1789;  m.  James  Morse  of  Corinth,  Vt.;  d.  Sept.  1754. 

10.  Hannah  b.  1789  (twin  to  Ruth);  m.  Gov.  John  Page  of  Hav.     (See  Page.) 

11.  Mehetabel  b.  1792;  m.  Thos.  Morse;  d.  Mar.  22,  1812. 

12.  Nathaniel  b.  1795;  d.  Apr.  29,  1817. 

13.  Louisa  b.  1797;  m.  Samuel  Page  of  Hav.     (See  Page.) 

MERRILL 

Family  Capt.  Benjamin 

Nathaniel1  married  Susannah. 

Abel2  born  Feb.  20,  1644,  Newbury,  Mass. 

Abel3  born  Dec.  28,  1671,  Newbury,  Mass.;  married  Sarah  Hazelton. 

Abel4  born  Mar.  20,  1698,  West  Newbury,  Mass.;  settled  in  Atkinson. 

JonN5  born  Aug.  15,  1737,  one  of  the  earliest  deacons  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Abel6  born  Atkinson  Nov.  19,  1673;  married  Tamar,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Kimball, 
a  captain  in  the  Continental  Army.  Removed  to  Warren  in  1789  and  took  a  leading 
part  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  and  county;  was  selectman,  representative  to  General 
Court,  state  senator,  judge  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas.     Thirteen  children. 

Capt.  Benjamin  Merrill7  (Abel6,  John8,  Abel4,  Abel3,  Abel2,  Nathaniel1),  eldest  of  the 
thirteen  children  of  Abel6,  born  Plaistow  Oct.  9,  1784;  married  Sarah  Haines,  born  in 
Rumney  June  4,  1787,  died  Jan.  6,  1843.  He  died  Nov.  28,  1835.  Lived  in  Warren; 
came  to  Haverhill  in  1814.     Nine  children  born  in  Warren  and  Haverhill: 

1.  Abel  K.8  b.  Warren  Apr.  4,  1809. 

2.  Harriet8  b.  Warren  Nov.  2,  1810;  m.  Timothy  K.  Blaisdell.     (See  Blaisdell.) 

3.  Sarah8  b.  Warren  Feb.  3,  1813;  m.  Rev.  Alfred  Goldsmith. 

4.  Charlotte8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  5,  1814;  m.  Dr.  Phineas  Spalding.     (See  Spalding.) 

5.  Louisa8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  30,  1816;  m.  John  L.  Bunce.     (See  Bunce.) 

6.  Eleanor8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  22,  1818;  d.  unm.  Apr.  13,  1837. 

7.  Henry8  b.  Hav.  Oct.  29,  1820. 


592  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

8.  Arthur8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  15,  1823.     Educated  at  the  academy,  and  engaged  in  the  life 

insurance  business  in  Boston.  His  health  failing,  he  returned  to  Hav.  and  d. 
Nov.  27,  1870. 

9.  William  Francis8  b.  Hav.  May  7,  1827;  m.  Julia,  dau.  of  John  Wright  of  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y.,  d. .     Educated  at  the  academy,  and  after  teaching  a  short  time  went 

to  Boston  as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  house,  and  about  1850  went  to  New  York,  first 
as  clerk,  then  as  partner  in  a  cloth  and  woolen  jobbing  business.  Later  he 
engaged  in  banking  and  brokerage  business  until  compelled  to  retire  on  account 
of  ill  health.  Lived  in  Brooklyn  till  his  death;  active  in  church  and  city  matters; 
a  member  of  Dr.  Storr's  Church.  The  Dea.  Merrill  Memorial  Chapel  is  a  gift  of 
his  to  the  Hav.  Congregational  Church. 

Dea.  Abel  Kimball  Merrill8  (Capt.  Benjamin7,  Abel6,  John6,  Abel4,  Abel3,  Abel2, 
Nathaniel1)  born  Warren  Apr.  4,  1809;  married,  first,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  born  June  2,  1808,  died  Feb.  24,  1843;  mar- 
ried, second,  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  July  23,  1844,  Abigail  Leverett,  sister  of  first  wife, 
born  Oct.  14,  1811,  died  Haverhill  Sept,  21,  1875.  He  died  Marlboro  Nov.  26,  1878. 
Five  children: 

1.  John  Leverett9  b.  Hav.  May  29,  1833. 

2.  Benjamin9  b.  Hav.  Mar.  25,  1835. 

3.  Sarah  Elizabeth9  b.  Aug.  8,  1836;  lives  in  Lisbon. 

4.  Mary  Eleanor9  b.  Hav.  Sept.  1838;  d.  Mar.  26,  1843. 

5.  Charles  H.9  b.  Hav.  June  16,  1845. 

Deacon  Merrill  fitted  for  college  at  the  academy,  entered  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of 
1828,  intending  to  devote  himself  to  the  ministry,  but,  health  failing,  he  left  college  at 
the  end  of  his  junior  year,  and  returning  home  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  He  was 
a  prominent  and  useful  citizen;  town  clerk  for  many  years;  superintendent  of  the  Con- 
gregational Sunday  School,  and  deacon  for  nearly  fifty  years.  A  man  of  devoted  piety 
and  great  purity  of  character,  he  was  recognized  throughout  the  state  for  his  influence  in 
church  matters;  delegate  from  New  Hampshire  to  the  National  Council  of  Congregational 
Churches  which  met  in  Boston,  in  1855. 

Henry  Merrill8  (Capt.  Benjamin7,  Abel6,  John6,  Abel4,  Abel3,  Abel2,  Nathaniel1) 
born  Haverhill  Oct.  29,  1820;  married,  first,  Apr.  1842,  Mary  J.  Weeks  of  Salisbury,  Vt., 
born  1821,  died  Oct.  14,  1866;  married,  second,  Mar.  10,  1869,  Helen  C,  daughter  Bailey 
C.  and  Clarissa  Currier,  Topsham,  Vt.     He  died  Mar.  29,  1896. 

Rev.  John  Leverett  Merrill9  (Abel  K.8,  Benjamin7,  Abel6,  John5,  Abel4,  Abel3, 
Abel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Haverhill  May  29,  1833;  graduated  Dartmouth  1856,  Princeton 
Theological  1859;  married  Sept.  11,  1860,  Mary  L.,  daughter  John  A.  and  Nancy  (Clark- 
son)  Murphy  of  Chanaford,  Pa.;  died  Reading,  Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1913.     Three  children: 

1.  Mary  L.10  b.  Jan.  18,  1862;  teacher. 

2.  Annie  C.10  b.  Dec.  27,  1867;  d.  July  8,  1868. 

3.  Charles  C.10  b.  Mar.  3,  1872;  grad.  Dartmouth  1894;  Yale  Theological  Seminary 

1897;  ordained  pastor  Congregational  Church,  Steubenville,  O.,  189-;  assistant 
secretary  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society,  in  office  with  his  uncle,  Rev. 
C.  H.  Merrill,  D.  D.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  1916-. 

Mr.  Merrill  filled  with  great  acceptance  and  usefulness  pastorates  of  Presbyterian  and 
Congregational  churches  in  Chanaford,  Pa.,  Acworth,  Marlboro,  Rindge,  and  in  Newbury, 
Vt.,  resigning  the  last  in  1901,  after  ten  years'  service,  on  account  of  advancing  years  and 
impaired  health. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Merrill9  (Abel  K.8,  Benjamin7,  Abel6,  John5,  Abel4,  Abel3,  Abel2, 
Nathaniel1)  born  Mar.  25,  1835;  grad.  Dartmouth,  scientific  department,  1858;  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  1864.  Pastorates  in  Barton,  Md.,  Pembroke,  Ausable  Forks, 
N.  Y.,  and  Swanzey,  till  he  died  Nov.  16,  1888.  Two  children  buried  in  cemetery  at 
Corner:  May  Rose10  1874,  four  years;  Bennie10  two  years. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  593 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill,  D.  D.9  (Abel  K.8,  Benjamin7,  Abel6,  John5,  Abel4,  Abel*, 
Abel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Haverhill  June  16,  1845;  graduated  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1863;  Dartmouth  1867;  Andover  Seminary  1870;  married  Sept.  6,  1870,  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  Laura  Bartlett,  daughter  Daniel  Ford  Merrill.  (See.  D.  F.  M.) 
Six  children: 

1.  Josiah  Leverett10  b.  Mankato,  Minn.,  June  7,   1871;  m.    Katherine   Lakey  at 

Holidavsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  4,  1905.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Josiah  Leverett,  Jr.11,  b.  Sept. 
20,  1906;  (2)  Alice  Katherine11  b.  Apr.  6,  1910. 

2.  Walter  Hibbard10  b.  Marlboro  Feb.  17,  1873. 

3.  Margaret  Bell10  b.  W.  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Feb.  29,  1876. 

4.  Abbie  Luella10  b.  W.  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1878;  m.  July  1,  1908,  Joseph 

Fairbanks.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Edward  Joseph11  b.  Jan.  19,  1910;  (2)  Philip  Merrill 
b.  July  9,  1913. 

5.  Elizabeth  Dora10  b.  W.  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Feb.  24,  1887;  m.  July  14, 1909,  Arthur  A. 

Sprague.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Richard  Merrill11  b.  Apr.  12,  1910;  (2)  William  Wal- 
lace11 b.  Dec.  6,  1912;  (3)  Arthur  G.,  Jr.11,  b.  Sept.  1,  1915. 

6.  Winifred  Salisbury10  b.  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Apr.  22,  1891. 

Mr.  Merrill  was  pastor  at  Mankato,  Minn.,  and  West  Brattleboro,  Vt.  Received 
degree  Dartmouth  1901.  Secretary  Vermont  Domestic  Missionary  Society.  Resides 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.     His  nephew,  Charles  C,  is  his  assistant. 

MERRILL 

Daniel  Ford  Merrill  born  Stratham  Nov.  2,  1812,  son  of  Rev.  Asa  and  Esther 
Fowler  Merrill.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  1835.  Married  at  Mobile, 
Ala.,  May  23,  1845,  Luella  Bartlett,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Laura  (Bartlett)  Bell,  born 
Haverhill  Jan.  18,  1823.  While  in  college  he  taught  for  a  time  in  the  academy  at  Haver- 
hill and  at  that  time  made  the  acquaintance  of  his  future  wife.  About  1840  he  went  to 
Mobile,  Ala.,  and  opened  a  boys'  preparatory  school  there,  called  Barton  Academy. 
This  was  afterwards  enlarged  and  girls  were  admitted.  He  was  the  first  superintendent 
of  public  schools  in  Mobile,  and  was  chairman  of  a  committee  to  secure  Agassiz  and  other 
famous  scientists  for  lectures  in  that  city.  Owing  to  failing  health  he  gave  up  his  school 
in  1858  and  took  charge  of  a  copper  mine  on  the  border  of  Georgia,  Alabama  and  North 
Carolina,  which  he  managed  very  successfully  for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of  1860  he 
purchased  the  Joseph  Bell  estate  at  the  Corner,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Fred  W. 
Page,  and  went  there  with  his  family  intending  to  spend  a  year  before  returning  South. 
In  the  meantime  the  Civil  War  broke  out.  The  principal  of  the  academy  was  taken  ill, 
and  he  remained  in  Haverhill  till  1865,  having  charge  most  of  the  time  of  the  academy 
and  also  serving  the  town  as  superintendent  of  schools.  In  Feb.  1865,  he  was  appointed 
clerk  in  the  office  of  the  second  auditor  of  the  treasury,  which  position  he  held  for  twenty 
years,  when  he  was  removed  during  the  Cleveland  administration  to  make  room  for  "a 
deserving  Democrat."  He  remained  in  Washington  till  his  death,  May  1,  1904,  in  hi3 
ninety-second  year.     His  wife  died  Dec.  11,  1910.     Six  children: 

1.  Laura  Bartlett  b.  Mobile,  Ala.,  Oct.  27,  1847;  m.  Rev.  Charles  H.  Merrill  of  St. 

Johnsbury,  Vt.     (See.) 

2.  Helen  Dora  b.  Mobile  Aug.  23,  1849;  d.  May  13,  1850. 

3.  Anna  Dora  b.  Hav.  Aug.  3,  1851;  m.  Charles  H.  Merwin  of  Washington,  D.  C, 

and  has  three  chil.:  Charles  M.,  an  architect  in  New  York  City;  John  O.,  an 
electrician  in  Erie,  Pa.;  and  Anna  D. 

4.  Mary  Helen  b.  Mobile,  Ala.,  Jan.  11,  1854;  m.  Edward  M.  Bentley  of  New  York 

City;  has  one  s.,  Edward  S.,  a  graduate  of  Yale  and  now  (1916)  in  Harvard  Law 
School. 

5.  Luella  Bell  b.  Hav.  Apr.  7,  1857;  m.  Professor  Amos  G.  Draper,  Gallandet  College, 

Washington,  D.  C.  Two  chil.:  Mrs.  Constance  D.  Howard,  Los  Gatos, Calif.; 
Ernest  G.  Draper,  president  American  Creosoting  Co.,  New  York  City.  Mrs. 
Draper  is  the  efficient  editor  of  the  monthly  magazine  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

6.  Daniel  Ford  b.  Hav.  Aug.  6,  1859;  d.  unm.  Oct.  10,  1914. 

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594  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

MONTGOMERY 

John  Montgomery  born  1730  in  County  Armagh,  Ireland;  came  to  America  in  1749; 
died  Londonderry  Mar.  4,  1702.  His  brother,  Thomas,  had  come  to  America  previously, 
and  had  settled  in  Philadelphia  with  another  brother.  John  had  intended  to  join  them, 
but  the  vessel  in  which  he  took  passage  for  America  altered  its  course  and  he  was  car- 
ried to  Boston.  Soon  after  he  went  to  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  having  learned  that  some 
bearing  his  name  had  already  settled  there.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  George 
Knox,  then  stationed  at  Halifax,  whose  wife  was  the  daughter  of  a  Hugh  Montgomery  who 
married  a  McGregor.     They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  all  born  in  Londonderry: 

1.  Jane  m.  John  Clark. 

2.  Mary  m.  James  Bridges. 

3.  Sarah  m.  Thomas  McClary. 

4.  Alexander  m.,  1st,  Rebecca  Peabody;  2d,  Sarah  A.  Porter. 

5.  John. 

6.  Thomas  m.  Lucy  Blanchard. 

7.  Elizabeth  m.  Phineas  Ayers.     (See  Ayers.) 

8.  James  m.  Sally  Hills. 

Gen.  John  Montgomery,  second  son  of  John  and  Mary  Montgomery,  born  London- 
derry, 1764;  settled  in  Haverhill  about  1789;  married  (published  Jan.  4,  1789)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Zelpha  (Adams)  Ring,  born  May  30,  1771,  died  Apr.  21,  1816; 
married,  second,  Mar.  9,  1817,  Mrs.  Patience  Cram,  born  1794,  died  June  25,  1874. 
He  died  Feb.  21,  1825.  When  published  Jan.  4,  1789,  he  was  named  as  of  Andover, 
Mass.  He  entered  at  once  on  an  active  career;  was  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  at  the 
Brook,  owned  a  sawmill,  a  gristmill,  and  was  engaged  in  various  enterprises,  in  all  of 
which  he  was  successful.  He  was  one  of  the  corporators  of  the  Coos  Bank,  chartered 
in  1803;  was  the  largest  stockholder  and  was  its  president  for  several  years,  until,  during 
his  absence  from  home  in  the  War  of  1812,  he  was  succeeded  by  Moses  P.  Payson  of 
Bath.  A  man  of  great  force  and  energy  of  character  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town;  was  moderator  on  several  occasions;  represented  the  town  for  three 
years,  1803,  '04  and  '05,  in  the  legislature  and  held  numerous  positions  of  trust  and 
responsibility.  He  was  early  interested  in  military  affairs,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
War  of  1812  was  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  militia.  Though  in  his 
political  views,  he  was  a  thorough-going  Federalist  and  had  little  sympathy  with  the 
war  party,  he  was  commissioned  brigadier-general  and  was  placed  in  command  of  the 
troops  stationed  at  Portsmouth  for  the  defense  of  the  harbor,  where  he  rendered  loyal 
and  faithful  service.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Union  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  was 
worshipful  master  in  1802-03.  His  loyalty  to  the  church,  even  when  disciplined,  is 
evidenced  by  the  following  minute  in  the  church  records  under  date  of  May  3,  1799: 
"Bro.  John  Montgomery  sent  in  a  confession  to  be  read  in  public  for  his  transgression 
in  riding  on  two  occasions  on  the  Lord's  Day,  which  was  accepted."  The  large,  square, 
two-story  house  at  the  Brook  was  built  by  him  early  in  the  last  century,  and  has  been 
known  for  many  years  as  the  Montgomery  house.  Its  handsome  interior  has  been  but 
little  changed  since  it  was  first  finished.  It  is  now  (1916)  owned  by  the  estate  of  Capt. 
J.  LeRoy  Bell.  Gen.  Montgomery  was  of  prepossessing  personal  appearance,  was  pos- 
sessed of  fine  musical  talent,  and  was  "given  to  hospitality."  He  had  large  influence  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  state,  as  well  as  in  his  own  town  where  he  was  a  recognized 
leader.  For  several  years  he  was  Haverhill's  largest  taxpayer.  Neither  of  his  two  sons 
married,  but  his  daughters  had  numerous  descendants.  Of  these  none  are,  so  far  as 
known,  living  in  town.  He  had  eleven  children,  all  born  in  Haverhill.  By  his  first  mar- 
riage there  were  nine: 

1.    Mary  b.  Mar.  5,  1790;  d.  Apr.  24,  1869;  m.  at  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  26,  1810. 
Samuel  Batchelder  b.  Jaffrey  June  8,  1784,  d.  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1879. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  595 

In  1808  Mr.  Batchelder  became  interested  in  a  cotton  mill  in  New  Ipswich,  the 
second  erected  in  the  state,  and  later  was  engaged  in  the  management  of  mills  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  Exeter,  and  the  York  Mills  in  Saco,  Me.  A  pioneer  in  the  great 
cotton  manufacturing  industry  in  America,  he  was  engaged  in  it  continuously 
from  1808  to  1870,  when  he  retired  from  active  management  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
six.  He  was  the  inventor  of  several  machines  and  appliances,  some  of  which  are 
still  in  use  in  cotton  mills.  Their  nine  chil.  were:  (1)  John  Montgomery  b.  Oct. 
12,  1811;  (2)  William  b.  Dec.  12,  1813;  (3)  Mary  Ann  b.  Aug.  2,  1815;  (4)  Horace 
b.  Oct.  11,  1817;  (5)  Isabella  b.  Sept.  2,  1819,  m.  Dec.  3,  1851,  Thomas  P.  James 
of  Philadelphia;  (6)  Edward  Everett  b.  Sept.  19,  1821;  (7)  Eugene  b.  Nov.  13, 
1822;  (8)  Francis  Lowell,  b.  Apr.  2,  1825;  (9)  Francis  Lowell,  b.  Jan.  9,  1830. 

2.  Ann  or  Nancy  b.  Apr.  8,  1792;  m.  Dec.  7,  1815,  John  West  of  Boston.     A  dau.  of 

John  and  Nancy  West  m.  Edward  H.  Rollins,  afterwards  congressman  and  United 
States  senator  from  New  Hampshire,  and  their  s.,  Frank  West  Rollins,  a  leading 
Boston  banker,  was  governor  of  his  state.     Resided  in  Concord;  d.  1914. 

3.  Mary  b.  Oct.  1,  1794;  d.  Apr.  14,  1817. 

4.  George  Knox  b.  Jan.  5,  1797;  d.  unm.  Feb.  9,  1817. 

5.  Eliza  b.  July  31,  1799;  m.  Dec.  26,  1817,  Nathaniel  F.  Hurd  of  Corinth,  Vt. 

6.  John  Adams  b.  Sept.  2,  1801;  d.  Apr.  5,  1803. 

7.  Harriet  Adams  b.  Aug.  10,  1805;  d.  Apr.  25,  1817. 

8.  Ellen  Douglas  b.  Sept.  10,  1810;  m.  Joseph  Manahan. 

9.  Charlotte  b.  Mar.  18,  1813;  m.  Hezekiah  Packard. 

Mrs.  Patience  Cram,  the  second  wife  of  Gen.  Montgomery,  born  1794,  was  the  eldest 
daughter  of  John  and  Phebe  (Beede)  Purrington,  and  the  granddaughter  of  Daniel  and 
Patience  (Prescott)  Beede  of  East  Kingston. 

10.  Myra  dau.  John  and  Patience  (Purrington-Cram)  Montgomery,  b.  May  24,  1818; 

m.  Nov.  23,  1834,  Jonathan  S.  Nichols.     (See  Nichols.) 

11.  Martha  bapt.  July  9,  1820. 

MORRILL 

Alfred  Morrill2,  son  of  Ebenezer1  and  Jeannette  (McLean)  Morrill,  born  Danville, 

Vt.,  Dec.  9,  1824;  died  Benton,  Feb.  1,  1915;  married  1853,  at  Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  Lucia, 

daughter  of  Sylvester  and  Patience  (Hill)  Wheeler,  born  July,  1826;  died  Nov.  1901. 

Five  children: 

1.  Eben3  (Alfred2,  Ebenezer1)  b.  Durham,  P.  Q.,  May  22,  1854.  He  came  to  the  states 
when  a  small  boy  and  at  the  age  of  16  entered  the  cotton  mills  at  Lawrence.  He 
took  charge  of  the  weaving  and  was  in  the  employ  of  B.  B.  &  K.  Knights  Co.  of 
Rhode  Island,  from  1880  till  1902,  when  he  came  to  Haverhill,  purchasing  the 
Shepard  place  and  the  Colebrook  place  on  the  Brushwood  road.  He  was  the 
first  carrier  on  Route  No.  2  at  Pike,  resigning  in  1917.  He  m.  Mar.  31,  1879,  at 
Manchaug,  town  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  Nancy,  b.  Millbury,  Mass.,  dau.  Lawrence 
and  Mary  (Dumberly)  Hall.     Eleven  chil.  of  Eben: 

(1)  Mary  Annie4  b.  Aug.  31,  1880;  d.  July  31,  1881,  at  Manchaug,  Mass. 

(2)  Lawrence  Albert4  b.  Jan.  8,  1882,  at  Manchaug,  Mass.;  m.  at  Lowell, 

Mass.,  1902,  Annie,  dau.  Martin  and  Ann  Groecke  of  Bradford,  Eng. 
Seven  chil.  of  Lawrence  A.:  (a)  Alfred  Lawrence5  b.  Feb.  13,  1903,  at 
Pike;  (b)  Lawrence  Albert,  Jr.5  b.  Sept.  12,  1904,  at  Pike;  (c)  Herman5  b. 
Nov.  8.  1906.  at  Bridgewater,  Mass.;  (d)  Lucia  Ann5  b.  Jan.  21,  1908,  at 
Bridgewater,  Mass.;  (e)  Mary  Louise5  b.  Aug.  18,  1909,  at  Pike;  (f)  James 
Robert5  b.  Sept.  3,  1911,  at  Pike;  (g)  Eben5  b.  Jan.  1,  1916,  at  Worcester, 
Mass. 

(3)  Winifred4  b.  Oct.  22,  1883,  at  Manchaug;  grad.  Hav.  academy  and  New 
Hampshire  Agricultural  and  Scientific  College,  1911,  engraving  course;  m. 
Oct.  4,  1914,  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Mary  Farrell.  Child,  Dorothy  May5, 
b.  Nov.  22,  1915,  at  Waverley,  Mass. 

(4)  Lucia  Jeannette4  b.  Nov.  28,  1885,  at  Benton;  grad.  Memorial  Hospital, 
Worcester,  1911;  m.  Nov.  28,  1911,  Charles  Natt  of  Worcester.  Chil.: 
(a)  Ruth5  b.  Apr.  7,  1913,  at  Worcester;  (b)  Rose5  b.  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1914, 
ot  Worcester. 

(5)  Eben  Jr.4  b.  June  30,  1887,  Benton;  d.  July  18,  1913,  at  Victoria,  B.  A. 


596  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

(6)  Charles  Harrison4  b.  Feb.  28,  1889,  White  Rock,  R.  I.     Volunteer  in 
U.  S.  A.  in  1917;  101st  Regt.  Field  Artillery  H,  2  Co. 

(7)  Frederick4  b.  May  24, ,  White  Rock,  R.  I.;  grad.  Hav.  Academy  1911; 

m.  Beulah,  dau.  Allen  and  Elizabeth  (Titus)  Brown.  Chil.:  (a)  Marshal 
Brown5,  b.  June  10,  1915,  d.  June  29,  1915;  (b)  Phylis  Arlene5  b.  Nov.  11, 
1916,  Piermont;  (c)  Charles  Roderick5  b.  Mar.  31,  1918. 

(8)  Dorothy4  b.  May  23,  1893;  grad.  Hav.  Academy  and  Hartford  Hospital, 
Hartford,  Conn. 

(9)  John  Holt4  b.  Feb.  21,  1897.     Volunteer  U.  S.  A.  Feb.  15,  1918,  426  Track 
Co.  412  Supply  Train,  2  M.  Corps. 

(10)  Herman  Alfred4  b.  Apr.  8,  1899;  grad.  Hav.  Academy  1917.     Volun- 
teer U.  S.  A.  June  1917,  315  Regt.  Inf.,  Medical  Department. 

(11)  Alice  Holt4  b.  Sept.  21,  1900,  at  Pike. 

2.  Jessie  Fremont3  b.  Oct.  2,  1856,  at  Ryegate,  Vt.;  m.  Frank  C.  Mosher  of  Island 

Pond,  Vt.;  d.  190-.     Chil.:  (1)  dau.  b.  and  d.;  (2)  Curtis  b.  Mar.  1899,  at  Island 
Pond. 

3.  Albert  Wheeler3  b.  June  2,  1858,  at  Barnston,  P.  Q. 

4.  Herman  Alfred3  b.  Feb.  26,  1861,  at  Barnston,  P.  Q. 

5.  Jeannette3  b.  186-,  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.;  grad.  normal  school  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
and  post  grad.  Harvard  College,  English  course. 

MORRIS 

Thomas  Morris1  of  East  Fairfield,  Vt.,  came  to  Haverhill  in  1896,  and  resided  with  his 
sons  until  his  death  in  1906.    Three  of  his  sons  had  previously  settled  in  town. 

Thomas  Morris2  born  East  Fairfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  25,  1857;  came  to  Haverhill  in  1875; 
married  Nov.  2,  1879,  Carrie  I.,  daughter  Alonzo  W.  and  Hannah  Cole  Putnam.  Two 
children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Alonzo  W.  Morris3  b.  Nov.  14,  1880;  m.  Nov.  30,  1911,  Rena  K.  Gould  of  Pier- 

mont. 

2.  John  P.  Morris3  b.  Jan.  10,  1886;  m.  June  24,  1914,  Ella  J.  Moore  of  Island  Pond, 

Vt. 

William  H.  Morris2  born  East  Fairfield,  Vt.,  Mar.  3,  1859;  came  to  Haverhill  in 
1883;  married  Nov.  26,  1885,  Lizzie  M.,  daughter  Alonzo  W.  and  Hannah  Cole  Putnam. 
She  died  June  6,  1909.     Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Minnie  E.  Morris3  b.  May  2,  1889. 

2.  Walter  P.  Morris3  b.  Nov.  14,  1891;  m.  June  23,  1914,  Mary  E.  Blake.    They 

have  one  child,  Walter  B.  Morris,  b.  June  28,  1916. 

The  Morris  brothers  live  on  the  Putnam  farms  on  the  turnpike,  Thomas  occupying 
the  Putnam  homestead  and  William  H.  the  "Billy"  Porter  place. 

Edward  J.  Morris2  born  East  Fairfield,  Vt.,  June  8,  1864;  came  to  Haverhill  in  1885; 
married  Sept.,  1898,  Daisy  P.  Stevens  of  Piermont.  He  died  Haverhill  Feb.  24,  1913. 
One  child,  Edna  A.  Morris,  born  June  10,  1910. 

MORRISON 

Samuel  Morrison1,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Alexander)  Morrison,  born  London- 
derry Mar.  5,  1752;  married  Mary  Roads;  died  West  Fairlee,  Vt.,  1802. 

William  Morrison2  (Samuel1)  born  Londonderry  May  3,  1776;  married  Oct.  8,  1808, 
at  Haverhill,  Stira,  daughter  Joshua  and  Abiah  (Ladd)  Young,  died  Bath  July  17,  1853. 

Charles  Robert  Morrison3  (William2,  Samuel1)  born  Bath  Jan.  23,  1819;  married 
Dec.  22,  1842,  Susan,  daughter  Solomon  and  Susannah  (Fuller)  Fitch  of  Littleton;  edu- 
cated at  Newbury  Seminary;  studied  law  and  admitted  to  the  bar,  July  1842.  He  died 
Sept.  15,  1893;  she  died  Feb.  20,  1900.  Began  practice  of  his  profession  in  Bath,  but  came 
to  Haverhill  in  1845;  appointed  circuit  justice  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1851;  removed 
in  1855,  when  Know  Nothings  made  a  clean  sweep  of  all  Democratic  office  holders. 


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After  this  removal  he  went  to  Manchester  and  resumed  practice.  Was  adjutant  of  the 
Eleventh  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  Was  thrice  wounded  in  the  service.  After  the 
war  returned  to  his  practice  in  Manchester  till  18S7,  when  he  removed  to  Concord.  He 
was  author  of"  Digest  of  New  Hampshire  Reports,"  1868;  "Probate  Directory,"  1870; 
"Justice  and  Sheriff,"  1872;  "Town  Officer,"  1876;  "Digest  of  Laws  Relating  to  Common 
Schools,"  18S1;  "Proofs  of  Christ's  Resurrection  from  a  Lawyer's  Standpoint,"  1885; 
"  Digest  of  All  New  Hampshire  Reports,"  1891.  He  also  prepared  a  history  of  his  branch 
of  the  Morrison  family  for  publication  in  the  general  work  by  L.  A.  Morrison.  He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics;  in  religious  faith  a  Congregationalist.  He  was  an  able  lawyer  of 
solid  rather  than  brilliant  attainments. 

MORSE 

The  Morses  of  Haverhill  trace  their  ancestry  to  different  New  England  early  settlers. 
The  names  of  Anthony  Morse,  William  Morse,  Joseph  Morse  and  Samuel  Morse  appear 
on  the  New  England  records  at  an  early  date,  William1  and  Anthony1  of  Newbury, 
Essex  County,  Mass.,  were  brothers,  and  Samuel1  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  and  Joseph  of 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  were  also  brothers. 

Samuel  Morse1  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  born  in  England,  emigrated  to  New  England  1635; 
was  first  at  Watertown,  Mass.;  settled  at  Dedham  1636  or  1637,  and  died  at  Medfield  Apr. 
5,  1654. 

Joseph  Morse1  (brother  of  Samuel1)  born  in  England  about  1587;  emigrated  to  New 
England  1635;  settled  in  Ipswich  prior  to  1641,  and  died  there. 

Anthony  Morse1  born  May  9,  1606,  Wiltshire,  England;  emigrated  to  New  England 
and  settled  at  Newbury  1635;  died  there  Oct.  12,  1686.  Twice  married.  Eleven 
children. 

William  Morse1  (brother  to  Anthony1)  born  in  England;  and  came  to  New  Eng- 
land on  same  vessel  with  Anthony.  Settled  in  Newbury,  Mass.;  died  Nov.  29,  1683. 
Four  children. 

The  first  family  of  the  name  of  Morse  located  in  Haverhill  was  that  of  Uriah  Morse, 
who  with  his  wife  came  from  Northfield,  Mass.,  June  1762  and  settled  upon  the  bank 
of  Poole  Brook,  west  of  the  bridge  on  the  main  road  and  a  little  southwest  of  the  house 
where  David  Merrill  lived  many  years.  Uriah  Morse  and  Hannah,  his  wife,  boarded 
Capt.  John  Hazen's  men  while  they  were  building  the  mills. 

Uriah  Morse6  was  a  descendant  of  Samuel  Morse1  of  Dedham,  Norfolk  County, 
Mass.;  was  born  Jan.  31,  1730-31,  the  son  of  Isaac4  and  Elizabeth  Morse  of  Holliston, 
Shrewsbury  and  Worcester,  Mass.  He  removed  to  Northfield,  Mass.,  about  the  time 
of  his  marriage,  between  1750-60,  and  thence  in  1762  to  Haverhill,  where  he  was  the  first 
"Taverner."  After  some  years'  residence  in  Haverhill,  he  removed  to  Newfane,  Vt., 
where  other  descendants  of  Samuel  Morse  had  located  in  the  Revolutionary  period,  and 
where  he  died.  With  the  exception  of  Uriah,  it  is  believed  that  all  others  bearing  the  name 
of  Morse  in  Haverhill  have  been  descendants  of  Anthony  Morse1,  the  emigrant  settler  in 
New  England. 

No  less  than  six  descendants  of  the  sixth  generation  from  Anthony  Morse1  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Haverhill.    They  were: 

I.  Stephen  Morse6  (Thomas5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3,  Lieut.  Anthony2, 
Anthony1). 

II.  Capt.  Edmund  Morse6  (Thomas5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3,  Lieut. 
Anthony2,  Anthony1),  brother  of  Stephen6. 

III.  Capt.  Stephen  Morse6  (Stephen5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3,  Lieut. 
Anthony2,  Anthony1)  cousin  of  Stephen6  and  Capt.  Edmund6. 

IV.  Daniel  Morse6  (Daniel5,  Benjamin4,  Dea.  William3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1). 


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V.  John  Morse6  (Daniel5,  Benjamin4,  Dea.  William3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1), 
brother  Daniel6. 

VI.  Dea.  Jonathan  Morse6  (Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1). 

These  will  be  taken  up  as  six  distinct  families,  and  descendants  traced  from  the 
Haverhill  settlers. 

I.  Descendants  Stephen  Morse 

Stephen  Morse6  born  Jan.  28,  1756  or  57;  married  Sally  Kay  about  1780,  soon  after 
coming  to  Haverhill  from  Bradford,  Mass. ;  died  June  14,  1843.  He  settled  on  what  came 
to  be  known  as  "Morse  Hill"  on  the  old  Coventry  road  from  the  Plains  to  Coventry 
Meadows.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  Was  a  blacksmith.  Had  a 
family  of  twelve  sons  and  two  daughters.  In  the  Democratic-Republican  of  June  28, 
1843,  appears  the  following  obituary:  "Died  14th  inst.  Mr.  Stephen  Morse,  aged  eighty- 
eight  years.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  the  father  of  twelve  sons,  all  but  one 
of  whom  lived  to  the  estate  of  manhood.  He  was  for  forty  years  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church.  At  a  family  reunion  in  1836,  ten  of  his  sons  with  their  families  were  pres- 
ent. They  repaired  to  church  where  the  eldest  son,  Rev.  Bryan  Morse,  preached  a 
sermon  appropriate  to  the  occasion.  His  widow  and  nine  sons  survive  him."  Children 
all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Bryan7. 

2.  Caleb7. 

3.  JohnC.7 

4.  Thomas7  b.  Jan.  13,  1789;  m.,  1st,  Judith  Parker  of  E.  Bradford,  Mass.;  m.,  2d, 

Rebecca  Greenough;  m.  3d,  Jane  Breckinridge.  Eleven  chil.,  seven  by  first  wife 
four  by  third.  He  lived  in  Massachusetts  and  later  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  where  he 
died.     None  of  his  descendants  lived  in  Hav. 

5.  Stephen7  b.  Nov.  18,  1790;  m.,  Sally  Forsyth;  lived  in  Hav. 

6.  Robert7  b.  July  30,  1792;  m.  July  17,  1814,  Susannah  Hayes.    He  lived  in  West 

Rumney;  was  a  stage  proprietor,  and  organized  the  first  stage  route  between 
Concord  and  Hav.  and  was  largely  interested  in  other  lines.  His  descendants 
are  widely  scattered,  but  none  live  in  Hav. 

7.  Joshua7  b.  Apr.  3,  1794;  m.  Ruth  White.    No  issue.    Kept  stage  tavern  at  Rumney. 

8.  Isaac7  b.  Dec.  13,  1795;  d.  1803  from  bleeding  at  nose. 

9.  Gen.  James7  b.  Aug.  28,  1797;  m.  Nov.  1818  Louisa  P.  Page,  b.  Mar.  7,  1797,  d.  Dec. 

1885,  St.  Armands,  P.  Q.  He  d.  St.  Armands,  Sept.  1877.  Lived  at  Waterford, 
Vt.,  and  later  St.  Armands.  A  grandson,  Henry  Woolson  Morse,9  b.  Boston  1858, 
well  known  composer  of  comic  opera  music;  lives  New  York  City. 

10.  Aaron7  b.  Sept.  16,  1799;  m.  1st,  Pamelia  T.  Niles  of  Hav.,  Jan.  24,  1826,  d.  Dec. 

28,  1853;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Harriett  A.  Knight,  widow  of  Dean  E.  Knight.  He  d.  at 
Williston,  Vt.,  Oct.  1876;  she  d.  1898.  He  left  Hav.  when  a  young  man  and  lived  at 
Hyde  Park  and  Williston,  Vt.  Four  chil.,  none  of  whom  or  descendants  lived  in 
Hav. 

11.  Timothy7  b.  Apr.  27,  1803;  m.  Jan.  27,  1822,  Pamelia,  dau.  of  Colton  Haines  of 

Rumney.  Lived  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  he  was  a  prominent  business  man  and 
citizen.  (For  sketch  see  History  of  Newbury,  Wells,  pp.  640-41.)  He  d.  Sept. 
7,  1862.     Seven  chil. 

12.  Hiram7  b.  Aug.  17,  1804;  m.  (Pub.  June  7,  1833)  Mary,  dau.  Winthrop  Elliott  of 

Hav.,  b.  Mar.  1,  1808,  d.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Sept.  13,  1880.  He  d.  Hav.  Apr.  10, 
1850.  Six  chil.:  (1)  Susannah8,  (2)  Josiah8,  (3)  Roswell  Elliott8,  (4)  Emily8, 
(5)  Sarah  K.8,  (6)  Hiram  D.8  Josiah  lived  in  Hav.,  d.  1856  unm.  The  three  last 
named  lived  in  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Rev.  Bryan  Morse7  (Stephen6),  eldest  son,  born  Nov.  28,  1781;  marrried,  first  Susan- 
nah, daughter  Timothy  Stevens  of  Bath  (published  Aug.  19,  1802);  married,  second, 
Eliza  D.  (Torr)  Repill,  daughter  of  Vincent  Torr  of  Newmarket,  and  widow  of  Grover 
Repill.  He  lived  at  the  Corner  in  the  house  opposite  the  Col.  Johnston  place  until  1833 
when  he  removed  to  Lowell,  Mass.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  a  cabinetmaker  and  local 
preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.    While  living  in  Lowell,  he  was  engaged 


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for  some  years  in  mercantile  pursuits.  He  lived  also  for  a  time  at  Salmon  Falls,  remov- 
ing from  there  to  Groveland,  Mass.,  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  Nine  children,  six  by 
first  and  three  by  second  marriage. 

1.  Horace  B.8  b.  Hav.  Mar.  1804;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  1823;  d.  by  drowning  near 

Portsmouth ;  unm. 

2.  Peabody  A.8  b.  Hav.  1805;  m.  May  16,  1837,  Virginia  Sompayrac  of  Natchitoches, 

La.;  grad.  at  Dartmouth,  class  of  1830.  After  leaving  college  he  was  tutor  for 
three  years  in  the  family  of  Judge  Brooks  of  the  Virginia  Supreme  Court,  with 
whom  he  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1833  he  went  to  Natchi- 
toches, La.,  where  he  practiced  law  with  great  success,  and  was  for  several  years 
a  member  of  the  state  legislature,  serving  with  great  distinction.  In  1843  he  went 
to  California  where  he  held  official  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  among  which 
were  those  of  judge  of  the  San  Francisco  court,  and  commissioner  of  the  funded 
debt.  In  1854  he  returned  to  Louisiana  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  till  his  death  in  1878.  Five  chil.:  (1)  Ernest  Bryan9  b.  Jan.  13,  1839; 
(2)  Mary  Josephine9  b.  Aug.  24,  1841;  (3)  P.  Evarist9  b.  May  17,  1842;  (4)  Eliza 
Desirie9  b.  May  28,  1844;  (5)  Katie  A.9  b.  May  12,  1846. 

3.  George  W.8  b.  Hav.  1812;  m.  June  26,  1848,  Marion  Bloodworth.    He  was  educated 

at  Hav.  Academy,  and  early  displayed  wonderful  mechanical  and  inventive  skill. 
At  the  age  of  18  he  invented  a  gun  with  a  magazine  lock  which  could  be  fired 
sixty  times  without  priming,  and  later,  in  1856,  he  invented  the  "metallic  car- 
tridge case,"  which  made  breach  loading  small  arms  a  success.  On  account  of 
imperfections  in  the  application  for  a  patent  drawn  up  by  his  lawyer,  he  was 
deprived  of  priority  of  invention,  though  such  priority  was  a  quarter  of  a  century 
later,  admitted  by  officers  of  the  Ordnance  Department  and  Patent  Office  experts 
after  careful  examination,  an  admission  concurred  in  by  Secretary  of  War  Robert 
T.  Lincoln.  Mr.  Morse,  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1888,  was  a  resident  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  but  had  previously  lived  many  years  in  Louisiana.  One  child, 
Peabody  Atkinson  Morse9,  b.  May  12,  1842,  at  Natchitoches,  La. 

4.  Priscilla  P.8  b.  Hav.  about  1814;  went  south  and  m.  at  Natchitoches,  La.,  Dec. 

30,  1840,  Adolphe  Sompayrac.  Four  chil.:  (1)  Arthur  Atkinson9;  (2)  Virginia 
Eliza9;  (3)  George  Adolphe9;  (4)  Paul  Lewis9. 

5.  Isaac  S.8  b.  Hav.  Dec.  27,  1817;  educated  at  the  academy.    Went  with  his  father 

to  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  1833;  began  the  study  of  law  in  1837  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1840;  was  city  solicitor  of  Lowell,  and  had  a  lucrative  practice.  Re- 
moved to  Cambridge  in  1861;  was  district  attorney  for  Middlesex  County  from 
1855  to  1871.  He  was  an  able  lawyer,  painstaking,  honorable  and  faithful  to  the 
trusts  committed  to  his  care.  (See  Bettinger,  p.  334-36.)  He  m.  Sept.  5,  1840, 
Eloise  LaBarte.  Four  chil.,  2  sons  and  2  daughters:  George  A.9,  Emma  Bab- 
cock9,  Frank9,  Eloise9. 

6.  Rebecca  Carleton8  b.  Hav.,  went  South,  m.  Dec.  30,  1840,  Paul  Victor  Sompayrac 

of  Natchitoches,  La.  Six  chil. :  Paul9,  Ambrosier9,  Helen  Rebecca9,  James  Albert9, 
Alphonse9,  Marzelie9. 

7.  Joseph8  d.  young. 

8.  Mary8  d.  young. 

9.  Virginia  E.8  d.  young. 

Col.  Caleb  Morse7  (Stephen6)  born  Haverhill  Nov.  25,  1784;  married  May  20,  1807, 
Polly  Fairbanks.  Farmer;  lived  on  Morse  hill  on  a  farm  near  his  father.  Was  interested 
in  militia;  prominent  in  town  affairs ; selectman  in  1826,  '27,  '28,  '29  and '38;  representative 
to  General  Court  1828-30;  plaintiff  in  famous  political  libel  case,  John  R.  Riding  of  the 
Democratic-Republican  defendant.  He  died  Dec.  6,  1841;  she  died  Dec.  30,  1864.  Nine 
children  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Chastina8  b.  Oct.  1808;  m.  William  Gannett. 

2.  Permelia8  m.  Levi  Bradish.     (See  Bradish.) 

3.  Valentine  Morse8  b.  1811;  m.  Martha  M.  Bisbee,  b.  1818;  lived  in  Hav.;  d. 

Aug.  22,  1864.  She  d.  Nov.  28,  1853,  ae.  35yrs.,  11  mos.  Four  chil.  b.  in  Hav.: 
(1)  Chastina9  b.  June  1837,  d.  Aug.  2,  1842;  (2)  George  W.9  b.  March  1839,  d. 
Apr.  14,  1839;  (3)  Charles  H.9  b.  Sept.  1842,  d.  Nov.  25,  1848;  (4)  William  U.9 
b.  Nov.  1847,  d.  Jan.  9,  1849. 

4.  Persis8  b.  1813;  m.  George  W.  Clement;  d.  June  24,  1878. 


600  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

5.  Eben  F.8  b.  1816;  m.  Mar.  22,  1839,  Laura  Ann  Whitaker,  b.  Dec.  1817.  He  d. 
Oct.  22,  1895;  she  d.  Dec.  19,  1894.  Farmer;  lived  E.  Hav.  school  dist.  No.  6. 
Four  chil.: 

(1)  Ann9  m.  Prescott  Blake;  five  chil.:    John10,    Carl10,    Anna10,    Charles10, 
Gertrude10. 

(2)  Caleb9  m.,  1st,  Sarah  J.  Howard;  2d,  Birdie  Noyes. 

(3)  Emma9  m. Burnham. 

(4)  Ezra  W.9  b.  1849  (?);  m.  Submit,  dau.  Winthrop  Elliott;  Ezra  d. 


shem.,  2d,  Lyman  Robie  of  Piermont  who  d.  1915.     Ezra  W.  and  Submit 
had  three  chil.:  (a)  Albert  E.10  b.  1873,  m.  Mabel  J.  Brooks,  Sept.  25,  1901 
(b)  Emma  J.10  b.  1875,  m.  Nov.  20,  1898,  Percy  A.  Smith  of  Lowell,  Mass. 
live  Dracut,  Mass.;  (c)  Olive  P.10  b.  1888,  m.  Mar.  21,  1903,  Charles  L 
Brooks,  brother  of  Mabel. 

6.  Orson8. 

7.  Caleb8. 

8.  Ruth  W.8  b.  1823;  d.  Jan.  16,  1886;  m.  Charles  G.  Smith. 

9.  Polly  F.8  m.  Chase  S.  Cawley. 

John  C.  Morse7  (Stephen6)  born  Apr.  7,  1787;  married  Nancy  Wheelock,  born  1782. 
Lived  at  Horse  Meadow.  Farmer;  tavern  keeper;  farm  now  owned  by  his  granddaughter, 
Miss  Katherine  Morse.9  He  died  Feb.  8,  1853.  She  died  Sept.  10,  1865.  Nine  children 
all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Sarah  W.8  b.  July  21,  1806;  m.  Amasa  P.  Niles;  she  d.  Mar.  25,  1840;  he  d.  Aug. 

9,  1840. 

2.  Louisa  K.8  b.  Nov.  1807;  m.  N.  W.  Burnham.     Four  chil.:  (1)  Nancy  Burnham9, 

m.  C.  W.  Buckley  who  d.  1876,  three  chil.:  (a)  Bessie  F.10,  (b)  Harvey10,  (c) 
Katherine  H.10;  (2)  Sarah  Burnham9  m.  C.  A.  Parker  who  d.  1893;  (3)  Elizabeth 

Burnham9  m.  June  14,  1892,  E.  H.  Wells;  (4)  Harriett  Burnham9,  m.,  1st,  

Kinsman,  2d, Quimby. 

3.  Mary  Ann8  b.  Sept.  24,  1810;  m.  (2d  wife)  Windsor  Cobleigh,  hotel  keeper.    His 

hotel,  a  famous  tavern  for  stages  and  river  men,  has  been  transformed  into  the 
Cottage  Hospital,  just  south  of  Woodsville  Village.  She  d.  Dec.  2,  1860.  No 
chil. 

4.  Isaac  L.8  b.  Sept.  21,  1812;  m.  Nov.  16,  1848,  Mary  Ann  Glynn;  d.  Feb.  26,  1875. 

Two  chil.:  (1)  Alice;  (2)  William. 

5.  Martha  M.8  b.  July  25,  1815;  m.  Lowell  T.  Whitcomb  of  Rockingham,  Vt.,  Sept. 

2,  1835.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Joseph  Whitcomb9  m.  Katherine  Leslie;  (2)  Sarah 
Whitcomb9  m.  P.  H.  Ward,  2  chil.,  Jennie  Ward10,  Martha  Ward10. 

6.  Alfred  N.8  b.  Feb.  1817;  d.  Oct.  3,  1817. 

7.  John  Nelson8  b.  Oct.  24,  1818. 

8.  Nancie  Barstow8  b.  Oct.  24,  1818;  unm.;  d.  Oct.  1898. 

9.  Harriet8  b.  May  22,  1822;  m.  Warren  J.  Fisher. 

John  Nelson  Morse8  (John  C.7,  Stephen6)  born  Oct.  24, 1818;  died  Oct.  9,  1898;  mar- 
ried Kate  Southard,  born  June  29,  1829,  died  Feb.  25,  1894.  Lived  on  the  farm  owned  by 
his  father  at  Horse  Meadow,  and  did  an  extensive  business  as  a  dealer  in  cattle  and  sheep 
buying  in  northern  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  and  Canada,  and  selling  in  the  Boston 
market.  Was  an  up-to-date  farmer;  a  director  of  the  National  Bank  at  Wells  River,  and 
prominent  in  town  affairs.  Accumulated  a  handsome  property.  Represented  the  town 
in  the  legislature  of  1865.    Republican.     Two  children: 

1.  Katherine  Morse9  b.  Dec.  9,   1868;  grad.  Wellesley  College,   1890.    Since  the 

death  of  her  father  has  managed  the  homestead  farm  of  which  she  is  owner,  and  has 
made  extensive  improvements.  Her  cow  barn  is  a  model,  and  her  herd  of  cows 
one  of  the  finest  in  a  fine  dairy  section.  During  the  winters  of  1899  to  1912,  she 
was  a  resident  and  active  worker  in  the  Dennison  House — College  Settlement — 
Boston,  and  since  then  has  spent  her  winters  in  the  Social  Service  Department, 
City  Hospital,  Boston.  Spends  her  summers  on  her  farm.  Has  served  as  member 
of  Board  of  Education.     Unm. 

2.  John  H.  Morse9  b.  June  14,  1872;  studied  at  Dartmouth  but  left  before  graduation 

and  went  West ;  is  a  mining  engineer  and  his  work  has  been  for  the  most  part  in 
Arizona  and  Nevada;  m.  Esther  Cody,  a  native  of  Kentucky.     No  chil. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  601 

II.  Capt.  Edmund  Morse 
Capt.  Edmund  Morse6  (Thomas5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3,  Lieut.  Anthony2, 
Anthony1),  brother  of  Stephen6,  born  1764  at  Bradford,  Mass.;  married  Dec.  28,  1786, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Capt.  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Proctor?)  Wesson,  born  1764.  Came  to 
Haverhill  with  his  brother,  Stephen,  but  did  not  remain  long.  Went  to  Groton,  Vt., 
about  1783,  and  was  the  first  blacksmith  in  that  town.  He  died  Sept.  13,  1843;  she  died 
Nov.  12,  1843.  .  One  of  their  children,  Sally  Morse7,  married  in  1803  John  Hill  of 
Groton.  It  was  the  first  ceremony  performed  by  Rev.  David  Sutherland  after  he  came 
from  Scotland.  Judith  Morse6,  sister  to  Capt.  Edmund,  married  Ephraim  Wesson,  Jr., 
of  Groton,  Vt. 

III.  Descendants  of  Stephen  Morse6,  Son  of  Stephen5 
Capt.  Stephen  Morse6  (Stephen5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3,  Lieut.  Anthony2, 
Anthony1),  cousin  of  Stephen6  and  Capt.  Edmund6,  born  May  1751;  married  Oct.  21, 
1773  or  1776,  Sarah,  daughter  Moses  Bailey,  born  July  21,  1750,  died  Apr.  29,  1825.  He 

died .    He  came  to  Haverhill  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1778.    Was  styled  captain, 

possibly  to  distinguish  him  from  his  cousin,  Stephen,  of  Morse  Hill.     Nine  children,  all 
born  in  Haverhill,  except  eldest: 

1.  Elizabeth  Noyes  Morse7  b.  Newbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  25,  1777. 

2.  Stephen  Bailey  Morse7  b.  Hav.  Mar.  29,  1779. 

3.  Sarah  or  Sally7  b.  Feb.  17, 1781 ;  m.  (pub.)  Nov.  4, 1801,  Jahleel  Willis. 

4.  Clarissa7  b.  Oct.  11,  1782;  d.  Jan.  29,  1788. 

5.  Moses  Noyes7  b.  Oct.  18,  1784. 

6.  Joseph7  b.  Aug.  29,  1786;  m.  Lucretia,  dau.  of  Samuel  Wetherbee  of  Concord,  Vt.; 

resided  in  Hav.  till  about  1816  when  he  removed  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  later 
to  Covington,  Ky.,  where  he  d.  1836.  She  d.  Concord,  Vt.,  Jan.  21,  1822,  ae.  34 
yrs.  Four  chil.  b.  Hav.:  (1)  Tryphena8  b.  Oct.  27,  1809,  m.  Mar.  5,  1833,  John 
Fan  of  Littleton,  d.  Apr.  27,  1851;  (2)  Ira  Forsyth8  b.  Oct.  27,  1811,  m.  Sarah  S. 
Granger  of  Westmorland,  lived  in  Boston;  (3)  Albert8  b.  1813  (?),  d.  unm.  in  Con- 
cord, Vt.;  (4)  Susan8  b.  1815(?),  d.  young.  Joseph,  m.,  2d,  in  Ohio.  There  were 
children  by  second  wife. 

7.  Clarissa7  b.  Apr.  28,  1788;  m.  (pub.)  Aug.  23,  1808,  John  S.  Sanborn. 

8.  Sophia7  b.  Feb.  7,  1790. 

9.  Infant7  b.  Dec.  1791 ;  d.  Mar.  3, 1792. 

Stephen  Bailey  Morse7  (Capt.  Stephen6,  Stephen5,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3, 
Lieut.  Anthony2,  Anthony1)  born  Mar.  29,  1779;  married  Jan.  12,  1802,  Clarissa  Willis. 
Lived  on  Brier  Hill.  Was  tax  collector  for  many  years,  and  his  persistency  in  making 
collections  won  him  the  appellation  of  Pincher  Morse.     Twelve  children: 

1.  James  A.8  b.  June  30, 1802;  m.  1827,  Sarah  Higgins.    Chil.:  (1)  Sarah  E.9  b.  Nov.  1, 

1831,  d.  Dec.  1839;  (2)  Henry  C.9  b.  Mar.  22,  1834;  (3)  Clarissa9  b.  Dec.  31,  1835. 

2.  Almira8  b.  Dec.  3,  1803. 

3.  George  W.8  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  b.  May  26,  1805;  m.  Eliza  Holmes.    Two  chil.:  (1) 

Uriel9;  (2)  Hannah9. 

4.  Henry8  b.  Dec.  13,  1806;  m.,  1st,  Eliza  Bush;  2d,  Hannah  Armstrong.     Chil.: 

(1)  Lansing9;  (2)  Eliza  Ann9;  (3)  Sarah  E.9 

5.  Charity8  b.  July  3,  1810. 

6.  Willis8. 

7.  Eliza8 b.  Oct.  17,  1814;  d.  soon. 

8.  Eliza8  b.  Mar.  3,  1815. 

9.  Angela8  b.  Nov.  18,  1818. 

10.  Joseph8  b.  Nov.  20,  1820;  lived  Nashua. 

11.  Stephen  B.8  b.  Apr.  15,  1822;  d.  infancy. 

12.  Stephen  N.8  b.  June  20,  1825. 

Moses  Noyes  Morse7  (Capt.  Stephen6,  Stephen6,  Dea.  Stephen4,  Ensign  Anthony3, 
Lieut.  Anthony2,  Anthony1)  born  Oct.  18,  1784;  married  May  15,  1806,  Hannah  G., 
daughter  John  and  Susan  (Simpson)  Sanborn  of  Bath,  born  Oct.  16,  1786,  died  Dec.  23, 


602  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

1861.     He  died  Feb.  9,  1859.     Farmer;  lived  Brier  Hill.     Eleven  children  all  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Alden  Edson8  b.  Oct.  17,  1807;  m.,  1st,  about  1835,  Mary  Ann  Johnson;  m.,  2d, 

Lydia  Getchell  of  Hav.  Removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Arabella9; 
(2)  Joseph  Willis9. 

2.  Mary  Ann8  b.  Jan.  23,  1809;  d.  young. 

3.  Hazen  Sanborn8  b.  Nov.  6, 1810;  m.  Nov.'lO,  1831,  Eliza  Ann  Bass.     Lived  St.  Clair, 

Mich. 

4.  Sophia  C.8  b.  Oct.  24,  1812;  m.  Apr.  24,  1836,  William  H.  Barron;  d.  Apr.  27,  1849, 

St.  Clair,  Mich. 

5.  Susan  S.8  b.  June  26,  1814;  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Mary  Ann8  b.  Nov.  9,  1816;  m.  Leonard  Smith;  d.  Apr.  28,  1855. 

7.  Moses  B.8  b.  July  18,  1818;  d.  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  Apr.  19,  1872;  m.,  1st,  Olive  Barron; 

2d,  Louise  Sawyer. 

8.  Susan  K.8  b.  Feb.  15,  1821;  d.  Mar.  15,  1855;  m.  Edmund  Carleton.     Lived  St. 

Clair,  Mich. 

9.  Stephen  S.8  b.  Oct.  9,  1825;  m.  Fannie  C.  Knight  of  Landaff.     No  issue. 

10.  John  Franklin8  b.  June  8,  1828;  m.,  1st,  Ruby  S.  Johnson;  2d,  June  15,  1854, 

Susan  W.  Johnson,  daughters  of  Carleton  Johnson  of  Bath.  Harry  M.  Morse9, 
s.  of  John  Franklin  and  Susan  (Johnson)  Morse,  b.  Hav.  Mar.  22,  1857;  m.  Dec. 
31,  1889,  Helen,  dau.  John  N.  Oakes  of  Franconia.  Studied  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1880.  In  partnership  with  E.  D.  Rand  of  Lisbon  till  death  of 
latter;  later  went  to  Littleton  where  he  is  still  (1916)  in  active  practice.     No  chil. 

11.  Hannah  Sanborn8  b.  Mar.  25,  1830;  d.  June,  1853. 

IV.  Descendants  of  Daniel  Morse6 

Daniel  Morse6  (Capt.  Daniel5,  Benjamin4,  Dea.  William3,  Dea.  Benjamin2.  Anthony1) 
born  Newton,  May  30,  1773;  married  Sarah,  daughter  Benjamin5  and  Rachel  (Webster) 
Morse,  born  Aug.  1777,  died  Jan.  22,  1834.  He  died  May  3,  1861.  His  will  proved  Graf- 
ton County  probate  July  22,  1861.  Nine  children.  Farmer,  lived  Horse  Meadow. 
Came  to  Haverhill  from  Plymouth  about  1806. 

1.  Betsey7  b.  July  7,  1803;  m.  Oct.  20,  1849,  Isaac  Robbins  of  Derby,  Vt.     She  d. 

Oct.  4,  1877,  buried  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 

2.  Benjamin7  b.  Jan.  31,  1805;  m.  May  10,  1841,  Susan  Norris,  b.  May  10,  1824,  d. 

Derby,  Vt.,  Oct.  29,  1883;  he  d.  Apr.  3,  1885,  buried  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 
Lived  Derby  and  Newport,  Vt.     Nine  chil.,  none  of  whom  lived  in  Hav. 

3.  Sarah7  b.  Sept.  11,  1807;  m.  May  8,  1839,  Perkins  Fellows;  lived  in  Hav.;  she  d. 

Nov.  28,  1884;  buried  in  Daniel  Morse  family  lot,  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 

4.  Rev.  Horace  Webster  Morse7  b.  May  2,  1810;  m.  June  18,  1839,  Lydia  Smith, 

dau.  of  Hon.  Edward  F.  Jacobs  of  Scituate,  Mass.,  b.  June  29,  1811,  d.  Apr.  22, 
1880.  He  preached  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  No.  Reading,  Chelmsford,  Milford  and  E. 
Marshfield,  Mass.  Was  superintendent  of  schools,  Wrentham  and  Chelmsford, 
Mass.;  d.  in  Greenwood,  Mass.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Horace  E.8,  lawyer,  Boston,  Mass.; 
(2)  Francena8  b.  1842,  m.  June  1,  1884,  Joseph  Gilman,  Greenwood,  Mass. 

5.  Daniel  Peabody7  b.  Apr.  7,  1812;  m.  Apr.  8,  1838,  Harriette  E.  Hay  ward;  d.  May 

9,  1854.     Teacher  private  school,  and  merchant  in  Boston.     Two  chil. 

6.  Wilson7  b.  Sept.  14,  1815;  m.  June  1,  1851,  C.  Eliza  Tyler;  d.  June  3,  1873.     Lived 

in  Essex,  Vt.     Four  chil.,  Maria8,  Francena8,  Wilson  J.8,  Eliza  J.8 

7.  Asa  Porter7  b.  Sept.  1,  1818;  m.  July  13,  1845,  Dorcas  Louisa,  dau.  of  Thomas  W. 

and  Elizabeth  Short,  b.  Aug.  28,  1822,  d.  Feb.  24,  1864;  he  d.  .     Went  to 

Boston  in  1840;  bookkeeper  till  1846  when  he  went  to  Cambridgeport  where  he 
lived  till  his  death.  Engaged  in  real  estate;  alderman  1866;  member  Mass.  House 
of  Representatives  1869-73;  senate  1879-80.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Louisa8  b. 
Nov.  16,  1847,  m.  Oct.  17,  1872,  Chas.  W.  Jones,  banker;  (2)  Velma  Maria8  b.  Jan. 
28,  1851;  (3)  Arthur  Porter8  b.  Aug.  29,  1858,  d.  Dec.  20,  1863. 

8.  Maria  Louisa7  b.  May  8,  1820;  d.  Dec.  18,  1836. 

9.  Lafayette7  b.  Mar.  4,  1823;  m.  Mary  Ann  Wood  of  Claremont.    Lived  at  Horse 

Meadow;  house  adjoined  cemetery;  the  old  homestead  of  his  father. 

V.  Descendants  of  John  Morse6 
John   Morse6    (Daniel5,    Benjamin4,    Dea.    William3,    Dea.    Benjamin2,    Anthony1), 
brother  of  Daniel6,  born  Newton,  June  17,  1777;  married  Eunice  Willoughby.     Lived  in 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  603 

Haverhill  at  Horse  Meadow,  where  he  came  from  Plymouth  with  his  brother,  Daniel, 
about  1806.     Died  Dec.  3,  1847.     Five  children: 

1.  Cynthia7  m.  pub.  Mar.  9,  1819,  Richard  Nevins.    Removed  to  Michigan. 

2.  John  Milton7  b.  about  1805;  m.  Mary  White  who  d.  1860.     Lived  in  Hav.     He 

d.  June  10,  1883. 

3.  Joseph  B.7  b.  May  21,  1814;  m.  May  11,  1837,  Sarah  Maria,  dau.  William  Ripley. 

Grad.  at  Dartmouth.  Teacher  in  Strafford,  and  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  20 
years;  studied  divinity;  ordained  Congregationalist  minister;  preached  George- 
town, Mass.,  Hanover,  Orford,  Strafford,  N.  H.,  Barnard  and  Roxbury,  Vt.; 
taught  at  Woodstock  (Vt.)  Academy,  and  preached  there;  d.  Hanover  June  27, 
1893.     No  chil. 

4.  William  Augustus7  b.  about  1817;  d.  Jan.  22,  1840;  unm. 

5.  Osgood7  b.  Aug.  16,   1819;  m.  Dec.  5,   1843,  Faustina,  dau.  Salmon  Fish  who 

changed  his  name  to  Fremont.  She  was  b.  Jan.  4,  1819,  d.  Sept.  4,  1894.  He  d. 
Dec.  6,  1874.  Lived  at  "the  Brook."  Five  chil.  b.  Hav.:  (1)  Cynthia  Maria8 
b.  Sept.  7,  1844;  m.  Augustine  F.  Thomas;  d.  Aug.  1888.  (2)  William  Augustus8 
b.  Aug.  22,  1846;  m.  July  4,  1867,  Lydia  Jane  Leighton  of  Bath.  (3)  May  E.8 
b.  Aug.  1,  1848,  d.  Jan.  3,  1867.  (4)  Charles  Osgood8  b.  Jan.  12,  1858;  d.  Feb.  7, 
1889.  (5)  Edward  B.8  b.  Nov.  28,  1860;  m.  about  1885,  Angie  T.  Noble;  lived  in 
Penacook.     One  child,  Mary  F.9,  b.  Oct.  8,  1886. 

VI.  Descendants  of  Dea.  Jonathan  Morse6 
Dea.  Jonathan  Morse6  (Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  Chester  Mar.  3,  1757;  married,  first,  Abiah  Worth,  June  8,  1786.  She  was  daughter 
of  Edmund  and  Elizabeth  (Webster)  Worth  of  West  Newbury,  Mass.,  born  Jan.  1767, 
died  Sept.  1,  1822;  married,  second,  Widow  Fanny  Worthley.  He  was  for  many  years 
a  resident  of  Hebron;  deacon  in  Baptist  Church  there.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he 
removed  to  Haverhill  where  his  five  youngest  sons  had  settled,  and  where  he  died  Mar. 
3,  1840.  Was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  having  enlisted  three  times,  once  from  New 
Hampshire  and  twice  from  Massachusetts.     Nine  children: 

1.  Abigail7  b.  Oct.  17,  1787;  m.  1810,  Timothy  Ferrin  of  Hebron.     One  dau.  of  theirs, 

Mary  Ann8,  m.,  1st,  Roswell  Crosby;  2d,  Maj.  Samuel  Carr.     (See  Carr.) 

2.  Elizabeth7  b.  Mar.  14,  1789;  m.  Edward  Webber  of  Rumney,  judge  of  probate, 

Grafton  County. 

3.  Edmund7  b.  Feb.  17,  1791;  d.  unm.  at  Hebron,  Aug.  6,  1817. 

4.  Jonathan7  b.  Feb.  21,  1793;  m.  Feb.  24,  1820,  Jerusha  Gilson;  d.  Mar.  31,   1854. 

5.  David7  b.  Hebron  May  24,  1795. 

6.  Isaac7  b.  May  9,  1797. 

7.  Jacob7  b.  Jan.  14,  1800. 

8.  Daniel7  b.  Mar.  25,  1804. 

9.  Stephen7  b.  June  23,  1807. 

These  five  brothers  last  named  came  to  Haverhill  from  Hebron  during  the  ten  years, 
1820-30.  David  and  Stephen  settled  on  the  Pond  road,  while  Isaac,  Jacob  and  Daniel 
settled  on  farms  adjoining  each  other  on  the  hill  west  of  district  No.  10  schoolhouse. 
These  three  were  active  in  town  affairs,  and  held  numerous  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
Isaac  was  a  life-long  Whig  and  Republican;  Jacob  an  ardent  and  life-long  Democrat, 
while  Daniel,  nominally  a  Whig  and  Republican,  was  sometimes  charged  by  his  political 
opponents  with  belonging  to  the  party  of  Daniel  Morse.  He  certainly  had  great  good 
fortune  in  close  elections.  In  religious  preference,  they  were  Baptists.  They  were  each 
and  all  substantial  and  useful  citizens. 

David  Morse7  (Jonathan6,  Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  Hebron  May  24,  1795;  married  Nov.  20,  1823,  at  Alexandria,  Dorothy,  daughter 
Isaac  and  Dolly  (Blaisdell)  Ladd,  born  Alexandria  June  10,  1793,  died  Newbury,  Vt., 
Feb.  1876.     He  died  Oct.  14,  1868,  Newbury,  Vt.     Farmer.     Four  children: 

1.  Darius  N.  B.8  b.  June  26,  1825;  d.  Oct.  24,  1839. 

2.  Augustus8  b.  Dec.  13,  1829;  d.  Aug.  29,  1838. 

3.  William  Sullivan8  b.  Oct.  3,  1832;  d.  unm. 

4.  Eliza  Ann8  b.  Feb.  1,  1839;  d.  unm. 


604  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Isaac  Morse7  (Jonathan6,  Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  Hebron  May  9,  1797;  married,  first,  Mary,  daughter  Ebenezer  and  Susan  (Dow) 
Kendall.  She  died  May  21,  1842;  married,  second,  Aug.  1843,  Nancy  Allen,  born  about 
1801,  died  Mar.  29,  1864.  He  died  Haverhill  Nov.  11,  1871.  He  came  to  Haverhill 
about  1825  or  1826  and  purchased  the  farm  on  which  he  afterwards  lived,  adjoining  that 
of  his  brother,  Jacob,  and  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  in 
1844,  '45,  '47,  '48,  '49  and  '51,  and  was  four  times  a  member  of  the  legislature  from 
Haverhill,  in  1847,  '54,  '55  and  '56.  Three  children,  all  by  first  marriage,  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Abiah  Worth8  b.  Apr.  30,  1830;  m.  Dec.  20,  1859,  2d  wife  of  S.  H.  Crocker.     (See 

Crocker.) 

2.  Flavitjs  Josephus8  b.  Mar.  24,  1832;  d.  Feb.  2,  1833. 

3.  Susan  Dow8  b.  May  4,  1837;  m.  Aug.  4,  1880,  at  Greenville,  111.,  Sylvanus  Hutchin- 

son as  2d  wife;  d.  in  Greenville.     No  chil.  living. 

Jacob  Morse7  (Jonathan6,  Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  Jan.  14,  1800;  married  1824  Hannah,  daughter  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Bailey)  Lovejoy. 
She  died  Aug.  16,  1877.  He  died  Feb.  11,  1886.  He  was  selectman  in  1837-39,  and  in 
1866-67,  and  representative  in  1853.     Six  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Hannah  Elizabeth8  b.  Dec.  28,  1825;  m.  June  30,  1846,  Amos,  s.  of  Nathaniel 

Foster  of  Landaff;  d.  June  1886.  Four  chil.:  Hannah  Elizabeth9,  Annette 
Zavina9,  Clark9,  Jacob9. 

2.  Marcellus  Jacob8  b.  Jan.  24, 1827;  m.  Mary  A.,  dau.  Simeon  and  Sarah  (Flanders) 

Haines;  lived  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.  One  child,  George  Francis9,  b.  Dec.  9,  1858; 
m.  Nov.  27,  1883,  Emma  Florence  Burt;  live  Enosburg,  Vt. 

3.  Caroline  Burbank8  b.  May  24,  1830;  m.  Oct.  14,  1849,  George  Wells  of  Benton. 

(See  Wells.) 

4.  Albinus8  b.  July  30,  1832;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Annette  Clark8  b.  Mar.  22,  1834;  m.  Jan.  1,  1852,  Enos  Clark  Wells,  brother  of 

George.     (See  Wells.) 

6.  Malvina8  b.  Apr.  23,  1837;  m.  Levi  Bisbee.     (See  Bisbee.) 

Daniel  Morse7  (Jonathan6,  Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  Mar.  25,  1804;  married,  first,  June  1833  Lavina  Colby  of  Hebron,  born  1808,  died 
Sept.  1839;  married,  second,  Ann  Bradlee,  born  1802,  died  1862;  married,  third,  Nov.  11, 
1865,  Mrs.  Gratia  A.  (Glynn)  Emerson,  daughter  James  and  Olive  Glynn,  born  Aug. 
1827.  He  died  Feb.  3,  1870.  For  a  number  of  years  after  coming  to  Haverhill  was  a 
farmer.  Lived  across  the  road  from  his  brothers.  Later  moved  to  North  Haverhill, 
kept  a  general  store  in  partnership  with  George  S.  Kelsea;  later  conducted  a  shoe  shop 
by  himself.  Was  known  in  town  as  Daniel  Morse,  2d.  Was  active  in  local  politics,  and 
was  four  times  representative,  1844,  '45,  '49  and  '61.    Two  children: 

1.  Luther  Colby8  b.  Nov.  8,  1836,  by  1st  marriage;  grad.  Dartmouth  1860;  admitted 

to  bar  1863;  register  of  probate,  Grafton  Co.,  1860-70.  Went  to  California  later. 
Interested  in  mining  properties;  d.  Barnwell,  Cal.,  Jan.  21,  1917. 

2.  Daniel  Clayton8  b.  Apr.  2,  1870,  by  3d  marriage;  d.  July  2,  1870. 

Stephen  Morse7  (Jonathan6,  Stephen5,  Abel4,  Benjamin3,  Dea.  Benjamin2,  Anthony1) 
born  June  23,  1807;  married  June  11,  1832,  Ann  Taylor  of  Haverhill,  born  Apr.  20,  1809; 
died  Springfield,  Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1888;  he  died  Springfield,  Mass.,  May  15,  1888.  Lived 
in  Haverhill  and  Springfield,  Mass.    Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Edward  Lawrence8  b.  July  14,  1834;  m.,  1st,  July  25,  1860,  Cornelia  J.  Hawkins  of 

Wheeling,  W.  Va.;  2d,  Jan.  4,  1888,  Eugenia  Louise  Almedia  of  Philadelphia. 
Engaged  in  manufacture,  and  lived  at  Sharon  Hill,  Pa.  Five  chil.;  by  first  mar- 
riage: (1)  Lawrence  Erving9  b.  Dec.  4, 1861,  fives  in  Missouri.  By  second  marriage: 
(2)  Marion  Almedia9  b.  Philadelphia  Jan.  18,  1890;  (3)  Dorothy  Erving9  b.  Atlan- 
tic City,  N.  J.,  July  27,  1891;  (4)  Adalaide9  b.  June  26,  1893,  Sharon  Hill,  Pa.; 
(5)  Ann  Taylor9  b.  Apr.  20,  1895. 

2.  Helen  M.8  b.  May  4,  1836;  m.  David  Gould.     Resides  in  Springfield,  Mass.     No 

chil. 


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NELSON 

John  Nelson,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Martha  (Folsom)  Nelson,  born  Exeter  Jan.  4, 
1778;  married,  first,  May  29,  1810,  Susan,  daughter  Gen.  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Brewster 
of  Hanover  who  died  Oct.  25,  1815,  in  her  thirty-fourth  year;  married,  second,  Mar.  16, 
1818,  Lois  Burnham,  daughter  John  and  Lois  Burnham  Leverett,  born  Dec.  29,  1790, 
died  1859.    He  died  May  3,  1838. 

He  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  class  of  1803;  read  law  with  Charles  Marsh  of  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  later  with  Christopher  Gore  in  Boston,  and  settled  to  practice  his  profession  in 
Haverhill  some  time  previous  to  1807.  He  seems  to  have  been  elected  to  the  important 
office  of  hogreeve  at  the  annual  town  meeting  of  that  year,  an  honor  quite  often  conferred 
in  those  days  on  professional  men  who  were  newcomers  in  town.  Two  years  later,  he 
is  found  as  chairman  of  a  committee  which  reported  a  series  of  resolutions  arraigning  the 
National  Administration  for  its  policies  which  threatened  to  force  the  country  into  war, 
resolutions  which  had  evidently  been  previously  prepared,  probably  by  Mr.  Nelson 
himself.  His  associates  on  the  committee  to  "take  into  consideration  and  report  upon 
the  alarming  state  of  affairs,"  were  George  Woodward  and  Nathaniel  Merrill.  Mr. 
Nelson  was  an  able  lawyer  and  ranked  high  at  the  Grafton  County  bar  which,  during  the 
first  half  of  the  nineteenth  century,  was  one  of  marked  learning  and  ability.  He  served 
his  town  in  various  capacities,  though  averse  to  holding  office,  and  won  success  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  His  second  wife  was  of  a  distinguished  family  which  gave  to 
Harvard  College,  in  its  early  years,  a  president ;  to  the  Massachusetts  Colony  a  governor. 
Her  father  was  an  eminent  Vermont  lawyer,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  and  for  several 
terms  member  of  Congress.  Two  of  her  sisters  were,  respectively,  the  first  and  second 
wives  of  Dea.  Abel  K.  Merrill.  She  was  a  woman  of  superior  intellect  and  of  unusual 
literary  taste  and  culture.  Indeed  the  Leverett  family  was  no  small  factor  in  the  relig- 
ious and  social  fife  of  the  Corner.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nelson  were  interested  in  home  and 
foreign  politics;  were  strongly  anti-slavery  in  their  sentiments,  and  their  large  family 
was  a  credit  to  its  parentage  and  training.     Fourteen  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Mary  Sewall  Nelson  b.  1819;  d.  1870;  m.  June  11,  1840,  Ira  Perley  of  Concord, 

b.  1799,  d.  1874.  He  grad.  Dartmouth  1822;  was  an  eminent  lawyer  and  chief 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court.  They  had  eight  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Nelson  Perlev  b. 
1841;  d.  1904.  (2)  Julia  Perley  b.  1843;  d.  1870;  m.  1865  Penfield  B.  Goodsell; 
one  child,  Elizabeth  Goodsell.  (3)  Allan  Perley  b.  1844;  d.  1846.  (4)  Walter 
Perley  b.  1847;  d.  1870.  (5)  Susan  Perley  b.  1849;  d.  1858.  (6)  Henry  Perley  b. 
1852;  d.  1858.  (7)  Edith  Perley  b.  1855;  m.  1878  Lincoln  N.  Kinnicutt,  b.  1849, 
banker  and  broker;  one  child,  Roger  Kinnicutt,  b.  1880,  Harvard.  (8)  Margaret 
Perley  b.  1859;  m.  1884  Samuel  B.  Woodward,  b.  1853;  Harvard. 

2.  Susan  Brewster  Nelson  b.  1820;  d.  1900;  m.  June  1,  1843,  as  second  wife  of 

William  Coombs  Thompson  of  Plymouth,  b.  1802,  d.  1877,  lawyer,  Dartmouth. 
His  first  wife  was  Martha  Leverett,  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Nelson. 

3.  John  Leverett  Nelson  b.  1821 ;  d.  1822. 

4.  Martha  Nelson  b.  1823;  d.  1849;  m.  July  8,  1846,  William  R.  Hooper,  b.  1819,  d. 

1891,  lawyer,  editor  Worcester  Spy. 

5.  Lois  Leverett  Nelson  b.  1824;  m.  Dec.  3,  1849,  David  Dickey,  b.  1806,  d.  1877; 

Dartmouth,  lawyer.     (See  Dickey.) 

6.  John  Leverett  Nelson  b.  1825;  d.  1826. 

7.  Thomas  Leverett  Nelson  b.  Mar.  4,  1827;  d.  Worcester,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1897; 

m.,  1st,  1857  Anna  Hastings  Hayward,  b.  1829,  d.  1862;  2d,  Louisa  A.  Small,  b. 
1832.  He  spent  two  years  at  Dartmouth,  and  completed  his  college  course  at 
the  University  of  Vermont,  Burlington,  in  1846.  He  spent  five  years  as  a  civil 
engineer,  but,  sustaining  an  injury  which  incapacitated  him  for  the  practice  of  that 
profession,  he  studied  law  with  Judge  Francis  H.  Dewey  of  Worcester,  Mass.;  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1855,  and  thenceforward,  until  his  appointment  to  the 
bench  of  the  United  States  Court  for  the  district  of  Massachusetts  in  1879,  he 
practiced  his  profession  with  gratifying  success,  being  associated  at  different 
times  with  W.  W.  Rice,  Dwight  Foster  and  George  F.  Hoar.    He  was  authority 


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in  equity  and  bankruptcy  proceedings,  regarded,  perhaps,  as  the  leading  equity 
lawyer  of  the  Commonwealth.  He  was  a  man  of  great  refinement,  acquainted 
with  the  best  literature,  of  unblemished  integrity  and  of  absolute  loyalty  to  his 
court  and  clients.  He  was  a  s.  of  whom  Hav.  may  well  be  proud.  By  his  first 
marriage  he  had  two  chil. :  (1)  Harry  Leverett  b.  1858,  d.  1899,  Harvard,  lawyer; 

(2)  Mary  Hayward  b.  1860,  d.  1879.  By  his  second  marriage  five:  (3)  John  b. 
1866;  journalist;  m.  1895  Genevieve  Mountford  Burke  b.  1869;  one  child,  John 
Leverett  Nelson,  b.  1897.  (4)  Thomas  Louis  b.  1867;  d.  1867.  (5)  Louisa  Burn- 
ham  b.  1869.  (6)  William  b.  1871,  clerk  U.  S.  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 
(7)  Thomas  Leverett  b.  1873;  lawyer. 

8.  Ebenezer  Brewster  Nelson  b.  1828;  d.  in  Union  Army  1865;  merchant;  m.  1855, 

Frances  Jeannette  Watson,  b.  1839;  one  child,  Lois  Leverett  Watson,  M.D.,  b. 
1857. 

9.  William  Nelson  b.  1829;  d.  1891;  merchant;  m.  1862  Sarah  Jane  Munger,  b.  1836, 

d.  1903;  one  child,  Harry  Montgomery  Nelson  b.  1862,  m.  1884  Helen  Leone 
Conroy,  b.  1865. 

10.  Sarah  Nelson  b.  1830;  d.  1860;  m.  1850  first  wife  of  Samuel  Hutchins  Goodall,  s. 

Ira  Goodall  of  Bath,  b.  1823;  Dartmouth;  lawyer  Portsmouth ;  one  child,  Frances 
Nelson  Goodall  b.  1851;  m.  1875  John  Langdon  Seavey  of  Portsmouth,  b.  1841; 
three  chil.:  (1)  Sarah  Nelson  Seavey  b.  1871;  (2)  Helen  Langdon  Seavey  b.  1878; 

(3)  Helen  Gladys  Seavey  b.  1882. 

11.  Frances  Nelson  b.  1832;  d.  Dec.  6,  1904;  m.  1851  William  R.  Hooper  of  Worcester; 

his  second  wife  (see  No.  4  above);  Harvard;  lawyer;  editor.  Seven  chil.:  (1) 
Martha  Nelson  Hooper  b.  1853.  (2)  Frances  Nelson  Hooper  b.  1854;  m.  1888 
Rev.  Jerome  Jean  Davis,  D.D.,  b.  1838;  missionary  to  Japan;  2  chil.:  (a)  Louis 
Leverett  Davis  b.  1889;  (b)  Dwight  Davis  b.  1891.  (3)  Francis  Henry  Hooper 
b.  1856;  d.  1858.  (4)  Leverett  Nelson  Hooper  b.  1857;  d.  1872.  (5)  Horace 
Everett  Hooper  b.  1859;  m.  1882  Alice  Woodbury  b.  1860;  two  chil.:  (a)  William 
Everett;  (b)  Roger  Woodbury.  (6)  Franklin  Henry  b.  1862;  m.  1887  Grace 
Martin  Sessions  b.  1858;  Harvard;  two  chil:  (a)  Catherine  Baker  b.  1889;  (b) 
Leverett  Franklin  b.  1893.     (7)  Louis  Leverett  b.  1867;  Harvard;  teacher. 

12.  John  Nelson  b.  1833;  d.  1839. 

13.  Elizabeth  Salisbury  Nelson  b.  1835;  d.  1896;  m.  1867  the  second  wife  of  Samuel 

Hutchins  Goodall.     Dartmouth;  lawyer.     (See  No.  10  above.) 

14.  Anna  Robie  Nelson  b.  1836;  m.,  1st,  1856  William  B.  Fox,  b.  1823,  d.  1861;  2d, 

1869  George  T.  Rice,  banker  and  broker;  b.  1830;  d.  1884. 

NEWELL 

Solomon  S.  Newell1  born  Orford  Dec.  8,  1816;  married  Newbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  3,  1841, 
Emily  Gage,  born  Orford  Nov.  16,  1819.  He  died  in  Haverhill  May  31,  1885.  She  died 
in  Haverhill  Dec.  27,  1891.  Farmer.  Lived  in  Orford,  Newbury  and  Haverhill;  for 
many  years  just  below  Woodsville,  on  the  Cobleigh  place,  now  the  Cottage  Hospital. 
Five  children: 

1.  James  A.2  b.  Orford  May  11,  1843.     Enlisted  N.  H.  vols.;  discharged  for  disability; 

d.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  26,  1863. 

2.  Charles  S.2  b.  Orford  Aug.  24,  1845. 

3.  Solomon  S.2  b.  Orford  Jan.  23,  1849;  m.  Mar.  6,  1877,  Estella  E.,  dau.  George  and 

Caroline  (Morse)  Wells,  b.  Benton  July  6,  1854.  Farmer;  lives  on  County  road, 
school  district  No.  10,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Daniel  Morse  place.     No  chil. 

4.  Sidney  C.2  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  11,  1853;  d.  unm.  July  9,  1910. 

5.  George  H.2  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  June  28,  1859. 

Charles  S.  Newell2  (Solomon  S.1)  born  Orford  Aug.  24,  1845;  died  July  1,  1918;  mar- 
ried, first,  at  Wakefield,  Mass.,  Feb.  15,  1872,  Eliza  B.,  daughter  of  William  P. 
Siddons,  born  Jan.  22,  1846,  died  Sept.  17,  1882;  married,  second,  Jan.  10,  1889, 
Edith  May,  daughter  Moses  P.  and  Mary  B.  (Manson)  Boswell,  born  Benton  May  16, 
1863,  died  Sept.  12,  1919.  Lived  in  Newbury  and  Stoneham,  Mass.,  when  he  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  bakery  for  several  years.  Came  to  Woodsville  in  1890;  was  collector  of 
taxes  for  nineteen  years  (1916)  and  gained  an  enviable  reputation  of  being  a  collector 
who  collects,  never  failing  to  close  his  accounts  with  the  selectmen  and  town  treasurer 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  607 

before  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year.     Auctioneer,  and  police  officer;  recognized  as  one  of 
the  most  useful  citizens  of  the  town.     Three  children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Emily  J.3  b.  Mar.  18,  1873;  m.  Aug.  8,  1894,  Charles  W.  Chase;  d.  Hav.  Aug.  29, 

1902.     (See  Chase.) 

2.  Charles  E.3  b.  Sept.  1,  1882;  d.  July  13,  1883. 

3.  Orrin  H.3  b.  Jan.  9,  1879;  d.  Aug.  8,  1879. 

NICHOLS 

Jonathan  S.  Nichols  born  Kingston  1809,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Catherine  (Sanborn) 
Nichols;  married,  first,  Nov.  23,  1834,  Myra,  youngest  daughter  of  Gen.  John  Mont- 
gomery, born  May  24,  1818;  married,  second,  June  10,  1852,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Swasey)  Page,  born  Jan.  13,  1826,  died  in  Bellingham,  Wash.,  in 
1904,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter.     He  died  Nov.  1901. 

Mr.  Nichols  came  to  Haverhill  in  1828  and  established  himself  as  a  carriage  manufac- 
turer at  the  Brook,  conducting  a  successful  business.  Later  he  was  for  many  years  in  the 
employ  of  the  Fairbanks  Scale  Company  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  as  a  travelling  salesman, 
and  also  in  charge  of  the  company's  warehouse  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Mr.  Nichols  resided 
on  the  right  of  the  road  leading  from  the  Brook  to  the  Corner,  the  second  house  south 
of  the  store,  and  nearly  opposite  the  Montgomery  house.  He  was  well  informed;  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  Five  children  by 
first  marriage: 

1.  Clara  Ann  b.  Hav.  1836;  d.  1843. 

2.  Mary  Montgomery  b.  Hav.  May  13,   1839;  m.   1864  Lieut.  Charles  H.  West, 

U.  S.  N.;  d.  Mar.  5,  1876.     One  child,  Helen  May. 

3.  George  Edward  b.  Hav.  Aug.  18,  1845;  m.  1877  Mary  Louise  Tourtellette  of  Web- 

ster, Mass.;  d.  Jan.  7,  1905.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Haverhill  Academy  and 
Kimball  Union,  Meriden.  Entered  Dartmouth,  but  left  before  graduation  and 
engaged  successfully  in  teaching  in  Webster,  Nantucket  and  Somerville,  Mass.,  in 
the  last  named  city  for  twenty-eight  years.  He  had  four  chil.:  (1)  Courtlandt 
Tourtellette;  (2)  Mildred  Agnes;  (3)  Robert;  (4)  James  Wesley. 

4.  Ellen  Packard  b.  Aug.  12,  1847;  educated  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  Mt.  Holyoke; 

has  been,  since  graduation,  a  successful  teacher,  for  many  years  in  Somerville, 
Mass.,  and  Boston.     Resides  in  Boston. 

5.  Myra  Montgomery  b.  Jan.  30,  1849;  d.  Feb.  6,  1860. 

One  child  by  second  marriage: 

6.  Clara  I.  b.  Jan.  3,  1858;  educated  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  State  Normal  at  Ply- 

mouth; m.  Apr.  29,  1888,  John  J.  Donovan  of  Plymouth,  civil  engineer.  Three 
chil.:  (1)  Helen  Elizabeth  b.  Dec.  28,  1890;  (2)  John  b.  Nov.  19,  1892;  (3)  Philip 
b.  Nov.  19,  1892.     Resides  in  Bellingham,  Wash. 

NOYES 

Timothy  Noyes4,  fourth  in  descent  from  Timothy  and  Sarah  (Richards),  was  born  in 

Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov.  8,  1745.     He  married,  first,  ;    second,  Charlotte  Bradish, 

and  third,  Mary  Noyes.  Resided  at  first  in  Portland,  Me.;  came  to  Haverhill  and  lived 
near  the  Isaac  Pike  place.  He  had  fifteen  daughters  and  one  son.  Have  not  been  able 
to  secure  the  names  of  all  the  daughters.  With  his  son  he  discovered  the  whetstone 
quarry  on  Cutting  hill  and  they  were  the  first  manufacturers  of  scythestones  in  Haver- 
hill.    Children  born  in  Portland,  Me.,  and  Haverhill: 

Betsey5  m.  Samuel  Noyes6. 

Mary5  m.  1815  Edward  Bradish. 

Asebath5  m.  1811  Henry  Noyes5. 

Jane5  m.  Jeremiah  Wallace. 

Person5. 

Charlotte5  m.  Kimball  Tyler  May  13,  1829. 

Susan5  m.  1805  Curtis  Chute. 

Rachel5. 

Anne5. 


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Person  Noyes5  born  Sept.  1800;  married  Sept.  29, 1824,  Sally  Morse.  He  died  1827. 
His  widow  married  Isaac  Pike.     Two  children: 

1.  Horace9  b.  Dec.  19,  1825;  m.  Philanda  Spooner  1844. 

2.  Person8  b.  July  28,  1827;  m.  Adelaide  Closson. 

Horace  Noyes6  born  Haverhill  Dec.  19,  1825;  married  Philanda  M.  Spooner  1844; 
died  in  Haverhill  Nov.  26,  1884.  Lived  on  farm  at  East  Haverhill.  Spent  some  time 
in  oil  fields,  Pa.     Five  children : 

1.  Horace  E.7  b.  Jan.  22,  1845;  m.  Addie  J.  Knight  1870. 

2.  Royal  H.7  b.  Oct.  27,  1846;  m.  Nancy  A.  Dunkley  1867. 

3.  Elmira  J.7  b.  May  26,  1851;   m.  Gilbert  Wright. 

4.  Laura  E.7  b.  Sept.  20,  1855;  m.  Benjamin  R.  Deane. 

5.  Addie  B.7  b.  Feb.  14,  1865;  m.  Caleb  M.  Morse. 

Person  Noyes6  born  July  28,  1827;  married  Adelaide  Closson;  went  to  Lowell  and 
was  at  the  head  of  the  Noyes  Manufacturing  Company,  makers  of  mill  and  railroad 
specialties.  Four  children  born  in  Lowell:  1,  Fred  P.7;  2,  George  W.7;  3,  Adelaide 
E.7;  4,  William  E.7. 

Horace  E.  Noyes7  and  Addie  J.  (Knight)  were  married  in  1870;   he  died  June  12, 

1910.     Served  as  tax  collector,  and  selectman,  1875,  '76,  '77,  in  Haverhill.     Moved  to 

Lowell  and  had  a  large  success  in  automobile  business.     One  child: 

1.  Harry  K.8  b.  Hav.  May  22,  1871;  m.  Feb.  17,  1896;  K.  Hope  Pike.  They  had  two 
chil.,  both  b.  in  Lowell:  Harry  E.9  b.  May  28,  1898;  (2)  Katherine  b.  Sept.  20, 
1900.     Mrs.  Noyes  d.  June  10,  1911.     In  1912  Harry  m.,  2d,  Edith  B.  Pike. 

Royal  H.7  and  Nancy  A.  (Dunkley)  had  four  children: 

1.  Orpha  L.8  b.  Jan.  13,  1869. 

2.  Ava  W.8  b.  Dec.  3,  1871. 

3.  Charles  A.8  b.  Jan.  25,  1877. 

4.  Sybil  C.8  b.  Apr.  24,  1882. 

NOYES 

Moses  Noyes6  was  the  eighth  of  the  eight  sons  of  Samuel5,  born  Plaistow  Sept.  12, 
1760;  died  in  Landaff  Feb.  27,  1846.  He  married  Sarah  Collins.  He  was  born  in 
Landaff  1806;  married,  first,  Mary  Howe,  daughter  of  David  Howe  of  Coventry; 
second,  Apr.  23,  1845,  Lydia  Royce,  daughter  of  Samuel  Royce  of  Haverhill,  and,  third, 
June  11,  1857,  Zelpha  Clark  of  Bath.  He  died  Apr.  19,  1852.  She  subsequently  mar- 
ried Jefferson  Pennoch  of  Haverhill.  Five  children  born  in  Lisbon,  though  family 
removed  to  Haverhill  about  1842: 

1.  Nelson  F.7  b.  May  12,  1831. 

2.  Betsey  M.7  b.  Oct.  10,  1834. 

3.  Huldah7  b.  1837. 

4.  Henry  W.7  b.  Feb.  3,  1840. 

5.  One  d.  young. 

Nelson  F.7  born  May  12,  1831;  married  Mar.  7,  1852,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Israel 
and  Polly  Flanders  of  Benton.  Lived  for  most  of  his  life  in  Haverhill;  served  in  Civil 
War  in  Company  M,  Heavy  Artillery,  Massachusetts  Volunteers.  They  had  five  chil- 
dren: May  married  Lorenzo  Heath;  Emma;  Nettie;  Bell;  Hayden.  He  died  in 
1880.     She  is  living  in  St.  Johnsbury. 

Henry  W.7  married  1862  Lucy  R.  Darham.  They  lived  in  Franconia.  Had  three 
children. 

NOYES 

David  Noyes6,  fifth  in  descent  from  John  Noyes  of  Newbury,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  B.  Noyes,  was  born  in  Pembroke  1784;  married  Mrs.  Ruth  (Fiske)  Stafford  in 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  609 

1812;   died  Jan.  5,  1854.     He  moved  to  Landaff  in  1813.     Served  in  War  of  1812  in 
Col.  Fisk's  regiment.     Came  to  Haverhill  in  1828.     Three  children: 

1.  Samuel7  b.  Oct.  8,  1813;  m.  Elizabeth  Libbey  1840;  d.  1893. 

2.  Benjamin7  b.  Oct.  8.  1813. 

3.  Charles  L.7  b.  1818;  m.,  1st,  Delilah  Gatterson  1844;  2d,  Mary  C.  Gatterson  Mar. 

6,  1864;  3d,  Mrs.  Miranda  Lamson  1885. 

Benjamin7,  son  of  David  and  Ruth  (Stafford)  Noyes,  born  in  Landaff  Oct.  8,  1813; 
married,  first,  Nancy  Libby  1835;  second,  Mrs.  Sarah  Blood  Mar.  6,  1848;  third,  Mary 
C.  Wheeler  Apr.  7,  1869.  Came  to  Haverhill  in  1828.  Died  in  North  Haverhill  Dec. 
1897.     Six  children  born  in  North  Haverhill: 

1.  George  H.8  b.  Oct,  15,  1836;  m.  1863  Sarah  Clark.     Had  two  chil.  b.  in  Shawano, 

Wis.:     AdeliaM.9;  George  H.9.     He  died  of  wounds  received  at  Vicksburg,  Miss., 
1863. 

2.  Helen  A.8  b.  June  25,  1838;   m.  Charles  Pillsbury;   d.  1901. 

3.  Mark  F.8  b.  Sept.  18,  1840.     Moved  to  Washington  1898. 

4.  Henry  L.8  b.  Oct.  8,  1842.     Moved  to  Washington  1898. 

5.  Edmund  B.8  b.  Apr.  11,  1848;   m.  Martha  Clough;   d.  1895. 

6.  George  H.8  b.  Sept,  5,  1870. 

NOYES 

John  Noyes  was  sixth  in  descent  from  James  Noyes  of  Newbury  and  was  the  son  of 
Henry  and  Asenath  Noyes,  born  in  Haverhill  Oct.  10,  1813.  He  married  in  1834  Lydia 
Keyes,  and  died  Apr.  23,  1891.  He  lived  on  the  Isaac  Pike  place.  Four  children  born 
in  Haverhill  and  Richford : 

1.  Royal  H.7  b.  Sept.  12,  1836;   m.  Mary  L.  Pope. 

2.  John  R.7  b.  Apr.  17,  1840;   m.  Ruth  L.  Meltmore. 

3.  Ellen  M.7  b.  Mar.  20,  1845;  m.,  1st,  John  V.  Oliver;   m.,  2d,  M.  M.  McKenzie; 

d.  1895. 

4.  Laura  M.7  b.  Mar.  15,  1851;  m.  Murdock  M.  McKenzie;  d.  1891. 

Royal  H.7  and  Mary  L.  (Pope)  had  children  born  in  Barnston,  P.  Q.:  Lillian  E.8 
born  May  18,  1870;   Maude  born  July  29,  1874;  Cecil  born  Aug.  5,  1889. 

John  R.7  and  Ruth  L.  (Miltmore)  had  children  born  in  Barnston,  P.  Q.:  Leota  A.8 
born  Mar.  30,  1872;  John  O.  born  Nov.  24,  1879. 

OSGOOD 

John  Osgood,  sixth  in  descent  from  John  the  emigrant,  born  Andover,  Mass.,  June 
20,  1770;  married  at  Haverhill  Mar.  4,  1797,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Adams)  Porter,  born  Haverhill  Apr.  22,  1777.  He  died  in  Haverhill,  July  29,  1840; 
she  died  at  home  of  her  daughter  in  Hanover  Oct.  5,  1859.  Both  are  buried  in  Ladd 
Street  Cemetery. 

He  came  to  Haverhill  prior  to  1795,  since  in  that  year  he  was  elected  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures.  He  was  also  town  clerk  and  treasurer  for  several  years.  He  was  well 
known  as  a  silversmith,  and  a  maker  of  the  old  style  high  brass  clocks,  some  of  which, 
after  a  century  of  wear,  are  still  in  service  marking  time  as  accurately  as  when  they  came 
fresh  from  his  hands.  Mr.  Alfred  O.  Blaisdell  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  writes  of  his  grand- 
father, Mr.  Osgood  of  whom  he  has  boyish  remembrance: 

"He  was  rather  below  the  medium  height,  very  quiet  and  unobtrusive,  but  genial  and 
sociable;  a  devoted  Christian  desired  by  the  Congregational  Church  for  the  office  of 
deacon,  a  proffered  honor  which  he  declined,  because  of  a  slight  lameness  which  he 
deemed  unfitted  him  for  the  duties  of  the  position.  He  was  a  devoted  disciple  of  Isaac 
Walton,  and  Tarleton  Pond,  as  it  was  then  called,  had  great  attractions  for  him." 

He  lived  for  a  time  in  the  Nathaniel  Bailey  house,  where  he  carried  on  his  work  until 
the  demands  of  his  business  led  him  to  build  a  shop  across  the  way,  almost  directly  west 

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610  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

of  the  Bailey  house.  This  was  a  square,  one-story  building,  with  two  windows  in  front 
between  which  was  a  "Dutch"  door,  on  the  lower  half  of  which  he  used  to  lean  to  chat 
with  passersby.  "The  shop,"  as  Mr.  Blaisdell  remembers  it,  "had  two  rooms,  the  front 
one  a  salesroom,  and  the  rear  one  a  workshop  where  was  a  forge  for  melting  the  brass  for 
the  clocks,  and  the  old  Spanish  dollars  for  the  spoons,  shoe  and  knee  buckles,"  etc. 
These  were  all  made  on  the  premises  and  stamped  "J.  O."  In  later  years  he  built  the 
house  which  stood  north  of  the  Exchange  Hotel  on  Main  Street,  and  which  was  burned 
in  the  fire  which  destroyed  the  hotel  and  other  buildings.  They  had  seven  children  all 
born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  John  H.  b.  May  29,  1798.     He  engaged  in' the  watch  and  jewelry  business  in  Boston 

where  he  d.  Dec.  6,  1861. 

2.  Pamela  b.  July  20,  1800;   d.  Apr.  19,  1804. 

3.  Alfred  b.  July  2,  1802;  unm.;  went  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  successfully  en- 

gaged in  the  hardware  business,  and  was  killed  in  a  steamboat  explosion  Jan.  9, 
1852. 

4.  Pamela  b.  Aug.  25,  1804;  m.  Jan.  7,  1826,  Thos.  G.  Hiler  of  Boston;  d.  Aug.  16, 

1858.  They  had  one  s.,  Thomas  G.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1827.  Lived  at  Jamaica  Plain. 
Had  two  chil. 

5.  Martha  b.  July  27,  1806;  d.  Mar.  21,  1816. 

6.  Charlotte  b.  Aug.  25,  1810;    m.  Mav  30,  1832,  Daniel  Blaisdell,  b.  Pittsfield, 

1806,  s.  of  Elijah  B.  and  Nancy  Fogg  Blaisdell;  d.  Hanover  1875.  Mr.  Blaisdell 
grad.  from  Dartmouth  in  1825;  came  to  Haverhill  and  read  law  with  Joseph  Bell; 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1830,  and  began  practice  in  Haverhill  in  partnership 
with  John  Nelson,  but  in  1832  removed  to  Hanover  where  he  resided  until  his 
death.  As  a  lawyer  he  was  painstaking  and  well  read,  excelling  in  judgment  as  a 
counsellor.  A  man  of  exemplary  habits  and  high  character,  deliberate  and  exact 
in  speech,  courteous  and  refined  in  manner,  he  was  a  typical  gentleman  of  the  old 
school.  He  was  five  times  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  Han- 
over; was  presidential  elector  in  1860,  casting  his  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln; 
was  state  senator  in  1863  and  1864,  and  for  a  period  of  forty  years  was  treasurer 
of  Dartmouth  College.     They  had  two  chil.: 

(1)  Alfred  Osgood  b.  Lebanon  Mar.  13,  1833;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  1855;  m. 

Dec.  31,  1860,  Mary  E.  Martin  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  b.  May  20,  1832. 
They  reside  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  for  many  years  Mr.  Blaisdell  was 
consulting  engineer  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  Yard.  They  have  two  chil.:  (a) 
Ralph,  b.  Hanover  Aug.  23,  1864;  has  been  engaged  all  his  life  in  railroad 
business  in  which  he  has  been  an  enthusiast  from  childhood  and  is,  at  the 
present,  auditor  of  the  Oregon  R.  R.  and  Navigation  Co.  He  m.  Oct.  11, 
1888,  Lillian  La  Dow  of  Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  and  has  two  chil.,  Jerome 
b.  Dec.114, 1890;  and  Eunice  b.  June  3,  1893.  (b)  Edith  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  24,  1874;  unm.;  resides  with  her  parents. 

(2)  Charlotte  b.  Hanover  Feb.  12,  1839;    m.  July  30,  1868,  Prof.  Edward 

Rush  Ruggles  of  Dartmouth  College,  b.  Oct.  22,  1836,  d.  Oct,  29,  1897. 
They  had  five  chil.  all  b.  in  Hanover:  (a)  Daniel  Blaisdell  b.  Jan.  11,  1870, 
a  lawyer  in  Boston;  (b)  Edward  b.  Jan.  28,  1872;  with  Department  of 
Highways,  Baltimore,  Md.;  (c)  Mabel  b.  Apr.  13,  1873,  m.  July  10,  1895, 
Valentine  Eaton,  d.  Mar.  3,  1912;  (d)  Helen  Osgood  b.  Jan.  28,  1877,  m. 
Aug.  15,  1901,  Willis  B.  Hodgkins,  lives  Ballardvale,  Mass.;  (e)  Arthur 
b.  Jan.  26,  1881,  physician,  Butts  Asylum,  Providence,  R.  I. 

7.  George  b.  Nov.  22,  1814;  d.  Dec.  4,  1840. 

PAGE 

In  any  account  of  the  affairs  of  Haverhill  the  name  Page  will  be  found  to  appear  fre- 
quently. Families  bearing  that  name  do  not  as  in  most  cases  trace  their  ancestry  to 
some  single  emigrant,  but  there  seem  to  have  been  several  bearing  the  name  of  Page  who 
left  the  old  England  for  the  new  in  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Two  of 
these  bore  the  Christian  name  of  John;  they  came  to  America  about  the  same  time — 
the  same  year,  in  fact — one  settled  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  the  other  in  Watertown,  Mass., 
and  both  have  had  and  still  have  descendants  bearing  honorable  part  in  the  history  of 
the  town. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  611 

The  family  traces  its  ancestry  to  one  Hugo  de  Paghan,  who  lived  in  Eber,  Yorkshire, 
England,  in  1257,  and  was  knighted  by  Henry  III  in  1260,  as  Sir  Hugo  Page.  Dates  of 
births,  marriages  and  deaths  are  unavailable  until  1490,  when  we  find  a  Nicholas  Page 
living  in  Essex.  He  had  a  son  Henry  born  in  1492.  Henry  had  John  born  1521 ;  John 
married  Audry  Redding  1553;  they  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  Richard,  born  1556, 
married  Frances  Mudge  of  London.  They  had  ten  children,  one  of  whom,  John,  became 
an  emigrant. 

John  Page1  born  at  Middle  Temple,  London;  married  1620  Phoebe  Paine  and  re- 
moved to  Dedham,  England.  In  1630  he  came  to  America  with  his  wife  and  three  chil- 
dren in  the  ship  "Jewel" — one  of  the  ten  in  command  of  Gov.  John  Winthrop.  He  was 
one  of  the  company  which  purchased  of  William  Blackstone  the  peninsula  on  which  Bos- 
ton was  built,  but  finding  the  soil  unsuited  to  farming  he  removed  to  Watertown,  where 
he  died  Dec.  15,  1676.     They  had  five  children. 

John  Page2  (John1)  born  Watertown  1639,  third  son,  fourth  child  John  and  Phoebe; 
married  May  12,  1664,  Faith  Dunston,  named  in  will  of  President  Dunston  of  Harvard 
College  as  cousin.  Removed  to  Groton,  Mass.,  where  he  was  active  in  town  affairs 
but  returned  to  Watertown  about  1676,  and  was  probably  the  John  Page  who  represented 
Watertown  in  the  General  Court  of  1700.  His  wife  died  Apr.  3,  1699,  and  he  married, 
second,  Sept.  5,  1699,  the  widow  of  Emery  Lamb  of  Boston.  He  died  Mar.  14,  1711. 
Four  children. 

Samuel  Page3  (John2,  John1)  born  Groton  Jan.  4,  1672;  married  Sarah  Lawrence  and 
was  first  settler  of  Lunenburg,  Mass.  For  several  years  he  and  his  family  were  the  only 
residents  of  that  town,  and  he  was  known  by  the  title  of  "Governor." 

Lieut.  Nathaniel  Page4  (Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  Sept.  4,  1702;  married  Dec. 
25,  1733,  Mercy  Gould  of  Lunenburg;  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Rindge 
under  the  Masonian  charter  and  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  town.  He  died  in 
1779. 

*  John  Page6  (Lieut.  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  July  16,  1741,  came  from 
Rindge  to  Haverhill  or  Coos  Meadows  in  Sept.  1762.  He  spent  the  winter  in  the  Great 
Oxbow  with  one  other  man  and  a  boy  taking  care  of  the  cattle  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley 
which  had  been  driven  up  from  Newbury,  Mass.  He  brought  with  him  an  ax  and  a 
small  bundle  of  clothing.  In  payment  for  his  work  Gen.  Bayley  arranged  that  he  should 
be  named  as  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Haverhill  on  condition  that  he  would  settle  there. 
Later  he  went  to  Upper  Coos  (Lancaster)  and  earned  enough  by  working  there  for  his 
Uncle  David  Page  to  secure  another  right  of  land  in  Haverhill.  Returning  from  Lan- 
caster he  established  himself  as  a  settler  in  the  town  which  became  his  life  home.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  character,  of  great  physical  strength,  prudent,  thrifty  and  of  indom- 
itable perseverance.  The  homestead  he  established  has  been  in  the  family  in  all  the 
subsequent  years,  and  is  now  owned  by  the  widow  of  his  grandson,  Mrs.  Edward  L. 
Page.  He  married,  first,  Dec.  18,  1766,  Abigail  Sanders  of  Haverhill,  who  died  without 
issue  Feb.  16,  1783,  in  her  38th  year.  He  married,  second  (published  Sept.  23,  1783), 
Abigail  Hazeltine  of  Concord,  who  died  Apr.  18,  1785,  in  her  29th  year.  Their  one  son 
born  Apr.  11,  1785  lived  but  two  days.  He  married,  third,  Jan.  7,  1786,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Green,  widow  of  William  Green,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  Royce,  Esq.,  of  Landaff. 
She  was  a  woman  of  great  superiority  of  mind  and  character,  leaving  a  lasting  impress 
on  the  minds  and  character  of  her  children  and  exercising  a  moulding  moral  influence  in 
the  community.     Four  children,  all  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  John6  b.  May  21,  1787. 

2.  William  Green6  b.  Feb.  5,  1791;  d.  Nov.  26,  1820. 

3.  Samuel6  b.  Dec.  19,  1793. 

4.  Stephen  Royce8  b.  Aug.  20,  1797;   d.  Jan.  9,  1820.     He  was  a  young  man  of  great 

promise,  and  had  at  the  time  of  his  death  but  recently  graduated  from  Dartmouth. 

*  See  Chapter  on  First  Settlers. 


612  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

In  the  old  cemetery  at  Haverhill  Corner  in  the  Page  family  lot  may  be  read  these 
epitaphs,  which  have  at  least  the  merit  of  truthfulness,  something  which  cannot  always 
be  said  of  tombstone  inscriptions: 

Here  lie  the  Remains  of  Mr.  John  Page  who  was 

Born  in  Lunenburg  Mass.  July  16  1741 : 

Came  to  this  Town  in  1762  and  was  one  of  its 

First  Settlers 

He  bought  the  Land  on  which  he  Labored  Nearly 

Sixty  Years,  and  of  which  he  Died  Possessed 

October  15,  1823.     Industry,  Sobriety  and 

Integrity  Characterized  his  life 

Under  his  hand  and  the  Blessing  of  God 

the  Wilderness  became  a  fruitful  Field 

He  enjoyed  many  years  of  domestic,  civil  and 

religious  life,  and  died  in  full  hope  of 

Blessed  Immortality. 

Here  lie 

the  remains  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Page  widow  of 

Mr.  John  Page,  and  daughter  of  Samuel 

and  Deborah  Royce  who  died 

July  29,  1827  aged  70  years. 

In  her  eighteenth  year  she  embraced  the  religion  of 

Christ,  united  with  the  Baptist  Church,  continued 

through  life  an  humble  persevering  follower  of  the 

cross,  and  distinguished  patronage  of  the 

Missionary  and  other  Benevolent  Societies. 

John  Page*  (John5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  May  21,  1787;  was  one 
of  Haverhill's  most  honored  and  respected  citizens,  and  attained  deserved  prominence 
in  both  town  and  state.  His  school  life  was  interrupted  at  the  age  of  15  years  by  the 
financial  embarrassment  of  his  father,  and  he  set  to  work  to  aid  in  redeeming  the  home- 
stead from  debt.  He  served  his  town  in  all  the  important  offices,  as  town  clerk,  four- 
teen times  as  selectman,  and  three  times  as  representative  to  the  General  Court.  He 
was  register  of  deeds  for  Grafton  County  five  years  and  the  records  are  models  of 
neatness,  accuracy  and  penmanship.  He  saw  active  service  as  lieutenant  in  the  War  of 
1812.  He  was  elected  to  the  governor's  council  in  the  years  1836  and  1838.  In  June, 
1836,  he  was  elected  United  States  senator  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Isaac  Hill,  who 
had  resigned  to  become  governor,  and  served  till  Mar.  4,  1837.  He  was  defeated  for 
reelection  by  Franklin  Pierce,  but  was  elected  governor  in  1839,  1840  and  1841.  He 
served  as  one  of  the  selectmen  in  1842  after  retiring  from  the  governorship,  but  after 
that,  did  not  hold  public  office.  He  devoted  himself  to  his  farming  interests,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  promoting  the  building  of  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad. 
In  politics  he  was  an  active  and  influential  member  of  the  Democratic  party  until  the 
Free  Soil  movement  was  accelerated  by  the  annexation  of  Texas,  when  he  identified  him- 
self with  it,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Republican  party  in  his  state.  He  was 
a  man  of  deep  piety,  and  was  an  active  and  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.     He  died  Sept.  8,  1865. 

His  administration  as  governor  was  a  most  creditable  one.  He  was  not  a  brilliant  man, 
but  was  endowed  with  sturdy  common  sense,  was  of  unquestioned  integrity,  a  man  of  the 
people,  whom  the  people  appreciated  and  trusted.  His  vote  when  elected  the  first  time 
was  a  record  one.  In  1838,  when  the  Whigs  made  a  desperate  attempt  to  defeat  Gov. 
Isaac  Hill  for  a  third  term  by  placing  in  nomination  the  most  popular  man  in  their 
party,  James  Wilson,  Jr.,  of  Keene  ("Long  Jim")  the  total  vote  was  54,570,  and  Gov. 
Hill  received  28,607.  The  largest  previous  total  vote  was  in  1830,  42,441.  In  1839  in  a 
total  vote  of  54,601,  and  with  "Long  Jim"  Wilson  again  the  Whig  candidate,  John  Page 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  613 

received  30,518  the  largest  ever  cast  for  a  gubernatorial  candidate  in  New  Hampshire 
up  to  that  time,  and  this  was  not  exceeded  till  1S47,  when  Jared  W.  Williams  received 
30,806  in  a  total  vote  of  60,500.  In  1840  Gov.  Page  polled  29,521  in  a  total  vote  of 
50,790,  and  in  1841, 29,716  in  a  total  of  51,689.  His  record  as  a  vote  getter  was  a  remark- 
able one. 

During  his  administration  through  his  recommendation  and  influence  the  Geologic 
Survey  of  the  state  by  Dr.  Charles  T.  Jackson  of  Boston  was  secured.  He  paid  special 
attention  in  his  messages  to  banking.  He  believed  that  the  twenty-eight  banks  in  the 
state  were  more  than  enough,  at  a  time  when  specie  payment  was  suspended,  and  many 
of  the  banks  were  more  intent  on  making  money  by  speculation  and  over  issue  of  bank 
notes,  than  in  meeting  the  real  needs  of  the  people.  He  successfully  opposed  the  grant- 
ing of  further  bank  charters.  He  cautioned  against  excessive  legislation,  and  was  the 
constant  foe  of  special  legislation.  He  secured  the  repeal  of  the  law  allowing  imprison- 
ment for  debt  in  1840  and  in  1841,  in  his  annual  message  recommended  the  exemption  of 
some  portion  of  the  wages  of  the  laborer  from  the  trustee  process,  a  recommendation 
which  was  carried  into  effect  years  later. 

He  married  1812  (?)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Maj.  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrill, 
born  1789,  died  Feb.  13,  1855.  They  lived  on  the  homestead  farm  which  had  been 
owned  by  his  father  and  is  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Laura  M.  Page,  widow  of  his  youngest 
son,  E.  L.  Page.  The  present  house  on  the  farm  was  built  by  him  in  1812,  and  was  partly 
finished  when  he  was  in  military  service  in  Stewartstown  in  that  year.  Nine  children 
all  born  in  Haverhill. 

No  complete  record  of  the  dates  of  birth  or  marriage  of  these  exists  except  that  kept  in 
a  family  bible  which  was  taken  West  by  a  member  of  the  family  and  which  has  not  yet 
been  located. 

1.  Frederick  William7  m.  Selinda  Noyes. 

2.  John  Alfred7  m.  Martha  Ward. 

3.  Henry  Harrison7  b.  1816;  d.  Oct.  4,  1848;  m.  Sept.  29,  1841,  Eliza  Southard,  b. 

Aug.  28,  1815,  d.  Feb.  15,  1887.     Lived  at  Horse  Meadow.     One  dau.,  Kate  V. 
Page,  b.  May  15,  1848,  d.  Oct.  7,  1882. 

4.  Nathaniel  Merrill7  b.  Aug.  12,  1818;   m.  Ann  Jane  Southard  b.  Feb.  9,  1820,  d. 

Jan.  26,  1902.     He  d.  Sept.  2,  1889. 

5.  Stephen  Royce7  m.  Carrie  Smith. 

6.  Sarah  Hazen7  m.  Dr.  Abraham  O.  Dickey. 

7.  George  Washington7. 

8.  George  Brackett7  b.  Apr.  17,  1830;  m.  Caroline  G.  Bran,  b.  1835,  d.  Apr.  15,  1859. 

9.  Edward  Livingstone7  m.  Laura  M.  Batchelder. 

John  A.  Page7  was  the  second  son  of  Gov.  Page  and  was  born  in  Haverhill  in  1814. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  Academy,  and  served  a  short  time  as  clerk  in  a  store 
in  Portland,  Me.  Returning  to  Haverhill  he  engaged  in  mercantile  service  at  the  Brook 
and  continued  in  this,  till  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Bunce  as  cashier  of  the  Grafton  County 
Bank,  when  he  was  made  cashier.  Afterwards  he  became  cashier  of  the  bank  at  Dan- 
ville, Vt.,  and  later  was  called  to  the  superintendency  of  the  Passumpsic  Railroad. 
Later  he  became  cashier  of  a  bank  in  Montpelier,  Vt.,  then  president,  in  which  he  con- 
tinued till  his  death.  He  was  state  treasurer  for  sixteen  years  in  succession  and  proved  an 
able  and  faithful  public  officer.  He  addressed  himself  to  business  with  diligence  and  good 
judgment  and  accumulated  a  handsome  fortune.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Vermont 
and  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow  citizens.  He  married  Martha  Ward  of  Haver- 
hill, and  their  only  son  went  West. 

Samuel  Page6  (John5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  Dec.  19,  1793;  mar- 
ried, first,  Sept.  1819,  Louisa,  daughter  Maj.  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrill. 
She  died  Dec.  23,  1821.  Married,  second,  Mar.  25,  1823,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Elizabeth  (Merrill)  Swasey,  born  Mar.  5,  1798,  a  niece  of  his  first  wife.     He  died  Mar. 


614  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

24,  1876.  She  died  Mar.  27,  1876.  Mr.  Page  was  for  several  years  in  trade  on  Court 
Street  or  Eastern  Avenue  as  it  was  then  called  living  in  a  house  near  the  present  residence 
of  Judge  Westgate,  but  later  bought  the  farm  next  to  Piermont  line,  and  was  one  the  most 
successful  and  prosperous  farmers  in  town.  He  was  a  faithful  and  consistent  member  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  a  Democrat  in  his  political  affiliations  until  the  rise  of  the 
Free  Soil  movement  with  which  he  identified  himself  until  it  was  merged  into  the  Repub- 
lican party.  Both  as  Democrat  and  Republican  he  took  an  active  interest  in  political, 
social,  educational  and  religious  matters.  He  served  as  selectman  eight  times,  and 
represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  in  1831-32,  1848  and  49.  One  child  by  first 
marriage,  thirteen  by  second  all  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Louisa  M.7  b.  Sept.  6, 1820;  m.,  1st,  Mar.  16,  1839,  Ransom  Evans  of  Hav.;  2d 

Nason,  and  3d Babcock.     She  went  to  California  after  the  gold  fever  broke 

out  in  '49,  and  entered  into  pioneer  life  with  spirit  and  energy.  By  judicious 
investment  of  her  earnings  in  San  Francisco  real  estate,  Mrs.  Babcock  left  at  her 
death  a  handsome  property. 

2.  William  Hazen7  b.  Feb.  24,  1824. 

3.  Elizabeth  S.7  b.  Jan.  13,  1826;  m.  Jona.  S.  Nichols  June  10,  1852. 

4.  Hannah7  b.  June  29,  1827;  m.  Sept.  9,  1851,  Ezra  B.  Bowen.     They  lived  in  Mays- 

ville,  Wis.  She  d.  Aug.  6,  1856;  he  d.  Sept.  11, 1857.  They  had  one  s.,  Frank  P. 
b.  Aug.  27,  1852;  m.  Mary  Merrill  of  Centralville,  Kan.;  have  two  chil.:  (1) 
Bertha  b.  Oct.  23,  1876;  m.  Oct.  20,  1903,  Henry  G.  Kyle;  live  in  Kansas  City, 
Kan.  (2)  Leslie  b.  Oct.  18,  1883;  m.  May  5,  1909,  Mildred  B.  Mclntyre  at 
Kearney,  Neb.;  they  have  a  dau.,  Mary  Martha  b.  May  23,  1910. 

5.  Samuel,  Jr.7  b.  Aug.  15,  1829;  d.  Aug.  27,  1829. 

6.  Samuel,  Jr.7  b.  Sept.  3,  1830. 

7.  Harriet7  b.  Aug.  24,  1832;  m.  Dec.  31,  1869,  Simeon  C.  Senter  of  Claremont.     He 

d.  there  1910.     She  d.,  leaving  one  dau.,  Sarah  Louise,  b.  Dec.  19,  1871. 

8.  Mary7  b.  July  22,  1834;  unm.;  lives  Centralia,  Kan. 

9.  Ellen7  b.  Sept.  5,  1836;  m.  June  2,  1857,  Milo  Bailey.     (See  Bailey.) 

10.  Moses  Swasey7  b.  July  3,  1838. 

11.  Josephine7  b.  Jan.  30,  1840;  d.  Feb.  15,  1842. 

12.  Emily7  b.  Oct.  14,  1841;  d.  Dec.  10,  1843. 

13.  Josephine7  b.  June  2,  1842;   m.  Mar.  4,  1869,  L.  Robie  Jackson.     They  went  to 

Kansas  and  settled  in  Centralia.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Lora  b.  1869;  m.  1893  Eunis 
U.  Coombs  and  live  in  Colorado;  have  two  chil.:  (a)  Fern  Josephine  b.  June  17, 
1894,  and  (b)  Bertha  Delia  b.  Oct.  19,  1901.  (2)  Arthur  Page  b.  Dec.  6,  1876; 
m.  Elizabeth  Schaefer  of  Denver,  where  he  is  at  the  head  of  a  large  grocery  establish- 
ment. They  have  a  s.,  Arthur  Page,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1907,  and  a  dau.,  Elizabeth 
b.  May  3,  1910. 

14.  Emily7,  b.  June  6,  1845;  m.  Jan.  1,  1875,  Charles  N.  Flanders.     (See  Flanders.) 

William  Hazen  Page7  (Samuel6,  John5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born 
Feb.  24,  1824;  married  Nov.  28,  1854,  Mary  E.  Poor  of  Orford.  She  died  Apr.  1,  1900. 
He  died  Aug.  2,  1906.  He  always  lived  in  Haverhill  engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
except  a  few  years  spent  on  a  farm  in  Piermont.  In  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law, 
Joseph  Poor  and  later  with  his  son,  Charles  P.,  he  did  a  large  business  and  amassed  a 
handsome  property.  While  living  in  Piermont,  he  represented  the  town  four  years  in  the 
legislature,  but  though  an  ardent  Republican  he  took  little  active  part  in  politics  in 
Haverhill.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church  from  1881  till  his  death  in  1906. 
Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Charles  P.8  b.  Oct.  29,  1857. 

2.  Fred  W.8  b.  May  19,  1861.     Has  been  associated  with  his  brother  at  times,  but  is  at 

present  retired  from  active  business;  unm.;  owns  and  resides  in  the  Joseph  Bell 
house. 

Samuel  Page7  (Samuel6,  John5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  Sept.  3,  1830, 
married  Dec.  25,  1865,  Annie  E.  Smythe.  He  died  Mar.  19,  1894.  She  died  May  30, 
1901.     After  death  of  Mr.  Page  the  family  removed  from  the  homestead  farm  of  his 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  615 

father  to  West  Newbury,  Vt.     Farmer,  Republican,  Congregationalist.     Five  children 
born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Anna  Louise8  b.  Aug.  20,  1867;  m.  Dec.  25,  1894,  s.  of  Moses  and  Abigail  Bayley 

Brock  of  West  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  they  reside.  He  served  as  1st  lieut.  Co.  G, 
1st  Regt.  Inf.,  U.  S.  Vols.,  in  Spanish  War.  Is  interested  in  military  affairs, 
capt.  Co.  G,  1st  Regt.  Vt.  N.  G.  Four  chil.:  (1)  Unola  F.9b.  Dec.  11,  1895;  (2) 
Gwendolin  E.9  b.  Dec.  21,  1900;  (3)  Moses  L.9  b.  Apr.  14,  1903;  (4)  Stanley 
Page9  b.  Aug.  16,  1907. 

2.  Elizabeth  A.8  b.  Oct.  31,  1868;  m.  May  2,  1896,  Frank  R.  Bennett  of  Concord. 

3.  Samuel  M.8  b.  Sept.  29,  1877;  m.  June  20,  1907,  Mary  Engle. 

4.  Walter  Smythe8  b.  Aug.  27,  1880;  unm. 

5.  John  Clare8  b.  June  6,  1882;  d.  Nov.  9,  1895. 

Moses  Swasey  Page7  (Samuel6,  John5,  Nathaniel4,  Samuel3,  John2,  John1)  born  July  3, 
1838;  married  May  19,  1869,  Harriet  E.,  daughter  of  Asa  and  Charlotte  Hibbard  of 
Concord,  Vt.;  she  died  Feb.  1,  1907.  He  died  in  Melrose,  Mass.,  Jan.  11,  1917. 
Educated  in  common  schools,  St.  Johnsbury  (Vt.)  Academy  and  Newbury  (Vt.) 
Seminary.  Learned  watchmaker's  trade  with  Henry  Towle;  went  to  Boston  at  age  of  19, 
and  was  employed  in  a  jewelry  store  till  1860,  when  in  partnership  with  H.  E.  Felch,  he 
purchased  the  watch  and  jewelry  business  of  Geo.  K.  Goodwin,  which  since  1875  he  has 
conducted  under  the  name  of  M.  S.  Page  &  Co.  Has  achieved  financial  success,  and  is 
a  large  owner  of  real  estate  in  Melrose,  and  Maiden.  Served  as  private  in  Sixth  Mass. 
Regiment  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  Republican,  Congregationalist.  President 
Melrose  Savings  Bank,  of  Melrose  Hospital,  chairman  trustees  Consolidated  Land 
League;  past  commander  U.  S.  Grant  Post,  G.  A.  R.;  vice-president  Y.  M.  C.  A;  Mason, 
Knight  Templar;  member  Congregationalist  and  Middlesex  Clubs.  Has  travelled 
extensively.  Has  visited  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Europe,  also  Palestine,  Egypt, 
Turkey  and  South  America.     Resides  in  Melrose,  Mass.     Four  children: 

1.  Frank  H.8  b.  June  11,  1870;  drowned  in  Connecticut  River  June  24,  1880. 

2.  Edward  Samuel8  b.  Sept.  27,  1871;  attorney-at-law  in  Boston;  m.  June  22,  1898, 

Susie  May  Florit;  have  three  chil.:  (a)  Dorothy  F.9  b.  Mar.  19,  1899;  (b)  Frances 
H.9  b.  Sept.  16,  1901;  (c)  Priscilla  P.9  b.  June  26,  1904. 

3.  Harry8  b.  June  18,  1876;  d.  June  23,  1876. 

4.  Harold  R.8  b.  June  11,  1883;  m.  Mary  Banks  Sterling  Jan.  27,  1908.     In  business 

with  his  father.  Three  chil.:  (a)  Mary  B.9b.  Nov.  9,  1908;  (b)  Richard  Sterling9 
b.  Dec.  2,  1910;  d.  Dec.  7,  1910;  (c)  Harold  R.,  Jr.  b.  Jan.  9,  1912. 

Charles  P.  Page8  born  Haverhill  Oct.  29,  1857;  married  Feb.  24, 1886,  Sarah  Lizzie, 
daughter  Enoch  R.  Weeks  of  Haverhill,  born  Nov.  12,  1864.  Is  proprietor  of  a  general 
store  at  the  Corner  under  the  name  of  W.  H.  Page  &  Son.  Congregationalist  (deacon 
since  1911),  Republican.     Two  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  William  Enoch9  b.  Feb.  3,  1889. 

2.  Mildred  W.9  b.  June  3,  1890. 

PAGE 

John  Page1,  another  who  is  believed  to  have  arrived  in  America  in  1630,  settled  in 
Hingham,  living  there  till  1652,  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  Mass.,  where  he  died  Nov. 
23,  1687.  He  married  in  Hingham  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Marsh.  They  had  ten 
children. 

Benjamin  Page2  (John1),  third  son  and  child  of  John  and  Mary,  born  Hingham; 
baptized  July  14,  1644;  removed  to  Haverhill,  Mass.;  married  Sept.  21,  1666,  Mary, 
daughter  Thomas  and  Ruth  Green  Whittier;  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.  Ten  children 
born  in  Haverhill. 

Jeremiah  Page3  (Benjamin2,  John1),  eldest  son  Benjamin  and  Mary,  born  Sept.  14, 
1667;  married  June  2,  1696,  Deborah  Kendrick  of  Newburyport;  lived  in  Haverhill. 
Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill. 


616  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Joshua  Page4  (Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1),  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Jeremiah, 
born  Feb.  25,  1702;  married  Hannah  Duston.     Six  children. 

Joshua  Page5  (Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1),  fifth  child  and  second  son 
Joshua  and  Hannah,  born  May  4,  1746;  married  Anna  Runnells  of  Bradford,  Mass. 
Thirteen  children. 

Samuel  Page6  (Joshua6,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1)  born  July  10,  1772; 
married  Submit  Jeffers  of  Hampstead.  They  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  till  about  1812, 
when  they  came  to  Haverhill,  living  until  about  1816  in  what  has  since  been  known  as 
School  District  No.  6  or  "the  Jeffers  neighborhood,"  when  he  moved  across  the  line  into 
Coventry,  where  he  lived  till  his  death,  Mar.  18,  1843.  She  died  May  17,  1851.  They 
had  eleven  children: 

1.  Caleb7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1797. 

2.  James  Jeffers7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1800. 

3.  Samuel,  Jr.7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  May  9,  1802. 

4.  Subil  F.  J.7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1804;  m.  David  Hall  Hale;  lived  in  Hav. 

No  chil.     He  d.  Aug.  28,  1879;  she  d.  Apr.  17,  1877. 

5.  Sarah  A.  R.7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  May  17,  1807;  m.  Edwin  Macomber  of  Dedham, 

Mass.     He  d.  May  1873.     She  d.  Oct.  8,  1896.     Lived  in  Dedham.     No  chil. 

6.  David7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Aug.  6,  1809. 

7.  Elvira  C.7  b.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1811;  lived  in  Hav.,  N.  H.,  d.  unm. 

8.  Mary  Carr  b.  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  June  6,  1814;  m.,  1st,  Daniel  Batchelder  of  Chi- 

chester. One  child,  Elizabeth.  He  d.  1841.  She  m.,  2d,  Winthrop  Elliott. 
(See  Elliott.) 

9.  Daniel  D.7  b.  Coventry  (Benton)  Jan.  20,  1817;  m.  Charlotte  A.  Boleyn  of  Hins- 

dale, b.  June  25, 1825.  They  lived  in  Benton ;  farmer ;  filled  the  various  town  offices 
and  represented  town  in  legislature  in  1855  and  1856.  Nine  chil.  none  of  which 
live  in  Benton  or  Hav. 

10.  Joshua7  b.  Coventry  Sept.  25,  1819;  drowned  in  Connecticut  River  at  Montague, 

Mass.,  June  9,  1843;  buried  Northampton,  Mass. 

11.  John  J.7  b.  Coventry  Oct.  22,  1821;  d.  Aug.  22,  1834. 

Caleb  Page7  (Samuel6,  Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1)  born  Haverhill, 

Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1797;  married  Lovisa,  daughter Pike.     He  died  Feb.  1869;  she  died 

Jan.  1881.  Farmer,  lived  in  a  house  he  had  built  on  the  farm  he  had  himself  cleared, 
the  last  in  Haverhill,  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the  road  leading  from  East  Haverhill  to 
Warren  Summit.     Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Lucetta8  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  Submit8  drowned  in  Lake  Superior. 

3.  William8  d.  in  Sparta,  Wis. 

4.  Arthur8  d.  in  Laramie,  Wyo. 

5.  Elizabeth8. 

6.  Lucia8  m.  Henry  D.  Burleigh.     (See  Burleigh.) 

7.  Carrie8  m.  Jabez  Simpson,  widow;  lives  in  Laramie,  Wyo. 

James  Jeffers  Page7  (Samuel6,  Joshua6,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1)  born 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1800;  married  Jan.  5,  1826,  Fanny  Mead,  born  Aug.  22,  1797. 
He  died  in  Haverhill  Apr.  1,  1884.  She  died  in  Haverhill  Feb.  27,  1876.  They  lived  on 
the  homestead  farm  in  Benton  till  about  1870,  when  they  removed  to  a  farm  he  purchased 
on  the  River  road  in  Haverhill  near  the  Haverhill  and  Newbury  toll  bridge.  They  had 
six  children  all  born  in  Benton: 

1.  Lavina  F.  M.8  b.  Aug.  13,  1826;  d.  unm.  Feb.  14,  1896. 

2.  Eliza  Ann8  b.  Oct.  20,  1828;  m.  Rev.  Benjamin  W.  Rusk  of  Indiana,  who  went  to 

California  in  '49,  where  they  did  pioneer  work  in  the  establishment  and  upbuilding 
of  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches  in  that  state.  She  died  Dec.  31,  1906.  They 
had  three  chil.,  George,  Fannie  Mead,  and  Abbie  Florence,  all  of  whom  lived  and 
d.  in  California. 

3.  Laura  Anna8  b.  Sept.  28,  1831;  d.  unm.  May  25,  1876. 

4.  James8  b.  Feb.  10,  1834;  m.  June  4,  1863,  Olive  Ann,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Betsey 

Hunkins  of  Benton,  b.  May  30, 1837,  d.  Feb.  8, 1906.    Lived  in  Benton;  farmer  and 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  617 

school  teacher.  Died  Mar.  6.  1878.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Ella9  b.  Sept.  12,  1864, 
m.  Frank  H.  Pope;  (2)  Norman  J.9;  (3)  Ernest  T.9 

5.  Lizzie  Roach8  b.  July  4,  1839;  m.  Sept.  19,  1872,  George  Warren  Tilton.     Lives 

in  Chicago.     He  d.  188-. 

6.  Mary  King8  b.  Dec.  3,  1841;  m.  Dec.  28,  1865,  Dr.  Francis  M.  Shields,  b.  in  Ken- 

tucky. They  lived  and  d.  in  Sacramento,  Cal.  She  d.  May  4,  1897.  They  had 
3  chil.:  (1)  Francis  Morrow9;  (2)  Alice  Lillian9;  (3)  Grace  Page9,  who  m.  John 
H.  Hubbard  of  Chicago. 

Samuel  Page,  Jr.7  (Samuel6,  Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1)  born 
May  9,  1802;  married  Mar.  6,  1826,  Mary  Davis.  They  lived  in  Haverhill,  where  their 
seven  children  were  born,  until  1844,  when  the  family  removed  to  Fairfield,  la.  He  died 
on  the  journey  at  Elgin,  111.,  Feb.  6,  1844,  and  she  died  in  Fairfield  Apr.  12,  1845.  Of 
their  children  Samuel,  3d8  was  born  in  1830;  married  Mary  Dustin;  died  Jan.  1871;  she 
died  Jan.  17,  1911.  One  daughter,  Dr.  Mary  Page  Campbell,  lives  in  San  Francisco. 
Another  child  of  Samuel,  Jr.,  John,  born  in  Haverhill  1832,  died  in  Oregon. 

David  Page7  (Samuel6,  Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2,  John1)  born  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  Aug.  .6.  1809;  married  Dec.  31,  1844,  Margaret,  daughter  Adam  Taylor,  born 
Derry  May  1809.  He  died  July  1,  1881;  she  died  Mar.  7,  1881.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  read  law  with  James  W.  Wood  of 
Burlington,  la.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1844,  and  thereafter  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Haverhill,  where  he  resided.  He  lived  in  the  house  on  Court  Street  known  as 
the  Williams  Tavern,  where  his  son,  Samuel  T.,  later  lived.  Previous  to  his  admission  to 
the  bar  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  in  Groton,  Orford  and  Haverhill.  He  lived  at  first  in 
Benton,  where  he  served  as  selectman,  was  clerk  in  a  store  in  Groton  and  served  as 
moderator.  He  was  in  business  in  Haverhill  aside  from  his  profession,  and  filled  accept- 
ably minor  town  offices.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Congregational  Church.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  David8  b.  1845;  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  Elvira8  b.  Nov.  14,  1847;  m.  Jan.  5,  1873,  Alvin  Burleigh,  b.  Plymouth  Dec.  19, 

1842.  He  is  the  s.  of  Samuel  C.  and  Sally  L.  Heath,  and  the  adopted  s.  of  Alvin 
Thompson  Burleigh.  Lawyer,  Republican,  Methodist;  served  in  15th  N.  H. 
Inf.  in  War  of  the  Rebellion;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  in  1871;  trustee  of  Plymouth 
Guaranty  Savings  Bank;  has  represented  Plymouth  in  the  Legislature  and  was 
speaker  of  the  House  during  what  is  known  as  the  famous  "Railroad  Session"  of 
1887.  Is  a  successful  lawyer,  a  substantial  and  honored  citizen.  Three  chil.: 
(1)  Alvin  P.  b.  Mar.  20,  1875;  (2)  David  P.  b.  Mar.  27,  1878,  grad.  Dartmouth 

1901,  m.  Lucy  A.  Morrison;  (3)  Margaret  T.  b.  May  25,  1888;  m. Titus  who 

died  1918. 

3.  Samuel  T.8  b.  Feb.  14,  1849. 

4.  Martha  Ann8  b.  May  14,  1850;  m.  June  1874  Charles  R.,  s.  of  Charles  Whitney  of 

Keene,  d.  Jan.  1,  1875. 

Samuel  Taylor  Page8  (David7,  Samuel6,  Joshua6,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2, 
John1)  born  Feb.  14,  1849;  married  Oct.  5,  1872,  Frances  M.,  daughter  James  P.  and 
Maria  (Goodhue)  Eaton  of  Manchester,  born  Nov.  6,  1854.  Was  educated  at  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  and  Dartmouth,  graduating  class  of  1871.  Studied  law  with  his 
father  and  with  Cross  &  Burnham  of  Manchester  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Amherst.  Practiced  his  profession  in  Haverhill,  though  engaged  for  a  time  in  business 
in  Manchester,  and  was  also  the  publisher  for  some  time  of  the  People  and  Patriot 
at  Concord.  He  was  private  secretary  to  Gov.  Weston  in  1874  and  held  the  office 
of  register  of  probate  for  Grafton  County  for  eight  years.  Was  superintendent  of 
schools,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  in  1877  and  '78,  and  again  in  the 
prolonged  railroad  session  of  1887.  Early  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  he  spent  some 
months  in  California  as  a  successful  attorney  in  the  interests  of  New  Hampshire  legatees 
of  a  large  estate.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  an  unswerving 


618  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Democrat,  and  active  in  the  councils  of  his  party.    He  resided  on  Court  Street  in  the 
house  formerly  known  as  the  Williams  Tavern.     Died  1917.     Two  children: 

1.  Grace  M.9  b.  Manchester  Jan.  12,  1874;  grad.  Smith  College;  m.  Moody  S.,  s.  of 

Andrew  J.  and  Augusta   Bennett  of   Manchester,   b.   Aug.    1873.     Two  chil.: 
(1)  Frances  Augusta;  (2)  Barbara  Louise. 

2.  Donald  Taylor9  b.  Oct.  27,  1878;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  1901;  engaged  in  teaching 

in  New  York  City;  m.  Eunice  Barrows.    One  child,  Caroline,  b.  1916;  d.  1917. 

Norman  J.  Page9  (James8,  James  J.7,  Samuel6,  Joshua5,  Joshua4,  Jeremiah3,  Benjamin2, 
John1)  born  Benton  Nov.  13,  1866;  married  June  23,  1904,  Helen  Ridler,  daughter 
Frederic  Howard  and  Ella  Kaime  (Ridler)  White  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.  She  was  born 
Pawtucket  Sept.  6,  1877;  she  received  degree  A.  B.  Tufts  1899,  A.  M.  Brown  1901. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  Haverhill  Academy;  received  degree  A.  B.  Dartmouth  '95, 
A.  M.  Boston  Univ.  '99.  Served  as  supervising  principal  of  schools  at  Bethlehem, 
Salem  Depot  and  Henniker  '99-'01 ;  supervising  principal  Pittsfield  High  School  '01-'05, 
Woodsville  '05-'07,  Lisbon  '07-' 11,  the  last  year  principal  only;  superintendent  of  schools 
at  Woodsville,  Haverhill  and  Bath  district  since  1911,  Monroe  added  1916,  Benton  added 
1919;  studied  at  Univ.  Grenoble,  France,  1904,  at  the  Alliance  Francaise,  Paris,  1909, 
and  also  at  Harvard.  Spent  summers  of  1900,  1902,  1904  and  1909  in  Europe.  Resides 
in  Woodsville ;  owns  the  old  Page  homestead  farm  of  his  father  and  grandfather  in  Benton. 
Democrat,  Universalist.     Four  children : 

1.  Norman  Frederic10  b.  Woodsville  Sept.  14,  1905. 

2.  Barbara  White10  b.  Lisbon  Oct.  26,  1907. 

3.  Lincoln  Ridler10  b.  Lisbon  Feb.  11,  1910. 

4.  Miriam  Olive10  b.  Woodsville  Nov.  26,  1912. 

Ernest  Tilden  Page9  (James8,  James  J.7,  Samuel6,  Joshua5,  Joshua4,    Jeremiah3, 
Benjamin2,  John1)  born  May  18,  1876;  married  Mar.  20,  1906,  Delcina  Winifred  Wether- 
bee.     One  child: 
1.  Theda  Olive10  b.  Benton  Jan.  1907. 

PAGE 

James  Page1  born  Washington,  Vt.,  Jan.  15,  1800;  died  Norwich,  Conn.,  Oct.  24, 
1874.     Lived  in  Haverhill  for  a  time  with  his  son,  Greenleaf  Page. 

James  A.  Page2  (James1)  born  Oxford  Sept.  10,  1836;  married  Dec.  7,  1860,  Ellen 
Mary,  daughter  John  and  Tryphena  (Morse)  Farr,  born  Apr.  21,  1837,  of  Littleton. 
He  died  in  Haverhill  Sept.  19,  1903;  she  died  Aug.  18,  1909.  Came  to  Haverhill  previous 
to  1860  and  engaged  in  harness  making  business  which  he  continued  under  the  firm  name 
of  Wood  &  Page,  and  later  alone  till  failing  health  compelled  his  retirement  from  business. 
He  was  second  lieutenant  Company  B.,  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  rendering 
honorable  service.     No  children. 

Orrin  Greenleaf2  (James1)  born  Sanborn  ton  May  6,  1827;  married,  first,  Nov.  1857 
Maria  W.  Glynn,  who  died  Mar.  25,  1874;  second,  Emeline  Barnett,  Jan.  7,  1875. 
Painter,  Republican.     Removed  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  about  1875.     One  child. 

PAGE 

Stephen  Page1  born  England,  removed  to  America,  settled  and  married  in  Atkinson, 
where  he  died. 

Benjamin2  (Stephen1)  born  Atkinson  Apr.  29,  1769;  died  Landaff  Aug.  30,  1841. 

Benjamin3  (Benjamin2,  Stephen1)  born  Landaff.  Married  Mar.  31,  1805,  Elizabeth 
Clement,  daughter  William  Berkley  of  Lyman.  Lived  in  Lyman  from  1835  to  1845. 
Died  Littleton  Oct.  20,  1882. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  619 

Samuel  B.  Page4  (Benjamin3,  Benjamin2,  Stephen1)  born  Littleton  June  23,  1838; 
married  Oct.  3,  1886,  Martha  Child,  daughter  of  William  Lang,  born  in  Bath  Oct.  17, 
1837.  She  died  Haverhill  Oct.  3,  1886.  He  received  an  academic  education,  began 
the  study  of  law  in  1858  with  Woods  &  Bingham,  graduated  from  Albany  Law  School,  ad- 
mitted to  New  York  bar  in  1861,  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  1862;  U.  S.  District 
and  Circuit  Courts  1869;  A.  M.  Dartmouth  College  1868;  practiced  law  in  Warren  1861  to 
'69,  in  Concord  '69  to  '75;  removed  to  Woodsville,  where  he  continued  practice  till  his 
death  in  1910.  Episcopalian,  Mason,  Odd  Fellow,  K.  of.  P.,  Elks  and  other  fraternal 
organizations.  Served  as  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  Democrat, 
represented  Warren  in  Legislature  1864-69;  Ward  6,  Concord  1871;  Haverhill  1887,  '89, 
'93;  moderator  Haverhill,  1887-95  ten  years;  member  of  Constitutional  Convention 
from  Haverhill  1876;  chairman  Democratic  State  Committee  1876;  delegate  to  Democratic 
National  Convention  1900;  trustee  State  Normal  School  1870-77.  Superintendent 
Haverhill  schools  1876-84;  member  of  Board  of  Education,  Concord,  1870-74;  member  of 
committee  Woodsville  Union  High  School  1885-86;  died  Woodsville  Apr.  6,  1910.  (See 
Chapter  on  Courts  and  Bar.)     Six  children: 

1.  Childs  Lang5  b.  Bath  July  3,  1860;  d.  Woodsville  Jan.  2,  1885. 

2.  William  Henry5  b.  Bath  May  1,  1863;  d.  Woodsville  Sept.  9,  1888. 

3.  Elizabeth  Berkeley5  b.  Warren  Oct.  10,  1865;  d.  Concord  Feb.  11,  1896. 

4.  James  Eames5  b.  Hav.  Apr.  26,  1877;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Lewis5  b.  Hav.  Apr.  20,  1878;  d.  in  infancy. 

6.  Martha  Sophia5  b.  Hav.  Aug.  24,  1879;  m.  Dec.  23,  1899,  at  St.  Luke's  Church, 

Woodsville,  Herbert  Oliver  Hutchins.     He  is  a  dentist.     They  reside  at  Bellows 
Falls,  Vt.     Seven  chil. 

PARK 

William  Park1,  son  William  and  Betty  Park,  born  Ashby,  Mass.,  Apr.  1,  1799; 
married  Townsend,  Mass.,  Apr.  29,  1824,  Lydia  Truell.     Lived  is  Ashby  and  Townsend. 

William  R.  Park2  (William1)  born  Townsend,  Mass.,  1828;  married  Lucy  Malvina 
Ayer,  daughter  Walter  H.  Ayer  of  Haverhill.  Came  to  East  Haverhill  as  a  young  man 
and  engaged  at  first  in  the  business  of  charcoal  burning  and,  about  1863,  in  the  lumber 
business.  In  1870  he  removed  to  Plymouth  and  engaged  in  the  same  business  there  and 
in  Rumney.  Died  in  Rumney  1899.  His  wife  died  in  Plymouth  May  13,  1897.  Four 
children:  Jennie  S.3  married  Jan.  21, 1880,  Charles  R.  Gibson  of  Woodsville  (See  Gibson) ; 
William  R.,  Jr.3;  Abbie  S.3  born  June  1863,  died  Dec.  1, 1864;  Cora  L.3  married  Frederick 
P.  Weeks  of  Plymouth.  William  R.  Park,  Jr.4,  born  Aug.  2,  1856;  married  June  20, 1879, 
Elizabeth  (Andrews)  Dodge,  daughter  Joseph  A.  Dodge  of  Plymouth.  In  lumber 
business  in  Plymouth  and  Warren.  Seven  children:  (1)  Mary  Elizabeth5;  (2)  Joseph 
A.  Dodge5,  Graduated  West  Point;  (3)  Richard5,  graduated  West  Point;  (4)  Ruth 
Ayer5,  Vassar;  (5)  Esther  Marguerette5;  (6)  Katherine  Lucille5;  (7)  William  Humphrey. 

PARTRIDGE 

Loren  W.  Partridge  born  Apr.  26,  1851 ;  died  Nov.  26,  1892.  Elizabeth  A.,  his  wife, 
born  Oct.  20,  1854;  died  May  16,  1892. 

PATRIDGE 

Harry  M.  Patridge2,  son  of  Lyman  and  Theodosia  (Words)  Patridge,  born  Dec.  30, 
1828,  Peacham,  Vt.;  married  Dec.  18,  1850,  Cynthia  Clark,  daughter  of  Schuyler  and 
Esther  E.  (Mead)  Merrill  (see  Merrill),  born  North  Haverhill  Nov.  13,  1829.  He  was  a 
farmer;  lived  in  Littleton,  and  Peacham,  Vt.,  till  about  1856  when  he  came  to  Haverhill. 
His  farm  was  on  Colby  Hill  in  school  district  No.  10.  He  died  in  North  Haverhill  July  26, 
1893;  she  died  July  16,  1912.     Four  children: 


620  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1.  Loren  Wood3  b.  Littleton  Apr.  26,  1851;  m.  Lizzie  Mason  of  Lyme,  N.H.     He  d. 

May  26,  1892,  at  No.  Hav. 

2.  Lois  Wyona3  b.  Littleton  Apr.  26,  1851  (twin  of  Loren);  m.  Timothy  B.  Southard  of 

Bath;  d.  Feb.  16,  1872. 

3.  Fred  Francis3  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  July  23,  1854. 

4.  Jesse  Fremont3  b.  Jan.  15,  1863;  m.  Oct.  25,  1884,  Gilbert  E.  McConnell.     (See 

McConnell.) 

Fred  Francis  Patridge3  (Harry  M.2,  Lyman1)  born  Peacham,  Vt.,  July  23,  1854; 
married  Jan.  6,  1881,  Harriet,  daughter  Solon  and  Lois  Albee  of  Littleton,  born  Feb.  13, 
1862.  Farmer,  Republican.  Lives  in  North  Haverhill.  Eleven  children  all  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Lena  W.4  b.  Oct.  20,  1882;  d.  Nov.  23,  1883. 

2.  Millie  M.4  b.  May  30,  1884;  d.  Apr.  24,  1892. 

3.  Harry  M.4  b.  Sept.  9,  1886. 

4.  Tina  A.4  b.  Apr.  30,  1889;  m.  Mar.  5,  1911,  Elmer  Spencer  of  Hav.,  s.  of  Nehemiah 

and  Helen  (Dennis)  Spencer,  b.  Piermont  Mar.  26,  1875.     They  live  in  Hav. 

5.  Tillie  A.4  b.  Apr.  30,  1889  (twin  of  Tina) ;  m.  May  24,  1910,  Elmore,  s.  of  Henry  and 

Caroline  (Fadden)  Spooner  of  Franconia,  b.  Sept.  5,  1875.     Reside  in  Franconia. 

6.  Mary  D.4  b.  Nov.  17,  1891;  m.  Sept.  19,  1908,  Arthur  Pierce  of  Hav.  (Pike),  b. 

Sept.  23, 1888. 

7.  Salon  J.4  b.  Dec.  5,  1894;  m.  May  28,  1912,  Jessie  Easter  of  Hav.  (Pike),  b.  July  19, 

1883 

8.  Lois  J.4  b.  Dec.  13,  1897. 

9.  Margaret  H.4  b.  Feb.  2,  1900. 

10.  Fred  F.4  b.  Nov.  9,  1902. 

11.  Ellen  J.4  b.  Feb.  21,  1906. 

PEARSON 

Capt.  Joseph  Pearson  came  from  Boscawen  to  Haverhill  in  1778  and  as  early  as  1779 
he  was  the  owner  of  a  fulling  mill  at  the  Brook.  He  took  an  active  part  in  developing  the 
resources  of  the  town  and  in  building  up  its  prosperity.  Later  he  carried  on  the  lumber 
business.  He  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  citizen.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was  Hannah 
Johnstin  and  they  had  a  large  family.  She  was  a  woman  of  superior  character  and  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  church  in  Haverhill.  They  had  eight  children  born 
in  Haverhill: 

1.  Isaac  b.  Mar.  19,  1779. 

2.  David  b.  Apr.  2,  1780. 

3.  Samuel  H.  b.  July  23,  1784;  grad.  at  Dartmouth  in  1803;  studied  law  with  Alden 

Sprague,  and  lived  in  Lancaster  where  he  was  postmaster  many  years. 

4.  Joseph,  Jr.  b.  Dec.  13,  1786. 

5.  Hannah  b.  Jan.  7,  1788;  m.  S.  McDurgin  of  Boscawen  June  18,  1815. 

6.  Susannah  b.  May  31,  1789;  d.  May  10,  1822. 

7.  Polly  (Mary)  b.  Nov.  20,  1790;  d.  Aug.  31,  1822. 

8.  Betsey  b.  Mar.  10,  1792;  m.  Moses  Johnson  of  Newbury. 

9.  Nancy  b.  Oct.  14,  1794;  m.  July  9,  1823,  Rev.  Christopher  March  of  No.  Sanford, 

Me. 

Capt.  Pearson  died  Oct.  25,  1838,  aged  seventy-three  years.  Mrs.  Pearson  died  Oct. 
7,  1839,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  They  lived  in  a  house  standing  on  the  left  of  the  road 
after  leaving  the  Brook  and  going  to  Ladd  Street. 

Maj.  Isaac  Pearson  born  Mar.  19,  1779;  died  Feb.  13,  1854;  married,  first,  Oct.  1805, 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  Merrill,  died  Aug.  19,  1817;  married,  second, 
May  20,  1818,  Charlotte  Atherton  born  May  29,  1795,  died  Feb.  19,  1848.  He  followed 
his  father  in  the  lumber  business.  He  owned  large  meadows  on  the  river,  and  much  land 
east  of  Ladd  Street.    By  his  first  marriage  there  were  two  children: 

1.  Merrill  m.  a  dau.  of  Dea.  Henry  Banton  of  Hav.  and  went  to  Bloomington,  111. 

2.  Caroline  d.  Feb.  8,  1838,  ae.  29. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  621 

By  his  second  marriage  he  had  several  children : 

3.  Sarah  Elizabeth  and  infant  child,  Horace  F.  Carr,  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  3, 

1862,  ae.  28  yrs. 

4.  Charles  E.  d.  Feb.  3,  1870. 

^>      ("t  forpf 

6!  James  H.  b.  1827;  m.  Sarah  E.  Witherell. 

7.  Isaac. 

8.  Hannah  M.  m.  Feb.  9,  1843,  W.  H.  Curtis  of  Stratford,  Vt. 

9.  Charlotte  m.  James  M.  Chadwick  Jan.  7,  1850. 

There  may  have  been  other  children  in  this  family,  but  none  are  now  living  in  town. 

James  H.  Pearson  received  his  education  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  engaged  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  till  1851,  when,  after  his  marriage  to  Sarah  E. 
Witherell,  Apr.  10,  1850,  he  removed  to  Chicago  and  became  one  of  the  prominent  busi- 
ness men  of  that  city.  He  was  a  man  of  great  excellence  of  character,  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  the  sturdy  and  energetic  New  England  state.  Previous  to  the  centennial 
celebration  of  the  academy  he  took  the  old  building  and  put  it  in  repair  for  a  library, 
and  village  hall.  He  has  four  children.  A  daughter  married  Prof.  Scott  of  the  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary,  and  two  sons  have  been  in  business  with  their  father.  Another 
has  developed  a  reputation  as  an  artist. 


PENNOCK 

Jefferson  Pennock  was  born  in  Lyman,  the  son  of  Herman  and  Thankful  Pennock, 
Jan.  10,  1808,  and  died  Feb.  2,  1892.  He  was  married  four  times:  first  to  Ann  Clark  at 
Bath  in  Dec.  1831,  who  died  Apr.  6,  1852,  at  the  age  of  forty;  second,  to  Zelpha  H., 
widow  of  Moses  Noyes  of  Haverhill,  who  died  May  5,  1861,  at  the  age  of  forty-one  years 
and  seven  months;  third,  to  Laura  W.,  who  died  Nov.  21,  1879,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years 
and  twenty-seven  days;  and,  fourth,  Dec.  30,  1880,  to  B.  Jane  Quimby  (maiden  name 
Crooch),  age  forty-five  years.     Farmer,  Methodist.     Children: 

Jane  b.  1835;  d.  Sept.  3,  1837,  ae.  2  yrs.,  7  mos. 

Jershu  b.  1838;  d.  Mar.  19,  1839,  ae.  11  mos. 

John  C.  b.  Oct.  12,  1841;  d.  Feb.  16,  1916. 

David  B.  b.  1845;  d.  May  25,  1845. 

James  F.  b.  1846;  d.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Sarah  A.  b.  1852;  m.  Oct.  11,  1876,  Edward  C.  Rowe  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Clara  May  b.  1864;  d.  June  4,  1865,  ae.  13  mos. 

John  C.  Pennock2  born  Oct.  12,  1841;  married  Dec.  1,  1867,  Fannie  B.,  daughter  of 
John  D.  Lawrence,  who  died  Dec.  25,  1890.  He  married,  second,  June  28,  1893,  Mary 
J.  Tenney.  He  died  Feb.  16,  1916.  Was  for  many  years  employed  by  the  railroad  and 
when  he  left  employ  went  into  the  fish  business.  Was  a  Methodist,  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  and  a  Democrat.     Five  children  born  in  Woodsville: 

1.  Iola  L.3  b.  Nov.  5,  1868;  m.  Jan.  18,  1890,  Elmer  E.  Brown;  d.  Apr.  12,  1892.     One 

child,  Arthur  Leon4,  b.  Mar.  30,  1892,  d.  July  31,  1892. 

2.  Millie  M.3  b.  Aug.  16,  1871;  m.  Jan.  25,  1892,  Charles  D.  Steele.     Is  in  business  in 

Manchester.  Methodist,  Republican.  Three  chil.  b.  in  Manchester:  Howard 
Arthur4  b.  Aug.  15,  1893;  Howard  Lawrence4  b.  Oct.  29,  1894;  Marjorie  Milicent4 
b.  Feb.  9,  1903. 

3.  Maude  J.3  b.  Feb.  1,  1874;  m.  Jan.  17,  1894,  Frederic  E.  Baker.     Is  in  employ  of  the 

railroad.  Methodist,  Republican.  Two  chil.:  Mary  Allison4  b.  Sept.  13,  1897, 
d.  Aug.  17,  1898;  Ruth  Aurelia4  b.  May  2,  1902. 

4.  Blanche  A.3  b.  Apr.  4,  1875;  m.  Jan.  16,  1895,  William  M.  Gleason.     Lives  in 

Laconia.     Methodist.     One  child,  Fannie  Madeline,  b.  May  11,  1898. 

5.  Lois  I.3  b.  Oct.  31,  1876;  d.  unm.  Dec.  24,  1897. 


622  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

PETERS 

Samuel  Peters  born  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  Apr.  16,  1797;  died  Benton  Jan.  22,  1875;  mar- 
ried Mar.  1,  1821,  Margaret  Nelson  of  Ryegate,  Vt.,  born  June  4,  1802.  After  his  mar- 
riage he  lived  in  Ryegate  and  that  part  of  Lyman  now  Monroe,  and  later  in  Haverhill  on 
the  road  leading  from  the  foot  of  Bradley  Hill  in  Bath  to  the  County  road  in  Haverhill. 
He  was  the  third  of  the  seven  children  of  Andrew  Barnet  and  Lydia  (Bliss)  Peters  of 
Bradford,  Vt.  Anna,  an  elder  sister,  married  Eleazar  Smith  of  Washington,  Vt.,  who  was 
later  proprietor  of  the  Exchange  Hotel  at  Haverhill  Corner,  succeeded  by  his  son,  Charles 
G.  Smith.  Andrew  Barnet  Peters  was  in  the  Royal  Navy  from  1780  to  1783  when  he 
came  to  Bradford,  Vt.,  where  he  was  town  clerk  for  forty-six  years;  represented  the  town 
in  the  legislature  and  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  half  a  century.  The  eleven  children 
of  Samuel  Peters  were  born  in  Ryegate,  in  Lyman  and  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Ann  Eliza  b.  Apr.  15,  1822;  m.   Myron  Bailey.     Lived  in    Hav.,  Bethlehem    and 

Littleton.     No  chil. 

2.  George  Robert  b.  Feb.  24.  1824;  d.  Mar.  3,  1824. 

3.  William  b.  Feb.  24,  1824;  d.  Mar.  3,  1824. 

4.  Lydia  Bliss  b.  June  30,  1825;  m.  June  4,  1855,  Andrew  Warden.  Lived  in  Barnet, 

Vt. 

5.  Nancy  Nelson  b.  May  19,  1827;  d.  unm.  Dec.  9,  1848. 

6.  Henry  Nelson  b.  July  18,  1829;  m.  Charlotte  E.  Davis,  dau.  Joseph  Davis  of 

Bath.     Resided  in  Illinois.     Four  chil. 

7.  Milo  R.  b.  Mar.  20,  1832;  m.  Ellen  F.  Richardson.     Lived  in  Manteno,  111.     Seven 

chil. 

8.  Margaret  Flora  b.  July  2,  1834;  m.  James  B.  Trueworthy.     Resided  in  Lowell, 

Mass. 

9.  Helen  M.  b.  Jan.  3,  1837;  m.  Paul  Seagar  of  Manteno,  111. 

10.  Chastina  b.  Jan.  22,  1840;  m.  Oct.  18,  1875,  Rev.  Frank  W.  Smith.     Resided  in 

Cape  Elizabeth,  Me. 

11.  Jane  H.  b.  Hav.  Aug.  15,  1848;  d.  Hav.  Feb.  27,  1849. 


PHELPS 

The  first  resident  physician  in  Haverhill  of  whom  anything  is  definitely  known  was  Dr. 
Martin  Phelps.  He  came  before  1782  and  a  sketch  of  his  life  and  character  may  be  found 
in  the  chapter  on  "The  Medical  Profession." 

William  Phelps1,  son  of  William  and  Dorothy;  baptized  Tewksbury  Church,  Glou- 
cestershire, England,  Aug.  19,  1599.  With  his  wife  and  six  children  he  emigrated  to 
New  England  Mar.  20,  1630;  arrived  May  30,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Dorches- 
ter, Mass. 

Nathaniel  Phelps2  (William1)  born  England  about  1627;  settled  in  Dorchester  with 
his  father,  and  went  with  his  family  to  Windsor,  Conn.,  where  he  married  Sept.  17,  1650, 
Elizabeth  Copley. 

Dea.  Nathaniel  Phelps3  (Nathaniel2,  William1)  born  Windsor,  Conn.,  June  2,  1653; 
married  Aug.  11,  1676,  Grace  Martin  of  Northampton,  Mass.  Lived  in  Northampton. 
Ten  children. 

Nathaniel  Phelps4  (Dea.  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  William1),  eighth  of  ten  children, 
born  Northampton,  Mass.,  Feb.  13,  1692;  married,  first,  Abigail  Burnham;  second, 
Catherine  Hiscock. 

Martin  Phelps5  (Nathaniel4,  Dea.  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  William1)  born  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  Dec.  24,  1723;  married  Martha  Parsons.     Nine  children. 

Dr.  Martin  Phelps6  (Martin5,  Nathaniel4,  Dea.  Nathaniel3,  Nathaniel2,  William1) 
born  Northampton  1756;  married,  first,  Ruth  Ladd,  born  Haverhill  1771,  died  Chester, 
Mass.,  Apr.  16,  1804  (see  Ladd);  second,  Feb.  4,  1806,  Mary  Fowler  of  Westfield,  Mass. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  623 

Graduate  of  Yale  1776.  Practiced  medicine  in  Haverhill  and  Chester,  Mass.,  many 
years.     Seven  children  by  first  wife: 

1.  Martha7  b.  Hav.  Jan.  3,  1788;  m. Mann.     Resided  Troy,  N.  Y.     She  was  a 

distinguished  literary  woman 

2.  Col.  Samuel7  b.  Hav.  Sept.  9,  1789;  d.  Ware,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1843;  m.  Betsey  Henry. 

Sheriff,  hotel  keeper,  proprietor  stage  line  Boston  to  Albany.     Six  chil. 

3.  Sally7  b.  Hav.  Mar.  20,  1792;  m.  May  9,  1811,  Artemas  Elder  of  Chester,  Mass. 

4.  Electra7  b.  Hav.  Jan.  23,  1794;  m.  Aug.  3,  1814,  George  Nooney  of  Chester. 

5.  Martin7  b.  Hav.  Nov.  9,  1795;  m.  Oct.  9,  1817,  Electra  Knox;  d.  Chester  Nov.  27, 

1863.     Deputy  sheriff  twenty  years.     Ten  chil. 

6.  Charles7  b.  Belchertown,  Mass.,  May  25,  1799;  d.  Aug.  8.  1800. 

7.  Ruth7  b.  Chester,  Mass.,  Feb.  29,  1804;  m.  Jason  Gorham  of  Ware,  Mass.,  Nov.  1, 

1829. 

One  child  by  second  wife: 

8.  Mehitabel7  b.  Chester  Apr.  22,  1807. 

There  are  no  descendants  of  Dr.  Phelps  in  Haverhill. 

PHILLIPS 

Henry  C.  Phillips,  son  of  John  F.  and  Sarah  A.  (Pattee)  Phillips,  born  Alexandria 
Jan.  19,  1865;  married  Oct.  10,  1885,  Hattie  M.,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Mary  (Marston) 
Clark.  Mr.  Phillips  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  New  Hampton, 
and  was  employed  for  a  time  in  a  paper  mill  in  Bristol,  until  he  purchased  a  farm  which 
he  operated  successfully  until  he  came  to  Woodsville  in  April,  1893,  to  assume  the  superin- 
tendency  of  the  Grafton  County  farm  and  almshouse,  a  position  he  held  until  his  death. 
He  was  also  jailer  and  keeper  of  the  county  house  of  correction.  Under  the  energetic 
and  successful  management  of  Mr.  Phillips  the  farm  was  brought  from  a  run  down  con- 
dition to  an  excellent  state  of  cultivation;  the  buildings  were  greatly  improved  until  the 
institution  became  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  in  the  state.  Mr.  Phillips  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  and  the  fact  that  he  held  his  position  under  a  continuous  Republican 
administration,  with  plenty  of  Republicans  willing  to  relieve  him  of  the  burden,  bears 
striking  testimony  to  his  fitness  and  efficiency.  He  was  a  member  of  Grafton  Lodge  (F. 
&  A.  M.),  Knights  Templar,  Raymond  Consistory  (Scottish  Rite),  Shriners,  Moose- 
hillock  Lodge  (I.  O.  O.  F.),  Elks,  and  of  the  Amoskeag  Veterans.     Died  Jan.  1,  1919. 

PIKE 

John  Pike1  came  from  Langford,  England,  to  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1635.  He  is 
named  in  the  Ipswich  records.  In  1637,  he  is  named  as  acting  as  attorney  in  the  courts. 
He  died  in  Salisbury  May  26,  1654. 

John  Pike2  (John1),  named  in  will  of  his  father  as  eldest  son,  born  in  England  about 

1613;  married,  first,  Mary ;  married,  second,  June  30,  1685,  Elizabeth  FitzRandolph; 

died  Woodbridge,  N.  J.,  Jan.  16,  1689.  He  lived  in  Newbury,  was  representative  1657 
and  1658.  Removed  about  1669  to  Woodbridge,  N.  J.  Nine  or  ten  children  born  in 
Newbury. 

Joseph  Pike3  (John2,  John1)  born  Newbury  Dec.  26,  1638;  married  Jan.  29,  1661/2, 
Susanna,  daughter  Henry  and  Susanna  Kingsbury.  Was  deputy  sheriff.  Was  killed 
by  Indians  in  Amesbury  Sept.  4,  1694,  while  journeying  from  Newbury  to  Haverhill. 
She  died  Dec.  5,  1718. 

Joseph  Pike4  (Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury  Apr.  17,  1674;  married  1695 
Hannah  Smith.  He  died  Newbury  Oct.  17,  1757.  Was  selectman  and  lieutenant  in 
militia. 

Joseph  Pike5  (Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury  Nov.  4,  1696;  married 
Dec.  5,  1722,  Lydia,  born  1688,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  (Rice)  Drury  of  Fram- 


624  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

ingham,  Mass.;  died  in  Dunstable,  Mar.  23,  1788.     She  died  Feb.  15,  1781.     He  lived 
several  years  in  Newbury,  later  in  Dunstable. 

Daniel  Pike6  (Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Newbury  Feb.  23,  1725; 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Kendall  of  Dunstable,  born  May  2,  1727.  He  bought 
land  in  Dunstable  1757.  Lived  in  that  town  many  years.  Late  in  life  removed  to 
Westford,  Mass.,  and  in  1793  to  Hebron  where  he  died  Apr.  10,  1795.  She  died  Oct.  20, 
1794.  The  births  of  the  eight  youngest  of  their  twelve  children  are  recorded  in 
Dunstable. 

1.  Sarah  b.  Jan.  26,  1747;  d.  young. 

2.  Isaac  b.  Dec.  12,  1749;  m.  Mary  French. 

3.  James  b.  Dec.  26,  1751;  m.  Mar.  3,  1773,  Ruth,  dau.  of  John  Ingalls  of  Dunstable. 

4.  Huldah  b.  Feb.  5,  1753;  m.  John,  s.  of  John  Ingalls;  lived  in  Tyngsboro,  Mass. 

5.  Joseph  b.  June  5,  1757. 

6.  Lydia  b.  Aug.  24,  1759;  m.  Enoch  Jewett. 

7.  Uriah  Drury  b.  July  7,  1761;  m.  Hannah  Keyes  of  Westford;  lived  in  Plymouth 

and  Hebron;  d.  Oct.  18,  1822. 

8.  Esther  b.  Aug.  12,  1763;  m.  Stephen  B.  Goodhue  of  Nottingham. 

9.  Daniel  b.  Dec.  5,  1765. 

10.  Thomas  b.  Sept.  6,  1767;  m.  Ruth  Keyes. 

11.  Moses  b.  Apr.  25,  1769. 

12.  Sarah  b.  Apr.  13,  1771;  d.  1784. 

Joseph  Pike7  (Daniel8,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Dunstable  June 
7,  1757;  married  in  Mason  May  27,  1778,  Abigail  Sawtell,  born  Groton,  Mass.,  Nov.  3, 
1758.  He  died  1802,  she  died  1817.  Lived  in  Dunstable  and  Hollis.  In  1786  his 
homestead  and  other  land  were  severed  from  Hollis  and  annexed  to  Brookline.  Names 
of  sixteen  children  are  given  by  different  informants  but  family  tradition  gives  but  fifteen. 
Possibly  one  of  following  named  should  be  eliminated: 

1.  Perley  b.  Sept.  20,  1778. 

2.  Newhall  b.  1780;  d.  at  sea  1803. 

3.  Betsey  m. Reed. 

4.  Lucy  m.  Oct.  1806,  Paul  Davis,  b.  Mason  1782;  removed  to  Warren. 

5.  Hannah  b.  1785;  m.  Samuel  Peabody;  lived  in  Milford. 

6.  Abigail  m.  Joseph  Law. 

7.  Joseph  b.  Mar.  15,  1788. 

8.  Moody. 

9.  Eli. 

10.  Nathan. 

11.  Daniel. 

12.  Luther  m.  Jane  Boynton;  lived  in  Newbury,  Mass. 

13.  William  m.  Apr.  15,  1824,  Lucy  Flint  of  Tyngsboro,  Mass.;  he  d.  1837. 

14.  Mary  m.  Oct.  15,  1824,  Jonas  French. 

15.  Ralph  b.  Apr.  11,  1796;  m.  Nov.  29,  1821,  Meribah  Hoit  of  Ellsworth;  lived  in 

Plymouth  after  1817. 

16.  Ruftjs  b.  Nov.  12,  1802;  m.  1827  Nancy  Fulton,  b.  Thetford,  Vt.,  Mar.  13,  1807; 

he  d.  Waterbury,  Vt.,  Apr.  8,  1884;  she  d.  June  1,  1879. 

Perley  Pike8  (Joseph7,  Daniel8,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Sept. 
20,  1778;  died  Plymouth  Oct.  28,  1838;  married  June  19,  1804,  Mary  Cross,  born  Alex- 
andria July  12,  1787,  died  Jan.  26,  1844.  Settled  in  Plymouth  1805.  They  had  fourteen 
children,  born  in  Plymouth: 

1.  Newhall  b.  Feb.  27,  1805. 

2.  Eli  b.  Sept.  8,  1806. 

3.  Asher  b.  May  19,  1808. 

4.  Caroline  b.  Feb.  20,  1810;  d.  unm.  May  12,  1842. 

5.  Mahala  b.  Feb.  6,  1812;  m.  Amos  E.  Senter. 

6.  Lucy  b.  Mar.  31,  1814. 

7    David  C.  b.  June  4,  1817;  lost  at  sea  1839. 

8.  Jonathan  R.  b.  June  16,  1819;  lived  in  Collinsville,  Conn.,  and  New  Hampton; 
d.  Oct.  16,  1895;  m.  1847  Sarah  A.  K.  Gordon  of  New  Hampton. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  625 

9.   Sylvester  b.  Dec.  6,  1821;  d.  Sept.  5,  1823. 

10.  Ezra  T.  b.  Mar.  31,  1824;  enlisted  in  Capt.  Daniel  Batchelder's  company,  9th 

infantry,  war  with  Mexico,  sergeant;  d.  Mexico  Jan.  27,  1848. 

11.  Jacob  b.  Mar.  20  (?),  or  Feb.  24  (?),  1827;  m.  Sept.  30,  1848,  Mary  Ann  Grover. 

Removed  to  Lawrence,  Kan. 

12.  Perley  b.  Jan.  16,  1829;  soldier  in  War  of  Rebellion;  d.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  May  3, 

1898. 

13.  Harriet  Jane  b.  June  23,  1832. 

14.  Ann  Maria  b.  Oct.  23,  1834. 

Newhall  Pike9  (Perley8,  Joseph7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1) 
born  Feb.  27,  1805;  married  1837  Levina,  daughter  Nathan  and  Bridget  (Blodget) 
Penniman,  born  Campton  Feb.  20,  1802.  He  died  1855.  They  had  no  children.  In 
his  early  manhood  he  worked  with  his  brother,  Eli,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  They  were 
employed  in  hauling  stone  for  Bunker  Hill  Monument.  He  was  in  Plymouth  1832  and 
1833,  but  soon  after  came  to  North  Haverhill  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  brick.  The  brick  for  the  old  county  buildings  at  Haverhill  Corner 
were  from  his  brick  yard.  He  was  active  in  town  affairs,  served  as  selectman  and  held 
various  other  town  offices.  Later,  in  addition  to  carrying  on  his  farm,  he  became  quite 
an  extensive  dealer  in  lumber  and  bark.  When  the  railroad  was  built  through  his  farm 
he  became  the  first  station  agent.  He  lived  in  the  brick  house,  the  first  on  the  right 
hand  side  of  the  road  from  the  station  to  the  main  street.  He  was  an  active  and  highly 
useful  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  in  politics  a  Democrat. 

Eli  Pike9  (Perley8,  Joseph7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born 
Sept.  8,  1806;  married  Mar.  18,  1832,  Mary  Ann  Sinnat,  born  Saco,  Me.,  Sept.  10,  1809, 
d.  Oct.  6,  1858.  He  died  Feb.  18,  1883.  At  the  age  of  17  he  went  to  Massachusetts, 
and  was  employed  at  Brighton  and  in  Charlestown  with  his  brother,  Newhall.  Came  to 
Haverhill  about  1830  and  engaged  in  brick  making.  March  1832  he  purchased  land 
in  the  northeastern  part  of  the  town,  where  he  cleared  a  farm,  and  where  he  lived  except 
for  a  few  years  spent  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  until  his  death.  Eight  children  born  in 
Haverhill: 

1.  Charles  W.  b.  Mar.  1,  1833;  d.  Sept.  10,  1836. 

2.  Infant  b.  Apr.  20,  1835;  d.  May  5,  1835. 

3.  Sarah  M.  b.  June  6,  1838;  m.  July  9,  1855,  Charles  T.  Collins.     He  served  in  War 

of  Rebellion;  lived  in  Benton;  three  chil.:  (1)  Lena  Emma  m.,  1st, Brooks; 

2d,  Nahum  W.  French  of  Haverhill  (see  French).  (2)  Leander  A.  b.  Sept.  25, 
1871 ;  farmer;  lives  in  Benton.  (3)  Charles  P.  b.  Apr.  21,  1877;  m.  June  30,  1896, 
Grace  May  Mann.     He  is  a  blacksmith. 

4.  Amos  M.  b.  Oct.  24,  1839. 

5.  Hannah  C.  b.  Sept.  29,  1842;  d.  Sept.  10,  1843. 

6.  Clifton  C.  b.  June  18,  1844;  m.  Dec.  1880  Zerina  Copp;  went  west  in  1899  and  d. 

in  Michigan  1905. 

7.  Franklin  b.  Mar.  1846;  d.  May  23,  1847. 

8.  Ezra  T.  b.  Oct.  25,  1848;  m.  Oct.  25,  1871,  Jane  E.,  dau.  of  John  and  Angeline 

Bishop  of  Landaff,  b.  Dec.  5,  1846,  d.  Mar.  1886.  He  d.  Aug.  3,  1896.  Lived  in 
Stratford. 

Amos  M.  Pike10  (Eh9,  Perley8,  Joseph7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1) 
born  Oct.  24,  1839;  married  Mar.  20,  1867,  Lucetta  S.,  daughter  Charles  C.  and  Diana 
(Bishop)  Tyler  of  Benton,  born  Apr.  15,  1848.  He  was  from  1860  to  1862  employed  in 
shoe  factory  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  when  he  returned  to  his  home  town.  After  his 
marriage  he  took  charge  of  the  homestead  farm  which  he  conducted  successfully  for  a 
period  of  more  than  thirty  years,  when  on  account  of  impaired  health  he  retired,  and  has 
since  resided  at  Centre  Haverhill  near  the  Union  meetinghouse.  Mrs.  Pike  has  been  a 
helpmeet  indeed,  and  both  are  held  in  high  esteem  by  a  large  circle  of  friends.  They 
have  been  active  in  Grange  work.  He  is  a  pronounced  Democrat.  Three  children  born 
Haverhill: 

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626  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

1.  Alvin  D.  b.  Nov.  16,  1869. 

2.  Wilbur  F.  b.  Nov.  7,  1870. 

3.  Susan  D.  b.  Oct.  4,  1873;  m.  Mar.  24,  1894,  James  H.,  s.  of  Joshua  Nutter  of  Bath; 

reside  on  the  old  Nutter  homestead  near  Swiftwater.     Three  chil.:  (1)  Doris  L.  b. 
Sept,  30,  1896;  (2)  James  H.,  Jr.  b.  Sept.  15,  1902;  (3)  Harriet  P.b.  Dec.  12, 1903. 

Alvin  D.  Pike11  (Amos  M.10,  Eli9,  Perley8,  Joseph7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3, 
John2,  John1)  born  Nov.  16,  1869;  married  June  24,  1901,  Alma  E.,  daughter  John  and 
Ida  (Clark)  Annis  of  Benton.  Served  in  First  Vermont  Volunteers  in  Spanish  American 
War;  lives  West  Thornton.     Three  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Lucetta  T.  b.  June  7,  1904. 

2.  John  A.  b.  Mar.  9,  1906. 

3.  Myrtie  b.  Nov.  3,  1908. 

Wilbur  F.  Pike11  (AmosM.10,  Eli9,  Perley8,  Joseph7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph,3 
John2,  John1)  born  Nov.  7,  1870;  married  Mar.  7,  1893,  Edith  C,  daughter  Cyreno  and 
Emma  (Moulton)  Clark  of  Landaff.  Established  himself  as  blacksmith  at  North  Hav- 
erhill.    Four  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Forrest  b.  June  11,  1894. 

2.  Earline  b.  Dec.  31,  1902. 

3.  Pauline  b.  Nov.  13,  1908. 

4.  Raymond  W.  b.  Sept.  18,  1912. 

Moses  Pike7  (Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Apr.  29,  1769; 
married  Nov.  17, 1791,  Mary  Ball;  died  Sept.  26,  1821.  She  died  Dec.  28,  1850.  Lived 
in  Hebron  and  Groton.     Thirteen  children: 

1.  Drury  b.  Sept.  23,  1792;  d.  Dec.  23,  1795. 

2.  Daniel  b.  July  29,  1794;  d.  young. 

3.  Lucinda  b.  Jan.  1,  1796;  d.  Dec.  12,  1863. 

4.  Mary  b.  June  20,  1797;  m.  Nov.  7,  1824,  John  Nason. 

5.  Isaac  b.  Apr.  4,  1799. 

6.  Lovisa  b.  Feb.  13,  1801;  m.  about  1838,  Capt.  Percival  Erwin;  d.  Feb.  5,  1882. 

7.  Ruth  b.  Nov.  24,  1802;  m.  July  10,  1825,  James  Harriman;  he  d.  Sept.  1,  1870.     She 

d.  July  17,  1880. 

8.  Daniel  b.  July  29,  1804;  m.  Sarah  Akines. 

9.  Arthur  b.  Mar.  5,  1806;  d.  Dec.  22,  1847. 

10.  Thomas  b.  Dec.  15,  1807. 

11.  Moses  b.  Sept.  17,  1809. 

12.  Drury  b.  Nov.  23,  1811;  d.  Apr .r 30,  1884. 

13.  Samuel  b.  June  10,  1814. 

Isaac  Pike8  (Moses7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  Apr.  4, 
1799;  married,  first,  Irene  Dole,  who  died  Nov.  25,  1825;  married,  second,  June  27,  1827, 
Sarah  (Morse)  Noyes,  widow  of  Person  Noyes  of  Haverhill.  He  died  Feb.  14,  1860. 
Isaac  Pike  came  to  Haverhill  about  1818,  before  he  had  reached  his  majority,  and  imme- 
diately began  his  life  career  of  enterprise  and  energetic  activity.  He  was  engaged  in 
farming,  lumbering,  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  whetstones,  in  the  latter  enterprise 
being  the  pioneer  and  founder  of  what  has  grown  to  be  one  of  the  most  extensive  plants 
in  the  line  of  tool  sharpening  stones  in  the  country,  controlling  also  a  large  foreign  market. 
He  owned  and  conducted  for  a  time  a  general  store  at  the  Corner,  and  was  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  rafting  large  quantities  of  lumber  and  logs  down  the  Connecticut  from  Hav- 
erhill to  Hartford.  He  was  not  afraid  to  take  business  risks  and  several  times  became 
involved  financially,  but  he  never  accepted  offers  of  settlement  by  his  creditors  for  less 
than  the  full  amount.  He  was  a  man  of  unceasing  industry  and  courageous  persever- 
ance. He  gave  the  ground  on  which  the  first  church  at  East  Haverhill  was  built  and  was 
a  generous  supporter  of  its  services.  He  was  of  striking  personal  appearance,  swarthy 
in  complexion,  piercing  dark  eyes,  broad  shouldered  and  erect,  the  embodiment  of  strength 
and  energy.     A  Republican  in  politics,  actively  interested  in  town  matters,  he  always 


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declined  office.     He  was  too  busy.     He  had  eight  children,  two  by  his  first  marriage  and 
six  by  his  second,  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  John  D.  b.  Feb.  14,  1822. 

2.  Irena  Dole  b.  May  4,  1824;  d.  Feb.  15,  1892;  m.  John  Silver. 

3.  Isaac  b.  May  15,  1829. 

4.  Sarah  M.  b.  Dec.  15,  1831;  m.  Henry  A.  Smith;  d.  1886. 

5.  Melissa  b.  Dec.  26,  1833;  m.  John  L.  Ayer;  d.  Aug.  1908. 

6.  Alonzo  Franklin  b.  Aug.  26,  1835;  m.  Ellen  Hutchins;  d. 

7.  Edwin  Burbank  b.  Aug.  8,  1837;  d.  Mar.  16,  1844. 

8.  Edwin  Burbank  b.  Apr.  7,  1845;  d.  Aug.  24,  1908. 

Drury  Pike8  (Moses7,  Daniel8,  Joseph6,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  at 
Hebron,  N.  H.,  Nov.  23,  1811;  married  Louisa  A.  Burbank  Apr.  6,  1833;  came  to  Haver- 
hill, N.  H.,  in  1830;  died  Apr.  30,  1884.     Children  all  born  at  Haverhill: 

1.  Irena  b.  Sept,  30,  1834. 

2.  Louisa  A.  b.  Nov.  30,  1836. 

3.  Marilla  J.  b.  July  29,  1839. 

4.  Burns  H.  b.  Apr.  8,  1842. 

5.  Arvilla  L.  b.  June  11,  1844. 

6.  Charles  J.  b.  Dec.  23,  1846. 

7.  Bella  S.  b.  June  30,  1850. 

8.  Oscar  B.  Aug.  20,  1852. 

9.  Arthur  P.  b.  July  5,  1855;  d.  Oct.  1876. 

Samuel  Pike8  (Moses,7  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  born  June  10, 
1814;  died  Mar.  15,  1904.  Farmer  and  in  meat  business  at  Haverhill;  spent  his  last 
days  with  his  sons  at  Lisbon,  N.  H.  Married,  first,  Sarah  Roberts  Nov.  18,  1835;  she 
died  Aug.  16,  1850;  married,  second,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Jeffers;  she  died  Mar.  13, 
1901.     Children  by  first  wife : 

1.  Adin  M.  b.  Mar.  12,  1837;  d.  Sept.  7,  1864. 

2.  Charles  A.  b.  Apr.  28,  1841;  d.  Apr.  9,  1892. 

3.  Laura  A.  b.  Mar.  21,  1844;  d.  Apr.  7,  1862. 

Children  by  second  wife : 

4.  Mary  E.  b.  Dec.  18,  1852;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Charles  W.  b.  Aug.  12,  1853. 

6.  Andrew  J.  b.  Oct.  17,  1855. 

7.  John  J.  b.  Feb.  17,  1856;  d.  Apr.  3,  1866. 

8.  Eugene  W.  b.  Apr.  27,  1862. 

John  D.  Pike9  (Isaac8,  Moses7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1),  son 
of  Isaac,  bora  Feb.  14,  1822;  died  Jan.  17,  1902;  farmer  in  Haverhill;  married  Apr.  5, 
1848,  Jane  Poor.     Children: 

1.  Ida  A.  b.  Jan.  11,  1849;  m.  George  Hatch. 

2.  John  b.  July  1,  1850;  d.  Aug.  20,  1872. 

3.  Samuel  P.  b.  June  21,  1852. 

4.  Louisa  b.  Jan.  21,  1853;  m.  George  Perkins. 

5.  Ethan  b.  Sept.  25,  1854;  d.  June  20,  1874. 

6.  Irena  b.  Oct.  5,  1857. 

7.  Julian  b.  Aug.  10,  1859;  d.  July  14,  1885. 

8.  Emma  b.  Sept.  10,  1861. 

9.  Ephraim  b.  July  17,  1863. 

Isaac  Pike9  (Isaac8,  Moses7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1),  son  of 
Isaac,  born  May  15,  1829;  died  Dec.  11,  1901;  married,  first,  Mary  Lather;  married, 
second,  Permelia  G.  Titus,  born  Feb.  8,  1859;  died  May  8,  1912.  Six  children,  four  by 
first  marriage  and  two  by  second: 

1.  Mary  Etta  b.  June  16,  1853. 

2.  Flora  Jennie  b.  June  7,  1854. 

3.  Lizzie  E.  b.  Aug.  21,  1856;  m.  George  Wilson  of  West  Newbury,  Vt. 

4.  Bion  W.  b.  Apr.  18,  1858;  d.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  31,  1876. 


628  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

5.  Minna  A.  b.  Nov.  21,  1884;  m.  Guy  Day. 

6.  Isaac  Watson  b.  Feb.  3,  1889. 

Alonzo  Franklin  Pike9  (Isaac8,  Moses7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2, 
John1),  son  of  Isaac,  born  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  Aug.  26,  1835;  died  Danville,  N.  Y.,  Sept. 
28,  1891;  married  in  1867  Ellen  Maria  Hutchins  of  Wells  River,  Vt.,  born  May  5,  1846; 
died  July,  1891.     Children: 

1.  Ellen  M.  b.  Apr.  21,  1869;  m.  Wilmas  N.  Cheney;  d.  July  30,  1892. 

2.  Katherine  Hope  b.  Apr.  17,  1873;  m.  Harry  K.  Noyes;  d.  June  9,  1910. 

3.  Anna  Ray  b.  May  21,  1877;  d.  Aug.  7,  1877. 

4.  Ruby  Melissa  b.  June  29,  1878;  m.  Merrill  A.  Smith. 

5.  Edith  Blanche  b.  Sept.  13,  1881;  m.  Harry  K.  Noyes. 

6.  Athie  Florence  b.  Sept.  13,  1880;  d.  Nov.  9,  1881. 

7.  Addie  Florence  b.  Nov.  10,  1886;  m.  Harriman  C.  Dodd  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

Edwin  Burbank  Pike9  (Isaac8,  Moses7,  Daniel9,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2, 
John1),  son  of  Isaac,  born  Apr.  7,  1845;  died  Aug.  24,  1908;  married,  first,  Apr.  14,  1865, 
Addie  A.  Miner  who  died  1887;  married,  second,  Harriet  D.  Tromblee  of  Montpelier 
Sept.  10,  1890.     Five  children,  three  by  first  marriage  and  two  by  second : 

1.  Edwin  Bertram  b.  July  24,  1866. 

2.  Winifred  Alta  b.  May  21,  1869;  m.  Walter  L.  Emory  of  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

3.  Archie  Florence  b.  Sept.  24,  1873;  d.  Dec.  15,  1887. 

4.  Mary  Dorothy  b.  Nov.  20,  1892;  d.  Feb.  14,  1896. 

5.  Harriet  Katherine  b.  Dec.  13,  1895; m.  Sept.  25,  1915,  William  V.  M.  Robertson, 

Jr.,  of  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Charles  J.  Pike9  (Drury8,  Moses7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  John2,  John1) 
born  Dec.  23,  1846;  married  Ellen  S.  Talbirt  Mar.  31,  1868;  she  was  born  Nov. 
2,  1849.  He  died  Aug.  16,  1913.  Was  interested  in  town  affairs,  served  fourteen 
terms  as  selectman.     Children: 

1.  Frederick  D.  b.  Mar.  13,  1869. 

2.  Harry  H.  b.  Sept.  20,  1870. 

3.  Bertha  M.  b.  June  1,  1876;  m.  June  5,  1895,  D.  K.  Merrill. 

Frederick  D.  Pike10  (Charles  J.9,  Drury8,  Moses7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4, 
Joseph3,  John2,  John1)  married  Mrs.  Susie  Gannett  Cutting,  Feb.  28,  1898.      Children: 

1.  Kenneth  Earl  b.  Sept.  27,  1899. 

2.  Louis  Talbot  b.  July  3,  1905. 

Edwin  Bertram  Pike10  (Edwin9,  Isaac8,  Moses7,  Daniel6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3, 
John2,  John1),  son  of  Edwin  B.,  born  July  24,  1866,  Salem,  Mass.;  married  Feb.  17,  1911, 
Mrs.  Mamie  Pearson  Rix,  daughter  of  Robert  H.  and  Sally  (Harrison)  Pearson  of  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.     President  National  Bank  of  Newbury.     Children: 

1.  Constance  Harrison  b.  Feb.  18,  1913. 

2.  Edwin  Bertram  b.  Aug.  19,  1914. 

3.  Deborah  b.  Apr.  1,  1917. 

PILLSBURY 

Moses  W.  Pillsbury  married  Eliza  E.  Clement  and  lived  in  Warren.  He  was  en- 
gaged for  a  time  as  blacksmith,  and  was  also  for  several  years  engaged  in  trade,  his 
store  being  opposite  the  Moosilauke  House.  Democrat  in  politics,  and  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  the  town.     Children  born  in  Warren: 

1.  Clara  A.  b.  1854;  m.  1873  Manus  H.  Perkins,  b.  in  Danville,  P.  Q.,  s.  of  Stephen 

and  Augusta  Perkins,  d.  Dec.  18,  1893,  ae.  49  yrs.,  7  mos.  Was  freight  conductor 
on  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  One  dau.,  Lila,  b.  Sept.  10,  1880;  m.  June  14,  1899,  Norton 
Lindsay,  b.  June  24,  1872;  is  a  B.  &  M.  conductor.  She  d.  Apr.  6,  1908. 
Chil.:  J.  Herbert  b.  Apr.  2,  1902;  Roger  M.  b.  Nov.  13,  1903;  Richard  F.  b. 
Feb.  17,  1907. 

2.  Fred  T.  b.  Mar.  20,  1857;  m.  Manchester  1906  Isabel  V.,  dau.  of  Thomas  Clarke,  b. 

Northampton,  Mass.,  and  Catherine  (McDonald)  Birge,    b.    Prince  Edward 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  629 

Island.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  B.  C.  &.  M.  R.  R.  and  was  twentjvthree 
years  engineer  on  the  Mt.  Washington  railroad.  Represented  Warren  in  the 
legislature  of  1891-93,  and  served  as  selectman  in  1888,  '89  and  '91.  Removed 
to  Woodsville  in  1891.  Half  owner  of  Bittinger  Block,  so-called.  Retired. 
Resides  King  St.  Democrat.  One  child,  Frederick  Herbert,  b.  Woodsville  Sept. 
8,  1908;  d.  Dec.  26,  1908. 

Moses  Herbert  Pillsbury  bornFeb.  28, 1868;  married  Sept.  20,  1905,  Alice  M.  Battis, 
daughter  James  and  Tryphena  (Putnam)  Battis.  Came  to  Woodsville  to  live  in  1891. 
Was  in  hotel  business  for  a  time  in  Lisbon. 

POOR 

Joseph  Poor,  son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  (Hook)  Poor,  born  Orford,  Oct.  3,  1840;  married 
Jan.  16,  1873,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  and  Louisa  (Lang)  Swasey  of  Newbury, 
Vt.,  born  Sept.  30,  1845,  died  July  5,  1905.  He  died  Mar.  20,  1908.  One  child,  Mary 
Louise,  born  Feb.  23,  1874;  married  Dr.  Henry  C.  Stearns.     (See  Stearns.) 

Mr.  Poor  came  to  Haverhill  about  1860  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  William  H.  Page  who 
married  his  sister.  Later  he  became  partner,  and  later  still  he  was  in  partnership  with 
Tyler  Westgate  in  a  general  store  until  the  store  was  destroyed  by  fire.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  and,  in  1884,  failed  of  an  election  to  the  legislature  by  a  single  vote,  the 
result  being  that  the  town  sent  but  one  representative.  Quiet  and  unobtrusive  in  his 
manners,  he  was  successful  in  business,  accumulated  a  handsome  property,  and  enjoyed 
the  respect  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 

PORTER 

1.  In  1635,  John  Porter  born  in  England  about  1595,  was  a  settler  in  Hingham,  Mass.; 

married  Mary .     May  have  lived  in  Boston  or  Dorchester.     Was  deputy  to  General 

Court  from  Hingham  in  1644.     Removed  to  Salem  same  year.     Died   Sept.   6,    1676, 
aged  eighty-one.     Eight  children. 

2.  Samuel,  son  John  and  Mary  Porter,  married  Hannah . 

3.  John,  son  Samuel  and  Hannah  Porter,  born  1658;  married  Lydia.     Eleven  children. 

4.  Benjamin,  son  John  and  Lydia  Porter,  born  1692;  married  Sarah  Tyler.  Lived  in 
Boxford. 

5.  Moses,  son  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Tyler)  Porter,  born  Boxford,  Mass.,  Nov.  17, 
1719;  married  Dec.  3,  1741,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edmund  Chadwick  of  Bradford,  born 
1720,  died  Mar.  7,  1781.  He  helped  form  the  church  in  Boxford,  upper  parish,  of  which 
he  was  a  member  for  a  period  of  seventy  years  preceding  his  death  in  1813.  Eight 
children  all  born  in  Boxford : 

1.  Asa  b.  May  26,  1742. 

2.  William  b.  Apr.  27,  1744. 

3.  Mary  b.  1748;  d.  1752. 

4.  Moses  b.  Jan.  18,  1750. 

5.  Aaron  b.  Mar.  28,  1752. 

6.  Mary  b.  July  20,  1754;  m.  Joseph  Hovey. 

7.  Lucy  b.  Oct.  1,  1756. 

8.  James  b.  Dec.  1758;  d.  1761. 

1.  Col.  Asa,  son  Moses  and  Mary  (Chadwick)  Porter,  born  May  26,  1742;  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  1762;  established  himself  as  a  merchant  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  He 
married  Mehitabel,  daughter  of  John  Crocker,  Esq.,  of  that  town  and  came  to  Haverhill 
not  later  than  1770.  He  became  from  the  first  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  life  of  the  new 
town.  His  Royalist  sympathies  during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  placed  him  tempo- 
rarily under  a  cloud,  but  his  attitude  then  did  not  permanently  affect  his  standing  and 
influence  with  his  townsmen.     His  title  of  colonel  came  from  his  commission  in  the 


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second  regiment  of  Provincial  militia,  and  when  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  was  estab- 
lished in  1773  in  Grafton  County  with  Col.  John  Hurd  as  chief  justice  Col.  Porter  was 
named  as  one  of  the  three  associate  justices.     While  never  holding  town  offices,  except 
when  called  upon  to  preside  at  town  meetings,  he  occupied  a  position  of  influential  leader- 
ship in  public  matters  and  his  advice  and  services  were  frequently  sought  in  the  settle- 
ment of  estates  and  in  the  promotion  of  business  enterprises  and  public  improvements. 
He  made  his  farm  a  profitable  one,  and  the  census  of  1790  shows  his  household  to  be  the 
most  numerous  in  town,  a  total  of  nineteen  persons,  including  three  negro  slaves.     His 
landed  estate  was  large.     Besides  his  holdings  in  Haverhill,  he  owned  at  one  time 
nearly  100,000  acres,  aside  from  the  township  of  Broome  in  Canada  which  had  been  granted 
him  by  the  Crown  in  recognition  of  what  he  had  suffered  in  person  and  property  because 
of  his  Loyalist  sympathies.     At  one  time  he  owned  a  large  part  of  Topsham,  Vt.,  and  ex- 
tensive tracts  in  neighboring  towns.     He  claimed  title  also  to  the  town  of  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  and  was  offered  a  crown  ($1.10)  per  acre  to  compromise  his  claim,  but  with  character- 
istic tenacity  of  purpose  he  clung  to  his  title  until  his  claim  was  decided  adversely  to  him. 
At  one  time  in  order  to  fulfil  a  contract  with  the  British  government  for  building  a 
bridge  at  Quebec,  he  accompanied  his  men  on  foot  from  his  Haverhill  home  to  that  city. 
He  had  a  select  stable  and  was  an  accomplished  horseman,  but  preferred  to  walk  as  an 
encouragement  to  his  men.     Col.  Porter  was  a  striking  figure  in  his  personal  appearance. 
He  was  tall  and  spare,  erect  in  carriage,  and  punctilious  in  matters  of  deportment  and 
dress,  a  favorite  overcoat  of  his  being  one  of  sable  skins  lined  with  scarlet  broadcloth. 
He  died  Dec.  28,  1818,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year,  leaving  an  estate  valued  by  the 
appraisers  at  nearly  $20,000,  a  large  one  for  the  time  and  the  locality  in  which  he  lived. 
His  wife,  Mehitabel  Crocker,  was  of  a  notable  Newburyport  family.     Her  father, 
John  Crocker,  was  a  direct  descendant  of  William  Crocker  who  came  to  New  England 
about  1630,  and  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Sir  John  Crocker,  cup-bearer  to  Edward  IV. 
John  Crocker  was  noted  for  his  fine  personal  presence  as  well  as  for  great  moral  purity  of 
life  and  character.     Mrs.  Porter's  sister,  Elizabeth  Crocker,  was  a  member  of  Col. 
Porter's  family,  a  woman  of  refinement  and  culture,  and  rendered  great  service  in  the 
early  education  and  training  of  her  nephews  and  nieces,  a  service  graciously  and  grate- 
fully acknowledged  by  Col.  Porter  in  his  will.     The  six  children  of  Col.  and  Mrs.  Porter 
were  given  the  best  of  educational  advantages,  the  daughters  becoming  brilliant  and 
accomplished  by  their  training  in  Newburyport  and  Boston.     Mrs.  Porter  died  Feb.  27, 
1821,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty  years.     Six  children: 

1.  John  b. ,  Newburyport,  Mass.;  grad.  Dartmouth  College  1787;  read  law;  was 

admitted  to  the  bar,  and  lived  in  Hav.  as  late  as  1800,  but  a  little  later  settled  in 
Broome,  Lower  Canada,  the  township  which  had  been  granted  to  his  father. 

2.  Benjamin  b.  Hav.  July  13,  1771;  m.  Oct.  11,  1800,  Martha,  dau.  of  Col.  Peter  Olcott 

of  Norwich,  Vt.  He  read  law  with  Daniel  Farrand  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  succeeded 
to  his  practice.  He  was  successful  both  as  a  lawyer  and  business  man,  and  was 
greatly  interested  in  agriculture.  One  of  his  accomplishments  in  this  line  was  the 
introduction  of  a  new  variety  of  grass,  the  so-called  "witch  grass, "  also  known  as 
"Porter  grass."  His  name  is  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  farmers  of  this  sec- 
tion. He  spent  the  summer  of  1818  at  Saratoga  on  account  of  failing  health 
and  on  his  returning  journey  to  his  home  d.  in  Hanover  at  the  home  of  his  brother- 
in-law,  Mills  Olcott,  Aug.  2,  1818.  Mrs.  Porter  removed  to  Hanover  and  d. 
there  May  4,  1825.  They  had  eight  chil.:  (1)  Timothy  Olcott  b.  Feb.  12,  1802; 
grad.  Dartmouth  1822,  Dartmouth  Medical  School  1829;  practiced  his  profession 
for  a  time  when  he  engaged  in  literary  work  until  his  death  in  1852;  was  asso- 
ciated with  N.  P.  Willis  in  the  publication  of  the  Corsair,  a  noted  weekly  journal 
of  the  time.  (2)  Benjamin  b.  Jan.  31,  1804;  m.  Rebecca  S.  Maitland;  engaged  in 
literary  work  with  his  brothers;  d.  Dec.  11,  1840.     (3)  Mehitabel  b.  Dec.   28, 

1805;  m.  Paine.     Resided  in  Washington,  D.  C.     (4)  Martha  b.  Dec.  5, 

1807.  (5)  William  Trotter  b.  Dec.  21,  1809.  Lived  in  New  York;  founded  in 
1831  the  sporting  paper,  The  Spirit  of  the  Times,  Horace  Greeley  being  his  foreman, 
and  later  The  American  Turf  Register.     He  was  one  of  the  most  widely  known 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  631 

New  Yorkers  of  his  time;  d.  July  19,  1857.  (6)  Sarah  Olcott  b.  Nov.  16,  1811; 
m.  Francis  Brinley,  a  well-known  literary  character.  His  life  of  William  T. 
Porter  was  published  by  the  Appletons  in  1860.  (7)  George  b.  Nov.  27,  1813; 
grad.  Dartmouth  1831;  studied  law,  but  in  1842  became  associate  editor  of  the 
New  Orleans  Picayune;  d.  New  Orleans,  La.,  May  24,  1849.  (8)  Francis  b.  1816; 
associated  with  his  brothers;  succeeded  his  brother,  George,  on  the  Picayune; 
d.  New  Orleans  Feb.  28,  1855.  These  brothers,  except  the  youngest,  were  each 
over  6  ft.  4  in.  in  height  and  large  in  proportion.  Like  their  father  they  were  men 
of  imposing  presence. 

3.  Mary  b.  Hav.  Aug.  23,  1773;  m.  May  1,  1794,  David  Farrand  of  Newbury  and 

Burlington,  Vt.  Judge  Farrand  was  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Vermont 
bar  and  bench;  he  was  eight  times  town  representative  from  Newbury,  was  once 
speaker  of  the  House;  elected  associate  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court.  He  d. 
Burlington,  Vt.,  Oct.  13,  1825;  she  d.  Mar.  24,  1812.  Their  family  of  nine 
daughters  was  noted  for  personal  charm  and  accomplishments :  (1)  Eliza  Crocker 
b.  Sept.  11,  1795;  m.  Dr.  A.  L.  Porter  of  Dover.  (2)  Mary  Porter  b.  Dec.  11, 
1796;  m.  Nathaniel  P.  Rogers  of  Plymouth;  lawyer,  editor  and  philanthropist. 
(3)  Lucia  Ann  b.  July  29,  1798;  m.  George  A.  Kent  of  Concord,  banker.  (4) 
Frances  Jacobs  b.  Sept.  16,  1800;  m.  John  Richardson  of  Durham,  lawyer.  (5) 
Caroline  Thompson  b.  Apr.  8,  1802;  teacher;  d.  unm.  1871.  (6)  Charlotte  Parm- 
alee  b.  Feb.  3,  1804;  m.  Dr.  Stephen  C.  Henez.  (7)  Arabella  Marie  b.  Aug.  23, 
1806;  m.  George  Willson,  teacher,  mathematician  and  author;  Mrs.  Willson  was 
also  an  author,  publishing  her  "Lives  of  the  Three  Mrs.  Judsons,"  and  other 
works,  as  well  as  sketches  and  poems,  one  of  the  more  notable  of  the  latter  being 
"An  Appeal  for  Pewer  Air,  To  the  Sixtant  of  the  Old  Brick  Meetin  House. "  (8) 
Martha  b.  Sept.  6,  1808;  d.  unm.  1878.  (9)  Ellen  b.  Feb.  7,  1812;  m.  Nathaniel 
E.  Russell. 

4.  Elizabeth  b.  Hav.  1775;  m.  Thomas  W.  Thompson,  b.  Boston  Mar.  15,  1766; 

grad.  Harvard  College  1786;  admitted  to  bar  and  practiced  law  in  Salisbury  1790- 
1S10,  and  in  Concord  till  1819;  was  speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives 1813-14;  member  of  the  9th  Congress;  United  States  senator  from 
Sept.  19,  1814,  to  Mar.  3,  1817.  He  was  of  superior  scholarship,  refined  man- 
ners, a  learned  lawyer,  a  Christian  gentleman.  He  was  deacon  of  the  First 
Church  in  Concord  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1821.  They  had  a  family  of  five 
chil.,  all  b.  in  Salisbury:  (1)  Lucia  Kinsman  b.  May  6,  1798;  m.  Jan.  9,  1823, 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Murdock  of  Norwich,  Vt.;  d.  June  29,  1824.  (2)  Caroline  b. 
Jan.  8,  1801;  d.  Jan.  19,  1801.  (3)  William  C.  b.  Mar.  17,  1802;  grad.  Dartmouth 
1S20;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1824,  and  practiced  his  profession  in  Plymouth, 
Concord  and  Worcester,  Mass.;  m.  Oct.  15,  1828,  Martha  H.,  dau.  of  John 
Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.;  m.,  2d,  Susan  B.,  dau.  of  John  Nelson  of  Hav.;  four 
chil.,  William  C,  LL.B.  Harvard  1856;  John  L.,  Col.  1st  N.  H.  Cavalry  in  War 
of  Rebellion;  Thomas  W.,  grad.  Dartmouth  1859,  Andover  Theological  Seminary 
1866,  missionary  in  China  seven  years;  Martha  Leverett  d.  young.  (4)  Francis 
b.  Feb.  24,  1804;  drowned  in  Merrimack  River  June  22,  1S14.  (5)  Charles 
Edward  (see  Thompson). 

5.  Sarah  b.  Hav.  1777;  m.  Pelatiah  Mills  Olcott  of  Hanover,  s.  of  Col.  Peter  Olcott  of 

Norwich,  Vt.,  a  brother  of  the  wife  of  her  brother,  Benjamin.  He  grad.  Dart- 
mouth in  1790,  read  law  and  entered  on  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Hanover 
in  1800.  He  did  not  aspire  to  eminence  as  a  lawyer,  but  he  was  noted  for  his 
extraordinary  business  capacity,  his  elegant  presence,  his  generosity  and  univer- 
sal friendliness,  and  his  abounding  hospitality.  He  was  treasurer  of  Dartmouth 
from  1816  to  1822,  and  from  1821  to  1845  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  corpora- 
tion. As  an  attorney  he  brought  the  suit  upon  which,  in  1819,  was  rendered  the 
judgment  in  the  famous  college  case.  He  was  an  ardent  Federalist,  and  was  one 
of  the  two  delegates  from  New  Hampshire  to  the  Hartford  Convention  in  1814. 
The  children  of  Mills  Olcott  and  Sarah  Porter  did  credit  to  their  parentage  and 
training.  Two  of  their  sons  were  lawyers:  William  b.  1810,  grad.  Dartmouth, 
became  a  lawyer,  practiced  in  Hanover  till  1835  when  he  removed  to  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  later  to  Shreveport,  La.,  where  he  was  in  practice  till  his  death  in  1851 ; 
Edward  R.  b.  1805,  grad.  Dartmouth  in  1825,  practiced  law  in  Hanover  and  Hav., 
removed  to  Louisiana  where  he  was  raised  to  the  bench.  Their  daughters 
married  Joseph  Bell,  Rufus  Choate,  William  H.  Duncan  and  Charles  E.  Thompson, 
all  graduates  of  Dartmouth,  and  all  members  of  the  legal  profession  in  which 
Choate  and  Bell  were  so  eminent. 


632  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

6.    Moses  b.  Hav. 1779;  d.  unm.  Hav.  Jan.  14,  1817.     He  grad.  Dartmouth  in 

1798  and  resided  with  his  father.  He  does  not  appear  to  have  taken  life  very 
seriously.  The  inventory  of  his  estate,  filed  Dec.  20,  1817,  an  estate,  which, 
except  for  one  lot  of  land  in  Bath,  consisted  for  the  most  part  of  wearing  apparel, 
indicated  that  whatever  might  be  his  accomplishments,  he  was  certainly  a  well- 
dressed  gentleman. 
Col.  and  Mrs.  Porter  might  well  have  taken  just  pride  in  their  children  and  grand- 
children.    No  representative  of  the  family  is  now  living  in  town. 

2.  William,  son  Moses  and  Mary  (Chadwick)  Porter,  born  May  10,  1744;  died  at  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  July  26,  1822;  buried  at  Danville,  Vt.;  married  Mary  Adams,  born 
Boxford,  Mass.,  June  13,  1795,  died  Apr.  15,  1816.  They  came  to  Haverhill  from  Box- 
ford  about  1777  and  for  many  years  lived  on  the  farm  of  his  brother,  Col.  Asa,  at  Horse 
Meadow.  They  were  living  there  as  late  as  1806.  Soon  after  they  removed  to  a  farm 
on  Haverhill  turnpike  and  Porter  Hill  takes  its  name  from  him.  He  was  selectman  in 
1799,  and  held  other  town  offices.     They  had  nine  children: 

1.  Hannah  b.  Boxford  Jan.  26,  1769. 

2.  William  (Billy)  b.  Boxford  Mar.  26,  1770. 

3.  James  b.  Boxford  Aug.  28,  1771;  m.  Margaret  Tilton  of  Piermont,  pub.  Dec.  1794; 

d.  1860;  m.,  2d,  1806, Merrill. 

4.  Aaron  b.  Boxford  June  7,  1773;  lived  in  Danville,  Vt.;  d.  Mar.  23,  1860. 

5.  Mary  b.  Boxford  June  3,  1775  (?). 

6.  Sarah  b.  Boxford  or  Hav.,  Apr.  22,  1777;  d.  Hanover  Oct.  5,  1859;  m.  John  Osgood. 

(See  Osgood.) 

7.  Isaac  A.  b.  Hav.  Mar.  22,  1779;  d.  Apr.  15,  1860. 

8.  Elizabeth  (Betsey)  b.  Hav.  Nov.  29,  1782;  d.  Apr.  24,  1857. 

9.  Pamelia  b.  Hav.  Feb.  5,  1785;  m.  Luther  Clark,  Danville,  Vt.;  d.  Jan.  21,  1844. 

2.  William,  familiarly  known  as  "Billy,"  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Adams)  Porter, 
born  Mar.  25,  1770;  died  Feb.  18,  1851;  married  Letitia  Wallace  of  Londonderry,  born 
1770,  died  Oct.  8,  1848.  They  resided  on  the  Porter  homestead  on  Porter  Hill.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Mary  A.  b.  1801;  d.  Apr.  18,  1832. 

2.  Betsey  b.  1804;  d.  Feb.  21,  1869. 

3.  Alden  E.  b.  1806;  d.  Nov.  5,  1852.     His  wife,  Rebekah,  d.  Oct.  12,  1850. 
4  William  b.  1809;  d.  Apr.  2,  1864. 

5.   Jane  M.  b.  1810;  d.  Mar.  27,  1882. 

4.  Moses,  son  Moses  and  Mary  (Chadwick)  Porter,  born  Jan.  18,  1750;  came  to 
Haverhill  about  1782  (?);  married  Oct.  10,  1780,  Ann  (Nancy),  daughter  of  Bryan  Kay. 
Was  selectman  in  1792.  Removed  from  town  prior  to  1806,  probably  to  Broome,  Canada, 
a  township  largely  owned  by  his  brother,  Col.  Asa  Porter.  Seven  children,  all  (except 
eldest  born  Boxford,  Mass.)  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  James  b.  Dec.  30,  1781. 

2.  Aaron  b.  Nov.  29,  1783. 

3.  Betsey  b.  Oct.  8,  1785. 

4.  William  b.  June  10,  1787. 

5.  Thomas  b.  Nov.  5,  1788. 

6.  Polly  b.  Nov.  29,  1790. 

7.  Rufus  b.  Dec.  10,  1792. 

POWERS 

Walter  Powers1,  emigrant  ancestor,  born  in  Devonshire,  England,  in  1640;  came  to 
Massachusetts;  married  Tryal,  daughter  of  Dea.  Ralph  Shepherd  of  London,  England, 
and  Maiden,  Mass.  Settled  in  Nashobah,  now  Littleton,  Mass.  Nine  children,  seven 
sons,  two  daughters. 

Daniel  Powers2  (Walter1)  born  1669;  married  Elizabeth  Bates.  Ten  children,  seven 
sons,  three  daughters. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  633 

Capt.  Peter  Powers3  (Daniel2,  Walter1)  born  Littleton,  Mass.,  1707;  married  Anna 
Keyes  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  and  settled  in  West  Dunstable,  now  Ilollis.  Captain  in 
the  militia,  and  leader  of  a  company  of  exploration  into  the  Coos  County  in  1754,  and  of 
the  Hollis  company  in  the  Crown  Point  expedition  of  1755.  He  died  in  Hollis  Aug.  27, 
1757,  and  his  wife,  Anna,  Sept.  21,  1798,  at  the  age  of  90.  They  had  thirteen  children: 
Peter,  Stephen,  Anna,  Whitcomb,  Phebe,  Alice,  Levi,  Nahum,  Francis,  Fanny,  Philip, 
Sampson  and  Favma.  Stephen,  Whitcomb  and  Levi  served  in  the  old  French  war. 
Stephen,  Francis,  Nahum  and  Sampson  served  in  the  Revolution. 

Rev.  Peter  Powers4  (Peter3,  Daniel2,  Walter1)  born  Dunstable  Nov.  28,  1728; 
fitted  for  College  with  Rev.  Daniel  Emerson  of  Hollis,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1754 
in  the  same  class  with  John  Hancock,  John  Adams  and  Gov.  John  Wentworth  being  in 
the  class  below  him.  Ordained  pastor  of  the  church  at  Newent  (now  Lisbon,  Conn.) 
Dec.  2,  1756;  dismissed  1765.  Received  a  call  to  become  pastor  of  "the  church  of 
Christ  at  Haverhill  and  Newbury"  Jan.  27,  1765,  which  he  accepted  Feb.  10,  and  was 
installed  Feb.  27,  the  services  being  held  at  Hollis.  He  moved  his  family  to  Newbury  in 
April  of  the  same  year.  His  church  was  one,  but  during  his  pastorate  which  closed  in 
1782  he  lived  in  Newbury  till  1781,  when  he  removed  across  the  river  to  Haverhill,  where 
he  closed  his  ministry  in  1783.  He  then  preached  for  some  time  at  Cornish,  but  in  1785 
was  installed  pastor  at  Deer  Isle,  Me.,  where  he  remained  till  his  death,  May  13,  1800. 
He  married  in  1756,  Martha,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Hale  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  who  died  Jan. 
22,  1802,  while  on  a  visit  to  her  children  in  Newbury.  In  person  Mr.  Powers  is  described 
as  "above  the  middle  height,  strong  and  athletic.  He  was  a  ready  speaker,  possessing 
a  strong  voice,  and  a  very  distinct  utterance.  His  dress  on  the  Sabbath  was  a  Kersey- 
mere coat,  with  breeches  and  stockings,  a  three-cornered  hat,  a  fleece-like  wig,  a  white 
band  and  white  silk  gloves." 

*"The  figure  of  Rev.  Peter  Powers  stands  out  from  the  obscurity  of  the  early  days  as 
does  that  of  no  other  man.  He  seems  to  have  been  an  able  and  faithful  minister  of  the 
gospel,  widely  known  and  beloved,  and  won  the  affectionate  regard  of  the  people.  He 
was  the  man  for  the  time  and  place,  and  filled  admirably  every  position  to  which  he  was 
called.  His  labors  were  arduous  and  he  must  have  possessed  a  constitution  of  iron  to 
have  accomplished  all  he  did.  His  parish  included  at  the  first  all  the  settlements  from 
Hanover  to  Lancaster;  he  was  often  called  to  go  on  long  and  lonely  journeys  through  the 
wilderness  to  solemnize  marriages,  bury  the  dead,  and  break  the  bread  of  life  to  the  peo- 
ple, and  he  did  not  shrink  from  any  labor  however  great.  Very  little  of  his  work  has 
come  down  to  us — a  few  printed  sermons  which  are  earnest  and  devout,  and  letters  (a  few 
in  number)  concise,  practical,  and  to  the  point.  In  his  views,  he  was  very  decided,  and 
for  those  times  very  liberal."  Publications:  (1)  Installation  Sermon  of  Rev.  Peter 
Powers,  1765;  (2)  Funeral  Sermon  of  D.  Bailey,  1772;  (3)  Vermont  Election  Sermon, 
1778;  (4)  Tyranny  and  Toryism  Exposed,  1781;  (5)  A  Humble  Inquiry  into  the  Nature 
of  Covenanting  with  God,  1796.     Thirteen  children: 

1.  Peter  b.  Oct.  9,  1757;  d.  at  New  York  in  the  Continental  Army  Sept.  3,  1776. 

2.  Martha  b.  May  24,  1759;  d.  Hav.  Oct.  16,  1782. 

3.  Damaris  b.  Jan.  8,  1761;  m.  Samuel  Grow. 

4.  Stephen  b.  July  15,  1762;  m.  Mary  Grow;  settled  West  Newbury,  Vt. 

5.  Jonathan  b.  Mar.  17, 1764;  twice  m. ;  pastor  Congregational  Church,  Penobscot,  Me. 

6.  Samuel  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Jan.  31,  1766;  settled  in  Newbury. 

7.  John  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  13,  1767;  d.  Apr.  18,  1778. 

8.  Prescott  b.  Newburv,  Vt.,  Jan.  8,  1770;  settled  in  Maine. 

9.  Hale  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1771 ;  settled  in  Maine. 

10.  Moody  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Nov.  9,  1773;  physician  at  Deer  Isle,  Me. 

11.  Anna  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  June  27,  1775;  d.  June  4,  1777. 

*  Wells'  Newbury,  p.  660. 


634  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

12.  Peter  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Aug.  4,  1777;  settled  in  Maine;  d.  1870. 

13.  Anna  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  July  25,  1779;  d.  in  Maine. 

While  there  are  numerous  descendents  of  Mr.  Powers  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  there  are 
none  in  Haverhill. 

Rev.  Grant  Powers6  (Sampson4,  Capt.  Peter3,  Daniel2,  Walter1),  son  of  Sampson  and 
Elizabeth  (Nutting)  Powers,  born  Mar.  31,  1784.  Prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Andover  Academy;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  class  of  1810;  studied  for  the  ministry  with 
Rev.  Asa  Burton,  D.  D.,  of  Thetford,  Vt.,  1811-12;  licensed  to  preach  Nov.  1812;  during 
the  summer  and  autumn  of  1813  and  the  winter  of  1814  supplied  at  Cayuga,  N.  Y. ; 
ordained  pastor  at  Haverhill  Jan.  4,  1815;  dismissed  Apr.  28,  1829;  became  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Goshen,  Conn.,  in  Aug.  of  the  same  year  and  died  there  Apr. 
10,  1841.  Married  Sept.  22,  1817,  Elizabeth  Howard,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hopkins  of 
Thetford,  Vt.     She  died  Washington,  D.  C,  1887. 

Mr.  Powers  held  decided  theological  views.  He  had  little  patience  with  the  Arminian- 
ism  of  Methodists,  and  his  ministry  was  marked  by  theological  controversies  which  were 
not  wholly  fortunate.  George  Woodward,  the  lawyer,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Hallam 
Woodward,  were  among  others  excommunicated  for  their  repudiation  of  Calvinistic 
orthodoxy.  His  pastorate  was  on  the  whole  successful,  and  he  left  the  impress  of  a  strong 
mind  and  character  on  the  church.  During  his  ministry  119  persons  were  added  to  the 
membership,  98  by  profession  and  21  by  letter.  There  were  but  12  members  in  1814,  and 
in  1829  there  were  93.  There  had  been  35  baptisms  of  adults,  and  156  of  infants,  and 
12  excommunications. 

Several  of  his  ordination  and  installation  sermons  were  published.  Other  publications 
were:  "An  Essay  on  the  Influence  of  the  Imagination  on  the  Nervous  System,  Contrib- 
uting to  False  Hopes  in  Religion,"  1828;  Centennial  Address,  Hollis,  1830;  Centennial 
Address,  Goshen,  Conn.,  1838;  History  of  the  Settlement  of  the  Coos  County,  1841. 

Of  their  eight  children,  five  were  born  in  Haverhill;  of  the  others  there  has  been  no 
available   record. 

1.  Elizabeth  Abbott8  b.  Dec.  2,  1819;  m.  Joseph  D.  Foot  of  Amboy,  N.  J.;  was  princi- 

pal of  a  young  ladies'  seminary  for  twenty-four  years  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

2.  Mary  Webster6  b.  Apr.  9,  1822;  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Charles  Hopkins8  b.  Apr.  9,  1824. 

4.  Mary  Webster6  bapt.  Aug.  6,  1826;  m.  Tracy  Robinson;  resided  Panama. 

5.  Henrietta  Mtjmford6  bapt.  July  13, 1828;  m.  Rev.  John  Kelley  of  Paterson,  N.  J.; 

d.  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

6.  George  Carrington8  b.  after  removal  of  family  to  Goshen,  Conn.;  was  a  wholesale 

grocer  in  Boston. 

POWERS 

Joseph  Powers  was  for  a  period  of  thirty-five  years  one  of  the  most  respected  citizens 
of  Haverhill.  His  farm  adjoining  the  town  farm  on  the  one  side  and  the  Keyes  farm  on 
the  other  was  a  productive  one,  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  in  a  town  noted  for  best 
farms.  He  was  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Powers,  born  in  Groton  May 
19,  1802.  Pie  married  Mar.  17,  1825,  Betsey,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sally  Blood,  born 
Groton  1806  He  died  Mar.  19, 1879.  Mr.  Powers  moved  from  his  native  town  to  Plym- 
outh in  1837  and  to  Haverhill  in  1842.  In  1845  he  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Grafton 
County  and  held  the  office  for  ten  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Executive  Council  in 
1871  and  1872  and  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1876.  Mr.  Powers  was  a  progress- 
ive farmer.  The  first  animal  of  the  famous  Jersey  breed  brought  into  this  section  was  a 
full  blooded  bull  calf  owned  by  E.  A.  Tilley  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  which  came  to  the  Powers 
farm  in  Jan.  1860.  Several  full  blooded  Jersey  heifers  were  added,  and  the  stock  was 
increased  from  time  to  time  by  purchase  and  production,  until  it  became  the  most 
famous  Jersey  herd  in  Grafton  County.     Two  children: 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  635 

1.  Son  b.  July  11,  1836;  d.  July  12,  1836. 

2.  Caroline  b.  July  7,  1837;  d.  Apr.  30,  1853. 

PRAY 

Frank  P.  Pray  was  born  at  Alburgh  Springs,  Vt.,  May  10,  1855,  the  son  of  David  P. 
and  Eleanor  (Mill)  Pray;  educated  in  the  district  school  and  academy  at  Alburgh  Springs. 
He  came  to  Woodsville  in  the  fall  of  1890,  in  company  with  Walter  H.  Stickney  for  two 
years,  then  with  Seth  Stickney  in  general  store,  dry  goods  and  groceries.  In  1893  he 
purchased  the  business  alone,  known  as  the  "One  Price  Cash  Store."  Retired  in  1898, 
and  died  Jan.  30,  1902.  Married  May  14,  1881,  Emma  T.,  daughter  of  Calvin  W.  and 
Lydia  Jane  (Wyman)  Bell,  born  Alburgh  Springs,  Vt.,  Apr.  30,  1855.  Lived  in  Woodsville 
till  Sept.  1915,  when  she  went  to  Glendale,  Cal.     Children: 

1.  Nellie  Edith  b.  Alburgh,  Vt.,  Aug.  8,  1883;  educated  Woodsville  High  School  and 

St.  Johnsbury  Academy;  stenographic  and  commercial  art. 

2.  Emma  Mildred  b.  Alburgh  Springs,  Vt.,  Aug.  30,  1887;  educated  at  W.  H.  S.  and 

New  England  Conservatory  at  Boston,  as  pianist. 
The  two  eldest  daughters  are  with  their  mother. 

3.  Alice  Marion  b.  Alburgh  Springs,  Vt.,  July  27,  1890;  educated  W.  H.  S.  and  North- 

field  Seminary,  Mass. ;  in  public  library  work,  stenographer  and  secretary  to  state 
librarian,  Concord. 

PRESCOTT 

William  H.  Prescott  born  May  28,  1817;  died  May  30,  1880. 
Mary  A.  Prescott  born  Apr.  18,  1820;  died  Oct.  29,  1906. 
Calvin  A.  Prescott  born  June  18,  1841;  died  Oct.  4,  1890. 
Eliza  Prescott  born  Aug.  29,  1836;  died  Feb.  27,  1918. 

PUTNAM 

John  Putnam1  baptized  at  Wingrave,  Bucks,  England,  Jan.  15,  1579-80;  came  from 
Aston  Abbotts,  Bucks,  where  his  children  were  baptized  1612-27,  to  Salem,  Mass.,  about 
1640;  died  Dec.  30,  1662. 

John  Putnam7  (David8,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1)  born  Croyden 
Nov.  11,  1797;  died  there  Feb.  18,  1884;  married  Apr.  19,  1821,  Almira,  daughter 
Nathaniel  French  of  Winchester,  born  July  24,  1800,  died  Croyden  Feb.  30,  1862;  mar- 
ried, second,  Mary  Colby  of  Hopkinton,  died  Croyden  Dec.  27,  1889,  aged  77.  He  was  in 
his  day  a  leading  citizen  of  Croyden,  selectman,  representative,  member  Constitutional 
Convention.     Eight    children. 

George  Frederick  Putnam8  (John7,  David8,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1)  born  Croydon  Nov.  6,  1841;  married  Haverhill  Dec.  22,  1868,  Mary  R.,  daughter 
Silvester  Reding  (see  Reding),  born  Haverhill  Apr.  4,  1843,  died  Portsmouth  Apr. 
10,  1912.  He  was  educated  at  Norwich  Univ.,  studied  law  with  N.  B.  Felton  of  Haver- 
hill and  C.  R.  Morrison  of  Manchester  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Manchester  in 
1866.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Haverhill  and  was  representative 
in  1868and  1869.  In  the  latteryearhe  removed  to  Warren,  where  he  remained  for  seven 
years,  during  which  time  he  represented  that  town  in  1870,  '71  and  '72  in  the  legislature 
where  he  was  one  of  the  recognized  leaders  of  the  Democratic  minority  and  its  candidate 
for  speaker  in  1872.  In  1874-76  he  was  county  solicitor  and  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
stitutional Convention  of  1876,  in  which  year  he  was  chairman  of  the  New  Hampshire 
delegation  to  the  National  Democratic  Convention  in  1876  which  nominated  Tilden  for 
the  presidency.  In  1877  he  returned  to  Haverhill,  taking  the  office  and  practice  of  Mr. 
Felton  who  had  died  the  previous  year  and  continued  practice  with  much  success  till 
1882  when  he  removed  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.     He  was  chairman  of  the  N.  H.  Democratic 


636  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

State  Committee  in  1873-75,  and  in  1877-80.  In  Kansas  City  he  had  a  large  practice, 
but  in  1886  became  president  of  the  International  Loan  and  Trust  Co.  and  gradually 
withdrew  from  general  practice  of  the  law.  He  was  also  president  of  the  American 
National  Bank.  Unitarian,  Knight  Templar.  He  died  suddenly  at  Kansas  City  of 
apoplexy  May  30,  1899.  No  children.  (For  appreciative  sketch,  see  Granite 
Monthly,  Vol.  29,  pp.  270-274.) 

David  Putnam7  (David9,  Edward6,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2,  John1)  born  Croyden 
Oct.  2,  1790;  married  Croyden  May  5,  1824,  Abigail  Cutting;  lived  in  Hanover,  and  Hav- 
erhill. He  died  Haverhill  Nov.  21,  1879;  she  died  Haverhill  Mar.  20,  1865,  aged 
69  years. 

Alonzo  W.  Putnam8  (David7,  David8,  Edward5,  Edward4,  Edward3,  Thomas2, 
John1)  born  Jan.  2,  1828;  married  Hannah  Cole  of  Hanover,  born  Aug.  5,  1832.  He  died 
Haverhill  May  10,  1881.  She  died  July  16,  1906.  Farmer,  and  dealer  in  cattle. 
Lived  on  the  farm  known  as  the  Porter  place  on  Porter  Hill  on  the  turnpike  road.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  force  of  character,  a  partisan  Democrat,  liberal  in  his 
religious  belief .  Of  his  family  of  seven  children  all  born  in  Haverhill  none  are  now  liv- 
ing in  town : 

1.  Susan  H.9  b.  1850;  m.  Dec.  1,  1870,  William  F.,  s.  of  William  H.  and  Mary  Ann 

(Burbank)  Prescott  of  Bath. 

2.  Parker  A.9  b.  1852;  m.  June  3,  1875,  Ida  M.,  dau.  of  James  E.  and  Eliza  Henry. 

Lives  Glenn 3  Ferry,  Idaho. 

3.  Nellie  N.9     b.  1853;  m.  (pub.  Nov.  24,  1873)  Frank  P.  Morin  of  Piermont, 

4.  John9  b.  1855;  m.  July  4,  1884,  Nellie,  dau.  H.  Morey  Gannett  of  Piermont.     He  d. 

Mar.  1892. 

5.  Hiram  M.9  b.  1857;  m.  (pub.  Sept.  25,  1883)  Winnie  E.  Williams  of  Piermont. 

Resides  Tintah,  Minn. 

6.  Walter  E.9  b.  Nov.  26,  1858;  m.  Nov.  25, 1881,  Mary  E.,  dau.  Moses  F.  and  Eleanor 

(Bixby)  True;  d.  Laramie,  Wyo.,  July  29,  1891. 

7.  Carrie  I.9  b.  1861 ;  m.  Thomas  Morris. 

8.  Lizzie*  b.  1863;  m.  N.  H.  Morris. 


RANDALL 

Isaac  Randall1  and  Lydia,  his  wife,  of  Charlestown,  had  a  family  of  six  children: 
Mary,  Jerusha,  Lydia,  Isaac,  Lewis  and  George  Conn. 

George  Conn  Randall2  (Isaac1)  born  Charlestown  Dec.  16,  1824;  married  Sept.  9, 
1843,  Aurora  Mehitable  Butler,  born  Medford,  Mass.,  Nov.  24,  1824.  He  died  WTells 
River,  Vt.,  Feb.  26,  1902.     She  died  Northfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  1888. 

Clarence  E.  Randall3  (George  C.2,  Isaac1)  born  Northfield,  Vt.,  June  15,  1859;  mar- 
ried Mar.  27,  1881,  Mary  M.  Dole,  born  Northfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  2,  1858.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Northfield  High  School  and  at  Norwich  University.  He  went  to  Plymouth  Jan. 
1,  1884,  as  train  despatcher,  and  came  to  Woodsville  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  where  he 
made  his  home  till  his  death,  Sept.  15,  1912.  He  was  assistant  train  despatcher  till  1898, 
when  was  made  chief,  holding  this  position  till  his  failing  health  caused  him  to  resign  a 
few  months  before  his  death.  It  was  said  of  him :  "  Train  dispatcher  twenty-eight  years 
without  an  error."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Randall  were  Universalists,  and  were  the  leading 
spirits  in  the  organization  and  subsequent  growth  and  development  of  the  Woodsville 
Universalist  Church.  Mrs.  Randall  since  his  death  has  carried  on  successfully  the  coal 
business,  is  active  and  zealous  in  church  work  and  in  promotion  of  the  interests  of  the 
hospital.     Two  children: 

George  Christopher4. 

Harry  Dole  b.  Woodsville  Oct.f23,  1885;  d.  accidental  drowning  in  Ammonoosuc 
River  Apr.  22,  1901. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  637 

George  Christopher  Randall4  (Clarence  E.3,  George  C.2,  Isaac1)  born  Mar.  31, 
1883;  graduated  Woodsville  High  School  1898;  was  telegraph  operator  two  years;  grad- 
uated from  Norwich  University,  valedictorian  and  major  of  the  battalion  1904;  went 
at  once  to  Denver,  Col.,  as  despatcher  on  the  Colorado  and  Southern  Railroad.;  superin- 
tendent of  transportation  since  1913;  captain  Q.  M.  charge  transportation  troops  and 
supplies  at  Fort  Bliss,  El  Paso,  Tex.,  during  World  War;  married  Jan.  2,  1909,  Ethel 
Kerr  of  Denver.     One  child,  Harry  Gordon,  born  May  16,  1914,  Denver. 

REDING 

John  Reding1,  a  shipmaster  of  Portsmouth,  died  Sept.  13, 1822,  leaving  a  widow  Mercy 
S.  (Brewster)  Reding,  who  survived  him  until  Aug.  12,  1859,  when  her  death  occurred  at 
the  age  of  81  years.  Of  their  five  children  four,  John  R.,  Ann  M.,  Silvester  and  Henry 
W.,  became  residents  of  Haverhill  and  for  a  period  of  nearly  half  a  century  the  Reding 
family  was  one  of  the  prominent  factors  in  the  social,  educational,  and  political  life  of 
the  town,  as  the  frequent  references  to  its  members  in  the  narrative  portion  of  this 
work  bear  abundant  testimony.     Five  children,  born  Portsmouth: 

1.  W. S.2  b.  July  2,  1802;  d.  unm.  Sept.  13,  1867. 

2.  John  R.2  b.  Oct.  18,  1805. 

3.  Ann  M.2  b.  Feb.  20,  1809;  d.  Hav.  June  30,  1900;  m.  N.  B.  Felton.     (See  Felton.) 

4.  Silvester2  b.  Nov.  5,  1812. 

5.  Henry  Warren2  b.  Aug.  31,  1816. 

John  R.  Reding2  (John1)  born  Oct.  18,  1805;  died  Portsmouth  Oct.  7,  1892;  married, 
first,  Oct.  4,  1830,  Rebecca  R.  Hill  of  Concord,  youngest  sister  of  Gov.  Isaac  Hill  and 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  (Russell)  Hill,  born  West  Cambridge,  Mass.,  1811,  died 
Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  28,  1844;  married,  second,  Jane  Martin  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt., 
daughter  of  Hezekiah  and  Jane  Sheldon  Martin,  born  St.  Johnsbury,  Apr.  18,  1824, 
died  Portsmouth  Nov.  13,  1912.  They  were  published  in  Haverhill  Jan.  11,  1846. 
There  were  no  children  by  either  marriage.  Mr.  Reding  received  an  academic  education. 
Came  to  Haverhill  in  1828  and  established  the  Democratic-Republican,  purchasing  the 
presses  and  material  of  the  New  Hampshire  Intelligencer,  which  had  suspended  publication 
in  1826.  The  paper  was  vigorously  edited  and  had  large  influence  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  state.  He  had  previously  served  his  newspaper  apprenticeship  under  Isaac  Hill  in  the 
office  of  the  New  Hampshire  Patriot,  and  spent  two  years  as  foreman  in  the  office  of  the 
Boston  Statesman,  later  the  Boston  Post.  He  was  sole  proprietor  and  editor  of  the 
Democratic-Republican  until  his  election  to  Congress  in  1840.  He  took  his  seat  in  the 
National  House  in  1841,  and  served  four  years  during  the  Harrison-Tyler  administration. 
He  was  appointed  naval  storekeeper  at  Portsmouth  by  President  Pierce,  and  removed  to 
that  city,  where  he  resided  till  his  death.  He  was  mayor  of  that  city  and  represented  it 
in  the  State  Legislature.  He  was  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  a  man  of  great  force  of 
character,  an  honored  and  useful  citizen,  both  in  Haverhill  and  the  city  of  his  birth  and 
later  residence. 

Silvester  Riding2  (John1)  born  Nov.  5,  1812;  died  Portsmouth  while  on  a  visit  to 
relatives,  July  17,  1883;  married  Haverhill  Apr.  5,  1842,  Ellen,  daughter  John  and 
Rebecca  (Dodge)  McClary,  born  Apr.  8,  1820,  died  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Nov.  16,  1893. 
Mr.  Riding  came  to  Haverhill  when  a  young  man,  and  after  a  short  time  engaged  in 
farming;  was  elected  register  of  deeds  for  Grafton  County  and  served  from  18 —  to  18 — . 
Was  associated  with  his  brother  in  editing  and  publishing  the  Democratic-Republican  from 
1847  to  1863.  Represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  1872,  1873.  In  politics  was  a 
Democrat;  attended  the  Congregational  Church.  A  man  of  quiet  and  unostentatious 
manners,  of  sterling  integrity  of  character,  he  enjoyed  the  full  confidence  and  esteem  of 
his  townsmen.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 


638  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

1.  Mary  R.3  b.  Apr.  4,  1843;  d.  Portsmouth  Apr.  10,  1912;  m.  Dec.  22,  1868,  Geo.  F. 

Putnam .     (See  Put  nam . ) 

2.  John3  b.  Apr.  12,  1S45;  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Hav.  Academy;  employed 

in  a  store  in  Wentworth  1861  and  part  of  1862;  in  a  store  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  1863- 
64;  went  to  Boston  in  1866;  in  a  dry  goods  store  for  a  year,  with  Moore,  Smith  & 
Co.,  1867,  and  since  (nearly  fifty  years)  hats,  caps  and  fur  robes;  treasurer  and 
manager;  resides  in  Boston.  Married  Dec.  6,  1877.  Laura  C,  dau.  Henry  Wolcott 
of  Quechee,  Vt.,  b.  Jan.  16,  1852.     No  chil. 

3.  Ellen  McClary3  b.  Mar.  12,  1848;  m.  Dec.  27,  1869,  George  W.  Butler  of  Ports- 

mouth. One  child:  Alice  R.  Butler4  b.  Dec.  1,  1871;  m.  Oct.  28,  1911,  Lewis 
Dudley. 

4.  William  Riding3  b.  Dec.  11,  1849;  educated  at  the  Academy,  and  was  in  a  store  in 

Bradford,  Vt.,  till  1885,  when  he  was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the  Boston  Cus- 
tom House  naval  office;  resigned  in  1897,  and  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  with 
the  exception  of  about  a  year  spent  at  the  Corner  living  in  the  large  modern  house 
known  as  the  Day  house,  he  has  since  lived;  m.  Apr.  30,  1894,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Whitney 
of  San  Francisco,  dau.  of  Marcus  D.  Boruck,  for  a  long  time  editor  and  publisher  of 
a  trade  paper  Spirit  of  the  Times.  Has  not  been  in  any  active  business  in  recent 
years.  It  hardly  need  be  said  that  Mr.  Riding  is  a  Democrat.  One  child, 
Louise  D.  Riding,  b.  July  1,  1897. 

Henry  Warren  Riding2  (John1)  born  Aug.  31,  1816;  married  Nov.  11,  1856,  Amelia, 
daughter  of  Horace  and  Elvira  (Storrs)  Chandler  of  Piermont,  born  Lebanon  Mar.  22, 
1836.  He  died  in  Centralia,  Kan.,  Mar.  7,  1886.  He  came  to  Haverhill  a  boy  of  thir- 
teen, and  lived  there  till  1870,  except  for  five  years  when  he  was  a  compositor  on  the 
Boston  Post.  Editer  of  Democratic-Republican  from  1841,  till  it  suspended  publication  in 
1863.  In  1870  he  went  to  Kansas,  and  settled  in  Centralia.  Was  postmaster  at  the  time 
of  his  death  in  1886.     Mrs.  Riding  was  living  in  1913.     One  child. 

Harry  Riding3  (Henry  Warren2,  John1)  born  Haverhill  May  14,  1861;  married  Mar. 
13,  1888,  Helen  Eliza  Sherrill  of  Topeka,  Kan.,  born  Oak  Creek,  Wis.  (now  a  part  of  Mil- 
waukee), Jan.  10,  1862;  graduate  Washburn  College  (Kansas);  is  a  physician  with 
successful  practice  in  Lawrence,  Kan.     Four  children: 

1.  Henry  Warren4  b.  Centralia,  Kan.,  July  29,  1889. 

2.  Mary  Gertrude4  b.  Vermillion,  Kan.,  Apr.  30,  1892,  graduated  Kansas  University 

1913,  Phi  Beta  Kappa  rank. 

3.  Katherine  Prue4  b.  Sabetha,  Kan.,  Oct.  25,  1897. 

4.  Franklin  Sherrill4  b.  Sabetha,  Kan.,  June  10,  1902. 


RICHARDSON 

George  W.  Richardson2,  son  Jeduthan1  and  Lucy  (Rollins)  Richardson,  born  West 
Corinth,  Vt.,  Dec.  19,  1844;  married  Dec.  25,  1870,  at  East  Haverhill,  Ellen  Ruddick, 
born  St.  John,  N.  B.;  enlisted  in  Fourth  Vermont  Volunteers,  Aug.  30,  1861;  discharged 
and  re-enlisted  in  1863  and  served  in  Ninth  Vermont  Volunteers  until  discharged  in 
autumn  of  1865.  Came  to  East  Haverhill  and  entered  into  partnership  with  Simeon  T. 
Merrill,  and  later  was  sole  proprietor  of  the  general  store  there  until  1907,  a  period 
of  thirty  years.  Was  postmaster  eighteen  years;  supervisor  of  checklist  1902-1904; 
member  of  New  Hampshire  House  in  1905  and  1907,  serving  on  committee  on  soldiers' 
home,  chairman  in  1907.  Republican;  attends  Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  charter 
member  of  Natt  Westgate  Post,  G.  A.  R.  Went  to  Concord  in  1907,  where  he  now  resides. 
Mrs.  Richardson,  well  known  as  a  temperance  and  equal  suffrage  worker,  was  president 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  for  more  than  twenty 
years.     She  died  in  Concord  March  10,  1919.     One  child  born  Haverhill: 

Guy3  b.  Hav.  Dec.  9,  1873;  grad.  Boston  University;  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts 
Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals;  American  Humane  Education; 
editor  of  Our  Dumb  Animals;  resides  in  Boston. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  639 

RICKER 

Maturin  Richer1  came  from  England  about  1670;  killed  by  Indians  June  4,  1706. 

Joseph  Ricker2  (Maturin1)  married  Elizabeth  Garland  of  Berwick,  Me. 

Joshua  Ricker3  (Joseph2,  Maturin1)  born  Berwick,  Me.,  Apr.  9,  1737;  married  June 
28,  1756,  Betsey  Drew;  lived  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  later  in  Bath,  where  she  died  Nov.  12, 
1811.     He  died  Mar.  5,  1818. 

Joseph  Ricker4  (Joshua3,  Joseph2,  Maturin1)  born  Bath  Feb.  13,  1765,  lived  in  New- 
bury, Peacham  and  Groton,  Vt.;  twice  married.     Nineteen  children. 

Orson  Ricker5  (Joseph4,  Joshua3,  Joseph2,  Maturin1)  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Nov.  18, 
1806;  married  Dec.  26,  1829,  Lydia,  daughter  William  Taisey;  lived  in  Groton.  He  died 
1887;  she  lived  to  be  91.  Their  thirteen  children  were  all  physically  strong,  energetic 
and  prosperous. 

William  Ricker6  (Orson5,  Joseph4,  Joshua3,  Joseph2,  Maturin1)  born  Groton,  Vt., 
Apr.  17,  1832;  married  Apr.  4,  1858,  Lodema,  daughter  Jonathan  and  Phebe  (Heath) 
Taisey,  born  Groton,  Vt.,  Nov.  8,  1832,  died  Woodsville  July  22,  1916.  He  died  Woods- 
ville  Jan.  8,  1914.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  went  to  California,  by  the  way  of  the  Isth- 
mus, remaining  a  few  years,  fairly  successful,  so  that  he  paid  his  father  for  "his  time" 
which  he  had  purchased,  and  bought  a  farm  in  Hardwick,  later  removing  to  Peacham, 
Vt.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  buying  of  cattle,  swine  and  sheep  for  the  Boston  market,  a 
business  in  which  he  won  marked  success  and  in  which  he  continued  until  a  few  years 
before  his  death.  He  came  to  Woodsville  in  Nov.  1884,  and  became  at  once  a  live  factor 
in  the  life  of  the  village.  In  his  political  affiliations  he  was  a  Republican,  and  attended 
and  liberally  supported  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  serving  on  its  board  of  trustees 
for  many  years.     Children: 

1.  William  Amasa7  b.  Hardwick,  Vt.,  June  8,  1861;  m.  Carrie  Jane  Esden;  lives  in  St- 

Johnsbury,  Vt.;  the  most  extensive  dealer  in  cattle  and  swine  in  northern  New 
England. 

2.  Oscar  B.7  b.  Hardwick,  Vt.,  June  19,  1863;  d.  May  23,  1872. 

3.  Rosa  J.7  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Feb.  23,  1866;  m.  Apr.  15,  1891,  Wesley  M.  Crown. 

She  lives  in  Woodsville;  one  child:  Calista  Lodema,  b.  Aug.  15,  1896.  Edu- 
cated Woodsville  High  School,  and  St.  Mary's,  Concord,  and  now  (1917)  is  train- 
ing as  a  nurse  in  Peter  Brigham  Hospital,  Boston. 

4.  Prince  Albert7  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  June  15,  1868;  d.  July  8,  1892.     Children: 

Alice  Lillian8  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Oct.  1,  1885,  m.  Philip  L.  Thompson,  St.  Johnsbury 
June  6,  1911;  Albert  Amasa8  b.  July  8,  1888,  at  Peacham,  Vt. 

RIDEOUT 

John  Rideout2,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Dorothy,  was  born  in  Wilton  May  27,  1767; 
settled  in  Plymouth  after  the  Revolution;  married  Dec.  2,  1787,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Onesipherus  Marsh.  In  1839,  removed  with  his  son,  Willard,  to  Woodbury,  Vt.,  where 
he  died  Jan.  6,  1860.     Ten  children. 

Willard  Rideout3  (John2,  Benjamin1)  born  Plymouth  Feb.  19,  1796;  married  June 
9,  1817,  Irene,  daughter  of  Nathan  Penniman  of  Plymouth.  He  died  Calais,  Vt.,  May 
2,  1881. 

Nathan  Penniman  Rideout4  (Willard3,  John2,  Benjamin1)  born  Plymouth  Apr.  5, 

1824;  was  a  painter  and  worked  at  his  trade  for  a  time  in  Boston.     Came  to  North 

Haverhill  about  1850,  where  his  aunt,  Mrs.  Newhall  Pike,  resided.    Besides  following  his 

trade  engaged  also  in  farming.    Lived  nearly  opposite  the  railroad  station.     Democrat; 

Methodist.     Was  one  of  the  selectmen  elected  in  1889  at  the  time  of  the  seven  days 

town  meeting,  and  the  only  one  of  the  three  re-elected  the  next  year.     Married  Apr.  14, 

1851,  Rumina  D.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Huldah  (Haskell)  French  of  St.  Johnsbury, 

Vt.    He  died  North  Haverhill  1903.     One  child: 

Florence  A.6  b.  June  20,  1857;   m.  May  1,  1875,  Ezra  B.  Willoughby.     (See 
Willoughby.) 


640  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

RINEHART 

Charles  C.  Rinehart1  came  to  Haverhill  about  1874,  was  employed  on  North 
Haverhill  farms  until  1887,  when  he  purchased  the  farm  a  little  below  North  Haverhill  rail- 
road station  on  the  Brushwood  road,  where  he  resided  till  his  death.  Of  German  descent 
he  was  born,  the  son  of  John  and  Susan  E.  Rinehart  in  DuPage  County,  111.,  Oct.  13,  1837; 
married  Apr.  7,  1863,  Ada,  daughter  Jehiel  and  Fannie  (Smith)  Wright.  He  died  Sept. 
28,  1908.  He  enlisted  Aug.  1861  in  Company  H,  First  Illinois  Cavalry  and  served  four 
years  and  seven  months  in  Department  of  the  West.  Was  elected  sheriff  of  DuPage 
County  in  1870  and  held  the  office  two  years;  member  Natt  Westgate  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and 
Pink  Granite  Grange;  Democrat,  Universalist.     Four  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Carroll  C.2  b.  Chicago. 

2.  George2  b.  Chicago;  d.  young. 

3.  Sidney  S.2  b.  Aug.  14,  1872;  m.  Sept.  19,  1893,  Georgia  M.  Hoyt,  dau.  Moses  N.  and 

Oretta  J.  Dick,  b.  1873.     One  child,  Sidney  G.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1894,  d.  Oct.  24,  1899. 
He  d.  Jan.  14,  1894. 

4.  Belle  F.2  b.  Hav.  1878;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  1,  1900,  Milo  G.,  s.  of  John  C.  and  Mary  J. 

(Howe)  Farnham;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  1,  1907,  Arthur  R.,  s.  Geo.  F.  and  Addie  M. 
(Blake)  Kimball.     (See  Kimball.) 

Carroll  C.  Rinehart2  (Charles  C.1)  born  Chicago;  married,  first,  Dec.  28,  1888, 
Blanche  S.,  daughter  Nelson  S.  and  Lucinda  (French),  born  Hav.  1867;  married,  second, 
Jan.  1,  1911,  Mrs.  Rogers,  daughter  Augustine  C.  and  Nettie  J.  (Coggswell)  Titus. 
He  died  Feb.  24,  1916.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  railroad,  first  as  section  man, 
and  for  the  ten  years  previous  to  his  death  was  assistant  superintendent  of  the  White 
Mountain  Division  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad.  Democrat,  Universalist.  One 
child  by  first  marriage,  Roscoe  S.3,  born  Haverhill  Aug.  3,  1894. 

Sidney  S.  Rinehart2  (Charles  C.1)  born  Aug.  14,  1872;  married  Sept.  19,  1893, 
Georgia  M.  Hoyt,  born  1873,  died  Jan.  14,  1894.  One  child,  Sidney  G.,  born  Sept.  17, 
1894,  died  Oct.  24,  1899. 

Roscoe  S.  Rinehart3  (Carroll  C.2,  Charles  C.1)  born  Aug.  3,  1894;  married  June  6, 
1916,  Mary  Bernice,  daughter  Henry  E.  and  Charlotte  E.  (Corey)  Sanborn  of  Hanover. 
Live  in  Woodsville.     Member  firm  Davis  &  Rinehart,  automobile  livery ;  deputy  sheriff. 

RING 

Jonathan  Ring1  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Haverhill.  His  name  appears  in  the 
town  records  as  early  as  1774.  In  1776  he  was  elected  surveyor  of  lumber,  then  an  im- 
portant office,  and  held  the  same  office  in  1788  and  1796.     In  the  latter  year,  he  was  also 

sealer  of  leather.    He  married,  first,  Martha ;  second,  July  1770  Zilpha,   daughter 

Archelaus  and  Mary   (Dow)  Adams,  born  Nov.   11,   1743.     He  died  Haverhill  1815. 
Was  a  carpenter  and  builder;  lived  at  Ladd  Street.     Nine  children;  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Sarah2  b.  Feb.  24,  1768;  m.  Mar.  28,  1786,  Joseph  Ladd.    (See  Ladd.) 

2.  Martha2  b.  Sept.  12,  1769;  m.  Mar.  10,  1787,  Horace  Shepard  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

3.  Elizabeth2  b.  May  30,  1771;  m.  Feb.  15,  1789,  John  Montgomery.     (See  Mont- 

gomery.) 

By  second  marriage: 

4.  Archelaus2  b.  Jan.  13,  1773;  d.  Apr.  2,  1773. 

5.  Jonathan,  Jr.2  b.  June  2,  1775. 

6.  Hannah2  b.  Aug.  16,  1777. 

7.  David2  b.  Oct.  14,  1779. 

8.  Nicholas2  b.  Apr.  2,  1782. 

9.  Amanda2. 

Jonathan  Ring,  Jr.2  (Jonathan1)  married  and  lived  in  Lisbon.  Seven  children:  1, 
John  Adams3  born  Dec.  12,  1804;  2,  Mary;  3,  Addison  born  Apr.  12,  1809;  4,  Charles; 
5,  Harriet;  6,  Anne;  7,  Ruth. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  641 

Addison  Ring3  (Jonathan2,  Jonathan1)  born  Lisbon  Apr.  12,  1809;  married,  first, 
Apr.  26,  1838,  Perlina  Wright  of  Lisbon,  born  Apr.  26,  1819,  died  Feb.  21,  1843;  married, 
second,  Mar.  20,  1844,  Mrs.  Harriet  F.  Virgin  of  Bath,  born  1806,  died  Haverhill  Nov.  4, 
1865,  age  59  years,  8  months.  Came  to  Haverhill  1849.  Carpenter;  lived  on  River 
road  just  south  of  Woodsville,  a  little  north  of  house  of  G.  A.  Ring.  Three  children, 
two  by  first  marriage  and  one  by  second: 

1.  Mary  J.*  b.  Lisbon  Sept.  30,  1839;  d.  Hav.,  unm.,  Apr.  22,  1891. 

2.  George  A.4  b.  Lisbon  Aug.  8,  1841;  m.  Nov.  25,  1866,  Judith  L.,  dau.  William  and 

Eleanor  (Heath)  Marshall  of  Groton,  Vt.,  b.  Oct.  11,  1846.  Came  to  Woods- 
ville with  his  father,  and  lives  on  the  River  road  just  outside  the  Fire  District. 
Carpenter  and  builder. 

3.  James  Johnson4  b.  Bath  Feb.  27,  1845.     Went  west  and  lived  in  Logan,  la. 

RIX 

Thomas  Rrx1  born  in  1622;  went  to  Preston,  Conn. 

James2  baptized  in  first  church  Salem  Oct.  16,  1657;  withdrew  from  church  there  and 
went  to  Preston,  Conn. 

James3  baptized  Apr.  1685;  married  Feb.  1711,  Hannah  Herrick;  resided  in  Preston, 
Conn. 

Nathaniel4  born  in  Preston,  Conn.,  June  6,  1710;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Obadiah 
Peters,  who  was  one  of  the  Concord  company  killed  by  Indians  in  1746.  In  1744  he  was 
an  officer  of  the  plantation  of  Pennycook;  in  1755  went  with  Capt.  Joseph  Eastman's 
Company  to  Crown  Point;  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Boscawen. 

Nathaniel6  born  Boscawen  July  17,  1753;  married  1775,  Esther  Clark;  died  in  Little- 
ton Oct.  12,  1828.     Was  a  Revolutionary  soldier. 

Nathaniel8  (Nathaniel5,  Nathaniel4,  James3,  James2,  Thomas1)  born  in  Landaff 
Nov.  26,  1777;  died  in  Dalton  Oct.  21, 1857;  married  Mar.  3, 1802,  Rebecca  Eastman,  born 
in  Bath  Sept.  23,  1786,  died  in  Dalton  Apr.  27,  1867,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Searles)  Eastman.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  Rix,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary Army,  and  Esther  Clark  Rix.  About  1799  both  father  and  son  located  in  Stan- 
stead,  Canada.  They  remained  there  till  about  the  time  of  the  War  of  1812,  when 
they  came  to  the  States  and  settled  in  Littleton.  Here  he  remained  till  1835,  when  he 
removed  to  Haverhill.  He  went  to  Lowell  in  1852,  but  remained  there  only  a  short  time 
when  he  settled  on  a  farm  in  Dalton.  He  became  a  leading  citizen  of  Littleton  repre- 
senting the  town  for  seven  years  in  succession,  1821-1827,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council  in  1822  and  1823.  While  register  of  deed  in  Haverhill,  he  represented 
the  town  in  the  legislature.  He  gave  much  of  his  time  to  town,  county,  and  state  offices. 
As  an  adviser  his  judgment  was  much  sought,  and  he  was  everywhere  honored  and  re- 
spected. He  was  a  man  of  good  stature  and  agreeable  presence,  a  valuable  citizen  and 
honest  and  efficient  public  officer.  They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  none  of  which 
are  now  living  in  town. 

RODGERS 

Levi  Rodgers1  born  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  Oct.  12,  1776,  and  died  Sept.  22,  1839; 
married  Betsey  Stone  Apr.  24,  1800,  born  1783,  who  died  Jan.  3,  1856,  Captain  in  War 
of  1812  and  a  colonel  in  the  militia.  They  lived  in  Newbury.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Maj.  Uriah  and  Hephziba  Hadley  Stone,  who  came  to  Haverhill  in  1763  and  built 
a  log  house  near  Bedel's  bridge.  This  was  carried  away  by  a  freshet  and  landed  in 
Piermont  where  the  family  afterwards  lived.  One  son  of  the  family,  George  Washington 
Stone,  was  the  grandfather  of  Chester  A.  Arthur. 

Levi  Rodgers2  born  in  West  Newbury,  Vt.,  July  10,  1814;  died  Oct.  3,  1852;  married 

42 


642  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Dec.  8,  1841,  Mehitabel  Barker  Carleton,  born  Haverhill  Dec.  10,  1820,  daughter  of 
Michael  Carleton,  died  June  15,  1896.  Lived  on  a  farm  in  Guildhall,  Vt.,  till  1854. 
She  sold  the  farm  and  came  to  Haverhill,  where  she  lived  since,  excepting  four  years, 
1865-69,  which  she  spent  in  Meriden,  where  her  children  could  attend  the  Academy; 
then  returned  to  her  home  in  Haverhill.    She  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Guildhall. 

Levi  Rodgers3  born  May  9,  1843;  married,  first,  Aug.  6,  1866,  Ellen  Sophia  Piatt 
Dimick,  born  May  28,  1840,  died  Oct.  1,  1883;  married,  second,  July  5,  1894,  Jessie  C. 
Gilmore.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Kimball  Union  Academy  and  of  Dartmouth  in  1866; 
taught  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  two  years,  then  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
graduating  in  class  of  1871.  Has  been  pastor  of  Congregational  churches,  first  at 
Claremont,  then  at  Georgetown,  Mass.,  and  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  at  North 
Greenwich,  Conn.  A  successful  pastor.  One  child:  Luvia4  born  Aug.  12,  1870;  died 
Sept.  7,  1879. 

Harriet  Carleton3  born  Mar.  9,  1845;  lives  at  the  old  homestead  on  Court  Street; 
has  been  a  successful  newspaper  correspondent. 

Michael  Carleton3  born  Mar.  7,  1847;  graduated  Kimball  Union  Academy  and 
Dartmouth  College  1871;  married  Laura  Jane  Chamberlin  July  25,  1872;  lived  in  the 
South  for  years;  removed  to  a  farm  in  Mclndoes,  Vt.  Has  one  son,  Bradley  C.\  born 
Apr.  14,  1874;  graduated  Dartmouth  class  of  1898;  was  private  secretary  to  Dr.  Tucker 
for  six  years;  married  Mrs.  F.  O.  Aiken.  Now  a  teacher  in  Boston.  Has  two  children. 
Lives  in  Milton,  Mass. 

Betsey  Matilda3  born  May  7,  1849;  died  Nov.  5,  1867. 


ROGERS 

William  Rogers1  lived  at  Huntington,  L.  I.  He  died  before  1769,  leaving  widow  and 
seven  children. 

Noah  Rogers2  (William1)  born  1646;  married  Elizabeth  Taintbr.     Eight  children. 

John  Rogers3  (Noah2,  William1)  born  Nov.  6,  1677;  married  June  17,  1713,  Lydia 
Bowers.     Nine  children. 

Joseph  Rogers4  (John3,  Noah2,  William1)  born  Apr.  1725;  married  Aug.  3,  1748, 
Susan  Pardee.     Five  children. 

Joseph  Rogers8  (Joseph4,  John3,  Noah2,  William1)  born  Bramford,  Conn.,  Apr.  27, 
1755;  married  Dec.  25,  1779,  Lois  Hale  of  Wallingford,  Conn.;  died  Claremont  Apr.  19, 
1833. 

Thaddeus  Rogers0  (Joseph5,  Joseph4,  John3,  Noah2,  William1)  born  Wallingford, 
Conn.,  July  20,  1780;  married  Philena  Putnam;  came  to  New  Hampshire  with  his  father 
and  died  at  Piermont  at  early  age  of  42.     Nine  children. 

Elisha  Rogers7  (Thaddeus6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  John3,  Noah2  William1)  born  Aug.  31, 
1807;  married  Dec.  23,  1834,  Mrs.  Matilda  (Lull)  Hunt,  born  May  20,  1799.  He  died 
Piermont  Mar.  8,  1883;  she  died  Nov.  7,  1878.  Two  children:  Albert8;  Matilda8,  died  in 
infancy. 

Albert  Rogers8  (Elisha7,  Thaddeus6,  Joseph5,  Joseph4,  John3,  Noah2,  William1)  born 
Mar.  30,  1836,  Piermont;  married  Mar.  29,  1866,  Anna  Elizabeth,  daughter  Stephen  and 
Sarah  Ann  (Stevens)  Underhill,  born  Piermont  Aug.  20,  1843.  He  died  May  19,  1902, 
in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  while  on  a  visit  to  that  state.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  in  Pier- 
mont until  1893,  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill  Corner  purchasing  what  was  known  as 
the  Bank  house.  This  was  burned  after  his  death,  and  his  widow  has  erected  on  its  site  a 
fine  modern  house,  where  she  now  (1917)  resides.  While  in  Piermont  he  served  as  select- 
man and  filled  other  town  offices.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican;  attended  the 
Congregational  Church.     Three  children  born  Piermont: 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  643 

1.  Albert  E.9  b.  Sept.  6,  1867;  m.  Sept.  6,  1893,  Lillian  May  Evans;  lives  in  Newport, 

N.  H. 

2.  Edward  S.9  b.  Sept.  28,  1868;  m.  June  20,  1894,  Bessie  Maud  Evans.    One  child, 

Edward  Albert10  b.  May  11,  1897. 

3.  Frank  R.9  b.  May  17,  1879.    In  employ  of  Pike  Mfg.  Co.  and  lives  with  his  mother 

at  Hav.  Corner. 

ROGERS 

Abram  Rogers1  born  1785;  came  to  Haverhill  about  1810  and  settled  on  Brier  Hill 
on  the  farm  later  owned  and  occupied  by  his  son,  Warren  C.  Rogers;  married  (published 
Aug.  1,  1811)  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Marston)  Whitcher  of  Warren, 
born  Dec.  19,  1795.     He  died  Oct.  13,  1852.     Six  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Abigail  Batchelder2  b.  June  12,  1812;  d.  unm.  Oct.  28,  1899. 

2.  Olive2  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Nancy2  b.  1817;  m.  July  30,  1840,  Chase  W.  Atwell;  d.  Apr.  3,  1841. 

4.  James  S.2  b.  1820;  m.  1843  Louisa  Patch;  d.  by  drowning  May  19,  1844. 

5.  Warren  Chase2  b.  Jan.  8,  1825. 

6.  Sarah  Lang2  b.  Dec.  3,  1830;  m.  Apr.  9,  1831,  D.  Irving  Johnson  of  Wayland,  Mass., 

d.  Apr.  9,  1890.    One  child,  Ida  Marion  Johnson3,  b.  Feb.  11,  1852;  m.  Sept.  6, 
1881,  Peter  E.  Tragansa  of  Thompsonville,  Conn.     (See  Tragansa.) 

Warren  Chase  Rogers2  (Abram1)  born  Haverhill  Jan.  8,  1825;  married  Dec.  16, 
1858,  Ruth  A.  Ingraham;  died  May  10, 1912.     Farmer;  lived  Brier  Hill.     Three  children: 

1.  Julia  Etta3  b.  Apr.  8,  1860;  m.  Feb.  21,  1884,  Frank  Willis.     (See  Willis.) 

2.  Herbert  Warren3  b.  June  14,  1878;  d.  Feb.  11,  1890. 

3.  Ralph  Waldo3  b.  June  12,  1881. 

Ralph  Waldo  Rogers3  born  June  12,  1881 ;  married  May  14,  1906,  Nina,  daughter 
Charles  and  Josie  (Coburn)  Crosby.     Children: 

1.  Ferne  Ruth  b.  Hav.  July  7,  1907;  d.  Aug.  20,  1908. 

2.  Infant  Son  b.  Hav.  Dec.  19,  1909;  d.  Dec.  19,  1909. 

3.  Eunice  Myrtle  b.  Hav.  June  10,  1913. 

4.  Vance  Crosby  b.  Mar.  4,  1917,  Bath. 


ROUHAN 

Dennison  R.  Rouhan  is  the  son  of  James  and  Helen  E.  Rouhan  and  was  born  in 
Washington,  Vt.,  Aug.  8,  1882.  He  came  to  Woodsville  in  Mar.  1903  and  engaged  al- 
most immediately  in  trade  in  furnishing  goods  and  in  undertaker's  work.  Has  a  large 
and  well  kept  store.  He  was  married  June  23,  1907,  to  Georgianna  Jackson,  born 
Oct.  31,  1881.    They  have  one  daughter,  Ruth  Georgianna,  born  Apr.  29,  1917. 


ROYCE 

Samuel  Royce1  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Landaff,  coming  to  that  town  from 
Connecticut.  He  held  prominent  position  in  the  town  and  died  in  1822  at  the  advanced 
age  of  90  years. 

Rev.  Stephen  Royce2,  son  of  Samuel1,  was  the  first  settled  minister  of  Landaff;  and 
died  in  that  town  Aug.  30,  1802,  in  the  47th  year  of  his  age.  He  married  Feb.  27,  1777, 
Sarah  Atwater,  born  June  14,  1773,  died  1823.     Four  children: 

1.  Samuel3  b.  Cheshire,  Conn.,  July  27,  1782. 

2.  Sarah3    b.  Cheshire,  Conn.,  July  27,  1782  (twin  of  Samuel);  d.  voung. 

3.  Merab3  b.  Cheshire,  Conn.,  June  6,  1785;  d.  Landaff  June  26,  1808. 

4.  Stephen3  b.  Landaff  May  25,  1787;  d.  Landaff  Feb.  20,  1794. 


644  HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL 

Epitaphs  in  Landaff  Cemetery 

Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  the  Rev.  Stephen  Royce  who  departed  this  life  August  the 
3d  A.  D.  1802  in  the  47th  year  of  his  age 

Here  in  deaths  cold  embrace  this  body  lies; 
The  soul  is  gone  to  mansions  in  the  skies; 
His  dust  must  sleep  and  voice  be  heard  no  more 
Till  the  last  trump  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore; 
Then  burst  the  bands  of  death  with  sweet  surprise 
And  in  his  Saviour's  glorious  form  arise. 

From  the  Tombstone  of  Merab  Royce,  Daughter  of  Rev.  Stephen  and  Sarah 

My  friends,  behold  my  lifeless  clay, 
Tho'  once  active  as  yours  today, 
It  now  doth  rest  in  death's  imbrace. 
Prepare  with  me  to  meet  and  trace 
The  heaven  of  joy,  our  dwelling  place. 

Samuel  Royce3,  son  Rev.  Stephen  and  Sarah  Atwater,  was  born  in  Cheshire,  Conn., 
July  27,  1782;  married  May  18,  1809,  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Hannah  Bayley 
Foster,  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Jan.  4,  1782;  died  Haverhill  June  30,  1842.  Reuben  Foster 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newbury  and  was  evidently  a  man  of  affairs,  was  a  delegate 
with  General  Bayley  to  the  Windsor  Convention,  and  the  next  year  was  chosen  with 
Col.  Kent  to  the  second  convention  held  in  that  place  the  next  year.  Of  his  sons,  Ed- 
ward and  Nathaniel  became  residents  of  Landaff,  and  had  numerous  descendants. 
Samuel  Royce  came  to  Haverhill  from  Landaff  and  followed  his  occupation  as  farmer, 
living  on  Colby  Hill,  and  later  on  what  has  been  known  as  the  A.  P.  Glazier  farm,  near 
Benton  line,  till  the  death  of  his  wife  in  1842.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Nashua,  where 
he  married,  second,  Elizabeth  Searle.  He  lived  there  until  her  death  in  1869,  when  he 
went  to  Benton,  residing  with  his  daughter,  Sarah,  until  death  in  his  92d  year,  Sept. 
25,  1873.  He  was  a  member  for  more  than  fifty  years  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  a  Free  Soiler  and  Republican  in  politics.     Seven  children: 

1.  Merab*  b.  Landaff  Feb.  20,  1810;  m.  1836  Samuel  Howe,  b.  Benton  1813,  d.  Feb. 

5,  1899.  Farmer,  Methodist,  Republican.  She  d.  Nov.  25,  1888.  They  had 
eight  chil.  all  b.  Benton:  (1)  Sarah  R.  b.  Oct.  20,  1837;  m.,  1st,  Parker  Swasey; 
1  child,  Anna;  second,  Truman  W.  Gray,  living  (1914)  in  Lisbon.  (2)  Julia  b.  Feb. 
1839,  d.  1898;  m.,  1st,  Rev.  H.  S.  Norris;  2d,  Rev.  F.  D.  Chandler.  (3)  Lutheria  L. 
b.  1840;  d.  1878;  m.,  1st,  Henry  C.  Wilmot;  2d,  Paul  N.  Meader.  (4)  Phebe  A. 
b.  1843;  d.  1903;  m.  Paul  N.  Meader.  (See  Meader.)  (5)  Dorcas  b.  Jan.  31,  1845; 
m.  Pardon  W.  Allen;  d.  Oct.  19,  1914.  (6)  Fred  S.  b.  Dec.  1847;  m.  Mary  Atkin- 
son; lived  Lawrence,  Mass.;  d.  Lawrence .     (7)  Royal  R.  b.  1849;  d.  1851. 

(8)  Halsey  R.b.  1851;  m.,  1st,  Martha  Foster  of  Bath;  2d,  Lilla  Bisbee,  Hav.;  d. 
Apr.  1904. 

2.  Hannah4  b.  Landaff  Aug.  8,  1812;  m.  Aaron  P.  Glazier  of  Hav.     (See  Glazier.) 

3.  Sarah4  b.  Landaff  Oct.  19,  1813;  m.,  1st,  Moses  Whitcher  of  Benton;  2d,  Chase 

Whitcher  of  Benton;  d.  Concord  Feb.  17,  1878.  Three  chil.  b.  Benton: 
(1)  Frances  C.  b.  Aug.  22, 1849,  d.  Woodsville  Oct.  4,  1889,  unm.;  (2)  Elvah  G.  b. 
Nov.  19,  1850,  m.  Jan.  10,  1881,  Edward  F.  Mann  (see  Mann);  (3)  Hannah  b. 
Nov.  15,  1853;  d.  Oct.  15,  1854. 

4.  Lucy4  b.  Landaff  Oct.  11,  1814;  m.  Nov.  27,  1843,  Ira  Whitcher.     (See  Whitcher.) 

5.  Stephen4  b.  Hav.  May  20,  1816;  d.  about  1825. 

6.  Lydia4  b.  Hav.  Nov.  11, ;  m.  Moses  Noyes  of  Hav.     (See  Noyes.) 

7.  Ruth4  b.  Hav.  July  29,  1823;  d.  unm.  June  27,  1842. 

RUSSELL 

Robert  Russell1  born  in  England  1630;  was  of  Andover,  Mass.,  before  1660;  married 
July  6,  1659,  Mary  Marshall.     Ten  children  born  in  Andover,  Mass. 

Thomas  Russell2  (Robert1)  born  1663;  married  Phebe  .     Lived  in  Andover, 

Mass.     Eleven  children  born  in  Andover. 


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Peter  Russell3  (Thomas2,  Robert1)  born  Apr.  23,  1700;  married  Deborah  Crosby. 
Removed  to  Litchfield  1738.     Ten  children  born  in  Andover,  Mass.,  and  Litchfield. 

Pelatiah  Russell4  (Peter3,  Thomas2,  Robert1)  born  Andover,  Mass.,  Dec.  27,  1727; 
married  Apr.  13,  1729,  Olive  Moor  of  Litchfield.     Five  children  born  Litchfield. 

Moor  Russell5  (Pelatiah4,  Peter3,  Thomas2,  Robert1)  born  Oct.  30,  1757;  married 
Dec.  23,  1790,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Col.  David  Webster  of  Plymouth,  born  July  8, 
1773,  died  June  4,  1839.     He  died  Aug.  29,  1851. 

In  1775  he  was  a  soldier  at  Bunker  Hill  and  participated  for  a  time  in  the  siege  of  Bos- 
ton. Near  the  close  of  the  same  year  he  came  to  Haverhill  where  he  resided  for  twenty- 
five  years,  removing  to  Plymouth  in  Mar.  1801.  In  1776  he  enlisted  from  Haverhill  in 
a  company  of  rangers  commanded  by  Capt.  Josiah  Russell  of  Plainfield,  and  also  served 
in  Capt.  Timothy  Barron's  Company  in  Col.  Bedel's  regiment  from  Apr.  13,  1777,  to 
Apr.  1,  1778.  He  was  frequently  employed  as  a  surveyor  of  land,  and  owned  a  large  and 
productive  farm  at  the  Corner  near  the  Piermont  line.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town.  He  was  of  the  petitioners  for  the  incorporation  of  the  Academy ;  was 
representative  in  1799  and  1800;  selectman  in  1800;  moderator  in  1801,  and  at  the  March 
election  in  that  year  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  from  the  Twelfth  District.  He  re- 
moved to  Plymouth  two  days  later,  having  established  a  store  in  that  town  three  years 
previously.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Coos  Bank,  later  the  Grafton.  He 
became  prominent  in  Plymouth,  was  re-elected  to  the  State  Senate  in  1802,  '03,  '10,  '11 
and  '12.  Few  men  were  more  prominent  or  efficient  in  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  Hav- 
erhill and  Plymouth  in  which  his  life  was  spent.  Eleven  children  born  in  Haverhill 
and  Plymouth: 

1.  Nancy9  b.  Plymouth  July  20,  1793;  m.  John  Rogers. 

2.  David  M.9  b.  Plymouth  July  6,  1795. 

3.  Catherine9  b.  Hav.  May  28,  1797;  m.  May  5,  1816,  Samuel  C.  Webster,  a  lawyer 

of  Plymouth,  graduate  of  Dartmouth,  class  1808;  speaker  of  the  N.  H.  House 
1830,  executive  councillor  1831,  appointed  sheriff  Grafton  County  1833,  removed 
to  Hav.  where  he  d.  July  21, 1835;  she  m.,  2d,  Joseph  Edmunds,  lived  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.;  d.  Sept.  24,  1880.     Ten  chil.  by  first  marriage. 

4.  Eliza9  b.  Hav.  Aug.  23,  1799;  m.  Nov.  26,  1820,  Benjamin  Edmonds,  a  merchant  of 

Plymouth,  later  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  she  d.  Jan.  26,  1899,  ae.  nearly  100  yrs. 

5.  William  W.9  b.  Plymouth  May  15,  1801;  m.  Susan  Carleton  Webster. 

6.  Mary9  b.  Plymouth  Jan.  26,  1804;  m.  1828  Elijah  M.  Davis  of  Barnet,  Vt. 

7.  Walter  W.9  b.  Plymouth  Mar.  5,  1806;  d.  unm.  Gainesville,  Ala.,  1878. 

8.  Jane  A.6  b.  Plymouth  Aug.  9,  1808;  m.  Rev.  Milo  P.  Jewett. 

9.  Julia  Ann9  b.  Plymouth  Aug.  13,  1810;  d.  Nov.  23,  1815. 

10.  Charles  J.6  b.  Plymouth  Jan.  16,  1813;  m.  Jan.  4,  1844,  Catherine  Webster  Merrill. 

11.  Julia  Ann9  b.  Plymouth  Sept.  17,  1815;  m.  Samuel  Long,  M.  D. 

SARGENT 

William  Sargent1  died  Salisbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  1675.  Will  probated  at  Salem  Apr. 
29,  1675.     Inventory  of  estate  £191. 

Thomas  Sargent2  (William1)  born  Salisbury,  Mass.,  June  11,  1643;  married  Jan.  2, 
1667,  Rachel,  daughter  of  William  Barnes  of  Amesbury;   died  Feb.  27,  1706. 

Joseph  Sargent3  (Thomas2,  William1)  born  Amesbury,  Mass.,  June  2,  1687;  married 
Nov.  17,  1715,  Elizabeth  Carr  of  Newbury;   died  May  16,  1733. 

Joseph  Sargent4  (Joseph3,  Thomas2,  William1)  born  Amesbury,  Mass.,  May  22,  1725; 
married  Nov.  25,  1746,  Miriam  Flanders  of  South  Hampton,  N.  H.;  died  1804. 

Joshua  Sargent5  (Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  William1)  born  Amesbury,  Mass.,  Aug. 
4,  1762;  married  1st  Aug.  25,  1784,  Mary  Hoyt  of  Amesbury.  She  died  Nov.  15,  1807; 
married,  second,  Feb.  8,  1810,  Betsey  French  who  died  Apr.  14,  1835.  He  died  Mar.  18, 
1833.     Family  resided  in  Loudon,  N.  H. 

Gideon  Lowell6  (Joshua5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  William1)  born  Loudon  Dec. 


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31,  1798;   married  Jan.  21,  1827,  Abiah of  Canterbury,  born  Mar.  24,  1803;  died 

June  1852.     He  died  at  Lakeport  Nov.  1852. 

William  Dyer  Sargent7  (Gideon  L.e,  Joshua5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Thomas2,  William1) 
born  Loudon  May  18,  1838;  married  1861  Hannah  M.  Sanborn  of  Lakeport,  where  she 
was  born  Aug.  30,  1841,  and  died  Nov.  22,  1880;  married,  second,  Apr.  25,  1883,  Eva  A. 
Prior,  born  Kittery,  Me.,  Aug.  21,  1839,  and  died  Woodsville  Nov.  22,  1894;  married, 
third,  Nov.  14,  1901,  Anna  A.  Nourse.  He  died  Oct.  8,  1908.  He  was  for  many  years 
locomotive  engineer,  residing  at  Lakeport,  but  came  to  Woodsville  about  1880,  and  was 
in  charge  of  the  repair  shops  as  foreman  till  his  death.  Democrat.  Universalist.  Two 
children: 

1.  Fred  Lowell. 

2.  Bernice  b.  Woodsville  Dec.  30,  1885;  d.  May  15,  1903. 

Fred  Lowell  Sargent8  (William  D.7,  Gideon  L.6,  Joshua5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Thomas', 
William1)  born  Lakeport  Nov.  30,  1874;  came  to  Woodsville  with  his  parents;  married 
Apr.  18,  1900,  Martha  L.,  daughter  of  Albert  H.  and  Ellen  C.  (Lother)  Leighton,  train- 
master, Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  Woodsville;  treasurer  Woodsville  Aqueduct 
Co.;  Woodsville  Fire  District;  Woodsville  Union  High  School  District.  Democrat. 
Universalist.  One  child,  Karl  Leighton  Sargent9,  born  Woodsville  Jan.  24,  1901;  died 
Jan.  26,  1903. 

SARGENT 

Ernest  A.  Sargent  born  Brookfield,  Vt.,  Oct.  3,  1874;  son  of  Albert  E.  and  Henrietta 
M.  Sargent;  married  Oct.  10,  1901,  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  Mary  Louise  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin G.  and  Rosabel  B.  Mclntyre.  He  came  to  Woodsville  in  Jan.  1904,  and  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year  purchased  the  department  store  of  D.  A.  Barrows,  which  he  rebuilt 
and  enlarged,  in  1912,  into  the  present  three-story  brick  block  on  the  same  site  now  known 
as  the  Sargent  Block.  His  store  covers  the  entire  first  floor  space,  and  the  two  upper 
stories  are  used  for  office  and  living-room  purposes.  It  is  a  modern  up-to-date  building. 
He  has  been  for  some  years  and  still  is  (1916)  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  a 
leading  spirit  in  the  Board  of  Trade,  trustee  of  the  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank. 
Selectman,  1918-19.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  affiliation  an  Episcopalian. 
Three  children: 

1.  Muriel  Elizabeth  b.  Randolph,  Vt.,  Aug.  31,  1902. 

2.  Laura  Rosabel  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  19,  1906. 

3.  Janice  McIntyre  b.  Woodsville  Aug.  23,  1908. 

SAULT 

Albert  Clarke  Sault,  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Eunice  Sault,  was  born  in  Rochester, 
Vt.,  Oct.  4,  1881.  He  was  married  to  Mae  M.  Lyons  of  Woodsville,  age  twenty-three, 
Dec.  25,  1902.  He  is  in  the  employ  of  the  telephone  company  and  is  (1919)  serving  his 
third  term  as  fire  commissioner.     Lives  in  Woodsville.     Three  children: 

1.  Thelma  Eunice  b.  Wells  River,  Vt.,  May  28,  1905. 

2.  Helen  Inez  b.  Woodsville  Feb.  13,  1907. 

3.  George  Alfred  b.  Woodsville  Jan.  3,  1912. 

SAWYER 

Joshua  Sawyer1  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  Dec.  14,  1711;  married  June  18,  1741,  Esther 
Prior,  born  Oct.  8,  1714. 

John  Sawyer2  (Joshua1)  born  Newbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  20,  1748;  married  1771  Alice 
Couch. 


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John  Sawyer3  (John2,  Joshua1)  born  Springfield  Apr.  28,  1783;  married  Mary  Piper. 
Lived  in  Dorchester. 

Hiram  Dow  Sawyer4  (John3,  John2,  Joshua1)  born  Dorchester  Mar.  20,  1808;  married 
Mar.  7,  1838,  Joan  H.  Johnson,  born  Wentworth  Apr.  8,  1819,  died  Bath  Aug.  4,  1893. 
He  died  at  Bath  July  23,  1883.     Nine  children  born  in  Bath: 

1.  Albert  J.5  b.  June  7,  1839;  d.  Manchester  June  1896. 

2.  George  A.5  b.  Oct.  22,  1840;  d.  Holden,  Mass.,  Oct.  1911. 

3.  William  Henry  b.  Aug.  8,  1843.     Lives  in  Worcester,  Mass.;  lumber  merchant. 

4.  John  Wesley  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Mary  Hannah  b.  Aug.  10,  1848. 

6.  Hiram  Sylvester  b.  July  6,  1851;  d.  June  30,  1873. 

7.  Joanna  b.  June  1856;   d.  1863. 

8.  Jennie  A.  b.  Aug.  16,  1858;  m.  Henry  G.  Marston.     (See  Marston.) 

9.  Charles  Wesley  b.  Apr.  4,  1864. 

Charles  Wesley  Sawyer5  (Hiram  D.4,  John3,  John2,  Joshua1)  born  Bath  Apr.  4, 
1864;  married  Feb.  27,  1884,  Luvia  E.,  daughter  of  Bartlett  and  Anna  (Brown)  Marston, 
born  Apr.  3,  1863;  died  Concord  Apr.  11,  1914.  They  lived  for  a  time  on  the  home- 
stead farm  in  Bath,  but  later  came  to  Woodsville  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 
Removed  to  Concord  about  1912.     Three  children: 

1.  Ethel  G.6  b.  July  18,  1884;  m.  James  W.  Spinney;  trainman  on  Boston  and  Maine 

Railroad;  five  chil. 

2.  Eva  M.6  b.  Nov.  19,  1887;  m.  June  29,  1913,  Earl  C.  Whittier,  b.  Haverhill,  Mass., 

1888,  s.  of  Henry  H.  and  Dora  Babb  Whittier.     Railroad  employee.     Reside  in 
Concord.    Two  chil. 

3.  Earl  W.  b.  Jan.  24,  1897. 

Clifford  J.  Sawyer5  (Noah  P.4,  John3,  John2,  Joshua1)  born  Cabot,  Vt.,  Sept.  19, 
1861 ;  married,  first,  Sept.  5,  1888,  Carrie  B.,  daughter  of  James  B.  and  Drusilla  (Bisbee) 
Clark  of  Haverhill;  died  Dec.  15,  1910;  married,  second,  Sept.  19,  1911,  Mrs.  Abbie  L. 
Whiting,  daughter  of  George  A.  McClure,  born  Amherst  1862.  Farmer,  North  Haverhill. 
Republican.     Methodist.     He  died  Aug.  26,  1916.     Three  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Edna  May  b.  Nov.  29,  1889;   d.  Sept.  3,  1891. 

2.  Everett  F.  b.  Oct.  24,  1895. 

3.  James  N.  b.  July  10,  1897. 

SCOTT 

Quincy  A.  Scott,  son  of  Dr.  George  W.  and  Sarah  A.  (Blood)  Scott,  born  Greensboro, 
Vt.,  1851;  married,  first,  1874,  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  Lother,  who 
died  July  1896;  married,  second,  Apr.  1897,  Miss  Ida  Gove  of  Hanover.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  became  news  agent  on  the  Passumpsic  Railroad  and  in  1871  entered  the 
passenger  train  service  as  brakeman  and  baggage  master.  Later  was  conductor  on  the 
Boston  &  Montreal  Air  Line  till  in  1875  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  A.  H.  Leighton,  in  the  dry  goods  and  furnishing  business  in  the  Weeks  Block.  In 
1890  he  purchased  his  partner's  interest,  enlarged  the  business  and  also  the  block  which 
he  had  purchased,  and  conducted  this  in  connection  with  express  business  till  1898. 
He  was  postmaster  1881-85.  He  also  served  for  several  years  as  one  of  the  commissioners 
of  the  Woodsville  Fire  District.  He  was  an  active  worker  in  the  order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  a  prime  mover  in  the  organization  of  Grand  Canton  Albin,  Patriarch's  Militant,  be- 
coming major  of  the  first  battalion,  and  colonel  of  the  first  regiment  in  1889.  When 
Moosehillock  Lodge  was  resuscitated  and  brought  to  Woodsville  he  was  its  first  noble 
grand  and  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  years  its  secretary.  Until  he  closed  out  his  business 
in  Woodsville  and  went  to  Boston  in  1898  he  was  for  years  a  prominent  factor  in  the 
business  life  of  the  village.  He  was  a  Republican,  and  served  on  the  state  committee  of 
his  party.  Universalist.  He  died  in  Boston  in  1913.  One  child,  Irving  B.  Scott,  born 
Woodsville  1877.     Resides  in  Boston.     Unmarried. 


648  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

SCRUGGS 

Henry  Clough  Scruggs  and  Mary  Emma  (Andrews)  Scruggs  of  Winnsboro,  S.  C. 

Thomas  Wayland  Scruggs  and  Anna  Rebecca  (Beard)  Scruggs  of  Columbia,  S.  C. 
She  died  in  1883.  He  remarried.  They  were  married  New  Year's  1879.  Two  children: 
1,  Gillard  born  Jan.  11,  1881,  lives  in  Orford;  2,  Rhett  Reynolds. 

Rhett  Reynolds  Scruggs  born  Columbia,  S.  C,  Apr.  30,  1882,  married  Sept.  20, 
1907,  Lenora  E.,  daughter  of  Gareis  and  Eunice  Thompson  of  Lyndonville,  Vt.  Came 
to  Woodsville  in  1904  and  carries  on  large  business  in  stoves,  furnaces  and  plumbing. 

SHORES 

Franklin  B.  Shores  and  Hannah  H.  Shores  lived  at  Mattoon,  RI.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  70;  she  died  at  69. 

Fred  J.  Shores  born  in  Mattoon,  111.,  Apr.  29,  1878;  married  May  14,  1902,  Lucy  E. 
Caseley  daughter  of  Rev.  C.  W.  Caseley  of  Charleston,  111.  She  was  born  Jan.  13,  1880. 
Republican.  Methodist.  Came  to  Haverhill  in  1906.  Assistant  in  office  register  of 
deeds.     One  child,  Frederick  W.,  born  Oct.  29,  1906. 

SHUTE 

George  Grover  Shute,  son  of  Calvin  T.  and  Adelia  (Rowe)  Shute,  born  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  June  5,  1856;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  South  Maiden  (now  Everett), 
Mass.;  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  (now  White 
Mountain  Division  of  Boston  and  Maine)  in  1880,  in  passenger  service  as  baggage  mas- 
ter and  conductor;  married,  first,  Minnie  D.  Stetson  of  Warren.  No  children.  Married, 
second,  Mrs.  Mae  L.  Crosby,  widow  of  Edward  D.  Crosby  of  Bristol,  daughter  of  John 
Bickford  of  Orford,  born  Dec.  25,  1853.  He  died  Woodsville  Mar.  3,  1915.  One  child, 
Adelia  Rowe  Shute,  born  Woodsville  Sept.  4,  1894;  student  in  Simmons  College,  Boston. 
By  her  first  marriage  Mrs.  Crosby  had  one  son,  Fred  B.  Crosby,  born  Jan.  16,  1881; 
lives  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

SINCLAIR— ST.   CLAIR 

There  are  numerous  ways  of  spelling  the  name  of  the  descendants  of  John  Sinkler 
whose  name  appears  in  the  Exeter  records  in  1658.  In  the  Exeter  records,  various  town 
histories,  N.  H.  State  archives,  provincial  papers,  there  are  no  less  than  21  different  vari- 
ations of  the  name,  the  most  common  being,  Sinkler,  Sinklair,  St.  Clair,  Sant  Clar,  San 
Clair,  Cinclair,  Sinclair.  The  Haverhill  descendants  of  John,  the  emigrant,  have  adopted 
the  spelling,  Sinclair  St.  Clair. 

John  Sinkler1  settled  in  Exeter  prior  to  1658. 

James2  (John1)  born  Exeter  July  27,  1660;  married  Mary,  daughter  Richard  and 
Prudence  (Waldron)  Scammon.     Lived  in  Exeter. 

Ebenezer3  (James2,  John1)  born  subsequent  to  1710;  married  Abigail  Folsom;  resided 
in  Exeter;  died  1754. 

Richard4  (Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  about  1740;  hatter  by  trade  and  farmer; 
resided  in  Sandwich  till  1807,  when  he  sold  his  farm  and  removed  to  Haverhill  with  his 
son,  Jonathan,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

Jonathan  Sinclair6  (Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Sandwich  about  1768; 
married  Feb.  24,  1800,  Abigail  Frieze  of  Moultonborough.  Came  to  Haverhill  in  autumn 
of  1807;  settled  at  the  Corner,  and  at  once  entered  into  the  activities  of  the  town.  He 
was  blacksmith,  farmer,  hotel  keeper,  captain  in  militia,  deputy  sheriff,  but  it  was  as 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  649 

"mine  host"  of  the  Grafton  Hotel — later  the  residence  of  Dr.  Phineas  Spalding,  and 
now  again  a  hotel,  the  Crawford  House — that  he  won  enviable  fame  and  reputation.  A 
prospectus  which  he  issued  in  1830,  when  the  Corner  was  a  famous  stage  and  tavern 
centre,  indicates  to  some  extent  the  character  of  his  house: 

Jonathan  Sinclair  has  recently  repaired  and  enlarged  the  Grafton  Hotel  at  Haverhill 
Corner,  his  former  establishment,  and  has  reopened  the  same  as  a  house  of  public  enter- 
tainment. To  his  friends  and  former  customers  he  would  say  that  his  accommodations 
are  much  superior  to  what  they  formerly  were,  and  inferior  to  none  in  the  state.  To  the 
public  generally  he  would  observe  that  his  house  shall  never  become  the  haunt  of  tipler, 
gambler,  and  idler,  but  shall  on  all  occasions  be  found  a  pleasant  and  commodious  resort 
for  the  weary  traveller,  the  man  of  business  and  the  gentleman  of  pleasure.  On  the  sub- 
ject of  charges,  attendance  and  fees,  the  proprietor  would  remark  that  fair  dealing, 
trusty  servants  and  good  living  shall  be  found  inmates  of  his  establishment.  He  also 
professes  to  be  a  connisseur  in  the  article  of  coffee,  and  can  well  distinguish  the  Coos 
Domestic  from  the  Java  Coffee.  His  bar  is  well  furnished  with  the  best  of  liquor  and  one 
toddy  stick  for  the  accommodation  of  gentlemen,  with  many  for  family  use.  Haverhill 
Feb.  24,  1830. 

Mr.  Sinclair  was  prominent  in  Masonry,  a  supporter  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  one  of  the  committee  which  built  the  brick  church,  and  was  an  ardent  Democrat 
in  politics,  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  Jackson.  Late  in  life  he  closed  out  his  business  in 
Haverhill  and  went  to  Newton,  Mass.,  to  spend  his  last  years  with  his  only  daughter  and 
child,  Augusta,  wife  of  Ezra  C.  Hutchins,  married  Feb.  7,  1820. 

Ebenezer  Sinclair5  (Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Exeter;  baptized  Aug. 
29,  1762;  married  Mercy  Hoag  of  Sandwich;  lived  in  Sandwich.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

Asa  Sinclair9  (Ebenezer5,  Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Sandwich;  black- 
smith; lived  in  Haverhill. 

John  Sinclair8  (Ebenezer5,  Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Sandwich; 
learned  his  trade  as  blacksmith  with  Paul  Bunker  of  Sandwich.  Thrice  married.  His 
wives  were  daughters  of  Moses  Page  of  Sandwich — Nancy,  Betsey,  Polly.  Published 
to  Nancy  Page  June  27,  1794;  settled  in  Haverhill  as  blacksmith;  no  record  of  children. 

Moses  Hoag  Sinclair8  (Ebenezer5,  Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Sand- 
wich Mar.  5,  1797;  removed  to  Haverhill;  shoe  manufacturer.  Had  a  wide  acquaint- 
ance, familiarly  known  as  Major  Sinclair;  was  jailer  for  21  years;  served  as  moderator; 
died  of  consumption  Feb.  22,  1844;  married  Mary,  daughter  Jonathan  Wells  of  Rumney, 
born  Nov.  2,  1797,   died  Mar.  7,  1881.     Four  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Asa  Crosby7  b.  Dec.  17,  1824;   m.  May  24,  1849,  Zeruiah,  dau.  Simon  and  Sally 

Fitch  (Dale)  Eggleston  of  Northfield,  Vt.  In  early  life  was  stage  driver  between 
Hav.,  Hanover,  Montpelier  and  Waterbury,  Vt.  Later  became  baggage  master 
on  the  B.  C.  &  M.  R.  R.  Lived  in  Littleton;  d.  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Aug.  14, 
1871,  buried  in  Hav.     No  chil. 

2.  Henry  Merrill7  b.  Nov.  30,  1827;   learned  printer's  trade  in  Hav.;  employed  in 

Hav.  and  Concord;  m.  Sept.  25,  1853,  Emily  Augusta  Hodgkins  of  Concord,  two 
children:   (1)  Charles  H.  b.  Jan.  21,  1859;   (2)  Frank  B.  b.  Feb.  8,  1862. 

3.  George  Hutchins7  b.  Apr.  17,  1829;  printer  in  Hav.,  Concord,  and  Chicago;  d.  in 

Concord;  m.  Nov.  28,  1850,  Ruhamah  W.  Brainard  of  Hav.  One  dau.  Mary 
Grace  Sinclair  d.  ae.  19. 

4.  Nelson  Burnham7  b.  June  19,  1836;  went  to  Concord  1854;  in  silver  plating  busi- 

ness for  ten  years;  later  engaged  in  jewelry  business;  m.  Mary  Ann,  dau.  Elias 
and  Eliza  Horner  of  Concord;  three  daughters. 

Samuel  Sinclair5  (Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  born  Sandwich ;  married 

Nov.  17,  1791,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Moulton  of  Sandwich.  About  1803,  removed 
to  Haverhill  and  made  his  home  in  a  block  house  which  he  erected  on  the  road  leading 
from  the  Limekiln  road  to  the  County  road.     Mrs.  Sinclair  was  a  woman  of  rare  beauty 


650  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

of  character,  enduring  with  marked  patience  and  fortitude  the  many  sorrows  which 
darkened  her  life.     Their  six  children  were  born  in  Sandwich: 

1.  James  Sinclair6  (Samuel5,  Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1)  went  to  sea  in  boy- 

hood, and  during  his  absence  of  twenty  years  nothing  was  heard  of  him.     On 
his  return  he  came  to  Hav.  where  he  lived  till  his  death  a  few  years  later. 

2.  John  St.  Clair6  came  to  Hav.  as  a  child  with  his  parents.     His  life  was  spent  on 

the  farm  of  his  father  on  the  road  near  Limekiln,  previously  mentioned.     Five 

children  born  Haverhill:     (1)  Frank7  d.  at  age  of  12;  (2)  Jonathan7  m. Titus, 

lived  in  Lowell,  Mass.;   (3)  Myra7,  2d  wife  of  James  Bancroft,  no  children;  (4) 
Jane7  d.  young;   (5)  Stephen  Badger7. 

3.  Samuel  Sinclair6  b.  Dec.  14, 1800;  came  to  Hav.;  m.  Sept.  18, 1823,  Eliza  Hamblet, 

b.  Feb.  28,  1804,  d.  Jan.  20,  1871;  lived  about  a  mile  from  Hav.  Corner.     Nine 
chil.  all  b.  Hav.: 

(1)  Sarah7  m.  Oct.  30,  1848,  Ephraim  Hildreth. 

(2)  Mary7  m.  May  8,  1845,  Rufus  C.  Keyes;  resided  in  Iowa;  three  chil. 

(3)  Sophia7  m.  Sept.  22,  1844,  Geo.  W.  Woods  of  Hav.;   removed  west;  four 

chil. 

(4)  Albert7  d.  leaving  family  in  Clinton,  111. 

(5)  Phebe7  m.  Charles  Robinson,  Concord;   lived  in   Ypsilanti,  Mich.;   one 

child. 

(6)  Charlotte7  m.  Henry  T.  Swan,  Hav.;  one  child.     (See  Swan.) 

(7)  Lucy  Ann7  m.  James  Wilson  of  Newbury,  Vt.;  went  west. 

(8)  Edward  Chapman7  b.  Dec.  31,  1845. 

(9)  Adelaide7  b.  Aug.  22,  1850;  m.  James  F.  Sleeper,  Hav.;  d.;  two  chil. 

4.  Hannah6  b. ;  m.  Simeon  Hildreth. 

5.  Myra6  m.,  1st,  Edwin  Davenport,  Newbury,  Vt.;  one  child,  Edwin  Davenport,  b. 

Sandwich;  m.,  2d,  Levi  Hamblett,  d.  in  Canaan  leaving  a  family. 

6.  Stephen  Badger  Sinclair6  b.  Sandwich;  lived  in  Hav.;  m.  Sally  Nute  of  Sandwich, 

pub.  Jan.  17,  1831;  d.  Moultonborough,  Oct.  1881;  two  chil.: 

(1)  Edwin  Davenport7  b.  Hav.  June  19,  1831;  m.  May  5,  1860,  Sarah  Augusta 
Cram  of  E.  Sanbornton;  lived  Sandwich,  Moultonborough  and  Meredith; 
farmer.  Member  of  Co.  K,  14th  N.  H.  Vols,  in  War  of  Rebellion.  One  s. 
Oscar  Harrison  b.  Aug.  18,  1865. 

(2)  William  Henry  Harrison7  b.  Hav.  1838;  lived  Sandwich;  unm.;  enlisted, 
Co.  K,  14th  N.  H.  Vols.;  d.  in  service,  Savannah,  Ga.,  1865. 

Stephen  Badger  St.  Clair7  (John9,  Samuel8,  Richard4,  Ebenezer3,  James2,  John1) 
born  Haverhill  Apr.  1835  (?);  married  Lydia  J.,  daughter  Jeremy  Titus  (published 
Sept.  14,  1857);  born  1840  (?).  Lives  in  Haverhill;  farmer.  Lived  on  farm  of  his  father 
till  1872  when  he  moved  to  Brier  Hill  where  he  still  resides. 

SMITH 

Abijah  Smith1  of  Ashford,  Conn.,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  but  the  dates  of  his 
birth  and  death  are  not  known  by  his  descendants.  It  is,  however,  known  that  he  served 
sixteen  days  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington  Alarm,  and  also  served  in  Capt.  Knowlton's 
Ashford  Company  from  May  6  to  Dec.  10,  1778. 

Abijah  Smith2  (Abijah1)  born  probably  in  Ashford;  married  Aug.  28,  1783  Judith 
Whiton.  He  died  in  Randolph,  Vt.  Seven  children:  Martha,  Stephen,  Judith,  Polly, 
Abijah,  Elijah  W.3,  and  Howard. 

Elijah  Whiten  Smith3  (Abijah2,  Abijah1)  born  Randolph,  Vt.;  died  1850  in  Randolph; 

married,  first,  Arnold  who  died  leaving  six  children;   married,  second,  Mrs.  Dolly 

(Higgins)  Stevens,  who  bore  him  four  children:  Harriet,  Delia,  Edgar  W.  and  Prentiss 
C.  She  died  in  Randolph  1894.  He  belonged  to  the  local  militia  and  was  captain  of  the 
Light  Artillery  Company  of  his  town. 

Edgar  William  Smith4  (Elijah  W.3,  Abijah2,  Abijah1)  born  Randolph,  Vt.,  July  3, 
1845;  married  Aug.  17,  1869,  Emma  M.  Gates,  born  Jan.  11,  1849,  at  Morrisville,  Vt.; 
died  Wells  River,  Vt.  Married,  second,  Nov.  24,  1919,  Mrs.  Clementina  Crocker  of 
Boston.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  New  Hampton 
Institute.     He    taught   school  in    Fairview,   N.  J.,  for  several   years,  then    returned 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  651 

to  Randolph  where  he  also  taught  for  a  time  and  began  the  study  of  law.  He  continued 
this  later  in  the  office  of  former  Governor  Hendee  at  Morrisville,  Vt.;  and  still  later  with 
Judge  Abel  Underwood  of  Wells  River,  from  whose  office  he  was  admitted  to  the  Vermont 
bar  in  1872.  He  began  practice  in  Wells  River,  occupying  a  desk  in  Judge  Underwood's 
office  till  his  death  when  he  took  over  the  entire  office  and  has  since  enjoyed  a  large  and 
most  important  practice  both  in  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire,  being  an  acknowledged 
leader  of  his  profession.  Forming  a  partnership  in  1884  with  Scott  Sloane,  they  had 
offices  both  in  Wells  River  and  Woodsville.  Mr.  Sloane  retired  in  1899,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded as  partner  by  Mr.  Smith's  son,  Raymond  U.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Smith  & 
Smith.  Has  been  state's  attorney,  town  representative  1882-83;  member  of  the 
Vermont  and  the  New  Hampshire  Bar  Associations.  Republican.  Congregationalist. 
Honorary  degree  A.  M.  Norwich  University  1874.  Has  published  papers  on  legal  sub- 
jects. Three  children:  Percy  Gates,  graduate  Norwich  University  and  is  successful 
civil  engineer;  Raymond  Underwood,  and  Llewellyn  who  died  in  infancy. 

Raymond  U.  Smith5  (Edgar  W.4,  Elijah  W.3,  Abijah2,  Abijah1)  born  Wells  River,  Vt., 
Sept.  11,  1875;  graduated  Norwich  University  1904.  Studied  law  with  his  father,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Vermont  bar  in  1897  and  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1900;  became 
partner  with  his  father  in  1899  (Smith  &  Smith)  with  offices  in  Woodsville  and  WeUs 
River.  This  partnership  was  dissolved  in  1911  since  which  time  Mr.  Smith  has  been  in 
practice  alone,  with  office  in  Woodsville.  Became  a  resident  of  Haverhill  in  1910.  Was 
assessor  of  taxes  at  the  time  of  the  revision  of  the  tax  list  in  1912;  served  as  moderator  at 
special  town  meetings,  and  was  elected  moderator  in  1916  for  the  term  of  two  years. 
Was  elected  solicitor  for  Grafton  County  in  1914,  and  re-elected  in  1916,  and  has  won 
credit  for  his  performance  of  the  duties  of  that  important  office.  His  appointment  as 
major  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  Henry  W.  Keyes,  in  1917,  was  recognized  as  an  excellent  one, 
his  military  training  at  Norwich  when  he  was  commander  of  the  University  battalion 
giving  him  special  fitness  for  the  position.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  Mason,  a  K.T.,  a 
Shriner,  and  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  Bar  Associations.  Active 
in  Republican  party  organizations.  He  has  published  "Occasional  Addresses"  and 
"Promotions  in  the  National  Guard,"  Journal  of  the  Military  Service  Institution,  Jan. 
1899.     Unmarried. 

SMITH 

Eleazer  Smith1  came  to  Haverhill  in  1838  from  Washington,  Vt.,  where  he  was  born 
in  1797.  He  had  previously  been  one  of  the  drivers  on  the  Concord  and  Haverhill  stage 
line.  He  purchased  and  managed,  for  a  period  of  twenty  years,  the  Exchange  Hotel, 
but  which  was  better  known  under  his  management  and  that  of  his  son  who  succeeded 
him  as  "Smiths'."  He  married  in  1821  Anna,  daughter  of  Andrew  Barnet  and  Lydia 
(Bliss)  Peters  of  Bradford,  Vt.,  born  Nov.  2,  1793,  died  June  25,  1848;  her  father  was  a 
leading  citizen  of  Bradford,  holding  the  office  of  town  clerk  for  a  period  of  more  than 
forty  years.  He  married,  second,  Betsey  Currier  who  died  Apr.  24,  1890,  aged  78  years. 
After  selling  the  hotel  to  his  son,  about  1856,  he  went  to  Wentworth  and  kept  a  hotel 
there  for  thirty  years.     He  died  Oct.  9,  1880.     Two  children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Charles  Goudy2. 

2.  William  Peters2  b.  1825;  killed  by  the  overturning  of  a  stagecoach  Mar.  23,  1847. 

Charles  G.  Smith2  (Eleazer1)  born  Haverhill  Jan.  11,  1822;  married,  first,  Ruth  W. 
Morse,  daughter  of  Col.  Caleb  Morse  (see  Morse),  born  1823,  died  Jan.  16,  1886;  married, 
second,  Charlotte  S.  Dow,  born  1840,  died  Nov.  10,  1890.  He  died  Sept.  25,  1902. 
Two  children: 

1.  William  P.3  b.  1848;   d.  July  10,  1894,  unm. 

2.  Anna  M.3  m.  Solon  Melvin  of  Lyme.     No  chil. 


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As  a  boy  he  spent  several  years  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  and  for  a  few  years  was  clerk  in  a  store 
in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  returning  to  Haverhill  to  assist  his  father  in  the  hotel  business. 
In  1853  he  was  appointed  a  clerk  in  the  Portsmouth  Navy  Yard,  remaining  there  till, 
about  1857,  he  purchased  the  Haverhill  hotel  of  his  father.  He  kept  the  hotel  until 
1881.  Mr.  Smith  was  a  prominent  and  useful  citizen.  A  Congregationalist  in  his 
church  preferences,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  public  spirited,  of  sound  business  judgment, 
he  filled  many  positions  of  trust  and  honor  and  filled  them  faithfully  and  efficiently.  He 
was  elected  town  clerk  in  1850;  selectman  in  1870,  '71,  '72,  '73,  '74,  and  was  instrumental 
in  funding  the  burdensome  war  debt  of  the  town;  member  of  the  legislature  in  1866  and 
1867,  and  county  commissioner  for  six  years.  He  was  trustee  and  president  of  the  Brad- 
ford Savings  Bank,  a  trustee  of  the  academy  and  for  a  time  president  of  the  board. 
A  prudent  and  safe  counsellor  on  business  matters,  he  deservedly  possessed  during  his 
long  life  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

SMITH 

Alonzo  W.  Smith1  born  Feb.  17,  1836,  Vershire,  Vt.,  son  of  T.  H.  and  Sarah  (Prescott) 
Smith;  married  Dec.  6, 1860,  at  Corinth,  Vt.,  Fannie  T.,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Hannah 
(Thurston)  Merrill.  Came  to  East  Haverhill  in  1866  and  purchased  what  is  known  as 
the  William  Gannett  farm.  Is  a  prosperous  and  successful  farmer.  Republican.  Four 
children: 

1.  Cora  A.2  b.  Dec.  2,  1862,  Vershire,  Vt.:  m.  B.  Frank  Brown.     (See  Brown.) 

2.  Merrill  A.2  b.  Vershire,  Vt.,  Mar.  4,  1866;  m.  Mar.  1897  Ruby  M.,  dau.  of  Alonzo 

F.  and  Ellen  (Hutchins)  Pike.  Has  lived  in  Newton,  Mass.,  and  Wakefield, 
Mass.,  and  is  now  a  farmer  in  Newbury,  Vt.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Paul  T.  b.  Newton, 
Mass.,  Apr.  9,  1898;  (2)  Patricia  E.  b.  Wakefield,  Mass.,  Dec.  26,  1904. 

3.  Bertha  E.2  b.  E.  Hav.  May  6,  1871;  m.  Nov.  24,  1904,  Alonzo  S.  Douglass.     (See 

Douglass.) 

4.  Everett  H.2  b.  E.  Hav.  Sept.  18,  1876;   m.  Mar.  9,  1901,  Mamie,  dau.  Sam  and 

Eugenia  (Davis)  Elliott  of  E.  Hav.  Farmer,  and  dealer  in  cows.  Lives  E.  Hav., 
farm  adjoining  that  of  his  father.  Five  chil.  b.  E.  Hav.:  (1)  Natalie  b.  Sept.  20, 
1904;  (2)  Lawrence  E.  b.  July  8,  1909;  (3)  Niel  K.  b.  Aug.  8,  1911;  (4)  Pauline 
b.  May  13,  1913;  (5)  Erville  H.  b.  Mar.  25,  1915. 

SMITH 

Charles  B.  Smith1  born  Dec.  19,  1814,  in  Belgrade,  Me.;  died  Aug.  27,  1880;  married 
May  1,  1842,  Mary  B.  Foss,  born  Mar.  15,  1821,  died  Dec.  26,  1888.     Three  children: 

1.  George  F.2 

2.  Charles  O.2  b.  Mar.  15,  1854;  d.  Aug.  27,  1880. 

3.  Henry  M.2 

George  F.  Smith2  born  May  1,  1848;  died  Apr.  14,  1907;  married  July  16,  1867, 
Harriet  F.,  daughter  of  John  G.  and  Susan  (Sanborn)  White.  She  died  Feb.  3,  1913. 
Six  children: 

1.  Philip  C.3 

2.  George  A.3  b.  Jan.  19,  1874. 

3.  Charles  O.3 

4.  Mary  E.3  b.  June  25,  1882. 

5.  Harry  S.3 

6.  Margarite  T.3  b.  Dec.  19,  1887;  d.  Feb.  9,  1893. 

Henry  M.  Smith2  born  Mar.  15,  1858;  died  Oct.  29,  1892;  married  June  15,  1881, 
Lizzie  Wiggin  of  Plymouth.     Two  children: 

1.  Frank  E.3  b.  Jan.  4,  1884,  m.  Sept.  25,  1907,  Mae  Mulvey  of  Boston.    Two  chil: 
Henry  C*  b.  Sept.  2,  1908;  Elizabeth  C.4  b.  Oct.  30,  1913. 

2.  Lucy  B.3  b.  June  15,  1886. 


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Philip  C.  Smith3  born  Sept.  8,  1871;  married  June  6,  1893,  Jane  E.,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Mary  Stevens.     One  child:     Henry  F.,4  born  June  5,  1896. 

Charles  O.  Smith3  born  June  25,  1876;  married  June  5,  1901,  Dora  E.  McNeal,  of 
Sutton,  Que.     One  child:   Marguerite  A.4  born  July  1,  1906. 

Harry  S.  Smith3  born  Mar.  28,  1885;  married  June  22,  1908,  Goldie  M.  Palmer  of 
Whitefield. 

SOUTHARD 

Thomas  Southard1  born  Acworth  Apr.  11,  1750;  married  about  1777  Rachel , 


born  May  17,  1750.  They  lived  in  Acworth  till  his  death.  She  came  with  her  two  sons, 
Aaron  and  Moses,  to  Haverhill  in  1822  where  she  died  Nov.  14,  1823,  at  the  age  of  75 
years.     Six  children  born  in  Acworth: 

1.  Wealthy2  b.  Mar.  11,  1779;  d.  1783. 

2.  James2  b.  Aug.  20,  1780;  m.  Hannah  Wilcox;  came  to  Hav.  some  time  previous  to 

1850.  No  record  of  chil.  has  been  obtainable.  He  d.  Feb.  25,  1864;  she  d.  Oct. 
24,  1864;  buried  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery. 

3.  Aaron2  b.  Oct.  23,  1784. 

4.  Moses2  b.  Oct.  23,  1784. 

5.  Eliza2  b.  June  10,  1787;  m.  Samuel  Putnam. 

6.  Lucinda2  b.  July  16,  1789;  m.,  1st, Nesmith;  2d, Parker;  3d, Ken- 

nedy. 

Aaron  and  Moses  Southard,  twin  brothers,  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Wal- 
pole  until  1822,  when  they  disposed  of  their  property  there  and  purchased  the  valuable 
Asa  Porter  farm  at  Horse  Meadow,  which  they  divided  and  occupied  as  two  distinct 
farms  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  They  devoted  themselves  unreservedly  to 
their  farms,  each  winning  large  success,  and  were  among  the  leading  agriculturists  of 
Grafton  County.  Because  of  their  striking  physical  resemblance,  they  were  often  each 
mistaken  for  the  other.     They  were  highly  respected  and  substantial  citizens. 

Aaron  Southard2  (Thomas1)  born  Acworth  Oct.  23,  1784;  married  Jane.  T.,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Witherspoon)  Finlay,  born  1790,  died  Dec.  13,  1875.  He  died 
Sept.  20,  1857.     Congregationalist.     Republican.     Five  children: 

1.  Samuel  F.3  b.  Walpole  May  17,  1813;  d.  Hav.  unm.  May  4,  1893.     His  common 

school  education  was  supplemented  by  attendance  at  Hav.  Academy,  for  which 
institution  he  cherished  lifelong  regard  and  affection.  Inheriting  from  his  father 
the  characteristics  of  a  good  agriculturist,  as  well  as  the  valuable  Connecticut 
Valley  farm,  he  threw  himself  with  all  his  energy  into  the  cultivation  and  im- 
provement, and  won  success  because  he  deserved  it.  "A  citizen  of  sterling 
integrity,  kind  and  generous  feelings,  frank  and  manly  bearing,  he  enjoyed  the 
friendship  and  esteem  of  the  leading  men  of  his  section.  Socially  he  was  plain 
and  unpretending;  but  had  an  active  inquiring  mind,  and  a  clear  and  retentive 
memory."  The  residue  of  his  large  estate  was  left  to  Hav.  Academy  and  the 
public  schools  of  Hav.  "The  Southard  Fund,"  for  the  support  of  schools,  is  his 
enduring  monument. 

2.  Eliza3  b.  Walpole  Aug.  28,  1815;  m.  Henry  H.  Page.     (See  Page.) 

3.  Ann  Jane3  b.  Walpole  Feb.  9,  1820;  m.  Nathaniel  M.  Page.     (See  Page.) 

4.  Joseph  E.3  b.  Hav.  June  1824;  d.  Dec.  1,  1833. 

5.  Kate3  b.  Hav.  1829;  m.  John  N.  Morse.     (See  Morse.) 

Moses  Southard2  (Thomas1)  born  Acworth  Oct.  23,  1784;  married  Nancy,  daughter 
of  Samuel  King,  born  Acworth  1780,  died  in  Haverhill  Jan.  23,  1845.  He  died  in  Hav- 
erhill Apr.  16,  1852.     Republican.     Congregationalist.     Five  children  born  in  Walpole: 

1.  Solon  S.3  b.  May  28,  1813. 

2.  Caroline3  b.  1815;  d.  1816. 

3.  Lyman  M.3  b.  Nov.  1,  1817. 

4.  Franklin  K.3  b.  Apr.  1819;  d.  Nov.  18,  1833. 

5.  George  H.3  b.  Sept.  1821;  d.  Dec.  26,  1833. 


654  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Solon  S.  Southard3  (Moses2,  Thomas1)  born  Walpole  May  28,  1813;  married  Dec.  22, 
1841,  Berintha,  daughter  of  David  and  Dorothy  (Clark)  Merrill,  born  Haverhill  Mar.  4, 
1817,  died  Jan.  17,  1854;  married,  second,  Sept.  14,  1854,  Melissa,  daughter  of  Moses 
and  Sally  (Smith)  Eastman,  born  Bath  July  25,  1817,  died  Bristol  Oct.  10,  1905.  He  died 
Dec.  21,  1870.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Horse  Meadow  till  1867,  when  he  removed  to  Bristol. 
Five  children  born  in  Haverhill;  by  first  marriage: 

1.  George  S.4  b.  May  14,  1843;  enlisted  Co.  G,  11th  N.  H.  Vols.;  d.  in  hospital,  Cin- 

cinnati, O.,  Apr.  17,  1863. 

2.  Frank*  b.  Apr.  21,  1845;  d.  Apr.  13,  1879;  unm. 

By  second  marriage: 

3.  Solomon  Sumner4  b.  Sept.  27,  1855;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  23,  1877,  Clara  E.,  dau.  John  S. 

Nelson  of  Bristol,  b.  Nov.  28,  1850,  d.  Canterbury  Apr.  1,  1894;  m.,  2d,  Ellen  M. 
Parshley,  b.    Canterbury  Apr.  7,  1855.     Manufacturer  of  excelsior.     No  chil. 

4.  Moses  Eastman4  b.  June  26,  1857;  m.  Feb.  16,  1880,  Nellie  A.,  dau.  of  William  H. 

Beckford;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  27,  1893,  Clara,  dau.  of  Russell  Tirrell,  b.  Hebron  Sept. 
11,  1864.  Resides  in  Bristol.  Farmer.  Republican.  Odd  Fellow.  Three 
chil.:  (1)  William8  b.  Oct.  15,  1881;  (2)  Vera  Bell6  b.  Nov.  19,  1894,  d.  Dec.  9, 
1894;  (3)  Ethel  b.  May  26,  1897. 

5.  C.  Aaron4  b.  Feb.  14,  1861;  m.  Dec.  12,  1887,  Cora,  dau.  Stephen  W.  and  Maria 

(Chapman)  Knowles.  Carpenter  and  farmer.  Resided  in  Bristol  till  1902  when 
he  removed  to  Franklin.  Killed  in  paper  mill  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  Oct.  28,  1903. 
Republican.  Odd  Fellow.  K.  of  P.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Zilla5  b.  July  17,  1889; 
(2)  Harry  6  b.  May  29,  1892;  (3)  Abbie  M.  b.  July  31,  1896. 

[Sally  (Smith)  Eastman  spent  her  last  years  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Solon  S.  Southard, 
died  Dec.  1,  1886,  age  ninety-one  years,  nine  months,  fifteen  days.  Her  sisters,  Han- 
nah who  married  John  Woolson,  Abigail  who  married  Oscar  F.  Fowler,  and  Ruth  who 
married  Nathaniel  S.  Berry,  all  became  residents  of  Bristol — History  of  Bristol,  Vol  2, 
p.  417.] 

Lyman  M.  Southard3  (Moses2,  Thomas1)  born  Nov.  1,  1817;  married,  first,  1846, 
Jane  Backop  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  who  died  1856;  married,  second,  Sept.  16,  1857,  Mehit- 
abel  C,  daughter  of  Dudley  C.  and  Sally  (Putnam)  Kimball,  born  Feb.  3,  1832.  (See 
Kimball.)  Farmer.  Republican.  He  died  July  31,  1895;  she  resides  with  daughter  in 
Lynn,  Mass.     Four  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Mary  Ellen4  b.  1849  (?);  m.  Apr.  12,  1871,  David  C.  Merrill.     Resides  in  Chatta- 

nooga, Tenn.     (See  Merrill.) 

2.  Martha  P.4  b.  Mar.  14,  1862;  m.  Aug.  10,  1887,  Frank  Eugene  Wells.  (See  Wells.) 

Resides,  Lynn,  Mass. 

3.  Charles  F.4  b.  June  24,  1866. 

4.  Annabel  Margaret4  b.  Nov.  1,  1876;  m.  June  23,  1904,  Thomas  Emery.     Resides 

Lynn,  Mass.      One  child. 

Charles  F.  Southard4  (Lyman  M.3,  Moses2,  Thomas1)  born  June  24,  1866;  married 
Sept.  20,  1893,  Mary  J.,  daughter  David  R.  and  Josephine  (Smith)  Long  of  Orford,  born 
June  25,  1872.  Merchant  at  North  Haverhill,  and  postmaster  since  1897.  One  child, 
Josephine  N.5,  born  North  Haverhill  May  1,  1906. 


SOUTHARD 

Lemuel  Southard1,  farmer  and  bridge  builder,  Valley  Fall,  Vt.;  married  Jennie 
Moore.  Falling  from  a  bridge  he  was  constructing  at  White  River,  he  was  drowned  at 
the  age  of  28,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children. 

William  Southard2  (Lemuel1)  born  Valley  Fall,  Vt.,  Oct.  16,  1807;  died  Bath  (Swift- 
water)  Oct.  28,  1891;  married  Feb.  4,  1833,  Ann  W.,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Susan 
(White)  Barron  of  Bath,  granddaughter  of  Col.  Timothy  Barron  of  Haverhill.  He 
began  farming  in  Haverhill  after  his  marriage,  but  some  time  after  1840  he  sold  his  farm 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  655 

and  purchased  another  in  Bath  (Swiftwater)  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  Eleven 
children  born  in  Haverhill  and  Bath. 

Lemuel  J.  Southard3  (William2,  Lemuel1)  born  in  Bath;  enlisted  Feb.  27,  1864,  First 

New  Hampshire  Cavalry,  mustered  out  July  1,  1865;  married  Hannah,  daughter 

Drury  of  Easton.  Farmer.  Democrat.  Owned  the  Lyman  Noyes  farm  near  Swift- 
water  till  1915  when  he  sold  it  and  purchased  a  residence  on  Main  Street,  North  Haver- 
hill, where  he  now  (1917)  resides.  Mrs.  Southard  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  in  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 


SPALDING 

Edward  Spalding1,  it  is  probable,  came  from  England  to  Virginia  about  1620  with  his 
brother  Edmund,  and  that  later  when  the  latter  joined  the  Maryland  Colony  Edward 
came  to  Massachusetts.     It  is  known  that  he  settled  in  Braintree  prior  to  1640. 

Benjamin  Spalding2  (Edward1)  born  Braintree,  Mass.,  Apr.  7,  1643;  married  Oct.  30, 
1668,  Olive  Farnall.     Five  children. 

Edward  Spalding3  (Benjamin2,  Edward1)  second  child,  born  June  18,  1672;  died 
Canterbury,  Conn.,  Nov.  29,  1740;  lived  in  Chelmsford  and  Canterbury.     Ten  children. 

Ephraim  Spalding4  (Edward3,  Benjamin2,  Edward1)  born  Canterbury,  Conn.,  Apr. 
3,  1700;  died  there  1776;  married  Abigail  Bullard  of  Plainfield,  Conn.;  she  died  1789,  90 
years  of  age.     Ten  children  born  in  Plainfield. 

Reuben  Spalding5  (Ephraim4,  Edward3,  Benjamin2,  Edward1)  born  Plainfield,  Conn., 
Feb.  26,  1728;  died  Tyringham,  Mass.,  1765;  married  Mary  Pierce,  born  Nov.  15,  1728, 
died  Sharon,  Vt.  1826.     Five  children  born  Plainfield,  Conn.,  and  Tyringham,  Mass.: 

1.  Mary6  b.  June  19,  1748;  m.  Ebenezer  Parkhurst,  Sharon,  Vt. 

2.  Azel  6b.  Plainfield;  m.  Alice  Cole;  d.  Fairfax,  Vt. 

3.  Reuben.6 

4.  Peden6  (dau.)  d.  about  4  yrs.  of  age. 

5.  Phineas  d.  at  age  of  4  yrs. 

Reuben  Spalding6  (Reuben5,  Ephraim4,  Edward3,  Benjamin2,  Edward1)  born  Tyring- 
ham, Mass.,  Dec.  15,  1758;  died  Sharon,  Vt.,  Sept.  15,  1849;  married  Jerusha  Carpenter 
of  Sharon,  Vt.,  June  21,  1785.  She  died  Dec.  7,  1827.  Twelve  children  all  born 
Sharon : 

1.  Pierce7  b.  Feb.  9,  1786. 

2.  Polly7  b.  Aug.  12,  1788;  m.,  1st,  1805,  Benj.  Vail.     He  d.  1807;  m.,  2d,  Aug.  15, 

1814,  Oliver  Fales.     She  d.  Sharon,  Vt.,  May  1864. 

3.  John7  b.  Jan.  16,  1790;  d.  Apr.  24,  1870. 

4.  James7  b.  Mar.  30,  1792;  d.  Mar.  15,  1858. 

5.  Eunice7  b.  Sept.  24,  1794;  m.  Ganis  Leonard;  d.  Jan.  26,  1879. 

6.  Susan7  b.  Oct.  25,  1796;  m.  Thos.  Lovejoy;  d.  Jan.  10,  1871. 

7.  Phineas.7 

8.  Jason  Carpenter7  b.  Apr.  29,  1801;  m.  Susan  H.  Trask  Apr.  27,  1831.     She  d. 

Jan.  11,  1883;  he  d.  Nov.  14,  1847. 

9.  Azel7  b.  Mar.  29,  1803;  m.  Maria  T.  Wainwright;  d.  Atchison,  Kan.,  1883. 

10.  Levi7  b.  Sept.  9,  1805;  m.  Julia  Ann  Caldwell;  d.  Jan.  3,  1871. 

11.  Reuben7  b.  July  22,  1807;  grad.  Dartmouth  1832;  Harvard  Medical  School  1836; 

d.  Worcester,  Feb.  13,  1878. 

12.  Charles7  b.  Aug.  23,  1812;  d.  Apr.  8,  1857;  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  Rebecca  (Poole)  Hunt 

of  Hav.,  b.  Feb.  2,  1815,  d.  July  20,  1855.     Resided  Montpelier,    Vt.     Eldest 
dau.,  Susan  Rebecca,  m.,  1st,  William  Burke;  2d,  Daniel  K.  Pearson  of  Chicago. 

Phineas  Spalding7  M.  D.  (Reuben6,  Reuben6,  Ephraim4,  Edward3,  Benjamin2, 
Edward1)  born  Sharon,  Vt.,  Jan.  14,  1799;  married,  first,  Sept.  24,  1826,  Caroline  Bailey 
Lothrop  of  Lyndon,  Vt.;  born  Aug.  15,  1803;  died  Haverhill  Aug.  27,  1842;  married, 
second,  Sept.  17,  1843,  Charlotte,  daughter  Capt.  Benjamin  Merrill  of  Haverhill,  born 


656  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Dec.  6,  1814,  died  Apr.  4,  1887.     Dr.  Spalding  died  Oct.  29,  1897.     Children  by  first 
wife: 

1.  Caroline  Anastasia8  b.  Lyndon,  Vt.,  July  12,  1827;  d.  Hav.  June  13,  1883.     She 

received  a  thorough  education;  had  great  ability  as  a  musician;  taught  music 
in  Academy,  and  was  organist  in  the  Congregational  Church  for  twenty  years.  A 
volume  of  her  selected  poems  was  published  by  her  father  in  1887  for  private 
distribution  only. 

2.  Mary  Greenleaf8  b.  Sept.  12,  1834,  Lvndon,  Vt.;  grad.  Mt.  Holyoke;  m.  Sept.  12, 

1855,  James  H.  Towle  of  New  York  City. 

Children  by  second  wife: 

3.  Ada  Louisa8  b.  Hav.  Sept.  16,  1844;  m.  Sept.  16,  1870,  Henry  D.  Jones  of  New  York 

City;  resided  in  Plainfield,  N.  J.;  he  d.  there  Dec.  26,  1903.  She  resides  Hav. 
Two  chil.:  (1)  Mary  Spalding  Jones9  b.  July  10,  1871;  (2)  Edward  Allyn8  b. 
Mar.  19,  1882;  grad.  Cornell  Univ.  1913;  teacher  Hav.  Academy. 

4.  Frank  Merrill8  b.  June  1,  1848;  m.  May  10,  1876,  at  Falls  City,  Neb.,  Julia  E. 

Kingman;  resided  at  Lawrence,  Kan.;  was  lumber  merchant.  His  family  living 
(1916)  at  Lincoln,  Neb.  Four  chil.:  (1)  Phineas9  b.  Apr.  21, 1877;  (2)  Harriett. 
Ingham9  b.  Jan.  24,  1879;  (3)  Charlotte  Merrill9  b.  Apr.  20,  1883,  m.  Malcolm 
Glenn  Wyer,  librarian  State  University,  Lincoln,  Neb.;  (4)  Mary  Louisa9  b. 
Nov.  5,  1888. 

SPEED 

Perley  E.  Speed  and  Alice  M.  (Carey)  Speed  live  in  La  Grange,  Me.  There  have 
been  born  to  them  three  children. 

Perley  E.  Speed  was  born  Feb.  2,  1889;  was  educated  at  the  Bethel  (Me.)  Academy 
and  had  his  professional  training  at  Atlanta,  Ga.;  came  to  Woods ville  and  opened  an 
office  here  in  Sept.  1914.  Married  Mar.  15,  1917,  Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Sweet,  born  Jan. 
5,  1878.     She  has  one  child,  Miriam  P.  Sweet. 

SQUIRES 

Jessee  R.  Squires  born  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1845,  son  of  Jessee  and  Jemima  Robert 
Squires.  He  enlisted  in  Company  C,  108th  New  York  Volunteers  in  Aug.  1862,  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865.  He  settled  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  where  he  followed 
the  business  of  paper  hanger  and  painter  until  1885,  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  and 
has  since  been  engaged  in  farming  there,  except  for  six  years  spent  in  Lisbon.  He  has 
been  prominent  in  G.  A.  R.  circles,  and  has  held  various  positions  of  public  trust.  A 
Democrat  in  political  affiliation  he  has  been  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  legislative 
honors.  He  resides  in  the  Col.  Johnston  house  at  the  Corner  which  was  remodelled  and 
modernized  in  its  appointments  by  Amos  Tarleton  in  the  early  eighties.  He  married 
Margarette,  daughter  of  Thomas  A.  and  Mary  J.  (Tarleton)  Barston  of  Piermont,  born 
1853.  They  have  two  children:  1,  Jesse  Roy  born  1873,  married  Jan.  1899  Edith 
Walker;  2,  Walter  Hale  born  Dec.  1893. 

STAHL 

Rudolph  Moses  Stahl,  son  of  Moses  and  Jeanne tte  (Wertheim)  Stahl,  born  Gilseberg, 
Germany,  Mar.  10,  1880;  came  to  America  in  1894,  and  made  his  home  with  his  uncle, 
Hon.  A.  M.  Stahl  of  Berlin.  Came  to  Woodsville  in  the  winter  of  1907-08  and  pur- 
chased the  Weeks  Block  property,  and  the  clothing  store  of  Isaac  Stern,  who  had  died 
just  previously.  He  made  improvements  in  the  block,  and  has  conducted  most  success- 
fully a  clothing  and  gentleman's  furnishing  goods  store.  Republican  in  politics  and 
actively  interested  in  local  affairs.  Married  Jan.  31,  1912,  Gussie,  daughter  of  Harris 
and  Sarah  Wertheim,  born  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Apr.  7,  1885.     Two  children  born  in  Woods- 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  657 

ville:     1,  Sarah  Jeannette  born  June  24,  1914;  2,  Harris  Wertheim  born  Sept.  6,  1916. 

Moses  Stahl  has  been  burgomaster  of  his  village  in  Germany  for  thirty-five  years.  He 
had  three  sons  and  a  son-in-law  in  the  world  war. 

STEARNS 

The  entire  community  was  shocked  Aug.  23,  1915,  by  the  news  that  Dr.  Henry  C. 
Stearns  had  been  instantly  killed  at  the  railroad  crossing  near  the  Cottage  Hospital,  the 
automobile  in  which  he  was  driving  with  his  son  having  been  struck  by  a  passenger  train. 
The  son  escaped  without  serious  injury. 

Dr.  Henry  Cutler  Stearns,  son  of  Josiah  and  Sarah  Stearns,  born  Lovell,  Me., 
Aug.  21,  1866;  married  Sept.  30,  1897,  Mary  Louise,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Swasey)  Poor,  born  Feb.  23,  1874.  Dr.  Stearns  received  his  academic  education  at 
Fryeburg  (Me.)  Academy,  and  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  School  in  1896. 
Practicing  for  a  short  time  in  Bartlett  and  Warren,  he  came  to  Haverhill  in  1898,  where, 
except  for  a  short  time  spent  in  Concord,  he  continued  in  successful  practice  until  his 
death.  He  was  greatly  instrumental  in  introducing  a  water  supply  into  the  village  and 
was  treasurer  of  the  company.  They  had  one  child,  Joseph  Poor  Stearns,  born  Mar.  17, 
1899.  Their  home  is  in  a  residence  on  Court  Street,  modern  in  all  its  appointments, 
completed  just  before  the  death  of  Dr.  Stearns. 

SWAN 

Phlneas  Swan1  born  1751;  married  Tryphena  Webster,  born  1753,  died  Mar.  23, 
1843.  He  died  Jan.  16,  1829.  They  came  to  Haverhill  previous  to  1790  and  lived  first 
on  Ladd  Street,  where  Henry  S.  Bailey  now  (1917)  lives.  Later  he  built  himself  a  home 
on  what  is  known  as  the  Beule  place.  He  is  described  in  deed  from  Ezekiel  Ladd  dated 
Apr.  2  as  cordwainer. 

Benjamin  Swan2  (Phineas1)  born  Dec.  1,1783;  married  Dec.  23,  1811,  Grace  Carr 
of  Piermont,  born  Oct.  10,  1787,  died  Apr.  25,  1851.  He  died  Nov.  29,  1872;  lived  at 
Ladd  Street.     Six  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Henry3  b.  Sept,  1,  1814. 

2.  Jane3  b.  Aug.  10,  1816;  d.  Mar.  17,  1888;  m.  Horace  Goss  of  Waterford,  Vt.    Two 

chil:  (1)  William  S.  Goss  b.  Aug.  17,  1856;  (2)  Emma  Grace  Goss  b.  July  13 
1864. 

3.  Susan  B.3  b.  Jan.  1,  1819;  m.  Joshua  B.  F.  Woodward;  d.  Feb.  23,   1S95.     (See 

Woodward.) 

4.  Charles  Morton3  b.  July  6,  1824;  m.  Adeline  Shannon;  lived  Hooksett;  d.  Feb.  1, 

1852.     One  child,  Charles  Morton4  b.  Hooksett  Oct.  22,  1849. 

5.  Eliza  A.  b.  June  23,  1826;  m.  John  H.  Webster  of  Pembroke;  d.  Aug.  23, 1906;  lived 

in  Pembroke.    Three  chil:  (1)  George  Eugene,  (2)  Jennie  McK.,  (3)  Eddie  New- 
ton, all  deceased. 

6.  George  b.  July  29,  1831,  d.  Oct.  5,  1843. 

Isaac  Swan2  (Phineas1)  died  Jan.  9,  1835,  aged  36  years. 

Henry  Swan3  (Benjamin2,  Phineas1)  born  Haverhill  Sept.  1,  1814;  married  May  7, 
1838,  Sarah  H.  Gerald,  born  Cavendish,  Vt.,  Mar.  25,  1818.  He  died  July  2,  1895. 
She  died  Mar.  6,  1910.     Two  children: 

1.  Rodney  C.4  b.  Apr.  8,  1839;  d.  July  24,  1839. 

2.  Ella  F.4  b.  Jan.  22,  1843;  m.  Feb.  20,  1877,  Henry  S.  Bailey.     (See  Bailey.) 

Charles  M.  Swan4  (Charles  M.3,  Benjamin2,  Phineas1)  born  Oct.  22,  1849;  died  Dec. 
18,  1911;  married  Dec.  22,  1883,  Kate  M.,  daughter  of  Augustus  F.  and  Lucinda  (Dan- 
forth)  Thomas  of  Lyme,  born  1859,  died  Apr.  1,  1895;  married,  second,  Apr.  1,  1900, 
Ena  Yarrington.     Three  children  by  first  marriage: 

1.  George  Augustus5  b.  June  15,  1888;  d.  Aug.  16,  1906. 
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2.  Hubert  Ralph5  b.  Mar.  10,  1895. 

3.  Harold  Wesley5  b.  Mar.  10,  1895. 

One  child  by  second  marriage: 

4.  Archie  Y.5  b.  June  9,  1901;  d.  June  16,  1901. 

SWAN 

William  Swan  came  from  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  and  purchased  a  lot  of  land  of  100  acres 
of  William  Cargill  of  Northumberland  July  10,  1797,  but  he  does  not  appear  to  have 
remained  long  in  town.  Bittinger  says  that  Joshua  and  Israel  Swan,  brothers,  were 
connected  with  him,  and  as  they  came  to  Haverhill  about  the  same  time  they  probably 
came  from  Cumberland,  R.  I. 

Joshua  Swan,  Jr.2  was  born  in  1767  and  purchased  lot  No.  5  in  the  first  range  of  80- 
acre  lots  of  Moody  Bedel  Apr.  16,  1796.  He  probably  came  to  Haverhill  about  this  time 
as  his  name  as  well  as  that  of  Joshua  Swan' — probably  his  father — appears  in  the  list  of 
ratable  polls  that  year.  Joshua  Swan  was  moderator  at  a  special  town  meeting  in  1803, 
but  Sept.  3,  1804,  he  conveyed  his  real  estate  to  John  Marsh,  and  in  1805  there  appears  in 
the  non-resident  list  the  "Joshua  Swan  farm." 

Israel  Swan2  (Joshua1)  born  Cumberland,  R.  I.,  1768;  came  to  Haverhill.  He  is 
described  in  deed  of  one-half  of  house  lot  which  he  purchased  of  Charles  Johnston  Sept. 
18,  1791,  as  a  hatter.  He  married  (published  Aug.  22,  1790)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Ruth  Johnston,  born  Sept.  20,  1772,  died  May  1805.  (See  Johnston.)  He  married, 
second  (published  Oct.  16,  1809),  Eliza  Hale  of  Chester,  born  1781,  died  Haverhill  May 
16,  1857.  He  died  Mar.  9,  1822.  Capt.  Swan  was  an  active  and  influential  citizen  of 
the  town ;  was  interested  in  the  militia,  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  and  filled  vari- 
ous other  town  offices.  He  lived  on  the  main  street  at  the  Corner,  where  the  Exchange 
or  Smith's  Hotel  afterwards  stood  and  the  old  hotel  on  that  site  was  erected  by  his 
son.     Eight  children,  all  born  in  Haverhill;  by  first  marriage: 

1.  Polly3  b.  Nov.  12,  1791;  m.  Feb.  1,  1816,  Jabez  Brown. 

2.  Nancy3  b.  June  30,  1794;  m.  Nov.  20,  1817,  Rodney  Carr,  Piermont. 

3.  Phebe3  b.  July  13,  1796;  m.  Ansel  Shepherd;  d.  June  2,  1822. 

4.  Charles  Johnston3  b.  Apr.  2,  1797. 

5.  Isaac3  b.  June  12,  1799. 

6.  Liza3  b.  Sept.  13,  1802;  d.  Mar.  14,  1817. 

7.  Frye3  b.  1805. 

By  second  marriage: 

8.  Eliza  H.3  b.  Sept.  1810;  d.  Mar.  20,  1817. 

Charles  J.  Swan3  (Joshua2,  Joshua1)  born  Apr.  2,  1797;  married  Aug.  18,  1825, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Cynthia  Hastings  Ladd,  born  Haverhill  Aug.  15, 
1802.  Charles  J.  Swan  was  active  in  the  militia,  and  bid  fair  to  take  a  prominent  part 
in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  went,  however,  soon  after  his  marriage,  to  Ohio,  where  his 
family  grew  and  held  honorable  and  responsible  positions. 

In  the  Haverhill  Cemetery,  there  is  a  lot  containing  three  graves  with  headstone 
inscriptions  as  follows: 

Henry  T.  Swan  d.  Oct.  10,  1883,  ae.  54  yrs.,  1  mo. 

Charlotte  M.,  wife  of  Henry  T.  Swan,  d.  Dec.  6,  1874,  ae.  27  yrs. 

Mary  Jane,  dau.  H.  T.  and  C.  M.  Swan,  d.  May  8,  1889,  ae.  15  yrs. 

There  are  marriages  and  publishments  recorded  in  the  town  clerk's  office  which  indi- 
cate other  Swan  families  in  Haverhill: 

Pub.  Polly  Swan  to  Daniel  Connor  Feb.  16,  1793. 

Pub.  Cloe  Swan  to  Benj.  Young  July  13,  1794. 

M.  Tryphena  Swan  to  John  Pike  Dec.  15,  1808. 

M.  Harriet  N.  Swan  to  Chas.  Henry  Gilford  May  5,  1848. 


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SWASEY 

John  Swasey1  and  his  two  sons,  Joseph  and  John  Jr.,  came  to  Massachusetts  and 
settled  in  Salem,  Mass.,  as  early  as  1632.  Tradition  says  they  came  from  Wales.  In 
legal  documents  where  the  name  of  John  the  senior  appears  the  name  is  variously  spelled 
Swasey,  Swayze  and  Swezey.  They  were  of  Quaker  faith,  and  the  father  and  son,  John, 
refusing  to  conform  to  the  established  Puritan  Church  and  discipline  were  forced,  soon 
after  1640,  to  leave  the  colony  and  settled  on  Long  Island,  first  at  Satanbel,  and  soon 
after  at  Southold  on  the  extreme  end  of  the  island.  Joseph  took  the  Freeman's  oath  in 
1632,  conformed  to  the  Puritan  faith  and  remained  in  Salem. 

Joseph2  (John1)  born  1610/11;  died  Salem,  Mass.,  1709,  at  the  age  of  nearly  one  hun- 
dred years.     He  married  Mary .     Seven  children. 

Joseph3  (Joseph2,  John1)  eldest  son  and  child,  baptized  in  Salem  Sept.  13,  1653;  died 
1710;  married  Oct.  16,  1678,  Elisabeth  Lambert  of  Salem.     Three  children. 

Joseph4  (Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  youngest  child  and  son,  born  Salem  Aug.  10,  1685; 
died  Newburyport,  Mass.,  May  26,  1770;  married  Aug.  11,  1711,  Elisabeth,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Mary  Sargent  of  Newburyport,  born  Saco,  Me.,  Dec.  22,  1684,  died  New- 
buryport 1749.     Seven  children.     Lived  in  Newburyport. 

Samuel5  (Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  ship  wright,  eldest  child  and  son,  born 
Newburyport,  Mass.,  June  10,  1712;  died  about  1800;  married  Jan. 30, 1735,  in  Newbury- 
port, Hannah,  daughter  Stephen  and  Hannah  (Jewett)  Pearsons,  born  Rowley,  Mass., 
Feb.  27,  1711.     Five  children. 

Moses6  (Samuel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  cordwainer,  eldest  child  and  son, 
baptized  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Oct.  20,  1735;  died  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Mar.  20,  1800; 
married,  first  in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1755),  Eunice  Merchant,  born  1735/36; 
died  in  Gloucester  Sept.  16,  1760;  married,  second,  July  20,  1761,  in  Exeter,  N.  H. 
(Brentwood  Parish),  Mehitable  Page,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elisabeth  Watts  Dustin, 
died  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1725.     Twelve  children. 

Obadiah  Swasey7  (Moses6,  Samuel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1),  tenth  child  and 
sixth  son,  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Mar.  20,  1775;  died  North  Haverhill  July  21,  1836; 
married  (published  Dec.  20,  1799)  Nancy,  daughter  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Hazen)  Merrill,  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  7,  1780,  died  North  Haverhill  Dec.  6,  1850. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  went  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  before  reaching  his  major- 
ity, his  brother,  Moses,  having  preceded  him  about  1790.  After  his  marriage  he  lived 
in  Newbury  for  a  time  in  a  house  on  the  plains  about  one-fourth  mile  from  the  home  and 
farm  of  his  brother,  Moses.  In  180-  he  purchased  the  farm  on  the  little  Oxbow  in 
Haverhill  which  had  been  owned  by  Capt.  John  Hazen,  his  wife's  grandfather,  and  the 
extensive  pine  timbered  lands  on  the  plains  in  the  vicinity.  He  engaged  extensively  in 
the  sawing  of  lumber,  and  the  village,  now  North  Haverhill,  that  grew  up  about  his  saw- 
and  grist-mills  was  known  as  "Swazey's  Mills,"  and  so  many  of  the  buildings  being 
battened  with  pine  slabs,  it  was  also  known  for  a  half  century  or  more  as  "Slab  City." 
He  was  an  enterprising  and  successful  man,  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  town,  and  wa3 
held  in  high  esteem  by  his  fellow  townsmen.  He  was  a  skilled  mechanic  and  one  of  his 
grandsons  has  in  his  possession  and  highly  prizes  a  unique  side  roll-desk  which  was  made 
by  him  a  hundred  years  ago.  They  had  thirteen  children,  the  three  eldest  born  in 
Newbury,  Vt.,  the  others  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Benjamin  Merrill8  b.  May  13,  1800;  d.  in  Hav.  Jan.  13,  1877;  unm. 

2.  Mary  Ann8  b.  Jan.  7,  1802;  m.  John  L.  Woods.     (See  Woods.) 

3.  Samuel8  b.  Feb.  23,  1804. 

4.  Nancy8  or  Ann8  b.  Apr.  27,  1805;  m.  Dr.  Henry  B.  Leonard.     (See  Leonard.) 

5.  John  Hazen8  b.  Nov.  27,  1808;  d.  Boston,  Mass.,  ;  m.  Dec.  11,  1837,  Jane 

Prentice  Kendall  of  Boston.     He  went  to  Portland,  Me.,  about  1832,  but  removed 
to  Boston  in  1840;  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  and  was  a  money  broker; 


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he  was  a  man  of  great  social  qualities  and  attractive  personality.  They  had  four 
chil.:  (1)  Helen  Hazen9,  (2)  John  Quincy9,  (3)  Sarah  Prentice9;  these  d.  unm.; 
(4)  Kate  Day9  m.  Cyrus  Carpenter,  d.  without  issue. 

6.  Hannah8  b.  Nov.  30,  1810;  d.  Aug.  20,  1837;  unm. 

7.  Louise8  b.  Mar.  17,  1813;  d.  at  Kenosha,  Wis.,  Nov.  2,  1876;  m.  Ephraim  Sprague 

Elkins,  and  resided  in  Kenosha.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Louise  b.  Kenosha,  Wis.;  m. 
1864  Gregory  Hersom  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  steamship  captain;  they  have  one 
dau.,  Maud,  b.  1866.  (2)  Kate  b.  Dec.  18,  1844;  d.  Maywood,  N.  J.,  June  30, 
1901;  m.  Apr.  25,  1864,  Benj.  P.  Price  who  d.  Mar.  27,  1902;  they  had  one  dau., 
Nina  James,  b.  Jan.  12,  1866,  m.  1902,  Edward  K.  Patterson  of  Council  Bluffs,  la. 

8.  Nathaniel  Merrill8  b.  June  4,  1815;  m.  Mary  M.,  dau.  of  Dr.  Angier;  d.  June  4, 

1893. 

9.  Jane8  b.  Oct.  20,  1817;  m.  Col.  Charles  James  who  d.  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  21, 

1904.  Still  living  in  Chicago,  she  retains  much  of  the  charm  and  vivacity  which 
made  her  a  favorite  in  social  circles  in  her  girlhood  days.  Mr.  James  was  a 
lawyer  who  practiced  in  Milwaukee  but  prior  to  the  Civil  War  went  with  Col. 
John  C.  Fremont  to  California  where  they  lived  for  many  years.  Col.  James  was 
appointed  by  President  Lincoln  collector  of  the  port  of  San  Francisco.  They  had 
one  s.,  Charles  G.  James. 

10.  Franklin8  b.  Dec.  18,  1819;  d.  Feb.  3,  1821. 

11.  Sarah  Lucinda8  b.  Sept.  20,  1823;  m.  Joel  M.  Angier.     (See  Angier.) 

12.  Mehitable8  b.  Aug.  6,  1824;  d.  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  23,  1903;  m.  Aug.  9,  1852, 

Henry  Kent  Elkins,  b.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Nov.  2,  1818,  d.  July  1901.  He  was  a 
brother  of  Ephraim  S.  Elkins  who  m.  her  sister,  Louise,  and  they  were  sons  of 
Jonathan  and  Eunice  Stoddard  Elkins  (see  Elkins).  Their  only  child  d.  young, 
but  an  adopted  dau.  m.  June  12, 1880,  Edward  F.  Daniels  of  Concord,  Mich. 

13.  Franklin  b.  May  30,  1827;  d.  Mar.  30,  1828. 

3.  Samuel  Swasey8  (Obadiah7,  Moses6,  Samuel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3,  Joseph2,  John1) 
lawyer;  born  Newbury,  Vt.,  Feb.  22,  1804;  died  Belvidere,  111.,  Jan.  20,  1887.  He  fitted 
for  college  at  Haverhill  Academy,  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  the  famous  class  of 
1828.  He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  in  1831  went  to  southern  Illi- 
nois where  he  engaged  in  teaching;  in  1835  he  returned  to  Haverhill  and  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  served  as  moderator  and  selectman,  was  for  a  period  of 
ten  years  register  of  probate  for  Grafton  County,  and  represented  Haverhill  in  the 
legislatures  of  1839,  '40,  '42,  '43,  '46,  '47  and  '50,  and  in  the  latter  year  was  also  delegate  to 
the  constitutional  convention.  He  was  speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  in  1842- 
43.  During  the  administration  of  President  Pierce  he  was  inspector  of  customs  at  Ports- 
mouth, but  in  1857  he  removed  to  Chicago,  111.;  in  1865  to  Toulon  and  in  1886  to  Bel- 
videre where  he  died.     He  married ,  1840,  Edith  Augusta,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 

and  Sally  (Horn)  Holmes  of  Peterborough,  born  Oct.  9,  1821,  died  Wauhegan,  111.,  Oct. 
27,  1877.     They  had  six  children: 

1.  Franklin  Holmes9  b.  Hav.  Jan.  31,  1845;  d.  by  drowning  June  30,  1853. 

2.  Charles  James9  b.  Hav.  Sept.  15,  1848.     In  business  in  Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

3.  Catherine9  b.  Hav.  Dec.  29,  1849;  d.  Mar.  5,  1852. 

4.  Samuel9  b.  Hav.  Mar.  8,  1852;  d.  Aug.  31,  1877,  near  Forth  Worth,  Tex. 

5.  Edith  Augusta9  b.  Portsmouth  Dec.  22,  1854;  m.  Sept.  23,  1880,  Alvon  H.  Keeler. 

Resides  Cedar  Rapids,  la.  Editor,  postmaster.  One  child,  Lawrence  Swasey 
Keeler,  b.  Dec.  24,  1882. 

6.  Edward  Holmes9  b.  Chicago  Jan.  27,  1860;  m.  June  21,  1893,  Lillian  Elizabeth 

Hawley  of  Dunlap,  la.,  b.  Apr.  2,  1871.  Lawyer,  Dow  City,  la.  Has  been 
county  attorney  for  Crawford  County,  la.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Helen  Augusta10 
b.  Feb.  12,  1895;  (2) April  17,  1898. 

8.  Nathaniel  Merrill  Swasey8  (Obadiah7,  Moses6,  Samuel5,  Joseph4,  Joseph3, 
Joseph2,  John1)  born  Haverhill  June  4,  1815;  died  Montpelier,  Vt.,  June  4,  1893;  mar- 
ried Sept.  30,  1841,  Mary  M.,  daughter  Dr.  John  and  Mary  (Mason)  Angier,  born  Apr. 
11,  1817,  died  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Dec.  24,  1897.  He  succeeded  his  father  in  the  ownership 
of  the  Hazen  farm,  residing  in  the  brick  house  near  the  Square  owned  in  recent  years  by 
David  Whitcher,  and  also  did  an  extensive  insurance  business.     Was  a  Democrat  in 


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politics,  town  clerk,  and  treasurer  in  1844-46;  selectman  in  1863,  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  legislature  of  1872  and  1873.  He  sold  his  farm  and  removed  to  Montpelier, 
Vt.,  about  1880.  One  daughter,  Mary  Blanche9,  born  Feb.  28,  1851;  married  May  24, 
1877,  John  B.,  son  of  Nathaniel  Prentice  and  Elizabeth  (Vail)  Brooks.  They  reside  in 
Montpelier,  Vt.  Have  four  children:  (1,)  Mary  Edith  born  May  15,  1881;  (2,)  Ruth 
Swasey  born  Mar.  8,  1883;  (3,)  Alice  born  June  3,  1884,  died  June  13,  1886;  (4,)  John 
Lewis  born  July  31,  1889. 

TAYLOR 

Thomas  E.  Taylor  born  Lowell,  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1843;  married  Nov.  28,  1866,  Alice 
M.,  daughter  Janes  and  Almira  Elliott  Glazier  (see  Glazier).  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry, 
the  grandson  of  William  Ross  and  Mary  (Reid)  Taylor,  both  of  whom  lived  and  died  in 
Scotland;  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Exley)  Taylor.  William  was  born  in  Paisley, 
Scotland,  about  1812;  came  to  America  at  the  age  of  eighteen;  died  Westford,  Mass., 
1889;  his  wife  was  born  in  England,  and  died  in  Lowell  1844. 

Mr.  Taylor  learned  the  carpenters'  trade;  enlisted  in  1864;  served  in  Signal  Corps 
till  discharged  Nov.  10,  1865.  Followed  his  trade  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  Suncook.  Came 
to  Haverhill  in  1878,  engaged  in  farming  till  1882  when  he  entered  the  bridge  and  build- 
ing department  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  remaining  till  1912  when  he  retired  on 
account  of  ill  health.  Resided  in  Woodsville  since  1894.  Member  Nathaniel  Westgate 
Post,  G.  A.  R.     Methodist,  Republican,  Odd  Fellow.     Two  children: 

1.  James  William  b.  Apr.  11,  1868;  d.  by  drowning  June  3,  1881. 

2.  Carrie  b.  May  2,  1873;  m.  Nov.  10,  1894,  Fred  A.  Carr.    (See  Carr.)     One  child, 

Hazel,  b.  Aug.  29,  1895.     Reside  in  Woodsville. 

THAYER 

Elmer  H.  Thayer,  son  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Corley)  Thayer,  and  grandson  of  Brew- 
ster Thayer  of  Landaff ;  born  Bath  June  17,  1867;  married,  first,  Jennie,  daughter  of 
Robert  Emerson  of  Piermont;  married,  second,  Emma  Frances,  daughter  Albert  and 
Maria  A.  Hood  of  Woodsville,  born  1879,  died  Dec.  31,  1906.  Three  children  born  in 
Woodsville  : 

1.  Jennie  May  b.  Nov.  6,  1898. 

2.  Thelma  M.  b.  Mar.  12,  1901;  d.  Mar.  28,  1915. 

3.  Ida  M.  b.  Dec.  25,  1904. 

Married,  third,  Mar.  3,  1908,  Mrs.  Alice  L.  Nutting:     One  child. 

4.  Elmer  I.  b.  Aug.  23,  1911. 

THAYER 

F.  Earl  Thayer  born  Portland  (Chautauqua  County),  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1884,  eldest 
son  Austin  J.  and  Jennie  (Palmeter)  Thayer;  married  Dec.  15,  1908,  Waverly,  N.  Y., 
Ethel,  daughter  Charles  H.  and  Ida  A.  (Rubert)  Reynolds,  born  Monroetown,  Pa.,  June 
5,  1887.  Educated  Jamestown  (N.  Y.)  High  School,  and  Jamestown  Commercial  Col- 
lege. Began  newspaper  work  at  age  of  twelve,  as  carrier  for  Jamestown  Daily  All. 
Learned  printers'  trade,  and  worked  in  Jamestown  and  Waverly,  N.  Y.  Shortly  after 
marriage  he  moved  to  Orleans,  Vt.,  then  to  Montpelier.  Came  to  Woodsville  as  fore- 
man of  Woodsville  News  Aug.  30,  1911.  Formed  company  and  purchased  News  plant 
Mar.  1,1916.  Attends  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Member  Waverly  (N.Y.)  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.     Republican.     Three  children: 

1.  Ethel  b.  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Aug.  15,  1910;  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  Martha  Louise  b.  Woodsville  May  1,  1914. 

3.  Helen  Janette  b.  Woodsville  Nov.  28,  1915. 


662  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

THOMPSON 

Thomas  Thomson1  born  Oct.  3,  1742,  near  Alnwick,  Northumberland,  England;  died 
Newburyport,  Mass.,  Mar.  7,  1808;  married  Isabella  White,  born  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
May  16,  1743;  died  Newburyport  Aug.  24,  1791. 

Thomas  White  Thompson2,  son  of  Thomas  and  Isabella  White  Thomson,  born  New- 
buryport, Mass.;  married  Elizabeth  Porter.     (See  Porter.) 

Charles  Edward3,  son  of  Thomas  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Porter)  Thompson,  born  Salis- 
bury June  19,  1807;  married  May  20,  1835,  Mary,  daughter  Mills  and  Sarah  Porter 
Olcott  of  Hanover;  died  Cresskill,  N.  J.,  1882.  Prepared  for  college  at  the  Salisbury 
Academy  and  graduated  at  Dartmouth  1828;  read  law  with  his  brother,  William  C, 
one  year  at  Plymouth,  then  travelled  three  years  in  South  America  and  the  South  Seas, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  trade  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  until  1836.  Returning  to  Plymouth  he 
completed  his  law  studies,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  practice  in  Haverhill  Nov. 
28,  1838.  He  remained  in  Haverhill  until  1854  when  he  went  to  Chicago.  The  latter 
part  of  his  life  was  spent  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in  New  Jersey.  He  was  a  man  of 
marked  ability  with  exceptionally  brilliant  social  qualities,  leading  to  habits  which 
prevented  what  at  one  time  promised  professional  success.  Mrs.  Thompson,  a  woman 
of  charming  personality,  survived  her  husband  several  years.     They  had  five  children: 

1.  Isabella  D.  b.  Mobile,  Ala.,  Mar.  29,  1836;  m.  Charles  Briggs  of  New  York  City. 

Resided  in  Cresskill,  N.  J. 

2.  Helen  H.  b.  Hanover  Dec.  30,  1837;  d.  Jan.  25,  1847. 

3.  Alice  b.  Hav.  Nov.  30,  1840;  d.  Feb.  23,  1846. 

4.  Caroline  Bell  b.  Hav.  July  29,  1843. 

5.  Richard  b.  Hav.  July  12,  1845;  d.  Chicago. 

TILTON 

Sidney  D.  Tilton,  son  of  Daniel  L.  and  Laura  L.  (Pike)  Tilton,  born  in  New  Hamp- 
ton Dec.  24,  1866;  married  June  31,  1891,  Mary  Williamine,  daughter  of  Isaac  K.  and 
Belle  A.  (Simonds)  George.  Educated  in  the  common  schools  of  New  Hampton  and 
Sanbornton,  and  at  the  New  Hampton  Institute.  Before  reaching  his  majority  he 
learned  the  business  of  laying  concrete,  and  established  himself  in  this  business  at  Woods- 
ville  in  1890,  and  has  since  made  the  village  his  home  and  headquarters  for  his  extensive 
business.  He  has  had  large  contracts  of  street  concreting  in  New  Hampshire,  Vermont 
and  Maine,  and  also  carries  on  a  large  lumber  business,  owning  large  tracts  of  timber. 
He  owns  the  three-story  Tilton  Block  in  Woodsville,  and  is  largely  interested  in  other 
real  estate.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.     Two  children: 

1.  George  D.  b.  Mar.  6,  1892.     In  trucking  business  at  Woodsville. 

2.  Blanche  L.  b.  Mar.  6,  1892  (twin  of  George).    Educated  at  St.  Mary's, Concord, 

and  in  Boston.     Resides  at  home. 

TOWLE 

Caleb  Towle2,  son  of  Philip1  and  Isabel  (Asten)  Towle,  born  Hampton  May  14, 
1678;  married  Zipporah  Brackett.  Was  one  of  the  society  for  settling  the  Chestnut 
country  in  1719  which  in  1721  was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  Chester.  Nine  sons, 
three  daughters. 

Zechariah  Towle3  (Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Hampton  Aug.  13,  1705;  married  May  15, 
1728,  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Godfrey.     Lived  in  North  Hampton.     Seven  children. 

Isaac  Towle4  (Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Feb.  23,  1735;  married  Feb.  17,  1754, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  Nathan  and  Dorcas  (Johnson)  Philbrick.  Lived  in  Chester.  Four 
children. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  663 

Simon  Towle5  (Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  May  22,  1759;  married  May 
19,  1779,  Eleanor,  daughter  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Hall  of  Chester,  born  June  29,  1759. 
Lived  in  Chester  till  about  1805  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  he  died  Dec.  11, 
1808.  While  living  in  Chester  he  took  a  prominent  part  in  town  affairs,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolution,  a  colonel  of  the  militia,  and  representative  for  several  years  in  the  legis- 
lature. On  coming  to  Haverhill  he  purchased  the  Asa  Boynton  tavern  which,  under 
his  management  and  that  of  his  son,  Edward,  who  succeeded  him,  became  one  of  the 
best-known  hostleries  of  the  old  stage  days.  Col.  Towle  was  a  man  of  massive  build 
and  is  said  to  have  weighed  upwards  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  Five  children 
all  born  in  Chester: 

1.  Edward6  b.  Dec.  25,  1781. 

2.  Henry6  b.  Aug.  19,  1788. 

3.  Charles6  b.  Sept.  7,  1792. 

4.  Elizabeth6  b.  Aug.  19,  1795;  m.  Nov.  17,  1814,  Samuel  Brooks  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

He  d.  Mar.  23,  1849,  ae.  56  yrs.  Six  chil. :  (1)  William  Brooks  b.  Aug.  31,  1815; 
(2)  Charles  b.  July  5,  1817;  (3)  Samuel  b.  Dec.  28,  1823;  (4)  Eleanor  b.  May  12, 
1825;  (5)  George  b.  Feb.  17,  1828:  (6)  Edward  b.  July  6,  1830. 

5.  Frederick6  b.  Nov.  23,  1797.     A  jeweler;  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Tallahassee, 

Fla.;  d.  in  New  York  City  Oct.  30,  1857. 

Edward  Towle6  (Simon5,  Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Chester  Dec.  25, 
1781;  married  June  25,  1807,  Nancy  Elliott,  born  Chester  1785,  died  in  Haverhill  1860. 
He  died  in  Haverhill  May  31,  1829.  Succeeded  his  father  in  the  management  of  the 
tavern.     Was  selectman  in  1819.     Five  children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Emily  H.  b.  Mar.  10,  1810;  d.  May  22,  1829;  unm. 

2.  Elizabeth  b.  Aug.  10,  1812;  m.  Dr.  Hiram  Morgan;  d.  1880.     No  chil. 

3.  Eleanor  H.  b.  July  25,  1816;  m.  George  W.  Chapman,  lawyer  at  the  Corner;  she 

d.  Feb.  19,  1891;  he  d.  Aug.  11,  1896.     No  chil. 

4.  Nancy  E.  b.  Nov.  1,  1818;  m.  Oct.  8, 1846,  George  S.  Towle  of  Lebanon,  lawyer  and 

editor. 

5.  Sylvester  Charles  b.  July  25,  1822.     Lived  in  Canada. 

Henry  Towle6  (Simon5,  Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Chester  Aug.  19, 
1788;  married  Susan,  daughter  James  and  Mary  Ann  Pierce  of  Chester,  born  May  30, 
1788,  died  July  25,  1838.  He  died  Mar.  28,  1867.  Jeweler,  and  proprietor  of  drug  and 
book  store  for  many  years  at  the  Corner.     Seven  children  born  in  Haverhill : 

1.  Simon7  b.  June  23,  1817. 

2.  James  H.  b.7  Aug.  18,  1819. 

3.  Frederick  7  b.  July  7,  1822;  d.  Jan.  25,  1825. 

4.  Isabella7  b.  Feb.  13,  1825;  d.  Apr.  13,  1825. 

5.  Mary  Antoinette7  b.  Apr.  24,  1827;  m.  Aug.  1852  Horace  Hunt.     Two  chil.: 

(1)  Susan  Emily  Hunt  m.  C.  Markell,  Sydney,  Australia;  two  chil.:  (a)  Horace 
Francis  Markell,  lawyer;  (b)  Leoline.  (2)  Antoinette  Huntm.  Dr.  E.  B.  Dench, 
New  York;  one  child,  Catherine  Dench,  m.  Russell  Hawks. 

6.  Susan  Emily7  b.  Aug.  22,  1829;  d.  Mar.  1,  1848. 

7.  Frederick7  b.  June  24,  1832. 

Charles  Towle6  (Simon5,  Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Sept.  7,  1792;  mar- 
ried Jan.  14,  1828,  Lucy  Bellows,  born  Jan.  1,  1805.  Four  children:  1,  Eleanor  born 
Aug.  31,  1828;  2,  Charles  B.  born  Mar.  13,  1830;  3,  Emily  born  Apr.  25,  1833;  4,  Charles 
E.  born  May  11,  1837. 

Simon  Towle7  (Henry6,  Simon6,  Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  June  23, 
1817;  married,  first,  Oct.  16,  1845,  Rebecca  Parkhill,  died  Tallahassee,  Fla.;  married, 
second,  Oct.  6,  1852,  Harriet  Hunt  of  Haverhill,  born  May  4,  1829,  died  Mar.  16,  1896, 
Detroit,  Mich.  He  died  in  New  York  Apr.  13,  1879.  He  was  a  lawyer,  and  resided  at 
Tallahassee,  Fla.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  Hartford  and  Middletown,  Conn.,  Washington  and 
New  York.  Five  children;  by  first  marriage: 
1.   Susan  Annette8 b.  July  13, 1847,  at  Tallahassee;  d.  Sept,  7, 1867. 


664  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

By  second  marriage: 

2.  Emily  Prescott8  b.  Dec.  31, 1853;  m.  Nov.  14, 1878,  William  T.  Cushing  of  Chicago, 

b.  Aug.  28, 1844,  d.  Chicago  Dec.  19,  1812.  Two  chil. :  (1)  Margaret  Hunt  Cushing 
b.  June  20,  1887,  d.  Dec.  17,  1890;  (2)  Thurber  Wesson  Cushing  b.  Mar.  5,  1891. 

3.  Frederick8  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Nov.  11,  1858;  m.  Alice  Hubbard.    One  child,  Pres- 

cott King  Towle9,  b.  Oct.  19,  1890,  d.  Jan.  7, 1917. 

4.  Henry8  b.  July  13,  1863,  at  Hartford,  Conn.    El  Paso,  Tex. 

5.  William  Conrad8  b.  Newark,  N.  J.,  Nov.  23, 1869;  d.  Chicago^July  25,  1896. 

James  H.  Towle7  (Henry6,  Simon6,  Isaac4,  Zechariah3,  Caleb2,  Philip1)  born  Aug.  18, 
1819;  married  Sept.  12,  1855,  Mary  Greenleaf,  daughter  Dr.  Phineas  and  Caroline  (Loth- 
rop)  Spalding  of  Haverhill  born  Sept.  12,  1834,  Lyndon,  Vt.,  died .  He  died  Haver- 
hill May  1904.  He  was  engaged  in  jewelry  trade  in  New  York  City.  One  child,  Carrie 
A.  Towle8,  born .     Resides  in  Haverhill. 

WALLACE 

William  K.  Wallace,  son  of  James  and  Ann  (Gibson)  Wallace,  born  Newbury,  Vt., 
Oct.  9,  1833;  married  Jan.  20,  1859,  Harriet  C,  daughter  Arad  S.  and  Mary  Ann  (Grif- 
fin) Kent  of  Newbury.  She  was  born  Lowell,  Mass.,  Apr.  8,  1833.  He  died  Haverhill 
(Woodsville)  Nov.  24,  1909.  He  learned  the  trade  of  watchmaker  and  jeweler,  and 
carried  on  that  business  in  Newbury  from  1855  to  1872,  except  for  his  nine  months  service 
in  Company  H,  Twelfth  Vermont  Volunteers  during  the  war  for  the  Union.  Was 
engaged  in  manufacture  of  jewelry  in  Boston  1872-74,  and  was  in  the  watch  and  jewelry 
business  in  Woodsville  1875-89.  In  the  latter  year  he  bought  a  farm  near  Woodsville, 
which  gained  an  enviable  reputation  as  the  Wallace  Hill  horse  farm,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  a  trainer  and  dealer  in  fine  horses.  Mrs.  Wallace  still  (1915)  resides  on 
the  farm  which  is  carried  on  by  her  nephew,  Harry  Kent.  Mrs.  Wallace  is  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  Col.  Jacob  Kent,  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  settlement  of  Newbury,  captain 
of  a  company  serving  in  the  conquest  of  Canada  in  the  old  French  War,  and  during  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  commanded  a  Cocs  regiment  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  at 
Saratoga  in  Oct.  1777. 

James  Wallace,  the  father  of  William  K.,  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  July  28,  1794, 
and  came  to  America  with  his  parents,  settling  in  Newbury  in  1801. 

WARD 

Samuel  Thorpe  Ward  born  in  Hanover  in  1814;  died  at  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
R.  C.  Drown,  Horse  Meadow;  married  Emeline  W.  Eastman,  daughter  of  Moses  East- 
man of  Lyman  (William4,  Jonathan3,  Thomas2,  Roger1),  born  Lyman  Oct.  17,  1823, 
died  North  Haverhill  Oct.  1881.  Farmer;  lived  in  Landaff  and  Haverhill.  Seven  chil- 
dren: 

1.  Mina  b.  May  30,  1845;  m.  (pub.  Apr.  9,  1864)  John  C.  Shelley,  b.  1843;  served  in 

Union  Army;  d.  June  29,  1879.  Of  their  children,  Cora  B.  b.  Oct.  1871,  d.  Sept. 
14,  1872;  Mattie  B.  b.  1866,  m.  Jan.  31,  1887,  Charles  K.Carleton,  2d  wife  (see 
Carleton);  m.,  2d,  June  21.  1885,  Richard  C.  Drown,  s.  of  Amos  and  Olive,  b. 
Hav.  1831;  was  soldier  in  Union  Army  in  same  company  with  J.  C.  Shelley;  d. 
at  Horse  Meadow. 

2.  Caleb  F.  b.  Nov.  28,  1847;  m.  Ann,  dau.  Savory  Gordon  of  Landaff;  lives  in  Lyme. 

One  child,  Perley  Ward. 

3.  Martha  M.  b.  Nov.  3,  1848;  d.  Aug.  3,  1864. 

4.  Lois  A.  b.  Apr.  27,  1851;  d.  Apr.  26,  1855. 

5.  Inez  F.  b.  Oct.  3,  1856;  d.  July  1864. 

6.  Sidney  b.  May  3,  1861;  d.  July  1864. 

7.  Clinton  R.    b.  Feb.   17,   1864;  m.  Jan.  19,   1886,   Minnie  L.,   dau.  of  Nelson 

and  Lucinda  (French)  Hannaford  of  Hav.;  railroad  employee;  resides  in  Woods- 
ville. She  d.  Aug.  11,  1915,  ae.  56.  Four  chil.:  (1)  Harold  N.  b.  Nov.  17,  1888; 
d.  Feb.  16,  1889;  (2)  Leon  Clinton  b.  Oct.  30,  1890;  (3)  Reymer  E.  b.  July  19, 
1892;  (4)  Loeita  E.  b.  Sept.  21,  1905. 


HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL  665 

WARREN 

Benjamin  L.  Warren1  born  Aug.  27,  1803;  married  Mar.  27,  1828,  Lucy  Barton, 
born  Apr.  12,  1795.     He  died  June  27,  1867.     She  died  Apr.  9,  1886.     Two  children: 

1.  Benjamin  F.2  b.  June  25,  1829;  m.  Mary  L.  Stearns  July  5,  1851;  d.  Sept.  12,  1899. 

One  child,  Sarah  E.3  b.  Oct.  2,  1859;  d.  May  4,  1878. 

2.  Ashael  L.2  b.  June  4,  1835;  m.  Apr.  7,  1857,  Lucia  L.  Heath,  b.  in  1831,  d.  May  11, 

1914.  Hed.  Aug.  26,1907.  Five  chil.:  (1)  Justin  J.  b.  May  9,  1858,  d. 
Mar.  23,  1863;  (2)  Ora  M.  b.  Oct.  15,  1861,  d.  Mar.  31,  1863;  (3)  Octavia  M.  b. 
Jan.  17,  1867,  m.  Ernest  W.  Jeffers;  (4)  Weston  B.  b.  May  11,  1869,  d.  June  30, 
1886;  (5)  Eastion  A.  b.  Oct.  31,  1875,  d.  Sept.  4,  1876,  lived  in  Benton  on  the 
road  through  the  Flats;  contracted  for  and  cut  many  thousand  cords  of  wood  in 
Benton  for  use  of  locomotives  on  B.  C.  &  M.  R.  R. ;  moved  to  Haverhill  about  1883. 
While  in  Benton  he  filled  various  town  offices  and  after  coming  to  Haverhill  served 
as  selectman. 

WEBSTER 

Capt.  David  Webster6  (Col.  David6,  Stephen4,  Nathan3,  Nathan2,  John1)  born  Hollis 
Nov.  30,  1763;  married  Nov.  18,  1785,  Lydia  Cummings,  born  Aug.  31,  1769.  His  par- 
ents removed  to  Plymouth  1764.  Prominent  in  the  militia  there;  deputy  sheriff  many 
years;  came  to  Haverhill  in  1799  and  was  jailer  till  1816;  held  that  position  at  the  time 
of  the  murder  of  Starkweather  and  Freeman  by  Josiah  Burnham.  He  is  said  to  have 
built  the  house  where  Samuel  T.  Page  now  lives.  He  died  Plymouth  June  4,  1844; 
she  died  Sept.  2,  1865,  aged  96.     Thirteen  children: 

1.  David7  b.  May  9,  1786;  d.  Hav.  Sept.  29,  1801. 

2.  Samuel  C.7  b.  June  28,  1788;  m.  Catherine,  dau.  Moor  Russell.     (See  Russell.) 

3.  Eliza  C.7  b.  Oct.  15,  1790;  m.  Oct.  20,  1808,  George  Woodward;  d.  July  4,  1809. 

(See  Woodward.) 

4.  Lydia  b.7  June  18,  1792;  m.  Dec.  28,  1809,  George  Woodward;  d.  May  8,  1815. (  See 

Woodward.) 

5.  Harriet7  b.  Mar.  17,  1794;  m.  Dec.  16, 1813,  Dea.  Henry  Barstow.     (See  Barstow.) 

6.  Susan  S.7  b.  June  1796;  d.  July  19,  1818. 

7.  Ralph7  b.  May  25,  1798;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Cushing;  d.  Cincinnati,  O.,  1827. 

8.  Arthur  Livermore7  b.  Hav.  June  11, 1800;  sheriff  Grafton  County,  1840-45;  d.  Jan. 

12,  1872,  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

9.  Mary  Lawrence7  b.  Hav.  May  7,  1802;  m.  Sept.  29,  1819,  John  Ward. 

10.  Ann  Maria7  b.  Hav.  Sept.  8,  1804;  d.  unm:  Oct.  15,  1835. 

11.  Jane  Livermore7  b.  Oct.  22,  1807;  d.  Apr.  4,  1818. 

12.  A  Daughter7  b.  June  18,  1810;  d,  same  month. 

13.  Elizabeth  Clough7  b.  Oct.  20,  1813;  d.  May  17,  1836. 

Samuel  C.  Webster7  born  Plymouth  June  28,  1788;  died  Haverhill  July  13,  1835. 
Was  high  sheriff.  Graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1808  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Plymouth.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  ability  and  influence.  He  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Moor  Russell  of  Plymouth. 

Stephen  P.  Webster  became  a  citizen  of  Haverhill  early  in  the  closing  years  of  the 
18th  century  and  was  clerk  of  the  court  from  1805  till  his  death,  some  time  in  the  40's, 
at  the  age  of  70  years.  He  lived  in  a  large  two-story  house  on  the  left  as  you  go  east, 
the  house  where  Rev.  Ethan  Smith  lived  about  1790-1800.  He  was  a  Harvard  graduate 
and  held  the  principalship  in  1798-1800.  He  became  a  lawyer,  and  Haverhill  honored 
itself  in  honoring  him.  He  was  moderator  no  less  than  thirteen  times,  selectman  no 
less  than  sixteen,  representative  three  times  and  councillor  in  1829.  He  was  a  man  of 
culture  and  urbaneness  of  manners  and  of  high  character.  He  was  leader  of  the  singing 
in  the  old  Ladd  Street  Meetinghouse,  and  his  peculiar  gestures  in  marking  the  time 
made  a  deep  impression  on  the  young  people  of  the  day.  His  wife,  Mary  P.,  was  born  in 
Atkinson  Feb.  15,  1775,  and  died  Nov.  14,   1856.     *"The  pair  had  been  denied  chil- 

*  Reminiscences  of  the  Corner,  p.  16. 


666  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

dren,  in  order  it  would  seem,  that  the  love  with  which  her  heart  abounded  might  be  shed 
far  and  wide  penetrating  places  otherwise  loveless  and  forlorn,  and  ascend  to  the  exalted 
source  and  worthy  object  of  it.  .  .  .  On  Sunday  mornings  in  summer  we  were 
sent  to  our  chambers,  each  with  a  tract  to  await  the  hour  of  preparation  for  a  more  serious 
duty,  and  her  familiar  hail  at  the  foot  of  the  stairs,  '  Now,  boys,  you  may  lay  aside  your 
tracts  and  go  into  the  garden  and  gather  your  carraway,  and  then  it  will  be  time  to  set  out 
for  meeting.'  That  sort  of  nosegay  was  deemed  to  be  the  thing  for  the  holy  hour,  and  to 
say  the  truth,  it  has  to  this  day  the  odor  of  sanctity  to  my  nostrils."  Mr.  Webster's 
father  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Landaff . 

Col.  Moses  Webster  and  Sarah  (Kimball)  Webster  were  prominent  in  Landaff 
society.  Of  his  ten  children  three  lived  in  Haverhill.  Mrs.  David  Quimby  was  the 
last  survivor  of  these  children. 

John  V.  Webster  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  business  in  Haverhill.  He  carried 
on  a  tannery  in  company  with  the  late  James  A.  Currier,  and  later  was  agent  of  the 
Haverhill  Paper  Co.  He  was  born  in  1790,  died  Oct.  16,  1866.  He  married  Sarah  H. 
Perkins  of  Lyme,  born  1820,  died  Oct.  19,  1889. 

James  P.  Webster,  brother  of  John,  born  1813  (?);  died  Feb.  16,  1876,  aged  63  years. 
He  married  Rebecca  M.  English,  born  1818  (?),  died  Mar.  8,  1898,  aged  80  years.  They 
had  one  child,  Eliza  W.,  who  married  Dec.  18,  1860,  Hiram  S.  Kellum.  He  died  July 
15,  1877,  aged  42  years.  She  died  July  11,  1890,  aged  49  years,  9  months.  One  son, 
James  H.,  died  Sept.  1,  1868,  aged  2  years,  6  months.  He  was  moderator  twelve  years 
in  succession,  going  out  when  the  Democrats  came  into  power  in  1866,  and  was  one  of 
the  selectmen  in  1855  and  1856. 

Augusta  G.  Webster,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Catherine  Webster,  died  Sept.  17, 
1853,  aged  9  years. 


WEBSTER 

Almon  G.  Webster,  son  of  Orris  D.,  and  Mary  M.  (Keyser)  Webster,  born  Franklin 
Aug.  6,  1863;  married  Dec.  21,  1884,  Emma,  daughter  John  and  Adeline  M.  (Rogers) 
Stevens.  Entered  the  employ  of  railroad  as  fireman  in  1880;  has  been  locomotive 
engineer  since  1885.  One  son,  Ralph  E.  engine  dispatcher  B.  &  M.  R.  R.,  Woods- 
ville.  Democrat,  Odd  Fellow.  Attendants  on  services  of  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.    Reside  in  Woodsville. 


WEED 

Eben  C.  Weed,  son  of  William  F.  and  Susan  (Stearns)  Weed,  born  Grafton,  Vt., 
June  12,  1841;  died  Haverhill  Feb.  3,  1910;  married  Dec.  10,  1865,  Helen  Frances,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Rachel  (Hilliard)  Burns  of  Topsham,  Vt.  Mr.  Weed  enlisted  at  Haver- 
hill Sept.  3,  1861,  in  Company  I,  Fourth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and 
served  till  honorably  discharged  Aug.  28,  1865,  holding  a  commission  as  first  lieutenant. 
He  saw  service  at  Port  Royal,  Fort  Fisher,  Petersburg  and  Cold  Harbor.  On  his  return 
from  the  army  he  was  employed  in  the  paper  mill  at  the  Brook,  then  went  into  the  lumber 
business  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  for  six  years,  returning  to  the  Haverhill  paper  mill  for  seven 
years  more.  In  1885  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  and  jailer  serving  six  years.  In 
1892  he  purchased  the  residence,  store  and  stock  of  F.  T.  Kisnan  at  the  Brook  and  con- 
ducted the  business  of  a  general  store,  till  a  few  years  before  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Nathaniel  Westgate  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Grafton  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  in 
politics  an  uncompromising  Republican.  Their  only  son  and  child,  Allen  C.  Weed,  died 
at  the  age  of  nineteen. 


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WEEKS 


Leonard  Weeks1  came  to  America  from  England  previous  to  1655  in  which  year  he 
was  witness  to  a  bond  in  York  County,  Mass.  (now  Maine).  He  received  a  grant  of 
eight  acres  of  land  in  Portsmouth,  now  Greenland,  June  29,  1656;  died  Greenland  1707; 
married  1667  Mary,  daughter  Dea.  Samuel  Haines  of  Portsmouth.  Six  children  born 
Greenland. 

Capt.  Samuel2  (Leonard1),  second  son  Leonard  and  Mary  Weeks,  born  Dec.  14,  1670; 
married  Elinor,  daughter  Samuel  Haines,  Jr.,  of  Greenland,  born  Aug.  23,  1675.  He 
died  Nov.  19,  1736.     Seven  children  born  in  Greenland. 

John3  (Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard1),  second,  son  Capt.  Samuel  and  Elinor  Weeks,  born 

1702;  cordwainer  in  Greenland  and  Epping;  married  Hannah .     Joined  the  church 

in  1728.     Eight  children. 

Benjamin4  (John3,  Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard),  youngest  son  John  and  Hannah  Weeks, 
born  Epping  Apr.  26,  1742;  married  about  1761  Marion  Hanniford,  born  Feb.  28,  1741. 
Lived  in  Epping;  later  resided  in  Deerfield,  then  in  Wentworth;  settled  as  farmer  in 
Piermont. 

John5  (Benjamin4,  John3,  Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard1),  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Marion 
Weeks,  born  Oct.  26,  1762;  married  Esther,  daughter,  Hubbard  and  Eunice  Spencer, 
born  Sept  17,  1769,  died  Dec.  6,  1833.  He  died  Piermont  where  he  lived,  farmer,  Jan.  3, 
1841.  He  gave  the  town  of  Piermont  land  for  the  town  cemetery.  There  were  nine 
children. 

Enoch  R.6  (John5,  Benjamin4,  John3,  Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard1)  eldest  son  of  John 
and  Esther  Weeks,  born  Piermont  Mar.  5,  1787;  died  Warren  Jan.  26,  1867;  married 
Mar.  2,  1814,  Sally  Merrill,  born  May  9,  1793.  Farmer  and  hotel  keeper  in  Warren. 
Ten  children. 

Enoch  R.,  Jr.7  (Enoch  R.6,  John5,  Benjamin3,  Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard1),  ninth  of  the 
ten  children  of  Enoch  R.  and  Sally  K.  Merrill  Weeks,  born  Warren  Apr.  13,  1831;  mar- 
ried Oct.  5,  1854,  Melissa  H.  Metcalf,  born  July  27,  1834.  Merchant  in  Warren  till 
1872  when  he  removed  to  North  Haverhill,  and  kept  a  country  store  successfully  until 
it  was  destroyed  by  fire  about  1886.  He  was  town  clerk  1874-95,  and  town  treasurer 
for  nearly  this  entire  period.  In  politics  was  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  and  was 
prominent  in  the  councils  of  his  party.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  North  Hav- 
erhill Granite  Company,  which  for  some  years  operated  quarries  on  Brier  Hill,  but  the 
enterprise  was  not  financially  successful.  He  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  townsmen, 
and  was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  North  Haverhill.  He  died  May  8,  1908.  She 
died.     Six  children  all  born  in  Warren. 

1.  Frank  M.»  b.  Oct.  3,  1856;  d.  May  29,  1858. 

2.  Herbert8  b.  July  16,  1859;  d.  Apr.  7,  1865. 

3.  HATTiE8b.  Aug.  20,  1862;  d.  Nov.  9,  1872. 

4.  Sarah  Lizzie8  b.  Nov.  12, 1864;  m.  Feb.  24,  1886,  Chas.  P.  Page.     (See  Page.) 

5.  Mary  Melissa8  b.  Apr.  14,  1867;  m.  Aug.  17,  1891,  Samuel,  s.  of  James  and  Augusta 

Weeks   Mattocks,   Kansas   City,    Mo.     Two   chil.:     (1)  Muriel   E.  b.   June  3, 
1894;  (2)  Millicent  E.  b.  Dec.  17,  1896. 

6.  Emma  C.8  b.  Sept.  23,  1869;  m.  June  17,  1903,  Frank  E.,  s.  of  Amos  P.  and  Harriet  J. 

(Potter)  Oliver.     Resides  Maiden,  Mass. 

Jonathan  Weeks6  (John5,  Benjamin4,  John3,  Capt.  Samuel2,  Leonard1),  fourth  son  of 
John  and  Esther  (Spencer)  Weeks,  born  June  29,  1794;  died  Nov.  1836;  married  June 
25,  1718,  Betsey  (Brown)  Huse,  born  June  4,  1794,  died  Jan.  30,  1847;  tanner  and 
shoemaker  at  Lyndon,  Vt.     Six  children. 

Charles  Marshall  Weeks7  (Jonathan6,  John5,  Benjamin4,  John3,  Samuel2,  Leonard1), 
youngest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Betsey  (Huse)  Weeks,  born  Lyndon,  Vt.,  May  21,  1835; 
married  1857  Jane,  daughter  of  Roswell  Wilmot,  born  Mar.   10,  1836,  and  who  died 


668  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Aug.  3,  1899.  He  died  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  Feb.  20,  1887.  Mr.  Wilmot  was  born  in 
Sheffield,  Vt.,  and  had  purchased  what  is  known  as  the  Wilmot  farm  on  the  line  of  the 
railroad  above  Woodsville.  Children:  1,  Nellie;  2,  George  Lewis  died  Oct.  19,  1864, 
aged  4  years,  10  months;  3,  Jennie  May;  4,  Charles;  5,  Lovicea;  6,  Clara;  7,  Cora;  8, 
Frank;  9,  Bertha. 

Mr.  Weeks  on  coming  to  Woodsville  in  1859  engaged  in  trade  and  proceeded  to  place 
Woodsville  on  the  map  as  a  center  for  out  of  town  trade.  First  of  all  he  was  a  Democrat, 
and  was  the  moderator  of  the  town  meetings  in  Haverhill  beginning  in  1871  till  1884, 
with  the  exception  of  1874  when  Henry  P.  Watson  was  elected  and  1879  when  Enoch  G. 
Parker  was  elected.  He  was  representative  in  1868,  and  also  again  in  1869.  He  was 
appointed  postmaster  in  1860.  Built  the  Weeks  block  and  the  E.  B.  Mann  residence 
the  first  buildings  on  that  side  of  the  railroad. 

WEEKS 

Fred  G.  Weeks,  D.  D.  S.,  born  Chatham  Apr.  23,  1869,  son  of  James  H.  and  Lois  A. 
Weeks;  educated  in  the  Chatham  schools  and  Fryeburg  Academy  and  the  Boston  Dental 
College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1894.     He  immediately  located  in  Woodsville,  and 

has  a  successful  practice.     Mason,  Odd  Fellow,  Universalist.     Married  Mar.    29, 

Clara  A.  Dickinson,  daughter  Curtis  and  Flora  Lang  Dickinson  of  Barnet,  Vt.,  born 
1870.     Six  children  born  Haverhill  (Woodsville) : 

1.  Marion  Maxine  b.  Jan.  31,  1899. 

2.  Madeline  Marie  b.  Jan.  15,  1901. 

3.  Wilfred  Holmes  b.  Dec.  25,  1904. 

4.  Clarice  Jeannette  b.  Feb.  8,  1907. 

5.  Carolyn  Ruth  b.  Aug.  20,  1910. 

6.  Albion  Lang  b.  May  13,  1913. 

WELLS 

1.  Thomas  Wells  was  a  native  of  Essex,  a  shiretown  in  England  on  the  North  sea. 
Tradition  says  he  came  to  America,  concealing  himself  in  a  empty  water  cask,  on  an  out- 
going vessel.     He  landed  in  Massachusetts,  but  went  immediately  to  Rhode  Island. 

2.  Hugh  born  Essex;  married  there  and  ultimately  came  to  New  England. 

3.  Thomas  born  about  1620  in  England;  came  to  Hadley,  Mass.,  and  died  there  1676; 
married  Mary. 

4.  Ephraim,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  born  about  1674;  married  Jan  23,  1696, 
Abigail  Allis.     Lived  in  Colchester,  Conn. 

5.  Ephraim,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Abigail,  born  1726;  married  Lydia  Chapman. 

6.  Ezekiel,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Lydia,  was  born  July  22,  1745.  Was  a  grantee  of 
Canaan  as  was  also  his  father,  Ephraim.  Ezekiel  went  to  Canaan  prior  to  1769,  and 
settled  in  that  town.  He  married  Nov.  25,  1779,  Phebe  Meacham  who  was  15  years 
and  6  months  old.  In  the  first  ten  years  of  their  married  life  they  had  nine  children, 
and  in  1809,  they  were  the  parents  of  eighteen  children. 

7.  Enos,  seventh  son  and  tenth  child  of  Ezekiel  and  Phebe,  born  Feb.  14,  1791. 

Enos  Wells1  of  Canaan  settled  in  Coventry  (now  Benton)  in  1816  on  the  South  road 
so-called  in  what  became  known  as  "the  Wells  neighborhood."  For  a  period  of  more 
than  thirty  years  he  was  prominent  in  all  the  affairs  of  that  town,  social,  religious,  po- 
litical (see  Coventry— Benton,  Whitcher,  pp.  40-41).     He  was  born  in  1791,  and  died 

Oct.  16,  1862.     He  was  twice  married,  first,  to  Lois who  died  Apr.  4,  1821,  aged 

31  years.  Children  by  this  marriage  died  in  infancy.  He  married,  second,  Sally 
Clark  of  Landaff  who  died  Oct.  18,  1894,  aged  93  years,  7  months.  (For  ancestry  see 
above.)  Four  children  by  second  marriage,  born  in  Benton:  1,  Caleb2;  2,  George2;  3, 
Enos  C.2;  4,  Chester2  born  July  7,  1842. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  669 

Caleb  Wells2  (Enos1)  born  Oct.  19,  1826;  married,  first,  Nov.  11,  1847,  Martha  H., 
daughter  Sylvester  Gordon  of  Landaff,  born  Sept.  11,  1828,  died  Feb.  21,  1871;  married 
second,  Lucy  Ann,  sister  of  first  wife,  born  Jan.  22,  1827,  died  Dec.  20,  1899.  He  died 
Nov.  24,  1912.  Like  his  father  he  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  affairs  of  Benton  till  his 
removal  to  Haverhill  about  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and  at  New- 
bury Seminary;  was  active  in  church  work, — a  Methodist  till  after  his  removal  to  Haver- 
hill where  he  became  identified  with  the  Advent  Church, — and  was  interested  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  social  and  educational  welfare  of  his  town.  He  was  for  many 
years  superintendent  of  schools,  collector  of  taxes,  and  served  several  years  on  the  Board 
of  Selectmen.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  in  1887  and  1868.  When  he 
moved  to  Haverhill  he  purchased  a  farm  near  the  Union  Meetinghouse  at  the  Centre 
where  he  lived  till  his  death,  doing  quite  an  extensive  business,  in  addition  to  his  farming, 
in  shipping  potatoes  to  the  Boston  market.  He  served  four  years  as  one  of  the  Haverhill 
selectmen,  1882-86,  and  was  chairman  of  the  board  in  1883-84.  One  of  the  recognized 
leaders  of  the  Haverhill  Democracy,  he  was  always  optimistic  in  defeat,  and  had  the  un- 
tiring persistence  which  taught  his  political  opponents  that  it  was  unsafe  to  leave  him 
out  of  their  reckoning  in  political  contests.  In  his  later  years  it  was  his  ambition  to  live 
to  see  the  election  of  another  Democratic  president,  an  ambition  which  was  gratified 
a  few  days  before  his  death  in  1912.     Five  children  born  in  Benton: 

1.  Helen  A.3  b.  June  10,  1849;  m.  Sept.  7,  1871,  George  C.  Clifford  of  Hav.;  d.  Hav. 

Nov.  8,  1897. 

2.  Ella  G.3  b.  Nov.  11,  1857;  m.  Nov.  11,  1877,  Edwin  U.  Hamblett  of  Hav.     Resides 

in  Hav.     No  chil. 

3.  Herbert  E.3  m.  Ida  McGiverny;  two  chil.;  was  a  freight  conductor  on  B.  &  M. 

R.  R.;  killed  by  overhead  bridge  at  Pike. 

4.  Scott3  b.  Oct.  29,  1865;  d.  1907;  m.  Belle  Hadlock;  was  a  conductor  on  B  &  M. 

R  R 

5.  Addie  Bell3  b.  Sept.  11,  1867;  d.  Jan.  5,  1869. 

George  Wells2  (Enos1)  born  Mar.  18,  1828;  married  Oct.  14,  1849,  Caroline  Burbank, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Lovejoy)  Morse  of  Haverhill  (see  Morse),  born  May  24, 
1830,  died  May  8,  1905.  He  died  July  29,  1905.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Benton  till  about  1865  when  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  purchasing  the  Daniel 
Morse  farm,  near  that  of  his  father-in-law,  Jacob  Morse,  where  he  lived  until  his  death. 
While  in  Benton  he  served  as  town  clerk  and  selectman,  and  was  recognized  as  one  of  the 
town's  most  useful  citizens.  In  religious  faith  he  was  a  Methodist,  in  politics  a  Democrat, 
an  industrious  citizen,  a  substantial  farmer.     Six  children: 

1.  Albinus  Morse3  b.  Benton  July  17,  1850;  m.  July  25, 1883,  Harriet  Gray  of  White 

River  Junction,  Vt.  Two  chil.:  (1)  Flora  Gertrude4  b.  1885;  (2)  Ernest  Rock- 
wood4  b.  1889.  Veteran  passenger  conductor  on  Vermont  Central  Railroad. 
Lives  in  St.  Albans,  Vt. 

2.  Stella  Ella3  b.  Benton  July  6,  1854;  m.  Mar.  6,  1877,  Solomon  Newell  of  Hav. 

(See  Newell.) 

3.  Flavius  M.3  b.  Benton  Nov.  20,  1860;  m.  Apr.  5,  1884,  Nellie  Drake.     Farmer  at 

Center  Hav.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Carrie  Glayde  b.  1886;  (2)  Eva  May  b.  1890. 

4.  Frank  Eugene3  b.  Benton  Feb.  16,  1863;  m.  Aug.  10,  1887,  Martha  P.,  dau.  Lyman 

and  Hittie  Southard  of  Hav.,  b.  Hav.  1862.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Mabel  Hattie4  b. 
Feb.  7,  1891;  (2)  Earl  Eugene4  b.  June  14,  1893;  (3)  Hazel4  b.  July  5,  1895. 
Reside  Lynn,  Mass.     City  marshal,  deputy  sheriff,  sheriff. 

5.  Arthur  George3  b.  Hav.  Sept.  25,  1867;  m.  June  12, 1893,  Jean  G.  Brown.     Child: 

(1)  Frank  Forest4  b.  Mar.  25,  1894.     Resides  Lynn,  Mass.     Police  official. 

6.  Fred  Percy3  b.  Hav.  Aug.  31,  1870;  m.  June  24,  1894,  Flora,  dau.  William  and 

Maria  Burnham  of  Bath.  Child  (1)  Madeline  Eunice  b.  Feb.  24,  1895;  m. 
James  W.  Young,  automobile  dealer,  N.  Hav.  F.  P.  Wells  conducts  general 
store  in  Bath  (Swif twater) . 

Enos  Clark  Wells2  (Enos1)  born  Mar.  30,  1830;  married  Jan.  1,  1852,  Annette, 
daughter  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Lovejoy)  Morse  (see  Morse).     Resided  in  Lynn,  Mass., 


670  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

and  Manchester.  Died  Manchester  190-.  Theatre  manager.  Four  children:  1, 
Arresta  Malvina4  born  Mar.  14,  185-.  2,  Fred  Enos4  born  Lynn,  Mass.,  Aug.  16,  1857; 
married  Martha  Ellen  Newcomb.  Resides  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Wells  has  purchased 
the  homestead  farm  of  his  grandfather,  Jacob  Morse,  in  School  District  No.  10,  and  has 
recently  erected  up-to-date  buildings,  intending,  it  is  said,  to  make  it  his  home  in  the  not 

distant  future.     3,  Etta  Blanch4  born  Lynn,  Mass.,  ;  married  George  K.  Poole. 

4,  Maude  Arlie4  born  Lynn,  Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1873. 

WESTGATE 

John  Westgate1  married  Grace  Church  of  Tiverton,  R.  I.     Later  removed  to  Plain- 
field,  N.  H. 

Earl  Westgate2  married  Elizabeth  Waite  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Plainfield. 
Nathaniel  Waite  Westgate3  was  born  in  Plainfield  Jan.  26,  1801.     He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  and  graduated  at  the  Kimball  Union  Academy  in  1820.     He  did 
not  enter  college  on  account  of  his  health,  but  taught  school  winters,  read  law  with 
Charles  Flanders  of  Plainfield,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1827.     He  began  practice 
in  Enfield,  where  he  lived  till  1856,  when  he  was  appointed  register  of  probate  and  re- 
moved to  Haverhill.     While  in  Enfield  he  held  the  office  of  school  superintendent,  was 
town  clerk,  and  was  postmaster.     He  filled  the  office  of  register  of  probate  for  a  period  of 
five  years  when  he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate.     He  retired  in  1871  on  reaching  the 
age  limit.     He  represented  Haverhill  in  the  legislature  of  1861.     In  all  these  positions  of 
trust  and  honor  he  was  a  faithful  and  trustworthy  officer,  bringing  to  his  public  duties  a 
patience,  fidelity  and  integrity  which  made  him  justly  esteemed  in  the  community  in 
which  he  lived,  as  well  as  by  the  larger  public  which  he  served  so  long.     He  built  up  in 
Enfield  a  large  practice,  which  he  continued  as  far  as  his  official  duties  would  permit. 
He  always  felt  a  deep  interest  in  all  public  matters,  and  shared  with  his  fellow  townsmen 
in  all  burdens  for  the  advancement  of  society.     He  was  a  Republican  and  attended  the 
Congregational  Church.    He  died  Dec.  16,  1890.    He  married,  first,  Lydia  Jane  Prentiss, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Prentiss  of  Springfield.     She  was  born  in  1808,  married  in  1835.     No 
children.     He  married,  second,  Louise  Tyler,  daughter  of  Austin  Tyler  of  Claremont, 
Mar.  14,  1842.     She  was  born  Mar.  30, 1818,  and  died  Mar.  6,  1895.     Six  children  born  in 
Enfield: 
1.   Tyler4  b.  Dec.  2,  1843;  d.  June  6,  1917;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  30,  1881,  Malone,  N.  Y., 
Lucretia  M.  Sawyer,  b.  1842,  d.  Jan.  16,  1884;  m.,  2d,  Phebe  Jane  Bean,  Aug.  15, 
1888.     She  was  b.  Sept.  27,  1860,  and  d.  Jan.  28,  1894.     There  were  two  chil.  by 
second  wife:  (1)  Louise  Bean5  b.  Hav.  July  17,  1890;  (2)  Elsie  Mae5  b.  Hav. 
Apr.  18,  1892.     Both  daughters  were  educated  at  Hav.  Academy  and  the  Bradford 
Academy  for  Young  Ladies  at  Bradford,  Mass.     They  received  their  musical 
education  from  private  teachers  in  Boston,  Mass.     They  are  members  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  and  are  both  members  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Mr.  Westgate  was  educated  at  Hav.  and  Kimball  Union  academies,  graduating 
from  the  latter  in  1864.     He  was  assistant  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  for 
Grafton  County  from  Apr.  11,  1865,  to  1871;  registrar  of  probate  from  1871  to 
1874,  when  he  was  dropped  by  the  Democratic  ascendency,  again  registrar  from 
1876  to  1879.     He  was  clerk  of  the  New  Hampshire  Senate  from  1876  till  1877; 
postmaster  at  Hav.  from  1881  to  1885  and  was  registrar  of  probate  from  1889  to 
1890,  when  he  was  appointed  judge  of  probate,  which  place  he  held  till  1913  when 
he  was  retired  on  reaching  the  age  limit.     He  was  in  trade  for  a  time  in  company 
with  Joseph  Poor.     He  held  various  town  offices,  was  town  auditor  for  several 
years  and  delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention  in  1902.     While  he  was  not  a 
lawyer,  he  made  a  most  excellent  judge,  his  long  training  under  his  father  giving 
exceptional  facilities  for  his  duties  as  judge  almost  from  the  start.     His  retirement 
was  deeply  felt  by  the  entire  county.     He  devoted  himself  for  the  next  few  years  to 
the  business  of  insurance  and  acting  as  trustee  and  administrator  of  estates. 
He  was  a  Republican  and  Mason. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  671 

2.  Nathaniel  Waite,  Jr.4 b.  Jan.  19, 1846;  d.  Jan.  7, 1865;  studied  at  Hav.  and  Kimball 

Union  academies.  Mar.  24,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  1st  N.  H.  Cavalry,  Co.  I; 
taken  prisoner  Aug.  11,  1864,  "at  night  on  the  skirmish  line"  on  Wilson's  raid,  near 
Winchester;  taken  a  prisoner  to  Lynchburg  and  on  Oct.  28  taken  to  the  prison  at 
Danville,  Va.,  where  he  d.  Jan.  7,  1865.    The  G.  A.  R.  Post  in  Hav.  bears  his  name. 

3.  Jennie  Louise4  b.  June  24,  1848;  d.  July  7,  1917.     She  was  left  with  the  care  of  the 

children  of  her  brother,  Tyler,  and  became  first  and  foremost  the  lady  of  the  house. 
In  connection  with  her  brothers,  Tyler  and  William  F.,  she  became  interested  in 
local  history,  and  has  been  to  the  compiler  of  these  pages  a  veritable  help  in 
furnishing  notes  and  manuscripts.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star;  her 
latest  work  was  in  connection  with  organizing  the  Hav.  chapter  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution.  She  was  the  first  regent.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregationalist   Church. 

4.  Frederick  Austin4  b.  Aug.  7,  1850;  d.  Aug.  27,  1861. 

5.  William  Francis4  b.  July  5,  1852;  d.  Apr.  23,  1902.     Educated  at  Hav.  Academy, 

and  grad.  from  the  Chandler  Scientific  School  of  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of 
1875.  Studied  law  with  his  father  and  G.  F.  Putnam  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1880.  Represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  of  1883  and  was  superintendent  of 
schools.  He  was  register  of  probate  in  1885-89  and  was  re-elected  in  1890.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  had  been  justice  of  the  Hav.  Police  Court  since  its  establish- 
ment in  1885.  He  was  also  a  surveyor  of  lands,  and  had  an  active  part  in  the 
leadership  of  his  party. 
6    George  Henry4  b.  May  9,  1854;  farmer;  resides  at  home. 


WETHERBEE 

Charles  Wetherbee  died  Nov.  14,  1876,  aged  84  years.  Abigail  Woodward,  wife, 
died  May  29,  1873,  aged  73  years.     Mary  Lydia,  daughter,  died  Aug.  3,  1848. 

Dr.  M.  S.  Wetherbee  died  Oct.  29,  1890,  aged  63  years,  5  months.  Eliza  R.  Vose, 
wife,  1827-1903. 


WHEELER 

Col.  Abel  Wheeler,  son  of  Dea.  Abel  and  Prudence  (Warren)  Wheeler,  was  born  in 
Newport  Mar.  13,  1793,  the  second  of  twelve  children.  He  married,  first,  Zilpha 
Wakefield  of  Newport;  second,  Mehitable  Calif  of  Plainfield,  born  Mar.  6,  1793.  He  died 
in  Haverhill  Mar.  13,  1870;  she  died  June  22,  1878.  He  came  to  Haverhill  in  Apr.  1831, 
and  settled  on  the  County  road  near  the  four  corners.  He  was  interested  in  military 
affairs,  and  held  a  commission  as  colonel  in  the  state  militia.  Baptist,  and  while  never 
holding  a  regular  pastorate  was  an  ordained  Free  Baptist  minister.  One  child  by  first 
marriage : 

1.  Zilpha  b.  1817;  m.  Eliab  Metcalf ;  d.  1879;  lived  in  Boston. 

Children  by  second  marriage : 

2.  Albert  Carlos  b.  Nov.  27,  1819;  d.  Nov.  1894;  lived  in  Lowell,  Mass. 

3.  Elizabeth  b.  Feb.  15,  1821 ;  m.  1844  James  B.  Smith;  d.  Royalton,  Vt.,  1900. 

4.  Prudentia  b.  July  14,  1822;  m.  Onias  Harris  in  1848;  d.  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  1901. 

5.  Sarah  Maria  b.  Nov.  1823;  m.  1847  J.  F.  Manahan;  d.  Lowell,  Mass.,  1809. 

6.  Mary  b.  1825;  d.  in  infancy. 

7.  MARYb.  June  1827;  m.  1869  Benj.  Noyes;  d.  Feb.  2,  1901.     (See  Noyes.) 

8.  Mantia  b.  Nov.  6,  1829;  m.,  1st,  1853,  Willard  Wetherbee;  hed.  1855;  m.,  2d,  1858, 

Wilbur  Waugh;  she  d.  1909. 

9.  Charlotte  C.  b.  Hav.  Feb.  1,  1832;  m.  May  5,  1854,  Jacob  G.  Marcy;  lived  on 

Brushwood  road  near  four  corners.     He  d.  1891,  ae.  62  yrs.;  a  dau.,  Alice  J. 
Marcy,  b.  1859,  d.  1864. 
10.   Lavinia  M.  b.  Hav.  Sept.  9,  1836;  m.  1858  Chester  Phelps;  lived  in  Lowell,  Mass. 


672  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

WHITAKER 

Ebenezer  Whitaker1  born  1753  (?);  m.  Lucy .  He  died  1842;  was  a  Revo- 
lutionary soldier;  lived  on  Coventry  Meadows  and  later  in  Haverhill  District  No.  6. 
She  died  Mar.  3,  1833,  aged  78  years.     Children: 

1.  Phebe2  m.  Dec.  31,  1810,  Stephen  Jeffers. 

2.  Lydia2  m.  Dec.  31,  1810,  Thomas  Davis. 

3.  Peter2  b.  1789;  m.  Nov.  7,  1816,  Anna  Mead  of  Coventry,  b.  1795.     She  was  a  sister 

of  the  wife  of  James  J.  Page.     He  d.  1862;  she  d.  1838.     M.,  2d,  Ruth  Kendall 
of  Piermont.     Three  children  by  first  marriage: 

(1)  Laura  Ann3  b.  1817;  m.  Mar.  22,  1839,  Eben  F.  Morse.     (See  Morse.) 

(2)  Mary3  b.  1820;  m.  Oct.  20,  1842,  Franklin  Crouch. 

(3)  Ezra3  b.  June  1825;  d.  Aug.  10,  1830. 

Peter  Whitaker  lived  and  died  in  a  house  adjoining  that  of  his  son-in-law,  Eben 
Morse,  on  what  was  known  as  the  Coventry  road  leading  over  Morse  Hill,  through 
Coventry  Meadows  to  Warren. 

WHITE 

William  White2,  son  of  William1  and  Mary,  born  in  England  1610;  died  1690. 

John  White3  (William2,  William1  born ;  married  Hannah  French;  died  1668. 

John  White4  (John3,  William2,  William1)  born  1664;  married  1687  Lydia  Gilman; 
died  1727. 

John  White5  (John4,  John3,  William2,  William1)  born  1707;  married  Martha  Appleton; 
died  May  10, 1745. 

John  White6  (John5,  John4,  John3,  William2,  William1)  born  in  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Dec.  31, 1740;  married  1772  Ruth  Emery ;  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  Haverhill;  was  among 
the  first  settlers,  but  soon  removed  to  Lebanon. 

Jacob  March  White7  (John6,  John5,  John4,  John3,  William2,  William1)  born  1775; 
married  Nov.  14,  1799,  Fanny  Cook.  Lived  in  Lebanon,  and  later  after  1810  in  Haver- 
hill on  Brier  Hill  just  above  Swiftwater  on  what  was  known  as  the  Sly  farm.    Six  children : 

1.  Jacob  March8  b.  Sept.  9,  1800. 

2.  Susannah8  b.  Apr.  29,  1802. 

3.  Francis8  b.  Aug.  31,  1805. 

4.  Betsey  E.8  b.  Apr.  1,  1807. 

5.  John  Gilman8  b.  Feb.  20,  1809. 

6.  Nancy8  b.  Jan.  12,  1811. 

Jacob  March  White8  (Jacob  March7,  John6,  John5,  John4,  John3,  William2,  William1) 
born  Lebanon  Sept.  9,  1800;  married,  first,  Dec.  25,  1824,  Nancy  A.  Southard  of  Bath; 
died  June  22,  1826;  married,  second,  Malinda  Cox,  Apr.  9,  1831;  died  Landaff  June  15, 
1863.  He  lived  in  Bath  (Swiftwater)  after  his  marriage  till  about  1834;  then  he  lived 
for  the  next  twelve  or  thirteen  years  in  Haverhill  (except  for  two  or  three  years  spent  in 
Irasburg,  Vt.)  when  he  removed  to  Landaff  and  lived  in  that  town  and  in  Benton  till 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  Landaff  in  1860.  Much  of  his  life  he  was  engaged  in  run- 
ning a  sawmill.  He  was  a  staunch  Democrat  and  in  religious  belief  was  liberal.  Nine 
children : 

1.  Nancy  Ann8  b.  Bath  (Swiftwater)  Feb.  6,  1832;  m.  Aug.  10,  1852,  C.  E.  Jewett; 

lived  Georgetown,  Mass.;  d.  Stoneham,  Mass.,  Nov.  14,  1914.     One  s.,  Charles  E. 
Jewett,  Jr.9 

2.  Emery  Barnes8  b.  Bath  (Swiftwater)  Oct.  26,  1833;  m.  Jan.  14,  1862,  Amaret  A. 

Whitcher;  lives  in  Stoneham,  Mass.     Three  chil. 

3.  Laura  Cox8  b.  Hav.  Sept.  25,  1835;  m.  Sept.  9,  1852,  Moses  W.  Howe,  who  d.  July 

7, 1869;  m.,  2d,  Sept.  15,  1874,  George  W.  King  of  Cambridgeport,  Mass.     He  d. 
in  Stoneham,  Mass.,  where  she  still  (1917)  lives.     Two  chil.  by  first  husband. 

4.  Edwin  George8  b.  Hav.  Sept.  26,  1837;  m.  Sarah  W.  Smith  of  Machias,  Me.; 

now  living  in  Enumclaw,  Wash.     Seven  chil. 


HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL  673 

5.  John  M.8  b.  Irasburg,  Vt.,  Oct.  4,  1839;  m.  Carrie  Murray  of  Groveland,  Mass.; 

lived  in  Lawrence,  Mass.;  served  three  years  in  Union  Army;  d.  June  24,  1916; 
she  d.  Jan.  24,  1916.  One  s.  living,  John  E.9,  former  state  auditor,  Massachusetts; 
bank  president,  Worcester,  Mass. 

6.  Charles  Kimball8  b.  Irasburg,  Vt.,  Dec.  5,  1841;  m.  Eliza  A.  Kempton;  soldier 

in  Union  Army;  d.  Stoneham,  Mass.,  Feb.  11,  1917.     One  s.,  Charles  March9. 

7.  Mary  Viola8  b.  Hav.  Feb.  26,  1844;  d.  unm.  Stoneham,  Mass.,  Dec.  19,  1906. 

8.  Franklin  Pierce8  b.  Hav.  Aug.  30,  1847;  d.  in  infancy. 

9.  Susan  Barron8  b.  Landaff  Dec.  20,  1849;  m.  Luther  Martin  of  Stoneham,  Mass.; 

d.  Nov.  13,  1907.     One  s.,  Edwin  G.9,  lives  in  Toledo,  O. 

John  Gilman  White8  (Jacob  March7,  John6,  John5,  John4,  John3,  William2,  William1) 
born  Lebanon  Feb.  20, 1809;  married  Mar.  1, 1837,  Susan,  daughter  of  John  S.  and  Clarissa 
(Morse)  Sanborn  of  North  Haverhill.  He  died  Apr.  30,  1890.  She  died  Sept.  30,  1882. 
He  came  to  Haverhill  with  his  parents  in  1814;  lived  on  Brier  Hill;  was  farmer  on  the 
homestead  of  his  father  till  about  1851,  when  he  removed  to  Wells  River,  Vt.,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  meat  and  provision  business,  and  the  purchase  and  sale  of  cattle  in  Boston. 
Five  children  all  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Ella  A9,  b.  Jan.  18,  1838;  m.  Oct.  7,  1863,  Alexander  H.  Burton.     (See  Burton.) 

2.  Clara  A.9  b.  Mar.  23,  1840;  m.  Dec.  24,  1863,  Moody  C.  Marston;  d.  Sept,  12, 

1915.     (See  Marston.) 

3.  Melissa  W.9  b.  Jan.  14,  1842;  m.  Dec.  7,  1869,  Barzillia  M.  Blake.     He  d.  July  8, 

1913,  in  California;  four  chil.:  Gillman,  Sanborn,  Annie,  George.  Mrs.  Blake 
now  living  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

4.  Harriet  F.9  b.  Feb.  6,  1845;  m.  July  16,  1867,  George  F.  Smith;  d.  Feb.  2,  1913. 

(See  Smith.) 

5.  Mary  Bell9  b.  May  19,  1847;  m.  Sept.  20,  1876,  William  H.  Goodwin  of  Wells 

River,  Vt.,  b.  Newbury,  Vt.,  Oct,  25,  1840;  served  three  months  in  2d  N.  H. 
Vols.;  mustered  out  July  20,  1861;  entered  Aug.  5,  1861,  in  3d  N.  H.  Vols.; 
wounded  at  battle  of  James  Island  June  16,  1862;  discharged  for  wounds  Sept. 
11,  1862;  m.  1st,  Eva  M.  Dexter.  One  child  by  second  marriage,  Muriel  E.,  b. 
June  17,  1887.     Mrs.  Goodwin  d.  May  19,  1915. 


WHITE 

George  E.  White  born  Halifax,  N.  S.,  Aug.  20,  1845,  son  of  Charles  and  Lorania 
(Thorn)  White ;  married  Oct.  10,  1868,  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Marian  (Lampson)  Hilt.  At  the  age  of  17  Mr.  White  came  to  Boston  and  was  employed 
there  and  in  Lowell  until  he  enlisted  in  Company  M,  Third  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Cavalry,  in  which  he  served  with  credit  until  after  the  close  of  the  war.  He  came  to 
New  Hampshire  about  1877,  bought  a  farm  in  Benton,  near  Warren  Summit,  on  which 
he  resided  till  1889,  when  he  came  to  North  Haverhill,  where  he  has  been  successfully 
engaged  in  dairy  farming.  Member  Nathaniel  Westgate  G.  A.  R.  Post;  in  politics  a 
Republican.     Seven  children: 

1.  Serena b.  1869;  m.  1894  Norris  Wright.     Four  chil. 

2.  Cora  b.  1872;   m.  Sam,  s.  of  Daniel  and  Susan  Clough  Howe  of  Benton.     He  d. 

about  1909;  four  chil.:  Edith,  Olive,  Susie  and  Frank  E.;  m.,  2d,  Otis  Chute; 
four  chil.     A  dau.,  Susie  Howe,  m.  Ernest  Needham;  twin  boys  b.  Aug.  20,  1915. 

3.  Wesley  G.  b.  1874;  m.  1899  Gertrude  Trevena;  three  chil. 

4.  William  N.  b.  1876;  m.  1902  Maude  Wilmot;  five  chil. 

5.  Charles  F.  b.  1879;  m.  1907  Leona  Bowles;  two  chil. 

6.  Lulu  B.  b.  1883;  m.,  1st,  1906  William  Greenley;one  child;  m.,  2d,  1912,  Michael 

Keith;  two  chil. 

7.  John  P.  b.  1890;  m.  1908  Mabel  Sealey. 


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674  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

WHITTIER— WHITCHER 

By  recent  investigations  made  in  England  by  C.  C.  Whittier  of  Boston  the  parentage 
of  Thomas  Whittier,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  those  bearing  the  name  of  Whittier  and 
Whitcher,  has  been  discovered,  and  was  published  in  the  July  number  for  1912  of  the 
New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register. 

Richard  Whittier  of  Sarum  (Salisbury)  married  Jan.  23,  1608/9,  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Rolfe  of  White  parish,  born  1582.  Their  children  were  Richard,  John,  Thomas, 
the  latter  born  about  1620,  and  came  to  America  with  his  uncle,  John  Rolfe,  in  the  ship 
"Confidence"  which  sailed  from  Southampton  Apr.  24,  1638. 

Thomas  Whittier1,  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Rolfe)  Whittier,  emigrant  ancestor, 
settled  first  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  where  he  lived  till  1649,  when  after  a  brief  residence  in 
Newbury  he  took  up  his  residence  that  same  year  in  Haverhill,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death,  Nov.  26, 1696.  In  1688  he  built  and  occupied  as  his  home  the  house  still  standing, 
in  which  his  distinguished  descendant  John  Greenleaf  Whittier,  was  born,  and  which  is 
now  the  property  of  the  Whittier  Memorial  Association.  There  is  a  tradition  that  as  a 
young  man  he  was  of  gigantic  size,  weighing  more  than  three  hundred  pounds  before  he 
was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  that  he  was  possessed  of  proportional  physical  and 
muscular  strength.  From  facts  obtained  from  the  early  records  it  is  certain  that  he  pos- 
sessed both  physical  and  moral  courage  in  a  high  degree.  Honored  by  his  townsmen,  he 
was  also  trusted  by  the  Indians  who  never  molested  him.  Married  1646  (?)  Ruth 
Green,  who  died  in  the  Haverhill  homestead  in  1710.  His  ten  children  were  born  in 
Haverhill,  except  Mary,  the  eldest,  who  was  born  in  Salisbury  Oct.  9,  1647. 

Nathaniel  Whittier2  (Thomas1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Aug.  11,  1658;  married 
Mary  Osgood;  second,  widow  Mary  Ring.     Lived  in  Salisbury.     Two  children. 

Reuben  Whittier  or  Whitcher3  (Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born  Salisbury;  married 
Deborah  Pillsbury.  The  name  is  spelled  both  Whittier  and  Whitcher.  Grafton  County, 
New  Hampshire,  descendants  have  adopted  the  latter  spelling.  Lived  in  Salisbury. 
Seven  children. 

Joseph  Whitcher4  (Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born  Salisbury  May  2,  1721; 
married  Martha  Evans;  lived  in  Salisbury.    Seven  children. 

Chase  Whitcher5  (Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born  Salisbury  Oct.  6, 
1753.  (See  Descendants  of  Chase  Whitcher,  by  W.  F.  Whitcher,  Woodsville,  1907.) 
Settled  in  Warren,  N.  H.,  his  father,  Joseph,  being  one  of  the  grantees  of  the  town; 
married  Hannah  Morrill  of  Amesbury,  Mass.     Eleven  children  born  in  Warren. 

William  Whitcher6  (Chase6,  Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born  May  23, 
1783;  married,  first,  Feb.  15,  1807,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Collins)  Noyes 
of  Landaff,  born  Nov.  5,  1787,  died  Benton  Sept.  27,  1848;  married,  second,  Oct.  3,  1849, 
Catherine,  widow  of  Francis  Wright  of  Bath.  She  died  Oct.  19,  1874.  Sixteen  children 
born  in  Benton: 

1.  Moses7  b.  Dec.  26,  1807;  m.  Sarah  Royce;  d.  Mar.  18,  1846. 

2.  William  Jr.7  b.  Dec.  26,  1808;  m.  Lucien  Noyes;  d.  Oct.  16,  1839. 

3.  Amos7  b.  May  18,  1810;  m.  Polly  Young;  d.  May  22,  1881. 

4.  Louisa7  b.  Dec.  22,  1811;  m.  Sylvester  Eastman;  d.  May  4,  1889. 

5.  Winthrop  Chandler7  b.  Feb.  20,  1813;  m.  Mercy  (Priest)  Noyes;  d.  Mar.  20,  1844. 

6.  Samuel7  b.  Aug.  24,  1814;  m.  Emily  Quimby;  d.  Oct.  8,  1879. 

7.  Ira7  b.  Dec.  2,  1815. 

8.  Sally7  b.  Mav  25,  1817;  m.  Amos  Wilson;  d.  Mar.  12,  1893. 

9.  Hannah7  b.  Apr.  4,  1819;  m.  James  A.  Mann;  d.  July  21,  1896. 

10.  James7  b.  Oct.  1,  1820;  d.  Aug.  20,  1838. 

11.  Chase7  b.  Jan.  20,  1822;  m.  Sarah  (Royce)  Whitcher,  widow  brother  Moses;  d. 

May  4,  1883. 

12.  Mary7  b.  Oct.  28,  1823;  m.  Jason  Titus;  d.  Mar.  31,  1895. 


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13.  Susan7  b.  May  20,  1825;  m.  Geo.  W.  Mann;  d.  Oct.  6,  1854. 

14.  Daniel7  b.  Jan.  20,  1827;  m.  Nancy  R.  Knight;  d.  Mar.  2,  1894. 

15.  David7  b.  June  17,  1828. 

16.  Phebe7  b.  Feb.  24,  1831 ;  m.  Moseley  N.  Brooks;  d.  June  4,  1870. 

Ira  Whitcher7  (William6,  Chase5,  Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas')  born 
Benton  Dec.  2,  1815;  married  Haverhill  Nov.  27,  1843,  Lucy,  daughter  Samuel  and 
Dorcas  (Foster)  Royce,  born  LandafT  Oct.  11,  1814;  died  Woodsville  Sept.  26,  1885. 
He  died  in  Woodsville  Dec.  9,  1897.  Ira  Whitcher  had  only  the  educational  advantages 
of  a  backwoods  town,  and  but  limited  use  of  these,  his  school  education  ending  with 
five  weeks  in  each  of  two  or  three  winters.  He  had  access  to  few  books,  the  Town  Officer, 
the  Bible,  the  New  Hampshire  Statutes,  Webster's  Spelling  Book  and  one  or  two  of  the 
old  readers,  and  these  he  knew,  and  with  their  aid  obtained  a  practical  if  not  a  liberal 
education.  On  reaching  his  majority  he  entered  the  employment  of  his  brother,  Moses, 
for  whom  he  worked  for  six  years  for  the  compensation  of  twelve  dollars  and  a  half  a 
month  and  board.  Clothing  himself  by  extra  jobs,  he  saved  his  entire  wages,  purchased 
the  farm  in  Benton  on  which  he  lived  till  the  spring  of  1870,  and  built  the  house  in  which 
he  established  his  home  in  the  autumn  of  1843.  Becoming  the  administrator  on  the  es- 
tate of  his  brother,  Moses,  on  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1846,  he  naturally  became  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  which  he  followed  successfully  during  the  remainder  of  his  life, 
farming  becoming  a  secondary  consideration.  He  was  a  believer  in  the  gospel  of  hard 
work,  and  practiced  his  belief.  He  was  farsighted,  thrifty,  practiced  rigid  economy, 
but  at  the  same  time  was  open-handed  and  public-spirited.  He  advocated  liberal  appro- 
priations for  roads,  schools  and  whatever  was  for  the  benefit  of  his  town.  He  was  a 
liberal  supporter  of  the  institutions  of  the  church,  not  only  of  that  with  which  he  was 
actively  identified,  the  Methodist  Episcopal,  but  other  communions  as  well.  He  was 
elected  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Benton  in  1842,  and  during  the  next  twenty-nine  years 
was  constantly  in  the  service  of  that  town,  holding  at  various  times  every  possible  office 
except  that  of  superintendent  of  schools.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  from  Ben- 
ton in  1845,  '46,  '50,  '51,  '63,  '64  and  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1850,  and  from 
Haverhill  1891-93.  He  was  county  commissioner  for  six  years  (1867-73) ;  was  appointed 
by  the  governor  one  of  the  commission  to  investigate  the  condition  of  insane  paupers, 
and  was  elected  by  the  legislature  as  one  of  the  commissioners  to  supervise  the  rebuilding 
of  the  State  House  in  1864.  Benton  had  no  resident  lawyer  and  he  did  for  his  townsmen 
much  of  the  work  for  which,  in  the  larger  towns  of  the  state,  legal  talent  is  employed. 
He  was  conveyancer,  writer  of  wills,  administrator  and  executor,  guardian  of  minors  and 
insane,  legal  adviser  in  cases  involving  both  large  and  small  interests,  and  all  this  for  the 
most  part,  for  little  or  no  compensation.  He  came  to  Woodsville  in  the  spring  of  1870 
and  entered  at  once  into  the  activities  of  the  life  of  his  new  town. 

The  erection  of  the  court  house,  the  establishment  of  savings  and  national  banks, 
the  Free  Public  Library,  a  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  property  free  from  debt,  a 
fine  pipe  organ  in  memory  of  his  daughter,  a  permanent  fund  for  the  support  of  church 
services,  are  among  the  monuments  he  left  to  his  memory.  In  his  political  affiliations 
he  was  a  life-long  Democrat.  Reserved  and  quiet  in  his  manners,  severely  unostentatious 
in  his  mode  of  life,  hating  pretence  and  indolence  alike,  his  long  life  was  one  of  ceaseless 
activity.  His  integrity  was  never  questioned,  and  his  tenacity  of  purpose  was  such  that 
he  knew  no  such  word  as  failure  in  the  accomplishment  of  his  plans.  (See  Coventry- 
Benton,  descendants  of  Chase  Whitcher,  etc.)     Four  children  born  in  Benton: 

1.  William  Frederick8  b.  Aug.  16,  1845. 

2.  Mary  Elizabeth8  b.  July  17,  1847;  d.  Apr.  15,  1897;  m.  Nov.  1,  1877,  Chester,  s. 

of  Moses  and  Lucia  Eastman  Abbott  of  Bath,  b.  Oct.  13,  1850.    She  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  her  native  town  and  at  Newbury  and  Tilton  Seminaries.  Devoted- 


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ly  attached  to  her  home  she  remained  a  member  of  it  after  her  marriage,  her 
husband  entering  the  employ  of  her  father.  She  gave  her  parents  untiring  care 
and  service,  and  was  a  deserved  favorite  in  the  social  and  religious  circles  of  the 
village.  A  lover  of  music,  she  was  the  leading  spirit  of  the  church  choir,  and  aside 
from  her  home  duties  was  active  in  charitable  work.  Childless  herself,  her  home 
was  a  favorite  resort  for  children,  who  cherished  for  her  the  warmest  affection. 
Her  death  followed  an  illness  of  but  a  few  days,  and  was  a  blow  most  sadly  felt 
by  her  aged  father  and  by  her  wide  circle  of  relatives  and  friends. 

3.  Frank8  b.  June  21,  1849;  d.  Nov.  7,  1875;  m.  Apr.  27,  1875,  Lizzie  A.,  dau.  of 

Russell  and  Ann  (Walker)  King  of  Hav.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1848,  d.  Jan.  9,  1881.  After 
a  short  time  spent  in  the  business  department  of  New  Hampton  Institution,  he 
entered  into  business  with  his  father,  but  fell  a  prey  to  New  England  scourge,  con- 
sumption, and  d.  in  his  27th  year  a  few  months  after  his  marriage.  He  had 
erected  for  his  home,  the  house  on  Court  Street,  Woodsville,  opposite  that  of  his 
father,  now  the  home  of  Joseph  M.  Howe,  but  he  never  occupied  it. 

4.  Scott8  b.  Nov.  2,  1852;  d.  Jan.  22,  1875.     Was  educated  at  Tilton  Seminary  and 

the  State  Normal  School;  became  clerk  in  the  National  Bank  of  Newbury  at 
Wells  River,  Vt.,  retiring  some  months  before  his  death,  on  account  of  failing 
health.  The  summer  of  1874  he  spent  in  the  Adirondacks,  going  to  Florida  in  the 
late  fall  with  the  hope  of  warding  off  what  proved  to  be  pulmonary  consumption. 
His  life  was  full  of  promise  but  he  lived  but  a  brief  month  after  his  return  home  in 
Dec.  1874. 

David  Whitcher7  (William6,  Chase5,  Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born 
June  17,  1828;  married  Feb.  23,  1853,  Sally  Ann,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Huldah  Bronson 
Noyes  of  Landaff,  born  Dec.  29,  1829,  died  Aug.  1916.  He  died  Jan.  7,  1917.  He  en- 
gaged at  first  in  farming  in  Benton,  but  just  before  his  marriage  he  purchased  the  Moses 
Noyes  farm  near  North  Haverhill  village,  which  he  owned  and  operated  for  nearly  fifty 
years,  and  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  successful  farmers  in  Haverhill,  the  banner 
farming  town  of  the  state.  He  proved  that  farming  even  in  Northern  New  Hampshire 
can  be  made  to  pay.  A  few  years  later  he  purchased  the  N.  M .  Swasey  estate  in  the  village, 
and  a  little  later  retired  from  active  farming  and  devoted  himself  to  looking  after  his 
investments.  He  formed  his  own  opinions,  was  a  man  of  decided  convictions,  political, 
temperance  and  religious,  which  he  was  always  free  to  avow.  He  was  never  a  candidate 
for  public  office.  He  was  a  Democrat,  a  prohibitionist,  a  Methodist.  Was  trustee  of 
the  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank  from  its  organization.  He  was  the  last  survivor 
of  the  sixteen  children  of  William  Whitcher.     Two  children  born  in  North  Haverhill : 

1.  Quincy  Noyes8  b.  Dec.  14,  1853;  d.  Apr.  1,  1864. 

2.  Hattie  Blanche8  b.  Mar.  28,  1860;  d.  Feb.  7,  1918;  m.  Simeon  Sanborn.    She  lived 

for  some  years  after  her  marriage  in  Contoocook,  but  later  returned  to  N.  Hav. 
and  established  herself  in  a  pleasant  home  presented  to  her  by  her  father.  She 
had  three  chil.:  (1)  Roy  E.  b.  Oct.  29,  1894;  (2)  Carl  R.  b.  Feb.  19,  1896;  (3) 
Marian  L.  b.  Nov.  22,  1898.  All  three  are  graduates  of  Tilton  Seminary  and 
the  eldest  holds  a  responsible  position  with  the  New  England  Tel.  and  Tel.  Co. 

Charles  O.  Whitcher8  (Samuel7,  sixth  son  of  William  and  Mary,  William6, 
Chase6,  Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2,  Thomas1)  born  Easton  Nov.  21,  1852;  married 
July  2,  1874,  Josephine  Viola,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Deborah  Thompson  Kimball, 
born  Franklin  Dec.  11,  1852.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Easton  and  at  New 
Hampton  Institution,  and  after  his  marriage  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  with  her 
father,  until  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  and 
removed  to  Woodsville  about  1886.  Leaving  the  employ  of  the  railroad  in  1898,  he 
purchased  of  Stickney  Bros,  what  is  known  as  the  "  Brick  Store,"  which  he  conducted  till 
the  fall  of  1903,  when  he  closed  the  business  out  and  has  since  been  employed  as  a 
painter.  He  is  a  Universalist,  a  Democrat,  a  Mason.  Resides  in  Woodsville,  and  has 
one  child,  Kate  Deborah,  born  in  Easton  Feb.  13,  1885,  married  June  3,  1908,  Frank 


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S.  Shepard,  furniture  dealer  and  undertaker.  He  was  in  business  in  Woodsville,  but 
about  1910  removed  to  Tilton,  where  he  still  resides.  They  have  one  child,  Francis 
Harold  Shepard,  born  Northfield  Mar.  3,  1916. 

William  F.  Whitcher8  (Ira7,  William6,  Chase5,  Joseph4,  Reuben3,  Nathaniel2, 
Thomas1)  born  Benton  Aug.  10,  1845;  d.  May  31,  1918;  married,  first,  Dec.  4,  1872,  at 
Middletown,  Conn.,  Jeannette  Maria,  daughter  of  Dr.  Ellsworth  and  Maria  T.  (Haling) 
Burr,  born  Middletown  Dec.  6,  1845,  died  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  Sept.  25,  1894;  married, 
second,  Nov.  4,  1896,  Marietta  Amanda,  daughter  of  Darius  and  Mary  A.  (Dean) 
Hadley,  born  Woburn,  Mass.,  July  21,  1858. 

Fitted  for  college  at  Tilton  Seminary,  graduated  from  Wesleyan  University  1871,  with 
honors,  winning  prizes  for  excellence  in  debate  and  oratory.  Studied  theology  in  Boston 
University,  joined  the  Providence  (now  the  New  England  Southern)  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  filled  pastorates  in  South  Yarmouth  and  New  Bedford, 
Mass.,  and  Newport  and  Providence,  R.  I.  In  1881  became  a  member  of  the  staff  of 
the  Boston  Evening  Traveller,  and  its  editor-in-chief  four  years  later.  In  1892,  literary 
editor  of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  and  three  years  later  took  charge  of  the  court  reports, 
for  many  years  a  special  feature  of  that  paper.  Resided  in  Maiden,  Mass. ;  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education  1887-95,  chairman  three  years;  pastor  for  six  months,  Maiden 
Centre  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  of  the  Methodist  Church,  Everett,  for  a  like 
period.    Removed  to  Woodsville  in  1898,  after  the  death  of  his  father. 

He  was  especially  interested  in  genealogy,  American  political  and  local  history,  and 
his  collection  of  books  and  pamphlets  was  an  extensive  and  valuable  one.  He  pub- 
lished: "History  of  Coventry- Benton,"  " Descendants  of  Chase  Whitcher,"  "Haverhill 
in  the  Revolution,"  "Address,  180th  Anniversary  of  Haverhill,"  "New  Hampshire 
Men  at  Bunker  Hill,"  etc.,  etc. 

In  1899  he  purchased  the  Woodsville  News  which  he  personally  conducted  until 
Mar.  1916,  when  he  disposed  of  the  property  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  the 
"  History  of  Haverhill "  on  which  he  had  been  for  some  years  engaged. 

He  was  moderator  of  Haverhill,  1901-16,  and  held  other  town  offices.  Was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  legislature  1901,  '03,  '05  '07,  '11,  serving  each  session  on  the  committee 
on  judiciary,  in  1903  on  state  library,  and  in  1905,  '07  and  '11  on  banks;  trustee,  state 
library  1903-12,  trustee  of  Woodsville  Free  Library  and  president  of  the  board.  Was 
trustee  of  Wroodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank,  and  clerk  of  trustees  for  fifteen  years. 
Was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Royal  Ar- 
canum, A.  O.  U.  W.,  New  England  Methodist  Historical  Society,  New  Hampshire  His- 
torical Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  (serving  one  term  as  president  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Society),  and  various  other  organizations,  fraternal  and  literary.  Was 
a  Methodist,  and  since  1887  a  Republican.     One  child: 

Burr  Royce  Whitcher9,  M.  D.,  born  New  Bedford  Nov.  6,  1878;  prepared  for  College 
at  Maiden  (Mass.)  High  School;  graduated  Dartmouth  College  1902,  Dartmouth  Medi- 
cal School,  class  1905.  In  Boston  hospitals  for  next  two  years,  and  began  practice  there. 
In  Rockland  1907-12  and  in  West  Somerville,  Mass.,  since  1912.  Member  of  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  Somerville  Medical  Society, 
medical  examiner  Middlesex  Lodge,  N.  E.  O.  of  P.,  Methodist,  Democrat.  On  staff  of 
out-patient  department,  orthopedic  surgery,  Carney  Hospital,  Boston.     Unmarried. 


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WHITMAN 

John  Whitman1  came  from  England  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Weymouth, 
Mass.     He  settled  prior  to  1638.     He  had  nine  children,  four  sons  and  five  daughters. 

John2  (John1). 

Ebenezer3  (John2,  John1). 

Daniel4  (Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1). 

Daniel  Whitman5  (Daniel4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1)  born  July  16,  1745;  married 
Aug.  8,  1770,  Martha  Cole  born  Oct.  13,  1753,  died  Sept.  25,  1823.  He  died  Feb.  9, 
1829;  was  buried  in  Haverhill.  He  settled  in  Vermont,  but  later  lived  in  Canaan.  Of 
his  fifteen  children  two  sons  became  residents  of  Haverhill. 

David  Whitman6  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  seventh  child  of  Daniel 
and  Martha  (Cole),  born  Nov.  29,  1781 ;  married  1813  Rachel  Barrett.  Lived  in  Lisbon, 
then  in  Haverhill.  Removed  to  Michigan  in  1835.  Of  his  seven  children  the  five 
youngest  were  born  in  Haverhill : 

3.  Laura  Worthing7  b.  Dec.  11,  1820;  m.  in  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  Bethuel  C.  Farrand 

lawyer. 

4.  Sarah7  b.  Apr.  5,  1823;  m.  Henry  Cady,  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

5.  John  Corliss7  b.  July  3,  1825;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Brockaway  of  Bethlehem.     In  lumber 

business  in  Michigan. 

6.  Mahala7  b.  Feb.  9,  1828;  m.  True  Paoli  Tucker,  lawyer,  Michigan. 

7.  George  Barrett7  b.  Aug.  9,  1830;  m.  Isabella  M.  Wheaton.     In  lumber  business 

in  Michigan  and  Chicago. 

Willard  Whitman6  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Ebenezer3,  John2,  John1),  youngest  son  of  Dan- 
iel and  Martha  (Cole),  born  Canaan  Nov.  22,  1798;  married  Oct.  19,  1820,  Martha 
Kimball,  died  Feb.  21,  1860;  married,  second,  Caroline  Bean  of  Wentworth,  N.  H., 
died  Feb.  12,  1865,  aged  51;  married,  third,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Keyes,  daughter  Ebenezer 
and  Mary  Ann  Heath.  Resided  in  North  Haverhill.  Carriage  and  sleigh  manufacturer. 
He  died  Sept.  29,  1874.  His  widow,  after  his  death,  removed  to  Manchester.  Six 
children,  all  by  his  first  wife 

1.  Martha7  b.  1823;  m.  Dec.  8,  1841,  Hiram  George,  b.  Feb.  10,  1821,  d.  June  25, 

1845;  she  d.  Mar.  14,  1843.  Lived  N.  Hav.  One  child,  Martha  J.8,  b.  Mar.  10, 
1843,  m.,  1st,  Dec.  31,  1860,  William  C.  Wetherbee;  m.,  2d,  Elijah  Clifford. 

2.  Thomas  Kimball7  b.  Hav.  Apr.  14,  1824;  m.,  1st.  Caroline  Wilson,  d.  Apr.  18,  1852; 

m.,  2d,  Apr.  17,  1854,  Anna  S.  Burton,  b.  Washington,  Vt.,  Feb.  12,  1829.  Mer- 
chant, Port  Huron,  Mich.     One  child,  Florence8,  b.  Mar.  1855,  d.  Nov.  12,  1856. 

3.  Samuel  b.  1826:  d.  Aug.  31,  1842. 

4.  Eliza7  b.  Feb.  12,  1829;  m.  June  9,  1851,  John  Wesley,  s.  Robert  and  Mary  Ann 

Jackson.     (See  Jackson.) 

5.  George7  b.  1835;  d.  1837. 

6.  Orrin  Minot7  b.  July  27,  1837;  m.  May  26,  1866,  Mary  J.  Marsh.     In  business 

with  his  father  till  1862,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  11th  N.  H.  Vols.  After  the 
war  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  was  engaged  in  business  as  a  marketman.  Two 
chil.:  (1)  Effie  Dell8  b.  May  1867;  (2)  William  Minot8,  b  July  29,  1870. 


WILLOUGHBY 

Horatio  Willoughby  born  Sept.  18,  1810;  married  Oct.  16,  1835,  Sally  daughter  of 
Richardson  and  Sarah  (Whitcher)  French,  born  Mar.  10,  1816.  He  died  Apr.  23,  1863. 
Farmer.     Lived  in  Haverhill  (Brier  Hill)  and  Newbury,  Vt.     Five  children: 

1.  Mahala  F.  b.  Feb.  10,  1837;  m.  Sept.  6,  1859,  Carlos  Alonzo  Cummings;  d.  Mar. 

18,  1911.     Lived  in  Bath  (Swif twater) . 

2.  Josiah  R.  b.  Mar.  22,  1839;  m.  May  10,  1863,  Helen  Wheeler;  d.  Nov.  9,  1905. 

Four  chil.:  (1)  Minnie,  (2)  Kate,  (3)  George  W.,  (4)  Irving  W. 

3.  Burton  F.  b.  May  29,  1841 ;  d.  Apr.  19,  1842. 


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4.  Ezra  Bartlett. 

5.  Cyrus  I.  b.  Feb.  18,  1855;  d.  June  29,  1863. 

Ezra  Bartlett  Willoughby,  son  of  Horatio  and  Sally  (French),  born  Feb.  18,  1851 ; 
married  May  1,  1875,  Florence  A.,  daughter  Nathan  P.  and  Rumina  (French)  Rideout. 
Farmer.  Lives  North  Haverhill.  Actively  interested  in  town  affairs;  has  served  as 
selectman;  representative  1907-09;  trustee  Woodsville  Guaranty  Savings  Bank;  director 
North  Haverhill  Creamery;  trustee  Horse  Meadow  Cemetery  Association;  official 
member  of  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.     Three  children: 

1.  Earl  C.  b.  Mar.  19,  1882. 

2.  Leon  Leroy 

3.  Harold  Rideout  b.  Mar.  3,  1890;  Wesleyan  University  class  1915;  has  distinguished 

himself  for  scholarship,  and  in  intercollegiate  debating  contests. 

Leon  Leroy  Willoughby,  son  of  Ezra  and  Florence  (Rideout),  born  Jan.  5,  1887; 
married  Jan.  5,  1910,  Elizabeth,  daughter  Percy  and  Ellen  C.  Lang  Deming,  born  Hav- 
erhill 1890.     Lives  on  the  homestead  farm  with  his  father  at  North  Haverhill.     Child: 
Leon  Leroy,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  24,  1911. 

WILLOUGHBY 

Ai  Willoughby,  son  of  John  R.  and  Anne,  born  Holderness  Feb.  23,  1851;  married 
Oct.  21,  1885,  Mary  Alice,  daughter  Charles  and  Roxanna  W.  (Page)  Jones,  born  Hav- 
erhill July  27,  1851,  died  Woodsville  Apr.  5,  1913.  He  died  Woodsville  May  6,  1905. 
He  lived  in  Plymouth  and  was  travelling  salesman  till  about  1884,  when  he  came  to 
Woodsville  and  engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision  business.  Became  partner  with  Ezra 
B.  Mann  in  the  drug  business,  this  partnership  continuing  till  his  death.  He  was  inter- 
ested in  farming,  and  owned  the  Moses  Abbott  farm  in  Bath,  just  above  Woodsville. 
Was  an  active  Republican,  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Republican  State  Committee, 
Odd  Fellow,  and  attended  the  Methodist  Church.  He  lived  in  the  Cummings  place  at 
corner  Court  and  Central  streets,  now  owned  by  a  niece  of  his  wife,  Helen  M.  Jones. 
Mrs.  Willoughby  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  which  was  a 
beneficiary  under  her  will. 

WILMOT 

Timothy  Wilmot  came  to  Haverhill  in  1815.  Farmer  and  shingle  maker.  He  died 
at  age  of  74,  Feb.  28,  1858.  His  wife,  Polly,  died  Oct.  4,  1867,  aged  74  years.  Twelve 
children,  eleven  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Haran  b.  Thetford,  Vt.,  1814;  m.  Lydia  S.,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Martin  ;d.  June  11, 
1896;  she  d.  1894.  He  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter  and  builder,  and  lived  N. 
Hav.  Three  chil.:  (1)  Frank  L.  b.  May  12,  1850;  m.  Mar.  8,  1871,  Ellen  A., 
dau.  of  Joseph  and  Susan  (Brown)  Hutchins ;  is  a  dairv  farmer  at  N.  Hav.,  a  Repub- 
lican, anOddFellow;  onechild,  Maude  L.;  (2)  GeorgeE.;  (3)  Nellie  B.,m.  W.W. 
Crook.     (See  Crook.) 

WILMOT 

Harvey  J.  Wilmot  died  Oct.  7,  1897,  aged  69  years.  Emeline  J.,  wife,  died  Mar.  18, 
1864,  aged  27  years,  5  months.  Mary  J.,  wife,  died  Mar.  7,  1882,  aged  41  years,  3  months. 
George  E.,  son,  died  Sept.  28, 1868,  aged  1  year,  9  months.  Two  sons:  Roswell,  living 
in  the  west;  Charles,  an  engineer  on  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 

WILSON 

Joseph  Wilson1  came  from  Newton,  Mass.,  to  Claremont  in  1776,  bringing  his  wife 
and  two  children  on  horseback.    He  bought  and  settled  on  a  farm  now  (1905)  owned  by 


680  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

his  grandson,  which  has  been  in  the  family  ever  since.  On  the  premises  he  built  a  small 
log  cabin  which  was  replaced  in  1780  by  a  small  framed  house  now  used  for  a  granary. 
Later  a  commodious  two-story  house,  barns  and  other  buildings  were  erected.  Joseph 
Wilson  had  born  to  him  ten  children,  five  boys  and  five  girls,  of  whom  eight  lived  to  matu- 
rity, viz.:  Joseph,  Jr.,  Jonathan,  Nahum,  JosiahF.,  Lydia,  Hannah,  Abigail  and  Mary. 
Joseph,  Jr.,  Jonathan  and  Josiah  F.  settled  and  died  in  Haverhill. — Waite's  History  of 
Claremont,  pp.  497-8. 

Joseph  Wilson,  Jr.2  born  Claremont  1783  (?);  came  to  Haverhill  early  in  1812;  made 
his  first  purchase  of  land  May  4  of  that  year,  100  acre  lot  No.  18,  and  later  100  acre  lot  No. 
17,  on  Poole  brook,  on  which  he  erected  a  sawmill  and  small  house  opposite  the  mill.  This 
was  the  mill  so  long  subsequently  operated  by  his  brothers,  Jonathan  and  Josiah  F.,  on 
the  road  leading  from  the  Union  Meeting  House  to  Brier  Hill  and  the  River  road  near  the 
old  court  house  location  south  of  Horse  Meadow.  He  died  early  in  1814,  unmarried,  and 
his  brother,  Jonathan,  was  on  petition  appointed  administrator  of  his  estate,  of  which 
inventory  was  filed  in  the  probate  office  May  18.  His  real  estate  consisted  of  100  acre 
lot  No.  17  with  mill  and  buildings  appraised  at  $1,066.67,  small  house  $80;  100  acre  lot 
No.  18,  one  half  70  acre  lot  No.  5,  70  acre  lot  No.  38,  and  two  40  acre  lots,  numbered 
4  and  17,  $850.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  already  began  to  operate  his  sawmill. 
As  indicating  the  price  of  lumber  at  that  time,  6,000  feet  of  white  pine  boards  were  ap- 
praised at  $5  per  M.  and  175,000  feet  of  white  pine  logs  in  the  mill  yard  at  $2.50  per  M. 
$437.50.  His  body  was  taken  down  the  Connecticut  on  a  raft  and  buried  in  West 
Claremont  Cemetery. 

Jonathan  Wilson2  (Joseph1)  born  Claremont  May  1887;  came  to  Haverhill  to  reside 
just  previous  to  or  just  subsequent  to  death  of  his  brother,  and  in  company  with  his 
brother  Josiah,  F.,  engaged  in  farming  and  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber.  This  partner- 
ship continued  until  according  to  their  grand  nephew,  Nahum  W.  French,  "Josiah's 
bachelor  extravagance  in  building  the  large  house  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  caused 
a  division  of  their  property,  and  Jonathan  took  the  north  side  of  the  road,  and  built  the 
large  house  (still  standing)  there,  but  in  a  much  cheaper  construction."  Both  took  an 
active  part  in  town  affairs;  Jonathan  served  as  selectman  in  1823,  '24,  '25,  '31,  and  '34, 
and  was  representative  in  1831,  and  again  in  1837.  He  was  a  pronounced  Democrat, 
and  leader  in  party  affairs.  In  religious  views,  a  pronounced  liberal.  He  married  Mary 
Draper  of  Claremont.  He  died  Nov.  16,  1850;  she  died  Aug.  1,  1867,  at  the  age  of  81 
years,  6  months.     Seven  children  born  Haverhill: 

1.  Hannah3  m. Sawyer;  went  to  Wisconsin  in  the  forties. 

2.  Mary  Ann3  b.  Dec.  1819(?);  was  a  successful  teacher  of  district  school  for  many 

years,  resided  with  her  widowed  mother,  and  d.  unm.  subsequent  to  1871. 

3.  Eliza3  b.  Aug.  29,  1821 ;  m.  Joseph  W.  French.     (See  French.) 

4.  Barbara  Ann3  m.  Oct.  24,  1836,  Hiram  Sawyer;  went  to  Wisconsin. 

5.  Rosette3  m. Sawyer;  went  to  Wisconsin. 

6.  Pauline  b.  1828;  d.  1863;  m.  Gustavis  Heath.     One  child,  Eddie,  b.  1859;  d.  1868. 

7.  Joseph  was  drowned  "falling  from  the  bridge  in  the  hollow  below  the  pond." 

Josiah  F.  Wilson2  (Joseph1)  born  Claremont;  came  to  Haverhill  and  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother,  Jonathan,  in  farming  and  lumber  manufacturing;  married 
Ruth  H.  Dustin  of  Claremont.  Was  an  active  and  enterprising  business  man.  Inter- 
ested in  town  affairs,  served  as  auditor,  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  that  built 
the  stone  house  near  the  centre  of  the  town,  but  his  outspoken  agnosticism  made  him 
politically  unpopular,  and  he  was  seldom  a  candidate  for  political  preferment.  He  died 
in  the  summer  of  1871,  and  his  widow  who  was  named  executor  of  his  will  returned  to 
Claremont.     One  child. 

Josiah  Dustin3  born  Haverhill  1862  (?);  graduated  Claremont  High  School  1876; 
was  in  Dartmouth  College  1876-78.     Resides  Hollister,  Cal. 


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WILSON 


Daniel  Wilson  of  Franconia  married,  first,  Rebecca ;  second,  Lovisa  Guernsey, 

who  died  Woodsville  July  30,  1887,  at  the  age  of  87.  He  died  about  1872  (?)  at  the  age 
of  85.  They  lived  in  Franconia  and  Landaff,  till  1856,  when  they  removed  to  Benton. 
After  his  death  his  widow  removed  to  Woodsville  living  there  with  her  children  till  her 
death.     Their  twelve  children  were  born  in  Franconia  and  Landaff;  by  first  wife: 

1.  William  m.   Everett. 

2.  John  m.  Rebecca  Knight  of  Franconia.     They  lived  for  a  few  years  in  Woodsville 

where  he  built  the  large  two-story  house  at  the  head  of  Mill  Street.  An  adopted 
s.,  Odell,  married  a  dau.  of  D.  L.  Hawkins. 

3.  Adaline  b.  1820;  m.  Ephraim  Cooley  of  Lisbon;  lived  in  Lisbon  and  Benton  till 

his  death  in  1897,  when  she  removed  to  Woodsville  and  resided  with  her  dau., 
Mrs.  B.  A.  Bailey  till  her  death  Feb.  15,  1913,  in  her  92d  year. 

4.  Sally  m.  1842  James  Corey;  lived  in  Franconia;  d.  Aug.  30,  1891. 

By  second  wife : 

5.  Amos  b.  Landaff  Aug.  29,  1826;  m.  Nov.  11,  1849,  Sally,  dau.  William  Whitcher  of 

Benton;  d.  Woodsville  Nov.  20,  1906.  Of  their  three  chil.  Susan  M.  m.  for  her 
third  husband  James  M.  Spinney,  and  d.  in  Woodsville  Oct.  19,  1911;  and  Alice 
P.  m.  John  A.  Noyes,  and  d.  Woodsville  Feb.  22,  1915. 

6.  Rebecca  b.  Dec.  29,  1828;  m.  N.  W.  Cheney  of  Franconia. 

7.  Martha  b.  Sept.  17,  1830;  m. Fernald;  lived  in  Laconia. 

8.  Mary  b.  May  15,  1832;  m.  Edwin  Oakes;  d.  July  18,  1869. 

9.  Maria  b.  Mar.  15,  1834;  m.,  1st,  Harvey  A.  Hunkins;  2d,  William  Hunt;  3d,  Israel 

Bailey.     She  lives  (1917)  in  Concord. 

10.  Eliza  b.  Aug.  29,  1836;  m.  Sept.  29,  1867,  Calvin  A.  Prescott,  b.  June  18,  1841, 

d.  Hav.  Oct.  4,  1890.     She  lived  in  Woodsville,  d.  Feb.  27,  1918;  no  chil. 

11.  George  b.  Dec.  27,  1839. 

12.  Arthur  b.  Mar.  25,  1843;  m.  Jennett  D.  Hoyt  of  Laconia;  lives  since  1876  in 

Woodsville.     Odd  Fellow.     Democrat. 

George  Wilson,  son  of  Daniel  and  Lovisa,  born  Dec.  7,  1839;  married  Aug.  29,  Laura 
Ann,  daughter  Bartlett  Marston  of  Benton.  She  died  Aug.  6,  1919.  Lived  in  Benton 
till  about  1875  when  he  removed  to  Woodsville.  Board  sawyer.  Democrat. 
Methodist.     Two  children: 

1.  Frank  b.  Aug.  12,  1865;  m.  Nov.  19,  1890,  Frances  Mae  Dexter.     One  child,  Nira, 

b.  Feb.  14,  1896.     Clerk  in  superintendent's  office,  B.  &  M.  R.  R.,  Woodsville. 

2.  Abbie  B.  b.  Sept.  9.  1870;  m.  June  1892  Albert  P.  Corliss,  d.  Hav.  Apr.  30,  1895. 

One  child,  Mara  M.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1895;  d.  June  1896. 

WOOD 

Franklin  P.  Wood  was  the  son  of  Amos  Parker  and  Ploomey  (Carter)  Wood  born 
Enfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.  24,  1844.  Prepared  for  college  at  Haverhill  Academy  and  Kimball 
Union  Academy.  Taught  in  Kimball  Union  Academy  fall  terms  1866,  '67  and  '68. 
Graduated  at  Dartmouth  1868.  Went  to  Andover,  graduating  in  1871.  Pastor  of 
Congregational  Church  in  Acton,  Mass.,  14  years,  when  he  resigned  and  has  accepted  no 
pastorate  since.  Has  lived  in  Acton.  Has  been  superintendent  of  schools  ten  years. 
Married  Oct.  1871  Abby  O.,  daughter  of  Oliver  W.  Drew,  M.  D.,  of  Waterbury,  Vt.,  who 
died  Feb.  1907,  leaving  five  children. 

WOODS 

John  L.  Woods2,  son  of  Samuel  Woods1,  born  Corinth,  Vt.,  May  1791;  married  in 
Bath,  N.  H.,  Jan.  4,  1826,  to  Mary  Ann,  daughter  Obadiah  and  Ann  (Merrill)  Swasey, 
born  Jan.  7,  1802,  died  June  29,  1874.     He  died  Mar.  15,  1855.     Children: 

1.  Hannah  Eloise3  b.  Nov.  4,  1828,  Wells  River,  Vt.;  d.  Apr.  22,  1833. 

2.  Mary  Ann3  b.  Oct.  23,  1831;  d.  Feb.  11,  1834. 

3.  John  L.3  b.  June  6,  1838. 


682  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Mr.  Woods  came  to  Wells  River  on  reaching  his  majority,  and  was  in  the  employ  of 
Timothy  Shedd.  He  served  on  the  board  of  listers  in  1822  and  1823,  but  came  to  Woods- 
ville  in  1830  or  1831,  though  the  place  was  not  yet  named.  He  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  and  kept  a  store,  and  for  the  remainder  of  his  days  was  Woodsville's  leading 
citizen.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  character,  an  unflinching  Whig.  A  full  account  of  Mr. 
Woods  will  be  found  in  the  chapter  on  Woodsville,  and  in  the  chapter  on  public  schools. 

John  L.  Woods3  born  Woodsville  June  6,  1838;  married  Sophie  Lane,  daughter  of 
George  Seymore  and  Syllis  Olivie  (Lane)  Hoard,  born  Dec.  3,  1849.  Child,  Edwin 
Stoughton  Woods4  bom  Oct.  11,  1872;  died  Nov.  15,  1913. 

Mr.  Woods  was  for  a  time  in  the  bank  at  Wells  River,  with  Oscar  C.  Hale  as  cashier, 
but  later  went  to  St.  Louis  and  Chicago.  When  the  war  broke  out  in  1861,  he  was  clerk 
in  a  commission  house  having  trade  almost  entirely  with  the  South.  He  at  once  enlisted ; 
was  with  Gen.  Lyon  when  he  was  killed,  Aug.  10,  1861.  The  regiment  was  changed  to 
the  artillery  in  Sept.  1861,  and  twelve  full  companies  of  six  years  each  were  recruited  and 
every  one  went  to  the  field  in  the  spring.  In  Oct.  1862,  he  was  commissioned  as  captain. 
Served  with  Gen.  Grant  till  the  capture  of  Vicksburg,  when  he  went  north  to  St.  Louis 
where  he  was  placed  partly  invalided  till  July  1867  when  he  was  mustered  out  with  rank 
of  brevet  major.     Has  since  then  been  in  the  railway  supply  business. 

Oliver  Woods2  had  one  son,  John  Lamb  Woods3,  who  came  to  Woodsville  and  lived 
for  a  time  with  his  uncle,  John  L.  Woods2.  Later  he  went  to  Lexington,  Mich.,  and 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  which  he  was  very  successful,  dying  in  Cleveland,  O., 
a  multimillionaire.  He  was  born  in  Corinth,  Vt.,  Feb.  11,  1821.  His  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Lucinda  Lamb. 

WOODWARD 

Bezabel  Woodward1  born  Lebanon,  Conn.,  July  16,  1745;  graduated  at  Yale  College 
A.  B.  1764;  married  1772  Mary,  daughter  President  Eleazer  and  Mary  (Brinsmead) 
Wheelock  of  Dartmouth  College.  He  died  Hanover  Aug.  25,  1804;  she  died  at  Hanover 
1807.  He  was  trustee  Dartmouth  College  1773-1804;  treasurer  1780-1803;  professor  of 
mathematics  and  natural  philosophy  1782-1804.  He  took  an  active  part  in  what  was 
known  as  "the  Vermont  Controversy"  and  was  the  leader  of  "the  College  party," 
whose  purpose  was  to  form  a  state  composed  of  the  towns  on  both  sides  the  Connecticut 
River  east  of  the  Green  Mountains  and  west  of  the  Merrimack  valley  watershed,  to  be 
known  as  New  Connecticut.  After  the  settlement  of  this  controversy,  and  the  courts  of 
Grafton  County  were  reorganized,  he  was  returned  to  his  former  place  as  judge  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  the  only  one  of  the  old  court  which  had  not  exercised  its  func- 
tions during  the  War  of  the  Revolution  to  be  so  recognized. 

George  Woodward2  (Bezabel1)  born  Hanover  Aug.  20,  1776;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
with  honors  in  class  of  1793;  married,  first,  Sept.  9,  1808,  Eliza,  daughter  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  Webster,  who  died  at  Haverhill  Aug.  4,  1809,  at  the  age  of  18  years  and  4 
months.  He  married,  second,  her  sister,  Lydia,  who  died  Dec.  1814  (?);  married,  third, 
Dec.  13,  1815,  Elizabeth  Hallam  Leverett  of  Windsor,  Vt.,  a  member  of  the  famous 
Leverett  family.  He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Hanover,  was  treasurer  of  Dartmouth 
College  1803-05,  and  came  to  Haverhill  about  that  time  as  cashier  of  the  Coos  Bank. 
He  built  the  house  south  of  the  Common,  later  the  residence  of  Joseph  Bell,  and  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Fred  W.  Page.  As  a  lawyer  he  stood  high  in  his  profession. 
He  suffered  financially  by  the  disastrous  failure  of  the  Coos  Bank,  and  lost  caste  socially 
by  his  friendship  for  the  Methodists. 

Mr.  Livermore  in  his  reminiscences  comments  on  this:  "I  know  not  through  what 
causes,  or  by  what  influences  impelled,  Mr.  Woodward  became  a  Methodist  and  taking 
up  his  abode  in  the  Noah  Davis  house,  between  Mrs.  Bliss'  house  and  the  academy, 


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opened  its  doors  to  the  brethren  of  that  persuasion  with  such  liberality  that  he  was 
commonly  at  his  wits  end  for  means  to  feed  and  clothe  his  own  family.  He  could  not 
re-make  himself  nor  efface  the  gentleman  that  he  was,  but  it  is  to  be  confessed  that  his 
style  became  in  a  measure  debased,  and  he  left  Haverhill  a  changed  man. "  He  was 
clerk  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  from  1817  till  he  left  town,  but  the  salary  was  small, 
his  family  was  large,  and  he  eked  out  what  was  little  more  than  existence  by  taking 
boarders.  Diligent  search  has  failed  to  give  any  complete  record  of  his  family.  The 
town  records  give  the  dates  of  his  first  and  third  marriage,  and  that  is  all.  Under  date 
of  Dec.  22,  1812,  in  the  church  register,  is  found  the  baptismal  record  of  Eliza  Webster 
and  Mary  Wheelock,  and  under  date  of  Dec.  1G,  1813,  that  of  Susan  Smith,  children 
of  George  and  Lydia  Woodward.  The  register  also  records  the  baptism  Mar.  9,  1817, 
of  Lucretia;  Sept.  10,  1821,  of  Henry  Martin,  and  June  20,  1823,  of  Lydia,  children  of 
George  and  Elizabeth  Woodward.  Lucretia  became  the  wife  of  Judge  Warren  Currier 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Henry  also  lived  in  St.  Louis  and  a  son,  William,  in  Brookyln,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  Woodward  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  about  1826,  and  died  there  Dec.  5,  1836. 

WOODWARD 

George  Woodward,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Newton)  Woodward,  born  Springfield, 
Vt.,  Sept.  30,  1804;  married  Jan.  30,  1833,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah 
(Baird)  Lake  of  Springfield,  Vt.  He  died  June  9,  1875;  she  died  June  15,  1899.  They 
came  to  Haverhill  in  the  spring  of  1836  and  settled  on  a  farm  at  Horse  Meadow  near  the 
present  County  farm.  He  was  especially  interested  in  the  sheep  industry,  and  at  one 
time  had  large  flocks,  with  pasturage  of  upwards  of  400  acres.  Mr.  Woodward  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  an  attendant  on  the  services  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  which  Mrs.  Woodward  was  a  member  for  more  than  half  a  century.  Eight 
children  born  Springfield,  Vt.,  and  Haverhill: 

1.  Mary  J.  b.  Oct.  7,  1833;  m.  John  S.  George  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

2.  Elizabeth  Ann  b.  Jan.  22,  1835;  d.  Mar.  5,  1835. 

3.  William  G.  b.  Dec.  15,  1838;  d.  June  10,  1840. 

4.  Samuel  b.  Oct.  20,  1841 ;  m.  Nov.  23,  1865,  Frances  C.  Smith.     He  d.  Apr.  14,  1S78, 

in  Kansas  City. 

5.  Henry  L.  b.  May  9,  1846;  m.  Apr.  13,  1869,  Marietta  P.,  dau.  John  C.  and  Maria 

Weeks  of  Bath,  d.  Mar.  24,  1895.  He  d.  Dec.  25,  1908.  Was  a  farmer  at  N. 
Hav.  Lived  on  the  Eben  Eastman  farm,  which  he  owned.  One  child,  Cora 
M.,  b.  Sept.  2, 1870,  m.  Nov.  15,  1893,  John  M.  Keith.  Live  on  the  farm  owned 
by  her  father.     Interested  in  the  N.  Hav.  Creamery. 

6.  George  J.  b.  Nov.  8,  1847;  m.  Apr.  9,  1873,  Lydia  H.,  dau.  Seth  and  Almira  Pike 

Glover.  Lived  on  old  homestead  farm  until  it  was  sold  to  Grafton  County. 
Removed  to  Woodsville,  and  later  to  Lisbon  where  he  is  now  (1915)  living. 

7.  Orvin  b.  Aug.  5,  1852;  m. ;  one  s.;  lived  in  Clinton,  Wis.,  where  he  d.  July  22, 

1912. 

8.  Oscar  b.  Aug.  5,  1852;  m. ;  no  chil.;  dentist;  living  (1915)  Waukegan,  111. 

WOODWARD 

Nathaniel  Woodward1  was  in  Boston  in  1632.  He  is  believed  to  have  been  a  master 
mariner  in  his  younger  days,  and  in  the  early  records  is  called  a  "mathematician,"  and 
was  employed  by  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  in  laying  out  the  boundary  lines  between 
towns  and  also  in  connection  with  one  Saffrey  in  marking  the  boundary  line  between 
Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 

He  had  a  son,  Ezekiel2,  who  married  1650  Martha  Beamsley  of  Boston.  In  1661 
he  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.     They  had  ten  children  but  only  one  son,  Ezekiel. 

Ezekiel  Woodward3  born  Ipswich  Aug.  9,  1666;  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Hannah  (Knight)  Perkins.  In  1700  settled  in  Gloucester,  Mass.  Eleven 
children. 


684  HISTORY    OF    HAVERHILL 

Jacob  Woodward4  (Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Gloucester  Dec.  13,  1705 j 
married  in  Gloucester  Elizabeth  Smith.  About  1734  they  removed  to  Haverhill,  Mass., 
and  lived  in  that  part  of  it  which  after  the  settlement  of  the  boundary  line  in  1749  became 
a  part  of  Plaistow  and  Hampstead,  N.  H.     Seven  children: 

1.  Jacob5  b.  Gloucester  Sept.  19,  1728. 

2.  William5  b.  Gloucester  Aug.  25,  1733. 

3.  Keturah5  b.  Hav.  Jan.  23,  1734/5. 

4.  Hannah5  b.  Hav.  Jan.  12,  1736/7. 

5.  Rachel5  b.  Hav.  Mar.  13,  1738/9. 

6.  James5  b.  Hav.  Mar.  27,  1741. 

7.  Sarah5  b.  Hav.  June  1,  1743. 

James  Woodward5  (Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass., 
Mar.  29,  1741;  came  to  Haverhill  from  Hampstead  1763;  married  Dec.  30,  1766,  to 
Hannah  Clark,  died  Haverhill  Oct.  21,  1805,  at  the  age  of  56;  married,  second,  Apr.  18, 
1808,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Poole  (late  of  Hollis  now  of  Orford).  She  died  Dec.  12,  1846,  at 
the  age  of  84.  He  died  Jan.  11,  1821.  Twelve  children  by  first  marriage  all  born  in 
Haverhill : 

1.  Jacob6  b.  Apr.  17,  1768. 

2.  Clark6  b.  June  9,  1770. 

3     Hannah6  b.  Mar.  3,  1772;  d.  young. 

4.  Mary6  (Polly)  b.  Mar.  15,  1774;  d.  Nov.  15,  1780. 

5.  James6  b.  Apr.  4,  1776;  pub.  to  Lydia  Stevens  Feb.  23,  1793;  d.  Sept.  1,  1854. 

6.  Betsey6  b.  Apr.  17,  1778;  d.  1779  ae.  14  mos. 

7.  Jesse6  b.  July  28,  1782;  d.  Dec.  7,  1859. 

8.  Ruby6  b.  Sept.  1,  1784;  m.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Feb.  1,  1808,  Samuel,  s.  John  and 

Elizabeth  Woodman  Emery.  One  child,  James  Woodward  Emery.  She  lived 
with  her  father  for  some  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband  in  1810;  d. 
Portsmouth  Feb.  12,  1856. 

9.  Joshua6  b.  Sept.  2,  1786. 

10.  Phebe6  b.  Nov.  17,  1787;  m.  June  30,  1808,  Timothy  Bedel  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.> 

b.  June  30,  1784.     Resided  in  Rutland,  Vt. 

11.  Simon6  b.  Sept.  20,  1791. 

12.  Isaac6  b.  Oct.  2,  1797;  d.  Feb.  17,  1796,  ae.  15  yrs. 

Jacob  Woodward6  (James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Apr.  1,  1768; 
married,  first,  Mar.  5,  1793,  to  Polly  Cross;  second,  Oct.  29,  1794,  to  Lydia  Cross.  He 
died  June  29,  1848;  she  died  Aug.  1,  1866.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Hannah7  b.  Aug.  29,  1795;  m.  Oct.  1812  Luther  Bradish. 

2.  Alvin7  b.  May  29,  1798. 

3.  Nabby7  b.  Sept.  7,  1800;  m.  July  4,  1825,  Charles  Wetherbee. 

4.  Miron  S.7  b.  July  24,  1803. 

5.  Laura7  b.  Jan.  8,  1806;  d.  Dec.  6,  1832. 

6.  Charles  Bailey  Mitchell7  b.  June  10,  1808. 

7.  Elizabeth  Poole7  b.  Nov.  25,  1810;  d.  Apr.  6,  1855. 

Clark  Woodward6  (James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  June  4, 
1770;  married  Jan.  12,  1794,  Sally  Rice.     Children: 

1.  George  Knox  Montgomery7  b.  Oct.  29,  1804. 

2.  John  Bliss7  b.  Aug.  8,  1807. 

3.  Adaline7  b.  Dec.  8,  1809. 

4.  Sarah  Ann7  b.  July  12,  1812. 

Jesse  Woodward6  (James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  July  28,  1782, 
married  Dec.  5,  1806,  Mary  Gordon  of  Windham,  born  Apr.  9,  1779,;[died  Dec.  13,  1866. 
He  died  Dec.  7,  1859.     Children: 

1.  Joshua  B.  F.7  b.  Aug.  30,  1810. 

2.  Atherton  S.7  b.  Aug.  8,  1812;  d.  Apr.  27,  1813. 

3.  Isaiah  C.7  b.  May  21,  1814. 

4.  Mary  G.7  b.  Mar.  7,  1816;  d.  Jan.  24,  1837. 


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5.  Daniel7  b.  May  13,  1819. 

6.  Almira7  b.  Apr.  10,  1832;  d.  July  19,  1838. 

Joshua  Woodward6  (James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  1787; 
married  Mar.  31,  1813,  Susan  Poole.  He  died  Mar.  12,  1863,  aged  76  years.  She  died 
June  5,  1875,  aged  75  years.  He  was  active  as  a  surveyor  of  land,  and  was  engaged  in 
running  lines  in  forest  land  as  late  as  1860-61.     Children: 

1.  Elizabeth7  b.  Mar.  19,  1814;  d.  Dec.  26,  1838. 

2.  Susan7  b.  Jan.  8,  1816;  d.  Mar.  1838. 

3.  James7  b.  June  21,  1818. 

4.  Joshua  H.7  b.  Oct.  27,  1820. 

James  Woodward7  (Joshua6,  James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born 
June  21,  1818;  married,  first  (published),  Mrs.  Mary  Swan  Dec.  30,  1840;  she  died; 
married,  second,  Louisa  G.  Hunt  Jan.  18,  1849.  He  died  Sept.  21,  1910.  Children  by 
first  marriage: 

1.  Hannah  Harrison8  b.  Mar.  6,  1841. 

2.  James  Clark8  b.  Feb.  24,  1843. 

Rev.  Charles  Bailey  Mitchell  Woodward7  (Jacob6,  James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3, 
Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born  Jan.  10,  1808;  married  (published  Sept.  23,  1833)  Sophronia 
Mudgett  born  July  13,  1817.  He  died  Sept.  9,  1881;  she  died  May  6,  1902,  at  Salem, 
Mass.     Children. 

Joshua  B.  F.  Woodward7  (Jesse6,  James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1) 
born  Aug.  30,  1810;  married  Aug.  16,  1841,  Susan  B.  Swan,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Grace  (Carr)  Swan,  born  Jan.  1,  1819;  died  Feb.  23,  1895.  He  died  Jan.  14,  1874. 
Three  children: 

1.  Luella  Eliza8  b.  Feb.  7,  1844;  d.  Mar.  31,  1893;  m.  Edward  B.  Wilson.     (See 

Wilson.) 

2.  Charles  W.  Woodward8  b.  Mar.  27,  1850;  d.  Mar.  8,  1874. 

3.  Mary  Grace8  b.  Oct.  29,  1856;  a  successful  teacher. 

Isaiah  C.  Woodward7  (Jesse6,  James5,  Jacob4,  Ezekiel3,  Ezekiel2,  Nathaniel1)  born 
May  21,  1814;  married  Mar.  23,  1842  Matilda  Simpson.     No  children. 

WORMWOOD 

Wilbur  Fred  Wormwood  was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  Apr.  17,  1865,  the  son  of 
James  G.  and  Amanda  Wormwood.  He  came  to  Woodsville  twenty  years  ago,  and  soon 
after  began  keeping  the  Wentworth,  which  he  has  made  one  of  the  best  hotels  in  the 
state.  He  was  married  May  1,  1894,  to  Clare  Emily,  daughter  of  Orrin  and  Sarah  Green, 
born  in  Topsham,  Vt.,  May  6,  1871.     No  children. 

WRIGHT 

Deacon  John  Wright1,  emigrant  ancestor  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  1840. 

John  Wright2  (Dea.  John1)  born  1630  in  England,  married  1661  Abigail  Warren. 
Lived  in  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  where  his  nine  children  were  born. 

Deacon  John  Wright3  (John2,  Dea.  John1)  born  Chelmsford  1674;  lived  in  Woburn; 
nine  children. 

Capt.  Joshua  Wright4  (Dea.  John3,  John2  Dea.  John1)  born  May  9,  1716;  married 
1739,  Abigail  Richardson;  moved  to  Hollis  that  year. 

Dr.  Abijah  Wright6  (Capt.  Joshua4,  Dea.  John3,  John2,  Dea.  John1)  born  Hollis 
Aug.  15,  1746;  came  to  Plymouth  before  1770;  practiced  his  profession  in  Plymouth  and 
surrounding  towns.     His  residence  was  in  that  part  of  Plymouth  now  Hebron;  married 


686  HISTORY    OF   HAVERHILL 

Apr.  30,  1772,  Lucy  Cummings.     He  died  July  12,  1829,  probably  at  the  home  of  his 
son,  Abijah,  in  Haverhill.     Five  children  born  in  Plymouth  (now  Hebron). 

Abijah  Wright6  (Dr.  Abijah5,  Capt.  Joshua4,  Dea.  John3,  John2,  Dea.  John1)  born 
Plymouth  Apr.  18,  1779;  married  May  10,  1804,  Hannah,  daughter  Jacob  Perkins  of 
Plymouth,  born  Sept.  4,  1777.  In  1816  he  removed  to  Haverhill  and  later,  after  death 
of  his  wife,  to  Benton  where  he  died  Feb.  6,  1870.  She  died  Apr.  18,  1852.  Seven 
children : 

1.  Ezekiel  P.7  b.  May  11,  1805;  d.  Apr.  4,  1806. 

2.  Russell7  b.  Feb.  21,  1807. 

3.  Elizabeth7  b.  Jan.  3,  1809;  m.  Moulton  B.  Richardson;  lived  in  Columbia. 

4.  Alvah  C.7  b.  May  27,  1810;  m.,  1st,  Mary  Stowe  of  Warren;  they  were  divorced; 

four  chil.:  John,  Enos,  Eunice,  Carlos;  m.,  2d,  about  1858,  Florilla  (Corliss) 
Wright,  widow  of  John  C.  Wright  of  Topsham,  Vt.  Lived  in  Hav.  and  Benton 
till  about  1864,  when  he  removed  to  Shasta,  Cal.,  where  he  d. 

5.  Asenath7  b.  Apr.  3,  1812;  m.  Josiah  F.  Jeffers  of  Benton.     Two  chil.:  (1)  Samuel8 

m.  Hannah  Fox;  Marietta8  m.  Rev.  Copp. 

6.  Gilbert  Pike7  b.  July  18,  1815. 

7.  Dorothy  Perkins7  b.  Aug.  22,  1819;  m. Merrill  of  Colebrook. 

Russell  Wright7  (Abijah6,  Dr.  Abijah5,  Capt.  Joshua4,  Dea.  John3,  John2,  Dea. 
John1)  born  Plymouth  Feb.  21,  1807;  married  Feb.  14,  1831,  Hannah,  daughter  Job  and 
Susannah  (Seavey)  Cilley,  born  Plymouth  Dec.  16,  1803.  He  died  Apr.  30,  1892;  she 
died  Nov.  16,  1887.  Farmer.  Baptist.  Republican.  Lived  on  County  road,  district 
No.  10.     Six  children: 

1.  Henry  C.8  b.   1835;  d.  Mar.  11,  1863,  in  hospital,  Union  Army,  12th  Vt.  Vols.; 

unm. 

2.  Anne8  b.  1831 ;  m.  L.  W.  Flanders  (see  Flanders) ;  d.  Oct.  23,  1861 .     No  chil. 

3.  Susanna  C.8  b.  1837;  m.  Oct.  11,  1859,  Fayette  Bacon  (see  Bacon);  d.  Apr.  15, 

1887.     No  chil. 

4.  Charles8  b.  Oct.  1839;  d.  Oct.  31,  1841. 

5.  Laura  A.8  b.  1841;  d.  Jan.  23,  1856. 

6.  Martha8  b.  1843;  m.  Frank  Cummings;  resides  Meredith. 

Gilbert  P.  Wright7  (Abijah6,  Dr.  Abijah5,  Capt.  Joshua4,  Dea.  John3,  John2,  Dea. 
John1)  born  Hebron  July  18,  1815;  married  1841  Phebe,  daughter  Jonathan  and  Phebe 
(Howe)  Marston,  born  Coventry  Mar.  27,  1823.  He  died  Haverhill  July  20,  1888. 
She  died  1907.  Farmer;  captain  militia;  Democrat;  lived  in  Benton  till  about  1875, 
when  he  removed  to  Haverhill  where  he  lived  till  his  death.  Eleven  children  all  born 
in  Benton: 

1.  Russell  W.8  b.  Apr,  22,  1842;  enlisted  Union  Army,  but  d.  of  typhoid  fever  before 

muster  in. 

2.  Ellen  H.8  b.  Feb.  13,  1844. 

3.  Jonathan  M.8  b.  Aug.  30,  1845;  d.  1863. 

4.  David  L.8  b.  Apr.  19,  1847. 

5.  Phebe  A.8  b.  May  12,  1849. 

6.  Gilbert  P.8  b.  Dec.  27,  1850. 

7.  Newell  C.8  b.  Nov.  21,  1852. 

8.  Charles  W.8  b.  July  11,  1855. 

9.  Ira  B.8  b.  Oct.  1,  1861;  m.  Nov.  29,  1889,  Jennie  L.  Emery,  Monroe. 

10.  Mary  B.8  b.  July  19, 1863;  m.,  1st,  W.  Bailev,  Warren;  m.,  2d, Peters;  d.  1902. 

11.  William  R.8  b.  Feb.  11,  1867;  m.  Oct.  1,  1893,  Susie  A.  Meadow  of  St.  Sylvester, 

P.Q. 

YOUNG 

John  Young1  born  Haverhill,  Mass.;  married  Oct.  7,  1746,  Susanna  Gatchell  of  Hav- 
erhill, Mass.,  and  his  thirteen  children  were  born  there,  except  the  two  youngest,  Benja- 
min and  Polly.  He  came  to  Gunthwaite  (now  Lisbon)  just  previous  to  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  later  removed  to  Hanover  where  he  died  in  Oct.  1785.     He  was  a  large 


HISTORY   OF    HAVERHILL  G87 

landholder  in  Lisbon.  His  wife,  Susanna,  died  about  1776,  and  he  married,  second, 
Theodora  Phelps,  widow  of  Alexander  Phelps  of  Lyme,  and  daughter  of  President 
Eleazer  Wheelock  of  Dartmouth,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Polly.  His  sons  were 
Samuel,  John,  Joshua,  Jesse,  Caleb,  David,  Joseph,  and  Benjamin,  and  his  daughters 
were  Susanna,  Tryphena,  Ruth,  Betsey,  Lucy,  and  Polly.  Tryphena  married  Pres. 
John  Wheelock,  son  of  Eleazer.  They  had  four  daughters:  Abigail,  Polly,  Betsey  and 
Tryphena.  Four  sons  of  John  and  Susanna:  John,  Samuel,  Joshua,  and  Jesse,  were 
officers  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

Joshua  Young2  (John1)  born  Haverhill,  Mass., 1755,  and  came  to  Haverhill  previous  to 
the  Revolution;  married  Aug.  18,  1778,  Abiah,  daughter  Judge  Ezekiel  Ladd.  He  lived 
on  what  was  later  known  as  the  Peter  Flanders  farm  now  Ladd  Street.  He  was  an 
officer  in  Col.  Bedel's  regiment  and  was  at  one  time  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  John  Stark.  lie 
died  1797  from  an  overdose  of  opium.     Children  born  in  Haverhill: 

1.  Wilks  b.  Dec.  30,  1778;  d.  Oct.  31,  1780. 

2.  Nancy  b.  Apr.  30,  1781. 

3.  Deane  b.  June  18,  1783. 

4.  Thais  b.  June  4,  1785;  m.  Nov.  27,  1806,  William  Gookin.     (See  Gookin.) 

5.  Stira  m.  Oct.  16,  180S,  William  Morrison.     (See  Morrison.) 

6.  Polly. 

7.  Lucy  m. Bailey;  lived  Rutland,  Vt. 

8.  Ruth  m. Runnells;  lived  in  Chateaugay,  N.  Y. 

9.  Mason  b.  Mar.  24,  1791;  lived  in  Michigan. 

Of  the  children  of  John1  and  Susanna  Young  the  Haverhill  records  show  marriages 

as  follows: 

Elizabeth  Young  to  James  King  Nov.  23,  1786. 

Benjamin  Young  to  Chloe  Swan  July  3,  1794. 

Capt.  Samuel  Young  to  Abigail  Thompson  Sept.  20,  1784. 

YOUNG 

David  Young1,  2d,  born  Aug.  14,  1803,  in  Canada;  married  Mary  J.  Bowles,  born 
Whitefield  Apr.  22,  1823.     Resided  in  Easton. 

Milton  Ray  Young2  (David  2d1)  born  Apr.  7,  1851,  Easton;  married,  first,  Jan.  1875, 
Adalaide  L.  Swartz  of  Scranton,  Pa.;  married,  second,  Feb.  26,  1894,  Alice  M.,  daughter 
Ira  and  Alma  Glazier  Swain.  He  died  Mar.  5,  1912.  She  married,  second,  June  11,  1913, 
Wesley  Moses.  Came  to  Haverhill  from  Easton  about  1870.  Purchased  what  was 
known  as  the  Zebulon  Carey  farm  on  the  Pond  road.  Democrat.  Advent.  Seven 
children  born  in  Haverhill ;  by  first  marriage : 

1.  Hattie  m.  Ernest  Thayer;  deceased. 

2.  Mary  J.  m.  Nov.  18,  1893,  Lemuel  Barton. 

3.  Earl  m.  Myra  Clark. 

4.  Moulton. 

5.  Dora  A.  m.  Ernest  Thayer. 

By  second  marriage: 

6.  Maurice. 

7.  Carl. 

M anson  F.  Young2  (David  2d1)  born  Easton  Sept.  26,  1858;  married  Apr.  25, 
1883,  Ella  A.,  daughter  Smith  and  Adaline  (Waterman)  Clark,  born  Berlin,  Vt.,  June 
10,  1860.  Came  to  Haverhill  in  1869.  Purchased  the  T.  Reed  Bacon  farm  where  he 
resides.     Democrat.     Adventist.     Two  children: 

1.  Forest  Manson  Young3  b.  Sept.  12,  1889;  d.  Nov.  20,  1893. 

2.  Ollie  Eastman  Young3  b.  Nov.  18,  1894. 


HAVERHILL  HISTORY  INDEX 


ABBOTT 

Abbie  Sopronia  (Williamson)     451 

Abigail     457,  472 

Abigail  Farnum     451 

Albert  L.     451 

Alice  Weeks     451 

Amanda     466 

Bancroft     451 

Charles  W.     451 

Chester     451 

Clarissa  (Willis)     451 

Elizabeth  (Gray)     451 

Ellen  M.  (Brock)     451 

Elmer  W.    451 

Ezra     451 

George    451 

Harry  E.     451 

James     451 

Jeanette  F.  (Nutter)     451 

Josie  E.  (Weare)     451 

Judith     451 

Lucia  K.  (Eastman)     520 

Lucy  K.  (Eastman)     451 

Lucy  (Wells)     451 

Lucy  (Willis)     451 

Martha  (Leach)     451 

Mary    451 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Whitcher)     451,  675 

Mary  P.  (Weeks)     451 

Maurice  J.     451 

Moses    451 

Myron     451 

Ruth    461 

Sarah     451 

Sarah  (Bancroft)     451 

Susannah     451 

William     451 

ADAMS 

Abbie  (Bush)     452 
Abner  Somersfield     453 
Andrew  J.     452 
Anna  B.     452 
Charles  J.     452 
Charles  Jennison     452 
Charles  Sylvester     452 
Christian  W.  (Jennison)     452 
Eliza    541 
Eliza  J.     452 


Elizabeth     452 

Ellen  Josephine     453 

Elsie  Greenleaf  Fickling     453 

Ezra  B.     452 

George    452 

Hannah     456 

Henry  Sewell     452 

Horace     452 

Horace  Johnston     452 

Mary     632 

Michael     452 

Ruth     456 

Samuel     452 

Sarah    452 

Sarah  Johnston     452,  554 

Stephen     452 

Susan     452 

Sylvia    452 

Sylvia  E.     452 

Thankful     537 

Zilpha     640 

AIKEN 

Anna  B.     452 
F.  O.,  Mrs.     642 

AKINES 

Sarah    626 
ALBEE 

Harriet     620 

Lois  F.     575 
ALDRICH 

Adaline  Bedel  (Haynes)     476 

Blanch  Mahala  (Kezer)     560 

Eva  B.     530 

Minnie  B.  (Glazier)     536 
ALEXANDER 

Clara     576 

Elizabeth     502 

ALLAN  (see  ALLEN) 
Jenette  G.    544 

ALLEN  (see  ALLAN) 
Betsy     453 

Clara  A.  (Morse)     453 
Cyrus     453 
Dracia    453 
Dorcas  (Howe)     453 
Erne  E.     453,  532 
Elizabeth     385 


45 


G90 


INDEX 


ALLEN  (cont.) 

Ellena  (Fitch)     453 
Frank  B.     453 
George  W.    453 
Guy  L.    453 
Isaac  F.    453 
Ira    453 

Lilla  (Howe)     453 
Linwood     453 
Lydia  (Hoyt)     453 
Nancy    604 
Nancy  (Bryce)     453 
Pardon  W.   453 
Roxalina     556 
Roxana     453 
Ward  W.    453 

ALLIS 

Abigail    668 

ALMEDIA 

Egenia  Louise    604 

ALWARD 

Lucy     555 
AMBROSE 
Sarah     563 

AMES 

Sophia  Mead  (Merrill)     590 

AMSDEN 
Louisa    549 

ANDERSON 

Martha  (Ladd)     569 
Sarah  C.  (LoveU)     494 

ANDREWS 
Belle    486 
Mary    508,  509 
Mary  Emma    648 

ANGIER 

Elizabeth  (Drury)     453 
Ellen  (Campbell)     453 
George  W.     454 
Joel,  Dr.     453 
Joel,  Major     453 
John,  Dr.     453 
J.  Dorsey    454 
John  L.  C.    454 
Mary  E.  (Polly)     453 
Mary  G.     453 
Mary  Mann     453 
Mary  M.     454,  660 
Olive  (Turner)     453 
Oscar  F.    453 


Sarah  H.     454 
Sarah  Lucinda     660 
Silas    453 

ANNIS 

Alma  E.    626 

Ella  Carrie    454 

Emma  A.     454 

Emeline  S.  (Torsey)     454 

Mary  Smith    454 

MiloH.    454 

Samuel  C.     454 

ANSORGE 

Sarah  Dow     516 

APPLETON 
Martha     672 

ARMSTRONG 
Hannah     601 
Rhoda     543 

ARNOLD 

Abigail  B.     516 
Blanche  Hardy     541 
Cynthia  Hastings     568 

ASELTINE 

Addie  Caroline    494 

ASHLEY 

Daniel  Whitcher    454 

George     454 

Mary  Belle  Bailey  (Whitcher) 

Mary  Hill    454 

William  V.     454 

ASTEN 

Isabel     662 

ATHERTON 
Betsey     455 
Charlotte    620 
James     455 
Lucy     526 
Mary  Jane     455 
Sarah  Ann     493 
Sarah  (Lawson)     455 
William    455 

ATKINSON 
Ann     554 

Betsey  D.  (Johnston)     554 
Sarah     554 

ATWATER 
Sarah     643 

ATWELL 

Nancy  (Rogers)     643 


454 


INDEX 


G91 


ATWOOD 

Betsey  King     565 

Mary  (Bell)     477 
AUSTIN 

Sarah     579 
AYER 

Betsey  Elizabeth     455 

Charlotte    455 

David  F.     455 

David  W.     455 

Eliza     455 

Franklin     455 

Harriet    455 

Laura  W.     455 

Lucy  Malvina     619 

Mary  E.  (Worthen)     455 

Mellissa  (Pike)     626 

Perley     455 

Phineas     455 
AYERS 

Elizabeth  (Montgomery)     594 
BABCOCK 

Louisa  M.  (Page)     614 

BACHELOR 
John  466 
Mary  (Herrick)     466 

BACHILER 

Stephen     467 

BACKOP 

Jane     654 

BACON 

Abner    456,  457 
Annie  A.  (Wood)     458 
Asa    457 
Benjamin     456 
Betsey  Blanche     458 
Betsey  (Chase)     457 
Blanche  Anna     458 
Caroline  E.     544 
Caroline  Elvira     459 
Caroline  Minerva    457 
Chapman     456 
Charles  Abner     458 
Charles  Abner,  Jr.     458 
Charles  Sumner     458 
Clark    457-459 
Corinne  Inez     458 
Darius     456 
Dorothy  Jean     458 
Edward  Kent    458 


Edward  Rinaldo    458 

Elizabeth     456 

Elizabeth  (Chapman)     456 

Ella     459 

Elloine  Dickinson     458 

Elmore  Chase    458 

Elmore  Chase,  Jr.     458 

Elmore  Chase,  3rd    458 

Emma     459 

Emma  Brown  (Holton)     458 

Emma  Lucena     458 

Ephraim     456 

Everett  Holton     458 

Fayette  F.     457 

George    455,  457-459 

George  Henry     457 

George  Leete    458 

George  Read    458 

Hannah     455-456 

Hannah  (Adams)     458 

Harriet  Emily     458 

Harrison  K.     459 

Henry     456 

Henry  C.     459 

Jennie  Eudora     458 

Jennie  L.     459 

John     455 

Joseph     455-456 

Katherine    458 

Katherine  Matilda    457 

Katherine  Read     457 

Lena  Lang     458 

Lucena  Brewster    459 

Lucia  Mary     458 

Lucy  Kent  (Mullin)     458 

Lucy  Marston     583 

Lydia  B.  (Kerr)     459 

Margaret    455 

Margaret    456 

Margaret  Bowen     456 

Maria  Mary  (Blaisdell)     459 

Mariah  Maretta  Stebbins    458 

Mary     455-456 

Mary-  A.     587 

Mary  Ann     459 

Mary  (Davis)     455 

Mary  Eliza  (Bacon)     455 

Mary  Gamlin     455 

Mary  J.  (Hanchett)     457 

Martha    495 

Martha  Maria     459 

Mehitable     456 


692 


INDEX 


BACON  (cont.) 

Calvin  P.     474 

Minerva  Janet  (Hertel)     458 

Charles     473 

Minnie     458 

Charles     474 

Nehemiah     456 

Chloe     473 

Owen  Stovall     458 

Clarence  L.     474,  475 

Peter    455 

Charles     471 

Roxana  Matilda  (Perry)     457 

Clara  Nelson     471 

Ruth     456 

Caleb    473- 

Ruth  (Adams)     456 

Cyrus     472 

Ruth  (Bailey)     472 

Daniel    472 

Sarah     456 

Dorothy  Ann     474 

Sarah     538 

Edith     460 

Sarah  Inez     458 

Edith  B.     472 

Samuel     455 

Edward     472 

Sumner  Pierce     458 

Edwin     471 

Susan     455 

Eleano  Locke     474 

Susanna  C.  (Wright)     457 

Eleanor  Nettie    475 

Susanna  (Wright)     686 

Ella  A.  (Swan)     472 

Thomas     455 

Ella  F.  Swan    657 

Timothy  Read     457 

Ellen  Page     460,  471,  614 

Unice     456 

Elizabeth     472 

Wendell  Abner    458 

Elizabeth  (Burbank)     472 

William     456 

Emery  A.     471 

William  C.     457-459 

Fanny  (Graves)     473 

William  Perry     457 

Fred  Mortimer     472 

BAGLEY 

Betsey     497 
Nancy    516-517 
Rhoda     497 
Zelinda  M.  (Day)     512 

Flavel    473 
Hannah     604 
Hannah  Edwards     473 
Hannah  (Ladd)     568 
Hannah  (Lang)     471 
Hannah  Wood     472 

BAILEY 

Harold  Roy     475 

Aaron     472 

Harriet  A.     474 

Abigail    472,  474-557 

Harriet  A.  Blake    471 

Abigail  (Abbott)     472 

Hazen  H.     471 

Abigail  (Safford)     473 

Henry     471 

Albert     471 

Henry  S.     472 

Ambrose     473 

Herbert  F.     471 

Amos     473 

Hepzibah     472 

Ann  Carr    474 

Isa  Belle     471 

Ann  Eliza  Peters     622 

Isaac     472 

Anna     473 

Ira     474 

Anna  Gertrude     472 

Jakey     473 

Arthur  E.     475 

James     469,  472,  473 

Asa    451,  472,  473 

Jennie     474 

Asenath     472 

Jesse     472 

Azro     471-472 

Joanna     589 

Bancroft     473 

John     472 

Benjamin     473,  474 

John  H.     474 

Betsey  Fiske    473 

John  W.     474 

Blanche  F.     474 

Joshua     473 

Bryon  A.     474 

Judith     473 

INDEX 


693 


BAILEY  (cont.) 
Judith  Hall    474 
Judith  Varnum     473 
Kiah     473 
Langdon     474 
Lettie  (Little)     474 
Lizzie  G.     474,  oil 
Lucy  (Young)     687 
Luther     473 

Maria  Wilson  Hunkins  Hunt 
Martha     473 
Martha  Hunt     473 
Mary     471 
Mary    472 
Mary  (Bancroft)     473 
Mary  (Hibbard)     474 
Mary  (Mighill)     472 
Mary  (Kincaid)     473 
Mary  (Ordway)     472 
Mary  (Polly)     473 
Mary  (Spooner)     475 
Mary  B.  (Wright)     686 
Maude  B.     472 
Mehitabel    472 

Milo    460,471 

Molly  Ladd    568 

Moses    472 

Moses     472,  474 

Nancy     474 

Nancy  E.     541 

Nathaniel     471 

Nathaniel  M.     471 

Nelson  Albert     471 

Olive     473 

Phebe    472,  473 

Phebe  Woodward    684 

Phineas    473 

Polly    474 

Putnam    473 

Rachel  (Berry)     473 

Rebecca  (Cooley)     474 

Richard     469 

Roy    474 

Ruth     472 

Ruth  Bedel     476 

Rutherford     473 

Ruth  Chase     474 

Sally     473,580 

Samuel    472 

Sarah     473 

Sarah  (Church)     473 

Simeon    473 


681 


Stephen    472 
Stephen     473 
Ward     474 
Whitefield     473 
William    473 
William  A.     474 

BAKER 

Chastina  L.     460,  544 
Fannie  M.    460 
Fanny  Huntington     459 
Hosea  Swett    459 
Martha  G.  (Keyes)     558 
Maude  J.  (Pennock)     621 
Peyton  Randolph     459 
Oliver  H.     460 
Oliver  Randolph     460 
Royal  H.     460 
Solon  H.     460 

BALL 

Mary    626 

BANCROFT 

Emma    486 

Mary     473 

Myra  (St.  Clair)     650 

Sarah    451 

BANKS 

Mary  B.     615 

BARBER 

Sarah  C.     519 

BARBOUR 

Dorothy  Ellen     460 
Edith  Bailey    460 
Edith  B.  (Bailey)     472 
Eliza  Cross     460 
Madge  Gertrude    460 
Ned  T.     460 
Zachariah  R.     460 

BARKER 

Mehitabel    495 
Polly     470 

BARON 

Sarah     493 

BARNES 

Amared  A.  Whitcher    672 
Rachel     645 

BARNETT 
Eliza  A.     471 
Emeline     618 
Mary     477 


694 


INDEX 


BARR 

Jeannette  Maria     677 
BARRETT 

Luella  Hardy    541 
Maude  F.     511 
Maude  F.  (Davison)     512 
Rachel    678 

BARRON 

Ann  W.     654 

Deborah     460 

Fletcher    460 

Hannah     460 

Jonathan    460 

Mary     460 

Moses     460 

Olive     602 

Olive  Moore  (Russell)     460 

Priscilla    460 

Rhoda    460 

Sarah    460 

Sophia  (Morse)     460 

Sophia  C.  (Morse)     602 

Susanna  White     460 

Thankful  Miner    460 

Timothy     460 

William     460 

BARROWS 
Eunice    618 

BARSTOW 

Abigail     461 
Abigail  (Townsend)     461 
Alfred    462 
Arthur    462 
Anson     462 
Catherine     462 
Charles     461 
Charles  C.     462 
Charles  W.     461 
Clara     462 
David  Pierce     462 
Ebenezer     462 
Edward  C.     463 
Emma  G.  (Clarke)     463 
Emily  Shipley     461 
Ezekiel  Hale     463 
Francis    462 
Frances  Pierce    462 
Frederick     462 
Gardner     462 
George     461,  462,  463 


Harriet     462 

Harriett  (Webster)     462 

Harriet  Webster    665 

Henry     461,  462 

Horace    462 

Inez  (Clarke)     463 

James  Townsend    461 

James  T.     463 

John     463 

Joseph    461 

Julia  Ann     461 

Louisa    462 

Lydia  Woodward    462 

Margarette     463,  656 

Margaret  Woodward    461 

Marice  M.  LoVering    463 

Mary     462 

Mary  Webster    461 

Mary  C.     463 

Mary  J.  Tarleton    463 

Mary  S.  Brown    463 

Michael    461,  462 

Nancy    461,  462 

Nellie  J.     463 

Ruth    461,  462 

Ruth  (Abbott)     461 

Sally  (Hale)     462 

Sallie  C.     463 

Samuel    461 

Sarah     462 

Sophronia  M.  (Barstow)     463 

Susanna  (Lincoln)     461 

Thomas    461,  462 

Thomas  A.     463 

Walter  Thomas     463 

William     461,  462 

William  H.     461,  462 

BARTLETT 

Abigail  (Bailey)     472 
Abigail  Wheelock    466 
Agnes  S.     465 
Albert  Gattalen     464 
Amanda  (Abbott)     466 
Albert  Edward     464 
Amelia  (Honeneman)     464 
Amos  Gilman     464 
Antoinette     465 
Belle     489 
Christopher     466 
Edward     465 
Eleanor  (Hubbard)     464 


INDEX 


095 


BARTLETT  (cont.) 

Eleanor   Augusta   Tucker   (Hubbard) 

464 
Eva  M.     552 
Ezra    463,  464,  465 
Florinda  L.  (Farnsworth)     525 
Frank     464 
George    465 
Georgianna  (Pike)     464 
Hannah    464,  481 
Hannah  (Emery)     466 
Hannah  (Gale)*   464 
Harriett  (Hopkins)     464 
Hugh     465 
John     463 

Josiah    463,  464,  465,  466 
Josiah  Caleb     465 
Laura    465,  478 
Laura  A.  (Hibbard)     466 
Laura  S.     464 
Levi    464,  465 
Margaret  (Woodman)     466 
Mary    464,  465 
Mary  E.  (Weeks)     465 
Michael    466 
Olive  V.  (Coburn)     503 
Paul    465 
Richard     466 
Sallie    465 
Sarah    464 
Sarah  (Calef)     464 
Stephen    463,  466 
Stephen  Madison     465 
Susan  A.  (Hendree)     465 
Susan  Ann  (Calef)     464 


BARTON 
Lucy    665 
Mary  J.  (Young) 


687 


BASS 

Eliza  Ann     602 

Nancy  Jennie  (Cawley) 
BATCHELDER 

Abel    467 

Abigail     511 

Abigail  (Lovering)     467 

Adaline  Bradley     467 

Ann  Maria     467 

Annie  S.  Roberts     468 

Asenah     569 

Benjamin     468 


500 


Bennett    468 

Betsey    468 

Betsey  Page  (Knight)     467 

Caleb    468 

Caroline  Cooke     467 

Carrie  A.     466 

Charles  Cooke  Carpenter    467 

Charles  Daniel    467 

Charles  W.     468 

Cora    468 

Cora  May    520 

Cyrus     468 

Daniel     466 

David    468 

David  W.     468 

Deborah  Smith     467 

Dorothy  (Sanborn)     467 

Edith  Camilla  Phillips    468 

Elizabeth  (Foss)     467 

Elizabeth  Herrick     466 

Elizabeth  (Knell)     467 

Ellen  S.  (Jesseman)     468 

Emeline  (Cooke)     467 

Emeline  (Cooke)  (Brown)     466 

Fred  Perkins     468 

George    467 

George  K.     468 

Hannah     485 

Harold     468 

Harriet  C.     467 

Hazel     468,  520 

Hepzibah  (Conant)     466 

John     466 

Jemima    468 

Jethro     467 

Johnathan    466 

Kinsley  Hall    467 

Laura  M.     613 

Louisa  L.    468 

Lucinda    468 

Lucretia  Haywood     466 

Mary  Ann     467 

Mary  B.  (Farnsworth)     468 

Mary  Carr  (Page)     616 

Mary  Carter  (Wyman)     467 

Mary  Hovey    468 

Mary  (Montgomery)     594 

Martha    468 

Mary  Marston    468 

Miriam     468 

Moses    467 


696 


INDEX 


BATCHELDER  (cont.) 

Moses  Abel    468 

Nancy     468 

Nathan  H.     468 

Nathaniel     467 

Phebe     468 

Phebe  (Chase)     466 

Polly     468 

Ruth  Rayment  (Raymond)     466 

Sally   Sanborn     467 

Sally  Willard     468 

Sarah  Sanborn     467 

Simon    468 

Susan  Emma    467 

Virginia  (Taplin)     468 

William     468 

William  C.     468 

William  J.     468 

Zadie  Ethel  (Purinton)     468 
BATES 

Elizabeth     632 

BATTIS 

Alice  M.     629 

Alice  Mabelle     469 

Catherine  Bridgetta  (Magean)     469 

Charlotte    469 

Clarence  E.     469 

Elizabeth  H.  (Rix)     469 

Fred  Horace     469 

Hebert  Carl     469 

Horace    469 

James  Carl    469 

James  R.     469 

James  Rix    469 

Jane     469 

John    469 

John  Henry     469 

John  P.     469 

John  S.     469 

Lydia  Ann  (Whitcher)     469 

Lillian  M.  (Hartwell)     469 

L.  Maude    469 

Mary  A.  (Hardy)     469,  541 

Mary  Elizabeth     469 

Nancy  R.     469 

Nellie  Richardson     469 

Phebe     469,  501 

Susan  G.     469 

Susannah  Wheeler     469 

Typhenia  M.  Putnam     469 

William  Henry     469 


BAYLEY 

Abner     470 

Albert    471 

Allen    471 

Azro     471 

Betsey  Hibbard    471 

Edwin     471 

Edwin  A.     471 

Eleanor  Emery     470 

Eleanor  (Knight)     470 

Eliza  A.  (Barnett)     471 

Ephraim     470 

George    471 

Hannah     529 

Hannah  (Chamberlain)     470 

Hannah  (Fowler)     470 

Isaac     470 

Jacob     470 

John     469,  470 

Joshua  Emery     470 

Lucinda     471 

Lucinda  (Buxton)     471 

Lucinda  (Merrill)     591 

Lucia  A.  Watkins     471 

Lydia  (Vance)     471 

May  (Ladd)     470 

Mary  S.     471 

Martha     471 

Milo    471 

Moody     471 

Moody  B.     471 

Nathaniel  M.     471 

Nelson     471 

Polly  Barker    470 

Phebe  Clark     471 

Prudence  Noyes     470 

Ruth     471 

Ruth  (Bedel)     470 

Sarah  Coffin    470 

Sarah  Emery     470 

Verta  Grant    471 

Wallace    471 


BEAL 

Sarah  (Bailey) 


473 


BEAN 

Caroline    678 
Louise    562 
Phebe  Jane     670 

BEARD 

Anna  Rebecca    648 


INDEX 


G97 


BEATTIE 

Blanche  (Miller)     475 
Ibbie  Jean     475 
James  Milligan     475 
James  Remick  Wilson     475 
John     475 

Margaret  (Nelson)     475 
Robert  Archibald     475 
Sarah  Haines     475 

BECKFORD 
Nellie  A.     654 

BEDEL 

Abigail     476 

Adaline     476 

Anna     476 

Ann  Lombard     476 

Cyrus     476 

Elizabeth     476 

Elizabeth  Merrill    475 

Hazen    476 

Helen  L.     572 

John     476 

Louisa     476 

Mary  Augusta  (Bourus)     477 

Maria  L.     477 

Mary    476 

Mary  (Bedel)     476 

Mary  (Johnson)     475 

Moody    476 

Nancy     476 

Polly     476 

Ruth     470-476 

Ruth  (Hutchins)     476,  551 

Timothy     475,  476 

BEEDE 

Hannah     542 

BELDEN 

Delia     499 

BELL 

Addison  Joseph    478 

A.  J.  Willoughby    478 

Alfred     478 

Alice    556 

Anna  Loring     479 

Brooks     478 

Calista     478 

Caroline  F.  (Pratt)     478 

Catherine  (Olcott)     477 

Charles  Henry     478 

Charlotte  (Lincoln)     478 


David     477 

Elizabeth  Ann  (Thomas)     479 
Emma  T.     635 
Ezra  Bartlett    478,  479 
Hannah     478 
Harriet  P.  (Weeks)     479 
Harrison  C.     477 
Harry  Fling     479 
Helen  Calista    478 
Helen  Sarah    477 
Isabella  O.     477 
Isaac     477 
Jacob     477 
Jacob  Leroy     479 
James    477,  478 
James  Webster    478 
John     477,  478 
Joseph     477,  478 
Joseph  Mills     477 
Latetia    478 
Laura  (Bartlett)     478 
Laura  Luella  (Bartlett)     478 
Laura  S.  (Bartlett)     468 
Liatte    478 
Lucetta    478 
Luella  Bartlett     593 
Marinda     493 
Mary     477 
Mary  (Barnett)     477 
Mary  Houston    478 
Orfa    478 
Peggy  Brown     477 
Polly  Houston     477 
Rachel     477 

Rebecca  F.  (Weston)  477 
Ruana     478 
Sarah    477 
Sarah  (Bell)     477 
Sarah  E.  (Fling)     479 
Susannah     477 
Susannah  (Hutchinson)     477 
William  McPherson     478 
BELNAP 
Lucy    663 
Mary     588 
Orpha     534 

BEMIS 

Ann  (Coon)     479 
Eugene  W.     479 
Holan  M.     479 
Josie  B.     479 


698 


INDEX 


BEMIS  (cont.) 
Lillian  B.     479 
Lula    534 
Lyman     479 
Moses  P.     479 
Olive    538 
Reuben    479 
Sally  Ann  (Bemis)     479 
Sally  Ann  (Hutchins)     551 
Susie  (Blake)     479 

BENNET 
Delia     547 

Elizabeth  A.  (Page)     615 
Grace  M.  (Page)     618 
Marian  J.     468 

BENTLEY 

Mary  Helen  (Merrill)     593 

BERKLEY 

Elizabeth  Clement    618 

BERRY 

Elizabeth    575 
Oliver  Alma    555 
Rachel    473 
BICKFORD 

Sarah  Glines    523 

BIGELOW 

Betsey  (Mackintosh)     579 
Huldah    582 
Latetia  (Bell)     478 
BIRCH 

Delia    491 

BISBEE 

Abner     479 
Angie  Sarah     560 
Aurelia     480,  544 
Drusilla     480 
Drusilla  (Clark)     480 
Elijah     479 
Elisha    479 
Elizabeth     479 
Elizha     479 
Fanny     480 
Gad    478,  480 
George     480 
Jairus     480 
James  Litchfield    480 
John     479 
Levi    604 
Levi  (Bates)     480 


Lilly  (Litchfield)     480 

Malvina  Morse     604 

Martha    480 

Martha  A.  (Haywood)     544 

Martha  M.     599 

Mary  (Hall)     479 

Mary  (Oldham)     479 

Sally    479 

Sarah  Ellen    581 

Sarah  T.     480,  580 

Thomas    479 

BISHOP 

Jane  E.     625 
BLAISDELL 

Ariana    481 

Charlotte  (Osgood)     481,  610 

Daniel    480,  481 

Daniel,  Jr.     480 

Edward    481 

Elijah     480 

Eliza  Harris     481 

Enoch     480 

Frank     481 

Hannah  (Bartlett)     464,  481 

Hannah  (Jameson)     480 

Harriet    481 

Harriet  (Merrill)     591 

Henry     480 

Jacob     481 

Jacobs    480 

James     480 

John     480,  481 

John  L.     481 

Jonathan     480 

Joshua    480,  481 

Justin     480 

Mary  (Haddon)     480 

Mary  (Sargent)     480 

Mary  Satterlee     480 

Mehitabel  Springer  (Frost)     480 

Parrott    480 

Persis  (Fames)     481 

Phebe  Cobb    481 

Polly  (Blaisdell)     480 

Ralph    480 

Rhoda     480 

Sally     480 

Sally  (Springer)     480 

Sarah    481 

Sarah  (Flanders)     527 

Timothy     481 


INDEX 

BLAISDELL  (cont.) 

Isaac    483 

Timothy  K.     480 

Jane    483 

William    480 

John     482 

John  A.     482 

BLAKE 

John  H.     482 

Addie  M.    564 
Ann  (Morse)     600 

Joseph    482 
Julianna    482 

Cora  A.     542 

Louisa    482 

Harriet  A.     471 
Lena  F.  Mann    580 
Lucy  (Hardy)     542 
Melissa  W.  (White)     673 
Nancy     567 
Susie    479 

Lucretia  (Leverett)     574 
Lucy  Ann     483 
Lucy  Ann  Fyre     483 
Lucy  (Stevens)     483 
Lydia    483, 622 
Mary    461,483 

BLANCHARD 

Mary  (Leonard)     482 

Anzolette  (Currier)     510 

Mary  (Wright)     482 

Carrie    489 

Mary  A.  (Truell)     483 

Eliza     481 

Nancy  (Coop)     482 

Emma  P.     481 

Nathaniel     482 

Horace  L.     481 

Patience  (Brent)     482 

Lucy    594 

Pelatiah     482-483 

Mary  B.     481 

Ruth  (Hibbard)     483 

Sarah  (Blaisdell)     481 

Ruth  Lowell     482 

Sarah  M.     481 

Samuel     482 

BLANDIN 

Thomas     482 

Katherine  E.     537 

Walker  Phebe    482 

William    483 

BLEAMSLEY 

Martha    683 

BLODGETT 

Abbie  J.     502 

BLIFFEN 

David  E.     481 

BLOOD 

David  M.     481 

Betsey    634 

Eleanor  A.     481 

Sarah    588,  609 

Elvira  A.  (Gretchell)     534 

Sarah  A.     647 

Nettie  B.  Sleeper    481 

BLOODWORTH 

Thomas  E.     481 

Marion     599 

BLISS 

BLUMLEY 

Abigail  (Kellum)     483 

Alden     483 

Bethia  (Shafford)     482 

Anna  Betsey    483 
Betsey    483 
Carrie  Childs     483 

Betsey     483 

Charles    483 

Caroline    482 

Charles  Allen     483 

Miss  (Calhoun)     482 

Edward  Livingstone     483 

Clara  E.     483 

John  Warren     483 

Daniel    482 

Mary  Elizabeth    483,  533 

Davenport     483 

Samuel  Carbee    483 

Hannah     483 

Solomon     483 

Hannah  (Caldwell)     482 

William  Elisha    483 

Hepzibah  Goodwin    482 

Henry     482 

BOARDMAN 

Horace    482 

Abigail    508 

099 


700 


INDEX 


BOISE 

Ruth  (Ladd)     569 

BOLEYN 

Charlotte  A.     616 
BOND 

Sarah     588 

BOSWELL 

Albert  483 
Albert  P.     484 
Bernice     484 
Dorothy    483 

Edith  M.     484 

Edith  May     606 

Eliza    483 

Gladys     484 

Gleason  H.     484 

Hannah     483 

Hattie  Craig  (Swett)     484 

Hattie  M.     484 

James  S.     484 

John     483 

John  P.     483 

Joseph     483 

Kate  (Lyons)     483 

Laura     483 

Laura  (Haines)     483 

Lottie     484 

Lucinda  (Pike)     483 

Lucy  F.  (Manson)     484 

Lucy  Frost  Manson     583 

Mary  Bailey  (Mann)     582 

Mary  Bailey  (Manson)     484 

Mary  B.  (Manson)     606 

Moses     483 

Moses  P.     483,  606 

Nathan  K.     484 

Ruby     484 

William    483 
BOURCK 

C.  E.     638 
BOURNS 

Mary  Augusta    477 
BOWEN 

Adeline    541 

Hannah  (Page)     614 

Margaret     456 

BOWLES 

Leona     673 

Mary  Ann  (Batchelder)     467 

Mary  J.     687 


BOYD 

Elizabeth    577 

BOYNTON 

Asa     484 

Aza     485 

Betsey    519 

Betsey  (Wheeler)     485 

Charles  C.     485 

Elizabeth  (Wood)     484 

Jane     624 

John     484 

Joseph     484,  485 

Lucy     485 

Lydia     485 

Mary     485 

Mary  (Edmands)     484 

Mary  (Stewart)     484 

Nathaniel     484 

Richard     484 

Rhoda  (Sumner)     485 

Sarah  (Dresser)     484 

Sarah  (Swann)     484 

William     484 

BRACKET 

Helen  Mariette  Cummings     509 

BRACKETT 
Zipporah     662 

BRADISH 

Abigail     485 

Caroline     485 

Charlotte     607 

Cyrus     485 

Ellen  Persis     485 

Ellen  (Van  Armon)     485 

Fannie     485 

Hannah  (Batchelder)     485 

Hannah  (Woodward)     684 

Hosea     485 

James     485 

James  Orson    485 

Kate  Augusta     485 

Levi    485 

Maria  Perry     485 

Mary  (Noyes)     607 

Parmelia  (Morse)     485 

Permelia  (Morse)     599 

Polly  (Jones)     485 

BRADLEE 

Ann     604 


INDEX 


701 


BRAINARD 

Mary  Ella  (Marston)     583 
Rachel    576 
Ruhannah  W.     649 

BRAN 

Caroline  G.     613 

BRECKINRIDGE 

Jane     598 

BRENT 

Patience    482 

BREWSTER 
Ebenezer     605 
Elizabeth  V.     497 
Hannah     605 
Mercy  S.     637 
Rachel  H.     497 
Susan     605 

BRIDGES 

Mary  (Montgomery)     594 

BRIGGS 

Isabella  D.  (Thompson)     662 

BRINLEY 

Sarah  (Olcott)     631 

BROCK 

Anna  Louise  (Page)     615 
Ellen  M.     451 
Mary  A.     562 

BROCKAWAY 

Ann  Eliza     678 

BRONSON 

Rebecca  W.     519 
Susannah     583 

BROOKS 

Abby  F.  (Morse)     478 
Elizabeth  (Towle)     663 
Mabel  J.     600 

Mary  Blanche  (Swasey)     660 
Olive  P.  (Morse)     600 
Phebe  (Whitcher)     675 

BROWN 

Abbie  F.     486 
Allen  M.     486,  487 
Angeline  (Whitman)     486 
Bella  (Andrews)     486 
Benjamin  Franklin     485 
Bertha  May     487 
Beulah  H.     487 


Caleb     486 

Cora  Anna  (Smith)     485 

Cora  S.  (Smith)     652 

Christobel  Fannie     486 

C.  Ida     486 

Clara     486 

Clara  A.     503 

Cyrenia  M.     486 

Eliza  J.     486 

Elizabeth  Ladd     569 

Emeline  (Cooke)     569 

Emma  (Bancroft)     486 

Etta  E.  (Craig)     505 

Eveline  D.  (Hutchins)     486 

George  E.     486 

George  P.     486 

Grace  Edith    486 

Harry     486 

Hazel  Theo     487 

Iola  L.  (Pennock)     621 

Imogene     486 

John     486 

Jean  G.     669 

Jonas     486 

Jonas  Galusha    486 

Jonas  N.     486 

Josie  L.     486 

Julia  Ann     486 

Kathleen    487 

Lila  (Harmet)     486 

Lilian  Evaline     487 

Lizzie  (Titus)     487 

Marium     486 

Margaret  Louise     487 

Mary     588 

Mary  Rebecca  Thompson     485 

Mary  S.     463 

Milly    487 

Olive     486 

Olive  (Colby)     486 

Peggy     477 

Polly  (Swan)     658 

Rebecca     588 

Richard     486 

Samuel  Prescott     485 

Sarah     514 

Susan  E.     551 

Susan  (Hutchins)     486 

Verdie  F.     536 

BRUMMER 

Mary  Abigail  (Carleton)     495 


702 


INDEX 


BRYAN 

Agnes  S.  Bartlett    465 

BRYANT 

Ann     487 
Elizabeth  H.     510 
George  Franklin     487 
Harriet  (Powers)     487 
John  S.     487 
Louisa    487 

BRYCE 

Nancy     453 

BUCK 

Eliza  Ann  (Farnham)     524 
Jennie  W.     520 
Martha    503 

BUCKLEY 

Alice  (Keeble)     487 
Edward  Merrick     487 
George     487 
Goldie    487 
Goldie  M.    556 
John  W.     487 

BULLARD 

Abigail    655 

BULLEN 

Caroline  (Bradish)     485 

BULLOCK 

Mary    590 

BUNCE 

Alice    490 
Charles  H.     490 
Edward  Merrill     490 
Frederick  Lee     490 
Henry  Lee     490 
John  Lee     490 
Louisa  Gookin     490 
Louisa  (Gookin)     539 
Lucinda  (Marium)     490 
Louisa  (Merrill)     490,  591 
Richard  Gookin     490 
Russel    490 
Sarah  G.     490 
Thomas     490 
BURBANK 
Edwin     627 
Effie  A.     557 
Elijah     487 
Elizabeth     472 
Henry    487 


Henry,  Jr.     487 

Johnston     487 

Louisa  A.     627 

Mary  (Johnston)     487,  554 

Michael     487 

Polly     487 

Rosilla  (Eastman)     487,  519 

Susannah  (Merrill)     588 

BURBECK 

Abbie  E.  (Kimball)     489,  562 

Abigail     488 

Abigail  (Tuttle)     488 

Anna  (Regan)     488 

Ben     488 

Benjamin  C.     488 

Bertha     488 

Carrie  (Blanchard)     489 

Ebenezer  L.     488 

Edward     488 

Edward  C.    488 

Edward  K.     488 

Elizabeth  (Butler)     488 

Elizabeth  C.     489 

Elizabeth  G.     488 

Ella    489 

Ethel    488 

Everett     489 

Florence  M.     489 

George    488 

Harriet  Little     488 

Harry  W.     489 

Henry     488 

James     488 

Jane     488 

Jane  Milk     488 

Jane  (Pickard)     488 

Janie  (Thompson)     488 

Jerusha  (Glover)     488 

John     488 

Joseph     488 

Laura  (Carr)     488,  497 

Luella  (Carleton)     488 

Martha     488,  489 

Martha  (Shute)     488 

Mary     488,  489,  568,  570 

Myra  L.     488 

Perry     489 

Ruth  (Pulsifer)     488 

Sally  Putnam  (Carleton)     495 

Samuel     488 

Sarah     488 


INDEX 


703 


BURBECK  (cont.) 
Sarah  C.  (Carleton) 
Stanley  O.     489 
Susannah     488 
Walter    489 
William     488 
William  Henry    488 
William  O.     489 


488 


BURDETT 
Frances  W. 


518 


BURKE 

Genevieve  Mountford    606 
Susan  Rebecca  (Spalding)     655 

BURLEIGH 

Elvira  Page     617 
George  W.     487 
Louisa  Bryant     487 
Lucia  Page    616 

BURHAM 

Abigail     622 

BURNHAM 

Emma  (Morse)     600 
Flora     669 
Lois    575,  605 
Louisa  K.  (Morse)     600 

BURNS 

Harriet  M.     548 
Helen  Frances    666 

BURRILL 

Jean  W.  (Hosford)     548 
Louisa  M.    570 

BURT 

Amanda    565 
Emma  Florence     604 
Eva    539 
BURTON 
A.  H.     489 

Alexander  Hamilton     489 
Anna  S.     678 
Belle  (Bartlett)     489 
Ella  A.  (White)     489,  673 
Hamilton  H.     489 
Israel    489 
Jacob    489 

Judith  Noyes  (Peaslee)     489 
Keturah  (Palmer)     489 
Maude  (Hibbard)     489 
Silena  (Herrick)     489 
Stephen     489 


Stephen  J.  489 
Susie  May  489 
Wilbur  J.     489 

BUSH 

Grace    549 
Eliza     601 
Phebe    549 

BUSWELL 
Lizzie     505 

BUTLER 

Anna  Bailey     476 

Amora  Mehitable     636 

Elizabeth    488 

Ellen  McClary  (Reding)     638 

BUTSON 

Charles     490 
Charles  A.     490 
Charles  Harold    490 
Charles  Lincoln     490 
Edward     490 
Ella  J.     489 
Ernest  Henry     490 
Eva  (McVety)     490 
Frederick     487 
Hazel    490 
Harriet  Hazel     490 
Helen  Sarah     490 
Henry  William     489 
Irene  Ruth    490 
James     489 
Jessie    490 
John     489 

Mary  (McVety)     490 
Robert    490 
Robert  R.     490 
Sarah  Norton    489 

BUTTERS 

Frances  Catherine    579 

BUTTOLPH 

Abigail    574 

BUXTON 

Lavinia  (Ladd)     569 
Lucinda     471 

CADY 

Eleanor  Louisa  (Farnam)     524 
Sarah  (Whitman)     678 

CALHOUN 

Miss    482 


704 


INDEX 


CALDWELL 

Hannah     482 
Julia  Ann     655 

CALEF 

Sarah    464,  465 
Sarah  (Bartlett)     465 
Susan  Ann     464 

CALIF 

Mehitable     671 

CAMPBELL 
Ellen     453 
Lena    564 

CANTY 

Belle  C.  Leighton  (Kimball) 

CARBEE 

Andrew    491 

Anna  Powers     491 

Delia  (Birch)     491 

Euseba  (Smith)     491 

George     491 

Henry  C.     491 

Horace  Clark     491 

Joel     491 

John  H.     491 

Lewis     491 

Louise  (Dorner)     491 

Mabel     491 

Marcia  (White)     491 

Mary  Dexter     492 

Moses  Dyer     491 

Moses  P.     491 

Olive  L.  (Robinson)     491 

Samuel  Powers     491 

Sarah     491,  572 

Thomas  Henry     491 

William  Peach     491 

CAREY 

Alice  M.     656 
Hannah  W.     492 
Zebulon     492 

CARLETON 

Aaro       492 

Abigail     493,  494,  532 

Abigail  Mary    495 

Abigail  (Merrill)     494,  589 

Abigail  (Osgood)     492 

Abigail  (Wilson)     495 

Abbie  Susan     494 

Addie  Caroline  (Aseltine)     494 


Alice  B.     494,  518 

Amos     492 

Anna  C.     496 

Annette  Hanson     494 

Ansel  Guy     494 

Arthur     493 

Arthur  (Merrill)     494 

Betsey     495 

Betsey  (Hunt)     494 

Betsey  (Putnam)     495 

Cecil  Rivers     494 

Celesta  E.  (Smith)     493 

Charles    493 

Charles  Kimball     496 

Chester  Merrill     494 

David  Carr    494 

David  Merrill     494 

Deborah  Gregory     494 

Dorcas  Cleveland    493 

Dudley    495 

Edmund    492,  493 

Edward     492 

Edward  Merrill     493,  494 

Elbridge  Isaac     494 

Eleanor  (Denton)     492 

Elizabeth    492,  496,  589 

Elizabeth  (Gage)     494,  586 

Elizabeth  (Hazeltine)     493 

Elizabeth  (Kilburn)     493 

Elizabeth  (Kimball)     492 

Erasmus     492 

George  Ensign     493 

George  Washington     494 

Hannah  (Jewett)     492 

Harriet  H.     495 

Harrison     494 

Harry  Merrill     495 

Horace  D.     495 

Ida  Inman     494 

Isaac     493,  494 

James  Harriman     493 

Jesse     493 

Joanna     493 

Joanna  (Coffin)     493 

John     492 

John  Hancock     493 

Joseph     492 

Lena  Bacon  495 

Lucia  B.  (Rogers)  496 

Lucia  Hazel     495 

Luella     488 


INDEX 


705 


CARLETON   (cont.) 
Louise  L.     496 
Marinda  Bell     493 
Miranda  Fox  (Hammond)     493 
Martha     493,  495 
Martha  Bacon    495 
Martha  G.  (Poole)     496 
Martha  Maria  (Bacon)     459 
Mary    492,  493,  495 
Mary  Abigail     495 
Mary  Annette    494 
Mary  Ellen  (Mahurin)     495 
Mary  Hale    493 
Mary  Lane  Hale    494 
Mary  Porter    492 
Maud  Madeline    494 
Mehitable    561 
Mehitable  B.     495 
Mehitable  Barker    495,  642 
Mehitable  (Chadwick)     492 
Michael    495,  496 
Nancy  Agnes  (Harriman)     493 
Nancy  (Harriman)     543 
Nancy  Jane  McKinley    494 
Nancy  (Smith)     493 
Peter    493 
Rebecca    493 
Rebecca  Goodrich     493 
Rebecca  Goodridge     493 
Roselle  Eva  (Carr)     532 
Ruth  B.  Clouch     494 

Salina  A.  (Conasy)     494 

Sally  Putnam    495 

Samuel    493 

Sarah     493 

Sarah  Ann  (Atherton)     493 

Sarah  Ann  Wilder    493 

Sarah  Baron     493 

Sarah  C.     488 

Sarah  C.  Lovell  Anderson    494 

Sarah  Merrill    492 

Sarah  D.  Noyes    494 

Sarah  Stocker    493 

Susan  Cone     496 

Susan  K.  Morse     602 

Thomas     492,493 

Will     494 

CARMEN 

Phebe  (Manson)     582 

CARPENTER 
Charles     496 


Cyrus    660 

Jerusha     655 

Kate  Day  (Swasey)     660 

Lucy    548 

Nancy  A.     496 

Rebecca  J.     496 

CARR 

Alice  W.     497 
Alma  A.     524 
Alma  Augusta    498 
Ann     474 
Ann  Eliza     499 
Ann  Elizabeth     498 
Arthur     498 
Arvilla    576 

Betsey  (Bagley)     497 

Byron  L.     498,  499 

Carrie  M.  Taylor     500 

Carrie  Taylor     661 

Charles  Frederick     497,  499 

Charlotte     497 

Cynthia  Hastings     570 

Daniel     496,497,499 

Daniel  C.     497 

Daniel  E.     497,  498 

Daniel  Edmund     499 

Daniel  Edwin     499 

David  S.     497 

Deat  Milo     499 

Delia  Belden     499 

Dorothy  Ann  Rollins     499 

Edward  S.     499 

Edmund  497 

Edmund  L.     499 

Edmund  Leroy     498 

Edmund  W.     497 

Edmund  Worth    498 

Eliza     497 

Elizabeth    496,  497,  645 
Elizabeth  Ayers     498 
Elizabeth  Chase     496 
Elizabeth  V.  (Brewster)     497 
Elizabeth  Worth     496 
Ellen  F.     498 
Ellen  Frances     586 
Ellen  F.  (Hawkins)     543 
Elmer  Ellsworth     499 
Elva  M.  (Rice)     499 
Emma  L.     497 
Emma  Rhoda     499 
Ezekiel  M.     497 


46 


706 


INDEX 


CARR  (cont.) 
Flora  A.     499 
Florence  Hillier     500 
Frances  G.     525 
Francis  B.     498 
Francis  Bailey     498 
Fred  A.     500 
Frederick     497 
George    496,  499 
George  A.     500 
George  Edson     499 
George  Edwin     497 
George  Irving     500 
Grace     657 
Hannah    497,  524 
Hannah  Sawyer    497 
Hannah  Worth     497 
Harriet  Sawyer     497 
Harold  F.     499 
Harriet  Bagley     497 
Hattie  Grace     499 
Hazel  G.     500 
Hiram     497 
Helen  E.     498 
Helen  E.  (Kider)     498 
Ira  W.     499 
Jackson  M.  V.  B.     497 
James     496 
Jane     477 
Jane  Hubbard     498 
Jerome  Bonaparte     498 
Jerome  Byron    499 
John     496,  497,  498 
John  E.     498,  499 
Joshua    497,  498 
Julia  Adelaide     498 
Julia  Rachel    498 
Kate  Melissa  (Mason)     499 
Laura    488,  497 
Laura  Maria    498 
Lewis     499 
Lilla  A.     499 
Loren  Edgar    498 
Louisa  (McConnell)     498 
Lydia  (Farnsworth)     524 
M.  Fred    499 
Maria  (Sherman)     500 
Martin  L.     497 
Mary     500 
Mary  A.     499 
Mary  Ann  (Crosby)     498 
Mary  Ann  (Foster    499) 


Mary  C.     498 

Mary  C.  (McConnell)     499 

Mary  (Crocker)     497,  506 

Mary  Ida    498,  499 

Mary  C.  (Carey)     498 

Mary  M.     533 

Mary  Mabel     499 

Mary  Pease     499 

Mary  Sears     496 

Mattie  Foster    499 

Melinda     497 

Melvin  B.     499 

Mercy  Harriman     542 

Michael     498 

Michael  B.     497 

Minnie  L.  (Davison)     531 

Minnie  M.     512 

Minnie  M.  (Greene)     498 

Moses     496,  497 

Nancy     497 

Nancy  Arabella     498 

Nancy  M.     499 

Nancy  S.  (Mason)     499 

Nancy  (Swan)     658 

Nathan  Bagley     497,  498 

Ned    500 

Orville  Grant     499 

Osman     499 

Persis  Orette     498 

Rachel  H.  (Brewster)     497 

Robert  Daniel     499 

Rhoda  Bagley    497 

Roselle  E.     498 

Roselle  Eva    532 

Rosetta  (Colburn)     498 

Sadie  Revees    499 

Samuel    497 

Samuel  E.     497 

Samuel  Ezekiel     499 

Samuel  Fred    498 

Sarah  E.     498 

Sarah  W.     497 

Sarah  Worth     506 

Susan     499 

Susan  Augusta     498 

Susan  Rider    498 

Sybil  M.  (Haywood) 

Walter  P.     499 

Walter  V.     498 

Wealthy  (Hunt)     498 

William  E.     499 

William  Henry    498 


INDEX 


707 


CARRIER 

Abigail     548 
Frederick  L.     500 
Gertrude  S.  (Little)     500 
Joseph    500 
Mary  (Edson)     500 
Stuart  Edson     500 

CARTER 

Abigail     527 
Ann  Eliza  (Carr)     499 
Ploomey     681 
Susan  M.     532 

CASELEY 

Lucy  E.     648 

CASS 

Hannah  Boswell 

Hattie  Herbert  (Large)     572 

Mary  E.     527 

Olive  V.  (Colburn)     503 

CATE 

Lydia     540 

CAWLEY 

Albert  B.     500 

Ann  (Wilson)     500 

Betsey  (Sanborn)     500 

Chase  Sanborn     500 

Elliot  Johnson     500 

Emma  Morton     501 

John  H.     500 

John  W.     500 

Lillian  E.     501 

Nancy  Jennie     500 

Nancy  S.     501 

Nellie  M.  (Welch)     500 

Polly  Fairbanks  (Morse)     500,  600 

Ruth  Barbara     500 

Samuel     500 

Thomas  F.     500 

CHADWICK 

Charlotte  Pearson     621 

Ella  G.     512 

Mary 

CHAMBERLAIN 

Elizabeth    557 

Hannah     470 

Ida  Belle  (Bailey)     471 

Ida  Mary  (Hazen)     546 

Laura  Jane     642 

Louisa     546 

Martha  C.  (Clough)     503 


Martha  L.  (Eastman)     520 
Molly  (Kimball)     561 
Olive  Albina  Hawkins  (Gale)     543 
Ruth  E.  S.  (Eastman)     520 

CHANDLER 
Amelia     638 
Hannah     451 
Jane  Burbeck     488 

CHAPMAN 

Eleanor  (Towle)     663 
Eleanor  H.  (Towle)     501 
Eliza  (Swan)     570 
Elizabeth     456 
George    501 
Lydia     668 

CHASE 
Ada    501 
Albert    501 
Alta  E.  (Coulter)     501 
Alvah  H.     501 
Betsey    457 
Catherine     501 
Charles  W.     501 
David     501 
Dolly     501 

Elizabeth    496,  552,  577 
Elizabeth  D.     501 
Ella  F.     501 
Ella  W.    501 
Emily  J.  Newell     501,  607 
Frank  C.     501 
Frank  L.     501 
Glenville    501 
Harlan  W.     501 
Hattie  L.  (Robinson)     501 
Henry  A.     501 
Josephine  L.     501 
Lucinda  (Glynn)     501 
Mary  A.  (Haywood)     501,  545 
Mehitabel     492 
Melvina  M.  (Morse)     501 
Nathan  M.     501 
Nehemiah     501 
Phebe    466 
Phebe  (Battis)     469 
Priscilla    588 
Ruth    474,519 
Sophronia  Frost     501 

CHENEY 

Abigail  (Leavitt)     501 
Carlos  M.     502 


708 

INDEX 

CHENEY  (cont.) 

Esther    641 

Cynthia  R.     502 

Grace  Edith  (Brown) 

486 

David    502 

Hannah     551,  684 

Donald  Alexander    502 

Hattie  M.     623 

Ellen  M.  (Pike)     628 

Helen  M.  (Kimball) 

564 

Elizabeth     502 

Inez    463 

Elizabeth  (Ela)     501 

Isabel  V.     628 

Elizabeth  (McNab)     502 

Jane  (Montgomery) 

594 

Glenn  A.     502 

Mehitable  (Hutchins) 

551 

Hannah  (Taylor)     502 

Myra     687 

John  McNab     502 

Pamelia  (Porter)     630 

Joseph  Y.    501-502 

Phebe     471 

Juliette  (McNab)     502 

Sally     668 

Katherine  J.     502 

Sarah     609 

Lulu  B.     581 

Sarah  J.     540 

Moses     501 

Susan  S.     519 

Moses  E.     501 

Zelpha    608 

Nathaniel    501 

CLEMENT 

Rebecca  (Wilson)     681 

Elvah  S.     584 

Simeon  P.     501 

Persis  Morse     599 

CHILD 

Sarah  (Merrill)     589 

Katherine     587 

CLEVELAND 

CHILDS 

Dorcas     493 

Anne     549 

Ruth    590 

Mary  Ann     569,  570 

CLIFFORD 

CHRISTOPHER 

Abbie  J.  (Blodgett)     502 

Emma  Lucena  (Bacon)     458 

Alden     502 
Burrage     502 

CHURCH 

Chastina  (McConnell) 

502 

Sarah     473 

Ellen  J.  (Farnsworth) 

526 

CHUTE 

George    502 

Susan  Noyes    607 

Helen  A.  Wells  669 

CILLEY 

Lydia  S.     502 

Hannah     686 

Mary  B.  (Blanchard) 

481 

Harriet     582 

Sidney  E.     502 
Susie  E.     502 

CLARK 

Thomas  E.     502 

Abigail  (Kimball)     561 

Thomas  K.     502 

Ann     621 

Arabella  G.  (Hardy)     542 

CLOSSON 

Betsey  Eliza    540 

Adelaide    608 

Carrie  B.     647 

CLOUGH 

Clementina  Glynn     538 

Abner    502 

Cynthia    521 

Albert  H.    503 

Dorothy    589 

Anna  M.     503 

Edith  C.     626 

Arthur    503 

Ella  A.     687 

Arthur  C.     503 

Ella  F.  (Chase)     501 

David    503 

Ellen  Noyes     544 

Ellen  P.     503 

Ellen  Persis  (Bradish)     485 

Elizabeth     502 

Emma    562 

Fannie     525 

Emma  G.     463 

Ida  C.  (Brown)     486 

INDEX 


709 


CLOUGH   (cont.) 

Jane  B.  (Hutchins)     551 

Jeremiah     503 

John     503 

Kate  A.     503 

Kate  Elizabeth  (Sutherland) 

Marium  (Brown)     486 

Martha    609 

Martha  (Buck)     603 

Martha  C.     503 

Mary    503 

Nancy    502 

Nell  M.  (Sargent)     503 

Ora  Eva  532 

Priscilla  (Barron)     460 

Ruth  B.     494 

Sarah    588 

Samuel  S.     503 

Stella  (Marden)     503 

Wallace    503 

William     502 

William  J.     503 


Ruth    503 
Thomas  J.     503 
Thomas  N.     503 

COLBY 

Alta  J.     504 
503  Charles  H.     504 

Daisy  M.     582 
Delphine  R.     504 
Flavia  J.     504 
FredH.     504 
Hannah     529 
Helen  M.  (Hunt) 
John  L.     504 
Lavina     604 


COAGLEY 
Ellen  G. 


534 


COBB 

Abigail  (Bailey) 
Phebe    481 


474 


COBURN 

Abbie  K.  (Pennock)     503 

Adna     503 

Bessie  C.     503 

Clara  A.  (Brown)     486-503 

Cyrenia  M.  (Brown)     486 

Flora  A.  (Green)     503 

Gerry  W.     503 

Jonathan    503 

Olive  V.     503 

Philena  Jeffers     503 

Willard  W.     503 

COBLEIGH 

Laodicea     517 

Mary  Ann  (Morse)     600 

CODY 

Emma  Augusta    513 
Esther    513 

COFFIN 

Joanna    493 
Sarah    493 

COGGSWELL 
Mary  A.     503 


550 


504 


Mary     635 
Maude  A.  (Hosford) 
Nadine     504 
Olive     486 
Rose  J.     504 
COLBURN 

Catherine     569 
Jane  E.     562 
Rosetta    498 

COLE 

Alice    655 

Bessie  C.  (Coburn)     503 
Hannah    636 
Martha    678 

COLLINS 

Charles  H.     504 
Delia  M.     504 
Eh  D.     504 
LaForest  E.     504 
Lena  E.  (Brooks)     530 
Lettie  M.     504 
Mary     504 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Huse) 
Mary  O.     504 
Mertie  E.     504 
Phineas     504 
Sarah    608 
Sarah  M.  (Pike) 

CONANT 

Hepzibah     466 

CONE 

Susan    496 

CONWAY 

Salina  A.     494 

CONNELL 

Edward  B.     504 


504 


625 


710 


INDEX 


CONNELL  (cont.) 

Sally  Sanborn  (Batchelder)     467 
Lillian  Gertrude  (Hedges)     504 
Mary  A.  (Metcalf)     504 
Polly  (Swan)     658 
Zebulon  A.    504 

CONRAD 

Nellie    554 

CONROY 

Helen  Leone    606 

COOK 

Eliza  (Boswell)     483 
Fanny     672 

Nancy     482 

COOLEY 

Adaline  (Wilson)     681 
Rebecca    474 

COOLEDGE 

Marion    547 

COOLIDGE 

Mary  Hale    541 

COPLEY 

Elizabeth     622 

COPP 

Zerina     625 

COREY 

Sally  (Wilson)     681 

CORLEY 

Sarah    661 

CORLISS 

Abbie  B.  (Wilson)     681 
Abigail    560 
Dorothy    504 
Esther     504 
John  H.     504 
Isaac     504 
Lubin  I.     504 
Martha     567 
Mehitable    508 
Ruth    589-590 

CORNELIUS 

Emma  Sophia     587 

COTTON 

Abigail     545 

Delia  M.  (Flanders)     528 

Lottie  M.  Davison     512 

COUCH 
Alice    646 


COULTER 
Alta  E.     501 

COWAN 

Bertha  Sarah     547 

COX 

Malinda     672 

CRAIG 

Albert  Edward     505 

Daniel  R.     505 

Ernest  E.     505 

Etta  E.     505 

George  A.     505 

Harry  Earle     505 

Jean  (Miller)     504 

John     504 

Katherine  (Haslett)     505 

Lizzie  (Buswell)     505 

Margaret  Jane     505 

Margaret  (Mclnlay,  McKinley) 

Martha  Adella  (Sly)     505 

Martha  L.     504 

Mary  (Dickey)     504 

Mary  E.     505 

Nancy  (Keenan)     504 

Robert  Miller     504 

Rockwell  F.     505 

William     504 

William  P.     505 

CRAM 

Harriet  (Blaisdell)     481 
Patience    594 
Sarah  Augusta    650 

CRAWFORD 

Annette  Susan  Large  (Merrill) 

Bertha  (Large)     571 

John     505 

Nettie     505 

Nettie  S.  (Large)     505 

CRITCHETT 

Hannah     586 

CROCKER 

Abiah  North  (Morse)     507 

Andrew     505,  506 

Andrew  Savage     506 

B.  Jane  (Quimby)     621 

Caroline     507-564 

Hannah     506 

Hannah  B.  (Dodge)     506 

Hattie  Lora     507 

Harriet  Jane  (Ferguson)     507 


504 


571 


INDEX 


711 


CROCKER  (cont.) 

Herbert  Samuel     507 
John     506 
Mary    497-506,  507 
Mary  (Carr)     497 
Mary  (Hooker)     507 
Mehitable     629 
Moses    506 
Samuel  Hooker     507 
Sarah  (Carr)     497 
Sarah  (North)     506 
Shurah  (Thurston)     506 
S.  H.     604 
Thomas     507 

CROOK 

Chauncey  W.     507 

Clementina     650 

Edward     506 

Edward  Bass     506 

Elizabeth     506 

Elizabeth  (Gibson)     506 

Emma  Elizabeth  (Perry)  (Wheeler) 

Flavius  Morse     507 

Frederick     506 

Giles    506 

Hazel    507 

Nettie  B.  (Wilmot)     507-679 

Stanley    507 

Sylvia  Lucretia  (Dowd)     507 

William  W.     507 

CROSBY 

Deborah     645 

Harriet  Sawyer  (Carr)     494 

Mae  L.     648 

Mary  Ann     498 

Nina    643 

CROSS 

Abigail     508 

Abigail  (Ladd)     507-508 

Deborah     508-551 

Eliza     508 

Ephraim    508 

Jeremy  L.     508 

Lydia     684 

Mary     624 

Mary  (Minchin)     508 

Mehitable  (Corliss)     508 

Mehitable  (Ladd)     567 

Molly    508 

Polly    508-684 

Prudence    508 


R.  W.  (Jeremy)     508 
William    507-508 
Uriah    508 

CROUCH 

Abigail     508 
Ephraim     508 
Eliza    509,  571 
Mary  (Whittaker)     672 
Rebekah     508 


CROWN 

Rosa  J.  (Ricker) 


639 


CUMMINGS 

Abigail  (Boardman)     508 

Ada  Maria     510 

Alice  Howlett    508 

Caleb     509 

Charles  L.     509 

Elisha     509 

Elizabeth  H.  (Bryant)     510 

Elizabeth  (Marston)     509 

Elizabeth  P.  (Fisher)     509 

Emeline  (King)     566 

Emily  Prescott  (Towle)     664 

Frances  (Sherwin)     508 

George  Edgar     509 

George  Newcomb    510 

George  S.     509 

Hazel  C.     509 

Helen  C.     592 

Helen  Mariette     509 

Imogene  (Brown)     486 

Inez  M.  (McCrea)     510 

Isaac    508 

Jennie  L.  (Moore)     509 

Jemima  (Marston)     509 

Joseph     509 

Joseph  Eugene     510 

Lydia     665 

Lucy    686 

Mahala  F.  (Willoughby)     678 

Maria  T.  (Newcomb)     510 

Maria  Fenn  (Eckley)     510 

Mariette  Vinton     509 

Martha  (Wright)     686 

Mary  (Andrews)     508-509 

Mary  H.     509 

Mary  (Harrington)     509 

Mary  (Huse) 

Mary  Rand     510 

Mary  P.     566 

Salome  Mitchell    510 


712 


INDEX 


CUMMINGS  (cont.) 

Samuel  Oscar    510 

Stephen  Huse     509 

Susan  E.     510 

Susan  Spaulding     509 

Wesley  B.     509 

William  Edward    510 

William  Huse     510 
CURRIER 

Anzolett  A.     510 

Betsey     566-651 

Chellis     510 

Franklin  P.     510 

George  W.     510 

Harriet  E.     510 

James  A.     510 

John     510 

Lucretia  (Woodward)     683 

Lucy  Ann     510 

Missouri  E.  (Whitman)     510 

Norma  C.     510 

Richard     510 

Sarah  Eliza     510 

Susan  (Foster)     510 

CUSHING 

Ann  Eliza     665 

CUTLER 

Rebecca  (Carleton)     493 
Sarah    557 

CUTTING 

Abigail     636 

Susie  (Gannett)     628 

DALTON 

Elizabeth     566 

DANDY 

Delia     567 

DANFORTH 

Lillian  E.  (Cawley)     501 

DARHAM 

Lucy  R.     608 

DAVENPORT 

Elizabeth  (Leverett)     575 
Myra  (Sinclair)     650 

DAVIS 

Abel  S.  E.  B.     511 

Abigail     511 

Abigail  (Batchelder)     511 

Addie     521 

Addie  Dariah     511 

Arthur  E.     511 


Blanche  S.  Handford  (Rhinehart) 

Charlotte  E.     622 

Darius  K.     511 

Dwight    606 

Eliza  C.     530 

Ellen  M.  (Marston)     583 

Ellen  Ramsey     521 

Eva  May     577 

Eveline  B.     511 

Frances  Nelson  Hooper     606 

Hattie  T.  Swift    511 

Jerome  Dean  511 

John  511 

Johnathan     511 

Joseph  E.     511 

Lizzie  M.  (Lyons)     512 

Louis  Leverett     606 

Louise  Babcock  (Flanders)     528 

Lucy  A.  (Luther)     511 

Lucy  (Pike)     624 

Lydia  Bliss     483 

Lydia  (Whitaker)     672 

Mary    455,  542,  617 

Mary  (Russell)     645 

Nathan  B.     511 

Parthena  E.  (Haywood)     544 

Polly  (Kimball)     511 

Roxana    569 

Roxana  (Ladd)     570 

Sally  Ann  (Glazier)     535 

Sally  Ann  H.     511 

Salmon  W.     511 

Susanna  E.  (Howe)     511 

DAVISON 

Andrew     511 

Anna  Maria  (King)     565 

Anna  M.  (King)     512 

Charles  W.     512 

Charlotte  C.    512 

Charlotte  M.  (Sager)     511 

De  Forest     512 

Earl  B.     512 

Edgar    511 

Edward    512 

Ella  G.  (Chadwick)     512 

Elizabeth  E.     512 

Fannie  Emeline    511 

Florence  M.  (Burbeck)     489 

George  A.     511 

Harold  K.     512 

Harriett  L.     512 

Jennie  M.  (Smith)     512 


511 


INDEX 


713 


DAVISON  (cont.) 
John  P.     512 
Kathleen  C.     512 
Lewis  E.     512 
Lizzie  (Bailey)     474 
Lizzie  G.  (Bailey)     511 
Lottie  M.     512 
Maude  E.     512 
Mildred  K.     512 
Minnie  M.  (Carr)     512 
Nellie  M.  (Willey)     511 
Olive    512 
Olive  F.     512 
Pearl  N.     512 
William  H.     512 
Vivian  C.     512 

DAY 

Carrie  (Humphrey)     512 

Daniel  W.     512 

Emma     512 

GuyG.     512 

Hannah  B.  (Gould)     512 

Hattie  A.     520 

Isaiah  A.     512 

Joseph  R.     512 

Lilly     512 

Minna  A.  (Pike)     628 

Peabody  K.     512 

Sarah  (Abbott)     452 

Simon  D.     512 

Zelinda    512 

DEARBORN 

Annie  Maria     549 
Daisy     513 

Eda  Frances  (Mann)     582 
Eda  F.  Mann     513 
Emma  J.  (Thurnbold)     513 
Grace  Marion     513 
Kenson  E.     513 
Leona  Laura     513 
Mary  J.  (Tibbetts)     513 
May  Louisa     513 
Maude  E.  (Johnson)     513 
Mirway     513 
Selwin     513 
Selwyn  K.     513 

DEARTH 

Asa    513 
Dorothy     513 
Elizabeth  (Carr)     513 
Enoch  C.     513 


Fred  P.     513 

Hannah  C.  (Willey)     513 

Jennie  L.     556 

Laura  E.  (Morse)     608 

Maude  E.  (Rumsey)     513 

DENMAN 

Rebecca    539 

DENNING 

Elizabeth    679 

DENNIS 

Sarah  (Blanchard)     481 

DENTON 

Eleanor     492 

DEWEY 

Francis  H.     605 
Susanna  Hale     541 

DEXTER 

Frances  Mae    681 
Georgianna     531 
Mary  F.     492 

DICK 

Georgia  M.  Hoyt    640 

DICKEY 

David     513, 605 

David  Stuart     513 

Edward  (Hudson)     513 

Elizabeth  Nelson     513 

Emma  Augusta  (Cody)     513 

Hanour    513 

Helen     513 

Isabel  McClary    513 

John  Nelson     513 

Lois  Leverett  (Nelson)     513 

Lois  Leverett     513 

Lois  Leverett  Nelson     605 

Mary     504 

Sarah  Hazen  (Page)     613 

Thomas  Leverett     513 

DICKINSON 
Clara  A.     668 
Olive  R.     537 

DITSON 

Sarah     577 

DIXON 

Lizzie  B.  (Farnsworth)     525 

DODD 

Addie  Florence  (Pike)     628 

DODGE 

Hannah     584 


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INDEX 

DODGE  (cont.) 

Joanna  (Hutchins)     514 

Hannah  B.     506 

John     514 

Elizabeth  (Andrews)     619 

Joseph    517 

Rebecca     584 

Joseph  Emerson     514,  516 

DOLE 

Katee    514 

Irene     626 

Laodicea  Cobleigh    517 

Mary  M.     636 

Lilly  (Day)     512 

Sarah     586 

Lucy     514 

DOLL 

Margaret     560 

Ruth    531 

Mary    514,  515 

DONOVAN 

Mary  Elizabeth     517 

Clara  I.  (Nichols)     607 

Mary  Hutchins    517 
Mary  McVarney     517 

DORRETY 

Mary  (Tullock)     517 

Jennie     526 

Mary  Wheeler    517 

DOUGLASS 

Mehitable    514 

Alonzo  S.     514 

Mehi table  (Haynes)     514 

Bertha  E.  (Smith)     514,  652 

Moses,  514,  515,  516 

Virginia  S.     514 

Moses  A.     517 

DOW 

Moses  Franklin     516 

Abigail  B.  (Arnold)     516 

Nancy    514 

Abigail  Arnold     517 

Nancy  Bagley    516,  517 

Abigail  Millen     517 

Norma     518 

Alden     517 

Phebe     514 

Allyn  M.     518 

Phebe  (Emerson)     514 

Amos  H.     518 

Phebe  (Heath)     517 

Anna  Catherine     516 

Richard    517 

Ann  (Storie)     514 

Samuel    518 

Asa    517 

Sarah     516 

Benjamin     517 

Sarah  (Brown)     514 

Catherine     517 

Sarah  E.  (Moulton)     517 

Charles  Marsh     517 

Sarah  Young     516 

Charlotte  S.     651 

Shirley  C.     518 

Cyrus    517 

Stephen     514,  517 

Cynthia  R.     502 

Susan     604 

Cynthia  R.  (Cheney)  (Page)     517 

Thomas     514,  517 

Dexter  D.     518 

William  K.     518 

Ebenezer     604 

William  Kingsley     518 

Elizabeth  Taylor  (Houghten)     517 

Virginia     518 

Eugene  Madison     518 

DOWNER 

Frances  W.  (Burdett)     518 

Flora  Belle     531 

George  Barker     517 

Louise    491 

Gilbert  M.     518 

DOWSE 

Hannah     514,  515 

Lucy  Ann  (Bliss)     483 

Hannah  Emerson     517 

TVn    A   TVTTl 

Huldah  Maria  (Farnsworth)     518 
James     518 

DRAKE 

Nellie    669 

James  B.     517 

DRAPER 

James  Charles     517 

Luella  Bell  (Merrill)     593 

James  E.     516 

Mary     680 

Jennette  (Kingsley)     518 

DRESSER 

Jennie  A.     518 

Sarah     484 

INDEX 


715 


DREW 

Abby  O.     681 
Betsey    639 
Martha  (Kimball) 


564 


DREWEY 

Elizabeth  (Johnston)     554 

DRIPPO 

Margaret     586 

DROWN 

Alice  B.  (Carleton)     494,  518 
Amos     518 
Amos  B.     518 
Crouch  Chester    518 
Olive  Crouch     518 

DRURY 

Elizabeth     453 
Hannah     655 
Lydia     623 

DUBOIS 
Alice     530 

DUERINGER 

Harriet  Emily  (Bacon)     458 

DUNBAR 

Catherine  (Ladd)     570 

DUNKLEY 

Lilian  (Brown)     487 
Lizzie  M.     573 
Marinda  (Kimball)     564 
Nancy  A.     608 
Sarah  D.  (Haywood)     544 

DUNSTON 

Faith     611 

DURANT 

Mary     543,  544 

DURGIN 

Cordelia  J.  Glynn     538 

DUSTIN 

Elizabeth  Watts     659 

Johnathan     659 

Mary     617 

Mary  Augusta  (Gale)     532 

Mehitable  Page     659 

Ruth  H.     680 

DUSTON 

Hannah     616 

DUTTON 

Betsey    518 


Esther  (Farnsworth)     525 
Jacob  B.     518 
John     518 

DWIGHT 

Martha  B.     570 

EADIE 

Ethel    566 

EAMES 

Persis    481 

EASTER 

Jessie     620 

EASTMAN 

Abbie  F.     520 

Abel  Earl    521 

Addie  (Davis)     521 

Amos     520 

Anna  Catherine  (Dow)     516 

Annie  Miller  (Holmes)     520 

Belinda  N.     519 

Benjamin     519 

Betsey     519 

Betsey  Boynton    519 

Burns  Rush     521 

Caroline     519 

Caroline  L.     519 

Charles  W.     520 

Celesta    520 

Cora  (Batchelder)     468 

Cora  May  (Batchelder)     520 

Cynthia  (Clark)     521 

David    519 

Donald  Milo     521 

D. K.     521 

Eber    520,  521 

Ebenezer    519 

Ellen  Ramsey  (Davis)     521 

Emeline  W.     521,  664 

Esther  L.  (Rice)     520 

Ethel  Southwick     521 

Eunice     519 

Eunice  (Eastman)     519 

Eunice  L.     521 

Eva  Sophia     521 

Ezra  B.     519 

Francis  S.     521 

Francis  (Scrivner)     521 

Frank  E.     521 

Frank  J.     521 

George  E.     519 

Hannah     568 

Hannah  Nute     520 


716 


INDEX 


EASTMAN  (cont.) 
Hattie  (Day)     520 
Hazel  (Batchelder)     468,  520 
Henry  O.     520 
Horace     519 
Hubert    520 
Inez    577 

James     519,  520,  521 
James  O.     521 
Jennie  W.  (Buck)     520 
Jesse     519 
Joel    520 

John  Elbridge     520 
Jonathan     519 
Kate    521 
Lavinia     519 
Louisa     519 
Louisa  Ellen     519 
Louisa  Whitcher    519,  674 
Lucia  K.     520 
Lucy  K.     451 
Martha  Alice     520 
Martha  L.     520 
Mary     520 
Mary  Elizabeth     519 
Mary  F.     521 
Mary  Netta    521 
Mary  (Searle)     520,  521 
Mary  Smith     519 
Mehitabel     519 
Mehitabel  (Merrill)     519 
Melissa    520,  654 
Minnie  S.     521 
Moses    519,  520,  521 
Nancy     519 
Obadiah     519 
Oliver  N.     521 
Oliver  Davis     521 
Oliver  Newell    521 
Orrin     521 
Peter     519 
Phillip     519 
Rebecca     641 
Rebecca  (Jewett)     519 
Rebecca  W.  (Bronson)     519 
Roger     519 
Rosilla     487,  519 
Ruth     519 
Ruth  (Chase)     519 
Ruth  E.  S.     520 
Ruth  J.     519 
Sally     519,  520 


Sarah     519 

Sarah  C.  (Barber)     519 
Sarah  Jane     521,  590 
Sarah  (Mann)     521,  579 
Searle     520 
Stephen  Orlando     521 
Susan  A.     521 
Susan  E.     520 
Susan  (Locke)     576 
Susan  S.  (Clark)     519 
Sylvester    519 
Thomas     519 
Wilbur    520 
Wilbur  Fish     520 
William     519,  520,  521 
William  W.     519 

EASTON 

Jane  Hibbard  (Carr)     498 

EATON 

Abigail     589 
Charles  Edward     522 
Edith  Amelia     522 
Frances  M.     617 
Mary  A.     522 
Minnie  P.     513 
Ruth     560,  589 
Sarah     543,  588 


ECKLEY 

Maria  Fenn 


510 


EDGERLEY 
Rhoda     583 
Sarah  C.  (Carr)     498 

EDMANDS 

Mary     484 

EDMONDS 

Eliza  (Russell)     645 

EDMUNDS 

Catherine  Russell  (Webster) 

EDSON 

Bessie  May     522 
Betsey  Wetherbee     522 
Carolina  Betsey     522 
Clara  M.  Longley     522 
George  A.     522 
Hannah  M.  Varney     522 
Harold  Alden     522 
Samuel  A.     522 
Susan  Carolina     522 
Timothy  A.     522 


645 


INDEX 


717 


EDWARDS 

EMERY 

Hannah     473 

Annabel  Margaret     654 

Blanche  (Foster)     523 

EGGLESTON 

Carolina  H.  (Goodwin)     523 

Zurniah     649 

Charles  S.     523 

EHLER 

Charles  W.     523 

Rose     555 

Eleanor    470 

ELA 

Frank  S.    523 

Elizabeth    501 

George  E.     523 

ELDER 

George  James    523 

Sally  (Phelps)     623 

Hannah     466 
Hannah     517 

ELKINS 

James  K.  R.     523 

Curtis     522 

Jennie  L.     686 

David     522 

John     523 

Elizabeth  (Rowell)     522 

Nettie  B.     523 

Ephraim  S.     523 

Ruby  (Woodward)     684 

Harvey    522 

Ruth     672 

Joanna  (Roby)     522 

Sally    523 

Jonathan     522,  523 

Sarah     470 

Josiah    522 

Sarah  Glines  (Bickford)     52 

Louise  (Swasey)     660 

EMORY 

Mehitable  (Swasey)     660 
Moses     522 

1    ;  .M  '     Ml      J 

Winifred  Alta  (Pike)     628 

.111  K'V.  -1              KJt*A4 

Nancy  (Shirley)     522 

ENGLE 

Sabra     522 

Mary     615 

Sally  Philbrook    522 

ENGLISH 

Salmon    522 

Rebecca  M.     666 

Samuel    522 

ERWIN 

ELLENWOOD 

Lovisa  (Pike)     626 

Esther  or  Ellen    526 

ESDEN 

ELLIOTT 

Carrie  Jane     639 

Almira    536 

ETHERIDGE 

Almira  (Flanders)     529 

Olive  (Bailey)     473 

Ann  Bryant     487 

Gardner    487 

EUSTIS 

Luella  (French)     524 

Christinia  Glynn     538 

Lucy  (Dow)     514 

EVANS 

Mamie    652 

Betsey  (King)     523 

Mary     598 

Bessie  Maud    643 

Mary  Carr     616 

Eli  L.     523 

Mary  F.  (Eastman)     521 

Eliza  A.     523 

Nancy    663 

Lillian  May    643 

Submit    600 

Louisa  M.  (Page)     614 

ELLIS 

Martha     674 

Nancy    527 

Mary  W.  (Gale)     523 

Solon  S.     523 

EMERSON 

Gratia  Glynn    538 
Gratia  A.  Glynn    604 

EVERETT 

Mary  (Leverett)     574 

Jennie     661 

EXLEY 

Phebe     514 

Mary     661 

718 

INDEX 

FAIRBANKS 

FARRELL 

Abbie  Luella  (Merrill)     593 

Mary    595 

Polly     599 

FARNALL 

FAIRBROTHER 

Olive     655 

Ellen    525 

FARNSWORTH 

FALES 

Abbie  Jane     525 

Polly  Spalding  (Vail)     655 

Albert     526 

FARMAN 

Alice  Orinda     525 

Alma  A.  (Carr)     524 

Amanda  (Mason)     525 

Anne  Watson     524 

Amelia  A.  (Hatch)     526 

Chester     523,  524 

Anna     525 

Cynthia  Hastings     524 

Anna  (Martin)     524,  525 

Cynthia  Hastings  (Ladd)     524 
Eleanor  Louisa     524 

Ann  (Sylvester)     525 
Belle     525 

Jeremiah  Gordon     524 

Calvin     524,  525,  526 

Lucy  Stearns     523 
Miriam  Eliza     524 

Catherine  M.  (Pray)     525 
Charles  H.     526 

Miriam  Sargent     524 

Cyrus     524 

Samuel  Ladd     524 

David     525 

David  L.     525 

FA"RNAM 

Elbridge  G.     525 

Cynthia  (Ladd)     568 

Ellen  (Fairbrother)     525 

Miriam     569 

Ellen  J.    526 

FARNHAM 

Elmer  C.     525 

Arthur  Stephen     524 

Emma  (George)     526 

Belle  (Rinehart)     524 

Emma  S.  (George)     525 

Belle  F.  (Rinehart)     640 

Esther     525 

Bertha  Laura     524 

Esther  (Ellenwood)     526 

Eliza  Ann     524 

Fannie  (Clough)     525 

Emma  Jane  (Gale)     524,  549 

Florinda  L.     525 

Flossie  Mary     524 

Frances  G.  (Carr)     525 

George     524 

Herbert     525 

Hannah  (Carr)     497,  524 

Huldah  Maria     518 

John  C.     524 

Jane  C.  (Smith)     525 

John  Leon     524 

Jennie     525 

Laura  Ann  (Howe)     524,  549 

Joel     525 

Mary  E.  (Keith)     524 

Jonathan     526 

Mary  Jane  (Howe)     524 

Josie     525 

Milo  George     524 

Laura     525 

Stephen     524 

Lydia     524 

Stephen,  Jr.     524 

Lydia  C.     525 

Lizzie  B.     525 

FARNUM 

Lottie  P.     525 

Abigail     451 

Louise  (Somers)     525 

FARR 

Lucy  Atherton     526 

Ellen  Mary     618 

Mabel     525 

Mary     526 

Martha  (Hale)     526 

Tryphena  (Morse)     601 

Mary  Ann     525 

FARRAND 

Mary  (Farr)     526 

Laura  Worthing  (Whitman)     678 

Mary  Ann  (Locke)     525 

Mary  (Porter)     631 

Mary  J.  (Underwood)     526 

INDEX 


719 


FARNS WORTH  (cont.) 
Mathias    526 
Orrin     525 
Orrin  E.     525 
Robert  W.  Carr    525 
Russell    525 
Ruth  (Shattuck)     526 
R.  W.  C.     526 
Silas  B.     525 
Simeon     526 
Simeon,  Jr.     526 
Stephen     524,  525,  526 
Willis  Stebbins     525 

FELCH 

Kate  Augusta  (Bradish)     485 

FELLOWS 

Sarah  (Morse)     602 

FELTON 

Ann  (Horn)     526 
Ann  (Reding)     527 
Benjamin     526,  527 
Hepsibah  (Sheldon)     526 
Joseph     526 
Jennie  (Donety)     526 
Mary  (Skelton)     526 
Mary  (Trask)     526 
Nancy  (Ellis)     527 
Nathan  B.     527 
Nathaniel     526 
Ruth  (Hamilton)     526 
Skelton    526 
FERGUSON 

Harriet  Jane    507 

FERNALD 

Martha  (Wilson)     681 

FERRIN 

Abigail  (Morse)     603 

FICHLING 

Greenleaf  Elsie     453 


FIELD 

Bertha  (Gale) 


532 


FIFIELD 
Mary     539 

FILLEY 

Anne  K.     527 

Augustus     527 

Aurelia     527 

Chloe     527 

Mary  Ann  (Powers)     527 


FINLAY 

Jane  T.     653 

FISH 

Faustina    603 
Hannah  Hutchins 
Lucia  Mary     458 


551 


FISHER 

Anne     574 
Elizabeth  P.     509 
Harriet  (Morse)     600 
Louisa  Bedel     476 

FISKE 

Betsey    473 

FITCH 

Ellena    453 

FITZ 

Randolph  Elizabeth     623 

FLANDERS 

Abbie    527 

Abbie  Rebecca    528 

Abigail  (Carter)     527 

Abigail  (Mead)     528 

Alice  B.     528 

Alice  (Dubois)     530 

Almira     529 

Anna  Mary  (McDole)     528 

Anne  (Wright)     528,  686 

Austin  Phelps    528 

Charles  Nelson     527,  528 

Charlotte  E.     528 

Charlotte  T.     528 

Delia  M.     528 

Ella  Augusta  (McDole)     528 

Eliza  J.  (Brown)     486 

Emily  (Page)     528,  614 

Ezra    527,  528 

Guy    528 

Hannah     608 

Hannah  Colby    529 

Hannah  (Johnston)     529 

Hannah  (Morrill)     527 

Hosea  Baker    528 

Howard  Barrett     528 

Ina  G.    528 

Israel     528 

Jane    527 

John     527 

Joanna  (Smith)     527 

Joseph     528,  529 

Lafayette  Wells    528 


720 


INDEX 


FLANDERS  (cont.) 
Louise  Babcock     528 
Lucy    528 

Mabel  (Howard)     528 
Marietta  (Hutchins)     528 
Mariette  (Hutchins)     551 
Mary    529,  588 
Mary  Ellen    527,  528 
Mary  E.  (Cass)     527 
Mehitable     529 
Mehitable  (Marston)     583 
Miriam     645 
Naomi    529 
Onesiphorus     528 
Peter    527 
Philip     527 
Polly  Wells     528 
Rebecca  (Pettingill)     527 
Sally     528,  529 
Sarah    540,  604 
Sukey     529 
Stephen     527 
Walter  P.     528 

FLETCHER 

Esther  (Kimball)     564 

FLINT 

Lucy     624 

FLORIT 

Susie  May    615 

FOLSOM 

Abigail     648 
Martha     605 

FOOT 

Dorothy     567 

Joseph  D.  Powers     634 

FORSYTHE 

Sarah  (Leighton)     572 
Sally     598 

FOSS 

Elizabeth     467 
Mary  B.     652 

FOSTER 

Abigail     547 
Amos     604 
Blanche    523 
Cyrus     529 
David     529 
David,  Jr.     529 
Dorcas     529,  644 
Dwight     605 


Ebenezer    529 
Edward     529 
Hannah  Bayley     529 
Helen  (Dickey)     513 
Lavinia  L.     529 
Louisa  J.     529 
Louisa  M.     529 
Lydia     529 
Mary     529 
Mary  Ann     499 
Mary  Jane     529 
Nathaniel     529,  604 
Susan      510 
FOWLER 

Hannah     470 
Mary     622 

FRARY 

Eveline  E.     573 
Lucy  S.     583 

FREESE 

Mary  (Merrill)     588 

FREMONT 

Faustina     603 

FRENCH 

Adelaide     530 

Alice  Cynthia     531 

Almira     635 

Andrew    530 

Andrew  Jackson     531 

Andrew  Willoughby     531 

Ardelle     530 

Barbara  Alice     530 

Benjamin     531 

Betsey    529,  645 

Blanche  S.     640 

Burton     530 

Caleb     530 

Chestina  Wheeler     530 

Daniel     529,  530 

Ella  A.     530 

Eliza  Alta     530 

Eliza  C.  (Davis)     530 

Eliza  (Wilson)     530,  680 

Emerenza    530 

Emily  (Willoughby)     530 

Elmer  Walton     531 

Erroll  Leroy    531 

Eva  B.  (Aldrich)     530 

Flora  Belle  (Downer)     531 

George  W.     530 

Georgianna  (Dexter)     531 


INDEX 


721 


FRENCH  (cont.) 
Hannah     672 
Jane  B.     530 
Joseph  W.     530 
Joseph  Wilson     531 
Julius  Roscoe     531 
K.  Sarah     531 

Lena  E.  (Brooks)  (Collins)     530 
Louisa     530 
Lucinda     529,  530 
Luella    530 
Mabel  Lena     531 
Margaret     529 
Mahala     530 
Maria  B.     531 
Maria  Hatch     531 
Marion  Edith     531 
Mary     530 
Mary  Ellen     531 
Mary  (Pike)     625 
Matilda  Kimball     564 
May     530 
Moses     529 
Moses  S.     529,  530 
Nahum  W.    530 
Nahum  Wilson    530 
Nathaniel  W.     531 
Ray  Malcom     531 
Reuben     530 
Richard     530 
Richardson     529 
Rose     530 
Rose  N.     530 
Rumina  D.     639 
Ruth  (Doll)     531 
Sally    530,  678 
Sarah     530 

Sarah  (Whitcher)     529 
Susan  May     530 
Walter     530 
Wheeler     530 

FRIEZE 

Abigail    648 

FROST 

Mihitabel  Springer  (Mrs.)     480 

FRYE 

Abigail    585 
Lucy  Ann     483 

FULTON 

Cynthia  Hastings  (Farman)     524 
Nancy     624 


GAGE 

Emily  606 
Lydia  589 
Rebecca  (Merrill)     589 

GALE 

Abbie  Frances     532 

Abigail  (Carleton)     494 

Abigail  (Robinson)     531 

Arthur  S.  Farnham     532 

Bertha  A.     532 

Beulah  D.     531 

Charles  Albert     531 

Charles  Albion     531 

Charles  Frank    532,  533 

Daniel    531 

Effie  E.  (Allen)     453 

Elmer  H.     531 

Emma  J.     532 

Emma  Jane     524 

Erroll  C.     532 

Eugene  Beauharnais     532 

Fernando  C.     532,  533 

Frank  Blood     532 

Frank  P.     531,  532 

Fred  G.     531 

George  Carleton     532 

George  M.     531,  532 

Gladys  M.     532 

Hannah     464 

Harry  L.     532 

Herbert  Clinton     531 

Laura  G.  (Wetherbee)     531 

Laura  E.  Rowden     532 

Leroy  S.     533 

Lilian  Hill    533 

Linn  A.     532 

Lois  Abigail     533 

Margaret  (Sanborn)     532 

Marion     532 

Mary  Augusta     532 

Mary  Elizabeth    (Blumley)     483,533 

Mary  M.  (Carr)     533 

Mary  W.     523 

Max  Van     533 

Minnie  M.     531 

Minnie  M.  (Merrill)     531 

Milan  Carleton     533 

Morris  M.     532 

Muriel    532 

Nellie  Grace     531 

Olive  Albina  (Hawkins)     543 

Ora  Eva     532 


47 


722 


INDEX 


GALE  (cont.) 

Roselle  E.  (Carr)     498 
Ruby  M.  (Laurence)     531 
Stephen     532 
Susan  M.  (Carter)     532 

GAMLIN 

Mary  455 
GANNET 

Chastina  (Morse)     599 

Nellie  636 
GARLAND 

Elizabeth    639 

GATCHELL 

Susanna     686 

GATES 

Emma  M.     650 
GATTERSON 

Delilah     609 

Mary  C.     609 

GEORGE 

Abbie  M.  (Park)     533 

Alvah  Sawyer     533 

Beatrice  Mabel     533 

Belle  A.  (Simonds)     533 

Charles  E.     533 

Cyrena     533 

Emma    526 

Eunice  (Walworth)     533 

Harriet  B.  (Weed)     533 

Harry  Lewis     533 

Isaac,  K.     533 

Isaac  K.,  Jr.     533 

Levi    533 

Lewis  C.     533 

Martha  (Whitman)     678 

Mary  Louise     533 

Mary  J.  (Woodward)     683 

Mary  W.     533 

Mary  Williamine     662 

Nellie  Louise  (Noyes)     533 

Rena  Isabel    533 

Rosa  B.  (Smith)     533 

S.  Emma    525 

William  Thompson     533 


GERALD 
Sarah  H. 


657 


GETCHELL 

Abigail  Q.  (McConnell) 
Alonzo  A.     534 
Amos  M.     534 


534 


Benjamin     534 

Carl  E.     534 

Calvin     534 

Eben  C.     534 

Ebenezer     533,  534 

Ellen  G.  (Coagley)     534 

Emma  A.     534 

Elvira  A.     534 

George  A.     534 

Hannah     533 

James    534 

John  M.     534 

Leon  A.     534 

Lula  (Bemis)     534 

Lydia     602 

Nellie  L.     534 

Roselle  E.  (Marston)     534,  583 

Sally     534 

Sally  (Johnston)     533 

Silas  P.     533,  534 

Sophia  S.     543 

Zadoc     534 

Zebulon     533 

GIBBS 

Carolina  Betsey  (Edson)     522 

GIBSON 

Charles  R.     534 

Elizabeth     506 

Jennie  L.  (Quimby)     534 

Jennie  S.  (Park)     619 

Jerusha     603 

S.  Jennie  (Park)     534 

GIDEONS 

Molly  (Cross)     508 

GILCHRIST 

Martha  A.  (Burbeck)     489 

GILE 

Emily  (Ladd)     569 

GILFORD 

M.  Harriet  N.  (Swan)     658 

GILMAN 

Eunice    540 

Francena  (Morse)     602 

John  White    672 

Lydia    672 
GILMORE 

Ellen  Sophia  Piatt    642 

GLAZIER 

Aaron    534,  535 
Alice  M.     536,  661 


INDEX 


723 


GLAZIER   (cont.) 

Alice  (O'Hara)     536 
Alma  J.     536 
Almira  (Elliott)     536 
Anna  Flora     535 
Arzella  Clay     535 
Bert  Janes     536 
Blanche    535 
Eliza  B.  Hibbard     535 
Elizabeth  (Tyrell)     535 
Elmer  David     536 
Emma  E.  (Locke)     535 
Hannah  Royce    535,  644 
Hattie  E.     536 
Henry  A.     535 
Iras  Christine    536 
Janes    534,  535,  536 
Jessie  N.     535 
Julia  E.     536 
Lavinia  Young     536 
Lettie  C.  (Little)     536 
Lizzie  Mellinda    535 
Lizzie  S.     535 
Lucy  Jane    535 
Luke  C.     535 
Luke  Elwyn    536 
Mary    535 

Mary  Ann  (Phelps)     535 
Mary  C.     535 
Mary  Ella    535 
Merwin  P.     536 
Minnie  B.     536 
Murray  R.     536 
Nathaniel  P.     535 
Orpha    535 
Orpha  (Belknap)     534 
Parker    535 
Ruth  F.     535 
Sally  Ann     535 
Sally  (Parker)     534 
Sarah  B.     535,  552 
Van  Buren    535,  536 
Verdie  F.  (Brown)     536 
Wesley  Powers  537 
Zenas     535 

GLEASON 

Blanche  A.  (Pennock)     621 

GLINES 

Annabel  Merrill  (Large)     572 

GLOVER 

Alice  Mabel  (Williams)     537 


Austin  Seth    537 
Carl  Wesley    537 
Catherine  Anna  (Olney)     537 
Elmira  (Pike)     536 
Esther  A.  (Merrill)     537 
Esther  Azora  (Merrill)     590 
Grace  May    537 
Jerusha    488 

Katherine  E.  (Blandin)     537 
Lydia  H.     683 
Mary  Orett    537 
Olive  Elmira    537 
Oliver  R.  (Dickinson)     537 
Paul  Williams    537 
Seth    536 
Seth  Roy    537 
Truman  West    537 
Viola  Jane    536 
GLYNN 

Alzina  E.     541 
Benjamin     537 
Betsey    537 
Charles  B.     538 
Charlotte    538 
Christina     538 
Clemontina     538 
Clesta    538 
Cordela  J.     538 
Edwin    538 
Ellen  P.     538 
Emily  L.     538 
Emerson     538 
Gratia    538 
Gratia  A.     604 
Hannah  Lockwood    537 
Horace  H.     538 
Isaac    537,  538 
James    537,  538,  604 
John    537 
Joseph    537 
LaFayette    538 
Louisa  P.     538 
Lucinda    537 
Lucius  H.     537 
Maria     530 
Maria  W.     618 
Mary  Ann    600 
Mary  A.     538 
Mary  (Perry)     538 
Olive    604 
Olive  Bemis    538 
Phebe    537 


724 


INDEX 


GLYNN   (cont.) 

GORE 

Polly    537 

Christopher     605 

Ruth  M.     538 

GORDON 

Samuel    537 

Eva  Burt     539 

Samuel  Adams     537 

Harold    539 

Sally     537 

James     539 

Sarah     538,  564 

Jennie  (Hancock)     539 

Sarah  (Bacon)     538 

John     539 

Sarah  F.     537 

Leslie  J.     539 

Sarah  Nutting     537 

Lucy  Ann     669 

Sophronia     537 

Martha  H.     669 

Susannah  Morse    538 

Mary     684 

Thankful     538 

Nina     539 

Thankful  (Adams)     537 

Rhoda  Pope    539 

Thomas     537 

Sarah  A.  K.     624 

Verona  A.     538 

GORHAM 

William     537 

Ruth  (Phelps)     623 

GODFREY 

GOSS 

Anne     662 

Jane  (Swan)     657 

GODDARD 

Martha  (Ladd)  (Kimball) 

Silence    540 

GOULD 

GOLDSMITH 

David     604 

Sarah  (Merrill)     591 

Etta  M.  (Pike)     604 

GOODALL 

Hannah  B.     512 

Elizabeth  Salisbury  Nelson     606 

Helen  M.  (Morse)     604 

Ira     606 

Lucinda  F.     549 

Samuel  Hutchins     606 

Mercy    611 

GOODHUE 

GOVE 

Esther  (Pike)     624 

Elnora     581 
Ida     647 
Winnie  M.     531 

Marinda  (Kimball)     564 

GOODRIDGE 

Rebecca    493 

GRAHAM 

Eliza    570 

GOODSELL 

Julia  Perley    605 
Penfield  B.     605 

GRANGER 
Sarah  S.     601 

GOODWIN 

GRANT 

Caroline  H.     523 

Frances    557 

Hepzibah     482 

Mary  Bell  (White)     673 

Hannah     545 
Verta    471 

Tryphena  (Ladd)     568 

GRAVES 

GOOKIN 

Fanny     473 

John  F.     539 

GRAY 

Louisa     490,  539 

Elizabeth    451 

Lucinda     539 

Harriet     669 

Rebecca  (Denman)     539 

Minnie     590 

Richard     538,  539 

Ruth  (Johnston)     554 

Samuel     538,  539 

GREEN 

Sarah     539 

Clare  Emily    685 

Thais  (Young)     687 

Florence  Alice  (Nimes)     , 

Warren  D.     539 

Flora  A.     503 

568 


539 


INDEX 


725 


GREEN   (cont.) 
Frederic  W.     539 
Hannah     611 
Orrin     539 

Robert  Kingsley     539 
Ruby  (Boswell)     484 
Ruth    674 
Sarah    539 
Walter  Frederic    539 

GREENE 

Minnie  M.     498 

GREENLEAF 
Mary     574 

GREENLEY 

Lulu  B.  (White)     673 
GREENOUGH 

Rebecca    598 

GREGORY 

Deborah     494 

GRIFFEN 

Charlotte  Glynn    538 
Ivah    580 

GRIFFIN 

Mary  Ann     557 

GRISWOLD 

Eliza     586 
Sapphira     551 

GROECKE 

Annie     595 
GROVER 

Mary  Ann     625 

GROW 

Damaris  Powers    633 
Mary     633 

GRUBBS 

Bessie  (King)     565 
GUERNSEY 

Lovisa     681 
HACKETT 

Clesta  (Glynn)     538 

Hannah     565 

HADDON 

Mary    480 

HADLEY 

Lydia    537 

Marietta  Amanda    J677 
Nellie  (Kimball)  (Hoyt)     564 
HADDOCK 

Sarah  (Kimball)     561 


HAINES 

Alvin  Stevens     540 

Betsey    540 

Betsey  Eliza  (Clark)     540 

Charles  Clark     540 

Charles  (Timothy)     540 

David     540 

Elinor     667 

Eunice  (Gilman)     540 

Fannie  Maria  (Stevens)     540 

Lydia  Cate     540 

Mary     667 

Mary  A.     604 

Mary  Ann     540 

Mary  Fifield     539 

Mary  Louis     539 

Mary  (Mason)  (Pearsons)     540 

Mary  Parker     540 

May  Alice  (Haywood)     544 

Moses    540 

Pamelia    598 

Phebe  (Acherton)  (Merrill)     540 

Sarah    475,  591 

Sarah  (Flanders)     540,  604 

Sarah  J.  (Clark)     540 

Samuel    539 

Simeon     540,  604 

William     539 

HALE 

Anna    541 

Betsey  S.     540 

Carrie  M.  (Kimball)     562 

David  H.     540 

Eliza    658 

Elvira  C.  Page     540 

Jakey  H.     540 

John     541 

Jonathan     540 

Lois     642 

Lucinda  B.     540 

Martha    526,  633 

Martha  Palmer     540 

Mary    493,  541 

Mary  (Hutchinson)     540 

Mary  (King)     566 

Mehitable     541 

Nathan     541 

Prudence  H.     540 

Sally     462 

Sarah  Hazen     540 

Samuel    540 

Silence  Goddard    540 


726 


INDEX 


HALE  (cont.) 

Subil  T.  J.  (Gale)     616 

Susanna     541 

Susannah  (Tuttle)     540 

Sybil  J.  F.     540 

Thomas    540 

Thomasine     540 
HALL 

Eleanor    585,  663 

Freda  Mary    580 

Judith    474 

Lillian  B.  (Bemis)     479 

Mary     479 

Nancy     595 

Nellie    590 

Sally     563 

HAMBLETT 

Ella  G.  (Wells)     669 

Eliza    650 

Myra  Sinclair  (Davenport)     650 

HAMILTON 

Martha    571 
Ruth     526 

HANCHETT 

Mary  J.     457 
HANCOCK 

Abigail  (Hazen)     545 
Jennie    539 
Mary     552 

HANDFORD 

Lucinda  (French)     530 
HANNET 

Lila    486 
HANNAFORD 

Minnie  L.     664 

HANNIFORD 

Marion     667 

HARDEN 

Emma     551 

HARDY 

Abraham     541 
Adelaide  (French)     530 
Adeline  (Bowen)     541 
Albert     541 
Alfred  T.     542 
Alzina  E.  (Glynn)     541 
Arabella  G.     542 
Beatrix     541 
Bertha     541 
Blanche    541 


Charles    541 

Charles  Lowell     541 

Cora  A.  (Blake)     542 

Dorothy  Ann  (Bailey)     474,  541 

Eben    541 

Eliza  (Adams)     541 

Ella    541 

Ernest  A.     542 

Frank  S.     541,  542 

Fred  S.    541,  542 

George  J.    541 

Gwendolin     541 

Helen  E.  (Smalley)     542 

Henry     542 

Joel  R.     542 

John     541 

Joseph    541,  542 

Josiah     541 

Keziah    589 

Lawrence  A.     541 

Lillian  (Wright)     542 

Lucy     541,  542 

Lucy  Jeffers     541 

Luella    541 

Martha  Alvinia     582 

Mary     542 

Mary  A.     469,  541 

Mary  Louisa  (Ladd)     571 

Mary  (Rogers)     542 

Nancy  E.  Bailey     541 

Rodney  M.     542 

Samuel     542 

Sarah     542 

Sarah  Dow  (Hobbs)     541 

Sumner     541 

William  H.     542 

William  J.     541 

HARMON 

Mary  Parson     569 

HARRIMAN 

Abner     542 

Eliza  Ann  (Ladd)     570 

Elizabeth  (Swan)     542 

Hannah  (Beede)     542 

James     542 

James  Chester     543 

Jane     543 

Jasiel     542 

Joab    542 

Leonard     542 

Mary     543 

Mary  (Davis)     542 


INDEX 


727 


HARRIMAN   (cont.) 
Matthew    542 
Mercy     542 
Molly     542 
Nancy     543 
Nancy  Agnes     493 
Peabody    542 
Ruth  (Pike)     626 
Sarah     542 
Sarah  (Eaton)     543 
Sarah  (Merrill)     542 

HARRIS 

Betsey    589 

Eliza    481 

Prudentia  Wheeler    671 

HARRINGTON 

Mary     509 
HART 

Angeline  (Meader)     588 
HARTSHORN 

Susannah     567 
HARTWELL 

Lillian  M.     469 
HASELTINE 

Elizabeth     493 
HASKELL 

Elizabeth  Lyon    572 

HASLETT 

Katherine     505 

HASTINGS 

Jennie  L.     548 
HATCH 

Amelia  A.     526 

Ida  A.  (Pike)     626 
HAVEN 

Rebecca  B.     570 

HAWKINS 

Alice  (Moseley)     543 
Climena     543 
Cornelia  J.     604 
Dexter  L.     543 
Dexter  Lorenzo     543 
Ellen  F.     543 
Ida  Jane     543 
Martha    543 
Max     543 
Maude    543 
Olive  Albina     543 
Rhoda  Anna     543 
Rhoda  (Armstrong)     543 


HAWLEY 

Lillian  Elizabeth 

HAYES 

Susannah    598 


660 


HAYNES 

Adaline  Bedel     476 
Lucena  Brewster  (Bacon) 
Mehitable     514 


459 


HAYWARD 
Amos    543 
Anna  Hastings    605 
Harriette  E.     602 
John     543 
Jonathan     543 
Joshua     543 
Rix  (or)  Rise    543 
Susanna     543 

HAYWOOD 
Allan  E.     544 
Alvah  E.     543,  544 
Alva  E.     545 
Arthur  Henry     544 
Amelia  (Bisbee)     480,  544 
Benjamin  F.     544 
Blanche  P.     544 
Caroline  E.  (Bacon)     544 
Caroline  Elvira  (Bacon)     459 
Charles  Durant     544 
Chastina  L.     544 
Clark    543,  544 
Eben  Clark    544 
Edwin  B.     544 
Edwin  Reed     544 
Ella     544,  580 
Ella  Maria     544 
Ellen  Noyes  (Clark)     544 
Ira     544 
James  E.     544 
Jennette  G.  (Allan)     544 
Lucretia     544 
Lucretia  (Jeffers)     544 
Maria  E.  (Vrock)     544 
Martha  A.     544 
Martha  Alonia     544 
Martha  B.     544 
Martha  E.     544 
Mary  A.     501,  544 
Mary  (Durant)     543,  544 
Mary  Ellen     544 
Mary  Olin     544 
May  Alice    544 


728 


INDEX 


HAYWOOD  (cont.) 

Nathaniel     543,  544 

Nathaniel  J.     544 

Parthena  E.     544 

Sarah  D.     544 

Sybil  M.     544 
HAZELTINE 

Abigail    611 

Hannah     560 

Mary     560 

Mehitable  Dow     514 

HAZELTON 
Sarah    591 

HAZEN 

Abigail     545 

Abigail  Cotton     545 

Anna     545 

Anna  (Swett)     545 

Charles  A.     546 

Charlotte  La  Sausse     546 

Charlotte  (McKinsie)     546 

Ellen  W.     546 

George  Boardman    546 

Ida  May    546 

John     545,  546,  659 

Martha  P.  (Hardy)     546 

Moses    545,  546 

Nancy     545 

Phebe  (Loveland)     546 

Sarah     540,  590 
HAZZEN 

Abigail     545 

Abigail  (White)     545 

Anna     545 

Edward     545 

Elizabeth     545 

Hannah  (Grant)     544 

John     545 

Mary  (Peabody)     545 

Moses    545 

Richard     545 

Sarah     545 

William     545 
HEATH 

Abigail    546,  561 

Abigail  (Foster)     547 

Azubah  (Sawyer)     546 

Betsey    546 

Caroline  P.     569 

Caroline  R.     570 

Delia  (Bennett)     547 


Guy  O.     546,  547 

Hannah  D.     547 

Hannah  (Kimball)     560 

Harold    547 

Harriet     547 

Harriet  (Willis)     547 

Isaac     547 

Louisa  (Chamberlain)     546,  547 

Lucia  L.     665 

Mary  Ann     678 

May  (Noyes)     608 

Morris  Nathan     547 

Nathan     546,  547 

Ora  Kendall     547 

Pauline  (Wilson)     680 

Phebe    517 

Rachel    547 

Roy  Isaac    547 

Sarah     547 

Sylvanus     546 

Tryphena  (Ladd)  (Goodwin)     568 

HEDGES 

Lillian  Gertrude     504 

IENDREE 

Susan  A.     465 

HENRY 

Bertha  Sarah  (Cowan)     547 

Betsey    623 

Charles  Buck     547 

Eliza  Ann  (Ide)     547 

George  Everett    547 

Ida  M.     636 

Ida  Mary    547 

James  Everett    547 

John     547 

Joseph     547 

Katherine  Frances  (Sanger)     547 

Marion  (Cooledge)     547 

Mary  (Calhoun)     547 

Sarah  Harriet     547 

HERRICK 

Elizabeth     466 

Hannah     641 

Mary  466 

Silena     489 
HERTEL 

Minerva  Janet    458 
HIBBARD 

Betsey     471 

Elisha  B.     535 

Emma     565 


INDEX 


729 


HIBBARD  (cont.) 

Hannah  Heath     547 

Harriet  E.     615 

Helen  L.  (Kimball)     562 

Julia  Ann  (Brown)     486 

Lucinda  (French)     529 

Mary  Houston  (Bell)     478 

Mary  W.     474 

Maude    489 

Ruth    483 

Sarah  (Merrill)     591 

HIGGINS 

Dolly    650 

Sarah     601 
HILDRETH 

Ellen  Louisa  (Kimball)     563 
Hannah  (Sinclair)     650 
Ina  G.  (Flanders)     528 
Mabel  (Kimball)     563 
Rhoda  J.  (Marston)     584 
Sarah  (Sinclair)     650 

HILL 

Lilian     533 
Rebecca  R.     637 
Sally  (Morse)     601 

HILLIER 

Florence     500 

HILLS 

Sally     594 

HILT 

Deborah     673 

HINCKLEY 

Jane  Hibbard  (Carr)     498 

HISCOCK 

Catherine     622 

HOAG 

Mercy    649 

HOAR 

George  F.     605 

HOARD 

Sophia  Lane    682 

HOBB 

Bertha  Louise    548    . 
Edward  G.     547 

HOBBS 

Arthur     548 
Bertha    548 
Bessie  (Nason)     547 
Dennis  Alfred     548 


Dorothy     548 
Edward  G.     548 
Florence     548 
Gladys    548 
John  L.     547 
Lois  (Rogers)     548 
Maude  E.     548 
Naomi  (Quimby)     547 
Sarah  Dow     541 

HODGES 
Lucy    470 
Lucy  (Bailey)     470 

HODGKINS 

Emily  Augusta    649 

HOIT 

Meribah    624 

HOLDEN 

Sophronia  M.     463 

HOLMES 

Annie  Miller    520 
Edith  Augusta    660 
Eliza    601 

HOLTON 

Emma  Brown     458 

HOMER 

Mary  Ann     649 

HONENEMAN 

Amelia     464 

HOOD 

Emma  Frances    661 

HOOPER 

Alice  Woodbury     606 
Catherine  Baker     606 
Frances  Nelson     606 
Francis  Henry     606 
Franklin  Henry     606 
Grace  Martin  Sessions    606 
Horace  Everett     606 
Leverett  Franklin     606 
Leverett  Nelson     606 
Louis  Leverett    606 
Martha  Nelson     605,  606 
Roger  Woodbury     606 
William  Everett     606 
William  R.     605,  606 

HOPKINS 

Harriet     464 

HORN 

Ann    526 


730 


INDEX 


HOSCHIED 

Jotham    549 

Gladys  (Boswell)     484 

Laura  Ann     524,  549 

HOSFORD 

Laura  Cox  (White)     672 

Abigail  (Carrier)     548 

Lilla     453 

Calvin     548 

Louisa  (Amsden)     549 

Calvin  L.     548 

Lucinda  F.  (Gould)     549 

Charles  H.     548 

Luman  Burr     549 

Emily  R.  (Johnson)     548 

Margaret  Damon     549 

Frank  L.     548 

Mary     549,  579,  608 

Harriet  M.  (Burns)     548 

Mary  Jane    524,  549 

Jean  W.     548 

Merab  (Royce)     644 

Jennie  L.  (Hasting)     548 

Micah    549 

Larkin  L.     548 

Peter     549 

Lucy  (Carpenter)     548 

Phebe    583 

Maude  A.     504,  548 

Phebe  A.     586 

Obadiah     548 

Phebe  Bush     549 

HOUGHTEN 

Rebecca     549 

Elizabeth  Tayler    517 

Sophia  (Patterson)     549 

HOUSTON 

Susanna  E.     511 

Alice  E.     580 

Thankful  (Glynn)     538 

Alice  E.  Mann     580 

William     549 

Mary     477 
HOVEY 

Willis  Dearborn     549 

HOWLETT 

Mary  (Porter)     629 

Alice    508 

HOWARD 

HOYT 

Anne  (Watson)     524 

Georgia  M.     640 
Jennett  D.     681 

Benjamin     548 
Elizabeth     634 

Mary     645 

Joshua     548 

Nellie  (Kimball)     564 

Joshua,  Jr.     548 

HUBBARD 

Luella    564 

Alice     664 

Mabel     528 

Eleanor     464 

Rice    548 

Vina  R.     566 

Sarah  J.     600 

HUBBERT 

Susanna    548 

Martha     568 

HOWE 

HUBERT 

Alida  Dearborn     549 

Harriet     550 

Anna  Maria  (Dearborn)     549 

Henry  M.     550 

Anne  Childs     549 

Joseph     550 

Anne  Jane     549 

Mary  Ann     550 

Cora  (White)     673 

Susan     550 

Dorcas     453 

HUDSON 

Elizabeth     549 

Grace  May  (Glover)     537 

Elizabeth  B.  (Woods)     549 

Hannah     574 

Elsie     589 

Ezra     549 

HUMPHREY 

Grace  (Bush)     549 

Carrie     512 

Helen  Alice  (Thompson)     549 

HUNKINS 

Joel    549 

Betsey  (Smith)     550 

John     549 

Clarence  Hewes    550 

Joseph  Miller    549 

Clarissa  Jane    550 

INDEX 


731 


HUNKINS  (cont.) 

Ellen  A.     551,  679 

Harvey  Augusta     550 

Ellen  Maria     628 

Jonathan     550 

Elizabeth  (Carleton)     496 

Joseph  Smith     550 

Eveline  D.     486 

Maria  (Wilson)     550,  681 

Gladys  K.     551 

Mary  Annette  (Carleton)     494 

Hannah     551 

Olive  Ann    550,  616 

Hannah  (Clark)     551 

Thomas    550 

Jane  B.     551 

Thomas  Hewes    550 

Jeremiah     551 

HUNT 

Joanna     514 

Antoinette    550 

Joseph     550,  551 

Betsey    494 

Marietta    528 

Caleb    550 

Mariette    551 

Caleb  S.     550 

Martha    550,  551 

Edward  Morse    550 

Martha  Sophia  (Page)     61 

Elizabeth  Poole    550 

Mary    517 

Harriett     550,  663 

Mehitable     551 

Helen     550 

Ruth    551,  567 

Henry  Towle     550 

Sally  Ann     479,  551 

Horace    550 

Susan    486 

Louisa  G.     685 

Susan  E.  (Brown)     551 

Maria  Wilson  (Hunkins)     681 

Soloman    551 

Martha     473 

Timothy     551 

Mary     476 

William     551 

Mary  Antoinette     550 

Zeremiah     551 

Mary  Antoinette  (Towle)     663 

HUTCHINSON 

Matilda  (Lull)     642 

Anna  C.  (Johnston)     555 

Prescott     550 

Mary     540 

Rebecca  (Poole)     550,  655 

Susanna  Bell    477 

Wealthy     498 

Susan  D.  Morse    604 

HUNTINGTON 

Sylvanus    604 

Fanny     459 

HYDE 

HUNTINGDON 

Mary  Isabel  (Ladd)     570 

Martha  (Bailey)     473 

IDE 

Hannah  (Barron)     460 

Eliza  Ann     547 

HURLBURT 

INGALLS 

Sarah  Jane    552 

Carroll  H.     552 

HUSE 

Clark  B.     552 

Betsey    667 

Emily  J.  (Lord)     551 

Betsey  (Brown)     667 

Eva  M.  Bartlett    552 

Elizabeth     568 

Huldah  (Pike)     624 

Mary  Elizabeth     504 

John  Calvin     551 

HUTCHINS 

Ruth     624 

Abigail    551 

Anna  C.  (Carleton)     496 

Augusta  (Sinclair)     649 

Sapphira  (Griswold)     551 
Stephen  Raymond    551 
William     551 
William  Herbert     552 

Benjamin  C.     551 

Betsey     551 

INGRAHAM 

Charles  A.     551 

Ruth  A.     643 

Deborah  (Cross)     508,  551 

INMAN 

Ellen     627 

Ida     494 

732 


INDEX 


IVES 

Louisa  (Ladd)     569 

JACKSON 

Dan  Young     552 

Eliza    552 

Eliza  (Whitman)     678 

Eliza  W.  (Whitman)     552 

Elizabeth  (Chase)     501,  552 

Fletcher    552 

Georgianna     643 

John  Wesley     552 

Josephine  Page     614 

Marcus  B.     552 

Mary  Ann     552 

Robert     552 

Sarah  B.  (Glazier)     535,  552 

Sarah  J.     552 

Thomas  Branch     552 

Willis  F.     552 

William  Wilson     552 

JACOBS 

Charles  Hodgdon     552 

George  Franklin     552 

Lydia  Smith     602 

Sally  Tuttle    552 

Samuel     552 

Sarah  Anna     552 

Sarah  Jane  (Hurlburt)     552 

JACOBSON 

Ellen  Julie    571 

JAMES 

Isabella  (Montgomery)     575 
James  (Swasey)     660 

JAMESON 

Hannah     480 

JARVIS 

Annie     555 

JEFFERS 

Asenath  (Wright)     686 
Louisa  K.   (Knight)     566 
Lucretia    544 
Lucy    541 
Mary     627 

Mary  A.  (Haywood)     544 
Phebe  (Whitaker)     672 
Philena    503 


JENNE 

Sarah  E. 


566 


JENNISON 
Christina  W. 


452 


JESSEMAN 
Ellen  S.     468 

JEWETT 

Hannah     492 
Jane  A.  (Russell)     645 
Lydia  (Pike)     624 
Nancy  Ann  (White)     672 
Rebecca     519 

JOHNSON 

Abigail  (Merrill)  (Poole)     590 

Betsey  (Pearson)     620 

Carrie     572 

Elizabeth  (Lowde)     569 

Elizabeth  (Lowell)     570 

Emily  R.     548 

Joan  H.     647 

Lizzie  Mellinda  (Glazier)     535 

Martha  E.  (Haywood)     544 

Mary     475 

Mary  Ann     602 

Maude  E.     513 

Myra  L.  (Burbeck)     488 

Phebe  (Dow)     514 

Ruby  S.     602 

Sarah  Lang  (Rogers)     643 

Susan  W.     602 

JOHNSTON 

Abigail    554-658 

Ada  Ellen     555 

Anna  C.     555 

Annie  (Jarvis)     555 

Betsey    554 

Betsey  D.     554 

Charles     552,  553,  554 

Charles  Henry     555 

Charles  M.     554 

Clara  Roe  (Seeley)     555 

Clarence  Lee     555 

Edna  L.     555 

Edward    554 

Ella  M.     555 

Ellen  H.     555 

Elmer  A.     555 

Elizabeth     554 

Eva  West    555 

Florence  Ruby     555 

Frank  P.     554,  555 

George  Seeley     555 

George  H.     555 

George  Washington     555 

George  Whitefield     554,  555 


INDEX 


733 


JOHNSTON   (cont.) 
Hale     554 
Hale  Atkinson    555 
Hannah     529,554,620 
Harry  A.     554 
Harley  Tenney     555 
Horace  M.     554 
Herbert     555 
Irving  West     555 
Jennie  C.  (Merrill)     554 
Jessie    555 
John    552 
Kate  M.     554 
Lee  George    555 
Lillian  Ruth     555 
Lucy  (Alward)     555 
Mary    487,  554 

Mary  (Hancock)     552,  553 

Mary  P.     554 

Michael    552,  553,  554 

Miriam    552 

Nellie  (Conrad)     554 

Olive  Alma  (Berry)     555 

Ollie  (Snyder)     555 

Robert     552,  553 

Rose  (Ehler)     555 

Ruth     554 

Ruth  (Marsh)     553 

Sally    533 

Sarah    452,  552,  554,  555 

Sarah  Atkinson     554 

Sarah  (Shearer)     555 

Thomas     553 

Wayne  Alvin     555 

JONES 

Ada  Louise  (Spaulding)     656 

Alice  (Bell)     556 

Charles  F.     556 

Charles  Franklin     556 

Harry  Hibbard     556 

Helen  Maude     556 

Horace     556 

Horace  Edwin     556 
Jennie  L.  (Dearth)     556 
Mary  Alice     556,  679 
Mary  Louisa  (Morse)     602 
Nellie  Louise     556 
Oliver  Doe     556 
Polly     485 
Raymond  C.     556 
Roxana  W.  (Page)     556 


JORDAN 

Susanna  Willerton  (Meader)     588 

JUTA 

Amanda     568 

KAY 

Anne     556 

Bryan  J.     556 

Bryan     556 

Dorothy     556 

Elizabeth     556 

Elsie  (McCormack)     556 

Hannah     556 

Jane     556 

Mary  (Smith)     556 

Robert     556 

Roxalina  (Allen)     556 

Roxana  (Allen)     453 

Sally    598 

Sarah     556 

KEETH 

Julie  (Kimball)     564 

KEELER 

Edith  Augusta  (Swasey)     660 

KEENAN 

Nancy    504 

KEIES 

Frances  (Grant)     557 
Mary     557 
Priscilla     557 
Solomon     557 

KEITH 

Cora  Woodward     683 

Lulu  B.  White  (Greeley)     673 

Mary  E.     524 

KELSEA 

George  S.     604 

KELLOGG 

Mary  (Bartlett)     465 

KELLUM 

Abigail    483 

Eliza  W.  (Webster)     666 

Henrietta  Mumford  (Powers)     634 

KELSEY 

Phebe  (Ladd)     568 

KEMPTON 

Eliza  A.     673 
KENDALL 

Jane  Prentice     659 
Mary     604 


734 


INDEX 


KENDALL  (cont.) 
Ruth    672 
Sarah     624 
Susan  Dow     604 

KENDRICK 
Deborah     615 

KENNEDY 

Beatrice  Alice     556 

Dorothy  Edna     556 

Goldie  (Buckley)     487 

Goldie  M.  (Buckley)     556 

John  Buckley     556 

Lucinda  Southard  (Parker)  (Nesmith) 

653 
Mary  556 
Patrick     556 


Henry  W.     558 

Henry  Wilder    558,  559 

Henry  Wilder,  Jr.     560 

Isabelle  F.     558 

John  Parkinson     560 

Lydia     609 

Martha  G.     558 

Margaret  (McArthur)     558 

Mary  Ann  (Heath)     678 

Mary  (Sinclair)     650 

Melissa  A.     562 

Ruth     624 

Sarah     557 

Sarah  A.  (Pierce)     558 

Solomon     557 

Thomas     557 


Sylvester  P.     556 

KEYSER 

KENNEY 

Addie  M.  (Kimball)     563 

Blanche  (Glazier)     535 

Harriet  (Bailey)     474 

KENT 

Mary  M.     666 

Abigail  (Bailey)     557 

KEZER 

Arad  Stebbins     557 

Angie  Sarah     560 

Erne  A.  (Burbank)     557 

Angie  Smith  (Bisbee)     560 

Elizabeth  (Chamberlain)     557 

Annie  (Valdes)     560 

Eunice  Idella  (Parker)     557 

Arthur  Lucene     560 

Frank  Harry     557 

Blanch  Mahala     560 

Harriet  C.     664 

David     560 

Hattie  M.     557 

Francis  S.     560 

Jacob     557 

Francis  Stewart     560 

Joseph    557 

George     560 

Joseph  Frank     557 

Lucene    560 

Mary  Ann  (Griffen)     557 

Mahala  French     585 

Mary  (White)     557 

Mahala  French  (Meader) 

Mehitable  Hale     541 

Mary  E.     587 

Sadie  (Marston)     584 

Nancy  (Carr)     497 

William  P.     557 

Racine     560 

KERR 

KIDDER 

Ethel    637 

Anna  Etta  (Kimball)     583 

KEYES 

KILBURN 

Anna     633 

Elizabeth    493 

Charles  W.     558 

KIMBALL 

Danforth     557 

Abbie  E.     489,  562 

Emma  F.  (Pierce)     558 

Abigail     561 

Emma  Sophia    571 

Abigail  Corliss     560 

Esther  B.     571 

Abigail  (Heath)     546,  561 

Francis     560 

Abraham     560 

Francis  P.  Wheeler     559 

Addie  M.     563 

Freeman     558 

Addie  M.  (Blake)     564 

George  T.     558 

Alice     564 

Hannah     624 

Alice  K.  R.     562 

Henry     558 

Amos    560,  561 

560 


INDEX 


735 


KIMBALL   (cont.) 

Ann  C.  (Marden)     563 

Anna  Etta     563 

Anna  J.     562 

Anna  (Willis)     561 

Albert  F.     563 

Albert  Frost     564 

Arthur     562 

Arthur  R.     564 

Arthur*  Rogers     564 

Belle  C.  (Leighton)     572 

Belle  Rinehart     564 

Belle  F.  Rinehart  (Farnham) 

Benjamin     560 

Benjamin  F.     561 

Caleb     563 

Carleton     561 

Caroline  (Crocker)     507,  564 

Carrie  M.     562 

Charles     564 

Charles  Caleb     563 

Charles  M.     563 

Charles  Morris     563 

Charles  P.     562 

Charles  R.     562 

Charles  Samuel     564 

Charlotte     561 

Cynthia     561 

Daniel  P.     561 

Daniel  Putnam     562 

Dorris     564 

Dudley  C,     562 

Dudley  Carleton     561 

Ebenezer     560 

Edna  F.  (McKean)     562 

Eliza    561 

Elizabeth    561 

Elizabeth  (Manson)     582 

Ellen  L.     562 

Ellen  Louisa     563 

Emma     572 

Emma  (Clark)     562 

Erland  F.     564 

Esther     564 

Everett     561 

Ezra     562 

Ezra  S.     560,  561,  562 

Francis     561 

Francis  D.     561,  562 

Francis  Mary  (White)     561 

Frank  E.     562 

Gazilda  C.  (Moran)     563 


640 


George  F.     563 
George  French     564 
George  Russell     563 
Hannah     560,  561 
Hannah  (Blanche)     563 
Hannah  (Hazeltine)     560 
Hannah  (Morris)     563 
Harland     564 
Harmon  Reymer     562 
Harriet     561 
Hattie  C.     561 
Howard  Ray     564 
Helen     564 
Helen  L.     562 
Helen  M.     564 
Isaac  B.     561 
James  Henry     563 
Jane  E.     561 
Jane  E.  (Colburn)     562 
Jane  (Pearson)     563 
John     560,  561,  564 
John  G.     563 
John  Goodhue     564 
John  Leverett     592 
Joseph  Porter     562 
Joseph  Powers     562 
Josephine  Viola     676 
Julie     564 

Lena  (Campbell)     564 
Leslie     564 

Lottie  (St.  Clair)     564 
Louis  M.     563 
Louisa  (Bean)     562 
Luella  Howard    564 
Mabel    563 
Margaret  (Dow)     560 
Margueritte    562 
Marinda    563,  564 
Martha    564,  678 
Martha  E.     561 
Martha  L.     562 
Martha  (Ladd)     568 
Mary  A.  (Brock)     562 
Mary  (Hazeltine)     560 
Mary  Leverett     592 
Mary  (Pike)     560 
Mary  (Willoughby)     563 
Matilda    563,  564 
Mehitable    561 
Mehitable  C.     562,  654 
Mehitable  (Carleton)     561 
Melissa  A.  (Keyes)     561 


736 


INDEX 


KIMBALL  (cont.) 
Merle  Carroll     5G4 
Meril  Helen     564 
Mildred     564 
Molly     561 
Morris  Badger     564 
Morris  E.     563 
Morris  Ebenezer     563 
Nellie     564 
Paulina     561 

Peabody  Webster    562,  563 
Priscilla     561,  589 
Rachel  C.     561 
Ray  Horace     564 
Richard     560 
Roy    563 
Roy  Horace     564 
Ruby  (Moulton)     561 
Russell     562,  563,  564 
Ruth  Eaton     560 
Sally     561 
Sally  (Hall)     563 
Sally  (Putnam)     561 
Sarah    561,  666 
Sarah  (Ambrose)     563 
Sarah  Glynn     564 
Sarah  L.     562 
Sarah  R.     561 
Susannah  (Sanborn)     561 
Tamar     591 
Thomas     563 
Ursala  (Scott)     560 
William     564 
William  Henry     564 

KINCAID 

Mary    473 

KING 

Adaline  E.     565 
Alden  Walker     565 
Almon     566 
Amanda  (Burt)     565 
Ann  (Walker)     565 
Anna  M.     512 
Anna  Maria     565 
Bessie     565 
Betsey     523,  565 
Charles  Russell     565 
Edward    565 
Elizabeth  Ann     565 
Emma  (Hibbard)     565 
Elizabeth  (Young)     565,  687 


Emeline    566 

Eunice     565 

Hannah     566 

Hannah  (Hackett)     565 

Henry  Franklin     565 

Herbert  Dana     565 

Hiram     564,  565 

Hiram  Herbert     565 

James     565 

James,  Jr.     565,  566 

Laura  Cox  (Howe)     672 

Linva  S.  (Weeks)     565 

Lizzie     676 

Margaret  J.  Neeley     565 

Mary     566 

Mary  P.  Cummings     566 

Nancy     653 

Russell     564,  565 

Sally  Ann     565 

Sally  (Walker)     565 

Samuel  Dana     565 

Samuel  Russell     565 

William     565 

KINGMAN 
Julia  E.     656 

KINGSBURY 

Susanna     623 

KINGSLEY 

Jennette     518 

KINNY 

Joanna     588 
KINNICUTT 

Edith  Perley     605 
Lincoln  N.     605 
Roger     605 

KITTREDGE 

Amelia  (Filley)     527 
Esther     576 

KNAPP 

Abbie  Rebecca  (Flanders)     528 
Susanna  (Howard)     548 

KNELL 

Elizabeth     467 

KNIGHT 
Aaron     566 
Andrew  J.     566 
Addie  J.     567,  608 
Benjamin     566 
Betsey     566 


INDEX 


737 


KNIGHT  (cont.) 

Betsey  Currier     566 
Betsey  Page     467 
Caleb     566,  567 
Clara  A.  (Silsby)     566 
Deborah     585 
Delia  (Dandy)     567 
Dudley     566 
Eleanor     470 
Elizabeth  Dalton     566 
Ethel  (Eadie)     566 
Elvira  P.  (Morton)     566 
Fannie  C.     602 
Fred  M.     566 
Hannah  (Holmes)     566 
Harriet  A.     598 
Horace  B.     566 
Isaac     566 
James  S.     566 
Jane     566 
Jennie     567 
Joan  E.     566 
Kenneth  Nathan     566 
Lauretta     566 
Louisa  (French)     530 
Louisa  K.     566 
M.  Clarence     566 
Moses  ■  566 
Nancy  (Blake)     567 
Nathan  S.     566 
Rebecca     681 
Sarah  E.  Jenne     566 
Vina  R.  (Hubbard)     566 

KNOWLES 
Cora     654 
Hannah     575 

KNOX 

Dorothy  (Boswell)     483 
Electra     623 
Mary     594 

LA   BAITE 

Eloise     599 

LA   DOW 

Lillian     610 

LA  SAUSSE 

Charlotte     546 

LADD 

Abiah     568,  687 
Abigail    507,  567,  568 
Abigail  Maria     570 
Abigail  (Spalding)     568,  570 


Amanda  (Juta)     568 

Amasa  Scott     569,  570 

Ann     567,  568 

Arthur  S.     570 

Asa     567 

Asenah  (Batchelder)     569 

Azel  Parkhurst     570 

Calvin  P.     569,  571 

Caroline     569 

Caroline  P.  (Heath)     569 

Catherine     570 

Catherine  (Colburn)     569 

Cecelia  E.     570 

Charles     570 

Charles  Edwin     570 

Charles  L.     570 

Charlotte     569,  570 

Cynthia  A.     568 

Cynthia  Hastings     524,  570 

Cynthia  Hastings  (Arnold)     568 

Daniel     567,  568 

David     567 

Dorothy     603 

Dorothy  (Foot)     567 

Elisha  Lock     569 

Eliza     569 

Eliza  Ann     570 

Eliza  (Crouch)     569 

Eliza  Graham     570 

Eliza  (Lather)     570 

Eliza  Swan     570 

Elizabeth    568 

Elizabeth  (Huse)     568 

Elizabeth  Lowde  (Johnson)     569 

Elizabeth  (Swan)     569 

Elvira  M.     570 

Emily     569 

Esther  (Pillsbury)     568 

Ethan  Smith     569,  570 

Ezekiel    567,  568,  569 

Frances  Matilda     570 

Franklin  Hutchins     569 

George  A.     571 

George  W.     569 

Hannah     568,  569 

Hannah  Eastman     568 

Hannah  (Lock)     568 

Hannah  (Locke)     576 

Harvey  William     569 

Harriet     569 

Hastings  A.     570 

Henry  B.     570 


48 


738 


INDEX 


LADD   (cont.) 

Hiram     569,  571 

Hiram  K.     571 

Horace  Hall     568 

Horace    570 

Horatio  Nelson     569 

Hustin     569 

Ida  Emma     580 

Isaac     569 

James     567,  568,  569 

James  Leander  Sellers     570 

John     567,  568 

John  Quincy  Adams     569 

Jonathan     567,  569 

Jonathan  A.     568,  570 

Joseph     568,  569 

Julia     569 

Laben     570 

Labun     568 

Lavinia     569 

Lewis     569 

Louisa  B.     569 

Louisa  M.  (Burrill)     570 

Lucy  Amanda     570 

Lucy  (Sellors)     569 

Mariana     570 

Martha     568,  569,  570 

Martha  B.  (Dwight)     570 

Martha  (Corliss)     567 

Martha  (Hubbert)     568 

Martha  Phillips     570 

Mary     570 

Mary  Ann     570 

Mary  Ann  (Childs)     570 

Mary  (Burbeck)     488,  568,  570 

Mary  Dudley  (Melvin)     569 

Mary  Isabel     570 

Mary  Louisa     571 

Mary  (Merrill)     589 

Mary  Parson  (Harmon)     569 

Mary  Robbins     570 

Mary  S.  Lock     576 

Mary  (Ward)     568,  570 

May     470 

Mehitable     567 

Mehitable  (Roberts)     567 

Miriam  (Farman)     569 

Miriam  Sargent  (Farman)     524 

Molly     568 

Moody    568,569 

Moses     568 

Nancy  (Riggs)     569 


Otis  Freeman     569,  570 
Olive  (Williams)     569  . 
Oliver  William    569 
Pamelia    569 

Peabody  Webster    569,  570 
Persis     569 
Phebe     568 

Rebecca  B.  (Haven)     570 
Roxana     569 
Roxana  (Davis)     569 
Ruth    567,  568,  569,  622 
Ruth  (Hutchins)     567 
Ruth  Marie     570 
Sally     569 

Samuel     567,  568,  569,  570 
Sarah  Lock     569 
Sarah  (Luevey)     568 
Sarah  (Merrill)     567,  589 
Sarah  (Ring)     569,  640 
Sophia  Adala     570 
Susannah     567,  568 
Susannah  (Hartshorn)     567 
Theodo     568 
Theodosia    569 
Timothy     568 
Tryphena     568,  569 
William     568,  570 
William  Hutchins     569 
William  Wallace     569 

LAKE 

Emma  E.     535 
Mary  Ann     683 

LAKEY 

Katherine     593 

LAMBERT 

Elisabeth     659 

LAMSON 

Miranda     609 

LANE 

Mary  G.  (Angier)     453 
Sophie     682 

LANG 

Hannah     471 
Lena     458 
Martha  Child     619 

LANGE 

Ellen  Julie  (Jacobson)     571 
Ethel  Wilhelmina    571 
John  Fred  Valdemar    571 
Nellie  Signe     571 


IXDEX 


739 


LANGE   (ami.) 

.-vend     571 

Thomas     .571 

William  Svend     571 
LARABEE 

Frances  Barstow     462 

LARGE 

Alberta  (Shorey)     572 

Annabel  Merrill     572 

Annette  Susan     571 

Annie  Amanda     572 

Bertha     572 

Edward  John     572 

Elizabeth  Lyon  (Haskell)     572 

Elsie  Martha     572 

Emma  Sophie  'Keyes      571 

Esther  B.  'Keyes      571 

Harry  Dana     572 

Hattie  Herbert     572 

James     571 

John     571 

John  Harmer     571 

Licetta     572 

Martha  ''Hamilton)     571 

Xettie  S.     505 

Robert  Haskell     572 

William     571 

William  Harvey     571.  572 

LARKIN 

Nellie  L.  (Gretchell)     534 

LATHER 

Mary     627 

LATHROP 

Lavinia  (Eastman)     519 

LAW 

Abigail  Pike     624 

LAWRENCE 
Fannie  B.     621 
Ruby  M.     531 
Sarah     611 

LAWSON 

Sarah     455 

LEACH 

Martha     451 

LEAVITT 

Abigail     501 

Martha  E.  (Kimball)     561 

LEAZER 

Eliza  Alta  (French)     530 


LEIGHTON 

Albert  Henry     572 
Andrew  J.     572 
Belle  C.     572 
Carrie  (Johnson)     572 
Ellen  C.  (Lother)     572 
Emma  C.     572 
Emma  Kimball     572 
Frank  A.     572 
Fred  M.     572 
Helen  L.  'Bedell      572 
Henry  A.     572 
James  Mortimer     574 
Lydia  Jane     603 
Martha  L.     646 
Martha  Louise     572 
Mary  Brewer     574 
Philip  H.     572 
Reuben     572 
Richard  A.     572 
Sarah     572 
Sarah  Carbee     572 
Stephen  D.     572 

LEITH 

Eveline  E.    Frary)     573 
George  E.     573 
George  W.     573 
Harry  W.     573 
Minnie  P.  Eaton     573 
Walter  H.     573 
William  H.     573 

LEONARD 

Ada  (Weimer)     573 
Arabella  G.  (Hardy)  (Clarke)     542 
Avis  Gardner  (Macy)     573 
Elizabeth  (Richmond)     573 
Eunice  (Spalding)     573,  655 
Garvis     573 
Henry  B.     659 
Henry  B.,  Jr.     573 
Henry  Baxter     573 
James     573 
James  Frederick     573 
Lizzie  M.  (Dunkley)     573 
Man- 
Nathaniel     573 
Nancy  Ann  Merrill     659 
Nancy  tSwasey)     573 
Sally"  573 
William  M.     573 


740 

LEVERETT 

Abigail     592 
Abigail  B.     574,575 
Abigail  Buttolph     574 
Anne  (Fisher)     574 
Elizabeth    574,  575 
Elizabeth  Hallam     682 
Elizabeth  (Salisbury)     575 
Esther  S.  (Wellman)     575 
Hannah    575 
Hannah  (Hudson)     574 
Hannah  (Leavett)     575 
Hudson     574 
John     574,575,605 
Josiah     575 
Knight     574,  575 
Lois  Burnham     574,  575,  605 
Lucretia     574 
Martha     575,  605 
Mary     574,575,592 
Mary  (Greenleaf)     574 
Rebecca  (Winsor)     574 
Samuel  Salisbury     575 
Sarah  (Peyton)     574 
Thomas     574,  575 
Thomas  Leverett     605 
William     574,  575 

LEWIS 

Caroline  Minerva  (Bacon)     457 

LIBBEY 

Angeline  (Prescott)     575 
Elizabeth     609 
Ellen     575 
Elmer  P.     575 
Emerenza  (French)     530 
Emma     575 
John  A.     575 
Lucy  (Stone)     575 
Luke     575 

LIBBY 

Elbert  G.     575 
E.  Irving     575 
George    575 
John  Edward     575 
Lettie  (Stone)     575 
Lois  F.  (Albee)     575 
Nancy     609 
William  A.     575 

LILLINGHAM 

Elizabeth     576 


INDEX 


LINCOLN 

Charlotte     478 
Mariana  Ladd     570 
Susanna     461 
LITCHFIELD 
Lilly    480 

LITTLE 

Burbeck     488 
Gertrude  S.     500 
Lettie     474 
Lettie  C.     536 

LI  VERM  ORE 

Louisa  (Bliss) 

LOCK 

David     576 

Elizabeth  (Lillingham)     576 

Hannah     568 

Mehitable  (Stickney)     576 

Sarah     569 

LOCKE 

Abigail     576 
Adeline     576 
Amanda  (Lutz)     576 
Amanda  (Squires)     576 
Amos     576 
Arvilla  Carr     576 
Clara  Alexanda     576 
David     576 
Dolly     576 
Dorothy     576 
Dudley     576 
Eleanor  H.     576 
Eleanor  (Wilson)     576 
Elisha    575,  576 
Elizabeth  Berry     575 
Elizabeth  (Boyd)     576 
Esther  Kittredge     576 
Hannah     576 
Hannah  (Knowles)     575 
Henry  Walker     576 
James     576 
John     575 
John  Carr     577 
Johnson     576 
Jonathan     576 
Joseph     576 
Joseph  Hannibal     577 
Mary  Ann     525 
Mary  S.     576 
Mehitable  (Pattee)     576 


INDEX 


741 


LOCKE  (cont.) 

Reuben     577 

Morrill  Silas     576 

Susan  (Spalding)     655 

Nancy  Alice     576 

Wellington  H.     577 

Nathan    576 

LOVELAND 

Nelson  Horatio     576 

Phebe    546 

Olive  Strong     576 

Phebe    576 

LOVERING 

Rachel  (Brainard)     576 

Abigail     467 

Sally  Ann  (Glazier)     535 

Maurice  M.     463 

Sarah  (Ditson)     577 

LOWELL 

Sophia  (Thurston)     576 

Ruth     482 

Susan     576 

Susan  F.  (Parker)     577 
Tryphena     576 

LUEVEY 

Sarah     568 

Tryphena  (Moulton)     576 

LULL 

Tryphena  (Saunders)     576 

Matilda    642 

Wallace     576 

LUTZ 

William    575,  576 

Amanda    576 

William  Hale     577 

LOCKWOOD 

Fanny  (Bisbee)     480 

LYME 

Anne  Watson  (Farman) 

Hannah     537 

LYONS 

LOMBARD 

George     577 

Ann  S.     476 

George  C.     577 

Inez  (Eastman)     577 

LONG 

Lizzie  M.     512 

Julia  Ann  (Russell)     645 

Mae  M.     646 

Mary  J.     654 

May  M.     577 

LONGLEY 

McARTHUR 

Clara  M.     522 

Margaretta     558 

LORD 

McCLARY 

Emily  J.     551 

Caroline    584 

LOTHER 

Caroline  B.     584 

Edward     576 

Ellen     637 

Edward  H.     576 

Ellen  Dodge     584 

Eliza     570 

Hannah  (Dodge)     584 

Ellen  Augusta  (Stebbins)     577 

John     584 

Ellen  C.     572 

Julia  Minot    584 

Eva  May  (Davis)     577 

Rebecca  (Dodge)     584 

Hannah     577 

Sarah  (Montgomery) 

Henry  Edward     577 

McCONNELL 

Sarah  A.     647 

Abigail  Q.     534 

LOTHOP 

Chastina    502 

Caroline  Bailey     655 

Jessie  (Patridge)     620 

LOUIS 

Louisa     498 

Mary     539 

Mahala  (French)     529 

LOVEJOY 

Mary  C.     499 

Hannah  Bailey     604 

McCORMACK 

Harriet  (Bancroft)  (Thorpe)     577 

Elsie    556 

Jacob     604 

McCREA 

Martha  Reading     576 

Inez  M.     510 

524 


594 


742 


INDEX 


McDOLE 

MAHURIN 

Anna  Mary     528 

Mary  Ellen    495 

Ella  Augusta     528 

MAITLAND 

McDURGIN 

Rebecca  S.     630 

Hannah  (Pearson)     620 

MANAHAN 

McGIVANY 

Ellen  (Douglas)     595 

Ida    669 

Mary  Wheeler    671 

MANK 

McINLAY 

Margaret  (McKinley)     504 

Luvia  Ellen  (Mann)     581 

MANN 

McINTYRE 

Ada  Myra     582 

Mary  Louise     646 

Alice  E.     580 

McKEAN 

Amos  C.     579,  580 

Edna  F.     562 

Caroline  Green    580 

Clarence  H.     580 

McKENSIE 

Ellen  M.  (Noyes)  (Oliver)     609 

Daisy  M.  (Colby)     582 
"R   B      582 

Laura  M.  (Noyes)     609 

Eda  Frances    582 

Charlotte     546 

Eda  F.     513 

McKINLEY 

Edna  Hardy     582 

Jane  (Harriman)     543 

Edward  F.     579,  581 

Sarah  (Harriman)     542 

Edward  Foster     580 

McNAB 

Ella  (Haywood)     544,  580 

Juliette     502 

Ellen  F.     580 

MrNEAL 

Elnora  (Gove)     581 

Dora  E.     653 

Elvah  G.  (Whitcher)     581 

Ezra  Bartlett    580,  582 

Mcpherson 

Ezra  B.     581 

Calista  (Bell)     478 

Francis  Whitcher     582 

Orfa  (Bell)     478 

Frank  J.     580 

McQUESTION 

Fred  H.     581 

Gladys  (Hobbs)     548 

Fred  Henry     582 

McVARNEY 

Freda  Mary  (Hall)     580 

Mary     517 

George  Edward     581 

McVETY 

F.va  R      490 

George  Henry     580,  581 
George  W.     579,  580 

Mary     490 

Hannah  (Whitcher)     674 

Harley  E.     582 

MACK 

Christobel  Fannie  (Brown)     486 

Harley  Elmer     582 
Harry  Bingham     581 

MACKINTOSH 

Henry  Carbee     581 

Betsey     578,  579 

Horace  F.     580 

Ebenezer     577,  579 

Hosea  Ballon     580 

Elizabeth  (Chase)     577 

Ida    582 

Paschal    578,  579 

Ida  Emma  (Ladd)     580 

MACOMBER 

Ira  Whitcher    581,  582 

Sarah  (Page)     616 

Ivah  (Griffen)     580 

MAGEAN 

James  A.     579 

Catherine  Bridgetta     469 

Jesse     579,  580 

MAGOON 

Josephine  (Thayer)     582 

Mary  Ann  (Farnsworth)     525 

Lena  F.     580 

INDEX 


743 


MANN   (cont.) 
Leon     580 

Lula  B.  Cheney     581 
Luna  Ardelle     582 
Luvia  Ellen     581 
Luvia  Jeannette     582 
Margaret  S.  (Ward)     581 
Margaret  Burns     582 
Marion     581 
Marion  Una     582 
Martha  Phelps     622 
Mary     453 
Mary  Bailey     582 
Mary  E.     580 
Mary  E.  Merrill     582 
Mary  Ella  (Mitchell)     582 
Mary  Howe     579 
Mary  (Torsey)     583 
Mattie  Louise     582 
Maude  E.     582 
Melvin  J.     582 
Melvin  Jevious     580 
Minnie  G.  (Scott)     580 
Minnie  Sarah     580 
Moody     579,  580 
Moses  Bisbee     580 
Nellie  J.     582 
Orman  L.     580 
Orman  Leander     580 
Orville  H.     580 
Osman  Chander     580 
Peter     579,  580 
Sally  (Bailey)     580 
Samuel     579,  580 
Sarah     521 

Sarah  Allen  (Bisbee)     581 
Sarah  (Austin)     579 
Sarah  T.  (Bisbee)     580 
Sarah  W.     579 
Scott  Whitcher     582 
Susan  M.     580 
Susan  M.  (Whitcher)     580 
Susan  (Whitcher)     675 

MANSON 

Adella     582 
Alexander     582 
Anna  L.     582 
Charles  W.     583 
Elizabeth  A.     582 
George  K.     583 
Harriet  (Cilley)     582 
Huldah  (Bigelow)     582 


Lucy  F.     484 
Lucy  Frost     583 
Mary  Ann  (Martin)     582 
Mary  Bailey     484 
Maude  E.     583 
Phebe     582 
Valentine  Morse     583 
Willis  C.     583 

MARCH 

Nancy  Pearson     620 

MARCY 

Charlotte  C.  (Wheeler)     671 

MARDEN 

Ann  C.     563 

Stella    503 

MARSH 

Charles     605 

Mary     615 

Mary  J.     678 

Ruth     553 

Sarah     639 
MARSHALL 

Judith  L.     641 

Mary     644 

MARSTON 

Ann  (Philbrick)     583 

Anna  S.  (Brown)     583 

Bartlett     583 

Clara  A.  (White)     584,  673 

David     583 

Ellen  M.     583 

Elizabeth     509 

Elvah  S.     584 

George  W.     583 

Henry  G.     584 

Hosea  M.     584 

Jonathan     583 

Jonathan  H.     583 

Jemima     509 

Jennie  A.  (Sargent)     647 

Jennie  A.  (Sawyer)     584 

Laura  A.     583 

Laura  Ann     681 

Lucy     583 

Lucy  M.     584 

Lucy  S.  (Frary)     583 

Luvia  E.    584,  647 

Mary     468 

Mary  Ella     583 

May  B.     584 

Mehitable     583 


744 


INDEX 


MARSTON   (cont.) 
Moody  C.     583,  584 
Obadiah     583 
Orrin     583 
Phebe    583,  686 
Phebe  Howe     583 
Rebecca  (Paige)     583 
Rhoda  (Edgerly)     583 
Rhoda  J.     583 
Roselle  E.     534 
Roselthe     583 
Sadie     584 
Samuel     583 
Samuel  J.     583 
Sarah  L.     584 
Stephen  T.     583 
Susannah  (Bronson)     583 
Wesley  B.     583 
William    583 
William  C.     583 
William  Coolidge     583 

MARTIN 
Anna     524 

Charlotte  (Ayer)     455 
Grace     622 
Jane     637 
J.  Clifford     502 
Lydia  S.     679 
Margaret  (French)     529 
Mary  Ann     582 
Mary  E.     610 
Roxana  (Ladd)     569 
Sally  (Flanders)     529 
Susan  Barron  (White)     673 

MARVIN 

Lucinda     490 

MASON 

Amanda     525 
Kate  Melissa     499 
Lizzie     620 
Nancy  S.     499 

MATTOCK 

Mary  Melissa  (Weeks)     667 

MEACHAM 
Phebe     668 

MEAD 

Abigail     528 
Anna     672 
Fanny     616 


MEADER 

Abbie  Susan     587 

Abby     585 

Abel    588 

Abigail     585 

Abigail  (Foss)  (Webster)     585 

Abigail  (Frye)     585 

Abigail  (Tuttle)     585 

Allen  Elizabeth     585 

Angeline     588 

Arthur  Merrill     587 

Betsey  Smith    585 

Blood     585 

Carl    586 

Carl  Merton     587 

Charles  Samuel     586 

Daniel     585 

Daniel  Webster     585,  587 

Deborah     585 

Dorothy  Elizabeth     587 

Deborah  (Knight)     585 

Edwin  Herbert     587 

Electa    588 

Elisa  Knight     585 

Elisha     585 

Elisha  Knight     587 

Elizabeth  Gage  (Carleton)     494 

Ellen  F.  (Carr)     498 

Ellen  Frances  (Carr)     586 

Emma  Sophia  (Cornelius)     587 

Eunice     585 

Francis  H.     586 

Francena  Susan     586 

Fred  Marlin     586 

George     585,  587,  588 

Hannah  (Critchett)     586 

Herman  Edgar     587 

John     584,  585 

Joseph  Smith     585,  586 

Julius     586 

Lottie  Elizabeth     586 

Luthina  L.  (Howe)  (Wilmot)     586 

Lydia     585 

Margaret  Dripps     586 

Mahala  French     560,  585 

Martin  S.     498 

Martin  Silas     586 

Mary     585 

Mary  A.  (Bacon)     587 

Mary  Ann  (Bacon)     459 

Mary  E.  (Kezer)     587 

Mildred  Evangeline     586 


INDEX 


745 


MEADER  (cont.) 

Mina  Josephine  (Whitchell)     587 

Moses  Arthur     587 

Moses  Avery    585,  588 

Moses  (Blood)     587 

Nathaniel    585 

Olive  Sinnot     588 

Paul    585 

Paul  Nason    585,  586 

Phebe  A.  (Howe)     586 

Samuel    586,  587 

Samuel  K.     586 

Samuel  Knight     585 

Sarah     588 

Sarah  Blood     588 

Sarah  Dole     586 

Sarah  Morrill  (Smith)     587 

Susan  (Smith)     585 

Watson    586 

Webster    585 

MEADOW 

Susie  A.     686 

MELTMORE 
Ruth  L.     609 

MELVIN 

Anna  M.  (Dow)     651 
Mary  Dudley     569 

MERCHANT 
Eunice     659 

MERRILL 

Abbie  Luella    593 

Abel     588,  591 

Abel  K.    591,  605 

Abel  Kimball    592 

Abigail    494,  589,  590,  591 

Abigail  B.  (Leverett)     574 

Abigail  B.  (Merrill)     570 

Abigail  (Eaton)     589 

Abigail  (Leverett)     592 

Abigail  (Webster)     588 

Abraham     588 

Alice  Brooks     590 

Alice  Katherine     593 

Ann  Nancy     591 

Anna  Dora     593 

Annette  Susan  (Large)     571 

Annie  C.     592 

Arthur     592 

Asa     593 

Benjamin     589,  590,  591,  592 

Bennie     592 


Berintha     589,  654 

Bertha  M.  (Pike)     628 

Betsey  (Haines)     540 

Betsey  (Harris)     589 

Catherine  Webster     645 

C.  H.     592 

Charles  H.     592,  593 

Charles  C.     592 

Charlotte     591,  620,  655 

Chester    589 

Cynthia  Clark    590,  619 

Daisy  Mary  (Dearborn)     573 

Daniel    588 

Daniel  Ford     593 

David     589 

David  Choate     590 

Dorothy  (Clark)     589 

Dorothy  (Perkins)     686 

Eaton     590 

Edward  S.     589 

Eleanor     591 

Elizabeth    475,  589,  590,  591 

Elizabeth  (Carleton)     589 

Elizabeth  Dora     593 

Elsie  (Howe)     589 

Elsie  (Watson)     590 

Esther     590 

Esther  A.     537 

Esther  Azora     590 

Esther  E.  (Mead)     590 

Esther  (Fowler)     593 

Eunice  (Wells)     590 

Evan     589 

Fannie  T.     652 

Francis     589 

Franklin  Southard     590 

Florence     590 

Hannah    588,  589,  591,  613 

Harriet     481 

Harriet  (Blaisdell)     481 

Harriet  Dame     590 

Helen  C.  (Currier)     592 

Helen  Dora     593 

Henry     589,  591,  592 

Horatio     589 

James     589 

Jennie  C.     554 

Jesse    589 

Joanna     588 

Joanna  (Kinny)     588 

John     588,  589,  590,  591 

John  Hancock     5S9 


746 


INDEX 


MERRILL  (cont.) 
John  Henry     590 
John  Leverett     592 
John  Roscoe     590 
Jonathan     589 
Joseph     589,  590 
Josiah  Leverett    593 
Josiah  Leverett,  Jr.     593 
Julia  (Wright)     592 
Katherine  (Lakey)     593 
Keziah  (Hardy)     589 
Laura  Bartlett     593 
Laura  Bartlett  (Merrill)     593 
Laura  Luella  Bartlett  (Bell)     478 
Leslie     590 
Le  Verne     590 
Louisa    490,  591,  613 
Lucinda    470,  591 
Lucy  (Webster)     588 
Luella  Bartlett  (Bell)     593 
Luella  Bell     593 
Lydia  Gage     589 
Margaret  Bell     593 
Mary     588,  589 
Mary  (Belknap)     588 
Mary  (Brown)     588 
Mary  (Bullock)     590 
Mary  E.     582 
Mary  Eleanor     592 
Mary  Ellen     654 
Mary  Ellen  (Southard)     590 
Mary  (Flanders)     588 
Mary  Helen     593 
Mary  J.  (Weeks)     592 
Mary  L.     592 
Mary  Leverett     574,  575 
Mary  L.  (Murphy)     592 
Mary  Polly     591 
Mary  Rose     592 
Mehitabel     519,  590,  591 
Minnie  (Gray)     590 
Minnie  M.     531 

Nathaniel    588,  589,  590,  591,  605,  659 
Nellie  (Hall)     590 
Peter     588 

Phebe  (Acherton)     540 
Priscilla  Kimball     589 
Rebecca     589 
Rebecca  (Brown)     588 
Ruth    589,590,591 
Ruth  (Cleveland)     590 


Ruth  (Corliss)     589,  590 
Ruth  (Eaton)     589 
Sally     519,  667 
Samuel     589 
Samuel  E.     589 
Samuel  Eaton     590 
Sarah     490,  542,  567,  589,  591 
Sarah  (Bond)     588 
Sarah  (Clough)     588 
Sarah  Eastman     590 
Sarah  Elizabeth     590,  592 
Sarah  (Eaton)     588 
Sarah  (Haines)     591 
Sarah  (Hazel ton)     591 
Sarah  (Hazen)     590,  659 
Sarah  Jane  (Eastman)     521 
Sarah  Morrill  (Page)     588 
Sarah  (Woodman)     588 
Schuyler     589,  590 
Schuyler  F.     590 
Sophia  Mead     590 
Stephen    589 
Susannah    588,  591 
Susannah  (Ladd)     567 
Susanna  (Willerton)     588 
Tamar  Kimball    591 
Thomas    588 
Walter  Hibbard    593 
William     589 
William  Sheridan     590 
Winifred  Salisbury     593 
Winslow  Eaton     590 

MERRYMAN 

Alice  Brooks  (Merrill)     590 

MERWIN 

Anna  Dora  (Merrill)     593 

METCALF 

Zilpha  (Wheeler)     671 
Mellissa  H.     667 

MIGHILL 
Mary     472 

MILK 

Jane     488 

MILL 

Eleanor     635 

MILLEN 

Abigail    517 

MILLER 

Blanche  Nelson     475 


INDEX 


741 


MILLER   (cont.) 
Jean    504 
LettieM.  (Collins)     504 

MILLS 

Mary  E.  (Craig)     505 

MINCHIN 

Mary     508 

MINER 

Addie  A.     628 
Thankful     460 

MITCHELL 

Harriet  C.  (Batchelder)     467 
Mary  Ella    582 
Salome     510 

MONTGOMERY 
Alexander     594 
Ann  or  Nancy     595 
Charlotte     595 
Edward  Everett     595 
Eliza     595 
Elizabeth     594 
Ellen  Douglas     595 
Elizabeth  (Ring)     594,  640 
Eugene     595 
Francis  Lowell     595 
George  Knox     595 
Harriet  Adams     595 
Horace     595 
Isabella     595 
James     594 
Jane     594 
John     594,  595 
John  Adams     595 
Lucy  (Blanchard)     594 
Martha     595 
Mary     594,  595 
Mary  Ann     595 
Mary  (Knox)     594 
Myra     595,  607 
Patience  (Cram)     594 
Rebecca  (Peabody)     594 
Sally  (Hills)     594 
Sarah     594 

Sarah  A.  (Porter)     594 
Thomas     594 
William     595 

MOORE 

Blanche  P.  (Haywood)     544 
Clara  A.     453 
Jennie     654 


Jennie  L.     509 
Mary  (Bedel)     476 
Olive     460 

MOOR 

Olive     645 

MOORS 

Abigail  (Hazzen)     545 

MORAN 

Gazilda  C.     563 

Julia  Adelaide  Carr     498 

MORGAN 

Elizabeth  (Towle)     663 

MORIN 

Nellie  N.  (Putnam)     636 

MORRILL 
Alfred     595 
Alfred  Lawrence     595 
Annie  (Groecke)     595 
Dorothy  May     595 
Eben     595 
Eben,  Jr.     595 
Ebenezer     595 
Hannah     527,  674 
Herman     595 
James  Robert     595 
Jeannette  (McLean)     595 
Lawrence  Albert     595 
Lawrence  Albert,  Jr.     595 
Lucia  Ann     595 
Lucia  Jeannette     595 
Lucia  (Wheeler)     595 
Mary  Annie     595 
Mary  (Farrell)     595 
Mary  Louise     595 
Nancy  (Hall)     595 
Priscilla  (Chase)     588 
Winifred     595 

MORRIS 

Carrie  I.  (Putnam)     636 

Hannah     563 

Lizzie  (Putnam)     636 

MORRISON 

Susan  Caroline  (Edson)     522 
Stira  (Young)     687 

MORSE 

Aaron     598 

Abby  F.     478 

Abel    604 

Abiah  Worth    507,  603,  604 

Abigail     603 


748 


INDEX 


MORSE  (cont.) 
Adalaide     604 
Addie  B.  (Noyes)     608 
Albert    601 
Albert  E.     600 
Albinus     604 
Alden  Edson     602 
Alfred  N.     600 
Alice    600 
Almira     601 
Angela     601 
Angie  F.  |(Noble)     603 
Ann     600 
Ann  Bradley     604 
Ann  Taylor     604 
Annette     669 
Annette  Clark     604 
Annette  Lavinia     604 
Anthony     597,  604 
Arabella     602 
Arthur  Porter     602 
Asa  Porter     602 
Augustus     603 
Benjamin     602,  604 
Betsey     602 
Birdie  (Noyes)     600 
Bryan     598 
Caleb    598,  599,  600 
Caroline  Burbank     604,  669 
Charity     601 
Charles  Osgood     603 
Chastina     599 
Clarissa     601 
Clark     604 

Cornelia  J.  Hawkins     604 
Cynthia     603 
Cynthia  Maria     603 
Darius  N.  B.     603 
Daniel     597,  602,  603,  604,  606 
Daniel  Clayton     604 
Daniel  Peabody     602 
David     603 

Dorcas  Louisa  (Short)     602 
Dorothy  Erving     604 
Dorothy  (Ladd)     603 
Eben  F.     600 
Edmund     597,  601,  603 
Edward  B.     603 
Edward  Lawrence     604 
Eliza     601 
Eliza  Ann     601,  603 
Eliza  Ann  (Bass)     602 


Eliza  (Bush)     601 

Eliza  D.  (Repill)     598 

Eliza  Desire     599 

Eliza  (Holmes)     601 

Eliza  J.     602 

Elizabeth     597,  603 

Elizabeth  Noyes    601 

Eloise     599 

Emily     598 

Emma     600 

Emma  Babcock    599 

Emma  J.     600 

Emma  Florence  Burt     604 

Ernest  Bryan     599 

Esther  (Cody)     600 

Eugenia  Louise  Almedia     604 

Eunice  (Willoughby)     602 

Ezra     600 

Fannie  C.  (Knight)     602 

Fanny  (Worthley)     603 

Flavius  Joseph     604 

Francena     602 

Frank     599 

Faustina  (Fish)     603 

Faustina  (Fremont)     603 

George  A.     599 

George  Francis     604 

George  H.     606 

George  W.     599,  601 

Gratia  A.  (Glynn)     538,  604 

Hannah     601 

Hannah  (Armstrong)     601 

Hannah  Bailey  Lovejoy     604 

Hannah  Elizabeth     604 

Hannah  G.  (Sanborn)     601 

Hannah  (Sanborn)     602 

Harriet     600 

Harriett  A.  (Knight)     598 

Harriette  E.  (Hayward)     602 

Harry  M.     602 

Hazen  Sanborn     602 

Helen  M.     604 

Helen  (Oakes)     602 

Henry     601 

Henry  C.     601 

Henry  Woolson     598 

Hiram     598 

Hiram  D.     598 

Horace  B.     599 

Horace  E.     602 

Horace  Webster     602 

Ira  Forsyth     601 


INDEX 


749 


MORSE  (cont.) 

Isaac    597,  598,  604 

Isaac  L.     600 

Isaac  S.     599 

Jacob     603,  604 

James     598 

James  A.     601 

Jane  (Breckinridge)     598 

Jane  (Kay)     556 

Jerusha  (Gil.son)     613 

John     598,  602 

John  C.     598,  600 

John  Franklin     602 

John  H.     600 

John  Milton     603 

John  Nelson     600 

Jonathan     598,  603,  604,  605 

Joseph    597,  599,  601 

Joseph  B.     603 

Joseph  Willis     602 

Joshua     598 

Josiah     598 

Judith     601 

Judith  (Parker)     598 

Katherine     600 

Kate  (Southard)     600,  653 

Katie  A.     599 

Lafayette     602 

Lansing     601 

Laura  Ann  (Whitaker)     600,  672 

Lavina  Colby     604 

Lawrence  Erving     604 

Louisa  K.     600 

Louisa  P.  Page     598 

Louise  (Sawyer)     602 

Lucretia  (Wetherbee)     601 

Luther  Colby     604 

Lydia  (Getchell)     601 

Lydia  Jane  (Leighton)     603 

Lydia  Smith  (Jacobs)     602 

Mabel  J.  (Brooks)     600 

Malvina     604 

Marcellus  Jacob     604 

Maria     602 

Marion  Almeda     604 

Martha  M.     600 

Martha  M.  (Bisbee)     599 

Mary    599,  604 

Mary  A.     604 

Mary  Ann     600,  602 

Mary  Ann  (Glynn)     538,  600 

Mary  Ann  (Haines)     540 


Mary  Ann  (Johnson)     602 

Mary  Ann  (Wood)     602 

Mary  (Elliott)     598 

Mary  F.     603 

Mary  Josephine     599 

Mary  Louisa     602 

Mary  White     603 

May  E.     603 

Mehitabel  (Merrill)     591 

Moses  B.     602 

Moses  Noyes    601 

Nancie  Barstow     600 

Nancy  Jane  McKinley  (Carleton)    494 

Nancy  (Wheelock)     600 

Olive  (Barron)     602 

Olive  P.     600 

Orson     600 

Osgood     603 

Parmelia    485,  599 

Parmelia  (Haines)     598 

Parmelia  T.  (Niles)     598 

Peabody  A.     599 

Peabody  Atkinson     599 

Persis     599 

P.  Evariot     599 

Polly  F.     600 

Polly  (Fairbanks)     500,  599 

Priscilla  P.     599 

Rebecca  Carleton     599 

Rebecca  (Greenough)     598 

Robert     598 

Roswell  Elliott     598 

Ruby  S.  Johnson     602 

Ruth  (Merrill)     591 

Ruth  W.     600,  651 

Ruth  (White)     598 

Sally     601,  608 

Sally  (Forsyth)     598 

Sally  Kay     598 

Samuel     597 

Sarah     601,  602 

Sarah  (Bailey)     601 

Sarah  E.     601 

Sarah  (Higgins)     601 

Sarah  J.  Howard     600 

Sarah  K.     598 

Sarah  (Kay)     556 

Sarah  Maria  (Ripley)     603 

Sarah  (Morse)     602 

Sarah  S.  (Granger)     601 

Sarah  W.     600 

Sarah  (Wesson)     601 


750 


INDEX 


MORSE   (cont.) 

Sophia     460,  601 

Sophia  C.     602 

Stephen    597,  598,  601,  603,  604 

Stephen  B.     601 

Stephen  Bailey     601 

Stephen  N.     601 

Stephen  S.     602 

Submit  (Elliott)     600 

Susan     601 

Susan  Dow     604 

Susan  K.     602 

Susan  (Norris)     602 

Susan  S.     602 

Susan  W.  (Johnson)     602 

Susannah     538,  598 

Susannah  (Hayes)     598 

Susannah  (Stevens)     598 

Thomas     598 

Timothy     598 

Tryphena     601 

Uriah     597 

Uriel    601 

Valentine     583,  599 

Velma  Maria     602 

Virginia     599 

William     597,  600 

William  Augustus     603 

William  Sullivan     603 

Willis    601 

Wilson     602 

Wilson  J.     602 
MORTON 

Emma     501 

Elvira  P.     566 

MOSELEY 
Alice     543 

MOULTON 

Hannah  (Merrill)     588 
Priscilla  (Barron)     460 
Ruby     561 
Sarah     649 
Sarah  E.     517 
Tryphena     574 

MUDGETT 

Emma  (Day)     512 
Miriam  (Johnston)     552 
Sophronia     685 


MULLIKEN 

Gladys  K.  (Hutchins) 


551 


MULLIN 

Lucia  Kent     458 
MULVEY 

Mae     652 
MUNGER 

Sara  Jane     606 
MUNN 

Mary  Louisa  (Ladd)     574 
MURPHY 

Mary  L.     592 

MURRAY 

Carrie     673 
MYERS 

Blanch  Anna  (Bacon)     458 
NASON 

Bessie     547 

Mary  (Pike)     626 
NEELEY 

Margaret  J.     565 
NELSON 

Anna  Hastings  Hayward     605 

Anna  Robie     606 

Clara  E.     654 

Ebenezer  Brewster     606 

Elizabeth  Salisbury     606 

Frances     606 

Frances  Jeanette  Watson     606 

Frances  Nelson  Goodall     606 

Genevieve  Mountford  Burke     606 

Harry  Montgomery     606 

Helen  Leone  Conroy     606 

John     605,  606 

John  Leverett     605,  606 

Leverett  Harry     606 

Lois  Burnham  (Leverett)     574,  575 

Lois  Burnham     605 

Lois  Leverett     513,  605 

Lois  Leverett  Watson     606 

Louisa  Burnham     606 

Mahala  (French)     530 

Margaret     622 

Margaret  Sophia     475 

Martha     605 

Martha  Folsom     605 

Mary  Hayward     606 

Mary  Sewall     605 

Samuel  Hutchins  Goodall     606 

Sarah     606 

Sarah  Jane  Munger     606 

Susan  Brewster     605 


INDEX 


751 


NELSON   (cont.) 

Thomas  Leverett     606 
Thomas  Louis     606 
William    606 

NESMITH 

Lucinda  (Southard)     653 

NETTLETON 
Ruth  Ann     570 

NEVINS 

Cynthia  (Morse)     603 

NEWCOMB 

Harriet  S.  (Cummings)     510 
Martha  Ellen     670 
Maria  T.     510 

NEWELL 

Charles  E.     617 

Charles  S.     606 

Edith  M.  (Boswell)     484 

Eliza  B.  Siddons     606 

Emily  Gage     606 

Emily  J.     501,  607 

Estella  E.  (Morse,  Wells)     606 

James  A.     606 

Orrin  H.     607 

Sidney  C.     606 

Solomon  S.     606 

Stella  Ella  (Wells)     669 

NICHOLS 

Catherine  (Sanborn)     607 

Clara  Ann     607 

Clara  I.     607 

Courtlandt  Tourtelette     607 

Ellen  Packard    607 

Elizabeth  (Page)     607 

Elizabeth  S.  (Page)     614 

George  Edward     607 

James  Wesley     607 

Jonathan  S.     607 

Mary  Louise  (Tourtellette)     607 

Mary  Montgomery     607 

Mildred  Agnes     607 

Myra  (Montgomery)     595,  607 

Nicholas     607 

Robert     607 


NILES 

Amasa  P.     600 
Belinda  (Eastman) 
Pamelia     598 


519 


NIMS 

Florence  Alice 


539 


NOBLE 

Angie  T.     603 

Mary  H.  (Cummings)     509 

NOONEY 

Electra  (Phelps)     623 

NORRIS 

Susan     602 

NORTHEY 

Hannah  (Barron)     460 

NOURSE 

Anna  A.     646 

NOYES 

Adelaide  (Closson)     608 

Adelaide  E.     608 

Adelia  M.     609 

Addie  B.     608 

Addie  J.  (Knight)     567,  608 

Alice  P.  (Wilson)     681 

Anne     607 

Asebath     607 

Asebath  (Noyes)     607 

Asenath     609 

Athie  Florence     628 

Ava  W.     608 

Bell    608 

Benjamin     609 

Bertha  (Hardy)     541 

Betsey    607,  608 

Birdie     600 

Cecil    609 

Charles  A.     608 

Charles  L.     609 

Charlotte     607 

Charlotte  (Bradish)     607 

David     608,  609 

Delilah  Gatterson     609 

Edith  B.  (Pike)     608 

Edmund  B.     609 

Ellen  M.     609 

Elizabeth  (Libbey)     609 

Elmira  J.     608 

Emma     608 

Fred  P.     608 

George  H.     609 

George  W.     608 

Hannah  B.     608 

Hannah  (Flanders)     608 

Harrie  E.     608 

Harry  K.     608 

Hayden     608 

Helen  A.     609 


752 


INDEX 


NOYES  (cont.) 
Henry     608,  609 
Henry  L.     609 
Henry  W.     608 
Horace     608 
Horace  E.     608 
Huldah     608 
James     609 
Jane     607 
John     608,  609 
John  O.     609 
John  R.     609 
Katherine     608 

Katherine  Hope  (Pike)     608,  628 
Laura  E.     608 
Laura  M.     609 
Leota     609 
Lillian  E.     609 
Lucien     674 
Lucy  R.  (Darham)     608 
Lydia  (Keyes)     609 
Lydia  (Royce)     608 
Mark  F.     609 
Martha  (Clough)     609 
Mary    607,  674 
Mary  C.  (Gatterson)     609 
Mary  C.  (Wheeler)     609 
Mary  (Howe)     60S 
Mary  L.  (Pope)     609 
Mary  (Noyes)     607 
Mary  (Priest)     674 
Maude     609 
May     608 

Miranda  (Lamson)     609 
Moses    608 

Nancy  A.  (Dunkley)     608 
Nancy  (Libby)     609 
Nellie  Louise     533 
Nelson     608 
Nettie     608 
Orpha  L.     608 
Person     607,  608 
Philander  M.  (Spooner)     608 
Prudence     470 
Rachel     607 
Royal  H.     608,  609 
Ruth  L.  Meltmore     609 
Ruth  (Stafford)     609 
Sally  Ann     676 
Sally  (Morse)     608 
Samuel    608,  609 
Sarah  (Blood)     609 


Sarah  (Clark)     609 
Sarah  D.     494 
Sarah  Collins     608 
Sarah  (Morse)     626 
Sarah  (Porter)     609 
Sarah  (Richards)     607 
Selinda     613 
Susan     607 
Sybil  C.     608 
Timothy     607 
William  E.     608 
Zelpha  Clark     608 
Zelpha  H.     621 

NUCKOLLS 

Harriet  Sarah  (Henry)     547 

NUTE 

Hannah     521 
Sally     650 

NUTT 

Lucia  Jeannette     595 

NUTTER 

Jeannette  F.     451 
Minnie  Sarah  (Mann)     580 
Sarah  (French)     530 
Sarah  (Heath)     547 
Susan  D.  Pike     626 

NUTTING 

Alice  L.     661 
Elizabeth     634 
Sarah     537 

NYE 

Isabel  McClary  (Dickey)     513 

OAKES 

Helen     602 

Mary  (Wilson)     681 

O'HARA 

Alice     536 
OLCOTT 

Catherine     477 
Mary     662 
Martha     630 
Sarah  (Porter)     631 

OLDHAM 

Mary     479 

OLIVER 

Ellen  M.  (Noyes)     609 
Emma  C.  (Weeks)     667 

OLMSTEAD 

Susannah  (Ladd)     568 


INDEX 


I  ■ 


53 


OLNEY 

Catherine  Anna     537 
Viola  Jane  (Glazier)     536 

ORDWAY 

Mary     472 

ORR 

Sarah  (Burbeck)     488 

OSGOOD 

Abigail     492 

Alfred     610 

Charlotte     481,  610 

Edith     610 

Eunice     610 

George    610 

Jerome     610 

John     609 

John  H.     610 

Lillian  La  Dow     610 

Martha     610 

Mary    674 

Mary  E.  (Martin)     610 

Pamela    610 

Ralph    610 

Sarah  (Porter)     632 

PACKARD 

Charlotte  (Montgomery) 


595 


PADDOCK 

Fannie  (Bradish) 


485 


PAGE 

Abigail  Hazeltine     611 

Abigail  (Sanders)     611 

Ann  Jane  (Southard)     613,  653 

Anna  Louise     615 

Annie  E.  (Smythe)     614 

Arthur     616 

Audrey  (Redding)     611 

Barbara  White     618 

Benjamin     615,  618 

Betsey    649 

Caleb     616 

Caroline     618 

Caroline  G.  (Bran)     613 

Carrie     616 

Carrie  (Smith)     613 

Charles  P.     614,  615 

Charlotte  A.  (Boleyn)     616 

Childs  Lang     619 

Cynthia  Clark  (Merrill)     619 

Cynthia  R.  (Cheney)     502,  518 

Daniel  D.     616 


David     611,  616,  617 

Deborah  (Kendrick)     615 

Donald  Taylor     618 

Dorothy  F.     615 

E.  L.     613 

Edward  L.     611 

Edward  Livingstone     613 

Edward  Samuel     615 

Eliza  Ann     616 

Eliza  (Southard)     613,  653 

Eliza  (Swasey)     613 

Elizabeth     616,  617 

Elizabeth  A.     615 

Elizabeth  Berkeley     619 

Elizabeth  (Merrill)     589 

Elizabeth  S.     614 

Ella     617 

Ellen     471,  614 

Ellen  Mary  Farr     618 

Elvira     616,  617 

Emeline  Barnett     618 

Emily     528,  614 

Ernest  Tilton     618 

Eunice  (Barrows)     618 

Faith  Dunston     611 

Fanny  (Mead)     616 

Frances  H.     615 

Frances  M.  (Eaton)     617 

Frank  H.     615 

Fred  W.     614 

Frederick  William     613 

George  Brackett     613 

George  Washington     613 

Grace  M.     618 

Greenleaf     618 

Hannah     612,  614 

Hannah  (Green)     611 

Hannah  (Merrill)     591,  613 

Harold  R.     615 

Harriet     614 

Harry     615 

Helen  Ridler  (White)     618 

Henry     611 

Henry  Harrison     613 

Hugo     611 

James     616,  618 

James  A.     618 

James  Eames     619 

James  Jeffers     616 

Jeremiah     615,  616 

John    610,  611,  612,  615,  617 

John  A.     613 


49 


754 


INDEX 


PAGE  (cont.) 

John  Alfred     613 

John  Clare     615 

John  J.     616 

Josephine     614 

Joshua     616 

KateV.     613 

Laura  Anna     610 

Laura  M.     613 

Laura  M.  (Batchelder)     613 

Lavina  F.  M.     616 

Lewis     619 

Lincoln  Ridler     618 

Lizzie  Roach     617 

Louisa  M.     614 

Louisa  (Merrill)     591,  613 

Louisa  P.     598 

Lovisa  (Pike)     616 

Lucetta     616 

Lucia     616 

Lucy  Malvina  (Ayer)     619 

Margaret  (Taylor)     617 

Maria  Glynn     538 

Maria  W.  (Glynn)     618 

Martha  Ann     617 

Martha  Child  (Lang)     619 

Martha  Sophia     619 

Martha  (Ward)     613 

Mary    614 

Mary  Banks  Sterling     615 

Mary  Carr    616 

Mary  (Davis)     617 

Mary  (Dustin)     917 

Mary  E.  (Poor)     614 

Mary  (Engle)     615 

Mary  King     617 

Mary  (Marsh)     615 

Mary  (Whittier)     615 

Mehitable     659 

Mercy  (Gould)     611 

Mildred  W.     615 

Miriam  Olive     618 

Moses  Swasey    614,  615 

Nancy     649 

Naomi  (Flanders)     529 

Nathaniel     611 

Nathaniel  Merrill     613 

Nicholas     611 

Norman  Frederic     618 

Norman  J.     618 

Olive  Ann  (Hunkins)     550,  616 

Orrin  Greenleaf     618 


Phoebe  (Paine)     611 

Polly     649 

Priscilla  P.     615 

Richard  Sterling     615 

Roxana  W.     556 

Samuel    611,  613,  614,  616,  617 

Samuel  B.     619 

Samuel  F.    617 

Samuel,  Jr.     614,  616,  617 

Samuel  M.     615 

Sarah  A.  R.     616 

Sarah  Hazen     613 

Sarah  (Lawrence)     611 

Sarah  Lizzie  (Weeks)     615,  667 

Sarah  Morrill     588 

Selinda  (Noyes)     613 

Stephen     618 

Stephen  Royce     611,  613 

Subil  F.  J.     616 

Submit     616 

Susie  May  (Florit)     615 

Theda  (Olive)     618 

William     616 

William  Enoch     615 

William  Green     611 

William  Hazen     614 

William  Henry    619 

Walter  Smythe     615 

PAIGE 

Rebecca     583 

PAINE 

Mehitabel  (Porter)     630 
Phoebe     611 

PALMER 

Abigail     485 
Goldie  M.     653 
Keturah     489 
Martha     540 

PALMETER 
Jennie     661 

PARDEE 

Susan     642 

PARK 

Abbie  M.     533 

Abbie  S.     619 

Betty     619 

Cora  L.     619 

Esther  Marguerette     619 

Jennie  S.     619 

Joseph  A.  Dodge     619 


INDEX 


755 


PARK   (cont.) 

Katherine  Lucille     619 
Lydia  Truell     619 
Mary  Elizabeth     619 
Richard     619 
Ruth  Ayer     619 
S.  Jennie     534 
William     619 
William  Humphrey     619 
William  R.     619 
William  R.,  Jr.     619 

PARKER 

Clemontina  Glynn     538 

Eunice  Idella     557 

Judith     598 

Lucinda  Southard  (Nesmith)     653 

Martha  B.  (Haywood)     545 

Mary     540 

Susan  F.     577 

PARKHILL 
Rebecca     663 

PARKHURST 

Mary  (Spaulding)     655 

PARSHLEY 
Ellen  M.     654 

PARSONS 

Martha     622 

PARTRIDGE 

Cynthia  Clark  (Merrill)     590 
Elizabeth  A.     619 
Loren  W.     619 

PATCH 

Louisa     643 

PATRIDGE 

Ellen  J.     620 
Fred  F.     620 
Fred  Francis     620 
Harriet  (Albee)     620 
Harry  M.     619,  620 
Jesse  Fremont     620 
Jessie  Easter     620 
Lena  W.     620 
Lizzie  (Mason)     620 
Lois  J.     620 
Lois  Wyona     619 
Loren  Wood     620 
Lyman     619 
Margaret  H.     620 
Mary  D.     620 
Millie  M.     620 


Salon  J.     620 
Theodosia  (Woods) 
Tillie  A.     620 
Tina  A.     620 

PATTEE 

Mehitable     576 
Sarah  A.     623 

PATTERSON 
Sophia    549 


619 


624 


PEABODY 

Hannah  (Pike) 
Mary     545 
Rebecca     594 
Virginia  (Sompayrae) 

PEARL 

Alida  Dearborn  (Howe) 


599 


549 


PEARSON 
Betsey     620 
Caroline     620 
Charles  E.     621 
Charlotte     621 
Charlotte  (Atherton)     620 
Charlotte  Merrill     620 
David     620 
George    621 
Hannah     620 
Hannah  (Johnstin)     620 
Hannah  M.     621 
Horace  F.  Carr    621 
Isaac    620,  621 
James  H.     621 
Jane     563 
Joseph     620 
Joseph,  Jr.     620 
Lydia  Woodward  (Barstow) 
Merrill     620 
Nancy     620 
Polly  (Mary)     620 
Samuel  H.     620 
Sarah  Elizabeth     621 
Sarah  E.  Witherell    621 
Susan  Rebecca  Spaulding  (Burke)  655 
Susannah     620 

PEARSONS 

Charlotte  (Merrill)     591 
Hannah  Jewett     659 
Mary  (Mason)     540 

PEASE 

Mary     499 


462 


756 


INDEX 


PEASLEE 

Anna  Hazzen     545 
Judith  Noyes     489 

PELTON 

Judith  (Bailey)     473 

PENNIMAN 
Irene  639 
Levina     625 

PENNOCK 

Abbie  K.     503 
Ann  Clark     621 

B.  Jane  Quimby  (Crooch)     621 

Blanche  A.     621 

Clara  May     621 

David  B.     621 

Ellen  P.  (Glynn)     538 

Fannie  B.  (Lawrence)     621 

Herman     621 

Iola  L.     621 

James  F.     621 

Jane     621 

Jefferson     621 

Jershu     621 

John  C.     621 

Laura  W.     621 

Lois  I.     621 

Mary  (Barron)     460 

Mary  J.  (Tenney)     621 

Maude  J.     621 

Millie  M.     621 

Sarah  A.     621 

Thankful     621 

Verona  A.  (Glynn)     538 

Zelpha  (Clark  Noyes)     608 

Zelpha  H.  (Noyes)     621 
PERKINS 

Clara  A.  Pillsbury     628 

Hannah     683,  686 

Louisa  (Pike)     627 

Sarah  H.     666 
PERLEY 

Allan     605 

Edith     605 

Elizabeth  Goodsell     605 

Henry     605 

Ira     605 

Julia     605 

Margaret     605 

Mary  Nelson     605 

Mary  Sewell  Nelson     605 


Susan     605 
Walter     605 
PERRIN 

Polly    487 

PERRY 

Ermina  Elizabeth  (Wheeler)     507 

Maria     485 

Mary     538 

Roxanna  Matilda     457 

PETERS 

Andrew  Barnet     622 

Anna     622,  651 

Ann  Eliza     622 

Charlotte  E.  (Davis)     622 

Chastina     622 

Ellen  F.  (Richardson)     622 

George  Robert     622 

Henry  Nelson     622 

Helen  M.     622 

Jane  H.     622 

Lydia  (Bliss)     622 

Margaret  Flora     622 

Margaret  (Nelson)     622 

Mary    641 

Mary  B.  Wright  (Bailey)     686 

Milo  R.     622 

Nancy  Nelson     622 

Samuel     622 

William     622 

PETTINGILL 

Rebecca     527 

PEYTON 
Sarah    574 

PHELPS 

Abigail  (Burnham)     622 
Betsey  (Henry)     623 
Catherine  (Hiscock)     622 
Charles     623 
Electra     623 
Electra  (Knox)     623 
Elizabeth  (Copley)     622 
Grace  (Martin)     622 
Lavina  M.  (Wheeler)     671 
Martha    623 
Martha  (Parsons)     622 
Martin     622,  623 
Mary  Ann     535 
Mary  (Fowler)     622 
Mehitabel     623 
Nathaniel     622 


INDEX 


757 


PHELPS  (cont.) 

Ruth     623 

Ruth  (Ladd)     568,  622 

Sally     623 

Samuel     623 

Theodora     687 

William     622 
PHILBRICK 

Ann     583 

Elizabeth     662 

PHILBROOK 
Sally     522 

PHILLIPS 

Anna  Bailey     473 
Edith  Camilla     468 
Hattie  M.  Clark     623 
Henry  C.     623 
John  F.     623 
Sarah  A.  (Pattee)     623 

PICKARD 
Jane     488 

PICKERING 

Emma  P.  (Blanchard)     481 

PICKETT 

Deborah  (Barron)     460 
Edward     460 
PIERCE 

Dolly  (Locke)     576 

Emma  F.     558 

Mary     655 

Mary  Ann     663 

Mary  D.  (Patridge)     620 

Sarah  A.     558 

PIKE 

Abigail     624 
Abigail  (Sawtell)     624 
Addie  A.  (Miner)     628 
Addie  Florence     628 
Adin  M.     627 
Alma  E.  Annis     626 
Alonzo  Franklin     626,  628 
Alvin  D.     626 
Amos     625 
Andrew  J.     627 
Ann  Maria     625 
Anna  Ray     628 
Archie  Florence     628 
Arthur     626 
Arthur  P.     627 
Arvilla  L.     627 


Asher     624 

Bella  S.     627 

Bertha  M.     628 

Betsey    624 

Bion  W.     627 

Burns  H.     627 

Caroline     624 

Charles  A.     627 

Charles  J.     627,  628 

Charles  W.     625,  627 

Clifton  C.     625 

Constance  Harrison     628 

Daniel     624,  626 

Daniel  C.     624 

Deborah     628 

Drury     626, 627 

Earline     626 

Edith  B.     608 

Edith  Blanche     628 

Edith  C.  Clark     626 

Edwin  Bertram     628 

Edwin  Burbank     627,  628 

Eli     624 

Elizabeth  (FitzRandolph)     623 

Ellen  M.     628 

Ellen  S.  (Talbirt)     628 

Elmira     536 

Emma     627 

Ephraim     627 

Esther     624 

Ethan    627 

EttaM.     503 

Eugene  W.     627 

Ezra  T.     625 

Franklin     625 

Frederick  D.     628 

Flora  Jennie     627 

Forrest     626 

Georgianna     464 

Hannah    624 

Hannah  C.     625 

Hannah  (Keyes)     624 

Hannah  (Smith)     623 

Harriet  D.  (Tromblee)     628 

Harriet  Jane     625 

Harriet  Katherine     628 

Harry  H.     628 

Huldah     624 

Ida     626 

Irena     627 

Irena  (Dole)     626,  627 

Isaac     624,  626,  627 


758 


INDEX 


PIKE   (cont.) 

Isaac  Watson     628 

Jacob     625 

James     624 

Jane  E.  Bishop     625 

Jane  (Boynton)     624 

Jane  (Poor)     626 

John     623,  627 

John  A.     626 

John  D.     626,  627 

John  J.     627 

Jonathan  R.     624 

Joseph    623,  624 

Julian     627 

K.  Hope     608 

Katherine  Hope     628 

Kenneth  Earl    628 

Laura  A.     627 

Laura  L.     662 

Levina  (Penniman)     625 

Lizzie  E.     627 

Louis  Talbot     628 

Louisa  A.     627 

Louisa  A.  (Burbank)     627 

Lovisa     616,  626 

Lucetta  S.  (Tyler)     625 

Lucetta  T.     626 

Lucinda     483,  626 

Lucy     624 

Lucy  (Flint)     624 

Luther     624 

Lydia     624 

Lydia  (Drury)     623 

Mahala     624 

Marilla  J.     627 

Mary    560,  623,  624,  626 

Mary  Ann  Grover     625 

Mary  Ann  Sinnat     625 

Mary  Ball     626 

Mary  (Cross)     624 

Mary  Dorothy     628 

Mary  E.     627 

Mary  Etta     627 

Mary  (Flanders)     529 

Mary  (French)     624 

Mary  (Jeffers)     627 

Mary  (Lather)     627 

M.  Tryphena  (Swan)     658 

Mehitable  (Flanders)     529 

Melissa     626 

Meribah  (Hoit)     624 


Minna  A.     628 

Moody     624 

Moses     624,  626 

Myrtie     626 

Nancy  (Fulton)     624 

Nannie  Pearson  (Rix)     628 

Nathan     624 

Newhall     624,  625 

Oscar  B.     627 

Pauline     626 

Perley     624 

Permelia  G.  (Titus)     627 

Ralph     624 

Raymond     626 

Ruby  M.     652 

Ruby  Melissa     628 

Rufus     624 

Ruth     626 

Ruth  Ingalls     624 

Ruth  (Keyes)     624 

Sally  (Morse)  (Noyes)     608 

Samuel    626,  627 

Samuel  P.     627 

Sarah     624,  625 

Sarah  A.  K.  (Gordon)     624 

Sarah  (Akines)     626 

Sarah  (Kendall)     624 

Sarah  M.     627 

Sarah  (Morse)  (Noyes)     626 

Sarah  (Roberts)     627 

Susan  D.     626 

Susanna  (Kingsbury)     623 

Susie  (Gannett)  (Cutting)     628 

Sylvester    625 

Thomas     624,  626 

Uriah  Drury     624 

Wilbur  F.     626 

William     624 

Winifred  Alta     628 

Zernia  Copp     625 

PILLSBURY 

Alice  Mabelle  (Battis)     469 

Clara     628 

Deborah     674 

Esther    568 

Fred  T.     628 

Helen  A.  (Noyes)     609 

Isabel  V.  Clarke     628 

Laura  (Farnsworth)     525 

Moses  Herbert     629 

Moses  W.      628 


INDEX 


759 


PIPER 

Martha  (Olcott)     630 

Mary     647 

Mary     492,  629,  631,  632 

PLATT 

Mary  (Adams)     632 

i      I  .  -  »     l      I 

Sarah  (Bell)     477 

Mary  (Chadwick)     629 
Mary  (Grow)     633 

POLLEY 

Mary  Webster     634 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Eastman)     519 

Mehitabel     630 

POLLY 

Mehitabel  (Crocker)     629 

Mary  E.     453 

Moody     633 

Moses    629,  632 

POOLE 

Pamelia     632 

Abigail  Merrill     590 

Polly     632 
Prescott     633 

Elizabeth     684 

Etta  Blanche  Wells    670 

Rebecca  S.  (Maitland)     630 

Martha  G.     496 

Rebekah     632 

Rebecca    550 

Reuben     529 

Susan     685 

Rufus     632 

POOR 

Samuel     629 

Elizabeth  (Swasey)     629 

Sarah     609,  631,  632 

Jane     627 

Sarah  A.     594 

Joseph     629 

Sarah  (Olcott)     631 

Mary  E.     614 

Sarah  Tyler    629 

Mary  Louise     629,  657 

Thomas     632 

POPE 

Timothy  Olcott     630 

Ella  (Page)     617 

William     629,  632 

Mary  L.     609 

William  F.     631 

PORTER 

William  Trotter     630 

Aaron     629,  632 

POWERS 

Alden  E.     632 

Alice    633 

Ann  (Nancy)  (Kay)     632 

Anna     491,  633 

Anna     633,  634 

Anna  (Keyes)     633 

Anne  (Kay)     556 

Betsey  (Blood)     634 

Asa     629,  632 

Caroline     635 

Benjamin     629,  630 

Daniel     632 

Betsey    632 

Damaris     633 

Charles  Hopkins     634 

Elizabeth  Abbott     634 

Elizabeth  631,  632,  662 

Elizabeth  Bates    632 

Fatima  M.     577 

Elizabeth  (Howard)     634 

Francis     631 

Elizabeth  (Nutting)     634 

George    631 

Fanny     633 

Hale     633 

Francis     633 

Hannah     629,  632 

George  Carrington     634 

Isaac     632 

Grant     634 

James     629,  632 

Harriet     487 

Jane  M.     632 

Henrietta  (Mumford)     634 

John     629,  630,  633 

Jonathan     633 

Letitia  (Wallace)     632 

Joseph     634 

Lucy     629 

Levi     633 

Lydia     629 

Martha     633 

Margaret  Tilton     632 

Mary  (Thompson)     634 

Martha    630 

Mary  Webster     634 

Martha  (Hale)     633 

Nahum    633 

VttU 

INDEX 

POWERS   (cont.) 

Eliza  (Southard)     653 

Peter     633,  634 

George  Frederick     635 

Phebe    633 

Hannah  (Cole)     636 

Philip     633 

Hiram  M.     636 

Sampson     633 

Ida  M.  (Henry)     636 

Samuel     633 

Ida  Mary  (Henry)     547 

Stephen     633 

John    635,  636 

Tryal  Shepherd     632 

Lizzie     636 

Walter     632 

Mary  (Colby)     635 

Whitcomb     633 

Mary  E.  (True)     636 

William     634 

Mary  R.  Reding     635 

PRATT 

Mary  R.  Riding    638 

Caroline  F.     478 

Minnie  E.  (Williams)     636 

Polly  Bedel     476 

Nellie  (Gannett)     636 
Nellie  N.     636 

PRAY 

Parker  A.     636 

Alice  Marion     635 

Philena     642 

Catherine  M.     525 

Rebecca  Goodrich  (Carleton) 

David  P.     635 

Sally    561 

Eleanor  (Mill)     635 

Susan     636 

Emma  Mildred     635 

Tryphenia  M.     469 

Emma  T.  (Bell)     635 

Walter  E.     636 

Frank  P.     635 
Nellie  Edith    635 

QUIMBY 

Emily     674 

PRENTISS 

Ira  Christine  (Glazier)     536 

Lydia  Jane     670 

Jennie  L.     534 

PRESCOTT 

Naomi     547 

Angeline     575 

Sukey  (Flanders)     529 

Calvin     635 

RAND 

Eliza     635 

Harriett  Sprague     510 

Eliza  (Wilson)     681 

RANDALL 

Lydia  (Boynton)     485 

Aurora  Mehitable  (Butler)     6 

Mary  A.     635 

Clarence  E.     636 

Sarah     652 

Ethel  (Kerr)     637 

Susan  H.  (Putnam)     636 

George  Christopher     636,  637 

William  H.     635 

George  Conn     636 

PRIOR 

Harry  Dole     636 

Esther     646 

Harry  Gordon     637 

Eva  A.     646 

Isaac     636 

PULSIFER 

Jerusha     636 

Ruth     488 

Lewis     636 

Lydia    636 

PURINTON 

Mary     636 

Zadie  Ethel     468 

Mary  M.  (Dole)     636 

PUTNAM 

RAYMOND 

Abigail  (Cutting)     636 

Ruth  Rayment     466 

Almira  French     635 

Alonzo     636 

READ 

Betsey     495 

Katherine     457 

Carrie  I.     636 

REDDING 

David     636 

Audry     611 

493 


636 


INDEX 


761 


REDING 

Ann     527 

Ann  M.     637 

Ellen  Dodge  (McClary)     583 

Ellen  McClary     637 

Henry  W.     637 

Jane  (Martin)     637 

John     637 

John  R.     637 

Mary  R.     635 

Mercy  S.  (Brewster)     637 

Rebecca  R.  (Hill)     637 

Silvester     637 

W.  S.     637 

REED 

Betsey  (Pike)     624 

REEVES 

Sadie     499 

REGAN 

Anna     488 
REPILL 

Eliza  D.     598 
REYNOLDS 

Ethel    661 

RICE 

Adeline  (Locke)     576 
Anna  Robie  Nelson     606 
Elva  M.     499 
Esther  L.     520 
George  T.     606 
Prudence  (Cross)     508 
Sally     684 
W.  W.     605 

RICHARDS 

Sarah     607 

RICHARDSON 
Abigail    685 
Elizabeth  (Wright)     686 
Ellen  F.     622 
EUen  (Ruddick)     638 
George  W.     638 
Guy    638 
Nancy  R.  (Battis)     469 

RICKER 

Albert  Amasa     639 
Alice  Lillian     639 
Betsey  (Drew)     639 
Elizabeth  (Garland)     639 
Joshua     639 
Joseph    639 


Lodena  (Taisey)     639 
Maturin     639 
Orson     639 
Oscar  B.     639 
Prince  Albert     639 
Rosa  J.     639 
William    639 
William  Amasa     639 

RIDE 

Rumina  D.  (French)     639 

RIDEOUT 

Florence  A.  639,  679 
Irene  Penniman  639 
John     639 

Nathan  (Penniman)     639 
Sarah  (Marsh)     639 
Willard     639 

RIDER 

Lottie  Elizabeth  (Meader)     586 
Susan     498 

RIDING 

Amelia  Chandler     638 

C.  E.  (Bourck)  (Whitney)     638 

EUen  McClary    638 

Franklin  Sherrill     638 

Harry    638 

Helen  Eliza  (Sherrill)     638 

Henry  Warren     638 

John     638 

Katherine  Prue     638 

Laura  C.  (Wolcott)     638 

Louise  D.     638 

Mary  Gertrude     638 

Mary  R.     638 

William     638 

RIGGS 

Nancy    569 

RINEHART 

Ada  (Wright)     640 

Belle     524,  564 

Belle  F.     640 

Blanche  S.  (French)     640 

Carroll  C.     640 

Charles  C.     640 

George  640 

Georgia  M.  Hoyt  (Dick)     640 

John     640 

Mary  Bernice  (Sanborn)     640 

Roscoe  S.     640 

Sidney  G.     640 


762 


INDEX 


RINEHART   (cont.) 
Sidney  S.     640 
Susan  E.     640 
Titus  (Rogers)     640 

RING 

Addison     640,  641 
Amanda     640 
Anne     640 
Archelaus     640 
Charles     640 
David     640 
Elizabeth    594,  640 
George  A.     641 
Hannah     640 
Harriet     640 
Harriet  F.  Virgin     641 
James  Johnson     641 
John  Adams     640 
Jonathan     640 
Jonathan,  Jr.     640 
Judith  L.  (Marshall)     641 
Martha     640 
Mary     640,  674 
Mary  J.     641 
Nicholas     640 
Perlina  (Wright)     641 
Ruth    640 
Sarah     569,  640 
Zilpha  Adams     640 

RIPLEY 

Sarah  Maria     603 

RIX 

Elizabeth  H.     469 
Esther  (Clark)     641 
Hannah  (Herrick)     641 
James     641 
Marnie  Pearson     628 
Mary  Peters     641 
Nathaniel     641 
Rebecca  (Eastman)     641 
Thomas     641 

ROBBINS 

Betsey  (Morse)     602 
Mary     570 

ROBIE 

Submit  (Elliott  Morse)     600 

ROBERTS 

Annie  S.     468 
Betsey  Carleton     495 
Mehitable     567 
Sarah    627 


ROBERTSON 

Harriet  Katherine  (Pike)     628 

ROBINSON 

Hattie  L.     501 

Mary  Webster  (Powers)         634 

Maude  E.  Hobbs     548 

Olive  L.     491 

Phebe  (Sinclair)     650 

ROBY 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Battis)     469 

RODGERS 

Betsey  Matilda     642 

Betsey  (Stone)     641 

Bradley  C.     642 

Ellen  Sophia  Piatt  (Gilmore)     642 

F.  O.  (Aiken)     642 

Harriet  Carleton     642 

Laura  Jane  (Chamberlin)     642 

Levi     641,  642 

Luvia     642 

Mehitabel  Barker  Carleton     495 

Michael  Carleton     642 


RODIMAN 

Sarah  (Johnston) 


554 


ROGERS 

Abigail  Batchelder     643 

Abigail  (Burbeck)     488 

Abram     643 

Albert     642 

Albert  E.     643 

Bessie  Maud  (Evans)     643 

Edward  S.     643 

Elisha    642 

Elizabeth  G.  (Burbeck)     488 

Elizabeth  (Taintor)     642 

Eunice  Myrtle     643 

Feme     643 

Frank  R.     643 

Herbert  Warren     643 

James  S.     643 

John     642 

Joseph     642 

Julia  Etta     643 

Lillian  May  (Evans)     643 

Lois     548 

Lois  (Hale)     642 

Louisa  (Patch)     643 

Lucia  B.     496 

Mary     542 

Matilda    642 

Matilda  Lull  (Hunt)     642 


INDEX 


763 


ROGERS   (cont.) 
Nancy    643 
Nancy  (Russell)     645 
Nina  (Crosby)     643 
Noah     642 
Olive     643 

Philena  (Putnam)     642 
Ralph  Waldo     643 
Rebecca  (Whitcher)     643 
Ruth  A.  (Ingraham)     643 
Sarah  Lang     643 
Susan  (Pardee)     642 
Thaddeus     642 
Vance  Crosby     643 
Warren  Chase     643 
William     642 

ROLFE 

Mary     674 

ROLLINS 

Dorothy  Ann     499 
Mary  (Bartlett)     465 

ROSS 

Maud  Madeline  (Carleton) 

ROUHAN 

Dennison  R.     643 
Georgianna  (Jackson)     643 
Helen  E.     643 
Ruth  Georgianna     643 

ROWDEN 

Laura  E.     532 


494 


ROWE 

Adelia     648 
Sarah  A.  Pennock 


621 


ROWELL 

Elizabeth     522 

Jessie  N.  (Glazier)     535 

Martha  (Carleton)     495 

ROWNEY 

Abbie  Susan  (Carleton)     494 

ROYCE 

Dorcas  (Flanders)     529 
Dorcas  (Foster)     644 
Edward     644 
Elizabeth  Searle     644 
Hannah    535,  644 
Lucy     644,  675 
Lydia     608,  644 
Merab     643,  644 
Nathaniel    644 


Samuel     643,  644 
Sarah     643,  644,  674 
Sarah  (Atwater)     643 
Stephen    643,  644 

RUDDICK 

EUen     638 

RUGGLES 

Charlotte  (Osgood)     610 

RUMSEY 

Maude  E.     513 

RUNNELLS 

Anna     616 
Fannie  (Baker)     460 
Mary  Polly  (Merrill)     591 
Ruth  (Young)     687 

RUSK 

Eliza  Ann     616 

RUSSELL 

Catherine     645,  665 

Catherine  Webster  (Merrill)     645 

Catherine  (Webster)     665 

Charles  J.     645 

David     645 

Deborah  (Crosby)     645 

Eliza     645 

Elizabeth  (Moor)     645 

Gideon  Lowell     645 

Jane  A.     645 

Josiah     645 

Julia  Ann     645 

Mary     645 

Mary  (Marshall)     644 

Moor     645 

Nancy     645 

Olive  (Moor)     645 

Olive  Moore     460 

Pelatiah     645 

Peter     645 

Phebe     644 

Robert     644 

Susan  Carleton  (Webster)     645 

Thomas     644 

Walter  W.     645 

William  W.     645 

SAFFORD 

Abigail    473 

SAGER 

Charlotte  M.     511 

SALISBURY 

Elizabeth     575 


764 


INDEX 


SAMPSON 

Mary  (Eastman)     520 

SANBORN 
Betsey    500 
Catherine     607 
Clarissa  (Morse)     601 
Dorothy     467 
Hannah     602 
Hannah  G.     601 
Hannah  M.     646 
Hattie  Blanche  (Whitcher)     676 
Mary  Bernice     640 
Sarah     467,  583 
Susan     673 
Susannah     561 

SANDERS 
Abigail     611 


SANGER 

Katherine  Frances 


547 


SARGENT 

Albert  E.     646 

Anna  A.  (Nourse)     646 

Bernice     646 

Betsey  (French)     645 

Charles  Wesley     647 

Edith  Amelia  (Eastman)     522 

Edward     659 

Elisabeth     659 

Elizabeth  (Carr)     645 

Ernest  A.     646 

Eva  A.  Prior     646 

Fred  Lowell     646 

Hannah  M.  (Sanborn)     646 

Henrietta  M.     646 

Janice  Mclntyre     646 

Joseph     645 

Joshua     645 

Karl  Leighton     646 

Laura  Rosabel     646 

Lucy  M.  (Marston)     583 

Martha  L.  (Leighton)     646 

Martha  Louisa  (Leighton)     572 

Mary     480,  659 

Mary  (Hoyt)     645 

Mary  Louise  (Mclntyre)     646 

Mehitabel  (Bailey)     472 

Miriam  (Flanders)     645 

Muriel  Elizabeth     646 

Nell  M.     503 

Rachel  (Barnes)     645 

Thomas     645 


William     645 
William  Dyer     646 

SATTERLEE 

Mary     480 

SAULT 

Albert  Clarke     646 
Eunice     646 
George  Alfred     646 
Helen  Inez     646 
Joseph  W.     646 
Mae  M.  (Lyons)     646 
May  M.  (Lyons)     577 
Thelma  Eunice     646 

SAUNDERS 

Abigail  (Locke)     576 
Tryphena     576 
SAWTELL 
Abigail     624 

SAWYER 

Abbie  L.  McClure  (Whiting)     647 

Albert  J.     647 

Alice  (Couch)     646 

Azubah     546 

Barbara  Ann  Wilson     680 

Carrie  B.  (Clark)     647 

Clifford  J.     647 

Earl  W.     647 

Edna  May     647 

Esther  (Prior)     646 

Ethel  G.     647 

Eva  M.     647 

Eva  M.  (Whittier)     647 

Everett  F.     647 

George  A.     647 

Hannah     497 

Hannah  (Wilson)     680 

Hiram  Dow     646 

Hiram  Sylvester     647 

James  N.     647 

Jennie  A.     584,  647 

Joan  H.  (Johnson)     647 

Joanna     647 

John     646,  647 

John  Wesley     647 

Joshua     646 

Louise     602 

Lucretia  M.     670 

Luvia  E.  (Marston)     583,  647 

Mary  Hannah     647 

Rosette  (Wilson)     680 

William  Henry    647 


INDEX 


765 


SCOTT 

George  W.     647 

Ida  Gove     647 

Irving  B.     647 

Mary  Elizabeth  Dow     517 

Minnie  G.     580 

Quincy     647 

Sarah  A.  (Blood)     647 

Sarah  A.  (Lother)     647 

Scrivner  Francis     521 

Ursula     560 

SCRUGGS 

Anna  Rebecca  (Beard)     648 
Gillard    648 
Henry  Clough     648 
Lenora  E.  (Thompson)     648 
Mary  Emma  (Andrews)     648 
Phett  Reynolds    648 
Thomas  Wayland     648 

SEAGAR 

Helen  M.  (Peters)     622 

SEALEY 

Mabel    673 

SEARLE 

Elizabeth     644 
Mary     520 

SEARS 

Mary     496 

SEAVEY 

Frances  Nelson  Goodall     606 
Helen  Gladys     606 
Helen  Langdon     606 
John  Langdon     606 
Sarah  Nelson     606 

SEELEY 

Clara  Roe    555 

SELLORS 
Lucy     569 

SENTER 

Harriet     614 
Mahala  (Pike)     624 

SESSIONS 

Grace  Martin     606 

SHAFFORD 

Bethia     482 

SHANNON 
Adeline     657 

SHATTUCK 

Abbie  Frances  (Gale)     532 
Ruth    526 


SHEARER 

Nancy  Alice  (Locke)     576 
Sarah     555 

SHELDON 

Hepsibah     526 

SHELLEY 

Mina  (Ward)     664 

SHEPARD 

Kate  Deborah  (Whitcher)     677 
Martha  (Ring)     640 

SHEPARDSON 

Adella  (Manson)     582 

SHEPHERD 
Tryal     632 

SHERMAN 
Maria    500 
Martha  (Ladd)     570 

SHERRILL 

Helen  Eliza     638 

SHERWIN 

Frances     508 

SHIELDS 

Mary  Kind  (Page)     617 

SHIRLEY 

Nancy     522 

SHORES 

Franklin  B.     648 
Fred  J.     648 
Frederick  W.     648 
Hannah  H.     648 
Lucy  E.  (Caseley)     648 

SHOREY 

Alberta     571 

SHORT 

Dorcas  Louisa     602 

SHUTE 

Adelia  (Rowe)     648 
Calvin  F.     648 
George  Grover     648 
Mae  L.  (Crosby)     648 
Martha     488 
Minnie  D.  (Stetson)     648 

SIDDONS 

Eliza  B.     606 
William  P.     606 

SIDELINGER 

Maude  E.  (Mann)     582 

SILSBY 

Clara  A.     566 


766 


INDEX 


SILVER 

Irena  Dole     627 
SIMONDS 

Belle  A.     533 
SIMPSON 

Carrie  (Page)     616 

Matilda     685 
SINCLAIR 

Abigail  (Frieze)     648 

Adelaide     650 

Albert     650 

Asa     649 

Asa  Crosby     649 

Augusta     649 

Betsey  (Page)     649 

Charles  H.     649 

Charlotte     650 

Ebenezer     649 

Edward  Chapman     650 

Edwin  (Davenport)     650 

Eliza  (Hamblet)     650 

Emily  Augusta  (Hodgkins)     649 

Frank  B.     649 

George  Hutchins     649 

Hannah     650 

Henry  Merrill     649 

James     650 

John     649 

Jonathan     648,  649 

Lucy  Ann     650 

Mary     650 

Mary  Ann  (Homer)     649 

Mary  Grace     649 

Mary  (Wells)     649 

Mercy  (Hoag)     649 

Moses  Hoag     649 

Myra     650 

Nancy  (Page)     649 

Nelson  Burnham     649 

Oscar  Harrison     650 

Phebe     650 

Polly  (Page)     649 

Ruhannah  W.  (Brainard)     649 

Sally  (Nute)     650 

Samuel     649,  650 

Sarah     650 

Sarah  Augusta  (Davenport)     650 

Sarah  (Moulton)     649 

Sophia     650 

Stephen  Badger     650 

William  Henry  Harrison     650 

Zerniah  (Eggleston)     649 


SINKLER 

Abigail  (Folsom)     648 
Ebenezer     648 
James    648 
John  648 

Mary  (Scammon)     648 
Richard     648 
SINNOT 

Mary  Ann     625 
Olive     588 

SKELTON 

Mary     526 

SLEEPER 

Adelaide  Sinclair     650 
Mary  (Hardy)     542 
Nettie  B.     481 

SLY 

Martha  Adella     505 

SMALLEY 

Helen  E.     542 

SMITH 

Abijah     650 

Alonzo  W.     652 

Anna  M.     651 

Anna  (Peters)     622,  651 

Bertha  E.     514,  652 

Betsey     550 

Betsey  (Currier)     651 

Carrie     613 

Celista  E.     493 

Charles  B.     652 

Charles  Goudy     651 

Charles  O.     652,  653 

Charlotte  S.  (Dow)     651 

Chastina  Peters     622 

Clementina  (Crocker)     650 

Cora  A.     652 

Cora  Ann     485 

Deborah     467 

Delia     650 

Dolly  Higgins  (Stevens)     650 

Dorothy  (Hobbs)     548 

Edgar  William     650 

Eleazer     651 

Elijah     650 

Elizabeth     652,  684 

Elizabeth  (Wheeler)     671 

Emma  J.  (Morse)     600 

Emma  W.  (Gates)     650 

Erville  H.     652 

Euseba     491 


INDEX 


767 


SMITH   (cont.) 
Everett  H.     652 
Fanny  T.  (Merrill)     652 
Frances  C.     683 
Frank  E.     652 
George  A.     652 
George  F.     652 
Goldie  M.  (Palmer)     653 
Hannah     623 
Harriet     650 

Harriet  F.  (White)     652,  673 
Harry  F.     653 
Harry  S.     652,  653 
Henry  C.     652 
Henry  M.     652 
Howard     650 
Jane  C.     525 
Jane  E.  (Stevens)     653 
Jennie  M.     512 
Joanna     527 
Judith     650 
Judith  (Whiton)     650 
Lawrence  E.     652 
Lizzie  Wiggin     652 
Llewellyn     651 
Lucy     652 
Mae  Mulvey     652 
Mamie  (Elliott)     652 
Marguerite  A.     653 
Marguerite  T.     652 
Martha     650 
Mary     454,  519,  556 
Mary  Ann  Morse     602 
Mary  (Bliss)     483 
Mary  B.  (Foss)     652 
Mary  E.     652 
Mary  (Harriman)     543 
Merrill  A.     652 
Nancy     493 
Natalie     652 
Niel  K.     652 
Patricia  E.     652 
Paul  T.     652 
Pauline     652 
Percy  Gates     651 
Philip  C.     652,  653 
Polly     650 
Prentiss  C.     650 
Rachel  C.  (Kimball)     561 
Rachel  (Heath)     546 
Raymond  Underwood     651 
Rosa  B.     533 


Ruby  Melissa  (Pike)     628,  652 
Ruth  W.  (Morse)     600,  651 
Sally     520 
Sarah  M.  Pike    627 
Sarah  Morrill     587 
Sarah  (Prescott)     652 
Sarah  W.     672 
Stephen     650 
Susan     585 
T.  H.     652 

Theodosia  (Ladd)     569 
William  Peters     651 
SMYTHE 

Annie  E.     614 


SNELL 

Abigail  L.  (Cross) 


508 


SNOW 

Norma  C.  (Currier)     510 
Susan  E.  (Currier)     510 

SNYDER 
Ollie    555 

SOMERS 

Louise     525 
SOMPAYRAC 

Priscilla  P.  (Morse)     599 

Rebecca  Carleton  (Morse)     599 

Virginia     599 

SOUTHARD 
Aaron     653 
Abbie  M.     654 
Ann  Jane     613,  653 
Ann  W.  (Barron)     654 
Annabel  Margaret     654 
Berintha  (Merrill)     589,  654 
C.  Aaron     654 
Caroline     653 
Charles  F.     654 
Clara  E.  (Nelson)     654 
Clara  (Tirrell)     654 
Cora  (Knowles)     654 
Eliza     613,  653 
Ellen  M.  (Parshley)     654 
Ethel     654 
Frank     654 
Franklin  K.     653 
George  H.     653 
George  S.     654 
Harry     654 
Hannah  (Drury)     655 
Hannah  (Wilcox)     653 


768 


INDEX 


SOUTHARD  (cont.) 
James     653 
Jane  (Backop)     654 
Jane  T.  (Finlay)     653 
Jennie  Moore     654 
Joseph  E.     653 
Josephine  N.     654 
Kate     600,  653 
Lemuel     654 
Lemuel  J.     655 
Lois  Myona  (Patridge)     620 
Lucinda     653 
Lyman     653 
Lyman  M.     654 
Martha  P.     654,  669 
Mary  Ellen     590,  654 
Mary  J.  (Long)     654 
Mehitable  C.  (Kimball)     561,  654 
Melissa  (Eastman)     520,  654 
Moses     653 
Moses  Eastman     654 
Nancy  A.     672 
Nancy  (King)     653 
Nellie  A.  (Beckford)     654 
Samuel  F.     653 
Solon  S.     653,  654 
Solomon  Summer     654 
Thomas     653 
Vera  Bell     654 
Wealthy     653 
William     654 
Zilla    654 

SOUTHWICK 
Ethel    521 

SPALDING 

Mary  (Pierce)     655 

Olive  (Farnall)     655 

Peden     655 

Phineas     655,  656 

Pierce     655 

Polly     655 

Rebecca  Poole  (Hunt)     655 

Reuben     655 

Susan     509,  655 

Susan  H.  (Trask)     655 

Susan  Rebecca     655 

SPAULDING 

Abigail    568,  570 
Abigail  (Bullard)     655 
Ada  Louisa     656 
Alice  (Cole)     655 


Azel     655 

Benjamin     655 

Caroline  Anastasia     656 

Caroline  Bailey  (Lothrop)     655 

Charles     655 

Charlotte  (Merrill)     591,  655,  656 

Edmund     655 

Edward     655 

Eliza  A.  (Evans)     523 

Elvira  M.  (Ladd)     570 

Ephraim     655 

Eunice     655 

Frank  Merrill     656 

Harriett  Ingham     656 

James     655 

Jason  Carpenter     655 

Jerusha  (Carpenter)     655 

John     655 

Julia  Ann  (Caldwell)     655 

Julia  E.  (Kingman)     658 

Levi    570,  655 

Malcolm  Glenn  Wyer     656 

Maria  T.  (Wainwright)     655 

Mary     655 

Mary  Greenleaf     656,  664 

Mary  Louisa     656 

SPEED 

Alice  M.  (Carey)     656 

Gertrude  E.  (Sweet)     656 

Perley  E.     656 
SPENCER 

Esther     667 

Tina  A.  (Patridge)     620 

SPINNEY 

Ethel  G.  (Sawyer)     647 
Susan  M.  (Wilson)     681 

SPOONER 

Hazel  (Brown)     487 
Mary  A.     475 
Milly  (Brown)     487 
Philanda  M.     608 
Tillie  A.  (Patridge)     620 

SPRAGUE 

Elizabeth  Dora  (Merrill)     593 

SQUIRES 

Amanda    576 

Edith  (Walker)     666 

Jemima  Robert     656 

Jesse  Roy     656 

Margarette  (Barstow)     463,  656 

Walter  Hale     656 


INDEX 


769 


STAFFORD 

Eliza  (Carr)     497 
Ruth  (Fiske)     608 
STAHL 

A.  M.     656 

Gussie  (Wertheim)     656 
Harris  (Wertheim)     657 
Jeannette  (Wertheim)     656 
Moses    656,  657 
Rudolph  Moses     656 
Sarah  Jeannette     657 

STAPLES 

Arzella  Clay  (Glazier)     535 
Martha  L.  (Kimball)     562 

ST.  CLAIR 
Frank    650 
Jane     650 
Jane  (Battis)     469 
John     650 
Jonathan     650 
Lottie    564 
Lydia  J.  (Titus)     650 
Myra     650 
Stephen  Badger     650 
Susie  E.  Clifford    502 

STEARNS 

Henry  C.     657 

Joseph  Poor     657 

Josiah     657 

Lucy    523 

Mary  L.     665 

Mary  Louise  (Poor)     629,  657 

Sarah     657 

Susan     666 

STEBBINS 

Ellen  Augusta     576 
Mariah  Marietta     458 

STEELE 

Millie  M.  (Pennock)     621 

STEERE 

Jane  Bliss    483 

STERLING 

Mary  Bank     615 

STETSON 

Minnie  D.     648 

STEVENS 

Dolly  (Higgins)     650 
Emma     666 
Fannie  Maria     540 
Hannah  (Bliss)     483 


Hannah  (King)     566 
Jane  E.     653 
Jane  E.  (Kimball)     561 
Lucy     483 
Susannah    598 

STICKNEY 

Mehitable     576 

Rhoda  Ann  (Hawkins)     543 

STOCKER 

Annette  Hanson  (Carleton)     494 
Sarah     494 

STONE 

Betsey    641 
Lucy     575 
Mary     686 

STORIE 
Ann     514 

STOVALL 

Mary  Eliza     458 

STRONG 

Olive    576 
SUMNER 

Rhoda    485 
SUTHERLAND 

Kate  Elizabeth     503 

SUTTON 

Fannie  Emeline  Davison     511 

SWAIN 

Alice  M.     687 

Alma  J.  (Glazier)     536 

SWAN 

Abigail  (Johnston)     554,  658 

Adeline  (Shannon)     657 

Archie  Y.     658 

Benjamin     657 

Charles  Johnston     658 

Charles  Morton     657 

Charlotte    658 

Charlotte  (Sinclair)     650 

Chloe    658,  687 

Eliza  A.     657 

Eliza  H.     658 

Eliza  (Hale)     658 

Elizabeth    542,  569 

Elizabeth  (Ladd)     568,  658 

Ella  A.     472 

Ella  F.     657 

Ena  (Yarrington)     657 

Frye     658 


50 


770 


INDEX 


SWAN  (cont.) 

George    657 

George  Augustus     657 

Grace  (Carr)     657 

Harold  Wesley     658 

Henry     657 

Henry  T.     658 

Hubert  Ralph     658 

Isaac     657,  658 

Israel     658 

Jane     657 

Joshua     658 

Joshua,  Jr.     658 

Kate  M.  (Thomas)     657 

Liza     658 

Mary     685 

Mary  Jane     658 

M.  Harriet  N.     658 

M.  Tryphena     658 

Nancy     658 

Phebe     658 

Phineas     657 

Polly     658 

Rodney     657 

Sarah     484 

Sarah  H.  (Gerald)     657 

Susan  B.     657,  685 

Tryphena  (Webster) 

William     658 
SWARTZ 

Adalaide  L.     687 

Lydia  A.     586 
SWASEY 

Ann  Nancy  (Merrill) 

Catherine     660 

Charles  James     660 

Edith  Augusta     660 

Edith  Augusta  (Holmes) 

Edward  Holmes     660 

Elisabeth  Lambert     659 

Elisabeth  Sargent     659 

Elizabeth     629 

Elizabeth  (Merrill)     591 

Franklin     660 

Franklin  Holmes     660 

Hannah     660 

Helen  Augusta     660 

Jane     660 

John     659 

Kate  Day     660 

Lillian  Elizabeth  (Hawley) 

Louise    660 


657 


591 


660 


Mary  Ann     681 

Mary  Blanche     661 

Mary  M.  (Angier)     454,  660 

Mehitable     660 

Mehitable  Page     659 

Moses     659 

Nancy     573 

Nathaniel  Merrill     660 

Obadiah     659 

Samuel    659,  660 

Sarah  Lucinda     660 

SWAZEY 

Ann  (Nancy)     659 

Benjamin  Merrill     659 

Eliza     613 

Eunice  Merchant     659 

Hannah  Pearson     659 

Helen  Hazen     660 

Jane  Prentice  (Kendall)     659 

John  W.     659 

John  Quincy     660 

Joseph     659 

Mary  Ann     659 

Nancy  Ann     659 

Nancy  Merrill  659 

Sarah  Prentice     660 


SWEET 

Gertrude  E. 


656 


660 


SWETT 

Anna     545 

Hattie  (Craig)     484 

Martha  (Carleton)     493 

SWIFT 

Eliza  J.     469 

Eliza  J.  (Battis)     469 

Hattie  T.     511 

SYLVESTER 
Ann     525 

TAISEY 

Lodema     639 
Lydia     639 

TAINTOR 

Elizabeth     642 

TALBIRT 

Ellen  S.     628 

TAPLIN 

Emma  C.  (Leighton)     572 
Virginia     468 


INDEX 


771 


TARLETON 

Abigail  (Ladd)     568 
Mary  J.     463 
Theodo  (Ladd)     568 
TAYLOR 

Alice  M.  (Glazier)     536,  661 

Ann    604 

Carrie     661 

Carrie  M.     500 

Hannah     502 

James  William     661 

Luella  (French)     530 

Margaret     617 

Mary  (Exley)     661 

Mary  (Reid)     661 

Thomas  E.     661 

William    661 

William  Ross     661 
TENNEY 

Mary  J.     621 

Sarah  (Johnston)     555 
TEWKSBURY 

Sarah  (Barron)     460 
THAYER 

Alice  L.  (Nutting)     661 

Austin  J.     661 

Dora  A.  (Young)     687 

Elmer    661 

Elmer  I.     661 

Emma  Frances  (Hood)     661 

Ethel    661 

Ethel  (Reynolds)     661 

F.  Earl     661 

Hattie  Young     687 

Helen  Janette     661 

Henry     661 

Ida  M.     661 

Jennie  (Emerson)     661 

Jennie  May     661 

Jennie  (Palmeter)     661 

Josephine     582 

Martha  Louise     661 

Mary  (Barstow)     462 

Nancy  (Barstow)     462 

Sarah  (Corley)     661 

Thelma  M.     661 


THOMPSON 

Abigail    687 

Alice    662 

Alice  Lillian  (Ricker)     639 

Caroline  Bell     662 

Charles  Edward     662 

Elizabeth     631 

Elizabeth  (Porter)     662 

Helen  Alice     549 

Helen  H.     662 

Isabella  D.     662 

Janie     488 

Lenora  E.     648 

Martha  (Leverett)     575,  605 

Mary     634 

Mary  (Olcott)     662 

Persis  (Ladd)     569 

Richard     662 

Susan  Brewster  Nelson     605 

Thomas  White    662 

William  C.     662 

William  Combi     605 


THOMSON 

Isabella  (White) 
Sarah  Johnston 
Thomas     662 


662 
552 


THOMAS 

Cynthia  Maria  (Morse) 
Elizabeth  Ann     479 
Kate  M.     657 


603 


THORPE 

Harriet  (Bancroft)     577 

THURNBOLD 
Emma  J.     513 

THURSTON 
Shua  506 
Sophia    576 

TIBBETTS 
Mary  J.     513 

TILESTON 

Rebecca  (Gookin)     539 

TILTON 

Blanche  L.     662 

Daniel  L.     662 

George  D.     662 

Laura  L.  (Pike)     662 

Margaret     632 

Mary  W.  (George)     533 

Mary  Williamine  (George)     662 

Sidney  D.     662 

TIRRELL 
Clara     654 


772 


INDEX 


TITUS 

Ardelle  (French)     530 
Lizzie     487 
Lydia  J.     650 
Mary  Frances     531 
Mary  (Whitcher)     674 
Pamelia  G.     627 
Rogers     640 

TORSEY 

Emerline  S.     454 
Mary    583 

TOURTELLETTE 
Mary  Louise     607 

TOWLE 

Alice  Hubbard     664 

Anne  (Godfrey)     662 

Caleb     662 

Carrie  A.     664 

Charles    663 

Charles  B.     663 

Charles  E.     663 

Edward     663 

Eleanor    663 

Eleanor  (Hall)     663 

Elizabeth     663 

Elizabeth  (Philbrick)     662 

Emily  H.     663 

Emily  Prescott     664 

Frederick     663,  664 

Harriet  (Hunt)     663 

Henry    663,  664 

Isaac     662 

Isabel  (Asten)     662 

Isabella     663 

James  H.     663,  664 

Lucy  (Bellows)     663 

Mary  Ann  (Pierce)     663 

Mary  Antoinette     663 

Mary  Greenleaf  (Spaulding)     656,  664 

Nancy  E.     663 

Nancy  (Elliott)     663 

Phillip    662 

Prescott  King     664 

Rebecca  (Parkhill)     663 

Simon     663 

Susan  Annette     663 

Susan  Emily     663 

Sylvester  Charles     663 

William  Conrad     664 

Zechariah     662 

Zipporah  (Brackett)     662 


TOWNSEND 

Abigail     461 
Sarah  (Bell)     477 

TRACY 

Angie  (Kezer)     560 
Harriet  (Ladd)     569 

TRAFTON 

Mary   Elizabeth    (Eastman)    (Polley) 
519 
TRASK 

Mary    526 
Susan  H.     655 

TREVENA 

Gertrude     673 

TROMBLEE 

Harriet  D.     628 

TRUE 

Mary  E.     636 

TRUELL 

Lydia     619 
Mary  A.     283 

TRUEWORTHY 

Margaret  Flora  (Peters)     622 

TUCKER 

Mahala  (Whitman)     678 

TULLOCK 
Mary     517 

TURNER 

Ohve     453 
TUTTLE 

Abigail    488,  585 
Susanna     540 

TYLER 

C.  Eliza     602 
Charlotte     607 
Louise    670 
Lucetta  S.     625 
Sarah      629 

TYRRELL 

Elizabeth     535 
UNDERHILL 

Anna  Elizabeth     642 

UNDERWOOD 
Mary  J.     526 

VAIL 

Polly  Spalding     655 
Sarah  H.  (Angier)     454 


INDEX 


773 


VALDES 

Annie     560 

VAN  ARMON 

Ellen    485 

VANCE 

Lydia     471 

VARNEY 
Hannah  M. 

VARNUM 
Judith     473 


522 


VINTON 

Marietta    509 

VIRGIN 

Harriet  F.     641 

VROCK 

Maria  E.     544 

VOSE 

Eliza  R.     671 

WADLEY 

Mary  Ella  (Glazier)     535 

WAINWRIGHT 
Maria  T.     655 

WAITE 

Ehzabeth     670 

WAKEFIELD 

Zilpha     671 

WALKER 

Ann     565 
Edith    656 
Phebe     482 
Sally     565 
WALLACE 

Harriet  C.  (Kent)     664 
James     664 
Jane  (Noyes)     607 
Letitia     632 
William  K.     664 

WALLIS 

Miriam  (Batchelder)     468 

WALWORTH 
Eunice    533 

WARD 

Ada  Ellen  (Johnston)     555 
Caleb     664 
Clinton  R.     664 


Emeline  (Eastman)     521 

Emeline  W.  (Eastman)     664 

Harold  N.     664 

Inez  F.     664 

Leon  Clinton     664 

Loeita  E.     664 

Lois  664 

Margaret  S.     581 

Martha     613 

Martha  M.     664 

Mary    568,  570 

Mary  Lawrence     665 

Mina     664 

Minnie  L.  Hannaford     664 

Perley     664 

Reymer  E.     664 

Samuel  Thorpe     664 

Sidney     664 

WARDEN 

Lydia  Bliss  (Peters)     622 

WARREN 

Abigail    685 
Ashael  L.     665 
Benjamin  F.     665 
Benjamin  L.     665 
Eastion  A.     665 
Ernest  W.  Jeffers     665 
Herbert     667 
Justin  J.     665 
Lizzie  Roach  (Page)     616 
Lucia  L.  (Heath)     665 
Lucy  (Barton)     665 
Margaret  (French)     529 
Mary  L.  (Stearns)     665 
Octavia     665 
Ora  M.     665 
Prudence     671 
Sarah  E.     665 
Weston  B.     665 

WATKINS 

Lucia  A.     471 

WATSON 
Elsie    590 
Frances  Jeanette     606 

WAUGH 

Mantia  (Wheeler)  (Wetherbee) 

WEARE 

Josie  E.     451 
WEBBER 

Ehzabeth  (Morse)     603 


671 


774 


INDEX 


WEBSTER 

Abigail    588 
Almon  G.     666 
Ann  Eliza  (Gushing)     665 
Ann  Maria     665 
Arthur  Livermore     665 
Augusta  G.     666 
Catherine    666 
Catherine  (Russell)     645 
David     665 
Eliza     682 

Eliza  A.  (Swan)     657 
Eliza  C.     665 
Eliza  W.     666 
Elizabeth     645 
Elizabeth  Clough     665 
Emma  (Stevens)     666 
Harriet     665 
James  H.     666 
James  P.     666 
Jane  Livermore     665 
Joanna  (Carleton)     493 
John  V.     666 
Lucy    588 
Lydia     665 

Lydia  (Cummings)     665 
Mary  (Bliss)     461 
Mary  Lawrence     665 
Mary  M.  (Keyser)     666 
Mary  P.     665 
Moses     666 
Orris  D.     666 
Ralph     665 
Ralph  E.     666 
Rebecca  M.  (English)     666 
Samuel  C.     665 
Sarah  H.  (Perkins)     666 
Sarah  (Kimball)     666 
Stephen  P.     665 
Susan  Carleton     645 
Susan  S.     665 
Tryphena     657 
Walter     666 
WEED 

Allan  C.     666 
Eben  C.     666 
Susan  (Stearns)     666 
William  F.     666 

WEEKS 

Albion  Lang     668 
Alice     451 
Benjamin     667 


Bertha     668 

Carolyn  Ruth     668 

Charles     668 

Charles  Marshall     667 

Clara    668 

Clara  A.  (Dickinson)     668 

Clarice  Jeannette     668 

Cora    668 

Cora  L.  (Page)     619 

Elinor  Haines     667 

Emma  C.     667 

Enoch  R.     667 

Enoch  R.,  Jr.     667 

Esther  (Spencer)     667 

Frank     668 

Frank  M.     667 

Fred  G.     668 

George  Lewis    668 

Hannah     667 

Hannah  E.  (Bartlett)     464 

Harriet  P.     479 

Hattie    667 

James  H.     668 

Jane  Wilmot     667 

Jennie  May     668 

John     667 

Jonathan     667 

Leonard     667 

Lois  A.     668 

Lovicea     668 

Luiva  S.     565 

Madeline  Marie     668 

Marietta  P.     683 

Marion  (Hanniford)     667 

Marion  Maxine     668 

Mary  E.     465 

Mary  Haines     667 

Mary  J.     592 

Mary  Melissa     667 

Mary  P.     451 

Melissa  H.  (Metcalf)     667 

Nellie     668 

Sally  (French)     530 

Sally  (Merrill)     667 

Samuel     667 

Sarah  Lizzie     615,  667 

Wilfred  Holmes     668 
WEINER 

Ada     573 
WELCH 

May  (French)     530 

Nellie  M.     500 


INDEX 


775 


]LLMAN 

Nathaniel  Waite,  Jr.     671 

Esther  S.     575 

Nellie  (Drake)     669 

]LLS 

Phebe  Meacham     668 

Abigail  (Allis)     668 

Sally  (Clark)     668 

Addie  Bell    669 

Stella  Ella     669 

Albinus  Morse     669 

Thomas     668 

Annett  Clark  Morse     604 

Tyler     671 

Annette  Morse     669 

William  Francis     671 

Arresta  Malvina     670 

WERTHEIM 

Arthur  George     669 

Gussie     656 

Caleb     668,  669 

Jeannette     656 

Caroline  Burbank  (Morse)     669 
Caroline  Morse     606 

WESSON 

Carrie  Glayde     669 

Judith  (Morse)     601 
Sarah     601 

Chester    668 

Earl  Eugene     669 

WEST 

Ella  G.     669 

Ann  (Montgomery)     595 

Enos  C.     668 

Eva     555 

Enos  Clark    604,  669 

Jessie  Johnston     555 

Ephraim     668 

Mary  Montgomery  (Nichols) 

Ernest  Rockwood     669 

WESTGATE 

Etta  Blanche     670 

Earl     670 

Eunice    590 

Elizabeth  (Waite)     670 

Eva  May     669 

Elsie  Mae     670 

Ezekiel    668 

John     670 

Flavius  M.     669 

Louise  Bean     670 

Frank  Eugene     669 

Louise  (Tyler)     670 

Frank  Forest     669 

Lucretia  M.  (Sawyer)     670 

Fred  Enos     670 

Lydia  Jane  (Prentiss)     670 

Fred  Percy    669 

Nathaniel  Waite     670 

Frederick  Austin     671 

Phebe  Jane  (Bean)     670 

Flora  (Burnham)     669 

Tyler     670 

Flora  Gertrude     669 

WESTON 

George     604,  606,  668,  669 

Rebecca  F.     477 

George  Henry     671 
Harriet  (Gray)     669 
Hazel     669 

WETHERBEE 

Abigail  (Woodward)     671 

Helen  A.     669 

Betsey    522 

Herbert  E.     669 

Charles     671 

Hugh     668 

Delcina  Winifred     618 

Ida  McGiverny     669 
Jennie  Louise     671 

Eliza  R.  (Vose)     671 
Laura  G.     531 

Lois     668 

Lucretia     601 

Lucy    451 

Lucy  Ann  (Gordon)     669 

Lydia  (Chapman)     668 

M.  S.     671 

Mantia  Wheeler     671 

Mary  Lydia     671 

Mabel  Hattie     669 

WHEATON 

Madeline  Eunice     669 

Isabella  M.     678 

Martha  H.  (Gordon)     669 

WHEELER 

Martha  P.  (Southard)     654,  669 

Abel    671 

Mary     649,  668 

Adaline  E.  (King)     565 

Maude  Arlie     670 

Albert  Carlos    671 

607 


776 


INDEX 


WHEELER  (cont.) 
Betsey    485 
Charlotte  C.     671 
Chestina    530 
Elizabeth     671 
Frances  P.     559 
Helen     678 
Lavinia  M.     671 
Lottie  (Boswell)     484 
Lucia     595 
Mantia     671 
Mary     517,  671 
Mary  C.     609 
Mehitable  (Calif)     671 
Olive  Kay     556 
Prudence  (Warren)     671 
Prudentia     671 
Sarah  Maria     671 
Susan  G.  Battis    469 
Susannah     469 
Tryphena  (Young)     687 
Zilpha     671 
Zilpha  (Wakefield)     671 

WHEELOCK 
Abigail     466 
Mary     682 
Nancy     600 

WHETHERBEE 

Nabby  (Woodward)     684 

WHITAKER 

Anna  (Mead)     672 

Betsey  (Allen)     453 

Ebenezer     672 

Ezra     672 

Laura  Ann     600,  672 

Lucy     672 

Lydia     672 

Mary     672 

Peter     672 

Phebe     672 

Ruth  (Kendall)     672 

WHITCHER 

Amaret  A.     672 
Amos     674 
Burr  Royce     677 
Charles  O.     676 
Chase    674,  677 
Daniel     675 
David    675,  676 
Elizabeth  Ann  (King)     565 


677 


Elvah  G.     581 

Emily  (Quimby)     674 

Frank     676 

Hannah     674 

Hannah  (Morrill)     674 

Hattie  Blanche     676 

Ira    674,  675 

James     674 

Jeannette  Maria  (Barr)     677 

Joseph     674 

Josephine  Viola  (Kimball) 

Kate  Deborah     676 

Lizzie  (King)     675 

Louisa    519,  674 

Lucien  (Noyes)     674 

Lucy  (Royce)     644,  675 

Lydia  Ann     469 

Marietta  Amanda  (Barr) 

Martha  Evans    674 

Mary    674 

Mary  Belle  Bailey     454 

Mary  Elizabeth     451,  675 

Mary  (Noyes)     673 

Mina  Josephine     587 

Moses    674,  675 

Phebe    675 

Polly  (Young)     674 

Quincy  Noyes     676 

Rebecca     643 

Sally     674,  681 

Sally  Ann  (Noyes)     676 

Samuel     674 

Sarah     529 

Sarah  (Royce)     644,  674 

Scott     676 

Susan     675 

Susan  M.     580 

Susan  M.  Wilson    545 

William  F.     677 

William  Frederick     675 

William     674,  676 

William,  Jr.     673 

W.  F.     674 

Winthrop  Chandler    674 

WHITCOMB 

Martha  (Hawkins)     543 
Martha  M.  (Morse)     600 

WHITE 

Abigail     545 
Betsey  (Bliss)     483 
Betsey  E.     672 


676 


INDEX 


777 


673 


673 
673 


673 

672 


672 


673 


WHITE  (cont.) 

Carrie  (Murray) 

Charles     673 

Charles  F.     673 

Charles  Kimball 

Charles  March 

Clara  A.     673 

Cora    673 

Deborah  (Hilt) 

Edwin  George 

Eliza  A.  (Kempton)     673 

Ella  A.     489,  673 

Emery  Barnes     672 

Francis     672 

Francis  Mary     561 

Franklin  Pierce    673 

Fanny  (Cook)     672 

George  E.     673 

Gertrude  (Trevena)     673 

Harriet  F.     652,  673 

Helen  Ridler     618 

Isabella     662 

Jacob  March 

John     672 

John  E.     673 

John  Gilman 

John  M.     673 

John  P.     673 

Laura  Cox    672 

Leona  (Bowles) 

Lorania  (Thorn) 

Lulu  B.     673 

Lydia  (Gilman) 

Mabel  Sealey    673 

Malinda  (Cox)     672 

Marcia    491 

Martha  (Appleton)     672 

Mary    557,  603,  672 

Mary  Bell     673 

Mary  Viola     673 

Maude  (Wilmot)     673 

Melissa  W.     673 

Nancy    672 

Nancy  Ann    672 

Nancy  A.  (Southard)     672 

Nellie  J.  (Manson)     582 

Ruth    598 

Ruth  (Emery)     672 

Sarah  W.  (Smith)     672 

Serena    673 

Susan  Barron     673 

Susan  (Sanborn)     673 


673 
673 

672 


Susannah     672 
Wesley  G.     673 
William     672 
William  N.     673 

WHITING 

Abbie  L.  (McClure)     647 

WHITMAN 

Ann  Eliza  (Brockaway)     678 

Anna  S.  (Burton)     678 

Angeline     486 

Caroline  (Bean)     678 

Caroline  (Wilson)     678 

Daniel     678 

David    678 

Ebenezer     678 

Effie  Dell    678 

Eliza    678 

Eliza  W.     552 

Florence     678 

George     678 

George  Barrett    678 

Isabella  M.  (Wheaton)     678 

John     678 

John  Corliss     678 

Laura  Worthing    678 

Mahala    678 

Martha     678 

Martha  Cole     678 

Mary  Ann  Heath  (Keyes)     678 

Mary  J.  (Marsh)     678 

Missouri  E.     510 

Orrin  Minot     678 

Rachel  (Barrett)     687 

Samuel    678 

Sarah    678 

Thomas  Kimball    678 

Willard    678 

William  Minot    678 

WHITNEY 

C.  E.  (Bourck)     638 
Charles  R.     617 
Margaret  (Bacon)     455 

WHITON 

Judith     650 

WHITTIER 
C.  C.     674 

Deborah  Pillsbury     674 
Eva  M.     647 
John     674 
Mary    615,  674 


778 


INDEX 


WHITTIER  (cont.) 
Mary  (Osgood)     674 
Mary  (Ring)     674 
Mary  (Rolfe)     674 
Nathaniel     674 
Reuben     674 
Richard     673,  674 
Ruth  (Green)     674 
Thomas     674 

WIGGIN 

Lizzie     652 

WILCOX 

Hannah     653 
Louisa  P.     538 

WILDER 

Abbie  Bush  (Adams)     452 
Sarah  Ann    493 

WILKIE 

Bernice  (Bell)     484 

WILLARD 

Sally     468 

WILLERTON 

Susanna     588 
Susanna  (Williston)  588 

WILLEY 

Nellie  M.     511 
WILLIAMS 

Abigail  (Ladd)     568 
Alice  Mabel    537 
Francis     592 
Minnie  E.     636 
Olive     569 

WILLIAMSON 

Abbie  Sophronia     451 

WILLIS 

Anna     561 

Clarissa     451,  601 

Harriet     547 

Julia  Etta  (Rogers)     643 

Lucy     451 

Sarah  or  Sally  (Morse)     601 

WILLOUGHBY 
Ai    679 
Ann     679 
A.  J.     478 

Betsey  (French)     529 
Burton  F.     678 
Cyrus  I.     679 
Earl  C.     679 
Elizabeth  Denning    679 


Emily     530 

Eunice     602 

Ezra  Bartlett     679 

Florence  A.  (Rideout)     639,  678 

George  W.     678 

Harold  Rideout     679 

Helen  (Wheeler)     678 

Horatio     678,  679 

Irving  W.     678 

John  R.     679 

Josiah  R.     678 

Kate     678 

Leon  Leroy     679 

Leon  Leroy,  Jr.     679 

Mahala  F.     678 

Mary     563 

Mary  Alice  (Jones)     679 

Minnie     678 

Sally  (French)     530,  678,  679 

WILMOT 

Betsey  (Heath)     546 

Charles     679 

Ellen  A.  (Hutchins)     551,  679 

Emeline  J.     679 

Frank  L.     679 

George  E.     679 

Haran     679 

Harvey  J.     679 

Jane     667 

Luthina  L.  (Howe)     586 

Lydia  S.  (Martin)     679 

Mary  J.     679 

Maude     673 

Maude  L.     679 

Nellie  B.     507,  679 

Polly    679 

Roswell    679 

Timothy     679 

WILSON 

Abbie    681 

Abigail     495,  680 

Adaline     681 

Alice  P.     681 

Amos     681 

Ann     500 

Arthur    681 

Barbara  Ann     680 

Caroline     678 

Carrie  Sarah     571 

Climena  (Hawkins)     543 

Daniel     681 

Eliza    530,  680,  681 


INDEX 


779 


WILSON  (cont.) 

Frances  Mae  (Dexter)     681 

Frank    681 

George    681 

Hannah     680 

Jennett  D.  (Hoyt)     681 

John     681 

Jonathan     680 

Josiah  Dustin     680 

Joseph    679,  680 

Joseph,  Jr.     680 

Laura  A.  (Marston)     583 

Laura  Ann  (Marston)     681 

Lizzie  E.  (Pike)     627 

Lovisa  (Guernsey)     681 

Lucy  Ann  (Sinclair)     650 

Luella  Eliza  (Woodard)     685 

Lydia     680 

Maria     550,  681 

Martha     681 

Mary     680,  681 

Mary  Ann     680 

Mary  Draper     680 

Nahum     680 

Nina     681 

Odell     681 

Pauline    680 

Rebecca     681 

Rebecca  (Knight)     681 

Rosette     680 

Ruth  H.  Dustin     680 

Ruth  (Merrill)     590 

Sally     681 

Sally  (Whitcher)     674,  681 

Susan  M.     681 

William     681 

WINSOR 

Rebecca     574 
WINTER 

Tryphena  (Locke)  576 

WITHERELL 
Sarah  E.     621 

WOLCOTT 

Laura  C.     638 
WOOD 

Abby  O.  (Drew)     681 
Amos  Parker     681 
Annie  A.     458 
Elizabeth     484 
Franklin  P.     681 
Hannah     472 


Mary  Ann     602 
Ploomey  (Carter)     681 

WOODBURY 
Alice     606 

WOODMAN 

Margaret     466 
Sarah     588 

WOODS 

Edwin  Stoughton     682 
Elizabeth  B.     549 
Hannah  Eloise     681 
Mary  Ann     681 
Mary  Ann  (Merrill)     659 
Mary  Ann  (Swasey)     681 
John  L.     659,  681,  682 
John  Lamb     682 
Oliver     682 
Samuel     681 
Sophia  Lane  Hoard     682 
Sophia  (Sinclair)     650 

WOODWARD 

Abigail     671 

Adaline     684 

Almira     685 

Alvin     684 

Atherton  S.     684 

Betsey    684 

Bezabel     682 

Charles  Bailey  Mitchell     684,  685 

Charles  W.     685 

Clark    684 

Cora  M.     683 

Daniel     685 

Eliza  C.  (Webster)     665 

Eliza  (Webster)     682,  683 

Elizabeth     685 

Elizabeth  Ann     683 

Elizabeth  Hallam  Leverett     683 

Elizabeth  (Leverett)     574 

Elizabeth  Poole     684 

Elizabeth  (Smith)     684 

Ezekiel    683 

Frances  C.  (Smith)     683 

George    605,  682,  683 

George  J.     683 

George  Knox  Montgomery     684 

Hannah     684 

Hannah  (Clark)     684 

Hannah  Harrison     685 

Hannah  (Perkins)     683 

Henry  L.     683 


780 


INDEX 


WOODWARD  (cont.) 

Susan  (Poole)     685 

Henry  Martin     683 

Susan  Smith     683 

Isaac     684 

Susan  (Swan)     685 

Isaiah     685 

William     683,  684 

Isaiah  C.     684 

William  G.     683 

Jacob     684 

WORMWOOD 

James     684,  685 

Amanda     685 

James  Clark     685 
John  Bliss     684 

Clara  Emily  (Green)     685 
James  G.     685 

Joshua     684,  685 

Wilbur  Fred    685 

Joshua  B.  F.     684,  685 
Joshua  H.     685 
Keturah     684 
Laura     684 
Louisa  G.  Hunt     685 

WORTH 

Abiah     603 
Elizabeth     496 
Hannah     497 

Lucretia     683 

WORTHEN 

Luella  Eliza     685 

Ada  Maria  (Cummings)     510 

Lydia     682,  683 

Mary  E.     455 

Lydia  (Cross)     684 
Lydia  (Hadley)     537 
Lydia  H.  Glover     683 
Lydia  (Webster)     665,  682 
Margaret     461 

WORTHINGTON 

Ruth  Barbara  (Cawley)     500 

WORTHLEY 
Fanny     603 

Margaret  Perley     605 

WRIGHT 

Martha  (Beamsley)     683 

Abigail  (Richardson)     685 

Mary  Ann  (Lake)     683 

Abigail  (Wright)     685 

Mary  G.     684 

Abijah    685 

Mary  (Gordon)     684 

Ada    640 

Mary  Grace     685 

Alvah  C.     686 

Mary  J.     683 

Anne     528,  686 

Mary  (Newton)     683 

Asenath     686 

Mary  (Polly)     684 

Carlos     686 

Mary  (Swan)     685 

Catherine     674 

Mary  (Wheelock)     682,  683 

Charles     686 

Matilda  Simpson     685 

Charles  W.     686 

Miron     684 

David  L.     686 

Nabby     684 

Dorothy  Perkins     686 

Nathaniel     683 

Elizabeth     686 

Orvin     683 

Ellen     686 

Oscar     683 

Elmira  J.  (Noyes)     608 

Phebe     684 

Enos     686 

Polly  (Cross)     508,  684 

Eunice     686 

Rachel     684 

Ezekiel  P.     686 

Ruby     684 

Florilla  (Corliss)     686 

Sally  (Rice)     684 

Florilla  (Corliss)  (Wright)     686 

Samuel     683 

Gilbert  P.     686 

Samuel  B.     605 

Gilbert  (Pike)     686 

Sarah     684 

Hannah  (Cilley)     686 

Sarah  Ann    684 

Hannah  Perkins     686 

Simon     684 

Henry  C.     686 

Susan     685 

Ira  B.     686 

Susan  B.  (Swan)     656 

Jennie  L.  (Emery)     686 

INDEX 


781 


WRIGHT  (cont.) 
John     685,  686 
Jonathan  M.     686 
Joshua     685 
Julia     592 
Laura     686 
Lillian     542 
Lucy  (Cummings)     686 
Martha     686 
Mary     482 
Mary  B.     686 
Mary  (Stowe)     686 
Newell  C.     686 
Perlina     641 
Phebe  A.     686 
Phebe  Marston     583,  686 
Russell    686 
Russell  W.     686 
Serena  (White)     673 
Susanna  C.     457,  686 
Susie  A.  (Meadow)     686 
William  R.     686 

WYMAN 

Mary  (Carter)     467 

YARRINGTON 
Ena    657 

YOUNG 

Abiah  (Ladd)     567,  687 
Abigail  (Thompson)     687 
Adalaide  L.  (Swartz)     687 
Alice  M.  Swain    687 
Benjamin     686,  687 
Betsey     687 
Caleb     687 
Carl    687 
Chloe  (Swan)     658,  687 


David     687 

Deane     687 

Dora  A.     687 

Earl     687 

Elizabeth     687 

Elizbeth     565 

Ella  A.  (Clark)     687 

Forest  Manson     687 

Hattie    687 

Jesse     687 

John     686,  687 

Joseph    687 

Joshua     687 

Lavinia       536 

Lucy    687 

Madeline  Eunice  Wells     669 

Manson  F.     687 

Mary  J.     687 

Mary  J.  (Bowles)     687 

Mason     687 

Maurice    687 

Milton  Ray     687 

Moulton     687 

Myra  Clark     687 

Nancy     687 

Ollie  Eastman     687 

Polly    674,  686,  687 

Ruth    687 

Samuel     687 

Sarah     516 

Stira     687 

Susanna     687 

Susanna  (Gatchell)     686 

Thais     687 

Theodora  (Phelps)     687 

Tryphena     687 

Wilks     687