The history of the town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

THE HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH
NEW HAMPSHIRE

VOL. II

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CHAPTER XXVII.

THE " OLDEN TIME" IN I/YNDEBOROUGH.
BY J. A. WOODWARD.

If any of the farmers of the L,yndeborough of today were
required to go into the largest wood-lot in town, say in March
or April, and cut down trees, build themselves log-houses to
shelter their families, make clearings and raise crops sufficient
for maintenance during the succeeding twenty-four months,
they would undoubtedly think themselves obliged to deal with
a pretty hard proposition. But that is what the first settlers of
L,yndeborough undertook to do in A. D. 1735-1740. Besides,
the heaviest growth of wood or timber within the limits of thp
town now, is not to be compared with the immense trees that
constitute the celebrated "original growth."

The building of some sort of house on the lands they had
bought was the first task of the pioneer, and it must of a neces-
sity be a log-house. Sometimes these were built by the un-
aided efforts of the settler and his family, but frequently some-
one who planned to settle in the neighborhood would ' ' change
work," and in that way make the labor of lifting the logs into
place easier. These log-houses were often built with one end
against a large boulder, this to serve as a backing for the fire-
place. Jeremiah Carleton's was built that way and so was
Adam Johnson's. The fire-place was usually a mammoth
affair, and it needed to be to warm the loosely-constructed
house. It was made of stone laid in clay, with a low, wide
chimney. Bricks were not to be had at first, and they were not
used to any great extent until framed houses were substituted
for the rude hut.

One could sit in the corner of these old fire-places and, look-
ing up, see the stars at night. Even after bricks came into
general use people still built their fire-places on a generous
scale, and the chimneys likewise. Probably the last of those
old chimneys to be torn down was the one in the Jonas Kidder
house; Jesse Simonds had it taken down. It was 12 feet square
at the base and continued at that size up through the second
story, in the hall of which was a fire-place large enough to

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burn "four-foot " wood. Into these fire-places was hauled an
immense back-log, and some of the houses were so arranged as
to allow a horse to haul it right into the room, then a somewhat
smaller fore-stick was placed, and then smaller wood placed on
top, and the result was a roaring fire, that warmed every thing
near it, and left the back of the room cold and draughty. Hav-
ing his house built and covered with split pine shingles, and
the hearth-stone warm, the next work of the settler was to
make a clearing, and get some land ready for crops.

Ususually the trees were felled one by one, but sometimes
the choppers would commence on one side of a lot and chop
the trees nearly off, and then one or two large trees would be
felled against those, and down would go the whole lot. I have
heard my grandfather tell the story of one such fall on land
north of the mountain. It was not a common practice, how-
ever, and was only tried when there was a "chopping bee."
There was great danger to the choppers. A sudden gust of
wind, or some workman chopping too far into the tree, was
liable to set the "fall" going, to the great danger of those
engaged in the toil. But it was said that the trees were packed
more closely together by this method, and a much better
"burn" could be obtained. These fallen trees were allowed
to remain until partially dry, and then came the burn.
Such a mass of trunks of trees, limbs and dried foliage and
twigs made a most tremendous fire, and at this day one wonders
what was done to prevent it from spreading into the adjoining
woods. Perhaps it did and the settlers did not care.

Of course even after the best ' ' burn ' ' the trunks of the
immense trees and the larger limbs remained unconsumed, and
then came the log-piling. As soon as enough settlers had come
into the town, this part of the work was generally made the
occasion of a " bee." The men and boys came with their oxen
and axes, and logs were chopped into convenient lengths and
hauled together and piled. It was hard, sooty work, and would
not appeal to a present-day farmer as very desirable toil ; but
those men are said to have had great fun and excitement in the
logging " bee," and they had the satisfaction of knowing that
they were lending a helping hand to a neighbor. Possibly, too,
the New England rum, which was always plentifully supplied
on such occasions, had something to do with the merry excite-
ment. These log piles were fired, and when consumed, left an
immense residue of ashes to fertilize the soil.

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The first crops raised were Indian corn and rye, and usually
a small plot of flax. The seed must be all planted or sowed by
hand, and the tools our forefathers had to use were of the most
primitive kind, heavy and cumbrous. A plow was of no use
whatever on account of the roots in the soil. The rye was
scratched in with a three-pronged implement, and the iron in
the hoes would have made a half-dozen of those of the present
day. With these tools the corn was covered among the roots
and stones, and it would be interesting to know how much they
raised to the acre in that virgin soil. It was not until many
years later that potatoes were raised to any great extent. This
vegetable was slow in coming into general use as an article of
food. Mrs. Chase Hadley told the writer that her husband
raised two bushels one year and divided them with the neigh-
bors, keeping only one-half bushel for his own family ; and that
no one wanted them or ate them in those days. That must
have been about the year 1800.

Hoes, axes, scythes, etc., were all made by the nearest black-
smiths. The shovels were made from a riven oak plank, blade
and handle all one piece, the blade concave on one side and con-
vex on the other, and sometimes shod with a piece of steel.
Probably there are none of these old relics in town now, but
one of these shovels was kept in Sherebiah Manning's hop-
house for years, and was much worn.

Sometime later a very narrow harrow with teeth top and bot-
tom was used to harrow in rye on burnt ground. If the roots
threw it bottom side up, the team might still go on and the har-
row would do business.

When the roots had decayed to some extent, and some of the
larger stone had been cleaned away, plows came into use.
These plows were manufactured in the town and were the joint
product of the blacksmith and the carpenter. The beam was
six or seven feet long, made of oak or ash, perhaps five inches
in greatest diameter, tapering toward the team and handles.
The "plow irons," made by a blacksmith, were the share, the
point and the wing ; the mold-board was made of wood, and on
this were fastened pieces of steel or sheet-iron to prevent the
furrow from wearing it away. About forty years ago one of
these old plows was in existence and was used in repairing the
highway in District No. i. It had pieces of old saw plate fast-
ened to the mold-board. The handles were very low, but it
was said to do better work than the more modern plows ; and

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it may be added it took more team to draw it. In the process
of time the land was cleared of stone, and the miles of wall
were built, wheat and oats and potatoes were raised, hop fields
were planted (this last industry to be abandoned when the
Western States began to raise hops) , and the fields of L,ynde-
borough practically as they are to-day, were evolved. The sin-
gle and double walls in town show what was taken from the
soil besides crops, and the muscular energy the fathers ex-
pended in wresting smooth fields from the forest.

How long the log-cabin period in the history of Lynde-
borough continued there are no traditions to tell. They were
rough, uncomfortable habitations at the best, and generally con-
tained one room and a small loft, this last reached by a ladder.
A hole dug under the hut and reached by a trap-door in the
floor, served as a cellar. During the severe winters common to
the climate the occupants must have suffered much from the
cold, in spite of all contrivances, such as hanging bed-quilts
around the fire-place, and the use of the " settle," with its'high
back. These low houses must have been nearly buried in the
deep snow, but doubtless this was a blessing, as it made the
interiors all the warmer. Green wood was burned, and this
had to be dug out of the snow. None was ever housed in those
days, and, in fact, a generation or two passed before woodsheds
became common. When the boys got chilly they were sent to
the woodpile to ply the axe until they were thoroughly warmed.

It is probable that as soon as saw-mills were established and
boards could be obtained, the settlers began to build framed
houses. These at first were invariably of one story. The
frame was made of hewn timber, much of it seven and eight
inches square, almost strong enough to have supported a modern
" sky-scraper."

Carpenters always worked by "scribe" rule in those days
in framing a building, either house or barn. Square rule did
not come into use for almost a hundred years later.

These new houses were loosely-constructed affairs, and it
was necessary to retain the generous fire-place, to which was
added the brick oven. Then, as the people grew prosperous
and forehanded, they began to build the more pretentious two-
storied houses.

Nails were very scarce and hard to obtain, and some of the
houses had the boarding fastened to the frame with wooden
pins. The older part of the house on the old " town farm " has

THE "OLDEN TIME" 467

the boards fastened in this way. The pins are of oak, about
three inches long and perhaps three-eighths of an inch square
at the head, tapering to a point. This part of the house was
built by Eleazer Woodward just previous to the Revolutionary
War. Nehemiah Boutwell made nails for years, and many of
the houses in town were built with them.

David Stratton built the seventh framed house in I^ynde-
borough. Such is the tradition, but tradition is silent about the
preceding six. The site of Stratton's house was about twenty
rods south of where Fred Holt lives.

Much has been written about ambitious youth studying by
the light of the open fire or by the aid of pitch pine splints,
doubtless all true ; but it is also doubtless true that those first
settlers went to bed as a rule almost as soon as it was ' ' dark
under the table." They had few books, no newspapers, and
the out-of-door life, with its vigorous muscular labor in clear-
ing the land, would be likely to promote a drowsy feeling, come
night. But if they were inclined to sit up late, the light of the
open fire or of a pitch pine torch was all they had at first.
There were rude lamps in existence at that day, but they had
no means to provide the oil to burn in them. But as they
began to have herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, candles came
into use, and the making of the year's supply of " tallow dips "
was quite an event in the household economy.

Peeled willow sticks about eighteen inches long, and a little
less than a half-inch in diameter were provided, and on these
were looped six strands of candle wicking of the length of the
required "dip." These were placed about a couple of inches
apart on the stick. Two small poles were then placed on some
support, generally two chairs. These poles were long enough
to hold some dozens of candles and were laid far enough apart
to allow the candles to hang between. A large kettle of tallow
was then melted, and when all was ready, these wicks were
dipped in the hot tallow. In withdrawing them of course they
stuck together more or less, and then a finger was used to
separate them, and the stick was placed on the poles to cool.
By the time the last stickful was dipped, the tallow on the first
had hardened sufficiently to allow of its being dipped again,
and so the process was continued, the candles growing in size,
until they were large enough. Usually enough were made at a
time to last a year.

L,ater, candle-molds came into common use. These were tin

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molds of the size and shape of a candle, fastened together in
groups of a dozen. The wicking was drawn through them and
secured by a knot at the bottom. Melted tallow was poured
into them and allowed to cool. These candles, it was claimed,
were not as good as " dips," being more inclined to run.
Although there were " snuffers " in every household, it was a
common practice to snuff the candle with the fingers, and it was
quite a trick to do it without burning the fingers or putting
the candle out. By holding the candle between the eyes and
the book or paper, (and incidentally catching the falling grease
in one's lap) one could read quite comfortably by its use.

Whale oil lamps were used to some extent in the early days,
but they were smoky things and only those who were considered
opulent could afford them. Camphene, a highly explosive oil
or liquid, was also used for illuminating purposes but was rather
dangerous.

In the decade between 1850 and 1860 kerosene oil became
the common light, and has continued with many improvements
in lamps to the present day.

The writer's father bought the first of this oil in 1858, paying
twenty-five cents per quart therefor.

The clothing of the pioneers of Lyndeborough was all home-
made, home-spun and woven in a rough loom set up in the
kitchen, usually. Wool was not very plenty at first, and about
the first crop raised was a patch of flax. This was pulled at
the proper time and laid out to rot, as it was termed, then it
was cleaned of its seed, and broken with what was called a
' ' flax breaker, ' ' a machine which required considerable muscle
to operate. Next it was swingled to clean out the coarser
parts, combed to get rid of the tow and then was ready to be
spun on the "little wheel." Sheets, pillow-cases, towels, and
women's dresses, together with 'shirts for the men, were made
from it. The boys had to wear a product made from the tow,
coarse and rough.

Some of this linen was figured, and compares very favorably
with the linen of to-day. Mrs. E. C. Curtis has some of the
table linen made by her grandmother from flax raised on the
old homestead in Johnson's Corner. It was spun and woven
in the old house on that farm, a house in which was no plaster-
ing and no paint. That such fabrics could have been made
with the rude looms of the times, almost passes belief. They
are as fine in texture and figure as those of the present day.

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Some of the designs were called the "American Beauty,"
"Orange Quarter," etc. Mrs. Curtis also has some towels
made by her great- great-grandmother, more than a hundred
and fifty years ago, which show artistic design in figure.

All the girls were brought up to card and spin and weave and
knit. Forty-two knots of filling, or six skeins, or thirty-five
knots of warp, or five skeins, was a day's work of either kind,
and fifty cents per week and board was the pay when working
out.

Mrs. Asher Curtis, senior, used to milk two cows for an addi-
tional compensation of eight cents.

As the sheep increased in numbers, the carding, spinning,
and weaving of woolen fabrics was added to the home indus-
tries of the forefathers. The hum of the " big wheel " mingled
with that of the " little " or flax wheel, and then came the era
of the " striped frock," a garment made of wool, belted at the
waist, and worn almost universally by the men of two or three
generations. It was warm and comfortable and was almost the
only outside garment many had. It was worn "to mill and to
meeting " and retained its popularity until comparatively recent
years. John Richardson was about the last man in the " mid-
dle of the town" to give it up. The well-to-do and the poor
alike wore them.

Sometimes cotton filling was obtained from the lower towns,
and bedspreads and other articles were made of cotton and
wool, or with a flax warp made into a coarser fabric for common
wear.

Girls made their own wedding outfits in those days, carding
and spinning and weaving the wool for blankets, and using
their utmost skill in the fineness and the design of linen fabrics.
Generally the quantity of table linen, towels, blankets, bed-
spreads, etc., was enough to last the bride through her married
life, for the goods she made wore like iron. The maidens were
very proud of their skill, and were not bashful in showing the
results of their handiwork. Frequently the all-wool cloth in-
tended for best wear was fulled at some nearby mill and a nap
made on it. Joshua Sargent operated just such a mill in town
for many years. When the fabrics were dyed the fashionable
color was blue, and the aroma of the old dye pot with its bag of
indigo was in every kitchen at times.

Of underclothing the men had none, nor indeed wanted any.

Mrs. Asher Curtis, mother of Mrs. Betsey Ann Curtis, solici-

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HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH

tous for her husband's comfort once made him a pair of good,
warm, woolen drawers, and one cold morning persuaded him to
wear them. Such an experience was new to him, but he
started for the wood-lot with them on. He had loaded his wood
and started for market, walking beside his oxen, and he found
the drawers uncomfortably warm, so he mounted the load, and
in a biting wind with the thermometer below zero, discarded
the underwear and never could be persuaded to wear any again.
There has been much speculation in these later days, as to
how our present winters compare in severity with those of the
"olden time." In connection therewith the following record
kept by some member of the Goodrich family and found by
John H. Goodrich among the family papers will be of great
interest. It gives the number of snow-falls, total depth of snow-
fall, number of rains, and time of apple-blossoming for twenty-
three years, commencing with 1830.

No. of Total depth No. of

Years snow falls

1830
1831
1832
1833

1835
1836

1837
1838

1839
1840
1841
1842

1843
1844

1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853

49
55
54
51
53
68

58
71
60

67
58
5i
72
66
53
75
75
67

53
69
70

49
78

72

of snow
6-4

6-3
10

6-10

10-9

7

9

8-9
4-5
5-9

12-7
7-6

13-6
8-7

10

6-6

7-6

7-6

7

ii

6-10

13-6
6-1 y2

rains
66
82
81

94

103

98

79
90
98

ii3
83

in

123

94
109
124
103
117
1 20

91

98

US
83

Time of

apple blossoming

May I

May 22 Frost to kill apple

* May 14

buds and corn

May 28

May 6

May 19

May 27

June 21. A little frosty

May 18

Aug. 4. A little frosty

June i

June 23. Quite a frost

May 26

May 1 6

May 17

June 2. Frost to kill

May 27

May 18

June 2. A flight of snow

May 20

June 2. A frost to kill

May 15

June 12. Corn killed

May 15

May 9

June 13. A frost

May II

June 15. A fall of snow

May 17

June i. A fall of snow

May 10

June 4

June 5 and 12. Corn killed

May 22

May 25

May 19

In the matter of footwear the earliest settlers in town wore
Indian moccasins in the winter, and during warm weather men
and women, old and young, went barefoot when at home. As
soon as they began to slaughter cattle and tan yards were estab-

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lished, the hides were sent to the tanners to be made into
leather, some of which was sold, and some was brought home
to be in readiness for the shoemaker to make up into boots and
shoes for the family. The shoemaker travelled from house to
house with his kit of tools, and as much footwear was made up
as was thought would last the whole family a year. The
women's shoes were coarse and heavy like the men's, and it
was not until nearly a century after the first settlement of the
town that soft and shapely shoes were made for the gentler sex.
Oh ! those old long-legged, cowhide boots ! Men and boys
had to wear them. One pair was supposed to last for a year,
with the help of the cobbler. Stiff and hard at the best, the
snow and cold of winter made it almost impossible to get them
off the feet. And the old boot- jack hanging from its appointed
peg — how many generations wrestled with that ! Sometimes
the father's or brother's assistance was invoked, and turning
his back to the patient, he would take the foot between his legs,
and grasping the boot with both hands, either pull it off or the
other fellow out of his chair.

A pot of tallow was kept to grease the boots to make them
impervious to water and to soften them somewhat. This worked
well when the boots were warm, but when they became cold it
made them stiff as boards. After a time long-legged calf-skin
boots, sometimes with red leather tops, began to be worn.
These were considered very genteel, and as they were rarely
worn except to church, they lasted for a long time. One of the
deacons in town used to show a pair he had worn for twenty- five
years, and they were in pretty fair condition.

In many of the houses there was a " cobbler's bench," and
some member of the family could do the repairing, so the boots
were patched and tapped almost as long as the leather would
hold together.

Among the few blessings of the early settlers was a good
appetite. They were valiant trenchermen, and numberless tradi-
tions have come down to us of the culinary art of the " olden
time." But the truth is, the diet of the first-comers was scanty
and plain. All cooking had to be done by the open fire, and
this continued until 1835 or 1840, when cook-stoves were intro-
duced. Thus, for a hundred years from the time John Cram
made his ' ' beginning, ' ' the cooks roasted and boiled and
baked over the coals in the fire-place. And this in more senses
than one.

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The woods abounded in game and the streams with fish, and
probably people did not go hungry; but it is a curious fact that
our ancestors in this town looked with disfavor on those who
spent much time in hunting and fishing, and many sayings de-
rogatory to the man or boy who went strolling around with rod
or gun have come down to us. They considered it a sinful
waste of time. Doubtless they were compelled to make use of
the fish and game, but they much preferred domestic meat. As
soon as they could raise and fatten swine, and the flocks and
herds incresed, they seldom made use of the creatures of the
forest. Of course there were exceptions to this rule, and there
are traditions of Lyndeborough men who were mighty hunters
in their day.

It is said that in the earlier cabins there was a wooden lug-
pole extending over the fire and fastened to the side of the chim-
ney. If this should happen to burn off, it was replaced by a
new one. On this were hung the pots and kettles, and the
housewife used a strong stick to lift them on and off, running a
great risk of setting her clothing afire in doing so. But when
these log cabins were discarded for the more comfortable framed
houses, and more substantial brick chimneys were built, an iron
crane extending over the fire, and hung at the side of the fire-
place so that it could be swung out from the fire, was devised
and was a great convenience. On it the kettles could be ex-
amined or taken off with little risk of burns. Cranes continued
to be used until cook stoves came, and the old fire-places were
bricked up and the hearth-stones became cold. As soon as the
settlers could raise corn and rye, brown, or rye and Indian
bread, as it was called, was the only bread used. This was not
"steamed," as now-a-days, but was baked in large loaves be-
fore the fire or in the brick oven, and of course there was much
hard crust. This crust, softened with warm water, a little mo-
lasses and a little milk being added, made a common and favor-
ite supper dish. For many years wheat flour was not to be had,
and when it first did come in use it was so costly that it was
considered a luxury which only the rich could afford. Seven
pounds was thought to be an ample supply for a year in most
families. It was bought in seven, fourteen and twenty-eight-
pound lots. When a youth, Mr. E. C. Curtis worked for a man
in the haying season who had bought a supply to last through
that time, and when the hay was all cut and stored, returned to
the store all that remained of the flour. Eli Curtis was the first

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one in town to purchase a whole barrel of flour, other than the
store-keepers, and the Widow Cressy was the second.

Broths and stews and bean porridge were common articles of
diet. Bean porridge was made in quantities to last the family
a week or two, as bean porridge was " best when nine days
old." Occasionally a veal calf would be killed, and part of the
meat loaned to the neighbors, to be returned when they in turn
should kill one. Salted meats and salted codfish were the main-
stay during the year, and one definition of a fore-handed farmer
in those days was one who always had " pork in the barrel and
corn in the chamber." Naturally, there was always a craving
for " fresh meat," and the settlers looked forward to pig-killing
time with lively anticipation of juicy " spare-rib " and " chine "
of fresh pork.

Garden vegetables, as we know them now, they did not have,
and if the truth be told they did not try to have even the few
and inferior kinds then known. Fifty years ago a man who
spent much time trying to have a vegetable garden was consid-
ered a ' ' putterer ; ' ' and if he should have any leanings toward
flowers, his sanity was called in question. Pumpkins, squash,
beets, carrots and turnips, with the inevitable bed of sage, made
up the utmost of their efforts in the garden line in the long ago.

Cook stoves were slow in coming into use in I/yndeborough,
as, indeed, they were in other towns. The women were used
to cooking by the open fire and looked askance at the new in-
vention. Chase Hadley bought one of the first to be brought
into town, and it was set up in the kitchen by the side of the
old fire-place. It was two or three years before his wife could
be persuaded to use it at all, and she cooked by the open fire
and baked in the brick oven more or less as long as she kept
house. It was the common thing to set up stoves beside the
open fire-place and run both.

Previous to the coming of the cook-stove, there was a con-
trivance introduced, called a "tin baker," which was thought
by the housewives to be a fine thing. My grandfather owned
one, but I never saw it in operation. It was made to set up
before the fire, and was generally used when there was a ' ' hurry
call " for a meal. Probably they have not been used since 1850.
But the old brick oven ! Never were such pies and cakes and
puddings since, as were turned out of that warm cavern ! Ap-
petite had nothing whatever to do with the excellency of the
viands. They were better, far better, than any baked in a

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modern range. Baked beans, brown bread, and Indian pudding
comprised the "menu" for Sunday in every family. These
could be prepared the Saturday before, and consigned to the
brick oven to come out piping hot when wanted. Thus the
sin of cooking on the Sabbath was avoided.

It was not until 1835 that friction matches were used in
L,yndeborough. They had been invented in England a few
years before, but were so costly in those days when money was
scarce, that they were not freely used. Therefore, for the first
century in the history of the town, the flint and steel and tinder
box method was the only one by which to produce fire. But
this was a very troublesome way. Skill was required to strike
the spark, catch it in the tinder and blow it into flame. There
was a flint and steel in most families, but their main reliance
was in care that the fire should not go out. It was carefully
covered every night. The glowing coals were raked together
and covered deep with ashes, and in the morning this heap of
ashes would be opened, dry wood laid thereon, and soon a good
fire was burning. But sometimes in spite of all care it would
go out, and then some one would go to the neighbors to borrow
fire. One old lady who lived on the mountain has told the
writer of going to John Ordway's, who lived where Charles J.
Cunimings lives now, to get fire. Once both families happened
to be destitute of the necessity on the same morning, and she
had to go over to Robert Badger's, where Harry Richardson
now lives, to get coals.

Those of us who grumble at getting up cold mornings and
starting the fire with matches and good kindling, might reflect
upon going a mile or more through the snow and bringing
home coals in a kettle before we could have a fire, and be
content.

The wood was burned green, and the practice of storing a
year's supply of dry wood was unthought of. The wood was
piled in the yard, and the day's supply prepared as needed, and
it was prepared with an axe too ; wood-saws and saw-horses
were not much used then. Digging it out of the snow in winter
or sweating in wielding, the axe in summer, it was all the
same. My grandfather built the first woodshed north of the
mountain in the year 1820. Possibly this was the first in town.

It was a good many years after the first settlement of the
town that tea and coffee became common beverages. Substi-
tutes were used to some extent. Some thought the young and

THE "OLDEN TIME" 475

tender leaves of the raspberry bush, dried and steeped, made a
fairly good tea, and bread crusts were browned and made to
take the place of coffee, but it must be said that New England
rum was plenty from the start .

It is not the province of the historian to moralize on this sub-
ject but to record facts, and one fact was that the drinking of
liquor was the custom of the time, and was not thought wrong
or harmful. Everyone from the minister down to his poorest
parishioner kept a supply on hand and drank it himself and
offered it in hospitality to his guests. It was provided at
funerals, as witness at the funeral of the Rev. Sewall Good-
ridge the rum and sugar " for the singers " cost $2.25. It was
abundant at weddings ; and at log-pilings, huskings and rais-
ings it was freely used. It was considered the height of dis-
courtesy not to offer ' ' spirit ' ' to the minister when he made a
pastoral visit. Rum could be bought in the early days for
twenty-five cents per gallon. One man who formerly lived in
town used to pass the house of a temperance woman, on his
regular trips to get his jug filled. She hailed him one day and
this colloquy ensued :

" Going after more rum, I suppose ? "
" Yes, ma'am."

' ' I wish rum cost ten dollars a gallon ! ' '
" Its wuth it ma'am, its wuth it ! "

There were many taverns in town where it was sold and these
were duly licensed by the town. They were considered emi-
nently respectable and citizens of standing would call for a glass
or mug of "flip." The weighty affairs of town policy would
be discussed and settled over a steaming joram of punch at
Capt. William Barren's hostelry. The stores all kept liquor
for sale, and to treat their customers. At the musters and train-
ings in addition to the "Spirit of '76" there was generally a
barrel or two of rum. It may be said also that the liquors
were pure in those days and the heads were strong, and the
consequences of drunkenness were not as grave as might be
supposed.

This condition of affairs continued until the temperance re-
form movement in the decade from 1830 to 1840. Dr. Israel
Herrick was one of the leaders of that movement in I^ynde-
borough. He says of himself: " I went into this movement
with my whole soul, without regard to my reputation or pecu-

476 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

niary loss, and I thank God he so directed me and gave me
strength to do it."

With the help of others he carried forward the crusade
against dram drinking until the practice was pretty generally
abandoned. But years before this was brought about, the
apple orchards planted by the settlers had begun to bear, and
they bore cider apples. Out of a large orchard, but two or
three trees, perhaps, would bear fruit fit for eating ; so the
' ' cider apples ' ' were made into cider and rum was supple-
mented by this beverage. Almost every one stored many
barrels of it in his cellar. One family put forty barrels of
apple juice in the cellar in the fall. It was all gone in April,
and the men were in the market trying to swap labor for cider.

There were cider mills on the following farms :

Ephraim Putnam's, where Frank Pettengill now lives ; David
Putnam 2d's, near where Edwin H. Putnam lives ; Gideon
Cram's, where Luther Cram lives ; Uriah Cram's, now called
the Putnam place ; one on the Ellingwood place ; one at Eben
Bachelder's ; one at Jacob Wellman's, where George Carson
lives ; one at Timothy Richardson's, where F. A. Richardson
lives ; one at Andrew Fuller's, where Moses C. Fuller lives ;
one at Solomon Cram's, where Willard Rose lives; one at Ben-
jamin Jones', where Mr. Wilson lives ; one at the Deacon Good-
rich place, North L,yndeborough ; one at the Stephenson place ;
one at the farm where H. H. Joslin lives, and doubtless some
others in the " olden time." There is not an old-fashioned cider
mill in town now. All have been destroyed. They would be
something of a curiosity to the boy or girl of to-day.

Sections of a hard wood log about two feet long and nearly
the same in diameter were prepared. Holes were mortised in
one of them, and tenons or projections to match the holes were
set into the other. These rollers were set upright in a strong
frame and made to revolve one against the other by a long
sweep fastened to one of them. This sweep was quite a stick
of timber, and was crooked in order that one end might come
near enough to the floor so a horse could be hitched to it. A
hopper led the apples against the rollers, or "nuts," as they
were called. A boy was generally perched on the frame to
scrape the pomace from the rollers (scraping the nuts, it was
called), the horse travelled round and round in a circle, and
with much creaking and noise the fruit was crushed, the juice
and pomace falling into a vat below.

THE "OLDEN TIME" 477

The pomace was placed in the press with big wooden scoop
shovels, the layers separated with straw ; pressure was applied
with wooden screws, some of them six or eight inches in diame-
ter. These were turned by levers, and thus slowly, very slowly,
cider was made in the " olden time." But if all traditions are
true, it was not " slowly, very slowly " imbibed.

Now, it is said that the cider made in those days was better
than that made today, for the " pressing " was allowed to stand
over night in the vat, and acquired a heavier ' ' body ' ' and bet-
ter color and flavor. Cider and apples were the standard re-
freshment offered to evening visitors for a good many years, and
by that same token, to day-time callers as well. Some of the
old ' ' cider mugs ' ' shown in antique collections held a generous
measure, and the " boy " whose duty it was to draw cider made
many journeys to the cellar.

When not in use the old cider mill was a favorite play-ground
for the children. Its cumbrous machinery, its pleasant, musty,
fruity smell, its opportunities for hiding, had a fascination for
boys and girls. Many a middle-aged man raised in the country
has a glad memory of the old cider mill on the farm.

In recent years comparatively little cider is made in L,ynde-
borough. Andy Holt made it for a number of years at the old
Stephenson mill, which he purchased, but none is made there
now. Edwin H. Putnam has the only mill in town now where
it is made to any extent. He has facilities for making " cider
jelly," and does quite a business at that. His is a " grater"
mill, and the juice and pomace are carried directly to a hydraulic
press. A load of apples may be carried to this mill, and the
cider made " while you wait."

Sometimes the cider press was used in pressing hops. There
were many hop-yards in Lyndeborough up to about 1860. Dea.
William Jones had one on the hill north of his house, and on
the opposite side of the road from this was the hop-yard of
Samuel Jones. Thus that hill came to be known as Hop-Yard
hill. Sherebiah Manning had a hop-house and press on the
Benj. Jones place, and there were other farms where hops were
raised. The opening of the fertile lands of the West killed the
industry in this section.

The question is sometimes asked now-a-days : Do people en-
joy themselves in these days as well as they did in the ' ' olden
times ' ' ? One old lady of whom the writer asked the question
replied : " Well, I don't know. Folks had a proper good time

478 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

when I was a girl — better than they do now, I guess. They
did not seem to have so much to worry about." It must not
be supposed that the people who built up the town of L,ynde-
borough did not have their pleasures, in spite of the privations
and hardships of pioneer life ; but it is a curious fact that about
all of the early amusements were somehow connected with
work. Something must be accomplished. Laziness was a sin,
and to be called shiftless was a deep disgrace, while many grave
faults were condoned or overlooked in a person if only he were
"smart to work."

So they had log-pilings, huskings, raisings and chopping-
bees. The women, their quiltings, paring-bees and spinning-
bees ; and in each and all was the element of work.

Before the practice of shocking corn, now so general, came
in vogue, the farmers used to " cut the stalks" just above the
ear. These were cured for fodder, and the remainder of the
corn plant was allowed to ripen in the field. L,ate in the fall
this was cut up and carried to the barn, and an immense pile
made, the length of the barn floor. Rough-and-ready seats
were placed along one side, stacks of doughnuts and pies were
made, invitations were sent around, and everything was ready
for a " husking."

Almost every one came, young and old of both sexes, bring-
ing lanterns, which were hung on pitchforks placed in the hay-
mows, to help illuminate. Hoarded ears of red corn were sur-
reptitiously placed in the pile. Then there were busy hands
and busy tongues, shouts of laughter as red-ear forfeits were
paid, now and then a wrestling match, until the pile of corn
dwindled away, and the carriers of baskets to the chamber
found their occupation gone. Then to the house and big
kitchen, where there was a bountiful supper of baked beans,
brown bread, doughnuts and pies (probably not a dyspeptic
there), coffee and cider, and perhaps just a little rum for the
aged. And that was a I,yndeborough "husking" of the long
ago.

Since the custom of shocking corn or cutting and binding in
shocks in the field obtained, there have been very few huskings
in town.

The old-fashioned barn was not quite like those of the pres-
ent day, and most of those built in the early days were much
smaller. The "big door " was in the side, and the barn floor
ran from side to side, with the "tie up " and scaffold at one

THE "OLDEN TIME" 479

end and a big " bay " in the other. One entire side of the barn
was pinned together and raised, and as the timbers were large
and green, it took about all the help in the neighborhood to
raise it into place.

No matter how busy the season, or what work was on hand,
all the men and boys dropped everything to attend a " raising,"
and women, too, for that matter, as much help was required to
feed such a crowd of hungry men. The boss carpenter was the
man of the hour and the work was performed under his direc-
tion. Reliable men were stationed with iron bars to guide the
tenons into the mortises in the sill ; as many men as could get
a hold grasped the "band," as it was called, and raised it as
far as they could ; another contingent stood ready with pike
poles to push it still farther up, and thus steadily it was raised
until the tenons slipped into the mortises and it was pinned and
secure.

There was some excitement in raising the heavy mass of
timbers and now and then a wavering as one side or the other
was raised faster, but there are no traditions of any serious
accident happening on such occasions in town.

In modern barns where the barn-floor runs from end to end,
the ' ' bands ' ' are smaller. In the old barns the timber was
generally hewn, and the boring for mortises and pins was done
by the old pod augur. They were put together, however, in
such workmanlike manner that it has always been a hard
matter to tear them down.

These raisings were the occasion of many feats of daring by
men on the frame, and for many a wrestling match. After the
roof was on and everything done, refreshments, both solid and
liquid, were in order and in the very early days they did not
wait until all was finished before serving liquids.

The first barn raised in L,yndeborough without rum was that
of Dea. William Jones. It was in the beginning of the " tem-
perance reform ' ' movement and the deacon resolved to be the
pioneer in raising a barn without the use of liquor. The frame
being in readiness, word was sent round giving notice of the
day of the raising, and the neighbors turned out in full num-
bers, as usual, to give their assistance, but were somewhat
amazed and disconcerted when it was whispered that this was a
temperance affair, and that no rum or other liquors were to be
supplied. Not much was said however, and they manned the
first band, and, raising it a few feet, began to shout, " Bring on

480 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

your rum ! bring on your rum ! ' ' No rum being forthcoming
they lowered the timbers to their former place and sat down to
rest. After a short time they again raised the band a little way,
some of the men bearing down to counteract the efforts of some
who were willing to lift it to its place, and again the demand
was made for rum. The deacon then told them that that barn
was going up without rum or not at all, and they deliberately
returned to their homes. The deacon then hitched up his
horse and scoured his own and the neighboring towns until he
had secured a full complement of temperance help, and in a day
or two the barn was raised.

Rev. Mr. Claggett was the originator of that form of enter-
tainment called the " sociable." This was a gathering at the
different homes to spend the afternoon and evening. Notice
was generally given from the pulpit and all attended. The
young people pre-empted one or two rooms to themselves where
games were played and the older ones had the parlor or best
room where the news of the day was discussed, and where they
compared notes of the crops and of the live stock. During the
Cival War these sociables were merged into Soldiers' Aid socie-
ties and the young men held the yarn and the girls wound it
into balls, and the women knit stockings or made ' ' comfort
bags " to send to the "boys in blue " at the front.

For many decades the annual donation party to the minister
was a social event in the life of the town. Its ostensible pur-
pose was to help out the meagre salary of the pastor, though
many ' ' outside the fold ' ' were wont to hint that it impover-
ished him, for the visitors ate up more than they carried. But
it was a popular idea and almost everyone attended, bringing
as a gift almost anything from a link of sausage to a load of
wood. Whatever the Rev. Mr. Claggett's real opinion of a
donation party was, he never gave any sign other than of un-
alloyed pleasure in meeting his people on these occasions. He
had a gracious and cheerful greeting for everybody. No one
escaped his notice, from the aged grandsire to the smallest tot
present.

The party was held at the parsonage generally in the winter
season. Many came in the afternoon and remained to tea, and
in the evening the house was filled to overflowing. Supper was
served to all, whether they came early or late. The pastor's
wife took special pains to see that the young people had a good
time, and entered into the spirit of fun in the games with the

THE "OLDEN TIME" 481

liveliest of them. The old-fashioned donation party is a thing
of the past, the last one in this parish being given to the Rev.
Mr. Sawin in 1878.

But the most popular recreation among the fathers was the
singing-school. There were singing-schools in I^yndeborough
as early as 1820, and they did not begin to decline in favor until
comparatively recent years. People loved to sing in the old
days, and were willing to strive to learn how. And then the
merry sleigh-rides to and from the school in winter evenings !
Some young men would load the horse-sled or pung with a bevy
of young lady acquaintances, and generally manage to adroitly
spill the lot into a snow bank once or twice before they reached
their homes again. Many a courtship began with an invitation
to go to singing-school.

Almost every one went either to sing or to listen, and L,ynde-
borough became celebrated in all the towns about for its num-
ber of good singers. And the town furnished some good
teachers, too, Ira Houston, Daniel Woodward, Jr., and Eli
Clark Curtis among the number. The earliest singing-school
of which the writer can get any tradition was held in the hall
of the old Jonas Kidder house, where R. C. Mason now lives.
They were held in the hall in the old store-house at the Centre
for a number of years. (The seats running around the sides
of this hall were in place when the house was burned, in 1870).
It is needless to say that the pupils graduated from these schools
into the church choir. The decadence of the singing-school in
I/yndeborough commenced about 1860.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
OLD DEEDS.

We give below epitomes of a number of old deeds. Some of
these are based on records transferred a few years ago from
Exeter to the office of the secretary of state at Concord. Others
are from records at the county registrar's office in Nashua ; and
still others are from the original documents, kindly lent the
compiler by their present owners.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

No. i. (i743> Januarys.) Samuel Leman Jr. to Benjamin Gould of
Chelmsford, Mass., (Bond) on Second Division Lot No. 68, drawn by
Benjamin Gould on Right of Isaac Williams, heir of his uncle, Jonathan
Williams. Consideration, 5^". O. T. bills.

No. 2. (1743, January 15.) John Cram bought of Joseph Blaney, Esq.,
of Salem, Mass., Second Division Lot No. 41 for 2o£. (Recorded Vol.
VI. 105.)

No. 3. (1744, January 30. ) Samuel Leman, Jr., sold to Melchizedeck
Boffee 90 acres of Second Division Lot No. 68.

No. 4. (1745, December 31.) Samuel Leman, Jr., to David Stratton,
about 40 acres of Second Division Lot No. 68. Consideration 25^".

No. 5. (1753, February 23, Vol. 88, p. 403.) John Cram deeded to
Ephraim Putnam Sixty acres of Second Division Lot No. 41, bounded as
follows : " South by line of Lot No. 30; West by line of No. 40, coming
within 16 rods of its northern corner ; then runs 80 rod East ; and then
runs South 16 rod, and from thence East to the N. W. corner of the
barn, and from thence to the corner of the Southwest Flanker of the
Fort, and thence south to a Pople Tree .... and so a straight line
to the South line of said lot."

(Fort.) This gives clear evidence of the existence of the Fort, com-
manded for a time by John Cram, and later by Ephraim Putnam, his
son-in-law, who married his daughter Sarah.

No. 6. (1757, June 17, Vol. 73, p. 416.) Adam Carson of New Boston
to William McNeal, Jr., his heirs &c., a part of Lot No. 48, beginning at
the N. W. corner of said land " runs S. two degrees E. by land of William
Carson, 120 rod, then E. 4 degrees N. 40 rod, then N. 2 degrees W. 120
rod or poles to a black birch marked, then W. 4 degrees S. to the bounds
first mentioned, containing about 60 acres, for 250^". in O. T. bills."

No. 7. (1759, February i, Vol. 66, p. 328.) Jonathan Cram, Jr., to
John Rand, 130 acres, being Lot No. 57, Second Division, for 60^" sterl-
ing ; bounded Eastwardly on Lot 127, Westwardly on Lot 58, North-
wardly on Lot No. 70, Southerly on 56.

No. 8. (1759, July 27> Vol. 62, p. 466.) Carson (Adam?) to Jacob
Wellman, a lot of land bounded as follows : Beginning at the N. E.

OLD DEEDS 483

corner of Home Lot No. 48, thence 40 rod S. to an upland black birch,
then W. to a stake and stones standing 20 rod from the W. side of said
lot ; then N. about 16^ rod, then N. 42 degrees W. to a stake and stones,
then E. to the bounds first mentioned, containing u acres.

No. 9. (1762, August 28, Vol. 87, p. 415.) Nehemiah Rand of Charles-
town, Mass., received a Deed from Samuel Wells of Boston, of Lot No.
71, containing 130 acres, in consideration of 27^.

No. 10. (1763, March 10.) Benjamin I/ynde to Joseph Blaney, Second
Division Lot No. 63, bounded N. by Lot 64 ; B. by Lot 62 ; S. by Lot 50;
W. by the Masonian Proprietors' Land.

No. u. (1763, June 10, Vol. 87, p. 412.) John Rand, Clerk, to Nehe-
miah Rand, in consideration of 35^"., " Lot No. 127, of 130 acres, bounded
westwardly on Lot on which I live, No. 71." Signed by John and Sarah
Rand.

No. 12. (1764, January 18, Vol. 73, p. 132.) John Carson of New
Boston to Stephen Whiting of Dedham, Mass., a lot containing about 7
acres.

No. 13. (1764, February 23, Vol. 71, p. 305.) James Richardson of
Salem, Mass., Heir of Major Joseph B. Richardson of Woburn, Mass.,
sold to Benjamin Lynde six sevenths of James Richardson's two Rights,
the other seventh having been given to Joseph Bevins for settling, and
what was sold for taxes.

No. 14. (1764, December i, Vol. 74, p. 313.) Stephen Spaulding of
Derry, to David Stratton of Lyndeborough, 70 acres, more or less,
bounded thus : Beginning at the N. W. corner of Lot No. 68, running S.
to its S. W. corner ; from thence running E. 49 rod, 4 ft., from thence N.
across the lot to a rock maple tree on the N. Line of said lot ; thence
running E. 12^ rod to a white maple and heap of stones &c.

No. 15. (1764, April 25, Vol. 72, p. 514.) Edward Bevins, Jr., to Benja-
min Lynde, in consideration of i6£ L. M., home Lot No. 18, at gun hill
bounded north on Lot No. 28, E. on Lot No. 19 ; S. on Lot No. 5, and W.
on Lot No. 17, and contains about 68 acres, and is the Lot bought of said
Lynde.

No. 16. (1765, May 30, Vol. 79, p. 407.) Stephen Putnam, Carpenter,
of Danvers, Mass., to Edward Spaulding of Nottingham West, for 40^".,
L. M., 260 acres, being Lots No. 113 and 122.

No. 17. (1765, September 25, Vol. -78, p. 261.; Mrs. Martha Birne,
grand-daughter of Major Joshua Hicks, through Benjamin Lynde, Benja-
min Pickman, John Bickford, Benjamin Goodhue and Joseph Blaney,
Committee for Lyndeborough, sold to James Grant Lot No. 47, being one
half of the commons for said lots.

No. 18. (1765, Vol. 72, p. 414.) Daniel Mackey of Salem, Mass., in
consideration of 13^. 6s. & 8d. deeded one fourth part of two Rights to
Benjamin Lynde, which Rights were set off to Major Joshua Hicks,
deceased, (the home lot No. 47, having been given to William Carson for
settling. )

No. 19. (1766, May i, Vol. 99, p. 343; Vol. 91, p. 58, is a bond from
Kidder to Lynde.) Benjamin Lynde, for 31 Pound L. M., deeded to

484 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Jonas Kidder, Lot No. 105, Second Division, bounded N. by 112, belong-
ing to Glover, E. on Lot No. 106, S. on Lot No. 94, Ordways's, West by
No. 104, Asa Stiles's ; the same containing 130 acres.

No. 20. (1766, June 13, Vol. 78, pp. 256 and 268). William Thompson
of Merrimack to Benjamin Lynde, in consideration of $$£. 6s. 8d. L. M.
2nd. Division Lot No. 65, bounded N. by No. 80, E. by No. 66, S. by 62,
and W. by 64. This was a bond for the payment of said sum before the
date specified.

No. 21. (1766, June 13, Vol. 78, pp. 266 and 268.; Peter Russell of
Merrimack 200 acres for 53^. 6s. 8d. L. M.

No. 22. (1767, September 30, Vol. 79, p. 273.) John Rand to Moses
Barron of Bedford, Home Lot No. 34, containing 60 acres for 9^". L. M.
and Lot No. 126 containing 130 acres.

No. 23. (1768, May 16.) James Boutwell, to Nehemiah Rand in
Lyndeborough, 2nd. Division Lot No. 57, containing 130 acres.

No. 24. (1768, June 3, Vol. 98, p. 398.) Remised, Released &c. from
Barron (See No. 22.) to Nehemiah Rand, Home Lot No. 37, (called 34, in
Vol. 79, p. 273.) The consideration the same.

No. 25. (1768, August 23.) Stephen Putnam sold to Benjamin Lynde
for 4£. the common lands of a Right which he "had in the township of
Lyndeborough which remained after the Second Division Lots were sold
to Spaulding and others." (For Stephen Putnam see No. 16, above.)

No. 26. (1768, November 7, Vol. 99, p. 457.) Jonathan Burton of Wil-
ton, to Benjamin Lynde, his heirs, &c., Lot No. 19 in range 5, containing
50 acres.

No. 27. (1768, December 21, Vol. 98, p. 142.) (Grant.) Benjamin
Lynde to Osgood Carleton, Second Division Lot No. 56, containing 130
acres.

No. 28. (1769, November i, Vol. 90, p. 294.) Reuben Spaulding of
Nottingham West bought of John Glover for 92^ L. M. the two Second
Division Lots No. 112 & 123, bounded E. by No. in & 124; S. on Lot No.
105; W. by 113 & 122; N. by 2nd Division Lot No. 5, or otherwise as by
plan, containing about 260 acres.

No. 29. (1770, April 28. Rockingham Records, Vol. 100, p. 318.)
Benjamin Goodhue of Salem to Daniel Whittemore of Danvers, Mass.,
Second Division Lot No. 124, containing "about One Hundred and
Thirty acres of Land as the same was allotted & Laid out to sd Goodhue,
& Bounded as by the plan of said Proprietors of Lyndeborough, vizt :
South on Col° Pickman's Lot, No. in West on Mr Blaney's or his as-
signs, Lot No. 123. North on Col° Pickman's 2d division, Lot No. 4, &
Easterly on sd Cap1 Goodhue's other 2d Division Lot No. 125. . . sd
Goodhue doth covenant with sd Daniel Whittemore . . . that he is
lawfully seized in fee of the premises . . . and that sd Goodhue will
warrant and defend the same . . . from any persons claiming under
the Proprietors of Mason's Grant." This deed bore the official signa-
ture of " Benj* Lyude,y«.s. Pea." and was recorded " nth Oct. 1770."

The sum paid was " Two Hundred Dollars or Sixty pounds lawful
money."

OLD DEEDS 485

FROM OFFICE OF COUNTY REGISTRAR.

No. i. (1761, February 5.) Benjamin Lynde, Benjamin Pickman,
John Bickford & Benjamin Goodhue sold to Captain Jonathan Cram
for his son Jacob, Home Lot No. 29, containing 60 acres ; bounded E.
on Lot 28, S. on 17, W. on common land lying between Lot 29 and E.
line of No. 2 township. Lynde, Pickman, Epps, Bickford & Goodhue, in
capacity of Proprietors' Committee, sold it for taxes, & Jonathan Cram
was highest bidder.

No. 2. (1767, Apr. 8.) Ebenezer & Elizabeth Coston to James Bout-
well of Amherst, 130 acres, more or less, Lot No. 57, bounded E. on Lot
No. 127 ; W. on Lot No. 58 ; N. on Lot No. 70 ; S. on Lot No. 56.

No. 3. (1771, March 22.) James Hutchinson to John Bradford of Am-
herst, Home Lot No. 18, bounded N. on Home Lot No. 28 ; S. on Home
Lot No. 5 ; E. on Home Lot No. 19 ; & W. on Home Lot No. 17.

No. 4. (1772, March 9.) Melchizedeck Boffee, for 100 £, Lot No. 68, in
Second Division, to Thomas Boffee ; Beginning at the west side of the
road leading from John Kidder's through said Lot to Deacon Benjamin
Cram's, &c. (Benjamin Cram is said to have lived on the place of the
late Dana B. Sargent, now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Putnam.)

No. 5. (1773, August 14.) John Johnson & Adam Johnson to James
Boutwell, Home Lot No. 58, bounded N. on common land ; E. on land of
Jacob Wellman ; S. on land of Wm. Carson ; W. on land of Ross.

No. 6. (1774, July 30.) Andrew Fuller & Mary of Lyndeborough to
Philip Besom of Marblehead, Mass., Second Division Lot No. 51, of 130
acres, bounded N. on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 62 ; E- on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 52 ;
S. on 2nd. Div. Lot No. 48 ; W. on 2nd Div. Lot No. 50.

No. 7. (1775.) Jesse Putnam of Lyndeborough, to Philip Besom of
Marblehead, Mass., in consideration of 50^", 2nd. Div. Lot No. 49, of 130
acres.

No. 8. (1777, April 14.) John Rowe deeded to Thomas Boffee for QO£,
a part of Lot No. 60, in 2nd Div. containing 30 acres more or less.

No. 9. (1781, March 14.) Benjamin Cram to John Boffee part of Lots
No. 59 & 54, beginning at N. W. corner of No. 59, &c.

No. 10. (1794, October 3.) Sewall Goodridge to Wm. Blaney, land ad-
joining Wilton N. Line, running W. to the S. E. corner of No. 6; thence
N. on east line of No. 6, to the S. W. corner of land of Jonathan Cham-
berlain Jr.; then E. on Chamberlain's land & South line, &c.

No. it. (1796, September 20.) Benjamin Lewis of Milford, to John
Besom of Lyndeborough, 13 acres more or less, bounded by the N. line of
Aaron Putnam's lot, &c.

No. 12. (1770, February 20, Vol. 7, p. 44.) Melchizedeck Boffee to
John Rowe 65 acres of Lot No. 60 ; consideration 50 dollars.

No. 13. (1770, August 13, Vol. 2, p. 387.) James Andrews of Boxford,
Mass., & Sewall Goodridge, Clerk, of Lyndeborough, grant to Adam
Johnson of Lyndeborough, Home Lot No. 62, bounded as follows, N.
by common land ; W. on Solomon Cram ; S. on Widow Carleton, & E.
on Capt. Goodhue ; estimated to contain 60 acres more or less, consider-
ation 14^", L. M.

486 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

No. 14. (1770, August i, Vol. 5, 155.) Sold Home Lot 62, & and. Div.
Lots No. 48 & 49 ; consideration 20^", L. M. See the preceding record.

No. 15. (1770, August 29, Vol. 7, 125.) James Andrews of Boxford,
Mass., & Sewall Goodridge of Lyndeborough to Benjamin Jones of Am-
herst, in consideration of 38^", 133., 4d., L- M., Lot. No. 49, 2nd. Div. con-
taining 130 acres, bounded S. on land of Robert Hooper, W. on Proprie-
tor's land, N. on land of Ephraim Putnam, E. on land of David Carleton.

No. 16. (1770, Vol. 5, 155.) Powers to Goodridge in consideration of
100^, Sterling, part of Lot. No. 86, 2nd. Div. containing 62^ acres.

No. 17. (1771, Vol. 2, p. 423.) James Andrews of Boxford, Mass., to
John Savage of Marblehead, Mass., in consideration of io6;£, 133., 4d.»
Lot No. 98, 2nd. Div. containing 130 acres; bounded S. on Col. Pick man
No. 83, W. on No. 99, N. on No. 101, Stephenson; & E- on No. 97.

No. 18. (1771, Dec. 30, Vol. 10, 168.) Jonathan Chamberlain Jr., to
Samuel Chamberlain, part of Lot No. 32, 2nd. Div., containing 60 acres,
in consideration of 26^", 133., 8d.

No. 19. (1772, January 10, Vol. 7, 43.) Josiah Abbot to Andrew
Fuller, Esq., part of 2nd. Div. Lot No. 86, containing six acres, for i£.

No. 20. (1772, May 6, Vol. 2, 237.) Joseph Blaney of Salem, Mass., in
consideration of 40 ;£ deeded to Thomas Pearson, first division Lot No. 3,
bounded W. on No. 4, N. on No. 20 ; E. on No. 2 ; & S. on common land,
or town line.

No. 21. (1775, Decembers, v°l- loi l6o-) Josiah Abbott, Blacksmith,
in consideration of 90^", L- M. deeds to pieces of land in Lyndeborough,
the one, beginning at the S. W. corner of land that he lives on, which is
the N. W. corner of David Stratton's land, & runs 82 rod N. on Moses
Stiles' E. line ; thence E. 2 degrees N. on Josiah Abbot's land 50 rod ;
thence N. n degs. E. on Abbot's land, 10 rod to a stake & stones by the
road ; thence Eastwardly by the S. side of the road to Kidder's W. line ;
thence S. on that line 92 rod ; thence W. 87 rod, by land of David
Stratton, being part of Lots 77 & 78, in the 2nd. Div., to contain 47
acres more or less.

No. 22 & 23, (1783 & 1785, Vol. 14, 355 — 357.) John Rowe deeded to
Jonathan Chamberlain Jr. 50 acres in 1783 ; and deeded to Ephraim
Bixby of Westford, Mass., Apr. 6, 1785, Eighty acres, adjoining lands of
Chamberlain & Philip Besom, being parts of Lot No. 48 in 2nd. Division.

No. 24. (1781, May 30.) Josiah Bowers of Billerica, Mass., deeded to
Jonathan Butler of Lyndeborough, in consideration of $300, Lot No. 81,
in the 2nd. Division, containing 130 acres.

HEADINGS OF DEEDS IN COUNTY RECORDS.

COLLECTED BY DAVID C. GRANT.

No. i. (1765, June 5.) Benjamin Pickman of Salem, Mass., to Jere-
miah Carleton of Lyndeborough, N. H., a Warrantee Deed of 70 acres
being Home Lot No. 44. which he bought of Nathaniel Putnam.

No. 2. (1770, June 15.) Adam Johnson to Rachel Johnson, Home Lot
No. 39.

No. 3. (1770, December 17.) Josiah Woodbury of Salem, Mass.,
bought of Benjamin Goodhue 2nd. Div. Lot No. 125.

OLD DEEDS 487

No. 4. (1771, September 6.) Robert Hooper to Daniel Epps of Dan-
vers, 2nd. Div. No. 108. Warrantee Deed.

No. 5. (1770, July 18, by W. H. Grant, Esq.J Eunice Carleton, Execu-
trix, to Jeremiah Carleton of Newburyport, Mass., Executrix's Deed of
Home Lots 43 and 44 in Lyndeborough, N. H., with house, barn &c.
(See No. 13, below.)

No. 6. Benjamin Epps of Lyndeborough, N. H., to Peter Clark of
Lyndeborough, N. H.— W. D.

No. 7. (1771, November 17.) David Carleton sold to John Boffee, both
of Lyndeborough, 2nd. Div. Lot No. 48, 6o£. L. M.

No. 8. (1768, May 9.) Sewall Goodridge to Josiah Abbot, part of
2nd. Div. Lots 77 and 78, a part of the Gage Farm. •

No. 9. (1769.) Ephraim Powers to Josiah Abbot, part of 2nd. Div.
Lot No. 86.

No. 10. (1768, April 19, Vol. 6, p. in.) Deed of Jonathan Cram,
Moses Stiles and Phebe (Cram) Stiles, Benjamin Cram, Ephraim Putnam
and Sarali (Cram) Putnam to Jonathan Chamberlain for and in consider-
ation of supporting our brother, Joseph Cram, being part of Lot No. 41,
2nd. Div. of lots, 75 acres.

No. ii. (1770, September 15.) Benjamin Lynde to James Andrews,
2nd. Div. Lot No. 98, containing 130 acres.

No. 12. Melchizedeck Boffee to John Boffee; Vol. 20, 74; and John
Boffee to Melchizedeck Boffee, Vol. 24, p. 231.

No. 13. (1766, July 18.) Robert Hooper of Marblehead, Mass., to
Jeremiah Carleton of Lyndeborough, N. H., Home Lot No. 43, in con-
sideration of his full settlement and five shillings. (Compare this with
No. 5.)

No. 14. (1771, March 22.) James Hutchinson to John Bradford the
Southeast end of Home Lot No. 18, lying partly on Gun Hill, so called,
containing about 15 acres.

No. 15. (1773, December 30.) Benjamin Goodhue to Nathan Cram,
Second Division Lot No. 64, containing 130 acres.

No. 16. (1772, January 20. W. D.) Benjamin Lynde to John Brad-
ford Lot No. 5. on Gun Hill, and bounded northerly on Lot of Edward
Bevins, Jr. (See No. 14, above.)

No. 17. (1770, August 10.) Jeremiah Lee of Marblehead, Mass., to
Melchizedeck Boffee of Lyndeborough. W. Deed, of Lot No. 49, being
land which Joseph Swett requested said Boffee to clear and settle, con-
taining 60 acres ; also 40 acres of Lot 29, 2nd. Div. to wit, at the westerly
end of same.

No. 18. (1770, Vol. 2, 381.) Adam Johnson from Sewall Goodridge,
Home Lot No. 62.

No. 19. (1772, April ii, Vol. 2, p. 430.) Adam Johnson from Sewall
Goodridge ist. Div. Lot No. 58.

No. 20. (1767, February 18, Vol. 28, p. 27.) Benjamin Lynde to John
Carkin, husbandman, in consideration of a settlement made at Lynde-
borough, and five shillings L. M. grants Home Lot No. 35, containing 60

488 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

acres, and is the lot on which sad Carkin has built and lived 7 or 8 years,
and lyeth between Col. Pickman's lot on the E. and the ministry lot No.
34, on the west.

No. 21. (17731 Vol. 3, p. 529.) William Lee of Francestown, bought
of Pickman Lot No. 61, in Lyndeborough, commonly called Peal's Lot.

No. 22. (1773 or '74, Vol. 7, 36.) William Lee bought of William
Pickman.

No. 23. (1774, Vol. 2, 538.) William Lee to Daniel Clark, Lot. No. 36-

No. 24. (Vol. 2, 249.) Osgood Carleton from David Badger.

No. 25. (Vol. 2, 259.) Osgood Carleton from Benjamin Cram.

No. 26. (1779, Vol. 8, 24.) Mr. Lee sold to James Boutwell, part of
Lot 66, 2nd. Div.

No. 27. (1779, April 20.) William Lee and Sarah his wife, to Nathan
Parsons. W. D. of Lot No. 66, 2nd. Division.

No. 28. (1795, March 30, Vol. 35, p. 464.) John Grant bought of John
Blaisdell in 1795, and on the 30. of March 1795, bought of Samuel
Parker i-i4th part of all the common lands.

DEEDS OF DAVID PUTNAM.

No. 29. (1788, May 29, Vol. 20, p. 336.) Thomas Boffee, to Amos
Whittemore and David Putnam, all gentlemen, and of Lyndeborough, in
consideration of 174^. L. M., a tract of land containing about 150 acres,
a part of 2nd. Div. Lots No. 68, 59 and 60. (Vol. 20, p. 337.) The same
premises, on same date deeded by John Gowen, of Wilmington, Mass.,
to Thomas Boffee.

No. 30. (1785, May 2, Vol. 20, p. 100.) Aaron Putnam to David Put-
nam in consideration of 250^. parts of 2nd. Div. Lots No. 41 and 44.

No. 31. (1775, March 14, Vol. 6, 116.) Deacon Ephraim Putnam to
David Putnam in consideration of 6o£. L. M. 2nd Div. Lot No. 50, con-
taining 130 acres more or less. Sworn to before Andrew Fuller. J. P.

No. 32. (1786, January 7, Vol. 20, p. 101. Nathan Hasseltine to David
Putnam in consideration of $£. a tract of about 3 acres, being a part of
2nd. Div. Lot No. 30.

No. 33. (1787, September 5, Vol. 20, p. 102.) John Putnam of
Lyndeborough to David Putnam in consideration of 12 £ a tract of land
being a part of Lot No. 41 in the 2nd. Division.

No. 34. (1789, February 9, Vol. 24, p. 99.) John Putnam to David
Putnam in consideration of 100^". a part of Lots No. 41 and 44, 2nd
Division.

No. 35. (1789, October 30, Vol. 24, p. 96.) Stephen Goodhue of
Salem, Mass., to David Putnam of Lyndeborough, in consideration of
45/. L. M. all that part of 2nd. Div. Lot No. 43, which our late father,
Benjamin Goodhue, did not sell to Moses Stiles.

No. 36. (1813, August 30.) David Putnam to David Putnam, Jr., in
consideration of Eight Hundred Dollars, three tracts of land containing
60 acres, duly described. Attested and acknowledged, Jan. 5th, 1814, in
presence of Daniel Putnam, Justice of Peace.

OLD DEEDS 489

No. 37. (1818, December i, Vol. i, 124, p. 423.) David Putnam, Jr., to
David Putnam, Mortgage Deed, &c.

This was in consideration of property of his parents valued at one
thousand Dollars deeded to him on certain conditions which he accepted
and pledged himself to fulfill, involving their support during their
natural life. The father died within two years, and the mother did not
survive very long.

No. 38. (1815, May 19, Vol. 107, p. 592.) Ephraim Putnam Jr. of
Lyndeborough, to David Putnam Jr., in consideration of $75, a tract of
land 48 by 50 rods of Lot No. 45, in the Second division.

No. 39. (1816, November 12, Vol. 119, p. 571.) Ephraim Putnam Jr.
of Lyndeborough, to David Putnam, Jr., of Lyndeborough, in consider-
ation of $35, a tract of land on the east side of second division lot No. 45,
adjoining on the north the land sold to him as by preceding deed 38,
forty-eight rods by twenty- seven.

No. 40. (1818, August 22, Vol. 121, p. 51.) Ephraim Putnam Jr.
to David Putnam Jr., both of Lyndeborough, a tract of land 48 rods wide
extending north about 65 rods, being the northeasterly part of second
division lot No. 45, consideration $60.

No. 41. (1820, March 24, Vol. 126, p. 408.) Timothy Putnam to David
Putnam Jr., both of Lyndeborough, portions of second division lots No. 41
and 44, situated mainly west of the road leading from Daniel Putnam's to
the meeting-house. Consideration $1000. Witnesses Abigail Putnam,
Sarah Clark.

(Mrs. 'Richard's Papers)

No. 42. (1820, August 12, Vol. 128, p. 533.) Jonathan and Sarah
(Putnam) Clark of Lyndeborough, in consideration of $100, paid by
Abigail Putnam, quit-claim to her &c. all right and title to "property
which our honored father, David Putnam, died possest of," (viz.) all our
right to the saw and grist mills, together with about three acres of land
adjoining said grist mill — bounded as follows : South by the stream on
which said mill stands ; west, by land of Pierce and Marshall north, by
land of David Putnam ; east, by land of Jonathan Town.
Mrs. E. H. Putnam's papers.

No. 43. (July 25, 1838, Vol. 198, p. i.) John Carlton of Lyndeborough
to Mariah Putnam of Lowell, Mass., part of second division lot No. 41,
estimated about 70 acres, together with the buildings thereon, consider-
ation $1500.

This deed states that John F. Holt owned land once the property of
Daniel Chamberlain ; that Henry Cram's land adjoined the graveyard ;
that Joshua Sargent's land was north from the corner of Harvey Holt's
land ; and that there were two mill privileges in the tract, one improved
by Uriah Cram and Israel Putnam, and the other deeded to Henry and
James Cram.

The above deed was witnessed by Israel Fuller, Jr., and Lewis Cram ;
it was signed by John Carlton and Miriam, wife of John Carlton.

CHAPTER XXIX.
HOLES AND OLD BUILDING SITES.

NORTH LYNDEBOROUGH, CENTRE, JOHNSON'S CORNER, ETC.,
BY J. A. WOODWARD.

Directly opposite the house of J. H. Goodrich at North
L,yndeborough was the pottery of Peter Clark and John South-
wick.

A little to the north of this is the cellar-hole of the South-
wick house.

In the southwest corner of the same field was a blacksmith
shop kept by one, Peabody.

A little to the east of this site is the cellar-hole of Peabody 's
house.

On the road a little to the east of the Peabody cellar-hole is
the site of the Union L,ecture house.

Still farther east is the cellar-hole where Dea. Peter Clark's
house stood. This is on the town line.

Opposite the house of John H. Goodrich was once a tan-yard
owned by Paul Atwood.

A little to the south of this tan-yard was the blacksmith shop
of Jonathan Thayer.

James McCauley once occupied a house on the south end of
John H. Goodrich's buildings. This house was bought by
Phineas C. Kidder and is now the house owned by Frank
Gardner.

Back of John H. Goodrich's house was once a potash shop
owned by Benjamin Goodrich.

North of John H. Goodrich's, on the turnpike, was the house
of Daniel Holmes.

West of the Holmes house was the house of Jotham Searles.

Near the house of Horace D. Gage is the cellar-hole of the
house of Isaiah Parker.

East of the cemetery at North L,yndeborough is the cellar-
hole of the house of Ruth Senter.

On land of ~L,evi P. Bailey is the cellar-hole of Benjamin Sen-
ter's house.

On land of D. B. Whittemore, near the old road by Harry
Richardson's, is the cellar-hole of the house of Jotham Wilkins.

OLD CELLAR HOLES 491

On the road from L,. P. Bailey's to the centre was a mill, on
Cold Brook, owned by Capt. Ebenezer Flint.

On the hill west of the schoolhouse in District No. 4 was a
log-house. This hill now goes by the name of L,og-House hill.

Opposite Irwin D. Wilder's barn was once the house of
Thomas Boardman.

On top of the hill west of Irwin D. Wilder's was the black-
smith shop of Charles Whitmarsh. His house stood opposite.
This was moved later to where the house of D. E. Proctor
now is.

South of the old Proctor place is the cellar-hole of the house
of John Proctor. This is on the side of the mountain, and he
is supposed to have been the first settler there.

A cellar-hole near where the John Proctor house stood is
where Seth Allen once lived.

On the Needham place is the cellar-hole of the house of Ben-
jamin Bullock.

Near where D. B. Whittemore lives was the house of Jona-
than Whittemore.

Near the No. 8 schoolhouse was a house once occupied by
the workmen of Benjamin Jones. To the west of No. 8 school-
house up the hill was the Oliver Whiting farm ; the buildings
now entirely removed.

Still farther west was the Dea. Samuel Houston place. The
building site is marked by two rows of Lombardy poplars, some
of them of great age.

South of this place about a quarter of a mile is the old Reu-
ben Button homestead. Reuben's son Benjamin also lived
there. Benjamin's widow was the last occupant, and the build-
ings were torn down soon after she left.

East of the Button place is the old Woodward homestead.
Baniel Woodward was there as early as 1800, and at that time
there was an old house on the side of the road opposite where
he built the brick house. Sumner French was the last occu-
pant. House burned.

A few rods east of the Woodward place was where Ira Hous-
ton lived. It was from here that he emigrated to the West.

North of the Ira Houston place, in a pasture, is the site of
the house where Capt. L,evi Spaulding of Revolutionary fame
lived.

Between the Hill place and B. B. Whittemore's was the house
of Samuel Whittemore.

492 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Just west of Harry Richardson's is a cellar-hole, owner un-
known. Robert B. Osgood lived there in 1860.

Not many rods north of Frank B. Tay's is the site of the old
District No. i schoolhouse. It was on the east side of the road.

South of where Charles D. Riley lives was a cellar-hole ; owner
unknown. Grannie McMaster is said to have last occupied the
premises.

There is a cellar-hole in Everett Hutchinson's pasture ; former
owner unknown.

Cellar-hole on George W. Parker's place. Warren Damon
occupied the premises once. House burned.

Cellar-hole in the Fitch pasture. Mollie Curtis lived in the
house that stood there.

Cellar-hole of the house of Joseph Melendy. House burned
July 4, 1879.

There is a cellar-hole on land of Harvey Perham heirs. The
house was once occupied by lizzie Bevins.

Cellar-hole on the place known as the " Creesy " place, near
H. H. Joslin's.

Cellar-hole in the Cummings' pasture on Winn mountain.
Occupants unknown. There is a tradition that one of them
found money in a tea-kettle secreted on the premises, and appro-
priating it, left for parts unknown.

Cellar hole on the road to Greenfield, past the Pinnacle house.
Known as the Joslin place. Oscar Joslin last occupant.

Cellar-hole on land of E. C. Curtis, near the foot of the hill,
on what was an old road from where he lives to the Johnson
Corner road.

Cellar-hole on the road south of where Wm. Richardson lived.
Eli Curtis lived there.

Cellar-hole on the road past Luther Cram's place, known as
the Ellingwood place.

Cellar-hole on the road from Foster Woodward's corner to the
Annie Fish place. Charles P. Cummings last occupant. Known
as the Israel Cram place.

On same road, cellar-hole on land of Andy Holt. Stiles last
occupant.

Cellar-hole on Rose mountain, where James Grant lived.
David C. Grant born there.

Cellar-hole on Rose mountain, where Abram Rose settled.

About twenty rods south of the David Holt place was where
David Stratton built a house, said to have been the seventh

OLD CELLAR HOLES 493

framed house built in town. This house was moved to near
where the present buildings stand, and many years ago was
torn down.

Oliver Holt built a house in what is now land of E.G. Her-
rick's. Known as the Holt field. It stood near the brook.

Cellar-hole on road from the Ryerson place to No. 5 school-
house, where Samuel Hodgeman lived and where he was killed
by lightning. He was the last occupant.

Cellar-hole south of the Hodgeman place. A man named
Stiles once lived there.

Cellar-hole about 20 rods north of Hodgeman 's place. Upton
said to have lived there.

Foster Woodward was the last occupant of a house that stood
near where Joseph Blanchard's barn stands. Samuel Wood-
ward lived near by. The railroad passed through the site.

West of where Brandy Brook crosses the road to the Centre
was once a dwelling. Ruins of the old stone fire-place still to
be found. The builder or occupants are unknown. This is on
land of Joseph Blanchard. On land of Moses Fuller, between
Rose Mountain and the Pinnacle, is the site of a set of build-
ings. One or two old apple trees still stand there. A man
named Hardy once lived there. Further to the north on the
old road or bridle-path to the Button place over Rose Mountain
is the site of the Starrett place. The Rose place, the Grant
place and the two places just mentioned are all that can be
traced of the farms on Rose Mountain. The situation of all
these farms is about as bleak as any that can be found in town.
It would be interesting to know just why these settlers chose
such exposed places for homes.

On the Forest road northeast of Winn Mountain is the cellar-
hole where John Woodward settled. Jotham Stephenson after-
ward lived there, last occupant unknown.

On Woodward hill, so called, Joseph Putnam lived and the
old cellar-hole may still be seen.

Further along this road on Woodward hill was where Samuel
Woodward lived and where his children were born. The cellar-
hole may still be seen. North of Samuel Woodward's place
was the land of Eleazer Woodward, on which were buildings.
He never lived there but used to cut the hay on the place, and
send some of his boys there to feed it out in the winter to stock
kept there, the boys boarding themselves. Israel Woodward
used to say that the wolves used to come around nights and

494 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

howl, and sometimes they were obliged to sit up all night to
protect the sheep.

In the Johnson corner district, on the road to Purgatory falls,
is the cellar-hole where Mark Morgan had a house.

Further on is the cellar-hole where the Towns family lived,
father and son.

Still farther to the east is a cellar-hole where a man named
Curtis lived. Said to be no relation to the Curtis families in
town at present.

On the road to New Boston, in what was a part of Lynde-
borough since set off into Mont Vernon, is the cellar-hole
where Amos Pearsons lived.

Next north is the cellar-hole where John Stearns, father of
Daniel, Seth and John, lived.

Further on is the cellar-hole where Mr. Chamberlain lived.

Next is the cellar-hole where Ephraim Kidder lived.

Next is the site of the John Rand house.

Next is the site of the Edgar Rand house.

And last is the cellar-hole where Oliver Senter lived.

On the old road towards Milford is the cellar-hole where John
Carson lived.

Still farther southeast is the cellar-hole where L,evi Curtis
lived.

In that section of the town is a cellar-hole in what is called
the Buxton pasture. Occupant unknown.

Between the Haggett place and the brook is the cellar-hole
where David Butterfield had a house.

West of the Rose place is the site of the house where James
Marshall lived. There was formerly a road running west from
the Rose place to the present South L,yndeborough road. The
Marshall place was on this road.

Further west was the site of the William Abbott house.

At the foot of the hill west of the Boutwell place is a cellar-
hole. Who first built there is unknown. Adoniram Wood-
ward, David Cram and many other families once lived there.

OLD CELLAR HOLES 495

OLD CELLARS NEAR SOUTH LYNDEBOROUGH,
BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

A citizen well acquainted with all parts of the town has often
said that there are, it seems to him, more old cellar-holes in the
town than there are inhabited dwellings. Be that as it may,
we find several such ruins near South Lyndeborough, which
invite a passing notice.

1. On the farm once owned by Ephraim Putnam, the first
of that name in town, was an old cellar, of which the oldest
citizens of three generations ago could give no satisfactory ac-
count. David Putnam, Jr., who was about eighty years old
when he died, knew nothing of its origin or owner. It was then
on Dea. John Hartshorn's land about thirty rods south of his
house. In cultivating the field the cellar has been filled up,
and no trace of it is now visible, though it is well remembered.

2. The old cellar of Ephraim Putnam's house, last occupied
by Capt. Israel Putnam, is on land now owned by Mrs. E. H.
Putnam, at the corner of the field, nearly opposite the summer
cottage of Mr. Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. The house which
stood over this cellar was torn down July 23, 1883. Its lower
story was found to be lined with brick between the boards and
the lathing. The brick were doubtless used in this way as a
defense against the bullets of hostile savages in colonial days.
The house was two stories high in front, while the rear roof
was like that of a shed, leaving the back of the house but one
story, and sometimes low at that. Mr. A. S. Conant, the car-
penter who took down the frame, vouches for the brick lining.

3. There is at present no indication of a cellar on the spot,
where, according to the Wilton History,* Nathan Hesselton,
Jr., was born. The buildings of the glass factory covered the
spot, as vouched for by the late David Putnam.

4. It would be a satisfaction if we could as readily name his
neighbor, who lived about thirty rods to the southwest. In the
pasture now owned by H. E. Emery is a cellar concerning
which little more can be learned than its existence. It was
east of the road which led from the saw-mill of Nathaniel Put-
nam to the original center of the town. The lane which led to
this place crossed the Mill Brook by a bridge whose abutments
are still in a good state of preservation. One tradition is that a
man named Wilkins lived there. Southeast of this cellar are

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496 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

two circular spaces whose rims are slightly elevated above the
common level.* These circles show that some one used mattock
or spade in the days of their construction. The circles are
about 30 feet in diameter. The lot in which these remains are
found was Second Division lot No. 30, and belonged to the
original proprietor, Joseph Blaney ; and a part of this lot was
sold to Hesselton. (See Deeds of David Putnam, No. 32.)

5. On the old road to Wilton Center, which after crossing
the Bradford bridge, west of South Lyndeborough, turned
abruptly to the left, passing through land now owned by W. N.
Cheever, lived a few families who cannot well be ignored.
About forty rods southwest of the abrupt turn above mentioned
is an old cellar which might easily escape notice, if not specially
pointed out. This marks the spot where lived William Abbott,
grandfather of our townsman, W. H. Abbott, and also, maternal
grandfather of Mr. John C. Carkin.

6. Following this road nearly a south course, up a very steep
hill, a person comes to the line fence between William Blaney
and Jonathan Chamberlain, Jr., which line the road follows
over into Wilton. On the east side of this road on a spot com-
manding a fine view east and northeast, a century ago stood the
dwelling of Capt. William Blaney. The old apple trees and
the walls of his fields and garden and the ruins of the cellar all
indicate a once finely cultivated farm. His title of captain is
said to have come from following the sea.

7. Westward from this site, stood the home of Jonathan
Chamberlain, Jr.; and the ruins of the cellar are on an elevation
from which he could look across a little valley to the home of
his father-in-law, Benjamin Cram, Jr., the place now occupied
by Mr. Frank Winn.

8. Turning southwest from the residence of Frank Winn a
road down the little valley about an eighth of a mile comes to
the old cellar on the south side of the road, over which was the
house of Mr. Jacob Woodward, owned recently by his son Jacob
Newton Woodward.

9. West of this last mentioned cellar, is that of Jacob Das-
comb, once prominent in town affairs, having served four years
as town clerk, 1798 to 1802, and said to have been a Revolu-
tionary soldier of the Massachusetts line. He was father-in-
law of Col. Timothy Putnam.

10. On the old road, a short distance east of Mr. Rufus Cham-

* A suggestion is that these may have been coal pits, where charcoal was burned.

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berlain's is the old cellar of Mr. Amos Wilkins's house. It is
near the northwest corner of land now owned by Mr. W. N.
Cheever.

11. Still farther east on the same road, and also on land of
the same owner, is the cellar of Thomas Lakin's house. It is
on the south side of the road.

12. About as far east from the Thomas Lakin cellar as that is
from Amos Wilkins's, is the cellar of Moses Stiles, one of the
very early settlers. He married Phebe Cram, the sister of
Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Chamberlain, Sr. The cellar is on
the land of Mr. Rufus Chamberlain, and owned perhaps by his
ancestor, Jonathan, in Moses Stiles' day. The cellar is on the
north side of the old road, between it and the road which passes
the cemetery. Mrs. Stiles was a daughter of John Cram, the
first settler.

13. As far east of the Stiles place as the latter is of the
Thomas L,akin place is the cellar of Abel L,akin a brother of
Thomas. It was in Abel's barn, which caught fire while he
was attending an ordination in Mont Vernon, in 1809, that his
two children and one of his brother's perished in the flames.
The farm now is owned by Mr. W. H. Abbott.

14. In Emery Holt's pasture sixty rods or more southeast of
his house is evidently a very old cellar. None of our citizens
have now any knowledge of its builder.

15. There is also in what is called the Burton pasture, on the
west side of the Wilton road, a very ancient cellar. The
person who lived there is unknown to the present generation,
though the land on which it stands is now Mr. W. A. Burton's,
and has been Burton property for several generations.

CHAPTER XXX.
CEMETERIES.

BY J. A. WOODWARD.

In the absence of all records, it would be hard to deter-
mine which of the burial places in town was the first. From
the fact that the first settlements in Salein-Canada were made
on and near Putnam Hill, one would be led to infer that the
South cemetery was most likely the first to be laid out. On the
knoll where the pine trees stand in this yard is the grave of
Sarah, wife of Lieut. Thomas Boffee, and the headstone bearing
the date of Sept. 9, 1772.

In the cemetery at Johnson's Corner is the grave of Aaron
Carkin, the headstone giving the date of his death as Nov. 19,
1777. In the cemetery at the "Centre " is the grave of George
Gould, the date of whose death is Apr. 29, 1783.

These dates would indicate that there was probably but few
years difference in the time of the laying out of these three
yards. Tradition says that most of the first burials in town
were those of children, the exposure and privations of pioneer
life making the mortality among infants large. Who was the
first adult to be buried in any of the cemeteries in town is, to
the writer, unknown, and there are no records and no tradi-
tions to tell. John Badger was the first within the limits of
Salem-Canada without doubt.

It was not the custom of those early days to arrange the
burial places with the ultimate view of beautifying and adorn-
ing them. Neither can it be learned that any lots were sold,
each family selecting such a lot as it desired.

The mountains and hills, and the rugged character of the
land of the town, made it inconvenient for the early settlers to
have one central cemetery, and so the places of sepulture were
located so as to be convenient for the various communities. In
many towns of the state the cemetery adjoined the church, and
the cemetery at the " Centre " was probably located as near the
church as the nature of the ground would permit.

The older headstones in all the yards are of slate, a material
which seems to withstand the corroding effects of weather
rather better than granite or marble, though some of those old

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headstones are so covered with lichens and moss, as to make it
difficult to decipher the inscriptions.

There are several out of the way places in the town where
the dead have been buried. One is in the northwest corner of
the field back of the house of Moses C. Fuller. Some of the
members of the Chamberlain family are buried there.

There is a tradition that there are graves on a knoll east of
the old town farm, though there is nothing now to show such
to be a fact. Dr. Bartlett is buried on "Crooked S. Hill."
His story is told elsewhere.

JOHNSON'S CORNER CEMETERY.

This was land taken from the farm of Amos Wilkins, the first
settler on what is best known now as the Kilburn S. Curtis
place. There are no records to show whether the land was
bought or donated for the purpose. The town has kept the
walls in repair and cared for the grounds to some extent, but it
was never deeded to the public. Here lie many of the first set-
tlers of that section of the town, — the Wellmans, Carkins, Man-
nings, Perkinses, Clarks and others who were the pioneers in
that vicinity.

The cemetery on the Forest road near the Benjamin Crosby
place is a private yard controlled by the Butler, Stephenson and
Crosby families. It is said that a man named Thompson, who
died of the small pox, was the first man buried there.

SOUTH CEMETERY.

The first plot of land appropriated for this burial place con-
tained one half acre. Who was the first owner of the land can-
not now be told ; most probably one of the Cram family, perhaps
John Cram, the first settler of the town.* There are no writings
to show when it was first set apart as a burial place for the dead,
but it must have been very early in the history of the town. In
comparatively recent years Peter Cram gave a deed of the bal-
ance of the land, that is, more than a half acre, to Joel H. Tar-
bell and Timothy T. Putnam and their associates, and by them
it was deeded to the town. About the same time this deed to
the town was given, Rufus Chamberlain gave a deed to the
town of a strip of land on the south side of the yard, on condi-
tion that the town build a good wall next the road. This condi-
tion was accepted and the wall built. On this strip stands the

* Joseph Blaney, Esq. who drew home Lot No. 3, drew also and. Div. Lot 41, and was
the first owner. See Schedule, p. 53, and also old deed No. 2, p. 482. John Cram bought
of Blaney, and was first settler.

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monument erected to the memory of the soldier dead of the civil
war.

Some of the Revolutionary soldiers are buried in this yard,
Lieut. Jeremiah Carleton, Abram Rose, the Boffee family, many
of them, and the Putnams, Crams and Chamberlains, of the
early settlers.

THE WHITTEMORE CEMETERY.

Daniel Whittemore came into possession of his lot of land in
1770. Lot No. 124 was deeded to him April 28 of that year,
Benj. Goodhue being the grantor. Mr. Whittemore died in
1776 and was the first one buried in this little cemetery, and all
of his descendants who have died in town have been buried
there. There is strong evidence that some fifteen or twenty out-
side that family have also been interred there, among them
Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder.

Daniel B. Whittemore, the great-grandson of the Daniel be-
fore mentioned, says that "most of the families in this vicinity
buried their dead there previous to the establishment of the
cemetery at the Goodrich corner, ' ' and that ' ' this lot was dis-
carded largely on account of the difficulty of digging graves, in
consequence of there being so many large rocks in the soil. ' '

NORTH LYNDEBOROUGH CEMETERY.

This burial place was probably established about the year
1775, and was on land of Nathan Brown. While there is no
deed showing the fact, the land was undoubtedly given by him
to the community for a public cemetery. Sept. 15, 1869, Mr.
Nathan Brown, of Roxbury, Mass., gave a deed of ninety-five
rods of land as an addition to the old yard, and citizens of the
vicinity gave money and labor to put in a fence and gate in this
new part. In 1895 the town laid out over fifty dollars in build-
ing wall and repairing old wall.

The oldest gravestone bears the date of May 8, 1793, but Mrs.
Benj. Punchard, who died in 1775, was buried there. The
headstone of Eliphalet Senter was made of a common boulder,
and the inscription was cut out by some member of the family
and is dated 1793. This must be the first instance of what is
now so common a practice, that of selecting a large granite
boulder as a monument.

It is here that the Punchards, Bullocks, Gardners, Browns,
Kppeses, Seuters, Boardmans, Whitmarshes, Proctors, Atwoods,
of the older settlers of this part of the town are buried. Many

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of the Lewis family are buried here also, and there is a record
of Mr. Eppes' negro, Jennie, being buried here. Whether she
was a slave or not is not now known.

PERHAM CORNER CEMETERY.

This cemetery was probably established when this section of
the town was known as Bevins' Corner, but alas ! like all the
others, it has no records to aid the historian, and its age as a
burial place goes beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
There were graves there which time had almost obliterated as
early as 1820.

The oldest headstone is dated about 1790. It must have been
a public yard from the beginning.

THE CENTRE CEMETERY.

There have been more burials at this yard than at any other in
the town, but there is no deed to show how the town came into
possession of the land, though tradition says the land was
bought of James Boutwell. Probably a larger plot of land was
bought than was needed for there are records to show that the
town sold part of the land back to Mr. Boutwell.

Some hold to the tradition that the land was part of the
" common land" over which the town and Mr. Daniel Gould
had a controversy, but this is doubtful.

The town has made a number of appropriations for keeping in
repair the walls of this yard. The present iron gates were pre-
sented by Mrs. Robert Hawthorne, formerly Miss Abby J.
Boutwell. The gates and granite gateposts were put in place
about 1892.

The land was never laid out in lots, and the graves have in
many instances been dug without regard to order. There is one
central walk in the cemetery, curbed with granite, but nothing
further to mark the boundaries of the lots, except in a few in-
stances where the owners have improved and beautified them.

It is in this yard that the Rev. Sewall Goodridge was buried,
and many others of the Goodridge family ; George and Daniel
Gould, and their wives ; Capt. William Barron and Olive, his
wife ; Capt. Peter Clark, and many of his descendants ; Jacob
Richardson, the first of the Richardson family to settle in the
"middle of the town"; the Woodwards, Duttons, Holts, Hil-
dreths, Dea. David Badger and Robert, his brother, the Had-
leys, Fullers, Sargents, Boutwells, and many of the Jones

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family. These names of the early settlers, men and women of
note and influence in their day, are recorded here.

The easterly part of this cemetery is thickly crowded with
graves, and many are in the westerly half, more in this part
being unmarked by headstones. It is to be regretted that the
cemetery was not laid out with well defined walks. Sloping
towards the setting sun it might have been made a beautiful
burial place, with the range of mountains in view toward the
west, which in life the sleepers loved so well.

THE WEST OR DOI^UVER CEMETERY.

This is situated just north of the No. 5 schoolhouse. The
land was donated by Mr. John Dolliver, and the first burials
there were those of Mr. Dolliver's first wife and Samuel Hodge-
man. They were interred there the same day. This was in
1860.

This cemetery is like most of the other burial places in that
the town has no deed of the land, but has assumed the care
of it.

There is also an old burial lot near the old Dolliver place
where many persons were buried. There is said to be but one
headstone standing, that erected to the memory of one of the
Blaney family. Many of the other headstones were of slate and
are now broken in pieces. No record or tradition can be gath-
ered now in relation to this yard, but it must have been one of
the first places of sepulture in town.

CHAPTER XXXI.
OWNERS AND TRANSFERS OP REAI, ESTATE.

SOUTH I.YNDEBOROUGH. BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

The village now known as South L,yndeborough was, previ-
ous to 1830, called Putnam Corner. The name was given in
consequence of the number of Putnam families who dwelt in this
part of the town. At the date mentioned above, there were but
five dwellings in the place, although authorities differ a little as
to this. The places named were the residence of Daniel Putnam,
Esq., now the parsonage; the residence of Ephraim Putnam,
3rd, the father of Captain Eleazer Putnam ; the building which
was then the residence of Mr. Ebenezer Pearson, later changed
to a tavern ; the house of Mr. John Putnam and his sister, both
unmarried ; and the house which stood where the cottage of
Mrs. Dorcas A. Holt now stands.

The second of the houses here named used to stand a few rods
north of the present residence of Mr. W. P. Steele, and the old
cellar of it is covered by the railroad. The house was removed
across the road to the site now occupied by Tarbell's store and
was used as a store by William Holt for a time, who was the
first merchant in South L,yndeborough. It was afterwards
moved across the street to the place where the R. R. Station
now stands. It was again removed and now stands as the dwell-
ing of Mr. Ward N. Cheever.

Mr. Ebenezer Pearson, a shoemaker, lived then where Mr.
Andy Holt now lives, but in the old house which was en-
larged and changed finally to its present form and proportions.
Mr. Pearson's shoe shop was near the ground on which the
B. & M. freight house now stands, but a little north of it. He
was the father-in-law of Mr. Ephraim Putnam whose home was
where Mr. Pettingill now lives. Mr. Pearson removed to
where Mr. A. T. Ford now lives, a place not included in the
forementioned five houses. His son-in-law, Ephraim Putnam
then took the Pearson house, enlarged it, raised its roof, remod-
elled it and fitted it for a hotel about 1835. It was then called
" The Forest House," probably in honor of the " Forest Road,"
recently built. Its first landlord was John J. Martin, who kept

504 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

it only a short time. Mr. E. B. Crocker of Amherst was his
successor, and also stayed but a short time.

January 15, 1839, Mr. Joel H. Tarbell married Esther, the
daughter of Mr. Ephraim Putnam, and they commenced life in
the hotel, and conducted the house nearly fifteen years. Soon
after becoming landlord he was appointed postmaster ; and he
kept both the post-office and a country store in that building.
Later he bought the stock of merchandise of Mr. Oilman P.
Fletcher, who had been trading here but a short time, and he
afterward built a new store. He continued in trade till 1857,
and retained possession of the hotel. About that time he sold
his new store and stock to Mr. William W. Young of Chelsea,
Mass., and for several years after that devoted himself to farm-
ing on the homestead of his father-in-law.

Among the later occupants of the hotel was Mr. William Tar-
bell, a brother of the owner, who kept it but a short time. Its
proprietor was dissatisfied with its management, and, it is said,
took down the tavern sign.

After Mr. William Tarbell withdrew, the Shattuck brothers,
cousins of the Tarbells, tried the business for a little while, but
gave it up.

After that the house became for several years a tenement
house, in which the families of Mr. John Emery, Mr. Charles
Tarbell (half brother of owner), Mr. John Gage and Mr. John
Woodward found a temporary home.

Mr. Hiram Tarbell, another half brother, afterwards tried
keeping it as a tavern, and gave quite an elaborate opening ban-
quet. But the business proved insufficient to support the house,
and its occupant retired after two months.

Mrs. E. P. Wallace conducted it as a boarding house for sev-
eral years after that ; and her house was well patronized and
had many summer guests. Her daughter, Miss C. M. Wallace,
assisted her mother in its management, was a talented lady, a
graceful elocutionist, and much sought as a reader. She was
also a successful teacher, and in 1878 was chosen superintending
committee of schools. Mrs. Wallace's house was called by the
city people, "The Pine Grove House," on account of its
' ' proximity " as a writer of those days expressed it, ' ' to three
delightful pine groves." Her health failed and she left the
place.

The house was kept after that as a summer boarding house for
a few years by Mrs. E. M. Swasey, and its last manager as such

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was Mrs. M. J. Curtis. Mr. Tarbell was interested always in
its orderliness and success, and in its last years as boarding-
house, its guests overflowed all its accommodations, many find-
ing lodgings in the vicinity and taking meals at its tables.

The place was sold to Mr. I,. P. Hadley in 1888, and has
since been used chiefly as a farmhouse. Owing to the sudden
decease of L,. P. Hadley Dec. 28, 1902, the place was for sale
and Mr. Andy Holt bought it in 1904, occupies it, and has
added furnace heating, bath room and other modern improve-
ments. It is pleasantly situated, near the railroad station, post-
office, store and the Baptist church. The reporter above re-
ferred to wrote, " A piazza, surrounds the house, and a huge ash
tree said to be a hundred years of age gives it a splendid shade
on a summer's day."

The fourth house of those mentioned was the home of Mr.
John Putnam and his sister Betsey, familiarly called Uncle John
and Aunt Betsey ; it stood where W. S. Tarbell's house now
stands. The main part of the house was taken down, and the
ell was removed down the hill westward, and formed a part of
the house lately vacated by Mr. Andy Cram. The house of
W. S. Tarbell was built by the late Mr. Byron Stacey, son-in-
law of Mr. J. H. Tarbell. After Mr. Stacey's death it was
purchased by Mr. C. F. Tarbell, and became Mr. Walter Tar-
bell's by inheritance.

The fifth house of those mentioned was that which was oc-
cupied by Solomon Cram, a blacksmith, who came here from
Roxbury, Vermont, about 1829. The house stood on the spot
now occupied by Mrs. Dorcas A. Holt's cottage. He built the
blacksmith shop, the first in the village, which is now carried
on by Ward N. Cheever. This was the only such shop in the
place till about ten years ago, W. H. Abbott built his shop, and
about two years ago, Herbert A. Cheever built his.

In addition to these five, we may now notice the dwellings of
more recent date. The house south of the railroad station on
the Forest road, or main street, is Mr. William P. Steele's. It
was built by his father-in-law, Captain Eleazer Putnam, about
1830, and was bequeathed to his daughter, Adeline, who is
Mrs. Steele. Many transient visitors to this village find here
homelike accommodations.

Opposite this is the house so long the home of the late C.
Henry Holt, postmaster about twenty-four years, where he
kept the post office. The house was built by Dr. Jonas

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Wheeler, whose daughter, Mary A., was the first Mrs. C. H.
Holt. It is now the home of Mr. T. M. Beal, who married
Miss Ardella, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Henry Holt. This
house and grounds became her portion of her father's estate.

The adjoining place on the south is the home of Mrs. Dorcas
A. Holt, widow of George Washington Holt, who was for a
brief period a merchant in this village. The house is open
more in the summer, as a resort for her relatives and her son's
family, who here seek summer rest and recuperation.

South of this and opposite the blacksmith shop is the house
owned and occupied several years by Mrs. W. H. Abbott. It
was built by Mr. Joseph H. Ford. Here dwelt, for a time,
Rev. Mr. Hussey, the Universalist minister, who preached to
the believers in universal salvation, and occupied the Baptist
meeting-house a portion of the time, for religious services. It
was also the home of Mr. Jeremiah Hartshorn, and of his
widow, Aunt Ruby, and of Harriet Russell, and of Mrs.
Abigail, widow of Capt. Israel Putnam. It was for many
years the property of Mr. J. H. Tarbell, who made to it the
addition of the two-story part nearest the street.

The next house on the street going south is Mr. W. N.
Cheever's, already described as that of Ephraim Putnam, 3rd.,
removed from its former foundation when the house of Capt.
Eleazer Putnam was built, for a time used as a store, the first in
the village, and later removed to its present place. Mr. Cheever
has lived here since 1861, when he came from I^unenburg,
Mass.

A few rods south of this, across the street, is the house of
Mrs. Martha M., widow of the late Charles M. Butler. The
main part of her house used to stand with side facing the street.
At that time it contained a shoemaker's shop, and also a little
store, which were kept by Mr. John J. Martin, a former land-
lord of " The Forest House."

The ell of this house had previously been a separate build-
ing, and contained a basement part. In this lived Mrs. David
Gage and her mother for a time ; and here, also, Mrs. Ephraim
Hildreth Putnam spent her last days.

Very close to this on the south is the residence of J. A.
Johnson, Esq. The house was built by Mr. Francis Johnson,
father of its present owner, is adapted for two families, and is
occupied by both Mr. Johnson, himself, and his son-in-law, Mr.
Frank J. Bishop.

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South of this, and on the other side of the street, is a new
house, built in 1903, by Herbert A. Cheever, who learned the
blacksmith business from his father, worked for him several
years, and is now occupying a shop independently. His shop
is near his house.

Nearly opposite the shop last named is the dwelling of W.
H. Cheever, brother of Herbert. He bought a small building
and lived in it a few years, and built later the two-story part,
using the old part as the ell. He has now a pleasant, comfort-
able home.

Still farther south and across the street is the home of Mr.
John C. Carkin, who is employed by D. Whiting & Co., and
has charge of the milk-house, and of their grain and feed sup-
plies. The house was built in 1857 by Mrs. David Gage, and
was sold to Mr. Olney P. Butler about 1865, and purchased by
Mr. Carkin from the heirs of Mr. Butler.

On the same lot, a few rods south, is the old house in which
John's father, Mr. David Carkin, lived several years. It is
now owned by Fred Carkin, grandson of David, and second
son of John.

Nearly opposite the last-named house is that of Mr. Edwin
Wilkerson. It was built by Mr. Olney P. Butler in company
with Mr. Hiram F. Blood of Wilton. It was for several years
the home of Mr. George Butler, Olney 's son, who sold it to
Messrs. Byron Putnam and Walter S. Tarbell. Andrew J.
Marshall occupied it a few years as tenant, after which it was
purchased by its present owner. It has recently reverted to the
Byron Putnam estate.

The next house below, on the road towards Wilton, was
built by the sons of Major William Richardson whose wife was
a daughter of Squire Daniel Putnam. After their father's
decease, the sons removed to Milford where the next station on
the B. & M. railroad, west of Milford village, is named for
them, "Richardson's." The house was afterwards rented to
several families, among whom were Mr. Joseph Blanchard, Mrs.
Colby, whose son, John Freeman Colby, Esq., of Boston and
Mont Vernon, won distingushed honor in his profession.*

* Here also lived Mr. Tidd whose daughter, a native of Lyndeborough, won great
praise for her presence of mind a few years ago, as a teacher in Somerville, Mass.
Discovering the great building in which she was teaching was on fire, she hastily but
quietly informed the other teachers to arrange their scholars for fire drill, and got them
all out, almost before they discovered any fire. None of the hundreds of pupils were
injured, and her prompt action saved both the pupils and the building. The school
board publicly thanked her afterwards for her heroic service.

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For the longest period in its history it has been the home of
the Ross family, Mrs. Sarah Ross, widow of Samuel Ross,
a veteran of the Civil War, and her children. It is now owned
by Mrs. Clough of L/ynu, Mass., as a summer residence.

The next house south, on the opposite side of the street, is
that of Mr. George Ross, one of the fore-mentioned Ross
family. It was built by Mr. Nathan Fish, the father of Mrs.
Joseph Blanchard. It was the first house built by Mr. A. S.
Conant, after learning his trade of house carpenter.

The last house in I^yndeborough, on the direct road to
Wilton, is Mr. James Colson's. It was built by Mr. Quincy
Young, who sold it to Mr. Orin Cram. The latter willed it to
his son Nelson, who sold it to Mr. Colson. In 1905 it was pur-
chased by Miss Ellen B. Churchill.

Before reaching Mr. Colson's house, a road turns to the left
leading by where the glass factory used to stand. On this road
the first house is that of Mr. George Winn, which he bought of
Mr. Samuel Ross. This was used as a boarding house when
the factory was in operation, and was managed by Mrs. Cutter,
the mother-in-law of Samuel Ross, son of above named veteran.

A little farther along, on the right hand, is the dwelling of Mr.
Benjamin Joslin, R. F. D. carrier No. i. It was built by the
late Mr. J. D. Putnam, agent, and apparent proprietor of the
glass factory. After his decease the house was for a time
occupied by his daughters, Misses Emma D. and Grace E. Put-
nam. It was finally sold to Mr. George Butler, who improved
the grounds, added the granite curbing, and, after making im-
portant changes in and about the house itself, sold it to Mr.
Joslin, its present occupant.

Next to this on the same side of the road is a small house,
formerly the office of the glass factory, which Mr. Willis H.
Draper bought and changed to a dwelling, in which he lived
several years. He removed to Nashua, and the house is now
owned by Mr. J. Alonzo Carkin and occupied by his brother,
Fred Carkin.

Turning from the latter house towards the village again, the
house on the right is Mr. Willie C. Carkin's, who sold it to Mr.
Harry Draper, and recently bought it back and now occupies it.

Continuing still towards the R. R. station, the house on the
left is Mr. H. E. Emery's. It was built by his uncle, Morris
M. Emery, who lived in it several years, and died in March,
1886. His wife died in 1887, and the house became the prop-

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erty of his nephew above named, as the only male heir of the
Emery family.

Across the street, nearly opposite, is the house of Mrs.
Sharpe, widow of the late Joseph Sharpe. The house was
built by Mr. William Young, who lived in it a few years, then
sold it to Mr. Sharpe, and removed to Manchester.

The next house on the same side of the street is Mr. Milo
Burton's. He is foreman on this section of the B. & M. rail-
road. The house was built by the late J. H. Tarbell, Esq.,
about the year 1877. It was for years the property of Mr.
Edward Hall, who repaired and made important changes in its
interior, and later removed to Antrim. Mr. Burton bought it
of Mr. Hall.

Nearly opposite Mr. Burton's, across the street, is Mr. W.
A. Barden's house. It was built by Mr. I,. P. Jensen, an
active, worthy citizen, a member of the Congregational church,
and for several years the efficient superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday School. He was a carpenter by trade. In 1892, he
sold his house to Mr. Barden, and removed with his family to
California.

Very close to Mr. Burton's house is that which was originally
built on the same plan, and by the same person, J. H. Tarbell,
Esq. It was for several years owned by Mr. Mullin, a glass
worker, who, after the closing of the glass works here, removed
to New York State. It was let a few years to Mr. A. J.
Marshall ; afterwards, it was bought and occupied by Herbert
A. Cheever, and after a few years, was sold to Mr. S. S. Harts-
horn, its present owner.

The next house across the way, and set back from the street,
is that built and occupied by the late Mr. Byron Putnam. It
is now the property of his adopted daughter, K. Frances Put-
nam, who is now Mrs. James A. G. Putnam.

Passing under the railroad bridge still west, the house on the
right hand, reached by two sets of steps ascending the terraces,
is the home of Mrs. Ann M., widow of the late John M. Emery.
Mr. Emery was for many years a successful teacher of both
vocal and instrumental music. He built the house, lived in it
many years, and died in it Sept. 6, 1891. It was first a cottage
of a story and a half ; but a few years ago bay windows were
added, and an increased elevation of the front gave more room
within, and gave the whole a finer appearance.

The next place on the opposite side of the street, is the resi-

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dence of Mr. Albert S, Conant, a veteran of the Civil War, and
a house carpenter, whose hands have been employed on many
of the houses in our village. His dwelling has often accom-
modated two families. Among its tenants were Charles H.
Wilson, Mrs. George Bishop, Edward Hall, Mrs. Octavia Shedd,
W. H. Cheever, Mrs. Letitia McGinley, W. H. Dolliver,
Thomas Ross, J. A. Carkin, Miles Wallace, Hartwell Stephen-
sou, Will Carkin, twice, Roy Burton, Frank Haley, Mrs. Addie
M. Heath, W. H. Abbott, Dustin Wheeler, and John E. Dol-
liver, twice.

Nearly opposite Mr. Conant' s is the residence of Mrs. Fanny
Putnam and her sisters, the Misses Clara and Harriet Brown.
It was built by the late John Fletcher Holt, whose widow,
Mary A. (Brown) Holt obtained a life lease of the place. The
present occupants were her sisters, and were living with her
when she died, Jan. 29, 1897. The place then became the
property of Miss Flora M. Holt, grand-daughter of John
Fletcher Holt, and was purchased from her by Mrs. Putnam, its
present owner.

We return again to the railroad station. The house was
built by Mr. J. H. Tarbell as an armory for the Lafayette
Artillery. It occupies a portion of the ground on which the
Baptist meeting-house originally stood. Mr. Tarbell offered to
give the Baptists the lot on which their meeting-house now
stands for their old lot, and also agreed to assist them in mov-
ing their house to its location. The offer was accepted, and
the building now used as a railroad station was erected in 1863.
When the Wilton railroad came through, Mr. Tarbell sold the
place to the railr oad company. The building contains a tene-
ment in which resides the station agent, Mr. E. A. Danforth,
who has held his position about thirty years. Over the main
part of the building is a hall, used by the Lafayette Artillery
until Citizens' Hall was built. It was known as " armory hall."

The next place north of the R. R. station is the Baptist
meeting-house, described more fully in the history of the
church.

North of the Baptist meeting-house is a lane running east-
ward, on the south side of which and directly in rear of the
meeting-house is a building used as a storehouse by Mr. Everett
Cram. On the north side of this lane are first several liorse-
sheds. Then eastward is the residence of Mr. James Colson.
The main part of the house was formerly a meat market, and

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stood across the street in front of W. H. Cheever's house. It
was then the property of Mr. Albro Wilson, who sold it to Mr.
Albert Cram and moved to Milford. Mr. Cram kept the market
a short time, assisted by Mr. D. B. Sargent, after which he sold
it to Mr. J. H. Tarbell, who moved it to its present location.
He sold it again to Mr. Miles Wallace, who kept it himself, and
let it to various persons, viz.: Roy Burton, Andrew Marshall,
Jason Holt, and Will C. Carkin, who finally bought it, and
changed it to a dwelling. Byron Putnam accepted security on
the property and the ell was added by his co-operation. Mr.
Carkin lived in it but a short time and moved to Nashua, when
it came into Mr. Putnam's possession. After his death his
heirs sold it at auction. It was bought by Mr. Milo Burton,
who sold it to John Dolliver, who recently sold it to Mr. James
Colson, its present occupant.

The next house, near the pine grove, is Mr. Albert Cram's,
who built it about the time that the railroad came into the place.
Unable to get a lot on either of the thoroughfares, Mr. Joel H.
Tarbell sold him the lot on which he built his home. His niece,
Miss Irene Cram, was brought up by her uncle, and married
Mr. Walter Patterson, and they have their home in Mr. Cram's
house.

The dwelling next north of the Baptist church is the so-called
" brown cottage," now the home of Mrs. Edwin Swasey. The
late Joel H. Tarbell gave Mrs. Swasey, his sister, the use of
this property during her life. Mr. Tarbell bought one of the
buildings which the R. R. company wished to dispose of, re-
moved it to this location, and remodelled it into a dwelling
house, having Mr. Albert Cram as mechanic.

For a time Mr. Tarbell fitted up a small dry goods store in the
front part of the house, and stocked it for his grand-daughter,
Miss Minnie Stacey. But the business did not seem to pay, and
so was soon given up. The rooms were again changed into
living apartments, and were occupied a while by Mrs. E. C.
Tarbell and son, Charles H.; and also, by Mr. Dustin Wheeler
and J. A. Carkin. They are now the home of Mr. Roy N.
Putnam, our postmaster.

Passing by the ' ' Pine Grove House ' ' already described, and
going toward Greenfield, less than half a mile from our post-
office are four more dwellings, which are part of South I/ynde-
borotigh. The first of these is Mrs. George Willis Hadley's
house, two-story, built in 1899 and 1900, near the railroad cross-

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ing, west of the cut. It is of modern construction and appoint-
ments, and a good windmill forces water from the wejl into all
parts of the house. It is a handsome dwelling, and the first one
in our vicinity to be furnace heated.

Farther west, on the same side of the street, is Mr. Charles
Clement's home, a pretty cottage, newly painted in 1904. Mr.
Clement is a house carpenter, who built his house in 1877, and
lived here until 1893, when he removed to Mass. He was em-
ployed several years on the bridge building department of the
N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. But last year he returned, and is now
occupying his own house. During his absence the house was
let to several tenants, among whom were Mr. Dustin Wheeler,
Mr. Dana Hadley and Mr. John Dolliver.

Opposite Mr. Clement's is the house of Mr. George M. Cram.
It was built by Mr. L,evi Tyler in its present form, and Mr.
Cram has lived in it about thirty-two years.

The road which branches from the Forest road to the centre
of the town, between Mr. G. M. Cram's house and that of Mr.
Joseph A. Blanchard, has on it three dwellings. The first of
these is about three-fourths of a mile from the Forest road, and
is the Kidder place,, now the home of Ethan A. Woodward.
Mr. W. married Elizabeth Rebecca Kidder, the only living child
of Mr. Franklin H. Kidder, and through his wife and also the
good will of her parents, he, after his wife's decease on July 20,
1904, became possessor of that part of the original Kidder es-
tate. The succession was John, Ephraim, Thomas, Franklin
Holt, Elizabeth Rebecca (Kidder) Woodward.

On what was also a part of the John Kidder place is the home
of Fred Moore, son of Harriet Moore, whose mother was Martha
Harriet (Kidder) Moore, wife of Cyrus Moore. The latter is
credited with having built the house in which his grandson now
lives.

Next north of this lives Mrs. Mary, widow of the late Deacon
S. S. Cummin gs. The house is now the home of one of her
grand-daughters, Mrs. Hayford, who has two children. Deacon
Cummings died in 1897, and Mrs. C. keeps possession of the
home. The house was built by Mr. Francis Johnson, the father
of J. A. Johnson, Esq.

Next west of Mr. Cram's is the residence of Mr. Joseph A-
Blanchard, nearly in front of a road which comes in from the
southwest to the Forest road. The place is said to have had
three dwellings on it. A little to the north of the present house

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was one in which Mr. Daniel Cram used to live. He sold out
to Mr. Samuel Woodward, the father of the late Foster Wood-
ward. Mr. I,evi Tyler was next owner, who built the present
dwelling and sold to John Lynch, who again sold to Mr. Luke
A.* Lucas, Mr. Blanchard's predecessor. He, the latter, has
been the longest occupant of it. He was a soldier in the 8th
N. H. V., and was in the battle of Port Hudson.

On the same road farther west is the home of Elmer E.
Blanchard, son of Joseph A. He succeeded Frank Eaton,
whose parents died on the place and were carried to Somerville,
Mass., for burial. The place had been previously owned by
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, a member of the Baptist church,
called " Baptist Joe," to distinguish him from brickmaker Joe,
who was called " Brick Joe." The latter was the father of our
townsman, Mr. Rufus Chamberlain. The Eatons bought the
place of Mr. Byron Putnam, from whom Mr. Blanchard also
bought it.

A short distance farther on, the old road passed up the hill a
little west of north, to the Jotham Hildreth1 place, home of both
father and son of that name. The old road passed by the Hil-
dreth place and continued nearly the same Bourse, and came out
at the Forest road near the No. 9 schoolhouse. After the late
Jotham Hildreth's death Mr. Herbert Wilkerson bought the
place and sold it to the late Mr. Humphrey Gould, whose family
have greatly improved the house and its surroundings, make it
their permanent home and also entertain summer guests.

Near this house on its north side, is a road which crosses the
old road and passes down the hill, crossing the Forest road near
Mr. Edward Dolliver's, and descending a steep hill, turns
sharply to the left, at its foot, and crosses the B. & M. R. R.
A little farther on, it crosses the Rocky River. At this point in
early days was Sargent's mill, a wool carding and fulling mill.
Later a cabinet shop was carried on here, by John Newell and
still later by Daniel Cragin, now of Wilton, who for a while had
Mr. Albert Cram as a partner. He sold to Mr. Gage, and the
latter to Mr. Jacob Crosby, who died suddenly while owner.
After his death Mr. Alvaro Buttrick bought it and carried it on
a number of years, and sold it to Warren A. Eaton. The latter
carried it on till his health failed and he removed to Somerville,
Mass. He had made a number of improvements in the way of
repairs in both the mill and dwelling. The property was

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bought by Mr. George W. Eastman, who managed it but a
short time, and sold out to its present owner, B. W. Colburn.

The next neighbor west of this is Mr. G. W. Eastman. By
trade he is a jeweller and repairs clocks, watches, etc. He
came to the farm for his health and has added to his farm wdrk
the management of a green house, doing considerable business
as florist. He also works at his trade as opportunities offer.
His place was previously the home of the late Adoniram
Russell.

The straight road up the hill northwest of Mr. Eastman's
leads to Mr. William Dolliver's. His predecessor was David S.
Draper. Thomas J. Draper afterwards lived with his father,
David S., took care of him in his last days and succeeded in
ownership of the place. After the latter 's decease Mr. Dolliver
bought it.

West of the last named William Dolliver, lives his brother,
Samuel Dolliver, in the old home of his ancestors. The house
is reported to have been built by John Beasom who came here
from Marblehead, Mass, in 1775 with his father, Philip. The
latter was the grandfather of the late Capt. John Dolliver, who
lived and died where, his son Samuel now lives.

Starting again from the village of South I^ydeborough, at the
western crossing of the railway, a short- piece of the highway
passes southwest from the Forest road towards Temple. After
crossing the track of B. & M. R. R., the first house, now occu-
pied by Mrs. Dale, was the residence of the late Joel H. Tar-
bell, Esq., and here both he and his wife ended their days. It
was formerly both the store and the residence of Mr. William
W. Young who sold his entire property to the R. R. company,
and returned to Chelsea, Mass., about 1874. The R. R. com-
pany sold the store to Mr. Tarbell who was its original builder.
He moved it back from the railroad and changed it wholly into
a dwelling, occupying it till his death, in 1891. His wife, also,
Mrs. Esther Putnam Tarbell, continued to reside here till she
died, in November, 1901. After this, Mr. Andrew J. Marshall,
a civil war veteran, with greatly impaired health, lived in a part
of the house, and died in March, 1902.

Mrs. Dale became the next tenant and continues so in 1905.

The next biiilding is the hair-dressing shop of Mr. John Page,
put up about the time that the location of a glove factory was
anticipated in our village.

The next place is the home of Mr. Roy Burton, who bought

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the place of Mr. Andy Cram. The latter lived here many years,
and made considerable addition to it. Here lived Mr. Joel Tar-
bell, father of Capt. Joel H., and also Mrs. Abigail Hadley.

Near this, on the opposite side of the street, is the home of
Mr. A. T. Ford, whose wife died here a few weeks ago. On
this ground was an old house occupied in 1835 by Ebenezer
Pearson, Jr., the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell.
It was later the home of Mr. Joseph H. Ford. The old house
was torn down and the present one built by Mr. A. T. Ford,
who is a carpenter and wheelwright, and has a small shop near
his house. Other tenants were Dustin Wheeler and Mrs. Le-
titia McGinley. ,

Close by Mr. Ford's shop is the blacksmith shop of Mr.
W. H. Abbott.

Still westward on the south side of the road is the house said
to have been built for the miller who conducted the Bradford
grist mill. The house stands a little away from the roadside, and
previous to 1840 was the home of Elijah Upton, who married
first, Alice Putnam, and second, Sally Bradford, daughter of the
mill owner. It became afterwards the home of Salathiel Lidson
Wheeler, and is now the property of his widow, who lives with
her daughter Minnie, the wife of George Blanchard, in Green-
field.

Fred A. Carkin was living here when in June, 1904, he be-
came the victim of a mysterious and almost fatal accident. He
was assisting to kill and bury a horse when a bullet glanced
from the animal, struck Mr. Carkin in the chest, and, as
was supposed, lodged near his spinal column. Much sym-
pathy was felt for him and his family of wife and six little
children, and the kindly assistance possible was extended
generally. He lingered long on the boundary, seemingly be-
tween life and death, but has survived till now, July, 1905, and
is able to perform some light kinds of labor.

The house is much out of repair, and is at present vacant.

After ascending the steep hill west of the river, one comes to
the residence of Mr. Isaac Lowe, where reside also Mr. Jason
Holt and his son-in-law, Mr. John Curtis. The buildings are
pleasantly situated and comparatively new. On this place,
about a century ago, lived Thomas Bradford, son of Capt. John
Bradford of Amherst, and brother of Ephraim Putnam Bradford,
the long time pastor of the Presbyterian church, New Boston.
Thomas Bradford came here from Hancock about 1803. He

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was the owner of the grist mill above mentioned. Both he and
his wife died on the place. His son, James C., lived with his
parents, and received the place for the service rendered them in
their last days. James afterward sold the place to Andrew
Tyler, and Mr. Tyler again sold it to Mr. Charles Tarbell, his
brother-in-law, who lived on the place several years, and sold to
Mr. Lowe, the present owner.

The next place southwest is Mr. Benjamin Martin's. He
came here from Hancock about three years ago, and has again
sold his place and is about to leave town.

The house was built by Mr. James C. Bradford. Others who
made their home here for a time were John Emery, William
Young, Charles Young, F. H. Hallett and Mr. Martin.

Again ascending a steep hill to a kind of landing, we reach
the home of Mr. Frank Winn, on the south side of the road.
He purchased the place a little more than a year ago, from
Mrs. Houghton of Boston, who had owned the place as a sum-
mer residence for about two years. She bought the place from
Mr. George Murch, who had owned it about ten years, having
bought it of Mr. Edward Weston, who was the successor of his
father-in-law, Mr. Artemas Woodward. Mr. Woodward built
the barn, one of the large, fine barns of the town. Mr. Murch
was a carpenter and made additions to the house and repaired
it much. He also built the carriage house.

Walter S. Murdo and wife, Hattie D. (Steele) Murdo lived
here a short time, as tenant for Mrs. Houghton ; as did also
Mr. Richard Cram and wife.

This is known as one of the very old places of the town,
begun by John Cram, Jr., son of John, the first settler, and
afterwards owned by Benjamin Cram. It is said that three
Benjamin Crams lived here at one time.

Rising another steep, westward from Frank Winn's place,
one comes to Mr. Pettingill's place. He married Clara N.,
daughter of the late Mr. William Ryerson, March, 1897, and
has since been a resident on this place.

It is the old place of Ephraim Putnam who came here from
Danvers, Mass., and who, to distinguish him from two others
of the same name in the town, was called " Danvers Ephraim."
He owned a large tract of land in L,yndeborough. He died
May u, 1821, aged 76. His son Ephraim succeeded him in
the old homestead. He was known as Ephraim 2nd. He
married Esther, daughter of Ebenezer Pearson, Jr. They were

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the parents of Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell, whose maiden name was
Esther Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Tarbell lived on this
place several years after the death of Mrs. T's parents, and sold
the place to William N. Ryerson, whose widow still lives in her
old home with Mr. and Mrs. Pettingill.

Going still westward the next place is that of Mr. Azro D.
Cram. The house was built by Mr. Jonathan Putnam, brother
of Ephraim Putnam, 2nd, for his son, Jonathan Putnam, Jr.

Still westward and up another quite steep hill, fifty or sixty
rods away, is the home of Mr. J. C. Miller. This was first the
home of Jonathan Putnam above named, who lived and died
there. His son, Ephraim Hildreth Putnam, commonly called
" Hildreth " Putnam, lived here with his parents, and also after
their death. He sold the place to Benjamin F. Tenney, and the
latter sold it to Solomon Cram, the father of Azro, above named.
Mr. Orin Cram, one of his sons, lived here with his father, and
after his father's death sold the place to Mr. Benjamin Gould,
who sold to Mr. Miller, its present owner, and went to Califor-
nia. This is very near the height of land on this highway.

After passing Mr. Miller's, a person will descend quite a
steep way and then come to a level spot where once stood a
dwelling. This was the home of a Mr. Hodgeman, who mar-
ried the oldest daughter of Mr. Solomon Cram. Mr. Hodgeman
was killed by lightning here, and his widow afterwards mar-
ried Alban Buttrick.

The next building on that road is the schoolhouse of district
No. 5. The road passes on westward a short distance and in-
tersects with the road which runs from L,yndeborough Centre
past the Hildreth place toward Temple.

South of this last intersection are two others before the main
road reaches the Wilton line. The first turns southwest and
passes the home of Mr. Foster, who bought the place about
two years ago. He is a painter and paper-hanger as well as a
farmer. He bought of Mrs. Thomas Dale. Others who had previ-
ously lived there were Samuel K. Russell, George H. Blood
and John Fletcher, who probably built the house. It is the last
house before reaching the Temple line.

An eighth of a mile farther south a lane turns to the right to
the home of Marshall B. Richards. The place was occupied
about a century ago by Jedediah Russell, a revolutionary sol-
dier, and afterwards by his son, a soldier of 1812. It was owned

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later by Herman Wright, Edward D. Smith and its present
owner.

On the southward road a short distance away, are the fine
buildings of W. W. Burton, the last before reaching the Wilton
line. Here at the southwest corner of our town is one of its fine
farms. The place contains 273 acres and was owned by the
present Mr. B's father, Dexter Burton, in his day prominent
among the military men of this district.

Commencing again at E. W. Dolliver's intersection on the
way towards Greenfield, the first house is that of Mr. Sewall M.
Buck, a painter and paper-hanger by trade. His house stands
back from the highway, and was formerly the home of Capt.
William Button, who married Sarah, daughter of John Beasom,
and they brought up a large family on this place. The Button
heirs sold the place to Israel Cram, and he bequeathed it to the
Congregational church, whose agents, N. T. Mclntire and Peter
Clark, sold it to Mr. Buck, a civil war veteran, and an upright,
industrious citizen.

Nearly west from Mr. Buck's is the cellar of what was
known as the ' ' The Mountain House, ' ' conducted for a time by
Mark B. L,angdell, who was succeeded by several others. Its
reputation was none of the best ; and when it burned to the
ground, there was very little lamentation over it among law-
abiding citizens, it is said.

Nearly opposite this, between the small cemetery and the in-
tersection of " the gulf road," is the house known as the Crosby
house. It is now owned by Roy Burton, son of John Hale Bur-
ton, and son-in-law of Mr. S. M. Buck. It is at present the
home of Mr. Holden, who married the owner's sister. It was
previously the home of Abram Wright, John Flint, William
Bolliver, and perhaps others, but took its name from Benjamin
Crosby, a worthy and highly esteemed citizen.

About half a mile away on the direct road to Greenfield is
the old cellar of the house of John Stephenson, who appears to
have been the son of the John Stephenson who called the first
meeting under the town charter. He built the mill on Rocky
River which has now disappeared, though traces of the old mill
dam remain. The place is thought to have been owned previ-
ously by John Woodward and Chase Hadley.

Next on the Forest road towards Greenfield, and standing
far back from it on the right hand is the house of Mr. George
Newton. The old road was crooked and went near the house.

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The Forest road avoided the bends and left the houses some-
times inconveniently situated. It was formerly the home of
Harvey M. Newton, Mark Hadley and perhaps Thomas Bof-
fee. The place is the last in I^yndeborough on that road. For
Thomas Boffee see pp, 174 and 175.

The old road to Peterborough, after crossing the bridge near
the site of the Stephenson saw- mill, passes up by the house of
Jotham Sumner Stephenson, a grandson of the builder of the
mill. The house was for a time the home of his aunt, Mary
Stephenson. He bought the place of Josiah Swinington, who
built the house and for a time lived in it. To distinguish him
from his father, Jotham, he is known as Sumner Stephenson.

Passing south through Mr. Stephenson 's door-yard, twenty
or more rods away, is the old building for many years the dwell-
ing of Job and Betsey Swinington. They were among the con-
stituent members of the Baptist Church, (p. 338.) The old
building is no longer used as a dwelling, but serves as a poultry
house.

Passing on still west on the Peterborough road from Mr.
Stephenson's there is the old cellar of a small house built by
Olney Butler ; and next is a house now occupied by Leon Dra-
per, a son of the late James Draper of Greenfield. It was built
for a harness shop by Horace Butler, and was later the home
of Lucinda Searles, who died in March, 1888. The house has
been unoccupied much of the time since, till Mr. Draper found
a home in it.

The last house in I^yndeborough on this old road is that occu-
pied by Mrs. Emery, a widow, and a sister of the last-named
I^eon Draper. Till a recent day this place was the property of
the late Dr. James Butler of Dempster, a son of Jacob Butler
and grandson of Jonathan Butler, a Revolutionary hero. (See
Roll p. 176.) This house was doubtless built by Jonathan, and
was in the hands of his grandson till within a very few years.
The barn connected with this house has a historic interest. It
was the old town house which served the Congregational
Church as their third meeting-house, and was only given up
after they built their present church, in 1837. It was after-
wards sold to Jacob Butler, who took it down, piecemeal, and
transferred it to its present site. The mechanism of it reflects
no whit of discredit upon its builders.

Between the bridge over Rocky River and the house of Mr.
Sumner Stephenson a road turns to the right, which is a con-

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tinuation of the gulf road. There is on it but a single dwelling
before the Greenfield line is reached, and this has been vacant
much of the time in years past. It belongs to Mr. William
Fish, who bought it of Everett Swinington, its builder. Ever-
ett and Josiah were sons of Job and Betsey Swinington.

This accounts for nearly all the places on the west side of the
town whose owners' post-office address was South I^yndeborough
until Rural Free Delivery was established, March i, 1901.

We return again to the village and commence at the school-
house in District No. 3. The lot was given, as we have heard,
for a schoolhouse. The old schoolhouse was burned, and this
present house has been its successor since about the year 1859,
and was then reported by the superintending committee, Rev.
E. B. Claggett, as "an excellent house." But that was long
ago.

One of the five ancient dwellings of the village was the par-
sonage. It was built by Daniel Putnam, Esq., previous to the
year 1800. That year, on the occasion of a military muster, he
was licensed to keep a tavern for forty-eight hours. The builder
of the house was a carpenter by trade and lived in this house,
as did also his son, David Johnson, commonly called Johnson
Putnam. Johnson was for a time organist at the centre church.
The Baptist Church held its meeting in this house when the
council convened which decided upon its recognition.

After Squire Daniel's death, the house had many tenants.
To name them in order is hardly to be expected. We give the
names obtained, viz.: William Holt, called "honest Billy,"
the first merchant, after selling his store lived there ; Ezra Dane,
also a merchant ; George W. Hutchinson, the Christian minis-
ter ; William Duncklee, Joseph H. Ford, Morris Emery and
William Young, of whom it was bought for a parsonage in
1876. Since then all the pastors of the Baptist Church, S. B.
Macomber, William R. Warner, H. G. Hubbard, Gaylord B.
Smith and D. Donovan have lived in it.

The nearest neighbor east of the parsonage is Mr. C. H.
Tarbell, son of C. F. Tarbell, deceased, and grandson of the
late Capt. Joel H. Tarbell. The house was built by J. Alonzo
Carkin in 1893. After occupying it a short time, he moved
out of town. It was then let for a time to Dustin Wheeler, and
was afterwards purchased by Walter S. Tarbell, who sold it to
his brother, C. H. The latter added the two-story ell part and
the neat veranda at front and east side.

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Farther up the road on its north side is the homestead of Dea-
con David Putnam. The house was built by Deacon David,
who died in 1870. David Putnam, his son, made alterations in
it and added to it, but a few years ago arranged to have the
place carried on by his eldest son, Algernon W. Putnam. The
latter, in 1903, greatly enlarged the house by building the
two-story central part, which, with the western wing, he oc-
cupies, while his parents reside in the eastern part.

Still farther east, on the brow of the long hill, south of the
old road to the centre, is the neat, well-kept cottage of Mr.
Lawrence of Cambridge, Mass. From the broad veranda added
by Mr. Lawrence to this fine cottage, may be obtained one of the
broadest, pleasantest views afforded by any point in our town.
To the we.st and southwest are the grand old mountains, and to
the south are the Wilton highlands, cut by the turbulent Souhe-
gan, winding its course through Milford and Amherst toward
the valley of the Merrimack and the sea.

Mr. L,. bought the place from Capt. Mclntire of Hyde Park,
Mass., who had owned it a few years. He got it of C. Henry
Holt, whose second wife was Hattie L/owe, daughter of Mr.
John Lowe, and whose only daughter, Effie Holt, was sole heir
to the property. Mr. Holt took care of his wife's parents in
their closing days, and had charge of the estate on behalf of his
daughter Effie, who received the avails of the sale in due time.
Mr. Lowe had purchased of Lorenzo Holt, a carriage painter,
who was a brother of C. Henry, and removed to Peterborough.
He bought the house from the builders of it, John F. and
Harvey Holt.

Nearest neighbor east of Mr. Lawrence is Mr. E. H. Putnam,
whose place is doubtless one of the oldest in town. Who built
the house does not seem to be known to the family occupying it
or to our oldest inhabitants. At some point on this place, John
Cram, so far as present evidence indicates, the first settler in
Lyndeborough, built his home in 1736, or thereabouts. Tradi-
tion credits him with having command of the garrison-house, or
fort, a command which seems to have been ^transferred to his
son-in-law, Ephraim Putnam, after he sold him the place.
Ephraim Putnam took possession in 1753, the year that the
town took the name of Lyndeborough. The house in which he
first lived here was destroyed by fire, but he built a new house.
Neither the date of the fire nor of the erection of new house has
been positively ascertained. Valuable records are said to have

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been consumed in the old house. It was in the house of
Ephraim Putnam that "the first meeting in L,yndeborough in
the interests of a settled ministry " was held Sept. 3, 1756. The
new house was, very likely, that in which his son, Ensign
David, lived, who was also deacon of the church at the centre.
It seems to have been Ensign David who, after attending a
council called for the ordination of a pastor which refused to or-
dain on account of unsound doctrinal views, said, "We have
had a flustration instead of an ordination."

Col. Timothy Putnam, a son of Ensign David, also seems to
have lived in it for a time. Joshua Sargent also owned the
place once, and lived here with his daughter Ruthy and her
husband, Captain Israel Putnam, and here he ended his days.
The house stood on the corner, nearly in front of what is now
Mr. Lawrence's summer cottage, until July 23, 1883, when it
was torn down, and found lined with brick between the boards
and lathing of the lower story, perhaps both a reminder and
successor of the old fort of Indian war times.

A few rods in front of this house a road turned sharply to the
west and passed on to the house of David Putnam, Jr., a
son of Ensign David Putnam. David, Jr., built the old
house on what is now the D. P. Hartshorn place. He sold
out to John Hartshorn, David P.'s father, whose wife was
Susanna B. Putnam, and then built the house where the present
Deacon Putnam and his son Algernon live. After John Harts-
horn took possession, he built the " Hillside House," and was
for many years a thrifty and prosperous farmer. This is said to
be the first place in Lyndeborough to entertain summer board-
ers, and the house has been filled many seasons with influential
and honored guests.

A short distance east of the above house is the home of Mr.
F. B. Richards, a brother-in-law of Mr. D. P. Hartshorn. Mr.
R. built here soon after his marriage to Miss lyizzie Hartshorn,
and considerate of the filial spirit of his wife, who wished to live
near her excellent mother, concurred with her in locating near
her old home. Mr. R. and family have been the sole occupants
of this place, including Mrs. R.'s portion of her father's estate.

Returning again to the intersection of the road, to the place
once fixed upon as the centre of old Salem-Canada township,
where was the home of John Cram, the first settler, we may
delay a few moments for a glance at his family and connections.
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remarkably near his first home. It is quite probable this was
the house of Kphraim Putnam which was burned. His oldest
son, Capt. Jonathan, lived over the hill southeast of Mr. I^uther
Cram's, on what is known as the John A. Putnam place. His
daughter Phebe married Moses Stiles, who lived southeast of'
his home, and almost within hailing distance. His son Joseph
owned the place now known as the Emery Holt place. His
daughter Huldah married Ephraim Woodward, and lived
toward the north part of the town. His son John settled in Wil-
ton, where Ephraim Putnam first settled, almost in sight of his
father's home. It looks as though he might have exchanged
places with his sister's husband, with his father as intermediary.
Sarah Cram married Ephraim Putnam and came back to live in
the old home. Elizabeth, twin sister of Sarah, married Jona-
than Chamberlain, Sr., who received seventy-five acres of lot 41,
for taking care of Joseph Cram and giving him Christian burial.
The most likely conjecture about the building of the house in
which Edwin H. Putnam now lives is that it was built by Jona-
than Chamberlain, above named. The house seems to be on lot
41 and on the part of it deeded to him. Benjamin Cram, also a
twin son, settled in I^yndeborough, probably on the place where
Percy H. Putnam now lives. Thus the Crams, Stiles', Wood-
wards, Putnams, Chamberlains and others whom we cannot now
name, were drawn together and united with each other, and
large sections of their estates were not only in plain view, but
also widely contiguous. Thinking then of the central point
again, the oldest house, unquestionably, on Putnam Hill at
present is Mr. E. H. Putnam's.

Many years ago a very aged man called at the place that he
might once more see the home of his early days. It was
a Mr. Herrick who had gone west and returned to visit his
native place. Here lived Timothy Thurston Putnam, who was
Albert Hardy's successor, and here at an earlier day lived John
Carleton. A complete list does not seem at this date attainable.

About northeast from Mr. E. H. Putnam's, and in plain sight
from the dooryard is the home of Mr. Emery Holt and also of
his eldest son, Harvey and family. The main part of the
house faces the road, and is two-story in front. Extending
back from the rear of the two-story part is an older part whic
is one-story, and connects with the other buildings. A structure
older than either of these was taken away to give place for the
present one. This was built by John F. Holt who lived here

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himself, and whose father lived in the older part. Joseph
Cram, a son of John, the first settler, is said to have owned the
place first. It seems to have been owned later by both Daniel
and John Chamberlain,* who were probably grandchildren of
Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, Joseph's sister, who, with her
husband, had the care of her brother in his last days, and aided
in giving him " Christian burial." It joins the Manuel place
on the southwest, and in the pasture southeast of the house is
found a very ancient and almost obliterated cellar hole. Mr.
Emery Holt bought the place of his kinsman, John Fletcher
Holt, and has lived here many years.

About a half-mile northeast of Mr. Emery Holt's the road
divides, the right hand branch going toward the meeting-house
and the left hand going very nearly north towards the Stephen-
son homestead, now occupied by Mr. Willis J. Stephenson.
This name seems to be variously pronounced and spelled, as if
Stimson and Stinson. The schedule attached to the Masonian
Charter, and the charter itself, each, contains the name in one of
these forms. From these records it is evident that David Stinson
or Stimson owned a share in the town, numbered, Home L,ot 48 ;
together with Second Division I^ots 58 and 59, before it was
chartered under the name of L,yndeborough, that is, before Dec.
5, 1753.1 The Rev. Frank G. Clark wrote, that " David
Stephenson and wife settled on the farm still called by that
name, and owned early in the history of the town the lots north
and northwest. "J Mr. Stephenson's house. was built by his
father, the late Jonathan Stephenson, who passed away in his
97th year ; long a prominent man in the business and counsels
of the town, selectman, town clerk, overseer of the poor and
town representative. He built on the site of the former house
which burned down, and in which many of his valuable papers
were destroyed.

Retracing our way back to the road which passed the furnace
and the cemetery, the next dwelling is that of Mr. Rufus
Chamberlain, south from the cemetery. Mr. Chamberlain built
the house in which he lives. It stands on the farm which con-
tained 75 acres, deeded to his great grandfather, Jonathan
Chamberlain, by the Cram heirs, on condition of his supporting
his brother-in-law, Joseph Cram, and giving him " Christian

* The late Mrs. S. P. Hartshorn testified that "John Chamberlain made nails at the
iron furnace " before Henry and James Cram 2nd. carried it on. He was probably the
maker of those referred to on page 457.

t See Charter, p. 48, and Schedule, p. 53. \ S-C., p. 27.

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burial." An older house had been removed from this site to
make place for the new one. In the old house had lived Henry
Cram, who owned and operated the furnace, and also his son
Peter, who was a capable man and an honored citizen. The
latter sold his place and later went West to live. It was after-
wards sold to Mr. Chamberlain who now has passed his eighty-
sixth milestone, and is honored and respected by his fellow-citi-
zens.

The next place is Mr. Luther Cram's. Here he has culti-
vated his ancestral acres and built the fine house in which he
lives. It stands on the brow of a broad hill which overlooks the
South village nestling in the basin to the westward. It is reached
from the west by a beautiful avenue shaded by fine maple trees
of his own planting, adding a special charm to the place of his
nativity. The view obtained from his summer house, a little to
the south of his dwelling, is unsurpassed even among the many
grand and pleasing prospects of the town. He is now one of
the sturdy, aged men of our town, clear-headed and liberal
minded. Though he looks somewhat old, " his age is as a lusty
winter, frosty but kindly." He is one of the history committee,
and has assisted much in securing the publication of the history
of his native town. He has served the town in all the principal
offices within its gift.

The place next south of Mr. L,. Cram's is Mr. Elbert Barrow's.
Mr. Barrow is a son-in-law of the late Mr. E. J. Hardy, and
came here from the West about three years ago, and bought the
place on which Mr. Charles Carr had lived. The latter bought
of Mr. Nello Tarbell, who had lived on it about a year. It
had been sold to him by Albert Cram of the fifth generation
from the first settler. The house was built by James Cram,
2nd, Albert's father. Mr. Barrow, since coming here to live,
has added to his estate, which is partly in Wilton, about fifty
acres more of Wilton territory.

The next place going east was formerly that of Uriah Cram,
a Revolutionary minute-man, and grandson of the first settler.
The cellar of his old house which was two story (see Revolution-
ary roll, p. 182), is but partially covered by the new building
erected by the late John A. Putnam, whose widow now occupies
it. She was Louise Cram, daughter of Joseph, and grand-
daughter of Uriah Cram. Here her sister, Harriet Russell,
ended her days in November, 1900. Her grandchildren, the
Misses Bertha and Susie Chenery, have here a home with her.

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The barn connected with this house covers a portion of the
cellar of the old house of Capt. Jonathan Cram, the eldest son
of John, who came here from Massachusetts soon -after his
father came. He was a prominent man in town. Five sons
and two daughters were settled in Lyudeborough, Jonathan
who later lived in Wilton, David, Jacob, Solomon and Uriah.
The daughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, married respectively,
John Carkin and Ephraim Putnam 3rd. Jonathan is said to
have served in the French and Indian war before coming to
Salem-Canada.

The place east of his is known as the Ellinwood place.
Samuel Ellinwood lived in school district number three in 1808,
and Samuel Ellingwood and Ira S. Ellinwood were reported in
1819 as having produced certificates that they were " members
of the Baptist Society." (See page 337.) Samuel is reported
to have lived to a great age and died on this place. There re-
mains only the old cellar now to show where his house once
stood .

Southeast of this place near the Wilton line was the place
called the "Russell Place." The Russell who lived there was
probably Jedediah, Jr., as given in the tax list of school district
number three in 1808. There is now no dwelling on the place ;
but the old cellar shows where it once stood.

PLACES IN DISTRICT NO. 6.

As one passes out of school district No. 3, towards district
No. 6, the first habitation reached there is that of A. A.
Melendy. This is another of the old places of the town. On
it lived Jacob, son of Jonathan Cram. He was one of the
petitioners for the provincial charter in 1763, married Isabel
Hutchinson, and was prominent in trying to have the meeting
house nearer the settlers in that part of the town. This re-
sulted in his having the preaching at his house a fourth of the
time. (See page 282.) His successor on the place was his
son-in-law, Andrew Harwood, and then his grandson, Andrew
Harwood, Jr., Dexter K. Holt and A. A. Meleudy.

Mr. Melendy's next neighbor towards Milford is Mr. E. E.
Ivowe, His predecessor was Daniel Austin and his again, Per-
sons Holt. Before Mr. Holt was Samuel Hartshorn, whose
father was John Hartshorn, born in I,yndeborough March 26,
1756, married Sarah Batchelder, born in the same town, June
26, 1762. This was the original Hartshorn place.

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The next place east was the Eben Batchelder home. He is
said to have come from South Reading, Mass., where he married
Betsey Dix. He seems to have been the father-in-law of John
Hartshorn whose farm adjoined his. Mr. Batchelder's succes-
sors were Charles Harvey Holt and William P. Holt.

The place of Mr. George W. Parker is the next on the road ;
and many think it the most famous fruit farm in New Hamp-
shire, if not in New England. He made the cultivation of
fruit a specialty, and by his success in this line has given not
only his own townsmen but those of other towns and of a wide
section of the country a genuine surprise. He raises apples,
peaches and plums, and the finer varieties of these and his
harvests in bearing years are rich and remunerative. The
skilful management of his place is quite a marvel, and does
credit to the owner and to his town.

On this place is also a mineral spring whose medicinal proper-
ties in many cases produce marked results. Its medicinal
property " is due to three things: its carbonate of magnesia,
its great purity, and the suitable proportions of its constitu-
ents." The carbonate of magnesia which seems to be the most
prominent constituent is described as "antacid, laxative and
antilithic."

Mr. Parker's predecessors on this farm were, probably, Ed-
ward Bevins, Jr., a Revolutionary hero, who is said to have
been the pioneer settler on or near that place. (See Old Deeds
No. 15, p. 483.) The section of the town in which this farm
lies was in the early days known as Bevins' corner. In this
connexion a story of feminine prowess is told which seems too
good to miss. " Sally Bevens was accustomed to assist her
neighbors at hay-making and harvesting. And once, on her
return home, she heard her pig squealing vociferously. Satis-
fied as to the cause of it, she seized a good, stout fire-brand and
sped to the rescue. She overhauled the burdened foe, engaged
him with her brand, and though his claws cruelly tore the flesh
from her shoulder and upper arm, so that she carried the marks
to her grave, she yet proved victor, routed the bear and saved
her pork. ' '

Such was the pluck shown in many of our early settlements.
Others who succeeded in possession of that place were David
Perham, Josiah M. Parker and its present owner, who appears
to have surpassed all others in rendering it productive.

Mr. Harry R. Chase lives on a part of what is called the old

528 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Blanchard place. The first of that name on it was, perhaps,
Lieutenant Jotham. His successors were Asa, and Asa, Jr., the
father of Mrs. G. W. Parker, Mrs. Chase and also Mrs. G. G.
Hatch. Mr. Chase is living on what has been called the Asa
Blanchard farm.

The next place is the home of Mr. Hodgen. Before him, it
was that of Charles Savage. He was preceded by Charles and
H. M. Tarbell who bought of Ezra F. Melzar. The latter
married Susan E., daughter of James Pearson who came to
I/yndeborough in 1829 and removed to Milford in 1856, where
he died, 1879. Mr. Pearson left the farm soon after the mar-
riage of his daughter to Mr. Melzar, and the latter sold it and
removed to Milford about nine years later. The place is known
as the Pearson place.

The McAllister place is the name by which Mr. Elmer B.
Parker's farm is now known. Mr. Parker married L/ula E.
McAllister whose father, George S., died March 22, 1904, and
the young people are now carrying on the place. The place
was sold to Mr. McAllister by Dexter Kendall Holt. Its present
owner, like his father, George W. Parker, is a fruit grower, and
rivals his father's skill in its cultivation.

Next to this is what is known as the Emerson Batchelder
place. It has been for many years the home of his son, John
C., who made a specialty of grape culture, and raised great
quantities and wonderfully fine samples of that fruit. He de-
parted this life Aug. n, 1904, and his son George is continuing
the work of his famed father. On the place are two sets of
buildings, and it has been justly noted for its excellent grapes.

The next house is the last in Lyndeborough before reaching
the Milford line, and belongs to Mrs. Charles L,eroy Hutchinson.
The place was previously owned by Israel Porter Holt, and was
then called the " Porter Holt " place. Before that it was owned
by Milo Robbins, and earlier still by Russell Robbins.

Returning again to the road which goes from Mr. Harry R.
Chase's to Wilton, a small dwelling near Mr. Chase's is the
home of Mr. J. W. Chute. David Perham has been named as
the builder.

On the road from Perham corner to Wilton, the first turn to
the right leads to the late Mr. Harvey Perham's place, now the
home of his widow and youngest son and daughter. The .son
is carrying on the place, which seems to have been part of the
old Perham homestead. The succession traced back seems to

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be John, Harvey, John, Oliver 2nd, Oliver, revolutionary hero.
(See Roll, pp. 194, 195.)

A short distance northwest of the Harvey Perham place is
that of John A. Bullard. It was previously owned by Charles
Tarbell, whose predecessor was Jonathan Mclntire. It was the
home of John Perham, father of Harvey.

Farther along on that road is the Joseph Perham place. Mr.
Perhain is said to have been a large man, and to have worn more
than a number twelve boot. He was a brother of John above
named. His place was the last on that road before reaching
the Wilton line. His successor was his son Rodney. After him
came Sylvester Small. After Mr. Small's day the place was
divided into two parts ; one of these was purchased by Mr.
Baldwin, postmaster at Wilton, who has built a fine house on it,
and the other part, south of the road, was bought by Mr.
George M. Hartshorn, who owned it a few years and then sold
it to D. Whiting & Co., of Wilton.

Returning to the Wilton road by way of Harvey Perham's,
the nearest place is that of his late brother, Otis, who was un-
married. Mr. Albert Foster is the present owner, and occu-
pying the house with him is his son-in-law, Fred H. Tarbell.

The last place in L,yndeborough on this Wilton road is that
built by Mr. Edward Powers, deceased. Mr. Fred H. Tarbell
bought the place and lived there until after the death of Mrs.
Foster, his wife's mother, when he moved his family into the
home of Mrs. Foster's father.

DISTRICTS NO. ONE, TWO, POUR, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
BY J. A. WOODWARD.

It would be impossible at this date in the history of the town
to give an absolutely correct record of the transfers of the farms.
We say ' ' impossible ' ' because in many cases the deeds of the
early transfers were never recorded, and in other cases were not
recorded until twenty or more years after the transactions took
place; and tradition is not a very safe basis upon which to
build a record.

We submit the following record as only approximately correct.
Much of the information was secured while trying to "climb
the family trees " of the people of the town ; from transcripts of
records at Exeter and Nashua made by John H. Goodrich, Esq.,
and from tradition. Except in a few instances no attempt was
made to record the changes in ownership of abandoned farms.

530 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEB ORO UGH

DISTRICT NO. I.

The Ordway place. — John Ordway first built here. Timothy
Ordway, Timothy Ordway, Jr., Walter Ordway, Amos W.
Barden, Hadley Bros., Derastus Emery, Frank E. Cummings.
Present house built by Amos W. Barden.

The Moses Chenery place. — This was a part of the Ordway
farm. John Ordway, Enoch Ordway, Moses Chenery, Moses
Chenery heirs, Charles J. Cummings.

The Hadley place. — Joshua Hadley was the first settler on
this land. The farm has always been kept in the Hadley
family. Chase Hadley, Franklin Hadley, I,evi P. Hadley,
Mrs. Minerva Hadley.

The Amos Pratt place. — This place was also a part of the
original Ordway estate. The name of the first builder on the
land is unknown. Amos Pratt, John J. Balch, David G.
Dickey, Mrs. Minerva Hadley.

The "Old Town Farm." — Eleazer Woodward took a deed
of this land from Robert Hooper, Aug. 10, 1770, and was the
first settler and builder thereon. Eleazer Woodward, Jr., town
of L,yndeborough for fifty years as town farm, George E.
Spalding, Martin Whitney, Milford Five Cents Savings Bank,
Jacob A. Woodward. The town remodeled the house but re-
tained a part of the original Woodward building.

The Nathan Richardson place. — Robert Badger was the first
settler on this land.* Nathan Richardson, Harry J. Richard-
son.

The Isaac P. French place. — William Barren took a deed of
this land from Rev. Sewall Goodridge, Sept. 28, 1768. Mr.
Barren built and kept a tavern here. Isaac P. French, Oliver
Bixby, Samuel Jones, Dexter Holt, George T. Woodward,
Charles Keyes, Frank B. Tay.

The Fiske place. — This land was chosen by the Rev. Sewall
Goodridge, according to the terms of his settlement. He was
the first settler and built the present house. Israel H. Good-
ridge, Ebenezer Fiske, Ebenezer Fisk heirs, Fred Hill (tenant),
William E. Fiske, William C. Wilder.

James H. Karr place. — Dea. David Badger was the first
settler here. He took a deed of the land from Samuel Wells,
Dec. 4, 1771. The deed called for 100 acres of land "exclu-

* There must have been a transfer between Badger and Richardson but of this we
can get no record.

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sive" of a pond. Sarah Badger, William J. Herrick, James
H. Karr.

The Manahan place. — The name of the person who first
built here is unknown. The land was originally a part of the
Dea. David Badger farm. Samuel T. Manahan, James Grant,
Daniel Woodward, Jr., Cyrus Jaquith, M. C. Clough, Percy
Goddard, Charles D. Riley.

The Herman A. Walker place. — Dr. Israel Herrick built the
house now standing on this farm. Dr. Nathan Jones, Benjamin
Jones, Nathaniel Jones, Samuel Jones, Julien E. Wright,
Herman A. Walker. Mr. Walker remodeled the house and
built the new barn in 1898.

The Dr. Benjamin Jones place. — Dr. Benjamin Jones built
the brick house standing on this land. It was the first and
only house ever built on the place. The splendid elm trees
standing in front of the house were set out as saplings the year
the house was built. Dea. William Jones, George E. Spald-
ing. Mr. Spalding tore down the old " hop house" and barns
and built the present commodious barns.

The Bixby place. — Rev. Nathaniel Merrill built the house on
this place for a parsonage. The land was given by Benj.
L,ynde either to the church or to the town, or to Mr. Merrill.
(In the absence of any record in the church, town, or society's
books it is hard at this date to say to which he gave it.) Robert
B. Tupper, Oliver Bixby, John C. Ordway, Samuel Dolliver,
Thomas A. Williams, Edward K. Warren. Mr. Williams and
Mr. Warren kept a store in the house, and it was the last abid-
ing place of the post-office at the "Centre" before that office
was discontinued.

The Richardson place. — George and Daniel Gould took a
deed of lot 70 Dec. 5, 1775, and of lot 69 July, 1783. The
grantor was John Gould. Daniel Gould first built on this land,
or more precisely, on lot 70. He kept store and tavern there
for a number of years. Jacob Richardson then bought the
place. Timothy Richardson, John Richardson, Fred A. Rich-
ardson. About 1857 John Richardson tore down the Gould
buildings and erected the present house, ell, and later the barn.

The Parsonage.— Built by the Congregational Society in 1837
and occupied by the pastors of the Congregational church ever
since.

The Old Store house.— Built by Daniel or George Gould in the
decade 1780-1790. It was George who probably built the

532 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

house, as Daniel built on the Richardson place. But Daniel
lived inihe house at one time. It was one of the historic houses
of the town. It was a large, square, two-storied building, with
a long ell in which was kept the store. Town meeting day the
store was thronged by the townspeople to buy the famous gin-
gerbread of those days, and to purchase other special bargains
offered by the storekeeper " for that day only."

It was the rendezvous of competitive hunting parties, and if
the traditions are true, the hunters used to buy, beg and steal
game just the same as now. It was there that the men and
boys of the vicinity resorted at evening time to swap stories,
hear the news, wrestle, pull stick and practice other athletic
sports almost unknown to the boys of the present day. In the
second story of the house was a large hall where singing schools
were kept. After the death of the Goulds the place changed
hands once or twice, of which changes no record can be obtained.
In 1830 it was the property of Israel H. Goodridge, then Daniel
Woodward, Jr., Daniel Woodward, Sr., William J. Herrick,
William W. Curtis. The buildings were burned, as recorded in
another chapter.

The Capt. Peter Clark place. — With Nehemiah Rand when
he came to I/yndeborough from Charlestown, Mass"., was a
young lad named Nehemiah Frost. This Frost afterward mar-
ried Irene, a daughter of Rand. Mr. Frost built the house on
this place and was the first settler on the land. After Frost,
David Farrington, Robert B. Tupper, Esq., then David, or as
better known, " Esquire "Stiles, Capt. Peter Clark, W. H. and
B. J. Clark, William H. Clark.

The Dr. William A. Jones house. — This house was built by a
stock company for Dr. W. A. Jones. The people desired to
keep a physician in town and there was no convenient tenement
for him to live in, so this house was built. On the removal of
Dr. Jones from town later, the place was sold to B. J. Clarke.
S. D. Rand, Belle I,. Boutwell.

The Wheeler house. — Built by Josiah Wheeler about 1810.
George E. Winn, Frank Joslin, Mrs. Jennie Frank, Walter
Stewart.

The Nelson Kidder place. — Nehemiah Boutwell built the first
house on this place. Nelson Kidder came to Lyndeborough,
bought the place, tore down the old house and built the present
cottage. He built a blacksmith shop on the opposite side of the
street. Thomas A. Williams, C. R. Boutwell, George Kimball.

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The Capt. Henry Clark place. — It is only a tradition who
built the house which formerly stood on this land. This tradi-
tion says that when Ebeuezer Coston sold his place to James
Boutwell he reserved this small plot of land and built a house
thereon. When torn down it was one of the oldest houses in
this section of the town. A store was kept there for a time, and
Dr. Israel Herrick had an office there when he returned to
I,yndeborough at the solicitation of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill.
Widow Creecy, Capt. Henry Clarke, Ovid Fowler, C. R. Bout-
well.

The Boutwell place. — Jonathan Cram, Jr., was undoubtedly
the first settler on this land. Dec. 24, 1760, he deeded it to
Rev. John Rand. Rand sold it to Ebenezer Coston, and Coston
deeded it to James Boutwell, Apr. 8, 1767. James Boutwell
evidently bought and sold considerable land at one time and
another. There is a record that he took a deed of a lot of land
from Asahel Brunson, paying therefor 3,000 "Spanish milled
dollars." This farm has been owned since 1767 by some mem-
ber of the Boutwell family. James Boutwell, Nehemiah Bout-
well, Rodney C. Boutwell, Benjamin J. Boutwell, Charles R.
Boutwell, Mrs. C. R. Boutwell.

The large, square house was built by Nehemiah Boutwell and
was remodeled by Charles R. Boutwell.

The Dutton cottage. — Franklin Hadley built this house as
home for his aged father and mother. For some reason they
never went there to live, and the place was sold to Eliza Cham-
berlain. Betsey E. Dutton, C. R. Boutwell, Rev. O. E. Hardy.

The Nancy Miller cottage.— Nancy Miller bought of John
Richardson the old store-house of Daniel Gould, had it removed
to this place and remodeled it into the present building. This
was about 1850.

The Abram Boutwell place.— Leonard Morse had the old
shoemaker's shop of " Esquire" Tupper moved to this place
and remodeled. Abram Boutwell, Frank Joslin.

The Raymond place.— J. Hartshorn built the house on this
place. Henry M. Stayner. William B. Raymond bought the
place in 1844 and has lived there sixty-one years. Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond have lived together man and wife sixty-nine
years, a record that is rarely equalled in New England to-day.

The Stearns place.— The house on this place was built by
William Abbott. Charles Maynard, John Stearns, Frank Stearns.

534 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

DISTRICT NO 2.

The John Chenery place. — The widow McMaster built the
house on this place. Eliza McMaster, John Chenery.

The Dr. Israel Herrick place. — Dr. Israel Herrick bought
this place of Jonas Wheeler. The house on the place was
burned after Dr. Herrick bought it ; whether Jonas Wheeler
built the old house or not is uncertain. The probabilities are
that he did not, but at this date there are no traditions and no
records. The old buildings were burned as recorded elsewhere,
and Dr. Herrick replaced them with new. Benj. G. Herrick.

The Lafayette Herrick place. — David Woodward, 2d., built
the brick house on this place. Between Woodward and Karr
there were changes of ownership of which I have no record.
James H. Karr, Lafayette Herrick, Indianna Herrick.

The Dea. Mclntire place. — So far as is known, Joseph Kidder
or some member of the Kidder family first settled on this land.
It was deeded to John Kidder by Ephraim Powers, June 15,
1772. Joseph Kidder built the house or part of it which stands
on the land now. Nathaniel Tay, Elias Mclntire, Nathaniel
T. Mclntire.

The Israel Woodward place. — Benjamin Fuller first built on
this land ; then a Mr. Hackett, Israel Woodward, Hannah
Woodward, Wilkes H. Hadley, Mrs. Martin.

The Fuller homestead. — Nov. n, 1767 Sewall Goodridge
deeded to Andrew Fuller part of Lot 86, 2nd. division. Jan. 10,
1772 Josiah Abbott deeded to Andrew Fuller the remainder of
Lot 86. Nov. 20, 1773 Joseph Blaney deeded to Andrew Fuller
Lot 5, 2nd. division.

Andrew Fuller was the first settler and builder on this land
and the farm has been handed from father to son until now.
Andrew Fuller, Jr., Moses C. Fuller. This is one of the farms
owned by a direct descendant of the first settler.

The Pinnacle House estate. — David Woodward was the first
settler on this land and built a brick house thereon. John and
David Gage, John W. Burnham, Edward W. Duncklee. Mr.
Duncklee built the large summer hotel known as the Pinnacle
House.

The Isaac L. Duncklee place. — Thomas Holt, — Floyd, Isaac
L. Duncklee, Clintie Duncklee.

The David Holt homestead. — William Holt and David Strat-
ton settled on this land together. They built a log-house and
occupied it one winter. William Holt then removed to an

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adjoining lot now owned by Benj. G. Herrick. Stratton
remained and built the seventh frame house in L,yndeborough.
He soon sold out to Holt, and the latter came back to this farm
and it has remained in the family possession ever since. Wil-
liam Holt, Oliver Holt, David Holt, Andy Holt, Fred Holt.
Most of the present buildings were erected or improved during
the ownership of David Holt.

The Harvey Holt place. — Dr. Benjamin Jones was the first
settler on this land, and also the first settled physician in town.
He took a deed of this land of James Andrews Aug. 29, 1770.
He sold the place to his son Joseph, and built the brick house
at the " Center." Harvey Holt, Henry H. Joslin.

The David C. Grant place. — Melchizedeck Boffee first made
a home on this lot, taking a deed of the same from Jeremiah
Lee, Aug 10, 1770. The next owner was John Boffee, his son.
James Grant bought the farm but between Boffee and Grant
there was probably a transfer of which we have no record.
James Grant, David C. Grant, Arthur Grant, Frank H. Joslin.

The Foster Woodward place. — Foster Woodward bought this
land of L,evi H. Woodward and erected the present buildings.
Eliza and Josie Woodward.

The " Houston " Woodward place. — This land was originally
part of the Stephenson estate. When Eleazer Woodward, Jr.
sold his farm to the town, he bought here and built a house and
barn. L,evi Houston Woodward, Dana B. Sargent, Mrs. Dana
B. Sargent, Mrs. Mattie Putnam.

The Williams Woodward place. — Williams Woodward built
the cottage on this place. Levi H. Woodward, Harriet -
Myra Davis, Lizzie Hilt.

The Stephenson homestead farm.— John Stephenson was the
first settler on this land and the ownership has descended from
father to son to this day. John Stephenson was one of the early
settlers and this farm was certainly improved by him as early as
1755- John Stephenson, John Stephenson, Jr., Jonathan Steph-
enson, Willis J. Sephenson. John Stephenson took a deed
from B. Lynde Dec. 20, 1764 of Lot 55, 2nd division and March
5, 1780 he bought of the same party Lot 56, 2nd division. Nov.
2, 1768 he bought of Benj. Cram part of Lot 59.

DISTRICT NO. 4.

The Watkins place.— This place was probably first improved
by some member of the Kidder family. Either Phineas, Phin-
eas, or Phineas C., known as "Old Phineas," "Middle Phin-

536 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

eas " and "Young Phineas " ; then Oliver Watkins, David
Upton.

The Old Parker Tavern stand. — Jonathan Parker was the
builder of a log house on this land. Isaiah Parker, Charles
Parker ; then a number of transient occupants ; George R.
Barnes.

The James W. Merrill place. — William lyoring, Manley Kid-
der, who built the present house. James W. Merrill.

The Charles Parker place. — Charles Parker, George Dunck-
lee, George H. Stevens, Horace D. Gage.

The Jonas Abbott place. — Owned and occupied for many
years by the Abbott family. Charles I,. Avery

The Christie place. — First house on this place built by John
K. Christie. Morris Frye, Charles Goodrich, Charles R. Smith.

The Dea. John C. Goodrich place. — Ebenezer Hutchinson
first settled on this place. John Southwick, John C. Goodrich
and Eliphalet Atwood, John C. Goodrich, John H. Goodrich.
The post office at North Lyndeborough was always kept at this
place.

The Paul Atwood place. — Paul Atwood built the house on
this place. John H. Goodrich ; now owned by Mrs Stella E.
Woods.

The Benjamin Ames place. — Jonathan Thayer first built
here. William H. Gould, I^uther Odell, Benjamin B. Ames,
Edward E. Rogers.

The John Clark place. — John Clark, a brother of Major
Peter, built and settled on this place in 1776. Sarah C. Good-
rich, Ella M. Quiggle.

The Senter place. — Either Asa or Benjamin Senter first im-
proved this place. The traditions indicate that it was Asa.
Franklin Senter, Charles H. Senter.

The Francis Epps or Osborne place. — Samuel Senter
deeded part of I^ot 107 to Francis "Epse," Nov. 15, 1771.
Daniel Epes deeded part of I,ot 108 to the same Francis, Jan.
15, 1772. . . Francis Epps was the first builder and settler
on this land. Eliphalet Atwood, William H. Osborne, Charles
H. Bailey, Adams & Mudgett.

The Starrett place. — Asa Palmer, Richard Batten, Martin
Whitney, William Starrett, Allen Brown. *

The Nathan Brown place. — Nathan Brown, Jonathan Clark,
Allen A. Brown.

The Daniel Proctor place. — Daniel Proctor, John Proctor.

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The Major Peter Clark place, — Benjamin " Epes " deeded
this land to Peter Clark, Dec. 23, 1773. He built the house
and mill as recorded in another chapter. William Clark, Capt.
Peter Clark. Present owner, Henry K. Holden.

The Allen Brown place. Allen Brown, John C. Goodrich,
who built the present house, Patrick Hanley, John Wellman,
Daniel Henderson, Oliver Harris, Mark Morse, Mark Morse
heirs, J. McL/ane.

The Boardman place. — Thomas Boardman first improved
this land. Daniel N. Boardman, Peter Clark, Samuel Dyer,
W. K. Cochran, Alfred C. Wilder, Irwin D. Wilder.

The old Proctor place. — John Proctor first built on the side
of the mountain south of this place. He afterward bought this
place of Charles Whitmarsh. Charles Whitmarsh, John Proc-
tor, Sylvester Proctor, David K. Proctor.

The Asa Hill place.— Abel Hill, Asa Hill, Asa Hill heirs,
W. C. Wilder, Merrill T. Spalding.

The Needham place. — Daniel Plummer, David Stiles, Jr.,
Martin Whitney, William Iy. Needham, Warren Needham,
Mrs. Harry Morse.

DISTRICT NO. 7. — JOHNSON'S CORNER.

John Johnson to Adam Johnson, Dec. 29, 1746, Lot 45, ist
division.

^BHas Taylor to Adam Johnson, March 17, 1758, Lot 45, ist
division, with a full share of common or undivided land.

Adam Johnson to Rachel Johnson, April 9, 1768, Lot 59, ist
division.

Elias Taylor to Adam Johnson, March 17, 1758, Lot 46, ist
division.

John Johnson to Adam Johnson, April 8, 1772, Lot 58, ist
division.

James Johnson to B. Lynde, Sept. 22, 1772, Lot 56, 2nd
division.

James Boutwell to Adam Johnson, Jan. 14, 1775, Lot 58, ist
division.

Solomon Cram .to Adam Johnson, July i, i772» I/>t-23> ist
division.

The above transcripts from the registrar of deeds office shows
the amount of land in part owned by the Johnson family, and
why that section of the town was early called Johnson's
Corner.

The David Carkin place.— David Carkin, Asher Curtis,

538 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Alfred Nourbourn. Mr. Nourbourn occupies this place now
as a summer home.

The Edwin Patch place. — Joseph Chamberlain first built on

this place. Edwin N. Patch, Clough, Robert T. S. Shep-

ard, Robert T. S. Shepard heirs.

The Rose place. — Solomon Cram was first settler on this
land. Timothy Putnam, Abram Rose, Brackley Rose, George
Rose, George Rose heirs, Willard Rose.

The Eli Clark Curtis place. — This land was part of the
Carleton estate. Dudley Carlton built the brick house. Ama-
ziah Blanchard, E. C. Curtis.

The Amaziah Blanchard place. — Amaziah Blanchard first
settled on this land. William W. Curtis, Asher Curtis.

The old Carkin homestead or Robert Lynch place. — John
Carkin, Aaron Carkin, Rufus Chamberlain, Robert K. Lynch,
W. W. Curtis, Edward W. Curtis.

The Andrew Tyler place. — Andrew Tyler built the house on
this place. Sally Curtis, William Richardson.

The Asa Manning place. — Jacob Manning, Asa Manning,
Solon Richardson, Willis Perham, Walter S. Shepard. This
record is imperfect. Between Manning and Richardson were
probably transfers of this land of which we have no information.

This place was once used as the Mont Vernon poor farm.
Some of the older residents of the town can remember when it
was thus used, but we have been unable to find anyone who
could tell the reason of Mont Vernon' s coming over into Lynde-
borough for a place to maintain their paupers.

The William H. Bowen farm. — This place was originally
part of the Johnson property. A man named Brown once lived
there, but whether he built the old set of buildings which were
on the place when Burnham Russell bought it cannot now be
told. Orrin Russell built the present house. Burnham Russell,
Orrin Russell, Joseph White, William H. Bowen. .Mr. Bowen
has added to and remodeled the whole set of buildings.

The Burnham Russell farm. — John Johnson, Adam Johnson,
Edmund Perkins, Burnham Russell, Aaron W. Russell.

The Kilburn S. Curtis place. — Amos Wilkins, William Car-
son, Josiah Russell, John Ramsdell, Asher Curtis, Kilburn S.
Curtis, Mrs. Frances Curtis. Kilburn S. Curtis built the pres-
ent set of buildings. The old house was once struck by light-
ning and badly damaged.

The David D. Clark place. — Jacob Wellman, John and Polly

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Wellman, David D. Clark, Fred Lowe, George J. Carson. The
house standing on this farm is said by the Rev. Mr. Clark to be
one of the oldest in town.

Alexander Carson place. — Alexander Carson, Benj. Gould,
John Wellman, William R. Duncklee, Isaac L. Duncklee,
Leonard G. Brown. Ira R. Brown built the present house.

The Leonard G. Brown place. — Ezekiel Upton, James L.
Clark, Robert R. Brown, C. H. Holt, Leonard G. Brown. Be-
tween the ownership of Mr. Upton and Mr. Clark, a man named
Marvell lived here, but whether as owner or tenant is not known.

The Charles L. Perham place. — John Hutchinson, first set-
tler. Rev. Mr. Clark says that "he gave a bond to Jonathan
Peal of Salem, Mass., July 10, 1736, that he would have within
four years a dwelling house, 20x18, built and twelve acres
cleared, broken up, and fenced in." The deed was given Sept.
27, 1760, and the conditions were fulfilled.

The next owner of which we can get any account was Abel
Hill, but between Hutchinson and Hill there were probably
tranfers of the land. It is known that David Butterfield lived
there for a time. This] farm was deeded by Abel Hill to James
L. Clark, Apr. 20, 1815. Asa Clark, Oliver Perham, Charles
L. Perham.

The Haggett place.— John Haggett, Joseph Haggett, Joseph
Haggett heirs, D. Whiting & Sons, E. C. Curtis.

The Micah Hartshorn place. — Micah Hartshorn, Samuel N.
Hartshorn. Samuel N. Hartshorn heirs, Eliphalet J. Hardy,
Owen E. Hardy, Edward G. Hall.

The Persons S. Holt place.— Now owned and occupied as a
summer home by the heirs of John Herrick.

The Jeremiah Carleton place.— Jeremiah Carleton, James
Donnell and John Hartshorn, Joseph Chamberlain, Israel Cur-
tis, Eli C. Curtis.

DISTRICT NO. 8.

The Jesse Simonds place.— Jonas Kidder took a deed of this
land from Benjamin Lynde May i, 1766. After Mr. Kidder re-
moved to Hudson there were one or two transfers of the prop-
erty of which we can find no record. He was the first settler on
the land, and kept a tavern there. The old tavern built by 1
was torn down in the early 6o's by Jesse Simonds, who built tn
present house. In 1840 Jesse Reed owned the place, then
Charles Woodward, Jesse Simonds, John D. Butler, Rob
Mason.

540 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

The I^evi Spalding place. — The house on this place was
built by one of the Spalding family, Henry Spalding, proba-
bly. Ivevi Spaldiug, L,evi Spalding heirs, Frank Starrett,
Warren Nichols.

The Daniel Woodward place. — There is a tradition that there
was a log house on the land when Daniel Woodward bought it,
about the year 1800. He built a brick house there in 1820.
Daniel Woodward, Jr., Sumner French, Sumner French heirs,
Willis J. Stephenson. House destroyed by fire.

The Dutton place. — Reuben Dutton, Benjamin Dutton, Bet-
sey E. Dutton, John Fletcher. ,

The Houston place. — Dea. Samuel Houston first built here,
and the farm was owned by the Houston family until their re-
moval to Iowa. Buildings long since torn down.

The Whiting place. — Dea. Oliver Whiting or his father first
improved this land. After he removed to New York, there were
transfers of the property of which we have no record. The
buildings have been torn down, and part of the land is owned
by D. B. Whittemore.

The Nathan Cummings place. — This was a part of the large
tract of land once owned by Edward, Stephen, Capt. I,evi, and
Henry Spalding. It is probable that one of these men built
the old house which stood there. Nathan Cummings built the
present cottage. Henry Joslin, Nathan Cummings, Mrs. Na-
than Cummings.

Sherebiah Manning place. — Benjamin Jones built the large,
two-storied house which stands on this farm and was the first
settler there. Sherebiah Manning built the barn. Benj. Jones,
Sherebiah Manning, I,evi P. Spalding. Millard Wilson.

The " Paige '* Spalding place. — A comparison of records and
traditions seems to show that Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder was
the first settler here. Dea. Abram Patch, Edward P. Spalding,
Edward Parry, Edward Parry heirs.

The Twitchell place. — Of this place we can get but little in-
formation. Asa Twitchell lived there for a time as did George
R. Barnes. It is now owned by Mrs. M. A. Sweetserof Stone-
ham, Mass, and occupied as a summer home.

The Whittemore homestead. — Daniel Whittemore took a
a deed of the lot, numbered 124, 2nd division, April 28, 1770.
It is one of the four farms in Lyndeborough which are tilled by
a direct descendant of the first settler on the land. Aaron Whit-
temore, Aaron Whittemore, Daniel B. Whittemore.

CHAPTER XXXII.
TOWN FAIRS AND CELEBRATIONS.

THE TOWN FAIRS OF 1879 AND 1880.
BY H. W. WHITTEMORE.

In the olden time, as has been intimated in another chapter,
the people of L,yndeborough were industrious to a fault. But
the reason is not far to seek; it took pretty nearly all their
time to earn a living.

Within comparatively recent times, however, the towns-
people have become accustomed to taking a day off for some
sort of recreation, and that fact is easily explained, too. The
stone walls that cross and re-cross the town in every direction
were nearly all built long ago. Clearing the land of the stone
for walls left the fields in readiness for farm machinery ; and
with the advent of the mowing machine, the horse-rake, the
hay-fork, the corn-planter, and the cultivator, out-of-door work
that used to be done slowly, by hand, is done rapidly now
by machine. A similar revolution has taken place within the
housekeeper's domain, for much work formerly done in the
kitchen, by hand, is now done by machine in factories of many
kinds, at a distance.

Having more of leisure in it, the life of the average citizen
has been modified, perhaps, by the bright city cousin and the
jolly summer boarder who have been coming to L,yndeborough
for many years to enjoy, for a season, the wholesome hospitality
of a New Hampshire country town. %Be that as it may, the
stranger from ' ' down below ' ' often helps to enliven the basket
picnic that, on occasion, calls together men, women and chil-
dren from all parts of the town.

One such picnic was held years ago on the top of Pinnacle
Mountain. Several ox-teams were employed by the committee
on transportation, and it is safe to say that more oxen were
up there that day than can be found in the whole town now.
One man rode in a wagon all the way up — a feat probably
never performed before or since.

Other picnics have been held at "Purgatory" Falls, at
Barnes' Falls and in a grove near the old Parker place on the
turnpike. A brass band, with headquarters at North Lynde-

542 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

borough, assisted in drawing people to this grove, and on at
least one occasion the Lafayette Artillery Co. was present.

More ambitious attempts at making a holiday distinguish the
years 1879 and 1880 when town fairs were held at the centre.

At a public meeting held in August, 1879, a committee was
chosen "to see what action the people would take to start a
town fair." The committee was as follows :

Fred A. Richardson, David C. Grant, David G. Dickey, I/uther Cram,
Joel H. Tarbell, Franklin Senter, Wm. W. Burton, E. C. Curtis, George
Rose, D. B. Whittemore, Jotham Hildreth, Charles I/. Avery.

This committee met on August 25th, voted to organize for a
town fair, and chose Daniel B. Whittemore, president ; George
Rose, vice-president ; John H. Goodrich, secretary and treas-
urer ; Eli C. Curtis, general superintendent. The committee
also appointed the following persons trustees :

District No. i. F. A. Richardson, Martin Whitney, David G. Dickey.

" "2. Benjamin G. Herrick, David C. Grant.

" "3. Charles F. Tarbell, Artemas Woodward, Luther Cram.

" " 4. Erwin D. Wilder, Franklin Senter.

" " 5. Wm. W. Burton, Wm. N. Ryerson.

" 6. Geo. W. Parker, Charles Tarbell, John Batchelder.

" "7. Geo. Rose, Chas. L. Perham.

" 8. D. B. Whittemore, 1,. P. Spalding.

" "9. Jotham Hildreth.

" " 10. Chas. I/. Avery.

At later meetings a constitution and by-laws were adopted,
judges were appointed, other necessary arrangements were
made and October i was fixed upon to be the day of the fair.

At ii o'clock, A. M., on the day named, a procession was
formed in the following order :

Capt. Andy Holt, Chief Marshal

George E. Spalding, Marshal

Mont Vernon Brass Band

I/afayette Artillery Co.

Town Team, composed of thirteen yoke of oxen
Citizens in carriages

On the common, during the day, there were various tests of
strength and endurance, and on an improvised track, near by,
there was a horse-race, probably the only formal race of the
kind ever seen in L,yndeborough. (Sometimes, it may be said,
the ringing of the church bell has excited the horses of people
making their way, single file, towards the centre of the town,
so that they became, practically, unmanageable. In such

TOWN FAIRS AND CELEBRATIONS 543

cases usually the best horse arrived first. But horse racing has
always been held in much disfavor by most L/yndeborough
people.)

Some of the best live stock in town, cattle, horses and sheep,
was on exhibition and in the town hall there was to be seen the
best the people could do in the way of fruits and vegetables,
butter, cheese, and bread, some of it made from home-grown
wheat.

Besides, there were exhibits of needle work, both ancient and
modern, and a number of articles, interesting on account of age
or associations, such, for example, as the chair, no years
old, which was once the property of the Rev. Sewall Goodrich,
and the samples of cloth shown by Mrs. E. Cram. This cloth
was woven in 1772 by the great-grandmother of the exhibitor.

After dinner the president of the day called the company to
order and speeches were made by Mr. David C. Grant, Mr. C.
H. Holt and Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, of Worcester, Mass.

The officials of the second fair, held Sept. 22, 1880, were about
the same as those of the previous year, with the exception of the
judges, who were more numerous and whose names follow: —

Live Stock.— Luther Cram, Erwin D. Wilder, Geo. E. Spalding; F. A.
Richardson, Charles Tarbell, Charles L- Perham; Rufus Chamberlain,
Nathan Richardson, Edwin N. Patch; Wm. H. Clark, James H. Karr, Al-
bert Cram; J. A. Woodward, B. J. Clark, Robt. K. Lynch.

Fruit, Vegetables and Seeds.— Rev. T. P. Sawin, John E. Batchelder,
David Putnam; Geo. Rose, Everett E. Lowe, Geo. H. Stevens; David G.
Dickey, Benj. G. Herrick, N. W. Tarbell.

Bread and Dairy Products.— David C. Grant and Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Geo.
Rose.

Knit and Fancy Goods, Embroidery, Cut Flowers, etc.— Mrs. E. C.
Curtis, Mrs. D. B. Whittemore, Mrs. G. E. Spalding; Mrs. B. G. Herrick,
Mrs. D. G. Dickey, Mrs. J. E. Batchelder; Mrs. C. L. Perham, Mrs. J. C.
Ordway, Mrs. C. F. Tarbell; Miss Ida Patch, Mrs. Belle Boutwell, Mrs.
J. A. Woodward.

The list of prizes awarded in 1880 is given in full in the Mil-
ford Enterprise of Sept. 27, and is, approximately, a catalogue of
the products of the town. The names of a large proportion of
the families of Lyndeborough appear in this list, or somewhere
else in the secretary's book.

The music of the day was by the Mont Vernon band. Mr.
David H. Goodell of Antrim, who was Governor of New Hamp-
shire a few years later, made an address.

These town fairs were good examples, on a very small scale,
to be sure, of the thoroughly respectable agricultural fair that

544 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

used to entertain and instruct great numbers of New England
people, and provide the occasion for dignified speeches by the
governor of the state and by other men of note.

THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF LYNDEBOROUGH.

BY J. A. WOODWARD.

There was a strong desire on the part of many of the people
living in L,yndeborough at the time the town had reached the
age of one hundred years, to fittingly celebrate the event, and
some steps were taken to do so. But for some reason the
scheme fell through. It would seem now that it was unfor-
tunate for the history of the town that the people did not carry
out their good intentions. A historical sketch written at that
time would be very interesting to compare with that which we
have been able to gather now.

Fifty years later at the March meeting, 1889, the question of
celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary was
brought up and it was unanimously voted to hold a celebration.*
The following committee was chosen to make the necessary ar-
rangements : —

Fred A. Richardson Harvey Perham

Henry H. Joslin Eli C. Curtis

Fred B. Richards Daniel B. Whittemore

Ei-win D. Wilder Sewell M. Buck

William W. Burton Charles I/. Avery

A special town meeting was called on Aug. 10 for the pur-
pose of perfecting arrangements and appropriating money to pay
expenses, and it is a curious, and in some respects a ludicrous
fact, that this meeting extended into three days before the "red
tape ' ' of the law could be complied with and the money legally
appropriated. This with no opposition to the measure. The
sum of three hundred dollars was placed in the hands of the
committee to carry on the work.

David C. Grant was chosen president of the day, Andy Holt
chief marshal, and Jacob A. Woodward, toastmaster. A mam-
moth tent was hired in Boston and was pitched on the common,
just south of the town hall.

*At the time this celebration was proposed, Mr. David C. Grant and many others inter-
ested in the event, were of the opinion that John Badger was the first settler within the
limits of Salem-Canada, and that he made his beginning {^1739.

Later researches, however, serve to prove that so far as his being the first settler
such was not the fact, and that really the celebration should have been held in 1887.
So far as the celebration is concerned this matter is immaterial now, and this note is
inserted to explain any discrepancy which a careful reader of the foregoing chapters of
this history might find.

ANNIVERSAR Y CELEBRA TION 545

The day selected, Wednesday, Sept. 4, was all that could be
desired in the way of weather. Cloudless skies, cool, bracing
air, and warm sun, made an ideal day. Sons and daughters of
Lyndeborough had come from all over the country to visit their
native town, and to help by their presence in making the day
one to be remembered. Many of the citizens had decorated
their homes in honor of the occasion. The residence of Charles
R. Boutwell was especially noticeable. On the front was the
inscription, 1739 — 1889. The grounds as well as the house
were beautiful with national colors and other devices. George
E. Spalding also put out numerous flags, and displayed a por-
trait of the first settled physician in town. At sunrise the bells
were rung and a salute was fired. At 9 o'clock a procession
was formed on the common in the following order : —

Platoon of Police

Chief marshal, Andy Holt, and aides

C. Henry Holt in command of militia, and staff

Peterborough Band, 22 pieces, C. E. White, leader

Lafayette Artillery Co., A. S. Conant, captain

Section of Artillery, Sergeant A. T. Ford
Post Harvey Holt, G. A. R., Jason Holt, commander

Color Guard

Sons of Veterans, Edward Ross, captain
Woman's Relief Corps, and citizens in private carriages.
The route of the procession was through the historic street of
the "centre." In the evening the village was illuminated, and
there was a fine display of fireworks, generously paid for by
Boutwell Bros, of L,owell, Mass.

At 10 o'clock A. M. the meeting which had assembled. under
the large tent was called to order by the president of the day,
Mr. D. C. Grant, who said : —

The hour has arrived which was assigned by the committee for the
celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlemen
of Lyndeborough. If we had arranged a day to our own liking, we could
not have selected a more beautiful day than this. We have come i
gether upon a very interesting occasion, for the purpose of connectn
the future with the past by a golden link which cannot be broken. <
hundred and ninety-nine years ago, whoever was traveling through
village of Salem, Massachusetts, would have seen a little band colle
together to go on an expedition to Canada. That little band was coi
nianded by Capt. Samuel King. That expedition returned late in t
season, having met with defeat and disaster. They found the excheque
of Massachusetts depleted, and they were not paid for their services

One hundred and fifty-four years ago 1'ast June the Commonwealth ot
Massachusetts granted to Capt. Samuel King and his co-laborers for
their services, a certain tract of land six miles square, lying west

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ragansett No. 3 — so called then, now Amherst and part of Mont Vernon.
One hundred and fifty-four years ago the proprietors who were associated
with Capt. Samuel King met together and had their land surveyed ; and
the remains of it are what is now left of Lyndeborough, but at that time
a part of Wilton, Mont Vernon and Milford.

Those early settlers, those earlier proprietors, made an effort to have
the land surveyed, and one hundred and fifty years ago this last season
they had built a few cabins, and they spent the winter of 1739-40 in the
limits of old Lyndeborough, planting the first settlement, laboring
against the forces of nature to establish for themselves and for their pos-
terity a home. That home has been transmitted to us, and we, their
children, to-day have met to connect, as I said before, with a golden link,
the bright silver chain of circumstances which has brought this town
into its present position. Last March a few of the citizens of Lyndebor-
ough conceived the idea that we had neglected the works of those noble
and worthy men in that distant day as they came here into this forest
home and established the homes which we now this day enjoy. The
town unanimously voted to celebrate that event, and invitations have
been extended to you, and you are here today to unite with us in con-
necting that important event with the events of this day and with the
future. We thank you for having responded so nobly and so generously
to that call ; and the God of heaven has smiled upon us, and lest we
should forget our dependence upon that God, the God of our fathers and
our God, let us all unite in calling upon His name to assist us in these
services, that they may redound to His glory and to the benefit of man-
kind. I will call upon the Rev. Mr. Childs to lead us in prayer.

Rev. Mr. Childs of L/yndborough Centre then offered prayer.

The President. We have with us to-day one who was born
and reared in our midst, and we could discover nothing
very remarkable in him while a boy. As he grew up to
manhood he served us as superintending school committee, first
as school teacher, then as merchant. He has since wandered
from the fold, and has gained the reputation of being as good a
specimen of the live Yankee as Lyndeborough has ever been
known to produce. I have the pleasure of introducing to you
William W. Curtis.

Mr. Curtis. Fellow-citizens of the Town of Lyndeborough : Let God
be praised for having set apart so perfect a day for this commemora-
tion of our illustrious fathers and mothers, who fashioned and moulded
the golden principles of justice, honor and manhood and handed them
down to us, that they might be everlastingly perpetuated to all future
generations of the sons and daughters of this, their native home.

Mr. Curtis then read a poem, the manuscript of which is not
available for this history.

The President. We have with us, to-day, another one of the
noble sons of Lyndeborough who spent his youthful days with

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us, who has gone forth as an educator and an instructor ; after-
wards, to preach the everlasting Gospel to the people. He
comes to you to-day, after many years of experience and after
many months of hard searching upon our musty records. He
has gleaned much from them and will now lay before you a part
of the results of his labors. I have the honor and the pleasure
of introducing to you the Rev. F. G. Clark, of Medford, Mass.

The address of Mr. Clark was listened to with close attention
and was greeted with much applause. It was the first con-
nected story of I/yndeborough or rather Salem-Canada-Iyynde-
borough, to which the great majority of the citizens of the town
had ever listened. With his permission much of it has been
incorporated in this history.

During the delivery of the Historical Address, a pause was
made for the singing of a hymn, concerning which Mr. Clark
said : The hymn now to be sung is a hymn that was written by
Dr. Herrick for the last service held in the old church which
stood where the present town-house now stands.

The exercises were resumed at 2 p. M., and the president
said : We have with us to-day another of the sons of L/ynde-
borough, who grew up amongst us, who went to our schools,
who played with us, and who, in his early manhood, prepared
himself to teach others. He has wandered away, and he has
returned to us with a message. I have the honor and the
pleasure of introducing to you Professor Daniel Putnam, of
Ypsilanti, Mich.

(Prof. Putnam then delivered the following oration.)

Ladies and Gentlemen : — I am both proud and glad to address you as
my fellow townsmen. It is true that in one aspect we are strangers.
Your faces are new to me as mine is to you. Five and forty years seem
to the young an almost endless age. They do indeed form a large part
of any ordinary human life. So many years have passed since I ceased
to be a resident of this my native town. Only seldom during all these
years have I visited for a brief time these once familiar scenes. A gener-
ation and more has passed away. I meet the children and the grand-
children of my school-fellows. They may be pardoned for looking upon
me as a preserved relic of antediluvian times, a returning Rip Van
Winkle of the days "before the war."

Yet some things are unchanged. "The common" here where you
chairman and I used " to train," almost half a century ago, m the then
celebrated " Lyndeboro Light Infantry," is scarcely changed in a single
feature. I regret that the old " Meeting House " is gone. I can t
my " mind's eye " at this moment its dingy yellow outside, it
of small windows ; in the interior its square pews, its ^e gallery, its
high pulpit and its wonderful " sounding board " suspended abo

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minjster's head. The old house deserved to be spared and preserved as
a relic of the olden times, and on account of the associations which
had, in the lapse of years, gathered about it. "The mountain" yonder
is the same ; the hills which I used to climb are the same. The rocks
are still here, as many and as huge as ever. I find the same narrow
valleys and winding roads. From the hilltops are the same wide views
arid charming prospects of nature.

One may be allowed, to exclaim, in borrowed words :

" Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again !

O sacred forms, how proud you look !
How high you lift your heads into the sky !

How huge you are, how mighty and how free ! "

An anniversary such as has gathered us together to-day naturally
turns the thoughts of those who have reached or passed the mid-day
point of life, backward. The traveler, who climbs with toilsome steps up
one of our native hills, pauses now and then and turns to measure over
with his eye the path along which he has been struggling, following all
its windings and numbering all its mile-stones.

We have come from our homes and our wanderings to greet one
another as we rest for a few moments round about the hundred and
fiftieth mile-stone which marks the age of our municipal life. Looking
backward from this height I see with tolerable distinctness three score of
these annual way-marks. Five others are partially obscured from view
by the haze which covers early childhood. Some of you can see as
many ; a few can count a larger number ; most of you stop reckoning
before you reach a score and a half.

In addressing you under these circumstances I find myself impelled
to speak briefly of some of the things which have been crowded into the
space of five and sixty years, to note a few of the changes which have
taken place, and to inquire whether, on the whole, real, healthful and
hopeful progress has been made. Our starting point is the year 1824.
The second term of the fifth President of the United States was drawing
towards its close. Only forty-eight years had passed since the Declara-
tion of Independence and only thirty-five since the organization of the
government under the constitution. Many of the younger actors in the
great Revolution, and in the events which immediately followed, were
still vigorous and influential in public affairs. Two years later, on the
fourth of July, just fifty years from the day when the Declaration of
Independence was promulgated, the second and third presidents of the
republic passed away.

During the years which have intervened the territory of the country
has been enlarged at least three-fold ; the states have increased from
twenty-four to forty-two, and the population has grown from ten millions
to more than sixty millions.

The progress in inventions, in sciences and arts in machinery, in means
of travel and transportation, indeed in everything which has to do with
civilix.ation and with the comforts and conveniences of life, has been
simply marvelous. The wildest dreams of imagination have been more
than realized. In my early boyhood the stage-coach afforded the most

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rapid means of conveyance, and goods were transported into the interior
of the country by huge, lumbering wagons drawn by four, six, or eight
horses. The Erie canal was opened in 1825, and the first railroad in the
United States was put in operation in 1826. This was the Quincy road,
less than four miles in length, operated by horse-power, and used to
transport the granite from the quarries to tidewater. Locomotives were
first employed for railroad transportation in 1829 or 1830. These were
crude in form and construction, weighing scarcely more than a ton.
The first telegraph line was erected and the first message transmitted
over the wires -in 1844. The first really successful Atlantic cable was laid
in 1866. Time does not permit me to speak of the sewing-machine, of
mowers and reapers, of the telephone and of the thousand other wonders
of the last half of this nineteenth century.

Our progress in the directions to which I have thus hastily referred is
so obvious and so gratifying to the natural vanity of the human mind
that we never tire in boasting of it. It would be worse than folly to be-
little this progress even if one were so disposed.

But widening territory, increasing population, accumulating wealth of
material resources are not the sole, or even the most important indica-
tions of real advancement either in a nation or in a limited, local com-
munity. We can judge more correctly and wisely in respect to the prog-
ress when we know how this territory is occupied, improved and
governed ; when we know of what sort and character this swelling popu-
lation is, and when we have learned in what ways these resources are
used. The present must be compared with the past if we would be sure
in respect to the character of the changes which have taken place, and
would determine whether, on the whole, the condition of things is better
than it was half a century ago.

It will be impossible to make any general comparison, beyond that
already indicated, that of the New England of today with the New
England of the times of Andrew Jackson or of the grandfather of the
present President of the United States ; or of the Lyndeborough of 1889
with the L,yndeborough of 1839, the Lyndeborough of my youth. But it
may be of service to us, especially to the younger of us, to institute such
a comparison in a few particulars.

It may be frankly admitted that a sort of halo seems, at times, to
gather about the heads of the men and women of our childhood. Dis-
tance obscures roughness of character as it does roughness of the land-
scape. It hides many a sharp angle and uncouth feature of the form and
face as it does those of the hills and mountains. In remembrance, time
mellows dispositions as it does unripe fruits. In our comparisons we
shall strive to guard against the influence of this weakness of nature.

It is natural to commence with the population itself. How does the
general character of the population of to-day compare with that of fifty
years ago ? At that time the population of the rural New England towns
was, in the main, homogeneous. Within the range of my immediate
personal acquaintance in boyhood I can recall but a single family of
foreign birth. The families were all of essentially the same stock, d.
scendants of the original settlers. In some cases nearly half
families of a neighborhood bore the same surname. There were no race

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separations, distinctions or prejudices. The people spoke the same lan-
guage, had the same traditions, and were animated by the same prin-
ciples. They were, in some cases, narrow, provincial, an unfriendly
critic would probably say, bigoted. They clung with great tenacity to
inherited peculiarities, and without doubt overestimated the value and
importance of some religious and political dogmas. But they were
Americans, and Americans only, without prefix or suffix. They were
neither Irish-Americans, nor German-Americans, nor French-Americans,
nor any other qualified sort of Americans, but Americans pure and
simple.

It is hardly necessary to say that to day the population of New England
is far less homogeneous. Not only the great cities and large villages
but, in some sections, the country districts are becoming filled with men
and women of foreign birth. According to a recent writer, in one of our
periodicals, in Massachusetts "Out of a population of 1,942,142, the
foreign-born number 526,867, not including such children of alien parent-
age as have been born in the United States. The foreign-born represent
one-fifth of the people employed in agriculture, one-half of those em-
ployed in the fisheries, two-fifths of those employed in the manufactures,
and two-thirds of those employed in mining and as laborers."

The mass of the foreign population of New England has come from
Ireland and Canada. The great influx of immigration from Ireland
began about 1847. The Canadian French began to come in large numbers
about 1867. The inflow still continues in undiminished volume.
" Two successive steamers of one line brought to the port of Boston in
April last, 2,100 steerage passengers from Ireland, eleven-twelfths of
whom intended settling in New England, and almost every train from
Canada brings from one to three cars filled with French Canadians
seeking new homes in Massachusetts and her sister states."

The rapidity with which the French population has increased in New
England is almost beyond belief. " In Manchester, out of a population
of 40,000, 12,000 are of this nationality. In Nashua, out of a population
of 17,500, 5,500 are French, a gain of fully one-half in five years. In
Lowell they constitute one-third of the population." Many other large
towns and cities show a like condition of affairs.

It is not necessary to make further quotations of statistics. The facts
are doubtless familiar to you, and you can sum up for yourselves the
results of our comparison. Even the most hopeful will hesitate to declare
the new condition of things better than the old in respect to population.

I am conscious of no prejudice against men born in other lands and
bred under the influence of institutions different from our own. I count
among such some of my warmest personal friends and most esteemed
associates.

But have we not flung our doors open too wide ? Can we afford to
admit and welcome without discrimination? We have barred our West-
ern gates against the "heathen Chinee," but our Northern and Eastern
gates are practically unguarded. Let intelligence and virtue come, but
we have no room for more of ignorance, and vice and crime. Of these
we have more than enough of native production. The paupers and
anarchists of Europe are as much to be dreaded as the coolies of Asia.

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The ignorance and illiteracy of the North are as dangerous to the purity
of the ballot-box and the permanency of our institutions as those of the
South.

A comparison of social and political conditions naturally follows the
comparison of population.

A hundred or even fifty years ago, the New England towns afforded the
best known example of a pure democracy. This was true not only in
respect to affairs of government, but also in respect to social conditions.
There were no fixed and recognized lines dividing the people into classes
or casts. There were then, as there always have been and always will be,
differences in intelligence, in education, in refinement, in wealth, in in-
fluence, indeed in everything in which men can differ. But such differ-
ences were incidental, individual, and temporary. There were no classes
of capitalists and laborers; of employers and employees. No young man
regarded himself as born into a caste, and as belonging to a particular
class of society. No young woman thought of herself as predestined, by
the accident of birth, to be a servant or a mistress, an employer or a
drudge. The boy worked on the farm or in the shop of his neighbor.
But he worked with his employer as well as for him. The girl did ser-
vice in the kitchen of her mother's neighbor and friend, but her social
position was not thereby changed. The next year the boy became owner
of a farm, and very likely employed the son of his former employer.
The girl became mistress of her own house, and in turn employed the
daughters of her neighbors. The employed and the employers were of
the same stock and often of kindred blood, and were constantly chang-
ing places and relations. Social equality was not disturbed.

Even where large numbers of persons were employed the conditions
were essentially the same. In my early boyhood the newly-erected cot-
ton mills of Nashua and Lowell were filled with the self-respecting and
respected sons and daughters of New England farmers and mechanics.
The " overseers " and the "hands "were often old acquaintances and
friends, frequently from the same neighborhoods and the same families.
Outside the work-rooms they met and associated on terms of perfect
equality.

While doubtless something of this old condition of equality still sur-
vives in towns like our own, and in communities which have retained
their original homogeneous character, it has almost entirely disappeared
in the large cities and in all the great manufacturing establishments.
During the last quarter of a century there has been a constantly increas-
ing tendency towards the creation of permanent classes in society and
towards the formation of sharp and clearly defined lines of separation
between these classes. These lines run through social life and social
organizations ; in some quarters they appear in religious life and relig-
ious organizations ; and they are beginning to make their way into the
dangerous domain of politics, and threaten to become the basis of politi-
cal organizations and political action.

It will have to be admitted, I think, that our present social and poli
cal conditions do not, on the whole, compare favorably with those which
existed half a century ago. Some real dangers threaten us. These s
serious enough to cause apprehension if not alarm. Some tendencies

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must be checked, and some acknowledged evils must be corrected if our
institutions are to be maintained in their purity and integrity. The
right of suffrage must be so guarded that the reported result of an elec-
tion shall indicate the will of the majority of the actual voters. If in a
sharply contested election voters can be sold and bought like cattle, at
so much a head ; if votes can be bargained for like any other marketable
commodity ; if the tricks of petty ward politicians and the manipula-
tions of self-constituted leaders are to determine candidates and control
the policies of great parties then our boasted right of suffrage is a worth-
less form, a mocker and a delusion, and our elections are a costly and
solemn farce.

If, in addition to all this, men are to bring over from the old countries
the prejudices of race, and the political and sectarian animosities of by-
gone ages, and are to nourish their barbarous hates and to fight out their
senseless quarrels on our soil, in our streets, and about our ballot boxes,
then indeed have our politics become degraded, and danger has become
really alarming. America has need of only American citizens and
American voters, and of American questions and issues in our politics
and at our polls.

Time does not permit further comparisons in these directions. The
conclusions thus far reached are not calculated to flatter our vanity or to
foster our pride. If our examinations were to be closed just here the
outlook for the future would not be encouraging. We should enter upon
the next half century with gloomy forebodings. I do not, however,
share very largely in the excessive fears of the timid, or in the terrible
prognostications of evil uttered by the pessimistic prophets of the day.

Allusion has already been made to the great influx of emigrants of
different nationalities ; many of them ignorant of the nature of our in-
stitutions and of the duties and responsibilities of citizenship ; not a
few of them imbued with socialistic and anarchic ideas, with confused
notions of the distinction between regulated liberty and unbridled
license, impatient of necessary restraint and destitute of sympathy with
many of the social and religious customs and the political traditions of
the native population.

Reference has also been made to the tendency towards the formation
of opposing and hostile classes ; to the disposition to create antagonism
between labor and capital ; to array the employed against the employers j
to engender hatred in the poor against the rich, and even to deny the
right to hold private property, and to make the possession of individual
accumulations a crime against humanity. The teaching of these social-
istic theories and leveling doctrines derives its chief force from some
unfortunate and alarming conditions of our times.

It cannot be denied that there is danger, not only to our political in-
stitutions, but even to the stability of our present social organization, in
the rapidly growing tendency to the accumulation of colossal fortunes
in the hands of a few men and a few families, if the laws are to be so
framed and so administered as to render such fortunes permanent in
these families. At the present day intelligent and benevolent men, as
much as the ignorant and selfish, instinctively revolt against any social
or political system which allows a concentration of power or of wealth

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in the hands of a small minority. There is peril when the few become
very rich and the many become very poor, and more especially if there
are indications that such a state of affairs is to become a permanent con-
dition.

It is easy to delude ourselves with the idea that, in some way, things
will settle themselves; that the laws of supply and demand, the laws of
business and of the " survival of the fittest " will solve all these per.
plexing and dangerous problems. We shall do well to remember that
natural laws are slow in their operation, and that human nature is rest-
less and impatient when constantly excited by crafty and plausible
appeals of artful demagogues and irritated by real or fancied wrongs.
It is better economy to guard against an explosion than to expend means
in gathering up and caring for broken fragments. It is wiser to prevent
a conflagration than to show energy and* skill in putting out the fire
after it gets under good headway ; better, if possible, to allay rising dis-
content than to risk the action of a brutal mob.

Freely conceding the existence of real dangers and of serious and
growing evils, I sse no reason for despairing of the republic, or for ap-
prehending some overwhelming disaster to our social, religious, and
political institutions. I do not believe that, on the whole, the former
days were better than the present, that the fathers were essentially
wiser, more virtuous, and more patriotic than their children. On the
contrary, in many directions, real, genuine progress has been made.
While it must be readily granted that in some things we are worse than
the men of fifty years ago, it may be safely claimed that in other things
we have improved upon their teachings, examples and methods.

While our times have less of certain types of religion, they have more
of practical Christianity. They are without doubt less tenacious of
theological dogmas ; less militant in the defense and propagation of
iron-clad creeds ; less positive in claiming to possess and to hold all re-
vealed truth ; less harsh and denunciatory in dealing with those who
differ from accepted standards. But the sweet graces of divine love and
charity and beneficence are more cultivated and exhibit a richer growth.
The gospel of " good will to men " is more earnestly preached and more
constantly and consistently practiced. In spite of the tendency to the
formation of classes, in spite of the prejudice arising from the accidents
of race and color, simple manhood, without reference to birth or to past
or present conditions and circumstances, is held in higher esteem and
treated with more respect than in former times.

Call to mind the radical change of sentiment and action touching the
questions of human bondage, and the education of the negro race,
have no reference to the positions and teachings of political parties
religious organizations, but to the general tone of public opinion and
the conduct of men irrespective of party or sect.

Happily to many of you slavery and the heated and bitter controver-
sies growing out of it are only matters of history, like the discovery ot
America and the battle of Bunker Hill. To us, whose memories ean
traverse the period of fifty years, they are not so much history as nv
and terrible realities. Our fathers had solemnly affirmed that »
have an inalienable right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of

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By a strange inconsistency they denied to a whole race, guilty of only
a darker skin and thicker lips than their own, every right which renders
life desirable or existence tolerable. Men, women, children were bought
and sold like horses and sheep. No ties of blood or family were re-
garded as sacred. To teach a slave to read was a crime punishable by
long and hard imprisonment. A public meeting of intelligent citizens
and respectable members of Christian churches, held not in South Caro-
lina but in Connecticut, resolved that it is "Highly inexpedient and
even dangerous to the peace of the community to teach the negroes to
read and write." The city of New Haven, at a meeting held with the
mayor as chairman, voted by a majority of 700 to 4, "That the founding
of colleges for educating colored people is an unwarrantable and danger-
ous interference with the internal concerns of other States, and ought
to be discouraged." " That the establishment in New Haven of such a
college is incompatible with the prosperity, if not the existence, of the
present institutions of learning and will be destructive of the best in-
terests of the city."

In some places in the Northern States mobs tore down school build-
ings erected for the education of free colored children, and compelled
the teachers to flee for their lives.

Statesmen defended slavery on constitutional grounds in the Senate,
and learned divines defended it on Bible grounds in the church. The
honored president of Dartmouth College, whose name and memory I
hold in highest reverence, while I was a student in that institution,
affirmed, with strong emphasis, that prophecy and history, the will of
God and the interests of humanity, united in declaring that bondage
was the natural and proper condition of the African race.

Since those days, slavery, though protected by constitutions and laws,
by compromises and resolutions, has been swept away by a terrible
deluge of human blood. The hot flames of Civil War have burned
away the barriers which barred the progress of the colored race and
closed against them the schoolhouse and the college. The logic of
events and the mighty workings of an over-ruling Providence have con-
verted both statesmen and divines to a new gospel of universal freedom.
It is no longer considered dangerous to teach negro children to read and
write. The good citizens of New Haven do not tremble lest the estab-
lishment of colleges for colored young men and women will shake the
solid foundations of Yale university. The various religious denomina-
tions emulate each other in contributions of men and means for opening
and supporting institutions of learning for the emancipated slaves and
their children. The South is not much behind the North in this benefi-
cent and Christian work. A recent document states that since 1862 there
have been expended the following sums for the education of the colored
people of the South :

By the American Missionary Association, $10,000,000
Methodists, 2,250,000

Baptists, 2,000,000

Presbyterians, 1,600,000

Others, 1,009,000

Making a total of $16,850,000

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The Southern States have expended since 1868 for common and normal
schools for the colored race, 137,000,000.

Will anyone venture to assert that the former days of slavery and
oppression were better than these latter days of freedom and education ?

There are serious problems yet unsolved touching the emancipated
race. But in view of what has already been accomplished, we may face
the perplexities and dangers of the future without overmuch apprehen-
sion or fear.

Time forbids an extension of th,ese comparisons. But it could easily
be shown that real and healthful advance has been made in general edu-
cation and in many departments of moral reform. Genuine progress
has been made in the temperance work, and in moral and legal efforts
for the suppression of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. " Evil men
and seducers may have waxed worse and worse," but public sentiment in
most of our communities and in the nation at large, in spite of many
drawbacks, has steadily improved.

And whatever provisions may be put in or left out of the constitution
of a State, whatever laws may be enacted or repealed, this remains true
always and everywhere : that all permanent progress, either in political
or moral reform, must have its basis and support in an intelligent public
sentiment. What the majority of the people demand in respect to
temperance, or civil service reform, or emigration, or the public lands,
they will ultimately get. Vexatious delays may be met, but the final
result is sure. The waiting may be long and tiresome, but patient and
persevering effort finally has its reward. Right and truth will conquer
in the end.

How can one who believes there is a just, righteous, all-wise and
almighty Ruler of all things doubt the ultimate triumph of justice and
righteousness ? This triumph will be secured, not by irresistible mani-
festations of supernatural power, but by the working together of all
principles, forces, and agencies, human and divine, which have for their
end the production and spread of justice and righteousness in the world.
Among the agencies which have been mighty in the past, and are still
mighty in every good work for the elevation and redemption of humanity
are the principles and characters of the fathers and mothers who planted
the rural towns of New England, and whose mortal remains sleep be-
neath the soil which they loved. They were not perfect men and women.
We do not honor them most by claiming for them that ideal perfecti*
which they never thought of claiming for themselves. They were merely
human. But, taken all in all, the world has not yet seen a nobler, ai
truer, and grander generation.

It is possible that the towns and states which they founded may pas
under the control of men of a different race and of another faith, but
their principles and deeds have not perished, and will not perish,
seeds of truth which they planted have sprung up and are bearing n
fruits in fertile fields which their eyes never saw. The empire whicl
its beginning here among these rocky hills and in the shadows of
rough mountains has transferred the seat and center of its power to th
broader plains and richer soil of the West. New England lives m to
and Michigan, and Iowa, and other of the newer 'states. Her s

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daughters do not cease to remember the mother who nourished their in-
fancy, though her features are rugged and her face is wrinkled with many
a deep-plowed furrow. As we re-visit the scenes of childhood we do not
hesitate to repeat the words of Scott —

" Breathes there a man with soul so dead,

Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land ;

Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned
As home his footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on a foreign strand ? "

We enter into the feeings of Bryant when he wrote —

" Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild

Mingled in harmony on Nature's face,
Ascend our rocky mountains. I/et thy foot
Fail not with weariness, for on their tops
The beauty and the majesty of earth

Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget
The steep and toilsome way. There as thou stand'st,

The haunts of men below thee, and around
The mountain's summits, thy expanding heart

Shall feel a kindred with that loftier world
To which thou art translated, and partake

The enlargement of thy vision."

As I close, permit me to record once more the oath of allegiance and
fidelity to the State and the town of my birth. The remains of four
generations of my ancestors sleep beneath this soil, and render it
" hallowed ground." These rough fields, these narrow valleys, these
winding highways, these rocky hills, these rugged mountains have
charms for my eye and my heart which no other lands possess. I love
the rich and beautiful State of my adoption, with her broad and fertile
fields, with her magnificent forests, with her exhaustless mines, with her
grand lakes, and her intelligent and enterprising population : but " if I
forget thee, Jerusalem of my birth and boyhood, let my right hand for-
get her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not the Jerusalem of New Kngland
above my chief joy."

The President. A fine display of fireworks, consisting of
rockets, Roman candles, and mines, to close with a set piece pre-
pared for the day, has been provided by the Boutwell family.
This will be exhibited on the common by a professional from
Boston as early in the evening as it is possible to do so. All are
cordially invited to attend.

This concludes the speaking by those who have prepared ad-
dresses for this occasion from manuscript. I now have the
pleasure of introducing to you Jacob A. Woodward, who will
take charge of the further proceedings in my place.

Mr. Woodward. Ladies and gentlemen : Before proceeding

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to the task which has been assigned to me, you will please par-
don one brief thought. While we have met here together to
renew old acquaintances and to form new acquaintances, and to
revive the happy memories of young manhood and young
womanhood, this thought conies to me : that we should this day
give some meed of honor to the gray-haired men and women
who have been true to old I/yndeborough and have remained
here, and who make this celebration to-day possible. While
we reverence and honor the names of those who founded this
town, I still submit that it is those who live here to-day and are
to remain here who make the town what it is and what it is to
be. And I call upon all residents of the town, to-day, upon this
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its settlement, to pledge
ourselves anew, that whatever is tried that is new and that is
practical, we will adopt it in our industry ; that whatever is new
and best, we will have it in our schools and upon our roads ;
that we will give a liberal support to all of our institutions ; and
that Lyndeborough shall have the reputation, and deserve it, of
being a live, go-ahead place, abreast of the times. Communism
and anarchy do not flourish in the homes under the shadows of
these hills.

In giving the first sentiment that is to be responded to, I
would say, by way of introduction, that whenever you mention
the military record of I/yndeborough, every true son of I/ynde-
borough stands up a little straighter and says, ' ' You can scruti-
nize that record as much as you please!" The sentiment is,
"Our Military Men."

From Bunker Hill to Appomattox, from '76 to '61, when duty called,
the men of Lyndeborough responded where

"... Bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,
The rattling musketry, the clashing blade.

And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,
The diapason of the cannonade."

Our military record, second to none.

About a year before the civil war opened, up here in District
No. 2, a district which has the reputation of sending out lots of
live, smart and mischievous men, a young man went out into
the world to try his skill in its warfare. When duty called he
responded, and has made for himself a name and fame,
needs no introduction from me to many of you. Ladies
gentlemen, I have the pleasure of introducing to you Surgeon-
General Holt of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Gen. Holt. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow- townsmen :
Before commencing the few sentences that I am to utter, I wish to say a
word of explanation or apology. I had supposed up to yesterday morn-
ing that it would not be possible for me to be present at this celebration,
although no amount of inconvenience or expense to myself would have
kept me away. I supposed that I should be employed in a Government
office which I am unfortunate enough to hold, that would, perhaps, call
fifteen or twenty veteran soldiers from their homes all over Massachu-
setts, and I felt that I had no right to put them to that inconvenience.
But, happily, we were able to arrange the matter yesterday, and so I am
here. But 1^ have been able to give but very little thought to the sen-
timent that your toastmaster has asked me to respond to.

One hundred and fifty years ago this fall, our sturdy ancestors came
into the wilderness that clothed these grand old hills, and carved out for
themselves and their children, homes. And among their first thoughts
was that of caring for their own protection. Although the savage Indian
had been driven from all the southern part of New England, still lie was
jealous of the approaching civilization, and sought every opportunity to
get revenge ; and so the settlers of the extreme frontier were never with-
out danger of attacks from them, and the settlers here, as tradition says,
like those elsewhere, built for their protection a block house. It is not
probable that they had any military organization at that early day,
although it is more than probable that there was some leader to whom
they looked up in times of danger. And if they did not have a man
worthy of that high place, they certainly had a leader in the woman that
the speaker mentioned this morning, who called the roll of her children
when the Indian was crawling about her home. It is probable that they
had more or less alarms, when they fled to this block house for protec-
tion, but time has proved that such alarms were causeless ; and in a few
years the fast advancing settlement, of the surrounding country freed
them from the danger of Indians. It is more than probable that some of
the restive spirits joined in some of the contests against the Indians and
French that took place between 1739 and 1775, but there was no organi-
zation for such a purpose.

The great war for Independence, like all great wars, and particularly
like all great civil wars, came unheralded, and, up to the igth of April,
1775, there was little or no thought of a contest of arms, although the
colonies had been outspoken in their opposition to the wrong and injus-
tice that had been heaped upon them, and revolts and riots had occurred
in two or three instances. It is said that one of the officers of L,ouis
XVI. carried to his master the news of a riot in the streets of Paris just
before the French Revolution, when the starving people were crying for
bread. The monarch listened impatiently to the recital and said, " It is
nothing but a riot ; the troops can dispel them." But the officer, more
observing than his master, knowing better the temper of the people, an-
swered, " No, sire, it is not a riot, but a revolution." So, when the mid-
night courier fled like a phantom through the streets of Cambridge and
on, calling to arms, on the morning of the igth of April, 1775, it was not
a riot or a revolt, but it was a revolution. The people in the colonies
had borne until it had ceased to be a virtue, and they were obliged to re-

559

sort to arms to obtain right and justice. We all know that the battle of
Lexington and Concord was fought by a few companies that had been
aroused by the ride of Paul Revere, in the immediate vicinity of Boston,
for there was no time to collect troops from anywhere else. But the
spirit of revolt was not confined within narrow limits. The spirit of lib-
erty that aroused the men of Concord and Lexington to do deeds that
will live in song and story so long as American history lives, had perme-
ated and ramified to the remotest points of the settlements in the colo-
nies ; and nowhere in all the towns of the colonies was there a quicker
response to that call ; nowhere was there a town that answered sooner
than this grand old town of Lyndeborough, when the call came. For,
uoLwith standing it was in the busiest season of the year, when work must
be done if they were to reap a harvest in the coming fall, in less than
eight weeks from the igth of April, from the battle of Concord and Lex-
ington, nineteen of the gallant sons of Lyndeborough stood on the battle
line with Stark before Bunker Hill.

And all through the Revolutionary war this town furnished more than
a hundred men for that contest. Some of them heard the brave and gal-
lant words of Stark at Bennington. Some of them saw Burgoyne, shorn
of his pomp and glory, lay down his arms in defeat before a ragged line
of Americans at Saratoga. Some of them, barefooted, footsore, ragged
and hungry, followed Washington through the icy waters of the Dela-
ware. Some of them heard the roar of cannon at Monmouth, and some
of them followed the fortunes of that gallant army through to the end,
and saw the final triumph of American liberty at Yorktown.

Grand old revolutionary heroes ! Some of us remember the tottering
form of one as he came into the church Sunday after Sunday to occupy
his usual' seat. Grand and heroic their deeds were, and we remember
with gratitude and pride the work they did, to-day ; and well we may, for
in all the history of the world there is no grander page than that written
out by the bayonets of the Revolutionary heroes in their struggle for lib-
erty ; and the town of Lyndeborough furnished more than its share of
men for that service.

There seems to be no record of the men that served in the war of 1812
from this town. And it is not probable that a great many of them en-
tered that service, as it was a short war compared with the others, and
its contests were mostly far beyond the Hudson, except one or two naval
battles. The town, I believe, did send a company to do garrison duty at
Portsmouth.

The great civil war of 1861, like the revolution, came unexpectedly.
Although political contests had been fierce and political animosities and
angers were strong, yet there was no thought on the part of the North of
settling the great questions brought about by African slavery by acontes
of arms, until the firing upon Fort Sumter. Then all political anira
ties ceased and were hushed. Then disappeared party lines. Then
was union or dis-union — the North against the South: loyalty again!
disloyalty. Then the men of Maine, the men of New Hampshire, tl
men of Massachusetts, at a moment's warning, with only a single hour
notice, seized their arms, rushed to the rescue and saved the E
capital. And among the very first to respond to that call were
who first saw the light of day upon these hills.

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And the first of all New Hampshire's sons to lay down his life on the
field of battle in that great contest was a hoy who enlisted from this
town, a handsome, black-eyed boy, full of life and happiness, who was
born and raised on yonder farm, was killed almost at the first fire in the
first battle of Bull Run. During that great contest this town furnished
for actual service in the army over eighty of its citizens. I refer to those
who saw actual, active service. This, of course, is exclusive of the ser-
vice of the artillery company, of which I shall say a word later. And
to-day, beneath the Southern skies, all along the line from the Potomac
to the Mississippi, they are sleeping their final sleep. For the life of one
went out amidst the whistling shot and screeching shell at Gettysburg ;
another fell beneath the burning sun of Louisiana, in front of the breast-
works of Port Hudson ; another passed away amidst disease and suffering
and death in the hospital at New Orleans ; another at Gettysburg, and so
on. They were in all the great battles of the war. I think you cannot
find a single one, where, in the ranks of the Union army, there was not
a Lyndeborough boy. And at the final surrender at Appomatox over a
score of Ivyndeborough's sons were still in the service, many of whom
had won commissions.

I intended to say only a very few words here, but the response to the
sentiment your toast-master presented me would be very incomplete
without a word in relation to the artillery company and the militia. This
town has furnished to the militia, in days past, two infantry companies
that are long since extinct, and an artillery company, the glory and re-
nown of this old town, so far as its military record is concerned, now
over eighty of age, but not decrepit and broken ; having still the strength
and vigor of its manhood. I suppose the two principal objects of keep-
ing up a militia force are, first, to have a force that we can call upon at
any time, in an emergency ; second, to keep alive in men the military
spirit. That this old company has well fulfilled these two objects we all
can testify, for it responded with alacrity and with full ranks to the call
that took it to Portsmouth for garrison duty during the war. And, dur-
ing all its life, there is scarcely a son of Lyndeborough that has not at
some time been enrolled in its ranks. It has an honorable record, and
we are glad to speak of it in terms of praise to-day. We can only hope
that interest in it will be kept up, and that its drill and discipline will be
continued, so that, fifty years from now, when the two hundredth anni-
versary comes, it can show as grand and noble a record as it does to-day.

A word more in relation to the military service of the town and I am
done. We sometimes hear soldiers say that they won the war, but they
did not. The men that stayed at home and raised provisions and made
munitions of war and made money helped to win the war as much as the
soldiers, and without their support, we that stood the brunt of battle
could not have carried on the contest a single month. But, with all the
men working to carry on the war successfully, I do not believe they
could have done it without something else. No, veteran soldiers, we
could not have waged successful war without the sympathies, the tears
and the prayers of the women. We sometimes talk of the sufferings of the
soldier, but what were they compared with those of the women, whose
anxiety never ceased ?

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There sat on this platform this morning a grand and noble mother,
who, at one time, had three sons in the army of the Potomac. What was
her suffering, as she watched with fear and trembling every minute for the
sound of footfalls that brought news, with an anxiety that never could pos-
sibly cease until the living ones returned. The women of this town and
of this country, the women of the war, were as grand and noble as the
Spartan mother of old, and gave to the country their sons, with God's
blessing. Yes, veteran soldiers, the greatest heroism of war is that of
the women, after all, for they are the greatest sufferers.

The military record of Lyndeborough surely is one of which we have a
right to be proud, and we can only hope for the future that it will be as
grand, that her sons will be as brave and patriotic as those have been who
have gone before.

The choir then sang " The Star Spangled Banner."
Mr. Woodward. In all the joys and sorrows of our town the
minister has filled a very large place. And I therefore propose
this sentiment to the clergy : —

We know how well the fathers taught,

What work the later schools have wrought.
We reverence old time faith and men,

But faith is slow.

Is it too little or too much we know ?

I have the pleasure of calling upon Rev. Mr. Childs, pastor of
the church at the centre of the town, to respond to that senti-
ment.

Mr. Childs made a suitable response.

Mr. Woodward. The next sentiment is " Our Medical Men."
The confidential friends of the family, their cheerful presence
robs sickness of half its pain.

Beginning by helping us in

To this world of trouble and doubt,
He at last atones for that sin '

By genially helping us out.

A number of years ago we had a graduate from District No.
8 who has gone out from us and has acquired very considerabl
eminence in his profession. It gives me much pleasure to pr<
sent to you one of the sons of Lyndeborough, Dr. H. E. Spalc
ing of Hingham, Mass.

Dr. Spalding. Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends of my Boyhood : Whc
I came here I little expected to do other than shake hands,
expect that my voice would be called for here to-day. Hence if
thoughts that I have collected together among these varied scenes h,
are brought before my mind by this gathering are somewha ra b tag,
you must forgive me, and believe that it is something like the mod«
sermon. You have the text given you, and let the brother go on
what he will, whether it applies or hot.

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The first thought that comes to my mind is, why should they ask, in
Lyndeborough, about the medical profession ? You have no doctors
here, you need no doctors here. Why, then do you bring one of the
medical profession before you ? These years ago you outgrew doctors.
Well, I suppose when you had got this canvas tent spread above you, you
thought it was a sort of menagerie, and you wanted to see a curiosity ;
you wanted to see how the creatures look nowadays, so your chairman
said, " Let us bring up a doctor to look at." So I am brought here for a
show more than for what I am to say. Lyndeborough has had doctors.
I accidentally learned to-day that old Dr. Jones, about 125 years ago, took
to himself a wife ; and then did not exactly take to the woods, but did take
to the fastnesses of the mountains up here in Lyndeborough, having his
household goods put on an ox-cart, he and his bride going in a one-
horse "shay," the second that had ever been into these town limits; and
thus they drove to Lyndeborough. He put out his shingle, but what an
ominous sign it was, that the driver of that ox-cart, in bringing his goods
here, choked himself to death before he got here, showing that there
must be some reason why doctors should not come to Lyndeborough.

Dr. Jones remained here many years. He lived here, built him a home
here, and to-day you will see his portrait hanging on the outer wall of the
home which he built. He and his son and his grandson, I think, or his
great-grandson, the late Wm. A. Jones, supplied the place of physician to
this town nearly all the time during these 125 years. And well they sup-
plied it. The other man who was so familiar to us in our childhood, who
was so familiar and so dear to our mothers and our fathers, was Dr. Her-
rick. I need say nothing to you of him. You remember his genial face.
You remember his kindly way. We all respected him. We all loved
him. But the historian has told you that many have gone out from
Lyndeborough and worked in other fields in the medical profession. I was
surprised to know that there were so many who had been at work in my
profession, from this town.

Foremost, though, above all, not only of the sons of this town, but I
would almost say foremost among the foremost in the medical science of
this country, one whose name stands among the uppermost on the Temple
of Fame in the medical science, is the name of Willard Parker. Not
only wherever the English language is known, but wherever scientific
medicine and surgery are called upon to alleviate suffering humanity is
known the name of Willard Parker. Many, to-day, are working and do-
ing good works, and it may be said of them, " their works do follow
them," if, by chance, they do not go before.

But I have said that other thoughts come into my mind to-day, and I
really dislike to talk "shop." I do not know, perhaps, as much about
the medical profession as those who suffer, or are alleviated by it, do. I
could, perhaps, tell you more about the lawyers than the lawyers could
tell about themselves. I could, perhaps, tell you more about the clergy
than they could tell you about themselves ; and some of you could tell me,
perhaps, more about the'doctors than I could tell you about them myself.
I said that I came here expecting to shake hands. So I did. I expected
to meet the boys and girls. I have met the boys and girls, but not the
boys and girls. I have clasped the hand of sturdy manhood and the

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hand of cordial womanhood. The sparsely covered crown, the silver
locks are here ; and about the same bright eye I read the marks of Time's
fingers. And I wonder, as I look at them, if it can be a reflection of
something in myself. It can hardly be, for I feel like a boy to-day. Old
memories flock around. On this very spot one of my earliest recollec-
lections comes up. One of the earliest experiences in my life outside of
my own home, was, I should presume, on this very spot.

One Fourth of July — somebody says some forty years ago — it cannot
be as long ago, for I am but a boy myself, and I remember it ; but, how-
ever, it was long enough ago so that our fathers and our mothers deter-
mined to have a Fourth of July picnic. Our fathers, instead of getting a
tent, went into the woods, gathered trees and stuck them in the ground
and made an artificial grove, among which they set the tables. And I
remember how we passed the hours here. But what impresses itself
most clearly upon my mind is the fact that I got lost that day. And this
common, what an immense country it was to me ! How astonished I was,
and how frightened ! There was no crier sent out for me. I am sure I
filled that capacity to the fullest extent of the demands of the occasion.

These scenes come up before my mind rapidly, one after another. It
was my good fortune a few months ago to stand in Munich and there
view one of those remarkable processions that are brought out to cele-
brate the death of nobility. The sound of the trumpet, the flash of the
pine torch, — for it was in the night, — the dirge, the bier, all said the
king was dead. Yet, when the procession had about passed, there came,
suddenly, a presence in the air of something : a sound, — no, not a
sound, — a tremor filled the air. Above, below, around, — from the very
depths of the ground it came. It entered the very soul and shook the
very citadel of life with emotion. It told better than anything else
could, the sorrow of the nation. Oh, the throb of pain and sorrow in
those tremulous sounds ! I shall never forget it. Something akin to
that comes to me to-day as I see these old faces, as I think of the grass-
grown walks, the doors that used to open in cordial hospitality, that now
hang half torn from their hinges, the sashless windows, the emberless
hearths ; the rooms vacant, except as the bat flies through from one to
another, or the frightened squirrel escapes. In the garden that stood by,
like half-awakened memories, the tulip and the daffodil, the hollyhock
and the cinnamon rose still struggle into bloom.

And then I recall the schoolhouse with its deeply carved desks ; I re-
member that eventful examination day. Oh, how we crammed and
primed for it ! How we looked anxiously and watched to see when the
old clergyman, Mr. Claggett, should come across the field and through the
door. Then we all stood up, in reverence to the man we all loved so well,
the man who could take each one of us by the hand, and was not satisfied
with giving us our first name, but gave us our middle names and our last
names. He knew us all. Then, as the neighbors gathered, one after
another, how we struggled to acquit ourselves well. And how we went
out on to the rostrum of the schoolhouse and stood there with trembling
feet and said,

"You'd scarce expect one of my age,"

or with more zeal and animation, we declared for " Independence now,
and Independence forever ! "

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Those things, I say, come before me in rapid array, and I sorrow as I
think of the deserted homes, as I notice the spots, like pock marks on
the surface, where once stood the houses that meant homes. Yet, as
the crier goes out, and, in oae and the same voice declares, "The king is
dead. Long live the king," so I say that there is hope yet for old Lynde-
borough. It is not all sorrow nor all mourning. There are homes here
yet. There is spirit here yet among the old men and among the middle-
aged men that can make I/yndeborough still bloom and blossom. Her
people must, perhaps, change their methods of life, their methods of
farming, and introduce possibly some other industries ; but I/yndebor-
ough must live. But, above all, I know that these eternal hills are here,
and that they shall stand. What makes I/yndeborough dear and beauti-
ful to us all will remain, though we shall pass away. Oh, ye rocks and
rills, ye hills and vales, ye mountains and ravines, though wander thy
children, live ye still. Do they make their sojourn in the tropic south,
where perpetual summer reigns, they refresh their hearts with memories
of thee, with thy sleeping verdure wrapped in winter's snowy blanket.
Though they dwell in the prairies of the West, the eye wearied with the
broad expanse of the horizon's long, unbroken line, they long to behold
once more thy* varied landscape and to see thy mountain tops, as, blush-
ing with the first influence of morning's radiant hues, they proclaim the
coming of the king of day to the vales below. Do they tread the narrow
path of want, or eat of hunger's bitter bread, they recall the old home in
thy midst where an all sufficient abundance ever prevailed. Do they ride
the steed of affluence or dwell in palaces of wealth, they remember the
comforts, the careless comforts of their country home, and say, " There
indeed, was a rich mine of real, peaceful comfort that I cannot now find.''
Yes, wherever they are, in whatever situation, in whatever vocation, doc-
tor, lawyer or divine, workers with the brain or hand, thy children love
thee still ; living, love thee ; and dying, pray that thy murmuring brooks
and thy whispering pines may sing their requiem and may speak their
praise.

Mr. Woodward : The next sentiment is a toast to " Good Old
L,yndeborough." Success to her industry. Prosperity attend
her years. Her doors are ever open to welcome home her wan-
dering children.

I will call upon one of her wandering children to speak to this
sentiment. I used to be very intimately acquainted with him
years ago. He is a graduate of old District No. 8, over the
mountains, and was one of the sons of L,yndeborough repre-
sented in that historic march through Baltimore on the igth
of April, 1861. Indies and gentlemen, Henry M. Woodward,
of Medford, Mass.

Mr. H. M. Woodward. Citizens of Lyndeborough, Old Lyndeborough :
Old it is, indeed, as we mark the years, as the storms beat upon yonder
hills. Old indeed it is as we mark the forest which the streams have
made in yonder valleys. Old indeed it is as we read upon the tomb-
stones in yonder yard the ages of those that have been laid there during

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the years that are past. But every morning's sun, as it climbs up these
hills, makes Lyndeborough as new as it was in the past, when our boy-
hood feet trod these hills. L,yndeborough — her industries : I have been
astonished at the industries of I/yndeborough. We have industry piled
up, industry pressed down, industry shaken together. And the industry
here is so elevating — already elevated, I should say. In the morning,
you industriously climb up and spend an industrious day upon these
hills, and when you have industriously filled the hours of the day, you
industriously slide down the same hills to your homes and industriously
fill up the remainder of the day with the chores about the farm and barn.
This is industrious industry, piled up, heaped up. And what is the re-
ward of this industry ? I got a clew of the reward of the industry from
the remarks which the doctor made ; and that is this, that they do not
need any doctors in Lyndeborough.

It is very difficult for one unaccustomed to public speaking to know
what to say next. I am reminded of an incident that occurred in my war
experience, and with that I will close my remarks. I know the old sol-
diers here will appreciate it. In the early part of the war, in our nine
months' service, we had a motley collection in our company, and very
many of them knew nothing of military duties or tactics. We had a man
by the name of John Whalen. The first night after we arrived in Virginia,
John Whalen was detailed as camp guard. The old soldiers will know
what "grand rounds" means. And I, being officer of the guard, it was
my duty to instruct the guard in the duties of the grand rounds. For the
information of those who do not exactly know what it means, I will say
that, in the night, the officer of the day goes around and inspects each
guard about the camp, and they have a certain formula which is required
of the guard during that performance. He goes about to see that every
man is awake and at his post and doing his duty. I instructed John in
the duties of grand rounds. I told him what he was to do. I drilled him
in the formula. " Now, John," said I, "when the officer of the guard
approaches, you must say "Halt!" and "Who goes there?" And of
course, the officer will say "Grand rounds." You will say, "Advance,
grand rounds, and give the countersign." I instructed him in all the
minutiae of that, and I got John so thoroughly indoctrinated with grand
rounds that he could go through with it beautifully. When the time ap-
proached, the officer of the day came to me and we went the grand
rounds. We found all the guards at their posts as usual. We came to
John's post, and John was marching up and down his post, with his
" shoulder arms," as brave as any man could be; and when he saw me
coming, he came to a halt, and waited until I could have struck him with
my fist, he allowed me to come so near him.

Now it is against the rules of the army for a guard to let anyone come
within reach of his bayonet. John allowed me to come up very near.
And after awhile he says, "Halt!" Of course, I had halted before.
Then I waited a few minutes for the rest of it. And John sang out after
a while, " Who goes there ?" I replied, " Grand rounds." Then there
was another long silence, and I waited and waited. Finally, John said,
" Phwat will I say next ? " With this remark, " Phwat will I say
next ? " I close the few remarks I have to make.

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Mr. Woodward. Indies and Gentlemen : The next senti-
ment is to the absent sons of Lyndeborough ; to the sons of
L/yndeborough who have been pioneers and conservators of
other civilizations ; those present we welcome to their native hills
on this festal day ; to those absent we send our kindest benedic-
tions. I have the pleasure of introducing to you William H.
Grant, Esq., of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mr. Grant, before proceeding, read certain letters which had
been received from some of the sons of L/yndeborough who were
not present. After reading a letter from Rev. Wm. T. Bout-
well, of Stillwater, Minn., Mr. Grant spoke as follows : —

Now, fellow-townsmen, I remember, in my boyhood, to have read,
as some of you have read, that, under certain circumstances, the
last shall sometimes be first, and the first last. The last letter which
I read to you was that from Mr. Boutwell. I will speak of him as one
of the absent sons of Lyndeborough first, because he builded better than
he knew. When your mothers and my mother were making bed blankets
and bed quilts and sending them, with their benedictions into the far
Northwest forty years ago, they did not know what they were doing.
Mr. Boutwell said to me last Tuesday afternoon, when I went to see him
for the very purpose of seeing him before I should meet you to-day, that
the people of Lyndeborough and his New England friends, in 1831, told
him that if he went into that Northwestern country, if he did not freeze
to death, he would be scalped by the Indians. We all remember very
well how solicitous we all were for his welfare. I need not tell you that
his mission, like the other missions to the Indians in the past, has very
largely been a failure. He admits it himself. But man proposes and
God disposes. The result of I/yndeborough 's sending that man into the
Northwest was the bringing of the attention of the American people to
that country. " Why," he says, " in 1832, when I landed upon the shore
of Cass Lake, near the source of the Mississippi, I found as fine a field of
corn as was ever raised in old Lyndeborough. I did not feel any afraid
of freezing to death after that."

It is to missionaries, to men like Mr. Boutwell, that America owes the
building up and redeeming from barbarism of that noble country, of that
great belt, not of western land, nor western states which we used to talk
about, but that great central belt composed of Wisconsin, of Michigan,
of Minnesota, of Iowa, of Illinois, of Missouri, and so down to the Gulf
of Mexico. Within the limits of which I speak, and the new States, to
be, — the two Dakotas, when they are added, there will be, in that coun-
try to which Mr. Boutwell went in 1831, twelve millions of free, inde-
pendent, enlightened and happy people. It is owing to the services of
such men as Mr. Boutwell that the Pillsburys are feeding you to-day.
You have been eating flour ground at the Falls of St. Anthony, which
seemed to be a Utopian country in the days when Mr. Boutwell first
visited it.

Another suggestion, another distinction for a son of Lyndeborough :
Mr. Boutwell gave the name of Itasca to the source of the Mississippi

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River ; so that, so long as that great river shall flow to the gulf, so long
as the human mind can remember or can see or can know of what there
is to-day in the land, — just so long will that name be preserved ; and it
is to old L,yndeborough, to this hill here just below us, that we owe that
name — a peculiar name. He told me the story of how it came about
some years ago. It was this : He accompanied the Schoolcraft expedi-
tion in 1832. They came to that lake. It was the source of the river,
and the question was what they should call it. They talked of Indian
names. Finally Mr. Schoolcraft turned to Mr. Boutwell and said, " Mr.
Boutwell, I am not a classical scholar. Can't you remember some Greek
or some Latin name, something that will be expressive of the idea that
this is the head of the river?" Mr. Boutwell took a piece of birch bark,
as they sat there on the bank of the lake, and wrote " veritas caput," and
handed it to Mr. Schoolcraft. He says, " It is too long." Mr. Boutwell
jocularly replied, " Well, we had better cut in two." So he took off the
v e r of the first word and the last syllable of the second word and he had
the word " Itasca," and they adopted it as the name of the lake. So it is
to a son of I/yndeborough that the world is indebted for the name of the
lake at the head of the great Mississippi.*

There is another name that I desire to call your attention to. While
he was not a son of I/yndeborough, he was a son of one of Ivyndebor-
ough's sons. He was a grand-son, as I said before, of the man who
led the men of Lyndeborough at Bunker Hill. I think we have the
right to call him a son of L,yndeborough. I refer to the Hon. E. G.
Spaulding of Buffalo. You have heard what the military did during the
war of the rebellion ; and how proud we have been of our military rec-
ord. But there is a peaceful record in the case of Mr. Spaulding, which,
to my mind, vastly outweighs, in its importance, the achievements of
the military. Without it, the military could never have succeeded. His-
tory shows us that Mr. Spaulding, as chairman of the committee on
finance in the congress of the United States, in the early days of the war,
introduced what is known as the " Greenback Bill," for the issuing of
treasury notes. And I understand that in Buffalo his neighbors fre-
quently speak of him as " Greenback Spaulding." Another thing he
did : He formulated, introduced and advocated the present National Bank
bill, by which our national currency was established. And it was so per-
fect when it came from his experienced hand that there have been but very
few amendments of it since. Men live in their sons and in their daugh-
ters, and I say again, it is to these old hills, it is to those struggling an-
cestors of ours who subdued these mighty forests, that we are indebted
for these great measures.

Other sons of I/yndeborough have gone forth into every department of
life; into my own profession, perhaps, less than into any other of the

*The following is taken from a paper on the source of the Mississippi, by H. M.
Kingery, in The Popular Science Monthly for August, 1904 : " The present name 11
said to have been the joint production of Schoolcraft and the Rev. Dr. Boutwell, who
were the first white men to seek the lake as the Mississippi's source. Desiring to ha
it at first sight with an appropriate title, Schoolcraft asked his companion for the Greek
or Latin words meaning the true source of a river. Though somewhat rusty in t
classics, the reverend explorer finally recalled the two Latin words, veritas caput
truth head. These were written down, the first and last syllables crossed out, an
presto ! the name Itaska."

568 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

learned professions ; but everywhere you find them. They have
been bank presidents and bank directors. They have constructed
railroads. They have been railroad directors and railroad presidents
and managers. They have been mayors of cities. They have been
the pioneers and founders of towns. Every industry, every advance of
civilization has found some son of I/yndeborough lifting at the wheel.

But, ladies and gentlemen, the hours are passing rapidly. I simply de-
sired to see you. I desired to be present and shake again your kindly
hands. It is now more than thirty years, nearly thirty-five, since I lost
my citizenship in I/yndeborough. I have always looked back on the
home of my birth as a place I love to contemplate. I remember you all.
I remember the old men and the young, and always with the kindest of
feelings and recollections. These scenes about us, as I said before, are
what have made the sons of Lyndeborough what they are. Man, like
any other animal, is made largely by his environment ; and it is because
our ancestors had to struggle, it is because our fathers and mothers had
to work with their hands and their heads, that we have given so many
illustrations of distinguished ability in the various departments of human
life.

I expect to leave you. I may never, or I may, return. These scenes,
to me, are set in strong remembrance. As Burns said,

"Oh, scenes in strong remembrance set !

Scenes never, never to return !
Scenes, if in stupor I forget,
Again I feel, again I burn."

Good-bye. I do not want to say any more.

Mr. Woodward. I did not commence my task with an apol-
ogy which perhaps I should have made ; but it is very dis-
agreeable to commence the exercises of any occasion with an
apology. But we expected and hoped that His Excellency the
Governor would be here to-day, and he gave a partial assurance
that he would be here, but he did not come. It would be a
very pleasant part of my task were I able to read a letter of
regret from him, but I cannot do so for he sent none.

The concluding sentiment of the day is to the first settlers of
Ivyndeborough. Plain, hardy, intelligent. Contending with
the forces of nature, enduring privation, they hewed out for
themselves homes, and left for us a legacy of freedom. As the
fathers live in their sons, may their sturdy courage and faith be
ours. I have the honor and pleasure of introducing to you
Mr. Rufus Blanchard of Chicago, 111., who will respond to this
toast. He has acquired a reputation as an author and pub-
lisher and is an old son of I/yndeborough .

Mr. Blanchard. Fellow-Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen : I wish'J could
call more of you " fellow-citizens," practically, than is possible. When
I came here, as I first came over Perham's old hill, I could not help hum-
ming to myself that old hymn,

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" Green hills of Tyrol, again I see
My home and country so dear to me."

It would not have required any very great stretch of imagination for
me to have become convinced in my own mind and to have actually be-
lieved that I was to visit my old schoolfellows, and to take a friendly
wrestle with them, or, maybe, a regular rough and tumble. But I am
sorry to say that the truth dispelled that happy illusion very soon. In-
stead of that I found a few grizzly old fellows, just like myself, some
younger, some a little older. But as I grasped them by the hand I felt
as if I could again take a regular rough and tumble with them. I re-
member which of them could lay me on my back, and which I could lay
on their backs. But I do not propose to try it now. There is a man that
I wrestled with over there now. I never fought with him in the world.
But I could pick out some that I have fought with, though I do not see
any now. But if I could, I would feel a good deal as the famous artist,
Healy, felt ; he is the artist who painted the presidents of the United
States, the greatest artist in the world to-day. I met him at one time
with one of his old friends from Boston and had the honor to be intro-
duced to him ; and from the conversation that he bad with the gentle-
man, Mr. Higginson, I was led to say, " Why, you must be old^friends ? '*

" Oh, yes," he said, " we threw brick-bats at each other on the streets
of Boston, when boys."

So began a life-long friendship. I felt something like that when I
came to greet my old friends here. If we didn't throw brick-bats, we
pummelled each other well, which was just as good proof of our courage.
And we didn't tell our fathers of it, nor our pedagogues, nor our "school-
marms." If we had, we would have got a second dose from Dr. Birch.
It is right for boys to fight, rather than submit to degredation. It was
the same spirit which actuated nineteen men to enlist in the revolution-
ary war from our old town.

But, O Mercy ! don't let me make you a speech ! The thing has gone
too far already. Everything that has been said has been good, but it is
too late to make any more speeches. Therefore I will just read you a
little sentiment that I felt impressed to utter, and I wrote it out because
I couldn't help it. (The Speaker then read a short poem.)

I thank you, my friends, for allowing me to greet you face to face.
And if I have failed to respond to that beautiful, that laconic sentiment
that was allotted me, you cannot doubt that it has been most ably re-
sponded to already ; and you will excuse this as a light dessert,— not a
heavy dessert, like a piece of mince pie, but the lightest dessert you
could eat after a meal of solid meats. We will call it a roast apple.

Mr. Woodward. Mr. Chairman, that concludes the part
which was assigned to me.

President Grant. I have been requested to state that on
Thursday, the i2th day of this month, the scion of Lynde-
borough which drew off a part of Salem-Canada, proposes,
from what we have done here to-day, to see what it can do.
Boys are apt, if their parents have done something big, to see

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if they cannot do something bigger. The people of Wilton
propose to hold a celebration on the i2th day of the present
month, and they invite all who are present at lyyndeborough
to-day to come down and see them.

This meeting now stands adjourned for fifty years, and as
many of you as possible are requested to come then.

In conclusion : The following poem, written by Dr. Israel
Herrick in 1858, was not read on this occasion; but as it doubt-
less would have been if it had been available, it is inserted here
without apology : —

SCRAPS ABOUT I/YNDKBOROUGH.

Our town is a regular crescent-like swell,

Made up of mountain, and hill, and dell,

With here and there a small level spot,

Sufficient to build a snug, humble cot,

A barn and a shed, with a yard for the kine,

A coop for the hens, and a pen for the swine.

The surface is stony, and hard, and rough,

The tilling of which is toilsome and tough,

Discounting to man and beast his food,

If only the proper labor is made,

With plow and harrow, shovel and spade,

Crowbar, bush-hook, axe and hoe,

Laid on smart by a freeman's blow.

Our ancient domain was ample and bold,

Such as yeomen delight to purchase and hold,

And build up a home for themselves and the brood

Very soon to come forth, for the great public good.

Thirty-six square miles, with a southern decline,

Well timbered and watered, with prospect sublime,

Was the price paid King,* with his bold soldier clan,

To hunt and shoot down his red fellow-man,

And Frenchmen to boot ; 'twas a sov'reign say,

And flunkeys, as now, were quite sure to obey.

But this goodly grant was soon to be marred

By godly neighbors, and hackled and scarred,

That they might enlarge their scanty dominions

And gratify will, as well as opinions.

First, Wilton came in for a two-mile slice

To make up a town, so snug and so nice,

With Masoniau lands, which they had on hand,

And then take a notable public stand.

Next Temple presented a Blood-yt request,

And after contention, 'twas thought to be best

To let them take off a three-cornered bite,

*Capt. Samuel King:- See pp. 21-25. — ED.

t The late General Blood, with his well-known shrewdness, got up a petition, put it
through the Legislature, and procured the grant.

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And keep it, rather than quarrel and fight.

Next Greenfield requested a rather large strip,

To make up a town with their barren old slip.

And rather than see them look meager and sullen,

And get their subsistence from sorrel and mullen,

We granted their prayer, as is plain to be seen,

And let them have lands that looked healthy and green.

Frances-town next craved a very small bit,

To make her phylacteries come snug to a fit,

And give her proportion, as plump and as fair

As the maiden* whose name they so cheerfully bear.

Mont Vernon came last [and got what she wanted.]

*******
Thus we have been pinched and hackled all raw,
Which leaves us in shape of a circular saw
With a piece broken off ; and yet we are here,
And keep on our course in hope, without fear.
With this slight digression, we'll pick up our traps,
And hasten along with the rest of our scraps.
Our streams of water are nothing but rills,
Greatly deficient for driving of mills,
Except when swollen by showers or thaws,
And then you may hear the clatter of saws
Cutting up lumber — yea, fingers and paws ;
Yet not a spoonful of meal's to be had,
Though hens, ducks and turkeys — yea, women — run mad,
And cackle and scold, quack, gobble and squall,
For grain can't be ground, the streams are so small.
Churches we've two, and preachers the same,
Where sinner and saint, the blind, halt and lame
May go and get good to their souls, if they will,
And learn to avoid the eternal down hill,
Where old " Nickey Ben," that famous old rip,
Stands ready to give them a crack with his whip.
One doctor ! good luck ! now I'm free to engage —
Were there none, few would die except of old age.
No lawyert save one e'er yet had the pride
To think he safely our yeomen could ride ;
And he was thrown off with his ill-gotten treasures,
To earn his own broth by making peck measures.
A full baker's dozen of squires have we,
Who serve for the honor, instead of the fee ;
But Justice ! bah ! their number's so small,
'Tis safer to say we have just none at all.
Schoolhouses we've nine, tho' one at a peep
Would surely be taken as sheds for the sheep,

* Frances Deering, wife of Gov. John Wentworth. See Francestown History, p. 39.— ED
t About 45 years ago Esq. E— y opened an office in this place ; had no business, and
went to making wooden measures. He was good at that. For in the granaries of many
of our careful farmers you ma> find sets of measures made by this wise lawyer.

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Instead of a place where the tender young mind

Should learn to shoot forth, " as the twig is inclin'd."

Yet some are now getting the better of self,

Believing that mind is quite equal to pelf;

And give, by refitting, those sheds such an air,

As makes the whole district with wonder to stare,

And two-penny souls half determined to swear.

We've a pond of small size, surrounded with bogs,

Well stored with leeches, pickerel and frogs,

Bull-paddocks, water-snakes, shiners and pouts,

Suckers and pollywogs, turtles and trouts —

Enough in all conscience to get up a treat

For half of the bipeds that come short of meat.

We've a town hall, too, of modern cut,

Where orators, poets and sporters can strut ;

Where lyceums meet, great questions to settle,

And brave politicians to show off their mettle ;

.And singers to sing, and laugh and prattle,

And boys to run, and scream, and rattle,

As if the imps in the old black pit

Were all seized at once with colic or fit.

Half a century gone by, or nearly that space,

California fever broke out in this place ;

By some cantrip slight, the fact had been told,

That Scattaquog's* bowels were all filled with gold.

So at it they went, to digging and blowing,

To carting and wheeling, shov'ling and hoeing,

From winter to spring^through summer and fall,

And all that they got was just nothing at all.

So, many who now are raving for riches,

From Mexican hills will return poor as witches,

And wish they had staid on their own native soil,

To gather their gold by slow, patient toil.

The red man free once ranged our hills,

To shoot down the deer, or fish in our rills,

Little dreaming that he and his blood must give place,

With his land and his hut, to a white, selfish race,

And turn his sad face to the West for to roam,

No more to return to his sweet, native home.

Near our speck of a pond was his summer retreat,

Where he -feasted on fish, if the chase gave no meat,

And gathered the grape, the wild pear and cherry,

That he with his friends might be joyful and merry.

'Twas here, too, he sickened and died,

And here he was buried, t close down by the side

* The name of the eastern spur of our mountain. About the commencement of the
present century a company was organized in this town, through faith in the Divining-
rod, to mine for silver. Much time and money were expended for naught. The ex-
cavation, though now partly filled up, is plain to be seen.

t In the fall of 1848, as workmen were removing a sand mound at the west end of
" Badger " Pond, so called, the bones of an Indian were disinterred. Others may yet

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Of this little pond, and the tall waving trees

Sang his requiem, mov'd by the soft western breeze. ,

Fain here would our muse gently cower her wing,

Nor 'tempt furthermore to flutter or sing —

Yea, fain would avoid the sad task to fulfil ;

But oh ! the vile serpent, the " worm of the still."

That reptile's been here, with his poisonous breath,

Beguiling its victims to premature death ;

Gently and softly the heart he coils round,

'Till all the affections forever are bound.

Father and mother, fond hearts have been pained

To see their loved offspring so foolishly chained ;

Sisters have wept for a brother's sad fate,

Who fain would avoid, when, alas ! 'twas too late,

The place where this reptile was kept to decoy

The doom'd one from virtue, honor and joy.

Alas ! oh, alas ! no tongue can e'er tell

The sorrows that flow from this offspring of hell.

If once he succeeds in wounding the brain,

The doom'd one will seek him again and again ;

Will sacrifice freely companions of youth,

Probity, honor, religion and truth —

Father and mother, health, children and wife,

Sister and brother, yea, e'en his own life.

Alas ! he will peril his own precious soul,

If he but for once can guaff from the bowl

The poisonous liquid so sure for to kill,

That comes from that reptile, the " worm of the still."

Our muse is a blundering, careless old jade ;

The fact is, she never yet half learn'd the trade.

What should have come first is left until now —

We hope the fair ladies won't scowl up their brow ;

We have lots of them here — some young and some old ;

Some handsome, some homely, some modest, some bold.

They all are adopting the odd modern plan,

When dress'd, to resemble a broad, open fan,

Or rather a tunnel, with generous crop

At the nose, and a something stuck on near the top.

Some want to get married, some say they do not,

But this is a fib I will wager a grot.

Not want to get married ! I'd just as soon think

A miser would flee from the rattle of chink ;

Or our little pond, with all its live stock,

Should start up the mountain, to take a short walk.

Ivive single ! when widowers, bachelors and beaux

Stand ready and fix'd, in their best Sunday clothes,

To give them a call and make quite a stop,

rest there. The first settlers of this town found around this pond many domestic and

other implements of Indian construction. There is no evidence that tl

this region a permanent residence, but very probably it was a favorite hunting-grot

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Yea, e'en to hitch up, and the question to pop?
t Not want to get married ! 'tis all fudge and feign,

They just kind o' say so, their object to gain,
And then, oh, " by cracky ! " they'll put on the clips,
And make ye stand round like a basket of chips.
Yet some are more honest, are willing to own
That going through life's crooked path all alone
Was never designed in Nature's great plan
To be the sad lot of woman or man.
And so they are willing to join in and go
Through Time's little journey of sorrow and woe
With him they have promis'd to love from the heart,
Till death the fond union asunder shall part.
Then ho ! ye single old scissors, don't cry!
But lift up your heads — your redemption is nigh ;
Another good half you can get, without fail,
And then cut like something, — so here ends our TALE.

THE LAFAYETTE ARTILLERY COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATION, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1904.

BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

A century of continuous existence is not a trivial matter to
either a man or a military organization. A review of the great
changes in our situation and in that of our familiar friends, in
that of our country, and especially its relations with other coun-
tries, the "battles, sieges, fortunes" we have passed through,
even within the bounds of half a century, cannot fail deeply to
impress us. But if the occurrences of half a century affect us
deeply, how much more those of a full century. It was only
appropriate then that the L,afayette Artillery and the town in
which they had flourished for more than two-thirds of a cen-
tury, should seek to celebrate worthily the centennial of their
organization.

To this end, the town at its meeting in March, 1904, voted to
observe Old Home Day, and appropriated two hundred dollars
to expend for this object, and. also appointed a committee of ar-
rangements to carry out its vote.

The L,afayette Artillery also appointed a committee to make
suitable arrangements for the celebration of their one-hun-
dredth anniversary.

The two committees above named united in deciding to com-
bine both the celebrations into one. The committee chosen for
the celebration of Old Home day were : —

Fred A. Richardson Charles L,. Perham F. B. Richards

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The Lafayette Artillery's committee were : —

Capt. Andy Holt Lieut. Edward Ross Walter S. Tarbell

Charles L. Perham Fred Moore

It was understood at the outset that the Artillery Co. were,
most appropriately, to have the chief place in the day's doings.
Consequently, the main part of the work in making the ar-
rangements devolved on their committee. This took the lead
and had the principal oversight of the whole. It appointed the
following subcommittees : —

Grounds. — J. A. Blanchard, C. L. Perham, Jos. A. Johnson.
Speakers and Exercises. — Capt. Andy Holt, Jacob A. Woodward.
Decorations. — Lieut. Edward Ross, chairman.

Invitations. — Chas. H. Tarbell, Capt. Andy Holt, Jacob A. Woodward.
Salutes. — A. S. Conant and members of the gun squad.
Music. — Lieut. Fred Holt, Roy N. Putnam, Jason Holt.
Dinner.— W. S. Tarbell, A. W. Putnam, Charles H. Tarbell.
Transportation. — Fred Moore, John C. Carkin and Edgar A. Danforth.

The committee on music secured the services of the First
Regiment Band of Nashua ; that for dinner hired the Page Co.
of I^owell, Mass., as caterers; and that for transportation se-
cured the extra train service from Nashua and way stations for
both day and evening.

At the meeting, June 4, 1904, the company voted to request
the general committee to prepare a programme to be presented
at the next meeting. It was presented as follows : -

Sunrise salute by the gunner's squad

Receiving Gov. Bachelder and invited guests by salute

Parade of military

Band concert

Dinner

Speaking by the governor and others
Dress parade

This program was accepted by the company, subject to amend-
ment if necessary.

That the arrangements thus projected were handsomely car-
ried through, will be learned from the press reports furnished by
the Manchester Union, Sept. 10, 1904, and also from the Mil-
ford Cabinet of Sept. 15, 1904.- We cite freely from both such
portions as suit our purpose :

" Everything connected with the great celebration at South Lyndebor-
ough was successfully carried out, and barring the weather, was satisfac-
tory and pleasing to everyone, both to those who had the details in charge
and those who were the guests of the town and the company for the day.
There may have been more people in South Lyndeborougb on some

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previous occasion, but it is certain there never was a time when there
were so many umbrellas in evidence as on Friday, for it commenced rain-
ing early in the morning and there was hardly a cessation until nightfall.
This could but be a damper on the outdoor exercises, for the bright sun
was necessary to show up to advantage the decorations which were so
abundant and so artistically displayed. It was really a remarkable sight
to see such a universal decoration. Hardly a house but had its stream-
ers and bunting flying. It was a pretty sight as it was, but with the sun's
bright rays it would have been most attractive." — Cabinet.

" The celebration began with a salute of twenty -five guns, fired by a
gun detachment of the Lafayettes, under the command of Albert S.
Conant. The historic brass six-pounder, the only piece in the state service
left for use at the outbreak of the civil war, at the sunrise hour boomed
out the announcement of the Lafayettes centennial until the entire Pack
Monadnock range echoed the message, and the whole countryside knew
that New Hampshire had a military company a full 100 years old.

" It was an interesting morning in this village this morning when the
whole town and all the neighboring towns were turning out to enjoy the
festivities of the Lafayette's anniversary. And it was a pretty picture
which the village presented, even in the rain. The Artillery company
was resplendent in new uniforms, a special suit combining some of the
features of both the regulation artillery and marine pattern, and alto-
gether pretty and appropriate for an independent organization. The pic-
turesque artillery red was everywhere in evidence, but it was not long
before the troopers of the Peterborough cavalry began to appear, and the
yellow lining of their capes gave another touch of color to the pretty
show. The village itself was a mass of red, white and blue. Artistic
decorations were to be seen on every building. No pains had been spared
to make the place beautiful, and the decorators found everybody anxious
that no gap should be left in the color display." — Union.

"The special train bearing the governor and his party, the First Regi-
ment Band from Nashua, the Granite Rifles from Milford and invited
guests from all directions, came about 9.30 o'clock, and the old cannon
spoke its welcome to our chief. At 10 o'clock the governor and his staff,
Gen. Tolles and members of his staff reviewed the paraMe from a stand
erected in the square. The parade was an altogether creditable one, and
consisted of a platoon of police from Nashua, First Regiment Band,
Nashua, Troop A Cavalry, Peterborough, Granite Rifles, Milford, Lafay-
ette Artillery Co., Lyndeborough." — Cabinet.

" As the I/yndeborough men passed the governor they marched like vet-
erans, and their line called out a spontaneous burst of applause from the
militia officers, who watched it with critical eyes. An interesting feature
of the parade was the historic piece drawn by gaily caparisoned horses
and surrounded by a detachment of the older members of the company.

" The parade over, the remainder of the time to the dinner hour was
given up to sociability. Captain Davis had a good chance to put his
troopers through some manoeuvres and gave a half hour's drill, much to
the delight of the crowd. Meanwhile the rain had set in again and there
was a general scurrying to cover. Citizen's hall was filled with a jolly
crowd. Captain Andy Holt's house contained a large company of distin-

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guished guests, and the stores and dwellings of the village were meeting
places for large numbers. For a wet day it was as jolly a time as could
be imagined. Just to put the finishing touch on the rainy day picture,
'Andy' Drum took his First Infantry Band on Capt. Andy Holt's
veranda, and gave a fine concert. Almost everbody was there in a few
moments, and the half hour before ' mess call ' was one of the most en-
joyable of the day.

"At noon the old gun roared out another salute. The cavalry trump-
eters sounded the familiar call to dinner and the troopers marched to the
big tent as they do at camp. A quiet, cosmopolitan crowd, men high in
political and military circles, militia men, civilians, all sorts of people,
sat down to heavily laden tables and enjoyed a pleasant dinner hour, the
members of the L/afayette Artillery company acting as waiters."— Union.

The post-prandial exercises consisted of speeches from the dis-
tinguished guests, interspersed with music of a sweet, animat-
ing and inspiriting character by the band. Mr. Jacob A. Wood-
ward presided. The local pastor offered prayer, and after fitting
remarks by the president, he introduced Gov. N. J. Batchelder,
who spoke with characteristic ease and pleasantry of his many
visits to the varied gatherings throughout the state. "But,"
he said, ' ' among the things that a governor cannot do is to gov-
ern the weather to his liking."

He had ordered fair weather for the day, but the council had
not confirmed the order. He congratulated the Artillery Co. on
the completeness of their arrangements for celebrating so impor-
tant an event. He favored occasional retrospect by communi-
ties as well as individuals ; and he favored also the tendency in
these times to reverence old people, old homes, old organiza-
tions ; and he believed that the military of a state holds an im-
portant place in fostering its patriotism.

Appropriate to these words of our governor, it may be stated
that 135 men, who had at some time been members of this com-
pany enlisted as soldiers in our civil war.

Congressman Currier followed in complimentary terms, saying that "it
was remarkable that a company should retain its organization so many
years as this had. A well regulated military company in a community
gave a great sense of security." He referred to the part New Hampshire
took in the great battles of colonial days, to the work of the Rogers
Rangers, to the New Hampshire troops at Bunker Hill and Stark's vic-
tory at Bennington. — Cabinet.

[Lyndeborough had the honor of sharing in all these.]

Ex-Congressman Baker followed with appropriate remarks.
Other speakers were Hon. C. H. Burns of Wilton, C. J. Ham-
blett of Nashua and J. G. Crawford of Manchester.

Instead of any attempt to give a sketch of the company, the

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carefully prepared history printed in pamphlet form was distrib-
uted freely as a souvenir among the audience until the supply
was exhausted. This is substantially the same as the historical
sketch of the company given in this volume. (Pages 207-218.)
While the exercises were in progress, the troopers and officers
of Gen. Tolles staff enjoyed an afternoon's sport at revolver
practice on the hillside behind the tent. A dress parade took
place about five o'clock, and a large and attractive crowd filled
the hall to enjoy the dancing in the evening.

"Among the guests were : Governor N. J. Batchelder, Brigadier-Gen.
Jason E. Tolles, Congressman Frank D. Currier, Adjt. Gen. A. D. Ayling,
Col. E. C. Hutchinson, Lieut. Col. H. H. Jewell, Maj. A. F. Cutnmings,
Maj. George M. Follett, Lieut. Col. A. G. Shattuck ; Nathan C. Jameson
and wife, Antrim; O. B. Warren of Rochester, junior vice department
commander of the Grand Army of New Hampshire ; M. L. Piper of
Auburn, United States capital police ; Police Commissioner F. D. Run-
nels of Nashua; Gen. Chas. H. Burns, Wilton; Col. J. E. Pecker of Con-
cord; Col. W. B. Rotch of Milford ; Gen. D. M. White of Peterborough ;
former Congressman Henry M. Baker of Bow ; Col. John G. Crawford of
Manchester; Maj. D. E. Proctor of Wilton; Dr. H. S. Hutchinson of
Milford, the Rev. Francis H. Buffum of Winchester ; Rev. M. F. Johnson
of Nashua ; Rev. F. A. Robinson of Milford ; Rev.W. N. Donovan of New-
town Centre, Mass.; District Attorney Charles J. Hamblett of Nashua ;
H. K. Libbey of Manchester; Judge A. I/. Keyes of Milford." — Cabinet.

Everybody seemed to regard the centennial celebration of the
Lafayette Artillery as a complete and praiseworthy success.

CHAPTER XXXIII.
BIOGRAPHICAL, SKETCHES.

BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

JOHN MASON. — A brief account of John Mason, the founder
of New Hampshire, can hardly fail to interest those who live on
lands included in the grant made to Gorges and Mason, jointly,
by King James the First of England, in 1622.

John Mason was the son of John and Isabella Mason, and was
born in Lynn Regis, or King's Lynn, in the maritime county of
Norfolk, England. Very little is known of his early life. He
attracted first notice as a merchant in London. Later he en-
tered the naval service, and became an officer in the fleet which
assisted the Dutch Republic in its struggle to free itself from
Spain. In 1610, after the independence of Holland had been
secured, he was made commander of the king's fleet, which was
sent to control the turbulent people of the Hebrides. With a
squadron consisting of two ships of war and two pinnaces, fitted
out at his own expense, he undertook and effected this task. It
was, perhaps, to reimburse him for the expense of this expedi-
tion that in 1615 he was made governor of Newfoundland, then
one of the most valuable of the English possessions in North
America. He made the first English map of that island, and
was commissioned by the king " to deal with the pirates then
infesting the Newfoundland region."*

" In 1621 he returned to England," and about that time be-
came intimately connected with Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
others who were interested in colonizing enterprises. They,
with a few others admitted as their partners, effected the settle-
ment of New Hampshire in 1623. After his return he was ap-
pointed governor of the town of Portsmouth, England.! When
a vacancy occurred in the Council of Plymouth, Mason "was
elected a member of that body, and was chosen their secretary.
He was thus placed in the front rank of those who were actively
engaged in promoting discoveries and encouraging settlements
in North America."! His election to the "Great Council for
New England," composed of "persons of honor and even of
blood," of which in November he became vice-president,

•Batchellor, Vol. XXVII., Pref. pp. 4, 5-
tProv. Papers, vol. I, p. 4. | Hist, of Town of Mason, p. o.

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" showed the high estimation put on Mason by some of the fore-
most persons in England."

" Early in 1635 the Council for New England became satis-
fied of its inability to control affairs in New England. It had
long had enemies at home as well as here. There was an unwill-
ingness to recognize the powers granted by the sovereign in the
nature of government, and it had no strength to enforce its de-
crees. The Colony of Massachusetts Bay became large and
powerful, and disregarded all authority, kingly as well as other,
as far as they thought it prudent. Complaints against the council
were constantly made to the Privy Council, and they were cited
to answer. They determined thereupon to surrender their great
charter to the king, and to divide the whole territory of New
England among themselves. Pursuant to this resolve Mason
received a new grant from the council, dated April 22, 1635, °f
the lands hitherto granted to him by the council. This grant
embraced all the land between the Naumkeag and Pascataqua
rivers, extending three score miles inland, with the south half
of the Isles of Shoals, to be called New Hampshire."

" On the surrender of the New England Patent in 1635, it
was the design of the king to place over that territory a general
governor, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received the appointment.
To complete the vice-regal government, Capt. John Mason was
appointed Oct. i, Vice- Admiral of New England."

" Mason made every preparation to come to New Hampshire,
looking forward to a visit to his plantation, as well as to the
charge he had undertaken. In November he was taken ill, and
died early in December, 1635, an event that proved disastrous
to his interests in New England, which fell, by the terms of his
will, to his widow and to his grandson, then not one year old."

"The death of Mason was regarded at the time" by " his
friends and associates as a far-reaching calamity," * but by the
Puritan element as the removal of a formidable obstacle to their
designs on the Pascataqua plantations.

He had taken great pains in founding his settlement. He in-
troduced fine cattle from Denmark and encouraged agriculture.
His hope was to enrich himself from mines of the precious
metals which he believed were to be discovered, and from fish-
eries which would be developed, as well as from traffic with the
Indians in valuable furs. He expended large sums of money in
laying the foundation of a splendid establishment which he ex-

*Batch., Vol. XXVII., Pref. p. 5.

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pected at some future day would amply reward him for his expen-
diture. What would have resulted from his outlays cannot now
be calculated with any certainty. He was not permitted to
reap the anticipated fortune. He died in 1635, having had
about twelve years in which to improve his plantation. About
a year before his death he wrote that he ' ' had never received
a penny for all his outlay on his plantation in Pascataqua."
Indeed, until the near approach of his death, his opportunity for
the greatest usefulness to the colony had not arrived.
He had but one child, a daughter, Anne, who married Joseph
Tufton. Three sons and two daughters were born of this mar-
riage, and to these were bequeathed his New Hampshire posses-
sions. His lineal descendants down to the time of the sale of
his possessions to the Portsmouth syndicate in 1746 are given as
follows by Batchellor XXVII., p. 6 of preface : —

1. Capt. John Mason, died Dec. 1635.

2. Anne Mason, daughter, married Joseph Tufton.

3. Robert Tufton, alias Mason, son of Anne, born 1635. Took sur-
name of Mason by terms of his grandfather's will.

4. Robert Tufton Mason, 2nd., son. He and his elder brother John
undertook to pass their interest in New Hampshire to Samuel Allen in
1691.

5. John Tufton Mason, son, died in Havanna 1718.

6. Col. John Tufton Mason, son, born in Boston, Mass. Apr. 29, 1713:
sold title to lands in New Hampshire to the Masonian Proprietors in
1746, claiming that the transaction with Allen in 1691 conveyed only a life
interest.

JUDGE BENJAMIN I/VNDE.— The first of this name of
Lynde, of whom we have record in this country, was Simon
Lynde, son of Enoch, of London, England, a wealthy merchant.
Simon followed his father's occupation, and in 1650, when he
was 26 years of age, came to New England, and seems to have
had his home in Boston. He possessed much wealth, and later
in life was by royal authority appointed one of the counsellors
for New England.

Benjamin Lynde is said to have been the sixth son of Simon,
and was born Sept. 22, 1666. He was graduated at Harvard
College, and entered upon the study of law. He was sent to
London for his legal education, and was admitted to the Middle
Temple Oct. 18, 1692. He returned to his native land after
completing his legal studies, and was soon ranked among the
foremost in his profession in New England. On the resignation
of Judge Sewall in 1728, he was made chief justice of the prov-

582 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

ince, and held this office up to the time of his death, Jan. 28,
1745. A brief notice of him in the Boston Evening Post closes
his life record thus : —

" Inflexible justice, unshattered integrity, affability and humanity
were ever conspicuous with him. He was a sincere friend, most affec-
tionate to his relations, and the delight of all who were honored with
his friendship and acquaintance."

Such was the father of Benjamin Ivynde, Jr., Esq., the promi-
nent proprietor of many shares in the old township of Salem-
Canada.

BENJAMIN I/VTNDE, JR., the eldest son of Judge Benjamin
L,ynde, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, October 15, 1700.
He entered Harvard College in 1714, and was graduated in
1718, in the class with Theodore Atkinson, who afterward
became chief justice of New Hampshire, and also with Richard
Dana, who became a distinguished advocate. He took his
master's degree in 1721, and was appointed a special judge
of the Court of .Common Pleas for Suffolk County in
1734. When the commission appointed for the settle-
ment of the boundary between New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts met at Hampton in 1737, he was named as one of the
agents to accompany it. Two years later he was made one of
the standing judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Essex
Co., and in 1745, the year of his father's death, " he was raised
to the Superior Bench of the Province." The latter position he
held for twenty-seven years, and he was also a member of the
council for twenty-eight years. " The most important trial that
took place during his judicial term was that of the soldiers who
fired on the mob in State street. In the absence of Chief Justice
Hutchinson, Judge I,ynde presided. It was a time of great
political excitement, and the occasion was one that required the
utmost firmness and skill on the part of the judges to insure a
just and impartial decision." These trials lasted several days,
and, as has been said, "proceeded with care and patience on
the part of the Bench and counsel ; and both Judges and Jury
seem to have acted with all the impartiality that is exhibited in
the most enlightened tribunals." "The result," said Judge
Washburn, " is a proud memorial of the purity of the adminis-
tration of Justice in Massachusetts." (Sketch in Journal of
Benjamin I^ynde, pp. 13, 14.)

" Judge I^ynde was noted for his learning, his liberality and
public spirit." " On November i, 1731, Judge Lynde married

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Mary, the daughter of Major John Bowles of Roxbury, a de-
scendant of the Rev. John Eliot," the famous missionary among
the Indians. They had three daughters. Mary, the eldest,
married Hon. Andrew Oliver, Jr., one of the judges of the
Common Pleas for Essex.

Hannah died unmarried ; and Lydia married Sept. 30, 1767,
Rev. William Walter, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, " who
represented the Lynde estate in the meetings of the proprietors
for many years."

In the spring of 1781, Benjamin Lynde, Jr., Esq., received a
kick from a horse, from the effects of which he did not recover,
and he died on the 5th of October following, at the advanced
age of 81. He was a diligent student of our Colonial History,
and was a contributor to "Prince's Chronological History of
New England."

An extract from his last will and testament follows : —

" I give and devise to my said Grandchild, B. Lynde Oliver and his
heirs, One third of my Lands and Farm, (not mortgaged Lands) I shall
die possessed of in the Township of Lyndeborough in New Hampshire."

" Item. I give, devise and bequeath to my said Grandson, Lynde
Walter, two of my Farms at Lyndeborough, N. H., which I had in right
of two MASON i AN GRAND PROPRIETORS, viz., No. i, adjoining South on
Temple Town, and No. 5, adjoining East on what was originally Salem-
Canada, and South on Mr. Moffat No. 2, each of said farms containing
200 acres apiece, to him and his heirs forever ; But if he should die be-
fore he arrives at the age of eighteen years of marriage, then I give said
Farms to any son of my daughter, Walter, called after my name ; and
if none such, then to my Grandson, Benjamin Lynde Oliver and his
heirs forever.

Dated, May 10, 1776.

Diary and Letters of Benj. Lynde, Appendix pp. 236 and 237.

Mr. Lynde evidently possessed great wealth for his day, and
bequeathed it in liberal portions among his children and grand-
children. The names of Walter and Oliver figure largely in the
records of the Lyndeborough proprietors after Mr. Lynde's
decease, as his heirs and successors.

The "Diary and Letters" of Benjamin Lynde contains good
portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Lynde. (.The N. E. Historic Genea-
logical Society, Boston.)

WILLIAM WALTER, D.D.— William Walter was the son
of Thomas Walter and grandson of Rev. Nathaniel Walter of
Roxbury, Massachusetts. His mother was Rebecca, daughter
of Rev. Joseph Belcher. Thus, inheriting from both parents

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something of clerical culture, it causes little surprise that he
should possess literary tastes and tendencies. He was born in
1737, and was graduated from Harvard in 1756. We assume
that he received theological training at the feet of some of the
pastors in his vicinity. Through the courtesy of the sexton of
Trinity Church, Boston, the writer was permitted to copy a
brief but luminous sketch of Doctor Walter from the sermon of
Rev. Phillips Brooks at the consecration of the new Trinity
Church, Boston, February 9, 1877. When speaking of the
" Greene Foundation for the support of an assistant minister,"
Dr. Brooks said :

"The first assistant Minister on the Foundation was Dr. William
Walter, and on the death of Mr. Hooper he became Rector of the parish.
He had been bred a Congregationalist, but became a member of our
Church and went to London for ordination. For ten years he served
Trinity with faithfulness, and then the beginning of the Revolution
came. On the ijth of March, 1776, Boston was evacuated by the British,
and the Minister of Trinity went with Gen. Howe and the British troops
to Halifax, N. S., where he remained until the Revolution was over.
Then he returned to Boston, and became the Rector of Christ Church.
He died in 1800, and his funeral sermon was preached by his successor
in Trinity, Dr. Parker. That sermon gives us a good idea of the faith-
ful and earnest parish minister, and though in those hot days of patriotic
zeal there was no chance for one who was not of sympathy with the
cause of the Colonies, to be the preacher here, the very fact that when
the war was over the royalist could come back to Boston and become
again the Rector of a parish in the town, bears witness to the honor in
which he must have been held."

Under date of September 30, 1767, Benjamin L,ynde, Jr.,
Esq. , wrote in his diary :

"My daughter L,ydia married to Rev. Mr. William Walter, minister of
Trinity Church in Boston, where she went to live the 7th of October
following."

Doctor Walter was a prominent figure among the lyynde-
borough proprietors, especially after the death of his father-in-
law, Benjamin Lynde. When present in their meetings he was
usually chosen moderator. He was active in the work of com-
pleting the disposal of Benjamin Lynde's estate in I^ynde-
borough. His letter to the Masonian proprietors, as Rev.
Frank G. Clark has appreciatively said, "is well worthy of
preservation for its vigorous English and as showing the diffi-
culties in those early days of securing accurate surveys of lots."
He was earnest in his efforts to secure fair dealings for his

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associates, and ready to make reasonable concessions to those
whose claims infringed upon the Lyndeborough grant.

In order to close up the business of the original proprietors
of the town, the common, unoccupied and undivided lands
were surveyed and a map was made of the ten different pieces
of unequal value to be disposed of. A valuation was made of
the several pieces by judicious and reliable men, (Dea. Ephraim
Putnam and Capt. Peter Clark, p. 92) and the various share-
holders were to receive a piece out of these common lands, pro-
portioned to his property in the town. As the representative of
Benjamin Lynde, Dr. Walter was the largest shareholder. For
this reason, he requested that he might have the privilege of
first choice out of the common lands. To this request his asso-
ciates readily acceded, as expressed in the following terms :

"Whereas the Rev. Dr. Walter has requested that he may be allowed
the first choice in said commons ; and as we consider he has taken the
lead in all matters that have been transacted in the meetings of the
propriety since 1792, and been eminently serviceable to the propriety, —
Voted, that he be allowed his choice in the division of said commons,
provided he make his choice known at the next meeting."

This vote was attested by Sewall Goodridge, Proprietors'
Clerk.

In war time he remained in Nova Scotia. " He returned to
Boston in 1791, became rector of Christ Church, and remained
in that relation till his death.* He died in Boston, December
5, 1800. He had two sons, William and Benjamin Lynde
Walter, who were merchants in Boston, and the elder of whom
became the founder of the " Boston Transcript."

COL. ISRAEL HUTCHINSON.— Colonel Hutchinson was
an early proprietor of Lyndeborough lands, which lay upon the
northern tier of lots. Encroachments were made upon his right
by Wallingford's survey and purchasers, so that his estate was
eighty acres short of the quantity for which he had paid. He at-
tempted to have the matter adjusted, and petitioned the Mason-
ian Proprietors to indemnify him "by allowing other lands or
monies that shall be a reasonable compensation."

Col. Hutchinson 's connection with the Putnam family may
account for his investment in Lyndeborough lands. He married
Mehitabel, the widow of Archelaus Putnam of Danvers, Mass.,
and was himself a Danvers man. The Putnams of Salerr
Canada, Jacob and Ephraim, were brothers of Archelaus, a

* Memorial Hist, of Boston, Vol. Ill, PP- "8, 129-

586 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

possibly, through the marriage of his widow, were brought into
closer relationship in business with Col. Hutchinson. An ap-
preciative notice of the latter is found in the New England
Magazine for October, 1902, p. 230.

Col. Israel Hutchinson was the son of Elisha Hutchinson,
and was born in Danvers, Mass., Nov. 27, 1727. " He was one
of a scouting party in the Maine wilds in Indian warfare. He
was at Ticonderoga and Lake George, and with Wolfe when he
scaled the heights of Abraham.. He led a company of minute
men on the morning of the iQth of April, 1775, and was promi-
nent at the siege of Boston, commanding at Fort Hill on evacua-
tion. For twenty-one years he was elected to Senate, House or
Council. He died in 1811."

The same publication, page 229, presents a picture of his
monument, with the inscription : —

Israel Hutchinson

1727 — 1811

Served his Country as

Sergt. Co. of Rangers 1757

At Lake George and Ticonderoga 1758

Capt. Quebec 1759

Capt. Battle of Lexington 1775

Col. Siege of Boston

— New York — New Jersey —

— Crossing of the Delaware —

Trenton

His men manned boats in
Retreat from Long Island

Representative and Councillor
21 yrs.

An Honored Citizen and Loyal Soldier

Col. Hutchinson's marriage with Madam Mehitabel Putnam,
brought him also into the relationship of step-father to Miss
Phebe Putnam, who became a permanent resident of L,yndebor-
ough, as the wife of Rev. Sewall Goodridge, pastor of L,ynde-
borough for more than forty years. The relationship also has
her kindly acknowledgment in the fact that she named one of
her favored sons, Israel Hutchinson Goodridge. Mr. Hutchin-
son was also sufficiently in touch with L/yndeborough to become
at another time an investor in 'Scataquog mine, little to his pe-
cuniary profit. He appears to have been in his day one of the
prominent men in the Bay State.

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" One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

JOHN BADGER. — Among the early pioneers in Salem-Can-
ada came John Badger, who settled near the southern line of
the town in 1739. He with his two brothers, Joseph and
Eliphalet, came to New England about 1728 or 1729. Tradition
has it that the father was a wealthy Englishman who had done
business in Scotland, whither he had sent John, his youngest
son, to collect some of his accounts. While thus engaged he
had formed the acquaintance of a winsome Scottish lassie
named Mary McFarland. The acquaintance ripened into an
intimacy. The attractions were mutual. But, it is said, "the
course of true love never did run smooth." The truth of this
sentiment the lovers were destined to test. For the young
man's father became aware of his son's attachment ; and with
a Johnsonian dislike for the young lady's nationality, attempted
to break up a union between them. He accordingly sent John
with his older brothers across the seas, to seek his fortune in
the new world. But

" The best laid schemes o' mice and men,
Gang aft a-gley."

The heart of the young lady was too deeply enlisted to endure
such hindrance and submit to defeat. Full of the energy,
hardihood, and fire of her nationality she formed the purpose
to seek her lover, to brave the dangers and inconveniences of
the sea, and share his fortunes on these perilous and sparsely
peopled shores.

" Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it."
She landed on the shores of the majestic Sagadahoc, where
she and her lover were soon reunited and became husband and
wife. They remained no long time in Maine, but came into
this province, and found a home for a few years in what was
then known as Nottingham West, now Hudson. About the
year 1738, Mr. Badger doubtless visited this town. He erected
his cabin and entered it in April, i739- A melancholy interest
attaches to the career of this devoted family by reason of 1
faithful love which they cherished for one another, and
genuine heroism displayed by the Scottish maiden and
pioneer matron. John and Mary Badger were the paret
three children before they came into this town. His soj«
here was brief, for he was the first settler to answer the un*
come summons of death. In February, 1740, amid the .

588 HISTORY OP LYNDEBOROUGH

snows of well iiigh a trackless wilderness, he yielded his life a
victim to consumption. He died in the night. The nearest
neighbors were three miles away. In the words of Dr. Eph-
raini Peabody :

"His wife composed him on the bed for rest, left her children, of whom
she had three, the oldest but eight years of age, with their breakfast, and
with strict injunctions not to wake their father, as he was asleep, and
putting on her snowshdes proceeded to seek assistance. That indeed was
a dreary morning as she went forth through the solitary woods of winter.
Death is in her home aud her children wait her return. Uphold her
trembling heart, Thou Father of the fatherless and the widow's God!
Neighbors returned with her. A tree was hollowed out for a coffin, and
so in the solitude was he committed to the earth. . . . What, then,
must have been her loneliness — a solitary widow in the wilderness ! She
must watch by the bedside of her children alone ; her tears shall be shed
alone ; she shall no more kneel by her husband's side to pray; his voice
shall no more waken her at morning, and when the night approaches she
shall unconsciously look forth to the forest, watching for his return, who
shall never return again."*

In the sketch of the history of L,yndeborough, in the History
of Hillsborough County, Mr. David C. Grant gave John Badger
the credit of being the first settler of Salem-Canada. The Gene-
alogy of the Chamberlain Family, compiled by Mr. Willis B.
Chamberlain, page 12, accords this honor to Mr. John Cram.
Rev. F. G. Clark also says that " John Cram stands at the head
of the pioneers of the settlement, ' ' and the Proprietors' Records
call him " one of the first settlers."

Manuscripts of more recent date and of undoubted authority
make it clear that Mr. John Cram was the first settler in our
town. He came here in 1737, and both children and grand-
children formed a part of his household. It was to this family
that Mrs. Badger went for assistance at the time of her hus-
band's death.

The descendants of both men have held and still hold a
large and honored share in the affairs and population of L,ynde-
borough.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRON.— William Barren was a
citizen of Lyndeborough as early as 1768. He married Olive
Johnson.

One article of the warrant for town meeting, Mar. 8, 1768,
was, " To see if town will except of a road laid out from Josiah
Dutton's to where it strikes the other road near William Bar-

*Wilton History, pp. 41, 43.

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ron's house." Nov. 28, 1769, he was one of a committee chosen
to examine what land was allowed for the meeting-house, and
to see that the land was bounded and put on record. In 1771
he was overseer of the poor and a member of the school commit-
tee. In 1772 he was a selectman, and the next year tithing
man. In March, 1775, he was chosen highway surveyor, and
called lyieut. Barren ; and in 1776 the town allowed his account
for horse-hire to go to the army at Winter Hill. He seems to
have been commissioned as captain to raise a company to defend
Fort Ticonderoga, and to go to Canada in 1776, and led thither
sixty men. The muster roll of his company is in the Revolu-
tionary Rolls of N. H., Vol. I., pp. 358-360. It is also in N. H.
Town Papers, Vol. XI., p. 720. The men who went from this
town were as follows : —

Capt. Wm. Barren Nathan Batchelder

Isaac Dey (Day) Peter Russell

Samuel Stevens Asahel Stiles

James Barnum Hezekiah Hamblet

John Savage Joseph Ellinwood

John Rowe John Carkin

Philip Fletcher John Bofee

Reuben Batchelder Samuel Butterfield

From 1777 to 1779, Wm. Barren was constable in L,yndebor-
ough, and in 1778 he signed a protest against paying Lyndebor-
ough men for military services which were performed for other
towns, and for which those towns had already paid.

In 1779 Wm. Barren was one of the committee of nineteen
men, chosen to set a value on the necessaries of life in the town,
and to guard against any breaches of the agreement thereon.

In 1781 he was on a committee chosen to enlist the quota of
the town for the army. His associates were Amos Pearson,
Eleazar Woodward, together with the commissioned officers ;
and in the same year he was appointed one of the committee to
examine the plan of government for the state of New Hamp-
shire. He was licensed as a tavern keeper year after year, for a
long period ; and in one official capacity or another, as highway
surveyor, constable, overseer of the poor, sealer of weights and
measures, school committee, keeper of the town stock of powder^
kept in the church loft, and deacon of the church, he rende
service almost every year from 1770 to 1800, and later.

Rev. F. G. Clark says : —

"During the Revolution a hotel was kept by Capt. Barton, north of the
Badger pond, where F. B. Tay lives. When Burgoyne was captured, a

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large number of people gathered there to celebrate the event. A cask of
tar was raised to the top of a pine tree, over which was placed an image of
the British commander, and after dark the enemy was burnt in effigy.*

CAPT. WILLIAM BLANEY.— He is said to have been a
sea captain, and was probably a relative of Major Joseph Blaney,
one of the original proprietors of Salem-Cauada.

On a commanding elevation, a little west of south from South
Lyndeborough village, and about three-fourths of a mile distant,
is the ruin of a cellar, over which once stood the residence of
Capt. Wm. Blaney. South of the cellar may be seen aged apple
trees, the remnants of what was early in the last century a flour-
ishing orchard. Captain Blaney owned extensive pastures in
this part of the town, a portion of which, now the property of
W. N. Cheever, still bears the name of " the Blaney pasture."
A short distance to the north of the old cellar are traces of the
tan-pit where he evidently conducted a tannery. He is on rec-
ord as having bought what was known as the " Stockwell yard"
in Wilton, the deed of which was dated Nov. 13, 1799.*

Oct. 3, 1794, Rev. Sewall Goodridge gave him a deed of a
tract of land adjoining Wilton. (See p. 485 ; also p. 326.) His
pew in the old meeting-house was No. 6 on the ground floor.

He was a revolutionary soldier, and not only did active service
himself, but also, with many others, hired substitutes.

On a gravestone near the residence of Samuel Dolliver is the
inscription : —

" In memory of Christopher S. Blaney, son of Capt. and Mrs. Ruth S.
Blaney, who died July 22, 1789, aged 13 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
Affliction sore long time I bore,

Physicians strove in vain,
Till God was pleased to give me ease
And took away my pain."

Capt. Blaney died in 1802, leaving wife and five minor chil-
dren. After his decease the family left town, removing to
Marblehead, Mass. On the Probate Docket of Essex County,
2,637, Mrs. Ruth Blaney, widow, of Marblehead, was appointed
guardian of the minor children, Oct. 15, 1806.

OSGOOD CARLETON.— According to "Memorials of the
Carletons," Osgood's brothers were Jeremiah, Timothy, David
and Ebenezer ; and his sisters were Mary, who married Reuben
Batchelder, and Abigail, who married first, John Johnson ; and
second, Ensign David Putnam ; and third, Capt. Jonas Kidder.

*Salem-Canada, p. 37. fWilton History, p. 173.

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The state papers, edited by Hon. A. S. Batchellor, Vol. XXVII,
pages 414 to 418, give samples of his engineering work or
draughtsmanship.* " Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arith-
metic ; Applied to the Federal and Other Currencies," was
compiled at the request of the ' ' Associated Instructors of
Youth," in Boston, and published in 1810.

A well preserved copy of this work, kindly lent by descend-
ants of one of the Carleton family, furnished the facts above
cited. The work was creditable, and esteemed as one of the
worthy successors of the great arithmetic of Nicholas Pike,
teacher in Newburyport, Mass., though it is less than half the
size of that famous and formidable volume.

Mr. Carleton was married and settled in this town. His
wife was I^ydia, one of the Johnson family, of the east part of
the town. His farm, according to a letter of John Carleton,
was about a half mile south of the meeting-house. This tallies
with an old deed, from " Benjamin L,ynde to Osgood Carleton,
of Second Division L,ot No. 56, containing 130 acres." This
deed was dated Dec. 21, 1768. He built a house on this lot,
and seems to have lived there several years. The place is now
known as the L,ucas place ; and was formerly the Manuel place.

He must have left Lyndeborough a short time before the
commencement of the Revolutionary War, for he enlisted in
his native state, Massachusetts, May i, 1775, and was soon pro-
moted. (For his promotion, see Rev. Rolls.)

W. H. Grant, Esq., found a record stating that Osgood
Carleton "delivered to M. Hillegas, Continental Treasurer in
1781, six boxes containing thirteen million one thousand six
hundred thirty-seven Dollars, Continental money."

Mr. John Carleton, a grandson of Jeremiah, affirmed that he,
himself, had seen among Osgood Carleton's papers, receipts
from General Washington acknowledging several million Pounds
Sterling which had been paid to him.

From another source comes the account of Osgood Carleton
as transportation agent of the government money, as well as
army paymaster, stating " that he traveled with two horses and
an old cart, escorted by six men who pretended not to know
him, or have anything to do with him. His clothing was old

* The writer found in the Old State House, in Boston, a " map of the city from actual
surveys made by Osgood Carleton." It is described as, "A copy of a r
Boston, presumed to be the only one extant, published by George B. F<
Copyright Secured 1878."

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and everything was done to avert suspicion of his having any
money, and he was never molested."

Authorities differ as to the date of his death. The work en-
titled, " Memorials of the Carletons," gives the date as 1814;
"Drake's Dictionary of American Biography" describes him
as "a teacher of mathematics and navigation ; d. I/itchfield, N.
H., June, 1816. A resident of Massachusetts, he published
valuable maps of that State and of the district of Maine."
Other publications were "The American Navigator," in 1801 ;
"The South American Pilot," 1804; "A map of the United
States," 1806. The memorials of the Carletons report his hav-
ing three sons : Osgood, b. 1783 ; John and David. He is said
to have died at the home of his son, in L/itchfield, N. H. (See
Genealogies.)

CAPTAIN PETER CLARK of Lyndeborough was a descen-
dant of Hugh Clark, who settled first in Watertown, Mass.;
and afterwards removed to Roxbury, Mass., where he died July
20, 1693. The direct line of descent is Hugh,1 Uriah,2 Rev.
Peter,3 a graduate of Harvard in 1712, Peter,4 a graduate of
Harvard in 1739, Capt. Peter,5 of I^yndeborough.

The parents of the latter were both natives of Danvers, Mass.
His father preferred farming to professional life ; and Deacon
Hobart of Braintree, his grandfather, gave him a farm in that
town, on which he settled, and October 22, 1741, married Anna
Porter of Danvers. There, in Braintree, February 4, 1743,
Capt. Peter was born.

In the 2ist year of his age, October 20, 1763, he married
Hannah Epps of Braintree, the daughter of Daniel Epps, Esq.
and Hannah (Prescott) his wife. Daniel Eppes was one of the
old Salem-Canada proprietors ; was for several years proprie-
tors' clerk, and one of the heaviest shareholders in the town-
ship. It was doubtless through the influence of his father-in-
law, that in the troubled times of 1775, Peter Clark removed to
the well-wooded and quiet town of Lyndeborough, N. H.
Here he made for himself a home and reared a noble family,
and left a worthy record, not only of heroism, but of civic
virtue as well. He lived on what has been known in later
years as the Holden place.

Soon after coming into the town in 1775, he was commis-
sioned as a captain of the gth Regiment of New Hampshire
Militia. On the alarm connected with Burgoyne's invasion, he

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led 60 men, proposed destination Ticonderoga, to join Stark's
command. This was on July i, 1777. The fort had been evacu-
ated, and his company, not being needed in camp, returned to
their farms. Twenty of these with their captain belonged in
this town, and their names are to be remembered. They are
given on pages 162 and 163.

Capt. Clark set out on a second expedition, July 21, 1777.
He then went to Bennington, joined Stark's army, and with his
men rendered excellent service in that noted battle. Capt.
Clark was said to be one of the first men to mount the British
defenses. Twenty of our townsmen, including the captain,
were in that noted fight. Their names are on page 163. The
time of service of these men was 68 days.

Captain Clark marched a third time on the 2Qth of September,
1777, and bore a 'part in the battle of Saratoga, and assisted in
the capture of General Burgoyne. On this last expedition,
there were, including him, 16 of our citizens, whose names we
give, page 163.

Before the close of the Revolutionary War, Capt. Clark was
commissioned major in the military service. His commission is
one of the cherished heirlooms of the family, issued November
16, 1779, and signed by Meshech Weare, President of the
Council at Exeter, then the seat of our State Government.

JOHN CLARK, brother of Capt. Peter, went to Lynde-
borough in 1775. April 24, 1776, he married Margery Hay-
ward, who died November 26, 1808. He was an honest man
and a good citizen, and died in L,yndeborough March 19, 1814.
Child.

SAU.Y CLARK, b. November 19, 1778. m. 1802, Benjamin,
son of Rev. Sewall Goodridge of Lyndeborough.

FRANCIS CLARK, son of Capt. Peter, moved toBarre, Vt.,
and died there. He was the father of Rev. William Clark,
who assisted much in securing the genealogy from which this
information is derived.

JOHN CLARK, youngest son of Capt. Peter, was remarkable
for his musical talent, led the choir for many years, and both
he and his sons furnished music on many public occasions.

HANNAH DEBORAH CLARK, sister of Rev. B. F., was
educated at New Ipswich Academy, and at Maplewood Institute,

594 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH

at Pittsfield, Mass. She became a successful teacher, and after
residing at North Chelmsford two or three years with her
brother, was married at his home, March 7, 1843, to George F.
Gillmore, Esq., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. "The Gillmore
Mission School" of that city was named for her. She was noted
for the energy and earnestness of her Christian character.
For other notices see Genealogies.

CRAM. — The first settler in Salem-Canada was, undoubt-
edly, Mr. John Cram, who came from Wilmington, Mass., with
his wife and married sons and marriageable daughters, and with
several grandchildren. As he was foremost among the settlers,
so also was the Cram family one of the oldest of whom we have
any record among all the inhabitants of the town.

The origin of the Crams has been traced back to very remote
antiquity. It. appears first among the Slavonic people who
came early into northeastern Germany, where they established
themselves and were noted for their warlike spirit. Here a
branch of the family was raised to baronial dignity and a long
succession of knights and titled nobility reflected honor on the
name. Another branch of the family penetrated into France,
whence it entered the Duchies of I^ower Saxony and Brunswick
in the ninth century. The name, however, appeared first in
the archives of those principalities in A. D. 1181, 1206, and
1225, where it was written, Von Cramm, the prefix Von in
German names being a well-known mark of nobility. From
north Germany, a branch of the family crossed the German
ocean and established its home in England, in 1528. The
founder of this branch was Hans (or John) Von Cramm, who
" with six men at arms," entered the service of the Bishop of
Durham, and was a successful and honored soldier. " In con-
sideration of goodlie service at warr," the Dean and Canons of
Durham "devised unto the sayde Hans Von Cramm their
dwelling-place at Felling in the county of Dunholm, lately
called the Priorie." Thus was the family enrolled among the
landed gentry of England.

It is noted as a peculiar coincidence that Hans, twelfth child
of Burkard Von Cramm, was the founder of the family in
England ; and still another Hans, or John, the twelfth child of
another Burkard and Barbara Cram, became the founder of the
family in America.

The progenitor in England was buried at Jarrow, about a

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half-mile south of the Tyne, near the shore of the German
ocean. His tombstone is built into the side of the south porch
of the old church at Jarrow. The place is noted as the scene
of the labors of the venerable Bede, and the church is said to
contain the old oak chair which he graced. A copy of the in-
scription on the old tombstone of John Cram is here given :
" Hie jacet John Cramm qui obiit nonadecimo die Februarii A°
Dni M° DCLIII nonagesimo quarto ejus aie ppetur deus Amen ' '
The English Crams have the same general ensign as the
German family, the crest alone being changed, to indicate that
"they got it as vassals or liegemen of the Abbey," i. e. of
Durham. As a matter of interest both coats of arms may be
compared, that of the German branch being copied from the
archives of Brunswick, the form in which the family "have
borne it for centuries." Such armorial decorations were always
highly valued, and indicate the honor in which the family or
race were held.

JOHN.— This was the name of the first one of the family in
America. He was born at Newcastle on the Tyne, in 1697, and
was the son of Burkard, and grandson of John of Jarrow. He
is said, by one authority, to have probably begun " to live in
Boston as early as 1635, and in 1637 was assigned sixteen acres
of land at Muddy River (Brookline.)"* "The New York
Crams ' ' states that ' ' he and his wife Esther came to Boston in
1635," and Savage, another authority, is said to have given 1637
as the time of his arrival there. But Major General T. J.
Cram, U. S. A., December 24, 1874, wrote, "I have examined
every page of the ' Records of the Governor and Company of
Massachusetts Bay,' and the name of John Cram nowhere ap-
pears. If he had ever been in Boston it is certain that his
name would somewhere be seen." But "John Cram's name
never appears, and to my mind, it is clear that he never was in
Boston, but that he came first to Exeter, where he was one of
'Wheelwright's Combination.''

The Provincial Papers of New Hampshire lend color to this
opinion of Major General Cram.t For the name of John
Cram is seen on several petitions and other papers connecte
with Exeter. Exeter History states that "he had wife an
two or more children when he came to Exeter." His s
Joseph, supposed to be the oldest, was drowned June 24, 1648,

* Bell's History of Exeter, p. 24. t Bouton I, pp. 135- US, «*• '79-

596 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

aged 15 years; and his daughter Lydia was born July 27, of
the same year. He served as townsman 1648 and 1649, and
soon after removed to Hampton, and there died, March 5,
1 68 1 -2. The town record commemorates him as " good old
John Cram, one just in his generation." He was twice married,
his first wife being named Lydia ; his second, Esther. The
latter died May 17, 1677. They had four children.

1. Benjamin, who married Argentine Cromwell, a relative of
old Oliver, Protector.

2. Thomas, who was a soldier in the Narragansett, or King
Philip's war, which ended in 1676. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Nathaniel Weare, a member of the Governor's
Council, and one of the most distinguished men connected
with the early history of New Hampshire.

3. Mary, who married Abraham Tilton. (of Bow?)

4. Lydia, of whom there is no record, save her birth in 1648.
John Cram and his wife were both members of the Hampton

church. It is said that ' ' no Crams have been found in America
whose ancestry could not be traced back to him."

JOHN CRAM, grandson of the fore-named, was the first
settler of both Salem-Canada and I/yndeborough. It is true
that the territory included under both these names is not exactly
the same. Salem-Canada included all the territory now in
Lyudeborough, and much more. But the property of John
Cram was in both the old grant issued by the General Court of
Massachusetts, and also in that covered by the charter of the
Masonian Proprietors, which was later confirmed by the Pro-
vincial Charter, under Governor Benning Wentworth. Because
of his priority of settlement and the influence of his many
descendants, it seems proper to extend somewhat our notice of
his life.

John Cram, the pioneer in this town, was born in Hampton
Falls, January 12, 1685. He was the son of Thomas Cram and
Elizabeth, the daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Weare, later Chief
Justice of the Province. Thomas Cram, the father of our
townsman, had been a soldier in the Narragansett, or King
Philip's War, and in 1738, was one of the selectmen of Hamp-
ton Falls.* In 1749, we find his name, or possibly his son's,
attached to a petition to the governor, for a grant of land for a
township. Connected, thus, with prominent families, both

*.State Papers, XII, pp. 131, 136, 137.

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through the Weares and the Crams, the early advantages and
social standing of John were doubtless of the very best. This
is believed to be implied by the respectful terms in which he is
mentioned in the earliest Proprietors' Records of Salem-Canada,
as well as by the various responsibilities devolved upon him by
the primitive settlers of the town. The esteem in which he
was held in his native place was, doubtless, undiminished by
his marriage in 1707, to Sarah, daughter of Henry Holt, of
Andover, Mass. The next year after his marriage, we find
him performing military duty at Fort William and Mary, in
which year, also, Jonathan, his eldest son, was born.* It is
of some importance to note this fact ; for at a later day, both
father and son served in the French and Indian War, after they
had become citizens of Salem-Canada.

Among the names on the schedule attached to the royal
charter of the town of Chester, granted in 1722, is found that
of John Cram.t The list of the proprietors of Chichester
whose charter bears date of 1727, also contains the names of
Thomas, John and Benjamin Cram. Such a recurrence of his
name indicates that John Cram must have possessed some
pecuniary resources ; that he was something more than an
ordinary settler. His large family, well situated and well con-
nected matrimonially, must have added somewhat to his influ-
ence and to the esteem in which he was held by his fellow-
citizens in Salem-Canada.

He settled first, after his marriage, in his native town,
Hampton Falls. There three of his children were born. He
and his wife were dismissed from the church at Hampton Falls,
April 13, 1712. He was settled in Woburn, Mass., in 1713,
and there all his remaining children were born. Among these
were two sets of twins, his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth,
constituting one set, and his sons, EH and Benjamin, the other.

May 16, 1727, he sold his Woburn property to Benjamin
Abbott, and removed to Wilmington, Mass. He united with
the church in Wilmington, October 24, 1733.$ On May 11,
1737, he sold one-half of his farm to his son Jonathan, and
settled in Salem-Canada, New Hampshire.

In the sketch of Lyndeborough by Mr. David C. Grant is
the statement :

" The first settlers in what is now Lyndeborough were Cram, Putnam

*Prov. Papers, XII, p. 112. t Batch. XXIV, p. 568. \ Wilmington Church Record.

598 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

and Chamberlain, descendants of whom now reside in town. But the
first settler in Sal em-Canada (now Wilton) was John Badger."

It would be more exact to say that the first settlers in Salem-
Canada, the greater part of which is included in L,yndeborough,
were Cram, Putnam and Chamberlain. But the first settler in
that part of it which is included in Wilton was John Badger.

The latter statement is believed to be correct, and leaves
little room for any misunderstanding. That there was a fort,
also, in old Salem-Canada can hardly be counted a matter of
doubt, though it is very doubtful whether it was built pre-
vious to 1740, the year of Badger's decease.

There seems conclusive evidence that John Cram established
a permanent residence here in 1737, when his youngest chil-
dren were about sixteen years of age. His twin daughters,
Sarah and Elizabeth, were about eighteen years of age. The
former married Kphraim Putnam, who was for a time ' ' com-
mander of the fort or blockhouse ; ' ' and was prominent in
Revolutionary movements ; the latter married Jonathan Cham-
berlain, who, with his son, Jonathan "marched from L,ynde-
borough for Ticouderoga, on July i, 1777, in Capt. Peter
Clark's Co. of militia." * Not only were there grown-up
sons and daughters, but there were grandchildren when he
came into this town, although he preceded them by three years
or more as a resident.

Some of the first work in clearing roads and building the
meeting-house was done by Mr. John Cram and his oxen. The
first proprietors, most of whom dwelt in Salem, Mass., and in
adjoining towns, began in 1738 to bargain with him about
building a saw mill, and he engaged with them to build it. He
fulfilled his agreement apparently to the satisfaction of the pro-
prietors, and received No. 39, the mill lot, containing 130 acres,
situated west of the village of South L,yndeborough, for the
service. Until that date, 1740, the dwellings were log cabins,
and were not numerous.

The saw-mills of Nathaniel Putnam and John Cram now
began their operations, and prepared the boards and smaller
timbers needed for the framed houses. In a very few years,
however, the work of the settlers was interrupted by the French
and Indian War, also known as Qneen Anne's War. In this
war both John Cram and his son Jonathan bore a part. The
father must at that time have been about sixty years of age.

* Chamberlain Family, p. 12.

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According to records preserved in the family of Mr. Andrew
Harwood, but now lost, " Sarah the wife of John Cram died in
Sept. or October 1757, between seventy and eighty years of age ;
and John Cram died in Amherst in 1759.* Thus ended an ac-
tive, honored, prosperous and useful life.

JAMES S. CRAM was a great-grandson of Mr. John Cram,
the earliet settler of the town. He lived on what is now known
as the Rose place, situated on what was then the thoroughfare
between Amherst and Greenfield, and the Asheulot townships.
Amherst was the seat of " The Aurean Academy," which
James S. had the privilege of attending. His manuscript book,
which bears date of 1795, is quite a marvel of neat penmanship
for those days. It is devoted entirely to mathematics. The
subjects of which he treated were often printed with his pen in
ornamental letters, like Old English or German text, or some-
times in neat, round English script of the writing-master. His
skill in mathematics led many people to seek his aid in the solu-
tion of difficult problems, which presented little difficulty to him,
and were easily mastered. His manuscript book begins with
involution and evolution, passes on to progressions, to plane and
solid geometry, mensuration of plane surfaces and solids, sur-
veying and trigonometry. His figures, geometrical drawings,
and pen and ink sketches of hills, towers or steeples show the
talent of an expert.

He spent some time as a teacher in his native town, and com-
piled a "First Spelling Book, Designed as an Introduction to
Other Spelling Books." It was printed at Concord by Hoag &
Atwood, 1831. He stated in the preface that his main object in
compiling it was ' ' to assist young children in acquiring a thor-
ough knowledge of monosyllables, which would greatly facilitate
their progress in the larger Spelling Book."

He also cultivated a taste for music, and taught singing
schools. The works of the old composers and masters were
among his treasures. A copy of the "Grand Hallelujah
Chorus " in Handel's " Messiah," is well preserved, within the
covers of his singing book, " The Rural Harmony," which he
used in his singing schools. This book was printed by Isaiah
Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews in Boston, 1793- For other
facts see Genealogies.

*Rev. F. G. Clark, letter to D. C. Grant.

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MR. AND MRS. DAVID GAGE.— David Gage, a native of
Merrimack, N. H., at one time taught the village school in
South I/yndeborough, where he became acquainted with Miss
Betsey Putnam, also a teacher, whom he afterwards married.
She was the daughter of Squire Daniel Putnam, and became
Mrs. Gage, Aug. 12, 1823. After their marriage they set out
for their chosen work as teachers among the Cherokee and
Chocktaw Indians, under appointment as missionaries of the
American Board. They traveled with their own horse and car-
riage, going from eighteen to thirty-four miles a day, and had a
pleasant and prosperous journey across parts of seven states.

After teaching a short time near Knoxville, Tenn., Mr. Gage
went south into Wayne Co., Miss., and took charge of both the
literary and industrial departments of the mission school, at the
Choctaw Agency. In 1826, he had in his school sixteen boys,
iwo girls, who boarded in the family, and three others, who
boarded at their homes. His dwelling was of the primitive
kind, sixteen by eighteen feet, built of logs, and the chimney of
sticks.

In the summer of 1828 he spent much of his vacation in travel,
and at one of the meetings which they rode about sixty miles to
attend, there were five or six hundred natives present and sev-
enteen or eighteen missionaries. Two hundred and sixty-six
natives came forward and expressed a determination to seek the
salvation of their souls. The meeting continued from Thursday
till Monday. Many natives had not provision for so long a stay,
and prompted by hunger, were preparing to start for home on
Sunday. The missionaries and professing Christians were anx-
ious that they should remain. One Choctaw man arose and
said that ' ' he had nothing to eat — he was hungry, and sup-
posed the rest were ; but what of that ? We shall not starve to
death in three days. We now have the means of grace, and if
we can get to Heaven, it would be good for us to stay here till
our flesh dried on our bones."

Mr. Gage continued his labors among the" Indians until they
were removed by the government west of the Mississippi River.
He died Oct. 3, 1841, and was buried near I/ivingston, Sumter
County, Alabama. His devoted wife, with her four little chil-
dren, returned to I/yndeborough in June, 1842. They em-
barked on a sailing vessel from Mobile, Ala., and came to New
York, and thence by Sound boat to New London, Conn., thence

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by railroad to Worcester, Mass., and so on to Nashua, and her
former home.

CALEB HOUSTON.!- W. H. Grant, Esq., wrote to his
brother, David C., in April, 1889, giving interesting items
gleaned from Farmer & Moore's Gazeeter of New Hampshire,
published in 1823, concerning Caleb Huston, or Houston, as
the name is frequently written, a native of Lyndeborough, who
was graduated at Williams College in 1812, and was probably
the first college graduate of this town.

Later Mr. Grant wrote that Caleb Houston died at Columbus,
Ohio, about 1850. He was elected one of the councilmen on
the organization of the Borough of Columbus, in 1816. In 1819
he with two others erected a saw-mill upon a new patent plan.
' The saw was circular, and was to cut constantly ahead, with
no back strokes." The historian (of Columbus) says: " it was
an experiment, and cost them a good deal without answering
any valuable purpose."

Mr. Grant thought, however, that Caleb Houston's " was the
first circular saw ever used for saw-mill purposes."

CAPT. JONAS KIDDER.— Captain Jonas Kidder, the son
of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder was born in Hudson,
N. H., Nov. 1 6, 1743. He was a farmer, and came to Lynde-
borough in 1766, and settled on Second Division lot 105, east
of Esq. Andrew Fuller's place. When the Revolutionary War
broke out, Mr. Fuller and he united in hiring Mr. Samuel
Butterfield to enlist in Capt. Barren's company, raised for ser-
vice in Canada, but performing its chief service at Fort Ticon-
deroga in 1776. His military record will be found on page 190

In 1780 it was known that the British forces were unusually
active, and the object of their activity was strongly suspected,
although the extent and venality of their purposes were for the
time unsurmised. The capture of Major Andr6 at Tarrytown,
with the documents found in his possession betrayed the full
scope of their atrocious plot. The treachery and corruption of
Arnold were thus revealed, and the whole deeply planned
scheme to get possession of West Point, the American strong-
hold on the Hudson, burst upon Washington and his associates
like the terrifying shock of an earthquake. The patriots
had divined the drift of their enemies' activities. They were

tCaleb Houston was town clerk of I,yndeborough in 1807. He was a good penman and
evidently a man of more than ordinary ability.

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alert and were making extraordinary efforts to reinforce and
strengthen the garrison at West Point. The men who could
be spared elsewhere were hastened thither. Bounties were
liberally paid to able bodied men who would enlist, and several
from L,yndeborough were among the forces which were sent for-
ward. These efforts were timely, and proved of great service to
the patriot cause.

Captain Kidder was on duty there in those stirring times. It
is stated that he was entrusted with the important service of
guarding the spy, Major Andre, the night before his execution.
The list of Captain Kidder's company, together with their
places of residence is found in the N. H. Revolutionary Rolls,
Vol. 3, pp. 161, 162. The I<yndeborough men who were with
him were : —

Samuel Houston, sergeant Edward Bevins

Jacob Button, fifer Willard Lund

John Punchard, drummer Simeon Fletcher

Daniel Cram Stephen Richardson

Edward Spaulding Amos Manuel

His company was stationed at Camp Highlands, Sept. 27,
1780.

In 1781 and 1782 Jonas Kidder was serving his town in a
civil capacity as one of her selectmen, associated with his
brother-in-law, Ephraim Putnam, in that office. His petition,
in company with three other captains, recorded on pages 190
and 191, indicates the deplorable poverty of our state treasury
at that time, 1781. It was powerless to relieve the distresses of
the men who had rendered heroic service on many hard fought
fields, by paying them their overdue wages. Their hardships
were not ended when the din of warfare was hushed. They
were sufferers, not only on the tented fields, but also after their
return home. Honored be their memory forever !

Jonas Kidder was about forty years of age when the Revolu-
tionary War closed, and probably did not receive a pension till
about eighty years old. There is a story current that while
living up on the side of the mountain, and attending to his
ordinary farm work, he learned from some younger neighbor,
unacquainted with Jonas' history, that the survivors of the Revo-
lutionary War were now receiving pensions, and responded,
that " perhaps then he should get something." "You," said
his informer, "what did you do?" He answered modestly,
" I was in that war, and was captain for a while."

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He went to his old papers and after some fumbling of them
found his discharge from the service duly filled out. He drew
a pension which aided in supporting him in his old age.

Captain Kidder was thrice married, first, to Huldah, daughter
of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam, Nov. 26, 1768; second,
to Mrs. Alice, (widow of Nathan) Barren, and daughter of
Amos Taylor, May 20, 1779 ; and third, to Mrs. Abigail (Carle-
ton) (Johnson) (Putnam), sister of Osgood, Jeremiah etc., and
widow of John Johnson, who perished in the Revolutionary
War, and afterwards widow of Ensign David Putnam. She
survived her third husband, who is said to have been 84 years
of age when he married her, July 5, 1827, while she was 74.

Captain Kidder died in his native town of Hudson, at the
home of his daughter, Hannah, who became Mrs. Levi Cross of
that town. (For further information see Genealogies.)

CAPTAIN WILLIAM LEE.— A somewhat appreciative
notice of William Lee, in the History of Francestown, page
795, states that he settled in that town in 1771, and lived in the
southeast part of it where he cleared and settled the place after-
wards occupied by Daniel Clark, and was a man of some promi-
nence, being one of the board of selectmen in 1773. It further
credits him with Revolutionary service for both Francestown
and Lyndeborough, and appears to cast doubt on his right to
the title of captain, on the ground that though he was some-
times called so, the pay-roll calls him " Ensign William Lee."
Such is the substance of the brief notice of him above re-
ferred to.

Our Lyndeborough annals have no record of the time or
place of his birth ; and we cannot quite see how he could settle
in Francestown in 1771, which was not incorporated till 1772.

Apart from the above-mentioned statement, we have found
nothing to show that he served for Francestown in the Revo-
lutionary War.

We will, however, state upon credible authority, which we
shall give, some facts which we have found on record, in rela-
tion to Captain William Lee.

The Revolutionary Rolls credit his service constantly to
Lyndeborough. From here, four days after the Lexington and
Concord fight, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Levi Spauld-
ing. His name was number 4 on the pay-roll, with the rank of
sergeant. He was, therefore, with Capt. Spauldiog and his

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company, at Bunker Hill. His term of service then was three
months and sixteen days. The Lyndeborough record gives
him as one of the men who went from Winter Hill to Canada
in 1776, and returned to Trenton. He seems to have spent
Christmas of that year somewhere near the camp of the Hes-
sians. On the 7th of November just before, he was commis-
sioned 2nd lieutenant in the First Battalion of New Hampshire
troops in the Continental Service.

In the town records he is called Ensign William Lee. He re-
signed his commission as 2nd Lieutenant or Ensign on January
10, 1778, and on the 7th of the following August, had the rank
of captain, and commanded a company in Col. Moses Nichols'
regiment, in the Expedition to Rhode Island. That expedi-
tion was in service only 24 days. But the Lyndeborough men
who were in his company were among those of highest stand-
ing in the town, indicating that William Lee was no ordinary
man.

The late Mr. David C. Grant gave correctly the portion of
the town in which Captain Lee lived. This portion was at a
later day taken from Lyndeborough to constitute the town of
Greenfield. In that part of the town, one of the small streams
which flows into Rocky River, still bears the name of "The
Lee Brook."

Captain Lee seems to have left our town soon after the close
of the Revolutionary War ; and is reported to have settled in
Weston, Vermont. Some of his descendants returned to New
Hampshire, and lived in Hancock. According to the Hancock
History, Vol. II, p. 738, note, three of his grandsons were
Union soldiers in our Civil War. One of these, Charles Henry
Lee, married Eliza Josephine Newell, who was born in Lynde-
borough, November 24, 1850, daughter of John Newell, form-
erly a miller in Lyndeborough.

LYNDEBOROUGH MEN IN CAPTAIN WILLIAM LEE'S COMPANY
IN THE EXPEDITION TO RHODE ISLAND.

Capt. William Lee Andrew Fuller
Qr. Mr. Sergt. Adam Johnson Edward Bevins

Sergt. Samuel Hutchinson Francis Epps

Corp. Robert Badger Daniel Gould

Jonas Kidder Jesse Lund

John Kidder Aaron Putnam

Aaron Lewis Nicholas Beasom

Daniel Cram Timothy Pearson

Reuben Spaulding Nathan Pearson

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PUTNAM.— The earliest ancestor of the Putnam family in
America was John Putnam of Aston Abbotts, Co. Bucks,
England, and of Salem, Mass., in New England, 1634. The
stock from which he sprang is said to have entered Britain at
the time of the Norman Conquest, about 1066.* Mr. Eben
Putnam of Salem, the author of an extended history of the
distinguished family, thinks that it contained a mixture of
Danish, Saxon and Celtic blood, with a predominance of the
Danish. At the time of John Putnam's arrival in the Bay
State, 1635, Mrs. Hutchinson, John Wheelwright, and their
sympathizers, as well as Roger Williams and certain others,
were making matters quite lively for the Boston hierarchy.
His arrival was probably too recent to admit of very active
participation on either side. But he is reputed to have been
"a man of energy and great natural powers." He was "a
farmer and exeedingly well off for the times. He wrote a fair
hand, as deeds on record show." He died in that part of
Salem, Mass., which is now Danvers, December 30, 1662. He
had three sons, who came with him to America : i. THOMAS,
grandsire of General Israel, famous in the Revolution. 2.
NATHANIEL, baptized at Aston Abbott's, n Oct., 1619, died at
Salem Village, 23 July, 1700. 3. JOHN, baptized at Aston
Abbott's, Eng., 27 May, 1727; died at Salem Village, 7 April,
1710. The Putnam family besides its antiquity was among the
titled and landed gentry of the English realm, and had its
recognized coat of arms and crest. John is believed to have
been the progenitor of all the Putnams of America.

<( In a manuscript dated 1733, Edward Putnam," one of his
grandsons, "then 79 years of age, wrote the following con-
cerning the family : "

" From the three brothers proceeded twelve males; from those twelve,
forty males ; from those forty, eight-two males. In respect to their
situation in life. I can say with the Psalmist, ' I have been young a
now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor their s
begging bread,' except of God who provides for all ; for God hath giv
to the generation of my fathers Agur's portion, neither povert
riches, but fed them with food convenient for them, and their
have been able to help others in their need."

The Hon. Perley Putnam of Salem, Mass., having for many
years collected material for a history of the Putnam family, is
said to have stated, "that he had discovered no Putnam

* History of Putnam Family.

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country that was not descended from (John i) and one of his
three sons.

NATHANIEL PUTNAM.— Nathaniel, the second son of
John, was the ancestor of the Putnams of Salem-Canada.
These were also descended from his youngest son, Benjamin,
and his grandson, Nathaniel. The line of descent, therefore,
of our townsmen is, first, John ; then, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
Nathaniel. The last named is the first to be noted in the Pro-
prietors' Records of Salem-Canada.

Nathaniel Putnam of the fourth generation, great grandson
of John, was one of the early proprietors of Salem-Canada.
At the drawing of Second Division Lots, of 130 acres each, on
the 21 of June, 1737, Deacon Nathaniel Putnam drew on the
right of Capt. Samuel King, being home lot No. 5, the two
second division lots numbered 5 and 80. He seems to have
purchased the full right of Capt. King, and was afterwards an
active participant in the interests of the town for more than
twelve years. By the formation of township No. 2, he, with
his sons, were made citizens of that town. " Only a few of
the proprietors, or stockholders, settled in Salem-Canada,"
wrote Rev. F. G. Clark, " but they were interested in the pros-
perity of the town, and voted money freely for a meeting-house,
support of preaching, and building of roads." " Deacon
Nathaniel Putnam, Joseph Richardson, Edward Hardy, and
Timothy Cummings were the only original proprietors, so far
as can be found, who made homes for themselves in the town."
He built the first saw-mill in the old town of Salem-Canada, in
1739. This was a great convenience at the time, and he re-
ceived a consideration of ten pounds in view of it, for which an
order was given him, September 15, 1741. One of the earliest
roads in the town was, also, laid out from the saw-mill of Dea.
Nathaniel Putnam to the meeting-house. Traces of this old
road are still discoverable in the southern part of L/yndeborough
and across the line into Wilton. The mill stood on the stream
which forms Barnes', or later Gaerwen's Falls, and was situated
a little above the falls. The Putnams, Dales and others, who,
at a later day, were set off into township No. 2, were promi-
nent helpers in building the first meeting-house in the old town.
Indications are not wanting to show that these interested and
worthy citizens of the old town were coerced into signing the
the petition for the formation of the new township No. 2. They

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607

were highly prized neighbors always, and had many interests
in common with their former townsmen. Nathaniel Putnam
was advanced in years when the new town was constituted, in
1749. He was born in Salem, August 25, 1685. He married
Hannah Roberts, June 4, 1709, and died October 21, 1754. He
was buried in Danvers, Mass. His posterity in the male line
consisted of four sons, viz. : Jacob, Archelaus, Ephraim, and
Nathaniel.

EPHRAIM PUTNAM,— Ephraim Putnam was the third
son of the above-named Nathaniel, and came to Salem-Canada
with his father and brothers. He was of the fifth generation
from the immigrant John, and was born in Salem Village,
February 10, 1719. He died in L,yndeborough, November 13,
1777, at the age of 58 years, after an active and useful life.

He married Sarah, a twin daughter of John Cram, the first
settler in Salem-Canada. She was born in Woburn, Mass.,
June 27, 1719, and came with her father into the new settlement.
She died October 14, 1777,, aged 58 years.

Ephraim Putnam and wife settled on second division lot No.
5, near his brother, Jacob, not far from the intersection of the
roads near the north cemetery in Wilton. He remained with
his father some time ; but took a deed of the home farm of
John Cram, his father-in-law, February 23, 1753. According to
Rev. Frank G. Clark, the first meeting in the interests of a
settled ministry "was held at the house of Ephraim Putnam,
September 3, 1756.*" "The home of Deacon Ephraim was
destroyed by fire a short time after his death, and at that time
the family records were destroyed. One of his sons then oc-
cupied the house. The children (born in town) were all bap-
tized by Rev. Mr. Wilkins, of Amherst, and births recorded by
Jacob Wellrnan, society clerk. "t

The traditions of Indian incursions in this town seems to be
treated by Rev. Mr. Clark with too little credit. True, none of
our inhabitants, so far as known, perished by the hands of the
red men. But it is a matter of history and of fact, that a gar-
rison was built in the town by order of Major Lovewell, a
brother of John of the " Pigwacket fight." This fort was
standing at the time of the French and Indian war, in 1744-
Not only was there a fort here, but John Cram, who in 1708,

* See pp. 278-279. T Hy. of Put. Fam. Ft. IV, p. 203.

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did fort duty at Fort William and Mary, for a time, had com-
mand of it. (See p. 521.)

Sarah, the wife of Ephraim Putnam, is reported on one occa-
sion to have shown remarkable courage and strategy in holding
the fort when her husband was absent. The enemy were
stealthily approaching but were betrayed by the dogs, which
always barked more furiously on scenting the Indians. The
single guard in charge was too timorous to be of much service.
But Sarah was cool, and ordered the men (as though present)
to their posts, at different stations. The man and her own boy,
also, answered in changed tones from, different points, and then
all was quiet. This gave the enemy the impression that the
fort had more defenders than they knew, and prevented an
attack. After peace came about, the Indians said that at that
time they thought they were able to capture the fort, but were
surprised that so many men could have gotten there without
their knowledge, and gave up their design, for fear of being
defeated. They said, also, that at other times they could have
captured the commander, but they refrained, thinking they
would capture the whole force together.

An Indian told that once when the commander turned his
horse into the pasture, he lay so near the bars that the horse
could have stepped on him. But he did not want to kill the
white man then, because they had planned to take the garrison
and kill them all at one time.

Ephraim Putnam was one of the original signers of the peti-
tion for the incorporation of the town under the royal charter,
which was granted April 23, 1764. At the first legal town
meeting, he and Jacob Wellman, one of the proprietors of the
town, were elected tything men. The following year he was
chosen town treasurer, an office to which he was elected nine
years in succession. The stormy times of the Revolution were
then coming on, and at the town meeting, October 31, 1774,
it was voted, " To purchase a town stock of powder, balls, and
flints," which was to consist of "One barrel of powder, one-
hundred weight of lead, and five dozen flints;" and Deacon
Ephraim Putnam was chosen ' ' a committee to provide the
above said stock."

He bore a very active part in the Revolution. In the Revo-
lutionary records of the town it is stated that in 1776, " Deacon
Ephraim Putnam and son Ephraim did a whole turn ; they
hired Nathaniel Bachelor."

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The farm on which he lived was a part of second division
lot No. 41. But he had also a deed from Benjamin L,ynde, Jr.,
Esq., of second division lot No. 44, which was burned with his
dwelling. These were the lots from which the original owners,
L,ynde and Cram, gave the spacious grounds for the first
meeting-house, which at that time was built near the middle
of the township of Salem-Canada.

When the first meeting-house grounds were given up, they
reverted to the possession of the original owner, then Deacon
Ephraim Putnam. His son Ephraim seems to have succeeded
him in occupying that part of the farm including lot No. 44 ;
he was known while his father lived as Ephraim Putnam, Jr.,
and afterwards as Ephraim Putnam.

EPHRAIM PUTNAM, JR.— Ephraim Putnam, Jr., was the
son of Deacon Ephraim, and was himself a deacon. He was
born in Dauvers, Mass., June 15, 1744. He married I^ucy
Spaulding, who was probably a sister of Capt. L,evi Spaulding,
and nearly the same age. He seems to have been a man of
unusual influence in his day. (For his public services see pp.
J96, 257, 258, 260.) He had three sons who lived in what is
now South Lyndeborough village. The places where these
sons lived are well known. But where he fixed his own dwell-
ing seems now to be a matter of conjecture. The likeliest
place is that, at present, the old dwelling which was afterwards
remodeled by another Ephraim Putnam into the tavern, now
the commodious residence of Capt. Andy Holt. He was sealer
of lumber for many years, an office which implied that he was
either a manufacturer of it or had some practical knowledge of
the quality and worth of it. The lumber and shingle mill, now
the property of Mr. E. H. Putnam must have served to make
lumber in his day, and may have been built by either him or
his father. It was owned a few years after his death by his
brother, Ensign David. His death occurred March 2, 1799.
For his children see Genealogies.

EPHRAIM PUTNAM, THIRD.— Ephraim Putnam, Third,
had his home on the grounds now occupied by Mr. W. P.
Steele. (Seep. 503.) He was the father of the better-known
Capt. Eleazer. He received the rather ironical title of General
Putnam when a boy, as is narrated on this wise. Having seen
some tracks in the snow which he thought were bear tracks, he

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hastened home and informed his father. The neighbors were
roused, and all prepared for a bear hunt. They found the tracks
to be only crow tracks. Whether piqued or amused at the false
alarm, his father said when he met him, " Why, General Put-
nam, not to know crow tracks from a bear's ! " From that day
on, he was called " General Putnam."

None of his children lived to mature age, save Capt. Eleazar.
For his record see sketch of the Lafayette Artillery Company.

DANIEL PUTNAN, ESQ.— Daniel Putnam was the son of
Ephraim Putnam and Lucy Spaulding, and was born September
3, 1770. He married Hannah Johnson, one of the family
which gave name to Johnson Corner. In the record of the
town meeting for March, 1798, we find Daniel Putnam chosen
sealer of lumber, an office held by his father for many years
previous, and one to which he himself was chosen, till he com-
pleted a service of thirty years. In 1804, he is styled Lt.
Daniel Putnam, and from 1806 on is frequently called Capt.
Daniel Putnam, (see History pages 219 and 220). Later in
life he was designated as Squire Daniel, or Daniel Putnam, Esq.

He must have been very popular, for he was chosen Repre-
sentative to the General Court twelve times in succession, from
1805 to 1816, and once again in 1820. He supplied Col. Perley
Putnam with much information, and wrote concerning the
family in this town :

"There are living in the town of Lyndeborough twenty-six male
descendants of Ephraim Putnam, including his son Aaron. Up to the
present date (1834) there have been three Deacon Putnams, and six
Capt. Putnams in L,jndeborough."*

Daniel Putnam owned a saw-mill, undoubtedly that which
now belongs to Mr. E. H. Putnam. He was a carpenter by
trade and his assistance and advice were sought in the repair-
ing and erecting of public buildings in the town. He was
prominent in the Universalist movement and purposed erecting
a parsonage for the accommodation of the Universalist minister,
Mr. Hussey. The lot on which he set out to build was after-
wards sold to his grandsons, Charles and William Richardson,
who erected on it the house in which Mrs. Clough of Lynn,
Mass., has now a summer home.

Daniel Putnam, Esq., departed this life in December, twelfth
day, 1841, aged 71 years. His wife Hannah passed away in
1872, aged 96 years. For his children, see Genealogies.

* See Putnam Family, part IV, p. 204.

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JOHN PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy (Spaulding)
Putnam, lived with his sister Betsey, on the ground now oc-
cupied by the house of Mr. Walter Tarbell. Solomon Cram,
who built the blacksmith shop in the village, was their nephew,
and took care of them in their last days, and received their
estate in reward for his services. John Putnam seems to have
owned the land which is now the property of Mr. Joseph A.
Johnson, south of the road, as well as Mr. Tarbell's lot. (See

P- 505-)

Of the daughter Esther, we have but the record of her birth.

But Sarah Putnam, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy (Spauld-
ing) Putnam, married David Cram, Jr., and they removed to
the state of Vermont. Solomon, above-named, was their son.

CAPTAIN ISRAEL PUTNAM.— Captain Israel Putnam
was the son of Squire Daniel Putnam. (See Genealogies.)
He owned and operated the saw-mill which now belongs to
Mr. Edwin H. Putnam. He built an addition to it. (See pp.
340 and 522.) He served the town three terms as representa-
tive (See p. 258) and was prominent in middle life, in the
affairs of the town. He held many important offices, and
served many years as surveyor of lumber. He had four sons,
William R., Daniel, Israel and Sumner ; and also four daugh-
ters, Mary Angeline and Hannah by first wife, and Abby and
Letitia by the second. Of his sons, two won more than ordi-
nary distinction ; one in the realm of business, and another in
literature and pedagogy. Some notices of these follow.

WILLIAM R. PUTNAM.— [The following notice is taken
from the Woburn News of Dec. 7, 1901.]

"William R. Putnam, for three score years an honored citizen of
Woburn, died at his home on Union Street, Monday afternoon, Dec. 2,
aged 80 years. . . . Mr. Putnam was born in Lyndeborough, N. H.,
in 1821, and was the son of Israel and Ruth Putnam. The public schools
of his native town furnished educational advantages of a limited extent,
as, early in life he was forced to begin work. When 21 years of age he
came to Woburn and secured employment with Mr. Sheffy, then a
patent leather manufacturer in Wilmington. Later he was similarly
employed in Newark, N. J., which place was headquarters for this
branch of industry. After four years in Newark, he was employed two
years in Philadelphia, where he was superintendent of a patent leather
factory. He came back to Woburn in 1852 and entered the firm of S.
O. Pollard & Co., doing business on Easton Avenue. The firm con-
ducted a lucrative business for 20 years, when Mr. Putnam severed his
connection and retired from active business. Since theli he has busied

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himself with his real estate business. Mr. Putnam was a member of the
board of selectmen in 1874-1875, and served on the cemetery committee
and as superintendent of the cemetery for several years. He might
have filled public office on many occasions if his inclinations had ac-
corded with the wishes of his fellow-citizens. He was one of the pioneer
organizers of the Co-operative Bank and a member of its first board of
directors. Woburn loses, in his death, one of its most upright citizens,
a man of quiet, unobtrusive nature, of courtly and kindly manner, and
of cleanly life. His widow and one granddaughter, Miss Christine
Kelley, survive him. The funeral was held Thursday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.
m., from the First church parlor, Rev. Dr. March officiating."

This record is believed to contain no word of undue praise.
The Baptist church has several times profited by and rejoiced
over his generous benefactions. (See p. 350). He made
valuable personal gifts of books to the L,yndeborough public
library. (See p. 388.) He invested a very generous sum out
of the residue of the Jotham Hildreth estate, of which he was
trustee, the interest of which should be used to assist the
worthy, unfortunate poor of the town. Such men are truly an
honor to their native town.

DANIEL PUTNAM, A.M., LL.D.— " Daniel Putnam was
born in I/yndeborough, January 8, 1824. The early years
of his life were spent on a farm, in a lumber mill, and in a
carpenter's shop. His early education was such as a New
England district school gave at that period. After his tenth or
twelfth year he attended school only in the winter season.
This was the only schooling he received until twenty years of
age. During the latter part of this early period he received
much advantage from a kind of lyceum, which was organized
in many of the school districts of the country. In this society
he gained considerable practice in writing, speaking, and de-
bating, and cultivated a love for reading. This was his first
step above the ordinary work of the common district school,
and opened the way for the broader education and wider
culture which were gained in later years.

By manual labor and by teaching school in the winter months
he earned the means necessary to fit himself for college. His
preparatory course was taken in an academy at New Hampton,
N. H. From this place he went to Dartmouth College, from
which he graduated with the class of 1851. After graduation
he taught for a time in the school at New Hampton, and later
for a year in Vermont.

Professor Putnam came to Michigan in the summer of 1854,

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and held the professorship of the Latin language and literature
in Kalamazoo College for four or five years. He left the college
to take charge of the public schools of the city of Kalamazoo. In
this field of labor he showed good executive ability and skill in
the work of organization. In 1865 he returned to the college and
labored two or three years under the direction of Dr. John M.
Gregory. On the resignation of President Gregory he was act-
ing executive of the college for one year. In 1867 he was
elected superintendent of the schools of Kalamazoo county. He
resigned this position to accept a professorship in the normal
school, entering upon his duties at the opening of the school
year, 1868-9. His connection with the school has extended
over a period of thirty years. During three years he was acting
principal of the institution.

Professor Putnam served two years as alderman and two years
as mayor of the city of Ypsilanti, and has always manifested a
deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of the community in
which he has had his home. . . . For more than fifty years
he has been a member of the Baptist church, and active
in the work of the denomination. ... As a man, he is
unassuming and retiring in his character, but positive in his
opinions and firm in his convictions of duty in all the rela-
tions of life. As a teacher, he appeals to a student's sense of
honor, and seeks to develop the higher and nobler elements of his
character, seeks to make his pupils men and women of the best
kind, rather than simply scholars and teachers. Many a former
normal student, now at work in the schools of the state, declares
that the calm serenity of Professor Putnam's life and character
goes with him as an inspiration in all his work. His deeds are
as lighthouses, ' they do not ring bells or fire cannon to call at-
tention to their shining — they just shine.'

As an indication of the high esteem in which he was held as a
scholar, he received in 1897, the honorary degree of 1,1,. D. from
the University of Michigan." (From sketch of his life given by
a friend in the History of Michigan State Normal School, pp.
150-152.)

We close this sketch by naming some of his published works :
' ' Sunbeams through the Clouds ' ' (a little manual for the special
use of inmates of asylums for the insane), in 1871 ; "A Geog-
raphy of Michigan," 1877, (published with Colton's geogra-
phy) ; "A Sketch of Michigan State Teachers' Association,"
1877, (published by the association); " Outline of the Theory

614 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

and Art of Teaching," 1883; "Manual of Pedagogics," 1895;
" History of the State Normal School," 1899. (For his family
see Genealogies.)

REV. JOHN RAND was the pulpit supply of the people of
L,yndeborough for some months before being invited to become
their pastor. They gave him the call Sept. 27, 1756, but he did
not accept it until the next year. The church was organized
Dec. 5, 1757, with about twenty members, eight of whom were
males. Two days after the organization of the church, Dec. 7,
Mr. Rand was ordained to the pastorate of it, as the first Con-
gregational minister in L,yndeborough. From the proprietors of
the town he received ^40, as an encouragement to settle among
the people. This sum was payable in three equal annual instal-
ments, and beside this an annual salary of .£40 was given him,
and the society were "to provide a certain amount of wood,
and one shilling each for each soul in town, and to increase the
number of shillings according to the increase in the number of
souls."

Mr. Rand lived the last part of his pastorate on the place now
owned by Mrs. Charles R. Boutwell. But his term of service
was very brief for those days, and after four years and four
months, April 8, 1762, he was dismissed. Subsequent to his
leaving L,yndeborough, he lived in Goffstown and Bedford, but
was never afterward settled as pastor. He was justice of the
peace under George III. He removed to Bedford in 1778. In
1783 we find his name in the Town Papers of N. H. as town
clerk in Bedford, and also one of the selectmen.*

Of the children of Rev. John Rand one or two facts of interest
may here be added : —

Nehemiah, who was born May 22, 1776, and died in Newport,
N. H., January, 1869, married in New Boston, Mary, a lineal
descendant of Gen. Putnam. They had nine children, two of
whom, Edgar and Betsey, lived in I,yndeborough, for whom see
genealogies of Rand and Dutton.

The daughter, Mary Putnam Rand, was born in New Boston,
N. H., in 1811. In 1830 she united with the church, graduated
at the New Hampton Seminary, and was sent to Illinois as a
teacher, and is said to have been "one of the best known
women who ever lived in Illinois. She was a Christian lady
and a renowned educator." She became the wife of the Rev.
J. G. L,emen, and they were the founders and managers of the

*Vol. XI., p. 185.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 615

"Christian Home Orphanage" at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which
is now conducted by their son, H. R. Icemen.*

NEHEMIAH RAND, ESQ.— Nehemiah Rand was the
ninth child of Jonathan and Mellecent (Bstabrook) Rand, of
Charlestown, Massachusetts, and a brother of Rev. John Rand.
Following his father's occupation, he was a hatter by trade,
and clearly seems to have been in affluent worldly circum-
stances. He was a corporal in Brigden's company in 1757.
On the 4th of April, 1766, he bought a tract of land in Lynde-
borough, adjoining land owned by his brother. The place
which he owned is now the property of Mr. William Clark,
whose wife, Abby Kimball Rand, is a great grandchild of
Nehemiah Rand, Esq. On this place he built a saw-mill, and
here, at a later day, he built for himself a home. He was liv-
ing in his native town when the War of the Revolution broke
out. When the famous battle of Bunker Hill was fought, he
owned land on Bunker Hill. Although the Americans made
a splendid and destructive fight, they were finally driven out of
their entrenchments and compelled to retreat. The British
held possession of the battle-ground and their wrath found vent
in the destruction of the town, which they wantonly burned.
In the conflagration, Nehemiah Rand's two dwelling-houses
and hat-shop were destroyed. Then, with his family, he fled
for refuge to our town in the wilderness, where he had already
a possession, and where he fixed his permanent home. His
family consisted of his wife and two daughters, and "a lad
named Nehemiah Frost, who had lived with him from early
childhood." He became a prosperous and influential citizen of
lyyndeborough, held a prominent place among its proprietors,
was appointed a justice of the peace, and was honored by being
chosen representative to the Legislature, or General Court of
the State of New Hampshire for more than a single term. As
one of the old L,yndeborough proprietors, he was especially
serviceable to the corporation ; for he was one of the committee
appointed to sell the common and undivided lands of Lynde-
borough and Greenfield, to prosecute trespassers and to bring
the affairs of the old ' ' propriety " to a successful close, and on
that business was very efficient. He was a member of that
committee at the time of his death, which occurred July 10,
1794. He was represented in subsequent meetings of the pro-

*Lemen Family History.

616 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

prietors by John Shepherd, Esq. , of Amherst, whom he chose
to be the executor of his last will and testament.

Nehemiah Rand, Esq., was thrice married. He married
first, November 24, 1757, Mary Rand, daughter of Samuel and
Sarah (Carter) Rand, who was born February 26, 1733 ; second,
May 27, 1774, Mary, daughter of Rev. Thomas Prentice, of
Charlestown, Mass., and widow of Doctor James Frost of
Cambridge, Mass., who died July 2, 1770, aged 38. She died
at Lyndeborough, October 20, 1787, in the 49th year of her
age; third, was Margaret, daughter of Rev. Thomas Prentice,
and sister of his second wife, who was married October 21,
1791. She died at the home of Nehemiah Frost in Temple.
Five children of Nehemiah Rand, Esq., lived to a mature age ;
namely, Mary, who married Richard Batten, Jr. ; Elizabeth,
who married Joseph Epps ; Irene, who married Nehemiah
Frost ; Nehemiah, who married Sarah Batten ; and Margaret,
who married Deacon John Clark. For more respecting the
families see genealogy of each family above mentioned.

CAPTAIN I/EVI SPAULDING.— " The Spaulding Me-
morial," compiled by Rev. Samuel Jones Spalding, who was
born in I/yndeborough, December n, 1820, furnishes many of
the facts of the life of Captain L,evi Spaulding. Page 48 of
that work gives a brief sketch of his life, under number 1043.
He was born in Nottingham West (now Hudson), N. H., Octo-
ber 23, 1737, and died in Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., March
i, 1825. To the latter place he had removed from Lynde-
borough about the year 1800. He was the son of Edward and
Elizabeth Spaulding, who came to I^yndeborough in 1766, and
bought the second division lots numbered 113 and 122. Two
brothers of Edward are also said to have come to I/yndeborough,
namely, Reuben and Stephen. "The Spaulding Memorial,"
however, makes no mention of these as citizens of I/ynde-
borough. It is probable that L,evi came here about the same
time as his parents ; and very soon after that the town records
show that he became a prominent citizen. He married first,
Anna Burns; second, Mrs. L,ois Goodridge, of Lyndeborough,
December 30, 1778. In 1767, soon after he came into town, he
was selected as one of a committee of five persons to forward
the important work of " completing the meeting-house." From
that time forward, his name frequently occurs in our town rec-
ords, an evidence of his active interest in town affairs.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 617

At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, L,evi Spauld-
ing recruited a company of sixty men, with whom he marched
as captain, April 23, 1775, four days after the famous fight and
flight from Concord and L,exington. Thomas Boffee was his
2nd lieutenant, William I,ee and James Hutchinson were ser-
geants, and twenty-three others of his neighbors and fellow-
townsmen were in the ranks. A list of these is here appended.*

Corporal Benjamin Dike Nathaniel Batchelder

Corporal Samuel Hutchinson Phineas Barker

Fifer Jacob Button Edward Bevins

James Campbell Joseph Ellinwood

Nehemiah Hutchinson Samuel McMaster

John Johnson Andrew Thompson

Jesse I/und Jacob Wellmant

John Rowe Elisha Wilkins

Ephraim Smith Josiah Woodbury

Isaac Carkin Timothy Mclntire

David Carltont Daniel Cram
Ezra Dutton

Captain Spaulding's company was number three, in the
Third Regiment of N. H. Troops, commanded by Col. James
Reed. The adjutant general of New Hampshire, in his report
for 1866, Vol. 2, page 270, states, that "the New Hampshire
troops," at Bunker Hill, " took their position at the rail fence,
betwixt the redoubt and the Mystic River. They immediately
threw up a sort of breastwork of stone across the beach to the
river, and continued the rail fence down to this stone wall or
breastwork. This wall served a most excellent purpose, as the
sharp-shooters behind it could take the most deadly aim at the
advancing foe ; and it is a well-established fact that the British
troops in front of this wall were almost completely annihilated."

Captain Spaulding's company was under fire in that battle,
and doubtless had its share of the fatal work there accomplished.
Two of his men suffered as indicated in the preceding note, suf-
fusing the soil with their blood. The captain was not only at
Bunker Hill, but during the following winter went to Canada,
and according to our town records, " Concluded the Same Back
to Trenton." Seven of our townsmen accompanied him on that
expedition, whose names are preserved. He was also " at Val-
ley Forge during the terrible suffering in the winter of 1777 and
1778. He was afterwards transferred, and came under the im-
mediate command of Gen. Washington. He served through the

*Rev. Rolls I, pp. 87-89. tSee p. 203. JSee p. 177.

618 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

war, and was present at the surrender of L,ord Cornwallis at
Yorktown. He received an honorable discharge from the War
Department, and drew a captain's pension as long as he lived."*

Captain Spaulding's family consisted of six sons and five
daughters. The names of his children were : Betsey, Olive,
Edward, George, Martha, Esther, I^evi, John, Sewell, I/ois
Goodrich and Benjamin Goodrich.

After the close of the war, he continued to take an active in-
terest in town matters, and was honored with the various offices
and responsibilities which his fellow citizens could confer. He
was representative to the legislature from 1784 to 1786, inclu-
sive ; and the Journal of the I/egislature and other State papers
testify to his activity in the heroic days of our country's history,
and his name holds a most honored place in the annals of our
town .

Few, if any, of his descendants now reside in I/yndeborough,
though most of his children were born here. Edward Spauld-
ing, his eldest son, was born in L,yndeborough, Nov. 19, 1764,
and died in Alexander, Genesse Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1845. At
an early day, he removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y.;
thence to Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y., and thence to
Alexander, above mentioned, where both he and his wife died.
He was a farmer. He married Mehitabel, the daughter of
Rev. Sewall Goodrich of L,yndeborough, Oct. 30, 1788. She
was born Sept. 25, 1770, and died July 31, 1838. Four of
their children were born in Lyndeborough.

EIvBRIDGE GERRY, the youngest, became one of the fam-
ous men of his time as a lawyer and financier. He was born at
Summer Hill, Cayuga Co. N. Y., Feb. 24, 1809. He studied
and practised law at Batavia and Attica. In 1834 he removed
to Buffalo, and there he was soon chosen to fill important offices.
In 1847 he was elected mayor of Buffalo. He was elected mem-
ber of Congress in 1848, and again to the same office in 1858
and 1860. He served four years on the committee of Ways and
Means, and was the author of the I^egal Tender Act, passed
during the days of the Rebellion.

In a letter addressed to him under date of Aug. 3, 1869, the
Hon. Charles Sumner wrote, " In all our early financial trials,
while the war was most menacing, you held a position of great
trust, giving you opportunity and knowledge. The first you

*Spaulding Memorial, p. 88.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 619

used at the time most patriotically, and the second you use now
(in preparing a financial history of the war) for the instruction of
the country."

Mr. Spalding was not only an eminent lawyer, but was also a
successful banker in Buffalo, who by his talents, industry and
economy, amassed an ample fortune.

REV. SAMUEL JONES SPALDING. — Of still another
branch of the Spalding family was the author of the " Spauld-
ing Memorial." The Rev. Samuel Jones Spalding was the son
of Abijah Spalding, and was born in Lyndeborough, Dec. n,
1820. In 1824 his parents removed to Nashua, where he pre-
pared for college under the instruction of David Crosby, Esq.
He entered Dartmouth College in 1838, graduating in 1842, and
entering Andover Theological Seminary that year, graduated in
1845. He was pastor of the Whitefield Congregational Church
in Newburyport, Mass., for many years. On leave of absence
from his people, he was commissioned chaplain of the 48th Mass.
Regiment, which served under Major General Anger, in the
Army of the Gulf. This regiment was " at the siege of Port
Hudson, being actively engaged in the first and second assaults
on that stronghold, May 27 and June 14, and also in the fight
at Donaldson ville, July 13. Was mustered out Aug. 30, 1863."*

Mr. Spalding is a member of ' ' The New England Historic-
Genealogical Society," and also corresponding member of the
"State Historical Society of Wisconsin." His life and army
service are creditable alike to his kindred and his native town.

Memorial, pp. 457, 458.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

PROFESSIONAL MEN, TRADESMEN, AUTHORS AND

GRADUATES.

MINISTERS.

The list of natives of lyyndeborough who became ministers
here given is in the order arranged by the secretary or librarian
of The New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N. H.
The record is partly that printed in the pamphlet, "Salem-
Canada-L,yndeborough, " by Rev. F. G. Clark.

James Bout well. (See Genealogies.)

William Thurston Boutwell. (See Genealogies.)

David Burroughs was born Aug. n, 1810. For a brief sketch
see page 343. He was the son of Asa and Sarah (Butler) Bur-
roughs.

Benjamin Franklin Clark. (See Genealogies and a mention
of him on page 417.)

William Clark, '^brother of Benjamin F. (See Genealogies.)

Frank Gray Clark. (See Genealogies.)

David P. French, born Feb. i, 1817, was the son of Isaac P.
and Clarissa (Barnes) French. He became a Baptist, and for
brief notice of him, see page 343 of this history. He had sev-
eral pastorates, both in this state and in Illinois, and died in
Nashville, Illinois, April 29, 1886.

Kben E. Gardner, born 1807, was brought up from boyhood
by David Putnam, deacon of the Baptist Church. Mr. Gardner
is reported to have preached in Trumansburg, N. Y.

Ethan Allen Hadley was born Nov. 13, 1809. He was the
son of Joshua an'd Betsey (Williams) Hadley ; preached in
Jasper, N. Y., and died in Dix, N. Y., Apr. 24, 1867.

William, son of Ebenezer Hutchinson, was born April 4,
1794, and died April 20, 1842. He preached in Plainfield, and
other places in New Hampshire.

John Jones, son of Joseph and Anna (Richardson) Jones, was
born September 8, 1812, and was graduated from Dartmouth in
1834. He taught one year at Gloucester, Mass., and gradu-
ated at Andover in 1838. He was ordained at Chittenden, Vt.,
July i, 1841, and was pastor till 1844. He was agent of the

PROFESSIONAL MEN 621

New Hampshire Bible Society from 1844 to 1846 ; teacher at
Sandusky, O., 1848 to 1852 ; acting pastor at Danville, Ind.,
and Earlville, 111., 1853 to 1855; agent of American Bible Society,
Illinois, 1855 to 1862. Resided at Meriden, 111., and Colorado
Springs, where he died in August, 1889.

James Harvey Merrill, son of Rev. Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Carpenter) Merrill, was born October 16, 1814, and died Octo-
ber 28, 1886. He was pastor at Montague and Andover, Mass.

Daniel Putnam, A.M., 1,1,. D. Though not an ordained
minister, he is a sound and acceptable preacher of Christ, and
frequently assists his ministerial brethren by supplying their
pulpits for them. (See Biographical Sketches.)

Samuel Jones Spalding, D.D., born December 11,^1820, long
a pastor at Newburyport, Mass. Mr. Spalding was chaplain
in the Civil War, and was the compiler of the History of the
Spalding Family. He was accounted a very able and excel-
lent minister.

Charles Whiting was pastor at Wilton seven years, and died
at Fayetteville, Vt., May 5, 1855. (See Genealogies.)

Benjamin Asbury Goodridge was born in lyyndeborough
October 5, 1857. He fitted for college at Tilton Seminary, and
graduated at Boston University in 1881. He was ordained and
settled over the Unitarian Church at Harvard, Mass., also
served as pastor at Christ Church, Dorchester, Mass., and now
at Unity Church, Santa Barbara, California. He has taught
extensively, and was teacher of Greek and Latin at Lassell
Seminary for two years. He is a great grandson of Rev.
Sewall Goodridge, the pastor of Lyndeborough Congregational
Church for about forty years.

Willard Harvey Perham, son of Harvey and Abby R. (Par-
ker) Perham, was born September 20, 1867. He studied at the
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, about a year, and finished his
studies at the Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training
School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating in May, 1905. He
settled at Auburn, Indiana, where he was ordained September
i, 1905, and is pastor of the Baptist Church.

Students for the ministry who died before completing their
studies :

Ira Houston Woodward, born June 15, 1811. He was the
son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. Both he
and Benjamin F. Clark went to East Tennessee to some school

622 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

in that state. But Mr. Woodward died in June, 1830, in the
1 9th year of his age.

Jason, son of Deacon David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam,
was born November 25, 1817. He attended the Hancock
Academy, where, in April, 1839, he assisted in forming "a
society for the purpose of establishing a library in connection
with the lyiterary and Scientific Institution." * He afterwards
acted as private teacher in Virginia. He was said to be a
young man of great promise, but died, May 18, 1841, before
completing his ministerial studies, in the 24th year of his age.

PHYSICIANS. *

Physicians who practiced in town and natives of Lynde-
borough who became physicians are as follows :

Dr. "Benjamin Jones (See Genealogies)

Dr. Daniel Wardwell

Dr. Israel Herrick (See Genealogies)

Dr. Nathan Jones

Dr. Moses Atwood (See Genealogies)

Dr. Aaron H. Atwood (See Genealogies)

Dr. William A. Jones (See Genealogies)

Dr. William Butler (See Genealogies)

Dr. Jacob Butler (See Genealogies)

Dr. Nehemiah Rand

Dr. Benjamin F. Hadley

Dr. Willard Parker (See Genealogies)

Dr. Charles P. French (See Genealogies)

Dr. Hervey G. Mclntire (See Genealogies)

Dr. E. J. Donnell

Dr. Wm. T. Donnell

Dr. Alfred F. Holt (See Genealogies)

Dr. J. Newton Butler (See Genealogies)

Dr. Stephen W. Goodrich (See Genealogies)

Dr. J. Milton Rand

Dr. Henry E. Spalding (See Genealogies)

Dr. Henry W. Boutwell (See Genealogies)

Dr. Herbert B. Mclntire (See Genealogies)

Dr. George B. French

Dr. George W. Hatch (See Genealogies)

Dr. Alwyn Rose (See Genealogies)

Dr. Perry Joslin (See Genealogies)

Dr. Samuel Joslin (See Genealogies)

•History of Hancock, p. 242.

TRADESMEN 623

We give lists of tradesmen discovered, but feel sure that some
names have escaped us. No intentional omissions are made.
But matters very well known in their day seem to need no rec-
ord, and pass out of the memory of a later generation. Some
omissions will for such reasons be unavoidable.

SHOEMAKERS.

John Johnson James C. Bradford

John Reynolds John J. Martin

Jotham Hildreth John M. Emery

Jotham Hildreth, Jr. Joseph H. Ford

Ebenezer Pearson

CARPENTERS.

Capt. Joseph Richardson Albert S. Conant

Josiah Wheeler Albert Cram

Daniel Putnam Lorenzo P. Jensen

Israel Putnam Alfred T. Ford

Luther Odell Charles L. Clement

S. S. Cummings George Murch

John Fletcher Holt Edward D. Smith

Charles Henry Holt E. K. Warren

David C. Grant Erwin D. Wilder
David G. Dickey

BLACKSMITHS.

Josiah Abbott (p. 486, No. 21) Bradt Searles
Jonathan Butler Hazen Morse

Peabody at N. Lyndeboro Henry Stiles

Jonathan Thayer George S. Groombridge

Charles Whitmarsh Ward N. Cheever

Solomon Cram Herbert A. Cheever

David Perham W. H. Abbott

Nelson Kidder George A. I/ong

AUTHORS.

It is hardly to be expected that a community like ours should
produce many authors. The people are mainly farmers. Yet,
a few of Lyndeborough's children have accomplished some-
thing, perhaps, worthy of a moment's thought and mention,
from a literary point of view.

Rufus Blanchard wrote a "History of the State of Illinois"
and several other books. (See Genealogies.)

624 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Sophia (Blanchard) Olson'was the author of pamphlets and
magazine articles. (See Blanchard Genealogies.)

The Rev. Frank Gray Clark is the author of a "Historical
Sermon," preached at Gloucester, Mass., a treatise entitled
"Congregationalism"; a "Sermon at the Dedication of the
Congregational Church in Francestown " ; a "Manual of the
Congregational Church"; and the "Historical Address" at
the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of
Ivyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889.

James S. Cram, a native of the town published a "Spelling
Book, Designed as an Introduction to Other Spelling Books."
It was printed at Concord by Hoag and Atwood, 1831. Mr.
Cram was also a famous mathematician in his day. See the
brief biographical sketch elsewhere.

William Henry Grant was an author of some note among his
fellow-citizens in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the compiler of
"Annals of St. Paul lyodge, No. 3, from January 10, 1856 to
Sept. 8, 1899." He was also compiler of "The Minnesota
Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Year Book, 1889-
1895." A copy of these works presented by him to the library
of his native town, will hardly fail to be perused with great in-
terest by persons of a historical bias.

David Cram Grant seems also worthy of mention. His au-
thorship is largely limited to his published " Sketch of L,ynde-
borough," in the History of Hillsborough County. To the
industry of these brothers in gathering information and collect-
ing material the history of Lyndeborough is much indebted.

Daniel Putnam seems among the foremost of our authors. His
oration at the i5Oth anniversary of his native town is certainly
no discredit to either the town or her son. For his published
works see sketch elsewhere.

Dr. Henry E. Spalding has written numerous articles for
medical journals. (See Genealogies.)

Samuel Jones Spalding is the compiler of a portly and well
wrought history of the " Spalding Family," which has contrib-
uted something to the aid of the record of the Spalding families
in his native town.

William L,ewis Whittemore is the author of many articles
upon the scientific method in education, or the ' ' New Educa-
tion." These articles have appeared in current publications of
the day, in school reports, and in other pamphlets.

COLLEGE GRADUATES 625

Harry Weston Whittemore published a few years ago an
unpretentious, but very pleasant and readable little book de-
scribing an old New England homestead and its neighborhood.

GRADUATES.

Our list of graduates is doubtless incomplete. We give the
names of such as have come to our knowledge, who have re-
ceived college degrees other than the degree of M.D.

Caleb Houston, Williams, 1812

William Clark

William T. Boutwell, Dartmouth, 1828

John Jones, Dartmouth, 1834

James H. Merrill, Dartmouth, 1834

Benjamin F. Clark, Miami University, 1833

James Boutwell, Dartmouth, 1836

Samuel Jones Spalding, Dartmouth, 1838

Charles Whiting, Dartmouth, 1839

Daniel Putnam, Dartmouth, 1851

Frank Gray Clark, Amherst, 1862

Benjamin Asbury Goodridge, Boston University, 1881

Herbert B. Mclntire, Dartmouth, 1881

Harry Weston Whittemore, Tufts, 1886

Algernon Waite Putnam, Brown University, 1895

CHAPTER XXXV.

MlSCEU<AN SOUS.

THE POPULATION OF I<YNDEBOROUGH.
BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

It is natural enough for us to look back to our origin as a
people. Very few of our towns, it is believed, can claim a
more homogeneous population than that of Lyndeborough.

We are told that four separate sources contributed to supply
the early colonists of New Hampshire.

One of these entered the territory by way of the Piscataqua
River and established itself at Cocheco and Strawberry Bank,
later Dover and Portsmouth. This consisted of English, Scotch,
a few Irish and eight Danes.

Another entered from the Massachusetts colonies and as-
cended the Merrimack valley spreading east and west from the
river. Exeter and Hampton shared in this overflow which was
plainly tinged by Puritan ideas.

Still another tributary started upward along the Connecticut
river diffusing itself and reaching as far north as Claremont,
Cornish, Lebanon, and over into " the New Hampshire Grants."
This was akin to that from Massachusetts.

The fourth inflow came from Ireland, and was said to con-
sist of people of Scottish origin who with their ancestors had
been sojourning for a time in the Emerald Isle, and were for
these causes called Scotch-Irish. They were Presbyterians and
settled in Londonderry, and spread into other parts, giving
names to Dublin, Antrim and some other towns.

To the second division of these colonists belongs the popula-
tion of I/yndeborough. The ancient Gaelic prefixes O' and
Mac are seldom found among the names of our early settlers.
They were mostly of sturdy Anglo-Saxon stock, and well
adapted to cultivate the soil of these rugged hills and sheltered
valleys where they patiently toiled and built their homes.
To use the words of one of Lyndeborough 's distinguished
sons, her people have been " intelligent, industrious, temperate
and moral, as a whole."

THE CENSUS OP I/VNDEBOROUGH IN 1767.

The statistics of population were furnished by W. H. Grant,

MISCELLANEOUS 627

Esq., and were probably taken from Farmer & Moore's New
Hampshire Gazetteer, published in 1823 :

Males unmarried, between 16 and 60 years of age 26

Males married, between 16 and 60 years of age 48

Males under sixteen years of age 76
Males over sixty years of age 4

Females unmarried 71

Females married 50
Widows 2

Slaves, none of either sex

Total 272

The population of I/yndeborough in 1775 was 713
" " " " " 1790 was 1280

" 1800 was 976*

" " " " " 1810 was 1074

" " " " " 1820 was 1163

To the figures above given, Mr. J. H. Goodrich adds the
census of the town from 1830 to the present time, as below :
Population of I^yndeborough in 1830 was 1147
" " " 1840 was 1032

" 1850 was 968

" " " " 1860 was 823

" " " " 1870 was 820

" " " " 1880 was 818

" 1890 was 657
" " " " 1900 was 686

THE; SAI/T AND MOLASSES AFFAIR.

When the Revolutionary War commenced the town judged it
wise to secure for its use a liberal supply of such articles as a
war would make scarce and difficult to obtain. Consequently
at a town meeting, June 19, 1775, it was voted, "that the
Selectmen provide 40 hhds. of salt, 5 hhds. of molasses, and i
hhd. of rum for the benefit of the town." These articles were
procured by Francis Epes, Josiah Woodbury and Nathan Pear-
son, selectmen, 011 the credit of the town ; and were purchased
of Mr. Jonathan Ropes, of Salem, Mass. But the bill re-
mained unpaid for more than twelve years, when in December,
1787, a committee consisting of Dr. Benjamin Jones, John Rey-
nolds and John Savage, was appointed to look into the affair
and report at an adjourned meeting. Their report was pre-
sented and accepted ; and the town voted to pay the bill. The
whole amount was about ^80, of which ^43 53 and 9d. was

* The decrease between 1790 and 1800 was due to the portions of her territory and
population added to the towns of Greenfield, Francestown and Temple.

628 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

due in March, 1788. The Salem merchant was paid, but the
town received no corresponding advantage. Therefore, Jan.
n, 1790, L,ieut. Amos Whittemore, and Ensign John Savage
were chosen a committee to settle the matter, with full power to
' ' commence an action against the said Epes and others at the
next Inferior Court, ' ' and make return to the town of their pro-
ceedings as soon as may be. This committee reported March
8, 1791, and their report was accepted and expenses were paid.
But the matter was far from settled; for it was stated on July
5, 1791, that " the Selectmen had been obliged to pay an execu-
tion brought against the Town by Francis Epes, Esq., on the
salt affair." On the 8th of August, 1791, a committee consist-
ing of Ephraim Putnam, Capt. William Barren, and Levi
Spaulding was chosen to look into the matter, and ascertain if
possible how and to whom said property was disposed of, and
who are indebted to the town for the same, and apply to any fit
person for counsel on the affair, and report their information to
the town at an adjourned meeting. Accordingly, on the 3ist.
of October, 1791, this committee reported, "We have made
diligent search into the matter, and have applied to counsel for
advice ; which advice is, that the matter stands

fair to commence an action against Messrs. Epes, Woodbury,
and Pearson, on a special promise they made to the Town to
clear them from the cost of the salt and molasses, as we find
that the said Epes, Woodbury and Pearson conducted the mat-
ter as private property, as they sold a great part of the salt and
molasses after their year was out as selectmen, and their orders
and receipts are signed in a private capacity.
All of which is humbly submitted by your committee.

Ephraim Putnam ~\
I<evi Spaulding >Com."
William Barren )

The case seems to have been afterwards submitted to referees,
whose decision was very adverse to the town. For a commit-
tee was chosen to "obtain a more equitable settlement with
Francis Epes and others than took place with the referees," and
this committee was directed to proceed according to former in-
structions in carrying on the suit against Mr. Epes and others.
This subject continued to engage the attention of the town
from time to time until the year 1800, twenty- five years after
the original purchase, and from that time we lose trace of it
from the town records.

MISCELLANEOUS 629

POX IN 1792. BY J. A. WOODWARD.

At the present time one can have little idea of the horror and
dread which the people had of the small pox in the early days
of the settlement of the town. Vaccination was then unknown,
and the physicians had not then learned to treat this disease.
In some communities thirty per cent, of those attacked died, and
sometimes the percentage was greater. It was discovered that
persons purposely inoculated with it, especially children, and
carefully nursed, had it lightly and recovered; and in some
towns hospitals were established, where what were called
"classes" were taken to be inoculated, and when these had
recovered, another "class" would be accommodated. In the
neighboring town of Weare several town meetings were held in
the years 1792 and 1793 to decide what should be done about
these small pox schools or hospitals, and there was much fear
and excitement, all of which is recorded in the History of
Weare. In. 1792 a man whose first name was Joe, but whose
surname is not recorded, was taken sick with the dread dis-
ease. He lived in a house in L,yndeborough near the New Bos-
ton line, in the northeast part of the town. Charles J. Smith
was a recent occupant of the place. This Joe's neighbors,
nearly all of whom lived on the New Boston side of the line, were
frenzied with fear and excitement, and a meeting was held forth-
with to determine what should be done in the matter. It was
advocated by the majority that, as the doctor had said that the
man could not live two days, it would be the best thing for all
concerned to burn patient and building, and thus avoid the
danger of the spread of the contagion in burying him, and also
the danger of the disease being carried by the wind ; that the
man was unconscious and a few hours would make no differ-
ence. In excuse it may be said again that they were beside
themselves with horror and fear. While they were planning to
put the scheme into execution one or two cooler men mounted
swift horses and started hot foot for the selectmen of I^ynde-
borough to see if something could not be done to prevent such
a blot on the fair fame of the town. These selectmen were
Jeremiah Carleton, Dea. Ephraim Putnam and Samuel Houston.
They lost no time in getting to the scene of trouble, and by
threats and pleadings soon succeded in calming the excitement
and preventing the threatened outrage.

A poem was written at the time describing the occurrence.

630 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

The author is unknown. Extracts from this poem are inserted,
as it was a matter of interest, and is something of a literary
curiosity :

The Pox prevails, the people rave,
Each man's a fool, each man's a knave.
Poor Joe has caught it, takes his flight
And seeks a cave in inidst of night,
Dejected, spurned and much cast down ;
From each old hag receives a frown.
Spite, the food of Hell's production,
Swells their breasts in sad convulsion.
This raves, that swears, and some desire
To burn his house and all with fire.
To church they go to hold convention
Each deeply fraught with ill intention ;
When, Ajax-like, Longshanks arose
*******

And thus addressed the grumbling crew

* * * * * • * *

" New Boston's sons, How long shall we •

Be [pestered] thus? Zounds! Don't you see

We've got into a Devilish box

As every soul will have the pox ?

Beside yon stream a lonely dome

Contains a patient all alone

He's sick and easy overcome

(Landlord ! Some more New England rum !)

By George ! My friends I'll not take rest

Till I have spoilt that cursed nest !

If sloth and indolence prevail

We'll fall as does the rattling hail.

Let's rouse for safety to our town

And burn or tear his building down.

This is my mind, if yours the same

Tomorrow's sun shall see it flame."

Thus he belched forth his rancor

And brought his burden to an anchor.

* * * * * * . *

* * The heads of the adjoining town,

* * Sent for [in haste] at length came down,
In hopes that they by candid means

Could pacify those crazy brains.
And, fond of peace, they now address
The frantic, raving populace.
First, Carleton, a judicious man
And friend to order, thus began :
" Reason, my friends, the helm of life,
Is shattered by such gales of strife.
Law, the guide to friends of State,

MISCELLANEOUS 631

Is trod upon by such debate.

Now if both law and reason die,

Humanity will also fly.

Where then, my brothers, shall we be

When we are stript of all the three ?

From such destructions pray refrain

And reassume your sense again."

Putnam, mild, then forward goes,

And soothing language sweetly flows :

"Why, my friends, such frantic fear?

There's neither pox nor danger near.

Yon little cot by Towns's mill

Contains it all and ever will,

Till reason offers her direction

To purge and cleanse of the infection.

You're not exposed in any instance

If you have wit to keep your distance."

Then Houston, much to mobs opposed,

Step'd forth, and thus the scene he closed.

"And do you think the God above

Will such a discord here approve ?

If such the strife, the rage of all,

Religion [will] a victim fall.

More lawful means you ought to try,

And use some more humanity.

Mortals abhor and justly mourn

The soul by such destruction borne.

Let each an equal friendship bear

And sympathize in his despair."

These words their anger soon suppressed

And slew the viper in their breast.

Now rage is fled, and in its place

There's guilty shame in every face.

Each hangs his head and sneaks away,

Like Towser from his stolen prey.

Thus the scene is closed with shame.

Let every such turn out the same. INCOGNITO.

THE SMALLPOX SCARS OF 1853.
BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

In 1853, the smallpox visited L/yndeborough and great con-
sternation was felt lest trie disease should spread. Dr. Samuel
G. Dearborn, then of Milford, was called to attend the patients.
Being so far away, he requested Dr. L/orenzo D. Bartlett, his
brother-in-law, recently settled in New Boston, to take charge,
which he accordingly did. The cases are said to have been
limited to two families, those of Mr. Oliver Bixby and Mr.
Nathaniel Jones. Mrs. Jones was one of the patients

632 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

which Dr. Bartlett treated. All the patients recovered but the
doctor himself contracted the disease. He was taken to the
home of Mr. Jones, and there tenderly treated and carefully
nursed. Mr. Robert Brown, the father of our fellow-citizen,
Leonard Brown, who was immune, having had the disease, re-
mained with him constantly to care for him. He, however,
succumbed to the malady, dying in early manhood, and giving
his life as many believe in devotion to both his patients and his
chosen profession.

The presence of the scourge created great alarm among the
town's people, and they feared to have the body buried in the
public cemetery. As seemed best in concession to this fear,
Dr. Dearborn bought a little plot for its burial, and it was laid
away to its solitary rest, a few rods from the road which leads
over the mountain towards Francestown.

Lorenzo D. Bartlett, M. D., was a native of Northfield, N. H.
His parents were poor. His father died during the boyhood of
the son, and the care of the children devolved on the mother. The
boy was a bright, intelligent lad, a good scholar, and he was
befriended by an influential citizen in getting his education.
He chose the practice of medicine as his calling, and prepared
himself as best he could for it. He graduated with honor at
Castleton Medical College, an institution of very high standing
in Vermont ; afterwards studied and practiced with Dr. S. G.
Dearborn of Mont Vernon, who gave him didactic lessons in
surgery. He continued with Dr. Dearborn about two years,
after which he settled in New Boston, having married the sister
of his instructor who esteemed him as "a noble man." His
career ended at the early age of 28, after he had given promise
of great usefulness in his chosen profession ; and he was highly
esteemed and deeply lamented. Dr. Henry E. Spalding of
Boston, a native of Lyndeborough, recently said that " Dr.
Bartlett's devotion to his patients and his profession merited a
martyr's plaudit and reward."*

* When these cases of smallpox made their appearance in Lyndeborough, vaccine
matter seemed scarce in these parts and when there was no railroad in operation
through here, it required about three days to get it from Boston. People hastened
to be vaccinated when there was no virus at hand. Inoculation was resorted to in some
instances in L,yndeborough, and Dr. Dearborn is authority for the statement that with
very slight exceptions, the results were good. The patients all recovered thoroughly,
and suffered no permanent evil consequences.

The above facts were stated by Dr. Dearborn to the writer at Nashua, December
20, 1902.

MISCELLANEOUS 633

SPOTTED FEVER.

The spotted fever, which had proved fatal in many of the
New England towns, prevailed in i,yndeborough in 1812, with
its accustomed virulence. It is stated that thirteen persons died
as victims of it in as many days. A copy of the New Hamp-
shire Patriot, of Concord, February 25, 1812, contains the fol-
lowing notice :

" DIED. In Lyndeborough, of the Spotted Fever, a daughter of Mr.
Edward Bullard, aged 10— two children of Mr. Asa Manning — a son of

Mr. Haggett— Mr. David Butterfield — Mr. Jacob Manning — two

daughters of Capt. Clark — a son of Mr. Jacob Wellman."

Our town records state that "Mrs. Hannah Killam and
Deborah Clark, both daughters of Capt. William and Sarah
Clark, died February 19, 1812; " thus harmonizing with the
above notice.

Out of fifty-eight deaths, in the town of Acworth, in less than
three months in 1812, fifty-three were caused by this plague.

THE EXTENSION OF THE WII/TON R. R. TO GREENFIELD.

At a legal meeting of the town of I,yudeborough on Decem-
ber 23, 1871, the following resolution was offered by Joel H.
Tarbell :

RESOLUTION.

" To aid in the construction of the Extension of the Wilton Railroad to
Greenfield, N. H.

Whereas, the construction of the said Railroad would be of great pub-
lic benefit to this section of country, and would especially promote the
interest and increase the wealth of this town,

And, whereas the town is authorized by law to aid in its construction
as provided in sections 16 and 17 of Chapter 34 of the General Statutes ;

Therefore, Resolved by the citizens of the town of I/yndeborough in
town meeting assembled, that the sum of Three Thousand Dollars be,
and the same is hereby appropriated in aid of the construction of the
extension of the Wilton Railroad to Greenfield, N. H., which sum in
money or in the bonds of the town securing the same, shall be delivered
to the Treasurer of said Railroad Corporation whenever the said Rail-
road is located and put under contract for the grading thereof, and the
work of grading the same is commenced within the limits of this town,
and notice thereof in writing, from the President of said Corporation
shall have been received by the Selectmen of the town, provided said
road is put in running order within two years from this date."

The Resolution passed by a vote of 100 in its favor, to 37
against it.

At a legal town meeting, October 9, 1873, it was voted, " To
require the Peterborough Railroad Co. to bridge the road near

634 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Buttrick's mill." On December 6, 1873, the Railroad Commis-
sioners reported the damages assessed against the Peterborough
Railroad in the town of L,yndeborough. The awards were :

To Alvaro Buttrick $300 To Jothain Hildreth $40

To William N. Ryerson fioo To I,yndeborough Glass Co. $225

To James Burton $35

Railroad Commissioners ) D. Gilchrist

for f A. S. Twitchell

New Hampshire J E. P. Hodsdon

Selectmen ~| Rufus Chamberlain

of \ George Rose

Lyndeborough J Adoniram Russell

The railroad commissioners adjudged the bridging of the
highway near Buttrick's mill unnecessary. The railroad,
though a piece of private property, was yet a thing of public
interest to both the town and those who visited it. From Wil-
ton to Greenfield was called the Peterborough railroad. The
contract for building it was awarded to George Washington
Cram of Norwalk, Conn. His father, Daniel Cram, a native of
L,yndeborough, was engaged to build the stone work. The
grade of the road from Wilton to South L/yndeborough averages
a rise of 80 feet to the mile.

Two objects of considerable mechanical curiosity were pro-
duced in its construction. One was the trestle, and another the
gulf bridge. Twenty-five years ago, a person going from
Wilton to South L,yndeborough by rail would feel the train
slowing up as he passed around a curve just before reaching
the old glass factory. On learning the cause, he would find
himself gliding over rails supported by piles forming a trestle-
work from twenty to thirty feet above the ground level. It was
several hundred feet long and was traversed with varying de-
grees of both curiosity and trepidation. But soon after leaving
its stilts, the train plunged into a cut which assured the timid
that they had again reached terra forma. The trestle was
viewed as a triumph of engineering and lasted many years
without causing special injury or accident.

Early in 1887, a gravel train commenced operations on the
track, and filled all the spaces between and around the piles,
and an excellent road-bed of stones, earth and gravel was built
up. There is no visible trace of the old trestle. When sojourn-
ers of many years' absence return they miss the trestle, and
find that it has shared the fate of many an old acquaintance,
— has been buried.

MISCELLANEOUS 635

*

The gulf bridge still retains its visibility. It stands nearly a
mile west of the South L/yndeborough station, and spans the
ravine of the Rocky River. It is about two hundred feet in
length, and trains crossing it are about 70 feet above the river's
channel. The trusses of this bridge are inverted, or seem to
be suspended beneath the girders. They would at first view of
one unskilled in mechanical engineering seem to hang as a
mere weight upon the structure. But the structure, slender,
strong and graceful in its proportions, has endured for more
than thirty years, and as yet presents no visible tokens of decay.
The more closely it is inspected, the deeper the impression it
leaves of its mechanical beauty, power and durability.

FIRES, ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS.

Dec. 7, 1757. Congregational Church organized.

Oct. 3, 1778. Benj. Bullock killed a bear. Mr. Bullock lived at North
Lyndeborough. His land joined Capt. Peter Clark's on the east and
south.

June 23, 1780. Putnam's house burned. This refers to Ephraim Put-
nam. The house in question stood nearly opposite the house of Mr.
Lawrence on Putnam hill, South Lyndeborough.

Dec. 4, 1784. George, son of Capt. Levi Spaulding, drowned.

Feb. 8, 1788. Astain's mill burned. Supposed to refer to a mill at No.
Lyndeborovrgh on the Piscataquog river.

Nov. 21, 1793. Jonathan Barren, drowned in Badger pond while cross-
ing the ice on his way to church.

April 23, 1797. John Ordway's house burned. This house stood where
Chas. J. Cutnmings lives.

Feb. 19, 1798. Dutton's house burned. Obscure, but supposed to refer
to Reuben Dutton's house, north of the mountain.

Dec. ii, 1804. Oliver Whiting's barn burned.

Aug. 13, 1819. Samuel Allen drowned. He lived at North Lynde-
borough near the Cunningham place.

1819. Ira Houston collects the taxes for the " honor of the
office,"

April 20, 1820. Luke Giddings killed.

March 4, 1826. Uriah Smith died in town meeting. Heart disease.

Dec. 13, 1827. Deborah Parker thrown from a wagon and killed at North
Lyndeborough. Horse ran away. She had attended a prayer-meet-
ing at the No. 4 Schoolhouse. In driving home the rein broke.

April 2. 1834. Capt. Peter Farnum fell into a tan vat and was drowned.
This was at the tannery that used to stand just west of where James
H. Karr lives.

Aug. 13, 1836. Edgar Rand's child drowned.

" " " Schoolhouse at District No. 6 burned.

Mar. 3, 1843.. Dr- Israel Herrick's house burned.

Feb. 16, 1845. Moses Chenery's house broken into and goods stolen.

Mar. 25, 1845. Old Congregational church sold to Jacob Butler for $86

636 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

•f

Feb. 18, 1849. Sarah Wilson's house burned.

Mar. 8, 1849. James L,. Clark's house burned. This was where C. L.

Perham lives.

July 18, 1850. Capt. Peter Clark assaulted at Amherst.
Oct. 3, 1850. Collins Wyman was accidentally shot and killed on the

Pinnacle. He was drawing his gun up over a ledge with the muzzle

toward him when the hammer caught and the gun was discharged.
May 8, 1852. Mrs. Artenias Woodward was thrown from a wagon and

killed on the hill west of where George E. Spalding lives. She

was carrying the mail from South Lyndeborough to the centre. In

returning the bit broke and the horse ran, throwing her out near the

foot of the hill. A monument marks the spot.
March 5, 1854. Dr. L/orenzo D. Bartlett died of small pox and was buried

in a lonely spot on " Crooked S. " hill.
July 3, 1854. Twelve cases of small pox in town and great excitement

and fear.

Feb. i, 1856. Phineas Kidder run over by his sled.
May 22, 1857. New bell hung in the Congregational church belfry.
Sept. 12, 1859. Robert B. Osgood lost an arm by the premature dis-
charge of a blast.

June 17, 1860. Samuel Hodgeman killed by lightning.
Dec. 31, 1861. Solomon D. Avery's child burned.
June 10, 1865. Lightning struck Nathan Richardson's barn and killed

his horse. Barn not destroyed.
Oct. 4, 1866. Daniel B. Whittemore fell from tree and broke a leg.

A similar misfortune befel him Nov. 8, 1892, in falling from the high

beams of his barn.

Oct. 8, 1868. Eli Curtis's buildings burned.
May 13, 1870. William W. Curtis's store and buildings at the centre

burned.

March n, 1871. Sumner French's house burned. This was the brick
house north of the mountain, built by Daniel Woodward in 1820.
April 22, 1872. A Mr. Sawyer was killed at Samuel N. Hartshorn's mill.

He was repairing the wheel-pit, when the wheel fell upon him.
Sept. 26, 1872. George M. Cram hurt by a blast at South L,yndeborough.
Jan. 24, 1881. David Stiles killed by an engine on the railroad crossing
Sept. 6, 1881. Yellow day.
Oct. 6, 1881. Azro D. Cram's buildings burned.

at South Lyndeborough.
Oct. 29, 1885. Benj. B. Ames was kicked by his horse, from the effects

of which he died, Dec. 8, 1885.

Aug. 29, 1887. John Stearns shot and killed himself.
July 31, 1890. Frank B. Tay's buildings struck by lightning and burned.
Sept. 26, 1890. Jason Holt met with an accident on the railroad and

lost a leg.

April 7, 1892. Schoolhouse in District No. i burned.
Sept. 16, 1892. Carlos Wheeler fell from his wagon and was run over

and killed near South Lyndeborough.

Nov. 26, 1892. Clifton S. Broad was thrown from a wagon and killed on
the mountain north of R. C. Mason's.

MISCELLANEOUS 637

July 8, 1893. Jotham Hildreth fell from the railroad bridge near But-

trick's mills and was killed.
Mar. 12, 1900. Warren Holden of Mel rose, Mass., was thrown from

sleigh and killed near the house of Mrs. Nathan Cummings.
Mar. 2, 1904. Eliphalet J. Hardy was killed by a tree falling upon him.

He was the father of Rev. O. E. Hardy.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

MORTUARY RECORD.

The dates of the decease of earlier citizens must be sought
in the genealogical records. The printed reports of the town
previous to 1861 seem to contain no specific mortuary lists. In
that year, however, a full list of the deaths seems to be given.
In transcribing the list, .some who died in infancy and child-
hood, are for obvious reasons omitted. A few, however, who
died quite young, are, for special reasons, occasionally retained.
Our list then, consisting of names, dates of decease, and ages,
commences with 1861, and will awaken sorrowful interest in the
hearts of many who glance it over.

1861.

68 Aug. 29, Ruth Barnes 86

65 Sept. 12, Charles J. Hartshorn 18
71 Oct. i, Cyrus Blauchard 53

73 Nov. 13, Jacob Crosby 53

59 Nov. 24, Catherine L. Blauchard 61
20 Dec. 14, Reuben Stearns 17

Dec. 18, Sarah A. Richardson 47
71 Dec. 21, John Perham 71

1862.

Aug. 4, Mrs. Nancy P. J. Putnam 63
Aug. 30, Joseph Chamberlain 72
Sept. 15, John Wellnan 72

Sept. 25, Mrs. Nabby Bachelder 92

May n, John Gage
June 17, Moses Cheiiery
June 26, Samuel Howard
June 29, James Cram
June 29, Jeremiah Hartshorn
July 21, Harvey Holt, Jr.

(In battle at Manassas, Va.)
Aug. 26, Nathan P. Cummings

April 25, Geo. Washington Holt 36

May 5, John Alonzo Hartshorn 21

(In battle of Williamsburg, Va.)

May 20, Antoinette A. Kidder
May 27, Mrs. Mary Brown
June n, Ephraim Putman

Feb. 25, John Millen
March 9, Solomon Cram
March 30, Sarah Badger
May 6, Walter Chamberlain

(New Orleans, La.)
May 17, Jotham P. Draper

(at Baton Rouge, La.)
June 18, Mary Twitchell
June 28, John R. Butler

(New Orleans, La.)
June 30, Eben J. Palmer

(Baton Rouge, La.)

34
85
77

Nov. 26, Mrs. Mary H. Wheeler 59
Dec. 9, William B. Abbot 51

1863.

77 Aug. 5, Nathan S. Harris 27

61 (fell from transport at night
90 and was drowned in the Mis-
16 sissippi)

Aug. 10, John H. Karr 24

25 (At Vicksburg)

Aug. 15, James Boutwell 43

54 (returned soldier)
23 Aug. 15, Mrs. Daniel Morse

Aug. 17, Mrs. Hannah L. Wood-
22 ward 63

Sept. ii, Polly Wellman 64

Oct. 31, Timothy Joslin 64

Nov. 23, Mrs. A. Joslin 58

MORTUARY RECORD

639

Feb. 22, Betsey Odell Carkin
April 10, James Page
June 12, Abigail Cram

Jan. 9, Elnathan Hodgetnan
(on transport ascending the
Mississippi River)
Jan. 12, Samuel Buttrick
Feb. 3, Hannah E. Fish
Feb. 8, Betsey Chamberlain
March 23, Dea. William Jones

Feb. 18, Dr. Israel Herrick
March 22, Benj. Warren Button
April 3, Dea. Daniel Wood-
ward, Jr.

April 3, Rev. Jacob White
April 22, Elizabeth B. Mclutre
April 22, Ira G. Morrison

April n, Henry Clark

June 3, John Carson

June 25, Daniel Woodward

(in FrancestownJ
July 3, Mrs. Mary Adaline Put-
nam

July 15, Mrs. Susanna Karr
July 17, John H. Stephenson
Sept. 9, Harvey Chamberlain
(at River De Loup, C. E.)

Jan. 7, Samuel Everett Swin-

ington

Feb. 20, Israel Cram
Feb. 21, Mrs. Amy Blanchard

(at So. Danvers, Mass.)
Feb. 29, Mrs. Eunice Stafford
March 10, Mrs. Rosa Y. Holt
March 26, Mrs. Mary B. Whiting

Jan. 9, Mrs. Sarah G. Jones
Jan. 22, Mr. Jacob Ellingwood
Jan. 23, Mrs. Rhoda E. Parker
Feb. 17, Mr. Daniel Proctor
April 8, Mrs. Nancy Chenery
May 2, Mrs. Naomi Russell

1864.

60 June 14, Ephraim H. Putnam 59
63 Dec. 22, Ebenezer Duncklee 83
71 Dec. 27, Jona. Hartwell Stephen-
son 29

1865.

30 June 3, Loammie Eaton 84

July 24, Gorham B. Clark 18

Aug. 20, Jonathan Bailey 78

78 Nov. 3, Lizzie N. Boutwell 30
86 Nov. 14, Harvey Holt 57
84 Dec. 15, Hannah Holt 73
75

1866.

71 Sept. 19, Olivia J. Curtis Bald-

19 win 24
Oct. 28, George Putnam 90

56 Dec. 4, Sarah S. Wilson 90

59 Dec. 17, Amy Cram 88

79 Dec. 27, Capt. Eleazer Putnam 66
22

1867.

78 Sept. 10, Miss Sarah Maria

75 Stevens 34

99 Sept. n, Mrs. Rebecca Harwood 83

Sept. 14, Marcus De H. Wheeler 28

Sept. 19, Mrs. Sally Harris 68

62 Sept. 20, Benjamin Crosby 64
50 Sept. 27, Miss Abigail Richard-

34 son 65

34 Oct. 22, Sylvester Proctor 62

1868.

May 5, David Hovey 83

33 May 18, Nathan Augustus Fish 29

78 July 23, Samuel Jones 65

92 Oct. 2, Mrs. Cassa J. Sanford 16

(at Stowe, Mass.)

82 Oct. 23, Calvin Abbott 44

20 Nov. ii, James B. Hall 27

82 Dec. 18, Sarah A. Mullett 74
1869.

63 Sept. 26, Mr. Asa Senter

83 Oct. 27, Mr. Benjamin Dutton 68
25 Oct. 31, Mrs. Hannah S. Hadley 97
66 Nov. 24, Mrs. Abigail H. Holt

71 Dec. 17, Mrs. Polly B. Bailey 74
82

640

HISTORY OF L YtfDEBOROUGH

March 8, Mrs. Sarah B. Butler
March 30, Clarence Russell

April 8, Job Swinington 76

May 13, Mrs. Ann Holt 68

May 17, Mrs. Mary A. Perkins 29

May 26, Levi Tyler 69
June 10, Dea. David Putnam 79.11
Aug. 18, Miss Lucy A. Steph-

ensou 23

1870.

76 Sept. 20, Oliver Harris
19 Sept. 28, Robert B. Osgood
Oct. 10, James Gould
Oct. 18, Mrs. Susan O. Wood-
ward (at Surry, C. H., Va.)
Oct. 26, Mrs. Edna A. Clark
Dec. 3, Mrs. Dorothy Wheeler
Dec. 15, Mrs. Miranda Rand
Oct. 17, Miss Mary Shedd

1871.

Jan. i, Mrs. Sarah Eaton 76 Feb. 9, Mrs. Mary Proctor

Annual Town Report for 1871 has only the last names.
The Town Report for 1872 contains no Obituary Record.

1872.

8i.ii Sept. 21, Albert J. Kidder
30
32
52

Feb. i, Andrew Fuller
March 22, Hattie Maria Rose
March 30, Hattie S. Stevens
May 13, Sophronia Clark
Aug. 7, William Gould
Aug. 9, Hannah Putnam
Aug. 18, Mark Newton
Sept. 16, Mary A. Draper

96

42
70

Sept* 26, Nancy Gould
Oct. n, James L. Clark
Oct. 20, Rachel P. Kidder
Nov. 5, Hannah Carson
Dec. 16, Anthony A. Ames
Dec. 25, Timothy Brown

March 4, Mary E. Holt
March 28, Cornelia E. Moore
April 7, John Richardson
April 12, Eliza N. Jones
April 21, Daniel J. Moore
April 21, Asher Curtis
April 25, Stephen D. Holt

1873 — 1875, No Mortuary Report.
1876.

May i, Rhoda H. Emery
Aug. 7, EH Curtis
Oct. 4, Mary H. Abbott
Dec. 5, George B. Raymond
Dec. 7, Rufus P. Chase
Dec. 28, Lottie A. Stephenson

Jan. 12, Lucy E. Putnam
Feb. 14, Joseph H. Ford
March 13, Mr. Richard Young
March 31, Mrs. Emeline Holt
Dec. 24, 1876, (in California), Mr.

J. Barron Clark,

Buried in Lyndeborough

20

45
66

74
50
89

53

1877.
37 May 16, Rev. E. B. Claggett,

79
78
32

22

75
63

21

75

32
70
82

59
82

72
80

86
92
19

26

61

Feb. 10, Mr. John Hartshorn
Feb. 19, Mr. George F. Cutter
April 3, Daniel Cunningham
May 19, Mrs. Elizabeth Cram

66 at New Fairfield, Conn., for 24
80 years pastor of Congregational
58 Church in Lyndeborough

June 10, Mr. Manley Kidder 66
54 June 14, Mr. William M. Warner 21
July 21, Mrs. Mina G. Lane 25

July 22, Mrs. Mary D. Spalding 65
August 2, Mr. Alfred A. Whitney 60
1878.

66 July 14, Mrs. Eunice A. Clay 23
39 Aug. 3, Miss Etneline Spalding 37
80 Oct. 5, Mrs. Caroline F. Wood-
87 ward 58

MORTUARY RECORD

641

May 23, Rev. W. L. S. Clark
June 14, Solon B. Richardson
July 6, Mrs. Lucy G. Clark

Jan. n, Joseph Perham
Jan. 18, Mrs. Susan Ordway
Jan. 28, Mrs. Mary B. Perham
Feb. 25, Oliver Perham
March 3, Mrs. Susan Putnam
March 8, Mrs. Mary Stratton
March 10, John J. Balch
March 16, Mrs. Abigail M. Balch
March 20, Nelson Ryerson
April 5, Huse Karr
April 6, Frederick I. Bishop
June 26, Abigail Hadley

64 Nov. n, Mrs. AlmandaC. Conant 28
38 Dec. 28, Brackley Rose 82
70

1879.

76 Aug.

81 Aug.

65 Aug.
60 Sept
72 Sept
68 Oct.
74 Nov.
68 Nov.
19 Dec.
81 Dec.
18 Dec.

3, Elias Mclntire

4, Mrs. Emma Ella Smith
17, George N. Bishop

. 7, Maria H. Stephenson
. 25, Peter Clark

23, Jonathan Clark

20, Mrs. Sarah H. Kidder
26, George Bishop

5, Mrs. Betsey P. Gage
19, Miss Myrta M. Crani

24, Mrs. Dorothy Lindsay

Jan. 2, Mrs. Lydia \V. Putnam
Feb. 4, Francis D. Johnson
April 16, Mrs. Maria T. May-

nard

May i, Olney P. Butler
Children: March 30, Walter H.;
April 5, Mark W.; April 20,
Lizzie H.; April 29, William L,
died of diphtheria

Jan. 24, David Stiles
Feb. 16, William E. Wallace
March 20, Myrtie Putnam
April 28, Mrs. Mary S. Hadley
May 5, Mrs. Cynthia Kidder
Barrett

79

1880.

May 28, Mrs. Sarah S. Young
July 22, Emerson Batchelder
Sept. 7, Mrs. Hattie E. Holt
Sept. 26, Micah Hartshorn
Dec. i, Mrs. Maria A. Sweetser
Dec. 8, Mrs. Clarissa C. Curtis

1881.

70 Aug. 14, Mrs. Polly Perham
52 Oct. 9, Mrs. Mahala Wilson
16 Nov. 9, Alfred B. Spalding
80 Dec. 8, Mary Stephenson

Jan. 27, Edward B. Sulham
Jan. 30, Dea. John C. Goodrich
March 10, Timothy Ordway
April 13, Antoine Farnham
April 16, Jacob Butler
May 23, John Lowe

56

1882.

21 May 27, Mrs. Charlotte Baldwin

78 Aug. 2, Miss Hattie Gibson

86 Aug. n, Mrs. Sarah B. Peterson
52 Sept. 12, Mrs. Addie S. Stacey

87 Oct. 3, Mrs. Rebecca Fish
86 Oct. 20, Mrs. J. D. Putnam

1883.

Jan. 12, Mrs. Hannah Fish 79

Jan. 19, William A. Bailey 41

Feb. 13, Neil J. Dickey 11.2

March 30, Ebenezer Fish 73

April 17, John F. Holt 75

May 18, Sarah Stephenson 91

June 2, Timothy T. Putnam
July 21, Allie A. Holden
Sept. 3, Nathan P. Cummings
Oct. 14, Jotham Stephenson
Nov. 24, Abbie J. Spalding

96
29
28

34
82
84
65
55
79
16
76

73

72

53
87
38
83

89
86

32

87

76
4i
40

32
86

51

65
24
55
78
40

642

HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Jan. 17, Charles F. Allen
March 4, Willie B. Bell
March 31, Artemas Woodward
May 19, Clara A. Sheldon
July 7, Mrs. John Lowe
Aug. 27, Anna Fish
Oct. 4, Lelia C. Ross

Feb. 8, Mrs. Lucy Batchelder
March 24, William N. Ryerson
April 13, Mrs. Hannah F. Harts
horn

Jan. 18, Herman Wright
Feb. 25, John H. Farnham
March n, Morris M. Emery 64.
March 12, Frank H. Powers •
May 6, Clintina Richardson
July 4, Belle Curtis
Aug. 16, George Chenery

Jan. 2, Lois H. Emery
Jan. 7, Hannah P. Batchelder
Jan. 20, Edward Paige Spalding
Jan. 29, Harriet R. Dascomb
Feb. 5, George S. Dolliver
Feb. 23, Betsey A. Ford 72

Feb. 24, Charles F. Tarbell
Feb. 26, Jacob D. Putnam
March n, Lucinda Searles
March 22, John A. Putnam
May 20, Sarah B. Fish
May 30, Lafayette Herrick

1884.

25 Oct. 22, David Holt

12 Nov. i, Mrs. Lucy Cram

72 Nov. 18, Ida M. Herrick

30 Nov. 30, Mrs. Sally L. Curtis

83 Dec. u, Mrs. Gratia Bishop

79 Dec. 14, Foster Woodward
22

1885.

44 April 19, Mrs. Mary S. Cram
52 June 20, Jesse Simonds

Aug. 10, Josiah M. Parker
88 Dec. 8, Benjamin B. Ames

1886.

77 Sept. 27, Nathan Fish
20 Oct. 3, Clark S. Gordon
,11 Oct. 15, Clarissa O. Burton
24 Oct. 28, Sarah S. Fish

20 Nov. 4, Elmira H. Small Holt

24 Dec. 27, George D. Eaton

43 Dec. 29, Thomas J. Draper

1887.

68 April ii, Caroline Cram

78 May 10, Emma L. Ryerson
82 June 5, Cynthia S. Jaquith
75 Aug. 29, John W. Stearns
32 Sept. 30, John Dolliver

ii Dec. ii, Pamela A. Goodrich

1888.

44 July 8, Abigail H. Crosby

59 Aug. 3, Sarah Richardson

72 Sept. 15, Sarah B. Putnam

64 Oct. 24, Ann E. Fuller

42 Nov. 27, Carrie E. Ordway

63 Dec. 19, Ruth T. Gangloff

81
81
18
86
54
75

79
75
79

73

90
58

83
76
60
71
75

50
J7
75
68

77
84

82
68
82

So
26

33

Feb. 7, Nathaniel R. Fish
March 18, Caroline E. Jensen

(Lena)
May 7, Ruby Hartshorn

Feb. 23, Elvira Cheney
Mar. i, David D. Clark
Mar. 28, Carrie L- Spofford
April 6, Wilbur F. Hackett
May 10, Salathiel L. Wheeler
May 12, H. W. Hodgeman
May 30, Sarah P. Clark

92 Oct. 19, Alvaro Buttrick 68

16 Nov. 2, Mary E. Foster 52

Nov. 14, Willie Ryerson 22

87 Dec. 30, Charles L. Hutchinson 52

1890.

38 June ii, Addie P. Foster 45

72 June 23, John J. Gangloff 35

28 Aug. 8, Sally Rose 84
59 Nov. 25, Annette H. Jenson 16
59 Nov. 30, Charles Fletcher 90

29 Dec. 28, Alfred F. Holt 52
96

MORTUARY RECORD

643

Feb. 4, Harriet E. Merrill
Feb. 14, Joel H. Tarbell
Mar. 16, Oliver Watkins
Apr. 29, Adoniram Russell
Apr. 29, Edward Powers,
June 3, Emeline G. Herrick
June 28, Levi Spalding

1891.

40 July 4, Charles A. Hibbard 37

75 Aug. n, Isaac L. Duncklee 66

68 Aug. 30, David S. Draper 52

69 Sept. 6, John M. Emery 62
58 Nov. 23, Otis Perham 71
79 Dec. 9, Lucy Wheeler 44
81

Jan. 3, Mary E. Farnnam
Jan. 9, Lucian B. Bowman
Jan. 20, Eva E. Ross
Jan. 31, Nelson Kidder
April 13, Dorothy Henderson
April 14, Lois A. Watkins
April 20, Robert K. Lynch
May 24, Martha Chamberlain
June 9, Edwin N. Patch

Feb. 4, Orrin N. Cram

Feb. ii, Lois Burrough Marshall

March 2, Elizabeth Blanchard 90

47 July 6, David Carkin

70 July 6, Emily Stephenson

27 Aug. 28, Orpah S. Russell

84 Sept. 16, Carlos Wheeler
80 teamster, crushed by his

70 loaded cart

63 Oct. 26, Mada Hutchinson

71 Nov. 8, Bertha E. Holt
67 Dec. 5, Clifton W. Broad

1893.

April 26, John Gillespie
June 26, Mamie A. Perham
July 8, Jotham Hildreth
Aug. 18, Celia Foote
Sept. 5, Kilburn S. Curtis

Jan. 9, Hannah Carr
Jan. 21, Harriet Moore
Feb. 2, Carl A. Eaton
Feb. 7, Eliza A. Eaton
March 20, Alfred Stearns

Feb. 10, Abbie E. Pickett
died in Newton, Mass.
March 6, Mary A. Hall

March 19, Hiram F. Curtis
April i, Etta Burton
April 30, Julien E. Wright
June 27, Frank H. Senter

Drowned in New Boston
June 27, Dellie E. Holden

Drowned in New Boston

Jan. 29, Mary A. Holt

Jan. 31, Charles Henry Holt

Sept. ii, Lois C. Holt
Oct. 9, Abigail C. Putnam
Oct. 20, Asa Hill
Oct. 21, S. Kate Putnam
Dec. 15, Rebecca B. Perham
Dec. 27, Abram Boutell
Eliza K. Russell

59
92
.11
60. ii
27
86
38
72

1894.

76 April ii, Flora E. Reynolds
72 April 30, Sarah A. Curtis
13 June 30, Myra M. Davis
76 July 2, Samuel N. Hartshorn
31 Aug. 20, Caroline P. Spalding

1895.
36 March 8, Warren F. Needham

April i, Levi P. Bailey
62 July ic, Julia A. Holden

1896.

58 July i , John A. Bradford
42 Sept. 20, Franklin Senter
70 Oct. 31 , Rebecca F. Grant
13 Nov. 21, Hattie Clark

Nov. 23, Henry Weeeler
13

1897.

72 Aug. 13, Frank P. Hadley
69 Sept. 7, Samuel S. Cummings

86
75
58
18

26
18
23

80
79
77
52
69
7i
79

34
75
43
65
75

43
76

75

53
78
74
36
29

29
79

644

HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Feb. 12, Maria E. Owen
April 17, Eliza A. Senter
April 17, Nellie M. Herrick

69 Nov. 16, Mary E. Cram 58

79 Nov. 23, John W. Millay 22

28 Dec. 29, Abbie E. Dolliver 78

Jan. 6, Charles Young
April 8, Lucy P. Kidder
April 9, Alice C. Curtis
April 16, David Lover

Jan. 6, Richard H. Ross
Jan. 23, Benjamin J. Clark
March n, Dana B. Sargent
April 15, Ursula J. Stearns
April 17, Susan Miller
April 27, Franklin H. Kidder
May 26, Willis D. Sargent
June 8, Nathan Richardson

Jan. 24, David C. Grant
Feb. 14, Wilkes H. Hadley
Feb. 16, Jennie S. Cram
March 13, Warren Holden
March 26, Mary E. Dickey
April 4, Morris Frye

Feb. 9, George H. Stevens
March 7, S. May Cheever
May 2, Sarah Ross
May 30, Mary J. Brown
Aug. 27, Hannah Bailey
Oct. 7, Electa Gage

Jan. 29, Harvey Perham
March 23, Andrew J. Marshall
May 21, John Rand
June ii, Amanda E. Cheever
July 24, Betsey A. Lynch

Jan. 3, Annie E.' Draper
Jan. 31, Nettie C. Chute
Feb. 2, Elizabeth B. Mclntire
March i, Susanna P. Hartshorn
March 12, Abbie S. Wright
March 24, Byron Putnam
May n, Charles M. Butler
May 26, Joseph Sharp

69 May 9, Samuel T. Merrill

91 Sept. 3, Jennie Danforth

23 Oct. 9, Olive Patch
42

1899.

July 26, Lydia I. Putnam

74 Aug. 15, Anna Andrews

52 Aug. 29, Wilson Thorndike

53 (at Mr. Gould's)

74 Sept. 5, Elsie M. Kidder

80 Sept. 17, Phineas Collier

18 Sept. 29, Luciuda Rand

83 Oct. 29, Betsey F. Hadley

1900.

76 April 22, Jane W. Ames

78 July 21, John Kiellen
49 J°ly Io» Eliza A. Parker

63 Aug. 31, Eliza Cummings
58 Nov. 13, Harriett Russell
81 Dec. 8, Julia A. Hill

1901.

64 Nov. 14, Esther P. Tarbell
37 Nov. 23, Thomas Carter

79 Nov. 24, Humphrey N. Gould
67 Dec. 9, Walter R. Stearns

84 Dec. 14, Eva E. Brooks

66 Dec. 18, Aurelia C. Parker

1902.

75
63
74
68

75

Aug. 2, Elsie M. Sargent
Aug. 8, Hattie D. Murdo
Oct. 23, David A. Whittier
Dec. 28, Levi P. Hadley

18

45
70

47
80

74
73
83
76

90

65
74
79
81
76

83
61

73

12
27

72

54
29
81
64

1903.

29 June 13, Joseph E. Foster 57

35 Aug. 18, George Rose 66

77 Oct. 12, Washington Cummings 81

86 Nov. 16, Jonathan Stephen son 96

67 Nov. 22, Sarah A. Foster 69

63 Nov. 24, Laura A. Carson 51

75 Dec. 17, Maria E. Russell 75
86

645

Jan. i, Mark E. Morse
Jan. 18, Charles R. Boutwell
Jan. 23, Addie C. Morse
Jan. 24, Catherine Kendall

Steele

Feb. 20, Betsey A. Wheeler
Feb. 22, George S. McAllister
March 2, Eliphalet J. Hardy
March 17, William T. Bowen
April 28, Mary T. Wheeler

[at Wilton]
May 10, Phebe M. Patch

1904.

60 June 4, Edwin Swasey 89

57 June 20, Minerva Duncklee 78.4

24.3 July 20, Elizabeth Rebecca

Woodward [at Concord] 45
102.8 Aug. n, John E. Bachelder 66

75 Aug. 26, George E. Swasey 47.1

82 Oct. 2, Allen B. Andrews 53.8

74 [At Francestown]

34.3 Oct. 16, Nelson S. Cram 37

68.9 [At Goffstown]

Nov. 14, Sarah D. Rand 76.10

85-3

THE HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH.

Genealogies.

PART II.

J-a. <urv

Preface.

We wish to acknowledge the valuable aid in the compiling of
these ' ' family registers, ' ' as well as other contributions to this
history, which we have received from the papers of John H.
Goodrich, Esq. No other family in town is so rich in old records
and papers pertaining to the early history of L,yndeborough as
the Goodrich family. To these papers we have had free access.

In our desire and search for dates of births, deaths and mar-
riages, we have been received with unvarying patience, kind-
ness and courtesy by the people of the town. Doubtless we
have been something of a " bore " at times, but almost every
one seemed willing to help the cause along.

The Cram family registers were obtained through the enter-
prise of Mr. lyUther Cram. They were revised by Rev. Mr.
Donovan. All we had to do with them was to copy the papers
and change their form to correspond with that adopted for this
history.

Many of the families of the early settlers have been extinct in
town for fifty or more years, and in many instances it was only
after much correspondence with town clerks and postmasters
that we were able to get any trace of their descendants. Some-
times we were able to secure a good record, in other cases a very
imperfect one.

Some families now living in town depend on memory for all
dates, or, in other words, they carry their family record in their
heads. Sometimes the dates in the family Bible do not agree
with those in the town records. In such cases the family Bible
has been assumed to be correct.

Some of the family registers have been revised and rewritten
a number of times. Changes had to be made each year in the
progress of the work. Under such circumstances the writer is
willing to confess that he expects errors will be found.

Nothing in the foregoing, however, is to be construed as an
apology. Where one has done the best he could, apologies are
not in order.

Some have expended time and pains in helping the writer to
secure good records of their own and other families. To all
such we extend our heartfelt thanks.

650 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

As the names of families are arranged in alphabetical order,
no index is necessary.

The plus sign (+) after a name indicates that the name will
appear again. Other abbreviations used are : b. for born, d.
for died, gen. for genealogy, m. for married, rem. for removed,
and res. for resides or resided.

JACOB A. WOODWARD.

Genealogies.

ABBOTT.

JEREMIAH ABBOTT, married Susan Baldwin. They were the first
of the family to come to I/yndeborough. Children : —

1. JONAS, -|-

2. WlUJAM, -f-

JONAS ABBOTT, born April 22, 1781 ; married Betsey Parker of Car-
lyle, Mass., Jan. 15, 1807. She was born Sept. 27, 1781 ; died Dec. 8,
1857. He died Sept. n, 1839. He came to I/yndeborough from Ch elms-
ford, Mass., in 1809, and settled on the farm where Charles Parker after-
ward lived. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but eldest : —

1. EUZA, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., May 12, 1808, m. William

Terrin of Boston, March 14, 1832, res. in Francestown,
N. H., d. June 22, 1890.

2. JONAS P., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 27, 1809, m. Ann Cass

of New Chester, N. H., April 9, 1837, d. July 18, 1867.

3. MARY A., b. March 30, 1811, m. Ithamar Wright of Little-

ton, Mass., June 19, 1841. He was b. April 10, 1809, d.
May 15, 1848.

4. RACHEI, P., b. Dec. u, 1812, m. Manley Kidder of Lynde-

borough. (See Kidder gen.)

5. JEREMIAH, b. April 3, 1815, d. Oct. 30, 1820.

6. HANNAH W., b. Sept. 2, 1817, m. Sewell N. Watson of Fay-

ette, Me. Nov. 24, 1858. He was b. Aug. 8, 1808, d. Aug.
26, 1886.

7. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1819, m. Morris Frye of Landsgrove,

Vt., May 23, 1842. He was b. May 21, 1818, d. April 4,
1900.

8. HEZEKIAH, b. April 26, 1822, m. Annett Robins of Milford,

June i, 1858, d. Jan. n, 1890.

9. WIUJAM, b. June 30, 1825, d. July 30, 1858.

10. EMH<Y, b. Nov. 21, 1827, m. Charles L. Avery. (See
Avery gen.)

11. SUSAN, b. May 5, 1829, d. Aug. 18, 1830.

WILUAM ABBOTT, born Nov. 3, 1787; married Eunice, daughter of
Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram. She was born Aug. 31, I786 1 died
Feb. 29, 1868. He died Jan. 14, 1824. He lived in a house that used to
stand on land southeast of the Lucas place, and not far away from that
farm. Nothing but a cellar hole remains there now. Children : —

652 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

1. lyYDiA C., b. June 5, 1809, m. David Carkin. (See Carkin

gen.)

2. WILLIAM B., -}-

3. ABIGAIL C., b. Jan. 26, 1814, m. first, James Marshall, m.

second, Capt. Israel Putnam.

4. CHARLES D., b. March 31, 1817, d. March 28, 1854.

5. HENRY N., b. Feb. 16, 1820, d. May 14, 1859. He was

sometimes known as Major Abbott, and died of accidental
gunshot wound in right arm.

6. CALVIN A., -f-

WILLIAM B. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott;
born June 28, 1811; married Nancy (Brown) Boutwell. He died in De-
cember, 1862.

CALVIN A. ABBOTT, son of William and Eunice (Cram) Abbott; boru
May 5, 1824 ; married Mary J. Boutwell ; he died Oct. 23, 1868. Children: —

1. EUNICE A., b. Oct. 26, 1854.

2. FRANK D., b. Aug. 10, 1856.

3. WILLIAM H., b. Aug. 31, 1858.

AMES.

BENJAMIN B. AMES came to Lyndeborough from Pelham about 1865,
and settled on a place just south of the Deacon Goodrich place, North
Lyndeborough. The farm is on the turnpike and was purchased of a Mr.

Odell. He married first, Barker of Pelham; married second, Jane,

daughter of David and Miriam (Durant) Butterfield. He died Dec. 8,
1885. She died April 22, 1900. He was born Jan. 13, 1812.

AMES.

DANIEL AMES lived for a time north of the mountain. His first wife
was Betsey Jaquith of Greenfield. She died March 20, 1864. He married
second, Mrs. Joanna Morgan of Wilton. He removed to Francestown in
1860, where he died June 4, 1877. A.t least three children were born at
Ivyndeborough : —

1. DANIEL, d. Dec. 26, 1856.

2. HATTIE, d. April 17, 1860.

3. GEORGE, m. in 1870 Annie Robinson, She d. August, 1873.

He lived for a time in I/owell, Mass., but owing to poor
health removed to Oakland, Cal., where he died. He m. a
second time and left two children by second marriage.

ATWOOD.

JOHN ATWOOD, born in Boston Feb. 16, 1693, removed to Bradford,
Mass., in 1716, where he died. He married Hannah Bond of Haverhill,
Mass., Oct. 28, 1715 ; she was born 1696. Their fifth child, Joshua, born
3, 1723, married Mehitable Seavey ; she was born Feb. i, 1727; died
March 1 1 , 1805. He died July 8, 1809.

GENEALOGIES 653

PAUL ATWOOD, i2th child of Joshua and Mehitable (Seavey) At-
wood, born March 30, 1764; married May 22, 1786, Judith Stickney of
Pelham, N. H. She was born June 25, 1764 ;. died May 12, 1843. He died
Oct. 20, 1852. He came to Lyndeborough from Pelham, N. H., and set-
tled at North Lyndeborough and carried on the business of a currier in a
shop opposite his house. He was also a farmer. Children : —

1. EUPHALET, +

2. MARY, b. May 5, 1789, lived at Pelham.

3. SARAH, b. May 15, 1791, lived at Pelham.

4. JOSHUA, b. May 3, 1793, d. Sept. 27, 1841. He kept a store

at North Lyndeborough, was justice of the peace and se-
lectman.

5. JOHN, b, June 20, 1795.

6. DAVID, +

7. MOSES, -f-

8. PAMELA, b. Sept. 26, 1803, m. Dea. John C. Goodrich. (See

Goodrich gen.)

9. MEHITABLE, b, Nov. 29, 1806.

ELIPHALET ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood ;
born Jan. 30, 1787 ; married first, Feb. 25, 1813, Sarah Gould of Pelham.
She was born 1791, died May 10, 1827. Second, Ann Kidder, Jan. 19,
1828. She was born Aug. 27, 1791 ; died Oct. 8, 1863. He died Dec. 4,
1851. He lived on the farm where Charles H. Bailey now lives, and died
there. Children : —

1. AMANDA, b. Feb. 5, 1814.

2. HORATIO, b. July 4, 1816.

3. WARREN J., b, Feb. 28, 1819.

DAVID ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood, born
July 22, 1798, married first, Nov. 5, 1822, Martha Campbell. She was
born Dec. 10, 1800 ; died Sept. 14, 1853. Married second, May 5, 1856,
Prudentia B. Oilman, of Lowell, Mass. She was born Feb. 8, 1821 ; died
June 30, 1885. He died at Francestown Oct. 2, 1874. He carried on the
Town Farm in Lyndeborough the first year after it was bought by the
town. He later removed to Francestown. Child born in Lyndborough :

i. AARON HARDY, b. Dec. 2, 1823, d. Nov. 29, 1863. Was
a physician at N. L/yndeborough and later at Manchester.
He d. at Jetersville, Va., during the Civil War.

DR. MOSES ATWOOD, son of Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood,
born April 6, 1801 ; married first, Nov. 24, 1835, Mary Lewis, of Frances-
town. She was born July i, 1808; died June 21, 1844; married second,
May 5, 1846, Julia Ann .Chickering of Amherst. She was born August 28,
1815 ; died Feb. 4, 1889. He died in New Boston, April 28, 1850. Dr.
Atwood studied medicine with Dr. Israel Herrick of Lyndeborough, and
Dr. Luther Farley of Francestown. He began the practice of medicine

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at North Lyndeborough in 1827. Until 1841 he practiced allopathy ; in
that year he commenced study with Dr. Samuel Gregg, of Boston, and
was the first American to practice homeopathy in New Hampshire and
the tenth in New England. As a physician he ranked high and was
much esteemed for the many excellencies of his character. One son,
Luther Farley Atwood of Francestown.

AVERY.

CHARLES L. AVERY, son of Solomon and Lavina (Morse) Avery,
born at Lowell, Mass., April 12, 1836; m. Dec. 8, 1858, Emily, daughter of
Jonas and Betsey (Parker) Abbott. She was born Nov. 21, 1827. Solo-
mon D. Avery and Lavina (Morse) Avery, his wife, were long residents
of Francestown and both died there. Charles L. came to Lyndeborough
about 1858 and bought the Jonas Abbott farm, North Lyndeborough,
where he has since lived. Child :

i. HENRY F., b. Feb. 14, 1860, m. Jan. 15, 1891, Mrs. Etta
N. Adams, daughter of George and Elvira (Hutchinson)
W bitfield and widow of Henry D. Adams. Sbe was b.
April 10, 1862.

BACHELDER.

Capt. Nathaniel Bachelder was a Revolutionary soldier and was the
first settler on the land since known as the Paige Spalding place, north
of the mountain. But little is known of his family record. He had one
son, Ward C. Bachelder, who was choked to death by a piece of meat he
was trying to eat. This happened at Merrimack in March, 1795. He
had gone there to bring the household goods of some one moving to
Lyndeborough. The town records contain nothing about the family of
Nathaniel. He was buried in the Whittemore burial place, North Lynde-
borough. The headstone has been broken by vandal hands into small
fragments, but by piecing them together it was learned that he was
born in 1721 and died in 1784. Evidence tends to show that Joseph
Bachelder, who had a large family of children born in Lyndeborough,
was a brother of Capt. Nathaniel.

JOSEPH BACHELDER. Children of Joseph Bachelder and Sarah,
his wife :

1. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 22, 1770.

2. NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 10, 1772.

3. ISAAC, b. Oct. 8, 1774, d. Jan. n, 1775.

4. ANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1775, d. Jan. 22, 1777.

5. ISAACZ, b. March i, 1779.

6. ALPHAS, b. Aug. 7, 1781.

7. ABIGAIL, b. Nov'. 2, 1783.

8. SARAH, b. Feb. 9, 1785.

9. WILLIAM, b. July 15, 1788.

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BADGER.

But little can be found of the record of the Badger family. The story
of John Badger, the early settler of Salem-Canada, is pretty fully
told in a preceding chapter. His son David was the first settler on the
land now owned by James H. Karr, and Badger Pond received its name
from him. He was a deacon in the Congregational church. Stephen
Badger, his son, transferred his property to the town and made his
home at the town farm, where he died. Robert Badger was the first
settler on the farm now owned by Harry J. Richardson. The family has
been extinct in town for some years, but they are to be noted as the first
settlers on the land north of the pond. The two brothers settled here as
early as 1760.

DEA. DAVID BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger;
married Rachel . He died May 15, 1783. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Oct. 7, 1764.

2. DAVID, b. May 28, 1766, rera. to Conway about 1825, m.

Harriet Clemmons.

3. L,YDiA, b. Sept. 3, 1767.

4. STEPHEN, b. March. 20, 1769, m. . Child: Mary, b.

Oct. 21, 1821, m. Abram Boutwell.

5. HANNAH, b. Dec. 19, 1770, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See

Woodward gen.)

6. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1772, d. March 30, 1863, aged 90 years.

7. ANNA, b. Oct. 27, 1774, m. - - Day, rem. to Otsego, N.Y.,

d. in 1857.

8. DANIEL, b. Juhy 21, 1776.

9. JOSEPH, b. Feb. i, 1778.

10. RUFUS, b. July 3, 1780, m. Olive Fuller.

ROBERT BADGER, son of John and Mary (McFarland) Badger; mar-
ried Hannah . He died March i, 1792. Children: —

1. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1763.

2. RUTH, b. Dec. 25, 1765.

3. ELIPHALET, b. Jan. 20, 1768, m. Huldah . One child

recorded: Eliphalet, b. Oct. 23, 1796.

4. MARY, b. June 7, 1771.

5. RACHEL, b. Aug. 19, 1772.

6. ROBERT, b. April 19, 1775.

7. REBECCA, b. March 10, 1777.

8. IRENE, b. Jan. 20, 1781.

9. SAMUEL PATTEN, -f-

SAMUEL P. BADGER, son of Robert and Hannah, born May 26,

1783 ; married . Children : —

i. & 2. ROXANNA and HANNAH (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1809.

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3. MARY, b. Oct. 28, 1810.

4. ROBERT, b. Oct. 25, 1812.

5. HUGH, b. Oct. 25, 1814.

6. ELIZA, b. Dec. 4, 1815.

7. SAMUEL P., b. Feb. 18, 1819.

8. SARAH J., b. Aug. 23, 1821.

BAILEY.

LEVI P. BAILEY was the son of Solomon and Betsey (Abercrombie)
Bailey of Jay, Vt. He was born Jan. 21, 1819, at Jay ; married, Dec. 18,
1840, Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Senter) Morse. She was
born at Francestown, Feb. i, 1817. He died April i, 1895. He was a
stone mason by trade and lived at times in Francestown, Mont Vernon,
Wilton, — wherever his work called him. He lived on the Osborne place,
North Lyndeborough, and died there. Children : —

1. WILLIAM, b. at Mason, July 4, 1841, d. at Wilton, Jan. 1.9,

1883. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

2. MARCUS M., b. at Bedford, Oct. 14, 1842, m. April 18, 1868,

Nellie M. Thompson of Antrim. Was a soldier in the Civil
War. ( See Chap. X.)

3. CHARLES H., -f-

4. AMANDA R., b. at Lowell, March 31, 1847, m. July 28, 1869,

Richard C. Woodward of Francestown.

5. ALONZO P., b. at West Newton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1849, m.

Sept. n, 1875, Sarah J. Woodward of Francestown.

6. HIRAM S., b. at Nashua, April 15, 1851, m. March 27, 1875,

Mary J. Woodward of Francestown. Children: Fred H.,
b. at Lyndeborough, Aug. 19, 1875, Walter S., b. at An-
trim, Nov. 14, 1876.

7. LEVI E-, b. at Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 3, 1855, m. Dec. 16,

1882, Mary J. Manahan of Francestown.

CHARLES H. BAILEY, son of Levi P. and Hannah (Morse) Bailey;
born at Lowell, Mass., Dec., 1844; married Sept. 18, 1869, Abby Quint of
Great Falls. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving with the Lafay-
ette Artillery at Portsmouth. Child : —

i. CHARLES A., +

CHARLES A. BAILEY, son of Charles H. and Abbie (Quint) Bailey;
born at Wilton, Nov. 26, 1869; married, Nov. 27, 1894, Susie, daughter of
George R. and Olive M. (Lovejoy) Barnes. She was born Nov. 26, 1876.
Children: —

1. GOLDIE, b. March 13, 1895, d- Sept. 29, 1895.

2. GUY B., b. March 22, 1896.

3. CHARLES A., b. June 15, 1898.

4. ELWIN G., b. April 27, 1902.

Many of the Bailey family were good musicians.

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BALCH.

JOHN J. BALCH, born June 27, 1804 ; married Abigail Mudgett of
Weare, who was born May 14, 1810. Mr. Balch died of pneumonia,
March 10, 1879. His wife, surviving a few days, died of the same disease,
March 16, 1879. He came to Lyndeborough from Weare in 1862. Chil-
dren : —

1. JOHN W., b. Sept. 10, 1828, d. March 4, 1879.

2. MOSES M., b. Sept. n, 1831, m. Harriet E. Stiles, res. in

New Ipswich.

3. MARY E., b. July 17, 1842, m. David G. Dickey. (See

Dickey gen.)

BARDEN.

AMOS W. BARDEN, son of Jonas and Betsey (Whitney) Barden ; born
Jan. 5, 1848 ; married Nov. 30, 1879, Emma S., daughter of George B. and
Mary J. (Clark) Woodward of Francestown. She was born June 6, 1851 ;
settled on the Ordway place on the mountain ; later removed to South
Lyndeborough.

BARNES.

GEORGE R. BARNES, son of Daniel H. and Sarah (Damon) Barnes ;
born Dec. 12, 1837 ; married April i, 1865, Olive, daughter of James M.
and Louisa (Vanscoyt) Lovejoy. She was born Dec. 7, 1846, in Clinton,
Ind. He was born at North Chelmsford, Mass., and came to Lyndebor-
ough in 1875, and bought the Twitchell place, North Lyndeborough, re-
moving thence in 1886 to the Parker Hotel stand on the turnpike, where
he has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have been in demand as musi-
cians. Children : —

1. MINNIE B., b. Jan. 3, 1866, m. Lester B. Walton of Danvers,

Mass.

2. ROBERT E., b. March 15, 1867, m. Adaline Havens of

Moodus, Conn., res. at Hartford, Conn.

3. GEORGE A., b. Nov. i, 1869, m. Hattie Ardell of Wakefield,

Mass., res. at Lynn, Mass.

4. SUSIE, b. Nov. 26, 1876, at Lyndeborough, m. Charles A.

Bailey. (See Bailey gen.)

BARRON.

CAPT. WILLIAM BARRON. It is to be regretted that more is not
known of the ancestry of Capt. William Barren. He was probably the
first settler on the land now owned by Frank B. Tay. He kept a tavern
there just before and during the Revolutionary War, which tavern was
the meeting place of the business men of the town, where they discussed
over a mug of "flip" the various enterprises and political affairs of the
community. He was chosen deacon of the church, and his name appea
very frequently in the old records and papers of his time. He was a Rev-

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olutionary soldier, and was much interested in the up-building of the
town. His wife, Olive Johnson, may have been a relative of the John-
sons of Johnson Corner ; but of that there is no record.

Capt. William Barren, born 1737 ; married Olive Johnson ; she died
May 23, 1815; he died Aug. 28, 1805. Children: —

1. OLIVE, b. Feb. 17, 1765, m. Nov. 30, 1784, John, son of Dea.

Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. (See Putnam gen.)

2. RUTH, b. May 23, 1768.

3. SARAH, b. May 24, 1771, m. Dec. 20, 1787, William Clark

of L/yndeborough. (See Clark gen.)

4. JONATHAN, b. Mar. 27, 1774, drowned in Badger Pond

Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 21, 1793.

5. L/UCY, b. June 23, 1781, m. Thomas Boardman.

Transcripts from town records : —
ELIZABETH, dau. of Micah Barron and Elizabeth his wife, b.

Nov. 17, 1783.

WILLIAM, son of do., b. Sept. 28, 1785, d. Aug. 8, 1786.
WILLIAM, son of do., b. June 23, 1787.

ALICE, dau. of Nathan Barron and Alice his wife, b. Aug. 2,

1774, d. Aug. 18, 1777.

NATHAN, son of do., b. June 14, 1776.

NATHAN BARRON died May 12, 1777. Micah and Nathan are pre-
sumably brothers of Capt. William Barron. Nathan's widow Alice
afterward married Capt. Jonas Kidder.

BATCHEIyDER.

JACOB BATCHELDER came to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass.
His wife was Nabby Thompson of Reading. He died in 1814. Children: —

1. JACOB, -f-

2. EMERSON, -f-

JACOB BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson) Batch-
elder, born at Townsend, Mass., in 1806 ; married Almira Smith of Wal-
tham, Mass. She was born July 28, 1807, and died Jan. 25, 1888. He
died Dec. 5, 1880. Children, born at Waltham, Mass.: —

1. ELEANOR, b. 1835.

2. EMILY, b. Nov. 29, 1839.

3. ADDIE,

4. CHARLES, d. Nov. 15, 1880.

EMERSON BATCHELDER, son of Jacob and Nabby (Thompson)
Batchelder, born in Townsend, Mass., March i, 1808 ; married first, Cath-
erine Smith of Amherst. She died Feb. 9, 1839 ; married second, Han-
nah, daughter of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor. She was born
Feb. 7, 1808 ; died Jan. 7, 1887. He died July 22, 1880. Children by first
wife : —

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1. JOHN E., +

2. CATHERINE, born Oct. 17, 1838, m. Jan. 3, 1859, Alfred Sav-

age .of Greenfield. She died July, 1866.

Child: Emma M., b. March 14, 1860, d. Dec. i, 1873.
Child by second wife : —

4. HENRY M., b. May 9, 1844. Disappeared, and nothing is
known of him here.

JOHN E. BATCHELDER, son of Emerson and Catherine (Smith)
Batchelder ; born June 14, 1836 ; married May 29, 1864, Lucy A. Baker of
Damariscotta, Me. She was born Aug. 22, 1840 ; died Feb. 8, 1885 ; mar-
ried second, Mrs. Sarah M. Moore of Warwick, Me., April 3, 1888. She
was born Oct. 18, 1839. He died Aug. n, 1904. Mr. Batchelder resided
in " Perham Corner," and was a well known fruit grower, making a spec-
ialty of grapes, although he raised large quantities of berries and apples.
He was an energetic, prosperous farmer. He never aspired to public
office, but was highly respected and esteemed in the town. Children by
first wife : —

• i. GEORGE E., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 8, 1865.

2. CARRIE L/., b. in Susanville, Cal., Sept. 20, 1867, m. Oct. 8,

1889, Edwin M. Parker of Milford.

3. CHARLES J., -+-

CHARLES J. BATCHELDER. son of John E. and Lucy (Baker)
Batchelder; born July 17, 1877 ; married Jan. 25, 1899, Nellie M., daugh-
ter of Freeman and Annie (Hutchinson) Bugbee. Children : —
i and 2. DONALD and DOROTHY F., b. Sept. 28, 1903.

BELL>

ROBERT W. BELL, married Abby L. F., daughter of William B. and
Ann (Boutwell) Raymond, Sept. 17, 1870. She was born March 3, 1852;
died Aug. 30, 1875. Children : —

1. WILLIE E., b. July 13, 1871 ; died March 4, 1884.

2. LIZZIE A., b. March 3, 1875, m. George D. Long. (See

Lyong gen.)

BISHOP.

FRANK J. BISHOP, born in Stoddard Jan. 14, 1856; married Ida B.,
daughter of Joseph A. and Mary L. (Stephenson) Johnson, May 14, 1877.
She was born July 4, 1859. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. CARL J., b. Aug. 4, 1884.

2. RAY P., b. April 3, 1889.

BIXBY.

OLIVER BIXBY, sou of Thomas and Rebecca (Holmes) Bixby, born
March 27, 1796 ; married first, Abigail, daughter of David and Mary C.
(Jones) Farrington, Nov. 13, 1823. She was born March 21, 1803, and

660 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

died Feb. 12, 1838 ; second, Huldah Farrington, Nov. 13, 1839. She was
a sister of his first wife and was born Dec. 18, 1811, and died June 2, 1884.
He died at Hillsborough, Feb. 27, 1879.

Thomas, the father of Oliver, was the youngest of four brothers, all of
whom settled in Francestown. In the war of the Revolution he was a
lieutenant in Capt. Carson's company, and was at the Battle of Bunker
Hill, and afterward endured the suffering and privation of Valley Forge.
He was twice married, and Oliver was the seventh child of the first mar-
riage. He was born at Francestown, but came to Lyndeborough when
quite a young man, and soon thereafter bought the place at the Centre
known since as the Bixby place, where Edward Warren now lives. He
was postmaster for some years, and also kept the village store. He was
a farmer and general trader, and was much esteemed for his unfailing
good humor and genial ways. He removed to Hillsborough, where he
died. Children by first wife, all born at Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY J., b. Aug. 23, 1824, d. Aug. 21, 1835, at Amherst.

2. DAVID F., b. Aug. i, 1826, d. in 1856 at Surinam, S. A.

3. AUGUSTA, b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Sidney Gage of Wilton, d.

Nov. 17, 1890, at Nashua.

4. THOMAS, b. Dec. 14, 1829, d. Oct. 19, 1849, at New Orleans,

La.

5. OLIVER H., b. June 29, 1837, m. Sarah E. Clement of War-

ren, N. H., d. Dec. 19, 1897, at Boston.
Children by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : —

6. L/EVI W., b. March 22, 1845, m. L/ydia A. Burtt of Hillsbor-

ough, Dec. 17, 1877, d. at Hillsborough, May i, 1893.
Children : Helen A. and Caroline C., b. at Hillsborough.

7. MARY C., b. June 23, 1849, res. at Hillsborough.

8. HARRY A., b. June 12, 1851, d. Feb. 26, 1852.

BLANCHARD.

LIEUT. JOTHAM BLANCHARD, the ancestor of one of the Blanchard
families in Lyndeborough, came from Billerica, Mass., and settled in
that part of the town now known as Perham Corner. He was born in
1751 and probably came here soon after the Revolutionary War. He

married Abigail and doubtless two of his sons came here with

him, Asa and Jotham, Jr. The family all owned farms in the above-
named section of the town. Lieut. Jotham died Feb. 16, 1832 ; Abigail,
his wife, died July 30, 1818. She was born in 1756.

ASA BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard,
born 1776; married Sybil Pierce of Wilmington, Mass. She was born
1775, and died at Lyndeborough Oct. 15, 1815. He died March 17, 1810.
Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. ASA, -f-

2. ANN, b. April i, 1803, m. March 29, 1825, Rufus Crosby of

Billerica, Mass. They removed to Milford, where she died

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March 19, 1879. They had seven children, the eldest of
whom, Mary Ann, m. William W. Howard.

3. BRADLEY, b. May 6, 1805, m. first, Almira Stearns. She

d. Feb. 28, 1827, m. second, Mary M. Bowers of Concord,
Mass. He d. at Milford, Oct. 15, 1893. They had seven
children.

4. MARY, b. April 15, 1807, m. Jacob Woodward. (See Wood-

ward gen.)

5. SYBIL P., b. 1811, d. Oct. 8, 1884, unmarried.

ASA BLANCHARD, son of Asa and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard, born
April 3, 1801; married April 20, 1826, Elizabeth Goodwin, born March 4,
1802 ; died March 2, 1893. He died Sept. 6, 1845. Children born at
Lyndeborough : —

1. ELMIRA, b, March 3, 1827, m. March 21, 1847, Frank

Howard.

2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 19, 1829, m. Charles G. Hatch. (See

Hatch gen.)

3. ASA, b. Aug. 14, 1831, m. Mary R. Spaulding of Wilton,

He d. June 8, 1874.

4. MARY ANN, b. Jan. 5, 1835, m. Nov. 26, 1857, Rufus P.

Chase of Newburyport, Mass. He was b. April i, 1835,
d. Dec. 7, 1876. Children: Lilly F., b. at Worcester,
Mass., March 25, 1860, d. Dec. 9, 1864; Frank M., b. at
Worcester, Mass., Jan. 25, 1862, d. Aug. 2, 1863; Harry
R., b. at Worcester, Mass., Nov. 3, 1865 ; Homer F., b. at
Worcester, Mass., Aug. 9, 1869.

5. SYBIL P., b. Oct. 6, 1838, m. George W. Parker of Lynde-

borough. (See Parker gen.)

6. CAROLINE, b. Jan. 26, 1840, m. Dec. 26, 1862, George Jen-

nison, of Worcester, Mass.

7. ELIZA J., b. Nov. 22, 1843, m. Feb. 26, 1878, Gilbert A.

Heald of Milford.

JOTHAM BLANCHARD, son of Lieut. Jotham and Abigail Blanchard,
born 1774; married Amy Smith, born 1784; died Feb. 21, 1868. He died
Jan. 21, 1847. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. DANIEL, b. July 15, 1798.

2. LUCINDA, b. Sept. n, 1800, m. Daniel Holt of Milford.

3. CHARLES, b. March 13, 1803.

4. FREDERICK, b. Oct. 8, 1805.

5. CYRUS, b. Nov. 3, 1808.

6. JOTHAM, b. April 19, 1811.

7. ASA, b. June 12, 1813.

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BLANCHARD.

The immigrant ancestor of the Blanchard family of America was of
Huguenot extraction.

Amaziah Blanchard, son of Simon and Catharine Wyman Blanchard,
was born at Milford, Nov. 27, 1782; married Aug. 26, 1807, Mary Damon
of Amherst. She was born Sept. 10, 1785. He came to Lyndeborough in
1811, and bought the place where Asher Curtis now lives. He ran in
debt for the whole of the purchase price, which was considered in those
days a rather hazardous venture. He used to make molasses hogsheads,
and haul them to Boston, sixty miles, with an ox team, sell them and re-
turn, with the fear of robbers always present, if his journey kept him on
the road after nightfall, especially, as the notorious Stephen Burroughs
sometimes invaded the lonely road between Milford and Nashua. How-
ever, the times improved after the War of 1812, and he paid for his
farm. Children : —

1. CALVIN, b. Sept. 4, 1808, +

2. EDWIN A., b. March 14, 1811.

3. ANNA D., b. June 9, 1813.

4. SOPHIA N., b. Feb. 4, 1817, -j-

5. HARRIET N., b. March 4. 1819.

6. RUFUS, b. March 7, 1821, -f-

7. FRANCES, b. Sept. 22, 1823.

RUFUS BLANCHARD, son of Amaziah and Mary (Damon) Blanchard,
was a man of considerable literary ability, as was also Calvin. Rufus re-
moved to the west, settling in Chicago, 111., where he died in 1902 or
1903. He was the author of the following maps and books : " The His-
torical Map of the United States " ; a book entitled " The Discovery and
Conquests of the Northwest, with a History of Chicago " ; a romance in
verse entitled, " Abraham Lincoln The Type of American Genius " ;
" History of the State of Illinois " ; " Rise and Fall of Political Parties in
the United States" ; " The Historical Geography of North America " ; a
romance, now in manuscript not yet published, descriptive of American
characteristics.

CALVIN BLANCHARD, his brother, wrote the "Life of Thomas
Payne," and a book entitled "The Science of Religion." He was also
author of several pamphlets on " Natural Religion." He published the
works of Thomas Payne, "Volney," part of Voltaire's works, Stearns'
" Life of Jesus," and a large number of books on similar subjects. He
was a leading member of the " Payne Society " in New York, and an in-
timate friend of Horace Greeley, the two having been journeyman print-
ers together.

SOPHIA BLANCHARD OLSEN was the author of a poem written on
the great Chicago fire of 1871, which was highly esteemed by literary
critics. She also wrote several other pamphlets, and was a contributor
to various magazines and newspapers.

JOSEPH BLANCHARD, son of Luther and Mary (Kinson) Blanchard,
born in Milford, Nov. 16, 1829 I married Oct. 28, 1852, Rhoda, daughter of

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Nathan and Sally (Draper) Fish. She was born Jan. 15, 1835. He came
to Lyndeborough in 1856 ; resides in South Lyndeborough ; has taken
great interest in military matters, and was captain of the Lafayette Ar-
tillery from 1894 to 1896. (See Chap. VIII.) Children : —

1. FRANCENIA, b. in Wilton Aug. 13, 1853, d. July 2, 1858.

2. SARAH A., b. in Temple Jan. 21, 1856.

3. CARRIE F., b. in Lyndeborough Aug. i, 1862, m. Oct. 26,

1881, Adna A. Page of Lebanon, res. in Woburn, Mass.

4. ELMER J., b. June 14, 1876, m. Feb. 14, 1900, Ella M., dau.

of ; Daniel A. and Mary M. (Hoyt) Colby of Francestown.
She was b. Sept. 6, 1874.

BLANEY.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLANEY. Among the early comers to Lynde-
borough was William Blaney and Ruth S., his wife. He is said to have
been a sea captain, and was probably a relative of Maj. Joseph Blaney,
one of the original proprietors. Children : —

1. WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1773.

2. CHRISTOPHER, b. Feb. 27, 1776.

3. STEPHEN, b. 1786.

4. BETHIA, b. 1789.

5. SUSANNA, b. 1790.

6. GRACE, b. 1794.

7. NANCY, b. Nov. 8, 1797.

BOARDMAN.

The name was Boreman in England and originated from the knight
who came into England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in
1066. He had lost a hand and had in its place a wooden substitute. His
name was William and he was called William la de Bois de Main (sic) or
William of the Wooden Hand. The name became in time Boreman and
thence Boardman. Thomas Boardman was a descendant of William Bore-
man of Banbury, England. He came to Lyndeborough in 1750.

THOMAS BOARDMAN was born 1749; died Dec. 10, 1836. He mar-
ried first, Ann Noyes of Newburyport, Mass.; second, Hannah Brown,
who was born 1748, and died Aug. 12, 1818. Thomas Boardman came to
Lyndeborough from Ipswich, Mass., aud settled on the farm now owned
by Erwin D. Wilder. Children : —

1. HANNAH, b. June 29, 1776, m. in 1798, Aaron Lewis. (See

Lewis gen.)

2. THOMAS, +

3. DANIEL N., -f-

4. JOHN, b. 1780, d. in Francestown, Nov. 25, 1810.

THOMAS BOARDMAN, son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Board-
man ; married Lucy, daughter of William and Olive Barren, born June 23,
1781. She died Oct. 20, 1857. Children : —

664 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

1. JOHN, d. in infancy.

2. MICAH BARRON, b. Dec. 21, 1806, rein, to Frances-

town.

3. FRANCIS, b. Nov. 10, 1811, m. in 1831, Sarah E., dau. of

the Rev. Moses Bradford of Francestown.

4. L/UCY, b. Nov. 28, 1817, m. John Huntington.

5. SARAH, b. March 27, 1820, m. John H. Patch of Frances-

town, d. at Webster, Mass., Feb. 4, 1883.

DANIEL N. BOARDMAN, son of Thomas and Hannah (Brown) Board-
man, born Feb. 7, 1792; married first, Abigail Fuller of Francestown,
Oct. 10, 1817. She was born April 28, 1795, and died Dec. 7, 1818; mar-
ried second, Jan. 24, 1822, Olive, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Marshall)
Whiting. She was born Jan . 24, 1800. She was married twice after the
death of Mr. Boardman, first to Abner Pettee of Francestown ; second,
Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She died Sept. 16, 1860. Daniel N. Board-
man died July 2, 1849. He was a man who had great influence in town
affairs in his day, and held many offices of trust, and it is said fulfilled
their duties with fidelity and honesty. He lived where Erwin D. Wilder
lives now. He was representative to the General Court in 1840 and 1841,
and was selectman for nine years. Children : —

1. ABIGAIL,, b. March 3, 1823, m. Frank B. Dennis, July i,

1850.

2. SON, b. Jan. i, 1825, d. Jan. 2, 1825.

3. OLIVE, b. Nov. 7, 1825, d. 1826.

4. DANIEL M., b. July 28, 1827, m. May n, 1859, Mehitable

Allen.

5. L/ANGLEY J., b. March 21, 1830, m. first, June 26, 1859,

Martha Storrs, m. second, July 4, 1878, A. Cochran. She
was b. Oct. 17, 1848. He removed to Manchester in 1849.
In 1 86 1 he entered government employ in the South, re-
maining there four years. He returned to Manchester and
entered the Amoskeag Mills, where he remained until he
died, May 10, 1903.

6. SON, b. Jan. 7, 1833, d. Jan. 7, 1833.

7. ANSTIS E., b. Oct. 8, 1834, m. June 17, 1859, S. Porter

Marsh.

8 and 9. TWIN boy and girl died in infancy.
10. OLIVE A., b. May 3, 1839, m. Oct. 31, 1861, Judson

Sargent.

BOFFEE.

MELCHIZEDECK BOFFEE was one of the first settlers of Salem-
Canada. He came from Londonderry and it is said he first improved
land on the hill east of David Clark's, but, Jan. 30, 1744, bought 90 acres

665

of land where the late David C. Grant lived. With him came his wife,
Margaret, and two sons, at least, were born to them in town, John and
Thomas. John and Thomas were soldiers in the Revolutionary Army
and their story is told in another chapter. Children : —

1. MARY, b. Aug. 29, 1742.

2. HANNAH, b. May 5, 1745.

3. THOMAS, -(-

4. MEHITABLB, b. April 12, 1752.

5. JOHN, +

UEUT. THOMAS BOFFEE was born April 10, 1750. His wife,
Sarah, died Sept. 9, 1772. The town records contain the following:
"Thomas Spaulding, son of Thomas and Sarah Boffee, born Sept. i,

1772."

JOHN BOFFEE, son of Melchizedeck and Margaret Boffee, born July
4, 1754 ; married Anna Howard. He died Oct. 6, 1820. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. May 22, 1783, d. Oct. 21, 1802.

2. SALLY, d. April 26, 1779.

3. ANNA, d. April 29, 1787.

4. POLLY, b. Sept. 19, 1790.

5. BETSEY, b. July 28, 1792, m. Ephraim Kidder. (See Kidder

• gen.)

BOSWORTH.

CAPT. GEORGE W. BOSWORTH was born at Plympton, Mass., in
1823. He died at Atnherst, 1902 ; married, March 2, 1847, Amy, daughter
of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born
Oct. 9, 1823. He lived at Lyndeborough for a few years, but the latter
years of his life were passed in Amherst. He was a man of sterling
quality and had the respect of his associates. For his military record
see another chapter. Children : —

i. GEORGE W., b. in Milford, Sept. 13, 1848, d. March 27,

2. AMY F., b. in Lyndeborough, Nov. 23, 1850, d. July 17,

1854.

3. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, ^Dec. 29, 1852.

4. ABBY F., b. in Milford, Jan. 31, 1856.

5. EMMA H., b. in Milford, Dec. 14, 1861, d. Jan. 18, 1862.

6. GEORGE N., b. in Milford, Nov. 4, 1866.

7. GRACE A., b. in Milford, May 28, 1871.

BOUTWELL.

The name Boutwell is of Huguenot origin, and this family can trace
its descent to those who left the south of France to escape persecution
and made England their home. Some of the family emigrated to the
Massachusetts Colony during the last half of the sixteenth century.

666 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

James Boutwell and Alice, his wife, are common ancestors of all the
Boutwells of this country. He was made a freeman in 1638, and his will
is on file among the old Norfolk County records of Salem, Mass. In this

will he mentions his son, John. John, born 1645, married Hannah ,

and settled in Reading, Mass. He had a son John. This John was born

Feb. 26, 1669 ; married Sarah , and lived in Reading. He had a son

John, also. This John was born August i , 1695 ; married Rebecca Knight
and lived in Wilmington, Mass. He had a son James, who came to
Lyndeborough. James was of the fifth generation from James, the im-
migrant ancestor.

The Boutwell homestead farm is situated on gently rising ground at
the south end of what is termed the " middle of the town." It was here
that James Boutwell settled when he came to Salem-Canada or Lynde-
borough, April 8, 1767. This farm has been in the possession of the
Boutwell family ever since. There was probably a clearing and perhaps
a log house there when he bought, but the farm has been theirs practi-
cally since the settlement of the town.

The farm buildings were formerly somewhat rambling and discon-
nected, but when Charles R. Boutwell came into possession, he enlarged
and remodeled them, and the result is one of the most commodious and
attractive country residences in this section of the state. Surrounded by
fertile fields and beautiful shade trees it commands one of the finest
views of country scenery to be found anywhere. Pinnacle, Winn, Peter-
borough, Pack Monadnock, and the range of mountains to the south,
with the intervening valleys, form a fair picture, as seen from this
outlook.

But little is known of James Boutwell. Like that of many of the
early settlers of the town, his history is shrouded in the mist of years.
He was evidently well received by the settlers of Lyndeborough, for he
was elected selectman the year after he came to town, and again in 1771.
He came from Wilmington, Mass., to Amherst, and thence removed to
Lyndeborough. Probably the three older children were born at Am"
herst, but they are recorded as born at Lyndeborough, which must be a
mistake, for these three were born before 1767, the date on which he
came to Lyndeborough. James Boutwell was born in 1736, and married
Mary Johnson, presumably of Wilmington, Mass. He died Feb. 6, 1804.
His descendants have left a large impress on the history of Lyndebor-
ough, and have carried New England ideas to many remote sections of
the country. Children: —

1. ASA, b. Feb. n, 1761, m. May 25, 1779, Bridget Pearsons of

Duxbury School Farm.

2. MARY, b. Oct. 5, 1763, m. Nov. 16, 1786, Noah L/awrence

of L/yndeborough.

3. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 22, 1766, m. June 4, 1785, Jesse Wood-

bury of Weare.

4. JUDITH, b. March 9, 1769, m. April 26, 1787, Moulton

Bachelder.

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5. JAMES, b. Sept. 29, 1772, m. March 16, 1790, Deborah

Haggett.

6. NEHEMIAH, -f-

7. AUCE, b. June 25, 1776, m. Jan. 28, 1796, Joseph Bachel-

der of St. Andrews Grove.

NEHEMIAH BOUTWELL, son of Jaines aud Mary (Johnson) Boutwell,
born Nov. 20, 1774; married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones of Lyndeborough, June 28, 1796. She was born
Dec. 18, 1776 ; died July 3, 1856. He died Oct. 3, 1855. He was an ener-
getic, stirring, business man, and in addition to carrying on his large
farm had a potash factory, which stood west of the house, which he
operated for many years. He must have been something of a mechanic,
withal, for he made the nails with which to build a new house. He
owned and operated a tannery, and by strict integrity and attention to
business acquired a competence. He was moderator of the town meet-
ings for many years, representative to the general court in 1821 and
again in 1828 and town treasurer for 19 years. He was drum major in
the state militia. In the later years of his life he resigned the care of
the farm to his son, Rodney C. His wife had the misfortune to be nearly
or quite blind the last years of her life. Children : —

1. NEHEMIAH, b. May 19, 1797, m. Mary Johnson of Hollis.

2. BETSEY, b. Feb. 8, 1799, m. Jesse Pearsons of Francestown,

d. Aug. 4, 1873.

3. BENJAMIN J., b. Feb. 9, 1801, d. May 19, 1807.

4. WILLIAM THURSTON, -f-

5. CLARK CROMBIE, -+-
9. NEWTON, -f-

7. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Jan. 12, 1809, m. Mary Fisher, d.

Aug. 14, 1836.

8. RODNEY CLEAVES, +

9. JAMES, -+-

10. MARY ANN, b. April 7, 1816, m. James H. Hall of Brook-
line, N. H., d. May 8, 1852.

11. SARAH JONES, b. July 15, 1818, m. Eben Palmer, d.
Jan. 30, 1841. (See Palmer gen.)

REV. WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL. (See p. 566.) Son of
Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell ; born Feb. 4, 1803 ; married
Oct. n, 1834, Hester Crooks of Fond du Lac, Wis. She died at Still-
water, Minn., Oct. 15, 1853. He died Oct. n, 1890, at Stillwater, Minn.
He prepared for college at Hancock and Exeter Academies. Graduated
at Dartmouth in 1828, and from the Andover Theological Seminary in
1831. He was ordained at Woburn in 1831, and was sent by the American
Board as a missionary to the Chippewa Indians at Mackinaw and vicinity.
He remained with them until 1845, teaching and preaching, and enduring
the discomforts and privations of a life among such surroundings. He

668 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

removed to Stillwater, Minn., where he was the pioneer home missionary
of the state, preaching the first sermon ever preached in the state of Min-
nesota. Most of his children were born in Minnesota, but one, Mary
Louise, was born at Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. ELIZABETH A., b. August 4, 1835, d. Jan. 17, 1900, m.

Rollins Parkhurst, 1860. He died May 25, 1879. Chil-
dren : Leforest, Marie Antoinette.

2. RAMSEY C., b. May 16, 1837, m. Nov. 20, 1872, Lucy A.

Clark of Lyndeborough, d. April 24, 1898.

3. MARY LOUISE, b. Jan. 10, 1840.

4. WILLIAM T., b. Feb. 6, 1842.

5. RODNEY C., b. Feb. 26, 1844.

6 KATHARINE A., b. Oct. 23, 1846.

7. HESTER C., b. Jan. 2, 1848.

8. BASIL E., b. Nov. 16, 1850.

9. CORNELIUS L., b. Nov. 2. 1852.

CLARK CROMBIE BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth
(Jones) Boutwell, born April 22, 1805 ; married Asenath Bradford of
Hancock. He early removed to Nashua and soon became prominent in
the business circles of that city. He was president and director of the
Wilton railroad corporation, and largely interested in the railroads of the
state. He was prominent in financial circles and influential in the city
of his adoption. Children : —

1. HENRY THATCHER, b. Aug. 20, 1844, m. 1872, Helen G.

Willis of St. Louis. He is a graduate of Harvard, 1866,
M. D., 1870, and is a physician in Manchester. His chil-
dren are : John Mason, b. 1874, who is a graduate of
Harvard, 1897, aQd is in the government service, U. S.,
Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. ; Alice Bradford,
b. 1882.

2. ELLEN A FRANCES, b. March 14, 1847, m. June, 1870, Rev.

Minot Gage of Cambridge, Mass. Children : Walter Bout-
well, b. 1872 ; Harold Minot, b. 1874.

3. LIZZIE MARCIA, b. Oct. 5, 1851, d. at High Point, N. C.,

April 26, 1880.

4. IDA BRADFORD, b. Jan. 8, 1854, d. April 7, 1882.

NEWTON BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones)
Boutwell, born July 19, 1807; married first, Jan. 12, 1830, Mary Ann
Merrill of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 24, 1807 ; died May 5, 1852 ;
married second, Feb. 6, 1853, Deborah A. Davis of East Montpelier, Vt.
She was born Dec. 23, 1813 ; died Oct. 15, 1882. Children born in N.
Craftsbury, Vt., except the first two : —

i. ELIZABETH A., b. at Lyndeborough, May i, 1831.

GENEALOGIES 669

2. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, July 2*8, 1832.

3. HARRIET, b. Nov. 15, 1833.

4. FRANCIS N., b. July 30, 1835.

5. ROBERT T., b. Feb. 6, 1837.

6. MARY J., b. Nov. 27, 1838.

7. THOMAS N., b. Dec. 30, 1839.

8. RODNEY M., b. Dec. 17, 1841.

9. JAMES B., b. Nov. 19, 1843.

10. MARY Ella, b. July 9, 1856, in. Carl Benedict of Barre,
Vt. Children : Nathan B., Emily M.

REV. JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones)
Boutwell, born May 14, 1814 ; married April 10, 1837, Mary P. Abbott of
Audover, Mass. She died Sept. 9, 1868. He died April 21, 1865. He
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1836 and from Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary in 1840. About the time of his marriage he removed to
Dunkirk, N. Y., and later to Sanbornton, N. H., where he died. They
had a family of ten children, none of them born in Lyndeborough.
Children :—

1. MARY I,., b. March 8, 1838, m. Nathaniel B. Plummer.

2. JAMES P., b. Feb. 6, 1840, d. Oct. 31, 1844.

3. GEORGE C., b. Feb. 8, 1842, d. 1892.

4. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 29, m. Helen M. Abbott.

5. HANNAH E., b. March n, 1846, m. C. Iy. Davis, d. April,

1892.

6. JAMES P., b. Jan. 4, 1848, m. Hannah Huntington.

Child : Mary Abbott, b. March 29, 1875.

7. EMMA C., b. Dec. 22, 1849, m. Virgil K. Curd.

8. EDWARD PARSONS, b. Feb. 19, 1852, graduate of Dartmouth,

1876, d. March 4, 1878.

9. ARTHUR A., b. March 22, 1854, d. June 17, 1878.

10. WILLIS M., b. Aprils, 1857, m. Ella Watson.

RODNEY CLEAVES BOUTWELL, son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth
(Jones) Boutwell, born July 14, 1811 ; married Jan. 31, 1833, Nancy J.,
daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford. She was born
Oct. 23, 1811; died Apr. 19, 1892, at Medford, Mass. He died at Medford,
Aug. i, 1891. When Nehemiah, his father, retired from the active duties of
farm life he took the farm and cultivated it until the infirmities of age com-
pelled him in turn to transfer it to one of his children. He was a man who
shunned public office and his whole time and attention was given to the
tilling of his land and the management of his farm work. His wife was
a woman of stately presence, of great refinement and of much intellectual
power. She came of a family noted for its ability and influence. Her
teachings and impress remain with their children and they revere her
memory. Twelve children were born to them, and in many respects they
were a remarkable family. Remarkable from the fact that they all grew

670 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

to manhood and womanho'od, Sarah's death, aged twenty years, being
the first break in the family ; remarkable that they were, all twelve,
men and women of fine physique, rugged specimens of New England
stock. Their father and mother were consistent members of the Congre-
gational Church and constant church attendance was a part of their creed,
so these boys and girls were marshalled into the sanctuary every Sunday,
sometimes filling more than one pew. They all received a good educa-
tion in the schools of the town supplemented in most cases by terms at
some academy. Abby J. was a teacher in Boston for some years.
Clarissa married and removed to the West. Her husband was a sheriff
and jailor at one time and once when a break was attempted she held the
tnob of desperate prisoners at bay with a revolver until help arrived. Of
these twelve children Ann E. (Whittemore) is the only one remaining a
resident of Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. CLARISSA BARNES, b. Nov. 20, 1833, m. Samuel G. Colley

and rem. to Beloit, Wis. He d. Oct. 21, 1890.

2. NATHAN BARNES, +

3. ANN ELIZABETH, b. May 4, 1837, m. Daniel B. Whittemore.

(See Whittemore gen.)

4. ABIGAIL JANE, b. Dec. 13, 1838, m. Jan. i, 1878, Robert

Hawthorne, of Newton Centre, Mass. He d. April i, 1892.
£. BENJAMIN JONES, -(-

6. WILLIAM THURSTON, +

7. SARAH JONES, b. Sept. 9, 1844, d. Jan. 12, 1864.

8. CHARLES RODNEY, -f-

9. HENRY WINSLOW, -+-

10. GEORGE SUMNER, -f-

11. ROLAND HILL, +

12. ROSWELL MURRAY, -f-

NATHAN BARNES BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.
(Barnes) Boutwell ; born July 31, 1835; married Nov. 25, 1858, Lizzie,
daughter of Oliver and Susan (Foster) Hawkins of Troy, N. H.
She was born June 13, 1836 ; died Nov. 3, 1865 ; second, Emily, daughter
of Luke and Hannah W. (Perkins) Beard of Wilton. She was born July
20, 1846. At the close of the war he became connected with the whole-
sale house of E. C. Hazard & Co. of New York. In 1876 he removed
to Cambridge, Mass., and in 1880 accepted a position in the Boston
custom house where he has been ever since and where he is now in charge
of the Appraisers' Stores. He was a soldier during the Civil War.
For his military record see chapter X. Resides at Winchester, Mass.
Child by first wife : —

i. LESLIE BARNES, b. July 28, 1860, m. Sept. 9, 1903, Made-
laine Endicott Giddings of Beverly, Mass. He is a gradu-
ate of Harvard Dental School. Child : Madelaine Giddiugs,
b. Sept. 15, 1905.
Child by second wife : —

GENEALOGIES 671

i. HORACE KEITH, b. Dec. 4, 1876. He is a graduate of
Harvard Medical School.

BENJAMIN JONES BOUTWEI.lv, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J-
(Barnes; Boutwell ; born Dec. 25, 1840; married April, 1882, Louisa
Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Keeley) Knight of Milford-
She was born June 16, 1854, and died at Atnherst, Feb. 2, 1890. He died
at Medford, Mass., Jan. i, 1896. He was engaged in the grocery business
in Boston for a number of years and afterwards at Worcester, Mass. In
1882 he returned to the homestead farm which he had owned for a num-
ber of years. He was the postmaster at the " Centre " for a while, a
member of the board of selectmen and of the board of education. He
was a leader in the work ,of the Congregational Church, conducting the
services for the better part of a year, while the church edifice was being
remodeled. He was a soldier in the Civil war. See chapter X.
Children :—

1. MARY ELIZABETH, b. March 14, 1883, d. June 30, 1898.

2. ROSWELL KNIGHT, b. March 16, 1885.

3. PAUL W., b. Feb. 6, 1888.

WILLIAM THURSTON BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy
J. (Barnes) Boutwell ; born Sept. 13, 1842 ; married first, Eliza J. Com-
ings of West Lebanon, N. H. She died March 24, 1883. He married
second, Mary E. Haskell of Afton, Minn., April 12, 1884. She was born
Mays, l%5l> and died May 28, 1895. Mr. Boutwell lived on the home
farm some years and was active in church work and in town affairs. In
1880 he removed to Minn. He was a soldier in the Civil War. See
Chap. X. He died at Guffy, Col., Aug. 2, 1904. Children :—

1. SARAH KIMBALL, b. in Boston, Mass., June 3, 1867. She

is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, 1890.

2. WILLIAM R., b. in W. Lebanon, N. H., Nov. 25, 1868, d.

June 14, 1871.

3. GEORGE B., b. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 8, 1870, m. first,

Florence Rogers, second, Clara Corbett. Children by first
wife : Roland C., b. Sept. 12, 1892, Edna, b. Sept. 18, 1893,
Florence M., b. Dec. 5, 1894.

4. HOWARD P., b. in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 30, 1872, m. Grace

R. Dow. Children: William D., b. Feb. 6, 1900, Helen I-
- b. Oct. 5, 1902.

5. EDWARD B., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 14, 1878, m. Nov.

26, 1901, Martha Ashworth of Chelsea, Mass.
Children by second wife : —

6. JOSEPH H., b. .Oct. 4, 1885, at Cottage Grove, Minn.

7. MARY J., b. Sept. 5, 1887, at Afton, Minn.

8. PHILLIP K., b. Nov. 29, 1890, at Afton, Minn.
CHARLES RODNEY BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.

672 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

(Barnes) Boutwell ; born Aug. i, 1846 ; married Oct. 23, 1867, Lucy S.,
daughter of Leonard M. and Abigail (Kendall) Kimball of Hillsboro.
She was born June 4, 1839. He was one of the staff of inspectors in the
Boston custom house for fifteen years. For some years previous he had
been in the produce business in Charlestown, Mass. In 1888 he bought
the homestead farm of his brother Benjamin and came back to his native
town where he died Jan. 18, 1904.

DR. HENRY WINSLOW BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy
J. (Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 2, 1848; married first, Clara Gerrish of
Franklin, N. H. ; second, Mary Stanton of Sandwich. Clara (Gerrish)
Boutwell died in 1894. He is a graduate of the Harvard Medical School
and is a prominent physician in Manchester, N. H., being surgeon for the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and the Manchester Mills ; also presi-
dent of the staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital. He kis a trustee of the
New Hampshire State Industrial School and of the Manchester Public
Library ; and was surgeon-general on the staff of Governor N. J. Bachel-
der. Child :—

i. EDITH GERRISH, b. July 16, 1875, m. Selwyn B. Clark of
Worcester, Mass,, July 2, 1901.

GEORGE SUMNER BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.
(Barnes) Boutwell; born Aug. 22, 1850; married, May 21, 1872, Sophia
Mclver of Worcester, Mass. She was a daughter of Charles Chamberlain.
He is with Boutwell Bros. Resides in Worcester, Mass.

ROLAND HILL BOUTWELL, son of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes)
Boutwell ; born May 2, 1853 I married Oct. 29, 1879, Minnie E., daughter
of Albert H. and Ann (Ager) Butters of Medford, Mass. ; born Nov. i,
1853. She died Oct. i, 1883. Married second, Oct. 28, 1885, Sarah,
daughter of George S. and Jane (Skinner) Blake of Belmont, Mass. She
died Feb. 27, 1891. Married, third, Nov. 16, 1904, Jennie (Crosbie) Gil-
man of Exeter. He established with his brother, Roswell M., Sept. 15,
1876, the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers
in iron and steel. He is president of the Portland Iron and Steel Com-
pany, Portland, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel, and president of
the Standard Horse Shoe Co., So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of
horse shoes. Residence, The Westminster, Boston. Child : —

i. ROLAND A., b. Oct. i, 1883, d. Oct. i, 1883.

ROSWELL MURRAY BOUTWELL. son of Rodney C. and Nancy J.
(Barnes) Boutwell ; born May 22, 1855 ; married May 22, 1883, Jeannie C.
Russell of Louisville, Ky. She was born Feb. 28, 1859. He is a member
of the firm of Boutwell Bros., incorporated, Lowell, Mass., dealers in
iron and steel, and is treasurer of the Portland Iron and Steel Co., Port-
land, Me., manufacturers of iron and steel. He is also treasurer of the
Standard Horse Shoe Co., of So. Wareham, Mass., manufacturers of horse
shoes. While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the city council
from 1886 to 1889 and was chairman of the board of aldermen during the
year 1889. Residence, 300 Newbury Street, Boston. Children : —

i. ELSIE RUSSELL, b. July 24, 1884.

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2. ROSWELL MURRAY, JR., b. Jan. 19, 1888.

3. ROLAND HILL, second, b. Oct. 10, 1889.

BOUTWEUv.

ABRAM E. BOUTWELL was born at Amherst ; married Nancy Brown
of Amherst, Dec.3i, 1816; died June 25, 1835. His widow and children
removed to Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. NAOMI ANN, m. William B. Raymond.

2. JAMES, +

3. ABRAM, -|-

4. NANCY, m. Benjamin B. Miller.

5. SARAH, m. Warren Ames.

6. MARY J., first, d. in infancy.

7. MARY J., second, m. Calvin A. Abbott. (See respective

gen.)

JAMES BOUTWELL, son of Abram E. and tNancy (Brown) Bout-
well ; born April 16, 1820 ; married Ellen O'Donnell ; born in Ireland.
James Boutwell was a soldier in the Civil War and died Aug. 15, 1863,
the day after he returned from the army. (See chap. X.) Their two
oldest children were born at Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. MARY A., b. Dec. 5, 1852.

2. JAMES C., b. March 31, 1854.

3. ELLEN M., b. at Wilton.

4. ANGELINE, b. at Temple.

5. GEORGE, b. at Temple.

ABRAM BOUTWELIy was born Feb. 28, 1822 ; married Mary Badger,
a daughter of Stephen Badger. She was born Oct. 21, 1821, and died
March 30, 1900. He was a soldier in the Civil War and died Dec. 27,
1893. (See chap. X.) Children all born in I/yndeborough : —

1. CHARLES F., b. July 19, 1853.

2. SARAH, b. June 8, 1855, d. June 18, 1859.

3. IDA M., b. May i, 1858, m. Peter King.

4. HARVEY, b. Feb. 19, 1860.

5. STILLMAN, b. Feb. 17, 1862.

BOWEN

WILLIAM H. BOWEN, son of Guy and Mary (Richardson) Bowen ;
born in Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6, 1847; married April 19, 1869, Estella E.,
daughter of George B. and Mary J. (Clark) Woodward of Francestown.
She was born Nov. n, 1848. Mr. Bowen resides in "Johnson Corner"
and is a prosperous and enterprising farmer. He has enlarged and re-
modeled the farm buildings. The production of milk for Boston is the
leading branch of his farming. Child : —

i. WILLIAM T., +

674 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

WILLIAM T. BOWEN was born in Francestown, Dec. n, 1869; mar-
ried Aug. 30, 1892, Susan, daughter of James and Susan (Beaman) Walch-
She was born Oct. 10, 1867. Mr. Bowen's failing health compelled him
to seek the warmer climate of California, but receiving but little benefit
from the change he returned to Lyndeborough and died the afternoon of
his arrival, March 17, 1904.

BRADFORD.

THOMAS BRADFORD, born June 4, 1776; married first, Abigail

. She died Jan. 14, 1797; second, Oct. 2, 1799, Patty Coburn. She

was born Oct. 31, 1769; died Oct. 15, 1849. He died Sept. 14, 1852.
Child by first wife : —

1. SARAH, b. Sept. 6, 1795, m. Oct. 31, 1833, Elijah Upton.

He d. Feb. 4, 1835. She m., second, L/oammi Eaton.
Children by second wife : —

2. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1800, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Reuben Bald-

win. He d. Nov. 2, 1831.

3. PATTY, b. Feb. 7, 1802, m. Daniel Fish. (See Fish gen.)

4. MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1803, m. March 20, 1828, James Parker.

She d. Oct. 21, 1847.

5. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 27, 1805, m. Dec. 23, 1830, Loarami

Baldwin of Wilton. She d. May 27, 1882.

6. HANNAH, b. Nov. 7, 1807, m. Feb. 18, 1845, L,yman Parker.

She d. Feb. 19, 1892.

7. REBECCA, b. Oct. 3, 1810, m. Albert Hardy of Greenfield.

Hed. Oct. 16, 1853.

8. JAMES C., -f-

9. JANE, b. Nov. i, 1817, m. June 6, 1844, Horace Cud worth.

She d. March 9, 1892.

JAMES C. BRADFORD, son of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford,
born Sept. 2, 1813 ; married June, 1837, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah

and Brown of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 24, 1806 ; died

Sept. 15, 1888. He died May 28, 1860. .Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ANN M., b. July 24, 1841, m. John M. Emery. (See

Emery gen.)

2. JOHN A., b. May 22, 1843, d- July i, 1896.

3. SARAH C., b. Aug. 28, 1845, d. Sept. 14, 1848.

4. HARLAN P., -(-

HARLAN PAGE BRADFORD, son of James C. and Sarah (Brown)
Bradford, born April 20, 1848 ; married Oct. 25, 1870, Georgianna, daugh-
ter of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born
March 17, 1851 ; died Sept. 27, 1871. Child : —

i. GEORGE P., b. Sept. 26, 1871, m. Agnes C., dan. of Wil-
liam E. and Phebe*( Cutler) Fiske. One child : Harlan F.

GENEALOGIES 675

BROOKS.

CAPT. WILLIAM BROOKS came to Lyndeborough soon after the
Revolutipnary War. He was born at Woburn, Mass., March 3, 1737, and
was twice married. First, March 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp of Hollis, N.
H.; second, Sept. 20, 1787, Hepsibah Powers of Hollis. By his first
marriage he had a large family, none of the children probably born at
Lyndeborough. Whether they came to Lyndeborough with him is un-
known. It is supposed some of them did. He died at Lyndeborough
Oct. n, 1804. He enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Emerson's Co., Rhode Island
Regiment, and was a second lieutenant. He again enlisted in Capt.
John Mills' company in 1781. This company is supposed to be from
Londonderry, N. H. In the town records is the record of the birth of
Nathan, born Sept. 10, 1800, and John Boffee, born Dec. 12, 1802, children
of William and Rebecca Brooks. It is not known if this William was
the son of Capt. William or not. Children : —

1. WILLIAM, b. May i, 1760.

2. ABIGAIL, b. July 19. 1762.

3. BETSEY, b. July 23, 1764.

4. SARAH, b. July 6, 1766.

5. ISAAC, b. Oct. 28, 1768.

6. MARAH, b. Feb. 15, 1771.

7. SAMUEL, b. March 3, 1774.

8. MARTHA, b. Aug. 23, 1776.

9. LEONARD, b. Jan. 29, 1779.

10. JOHN, b. Nov. n, 1781.

11. SUSANNA, b. Feb. 12, 1783.

BROWN.

In the interval between the French and Indian war and the war of
Independence, many deserters from the British army and navy found
refuge in New Hampshire where opportunities were good for escape
from capture. Prior to the year 1770, a young English soldier, named
Hodgeman, came with two fellow deserters to the vicinity of Lynde-
borough Centre, and were hidden and befriended by John Stephenson
and others. One of the men died while here and was buried in the
woods. Hodgeman learning that scouts were on his track sought con-
cealment in the neighborhood of Purgatory Falls, then known as Wain-
wright's brook. Stephen Peabody, who had built a house on top of
Strawberry Hill, here befriended the refugee. He made for him a hid-
ing place in the ravine during the day. Hodgeman received his food
from his protector's table, and at night stole up to Peabody's house for
lodging. He afterward married and settled in Amherst, served in the
Revolutionary Army, and abandoning the name of Hodgeman was known
as William Brown. It is an interesting coincidence that nearly eighty
years after this deserter found refuge at Purgatory Falls during troub-
lous times, his son, Robert Brown, should become the owner of the land
which includes this upper fall. Some of this land was sold to Mr.
Hutchiuson but the descendants of William Brown still own the adjoin-

676 HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH

ing farm. This William Brown married Tabitha Boutwell, of Amherst,
and twelve children were born to them, one of whom, Robert, came to
Lyndeborough.

ROBERT BROWN, son of William Brown and Tabitha (Boutwell)
Brown, born at Amherst Dec. 14, 1800 ; married Mary Ann Erving of
Amherst. She was born May 18, 1807 ; died July 9, 1866, at Jaffrey. He
died Nov. 27, 1873, at Jaffrey. He came to Lyndeborough from Merri-
mack in 1839 and lived on the Lucas place (now so called) for a few
years, then moved to the farm where Leonard G. now lives in the spring
of 1844. His son, Leonard G., says of him "he was a moving planet;
when he had been married twenty years, he had moved twenty-one
times." Children : —

1. LEONARD G., -\-

2. SILAS L., b. at Lowell, Vt., 1828.

3. JOHN M., b. at Amherst, 1830. Went to sea and died there.

4. MARY E., b. April 23, 1832, d. October 18, 1895, in Mont

Vernon.

Then there were four children who died very young of which
there is no record.

9. SARAH A., b. at Lyndeborough, Jan. 6, 1844, d. Sept. 6,

1849.

10. GEORGE A., b. at Lyndeborough, 1846, died Sept. 13, 1849.
n. JAMES T., b. at Lyndeborough, May 5, 18 —

12. MELISSA A., b. at Lyndeborough, July i, 1848. Res. at
Manchester.

LEONARD G. BROWN, son of Robert and Mary (Erving) Brown,
born May 28, 1826 ; married Sept. 18, 1855, Nancy, daughter of Nathaniel
C. and Betsey (Odell) Carkin. She was born May 27, 1837. In the fall
of 1854 he went to the west and taught school in Missouri and Kansas.
He taught seven months in an old log school house in Harrisonville,
Mo. He returned to Lyndeborough in 1855 and settled on the Brown
homestead near the celebrated Purgatory picnic grounds. He and young
David Carkin found evidence that Purgatory was used as a picnic ground
as early as 1839. He is a farmer, gardener and fruit grower. He has
been superintendent of schools and a teacher ; is much interested in
temperance reform and has written for the agricultural papers. Of
strict integrity of character, he has the respect of his fellow towns-
people. Children : —

1. MINA A., b. Aug. 9, 1856, m. 1875, Edwin O. Butler.

2. LEONARD E., b. Sept. 27, 1858.

3. EFFIE M., b. Jan. 25, 1863, m. Andrew J. Marshall. (See

Marshall gen.)

4. IDA B., b. July 25, 1865, m. April 17, 1886, Miles B. Wal-

lace of Mont Vernon. Child : Maud E., b. April 21, 1890.

5. IRA R., b. Jan. 6, 1874, m. Nov. 25, 1896, Minnie O.,

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daughter of Milton W. and Margaret (Mears) Wallace of
Mont Vernon. She was b. July 19, 1871. One child, Ray
W., b. Feb. 7, 1903.

BUCK.

SEWELIv M. BUCK, son of Austin and Sarah (Coburn) Buck, born
April 16, 1839, at Norway, Me ; married Oct. 24, 1860, Sarah P., daughter
of Ephraitn T. and Mary A. (Shaw) Putnam. She was born Jan. 16,
1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1870 and settled on
the Israel Cram place in the westerly part of the town. He enlisted
from Nashua in Co. F, ist N. H. Vol., and served three months during
the Civil War. Is a painter by trade. Children : —

1. GEORGIA A., b. Feb. 14, 1864.

2. CARRIE B., b. Aug. 30, 1866, m. first, Samuel Dolliver.

(See Doliver gen.), m. second, Roy E. Burton. (See Bur-
ton gen.)

BUZZARD.

JOHN A. BULLARD, son of Naham and Keziah (Peabody) Bullard,
born at Amherst, June 26, 1851, m. Nov. 23, 1875, Ida B., daughter of
Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) Swinuington. She was born at Mont Ver-
non, May 25, 1860. Mr. Bullard resides on the Charles Tarbell farm,
Perharn Corner. Children : — •

1. HARRY O., b. July 17, 1877.

2. WINFIELD S., b. Sept. 5, 1880.

3. ARTHUR B., b. June 26 1885, m. Aug. 21, 1904, Alice M.

Dicey.

4. INFANT CHILD, b. July 31, 1890, d. Aug. 3, 1890.

BURNHAM.

The Burnham family here recorded came from Ipswich, Mass., some-
time before the Revolution and settled in that part of Lyndeborough
which was made the town of Greenfield. The farm is now owned by
John Fletcher or is known as the Fletcher place. Col. Joshua Burnham,
probably a brother of Stephen (the first to come to Lyndeborough), set-
tled in Milford. Stephen, Nathaniel and James came to Lyndeborough.
Mrs. Luther Crara is a grand-daughter of one of them. They all had a
Revolutionary war record. Children of Stephen and Lucy Burnham : —

1. SARAH, b. May 18, 1777.

2. LOUISE, b. Sept. 6, 1778.

Children of Nathaniel and Mary Burnham : —

1. LUCY, b. Oct. 14, 1774.

2. CALEB, b. Nov. 23, 1776.

3. NATHANIEL, b. March 19, 1779.

4. EPES, b. Aug. 17, 1771.

678 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Children of James and Ruampa Burnham : —

1. RUTH, b. Sept. 2, 1775.

2. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1777.

3. JAMES, b, April 9, 1779.

4. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 10, 1782.

JOHN W. BURNHAM, born at Greenfield Dec. 18, 1822 ; married
March 17, 1846, Ruth A., daughter of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage.
She was born June 9, 1826 ; died Sept. 16, 1874. He lived for some
years on the John Gage place, then removed to Francestown where he
died Nov. ro, 1888. Children : —

1. JOHN A., b. at New Boston, Sept. 21, 1847, m. April 5,

1877, Almira A. Powers of Washington.

2. MARY A., b. at Francestown, April 20, 1850, m. Nov. 16,

1868, Frank E. I/ee of Greenfield. Res. at Cambridge,
Mass.

3. SARAH G., b. at L/yndeborough, Jan. 6, 1854, ra. Nov. 16,

1880, John K. Jones of East Cambridge, Mass.

4. CHARLES F. , b. at I/yndeborough Jan. 16, 1859, m. March

22, 1877, L,enora E. Dodge of Bennington.

5. EDWARD W., b. at L,yndeborough, May 4, 1860, m. Oct. 18,

1885, Mary E. Mulhall of Hancock.

6. EMMA A., b. at L,yndeborough, Aug. 31, 1863, m. July n,

1892, George O. Joslin of Bennington. Res. at Bennington.

BURTON.

DEXTER BURTON, born at Wilton, Oct. 16, 1802; married April 20,
1824, Clarissa O. Spofford of Temple. She was born June 12, 1803 ; died
Oct. 15, 1886. He died June 3, 1855. Children : —

1. DEXTER L., b. April 10, 1825, m. Nov., 1853, Emily F.

Ward of Chelmsford, Mass. He rem. to Temple, d. May
3, 1896.

2. CLARISSA I., b. July 2, 1827, m. Jan. 1854, Nathan Holt of

Temple.

3. JAMES E., b. Nov. 18, 1828, m. Nov. 18, 1852, Olive A.

Robinson of Bennington. He d. March n, 1897.

4. HELEN M., b. Feb. 24, 1831, m. May 18, 1853, George H.

Blood of Temple. He was b. Oct. 17, 1826, d. Feb. 5,
1897. She d. April 8, 1900.

5. ELIZA J., b. Dec. 6, 1834, m. May 17, 1857, George W.

Boynton of Wilton. He d. Nov. i, 1900, in Oregon.

6. WILLIAM W., -J-

7. SARAH A., b. Aug. 28, 1838, d. in infancy.

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WHJ.IAM W. BURTON, born Nov. 14, 1836; married June 20, 1861,
Esther, daughter of Augustus and Almira (.Boynton) Cragin of Temple!
He has been and is a man of much influence in town affairs. Has been
selectman many years. Was representative to the General Court in 1874-
1875, 1895-1896. Road agent in 1892 and has held other public office.
He makes the raising of milk for the Boston market a specialty and for
40 years has run a milk route to Wilton, taking the route of D. Whiting.
His farm is large and well cultivated, with a fine set of farm buildings,
situated in the extreme southwest part of the town. Children : —

1. CLARA J., b. April 17, 1862, m. March 27, 1889, George E.

May of Wilton. Res. in Wilton.

2. ELMER W., b. Oct. 21, m. Oct. 25, 1892, Cora Lane

of Stoddard. Res. in Wilton.

3. ADDIE A., b. June 3, 1871, m. Dr. M. B. Richards. (See

Richards gen.)

JOHN HALE BURTON, son of John and Anna (Kidder) Burton,
born at Wilton, Oct. 2, 1843; married March u, 1871, Clintina, daughter
of David J. and Elizabeth (Salter) Carkin. She was born in Peterbor-
ough Oct. 27, 1853. Children : —

1. JOHN MILO, b. Oct. i, 1871, m. Nov. 27, 1895, Florence E.

Jaquith.

2. CORA A., b. May 23, 1873, m. August, 1888, Charles Green.

3. ROY E., b. April 25, 1875, m. August, 1896, Carrie, daugh-

ter of Sewell M. and Sarah (Putnam) Buck. She was
b. Aug. 30, 1866.

4. EDDA F., b, Nov. 2, 1877, m- Nov. 20, 1897, Clarence

L,owe. Children : L/ester, Hazel, Harold, Forest.

5. MYRTIE C., b. March 9, 1881, in. Perley Holden. (See

Holden gen.)

6. JOSIE E., b. May 9, 1887.

BUTLER.

WILLIAM BUTLER, the ancestor of the Butler family of Lyndebor-
ough, lived at one time in Gloucester, Mass. While there he married
Sarah Perkins. They afterward removed to Ipswich, Mass. Just how
many children they had we do not know, but there were three sons of
whom there is some record. The dates of his birth and death are un-
known. His wife died in Lyndeborough in 1821. The above mentioned
three sons were : —

1. JONATHAN, -j-

2. WILLIAM, who entered the Continental Army, and is sup-

posed to have died of disease or to have been killed, for he
never was heard from.

3. JACOB, also enlisted in the Continental Army, was taken

680 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

prisoner, sent to Halifax, N. S., where he died of small
pox.

JONATHAN BUTLER, son of William and Sarah (Perkins) Butler;
born 1758 ; married Aug. 17, 1778, Lois, daughter of John and Tryphena
(Powers) Kidder. She was born July 10, 1760; died 1846; He died Dec.
5, 1844. He was a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in the retreat
from that engagement was taken with cramps and fell out of the
ranks ; after much suffering he crawled into a swamp, where he was con-
cealed, and later joined his company again. He came to Lyndeborough
in 1777, and settled on land in the westerly part of the town. He was a
blacksmith by trade, and his daughter used to say that the sound of his
hammer on the anvil was the first thing she heard in the morning and
the last thing at night. He was a man of retiring manners, and much re-
spected. He was a constant attendant at church and Sunday School. He
sang and took part in all the services the Sunday but one before he died.
Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. SARAH, b. Jan. n, 1779, in. first, Asa Burroughs, second,

Samuel Rogers, five children.

2. HANNAH, b. Oct. 27, 1780, m. Douglass Robinson, four chil-

dren.

3. JACOB, b. Dec. 30, 1782, d. June i, 1785.

4. JONATHAN, b. March i, 1785, m. Patty Russell, nine chil-

dren.

5. L,ois, b. April 27, 1787, m. Ephraim Hackett, eleven chil-

dren.

6. RACHEL, b. July 4, 1789, m. James Cavendish, nine chil-

dren.

7. TRYPHENA, b. April 2, 1792, m. David Putnam. (See Put-

nam gen.)

8. JACOB, 2nd, -}-

9. MARY, b. Sept. 4, 1796, m. James White, twelve children.

10. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 23, 1798, d. aged sixteen years.

11. IVUCY, b. Jan. 21, 1802, m. Nathaniel Burnham, one child.

12. WILLIAM, -f-

JACOB BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler; born June
7, 1794 ; married Jan. 22, 1818, Sarah, daughter of — Blanchard of Lynde-
borough. She was born May 29, 1793 ; died April, 1869. He died April 16,
1882. He was a man who stood high in the estimation of his townsmen
and in church circles. His name frequently occurs in the records of his
day, and he evidently was a man of influence. When the old church at
the Centre was sold, he bought the historic structure, and taking it down
used the material in making him a new barn. He served in the War of
1812, and after his return from the army became an energetic and thrifty
farmer. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

i. JACOB NEWTON, b. Aug. 21, 1819, d. Oct. 13, 1819.

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2. JACOB N., 2nd, -(-

3. JONATHAN, b. June 16, 1823, rem. to Nebraska.

4. WILLIAM H., b. Oct. 28, 1825.

5. CHARGES M., -f-

6. OLNEY P., +

DR. WILLIAM BUTLER, son of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler;
born April 21, 1805; married first, March 30, 1830, Nancy Smith. She
died April n, 1850, and he married second, Oct. 22, 1850, Mrs. Ximenia
P. King. By his first wife he had four children, one of whom was Dr.
William Morris Butler of Brooklyn, N. Y. He took the full course at
Dartmouth Medical College, taking his degree in 1830. He removed to
Maine, Broom Co., N. Y. For a period of fifty -five years he diligently
followed his profession, his practice covering a vast extent of territory,
and in common with all doctors in the early settlements, he made his
visits on horseback. At 80 years of age he was still strong and vigorous,
the oldest member of the Broom County Medical Society. He was for
more than forty years a member and official of the Presbyterian Church.

DR. JACOB NEWTON BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard)
Butler, born Feb. 6, 1821; married Harriet Moore of Lempster, N. H.,
June 22, 1846. She was born Feb. 10, 1827. He was educated at the New
Ipswich and Hancock Academies and at a preparatory school at Union,
New York. Read medicine first under the direction of Dr. John Ramsey
of Greenfield and afterwards at Peterboro under Doctors Follansbee and
Smith. He then studied with Dr. Joseph Parsons of Bennington, and
after attending several courses of lectures, graduated at Pittsfield, Mass.,
in 1843, before he was twenty-three years of age. In December of that
year he located at Lempster, N. H., where he resided until his death
which occured Feb. 16, 1903. Child : —

i. GEORGE; ARTHUR, b. May 23, 1850. Is a civil engineer
and res. in Chicago, 111.

CHARLES M. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler,
born Aug. 7, 1827 ; married Martha M. Weston of Newton, Ohio, June
21, 1855. She was born July 18, 1839. He died May n, 1903.

1. IyU A., b. April 6, 1871, ni. Charles W. White of Wilton,

June 29, 1893.

2. L/IUJE M., b. July 14, 1874, m. Charles G. Carleton of

Mt. Vernon, Oct. u, 1894.

OLNEY P. BUTLER, son of Jacob and Sarah (Blanchard) Butler,
born April 22, 1835 ; married Hannah W. Langdell. He died May i, 1880.
Olney P. Butler, together with four of his children, died of diphtheria in
1880, within the space of five weeks.

1. SARAH A., b. at L,yndeborough, Aug. 27, 1856, m. 1874,

Joseph H. Stickney of Tyson, Vt.

2. GEORGE H., +

3. CARRIE L>, b. at Lyndeborough, July 7, 1861, m. Dec. 20,

682 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

1884, Edward H. Spofford of Greenfield. She d. March

28, 1890.

4. NELLIE P-. b. at Greenfield, June 10, 1863, m. Nov. 30,

1882, Charles H. Scott of Tyson, Vt. She d. May 30,
1883.

5. WILLIAM L,., b. at L,yndeborough, March 5, 1865, d. April

29, 1880.

6. L,IZZIE H., b. at L,yndeborough, Jan. 28, 1870, d. April 20,

1880.

7. WALTER S., b. at I^yndeborough, Oct, 19, 1876, d. March

30, 1880.

8. MARK W., b. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 17, 1878, d. April 5,

1880.

GEORGE H. BUTLER, son of Olney P. and Hannah (Langdell)
Butler, born at Lyndeborough, March 19, 1858; married Sept. 15, 1881,
Myra A. Carpenter of Surrey, Vt. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. HERVEY L,., b. Dec. 22, 1885.

2. HAROLD A., b. Feb. 14, 1890.

BUTTERFlElvD.

DAVID BUTTERFIELD lived in town at one time and his children
were born here. He married Miriam Durant. She was born in 1775;
died in Francestown, Feb. 2, 1848. He was born 1775 and died at Lynde-
borough, Feb. 18, 1812, of spotted fever. He was the grandfather of
David " Newton " Butterfield of New Boston. Children born at Lynde-
borough : —

1. SARAH, m. Brackley Rose (See Rose gen.)

2. HANNAH.

3. JANE, m. Benjamin Ames.

4. LUCY, m. Nathaniel Bruce.

5. OLIVE, m. Hiram Dodge.

CARKIN.

The first record of the Carkin family in Lyndeborough is the birth of
John, son of John and Elizabeth his wife, Sept. 9, 1765. Elizabeth Carkin
died Nov. 10, 1829, *n the eighty-eighth year of her age. She was the
daughter of Jonathan and Mary Chamberlain Cram. John Carkin died
March 2, 1799, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. John and his wife,
Elizabeth, appear to have been the first of the family to settle in town.
John and Isaac Carkin are credited to Lyndeborough, as Revolutionary
soldiers. Isaac was probably a brother of John. Among the older mem-
bers of the family, there is a story current of the origin of the name
Carkin, whether true or not it is quaint and interesting. It is said that
two little boys were secretly placed on board a ship bound for America.
They were not discovered until too late to put back. These young stowa-
ways were unable to give much of an account of themselves or tell their

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names, and were made to carry water to the sailors and in other ways to
work their passage. They carried the liquid in tin cans, and soon were
known as the little " carrycans " and from thence the name Carkin.
Isaac and John were said to be sons or grandsons of one of the little
" carrycans." There arc four children of John and Elizabeth recorded : —

1. JOHN, b. Sept. 9, 1765, drowned July 9, 1777.

2. AARON, -f-

3. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 2, 1774.

4. ELIZABETH. The marriage intention of Ephraim Putnam,

third, and Elizabeth Carkin is recorded Nov. 6, 1794.

AARON CARKIN, son of John and Elizabeth Carkin, born Nov. 13,
1767; married Dec. 15, 1791, Betsey Duncklee of Amherst. She died
Nov. 30, 1845. He died Feb. 19, 1852. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Oct. 19, 1792, m. Betsey Smith. Rem. to Benning-

ton where he was extensively engaged in the manufacture
of gunpowder. He d. Oct. 25, 1883.

2. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1794, d. June 4, 1794.

3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 30, 1796, m. Oliver Fales. Rem. to Ded-

ham, Mass., d. Dec. 30, 1820.

4. CLARISSA, b. Nov. 13, 1797, m. Asher Curtis, d. Dec. 8,

1880. (See Curtis gen.)

5. MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 14, 1799, m. John Hartshorn, d. Feb.

19, 1 88 1. (See Hartshorn gen.)

6. AARON, b. July 22, 1801. Was badly burned by an explos-

ion of gun powder at Bennington and died ten days later,
Oct. 13, 1828.

7. NATHANIEL C., +

8. DAVID, -f-

9. JESSE D., b. Nov. 20, 1807, m. Sarah Hutchinson of Wilton.

10. CLEMENT, b. Oct., 1808, d. Nov, 20, 1808.

11. CHARLES, b. March 12, 1811, d. April 8, 1888.

NATHANIEL C. CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee)
Carkin, born Oct. 28, 1803 ; married Feb. 23, 1830, Betsey T. Odell of
Mont Vernon ; second, Elizabeth Brown of Amherst. Betsey (Odell)
Carkin died Feb. 27, 1864. Children by first wife : —

1. AARON, b. Dec. 31, 1831, d. Jan. 9, 1832.

2. SOPHRONIA, b. June 27, 1833, m. March 9, 1864, Ezra M.

Farnum.

3. NANCY, b. May 27, 1837, m. Leonard G. Brown. (See

Brown gen.)

DAVID CARKIN, son of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee) Carkin, born
Jan. i, 1806 ;' married Dec. 27, 1827, Lydia, daughter of William and

684 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born June 5, 1809 ; died Sept. 15, 1895.
He died July 6, 1892. Children :—

1. DAVID J., -f-

2. LYDIA J., b. June 27, 1831, m., first, Oct. 27, 1851, Franklin

Towns of Milford ; second, Jerome Weston of Mason.

3. JOHN C., +

DAVID J. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia (Abbott) Carkin, born
July 17, 1827; married Elizabeth Salter of Mount Holley, Vt. He died
Nov. 16, 1878, in Louisiana. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See
Chap. X.) Children:—

1. CLINTINA, b. in Peterborough, Oct 27, 1853, m. John H.

Burton of L,yudeborough. (See Burton gen.)

2. GEORGE, b. April 24, 1857, m. Hattie M. Stone of Royal-

ston, Mass. She was b. Oct. 15, 1862, m. July 4, 1882.

JOHN C. CARKIN, son of David and Lydia C. (Abbott; Carkin, born
March 7, 1844 ; married Dec. 30, 1866, Ellen E., daughter of Zadoc and
Ellinor (Sanboru) Jones of Milford. She was born Oct. 29, 1846. He
was a soldier iu the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Was ^moderator of the
town meetings for many years. Resides at So. Lyndeborough. Chil-
dren : —

1. MEDIE A., b. Oct. 12, 1867, m. first, John L,. Trask of

Marrons, Conn. ; second, Bradley L. Hay ward of Brockton,
Mass. ; third, Fred Waterhouse of Brockton, Mass.

2. JOHN A.. -\-

3. MERRILL F., b. Nov. 25, 1869, m. Aug. 16, 1894, Jennie,

daughter of William H. and Eliza A. (Dale) Doe of Read-
ing, Mass. Child : Evelyn G.

4. FRED E. +

5. WILLIE C., -|-

JOHN A. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born
Sept. 10, 1868 ; married Minnie R., daughter of John H. and Sabra Anna
(Lewis) Day of Greenfield, June 23, 1889. She was born Sept. 20, 1872.
Children all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. HENRY A., b. Nov. 7, 1892.

2. BELLE E., b. Oct. 23, 1894.

3. CARROLL C., b. March 30, 1897.

4. EDGAR L,., b. Feb. 12, 1899.

5. SABRA E., b. April 13, 1901.

6. lyYDiA R., b. at Greenland, N. H., Aug. 31, 1903.

FRED E. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin, born
Jan. 25, 1871 ; married March 31, 1894, Mary E., daughter of Edwin and
Enimeline (Wilkins) Kinney'of Peterborough. Children : —

i. NELLIE E., b. at L/yndeborough, Feb. 27, 1895.

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2. GEORGE, b. at Lyndeborough, April 20, 1897.

3. ISAAC B., b. at Harrisville, April 24, 1899, d. Sept. 4, 1899.

4. Annie R., b. at Harrisville, June 13, 1900.

5. EDITH M., b. at Harrisville, Oct. 15, 1901.

6. KATHLEEN E., b. at Harrisville, Feb. 20, 1903.

7. JOHN R., b. at L,yndeborough, April 27, 1904.

WILLIE C. CARKIN, son of John C. and Ellen E. (Jones) Carkin,
born Oct. 7, 1873 ; married Dec. 19, 1893, Anna E., daughter of Charles
A. and Ann B. (Butler,) Barrett of Antrim. She was born June 4, 1871.
Children : —

1. ROBERT C., b. Sept. 16, 1894.

2. GERALD, b. Oct. 2, 1901.

CARLETON.

One of the most notable families among the early settlers of Salem-
Canada was the Carleton family. Joseph Carleton, their immigrant ances-
tor, came to this country from England and settled in Newburyport,
Mass. He married Abigail Osgood and they had six children born to
them, David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary and Abigail. It is sup-
posed that these children were born in Newburyport, Mass.

JEREMIAH CARLETON, son of Joseph and Abigail (Osgood) Carle-
ton, born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1715 ; married Eunice Taylor, who
was born in 1717. They lived in Newtown, now Amesbury, Mass., where
part of his children were born. His business was that of a carpenter,
millwright and lumber dealer. About the year 1750, he removed to
Litchfield, N. H., and six years later in the fall he came to Salem-Canada
and pitched his camp on land now owned by E. C. Curtis. It was built
beside a big rock situated about 30 rods from the northeast corner of
said land. The remains of the stone fire dogs and cellar hole may still
be seen. He began his clearing among the big hemlocks on the flat the
other side of the brook and worked at it during the fall and winter,
and in the spring went back to his family presumably at Litchfield.
While he was in camp that winter some hunters drove a lot of deer into
the big brook near by and getting fire from his camp they killed a num-
ber. They stayed with him all night, and in the morning took the hides
of the deer, leaving him with a plentiful supply of venison. He re-
turned with his family that year and is supposed to have built him a
cabin, but Indians killed his stock and burned his cabin and he was
forced to leave and did not return until two years later in 1760. When
he returned, if he cleared 20 acres of land and built a framed house of
certain dimensions he was to have 60 acres 6f land, and if he built a
saw-mill he was to have 60 acres more for that. He built his house
about loo rods northeast of E. C. Curtis' s brick house, and near the
brook. He hewed all the timber for his house from oak logs and those
timbers are sound to-day.

He built the saw-mill in 1761 and 1762. It was situated about 30 rods
below the bridge on the road from Johnson's Corner to Wilton. In this
mill the boards were sawed to finish his house. The mill did a good

686 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

business as long as he was able to run it. He cleared the land and had
8 acres of corn planted among the stumps the first year. The bears
were numerous and took toll of the corn and live stock. The Carletons
were at work among the corn one day, when they heard the hog squeal.
The old man ran to the rescue but too late to save the hog, but the women
folks had run with their hemlock brooms and had scared a bear away
from the carcass. Jeremiah wa's indignant that he should lose the,
chance to shoot the bear, but they had fresh pork for awhile. He died
in 1769. His wife survived him about 25 years. She was a very religious
woman and used to walk to Amherst, 6 miles, to attend church, guiding
her way by marked trees. They had seven children : —

1. OSGOOD, -f-

2. JEREMIAH, -(-

3. MARY, m. Reuben Bachelder and rem. to Warren, N. H.,

where they lived and died.

4. ABIGAIL, m. first, Adam Johnson, second, "Ensign "David

Putnam. Mr. Johnson died or was killed while in the army
during the Revolutionary War.

5. TIMOTHY. Was killed by the accident at the raising of the

Wilton church in 1774.

6. DAVID. Killed in the army during the Revolutionary War.

(See Chapter VII.)

7. EBENEZER. After the close of the Revolutionary War, in

which he took part (See Chapter VII), he came home and
settled in Chester, N. H., and d. in 1840.

OSGOOD CARIyETON, son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton
born in Newtown, or Amesbury, Mass., in 1741, and came to Lyndeborough
with his father. He was a fine mechanic and a great mathematician.
He cleared a piece of land about half a mile south of the old meeting
house and built a house and lived in it some years. The site is grown up
to wood now. He did a large business in surveying, laying out the towns
around in lots, both in New Hampshire and Vermont. He published
some works on navigation and made almanacs. He taught a select school
of high order and once when the committee visited it they found every-
thing satisfactory, but said they wished to ask him one question. They
said they had been told that he never went to school a day in his life
and wished to know if it was true. He said that it was so. He^urveyed
and drew the plans for the forts to protect Boston harbor and did other
surveying for the government. One of his pupils in Boston was Robert
B. Thomas of " Farmers' Almanac " fame. Mr. Carleton taught him how
make almanacs and indeed made the calculations for the first " Farmers'
Almanac" himself. The story is told that everything was finished and
ready for the printer but the weather predictions, and Mr. Carleton told
his daughter, a lively girl of sixteen, that she might add them.
In a spirit of mischief she predicted a thunder storm in January and a
snowstorm in June. When the book was printed Mr. Carleton
reproached his daughter for having ruined the venture, but as it hap-

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pened, a thunder storm did come in January, and one morning in
June the girl arose and found flakes of snow falling. She called her
father to see. The reputation of the " Farmers' Almanac " was made for
all time. He was also a cunning hunter and trapper. (See p. 118.)

Osgood had two sons and one or more daughters. His wife died in
Lyndeborough. After his wife's death he went to live with his son in
Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. (See Chap.
VII.)

JEREMIAH CARLETON, second son of Jeremiah and Eunice (Taylor)
Carleton, was born in Newtown in 1743 ; married Lois Hoyt, born in New-
buryport in 1746. He lived with his father until he was sixteen, and then
enlisted in the army. The year after his discharge, 1760, he went to work
as an apprentice to learn the ship carpenters' trade, presumably in
Newburyport, and stayed there until 1771, when he removed with his
family to the farm left by his father in Lyndeborough, but in a year or
two went back to Newburyport, Mass. When the Revolutionary War
came on, there being no work at ship carpentering, he again returned to
the farm. After the war he lived the remainder of his life on the farm.
(For military record see Chap. VII.) They had eleven children: —

1. SARAH, b. in Newburyport, Mass., 1768, came with her father

to L/yndeborough when three years old, m. 1795, William
Richardson, and removed to Barre, Vt.; two children.

2. JEREMIAH, b. 1770, in Newburyport, d. an infant.

3. JEREMIAH, 2nd, b. in L/yndeborough May 10, 1772, m. 1798,

Deborah Edwards, and removed to Barre, Vt.; nine chil-
dren.

3. TIMOTHY, b. June i, 1774, m. 1801, Miss Huzza, and re-
moved to Barre, Vt.; seven children.

5. L/ois, b. Mar. 2, 1776, m. Caleb Taft and removed to Barre,

Vt.; six children.

6. MARY, b. Aug. 3, 1779, m. 1799, John Harwood ; removed to

Mont Vernon ; six children.

7. BETTY, b. Apr. 19, 1781.

8. RHODA, b. June 27, 1783, m. 1806, Henry Cram.

9. HANNAH, b. Sept. 16, 1785.

10. DUDLEY, -f-

11. MOSES, b. Sept. 7, 1792, m. 1818, Chloe Batchelder, lived
at Amherst and New Ipswich, and 1832 removed to Os-
wego, N. Y.

DUDLEY CARLETON, son of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton ;
born June 23, 1788; married Dec. 24, 1817, Eliza, daughter of John and
Ruth (Southwick) Proctor of Lyndeborough. She was born Mar. 8, 1796;
died at Amherst, June 9, 1867. He died Nov. 19, 1873. He settled on
the old homestead farm to take care of his parents. He built the brick
house uow owned and occupied by E- C. Curtis. (Mr. Curtis owns prac-

688 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

tically all of the Carleton farm.) In 1833 he sold part of the farm with
the brick house to Amaziah Blanchard, and the rest to James O'Donnell,
and in 1834 removed to Francestown, where he lived until 1838, when he
removed to Amherst, where he died. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. July 16, 1819, m. May 13, 1858, Mary P., dau.

of Abel and Polly (Proctor) Hill of Lyndeborough. She
was b. Jan. 15, 1822. One son, John S., b. at Frances-
town, May 18, 1861, d. at Amherst, Aug. 14, 1887. John
Carleton d. in Amherst, July 31, 1891.

2. ELIZA, b. Jan. 27, 1824.

3. MARY Lois, b. Nov. 12, 1827, m. May 9, 1861, L/uther Cog-

gin, Jr., of Amherst. Res. at Amherst.

CARR.

CHARLES CARR, and Rosa, his wife, resided in Lyndeborough for a
number of years, removing to Wilton. They had two children born in
Lyndeborough.

1. C. LORENZO, b. Oct. 25, 1882.

2. Annis R. b. March 4, 1887.

CARSON.

WILLIAM CARSON was the first of that name to settle in Lyndebor-
ough. He was born in Scotland in 1722. He was a brother or nephew of
John Carson, the first settler in Francestown.* He lived in Francestown
for a time, and then removed to Johnson's Corner. He probably came
here in 1774 or 1775. He married Isabelle, daughter of John and Mary
Johnson, and settled on land which is now the farm owned by Mrs. Kil-
burn S. Curtis. He built the house which has been remodeled into the
present building. He died in 1818, aged 96. They had four children,
some of them said to have been born in Francestown : —

1. WILLIAM, -|-

2. ROBERT, -}-

3. MARY, -f

4. ASA, -\-

WILLIAM CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson ;
born 1754; married Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Harwood of
Mont Vernon. The father died a short time before the birth of the
youngest child, 1797. Children : —

1. JOHN, -f-

2. WILLIAM, b. 1797, m. Dorcas Russell. They had two chil-

dren, Eliza A. and Lafayette. Eliza A., m. Anson French
of Wilton. Lafayette d. unm.

*There is a variance of the records furnished me by a descendant of the family (Mrs.
W. 1). Hooper of Mont Vernon) and those published in the Francestown History. She
insists that John of Francestown never married, and that John, William and Robert
were his nephews. It is immaterial to this History to enter into a controversy in regard
to it.

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JOHN CARSON, son of William and Abigail (Harwood) Carson ; born
Sept. 10, 1792; married 1813, Hannah Austin of Methuen, Mass. They
had four children, two dying in infancy and two sons living to man-
hood : —

1. JOHN JOHNSON, +

2. ALEXANDER, -f-

JOHN JOHNSON CARSON, son of John and Hannah (Austin) Car-
son, born March 3, 1816 ; married June, 1840, Sarah, daughter of James
and Azubah (Curtis) Hopkins of Mont Vernon. She was born March

12, 1816 ; died Nov. 18, 1887. He died Sept. 16, 1896. Children :

»

1. SARAH F., b. March, 1841, d. July, 1842.

2. EMILY F., b. Jan. 16, 1843, m. David Upton, Sept. 7, 1854.

Res. in New Boston.

3. ADONIRAM J., b. March 27, 1845, d. September, 1847.

4. GEORGE J., +

5. HANNAH J., b. Feb. 2, 1851, d. August, 1853.

6. HATTIE J., b. Oct. 19, 1852, m. Ira Parker of Mont Vernon

June 24, 1878, d. June 26, 1881.

7. FRANK P., b. March 26, 1855, m. Eda M. Carson, Aug. 24,

1880.

GEORGE J. CARSON, son of John J. and Sarah (Hopkins) Carson,
born Oct. 19, 1848 in Mont Vernon ; married June 14, 1877, Laura A.,
daughter of David D. and Sophronia (Dickinson) Clark of Lyndebor-
ough. She was born March 7, 1852 ; died Nov. 24, 1903. Children :

1. ROY C., b. in Mont Vernon, Dec. 8, 1879.

2. CORA A., b. in Mont Vernon, Sept. 20, 1881, d. March 5,

1889.

3. HATTIE M., b. at New Boston, Aug. 13, 1883.

ALEXANDER CARSON, son of John and Hannah (Austin) Carson,
born Dec. 17, 1822 ; married Dec. 20, 1843, Margaretta C., daughter of
James and Azubah (Curtis) Hopkins of Mont Vernon. She was born Dec.
14, 1822. Children born in Lyndeborough :

i & 2. HELEN and ELLEN, twins, b. Sept. 30, 1844. Ellen
d. May 3, 1859, Helen d. Oct. 14, 1867.

3. MARTHA A., b. Feb. 28, 1846, m. May 9, 1878, Wallace D.

Hooper, and res. in Mont Vernon.

4. JOHN W., b. Nov. 16, 1847, m. Dec. 24, 1884, Julia A.

Dodge of Francestown, res. in Francestown.

5. ABBIE L,., b. June 9, 1853, d. Oct. 14, 1867.

6. ALWILDA J., b. July i, 1854, d. Oct. 17, 1867.

7. NETTIE M., b., Feb. 20, 1860, in Mont Vernon, m. March

29, 1898, Nathaniel F. Hooper, res. in Mont Vernon.

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8. THERESA D., b. May 6, 1861, in Mont Vernon, d. June 6,

1868.

ROBERT CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson.
We have been unable to find any record of his family. He married and
raised a family here, living on the Charles L. Perham farm. He is said
to have removed with his family to Barre, Vt., and to have been one of
the first settlers of that place.

MARY CARSON, daughter of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Car-
son; married Amos Wilkins. They had five children, Amos, Mary,
Isabelle, Simon and Mark. Mary and Isabelle married two brothers by
the name of Stone and went to Swampscott, Mass. Simon and Mark
also settled there or in Lynn, Mass. Amos Wilkins left his family for
some reason and was never heard from.

ASA CARSON, son of William and Isabelle (Johnson) Carson, married
Mrs. Elizabeth (Harwood) Lynch. (This widow Lynch had one daugh-
ter, Artemesia, who married Capt. Ebenezer Russell of Lyndeborough.)
Asa Carson and Elizabeth, his wife, had seven children born to them,
none of them born at Lyndeborough. The Harwood sisters, who mar-
ried William and Asa Carson, were sisters of Andrew Harwood of Perham
Corner, and daughters of John and Abigail (Hastings) Harwood of Mont
Vernon.

CARYL.

JOHN CARYL, born Sept. 16, 1791 ; married Lucy Clark, May, 1818.
She was born Aug. 3, 1800; died May 14, 1835. He died May 30. 1882.
Children :

1. JOHN C., b. May 20, 1819.

2. WILLIAM B., b. Dec. 4, 1820.

3. NANCY, b. Jan. 29, 1823.

4. OLIVE, b. June 5, 1825.

5. CHRISTANNA, b. July 16, 1827.

6. BENJAMIN W., b. Dec. i, 1829.

7. LUCY H., b. June 27, 1832.

CHAMBERLAIN.

The name Chamberlain appears very early in the history of Salem-
Canada. Jonathan Chamberlain was the son of Capt. Samuel and Abi-
gail (Hill) Chamberlain of Chelmsford, Mass. He was born there Feb.
ii, 1711. On May 12, 1737, his father deeded him for "love and natural
affection" a number of lots of land in Tyngs Township which " lyeth
on the east side of Merrimack river between Suncook or Lovell's town
(now Pembroke) and Litchfield." On Aug. 21, 1739, he sold this land to
James Anderson of Londonderry. In that same year (1739), he removed
to Salem-Canada. In 1740 or 1741 he married Elizabeth, daughter of
John and Sarah Cram. They were his predecessors by one or two years
in the township. It is evident that he returned to Chelmsford, Mass.,
and lived there for awhile, for their children are recorded as born in
Chelmsford. But Mr. Rufus Chamberlain believes they were born in

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Salem-Canada, and there being no township records kept, they were
recorded in Chelmsford, Mass. It is a fact that the older children of
the daughters of John Cram are recorded in the towns where their
husbands came "from. April 8, 1768, Jonathan Chamberlain received
from the heirs of Joseph Cram of Lyndeborough, a deed of the south
part of Lot No. 41, containing seventy-five acres. The consideration
being, "the caring for and giving Christian burial to Joseph Cram."
This farm is the one where Rufus Chamberlain now lives. Jonathan
Chamberlain was a Revolutionary soldier. He, together with his son,
Jonathan Jr., enlisted in Capt. Peter Clark's Company, and marched
from Lyndeborough for Ticonderoga, July i, 1777. (See Chap. VII.)
He was prominent in shaping the policy and management of the new
town, and endured the hardships of frontier life. His wife was born
1721, and died April 30, 1806. He died Jan. 19, 1795. Children : —

1. ELIZABETH, born April 30, 1742.

2. JONATHAN, +

3. SAMUEL, +

4. OLIVE, b. Aug. 16, 1750, m. Benjamin Cram.

5. SARAH, b. April 6, 1753, d. Jan. 5, 1797.

6. MOLLY, b. May 10, 1756.

7. JOHN, -f

8. ABIGAIL, b. July 8, 1763.

JONATHAN CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram)
Chamberlain, born Feb. 26, 1743-4 ; married July 13, 1768, Margaret,
daughter of Benjamin Cram and Elizabeth, his wife. She was born 1748.
Like his father he was a soldier in the Continental army. He died April
26, 1815. Children : —

1. BENJAMIN, b. April 7, 1770, m, Joanna Herrick. Rem. to

Gardiner, Me.

2. JONATHAN, b. March 17, 1772. Rem. to Hanover, N. H.,

and was the father of Eliza Chamberlain, who lived at the
centre for many years.

3. JOHN, b. March 26, 1774, m. Abigail Brown. Rem. to

Hallowell, Me.

4. ELIZABETH, b. June 3, 1776, m. Samuel Woodward. (See

Woodward gen.)

5. DAVID, b. Dec. 3, 1778.

6. DANIEL, +

7. MARGARET, b. Dec. 28, 1783, m. Cole.

8. OLIVE, b. Aug. 4, 1788, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See

Woodward gen.)

9. NATHANIEL, b. March 3, 1791, m. 1816, Mary Knapp. He

rem. to Covington, Ky.; later to Hudson, Mich.; d. Toledo,
O., March 20, 1857.

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10. ASA, b. April 10, 1793.

11. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 12, 1795, m. Burton. Rem. to

Mason.

DANIEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Margaret (Cram)
Chamberlain, b. March 6, 1781 ; married Hannah, daughter of Daniel
and Patience Pearsons of Lyndeborough. She died July 29, 1873. He
removed to Woburn, Mass., where he died May 5, 1874. Children re-
corded as born at Lyndeborough : —

1. HANNAH, b. Dec. 14, 1815.

2. CHLOE, b. June 23, 1817.

3. DIANTHA, b. Aug. 27, 1819.

4. AMANDA, b. Nov. n, 1824.

5. DANIEL, b. Oct. 30, 1826.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram)
Chamberlain, born April 4, 1745; married first, Hannah, who died Sept.
25, 1784; second, Naomi Richardson. He died in 1812 or 1813, and his
widow, Naomi, died in 1850 or 1851. He was a soldier in the Continental
Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children by first wife : —

1. HANNAH, b. April 28, 1775, m. Burnham. Rem. to

Greenfield.

2. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1777, d. June 13, 1780.

3. SAMUEL, +

4. AMY, b. Feb. 14, 1781.

5. BETSEY, b. April 18, 1783.

6. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 30, 1786, m. Ordway. Rem. to

New York.

7. RACHEL, b. Oct. 6, 1787, m. Thomas Dutton.

8. JOSEPH, -|-

9. PETER, b. Nov. 9, 1791. Rem. to New York.

10. NAOMI, b. Nov. 25, 1793.
By second wife : —

11. SILAS, b. Feb. 20, 1797.

12. SARAH, b. April 10, 1800.

13. PHINEAS A., b. April 4, 1802, d. March 10, 1803.

14. L/EVi,, b. June 29, 1804. Rem. to New Boston.

15. OLIVE, b. Oct. 5, 1807, d. young.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN, son of Samuel and Hannah Chamberlain,
born May 4, 1779 ; married first, Olive ; second, Hepsibah .

Children : —

1. EDA, b. Dec. 21, 1810.

2. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 18, 1812.

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3. PHILLIP, b. July 25, 1814.

4. HANNAH, b. March 12, 1816.
By second wife : —

5. HEMAN SARGENT, b. Feb. 16, 1820.

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, son of Samuel and Naomi (Richardson)
Chamberlain, born Dec. 12, 1789; married Dec. 27, 1817, Sarah Abbott of
Chelmsford, Mass. She was born March 19, 1792; died, May 31, 1857.
He died Aug. 30, 1862. After serving in the War of 1812 (See Chapter
IX), he went to Milford. He was a brick maker by trade, and came
back to his native town about 1825. Children : —

1. RUFUS, +

2. JOSEPH, b. at Milford, Feb. 22, 1821, m. Oct. 31, 1844, Mary

A. Drew of Somersworth, b. April 3, 1824. After many
removals he settled in Paxton, Mass., where he died Sept.
18, 1886. His wife d. at Cambridgeport, Mass., Dec. 6,
1886. Children: Horace E., Ella E., George A., Fred
W.

3. SALLY, b. at Milford, March n, 1823, m. July 15, 1847,

Charles Blanchard of Milford.

4. OTIS, b. at I/yndeborough, Jan. 8, 1826, m. first, May, 1849,

Clara S. Holt. She d. June 10, 1852 ; second, Nov. 24,
1852, Martha K., dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler.
She was b. Nov. 23, 1834. He rem. from I^yndeborough
and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in
Canada. He subsequently settled in Grafton, N. H.
Children : Emery O., Woodbury O., Fred W.

5. OLIVE, born at I,yndeborough, Jan. 20, 1828, m. Edwin N.

Patch. (See Patch gen.)

6. SUSAN, b. at Wilton, Oct. 29, 1830, d. Aug. 17, 1832.

7. HARVEY, b. at L/yndeborough, March 2, 1833, m. Sept. 21,

1862, Sarah J. L,ibbey of Warren. Rem. to Rivere de
L,oupe, Canada, where he d. Sept. o, 1867. Child : Harry
I,.

RUFUS CHAMBERLAIN, son of Joseph and Sarah Abbott Chamber-
lain, born at Milford, June 5, 1819 ; married May 20, 1843, Martha Jane
Upton. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 21, 1821 ; died May 24,
1892. He is of the seventh generation from Thomas Chamberlain of
Woburn, Mass., who is presumed to be the immigrant ancestor of the
Chamberlains of Lyndeborough. He is the only descendant in the male
line now living in Lyndeborough of the many Chamberlains born here.
The rest have emigrated to many parts of the country. In early life he
worked in the cotton mills of Lowell, Mass., but returned to Lyndebor-
ough and settled on the homestead farm which has been in the family

694 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

since 1768. He has always taken a lively interest in the business affairs
of the town, and has filled many offices of trust. For nine years he
was selectman and helped guide the financial matters of the town during
the closing years of the Civil War, when Lyndeborough, in common
with most of the towns of New Hampshire, was burdened with a heavy
debt. He has been a trusted counsellor of the political party to which
he belonged, and whose principles he was ever ready to defend. He was
the parish sexton for more than forty years. Children : —

1. EMILY, b. March 3, 1844, m. May 18, 1865, Charles F. Tar-

bell. (See Tarbell gen.)

2. WALTER, b. Oct. 2, 1846. Was a soldier in the Civil War,

and d. at New Orleans, L,a., May 7, 1863. (See Chapter
X.)

3. ELIZA ANN, b. Oct. 16, 1848, m. Dec. 4, 1867, Charles H.

Wilson of Deering. He was b. June 20, 1838. Children :
Willis H., Eugene R., Alice M., Walter C.

4. SARAH FLORENCE, b. Sept. 23, 1850, d. Feb. 26, 1853.

5. FRANK, b. Oct. 9, 1852, m. Oct. 23, 1873, Sarah M. Barrett.

Res. in Worcester. Children : Mabel Otis, Alton I,.

6. WILLIS BROOKS, b. June 25, 1854, m. April 30, 1879, S.

Cornelia Maynard of South Lancaster, Mass. Children :
Emma C., Marion It.

7. RUFUS WARREN, b. May u, 1856, m. Dec. 25, 1876, Carrie

J.Wallace. Res. at Omaha, Neb. Children: Fred W.,
Walter, Fannie M., Martha F.

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram)
Chamberlain, born Sept. 16, 1759; married Molly . Children re-
corded as born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MOLLY, b. March 27, 1783.

2. JOHN, -{-

3. SARAH, b. May 30, 1787.

4. MARTHA, b. March 28, 1789.

5. ABIGAIL, b. June 25, 1791.

6. ELIOT, b. Feb. i, 1793, d. Jan. 12, 1796.

7. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 21, 1795.

8. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 8, 1797, d. Feb. 5, 1797.

9. L/YDIA, b. April 10, 1798.

10. CHLOE, b. Aug. 5, 1800.

u. ELIOT, b. May 12, 1802, d. Oct. 10, 1802.

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, son of John and Molly Chamberlain,

born April 18, 1785 ; married Lucy . Children recorded as born in

Lyndeborough : —

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1. CATHARINE M., b. Dec. 10, 1812.

2. WILLIAM B., b. July 18, 1814.

3. JOHN R., b. Oct. i, 1816.

4. JOSEPH M., b. Aug. 5, 1818.

CHASE.

HARRY R. CHASE, son of Rufus and Mary A. (Blanchard) Chase,
b. Nov. 3, 1865; married Dec. 21, 1897, Alice J., daughter of Henry F.
and Mary J. (Simonds) Matthews of Wilton. She was born April 9,
1865. He has been selectman and represented the town in the Legisla-
ture, is a prosperous farmer and resides in Perham Corner. Children : —

1. HAZEL J., b. Nov. 17, 1898.

2. L,ILLA B., b. March 8, 1902.

CHEEVER.

WARD N. CHEEVER came to Lyndeborough from Lunenburg, Mass.,
in 1861, and settled in South Lyndeborough. He has been the "Village
Blacksmith " until the present writing. He united the tilling of the
soil with the blacksmith's trade and by industry and perseverance turned
some of the roughest land into smiling fields and orchards. He was
born July 21, 1831 ; married Amanda E. Chandler of Fairfield, Vt., Nov.
9, 1855. She was born Julys, 1833; died June u, 1902. Children, all
but one born in Lyndeborough : —

1. L,IZZIE J., b. in lyunenburg, Mass., June 23, 1860, m. L/ucas

Young of Manchester.

2. WARD E., b. Sept, 13, 1862.

3. WILLIAM H., -|-

4. HATTIE A., b. Oct. 20, 1871, d. March 27, 1874.

5. HERBERT A., +

WILLIAM H. CHEEVER, son of Ward N. and Amanda (Chandler)
Cheever, born June 15, 1864 ; married first, May Clark ; second, Carrie
E., daughter of William and Ellen (Karr) Duncklee of Greenfield,
March 10, 1887. She was born March 9, 1869. Children born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. HARRY W., b. July 5, 1888.

2. ALICE M., b. Feb. 4, 1891.

3. CHARLES E., b. Nov. 14, 1893.

4. PERLEY W., b. Sept. 26, 1897.

5. HOWARD I,., b. June 4, 1903.

HERBERT A. CHEEVER, son of Ward N. and Amanda (Chandler)
Cheever, born Oct. 10, 1873 ; married S. May, daughter of John C. and
Mercy M. (Wood) Miller of Lyndeborough, Oct. 20, 1894. She was born
Nov. 19 1863, and died March 7, 1901 ; married second, Jan. i, 1903, Carrie
L., daughter of George L. and Hannah (Gibson) Marsh, born Jan. i, 1877.
Children by first wife born in Lyndeborough : —

696 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

i. RALPH J., b. July 4, 1895.
5. SILAS W., b. Feb. 14, 1897.
3. MARY N., b. Aug. 18, 1898. .

CHENERY.

MOSES CHENERY was born in Watertown, Mass., Oct. 9, 1796;
married Nancy A. Haley of Jamaica Plain, Mass. She was born May,
1796 ; died April 8, 1869. He came to Lyndeborough and bought the
farm owned and occupied by a Mr. Webber. The house was built by
Timothy Ordway, Sr., where Chas. J. Cummings now lives. Mr. Chenery
lived there until his death, June 17, 1861. Children : —

1. HARRIET J., m. Dr. William A. Jones. (See Jones gen.)

2. ALMIRA D., b. Oct. 13, 1838, d. in 1849.

CHENERY.

JOHN CHENERY, born July 7, 1826; married Mrs. Mary D. Well-
man of Temple, Aug. 13, 1862. She was born Dec. 8, 1833. He died
Nov. 22, 1904. Children : —

1. ELSIE JANE, b. Oct. 6, 1863, d. Aug. 17, 1864.

2. ANGIE F., b. Jan. 8, 1869, m. John W. Follansbee of Mont

Vernon, Sept. 6, 1887.

CLAGGETT.

REV. ERASTUS BALDWIN CLAGGETT, (See Church History)
born in Newport, May 9, 1815; died at New Fairfield, Conn., May 16,
1877 ; married Mary A. Paine. We can get no record of the dates of the
birth of their children, all born in Lyndeborough. But they were bap-
tized as follows : —

1. ERASTUS PRENTICE, b. Sept., 1845, bap. Jan. i, 1847.

2. SUMNER EVERETT, bap. June 29, 1848.

3. ELIZABETH PAINE, bap. July i, 1852.

4. CHARLES WENTWORTH, bap. Nov. 7, 1858.

5. HENRY MORRIS, bap. Sept. 4, 1862.

CLARK.

MAJ. PETER CLARK came to Lyndeborough Jan. 23, 1775, from
Braintree, Mass. His brother John came the same year from the same
place. They were descendants of Hugh Clark, who came to this country
from England and settled in Watertown, Mass.

Peter and John were of the fifth generation from Hugh Clark.

Peter was born Feb. 4, 1743; married Hannah Eppes of Braintree,
Mass., Oct. 20, 1763. She died Dec. 21, 1814. He died Oct. 14, 1826. He
settled on lot no, second division, where Henry E. Holden now lives.
Soon after coming to Lyndeborough he joined the Continental Army, and
in 1775 was commissioned a captain in the gth regiment, N. H. Militia.

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(See p. 592). After the war he returned home, and was evidently a
very useful citizen. He was moderator, town clerk and selectman in
1777, and it would be interesting to know just how he performed the
duties of those offices on town meeting day. He was moderator in 1777,
1783, 1788, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1798 and 1800 ; town clerk, 1777, 1778, 1788,
1789, 1793 ; selectman, 1777, 1778, 1788, 1789, 1793, 1800, and 1801 ; repre-
sentative to the General Court in 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794. In politics he
was a " federalist," in religion a " puritan." He had a profound regard
for the Scriptures, and was very regular in his devotions. He was a
strict observer of the Sabbath and regular in his attendance at church.
He was chosen "deacon " of the Congregational church in 1783 and re-
tained the office until his death, although he voluntarily ceased to
officiate some years before. He was a man of much influence in civil and
religious life, and during the early years of his official duties, was one of
the very few men in the town of his adoption who were regarded quali-
fied to transact the business of the town. He was very systematic in his
habits. He wore the long stockings, knee and shoe buckles and the old
fashioned cue as long as he lived.

He built a "pottery" and manufactured the brown earthenware that
was in such common use in those days. His son Peter also built a "pot-
tery " near where John H. Goodrich lives, and the two did an extensive
business. The clay was brought from Amherst, N. H., and the products
of the potteries, crocks, jugs, bean pots, etc., were peddled out in the
neighboring towns. It is said that more business was done around these
"plants" in those days than anywhere else in town. The old pottery
was destroyed about fifty years ago. He was one of the few who kept a
diary of events in those days, and we here insert extracts from it of the
stirring times of the Revolutionary War; also a letter written to his
family from the battlefield of Bennington : —

Jan. 23, 1775 Set out for L,yndeborough with my family

" 25, " Arrived at Lyndeborough

Feb. 20, " ,1/ayed out the Highway through my field from the mill to

Woodbury's

Mar. 15, " Began to saw at my mill

Apr. 6, " Hauled timber for my house

" 19, " The fight began at Concord

Oct. 25, " Hauled timber for barn and shop

Nov. 2, " Raised my house. Killed my ox

Dec. 29, " Finished boarding my house

Feb. i, 1776 Began to build my chimney

" 26, " MOVED in to my HOUSE

July 9, " Raised my barn

" 12, " Raised 17 men for Concord

Aug. 10, " Set out for Bennington

" n, " Arrived at do.

" 14, " Marched out of Bennington

" 1 6, " Battle fought at St. Croix

" 25, " Hooper of New Boston died with his wound

Sept. 6, " Marched to St. Croix

" 10, " Marched for Stillwater

698 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Sept. 18, 1776 Set out from Stillwater for home

" 20, " Set out from Bennington

" 24, " Arrived at Lyndeborough

" 29, " Orders came to raise men

Oct. 4, 1777 Set out to go to the army

" 7, " Arrived at Bennington

" 9, " Marched from Benniugton as far as St. Croir

" 10, " Arrived at Batten Hill

" u, " Marched for Fort Edward

" 12, " Arrived at Fort Edward

" 14, " Marched at night to Fort George

" 15, " Returned to Fort Edward

" 16, " Marched to Saratoga

" 17, " Burgoin and his army gave up and marched off

" 18, " We set out from Saratoga

" 19, " Lodged at Mrs. Rown

" 21, " Lodged in Northfield

" 22, " Lodged in Dublin

" 23, " Arrived at Lyndeborough

Apr. 3, 1779 Fell wood by Richardson's

June 15, " Ruben Bachelder raised his house

July 20, " Went to Goffstown to muster men

Sept. 6, " Raysed men for Portsmouth

Oct. 20, " Esq. Fuller run the line between Mr. Bullock and I

Jan. 24, 1780 School began at Capt. Barren's

May 19, " dark day at n o'clock as Dark as night

Nov. 25, " School-house burnt

Dec. 4, " Worked on School house

Ang. 14, 1793 Raised school house

Nov. 21, " Jonathan Barren drowned

May 20, 1797 Had the last newspaper

July 22, " Began to take the paper

Jan.'4i2, 1800 Meeting-house dressed in mourning for Gen1 Washington

Nov. 4, " Polly Lewis ran away with Dickerman

Dec. 24, " Town singing school began here

Dec. 2, 1801 Raised horse shed at meeting-house.

The following is a letter written by Capt. Peter Clark to his
wife from Bennington, Vt.

Bennington (VT) Aug 18, 1777

These with my love to you and my dear children and Brothers and
Sisters. Hoping you are well as I am at present Except something of a
cold and much Fatagued with marching and last Saturday's action. We
are now about twenty miles east of Stillwater. We came to this Town
last Monday from Manchester, last Wednesday the whole Brigade was
paraded to march to Stillwater and while under arms the General Received
intelligence that there was a Large Body of the enemy coming to Destroy
the Stores at Bennington. Where upon the Brigade was Dismissed until
towards night, and then sent off Lt. Coll Gray of Londonderry with
about two Hundred men who early the next morning Discovered the
enemy at a mill about 7 miles from this place, and finding them a Large

ff

GENEALOGIES 699

body after firing at each other a few times Retreated and met the Brigade
about halfway between this mill and Bennington where the Brigade
made a stand and threw up a " Slity " brest work, the enemy came down
within about a mile & ^ of us and made a stand. Their number we
could not find out, but it appears by prisoners taken there was about 15
hundred. The next day was Friday and by Reason of Rainy wether noth-
ing of any Consequence was done. The next day Saturday Aug. 16 at 20
minutes past three in the afternoon the Battle began in earnest we Being
at this time on Every part of them and as near as I can tell I think the
battle held about >£ an hour and was Equal to Bunker Hill Excepting
there was not as many cannon, the Enemy had two Brass Field pieces,
we had none, the I/ord of Hosts sent them off in such hast they Left their
all and run. However we took many of them but here i must not End
for we had another battle much harder than the first for we were all most
tired out, and many of our people gone with the Prisoners, and those that
pursued those that fled were tnett by two Regements of Hessia Regulars
about Eight Hundred besides Torys who were all fresh hands who had
not been in the first Battle which brought on another Battle, which con.
tinued untill dark, but finally they were obliged to flee before us and
leave behind them two more Brass field pieces, small arms, and other
things. So God gave us a Compleat Victory over them. Many think it
to be all things considered the greatest Victory won since the war by the
Americans. Peter Clark.

Children of Maj. Peter Clark and Hannah (Eppes) Clark, five
younger born in L/yndeborough : —

i. PETER, +

2. W ItU AM, -f-

3. DANIEL, +

4. BENJAMIN, -}-

5. FRANCIS, b. Feb. 25, 1772, d. July 14, 1773.

6. FRANCIS, +

7. HANNAH, b. March 14, 1776, d. April 3, 1776.

8. SAMUEL, +

9. HANNAH, b. May 8, 1780, m. Jonathan Parker of Chelms-

ford, Mass.

10. DEBORAH, m. Isaiah Parker of Chelmsford, Mass. (See
Parker gen.)

11. JOHN, +

PETER CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born
Sept. 27, 1764; married Elizabeth Punchard of Salem, Mass., July, 1783.
He removed to Brownington, Vt., but returned to I/yndeborough, where
he died Feb. 3, 1851. Children, born in I/yndeborough : —

i. PETER, b. Aug. 13, 1784, m. Jane Aiken, who was b.
March 10, 1785. He d. Dec. 25, 1853. He lived in Fran-
cestown and Nashua, ultimately removing to Boston. He

700 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

was a man of much enterprise, had large business inter-
ests and was closely connected with the railroad interests
of New England. Children : Peter, John L,., Benjamin,
Jane M., James G.
2. BENJAMIN, b. July i, 1787, d. Jan. 5, 1806.

WILLIAM CLARK, son of Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, was born
May 18, 1766; married Dec. 20, 1787, Sarah Barren of Lyndeborough.
She was born 1771 ; died March 14, 1855. He died Nov. n, 1855. He
was a farmer and drover, and was selectman in 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801,
and 1802. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. SARAH, b. Sept. 8, 1788, m. Daniel Gould of L/yndeborough,

and rem. to Illinois.

2. WILLIAM, -(-

3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1793, m. Alfred Killam of L/yndebor-

ough, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever.

4. JONATHAN, -|-

5. PETER, +

6. L,UCY, b. Aug. 3, 1800, m. John Caryl of L/yndeborough.

(See Caryl gen.)

7. DEBORAH, b. May 3, 1803, d. Feb. 19, 1812, of spotted fever.

8. OLIVE, b. Aug. 5, 1805, m. Samuel Jones of L/yndeborough.

(See Jones gen.)

9. BENJAMIN F., -}-

10. MICAH, B., b. Dec. 19, 1810, d. July 30, 1811.

11. HANNAH D., b. Oct. 12, 1812, d. Feb. 13, 1865, m. George
F. Gilmore of Pittsburg, Pa.

12. BARRON, b. Sept. 8, 1815, d. April 18, 1826.

REV. WILLIAM CLARK, son of Wm. and Sarah (Barren) Clark;
born Jan. 31, 1791 ; died June 25, 1853 ; married Nancy Herrick of Green-
field, N. H., May, 1814. She was born March i, 1788; died July 4, 1850.
He was licensed to preach Sept., 1832 ; removed to Carlyle, N. Y., where
he was for many years pastor of a Presbyterian church. Children, born
in Lyndeborough : —

1. HANNAH E., b. Feb. 16, 1815; m. Dr. J. H. Ells, Nov. 27,

1839-

2. MARY H., b. Dec. n, 1816, d. April, 1855.

3. NANCY D., b. Aug. 13, 1818, d. Dec., 1884.
JONATHAN CLARK, born July 4, 1795 ; married Sarah Putnam of

Lyudeborough, Dec. 16, 1817. She was born Aug. 19, 1793 ; died May 30,
1890. He died Oct. 23, 1879. Children, all born in Lyudeborough : —

1. JONATHAN, b. March 8, 1819, d. Aug. 8, 1822.

2. JONATHAN B., b. June 7, 1822, rem. to California, d. Dec.

24, 1876.

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3. DAVID P., -f

4. SARAH M., b. June 26, 1825, m. C. A. Blood of North

Chelmsford, Mass., d. Dec. 24, 1894.

5. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 3, 1827, d. Feb. 6, 1831.

6. ABBY A., b. Oct. 3, 1830, m. Hiram Cummings of L/owell,

Mass., Feb. n, 1849, d. Nov. 16, 1889.

7. HANNAH D., b. April 3, 1834, res. in Methuen, Mass.

DAVID P. CLARK, born Nov. 14, 1823; removed to North Chelms-
ford, Mass.; married Jan. 31, 1848, Eliza J. Blood of North Chelmsford,
Mass. She was born Oct. 26, 1825. Children: —

1. ABBY F.

2. FRANK H.

3. I, AURA E.

4. EMMA A.

5. MARY G.

CAPT. PETER CLARK, son of William and Sarah (Barren) Clark;
born Oct. 12, 1797 ; married first, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Chloe
(Farrington) Jones of Lyndeborough, Nov. 20, 1823. She was born Dec.
21, 1798; died Feb. 16, 1839; married second, Lucy, daughter of Benja-
min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich of Lyndeborough, Feb. 19, 1840. She
was born Jan. 13, 1808 ; died July 6, 1878. He died Sept. 25, 1879.

He received his education in the common schools of the town, and
when a young man learned the potter's trade, at which he worked for
several years. He took great interest in military affairs, and joined a
cavalry company attached to the 22nd Regiment, N. H. Militia, which
was composed of men from Lyndeborough and adjoining towns, and rose
to the rank of captain, and by this title he was ever afterward known.
He united with the Congregational church in early life, and was a con-
stant attendant at church and served as warden many years. In 1842 he
removed to North Chelmsford, Mass., where he lived five years, return-
ing to North Lyndeborough in 1847. In 1854 he purchased the farm at
the "Centre" known as the "Squire" Stiles place, where the remainder
of his life was passed. He was a genial man, fond of a song or story, a
kind, helpful neighbor and hospitable to all.

He was the hero of an incident that was much talked of at the time :
While travelling alone about two miles south of Amherst village on the
afternoon of July 18, 1850, he was attacked by two highwaymen, who
sprang from the woods a little in advance of his team. One seized his
horse by the bit, while the other presented a pistol at his head and de-
manded " his money or his life." But they were mistaken in their man.
Capt. Clark had the courage and grit of his Revolutionary ancestors, and
did not propose to surrender valuables without a struggle. His only
weapon was a heavily loaded whip in the wagon. Seizing this he sprang
upon his assailant, dealing him a blow that felled him to the ground. At
the same instant the other man fired point blank at Mr. Clark's head,
the pistol being held so close that his face was filled with powder ; then
ensued a hand to hand struggle, the frightened horse meanwhile turning

702 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

around in the road. His assailants getting the worst of the encounter,
jumped into the wagon and drove rapidly away, leaving Mr. Clark master
of the situation, but minus his team. He walked to Amherst village,
where his burned and blood-stained face created much excitement. His
horse was driven to Boston that night. It was subsequently recovered,
but that ninety-mile drive practically ruined it. The town of Amherst
offered a reward of two hundred dollars for the capture of the footpads,
but they were never found. Children, all born in Lyndeborough. but
William H.: —
By first wife : —

1. BENJAMIN JONES, b. Dec. 26, 1824, d. Jan. 23, 1899. Was

a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

2. SARAH DEBORAH, b. Dec. 27, 1827, m. Thomas P. Rand of

Francestown, d. Nov. 14, 1904. (See Rand gen.)
By second wife : —

3. WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 1 6, 1844, in North Chelmsford, Mass.,

m. Abby K., dau. of Thomas P. and L/ydia (Wheeler) Rand
of Francestown, Dec. 15, 1875. She was born July 31,
1855. Res. on Clark homestead, and is an enterprising and
prosperous farmer.

4. LUCY ARABELLA, b. March 10, 1848, m. Ramsey C. Bout-

well, Nov. 20, 1872. He was a son of the Rev. Thurston
Boutwell, b. in Minnesota, May 16, 1837, d. April 24, 1898.

REV. BENJAMIN F. CLARK, born Feb. 23, 1808 ; married Mehitable
Atwood of Lyndeborough, Nov. 23, 1837. She was born Nov. 29, 1806 ;
died June 6, 1853. He died May 28, 1879, at North Chelmsford, Mass.
In his youth he learned the potter's trade. In 1826 he united with the
Congregational Church at Lyndeborough, He soon felt himself called
to preach the gospel, but pecuniary disaster rendered his father unable
to help him to an education. Hearing of special facilities in Tennessee
for those who were willing to carve out their own fortunes, in April, 1827,
he set out for that distant region and found his way to Boston with a
bundle of clothing and twenty-five dollars in his pocket. Thence with
two companions he took a packet to Baltimore. Resting here a short
time, he set out on foot with one of his companions for Marysville, East
Tennessee, 500 miles. Reaching his destination in June he connected
himself with the literary department of the Southwestern Theological
Seminary. He was not long satisfied with the instruction here, and in
March, 1829, he found his way 350 miles, again on foot, to Oxford, Ohio.
To defray the expense of this journey, he sold his watch and overcoat.
At Oxford he completed his preparatory studies and entered Miami
University, graduating with high honor in 1833. By acting as private
tutor in mathematics and teaching singing, with the economy taught by
necessity, he was able to support and educate himself.

He was principal of Rising Sun Seminary, in Rising Sun, Indiana,
from October, 1833, to October, 1834 ; studied theology at Lane Semi-
nary two years and a half, commencing in the autumn of 1834. Here,

GENEALOGIES 703

among other eminent teachers he enjoyed the instruction of Lyman
Beecher. Licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Oxford, Ohio, in
October, 1837, he returned to his home in Lyndeborough. He married
first, Mehitable, daughter of Paul and Judith Atwood of Lyndeborough.
Three children were the result of this union. She died June 16, 1853,
and he married second, Mrs. Julia Ann Atwood of Amherst, N. H.,
widow of the late Dr. Moses Atwood of New Boston, N. H. She died
at North Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 4, 1889.

The pastor of the church in Lyndeborough being ill, Mr. Clark sup-
plied his pulpit the first seven months in 1838, also Mt. Vernon and
Francestown pulpits three months of the same year.

From January, 1839, until August, 1839, he was at Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary. In August, 1839, he was ordained pastor of the Congregat-
ional Church at North Chelmsford, Mass. At this time this church had
been without a pastor seven years and was greatly reduced, but with his
accustomed heartiness and energy, he entered into the work of building
up the village, schools and church, and was eminently successful, retain-
ing his interest in them all through life.

During his ministry there were received by profession, 105 ; by letter,
77 ; total, 182. His salary all through his pastorate was $600. He never
had a vacation. He preached three times each Sabbath. A good singer,
he was instrumental in improving the singing of the Sabbath School
and choir.

He was genial and companionable, of a very social disposition, fond of
a story, apt at a joke and as ready to take as to give a pleasantry. He
was quite popular in his vicinity as a lyceum lecturer. One of his best
lectures was entitled " Changes in New England manners and customs
during the last 70 years," illustrated by old folks in costume singing
songs" of Ye olden time " carding and spinning on the large and small
wheels etc. This led the way for the old folks' concerts so popular for a
time.

Mr. Clark was on the school committee of Chelmsford for 20 years and
for many years and up to the time of his death a director in the Stony
Brook Railroad Corporation. He died at North Chelmsford, Mass.,
May 28, 1879.* Children, all by first wife : —

1. JOHN H., b. Dec. 25, 1838, m. Marion, dau. of Neil Mc-

Lane of New Boston.

2. FRANCELIA, Feb. i, 1844, d. April 15, 1858.

3. MARY E., b. Nov. n, 1847, d. July 17, 1849.

DANIEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark, born
March 14, 1768 ; married Mary Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough, Nov. 25,
1790. She was born Sept. 20, 1768; died April 3, 1852. He died Aug. n,
1828. Children : —

1. MARY, b. Sept. 27, 1791, d. May 9, 1841.

2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1793, m. Sally Hall. He d. 1863.

* The facts, and often the exact language of this sketch are taken from the Memorial
Address at the funeral of Rev. Benj. F. Clark, May 31, 1879, by Wni. P. Alcott, acting
pastor.

704 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

3. PETER, b. Aug. n, 1794, m. Betsey Whitmarsh, Dec. 2?,
1817, d. Oct. 18, 1855. She was b. May 17, 1789, d. Aug.
5, 1849.

BENJAMIN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ;
born Feb. 26, 1770"; married Susanna Bass of Braintree, Mass., Feb. 7,
1793. She was born May 16, 1768; died Nov. 3, 1824. He died Aug. n,
1844. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. HANNAH, b. Dec. 3, 1793.

2. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 29, 1795, d. Dec. 29, 1796.

3. FRANCIS, b. May i, 1796, m. Julia L/iscomb, June 5, 1821.

4. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 23, 1798, m. Sophie Knight, May 21,

1823.

5. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 25, 1800, d. Jan. 4, 1889, m. Hannah

Cross.

6. PETER, b. Jan. 24, 1802, m. Philena Mann, Sept. 12, 1827.

7. DR. HOWARD, b. Jan. 31, 1804, m. Gilty L/etson, July 13,

1834.

8. SUSANNA, b. Dec. 12, 1805, d. Dec. 15, 1805.

9. DANIEL, b. Nov. n, 1806, m. Elizabeth Avery, Mar. 6, 1827.

10. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 2, 1808, d. Nov. 19, 1808.

11. WILLIAM, b. March 19, 1811, m. Fanny H. Silver, Oct. 4,

1837-

12. HENRY, b. Sept. 15, 1815, m. Harriet D. Badger, March

22, 1838.

FRANCIS CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born
April 14, 1774 ; married Mehitable Gould of Lyndeborough, Dec. 24, 1795.
He died Oct. 21, 1824. Children : —

1. DORCAS, b. Nov. 25, 1796.

2. MEHITABLE, b. Oct. 31, 1798.

3. DEBORAH, b. May 16, 1801, d. Oct. 29. 1812.

4. POLLY, b. April 21, 1803, m. Jonathan Dodge, Jan. i, 1824.

5. FRANCIS, b. June 16, 1805.

6. Harriet, b. Aug. 27, 1808.

7. PAULINA, b. Sept. 6, 1811, d. March 2, 1843.

8. DEBORAH, b. Sept. 21, 1813, d. July, 1834.

9. CHARLES L,., b. Dec. 2, 1816.

10. WILLIAM, b. July 6, 1819.

SAMUEL CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ; born
March 19, 1777; married first, Betsey Cleaves; she died Oct. i, 1825;
married second, Abigail Currier. He died April 17, 1857. Children: —

1. BETSEY, b. 1795.

2. HENRY, b. 1798, d, 1802.

GENEALOGIES 705

3. MARY, b. 1802, m. Trueworthy Oilman, d. Nov. 15, 1843.

4. CLARISSA, b. 1805, m. Franklin Rand, Oct. 16, 1839.

5. EMILY, b. 1807, m. Capt. Richard Hall.

6. PAULINA, b. 1809, m. Robert Webb.

DBA. JOHN CLARK, son of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epps) Clark ;
born Jan. 4, 1785 ; married first, Margaret Rand of Lyndeborough, Nov.
18, 1806. She was born June 15, 1782 ; died Aug. 31, 1846. Married sec-
ond, Nancy Patterson of Greenfield, N. H., Dec. 9, 1847. He died March
J9> ^55- He removed to New Ipswich, N. H., and became a prominent
and influential citizen. Children : —

1. MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1807, in Lyndeborough.

2. HANNAH, b. June 16, 1809, in Lyndeborough.

3. DEBORAH, b. Oct. 12, 1811, in Lyndeborough.

4. JOHN PRESCOTT, b. April n, 1814, in Lyndeborough.

5. PETER H., b. in New Ipswich, Dec. n, 1816.

6. JAMES R., b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1822.

JOHN CLARK came to Lyndeborough from Braintree, Mass., in 1775.
He settled on lot 126, second division, near the North Lyndeborough
schoolhouse. He married Margery Hayward, April 24, 1777. She died
Nov. 26, 1808. He died March 19, 1814. Child, born in Lyndeborough: —

i. SALLY, b. Nov. 19, 1778, m. Benjamin Goodrich, son of Rev.
Sewell and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich. (See Goodrich
gen.)

CLARK.

MATTHEW CLARK was descended from Dea. James Clark, one of the
sixteen proprietors who settled Londonderry in 1719. James Clark mar-
ried Mrs. Elizabeth (Fulton) Wilson, May 22, 1722. Her interesting ex-
perience is mentioned in the history of Londonderry. Their eldest son,
John, born March 31, 1723, married Margaret, daughter of Matthew and
Elizabeth (Lindsey) Clark. Matthew, son of John and Margaret
(Clark) Clark, born 1762, married Nancy, daughter of John and Janet
(McClintock) Dickey of Derryfield, N. H. in 1783. He removed to Wil-
ton, N. H., in 1798, and with his son, James L., came to Lyndeborough in
1815, where he died Oct. 23, 1827. Children : —

1. JAMES L., +

2. NANCY, b. March 30, 1795, m. Henry Clark.

JAMES LINDSEY CLARK, son of Matthew and Nancy (McClintock)
Clark, came to Lyndeborough from Wilton, N. H., in 1815, and settled
on the farm where Chas. L. Perham now lives. (Home lot No. 60.) This
farm was one of the first occupied in the history of the town. July 10,
1736, John Hutchinson of Litchfield gave a bond to Jonathan Peal of
Salem, Mass., one of the original proprietors, that he would have within
four years a dwelling house on home lot No. 60, " twenty feet by
eighteen," and twelve acres cleared, broken up and brought to and fenced

706 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

in. In the deed given Sept. 27, 1760, the statement is made that these
conditions were fulfilled. The farm was occupied by the James Hutchin-
son family until Feb. 19, 1794. Later owners were Samuel Butterfield,
David Butterfield and Abel Hill.

James Lindsey Clark was born in Londonderry, N. H., May 15, 1790 ;
married June 27, 1815, Rebecca, daughter of Timothy and Prudence
(Chapman) Baldwin of Wilton, a descendant of John of England, who
came to Billerica, Mass., in 1655. She was born April n, 1793 ; died Oct.
18, 1820. He married second, in 1823, Hannah Baldwin, sister of Re-
becca, born Feb. 23, 1795 ; died March 13, 1860.

Children of James I/, and Rebecca (Baldwin) Clark : —

i DAVID DICKEY, +

2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec., 1819; died Oct. 9, 1828.

Children of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin) Clark : —

1. REBECCA B., married Oliver Perham. (See Perhani gen.)

2. HANNAH JANE, b. July 2, 1825, m. William S. Treadwell

of Peterborough, N. H., May i, 1849, res. in Peterbor-
ough.

3. WILLIAM HENRY, b. April 28, 1827,, m. Theresa A., dau.

of William H. and Sarah Morrill Heath of Deering, N. H.,
April 2, 1858, res. in West Medford, Mass. Children :
Walter G., Evelyn T.

4. JAMES BROOKS, b. Oct. 15, 1828, d. Nov. 4, 1850. .

5. ASA BALDWIN, b. Oct. 17, 1831, m. Jan. i, 1861, Mary E.,

dau. of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough.
Was a grocer in Wilton for several years, now a resident of
Wellesley, Mass. Child : Alice B.

6. ELIZABETH, b 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837.

7. FRANK GREY, -f-

DAVID DICKEY CLARK, born Sept. 18, 1817; married April 22,
1842, Sophronia, daughter of John and Mary (Chandler) Dickinson of
Weathersfield, Vt. She was born Jan. 26, 1816; died May 13, 1872. He
was a resident of the town for many years ; died March i, 1890. Chil-
dren : —

1. WILLIAM T., b. May 7, 1843, m. Sept. 3, 1867, L/. Jennie,

dau. of Isaac and Lydia (Thompson) Richards of East
Monmouth, Me. Is a photographer and res. in Boston,
Mass. Children : Mary A., Waldo D.

2. MARY JANE, b. March 25, 1845, d. Nov. 24, 1864.

3. GORHAM B., b. April 18, 1847, <*• July 24, 1865. Was a

soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

4. EDNA A., b. April 7, 1849, d. Oct. 26, 1870, m. Jan. 4, 1869,

Wallace Clark of Peterborough. Child : Harry B.

V /

GENEALOGIES 707

5. LAURA A., b. March 7, 1852, m. George J. Carson. (See

Carson gen.)

6. JAMES L., JR., b. May 25, 1856, m. Dec. 30, 1885, Lizzie C.,

dau. of David and Mary (Mitchell) Wallace of Nashua,
N. H. Children : Wallace B., Marion F.

7. SARAH MELISSA, b. Nov. 17, 1859, m. May i, 1888, Alonzo

J. Gove of Alexandria, where they reside. Children :
Grace E. G., Ethel B.

REV. FRANK GREY CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1838. He prepared for
college at Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H. and was graduated
from Amherst College in 1862. He became the principal of Francestown
Academy in August of the same year, and resigned that position in the
summer of 1867. He was eminently successful as a teacher, and brought
the old " Academy " into a high state of efficiency. Probably it was
never more prosperous during any period of its history. He married
Charlotte, daughter of Samuel and Mary Cutter McCoy of Peterborough,
Aug. ii, 1864. She was assistant teacher at the Academy, faithful and
competent, and their many pupils, scattered now all over the country,
regard them with loving esteem. Graduating in the special course at
Andover Theological Seminary in 1869, he was ordained at Francestown,
Sept. 2 of that same year, and served as city missionary at Manchester,
N. H., until April i, 1873. He was installed over the Congregational
church, Rindge, N. H., June 3, 1873, an^ after a pastorate of five years
was dismissed Dec. 31, 1878. He was installed over the church at
Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 28, 1879, an(i dismissed April 4, 1888. He resided
at West Medford, Mass., 1888 and 1889, and was acting pastor over a
church at Arlington, Mass., for eight months in 1889. Installed at Ply-
mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1890. He was a delegate in the Christian Commis-
sion in front of Petersburg, Va., in 1864. Was superintending school com-
mittee in Francestown, 1864 and 1865, and a member of the school board
iu Manchester in 1873. He has published a number of sermons, and
compiled and edited pamphlets of value to the Congregational denomina-
tion. He delivered the historical address at the anniversary of the set-
tlement of Lyndeborough, Sept. 4, 1889, and published the same in pam-
phlet form. This address was the result of much research among old
records, and has been largely incorporated in this history.

CLARK

HENRY CLARK, born in Chester, Oct. 25, 1788; married Nov. 7, 1816,
Nancy, daughter of Matthew and Nancy (Dickey) Clark of Lyndebor-
ough. She was born in Derry, March 30, 1795, and died in Medford,
Mass., March 10, 1873. Her father removed from Derry to Wilton in
1798, and thence to Lyndeborough in 1815. He lived on the place where
Chas. L. Perham now lives, and was the father of James Lindsey Clark,
whose family register may be found in another place.

Henry Clark bought a farm in New Boston and lived there until 1850,
when he removed to Lyndeborough, where he died Apr. u, 1867. He
had charge of the town farm for one year, and then bought the place at
the Centre now best known as the Fowler place. Henry Clark's father,

708 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

John Clark, was a soldier in the Revolution. Children, all born in New
Boston : —

1. GEORGE, b. Aug. i, 1817, m. Cynthia I,. Davis of Unadilla,

N. Y., Feb. 6, 1842. He d. in Medford, Mass., Jan. i,
1880. She d. Nov. 9, 1883.

2. CHARLES F., b. April 19, 1819, m April 24, 1842, L/ydia M.

Rines of Wilton. He d. in Boston, May 25, 1893. She d.
March 17, 1860.

3. JAMES L/., born April 3, 1821, m. Nov. 8, 1841, Sarah A.

Phelps of Andover, N. H. He d. in Yarmouth, Mass.,
Dec. 12, 1864. Shed. 1898.

4. HEPZIBAH H., b. Sept. 23, 1823, m. May 21, 1843, Gilman

Griffin. He d. in Somerville, Mass., Sept. 18, 1856. She
d. Jan. 17, 1894.

5. NANCY M., b. Jan. 22, 1826, m. Sept. 6, 1849, Orvid M.

Fowler of Johnson, Vt. He d. in Medford, Mass., May 20,
1899. She res. in Medford, Mass.

6. HENRY, b. May n, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1852, Julia M. Tayler

of Chelsea, Mass. She d. Nov. 26, 1866. He m. second,
Nancy J. Dennison of Hampton, 111., July 30, 1868, where
they are still living.

7. WILLIAM D., b. Dec. 19, 1831, m. Mary B. Snell of L,ud-

low, Vt., July i, 1855. He d. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 17,
1900.

8. ELEANOR J., b. Aug. 12, 1834, m. March 30, 1856, Stephen

Crocker of Halifax, Mass., m. second, Isaac H. Locke of
Alexander, N. H., June 8, 1867. He d. in Whitman,
Mass., July 23, 1903. She res. at Whitman.

9. FRANKLIN AUSTIN, b. Apr. 13, 1837, m. Oct. 28, 1862,

Amelia Cook of Medford, Mass. Res. in Ossipee, N. H.

10. DUDLEY H., b. Sept. 2, 1838, m. July 25, 1861, Eldora
Butterfield of Wayland, Mass. He d. in Medford, Mass.,
Nov. 12, 1865. She d. Aug., 1873.

CLEMENT.

CHARLES O. CLEMENT, son of Archibald and Margaret (Sylvester)
Clement ; born in Warren, Me., Nov. 3, 1851 ; married June 28, 1873,
Mary A., daughter of Salathiel L. and Mary J. (Carpenter) Wheeler of
Windsor. She was born June 14, 1856. He came to Lyndeborough in
1873 and built a house in South Lyndeborough. He is a carpenter by
trade, and is in the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
R.R.; resides in Dedham, Mass. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

i. BERTIE L,., b. April 2, 1874, m. Oct. 3, 1896, Mrs. Emma J.

GENEALOGIES 709

Farnum. Children: Charles W., Anna I,. Res. in Ded-
ham, Mass.

2. MABEL M., b. April 9, 1877, m. Arthur K. Woodward.

(See Woodward gen.)

3. PERLEY E., b. Sept. 6, 1882. l V,V'

COCHRANB.

WILLIAM K. COCHRANE purchased the Boardman place in North
Lyndeborough in 1856 and lived there until 1860, when he removed to
Goffstown, N. H. He married Lydia Swasey. She died March 17, 1879.
He died April 27, 1878. Children : —

1. ELLEN 1^., b. in Newbury, Vt., Nov. 22, 1832.

2. WILLIAM H. D., b. in North Chelmsford, Mass., Dec. 29,

1838, m. Irene A. Stokes of Manchester, N. H., April 12,
1870. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and was pro-
moted to the rank of L,ieut. Col.

COIvBURN.

JAMES L. COLBURN, son of Leonard and Mary T. (Livingston) Col-
burn ; born in New Boston, July 8, 1842 ; married June 7, 1865, Nancy J.,
daughter of William and Lois (Carson) Hopkins. He lived for a while
after his marriage in Francestown, then in Revere, Mass., removing
thence to Medford, Mass. He came to Lyndeborough in 1900 and bought
the mill known as Buttrick's, or the Eaton mill. He was a soldier in the
Civil War, and was for a long time in the rebel prison at Danville. Child,
born in Francestown : —

i. BERTRAND W., b. July 17, 1869.

COIvSON.

JAMES COLSON, born in Monroe, Me., Sept. 25, 1834 ; married first,
Tamson Steele of Sebec, Me. She was born June 17, 1840; died March
15, 1866 ; married second, July 3, 1869, Dorcas Libby of Lawrenceville,
Canada. She was born Dec. 26, 1843. He was an employee of the Elgin
Watch Co., Elgin, 111. for many years. Came to Lyndeborough in 1893.
Resides on the Nelson Cram place, South Lyndeborough.

CONANT.

ALBERT S. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds)
Conant; born July 22, 1840, in Antrim ; married first, Almanda J., daugh-
ter of Joseph and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford of Lyndeborough, Oct. 12,
1868. She was born Jan. 27, 1851 ; died Nov. n, 1878; married second,
Oct. ii, 1879, Abbie J., daughter of John G. and Roxanna (Hutchinson)
Raymond of Milford, born Aug. 29, 1848. He came to Lyndeborough
from Greenfield in 1853. Resided first at the Dolliver homestead and
later removed to South Lyndeborough village. Is a carpenter, and was
a soldier in the Civil War. Child by first wife : —

710 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

1. CORA J., b. in Fitchburg, Mass., April 7, 1870, m. Fred T.

Banks of Nashua, Nov. 28, 1889.
By second wife born in Lyndeborough :

2. SAMUEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1880, d. in infancy.

3. FLORENCE J., b. Aug. 15, 1882, m. Dec. 26, 1903, Arthur

L,. Burnham of Hillsboro.

CHARLES W. CONANT, son of Samuel and Abigail E. (Reynolds)
Conant, born in Antrim, Nov. 27, 1843 ; married Adaline Gates of Leomin-
ster, Mass. Was a soldier in the Civil War. Resides in Leominster,
Mass. (See Chapter X.)

CRAM.

JOHN CRAM, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Weare) Cram, born at
Hampton Falls, Mass., Jan. 12, 1685; married Feb. 18, 1707, Sarah,
daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ballard) Holt of Andover, Mass. She
was born at Andover, Aug. 17, 1678, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. i,
1757. He died at Amherst, 1759. So far as authentic records show he
was the first settler in Salem-Canada, now Lyndeborough.

For a biographical sketch of John Cram see chapter XXXIII.

The three older children were born at Hampton Falls. The others at
Woburn, Mass. Children: —

1. JONATHAN, -+-

2. HUMPHREY, b. Nov. 8, 1710, m. Hannah .

3. PHEBE, b. July 8, 1712, m. Moses Stiles. (See Stiles gen.)

4. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 23, 1713, d. Dec. 24, 1794.

5. HULDAH, b. May 5, 1715, m. Ephraim Woodward. (See

Woodward gen.)

6. JOHN, b. April 10, 1717, m. Sarah .

7. SARAH, b. June 27, 1719, m. Ephraim Putnam. (See Put-

nam gen.)

8. ELIZABETH, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain

gen.)

9. ELI, b. March 10, 1721.

10. BENJAMIN, -\-

The last children were two sets of twins.

JONATHAN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at
Hampton Falls, Feb. 21, 1708; married Dec. i, 1732, Mary, daughter of
Daniel and Mary Chamberlain of Billerica, Mass. She was born Jan. 20,
1706, and died in Lyndeborough, Jan. 5, 1770. He died Jan. 23, 1790. He
was the original settler on the land where Mrs. John Putnam lives, since
known as the Jonathan Cram place. The five older children were born at
Wilmington, Mass., the others in Lyndeborough. Children : —

1 . JONATHAN, .+

2. MARY, b. June 6, 1735, d. June 5, 1738.

3. DAVID, -f

•' PROUD AND TRUE. "

COAT OF ARMS OF VOX CRAM FAMILY OF GERMANY.
FROM WHICH THE CRAMS IX AMERICA DESCEXDED.

GENEALOGIES 711

4. JACOB, -f

5. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 4, 1741, m. John Carkin. (See Carkin

gen.)

6. RACHEL, b. April 16, 1744, m. Ephraim Putnam, d. April

29, 1833. (See Putnam gen.)

7. SOLOMON, -}-

8. URIAH, +

JONATHAN CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ;
born June 8, 1733 ; married Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Stiles)
Putnam. She was born at Salem, Mass., June 28, 1736. He settled on
Abbott Hill, Wilton, and endured the privations common to the pioneers
of a new country. Children, all born in Wilton : —

Sarah, Jonathan, Phillip, Susanna, Mary, Mehitable, Zeniah.

DAVID CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born
at Wilmington, Mass., June 26, 1737 ; married Mary Badger, daughter of
John Badger of England, who was very early a settler in Salem-Canada.
She died in Lyndeborough, March 10, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough,
June 25, 1825. He was the first settler on the hill, about a mile east of
South Lyndeborough village, where he lived until his death. This farm
has been in the posssession of his descendants ever since, and is now
occupied by his grandson, Luther. His wife, Mary Badger, was one of
the four children of John Badger, whose wife, Mary McFarland, went
three miles one winter night to obtain help, an account of which may be
found in the sketch of the Badger family. Children, all but eldest, born
at Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY, b. at Wilton, Dec. 29, 1761, m. Ambrose Lakin.

2. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 2, 1764, m. Oct. 14, 1789, Isaac L/ewis.

3. L/OUISA, b. Sept. 14, 1765, m. Darius Jeffries.

4. DAVID, -f-

5. HANNAH, b. May 26, 1769, m. first, Samuel Rogers ; second,

William Hastings.

6. GIDEON, -4-

7. DEBORAH, b. July 21, 1773, m. June 6, 1799, Ambrose

Hutchinson.

8. ROBERT, -f-

9. JONATHAN, -\-

10. REBECCA, b. Feb. 27, 1782, d. Sept. 10, 1782.

David, Deborah, Robert, and Jonathan removed to Roxbury,
Vt., where they were among the earliest settlers there.

DAVID CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram, born May 26,
1767 ; married Oct. 25, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Lucy
(Spaulding) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Jan. 16, 1773 ;
died in Roxbury, Vt., May 5, 1813. He early removed to Roxbury, Vt.,
where he was one of the first settlers, and the first town treasurer, 1796.

712 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

He also held other public office and was an influential citizen. His chil-
dren were born at Roxbury, with the exception of the eldest. Some of
them came to L/yndeborough : —

1. EPHRAIM, b. at I/yndeborough, Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clarinda

Cram, d. near Great Salt Lake in 1852.

2. PHILIP, b. March 18, 1795, m. Dec. 27, 1821, Abigail Heath.

He d. April, 1883.

3. NAOMI, b. Aug. 21, 1797, m. Nov. 3, 1818, James Grant.

(See Grant gen.)

4. LUCY, b. Sept. 4, 1799, m. March 28, 1820, Joseph Grant, d.

at St. Paul, Minn., October, 1873.

5. SOLOMON, -|-

6. HIRAM, +

7. DAVID, b. May 8, 1805, m. first, Susanna Bridges, March

29, 1842 ; second, March 24, 1855, Betsey Burt. He d.
Oct. 12, 1886, at Wilton.

8. ESTHER, b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. Aug. 19, 1830, Alvin Sawyer.

She d. at Boston, June 26, 1898.

9. JOHN P., b. April 19, 1810. Enlisted in the Regular Army

and was last heard from in Prairie Du Chien, Wis.
Of the above children Ephraim b. Sept. 15, 1793, m. Clar-
inda Cram. She d. June i, 1842. He d. on the way to
California, June 12, 1852. They had ten children : Sarah,
Horace, Chauncey C., Clarinda, Laura, Ephraim, Chris-
topher, David, Isaac, Mary.

SOLOMON CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram, born at
Roxbury, Vt., Nov. 5, 1802, and died at Lyndeborough, March n, 1863 ;
married Jan. 17, 1826, Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Grant) Sar-
gent. She was born at Hillsboro, Oct. 28, 1804 ; died April 19, 1885. He
was the first man to build a shop and carry on blacksmithing in South
Lyndeborough village. The two older children were born at Roxbury,
the others at I/yndeborough. Children : —

1. MARY J., b. Oct. 5, 1827, m. first, Samuel Hodgeman of

Francestown, Oct. 28, 1846 ; second, Alban Buttrick.

2. SUSAN B., b. Jan. n, 1829, m. John W. Sharp, Dec. 19,

1845. Res. at Boston.

3. GEORGE M., +

4. ORIN N., -j-

5. AZRO D., 4~

6. SARAH E., b. June 12, 1844, m, Nov. 28, 1867, Joseph

Sharp. (See Sharp gen.)

7. EMMA F., b. Jan. 3, 1849, m. March 24, 1869, Charles B.

Pinkham. Res. at Milford.

GENEALOGIES 713

GEORGE M. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born
June 20, 1831 ; married first, Oct. 28, 1858, Ellen E. Godding of Rindge ;
second, Mrs. Louisa (Godding) Hastings. His first wife died April 9,
1865. (For George M. Cram's war record see Chapter X.) Children : —

1. GEORGE E., d. in infancy.

2. CARRIE E., d. in infancy.

3. OSCAR E., +

4. CHARLIE M., d. in infancy.

OSCAR E. CRAM, son of George M. and Louisa G. Hastings Cram ;
born in Rindge, April 2, 1866; married Feb. 9, 1892, Lillian M., daughter
of Edwin and Mary E. (Tarbell) Swasey ; resides in Taunton, Mass., and
is a clerk in the grocery store of Cobb, Bates and Yerxa in that city.

ORIN N. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary (Sargent) Cram, born
Jan. 25, 1836 ; married Dec. 30, 1862, Caroline M., daughter of Peter and
Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Tewksbury, Mass. She was born Aug. 5, 1837 ;
died April u, 1887. He died Feb. 4, 1893. Children born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. NELSON S., b. July 27, 1866, d. Oct. 16, 1904.

2. CHARLES, b. July 27, 1866.

3. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 20, 1867, d. Sept. 10, 1868.

4. REBECCA W., b. Dec. 6, 1869.

5. CARRIE E., b. Feb. 18, 1872, d. Oct. n, 1872.

AZRO D. CRAM, son of Solomon and Mary S. (Sargent) Cram, born
Aug. 6, 1838; married July 23, 1859, Sarah E. Young. He was a soldier
in Civil War. (See Chapter X.) Children born in Lyndeborough : —

i. ANDY F., -}-

i. ADDIE F., b. May 7, 1866, married first, Frank A. Haley.

July 3, 1882 ; second, April 3, 1889, Albert E. Burnham.

Res. at lyowell, Mass.

3. MARY S., b. Aug. 30, 1869, m. Nov. 9, 1889, Willis H.

Draper.

4. ANNIE M., b. March 30, 1872, m. Harry Draper.

5. CARRIE B., b. Sept. n, 1875.

ANDY F. CRAM, son of Azro D. and Sarah (Young) Cram ; born Aug.
n, 1860; married first, Mrs. Jennie S. Davidson of Manchester, Oct. 15,
1882 ; married second, June 13, 1900, Annie, daughter of Edward and
Annie (Brady) Murphy of Durham, Canada. She was born Aug. 16, 1868.
Child by first wife : —

1. ADDIE A., b. Feb. 3, 1889.
By second wife : —

2. LESTER A., b. Aug. 27, 1901.

HIRAM CRAM, son of David and Sarah (Putnam) Cram; born at
Windsor, Vt., Dec. 7, 1803; married Jan. i, 1834, Harriet Tenney, daugh-

714 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

ter of William and Mary (Butterfield) Tenney, born in Sharon, N. H.,
Aug, 13, 1808; died in Peterborough, March 9, 1857. He died in Shirley,
Mass., Aug. 15, 1893. Children, six elder born in Sharon, four in Lynde-
borough : —

1. LUCY M., b. May 3, 1834, m. Oct. 18, 1852, Samuel M.

Woods of Peterborough.

2. WILLIAM H., b. May 15, 1836, m. first July 4, 1862, Ellen

P. Henry, m. second, Jan. 13, 1876, Mary Rutter.

3. MosES, b. June 10, 1839.

4. HENRY, b. April 10, 1841, d. Sept. 30, 1857, in Peterbor-

ough.

5. JOHN P., b. May 3, 1842, d. June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson.

6. DAVID A., b. Aug. 10, 1844, d. Aug. 29, 1862, at Bull Run,

Va.

7. HIRAM T., -f

8. AUGUSTUS B., b. March 4, 1849, m. Oct. 31, 1871, Anna L.

Hastings, res. Shirley, Mass.

9. EDWARD M., b. Aug. 13, 1851, m. Nov. 28, 1878, Ida May

Wilson, res. at Peterborough.

10. EMMA B., b. Dec. 10, 1855, d. Oct. 30, 1858.

HIRAM T. CRAM, son of David and Harriet (Tenney) Cram ; born at
1/yndeborough, March 5, 1847, m- Nov. 14, 1871, Sophronia R. Robinson
of Jaffrey. She was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza A. (Smith) Robin-
son of Rindge. She was born March 17, 1851. Children, all but Bernice
born at Peterborough : —

1. ARTHUR H., b. July 23, 1874.

2. EVERETT I,., b. March n, 1877.

3. LENA B., b. April 23, 1878.

4. BERNICE C., b. at Lyndeborough, May 22, 1881.

5. FLORENCE M., b. Nov. 23, 1886.

GIDEON CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born Feb.
25, 1771 ; married Amy, daughter of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton)
(Johnson) Putnam. She was born March 6, 1779; died Dec. 17, 1866. He
died June 17, 1837. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : —

1. DANIEL, -|-

2. MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1803, m. July 30, 1850, Herman Pettin-

gill, d. at Amherst, Jan. 18, 1886.

3. ABIGAIL, b. May 15, 1806, d. April 22, 1835, at Lowell,

Mass.

4. LEWIS, +

5. LOIS, b. March 2, 1813, m. Harvey Holt ot Lyndeborough.

(See Holt gen.)

6. LUTHER, -f-

GENEALOGIES 715

7. RHODA EMILY, b. Nov. 18, 1820, m. first, Eben Palmer, m.

second, Langdon Adams. She d. April u, 1896, at Buf-
falo, N. Y.

8. AMY, b. Oct. 9, 1823, m. March 2, 1847, George W. Bos-

worth. (See Bosworth gen.)

DANIEL CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram ; born April
6, 1799 ; married first, Sarah, daughter of Joel and Polly (Colburn) Holt,
Dec. 18, 1822* She was born May 18, 1797; died Oct. 19, 1837. Married
second, Oct. 13, 1853, Susan M., daughter of John Whittemore of Chester.
She was born July 12, 1826; died June 8, 1855. Married third, Sarah,
daughter of Abel Blood of Merrimac. She was born June 9, 1806 ; died
Feb. 3, 1878. He was a very public spirited and useful man in the com-
munity. First clerk of the Baptist church of which he was a member
and deacon and a liberal supporter of preaching. He removed to Am-
herst and died there Aug. 5, 1880. Children, all but youngest born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. lyAURA, b. July 6, 1824, m. Nov. 26, 1840, William Burtt of

Brookline. She d. in Milford, Oct. 25, 1891.

2. JULIA A., b. Aug. 22, 1825, m. June 4, 1845, Samuel H.

Hill, res in Milford.

3. DANIEL H., b. April 9, 1827, d. Aug. 3, 1831.

4. DAVID, b. March 20, 1830, m. June 18, 1856, Nancy A.

Scales of Townsend, Mass., res. in Townsend. Two chil-
dren, Charles D. and Emma M.

5. LOUISA, b. Feb. 16, 1832, m. Frank Davis. She d. in

Palmer, Mass., Jan. 13, 1878.

6. EMILY, b. Dec. 24, 1836, m. May 14, 1863, Joseph G. Hoi-

brook. She d. in Bedford, Sept. n, 1893.

7. DANIEL W., b. at Milford, July 25, 1854.

LEWIS CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam Cram ; born Dec. 8,
1808 ; married Jan. 18, 1831, Anna, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah
(Badger) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 23, 1801 ; died
in Addison, N. Y., July 21, 1874. He died at Addison, Jan. 13, 1887. He
removed about 1836 to Jasper, N. Y. Children, two eldest born in Lynde-
borough, the others in Jasper, N. Y.: —

1. LOUISA A. W., b. Dec. 29, 1833, d. July 13, 1841.

2. GIDEON I,., b. Nov. 6, 1835, d. Nov. 22, 1835.

3. MARY A., b. Sept. 10, 1836, m. Mar. 30, 1854, Isaac June

of Addison, N. Y. She died there Sept. 17, 1881.

4. AMY M., b. April 29, 1840, d. April 19, 1850.
4. PUTNAM A., b. Feb. 22, 1843, d. Nov. 26, 1843.

LUTHER CRAM, son of Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram; born Dec.

8. 1818 ; married April 4, 1844, Lucy, daughter of Ephraim and Lois
(Butler) Hackett, born in Lempster, Feb. 14, 1819. He inherited the

716 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

homestead farm, and with the exception of seven years spent in New
York state, has always lived there. In 1853 he went to Salamanca, N. Y.,
returning to Lyndeborough in 1861. While there he held some public
office. In Lyndeborough he has been honored by about all the offices in
the gift of the town. He was selectman for many years, and represented
the town in the legislature two terms. He has always encouraged by his
active work, by his presence at meetings, and in other ways, the educa-
tional and temperance interests of the town. He has also been promi-
nent in the local military organizations, and in early life was their drill
master, and was captain of the Light Infantry Co. At this writing, 1903,
his memory of the persons and events of his early days is good and has
been of material benefit to this history. Children, born at Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. ABBIE F., b. July 10, 1845.

2. EVERETT A., b. Jan. 10, 1848. (For military record see

Chap. X.)

3. FRANK W., +

4. MYRTIE M., b. June 25, 1863, d. Dec. 19, 1879.

FRANK WILLIS CRAM, son of Luther Cram of Lyndeborough, and
Lucy Almira Hackett of Lempster, N. H. He was born in Lyndebor-
ough, Oct. 26, 1854; married first, at Fort Gratiot, Mich., in February,
1884, to Annie May, who died Jan. 18, 1885, in Buffalo, N. Y. He married
second, at Grand Haven, Mich., Aug. 23, 1887, Fannie Hart Warren, born
at Chicago, 111., July 26, 1861, daughter of Luther Barstow Warren and
Harriet Louise Woodward of New York, who reside in St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. Cram is a travelling salesman, and resides in St. Louis. Children : —

1. FRANK WILLIS, JR., b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1885.

2. LOUISE ALMIRA, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 7, 1887.

3. HATTIE MYRTIE, b. at St, Louis, Mo., Nov. 28, 1892.

4. LUTHER EVERETT, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 24, 1894, d.

Jan. 26, 1897.

5. AMY DEAN, b. at St. Louis, December, 1897.

ROBERT CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram ; born June
27, 1776; married Jan. 19, 1801, Hannah Webster, daughter of Nathaniel
and Mary Webster. She was born in Hyde Park, Vt., April 5, 1775, and
died there Feb. 24, 1863. He died at Roxbury Vt., Sept. 23, 1854. He
went with his brother Jonathan to Plattsburg in Capt. Orcutt's Co. He
was a prominent citizen of Roxbury, and held many offices. Children,
born at Roxbury Vt. :

Martin, John, James, Hannah, Daniel, Anna, Elhanan W.,
Truman, Betsey E.

JONATHAN CRAM, son of David and Mary (Badger) Cram; born
March 9, 1779; married March 15, 1804, Lydia Smith of Williamstown,
Vt. She was born Nov. 4, 1784, and died there Sept. 7, 1840. He died at
Williamstown, March 21, 1869. According to the History of Roxbury,
Vt., Jonathan Cram was a sergeant in Capt. Orcutt's Co., which marched

GENEALOGIES 717

to Plattsburg, Sept. 10, 1814, and returned Sept. 16, having been too late
for the battle. Children, all born in Williamstown : —

Allen, Patty A., Jonathan, Lucinda, Chester, Joel, L,angdon,
Erastus, Truman, James R., Lydia L/., Mary, Abigail,
Reuben.

JACOB CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram; born
at Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 5, 1739; married Isabella Hutchinson. She
was born Dec., 1739, and died in Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1812. She was
from Danvers, Mass. He settled on what is now known as Perham
Corner, upon laud that was easier to clear and more free from stone
than the average wild land, and so it is said that he was able to enjoy the
comforts of life a little earlier than his pioneer neighbors. Children, all
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. JOHN, +

2. JACOB -|-

3. OLIVE, b, Oct. 6, 1769, m. Nov. 25, 1788, John Cram. She

d. March 16, 1851, at Hallowell, Me.

4. ZEBULON, -(-

5. RACHEL, b. July 5, 1777, m. March 30, 1799, William

Fuller.

6. SARAH, b. Aug. 25, 1781, m. Dec., 1813, Jesse Fales of

L/itchfield, Me. She d. there Aug. 27, 1869.

7. REBECCA, b. March 9, 1784, m. Dec. 5, 1804, Andrew Har-

wood of L/yndeborough. She d. Sept. n, 1867.

JOHN CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born
Nov. 4, 1763 ; married May 3, 1786, Huldah, daughter of Eleazer and
Hannah (Putnam) Woodward of Lyndeborough. She was born June
23, 1765 ; died Jan. 14, 1853. He died Aug. 30, 1833. Children born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. ISRAEL, b. July, 1790, m. July 9, 1818, Abigail Kendall.

She d. June n, 1864. He d. Feb. 20, 1868. Israel Cram
left by will four hundred dollars to the town of Lyndebor-
ough, the interest of which is to be used annually as a
literary fund.

2. SARAH, m. William A. Pearsons, Jan. 6, 1833. Rem. to

Woburn, Mass.

3. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; m. Oct. 23, 1823, Edgar Rand

of L/yndeborough. She d. May 5, 1832. (See Rand gen.)

JACOB CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram, born
Nov. 23, 1765 ; married Sept. 24, 1787, Martha Doak, born at Lyndebor-
ough, May n, 1771, and died at Litchfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1835. He died
at Litchfield, Jan. 16, 1815. He removed to Litchfield, Me., probably in
1793. The first three children were born at Lyndeborough, the others at
Litchfield : —

718 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

1. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 16, 1788, m, first, Dec. 27, 1821, Zoa

Moody; second, May 18, 1825, Lucinda White.

2. BETSEY, b. Nov. 26, 1789, m. May 7, 1813, Stephen Pills-

bury. She d. at Hallowell, Me., March 2, 1856.

3. JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1791, m. Sept. 16, 1820, Louisa Benjamin.

He d. at Boston, Aug. 20, 1823.

4. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 20, 1794, d. May 27, 1805.

5. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 10, 1796, d. Oct. 24, 1885, at Topsham,

Maine.

6. SARAH E., b. Jan. 4, 1799, m. first, Joseph Norris; second,

Archibald Horn.

7. NANCY, b. Dec. 26, 1801, m. Charles French.

8. FANNY, b. Nov. 23, 1804, m. James G. Judkins.

9. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 12, 1806, d. 1817.

10. ALVIN, b. Aug. 12, 1808, d. 1810.

ZEBULON CRAM, son of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram,
born March 29, 1772; married June 21, 1799, Anice Hutchinsoii of Lyude-
borough. She was born June 19, 1775, and died in I/itchfield, Me., Dec.
22, 1844. He died there Feb. n, 1852. Children born at Lyndeborough
and Litchfield : —

1. REBECCA, b. June 21, 1800, d. June 25, 1852.

2. JOHN H., b. Dec. 22, 1802, m. April 15, 1835, M. Eliza

Davis.

SOLOMON CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram ;
born at Lyndeborough, 1744 ; married Mary , born at Lynde-

borough, April 21, 1819. He died May i, 1825. Children, born at Lynde-
borough : —

1. MARY, b. 1772, d. Oct. 3, 1777.

2. SARAH, b. 1774, d. Sept. 23, 1777.

3. JAMES, b. Aug., 1777, d. Oct. 3, 1860.

4. MARY, b. 1779, d. Sept. 24, 1781.

URIAH CRAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain) Cram, born
1750; married Eunice Ellingwood. She was born 1745; died Dec. i,
1831. He died Oct. 2, 1831. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. HENRY, -j-

2. JOSEPH, born April 22, 1784, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Elizabeth

Brown of Billerica. He died July 21, 1858.

3. EUNICE S., b. August, 1786, m. William Abbott. (See

Abbott gen.)

4. JAMES, +

5. L,YDIA, b. June 27, 1790, d. Aug. 3, 1794.

HENRY CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Cram, born
1780; married Rhoda, daughter of Jeremiah and Lois (Hoyt) Carleton.

GENEALOGIES 719

She was born June 29, 1783 ; died Oct. 8, 1855. He died Nov. 30, 1848.
Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. PETER b. July 14, 1807, d. at Ulman's Ridge, Mo., Aug. 5,

1869, m. Rebecca, K. Potter of Francestown. Peter Cram
was a farmer and was once county commissioner and select-
man several years. He removed to the West about 1858.
Four of their children were born at Mont Vernon and three
at Decatur, 111. Their names were : Rhoda C., Moses D.,
Illia M., Henry I,., Mark P., Virgil H., Eunice.

2. MOSES H., b. May 20, 1813, d. Aug. 27, 1848.

JAMES CRAM, son of Uriah and Eunice (Ellingwood) Grain, born
March 13, 1788 ; married Lucy Brown of Billerica. She was born Feb. i,
1804 ; died Nov. i, 1884. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Noyes) Brown. He died June 29, 1861. With no advantages for school-
ing but the winter terms of the district school of his day, and no higher
text book than Pike's Arithmetic he became a good land surveyor and
was much employed in running lines in the town. It is said he did very
satisfactory work. With his brother Henry and nephew, Peter Cram,
he started and operated an iron foundry for the manufacture of pots,
kettles, andirons, boxes for wheels-hubs, etc. Children born at Lynde-
borough : —

1. NANCY E., b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. April 17, 1832.

2. ALBERT, -|-

3. CHARLES H., b. Nov. 3, 1836, m. April 13, 1863, Sarah

Van Buskirk. Rem. to Watseka, 111.

ALBERT CRAM, son of James and Lucy (Brown) Cram, born Nov.
8, 1834; married May 31, 1869, Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Mary
(Emerson) Brown of Wilmington, Mass. She died Nov. 14, 1897.
Children : —

i. ADDIE M., b. Jan. 29, 1871, d. July 20, 1874.

BENJAMIN CRAM, son of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram; born at

Woburn, Mass., March 10, 1721 ; died in 1823. His wife was Elizabeth

Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MARGARET, m. Jonathan Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain

gen.)

2. NATHAN, +

3. BENJAMIN, -(-

4. HUUDAH, d. at Greenfield.

5. JONAH.

6. DAVID, b. 1768, d. May, 1838.

NATHAN CRAM, son of Benjamin Cram of Woburu, Mass., and
Elizabeth, his wife, born in Lyndeborough, April 5, 1752; married
Rachel Button, born at Lyndeborough, Sept. 9, 1757; died at Hancock,
Aug. 15, 1835. He died at Hancock, Jan. 21, 1851. Children : —

720 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

1. NATHAN, b. 1771. Died young.

2. RACHEL, b. June 15, 1773, m. Nov. 30, 1797, William

Stuart of Peterboro. She d. at Peterboro, Oct. 13, 1833.

3. NATHAN, b. Sept. 9, 1776, m. Elizabeth White, d. at Bel-

fast, Me., Oct. 8, 1815.

4. JOSIAH BUTTON, +

5. HULDAH, born June 30, 1782, m. Nov. 27, 1804, Gilbert

McCoy of Belfast, Me. He d. Nov. 18, 1857.

6. SALLY P., b. Sept. 12, 1783, m. May 19, 1804, Joseph Tyr-

rell of Hancock. She d. at Dublin, Dec. 18, 1863.

7. BETSEY, b. March 5, 1786, d. Sept. 7, 1805.

8. POLLY, b. May 9, 1788, m. March, 18, 1806, Jonathan

Barnard of Hancock, d. Sept. n, 1801.

9. JOSEPH, b. at Greenfield, March 26, 1789, m. July 4, 1817,

Sally White of Peterboro. He d. at Peterboro, Nov. 28,

1873-

10. BENJAMIN, b. March 26, 1789, (twin with Joseph), m. first,
Jane Alexander, second, Ruth Nutt, d. at Wilton, 111.

n. ANNA H., b. June 25, 1791, m. May 29, 1810, Samuel
Tyrrell of Hancock, d. at Plum Island, 111.

12. ABIGAIL J., b. July 3, 1793, m. Dec. i, 1836, Francis
Thompson.

13. EZRA DUTTON, b. June 10, 1795, m. I/ucy Cilly. He d. at
Brooks, Me. Nov. n, 1868.

14. PHEBE, b. April 21, 1797, m. first, Meshack Tenny, m. sec-
ond, Gales, m. third, Black, m. fourth, Blair.

15. EPHRAIM, b. at Antrim, March 25, 1800, d. Sept. 5, 1800.

16. SAMUEL, b. at Antrim, Sept. 9, 1802, m. 1831, Sarah
A. Wheeler. He d. at Bennington.

JOSIAH DUTTON CRAM, son of Nathan and Rachel (Button) Cram ;
born March 28, 1799 ; married Deidamia Button, daughter of Benjamin
and Sarah (Stiles) Button. She was born April 29, 1784; died at Han-
cock, July, 1858. Children, none born at Lyndeborough : —

Deidamia, Benjamin, Josiah, Sally, Nathan, Reuben, Joseph,
Sally, Rachel, Relief, Reuben D., Abigail.

BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cram of Woburn,
Mass., born at Lyndeborough, in 1754 ; died July 31, 1836. He married
Olive, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain, born
Aug. 16, 1750. Children : —

1. DANIEL, who died when about 17 years of age.

2. BENJAMIN, -}-

BENJAMIN CRAM, son of Benjamin and Olive (Chamberlain) Cram,

GENEALOGIES 721

born March 8, 1774; married July 16, 1799, Sarah, daughter of Eleazer
and Hannah (Putnam) Woodward. She was born Feb. 6, 1779. He
married second, Polly Vose of Stoughton, Mass., born June 14, 1780; died
at New Ipswich, Jan. 8, 1836. He died at New Ipswich, April 12, 1835.
The first two children of Benjamin Cram were by his first wife, daugh-
ter of his nearest neighbor in I/yndeborough. When a young man he
used to drive a double ox-team from Lyndeborough to Boston to sell the
produce of the farm, and winters he lived in Boston, for the better
opportunities to earn money. His first wife died in Boston, where he
also met his second wife, Polly Vose, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah
(Holmes) Vose. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. ABIJAH, b, December, 1800, killed by falling at a mill rais-

ing in Troupsbury, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1826.

2. SARAH, b. June 12, 1804, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Thomas Whit-

ing, b. at kyndeborough, April 30, 1802, d. at Jasper, N.
Y.( Oct. 30, 1878. Children, all born at Jasper, N. Y.: -
i. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1829, m. William Schenck, Dec. 25,
1849, res. at Jasper; 2. Austis, b. March 28, 1832, res. at
Jasper, d. March 12, 1855 ; 3. Oliver, b. Dec. 28, 1834, m-
Martha A. Prentice, Dec. 19, 1858, res. at Jasper, N. Y.;

4. Benjamin, b. July 25, 1838, d. Feb. n, 1850, res. Jasper;

5. Harvey, b. May 24, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1852, res. at
Jasper; 6. Cynthia, b. Nov. 8, 1844.

3. HANNAH V., b. Feb. n, 1807, m. Oct. 19, 1831, Alonzo

Draper. She d. Jan. 29, 1892.

4. MARY, b. Sept. n, 1810, d. June 17, 1833.

5. L,UKE, b. July 25, 1812, d. March 18, 1879, at Fitchburg,

Mass., m. Nov. 29, 1840, Sarah A, Preston.

6. DANIEL,, +

7. HIRAM, b. Nov. 3, 1818, d. March 2, 1854, at Yuba Co.,

Cal.

8. BENJAMIN H., b. March 19, 1820, m. Elizabeth Bradbury

Leighton, Oct. 17, 1842.

9. JEREMIAH, b. April n, 1822, d. Sept. 21, 1844.

DANIEL CRAM, son of Benjamin and Polly (Vose) Cram; born in
Lyndeborough, Jan. 8, 1815 ; died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 1898 ; occupa-
tion, contractor. He married Feb. 22, 1841, Mary Ann MacNulty, born
in Northumberland, Eng., June 2, 1817; died in Boston, Mass., Nov. i,
1898. He was educated in the village school. At an early age he was
compelled to work, and at fifteen did a man's work in a brick yard. At
the age of twenty he was a foreman in charge of railroad construction.
When the Boston & Albany R.R. was in course of construction over the
Berkshire hills, he had charge of some of the work. He was one of the
pioneer contractors of Massachusetts, having built reservoirs, dams, sea-
walls, wharves and railroad work in and around Boston. He also went

722 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

up into New York state in the '50*3 and built a railroad. In 1850 he had
the " gold fever," and crossed the isthmus of Panama to California, where
he erected the first crushing machine put up in that country, for the
Fremont Mining Co. He also had very valuable claims, but had to sell
them for a small price and come away, being sick with the fever so prev-
alent in those days in California.

During the Rebellion he was one of a firm which had a large govern-
ment contract to supply certain regiments with beef. In 1876 he went to
Canada, having a large contract on the celebrated Welland Canal at St.
Catharine, Ont., remaining three years. He then came over to New
York state, had contracts on the four-tracking of the N. Y. Central,
and also on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. He was of an
inventive turn, having invented and patented a cap for a derrick at eighty
years of age. He retired from active work about his seventy-fifth year.
He had always been a Baptist in faith, and at the age of seventy-seven
he was baptized and taken into the church. He was a man of wonder-
ful strength and fine physique, standing six feet high, weighing 250 Ibs.
He lifted 1,125 Iks. dead weight, without harness, three railroad rails,
in the presence of a number of people in East Boston.* Children, all
born in Boston : —

1. GEORGE WASHINGTON, -f-

2. MARY JANE, b. June 25, 1843.

3. ELIZABETH ANN, b. Aug. 14, 1845.

4. DANIEL HENRY, b. Aug. 12, 1847, m. Alice B. Barry of

Boston, Mass.

5. SARAH MELISSA, b. July 24, 1849, m. Menas Faustinode de

Mena of Porto Rico.

6. JOSEPHINE LILLY, June n, 1852, m. Eugene Francis Smith

of Newark, N. J.

7. ADELINE NELDA, b. Sept. 13, 1854, m. Alva Leonard

Spring, d. New York City.

8. IDA MAY, b. Jnly 25, 1856, d. Boston, May 16, 1858.

9. BENJAMIN MANLY, b. Aug. 19, 1858, m. Olive Orinda Hunt

of Bath, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1883.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CRAM, son of Daniel and Mary Ann
(MacNulty) Cram, was born at East Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1842 ; married
Lydia Ann Bartlett of Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 25, 1865, who was born
July n, 1841, daughter of Horace William Bartlett of Salem, Mass., and
Ann Maria Currier of Newburyport, Mass. He was by occupation a rail-
road contractor. Mr. Cram, though but a grandson of I/yndeborough,
with commendable loyalty to his kindred, wished to have a name and
place with his worthy ancestry in our history. When he had been re-
quested by a relative to give some account of what he had done in his
line of work, he gave a summary of his achievements which is so re-
markable as to have few parallels anywhere. He is a railroad contractor
and builder and wrote, " I built the Bethel and Hawleyville Branch

* Substance of above sketch given by his son George Washington Cram.

GENEALOGIES 723

Road, the Peterboro R. R. from Wilton to Greenfield, N. H. ; the
Swampscott & Marblehead Branch road, the North Brookfield Branch
road, the additional tracks from New Rochelle Junction to Mamaroneck,
for the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., that portion of the Meriden, Water-
bury & Cromwell R. R. through Waterbury, difficult work it was too ;
and the contract for the rock excavations through the Newtons in 1896-
1897, for the Boston & Albany R. R. Co., and portions of the old Boston
& Hartford R. R. east of Willimantic and west of Waterbury, Conn, the
Delaware, I/ackawanna & Western R. R. through Steuben Co., and sub-
contract for sections 17 and 18, earth work and timber, do. the Welland
Canal through Thorold, Canada. I have built Waterworks, Sewers in
various cities and towns here in the New England States."

"I superintended and built the dam for the Borough of Norwalk, Ct.,
in Lewisboro, N. Y. I do not suppose every grandson of I/yndeborough
has built as many miles of railroad as I have here in the New England
States. I have done more large contracts than my father and brother
together have done."

" The Sewer contracts, large ones, were for the city of Salem, towns of
North Brookfield and Southbridge, Mass. The same for the Borough of
Norwalk, Conn., in the town of New Rochelle, N. Y., New Bedford
Water Works, City of Salem extensions to the Willows ; So. Norwalk,
Ct., Norwalk and Waterbury, Ct., and Welland Canal." Children : — .

1. ALBERT STEVENS, b. at Newburyport, Oct. 31, 1865, d. at

Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 26, 1890. He studied law during
the years 1884 and 1885, at the law school of Yale Uni-
versity, New Haven, Conn. He had to give up studying,
owing to ill health.

2. GEORGE EVERSLEIGH, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 14, 1875.

He graduated from the Norwalk ' ' Over River ' ' school in
1892, and prepared with private tutors for the Sheffield
Scientific School. He graduated from the Sheffield Scien-
tific School June 28, 1898, with the degree of Ph.B. He
was a member of the Freshman boat crew of 1898, which
beat the Harvard and Columbia Freshmen boat crews at
New lyondon. He pulled the bow oar. He entered the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
in the City of New York, October, 1897. He is a member
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which the entire
family of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cram are members.

3. ALICE BARTLETT, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 15, 1877.

4. CLARENCE CURRIER, b. at Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 28, 1880.

JOHN CRAM, son of John and Susanna (Fuller) Cram, born in
Wilton, Oct. 15, 1768; married Nov. 25, 1784, Olive, daughter of Jacob
and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct.
6, 1769; died at Hallowell, Me., March 16, 1851. He died at Hallowell,

724 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Me., June 4, 1818. Two of their children born at Lyndeborough and the
last two at Gardiner, Me. : —

1. DANIEL, b. July 23, 1790, m. Polly French of Jay, Me.,

March 20, 1813. He d. at Hallowell, Me., May 8, 1827.

2. OLIVE, b. June 14, 1792, m. Nov. 3, 1814, Jeremiah Mc-

Causlin, d. Oct. 18, 1851, at West Gardiner, Me.

3. BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 3, 1802, m. Sept. 30, 1824, Phebe Good-

win of Hallowell, Me. He d. at New Orleans, June 4, 1829.

4. JACOB, b. Aug. 2, 1804, d. young.

CUMMINGS.

DBA. SAMUEL S. CUMMINGS came to Lyndeborough from Bed-
ford, N. H., in 1850. He came on a bed, having been accidently
shot at a muster, and his shoulder shattered. He lived at the Center in
the house with Nathaniel Jones for a short time and then removed to a
farm about a mile north of the South Village where he lived the remain-
der of his days. He was made a deacon of the Baptist Church in 1881.
He was born in Bedford, N. H., July 26, 1818 ; married Mary E. Dow of
Wolfboro, N. H., Sept. 7, 1845. She was born Jan. 5, 1828. He died
Sept. 7, 1897. Children : —

1. CHARLES P., +

2. MARY T. ELLA, b. in Bedford, N. H., July 29, 1848, m.

James F. Haley of Salem, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, d. Nov.
5, 1881.

3. L/YDIA J., b. in Lyndeborough, April 18, 1850, d. Aug. 28,

1854.

4. ALFARETTA, b. in Lyndeborough, April 24, 1853, d. June 5,

1854.

5. WILLIE H., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 25, 1855, m. Minnie

F. Roach of Boston, Mass., June 27, 1887. She was born
March 27, 1861. Res. in Manchester, N. H.

6. SANFORD S., b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1858, m. Jennie

S. Jacobs of L/ynn, Mass., April 4, 1884. She was b. Jan.
14, 1864. Res. in Lynn, Mass.

7. HARRY E., b. Nov. 24, 1860, m. Sadie E. Blake of Lynn,

Mass., May 31, 1888. She was b. Feb. 5, 1868. Res. in
Beverly, Mass.

8. EMMA A., b. April 7, 1853, d. Oct. i, 1854. (Adopted)

CHARLES P. CUMMINGS, son of Samuel S. and Mary (Dow) Cum-
mings, born in Bedford, N. H., April 16, 1847; married Nellie E. Wood-
worth of Fayette, Me., Nov. 30, 1871. She was born July 16, 1849. He
is a carpenter and resides in Manchester, N. H.

CUMMINGS.
LANGDON B. CUMMINGS. Langdon, Nathan, and Charles J. Cum-

GENEALOGIES 725

mings were brothers. Langdon B., born March 13, 1826 ; married Sept.
5, 1861, Sarah A. French, daughter of Sumner French of I/yndeborough.
She was born Dec. 9, 1844. He removed to Milford, N. H., and died
April 29, 1887. Children : —

1. MARY H., b. March n, 1863, in I/yndeborough.

2. NELLIE M., b. Jan. 19, 1868, m. Fred N. Burnham of Mil-

ford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1890.

3. CHARGES P., b. Oct. 16, 1871.

4. MARSHALL F., b. Oct. 16, 1871.

5. ABBIE B., b. Jan. 25, 1874.

NATHAN P. CUMMINGS, born in Rindge, N. H., June 29, 1828 ;
married July 3, 1851, Mary A. Whitcomb of Rindge, N. H. She was
born June 21, 1833. He died Sept. 3, 1883. Children : —

1. NETTIE M., m. Robert C. Mason. (See Mason gen.)

2. ELIZA J., b. Feb. 8, 1855, m- Myron E. Smith of Ashby,

Mass., Feb. 22, 1882.

3. EMMA E., b. Feb. 25, 1857, m. Alton Battles of Westminster,

Mass., Dec. 25, 1882.

4. GEORGE P., b. March 15, 1859, m. Myra L. Brackett of

Peterboro, N. H., Jan. 16, 1889.

5. LULA E., b. Oct. 4, 1861, m. July 5, 1880, Frank O. Baxter

of Boston, b. May 13, 1863.

6. HENRY A., b. Jan. 24, 1864.

7. ERNEST J., b. July 7, 1867, m. May Lynch of Lynn, Mass.

8. BURTT L., b. Aug. 15, 1871.

9. SADIE G., b. May 9, 1876.

ERNEST J., BURTT L>, SADIE G. were b. in Lyndeborough.

CHARLES J. CUMMINGS came to I/yndeborough from Rindge in
1861 ; born Dec. 9, 1830 ; married Nov. 27, 1852, Sarah Eliza, daughter of
Nathan and Sarah (Newell) Moore of Sharon. She was born April 25,
1834. Resides on the Chenery place. Children : —

1. WILLIAM H., b. at Rindge.

2. VIOLA E., b. at Sharon, April 7, 1856, d. May 25, 1856.

3. MYRA L., b. at L/eola, Wis., May 14, 1858, m. Oct. n, 1886,

Charles A. Hibbard of Stoneham, Mass. He d. at Lynde-
borough, July 4, 1891.

4. CHARLES W., b. at Lyndeborough, July 20, 1862, d. Oct. i,

1862.

5. FRANK E., +

FRANK E. CUMMINGS, son of Charles J. and Sarah E. (Moore)
Cuminings, born July 24, 1863; married Oct. i, 1885, Minnie F., daughter

726 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wilton. She was born
May 14, 1865. Child : —

i. IRWIN E., b. Aug. 19, 1886.

CURTIS.

The name Curtis is of English origin and was first adopted by a family
residing in Bucks County, England. The descendants of this family
spread into Essex and Lincolnshire Counties during the reign of Edward
I, and also to Cambridgeshire and Hunts.

From this line was one Israel Curtis, born in London, England, who
sailed for America in 1725, bringing with him a son also named Israel.
They settled in Middleton, Mass., where the younger Israel married
Abigail - in 1744. They had eight children, some of the descen-
dants of whom still reside in Middleton, Mass. EH, son of Israel and
Abigail, born Jan. 18, 1754, married Susanna Wilkins and removed to
Reading, Mass. They had four children and this family moved to
Lyndborough May 8, 1796, and settled on what has since been known as
Beech Hill, then a part of Lyndeborough, since annexed to Mt. Vernon.

ELI CURTIS, son of Israel and Abigail Curtis, born Jan. 18, 1754;
died Aug. 18, 1835 ; married Susanna Wilkins. Children born in Reading,
Mass. : —

-f

2. ASHER, -j-

3. EDITH,

4. SUSAN, m. John Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.)

ELI CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis, born Jan. 10,
1784 ; married Sarah Loring of New Boston, N. H. She was a daughter
of William Loring and granddaughter of John Loring, who sailed from
England under command of Gen. Wolf and fought at the capture of
Quebec. She died Nov. 30, - . He died Aug. 7, 1876. Although Mr.
Curtis owned a farm his chief occupation was lumbering, sawing the logs
in his own mill which was situated east of where E. C. Curtis lives on
the brook running from Badger Pond. He also teamed to Boston, carry-
ing goods both ways and making the entire trip with oxen. He was firm
in his religious and political beliefs. A strong Republican, he always
considered it his duty to be at town meeting and cast his vote. A stanch
Orthodox and member of the Congregational Church, with keen black
eyes, snow-white hair, his presence at church was noticeable long after
deafness prevented his hearing a word the preacher said. Children, all
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. JOHN L,., b. July 19, 1817, d. April 16, 1834.

2. SARAH A., b. Nov. 15, 1818, d. April 30, 1894.

3. ELI C., +

4. ISRAEL W., +

5. WILLIAM, b. April 17, 1826, d. May 31, 1836.

6. BETSEY A., b. May 5, 1827, m. Robert K. L/ynch. (See

L/ynch gen.)

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7. WILLIAM W., +

8. ISAIAH B., -f-

9. ASHER, +

10. HANNAH D., b. June 27, 1835, m« I*evi A. Tyler. (See
Tyler gen.)

11. HIRAM F., b. Oct. 7, 1837, d. Mar. 19, 1896.

12. OLIVA J., b. May 23, 1842, m. John Baldwin of Wilton,
N. H., d. Sept. 19, 1866.

ELI CLARK CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Coring) [Curtis ; born
May 3, 1821 ; married Betsey A., daughter of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin)
Curtis, Nov. 14, 1844. She was born May 21, 1827. In his boyhood days
he worked in his father's mill and in the timber districts, excepting the
few weeks that was then considered necessary for school purposes. But,
nevertheless, he improved the spare moments in reading and study, and
being an earnest student, succeeded in gaining a good education. He
possessed great musical ability, and devoted much time and money to
gaining a thorough knowledge of the art. Probably no one in the state
has a better technical knowledge of the science of music than he. For
many years he taught singing classes in adjoining towns, driving there
and returning home the same night after a hard day's work in the woods.
He was a member of the Philharmonic Institute of Boston, and a leader
of church choirs for many years.

He was largely engaged in lumbering operations, owning and running
a saw mill on his farm. For the last twenty years farming and raising
milk for the Boston market has been his business. He is a Republican in
politics and a strong supporter of the Congregational church, of which he
is a member and a deacon. He was a member of the Lafayette Artillery
Co., serving as captain at one time. He was a soldier in the Civil War.
(See Chap. X.) He was a charter member of Pinnacle Grange, and also
a charter member of Hillsborough County Pomona Grange. He has
served on the board of selectmen, and represented his town in the legis-
lature in 1872 and 1873. His wife, Betsey Ann Curtis, is a woman of
marked individuality, and leaves an impress upon all with whom she be-
comes associated. With a good musical education and a magnificent
voice she was indeed a noted singer in her day. In the social life of
Lyndeborough, in the grange that was dear to her heart, she has been a
helper of ability and influence. Their daughters, Clara and S. Kate, were
educated as teachers. Children : —

1. ISAIAH B., b. Oct. 10, 1849.

2. CLARA A., b. Aug. 6, 1863, m. first, Everett A. Cram of

L,yndeborough ; second, Samuel J., son of James and
Nancy (Morse) Sheldon of Wilton, N. H., d. May 19, 1884.

3. S. KATE, b. March 4, 1858. m. Albert K. Swinnington.

(See Swinnington gen.)

ISRAEL W. CURTIS, son of Kli and Sarah fLoring) Curtis, born
Dec. 21, 1823 ; married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (Merrill)

HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Haggett, Nov. 28, 1850. She was born Aug. 16, 1833. He removed to
Wilton, N. H., and died Oct. 8, 1889. Children : —

1. ELI J., b. Dec. 29, 1851, m. first, Elsie Daniels; second,

Jan. 4, 1886, Ella, dau. of Nathan and Sarah (Bruce)
Richardson. She was b. March 12, 1854, d. June 27, 1891.
He d. Aug. 31, 1891.

2. CLINTINA S., b. Dec. 28, 1854, m. Dr. A. A. Whitney of

Adrian, Mich.

3. HATTIE L,., b. Dec. 16, 1859, d. March 28, 1866.

4. NETTIE C., b. March n, 1862, d. Sept. 13, 1878.

5. WALTER J., b. March 3, 1867.

WILLIAM W. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born
June 28, 1829; married Oct. 23, 1851, Hannah D., daughter of Charles
and Abigail (Jones) Parker. She was born Dec. i, 1834. He received
his education in the schools of Lyndeborough, at Mont Vernon academy
and had private instruction by Rev. E. B. Claggett. He taught school for
a number of years, and was superintendent of schools for seven years.
He then turned his attention to farming and lumbering. Always on the
alert for business, he bought many wood lots and had the wood cut and
shipped from Wilton. He also kept a general store at the "centre " for
a number of years.

He packed and sealed the first fruit ever sold on the market in glass
cans. They were sold by J. W. Tufts of Boston, pharmacist. He was
the first to ship a lading of apples from this country to England to be
sold by auction. The undertaking was a success and he followed the
business of buying apples for twelve years, shipping about four hundred
thousand barrels. For sending a most excellent package to Queen
Victoria he was made a purveyor to her majesty. The apples were
selected and packed by Oliver Perham of Lyndeborough. The queen
accepted the fruit and acknowledged its receipt by a letter written by
her private secretary and sealed by her own hand. He made a study of
music, and was a member of the Congregational Church choir for many
years. He was active and energetic in all that he undertook to do. He
was connected with many business enterprises. He died at Cambridge,
Mass., Jan. 24, 1904. Children : —

1. ABBIE F., b. June 10, 1856, m. I^uke Beard of Wilton,

d. Dec. 23, 1899. Children : Elmer, Gertrude, Florence.

2. CHARLES P., b. Oct. 4, 1858, d. Jan. 23, 1882.

3. WILLIS C., b. June 26, 1860, m. Feb. 9, 1891, Carrie Trow-

bridge.

4. GEORGE B., b. Sept. 29, 1862, d. Oct. 16, 1862.

ISAIAH B. CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis, born July
23, 1831; married June 6, 1855, MaryJ., daughter of David and Bethiah
(Wilson) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born Jan. 20, 1833. Chil-
dren : —

i. ASHER B., b. April 8, 1856, d. July 19, 1862.

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2. LIZZIE; B., b. Jan, n, 1859, d. Sept. 19, 1862.

3. IDA B., b. Sept. 22, 1860, d. July 4, 1886. •

4. LAVADE, b. June 20, 1863, d. Jan. 19, 1884.

5. DEI,BERT W., b. Oct. 6, 1864, d. Oct. 24, 1867.

6. LIZZIE G., b. April 3, 1870, m. Walter S. Tarbell. (See

Tarbell gen.)

7. AGNES C., b. April 5, 1875.

ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Sarah (Coring) Curtis, born Aug. 9,
1833; married Clara, daughter of Albert and Reliance (Reed) Farns-
worth of Wilton, N. H., April 28, 1864. She was born Feb. 24, 1849. He
resides on the Amaziah Blan chard place. Was a soldier in the Civil
War. (See Chapter X.) Children : -

1. KTTA J., b. Aug. 25, 1865, m. George P. Chandler of Wil-

ton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1885. Children: Eva, Carl L.,
, Lora A., Grace B.

2. EDWARD I,., b. Dec. 8, 1867, m. Ella, dau. of John and

Martha (Blodgett) Hall of South Dudswell, Canada. She
was b. March 28, 1867. They were m. Sept. 13, 1893.
She d. March 4, 1905.

3. AUCE C., b. Nov. 19, 1874, d. April 9, i!

ASHER CURTIS, son of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis; born July
14, 1786; married Clarissa A., daughter of Aaron and Betsey (Duncklee)
Carkin of Lyndeborough, Dec. 22, 1818. She was born Nov. 13,1797;
died Dec. 8, 1880. He lived on one of the best farms in Johnson's Corner.
He was an extensive farmer and his wife an expert in the converting of
wool into yarn and cloth, and flax into a great variety of table linen.
This old-fashioned way of carding, spinning and weaving, by which our
ancestors were clothed, and the skill and labor of the mothers of those
days in making their families comfortable is worthy of mention, for it is
almost a " lost art."

Mr. Curtis used to burn quantities of charcoal and carry it to market.
He was an old-fashioned Whig and Republican in politics and a Congre-
gationalist in religious belief, and a noted singer in his day. He died
April 21, 1876. Children : —

1. KII.BURN S., -f-

2. BETSEY ANN, b. May 21, 1827, m. Eli Clark Curtis.

S. CURTIS, son of Asher and Clarissa (Carkin) Curtis,
born July 6, 1821 ; died Sept. 5, 1893 ; married first, Z,ucy, daughter of
Daniel and L,ucy (Burnham) Woodward, November, 1850. She was born
- ; d. May 19, 1853; second, Frances A., daughter of David and
Ann (Cochran) Holt, Oct. 9, 1861. She was born Feb. 16, 1840. He was
a very active, energetic man, widely known. At one time he was largely
interested in the buying of wood lots and the cutting and sale of wood.
I/ike all the Curtis family he was a great lover of music and a member
of the church choir for years. He had the misfortune to become almost

730 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

wholly blind the last year or two of his life. Children, all by second
wife : —

1. ALLISON W., b. Nov. 3., 1862, d. Aug. 29, 1863.

2. ANNIE M., b. Dee. 19, 1864.

3. ELTON G., b. Oct. 26, 1867.

4. JOHN M., b. Sept. 3, 1869, m. Rosie E., dau. of Jason and

Rosie (Young) Holt, Sept. u, 1894. Child : Frances A.,
b. April 5, 1904.

5. ALFRED Iy., b. July 23, 1875. Educated at Harvard

College.

DANFORTH.

EDGAR A. DANFORTH, son of Capt. George and Sarah (Melzer)
Danforth, born May 12, 1846; married first, Oct. i, 1867, Susie A., daugh-
ter of John and Sophia (Ober) Marvell of Milford. She was born 1847 ;
died Aug. 28, 1869 ; second, Jennie, daughter of Stephen and Caroline
(Austin) Clay of Lowell, Mass, Aug. 13, 1870. She was born Jan. 10,
1853; died Sept. 3, 1898; third, March 9, 1904, Lizzie M., daughter of
Samuel and Eliza (Kenson) Eaton, and widow of Frank I/ovejoy. She
was born Nov. 14, 1853, at Amherst.

In 1868 he owned and operated the stage line from Francestown to
Milford. He disposed of this May i, 1874, and in 1875 came to Lynde-
borough and entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell R. R. Company
as station agent, which position he has held ever since. He is the
present efficient town clerk and has held that office 18 years. He was tax
collector 14 years. To all the various duties of his positions he brings
fidelity and courtesy.

DASCOMB.

JACOB DASCOMB, son of James and Elizabeth (Farrington) Das-
cornb, born Aug. 15, 1760; married Aug. n, 1785, Rachel, daughter of
John and Mary (Ellingwood) Dale. She was born July 24, 1762 ; died
July i, 1827. He died July 4, 1827. He was a soldier in the Revolution-
ary army. In 1809 he removed to Wilton. While in Lyndeborough, he
was for several years town clerk and selectman. Children born at
Lyndeborough : —

1. RACHEL, b. Nov. 15, 1745, m. Timothy Putnam. (See

Putnam gen.)

2. SARAH, b. Aug. 12, 1787, m. October, 1809. Archelaus Ful-

ler. (See Fuller gen. )

3. JACOB, b. May 5, 1789, d. Dec. 17, 1789.

4. CALVIN, b. Oct. 29, 1790, m. Rachel Putnam, July 23, 1820.

She d. Oct. 10, 1856. He d. Oct. 13, 1859.

5. BETSEY, b. Aug. 14, 1792, m. 1816, John Thurston.

6. LUTHER, b. March 15, 1795, d. Feb. 28, 1797.

7. MARY, b. June 3, 1797, m. Dec. 3, 1835, Samuel W. Dutton

of Northfield, Mass.

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8. JACOB, 2ND., b. Aug. 13, 1799. Rem. to Andover, Mass.,

Nov. 30, 1875. Twice married.

9. lyUTHER, b. Dec. 20, 1801.

10. JAMES, b. June i, 1805.

DICKEY.

DAVID G. DICKEY, son of Adam and Keziah (Clement) Dickey,
born Oct. 24, 1836 ; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Mary E., daughter of
John J. and Abby (Mudgett) Balch. She was born July 17, 1842 ; died
March 26, 1900 ; second, Aug. 28, 1900, Mrs. Nellie E. Kenniston of
Andover, Mass. She was born March i, 1867. He came to Lyndebor-
ough from Deering in 1864. Was superintendent of the town farm for a
number of years ; was selectman and held other town offices ; was a
soldier in the Civil War. Child, by first wife : —

i. NEIL J., b. Dec. 14, 1871, d. Feb. 13, 1883.

DINSMORE.

ABRAHAM DINSMORE and Love, his wife, were evidently among
the earliest settlers in the territory of Lyndeborough that was used to
form a part of Temple. Abraham, Abraham, Jr., and Zebadiah Dins-
more were Revolutionary soldiers and when the alarm came from Ticon-
deroga marched in company with 34 others to the front. Abraham and
Zebadiah were of those who marched to Cambridge from Temple on the
alarm of the igth of April, 1775, as related in the History of Temple.
The older children of Abraham, Jr., are recorded as born at Temple, but
he must have removed to Lyndeborough for children are also recorded
as born there. Record of the children of Abraham and Love Dins-
more : —

i. ABRAHAM I,., b. at Temple, Oct. 12, 1777.
5. SAMUEL, b. at Temple, June 24, 1779.

3. L,OVE, b. at Temple, May 26, 1781.

4. SARAH, b. at Temple, March 22, 1783.

5. EPHRAIM, b. at L/yndeborough, March 21, 1785.

6. GEORGE, b. at L/yndeborough, Dec. 21, 1787.

DOLIJVER.

CAPT. JOHN B. DOLLIVER was born in Marblehead, Mass, April
22, 1810. His father was in the U. S. Naval Service during the War of
1812. His grandfather came to Lyndeborough about 1775 and purchased
a lot of wild land of Jesse Putnam, the deed bearing date November,
1775. When a lad of four years, John came to live with his grand-
parents, and after their death he inherited the homestead property. He
was a large and powerfully built man, broad-shouldered and strong, of
great endurance, and of great industry withal. He was genial and fond
of company, enjoying a laugh or a joke, even if it was at his own ex-
pense. He took great interest in military matters and in military exer-
cises and was captain of the Lafayette Artillery at one time. He married

732 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

first, Lucetta P. Draper of Greenfield, June 3, 1836. She was born April
27, 1816 ; died April 9, 1852 ; married second, Mrs. Abbie E. Conant of
Greenfield, N. H., Feb. 3, 1853. She was born July 21, 1819 ; died Dec.
29> *%97' He died Sept. 30, 1887. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —
By first wife : —

1. lyUCETTA J., b. March 5, 1837.

2. SARAH R., b. Oct. 9, 1839, m. Henry Holt of Greenfield

3. BENTON J., b. Jan. 15, 1841.

4. L/YDIA K., b. Nov. 13, 1843.

5. PERSIS B., b. Nov. 30, 1845, m. Frank Brook of Green-

field, d. Nov. 28, 1889.

6. GEORGIANNA M., born March 9, 1847, d. July 6, 1870.

7. WILLIAM H., +
By second wife : —

8. FRANK P., born June 24, 1853. Res. in San Francisco.

9. GEORGE S., born Nov. 20, 1854, d. Feb. 5, 1887.

10. EDWARD W., -f-

11. ABBIE A. G., b. July 13, 1858, m. Fred S. Pickett, Nov.

14, 1882, d. Feb. n, 1895.

12. SAMUEL A., -|-

13. CARRIE E., b. Nov. 13, 1862, m. Warren C. Ordway of
Francestown, d. Nov. 26, 1888.

14. L/ouis E., b. Feb. 24, 1864. Res. in San Francisco.

WILLIAM H. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Lucetta (Draper)
Dolliver, born Dec. 26, 1849; married Emma J., daughter of Joseph and
Mary J. (Putnam) Blanchard of Greenfield. She was born July 8, 1852.
Children born in I/yndeborough : —

i. FLOSSIE L/., b. Jan. 16, 1879.
2- GRACE M., b. Oct. 17, 1883.
Two of their children, both boys, d. young.

EDWARD W. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol-
liver, born Oct. i, 1856; married Sarah (Wilson) Temple of Frances-
town, March 18, 1877. She was born March 16, 1856. He is a black-
smith and farmer and has a residence and shop on the Forest road near
the intersection of the road to the centre. Children : —

1. JOHN E., b. Feb. 22, 1878, at Francestown, m. Edith I.

Smith, Nov. 2, 1898. She was b. March 16, 1879. Child :
Dorothy, b. Nov. 19, 1904.

2. BESSIE C., b. Jan. 31, 1884, at L/yndeborough.

3. LILLIAN W., b. Oct. 19, 1888, at L/yndeborough.

SAMUEL A. DOLLIVER, son of John B. and Abbie (Conant) Dol-
liver, born Feb. 28, 1860; married Jan. i, 1884, Carrie M., daughter of
Sewell M. and Sarah F. (Putnam) Buck. She was born Aug. 30, 1866.

GENEALOGIES 733

DONOVAN.

The Donovan family is a very ancient one, whether Irish or English
history is to be credited. Its age antedates the Danish invasion of
England. We shall not attempt to trace the current to its source, how-
ever, but shall give instead, a brief account of Rev. Mr. Donovan and
of his family. He was born, April 8, 1837, in the parish of Myross,
County of Cork, Ireland, and came to America with his parents in 1847.
He lived several years in Nova Scotia, then came to Fitchburg, Mass.,
where he went to school a short time. He went into Vermont in 1857,
and began preparation for college; graduated at the University of
Vermont in 1864, and at The Newton Theological Institution in 1867 ; was
ordained at Belchertown, Mass., in 1867, pastor there till 1869. He also
had one pastorate in Rhode Island, two in New York State, and also two
in New Hampshire, at Cornish, and at Lyndeborough since 1886.

He was married in Baldwinsville, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867, to Miss E. M.,
daughter of the late Joseph Nichols, M. D., of Springfield, New Hamp-
shire. She was born April 20, 1838. Child : —

i. WINFRED NICHOLS DONOVAN, b. Jan. 24, 1869, in Belcher-
town, Mass. He was graduated at Colby College in 1892,
and after teaching a short time entered The Newton Theo-
logical Institution, graduating in 1898. He is now assis-
tant professor of Biblical Interpretation at The Newton
Theological Institution, and resides at Newton Centre.
Mr. Donovan married, Dec. 23, 1895, Miss Nellie Stuart,
born Oct. 27, 1870, daughter of Francis W. Bakeman,
D.D., and Ellen (Stuart) Bakeman. Children: Francis
Bakeman and Elizabeth Nichols.

DUNCKIvEE.

The Duncklee family of Lyndeborough is of Scotch descent. The first
to come to Lyndeborough, of which any record can be found, was
Hezekiah, who came from Danvers, Mass., and settled in that part of
Lyndeborough which was afterwards made the town of Greenfield. He
was of the fourth generation from Elnathan, who came to America from
England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1651. It is not known just
when he came to Lyndeborough, but he was a soldier in Capt. Peter
Clark's company in 1777. (See Chapter X.) His wife was Mehitable
White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of Moses White of Lynde-
borough. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham,
Mass. Hezekiah Duncklee had at least three sons of record. He died
in Greenfield, March 10, 1827. Children : —

1. EBENEZER, -|-

2. HEZEKIAH, -\-

3. L/EONARD, -f-

EBENEZER DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White)
Duncklee ; born Sept. 3, 1781 ; married Lucy Morgan of New Boston.

734 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

She was born 1794; died Aug. 19, 1856. He died Dec. 22, 1864. Reset-
tled on a farm near the Nathan Richardson place. Children : —

1. ISAAC Iy., -+•

2. LUCY, b. July 25, 1827, d. July 29, 1858.

3. WILLIAM R., -j-

ISAAC L. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan) Dunck-
lee; born Sept. 21, 1824; married first, June 17, 1852, Elizabeth H.,
daughter of Williams and Hannah (Lewis) Woodward, born Feb. 13,
1830; died Feb. 7, 1855. Married second, Jan. 8, 1857, Minerva H. Cud-
worth of Greenfield. She was born Feb. 21, 1826; died June 20, 1904.
Child by first wife : —

1. CHARLES M. b. April 4, 1854, d. Oct. 21, 1858.

Children by second wife : —

2. L-IZZIE A, b. Dec. 7, 1857, d. Sept. 14, 1858.

3. CLINTIE M., b. July3, 1862.

4. MINNIE A., b. May 6, 1865, d. June 18, 1867.

WILLIAM R. DUNCKLEE, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Morgan)
Duncklee ; born Oct. 22, 1831; married May 4, 1862, Ursula J. Richards
of Goffstown, born June 29, 1845 > died April 15, 1899, at Lyndeborough.
He died June 2, 1898. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
Children : —

1. WILLIE A., b. Jan. n, 1863, rem. to New York.

2. MINNIE J., b. Feb. 16, 1866, m. William E. Richardson.

(See Richardson gen.)

3. ANDY U., b. May 14, 1868, rem. to California.

HEZEKIAH DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (White)
Duucklee, born Feb. 17, 1784; married Feb. 25, 1812, Anna Bachelder of
Greenfield. She was born April 2, 1782; died Aug. 10, 1857. He died
Nov. 16, 1863. Children : —

1. JULIA ANN, m. Sherebiah Manning. (See Manning gen.)

2. JOHN J., b. May 12, 1817, m. Sarah J. Page, Oct. 19, 1843,

rem. to Pennsylvania, d. May 13, 1891.

3. LAJCY M., b. Feb. 27, 1819, d. Feb. 2, 1888, m. Stephen

Carleton of Nashua.

4. JOSEPH FLAVEL, b. May 21, 1822, m. Julia M. Patch, Nov.

22, 1857, rem. to Francestown, d. April 3, 1894.

5. HENRY H., b. Sept. 23, 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Cornelia E.

Whittemore. He d. May 20, 1888.

LEONARD DUNCKLEE, son of Hezekiah and Mehitabel (White)
Duncklee ; born Jan. 10, 1794 ; married March 28, 1839, Elizabeth B.,
daughter of Aaron Lewis, born May 2, 1816; died Dec. 19, 1896. He
died April 19, 1863. Child, born in Lyndeborough : —

i. DANIEL WEBSTER, b. March 10, 1841, rem. to Francestown.

GENEALOGIES 735

DUNCKLEE.

EDWARD P. DUNCKLEE, son of John M. and Cynthia (Center)
Duncklee; born in Greenfield, Jan. 21, 1832; married Dec. 17, 1857,
Amanda O., daughter of John M. Follansbee. She was born at Andover,
Mass., March 13, 1837 ; died at Boston Aug. 18, 1895. He came to Lynde-
borough in 1876 from Stoneham, Mass., where he had been extensively
engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He bought the Gage place on the
mountain, and remodeled and enlarged the buildings, bought land and
established the now well known Pinnacle House, a resort for summer
boarders. Children, born at Stoneham, Mass.: —

1. EMMA A., b. June 26, 1859, m. Oct. 25, 1876, Charles A.

Moody of lyowell, Mass. Of their children, one, Zetta A.,
was born in L/yndeborough.

2. EDWARD A., b. July 27, 1871.

DUREN.

ROBERT DUREN married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Putnam, and
lived where the Baptist parsonage is. One child, recorded as born at
Lyndeborough : —

i. OSGOOD JOHNSON, b. May 13, 1829.

BUTTON.

The immigrant ancestor of the Dutton families of Lyndeborough was
John Dutton, who came to America in 1630 and settled in Reading, Mass.
His son Thomas, with his wife Susanna, lived in Woburn and Reading,
Mass., where their children, nine in number, were born. Thomas died
Jan. 22, 1667, and his wife died Aug. 27, 1684. They had a son, Thomas,
who married Rebecca Draper. By this marriage he had five children.
Their son Thomas married Harriet Burge, and thirteen'children were the
result of this marriage, all born in Billerica, Mass. Josiah, their fourth
son, was born Feb. 21, 1716, and he married Sarah Parker, April 6, 1743.
They had eleven children, and were the parents of Benjamin, Jacob, Ezra
and William Dutton, who came to Lyndeborough in the early days of its
settlement. Jacob and Ezra settled in that part of the town which was an-
nexed to Francestown in 1792. William settled on the land now owned
by Sewell M. Buck, and Benjamin on the Dutton homestead farm north
of the mountain. Reuben inherited the farm from his father, Benjamin,
and raised a large family there, and then Benjamin, son of Reuben, occu-
pied the farm. It is abandoned now, nothing but a cellar hole and lilac
bushes to mark the site. Jacob Dutton married Rhoda Dix. She died
in Francestown Feb. 6, 1807. They had nine children. Five of them are
recorded as born in Lyndeborough : Jacob, born Dec. 20, 1781 ; Joel, born
April 24, 1784; Sara, born Feb. 10, 1786; Olive, born Feb. 5, 1788; An-
drew, born May 21, 1789. Their father died in Francestown Nov. 8, 1803.

The four brothers who helped settle the town were all born in Notting-
ham West, now Hudson, and came to Lyndeborough some time previous
to 1780. They served in the Revolutionary army, and their service is de-
scribed in another chapter. Benjamin was here as early as 1769, for his

736 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

name is on a petition to have Amherst made the Shire town, dated April
5, 1769. The other three brothers probably came a little later.

There is a record of Asa Button and Phene, his wife. Child : Phene,
born Feb. 24, 1776.

BENJAMIN BUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Button;
born April 27, 1746; married Sarah Stiles. He died Sept. 3, 1803. Chil-
dren : —

1. BENJAMIN, b. July 17, 1770.

2. SARAH, b. May 15, 1772.
.3. REUBEN S. +

4. JACOB, b. Sept. 26, 1776, d. Dec. 2, 1779.

5. SARAH, b. March 19, 1779.

6. AMY, b. July 24, 1781, d. July 6, 1782.

7. DEIDAMIA, b. April 29, 1784.

8. IvOis, b. Sept. 10, 1786, d. Dec. i, 1803.

9. MOSES, b. Mar. 24, 1789.

REUBEN S. BUTTON, son of Benjamin and Sarah Button, born Aug.
26, 1774. He married first, Nancy Clark ; second, I/ydia Hyde. He
lived on the Button farm north of the mountain. Children by first
wife :

1. L,EAFE, b. July 22, 1798.

2. BENJAMIN, -|-

3. REUBEN, b. May 18, 1804, m. Arethusa Evans of Peterboro.

He d. at Milford, March 8, 1889.

4. MYNARD and MIANDA (Twins), b. Dec. 2, 1806. Mynard

m. Susan Stevens of Andover, Mass. She was b. at An-
dover, March 23, 1814, d. at Ayer, Mass., Dec. 29, 1891.
Of their two children Eliza J. was b. at Lyndeborough,
Aug. 18, 1834, d. at Nashua, July 10, 1849. Philena A.
wasb. at Fraucestown, July 12, 1847, m. Charles W. Ather-
ton of Greenfield.

5. Lois, b. Aug. 17, 1809.

6. ROXANNA, b. April n, 1813, m. John Balch of Francestown.
Children by second wife : —

7. SAMUEL, b. June 13, 1824. Rem. to the west.

8. WILLIAM, b. May 27, 1825. Rem. to the west.

BENJAMIN BUTTON, son of Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Button,
born June 24, 1801 ; married Jan. 27, 1835, Betsey E., daughter of Nehe-

tniah and (Putnam) Rand. She was born Aug. 21, 1814. He died

Oct. 27, 1869. He lived on the farm his father owned in the northwest
part of the town, nothing but the cellar hole to mark the site.
Children : —
i. ANN E., b. Jan. 5, 1838, m. June 3, 1857, John Gage.

GENEALOGIES 737

2. MARY J., b. July 7, 1839, m. Edward Kidder of Wilton.

3. BENJAMIN W., b. April 13, 1847, d. March 22, 1866.

EZRA BUTTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Parker) Button, born Aug.
,3°) J755 '. married Phebe ; died Feb. 4, 1794. Children : —

1. RICHARD, b. Aug. n, 1779.

2. THOMAS, b, Dec. 14, 1783.

3. PHEBE, b. Aug. 22, 1786.

4. MARY, b. Sept. 19, 1788.

5. ELIZABETH, b. May 19, 1791.

CAPT. WILLIAM BUTTON. Among the early settlers of Lynde-
borough was William Button, who was born May 23, 1760, at Notting-
ham West. He came from Westford, Mass., probably. He married
Susanna Reed of that town. He lived where Sewell M. Buck now lives.
He died Oct. 9, 1807, aged 48 years. His wife died in 1841, aged 83 years.
Their children are all recorded as born in Lyndeborough. He was a
captain in the Continental Army. (See Chapter VII.) Children : —

1. REBECCA, b. April 20, 1782, m. John Beasom. (See Bea-

som gen.)

2. JOHN, b. Jan. 19, 1784, d. Jan. 21, 1784.

3. WILLIAM, -f

4. HILDRETH, b. Sept. i, 1787, m. Sally Putnam of L/ynde-

borough.

5. SALLY, b. Oct. 20, 1789, m. Stearns.

6. PERLEY, b. July 21, 1792, m. Fanny Wilkins.

7. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 18, 1795, m. Russell Upton.

8. WARREN, b. Jan. i, 1798.

9. IvUCiNDA, d. unm.

10. REED, b. April 10, 1803, m. first, Oct. 26, 1828, Betsey
Burnap, m. second, Betsey Wheeler.

WILLIAM Button, son of William and Susannah (Reed) Button,
born April 20, 1785 ; married Sarah Beasom. He died April 26, 1828.
Sarah (Beasom) Button died in Michigan, Jan. 24, 1857. He early re-
moved to Michigan, and was in the banking business there. His descen-
dants live at Adrian, Mich. Children : —

1. WILLIAM, b. March 8, 1813, d. Oct. 30, 1884.

2. JANE P., b. March 7, 1816, m. a Robbins and rem. to Vine-

land, N. J.

3. JOHN A., b. April, 1817, d. Oct. 27, 1861.

4. RODNEY T., b. Sept. 30, 1819, d. June 2, 1855.

5. HILDRETH, b. June 10, 1821, d. Nov. 5, 1846.

6. SARAH A., b. July 24, 1824, d. April, 1852.

7. ANTHONY T., b. April 22, 1826, d. March 22, 1870.

8. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 26, 1828, d. Sept. 23, 1851.

738 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

EASTMAN.

GEORGE W. EASTMAN, son of Enoch S. and Sarah E. (Blanchard)
Eastman, born at South Tamworth, N. H., Jan. 26, 1858 ; married Annie
E., daughter of George W. and Martha L,. Hildrup Musso. She was
born at Lynn, Mass. They were married June 29, 1877. He came to
Lyndeborough from Lynn, Mass., in 1893, and settled on the Adoniram
Russell place. He is a watchmaker and jeweler by trade, and has the
distinction of having the only greenhouse in Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. MABEL L,., b. at L/ynn, April 15, 1878.

2. HERBERT W., b. at Lynn, Aug. 15, 1882.

3. CLARENCE A., b. at Foxboro, Mass., Aug. 18, 1884.

4. HAROLD, b. at Franklin, Mass., Aug. 3, 1886.

5. EDITH G., b. at Franklin, April 22, 1888.

6. EDGAR L., b. at Lynn, May 10, 1890.

7. ROLAND W., b. at Lynn, March n, 1892.

8. ARTHUR G., b. at Lyndeborough, Nov. 3, 1895.

EATON.

WARREN A. EATON, born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1843;
married July 9, 1865, C. Annie Nichols of Nova Scotia. She was born
July 19, 1841. He came to Lyndeborough from Cambridge in May, 1886,
and bought the water power known as Buttrick's Mills. Here he oper-
ated a saw and grist mill and carried on a small farm until October, 1900,
when he removed to Somerville, Mass. He early won the esteem of the
people of Lyndeborough, and was a member of the board of selectmen.
Children: —

i. CARL A., b. Dec. 29, 1880, d. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 2,

1894.

Charles R. Carter, a nephew of Mr. Eaton, lived in his family,
born Aug. 10, 1878.

FRANK H. EATON, son of George D. and Eliza (Southwick) Eaton ;
born Feb. i, 1855; married April 10, 1886, Georgia Landers of Yarmouth,
N. S. She was born March 13, 1856. He is a brother of Warren A., and
came to Lyndeborough from Somerville, Mass., in 1884. He bought a
farm on the Forest road above Joseph Blanchard's place, and lived there
until 1899, when he returned to Somerville. He was one of the board of
selectmen, and took an active part in the social affairs of South Lynde-
borough. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. BERTHA A., b. Oct. 24, 1888.

2. CHESTER E., b. March 28, 1890.

3. LEWIS J., b. Jan. 4, 1892.

4. LOTTIE M., b. April 2, 1895.

5. LENA A., b. Jan. 3, il

GENEALOGIES 739

ELLJNGWOOD.

SAMUEL ELLINGWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Amherst in
1810 and lived on a place now owned by E. C. Curtis in the south part of
the town. There is a record in the town book of births of Ebenezer, son
of Joseph and Sarah Ellingwood, born Dec. 31, 1774. Joseph may have
been the father of Samuel, also. Jacob, one of the sons died at the
town farm. One of the daughters married Uriah Cram. (See Cram gen.)
We have no further record of this family.

EMERY.

ENVILLE J. EMERY was the pastor of the Baptist church at South
Lyndeborough for a number of years. He came to Lyndeborough about
1855 from Nashua, N. H. Child : —

i. MADALON, m. Albert Wheeler, res. at East Jaffrey.

JOHN M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery ; born
July n, 1829 ; died Sept. 6, 1891 ; married Ann M., daughter of James and
Sarah (Brown) Bradford, April 26, 1857. She was born July 21, 1841.
John was a brother of Enville, and came to Lyndeborough from Nashua
about the same time. He was a fine singer and taught singing school in
the winter season, and his services were in request as a musician. He re-
sided in South Lyndeborough. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. HARLAN E., +

2. CLINTIE A., b. Sept. 13, 1871. Is a teacher and res. at

Winthrop, Mass.

HARLAN E. EMERY, son of John M. and Ann M. (Bradford) Emery;
born Jan. 14, 1868 ; married June 20, 1900, May B., daughter of Hubert M.
and Eliza A. (Stephenson) Potter of Lowell, Mass. She was born July
n, 1871. Child, born in Lyndeborough : —

i. GLADYS E., b. June 27, 1901.

MORRIS M. EMERY, son of Jacob and Betsey (March) Emery; born
March 23, 1821 ; married Lois Heath of Henniker. She was born Sept.
13, 1818; died Jan. 2, 1887. He died March n, 1886. He was a seaman,
and during the spring and summer months pursued his calling on the
water, but generally spent his winters in Lyndeborough. Child, born in
Lyndeborough : —
i. ALICE, b. Feb. ii.

EPES.*

Daniel Epes in the county of Kent, England, left a widow, who mar-
ried Gov. Symonds and came to Ipswich, Mass., bringing with her a son
by her former husband named Daniel, who married Elizabeth, daughter
of Gov. Symonds, by whom he had a number of children. One of them,
Daniel, married Martha Boardman of Cambridge, April 17, 1672. Francis,
Joseph and Benjamin Epes were children of Daniel and Hannah (Pres-
cott) Epes, and were among the early settlers of Lyndeborough. They
were of the fourth generation from Daniel, the immigrant ancestor.

* This name is now spelled Epps.

740 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

FRANCIS EPES. The name of Francis Epes appears as one of the
early settlers of Lyndeborough. He was the second son of Daniel and
Hannah (Prescott) Epes, and settled north of the mountain. He was
born Oct. 19, 1740, and married Mary Frost, a daughter of Gen. Frost of
Kittery, Me. Their first child is recorded as born July 24, 1768. He
was evidently much respected in the town, and entrusted with much of
the town business in those early days. He died in Francestown in 1802.
He removed to that place in 1790 and settled on the old Fairbanks place
south of Driscoll Hill.* His wife died in Lyndeborough. Children,
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY, b. July 24, 1768, m. Joseph Kidder of Lyndeborough.

2. HANNAH, b. Jan n, 1770, d. in Francestown in 1797.

3. SARAH, b. April 6, 1772, m. Samuel Stevens of Francestown,

d. Aug. 8, 1796.

4. ELIZABETH, b. May 26, 1773, m. Israel Balch of Frances-

town, d. Dec. 14, 1846.

5. ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1775, m. Samuel Stevens of Frances-

town, d. May 17, 1825.

JOSEPH EPES, a younger brother of Francis, also settled in Lynde-
borough. He was born March 24, 1763, and married Elizabeth Rand of
Lyndeborough. They lived at one time on the place now owned by Mr.
Bailey, north of the mountain. He removed to Orleans, N. Y., where he
died Nov. 22, 1831. She died at the same place June 24, 1849. Children,
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 17, 1787.

2. ELIZABETH, b. April 3, 1791.

3. HANNAH, b. April 15, 1796.

4. LEWIS, b. July 17, 1798.

5. NEHEMIAH, b. April 9, 1801.

6. DANIEL, b. Oct. 27, 1793.

There is also a record of Polly and Dolly, twin daughters of
Benjamin Epes and Anna his wife, b. Nov. 24, 1787. Henry,
son of the same, b. Aug. 10, 1789.

FARRINGTON.

DAVID FARRINGTON came to Lyndeborough some time previous to
1800, probably in 1790, though the exact date is not known. He married
Mary C., daughter of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones. She
was born Jan. 20, 1781. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY, b. Nov. 12, 1800, m. Caleb Leonard and rem. to

Stockbridge, Vt.

2. ABIGAIL, b. March 21, 1803, m. Oliver Bixby. (See Bixby

gen.)

* Francestowu History.

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3. ELIZA, b. Feb. 24, 1807, m. Nov. 6, 1828, Nehetniah Epps

of Francestown.

4. HULDAH, b. Dec. 1 8, 1811, m. Nov. 13, 1839, Oliver Bixby.

(See Bixby gen.)

5. SARAH, m. Royal Tupper.

FISH.

NATHAN FISH, born in Mason, Nov. 9, 1771 ; married 1795, Hannah
E. Russell of Wilmington, Mass. She was born July 9, 1778. In early
life he was indentured to Samuel Stiles of I/yndeborough and Susanna
his wife to dwell with them and serve them until he should reach the age
of twenty-one years. In return he was to be taught the "art and mys-
tery of husbandry." Among the old papers which he left is his commis-
sion as 4th sergeant in the 3rd company of the 26th Regt., S. M., signed
by Lieut. Col. Benj. Pierce of Hillsborough, the father of Gen. Franklin
Pierce, president of the United States. He was sworn in by Capt. Peter
Clark, Justice of the Peace. Children : —

1. NATHAN, JR., -f-

2. NATHANIEL R., -+-

3. DANIEL, b. May i, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Patty, dau. of

Thomas and Patty .(Coburn) Bradford of Lyndeborough.
She was b. Feb. 7, 1802. He d. April 16, 1886 in Temple.

4. HANNAH, b. Sept. 17, 1803, d. Jan. 12, 1883.

5. ANNA, b. Feb. n, 1805, d. Aug. 27, 1884.

6. MARY ANN, b. March 27, 1808, m. Dec. 29, 1826, Dr. Co-

burn of Wilton.

7. SARAH S., b. Oct. 12, 1810, d. Oct. 28, 1886.

8. RUSSELL, b. May n, 1812, d. June 4, 1812.

9. JOHN R., b. Oct. 13, 1814, d. May 4, 1846. He was driving

a team down the hill near Buttrick's mill when one of the
oxen became unyoked, and in endeavoring to keep the
yoke off the ground he was run over and killed.

10. NEHEMIAH, -f-

11. MARTHA, b. Sept. 6, 1818, d. April 15, 1844.

12. CAROLINE M., b. May 8, 1820, m. L/evi H. Woodward.
(See Woodward gen.)

NATHAN FISH, JR. Son of Nathan and Harriet E. (Russell) Fish;
born in Wilton, Dec. 2, 1795; married April 4, 1834, Sally, daughter of
Thomas and Lucy (Parker) Draper, born Aug. 30, 1810 ; died Feb. 23,
1856. He died Sept. 27, 1886. Children : —

1. RHODA, m. Joseph Blanchard. (See Blanchard gen.)

2. NATHAN A., m. Mary Young.

3. JOSEPH D.

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4. GEORGE L. H., d. in the army.

Of these children one, Rhoda, was born at Lyndeborough, the
other three at Temple.

NATHANIEL R. FISH, son of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell)
Fish; born in Temple, Nov. n, 1796; married Sept. 19, 1820, Rebecca
Palmer of Methuen, Mass. She died Oct. 3, 1882. He resided in Peter-
borough for many years, but died in Lyndeborough Feb. 7, 1889. Chil-
dren : —

1. REBECCA, b. April 2, 1822, m. David C. Grant of Lyndebor-

ough. (See Grant gen.)

2. ASCENETH, b. July 10, 1823, d. Oct. 14, 1839.

3. ELSEY, b. March 24, 1826, m. Franklin H. Kidder of Lynde-

borough. (See Kidder gen.)

4. EDWIN N., b. Jan. n, 1828.

5. JAMES G., b. Jan. 2, 1830.

6. GEORGE O., b. Aug. 18, 1832, d. May 26, 1873.

7. SARAH E., b. July 13, 1836, m. Benjamin G. Herrick. (See

Herrick gen.)

8. WILLIAM R., b. Jan. 18, 1839, m. Sarah Raymond of Green-

field, res. in Keene. Children : Arthur, Willie.

NEHEMIAH FISH, son of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish;
born Feb. 20, 1817 ; married Nov. n, 1845, Lydia Spofford. She was born
in Clarendon, Vt., June 18, 1822. He died in Greenfield Feb. 6, 1894.
Children : —

1. HARRIET, died young.

2. JOHN I,., born in I/yndeborough Jan. 3, 1854 ; married

Sept. 5, 1883, Ida M. Newton, b. in Claremont, Oct. 22,
1854.

3. Ai^ivEN, b. in 1856, d. in infancy.

4. LYDIA M., b. March 10, 1862, m. John Flint, d. April 19,

1894.

FISKE.

EBENEZER FISKE was the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Hobbs)
Fiske. He came to L,yndeborough from Danvers, Mass., in 1835. The
farm that he bought and settled on was the land that the Rev. Sewall
Goodrich chose as part of his settlement and known thereafter as the
Goodrich place. It lies north of Badger Pond, and is now owned by
William C. Wilder. Mr. Fiske was much respected for his strict integ-
rity of character. While taking great interest in the affairs of the town,
and always fulfilling the duties of citizenship, he never aspired to public
office, and gave his whole time to his business of farming. He was a de-
voted member of and a constant attendant at the Congregational church.
Failing health compelled him to relinquish the active work of the farm,

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and in 1882 he removed to Milford, where he died after a short illness.
He was born Aug. 18, 1809 ; married first, June 8, 1835, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Simon and Frances (Putnam) Mudge. She was born Aug. 22,
1813; died July 6, 1860. He married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson,
widow of Griffin Wilson of Nelson. She was born March 17, 1814. He
died March 30, 1883. She died in Milford, Dec. 30, 1893. Children by
first wife, all born in I/yndeborough : —

1. FRANCES, b. March 30, 1836, m. Levi P. Spalding. (See

Spalding gen.)

2. lyYDiA J., b. Dec. 3, 1837, d. in 1840.

3. HERBERT A., +

4. JAMES O., +

5. BENJAMIN M., +

6. JENNIE C., b. April 9, 1846, m. Jan. 31, 1871, William D.

Deadman of Wakefield, Mass. Children: William F., b.
Aug. 28, 1873 ; Roy S., b. Feb. 25, 1879, d. Oct. 24, 1885 ;
Alice M., b. May 19, 1882.

7. JULIA A., b. May 8, 1848, m. March 3, 1880, Edwin Stark

of Wakefield, Mass. Children: Theodore F., b. Nov. 14,
1881, Edwin J., b. April 20, 1883, Helen F., b. Feb. 24,
1889.

8. WIU.IAM E., +

9. ALMIRA E., b. Aug. 23, 1852, res. in Wakefield, Mass.

HERBERT A. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge)
Fiske, born Oct. 18, 1839; married Sept. 28, 1876, Sarah E., daughter of
Otis and Mary (Gushing) Cutler. She was born Dec. 8, 1848. He died
Feb. 14, 1905. He was for many years the manager of an extensive soda
water manufactory in Boston. Child : —

i. MARY E., b. Aug. 2, 1877.

JAMES O. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske,
born Nov. 21, 1841 ; married June, 1869, Sarah O., daughter of Samuel
and Sarah (Goodrich) Jones. She was born Feb. 18, 1846; died Dec. 26,
1894. He died Sept. 8, 1899. Child : —

i. HARRY B., b. Dec. 17, 1873.

BENJAMIN M. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge)
Fiske, born March 5, 1844 ; married Dec. 21, 1866, Sarah A. Fletcher of
Brighton, Mass. She was born Nov. 8, 1842; died Jan. 8, 1900; married
second, Feb. 12, 1902, Sarah Elizabeth Willis. He removed to Brighton
in 1864 and entered the employ of Charles Dana in the meat and pro-
vision business. In 1866 he bought out the business, and was very suc-
cessful from the start. He is one of the assessors of Brighton, a direc-
tor in the Market National Bank, a director in the Brighton Savings
Bank and a prominent and influential citizen.

744 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

WILLIAM E. FISKE, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske,
born Aug. 22, 1850 ; married April 5, 1876, Phebe C., daughter of Otis
and Mary (Gushing) Cutler. She was born Aug. 19, 1852. He was col-
lector for the Howe Sewing Machine Co. five years and in the provision
business in Brighton and Boston nine years. He returned to the home-
stead farm in April, 1887, and was farmer and produce dealer until 1902,
when he removed to Wilton. He was a strong supporter of the Congre-
gational Church, serving as clerk and treasurer of the society for a num-
ber of years. Child : —

i. AGNES GUSHING, b. Sept. 27, 1878, m. George P. Bradford.
(See Bradford gen.)

FRENCH.

ISAAC P. FRENCH, son of David and Lydia (Parker) French, born
Oct. 8, 1790 ; married March 26, 1815, Clarissa, daughter of Capt. Nathan
and Ann (Remick) Barnes. She was born 1795. He was a grandson of
Gen. William French and came from good Revolutionary stock. He
was born at Bedford and came from that place to Lyndeborough and
settled on the Barren place, now owned by Frank B. Fay. His wife was
a sister of John Richardson's wife and also sister of Mrs. Rodney C.
Boutwell. His name appears often in the records of the town as hold-
ing public office, and he was evidently a man of much ability. He re-
moved to Massachusetts about 1850. They had three sons : —

1. DAVID, b. Feb. i, 1817.

2. GEORGE W., b. July 25, 1819.

3. CHARLES P.

FRENCH.

SUMNER FRENCH was born in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. i, 1806. Came
to Lyndeborough in 1852. In 1853 he bought the "Woodward" home-
stead farm in the north part of the town. March n, 1871, the old brick
house was burned to the ground, and there has been no house there
since. Mr. French married Mary L. Rice of Uxbridge, Mass., March 10,
1832. She was born Sept. 4, 1808; died Jan. 8, 1851; married second,
Lucy Averill of Mt. Vernon, N. H., Oct. 16, 1851. She was born Sept.
21, 1811. He removed to Francestown in 1872, where he died Oct. 14,
1881. Children by first wife : —

1. MARSHALL S., b. in Methuen, Mass., Sept. 12, 1835. Res.

in Melrose, Mass.

2. SARAH A., b. in Manchester, N. H., Dec. 9, 1844, m.

L/angdon B. Cummings of Rindge, N. H. (See Cummings
gen.)

FULLER.

ANDREW FULLER came to Lyndeborough from Middleton, Mass.,
in 1765. He was a descendant of the fourth generation from Thomas
Fuller, who came to the colonies from England in 1638. He was born in
Middleton, Mass., April 21, 1743. He fitted for college and at an early

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age entered Dartmouth, from which he was graduated in 1764. On com-
ing to Lyndeborough he commenced to teach school and followed that
vocation until 70 years of age. He was evidently a man of varied ac-
complishments, for as a surveyor he ran many of the first lines through
the virgin forest of the then sparsely settled town. In the controversies
of the times he was much consulted for his knowledge of the law. He
was a devout member of the Congregational Church and while not an
ordained minister, he often supplied the pulpit and preached acceptably
to the people. He was of slight physique and never weighed more than
ninety pounds. He wore knee buckles until the last, and long after
they were out of fashion. He was town clerk and held other office and
was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. (See Chapter VII.) He
married first, Mary Putnam, who was born March 13, 1748 ; died Nov.
18, 1777; second, Hannah Smith, who was born Aug. i, 1749; died Sept.
5, 1824. He died in 1831. Children by first wife, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. MARY, b. Oct. 17, 1768, m. Piam Herrick. Rem. to Wil-

ton, N. H.

2. PAMEUA, b. March 12, 1770, m. Aaron Kidder. She d.

Dec. 23, 1816.

3. MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 18, 1771, m. Collins Whittemore.

Rem. to Hancock, N. H.

4. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 24, 1774, m. first, Blanchard ; sec-

ond, Blanchard (Sisters). Rem. to New York.

5. BETSEY, b. Feb. 6, 1776, m. David Kidder.
Children by second wife, all born in Lyndeborough : —

6. SARAH, b. Jan. i, 1780, m. Samuel Davis.

7. ARCHILAS, b. April 25, 1781, m. Sarah Dascomb. Rem. to

Syracuse, N. Y.

8. OLIVE, b. March 31, 1783, m. Rufus Badger.

9. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1785, m. Osgood Hutchinson.

10. ANDREW, +

11. FANNY, b. Aug. 17, 1793, m. Moses Fisher, Jr. Rem. to
Francestown.

12. ANNA, b. June 19, 1795, m. Jacob Manning.

ANDREW FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Smith) Fuller,
born March 16, 1790; married April 29, 1821, Hannah M. Chenery of
Watertown, Mass. He died Feb. i, 1872. Children : —

1. JOHN C., b. Oct. 6, 1822, d. Oct. 23, 1822.

2. HANNAH M., b. July 30, 1824, m. George C. Hutchinson

of Milford, d. Feb. 15, 1856.

3. ELIZA, b. Dec. 7, 1825, m. Charles Parker. Rem. to Man-

chester.

4. MARY J., b. Nov. i, 1827, m. Jonas Merriam of Billerica,

Mass. Rem. to Charlestown, Mass.

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5. GEORGE R. W., b. Nov. 6, 1831, d. Nov. 16, 1843.

6. WILLIAM H., b. Jan. 19, 1834, m. Addie Sterling of Dor-

chester, Me. Rem. to Billerica, Mass.

7. MOSES C., -}-

8. JOHN A., +

9. SARAH E., b. March 8, 1843, d. Dec. 4, 1855.

MOSES C. FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller,
born Dec. 19, 1835; married first, Dec. 19, 1860, Ann E. King of Milford.
She died Oct. 24, 1888 ; second, Oct. 27, 1894, Mrs. Cora A. Morin of
Stoneham, Mass. She was born May 6, 1855. He lives on the home-
stead farm, which has belonged to the Fuller family since 1765. He has
held town office and was in the U. S. service during the Civil War. ( See
Chapter X.) Children : —

1. ELLA J., b. Dec. i, 1862, m. Chas. B. Smith of Wilton.

Shed. Feb. 18, 1895. Two children : Harry, Irene.

2. ANDY A., b. Jan. 8, 1868, d. June 24, 1871.

3. CORA M., b. Dec. 31, 1876, m. David C. Butterfield of New

Boston, April 9, 1894. Two children: Andy, Christine.

JOHN A. FULLER, son of Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller,
born March 15, 1839; married May 21, 1865, Ella Wright of New Boston.
He died Dec. 16, 1897. Child : —

i. FRED A.

FORD.

JOSEPH H. FORD came to Lyndeborough in 1830 from Jasper, N.
Y., born April 30, 1810; married Feb. 7, 1833, Betsey A., daughter of
Thomas and Betsey (Holt) Kidder. She was born March 6, 1814; died
Feb. 23, 1887. He died Feb. 14, 1877. Children, all but Alfred -T., born
in Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY A., b. Sept. 3, 1833, m. March 13, 1853, Hezekiah

D. Davis of Shirley, Mass. Res. in Mason. Children :
Franklin, b. L,yndeborough, George, -Fred S., b. Oct. 7,
1869, d. Dec. 24, 1871.

2. ALVIN J., b. Sept. 2, 1835, m. Mary Marsh of Greenfield.

He d. May 12, 1896, in New Ipswich.

3. JOSEPH F., b. July 13, 1837, d- Dec. 5, 1837.

4. SUSANNA, b. July 17, 1840, m. John Gage of L/yndeborough.

(See Gage gen.)

5. ALFRED T., -|-

6. ALMANDA J., born Jan. 27, 1851, m. Albert Conant. (See

Conant gen.)

ALFRED T. FORD, son of Joseph H. and Betsey A. (Kidder) Ford,
born Dec. 10, 1846, in Wilton ; married Abby, daughter of Peter and

GENEALOGIES 747

Mary (Blunt) Shedd of Milford, Oct. 29, 1887. She was born Nov. 18,
1844. Child : —

i. ROBERT A., (Adopted), b. July 21, 1892.

FOSTER.

ALBERT FOSTER, b. at Ashby, Mass., July 30, 1826; married Nov.
25, 1858, Sarah A. Davis of Sharon. She was born June 29, 1834 ; died
Nov. 22, 1903. He came to Lyndeborough from Brookline in the fall of
1889 and settled on the Otis Perham place, " Perham Corner." Chil-
dren : —

1. MADA E., b. at Brookline, Sept. 17, 1866, m. Aug. 5,

1891, Morton F. Hutchinson, d. Oct. 26, 1892.

2. EMMA C., b. at Brookline, July 29, 1872, m. Fred H. Tar-

bell. (See Tarbell gen.)

GAGE.

JOHN GAGE came to Lyndeborough from New Boston in 1825, and
settled on the David Woodward place, where the Pinnacle summer house
now stands. He married April 24, 1817, Sally Tinker. She died Aug.
8, 1859. He died May n, 1861. Children : —

1. SARAH, b. at New Boston, June 28, 1818, d. May 15, 1849.

2. HARRIET, b. at New Boston, Feb. 3, 1820, m. John Newell.

(See Newell gen.)

3. lyUCY A., b. at New Boston, March 31, 1822, d. March 7.

1845.

4. DAVID, b. at New Boston, Feb. 17, 1824, d. Feb. 16, 1889.

5. RUTH A., b. at L,yndeborough, June 9, 1826, m. John W.

Burnham. (See Burnham gen.)

6. MARY B., b. at I^yndeborough, July 27, 1829, d. July 30.

1847.

7. ELIZA J., b. at I,yndeborough, Feb. 24, 1832, m. John

Newell. (See Newell gen.)

8. JOSEPH, -f-

9. JOHN, +

JOSEPH GAGE, son of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage, born June 20,
1834; married first, April 25, 1855, Harriet A. Wyman of Manchester.
She died and he married second, Julia A. Buxton of Weare. Children
born at Lyndeborough : —

1. PERLEY R., b. June 29, 1856, m. I^aura E. Ritzelman of

Fort Wayne, Ind. He was a railroad conductor and d.
Aug. 7, 1889.

2. GEORGE E. Res. at Garrett, Ind.

JOHN GAGE, son of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage, born Sept. 27,

748 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

1836; married first, Ann E., daughter of Benjamin and Betsey E. (Rand)
Button, June 3, 1856. She was born June 5, 1838 ; died Aug. 9, 1862 ;
second, Louisa A. Follansbee of Weare. Divorced 1884 ; third, Phila M.
Gustin of Manchester, June 3, 1885. She was born Jan. i, 1840. Chil-
dren : —

1. ELLA C., b. at L,yndeborough, April 5, 1848, m. M. D.

McKay.

2. VILEDO, b. at Greenfield, Dec. 13, 1864.

3. I,INDLE;Y V., b. at Henniker, May 27, 1869.

4. WALDO C., b. at Henniker, April 12, 1877.

GAGE.

DAVID GAGE, born in Merrimack, Sept. 8, 1795 ; married Aug. 12,
1823, Betsey, daughter of Daniel Putnam of Lyndeborough. She was
born Jan. 24, 1800. He died Oct. 3, 1841. He went as a missionary to the
Cherokee and Choctaw Indians in Wayne Co., Missouri. He remained
there with them, teaching and preaching until they were removed by the
government to the west of the Mississippi River. (See Page 600.)

JOHN GAGE, son of David and Betsey (Putnam) Gage, born June 15,
1836, in Wayne Co., Mo. ; .married Feb. 24, 1859, Susan, daughter of
Joseph and Arvilla (Kidder) Ford. She was born July 17, 1840 ; died
March 8, 1901. He lived in Lyndeborough when a young man, and was
a member of the Lafayette Artillery, with the rank of captain and went
with the company to Portsmouth. He is a mason by trade and resides
in Wilton. Child : —

i. WALTER F., b. Jan, 5, 1866.

GAGE.

HORACE D. GAGE, son of Stephen and Hannah (Gould) Gage, born
at Amherst, Dec. 7, 1851 ; married Oct. 12, 1881, Nancy, daughter of
Farnum and Almy (Leavitt) Clark. She was born at Ainherst, April 16,
1859. He came to Lyndeborough in 1880, and bought the Charles Parker
farm, North Lyndeborough, where he now resides. Child : —

i. ALICE; L,., b. July n, 1886, d. July 27, 1889.

GOODRICH.*

William Goodrich of Bury St. Edmonds, County of Suffolk, England,
was the immigrant ancestor of the Goodrich family of Lyndeborough. He
came to America in 1636 and settled in Watertown, Mass. He was admit-
ted " freeman " in 1642. His homestead of five acres was in or near
what is now Mount Auburn cemetery. The inventory of his estate is
dated April 3, 1647. His widow, Margaret, married John Hull of New-

*In the old records of I,yndeborough, both town and church, this name is spelled
Goodridge. In the preceding chapters of this history the old fashioned way of spelling
the name was retained so far as it related to the Rev. Sewall. It was probably about the
time of Dea. Benjamin that the spelling was changed to Goodrich. For convenience the
modern spelling of the name is used in this genealogy.

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bury, Mass., where she removed with her children. She died Feb. 3,
1683.

Jeremiah, son of William and Margaret, born March 6, 1638 ; married
Nov. 15, 1660, Mary E. Adams.

Philip, son of Jeremiah and Mary E. (Adams) Goodrich, born Nov. 23,
1669; married April 16, 1700, Mehitable Woodman. She was born Sept.
20, 1677 ; died Feb. 24, 1755. He died Jan. 16, 1729. He was one of the
first settlers of Lunenburg, Mass., and built the third house in the place
in 1724. He was a deacon of the church and was the first person buried
in Lunenburg.

Benjamin, son of Philip and Mehitable (Woodman) Goodrich, born
Feb. 3, 1701 ; married April 8, 1730, Sarah Phelps of Lancaster, Mass.
She was born in 1700; died June 19, 1776. He died April 19, 1773.

REV. SEWALL, GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Phelps)
Goodrich ; born in Lunenburg, Mass., July 7, 1747 ; m. Feb. 7, 1769, Phebe
Putnam of Danvers, Mass. She was born Nov. 26, 1752 ; died June 23, 1832.
He died March 14, 1809. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1764.
Dec. 24, 1767, the inhabitants of Lyndeborough voted to give him a call
to settle in town in the work of the ministry. The proprietors of the
township had previously voted the sum of .£33, 6s, 8d., annually for a
term of five years to encourage a minister to settle there, and in addition
made a grant of two hundred acres of land to such person his heirs and
assigns forever.

At the meeting, Dec. 24, 1767, it was voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich for
his encouragement to settle in town in the work of the ministry the sum
of fifty pounds, sterling money of Great Britain, twenty-five pounds to
be paid within one year from his settlement, the other twenty-five pounds
within two years from his settlement. It would seem that they recon-
sidered this offer and made him another as follows : —

" Voted to Mr. Sewall Goodrich forty Pounds sterling money of great
Britain yearly for his support in the work of the Gospel ministry in this
town until there shall be Seventy families in the town and after that
forty five Pounds yearly until there shall be one hundred families in
town, afterward fifty Pounds annually said money to be paid in the
money as aforesaid or Province currency as equivalent."

" They voted Jonathan Cram Ephraim Putnam and Benjamin Cram a
committee to present their call." Mr. Goodrich accepted this call on
condition that he should be allowed to choose the two hundred acres
which the "proprietors " had granted, and should have the sum of about
one hundred and twenty-eight dollars as as an addition to his settlement.
The proprietors complied with his proposal and he selected the place
north of Badger Pond now owned by William C. Wilder. He was or-
dained Sept. 7, 1768, and commenced the work of his ministry. He was
married the following year, and the bringing of his wife to town was evi-
dently an interesting event for his people. They came in a two-wheeled
chaise, a vehicle that had hardly been seen in town at that early period.
The roads were very rough and Mr. Jacob Wellman was decidedly of the
opinion that they would not be able to come through with the carriage,

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or at least that the lady would not have the courage to ride in it. It is
said that he saddled and pillioned his horse, hoping, no doubt, that he
would have the honor of bringing the bride himself. But it was finally
decided that the minister and his wife should both keep their seats while
six strong men followed behind to keep the chaise right side up. Mr.
Goodrich was then twenty-five years of age and his bride seventeen.

In these days of one sermon a Sunday of a half or three-quarter hour
length, it is interesting to reflect upon what this young man had to do.
He must prepare two sermons for each Sunday and deliver them in a
church where there was no fire in winter, and each sermon was from one
and one-half to two hours long. It required courage and devotion to duty
to do it, and it must be said that it aslo took courage, devotion and strong
constitutions to sit through those long sermons in a cold house in winter.
The minister had a little advantage — he could warm up to his theme.

In addition to these duties he was a prominent and successful business
man, long one of the proprietors of the town, and probably wrote and
witnessed more deeds than any other man in town since his day. It was
his custom to commence the Sabbath at sundown on Saturday night.
All labor and business must be stopped as far as possible. Mrs. Good-
rich was a busy, thrifty housewife, and had a task appointed for each of
her household. There were no drones in that hive during the long sum-
mer days. The busy wheels were kept flying by each girl who was old
enough to turn them, spinning the wool and flax for the family use. But
at sundown Saturday the command was given and all work ceased. He
continued to be the pastor of the church until his connection was dis-
solved by death, a pastorate of forty-one years. His death occurred town
meeting day, and Dea. Peter Clark announced the news of his death.
The meeting voted unanimously to assist the bereaved family at the
funeral, to invite all the ministers of the vicinity to attend, and to pro-
vide for their entertainment and to pay all funeral charges. The com-
mittee was Nathan Wheeler, Capt. Peter Clark, Dr. Benjamin Jones,
Jacob Richardson, Dea. Aaron Lewis, Peter Clark, 2nd, and Samuel
Houston. Among those charges was a bill for ten gallons of genuine
West India rum. That was the custom of that day. Children : —

1. HERITABLE, b. Sept. 25, 1770, m. Oct. 30, 1788, Edward

Spaulding, d. July 30, 1838. (See Spalding gen.)

2. SARAH, b. Jan. 18, 1772, m. first, Dec. 22. 1791, James Ord-

way. He was b. Sept. 27, 1769, d. Sept. 13, 1804. She d.
July 9, 1852. (See Ordway gen.) M. second, Robert
Christie of New Boston.

3. BENJAMIN, -f-

4. Lois, b. March 23, 1775, m. Dea. Samuel Burnap of Fitch-

burg, Mass. He was b. May 28, 1801, d. Jan. 18, 1842.
She d. May 2, 1847- Children: Sewall G., Israel H.,
Samuel, Charles C. P.

5. LUCY, b. Jan. 13, 1777.

6. SEWALL, b. Dec. 30, 1778, d. Dec. 7, 1799.

GENEALOGIES 751

7. PHEBE, b. Dec. 13, 1780, m. June 15, 1807, John Mack of

Wilton. He was b. Aug. 7, 1780, d. July 16, 1854. She
d. Sept. 1 6, 1815. Children : Andrew M., Sewall G., John,
Sewall G., 2nd, Benjamin.

8. ISRAEL H., -\-

9. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 28, 1784, d. March 23, 1798.

10. K. PUTNAM, b. Feb. 8, 1787.

n. PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 24, 1789, m. June 4, 1815, Dea. Wm.

Jones. (See Jones gen.)
12. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 26, 1791, m, Jan. 18, 1820, Asa Lewis.

(See Lewis gen.)

DEA. BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Put-
nam) Goodrich, born July 9, 1773 ; married Nov. 4, 1802, Sarah, daughter
of Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epes) Clark. She was born Nov. 19, 1778;
died Feb. 16, 1873. He died April 10, 1842. He served as selectman, and
was deacon of the Congregational church for over thirty years. Chil-
dren : —

1. JOHN C., +

2. SARAH, b. Nov. 24, 1805, m. Samuel Jones. (See Jones

gen.)

3. LUCY, b. Jan. 13, 1808, m. Capt. Peter Clark. (See Clark

gen.)

4. MARGERY M., b. April 23, 1810, m. David Stiles. (See

Stiles gen.)

5. Lois, b. Feb. 18, 1812, d. July 27, 1840.

6. BENJAMIN, -}-

7. SEWALL P., b. July 22, 1816, m. first, Hannah B. McCrillis

of Amesbury, Mass. She was b. March i, 1818, d. May 9,
1852. Children : Ella M., Mary H.; m. second, Nov. 15,
1855, Isabelle L. Adams of Milford, Mass. She was b.
July 30, 1830. Child : Jennie L. He d. Jan. 20, 1888.

8. PHEBE M., b. Dec. 24, 1818, m. Oct. 27, 1864, Dea. Abram

Patch of Wenham, Mass. He was. b. April 3, 1798, d.
Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass.

DEA. JOHN C. GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark)
Goodrich, born Aug. 15, 1803; married Dec. 4. 1833, Pamela, daughter of
Paul and Judith (Stickney) Atwood. She was born Sept. 26, 1803 ; died
Dec. n, 1887. He died Jan. 30, 1882. He represented the town in the
General Court in 1864-1865, and was deacon in the Congregational church
thirty-six years. Children : —

1. JOHN H., -f-

2. MARY P., b. May i, 1839, m. Geo. H. Stevens. (See

Stevens gen.)

752 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

3. SARAH M., b. Aug. 7, 1843, m. Jan. 10, 1867, David E.
Proctor. (See Proctor gen.)

JOHN H. GOODRICH, son of John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Good-
rich, born March 28, 1835; married Jan. 15, 1874, Addie R., daughter of
Joseph and Susan (Hobart) Rowe of Boston. She was born Nov. 6,
1836. He was the postmaster at North Lyndeborough and, together
with his wife, held the office 44 years, until its discontinuance June 29,
1901. He represented the town in the general court in 1879-1880, justice
of the peace 35 years, selectman one year, census enumerator in 1890,
master of the grange in 1896. Soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter
X.) Was a member of the school board for a number of years, and is a
useful and much respected citizen. Children : —

1. JOHN R., b. Oct. 31, 1874.

2. MILLIE A., b. Sept. 9, 1876, m. Oct. 15, 1895, Louis A.

Trow of Mt. Vernon. He was born Nov. 19, 1873. Chil-
dren : — Harold A., b. Jan. 10, 1897 ; Stuart A., b. Feb. 2,
1898; Amy I., b. June 26, 1899; Jesse E., b. Dec. 27,
1901.

3. JosiE A., b. Sept. 17, 1878, d. Sept. 18, 1878.

BENJAMIN GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Good-
rich, born March 27, 1814; married June 20, 1843, Irene Wardwell,
daughter of Rev. Stephen Wardwell of Penobscot, Me. She was born
June 24, 1823; died July 7, 1870. He died Nov. 27, 1857. Children : —

1. SARAH C., b. at Eddengton, Me., Sept. 17, 1844, m. Jan. 19,

1878, Retyre M. Couch of Warner. He was b. April 5,
1839. Res. at Southern Pines, N. C. Children: — Ever-
ett, Albert, Saran and L,ewellyn.

2. Stephen WARDWELL,, -(-

3. FRANCES I., b. March 17, 1850, m. May 9, 1879, Samuel

W. Pond of Minneapolis, Minn. He was b. April i, 1850.
Children; — Francis E., Irving J., Samuel B.

4. JOHN A., b. Dec. i, 1853.

5. L/ORENZO B., b. Nov. 10, 1854, m- Jan- 3» 1880, Mathilda

Fessenfeld of Anahien, Cal. She was b. Nov. 2, 1863.
Res. in Minneapolis, Minn. Children : — Sarah F., Arthur
W., Norman P.

6. BENJAMIN ASBURY, b. Oct. 5, 1857, m. Nov. 30, 1882,

Julia A. Wiggin of Bucksport, Me. She was b. Aug. 6,
1858. Is a minister and res. in Santa Barbara, California.
Child : — Elaine, b. Sept. 14, 1884. (See Page 621.)

DR. STEPHEN WARDWELL, GOODRICH, son of Benjamin and
Irene (Wardwell ; Goodrich, born March 20, 1847 ; married May 15, 1873,
Georgianna Henderson of New York. She was born May ir, 1850.

GENEALOGIES 753

Children: Fred W., Amy I., Edith. Stephen W. Goodrich enlisted at
Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1862, in Co. F., ist Mass. Heavy Artillery
stationed at Arlington Heights. They were ordered to the front May,
1864, and assigned 2d. Brigade 3d. Division ad. Army Corps. He was in the
battles of Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor and Petersburg.
Was taken prisoner at Petersburg and confined in the Pemberton at
Richmond, also at Andersonville and other southern prisons. Was
paroled at Savannah, Dec. 10, 1864. He returned to duty, however, and
was at the surrender of Lee at Appomatox, and mustered out of the ser-
vice Aug. 16, 1865. He studied medicine with Dr. J. Heber Smith of
Boston, graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College, March, 1871-
Since then practiced medicine in New York City.

ISRAEL H. GOODRICH, son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam)
Goodrich, born Jan. 20, 1783 ; married first, April 6, 1809, Abigail,
daughter of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis. She was born Jan. 24,
1787 ; died June 30, 1821 ; second, June 10, 1823, Hannah French, born
Feb. 28, 1786; died Feb. 9, 1859. He died May 15, 1853. Children : —

1. A son b. Aug. 14, 1810, d. Aug. 22, 1810.

2. A daughter, b. Sept. 10, 1811, d. Sept. 10, 1811.

3. SEWALL, b. Oct. 20, 1813, d. Jan. 18, 1869.

4. ABIGAIL, b. April 10, 1816, d. May 4, 1840.

5. NATHANIEL, b. July 30, 1818, d. Aug. 28, 1820.

6. SARAH, b. June 24, 1821, m. June 14, 1842, Jacob Hildreth.

She d. July 5, 1844. (See Hildreth gen.)
By second wife : —

7. ANSON, b. March 18, 1824, d. April 12, 1824.

8. ISRAEL H., JR., b. Dec. 28, 1827, d. Oct. 6, 1846.

9. JAMES, b. Aug. 6, 1830, m. first, April 5, 1853, . She

was b. Dec. 29, 1829, d. June 2, 1866; second, April 28,
1868, Mary A. Ross of No. Brookfield, Mass. She was
b. July 16, 1835. Child :— Charles B.

GOULD.

GEORGE GOULD, son of Thomas and Abigail (Needham) Gould,
born at Salem, Mass., in 1706 ; married April 20, 1732, Mary Giles, proba-
bly of Salem. She was born in 1710, and died March 2, 1797, at Lynde-
borough. He died in Lyndeborough, April 29, 1783. They had eight
children, all born at Salem, Mass., of these John and Daniel came to
Lyndeborough with their father. George was a descendant of Zaccheus
Gould, who came to this country from England some time previous to
1638. George Gould is recorded as having bought, Jan. 25, 1739, part of
home lot 46 and lots 74 and 27, second division, making him one of the
earliest settlers in Salem-Canada. In 1768 they were living on lot 70,
opposite where the town house now stands, and it is probable that he
and his sons, John and Daniel, owned pretty much all of the land that
is now the farms of Fred A. Richardson and William H. Clark.

754 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

JOHN GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born Oct. 6,
1744; married Oct. 31, 1769, Susanna (Marsh, Kidder) Chase of Sutton,
Mass. They had one son recorded as born in Lyndeborough : —

i. JOHN, b. Dec. 31, 1770.

MAJ. DANIEL GOULD, son of George and Mary (Giles) Gould, born
at Salem, Mass., Nov. 26, 1749 ; married first, Dorcas Phelps. She was
born 1749; died, April 6, 1797 ; married second, Mary, daughter of Jacob
Hook of Kingston, N. H. He died March 5, 1804. He owned the farm
now known as the Richardson place at the center. He kept a tavern
there for many years, and all the children were born there. We have
no further record of this family except the dates of births of their
children : —

1. SUSANNA, b. April 17, 1766.

2. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 25, 1778.

3. EDY, b. Dec. 29, 1779.

4. JARED, b. March. 16, 1782.

5. DANIEL, b. March 19, 1784.

6. GEORGE, b. Jan. 22, 1788, d. Nov. 17, 1804.

7. JACOB S., b. Aug. 21, 1793.

GOULD.

HUMPHRY N. GOULD, son of John and Ruth (Nichols) Gould,
born at Weare, June 13, 1827; married Sept. 20, 1857, Ellen R,, daughter
of William B. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Gove, born at Lynn, Mass.,
Oct. 10, 1837. He died at Lyndeborough, Nov. 24, 1901. He came to
Lyndeborough from Weare and settled on the Jotham Hildreth place in
1898. Child : —

i. CARRIE M., b. at Weare, May 18, 1867, m. Nov. 30, 1887,
Daniel A. Johnson, b. at Weare, February, 1860. Is a
travelling salesman.

GRANT.

JAMES GRANT, son of John and Margaret (Beasom) Grant; born
Sept. 22, 1790; married Nov. 3, 1818, Naomi, daughter of David and
Sarah (Putnam) Cram. He died Nov. 24, 1860. She was born Aug. 21,
1797 ; died April 6, 1860. Children : —

1. JAMES HARVEY, b. Feb. 29, 1820, m. first, April 17, 1842,

Olive C. Hill of Berwick, Me. She d. at Marquande, Mo.,
Dec. 24, 1877; m. second, Dec. 24, 1878, Elizabeth Myers.
He d. at Jackson, Mo., March 9, 1897. Children : Albert
Harvey, b. at L,yndeborough May 23, 1848; Annie Frances,
b. at Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1859.

2. DAVID CRAM, -f-

3. SARAH M., b. May 23, 1825, d. Aug. 3, 1829.

4. WILLIAM H., -f-

GENEALOGIES 755

DAVID C. GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant; born
June 17, 1823 ; married Sept. 30, 1845, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel R.
and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough. She was born April 2,
1822 ; died Oct. 31, 1896. He died Jan. 24, 1900.

Probably no one else had such an abiding interest in the town his-
tory, or such a fund of information in regard to the people and events of
the town as he. He was chairman of the history committee at the time
of his death. Most of his life was spent in his native town, as farmer,
lumberman and carpenter. From 1860 until 1866, he was largely engaged
in the pressing and shipping of hay and in lumbering. From 1866 until
1869 he lived in Boston. In October, 1869, he removed to Minnesota, and
remained there three years in the lumber business. He returned to
Lyndeborough in the spring of 1873, and lived here until his death. He
served his town in the board of selectmen, board of education, building
committees and in other offices. He was a ready debater and talker, and
was much called for to preside at public meetings and to speak at town
celebrations. From the days of the old Lyndeborough lyceum he was
prominent in everything that related to the educational advancement of
the town. Children: —

1. ELSIE M., b. Aug. 24, 1847, m. Dana B. Sargent. (See

Sargent gen.)

2. DAVID WALTER, b. Dec. 24, 1849, m. Oct. 29, 1872, Alice

E. Cassidy of Boston. Children: Fred T., Mabel A.,
Nellie E. Fred T., m. Nov. 3, 1898, Olive H. Dyer of
Marlboro, Mass.

3. JAMES ARTHUR, -(-

JAMES ARTHUR GRANT, son of David C. and Rebecca (Fish)
Grant; born Dec. 20, 1859; m. Feb. 19, 1881, Nellie F., daughter of John
and Harriet (Glinds) Blanchard. She was born at Wilton, June i, 1862.
He lived for a time on the homestead farm, and removed to Milford
in April, 1901. Children, born at Lyndeborough : —

1. CHARLES K., b. June 28, 1882.

2. GEORGE L/., b. May 2, 1884.

3. PERLEY A., b. July 19, 1891.

4. HAROLD W., b. Aug 12, 1895.

WILLIAM HENRY GRANT, son of James and Naomi (Cram) Grant;
born Dec. 23, 1829; married Jan. 4, 1855, Martha, daughter of David and
Mary (Bickford) McCaine of Francestown. She was born Dec. 15, 1832.
He died Aug. 8, 1901, at Sandstone, Minn. His early education was de-
rived from the district schools, and as he says, " from such books as he
could borrow." At the age of fifteen he engaged himself as an appren-
tice to the harness making trade, but after serving for nearly two years
he determined to become a lawyer. He attended school at Nashua, at
the academy at Hancock, at the Yates academy at Orleans, N. Y., and re-
ceived private instruction from the Rev. Mr. Claggett, at Lyndeborough,
then taught school two winters. In 1852 he entered the law office of
Stephen P. Crosby, Esq., at Fraucestowu, and remained a few months.

756 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

After recovering from an attack of typhoid fever he entered the office of
Samuel M. Wilcox of Francestown, where he remained until 1853. He
then removed to Manchester, and entered the law office of Benjamin F.
Ayer, and was admitted to the bar of Hillsborough Co. in 1854. He was
a deputy sheriff in 1853, and was the representative to the General Court
from Lyndeborough in 1853 and 1854. He opened a law office in Wilton
in 1854 and remained there until 1859, when he removed to St. Paul,
Minn., where he resided until his death. In 1868 he retired from the
practice of law and devoted his time to private business.

In the West he did not seek political preferment, but was the candi-
date pf his party for office with, as he says, " no hope of election." He
has received high honors in the Masonic fraternity, and was for two
years the registrar of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution. He was also a life member of the Minnesota Historical
Society. Child : —

i. WILLIAM H., b. Dec. 2, 1857.

HACKKTT.

CHARLES HACKETT lived in that part of Lyndeborough, now
Greenfield, where the John Fletcher place is situated. He was a civil
engineer and removed to Maine. One child, at least, was born in Lynde-
borough, Ephraim, born July 6, 1791. Charles Hackett married Susanna
Burnham of Lyndeborough in November, 1789. She was probably a
daughter of Stephen Burnham, who settled in that part of the town.

EPHRAIM HACKETT, son of Charles and Susanna (Burnham)
Hackett; born July 6, 1791; married Nov. 21, 1811, Lois, daughter of
Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler. She was born April 29, 1787. He
removed from Greenfield to Lempster, and lived there for a number of
years, coming from there to Lyndeborough about 1828. He died in
Lyndeborough. The three older children were born in Greenfield, five
in Lempster and the two younger in Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. SUSAN, b. Oct. 25, 1812, d. Dec. 17, 1829.

2. HANNAH BUTLER, b. Feb. 17, 1814, m. June 7, 1841, Jacob

Wright of Woburn, Mass.

3. L/ois MARIA, b. Nov. 21, 1815, m. Sept. 2, 1841, William

Jewett.

4. L/UCY ALMIRA, b. Feb. 13, 1819, m. April 4, 1844, L/uther

Cram. (See Cram gen.)

5. TRYPHENA PUTMAN, b. Oct. 18, 1820, m. Oct. 24, 1844,

Abijah Thompson of Woburn, Mass.

6. EPHRAIM, b. April 12, 1822, m. 1852, Harriet G. Pillsbury.

He was a member of the 22nd Mass. Regt. in the Civil
War, and died in Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 25, 1887.

7. RACHEL ROXANNA, b. Jan. 25, 1824, m. May 23, 1844,

Daniel R. Marshall.

GENEALOGIES 757

8. SARAH SOPHRONIA, b. May 18, 1825, m. Sept. 9, 1848, Ed-

ward C. Thompson of Woburn, Mass.

9. WILBUR FISKE, b. May 3, 1830.

10. CHARLES WESLEY, -f-

CHARLES WESLEY HACKETT, son of Ephraim and Lois (Butler)
Hackett, born July 23, 1831 ; married Dec. 12, 1853, Myra J. Holt of
Fitchburg, Mass. He died in St. Paul, Minn., March 21, 1903. He was
a captain in the loth Regt. Minn. Vol. In the summer of 1862 about
forty-five men from the farming district adjacent to the town of Lake
City, Minn., where he was then living, came to Mr. Hackett and offered
to enlist if he would serve as their captain which he consented to do.
On the very day of the Sioux Indian outbreak, Aug. 18, 1862, he was
taking these men to St. Paul to be sworn into service. As a consequence
of this massacre Capt. Hackett's company was put into immediate ser-
vice on the frontier. In 1863, in command of his company, he marched
with the loth Regiment against the Sioux Indians, with the column
under Gen. Sibley to the Missouri river and was in the various actions of
that arduous expedition. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and
was among the older settlers of the state of Minnesota. His character
is summed up best perhaps in the resolutions passed by the St.
Paul Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a member. " During his
entire life he was a citizen without reproach, and his character and repu-
tation for uprightness and integrity in all his dealings was as firm and
unyielding as is the granite in the mountains of his native state. He was
a gallant soldier, who did not hesitate to show his patriotism by his
works. He discharged every duty devolving upon him in peace and in
war, as citizen, soldier, merchant and neighbor without hesitation and
without stain or dishonor."

HADL,EY.

JOSHUA HADLEY settled on the farm owned by the late Levi P.
Hadley, on the mountain. It is probable that he bought it as wild land
and made the first clearing there. The land has been in the possession
of the Hadley family ever since. Joshua Hadley died March 8, 1802.
Mary, his wife, died May n, 1802. Little can be learned about him, but
in the town records of births the following appears : —

1. JUDAH (probably Judith), dau. of Joshua and Mary Had-

ley, b. Dec. 4, 1762.

2. JOSHUA, son of do. b. Aug. 22, 1764.+

3. ELIZABETH, dau. of do. b. March 22, 1766.

4. CHASE, son of do. b. June 29, 1769.-!-

5. HUMPHREY, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1771.

JOSHUA HADLEY, son of Joshua and Mary Hadley, born Aug. 22,
1764; married Betsey (Williams) Giddings, b. 1768; died March 8, 1854.
He died Dec. 19, 1847. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. NANCY, b. July 23, 1788.

2. WILLIAM, b. April 19, 1790, d. May 5, 1790.

758 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

3. FANNY, b. Oct. 30, 1791, d. March 15, 1792.

4. MARK, -f-

5. IRA, b. Sept. 21, 1795, d. Jan. n, 1849.

6. CHARGES, b. Feb. 12, 1798, d. Sept. 22, 1825.

7. ALLEN, b. April 2, 1800, d. Sept. 16, 1802.

8. ALFRED, b. Sept. 19, 1802. Rem. to Jasper, N. Y.

9. JENNISON, b. Oct. 15, 1805, d. Oct. 21, 1805.

10. BENJAMIN F., b. July 23, 1807.

11. ETHAN A., b. Nov. 13, 1809.

MARK HADLEY, son of Joshua and Betsey (Giddings) Hadley, born
April 19, 1793 ; married first, Elizabeth Herrick of Greenfield. She died
Oct. 9, 1832. He died March 26, 1858; second, Abigail, daughter of
Eben and Esther (Holt) Pearsons Nov. 10, 1844. She was born in Wil-
ton, Aug. 16, 1800; died June 26, 1879. Children: —

1. WlLKES H., +

2. ELIZABETH A., m. Eli Jeffs of Wilton.

3. NANCY E-, m. Moses C. Burnham of Milford.

WILKES H. HADLEY, born May 4, 1821 ; died Feb. 14, 1900 ; mar-
ried Betsey F. Richardson of Wilton, April 15, 1847. She'was born Sept.
13, 1823 ; died Oct. 29, 1899. Children : —

1. ELIZABETH B., b. May 29, 1848, m. Henry E. Martin of

Greenfield, Sept. n, 1869. Child: — Minnie E., b. Jan.
23, 1871.

2. RUTH A., b. Sept. 17, 1850, m. Joseph F. Avery of Temple,

Dec. 25, 1871, d. March 17, 1883.

3. JOHN F., -f

4. MAY B., b. Aug 17, 1865.

JOHN F. HADLEY, b. June 26, 1854; married Emogen Heald of
Temple, N. H., May 18, 1876. Resides in Peterboro, N. H. Child : —
i. FRANK H., b. May 2, 1877.

CHASE HADLEY, b. June 29, 1769 ; married Hannah Smith of Pep-
perell, Mass., March 24, 1796. She was born March 22, 1772, and died
Oct. 31, 1869. He died June 26, 1851. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. DANIEL, b. Jan. 7, 1797, d. March 29, 1798.

2. FRANKLIN, +

3. HANNAH, b. Feb. n, 1801, d. July 26, 1820.

4. SIDNEY, b. March 21, 1803. Rem. to New York.

5. ISRAEL G., b. Jan. 27, 1805. Rem. to New York.

6. WILLIAM, b. April 3, 1807. Rem. to the west.

7. MARY C., b. Feb. 21, 1809. Rem. to New York.

8. ALBA, b. Nov. 27, 1811. Rem. to New York.

GENEALOGIES 759

9. RICHARD C., b. April 3, 1816, d. March 31, 1817.

FRANKLIN HADI/EY, born Dec. 15, 1798 ; married Mary Spaulding
of Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1828. She was born Dec. 15, 1798, and died
April 28, 1881. He died July 15, 1871. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. JOANN, b. June 20, 1831, m. Stephen D. Holt of Frances-

town, Nov. 29, 1849.

2. LEVI P., +

LEVI P. HADLEY, son of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley,
was born April 10, 1837. He has held various town offices and in 1901
was town treasurer. He owned the homestead farm on the mountain)
but for a time resided at South Lyndeborough village, having bought the
old Tarbell tavern stand. He married Minerva L. Stevens of Frances-
town. She was born Feb. 14, 1845. He died Dec. 28, 1902. Children,
all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. PRANK P., b. March. 20, 1868, d. Aug. 13, 1897.

2. DANA P., b. July 5, 1869, m. Sarah E. Edwards of Temple,

June 7, 1898.

3. GEORGE W., Sept. 18, 1873, m. Minnie E. Stacy of L,ynde-

borough, April 26, 1899.

4. LEVI W., b. Dec. 28, 1874.

5. ETHEL M., b. March n, 1879.

6. WINFIELD S., b. Oct. 17, 1883.

RAGGETT.

JOHN HAGGETT, born 1766. He was a blacksmith by trade and a
farmer as well. He married Annis Searle and lived on the farm in John-
son's Corner since known as the Haggett place, now owned by E. C.
Curtis. She died March 15, 1855, aged eighty-seven years ; he died Jan.
26, 1835, aged sixty-nine. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Jan 26, 1790, d. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Dec. 4, 1817,

Charlotte Merrill of Portland, Me.

2. AMOS, b. Aug. 18, 1791.

3. RACHEL, b. May 28, 1793, m. Simeon McGilvrey of Merri-

mac June n, 1814.

4. WILLIAM, b. March 7, 1796.

5. JOSEPH, +

6. SALLY, b. June 17, 1803.

7. ELIZA, b. Sept. 25, 1805.

8. ANNIS, b. Mar. 18, 1808.

JOSEPH HAGGETT, son of John and Anuis (Searle) Haggett; born
in Lyndeborough Dec. 19, 1800; married Oct. 4, 1824, Mrs. Charlotte
(Merrill) Haggett, born Jan. 22, 1800 ; died April 19, 1884. She was of

760 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Portland, Me. He died Feb. 14, 1884. He lived most of his life in Lynde-
borough, but the infirmities of age caused him to abandon the farm and
seek a village life in Wilton, where he died. He was quiet and retiring
in disposition and much respected by his fellow townsmen. Children : —

1. JOHN M., b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Nov. n, 1851, Samantha A.

Colby. She d. April 26, 1884.

2. MARY ANN, b. July n, 1829, m. Nov. u, 1851, Dr. D. C.

Hadley. He d. Feb. 1859.

3. HARRIET, b. March 27, 1831, m. Oct. 3, 1856, George D.

Ivivermore. He d. Oct., 1859 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1859.

4. SARAH, b. Aug. 16, 1833, m. Nov. 28, 1850, Israel W. Cur-

tis. (See Curtis gen.)

5. JENNIE C., b. July 26, 1835, m. May, 1867, John Upton. He

d. July, 1892; she d.' Dec., 1895.

6. JULIETT, b. Nov. 30, 1840, m. July, 1867, George H. Jones.

HARDY.

ELIPHALET J. HARDY, son of Isaac and Polly (Jennings) Hardy ;
born in North Anson, Me., June 3, 1829; married April 3, 1860, Sabrina,
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gould) Jennings of Farmington, Me.
She was born March 17, 1832. He d. March 2, 1904. He came to Lynde-
borough from Colorado in 1896, and bought the farm where Samuel N.
Hartshorn lived. Children : —

1. HANNABAL, b. Dec. 26, 1860.

2. OWEN K., +

3. ELIZABETH B., b. July 13, 1866, m. Dec. 25, 1892, Elbert

Barrow of London, Col. He was born Jan. 19, 1857. Chil-
dren: Owen E., b. Sept. 18, 1893; Elberta, b. Sept. 9,
1897.

4. ALBERT J., b. March 16, 1869, m. Feb., 5, 1894, Carrie M.

Clarkston. Child: Homer C., b. June 8, 1901.

REV. OWEN E. HARDY, son of Eliphalet and Sabrina (Jennings)
Hardy ; born July 13, 1862 ; married June 28, 1894, Eva B., daughter of
Walter and Azubah (Davis) Bates of Alexandria, S. D. She was born
Sept. 24, 1868. (For biographical sketch see p. 305.) Child : —

i. AMY, b. at L,yndeborough, March 21, 1895.

HARRIS.

OLIVER HARRIS was born in Abington, Mass., Aug. 23, 1791 ; died
Sept. 20, 1870 ; married Sally Savage of Francestown Feb. 3, 1835. She
was born March 2, 1779 '•> died Sept. 19, 1867. Lived on the Brown place,
North Lyndeborough. Children : —

i. NATHAN S., +

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2. SARAH E., b. in Francestown, Aug. 3, 1840, m. Mark E.
Morse. (See Morse gen.)

NATHAN S. HARRIS was born in Francestown June 17, 1836; mar-
ried Martha A. Trafton of Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 9, 1856. She was
born Jan. 8, 1836; died Oct. 24, 1857. He was a soldier in the Civil War
and was drowned in the Mississippi River, Aug. 6, 1863. (See Chap. X.)
Child : -f

i. GEORGE T., b. in Rye, N. H., March n, 1857.

HARTSHORN.

JOHN HARTSHORN was one of the early settlers of Lyndeborough.
He came from Reading, Mass., some time previous to 1785 ; the exact
date is not known. He settled on the farm now owned by Everett E.
I/owe in "Per ham Corner"; he married Sarah Bach elder, probably of
Reading, Mass., April n, 1782. She was born June 22, 1763; died Jan.
1843. He was born March 7, 1756, and died March 26, 1805.

But little can be learned of the early life of Mr. Hartshorn. He and
his wife probably suffered the privations of those early times, and like
most of the sturdy pioneers was strong and energetic. It is related of
his wife that during some absence of her husband the cow wandered
away into the almost unbroken forest and she started off to find it.
Hunting until after dark she became lost herself and, managing to climb
a large boulder to be out of the way of the wolves, she prepared to spend
the night there, when to her great joy she saw the light from the open
fire in her home, the door having been left open. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1784, in Reading, Mass., m. first, Susanna,

dau. of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis. She was b. in
Reading, Mass.; m. second, Mehitable Carkin of I/ynde-
borough. He appears to have removed from I,yndebor-
ongh soon after his marriage, for the older children were
b. in Hancock, Vt., whence he removed to Mont Vernon.
Children: Curtis, Susan, Mary O., Serepta J., John H.
Serepta J. was b. in I^yndeborough and m. Rodney K.
Hutchinson of Milford.

2. JONATHAN, m. Alice Odell of Mt. Vernon, rem. to Nashua.

Children : Daniel, Eben, Jonathan, Abigail.

3. SAMUEL, -f-

4. SALLY, d. March 8, 1850.

5. MICAH, -+-

6. SEWELL, rem. to the West.

7. DAVID, rem. to the West.

8. PUTNAM, rem. to Wilton.

9. ANN, m. William Holt.

10. POLLY, b. 1795, m. Samuel Butterfield.

762 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

DEA. SAMUEL HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder)
Hartshorn, born in Lyndeborough, Dec. 17, 1785; married Sally, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond of Haverhill, Mass., Nov.
17, 1808. She was born Jan. 26, 1791 ; died Nov. 24, 1868. He died in
Mason, N. H., Sept. 16, 1861. He inherited the homestead farm and
lived there until about 1843, when he removed to Mason, N. H., where
he died. Children : —

1. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1810, m. April 7, 1835, Lucinda,

daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Blanchard) Woodward of
L,yndeborough. I/ike his father he was a deacon in the
church, and always identified with its interests. Soon after
his marriage he had a store in Wilton for a short time.
He afterward bought a farm in Mason, whither his father
had gone, and removed there but died about a week after-
ward. He died Nov. 18, 1846. She d. September, 1888.
Children: — Samuel G., res. in Milford, Persis.

2. JOHN, -+•

3. GEORGE, b. April 16, 1814, m. Mary A., dau. of Israel and

Ruth (Sargent) Putnam, Aug. 23, 1838. She was born
Oct. i, 1818, d. Jan. 22, 1882, in Milford. He removed to
Mason soon after his marriage and thence to Milford,
where he died January, 1880. Children : — George R. and
Dodge G., twins; William N., Mary A.

4. MARY G., b. Jan. 6, 1816, d. in infancy.

5. SARAH, b. April 25, 1818, m. William A. Chase of Groton,

Mass., Oct. 8, 1846. Children: — Mary, George, Fanny,
John, Maria, Walter.

6. HANNAH, b. June 26, 1822, m. first, George L,. Adams of

Northwood, N. H., Sept. 7, 1848; second, Eben Tilton.
She d. April 5, 1892.

7. MARTHA J., (adopted), b. Aug. 26, 1833, m. Wm. R. Put-

nam of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 7, 1851. (See Putnam gen.)

DBA. JOHN HARTSHORN, son of Dea. Samuel and Phebe (Ray-
mond) Hartshorn, born Dec. 31, 1811; died Feb. 10, 1878 ; married Susan-
na B., daughter of Dea. David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam, April 13,
1837. She was born May 14, 1816, and died March i, 1903. Dea. John
Hartshorn was a man of many sterling qualities. He was of a gener-
tion most of whom have passed away, but those of his associates still
living in town speak of him with respect. One of his daughters told the
writer that when he died it was a common remark that " he had not an
enemy in the world." Belonging to the minority political party in the
section of the town where he lived he was always " true to his colors,"
and seldom failed to be present at town meeting and faithfully discharge
his duties as a citizen. His interest in town affairs never failed. He was
said to have been exceptionally genial and kind in his home life. He

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was a deacon in the Baptist church. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. JOHN ALONZO, b. July 14, 1840. Killed in the battle of

Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. (See Chapter X.)

2. CHARLES JASON, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. n, 1861.

3. DAVID P., -f-

4. SARAH T., b. Sept. 26, 1853, m. George W. Moulton of

Old Orchard, Me., Oct. 2, 1869. He was born May, 1853.

5. ELIZABETH M., b. July 27, 1863, m. Fred B. Richards.

(See Richards gen.)

DAVID P. HARTSHORN, son of John and Susanna (Putnam) Harts-
horn, born June 30, 1851 ; married Mary Boutelle of Antrim, N. H., June
8, 1878. She was born Oct. 4, 1854. Res. on the homestead farm at So.
Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. JOHN W., b. Dec. 7, 1878, m. Feb. 4, 1904, Josephine E.

Duncan of Antrim.

2. CLARENCE, b. June 19, 1880.

3. HAROLD F., b. Oct. 20, 1884.

4. SUSIE E., b. April 4, 1888.

5. lyOuisE, b. Feb. n, 1891.

MICAH HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn,
born July 16, 1793 ; died Sept. 26, 1880 ; married Hannah Fletcher. She
died April 13, 1885. He lived where his son, S. Newell lived. Children,
all born in I/yndeborough : —

1. ALMON, b. Nov. 24, 1819, d. Feb. 13, 1842.

2. ALONZO, b. Jan. 22, 1821, d. April 27, 1838.

3. FLORA A., b. March 16, 1825, m. Jacob Putnam of Wilton,

Dec. 31, 1850. He d. Feb. 6, 1895. She d. Oct. 24, 1875.
Children : — Flora J., b. Feb. 4, 1854, m. Herbert Wilkin-
son of Herefordshire, England. Hannah A., b. May 24,
1857, m. Henry A. Proctor of Stoddard, N. H.

4. ADONIRAM J., -f-

5. SAMUEL N., -f-

ADONIRAM J. HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher)
Hartshorn, born Nov. 10, 1827 ; married first, Eliza Farnsworth of Shir-
ley, Mass., Sept. 21, 1854; second, Julia (Cragin) Draper of Wilton.
Children : —

1. CHARLES J., b. in L,yndeborough, March 13, 1856.

2. FRANK E., b. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 17, 1862.

3. HARRY A., b. in West Groton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1866, m.

Ella R. Parkhurst. Children: — Infant dau. b. May 13,
1888, Frank E-, b. July 23, 1890.

764 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

4. FLORA J., b. in West Groton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1869.

5. MAY B., b. in Shirley, Mass., Jan. 12, 1872.

SAMUEL NEWELL HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah
(Fletcher) Hartshorn, born June 20, 1829; married Jane E., daughter of
Samuel and Elvira (Grey) French of Wilton, Sept. 29, 1861. She was
born Dec. 2, 1834. He died July 2, 1894. He was a mechanic and farmer
and operated the sawmill on his place. He was a man of many virtues
and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Children, all born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. WILLIS N., b. March 31, 1864, m. first, M. A. Greene of

Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1891. She was b. Jan. 20,
1867, d. March 22, 1895, m. second, C. B. Purdy of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1897. She was b. April 24, 1867.
He is a mechanical draftsman and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y.

2. LEON E., b. Dec. 9, 1866, m. Hattie J. Kingsley of Duds-

well, Province Quebec, March 23, 1892. She was b. May
16, 1867. He d. June 4, 1898.

3. MARION M., b. Sept. 21, 1872. Is a teacher of music and

res. in Wilton.

SUMNER S. HARTSHORN, son of George and Mary A. (Putnam)
Hartshorn ; born in Mason, Sept. 13, 1848 ; married first, March 27, 1872,
Anstress A., daughter of Joel H. and Eliza A. Gutterson of Milford. She
was born June 2, 1851 ; died March 26, 1877. Married second, May 18,
1878, Mary C., daughter of William N. and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson,
born in Wentworth Nov. 23, 1856 ; died in Milford, Dec. 28, 1892. Mar-
ried third, June 22, 1901, Mrs. Nellie R. Critchett of Boscawen. Resides
in South Lyndeborough, and is a member of the board of education.
Children, born in Milford, by second wife : —

1. SUMNER L/., b. May 19, 1887.

2. BERTHA A., b. April 17, 1889.

SEWELL G. HARTSHORN, born Oct. 19, 1799 ; died Sept. 18, 1874 .
married March 25, 1827, Harriet Safford. She was born March 2, i8n;
died Aug. 19, 1891. Children: —

1. SARAH A., b. Aug. 14, 1829, d. April 29, 1894.

2. GEORGE P., b. June 25, 1831, m. July 3, 1853, Sarah Jack-

son of Bangor, Me. She was b. Oct. 8, 1837. Res. at
Newark, O.

3. DAVID, b. July 7, 1836, m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harriet Seiver.

He d. July 14, 1889.

4. MARY, b. March 24, 1846, m. Sept. 10, 1875, John J. Watts.

HARWOOD.

ANDREW HARWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Mt. Vernon about
1802 and settled on the farm in " Perham Corner" since known as the

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"Harwood" place, now owned by A. A. Melendy. He married in 1804,
Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram. She was
born March 9, 1784; died Sept n, 1867. He died in 1860. Children, all
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ABIGAIL, b. June 20, 1805, m. John F. Holt of Lyndebor-

ough. (See Holt gen.)

2. ALICE, b. Jan. 10, 1810, m. Kendall Holt of Lyndeborough.

(See Holt gen.)

3. ANDREW, b. Feb. 8, 1814, m. Jane Lewis, Goshen, N. H.

HATCH.

CHARLES G. HATCH, son of Lyman and Polly (Fay) Hatch; born
in Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1826; married Elizabeth, daughter of Asa
and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Blanchard of Lyndeborough, Oct. 24, 1849. She
was born Sept. 19, 1829. He removed to Mil ford in 1864, where he died.
Children : —

1. MARY B., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 31, 1850, m. first, Oct.

10, 1867, John F. Amsden of Milford ; m. second, Nov. 10,
1891, Henry A. Sheriden of Milford.

2. CHARLES A., b. in Milford, July 7, 1852, m. June 18, 1858,

Annie G. Barrows of Newark, O. Is a physician and res.
in Newark, Ohio.

3. GEORGE W., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 3, 1855, m. Feb. 25,

1880, Marcella Smith of Milford. Is a physician and res.
in Wilton.

4. FRED S., b. in Lyndeborough March 5, 1859, m. May 22,

1883, Isabelle B. Hutchinson of Amherst. Is an attorney
and res. in Larned, Kan.

5. FRANK S., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 27, 1860, m. April 2,

1888, Josephine Dustin of Townsend, Mass.

6. ARTHUR C., b. in Milford, Sept. 27, 1863.

7. LILLA BELLE, b. in Milford, Jan. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 22, 1889.

8. BESSIE G., b. in Milford, Feb. 15, 1869.

9. ERNEST G., b. in Milford, Jan. 27, 1872.

HERRICK.

DR. ISRAEL HERRICK. The name Herrick is of Norse origin and
derived from the Danish Ehric or Eric. This family came to England
about the time of Alfred, and figured conspicuously in the troublous
times which ruled in those days in England. After seventeen different
changes in spelling this name finally became Herrick.

Henry Herrick, the Anglo-American ancestor of the Herricks of Lynde-
borough, came to this country from Leicester, England, June 24, 1769,
and settled at Cape Ann Side, now called Beverly. One of his descend-
ants of the sixth generation, Edward Herrick, of Andover, Mass., settled

766 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

in Wilton soon after the Revolutionary War. This Edward was born at
Methuen, Mass., Oct. 9, 1754, and was by trade a cabinet maker. He
built a cabinet shop and grist mill at Barnes' Falls and carried on busi-
ness there until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,
and after his death his widow secured a pension. He married in Wilton
Mary Holt, Nov. 18, 1779. She was born at Andover, Mass., Nov. 24,
1755. He died Feb. 25, 1810, aged fifty-five years. She died Oct. 24,
1844, aged eighty-nine years. They had nine children, of whom Israel,
the subject of this sketch, was the seventh. He was born July 9, 1794.
' His opportunity for education up to the time he was fifteen years of
age was the "district school as it was," as he has said, and then owing
to the long sickness and death of his father he was deprived of this privi-
lege, small as it was, until he entered upon his nineteenth year. At that
time he was given an invitation by an uncle who lived at Tarn worth to
come and live with him, and in December, 1812, he started for his new
home. He says of this change: "From uncle's family I received a
hearty welcome, and they made known to me another welcome announce-
ment, viz., that their district school would commence on the morrow,
with the Rev. Father Hidden as teacher, and would keep three months,
and that I was to go all the time, and my work would be to take care of
the stable and saw the fire wood. But this I met with dread, for I was a
great ignorant boy. Ah ! how I dreaded to enter that school. . . . But
this teacher proved to be one of the best friends I ever had. I improved
the term faithfully, so much so that Father Hidden interceded with my
uncle to give me a public education, and to my joy it was announced to
me that in September I should go, under the care of Father Hidden, to fit
me for such an enterprise. I continued for almost two years, and had
got almost prepared to enter college when he was suddenly taken down
with neuralgia sciatica."

This uncle expected young Israel to become a preacher of the Gospel,
which he would by no means consent to do, as he says, " without becom-
ing a consummate hypocrite," and the result of this sickness and differ-
ence with his uncle was his returning to his home in Wilton. In 1815 he
entered into a partnership with a relative in the West India goods trade
in Salem, Mass., but the venture did not prove a success. In 1817 he
commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John Wallace, continuing
with him a little over two years, and finished his three full years with
Dr. Asa Crosby of Gilmanton in September, 1820. From there he went
to Hanover and attended his second course of lectures, receiving his de-
gree of M.D. in December, 1820.

In 1821 he came to Lyndeborough and opened an office in the middle
of the town so called. It was evidently in what was the old "store
house." Dr. Daniel Ward well was a practicing physician here then, and
Dr. Herrick says, " Of course tny business was small." In October that
same year he bought the real estate and* practice of Dr. Wardwell and
soon had a good and increasing practice. Nov. 28, 1822, he married
Eliza H. Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of Milford, and located in a
tenement owned by Col. Richardson in a house that was afterward re-
moved to Wilton. The next summer he built the house where Herman
A. Walker now lives, but did not move into it until the spring of 1824.

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In 1828 he sold this place, together with his practice, to Dr. Nathan
Jones, a native of Lyndeborough, but then practicing in Temple, and
removed to Milford, March 20, 1828. He remained there two years, and
then removed to Mason Village, where two years was the length of his
stay. From there he went to Deering and remained until 1834. Through
the influence and solicitation of the Rev. Nathaniel Merrill he was in-
duced to return to Lyndeborough in November, 1834, and opened an
office in the house where Henry Clark afterward lived. This house was
torn down in 1904.

He says in his sketch of his life, "I might here close this meagre
autobiography of my changeable life but there are a number of points or
circumstances, independent of my migratory course, which I wish to
notice, but in the meantime humbly acknowledge the hand of God in
guiding me thus far. When darkness and doubt closed me in on every
side and I saw no way for escape His kind and loving hand would, in a
way I thought not of, lead me out where there was relief, light, joy and
hope. Blessed be His name forever." The above quotation reveals the
man he was.

He purchased the place were his son, Benjamin G., now lives and
passed the remainder of his days there. March 3, 1843, bis buildings
were destroyed by fire, but were soon rebuilt. He was educated in the
" old school" of practice of medicine, but adopted the Homeopathic or
new school at a time when it required considerable courage to do so.
He was the fourth physician in this state to adopt this method. It was
receiving at that time great ridicule and opposition from the adherents of
the old way. Dr. Herrick was eminently successful as a physician and
had a large practice. His skilled services were in demand, not only
in his own town, but in the neighboring towns as well. He was ever
ready to attend a call day or night, and he knew to the full the hardships
of a country doctor. Generous to a fault he seldom pressed a debtor
for a bill.

As a citizen he took great interest in the material affairs of the town
and his ability and common sense made his opinions respected. He was
three times elected to serve his town in the Legislature and also held the
office of selectman and town clerk. He early became interested in the
Anti-Slavery agitation, and cast the first abolition ballot ever offered in
town. It was taken from the ballot box and passed around as a curiosity.
For some reason it was not returned and was never counted. He was
prominent in the crusade against rum and was a temperance speaker of
some note, and a poet of no mean ability. He was one of those rare
men whose presence in the sick room brings restfulness, courage and
confidence to the patient. Of a stout habit with bushy eyebrows, sharp
grey eyes but kindly withal, he was a man, once seen, to be remembered.
Failing health compelled him to relinquish much of his practice during
the last years of his life, but whenever possible he responded when his
services were needed.

Dr. Israel Herrick, son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick, born
July 9, 1794; died Feb. 18, 1866; married first, Eliza H., daughter of
Samuel and Abigail (Jones) Burns of Milford, N. H., Nov. 28, 1822.
She was born Nov. 24, 1802, and died April 20, 1848 ; married second,

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Emmeline, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Grey of Wilton, N.
H., Dec. 12, 1849. She was born Oct. u, 1811 ; died June 3, 1891. Chil-
dren, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ELIZA D., b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. Aug. 20, 1825.

2. LAFAYETTE, -f-

3. WILLIAM J., +

4. EDWARD H., b. Oct. n, 1828, d. July 25, 1873.

5. BENJAMIN G., -f-

LAFAYETTE HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick,
born Jan. 29, 1825 ; married first, Sarah E., daughter of Francis D. and
Mehitable (Haynes) Johnson of Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1848. She was
born Nov. 15, 1827; married second, Indianna E., daughter of Samuel
and Mahali (Elliott) Wilson of Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 9, 1854. She
was born April 19, 1838. He died May 30, 1888. Children, all by second
wife : —

1. HENRY A., b. March 4, 1855, m. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of

Greenfield, Jan. 27, 1897. He d. June 17, 1901.

2. CARRIE D., b. Nov. 8, 1858, d. Dec. i, 1872.

3. ANNA E., b. Aug. 7, 1860, d. Dec. 16, 1868.

4. IDA M., b. Jan. 4, 1866, d. Nov. 18, \\

WILLIAM J. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick.
born Jan. 15, 1827; married first, Chloe, daughter of Samuel and Olive
(Clark) Jones of Lyndeborough, April 30, 1849. She was born Feb. 27,
1831 ; died Nov. 21, 1876; married second, Mrs. Mary Jane McGaskey of
Plymouth, Mo., Oct. 31, 1878. He died Jan. 5, 1893. He kept the store
at the "centre " for some years. He had a partner at first and the firm
was known as O'Donnell & Herrick, but he was afterwards sole proprie-
tor. At that time, 1860 to 1865, considerable trading was done at the old
store at the " centre " and Mr. Herrick did a thriving business. He was
the postmaster and during the years of the Civil War but one daily
paper was taken by any patron of that office, and the neighbors used to
gather at the store when Dr. Jones brought the mail to get the news
from the front. The railroad then only came as far as Wilton and all
merchandise was brought from there by team. Soon after the close of
the war, he was taken with the "western fever" and removed to Elk
Grove, 111., where he remained until 1870 when he bought 80 acres of
wild prairie land of the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad and made a new
home in Missouri. He was a pioneer in the section where he settled)
and became influential and prosperous. His decendants reside there now.
Children by first wife, all born in Lyndeborough but two youngest : —

1. CHARLES I., b. Jan. n, 1850, m. Oct. 29, 1874, Frances E.

Lyon. Children : — Mina Belle, Chloe F. Res. in Ply-
mouth, Mo., where he is a prosperous farmer and has held
public office.

2. EMMA E., b. Aug. i, 1854, m. Oct. 25, 1870, Horace Wright-

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man. Children : — Florence E., Grace, Frederick, Samuel,
Laura. Res. in Plymouth, Mo.

3. FRANK H., b. Oct. 30, 1855, d. June 18, 1858.

4. FRANK H., 2ND., b. Sept. i, 1859, d. March 21, 1861.

5. SAMUEL J., b. May 2, 1862, m. Aug. 7, 1883, Emma E.

Welker. Children: — Myrta L., L/eah B. He is a phy-
sician and res. in Everest, Kan.

6. ALICE CLARK, b. in Missouri, Oct. 5, 1869.

7. WILLIAM A., b. in Missouri, May 5, 1874, d. Oct. 6, 1878.

BENJAMIN G. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick ;
born May i, 1836. He was educated in the common schools of Lynde-
borough, and became a prominent figure in its social and political life.
A lover of music, he was a long time member of the Congregational
church choir, and was always ready to assist the "committee on music "
at entertainments and celebrations held in town. He is a valued leader
in the councils of the political party to which he belongs and unswerving
in his allegiance to its principles. He early joined in the grange move-
ment and was the master of the local branch of the order for several
years, serving with faith and perseverance. He was nominated and
elected county commissioner in the fall of 1888, having the honor of
being the first Lyndeborough man to have a place on the county ticket.
He was re-elected three times, serving in all, eight years. During two
years of his term of office, and while chairman of the board, the county
commissioners had the care and responsibility of the expenditure of nearly
$400,000, taking into account expenses for the support of the county poor
and the erecting of the new county buildings at Grasmere. It was during
his term of office that the location of the county farm at Wilton was aban-
doned and the commodious and convenient plant at Goffstown estab-
lished. He was called upon to help decide many important road cases,
and discharged his duties to the satisfaction and approval of his constitu-
ents. He had entire charge of the county poor in the towns of the
county. He was elected representative in 1900, and very naturally was
made chairman of the committee on county affairs. He was a soldier in
the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) He married Sarah E., daughter of
Nathaniel R. and Rebecca (Palmer) Fish of Peterborough, N. H., Jan. 8,
1861. She was born July 13, 1836. Child, born in Lyndeborough : —

i-. WILLIE, F. -f-

WILLIE F. HERRICK, son of Benjamin and Sarah .E. (Fish) Her-
rick; born Jan. 15, 1866; married Nellie, daughter of Antoine and Mary
(Ross) Farnham of Lyndeborough, Jan. 28, 1891. She died May 5, 1897.
He married second, Feb. 5, 1902, Lucy A., daughter of Francis J. and
Catharine (O'Brien) Barrett of New Bedford, Mass., born Nov. i, 1875.
Children by first wife : —

1. HARRY B., b. Oct. 16, 1891.

2. ROY F., b. July 18, 1895.

3. BESSIE E., b. April 5, 1897.

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Child by second wife : —

4. FRANCES BARRETT, b. June i, 1905.

EDWARD HERRICK, a brother of Dr. Israel Herrick, once lived in
Lyndeborough, on the farm where E. H. Putnam lives. He was the son
of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick ; born Oct. 29, 1785 ; married first,
Nancy Barrett of Wilton, Dec. 27, 1810. She died Nov. 27, 1824. He
married second, Nov. 22, 1825, Mary Andrews. The records do not show
whether their children were born in Lyndeborough or not. Children : —

1. EDWARD BARRETT, b. April n, 1812.

2. MARY J., b. Sept. 17, 1814, m. Joel Hesselton.

3. ELIZA A., b. June 2, 1816, m. Oscar Ingalls.

4. CHARLES P., b. April 27, 1818.

5. NANCY D., b. July 4, 1820, m. Silas B. Winn.

6. ALONZO, b. Dec. 9, 1827.

7. JOHN A. b. Nov. 3,

8. HARRIET J., b. Dec. 26, 1831.

9. ANDREW J., b. June 5, 1834.

10. CLYMINIA F., b. April 5, 1838.

11. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1839.

HESSEI/TINE.

NATHAN HESSELTINE, JR.,was the son of Nathan Hesseltine, who
settled in Wilton. The church records of Wilton show that the four
older children were baptized in the church there, but the town records of
Lyndeborough show that all the children of Nathan Hesseltine were born
in Lyndeborough. He lived in a house that stood where the glass factory
was built, and there is where his children were born. Nathan was a sol-
dier in the Revolutionary War, according to the Wilton History. The
name is spelled in different ways, and in Wilton it is usually written
Hesselton. He married Phebe and we have no further record ex-
cept the births of his children : —

1. PHEBE, b. April 30, 1776.

2. JOHN, b. Jan. 24, 1779, m. April 17, 1808, Sally, dau. of

John Baldwin.

3. NATHAN, b. March 24, 1781, rem. to Weston, Vt., d. Jan. 4,

1814.

4. SAMUEL, b. May 14, 1783.

5. LOTS, b. Sept. 16, 1785.

SKY. b. July 9, 1788.

-KAH, b. Au.i*. 14, 1790, d. Feb. 14, 1795.
. D . 1). Aug. 2, 1793.

HILDRETH.
JuTHAM UlIvDRETH. Our record of the Hildreth family is imper-

GENEALOGIES 771

feet. From what few records we are able to obtain, it would seem that
Jotham Hildreth came from Amherst in 1800 and settled on land in the
southwestern part of the town. He married Abigail, daughter of Joshua
and Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 22,
1781 ; died Aug. 24, 1850. He died Dec. 8, 1850. He was evidently a man
of considerable business ability and energy. He built and owned one or
more sawmills in town. The farm where he settled has since been known
as the Hildreth place, now owned by the heirs of Mr. Gould. Chil-
dren : —

1. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 15, 1806, m. first, Israel Putnam. (See

Putnam gen.); m. second, Jacob Crosby. She d. July 8,
1888.

2. JOTHAM, b. June 25, 1807, d. July 8, 1893. He was a man

possessed of considerable means for a farmer of his day, and
while of a quiet, retiring nature, he was still a well known
citizen, and had in a large degree the respect of the com-
munity. He was a devout member of the Congregational
church and a constant attendant at church services until
infirmity prevented. He gave the church a sum of money
the income of which was to be used in its support, and he
left a bequest to be administered by trustees, the income of
which was to be devoted to helping the worthy poor. He
met his death by accident, falling from the railroad track at
or near the so-called gulf bridge.

3. JACOB, b. Dec. 31, 1809, m. June 14, 1842, Sarah, dau. of

Israel and Abigail (L/ewis) Goodrich of L/yndeborough.
She was b. June 24, 1821 ; d. July 5, 1844. He d. May 17,
1849.

4. MARY A., b. June 12, 1817, d. Sept. 3, 1836.

5. JULIA A., b. March 26, 1821, d. Sept. 10, 1875.

ABEL HILL, son of Alpheus Hill of Billerica, Mass., born Aug. 22,
1787; married Jan. 22, 1814, Polly, daughter of John and Ruth (South-
wick) Proctor. She was born in Danvers, Mass., April 2, 1791; died
Nov. 7, 1857. He died in Henniker, March 12, 1828. He was the first of
this family to come to Lyndeborough. He settled on a farm situated on
the old road from the Nathan Richardson place to North Lyndeborough.
Daniel B. Whittemore owns the pasture where the old cellar hole is.
Asa was born there. After Abel Hill's death in Henniker his wife and
children came back to Lyndeborough, and lived in a house on the side of
the mountain south of M. T. Spalding's place. Nothing but a cellar
hole there now. Children : —

1. ASA, -4-

2. SYLVESTER, b. Aug. 16, 1819; d. Feb. 21, 1821.

772 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

3. MARY P., b. Jan. 15, 1822, m. John Carleton of Lyndebor-

ough. (See Carleton gen.)

4. SYLVESTER, 2ND., b. Sept. 23, 1823, d. Sept. 16, 1853.

5. MARTHA, b. Jan. 4, 1826, d. Feb. 7, 1860.

Of these children, Asa was b. in I/yndeborough, the others
in Henniker.

ASA HILL, son of Abel and Polly (Proctor) Hill, born in Lyndebor-
ough, May 3, 1816 ; married April 24, 1847, Julia Augusta Burgess of
Maine. She was born June 10, 1824 ; died Dec. 8, 1900. He died Oct. 20,
1891. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church for many years.
He always took great interest in the events of the town but never held
public office of any importance. He was a long time member of the
Lafayette Artillery Company. Children : —

1. FRED M., b. May 5, 1853, m. Feb. 8, 1877, Ella L., dau.

of William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b.
in Hollis, Nov. 12, 1852. They have three children :
Frank A., b. June 13, 1878; Charles A., b. Sept. 10, 1879;
Mary E., b. July 7, 1881, d. Feb. 28, 1891.

2. IRA B., b. May 3, 1861, m. January, 1884, Emma F., dau. of

William A. and Mary (Hardy) Colburn. She was b. in
Hollis, June 16, 1863. Children : — Gladys A., b. July 21,
1896.

HOLDEN.

AARON HOLDEN, born in Mason ; married Sept. 5, 1843, Julia A.
Morse of Francestown. She was born Sept. 5, 1820. He died Oct. 4,
1886. Children : —

1. GEORGE H.

2. AARON A.

3. HENRY E., +

4. FLORENCE D., b. Oct. 16, 1854, m. Charles H. Pond.

Children : — Edward, Delia F.

5. AARON A., b. Jan. 28, 1858.

HENRY E. HOLDEN, son of Aaron and Julia (Morse) Holden, born
Oct. 18, 1850; married Lizzie J. Peabody. She was born April 14, 1857.
Children : —

1. PERLEY E., +

2. ADA B., b. July 20, 1876.

3. FLORENCE D., b. April 10, 1879.

4. BELLA F., b. Feb. 4, 1883.

PERLEY E. HOLDEN, son of Henry E. and Lizzie J. (Peabody)
Holden, born April 3, 1875; married June 25, 1897, Myrtie C., daughter
of John H. and Clintina (Carkin) Burton. Children : —

GENEALOGIES 773

1. VIOLA, b. May 25, 1899.

2. MARGIE C., b. Oct. 12, 1902.

HOI/T.

The name Holt is of ancient origin and is applied to a number of
towns and parishes in England. According to some writers on English
genealogy there would appear to have been two prominent families of
this name, known as the Aston family of Norwickshire and the Grizzle-
hurst family of Lancaster. Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice of the
King's Bench, was a descendant of the last-named family, and was a
very famous man in his day. He was noted for his extensive knowledge
of the common law of England and his uprightness upon the bench.
Nicholas Holt, the immigrant ancestor of the Holts of New England,
was a lineal descendant of Sir John. The time and place of the birth of
Nicholas is unknown. The first definite information we have of him is
as a passenger on the Ship James of London, William Cooper, master,
which sailed from the port of Southampton, Eng., April, 1635, and of
his arrival on these shores the third of June following. He was un-
doubtedly accompanied by his wife and at least one child. He settled in
Newbury, Mass., and lived there nine years. In 1644 he removed with
his family to Andover, Mass., and was the seventh settler of that town.
He was three times married. The Christian name of his first wife was
Elizabeth ; his second wife was Hannah Rolfe, and his third, Mrs.
Martha Preston. He died in Andover, Mass., Jan. 30, 1685. William
Holt, the first of this family to come to Lyndeborough, was of the fourth
generation from Nicholas of Andover as follows : Nicholas, Henry,
Oliver, William.

The exact date of his coming to Lyndeborough is not known but it
was some time previous to 1760, for the town records contain the follow-
ing date of birth : " William, son of William Holt and Bulah, his wife,
born March 23, 1760." It is a tradition that William Holt came to
Salem-Canada with David Stratton and as Stratton took a deed of some
land in 1745, that is probably the year. After spending one winter with
Stratton hunting and trapping he bought the lot numbered 76 or what
was afterwards the Dr. Herrick farm, taking a deed, Aug. 9, 1753. Later
he bought Stratton' s farm, and removed there. This farm is the one
now owned by his descendant, Andy Holt. He had three sons born in
Lyndeborough, William, Oliver and Benjamin, and daughters also, but
of them we find no record excepting that of Mary and Judith. William
settled in Greenfield and was the ancestor of the Holts of that town.
Oliver remained on the ancestral acres, and of Benjamin there is no
further record. Transcript from Town Records :

"William, son of William Holt, Jr., and Betty, his wife, b. Jan. 23,
1791 ; d. Feb. 6, 1791, Levi Spaulding, son of do. b. Nov. 28, 1784.

Bulah, dau. of do. b. Jan. 13, 1787.

Oliver, son of do. b. May 16, 1789.

Betty, dau. of do. b. Jan. 23, 1791. Twin with William."

OLIVER HOLT, son of William and Bulah Holt, married Jane Karr,
a daughter of James Karr, who settled in Lyndeborough in the early

774 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

days. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and died Feb. 27,
1854, aged 93. She died September, 1844. 'Of the children of Oliver and
Jane (Karr) Holt only David and Thomas remained residents of Lyndebor-
ough. Oliver removed to Goshen, N. H.; Parker removed to Leroy, O.;
Calvin to Newport, N. H., and later in 1851, during the gold excitement,
crossed the plains with a team, taking three months to make the jour-
ney. He died in Kentucky. Thomas K. married and had children born
in Lyndeborough, but of them we have no record. Children, all born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. JACOB, b. Aug. 27, 1790, d. Sept. 27, 1790.

2. THOMAS K., b. Jan. 10, 1792, m. Sally Messer. He d.

Nov. 12, 1836.

3. JANE, b. April 28, 1794, m. Arronet Gunnison of Goshen.

4. OLIVER, +

5. JOANNA, b. Dec. 16, 1798, m. May 6, 1818, John Lewis.

She died Dec. 6, 1888.

6. PARKER, b. Nov. 6, 1801, d. Aug. 21, 1802.

7. DAVID, -f-

8. CALVIN,

OLIVER HOLT, son of Oliver and Jane (Karr) Holt; born Oct. 30,
1796; married Harriet Willey, daughter of Reuben Willey of Goshen.
She was born Aug. i, 1799; died Dec. 22, 1877. He died Dec. 15, 1876.
Children : —

1. SARAH, b. April 20, 1821, m. John Graves of Dempster, d.

Nov. 8, 1850.

2. HARRIET, b. Sept. n, 1825, d. March 15, 1900.

3. L/UTHERA M., b. Jan. 16, 1828, m. Charles E. Cook of Al-

stead, d. June 4, 1860.

4. OUVER, b. Aug. 30, 1830, m. first, Nov. 25, 1852, Mary

Miles of Stow, Mass. She d. May 20, 1870, and he m.
second, June 31, 1871, I^ouisa Bigelow of N. Y. She d.
Feb. n, 1899.

5. WILSON D., b. June 26, 1833, d. Dec. 22, 1877.
This family lived in Goshen or Alstead.

DAVID HOLT, son of Oliver and Jane (Karr) Holt ; born June 9, 1804 ;
married first, Jan. 20, 1829, Bethiah Wilson of Greenfield. She was born
in 1807 and died Jan. 5, 1837, aged 30 years; married second, Ann Coch-
ran of Antrim, June 18, 1837. She was born March 2, 1802 ; died April
13, 1870; married third, Mrs. Julia Clark.

David Holt was a notable man in the life of the town in his day. He
had a keen wit and a dry humor which made his sayings much quoted.
He was a member of the Congregational church and a pretty constant at-
tendant thereof. He was public spirited, and of the duties which fall to
the citizens of country towns always bore his full share. He died Oct.
22, 1884. Children by first wife : —

ALFRED F. HOLT.

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1. BENJAMIN W., b. Mar. 16, 1830, d. Mar. 18, 1832.

2. MARY J., b. Jan. 20, 1833, m. Isaiah Barzillai Curtis. (See

Curtis gen.)

3. Miriam M., b. March 2, 1834, m- Clark Jones. (See Jones

gen.)
By second wife : —

4. ALFRED F., -J-

5. FRANCES A., b. Feb. 16, 1840, m. Kilburn S. Curtis. (See

Curtis gen.)

6. ANDY, -\-

7. E^LEN B., b. Dec. 10, 1844, m- April 18, 1882, Fred E.

Hardy of Francestown, res. in California. Child : Ethel J.,
b. July i, 1883, d. Nov. 20, 1883.

GEN. ALFRED F. HOLT, son of David and Ann (Cochran) Holt;
born Dec. 16, 1838; married in 1868, Lizzie B. Gardner of Cambridge,
Mass. Until the age of nineteen years his life was the common lot of
farmers' boys of that time. He worked on the farm summers, attended
the district school winters, and had the advantage of a few terms at the
Academy at Mont Vernon. At about the age of nineteen he commenced
the study of medicine under the supervision of Dr. William A. Jones,
spending a year with him. The next two years he studied with Dr.
Woodbury of East Boston, and attending courses of medical lectures at
Harvard University in the winters of 1858, 1859, an<i 1860. In the spring
of 1860, he attended a course of medical lectures at the University of
Vermont, where he received his degree of M.D. in June of that year.

In August, 1860, he removed to Cambridge, Mass., and commenced
the practice of medicine. But the breaking out of the Civil War
changed the life of this young man as it changed the lives of so many
others. Imbued with a spirit of patriotism and a love for the Union, he
enlisted April 16, 1861, in the first company raised in the northern states
to defend the Union and the flag. This company was attached to the
Third Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, and on the evening of April 17, 1861,
sailed for Fortress Munroe. During the voyage he was made hospital
steward of the regiment, which position he held during his three months
of service. His regiment assisted at the burning of the navy yard near
Norfolk, Va., April 22, 1861, and was afterward stationed at Fortress
Munroe and Hampton, Va. When the term of enlistment expired, Dr.
Holt at once sought a position in the medical corps of the army. He
was successful and was made assistant surgeon of the Thirtieth Massa-
chusetts, a regiment organized for duty under Gen. Butler in the ex.
treme south. Jan. 2, 1862, this regiment embarked on the Steamer
Constitution, and a few days after sailed for Ship Island, that death
spot for so many northern boys. During the bombardment of Forts
Jackson and St. Phillip this regiment was on shipboard a few miles be.
low on the river, and after the surrender of the forts was first to enter
New Orleans. He saw service in front of Vicksburg, Miss., and later at
Baton Rouge and Carrolton. At the Battle of Baton Rouge he was

776 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

especially mentioned in general orders for bravery and humanity in giv-
ing aid to the wounded as they fell. In December, 1862, he was pro-
moted to surgeon of the First Texas Cavalry, a regiment made up largely
of men who were obliged to leave their homes on account of their Union
sentiments. It can readily be seen that to win promotion in a regiment
of men embittered by loss of home, and imbued with a strong desire to
avenge themselves on their foes required courage and ability of high
degree.

Dr. Holt held up the banner of New England grit evidently, for in
December, 1863, he left the medical department and was made senior
major of the regiment, and a few months after was promoted to lieuten-
ant colonel, which position he held until the final muster out, October,
1865, at San. Antonio, Texas, commanding his regiment almost contin-
uously from the time he was made field officer. During this time he
took part in nearly all the campaigns, battles and skirmishes that oc-
curred in the Department of the Gulf. In 1866 he returned to Cam-
bridge and again commenced the practice of his profession. He became
a member of the American Medical Association, of the Massachusetts
Medical Society, of the Cambridge Medical Improvement Society and of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He stood
high in his profession, was noted as a microscopist and was an author-
ity in the study of morbid anatomy.

In June, 1879, Dr. Holt was appointed one of the medical examiners
for Massachusetts, and in January, 1884, was made surgeon-general of
the State with the rank of brigadier-general, which position he held
until his death. He was a member of the Grand Army and also of the
Loyal Legion. He died at Martin, Florida, where he had gone for his
health, Dec. 28, 1890. The resolutions passed by the various societies to
which he belonged, and the letters of condolence by the governor and
fellow members of the staff show the esteem in which he was held. He
won fame and honor in the state of his adoption, but to his greater credit
he never lost his love for his native town and the old homestead farm
where he spent his boyhood days. In the last years of his life, as
much time as could be spared from his duties at Cambridge was spent on
the old farm in Lyndeborough. Gov. Brackett of Massachusetts says of
him, " His straight-forward manliness, his unswerving integrity, his
kindness of heart endeared him to me and now that he has gone from
among us they have left a fragrant memory."

The Massachusetts Medico Legal Society, of which he was president,
in resolutions on his death say, that " for his services to humanity and
to the medical profession for his researches, his study and his skill in
his chosen field of pathology, for his zeal and ability as a surgeon and
physician. . . . We deplore his loss."

ANDY HOLT, son of David and Ann (Cochran) Holt; born Feb. i,
1842 ; married May 4, 1864, Abby J., daughter of Harvey and Lois (Cram)
Holt. She was born Feb. 20, 1846. He has been largely identified with
the business and social interests of the town. Elected a member of the
board of selectmen first in 1870, he has held that office fourteen times
since. He represented the town in the legislature of 1903, and has at one
time or another been chosen to fill about all the offices in the gift of the

ANDY HOLT.

GENEALOGIES 777

town. He was a charter member of and the first master of Pinnacle
Grange and captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. for several years. He
has always taken great interest in military affairs, and is an active mem-
ber of the above named organization. In social affairs, in committees in
educational interests, he has always been a prominent figure. He is the
conceded leader of his political party in town, and of late years has de-
voted much time to state politics and to Grand Army affairs. He was a
soldier in the Civil War, and is a man to whom the Grand Army organiza-
tion appeals strongly. He lives at South Lyndeborough. (For his mili-
tary record see Chap. X.) Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. FI.ORA M., b. Aug. 21, 1867, m. June 2, 1887, Edwin W. H.

Farnum of Francestown.

2. PARKER, b. April 3, 1870, d. Aug. 9, 1876.

3. FRED A., b. Nov. 30, 1881, m. Feb. u, 1903, Annie M.,

dau. of Charles H. and Susie (Watkins) Senter of Lynde-
borough.

4. HARRY W., b. April n, 1883.

HOLT.

HARVEY HOLT, born May 5, 1808; married Lois, daughter of
Gideon and Amy (Putnam) Cram. She was born March 20, 1813 ; died
Sept. n, 1893. He died Nov. 14, 1865. Children: —

1. LOIS, b. March 16, 1836, m. William N. Ryerson of Lynde-

borough. (See Ryerson gen.)

2. AMY, b. April 21, 1838, m. Edward H. Spauldingof Nashua,

N. H., Aug. i, 1860. d. Dec. 2, 1860.

3. HARVEY, b. Sept. 20, 1840. Killed at the Battle of Bull

Run. (See Chap. X.)

4. JASON, 4-

5. ABBY JANE, b. Feb. 21, 1846, m. Andy Holt. (See Holt

gen.)

6. EMERY, -(-

7. GEORGIANNA, b. March 17, 1851, m. Harlan P. Bradford of

Lyndeborough. (See Bradford gen.)

8. EUGENE, b. Sept. 30, 1855, m. Lizzie, dau. of J. King of

New Boston, N. H., May n, 1875. Res. in Hudson, N. H.

JASON HOLT, son of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt, born April 3,
1843 ; married Rosie, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Stevens) Young.
She was born July 20, 1848 ; died March 10, 1868. He has served on the
board of selectmen a number of years. Was a soldier in the Civil War.
(See Chap. X.) Child: —

i. RosiE E., b. March 9, 1868, m. John M. Curtis, son of
Kilburn S. and Frances (Holt) Curtis of Lyndeborough,
Sept. n, 1894.

7 78 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

EMERY HOLT, son of Harvey and Lois (Cram) Holt, born May 27,
1848 ; married Ella T., daughter of Adoniram and Maria (Lakin) Rus-
sell of Lyndeborough, April 5, 1870. She was born May 7, 1852. Chil-
dren, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ADRIA A., b. Jan. 8, 1873, m. William C. Wilder. (See

Wilder gen.)

2. BERTHA E., b. April 20, 1874, d. Nov. 8, 1892.

3. HARVEY E., b. July 3, 1876, m. Margaret Polk of L,ynde-

borough, Jan. i, 1902. Child: — Herbert H., b. Nov. 22,
1902.

4. ELMA Iy., b. July 18, 1877.

5. IDA I,., b. May 26, 1881, m. Albert C. Mason. (See Mason
. gen.)

6. FOREST A., b. July 13, 1882.

7. CHARLOTTE M., b. July 6, 1883, d. Feb. 2, 1884.

8. ANNIE T., b. Aug. 12, 1885.

9. RUTH C., b. May 21, 1887.

10. JASON R., b. May 19, 1891.

HOI/T.

CHARLES HENRY HOLT, son of Abiel and Olivia (Proctor) Holt;
born Jan. 14, 1828, at Milford ; married first, July 2, 1852, Mary A.,
daughter of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler of Lyndeborough. She was
born March 4, 1833 ; died Sept. 13, 1854. He married second, May 22,
1857, Harriet E., daughter of John and Jemima (Hopkins) Lowe of
Dedham, Mass. She was born Aug. 20, 1827 ; died Sept. 6, 1880. He
came to Lyndeborough when a young man and worked for his brother
Lorenzo at carriage painting. He went to California during the gold ex-
citement, in 1848, going "round the Horn" in a whaling ship, and re-
turning "in 1850 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. While there he
helped build the first framed houses in San Francisco. He was a car-
penter by trade, and owned a saw mill at South Lyndeborough. He was
a selectman four years, and at the time of his death had been postmaster
at South Lyndeborough twenty-five years. He was always interested in
military matters and was a member of the Lafayette Artillery Co., thirty-
seven years, serving as lieutenant eleven years, and captain thirteen
years. He was major in the N. H. Militia four years. (See Chap. VIII.)
He died Jan. 31, 1897 at South Lyndeborough. Child by first wife : —

1. JENNETTE A., b. Dec. 19, 1853, m. Sept. 28, 1879, Tarrant

M. Beale of Boston, Mass.
Child by second wife : —

2. EFFIE A., b. Nov. 23, 1868, m. Oct. 2, 1890, Starr B. Cen-

ter of Wilton. Children: Carroll H., Lesley N.

HOI/T.
JOHN FLETCHER HOLT, son of Benjamin Holt; born Nov. 12,

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1807 ; married Nov. 27, 1834, Abigail, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca
(Cram) Harwood of Lyndeborough. She was b. June 20, 1805 ; died Nov.
24, 1869. He died April 17, 1883. He was one of the board of selectmen
for several years and held other town office. He owned and lived on the
farm where Emery Holt now lives. Children, all born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. BENJAMIN F., -f-

2. REBECCA, b. Dec. 25, 1839, d. Jan. 4, 1840.

3. JOHN F., b. April 17, 1842, d. May 10, 1842.

BENJAMIN F. HOLT, son of John F. and Rebecca (Harwood) Holt;
born Nov. 7, 1837; married Sept. 18, 1862, M. Gertrude, daughter of
Luke A. and Mary (Holt) Lucas. She was born Feb. 5, 1842. He died
May 12, 1889. Child : —

i. FLORA MAY.

HOLT.

ISRAEL PORTER HOLT, born Jan; 27, 1821 ; married Phebe E.

She was born Nov. 18, 1814 ; died April 22, 1880. He died Oct. 29, 1883.
Israel Porter Holt, Persons S. Holt, Charles H. Holt and David Kendall
Holt were brothers. Children : —

1. MARTHA J., b. April 16, 1849, m. June 6, 1878, Francis A.

Osborn of Cambridgeport, Mass.

2. ISRAEL H., b. June 15, 1850, m. March 31, 1874, Eva L/.

Freeman of Wilton.

3. EMER F., b. Oct. 23, 1851, d. Nov. 25, 1851.

4. GEORGIANNA F., b. Jan. 13, 1853, m. Sept. 25, 1873, Charles

P. Wheeler of Amherst.

5. ELLA M., b. Oct. 21, 1854.

PERSONS S. HOLT. No record was returned of the dates of the
births and deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Persons S. Holt, except the date of
Mrs. Holt's death, Sept. 18, 1869. Children : —

1. MARY A., b. Aug. 15, 1844, m. Owen Varley of Wilton, d.

Sept. 7, 1869.

2. CATHERINE B., b. Aug. 13, 1847, m. Lawrence Dillon of

L/awrence, Mass.

3. HATTIE S., b. Feb. 19, 1851, d. July 31, 1868.

4. SARAH F., b. Oct. n, 1852, m. Henry J. Pickett of Water-

bury, d. May 13, 1888.

5. SUMNER A., b. May 19, 1861, m. Nov. 9, 1882, Ella J.

Chapman of Waterbury.

CHARLES H. HOLT, born in Watertown, Mass.; married first, Oct.
ii, 1836, Anna, daughter of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham. She was
born May 20, 1812 ; died Jan. 3, 1873. He married second, Hannah J.,
daughter of Brackley and Sarah (Butterfield) Rose. She was born May

780 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

31, 1827. He died Jan. 27, 1888. He was a farmer and nursery man, and
owned a large farm in Perham Corner, now occupied by his son William
P. He was selectman for many years and was influential in town affairs.
Child by first wife : —

I. WILLIAM P., ~h

WILLIAM P. HOLT, son of Charles H. and Anna (Perham) Holt;
born Oct. 7, 1840; married Sept. 19, 1881, Mary E. Woodbury of New
Boston. She was born April 14, 1844. Children : —

1. AUSTIN, b. May 3, 1886.

2. OLIVER, b. Aug. 14, 1887.

HOLT.

ELI HOLT and Personela, his wife, lived for a time on the Lucas
place. It is presumed they came to Lyndeborough from Temple, as the
two older children are recorded as born there. Children, all but two
born at Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY, b. at Temple May 20, 1814.

2. HARRIET A., b. at Temple Oct. 20, 1815.

3. ADALINE M., b. April 12, 1817.

4. PAMELIA, b. Feb. 18, 1819.

5. SARAH J., b. Feb. 14, 1821.

6. HANNAH, b. June 3, 1822.

7. CLARISSA, b. Feb. 19, 1824, d. March 8, 1824.

8. GEORGE, b. Sept. 12, 1825.

9. PHEBE L,., b. Oct. 20, 1827.

10. HARRIET O., b. Aug. 16, 1829.

11. JOANNA, b. Aug. 23, 1831.

12. ANSTIS, b. Dec. 9, 1833.

HOLT.

STEPHEN DEXTER HOLT, son of Stephen C. and Mary (Cragin)
Holt; born at Andover, Mass., July 22, 1822; married Nov. 29, 1849,
Joanna, daughter of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley. She was
born June 20, 1831. He died April 25, 1876. He lived at one time on the
Harwood place, and earlier on the French place, north of Badger Pond.
He came to Lyndeborough from Francestown in 1859. He was a soldier
in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) His widow resides in Mont Vernon.
Children : —

1. CHARLES D., b. in Francestown, Jan. 25, 1851, d. in Mont

Vernon, Oct. 4, 1881.

2. FRANCES A., b. March 17, 1854.

3. and 4. AUGUSTUS and AUGUSTINE (twins), b. Aug. 14, 1856.

Both d. Nov. 28, 1856.

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5. GEORGE F., b. in L/yndeborough, Aug. 6, 1859, res. in Mont
Vernon.

HOUSTON.

The Houstons were a prominent and influential family in the early
history of the town. But few records can be obtained and the family is
extinct in Lyndeborough. Samuel Houston was evidently the first of
the name to come to Lyndeborough. He settled in the northwest part
of the town. The site is now marked by an ancient growth of Lombardy
poplars. He was born Feb. 29, 1745, and died May 23, 1824. The family
were earnest supporters of the Congregational Church, and both Samuel
and his son John were deacons. He was selectman one or more terms.
About the year 1840, the whole family removed to Denmark, Iowa,
where their descendants now reside. In the town records is the record
of the birth of Samuel, son of Dea. Samuel and Rachel Houston. It
would seem that he was married twice and perhaps three times, for after
the death of Rachel Houston the rest of the children are recorded as
sons and daughters of Samuel Houston and Mary, his wife. Rachel
Houston died Nov. 19, 1775. There is a record of the marriage of
Samuel Houston and Hannah Woodward of Francestown, April i, 1817.
She was probably a daughter of Ephraim Woodward of Lyndeborough.
Children of Dea. Samuel Houston and Rachel, his wife : —

1. SAMUEL, b. May 28, 1771.

2. JOSEPH, b. Oct. ii, 1775.

Children of Dea. Samuel Houston and Mary, his wife : —

3. CALEB, +

4. RACHEL, b. Oct. 22, 1779, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See

Woodward gen.)

5. SARAH, b. Sept. n, 1781, d. July 10, 1785.

6. L/EVI, b. July 9, 1783, d. June 29, 1785.

7. IRA, +

8. JOHN, +

CALEB HOUSTON, son of Samuel and Mary Houston, born Jan. 24,

1778 ; married Nancy . She died Aug. 7, 1807. Children recorded

as born in Lyndeborough : —

1. NANCY H., b. Nov. 3, 1804.

2. RODNEY, b. Dec. 29, 1805.

3. GEORGE L., b. Aug. 3, 1807.

IRA HOUSTON, son of Dea. Samuel and Mary Houston, born June 9,
1785; married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rand)
Epps. She was born April 3, 1791 ; died May 9, 1873. He died Feb. 6,
1872. Children recorded as born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 21, 1811, m. Jason Wilson. She d.

Aug. n, 1 88 1.

2. MARY, b. July 21, 1813, d. May 30, 1816.

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3. SAMUEL, b. Nov. n, 1815, m. June, 1848, Catharine Hornby.

4. MARY, b. March 5, 1818, m. Nov. 3, 1842, Francis Blake.

5. HANNAH, b. March 28, 1820, m. Sept. 9, 1840, Wm. Davis.

She d. Oct. 9, 1840.

6. RACHEL, b. July 27, 1822. m. June, 1847, James Hornby.

7. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 26, 1824, d. Sept. u, 1826.

8. IRA, b. May n, 1826, m. October, 1856, Olivia P. Porter.

He d. May 17, 1889.

9. ANN, b. June 15, 1828, m. November, 1849, Gustavus B.

Bracket. Shed. March 17, 1886.

10. RWOENA, b. Nov. ii, 1831, m. May, 1858, Ebenezer T.
L,everett.

11. OLIVE, (Twin), b. April 6, 1834, d. Oct. 6, 1834.

12. SARAH, (Twin), b. April 6, 1834, d. Sept. 17, 1834.

DBA. JOHN HOUSTON, son of Samuel and Mary Houston, b. June
5, 1787; married Zervia Field of Amherst. She was born Nov. i, 1784.
He died Feb. 26, 1856. Children : —

1. ALBERT F., b. Jan, 15, 1812, d. Sept. 25, 1835.

2. LAURA, b. Aug. 12, 1813, m. William Davis. She d. Oct.

13, 1887.

3. ABIGAIL, b. April 2, 1815, d. Jan. 31, 1879, m. George

Shedd.

4. SARAH, b. July 13, 1821, m. E. Warren Henderson.

5. ZERVIA, m. Peter B. Bell, d. May 31, 1874.
5. JOHN JR., b. Dec. 15, 1823, m. Maria Sturgis.

7, JOSEPH, b. Sept. 13, 1826, m. Sarah L. Bell.

8. MARY J., b. May 28, 1829, m. Joseph E. Ingalls. She d.

Jan. 7, 1881.

HOWARD.

SILAS HOWARD came to Lyndeborough soon after the close of the
Revolutionary War and settled in the southeast part of the town. He
was a soldier in the Continental Army and drew a pension in his later
years. He came to Lyndeborough from Westford, Mass.~ Nothing but
a cellar hole marks the spot where he lived.- He married Rebecca Reed,
probably of Westford, Mass. He died in 1840, aged -80 years. They had
nine children, of whom the records are very imperfect. .Children : — .

1. SILAS JR.,

2. SAMUEL. +

3. JACOB, b. March 3, 1795, m. Oct. 10, 1824, Rachel, dau.

of Isaac and Olive (Hopkins) Blanchard of Milford. Res.
in Milford and d. there, May 5, 1873.

4. JOSEPH,

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5. JOHN,

6. BENJAMIN,

7. MARTHA, m. Samuel Hutchinson.

8. ABIGAIL, m. Blanchard.

9. RACHEL, m. Allen Dodge of Mt. Vernon.

SAMUEL HOWARD. Samuel, John and Benjamin, sons of Silas
and Rebecca (Reed) Howard, were soldiers in the War of 1812, and
Samuel was the only one of the three that lived to return. He served
three years and four months and was honorably discharged with the
rank of lieutenant. He was born in Lyndeborough in 1789, and died in
Milford, June 26, 1861 ; married first, June IT, 1821, Hannah, daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Harkness) Burns. She was born in Milford in
1781 ; died in Lyndeborough, Oct. 7, 1821 ; second, Oct. 28, 1824, Sally A.,
daughter of Ezekiel and Sally (Clark) Ames, born March 15, 1802 ; died
Dec. 28, 1868. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. WILLIAM WELLS, +

2. ALBERT L., +

3. SARAH A., b. July 19, 1830, m. first, Lemuel Davis ; second,

Charles O. Davis. She d. March 22, 1866.

4. MARIA T., b. July 24, 1832. Res. in Milford.

5. SYBIL F., b. Nov. n, 1834, m. Levi H., son of David K.

and Alice (Harwood) Holt, June 6, 1860. Res. in Milford.

6. SAMUEL A., b. Sept. 27, 1836, d. Dec. n, 1899, m. Oct. 20,

1862, Mary F., dau. of Silas and Clara (Lyon) Dale of
Roxbury, Mass.

WILLIAM WELLS HOWARD, son of Samuel A. and Sally A. (Ames)
Howard, born Oct. 18, 1826 ; married Nov. 28, 1850, Mary Ann, daughter
of Rufus and Ann (Blanchard) Crosby, born in Milford, June 24, 1825-
Mr. Howard filled many positions of trust while a citizen of Lyndebor-
ough, and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was selectman
five years and was closely identified with the best interests of the town.
His farm was " set off" into Milford in the sixties and that town has
honored him with the highest offices it could give. Children, all born in
Lyndeborough but eldest : —

1. MARIETTA A., b. in Roxbury, Mass., .Feb. .3, 1851, d. in

Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1852.

2. ALONZO W., b. June 28, 1853, m. Nov. i, 1893, Sadie J.,

dau. of James C. and Mary A. (Hodsdon) Moore. Chil-
dren : Clarence W., Helen M.

3. WILLIAM R., b. Jan. 16, 1857, m. Feb. 3, 1881, Lizzie R.,

dau. of James W. and Rebecca S. (Crosby) Anderson ol
Milford. Child : — Wells A.

ALBERT L. HOWARD, son of Samuel and Sally A. (Ames) Howard ;
born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 23, 1828 ; married first, Feb. i, 1852, Sarah

784 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

A., daughter of James W. and Esther C. (Cash) Norcross of Newton,
Mass. She was born July 5, 1830; died May i, 1896. He married second,
Oct. 22, 1897, Sarah M., daughter of Josiah M. and Maria (Cash) Parker
of Amherst. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EMMA F., b. May 4, 1854, d. Nov. 27, 1864.

2. ALBERT C., b. Oct. 2, 1856, m. Oct. 7, 1885, Stella M., dau.

of Jason L. and Frances E. (Brown) Coffin of Athol, Mass.
Child : Lillian R.

3. ANNA E., b. Oct. 13, 1863, m. Oct. 13, 1885, Nathan F.

Brown of Milford.

4. LAURA F., b. Dec. 12, 1866, m. April 10, 1890, William L.

Carr of Hillsborough.

HUTCHINSON.

EBENEZER HUTCHINSON, son of Nathaniel and Katherine Hutch-
inson; born in Saugus, Mass., Aug. 28, 1764; married Thamazan Griffin
Dec. 2, 1784. She was born on Cape Ann, Mass., Oct. 3, 1760; died in
1856. He built a log house on the farm now owned by John H. Good-
rich, and lived there until 1833, when he removed to Hancock, N. H.,
thence to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he died Feb. 5, 1854. To them were
born eleven children, all but one in the log house at North Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. SARAH, b. June, 1785.

2. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 25, 1787, m. Betsey Carter, d. Oct. 9,

1855-

3. LUCY, b. Oct., 1789, d. March, 1843.

4. BENJAMIN, b. March, 1792.

5. REV. WILLIAM, b. April 4, 1794, d. April, 1842.

6. DANIEL, b. Oct., 1796.

7. BRYANT, b. March, 1799.

8. SUSANNA, b. Sept., 1800.

9. JOSEPH, b. July, 1803, m. Esther Ide, d. Sept., 1847.

10. HARRIET O., m. Nehemiah Rand. (See Rand gen.)

11. ARNOLD B., b. April 17, 1808, m. Martha Holt, June, 10,

1835, d. July 30, 1888.

HUTCHINSON.

CHARLES LE ROY HUTCHINSON ; born in Milford, Feb. 18, 1837 ;
died Dec. 30, 1889 ; married Aug. 19, 1865, Mary R. Davis of Milford.
She was born Jan. 23, 1841. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See
Chap. X.) Resided in Perham Corner. Children : —

1. JosiE R., b. in Wilton, Nov. 19, 1866.

2. OSCAR L.; born in Milford, July 4, 1868, m. first, March 5,

1890, Anabelle S., dau. of Granville S. and Harriet (Whit-

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temore) Hill. She was b. Feb. 22, 1866, d. March 8, 1891 ;
m. second, Dec. 31, 1898, Nellie M., dau. of Gorham G.
and Melinda (Thomas) Jones. She was b. June 9, 1869,
res. in North Graf ton, Mass.

3. MORTON F., b. in Milford, March 27, 1870.

4. GEORGE T., b. in Milford, April 23, 1872.

5. HARRY E.» b. in Lyndeborough May 18, 1874, m. Nov. 26,

1901, Elsie B., dau. of Eli J. and Elsie (Daniels) Curtis, b.
Dec. 18, 1878.

6. SAMUEL T., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 10, 1876.

7. ROMA B., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 3, 1886.

JAQUITH.

CYRUS JAQUITH, son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Wright) Jaquith ; born
Aug. 15, 1815 ; married first, Arissa, daughter of John and I/ydia (Dodge)
Sleeper of Francestown, Nov. 6, 1839 ; married second, Mrs. Cynthia S.
Woodward of Lyndeborough. He removed to Lowell, Mass., where he
died March 9, 1896. Children, all by first wife, and born in Milford : —

1. JOHN M., b. Oct. 18, 1840.

2. HARRIET O., b. Sept. 6, 1842, m. July 6, 1874, Charles W.

Norris of Lowell, Mass., res. in Lowell.

3. CYRUS E., b, June 5, 1845.

JENSON.

LORENZ P. JENSON, b. Sept. 12, 1846, in Germany, married Annette
A. Worman of Sweden, Aug. 13, 1871. She was born June u, 1851. He
lived in South Lyndeborough a few years and removed to California. He
was a carpenter and boat builder. Children : —

1. CAROLINE E., b. in Boston May 19, 1872, d. March 18,

1889.

2. ANNETTE H., b. in Boston, Dec. 24, 1873, d. Nov. 25,

1890.

3. CLARA C., b. in Boston Dec. 13, 1875. '

4. ANNA M., b. in Lyndeborough Nov. n, 1877.

5. ALEXANDER, b. in Lyndeborough Jan. 6, 1881, d. Feb.

16, 1881.

6. ALFRED, b. in Lyndeborough, June 20, 1882.

7. CHESTER L., born in Lyndeborough Sept. 19, 1885.

JOHNSON.

JOHN JOHNSON. But little can be learned of the Johnson family,
from which Johnson's Corner takes its name. The family has been ex-
tinct in town for many years, and the writer has been unable to locate
any of the descendants. John Johnson and his wife Mary came to

786 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Lyndeborough from Lynnfield, Mass., and settled on land now the prop-
erty of Aaron Russell. With him" came his sons Adam and James.
James settled on the lot west of his father's land, where W. H. Bowen
lives, and Adam on the land where Willis Perham formerly lived. Chil-
dren born in Lyndeborough : —

1. OSGOOD, b. May 23, 1772, m. Betsey . Child, born in

Lyndeborough: Betsey, b. Feb. 22, 1797.

2. DAVID, b. Aug. 16, 1774.

3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 18, 1777.

ADAM JOHNSON, the eldest son, married Abigail, daughter of Jere-
miah and Eunice (Taylor) Carleton. They had seven children, viz.,
Lydia, John, Adam, Betty, Hannah, Mary and Lucy. These were all bap-
tized Aug. 6, 1769. He was a soldier in the Continental Army, and died
or was killed while in the service. He was probably born at Reading,
Mass. His widow married Ensign David Putnam.

JAMES JOHNSON and Hannah, his wife, had three children : —

1. JAMES, b. in Falmouth, Mass.

2. JASPER, b. in Lyndeborough.

3. JOHN, b. Aug. 24, 1758, in Lyndeborough.

John, James and Adam Johnson were grantees of the town. For the
Revolutionary War record of the Johnson family see Chap. VII.

JOHNSON.

FRANCIS D. JOHNSON came to Lyndeborough from Allenstown, N.
H., in 1826. He was born May 9, 1793; died Feb. 4, 1879; married
Mehitable, daughter of Elisha and Betsey (Bartlett) Haynes of Epsom..
She was born Jan. 22, 1800, and died Aug. 31, 1859. Children, six born in
Lyndeborough : —

i. JOSEPH A., -|-

i. ISAAC A., b. May 9, 1822. Rem. to Massachusetts.

3. WATERMAN B., b. March 29, 1825, d. Oct. 15, 1856.

4. SARAH E., b. Nov. 15, 1827, m. William H. Haynes of

New London and removed to Wisconsin.

5. FRANCIS D., b. May 3, 1830.

6. JOHN D., b. March 4, 1833. Rem. to Dakota.

7. CHARLES H., b. March 6, 1836. Rem. to Michigan.

8. CHRISTIANNA, b. Dec. 25, 1838, d. Aug. 26, 1860.

9. FREEMAN G., b. Aug. 3, 1842. Rem. to Michigan.

JOSEPH A. JOHNSON, son of Francis D. and Mehitable (Haynes)
Johnson, born Dec. 2, 1819 ; married Mary L., daughter of Jotham and
Lucinda (Sargent) Stephenson, Nov. 16, 1848. She was born March 12,
1830. He has been elected to many offices of trust in the town, and has
always taken great interest in its material welfare. He has been justice
of the peace for thirty years, and has that integrity of character which

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wins the confidence of the community in which he lives. In his younger
days he took great interest in military matters and is the only surviving
commander of the -jih Co. of the 22d Regiment of infantry, popularly
known as the "Slam-bang" Co. He resides in South Lyudeborough
village. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EMMA E., b. Oct. 14, 1850, m. Jacob Smith. (See Smith

gen.)

2. IDA B., b. July 4, 1859, m. Frank J. Bishop. (See Bishop

gen.)

3. INA E., b. March 24, 1854, m. Charles E. Dollaway of

Mincer, Ind., November, 1875.

JONES.

The Jones family of Lyndeborough is of Welsh origin, descendants of
Nathaniel and Rachel (Bradford) Jones, who came with a Welsh colony
and settled, probably in Gloucester, Mass. But they are on record in
Ipswich, Mass., in 1704. That year Nathaniel married Rachel Bradford.
They had six children of record. William, the second son, settled in
Ipswich, where he acquired considerable wealth. He was a " felt maker "
and made the three-cornered felt hats then in fashion. He was converted
under the preaching of the celebrated Whitefield, and often entertained
that great divine at his home in Ipswich. He was very devout and was
often called Whitefield's "New Light." He always dressed with scrupu-
lous care, in velvet coat and knee breeches, silver shoe and knee buckles,
and always carried a gold-headed cane. By endorsing the paper of a
friend, who proved to be a rogue, he lost most of his wealth, and was
limited in means in his old age. He was born Oct. 31, 1707; married
Joanna Lord, Oct. 13, 1728. He died November, 1782. They had 15
children.

DR. BENJAMIN JONES was the fourteenth child of William and
Joanna (Lord) Jones, and was the first of that name to come to Lynde-
borough. He was born in Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 18, 1751; married Eliza-
beth Cleaves of Ipswich, Mass. She was born Oct. 20, 1752 ; died June 6,
1819. He died Jan. 12, 1819. He was a physician and a very skilful
surgeon, and was the first M. D. to come to Lyndeborough. He came
Dec. 18, 1772, and settled where H. H. Joslin now lives, but some time
after built the brick house where George Spalding now lives and re-
moved there. He had a large practice and took great interest in the wel-
fare of the town and of the church. He was a man of great influence in
the community, and in connection with his extensive medical practice,
he carried on his large farm, hiring much of the labor. He was town
treasurer, 1792-95, and again in 1805. He died very suddenly of heart
disease. Children, all born in Lyndeborough: —

1. BENJAMIN, -j-

2. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 18, 1776, m. Nehemiah Boutwell.

3. JOANNA, b. Jan. 27, 1779, m. James Crombie. Rem. to

Francestown.

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4. MARY C., b. Jan. 20, 1781, m. Cleaves.

5. HULDAH, b. March 26, 1783, m. Royal Tupper.

6. JOSEPH, -|-

7. NATHANIEL, b. June 22, 1787, d. Oct. 17, 1811.

8. WILLIAM, +

9. SARAH, b. March 5, 1792, d. March 31, 1795.

10. NATHAN, b. April 25, 1794. Was a physician and prac-
ticed his profession in L,yndeborough from 1828 until 1834,
when he removed to Wenham, Mass. He died March n,
1860. He lived where Herman A. Walker now lives. He
sold this place and his practice to Dr. Israel Herrick.

BENJAMIN JONES, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones,
born May 18, 1774; married Dec. 13, 1797, Chloe Farrington of Lynde-
borough. She was born May 25, 1772 ; died Sept. 4, 1830. He died Feb.
20, 1846. Children : —

1. SARAH, b. Dec. 21, 1798, m. Peter Clark. (See Clark gen.)

2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 7, 1800, m. Joseph Woodward, d. June

i, 1836.

3. SAMUEL, +

4. ABIGAIL, b. August, 1804, m. Charles Parker. (See Parker

gen.)

5. JOANNA, b. Nov. 27, 1806, m. Thorpe Fisher and removed

to Salem, Mass., d. Oct. 4, 1855.

6. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 26. 1808. Rem. to Iowa, d. in 1880.

7. NATHANIEL, +

SAMUEL JONES, son of Benjamin and Chloe (Farrington) Jones,
born July 21, 1802 ; married first, April 10, 1828, Olive, daughter of Wil-
liam and Sarah (Barren) Clark. She was born Aug. 5, 1805 '•> died Dec. 17,
1841 ; second, April 8, 1848, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Sally
(Clark) Goodrich. She was born Nov. 24, 1805; died Jan. 9, 1869. He
died July 23, 1868. He was a very influential citizen of the town and at
one time or another was honored by about all the offices the town could
bestow. He was very popular with all, but especially with the young.
"Uncle Sam" was the friend and comrade of every boy and girl with
whom he became acquainted. Always genial, always merry and kind
arid sympathetic with all, to meet with him was a pleasure.

He and his son, Clark B., were digging in the sandbank near Badger
Pond when they unearthed several skeletons of Indians buried there.
Clark Jones, says his brother, William A., presented the most complete
one to Francestown Academy, where he was a pupil at the time. Mr.
Jones died very suddenly one evening while milking the cows. Children
by first wife : —

i. WILLIAM A., +

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2. CHI.OE A., b. Feb. 27, 1831, m. William J. Herrick. (See

Herrick gen.)

3. CLARK B., +

4. GEORGE T., -f-

By second wife : —

5. SARAH O., b. Feb. 18, 1846, m. James O. Fiske. (See

Fiske gen.)

DR. WILLIAM A. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones ;
born Jan. 19, 1829; married Feb. 28, 1855, Harriet J., daughter of Moses
and Nancy A. (Haley) Chenery. She was born Oct. 12, 1834; died
March 10, 1897. He died Dec. 18, 1880. He was educated at Frances-
town Academy and in the schools of Lyndeborough. He graduated from
the Western College of Homeopathy at Cleveland, O., in 1854. He com-
menced the practice of medicine in Wilton, and was a resident of that
town for a few years after his marriage. Then he came to Lyndebor-
ough. He had the qualifications for a good physician, and was success-
ful from the start. When Dr. Herrick retired he had most of the prac-
tice in this and adjoining towns, and he was the last resident physician
of Lyndeborough. He took a lively interest in the business affairs of the
town and in its social welfare, and was one of the promoters of the
Franklin Library. His wife was a woman of much refinement, and was
very helpful in the social affairs of the town.

Dr. Jones was superintendent of schools for some years, representative
to the General Court in 1871, town clerk seven years and justice of the
peace twenty years ; was vice-president of the N. H. Medical Society and
a member from its beginning. He was the enrolling officer of Lynde-
borough during the War of the Rebellion. When he removed to Wilton,
in 1871, he leased the Whiting house for three years. He retired from
practice in 1880. Children : —

1. MINA O., b. Oct. 5, 1856, in Wilton, m. Oct. 5, 1881, Charles

N. Grey of Wilton. He d. Sept. 10, 1889 ; m. second,
March 18, 1896, Amos A. Wyman of Hillsborough, res. at
Hillsborough Bridge. Child: Lena.

2. MYRTA M., b. June 7, 1859, m. April 26, 1899, Hadley F.

Higgins of Manchester, res. in Dorchester, Mass.

3. L,UUE C., b. July 31, 1861, m. Oct. 31, 1885, Charles A.

Burns of Wilton. She d. Aug. 26, 1896.

CLARK B. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones; born Feb.
28, 1834 ; married May 20, 1857, Miriam M. Holt, daughter of David
and Bethiah (Wilson) Holt of Lyndeborough. She was born March 2,
1835. Resides at Maplewood, Mass. Children : —

1. FRANK W., b. Feb. 28, 1858, m. Nov. 21, 1888, Lucy M.
Simmons of Brewer, Me.

2. HARRY E., b. Dec. 25, 1859.

3. FRED C., b. Aug. 12, 1867.

790 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

GEORGE T. JONES, son of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones, born
Nov. 30, 1840 ; married Feb. 4, 1868, Josephine H. Farwell of Milford ;
was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X. ) Children : —

1. A daughter, b. May i, 1869, d. May i, 1869.

2. KATIE S., b. May 31, 1878.

NATHANIEL, JONES, son of Benjamin and Chloe (Farrington) Jones;
born Nov. 15, 1811 ; married May 28, 1841, Ann P. Perkins of Alfred, Me.
She was born Jan. 28, 1815; died in Marlborough, Mass., Jan. 21, 1865.
He died in Natick, Mass., Dec. 28, 1878. He lived for a number of years
where Herman A. Walker now lives. He removed to Marlboro, Mass.,
and lived there a short time when he removed to Natick, Mass., where he
died. Children : —

1. SARAH A., b. in Boston, July 2, 1843, m. Feb. 7, 1865,

Joseph Richard of Sudbury, Mass.

2. MARY E., b. in Boston, Oct. 12, 1847, m- Dec. 22> ^69,

John D. Wade of Natick, Mass.

3. EDWARD B., b. in I^yndeborough July 12, 1850, m. in 1872,

Nellie Childs at Woonsocket, R. I.

4. FANNIE B., b. in L,yndeborough Oct. 14, 1853, m. Dec. 20,

1875, Charles A. Goodnow of Natick, Mass.

5. JAMES C., b. in Lyndeborough March 21, 1856, d. in La

Salle, 111., Sept. 7, 1881, from injuries received in trying to
prevent a team from running away.

JOSEPH JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves) Jones ;
born March 29, 1785 ; married Sept. n, 1811, Ann Richardson. She was
born Aug. 19, 1788; died May 19, 1827; married second, Sept. 18, 1827,
Mrs. Clarissa W. Page. She d. Feb. 16, 1844. Children by first wife : —

1. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1812, d. June 22, 1889.

2. ELIZA, b. May 14, 1815, d. March 26, 1819.

3. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 2, 1818, d. July 1884.

4. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 24, 1821, d. July 5, 1824.

5. BENJAMIN CLEAVES, -|-

6. SARAH A., b. May 4, 1827, d. June 18, 1827.
Children by second wife : —

7. CLARISSA A., b. Nov. 9, 1828.

8. ISAIAH W., b. Nov. 24, 1830, d. 1882.

BENJAMIN CLEAVES JONES, son of Joseph and Ann (Richardson)
Jones ; born March 30, 1824 ; married June 14, 1860, Augusta L. Cleaves
of Mont Vernon. He removed to Chicago, 111., in 1855, and died April
23, 1885. Children : Frank C., Alfred L/., Clarissa A.

DEA. WILLIAM JONES, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cleaves)
Jones; born July 14, 1789; married first, June 4, 1815, Priscilla, daughter
of Rev. Sewall Goodrich. She died Jan. 2, 1837; married second, Nov.

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20, 1838, Eliza N. Anderson of Londonderry. She was born Feb. 9, 1802 ;
died April 12, 1876. He died March 23, 1865.

Dea. Jones was one of the notable men of Lyndeborough. He was tall
and of a stalwart frame, and but few men could accomplish as much farm
work in a day as he. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover,
Mass., for teaching, which vocation he followed for a number of years,
but the active years of his life were passed in his native town on the
homestead farm, where Geo. E. Spalding now lives. For nearly fifty
years he was a deacon of the Congregational church and a liberal con-
tributor to its support. He was a man of great energy in his business of
farming. He used to raise hops extensively, and there was a hop press
and a storage room on his premises, something not seen in Lyndebor-
ough now, and only remembered by the older generation. He rather
avoided holding public office but his influence was felt in all the affairs of
town and church.

Dea. Jones opened a store in New Ipswich which he kept for a few
j-ears, but on the death of his father he returned to Lyndeborough. His
second wife was the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Nesmith) Ander
son of Londonderry. Children by second wife : —

1. EUZA P., b. Aug. 30, 1839, m. Solon B. Richardson. (See

Richardson gen.)

2. MARY A., b. March 22, 1841, m. William R. Blaney of

Swampscott, Mass., res. in Swampscott. Children: George,
Joanna.

3. ABBY J., b. Dec. 23, 1842, m. George E. Spalding. (See

Spalding gen.)

4. JOANNA C., b. Sept. 26, 1845, m. James K. Philips of

Swampscott, Mass., Jan. 25, 1869, res. in Swampscott.
Children : Edward James, Mary Anderson.

JOSUN.

TIMOTHY JOSLIN. In 1854, Timothy Joslin and his son, Henry H.,
bought a farm on the road leading from the Pinnacle House to Green-
field, known as the Marsh place. Nothing but a cellar hole marks the
spot. Timothy was a son of William Joslin of Leominster, Mass. He
was born there in 1796. He married Mary Ann Lese, born in Byfield,
Mass., in 1805. She died Nov. 22, 1863. She was the daughter of Samuel
and Eliza Saunderson Lese of New Ipswich. Timothy afterward re-
moved to the place where Mrs. Ann Cummings lives now, and died there
Oct. 30, 1863. Children : —

1. SAMUEL L/M d. in infancy.

2. MARY ANN, d. of accidental burning, aged 8 years.

3. SAMUEL O., b. May 20, 1831, m. Bethiah U. Swinnington of

Greenfield. He d. Nov. 9, 1874. She d. in Greenfield,
Dec. 2, 1890.

4. HENRY H., +

792 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

5. OTIS, b. August, 1835, m. Sarah J. lyibby of Saco, Me., is

a lumberman and resides in Saganaw, Mich. Children :
Bertha A., Otis W., Clarence and Fred.

6. ISABELLA C., b. February, 18,38, m. William Lewis of

Wabash Co., Ind.

7. HARRIETT J., b. November, 1839, m. Wyman W. Ryan of

Jaffrey, N. H.

8. WILLIAM P., b. November, 1843, m. Georgianna More-

house of Osseo, Minn.

9. L,EVI N., b. Oct. 14, 1847, d. April, 1862. Fatally burned

by gunpowder.

HENRY H. JOSUN, son of Timothy and Mary A. (Lese) Joslin, born
May 7, 1833; married Jan. 3, 1856, Deborah J. Smith of Francestown.
She was born Oct. 3, 1843. He bought the Harvey Holt place and has
lived there ever since. Both he and his wife have been persons of un-
tiring industry. In recent years, owing to impaired health, they have
spent some of the winters in the south. Mr. Joslin has always taken a
proper interest in the affairs of the town and has faithfully discharged
his duties as a citizen. He is a prosperous and well-to-do farmer.
Children, all but the eldest born in L,yndeborough : —

1. FRANK H., -f-

2. ALLEN B., b. Aug. 14, 1860, m. Sept. 23, 1885, Rose

Stevens of Port Huron, Mich. Res. in Port Huron, Mich.
Five children.

3. HARRY A., b. July 19, 1862, m. Sept. 19, 1889, Marion G.

Burnham of Abilene, Kansas. Res. at Milford. Chil-
dren : Bessie J., b. at Milford; Henry J., b. at Hartford;
Ruth, b. at L,yndeborough ; Emily S., b. at Milford.

4. OTIS W., b. June 22, 1864. Res. at Amherst.

5. WINFRED, b. Aug. 2, 1867. Res. in Alaska.

6. JENNIE M., b. July 24, 1869. Graduated from McCullom

Institute and from a special course at Harvard Annex.

7. BENJAMIN H., -f-

8. PERRY E., b. Jan. 10, 1873. Graduated from Dartmouth

Medical School in 1898. Res. at Milford.

9. GRACE B., b. Dec. 4, 1875.

10. SAMUEL I*., b. March 21, 1878. Graduated from Harvard
Medical School in 1900.

n. BESSIE E., b. Nov. 24, 1881, d. Sept. 23, 1882.
12. FLORENCE A., b. March 18, 1883, m. William Nichols.
(See Nichols gen.)

FRANK H. JOSIvIN, son of Henry and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin,
born Aug. 3, 1858 ; married Jan. 8, 1885, Etta M., daughter of Jonathan

GENEALOGIES 793

and Emily (Woodward) Stephenson. She was born Sept. 12, 1859,
Children : —

1. ELMER F., b. July 30, 1886.

2. EMMA F., b. Oct. 10, 1887.

3. EVERETT H., b. April 23, 1889.

H., b. Dec. 24, 1890.

BENJAMIN H. JOSWN, son of Henry H. and Deborah J. (Smith)
Joslin, born Sept. 14, 1871 ; married Oct. 18, 1894, Mary A., daughter of
John and Ann (Cassidy) Cain of Greenfield. She was born Dec. 21, 1869.
Children : —

1. ALBERT B., b. Sept. 24, 1897.

2. PERRY E., b. April 30, 1901.

KARR.

JAMES KARR, b. at Goffstown, Jan. i, 1767 ; married Nov. 13, 1794,
Sarah, daughter of Carr and and Joanna Huse of New Chester, now Hill.
She died Feb. 21, 1844. At the time of his marriage he removed to New
Chester, where he taught school, and held many offices of trust. In
1821 he removed to Lyndeborough and settled on the Creecy place,
south of Edward Duncklee's. He afterward lived at several places in
the town. It is said of him that "he was a quiet, unassuming man, but
possessed of considerable ability, and amply qualified to fill a high posi-
tion in the community, that he was ever ready to weep with those that
weep and rejoice with those that rejoice, that he was a consistent Chris-
tian, and that both he and his wife were members of the Congregational
Church at Andover, N. H., at the time of their deaths." He died Oct.

3. 1845. Children : —

1. THOMAS, b. Nov. 19, 1795, d. Oct. 25, 1851.

2. HUSE, +

3. JOHN, b. Nov. 21, 1800, d. Jan. 25, 1877, m. Hannah Parker.

4. JOANNA, b. April 6, 1803, d. Aug. 5, 1874, m. Ebenezer

Pearson.

5. JAMES, b. Nov. 5, 1805, d. May 23, 1887, m. Harriet P.

Cunningham.

6. JOSEPH, b. March 13, 1808, d. July 22, 1869.

7. MARTHA, b. July 21, 1810, d. Feb. 15, 1857.

8. SARAH, b. Dec. 23, 1813, d. Aug. 2, 1891, m. James M.

Floyd.

9. SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1816, d. June 3, 1884.

10. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 5, 1819, d. Oct. n, 1883.

11. MARY, b. March 8, 1822. Res. at Wilson's Crossing, N. H.

HUSE KARR, son of James and Sarah (Huse) Karr, born March 28,
1798; married Dec. 27, 1821, Sally Ordway of I/yndeborough. She died
May 18, 1826 ; second, June 24, 1832, Susanna Pickle. He died April 5,
1879. Children by first wife : —

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1. SARAH, b. Oct. 25, 1822. d. March 17, 1824.

2. SARAH MARIA, b. Aug. 21, 1824, d. Oct. 31, 1824.

3. JAMES H., +
By second wife : —

4. MARY J., b. Sept. 13, 1836, m. Edward Lambert of Nashua.

5. JOHN H., b. Sept. 6, 1838, d. Aug. 10, 1863. Was a soldier

in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

6. FRANCES A., b. Jan. 9, 1841, d. Feb. 6, 1852.

7. HARRIET S., b. April 13, 1844, m. L,evi Brooks of Green-

field.

8. EI^EN C., b. Sept. 13, 1847, m. William Duncklee of

Greenfield.

9. THOMAS E., b. July 31, 1849, m. Lizzie Ford.

10. JOANNA, b. Aug. 12, 1853, m. Morris Edmands.

11. EMMA E., b. March 21, 1857, m. William Felton.

JAMES H. KARR, son of Huse and Sally (Ordway) Karr ; born Feb.
26, 1826; married May 6, 1857, Clarinda F., daughter of James and Sally
(Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born Jan. 10, 1831 ; died Feb.
28, 1901. Child : —

i. FRED B., b. Feb. 21, 1868.

KIDDER.

The Kidder family had much to do with the early settlement of Lynde-
borough, but the records are very meagre. John Kidder was probably
the first of the name to come, and he probably came when the grant was
called Salem-Canada. He was of the fourth generation from James
Kidder, the immigrant ancestor of the Kidders of America. He was the
son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder, and was born, in Sutton,
Mass., June 3, 1727. Just when he came to Lyndeborough is unknown.
Tracing back the ownership of farms in Lyndeborough, we find many of
them were owned by Kidders in the early days of the town. On which
one John 'settled is not known. He married Triphena, daughter of
Ephraim Powers. She was born April 20, 1731. He died Jan. 14, 1810.
Children : —

1. TRIPHENA, b. May 4, 1755.

2. JOHN, b. March 4, 1757, m. Molly Chamberlain, probably a

daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Cram) Chamberlain.
He removed to Maine.

3. lyOis, b. July 10, 1760, m. Jonathan Butler.

4. EPHRAIM, -j-

5. JOSEPH, +

6. RACHEL, b. March 8, 1769, m. Nathaniel Tay.

EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder;
born Oct. 12, 1761 ; married Martha Karr of New Boston. He died in

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Lyndeborough in January, 1841. He lived on the farm where the late
Franklin H. Kidder lived. Children : —

1. THOMAS, +

2. MARTHA, b. April 2, 1788.

3. EPHRAIM, -f-

4. LUCY P., b. Aug. 25, 1793.

5. JAMES, b. Aug. 21, 1798, m. Betsey Kidder, daughter of

Joseph and Polly (Kpps) Kidder, rem. to Westfield, O.

THOMAS KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder ; born
Nov. 24, 1786; married Aug. n, 1811, Elizabeth Holt. She was born
June 5, 1788 ; died Nov. 9, 1856. He died Sept. 5, 1854. Children : —

1. THOMAS J., b. May 31, 1812, d. Dec. 18, 1812.

2. BETSEY A., b. March 6, 1814, m. Joseph H. Ford. (See

Ford gen.)

3. FRANKUN H., +

4. MARTHA H., b. Aug. u, 1821, m. Cyrus Moors of Sharon.

5. CYNTHIA J., b. June 21, 1824, m. Dea. Oliver Barrett of

Wilton. She d. May 5, 1881.

6. ALMANDER A., b. Oct. 26, 1827, d. May 20, 1861.

7. LUCY A., b. Dec. 13, 1832, m. Isaac Lowe. (See Lowe

gen.)

FRANKLIN H. KIDDER, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Holt)
Kidder; born Oct. 18, 1818; married Feb. 22, 1853, Elsey M. Fish of
Peterborough. She was born March 24, 1826 ; died Sept. 5, 1899. He died
April 27, 1899. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and much respected
in the community. He lived on the farm his father and grandfather
owned before him. Children : —

1. CHARLES F., b. May 21, 1857, d. May 29, 1857.

2. ELIZABETH R., b. June 15, 1859, m. Nov. 14, 1882, Ethan

A. Woodward.

EPHRAIM KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder;
born Jan. 3, 1791 ; married Betsey, daughter of John and Anna Bofee.
She was born July 28, 1792 ; died in Wilton, May 14, 1878. He lived in
Lyndeborough until after the youngest child was born, then removed to
Wilton, where he died Aug 3, 1858.

1. JOHN BOFEE, +

2. THOMAS K., b. June 9, 1817, rem. to Milford.

3. ELIZA, m. Burnham Russell. (See Russell gen.)

4. ANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1822, d. May 15, 1868, m. John Burton

of Wilton.

5. MARTHA, b. Aug. 14, 1828, d. July 2, 1832.

JOHN BOFEE KIDDER, son of Ephraim and Betsey (Bofee) Kidder ;

796 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

born Aug. 16, 1811; married April, 1834, Mary Russell. She died Oct.
22, 1879. He died at Milford, May 2, 1892. Children : —

1. MARY O., b. Oct. 15, 1835, m. May 2, 1854, Artemas Put-

nam of Wilton.

2. JOHN P., b. July i, 1838, was soldier in Civil War. (See

Chap. X.)

3. DIANA, b. Nov. 7, 1841, m. Oct. 10, 1865, Horace W. Rice

of Leominster, Mass.

JOSEPH KIDDER, son of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder; born
Nov. 30, 1763; married Polly Epps. A short time after his marriage he
removed to Westfield, O. Children : —

1. FRANCES E.

2. JOSEPH.

3. BENJAMIN.

4. JOHN.

5. EPPS.

6. SARAH, m. David Woodward.

7. HANNAH, m. Daniel L,ove.

8. BETSEY, m. James Kidder.

CAPT. JONAS KIDDER, son of Joseph and Hannah (Proctor) Kidder ;
born in Hudson, N. H., Nov. 16, 1743. Removed to L/yndeborough probably
when a young man, for he was living here when the Revolutionary War
broke out, in which he served as captain. (See P. 190.) He removed
to Hudson and died there. The inscription on his headstone reads as
follows : —

" In memory of Capt. Jonas Kidder who died Nov. i, 1837, aged 94.
Formerly of L,inesborough."

Capt. Jonas Kidder was the first settler on the farm now owned by
Robert C. Mason, on the mountain. The house, which was a tavern
stand built by him, was torn down by Jesse Simonds to make way for the
present house. The old house had a hall up stairs in which were held
singing schools and various gatherings. This hall contained probably
the largest fireplace in town. He married Huldah, daughter of Dea.
Ephraim and Sarah Cram) Putnam, Nov. 26, 1768. She died Jan. 13,
1778. He married second, Widow Alice Barren May 20, 1779. She was a
daughter of Amos Taylor. Children by first wife : —

1. AARON, b. May 8, 1769, m. Pamelia, dau. of Andrew and

Mary (Putnam) Fuller of t/yndeborough. She was b.
March 12, 1770.

2. JONAS, b. Jan. 8, 1771, d. Aug. 17, 1817.

3. HANNAH, b. March 21, 1773, m. L,evi Cross.

4. DAVID, b. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Betsey, dau. of Andrew and

Mary (Putnam) Fuller. She was b. Feb. 6, 1776.

5. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 19, 1777, d. April 6, 1778.

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6. NATHAN, b. June 14, , supposed to have died very

young.
Children by second wife : —

7. JOSEPH, b. April 7, 1780, m. Sarah Souther.

8. PUTNAM, b. June 23, 1782, d. May 22, 1783.

9. WILLIAM, -f-

10. BENJAMIN, b. July 4, 1786, d. Jan. 16, 1808.

WILLIAM KIDDER. son of Capt. Jonas and Alice (Barren) Kidder,
was born in Lyndeborough May 7, 1784; died in Irasburgh, Vt., Jan. 2,
1863. William Kidder lived in Lyndeborough until the year 1820, when
he removed to Irasburgh, Vt. He married Anna, daughter of Charles
and Anna (Faxon) Whitmarsh of Lyndeborough. She was born at
Braintree, Mass., May 7, 1784; died Dec. 28, 1868. Children born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. SARAH, died in infancy.

2. CHARLES W., b. Dec. 8, 1809, d. May 28, 1886.

3. WILLIAM W., b. Nov. 17, 1811, d. Aug. 22, 1886.

4. ALICE, b. Nov. 18, 1813, m. James Hancock.

5. BENJAMIN A., b. Feb. 12, 1816, m. Elvira Langdon.

6. MARY A., b. March n, 1818, d. Nov. 21, 1869.

7. JOSIAH C., b. Jan. 12, 1820, in. Eliza Michell. Children,

b. in Irasburgh.

8. BETSEY, b, Aug. 12, 1823.

9. FAXON, b. Sept. 13, 1826.

10. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 12, 1828.

KIDDER.

PHINEAS KIDDER came to Lyndeborough from Chelmsford, Mass.,
in 1786, or 1787 and settled on what is now known as the Watkins place.
He married Hannah Crosby of Westfield, Mass. He died Jan. 20, 1846.
She died June 13, 1850. Children, born at North Lyndeborough . —

1. SAMUEL, -+-

2. PHINEAS, +

3. ANN, b. Aug. 27, 1791, m. Jan. 19, 1828, Eliphalet Atwood.

(See Atwood gen.)

4. HANNAH, b. July 30, 1793, m. Luke Giddings of New Boston.

SAMUEL KIDDER, son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby) Kidder,
boru March 13, 1787; married Oct. 12, 1812, Hannah Brown of Lynde-
borough. She died in Francestown Feb. 28, 1864. He died March 6,
1866. Removed to Francestown.

PHINEAS KIDDER,* son of Phineas and Hannah (Crosby) Kidder,

* The Francestown History records Phineas Kidder as coming to Lyndeborough about
1797. If this is correct, his children, Samuel, Phiueas, Jr., Ann and Hannah were born
in Chelmsford, Mass. The record furnished us gives their birthplace at Lyndebor-

798 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

born Dec. 5, 1789; married Oct. 12, 1812, Patty, daughter of Abraham
aud De/iah (Fish) Rose of Lyndeborough. She was born July i, 1794;
died April 30, 1882. He died Jan. 20, 1864. Children : —

1. CATHERINE, b. March 9, 1813, m. Warner Clark, d. Jan. 20,

1848.

2. ANN, b. Aug. 9, 1815, d. Oct. 7, 1815.

3. PHINEAS C., b. Jan. 12, 1817, m. Emily Hardy of Green-

field, Oct. 13, 1842. He d. March 29, 1892. She d.
March 31, 1899. Children: Emily, b., Nov. 14, 1843, m.
Charles A. Rogers of Boston, Mass., res. in Windham, Me.;
Merrill H., b. April 17, 1847, m. April 25, 1875, Ida Patch
of Francestown ; Abbie J., b. Dec. 16, 1852, m. Aug. 31,
1873, David A. Starrett of Hillsboro.

KIDDER.

MANLEY KIDDER, born July 24, 1810; married first, Rachel P.
Abbott; married second, Rachel P. Buswell. She died Oct. 29, 1872. He
married third, Sarah H. Proctor, who died Nov. 20, 1879.

KIDDER.

NELSON KIDDER came to Lyndeborough f rom Jaffrey in 1837. He
was a blacksmith by trade, and it is said that he could hammer iron as
" smooth " as any craftsman of his day. He lived in the Manahan house
at the centre and had a shop nearby, where he worked up to within a few
years of his death. He was born May 14, 1809; died Jan. 31, 1892; mar-
ried Lucy P. Barnes of Dublin, N. H., Nov. 29, 1838. She was born Oct.
i, 1807 ; died April 8, 1898. Children: —

1. ALBERT J., b. July 18, 1840, d. Sept. 21, 1872. Was in the

U. S. service at Portsmouth, N. H. (See Chap. X.)

2. LUCY E., b. Aug. 10, 1842, d. Ma7 19, 1864.

LAKIN.

THOMAS LAKIN came from Groton, Mass., and settled on land east
of South Lyndeborough village. This land is now owned by Ward N.
Cheever. Thomas married Lucy, daughter of John and Rebecca Burton
of Wilton. She was born Feb. 18, 1778. Their children born at Lynde-
borough were : —

1. WILLIAM G., +

2. LUCY.

3. AMBROSE.

4. BETSEY, in. Amos Herrick.

5. MARY A., m. Billings.

6. CYRENA, m Rogers.

GENEALOGIES 799

WILLIAM G. LAKIN, son of Thomas and Lucy (Burton) Lakin,
married Harriet Carleton. Their children born at Lyndeborough were :

1. WILLIAM A., b. Nov. 23, 1844.

2. HARRIET F., b. April 5, 1846.

NATHAN LANGDBLL, born in New Boston, N. H., Nov. 22, 1822 ;
married first, Ann F. Smith of New Boston, Dec. 14, 1854. She was
born May 26, 1830; died Aug. 15, 1856; married second, Hannah A.
Lateren of Deering, N. H., May 14, 1857. She was born May 5, 1831.
Children by first wife : —

1. ANN F., b. in New Boston, Feb. 3, 1859.

2. HILLIARD L/., b. in New Boston, March 22, 1861, d. April

4, 1882.

3. JULIA L,., b. in L/yndeborough, May 17, 1866. Graduated

from Francestown Academy in 1886. She is a teacher.

LEWIS.

William Lewis came to Roxbury, Mass., in 1630. He returned to
England, where he married Amy Wells. He was a brother of Edmond
Lewis, who came over in the ship Elizabeth in 1634 and settled in
Watertown and removed to Lynn, Mass. He was from Lynn Regis,
England. William came to this country again and settled in Roxbury,
where he and his wife were attendants of the Rev. John Elliott's church
in 1640. He was admitted freeman in 1642. He was a friend and asso-
ciate of Gov. Bellingham. In May, 1653, he sold his house lot and re-
moved to Lancaster, Mass. Here he carried on the business of weaving.
Here he remained and endured the trials and hardships of a frontier
life until 1671, when he secured land in the limits of Boston to build
upon, but was prostrated by sickness and died Dec. 3, 1671. He left a
widow and sons, John, Christopher and Isaac ; daughters, Lydia, Mary
and Hannah. After his death the household was broken up by an attack
of the Indians under John Monico, a one-eyed chief of the Nipmucks,
who killed several of the family and burned their goods.

Jonathan Lewis, of the fourth generation from William, was born
Dec. 6, 1708, in Dorchester, Mass., and married first, April 19, 1733,
Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Fisher) Hunting of Dedham,
by whom he had six children. He married second, Mrs. Abigail (Clappj
Everett of Walpole, by whom he had six children. In 1771, early in the
spring, Moses and Aaron Lewis, sons of Jonathan, went to New Boston
and bought a farm of John Dickey. This farm was alongside of the
farm reserved by the grantors for Col. Blanchard, and adjoining the
Haunted Pond, now occupied by Geo. Shattuck. That year they made
a clearing and built a log house. Sept. 24, 1772, Aaron Lewis married
Sarah White at Stoughtonham, now Sharon, Mass. Mrs. Hezekiah
Duncklee was Mehitable White, a sister of Mrs. Aaron Lewis, also of
Moses White of Lyndeborough, and also of Benjamin White of Frances-
town. They were children of Benjamin and Mary White of Dedham,

800 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Mass. Dec. 12, 1772, he sold his half interest in this farm to Moses
Lewis for ,£"63. On May 24, 1774, Moses Lewis sold his farm to Enoch
Holmes of Walpole, Mass. On June i, 1774, Joseph Stiles of Lyndebor-
ough for £45 paid by Moses Lewis sells his part of the lot the proprie-
tors of Lyndeborough laid out to Rev. Sewall Goodrich, in the north-
west part of the town. Dec. 28, 1791, Greenfield was incorporated and
this farm became a part of that town, and was occupied for over 100
years by three generations of this family. On May 6, 1780, Aaron Lewis
bought lands in Lyndeborough, in the northwest part of the town, one
lot of which is still known as the old Lewis place.

DEA. AARON LEWIS was selectman in 1793 and 1794, and town
clerk in 1809 and 1810, a deacon in the church, a man of great piety and
a citizen honored for his integrity and uprightness of character. He
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War (See Chap. VII), and was some-
times called Col. Lewis. In the records of the church is this record :
"Voted that as there is not found any record of the vote of the church,
whereas they made choice of Brothers Samuel Houston and Aaron
Lewis as deacons, that the present clerk record the same." Aaron was
deacon from the election there recorded until 1830, when he removed to
the home of his son, Amasa, in New Boston. He was the son of Jona-
than and Abigail (Clapp Everett) Lewis, born July 3, 1750 ; died in New
Boston, May 20, 1833; married Sept. 24, 1772, at Sharon, Mass., Sarah
White, daughter of Benjamin and Mary White. She was born Feb. 8,
1750, and died May 16, 1804. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. AARON, -f-

2. SARAH, b. April 24, 1777, m. Ichabod Holmes and rem. to

Francestown.

3. AMASA, b. May 14, 1780, d. April n, 1849, in Medford,

Mass., m. April 16, 1807, Polly Dane of New Boston.
Rem. to New Boston.

4. NANCY, b. April 28, 1783, d. Aug. i, 1853, m. first, May

22, 1806, John Elliott, by whom she had two children,
John and Nancy.

5. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 4, 1787, m. April 6, 1809, Israel H. Good-

rich, a son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich.
She d. June 30, 1821. (See Goodrich gen.)

6. PARHELIA, b. July 7, 1789, d. Dec. 24, 1851, m. May 5,

1819, Samuel Cressey of L/yndeborough.

7. ASA, +

AARON LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born March
T9) T775! died June 21, 1855; married in 1798, Hannah, daughter of
Thomas and Hannah Boardman of Lyndeborough. She was born June
29, 1776; died Nov. 20, 1865. Removed to Francestown and settled on a
farm near the Lyndeborough line. Children born in Francestown : —

i. HANNAH, b. Aug. 19, 1800, d. Aug. 17, 1863, m. Williams
Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)

GENEALOGIES 801

2. NANCY, b. Aug. 21, 1802, m. Thomas Gorton, of Eastford,

Conn., d. May 19, 1866.

3. ISAAC, b. July 31, 1805, m. Emily Deans of Eastford,

Conn.

4. ELIZABETH B., b. May 2, 1816, m. Leonard Duncklee of

Greenfield.

ASA LEWIS, son of Aaron and Sarah (White) Lewis, born Dec. 7,
1792; died in 1831, in Baltimore, Md.; married Jan. 18, 1820, Elizabeth,
daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe (Putnam) Goodrich of Lyndebor-
ough. She was born Nov. 26, 1791, and died Jan. 14, 1866. Children
born in Lyndeborough : —

1. NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 27, 1820, m. Sept. n, 1865, Louisa

Worthley of Nashua. He d. Jan. 5, 1890.

2. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. n, 1826, m. Sept. 17, 1850, Francis F.

Kimball of Nashua.

3. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 27, 1829, d. April 30, 1832.

MOSES LEWIS, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hunting) Lewis, born
Sept. 27, 1743 ; died March 3, 1829 ; married Rebecca, daughter of
William and Rebecca (Parker) Butterfield of Francestown, born April
6, 1744 ; died April 29, 1830. Moses was a very pious man and always
had family worship up to his last illness. Children born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 25, 1776, m. Betsey Martin of Frances-

town. She was b. June 28, 1779, d. May 29, 1841, in
Greenfield. He d. March n, 1860. Rem. to Greenfield.

2. REBECCA, b. April 28, 1779, d. Feb. 16, 1867, m. 1806,

Robert Martin of Francestown.

3. L/YDIA, b. Feb. 17, 1783, d. Jan. 5, 1869, at Rindge, m.

Ezekiel Cudworth of Greenfield.

LONG.

GEORGE D. LONG born Feb. 2, 1856; married Nov. 30, 1893, Lizzie,
daughter of Robert and Abby (Raymond) Bell. She was born March 3,
1875. He came from Stoneham, Mass. Is a blacksmith and worked in
a shop at the " centre " for a while. Later built a shop near William B.
Raymond's house. Children : —

1. GEORGE R., b. Sept. n, 1894.

2. NELLIE E., b. March 30, 1896.

3. WILLIAM H., b. Nov. 10, 1897.

4. EDWARD A., b. Aug. 27, 1900.

LOWE.

JOHN LOWE, born at Boston, April 25, 1796; married May 22, 1825,
Jemima II. Hopkins of Wellfleet, Mass. She was born Jan. 15, 1801 ; died

802 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

July 7, 1884. He lived on Putnam Hill, east of South Lyndeborough
village, on the place now occupied as the summer residence of George C.
Lawrence. Children : —

1. MARY E., b. at Dedham, Mass., April 12, 1826, d. April 29,

1848.

2. HARRIET E., b. Aug. 20, 1827, at Dedham, Mass., m.

Charles Henry Holt, d. Aug. 8, 1880. (See Holt gen.)

LOWE.

ISAAC LOWE, son of Simon and Charlotte (Parker) Lowe; born in
Greenfield Aug. 15, 1828; married Almira L-, daughter of Thomas and
Betsey (Holt) Kidder, July 8, 1858. She was born Dec. 13, 1832. He
came to Lyndeborough in 1852.

LOWE.

Mrs. Anna M., widow of Frederic N. Lowe, came to Lyndeborough and
settled in Perham Corner. She was born in Lempster Oct. 14, 1831.
Most of her children have resided in Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. GEORGE C., b. in Greenfield Aug. 30, 1854, d. Oct., 1855.

2. EVERETT E., +

3. FRED N., -f

4. ELLSWORTH A., b. in Greenfield, April 13, 1860; is a ma-

chinist and res. in Oregon City, Ore.

5. GEORGE F., b. in Greenfield, March ~io, 1862, m. Ida S.

Kidder of Francestown, April 5, 1887.

EVERETT E. LOWE, son of Frederick N. and Anna (Messenger)
Lowe ; born at Windsor May 10, 1856; married March 26, 1895, Emily M.
daughter of Augustus B. and Van Lora (Nott) Kimball of Hillsborough.
She was born Sept. i, 1872. Lives on the Austin place in Perham Corner.
Was selectman in 1882, 1883 and 1884. Is a farmer and largely engaged
in other lines of business. In late years he has been one of the heaviest
buyers of apples in this section. Is agent for some of the leading makes
of farm machinery, and is an energetic business man. Children, born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. GRACE M., b. Feb. 13, 1896.

2. L/EON E., b. May 17, 1898.

3. MARION G., b. Aug. 28, 1900.

FRED N. LOWE, son of Frederick N. and Anna (Messenger) Lowe ;
born at Washington, Feb. 3, 1858 ; married Lucie A., daughter of Henry
H. and Nancy M. Nichols. She was born July 17, 1870, at Bradford.
Children : —

1. FRIEDA A., b. at L/yndeborough March 8, 1893.

2. CLARA J., b. at Goshen May 29, 1895.

3. ELVA E. b. at Goshen Aug. 2, 1898.

GENEALOGIES 803

LUCAS.

LUKE A. LUCAS was born in Thetford, Vt., Jan. 24, 1809 ; married
Mary C. Holt, daughter of Eli and Pamelia Holt of Lyndeborough, Nov.
I4» 1837. She was born May 20, 1814; died March 21, 1871. He died
Aug. 4, 1887. He bought the farm since generally known as the Lucas
place. Children : —

1. M. GERTRUDE, b. in Winooski/, Vt.; m. Benjamin F. Holt.

(See Holt gen.)

2. FLORENCE M., b. in Cavendish, Vt., July 16, 1847, d.

March 5, 1849.

3. EMMA L,., b. in L/yndeborough July i, 1851, m. George P.

Bennett of New Boston, N. H., Dec. 24, 1868. Child:
George W.

4. CORNELIA A., b. in Winooski, Vt., June 13, 1855, m.

Charles H. Swain of Nashua, N. H., Nov. 8, 1876. Chil-
dren : Harrison T. and Helen D.

I.YNCH.

ROBERT K. LYNCH, born in New Boston, June 6, 1829 ; married Dec.
25, 1851, Betsey A., daughter of Eli and Sarah (Loring) Curtis. She was
born May 5, 1827; died July 24, 1902. He died April 20, 1892. Chil-
dren : —

1. L/ILLIAN V., b. Aug. 30, 1863, m. Aaron W. Russell. (See

Russell gen.)

2. HERBERT S. C., b. Sept. 5, 1870.

JOHN H. LYNCH, born at New Boston, June 29, 1830; married Jan.
i, 1857, Adaline R., adopted daughter of Levi H. Woodward of Lynde-
borough. She was born Oct. 31, 1839, at Wilmington, Mass.; died May
u, 1892. He married second, June 29, 1893, Henrietta K. Hardy of Wil-
ton. She was born Sept. 26, 1843. He died Nov. 29, 1900. Children by
first wife, born at Lyndeborough : —

1. JOHN C., b. May 5, 1858, res. at Plymouth, Mass.

2. FRANK H., b. Oct. 4, 1862, d. Oct. 8, 1894.

MANAHAN.

SAMUEL THOMPSON MANNING was born in Deering, N. H.,
March 13, 1805 ; married Almira Gove of Deering May 23, 1830. She was
born June 20, 1808. They came to Lyndeborough in 1831. He kept a
general store at the Centre from 1831 to 1835. He held several town
offices and was on the building committee when the present church and
town hall were erected. He also represented the town in the legislature.
He removed to Lowell in 1846, where he was prominent and influential in
business circles and municipal affairs. He died Jan. 3, 1892, aged eighty-
seven years. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

804 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

1. MARY J., b. July 17, 1832, m. Bradford Marvel of lyowell,

Mass.

2. CLARA A., b. Oct. 27, 1834, m. first, David Hyde of Ix>well,

m. second, Charles E. Abbott of Maiden, Mass.

3. SARAH F., b. Oct. 23, 1837, m. Atwell F. Wright of Lowell,

Mass.

MANNING.

JACOB MANNING was of the fifth generation from William Manning,
who came from England in 1630, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., as ap-
pears by the records. William Manning, a grandson of William of Cam-
bridge, removed to Billerica, Mass., in 1700. His children were Williami
Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Rachel, Martha, Hannah.

Jacob, second son of William of Billerica, married Martha Beard, and
his children were Isaac, Thomas, David, Jacob, Daniel, Mary, Martha and
Esther.

Jacob Manning, Jr., married Sarah Butterfield, and with his son Asa
came to Lyndeborough and jointly purchased a farm of John Orne in
Johnson's Corner for and in consideration of twenty-seven hundred dol-
lars. They took possession of the property March 31, 1806. Jacob
started for Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775, but on account of the
distance arrived too late for the fight, but he was one of the number of
immortal patriots at Bunker Hill, so the Mannings are of good Revolu-
tionary stock. He was killed by being thrown from a load of hay July
16, 1808. His wife died Jan. 21, 1831. Children : —

1. ASA, +

2. JACOB.

3. MARTHA.

4. ESTHER.

ASA MANNING, born Sept. 23, 1780, in Billerica, Mass.; married
Olive Spaulding of Billerica, Mass., July 7, 1803. She died Nov. 24, 1844.
He died June 2, 1853. Soon after the death of his father Asa erected the
buildings on the farm where Willis Perham formerly lived in Johnson's
Corner. He was a selectman a number of years, and represented the
town in the legislature in 1842, 1843 and 1844. He sold the farm in John-
son's Corner in 1837, and bought the Jones place in North Lyndeborough.
Children : —

1. OLIVE, b. June 3, 1805, in Billerica, Mass., d. Feb. 12, 1812,

of spotted fever.

2. SARAH, b. July u, 1807, in Lyndeborough, d. Feb. 12, 1812,

of spotted fever.

3 and 4. ASA and SHEREBIAH (twins), b. July 10, 1809. Shere-
biah d. Dec. 15, 1810. Asa rem. to the West and d. there.

5. OLIVE, b. March 25, 1812, m. Seth Fuller, March 10, 1836.

They rem. to Greenville, 111., where she d. Jan. 7, 1842.
Children : Olive, Theresa, Henry I,.

GENEALOGIES 805

6. SHEREBIAH, -f-

7. JOSEPH, -f

8. LYDIA W., b. Jan. 10, 1821, m. Sept. 20, 1848, Ephraim W.

Woodward. (See Woodward gen.)

9. SARAH J., b. Nov. 4, 1822, m. John H. Whitney of Ludlow,

Vt., June 5, 1846. Child : Belle S.

SHEREBIAH MANNING, born Jan. 3, 1817; married June 3, 1841,
Julia A. Duncklee, daughter of Hezekiah and Anna (Bachelder) Dunck-
lee. She was born Oct. 21, 1812 ; died April 22, 1888. Mr. Manning took
an active part in the affairs of the town and an earnest interest in its wel-
fare. He was a devoted and consistent member of the Congregational
church. In the lyceums and social life of the community he took great
interest and did his share in supporting them. He represented his town
in the legislature in 1851, and was one of the selectmen-in 1850. He re-
moved to Mont Vernon and thence to New Boston, where he died, Oct.
30, 1895. Children born in Lyndebo rough : —

1. HENRY A., b. Oct. 31, 1845.

2. JUUE ANNA, b. Aug. 20, 1857.

JOSEPH MANNING, born July 19, 1819; married Louisa Ormsbee.
He was a carriage manufacturer, and early moved to Michigan. He was
mayor of Owosso, Mich., at one time. He died Nov. 6, 1886. Children :
Joseph W., Helen L., Lydia C.

MANWELL.

JOEL MANWELL and Phebe, his wife, were probably the original
settlers on the land now known as the Lucas place. The town records
place them very early in the history of Lyndeborough. Children born
in Lyndeborough : —

1. ISAAC, b. Nov. 25, 1767.

2. SARAH, b. March 30, 1770.

3. HANNAH, b. Nov. 9, 1771.

4. PHEBE, b. July 13, 1773.

5. JUDAH, b. Sept. 21, 1777.

6. MOSES, b. May 3, 1780.

MARSHALL.

JAMES MARSHALL, son of Joseph and Mary (Archer) Burton
Marshall, married May 13, 1833, Abigail, daughter of William and
Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 26, 1814. He died May 13,
1840. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 1834. Lost at sea.

2. ALMIRA E., b. Jan. 20, 1836, d. July, 1837.

3. ANDREW J., +

4. MARY E., b. Aug. 20, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1849.

806 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

ANDREW J. MARSHALL, son of James and Abigail (Abbott)
Marshall, born May 5, 1838; married first, July 4, 1866, Rose Bliven,
daughter of John Bliven of Oxford, N. Y. She was born Jan. i, 1851 ;
married second, Effie M., daughter of Leonard G. and Nancy (Carkin)
Brown of Lyndeborough , Feb. i, 1881. She was born Jan. 25, 1863. He
was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chapter X.) He died March 23,
1902. Children by first wife : —

1. CHARLES E., b. in McDonough, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1868, d.

March 10, 1873.

2. ADDIE, b. in McDonough, N. Y., March 28, 1870, d. March

14, 1880.

3. ALICE P., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 7,

1897, Seymour C. Hard of East Arlington, Vt. Res.
there. Children : Mederic and Gordon.

MASON.

ROBERT C. MASON, son of Lewis and Margaret (Colburn) Mason,
born June 14, 1850, at Hinchin Brook, Province of Quebec ; married
Sept. 21, 1873, Mary J., daughter of Nathan and Mary A. (Whitcomb)
Cummings of South Gardner, Mass. She was born Feb. 4, 1853. He
came to Lyndeborough in 1886 and bought the Jesse Simonds place on
the mountain. He had previously been employed in the mills at
Manchester as wool inspector. He was supervisor of check lists for one
or two terms. Children : —

i. & 2. Curtis P. and ROBERT I,., (twins), b. Nov. n, 1874.
Robert I,, d. March 18, 1875. Curtis P. m. May 17, 1899,
Imogene, dau. of Rodney and Josephine (Edwards) Ed-
monds of Wakefield, Mass. She was b. Aug. 29, 1876.
Children: Lewis R., b. June 24, 1900, d. Jan. 2, 1901;
Chester C,, b. March 27, 1905.

3. & 4. JENNIE V. and ALBERT C. (twins), b. Aug. 23, 1876.
Jennie V. m. Nov. 24, 1898, Charles F. Tirrell of Quincy,
Mass. Child : Philip M., b. Feb. 18, 1900. Albert C. m.
Jan. 9, 1901, Ida I/., dau. of Emery and Ella (Russell)
Holt. She was born May 26, 1881.

5. ROBERT C., b. July 10, 1890.

McAUJSTER.

GEORGE S. MCALLISTER came from Nashua, N. H., May i, 1873;
moved on the David K. Holt place in Perham Corner ; born in Antrim,
N. H., Feb. 5, 1822; married first, Martha A. Ferson of Francestown,
June 9, 1850. She was born April 14, 1835 ; died Dec. 18, 1867. He mar-
ried second, Ellen Pollard of Nashua, N. H., born Dec. 7, 1832. He died
March 22, 1904. Child by first wife : —

i. GEORGE F., b. in Bristol, N. H., Jan. 9, 1858.

GENEALOGIES 807

Child by second wife : —

2. I,ULU E., b. Sept. 6, 1874, m. Elmer B. Parker. (See
Parker gen.)

McINTlRE.

The Mclntires of Lyndeborough are of Scotch-Irish origin, descend-
ants of Phillip Mclntire, who was born in Scotland in 1633, and came to
North Reading, Mass., in 1650, probably with the Scotch prisoners of war
banished by Cromwell. He was married Sept. 6, 1666, and had a son
David, who married Martha Graves in 1712. Their son, David, Jr., mar-
ried Margaret Buxton of Middleton, Mass., and was the father of Elias
Sr., who married for his first wife Bethiah Hayward of Andover, Mass.,
and for his second wife a Miss Underwood, by whom he had eight chil-
dren. Elias, Jr., only son of Elias Sr., and Bethiah (Hayward) Mclntire,
being very young when his mother died, was brought up in the family of
Nathaniel Tay, an uncle by marriage. He was born Nov. 24, 1782 ; mar-
ried Elizabeth Buxton of North Reading, Mass., April 3, 1806. She was
born June 8, 1786, and died April 22, 1866. Her father, Stephen Buxton,
of North Reading, Mass., marched to Concord and Lexington in John
Bachellor's company, and he soon afterward enlisted in the same com-
pany as private, and served three years and fourteen days in the Revolu-
tionary army.

After marriage Mr. Mclntire removed to Fitchburg, Mass., thence to
Nelson, N. H., thence to Amherst, N. H., coming to Lyndeborough Jan.
i, 1820, where he bought the Kidder place, so called. This place is on
what was then the main road from Nashua to Greenfield, Hancock and
the upper towns. He opened a tavern, and as prohibitory laws were then
unknown, he did a thriving business. The old sign which hung from a
stout post in front of the house is still in existence, and bears the inscrip-
tion, " Elias Mclntire E. Pluribus Unum, 1820." It was a favorite stopping
place for teamsters going and coming, but when the so-called Forest road
was completed and the stage route changed, its patronage ceased, and Mr.
Mclntire soon gave up the business and devoted his time wholly to farm-
ing. He was a man much respected in the community, of strong relig-
ions convictions, and a devout member of the Congregational church, as
was his wife. He died Aug. 3, 1879, at the advanced age of ninety-six
years. Children : —

1. CAROLINE E., b. at Reading, Mass., April n, 1810, m.

Zephaniah Kittredge of Mont Vernon, N. H., March 19,
1840, d. Aug. 4, 1878.

2. ELIAS H., b. Aug. 24, 1814, at Amherst, m. Clarinda Mulle-

kin of Manchester, N. H., Aug. 24, 1842, d. July 16, 1875.

3. PHEBE J., born at Nelson, N. H., March 12, 1818, m. Ama-

ziah Wood of Manchester, N. H., March 9, 1844, d. Aug.
18, 1845.

4. RACHEL T., born at Nelson, N. H., Sept. 15, 1819, m. Mark

Todd of New Boston, N. H., Feb. 17, 1846, d. Jan. n,
1895.

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9

5. NATHANIEL T., +

6. HARVEY G., b. at Lyndeborough, July 2, 1824, m. Margaret

McCrillis of Goshen, N. H., April 6, 1848, rem. to Goshen,
thence to Concord, N. H., where he d. May 2, 1892. He
was a noted physician.

DBA. NATHANIEL T. McINTIRE, born Nov. 26, 1822, m. Elizabeth
Bruce of Mont Vernon, N. H., April 12, 1848. She was born April 24,
1825 ; died Feb. 2, 1903. He has held for long terms of years many posi-
tions of honor and trust in town. A man of strict honesty and integrity,
he has always enjoyed the entire confidence of the community. As clerk
and treasurer of the Congregational church he long managed its finances.
He was town treasurer fifteen years and president of the local insurance
company during most of its existence. He has also held other town
office ; resides on the homestead farm. Children, all born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. MARY C., b. Feb. 28, 1851, m. Jay M. Gleason, June, 1874,

res. at Mt. Vernon, N. H. Children : Ernest, Marian.

2. Lois E., b. Oct. n, 1854.

3. HERBERT B., b. July 3, 1857, graduate of Dartmouth Col-

lege, 1 88 1, and of the medical school of the University of
New York, m. Ida B. Woodward of Marlborough, N. H.,
June 27, 1883. Is a physician and res. at Cambridge,
Mass. Child : Ruth.

MEL/ENDY.

JOSEPH MELENDY, born March, 1772 ; died Aug. 12, 1863. Lived
in Lyndeborough at one time and the cellar hole where his house stood
is south of George W. Parker's, Perham Corner. He was twice married.
He removed to Wilton. Joseph, a son by his first wife, lived for a few
years in Lyndeborough, but most of his life was spent in Wilton. He
was born Oct. 10, 1799; married Jan. 13, 1823, Susan P. Mantes of Mil-
ford. He died Jan. 16, 1847. Abigail, a daughter of Joseph Melendy,
married April, 1828, Joseph, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham.

ALBERT B. MELENDY, son of Joseph and Susan (Mantes) Me-
lendy, born Aug. 16, 1830; married May 24, 1855, Rowena J. Buxton.
Children : —

1. AUGUSTUS A., -}-

2. FLORA A., b. Dec. 12, 1857, d. July 5, 1877.

3. IDA S., b. Sept. 9, 1860.

4. FRED H., b. April 18, 1863.

5. HARRY A., b. Jan. 24, 1868.

AUGUSTUS A. MELENDY, son of Albert B. and Rowena (Buxton)
Melendy, born April 14, 1856; married June 19, 1884, Ada M., daughter
of Charles and Lydie M. (Winslow) Lothrop. Her mother was a daugh-

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ter of a soldier of the War of 1812, and a grand-daughter of a Revolu-
tionary soldier. Ada M. was born May 6, 1856. He is a successful
farmer and resides on the Andrew Harwood place, Perham Corner
Child : —

i. RUBY ROWENA, b. Nov, 10, 1892.

MERRII,!,.

REV. NATHANIEL MERRILL, son of Thomas and Sarah (Friend)
Merrill, born Dec. 4, 1782, at Rowley, now Georgetown, Mass. He
married Betsey Carpenter of Norwich, Vt., Jan. 22, 1812. He died at
Georgetown, Mass., July 4, 1839. (For biographical sketch see P. 294.)
Children : —

1. ALMON C., b. Nov. 19, 1812.

2. REV. JAMES H., b. Oct. 16, 1814.

3. HARRIET, b. April 6, 1817.

4. SARAH, b. March 22, 1819.

5. NATHANIEL, b. April 6, 1821.

MERRIU,.

JAMES W. MERRILL came to Lyndeborough from Antrim, in 1880,
and bought the Manley Kidder place, North Lyndeborough. He was
born at Searsport, Me. ; married Hattie E. Tucker of Boston, Mass.
She died Feb. 4, 1891. He is a carpenter by trade. Children : —

1. JAMES W., JR., b. at Somerville, Mass., July 22, 1870, d.

Jan. 20, 1894.

2. WII^ARD N., -f-

3. FRED, b. Oct. 4, 1874, at Somerville, Mass.

4. GEORGE W., b. Feb. 22, 1876, at Somerville, Mass., m

I^illian Gokey, Feb. 25, 1900. Children : Walter J., b.
July 5, 1900; Kenneth, b. Feb. 17, 1902.

5. SAMUEL T., b. Sept. 7, 1880, at Antrim, d. May 9. 1898.

6. HATTIE E., b. at L/yndeborough, Jan. 22, 1891.

WILLARD N. MERRILL, son of James M. and Hattie E. (Tucker)
Merrill, born Sept. 22, 1872, at Somerville, Mass.; married March 28,
1893, Carrie M. Holt of Antrim, b. Oct. 21, 1874. Children : —

1. GRACE K., b. June 24, 1893.

2. PERCY J., b. July 29, 1895.

3. EDITH M., b. Nov. 25, 1898.

4. ARTHUR F., b. May 17, 1901.

MILDER.

BENJAMIN B. MILLER came to Lyndeborough from Sutton, N. H.;
born July 20, 1826; married Nancy Boutwell of Amherst June 26, 1856.
She was born March n, 1824, and is living at the date of this writing.

810 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Although of advanced years, her memory of events in Lyndeborough in
the old days is very clear, and she is one of the few left who remember
the former generation of Lyndeborough people. He died July 26, 1858.
Child : -

i. GEORGIA A., b. Feb. 6, 1857.

MILLER.

JOHN CLARK MILLER, son of Eliphalet and Mary (Clark) Miller;
born at Frankfort, Me., Dec. 21, 1831. He came to Lyndeborough March
31, 1893, and bought a farm west of South Lyndeborough. He married
first, Mercy M. Wood of Anson, Me., in 1857. They had one daughter,
Sarah May Miller, born Nov. 19, 1863. (See Cheever gen.) He married
second, Susan Mclntyre of Damariscotta, Me., Oct. 21, 1866; married
third, Mrs. Annie M. Florentine of Taunton, Mass., June 5, 1901. Mrs.
Florentine had one daughter by her first marriage, Eugenie Beatrice, born
Aug. 7, 1887.

MOORE.

Cyrus Moore born in Sharon, N. H., June 20, 1805 ; married Harriet M.
Kidder, daughter of Ephraim and Martha (Karr) Kidder, Oct. 22, 1839.
She was born Aug. n, 1821 ; died Jan. 21, 1894. He died Dec. 28, 1856.
Child : -

i. HARRIET A., b. in Sharon, N. H., Nov. 12, 1845.
FRED, b. Nov. n, 1866.

MORSE.

MARK E. MORSE, son of Daniel and Hannah (Huntington) Morse;
born in Francestown Oct. 22, 1843 ; married Jan. 30, 1871, Sarah E.,
daughter of Oliver and Sally (Savage) Harris. She was born at Frances-
town Aug. 3, 1840. He died Jan. i, 1904. Children : —

1. HARRY H., -j-

2. ADDIE, b. Sept. 29, 1879, d. Jan. 23, 1904.

HARRY H. MORSE, son of Mark E. and Sarah (Harris) Morse ; born
July 7, 1872 ; married Nov. 5, 1895, Alice R., daughter of William L. and
Temperance (Cutts) Needham. She was born July 24, 1856. Child : —

i. CLARENCE E., b. Oct. 23, 1897.

MURCH.

GEORGE MURCH, son of James and Mary (Jameson) Murch ; born
at Castine, Me., Nov. 7, 1843; married Feb. 17, 1886, Isabelle, daughter of
Joseph and Jane (Webb) Parmenter of China, Me. She was born Feb.
14, 1846. He came to Lyndeborough from Lowell, Mass., and resided at
the Artemas Woodward place for a number of years. He was a soldier in
the Civil War.

NEEDHAM.
WILLIAM L. NEEDHAM, born in Hollis, N. H., June 29, 1823; died

GENEALOGIES 811

Sept. 13, 1873 ; married June 13, 1848, Temperance Cutts of Goshen, N.H.
She was born Oct. 4, 1816. Children : —

1. WARREN F., b. July 9, 1851, d. March 8, 1895.

2. HANNAH M., b. April i, 1854, d. July 3, 1862.

3. ALICE R., b. July 24, 1856, m. Harry H. Morse. (See

Morse gen.)

4. ADDIE Iy., b. Feb. 6, 1859, d. March 26, 1874.

NEWELL.

JOHN NEWELL settled in Lyndeborough and was a miller where the
Colburn, or Buttrick, mill is. But little information is available about
him. It is said of him that he ran a circular saw for over fifty years and
never received an injury sufficient to draw blood. He was the first in-
ventor of the spiral wire spring bed, and has invented or aided in per-
fecting many useful articles. He married first, Dec. 14, 1847, Eliza J.,
daughter of John and Sally (Tinker) Gage. She was born Feb. 24, 1832 ;
died Aug. 18, 1856. He married second, Jan. 25, 1854, Harriet Gage, a sis-
ter of his first wife. She was born Feb. 3, 1820; died July 3, 1874. Chil-
dren by first wife : —

1. ELIZA J., b. Nov. 24, 1850, m. Aug. 22, 1866, Charles H.

L,ee, res. at Hancock.

2. CHARLES M., d. Aug. 2, 1853.
Children by second wife : —

3. HARRIET.

4. IDA B.

NICHOLS.

WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, son of John W. and Lavisa (Allard) Nichols ;
born Jan. 23, 1873; married March 14, 1900, Florence A., daughter of
Henry H. and Deborah J. (Smith) Joslin. She was born March 18, 1883.
Children : —

1. FLORENCE E., b. March 21, 1901.

2, JOHN W., b. Oct. n, 1902.

ORDWAY.

JOHN ORDWAY, born Sept. 27, 1736; died at Lyndeborough, April

13, 1827; married Mary . She was born Aug. 15, 1736; died at

Lyndeborough, Sept. u, 1817. He was the first of the Ordway family to
come to Lyndeborough. He settled on the mountain on land which is
now the farms known as the Moses Chenery place, where Charles J. Cum-
mings now lives, and the Pratt place, now owned by David G. Dickey.
Afterward the family bought the land now generally known as the Ord-
way place.

It is probable that John Ordway was twice married, and that there
were children by the second marriage. Huse Karr married Sally Ord-
way, and she was probably a descendant of a child by the second mar-

812 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

riage. We have tried in vain to find some more complete record of this
first of the Ordway family of Lyndeborough. He was undoubtedly one
of the very earliest settlers on the Mountain side. Children : —

1. TIMOTHY, -}-

2. JAMES, -f

3. FANNIE, b. Sept. 3, 1771, d. 1858.

4. AMOS, b. Feb. 20, 1773.

5. ENOCH.

6. MOSES.

7. TRUSTIM.

8. JOHN, b. March 7, 1778.

Enoch Ordway, 2nd, married June 29, 1824, Hannah Whit-
ing, both of kyndeborough.

TIMOTHY ORDWAY, son of John and Mary Ordway, born Nov. 22,

1767 ; married Phebe ; born Nov. 13, 1765. He died March 20,

1853. She died Jan. 10, 1851. Children: —

1. ENOCH, b. Aug. 5, 1794, d. May 15, 1833.

2. TIMOTHY, -(-

3. PHEBE, b. June 27, 1802.

4. JONATHAN I., b. Jan. 6, 1810, d. Feb. 5, 1829.

TIMOTHY ORDWAY, son of Timothy and Phebe , born Oct.

25, 1796; married March 23, 1824, Susan, daughter of William and Jane
(Quigley) McAlvin of Francestown. She was born May 28, 1798 ; died
Jan. 17, 1879. He died March 10, 1882. Children : —

1. MARY ELIZABETH, b. June 28, 1824, d. March 22, 1897.

2. PHEBE JANE, b. May 28, 1826, m. Charles Woodward.

(See Woodward gen.)

3. MOSES G. W., b. Aug. 26, 1829, d. Feb. 27, 1852.

4. MARTHA ANNA, b. April 4, 1831.

5. JOHN C., -f-

6. WIGWAM, b. Oct. 8, 1837, m. Olive Mansfield.

7. JAMES, b. Feb. 22, 1840.
Walter Ordway, b. July 29, 1850.

Mary Jane Ordway, b. Oct. 26, 1865, m. G. H. Hodkin.

Res. at Temple.
Josie Ordway, b. June 28, 1867.

JOHN C. ORDWAY, son of Timothy and Susan (McAlvin) Ordway,
born Nov. 18, 1834; married Oct. 18, 1860, Phebe A., daughter of William
and Ann B. (Pierce) Metcalf of Medford, Mass. She was born July 25,
1840. After his marriage he lived for a time on the homestead farm, and
later bought the Bixby or Farrington place at the centre. In 1886 he re-
moved to Milford. Children : —

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1. WILLIS E., b. April 19, 1865, m. Jan. 25, 1897, Mrs. Nellie

Gibbard of Winchendon, Mass. Works for the Charles
Blake Piano Co. Res. at Roxbury, Mass.

2. NELLIE B., b. Dec. 12, 1867, m. April 29, 1886, Ernest B.

Peabody of Milford. Two children : Hazel A. and Helen N.

3. L/ENA G., b. Jan. 20, 1883.

JAMBS ORDWAY, son of John and Mary Ordway; born Sept. 27,
1769; married Dec. 22, 1791, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Sewall and Phebe
(Putnam) Goodrich. She was born Jan. 18, 1772; died July 9, 1852. He
died Sept. 13, 1804. Children : —

1. SEWALL G., b. Dec. 28, 1796.

2. JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1800.

OSGOOD.

ROBERT B. OSGOOD, born April 13, 1792; married Aug. 24, 1814,
Susannah Senter of Lyndeborough. She was born June 29, 1792 ; died
March n, 1883. He died Sept. 28, 1870. Mr. Osgood lived for many
years on a small farm a few rods west of the Nathan Richardson place.
He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a one-armed man, and
much given to fishing the trout brooks of the town. He was an expert
in that sport and was successful where others failed. Children : —

1. DAVID W., b. June 12, 1818, d. Feb. 6, 1891.

2. ELIZABETH A., b. Sept. 4, 1822, d. Nov. 21, 1844.

3. MARY A., b. April 16, 1826, m. Edwin Willoby of Milford,

d. Aug. 16, 1882.

4. SUSAN M., b. May 2, 1828, m. Gardner Bowen.

5. ANSON A., b. Sept. 20, 1831. Was a soldier in the Civil

War. Res. in Hudson, N. H:

PALMER.

CAPT. ASA PALMER came from Pelham, N. H., in 1812, and settled
on a farm at North Lyndeborough. He was born Aug. 2, 1773 ; died
Aug. 24, 1851 ; married Mary Fletcher of Pelham, May 12, 1802. She
was born Sept. 20, 1780; died July 25, 1857. Children : —

1. DAVID F., b. in Pelham, Feb. 27, 1803, d. June 30, 1868.

He was pastor of Royal Oak Presbyterian Church in
Marion, Va., for twenty-four years.

2. ASA, b. in Pelham, Oct. 22, 1804, m. Mary A. Dow.

3. EBEN, +

4. THERON, -f-

5. WILLIAM H., b. in Pelham, m. Eliza Newhall.

6. JOSEPH B., b. in L/yndeborough, June 12, 1813, d. Oct. i,

1860.

7. MOSES, b. in L/yndeborough, Nov. 28, 1815, d. in infancy.

814 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

8. CHARLES, b. in Lyndeborough, April 7, 1817, m. Caroline

Newhall.

9. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, April 15, 1820, m. John

McLaughlin. Res. in Claremont.

10. MOSES, b. in Lyndeborough, March 21, 1826, d. in infancy.

EBEN PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in
Pelham, N. H., Feb. 7, 1807 ; married Sarah J., daughter of Nehemiah
and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough, Jan. 31, 1839. She
was born July 15, 1818; died Jan. 30, 1841. He died March 16, 1849.
Child : -

i. EBEN J., b. in Lyndeborough. Was a soldier in the Civil
War and d. at Baton Rogue, La., June 30, 1863. (See
Chap. X.)

THERON PALMER, son of Asa and Mary (Fletcher) Palmer, born in
Pelham, Feb. 25, 1809; died March 12, 1879; married Nov. 21, 1837,
Hannah, daughter of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker. She was born
in Lyndeborough, July 4, 1813; died Feb. 20, 1841. They removed to
Salem, Mass. Child: —

i. THERON, b. in Lyndeborough, d. April i, 1841.

PARKER.

JONATHAN PARKER settled at North Lyndeborough on what is
known as the "tavern stand," where George Barnes now lives. He
married Hannah Clark, daughter of Maj. Peter Clark of Revolutionary
fame. Little can be learned about him. There were several children
born to them but there is record of only one, Willard, who was born in
Lyndeborough, Sept. 2, 1800. He became a very noted surgeon, was
graduated at Harvard College *in 1826, commenced the study of medr
cine under John C. Warren in Harvard University, and received the
degree of M.D. in 1830. He was appointed professor of anatomy in the
Vermont Medical College. In 1836 he was appointed professor of sur-
gery in the Cincinnati Medical College, and afterward spent some time
in the hospitals of London and Paris. In 1839, he became professor of
surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City,
which place he resigned after a service of 30 years. In 1865, he was
elected president of the New York State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamton,
succeeding the celebrated Dr. Valentine Mott. In 1870 he received the
degree of LL. D. from Princeton College. He died April 25, 1884.

ISAIAH PARKER, born in Chelmsford, Mass., March 31, 1778. Came
to Lyndeborough in 1807 ; married Deborah Clark, daughter of Maj.
Peter Clark, Dec. 2, 1801. She was born May 30, 1782 ; died Nov. 2,
1857. He died June 22, 1859. Children : —

1. DEBORAH, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., April u, 1803. Thrown

from a wagon and killed Dec. 13, 1827.

2. CHARLES, +

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3. ELMIRA, b. in L/yndeborough, July 17, 1808, d. Feb. 4,

1809.

4. HANNAH, b. in L/yndeborough, July 4, 1813, m. Theron

Palmer of Lyndeborough, Nov. 21, 1837. Rem. to Salem,
Mass., d. Feb. 20, 1841.

5. ANNA, b. in Lyndeborough, March 15, 1816, d. April 4,

1816.

CHARLES PARKER, son of Isaiah and Deborah (Clark) Parker, was
born May 24, 1805 ; married first, Abigail W. Jones, daughter of Benja-
min and Chloe (Farrington) Jones, Oct. 18, 1827. She was born Aug. 15,
1804 ; died Sept. 8, 1846. Married second, Eliza A. Fuller, daughter of
Andrew and Hannah (Chenery) Fuller, Feb. 10, 1848. She was born
Dec. 7, 1825 ; died July 19, 1900, at Manchester, N. H. He lived on the
turnpike road where H. D. Gage now lives. He was representative to
the General Court in 1855. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. CHARLES H., b. Oct. 15, 1829, d. Sept. i, 1853.

2. ISAIAH C., b. March 25, 1832. Was in U. S. Navy during

the Civil War. Res. in the west.

3. HANNAH D., b. Dec. i, 1834, m. William W. Curtis of

Lyndeborough. (See Curtis gen.)

4. ANN M., b. Feb. 21, 1843, d. Nov. 12, 1843.
Children by second wife : —

5. MINA M., b. Dec. 16, 1850, d. March 22, 1853.

6. GEORGE H., b. Aug. 10, 1854. Res. in Manchester, N. H.

PARKER.

JOSIAH M. PARKER came to Lyndeborough from Amherst, N. H.,
in 1856, and settled on the farm Lot 19 in "Perhatn Corner." He was
born in Hollis, Sept. 20, 1804 ; died Aug. 10, i885 ; married Maria Cash
of Amherst. She was born Oct. 9, 1809. Children, all born in Am-
herst : —

1. SARAH M., b. October, 1834.

2. EDMUND J., -|-

3. ABBIE R., b. April 25, 1839, m. Harvey Perham. (See

Perham gen.)

4. JOHN T., +

5. ADDIE M., b. August, 1841.

6. GEORGE W., +

7. AMELIA L., b. April, 1844, d. Dec. 6, 1859.

EDMUND J. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born
Jan. 16, 1834 ; married first, Lizzie Howe of Nashua, Jan. 20, 1869. She
was born Dec. 23, 1846 ; died July 26, 1872 ; married second, Lydia Coffin
of Nashua, N. H., May 6, 1873. She was born Aug. 26, 1845. He
was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children: Myrtie A.,
Gary E.

816 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

JOHN T. PARKER, son of Josiah and Maria (Cash) Parker, born
June 29, 1837 ; married first, Rhoda Brown of Auburn, N. H., Nov. 28,
1867. She was born Dec. 6, 1840; died Jan. 3, 1869; married second,
Sarah Smith of Milford, N. H., June 2, 1869. She was born June 26,
1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. GRACE E., b. June 14, 1874.

2. CORA I/., b. Nov. 13, 1876.

GEORGE W. PARKER, son of Josiah M. and Maria (Cash) Parker,
b. Dec. 25, 1843 ; married Sybil P., daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Good-
win) Blanchard of I/yndeborough, Dec. 7, 1867. She was born Oct. 6,
1838. What is known as " Perham Corner" is the largest fruit-growing
section of the town. Nearly every farmer there is more or less engaged
in it, and Mr. Parker has as extensive orchards as any if not the
most extensive. His trees are carefully cultivated and fertilized and
when the winters are favorable has immense crops of peaches, plums,
etc. There is a spring on his farm, the waters of which are said to be
medicinal t» a considerable extent. He was a soldier in the Civil War.
(See Chap. X.) Children : -

1. WALTER G., +

2. ELMER B., -j-

3. FRED B., b. Feb. 20, 1875.

WALTER G. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard)
Parker, born April 21, 1867; married Alice M., daughter of George M.
and Maria (Colburn) Bradley, June 4, 1895. Child : —

i. EDITH lyOuisE, b. Aug. 16, 1901.

ELMER B. PARKER, son of George W. and Sybil (Blanchard)
Parker, born Jan. 19, 1872; married April 19, 1893, Lulu E., daughter of
George S. and Ellen Pollard McAllister of Lyndeborough. She was
born Sept. 6, 1874. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. CLARA I,OUISE, b. Jan. 20, 1896, d, July 14, 1896.

2. HAROLD POLLARD, b. July 22, 1897.

3. ROLAND ELMER, b. Sept. 4, 1900.

4. GEORGE A., b. April 9, 1904.

PARRY.

EDWARD PARRY, born Dec. 20, 1827 ; married Nov. 26, 1855, Sarah
E., daughter of Aran and Betsey (Loring) Youlen. She was born April
ir, 1837, in Boston. He came to Lyndeborough from Boston in 1887 and
settled on the E. P. Spalding place. He died Jan. 27, 1905. Children : —

1. HENRIETTA G., b. Dec. n, 1859, d. July 30, 1867.

2. EDITH F., b. Jan. 16, 1861.

3. JAMES E., b. Aug. 20, 1863.

4. L,ois M., b. March 13, 1869, d. May 4, 1875.

GENEALOGIES 817

PATCH.

DBA. ABRAM PATCH, b. April 3, 1798 ; married first, Dec. 2, 1819,
Sally Dodge of Wenham, Mass. She was born March 15, 1800 ; died Oct.
27, 1863; married second, Oct. 27, 1864, Phebe, daughter of Dea. Benja-
min and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich. She was born Dec. 24, 1818, and died
May 10, 1904. He died Aug. 8, 1880, at Danvers, Mass. He lived on the
Edward Page Spalding place north of the mountain. He came to
Lyndeborough from Beverly, Mass., about 1824. He was probably the
third owner of the above-mentioned farm, E. P. Spalding being the
fourth. Mr. Patch was a quiet, retiring man, of a deeply religious
nature, and was esteemed and respected in the community. Of his chil-
dren, all by his first wife, the four younger were born in Lyndeborough.
Children : —

1. ANNA D., b. in Wenham, Mass., March 17, 1820, m. Dec.

22, 1842, William Peabody of Wenham, Mass. She d.
Dec. 5, 1861.

2. ABRAM, b. Jan. 2, 1822, at Beverly, Mass., m. June 7,

1843, Harriet N. Kimball of Hamilton, Mass. He d. Sept.
4, 1900.

3. JOSEPH, b. April 16, 1823, at Beverly, Mass., d. June 17,

1851.

4. SARAH, b. May 30, 1825, d. Oct. n, 1841.

5. MARY C., b. June 25, 1827, m. Aug. 5, 1858, Thomas

Hoyt of Beverly, Mass. She d. Nov. 28, 1877.

6. ELIZABETH M., b. Nov. 7, 1828, m. March 14, 1848, Enoch

F. Knowlton of Hamilton, Mass.

7. MARTHA, b. June 27, 1831, m. March 20, 1849, George W.

Parsons of Gloucester, Mass., d. Sept. 14, 1885.

PATCH.

EDWIN N. PATCH, born in Hollis, N. H., July 15, 1824; married
Olive, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Abbott) Chamberlain of Lynde-
borough, Sept. 23, 1847. She was born Jan. 20, 1828; died Oct. 9, 1898.
He died June 9, 1892. Mr. Patch was a quiet, unassuming man, highly
respected by all who knew him. He came to Lyndeborough from Hollis,
N. H., in 1845, an<i bought the farm where Joseph Chamberlain first
built. He was a very industrious man and much improved the property.
Children : —

1. MILDRED, b. Sept. 9, 1848, d. Sept. 18, 1848.

2. EDWIN O., +

3. IDA B., b. May 28, 1857.

4. AMELIA O., b. April 29, 1860.

EDWIN ORLANDO PATCH, son of Edwin and Olive (Chamberlain)
Patch, born Aug. n, 1851 ; married first, Lizzie P., daughter of Rev.

818 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Erastus B. Claggett ; married second, Augusta S. Trundy of Addison,
Me, Nov. 8, 1887. She was born Dec. 12, 1858.

PATTERSON.

Walter C. Patterson, son of William and Mary I/. (Smith) Patterson of
Wilton ; married Nov. 24, 1886, Sylvia Irene Cram, daughter of Charles
H. and Sarah (Van Buskirk) Cram. She was born at Lacon, 111., June 28,
1864. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. ETHEL E., b. March 18, 1888.

2. LEON A., b. Jan. 17, 1893.

PEARSONS.

AMOS PEARSONS of Reading, Mass., married in 1758, Elizabeth
Nichols of Reading. She was born 1732. Children : —

1. ABIGAIL, m. Timothy Pearsons.

2. HIRAM, m. in Vermont.

3. AMOS; m. Balch.

4. ELIZABETH, m. Micah Barren of Lyndeborough.

5. EBEN, +

6. DIDYMUS, m. Sarah Elliott in Amherst.

7. DANIEL, +

EBEN PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ;
born in Reading, Mass., June 19, 1768 ; married Sept. 8, 1791, Esther Holt
of Wilton. She was born July 25, 1766 ; died July 15, 1839. He died May
22, 1852. Children : —

1. ESTHER, b. in Wilton, Nov. n, 1792, m. Ephraim Putnam.

(See Putnam gen.)

2. EBENEZER, -+-

3. ABIGAIL, b. in Wilton Aug. 16, 1800, m. Mark Hadley.

(See Hadley gen.)

4. WILLARD, b. in Lyndeborough, May 21, 1806, m. Aug. 8,

1833, Ann P. Child of Medford, Mass., rem. to Woburn,
Mass., d. March 31, 1841. Child: Julia A., Abbie F.,
Mary M.

EBENEZER PEARSONS, son of Eben and Esther (Holt) Pear-
sons ; born in Lyndeborough Jan. 21, 1797 ; married Joanna, daughter of
James and Sarah (Hnse) Karr. She was born April 6, 1803 ; died Aug. 5,
1874. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EBENEZER BROOKS, +

2. JOANNA A., b. Oct. 15, 1829, m. Levi H. Carter, rem. to

Lawrence, Mass.

3. SARAH A., b. March 29, 1832, m. Richard Kent of Law-

rence, Mass.

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4. JAMES P., b. July 21, 1834, m. Amelia Drake of Washing-
ton, D. C.

EBENEZER BROOKS PEARSONS, son of Ebenezer and Joanna (Karr)
Pearsons ; born Jan. 23, 1827 ; married March 17, 1850, Cyrene Towns of
Newfield, Me. She was born 1827 ; died in Hancock, Feb. 26, 1854.
Children : —

1. C^ARA M., b. in I^awrence, Mass,, Dec. 23, 1850.

2. ELIZA B., b. in I/yndeborough Aug. 20, 1852.

DANIEL PEARSONS, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Nichols) Pearsons ;
born in Reading, Mass., 1764; married Patience Kimball, born 1763.

There is some question whether Daniel Pearsons was ever a resident
of Lyndeborough. The writer can find no record to show that he was,
but some of his descendants think he was and that some of his chil-
dren were born here. Jesse, one of the sons, married Betsey, daughter
of Nehemiah and Elizabeth (Jones) Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Han-
nah, a daughter, married Daniel Chamberlain, son of Jonathan and Eliz-
abeth (Cram) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. Children: —

1. BETSY, m. George Reed of Woburn, Mass.

2. AMOS, rem. to New York.

3. HARRIET.

4. SAI,I,Y.

5. JESSE, m. Betsey Boutwell.

6. HANNAH, m. Daniel Chamberlain, d. July 29, 1873.

7. JOHN, b. 1792, rem. to Bradford, Vt.

PERHAM.

OLIVER PERHAM was a Revolutionary soldier. (See Chap. VII.)
Soon after the close of the war he came to Lyndeborough from Chelms-
ford, Mass., and settled in the southeast part of the town since known
as "Perham Corner." He was born in 1761 and died Dec. 5, 1846. He
married first, Mary Pierce ; married second, Anna Pierce. Anna and
Mary were sisters, and relatives of Gov. Pierce of New Hampshire.
The dates of their birth and death are not in the records given us, nor
do we know just when Oliver Perham came to Lyndeborough. Children,
all by Anna (Pierce) Perham : —

1. OLIVER 2ND., -f-

2. JOHN, -(-

3. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 20, 1793.

4. ASA, b. Aug. 12, 1795, m. Anna A. Gray of Wilton.

5. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 17, 1802, m. Abigail Melendy of Wilton.

6. DAVID, -\-

7. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1808.

8. ANNA, b. May 20, 1812, m. Charles :H/ Holt of Lyndebor-

ough. (SeejHolt gen.)

820 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

9. & 10. POLLY and JESSIE, (twins), d. in infancy.

OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham ; born
July 9, 1788; married November, 1810, Patty, daughter of Joel and Polly
(Coburn) Holt of Wilton. They had five daughters and two sons born
in Wilton : Polly, Dolly, Anna, Oliver, Sarah J., Joel H. and Rachel.

OLIVER PERHAM, son of Oliver and Patty (Holt) Perham, born in
Wilton, Nov. 17, 1819; died in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1879; married
Jan. 5, 1847, Rebecca, daughter of James L. and Hannah (Baldwin)
Clark. She was born Feb. 26, 1824 ; died Dec. 15, 1893. He resided part
of his life in Lyndeborough on lot 60, where his son, Charles I/., lives.
Children : —

1. GEORGE O., b. May 12, 1848, d. Aug. 19, 1849.

2. BROOKS C., b. Oct. 24, 1851, d. Feb. 9, 1853.

3. CHARLES L,., -f

4. GEORGIANNA B., b. July 23, 1856, d. Sept. 30, 1871.

5. WILLIS C., +

CHARLES LINDSEY PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark)
Perham, born Jan. 3, 1854 ; married Feb. 16, 1878, Emma, daughter of
Joseph H. and Harriet N. (Hopkins) Tarbell of Mt. Vernon. She was
born Aug. 29, 1855. He is an energetic and prosperous farmer, and lives
on the "Lindsey" Clark homestead, lot 60. Has been selectman a
number of terms and road agent for several years. Child : —

i. BERTHA GERTRUDE, b. Oct. 20, 1884, m. L/. Nute Wood-
ward. (See Woodward gen.)

WILLIS CLARK PERHAM, son of Oliver and Rebecca (Clark) Per-
ham, born July 18, 1859 ; married April 9, 1883, Annie S., daughter of
Solon and Eliza (Jones) Richardson of Lyndeborough. She died Nov.
16, 1896. They spent the early part of their married life in Lyndebor-
ough, but on account of Mrs. Perham's ill health removed to California,
where she died. He resides in North Pomona, Cal.

JOHN PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born June
16, 1790; married Polly Pearsons of Milford, N. H. She was born June
3, 1792. Children : —

1. JOHN, 2ND., b. Dec. 26, 1817, in Cambridgeport, Mass..

m. Caroline P. Braman of Boston, Nov. 13, 1841. She
was b. Nov. 17, 1816, d. Nov. 18, 1888. He d. Aug. 31,
1878.

2. OTIS, b. Dec. 27, 1819, d. Nov. 23, 1901.

3. EBEN, b. July 29, 1823, in Lowell, Mass., d. Oct. 23, 1849.

4. HARVEY, -f-

HARVEY PERHAM, son of John and Polly (Pearsons) Perham, born
Sept. i, 1826; married Feb. 10, 1862, Abbie R., daughter of Josiah M.

GENEALOGIES 82 1

and Maria (Cash) Parker. She was born April 25, 1839, in Amherst, N.
H. He died Jan. 29, 1902. Children : —

1. MINNIE A., b. July 22, 1865, d. June 26, 1893.

2. WlI^ARD H., -j-

3. NETTIE A., b. Aug. i, 1872.

4. JOHN I,., b. Nov. 9, 1876.

WILLARD H. PERHAM, son of Harvey and Abbie R. (Parker) Per-
ham, born Sept. 20, 1867 ; married V. Kate, daughter of James M. and
Melissa (I/ang) Jackson of Amherst, Oct. 14, 1899.

DAVID PERHAM, son of Oliver and Anna (Pierce) Perham, born
April 28, 1805; married Lucy W. Symonds of Milford, Jan. 15, 1835.
She was born Oct. 16, 1814. He died April 20, 1873. Removed to Mil-
ford, April 30, 1860. Children born in I/yndeborough : —

i. L,UCY J., b. May 9, 1836.

i. HANNAH S., b. Feb. 27, 1838, d. June 30, 1850.

3. DAVID M., b. March 10, 1844.

4. MARY A., b. June 3, 1846, d. Jan. 18, 1859.

5. J. PIERCE, b. July 30, 1848, d. Nov. 8, 1879.

PERSONS.

MOSES PERSONS was the oldest son of Moses Persons of Wilming-
ton, Mass., who was a private in the company of Capt. Cadwalder Ford.
Enlisted as a minute man March 9, 1775. He served twenty-one days
and then re-enlisted and served to the credit of the town of Wilmington
until the close of the Revolutionary War. He was a volunteer and went
to Portsmouth in the War of 1812.

Moses Persons, the son, was born Aug. 22, 1782, in Wilmington, Mass.;
married in 1804, Susanna Wyman, eldest daughter of Jesse Wyman of
Woburn, Mass. She was born Oct. 9, 1785 in Woburn, Mass. He came
to Lyndeborough from Reading, Mass., and settled on the farm since
known as the Annie Fish place.

This family has a most excellent record for service in both the Revolu-
tionary War and the War of the Rebellion. Three sons of Jessie W. Per-
sons served in the Civil War, Captain Alonzo, Corporal Oscar and Herbert
as drumtner boy. Susan B. Persons married Samuel Richardson, then
of Woburn, and four of their sons served long and honorably in the Civil
War; Samuel, the second son, a young man of sterling character, died
from sufferings in Andersonville prison. William A. Persons gave his
life for his country, and rests in a lonely grave in Louisiana, Joseph Per-
sons served in the Civil War, also his son Edwin, who died in camp. H.
Celenda Persons married Josiah Watson and lost her only son Geranda J.,
who served in the Cavalry and died from exposure and hardships. This
family removed to Woburn, Mass., and at this writing, Alvah A. is the
only one living. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MOSES J., b. in Reading, Mass., April n, 1805.

2. JESSE W., b. Nov. 15, 1806.

HISTORY OF L YNDEBOROUGH

3. SUSAN B., b. June 7, 1808.

4. WILLIAM A., b. Feb. 18, 1810.

5. RANDOLPH, b. Dec. 22, 1811.

6. SUBMIT R., b. June 21, 1815.

7. HEPSEY C., b. June 28, 1817.

8. JOSEPH, b. June 21, 1819.

9. JAMES, b. July 31, 1821.

10. L/ois HOLT, b. Sept. 8, 1824.

11. ALVAH A., b. Oct. 16, 1826.

PBTTBNGILI/.

FRANK A. PETTENGILL, son of Watson and Kathleen (Hemphill)
Pettengill ; born Nov. 3, 1873, in Acworth ; married March 31, 1897, Clara,
daughter of William N. and Lois (Holt) Ryerson. She was born Nov. 5,
1878. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EDITH E., b. July 12, 1897.

2. LOTTIE E., b. June 16, 1899.

3. CHESTER, b. June 18, 1904.

PIAJMMER.

DANIEL PLUMMER came from Goffstown in 1835 and settled on the
farm in North Lyndeborough, now owned by the Needham family. He
remained there until 1854, when he returned to Goffstown. The child-
dren born at Lyndeborough were : —

1. ABBY S.

2. PERSiS D.

3. JULIA A.

4. MARY E.

POWERS.

EDWARD POWERS, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1836 ; married
Honora Shea of County Carey, Ireland, Jan. 12, 1861. She was born
Dec. 23, 1839. Lived in Perham Corner; died April 29, 1891. Chil-
dren : —

1. FRANK H., b. in Milford, N. H., Jan. 7, 1862, d. March 12,

1886.

2. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, May 19, 1866.

3. JULIA H. b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 7, 1867.

4. AGNES H., b. in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1869, d. Dec. 20,

1873-

5. ANNIE M., b. in Lyndeborough, Feb. 8, 1871.

6. WILLIE E., b. in Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1873.

7. JOHN M., b. in Lyndeborough, April 16, 1875, d. April 19,

1875-

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8. NiaUE A., b. Nov. 20, 1876.

PRATT.

AMOS PRATT, born at North Reading, Mass., July 8, 1811 ; married
first, Almira Mudge of Danvers, Mass. She was born Jan. 14, 1817 ; died
Feb. 6, 1852 ; married second, Hannah Mudge. She was born Nov. 10,
1809; died March 31, 1868. He was a man much respected in the com-
munity for his sterling honesty and upright dealing. He was moder-
ator of the town meetings seven years, selectman two years, and over-
seer of the poor ten years. He removed to Danvers, Mass., in 1856.
Children born in Lyndeborough, by first wife : —

1. FlDEUA T., b. July 12, 1840.

2. EMILY J., b. Sept. i, 1842.

3. GEORGE, b. May 14, 1845, m. March 26, 1873, I^ucy J.

Spiller of Ipswich, Mass.

PROCTOR.

Among the English records in 1375 the Manor of Tottenham was held
by George Beauchamp Proctor by bequest from his father, Sir William
Beauchamp Proctor. The coat of arms was granted in 1436 and the
shield is described as " Argent with two chevrons sable." The chevron
is used to designate those families who came to England with William
the Conqueror. The martlets without feet to show that the family had
no landed estate and what they had must be won by the sword. It is
claimed that John, Richard, George and Robert settled in Massachusetts
between 1635 and 1643 an(i tnat they were descendants of Sir William
above named, and were brothers. John, the first of this branch of the
family, settled in Ipswich, coming in the ship " Susan and Ellen " in
1635, at forty years of age, with his wife Martha and two children, John
three years old, and Mary, one year. This son John was afterward
known as " witchcraft John," being one of the victims of the witchcraft
delusion and suffered the death penalty by hanging, Aug. 19, 1692. He
was married twice, his last wife being a Thorndyke. He had fifteen
children, and lived at what is now known as Proctor's Crossing on the
Boston & Maine R. R., in Danvers, Mass. His daughter was first ac-
cused, her mother came to her defence, then she was charged with the
crime, then the husband and father with the characteristic brusqueness
of the race came to the defence, with the result that he was the only
one of the family punished by death. His wife was condemned to die
but for statutory reasons was not executed with her husband. When
the time came that the law could be enforced, the delusion had passed,
but by English law she was considered as dead, and consequently was
not entitled to any benefit of her husband's estate until pardoned by the
king four years later.

JOHN PROCTOR of the sixth generation from England was born in
Danvers, Mass., Oct. 7, 1763, and was the first of the family to settle in
Lyndeborough on the north side of the tnountaih. His father, Benja-

824 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

min, having given to two other sons the bulk of his property, John
moved to Lyndeborough in the spring of 1792. John Carleton of Am-
herst, a grandson, said, "to the roughest part of Lyndeborough" and
adds in parenthesis, " no wonder we are a rough set."

He married Ruth Southwick, a Quakeress, a descendant of Lawrence
Southwick, and Cassandra whom Whittier has made the subject of a
poem, and who was whipped and imprisoned and finally banished in
1659, dying in 1660 from starvation, privation and exposure. Crime,
Quakerism.

Their first home was well up on the mountain-side, on land now owned
by D. E. Proctor. The second home which he built in 1805 and occu-
pied in September of that year, and where he died 30 years later is now
the home of Merrill T. Spalding. He is described as a large man, very
forceful. He died at the age of 72, May i, 1836. His wife died Dec. 20,
1831. Children: —

1. JOHN, b. in Danvers, Mass., March 18, 1788, m. Betsey

Putnam of Danvers, Mass. He d. 1823. Three children,
John, Elizabeth and Martha A.

2. MARY, b. in Danvers, April 2 1791, m. Abel Hill, Jan. 22,

1814. (See Hill gen.)

3. SUSAN, b. Aug. 20, 1793, d. in childhood.

4. ELIZABETH, b. March 8, 1796, m. Dudley Carleton. (See

Carleton gen.)

5. JOSEPH S., b. Sept. 12, 1799, m. L/ois Perry, by whom he

had six children. He d. Sept. 28, 1885, in Peabody, Mass.

6. DANIEL, -f-

7. SYLVESTER, +

8. HANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1808, m. Emerson Bachelder, Novem-

ber, 1837, d. January, 1886.

DANIEL PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor,
born March 6, 1802 ; married Feb. 18, 1827, Mary Perry of Dublin. She
died in Weare, Feb. 9, 1871. He died in Temple, Feb. 17, 1869. She was
born April 30, 1794. Children : —

1. JOHN, -|-

2. MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1830, m. Sept. 27, 1853, Hiram Favor of

Weare. Res. at Nashua. Children : Sidney, Nellie,
Proctor.

3. LYDIA, b. June 12, 1833, m. Sept. 27, 1857, David Grant.

Rem. to Goffstown. Child : Harry.

4. SUSAN, b. Sept. 9, 1838, m. Jan. 4, 1898, Franklin Jaquith

of Billerica, Mass.
Of these children, only Susan was born at Lyndeborough.

JOHN PROCTOR, son of Daniel and Mary (Perry) Proctor, born Jan.
4, 1828; married Oct. 16, 1856, Martha, daughter of Levi and Nancy

GENEALOGIES 825

(Wilkins) Fish of Middleton, Mass. She was born June 3, 1838. He
lived at Danvers, Mass., many years, and enlisted from there in the 8th
Mass. Regt., serving 10 months during the Civil War. He returned to
the homestead farm at Lyndeborough in 1884, and has lived there since.
He is a fine mechanic and carpenter. Children : —

1. CAROLYN, b. at Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1857, m. Atkins

H. Bates of Salem, Mass. Res. at Salem. Children :
William Proctor, b. July 14, 1881 ; Charles Howard, b.
Nov. 28, 1885.

2. JOHN P., b. at Salem, Dec. 26, 1872.

3. JAMES A., b. at Salem, Feb. 2, 1882.

SYLVESTER PROCTOR, son of John and Ruth (Southwick) Proctor,
born Sept. 5, 1805; married Sarah Hovey of Peterborough. She was
born April 12, 1814; died Nov. 20, 1879. He died Oct. 22, 1867. He
bought the Whitmarsh farm, containing i7 acres, of Micajah Pope of
Boston, Feb. 20, 1829, the Allen lot from the D. N. Boardman heirs, June
5, 1850, which with the 40 acres he received from his father's estate,
constituted the farm on which he lived, now owned by his son, D. E-
Proctor. He was superintendent of the poor farm in 1845 and 1847 and
again in 1857. He served in the same capacity in Milford in 1848-1854,
the only years he was not a resident of I/yndeborough. He was a man
who had the respect and esteem of the community. Children : —

1. DAVID EDWIN, -f-

2. ABBY SARAH, b. June 16, 1848, d. Sept. 14, 1854.

3. ALMEDA A., b. Aug. 5, 1851, d. Sept. 9, 1854.

4. JOSIE ABBY, b. June 5, 1856, m. John Merrill of Wilton,

May 7, 1883.

DAVID EDWIN PROCTOR, son of Sylvester and Sarah (Hovey)
Proctor ; born March 5, 1843 ; married Jan. 10, 1867, Sarah M. daughter
of Dea. John C. Goodrich of Ivyndeborough. He was educated in the
common schools of Lyndeborough and at Appleton Academy of Mont Ver.
non. On Aug. 14, 1862, at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted as a pri-
vate in Co. B., I3th N. H. Infantry. (For his military career see Chap.
X.) He joined the Grand Army of the Republic June 28, 1868, and has
held many positions of trust in the order, being department commander
in 1900. He joined the Masonic Order in 1883, and the I. O. O. F. in 1900.
He served as town clerk in 1867-1868, and as selectman in 1869-1870. He
was also census enumerator in 1870.

In 1871, he removed to Wilton and entered the employ of D. Gregg &
Co. In 1872, he was made a partner in the firm, and in 1880 become sole
proprietor. He has been an honored and influential citizen in his
adopted town, serving as town treasurer three years, member of the
school board six years, representative to the legislature in 1881-1882, and
state senator, 1899-1900. In religion he is a liberal Congregationalist,
with the faith that "God careth for the least of these."

Ever since his removal to Wilton he has kept in touch with the people

826 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

of his native town, and has manifested a warm interest in her material
prosperity. He has given liberally of his means to support the social en-
terprises of the town, and has always been a familiar figure at its gather-
ings and celebrations. Children : —

1. FRANK EDWIN, b. in I^yndeborough Jan. 9, 1868, m. May

18, 1892, Ada R. Keyes of Wilton. Children : Robert W.,
Alice M., Lester G.

2. MARY EMMA, b. Aug. 7, 1872, m. Sept. 3, 1895, Fred B.

Howe of Bolton, Mass. Children: Marion I,., Edna L.,
Marjore P.

3. ARTHUR GOODRICH, b. July 13, 1877, d. April 7, 1878.

4. GEORGE SYLVESTER, b. Sept. 18, 1878, m. Sept. 2, 1903,

Winifred J. French of Bedford. Child : Elizabeth F.

5. -FRED WILLIS, b. July 12, 1883.

PUTNAM.*

The immigrant ancestor of probably three quarters of the Putnams of
America was John Putnam, born in England about 1580. He married in

England Priscilla . His ancestry can be traced back through the

Putnams and Puttenhams of County Bucks in England for many genera-
tions. John Putnam's grandfather could claim relationship to the great
John Hampden and other illustrious families in England. John came to
these shores in 1634, and settled in Salem, Mass. The earliest record of
him is in 1641, when he was granted land by the town in what is now Dan-
vers, — to be a little more exact, that portion of Danvers known as Beaver
Brook. Oak Knoll, the poet Whittier's home, was part of this grant,
and the old well is still to be seen situated near the road and some few rods
to the southeast of its present mansion. John Putnam and his sons soon
had large possessions of real estate in that vicinity, and much of the land
is even now in the possession of his descendants. The children of John
Putnam were all born and baptized at Aston Abbotts in Bucks county,
England. They were : Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1612 ; Thomas, bap-
tized March 7, 1614 (it was a granddaughter of this Thomas, Ann by
name, who made herself notorious in 1692, as one of the bewitched girls
during witchcraft times); John, baptized July 24, 1617; Nathaniel, bap-
tized Oct. ii, 1619; Sara, baptized March 7, 1622; Phebe, baptized July
28, 1624 ; John, baptized May 27, 1627, known as Capt. John. Probably
the most energetic and more truly of the stern Puritanical stock than
either of his brothers.

Jacob, Ephraim and Nathaniel Putnam, who came to Salem-Canada
were the children of Dea. Nathaniel Putnam, who lived at Danvers,
Mass. It is said he also lived at North Reading for a time. If so, it was
there his sons probably became acquainted with the Cram family, who
were residents in that part of Reading set off to Wilmington.

DEA. NATHANIEL PUTNAM was of the fourth generation from
John, the immigrant ancestor, viz., John, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Nathaniel.
Children: -

*For a biographical sketch of the Putnam* of Lyndeborough, see chapter XXXIII.

GENEALOGIES 827

1. NATHANIEL, bap. Oct. i, 1710, d. young.

2. JACOB, b. March 9, 1711.

3. NATHANIEL, b. April 4, 1714, d. young.

4. SARAH, b. June i, 1716.

5. DBA. ARCHELAS, b. May 29, 1718.

6. DEA. BPHRAIM, -j-

7. HANNAH, b, March 4, 1721.

8. NATHANIEL, b. May 28, 1724.

9. MEHITABLE, b. Feb. 26, 1726.

DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts)
Putnam, born in Danvers, Mass., Feb. 10, 1719 ; married Sarah, daughter
of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram of L,yndeborough. She was born June
27, 1719 ; died Oct. 15, 1777. He died Nov. 13, 1777. Children, all born
in L,yndeborough but Ephraim.

1. HANNAH, b. Feb. 26, 1742, first white child, b. in L,yndebor-

ough, m. Eleazer Woodward. (See Woodward gen.) -

2. EPHRAIM, -f-

3. SARAH, b. June 8/1746, m. John Bradford.

4. HULDAH, b. May 15, 1748, m. Nov. 26, 1768, Capt. Jonas

Kidder. (See Kidder gen.)

5. JESSE, b. Sept. 21, 1750, d. in infancy.

6. DAVID, -f-

7. KETURAH, b. June 29, 1756, m. John Smith.

8. AARON, +

9. REBECCA, b. March 17, 1761, m. Capt. Ward Woodward of

Brooklyn, Conn. (See Woodward gen.)

10. JOHN, m. Olive Barren, Nov. 30, 1784. Child : Olive, b.
May 22, 1785.

DEA. EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Put-
nam ; born in Danvers, Mass., June 15, 1744 ; married I/ucy Spaulding. He
died March 2, 1799. No further record of L,ucy Spaulding has been ob-
tained. Children, all born in I/yndeborough : —

1. EPHRAIM, -(-

2. DANIEL, +

3. SARAH, b. Jan. 16, 1773, m. David Cram. (See Cram gen.)

4. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 4, 1775.

5. ESTHER, b. April 9, 1777.

6. JOHN, b. July 15, 1781.

EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and L,ucy (Spaulding) Putnam ;
born Oct. 20, 1768 ; married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth
Carkin of Lyndeborough. Children : —

i. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 21, 1798, d. Nov. 13, 1800.

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2. ELEAZER, +

3. SOLOMON, b. March 4, 1803, d. Nov. 24, 1814.

4. PRUDENCE, b. April 22, 1809, d. May 10, 1810.

5. HIRAM, b. April 28, 1811, d. Nov. 27, 1814.

ELEAZER PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carkin) Put-
nam, born Jan. 8, 1801 ; married JApril 8, 1828, Mary A. daughter of
Joseph and Mary (Archer-Burton) Marshall. She was born May 22, 1805 ;
•lied July 3, 1867. He died Dec. 27, 1866. Children, born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. ALBERT M., b. April 25, 1829, m. Jane C. Steele.

2. AD ALINE E., b. March 4, 1833, m. William P. Steele. (See

Steele gen.)

3. ERASTUS D., b. March 17, 1836, d. March 27, 1836.

4. ELBRIDGE G., b. June 9, 1840, d. Jan. 13, 1847.

DANIEL PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Lucy <.Spaulding) Putnam ;
born Sept. 2, 1770; married Hannah, daughter of Adam and Abigail
(Carleton) Johnson. Children : —

1. ISRAEL, -f-

2. I/VDIA, b. Aug. 9, 1796, m. William Richardson of I/ynde-

borough. (See Richardson gen.)

3. BETSEY, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. David Gage. (See Gage gen.)

4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 29, 1803, m. Robert Duren, d. Feb. 25,

1830.

5. DAVID JOHNSON, b. Oct. 9, 1808, d. March 9, 1847.

CAPT. ISRAEL PUTNAM, son of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson)
Putnam, born Oct. 30, 1794; married first, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and
Abigail (Ladd) Sargent of Lyndeborough. She was born Sept. 6, 1795 ;
died July 21, 1845 ; married second, May 6, 1846, Mrs. Abigail (Abbott)
Marshall, widow of James Marshall, and daughter of William and
Eunice (Cram) Abbott. She was born Jan. 25, 1814; died Oct. 9, 1892.
He died Feb, 2, 1869. Children : —

1. MARY ANGELINE, b. Oct. i, 1818, m. Aug. 22, 1838,

George Hartshorn of L,yudeborough. (See Hartshorn
gen.)

2. WILLIAM R., b. Oct. 17, 1821, m. Dec. 7, 1851, Martha J.,

adopted dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Raymond) Hartshorn
of L/yndeborough. She was b. Aug. 26, 1833. He d.
Dec. 2, 1901, in Woburn, Mass.

3. DANIEL, b. Jan. 8, 1824, m. Sarah, dau. of EH B. Smith of

New Hampton. She was b. March 24, 1828. He pre-
pared for college at New Hampton, graduated from Dart-
mouth in 1851. Is a teacher at the State Normal School at

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Ypsilanti, Mich. Their children: Alice, Mary, Arthur,
Ruth and William.

4. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 14, 1826, m. Luthera Andrews of Clare-

mont.

5. HANNAH, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Dec. 2, 1852, A. Kneeland

Lewis of Wilton. Their children are Orlina, Sargent B.,
and Annie S.

6. SUMNER, Aug. 4, 1833, m. Abby, dau. of Willard Pearsons

of Woburn, Mass.
By second wife : —

7. ABBY, b. June 22, 1847, d. Oct. 21, 1858.

8. LETITIA, b. Jan. 13, 1850, m. Dec. 25, 1871, David Mc-

Ginley of Houlton, Me. He was b. June 14, 1849. Their
child : Abbie Winnifred, b. Nov. 14, 1872, m. March 29,
1892, Samuel Webster of Wilton.

DAVID PUTNAM, known as "Ensign David" and son of Ephraim
and Sarah (Cram) Putnam, b. May 6, 1753 ; married Mrs. Abigail (Carle-
ton) Johnson, widow of John Johnson, who was killed or died in the
Revolutionary War. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. AMY, b. March 6, 1779, m. Gideon Cram. (See Cram gen.)

2. TIMOTHY, -j-

3. ABIGAIL, b. June i, 1785.

4. DAVID, +

5. SARAH, b. Aug. 19, 1793, m. Jonathan Clark. (See Clark

gen.)

COL. TIMOTHY PUTNAM, son of "Ensign" David and Abigail
(Carleton Johnson) Putnam, born May 20, 1782; married first, Rachel,
daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Dale) Dascomb of Wilton, in 1807. She
was born Nov. 15, 1785 ; died April 14, 1838 ; married second, Patty
Cheever of Lowell, Mass. He died June n, 1847. Children, all born in
Lyndeborough : —

1. LEONARD, b. Dec. 13, 1807. Rem. to the South.

2. OSGOOD CARLETON, b. Sept 30, 1810, d. Oct. n, 1813.

3. MARIA, b. May 27, 1812, d. October, 1847.

4. SARAH, b. Nov. 23, 1815.

5. TIMOTHY THURSTON, -(-

6. RACHEL, b. February, 1820, d. April, 1846.

7. DAVID, +

8. ELIZABETH, b. December, 1823, m. November, 1849, Hiram

Wallace of Antrim. She d. Jan. 26, 1883.

9. SOLOMON, b. June 18, 1826, d. August, 1829.

10. JACOB D., -f

830 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

TIMOTHY T. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Put-
nam, born Jan. 30, 1818 ; married Nov. 21, 1843, Lydia Wood of Hudson.
She was born Nov. n, 1822; died Jan. 2, 1880. He died June 2, 1883.
Children : —

1. ALBERT, b. in Lowell, Mass., June 9, 1846, d. Jan. 29, 1847.

2. EDWIN H., -f-

3. FRED W., b. March 19, 1861. Rem. to California.

EDWIN H. PUTNAM, son of Timothy T. and Lydia (Wood) Putnam,
born March 26, 1848 ; married Oct. 29, 1868, Eliza A., daughter of Silas
and Rebecca (Pratt) Keyes. She was born Sept. 22, 1847. Children : —

1. ROY N., b. July 9, 1870, m. Dec. 19, 1894, Addie W., dau.

of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown.
She was b. Nov. 23, 1873. Child: Pauline, b. March 13,
1904.

2. lyYDiA W., b. July 10, 1873.

3. CHARLES E., b. Dec. 12, 1875.

4. PERCY W., b. Dec. u, 1878, m. Aug. 27, 1902, Martha R.,

dau. of Dana B. and Elsie (Grant) Sargent.

5. JAMES A. G., b. Nov. 7, 1881, m. Dec. 7, 1904, K. Frances,

dau. of Byron and Sarah (Carley) Putnam.

6. MARY R., b. July 4, 1885.

DAVID PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam,
born Feb. 23, 1822 ; married Sally Brown, July I, 1847. She was born
May 29, 1821. He removed to Pennacook and died Nov. 4, 1879. Chil-
dren : Philip W., Mary E-, Eman F., David H.

JACOB D. PUTNAM, son of Timothy and Rachel (Dascomb) Putnam,
born June 16, 1828; married June i, 1853, Eliza (Rust) Clough. She died
in Lyndeborough, Oct. 20, 1882. He died Feb. 26, 1888. His childhood
days were spent in Lyndeborough, and as a youth he attended the Pem-
broke Academy, boarding himself while pursuing his studies there.
After graduating he found employment in a drygoods store at Laconia,
and it was here he met his wife. Shortly after their marriage he removed
to Lowell, Mass., where he engaged in the grocery business. He after-
ward came to Lyndeborough and engaged in the manufacture of glass.
While in Lowell three children were born to them : —

1. EMMA DASCOMB, b. June 2, 1854.

2. FREDERICK, b. Aug. 6, 1857.

3. GRACE E., b. Sept. 28, 1871.

DEA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Ensign David and Abigail (Carleton-
Johnson) Putnam ; born June 19, 1790; married first, Tryphena, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Lois (Kidder) Butler of Lyndeborough. She was
born April 27, 1787 ; died Jan. 31, 1831 ; married second, Sarah Fletcher,
who died June 21, 1845; married third, Mrs. Abigail Foster; married
fourth, Mrs. Nancy P. Jewett of Wilton, who died Aug. 4, 1862; married

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fifth, Mrs. Sarah (Brown) Bradford, widow of James C. Bradford of Lynde-
borough. She died Sept. 15, 1888. He died June 10, 1870. Children by
first wife, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. SUSANNA B., b. May 14, 1816, m. John Hartshorn of L/ynde-

borough. (See Hartshorn gen.)

2. JASON, b. Nov. 18, 1817, d. May 18, 1841.

3. TRYPHENA, b. April 25, 1822, m. Dec. 17, 1847, Benjamin

F. Tenney of Antrim. He was b. Feb. 25, 1821, d. Jan. i,
1867. She d. July 31, 1900. Children: Frank, Amy.
Child by second wife, born in Lyndeborough : —

4. DAVID, -\-

DBA. DAVID PUTNAM, son of Dea. David and Sarah (Fletcher) Put-
nam ; born April 15, 1838; married Mariett D., daughter of Sumner and
Polly (Dodge) Wait of Londonderry Vt., March 7, 1861. She was born
Nov. 5, 1841. Children : —

1. ALGERNON W., +

2. ERWIN D., -f-

ALGERNON W. PUTNAM, born Feb. 26, 1866 ; graduate of Brown
University, class of 1895 ; married Sept. 9, 1903, Lucy, daughter of John
and Sarah (Harris) Daniels of Middlebury Vt. Child : —

i. PAUL S., b. June 19, 1904.

ERWIN D. PUTNAM, born Oct. 19, 1879; married Jan. i, 1902, Alice
I/., daughter of James L. and Mary E. (Blanchard) Hill of Peterborough.
Children : —

1. WENDELL DAVID, b, Sept. 23, 1902.

2. JESTER JAMKS, b. May 15, 1905.

AARON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam ; mar-
ried Sarah . Children : —

1. WARD, b. Dec. 4, 1781.

2. NANCY, b. June 28, 1783.

PUTNAM.

*EPHRAIM PUTNAM, known as " Danvers Ephraim," was born in
Danvers, Mass., Sept. 14, 1744; died in Lyndeborough May n, 1821;
married 1768, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Chamberlain)
Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born April 16, 1746 ; died April 29,
1833. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

i. JONATHAN, -f-

*There is a divided opinion and confusion of testimony as to which of the many
Ephraim Putnams was known as " Danvers " Ephraim. From a careful sifting of evi-
dence we believe it is the one designated above. If any of the descendants of the
Ephraim Putnams of Lyndeborough are of a contrary opinion, the evidence may be pro-
duced.

832 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

2. MEHITABLE, b. Dec. 6/1772, m. Feb. 20, 1801, Robert

Richie. He d. Nov. 17, 1832. Child : Mary, b. Sept. 7,
1805.

3. ARCHILAS, b. March 6, 1775, d. March 4, 1839.

4. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 7, 1778, d. Feb. 20, 1785.

5. ABIJAH, b. Nov. 30, 1780, d. Feb. 16. 1785.

6. EPHRAIM, -(-

7. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 22, 1788, d. March 19, 1843.

8. AMOS, b. July 25, 1791, d. 1795.

JONATHAN PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnam,

born Sept. 14, 1769 ; married Nov. 25, 1792, Mary, daughter of Hil-

dreth. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. RACHEL, b. Nov. 23, 1792, d. Nov. 17, 1795.

2. JONATHAN, Jr., b. April 15, 1795.

3. NATHAN, -j-

4. EPHRAIM HILDRETH, -f~

NATHAN PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Putnam ;
born Dec. 12, 1798; married Nancy Trull Nov. 29, 1821. She died April
6, 1834. Children : —

1. NANCY, b. Feb. 28, 1823, d. April 30, 1825.

2. MARY A., b. April 17, 1826.

3. NATHAN H., b. June 13, 1828.

4. ALMIRA J., b. June 20, 1830.

5. PARKER T., b. April 6, 1834.

EPHRAIM H. PUTNAM, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hildreth) Put-
nam ; born July 5, 1805 ; married Susanna Ford. She died March 3, 1879.
He died June 14, 1864. Children, born in Lyndeborough: —

1. ANDREW J., b. Feb. 27, 1832.

2. RACHEL S., b. Jan. 27, 1835.

3. MARY E., m. Francis A, Allen of Peterborough. She d.

Sept. 22, 1886.
4 and 5. THOMAS and BYRON, twins, b. Jan. 8, 1840. Thomas

res. in Virginia.
BYRON, +

6. L/EVI H., +

7. DELIA A.

BYRON PUTNAM, son of Ephraim H. and Susanna (Ford) Putnam ;
born Jan. 8, 1840 ; married first, July 24, 1859, Sarah C., daughter of Asa
and Sarah (Pillsbury) Carley of Peterborough. She was born May 20,
1841; died Oct. 21, 1893; married second, Mrs. Emily C. Cragin, widow
of Harry Cragin of Fayette, Me., and daughter of Oliver B. and Fanny
(Woodworth) Marston, of Fayette, Me., Feb. 20, 1895. She was born

GENEALOGIES 833

July 20, 1843. He was town treasurer one year and overseer of poor a
number of years. Was a soldier in the Civil War and a prisoner at Sauls-
bury, N. C., two hundred and eleven days. (See Chap. X.) He died
March 24, 1903. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. MYRTIE M., b. June i, 1865, d. March 20, 1881.

2. K. FRANCES (adopted), b. in Troy, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1880.

LEVI H. PUTNAM, son of Bphraim H. and Susanna (Ford) Putnam ;
born Nov. 19, 1841 ; married first, April 3, 1868, Lucy A., daughter of
Richard and Mary A. (Grey) Emery, born in Manchester July 12, 1850 ;
died in Lyndeborough Jan. 12, 1877 ; married second, March 15, 1878,
Lydia L., widow of Azel H. Church, and daughter of Silas and Phebe F.
(Hovey) Swinnington, born in Lyndeborough May 12, 1852 ; died in Mil-
ford July 26, 1899. Resides in Milford. Children, all but youngest born
in Lyndeborough : —

1. NELLIE J., b. May 22, 1870.

2. ROSE A., b. Jan. 13, 1873.

3. ANNA B., Dec. 31, 1874.

4. IvEROY C., b. Feb. n, 1880.

5. ALBERT B., b. Aug. 3, 1891.

EPHRAIM PUTNAM, son of Ephraim and Rachel (Cram) Putnam,
born April 30, 1785 ; married Feb. 8, 1814, Esther, daughter of Ebenezer
and Esther (Holt) Pearson. She was born in Wilton, Nov. n, 1792 ;
died March 2, 1856. He died June u, 1862. Children born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. EPHRAIM, b. Nov. 17, 1815, d. Aug. 4, 1834.

2. ESTHER, b. June 8, 1818, m. Joel H. Tarbell. (See Tar-

bell gen.)

3. WILLARD P., b. Sept. 4, 1820, d. June 5, 1856.

4. MARY A., b. April 17, 1823, m. Nov. 22, 1850, John

Fletcher of Greenfield. She d. May 23, 1853. Child:
Vilana A., b. Dec. 5, 1852, m. James F. Clark. Res. in
Medford, Mass.

5. EBENEZER, b. June 26, 1826, d. Oct. 9, 1826.

RAND.

NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook)
Rand; born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1734. He was evidently a resident
of Charlestown until 1775, for he had two houses and a hatter's shop go
up in smoke when the British burned the town, leaving him homeless.
It is said he had some property in Lyndeborough, where his brother John
had previously been preaching, — some land partially cleared, — and the
Francestown History says, "some sheep under the care" of the before
mentioned John. But as the Rev. John Rand was dismissed in 1762, and
soon thereafter left the town, there is some doubt as to the sheep. At
any rate Nehemiah came to Lyndeborough soon after his property was

834 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

burned in Charlestown and built a house on land near what is now the
middle of the town, ever since known as the " Rand place."* The house
was situated at the end of the lane east of W. H. Clark's house. It is
said that he built there supposing the road through the centre of the
town would follow the brook from what is now known as Hardy's mill,
up around Badger Pond. But those early settlers ignored the fact that
the " bail of the kettle is no longer when lying down than when standing
up," and built the road over the hill, leaving the Rand land quite a dis-
tance off the main road.

He was a man of influence and ability, and soon made his mark in the
town. He was moderator in 1787 and 1789, and represented the town in
the General Court in 1787, 1788, 1789 and 1793. He married first, Nov. 24,
1757, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Carter) Rand ; married sec-
ond, Mrs. Mary Prentice Frost of Cambridge, Mass., daughter of the Rev.
Thomas Prentice of Charlestown, Mass. She was born in 1738 ; died Oct.

20, 1787 ; married third, Margaret Prentice, sister of his second^wife, Oct.

21, 1791. He died at Lyndeborough July 15, 1794. By his first marriage
he had two daughters. Children by second wife : —

1. IRENE, m. Nehemiah Frost, rem. to Temple, where she died.

2. NEHEMIAH, -f-

3. MARGARET, m. Dea. John Clark. (See Clark gen.)

NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Nehemiah and Mary (Prentice-Frost)
Rand ; born Jan. 14, 1777 ; married Sarah, daughter of Richard and
Lydia (Stylman) Batten of Lyndeborough May i, 1811. She was born
April 8, 1780 ; died May 4, 1870. He removed to Francestown in 1803,
where he died July 13, 1850. Children, Nehemiah born in Lyndeborough,
the others in Francestown : —

1. NEHEMIAH, b. Feb. 18, 1802, d. March i, 1869, m. Harriet

O., dau. of Ebenezer and Thamazan (Griffin) Hutchinson
of L,yndeborough April 28, 1830. She was born Sept. 17,
1806, d. Oct. 4, 1 88 1. He was a physician and res. at Han-
cock and at Nelson. He d. in the latter place.

2. RICHARD BATTEN, b. April n, 1804, d. Feb. n, 1881, m.

first, Mary J. Baldwin Jan. 10, 1830 ; m. second, Ellen
Bryant, April 10, 1837. He was a clothier, and d. at
Wayne, Me.

3. JOHN, +

4 and 5. Twins, unnamed, b. April 24, 1811, d. April 24 and
25, 1811.

*While Mr. Rand was building his new house, he started into the woods east of the
building to look over and explore his extensive estate. He soon got lost, and com-
menced to shout, in hopes to attract the attention of some one. His carpenters heard
him and started to find him. By shouting back and forth they finally came up with
him, and started to pilot him home. But he insisted they were taking him the wrong
•way, and vigorously protested, but they got him back to his own door yard, when,
looking around somewhat bewildered, he exclaimed, " What fool is building a house
here?"

GENEALOGIES 835

6. THOMAS PRENTICE, -f-

JOHN RAND, son of Nehemiah and Sarah (Batten) Rand, born in
Francestown, April 22, 1807; married Fanny D., daughter of Eliphalet
and Demarius (Duncklee) Simonds, Oct. 30, 1832. She was born in
Milford, May 21, 1809 ; died June i, 1870. He removed to Milford in
1852, and died there, March 10, 1884. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. JOHN MILTON, b. Dec. i, 1834; m. July, 1857, Orline A.,

dau. of Wesley and Rachel (Caldwell) Wilson of Benning-
ton. He is a physician and resides in Newark, N. J.

2. STILLMAN N., b. July 2, 1837, m. Jan. 26, 1882, Belle M.,

dau. of William and Jane (Phillips) Cameron of Philadel-
phia. Is a photographer and resides in New Haven, Conn.

DBA. THOMAS PRENTICE RAND, born in Francestown Sept. 21,
1814 ; married first, Lydia, daughter of Josiah and Dolly (Shattuck)
Wheeler of L,yndeborough. She was born June 8, 1818 ; died Feb. 14,
1864 ; married second, Sarah Deborah, daughter of Peter and Sarah
(Jones) Clark of Ivyndeborough June 7, 1866. She died Nov. 14, 1904.

Dea. Rand was never a resident of Lyndeborough, but as both of his
wives were natives of the town, and as some of his children are now resi-
dents his family record should appear here. He was a prominent citizen
of Francestown, a man of strong religious convictions, and maintained
the faith of his Puritan ancestors. He was deacon of the Congregational
church for twenty-seven years, and had held public office in his town.
He died June i, 1880. Children by first wife : —

1. SARAH C., b. Nov. 30, 1843.

2. FRANCES D., b. Nov. 10, 1846, d. March 14, 1873.

3. LYDIA H., b. Dec. 31, 1.850.

4. NEHEMIAH W., b. Sept. 14, 1853. Was a successful physi-

cian and d. at Monson, Mass.

5. ABBY K., b. July 31, 1855, m. W. H. Clark. (See Clark

gen.)

6. JOHN P., b. Nov. 8, 1857, m. Harriet Anderson of Monson,

Mass. Is a physician and res. at Worcester, Mass.

* REV. JOHN RAND was born in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 24, 1727.
He was the son of Jonathan and Millicent (Estabrook) Rand. He was
graduated from Harvard in 1748 and afterward married Sarah, daughter
of Capt. John Goffe of Derryfield, now Manchester. He came to
Salem-Canada in 1755 or 1756 and was the settled minister for a little
more than four years. Just when he removed from the town or where
he went first is not material to this record, but he lived afterward in
Goffstown and Bedford and represented the latter town in the convention
that formed the constitution of New Hampshire. He died Oct. 12, 1805.
Children : —

i. & 2. JOHN and JONATHAN (twins), b. June 24, 1762.

*From Rev. F. G. Clark's Historical Address.

836 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

3. Mn,ivE, b. Feb. 5, 1764.

4. ROBERT, b. May 13, 1767.

5. SARAH, b. Jan. 20, 1774.

6. NEHEMIAH (twin), b. May 22, 1776, +

7. THOMAS (twin), b. May 22, 1776.

NEHEMIAH RAND, son of Rev. John and Sarah (Goffe) Rand, born
May 22, 1776; married Putnam. Children: —

1. EDGAR, +

2. NEHEMIAH, m. Betsey George of New Boston. Rem. to

Newport, N. H.

3. MEHITABI,E, m. Perkins Patterson.

4. MARY, m. Iceman. Rem. to Illinois.

5. 6 & 7. SARAH, THOMAS and JEFFERSON, d. in infancy.

8. BETSEY, m. Benjamin Button. (See Button gen.)

9. L,YDiA, m. Woodbridge. Rem. to the west.

EDGAR RAND, son of Nehemiah and (Putnam) Rand, born

July 26, 1799; married first, Oct. 23, 1823, Mehitable Cram, daughter of
John and Huldah (Woodward) Cram of Lyndeborough. She was born
Nov. 2, 1801 ; died May 5, [1832 ; married second, Mianda, daughter of
Reuben and Nancy (Clark) Dutton, March 14, 1833. She was born Dec.
2, 1806 ; died Dec. 15, 1870. He died Jan. 16, 1866. He bought land and
built him a house in the northeast part of the town and lived there
until his death. Children by first wife : —

1. M. MARIA, b. Aug. i, 1824, m. May i, 1849, Moses N.

Emerson.

2. SARAH A., b. Bee. 17, 1825, d. Aug. 12, 1836.

3. & 4. JOHN, (twins, one d. in infancy), -(-

5. EDGAR J., b. Aug. 23, 1829, d. May 5, 1833.

6. & 7. NEHEMIAH, (twins, one d. in infancy), b. April 25,

1832, d. May 20, 1842.
By second wife : —

8. NANCY E., b. Jan. 6, 1834, m. Martin Whitney. (See

Whitney gen.)

9. MIANDA, b. Jan. 29, 1836, d. Feb. 19, 1846.

JOHN RAND, son of Edgar and Mehitable (Cram) Rand, born July
31, 1827; married Dec. 4, 1856, Mrs. Lucinda Stone, widow of Sabron
Stone and daughter of Enoch Colby of New Boston. She was born
April 18, 1816 ; died Sept. 29, 1899. He died May 21, 1902.

RAYMONB.

WILUAM B. RAYMOND came to I/yndeborough from Amherst in
1840. He was a shoemaker by trade, and cobbled the boots and shoes for
a generation of Lyndeborough people. He was born Aug. 20, 1818 ; mar-

GENEALOGIES 837

ried Ann Boutwell of Amherst March 8, 1837.* She was born Aug. 13,
1818. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —

1. GEORGE B., -f-

2. JOHN P., +

3. ELIZABETH A., b. March 29, 1849, d. Oct. 6, 1856.

4. ABBY I,. F., b. March 3, 1852, d. Aug. 30, 1875, m. Robert

W. Bell of Wilton, Sept. 17, 1870.

GEORGE B. RAYMOND, born July 25, 1845 ; died Dec. 5, 1876; mar-
ried Addie Gould of Lyndeborough July 4, 1865. Was a soldier in the
Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children : -

1. ROSE, b. Nov. 12, 1869.

2. GRACE, b. Aug., 1871.

JOHN P. RAYMOND, born Nov. 28, 1846; died Dec. 19, 1873 ; married
Mary Shea of Wilton Jan. 12, 1861. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See
Chap. X.) Children : —

1. ANNIE MAY, b. May i, 1861.

2. BERTHA, b. Nov. 3, 1862.

3. JOHN W., b. Sept. 2, 1871.

REYNOLDS.

FRANK E. REYNOLDS, son of John Q. and Mary (Brown) Reynolds,
born May 15, 1857, in Ashburnham, Mass.; married first, May 9, 1882,
Flora E. Hilt. She was born in Presque Isle, Me.; died April n, 1894 ;
married second, May 8, 1895, Lizzie C. Blood, born March 15, 1868. Lives
on what is known as the Annie Fish place. Children : —

1. EVA M., b. in I,yndeborough, June 10, 1883.

2. ADDIE E-, b. in Benton, N. H., Sept. 15, 1884.

3. WALTER E., b. in Benton, N. H., March 17, 1886.

4. GRACE, b. in East Warren, N. H., April 6, 1888.

5. ETHEL, b. in L/yndeborough, Oct. 13, 1889.

6. GUY, b. in I/yndeborough, Feb. 21, 1891.

7. GEORGE B., b. in L-yndeborough, July 17,

RICHARDS.

FRED B. RICHARDS, adopted son of Pascal and Helen (Pascal)
Richards, born June 27, 1852; married first, July i, 1879, Emogen F.,
daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was
born January, 1851 ; died Feb. 15, 1881 ; married second, Oct. 31, 1882,
Elizabeth M., daughter of John and Susanna (Putnam) Hartshorn of
Lyndeborough. She was born July 27, 1863. He came to Lyndebor-
ough from Hancock in 1876 and entered the employ of Mr. Tarbell in the

*Mr. Raymond has lived in town sixty-five years, and during that time has attended
every town meeting and voted. He and his wife have lived together as man and wife
sixty-eight years. A very remarkable record, as very few come so near the diamond
anniversary.

838 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

manufacture and sale of extracts, etc., and afterward became the proprie-
tor of the business. He has been a school teacher and has always been
interested in and identified with the educational matters of the town,
and has served several terms on the board of education. He represented
the town in the Legislature of 1899, and is a member of and a liberal
supporter of the Baptist church at South Lyndeborough. He is a whole-
sale travelling merchant, visiting many towns in the southern part of
the state. Children : —

1. RALPH, b. March 18, 1884.

2. MYRTIE B., b. May 21, 1886.

3. lyORiN F., b. May 9, 1893.

4. SARAH C., b. Jan. 24, 1901.

RICHARDS.

DR. MARSHALL B. RICHARDS, son of John C. and Sarah F.
(Flanders) Richards, b. at Boston, April 27, 1839 ; married Sept. 16,
1894, Addie A., daughter of William W. and Esther J. (Cragin) Burton
of Lyndeborough. She was born June 3, 1871. They reside on the
Russell place in the southwest part of the town. Children : —

1. WALLACE B., b. Nov. 21, 1895.

2. ESTHER G., b. July 21, 1897.

3. ORMAN M., b. Dec. 31, 1898.

4. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1899.

5. RUTH G., b. Jan. n, 1901.

6. ADDIE A., b. April 7, 1902.

7. AGNES B., b. Sept. 4, 1903.

8. DOROTHY A., b. Nov. 29, 1904.

RICHARDSON.

The Richardson family in America are descended from Ezekiel, Samuel
and Thomas Richardson, brothers who came to this country from Eng-
land in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. Ezekiel came first
with Winthrop in 1630 and was soon after joined by his two brothers.
Ezekiel was made a freeman in 1631 and settled in Charlestown. His
descendants and those of his brothers, Samuel and Thomas, soon became
active in the settlement of the new towns of Woburn and what are now
Maiden and Billerica. George K. Wood in the History of Francestown
says that Samuel paid the highest tax in Woburn in 1645. He says the
name can be traced back to the Norman Conquest. Thomas was the
youngest of the brothers and from him the Richardsons of Lyndebor-
ough are descended as follows : Thomas, Thomas, Nathaniel, Hezekiah,
Jacob, and Jacob was the first of the name to come to Lyndeborough.

Hezekiah was born in Billerica, May 8, 1715, and married Sept. 30,
1740, Elizabeth Walker of Billerica. They settled in Townsend, Mass.,
where he died June 17, 1795.

LIEUT. JACOB RICHARDSON, second son of Hezekiah and Eliza-
beth (Walker) Richardson, born at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 13, 1742;

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married May 19, 1766, Sarah Brown of Billerica, Mass. She was born
July 28, 1742; died March i, 1825. He died in Lyndeborough, Sept. 5,
1817. He came to Lyndeborough from Billerica in 1805 and bought the
farm at the centre owned by Daniel Gould, since known as the Richard-
son farm. His descendants have owned the land ever since. He was
a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a lieutenant in a company
that went from Billerica in 1777 and assisted in the defeat and capture of
Burgoyne. He was a blacksmith, as were three of his sons. His shop
used to stand nearly opposite the Congregational parsonage. One of
his sons, Timothy, came to Lyndeborough with him. Another, Jacob,
Jr., came to Greenfield and settled.

Lieut. Jacob Richardson and Sarah (Brown) Richardson had eleven
children, all born at Billerica, Mass.

1. SARAH, b. Jan. 15, 1767, d. at Billerica.

2. JACOB, b. Aug. 10, 1769.

3. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. n, 1771, d. Feb. 29, 1776.

4. & 5. JOSIAH and TIMOTHY (twins), -f-

Josiah b. Oct. i, 1773, m. Mary Wyman.

6. JOHN, b. June 15, 1776, m. I^ydia Johnson.

7. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 20, 1778, m. Phebe Bachelder.

8. ELIZABETH, b. NOV. 22, 1780.

9. ELIJAH, b. July 5, 1783, d. young.

10. JULIA, b. Aug. 25, 1785, d. June 22, 1802.

11. ANNA, b. Aug. 19, 1788, m. Joseph Jones.

TIMOTHY RICHARDSON, son of Jacob and Sarah (Brown) Richard-
son, was born in Billerica, Oct. i, 1773; married Judith N. Reynolds,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pickett) Reynolds of Greenfield. She
was born Nov. 10, 1780. She died Sept. 3, 1833. He died Dec. 2, 1855.
Children : —

1. HARRIET, b. Oct. 5, 1806, d. Aug. 19, 1807.

2. HOOPER, b. Jan. 31, 1808, d. Aug. 6, 1839.

3. JOHN, +

4. IRA, b. March 22, 1811, m. 1839, Harriet, dau. of Patrick

and Mary (Kilpatrick) Cassidy of Pennsylvania. He d.
August, 1871, in Washington, D. C.

5. TIMOTHY, b. Oct. 14, 1813.

6. NATHAN, +

JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds) Rich-
ardson, was born in Lyndeborough, July 26, 1809; married Sarah Ann,
daughter of Nathan and Ann (Remick) Barnes of Bedford, N. H. She
died Dec. 18, 1860. He died April 7, 1876. He was a very successful
farmer, and a man of marked influence in the town. He was very
methodical in his habits and could never tolerate work half done. His
farm implements were of the best of the kind in use at the time. His
farm was well cultivated and he gradually replaced the old buildings

840 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

with a commodious barn and modern dwelling house and ell. He loved
to sing and was the leader of the Congregational church choir for years.
He always performed his duties as a citizen at the town meatings and
was one of the foremost in promoting the welfare of any movement that
promised to be for the good of the community. For a long series of
years he was the moderator of the town meetings and presided with
justice and impartiality. He was one of the board of selectmen and was
a member of the school committee in 1851. He represented the town in
the state legislature. When a young man he resided for a short time in
Lowell, Mass. With that exception he spent his whole life in Lynde-
borough. His wife was a sister of Isaac O. Barnes of Boston, the noted
wit and lawyer, and was a woman of refinement. Another sister married
Rodney C. Boutwell of Lyndeborough. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. HARRIET, b. March 25, 1835, m. George D. Blaney of

Swampscott, Mass., d. in L/yndeborough, May 5, 1871.

2. HENRY, b. Aug. 31, 1836, m. July 9, 1859, L/avina, dau. of

James D. and Hannah (Davis) Harding of Swampscott,
Mass. He bought a large farm in Francestown, known as
the Eaton place, in 1860, and with his brother George,
who was a partner in the enterprise, removed to Frances-
town. Henry soon became influential in the town of his
adoption and his conservatism and good judgment kept
him almost continually in town office until near his death.
He represented his town in the state legislature. Chil-
dren : Fred, b. April 9, 1860, was drowned in Pleasant
Pond, Aug. 15, 1880; Elmer F., Edith M., James H.,
Emma F., Ira A.

3. GEORGE H., b. June n, 1838, m. Hannah M., dau. of

James D. and Hannah Davis Harding of Swampscott,
Mass., April 9, 1863. She was b. Oct. 23, 1842. He re-
moved to Francestown in 1860. Children : Louise, Mary
A., George, Frank E.

4. SOLON B., -j-

5. FRED A., -+-

6. MARY F., b. June 5, 1851, d. July 19, 1875.

7. JOHN C., b. Dec. 27, 1852.

SOLON B. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah (Barnes) Richard-
son, born April 16, 1840 ; married Eliza P., daughter of Dea. William and
Eliza (Anderson) Jones of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 30, 1839.
He died June 14, 1879. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. WILLIAM, -+-

2. ANNIE, m. Willis C. Perham, d. in California Nov. 16, 1896.

(See Perham gen.)

NATHAN RICHARDSON.

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3. CLINTINA, d. May 6, 1886.

WILLIAM E. RICHARDSON, son of Solon B. and Eliza (Jones)
Richardson; born Sept. 23, 1859; married Dec. 14, 1882, Minnie J.
daughter of William R. and Ursula (Richards) Duncklee. She was born'
at New Boston, Feb. 16, 1866. Children, born at Lyndeborough : —

1. CORA M., b. Jan. 28, 1884, d. Nov. 26, 1892.

2. NELLIE B., b. July 15, 1885, m. Oct. 16, 1902, Fred Carson

of Mont Vernon. He is the son of Frank and Edith (Car-
son) Carson.

3. OLIVE U., b. July 20, 1887.

4. MAUD G., b. Feb. 25, 1889.

5. ELLA M., b. Aug. 12, 1890.

6. PEARL V., b. June 28, 1892.

7. CHESTER E., b. May n, 1894.

8. OSCAR A., b. Aug. 10, 1896.

9. RUTH M., b. Jan. 22, 1899.

10. Son, b. Nov. 27, 1900, d. Nov. 27, 1900.

FRED A. RICHARDSON, son of John and Sarah A. (Barnes) Rich-
ardson; born Aug. 22, 1843; married Jan. 7, 1868, Hannah J., daughter of
Loammi and Charlotte (Bradford) Baldwin of Wilton. She was born
Sept. 1 6, 1841. He was educated in the common schools of Lyndebor-
ough and at Francestown Academy. He was born on the old homestead,
and with some brief exceptions has always lived there. In 1877 he
bought the farm. He has made the production of milk for the Boston
market the chief branch of his farming, and has been very successful in
that line. He keeps his land in a high state of cultivation, and seems to
have inherited his father's inclination to have his farm work thoroughly
well done. He has held many offices of trust in the milk producers' as-
sociation and town affairs. He has been selectman a number of terms,
and represented the town in the legislature of 1891. He was in the mili-
tary service during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

1. GEORGE A., b. Dec. 30, 1868, d. April 2, 1875.

2. FRED PERLEY, -+•

FRED PERLEY RICHARDSON born Dec. 31, 1882; married May 25,
1904, Bertha E., daughter of Ellery and Mary (Griggs) Nourse. Child : —

i. BLANCHE MAY, b. Aug. 5, 1905.

NATHAN RICHARDSON, son of Timothy and Judith (Reynolds)
Richardson ; born Sept. 28, 1815 ; married May 6, 1846, Sarah, daughter
of James and Sally (Parker) Bruce of Mont Vernon. She was born April
14, 1820; died Aug. 3, 1888. He died June 8, 1899. He was a man who
avoided all public office and devoted his time to the management of his
business affairs, to the improvement of his farm. He was a man of great
industry and was a very successful farmer. Children : —

i. EDWARD B., b. Dec. 3, 1847, m. Sept. 28, 1875, Ida F., dau.

842 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

of Calvin and Nancy (Taylor) I^ord of Francestown. He d.
March 12, 1889.

2. SARAH E., b. Oct. 27, 1850, m. May 21, 1874, Stephen H.

Dunbar of Wilton. He was b. Feb. 20, 1836, d. June 7,
x899. Children: Effie E., Charles H.

3. ELLA F., b. March 12, 1854, m. Jan. 4, 1886, EH J. Curtis

of Wilton. She d. June 27, 1891. Children: Edward R.,
Sarah M.

4. HARRY J., b. April 25, 1862, m. Aug. 6, 1897, Mrs. Ida M.

Minot, dau. of Solon B. and Annie (Sargent) Graves of
Boston, b. May 24, 1860. She has one son by former m.,
Chester S. Minot, b. April 3, 1891.

RICHARDSON.

WILLIAM RICHARDSON, son of William and Mary (Pearson) Rich-
ardson ; born at Lyndeborough July i, 1791 ; married May 21, 1814,
Lydia, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) Putnam, b. Aug. 9,
1796; died in Milfordjan. 9, 1865. In 1848 he removed to Milford. He
died May 20, 1858. Children, born at Lyndeborough : —

1. MARY, b. July 28, 1815, m. Nov. 3, 1839, Thomas Dunning

of Nashua. She d. Feb. 25, 1841.

2. ELIZA, b. Nov. 14, 1816, m. Dec. 25, 1839, Benjamin F.

Hutchinson of Milford.

3. WILLIAM P., b. Sept. n, 1818, m. April 15, 1845, Julia A.

Godkin of Haverhill, Mass. He d. at Milford Jan. 9, 1893.

4. CAROLINE, b. July 3, 1820, d. April, 1824.

5. HANNAH, b. May 6, 1822, m. June 16, 1842, Nathaniel Mar-

shall of Nashua.

6. JOHN, b. July 7, 1824, m. May i, 1854, Jane Dwinnell. He

d. at Mechanics Falls, Oct. 7, 1893.

7. DAVID GAGE, b. March 30, 1826, m. Nov. 28, 1854, Susan

Bancroft of Reading, Mass.

8. JONATHAN P., +

9. L/YDIA A., b. Feb. 25, 1830, m. May 4, 1868, Eugene

Hutchinson of Milford. d. in New Mexico Jan. 12, 1885.

10. CHARLES A, b. Feb. 15, 1839, m. April 16, 1865, AbbieT.,
dau. of Eugene, Jr., and Phebe B. (Raymond) Hutchinson.
She was born Nov. 7, 1844. He is a farmer and resides
near Richardson Crossing, Milford. He is a frequent visi-
tor to his native town, and the musical ability and talent of
his wife have contributed much to the success of our social
gatherings and celebrations. They have five children, b.

GENEALOGIES 843

at Milford : George H., Ada M., Hattie E., Harry P.,
Arthur C.

JONATHAN P. RICHARDSON, son of William and Lydia (Putnam)
Richardson; born April 3, 1828; married Rhoda M., daughter of Levi
and Rhoda (Pettingill) Tyler Dec. 14, 1852. She was born Nov. 29, 1829.
He was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in Danville Prison Nov. 17,
1864. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ANNABEL, b. May 3, 1854, d. Oct. 14, 1854.

2. EDWIN, b. Nov. 13, 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1859.

RIIvEY.

CHARLES D. RILEY was born Nov. 15, 1868 ; married Abbie J. Man-
zer of Stoneham, Mass., May 10, 1890. Came to Lyndeborough from
Stoneham, Mass. Children : —

1. FLORENCE A., b. June 23, 1891.

2. GRACE I,., b. Sept. 5, 1893.

3. ETHEL A., b. Feb. 23, 1895.

4. CHARLES D. G., b. Oct. 15, 1898.

5. OLIVE M., b. Oct. 22, 1900.

ROGERS.

EDWARD E. ROGERS, son of Harrison E. and Francelia (Shattuck)
Rogers, born Jan. 4, 1870, at Queechee, Vt.; married Dec. 25, 1890, Zephia,
daughter of George and Stella (Geer) Ruggles, born May 20, 1873. He
came to Lyndeborough from Bradford, N. H., in 1900, and bought the
Benjamin B. Ames place, North Lyndeborough. Is employed as over-
seer of the napping room, Amoskeag Mills, Manchester.

ROSE.

ABRAHAM ROSE, was born in Scituate, Mass., whence at an early
age he removed to Sandwich, Mass. He was born in 1759, and came to
Lyndeborough in 1787. Although a young man when he came, his life
had been an eventful one. At the commencement of the Revolutionary
War, when only seventeen years of age, he enlisted for three months, and
at the close of his term of service re-enlisted for the war, serving seven
and one-half years with the Continental Army. He endured the suffer-
ings of the winter at Valley Forge and witnessed the final triumph at the
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the close of the war he
shipped before the mast and was a sailor for three years. Tiring of the
hardships and perils which were the lot of the seamen of those days, and
desirous of a more quiet life, he settled on a farm, on what has since
been named for him, "Rose mountain." It is said there were buildings
on the land he bought, but who the former owners were is uncertain. He
was tall and straight, and even at the advanced age of ninety-two years
maintained an erect military carriage, the result of long years of army
drill. He was positive in his opinions, blunt and direct in speech, and
when he had anything to say it was expressed in no uncertain terms.

844 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

Rev. Mr. Claggett says of him in an obituary notice published in the
" Farmer's Cabinet." "The character of this remarkable man exhibited
traits worthy of remark. His patriotism was firm and abiding. The
' Spirit of '76 ' was never eradicated. With the honor of his country he
felt himself identified, and in her welfare he felt a deep interest. Like
other people of great age, he remembered best the history of his early
life, especially the hardships, the perils and the battles of the Revolution,
and was never tired of recounting them to others with the readiness and
enthusiasm of an eye witness. He was obliging as a neighbor, and more
correct in his habits than would have been expected of one who had
passed so much of his early life in the camp and forecastle. For several
years he enjoyed the benefit of a pension, and during his days of help-
lessness and infirmity received the filial attention of his only son, with
whom he lived."

He married Deziah Fish of Sandwich, Mass. She was born July, 1758,
and died Nov. 18, 1854. They were married before coming to L,yndebor-
ough. He died Dec. 16, 1851. Seven children were born to them while
residing on the mountain farm. Before his death he removed to the
farm formerly owned by Solomon Cram, then owned by his son Brackley,
now owned by his great-grandson, Willard Rose. (For his military rec-
ord see Chap. VII.) Children : —

1. ANNA H., b. Dec. 29, 1788, d. Nov. 2, 1807.

2. GIDEON, b. Nov. 29, 1790, d. April 16, 1814.

3. CATHERINE, b. March 30, 1792, d. Jan. 4, 1879, m. -

Forsaith.

4. PATTY, b. July 21, 1794, m. Phineas Kidder of L,yndebor-

ough. (See Kidder gen.)

5. BRACKLEY, -(-

6. ABRAHAM, JR., b. June n, 1800.

7. DEZIAH, b. Nov. 25, 1802.

BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Abraham and Deziah (Fish) Rose; born
May 2, 1796; died Dec. 29, 1878; married first, Dec. 12, 1821, Sarah But-
terfield of Lyndeborough ; married second, Sally Chamberlain of West-
ford, Mass., Feb. 15, 1835. Children by first wife : —

1. BRACKLEY, JR., -f-

2. SARAH A., b. May 25, 1824, d. May 13, 1850.

3. HANNAH J., b. May 31, 1827, m. first, June 15, 1869, Rufus

Hardy of Greenfield, N. H. He was born June 12, 1820, d.
Dec. 21, 1869.; m. second, Charles H. Holt of L,ydebor-
ough. (See Holt gen.)

4. DEZIAH, b. May 28, 1832, d. Sept. u, 1845.
By second wife : —

5. GEORGE, +

BRACKLEY ROSE, son of Brackley and Sarah (Butterfield) Rose,
born May 15, 1822 ; married first, Nov. 7, 1850, Abigail B. Rutherford.

GENEALOGIES 845

She was born Oct. 22, 1827; died April 17, 1879; married second, L,ydia
Wilson. Children, all by first wife : —

1. GEORGE B.. b. March, 1853.

2. SARAH J., b. Sept. 3, 1856, in. Merrill T. Spalding. (See

Spalding gen.)

3. EDWARD L,., b. June, 1858, m. Abby Andrews of New Bos-

ton.

4. ABBIE A., b. July 7, 1859, d. July 30, 1879.

5. MINNIE) F., b. May 14, 1865, m. Frank E. Cummings of

Lyndeborough. (See Cummings gen.)

GEORGE ROSE, son of Brackley and Sally (Chamberlain) Rose,
born Aug. 28, 1836 ; married first, Hattie M., daughter of Obed and
Phebe (Holt") Goldthwaite of Greenfield, Oct. 30, 1859; born 1841; died
March 22, 1872; married second, Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and
Betsey (Hunt) Reed of Westford, Mass, Oct. 13, 1874. She was born Feb.
16, 1839. He has served the town on the board of selectmen many terms,
and also on the board of education. Thoroughly conservative in all
things, of sound judgment, he was a man whose services were always of
value. He died Aug. 18, 1903. Children, all by first wife : —

1. JENNIE), b. June 18, 1861.

2. NELLIE; F., b. June 18, 1863; d. Sept. 4, 1865.

3. L,ORA, b. Jan. 31, 1866, m. Clarence H. L,each of Rockland,

Me., Oct. 21, 1896. Res. in Winthrop, Mass.

4. ALWYN, b. June 4, 1869, m. Catherine lyonegan of New

York. Child: Marrienna, b. Nov. i, 1896.

5. WILLARD, +

ROSE, son of George and Hattie M. (Goldthwaite) Rose,
born July 8, 1871 ; married Maggie M., daughter of James and Ellen
(Banks) Chute, Nov. 20, 1894. Children : —

1. VIOLA M., b. March 26, 1896.

2. EILEEN, b. May 9, 1900.

ROSS.

SAMUEL ROSS, the father of the Ross family in Lyndeborough, was
born at Glasco, Scotland, June 20, 1820. He was a glass blower by occu-
pation. He came to America and on the breaking out of the Civil War
enlisted as a private in Co. B, nth Regt., Conn. Vol. He was wounded
at the Battle of Gettysburg, and from its effects he died at Westford,
Conn, July u, 1870. He married at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1839, Sarah
McMullen. She was born at Sterbridge, England, Aug. 8, 1822. Soon
after the death of her husband she removed with her family to Lynde-
borough, coming from Ellensville, N. Y., in 1873. She died in Lynde-
borough, May 2, 1901. Children: —
i. GEORGE, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., 1840, d. there in 1844.

846 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

2. JOHN, b. at Ellensville, 1842. Was a private in Co. A, loth

Regt., Conn. Vol., and was killed at Kingston, N. C., Dec.
14, 1862.

3. MARY EI^EN, b. at Ellensville, N. Y., in 1844, m. An-

toine A. Farnham of Westford, Conn. He d. at Lynde-
borough, April 13, 1882. Children: John H., b. at Stod-
dard, April 19, 1863, d. at Lyndeborough, Feb. 25, 1886.
Nellie M., b. at Lyndeborough, April 22, m. Willie F.
Herrick. (See Herrick gen.)

4. SARAH A., b. at Ellensville, 1846, m. Albert S. Works of

Westford, Conn., d. at Merrow Station, Conn.

5. GEORGE A., -(-

6. RICHARD H., b. at Stoddard, June, 1850, in. Augusta M.

Shedd. He d. Jan. 6, 1900. Their children b. at Lynde-
borough : Sarah A., b. July 4, 1885; Ernest E., b. Nov. 4,
1894.

7. MARGARET J., b. at Stoddard, Nov. 30, 1852, m. H. L.

Lillibridge of Westford, Conn. Child : Wallace L.

8. RUTH T., b. at Stoddard, March 15, 1854, m. John J. Gang-

loff of Brooklyn, N. Y. He d. at Lyndeborough, June 23,
1890. She d. at Lyndeborough, Dec. 19, 1888. Chil-
dren: Edna A., b. May 30, 1880, at Lyndeborough: Wil-
liam J., b. at Woodbury, N. J., Dec. i, 1885.

9. SAMUEL, b. at Wellington, Conn., March 30, 1856, m. 1880,

Lelia Cutter. She d. Oct. 4, 1884. Child : Harry B., b.
February, 1881.

10. THOMAS, b. at Wellington, Conn., May, 1858, m. Eva
Cutter of Lyndeborough. She d. at Scranton, Penn., Jan-
uary, 1892. Child: Florence B., b. at Lyndeborotigh,
June, 1884.

11. EDWARD, b. at Wellington, Conn., July 4, 1861.

GEORGE A. ROSS, son of Samuel and Sarah (McMullen) Ross, born
March 30, 1849; married Dec. 8, 1871, Araminta, daughter of Webb and
Mary (Sanford) Wallace; married second, Sept. i, 1886, Mrs. M. Estella
Davis, widow of Frank O. Davis, and daughter of James M. and Mary
(Colley) Harriman. Child by first wife : —

i. LILLIAN B., b. Sept. 9, 1872, m. Oct. 24, 1894, Charles M.
Woolsey of Livingston Manor, N. Y.

RUSSELL.

JEDEDIAH RUSSELL was born at Reading, Mass., in 1751. He en-
listed and served during the whole of the Revolutionary War, enlisting
at 18 years of age and discharged at 25. Three years later, in 1779, he

GENEALOGIES 847

married Rhoda Pratt, of what place is to the writer unknown. Neither
is the exact time he came to Lyndeborough known. Probably some of
the older children were born in Massachusetts. He settled in the ex-
treme southwest part of the town, on land which is now the farm where
Dr. Richards lives. He built a log house south of where the present
house stands, and a few years later built the frame house. His wife
died May 29, 1818, aged 55 years. He died Feb. 17, 1848, aged 95
years, 6 months. They were both members of the Congregational
Church. Children : —

1. JEDEDIAH, b. Aug. 29, 1780. Rem. to Michigan.

2. RHODA, b. Feb. 9, 1782, m. Ephraim Holt and rem. to

Sullivan, N. H., d. May 29, 1818.

3. HEPSIBAH, b. Oct. 28, 1783, m. first, Heman L. Sargent, a

son of Joshua and Abigail (L,add) Sargent ; married second,
Chamberlain and rem. to Ohio.

4. EPHRAIM, b. July 6, 1785. Rem. to New York.

5. JAMES, b. Aug. 8, 1787. Rem. to New York.

6. CHLOE, b. Aug. 2, 1789, d. Feb. 5, 1808.

7. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 21, 1792, d. Nov. 16, 1814.

8. EBENEZER, +

9. SALLY P., b. June 20, 1796, m. Asa, son of Jonathan and

Margaret (Cram) Chamberlain of L/yndeborough, and rem.
to Hanover, N. H.

10. SAMUEL, b. March 31, 1798, d. Oct. 12, 1800.

11. SAMUEL, 2ND., b. April 4, 1801. Rem. to New York.

12. ELIAB, b. March 9, 1804. Rem. to New York.

CAPT. EBENEZER RUSSELL, son of Jedediah and Rhoda (Pratt)
Russell, born Feb. 17, 1794; married first, July 7, 1818, Artimesia Lynch.
She died June 22, 1860 ; married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Needham, Aug.
27, 1863. He died at South Merrimack, April 25, 1883. At the age of
20 years he enlisted for service in the War of 1812, and was stationed at
Portsmouth. At the close of the war he returned to Lyndeborough.
Soon after his second marriage he removed to Merrimack. Children by
first wife : —

1. NANCY, b. June 4, 1819, m. first, March 12, 1844, William

Upton. He d. April 17, 1849. She m. second, Asa W.
Farmer. He d. May 16, 1886. She res. at Nashua.

2. ADONIRAM, -|-

3. SARAH A., b. July 19, 1826, m. Sept. 2, 1848, Albert

Cheney. Rem. to Madison, Wis.; d. April, 1898.

4. AMANDA M., b. Feb. 10, 1829, m. first, June 16, 1863, John

H. Giddings. He d. Aug. 6, 1868. She m. second,
Henry S. L,owe of Greenfield. Res. at Nashua.

848 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

ADONIRAM RUSSELL, son of Ebenezer and Artimesia (Lynch)
Russell, born April 28, 1822 ; married March 8, 1849, Maria E. Lakin of
Hancock. She was a daughter of Jacob and Betsey (Stanley) Lakin,
born July 23, 1828. He died April 29, 1893. She died Dec. 17, 1903. He
was a member of the board of selectmen for many years. Of a social,
kindly nature he was liked by those with whom he associated. He lived
where Mr. Eastman now lives and built the house there, a short distance
west of Buttrick's mill. Children : —

1. CLARENCE R., b. June 22, 1850, d. March 30, 1870.

2. ELLA T., b. May 7, 1852, m. Emery Holt. (See Holt gen.)

3. IDA Iy., b. Oct. 13, 1854, d. Oct. 19, 1868.

4. AUGUSTA A., b. June 4, 1857, m. William F. Field, Nov.

25» 1879. He was b. Feb. 16, 1852.

5. GEORGE J., b. Sept. 17, 1863, d. March 4, 1894, m. Alice

Gilson.

6. ANNIE M., b. April 22, 1868, d. April 15, 1870.

RUSSEIX.

JOSEPH RUSSELL settled on the farm in Johnson's Corner now
owned by his grandson, Aaron W. He was born March 14, 1783 ; married
Naomi Wilkins. She was born March 16, 1783 ; died June 2, 1869. He
died March 14, 1827. Children : —

1. BURNHAM, -\-

2. JAMES, b. Nov. 9, 1806, m. Mary A. Southerland.

3. MARY, b. Dec. 9, 1807, m. John Kidder of Wilton.

4. ORRIN, b. Ocf 19, 1810.

5. AARON W., b. Feb. n, 1815, m. Elsie Presbie.

6. CLARA S., b. Nov. 22, 1822, d. Sept. 6, 1824.

BURNHAM RUSSELL, son of Joseph and Naomi (Wilkins) Russell ;
born Oct. 21, 1805 ; married Jan. 29, 1833, Eliza, daughter of Ephraim and
Betsey (Boffee) Kidder. She was born March 14, 1814; died Dec. 27,
1894. He died June 22, 1874. Children: —

1. ORPAH, b. Dec. 24, 1833, d. Aug. 28, 1892.

2. ORRIN P, -(-

3. AARON W., -{-

ORRIN P. RUSSELL, son of Burnham and Eliza (Kidder) Russell;
born June 17, 1837; married Sept. 19, 1861, Marcia H. Hesselton of
Nashua. He removed to Wilton and died there Dec. 12, 1891. Child : —

i. EMOGENE V., b. Oct. 9, 1866, d. June 13, 1870.

AARON W. RUSSELL, son of Burnham and Eliza Kidder Russell ;
born May 5, 1853 ; married Oct. 8, 1883, Lillian V., daughter of Robert K.
and Betsey A. (Curtis) Lynch. She was born Aug. 30, 1863. Child : —

i. FRED W., b. July 9, 1888.

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RYERSON.

WILLIAM N. RYERSON, son of Joseph Ryerson of West Sumner,
Me.; born June 10, 1832 ; married Lois, daughter of Harvey and Lois
(Cram) Holt, April 24, 1856. She was born March 16, 1836. He died
March 24, 1885. Children : —

1. NELSON H., b. Nov. 26, 1859, d. March 20, 1879.

2. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 14, 1889.

3. EMMA L/., b. Aug. 16, 1869, d. May 10, 1887.

4. CLARA, b. Nov. 5, 1878, m. Frank A. Pettengill of Acworth,

N. H. (See Pettengill gen.)

SARGENT.

JOSHUA SARGENT was born in Methuen, Mass., Nov. 25, 1757. He
was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and after the close of the war
he removed to Dunstable, Mass. Thence he came to Lyndeborough,
where he built and operated a "fulling " mill. The mill stood at or near
where the mill now owned by James L. Colburn stands, perhaps better
known as Buttrick's mill. He married Abigail Ladd of Haverhill, Mass.
She was born June 28, 1760; died Dec. 28, 1843. He died Jan. 23, 1844.
Children : —

1. ABIGAIL, b. Feb, 22, 1781, m. Jotham Hildreth, d. Aug. 24,

1850.

2. HEMAN L,ADD, b. Sept. 24, 1782, m. Hepsibah Russell, d.

March 17, 1806.

3. MIRIAM, b. May 28, 1784, d. Aug. 26, 1800.

4. POLLY, b. Sept. 27, 1786, m. James Russell, d. in 1824.

5. JOHN, b. Feb. 16, 1789, m. first, Mary McMaster, m. second,

Mrs. Sprague, d. Jan. 13, 1878.

6. JOSHUA, b. May 5, 1791, m. Patty Burnham, d. March 24,

1882.

7. BOD WELL, b. Sept. 7, 1793, m. L/ucy A. Briggs, d. July 28,

1866.

8. RUTH, b. Sept. 6, 1795, m. Israel Putnam, d. July 21, 1845.

(See Putnam gen.)

9. L,UCINDA, b. Sept. 7, 1798, d. Aug. 30, 1800.

10. MIRIAM, b. March 13, 1801, m. John Carleton, d. in 1880.

11. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 2, 1803, m. Mary Ford.

12. SUMNER, b. July 7, 1805, m. Mary A. I^each, d. in 1893.

SARGENT.

DANA B. SARGENT, son of Cyrus and Samantha (Chase) Sargent ;
born at Hillsborough, Feb. 3, 1847; married July 25, 1870, Elsie M.,
daughter of David C. and Rebecca (Fish) Grant. She was born Aug. 24,
1847; died Aug. 2, 1902. He died March n, 1899. He came to Lynde-

850 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

borough in 1880 and settled on the Levi H. Woodward place, where he
lived until his death. Children : —

1. MARTHA R., b. Aug. 29, 1870, m. Aug. 27, 1902, Percy W.

Putnam, son of Edwin H. and Eliza (Keyes) Putnam.

2. HARRY D., b. May 7, 1876, d. Aug. n, 1877.

3. WILLIS D., b. Nov. 5, 1880, d. May 26, 1899.

SENTER.

Benjamin Senter was the pioneer of the Senter family to settle in
L,yndeborough. He built a house situated about twenty rods south of the
road from John H. Goodrich's to the schoolhouse in Dist. No. 4. It was
here that most of his children were born, but he afterward lived in a
house that stood between the Bailey place and the old Starrett house,
North Lyndeborough. He had a numerous family, but of these we can
get no record except that of Asa. There are no descendants of any of
the brothers of Asa now living in town. Benjamin Senter was buried
in the North Lyndeborough cemetery.

ASA SENTER, son of Benjamin Senter; born Oct. 6, 1780; married
Mary Christie of New Boston. She was born June 5, 1786; died Feb. 9,
1859. He died Sept. 26, 1869. Children : —

1. MARY, b. April 22, 1805, m. George Worcester, rem. to Har-

vard, Mass., and d. there.

2. RODNEY, b. Oct. 23, 1808, rem. to Bedford, Mass.

3. HANNAH, b. July 9, 1811.

4. HIRAM, b. Aug. 6, 1814, d. July 4, 1854.

5. ACHSAH. b. Dec. 7, 1816, d. in infancy.

6. FRANKLIN, -f-

7. ACHSAH, 2ND, b. Nov. 26, 1820.

8. ANN E-, b. April 3, 1825.

FRANKLIN SENTER, son of Asa and Mary (Christie) Senter, born
April 21, 1818; married first, April 8, 1845, Pamilla, daughter of Varion
and Mary (Thompson) Balch. She was born Jan. 20, 1822; died April

9. 1854 ; married second, Eliza, daughter of David and Betsey (Gregg)
Hovey, July 2, 1854. She was born Aug. 24, 1817 ; died April 15, 1897.
He died Sept. 20, 1896. He was a quiet man, a neat farmer, and one who
had the esteem of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen. He represented
the town in the legislature in 1877-1878. Children by first wife : —

1. MARY A., b. Feb. 27, 1847, m- June 5, 1870, Almon T.

Hovey of Peterboro. She d. Feb. 18, 1882.

2. JULIA E., b. Oct. 16, 1848, m. Oct. 24, 1869, John A.

Hovey of Peterboro. He d. Oct. 6, 1881. Their chil-
dren are George W., Grace M.

3. WILLIAM F., b. Jan. 31, 1851, m. Aug. 12, 1874, Emma F.

Clark of Lowell, Mass. He rem. to Lowell in 1870. Is

GENEALOGIES 851

superintendent of repairs at the Lawrence Corporation.
Has been alderman and is a successful and influential citi-
zen. Their children are Percy W., Pamilla A., Arthur H.

4. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 25, 1852, m. Jan. 18, 1879, Mary C.

Parker of Peterboro. She d. July i, 1896. He rem. to
Santa Barbara, Cal., in 1886 and res. there now.
By second wife : —

5. CHARLES H., -|-

CHARL,ES H. SENTER, son of Franklin and Eliza (Hovey) Senter,
born Sept. 30, 1856 ; married Feb. 19, 1879, Susie, daughter of Sewall and
Agnes (Green) Watkins. She was born Sept. 22, 1855. He resides on
the homestead farm, North Lyndeborough. From 1881 until 1901 he was
a member of the board of selectmen twelve years, and has filled other
positions of trust in the town. He has been prominent in the grange
circles of the county, and is a very useful citizen. Children : —

1. ANNIE M., b. Jan. 31, 1882, m. Feb. n, 1903, Fred A.

Holt. (See Holt gen.)

2. FRANK H., b. May 31, 1883. Was drowned in the river at

Paper Mill Village, New Boston, June 27, 1896.
3 and 4. INFANT CHILDREN, unnamed, b. Sept. n, 1886, d.
Sept. ii, 1886.

SHARP.

JOSEPH SHARP, son of John and Harriet (Wilcox) Sharp, born in
Boston, June 14, 1834; married Nov. 26, 1866, Sarah, daughter of Solo-
mon and Mary (Sargent) Cram. She was born June 12, 1844. He came
to Lyndeborough in 1872 from Boston and settled in the south village,
where he died May 26, 1903. Child : —

i. RACHEL A., b. March 31, 1881.

SHEPARD.

ROBERT T. S. SHEPARD, son of Robert and Eunice (Scott) Shep-
ard, born at Amherst, March 2, 1832; married first, May n, 1853, Irene
B. Powers of Pittsfield, Me. She was born April n, 1834; died April 9,
1865 ; married second, Nov. 24, 1869, Charlotte S. Kaime of Lowell,
Mass. She was born June 9, 1836, at Barnstead, N. H. She was the
daughter of John and Pamelia E. (Rand) Kaime. He came to Lynde-
borough from Goffstown and bought the Edwin N, Patch place, where
he has since resided. He died in 1905. Children by first wife : —

1. WALTER S., -+•

2. JAMES F., b. July 30, 1859.

3. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 21, 1860, d. June 26, 1863.

4. AUGUSTA M., b. Jan. 30, 1864.
By second wife : —

5. ALFRED K., b. Sept. 28, 1870.

852 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

6. GERTRUDE M., b. Oct. 27, 1872, m. May 14, 1896, Ralph
L,. Combs of Deny. She d. Aug. 17, 1898.

WALTER S. SHEPARD, son of Robert T. S. and Irene B. (Powers)
Shepard, born Jan. 9, 1855 ; married Elizabeth M., daughter of Harry
A. and Mary (Harmond) Baker. She was born Sept. i, 1868, at Salt
Lake City, Utah. He came to Lyndeborough from Camas Creek, Fre-
mont County, Idaho, in 1902, and bought the farm in Johnson's Corner,
known as the Willis C. Perham place. He was born at Lowell, Mass.,
and went west in 1876 and entered into the ranching 'and cattle raising
business, returning east in 1902. Children, all born in Idaho : —

1. WALTER T., b. at Clear Creek, Aug. 4, 1885.

2. CHARLOTTE M., b. at Dry Creek, Jan. 19, 1888.

3. FREDERICK J., b. at Sand Creek, May 29, 1890.

4. ETHEL M., b. at Sand Creek, Aug. 24, 1892.

5. ROBERT Q., b. at Sand Creek, Oct. 30, 1895.

6. NELLIE I., b. at Camas Creek, March n, 1902, d. June 14,

1903.

SIMONDS.

JESSE SIMONDS came to Lyndeborough from Burlington, Mass.
He was born in Barnard, Vt., December, 1809. His mother died when he
was young, and he was brought up by an uncle in Burlington, Mass.
He was never married and spent most of his time in the autumn and
winter months in hunting and trapping No man in the state knew more
of the homes and habits of the fur-bearing animals than he. He lived
close to nature and the ways of birds, more especially game birds were
an open book to him. Possessing an iron constitution he performed
feats of endurance that were the wonder of the town. He lived where
Robert C. Mason now lives and built the house occupied by him. He
died June 20, 1885. He was the son of Daniel and Joanna (Balch)
Simonds.

SMITH.

JOHN SMITH married Keturah, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and
Sarah (Cram) Putnam of Lyndeborough. Children : —

1. BENJAMIN, b. July 3, 1777.

2. JOHN, b. June 20, 1779.

3. SARAH, b. Aug. 9, 1781.

4. HULDAH, b. Oct. 12, 1784.

5. KATURAH, b. Feb. 3, 1787.

6. EPHRAIM, b. April 18, 1789.

7. PAMELA, b. May 21, 1791.

8. and 9. JACOB and RACHEL (twins), b. May 5, 1794.

SMITH.
JACOB SMITH married Emma E., daughter of Joseph A. and Mary

GENEALOGIES 853

L. (Stephenson) Johnson. She was born Oct. 14, 1850; died Aug. 4,
1879. Children : —

1. ADA G., b. July 4, 1870, in Westford, Conn.

2. EDITH I., b. in L,yndeborough, March 16, 1879, m. Nov. 2,

1898, John Dolliver. (See Dolliver gen.)

SOUTHWICK.

JOHN SOUTHWICK was born in Danvers, Mass., Sept. 18, 1788; died
in Danvers, Mass., April 19, 1847 ; married May 14, 1815, Elizabeth Rus-
sell of Ipswich, Mass. She was born Dec. 3, 1792 ; died Oct. 14, 1877.
They came to North Lyndeborough soon after their marriage, in the
spring of 1815. He bought a potter's shop and a house nearly opposite
the house of John H. Goodrich and carried on the potter's business for
several years. The shop and house are both gone now. For eight years
he drove a six-horse team from Francestown to Boston and carried all the
merchandise sold at the stores. He loaded with country produce for the
down trip and with groceries, etc., back. In 1841 he removed to Danvers
and died there. Children, all but one born in Lyndeborough : —

1. JOHN RUSSELL, b. July 19, 1816, m. Sophia L,., daughter of

Asa and Alice (Nutting) Kemp of Francestown Sept. 2,
1842. She was born Aug. 26, 1821. He removed to
L,owell, Mass., soon after his marriage and for forty years
was an overseer of the " dressing" room of the Tremont
and Suffolk Corporation. He was elected councilman in
1865, and alderman in 1866 and 1867. He was a member
of the Mass, legislature in 1876. In 1879 he bought a
farm in Groton, Mass., and d. there Jan. 12, 1888.

2. WILLIAM, b. July 14, 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1818.

3. WILLIAM, b. Nov. i, 1819, d. Jan. 26, 1875, m. Marinda E.

Parker of Salem, Mass., Jan. 26, 1844. She was b. May
18, 1825, d. Nov. 12, 1881.

4. ELIZABETH S., b. Dec. 6, 1821, res. at Peabody, Mass.

5. STEPHEN A., b. March 31, 1824, m. L,ydia E. Daniels of

Salem, Mass., June 15, 1859. She was b. June 10, 1828,
res. at Peabody, Mass.

6. DAVID H., b. June 25, 1827, m. Harriet L,ord of Salem,

Mass., Sept. 24, 1868. She was b. Jan. 9, 1838, res. at
Peabody, Mass.

7. EDWIN, b. July 30, 1829, rem. to Colo, in 1849, d. Jan. 13,

1895.

8 and 9. Twins, b. May 7, 1832, d. in infancy.

10. BENJAMIN F., b. July 5, 1835, m. Oct. 20, 1868, Mary A.
Osborne of Peabody, Mass. She was b. July 17, 1839. He
was a soldier in the Civil War, with the rank of lieutenant.

854 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

He was a member of the General Court of Mass, in 1888
and councillor in 1895.
u. A son, b. in Francestown, March 20, 1838.

SPAULDING.*

Edward, Stephen and Capt. Levi were the first of the Spauldings to
come to Lyndeborough. Henry came a little later. Edward and Stephen
were brothers, sons of Ebenezer and Anna Spaulding of Nottingham
West, now Hudson, and they were probably born there. Edward was the
father of Capt. Levi of Revolutionary fame. Stephen married Martha
Foster, and Edward married Elizabeth. He bought lots 113 and 122
north of the mountain. The former lot is just east of where Robert C.
Mason lives, and the old cellar hole may still be seen. Aaron Woodward
lived there later.

Stephen bought seventy acres of lot 112 May 30, 1765, east of his
brothers', the same year that his brother bought. It is said that Reuben,
another brother of Edward, came from Hudson and settled on part of
Edward's lot. It will be seen that they all settled on the north side of the
mountain, and that the farm of the late Levi Spalding was the west part
of their large holding of land. June 15, 1771, Rachel, a daughter of
Stephen and Martha, his wife, was baptized, and it is probable that they
all came to Lyndeborough about the year 1768, perhaps a year or two
earlier. July, 1772, they are recorded as members of the church. Ed-
ward and Elizabeth had five children, none of them born in Lyndebor
ough. Capt. Levi was their only son. Stephen and Martha had ten-
children, none of them born in Lyndeborough, but it would appear that
none of these children settled in the town. Edward, Stephen and Reu-
ben were of the fourth generation from Edward, the immigrant ancestor.
Nathaniel, the son of Stephen and Martha Spaulding, was baptized Sept.
8, 1768.

CAPT. LEVI SPAULDING was of the fifth generation from Edward,
who came to this country in the earliest years of the Massachusetts
Colony, probably between 1630 and 1633. The first records of Edward
make it appear that he settled in Braintree, Mass.

Capt. Levi was born in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., Oct. 23,
I737- Just when he came to Lyndeborough is not known. He was se-
lectman in 1768 and again in 1774. He was moderator in 1781, 1782, 1784,
1786 and 1791. He was chosen representative to the General Court in
1784, and was the second to fill that office in town. (For his military
history see Chap. VII.) He married first, Anna Burns; married second,
Lois Goodrich, Dec. 30, 1778. She was born Dec. 17, 1744. In 1800 he
removed to Plainfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., where he died March i, 1825.
Children by first wife : —

1. BETSEY, b. Nov. 18, 1759, m. Holt.

2. OuvE, b. April 8, 1762, m. L/ovell Lewis, rem. to N. Y.

3. EDWARD, -f-

*Some members of this family spell the name Spalding.

GENEALOGIES 855

4. GEORGE, b. Sept. 14, 1766, was drowned when a young

man.

5. MARTHA, b. April 6, 1768, m. Joseph Knights of New Ip-

swich, N. H., rem. to Ohio.

6. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1770,

7. LEVI, +

8. JOHN, b. Sept. i, 1774.
Children by second wife : —

9. BENJAMIN G., b. Sept. 9, 1779.

10. SEWALL, b. March i, 1782.

n. Lois G., b. Feb. 16, 1784, m. Stephen Abbott, rem. to
Nashville, N. Y.

EDWARD SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Nov. 19, 1764 ;
married Mehitable Goodrich, daughter of the Rev. Sewall Goodrich of
Lyndeborough, Oct. 30, 1788. She was born Sept. 25, 1770; died July 30,
1838. He early removed to Plainfield, N. Y., thence to Alexander, N. Y.,
where he and his wife died. Children, four older born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. ANNA B., b. Sept. 15, 1789, m. first, George Grey, m. sec-

ond, Loren Hodges.

2. PHEBE P., b. Sept. i, 1791, m. Sheffield Burdick.

3. MEHITABLE. b. Nov. 16, 1793, m. Samuel Crosby.

4. NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 28, 1795.

5. GEORGE, b. Nov. i, 1797, in Plainfield, N. Y.

6. ELBRIDGE G., b. 1802.

7. LUCY, b. May 20, 1804.

8. WARREN, b. Nov. 10, 1806.

9. ELBRIDGE GERRY, -j-

ELBRIDGE GERRY SPAULDING, born Feb. 24, 1809. Was a very
wealthy and influential man in the financial circles of New York state
and the nation. He was state treasurer of New York, member of con-
gress six years and the author of the "legal tender" act passed by
congress during the Civil War.

LEVI SPAULDING, son of Capt. Levi, was born Jan. 25, 1772; killed
by falling from a high load of boxes, the sleigh running over him and
breaking his neck. He married Clara Goddard and had several children.

HENRY SPAULDING was born in Merrimack, N. H., Nov. 3, 1760.
He was of the sixth generation from Edward Spaulding of Braintree,
Mass. He came to Lyndeborough and settled on the farm where Mrs.
Ann Cummings now lives. He married Joanna Russell of Dunbarton,
N. H., Feb. n, 1787. She was born June 21, 1766; died Nov. i, 1853,
aged 87. He died May 31, 1857, aged 96 years, 6 months and 28 days.

Mr. Spaulding was highly esteemed by all who knew him for his many

856 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

virtues. He was a genial, kindly man, fond of a story or a jest. It is
said that he never had a sick day until his final illness, and that he rode
four miles to vote for Fremont and freedom, when in his g6th year. He
voted for Washington and at each successive presidential election after-
ward. He used to say he never had but two serious complaints " lame-
ness and laziness." The former he thought might have been cured, had
it been taken in season, but the latter defied all prescriptions. Chil-
dren : —

1. ACHSAH, b. Feb. i, 1788, m. I/evi Holt, 1811, d. June 2,

1841.

2. HENRY, -(-

3. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 8, 1792, d. Dec. 6, 1798.

4. HANNAH, b. Dec. 21, 1794, m. first, Stephen Chapman of

Windsor, N. H.; m. second, Elijah Gould of Antrim,
N. H.

5. ELIZABETH, b. April 9, 1796, m. James L. Morrison of

Washington, N. H. He d. Dec. 25, 1840. She d. April
i, 1851.

6. I/UCINDA, b. Aug. 23, 1798, d. Sept. n, 1853.

7. MARY, b. Sept. 20, 1800, m. Franklin Hadley of L/yndebor-

ough. (See Hadley gen.)

8. LEONARD, -}-

9. EDWARD PAGE, +

10. SAMUEL, +

11. LEVI, -}-

HENRY SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld-
ing, born Nov. 17, 1790; married Lucy Duncklee of Greenfield, N. H.,
March 23, 1819. She was born Aug. 16, 1797. He removed to Greenfield
and died Jan. 21, 1868. Child : Sarah.

LEONARD SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell)
Spaulding, born Oct. 2, 1802 ; married first, Ede Farrington of Green-
field, N. H., Sept. 15, 1831. She was born Aug. 4, 1800 ; died Jan. 26,
1856; married second, Elizabeth A. Fairbanks of Francestown, N. H.,
Dec. 8, 1856. She was born Nov. 23, 1813. He died January, 1890.
Children : Leonard, Ebenezer F., Henry B., Isaac N., Augusta C.,
Sarah M.

EDWARD PAGE SPALDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell)
Spaulding, born July 19, 1805; married Mary Dodge of Fraucestown, N.
H., April n, 1833. She was born June 23, 1812 ; died July 22, 1877. He
died Jan. 20, 1887. He was a farmer and drover and for many years did
a large business in the buying and selling of cattle. He settled on the
farm where Mrs. Edward Parry now lives. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. MARY E., b. Jan. 15, 1834, d. Feb. 19, 1834.

2. I,EVI PAGE, •+•

EDWARD PAIGE SPALDING.

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3. GEORGE E., -f-

4. MERRILL T., -f-

5. HEN«Y E., +

6. ALFRED B., b. Aug. 16, 1849. He entered Dartmouth

College in 1868. After leaving college he made teaching
his vocation. He d. Nov. 9, 1881.

7. SAMUEL A., b. June 14, 1856.

LEVI P. SPALDING. son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spald-
ing, born Dec. 25, 1835 ; married July i, 1863, Frances M., daughter of
Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Mudge) Fiske. She was born March ™, 18*6.
Children : —

1. FRED W., b. April 25, 1864, m. Oct. 17, 1901, Harriet M.

Douglas of Brighton, Mass.

2. MARY LIZZIE, b. July 23, 1865, m. April 18, 1889, Clifton

Broad of Reading, Mass. Mr. Broad was thrown from a
wagon on the road north of where R. C. Mason lives, and
so badly injured that he died a few days later, Dec. 5,
1892.

3. HENRY E., b. March 8, 1868, m. Florence Dolliver.

m. second, Mrs. Fannie Smith. Child :
Harriet.

4. HERBERT F., b. Feb. 25, 1870, d. Jan. 31, 1904.

5. SADIE M., b. Dec. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 14, 1899, Perley P.

Ray of Brighton, Mass.

6. JENNIE A., b. April n, 1879.

GEORGE E. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge)
Spalding, born April 8, 1838 ; married June 12, 1866, Abbie J., daughter
of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Dec. 23,
1842; died Nov. 24, 1883; married second, Nov. 30, 1887, Mrs. Eliza P.
Richardson, widow of Solon Richardson and daughter of Dea. William
and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Aug. 30, 1839 ; died Feb. 19,
1905. Mr. Spalding purchased the Jones homestead farm at the centre
and has lived there for many years. He is extensively engaged in the
breeding and sale of cattle, the Ayrshire breed being his favorite stock.
Children by first wife : —

1. WILLIAM P., b. March 17, 1867; d. July 16, 1879.

2. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1872.

MERRILL T. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge)
Spalding, born April 15, 1840; married first, Mrs. Martha Snow; second,
Sarah J., daughter of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wil-
ton, Nov. 20, 1895. She was born Sept. 3, 1856. Was a soldier in Civil
War. (See Chap. X.)

DR. HENRY E. SPALDING, son of Edward Page and Mary (Dodge)

858 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Spalding; born Sept. 24, 1843; married June i, 1870, Annie Osgood,
daughter of James and Lydia (Hersey) Frye.

His boyhood was spent on the farm and was uneventful as^were the
lives of average farmer's boys at that time. Since he was not especially
robust his parents encouraged his inclination to study. At the early age
of two and one-half years he found his way into the nearby district school
and from that time he was a regular attendant during the short summer
and winter terms which made up the school year. Some years the win-
ter term was supplemented by a few additional weeks of instruction at
home, his father employing a teacher for him and his older brothers. At
the age of fourteen he left home for a student's life at Appleton Academy
(later McCollom Institute), Mt. Vernon. Here and a short time ta
Francestown Academy he pursued a course of study preparatory to enter-
ing college. During the winter months he taught school as a means of
earning money toward paying his expenses the remainder of the year.

The breaking out of the Civil War found him just completing his col-
lege preparatory course of study, and with it came the question of duty
that so deeply stirred the hearts of millions. Responding to his coun-
try's call, not mentioning all other possible sacrifices and losses, meant
for him the giving up of the long coveted collegiate course of study, for
which he had been working. The decision was soon made to offer all for
the defence of the flag.

Making his personal decision he found but a short step toward enter-
ing the army service. No one under twenty years of age could be ac-
cepted without the written consent of his father or guardian. This his
father refused to give, not from lack of patriotism, for, according to his
ability, he contributed liberally in aid of the cause, but from belief that
lack of physical vigor unfitted the boy for the hardships of army life.
Subsequent events and the fact that his regimental nickname was " little
fellow " would indicate that this opinion was not groundless. The matter
was earnestly discussed at home, but the coveted consent was not ob-
tained.

A war meeting was held at the town hall. Several spoke, urging the
young men to enlist, among them his father, closing his remarks with the
offer of an extra bounty for each of the first four who would enlist. To
the surprise of all Henry sprang to his feet and offered himself as the
first of the four. The effect on the audience can readily be imagined. As
the cheering subsided enlistments followed each other in rapid succes-
sion. Together with about twenty of his classmates and friends he en-
tered camp with the i3th Regt. N. H. Volunteers. His father used every
argument that words or money could offer to induce him to return to his
home and books, but finally yielded and gave unwilling consent, when
convinced that otherwise the boy would follow the regiment as a hanger-
on, without pay or rations. The papers were signed and he was mustered
into the United States service only the day before the regiment was to
leave camp at Concord and start for the seat of war. Soon after reaching
Virginia he contracted typhoid fever. He recovered, however, sufficiently
to march with the regiment to Frederick sburg and take part in that fear-
ful battle. As spring came on he again became ill, this time with
malaria. From this there seemed little prospect of his recovering, and

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his parents were notified that he would be discharged if they would come
for him, he being too ill to make the journey alone. They sent their
family physician for him, and this ended his career as a soldier.

His early ambition had been to fit himself for a teacher. What he saw
of the inefficiency of medical treatment in the army hospitals led him to
abandon that and study medicine, for he wished to learn from personal
investigation if there was not something of real value in the science of
healing. Accordingly, as soon as his health had been sufficiently re-
stored, he commenced the study of medicine under the tutorship of J. H.
Woodbury, M. D., of Boston. He attended lectures at Harvard Medical
School, and afterwards at the New York Homeopathic Medical College,
from which latter he graduated in 1866. He immediately located in
Hingham, Mass., where he soon built up a large practice, and where he
still has a summer residence. In 1888, after several months of observation
and study in the hospitals of Europe he opened an office in Boston, where
he is now located at 535 Beacon St.

He has been a prolific writer for medical journals and for national,
state and local medical societies. He is rectal surgeon for the Boston
Homeopathic Dispensary, physician to the Burrage Hospital, physician
and obstetrician to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. He has
been lecturer at the Boston University School of Medicine and at the
Training School for Nurses. The profession has honored him with the
presidency of the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, of the Massachu-
setts Surgical and Gynecological Society and of the Massachusetts
Homeopathic Medical Society, and also with various positions of honor
and responsibility in several national medical and surgical societies.

At the age of fourteen he became a member of the Congregational
Church at I/yndeborough, and has maintained an active membership in
that denomination since. His wife is a native of Haverhill, Mass. Chil-
dren : —

1. HARRY OSGOOD, b. May 4, 1871. He was educated in the

public schools and at Derby Academy, Hingham ; gradu-
ated from Williams College in 1894 and from the Boston
University School of Medicine in 1897. He afterward lo-
cated at Jamaica Plain, in the meantime making a special
study of nervous diseases. He is now on the staff of the
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Norwich.

2. LOUISE MARIB, b. May 23, 1877.

3. BKRNICE, b. Jan. 27, 1885.

SAMUEL SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld-
ing, born April 6, 1808 ; married Ellen Shaw of Wells, England, March
14, 1836. She was born May 13, 1819. He removed to Green Bay, Mich.,
and afterward to Waterville, Wis. Children: Annie M., Mary E.,
Christopher H., Ernmeline, Joanna, Charlotte B., Lucinda, Olive J.,
Samuel E., Violet M.

LEVI SPAL,DING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spaulding,
was born Oct. 3, 1809 ; married Caroline Prince of Amherst, N. H., Dec.

860 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

3, 1839. She was born June 17, 1819, and died Aug. 20, 1894. He died
June 28, 1891. He settled on the Spaulding homestead, and was a
quaint and kindly man. A prominent trait of both his and of his
brother Edward Page's character was a generous hospitality. If anyone
was near them at meal times he was always pressed to stay and eat.
Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EMMELINE, b. Aug. 31, 1840, d. Aug. 3, 1878.

2. CHARLES, b. May 10, 1846, m. Emma W. Follansbee of

Andover, Mass., July 24, 1876. She was b. July 24, 1855.
Res. in Ashburnham, Mass. Children : Roy F., Helen L,.

BYRON STACY, son of David and Louisa (Curtis) Stacy, born in
Windsor, N. H., Nov. 18, 1837; married June 29, 1869, Sarah A., daughter
of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tarbell of Lyndeborough. She was
born Feb. 24, 1850; died Sept. u, 1882. He died June 3, 1875. He came
to Lyndeborough about 1866 and was a mechanic employed at the glass
factory. Child born in Lyndeborough : —

i. MINNIE E., b. Oct. 12, 1872, m. April 26, 1899, George W.
Hadley, son of L/evi P. and Minerva (Stevens) Hadley of
I,yndeborough.

STANDEE Y.

GEORGE A. STANDLEY, son of Robert and Mary E. Standley, born
March 3, 1871 ; married June 22, 1893, Myra, daughter of William D.
and Ellen (Hammond) Cloutman. She was born Sept. 24, 1871, in
Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Danvers, Mass., and came to Lynde-
borough in 1902 from Lynn, Mass., and bought the place known as the
Hildreth cottage. Child : —

i. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 28, 1900, in Lynn.

STAYNER.

HENRY M. STAYNER come to Lyndeborough from Amherst about
1840. He lived where William B. Raymond now lives and died there
May 16, 1843. His wife, Abigail D., died Jan. n, 1842. Of his children,
Augusta married David Day of Gloucester, Mass.; Ellen married Capt.
John Trevitt of Mont Vernon ; Josephine married Dea. Boylston of
Amherst.

STEELE.

WILLIAM P. STEELE came to Lyndeborough from Lawrence, Mass.,
December, 1857; born Nov. 22, 1826; married Adaline E., daughter of
Eleazer and Mary A. (Marshall) Putnam. She was born March 4, 1833.
He was born in Sebec, Me. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See
Chap. X.) Was in the employ of the Boston & Maine R. R. for many
years. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : —

i. NELLIE A., b. in Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1853, m.
Joseph E. Foster. He d. June 13, 1903.

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2. FRANK A., b. July 10, 1856.

3. GEORGE W., b. Nov. 10, 1858.

4. MARY A., b. Aug. 24, 1860, d. June 6, 1863.

5. ARTHUR I,., b. May n, 1866, d. June i, 1867.

6. EVA B., d. Sept. 24, 1872.

7. MAUD, b. Aug. 7, 1869, m. Feb. 18, 1892, Charles E. Phil-

lips of Swampscott, Mass.

8. HATTIE D., b. Aug. 7, 1873, m. Jan. 18, 1900, Walter H.

Murdo of Peterboro. She d. Aug. 8, 1902.

STEPHENSON.

JOHN STEPHENSON was the first of the name to come to Salem-
Canada. He is said to have come from Jersey, England. He first settled
north of the mountain in 1740, but evidently remained there but a short
time, for hearing that there was grass over the other side and as grass
was a prime necessity to those first settlers, he promptly moved over the
other side of the mountain. The grass referred to grew in those meadows
east of where W. J. Stephenson lives. Those meadows were undoubt-
edly caused by beavers damming the streams. The resulting flowage
killed the trees, and when the dams were destroyed and the land drained
wild grasses grew in abundance. He bought two lots of land which in-
cluded most of those meadows, and that land has remained in the posses-
sion of the Stephenson family ever since. When the charter of the
town of Lyndeborough was granted, April 23, 1764, he was appointed a
committee to obtain the said charter March 5, 1764, and he was author-
ized to call the first meeting of the new town. At this meeting he was
chosen town clerk, thus being the first person to hold the office in
Lyndeborough. He was continued in office several years. Most of the
family papers were destroyed when Jonathan Stephenson's house was
burned, and therefore the record is necessarily imperfect. Among the
treasured possessions of his descendants is his commission to be a
captain in Tenth Co. of the Sixth Regt. of Militia. This commission is
dated Oct. 4, 1764, and signed by B. Wentworth, governor, and by I.
Atkinson, Jr., Sec'y. Also a copy of the province laws of His Majesty's
Province of New Hampshire, printed in 1771, and presented to John
Stephenson by his friend, Benjamin Lynde, Oct. 28, 1773. He married
Abigail Shepherd of Amherst. They had six children : —

1. JOHN, -(-

2. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 3, 1769.

3. I/YDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1772, m. first, John Richardson; m. sec-

ond, Davis.

4. SARAH, b. Feb. n, 1778, m. Supply Wilson of New Ip-

swich. She d. Dec. 4, 1866.

5. WILLIAM, b. April 29, 1780, d. May 4, 1830.

6. I/UCY, b. Nov- 25, 1782, d. Feb. i, 1814.

862 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

*JOHN STEPHENSON, JR., son of John and Abigail (Shepherd)
Stephenson, born Dec. 8, 1767; married Mary Hildreth of Amherst. She
died Nov. 17, 1845. He died May, 1847. Children : —

1. SARAH, b. 1792, d. May 18, 1883.

2. MARY, b. 1794, d. Dec. 8, 1881.

3. JACOB, +

4- JOHN,

5. JOTHAM, -f

6. JONATHAN, +

JACOB STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson,
born Oct. 2, 1803 ; married Dec. 17. 1835, Lucy Harthan of Greenfield.
She died March 22, 1887. He died Feb. 17, 1867. Children : —

1. EZRA B., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 26, 1836, d. Oct. 4,

1894, at Springfield, Mass.

2. ABBY M., b. Dec. i, 1837, in Lyndeborough, d. Dec. 2,

3. ALBE, b. June 29, 1839, in Greenfield, d. at Hillsboro

Bridge.

4. LUCIA M., b. April 12, 1842, d. Nov. 8, 1844.

JOTHAM STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephen.
son, born Feb. 28, 1805 ; married July 20, 1826, Lucinda, daughter of
Heman L. and Hepsibah Sargent. She was born Oct. 29. 1806 ; died
Nov. 7, 1871. He died Oct. 14, 1883. Children : —

1. JOTHAM S., +

2. MARY L,., b. March 12, 1830, m. Joseph A. Johnson. (See

Johnson gen.)

3. JOHN H., b. Aug. 29, 1833, d. June 17, 1867. Was soldier
in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

4. JONATHAN H., b. Sept. 21, 1835, d. Dec. 27, 1864. Was

soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)

5. ELIZA A., b. March 6, 1838, m. April 20, 1865, Herbert M.

Potter.

6. WILLIAM R., b. Aug. 10, 1841, m. Dec. 31, 1872, Lottie

Felt.

7. LUCY A., b. June 9, 1846, d. Aug. 17, 1870.

8. SOLON A., b. Oct. 24, 1848, d. Nov. 12, 1849.

JOTHAM SUMNER STEPHENSON, son of Jotham and Lucinda
(Sargent) Stephenson, born June 29, 1827; married Sarah A. Powers,
Jan. 24, 1862. He died September 8, 1905. Children: —

*The Stephensons were largely interested in the mill business in I,yndeborough,
Jonothan owning a saw mill near his place and formerly one above the place where
the present mill stands. They owned a saw mill west of the Forest road, near where
Jotham S. Stephenson lived.

GENEALOGIES 863

1. L,ILLIAN.

2. HARTWELL M.

3. CHARLES.

JONATHAN STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth)
Stephenson ; born March 19, 1807 ; married Sept. 30, 1843, Emily, daugh-
ter of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. She was born April 4,
1817 ; died July 6, 1892. He died Nov. 16, 1903. He was a man who com-
manded the respect, confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow-
townsmen. His strict integrity and sterling sense made his advice to be
sought, and placed him in many positions of trust in town affairs. For a
long series of years he had charge of the town's poor, and many of the
buildings at the town farm were built or improved under his supervision.
He was many times one of the board of selectmen, and, in fact, he held at
one time or another about all the offices the town could give him. His
house was totally destroyed by fire, but was soon replaced by a new one.
He died Nov. 10, 1903. Children : —

1. MARIA H., b. Sept. 26, 1845, d. Sept. 7, 1879.

2. EDWARD J., b. Jan. 15, 1850, res. in Rollinsville, Colo.,

where he has long time been a mining prospector.

3. WILUS j., +

4 and 5. ETTA M. and EMMA M. (twins), b. Sept. 12, 1859.
Etta M. m. Frank H. Joslin. (See Joslin gen.) Emma M.
m. Perley W. Hadley and. res. in Temple.

WILLIS J. STEPHENSON, son of Jonathan and Emily (Woodward)
Stephenson; born Sept. 20, 1852; married Nov. 27, 1884, Frances C.,
daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Andrews) Goodhue of Hancock.
She was born Nov. n, 1854. He lived in Colorado for a number of years
in young manhood days, but returned to take charge of the Stephen-
son homestead, which has always been owned by his ancestors since it
was cleared of the virgin forest. Child : —

i. ERNEST J., b. May 8, 1893.

STEVENS.

GEORGE H. STEVENS, born at Francestown Aug. 13, 1834 ; married
first, Dec. 25, 1862, Hattie S. Burnham of New Boston. She was born
June 12, 1839 ; died March 30, 1872 ; married second, Sept. 24, 1872, Mary
P., daughter of Dea. John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Goodrich. She was
born May i, 1839. He died Feb. 9, 1901. Children by first wife : —

1. ASAHEL D., b. at Lowell, Nov. 27, 1864.

2. ALBERT B., b. at L/yndeborough Dec. 18, 1871.
Child by second wife : —

3. CHARLES E., b. at Lyndeborough April 3, 1874, d. March

14, 1878.

STILES.

MOSES STILES, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gary) Stiles ; born in

864 H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Boxford, Mass., Feb. n, 1704; married Oct. 17, 1737, Phebe, daughter of
John and Sarah (Holt) Cram. She was born at Hampton Falls, July 8,
1712. He lived on the Lakin place. Children : —

1. MOSES, +

2. JOHN, +

3. SAMUEL, m. Sarah Button.

4. REUBEN, b. in Salem-Canada, June 13, 1749, was killed by

the falling of the frame of the meeting house at Wilton,
Sept. 7, 1773.

5. ASAHEL, -f

6. AARON.

MOSES STILES, JR., son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; mar-
ried Sarah . Children : —

1. SARAH, b. March 24, 1762.

2. MOSES, b. June 6, 1765, m. Mary Holt.

3. AARON, b. Sept. 18, 1767, m. Abial Sadler.

4. MARY, b. June 14, 1770, d. Sept. 8, 1777.

5. PHEBE, b. June 22, 1774, d. Sept. 5, 1777.

6. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 15, 1776, d. Sept. 9, 1777.

7. SAMUEL, b. April 19, 1779, m. Betsey Cram.

JOHN STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles; married
Susanna Chamberlain. Children : —

1. JOHN, b. Oct. 22, 1778, d. April 16, 1786.

2. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 4, 1780, d. May 12, 1786.

3 and 4. MESECH W., BETTY (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1783, d. Feb.

10, 1783.
5. JOHN, b. May 17, 1786.

ASAHEL STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; married
Sarah Button. Children : —

1. DANIEL, b. Oct. 21, 1768.

2. ESTHER, b. Aug. 25, 1770, d. March 27, 1785.

3. SARAH, b. March 17, 1773.

4. HANNAH, b. Feb. 27, 1775.

5. RHODA, b. Sept. 8, 1778.

6. REUBEN, b. Dec. 30, 1780.

7. ASAHEL, b. Oct. 20, 1783.

8. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1786.

STILES.

DAVID STILES, son of Asa and Huldah (Bixby) Stiles; born at Mid-
dleton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1779; died June 25, 1870; married Betsey E.,
daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Clark) Mack of Londonderry, N. H.

GENEALOGIES 865

" Squire " Stiles was a prominent figure in the life of Lyndeborough in
his day. He was the third postmaster appointed in the town, serving
from April, 1835, to May, 1837. He was selectman, 1839-1841, and held
other town offices. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and
was much engaged in settling estates. He was a surveyor, also, and the
running of lines and surveying land occupied much of his time. He was
a man of much ability, quaint and original in his expressions, and his
opinions were much respected. He lived where William H. Clark now
lives. He was a resident at different times of Temple, Wilton, Milford
and Lyndeborough. Children, born in Temple : —

1. ELIZA J., b. Aug. 10, 1809, d. Oct. 14, 1868.

2. DAVID, -}-

3. FRANCES, b. Sept. 12, 1814.

DAVID STILES, son of David and Betsey (Mack) Stiles, born Feb. 4,
1811 ; married May 13, 1841, Maria M., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah
(Clark) Goodrich. She was born April 23, 1810 ; died Dec. 31, 1885. He
was the fourth postmaster at I/yndeborough. He was killed by being
run over by a train at the railroad crossing above South Lyndeborough,
Jan. 24, 1881. It was a cold winter morning and he was probably so
wrapped up as to be unable to hear the engine. Children : —

1. BENJAMIN G., b. in L/yndeborough, Jan. 9, 1845, d. Jan.

28, 1845.

2. MARIA, b. in L/yndeborough,' Jan. 2, 1847, d. Jan. 2, 1847.

3. DAVID A., -f-

4. MARIA E., b. May n, 1861, at Mt. Vernon, d. April 5,

1868.

5. L/UCY S., b. in Mt. Vernon, March 28, 1854.

DAVID A. STILES, son of David and Maria (Goodrich) Stiles, born
June 24, 1849; married Eugelia J. Brooks of Greenfield, Nov. 27, 1873.
He taught school in Lyndeborough for a number of terms. Children : —

1. L/ILLIAN, b. May 15, 1877.

2. EDITH M., b. Jan 23, 1879.

3. ANNABELI,, b. Jan. 13, 1883.

4. L/UCY, b. Nov. 21, 1886.

STRATTON.

DAVID STRATTON took a deed of part of the lot where Melchize-
deck Boffee was located in 1745. This lot is now the farm of Andy Holt.
The first information we have of him is that he came to Lyndeborough
in company with William Holt, and built a log house about 40 rods
south of where Andy Holt lives, and the two spent the first winter of
their stay in hunting and trapping bears. Later William Holt bought
the proprietors' rights in two lots now owned by Benjamin G. Herrick,
while Stratton bought and improved the lot where he was. The farm
was alternately owned by the Holt and Stratton families several times.
We have made diligent search but are not sure where Stratton came

866 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

from to Lyndeborough, but it is probable he came from Andover, Mass.
Rev. Frank G. Clark says James Stratton settled on Cornelius Tarbell's
right, and that David might be a son of James but it is more likely they
were brothers. There is nothing in the town records to show that James
had any children born in Lyndeborough, but there is the following rec-
ord of the children of David Stratton and Eunice, his wife . —

1. EUNICE, b. June 13, 1774.

2. DAVID, b. Aug. 25, 1776.

3. JOHN, b. Jan. n, 1779.

4. RACHEL, b. April 24, 1781,

5. RICHARD, b. April n, 1783.

SWASEY.

EDWIN SWASEY, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Ladd) Swasey, born
May 20, 1815, at Meredith, N. H.; married April 5, 1842, Mary E.,
daughter of Joel and Betsey ( Shattuck) Tarbell. She was born Feb. 2,
1820. He came to Lyndeborough from Milford, Mass., in 1880, and with
his wife assumed the management of the boarding house at South
Lyndeborough village, owned by his brother-in-law, Joel H. Tarbell.
He died June 4, 1904. Children, all but Mary E. born at Manchester : —

1. MARY E., b. at Lowell, Aug. 2, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1853.

2. EMMA E., b. Aprils, 1848, d. Oct. 18, 1849.

3. EDWIN B., b. April 21, 1851, d. Aug, 21, 1853.
3. ELLA M., b. April 20, 1853, d. July 12, 1855.

5. GEORGE E., b. July 21, 1857, m. Mary Burns of Milford,

Mass., d. Aug. 26, 1904.

6. LAURA S., b. Feb. 14, 1860, d. August, 1860.

7. LILLIAN M., b. June 17, 1866, m. Feb. 9, 1892, Oscar E.

Cram. (See Cram gen.)

SWINNINGTON.

ALBERT E. SWINNINGTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Farnum)
Swinnington, born May 30, 1855 ; married S. Kate, daughter of Eli C.
and Betsey Ann Curtis, June 29, 1881. He came to Lyndeborough from
Mont Vernon, N. H. Child : —

i. E. CLARABEL, b. May 2, 1897.

TARBELL.

JOEL TARBELL was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Barrett) Tarbell,
born July 9, 1793 ; married first, Betsey Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan
Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass. She died Oct. 29, 1829, in Bolton, Mass.;
married second, Mary Mansfield of Rindge, Oct. 10, 1831. She was born
Nov. 8, 1807; died Dec. 6, 1873. He died Sept. 18, 1851. Children by
first wife, born in Mason: —

I. JOEL H., +

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2. MARY E., b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. Edwin Swasey of I^aconia.

(See Swasey gen.)

3. WILLIAM, b. July 4, 1824, m. Mary A. Noyes of Amherst

He kept the hotel at South L,yndeborough for a short time.
By second wife : —

4. L,Evi, b. Aug. 8, 1832, d. Dec. 9, 1832.

5. CHARGES, -+-

6. SoivON, b. in Mason, now Greenville, Oct. 4, 1835 ; m. first,

Jan. i, 1863, Abigail Burton of Wilton. She was b. July
29, 1833, d. March 28, 1887; m. second, Myra Gregg of
Peterboro, Jan. i, 1894. She was b. Jan. 8, 1836. He d.
in Peterboro.

7. ALONZO, m. Sarah C. Piper. Res. in Manchester.

8. HIRAM, -f-

9. JOSEPH, -f-

10. ESTHER J., b. Oct. 2, 1846, d. Oct. 18, 1849.

11. Willis, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. Oct. 14, 1849.

CAPT. JOEL H. TARBEIvI/ was descended from Thomas Tarbell,
one of the original proprietors of Groton in 1661. The name is not a
common one in this country. Joel H. was of the fourth generation
from Thomas of Groton. His father, Joel, lived for a time in Lynde-
borough. Joel Harrison Tarbell was emphatically a self-made man. He
had but'meagre opportunity for schooling but made the most of those
chances. After the age of twelve years he was apparently thrown on
his own resources, and had to fight the battle of life without much
help. In 1828 he was at Bolton, Mass., caring for a stable and assisting
in a drug store and the postoffice. While here he lived with Dr. Amos
Parker and had five weeks of schooling at a Quaker school taught by
Elder Frye in Berlin, Mass., walking to and from school morning and
evening, this being the- only education ever received except from the
common district school. While he was here his mother died, Oct. 29,
1829, leaving him without a parental home. He returned to New Hamp-
shire at the age of fourteen and went to work for Ebenezer Stiles of
Temple, attending short terms of the district school in winter. He re-
mained in this family until about twenty years of age, becoming ac-
quainted with farm life in all its details. One year after the death of
Mr. Stiles he went to Pepperell, Mass., and worked one season and then
came back to Lyudeborough, where he resided until his death.

At the time of his marriage he settled in what is now called the village
of South Lyndeborough, and entered into the business of hotel keeping*
and also farming in a small way. He soon found his business growing.
Always cheerful and urbane, he made an model landlord, and his place
was popular with the traveling public and with the summer boarders
that began to come to the place. After about fifteen years at this busi-
ness he changed to that of the general country store, which he and his
descendants have kept until the present writing. Ever courteous and

868 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

obliging, he built up a large trade for such a place. Always helping to
make the village more attractive, he interested himself in all the material
things that tended to its upbuilding. He was a kind and helpful friend
to the unfortunate and the poor and needy. He was honored by the
town in being elected to many public offices, the duties of which he dis-
charged with fidelity. He was captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. at
the time they volunteered to go into the U. S. service, and his military
record may be found elsewhere.

Capt. Joel H. Tarbell, son of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck)Tarbell was born
in Mason Feb. 6, 1816; married Jan. 15, 1839, Esther, daughter of
Ephraim and Esther (Pearson) Putnam. She was born June 8, 1818;
died Nov. 14, 1901. He died Feb. 14, 1891. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. SANFORD P., b. July 5, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 1842.

2. CHARLES F., +

3. SARAH A., b. Feb. 24, 1850, m. Byron Stacy of Windsor,

N. H. (See Stacy gen.)

CHARLES F. TARBELL, son of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tar-
bell; born Nov. 19, 1843; married May 18, 1865, Emily, daughter of
Rufus and Martha J. (Upton) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was
born March 3, 1844. He died Feb. 24, 1888. He was a merchant at South
Lyndeborough, associated with his father in keeping the store, and in
general trade. He was elected town clerk in the spring of 1871, and with
the exception of 1880 held the office continuously until 1885, when he
was succeeded by Edgar A. Danforth. He held other public office, and
was a courteous and efficient officer. He was quiet and anassuming in
manner, and had the respect and esteem of his associates and towns-
people. Like his father he was interested in military matters, and was a
soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndebor-
ough : —

1. WALTER S., +

2. CHARLES H., -}-

WALTER S. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain)
Tarbell; born Jan. 2. 1867; married Oct. 30, 1890, Lizzie G., daughter of
Isaiah B. and Mary J. (Holt) Curtis. She was born April 3, 1871. He
succeeded his father and grandfather in the business at South Lyndebor-
ough. He is justice of the peace and prominent in several organizations
and in social circles. Child, born in Lyndeborough : —

i. GERTRUDE E., b. Sept. 30, 1898.

CHARLES H. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain)
Tarbell ; born June 28, 1874 ; married Oct. 20, 1897, Annie A., daughter
of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. She was born
Nov. n, 1871. He is town treasurer, and was for a while associated with
his brother, Walter S., in the store at South Lyndeborough. Child, born
in Lyndeborough : —

i. CAROLYN E., b. Nov. 26, 1898.

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CHARLES TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ;
born in Greenville, Sept. n, 1833 ; married Nov. 19, 1854, Emma F.,
daughter of Capt. Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler of Wilton. She
was born June 17, 1834. He died April 2, 1896. He was selectman in
1871, and represented the town in the General Court in 1880-81. He re-
sided in Perham Corner, where Oliver Perham first built, Children : —

1. NELO W., +

2. FRED H., +

NELO W. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma F. (Tyler) Tarbell ;
born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1855 ; married first, April 9, 1879, Anna
L. Kimball of Wilton. She was born March 30, 1855 ; died Aug. 13, 1882 ;
married second, Jennie M. Whitney of Nashua ; born April 21, 1861. Re-
sides in Nashua. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. SAMUEL K., b. Jan. 2, 1880.

2. JOSEPHINE F., b. July 15, 1881.

FRED H. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma (Tyler) Tarbell ; born
at Wilton July 21, 1870; married Nov. 8, 1892, Emma C., daughter of
Albert and Sarah (Davis) Foster of Lyndeborough. She was born at
Brookline July 29, 1872. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : —

1. PAUL HARRISON, b. Nov. 20, 1895, d. Feb. i, 1896.

2. MYRTLE M., b. Jan. 13, 1899, d. July 12, 1899.

3. AMY GLADYS, b. May 28, 1900.

4. DORIS K., b. May 9, 1903.

HIRAM TARBELL. son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born at
Mason, N. H., March 7, 1840; married Feb. 22, 1865, Martha N, Murch of
Portland, Me. She was born Aug. 25, 1837 ; died May 5, 1903. He re-
sides at Manchester. Children : —

1. ALICE F., b. Jan. 2, 1867, at L/yndeborough.

2. FANNIE I., b. March 3, 1873, at I,yndeborough.

3. ARTHUR C., b. May 26, 1875, at Manchester, N. H.

4. GRACE K., b. Dec. 16, 1876, at Manchester, N. H.

JOSEPH TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born
Feb. 22, 1844 ; married June 6, 1867, Amaret, daughter of Joshua S. and
Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was born June 26, 1847. Re-
sides in Hancock. Children, born in Lyndeborough : —

1. SANFORD M., b. May 23, 1879.

2. EDITH E., b. Sept. 19, 1880, m. April 27, 1904, Henry E.

Fiske of Dublin.

TAY.

NATHANIEL TAY was born at Reading, Mass. He came to Lynde-
borough from Nelson, N. H., but had previously lived at Fitchburg. In
1820, in company with Elias Mclntire, he bought the farm where Dea.
Nathaniel T. Mclntire lives, each owning an equal share. He married

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Rachel, daughter of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder. She was born
March 8, 1769 ; died at Lyndeborough, Sept. 6, 1828. He died at Lynde-
borough March 23, 1836. His marriage with Rachel Kidder was his sec-
ond marriage ; we have no record of his first.

TAY.

FRANK B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay ; born in
Bedford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1837; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Elizabeth
White of Middleton, Mass. She died March 9, 1865 ; married second,
Sept. 26, 1872, Sarah J. Wright of Maiden, Mass.; married third, Oct. 4,
1888, Mrs. Mary E. Goldsmith, daughter of Burnham and Mary (Sawyer)
White of Andover, Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1845. He came to Lynde-
borough from Stoneham, Mass., in 1878, and bought the French place
north of Badger Pond. He was a soldier in the Civil War.

BRADLEY B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay, built a
house on the top of the mountain, south of R. C. Mason's, and resides
there summers.

TWITCHEL.

ASA TWITCHEL came to Lyndeborough from Peterborough and
settled on the place now known as the Twitchel place, North Lynde-
borough. It is now used as a summer home by Mrs. M. A. Sweetser of
Stoneham, Mass. We have endeavored to ascertain who the first settler
was on this land. It was probably one of the Lewis family but nothing
definite is known. People by the name of Crosby lived on the place
at one time, and later Hezekiah Duncklee lived there. Mr. and Mrs.
Twitchell removed to Peterborough about 1860. Mr. Twitchell had a
sister, Mary, who lived with him. We have no record of the family.
Mr. Twitchell used to display a large collection of geological specimens
on his front yard fence, part of which was bought by the writer, and
some of which are still in his possession.

TYLER.

CAPT. LEVI TYLER, born Oct. 22, 1800; married Sept. 27, 1825,
Rhoda, daughter of William and Sarah (Ballard) Pettengill of Wilton.
She was born Sept. 5, 1803. He died May 26, 1870. He came to Lynde-
borough in 1840 and built a mill northwest of South Lyndeborough
village, afterward owned by C. Henry Holt and later by Hadley Bros.
He was a millwright and carpenter. He acquired his rank as captian in
the 22nd Cavalry Regt., N. H. Militia. Children, none but Erastus born
in Lyndeborough : —

1. SARAH B., b. Dec. 19, 1826, m. Oct. 25, 1849, Abel S.

Boynton. Res. in Wisconsin.

2. L,EVI A., -f-

3. RHODA M., b. Nov. 29, 1829, m. Jonathan P. Richardson of

L/yndeborough. (See Richardson gen.)

4. EMMA F., b. June 17, 1834, m. Charles Tarbell of L/ynde-

borough. (See Tarbell gen.)

GENEALOGIES 871

5 ERASTUS F., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 26, 1844, d. Feb.
24, 1845.

LEVI ANDREW TYLER, son of Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler,
born April 17, 1828; married Hannah, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Lor-
ing) Curtis, Dec. 24, 1853. She was born June 26, 1835 ; died Aug. 20,
1884; married second, April 6, 1886, Mrs. Frances A. Bales of Wilton.
Children : —

1. ISABELLE V., b. Jan. 27, 1855, m. Jerome B. Shedd of

Peterboro.

2. ANNA V., b. May 29, 1860, d. Feb. 5, 1897.

3. OLIVA B., b. July 15, 1868, m. B. A. French of Wilton.

UPTON.

ELIJAH UPTON was a descendant of Richard and Rachel (Rich)
Upton of Wilmington, Mass. Their son Paul, born at Wilmington,
Aug. 12, 1751, was the father of Elijah. Elijah was born at Wilmington,
Nov. 6, 1785 ; married first, April 18, 1813, Alice, daughter of Aaron and
Phebe (Farnum) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Dec. 7, 1792,
and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1832 ; married second, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford. Elijah the son of Paul and
Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, died at Lyndeborough, Feb. 4, 1835. He
lived a short distance west of South Lyndeborough village, in a house
built for the use of the one that tended the grist mill there. Elijah
was the miller for some years. Children born at Lyndeborough : —

1. ALICE, b. Jan. 24, 1814, d. Nov. 18, 1847.

2. ELIJAH, b. May 29, 1816, d. Nov. 29, 1832.

3. JOSEPH, b. March 18, 1818, m. Eliza A. Frost, d. at

Nashua, March 24, 1885.

4. MARTHA J., b. Jan. 14, 1821, m. Rufus Chamberlain. (See

Chamberlain gen.)

5. NANCY A., b. May 21, 1823, d. Oct. i, 1832.

6. MARY J., b. Sept. 27, 1826, d. Aug. 3, 1830.

7. ALBERT, b. Dec. 21, 1828, d. July 25, 1829.

8. BENJAMIN F., b. Sept. 27, 1830, m. Addie Stewart of Green-

field, Dec. 25, 1857.

RUSSELL UPTON, son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton,
married first, Feb. 3, 1814, * Susan Dutton of Lyndeborough, and second,
Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Gray of Wilton. She
was born March 5, 1795. They were married Feb. 5, 1822. She was a
sister of Dr. Israel Herrick's second wife. He lived where Adoniram
Russell built near Buttrick's mills. By his first wife he had three
children : Mary Ann, Susan and William, and by the second marriage,
four children : George, Russell, Lydia, Albert.

* She was the daughter of William and Susanna (Reed) Dutton, born Oct. 18, 1795 ;
died Feb. 25, 1821. Russell Upton died Sept. 27, 1841.

872 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

WARRKN.

EDWARD K. WARREN, son of Laban and Helen (Kibby) Warren,
born Jan. 28, 1863 ; married July 9, 1892, Minnie A., daughter of Myron
D. and Susan S. (Bowen) Magoon of Greenfield. She was born Jan. 25,
1873. Mr. Warren came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1896, and
bought the farm of Willis C. Perham, thence he removed to the village
at the center. Children : —

1. CORA M. b. Aug. 23, 1893.

2. EDWARD G., b. Aug. 23, 1895.

3. HEI^N S., b. June i, 1904.

WATKINS.

OLIVER WATKINS, son of Jacob S. and Maria (Wheelwright) Wat-
kins, born October, 1823 ; married Mrs. Ix>is Barrett, daughter of William
Meserve, and widow of Moody Barrett. She was born April 14, 1822 ;
died April 14, 1892. He died March 16, 1891. He came to Lyndeborough
from Boston about 1860, and lived on what is now known as the Watkins
place, North Lyndeborough, where he kept a summer boarding house
for many years. Child : —

i. - , b. July 25, 1864, m. Sept. 18, 1882, Frank Gardner

of Perkinsville, Vt.

WEINMAN.

Thomas Wellman came from Wales in the early days of the Massa-
chusetts Colony and settled in Lynnfield. Jacob, his descendant of the
fourth generation, was the first of the family to come to Salein-Canada.
Rev. Frank G. Clark says in his Historical Address, that "he bought a
proprietor's right April 16, 1742, and occupied home lot No. 57, where
David D. Clark afterward lived. The first house was in the field north
of the present buildings. The house now occupied by Mr. Carson is
probably one of the oldest in town." From the foregoing it will be
seen that Mr. Wellman was one of the band of hardy pioneers, the first
settlers of Salem-Canada. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth
(Taylor) Wellman, born April 24, 1720, at L,ynnfield, Mass. He married
Jane Johnson, probably of Dunstable, Mass., and it would seem from the
records at hand that he came to Salem-Canada from Dunstable. Owing
to the depredations of the Indians he evidently soon returned, for Jacob,
Jr., his eldest son, was born there. That he returned to Salem-Canada
as soon as it was safe to do so, is evident from the fact that his second
child, James, was born in Salem-Canada. He was a captain in the army.
(See Chap. VII). It is said of him, "that he faithfully discharged all
the duties pertaining to the many offices which were conferred upon him
at Lyndeborough." He died Sept. 22, 1797, aged 78 years. Children of
Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman : —

1. JACOB, JR., -f-

2. JAMES, b. in 1747, d. in the army during the Revolution.

GENEALOGIES 873

3. ABRAHAM, b. in 1748, m. Rebecca Pearsons. He served in

the Continental Army, and lived some years after the close
of the war. He received a pension. Rem. to Maine about

1785-

4. JOHN, +

5. ANN, b. in 1750, m. John Howes.

6. ELIZABETH, b. in 1751, m. Joseph Robeson.

JACOB WELLMAN, JR., son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Well-
man ; born May 13, 1746, in Dunstable, Mass.; married first, Hannah,
daughter of Dea. Melchisedek Boffee of Lyndeborough. She was born
May 5, 1745 ; died Jan. 28, 1793 ; married second, Elizabeth Moore. She was
born Aug. 9, 1757; died in Sept., 1848. He died April 20, 1834. He was
a soldier in the Continental Army, and in the winter of 1775 marched to
Charlestown and encamped at Winter Hill, and was wounded in the Bat-
tle of Bunker Hill. The next day he was carried to the hospital at Cam-
bridge and when sufficiently recovered returned to Lyndeborough.

It is related of him that in company with Thomas Johnson he was in
the woods one day in search of timber when they saw a bear approaching.
One of them had an axe in his hand and the other a handspike, and they
held their ground, standing perfectly still. The bear came on until
pretty near them, then stopped and began growling and making other
hostile demonstrations, but suddenly hitched back a few steps and fled
from their sight. Wellman said Johnson was paler than he was when
facing the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. At another time, in com-
pany with another man, hunting bears, they had driven one into its den,
in which there were some cubs. Wellman agreed to crawl into the
cave, having first fastened a rope to his ankles and instructed his com-
panion to pull him out if he jerked the rope. With his musket in his
hand he cautiously crawled into the cave until he could see the bear's eyes
glisten, then took aim and fired and lost no time in backing out. They
then built a fire to smoke out the cubs. But after awhile they found the
old bear dead, and the cubs, two in number, suffocated. To crawl into a
den where there was a bear guarding her cubs would seem to require
nerve of the highest kind. Children by first wife : —

1. HANNAH, b. Sept. 13, 1767, m. David Jennings of L,ynde-

borough. They had two or three sons and a daughter.

2. JACOB, 4-

3. DAVID, b. Nov. 28, 1772, m. Sarah Faxon. Was county

sheriff and d. in Washington, N. H.

4. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 20, 1773, d. March, 1835. Was a soldier

in the army five years, and went with the troops to the
banks of the Mississippi River in 1792, when our territories
were threatened by French and Spanish. He was a man
of strict integrity of character.

5. THOMAS, b. Feb. 4, 1777, m. L/ydia Knowlton, rem. to

Maine. They had thirteen children.

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6. MARY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, m. 1802, Jonathan Bosworth of Hart-

ford, Me. She d. Dec. 1825.

7. BETSEY, b. Feb. 17, 1781, m. Jan. 30, 1803, Stephen Bos-

worth of Buckfield, Me. She d. July, 1816.

8. JAMES, b. Feb. 25, 1783, m. Jan. 26, 1806, Sarah Francis.

She was b. Oct. 15, 1786. He rein, to Farmington, Me.,
in 1805.

9. EBENEZER BRYANT, b. June 7, 1785, m. 1810, Carrie

Parker, rein, to Maine.

10. JOHN, -f-

Children by second wife : —

11. WILLIAM M., b. Dec. 20, 1795, d. Feb. 19, 1812.

12. DANIEL, b. Jan. 13, 1798, d. March 29, 1798.

JACOB WEIvL/MAN, son of Jacob, Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ;
born Feb. 17, 1771 ; married Sarah Orne. She died April 4, 1866. He
died Oct., 1817. Children : —

1. THOMAS, b. 1794, in. Irene Miner.

2. SARAH, m. Francis Cram.

3. HANNAH, m. Alden Casey.

4. JACOB, m. Sophie Miner.

JOHN WELIvMAN, son of Jacob Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ;
born July 18, 1790; married Betsey Moore. She was born Dec. 25, 1795.
He was a member of the Calvin ist Baptist Church for fifty years, and was
generally known as "John the Baptist." He died in 1855. Children : —

1. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1819, d. 1852, committed suicide.

2. JESSE P., b. July 4, 1821, was supposed to have been killed

in a railroad accident at Norwalk, Conn.

3. NANCY E., b. Feb. 24, 1823, m. Daniel Sargent of Milford.

4. JOHN, b. March 15, 1825.

5. HANNAH J., b. June n, 1827, d. Jan. 21, 1838.

6. ISRAEL W., b. March i, 1829, rem. to Stoddard.

7. KEZIAH, b. May 5, 1831, m. Hiram Story, rem. to Antrim,

1889.

8. JAMES M., b. Sept. 30, 1835. Was a soldier in the Civil

War. (See Chap. X.)

9. MARY J., b. Jan. 17, 1839.

JOHN WEI/LMAN, son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman ;
born 1758; married Ann Thissell. He died June 30, 1826; she died
March 23, 1851, aged eighty years. He was a soldier in the Continental
Army. Children : —

i. POLLY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, d. Sept. n, 1863.

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2. JOHN, 2ND, d. Dec. 21, 1875. He lived on the same farm
and in the same house in which he and his father were
born. He was more commonly known as "Spud" Well-
man.

WILDER.

ERWIN D. WILDER, son of Cyrus and Nancy (Erwin) Wilder, born
at New Boston, Oct. 14, 1828; married Jan. n, 1854, Sarah E., daughter
of Peter and Elizabeth (Messer) Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. She was
born Oct. 10, 1832. He came to I/yndeborough from Nashua in 1865,
and in 1867 settled on the Daniel Boardman place, North Lyndeborough,
purchasing it of his brother, Alfred. He is a carpenter and builder, and
also a farmer. He was selectman in 1876, and is a man well liked in the
community. Children, the three older born at Nashua : —

1. ALFRED E., b. Feb. 25, 1855, m. March 12, 1879, Charlotte

A., dau. of John and Mary (Crombie) Andrews of New
Boston. She was b. Nov. 5, 1848. He d. Dec. 19, 1903.
Child : Mary E., b. June 23, 1883.

2. CHARGES F., b. Jan. n, 1857, m. June 9, 1879, Mary F.

Whittier of Newton, N. H. She was b. March 4, 1861.
Children: Howard E., b. April 3, 1885; Mabel E., b.
Nov. 27, 1888 ; Wallace W. Res. at Amesbury, Mass.

3. ARTHUR W., b. Oct. 2, 1860, m. June 2, 1888, Clara E.

Peaslee of Roxbury, Mass. She was b. June 2, 1866.

Children : Erwin S., b. March 21, 1889 ; Esther W. Res.
at Newton, ^N. H.

4. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, Sept. 13, 1868, m. Sept.

21, 1892, Adria A., dau. of Emery and Ella (Russell)
Holt, b. Jan. 8, 1873. Children : Bertha E., b. Oct. 26,
1900: Gladys Elizabeth, b. at New Boston, Nov. 21,
1901 ; Carl Emery, b. Aug. 27, 1903 ; Ruth Gertrude, b.
at I/yndeborough, June 5, 1905.

ALFRED WILDER, a brother of Erwin D., born in 1826; came to
Lyndeborough from Nashua and lived for a few years on the Boardman
place. He married Naomi McConnihee of Mont Vernon. He removed
to Greenville and later to Milford, where he died December, 1898. Of
his four children one, George, was born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1865.

WILKERSON.

EDWIN C. WILKERSON, son of Herbert and Flora (Putnam)
Wilkerson, born Aug. 20, 1873, ifl Wilton ; married Rebecca, daughter of
Hugh and Margaret (Archie) Morrison of Yorkshire, England, Nov. 20,
1895. She was born Aug. 13, 1871. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

i. HILDA M., b. July 7, 1897.

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2. GERTRUDE, b. Feb. 2, 1899.

3. BERTRAM C., b. March 24, 1903.

WIUJAMS.

THOMAS A. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams,
born at Manchester, England, Nov. 5, 1857; married Nov. 10, 1881,
Hattie E., daughter of Phineas Collier of Boston, Mass. She was born
Nov. 20, 1861. He lived at the Bixby place and was postmaster at the
centre from 1889 until the office was discontinued in 1901. He was tax
collector in 1900-1901. Resides in Boston. Child : —

i. HERBERT C.,b. Jan. 27, 1887.

JAMES H. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams,
born at Manchester, England; married first, Lizzie J. Leach of Waltham,
Mass ; married second, Hattie E. Hapgood of Standish, Me. Children : —

1. ANNIE E., b. Jan. 7, 1876, at Peru, Me.

2. THOMAS A., b. July 3, 1881, at Hartford, Me.

WILSON.

ALBRO M. WILSON, son of Griffin and Elizabeth (Stevens) Wilson,
born in Nelson, April i, 1846; married July 18, 1874, Rosa M., daughter
of Edward and Betsey (Way) Sulham. She was born March 19, 1857.
Was in the provision business at South Lyndeborough for a while.
Removed to Milford in 1886, where he died April 14, 1902. Children, all
born in Lyndeborough but the youngest : —

1. ALBERT G., b. Dec. 19, 1875. Res. in Milford.

2. ELMER M., b. April 9, 1877, m. March 3, 1900, Georgia

F. H., dau. of Stephen and Maria (Martin) Blanchard.
Res. in Milford.

3. GEORGE S., b. July 19, 1883.

4. HAROLD L/., b. in Milford, Sept. 19, 1895.

WIIySON.

MILLARD WILSON, son of David and Lois (Messer) Wilson, born
Nov. 27, 1851 ; married Sept. 5, 1880, Ida L., daughter of David and
Lenora (Kendall) Morse of Alexandria, N. H. She was born Oct. 23,
1859. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1898, and settled on
the Manning place, north of the mountain. Children : —

1. WILLIAM P., b. April 6, 1881.

2. DAVID E., b. June 14, 1883.

WINN.

GEORGE E. WINN, son of Erwin and Jane (Pollard) Winn, born
April 18, 1844, in Bennington ; married first, Feb. 22, 1867, C. S. Smith,
daughter of Louis and Cynthia Smith. She was born June, 1849 ; married
second, Nov. 14, 1892, Camelia W., daughter of Freeman and Ruth

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(Jackman) Elkins and widow of David S. Draper. She was born Sept.
15, 1845. He was a soldier during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Chil-
dren by first wife, all born in Wilton : —

j. GEORGE A., b. Feb. 4, 1868.

2. MARY E., b. March, 1870.

3. IDA J., b. Aug. 13, 1872.

4. FRANK A., b. Nov. 23, 1879, m. Jan. i, 1903, Clara B.,

dau. of Daniel A. and May (Hoyt) Colby of Francestown.

WHEELER.

Nathan Wheeler was one of the early settlers of Temple. He married
Lydia Adams of Concord, Mass., and it was from that town they came to
Temple. They had three children. Nathan and Josiah came to Lynde-
borough. The other child was Lydia, born Aug. 19, 1783. Nathan re-
turned to Temple about 1820.

NATHAN WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler;

born at Temple, Oct. 20, 1781 ; married Rachel . Children, born

in Lyndeborough : —

1. NATHAN C., b. May 9, 1805.

2. EPHRAIM A., b. March 31, 1809.

3. JONATHAN, d. April 16, 1809.

4. LUTHER, b. Feb. 21, 1812.

5. THOMAS, b. March 23, 1814.

JOSIAH WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler;
born in Temple, N. H., May n, 1786; died Oct. 4, 1874; married first,
Dolly Shattuck of Temple, N. H., Dec. 31, 1811. She was born Sept. i,
1788; died Aug. 14, 1845; married second, Mrs. Dorothy (Whiting)
Killan of Thetford, Vt., April 29, 1846. She was born March 14, 1795 ;
died Dec. 4, 1870. He built the house at the Centre known as the
Wheeler house in 1813, and lived there until his death. He was a car-
penter by trade and his work as a craftsman was done before the days of
planing machines and other labor saving devices. He was thoroughly
honest and upright in all his dealings, a sincere and earnest Christian
and a constant attendant at church service. He had a quaint and dry
humor, and was quiet and retiring in disposition. The boys all liked
"Uncle Si," and he was never too busy to attend to their wants. The
Franklin Library was for many years in his house under the care of his
wife, and many of the books were of her selection. He was town treas-
urer of Lyndeborough for thirty-one consecutive years. Children by
first wife, born in Lyndeborough: —

1. DOLLY, b. Dec. 14, 1814, m. Henry I. Kimball of Springfield,

Vt., March 3, 1840. He was b. April n, 1813, d. Oct. 25,
1862. Children : L,ydia Annah, Alice Wheeler, Janie.

2. L,YDIA, b. June 8, 1818, m. Thomas P. Rand of Francestown.

(See Rand gen.)

HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

3. JOSIAH KIMBALL, b. July 15, 1822, m. first, Abby A. Marsh
of Hudson, Nov. 22, 1849. She was b. April 23, 1827,0!.
June 12, 1865; m. second, Abbie A. Wilson of New Ip-
swich, Dec. 28, 1865. She was b. July 28, 1836. Mr.
Wheeler removed to Hudson, where he has since lived. He
represented that town in the legislature in 1871. Was town
clerk and treasurer in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, select-
man five years, and was moderator for many years, which
record shows in what esteem the citizens of that town hold
him. He is a farmer and a successful business man. They
have one adopted daughter.

WHEELER.

JONAS WHEELER was born July 31, 1801 ; married May 6, 1822, Mary
Hall of Brookline. She was born June 2, 1803 ; died Nov. 26, 1862. Chil-
dren : —

1. WILLIAM GLOVER, b. July 28, 1829.

2. SALATHIEL L/IDSON, -|-

3. MARY A., b. March 5, 1833, m. C. Henry Holt. (See Holt

gen.)

4. MARTHA KARR, b. Nov. 23, 1834, m. Otis Chamberlain.

(See Chamberlain gen.)

5. DUSTIN H., b. April 13, 1837, m. first, Mrs. Lucinda Hall,

m. second, Mrs. Dundy.

6. MARCUS DE H., b. Dec. 13, 1839.

7. SAMANTHA A., b. Sept. 29, 1841, m. Hiram Bailey, of

Peterborough, res. in Burlington, Vt.

SALATHIEL L. WHEELER, son of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Wheeler ;
born Feb. 6, 1831 ; married Jan. 2, 1855, Mary J. Carpenter of Vermont.
He died May 10, 1890. Children : —

1. MARY A., m. Charles O. Clement. (See Clement gen.)

2. CHARLES L,., b. Nov. 5, 1866, m. Catharine Watts of Eng-

land. Children : Florence, Ethel. Res. in Wilton.

3. MINNIE, b. June 2, 1874, d. Sept. 21, 1874.

4. MINNIE M., b. Oct. 23, 1875 m. George Blanchard <

Greenfield, res. in Greenfield.

WHITING.

JOSEPH WHITING was born in 1727. He married when he was about
thirty years of age, Abigail Chamberlain of Dunstable, Mass. She was a
daughter of Thomas Chamberlain, who married a sister of Col. Joseph
Blanchard of Dunstable. Joseph Whiting came to Lyndeborongh in the
spring of 1793 and settled on what has since been known as the Whiting

GENEALOGIES 879

place, in the north part of the town. The buildings have been torn down,
but the site is a little way to the west of the No. 8 schoolhouse. He died
in Merrimac, Feb., 1807. He had seven sons and three daughters. One
of these sons, Oliver, remained in Lyndeborough.

OLIVER WHITING, son of Joseph and Abigail (Chamberlain) Whit.
ing; born Jan. 29, 1769; married 1793 Hannah Marshall of Billerica,
Mass. She died Oct.. 1843. He died July 15, 1815.

The Whiting family were prominent in town and social affairs, and at
the time they were living in Lyndeborough the section of the town
northwest of the mountain was the most prosperous and its citizens the
most influential of any. Now it is grown over with bushes, and nothing
but cellar holes mark the place where once were well cultivated farms
and substantial dwellings, where were raised large families of children.
Not much is known of the older families of this section. They are ex-
tinct in this town. Children : —

1. HANNAH, b. Oct. 6, 1793, m. Jan. 29, 1824, Enoch Ordway

of Lyndeborough. They removed to Jasper. N. Y., the
next spring. He was very active in church work and
started the first Sunday School in Jasper. It was held in
his house for some time. He was drowned while going
down the Canister River with a raft of logs May 14, 1851.
She d. March 14, 1851.

2. ALICE, b. May 29, 1796, m. Nov. 24, 1825, Samuel Dennis

of Jasper, N. Y., formerly of Hancock, N. H. She d.
Sept. 15, 1856.

3. OLIVER, +

4. OLIVE, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Daniel Boardman

of Lyndeborough. After the death of Mr. Boardman, she
m. Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She d. Sept. 16, 1860.

5. THOMAS, b. April 30, 1802, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Sarah Cram of

Lyndeborough. She d. June 19, 1889. He d. Oct. 31,
1878. He traveled the entire distance from Lyndeborough
to Jasper, N. Y., on foot three times. He went to Jasper
and bought a farm, cleared some land, built a house, re-
turned to Lyndeborough, married, and returned again to
Jasper. He became very influential in church and town
affairs, and was ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for
many years.

6. JONATHAN, b. May 8, 1807, m. 1832, Lavisa Wilkins of

Francestown. He d. Dec. 21, 1868. He was much inter-
ested in temperance reform and became a very successful
farmer. He removed to Jasper soon after his marriage.

7. ANSTIS, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. 1831.

880 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

8. CHARLES, b. July 25, 1813, m. Oct. 26, 1843, Sarah M.
Wyman. He d. May 5, 1855. He graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1839 and became a Congregationalist
minister.

DBA. OLIVER WHITING, son of Oliver and Hannah (Marshall)
Whiting, born April 3, 1798 ; married Huldah, daughter of Ithemer and
Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 19, 1827. She was born Aug. 2, 1795;
died Jan. 26, 1885. He died Oct. 10, 1886. He remained on the old
Whiting homestead until 1845, when he removed to Manchester. He
went to Jasper, N. Y., in 1854. He was thoroughly identified with the
life of the church and town. Was deacon of the Congregational Church
and selectman a number of years. Children, all born in Lynde-
borough : —

1. HULDAH J., b. May 3, 1829, m. May, 1861, J. Perkins

Towns. Res. in Methuen, Mass.

2. OLIVER LYNDON, b. Nov. 23, 1830. Went to California

when 19 years old. He has not been heard from for many
years. Supposed to be dead.

3. CHARLES MILTON, b. July 18, 1833, m. twice. Served

four years in the army during the Civil War, d. July or
August, 1901.

4. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 30, 1835, m. I^ucy E. Jackson of Norwalk,

O. He graduated from L,ima College, N. Y., in 1866, and
from the Auburn Theological school in 1873. He has
been a missionary in China for 30 years. In 1900, during
the Boxer outbreak, he had to leave his home and go to the
Methodist Mission, and when that became unsafe he went
to the British Legation and was there all through the
Seige of ^ekin. He came to the United States and re-
mained a year, then returned to Pekin, where he now is.

5. ANSTIS M., b. May 16, 1838, m. July 26, 1861, J. Susanna

Sargent of Jasper, N. Y., d. Dec. 6, 1872.

6. WILLIAM H., b. Jan. 3, 1842, m. Carrie Andrews of

Rochester, N. Y. Is a lawyer in Rochester.

WHITMARSH.

CHARLES WHITMARSH was born in Braintree, Mass., June 12,
1763 ; married Anna Faxon, Nov. 27, 1782. She died July 9, 1846. He
died May 14, 1821. He was a blacksmith and had a shop on top of the
hill west of E. D. Wilders's and a house opposite. He afterward moved
to where the house owned by D. E. Proctor stands. But little can be
learned about him. Children : —

1. ANNA, b. May 7, 1785.

2. SALLY, b. Nov. 12, 1787.

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3. BETSEY, b. May 17, 1789.

4. CHARLES, +

5. THOMAS, b. June 8, 1794, d. Nov. 13, 1796.

6. POLLY, b. July 23, 1796, d. Feb. 26, 1820.

7. MARGERY, b. July 24, 1798.

8. NABBY, b. Oct. 10, 1800.

9. HANNAH, b. July 22, 1803, d. Nov. 4, 1818.

10. WILLIAM F., b. Dec. 6, 1805.

CHARLES WHITMARSH, son of Charles and Anna (Faxon) Whit-
marsh, born Feb. 23, 1792 ; married Hannah Epps, Dec. i, 1814. She
was born April 15, 1796; died May 30, 1867. He died Sept. 5, 1838.
Children : Mary Ann, Mary Ann, Charles E., Francis P., Joseph J.,
Harriet, Lewis, George L., William F. Most of the descendants of this
branch of the Whitmarsh family reside in Denmark, Iowa, and in South
Dakota.

WHITNEY.

MARTIN WHITNEY, born in Sherburn, Vt., July 18, 1838 ; married
Nancy E., daughter of Edgar and Miranda (Dutton) Rand, March 10,
1859. She was born Jan. 6, 1834. He lived on the old town farm, which
he bought soon after it was sold by the town, and he kept the store at
the centre for a few years, during which time he was postmaster. He
removed from town about 1880 and resides at Hillsboro. Children, all
but Charles M., born in Lyndeborough : —

1. EDGAR R., b. Jan. 19, 1861, m. Dec. 5, 1885, Emma P.

Harvey. Children : Frank A., Helen E., John E., Harry
L,. Res. in Antrim.

2. CHARLES M., b. in Mont Vernon, May 2, 1863, d. Aug. n,

1865.

3. ARTHUR M., b. Jan. 28, 1866, m. July 12, 1890, Mabel M.

Cram. Child : Vona. Res. in Deering.

4. MIRANDA L. A., b. Oct. 20, 1873, m. Feb. 5, 1891, John

M. Davis. Res. in Hillsboro, N. H.

WHITTEMORE.

The origin of the name Whittemore is found by tracing the genealogy
of Thomas, the first American ancestor, back twelve generations to one
John, upon whom Henry III. of England, about A. D. 1230, bestowed a
title for heroism in battle and at the same time gave him a large tract of
land called Whyte-mere, the meaning of which is white meadow or
white plain. From that time John was known as John Lord de (of)
Whytemere. After four generations the de was dropped and Whytemere
with variations in spelling became the surname of John's descendants.

Thomas Whittemore, the common American ancestor of the Whitte-
more family, came to this country from Hitchin, County of Hertford,

882 HIS TOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

England, sometime between the years 1639 and 1645. He settled in that
part of Charlestown, Mass., which is now embraced within the limits of
the city of Everett, Mass.

Daniel Whittemore, the first of the family to come to Lyndeborough,
was of the fourth generation from Thomas, as follows : Thomas, John,
Daniel, Daniel. It is claimed that he made the first permanent clearing
north of the mountain ; but John Stephenson certainly started to make
a "beginning" there previous to the date of Daniel's coming, but as
related in another place he removed to the south of the mountain.

The log house that Daniel Whittemore built was situated in the field
about 50 rods northwest of the present buildings. It is probable that he
did not occupy it long, for he soon built a frame house about 25 rods
southeast of the present buildings. It was in this latter that Jona-
than lived and died. It was torn down and some of the material was used
in building the present shed. Samuel, another son of Daniel, built a
house on the hill directly east of the farm buildings now in use. Here
he lived for several years. Aaron, grandfather of Daniel B., built on the
present location.

DANIEI/ WHITTEMORE, born Jan. 16, 1717; married Sept. 10,
1739, Eleanor Osborne. He died at Lyndeborough, March 7, 1776. He
was the earliest settler in that part of the town which lies north of the
mountain. He took a deed of a lot of land there, April 28, 1770, and
made his beginning that same year. He came from Danvers, Mass. A
part of that lot of land is still occupied by his descendant, Daniel B.
Whittemore. While building his log .house he used to go over the moun-
tain to spend the night at the house of Dea. David Badger, then the
nearest neighbor to him. His way to and from the house was only a foot
path and his guide boards were blazed trees. His children were probably
all born at Danvers, Mass.; the four older never lived in I/yndeborough.
Children : —

1. DANIEL, b. Jan. 19, 1742, d. young.

2. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 19, 1743.

3. CLARK, b. Aug. n, 1746, d. in infancy.

4. JOHN, b. Nov. 14, 1748.

5. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 8, 1750, m. Dec. 5, 1774, Jenny Searles.

He rem. to Concord between 1790 and 1795. He d. May,
1821.

6. ELEANOR, b. March 12, 1751, m. John Hutchinson. She d.

May 19, 1782.

7. JONATHAN, -j-

8. AARON, -)-

9. MARY, b. March 12, 1757, m. Jan. 9, 1799, Simon I^ow.

10. CLARK, b. Oct. 17, 1758.

11. DANIEL, b. Sept. 28, 1761.

12. HANNAH, b. Aug. 6, 1764, m. 1785, Amos Stoning.

JONATHAN WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne)

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Whittemore, born Feb. 12, 1753 ; married Sept. 25, 1777, Elizabeth Down-
ing. She died April i, 1834. He died March 16, 1789. Children: —

1. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 3, 1778, m. 1798, Jonathan Kimball.

She d. July 4, 1814.

2. CLARK, -(-

3. * JAMES, b. July 4, 1787, m. I^ydia Carter. Their children

were James, b. April 26, 1815 ; Hannah, Charles A., Mary
A.

CLARK WHITTEMORE, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Downing)
Whittemore, born Aug. 21, 1782 ; married Sept. 10, 1810, Hannah,
daughter of Amos and Hannah (Whittemore) Stoning. He died in
Lyndeborough, March 25, 1826. Children : —

1. HANNAH, b. Aug. 8, 1811, m. May 19, 1841, Clark Kimball.

Rem. to Pennsylvania.

2. ELIZA D., b. Feb. 27, 1813, m. Oct. 22, 1831, Alanson

Burnham.

3. CLARK, b. April 24, 1815, d. July, j8i7.

4. AMOS S., b. Aug. 6, 1818, m. first, July n, 1847, Caroline

Griffin of Francestown. Shed. June 7, 1853; m. second,
Oct. 21, 1855, Eliza J. Moore of Francestown. He d. Feb.
8, 1886.

5. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 16, 1824, m. Annie A. Conchlin, Sept.

X3> J853. He rem. to Pennsylvania.

AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel and Eleanor (Osborne)
Whittemore, born Feb. 5, 1755 ; married Ruth Downing in 1786. She
died June, 1834. He died Jan. i, 1825. He was a soldier in the Revo-
lutionary War and was in Capt. Peter Clark's company, Stark's Brigade,
at the Battle of Bennington. Children : —

1. THOMAS, b. April, 1788, d. April, 1797.

2. AARON, -j-

3. CALEB, b. Jan. 22, 1792, m. March 22, 1821, Sarah Dodge.

He d. August, 1879. Child: Jonathan, b. September,
1822.

4. RUTH, b. June 8, 1796, m. Feb. 29, 1820, David Smith. He

d. Oct. 8, 1872. She d. Aug. 14, 1889. Children: John
A. V., b. July 19, 1823; Aaron W., b. Sept. 24, 1829;
David, b. Nov. 29, 1832; Mary A. B., b. Aug. 8, 1836, d.
September, 1891.

5. and 6. SARAH and WILLIAM (twins), b. Jan. 13, 1800.

Sarah, m. William Marble. William m. Jan. 21, 1829,
Nancy Wilkins. He d. May 25, 1873. She d. Sept. 2,

*This family removed to Suncook, N. H.

884 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

1887. Children: Anstis B., b. Jan. 22, 1832 ; William W.,
b. June 5, 1837; Aaron F., b. March i, 1841 ; Sarah N.,
b. Oct. 29, 1845.

AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Ruth (Downing) Whitte-
more, born Oct. 2, 1790; married April 29, 1817, Betsey, daughter of
James and Betsey (Hosey) Weston of Francestown. She was born Sept.
2, 1795 ! died March 30, 1858. He died Aug. 14, 1834. Children : —

1. DANIEL BOARDMAN, -f-

2. AARON, b, Feb. 22, 1821, d. Oct. 4, 1841.

3. JAMES, b. Jan. 4, 1823, d. Jan. i, 1836.

4. WIUJAM L/EWIS, +

5. HARRIET NEWELL, b. March 12, 1826, d. June 17, 1858.

6. JOHN WESTON, b. Feb. 23, 1828. He had a decided taste

for scientific studies and the ingenuity for making appara-
tus for their illustration. He gave the first of a number of
scientific lectures in 1851, illustrating the facts with electri-
cal and other machines of his own construction. These
machines are still in existence. He d. Jan. 8, 1858.

7. ELIZA ANN, b. Jan. 24, 1830, d. Jan. 23, 1873.

DANIEL B. WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey (Weston)
Whittemore, born Sept. 6, 1819; married Oct. 31, 1858, Ann E., daughter
of Rodney C. and Nancy J. (Barnes) Boutwell. She was born May 4,
1837. He lived several years in Boston and in Danvers, Mass., and
returned in 1844 to the Whittemore homestead farm at North Lyndebor-
ough. He is one of the few who own farms their ancestors cleared of
the virgin forest. He served on the board of selectmen in 1879 and 1880
and represented the town in the Legislature in 1883. He has endeavored
to apply the principles of science to his calling as a farmer and is well
versed in the chemistry of fertilizers and stock foods. Of undoubted
integrity of character, with a clean record, he has the confidence and
good wishes of all who know him. Children : —

1. HARRY .WESTON, -|-

2. DANA BARNES, b. March 9, 1862.

HARRY W. WHITTEMORE, son of Daniel B. and Ann E. (Bout-
well) Whittemore, born Dec. 19, 1859; married July n, 1900, Mary
B., daughter of Edward B. and Esther (Wyatt) Eastman of Amherst.
Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1872, and graduated at Smith College in
1894. He entered Tufts College in 1882 and graduated in 1886. He took
a post graduate course and received the degree of A.M. in 1889. He
made teaching his vocation for a number of years. In 1898, he engaged
in the printing business in Maiden, Mass., removing in 1901 to Tufts
College, where he established The Tufts College Press. Child : —

i. RODNEY EASTMAN, b. Sept. 20, 1904.

WILLIAM LEWIS WHITTEMORE, son of Aaron and Betsey (Wes-

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ton) Whittemore ; born at Francestown, Aug. 21, 1824. He received his
early education in the common schools of Lyndeborough, and was a
pupil at Francestown Academy for several years. He then, having deter-
mined to make teaching his life work, entered Prof. William Russell's
Normal Institute, where he remained about three years. He then took
a special course at Amherst College and still later he entered the scien-
tific department of Harvard University, completing the two-year course in
1854. He began to teach school in 1844 in the little red schoolhouse
where he had been a schoolboy for a dozen years and where his father
had been a pupil forty years earlier. For the first five years he taught in
L,yndeborough, Greenfield and New Boston, and the next five in Wilton
and Mont Vernon, coming to Milford in 1855, where he remained the
principal of the high school for twelve years. He then opened a private
school of his own. He spent two or three years in travel in Burope and
in the United States, always with a view of studying the best educational
methods employed. In 1876 he commenced teaching in Boston, where he
remained twenty years. He is man of scientific attainments and of note
in the educational interests of his day. He resides at Milford.

WOODS.

CHARLES E. WOODS, son of George C. and Keziah D. (Metcalf)
Woods ; born Sept. 7, 1856 ; married first, Sept. 8, 1875, Emma A. Marston
of Manchester. She died Aug. 6, 1893 ; married second, March 17, 1897,
Mrs. Stella C. Avery, daughter of Thomas i,. and Mary F. (Fuller) Geer,
and widow of Frank T. Avery. She was born June 21, 1853.

Mr. Woods came to Lyndeborough in 1901, and bought the place just
south of where John H. Goodrich lives. A son by a former marriage of
Mrs. Woods, George R. Avery, born Feb. 15, 1888, lives with them.

WOODWARD.

There are two accounts of the origin of the name Woodward. One
writer says the name is a compound one, derived from the words "wood"
and "ward " or woodwarden, signifying a keeper of the forest. Another
writer on English genealogy traces the name to the Norman Du Boiguarde
and thence to the Norse Vidavarde. One Vidavarde equipped ten ships
for the service of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, and for eminent service
was granted an estate in Normandy. They came to England with Wil-
liam the Conqueror. Nathan Woodward was standard bearer for a troop
of horse in His Majesty's service and was the founder of the Standish
Hall branch of the family. The name of this family in the Anglo-Nor-
man is Du Boiguarde — Anglicized it is Woodward.

Richard Woodward in the year 1415 at the battle of Agincourt so dis-
tinguished himself for valor and skill as to call forth the King's heartfelt
thanks before the army at Windsor. The greyhound in the coat of arms
signifies alertness, vigilance and fidelity and the ermin purity in the ad-
ministration of justice.

Some of the family became imbued with the Puritan belief, and they
were subsequently required to make oath that they keep their teachings
within their own families, and rather than submit to such tyranny and
being heavily fined for contumacy they resolved to emigrate to America.

886 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

The Woodwards of L,yndeborough are descendants of Richard Wood-
ward who embarked in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews, master, at
Ipswich, April 10, 1634. He was accompanied by his wife Rose, aged
fifty, and two sons, George, aged thirteen, and John, aged eleven. He
first settled in Newton, but soon became one of the earliest proprietors of
Watertown, Mass., owning 300 acres of laud, now a part of Boston. He
died Feb. 16, 1664 ; his wife died Oct. 6, 1662. He was made a freeman
Sept. 2, 1635. He married second, April 18, 1663, Mrs. Ann Gates, widow
of Stephen Gates of Cambridge. She died Feb. 5, 1682.

EPHRAIM WOODWARD of Brooklyn, Conn., was of the fourth gen-
eration from Richard, being a descendant of his son John. Ephraim
was the fourth child of; John and Hannah (Hyde) Woodward, who came
to Canterbury, Conn., from Watertown, Mass. He was born Jan. 8, 1710.
He married first, Jan. 14, 1736, Hannah Williams of Brooklyn, Conn. She
died and he married second, Huldah, daughter of John Cram of I/ynde-
borough July 22, 1742. By his first wife he had two children, Hannah,
born 1737, and Eleazer, born January 8, 1738, both born in Brooklyn,
Conn., but settled in I/yndeborough. By his second marriage he had six
children. Of these Ithemer, John, David and Hannah settled in Lynde-
borough. His second wife died Aug. 21, 1810. Children by second
wife : —

1. ABIGAIL, b. March 24, 1743.

2. ITHEMER, -f-

3. WARD, +

4. JOHN, +

5. DAVID, b. 1755.

6. HANNAH, b. Jan. 24, 1757.

ITHEMER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Wood-
ward, born Jan. 21, 1749; married Huldah Sharp. She died in Frances-
towu July 12, 1823. He died in Francestown Jan. 9, 1839. He settled in
the extreme northwest part of the town, which was afterward annexed to
Francestown. In the History of Francestown is the record of a petition
of certain residents of I,yndeborough to be annexed to Francestown. The
petition is dated Jan. 7, 1791, and Ithemer Woodward's name is at the
head. This petition was granted in 1792, and that section of the town
became a part of Francestown. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and his
name is on the rolls of both Lyndeborough and Francestown. His wife
was b. Oct. 13, 1749. Children : —

i. ELIPHALET, b. Nov. 16, 1774, m. March 4, 1802, Polly But-
terfield of Francestown, rem. to Hanover, N. H.

2. DANIEL, +

3. DELIA, b. July 9, 1780, m. Nov. 17, 1808, Ephraim David-
son of L,andgrove Vt. The town record of births contains
the following : Abigail, dau. of Ephraim Davidson and
Delia his wife, b. April 3, 1815, d. Aug. 9, 1815; Almira,
dau. of ditto, b. April 30, 1817, d. July 13, 1817 ; Sarah

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S., dau. of ditto, b. Dec. 28, 1818 ; Peter, son of ditto, b.
Nov. 23, 1823.

4. ELIJAH, -f

5. lyUCY, b. Sept. 9, 1784, m. April 7, 1808, Ephraim P. Wood-

ward of Brooklyn, Conn.

6. BENJAMIN, b. May 12, 1789, m. Betsey Bixby of Frances-

town. He d. July 21, 1859. She d. July 19, 1862.

7. AARON, b. Dec. 19, 1793, d. Dec. 20, 1866.

8. HULDAH, b. Aug. 2, 1795, m; Oliver Whiting of L/yndebor-

ough. (See Whiting gen.)

DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood-
ward; born Jan. 30, 1777; married first, Lucy Burnham of Essex, Mass.,
Dec. 29, 1803. She died Aug. 19, 1830. He married second, May I, 1848,
Hannah, daughter of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward. She was born
Jan. 20, 1781 ; died Nov. 16, 1853. He married third, Hannah M., daugh-
ter of Israel and Hannah (Hardy) Woodward. He died in Francestown
June 25, 1867. He bought a farm in the northwest part of the town.
There is said to have been a log house standing when he bought it. In
1827 he built a brick house which was later burned while occupied by
Sumner French. All of his children were born there. In 1846 he moved
to the "old store house" at the Centre and lived there many years. He
later went to live with his son Abner B. in Francestown, where he died.
He was a quiet, unassuming man, of great integrity of character, and a
long time member of the Congregational church. Children : —

1. ADONIRAM, +

2. MARY, b. Sept. 7, 1806, d. Aug. 29, 1848.

3. DANIEL, +

4. JACOB ANDREWS, +

5. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 24, 1814, d. April 15, 1847.

6. CHARLES, -f-

7. lyUCY, m. Kilburn S. Curtis. (See Curtis gen.)

8. ABNER B., -|-

ADONIRAM WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham)
Woodward, born Sept. 14, 1804 ; married March, 1834, Achsah Hoar of
Littleton, Mass. She was born June 2, 1801 ; died March 28, 1866. He
died July 29, 1849. Children born in Lyndeborough : —

1. ALBERT, b, March 6, 1835, d. June 17, 1854.

2. KLLEN, b. June 26, 1841, m. John M. Robbins, Aug. 29,

1876, and res. at L/eominster, Mass.

DEA. DANIEL WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham)
Woodward, born May 23, 1809; married Sept. 6, 1832, Cynthia S., daugh-
ter of Daniel and Joanna (Balch) Simonds of Burlington, Mass. She
was born in Barnard, Vt., Oct. 20, 1811, and died in Lyndeborough, June
5, 1887. He died in Lyndeborough, April 3, 1866. He was born at the

H1STOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Woodward homestead on the north side of the mountain. When a
young man he removed to Lowell, Mass., and went to work in the cotton
mills, where he soon became an overseer. He was married in Lowell,
his wife being a descendant on the mother's side of Israel Balch of
Francestown. In 1836 he removed to Newburyport, Mass., and bought
a cotton mill which he operated for a few years, but failing health com-
pelled him to sell out his business, and he came back to Lyndeborough
and bought out the store at the "centre," and was in business there for
a while, then swapped the old store house for his father's farm and
moved to the old homestead. In 1851 he again removed to Lowell and
entered the employ of the Tremont and Suffolk Corporation as overseer
of the carding and spinning room. He was prominent in the political
and business affairs of the city and was an alderman in 1854. Wherever
he lived he always affiliated himself with the church and Sabbath school,
and was made a deacon of the John St. Congregational Church. He
was a fine teacher of singing, and taught many schools in Lowell, New-
buryport, and towns adjoining Lyndeborough. He was a good mechanic,
and cotton manufacturing was his favorite business, but his health was
such that he could not stand the dust and confinement of the cotton
mill for long at a time. In 1859, failing health again compelled him to
seek the out-door life of the farm, and he removed to Francestown, and
bought the Kingsbury place, near his brother Abner's farm. Here he
remained until the spring of 1862, when he came back to his native
town, and bought the James Grant place north of Badger Pond, where
he lived until his death. He was superintendent of schools and select-
man and filled other places of trust in town. He was a man of unswerv-
ing integrity of character and had the confidence and esteem of every
community where he lived. Children : —

1. CHARLES HENRY, b. in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 16, 1833, d.

April 25, 1835.

2. HENRY MARTIN, b. in Newburyport, Mass., July 15, 1836,

m. first, Sept. 9, 1857, Belinda A. Robbins of Lowell, Mass.
She was a dau. of Luther and Belinda (Sumner) Robbins.
She was b. Sept. 9, 1838, d. June 5, 1892 ; m. second,
Oct. 3, 1895, Lora, dan. of Samuel and Phebe (Noyes)
Marden of New Boston. She was b. Aug. n, 1843. He
was a soldier in the 6th Mass. Regt. with the rank of ser-
geant and participated in the celebrated march through
Baltimore, April 19, 1861. Res. in Rindge, N. H. Chil-
dren : Cora B., Mary E., Emma B., Milo R., Luetta.

3. WILLIAM BIXBY, b. in Newburyport, Mass., April 8, 1838,

d. in Lowell, March 4, 1859.

4. JACOB ANDREWS, +

5. EDWARD PAYSON, b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 8, 1851, m.

first, Dora Shaw of Norton, Mass.; m. second, Carrie
Tyler of Hyde Park, Mass.; third, Hattie, dau. of Joseph

GENEALOGIES 889

Popple of Rindge, N. H., b. Nov. 12, 1872. Res. in
Rindge, N. H. Children by first wife: Mabel L,., Ina,
Grace ; by third wife : Gladys H.

JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Cynthia
(Simonds) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, Sept. 28, 1845 '•> married
Sept. 26, 1872, Lena E., daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (McCol-
lister) Sheldon of Derby, Vt. She was born Aug. 18, 1848. Children : —

1. ARTHUR EASTMAN, -f-

2. L/INCOLN NUTE, -f-

ARTHUR EASTMAN WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Shel-
don) Woodward, born in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874; married Sept-
26, 1899, Mabel M., daughter of Charles O. and Mary A. (Wheeler)
Clement of Lyndeborough. She was born April 9, 1877. Resides at
Boston, Mass. Children : —

1. BEATRICE, b. Jan. i, 1901.

2. CLEMENT A., b. Sept. 9, 1904.

LINCOLN NUTE WOODWARD, son of Jacob A. and Lena (Sheldon)
Woodward, born May 16, 1878, in Lowell, Mass ; married June 29, 1904,
Bertha G., daughter of Charles L. and Emma (Tarbell) Perham.

JACOB ANDREWS WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burn-
ham) Woodward, born in Lyndeborough, April 10, 1811 ; married Julia
Bowen of Holderness. She was born April 2, 1809 ; died Nov. 27, 1878.
He died in Francestown July 20, 1846. He removed to Francestown and
built the house where Moses Jellison now lives. Children : —

i. GEORGIANNA A., b. Dec.. 16, 1842, m. March 28, 1865, at
L/owell, Mass., Edward J. Cobleigh of Northfield, Vt., b.
March 22, 1837. Child: Lillian Gertrude, b. Dec. 19,
1867.

CHARLES WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lncy (Burnham)
Woodward, born March 28, 1817 ; married first, Phebe Jane, daughter of
Timothy and Susanna (McAlvin) Ordway. She was born May 28, 1826 ;
died April 30, 1852; married second, Mary Henderson of Newton, Iowa.
She died March 29, 1865. He died at Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. u, 1874. He
removed to Iowa after the death of his first wife and was one of the
pioneers of that state, and was one of those who crossed the plains to
Pike's Peak during the gold excitement. Children born at Newton
Iowa : Charles, Ella.

ABNER B. WOODWARD, son of Daniel and Lucy (Burnham) Wood-
ward, born in Lyndeborough, April 30, 1822; married March 30, 1859,
Caroline M., daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Perkins of
Lyine. She was born March 10, 1836. He died in Stoneham, Mass.,
June 14, 1899. When a young man he removed to Francestown and
entered the employ of Col. Daniel Fuller and after the death of the
widow of Daniel in 1858, received by bequest a large part of the Fuller

890 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

estate. He was largely interested in the material prosperity of Frances-
town, and was selectman, president of the savings bank and filled other
positions of trust. In 1883, he removed to Stoneham, Mass., where he
died. Children born in Francestown : Will A., Mary P., Carrie P.,
Abner I,., Fred F., Albert S., Herbert F.

ELIJAH WOODWARD, son of Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Wood-
ward, born Feb. 21, 1782^; married Nov. 17, 1808, Rhoda Austin of
Francestown. She died Feb. 18, 1863. He died Jan. 25, 1852. This
family removed to I/andgrove, Vt. Children: —

1. AMBROSE, b. March 10, 1811, m. Hannah I,. Bixby, Sept.

6, 1835.

2. RHODA, b. Sept. 9, 1812, m. Amos H. Jenkins, May 5, 1836.

She d. Feb. 7, 1899.

3. LEWIS E., b. Dec. 14, 1815, m. Mary D. Mack, Nov. 28,

1839, d. March 12, 1876.

4. LAURA M., b. Jan. 10, 1819, m. Jotham Swallow, April 15,

1841, d. Nov. 29, 1859.

5. MARANDA, b. July 6, 1822, m. Reuben Lampson, May 24,

1845, d. May 31, 1863.

6. HUI«DAH, b. July 16, 1824, m. Amasa Richardson, Nov. 21,

1842.

7. CHARGES W., b. July 13, 1827, m. first, Lucy Pease, Jan. i,

1850; m. second, Laura V. Holman, Oct. 31, 1864. Res.
in West Acton, Mass.

EI/EAZER WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Williams)
Woodward; born in Brooklyn, Conn., Jan. 8, 1738; married in 1764
Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam. She was born
March 9, 1743; died Oct. 5, 1811. She was the first white child born in
Salem-Canada, and became a professional midwife. She was often car-
ried in a large basket to her destination when the snow was too deep for
a horse to travel, two men furnishing the motive power. He was one of
the first settlers of Salem-Canada, and made a farm where Jacob A. Wood-
ward now lives. This place he sold to the town for a poor farm. He
died Dec. 19, 1815. Children : —

1. HUI.DAH, b. June 23, 1765, m. John Cram. (See Cram gen.)

2. HANNAH, b. Feb. i, 1767, d. July 15, 1788.

3. EPHRAIM, -j-

4. ELEAZER, -+-

5. ISRAEL, +

6. WARD, -f-

7. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1779, m. Benjamin Cram. (See Cram

gen.)

8. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 31, 1781, m. Aaron Woodward.

9. DAVID, -f-

GENEALOGIES 891

EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam)
Woodward; born March 18, 1769; married first, Nov. 17, 1791, Hannah,
daughter of Dea. David and Rachel Badger. She was born Dec. 19, 1770;
died Feb. 22, 1830. He married second, Mrs. Jane, widow of Oliver Bar-
rett of Wilton. He married third, Widow Hyde. He died Feb. 8, 1850.
Children : —

1. EPHRAIM, -f-

2. HANNAH, m. David, son of Capt. Ward Woodward, rem. to

Brooklyn, Conn.

3. BENJAMIN, d. in Canada.

4. JACOB, -f-

5. ANNA, m. Lewis Cram. (See Cram gen.)

6. PUTNAM, m. Susan Grey, rem. to Wilton.

7. LOUISA, d. June 21, 1830.

8. LUCINDA, m. Samuel Hartshorn. (See Hartshorn gen.)

EPHRAIM WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger)
Woodward ; born Nov. 25, 1792 ; married Sept. 25, 1817, Olive, daughter
of Jonathan Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was born Aug. 4, 1788;
died March 25, 1865. He died Sept. 23, 1879. Children : —

1. OuvE, b. Dec. 17, 1818.

2. EPHRAIM, b. July 13, 1820.

3. RACHEL A., b. Oct. 4, 1821.

JACOB WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Badger) Wood-
ward ; born May 9, 1806 ; married April 26, 1827, Mary, daughter of Asa
and Sybil (Pierce) Blanchard of I/yndeborough. She was born April 15,
1807 ; died June 6, 1886. He died Aug. 17, 1867. Children : —

1. JACOB NEWTON, -\-

2. EPHRAIM W., b. Aug. 21, 1829, m. Dec. 29, 1852, Ann E.

Webster of Hampstead, Mass., rem. to Concord, where he
d. Sept., 1889.

3. MARY E., b. June 30, 1831, m. Jan. i, 1860, Joshua Shirley

of Conway, d. Jan., 1892.

4. BRADLEY B., b. Feb. 28, 1834, m. first, April 5, 1858,

Frances E. Lang of Conway, m, second, Lizzie C. Page of
Conway, Jan. 2, 1866. He is a prosperous and influential
citizen of Conway ; representative to the General Court in
1889, and has held many positions of trust in the town ; has
a fine farm nearly opposite the town of Fryeburg, Me.
Children : Hattie, Howard, Mary.

5. DAVID RUFUS, b. in Conway, Nov. 28, 1843, res. in South

Framingham, Mass.

JACOB NEWTON WOODWARD, son of Jacob and Mary (Blanchard)

892 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

Woodward ; born March 4, 1828 ; married Oct. 8, 1857, Almira L. Ordway
of West Fairlee, Vt. She was born Feb. u, 1833. Children : —

1. EDWARD N., b. July i, 1862, d. Dec. 2, 1862.

2. GEORGE N., b. May 21, 1869, res. in Concord.

3. KTTA MAY, b. May 14, 1872, res. in Concord.

ELEAZER WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam)
Woodward; born Oct. 5, 1771; married Nov. 15, 1797, Rachel, daughter
of Samuel and Mary Houston of Lyndeborough. She was born Oct. 22,
1779; died April 2, 1843. He d. Jan. 4, 1855. Children: —

1. SAMUEL,, b. July 5, 1800, d. July 20, 1821.

2. PUTNAM, b. June n, 1802, rem. to New York.

3. WILLIAMS, -f-

4. IRA H., b. June 13, 1811. Prepared for the ministry and

rem. to one of the southern states, where he d. Jan. 1830.

5. L,EVI HOUSTON, -f-

6. EMILY, m. Jonathan Stephenson. (See Stephenson gen.)

WILLIAMS WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston)
Woodward; born Aug. 13, 1804; married April 21, 1829, Hannah, daugh-
ter of Aaron and Hannah (Boardman) Lewis of Francestown. She was
born Aug. 19, 1800; died Aug. 17, 1863. He died Dec. 24, 1859. Chil
dren : —

1. HANNAH ELIZABETH, m. Isaac L,. Duncklee. (See Dunck-

lee gen.)

2. ABIGAIL P., b. Jan. 29. 1839, d. Oct. 23, 1855.

LEVI HOUSTON WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston)
Woodward; born Jan. 5, 1815; married first, March 30, 1843, Caroline,
daughter of Nathan and Hannah E. (Russell) Fish of Lyndeborough.
She was born May 8, 1820 ; died Oct. 5, 1878. He married second, Han-
nah J. Wellman of Dublin. He removed to Eastjaffrey, where he died
Jan. 10, 1888. Children by first wife : —

1. ADALINA R., b. Oct. 31, 1839, m. John H. Lynch.

2. RACHEL A., b. Sept. i, 1850.
Child by second wife : —

3. ANNIE MAY.

ISRAEL WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood-
ward ; born May 17, 1773 ; married Hannah Hardy of Lyndeborough,
Nov. 18, 1804. She was born Nov. 24, 1781; died July 6, 1845. He died
March 29, 1858. Children: —

1. HANNAH W., b. July n, m. Daniel Woodward. (See Daniel

Woodward gen.), d. Jan. 12, 1894,

2. ABIGAIL H., b. Jan. 27, 1814, d. Oct. 31, 1854.

3. JESSIE H., b. July 16, 1817, m. Dolly J. Pierce of Nashua,

d. Jan., 1894.

GENEALOGIES 893

WARD WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood-
ward, born Aug. 31, 1776; married Nov. 16, 1797, Elizabeth Day. He
died Oct. 24, 1850. He removed to New York, where his descendants
now reside. They had twelve children, some of whom were born in
I/yndeborough : —

1. ELEAZER, b. Aug. 22, 1798, m. May 4, 1820, Hannah

Mears.

2. WARD, b. March 8, 1800, m. 'Nov. 25, 1822, Hannah

Cresy. He d. Jan. 16, 1861.

3. ISAAC D., b. Feb. 28, 1802, m. June 18, 1827, Althea Sum-

ner, d. April 3, 1877.

4. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 22, 1804, m. Jan. 18, 1823, Margaret

Moore.

5. ELIZABETH, b. July 25, 1806, m. September, 1829, Thomas

Earle.

6. WILLIAM C., b. Aug. 22, 1808, m. January, 1837, Harriet

Pierce ; m. second, Nancy Hardy. He d. May 4, 1877.

7. SUSANNA S., b. Dec. 25, 1810, d. Sept. 21, 1813.

8. SYLVANUS N., b. April 17, 1813, d. Oct. 5, 1834.

9. L,YDIA A., b. October, 1815, m. June 6, 1833, John Pierce,

Jr.

10. ALPHEUS G., b. April 19, 1818, m. March 10, 1843,
Hannah A. L,oring. He d. March 30, 1877.

n. GEORGE N., b. Aug. 13, 1820, m. March 10, 1847, Emily

Goodyear. He d. Jan. 22, 1856.
12. SAVIA S., b. Nov. 5, 1825, d. May 13, 1842.

DAVID WOODWARD, son of Eleazer and Hannah (Putnam) Wood-
ward, born Jan. 18, 1787; married first, Mary, daughter of Joseph and
Polly (Epps) Kidder; married second, Elizabeth Danforth of Hillsboro,
March 20, 1819. She was born Dec. 15, 1794 ; died in Jasper, N. Y., May
28, 1870. He died March 15, 1852. David Woodward removed to Jasper,
N. Y., soon after his second marriage. Of the children by his second
wife, George D. was born in Lyndeborough. He built the brick house,
which Edward Duncklee has remodeled into the Pinnacle House. Chil-
dren by first wife : —

1. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 20, 1811, m. Betsey Jones. (See Jones

gen.) He d. in Oregon in 1889.

2. MARY, b. Feb. i, 1813, m. Leonard Marshall of Boston,

Sept. 8, 1835. He d. July i, 1880. She d. Jan. 30, 1881.

3. SARAH S., b. Nov. 25, 1814, m. Sept. 27, 1838, S. F. Den-

nis. She d. Feb. 21, 1880.

4. DAVID F., b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. in 1839, Phebe Webster of

Bath, N. Y. He d. April 21, 1888. She d. Feb. 8, 1865.

894 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

5. CALVIN, b. 1818, m. in 1842, Jane Porter of Homer, N. Y.

He d. in August, 1844.
Children by second wife : —

6. GEORGE D., b. Oct. 5, 1823, m. Oct. 30, 1850, Mary E.

Prentice of Jasper, N. Y. She was b. July 24, 1832.

7. WILLIAM T., b. Oct. 19, 1827, m. Jan. 13, 1857, Sarah C.

Everest. She was b.«Nov. n, 1834. He d. June 25, 1864.

8. ELIZA J., b. July 19, 1832, m. April 23, 1847, David C.

Hollenbeck. He was b. at Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y.,
Sept. 26, 1826, d. Feb. 5, 1865, at City Point, Va.

*CAPT. WARD WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram)
Woodward, born in Canterbury, Conn., April 16, 1751 ; married Oct. 19,
1780, Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Putnam of
Lyndeborough. She was born March 17, 1761 ; died Oct. 18, 1848. He
died April 12, 1810. He was a soldier in the Continental Army with the
rank of captain. Children : —

1. AARON, +

2. SEWELL, b. Feb. 8, 1783.

3. EPHRAIM P., -\-

4. WARD, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Sarah York of Brooklyn, Conn.

5. DEIDAMIA, b. Oct. 8, 1787.

6. ELEAZER, b. July n, 1790, m. Henrietta Ingraham.

7. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. n, 1792, m. Joseph Austin of Brooklyn,

Conn.

8. DAVID, b. Nov. 12, 1793, m. first, Hannah P. Woodward of

L/yndeborough ; m. second, Nancy lyittlehale of Brooklyn,
Conn.

9. SALLY, b. April i, 1796, d. Sept. 8, 1797.

10. ARTEMAS, b. Feb. 19, 1800, d. November, 1810.

11. AUGUSTUS, b. June 25, 1804.

AARON WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca (Putnam)
Woodward, rwas born at Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 20, 1781 ; married
Elizabeth Woodward of Lyndeborough, Oct. 15, 1807. She was the
daughter of Eleazer and Hannah ^Putnamj Woodward, born Aug. 31,
1781; died Jan. 27, 1879. He settled on a farm east of where R. C.
Mason no% lives. There is nothing but a cellar hole to mark the site.
The children were born there. He died July 16, 1845. Children : —

1. REBECCA, b. Feb. 19, 1809, m. Josiah Colburn of Hollis,

N. H., Dec. 29, 1856. She d. Feb. 20, 1889.

2. ARTEMAS, -j~

3. CORDELIA, b. May 2, 1815, d. Aug. 31, 1821.

4. HULDAH, b. June i, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1881.

* Bond's History of Watertown gives the date of his birth as April 5, 1751.

GENEALOGIES 895

5. HENRIETTA, b. April 19, 1820, m. Col. William Cross of

Litchfield, N. H., April 9, 1839, d. Aug. 13, 1854.

6. AARON BURLEIGH, b. March 18, 1822, m. first, Hannah

Cross of lyitchfield, N. H., May 4, 1847 ; m. second,
Susan Howard of Amherst, N. H., Dec. 14, 1853.

7. SEWELL, b. Dec. 3, 1823, d..Feb. 2, 1847.

8. ELIZABETH A., b. Dec. 14, 1826, m. Benj. K. Jones; m. sec-

ond, Walter Blake.

9. CALISTA D., b. Aug. 29, 1829, d. Feb. 7, 1856.

ARTEMAS WOODWARD, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Woodward)
Woodward, born Nov. 17, 1811 ; married first, Christianna Gibson of
Windsor. She was born Jan. 18, 1819, and was instantly killed by being
thrown from a wagon on the road from the centre to South Lyndebor-
ough, May 8, 1852. A granite monument marks the spot ; married sec-
ond, Nancy E. Savage of Greenfield, Oct. 28, 1852. She was born Aug.
2, 1828. He died March 31, 1884.- He was a genial, kindly man whom
every one liked and respected. Children by first wife : —

1. ALFRED C., b. Aug. 14, 1842, m. Hattie F. Lakin of,

Greenville. She was murdered and the murderer was
never apprehended.

2. ALBERT C., b. Dec. 21, 1847, d. Sept. 19, 1858.

By second wife : —

3. ETHAN A., +

4. WILLIAM A., b. Dec. 24, 1859, m. March 16, 1882, Ella J.

Needham of Irisburg, Vt.

5. CHRISTIANNA E., b. Feb. 23, 1863, m. March 7, 1882, Ed-

ward E. Weston. Res. in Amherst.

6. HARVEY E., b. Dec. 9, 1868, m. Sept. i, 1889, Emma F.

Giddings of Wilton.

ETHAN A. WOODWARD, son of Artemas and Nancy E. (Savage)
Woodward, born May 12, 1858; married Nov. 14, 1882, Lizzie R., daughter
of Franklin H. and Elsey (Fish) Kidder. She was born June 15, 1859;
died July 20, 1904. He resides on the Kidder homestead.

EPHRAIM PUTMAN WOODWARD, son of Capt. Ward and Rebecca
(Putnam) Woodward ; born June 2, 1784; married Lucy, daughter of
Ithemer and Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 7, 1808. She was born
Sept. 9, 1784. He was born in Brooklyn, Conn., and after his marriage
evidently returned there with his bride, for the three older children were
born in Connecticut. He came back to Lyndeborough in 1814, but soon
thereafter moved to New York to make a new home, his family remain-
ing here until he should provide it, but he lived but a short time after
his arrival there, and died about 1822. His wife died in 1836 or 1837.
Children : —

896 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBOROUGH

i & 2. JARED and L,UCITTY (twins), b. at Pomfret, Conn., d. in
infancy.

3. ASHER, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 6, 1811, d. young.

4. BENJAMIN F., b. in Francestown, April n, 1813,01. Sarah,

Bradford.

5. ANSON W., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. i, 1815, m. Ann

Richardson. Rem. to Boston, where he died. They had
one child, a son, who died many years ago, and of whom I
have no record.

6. JAMES G., b. in L,yndeborough, Sept. 13, 1817; m. Phebe,

dau. of Capt. Nathan and Abigail (Abbott) Culver of
L/owell, Mass., May 16, 1848. She was b. May 16, 1823.
He rem. to Henry Co., 111., in 1854, and in 1868, sold his
Illinois farm and rem. to Kellogg, Jasper Co., Iowa, where
he d. Nov. 25, 1899. He was a jovial man, always liked
by all with whom he came in contact. He bought a wild
prairie farm, but before his death had it nicely improved.
Children : Abby Frances, James Edwin, Lucy Annett,
Martha Elmira, Mary Bmma, Frederick Newton, Charles,
Warren. Frederic Newton Woodward rem. to Kansas,
where he is an influential citizen, at one time a member of
the Kansas Legislature.

7. KPHRAIM WARD, b. Aug. 12, 1820, m. I/ydia, dau. of Asa

and Olive (Spaulding) Manning of I/yndeborough. They
rem. to Michigan, where he became a prosperous farmer,
and at the time of his death, in October, 1880, was county
supervisor. His widow survived him many years, and was
always a liberal contributor to the Congregational Church
at Lyndeborough. They had at least one child, who died
young.

JOHN WOODWARD, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Cram) Woodward,
born Jan. 19, 1753, in Canterbury, Conn. He came to Lyndeborough
and married Judith Foster of Temple, but evidently returned with his
wife to Connecticut, for Samuel, his eldest child, was an infant when
they again came to I/yndeborough. They came on horseback all the
way, and Samuel was brough in his mother's arms. He settled on land
and built a house north of No. 9 schoolhouse. He also owned a large
lot of land west of the John Dolliver place. His wife was born Nov. 13,
1753. Children: —

1. SAMUEL, +

2. DANIEL, b. March 26, 1781, m. Hannah Putnam and rem.

to Ohio.

3. JOHN, +

HERITABLE TRASK WOODWARD.

BORJ? AUGUST 27, 18Ci3.

Halt-tone from Photograph taken Aupust -.'7, 1903.

GENEALOGIES 897

4. lyUCY, b. March 26, 1784, m. June 29, 1818, Daniel Mason of

Otsego Co., N. Y.

5. ABIGAIL, b. March 17, 1786, m. Barker. Rem. to

Ohio.

6. EPHRAIM, b. Jan. 9, 1788, m. Sept. 25, 1817, Olive Cham-

berlain. Rem. to New York.

7. HANNAH, b. Jan. 20, 1781, m. Daniel, son of Ithemer and

Huldah (Sharp) Woodward.

8. JUDITH, b. March 18, 1793, m. first, Charles Hadley, April

26, 1821 ; m. second, Samuel Ferson, March i, 1838.

SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of John and Judith (Foster) Wood-
ward, born Nov. 9, 1778; married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and
Margaret Chamberlain, born June 3, 1776. Children : —

1. DANIEL, b. July 24, 1803, m. Abigail Barker and rem. to

the west, d. Feb. 22, 1888.

2. SAMUEL, -+-

3. ISAIAH, d. Jan. 4, 1836.

4. FOSTER, -f-

DEA. SAMUEL WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cham-
berlain) Woodward ; married Eunice Clark of Lyndeborough, and re-
moved to Amherst. In March, 1854, they removed to Illinois and
settled in Brenton, Ford Co. They had eight children born to them, only
one, Mary A., born in Lyndeborough, the others were born in Amherst.
He was active in church and was made a deacon, and was useful in the de-
velopment of the new country where he made his home. He died at
Lymau, Ford Co., Illinois, June 24, 1882. His wife, Eunice (Clark)
Woodward, died at the same place, Aug. 30, 1885, aged 82 years and 19
days.

FOSTER WOODWARD, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Chamberlain)
Woodward, born Oct. 18, 1809 ; married May 30, 1828, Mrs. Mehitable
(Trask) Hildreth, widow of Charles Hildreth. She was born Aug. 27,
1803. At this writing (1905) she is living in her io3rd year, a'nd retains a
very good memory of the early days of Lyndeborough. He died Dec. 14,
1884. Children : —

1. GEORGE T., +

2. ELIZA A., b. May 30, 1841.

3. MARTHA E., b. May 25, 1843, d. Oct. 11, 1846.

4. ISAIAH F., -f

5. JOSEPHINE M., b. April 20, 1848.

GEORGE TRASK WOODWARD, son of Foster and Mehitable (Hil-
dreth) Woodward ; born Oct. 4, 1839 ; married Nov. 13, 1866, Susan
Odell. She died Oct. 18, 1870 ; married second, Dec. 25, 1873, Abby F.
Morrison of Lowell, Mass. She died in 1896. He died at the Soldiers'
Home, Chelsea, Mass., July 2, 1904.

898 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

Besides the district schools of his native town he attended several
terms at the Appleton Academy, Mont Vernon, then under the charge of
Prof. Bancroft. On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion he en-
listed in the company of which George A. Bruce was first lieutenant and
Charles M. Kittredge second lieutenant, and was mustered in as a private
on Sept. 18, 1862. This was in the isth Regt., N. H. Vol. He was sub-
sequently promoted to corporal and then to sergeant. Later he went be-
fore Casey's examining board at Washington and was commissioned cap-
tain in the 3oth U. S. Colored Troops by President Lincoln. This
regiment was commanded by Col. Delevan Bates, who was formerly an
officer in the i2istNew York.

Capt. Woodward was without question one of the best company com-
manders. He was wounded in the battle of the Crater in the arm but not
so seriously but that he extracted the bullet himself and threw it away,
much to his regret afterwards. At Fort Fisher he had charge of Gen.
Paine 's courier line, and so well did he do his work that the general
named him for promotion. In accordance therewith he was brevetted
major. He was discharged at Roanoke Island, N. C., Dec. 10, 1865.

Susan Odell, who became his wife, he first met at Roanoke Island,
where she was a teacher in a colored school. Her northern home was in
Saco, Me. At the close of the war he bought the farm in Lyndeborough
where Frank B. Tay now lives, and here his two daughters were born.
After three years he sold this farm to try his fortune in Virginia, and
bought a farm on the James River of 225 acres, about twenty miles below
City Point. His land was fertile and produced good crops, but the bitter-
ness of defeat which rankled in the hearts of his neighbors made it un-
pleasant for a man of his positive convictions, and one morning he found
a rope with hangman's knot dangling from one of his trees with a placard
attached saying that unless he was out of those parts within a specified
time he would be hung. His wife had died leaving him alone in a hostile
community with his two little daughters, and he sold his land at a sacri-
fice and came back to New England.

He settled in Lowell, Mass., where in 1873 he married Abbie F. Morri-
son. He became a carpenter by trade, and was contractor for building many
of Lowell's business blocks. He was superintendent of public buildings
for three years, and was much respected in his adopted home. . He was
prominent in Grand Army circles, and was commander of Ladd and
Whitney Post, Lowell, Mass., in 1891. He joined the Congregational
Church, Lyndeborough, in 1857. Children : —

1. MABEL T., b. in L/yndeborough, Sept. 3, 1867.

2. GEORGIA E., b. July 2, 1869 in Biddeford, Me. Is a gradu-

ate of the L/owell Normal School and makes teaching her
vocation.

ISAIAH F. WOODWARD, son of Foster and Mehitable (Hildreth)
Woodward ; born July 21, 1846 ; married May 31, 1870, Addie E. Pearsons
of Amherst ; removed to Wilton ; died Feb. 5, 1887. Children : —

1. IDA B.

2. ELIZABETH.

S^J-G-CJ-Z-^JP <-J, &V/c'*TC>t

(f

GENEALOGIES 899

3. ALICE M.

JOHN WOODWARD, son of John and Judith (Foster) Woodward;
born Jan. 10, 1782 ; married Anna Thompson of Lyndeborough. She died
July 18, 1829. He died Aug. 21, 1858. Children : —

1. JOHN THOMPSON, b. Feb. 29, 1808.

2. ESTHER, b. Sept. 19, 1809.

3. ANNA, b. June 2, 1811.

4. ELIJAH, b. March 21, 1813.

5. EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 26, 1814.

6. MARY, b. May 2, 1819, d. May 29, 1848.

7. JUDITH, b. July 28, 1821.

WRIGHT.

JULJEN E. WRIGHT was born Oct. 7, 1825 ; married Aug. 15, 1861,
Abby S. Bridge of Dexter, Me. She was born Dec. 16, 1835 ; died March
12, 1903. He died April 30, 1896. He lived on the farm formerly owned
by Samuel Jones. Children : —

1. HATTIE E., b. Feb. 27, 1863; married Jan. 4, 1881, Charles

H. Goss of Dunstable, Mass.

2. SARAH A., b. April 15, 1865 ; married June 4, 1889, Herman

A. Walker of Kittery, Me.

YOUNG.

RICHARD YOUNG was born May 15, 1796 at Derryfield, now Man-
chester ; married Sarah Stevens. She was born at Manchester, April i,
1807; died May 28, 1880. He died March 13, 1877. He came to Lynde-
borough from Manchester in 1858, and settled in the southwest part of
the town. There were born to them seventeen children, nine boys and
eight girls. Of these children, born at Manchester, the following came
to Lyndeborough : —

CHARLES, b. , d. Jan. 6, 1898.

SARAH S., b. Oct. 24, 1841, m. Azro D. Cram. (See Cram

gen.)

HARRIET E., b. Nov. 4, 1843.
MARY A., b. Sept. 22, 1845.
ESTES J., b. May 13, 1847.

ROSINA, b. July 20, 1848, m. Jason Holt. (See Holt gen.)
RICHARD A., b. May 24, 1853.

The following are transcripts from the town records of fami-
lies of whom we have been unable to find any further trace : —

ABBOTT.
DANIEL, son of Josiah and Hannah Abbott, b. July 31, 1769.

900

BALDWIN.
RHODA, dau. of Jeremiah Baldwin and Rebecca his wife, b.

Sept. 25, 1790.
RiSPEE, dau. of do., b. March 13, 1793.

BEVINS.
SUSANNA, dau. of Edward and Eunice Bevins, b. Mar. 16, 1765.

CAMPBELL.
JOHN IVORY, son of John Campbell and Martha his wife, b. Oct.

9, 1789.
JAMES, son of do., b. Nov. 21, 1791.

CLOUGH.

BENJAMIN, son of John and Tabithy Clough, b. May 29, 1750.

JOHN, son of Benjamin and Thankful Clough, b. March 6, 1773.
TABITHA W., dau. of do., b. July 16, 1775.

DAMON.

LORENZO, son of Warren and Nancy Damon, b. May 25, 1813.
NANCY, dau. of do., b. April 7, 1816.
WARREN, son of do., b. Jan. 14, 1819.

DAY.
SUSANNA, dau. of Isaac Day and Susanna his wife, b. Sept. 10,

1774, d. Aug. 7, 1776.

SUSANNA, 2ND., dau. of do. b. March 9, 1777.
ELIZABETH, dau. of do., b. July 8, 1779, m. Ward Woodward*
NANCY, dau. of do., b. Oct. 16, 1781.
LYDIA, dau. of do., b. Jan. 16, 1784.
ISAAC, son of do., b. May 14, 1786, d. June 25, 1786.

MARY, dau. of Robert and Mary Day, b. Aug. 30, 1769.

HANNAH, dau. of do., b. April 30, 1771.

JAMES, son of do., b. Jan. 30, 1773.

JOSEPH, son of do., b. June 19, 1777.

BKTTY, dau. of do., b. May 8, 1780.

ROBERT, son of do., b. March 30, 1782.

ISAAC, son of do., b. Aug. 6, 1787.

FARNUM.

BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin and Mehitable Farnum, b. Aug.
26, 1800.

GENEALOGIES 901

ASA, son of do., b. in Society Land, July 31, 1802.-

MOLLY and JAMBS (twins), children of James and Molly Far-
nmn, b. April 25, 1800.

FARRINGTON.

DORCAS GOULD, dan. of Thomas and Susanna Farrington, b.

April 29, 1798.
WILLIAM, son of do. b. Jan. n, 1800.

FLETCHER.

WILLIAM ALFRED, son of Michael Fletcher and Sally his wife,
b. Feb. 27, 1809.

HILDRETH.
JACOB, son of Ephraim Hildreth and Elizabeth his wife, b. Feb.

3, I79I-
CARLOS, son of do. b. Feb. 10, 1793.

HEALD.

OLIVE CLARK, b. in Carlisle, May 25, 1819.
JOHN ESTABROOK, b. April 29, 1821.
REBECCA, wife of John Heald, d. Aug. 20, 1822.

HUTCHINSON.
WARREN, son of Thomas Hutchinson and Phebe his wife, b.

Oct. 30, 1787.
NATHANIEL, son of do., b. Jan. 24, 1790.

GRIMES.

HANNAH, dau. of David W. and Lydia Grimes, b. June 4, 1825.
DAVID ELBRTDGE, son of do., b. March 21, 1827.

KILLAM.
ALFRED CLARK, son of Alfred and Hannah Killam, b. Jan. i,

1812
HANNAH, consort of Alfred Killam, died suddenly Feb. 19,

1812.

LOVEJOY.

ELIZABETH, dau. of Jacob and Polly Lovejoy, b. Nov. 15, 1813.
MARIA, dau. of do., b. Jan. 9, 1815.
JACOB, son of do., b. Dec. 31, 1817.
WILLIAM, son of do., b. April 4, 1820.
OLIVER C., son of do., b. July 15, 1822.

902 HISTORY OF LYNDEBOROUGH

PAINE.
ELIZA, dau. of Moses Paine and Betsey his wife, b. Feb. n,

1823.
I^UCY F., b. July 28, 1824.

PEARSON.

NATHAN, son of Nathan and Anna Pearson, b. Feb. 7, 1775.
ANNA, dau. of do., b. June 29, 1770.
TABBA, dau. of do., b. Dee. 31, 1772.
MOLLY, dau. of do., b. Nov. 23, 1779.

PERSONS.
NANCY, dau. of Samuel Persons and Abigail, his wife, b. May

24, 1794.

SALLY, dau. of do., b. July 25, 1801.
POLLY, dau. of do., b. June 9, 1804.
SAMUEL, son of do., b. May 28, 1808.

PHELPS.

LYDIA, dau. of Nathaniel and Dorcas Phelps, b. Jan. 29, 1772.
ABIGAIL, dau. of do., b. Jan. 14, 1774.
NATHANIEL, son of do., b. Dec. 12, 1775.
AARON, son of do., b. July u, 1777.
BETHIAH, dau. of do., b. April 5, 1779.
DORCAS, dau. of do., b. March 22, 1781.
ASA, son of do., b. July 28, 1783.
SIMEON, son of do., b. June 22, 1785.
SUSANNA, dau. of do., b. April 18, 1788.

RICHARDS.

JOSEPH, son of Joseph and Martha Richards, b. April 7, 1775.
MARTHA, dau. of do., b. June 24, 1777.

RICHARDSON.

THOMAS, son of John Richardson and Bethiah his wife, b. Jan.

26, 1790.

JOHN BARTLETT, son of do., b. Oct. 14, 1791.
JOSEPH HERRICK, son of do., b. Aug. 13, 1793.
HENRY, son of do., b. Sept. 6, 1795.
GEORGE, son of do., b. Jan. 6, 1798.

RICHARDSON.

ABEL, son of Zedekiah Richardson and Sarah his wife, b. Feb.
16, 1802.

GENEALOGIES 903

STEPHEN BURNHAM, son of do., b. April 16, 1804.

ROWE.

JOHN, son of John and Mary Rowe, b. Aug. 30, 1766.
JOSEPH, son of do., b. March 9, 1769.
THOMAS, son of do., b. March 20, 1771.
MARY, dau. of do., b. March 22, 1773.
MARGARET S., dau. of do., b. Jan. i, 1775.

RUSSELL.

MARY JANE, dau. of James Russell and Hannah his wife, b.

Dec. 5, 1816.
RUTH PEABODY, dau. of do., b. Dec. 19, 1818, d. Feb. 14,

1820.

GEORGE GOULD, son of Daniel Russell and Rachel his wife, b.

Feb. 21, 1785.

HULDAH, dau. of do., b. Sept. n, 1786.
JOHN GILMORE, son of do., b. June 21, 1788.
DANIEL, son of do., b. March 25, 1790.
ELIJAH, son of do., b. April 22, 1793.
SALLY, dau. of do, b. May 16, 1795.

SARGENT.

JOHN, son of John Sargent and Mary his wife, b. April 17, 1814.

MARY, dau. of do., b. Oct. i, 1817.

MARY, wife of John Sargent, d. Oct. 25, 1820.

TAYLOR.

ADALINE REBECCA TOWN, dau. of James Taylor and his wife,

b. Dec. 5, 1805.
EPHRAIM, son of Ephraim Taylor and Rachel his wife, b. Feb.

10, 1805.

WARDWELL.

WILLIAM HENRY, son of Dr. Daniel Wardwell and Sarah his
wife, b. Oct. 24, 1818.

WILSON.

GEORGE, son of George and Martha Wilson, b. Jan. 26, 1758.
ABIGAIL, dau. of do., b. Nov. 10, 1759.
JOSEPH, son of do., b. April 4, 1762.
JOHN, son of do., b. Dec. 31, 1764.

904 HISTOR Y OF L YNDEBORO UGH

ELIZABETH, dau. of do., b. May 27, 1767.
AARON, son of do., b. May 28, 1769.
HANNAH, dau. of do., b. July 17, 1771.

ABIAL, son of Abiel Wilson and Abigail his wife, b. April 7,

1790.
PHIU.IP PUTNAM, son of do., b. Oct. 9, 1791.

Appendix.

THE SONS OP VETERANS.

Camp A. F. Holt, No. 16, Sons of Veterans, was organized
May 1 8, 1888, by Capt. Bert E. Fisher and Charles H. Hall of
Dover, N. H., with fourteen charter members, whose names
follow : —

Edward Ross Andy J. Gould Hartwell M. Stephen son

W. S. Tarbell W. P. Herrick Charles H. Stephen son

J. A. Carkin George W. Steele Edward I,. Curtis

Harvey Boutwell Andy F. Cram Leon E. Hartshorn

Nelson S. Cram Richard W. Cram

The camp was named for Alfred F. Holt, a native of Lynde-
borough and at that time surgeon general of the State of Massa-
chusetts. On Feb. 12, 1889, at a special meeting of the camp,
in the presence of several of the division officers and a large
number of the citizens, Col. Holt presented the camp with a
very fine silk flag, appropriately inscribed with the name, num-
ber and division of the camp.

By reason of the limited population from which to draw mem-
bers, this has always been one of the smaller camps of the New
Hampshire division. But it has been prosperous, and has al-
ways stood well with the officers of the division, receiving a
good mark at its inspection each year. It has' been an interest-
ing feature in the memorial day services, and also on the occa-
sion of burying the soldier dead. The camp holds a separate
religious service on memorial day morning at the grave of Col.
Holt, and it also shares in the general services of the day at
Citizens' Hall and also at the cemetery.

The names of those who have served as commanders are ap-
pended, with the years in which they served : —

1888-1889 Edward Ross 1898 W. S. Tarbell

1890 W. S. Tarbell 1899 J. A. Carkin

1891 W. F. Herrick 1900 Charles R. Carter

1892 F. E. Carkin 1901-1902 Fred A. Holt

1893 Edward Ross 1903 Harry W. Holt

1894 Milo J. Burton 1904 W. H. Cheever

1895 W. C. Carkin 1905 Harry W. Holt

1896 R. N. Putnam 1906 Fred B. Richards

1897 C. H. Tarbell

Since its organization the camp has mustered about seventy
members.

906 APPENDIX

THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

The Woman's Relief Corps No. 55, auxiliary to the Harvey
Holt Post No. 15, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized
April 1 8, 1889, with thirteen charter members.

Although an organization of this kind had previously received
casual mention, it was through the influence of Mrs. Martha M.
Butler that it received existence. In the sixteen years of its
life it has gained a good reputation among its sister organiza-
tions, has furnished some department officials and has been a
helpful factor in the town. It has not only worked "for the
good of the order," but has always been alert in cases which
needed assistance. The corps has raised and expended for the
post, for charity and for improvements in the hall, including a
piano, $425. The corps now (Dec. 12, 1905) numbers thirty
members. Miss Abbie F. Cram was the first president, and was
several times re-elected. The following is the full roll of the
presiding officers : —

Miss Abbie F. Cram Mrs. Lizzie G. Tarbell Mrs. Jennie A. Holt
Mrs. Elsie M. Sargeiit Mrs. Camelia Winn Mrs. Ella R. Holt
Miss Minnie E. Stacy (Mrs. Hadley) Mrs. Addie W. Putnam

Mrs. Emma S. Barden Mrs. Martha M. Butler Mrs. Abbie A. Ford
Mrs. Mary Jane Curtis Mrs. Carrie M. G. Johnson

THE UNION VETERANS' UNION.

An organization of the Union Veterans' Union and also of an
auxiliary called the Woman's Veteran Relief Union were main-
tained here for several years with considerable interest. But
their membership became reduced by both deaths and removals
from town, and they no longer maintain a visible organization.

OSGOOD CARLETON.*

Osgood Carleton, for a quarter of a century before 1810, was the leading
teacher of mathematics and navigation in Boston. He had pupils from
many portions of New England. His was the school of the day for in-
struction in navigation and in the art of map construction. As a teacher
and cartographer he easily held a foremost rank Osgood Carle-
ton enlisted May 2, 1758, in the company of Capt. Aaron Fay, Col. Eben-
ezer Nichols, and served seven months for the "Reduction of Canada."
Residence given as Litchfield. (Mass. Archives, xcvi : p. 419.) April 6,
1759, aged eighteen years, and especially named as the son of Jeremiah
Carleton, residing in Woburn, he was attached to the regiment of Col.
Eleazer Tyng, under command of Gen. Jeffry Amherst for invasion of

* From an article by Rev. An son Titus, of Somerville, Mass., in the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register, Jan., 1901.

APPENDIX 907

Canada. The Regimental Return was dated at Dunstable [Mass. Arch.,
xcvi : 378]. January ist, 1760, he enlists as a private in the company of
Captain Joseph Newhall, Colonel Jacob Bayley, then stationed at Louis-
berg. He was discharged December 20, 1760. [Mass. Archives, xvciii :
482]. These separate enlistments, however, only show that he was^in the
pay of the province: This service brought him into the home and ser-
vice of Major-General John Henry Bastide, director and engineer of the
king's ordnance at Louisburg and Annapolis. It was while rendering
service in the army of Nova Scotia that his talent for mathematics and
his skill at original work were recognized, and he was made a part of the
working force among the navigators and artillerists of the King's army
and navy. It is said that for five years young Carleton was under his
tutelage in the provinces and on the high seas. General Bastide as'chief
engineer of ordinance found in Carleton a young man of large ability and
capable of hard work in engineering, pilotage and navigation. Carleton's
residence, with General Bastide, introduced him to affairs at I/ouisberg,
Annapolis, Liverpool and various colonies of the kingdom in North

America There is a brief account of the career of Carletou in the

History of the Society of Cincinnati of Massachusetts, and slight mentions
in other publications where the subject of the cartography of Boston is up-
permost ; but still there has been a scarcity of information as to where he
obtained his wide knowledge of engineering and navigation, and his great
skill in surveying. His residence in the home and as the clerk of Gen-
eral Bastide, the eminent royal engineer, explains it.

Index of Names, Places and Subjects.

BY REV. D. DONOVAN.

The indexes are quite full. Some things are, however,
omitted. Of these are, the Revolutionary Roll ; Tabulated
lists of Town Officers, 257-275 ; Captains of the Lafayette Artil-
lery ; Tax I/ist of 1786; List of teachers from printed Town
Reports ; the Mortuary lists and the genealogies.

Abbott, Chas. E., Mrs.,

310

John 4th, 72
Jonas, 536
Josiah, 354, 486, 487,

William, 494, 496, 533

William H., 496, 497
505, 510, 515

William H., Mrs., 506
Adams, Zabdiel, Rev.,
144, 286

& Mudgett, 536
Aiken, Rev. Silas, 297
Allen, Samuel, 19, 635

Seth, 491
Ames, Benj. B., 536, 636

Howard B., 236
Anderson, James, 238
Andrews, James, 485-

487, 535
John, 26
Andros, Sir Edmond,

10, 13

Archer, John, 26, 30
Arnold, James G., 238
Asten, Daniel, 526, 635
Atherton, Joshua, 81,

158
Atkinson, Theodore Jr.

40, 69, 74, 134, 136
Averill, Edward, 450
Avery, Charles L., 536

Bachellor, Joseph, 161

Reuben, 161
Bacon, Charles R., 237
Badger, David, 49, 133,
137, 138, 141, 154,
156-158, 161, 252,
265, 289, 290, 310,
354, 434, 438, 530,
531
John, 55,498, 587,588

NAMES

Robert, 133, 154, 161,

265, 354, 53°

Sarah, 530

E. B,, Esq., 345, 350
Bailey, Charles H., 536

Jonathan, 449

Levi P., 490, 491
Balch, Isaac & Israel,

251

Israel, 88

John J., 530

Joshua, 77

Mary, 77
Baldwin, Mr., 148

Joshua, 332

Bales, Miss Elsie M.,
(Mrs. S. F. Adams)

369

Barden, Amos Whit-
ney, 509
Barker, Phineas, 139

Theodore, 252
Barnard, Rev. Jeremi-
ah, 291.

Barnes, George, 422
George R., 536, 540
Nathan, 342
Barr, Col. Samuel, 145,

283
Barrett (Place), Oliver,

435, 458

Barren, Jonathan, 635
Moses, 484
Samuel, 155, 157, 172,

175-

Capt. William, 154,
158, 159, 161, 167,
265, 272, 273, 289,
31°, 354, 395-397,
434, 475, 530, 588-
590, 628

Barrow, Elbert, 525
Bartell, John, 26, 30
Robert, 26

Bartlett, John, 30

Lorenzo D., 499, 631,
632, 636

Nathaniel 42-44

Robert, 30
Batch elder, Daniel, 83

Eben, 527

Emerson, 528

George, 528

John C., 528

Joseph, 154 4

Nathaniel, 154, 157,
161, 433,500, 540

Reuben, 154

Sarah, 526

Batchellor.Albert S. 68
Bates, Col.Delevan, 287
Batten, John and Rich-
ard, 251, 536

Richard 77

Richard, Jr., 237
Beadle, Thomas, 26, 30
Beal, John, 26

Tarrant M., 413, 506
Beasom, John, 485, 518

John Jr., 227, 231,267,

436, 5*4

Philip, 485, 486, 514
Sarah, 518
Beede, Rev. Thomas,

291

Belknap, Jeremy, 3, 8
Berry, Col. 43, 46
Betton, (James) 81,9111
Bevens, Edward, Jr.,
134, 137, 138, 140,
141, 149, 483, 527
Edward, 354
Joseph, 483
Lizzie, 492
Sally, 527

Bickford, Mr., 36, 48, 59
Edward, 154
John, 483, 485

9io •

INDEX

Birne, Mrs. Martha, 483
Bishop, Frank J., 506

Mrs. George, 510
Bixby, Ephraim, 486
Oliver, 224, 225, 267,
292, 299, 312, 408,
409, 444, 445, 530,
531, 631

Blaisdell, John, 488
Blanch, Richard, 26
Blanchard, Amaziah,

538

Asa, 332, 447
Asa, Jr., 528
Daniel, 332
Elmer E., 437» 5*3
Col. Joseph, 19, 20,

40, 43,44, 51, 52,56,
70, 71, 73. 77, 235,
45-48, 68

Joseph, Jr., 47
Joseph A., 435, 436,

493. 507
Mrs. Joseph A., 508,

512
Lieut. Jotham, 266,

272, 322, 447, 528
William M., 237
Blaney, Maj. Joseph,

25, 27-29, 44, 45, 48,

97, 98, 482, 483, 486,

496, 534
Capt. William, 272,

458, 485, 496, 590
Blood, Austin, 238
Gen. Francis, 252
George H., 517
Hiram F., 507
Boardman, 434
Daniel, 446, 537
Thomas, 491, 537
Boffee, John, 162, 485,

487, 535
Melchizedeck, 35,36,

41, 133, 137, 141,
145, 281, 482, 485,

487, 535
Lieut. Thomas, 149,

151, 485, 488, 498,
519

Bolles, Matthew, 350
Bolster, Rev.W.H., 306
Boone, John W., 239
Borland's Farm

Francis, 72, 73
Bosworth, George W.,

238

Boutelle, 460
Bouton, Nathaniel, 156
Boutwell, Abby J., 501
Abram, 237, 533
Asa, 155
Belle L., 532

Benjamin, 225, 237
Charles R., 140, 458,

459, 532, 533. 545
James, 143, 152, 153,
237, 265, 271-273,
324, 354, 484, 485,
488, 500, 533, 537
Nathan B., 237
Nehemiah, 267, 299,
323, 328, 333, 458,
459, 467, 532
Newton, 224, 225
Rodney C., 444
William, 230
Rev. William Thurs-

ton, 237, 302
James, Rodney C.,
Nehemiah, Benjamin
J., Charles R., and
Mrs. Charles R., 533
Brothers, 545
Bowditch, Capt. Joseph

26, 30, 36, 48
William, 26
Bowen, John, 26

William H. (farm) 538
Bowers, Captain, 30, 48

Josiah, 486
Bowles, John, 52
Boyku, Adolphus, 239
Boylston, Josephine,

Mrs., 309

Boynton, Richard, 139
Brackett, Cyrus, 239
Bradford, Rev. Eph.
Putnam, 291, 297,
299, 300, 515
James C., 516
Capt. John, 148, 235,

485, 487, 515
Rebecca, 45I»452
Sally, 515
Thomas, 332, 351,410,

515

Braman, Rev. I., 291
Britton, Edward, 26
Broad, Clifton S., 636
Brooks, Isaac, 368
Brown, Allen A., 536,

537
Brown, Rev. Caleb, 338

Clara & Harriet, 510

Ira R., 539

Leonard G., 539, 632

Nathan, 500, 536

Robert R., 539, 632
Browne, Allen, 226

Rev. Donald, 305

William, 69
Bruce, John, 368

Sarah, 363
Bruno, Louis, 237

Bryant, Rev. Albert,

502
Buck, Sewall M., 437,

5i8
Bullard, John A., 529

Edward, 633
Bullock.Benjamin, 491,

635

Burnam, James, 161
Bnrnham, Israel P., 337

Israel, 447

John W., 534
Burns, Charles H., Esq.

369
Burroughs, Rev. David

343
Burton, etc., 54

Andrew, 435

Dexter, 226, 518

James, 634

John, 270

John H., 518

Jonathan, 484

Milo, 509, 511

Roy, 119, 510, 511,
514, 5i8

William A., 497

William W., 518
Butler, Charles M., 225,
412

Mrs. Charles M., 506

George, 458, 508

Horace, 519

Jacob, 231, 267, 284,
300, 324, 361, 363,

436.450,519
Dr. Jacob Newton,

519

John D., 539
John R., 237
Jonathan, 206, 274,

451, 486, 519
Jonathan H., 225
Butterfield, David, 494,

539, 633

Samuel, 68, 161
Butterfield & Fisher,

81, 82, 91
Buttrick, Alban, 517

Alvaro, 457, 5 13
Buxton, The pasture,
494

Campbell, Charles, 235

Henry, 235
Car kin Homestead, 538

Aaron, 498, 538

Charles, 448

David, (Place), 507

53.7

David, Jr., 225, 235
Fred A., 507, 508, 515

INDEX

911

John, 67, 133, 139'
162, 460, 487, 496,
526, 538

John A., 462, 508, 510,
5H, 520

John C., 237, 238, 507

WillC., 462,508,510,

Sii
Carleton, David, 149,

486, 487

Dudley, 299, 538
Eunice (Taylor), wid.

485, 487

Lieut. Jeremiah, 272,

289, 354. 463. 5°°
Jeremiah, 137, 139,
157, 158, 162, 486,

487, 539. 629
John, 225, 445, 523,

489

Miriam, 489
Osgood, 69, 70, 72, 73,

77, 90, 118, 145,

146, 484, 488, 590-

592, "906
Timothy, 149
Carr, Charles, 525
Carson (Place), 118
Adam, 482
Alexander, 539
Frank, 434
John, 332, 354, 355,

483, 494
William, 134, 137,

139. 273, 483, 538

William, Jr., 152, 161
Case, John, 252
Castine (Baron), 10, n
Chamberlain, Asa, 230,
231

Benjamin, 225

Daniel, 230, 489, 524

Eliza, 533

John, 524

Jonathan, 149, 161,

487, 497 , 523, 524
Jonathan, Jr., 485,

486, 496

Joseph, 230, 231, 332
Joseph, Jr., 448, 454,

460, " Brick Joe"
Joseph, 513, 519,

"Baptist Joe "
Mr. (Rufus?), 494
Nathaniel, 230
Rufus, 419, 448, 460,

496, 497. 499- 513.

524, 525, 538, 634
Samuel, 460, 486
Silas, 226
Walter, 238
Chandler, David, 71
David Jr., 28

Col. Samuel, 21, 22,

28
Chase, Harry R., 527,

528

Mrs , 528
Cheever, Herbert A.,

505» 507, 509
Ward N., 410, 496,

497, 503, 505» 5o6,
5H

Willis H., 507, 510
Mrs. W. H. (Carrie),

420

Chenery, Bertha, 525
John, 534
Moses, 530, 635
Susie, 525
Childs, Rev. A. C., 304

Rev. Simeon, 368
Christie (Place), John

K., 536
Churchill, Prof. J. W.,

305, 306
Miss Ellen B., 429,

508

Chute, J. W., 528
Claggett, Rev. Erastus
B., 298, 301, 302,
310, 363, 369, 383,
391-394, 417, 480,
520

Clark, A. F., 274
Asa, 539,

Rev. B. F., 299, 458
Benjamin Jones, 238,

532

Daniel, 488
David D., 428, 538,

539

Deborah (Rand), 633

Francis, 593

Rev. Frank G., 14,
32, 141, 276, 280,
281, 283, 286, 288,
291, 292, 298, 301,
304, 308, 309, 3ign,
408, 428, 429, 457,

524. 539

Gorham B., 239
Hannah Deborah

(Mrs. Gilmore) 593,

594

Capt. Henry, 274, 533
James I/., 332,539.636
John, 52, 226, 354,
(Place) 536, 593
Jonathan, 408, 489,

536

Capt. Peter, 47, 154,
T55> T57> T58, 160,
208, 245, 246, 247,
249, 251, 272, 274,
289, 445, 455, 458,

487, 490, S32, 536,
537, 592, 593, 636

Clarks, 434

Dea. Peter, 310, 330,

490, 5i8, 537
Robert, 443
Clark, Sarah (Barren),

633
Sarah (Putnam), 489,

593
Capt. William, 273,

282, 302, 323, 328,

329, 408, 442, 537
William H., 453, 458,

532

Clay, Samuel, 26
Cleaves, William, 255,

454

Clement, Charles, 512
Cleveland, Rev. D. M.,

343
Clough, Joseph, 27, 30,

36,48
Mrs. dough (Lynn),

352, 5<>8
Mr. M. C., 531
Cloutman, Thomas, 26
Cobbitt, Mrs. Hannah,

48

Cochran, Jonathan, 226
Col. W. H. D., 369
W. K., 446, 537
Codner, Benjamin, 26,

29

Christopher, 26
Colburn, 451, 457

B. W., 514
Colby, Mrs., 507

John F., 507
Collier, Peter, 26
Colson, Dorcas, 420

James, 508, 510, 511
Conant, Albert S., 236,

495, 5o8, 510
Coomes, Michael, 26
Corey, Thomas S., 363
Cornwallis, Gen., 160
Coston, Ebenezer and
Elizabeth, 140, 485,

533

Cragin, Daniel, 457,5I3
Cram, Abby F., 906
Albert, 460, 511, 513,

525

Andy, 505, 515

Azro D., 235, 436, 517

Benjamin, 38,137-141,
143, Dea., 156, 231,
265, 272, 279, 281,
310, 354, 436, 485,
487, 488, 523, 535

Benjamin, Jr., 496,

912

INDEX

Benjamin, Daniel,
Olive (Chamber-
lain), 459

Daniel, 225, 231, 289,

332. 338, 513
David, 133, 137, 273,

494. 526
David, 226
Elizabeth, 526
Everett, 239, 510
George M., 512
Gideon, 267, 351
Hannah, 231
Henry, 332, 351, 457,

489, 525
Hiram, 231
Huldah, 523
Irene, 511
Israel, 492, 518
Jacob, 133, I37-I39.

157. 265, 273, 278,

282, 354, 485, 526
James, 525
James S., 599
James, Jr., or 2nd,

332, 351, 457. 489,

525
John, 31-36, 38, 230,

277. 452, 453. 47i,
482, 497, 499, 599

John, Jr., 38, 516,
522, 523

Capt. Jonathan, 38,

67, i33» 137, 138,

142, 143, 161, 278,

279, 281, 436, 485,

487, 523, 524. 526
Jonathan, Jr., 60, 281,

482, 526, 533
Joseph, 38, 55, 226,

332, 35 J> 487, 523-

525

Lewis, 410
Cram & Daniels, 410,

489
Louise (Mrs. John A.

Putnam), 525
Luther, 118,345, 388,

419, 448, 492, 522
Nathan, 162, 487
Nelson, 518
Orrin, 350, 508, 517
Peter, 254, 439, 499,

525

Phebe, 487, 497, 523
Polly, 156
Rachel, 526
Richard, 516
Sarah, 487, 523
Solomon, 88, 99, 161,

328, 332, 337, 485,

505. 517, 525, 537,

538

Uriah, 149, 273, 328,

489, 525, 526
Cressy, Andrew, 77,251

Widow, 473, 492, 533
Crocker, E. B., 504
Cromwell, Oliver, 5
Crosby, Benjamin, 462,
5i8

Rev. Jaazaniah, 291

Jacob, 457, 513

Joseph, 95, 96
Cummings, Rev. Chas.,
338, 339

Charles P., 492

C. J., 454, 474, 530,

635

Mary E. 512
Nathan (Place), 540,

637

Mrs. Nathan, 540
Dea. S. S., 103, 344,

5"
Timothy & wife, 29,

3.6, 48
Currier, Rev. Joshua,

340
Curtis, Asher, 234, 312,

537. 538

Mrs. Asher, 469
Asher 2nd, 312, 450
Betsey Ann, 312, 468,

469

Edward W., 538,
Eli, 454, 472, 636
Eli, Jr., 226
Eli Clark, Dea., 310,

312, 434, 454, 472,

481, 492, 538, 539
Frances, 538
Hiram, 234, 312
Israel, 312, 539
John, 515
Kilburn S., 312, 499,

538

Levi, 337, 494
Mary Jane, 505
Molly, 492
Sally, 538
William W., 312, 409,

532, 538, 636
Cutter, Mrs., 508

Dale or Deal, John, Sr.

35. 36, 38, 49. 54,
278
Mrs. Thomas, 514,

517

Damon, Warren, 492
Dana, Samuel, Esq. 325
Dane, Ezra, 353
Danforth, Edgar A.(

161, 166, 169, 259,

419, 5io

Mrs. E. A., 388
Simon O., 363
Daniel , Stephen, 26
Stephen, Jr., 26, 30
Daniels & Cram (in

business), 410
Dascomb, 88, 329, 436,
496, A Revolution-
ary Soldier
James, Jr., 83
Luther, 211
Polly, 368

Davis, David A., 363
Hezekiah, 411
Rev., J. G., 303
Myra, 535
William, 235
Day, Isaac, 154, 161
Dearborn, Dr. S. G.,

631, 632
Deland, George, 30, 49,

52

Densmore, Francis, 49
Denten, Ebenezer, 162
Derby, Charles, 26
Roger, 26, 28, 29
William, 26
Dickey, David G., 274,

434, 442, 53°
William, 68
Dike, Benjamin, 151
Dix, Betsey, 527
Dixey, Samuel, 26

William, 26, 30
Dodd, John, 26
Dodge, Rev. Austin,

306

Josiah, 98, 252
Dolliver, Edward, 513
Capt. John and wife,

502, 514, 536
John B., 235
John E., 5IO-512
Richard N., 225
Samuel, 514, 531
William H., 510, 514,

5i8

Donnell, James, 539
Donohue, Col. Michael

T., 236

Donovan, Rev. Dennis,
304, 3°5, 343, 388,
520
Prof. Winfred Nichols,

344

Dowd, John, 29
Draper, David S., 514

Hannah, 231

Harry, 508

James C. P., 519

Jotham P., 235

Leon, 519

Thomas J., 514

INDEX

William, 251

Willis H., 508
Duncklee, Mr., 408

Clintie, 534, 539

Edward W., 434

Francis, 231

George, 536

Hezekiah, 162

Isaac L., 534, 539

William, 520, 539

William R., 234
Dustan, Rev. George,

302

Dutton,* Benj., 284,491,
540

Mrs. Benjamin, 58,
60, 435, 533

Betsey E., 540

Rev. Chas. H., 305

Jacob, 251

Josiah, 283

Mynard, 274

Reuben, 353, 433, 491,
54°, 635

Samuel, 230

Capt. William, 251,

325, 327, 328, 518
Dyer, Samuel, 537

Eastman, G. W., 446,

457,46o, 514
Eaton, Charles F., 460
Frank, 513
Warren, 457, 513
Rev. W. H., D.D.,

410

Ellinwood, 161
Ira S., 337

Joseph, 354, 492, 526
Samuel, 337
Elliott, Rev. Joseph,
338

Elson, , 30

Emerson, Rev. Daniel,

145, 279, 280, 286
Rev. Joseph, 145, 279,

280, 286

Emery, Clintie A., 365
Rev. Enville J., 341,

342

Harlan E., 365, 508
John, 504, 509, 516
Mrs. John (AnnM.),

5°9

Morris M., 508, 520
Mrs., 519

English, Joseph, 26, 30
Philip, 26, 30

*There was a also a Reed
Dutton, whose old cellar is
east of Mr. Sewell M. Buck's
place. P. 537

Epes or Epps, Capt.
Benjamin, 88, 272,
322, 325, 487, 537

Col. Daniel, 26, 27.
28, 30, 487, 536

Daniel, Jr., 26, 28, 29,

45, 48, 59
Francis, 251, 289, 536,

627, 628
George D., 448
Joseph, 93, 94
Joseph, 2nd, 329
Samuel, 28
Everett, Rev. Samuel,

338

Farrar, Rev. Stephen,

145

Mrs. Martha M., 420
Fearing, Hawkes, 235
Fellows, Col. Enoch Q.

236

Felton, John, 29, 36
Finning, Daniel, 235
Flardy, Edward, 30, 49
Fletcher, Oliver, 48
Philip, 154, 161
Robert, 62, 63, 68-70,
73, 76, 77, 81, 82, 86,

90, 94

Simeon, 161
Thomas, 30, 48
Flynn, Jacob, 93, 94, 95
Follansbee, George R.,

236

Forten, Thomas, 26
Foster, Daniel, 29
David, 26
Jonathan, 26
Fowle, Charles P., 226
John, 28, 30
Capt. John, Jr., 30,

33,48

Fox, John, 239
Franklin, John A., 238
French, Benjamin, 79,

80

Fuller, Andrew, Esq.,
94, 98, 153, 154, 158,
161

Andrew, Jr., 534
Benjamin, 534
Moses, 534
Archelaus, 459
James, 230
Furgason, Archeball,26

Gage, David (Mission-
ary), 369

David and wife, 600
Mrs. David, 506, 507

Rev. David, 342

John, 504

John and David, 445,

457, 513, 534
Horace D., 536
Gallden, John, 235
Gannett, Rev. J. H.,342
Ganson, John. 37
Gardner, Ebenezer,

149, 322
Frank, 490
John, 26, 28, 29, 30
Gay, Joel, 312
Giddings, Luke, 635
Gilchrist, D., 634
Gilman, Gov. John T.,

254
Gilmore, Gen. Quincy

A., 235

Glover, John, 142, 484
Goddard, Percy, 531
Goffe, Col. John, 63,

145
Goldthwaite, Obed M.,

353

Phebe, 353

Goodhue, Benjamin, 26,
30, 45, 48, 59, 80, 88,
96
Stephen, 78-80, 96

Goodman, . 442

Goodridge, Dea. Benj.,
300, 360, 446, 459,

49°

Charles, 536

Israel Hutchinson,
273, 299, 332, 360,
442, 443, 53°, 532

John C., 310, 445, 446,

536, 537
John H., 386, 445,458,

459, 490, 529, 536

Sarah C., 536

Rev. Sewall, 80, 8r,
83, 84, 85, 87-90, 93-
95, 97-100, ^S'^S,
155, 157, 285, 286,
290, 298, 306, 307,
310, 329, 330, 485-
487, 501, 530, 534

Mrs. Sewall and fam-

ttji 33°

Gordon, William, 325
Gorges and Mason, i,

2, 3, 4, 5, 6-8, "i I2
Gould, Mr., 283
Major Daniel, 83, 84,
88, 89, 90, 92, 93,
95-100, 154, 157,
161, 209, 312, 322,
325, 327, 328, 408,
454, 459, 5oi, 531-
533

914

INDEX

George, 35, 36, 48,

89, 133. 137. 141,
142, 145, 324, 408,

498, 501, 531, 532
Jacob S., 460
John, 289, 531
Richard, 89, 149, 161
William H., 536
Benjamin, 482, 517,

539

Humphrey, 513
Gowen, John, 488
Grant (Place) . 493
Arthur, 535
David C., 68, 149, 161,
223, 231, 284, 417,

445, 49°. 525» 544
James, 273, 274, 485,

492,531.535
John, 488
Miss, 363

William H., Esq.,
161, 205, 223, 224,
230, 259

Graves. Moses, 48
Gray, Matthew, 353
Greeley, Rev.E.H., 304
Green, 71

George E., 236
Gregg, Capt. William,

231

Griffin, Robert, 240
Grimes, David W., 224,

225
Crush or Grnshe'.Thos.

154

Gyles, John, Jr., 26, 28,
30

Hackett, Mr., 534
Hadley Hill, 108
Bros.' Mill, 114, 115,

45i

Mrs. Abigail, 515
Chase, 443, 518
Mrs. Chase, 465
Dana, 512
Franklin, 225, 340,

434, 533

George Willis or
(Mrs. Minnie S.),

4H, 5ii

Joshua, 133, 154, 161

Levi P., 505

Josh, Chase, Frank-
lin, Levi P. and
wife, 530

Mark, 519

Wilkes H., 534
Haggett (Place), 494,

539
J-, 102

John & Joseph, heirs,

539

Hails, Israel, 160
Hale, Col. John, 145,
283

Martin, 234
Haley, Frank, 510
Hall, Samuel R., 368

Edward, 509, 510

Edward G., 539
Hallett, Joseph, 26, 30

F. H., 516

Hamblet, Hezekiah,i6i
Hammond, 272
Hancock, Mr., 71
Hanley, Patrick, 537
Hardy, Rev. Owen E.,

305, 533, 539, 637
Rev. Eliphalet J.,

305, 454, 525, 539,

637
Rev. Mrs. Sabrina

Jennings, 305
Albert, 332, 410, 411,

523

Mr., 493
Harlow, Rev. Lincoln,

302
Harper, William, 456,

457
Harriman, Col. Walter,

236

Harris, Benjamin, 236
Nathan S., 238
Oliver, 537
Hartman, John, 240
Hartshorn, David P.,

460, 522
George M., 529
Jeremiah, 506
John, 526, 539
John, 2nd, (105, 225?),
332, 344, 349, 445,
520, 527. 533
John A., 234
Miss Lizzie, 522
Miss Marion, 420
Micah, 116, 434, 435,

454, 539
Ruby, 506
Samuel, 224, 225,332,

337, 344, 361, 447,

526
Samuel Newell, 388,

539, 636

Heirs of S. N., 539
Sumner S., 509
Mrs. Susanna P., 226
Timothy, 95, 96
Harwood, Andrew, 119,

447, 526

Andrew, Jr., 526
John, 96

Otis, 239

Hasseltine, Nathan,
488

Nathan, Jr., 495, 496
Hatch, Mrs. C. G., 528

Dr. G. W., 622
Hawes, David, 409
Hawthorne, Robert,309

Mrs. Robert, 501
Hayford, Mrs. Minnie,

5"

Heald, Rev. J. H., 304
Heath, Mrs. Addie, 510
Hemingway, Mr., 280
Hendley, Thomas, 27
Henderson, Daniel, 537
Herrick, Benjamin G.,
302, 312, 434, 440,

492, 534, 535
Edward, 226, 227, 523
Indiana, 295, 534
Dr. Israel, 252, 298,

299, 310, 333, 360,
475, 53ri 533, 534,
547, 570-574, 635

John, 539

Joseph, 153, 154, 157,

246, 268, 272
Lafayette, 512, 534
William J., 224, 225,

409, 53*, 532
Herrick & Donnell,

539
Hicks, Maj. Joshua, 44,

45, 48, 52, 483
Hildreth, Jotham, 273,

300, 312, 360, 388,
437, 452, 513, 634,
637

Jacob, 408

Hildreth & Dunck-

lee, 408

Hill, Abel, 539
Asa (Place), 537, 224,

225
Abel & Asa, heirs,

537

Dea. Asa, 310

Rev. Ebenezer, 291

Fred, 530

Jonathan, 36

Miss Martha, 363

Sylvester, 363
Hilliard, David, 26, 30

Edward, 26, 30

Joseph, 26, 30,
Hillman, Rev. A. T.,

306

Hilt, Miss Lizzie, 535
Hilton, Edward, 4
Hine, William, 26
Hobson, Capt. John, 21,
22

INDEX

915

Hodgeman, Samuel,
493' 502, 517, 636
Elnathan, 236
Hodgen, Arthur W.,528
Hodsdon, E. P., 634
Holden (Place), 458,

5i8

Henry E., 537
Warren, 637
Holland, John, 146, 147

Stephen, Esq., 271
Holley, William, 206,

436
Hollingsworth, Joshua

26

Holmes, Daniel, 490
Holt, Abigail, 353
Andy, 238, 440, 452,
'477, 492, 503, 535,

554

Betsey, 447
Charles Henry, 412,

413, 440, 451, 505
Mrs. Charles Henry,

506, 521
Charles Harvey, 527,

539
David, 273, 492, 534,

535

David K., 332
Dexter K., 526, 528,

530
Dorcas A., 352, 503,

505. 5o6
Effie, 521
Eli, 226, 337
Emery, 497, 523, 524
Flora M., 510
Fred, 467, 535
George W., 411, 506
Harvey, 234, 521, 523,

524

Harvey, 523, 489, 535
Israel Porter, 528
Jason, 236, 440, 511,

636, 515
John Fletcher, 102,

353, 489, 5io, 521,

523, 524
Joshua, 72, 73
Lorenzo, 521
Mary A., 510
Nathan, 279
Oliver, 493, 535
Persons S., 274, 539
Simeon, 83
William, 48, 133, 226
William, 410,503,520,

534, 535
William Persons, 526,

527, 539

Hooper, Robert, 48, 2 70,
486, 487, 530

Hosmer, Stephen, Jr.,

23, 24
Houghton, Mrs. Phebe

G., 516
Houston (Corner), 76,

77

Caleb, 308, 601
Ira, 267,433,481,491,

635

John, 311

Samuel, 154, Lieut.,
161, 209, 225, 491
540, 629

Capt. Samuel, 272, Dea.
310, 330, 433, 491,
540, 629
Howard, Samuel, 230,

255, 434
Silas, 255, 434
Joseph, 447, 454
Howe, Asa, 96
Hubbard, Rev. H. G.,

302 342, 520
Hunt, Joel, 26
Kurd, History.of Hills-
borough County,
368
Hussey, Rev. C. S.,352,

506
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann,

5, 16

Mrs. Charles L., 528
Ebenezer, 93, 94, 536
Everett, 492
George, 139
Rev. G. W.,34i, 349,

352, 353, 520
Isabel, 526
Col. Israel, 76, 82,

Sketch of, 585, 586
James, 139, 151, 485,

487

John, 134, 137, 138,
140, Sergt.,141,143,

539

Nehemiah, 149
Samuel, 151

Ingalls, Ephraim, 26,

3°, 36, 48
Isaac, Henry, 224
Ives, Rev. H. S., 305

James I., King of Eng-
land, 12

James II. , King of Eng-
land, 10, 13

Jackson, Bartholomew,

26, 30, Capt. 49
George, 26

Jaffrey, George, 40, 69,
7i, 72, 74, 75, 87,
89

Jaquith, Cyrus, 531
Jeunison, Rev. Mr., 299
Jensen, Lorenzo P.,

349- 509

Jewett, Rev. Mr., 297
Johnson, Adam, 67, 94,
98, 134, 463, 485-
487, 537> 538
Elizabeth, 353
Francis, 606, 512
James, 139, 140, 537
John, 134, 142, 279,

281, 485, 537, 538
Joseph A., Esq., 10511.
223, 224, 225, 419,
45i, 458, 506, 512
Rachel, 486, 537
Jones, Dr. Benjamin,
246, 272-274, 300,
322, 324, 328, 330,
332, 486, 491, 531,
535, 540, 622, 627
Benjamin, Jr., 225
George T., 238
Joseph, 273, 299, 360,

534
Nathan, 299, 443, 444,

Nathaniel, 531, 631
Rev. Newton, 297,302
Samuel, 274, 477, 530,

531
Dr. William A., 225,

299, 3io, 439, 440,
477, 532
Dea. William, 443,

444, 479, 53i
Joslin, Benjamin, 492,

508

Frank, 532, 533, 535,
Henry H., 116, 492,

535, 540
Levi, 409
Oscar, 492

Karr (Place), 437
Miss Elizabeth, 363
James H., 530, 531,

534

John H., 238

Mary, 353

Samuel, 224, 225
Kelley, Hugh, 30
Keyes, Joseph, 146, 147

Charles, 530
Kidder (Place), 512

Elizabeth R., 512

Ephraim, 512, 494

Franklin, 512

John, 133, 137, 154,
161, 354, 485, 512,

534;
John, Jr., 252

INDEX

Capt. Jonas, 158, 246,
268, 273, 306, 303,
463,484,539, Sketch
of, 601-603

Rev. Joseph, 145, 286

Joseph, 295, 534

Manley, 536

Nelson, 532

"Young " Phineas C.
224, 225

"Middle" Phineas,
535, 636

"Old" Phineas, 535,
(A Revolutionary
pensioner), 206
Killam, Benjamin, 247,

323
Mrs. Hannah (Clark)

633

Joseph, 252
Samuel, 252
Kimball, George, 532
Isaac, 225
Rev. Ivory, 300, 301,

310

Reuben, 251
Kings of England
Charles I., 53
Charles II., 53
James II., 10
George III., 38
William III., 31
King Philip, 22, 24
King, Capt. Daniel, 26
John, 25

Capt. Samuel and
others, 15, 21-25,
28, 29, 31, 58
Capt. William, 26, 30
Kittridge, Rev., of

Lyme, N. H., 417
Knapp, Isaac, 26, 30

James, 26, 30
Knight, Ephraim, 369,

389
Knollys, Hansard, 5, 6

Lakin, Abel, 497

Amaret, 462

Joshua S., 462

Thomas, 497
Lambert, Jonathan, 30

Joseph, 27, 30

Samuel, 27
Lane, Rev. Asa, 342
Langdell, William, 234

239
Mark D., 518

Larkharn, Rev., Epis-
copal minister, 6

Lawrence, 413, 495, 521,
522, 635

Leacher, Joseph, 239

Lee, Jeremiah, 487, 535
Sergt. William, 151,

1 66
Capt. Wm. & Sarah,

488
Capt. William, 603-

604

L/egroe, John, 26
Lehman, Leman or
Lemmon, Abraham
38

Dr., 270
Samuel, 35, 38
Samuel, Jr., 482
Lendall, James' Heirs,

48
Leverett, Thomas H.,

225
Lewis, Aaron, 154, 161

(Sergt.)
Capt. Aaron, 251, 310,

322, 328, 330, 434
Benjamin, 485
Cyrus, 368
David, 289
Isaac, 455
Joseph, 455

Livermore, Rev. Jona-
than, 145, 286
Matthew, 40
Col. Thomas, 238
Loring, William, 536
Lovejoy, William, 443
Lovewell, Major, 37
Lowe, Everett E., 526
Fred, 539
Hattie, 521
Mrs. Isaac, 350
Isaac, 515, 516
John, 521

Lucas, Luke A., 513
or Manual Place, 435
Ledge, 105
Lund, Phineas, 96
Lynch (Place), 422,

538

Franklin, 455

John, 513

Robert K., 538
Lynde, Benjamin Jr.,
Esq., 26

Treasurer of the
Salem-Canada Pro-
prietors, 28, 30, 44,
45, 48, 49, 52, 57, 59,
64, 65, 67-72, 74, 75,
77, 78, 81, 86, 140,
270, 277, 278, 281,
289, 292, 297, 483,
484, 485, 487, 531,
535,537,539. Sketch
of Life, 581,582,583

Mack, Miss P. J., 363
Mackey, Daniel, 483
Macomber, Rev. S. B.,

342, 520
McAllister, George S.,

528

Lula, 528

McCauley, James, 490
McGee, Rev. Jonathan,

302
McGinley, Letitia, 419,

420, 510, 515
McGown, Rev. A. J.,

305, 3°6

McGuire, Hugh, 236
Mclntire, Elias, 299,

300, 534
Jonathan, 529
Levi, 273

• Deacon N.T.( Church

Clerk), 295,310,434,

5i8, 534, Capt., 413,

521

Mclntire, Timothy, 93,

94

McLane, J., 537
McMaster, Eliza, 534
Grannie, 295, 492
Samuel, 157
McNeal, William, Jr.,

482
Manahan (Place), 409,

4io, S3*
Clara A., 310
Samuel T., 531
Manning, Asa, 273, 299,

439, 538, 633
Fred S., 235
Jacob, 323, 538, 633
Sherebiah, 465, 477,

540
Manson, Rev. Albert,

302
Manuel (Place), 524,

452, 457

Marble, Oliver, 456
March, Clement, 40, 71

74
Marsh, Edward K. 235,

236
Marshall, Andrew J.,

236, 507, 509, 5",

514

James, 494
Marstou, Col. Gil man,

234
Martin, Benjamin J.,

225, 516
John, 26
John J., 408,412, 503,

506

Peter, 26, 29, 49
Mrs. Lizzie, 534

INDEX

917

Marvell, Mr., 539
Mary, Queen of Great

Britain, 13
Mason £ Gorges, 4
John, i, 3,4, 7, 10, 12,

16, 18

Robert, 18, 19
John and Robert, 19
Col. John Tufton, 19,

40, 42, 48, 68, 72
John, Sketch of and
his posterity, 579-
58i

Joseph, 238
Robert C., 539, 636
Mather, Rev. Cotton, 5
Maynard, Charles, 533
Means, Robert, 270
Medes, John, 230
Melendy, Augustus A.,

282, 526
Joseph, 492
Melzar, Ezra F., 528
Merrett, Nicholas, 27
Merriam, Rev. George,

3°5

Rev. Asaph, 342
Merrill, Rev. Nathaniel
144, 280, 286, 291,
292, 294, 307, 531,
533. 3°8> 310> 33°.
337. 350. 36o. 36i,
417. 443
Mr. M., Elocutionist

386

James W., 536
Mesandowit, Indian

Chief, ii
Meserve, Nathaniel, 40,

?i

Green, etc., 74, 75
Miller, John C., 436,

517

Mrs. Nancy, 533
Mitchell, Rev. Joseph

B., 342

Monroe, Jesse, 235
Moore, Samuel, 40

Col. Daniel, 208

Charles, 238

Rev. Humphrey, 297

Fred, Harriet, Cyrus,

512
Morgan, John, 236

Mark, 494

Morris, William, 237
Morse, Leonard, 533

Mark, 537

Mrs. Harry, 537
Mullen, Mr., 509
Murch, George, 516
Murdo, Walter & wife,
5*6

Murra}T, Major S. F.,
398

Needham (Place), 491
William L., 537
Warren, 537

Nevins, Miss Ann Jane,
363

Newell, John, 451, 457,

513
Newton, HarveyM.,234

Ida M., 419
Nichols, Warren, 530
Nickolls, Daniel, 48, 95
Norbourne, Alfred, 435,

438
Norman, Benjamin, 26

William. 30
Nutting, John, Jr., 52

O'Connor, Edward, 236
Odell, Luther, 446, 536
Odiorne, Jotham, 40, 71
Oliver, Andrew, Esq.,

69, 80
& wife, Mary (Lynde)

95
Benjamin Lyude, 78,

79. 95, 96

Orcutt, Rufus, 238
Ordway, Enoch, 530
James, 98, 329
John, 134, 161, 265,
325, 327, 408, 474,
530, 635

John C., 238, 302, 531
Moses, 133, 159
Walter, 530
William H., 234, 236,

238, 239
Orne, Simon, 26, 30

John, 325
Osborne (Place), 536

W. H., 536

Osgood, Samuel, 26, 30
Robert B., 492, 636

Packer, Thomas, 40
Page, John, 514
Paine, Miss, 302
Palfrey, 3
Palmer, Asa, 536

Eben J., 238
Parish, Rev. Elijah, 291
Parker, " Old Tavern "

536

Carleton, 230
Charles, 536
Deborah, 635
Elmer B., 528
George W., 392, 527
Mrs .George W., 528
Isaiah, 422, 490, "536

Josiah M., 527
Robert, 230
Samuel, 488
William, 40
Parry, Edward & Heirs

540

(Place), 433, 434
Parsons, Jonathan, 157
Nathan, 161
Thomas, 161
Passaconaway, Indian

Chief, 8
Patch, Edwin N., 102,

538

Dea. Abram, 540
Patterson, Walter, 511
Payson, Rev. John, 144,

286
Peabody, Rev. Eph-

raini, 147
Joseph, 96, 97
Stephen, 142, 252
Widow, 93
William, 36
Peacock, Rev. John,

342, 344

Peal, Jonathan, Esq.,
26, 30, 48, 96, 488,

539

George, 26
Pearson, Abigail, 353
Amos, 159, 494
Daniel, 95
Dimon, 454
Ebenezer, 339, 353,

503
Ebenezer, Jr., 227,

5.15,516

Elizabeth, 95, 96

James, 332, 528

Jesse, 312

Jonathan, Jr., 328

Moses, 231, 337, 437

Samuel, 337

Miss Submit R., 339

Susan, 338

Susan E., 528

Thomas, 486

William, 338
Peirce, Lieut. Col. Ben-
jamin, 209

Daniel, 40, 71, 73-75

John, 80, 81, 85-87, 89

Joshua, 40

Perham, Charles L.,
539, 636

David, 332, 527, 528

Harvey, 492, 528, 529

John, 529

Joseph, 529

Oliver, 96, 206, 300,
323, Ensign, 328,
539

INDEX

Oliver, Jr., 447
Otis, 529
Rodney, 529
S., 447
William, 332
Willis, 538
Perkins, Edinond, 206,

267, 332, 333. 538
Person, Nathan, 289,

354, 488, 627
Peters, Rev. Hugh, 7
Petors, Richard, 26, 30
Pettingill, Frank A. 436

5«>3i 5i6

Phelps, Ensign Nath-
aniel, 147, 154, J57,
162, 273

Philip, Indian King, 8,

9

Phipps, Sir William, 13
Pickman, Col. Benja-
min, Esq., 44, 45,
48, 52, 483, 485, 486,
488

L/ove, 52

William, 79, 80, 488
Pickwortb, John, 26 ;
Pike, Col. James, 237
Place, Rev. L. D., 304,

3°5

Plummer, Daniel, 537
Pollard, Rev. Joseph,

342, 345

Potes, William, 26
Powers, Ephraim, 134,

138, 279-281, 486,

487, 534
George, 239
Edward, 529
Pratt, Mrs. of Salem,

25, 27, 28, 61
Amos, 434, 442, 530
George, 236
Rev. Dura D., 340
Preston, Seth, 236
Price, John, 239
Proctor, John, 26, 30
Benjamin, 26
Daniel, 224, 225,

(Place), 536
David E., 237,239,491
vSylvester, 274
John, 491, 536, 537,

(Old Place)
Punchard, Benjamin,

154

Samuel, Jr., 159
Putnam, Aaron, 436,

488

Abigail, 368, 489
Adeline, 505, 506
Algernon W., 388,521
522

Alice, 515
Benjamin, 230
Betsey, 503, 505
Byron, 350, 461, 507,

509, 511, 513
Daniel, Esq., 226,323,

332, 334, 338, 367,
380, 442, 488, 503,
507, 520, 610

Prof. Daniel, 350,353,
390, 612 614

David, 162, 267, 273,
274> 337-340, 344,
349, 361, 363, En-
sign, 368, 439, 440,

451, 453- 488, 489,
522

Deacon David, Jr.,

226, 227, 230, 344,

419, 488, 489, 495,

521, 522

David, 3rd, 521, 522

Edward, 605

Edwin H., 32, 410,

452, 453, 459, 477,
495, 52i, 523

Mrs. Eliza, 120

Ephraim, 36, 38, 41,
47, 105, 133, 137,
141, 144, 150, 152,
157, 158, 161, 272,
278, 607-609

Ephraim, Jr., 245,246,
248, 265, 268, 310,
322, 354, 495 521,

522, 609
Ephraim, 3rd, 162,

230, 5°3, 506, 526,

609
"Danvers" Ephraim

486, 516
Ephraim, 2nd, 339,

436, 503, 504, 5*6,

517

Esther, 517
Ephraim Hildreth,

332

Mrs. Ephraim Hil-
dreth, 506, 517

Capt. Eleazer, 410,

503, 505

Miss Emma D., 420
Mrs. Fanny, 510
Miss Grace E., 508
Col. Haldimand S.,

235
Capt. Israel, 224, 227,

230, 340, 439, 452>
489,495, 522, 611

Mrs. Israel, 506

Jacob, 35, 36, 83

Jacob D., 461

James A. G., 509

Jason, 344, 622
Jesse, 485
John, 488, 503, 505
John A., 523, 525
Jonathan, 332, 517
Jonathan, Jr., 332,367,

517
David Johnson, best

known as Johnson,

312, 520

Joseph, 226, 493
Leonard, 231
Marian, 489
Mariette D., 349
Mattie S., 535
Nathaniel, 31, 32, 49,

486
Phebe (Goodrich),

428

Percy H., 485, 523
Hon. Perley, 605
Col. Philip, 80-84, 87,

90, 92, 95
Roy N., 410, 412,413,

5H

Sarah (Clark), 489
Stephen, 34-36, 45,

48, 58, 483, 484
Susanna (Hartshorn)

226, 349, 522
Col. Timothy, 230,

489, 496, 522, 538
Timothy (Thurston),

460, 499, 523
Putnams, Dales, etc.,

54
William R., 350, 388,

611
Gen. Israel, 614

Quiglig, Mr., 71
Quiggle, Ella M., 536

Ramsdell, John, 225,

538

Rand, Edgar, 494, 635

Rev. John, 60, 139,

279, 306, 453- 614-
615

John, 93

Nehemiah, 80, 81 , 82-

85, 87, 90, 91, 155-

158, 246, 271, 27.2.

325, 453. 454, 483,
484, 532, 615-616,
628

Rev. Lyinan F., 302
Sarah D., 532
Randall, Abraham, 291
Randell, George, 225
Randolph, Edward, 18
Raymond, Paul, 49
George B., 238

INDEX

919

Rev. George T., 342
John P., 239
William B., 435, 533
Read, Nathan, 96

Jesse, 226, 273, 539
Record, Rev. Isaiah,

342

Reon, Joseph, 236
Reynolds, Frank, 437
John, 154, 157, 161,

246, 272, 627
Richards, Mrs. F. B.
(or Lizzie), 226,
420, 453

Fred B., 462, 522
Rev. Mr., 297
Marshall B., 517
Richardson (Place),

531

Stephen, 34
Benjamin, 140
Rev. Cyrus, 304, 305,
Fred A., 440, 454, 459
Harry, 118,473,474,

49°. 53°
Jacob, 330
James, 483
John, 310, 312, 469.533
Lieut. Joseph, 29, 32-

36, 48, 77, 78, 252
Joseph's son, 35
Joseph B., 483
Nathan, 530, 636
Sarah S.(Mrs.Dodge)

306

Solon, 538
Timothy, 299, 324,

444, 459

William, 225,227,231,
300, 301, 352, 492,

5°7

William, Jr., 337
William, 538
Riley, Charles D., 492,

531

Rindge, John, 40
Robbins, Milo, 528

Russell, 528
Robinson, , 30

Abel, 26

William, 26
Roby, Luther, 460
Rockwood, Rev. Arden

M., 306
Rogers, Dr., 73

Edward E., 536
Ropes, Jonathan, 627
Rose (Place), 493

Abraham, 493, 494,

5°°» S38
Brackley, 225
George, 634
Willard, 434, 538

Ross, Edward, 236

George, 508

Ruth, 419

Samuel, 508

Mrs. Sarah, 508

Thomas, 510
Roswell, Sir Henry, 3
Rowe, John, 161, 485,

486

Ruffle, George, 419
Ruland, Rev.G.W., 304
Russell, Dr. Daniel
(lived on the T.
Boffee place), 89,
94, 97, 251, 327

Aaron W., 538

Adoniram, 634

Burnham, 254, 538

Ebenezer, 224, 225,
230, 231

Harriet, 506, 525

Jedidiah, 206, 517

Jedidiah, Jr., 526

John, 230

Josiah, 538

Orrin, 538

Sergeant Peter, 161,
484

Samuel K., 517

Rev. T. Clarkson,342

William, 230
Ryerson (Place), 436

William N., 274, 634

William, 516, 517

Clara N., 516, 517

St. Castine (Baron), 10,

ii

Sanborn, George H.,46o
Sargent, Dana B., 485,

5ii, 535
Mrs. Dana B. (or

Elsie), 116, 535
Joshua, 206, 230, 451,

456, 469, 489, 513,

522

John, 231
Rev. F. D., 303
Rev. Joseph, 340
Ruthy, 522

Saunders, Joseph, 224
Savage, Charles, 528
Ensign John, 93-95,

154, 158, 161, 434,

486, 627, 628
Rev. William T., 300
Sawin, Rev. Theophi-

lus Parsons, 302,

303, 365, 366
Sawyer, Mr., 636
Searl, Thomas, 26, 30
Searles, Jotham, 490
Lucinda, 519

Seiiter (Place), 536

Benjamin, 490

Charles H., 536

Franklin, 536

Oliver, 490

Ruth, 490

Samuel, 536
Severance, Joseph, 149

Sharpe, Mrs. Joseph

509

ShattuckBros., 504
Shaw, Christopher C.,

401
Shedd, Mrs. Octavia,

5io

Shepard, John, 235, 454
John,Jr.,Esq., 67, 69-

73. 75.76,81,82,84,

85, 87, 89, 90, 92,

137
Robert T. S. & heirs,

538

Walter S., 538
Simonds, Jesse, 463,

539
Simpson, John, his

town, 23, 24, 25
Skead, John, 49
Small, Sylvester, 529
Smith, Dr. Albert, 15

Andrew, 226

Arthur P., 235

Rev. Bezaleel, 302

Charles J., 255

Charles R., 536

David, 226

Edward D., 518

George, 274

Rev. George, 302

Rev. G. B., 343, 520

Henry, 239

John, 26

John, 273

Lewis W., 236

Luther, 160

Miss Mary E-, 363

Dea., 340

Peter, 411

Uriah, 635
Solly & March, 40

Samuel Solly, 40

Clement March, 74
Somerville, Mr., 140
Southwick, John, 226,

458, 49°. 536
Spalding or Spauldiug,

Abijah, 226
Edward, 159, 483
Elbridge Gerry, 618-

619

E. P., 449, 540
George, 635

920

INDEX

George E., 282, 297,

434, 459. 530, 53 f
545, 636

Henry, 230, 540

Dr. Henry E., 237,
561, 632

Capt. Levi, 47, 143,

151, 154, 156, 158,

159, 245-247, 251,

252, 354, 355, 49i

Place, 540, 628, 635,

616-618
Levi P., 540
Merrill T., 239, 537
" Paige," 540
Reuben, 154, 484
Stephen, 483, 540
Levi heirs, 540
Rev. Samuel Jones,

619
Stacy, Miss Minnie E.,

413, 511
Byron, 505
Starrett (Place), 493,

536

William, 540

Frank, 540

Stayner, Henry M., 533
Stearns, Hon. Ezra S.,
68, 224

Daniel, 435

Frank, 533

John, 435, 533, 636

Seth, 494
Steele, William P., 238,

4io> 503, 505

Mrs. Wm. P. (Ade-
line), 505

Hattie D., 420
Stephens, Capt. John,
28,30

Col. Aaron P., 237

George W., 363

George H., 536

Miss Martha G., 363

Samuel, 161
Stephenson, or Stinson
David, 38, 48, 524

John, 38, 67, 114, 133,

!35, 137, !38, 140,
141, 144, 145, 147,
i53> Agt., 161, 207,
266, 282, 289, 310,
459, 486, 518, 535

John H., 235

Jonathan, 224, 225,

453, 459

Jonathan H., 239
Jotham, 449,451,452,

493

Jotham S., 519
Mary, 519
Sarah, 339

S. Hartwell, 510
Widow, 95, 96
Willis J., 113, 114,

410, 459, 524
John, John, Jr., Jona-
than, Willis J., 535,

540
Steward, Rev. Antipas,

138, 139, 142, 143,

282, 284

Stewart, Walter, 532
Stiles, 54

Asahel, 137, 161
David, Esq., 361, 363,

439' S32, 636
David, Jr., 537
Ebenezer, 252
Joshua, 88
Moses, Jr., 133, 134,

279, 280, 487, 488

497, 523

Reuben (killed at
Wilton raising), 149
Warren, 436
Stone, William, 29
Strattou, David, 467,
482, 483, 486, 492,

534
Sullivan, Gen. John,

272, 182

Summers, William, 226
Swan, Robert, 30, 48,

84, 88, 94
Swasey, Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin M., 413,504,

5n

Samuel, 26, 30
Stephen, 26
Sweat, Joseph, 25, 29,

48
Sweetser, Mrs. M. A.,

.540
Swinington, Betsey, 519

520

Everett, 520
Job, 519, 520
Josiah, 519, 520

Tapley, Benjamin, 30

John, 26

Robert, 26

William, 26
Tappan, Col. MasoiiW.

234

Tarbell, Lieut. Cor-
nelius, 26, 28, 30,

32, 33, 35
Capt. Joel H., 345,

346, 35°, 4n-4r3,
460, 462, 499, 504-
5o6, 509, 510, 511,
5H, 515, 520, 633

Mrs. Joel H., (Esther

P.), 514, 517
Joel, 353, 515
Charles F., 412, 505,

520
Mrs. Charles F. (E.

C.),346,386,420,5ii
Charles, 504, 516, 528,

529

Charles H., 275, 511,
520

Joseph A., 412, 462

Hiram M., 234, 236,
5°4, 528, 529

Walter S., 346, 388,
410, 412, 413, 505,
5°7, 520

Mrs. Walter S. (Liz-
zie G.) 388, 4X3,420
\William, 504
Tarbell, Nello, 525

F. H., 529
Tay, Frank B., 437,442,

492, 53°, 636
Nathaniel, 534
Taylor, Elias, 537
Teague, William, 239
Tenney, Rev. Leonard,

302

Benjamin F., 517
Thayer, Jonathan (Rev-
olutionary soldier)

49°.. 536

Thomlinson, John, 40
Thompson, Andrew,

Col. John L,, 238

John, 239, 450

William, 354, 484
Thorndike, Mr., 419
Thorpe, Rev. John, 304
Tidd, Mr. and Miss,

507 and note
Tighe, Mr., 436
Torrey, Rev. D. T.,303
Towne, Hon. William
B., 41

John, 226

Samuel, 252, 253, 494

Tyler, 231
Trask, Edward, 26, 30

William, 26
Trevitt, Mrs. Ellen, 309
Tripp, Mr., 461
Trott, Thomas, 27, 30
Tuf ton, Joseph, John &

Robert, 18
Tupper, Royal B., 225,

297

Robert B., 53 1 -533
Tyler, 312
Twadle, James, 49
Twitchell (Place), 434,
448

INDEX

921

A»a, 540
A. S., 634
Tyler, Levi, 114, 439,

440, 451, 512, 513
Andrew, 516, 538

Underbill, John, 5, 6, 7

Verry, Jonathan, 26, 30
John, 26

Waldron, Major, 9-11
Walk, John, 26
Walker, Herman, 437,

442, 531

Wallace, Miss Char-
lotte M., 365, 504
Mrs. E. P., 504
Mrs. Fannie A., 419

Miles E., 454, 5IO> 5H
Robert Burns, 411
Wallingford, Thomas,
40, 63,68-71,73, 81,
82, 91

Walter, Rev. William,
D.D., 76, 80, 82-84,
87, 89-94, 96, 583-
585

Harriot T., 96
Benjamin Lynde, 585
William, 585
Waltron, Mr., 32
Ward well, Dr. Daniel,

622

Warner, Rev. William,
R., 342, 344, 419,
420
Warren, E.rK., 292, 409

53.1
Washington, Gen.

George, 264
Watkins, Oliver, 535,

536

Watrous, Rev. E., Hay-
den, 342

Webb, William, 26
Welles, Samuel, Esq.,

25-27. 3°. 48, 80, 95,

96, 483. 53°
Wellman, Jacob, Jr.,88,

97-100, 117, 134,137.

139, 142, 145, 146,

157, 158, 207, 278,

279, 289, Capt. 310,

482,538
James M., 234
John, Jr., 337,537
John, 538, 539
Polly, 538
Wentworth, Gov. Ben-

ning, 2, 37, 42, 133,

136

Mark Hunking, 40

John, 40, 73, 75
West, Furginson, 30
Weston, Edward, 516
Wetherbee, Josaph, 238
Wheeler, Carlos, 636

Dustin, 510-512, 515,
520

Dr. Jonas, 412, 534

Josiah, 340, 386, 409,

439. 532

Mrs. Josiah, 386
Luther M., 446
Mary A., 412, 413, 506
Nathan, 275,323,330,

360, 408, 532
Salathiel Lidson, 515
Wheelwright, John, 4,

ii, 14, 15
Whipple, Col.Thomas,

235
White, Rev. Jacob, 297,

299, 361
Joseph, 538
Nicholas, 42-44
Thomas, 26
Whiting, David & Sons

529. 539
Oliver, 227, 300, 310,

332, 361, 363, 433,

491, 540, 635
Stephen, 483
Whitmarsh, Charles,

224, 491, 537
Whitney, Martin, 274,

402-404, 409, 530,

536, 537
Whiton, Rev. John M.,

4, 274, 297, 300
Whittemore (Place),

540

Aaron, 540
Aaron, 540
Maj. Amos, 97-100,

152, 157, 158, 161,

246, 265, 272, 354,

488, 628
Daniel, 484, 500
Daniel B., 312, 490,

491, 500, 540,542,636
Rev. E. J., 342, 365
Harry W., I2on, 541,

625

James, 226
Jonathan, 491
Samuel, 491
William L., 120 n, 224,

225, 363, 364, 433,
624

Wibird, Richard, 40, 73
Wiggin, Capt., 6
Wilcox, Rev. Bela, 338
Wilder, Alfred C.,537

Charles, 344, 350
Erwin D, 491, 537
William C., 310, 530,

537
Wilkerson, Edwin, 507

Herbert, 513
Wilkins, Amos, 497,

499, 538

Rev. Daniel, 39, 40,
141, 142, 144

Elisha, 271, 272

Joseph, 67, 133, 139

Jotham, 490
William & Mary (King

and Queen) 13
Williams, Roger, 5

Isaac, 26, 30

Jonathan, 26

Hilliard, 27

Thomas A., 409, 531,

532

Williamson, 3, 8
Wilson, Ensign Abiel,

272

Albro, 511
Charles H., 510
Joseph, 154
Mi Hard, 540
Sarah, 636
Winn, Frank, 436, 496,

5i6

Rev. Fred E., 305
George E., 236, 508,

532

Wolf, Herman, 240
Woodbridge, 74
Woodbury, Josiah, 157,

486, 627
Woods, Rev. John, 302

Mrs. Stella E., 536
Woodward (Place), 436
Aaron, 293, 360
Adoniram, 494
Anson, 408
Artemas, 516
Mrs. Artemas, 636
Charles, 539
Woodward, Daniel, Sr.
113, 293, 300, 323,
409, 481, 491, 532,
540, 636

Daniel, Jr., 312, 408,
448,481,531,532,540
David, 293
David, 2nd, 534
Eleazer, 97, 154, 159,
165, 266, 273, 292,
295, 355, 467, 493,
530
Eleazer, Jr., 293, 442,

530, 535
Elizabeth, 535
Ephraim, 523

922

INDEX

Ephraim Putnam,

226, 231
Ethan A., 512
Foster, 116, 437, 492

493. 513. 535
Major George T., 237

239. 530

Hannah, 293, 534
Hannah P., 293
Henry M., 564
Israel, 273, 293, 360,

493. 534

Ithamar, 162,165,168,

251, 273
Jacob, 496
Jacob N., 496
Jacob A., 106,207,276,

388, 455, 458, 529,

530. 544. 577, 650
Rev. James W., 291
James G., 408
John, 118, 165, 292,

518

Josie, 535
Levi H., 224, 225, 535

Woodwell, Rev. W.H.,

302

Worcester, Francis, 272
Wrightjulien E.F.,53i
Wyeth, Rev. John, 282
Wyman, Collins, 636

York, Duke of, 30, 31
Young, Charles, 516
Quincy, 508
William, 509, 516, 520
William W., 411,412,
435, 504, 514

PLACES

Acworth, 633

Amherst, 39, 40, 46, 70, 89, 92, 94,
133, 135, 145, 155, *58, 3°o, 302-
306, 309, 325, 342, 368, 423
Post Office, 434

North West Parish, or Mont
Vernon, 254, 270, 280, 286, 291,

297, 515, 521
Andover, Mass., 72, 298, 302-306

East, 353
Ashuelot Towns, 32, 429

Bangor, Me., Seminary, 301

Barnes' Falls, 32, 541

Bay Colony, 34

Bay State, 39

Bedford, 283

Beech Hill, 454

Bennington, Vt., 302, 304, 305

Boston, Mass., 4, 5, 13, 14, 151

Bowdoin College, Me., 305

Boylston, Mass., 306

Braintree, Mass., 14

Breda, Treaty of, 10

Bridgewater, Mass., 298

Brown University, Prov. R. I., 398

Brookline, 303, 305

Burlington, 306

Cambridge, Mass., 350, 413
Canada, 12-24
Castleton, Vt., 632
Charlestown, Mass., 2, 5
Chelmsford, Mass., 61
Chelsea, Mass., 511, 514
Cocheco, 9

Concord, 304, 306, 633
Connecticut, 13, 14, 17, 32
Cobs, 165, 166, 169, 170
Crown Point, 207

Danvers, Mass., 39, 71, 78

Dover, 4, 5, 9, n
Dutch Colony, 2, 5, 16
Dunstable, 19, 41, 55, 79, 84, 87
Duxbury School Farm, 23-25, 48,

135. 153, 156, 252, 255, 256
Driscoll Hill, 433
Deering, 301

East Bridgewater, Mass., 306

England, 13

Exeter, 4, n, 15, 21, 150, 151, 529

Fishkill, N. Y., 169
Florida, 2, 4, 5
Francestown, 70, 94, 102
France, 13, 39
Franklin, N. H., 15

Greenfield, 84, 243, 250,297, 304, 350,

436
Greenville, 305, 369

Haverhill, Mass., 42
Hampton, 15, 16
Hillsborough, 41, 338, 339
Hancock, 462, 515, 516
Hollis, 270, 279, 280, 283, 286
Holland, 13
Hudson, 146
Hyde Park, Mass., 413

Ipswich Hamlet, 73

Jamestown, Va., 2, 5

Jaffrey, 302

Johnson's Corner, 116, 117, 118, 281,

537

Keene, 280, 339
Kennebec River, 3, 9
Kittery, Me., 9

Laconia, 8, 12

•Many of the places named on this and the following pages are given as the resi-
dences of those who rendered some service in or for the benefit of the town.

INDEX

923

Lake Champlaiu, 13

Lemington. Me., 301

Lexington & Concord, Mass, 151,

265

Litchfield, 41
Londonderry, 145, 283
Lowell, Mass., 17, 545
Lunenburg, Mass., 286, 506
Lyme, 417
Lynn, Mass., 588

Maine, Province of, 4, 12, 28

Manchester, 103

Marblehead, 27, 28, 61

Marlboro ugh, 339

Mason (Township No. i), 46, 291

Massachusetts Colony, 1-3, 8, 9, 12,

13, 15, 16, 18, 61, 74
State, 270

Melrose, Mass., 350
Michigan, 350
Mile Slip, 153, 156
Milford, 103, 255, 256, 297, 323, 338,

365, 461, 507, 521, 526, 528
Monson, 46
Montreal, 14
Mont Vernon, 103, 252, 254, 302, 304,

3°5, 3°9» 454, 494, 497, 507, 53$

Nantasket, 14

Nashua, 280, 286, 304-306, 340, 410,

529

New Boston, 15, 41, 47, 49, 50, 70,
76-78, 98, 99, 102, 135, 254, 291,

297, 3°°, 338, 434, 494, 5i5> 631
Newbury, Mass., 15
Newburyport, Mass., 17, 306
New England, 2-4, 6, 10, 103
New F airfield, Conn., 302
New Hampshire, 2-4
New Ipswich, 46, 66, 89, 286, 411
New Jersey, 15
New Netherlands, 2
Newport, 302
New York, 10, 13-15
North Lyndeborough, 104, 425, 427,

434, 437, 458, 476, 541
North Town, 280
Norwalk, Ct., 634
Norwich, Vt., 291
Nova Scotia, 2, 10, 15
Number Two, or Wilton, 54-57, 62

Old Colony, 2
Orleans, Mass., 298
Ossipee Lake, 22

" Parsonses Corner," 156, 252
Pawtucket Falls, 16, 17
Pemaquid, Me., 10, 13
Pepperell, 279, 280, 286
Peterborough, 41, 84, 302, 339, 350,
436, 519, 634, R-R.

Peterborough Slip, 46, 48, 135

Philadelphia, 151

Piscataqua Colony, 2-4, 7, 10, 12, 15,

18, 20, 21
Plymouth, 2, 7
Port Royal, 2, 13
Portsmouth, 2, 4, 5, n, 21, 29, 72,

74, 75, 80, 86, 89, 274
Province of Maine, 3, n
Purgatory, 98, 103, 115, 116, 454
Putnam Corner & Hill, 458, 277,

428, 498, 523, 635

Quebec, 13, 14

Raby (Brookline), 46
Reading, South, 527
Rhode Island, 5, 15
Richmond, 16
Rindge, 16, 66
Rowley, Mass., 291

Saratoga, 163

Salem, Mass., 2, 5, 25, 27, 28, 41, 61,

70, 74, 78, 140
Salem-Canada, 15, 106, 107
Salisbury, 16
Society Land, 77, 84
Souhegan Valley, 521
Souhegan West (Hudson), 48, 49,

279, 280
South Lyndeborough, 32, 102-104,

302, 304, 305, 458-462, 503, 365,

636

Stow, Mass., 291
Stoneham, Mass., 540
Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth), 6
St. John's, 162
St. Christopher, 10
St. Lawrence Shoals, 14
St. Lawrence Valley, 103
Swanzey, 339

Temple, 102, 103
Ticonderoga, 162, 1 68
Trenton, N. J., 168

Weare, a Canada Township, 16

Wayland, Mass., 306

Wells, Maine, 301

West Point, 165, 166

Weston, Mass., 264

West Somervilie, Mass., 302

West Medford, Mass., 304

White Plains, 162

Wilton, or Number 2, 46, 305

Wilton, Maine, 305

Winter Hill, 167, 168

Winchendon, Mass., 306

Woburn, Mass., 28, 29

Yypsilanti, Michigan, 350

924

INDBX

SUBJECTS

Academies, 366

Account, for labor on Meeting-
house, 35, 36

Acres, Ten, controversy, 325
Act, favoring toleration, 294
Addition, Lyndeborough, 68, 70

New Boston, 68, 70, 76
Advertisement, 25
Admiral's flag shot away, 14
Agent of Masonian Proprietors, 59
Agents to treat with Purchasers of
Wallingford's Right, 80

Thanked for vigilance, etc.,

83
Agreement with soldiers, 159, 229

Aid for Soldier's families, 232
Alarm, 153

Those who went on, 162, 163, 167

Those who returned, 167
Alliance, 39
American vessels, 228
Apple-blossoming time, 470
Application for share of the minis-
try fund, 331 sq
Army Beef, 160

Disbanded, 160

Articles relating to worship to be

voted on by the town, 157
Artillery, 209

Heavy, 239

I/afayette, 207, 209, 240
Ashuelot Towns, 429
Association, Religious, 310, 311
Authors, 623-625

Average of military service, com-
mittee, and report on the same,
158, 167, 169

Baked beans, 474

Baker, tin, 473

Barns, 478, 479

Beef, army, 160

Bennington soldiers, 163

Birthright, coveted, 153

Boarding the teachers, 444, 446, 447

Books and newspapers, 467

Boots, 471

Boundary line controversy, 15-17

Bounty to enlisted men, 154

Bounty for service, 158

Brass Band, North Lyndeborough,
54i, 542

Brick-manufacture, 459, 460

Brick ovens, 466, 473

Bridges, 438, 496

Bridge, Gulf, 635

British ships ordered out of United
States waters. 228

British injuries to American sea-
men, 229

Brook, Badger, 453

Bear, 113

Beasom, 113, 114

Brandy, 115

Cold, 116

Duncklee, 113, 115

French or Button, 113
Buildings, public, 439
Bunker Hill, our wounded at battle

of, 152
Buttrick's Mill, 634, 637

"Cabinet, Farmers," 299, 348, 351,

422, 456, 460
Canada, Revolutionary quota for,

153
Expedition of 1690, i, 12-15, 22-

24
First English captives carried to,

12

French Governor of, 12
Candles, 467
Cartloads of silver, 14
Cavalry of the 22nd Regt., 225-227
Celebrations of isoth Anniversary,

Celebration of Centennial of L. A.

Co., 574-578

Cemetery, Centre, 498, 501
Crosby Place, or Butler family,

499

Dolliver, old, 502
Dol liver, new, 502,
Fuller, 502

Johnson Corner, 498, 499
North Lyndeborough, 500
Perham Corner, 501
South, 498
Whittemore, 500
Charters, The Masonian, 48-52
Provincial, Copy of, 134-136
Expense of, 138

Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, 369
Chesapeake, American ship, 228
Church, Congregational, influence

of, 277
Evidence of its piety, prayer and

fasting, 279
Invites ministers from abroad to

assist, 279
Organized, 280, 635
Seventh in county, 635
Refused aid from Proprietors

toward building meeting-house

281
Votes to seek incorporation of

town, 281
Lists of members of, 287, 288, 292

293

Records of, no criterion of its
character, 288

INDEX

925

Heads of families given a voice in
its business enterprises, 289

A new draft of its covenant, 289

This draft accepted, 290

Church and state separate, 294

Warming arrangements, 295

Carrying footstoves to, 296

Support, 296

Pastor also acted as clerk, 298

Membership of, 306, 308

Records wanting for 23 years, 306

Choir, 311-313

Charges presented against pas-
tor, 290

Answered by pastor satisfactorily
and dismissed by church, 290

Chorister's assistant, 289

Other religious bodies seek share
of ministerial fund, 331

Congregational church's original
right to, unquestioned, 331

Attendance at, a mark of char-
acter, 320, 321, 336

Loyalty to, 323

Distinction between church and
town, 334

Baptist, History of, 337-350
Beginnings of Baptist meetings

337, 338
Organized, 338

Names of constituent members,

338, 339

Meetings in school houses, 338
Rev. Charles Cummings, first

pastor, 339
Other pastors, 340
Christian, constituted, 352, 353
Rev. G. W. Hutchinson, pastor,

353

Location of Congregational meet-
ing-house created difficulty,282
Difficulty compromised and fin-
ally settled by commissioners,
283

Location of Baptist meeting-
house decided by the largest
contributions, 339
Society, The Baptist, 1819, 337
The First Baptist Society in

Lyndeborough, 1831, 348
The First Congregational Or-
thodox, 299, 332
The First Universalist, 351
Circulating Library, 386, 387
Citizens' Hall, 440
Civil War, Roll, 234-240
Men, 242
Expenses, 242
Debt and its reduction advised,

242

Club, Debating, 392-394
Club Reform, 418, 419
College graduates, 625

Colony, First, north of Florida, 4
Colonies, New Hampshire's rela-
tion to 4

Combinations in N. H., 7
Commissioners on Boundary Line,

15, 16, 18

Committee to close up the Proprie-
tors' affairs, 79
To report to the committee on

claims, 158, 166

To enlist quota for the army, 159
Of General Court, advice com-
promise, 245

Of General Court report favor-
ably, 247

Make another report, 250
To buy a "Poor Farm," 273
Commons, or common lands, 65
Congress of the States, Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts, New York,

13
Continental, 151

Constables and collectors of taxes,
265

Constitution adopted, 79

Continental soldiers, and those

Continental currency withdrawn
from circulation, 160

Copper, ten trucks of from Eng-
land, 14
who hired them, 164, 165

Cobs soldiers, and those who hired
them, 165, 166, 169, 170

Corner, Bevins', now Perham, 282,

527

Houston's, 76-78
Johnson's, 281, 282, 428, 448, 454,

492, 494

Beech Tree, 422
Four Towns, Lyndeborough,

Franceston, New Boston and

Mont Vernon, 318
New Boston, 76, 78
Lyndeborough's North West, 81,

94, 244-247

Old Lyndeborough, 76, 77
Parson's, 243
Perham's, 434, 501, 528
Putnam's 458, 503
Corps, Relief, auxiliary of G.A.R.,

440

Reserve, 239
Marine, 239
County History, Hillsborough Co.,

368, 369

Damage, strongly spelled, 54

Great by intruders, 83
Dartmouth College, 302
Deacons of Congregational Church,

310

Deacons of Baptist Church, 344
Deeds, Old, 482-489

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INDEX

Defenceless towns, 41

Derry men's encroachments, 69, 70

Diet of early settlers, 471-473

Disturbances, 28, 29, 61
In Boston, 151
Delinquent taxes, 62

Disagreement about location of the
meeting-house, 58

Dissenters from Congregational
Church free to support their
own, 331

Dissenters seek share of minis-
terial funds, 331

Distribution of ministerial funds,

333

Districts, public school, and resi-
dents of, 357-363
Real estate aud residents in Dist.

No. i, 442, 530
No. 2, 534
No. 3, 442, 445, 52o
No. 4, 445, 535
No. 5, 446, 517
No. 6, 447
No. 7, 448, 537
No. 8, 448, 449
No 9, 449
No. 10, 450
Divisions, Lots consisted of First

and Second, 29
Donation visits, 480, 481
Donors of Communion Service and

Organ, 303, 304
Drawers, woolen, 470
Drinks, 474, 475

Education, Board of, 366

Encroachments on Lyndeborough
by the purchasers of Walling-
ford's lot, 63, 64

English Colonists, the Penacooks

embittered against them, 10
Revolution of 1689, 13
Colony of Jamestown, Va., 5
Forces, 14

English Goverement disavowed the
flagrant attack on the Chesa-
peake, but never made prom-
ised reparation, 228

Enterprise, The Milford, news-
paper, 365, 461

Episcopal Minister in Dover, 15

Expedition of 1690, to Canada, 12-
14, 22-24

Fever, Spotted, or Cold Plague, 308,

633

Fight, Sham, 9, n, 12
Financial grievance, 146
First English captives in Canada,

12

Fish kill soldiers, 169

Flora of Lyndeborough, 120-131

French founded first colony north

of Florida (Port Royal), 2, 5
French or Dutton Brook, 113
French forces, 14
French and Indian War, u, 14
French possessions, 10

Game, 472

Garden vegetables, 473
Gazeteers, Farmer and Moore's, 451
Fogg's, 386
Merrill's, 451
Geology, Prof. C. H. Hitchcock's,

102

Gilmore Ledge, 105
Girls, Employments of, 469
Glacial Drift, 103
Glass Company, 453, 460-462, 634
Golden wedding, 441
Gores, Groton, 46, 55
Lyndeborough, 71, 72
Between Lyndeborough and

Derry men, 71

Grand Army of Republic, 398, 440
G. A. R. charter members of, 399

Commanders of, 400
Grange, Pinnacle, No. 18, Histori

cal Sketch of, 402-407
Grantees of Lyndeborough, 27
Grantors of Lyndeborough to de-
fend through the law, one ac-
tion to King and Council, if
need be, 51
Grape culture, 528
Great Britain, declaration of war

against, by U. S., 229
Greenfield, common lands of, 87,

92, 96, 99

First mention of, 84, 102, 103
Incorporation of, 243, 250, 297,

304, 350, 436

Corrects her boundary, 250
Gets farms of Moses Lewis and

John Stiles, 250

Loses to Francestown her two
eastern ranges of lots, 251, 518,
519, 520

Grievance against church and pas-
tor, 334

Guardian over spendthrift, 420
Gulf Bridge on R. R., 635
Gulf, Department of, 235
Gun of the Lafayette Artillery Co.,

Hall, Armory, 440, 510
Citizens', 440, 441, 510
Tarbell's, 440, 510
Town, 439
Mercantile, over the old Centre

store, 532

Union Lecture, at North Lynde-
borough, 318-320

INDEX

927

Harvard University, 120
Hibernian Burlesque, in verse, 16
Highways necessary were to be laid

out, 50

Hills, Hadley, view from, 108
Putnam, 277, 428, 498
Log House, 491
Crooked S., 499
Hiring men for Revolutionary

Army, 161
History of Hillsborough County,

368

Historical Sketch of Congrega-
tional Church by Rev. J. White
306

Hopyard, 477
House for public worship of God,

50,61

Forest, later Pine Grove, 411
Pinnacle, 434, 492, 534, 541
Hillside, 522

Hymn, Original, sung at dedica-
tion of new church at the
centre in 1837, 298

Improvement Society, 392
Impressed American seaman, 229
Indian tribes in New Hampshire,

8-12

Massacres of whites, none in New
Hampshire for fifty years after
its settlement, 24, 27
War, 39, 51

Massacre of whites, supposed to
be instigated by the French, n
Indians of New Hampshire, Mo-
hawks hired against, 10
And French on friendly terms, 13
Cherokee and Choctaw, 369
Industries, earliest in town, 455
Infantry, Light, 209

Captain of, 226
Inoculation, 632 n
Installations of pastor, Ivory Kim-
ball, 300

Theophilus P. Sawin, 302
A. C. Child, 304
Owen E. Hardy, 305
Arden M. Rock wood, 305, 306,
Intemperance, Action against, 417-

421

Insurance Company, 397, 398
Irish, Encroachments on Lyndebor-
ough, 71

Jurisdiction over New Hampshire,
not conferred on Massachusetts
but usurped by her, 17, 18

Judge of Probate, petition to, with-
drawn, 89, 92

King Philip's War, 22, 24
William's War, 31

Labor, price of, on highways, 146
Ladies' Societies, Circle, 309, 310

Circle, Baptist, 349
Lafayette Artillery Company, 207-
218

Incorporated, 212

Rosters and Flags, 212, 218

Members, 1833-38, 213

Captains of, 214-218
Lamps and torches, 467
Lands for the ministry sold, 328,

329
Lawsuit concerning the "Ten

Acres," 327
Settled, 328
Ledges, Lucas, Gilmore, Putnam

and Hartshorn, 105
Leopard, British ship, 228
Letters and books were few, 422
Were left at Amherst P. O. and
advertised in the " Farmers'
Cabinet," 423
Of Benjamin Lynde and others,

68

From John Pierce Esq. , 80
From John Pierce, placed on
Records of Lyndeborough Pro-
prietors, 86
Of Rev. Sewall Good ridge, 85,

285

Of Dr. William Walter, 76, 89, 92
Of Lyndeborough Proprietors,

59. 278

Library, Circulating, 386
Franklin, 383-386
Public, 387
Social, 382
License for sale of liquor not

granted, 419

Licentiate for the ministry by Bap-
tist Church, 343, 344
Light Infantry of 22nd Regiment,

209

Sketch of, 218-223
Alarm List, "Slam Bangs," 223-

225

Lights, fire and candles, 467, 468
Line, Boundary between Mass, and

N. H., 9
Linen, 468
Liquor, 475
Log cabins, 466

Lord's day, trespassing on, 295
Losses of settlers adjusted, 62, 85
Losses by Masonian Proprietors, 68
Lots, plan of, in Salem-Canada, 64
Second Division, retained their

dimensions and numbers, 65
Lugpoles and cranes, 472
Lyceums considered helpful, 381,

390-392
The first, 389

928

INDEX

Lyndeborough, Mountain described

102, 108
North Line, farther north than

Peterborough's, by 200 rods, 73
A farming township, 109
Under Masonian Charter, 48-52,

57, 103, 104

Versus No. 2, or Wilton, 54, 56
Gore, 70, 71, 84
Proprietors generous, not liti-

gous, 76

Under Provincial Charter, 132
Revolutionary Captains in, 148,

170

In the Civil War, 232, 242
South Village, 102
North Village, 104, 458, 635
Lenticular hills in, 103, 104
Ponds and streams, 105
Glass Works, 104
Name, whence derived, 243
Addition, what and why, 243
Hacked and peeled, 243
Opposes temporarily the forma-
tion of Greenfield, 244-250
Loses more than 1,000 acres to

Mont Vernon, 254-255
Loses to Temple more than 900

acres, 251, 252
Concedes the Howard farm to

Milford, 255
North Lecture House, built, 318-

320
Teachers, from printed reports,

369-380

In the " Olden Time," 463
Lynx, Canadian, 118

Mails, routes, stages, carriers, etc.,

422-427

Maine, Province of, 4, 12, 28
Massachusetts, Province of, 270
Claims inadmissable, 7, 13, 15, 16,

21
Government and soldiers, 10, 14,

22

Treasury bankrupt, 14
Feigned patriotism, 16
Boundary Line of, 15, 17
Alliance, 13
Usurped jurisdiction over New

Hampshire, 17
Refused to aid in running the

Boundary Line, 15-17
Was severed from N. H., 18
Grants in N. H., 21, 22
Records, Extracts from, 21-25, 27
Wisely assisted N. H. with guard

against the Indians, 42
Mason's title to New Hampshire

valid, 19
Right offered for sale to New

Hampshire Government, 19

Claims repugnant to and defeated
by N. H. citizens, 17

Right sold to a Portsmouth syn-
dicate of twelve men, 19, 40
Masonian Proprietors, or Grand
Proprietors were thus consti-
tuted, 19, 40, 42, 44, 47, 52, 57,
61, 66, 72, 75, 76,

Matches, Friction introduced, 474
Meadows in Lyndeborough, Little
Meadow, 430, 431

Manuel, or Lucas, 457

Senter's, 116

Stephenson's, 116

Whittemore, 112
Meeting-house, the first location.34

The second location, 57, 58

The first house and grounds, 34,
277

To be underpinned, raised, etc.,

35

Accounts of work on, 35, 36
Contract for building, 37
Postponement of building, and

causes for the same, 38, 39
Required by piety, expediency,

and necessity, as by agreement,

33

The first was not finished, 278
A new place for, sought, 278, 281 ,

282

The second location unsatisfac-
tory, 283
The location finally decided by a

mutual Commission, 283
Set where the Town Hall now

stands, 283
Dimensions of and sale of pews,

283

Description of, 283, 284
Repairs of, 322-324
Care of, 324

The old house sold, 284, 324
Last worship in, 298
First service in present, 298, 300,

324

Struck by lightning, 300
Present house remodelled, 308
Grounds caused controversy, 324-

327

Baptist, 339, 340
Baptist repairs, 345, 346
Baptist ownership disputed, 346-

348

Meeting of Proprietors in Lynde-
borough, 80
Men of '76, and those who hired

them, 161

Who served for other towns, 169,
Metes and bounds of school dis-
tricts, 361

Merchants and stores at Centre, 408
409

INDBX

929

And Stores at South Lyndeboro' ,
409-414

First, at South Lyndeboro', 409
Militia, 151, 207, 208

100,000 called for, 229
"Milford Enterprise," 386
Mills and Industries, 451-462
Mine, " Scataquog " Silver, 395-397
Mineral Spring, 527
Mineralogy, 105
Minister prayed for, 279

Orthodox, encouraged to settle,

59. 6l

And Ministry, 22, 49, 51
Ministry land sold, 329
Respected, 290
Supported by tax, 293
Taxation for support of, opposed

294

Fund held as exclusive, 331
Fund finally distributed, 333
Minute-man, his pay while drilling,

152

Ministers who were natives, 620, 621
Ministry students who died before
completing their studies, 621,
622

Money of five kinds, 14, 150, 160
Voted for soldiers of Civil War,

232
Voted for Revolutionary soldiers,

153. 154, i59> 160
Great scarcity of, 423
Mont Vernon Band, 543
Monument, Soldiers', 240, 241
Mortuary Record, as in Town Re-
ports, 638-645
Mountains, division of, Boffee's

(now Winn), 138, 492, 493
Rose, 492
Pinnacle, 493
"Scataquog," 116, 395
Mutual Fire Insurance Company,

397-398

Improvement Society, 292
Music receipts, for playing at mus-
ters, 227
Musical Instruments, 227

Instruments in " choir," 312
"Mutilation" of old Salem-Canada,
55, 56

Nails, cut at furnace, 457, 466

Wooden pins used instead of, 466
" Necessities of life," Committee to

set value on, 157
N. E. Magazine, 264
New Hampshire, Relation to other

colonies, 2-4
Its territory, etc., 1-4, 7, 9, 10-12,

15-17
A Royal Province, 10, 18

Gains twenty-eight townships by
the King's decision of the State
Line, 17, 38

Citizens opposed Mason's claims,
17-19

Patriot, newspaper, 633
New London Literary and Scien-
tific Institution, 369, 389
New York, men who served in, 168,
169

Office, Post, 411

Ordinations, 280, 286, 291, 297, 305-

307, 33°

Organ, Mason & Hamlin, 303
Organizations, local, 395-407
Orthodox Congregational Society,

299

Ossippee Indians, 22,
Otter, trapped, 119
Overseers of the Poor, 270

Pack Monadnock, 102

Pastor was also church clerk, 298

Pastors, three called, but none

chosen, 330
Penacooks, 8, 9
Pequackettes, 8, 22
Pequods, 14
Petition to Governor Wentworth

for guard, 37

For relief, repeatedly made by
soldiers of the Expedition of
1690 or their heirs, 43
Of Samuel Dustin, 42
Of Nicholas White and Nathaniel

Bartlett, 42, 44
For aid in support of preaching,

58, 137

Response to, 59, 140
For aid in settling a pastor, 59,

140
For ten acres as meeting-house

grounds, 88, 326
For Provincial Charter, 133
That half a mile in width from
east side of Lyndeborough be
joined to Amherst Northwest
Parish, 158

From Parsons Corner people to
be set off to form a new town,
156

Pensioners, Revolutionary, 205, 206
Pews vendued, 322, 323
Physical features of Lyndeborough,

102

Physician, first in town, 535
Physicians, other, 622
Picnics and recreations, 541
Pine Grove House, 504, 511
Pinnacle Mountain, 102, 541
Pinnacle House, 492, 534
Piscataquog River, 116

930

INDEX

Piscataqua, 2-4, 7

Plan of the town lots, 64

Pleasures and enjoyments, 477

Plotting and scheming, 18

Plows, 465

Plymouth Company and Council,

i, 3, 6, 7, 10
Pond, Badger, 103, no

Beaver, 60 •

Burton, 102, in

Poor who belonged elsewhere
warned to leave town, 270, 271

In 1775, amount expended for, 272

Overseers of, 270

Care for, 273

Farm bought and sold, 273, 274

Farm, Superintendents of, 273,

274.

Population, source and stock, 626
Portsmouth, serving at, for two

months, 165
Post routes, rates of postage, stamps

etc., 422-424 .

Masters at the Centre, 424-426
Masters at North and South

Lyndeborough, 427
Potholes, 103
Potash works, 459
Potatoes, 465
Pottery, earthenware, 467
Pound built, 149
Powder, balls and flints purchased,

150

Preaching sustained in town, 139
In private dwellings, 58
Allowance of Proprietors for, 58
Preaching held at Jacob Cram' 3,282,

297

Price of labor on highways, 146
Procession at isoth anniversary,545
At Centennial of Lafayette Artil-
lery Co., 575-577
Town Agricultural Fair, 542
Professional men, 620, 621
Proprietors, Masonian or Grand, or
the Lord Proprietors of Mason's
Claims, 19, 42, 66, 82, 83
Proprietors were rarely settlers, 67
Meetings, where held and how

called, 61

Protest against paying bounty to
soldiers who served for other
towns, 154

Fires, sufferers by, aided, 274
Protest against both meeting-house

and place for, 282
Relating to meeting-house

grounds, 326, 327
Province Land, 23, 24
Providing for preaching, 278

For by tax, or voluntary subscrip-
tion, not always easy, 297

"Psalm," Persons chosen to "set

the," 289, 311
Purchasers of Wallingford's lot, 80-

82, 91, n

Pulpit Committee, 141
Public buildings, 439

Questions, 2

Quota of town for Revolutionary

War, 153, 154, 159
For War of 1812, 230
For Civil War, 232-234, 242

Railroad cut described as to soil,

102, 104

B. & M., 411, 513, 514
Peterborough Extension, 633, 634
Raisings and rum, 277, 479
Raising, the first without rum, 480
Rand lot, 281, 482-484, 494, 533
Redress of grievance, petition for,

272

Reform Club, 418, 419
Referees as to meeting-house

grounds, 325

Regiments of early militia, 207, 208
Ninth, 208
Twenty-Sixth, 209'
Twenty-Second, 210-227
In the Civil War, 234-240
Regulars, call for, 25,000, 229
Relation of N.H. to other colonies, 4
Religious character of the Puritans,

276

Remodelled meeting-house de-
scribed, 309
Remonstrances, 244, 247-249, 253,

254
Repairs on Cong, church, 322-324

On Bapt. church, 345, 346
Resurvey by Benjamin Lynde, Jr.,

64

By others, 90
Agitation in Mass., 4
Association like the C. E., 310
Association, its constitution,

members, etc., 311
Revivals in the Cong, church, 307

In the Bapt. church, 344
Review of action on the "ministry

fund," 333, 334
Revolution, its precursors and

success, 150, 1 60
Review of Town expenditures for

Civil War, 242

Rights in township, charges on, 29
River, Connecticut, 41
Merrimac, 41
Peinigewasset 15
Penobscot, 10

Rocky, 32, 513, 518, 519, 635
St. Croix, 10

INDEX

931

Roads, earliest, 31-33

And bridges, 428-438
Rocky Hill or Ledge, 60
Roll of Revolutionary soldiers, 170-
205

Of soldiers in Civil War, 234-240
Rose Frigate, 10
Roswell's grant, 3
Rum, crusade against, 475, 476
Russell's Station, 103, 113

Saco River, 8
Sagadahoc River, 7
Salem-Canada, 15, 27, 31, 43, 44,
106, 498, 522, 526

Proprietors, 61

Plan of lots in, 64

Described and bounded, 106, 107

Settlers disturbed, 49

Streams, 112

Saw mill lot voted, 29

Saw mills, 31, 32
Salt and molasses affair, 627, 628
"Scarecrow case " tried by church,

295

Scalps, A bounty on, 12
Scataquog Hill, 94
Schools, 312, 313, 481
School lot, Committee to sell, 152,

354, 355

Districts formed, 153, 154
Schools, Committee to inspect,

360, 361
Superintending Committee of,

360, 361

First extended report of, 363
Committee's Reports, 1852-1880,

364, 365
School Districts, at first seven, 355

Limited, 356-360

"Metes and bounds " of, 361

High maintained, 363, 364

Law changed, 366

Teachers in early days, 367-369

Master to teach in four places
and in eight, 355

Mistress, 354

Houses, 441-450
Seminary, Andover, referred to,

303, 305, 306
Sermon Historical, 298
Shoemaking, 471
Silver, Mining for, on "Scataquog"

395-397

Silex Company, 460
Singers's seats assigned, 158
Singing in choir, uneasiness about,

289, 290
Small-pox in 1792, 629

Poem, 63o, 631

Scare in 1853, 631, 632
Snow falls of 23 years, 470
Social Library, 308, 381

Sociables, 480

Society, First Baptist and success-
ors, 337, 338, 348, 349
Congregational Orthodox, 332,

333

Universalist, 350, 352
Soldiers' bonnties, 166
Of the Revolution, Roll of, 170-

205
Of 1812, agreement of and list of,

229-231
Of Civil War and Monument, 234-

241
Sons of Temperance, 419

Of Veterans, 440
South Sea, 15

Souhegan River, 23, 116, 521
Source of our original settlers, 626
Stage routes and mails, 426, 427
Stony Brook or Rocky River, 102,

103, 114
Stores and merchants at the Centre,

408
And merchants at So. Lyndebor-

ough, 410-414
Strategy, 27
Strife, 19
Striped frock, 469
Students for the ministry who died
before completing their studies
621, 622
Subscribers to Temperance Fund,

418
Subscription Book, an old relic, 275,

347

Summer Boarders, 522
Survey, general, 4
Survey, Fletcher's, fell short, 63

Tanneries, 458

Taxes, delinquents in paying, 62

Collection of, 265-267

Refused for support of Mr. Mer-
rill, 294, 337

Tax List of 1786 (not indexed), 267
Time of uncertainty to settlers, 79
Tinder-box, 474
Tools for farming, 465
Topography, 106
Town, proposition to divide it at

Boffee's mountain, 138

Cow sold, 272, 273

Treasurers, 275
Town opposes request, 247-249

Hall, Cost of, estimated, 439

Fairs and celebrations, 541-544
Town meeting, The first, 136

How notified or warned, 138, 141

Change in form of warning, 265,
266

Considers the request of the peo-
ple of its Northwest corner,
246, 247

932

INDEX

Towns called " Canada Towns,"

why? 16

Granted by Mass, had their char-
ter annulled, 19

Townships added to N. H., 17

Tradesmen, 623

Training Band drills while their
fellow-citizens fight at Bunker
Hill, 208, 152

Treachery to the Indians, 9

Trestle on railroad, 634

Trespassers, Committee to prose-
cute, 84

Turkeys, wild, 119

Turns of military service appraised

154
Turnpike, Second N. H., 422

Union, Articles of, approved, 154
United States Colored Troops, 239
Union Veterans' Union, Appendix
Usurpation, 16

Veteran Reserve Corps, 239
Veterans, Sons of, Appendix
Volunteers, 50,000 called for, 229
Vote neither reconsidered nor an-
nulled, 154

Votes regarding bounties and aid
to the families of soldiers, 232-

234

Regarding substitutes and quota
in the Civil War, 233

Wages of militia men, 229, 230
War, Indian and French, 8

Revolutionary, and Roll of sol-
diers, 155, 170-205

Of 1812 and its causes, 228, 229

Of 1812, 1/yndeborough soldiers
in, 230, 231

Mexican, 231

Of Rebellion, quota and expendi-
tures for, 232-242

Warning town meeting, changes in
style of, 265, 266

Out of town people of other
towns likely to become a bur-
den, 141

Warrant lost by court causes the
town very heavy and unjust
expense, 272

Watts Psalms and Hymns per-
mitted for use in church, 158

W. C. T. U. organized, 420

Weare, one of the Canada town-
ships, 16

White pines reserved for His Maj-
esty's navy, 51

White Plains, Soldiers at, 162

Wilton versus Lyndeborough, 46,

54-56, 81, 82, 102, 103, 135, 153
Lands adjoining north line of,

sold, 82, 83, 94
Mentioned, 270, 271, 286, 291, 338,

340, 369, 423, 435, 436
History, 458, 495
West Village, 462
Highlands, 521, 525, 528
Meeting-house frame, fall of, 147-
149

Wounded and killed at fall of
frame, 149

Winter Hill men with Capt. Spauld-

ing, 167

March to Canada and return to
Trenton fight, 168

Worship, last in old meeting-house
291

Wool and woolen underwear, 468,
469, 470

Wolves, 118

Wood, " 1 2 cords of hard dry wood"
as a part of minister's salary,
was thought too hard a condi-
tion and defeated his call, 291

Woodshed, first in town, 474

Wooden pegs used instead of nails,
466

Woodchuck, 264

W. R. C., 440

For organization of, seeAppendix

Wounded mortally at Bunker Hill,
152

Young Men's Christian Association
342

Errata.

Page 19, last paragraph. For Chapter V. read Chapter III.
Page 76, twenty-third line. For Wellingford read Wallingford.
Page 140, near the bottom of page. For Caston's read Coston's.
Page 310, twelfth line. Insert Merrill after Rev. Nathaniel.
Page 385, after David Holt insert John W. Whittemore, 5

shares.

Page 429, third line. After Stiles's insert and.
Page 725, last line. For Oct. i, 1885, read Oct. 5, 1885.
Page 726, third line. For Irwin E., read Erwin E.
Page 751, fourteenth line. For Maj. Peter and Hannah (Epes)

Clark, read John and Margery (Hay ward) Clark.

See page 705.

Page 772, tenth line. For 1891 read 1893.
Page 786. To the children of Joseph A. and Mary L. (Steph-

enson) Johnson add Isa V., b. Nov. 9, 1857, m.

Ephraim Provo of Salem, Mass.
Page 830. To the record of Charles E. Putnam add, m. Sept.

2, 1903, Minda A. Buswell of Bedford, N. H.

Children, born at Wilton: Donald E., b. May 26,

1904 ; James A., b. July 13, 1905.

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