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MEREDITH, N. H.
Annals and Genealogies
ARRANGED BY
MARY E. NEAL HANAFORD
1932
The Rumjord Press, concord, n. h., u. s. a.
KIND FRIENDS:
TO GATHER THESE BRANCHES OF FAMILIES HAS BEEN
NO SMALL TASK. ALMOST OBSCURITY SURROUNDS THE
LIVES OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS IN THESE OLD
TOWNS. WE HAVE GROPED IN MANY DARK BYWAYS TO
OPEN UP A RAY OF LIGHT REGARDING THESE EARLY
PIONEERS. THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN VARIED — EARLY
CHURCH RECORDS AND GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS THAT
WERE PARTIALLY OBLITERATED. WE HAVE TROUBLED
MANY HOUSEWIVES TO UNPACK OLD FAMILY BIBLES,
WHICH WERE VERY GRACIOUSLY BROUGHT OUT, WITH
VERY VALUABLE DATA THAT HELPED CONNECT THESE
THREADS IN LINES OF FAMILIES — FOR WHICH WE THANK
ONE AND ALL.
Mary E. Neal Hanaford
MEREDITH
You may talk of Switzerland's snow-capped mountains,
Of the moors and locks so clear,
You may praise the fiords of Norway
And her waters wild and grand ;
What of Meredith Bay's pretty views
Right here in our native land?
Here we view the cloud-capped White Mountains;
What of Belknap's protecting grace?
Can we find old-world marvels
More grand than the "Great Stone Face"?
And the Indian Head near by
Silently stood guard in days gone by.
Our Meredith Hills rise high and grand
Over Waukewan, and Wicwas ponds,
And with protecting arms have
Guarded many a home in days gone by
From winter's storms, and icy blasts, —
Let us give thanks while life does last.
.MEREDITH
Meredith was incorporated in 1768. In 1799 Stonedam and
Bear Islands were annexed. In 1855 the southeasterly portion
was set off and called Laconia; and in 1873 a portion of Meredith
was joined on to Center Harbor.
"Measley Pond" (Waukewan Lake) is connected with Lake
Winnipesaukee by a small river, which affords some water power.
The first settlers came in 1748, and called the locality Packers-
town. Later it was called New Salem, until Meredith was in-
corporated, in 1768, where the early settlers had a hard struggle
to live.
The first child born in the wilderness was "Tamar," daughter of
Jacob Eaton, who was born March 11, 1767, and the second child
was Daniel, son of Ebenezer Smith and wife Sarah (Spiller)
Smith, July 4, 1768.
The various conditions of the town have been written and re-
written, so I will pass them by and try and trace out some of the
early ancestry of the old families of Meredith.
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
OF
OLD MEREDITH
MEREDITH
By George Frank Smith
In 1606, by charter from King James, Virginia extended from
the 34th to the 44th north latitude, or from Cape Fear, on the
south, to Penobscot Bay, on the north, and extended to the Great
Lakes, so that all New England belonged to the Colony of Vir-
ginia. Later by a subdivision this territory was divided into
North and South Virginia.
In 1621 John Mason of London, England, bought a section
including the Lake Winnipisocky, Lake Champlain, and extending
to the St. Lawrence River. This tract was called Laconia. By
this transaction Meredith became a part of Laconia. In 1632 the
region of the lake was visited by a party of explorers from Ports-
mouth, who came by the way of the Piscataqua River, but no
move was made to push settlement in this direction, on account
of the numerous tribes of Indians who occupied the lake region.
Twenty years later, there being a dispute as to the boundary
of the "Bay State Grant," commissioners were sent out by Gov-
ernor Endicott to run out and make the boundary. They
ascended the Merrimac River to Aquadoctan at the outlet of
Winnipisocky Pond (now Weirs). Here they left inscriptions
on the now famous " Endicott Rock," in the middle of the channel,
at the outlet of the lake, in honor of their Governor, more than
250 years ago. Here, then, is the first authentic record of the
white man's visit to our town.
Aquadochitan, now called "The Weirs," and until 1855 a part
of the town of Meredith, was the scene of many unfortunate
events in the days of the early settlers. Here the various tribes
of Indians used to convene to receive their supply of fish; and at
this time the channel, leading out of the lake, was fitted with
"wares," for catching salmon, shad and other kinds of fish.
Here they assembled in the great war dances, and, under the
leadership of the warlike Chief "Wohawa," a council was called
to influence the neighboring tribes. Just previous to the bloody
days of 1675, the intrepid Lovell used to come to punish the red-
skins for their bloody forays upon the settlers.
Here blockhouses were built for the protection of the early
settlers, but they proved inadequate, and many bloody scenes
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were enacted. Then a fort was built, the remains of which may
still be seen near The Weirs.
From 1689 to 1716 New Hampshire was under the control of
Massachusetts, though in fact there was little in this section to
control, save the savages. During this period very little progress
is noted.
At this time Meredith was called New Salem. The present
boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was
established in 1740.
The first actual settlement of the town was begun in 1748.
The land being "seuveyed," and laid out as the town of Salem,
which was soon changed to New Salem, and it was called by this
name until its incorporation as the town of Meredith, December
30, 1768, but until that time business was done and meetings were
held principally at Exeter.
Among the names of the proprietors were those of Leavitt,
Shaw, Taylor, Sibley, Bartlett, Whicher, Norris, Fifield, Sanborn,
Gale, Clark, Thurston, Chase, Robinson, Smith, Jewett, Goodhue,
Moore, Palmer, Wentworth, Wadleigh, Rowe, etc.
Six acres were set aside for a schoolhouse, a church, and a train-
field, also a location for the first settled minister. Each person
drawing a lot was to build a home and improve the land to some
extent, within eight years. A meeting house was to be built in
ten years.
At a proprietors' meeting held January 2, 1768, it was voted to
tax the proprietors the sum of 4,000 pounds, to be paid the first
proprietors who should settle and fall six acres of trees, within
one year, and clear up three acres of said land fit for planting or
mowing in sixteen months.
The first sawmill was built upon the Weirs channel, at the out-
let of the lake, but was soon removed to the lower part of the
town, as the water power was better there. After a few years it
was carried away by a freshet and was rebuilt on the Gilmanton,
now Gilford, side of the river.
At a meeting January 6, 1 766, it was voted that Ebenezer Smith
and William Mead have charge of the sawmill for the next three
years, and that they shall saw logs to the halves for any of the
proprietors in said town who shall bring logs upon the stage of the
mill.
January 5, 1767, "Voted that Mr. Joshua Folsom shall have
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paid him forty shillings, lawful money, if he do build a good grist-
mill in the aforesaid town of New Salem, on a stream that runs
out of a Pond, between Richard Wibard and Joseph Robinson lot
into the Great Bay in said township, and finish it completely fit to
grind corn and grain." This was the mill at Meredith Center.
June 13, 1769, at a proprietors' meeting held in Exeter, it was
voted to pay Ebenezer Smith ten pounds and sixteen shillings for
his charges in getting the incorporation of the town of Meredith.
The first proprietors' meeting held in Meredith was held at the
house of Ebenezer Smith, Esq.
Sept. 17, 1778, William Mead was chosen moderator.
"2. Vote Ebenezer Smith, town clerk, and sworn.
3. Ebenezer Smith, Reuben Marston and Ebenezer Pitman,
to selectmen, and sworn.
4. Nicholas Carr Folsom, constable, and sworn.
5. Abraham Folsom, Reuben Marston, surveyor, and sworn.
6. Thomas Danford, Ebenezer Pitman, as tithing men.
7. Abram Folsom, Robert Bryant, as assessors and auditors.
8. Samuel Torrey, Abram Folsom, as fence viewers."
April 1, 1771, "Voted that the town petition the General
Court of said Province that the inhabitants of Meredith, may
have liberty to catch fish in Quinnipisockey River three days in
each week, that the river be kept clean of Wears, or any other
incumbrance to the passage of fish, the other four days of each
week."
April 6, 1772, "Voted that no person shall use upon the public
roads of this town any ox sled, or sleds under the dimensions of
four feet six inches, in width, under the power of forfeiture of
same to be taken from him, by the selectmen, and to be utterly
destroyed."
April 4, 1774, "Voted to build a meetinghouse in said town."
April 3, 1775, "Voted to raise six shillings lawful money to be
devoted to hire preaching, some part of the year ensueing, also
voted to raise the same amount for schooling, and that the select-
men be instructed to hire some suitable woman to keep the same, if
such woman could be found." A sum of money was offered to
the first child born in the new settlement. The first birth was
that of Tama, daughter of Jacob Eaton, March 11, 1767. The
second birth was Daniel, son of Ebenezer Smith and wife Sarah
Spillar, and it was stated that boys were so much more appre-
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ciated than girls that the money was divided between them,
instead of all going to the one born first, which would un-
doubtedly have been given the boy, if he had come first.
Oct. 4, 1775, the population was
All males under 16 years 70
From 16 to 50 years 50
All males above 50 years 7
Persons in the army 10
All females 122
259
Arms and ammunition on hand: 30 guns, 50 pounds of powder,
100 weight lead, 1 2 dozen gun flints, 1 1 guns carried into the army.
The selectmen were Ebenezer Smith, William Mead, Nathan-
iel Robinson.
The Revolutionary Period
A strong patriotic stand was taken in the Revolutionary con-
test. At a special town meeting held May 15, 1775, Ebenezer
Smith was chosen as deputy, to meet with deputies from other
towns, with full power to adopt such measures as may be judged
most expedient to preserve and restore the rights of the other
Colonies.
"Voted that the selectmen, of this town, purchase one barrel of
powder with lead bullets, flints as shall be needed, also ten guns,
also voted to enlist soldiers to hold themselves in readiness, to
march to the relief of any of our distressed country brethren, and
that they be furnished at the cost of the town, and that each sol-
dier shall receive the sum of two shillings for each day hedoputin."
August 29, 1776, they chose a Committee of Safety, consisting
of John Folsom, Jonathan Smith, Nathaniel Robinson, William
Mead, and Lieut. Joseph Roberts; 45 pounds was appropriated
for firearms, etc.
At this time a copy of the Declaration of Independence was
presented to be signed by every male citizen over 21 years old.
There were 48 in all. This was done in every town and grant
throughout the State, and a record was kept in the State records
with the name of every man who refused to sign the same, and a
close watch was kept on all whose loyalty to the cause of Inde-
pendence was doubted.
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Among those who entered the Continental Army these names
appear from Meredith: Nathaniel Holland, John Robinson, Jona-
than Crosby, Jonathan Smith, Moses Senter, Olion Smith, Thos
Froheck, Aaron Rawlins, Joseph Eaton, James Sinclair, and
William Meloon.
During the War of 1812, Theophilis Dockham of Meredith was
taken prisoner at General Hull's defeat.
When the Province of New Hampshire withdrew allegiance to
King George a temporary group was formed to conduct the
affairs of the Province, and Ebenezer Smith of Meredith was
sent as delegate to a convention, which adopted a constitution
and chose the Hon. Meschic Weare as president. This was the
first constitution and the first president of the United States.
The town meetings were held up to 1855, in the old townhouse
situated on what is known as the Parade, Laconia then being
known as a part of Meredith.
It had been decided to build a new townhouse in some other
location. The northern part of the town outvoting the southern
or Meredith Bridge portion, the new townhouse was located at
Meredith Village.
On March 13, 1855, the first meeting was called, to be held in
the new hall. The new hall proved to be faulty in construction,
and there ensued a great catastrophe, caused by the breaking
down of the floor, precipitating a mass of human beings many
feet upon the rocks and debris below. None was killed outright,
but several died of injuries. Following this Meredith Bridge
was set off by itself and took the name of Laconia.
On May 11, 1840, Luke Fernald, Joseph Dodge, David Corliss
Jr., Nathaniel Corliss and John Busiel, formed the organization
known as the First Fire Engine Co. of Meredith Village.
Meredith furnished a large quota of her citizens towards the
army for putting down the Rebellion. Out of a voting population
of about 500, she contributed a total of 22 per cent officers and
men, and showed that her people were worthy descendants of
those noble and patriotic settlers who combined the use of the axe,
the plow, and the rifle, as they carved out their homes in the
wilderness.
On January 28, 1792, the meetinghouse stood on the Parade.
The first settled pastor of whom I find any record was Rev. Fin-
ley Williams, whose success as a pastor was not to the liking of his
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people, so after a period of five years he handed in his resignation.
He was chiefly noted for having a son who ran away, shipped to
Russia, entered the service of the Czar, distinguished himself,
became chief admiral of the Russian Navy, and was made a noble-
man by the Czar. He visited his old home in 1841 in great state.
I would like to follow the ecclesiastical history of the town,
which is very interesting, but the limits of this paper forbid: how
the Baptist Church was formed in 1779, and how Elder Nicholas
Folsom, the first pastor, labored faithfully and untiringly under
very discouraging circumstances, enduring hardships and destitu-
tion ; and of other religious societies with very interesting histories,
all of which have had times of prosperity and adversity, but have
moved steadily forward in their great work, caring for the moral
and spiritual life of the town.
Among the early business men of the town were J. B. Swasey,
whose store stood near where the residence of A. A. Kidder now
stands, and Samuel Gilman, with a store on the post office site, and
a pottery back of the lot on which the North Church stands.
There were at one time three tanneries and a bark mill, where the
hemlock bark was ground for the use of the tanneries. The latter
was located at the bridge near the cemetery. Later the site was
purchased by Seneca Ladd, who carried on an extensive carriage
manufacturing business, until the plant was destroyed by fire.
After that he leased the large mill or the "Cotton Mill," as it was
then called, and entered upon the construction of pianofortes,
which business he carried on very successfully for many years.
The cotton manufacturing business was started here by some
of the leading citizens who formed a company for that purpose.
Joseph W. Lang, Sr., was agent and proved successful for several
years. It changed hands and was finally given up. John Towle
should be mentioned as another of the early traders.
The subject of this paper opens an almost inexhaustible mine,
but time forbids continuing further. „ „ „
George Frank Smith.
This was read before the Grange in January, 1904, and soon after
printed in the Meredith News when Mrs. Eva S. Blake was editor.
COPY OF ORIGINAL RECORD
Proprietors' Book of the Township of New Salem, November 3,
1748, formerly called Packerstown.
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
A list of the names of a nomber of men that Dejiev that they may have a
town ship or trackt of land granted or giuen to them and their heairs for ever.
Gentlemen whose wright it is to grant or give and request we bring the Lot
and Duteficial Subjeths to his Majesty King George the Second — we pay you
to grant or give to us apart of the Land which is to be Laide out into townships
in our frounttars a bone —
Ensign Jonath Longfellow
Benj a Shaw
Richard Scammon
Daniel Smith
Benj Xorris
William Chase
Joseph fieto
John Taylor
David Rawlins
Benjamin Smith
John Purmot
James Gibson
Josiah Dandborn
in the right of
Josiah Sandborn
Joseph marvel
Abra n Clark
Joseph Rawlin
Robard Cotton
Oleuer Smith
Tilton Lawrence
SIGNERS
Joseph Clark
Captain John Shaw
James Scammon
Daniel Gale
Sam 1 Xorris
Moses Chase
Josiah Robinson jr
Jacob Loue
Joseph Robinson
Sam" Goodhu
Benj Juet
Joseph Mosfes
Daniel Thurston
Sam" Goodhue
Oliver Smith
Joseph juett
Joseph person
Nath n Batchelder
John Smith
Elisha Smith
John Smith
Jona th Sibley
John Light
Joseph Wadligh
Samuel Xorris
Benj" Whicher
Elazras Dow
Moses Rawling
Chase Robinson
Joseph Rawlins
Jonathan Shaw
Josiah Sandborn
Sam" Palmos 3d
John morgan
Thomas ford
Jacob Longfellow
Jonathan Wadleigh
Eliphalet Rawlin
Ephra Robinson
Joseph Knowlton
Daniel olson
Nov the 10th, 1748, meet as followeth that is —
Voted Ensign oleur Smith moderator, and Joseph Rawlins Clerk.
Voted Jethro person toeshear to keued the money that is to be paid by the
Sicity for careing on the layout.
Voted Jacob Rawlins five pound old tenor for his part, servues in going to
the bank and for his expense and copeys relating to Masons wright and quit
claim to be paid by the treaseuer.
Thursday Xovember the 2d 1752
Att a meeting of the propriators of Salem, held by adjorment, at the house
of Tilton Lawrence at Stratham, in sd province, —
1st voted that there should be a commitee to choose to lay out the second
location of lots in sd town.
2d voted John Leavitt be one of commity, & Joseph Wadleigh, Tilton
Lawrence, Benj Juet, Ensign Oliver Smith comitee.
3d voted the comtey have power to hire afistance to the number encluding
themselves that, they have thirty shillings pr day each man, each day.
Voted that the comity haue power to hirer a Surueire. We farther fiend
that their is du to the commitv that laid out the first Deuison of lots viz
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Due to Josiah Sandborn 40-10
" " Joseph Rawlins 11-2
" " Daniel Smith 13-3
" " Tilton Lawrence 36-10
" " John Sandborn 01-10
" " Mr. Long fellow 00-190
Daniel Smith
Josiah Sandborn \ Committe
Joseph Clark
Names of those who have been up and laid out said land as agreed, by records
and sold to Samuel Palmer and others a tract six miles square:
Dec ye 26th 1752.
Oliner Smith
Joseph Rawlins
Benj Jewett
Benj Jewett Survyor.
The books show that after the division of land, they compelled
the owners to work twelve days a year to help clear the land,
before 1766. At a meeting in Exeter they voted to tax each
original proprietor thirty pounds, old tenor, to help build a road,
also to build a saw mill, and other improvements.
The 14th of June, 1768, at a meeting at the house of Caleb
Robinson, innholder in Exeter, after perambulation of the lines
of the town, they chose a committee to lay out the second and
third division into lots according to the charter.
Voted to have a committee to clean the Province Road through
the town, and each proprietor should have a chance to work out
his proportion in clearing of land at three shillings a day, and if a
man was delinquent he shall be "Doch d " of his wages.
The Records show that they perambulated much over different
subjects for some years, until the sections were some of them
settled.
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
The old town of Meredith "embrased the part of the present
Laconia, and Lake Village, on the west side of the Winnipiseogee
River, and Long Bay, the Weirs, Meredith Village, and Mere-
dith Center, Paugus and Opechee lakes."
The grant of land was to forty-six men, to which twenty after-
ward were added. This grant was bought in the house of widow
Sarah Prush in Portsmouth in December, 1748, of the heirs of
John Tufton Mason."
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This tract of land was bargained as six square miles, but the
encroachment of the waterways on the land reduced the acreage
so that another grant was added in 1754, making the north line
twelve miles instead of seven, thus adding Meredith Neck.
This tract was divided into one hundred shares, reserving six
acres on the Parade, on the old Province Road, for a meeting-
house, a schoolhouse, a burying ground, a training field, and for
what other purposes the inhabitants saw fit to use it.
Here on this tract for years stood the old meetinghouse and the
tavern. At one time it was the center of business.
In 1768 the town was incorporated as New Salem. The
boundary of the town was given as follows: "Beginning at a
hemlock tree, by the great bay of the Winnepeseogy River, which
is the northeasterly corner bounds of that tract of land, granted
to John Sanborn, and others, and which lies adjoining to the land
hereby granted, and runs from said tree northwesterly six miles
to a beech tree, marked, which is the northwesterly corner bounds
of said tract of land, then running fifty-five degrees east, about
seven miles, to a white oak tree, by the side of Winnepiseogy
Pond, marked on four sides, then running southeasterly by the
side of said pond to the river aforesaid, then on said run to the
Great Bay, to the hemlock first mentioned."
In 1777 the town was nine years old, and it was hard work for
the residents who did not enlist. They were: John Folsom,
Nicholas Carr Folsom (his son), Joshua Folsom, Joseph Robards,
Samuel Torrey, David Watson, John Judkins, George Bean,
Jonathan Clark, Gordon Lawrence, Nathaniel Dockham, William
and John and Benjamin Mead, Reuben Marston, Jr., Thomas
Frohack, John Gilman, Isaac Farrar, John Dockham, Joseph
Sweasey, Jacob Eaton, Benjamin Batchelder, Philip Conner,
Nathaniel Holland, Robert Bryant, Benjamin Sinclair, Nathaniel
and Gideon Robinson, William Ray, James Merrill, Thomas
Sinclair, David Broughton, Eben Pitman, Abram Swain, Joshua
Crockett, John Kimball, Thomas Dockham, Jonathan and
Pearson Smith, Timothy Somes, Jonathan Edgerly, Daniel
Morrison, Jonathan and Samuel Shephard, Jonathan Crosby,
Elias Swain, Chase Robinson, Abraham Folsom.
The Revolutionary soldiers were: Nathaniel Holland, John
Robinson, Jonathan Crosby, Jonathan Smith, Jr., Moses Senter,
Oliver Smith, Thomas Frohawk, Aaron Rawlins, Joseph Eaton,
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James Sinclair and William Meloon. More went into the war
later on.
An early school-teacher was Jeremiah Smith ("by cash paid
Jonathan Smith, for scholling; by paid yourself for your wife's
schooling"). In 1775 the town voted to hire some suitable woman
to teach. Other teachers were: Eli Folsom, Levi Towle, Solomon
Daniels, Joshua Smith, William Lowney, Caleb Jones, James
Folsom, Pelham Sturtevant, Jewell Glines and Coffin.
In April, 1778, the town voted to petition the Court to change
the name of the town to Meredith.
The town meetings were held, up to 1855, in the old townhouse
on the Parade. Then a new townhouse was built at Meredith
Village, where the sad accident occurred that injured so many.
In 1840 Luke Fernald, Joseph Dodge, David and Nathaniel Corlis
with John Busiel formed a Fire Engine Co., at Meredith Village.
There were three tanneries and a bark mill, which were
located on the brook near Plymouth Street cemetery gate,
and were run by William H. Fernald. Later Seneca Ladd
had a large carriage factory there, which was burned. He later
made pianos there also.
Captain Daniel Smith went to Meredith from New Hampton,
N. H. It is thought that his father was the builder of the toll
bridge. He built a sawmill and a house at the corner of Main
Street of waste lumber, in a solid wall, using nails and spikes that
had been pounded out by hand from rods and bars in the black-
smith shop.
"Free" Clough and his brother, William O. Clough, were born
in Gray, Maine. They went to Meredith when small boys. Mr.
Clough was in the Civil War. He enlisted from Meredith. He
had a son, Eugene F. Clough, who was a well-known singer.
The Old Cart Path
A return of highway laid out by us the Subscribers in the town of Meredith
begining at the end of the road at the brook on Samuel Silleys land in the
second division thence runing as the Cart way, is trod thru the said Silleys land
by his house, and by the house of Morris Tucker, by the house of Ensign Daniel
Smith to the road that leads from Sanbornton to New Hampton: said road is
laid out three rods wide and the center of the Cart Path is the center of the
road.
Meredith Nov. 9, 1792
EBEN r Smith „ , .
Selectmen
John Mead
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The Return of the road leading from the Province Road to the road leading
from Elias Swains to Dows Mill, begining at or near James Quimbysjr, dwelling
house, where the path is now trod, and continues thru Mr. Isaac Farrars, and
Nathaniel Wadleighs land, where the Path is now trod and also thru land of
Elias Swain jr, until it strikes the said Mill Road, the center of said path to be
the center of said road; said road to be two rods wide, and the said Farrar is to
have the Range on the northerly side, of said Road so far as his land enters,
which he bought of Abraham Folsom, and also five dollars in cash in compensa-
tion for the road going thru his land, also Nathaniel Wadleigh is to have as
much of the Range way at the end of his land as the said roadway takes out of
his land in compensation for the road going thru his land, and also Elias Swain
jr, is to have as much of the Range way at the westerly end of his land two rods
in width, as said road takes out of his land in compensation.
Meredith March 4, 1795
Eben 1 " Smith
John Mead Selectmen
Reuben Morgan
We the subscribers do hereby agree to the above return & recompence for
said road
Isaac Farrar
Nathaniel Wadleigh
Elias Swain
Third Division of Land
State of New Hampshire A return of a highway laid out by the Sub-
Strafford Co. scribers in the third division of land in said Town
bounded as follows, to wit, begining at end of the road that lead by the house
of James Gilman, to land William Mead jr, thence thru land, Meads land by
his house so on to Zebulon Sinclairs by the east end of his house, thence on to
Theophilus Dockhams by the northeast side of his house, thence to land where
Philip Merrill lives to the range way between the Lots numbered 78 & 79, the
course of said road are as the Cartway is cut out of the center of the road as the
center of the way is now in use, the aforesaid road is laid out two rods and one
half in weadth and we the subscribs Selectmen allow and set off unto the said
William Mead jr, the whole of the range-way at the southeast end of his lot
and one rod of the range way at the northwast end of the Lot we allow unto the
owner, of the lot numbered 65, one rod of the sideway in weadth and one rod
of the Range-way at the southeast end of the Lot adjoining the same and we
allow up to the owner of the Lot numbered 65 one rod of the sideway at the
east end of said lot we allow unto the owner of the lot number 64 and 75, as
many rods or so much land as said road took from said lot out of the range
or sideway adjoining said lot
Meredith Nov r 1795
Ebeneezer Smith
John Mead Selectmen
Gordon Lawrence
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We the Subscribers owners of land in part where the above said road is laid
out agree to the same Laying out of said highway and of the Recompence
allowed by the said Selectmen for the land taken from us by said road.
Meredith July 21, 1796
EBEN r Smith
Theophiles Dockham
William Mead
Layout of One of the First Roads in Meredith
A return of the highway laid out by us the Subscribers, begining at the road
near the house of Jacob Bunker, and riming on the line between the said
Bunker and Ensign Joseph Neal, north westerly 76 rods to a Rangeway, then
on the same course across said range in to Reuben Mastons jr, land thence
through the Marston land north westerly on the road now spotted and marked
by the west end of his barn 132 rods to the line of the town of New Hampton,
near the dwelling house of Johnson Norris, in said New Hampton, and the lines
as here described are the senter of said highway and the same is laid out forty
feet in weadth, and as the aforesaid highway taken twenty feet in weadth 76
rods in length of land of the said Neals, we allow and set off to him therefor the
land left for a cross way between the 16 & 17 Lots in the wast division joining
the said Neals land, and on the said road takes the same quantity of land from
the said Jacob Bunker, we allow unto and set off unto him the range way at the
northwest end of his land, being about 36 rods in length, and we allow and set
off unto the said Reuben Marston jr, for the land taken from him for said
rangeway at the northwest end of his land that he purchased of Bradbury
Gilman 26 rods in length, and two rods in weadth, of the range way at the
southeast end of his land that he owns in the 4th lot in the said 3d division,
from the land where on James Black live to the afore said new road, also the
range way to the northeast of the said new road until it conyain 22 rods in
length from said new road.
Meredith August 14, 1794
Ebenezer Smith
John Mead Selectmen
Reuben Morgan
The same day we the subscribers agree to the above laying out of said road
and the recompence for the land taken from us.
Joseph Neal, Reuben Marston Jr., Jacob Bunker
Edmund Black, Samuel Spiler, James Black
A return of a highway laod out by us the subscribers, begining at the road
by Samuel Sibleys dwelling house in the second division in Meredith, and is
laid out in the Cart Way is now trod thru the said Sibleys, Thomas Dolloff,
Amos Leavitt, Samuel Leavitt and Nathaniel Sanborns land to the brook
south of the said Sanborns barn thence on the road is spoted thru the said
Sanborns land, Samuel Edgerlys land Ebeneezer Seaveys land, Deacon Trues
land and school lot to Sanbornton line to meet the road in said Sanbornton,
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leading by the house of John Taylor, said road is laid out three rods in width,
the senter of the Cart Way, and the spotted line is the center of the road.
Meredith Nov 8- 1792
Ebenezer Smith
John Mead Selectmen
Reuben Morgan
Meredith Aug 16, 1794, We the Subscribers have this day been and viewed
the above said road and turned the same to the northwestward thru Nathaniel
Sanborns pasture and field fifty three rods in length where the same is spotted
and marked about three years since.
Ebenezer Smith
John Mead Selectmen
Reuben Morgan
We the subscribers Selectmen of Meredith, herey allow and set off unto
Samuel Sibley of Meredith, ninty five rods of the rangeway at the northerly
end of his lot of land where he now lives the whole width of the Range, it being
an allowance, made him for that length of high way thru his land at the north-
erly part of his said Lot which he has not before had an allowance for. Mere-
dith Jan 22- 1799
Ebenezer Smith
James Gilman Selectmen
Daniel Smith
I Samuel Sibley agree to the above laying out, by the Selectmen.
A Legend of Bear Island
Several decades gone by Charles Prescott and William Neal
owned land on Bear Island, where they pastured cattle during the
summer months. This land had considerable wood and timber on
it, and one winter they put some woodchoppers over there cutting
wood. One evening after supper they thought they would drive
over and see how the men were getting along with the chopping.
One of the owners had a spry stepper, and they started out from
Meredith, on the ice, and drove down around the Neck and over
by Stonedam Island, supposing the ice was strong over the ledges
there. All at once the horse and sleigh went down through the
ice. The horse gave a spring and landed on a rock, and the two
men climbed out on the rock, pulled the sleigh out, started
out again and landed on Bear Island. They went to Aunt Dolly
Nichols' for shelter, feeling pretty chilly after their dip.
She at once came to their rescue, took the men and wet horse into
her kitchen, helped dry the horse, and then made some hot
drinks for the men. All came out none the worse for their scare,
so the story goes.
16 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Deed of Land for Meetinghouse and Burying Place
Copy of deed of land for meetinghouse and burying place, the
first one in Meredith, opposite the "Old Pound."
John Leavitt to the town of Meredith, N. H.
John Leavitt of Exeter for one shilling paid by Ebenezer Smith, in behalf of
the town of Meredith to the "Inhabitants of said Meredith and their suc-
cessors for ever, one acre of my land in Meredith aforesaid, to be taken out of
the first Division Lot drew to my original Right in Said town, the westerly side
of the so called Province Road, within thirty rods of the north side of said Lott,
to be taken in a square piece ajoyning said road for a privilage for said town to
set a Meeting House, and have a Buiring place, and aney such publick useses
of said town and no other useses but such as Publick in Said Town."
(Signed) John Leavitt.
1767. James Gibson, for his share 20 pounds in New Salem, to Eben r
Smith.
Copy of conveyance from Eben r Smith, to John Jenness, Sep-
tember 19, 1795:
"Whole of James Gibson, (Meredith Bay) for $300, where Said Jenness now
lives and has for sundrie years past lived and improved and built a Corn Mill,
House, Barn, and part of a Saw Mill, thereon, excepting out of the same the one
half part of the stream whereon said Mill stands, with the priviledge to hole
Logs and Boards from Winnipisoco pond thru the mill yard to Measle Pond, in
said Lot which I have deeded to William Davise by the desire of said Jenness."
One right purchased by Ebenezer Smith of John Neal: "1773.
John Neal to Eben r Smith, the original Jonathan Wadleigh, 1st
Div., No. 1, 5th Range, for ninty pounds."
(This John Neal was a brother of "White Oak" Joseph Neal,
who walked up from Stratham with Joseph and settled in Mere-
dith. He sold out and removed, according to tradition, to Ver-
mont; never been able to trace the family or descendants.)
The Old Cemetery at Laconia
The land was given for it by Col. Samuel Ladd for a family
burying ground for the Ladd family.
Edward Ladd, father of Col. Samuel Ladd, was the first one
to be buried there, some time previous to 1801.
Col. Samuel Ladd had two children, both girls, who became
the first and second wives of Stephen Perley.
After the decease of Colonel Ladd the lot went into the hands
of the Perley heirs.
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Col. Samuel Ladd died Apr. 9, 1801, aged 57 yrs.; his wife died
June 18, 1808, aged 56 yrs.
There were many stones that crumbled and fell to pieces.
There were 166 disinterred, and probably over 60 bodies not
moved from where they had rested since 1801.
The bodies in this old yard were removed in 1865, as they were
in the heart of Laconia, which is now the center of the town, to
make room for buildings, but tradition states that many bodies
were not found.
The Old Meredith Pound
The "Pound" was one of the chief public structures, in use
instead of private barnyards for caring for stray stock.
The town of Meredith had built a wooden "Pound " previously,
but in 1 789 they voted to build one of stone, thirty-six feet square,
which was used for many decades; but as the farmers gradually
fenced their land with stone walls this venerable landmark was
deserted, and gradually grew to be an unsightly spot on the old
"Province Road " over Meredith Parade. It was built of common
stones except the front, which was of split rock, with a wooden
gate that was gone except the hinges, and the posts were tipped
forward.
Mrs. Mary Gale Hibbard, the Mary Butler Chapter historian,
found an old deed that was never recorded, donating the " Pound "
and the first burying ground, where the pioneers and Revolu-
tionary soldiers were laid to rest. She at once had the deed
recorded.
This property was deeded to the town of Meredith. Later the
town was divided and the part where this is located called
Laconia. A committee of ladies went before the City Council
and asked the town to clean up the graveyard and repair the
"Pound," as it was town property.
An appropriation was made and the yard cleaned up and the
front of the "Pound" repaired, as far as the money would go.
One of the D. A. R. members donated a granite marker in
memory of three of her grandfathers, Jeremiah Smith, Joseph
Neal, and Reuben Marston, Jr., who was the former pound-
keeper, and had it placed on the front wall of the "Pound." It
bore the inscription: "Old Meredith Pound, 1789."
18 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Personnel of Early Pioneers of Meredith Bridge
Daniel Avery was a trader in 1790. He built a factory.
Dr. Zadoc Bowman was practicing medicine in Laconia. His
descendants were David Bowman and Mrs. Daniel Tilton.
Malachi Davis, 1790. Nathaniel Davis, called Island Davis,
occupied Davis Island. He was a commanding leader in preach-
ing and public discussions. In his house were twenty-one rooms.
They had a school there which was attended by children who
came over the bridge from the mainland. He had four sons and
four daughters. John Davis taught school there on the Island.
Later he was agent in a factory at Lake Village. They were
Millerites. William Miller in 1840 had a camp meeting on the
Island.
A tavern opposite the courthouse was run by Eager, the name
and tavern gone.
Abraham Folsom settled in town in 1781. He had a mill, and
his old house, renovated, still stands at Lakeport.
Col. Samuel Ladd had a mill bought of Stephen Gale. A
freshet in 1779 carried it away, then another was built. It was
carried away three years in succession, and another built each time.
THE MEREDITH BRIDGE FELLOWS
Compliments of Fred H. Coffin, Job Printer
The "varses" below were the contents of a letter passed through
the post office at a Levee held at Meredith Bridge about 1850, and
were given to the public at the request of the anxious "marms"
of these nice young men.
Some write of flowers, and hills and streams,
Some write of hopes, and sighs and dreams;
But mine shall be a nobler task,
The Meredith Beau the theme I ask.
Highest among them stands C. S. Gale,
Who ne'er feared of riding a rail;
Query — why? his legs are so long,
Ten men couldn't raise him though ever so strong.
Then Rufus Parker, so tall and so slim,
That the young ladies say he looks very prim;
And right on his track is Isaiah A.,
Who acts with the girls tho' the d — l's to pay.
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Next on the list is Henry G. Tilton,
Who some people think is a second John Milton,
While others declare that the great Henry Clay
Will be far eclipsed by his namesake some day.
And now we come to James H. T.,
Who's as clever a fellow as you often see;
Treat him well and he'll use you right,
But steal his fruit and he's apt to fight.
There's another Tilton, by most called Dan,
And all agree he's a nice young man;
But 'tis my opinion he's one of the b'hoys!
Brim full of his fun, and frolic and noise.
Lo, who comes next? 'tis Doctor Sam,
With his jolly fat face — as happy as a clam;
If you're troubled with hypos, or some call 'em blues,
Just send for the Doctor, he'll tell you the news.
John T. Coffin acts well his part,
Tho' small of stature he's large of heart;
And since never before his name I've rung,
Let me now introduce you to Samuel Young.
Then there's Joe Hill and Albert Clough,
Where the girls all go to purchase such stuff,
As laces and ribbons and other such trash,
As tickles their fancy and swallows up cash.
Now comes James Garland, the young machinist,
A first-rate trade, but none of the cleanest;
He sings serenades in a style quite peculiar,
Some in long meter and some in hallelujah.
There's another professional man, Doc. True,
Whose system of curing is said to be new;
And just o'er the way is Doctor Frank S.,
Who pulls people's teeth for a nine-pence or less.
Joseph E. Odlin, who sells hats and caps,
And sort of a mesmerizer who gives people naps;
A Hull & Sanborn — don't accuse me of lying —
Who get their living by other folks dying.
Then Nathan H. Baldwin and Brother Charles A.,
Who are both quiet men and have little to say;
But you know the old adage — confound this quill —
" 'Tis the quiet pig that eats all the swill."
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Last but not least comes Doctor Aver,
Who, when you are sick is sure to be there;
Wherever he goes 'tis a pretty sure sign
That the girls will go into a gentle decline.
If any have been overlooked in this ditty,
'Tis all their own fault, the more's the pity;
But let me add that each one of them
Are first-rate chaps, "every mother's son of 'em."
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT MEREDITH
Seventy-five Persons In'jured, and Six Fatally
March 13, 1855, the floor of the new townhouse fell in and 300
were precipitated into space below. It was estimated 800 persons
were in the building, which was 80 by 50 feet square. Only a
part of the floor, 30 by 14 feet, went down.
Those fatally hurt were: George Clark, John O. M. Ladd,
John Leavitt; back broken, Hiram Plumer, B. C. Tuttle, Thomas
Eastman.
Those severely hurt: leg broken, Benning Muggridge, William
Langley, Benjamin Robinson, Isaac Shaw, Coffin Cook, Hubbard
Jackson, Nathaniel Nichols, Simeon Hatch, Mooney Baker;
both legs broken, John Piper, Jefferson Yerrill, Simeon Drake;
arm broken, Theophilus Sanborn; ankle broken, John Magoon;
several ribs broken, D. Corliss, Jr.; thigh broken, Jacob Perkins;
foot smashed, John Perkins; body crushed, William Edgerly,
Charles Hunt, Moses Sargent; shoulder broken, David Corliss;
shoulder dislocated, Eben Leavitt; back injured, Noah Robinson;
badly hurt, Shephard Pierce; internally injured, Louis Boynton,
Eben Varney, H. N. Burnham, Benj. F. Wiggin, John Smith 5th,
Benj. Swain, Richard Stanton, Daniel Eastman, T. P. Hanna-
ford, Washington Smith, Ira Simms, John Chase, Charles Hunt,
L. M. Tuck, Geo. Kelley, William Fernald, Joseph R. Mead,
Charles P. Huntress.
Slightly injured: Joseph Wiggin, Harrison Swain, John L.
Chase, Edward Chase, Benj. Libbey, L. H. Hadley, John Gilman,
William Wentworth, Edward Bacon, Dr. J. Sanborn, Eben Bick-
ford, William Pike, Sr., Moses Plummer, James H. Mudgett,
Thomas Hart, Stephen C. Lyford, D. S. Prescott, Elihu Davies,
Rufus C. Stevens, Caleb Gilman, Obed Gray, Veranus York,
John C. Glidden, Ben Perkins, William Pike, Jr.
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THE OLD FACTORY BELL
By J. D. C. Hoit, M.D.
'Mid sunshine and the lightning's flash,
True to mold in height and girth,
High above the restless river,
Hurrying onward in its mirth;
You have rung alarms of danger,
In the years long passed away,
Yes, in truth, but few remember,
When you summoned to the fray.
You have told the busy workers
When to come and when to go;
You have told the hills of Belknap
When fiery billows raged below;
You have told of war's glad ending,
After years of charge and strife;
Of the nation saved through carnage
Springing into stronger life.
Oh, Bell of lasting melody,
Yes, of memory dear to me;
Scarce surpassed by Rome's St. Peter's,
Nor by Shandons on the Lee,
As the faithful watchman urging
Peals that called both out and in;
How the heights of Gilford echoed
At the music of your din.
Factory domed with cadent Tocsin,
Greeting hills and distant bay;
Harbinger of labor's grandeur
Ringing timely, night and day,
In thoughts of youth thy tones I hear
Responding still to duty;
Again, thy rhythmic notes resound
In realms of scenic beauty.
A heritage it seems to me
Deserving well in story;
Assailed by blows and wintry blasts
Alas with age now hoary;
From thy hanging in the belfry
On the old time Avery mill,
Midst the hills of old New Hampshire,
Are you ringing, ringing still?
22 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
GHOST STORY
Perhaps an old story, located in the Massachusetts Colony,
may be of interest to some.
The legend runs that in days of "Long Ago," Bridget O'Hare
haunted the Magoun mansion, on the Mystic River, where
she had faithfully worked for her employer during her life.
Thatcher Magoun, being very dependent on his Irish house-
keeper and fearing he should lose her, proposed to make her a
permanent fixture in the Mansion. After several talks he
found her judgment very valuable, and gradually he became very
dependent on her business ability, and married her, amid the
rebellious gossip of the matrons thereabouts, who would not take
her into the aristocratic circle. The Tory and his Irish helpmate
became much attached to each other, and owing to the snobbish
treatment she received outside, which did not jar Bridget, they
lived much in seclusion. He, being in the late 1600's a large ship-
yard owner, was a wealthy man, and he made his wife his sole
heir.
This proved her ability, as she managed the business in good
shape; but it was a hard shock to the gossips. She disposed of
the estate a little at a time, but was so snubbed that she vowed
she would put a Gypsy curse on the neighbors.
Her only relative was brought from Ireland and lived with her
sister. They were devout Catholics, and sent much support back
to the home church, as there were no Catholic churches in America.
After 1792 the Catholic church was started in New England,
the first one in Boston, a century after Bridget's life. She was so
persecuted that she developed a great hatred for those outside
her church.
Before she went to work for Mr. Magoun she became attached
to Mickie O'Hearn, who took the view, "Out of sight, find
another," and married before she was long gone.
When her sister came to her, Mickie's wife had died, and Mickie
longed for his first love, but refused to communicate with Bridget,
and she, sad from trouble, gave the mansion to her sister. They
finally settled in three rooms in the mansion and shut up the rest
of the house; they never went out. Finally she and her crippled
boy deserted the home. Bridget said no Protestant should ever
occupy the house; if they did her ghost would haunt the place
until they were driven out.
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After she moved, the place was rented to people from Boston,
who brought many loads of furniture and opened the house and
did much repairing; but after a few weeks the furniture was taken
away, and the house was closed and deserted.
People imagined they saw Bridget going up and down stairs
with a candle, then doors would creak, and something seemed to
flutter around outside.
Late one night the whole neighborhood was aroused, with
screams coming from the haunted house. It was a serious situa-
tion, for the gossips had frightened the neighbors and revived the
story that Bridget had threatened to haunt the house, so that
no one dared to venture inside.
A little later came news from Boston that the widow had filed
suit in court against the tenants for rent. The answer came back
that the house could not be lived in, and the rent was not col-
lectible. So earnest were the witnesses that the court suspended
the trial, and instructed an officer to go to the old house and
remain until he unmasked the ghost.
The man sent was Dick Whipple, who was a strong physical
person and professed to fear nothing, and no man but he was to
be admitted.
One night he got a thrill that he admitted. He wrote:
" I had my misgivings as I slowly wended my way over the long
walk from the gate to the big front door, to begin grips with
the ghost.
" It was just coming evening. I brought along a luncheon, also
candles and matches. When I opened the big door the hinges
creaked, which gave me a start, and I felt crinkling gooseflesh on
my arms, but I lighted a candle and began to brace up and look
around the living room. I amused myself reading a paper and
smoking. At midnight I ate my lunch and began clearing away
the crumbs. I heard sounds of some person weeping, then a
scratching, and suddenly my candle was extinguished and I
trembled in the dark room. I felt objects whisking around my
head and tappings on the window panes. One of the chairs in
the room began rocking violently, and I was terribly afraid.
"I finally found a match and lighted my candle again. There
was a large fireplace in the farther side of the room, and I heard
tappings on that end of the room as though someone were
walking on the staircase.
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"Soon it was quiet, but I trembled and thought as I waited
for daylight. At 7 A.M. I took my bag, went out and locked the
door. I went to the courthouse, wrote my report, then went
home and to sleep.
"When I went back to the mansion the next night it was chilly
and rainy. The old place did not look very welcome, and a
policeman was hanging over the gate, saying he did not begrudge
me my job, and that he would not stay there through the night
for a thousand dollars.
"He said it was positive that the house was haunted, and that
he had seen and heard the ghost. I unlocked the door and stepped
inside; the air was damp and chilly. I lighted my candle and
looked around; the things seemed to be as I had left them. It
was so cool I decided to build a fire in the fireplace. I found
shavings, papers and some sticks outside, and started a fire some-
time after midnight. The kindlings blazed high and the wood
burned furiously, and soon pandemonium reigned — weird noises,
chairs rocking, loud tappings on the window panes. My candle
was extinguished and I felt something brushing my head and body.
If I had not been held as if bound to the floor, where I was
thrown by some unseen force, I should have fled screaming from
the house. Suddenly I was brought to my senses by a voice
screaming to me to come outside. I wobbled to the door and
got outside. The policeman was at the gate waving and scream-
ing to me to look. There I saw smoke and a tongue of flame,
and also saw what looked like a great winged monster flopping
out of the haze and smoke. Suddenly I looked again, and it
dawned on me that I might be seeing the ghost departing from
his haunts.
"I asked the cop to go in with me, and promised to permit him
to see me unmask the ghost. He declined, saying he would not
go in for a thousand dollars, as he had a wife and family and was
afraid of being killed. I went in alone, and what met my eye I
shall never forget. That room that had been so quiet was a mess
of life and death, the floor was littered with the bodies of the
disturbers; one was yet struggling but finally dropped to the floor
dead. I lighted my candles and looked the place over. The
floor was littered with bats; one measured four feet ten inches
from tip to tip of wing, and his rat-like body weighed two pounds.
I had unmasked the ghost, and made my report at the courthouse. "
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WINNEPESAUKEE GRANGE
By George Frank Smith
On February 9, 1875, a meeting of the citizens of Meredith and
Center Harbor who were interested in agricultural pursuits was
held at the office of Dr. George Sanborn to discuss the question of
organizing a Grange of Patrons of Husbandry in the town of
Meredith.
Charles P. Towle was chosen chairman and George E. Gilman,
secretary. The chairman read the constitution and by-laws,
and the "declaration of purposes" of the National Grange, after
which a general discussion of the subject followed, resulting in a
unanimous vote to organize a Grange.
Dr. George Sanborn was chosen to select names for charter
members, and was instructed to draw up a petition and forward
it to the secretary of the New Hampshire State Grange. At
a later meeting at the house of Dr. Sanborn, he reported that he
had secured the requisite number of names to the petition and had
sent it in to the secretary of the State Grange, and that he would
name an early date to institute a Grange in Meredith.
Dr. Sanborn was chosen temporary treasurer and all present
paid their fees to him.
It was voted that the Grange should be called " Winnepesaukee
Grange." A committee was chosen to prepare a list of officers,
and the following names were reported :
Worthy Master. . . .William H. Wadleigh
Overseer Ebenezer S. Robinson
Lecturer Simeon F. Wadleigh
Steward R. Lewis Coe
Assistant Steward. Arthur E. Leavitt
Treasurer Dr. George Sanborn
Chaplain Levi Leach
Secretary George E. Gilman
Gate Keeper John Deaborn
Ceres Mrs. William H. Wadleigh
Pomona Miss Ruth Smith
Flora Mrs. William C. Marshall
Lady Assistant Steward
Mrs. John Deaborn
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and the names were unanimously chosen for the several positions.
William H. Wadleigh declined to serve as master and Charles
W. Neal was chosen in his place.
March 2, 1875, the meeting was held in the North Church
society rooms. Brother J. F. Keyes, master of Ashland Grange,
and Brothers Scribner, Deaborn and Brown from Ashland
Grange were present. Having been invited by Deputy Shaw to
assist, Brother Shaw administered the obligation to all charter
members present, and the officers were installed in their several
positions.
The following were the charter members:
Charles W. Neal Mrs. Jane (Wadleigh) Neal
Mrs. Georgia A. Neal George W. Hoyt
Simion F. Wadleigh Mrs. Mary Hoyt
Charles Wadleigh William H. Wadleigh
Ebeneezer S. Robinson Rebecca Wadleigh
R. Lewis Coe William Neal
Mrs. J. M. Coe Mrs. Mary E. (Smith) Neal
Arthur E. Leavitt Miss Fannie Ladd
Mrs. Arthur E. Leavitt Miss Laura Pease
John Deaborn Charles C. Towle
Mrs. E. E. R. Deaborn John C. Towle
Dr. George Sanborn D. Wardsworth Coe
Mrs. S. D. Sanborn Charles L. Towle
George E. Gilman Charles R. Swain
Mrs. Edna E. Gilman Miss Orissa Knowles
Miss Ruth Smith William C. Marshall
Miss Abbie Pease Mrs. C. C. Marshall
John Mead Neal
Other names enrolled as members previous to reorganiza-
tion in 1887 were: Lina F. Coe, Daniel B. Eaton, John F. Wood-
man, Bradbury R. Deaborn, Miss C. E. Elliott, and Rev. William
H. Stewart, making a membership of forty-three.
The members met at various homes as invited, and as years
passed changed officers at times, according to the records.
In 1887, State Deputy Emri C. Hutchinson was called and
reorganized the Grange, and installed by proxy:
Worthy Master D. W. Coe
Overseer J. W. Lang
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Lecturer William B. Smith
Steward Edward F. Wiggin
Assistant Steward. . . . Fred W. Towle
Chaplain William Neal
. Secretary Charles W. Neal
Gatekeeper Charles Wadleigh
Treasurer Mrs. Mary E. (Smith) Neal
Pomona Julia A. Smith
Flora Lucy A. Lang
Ceres Bertha Neal
Lady Assistant Steward
Fannie L. Coe
December 15, 1888, G. Frank Smith, Fred H. Smith and George
N. Eaton were made Patrons of Husbandry. This being the
annual election, the following officers were chosen:
Worthy Master G. Frank Smith
Overseer Joseph W. Lang
Lecturer Fred H. Smith
Steward Edward F. Wiggin
Assistant Steward. . . . Fred W. Towle
Chaplain George N. Eaton
Treasurer Mrs. Mary E. (Smith) Neal
Secretary Charles W. Neal
Gatekeeper Simeon F. Wadleigh
Ceres Lucy A. Lang
Pomona Julia A. Smith
Flora Bertha Neal
Lady Assistant Steward
Fannie L. Coe
Fair Director Charles W. Neal
The latter was sent to the State Grange meeting at Manchester,
which was the first time the Winnepesaukee Grange was repre-
sented for many years. It created a spirit of faith, hope and
charity, and success in the years that followed. The meetings at
this time were held in the Baptist vestry which was kindly offered
free, and much prosperity followed through the efforts of many
members.
In 1913 a lot was purchased and a two-story building was
28 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
erected. The upper floor was leased to the Masons, and the
basement served as a dining room and kitchen, where many
pleasant meetings and gatherings convened.
To Sister Emma Ballard, who was master during the building
construction, great praise is due for the energy, spirit and good
judgment displayed; she showed that a woman can work
and win, and equal a man.
Over fifty years passed and many changes took place; many
went to the great Grange above. We believe they are active and
happy in the service of the "Great Master," beyond.
After another reorganization in 1889, the following officers
served :
G. Frank Smith 1891-2
Fred H. Smith 1893-4
Orville P. Smith 1895-6
Edward F. Wiggin 1897-8
J. Fred Philbrick 1899-1900-01
Dudley Leavitt 1902-3
William H. Neal 1904
Arthur J. Mead 1905
Roy F. Bickford 1906
Hollis L. Wiggin 1910-1 1-12
Freeman G. Smith 1913-14 (Died in service)
Emma Ballard 1915-16-17
Orville P. Smith 1918-19
Frank J. Robinson 1920
Hollis L. Wiggin 1921
W. Irving Brown 1922
Emma Ballard 1923-24
Roy F. Bickford 1925
Thus we see many of Meredith's prominent citizens were
members, and interested in this good work.
CARROLL COUNTY HISTORY
Description of Winnipiseogee
Two parts called the "Broads," from Center Harbor, form a
straight waterway of nearly 20 miles. The "Broads," merging
with each other in the middle of the lake, with the long bays
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and smaller coves irregularly on all sides, suggest a huge crab
with broad back and long claws: the Northwest Cove, or
Meredith Bay, on the west side; Moultonborough Bay on the
east side; Merry Meeting, or Alton Bay, on the southeastern part
of the lake.
The name was taken from "winne," beautiful; "nipe," water;
"kees," high; "cuke," place. Algonquin translation, "good
water," with large pour-out place or outlet; the beautiful water
of the high place; or "The Smile of the Great Spirit."
In early days when there was clear passage, no dams, the
salmon and shad came up and separated; the salmon going
up the Pemigewasset, and the shad going up the Winnipiseo-
gee in myriads to the lake, where many were caught in the
"ah-que-dau-ken-ash," or weirs.
Buchanan Reed's poem reads in part:
I heed not, if
My rippling skiff
Floats swift or slow
From cliff to cliff;
With dreamful eyes
My spirit lies
Under the walls of Paradise.
SQUAM LAKE
"A peaceful lake, by frowning woods o'erhung
Sleeps like bright waters among Alpine hills;
Xo voice is heard, nor lisp of human tongue,
No sound, save gentle moan of purling rills;
'Tis far away, beyond the purple mountains,
Beyond the sunset clouds of golden hue;
Far in the west among the crystal fountains
That rush from earth to smile neath skies of blue.
While sinks the sun o'er wooded hills to rest,
While golden radiance of the burning west
Fades o'er the billows with the fading day,
When midnight lamps o'er moon-bright waters play,
And crimson clouds, tinted with fiery hue,
Look from the waveless depths to depths of blue;
When myriad stars burn in the silent lake;
While flashing waters round dark islands break;
When gleaming wavelets at the set of sun
Bask in his glories when his course is run;
As breaks the sweet, wild vision on the eye,
We dream we roam in Classic Italv."
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THE TOWN REGISTER OF 1908
Which Comprises Meredith, Tilton, Gilmantox, San-
bornton, Belmont and New Hampton
We all know the location of beautiful Meredith, with its lovely
views. Across the lake is Moosilauke, Asquam Range, Mt.
Prospect, Osceola, Passaconaway, White Face, and the
Belknap Range.
The Indian records are few that tell us what happened in
centuries long gone.
Hiawatha's rhyme runs —
Lo, how all things fade and perish
From the memory of the old men,
Fade away the great traditions,
The achievements of the Warriors,
The adventures of the hunters,
All the wisdom of the "Medas,"
All the craft of the "Wahenoos,"
All the marvelous dreams and visions
Of the " Passakakeeds," the Prophets.
The fresh water Indians of the interior of the State were called
"Nopmumks," and the Indian tribes around the lake were named
"Winnipesaukees," as they inhabitated the lake region, and
dressed in the furs of the animals they had captured on their
trails.
When the white man came they began to imitate his clothing
and his manner of living, even to imbibing fire-water.
Their "asquedaukenash," or fish-weir, was a rendezvous for
the many tribes for a semi-annual gathering, and later for the
"pale-face" to trap shad.
The "Great Medicine Man," Passaconaway, was influenced
strongly by the "Great Spirit," and held the natives in check, to
keep peace, and after his death his son, " Wonalancet," kept on
in his father's ways, and became a good Christian.
In November, 1748, many white men banded together and
voted to lay out a township between "Pond and Pemigewassett
River." The layout ran thus: " Begining at a hemlock tree by
the Great Bay of Winnipesaukee River, which is the southeasterly
corner bounds of that tract of land granted to John Sanborn and
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others by said Proprietors, and which lies adjoining to the land
hereby granted, and runs from said tree northwesterly six miles,
joining on said lands granted to said Sanborn, or near six miles,
to a beach tree marked, which is the northwesterly corner bounds
of the said tract of land; then runing fifty-five degrees east
about seven miles to a white oak tree by the side of Winni-
pesaukee Pond, marked on four sides; then running southeasterly
by side of said pond to the river to the Great Bay aforesaid; then
to the said bay to the hemlock tree first mentioned."
It was voted, January, 1753, that Jonathan Longfellow should
have one shilling, old tenor, per acre for every acre added to the
township of Salem, but according to history he failed, as there is
no record that he received any monies for service.
The name of New Salem was changed to Meredith in 1769.
In 1855 the eastern portion was taken to make a part of Laconia,
including Lake Village and Meredith Bridge, and until 1873 a
part of Center Harbor was called Meredith.
Among the earliest settlers was Ebeneezer Smith of Meredith,
also James McCrillis, the great grandfather of Philip McCrillis,
who lived at the foot of what is now called Neal Hill, and whose
nearest neighbor was Captain William Ray, who lived four miles
away, nearer Meredith Bridge, at what is now called "Ray's
Corner." There were no buildings at Meredith at this date.
Historians state that Nicholas Gilman, with 23 other Gilmans
and over 150 pioneers, in 1727 received grants of land in what
they called Gilman Town.
During the Revolutionary War days, after the Battle of
Bunker Hill on June 17, it was reported to Lieutenant Eastman's
wife, who was Mary Butler before her marriage, that the lieu-
tenant had been killed in battle. There were no hard roads
then — the only guide to go by was spotted trees — but Mary
(Butler) Eastman determined to know if she was left a widow
with an infant child. The brave woman mounted her horse, with
her babe in her arms, and rode to her father's home in Brentwood,
where she left her babe and rode on to Charlestown, Mass., where
she found her husband alive and well. B. F. Taylor wrote of
the story thus:
Then up rose Mary Butler, and set her wheel at rest;
She swept the puncheon floor, she washed the cottage pride —
The cottage pride of three weeks old — and dressed him in his best;
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She wound the clock that told the time his mother was a bride,
And porringer and spoon she deftly laid aside;
She strung a clean white apron across the window pane,
And swung the kettle from the crane, for fear of rusting rains;
Then tossed the saddle on the bay, and donned her linen gown,
Full seventy miles to Cambridge town: bring out your civic crown.
I think we'll fit that brow of hers, who sadly smiled and said:
"We'll know about your father, boy, and who is hurt and who is dead."
In 1720 the Governor's Council ordered that Gilmantown,
should run from Barnstead to Winnipishoky Pond. One com-
ment on it was "that it was a liberal slice of land."
In 1748 the early inhabitants voted to lay out a town on the
east side of Pemisgavaset River, and for a time it was called
"Crotch-Town," or what they should think best to call it, and in
1770 the boundary ran thus: "Beginning at a hemlock tree,
standing by the Great Bay of Winnipesaukee River, marked with
the letter B, and other letters, and year 1748, and spotted on four
sides, then running west to a beech tree, marked on four sides,
thence west to Pemmigewassett River, and running as the river
runs, bounding on the same to a crotch made by the said river,
then easterly up the river to the bay, to the tree where the
bounds started."
Moultonboro Gore, or Addition, in 1777 was named New
Hampton. The story goes that Gen. Jonathan Moulton gave
Governor Wentworth an ox that weighed some 1,400 pounds and
in return was given a tract of land of over 19.442 acres. In early
days cattle were scarce and land cheap.
In 1854 a few decided to start a Freewill Baptist Church at
Meredith Village. They had been attending the "Oak Hill
Church," up above Meredith on the hill. For a long time they
held service in Union Hall.
In 1858 the society decided to build a Free Baptist Church at
Meredith Village; but the Antipedobaptists on the Parade had
split up and offered them the "North Meeting House," which was
situated just this side of the first burying ground, opposite the
"Old Pound" on Meredith Parade, and the Freewill Society
accepted it and moved it down to the Village. A few pairs of
oxen helped roll it along until they reached the top of Ladd Hill,
now called " Mile Hill," just this side of the Village, then the force
of gravity had to be checked in a measure with logs.
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It is described as 38 by 40, with 30-foot posts. When it
reached its destination, the box pews and sounding board were
removed and more modern pews installed, and an organ was
purchased that had to be pumped by hand when in use. A steeple
was put on and it was modernized in other ways, but the same old
building, 'The North Meeting House," stands today, and is
used by the school. It was built in 1786, and in 1936 it will be
150 years old.
The people worked hard through the week and some of them
got sleepy during the service, so they had a "tithing man" to
keep them awake. When he saw a man nodding he went along
and tickled his ears with a rabbit's foot tied on a short pole. For
short he was called a "tidy-man."
In 1852 the Oak Hill Free Baptist Church was very prosperous,
and at the outdoor meetings in the oak grove on warm days
many decided to lead a Christian life. The ordinance of
baptism was performed at Waukewan Pond, a short distance
down the hill. One writer states that it seemed as if the Spirit of
God descended and hovered over those who went down into the
water and followed the bidding of the Master. At times the
religious interest spread far into other towns and the membership
increased to 350 members.
A PIONEER PREACHER
By E. W. Lang
Correspondent of the Boston Journal
Some Interesting Notes About the First Church and the
First Settled Minister in the Winnipiseogee Lake Region
Every section of this New England of ours — in fact every sec-
tion of this broad country — had its pioneer preacher. This
ordained servant of God and the people either went in advance of
the schoolhouse or closely followed it, and it is an obvious fact
that it is largely due to' his unrequited and zealous labor — to
his unselfish devotion to the cause which he was commissioned
to present to men and women — that the country owes its proud
position as the most enlightened and progressive nation on the
globe in the nineteenth century. Of the pioneer it may be truth-
fully said that he endured hardships and privations to which the
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preacher of today is in a large degree a stranger; and yet, not-
withstanding his discomforts — as comforts are measured in this
generation — he doubtless experienced the happiness that comes
of duty conscientiously performed, the same that the faithful
minister of today experiences. There is, however, another
view that lightens the contrast. It is this: He delivered the
message of the Master to a practically uneducated people, while
the ministers of today must meet the requirements of the ad-
vanced thought that our system of education has developed.
While, then, he was forced to make more physical effort — for he
was compelled to till the soil for a livelihood and to travel long
distances on horseback over uneven roads, and often through
nearly pathless forests — he was in a large measure free from
great mental strain in the preparation of discourses, which is more
exhausting to the energies and which is the burden of the men of
his profession today.
But it is the pioneer preacher of the Winnipiseogee Lake region
of New Hampshire that we would write of at this time. He was
not an educated man. He was, however, a man of more than
ordinary gifts, a man of sterling integrity, of practical common
sense, thoroughly in earnest and deeply impressed that the Master
had chosen him as an instrument through which to deliver an
important message to the children of men. These convictions
coupled with a sense of duty and responsibility, caused him to
assume what proved to be a great task, and although in many
ways handicapped, to persevere in proclaiming the truth of the
Gospel, as he understood it, for nearly fifty years of his life. The
name of this pioneer preacher was Nicholas Folsom. During a
recent visit in this section of New Hampshire, where he lived and
labored, we undertook the task — purely a labor of love — of
rescuing from fading memories and scattered history records the
story of his life and the early history of the church which he
founded.
The following — which includes three or four corrected para-
graphs which we published some time ago — is the result of our
research.
Somewhere in the fourth decade of the eighteenth century,
there landed on the shores of New England, a young Englishman
named John Smith. He settled at Brentwood, N. H., and find-
ing another man of the name of John Smith in the neighborhood
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he changed his name to John Folsham — Folsham being the name
of his native place in the old country. He was a farmer, but
turned his hand at other employment. He therefore became the
assistant of Ebeneezer Smith in surveying and laying out the towns
of Sanbornton, Gilford, Meredith — then New Salem — Moulton-
borough and Sandwich.
During this time he became possessed of a tract of land, one
hundred acres, near Sanbornton Bay, and when he was about to
remove thither with his family and build a log house, Ebeneezer
Smith made him the offer of a gift of thirty acres of land in New
Salem providing he would settle upon it. Folsham accepted the
offer and selected a valley — from which there is a commanding
mountainous view on all sides — two miles southeast of what has
since become known as Meredith "Parade" and about three miles
north of Lake Village. Here in the wilderness with his friend
Smith and others who had settled ten years before he built a log
house. The conveyance of the land is dated January 19, 1778,
and to the original thirty acres, twenty-three acres were added by
purchase in 1794.
In 1778, with his family, which included Nicholas Folsham —
then a returned veteran soldier, who had taken a heroic part in
the battle of Bennington — he removed to Meredith, as the place
was then called, and here he spent the declining years of his life.
The farm became the property of Nicholas, whose name had now
become Folsom, and in turn the property of his son Nicholas.
The fourth house — a tidy white cottage farmhouse — takes the
place of former houses and in it reside the three successive gen-
erations — the fourth, fifth and sixth generations from the original-
Joseph G. Folsom, aged 80; John C. Folsom, aged about 50, and
Charles H. Folsom, aged 18.
It is to these three generations together with indisputable rec-
ords that we are indebted for new facts contained in this article
and for corrections to the paragraphs heretofore written and herein
incorporated.
The Meredith settlement was visited from time to time,
beginning probably as early as 1770, by Dr. Samuel Shephard of
Brentwood, a Baptist missionary, who, besides being a learned
physician, was an eloquent preacher. Through his efforts the
cause of religion was kept alive, and, six or eight years later,
when the population had increased — although a good deal
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scattered — he held a revival in which there were more than
one hundred and fifty conversions and more than one hundred
persons baptized in one day.
In 1779 a movement was started to organize a church, and on
the 4th of November of that year the people met at the house of
William Mead for that purpose. They adopted the name
Antipedobaptist Church of Meredith, and at a subsequent
meeting, held Aug. 3, 1780, adopted Calvinistic articles of faith.
On the 21st of August in the same year nineteen male and eight
female members were added to the church, and at the meeting
held to vote on their reception, John Gilman was chosen clerk of
the society. Nicholas Folsom and Abram Swain were chosen the
ruling elders and Jonathan Edgerly and Brother Crockett dea-
cons. The right hand of fellowship was given to the chosen
deacons by Elder Folsom, and the ordination prayer by John
Mead. John Kimball and Gideon Robins assisted in the laying on
of hands. Meetings were held at private houses, and a good de-
gree of interest manifested. In fact, their numbers increased so
that in 1782 it was voted, after a season of prayer and fasting, to
set apart Nicholas Folsom for the work of the Christian ministry.
Accordingly, on the second Wednesday in September of the same
year a council of the ministers and delegates from the churches in
Brentwood, Madboro, Gilmanton and Sandwich met and or-
dained Mr. Folsom, the sermon being preached by Elder Hooper
of Brentwood. In the same year an effort was made to make
Elder Folsom the town minister, but the town voted not to receive
him. He was generally respected, but the voters objected to his
doctrinal views. From this time till near the close of the eight-
eenth century Elder Folsom continued to preach one-half the
time in Meredith, and one-half in Sanbornton, during which time
the church in Meredith lost forty-five members, who removed
their membership to the last named place for the obvious reason
that it was nearer their homes. The meetings of the church were
held in various places, at schoolhouses, and in private dwellings,
in the three divisions of the town, and were called branch, or
neighborhood meetings. In the absence of Elder Folsom, some
of the associate elders or deacons officiated.
Concerning these men who founded the first church in the
Winnipiseogee Lake region the Rev. James Graham of Waldoboro,
Maine, a former settled minister in Meredith, says: "They were
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men of strong conviction concerning the truth, and considered doc-
trinal views essential to church membership, withdrawing the hand
of fellowship on more than one occasion from those who dissented in
some way from the articles of faith. They took the Bible as their
counselor in all spiritual matters, and they refused to walk in
fellowship with those who perverted and ignored the ordinance of
baptism and the Lord's Supper. They were also zealous in prop-
agating the peculiar tenets of their faith. Yet it was not only
purity of doctrine, but purity of life and conduct for which they
earnestly strove."
The records of their times show that it was not only considered
a matter for discipline when any church member indulged in in-
temperance or any other vice, but, as now, it was in some degree
an occasion for social ostracism.
Elder Folsom received no compensation for his services except
voluntary contributions of the people. He rode about the
country on horseback and whatever he received by way of dona-
tions found a place in his capacious saddlebags. "As a preacher,"
says Mr. Graham, who sought knowledge of the Elder among the
venerable people of the neighborhood where he lived, "he was
plain, direct and forcible; preaching what he believed to be true
and that, too, without fear or favor." "As a figure," says the
eldest of his descendants, "he was more than six feet tall and well
proportioned. He had black hair and black, piercing eyes. His
features were round and his expression was that of an exceedingly
good-natured man who never thought it necessary to be stern, even
in moments of religious fervor." The domestic life of Elder Fol-
som was not altogether a pleasant one. He had his "thorn in the
flesh," being most unhappily married. His wife, who was com-
monly believed to be insane, gave him no peace. She was irri-
table and fault-finding and many strange stories are told concern-
ing her treatment of him.
The first meetinghouse which Elder Folsom's society built —
probably about the last of the century — was located on the left of
the highway on the south hill of the "Parade," and a schoolhouse
now marks the site. It was about the size of the district school-
house of today, unpainted and unadorned. Early in the century
it was set on fire at the instigation of a Mrs. Morgan, an erratic
woman, and wholly destroyed. She was offended because the
people came to her house, at the intermission of services, to warm
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themselves — in those days there were no stoves and places of
worship were not warmed — and declared that she would have
relief from the annoyance. Her husband paid for the building
destroyed.
Following the destruction of the meetinghouse, the society
worshiped in the Town House — which stood on the Meredith Vil-
lage border of the "Parade," on the right, and which is now, hav-
ing been reconstructed and improved, the Freewill Baptist Meet-
ing House — in the Village one Sunday and the Congregationalists
the next, each society alternating in its occupancy, and the
occupancy of the meetinghouse in the third division of the town.
The Town House had the old-fashioned high backed pews, a
high pulpit, above which was a sounding board, and a gallery on
the highw r ay end, which was the entrance end.
This latter arrangement by which the society alternated in the
use of the Town House, could not have lasted many years, for it is
clear that a second place of worship was built at an early day.
It stood on the north of the hill, from the "Parade," near the
General Wadleigh place, where the Union schoolhouse now stands,
and was a large and more pretentious building than the first.
This meetinghouse — the people having become largely identified
with the church of the same denomination at Meredith Village-
was taken down somewhere about 1844 and removed to Lake Vil-
lage. It is the building now occupied by the Advent Society of
that place.
From 1800 to 1820 little of note occurred. The church was
compelled to discipline several members and fight a continuous
battle against the besetting sin of the times — intemperance — but
it flourished, increased in membership and continued its labor for
the Master by branch and neighborhood meetings. In the last
named year Elder Folsom began to show signs of old age and loss
of power, and therefore the society called, ordained and installed
as his assistant Parker Fogg. Elder Folsom continued to preach
— now intermittently — two or three years and finally, in old age,
surrounded by family and friends, loved and respected by the
community which he had faithfully served more than forty years,
he retired to his farm and spent the remainder of his life in free-
dom from care and in those enjoyments which are consequent to a
well-spent life. He died in December, 1830, at the age of 83 years
and 3 months. In his last hours he was attended by Elder Lewis
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Caswell, then conducting a revival meeting in Meredith and
afterward for many years a faithful missionary in Boston, who
closed his eyes in death and spoke his eulogy, assisted by Elder
Crockett, the settled minister at Lake Village. His mortal re-
mains were interred in the Smith (now called Opeeche) burying
ground on the main road (Province Road) between Meredith
and Laconia. No gravestone was erected, and some years ago
the place was plowed without notifying his descendants [an error,
as his grave is known] of the location of his and his father's (John
Folsom's)graves. [The article states that his last resting place
cannot be located with any degree of certainty, but there are rough
stones for him and his father (common granite).]
It is an undoubted statement among the residents of Meredith,
that Elder Folsom tried for a time to keep the records of the
church upon pieces of birch bark. He wrote by the light of a
tallow candle and upon complaining to his wife of the insufficiency
of the light, she replied that she would make it light enough for
him and thereupon seized the records and threw them into the
fireplace before his very eyes. The records were afterward re-
written from memory. Elder Folsom was the first moderator of
the Meredith Baptist Association. Later he presided several
times over its deliberations, and also wrote the annual missive
to the churches and brethren.
In his youth Nicholas Folsom was a soldier in some of the
Indian Wars. In July, 1777, at a time when the country was in
great peril and Stark had called the patriots of New Hampshire
to arms he enlisted in a company of volunteers from Sanbornton,
commanded by Capt. Chase Taylor, and was a valiant soldier in
the battle of Bennington. (See his war record in "Old Meredith,"
new book by D. A. R.'s.) The state records show that he was in
service one month and 28 days, and was mustered out September
18, 1777.
The service which he rendered in camp and battle accounts for
the fact that he lives in the memory and tradition of Meredith as
a man who was exceedingly fond of relating stories of exploits
in hunting redskins, and of hairbreadth escapes when under fire.
These stories were told by him both in and out of the pulpit,
and it is said that partly because of them his visits in many
neighborhoods were looked forward to as bright events in the lives
of the early settlers. His story-telling often ran far into the night,
40 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
and not a few old people can recall some that were told in their
childhood days. They were accustomed to beg the privilege of
their parents to sit up and hear Priest Folsom tell about the
Indians and the British. It may be added in this connection,
for it is true, that the good priest was in accord with the customs
of the fathers and counted it no sin to indulge in an exhilarating
glass of grog. The grog undoubtedly gave fervor to the story-
telling.
The brief details we have given regarding the career of this
pioneer preacher are not without their lesson. They teach, for
example, the virtue and manliness there is in self-sacrifice, in the
faithful performance of duty. Nicholas Folsom knew what it
was to endure hardships, for they were his constant companion.
He knew what domestic infelicity was, for his wife gave him no
peace, but continually annoyed him. He knew what it was to be
cold and hungry and fatigued for the cause he represented, for he
braved all sorts of weather and traveled long journeys to fill his
appointments. It is stated — and it is an unquestionable fact —
that he often started from home without his breakfast and preached
in Meredith, Moultonborough and Sandwich in the same day,
thus traveling nearly forty miles, to reach home at night when all
his family were asleep and go supperless to bed. Indeed all this
— and more that might be told — is an instructive lesson touching
fidelity to duty.
It seems to me that the little that we do, in recalling
the heroism, patience, fortitude and devotion to duty of
men who laid the foundation of our civil and religious liberty
and who, as the condition of our country today amply proves, laid
the foundations broader and deeper and more enduring than they
knew, is merely justice. We ought to build them monuments,
as enduring as the principles which they crystallized and the
institutions which they established. So we become worthy sons
of worthy sires. It cannot but be gratifying to all sons of New
Hampshire that the State has taken the initiative in perpetuating
the names and recording the services of these old heroes.
The granite monuments which we build will be as enduring as
the granite hills, and not only this, they will be the pride and the
incentive to patriotism and devotion to duty for all coming
generations.
(Signed) Nashoonon.
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Tradition tells us that Nicholas Folsom was drafted into serv-
ice in 1777, and having no gun went to his neighbor's, Mr.
Crockett's, and asked him to loan him his gun. Mr. Crockett
replied, "No, you won't bring it back." Elder Folsom replied,
"Yes, I will," and reached up and took it from the wall where it
was hung and walked out. The same gun is in the possession of
Captain Foss. He returned it. The country was in great peril,
and General Stark had called a company to be commanded by
Capt. Chase Taylor and march to Bennington, where Folsom
was a valiant soldier. He was mustered out after almost two
months' service.
It is said that he was fond of relating his war service, his
exploits hunting redskins, and hairbreadth escapes when under
fire.
It is said that he sometimes told of his experiences in the
pulpit; and it was looked forward to with much interest to have
him visit and relate what he had been through. Often the par-
ties stayed up until the wee sma' hours to hear him talk. Nicho-
las Folsom knew what it was to endure hardships, for they were
his constant companion. Many times when he started off early
to preach he had to go without his breakfast and came home late
at night and, as no one was up, went to bed supperless after a
long, hard day of preaching at three different locations, where he
had been on horseback. Much more could be added as an in-
structive lesson touching fidelity to duty.
One year there was a scarcity of food, and Priest Folsom was
talking in church, when someone entered and said, "The shad
have come. The shad have come." Priest Folsom said, "The
shad have come. I close my sermon. They will do you more
good than my talk." The fish were coming upstream at the
Weirs, and the inhabitants needed the fish for food, so the men all
rushed down the "Shad Path," now called the "Roller Coaster
Road."
Priest Folsom was a surveyor. He and Mr. Longfellow sur-
veyed most of the country in Meredith and near by. The last
land they came to was a point of land on Meredith Neck. They
hesitated and said: "What will we call this point of land?"
Elder Folsom said, "It looks to me like a spindle." Then they
decided to call it "Spindle Point," which name it still retains.
The old barn on the farm still stands, built over 150 years ago.
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Five generations of Folsoms were born on this farm, and have
all passed on. [These facts were given by Mrs. Abbie (Blaisdell)
Folsom, wife of one of the Folsoms. She resided at the " Home, "
and died in 1928.]
THE MEETINGHOUSE
We love the venerable house
Our fathers built to God —
In Heaven are kept their grateful vow;
Their dust endears the sod.
Here holy thoughts a light have shed
From many a radiant face,
The prayers of humble virtue made
The perfume of the place.
They live with God, their homes are dust;
Yet here their children pray,
And in this fleeting lifetime trust
To find the narrow way.
On him who by the altar stands,
On him Thy blessings fall;
Speak through his lips Thy pure commands
Thou Heart, that lovest all.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
AN OLD LEGEND
In Portsmouth, in 1662, at a town meeting, a motion was made
to build "a cage or some other means invented by the selectmen,
to punish such as sleep, or take tobacco on the Lord's Day, out of
the meeting, in the time of the publique exercise." The men
delayed this motion for nine years, but in 1671 it was revised, and
Capt. John Pickering was selected to carry out the contract. He
being a carpenter, miller and lawyer, started the cage, twelve feet
square, and seven feet high; "the studs to be six inches broad,
four inches thick, and the openings between them three inches.
The studs round the said cage, and at the bottom, and overhead.
He also was to make a good strong dore, and a substitantial payre
of stocks and place the same in the cage; also to build on the rough
of said cage a firm pillory. All which cage, stock and pillory to
be built and raised some convenient space from the westward end
of the meetinghouse, by the last of October next ensuing."
The bargain also included a ladder. The old church had the
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY 43
only bell in New Hampshire at that period. On the front door
were marks where wolves' heads had been nailed up to get the
bounty. There were no pews in the church. In after years the
cage was to be seen where one man was put for smoking tobacco
on Sunday. Another the tithing-men had set there in the stocks
for drinking, and another was placed in the pillory on top for
disturbing the meetinghouse which a Boston merchant had
built for his family that lived up the river, where they could
stop and warm themselves and eat their dinner when they came
down to meeting.
Imagine the terror of the youngsters, their feet and legs bare
up to their knees, when the orderly pointed to the cage outside the
door, and the array of wolves' heads that had been captured during
the past week and nailed up, and the guns set up on the porch !
From the Free-Baptist Cyclopedia
Rev. Simeon Dana, born in Lebanon in 1776, at the age of 22
years went to New Hampton as schoolteacher and physician,
under the labors of Rev. W'inthrop Young.
About 1800 the first New Hampton Church was organized and
a house erected for public worship. Dr. Dana was ordained and
installed as pastor, which position he retained during life until
1853. His labors were shared by Rev. Josiah Magoon and Rev.
Thomas Perkins.
Soon after Dr. Dana went to New Hampton he married Miss
Jane Bean of Sandwich. They had ten children. His eldest
son, J. A. Dana, M.D., who died at Ashland, N. H., in 1882, was
a successful doctor.
On January 6, 1800, a Freewill Baptist Church was organized
with 64 members, in the Hanaford District, where hard battles
were fought and won. Capt. Peter Hanaford was one of the
first settlers.
The Brook Meetinghouse in the third division in Meredith, just
east of the line between Meredith and New Hampton, was organ-
ized in 1837, as Freewill Baptists. (The Mooney District in the
western part of Meredith.)
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF MEREDITH
Jonathan Smith, his wife Sarah.
Reuben Marston, Jr., his wife Mary (Batchelclor) Marston.
44 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Payne Smith, a son of Daniel Smith, and brother to Ebeneezer.
Joseph Roberts, his wife Unice.
Jacob Eaton.
Widow Martha Batcheldor.
Joseph Conner.
Mary Farrar, wife of Isaac Farrar.
John Boynton.
Sarah Quimby.
Simon F. Williams and wife Polly.
John Rand.
Widow Lydia Robinson.
Rebecca Tosser, widow.
John Karr, his wife Rhoda Karr.
Samuel Cram, his wife Betsey.
Jesse Sturtivant, his wife Susanna.
John Cate, his wife Nancy.
Elizabeth Neal, wife of Joseph Neal.
Stephen Fogg, his wife Sarah (Marsh) Fogg.
Moses Senter, his wife.
Simon F. Williams, Pastor, August 30, 1792
October 14, 1792. — Unice (wife of Lieut. Joseph Roberts), Joseph Conner,
John Boynton, and Polly (wife of Simon F. Williams) were received to full
communion.
October 26, 1792. — John Rand, received to full communion.
December 16, 1792. — Sarah Quimby, received to full communion.
February 11, 1793. — Received from Epping Church, Lydia Robinson, also
Rebecca Tosser, to full communion, from reccomendation from the church at
Hawk.
April 14, 1793. — Received John Karr and wife Rhoda.
July 28, 1793. — Received Samuel Cram and wife to full communion.
June 1, 1794. — Received John Cate and Widow Elizabeth Neal to full
communion. Received Stephen Fogg and wife Abigail Chase; married Sept.
16, 1749. Stephen born October 19, 1724, a son of Samuel Fogg and wife
Mary Fogg.
Baptisms in Meredith Church
Under the Pastoral care of Simon F. Williams
David and Jonathan, sons of Samuel Cram and wife Betsey.
October 27, 1793.— Nancy, wife of John Cate.
November 10, 1793. — Children of John and Nancy Cate, Nancy, Polly,
Thomas French (perhaps the mother's name was French), John, Ebenezer
Febius, Hannah.
December 15, same year. — Nabby, wife of Benjamin Foss; children of
Benjamin and wife Nabby Foss, Ebenezer, Benjamin, John, James, Betsey,
Nabby, Walter.
Under the same date. — Stephen Fogg.
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January 18, 1794. — Children of David Robinson and wife (perhaps her
name was Sturdivant), Sally, Betsey, Jesse Sturtivant.
January 8. — Children of Stephen Fogg and wife, Stephen, Jonathan Judkins
(born October 4, 1784), Joseph, Isaiah, Parker, Jeremiah.
March 9. — Xabby, wife of Joshua Morris.
March 16. — Josiah, son of Joshua and Nabby Norris.
June 1. — Hannah, daughter of Mr. Sawyer and wife, Gunstock.
July 27. — Children of Captain John Roberts, Susa, Daniel Smith, Unice,
Sally.
December 14, 1794. — Sally, wife of John Weeks.
1795, February 15. — David, son of Stephen Fogg and wife, born August 18,
1759.
March 22. — Betsey, daughter of John and Nancy Cate.
April.— - Eastman, child of Mr. Sawyer and wife, Gilmanton.
May 31. — Molly, daughter of Joshua Norris; Sally, daughter of Benjamin
Foss and wife.
October 18. — Sally, daughter of Simon F. Williams.
1796, February 21. — David, son to David Robinson and wife; John, son to
John Roberts and wife.
August 28, 1798. — Voted that the pastoral relation between Rev. Simon F.
Williams and the church be dissolved, on account of his unchristian conduct.
Joseph Roberts, Moderator. John Cate, Clerk.
Baptism and the Lord's Supper
To pay a serious and constant attendance to the administration of the word
and Ordinances, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, not ab-
senting ourselves from special Ordinances without reasonable warrant —
We Covenant and agree to watch over each other in Brotherly Love and
tenderness, and to admonish each other, as need may require and conveniency
offer —
Not being willing to put a bar in the way of any from enjoying the privilidges
to which they ma)* have a Gospel right. We will admit to Baptism the seed of
all professing Parents, who are under no Moral scandal, on their making a pro-
fession of their belief of the Christian faith.
All Parents being themselves baptized and under no moral scandal shall have
liberty to bring their Children to baptism on their assent to the Confession of
the Christian Faith — and that all Adults, who are desirous of baptism shall
be admitted on their assenting to the same —
And as Christ Jesus Instituted his supper for the remembrance of him and
the nourishment of his children —
We will "leaving it with God to judge the heart " — admit to full communion
with our selves, all who are visibly Christians, giving evidence by their fruits
that their views are serious and such as the Gospel inculcates, always having
such an eye to the order of the Chh as to endeavour that no root of bitterness
spring up to trouble us — exercising Charity and forbearance to the weak, and
ever using all mild and Gospel endeavour to reclaim any who may err or be
out of the way —
Bearing with one another in love, and restoring in meekness any who have
46 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
been overtaken in a fault — on the first appearance to a charitable mind of their
repentance and desire to return —
But in obedience to the Divine rule we will have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness but rather reprove them; If anyone he a Fornica-
tor or Covetous, or idoliter, or railer or Drunkard, or extortioner, with such we
will keep no company. If any walk disorderly, and being often admonished
continue still incorrigible, after all mild and brotherly attempts are made for
his reformation, we promise to note such an one agreeable to the Apostles
advice and have no company with him that he may be ashamed — yet that we
will not count him as an Enemy but admonish him as a Brother, in fine we will
make it our great design as a Christian Chh to walk in a Christian manner, and
endeavor to make it appear that we are Disciples of Christ indeed — and let our
light shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father
who is in Heaven. — Ever striving by our prayerful endeavour for the wellfare
of Zion. — Praying that the God of peace may be pleased to own us as his people
and bless us as a branch of his Chh, to whom be glory in the Chhs throout the
world from henceforth and forever, Amen.
Jona th Smith, with his wife Sarah . . . Reuben Marston . . . ditto Mary. —
Pain Smith at the same time; Joseph Roberts was rec d .
Jacob Eaton . . . Widow Martha Batcheldor
Mary wife of Isaack Farrer
This Covenant owned and signed before me Simon F. Williams, Pastor
Aug' 30, 1792, at a meeting of the Bretheren Lords day.
Unice wife of Lieut* Joseph Roberts . . . Joseph Conner, John Boynton were
rec d .
At a meeting of the Chh Lords day Oct r 14, 1792, were rec d to full Commun"
with this Chh . . . Simon F. Williams, with Polly his wife . . .
At the same time Jonathan Smith, Reuben Masten and Pain Smith, to
send the Letters missive for the Instalation.
At a meeting of the Chh, Oct r 16, voted that the installment be on the 7
day of NoV ensueing . . . nor. concured . . .
At a Chh meeting held this day Oct r 23, 1792, Unanimously agree that Wed-
nesday the 28th of Nov appoint' 1 for the Installment of the Rev d Simon F.
Williams, to the Pastoral care and charge of s d Chh and People in this Town
and to desire the Selectmen to insert an article in their warrent for the next
Town meeting for the concurrance of s d Town in s d matter, if s d Town non
concur for s d Town then to appoint such day as shall be most agreeable for
s d purpose . . .
Oct r 28, 1792. — John Ran rec d to full Communin".
NoV 28, 1792. — Simon F. Williams, Installed to the Pastoral care of this
Chh and people.
Dec r 16. — Sarah Quimby wife of James Quimby, rec d to full Communion.
At a Chh meeting Feb- V 11, 1793, opened by prayer rec d to full communion
by virtue of a dismission from Epping Chh, Lydia Robinson.
Also to occasional Commun" Rebeca Tosser, by a recom 11 from ye Chh of
Hawk — a . . .
At the same time Lieut Joseph Roberts, was unanimously chosen to the
office of a Deacon Ap 1 14.
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Rec d to full Communion J"" Karr, with Rhoda his wife.
J uly 7, 1 793, voted that all acknowledgements be required to be made before
the Chh only
Leaving it with the Chh to req r y m to be made the whole Congrega 11 as
circumstans may be necss y .
1795, July 28, Sam 1 Cram and wife rec d to full Com".
Sep r 1, Jesse Stordivant, and wife Susan", his wife rec d to full Com 11 for
furnishing the Communion Table.
Oct r 3, 1793. — the members gave as follows —
Simon F. Williams 1 Platter and Linnen.
Reuben Marsten, and Pain Smith, 1 Platter and Bason.
Reuben Marsten to buy Cups & c 3/
Deacon Joseph Roberds, 3/
Jacob Eaton 2/8
John Rand 3/
Cap" Stordivant 6/
June 1, 1794, J no Cate & Wife rec d to full Com".
June 8, Widow Elisabeth Neal rec d to full Commu".
Stephen Fog and wife rec d to full Comm n .
1795, Sep r 28. — Dismissed in good standing John Karr, and his wife.
Ocf 11. — Lieut' Mosses Senter and wife rec d to full Cm".
March 2d 1797. — Chh convened according to timely and legal notice, at the
Meeting House at 2 O'clock, P. M.
Opened by prayer. Members present: The Pastor, Deacon Joseph Roberd,
John Boynton, Reuben Marston, Pain Smith, Jacob Eaton, Stephen Fogg,
Deacon Roberd, who was chosen Moderator for s d Meeting, Simon F. Wil-
liams, Scribe.
1 Ruben Marsten gave charge against the Pastor that his conduct was not
nor had been agreeable to the Gospel.
2 The Pastor then requested the Chh to take under consideration and
answer a request this day read to them that he might resign the Ministry, the
same request he read to the Society last Lord's Day. — The Chh wished at
present not to act upon the subject, but to take the matter under consideration.
Voted to adjourn to the house of L' J"° Oilman on monday 13 Inst, 10
O'clock A. M.
March 13, the Chh met according to adjournment. Members present,
Deacon Joseph Roberd, J"° Boynton, Moses Senter, Pain Smith, Jacob Eaton,
Theoplus Sanborn, Sam 1 Cram, Step" Fog, John Rand.
Voted to adjourn this meeting to 22 Inst, 5 O'clock aft r noon.
Met according to adjourn', March 22.
Voted to adjourn the meeting to the 30"' Inst, 5 O'C P. M.
March 30, Met according to adjournment. Voted to adjourn the meeting
till the first monday in June 3 O'Clock P. M. then met according to adjourn-
ment on the 5 June. Voted that John Cate keep the minutes of the meeting.
21y Voted that Pain Smith and John Cate be a commite to receive the
Church book.
31y Voted to choose a committee of two men, Joseph Roberds and Ebenezer
Smith Esq, to go to Maj r Wallses and other placeses as they shall see fit to
48 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
inquire into the conduct of Simo F. Williams in regard of a number of Storyes
reported about him not becoming agreeable to a Minister of the gospel.
41y Voted to adjourn the Meeing to the 22 day of June Aft noon at this
place. Met according to adjournmentt. . . . June 22.
Voted to adjourn to the 28 of Aug, at two Clock after noon at the meeting
house.
Met according to adjournment 28 August, Voted to adjourn the meeting to
the 18 September 1 Clock after noon at the meeting house. Met according
to adjournment September 18. Voted to adjourn to the 23 September, 4 Clock
after noon at the meeting house. Met according to adjournment September
23, firstly voted to choose Deacon Joseph Roberds and John Cate to be a com-
mity to get the advice of the neighboring churches concerning the desmishon
of the Rev d Simon Fin Williams
21y Voted to adjourn the meeting to the 4 of December at the home of
John Cate at 2 Clock after noon.
Met acording to adjournment the 4th December, then voted to adjourn the
meeting to the second monday in march at ten oclock fore noon at the house of
Mr Carer in Meredith.
Met according to adjournment the 12 day of march.
Voted to adjourn the meeting to the 21 day of May at 4 clock after noon at
the house of John Cate in Meredith. Met acording to adjournment 21 day of
May.
Voted and apoint the 28 day of June as a day fasting and prayer in regard to
our difaculty that hath arison between the church and Minister; that God
would please to direct us into such measures as shall be for our good and his
own glory.
21y Voted that Deacon Joseph Robards should send letters to them in
behalf of the church that they would grant us their kind assistance on said day.
41y Voted to adjourn the meeting to the 28 day of June at 4 cl afternoon
at the meeting house.
Met acording to adjournment 28 June.
Voted to adjourn the meeting to Deacon Joseph Roberds at 5 cl .
Met to Deacon Joseph Roberds acording to adjourn.
Voted to adjourn to the 28 of August at the North Meeting House at 4 ck
after noon.
Met according to adjournment 28 of March. Signed John Cate, Scr
Baptisms in Meredith Chh, under the Pastoral Care of Simon F. Willis
Baptized 1793 July 28
David and Jonathan, sons of Sm 1 Cram and wife; Oct 27.
Nov r 10. Nancy
Polly
Thomas French, Children of J no & Nancy Cate,
John
Eben r Febius
I lannah
Dec r 15. Xabby wife of Benj n Foss
Stephen Fogg
FRACTION'S OF HISTORY 49
22
Khen r
Benjamin
John
James Children of Benj n and Naby Foss
Betsey
Xabby
Walter
1794
Jan 18
Sally Children of Dav d Robinson and wife.
Betsey
Jesse Stordivant
1794
Jan* 8
Stephen Children of Stephen Fog, and wife
Jonathan Judkins
Joseph
Isaiah
Parker
Jeremiah
Mch 9
Nabby wife of Joshua Norris
16
Josiah son of Joshua & Nabby Norris
June 1
Hannah Daugh r of M r Sawyer & wife. Gunstock.
July 27
Susa Chil u of Cap" J no Roberds
Dan' Smith
Unice
Sally
Dec 14,
Sally Wife of John Weeks
1795
Feb y 15. David son of Stephen Fogg
Mch 22. Betsey Daugher of J no & Nancy Cate
Apr - Eastman, Child of M r Sawyer & Wife, of Gilmanton
May 31. Molly Dauf of Joshua Norris
1795 Sally Daughter of Benj" Foss and Wife
Oct r 18, Sally Daughter of Simon F. Williams Wife
1796
Feb y 21, David son to David Robinson & wife
Mar 20. John son to John Roberds and wife
August 28th 1798 met according to adjournment & unanimously Pased the
following vote.
Voted that the pastoral relation between Rev d Simon F Williams & this
church be dissolved, agreeable to his request to the church, at their meeting
March 2'' 1797, at the same time the church cannot consistantly with duty
dismiss him in regular standing, nor reccomend him to the communion &
service of sister churches, nor hold him in fellowship, as a private brother, but
are constrained in faithfulness to God, to themselves, & to him to bear testi-
mony against his unchristian conduct, as a forfiture of his christian & ministerial
character & to suspend him from all special previlages in the church, until he
shall testify his repentance, <S: seek forgivness of the church.
Joseph Roberds, Moderator. John Cate, Clerk.
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEREDITH
'The First Baptist Church in Meredith," according to John
Asplan, "was constituted in 1779, with fifty-one members. It is
to be regretted that at the origin of the church they were very
deficient in recording the doings of the church. The records
which they have left us are in such a broken manner, that we
thought advisable not to transcribe any farther back than the
year 1825."
In 1823 the church met at Brother Levi Towle's; later at other
people's homes, until a church was built.
List of the members' names belonging to the First Baptist
Church in Meredith, received by baptism and letter:
1779
Elias Swain
Died 1842
1780
John Wadleigh
Dead 1842
Benj. Swain
" 1838
Elsie Kimball
Dropped 1833
Mehitable Brown
ii ti
Moses Plumer
Dismissed to Sanbornton
William Simons
Dead 1833
Mrs. William Simons
11 11
Edward Fox
Dismissed to Pine Hill Church, Sanb
Mrs. Edward Fox
ii 11 H it K
Polly Moses
tt H ll n n
Sarah Sibley
Dead 1840
Nicholas Folsom
Dropped
Hannah Sibley
Dead 1841
1831
John Folsom
Lydia Dow
Dismissed " " "
Abigail Wadleigh
Dead 1849
Molly Leavitt,
Dismissed to 2d Church, 1831
now Rollin
Anna Leavitt
Dropped 1833
1801
Hannah Philbrick
Died 1851
Hopey Towle
Dismissed to 2d Church, 1832
Abigail Cass
1832
1803
Lydia Perkins
Elizabeth Dockham
Excluded
Mercy Weeks
Dead
1808
Abigail Pitman
i *
Hannah Danforth
Dropped 1836
1809
Molly Chase
Elisha Piper
Dismissed to Pine Hill Church, 1833
Samuel Taylor
Dropped 1833
Joseph Robinson
u ii
Abigail Robinson
ii ii
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
51
Mrs. Polly Wadleigh
181.^ Mrs. Hannah Gordon
Hannah Cass
Betsey Lea\ it t
Deborah Gilman
Joseph Fogg and wife
Ahial Bartlett
Mrs. Abial Bartlett
Oliver dough
1820 Mahala Robinson
Sibbel Webster
Parker Fogg
Wear L. Leavitt
Sally M. Plumer
1824 Betsey Fogg
1827 Xoah Folsom
Josiah Piper
Betsey Piper
Susannah Leavitt
Jenny Adams
Polly Clark
Joseph R. Mead
1829 Benj. Rollins
Lavina Leavitt
Mahala Leavitt
Miranda Leavitt
Betsey Leavitt
Linda Fogg,
now Lovejoy
Sally Leavitt
Polly Mead
John Cass
Polly Cass
Mary Leavitt
Claresy Kelley
Judith Leavitt
Lewis E. Caswell
1830 Josiah Perkins, Jr.
Zadoc B. Robinson
Polly Robinson
John M. Wiggin
Samuel Doe, Jr.
Betsey Hill
Hannah Chase
Elizabeth Doe
Mary Perkins
Mrs. Elizabeth Doe
Judith Robinson
Died 1843
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1831
Dead
Dismissed to Church in Lowell; dead in 1838
Dismissed to Rumney, 1831
it it ii ii
Dismissed to 2d Baptist Church in Meredith
ii 1 1 1 1 ii it ii ii
Dismissed to New Hampton Church
Excluded 1835
Dismissed to Haverhill Church, 1832
1835
Died 1832
it (1
Dismissed to Pine Hill Church, 1833
11 1 1 u a ii 1 1
" Vermont, 1836
Died 1840
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1832
1831
Haverhill
2d Church in Meredith, 1831
Haverhill
2d Church in Meredith, 1832
Salem, Mass.
2d Church in Meredith, 1831
Died 1833
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1834
" Weare, 1835
Died 1846
Dead
52
ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Sally Hill
Lydia Yeaton
Mary Crocket
Betsey R. Mead,
now Caswell
Nancy Pitman
Betsey Pitman
Susan Roberts
Mrs. Clark
Nancy Wadleigh
Nelly Hill
Simeon Cate
Polly Cate
Simeon Wadleigh, Jr.
Nancy Smith
George Hilliard
Simeon Pottle
Joseph Dow
Joseph Wadleigh
Joseph Roberts
Polly Roberts
Daniel Tilton
1830 Sally Tilton
Bradley Hanaford
Ann Hanaford
Hiram Folsom
Polly Folsom
Mahala Hawkins
Nancy Cram,
now Lane
Mary Jane Cram
Mrs. Nancy Leavitt
Phebe Smith
Elisha Smith
Joshua Wiggin
John Leavitt
Betsey Wadleigh
Sophronia Cram,
now Pease
Samuel Merrill
Abigail Morrill
Matilda Crocket
John Boynton
Sally Boynton
Stephen Farrar
James Wadleigh
Mrs. Sally Farrar
Died 1845
Dismissed
to Gilford, 1840
to Weare
Dismissed to Congregational Church
Dropped to the Methodists
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1831
D. 1858
D. 1850
Dropped
Dismissed to Meredith Church, 1834
" 1834
Died 1851
Dead
Dropped
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1832
1 1 ii ti ii
" Haverhill, 1832
" 2d Church in Meredith, 1832
,. ■< ., << ,, lg47
u nit 1 1 ii
1834
Dismissed to F. W. Church, Meredith
" 2d Church in Meredith, 1842
1856
to Gilford, 1840
1845
1852
1850
1847
Dead
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
53
1831
1833
1835
1836
1836
Francis Lyford
Samuel Cram, Jr.
Sally Cram
Sally Fogg
Lucinda Fogg
Tirza Folsom
Caroline Kelley
Dorothy Jenness
Anna Bartlett
Caroline L. Gordon
John Tilton, Jr.
William Farrar
Mrs. Nancy Wadleigh
Susan Blaisdell
Caroline Tilton
John S. Perkins
Polly F. Wadleigh
Irene Neal
Joseph Neal
John Wadleigh, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Ann W. Hanaford,
now Wadleigh
Eliza Perkins
Mrs. Susan Perkins
Mrs. Lucy Doe Neal
Sally Blaisdell
Polly (Mary) Neal
Mrs. Betsey Neal
Mrs. Mira Wadleigh
Mary Clough
A. M. Swain
Stephen F. Swain
Mrs. Eliza Jane Swain
Olive Roberts
Joshua R. Robinson
Abigail Pitman
Clarissa Crockett
James P. Hill
Mrs. Hepzibeth Hill
Mrs. Ann Chase
Mrs. Ephraim K. Baley
Mrs. Amanda Baley
Mrs. Nancy Neal,
married Wiggin
Eliza Ann Watson
Barzilla Pierce and wife
Abram Tilton
Abigail Hall
Dismissed to 2d Church in Meredith, 1831
11
an 1 1 it u u
tl
" " 1832
(1
" " 1831
a
tt ii ( I a II II
1 1
" Sanbornton, 18
■
roppec
ismissi
i
;d to 2d Church in Meredith, 1831
i <
" Rumney
( *
1834
1 1
to Lowell
Dismissed to Pittsfield
Died 1854
Dismissed to New Hampton
Dismissed
to 2d Church in Meredith, 1842
Dismissed to Gilford
Died 1848
Dismissed
to Gilford
Dropped
Dismissed
to Amoskeag
Dismissed 1840
1840
Died 1852
54
ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Alfred Robinson
Angelina Robinson
John Robinson
John Wadleigh
John Watson
Abram Morse
Matilda Cate
RECORDS OF THE SECOND BAPTIST SOCIETY IN
MEREDITH
Meredith, January, 1832
Among the articles it states that the object of the society, shall
be to support preaching by employing some minister, who shall
be in full fellowship with the Baptist Convention in New Hamp-
shire.
The subscribers names were :
Benjamin Rollins
Sam 1 S. Cram, Jr.
David P. Philbrick
John W. Cass
Josiah S. Prescott
Ebenezer M. Corliss
Abel Philbrick
Nath P. Hall
Benj. B. Rollins
Chas. S. Prescott
Geo. W. Oilman
E. R. Brown
Wm. Knapp
Win. E. Green
Jas. R. Mead
Chase Fogg
Benj. Philbrick
Mark A. Johnson
Thomas S. Robinson
John Leavitt
Andrew Smith
Isaac L. Robinson
John Page
John Neal
Joseph Neal
William Neal
Israel Woodman
Francis Lyford
Jona P. Cram
Daniel Yittum
Sam 1 Robie
Benjamin S. Sutton
Elisha Smith
James Gilman (3)
John V. Barron
David Gilman
Joseph S. Neal
S. G. Abbott
S. Young
J. M. Wiggin
September 10, 1832
The pews were sold at auction to Benj. Rollins, Chase Fogg,
Francis Philbrick, Sam 1 Robie, Jonathan P. Cram, Sam 1 Cram,
Francis Lyford, Jas. R. Mead, Jona P. Cram, David Philbrick,
Daniel Hilton, Stephen G. Wadleigh.
The building committee employed the following men to work
on the church :
Jas. R. Mead
Jake Hains
John P. Meloon
Hawkins
H. Hill & Co.
David Corliss
Perkins Drake
N. Sleeper
E. Prescott
J. Smith
N. G. Ladd
W. Kents
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
55
G. Tofo
D. Norris
F. Hawkins
Francis Lyford
G. Corliss
W. Kent
Sewall Leavitt
Davit Vittum
John Thing
Foss & Wiggin
S. Clark
S. Bean
John Tovvle
G. >S; Win. Swasey
C. Flanders
N. Tailoys
Charles Chase
C. Flanders
H. Adams
J. Foss
D. Hilton
J. Bartlett
Samuel P. Sanborn
Daniel Hilton
Daniel Smith
Corliss Kenney
Lawring Cupper
John Roberts
B. Patten
J. Paine
B. Gilman
J. VY. Cram
E. Chapman
Will Swasey
W. Hunt
P. Drake
S. Chesley
W. Reading
J. Chapman
J. Leavitt
D. Philbrick
John 1 lains
Jona P. Cram
Bradbury Robinson
Joshua Wiggin
L. H. Chesley
Smith & Lang
Josiah Leavitt
J. Gaps
Avery & Melcher
Smith & Lang
D. Johnson
J. Dodse
Berry & Bean
E. Boynton
A. P. Ladd
J. S. Marston
J. Jenness
June 2, 1831
In Article I, "voted to purchase a lot of land to be deeded to
the Second Baptist Society in Meredith."
In Article II, "the house to be built of brick, on said land,
40 by 50 feet on the ground, one story, which shall be 18 feet high
with a belfry and steeple; which shall be voted on and sell shares
in said building, and a committee shall manage the same and be
recorded."
Names of shareholders and shares taken by each one:
Joseph R. Mead
Benj. Rollins
Jonathan P. Cram
David Philbrick
Chase Fogg
Francis Lyford
Samuel T. Cram
Sewal Leavitt
5 shares
4 "
3 "
2 "
2 "
2 "
2 "
1 "
Committees were chosen to carry on the work.
The above names show some of the early inhabitants who
worked for the church, which has prospered and stands today
as a monument to these early residents.
56 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
POTTLE MEETING AT OAK HILL FREE BAPTIST
CHURCH
The church of New Durham, in New Hampshire, was founded
by Benjamin Randall in March, 1780.
In their articles of faith, they professed to take God's Written
Word for a perfect rule of faith and practice.
A branch of the Freewill Baptist Church of New Durham,
N. H., was founded in August, 1800, under the preaching of
Elder Simon Pottle.
The original place of worship was called the "Pottle Meeting
House." They believe "all men to be equally free in their will or
choice either to reject or believe in Jesus Christ as God's only Son
as our only means of salvation, and that the church is a spiritual
kingdom in which every member who believes on forsaking sin
and accepts Jesus Christ, who died for us, will be saved."
The duties of the officers of the church are "teaching elders
who are preachers in word and doctrine of the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and to preach it freely without money and without
price."
'They are to administer all the ordinances of the gospel, viz.,
such as baptism, the Lord's Supper, washing the saint's feet, and
if there be any other performances required to perform, the same
as they may have faith to perform."
"They must be humble, grave, sober, discreet, patient towards
all men ; not reviling any, but praying for all endeavoring to live
godly lives as examples of righteousness, to stand as way marks to
Heaven; in food and sleep moderate, temperate; in dress they
must be cleanly decent."
August 1, 1800. — In the first meeting held by Elder Simon
Pottle, the Spirit of God was seen to be present.
September 3, 1800. — Elder Richard Martin came and preached,
and held a glorious meeting. The following members professed
faith in God: Robert Smith and wife Abigail (Cass) Smith, Polly
Smith, William Pike and wife Phebe (Smith) Pike, Nancy Pike,
Robert Pease, Rebecca Pease and her daughter Rebecca Pease,
Nathaniel Pease, Simeon Pease, Peter Peters, Theodah Hart,
Sally Sinclair.
September 23, 1800. — Elder Martin baptized eleven more
members: Ann Boynton, Ebenezer Boynton, John Boynton,
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
57
Polly Sinclair, Nancy Pease, Benj. Pease, Jr., George Huntress,
Samuel Hart, Robinson Peters, John Peters, Sarah Johnson.
These were added to the monthly meeting in Meredith.
September 24, 1800. — Elder Simon Pottle examined and bap-
tized Mary Pease, Lydia Griffin, and added these to the meeting.
October 11, 1800. — Elder Pottle opened by prayer to God and
praise for his goodness. Each member gave a testimony of their
happiness and satisfaction. Two more came forward and gave
their experience and desired baptism — David Boynton, Mary
Smith. They repaired to the water, and he baptized them and
admitted them to the meeting.
Simeon Pease was chosen to go to New Durham to the quarterly
meeting and for the members of the meeting asked "that the New
Durham meeting would accept the poor company from Meredith,
so lately gathered together out of the rubbish of the world, for
we desire to live and die, and reign with you in Eternity."
The signers were :
Robert Smith
Benj. Pease, Jr.
Xath 1 Pease
Eben r Boynton
John Peters
Xancy Pease
Phebe Pike
Mary Pease
Benj. Pease
Theodore Hart
Sam 1 Hart
John Boynton
Hezekiah Swain
Abigail (Cass) Smith
Xancy Pike
Lydia Griffin
Win. Pike
Simeon Pease
George Huntress
Robinson Peters
Rebecca Pease
Polly Smith
Polly Sinclair
Sarah Johnson
Xicholas Smith
Robert Pease
David Boynton
Peter Peters
Anna Boynton
Rebecca Pease, 5th
Sally Sinclair
Mary Smith
The preceding names were accepted through Simeon Pease.
November 12, 1800. — Met at house of Wadleigh Cram in
Center Harbor, where they examined the applicants, and re-
paired to the water to baptize Clement Hawkins and wife Mehit-
able, Judah Cram, Betsey Edgerly, Dolly Berry, Betsey Canney,
Eugene Gordon. These names were added to the Meredith
meeting.
December 3, 1800. — Met at house of Wadleigh Cram, and
Elder Pottle examined and baptized William Clark and wife
Deborah, Comfort Hawkins, Abigail Huntress (wife of Noah
Huntress), Sally Huntress, Noah Huntress, Jr., Joseph Kenney,
John Knowles, Jr., Susanna Nichols, Hannah Cram. These
58 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
were given the right hand of fellowship and added to the meeting.
December 4, 1800. — Elder Pottle preached at Brother William
Pike's, then examined and baptized Nathaniel Hart, Anna
Sinclair (wife of Thomas Sinclair), Susanna Pease (wife of James
Pease) and added them to the Meredith meeting. They now had
fifty-six members.
January 23, 1801. — Met at William Pike's, after a good meet-
ing, examined and went to the water and baptized Walter Sanborn
of New Hampton and gave the right hand of fellowship to Brother
Abel Bennett of Lebanon, and added them to the meeting.
January 28, 1801.— Met at William Clark's, Center Harbor,
examined and baptized Stephen Hawkins and wife Mary, James
Huntress. These were added to the Meredith meeting. (The
ice where they were baptized that day was two feet thick.)
March 1, 1801. — Examined and baptized Chase Wiggin, Jr.,
Sally Wiggin (wife of John Wiggin) and added them to the meet-
ing.
March 26, 1801.— Met at the house of Joel Cram. Elder
Pottle preached and examined and baptized Nicholas Smith and
his wife Mary Marston Smith, Jonathan Cram and wife Mary,
Enoch Cram, John Morse. These were added to Meredith
meeting.
April 11, 1801. — Received members from other branches:
John Knowles and Daniel Veasey from Sandwich, N. H.
April 12, 1801. — Examined and baptized Thomas Dolloff and
Sally Cram. These were added to Meredith meeting.
April 20. — Baptized Anna Randlett at Moultonboro Neck
and she was added.
April 21. — Preached at Center Harbor and baptized Hosea
Sturdivant.
May 9. — Those members present gave in the travail of their
minds with strong resolutions, adjourned to meet at Noah Hunt-
ress' at Center Harbor, where he was baptized. Voted to receive
as members Thomas Blake and sister, Rebecca Knowles.
June 3. — Voted to receive Charles Cox.
These members were taken in at different times Senter Roberts,
Samuel Wallis, Josiah Page, Peggy Inness, Jane Bean, Ebenezer
Dow, Joseph Hall, Isaac Currier, Joseph Canney, Benj. York,
Robert Glines, Benj. Eaton, Obadiah Bunker, Sarah Paine,
Betsey Paine.
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
59
There were 134 members in two years' time; names not all
given in the church book. Some had been labored with for not
attending church.
In 1804 Nicholas Smith became slow in attending church.
He was dissatisfied but returned to church.
Some of the members of the First Freewill Baptist Church
petitioned about 1805 for the privilige of becoming a church by
themselves: John Hodgdon, Obadiah Bunker, Nathan Dow,
Josiah Blake, Livi Fogg, Samuel Blaisdell, Nathl Blake, Flisha
Smith, John Clement, Samuel Wallace, Noah Robinson, Merriam
Baily.
Capt. Noah Robinson of New Hampton was a member of the
Antipedro Baptist Church, but a constant attendant of these
meetings.
Flder Dana Church and Elder Magoon served in 1804. Rich-
ard Martin churched some that did not attend church and they
were watched carefully.
Abigail Foss departed life February 17, 1815, aged 86 years;
Robert Smith, March 13, 1815; Charles Cox Holderness, May 20,
1815.
May, 1817. — Met at meetinghouse. Elder Moses Cheney
preached. The church was in a broken down situation. A
committee was sent out to visit the following members:
Theodore Hart (d. 1823)
Rradstreet Leavitt
Joseph Pease
Noah Dolloff (d. 1825)
Amos Dolloff
John Chase
Isaac Currier
Perkins Doe (d.)
Jeremiah Smith
Christopher Smith
Joseph Dolloff
Nathaniel Woodman
John Cate
Ezekiel Leavitt
William Pike
Simeon Dana Pease
Thomas Robey (d. 1826)
Mark YVhidden
Nicholas Smith, Jr.
Simeon Pease
Robinson Peters
Thomas Dolloff (dis.)
Chase YViggin
Sewal Dow-
Samuel Doe
John Cotton
Samuel Leavitt
Richard R. Wiggin
Levi Fogg
Joshua Wiggin
Jess Dolloff
Jeremiah Wedgewood
Benj. Pease
Ebenezer Dow
Eleazer Young
Winthrop Wiggin
Nicholas Smith
John Peters
Simeon Hatch
Wadleigh Cram
Stephen Leavitt
John Dolloff
Benjamin Foss
David Blake
Samuel Smith
Daniel Yeasey (d.)
Samuel S. Dolloff
Joshua Batchelder
1836)
John Wiggin
John Cotton
John S. Pease
Simeon Johnson
Charles Robinson
Eber r Clifford
(d.
60
ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Phebe Pike
Abigail Hart
Sally Boynton
Betsey Whicher
Susanna Woodman
Sally M. Woodman (d.)
Nancy Sinclair (d.)
Polly Pike
Elsy Dolloff
Mary Dolloff
Betsey Dow (d.)
Betsey Boynton (d.)
Martha Johnson
Fanny Stevens
Polly Sinclair
Jane Boynton
Lydia Ladd
Charlotte Boynton
Eliza Clark
Betsey Dow
Polly Plummer
Rebecca Pease (d. 1837)
Hannah Pease
Polly Woodman
Jane Dow
Molly Blake
Ruth Cheney
Sophia Boynton
List of the Sisters
Abigail Wiggin
Sally Cotton (d. 1837)
Nancy C. Wiggin
Eunice Roberts
Rebecca Perkins
Hannah Young
Susanna Page
Nancy Dow
Nancy Drake
Betsey S. Wiggin
Nancy Nichols
Mary Smith
Abigail W. Knowles
Betsey Plummer
Molly Smith
Isabel Sinclair
Sally Cram
Molly Pease
Desire Boynton
Sally Chase
Elener Dow
Abigail Glidden
Molly Blake (d.)
Deborah Davis
Eliza Dockham
Maria Hart
Mary A. Whicher
Polly Sanborn
Mary Leavitt
Polly Cate
Polly Dow
Sally Dockham
Mary Goss
Phebe Blake
Polly Yeasey
Mehitable Pease
Susanna Pease
Nanna Sinclair
Sally Fogg
Sidney Whidden
Lucinda Pease (d.)
Rosilla Cate
Eunice Wiggin
Phebe Nichols
Betsey Clark
Hannah Mead
Abigail Johnson
Matilda Smith
Mary J. Nichols
Belinda Sinclair
Sally Cotton
Sally Clark
Betsey Lovejoy
Polly George
Mary A. Morse
Betsey Yeasey
1818. — After this stirring up of the church, they sent out to
different people and asked them to attend the meetings:
Martha Copp
Elizabeth M. Sinclair
Betsey Boynton
Rebecca Woodman
Relief Smith
Hannah Odel
Mary P. Hart
Mary Nealey
Mary Cotton
Betsey Dow
Sally Cate
Joseph Smith
Horace Heath
Jeremiah Jenness
Simeon Page
Edmund George
Hezekiah Ward
Samuel Perkins
The Brothers
Joshua Paine
Abraham Briant
William Odell
Levi Pettingell
Moses Russell
Nathaniel Nichols
John L. Sinclair
John Haines
Albert E. Johnson
Stephen Crosby
Wm. Nichols
Simeon Cate
Parker Nichols
Daniel Yeasey
I RACTIOXS OF HISTORY
61
Phineas Fogg
Thomas C. Hart
Nath Dockham
Ithamus Blake
Madison I Ii.im-
Edmund ( >eorge
Simeon Yeasey
Andrew Nealley
Smith Morgan
Samuel Smith
1840. — Oak Hill Church was organized by George (Yam,
Thomas S. Cram, Marston Smith, Levi W. Smith, Levi Jenness,
Abigail Smith, Sally Boynton, Ruth Smith.
It being forty years since the organization of the church, when
at the lower end of the pond, fourteen happy converts were
baptized by Elder Martin of Gilford, Gunstock Church. Pros-
perity seemed to follow for a time and many were baptized.
Elder Pottle's Marriages
Hezekiah Smith of New Hampton married Dolly Sinclair of
Meredith, September 3, 1801.
Enoch Currier of Meredith married Polly Batchelder of Center
Harbor, February 1, 1803.
Sally Cram of Meredith married February 21, 1803, Ezra Hoit
of Cabot, Vt.
William York married Mrs. Lydia Morrill of Moultonborough,
May 28, 1803.
Phineas Weeks married Marcy Page, 1802, in Meredith.
Names of Members of the First Freewill Baptist Church
in Meredith on Oak Hill; Formerly the Pottle Meeting
House
Andrew Nealley
Daniel Yeasey
Joseph Pease
Ithamar Blake
Sidney Blake
Polly Smith, widow
Isabel Sinclair
Timothy D. Hawkins
Susan Hawkins
Louiza Hawkins
William D. Boynton
Amanda Boynton (d.
1003)
Sally Boynton
Sally Boynton
Eunice Robie
Mary Robie
Sally Fogg
Abiah Smith
Relief Smith
Thomas Woodman
Polly Woodman
Betsey Copp
Betsey Yeasey
Nancy Woodman
Sally Ward
Samuel Ward
Nancy B. Pease
Elizabeth Yeasey
Lavina Yeasey
Russell S. Doe (d. 1897)
Joseph S. Hard
Hannah Cotton
Phebe (Smith) Whicher
Matilda Smith
Polly Pike
Clara M. Sanborn
Thomas Batchelder
Sarah Batchelder
Elizabeth M. Sinclair
(d. 1898)
Narinda J. Sinclair
Simeon D. Pease
Betsey Pease (d. 1898)
Sophronia J. Hawkins
Clara A. Woodman
Lucinda Cram
John R. Pike
George C. Boynton
L. Mead Boynton
Marilla Boynton
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Daniel. B. Whicher
Etta L. Sinclair
L. Etta Sinclair
Mrs. Almira Pease (d.
1904)
Moses C. Pease
Eliza Batchelder
Luther Boynton
Joseph S. Whitcher (d.
1915)
Thomas Sinclair (d.
1897)
Moses Webster
Moses G. Webster
James Pike
George Corliss
Ebenezer T. Blake
Frank Webster
Simeon P. Smith
Manual J. Meader
George Brown
Robert C. Pike
Frank Hacket (d. 1870,
age 27 yrs.)
Noah Sinclair
Nancy Hatch
Mary L. Lawrence
Augusta E. Pease
Ann Maria Batchelder
Maria Pike
William Robie
Lewis H. Cheney
John W. Edgerly
Mary E. Boynton
Maria A. Doe
Arzelia J. Pease
Laura E. Pease
Mary R. Pease
Sarah F. Smith
Martha Cotton
Elder Gilman Sanborn
Mrs. Gilman Sanborn
Almyra A. Sanborn
Leonette Pease
E. Josephine Whitcher
Nellie E. Brown
James D. Bartlett
Lydia R. Bartlett
Rev. Justin Erskine
Martha J. Erskine
Henry L. Smith
(d. 1919, his wife)
Mary E. Smith
(d. 1920, their daugh-
ter)
Lottie J. Smith (d.)
Daniel S. Burleigh
Clara M. Burleigh
Charles R. Pease
L. Etta Veasey
Luella B. Pease (d. 1926)
Anna A. Smith
William Brown
Sarah Smith
Mrs. Amanda Boynton
(d. 1903)
J. S. Whicher
Mamie E. Whicher
J. Milton Whicher
Charles Ward
Rev. Arthur Lewis
Phebe M. Whicher
Mina J. Whicher
John W. Pease
Mrs. Fannie Ward
Moses C. Pease
May, 1852, Members Joined
Moses G. Webster Thomas J. Sinclair
Betse
y M. Pease
Luther Boynton
Received
Elder Knowles
Died
Died
1800
Theodore Hart
1843
1829
Joseph Smith
1848
Simeon Pease
1843
Thomas C. Hart
1830
1801
John Knowles
1845
1830
Simeon Cate
1830
1802
Benj. York
1845
1800
Joshua Payne
1844
1811
Isaac Currier
Simeon Yeasey
1848
1811
Christopher Smith
1843
Daniel Yeasey
Robert Smith
1816
Hezekiah Ward
1843'
Joseph Pease
1800
Abigail Hart
Jeremiah Smith
Phebe Pike
Nicholas Smith
Nancy Sinclair
Simeon Hatch
Mary Smith
1818
John Cate, Jr.
1847
1800
Mary Pease
Ebenezer Dow
1846
Betsey Payne
1845 ;
Winthrop Wiggin
1844
Judith Cram
1844
Eleazer Young
1800
Hannah Smith
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
63
Died
Died
Susanna Pease
Deborah Folsom
1845
1801
Mary Cram
Eunice Robie
Sally Taylor
1846
Hannah Young
1801
Hannah Pease
1850
1826
Mary Sanborn Batcheldi
sr
Polly Stanton
1 845
Mary Sinclair Bean
1864
Alice Veasey
1846
Betsey S. Wiggin Hart
1801
Alice Dolloff
Charlotte Boynton Cottc
>n
Mary Dolloff
1829
Sally Dockham
Nancy C. Wiggin Rob-
1846
1801
Nancy Cram
1845
erts
1843
1803
Molly Blake
1846
1830
Maria Hart Payne
1844
1811
Sally Fogg
Matilda Smith
Polly Smith
Nancy Dow
1846
Susan Hart
Polly Yeasey
1848
Polly Pike
1838
Ebenezer Boynton, Jr.
1845
Sally Smith
Russell S. Doe
1831
Andrew Nealley
Thomas Woodman, Jr.
1832
Sewall Smith
1848
Charles M. Seavey
1845
1834
Ebenezer Smith
1838
Benj. P. Woodman
1835
Levi Fogg
1853
Benjamin Ward
Ebenezer Smith
1846
George Smith
1846
Ira Davis
Charles Smith
1847
John Smith
Elisha Smith
1846
Mark Davis
Parker P. Boynton
Moses B. Smith
1845
1839
David P. Cotton
William Mead
1840
Dexter Smith
1847
Nathan Davis
Jacob Reynolds
1850
Thomas Roberts
1843
Samuel G. Bartlett
1835
Solomon Mead
Joshua Jenness
1836
Miles Buzzell
1846
William Pike, Jr.
1844
1837
Benaiah Dolloff
1844
James Pike
John Buzzell
1844
George O. Cram
1845
Mark F. Cotton
1845
Thomas S. Cram
John Mudgett
1844
Levi Jenness
1845
Jeremiah Yeasey
1843
Levi W. Smith
James Bartlett
Betsey Yeasey
James Bickford
1846
Martha Copp Yeasey
1845
1838
Joshua W. Wiggin
Mary P. Hart
1850
1811
Polly Woodman
Relief Smith Woodman
Mary Whicher
1845
Mary Nealey
Jane Dow
Sally Cate
Lavina Smith
1872
Betsey Boynton
1840
1812
Sally Woodman
Mary Goss Smith
Sally Boynton
1831
Irene Buzzell
1846
Isabel Sinclair
Abiah Smith
1817
Sidney Blake
Nancy Woodman
1818
Hannah Wiggin
1844
Hannah Currier
1845
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Died
Hannah Cotton Sinclair
Hart
1833 Betsey Copp
1834 Polly Randlett 1845
Mary Prescott 1845
Mary Davis
Elizabeth Davis Bartlett
Lois Davis
1835 Eliza Batchelder
1836 Mary J. Reynolds Wentworth
Clarissa Dolloff 1845
1840 Joseph S. Hart 1837
William D. Boynton
Solomon Bickford 1845
Charles Boynton
Amos Crockett 1855
1842 Jonathan Jenness
Ezekiel Jones
1843 Ithamir Blake
1838 Samuel Ward
1846 Joshua W. Payne 1847
1847 John L. Sinclair 1851
Daniel Smith
David Vittum
John Haines
Calvin Fogg
Harrison Smith
Hanson Beedee
Ebeneezer Chapman
John How
Richard J. Plummer
Francis Hawkins
Samuel Leavitt, Jr.
Elias Philbrick
Stephen Crockett
Mooney Baker
Ebeneezer Stevens
Nathaniel Clark
Benj. F. Vittum 1891
John Chapman
Amos Cram
True Bean
Woodbury Watson
1837 Anna Mudgett
Ruth Leavitt Smith
Rhoda Maxfield Davis 1850
Polly Hill Pease
Died
Maria Davis 1847
1838 Sally Cotton
Susan R. Boynton 1845
Eliza Doe 1843
Nancy B. Pease Ward
Naomi Sinclair 1847
Lavina S. Veasey
Mary wife of Sewall Smith
1846
1839 Sarah Cram Smith
Nancy Boynton
1840 Eliza Smith Brown
Louisa Demeritt
Sally Boynton
Ruth Smith Shephard
Mary Boynton 1845
Clarissa Bachelder
1847 Samuel Hall 1840
Greenleaf Maloon
John Batchelder
Timothy D. Hawkins
William S. Cram
Newell Ladd
John M. Hendricks
Joseph M. Robinson
1850 Hiram Stevens
1840 Priscilla Caverly
Mary E. Boynton 1845
Nancy S. Boynton
Maria Pike
1842 Aseneth Davis
Crasina Jenness 1849
1840 Cynthia Clark
1844 Clarissa Copp
Affy Cumings
Hannah S. Cawley
Elizabeth Veasey
1846 Maria Payne 1847
1847 Olive E. Sinclair 1851
Ruth Smith
Dolly Vittum
Ruth Cotton 1853
Rhoda M. Cotton
Sarah Ann Smith, wife of Har-
rison Smith, sister of Free-
man Hawkins
Caroline M. D. Vittum
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
65
Died
Died
1847
Patience B. Yittum Towle
Susan Bean
Polly I lawkins
Lucinda Mow
Laura Clark
Mary Boynton
Abigail W. Haines
Nancy Plummber
Polly Fogg
Adeline Chapman
Lucy Crockett
Mary Jane Haines
Martha Sanborn
Abigail Gale
Mary Brown
Elizabeth H. Woodman
Sally Thomas
Mahala Leavitt
Jane S. Cram
Abigail Hall
Polly Maloon
Lydia Jones
Mary Ann Beedee
Susan P. Hawkins
1847 Susan Hawkins
Louisa H. Hawkins
Busiel
Catherine P. Hill
Mary Sinclair Bean
Caroline Copp
Dolly Hanson
Lavina Lane
Mary Ann Chapman
\s\<>
Thus ends, in 1848, the names of the early members of "Oak
Hill Church," which shows the names of many that could not be
found in other ways, or connected up with family records, so we
take this way to remember many of the early settlers of Meredith.
FREE BAPTIST CHURCH AT MEREDITH CENTER
In June, 1810, a few of the people agreed to band themselves
together and "watch over each other for their own good, in the
fear of God." The following were the signers:
Daniel Smith
Washington Smith
Samuel Crocket
Sally Smith
Polly Roberds
Betsey Roberds
Easter Tilton
Daniel Tilton
Jerusha Kelly
Sally Crocket
Polly Roberts, 2d
Polly Mead
Polly Quimby
Nancy Tilton
Joseph Roberds
A quarterly meeting at the upper meetinghouse towards New
Hampton was held. Elder Knowlton spoke from the words,
"Take heed to yourselves, what you intend to do"; which "fast-
oned on Polly Swain, till she happily was converted to God."
A reformation started and many were converted and baptized
and added to the Church of God.
A meeting at the house of Washington Smiths to consider our-
selves children of one family, and to watch over each other, for
our good in the fear of God, and take the New Testament for our
rule of faith and practice.
66
ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
In 1810 fifteen had been converted and with the assistance of
Rev. Stephen J. Pitman and Rev. David Knowlton they organized
what was called "The Second Freewill Baptist Church of Christ,"
in Meredith, N. H.
In 1822 and afterward the church sent a delegate to the New
Durham quarterly meeting with the desire to be a branch of that
body, where they had retained membership for twenty years,
when it came 1830.
In 1831 the people gathered material and built the present
church, much to their credit and after a hard struggle, but God
was their guide and helper, and through the passing years added
some to their members. Land was given by Lane Plummer
and lumber by Deacon Ashael Sanborn. Others aided as time
passed with the work given. They succeeded and later built a
parsonage and had the buildings free from debt.
At times some of the members were not present for various
reasons, perhaps illness, or the home comfort and dread of the
cold winters. At times there was a committee sent out to labor
with them. In 1830 a conference was held at the schoolhouse
and they were united together as a church, and some had gone
to join the Calvin Baptists.
List of the Members in 1813
Andrew Woodman
David Fogg
Levi Benny
Leonard Stevens
Nath 1 Morgan
John Cate
Joseph Neal
David Woodman
Thomas Blake
Newel Richardson
Levi Swain
James Johnson
Joseph Swain
John Swain (died)
Jacob Swain (gone)
Asa Randlet
Nath 1 Wadleigh
Josiah Wadleigh
John Hill (gone)
Joshua Pitman
Jacob Perkins
Peter Robinson
Noah Lawrence
Isaac Currier, Jr.
Jeremiah Marston (died)
Nath' Ray
Brother Oilman (gone)
John Batchelder
Jeremiah Glidden
John Swain
Benj. Dowan (died)
Nath 1 Batchelder
Daniel Piper (died)
Noah Robinson
Philbrick Perkins
Eben r Bickford
Baptized by Elder Moses Cheney February 20, 1819
Betsey Swain
Fanny Woodman
Polly Stevens (gone)
Nancy Quimby (gone)
Hannah Cate
Eleanor Bickford
Polly Farrar
Lydia Robinson
Hannah Sanbourne
(died)
Sister Woodman (gone)
Priscilla Lawrence
Phebe Page
Nancy Williams
Polly Sanbourne
Polly Eager
Eliza Smith
Betsey Brandburv
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67
Polly Gilman
Lydia Sleeper
I tannah ( dines
Judith Swain
Betsey Young
Anna Marston
Charles Swain (died I
Lydia Vickney
I Iannah Stevens
1 iannah Folsom
Abigail Wadleigh
Polly Robinson
Polly Ray
Rachel Randlet
Nancy Marston
Sally Ray
Eunice Marston
Polly Leavitt
Polly Marston
Lilly Robinson
Polly Flanders
Sally Danford
Dotha Ray
Susanna Swain
Sabrina Huntress
Irene Leavitt
Polly Hill
Hannah Pitman
Mercy Smith
Hannah Fogg
Eleanor Bryant
Hannah Smith
Xancy Cate
Sarah Bickford
1 )orOthy Robinson
Nancy (rocket
Betsey Judkins
Persiler Swain
Betsey Blake
Sally Williams
Nancy Leavitt
Sally Randlet
Betsey Glidden
Nancy D. Pike
Sally Chase
Nancy McCrillas
Sally Swain
Sally Glidden
Betsey Glidden
Elizabeth Shephard
Stephen J. Pitman
Baptized by Elder David Moody, 1826, Magil Pickering
Elder John Sinclear, 1835, John B. Swain and wife
Elder Hill, 1S35, William Crocket
Names of Those Members Taken from the Old List, Which
We Found in Good Standing in 1832 in the Church
Joseph Neal
Nathaniel Batcheldor
Daniel Smith
Andrew Woodman
Eben r Swain
Hannah Cate
Betsey Blake
Nancy Williams
Betsey Glidden
Datha Sanborn
Elizabeth Shephard
Mercy Smith
Hannah Currier
Betsey Mudgett
Sally Crockett
Abigail Pickering
Thomas Blake
John Cate
John Swain
John B. Swain
Fanny Woodman
Sally Robinson
Eunice Marston
Polly Leavitt
Eliza Smith
Susanna Swain
Betsey Young (d. 1733)
Sal ley Smith
Betsey Robinson
Elinor Bryant
Polly Blaisdell
Mrs. John B. Swain
Jacob Swain
Joseph Swain
Washington Smith
William Crocket
Nancy Cate
Polly Wadleigh Wood-
man
Nancy Leavitt
Sally Robinson, 2d
Sally Chase
Hannah Glines
Anna Marston
Betsey Bickford
Jerusha Kelly
Betsey Robinson
Nancy Tilton
Names of the Brethren and Sisters that Were Found
United at the Conference Holden at the Schoolhouse in
1830
Dea. John Batchelder
Washington Smith
Eben r Bickford
Stephen J. Pitman
Newel Richardson
John Rundlet, Jr., .^d
Mary Robinson
Priscilla Swain
Mrs. Mary Marston
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Priscilla Lawrence
Anna Marston
Sally Leavitt
Hannah Rundlet
Polly Folsom
Benj. Batchelder
Chase Crocket, Jr.
Stephen Pickering
Thomas Eastman
Samuel Crocket
Jacob Perkins
Porter Robinson
Josiah Swain
Noah Robinson
Isaac Currier
Nathaniel Ray
Abigail Bickford
Sally Ray
Betsey Glidden
Polly Moses
Sister Richardson
Nancy Perkins
Polly Perkins
Freeman Randlet
Daniel Fogg
Benj. Batchelder
John S. Morgan
Hazen Marston
James Johnson
Philbrick Perkins
Joshua Pitman
John Leavitt
Asa Randlet
Noah Lawrence
Andrew Woodman
Eleanor Russell
Polly Marston
Sister Pitman
Dorothy Tilton
Sally Perkins
Lydia Robinson
Sally Randlet
Samuel Mudget
Benj. S. Manson
Andrew Pickering
Jeremiah B. Swain
Joseph Neal
Jesse Dolloff
Elder Benj. S. Manson Baptized April, 1830, and January,
1832
Barnett Currier
William Crocket
Susan Mudget
Mehitable Swain
Mehitable Pickering
Eliza Manson
Hannah Crockett
Polly Roberts
Susan Smith
Rachel Swain
Daniel Pickering
William Watson
John B. Swain
Marian Swain
Asneth Swain
Eliza Rowe
Ruth Batchelder
Leah Rundlet
Rachel Smith
Betsey Perkins
Invreas Bachelder
John Currier
Eben Swain
December 17, 1831
James Gordon
Alvin Batchelder
Sally Grant
Jane Pitman
Sally Pickering
Betsey Batchelder
Sally Perkins
Caroline Pitman
Polly Smith
Polly Wiggin
Abraham Bachelder
Robert Carr
Henry H. Swain
February 14, 1832
Winthrop True Phillip Clough
February 22, 1832
"Henry Swain
Jeremiah Leavitt
Olive French
Sally Harriss
Sally F. Bickford
Nancy Dolloff
February 28, 1832
Sally Hart
Lucinda French
Warren Sanborn
Sobria Willard
Sally Wiggin
Eliza Glidden
Sally Shephard
Hannah Currier
Elizabeth Pitman
Charlotte Morgan
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
69
Sally Crockett
Hannah Mudgett
Mary A. Matten
Diana Bryant
Nancy Sinclair
Abigail Moulton
Patience Williams
Asenath Swain
Mrs. John B. Swain
Susan Hart
Hannah Swain
January 31, 1832
Sally Currier
Margaret Watson
Ruth Hoyt
Polly Yetton
February 14, 1832
Martha Clough
Hannah Sanborn
Abigail Pickering
Polly Richardson
Harriet Shephard
Susan Gordon
Nancy Calley
Susan Blaisdell
Mahala Sanborn
Mary Dame
In 1831 the present church edifice was erected and a monthly-
conference was held for the first time April 30, 1833, with Rev.
Benj. Manson, Pastor. The church prospered.
February 10, 1838, names of those members taken from the old
list who are found in union and who have agreed to watch over
each other in the fear of God.
Elder Steven J. Pitman
Jacob Perkins
Henry Swain
John J. Currier (d. 1843)
Wm. Watson
Andrew Pickering
Hazen Marston
Noah L. True
John Glidden
Elbridge Leavitt
Joseph B. Tilton
Edward Chase
Gilman Plumer
Ruth C. Batchelder
Sally Perkins
Aseneth Swain
Roxanny Wilson
Jane Webster
Hannah Pickering
Hannah Chase
Widow Mary Marston
Sally Perkins
Nancy Batchelder
Tryphena Marston
Susan Severance
Joshua Pitman
Daniel Pickering
John G. Robinson
Oliver Hill
Jonathan Ladd
Dea. John Batchelder
David Fogg
Jeremiah B. Swain
Abigail Batchelder
Eben r Bickford
Washington Smith
Jonathan Dow
Samuel Lawrence
Benj. Mudget
Alvin Batcheldor
Jewel Severence
Peter Severance
Betsey Glidden
Susan Mudget
Nancy Perkins
Betsey Bickford
Theophilis Sanborn
Abigail Swain
Ursula Severance
Susannah Smith
Susan Batcheldor
Sally Tilton
Elizabeth Batchelder
Hannah Davenport
Sylvana Bickford
Ebenezer Swain
James Gordon
Sherborn D. Batchelder
Charles Perkins
Joseph Chapman
Dea. Benj. Batchelder
Josiah Swain
Increase Batchelder
Winthrop True
Chase Crockett
Freeman Pitman
Abram True
Smith Glidden
Dana Woodman
Philbrick Perkins
Thomas Robinson
Charles Crocket
Hannah Swain
Mehitable Swain
Eliza Dow
Mary True
Nancy Glidden
Sister Jane Woodman
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Mary Ann Blake
Sister Yeasey
Kliza Rowe
Marian Blake
Nancy Cummings
Betsey Blake
Emeline Bickford
Chase Crocket, Jr.
Noah Robinson
Daniel Robinson
Thaddeus Ward
Samuel Lawrence
In 1841 more were added
Mary Perkins
Hannah Swain
Susan Smith
Betsey Plummer
Elizabeth T. Perkins
Rachel C. Robinson
Hannah Chase
Rachel Sanborn
Nancy Lawrence
Polly Smith
Nancy Glidden
Sibbel Webster
Belinda Webster
Reuben Stanton
Sally Leavitt
Hannah Crocket
Susan Gordon
Nancy Sinclair
Wid. Sally Smith
Dorothy Tilton
Sally Peabody
Nancy Robinson
Susan Lawrence
Lorenzo Crockett
Priscilla Swain
Sally Robinson
Sally Perkins
Susan Hart
(J. Batchelderw.)
Ruth Hovt
Abigail Bickford
Polly Leavitt
Lydia Howe
Lucinda Robinson
Susan Dow
Priscilla Lawrence
Lydia Robinson
Betsey Perkins
Sally Foss
Elizabeth Shephard
Polly Robinson
Wid. Betsey Peabody
Sally Glidden
Priscilla Lawrence
Names of Members Added to the Church in 1842-3
Widow Nancy Wadleigh
Olive Jane Pickering
Precentia J. Pitman
Precentia A. Pickering
Mehitable M. Swain
Mary E. Swain
Betsey Jane Pitman
Catherine A. Pickering
•Malvinah Pickering
Hannah Pitman
Olive Wiggin
Eliza Wiggin
Lucy A. Wiggin
Mary A. Tilton
Sarah A. Weeks
Mary A. Pain
November 29
Hannah F. Plummer
Sally Patchelder
Mrs. Stephen Pickering
Age
Age
40
John Wiggin (d. 1852)
18
Aaron Tilton (d. 1847)
13
John G. Busiel
16
11
Horatio N. Busiel
19
15
Lois Currier
16
13
Stephen Pickering (d. 1843)
11
Daniel L. Lawrence
20
15
Mary A. Moses
21
13
13
January 31, 1H43
13
Geo. W. Swain
30
17
Arthur Atwood
27
11
John L. Swain
18
13
Sarah Glidden
22
14
Polly Pickering
47
14
Asa Peabody
38
Lucinda French
26
Hezekiah Swain
21
John Batchelder
24
B. F. Mudgett
16
William Swain
25
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
71
N v.mes of Members Added to the Church in January, 1843
Benjamin Badger
Angeline Blake (d. 1844)
Joshua W. Hart
Win. C. Crockett
Win. Edgedy
Lauretta Dolloff
Sally (iraves
Joseph Straw
Nancy French
( liarlotte Doten
Thomas Leavitt
Paul H. Stanton
Win. M. Webster
Joseph Robinson
Eliza Sanborn
John Blake
David Wilson
Jane Leavitt
Greenleaf Shaw
Lafayette Kimball
Sarah Jane Robinson
Addalade Bradburv
SECOND FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
The following is a list of the members composing the Second
Freewill Baptist Church in Meredith, May 10, 1845, in regular
standing, as reported by the committee chosen to investigate the
church book:
Died
Died
Elder Stephen J. Pitman
Jane Woodman
Dea. Benjamin Batchelder
Hannah Lewis
Dea. Jacob Perkins
Mary Ann Blake
John Batcheldor
Susannah Smith
Josiah Swain
Wid. Mary Marston
1851
Henry Swain
1857
Eliza Pickering
Abram Batchelder
1849
Sally Perkins
Ebeneezer Bickford
1844
Sally Tilton
Chase Crockett
Mariam Blake
Hazen Marston
Elizabeth Batchelder Randlett
1857
Jonathan Dow
1846
Tryphena Marston
1853
Samuel Lawrence
Betsey Blake
Smith M. Glidden
Susan Sevrance
John L. Glidden
Sylvanus Sanborn
Benj. Mudgett
1846
Emiline Sanborn
Dana Woodman
James Gordon
Alvin Batchelder
Oliver Hill
Joseph B. Tilton
Elizabeth Perkins
Thomas J. Robinson
Ruth Swain
1852
Moses G. Plummer
Rachel C. Robinson
Hannah Swain
Polly Smith
Ruth C. Batchelder
Susan Blaisdel
Sally Perkins
Betsey Plummer
Nancy Perkins
Susan Shores
Eliza Dow
Priscilla Swain
Betsey Bickford
1850
Sally Robinson
Theophilis Sanborn
Lydia Robinson
1859
Nancy Glidden
Betsey Perkins
1847
Jane Webster
Susan Gordon
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ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Died
Elizabeth Shephard
1846
Jane Webster
Abigail Bickford
1849
Caroline Pitman
Polly Robinson
Hannah Mudgett
Dorothy Tilton
Aseneth Swain
Betsey Peabody
1846
Hannah Sanborn
Sally Peabody
Jeremiah Glidden
Lydia How
Ruth Perkins
Sally Glidden
Polly Swain
Nancy Hill
Abigail Swain
Lucinda Robinson
Polly Wadleigh
Susan Lawrence
Sally Wiggin
Percentia J. Pitman
Lewis S. Wells
Mary E. Swain
Francis Reed
Betsey Jane Pitman
Jacob F. Perkins
Hannah Pitman Swain
I. M. Bedell
Olive YViggin
Mary P. Corliss
Eliza Wiggin
Rachel A. Swain
Lura Wiggin Pike
John W. Pitman
Mary A. Tilton
Asa Randlet
Sarah A. Weeks
1845
S. G. Randlett
Sally Batchelder
Eliza Robinson
Olive Pickering
Peter Severance
John Wiggin
1852
Betsey M. Martin
Stephen Pickering
1851
Robert E. Downing
Geo. W. Swain
Julia A. Downing
Mary A. Batchelder
Abigail Downing
Arthur Atwood
Mary B. Glidden
John L. Swain
Mary A. Randlet
Sarah Glidden
Martha Glidden
Polly Pickering
Cyntha A. Sanborn
Lucinda Swain
David Philbrick
John H. Batchelder
0. Butler
William Swain
Elisabeth Swain
John Blake
Anna Marston
Charlotte Doten
Belinda Webster
Joshua W. Hart
Joseph Chapman
Paul H. Stanton
1858
Benjamin Badger
William Edgerly
Andrew Pickering
Launettee Dolloff
1856
Hannah Pickering
Sarah J. Robinson
1850
Prudence Ann Pickering
Sally Graves
Catherine A. Pickering
Eliza Sanborn
1848
Melvinah Pickering
Addelaide Bradbury
Olive Jane Pickering
Win. W. Batchelder
Sarah Hanes Glidden
Betsey Hatch
Mary Wells
Almira Ann Hart
1846
Aphia G. Reed
Olive B. Pitman
Mary Corlis
Died
1856
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY
73
Clarinda Dolloff
Israel P. PI u miner
Abby L. Sanborn
Melvina Taylor
David Edgerly
Sarah S. Edgerly
Rebecca Hall
Rosanah G. Pitman
Aramenta D. Robinson
Died
1857
Betsey Downing
Adline Downing
Warren Taylor
Judith Severance
Warren L. (ilidden
Laura D. Smith
Marilla A. Perkins
Abigail Philbrick
M. S. Butler
Died
1855
As we review the past fifty years they show pleasures and some
clouds as we go along the pathway of life, and it brings to mind
the words —
Showers of blessings, showers of blessings we need,
Mercy drops on us are falling, but for the showers we plead.
The Meredith Center Church still stands, and in 1877 we find
the many changes that come to all. The older founders are gone,
but not forgotten.
Died
Hazen Marston
1890
Smith M. Glidden
1884
John L. Glidden
1901
Joseph B. Tilton
1878
Thomas B. Robinson
1886
Moses G. Plummer
1886
Ruth C. Batchelder
1884
Nancy Glidden
1893
Sally Tilton
1882
Sally Glidden
1892
Miriam Blake
1887
Elizabeth J. Carr
1900
Rachel E. Robinson
1892
Betsey Plummer
1898
Dorothy Tilton
1880
Mary E. Robinson
1877
Ruth Tuttle
1886
Mary F. Tuttle
1887
Mary M. Cate
Warren B. Leavitt
John H. Batcheldor
1906
Mary Fogg
1877
Albert Pitman
Ellen B. Swain
1879
Lyman D. Yeasey
1913
Died
Lucy H. Plummer
Ida B. Batcheldor Corliss
George L. Corliss
Elisha S. Cram
Rev. John Willis
Jane Willis
Eva L. Perkins
Hattie E. Tilton
Sarah J. Ladd
Cora Agnes Plummer
Dwight E. Arnold
Flora E. Chase
Abbie Weymouth
Rev. Geo. H. Pinkham
Mrs. Geo. H. Pinkham
Gracie Pinkham
Fred L. Batchelder
Frank Arnold
Rev. Lyman E. Hall
Emuly H. Hall
Frank P. Corliss
Fannie E. LeBarrow
Mary E. Piper
Sarah D. Glidden
Ruth Perkins
1890
1893
1897
74
ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Jacob F. Perkins
Melvina Chase
Laura D. Yeasey
Mary A. Pitman
Eliza Robinson
John Webster
Eliza Pease Clifton
Ashael Sanborn
Nathan G. Plummer
Mary A. Sanborn
Hannah Shores
Caroline Batcheldor
Charlotte J. Leavitt
Emma R. Robinson Emory
Eliza A. Perkins
Sarah E. Plummer
Eleanor Russell
Eliza R. Chase
Mary Ann Batcheldor
William H. Cate
Francis Graves Davis
Emma Pitman
Newton B. Plummer
Nancy D. Plummer
Annie E. Swain
Warren K. Kimball
Orin F. Swain
Rev. Francis Lyford
Catherine Lyford
Emma Robinson
Carrie E. Webster Pickering
Nellie P. Ladd Harriman
Mary Grace Perkins
Elmer E. Perkins
Orlando S. Marsh
Sarah F. Marsh
E. W. Smith
Hattie Pitman
J. Frank Batchelder
Nelson Chase
Eliza J. Kimball
John R. Robinson
Hannah G. Robinson
Edgar A. Adams
Herbert N. Plummer
Noah F. Chase
Clara F. Chase
Died
Rev. David Calley
Died
1901
Mary E. Calley
Ida M. Perkins
Lucinda Swain
1901
Rebecca Call
1903
Marilla Butler
1884
William B. Swain
Sylvan ia Robinson
Joseph S. Plumer
Noah H. Chase
1883
1887
Clara F. Chase
Henry Hall
1878
Sarah M. Chase
1901
1877
Phebe Plumer
Abbie Weymouth
1913
Emma Yeasey
1879
John Yeasey
Mary A. Sanborn
1897
Orlando S. Marsh
1902
Sarah F. Marsh
Mary A. Pitman
Dwight Arnold
Anna Swain
1902
Jacob F. Perkins
Eliza A. Perkins
Mary F. Tuttle
Martha Plummer
Etta H. Filgate
Eva J. Perkins Felker
William I. Filgate
1898
1890
Aseneth Hoyt
1885
1888
Cynthia A. Copp
Warren L. Glidden
Nancy Crocket
1883
Joseph S. Robinson
Martin B. Plumer
Sarah H. French
Wilber J. Collins
Betsey A. Crocket
William C. Marshall
Carrie Marshall
Hattie Osgood
Jessie F. Sanborn
Asahel Sanborn
1881
Flora E. Chase
Francis Graves Davis
1910
Hattie E. Swain
FRACTIONS OF HISTORY 75
Died Died
Elisha (ram W. B. Leavitt
Philena Rider Mary Grace Perkins Jones
Thus ends the members of over half a century, and may God
bless the present members and help them to gather more in and
flourish as in days past.
THE MEREDITH CENTER HARBOR CHURCH
By Sarah M. Notes
On the 2()th of February, 1815, a council of ministers convened
at Mr. Moses Morse's in Center Harbor — Rev. Messrs. Shaw,
Hedden, Habard, Turner, Field and Warren.
The church was organized as "The Congregational Church of
Christ in Center Harbor and Meredith, Third Division."
The place of meeting was a small church building built in 1813,
west of Center Harbor Village, which had been used by different
denominations.
The First Congregational Society in Meredith was incorporated
by the New Hampshire Legislature in 1817. This society was
composed of twenty-two men members. Many years later
women were allowed to join the society.
For four years the church had no pastor; only pastors of neigh-
boring churches came and served.
The members indicated by a vote in 1816, "To worship God,
statedly in a public manner, on the Sabbath, even if they had no
preaching."
The first pastor was Rev. David Smith, who was installed 1819
and died 1825. We are indebted to his daughter for particulars.
He came from Temple in the District of Maine, with his wife
and six children on an ox sled, 130 miles, and his household goods.
It took ten days to make the journey. They were genuine
pioneers.
The house they came to was the one occupied by Mrs. James
Hines, one mile from the Village on the road to Center Harbor
from Meredith.
The minister's salary was 200 dollars. The story runs that Dr.
Sanborn, passing on horseback, reproved the minister for working
Saturday afternoon, as he thought he should be in his study
preparing for his Sunday sermon. Rev. Smith replied : "Yes, but
76 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
my family must have bread, and I must plant my corn to furnish
it. I feel rich when I can have Saturday afternoon in my study,
but I can't have even that today."
The old meetinghouse was on the other side of the road, not
far from the parsonage, a plain wooden building too cold for
comfort in winter, so the services were held in cold weather in
the schoolhouse.
Mr. Smith died in 1824 of consumption; his wife died two years
later. She walked to church with a crutch and kitchen chair,
which she had to rest in on the way. The membership was
forty-one members when Rev. Smith died.
The next minister was Rev. Reuben Porter who settled in 1829,
and was dismissed in 1830, with an addition of eleven members
during that time.
Rev. Joseph Lane came next. In 1832 the church voted to
build a meetinghouse without a cupola. It was built at the foot
of the Neal Hill, near the lake shore. The pews were sold at
vendue to the highest bidder. During Mr. Lane's pastorate there
was a great growth in membership.
In 1833 Mr. Lane became agent for the New Hampshire Bible
Society and Rev. Abram Wheeler filled the pulpit. Twenty-
eight were admitted to the church, and Miss Jane B. Leavitt
married Rev. John L. Seymour, and went as a missionary.
Judith Leavitt, another member, married Rev. John Taylor. She
joined the Baptists, and went to Siam as a missionary.
Dudley Leavitt, the astronomer, attended this church. One
evening his wife made a fervent prayer that her husband might
be saved. When she was through, Dudley Leavitt arose and said :
"We read in God's Word that the unbelieving husband shall be
justified by the prayers of the believing wife." He took his hat
and walked out. Their son, Isaac Leavitt, and wife were mem-
bers, and their descendants are faithful to the church of their
ancestors.
In 1838 a church was started in Center Harbor with Rev. Eli
W. Y. Taylor as pastor. Fourteen members were transferred.
As the years passed the members made resolutions about slave-
holding, that it be abolished.
In 1842 they voted to keep boys in their place during worship,
also in the use of ardent spirits as a beverage. The same year
Rev. Giles Leach was installed. He was an earnest worker and
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77
much respected. Two of his daughters married in Meredith.
One married Dr. Henry Sanborn and one married J. W. Lang, Jr.
During 1842 the church was removed to Highland Street in
Meredith.
Dr. Sanborn joined in 1817 and remained faithful as clerk.
Deacon Furber joined in 1831, also Deacon Levi Leach, Daniel
Norris, George H. Norris, Charles D. Maloon and Frank Bartlett.
As time passed to 1871, Mr. Burnham served some time and
repairs were made. The bill was given by Mrs. Joseph W.
Lang; chandelier, by Mrs. Geo. W. Lang; pulpit, by Mrs. Metcalf ;
pulpit lamps, by Mrs. Irene Neal Smith; the communion table,
by Mrs. S. W. Rollins; organ lamps, by Mrs. N. B. \Yadleigh;
and many other ladies assisted.
In 1886, Rev. John E. YVildey resigned and Rev. Frederick
Perkins, a brother to Mrs. Joseph Wadleigh, supplied.
In 1833 the members were:
John Sanborn
Josiah Xorris
Reuben P. Smith
Samuel Bean
Stephen Tilton
Joseph W. Lang
John Bachiler
Daniel Xorris
Jonathan Cram
Jonathan Brown
Dea. Richard Furber
Joshua Xorris
Bradbury Robinson
Burley Oilman
Alice Swasey
Xewell Tilton
John Towle
Jabez W. Berry
Jonah Leavitt
Guerille Corliss
John Furnald
Timothy Badger
Daniel Xorris, Jr.
Peter Genness
Seth Bartlett
Daniel Meloon
Jeremiah Prescott
Daniel Hilton
These were the records of the First Congregational Church,
organized 1817.
Signed by J. \Y. Lang,
Daniel Norris,
Isaac Leavitt,
Josiah Norris.
Stones in the First Congregational Yard in Rear of
Richard Neal Farm
David Robinson (probably son of Joseph Robinson), 1759-1834
His wife
Hannah Robinson, 1745-1825
Second wife
Elizabeth Robinson, 1763-1833
Hannah, daughter of David and Hannah Robinson and wife of John Batchel-
der, 1781-1837
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Hannah, wife Reuben Prescott and daughter of John and Hannah Batchelder,
1811-1834
Reuben Prescott, 1798-1830
Eliza A., daughter of John and Hannah Batchelder, 1813-1836
Moses Kenney, 1777-1851
Abiel Bartlett, 1749-1816. A Revolutionary Soldier
His wife
Maria Goodhue, 1750-1826
Horace Twichell, 1817 1844
James W. Lane, 1804-1836
Willard, son of J. W. and Nancy Lane, 1830-1835
Hannah Gennis, 1793-1837
Nancy, wife of Nehemiah Leavitt, 1788-1829
Children
Nancy P., daughter of Nehemiah Leavitt, Jr., and Nancy, 1813-1830
Daniel, son of Nehemiah and Nancy Leavitt, 1814-1816
John D. Leavitt, 1827-1866
The Third or North Sanborn ton and Meredith
Baptist Church
History states that there were "Christian brethren and sisters,
living in North Sanbornton, and over the line in Meredith, who
in 1828 commenced to build a meetinghouse on 'Pine Hill,' near
Merrill Brook in Meredith, which was finished in 1829, on the
south side of the road."
An old neglected burying ground is all that marks the location
where many early pioneers that lived near worshiped.
The church was organized in June, 1833, where four churches
convened as the Meredith and Sanbornton Baptist Church,
under Meredith Hill.
Samuel Mathison was pastor, and the church membership grew
from nine to twenty-seven members. (We have not been able
to find the charter members.) A few were added until 1839; then
they did not have a pastor and the meetinghouse was moved from
"Pine Hill" in Meredith to North Sanbornton. In 1840, Elder
Moses Cheney supplied.
The records are very scarce preceding that time, but it pros-
pered better later on. Being in a sparsely settled locality, the
people were not able to always support a pastor.
A few were dismissed from other churches to join this one.
Among them were:
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Moses Plummer, dismissed in 18.W
Dea. Edward Fox,
1 lis wife
Anna Fox
Elisha Piper, August 3, 1 1 >2 U
Josiah I'iper, January, 1837
His wife
Betsey Piper, " "
We tried to find out who were buried in the old grown-up yard
and were told that there were a few stones, but we failed to find
any. Probably overgrown. A few were buried in "Merrill
Brook" churchyard.
Moses Merrill, and wife Eunice.
Noah Smith. He had no children.
Moses Merrill lived across the road from where the church stood,
and where the yard is fenced in. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF
MEREDITH AND CENTER HARBOR
The church was organized February 20, 1815, with thirteen
members.
The First Congregational Society was incorporated as a legal
body by a special act of the New Hampshire Legislature, June 18,
1817.
The church had residents of Center Harbor and Meredith.
The first meetinghouse was situated on the Center Harbor Road,
about a mile from Meredith, on what is now called "Neal Hill."
The old churchyard is grown to bushes and contains many graves
of the early settlers. Many are unmarked and will never be
identified.
The names of the original members were:
Ephraim Doten David Robinson Moses Morse
Jeremiah Towle Joshua Xorris Stephen Norris
Hannah Morse Elizabeth Robinson Mary Ladd
Abigail Xorris Dorothea Sturtevant Sarah Norris
Susanna Doten
Original members of the Society:
John Towle David Bean David Robinson
David Corliss Samuel Bean John Roberts
Jonathan Brown Jeremiah Fogg Moses Senter
Isaiah Fogg Josiah Norriss Timothy Tilton
John Sanborn Josiah Bean
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The above of Meredith. Those of Center Harbor were:
Moses Morse Nathan L. Morse Jeremiah Towle
Moses Morse, Jr. John Adams Joshua Norris
Daniel Norris
Most of the members of the society later joined the church.
In 1833 a meetinghouse was erected at Meredith Village, and
in 1843 was moved to the present location.
In 1838 a Congregational Church was organized in Center
Harbor, and there was a separation of members, a part going
to Center Harbor.
In 1832 the church voted that "no person be admitted to the
church who would not pledge entire abstinence from ardent
spirits, except in sickness."
The story runs, through the old church records, that when they
got ready to raise the church in Center Harbor, one of the deacons
stated that it would be raised on "cold water." The custom at
all "raisings " was to have a barrel of rum. Some of the outsiders
of the church, that always frequented and helped to raise build-
ings, stood back and stated "they would not help if they could
not have some rum to drink." Everything was ready to start
the next morn at 9 a.m., but the helpers stood out.
After supper (the night before), the deacon hitched his horse in
the two-seated wagon and drove away up towards Cass Hill.
Nothing developed that evening, and the men went home and
retired for the night.
About 8 a.m. the next morning the deacon was seen coming
down the hill with three men besides himself in the wagon, and
close by team after team followed the deacon until quite a crowd
had gathered. They deliberately got out and each owner
hitched his horse and the crowd went over to the pile of lumber,
getting ready for raising the church. The story goes that the
few natives that had stood out, seeing that they were going to
succeed, were ashamed and stepped up and gave a helping hand,
and the church frame went up with plenty of help and the deacon
succeeded in his prophecy that they would raise it with "cold
water." God helps those who help themselves in a worthy cause,
and the church stands today, in a prosperous condition, a
monument to show the power of God through man to keep
the pledge.
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MEREDITH NECK CHURCH
By Eleazer D. Cawley
Some time ago there came into my possession through the death
of a relative an historical document, at least to the old timers of
Meredith and Meredith Neck, that dates back some ninety years.
The names are partially illegible. (One whose first name was
Nathaniel — his surname perhaps Nichols; at least, it commenced
with the letter N. One lady whose first name was Susannah,
possibly her name was Page, because by an act of conference "it
was voted to add to the list of signers Sister Page.")
The document relates to the formation of the church situated on
the Neck, on the summit of what was known as "Boardman's
Hill."
There are several old letters relating to this interesting event
from the clerk of the Freewill Baptist Church of Meredith Village,
whose name was Noah Sinclair. These letters were addressed to
"Brother Daniel Wiggin," who was also the first signer of the
petition, and seems to have been one of the leaders in the move-
ment to withdraw from the Freewill Baptist Church at the Vil-
lage. It is plainly evident from the letters that those in authority
did not want to grant letters of dismissal to form the Neck Church
and it nearly came to a split in the church at the Village. Com-
mittees were appointed "to meet with the Neck Brothers to try
and patch up their differences," but it appears that the Neck folks
remained firm in their determination to withdraw until finally the
committee capitulated and recommended "that their prayer be
granted."
I knew many of the signers of this old document when I was a
boy and lived on the Neck, where I was born.
Some were my relatives. Daniel Wiggin was my grand-
father. The people of the Neck were bound together by very
close ties. They were a community by themselves and each de-
pended upon the other for all necessary aid, when the snows of
winter packed and drifted the roads high across the stone wall
fences; when motive power was almost wholly the slow and patient
ox team ; when they raised their sheep and carded and spun their
wool into yarn to be worked up in the old hand loom into cloth,
with which they clothed themselves; in short, when their entire
living had to be wrested from the stony soil. No telephones, no
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electric lights, no automobiles, no rural free delivery, no summer
boarders, and being situated as they were, is it any wonder they
became closely bound together . J What was the joy of one family
was the joy of all families, or the sorrow of one the sorrow of all.
My mother tells me that there was very little real money among
any of them, but since they had to have a meetinghouse in which
to worship they talked the matter over and each agreed to furnish
something. Some donated lumber and had it sawed at the old
mill on " Fish Brook " ; others something else. My mother states
that my grandmother became responsible for the necessary nails
used in the building, also glass for the windows. She had to make
butter which grandfather would take to the Village to exchange
for its value in nails or glass; no cash, but all barter or trade.
After everything needed had been collected together, one day
all the Neck folks assembled by previous arrangement and started
work on this new church. The women did their part by seeing
that all had enough to eat at the noon hour, and how everybody
worked! There were no shirkers that day and I imagine that the
scene on the old hill would remind one of Nehemiah, 4: 6, "For the
people had a mind to work."
If that old meetinghouse could only speak, what a tale it could
unfold of love and hope and help it had rendered to the com-
munity during those many years. There are still some living
in Meredith, whose parents signed this document; but the
signers have played their part in their day and generation. The
snows of many winters have covered their graves, where their
bodies rest while waiting for the final summons, in the little
cemetery, beside the church for which they labored and ac-
complished so much and loved so well.
Following is a copy of the old petition:
We the undersigned members of the First Free Will Baptist Church of
Meredith think that being located as we are it would be more convenient and
for our best interest to become a Free Will Baptist Church by ourselves,
therefore we ask for letters of commendation, and dismission.
We in Duty Bound Ever Pray.
Meredith, July 27, 1839.
SIGNERS
Daniel Wiggin Eleazer Bickford Nancy B. Lovejoy
John \ichols Jesse Lovejoy Nathaniel Dockham
Friscilla Nichols Sally K. Lovejoy Sally Wiggin
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83
Parker B. Nichols
Mahal. i Bryant
Ebenezer Bickford
Augusta Chase
Susanna Page
Priscilla Bickford
Charles Bickford
Thomas Bickford
Jonathan Bickford
Betsey Chase
Nancy Roberts
October 12, 1839.
James Roberts
Martha Ann Clark
Adeline Wiggin
Ruth Bickford
(lias. Wiggin
1 Iiram Bryant
Paul P. Nichols
Robert M. Nichols
Eleanor Lovejoy
Mary Jane Dockham
Phebe Nichols
Nancy Jenness
Madison Chase
Stephen Board man
Sally Boardman
Nathaniel Nichols
John Clark
Thomas Chase, Jr.
Elizabeth Nichols
I luldah Nichols
Betsey Lovejoy
Agreeably to a vote passed in two conferences —
This certifies that the above named brothers and sisters are regular members
of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Meredith, and agreeably to their
Petition we hereby commend and dismiss them.
In behalf of the Church,
Noah Sinclair, Clerk.
Attached to this note of October 12, on the reverse side, was the
following petition of brethren on the Neck:
Bro. Wiggin:
You will perceive that the Petioners will remain Members in the old
Church, until they become organized into a Church; also, that it will be
necessary for your organization to inform our Clerk of the same, &c.
Yours
Noah Sinclair.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT MEREDITH
BRIDGE
Adopted June 28, 1824
The Church at Meredith Bridge was organized June 28, 1824.
Rev. Francis Norwood was ordained as its first pastor, July 6,
1825, and dismissed June 8, 1830. Rev. John K. Young was
installed over the church and society November 30, 1830.
OFFICERS
Rev. John K. Young
Benj. T. Sanborn
John B. Jewett
Benj. T. B. Sanborn
Stephen W. Mead
Pastor
Deacons
Clerk
Treasurer
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Ebenezer S. Lawrence
Timothy D. Somes
Benjamin Boardman
Examining
Committee
Members of the Church at Meredith Bridge
1824
Jacob Jewett (Deceased)
Daniel E. Jewett (Dismissed)
Sally Pollard
Ruth Jewett (Dead)
Mercy B. Robinson
Benjamin Jewett
Ruth E. Jewett
Hannah Maxwell (Excommunicated)
Huldah Jewett Blood (Dismissed)
Benjamin Swain (Dead 1825)
1825
Martha Gilbert
Eliza Rowland
Betsey Avery
Lois Jewett
Anna Randlett
Oliver L. Avery
(Dismissed)
Lucy Stevens
Charles D. Horr
1826
(Dismissed)
Ruth Plummer (Dead)
Elizabeth Piper
1827
Hannah Tucker
Caleb Haines
Hannah Haines (Dismissed)
Isaac S. Jewett
Betsey Bradbury
Harriet Fernald
Abigail Parker
Nathl Goodhue (Dismissed)
Sarah Goodhue (Dismissed)
Asa Parker
Ann Gilman
Abigial Ladd (Dead)
Mariah Parker (Dismissed)
1828
Irene Marsh
Clarissa Robinson
1829
Mary Ann Coolridge (Dead)
1831
Isaac M. Parker
Joshua Avery
1832
Jona C. Prescott (Dismissed)
Mary H. Prescott (Dismissed)
Lucy Ann Cheney (Dead)
Hannah P. Swasey
Emily Swasey
Horace L. Hazelton
Mary Ann Hazelton
Stephen C. Lyford
Stephen Wingate
Abigail Wingate
Ebenezer S. Lawrence
Hannah P. Lawrence
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85
Sally B. Swain
Sarah F. Marsh
Hannah Cole
Caroline Hunt
Therina Brown
Catherine L. Wording
Jane Rowe
Elizabeth S. Rowe
Leah Prescott
John B. Jewett
Joanna Jewett
Lous Jewett
James V. D. Wardwell
Polly Hunt
Statira Jewett
Ann Leavitt
Betsey Stevens
Benj. T. Sanborn
Clarissa L. Sanborn
Betsey Gil man
Harriet Taylor (Excommunicated)
Alice Jane Swasey (Excommunicated)
Benning Mugridge
Thomas M. Sanborn (Dismissed)
Nancy Horr
Betsey Mudgett
Olive Eager
Benj. Jewett, Jr.
Leonard Sanborn
Lucia P. Badger
Nancy Randlett
Mary Ann Nichols
Ann Buzzell
Sarah L. Currier
Abigail Jewett
Smith Jewett
Hannah Jewett
Betsey (Smith) Lawrence
Mrs. Chas. Martin (Dead)
Eunice Hunt (Dead)
Sally Jewett
Lucian H. Davis
Mary Beaman
Frances N. Stevens
Salmon Stevens
1833
Otis Beaman
Josiah Crosby
Olive S. Crosby
Mary W. Young
Joseph Danford
Elizabeth Danford (Dead)
Mary Ann Lawrence
Ursula Freeze
Betsey Morrison (Dead)
Benj. Jewett, Jr.
Maria F. Jewett
Caroline A. Robinson
Sarah Stevens
Abigail Mead (Dead)
Abraham Brigham
Hugh Wilson
Rebecca Wilson
Sally R. Badger
Mahala Edwards
Nancy F. Hunt
Mahala Oilman
Sally Dame
Nancy Ames
Emma Jane Beaman
Elizabeth Vent
1834
Alma Brigham
Rhoda S. Clifford
Polly Fitch
1835
Sarah Dimond
Joseph Hall
Sarah Chase
John Swain
MEREDITH CENTER MILLS
We found an old deed at Dover which shows a little data about
the first mills at Meredith Center, where Elisha Thomas of Epping
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deeded land and mill and power to Ebenezer Dow. Other papers
show that Phillip Dow was an owner there earlier and Robert
Smith was also interested.
The deed runs as follows:
Know all men by these Presents that I Elisha Thomas of Epping, in the
County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire Tailor for & in considera-
tion of the sum of Two Hundred and thirty pounds of lawful money to me in
hand, paid before the delivery hereof by Ebenezer Dow of Epping aforesaid
yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have given granted
bargained sold & released & by these presents do give grant bargain sell alien
release convey & confirm to him the said Ebenezer Dow his heirs & assigns
forever one half part of a certain lot of land lying in Meredith in the County of
Strafford in said State which whole Lot contains one hundred and twenty acres
which Lot I lately bought of Joshua Folsom & the half Lot is bounded as
followeth, viz Beginning at the north end of said Lot Sibleys line called and
extend Southerly carrying the whole width of said Lot so far as will contain one
half part of said Lot and also one half part of my saw mill and one half part of
my grist mill standing in said Meredith which is one half part of them mills
I lately built & also one half part of the flowed land & also one half part of the
privilege bought of said Folsom.
To have and to hold the said granted premises with the appurtenances
thereof to him the said Ebenezer Dow his heirs & assigns to his & their proper
use benefit & behoof forever I hereby, engaging to warrant & defend the said
granted premises against all claims or demands of any person claiming by
from or by me the said Elisha Thomas or any other person whomsoever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this twenty first day
of October Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred eighty two.
Signed sealed and Delivered Elisha Thomas [seal)
in the presents of Phineas Fogg
Abraham Perkins.
State of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss. Epping,
October the 21st day 1782, Then the above named Elisha Thomas personally
appearing acknowledged the above written instrument to be his voluntary act
and deed Before me.
Abraham Pkrkins Justice Peace.
Received September Twenty third, 1783. Examined by Thos Wk Waldron
Recorder.
SQUAW COVE
History tells us that "Squaw Cove," or Squam Lake, derives
its name from a block of granite on one of its ledges that has the
appearance of the figure of a woman. The Indians had a legend
for this block of granite.
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"Waunega," an old chieftain, lived here. His squaw had long
ago gone to the "Happy Hunting Ground." As time passed he
grew lonely and fell in love with the Princess Suneta, a beautiful
maiden, whose father was the sachem of an allied tribe.
The marriage feast was made ready, but the dusky maiden was
sad, as she loved Anonis, a young warrior, who was heavy-hearted
to lose the maid.
A fearful storm came that night and the father slept
quietly while his daughter, Suneta, lay sleepless, moaning
over her fate of being compelled to marry one she did not want,
when suddenly a low voice whispered, "Come, the night is dark
and stormy; my canoe is on the lake; my beloved, I cannot live
without you; you are mine; without thee I cannot live." "But
listen to the storm. The Great Spirit is angry, even now, and
will punish me." 'Thou art mine," answered Anonis.
In the darkness the lovers fled to the shore, but the storm awoke
the chieftain, and, seizing bow and arrow, he pursued his daughter
Suneta. He saw them entering the canoe and discharged an
arrow at Anonis, who with a loud cry sank in the raging wa-
ters. Suneta reached a ledge. Imploring the Great Spirit, her
father cried, "May the lightning blast her." His words were
answered. A flash of lightning and a roar of thunder made the
rocks tremble. Waunega plunged into the water, and was never
seen again at the council fires of his tribe.
On the rock where Suneta had clung is the huge granite block
which gave the name to the cove.
OUR ANCESTORS
TO CHERISH AND PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF OUR
ANCESTORS IS NOT ONLY OBEDIENCE TO THE
commandment: "honor THY FATHER AND THY
MOTHER," BUT IT IS A FINAL DUTY RECOGNIZED
ALIKE BY JEW AND GENTILE, CHRISTIAN
AND HEATHEN PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE
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ADAMS
Henry Adams lived in Meredith for a time, at the top of Ladd
Hill. His farm was where the white schoolhouse stood until
recently. His family are all gone.
Tradition says that he had a wen on his left cheek. He was
one of the victims who fell through Meredith townhouse floor.
It is said that when he went down through it scraped the wen
completely from his face, and left no scar when healed. He is
connected with the bear story, in 1814. He was a blacksmith.
Henry Adams, 1788-1871, married as his second wife, Esther
F. Swasey, 1793-1880. The Adams family are buried in the
Swasey yard in Meredith. John Q. Adams, 1835-1853, was
their son.
A BEAR HUNT
By George Frank Smith
A bear hunt which George Frank Smith's father took part in
happened about 1814. One day in early summer a young woman
living in the family of Stephen Wadleigh, one of the leading
farmers of that day, was out in the pasture picking berries; look-
ing up she was startled to see a huge bear, not far away, also
busily engaged picking berries, and seemingly not noticing her
at all. Getting away as quickly and silently as possible, she
ran to the house and gave the alarm.
Word was quickly sent to adjoining farms and soon several
men arrived, armed with guns, clubs and knives, accompanied
by dogs, and all set out to get the bear. In the meantime the bear
had become alarmed and started away, taking an easterly course
over the hill. The dogs were soon on his track, and followed
closely until, nearing the shore of the lake, they pressed him so
hard he climbed a tree to get away from them.
Here the hunters found him, and fired several bullets into him
without effect, except to make him very angry; so he determined
to come down and fight it out, which he did, backing down the
tree very rapidly.
Now Henry Adams, one of the party of hunters, was a young
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man, a powerful blacksmith, and entirely fearless. His home was
on the hill near where the white schoolhouse stood, which was
formerly a part of the Adams farm, and his shop was near by.
Adams had started out on the hunt accompanied by his large
bear dog, a mastiff, and armed only with a club and his hunting
knife.
When the old bear reached the foot of the tree, on his way down,
Adams was there to receive him, aiming a blow at the bear's
head with his club; but Bruin, being a skillful boxer, warded off
the blow, leaped instantly at Adams, knocked him down and
landed heavily on him, placing him in a very dangerous position.
But his dog came to the rescue with a furious charge at the bear,
fastening his teeth into the bear's neck, causing the animal to
turn his attention to the dog. Adams jumped up, recovered
his club, dealt the bear a blow that stunned him and then quickly
finished him with his hunting knife. He then skinned the bear,
which was estimated to weigh 500 pounds, and the carcass was
divided among the hunters, and a piece was sent to each family
in that part of the town.
This story, as Mr. Smith said, "was told me by my father, who
was a lad of ten years, and was present when the bear was killed."
STEPHEN ADAMS
Inscription on a stone in the Lang Cemetery in Meredith:
STEPHEN ADAMS
He was a native of Hamilton, Mass., and followed the sea until the Revolution
when he removed to Moultonborough, N. H., being one of the earliest settlers
of that town. Thence he removed to Meredith, where he lived until his death,
October 1819, aged 73 yrs.
He was the first tenant of this graveyard.
This stone was erected by his son, Ira Adams.
His posterity see that he is remembered.
John Q. Adams, died 1853, aged 18 yrs.
Henry " "1871 "82 yrs.
His wife, Esther F. " " 1871 " 83 yrs.
From Boston Transcript, February 6, 1929: The death certifi-
cate of a Henry Adams, 1788-1871, who died in Meredith, N. H.,
in 1871, states that his father, Stephen Adams, was born in
Hamilton, Mass., which was a part of Ipswich, until 1722.
Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 2, states that Stephen Adams was a
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descendant of William Adams. Stephen Adams' wife was Jane
B. Adams, as certificate.
SAMUEL H. BAKER
Among the Ashland men who responded to the first call of
Abraham Lincoln in 1861 were John C. Thompson, George K.
Hughes and James Small. Ai Baker Thompson was in the Sec-
ond N. H. Regiment and some of the Ashland men who were in
the Third were Francis M. Hughes, Avison Baker and John Haze
Thompson. Of these Francis M. Hughes and Avison Baker were
members of the band; John Haze Thompson was commissary
general. The Fourth N. H. Regiment had only one Ashland
representative; in the Fifth were Roy and Addison Heath, who
were buglers. During the first year of the war the excitement in
Ashland ran high. Military squads were formed and drilled
in the main street. A company of men commanded by John
Pepper and Nat Shackford was most noticeable. This excitement
served to stir the hearts of the people and prepare them for the call
of 1862. To this they responded with great enthusiasm and many
of the young men went forth from the mills and the farms to
shoulder their arms and loyally support their country in this
dark hour of history.
Heavy were the hearts of those left behind as they resumed the
regular routine of their daily occupation and strove to forget
the danger of their loved ones.
Barnet Hughes was the foremost man of the town, being the
first selectman during that year of 1861. He lived in the Hughes
homestead and was engaged in the occupation of farming.
Among the industries of the town at that time were the follow-
ing: A hosiery mill, managed by John Pepper. It was where the
woolen mill now stands. George Stevens was manufacturing
latch needles in the old shoe shop. Ambrose Scribner and Drake
had charge of the paper mill. The town had two blacksmith
shops. One owned by James Baker stood on the site of Fifield's
garage. The other was owned by Eaton Plaisted and Caleb
Huckins. It was on the corner now occupied by the fruit store.
A peg mill was under the management of Ladd and Gordon and
stood on the site of the glove shop. The merchants of the town
were Hiram Hodgdon, Cutting Follansbee and John Shephard.
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The store of Hodgdon and Follansbee was in the building now
occupied by Thomas Carr as a meat market. John Shephard
owned Ora Brown's store and lived in the house opposite, now
the home of Miss Susie Dean. The hotel proprietor was Mr.
Martin. He was followed by James Thompson, in the same year.
The town's tailor was Thomas Neil, and his shop was in a room
over that now used for a bowling alley.
The only physician at the time was Dr. Dana. His home was
the house now owned and occupied by Dr. Cheney. James
Baker lived on what is now Highland Street. His home was the
John Carr house, opposite the Episcopal Church. Beyond Dr.
Dana's house, on the left hand side of Highland Street, there
were only four houses, those now occupied by Henry Dearborn,
Cox and Timlin. On the right hand of the street were only
fields and pastures which overlooked the river, until at the summit
of the hill was situated the Drew homestead.
On River Street the only houses were what is now the Stevens
homestead and that is owned by Lillian Draper. On Thompson
Street, beyond the Francis Hughes home, the only houses then
standing were those now occupied by George Hodgdon, Samuel H.
Baker, the Ella Perkins home and the Curtis Baker house. Over-
looking this street, on a small plateau surrounded by pine woods
and commanding a magnificent view of the river, the sloping fields
and the distant mountains, is the original Andrew Baker home-
stead (bought of Hercules Mooney, and he is buried under a wil-
low tree by the side of the water). This house is one of the oldest
in the town. It was built in 1796 on the track of land given to
Andrew Baker by his father Joseph Baker, one of the original
proprietors of the town. (Joseph Baker bought it of Hercules
Mooney, as Dover History.) It is now owned by Bert Baker.
Joseph Baker lived on what is now the Otto Willoughby farm.
This tract of land was granted to him, as one of the proprietors of
the town, by the charter of King George III. This old place
has always remained in the possession of some descendant of
Joseph Baker, and is now the home of Annie Willoughby, a direct
descendant of Joseph Baker, whose people were of English descent
or origin, and who came to this country about the year 1716.
The only houses on Depot Street were the John Murry place,
the Caleb Huckins house, the Mandy Hussey place, the Lyford
and Edward Warner houses. There were two schoolhouses.
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One was the building now occupied by Albion Belanger; the other
on the site of Mrs. (). I). Thompson's house. This building was
afterward moved to River Street and is now owned by Charles
H. Heath. The teachers of these schools were Frank Woodman
and Mrs. Eben Thompson.
Other old places in town were the Cheney house, now owned
by John Dow, and the house of Mrs. Davis, on the same street.
This house was built by Russell Baker, who was guide to General
McDowell at the battle of Bull Run. The Wilson place was
occupied by Elder Sargent, the Baptist minister. The Byron
Smith place was built and occupied by Thomas Hughes. All
the other houses in that vicinity have been built since 1861.
The railroad station was on the site of the present freight station
or depot.
There were two churches in town at that period of its history,
the Baptist in the same location, also the Episcopal, where it
now stands. The same old bell in the Baptist Church belfry
called the people to worship. The telegraph office was in the
building now occupied by Arthur Fifield as a store. The tele-
graph operator was Thomas P. Cheney; he was also postmaster at
this time in a building that stood where J. G. Morrison's shop
now stands. Afterward the post office was in a small building next
to Filield's garage, known as "The Hole in the Wall Building."
Mrs. Cheney and her sisters, Lucy and Emily Keyzer, assumed
the duties of the postmaster when Thomas P. Cheney answered
the call in 1861.
The only secret order at that time was the Masonic lodge,
formed that year. Its past master was Ai Baker Thompson.
For amusement the young people held dances in the Squam Lake
Hall, afterward burned. This building was on the site of the
present Town Hall. The Squam Lake Hall was built by con-
tributions of money and labor by the people of the town.
There were two bands, the Squam Lake Band and the Thomp-
son Band. Dr. Dana was the musical director of the Thompson
Band and Hosea Thompson was the leader of the Squam Lake
Band. In July, 1868, the town of Holderness was divided by
political trouble. For the part now known as Ashland, two names
were suggested, Oakland and Ashland; Oakland because of the
many oak trees, which predominated. The men who assembled
to decide the matter of names were Barnet Hughes, Henry
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Dearborn, Orlando Keyes and Clark Wight. The result of the
vote was to call the town Ashland. These facts were obtained
from the memories of some of the oldest inhabitants of the town
of the present day. There may be errors which we shall be glad
to correct.
BAKER
Data from Mrs. Minnie (Baker) Smith of Ashland, N. H.
Joseph Baker, the emigrant, had, as history, a son named Sam-
uel Baker. He had sons, James (who was killed by the Indians),
Samuel Hazen Baker, also Andrew, 1740-1803, who married Anna
Knowlton of Northwood, N. H., who was born in Hampton.
They removed to Northwood after 1763.
Anna Knowlton, 1753-1846, wife of Andrew Baker. Their
children:
James
1771-1843
Betty
1773-1872
Thomas
1775-1777
Anna
1777-1783
Sarah
1779-1854
Kozza
1781-1841
Stephen
1783-1815
Andrew
1786-1867
Ebenezer
1788-1871
Nathan
1791-1834
Joseph
1794-1874
James Baker, 1771-1843, married Jane Smith, 1776-1859.
Their children:
Thomas 1795-1795
Andrew 1796
SamuelS. 1799
Married Avis Drew, 1801-1875, of Holderness
James 1803
Charlotte 1806
Mary Mooney 1816
My Father's Family
Samuel S. Baker, 1799-1880, married Avis Drew, July 7,
1822. Their children:
Angeline W. 1823
George Washington 1826-1883
Frances O. 1829
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Charles Albert 1832-1873
Esther Jane 1834
Daniel S. 1836
Samuel Hazen 1838
Mary Mooney Smith 1841
George Washington Baker, 1826-1883, married Ann Eliza
Sanborn, 1831-1886, daughter of Jeremiah Sanborn and wife
Caroline Basford of Candia, N. H. They lived in Holderness,
N. H.
Their third child, Sidney Sanborn Baker, born October 8, 1858,
at the Baker homestead in Holderness, married Hattie YVilmina
Fernald, born February 10, 1861, on Plymouth Street in Mere-
dith, daughter of William Fernald and wife, Loretta Burleigh.
Tradition tells us that William H. Fernald and wife were married
under an oak tree on the shore of Meredith Bay. (Was it the
"Old Oak Tree" on Clough's Park?) He was representative for
the town two years, and ran a tannery up near the cemetery.
Sidney Fernald Baker, son of Sidney Sanborn Baker, and wife,
Hattie Wilmina (Fernald) Baker, born Sept. 22, 1890, at Milford,
came to Laconia, in 1909. In 1921 he married Nora Eva
Fecteau, born in Laconia. He is in the electrical business
and now owns the Mount Washington boat on the Lake.
Their children:
Betty Jane, b. Sept. 30, 1922, in Laconia, N. H.
Sally Ann, b. 1929.
Children of Sidney Sanborn Baker and wife Hattie XV. Fernald,
born February 10, 1861:
A daughter, b. Mch. 7, 1880.
Ethel L., b. Nov. 20, 1881, in Meredith.
Norman Clyde, b. Jan. 8, 1883, is a physician in Boston.
A daughter, d. young.
Sidney Fernald.
A daughter, b. Sept. 3, 1886, in Meredith.
Notes. — Minnie Baker married Henry Smith of Ashland.
Jennie E. married Earl P. Harrington of Hooksett.
Leonard Baker was born in Rowley, England, in 1622; later
came to New England. He died in Rowley, Mass., in 1691;
married Margaret in 1648. Her birthplace unknown.
Jonathan Baker, born in Rowley in 1657; died in 1741. He
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married, first, Sarah Palmer, in 1687; she died; married, second,
Margaret Ellenthrope, a widow Ward, in 1691.
John Baker, born in Rowley in 1703-1753. He married Jane
Bailey in 1726. Connections not found.
Peggy (Margaret) Harriman, born in Manchester, Mass.,
married Samuel Smith, 1751 1838, of New Hampton, N. H.
Peggy, 1749 1839. Their children:
Jane Smith, 1776-1859
A son, 1777
Rachel, 1779-1861
Peggy, 1780-1854
Nathan L., 1782
Susanna, 1784-1864
Nancy, 1785-1869
Elizabeth, 1787-1853
John Smith Baker of Meredith, son of William Henry Baker,
who married Elmira Sanborn. Their children:
George.
John Sanborn.
Nellie, m. Hawkins of Boston.
Anna, m. Moulton of California.
Matthew Piper, m. Caroline Burbank of Franklin.
Charles.
John Baker, son of Francis Baker, Meredith, married Lilla
Piper. Her first husband, Gould of Holderness. She was
a daughter of Charles Wesley Piper and wife Mariah Baker, the
daughter of Sullivan Baker of Lowell, Mass. Her children by
Everett Henry Gould:
Malcom Piper.
Kenneth Everett.
BALLARD
Jeremiah Ballard came from Connecticut, in 1761; probably
went in Colonel Moulton's Regiment in the Revolution to Sara-
toga.
In General Moulton's held, some years since, was the grave of
Mr. Ballard, where it was seen before the grave was desecrated
by some thoughtless ploughman with no respect for a pioneer,
and his plough removed the marks of what should have been left
to be respected.
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Llewelyn Ballard was born in Belfast, Maine. When he was 18
years old he went to Boston and worked as a machinist; later he
went to California, and, as tradition, sent money home to his
family. Later he was never heard from. He married Sophia,
daughter of Nathaniel Maloon of Deerfield, later Meredith, and
wife, Betsey Wadleigh, whose father was Josiah Wadleigh, a
pioneer of Meredith.
Wilbur W. Ballard, horn in I860 in Meredith, at one time
owned the farm where his wife's great-grandfather, Josiah Wad-
leigh, cleared the land and built a portion of the house which
was built of lumber that Josiah Wadleigh hewed by hand. He
had a brother, Charles Hartwell, who settled in Boston.
Wilbur Weston Ballard married in 1889 Emma N., daughter of
( )ren Roberts. Their children :
Frank L., b. 1891.
Alice J., b. 1893.
In 1891 they arranged the house for a summer boarding house
that would accommodate about thirty people. The house stands
on a high location, overlooking Waukewan Lake, and the moun-
tains beyond make a very attractive picture.
BARTLETT
The Bartletts, as history, came from Normandy. Stopham
County, England, is where they settled.
Richard Bartlett of the Wiltshire Colony came to Newbury,
Mass., on the boat Mary and John in 1633.
No colony that settled in the Province of Massachusetts had
among its men those who w r ere more honorable than these.
Richard Bartlett married about 1610 Abigail — in Eng-
land. They had children:
Joseph Bartlett, 1655 1736, married Margaret Rust. They
had ten children all buried on "Burial Hill," in Plymouth, Mass.
In 1773 John and Joseph Bartlett owned land in Stratham, N. H.
The Committee of Safety, in 1776, made a resolution, and di-
rected the selectmen of Newburyport, Mass., to see that all men
above 21 years old signed it (lunatics, idiots and negroes excepted).
It was called the "Association Test."
In 1777 John Bartlett of Epping was sent to Fishkill, N. Y., to
drive Continental teams.
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Josiah Bartlett was mustered in 1777 to go to Saratoga.
Josiah Hall Bartlett was mustered as a Minute Man to Winter
Hill as sergeant.
Lieut. Thomas Bartlett, was major of the Militia in 1775, and
served as colonel of his regiment at West Point in 1780.
An interesting article of the Passengers, on the Mary and John
boat in 1634 reads thus:
Whereas by a Warrt bearing date, 22ond of 1634, the sev r all ships, following
bound for New England, and now lying in the River Thames, were made staye
of until further order from their L'offs Yiz't; the Clement & Job: the Reforma-
tion: the True Love: the Elizabeth Bonadventure: the Sea Flower: the Mary and
John: the Planter: the Elizabeth and Dorcas: the Hercules: and the Neptune.
The Masters of ships, gave bonds of one hundred pounds each; "That all
and every Person aboard their ships, now bound for New England, that shall
blaspheme, or profane the Holy name of God, shall be severely punish't:
2ond That they cause the Prayers be said Morning and evening, aboard their
ships.
Among the passengers on the Mary and John was John Bartlett,
also Rev. Thomas Parker, a Pilgrim who was a religious leader
and fond of singing. After landing, Rev. Parker was compared
(by a Boston minister as he was averse to the Mother Country-
form of religion), "like to a colt who kicked her dam."
The Bartlett family held together on their religious views of
equal brotherhood in heart and voice, as "The God of universal
aid — The God, the Father of us all." History tells us that in 1712
a mob tore down their second church, and eleven of the Bartletts
still clung together and the Governor promptly favored them,
and the bishop prayed that "God favor their pious endeavors,"
as they had conquered.
The second son of Richard 3 Bartlett and wife was John Bart-
lett, 1678-1741, called "John Tertius." He married Mary
Ordway. He was a tanner and weaver in Newbury, Mass.
Their second son and eighth child was Moses Bartlett, 1714-1804;
married Judith Rogers of Newbury, Mass. Their fourth child
was Abial Bartlett, 1749-1816, lived in Deerfield and there signed
the "Test." He was a Revolutionary soldier. Later he lum-
bered in Rumney, and later settled in Meredith. His old home
was east of the present Austin Moulton home. He and wife,
Marie Goodhue Bartlett, were buried in the First Congregational
yard back of the Richard Neal Home. Their children were:
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Abial.
John G.
Joseph, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dudley Leavitt, the Astron-
omer.
Moses.
Mary Jane.
Samuel G. Bartlett, 1807-1876, married Sally Rowe of Gilford
in 1803, daughter of Ezekiel Rowe. He was a carpenter and
farmer in Meredith. Their children:
James D., 1833-1861, m. Olive Libbey of Wolfeboro. He
was chorister of the Free Baptist Church in Meredith
many years.
James D., m. 2d, 1856, Lizzie R., dau. of Rodney Hubbard.
Elizabeth, m. Charles P. Leavitt of Meredith.
Lucinda, m. John R. McCrillis of Center Harbor.
Emily Jane, m. Jonathan Fox of Center Harbor.
Arvilla, m. Joseph Howard of Northfield, Mass.
James Bartlett, born in Center Harbor, settled in Meredith,
also lived for a time in Campton, but returned to Meredith,
where he died in 1891. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Nathan Davis of Center Harbor. Their children :
Sarah, m. Melthro Clark of Center Harbor.
Mirrila, m. Charles Webster.
Maria, m. Ira Wilkinson.
Frank A.
George W. Bartlett, b. 1857, was a plumber in Meredith,
also employed in the Shook and Lumber Co. He also kept
stoves and ranges and was employed in the Electric Light
Co.
Joseph Bartlett, 1791-1859, son of Abial and wife, Marie
Goodhue, 1750-1826, married Elizabeth Leavitt, 1796-1858,
daughter of Dudley Leavitt, 1772-1851, and wife, Judith Glidden,
1778-1853, who moved to Meredith in 1806. They had eleven
children.
Betsey, m. Twichell.
Joseph, m. Charlotte Bruce.
Dudley, m. Hannah Pease. Lived in Tamworth.
Lorenzo, m. Ellen Brown.
Judith Maria, m. James Bryant of Laconia. Their dau.,
Jessie, m. Horace E. Stowe. They had two children.
George, m. Emogene ; a son, Clyde. Elizabeth,
m. Brown; one son. Abbie, d. 1853.
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Mary Jane Bartlett, born in 1826, daughter of Joseph and Eliza-
beth Leavitt, married in 1846 William Prescott Smith of New-
Hampton. They settled in Illinois. Their children:
Charles Harvey, 1855-1856.
Charlotte E., b. 1858, m. Henry S. Puterbaugh in 1879.
Seven children.
Leonora L., b. 1861, m. Daniel \V. Plumer, b. 1844, son
of Benj. F. Plumer, b. 1802, and wife, Hannah Wilson of
Holderness. They moved from Meredith to Fairhaven,
111., in 1857. Benj. F. Plumer, was a son of Jesse, Jr.,
Plumer, and wife, Sarah (Pearsons) Plumer, a direct
descendant of Francis Plumer, who came from Wales.
Wilbert H. Smith, b. 1869, in Illinois, m. Lorette Weir.
They have six children. Henry Martin Bartlett, 1835-
1913, m. Sarah Cragin, b. 1840. Their children: Emma
May; Henry, d. young; Clarence C, b. 1868, m. Eleanor
A. Tarbett of Stoneham. Their child: Lorna Tarbett,
b. 1910.
Adam Bartlett, born in Beverly, Mass., had a son, Abial
Bartlett, who settled in Deerfield, 1751-1816. He was a Revo-
lutionary soldier, is buried in the First Congregational church-
yard with his wife, Maria Goodhue. They lived on the Austin
Moulton farm on the Center Harbor Road. The old yard is on
the Xeal farm. (Present owner.) Their children:
Abial.
John G.
Joseph.
Moses.
Mary Jane, who m. William Smith; went west.
James D. Bartlett, born in Deerfield, N. H., married Olive
Libbey of Wolfeboro. He had farms in Meredith and Center
Harbor. Their son:
Samuel G., b. in Meredith, 1807, was a carpenter and farmer.
He m. Sally, dau. of Ezekiel Rowe of Gilford, N. H.; she
b. 1803. Their children: Elizabeth R., m. Charles P.
Leavitt of Meredith. Lucinda, m. John R. McCrillisof
Center Harbor. Emily Jane, m. Jonathan Fox of Center
Harbor. Josiah R., settled in Center Harbor. Arvilla,
m. Joseph Howard; went to Mass.
James D. Bartlett, b. 1833, in Center Harbor, learned the
mason's trade, in Lowell. In 1858 he went to Meredith and
worked some years at his trade. In 1856 he married Lydia R.,
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daughter of Rodney Hubbard of New Loudon. He was of the
firm of Bartlett and Smith, contractors of Meredith.
James Bartlett and wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan Davis
of Center Harbor, settled in Meredith, where he kept a store and
later was on a farm. Their children:
Sarah.
M \RI.\, m. Ira Wilkinson.
Frank A., settled in Meredith.
George Wright, b. 1857 in Center Harbor, was a plumber
in Meredith and steam fitter, also kept stoves and ranges
Abiel Bartlett, another of the pioneers of Meredith, descended
from Richard Bartlett, who came over on the Mary & Joint in
1635, and was classed as one of the Pilgrims. He brought his
"Breeches" Bible with the family records in it, which is still in
existence. He signed the "Association Test" in Deerfield and
served in the Revolution in Deerfield, before removing to Mere-
dith, and finally settled on the Center Harbor Road, on what is
now the Austin Moulton farm. His one-story house was on a
ridge down in the field. He was a maker of hand rakes, an in-
dustry that has descended down through the family descendants.
He married Maria Goodhue. They had a son Joseph Bartlett,
who married Elisabeth, oldest daughter of Dudley Leavitt, a
near-by neighbor.
LEAVITT
Dudley Leavitt, "Master Leavitt," so styled in early days,
was born in Exeter, N. H., in 1772. He descended from fine
Puritan stock.
The Dudleys were from Governor Thomas Dudley, whose
ancestry dates back to 1576. He was chosen governor of Massa-
chusetts Colony before leaving England for New England by
Governor Winthrop.
In 1649 he served as preacher in Portsmouth, later preached in
Exeter, where he was granted 600 acres of land near "Great Hill, "
now called Brentwood.
One of his descendants, Dorothy Dudley, married Moses
Leavitt. One of their descendants was Dudley Leavitt, far
famed for being a fine mathematician and astronomer, and the
people of his day felt that the "Leavitt's Farmers' Almanac"
was next to the Bible for reference. He published his first al-
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manac in 1797 and made calculations some years ahead that
were used after he had passed on.
Dudley Leavitt married Judith Glidden of Gilmanton. They
settled in Meredith, not far from the Lake in 1806, and were
favored with a large family of children. One of their sons married
Sarah, daughter of Capt. Elisha Smith of New Hampton. One
of their granddaughters, Huldah Leavitt, lived in the old home
with her brother Arthur Leavitt, which was an attractive place
for people to call and visit with Huldah. She was very intelligent
and attractive and gave a cordial welcome to her friends. She
died some years ago. The descendants of Arthur Leavitt still
live in the "dear old home," and are very cordial to visitors.
Dudley Leavitt is a good farmer, who raises blooded stock, and
is much interested in the Grange work. He and two sisters, Alice
and Marion, are occupying and keeping up the old home in fine
shape.
A hard, dark-colored rock, called "Trap Rock," which is scarce
in this section and is used for road building, is being mined on
the place. "Master Leavitt" used to hold the "Meredith
Academick School" at his house, just beyond the present Dudley
Leavitt home on the same farm, where many young people gath-
ered for learning. He taught the higher branches, having ac-
quired them by his own efforts.
Mrs. Polly Prescott, one of his pupils, stated that "when you
saw one of Master Leavitt's children you would see a book."
It was said of him that he never came in from the field so tired
but that he would take up a book to work his mind while he rested
his body. It is stated that when twenty-five years old he took
up the study of Greek and Latin, and after 1806, when he removed
to Meredith, he took up the study of Hebrew and French.
One of Dudley Leavitt's daughters married John T. Jones, who
went as a missionary to Siam. He was the first man to translate
the Bible into the Siamese language.
Another daughter married Rev. John Seymour. They went as
missionaries to Minnesota and taught among the Indians. While
there they had a daughter born, who was the first white girl born
in what is now the state of Minnesota.
A story comes to us that some white people cheated the Indians
at that time and these missionaries' lives were threatened that
night, but a terrific thunder shower quieted the Indians' wrath,
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as they thought the "Great Spirit" was angry with them for their
murderous threats, and no harm was done.
"Master" Dudley Leavitt was the oldest child of Joshua
Leavitt and wife Elizabeth (James) Leavitt, and the great-grand-
son of Moses Leavitt and wife, Dorothy (Dudley) Leavitt of
Exeter.
Dudley Leavitt's name is among the proprietors in 1727-28 of
Gilmanton in the Masonian Papers.
Dudley Leavitt died suddenly in 1857 and left a record as a
worthy man, respected by all.
BACHILER
Rev. Stephen Bachiler, born in England in 1561, married -
. She died in England. He married, second, Helen
1583-1642; married, third, in Hampton, N. H., in
1648.
Steven, as the Batchelder Genealogy, matriculated at St.
John's College, Oxford, in 1581. His home was in Wherweil,
England.
In 1605 Mr. Bachiler (as then spelled) was deprived of his
benefice, or Calvinistic opinions by order of James I.
History states that he went to Holland, as the Plymouth Pil-
grims did in 1608.
His son-in-law, Rev. John Wing, was the first pastor of an
English Church in Middleburg, Holland, from 1620 on.
Rev. James Samborne had a son, Rev. James Samborne, Jr.,
who was rector of "Grately," a place near by, in 1604. These
Sambornes were of a Berkshire family, not far from Wherweil,
England.
When Rev. Stephen Bachiler was in London, in 1631, while
arranging to go to New England, he gained permission for him-
self, his second wife, and daughter, Ann Sandburn, widow (who
was then living in the Strand in London), to go on a visit to his
children at Flushing for two months. This town was garrisoned
by English soldiers (probably Mr. Bachiler's children and grand-
children were on the island of Walcheren, which connects Flushing
and Middleburg). He sold his property for cash before sailing
March 9, 1623, on the William and Francis.
Rev. Stephen Bachiler's daughter, Theodate, and her husband,
Capt. Christopher Hussey (born 1596), her sister, Deborah (born
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1592), who married John Wing and settled at Plymouth, Mass.,
came with their father and others.
A son, Nathaniel 2 , born in England in 1590, married Hester
Mercer of Southampton, England.
Their son, Nathaniel, born 1630-1710, lived at Hampton,
N. H.; he married December 10, 1656, Deborah Smith, daughter
of John Smith of Martha's Vineyard. Deborah died in 1675,
and he, not enjoying single life, thought he would marry again.
Undecided which way to go, took up his cane (as the story goes)
and took a chance with it. He held it up perpendicular and when
it fell on the floor it pointed southwest in the direction of Woburn.
So thither he walked and called on his wife's cousin, Mrs. Mary
(Carter) Wyman, she a daughter of Rev. Thomas Wyman and
widow of John Wyman. He proposed marriage to her and told
her he was going to Boston and that she could think it over. He
would call for her answer on his way back. She accepted and
they were soon married.
A son, Samuel, born January 10, 1681, married Elizabeth Davis
of Newbury, Mass. In 1707 he was in Lieut. Joseph Swett's
Company in the fruitless expedition against Port Royal. He was
in Capt. James Davis Company in 1712; served as a scout. He
lived in Hampton, N. H.
Their son, Capt. Carter Batchelder, born October 31, 1726,
married Huldah Moulton, daughter of William Moulton, 1732-
1 773. Carter married, second, in 1 778, Hannah Lane, daughter of
Thomas Lane, born 1742-1810. He was a sea captain, and died
at sea, July 16, 1806. He lived in New Hampton and Sanborn-
ton, N. H. They had nine children.
The third son, William Batchelder, born September 7, 1764,
in New Hampton, married Mary Burley of Stratham, in 1786,
she a daughter of David and V. (Smith) Burley, born 1767-1830.
He moved to Sanborn ton from New Hampton in 1788. He was
a farmer and settled on the William Chase place near the Meadow
School House. He moved to Meredith, but later returned to
Sanbornton, where he died, on the William Batchelder farm, in
1816, beyond the William Odell farm, on the same side of the road.
He was a Revolutionary soldier when he was 16 years old. He
died June 1, 1846. They had eleven children:
Abraham, b. 1787, m. Nancy Mason.
Nancy, b. 1790, m. William' Mason of Meredith. He died
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and she m. 2d, Nath 1 Morris, Esq., of Meredith and d.
there in 1857.
Samuel, b. 1792, m. Sally Clark.
BURLEY, 1). 1793, in. Betsey Taylor.
William, b. 1796, d. of consumption in 1820.
Benjamin, b. 1798. d. 1799.
Nathan, 1>. 1800, m. (). Currier.
JOSIAH B., 1). 1802, in. Louisa Sanborn.
Joseph, b. 1804, d. of consumption in 1830. He was a doc-
tor and was the seventh son.
Comfort Mason, b. 1808, m. 1833, John Buntin of San-
bornton, b. 1807. He resided for some 30 yrs. at Cnion
Bridge, d. 1875; she m. 2d, Jeremiah Leavitt. Their
children were: William M. Buntin, 1834-1864; Hannah
B., 1840-1849.
Hannah, 1810-1835.
Captain Josiah (William, Carter, Samuel, Nathaniel, Stephen),
born in Sanbornton, X. H., October 10, 1802, married Louisa
Sanborn of Meredith, daughter of Samuel Sanborn and wife
Deborah (Gale), born in 1805. He was a farmer, a captain in
the Militia and was a successful teacher in vocal music be-
tween 1823 and 1840. Their children:
Jane Orissa, b. Mch. 23, 1835, m. Rufus Clark.
Rachel, b. July 19, 1836, m. John Knowlton, son of Oliver,
in 1832; he came from Northwood. Their children:
Herbert Clarence, b. 1859; Amy Cora, b. 1861; Jennie
Laura, b. 1863; Clara Louisa, b. 1869; Laura Ann, b.
1842, m. Daniel Fox of Meredith; Mary Elizabeth, b. 1849,
m. 1867, George A. Furgeson of Lakeport.
BATCH ELDOR
Hampton history states that Rev. Stephen Batcheldor, the first
minister of Hampton, was born in England and came to America
in 1632 with his second wife, Helena Mercer. He left married
children in England: one Theodate, who married Christopher
Hussey and came to New England. Helena, his wife, died and
he returned to England after marrying, third, Mary ,
where he died at Hackney, aged 100 years.
A grandson, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Batcheldor, who lived
in England, married Deborah, daughter of John Smith of Martha's
Vineyard, by whom he had six children. She died at the birth
of the sixth child in March, 1676. In October, 1676, he married,
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second, the Widow Wyman, former wife of John Wyman, she a
daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter and was a cousin to his first
wife, Deborah (Smith) Batcheldor.
The story goes that when his wife died he decided to marry
again, so he played a game of chance before starting out to find
another wife. The game was that the direction in which his
staff, held perpendicularly over the floor, should fall when he
dropped it from his hand, would be the direction he would follow.
The story goes that it fell pointing to the southwest, and thence
he started out. Reaching Woburn, Mass., he called on the Widow
Wyman and proposed marriage to her, stating that he was going
to Boston and on his return, he would call forheranswer. She
accepted him and they raised nine more children. She died and
he married, third, in 1689, Elizabeth, widow of John Knill.
He died in 1710, aged 80 years.
His twelfth child, Samuel 2 , born January 10, 1681, married Eliz-
abeth Davis of Newbury, Mass. They settled in Hampton, N. H.
Their tenth child, Carter Batchelder 3 , born October 31, 1726;
died in 1806; married Huldah, daughter of William Moulton
(son of Robert) and wife, Abigail, she a daughter of Christopher
Page and wife Abigail, she a daughter of Daniel Tilton and wife,
Mehitable (Sanborn) Tilton. They had nine children.
Their fourth child, W 7 illiam 4 , born Sept. 7, 1764; married Mary,
daughter of David Burley of Stratham, who went to Sanbornton
in 1778 and settled on what was later the Eben Chase farm, near
the Meadow schoolhouse. He married, second, Mrs. Rachel,
widow of Taylor Pearsons, Jr. They had six children. He moved
in 1804 to the edge of Meredith, on the Benjamin Burleigh farm
on Steel Hill, then later to Sanbornton, where in 1816 his son,
Josiah, settled and died there in 1846, aged 82 years. He was the
father of twelve children.
Their ninth child, Josiah 5 , born Oct. 10, 1802, married Louisa
of Meredith, daughter of Samuel Sanborn (and brother of
Theoplis Sanborn) and wife, Deborah (Gale) Sanborn, she a
daughter of John Gale and wife, Susan McCarty. A romantic
legend, relating to Susan's father (great-grandfather of Josiah
Batcheldor) runs thus: His parents died in Ireland and he was
sent from there when very young by an aunt, who wished to get
rid of him so that she could try and get hold of a large property
which he should have inherited. The aunt gave him to a sea
GENEALOGIES 109
captain to be taken to parts unknown. He was finally landed
in Exeter. Here he married and the aunt on her death bed re-
pented and sent for him, she having learned where he was located.
Josiah Batcheldor was a teacher of music, and taught singing
schools very successfully in many towns in New Hampshire.
History states that he taught sixty-nine schools, between 1823-40.
He was a captain in the training practice. They had four children.
(1) Jane Orissa, born in 1835; married Rufus Clark, son of
Joseph S. and wife Nancy (Smith) Clark; she daughter of Captain
Elisha, born in 1771 (captain in the training field) and wife, Alary
(Hoit) Smith. They lived on her father's home place, Elisha
Smith, who married Lydia Norris of Stratham, N. H. As
tradition, Elisha Smith came into possession from his father of 700
acres of land that extended from the Samuel Calef land up to
the Meredith line, and while living in Epping he used to walk
back and forth with a willow cane while he was clearing land
and building a loghouse to live in. On one of these trips up to
Sanbornton from Epping he broke his cane in four pieces and
stuck them in the ground. The one he stuck down near the
corner entrance to his home grew and made a mammoth tree,
and some of the old roots and sprouts still stand at the entrance
to the present N. Davis house. Elisha Smith signed the "As-
sociation Test" in Sanbornton, so he was a resident there in
1776. He gave each of his sons 100 acres of land for a home out
of the 700 acres he inherited. He built later a sawmill and
gristmill on "Black Cat Brook." His numerous descendants
have proved an honor and credit to their ancestors. He is buried
with other Smiths in the old yard, back of the Parsonage, at San-
bornton Bay Church. Children of Jane Orissa and Rufus Clark:
Flora Ann, b. Dec. 22, 1854; m. Oscar Brown, b. 1854, son
of David and wife, Hannah Densmore (Fox) Brown, who
lived in Meredith on Sugar Hill.
David Leslie Clark, b. 1858; m. Sarah B., dau. of Lewis
and wife, Mary E. (Cotton) Huckins;she a dau. of William
and wife, Mary (Libbey) Cotton.
Rachel Batchelder, b. July 19, 1836; m. John Knowlton.
(See Knowlton family.)
Laura Ann, b. Jan. 14, 1842; m. Daniel Fox of Meredith,
1862. She d. 1863.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1849; m. George A. Furgeson,
1867, at Lakeport. Both have passed on.
110 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
BATCHELDER
Abraham Batchelder was a descendant from Rev. Stephen,
through Nathaniel, and was one of four brothers, John, Increase,
Abraham, and Samuel. He married, 1773-1802, Abigail, daugh-
ter of John Buzzell; among ten children were Nathaniel and
Solomon.
Nathaniel married Patience Page, settled in Gilmanton, now
Belmont; afterwards he moved to Meredith. Their children:
Abigail, m. Uriah Lamprey of Belmont; they had Lourette,
Josephine, Georgianna (who married Charles Neal, son
of Richard Neal, of Meredith), Henrietta and Albion.
Mary, m. Albert Taylor; settled in Meredith Bridge.
Betsey, m. Simeon Pease ; settled in Meredith with his father,
Joseph Pease. Their children: Jennie, Laura, Mary,
Abbie, Frank and Loren.
Lyman, m. Mary A. Moses; settled in Meredith.
Nathaniel married second Mary (Neal) Robinson, of Meredith,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Smith) Neal.
Solomon Batchelder, 1782-1854, as gravestone, married 1809,
Hannah, daughter William Watson, of Pittsfield, settled in
Meredith, and is buried with his family on their old farm, on
the Province Road, in Meredith. Children by 1st wife Hannah
Watson :
Eliza, never m.
Albert, 1815-1835.
William W., m. first, Ann Sanborn; m. second, Deborah
Rowe, 1817-1862; m. third, Lizzie Perkins. They had a
child who d. young. He lived with his father, Solomon,
on the farm.
Maria, 1816-1844, m. John Buzzell; settled in Meredith
and is buried in the family yard.
Solomon Batchelder, born 1782, married, second, Fanny
Stevens, 1786-1861, of New Durham. Their children:
Clarrissa, 1823-1911, m. Charles Batchelder; they settled
in Meredith, later in Lake Village.
Abigail, 1825-1843, single.
In a Yard Near the Other Yard
Deacon John Batchelder, 1778-1869, married Betsey, daughter
of Increase Batchelder, 1743-1827, and wife, Anna (Taylor),
1743-1838, who lived in Meredith. Their children:
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Increase, m. Susan Hart of Meredith; d. 1875.
Abraham, single.
John, in. Caroline Folsom in Meredith.
Frank A., 1855-1864, as gravestone.
Alvin, 1856-1911, in. Sarah Lawrence; m., second,
Hill.
Deacon John Hatchelder, married, second, Widow Mary
(Sanborn) Folsom, daughter of Dudley Sanborn of Meredith.
Their children:
Alvin, 1856-1911; his wife. Clarrissa, 1843-1911.
Abbie, 1858-1877.
Nellie, 1860-1862.
Edith, 1866-1888.
BATCHELDER
These Batchelders lived and died on the Corliss farm, beyond
the Center.
Benjamin Batchelder, 1789-1871; his wife, Nancy,
1792-1822; his second wife, Ruth G., 1795-1884. Chil-
dren: David, 1815-1860; Sherburn D., 1817-1839; William
D., 1822-1849; Nancy D., 1823-1842.
Other People in the Same Yard, Probably Relatives
Benjamin Mudgett, 1767-1846; his wife, Hannah, 1759-
1834.
Joshua Mudgett, 1769-1830.
Enoch Currier, 1779-1853; his wife, Mercy H., 1806-1875.
Mary L., wife of Josiah Randlett, 1826-1857; their son,
Erving B., d., age five months.
BATCHELDER
Rev. Stephen Bachilar, whose son Nathaniel settled in Hamp-
ton (from history they changed the spelling of the name by adding
the letter T) had descendants John, Increase, Abraham and Sam-
uel.
Abraham married in 1773, Abigail, daughter of John Buzzell,
who lived in Barrington. She died in 1802. Among their chil-
dren was Nathaniel, born May 16, 1786; died in 1867. He mar-
ried Patience Page and they settled in Gilmanton, now Belmont;
afterward he moved to Meredith Village. He married, second,
Mary (Neal) Robinson, widow of Joseph Robinson, 1795-1879,
who formerly lived in Newcastle, but she was born in Meredith.
112 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Nathaniel Batchelder of Meredith Village, born May 16,
1786; died in 1867; married March 7, 1862, Mary (Neal) Robin-
son, born September 15, 1795; died in 1869. She was born in
Meredith and she and her sister, Irene (Neal) Smith, widow of
Charles Smith, are both buried in Meredith Village Cemetery
with their father, mother, a sister and brother, William Neal.
Nathaniel Batchelder was a son of Abraham Batchelder and
wife, Abigail (Buzzell) Batchelder.
BATCHELDOR
This is a branch of the family from Rev. Stephen Bachiler,
born in England, 1561. The lineage runs down through Nathan-
iel to Samuel, 1713-1797, in Hampton.
Three of Samuel's sons, Abraham, Increase and John, started
out for themselves into the wilderness with their flintlock guns
and axes and stopped in what is now Northwood. History tells
us they did not dare sleep for three nights, as the wolves were
very vicious, but they built a log house, where they could get in
for shelter. They cleared up some land, and built more shelter.
In 1773 Abraham Batcheldor married Abigail Buzzell. They
had five daughters and four sons that attained manhood — Abra-
ham, Solomon, Nathaniel and John.
John Batcheldor, worked farming until 21 years, then tied his
things up in a handkerchief, and went to Meredith. He was a
deacon of the Freewill Baptist Church at Meredith Center and
prospered and earned a good property. He married Betsey
. They had children :
Increase, d. in Campton.
Abraham, d. 1858.
Alvin, d. 1889, in Concord.
John Batcheldor married, second, Mrs. Mary F. Folsom.
John, the only living child, had the home place, but worked in
Meredith as a wheelwright. He went to Boston and worked for a
time, but returned home and worked the farm with his father.
In 1849 John Batcheldor married Caroline, daughter of Noah
and wife, Polly F. (Sanborn) Folsom. Her father, born in 1803,
was a son of John Folsom, born in 1781, and a grandson of Rev.
Nicholas Folsom, born in 1742, the first Baptist preacher who
settled in Meredith. Polly Sanborn's mother was a daughter of
GENEALOGIES 113
Dudley Sanborn of Meredith. Elder Nicholas Folsom was a
son of John Folsom, both buried at Opeechee in the town of
Laeonia; both Revolutionary soldiers. John Folsom was a son
of Nathaniel Folsom, who was killed by the Indians at Notting-
ham. Children of John Batcheldor and wife, Polly Sanborn:
Mabelle.
Alice.
Frank, d. young.
Freeman, lived in Concord.
Burton, a farmer.
Lyman, a carpenter.
Edward, went to California.
Samuel Batcheldor, born in Sanbornton in 1792; died in 1855;
married in 1818, Sally Clark, 1790-1863. Their children:
Olive, b. 1819; m. 1839, John L. Swain of Meredith.
Sally, b. 1820; m. 1837; d. 1838; child, John \\\, m. Sarah
F. Tilton.
George W., 1840-1863; wounded in Civil War.
Frank B., m. Mrs. Jennie Tucker; two sons.
Mary A., d. young.
Emma, 1848-1863.
Morrill S., b. 1850.
Laura J., b. 1852; m. George Downing.
Mary H., b. 1859.
Josiah Batcheldor, born in Sanbornton, 1802; married in 1833,
Louisa Sanborn of Meredith, daughter of Samuel and wife, Deb-
orah (Gale), born in 1805. He was teacher of vocal music from
1823-1840. Their children:
Jane Orissa, m. Rufus Clark.
Rachel, m. John Knowlton, son of Oliver of Northwood, a
farmer in Meredith, and taught school many terms. Their
children were: Herbert, Clarence, Amy Cora, Jennie
Laura and Clara Louisa.
Laura Ann, m. Daniel T. Fox of Meredith.
Mary Elizabeth, m. George A. Furgeson of Lakeport.
Hezekiah Drew Batcheldor, born in 1796; married in 1820,
Nancy YYilley of Northfield, born in 1797. They had seven
children. The seventh, Joseph Burleigh Batcheldor, born in
1837, married in 1857, Martha Ann Sanborn, daughter of B. M.
Sanborn; died in 1878. He was a printer, and editor of the
Laeonia Democrat for six years.
114 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
John Batcheldor, born in Meredith in 1815; married in 1849,
Caroline Folsom, born in 1829. He was a son of Deacon John
Batcheldor, was born on the old homestead in Meredith, which is
now in Laconia. He worked for Mr. Lang and later worked on
piano cases. He married the daughter of his stepmother. When
his father died the old homestead fell to him. He was a Free
Baptist Church member. Their children:
John F., b. 1851; m. Abbie E. Bartlett.
Frank A., 1854-1862.
Freeman H., b. 1857; lives at Meredith Center.
Burton L., b. 1863.
Lyman P., b. 1867.
Edward W., b. 1870; went to California.
Alice, 1872-1873.
Lucinda Batcheldor, born in 1819; married in 1840, Newell
Sanborn of Meredith. He was born in 1844. She married sec-
ond, Joseph B. Swain of Meredith ; third, John Fields of Vermont;
resides in Laconia. Children:
Odell Batcheldor Sanborn, b. 1840.
Georgia Anna Swain, b. 1853.
Albert B., d. young.
Lucinda Batcheldor was a daughter of John Batcheldor, born
in Northwood in 1793, and wife, Dorcas Demeritt, 1791-1850.
He married, second, widow Mrs. Ruth Sanborn, widow of William
of Gilford, where he moved and died.
Nathaniel Batcheldor, born in Northwood, in 1786; married
Patience Page; second, Mrs. Mary (Neal) Robinson, daughter of
Joseph and wife, Hannah (Smith) Neal of Meredith. They
lived at Meredith Village. His children by the first wife, Patience
Page:
Abigail, m. Uriah Lamprey of Belmont. Their children:
Lauretta, Josephine, Georgianna, who m. Charles Neal of
Meredith. They had George, Richard and Abby, who
m. James Youngman. She died soon after marriage
with measles.
Mary, m. Albert Taylor; went west.
Betsey, m. Simeon Pease of Meredith. Their children:
Jennie, Laura, Mary, Abbie, Frank, Loren.
Lyman, m. Mary A. Moses.
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BEAM AN
Peter Beaman and wife, Mary (Stone) Beaman, came from
Grafton, Yt., to Meredith Bridge in 1832. Their son, Otis
Beaman, 1803-1879, horn in Grafton, Yt. He and his brother,
Alexander, went into mercantile business. They made cotton
goods. He married Emma J., daughter of Zachariah Robbins,
in 1833, who was in the Revolution. He was a farmer, after
helping to defend his country. Mr. Beaman was a director in the
Meredith Bridge Savings Bank. Their children:
George Otis, b. 1835-1895, in Laconia.
Emma J., m. Frank J. Osgood, of Laconia.
Edward F.
BEAN
Scribner Mudgett, born in England, came to Gilmanton and
settled, in 1783, on two hundred acres of land and cleared a farm.
His children were: Edward, Richard, Samuel, John, Mary, and
Sally, who married Levi Sleeper. Susan married - - Clifford.
Betsey born in 1788, twin to William, married Elijah Bean,
born in 1788. Elijah Bean and wife, Betsey Mudgett, had
children:
Fanny G., b. 1815, m. Joshua Wood, son of John Wood.
Joseph M., b. 1817, d. in Manchester; m. Catherine Tilton.
They had three children. He m. second, Hannah, dau. of
Richard Neal and wife, Betsey Neal, of Meredith. They
had a dau., Ellen Catherine, b. 1858, m. Otis Clark of
Manchester. They had a dau., Carlie Clark, m. Daniel F.
Healey. They have two sons in College. Mr. Clark d.
1892, and later she m. Frank Davis of Canterbury. They
had one dau., Dorothy Davis. Mrs. Davis died.
Betsey, b. 1822-1839.
Erastus, b. 1827-1852, m. Augusta Ewer of Belmont.
Alpheus L., settled on the homestead in Belmont; was
successful as a farmer and business man. He m. in 1844,
Folly G., dau. of Joseph Dow; she d. 1846; m. second,
Matilda A., dau. of Joseph Bean of Brentwood; m.
third, Mrs. Addie L. (Leighton) Morrill, dau. of Moses
Leigh ton, who was a son of Edwin Leighton.
Moses Leighton of Sanbornton had children:
Lydia, m. Colleen J. Smith; one dau., Carrie, d. young.
Samuel, enlisted in N. H. Cavalry; d. from disease con-
tracted in the Civil War.
116 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Ira, m. Martha A. Somes of Laconia; two children, d. young.
Wesley, enlisted in the Civil War, was killed at Fredericks-
burg.
Freeman, d. in early manhood.
Edward, m. the widow of Frank Morrill of Gilford, who
was Lottie Currier of Belmont. They had three children.
After Edward Bean married they had: Mattie May, b.
1870. Later she m. Edward G. Rand of Belmont.
Frank A. Bean, b. 1876, is a farmer.
BEEDEE
John W. Beede married Caroline Fogg, born in Laconia. Their
son, J. Fred Beede, has been associated with his father in business,
and the store was kept in the name seventy-two years. He
married Martha B. Melcher, daughter of Woodbury Melcher and
wife, Elizabeth (Boker) Melcher. Their children:
Frances M.
John A.
Fred Beede has been in the banking business in Meredith and is
also associated with the Laconia Bank.
BEEDE
John Fred Beede, born in Meredith in 1859, is a descendant of
Judge Daniel Beede of Sandwich, through John Beede, who lived
on the Wentworth farm, near Israel Mountain.
J. F. Beede married, in 1901, Martha B. Melcher, daughter of
Woodbury Melcher of Laconia; they have a daughter, Frances,
and a son, John A. Beede. Mr. Beede attended school at Tilton,
and has been a trustee of the school for several years. He is one
of the directors of the Peoples National Bank at Laconia and is
president of the Meredith Village Savings Bank, also is connected
with many business propositions in and around his native town.
John W. Beede of Meredith married Caroline Fogg of Gilman-
ton in 1857.
Another branch of the family was Hanson Beede; he married
Mary Jane Clark of Bristol in 1839. Members of the family that
are left have removed from Meredith.
BERRY
Jonathan Berry, 1782-1867, born in Dorchester, married
Nancy Howe, 1797-1856, born in New Hampton, N. H., daughter
GENEALOGIES 117
of Ebenezer Howe. They later settled in Holderness, in dairy
business. Their children :
Dexter.
Mary Jam:, m. James Gardner; settled in Methuen, Mass.
Lavina, m. Reuben (.rant; settled in Boston.
Parker.
George.
Electa, m. Robinson; settled in Baltimore, Md.
Perris.
Melissa, m. Horace Dudley of Laconia.
Sarah, m. Charles Jackson.
Asa.
Horace W., settled in Boston.
Jeanette, m. Simeon D. Rollins, went to Minnesota.
Charles H., settled in North Adams.
Napoleon B., went to New York City.
John Howe Berry, after he attained manhood, went to
Boston and worked ten years, then came back home and
bought a farm near "Little Squam" (now Asquam),
where he lived for a short time, then he sold and bought a
larger farm, from which he produced a good income. He
m. 1861, Clara, dau. of Jonas Buzzell of Meredith. They
had ten children, of which four d. young.
BICKFORD
John Bickford was the pioneer of the family in America. He
went to Wolf borough early; was a weaver. His son, Jonathan,
was a farmer and millwright. He settled on land now occupied
by his grandson, Joseph H. Bickford, son of James Bickford.
Samuel Bickford of Epsom, son of Thomas of Epsom, 1765-
1773, leaving a wife, Mercy; she died in 1824. They had seven
children. Benjamin married 1779, Hannah, daughter of Francis
Locke. Samuel was called "Drummer Sam"; he married Abi-
gail; had eight children. Thomas, 1764-1819, married 1786,
Olive Haines, 1765-1848, daughter of John Haines. Mary, born
1765, married 1787, Jonathan Elkins of Gilmanton. John was
born 1768.
An Eleanor Bickford of Epsom married 1891, John Bryant of
Meredith. Sally Bickford of Epsom married 1799, Nathaniel
Bryant of Meredith.
Thomas Bickford, 1660 1706, son John, and his brother,
Thomas, who married Bridgett Furber, 1690. They lived at
Bickford's Point, and kept a garrison.
118 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Benjamin Bickford, born 1672, married Sarah Bassum. They
lived at Bloody Point. Their children:
Mary, m. 1707, Joshua Crockett.
Benjamin, m. 1718, Deborah Baur.
Thomas, m. 1711, Sarah Simpson. They had eleven chil-
dren.
Abigail, m. 1716, Zebulon Damm.
Elizabeth, m. 1718, John Damm of Newington.
Deborah, m. 1720, Joshua Babb.
John, m. 1725, Sarah Hodgdon of Rochester; settled in
Northwood, also Solomon Bickford.
James E. Bickford, 1841-1916. His wife Mary A., 1843-1902.
Henry A. Bickford, 1863-1879.
Clara Bickford, 1866-1890, married Hiram E. Cook, 1860-
1922, son of Albert and wife, Hannah E. Cook.
Meredith Neck
From an old Bible printed in 1H30
Jonathan Bickford, born November 16, 1766. Lived on south
end of Bear Island. His wife, Abigail - —, born May 12, 1769.
Their children :
Lydia, b. July 22, 1789.
Bracket, b. Apr. 1, 1791.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1793; m. Priscilla - -, 1811-1882.
Phebe, b. Jan. 4, 1795.
John, b. June 26, 1798.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 5, 1800.
Priscilla, b. Sept. 19, 1803.
James, b. Oct. 5, 1805. They had four sons: James, Alonzo,
Oliver, Moses.
Abigail, b. July 27, 1810.
From the same Bible
Abram Bryant, born October 10, 1810, son of Robert Bryant
and wife, Abigail. Probably his wife, Mahala — , born
January 26, 1812, of Moultonboro. Buried in Meredith.
Probably their children :
Lorenzo F., b. Oct. 7, 1832.
Harriet B., b. Nov. 7, 1834.
Arvilla J., b. June 2, 1840.
Hosea H., adopted son, b. Sept. 8, 1850; adopted May, 1857.
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Eleazer Bickford, 1781-1873, lived on Hear Island. His wife,
Sally ■ -, 1783-1866. Their son, Eleazer Bickford, 1822-
1904. His wife, Ann - -, 1835-1894. Their children:
Charles, 1840-1916. He settled on the main land, Mere-
dith Neck.
JOSEPH, 1844-1914. Yet owned land on Bear Island.
Charles Bickford, 1809-1893. His wife, Augusta Bickford,
1812-1881. Their children:
Hezekiah, 1843-1918.
AMENDA, 1845-1917; m. Moulton.
Anna, 1846-1897.
Henry, 1848.
Frank P., 1851-1876.
Eleanor, 1853-1924.
Eben, 1856-1857.
Mabel, 1876; m. 1896, Willie I). Brown.
Charles H. Bickford married in 1871, Eleanor L. Wilkenson.
BLAISDELL, BLASDALE, BLISDALE
Ralph Blaisdell was a tailor in Salisbury and received land there
in 1640. He bought rights of John Harrison, 1642; died in 1650;
married Elizabeth - -, who died in 1667. Children:
Henry 2 , b. 1633 in England. Three others.
Henry- (Ralph) was one of the first settlers of Amesbury, Mass. ;
received grant of land in 1632; married in 1656, Mary Haddon,
daughter of Jarrett. He died in 1707. Children:
John 3 , b. 1668. Eight others.
John 3 (Henry 2 , Ralph) was born May 27, 1668; married in
1692 3, Elizabeth Challis, daughter of Philip and widow of John
Hoyt; died in 1793. Children:
Philip 4 , b. 1700. Four others.
Philip 4 (John 3 , Henry 2 , Ralph), born August 9, 1700; married
Elizabeth Goodwin. Children:
Jacob 5 , b. 1735. Two others.
Jacob 5 was born July 23, 1735. He married, first, -
second, June 4, 1761, Lydia Morrill, daughter of William Barnes
and his second wife, Judith. He served as a lieutenant in the
Revolutionary War. Children.
120 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Philip 6 , b. Mar. 16, 1762; m. Lydia Randlett.
Thomas.
John, b. Mar. 31, 1765; m. Elizabeth Sanborn; second,
Esther Kelley.
Elliott, 1767.
William 6 .
Judith, b. 1771; m. Henry Sanborn.
Rhoda 6 , b. 1773; m. John Rice Smith.
Joshua, m. Olive York.
David, m. Rachel Randlett.
Jacob 6 , b. 1780; m. Deborah Barker.
Betsey, d. single.
John 6 (Jacob, Philip, John, Henry, Ralph) was born in Epping.
He settled on Meredith Parade, about 1792. He married Betsey
Dearborn Sanborn in 1793, She was born October 18, 1773,
died July 14, 1801. He married, second, Esther Kelley, daughter
of James Kelley of Stratham, who served in Deering's Company,
at the defence of Portsmouth Harbor, 1781. She was born
November 12, 1775; died February 28, 1864. John lived in
Meredith; died January 8, 1844. Children:
Elizabeth (Betsey 7 ), b. Jan. 21, 1795; m. Stephen Boynton.
William 7 , b. Dec. 30, 1798; d. June 12, 1854.
Hannah, b. Sept. 21, 1800; m. Isaac Farrar.
Second wife's children:
Daniel 7 , b. Feb. 20, 1805; d. 1847.
Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1807; m. Benson Clock.
David, b. Feb. 9, 1809; d. 1888.
Sally, b. Feb. 16, 1811; m. Cyrus Coffin.
Susan, b. Nov. 8, 1813; m. Cyrus Baldwin.
Laura, b. Sept. 5, 1816; m. Anderson Corning.
David Blaisdell 7 was born February 9, 1809, at the old home-
stead on Meredith Parade; spent his boyhood on his father's
farm, attending the district school. At an early age he learned
the carpenter's trade, which he followed all his life. August 22,
1837, he married Eliza Sanborn Gilman of Tamworth. She was
born March 17, 1814, the daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah
Sanborn Gilman. She died March 28, 1899. After her marriage
to David Blaisdell they lived for a few years at Lakeport, but
after the death of his father he moved back to the old home on
the Parade. In 1854 he built the house now occupied by C. H.
and William B. Swain. After a few years the old house was taken
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down. A depression in the field is all that is left to tell where the
old house stood. Children:
David Napoleon 8 , b. Jan. 3, 1839; d. Feb. 19, 1850.
Charles Henry, b. July 1, 1841; m. Marion Wardwell.
Eliza Anna, b. May 27, 1845; m. George Gray; d. May 19,
1923.
John Clark, b. Sept. 23, 1874; d. 1919.
Hannah Gilman, b. - -; m. John H. Robinson; d. Jan. 5,
1925.
Frank Napoleon, b. Sept. 20, 1851; m. Grace E. Weeks;
d. June, 1913.
Mary Susan, b. Aug. 25, 1853; m. J. Frank Weeks; d. Sept.
30, 1902.
Stephen Boynton, b. Mar. 4, 1856; d. Jan. 20, 1918.
Frank Napoleon 8 (David, John, Jacob, Philip, John, Henry,
Ralph) was born September 25, 1851, at the old homestead on
Meredith Parade. He attended the district school. At an early
age he learned the carpenter's trade and worked with his father.
He also worked for many years on the steamboat Lady of the
Lake. April 29, 1886, he married Grace E. Weeks of East Boston,
Mass. She was the daughter of John Francis and Mary R.
(Strate) Weeks. She was born August 13, 1863. He died June
11,1913. The latter part of his life he spent as a farmer. Their
child:
Carl Forrest, b. Aug. 31, 1887.
Hugh Blaisdell, a son of Jacob Blaisdell, born October 18, 1765,
at East Kingston, was buried in the McCoy yard. Hugh Blais-
dell was an early settler in Meredith; born June 6, 1793; died
June 10, 1876; he married Mary Quimby, September 3, 1816;
she was born in 1788 and died June 10, 1860. They had a son,
Winchell Blaisdell, born in Meredith, February 15, 1821; died
June 6, 1892. He married Mary Jane Runnells, July 21, 1843.
She was born May 20, 1821 and died in 1893. She was a daughter
of Israel Runnells, who was the only child of Hannah Follett
Runnells. History states that the line runs back to John Alden
and Priscilla. Abbie (Blaisdell) married a Folsom. She was a
daughter of Winchell and wife, Mary Jane Runnells.
Bertram Blaisdell, born in Meredith in 1869, was a son of
Philip D. Blaisdell and wife, Jane B. (Leavitt) Blaisdell. He has
been associated with several kinds of business, besides his legal
122 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
practice. He married Georgia Moulton of Roxbury, Mass.
Their children :
Beatrice, b. 1898; m. Edward K. McDonald.
Dorothy F., b. 1901.
BOYNTON
From Mrs. {Sanborn, daughter of Jacob) Bond's Papers
Taken from a copy of deed from Simon Finley Williams to
Richard Boynton, of what he had left of the land of Minister's
lot in Meredith:
Begining at a stake and stones South of my house, close by the ledge, on the
Province Road, then runing on said road northwardly till it Strikes the bound
of land to the said Richard Boynton 's formerly a part of said Lot then Runing
on said Line North about seventy & a half degrees west to (Isaac) Farrers line
then on said Farrers line to the Corner tree that bounds said Lot thence on the
rangeway till it comes to a Stake & Stones the bounds of a fifteen acre piece of
Land Sold to the Town then on said line eastwardly or thereabouts to the
bound in the Road first mentioned.
Dated Aug 1st 1799.
Richard Boynton's wife was a Williams. (From Boynton
Book.) Richard 5 Boynton, born May 15, 1756, in Rowley,
Mass.; married Susannah Williams, who was born on Davis
(Governor's) Island, July 11, 1754. He removed to Meredith
about 1795 and was the leading merchant there; he died in 1802.
She died in 1835. They had a daughter, Sally, who married
Nathan Davis of Meredith, also a son, John, born in 1786;
married Sally (Durgan) Page, born in 1789. He was a farmer in
Meredith and town clerk for some years; he died in 1845. They
also had a son, Stephen, born in 1782; married; died in 1852.
This Stephen had a daughter, Mary Boynton (from local people),
who married a Mr. Hall of Portsmouth, Ohio. Stephen 6 Boyn-
ton and a daughter, Mary, later lived in a small house on the right
side of the lane going in to the County Farm. Mrs. Lewis Perley
knows where the house stood. This must be the house where
Mrs. Herbert Sanborn states that her great-grandfather, David
Boynton, a brother of Richard, lived for a short time, while
building the red house, where Mrs. Joseph Pitman's house now
stands.
From the Boynton Book: David was a brother of Richard,
above; baptized 1745/6. He married, first, Susanna Woodman
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of Rowley, January 7, 1773; married, second, previous to 1794,
I.ydia, widow of William Sibley. They removed from New
Rowley, Mass., to Meredith about 1790. He died about 1790;
she died October 1 ( >, 1826. Their children, sixth generation:
Susanna, m. William Moses; lived in Gilmanton.
Betsey, moved west.
NATHANIEL, b. Mar. 20, 1778; m. Hannah F. Morse, Oct. 3,
1806; both d. in Vermont.
FRANCIS W'., b. 1786; m. first, Mary Oilman; she d. Nov.,
1841. He m. second, the Widow Clough.
Children, seventh generation:
Susan B., m. Bradstreet Wiggin.
Charlotte, m. William F. Noyes.
Mary, m. Harrison Messer.
George.
Lewis W\, b. Mar. 7, 1825; m. Eunice E. Smalley, 1848.
They had a son, David, d. single at Campton; also a dau.,
Ella A. Boynton.
Nancy, b. Nov. 3, 1791, in Meredith (her mother d. then,
opposite Mrs. Perley's. Mrs. Sanborn is authority for
this). Nancy m. Nathaniel J. Randlett of Oilmanton.
She d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1880.
Susan Raxlet, seventh generation, m. William Moses;
resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Line of David and Richard:
John, b. 1614; came to Rowley, Mass., 1638; was a tailor by
trade, also tilled "acre and a half of land."
Joseph, b. 1644; m. Sarah Swan of Rowley, 1669.
Richard, b. 1675; m. Sarah Dresser 6 1701; children b. in
Rowley.
Nathaniel, sixth child, b. 1712 ; m. Mary Stewart of Rowley,
Mar. 8, 1736 7. He was shipwrecked and lost near Annis
Squam, Cape Ann, May 13, 1762. Their twelve children
b. in Rowley.
The history of Rowley, Mass., gives the name of John Boynton,
who early settled there. He came to America with a brother.
William Boynton and wife were dismissed from church at Salis-
bury to join a church at Kingston, August 20, 1732.
David Boynton came to Meredith before 1800; he married Mrs.
Sibley, who had a son, George L. Sibley. He has a son, Francis
Worcester Boynton, who married Mary Gilman Sanborn of
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Gilmanton, 1784-1841, a daughter of Josiah Sanborn and wife,
Jeminah, of Epping. Their children:
Matilda, 1811-1814.
Susan, b. 1813.
George F., 1815-1815.
Charlotte, b. 1817.
Mary G., b. 1819.
George F., b. 1822.
Lewis W., b. 1825.
Charles H., b. 1827.
David Boynton had a daughter, Charlotte, born March 1, 1785.
Richard Boynton, a brother to David, had land and buildings
in 1763, in Kingston, from William Boynton, perhaps his father.
Richard Boynton lived in Meredith on a small place, the land a
part of the "Minister's lot," so called, about opposite the old
Pound. Later it was the "Davenport Tavern," which inn he
kept for a time. He married Susanna , 1754-1835, as her
gravestone states. They are buried in the first yard in Meredith,
opposite the Pound. Tradition tells that he died of spotted fever.
His pension record is among the Revolutionary pensioners of
Meredith and states that he went as a substitute for Joseph Smith
of New Hampton, who was mustered the second time. Richard
Boynton was given a land bounty of 160 acres; part of the land
lies in Meredith and a part in New Hampton. The cemetery is
on the line on his land bounty. The land has a road on each side,
one leading to Meredith Centre. The east side road leads up the
hill, towards Meredith, this side of where Robert Smith, the
Pioneer, settled. The old Boynton farm was the one where John
Pollard now lives. It had a log house first, and a spring near the
house supplied water on the bounty land.
From Gravestones
William Boynton, 1761-1814, married Mary -, 1763-
1831.
Ebenezer Boynton, 1777-1847, married Sally Boynton, 1783-
1860.
William Boynton, 1780-1860, married Amanda Hawkins,
1784-1858. Their daughter, Emma Boynton, married John
Reynolds. Lives in Meredith.
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A sister, Mary Etta, married Charles McCrillis. He died and
she married, second, Freeman Jewell.
John Boynton, married Sally (Durgin) Page, widow of Dr.
David Page.
Joseph Boynton, 1789-1834, married Nancy, 1794-1854.
David Boynton, 1744-1807, married Anna, 1757-1842.
David Boynton, 1808-1879, married Mary, 1808-1892.
Charles McCrillis' father was Hiram. He lived on McCrillis
Hill. Charles had a brother, George.
Old Bible Records
Mark Boynton, married Desire . Their children:
Capt. Coburn R., 1815-1845; m. Mary - — in 1843.
John C, 1817-1819.
Mark W., 1819-1867; m. Desire Barrell in 1814.
Josiah B. and Desire (twins), b. 1820.
James M., b. 1821.
Susan T., b. 1823; m. Andrew J. Walker, Lawrence, Mass.
Nathaniel, b. 1828; had a son, Hosea; lives near Beech Hill.
Thomas R. and John S. (twins), b. 1830; Thomas m. Mary
R. Cram in 1853, sister of Samuel. John m. Sally Smith;
another sister, m. Moses Pease.
George H., b. 1832.
Oliver Otis, b. 1834.
Mark W. Boynton, born in 1819, and wife, Desire Barrell.
Their son, Nathaniel Boynton, married Mary , 1831-1850.
Their child, Lizzie B., 1868-1868.
Nathaniel Batchelder Boynton married, second, Olive Jane
Chapman, 1830-1899. She was a daughter of Joseph Chapman,
1770-1812, and wife, Phebe R. Boynton, 1798-1867. They lived
nearly opposite the Ed Wiggin place, and are buried in the
Wiggin yard.
Christopher Chapman, 1807-1835, his wife, Polly Chapman,
1773-1809. Josephine Chapman, 1822. Stones are also in this
yard.
Mark Wentworth Boynton, born in 1856, a grandson, inherited
a beautiful set of china from the Chapman family, which he has
in his home, on the D. W. Highway, above Meredith. He
married, in 1879, Nellie J. Smith, born in 1857, daughter of
Francis Fisk Smith and wife, Mary J. Philbrick, she a daughter
126 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
of Joseph and Polly Chase of Deerfield. Francis Smith was a
son of Stuart Smith and wife, Lydia Hoyt.
Mark W. Boynton and wife had a son, Albert C. Boynton,
1886-1911. Another son of Mark Boynton was George Henry
Boynton, who married Jane Fogg, daughter of Levi Fogg and
wife, Sally (Wedgewood) Fogg, who lived at Winona. They
were buried at the Fogg's Tavern yard, but were removed to
Meredith by Mr. Stone, who bought the farm. Another son of
Mark Boynton was Mark C. Boynton, who married Ruth
Hawkins in 1845.
John Boynton, 1782-1859, married Eliza, widow of Francis
Lyford, 1808-1873. Their child died in 1849, aged 19 months.
Another child, Colburn, 1815-1845. Buried at Winona.
Luther Boynton, 1823-1892, married Sarah E. Mead, 1819-
1896. Their son, Mead Boynton, married S. Eliza Veasey,
1859-1894, daughter of Aaron Veasey of New Hampton. She
died and he married, second, Alice Mary Lawrence in 1897.
Their children :
Hazel Elizabeth, b. 1898; m. Ronald E. Downing. Their
child, Rosamond Downing. They live in Meredith.
Leslie Mead, b. 1901; m. Evelyn Dow of Moultonborough.
Marion Mead, b. 1903; m. Bernard Cady Smith, son of
Cady Smith of New Hampton. Their children: Bernard
Cady Smith, Jr., b. 1926; Bessie Elizabeth, b. 1928.
Markers in the Boynton Yard at Winona
Mary Boynton married Benjamin Hawkins; parents of Albert,
Edwin, Rufus, Mary Ella (who married Harrieson Perkins),
William Hawkins. Samuel Boynton, Nathan and Mary were
brothers and sister.
Inscriptions
Ira C. Boynton, 1837-1920; his wife, Sarah Chase, 1842-191o.
Their children :
Bessie L, b. 1875.
Mariette E. Chase, b. 1846.
Nathan Boynton, 1814-1891 ; first wife, Johanna L., 1808-1866;
second wife, Lucy Sceggel, 1827-1913.
Arthur W. Boynton, 1848-1871.
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Charles R. Boynton, 1821-1864, was in 12th Regiment, Co. 8,
N. H. Vols. His wife, Lucy Hawkins, 1830-1913. Their
children :
Elbridge G., 1853-1928; d. at Ashland. He was born in
Center harbor; buried at Green Grove Cemetery, Ashland.
Their children: Mrs. Minnie Drake of New Hampton;
Mrs. Blanche Taylor of New Hampton; Mrs. Alice Hughes
of Ashland; Eddie and Elmer Boynton of Ashland; Carl
Boynton of Wayne, Maine; Clarence Boynton of Littleton.
Eddie V., 1858-1865.
Charles M., 1859-1915.
Rufus Boynton, 1823-1898; his wife, Joan S., 1823-1867.
Mark Boynton, his son, Nathaniel Boynton. Children:
Joseph, lived beyond Slab City.
Mark Wentworth, 1790-1807, Meredith.
Lizzik B., d. young.
Hosea, lives near Beech Hill.
Harry C, m. Catherine - -; lives on Meredith Neck.
Nathaniel, m. Abby Pierce. He b. 1858; she d. 1929.
Aaron Chase's mother was Sarah Boynton.
David V. Boynton, 1744-1807; married Anna - -, 1758-
1843. Their children:
William B., 1761-1 SI 4.
Nancy B.
Augusta B.
David B.. 1808-1879.
Mrs. Reynolds' Bible Records
Marietta Boynton, born in 1854, married Freeman Jewell of
Holderness.
Emma A. Boynton, born in 1856, married John J. Reynolds in
1882.
Susan Hawkins married John Hart; lived on the Sinclair Farm;
moved west. Children:
Sands M., b. 1852.
Fred A., 1853-1854.
Charles D., 1856-1877.
Elmer W., b. 1863.
Lilla A., b. 1864 in Racine, Wis.
Nellie Louisa, b. 1868.
128 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Monument in Smith Yard at Winona
Eben r Boynton, 1798-1881; his wife, Betsey; his second wife,
Susan Boynton, 1812-1856. Their daughter, Ann B., 1831-1847,
married McKinley, 1847-1920. Children: Emily and Edwin.
Relatives of above Boynton family.
Monument in Meredith Village Cemetery
William D. Boynton, 1814-1878; first wife, Mary Woodman,
1813-1845, daughter of William D. and Mary Woodman; second
wife, Amanda Hawkins, 1822-1902; Laura J., 1843-1856.
Front of Monument in Meredith Village Cemetery
Timothy Dudley Hawkins, 1795-1881, was a soldier in War of
1812. His wife, Susan, 1793-1873. Their children:
Alonzo, 1819-1826.
S. Jennie, 1833-1856.
Harriett T., 1840-1843.
Sarah Boynton was the wife of Luther Boynton. She was
Susan Mead.
Mrs. Roberts was a Davis, a sister of Mrs. Folsom, who had a
son, John.
John Folsom's grandmother, Sally (Davis) Boynton, and
Nancy (Davis) Boynton were twins, and they married Eben and
William Boynton.
BROWN
John Brown, born on the Island of Jersey, off the coast of
England, came to New England and settled in Hampton in 1639,
on four acres near a branch of the river, which was granted him.
He did not stay there, but bought ten acres not far away from it,
and had more land. He married Sarah ; they had eight
children; he died in 1687. Their third son and fifth child, Jacob,
born in 1653, married Sarah Brookin of Portsmouth. They had
nine children. Their oldest child, John, born about 1684,
married in 1706, Ruth, daughter of Roger Kelley; they lived at
Hampton Falls, and had five children. Their third son, Daniel,
of Stratford, 1712-1786, married in 1749 (Polly) Mehitable,
1724-1786, daughter of Jacob Brown and wife, Mary Brown.
She was a daughter of Isaac Green and wife, Mary (Cass) Green.
genp:alogies 129
Jacob Brown, born in 1691, was the son of Benjamin and wife,
Sarah (or Elizabeth) Brown of Salisbury, Mass. (the division
called Seabrook). Benjamin Brown was son of John Brown, as
first mentioned, and wife, Sarah. He was born in England.
Daniel Brown of Strafford and wife, Polly, were cousins. They
moved from Strafford to Holderness and later to Campton.
Their children :
William, m. Eliza Smith; he b. 1822.
Nicholas, m. Eliza Page of Holderness. Two children.
Edward, m. Mehitable Perkins of Campton. One child.
Nancy, m. Newman Crowell of Campton. Five children.
Daniel, m. Caroline Willoughby of Holderness. Two
children.
Mary, m. Oscar York. Seven children.
John, m. Amanda Downing. Nine children.
Stephen, m. in Iowa.
Lightning at one time struck a maple tree near the house, ran
into the chimney and through a brick, leaving a hole the size of a
knitting needle, then out and around the room and down into
the cellar.
William Brown, born in 1822, married Eliza, daughter of Robert
Smith and wife, Sally Morrill, a daughter of Smith Morrill and
wife, Sally Smith; she a granddaughter of Moses Smith, who
lived on the Sayward farm. They had five children:
William Harrison, b. in Holderness, July 4, 1843; d. 1924.
He m. Sarah Elizabeth Willoughby in 1865. Their
children: Harry Leslie, b. Dec. 1866; m. Mary Webster in
1888, dau. of Amos W^ebster of Center Harbor. She d.
1890; he m., second, Mrs. Emma Wilson, dau. of Alanson
Cox of Meredith. No children. Bertha Beartice Brown,
b. 1871, m. 1901, Ira L. Powers, b. in Lyman. Their chil-
dren: Sarah Mary, d. 1903; Bernard L., b. 1905 in Meredith.
Sarah J., m. John Ames. Five children.
Mary Elizabeth, m. Henry L. Smith. Four children.
(See Smiths.)
Elmina J., m. Daniel W'hicher. Five children.
Nellie E., m. John Adams; both dead; buried in Los
Angeles, Calif.
BRYANT
Old Bible Records from an old Bible sold at Auction
Robert Bryant, a Revolutionary soldier, buried on Meredith
Neck.
130 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Abram Bryant, born October 10, 1810; his wife, Mahala, born
in 1812. Their children :
Lorenzo F., b. 1832.
Harriet B., b. 1834.
Ar villa J., b. 1840.
Hosea H., b. 1850. He was adopted by them in May, 1851.
BICKFORD
Jonathan Bickford, born in 1766; his wife, Abigail, born in 1769.
Children:
Lydia, b. 1789.
Bracket, b. 1791.
Jonathan, b. 1793.
Phebe, b. 1795.
John, b. 1798.
Ebenezer, b. 1800.
Priscilla, b. 1803.
James, b. 1805.
Abigail, b. 1810.
As history, Walter Bryant was born in New Castle, about 1710;
was at "Lamprey River Village " in 1735. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Jeremiah and wife, Elizabeth Folsom, she a sister of
Col. Jeremiah Folsom of Revolutionary fame.
Walter 2 married Molly Watson in 1778. He married, second,
1786, Hannah Goodwin. He was a land surveyor and run the
line between Kingston and Exeter. He was a Revolutionary
soldier.
John 2 settled in Pembroke; was a member of the legislature from
Bow and Dunbarton. He was prominent in church work.
Mary 2 married Edward Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and wife,
Jemina, she a daughter of Edward Hall.
Anne 2 married Eliphalet Smith, born in 1759, son of Cornet
Winthrop Smith, born in 1732, married in 1756, Mary, daughter
of Rev. John Moody. She was, as history states, a woman of
strong intellect and very amiable.
Another daughter married Eddy Hall Burgess.
Henry Bryant settled in Lowell. James was a soldier, in 1755,
in the French and Indian War.
Benjamin Bryant settled in Moultonboro. His son, Hazen
Bryant, 1797-1868, was in Meredith.
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Ensign Robert Bryant was a Revolutionary soldier. He was
in Meredith, lived on Meredith Parade, on the Wadleigh Farm,
before the Revolution, working as a carpenter, and later lived on
Meredith Neck. He married Abigail — . They had among
children, as their old Bible states, Abram Bryant, born October 10,
1810, in Moultonboro, who married Mahala - — , born in 1812.
They lived on Meredith Neck. They with his father, Ensign
Robert Bryant, and wife, Abigail, are buried on "Boardman
Hill," Church yard, in the northwest corner, with field stones to
mark their last resting place. These new settlers were poor, but
descended from the best New England families.
Children of Abram and Mahala Bryant:
Lorenzo F., b. Oct. 1, 1833.
Harriett B., b. 1840.
Hosea H., b. 1850, adopted by them in 1857.
Meredith town records state that Charles Bryant married
Julia E. Jenness, in 1868, in Meredith.
Robert Bryant had a sister, Dolly (Bryant) Nichols, who lived
part of the time on Bear Island and ran a "carry" to the main
land.
In the allotment of seats in the Meetinghouse at Portsmouth,
1693, impowering the Selectmen to allot seats for the men, Robert
Bryant was among them, and "the room over ye womens stairs
if for women to sit in." Among them was Robert Bryant's wife.
Walter Bryant and wife, Elizabeth (Folsom) of Dover, had a
daughter, Mary, who married Edward Smith, a descendant of
Capt. John Smith.
Walter Bryant, born 1710 at Newcastle, lived at Newmarket
(Lamprey River Village). James Bryant was a soldier in 1755.
From Old Bickford Bible
Robert Bryant and wife, Abigail, of Moultonboro, had a son,
Abram Bryant, born in 1810; his wife, Mahala Bickford, born in
1812. Their children:
Lorenzo, b. 1832.
Harriett B., b. 1834.
Arvilla, b. 1840.
Hosea H. Bryant was adopted by them in 1857. He was born
in 1850.
132 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
BURLEY OR BURLEIGH
Runnells writes that the name Burley, or Burleigh, according to
history, dates back to Queen Elizabeth's day. "Burghley, the
castle on the moor." Later the name was shortened to Burley,
by four brothers — Joseph, Nathaniel, David and Daniel. At one
time when they were together, they stepped on the scales and
tipped 900 pounds.
Giles Burley married Elizabeth - - in Ipswich, Mass., in
1648. Runnells gives a good history and lineage in the "San-
bornton Town History of the Burley Family."
They, like other new settlers, went farther into the interior
country to make homes, through Newmarket to Gilmanton, where
some of the fourth generation signed the "Association Test."
Nathaniel' married Sarah Powell, and settled for a short time in
New-Market, later in Canterbury. In 1767 he signed the "Peti-
tion" there, and moved on to Sanbornton. They crossed the
river at Sanbornton Bridge (now Tilton), not far below the present
Tilton Island, on a bridge covered with birch poles. Mrs. Bur-
leigh rode a horse with her two youngest children, and had a sack
containing a half bushel of meat to cook, and also their poultry in
a straw bed-tick with holes cut through for the chicken's heads so
that they could breathe. These were put on each side of the
horse's back. The father, with the two older children, boys,
drove two cows along to their new settlement of 50 acres, which he
had received from the proprietor's, as he was the first carpenter for
houses in town, where he had previously built a small log cabin.
When they arrived he helped his wife and children off the horse,
opened the door of the cabin made of bark, and said to his wife,
"Walk in, ma'am." She laughed and cried.
The story goes that for sometime he had to go back for work as
far as Deerfield, as they had no crops, or much land cleared to
plant crops. He went to Deerfield, some 40 miles southeast, and
brought corn home on his back for them to eat. Their cows ran
and browsed in the woods, and he gathered meadow grass to help
feed them in winter. He was a highway surveyor of the town in
1795; he died in 1818; they had nine children. Their youngest
son, David Burleigh, settled in the Second Division near the
Meredith line. He married twice, had six children, one who
served in the Revolution. David, the youngest son, born in 1773,
GENEALOGIES 133
married Polly, daughter of Jacob Thompson. He finally settled
in Meredith Hill; died there in 1819, aged 46 years. They had
ten children. The oldest son, Jacob Thompson Burleigh, born in
1797, married Nancy S. Mason of Meredith, daughter of Comfort
Burleigh and her second husband, Mason of Meredith.
He married, second, Lydia (Bodwell) widow of Daniel Smith
Burleigh of Meredith. Their son, Daniel Smith Burleigh, born
in 1844, drove a mail stage from New Hampton to Tilton foreight
years. He married Clara Minnie Pike of Peabody, Mass. She
was born in Laconia in 1852, daughter of James and wife, Lucy
Ann (Wiggin) Pike. They settled in her father's home (Ridge-
field Farm), near Meredith Center, where he died. Children:
Gracia Josephine, b. May 19, 1870, in Peabody, Mass.
James Pike, b. Sept. 7, 1872, in Meredith.
Ada Belle, b. Apr. 4, 1876, in Meredith.
BURLEY
Giles Burley, as history states, had a wife named Elizabeth.
Their children: Andrew, James, Giles and probably John.
Giles Burley's will (as Essex records), dated July 18, 1668,
states "that all ingagements by my uncle deceased, be fulfilled."
He mentions "wife Elizabeth, eldest son Andrew, James, John and
his property." He makes "his friend Theophilus Wilson ex-
exeter, and friend decon Thomas Knowlton, and Jacob ffoster
overseers to see that the will is performed."
Their second son, James (2), born February 10, 1659; died in
Exeter about 1721. He married in 1685, Rebecca, daughter of
Thomas and wife, Susanna (Worcester) Stacy. She died in 1686.
Susanna was a daughter of Rev. Witham Worcester of Salisbury.
In an agreement in 1723 between Joseph, Josiah, Giles and James
Burley they are mentioned as sons of James Burley, late of
Exeter.
Their fifth son, Josiah (3), born in 1701 ; died in Newmarket in
1756. He married Hannah, daughter of Hon. Andrew Wiggin,
who was judge of probate.
Their second son, Thomas (4), died in Sandwich. He married
Mercy Norris at Deerfield in 1776. He was one of a committee
to "look out for a suitable place to Sett a meeting house." In
1774 he was justice of the peace and in 1775 moved to Sandwich
to what was known as "Burleigh Hills."
134 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Their fourth child, Samuel (5), died in Sandwich, July 5, 1851.
He married Ruth daughter of Joshua and wife, Ruth (Carr)
Prescott, she born December 7, 1768; died in 1843. Their chil-
dren:
Molly, b. 1785; m. Joseph Kelley, son of Jacob and wife,
Deborah (Page) Kelley. Deborah Page was a dau. of
David Page of Epping. Their children were: Samuel and
Eliza, who m. Henry Bean.
Sally, b. 1788; m. Benjamin Tuttle of Meredith.
Stephen, b. 1791; m. Hannah, dau. of Rev. Daniel Quinby
of Lyndon, Vt. He m., second, Hannah, dau. of Col.
Parker and wife, Priscilla (Senter) Prescott. She was a
widow of Charles Cox, b. 1800. Their children: Charles
A., who m. Emma Cummings of Holderness; also Daniel
and Elvira.
Samuel Norris, b. 1793; m. his cousin, Ruth, dau. of Rev.
David and wife, Annie (Prescott) Bean.
Benjamin, b. 1795; m. in Boston. They had one dau.
Hannah, 1796-1829; m. 1819, her cousin, Daniel Q. Bean.
John, 1798-1877; m., first, Priscilla, dau. of Col. Parker and
wife, Priscilla (Senter) Prescott of Holderness, she b. 1802;
m., second, 1864, Sally, dau. of Ebenezer and wife, Sally
(Wentworth) Hodsdon. She was a widow of Andrew
Folsom of Ossipee. Their children:
Betsey, 1825-1848.
Priscilla (7), m. John Ambrose.
John Curtis, b. 1829; m. Rebecca Leeds; one son, Josiah
Leeds, and a dau., Ann, who m. Norman Woodbury.
Josiah, 1823-1855; m. Clara Ham in California.
Samuel H., b. 1839; m. Betsey Smith, dau. of Andrew
and wife, Sally (Wentworth) Hodsdon, b. 1831.
Their children: Evelyn, b. 1871; Emily, b. 1848.
Ruth, b. 1800; m. Daniel Randlett; settled in Vermont.
Mercy, b. 1802; m. Samuel Smith of Sandwich.
Thomas, b. 1804; m. Theresa Pierce. Their children:
Hannah, m. Dr. George Sanborn; Annette (7), m. Dr.
George Sanborn. Their children:
Annette and Annie. Annie Theresa (7), b. 1838; m.
1858, Levi Wentworth. Their children: Mary, b.
1861; Grace, b. 1865; Theresa, b. 1870.
Frank E. (7), b. 1843; m. 1867, Emily M. Ambrose of
Sandwich; one son, Thomas, b. 1868.
Polly, 1807-1830.
Joshua Prescott (6), b. 1810; m. Betsey Bowker, dau. of
David and wife, Lydia (Creig) Silsby, b. in Maine. Their
children:
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Laura Amanda (7), m. John T. Nanus of (lay, N. Y.
Horace Webber (7), b. 1841; enlisted in the 18th Maine
Artillery. He died in a hospital in Washington in
1864.
Charles Lewis (7), b. Aurora, Maine; m. Ann Giles.
He served three years in 81st New York Regiment,
and was discharged.
John Henry (7), b. 1845; m. Mary McCarthy; was one
month in the army.
Frances Elizabeth (7), b. 1847; m. Robert Parker.
Maria Langdon (7), b. 1849; m. Cyrus Pierce; lives in
Brewster, Maine.
David Silsby (7), b. 1851; m. Flora Parker.
Samuel Melvin (7), b. 1852; m. Aurelia Foster; lived
in Michigan.
Clarence Edwin (7), b. 1858.
Brainerd Willis (7), b. 1861.
Stephen Burley (Samuel and wife, Ruth (Prescott) Burley),
born in 1791, married Hannah Prescott. Their children:
Daniel, who lived on Oak Hill, Meredith.
Elvira, m. M. Daniel Hawkins.
Olive, m. Stone.
Loretta Wilhelmina, m. William Fernal of Meredith.
Harriett, m. Gordon.
Chase.
Another Record
Stephen (6) Burley married, first, Hannah, daughter of Rev.
Daniel Quimby of Lyndon, Vt. He married, second, Hannah,
daughter of Colonel Parker and wife, Priscilla (Senter) Prescott,
she a widow of Charles Cox, born in 1800 in Holderness. Stephen
was a son of Samuel (5) Burley and wife, Ruth (Prescott) Burley.
Samuel (5) was a son of Thomas (4) and wife, Mercy (Norris)
Burley. Thomas died in Sandwich. He married, first, 1779,
Hannah Etheridge. He married, second, Susan, daughter of
Benjamin and wife, Lydia (Hanson) Watson, widow of Colonel
Lewis Went worth of Dover.
Note. — Perhaps both are right, as many of them named their
children the same name.
BURPEE
From the old Burpee Bible, printed in 1809. The Burpees of
New Hampton, N. H., came from Boscawen, N. H.
Joshua W. Burpee, married Mary A. Webster, January 1, 1833.
136 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Eliza Burpee, married John Knowlton, March 10, 1825, at
Potter Place,
Judith W. Burpee, married Reuben Goodwin, December 6,
1832.
Mary S. Burpee, married Hiram Simpson, March 24, 1836.
Roxy Burpee, married James H. Peabody, October 26, 1836.
Augustus Burpee, married Sarah G. Robinson, September 25,
1837, at New Hampton.
Hubbard G. Hutchinson, married Phebe Webster, October 20,
1834, at Canterbury.
Nath 1 F. Webster, married Miriam Couch, September 22, 1834.
James R. Webster, married Mrs. Catherine Cannon, July 31,
1886.
Joseph W. Webster, married Eliza Bogardus, June 15, 1842.
Mrs. Mary A. Burpee, married Samuel Gilman, Sept. 5, 1843.
Augustus Burpee, died May 22, 1885, at New Hampton.
Births
Jeremiah Burpee, born February 19, 1748; married Elizabeth
Maxfield, born May 1, 1748. Their children:
Betsey, b. May 25, 1777.
Jeremiah, b. Mar. 15, 1779.
Nathaniel, b. Feb. 27, 1781.
Betsey, b. Mar. 17, 1783.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1786.
Esther, b. Nov. 30, 1788.
Cynthia, b. Apr. 3, 1792.
Old Bible Records
Joshua W. Burpee, born April 29, 1809; died in 1839; married
Mary A. Webster, born May 20, 1810. Their children:
James R. W., June 17, 1834-1836.
Phebe E., Aug. 1, 1836-1837.
Joshua Francis, July 3, 1838-1859.
Jeremiah Burpee's children:
Eliza., b. Feb. 20, 1805.
Judith W., b. Mar. 8, 1807.
Joshua W., b. Apr. 20, 1809.
Augustus., b. July 12, 1812.
Roxy B., b. Feb. 3, 1815.
MaryS., b. Feb. 9, 1817.
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Deaths
Betsey Burpee, died May 28, 1701; daughter of Zerah and
Elizabeth Burpee.
Elizabeth Graves, died October 8, 1801; daughter of Thomas
Thompson.
Thomas Burpee, died May 22, 1807 ; son of Nath 1 and Catherine
Burpee.
Betsey Emery, died July 20, 1809, aged 27; daughter of Zerah
and Elizabeth Burpee.
Esther Burpee, died May 20, 1810, aged 88 years; daughter of
Ezra Scott Burpee.
Elizabeth, died October 13, 1812, aged 82 years; daughter of
Eliphalet Burpee.
Lewis Sheridan, died November 16, 1812; son of Zerah Burpee.
Eliphalet Burpee, died January 6, 1819, aged 29 years; son of
Zerah and Elizabeth Burpee.
Deacon Nath 1 Burpee, died December 25, 1815.
Nancy Burpee, died December 17, 1817.
Catherine Burpee, died February 14, 1818.
Hester Burpee, died February 22, 1819.
Old Bible Records
Amos Wardwell, born October 11, 1770.
Polly Wardwell, born August 28, 1772.
Isaac Wardwell, born November 29, 1775.
Abiel Wardwell, born November 25, 1777.
Phebe Wardwell, born April 29, 1780.
Sally Wardwell, born February 11, 1785.
Ihon Wardwell, born September 19, 1786.
Jose Wardwell, born December 3, 1788.
Jese Wardwell, born December 3, 1790.
Reuben Wardwell, born April 23, 1795.
BUZZELL
The early Buzzells came from Barrington. John Buzzell, born
in 1802, was a carpenter, and settled in Meredith, now Laconia.
He attended the Advent Church, in Lakeport, for over fifty years;
he and four other men built the church. He married Miss Hill;
they had four children. He married, second, Miss Batchelder
138 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
of Meredith; they had two children. He married, third, Abigail,
daughter of Ebenezer Marston of Tamworth; they had five chil-
dren. The oldest was Charles E. Buzzell, who left school to go
into the Civil War. He was in the midst of several battles
and badly wounded, was discharged in 1864 and returned. He
worked for the Concord and Montreal Railroad and built several
passenger stations; also built the Greene residences on Long
Island, the Senter House at Center Harbor, and superintended
building the Court House at Laconia. He married in 1867,
Jennie, daughter of Amos L. Veazey of Meredith. They had a
son, Charles W. Veazey Buzzell, who filled many offices of public
trust.
CALEF
The earliest record, as history states, of the family is of Jeremiah
Calef, or Calfe, in Exeter in 1751, who married Molly (Mary)
Calef of Exeter in 1772; she died in 1797. Jeremiah was a clothier
in Exeter. His will was probated in 1762, in which he bequeathed
domestic utensils and plate to his son, Jeremiah, then abroad, or
in case he did not return to New England, his native country,
the same to go to Jeremiah's daughters. He moved to Sanborn-
ton in 1789, in a double sleigh, and bought a place and called it
"Calef Hill." Evidently he gave a saw and grist mill and 27
acres of land in Exeter village for his Sanbornton farm, where he
built a house in 1793, and history states that Elder Woodman
offered a prayer "when the frame was ready to raise." (A much
better example than the custom with many in ye olden days, that
celebrated with a barrel of rum at a raising.)
The descendants of the several generations that followed were
highly respected and good citizens.
Samuel, son of Samuel, born in 1816, was a farmer and shoe-
maker. He married, first, Sally Ford, daughter of William Ford,
a descendant of Capt. John Ford of Nottingham, who kept a
garrison. William's wife was Hannah W. Coffin.
Sally's father, William Ford, established the iron foundry
business in Concord and made a specialty of ploughs and stoves.
Their stove, the "Eclipse," bears the palm. Sally died in 1852,
at Meredith, near the Center, where they had settled. He mar-
ried, second, Nancy Badger, born in 1798, widow of John Ladd
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of Upper Gilmanton (Meredith); she died in 1858. There were
children that drifted to other homes.
JONATHAN CALLEY
Elisabeth, His Widow
August 16, 1832, Jonathan Calley of Sanbornton, aged 76
years, deposed :
that he enlisted at Epping, N. H. in Mch or Apr, 1775, under Capt Brown,
of Poplin, N. H. and was stationed at Portsmouth, and at Great Island, under
Col Long, for three months:
September 1st 1775, he enlisted under Capt Norris, Col Cilley, as a substitute
for his brother Eliphalet Calley, for six mos, lacking four days:
that he again enlisted in May 1776, under Capt Daniel Gordon, serving at
Peeksville, N. V. and Plonk's Point for three mos;
that in Aug 1778, he voluntered at Epping under a Muster Master, and
served three mos in R. I. under Capt Dalton;
that in June 1780, he enlisted under a committee sent from Newburyport,
Mass, and was to appear at Newburyport, in a few days to muster. After this
he was drafted from Daniel Gordon's Co, of Militia in Epping, for a Continental
Soldier, and the town of Newburyport, paid his fine of $500. to Capt Daniel
Gordon, for not responding to the draft; was put under Sergeant Oliver Stearns,
and marched directly to West Point, where he was put under Capt Brimhall,
Col Weston; (Certificate from Town Clerk of Newburyport that $900. dollars
was paid Jonathan Calley for six mos service, as a soldier for said town, raised
by virtue of a resolve of the General Court of Mass, June 1780, is annexed to
Soldier's declaration: that while at West Point he saw a Soldier by name of
Clifford, from Rye, N. H. condemmed to death by General Washington, and
shot, and declarent made his coffin: he served six mos, at West Point and in
N.J:
that he was born in Epping, and lived there until the close of the Revolution,
when he moved to Sanbornton, N. H. where he has since resided.
(Signed) Jonathan Calley.
Rev. Abraham Bodwell and John Sanders, both of Sanbornton,
certify to their belief in soldier's veracity, etc. A receipt is also
enclosed in application:
Epping the 22day of June 1780: Received of Jonathan Calley, five hundred
dollars, I say received by me as witness my hand, It being for his fine, as he
was drafted for the Contal Service.
(Signed) Daniel Gordon, Capt.
Aug 2d 1832, John Osgood, of Gilmanton, N. H. aged 71 years, testified that
Soldier served in R. I. for three mos, with himself, under Capt. Moses Dalton
of Epping, in 1777 or 1778.
John Osgood
140 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Aug 20th 1832, Jewett Sanborn, of Kensington, N. H. aged 73 yrs, testified
to service with soldier at West Point, in 1776, for three mos, beginning in Aug,
in 1776, under Capt William Prescott, Col Tash,
Jewett Sanborn
Claim allowed.
March 8, 1843, Elisabeth Calley of Sanbornton, aged 85 years,
applied for pension, Act of 1838, and 1842, and deposed:
that she is the widow of Jonathan calley, Revolutionary Pensioneer, who
died Jan 18th 1840, in Sanbornton, N. H.
and that she was married to him, June 28th 1781, at Epping, N. H. her
maiden name was Betty Cole. (Certificate from Town Clerk of the record of
town is annexed) ;
Signed by a mark.
Same day, Jonathan Calley, of Sanbornton, N. H. aged 54 yrs, testified that
he had lived under the same roof with applicant for more than fifty yr years:
that Soldier died as stated, and that she remains his widow.
Jonathan Calley
Claim allowed, under Act 1843.
CARR
Robert Carr of Newbury, Mass., married Ruth .
Robert Carr, aged 60 years, born in New Hampton, lived in
Meredith (Laconia), as vital records show. He married, second.
Clara (Bean). Her first husband was Graves. She was a
daughter of Henry Bean of Brentwood, and was married in 1873.
They are buried in the Page yard (Community) at Weirs.
Robert Carr, aged 63 years, was a farmer in Meredith ; married
in 1873, Abigail Smith of Laconia, aged 50 years, which was her
second marriage. Tradition states that he kept the Carr Tavern,
as early as 1823, on Meredith Parade, where Clarence Jones now
lives. In 1850, Capt. William Pike was the last landlord. It
was sold in 1856 to John Blaisdell.
Dr. Orren M. Carr of Meredith, aged 25 years, son of Robert
Carr, born in Cambridge, Mass.; married in 1876, Mrs. Lizzie J.
(Perkins), widow of Batchelder, aged 44 years, her second
marriage. She was a daughter of Jacob Perkins of Ashland. It
was said that Dr. Carr was a man of great strength and a good
farmer. At one time his judgment failed him. He did not feel
well and went to Meredith to mill and to see Dr. George Sanborn.
The doctor looked him over and gave him a box of pills, with
directions to take one pill as a dose. He went back to the mill
GENEALOGIES 141
after his grist and showed the pills to Frank Canney the miller,
saying, "I don't believe those little things will do me any good,
one at a time, and I will eat half of them if you will eat the other
half." This was agreeable to the miller, so they divided the pills
and each ate half of them. The result was that Frank had to take
his bed for a time. The doctor was tough and would not give up,
but he had a hard time. The story went that Dr. Carr carried
rocks in his pockets to keep him balanced so that the wind
would not blow him off the hill.
Robert Carr, father of Dr. Orren Carr, was born near the Ben-
nett Swain farm and is buried in Meredith Village Cemetery.
He married, first, a Miss Batchelder and, second, Lizzie Perkins.
He lived early in life with Ebeneezer (called Sullivan) Robinson.
Tradition tells the story that Dr. Carr was quite a talker. It is
told that at one time some summer people called for a drink of
water, which he gave them. (His well was deep and the water
very cool. They remarked that it seemed as cold as ice water,
and asked the doctor how he kept it so cold. His reply was:
"I'll tell you. In the fall of the year I pump the water all out of
the well, then I turn in a pailful and let it freeze, then after it
freezes I turn in another pailful and let that freeze, and keep
doing it until the well is full, and as it thaws out we draw it up.
That makes good cold water." The callers believed the story
for a long time and told it, and they often returned to quench their
thirst.
Another yarn was: "A man came along, and said I should like
to buy some milk of you. Yours looks good and clear and that
that I have been buying has a scum on it after it sets over night
and I don't like the looks of that scum." The doctor sold him
milk.
Inscriptions on stones in Carr Burying Ground, Gilford:
Robert Carr, died 12 Mar. 1849; aged 71 years
His wife
Ruth died 30 Mar. 1865; aged 84 years
A daughter
Dolly, died 22 Feb. 1814; aged 2 years, 9 months
John L. Carr, died 28 Apr. 1851; aged 37 years
Capt. Richard Carr, died 28 Nov. 1891; aged 85 years
Betsey Clifford, wife of Capt. Richard L. Carr, died 21 Aug. 1883; aged 73 years
Mary ()., wife of Charles H. Boynton, died 16 Mar. 1887; aged 41 years
142 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Back row in yard, next the fence:
Simon C. Carr, died 8 Aug. 1880, aged 47 years
Masonic emblem on stone
Wife
Harriet B., died 7 Feb. 1865, aged 34 years
Small stones, children:
Elisabeth, died 26 Dec. 1863; aged 5 years
Hattie F., died 17 Aug. 1868; aged i}4 years
Richard S. Carr, died 23 Aug. 1868; aged 1 year
CARTER
The family of Daniel Parsons Carter. He had sisters: Mary,
married Nason Smith, lived in Meredith; Betsey, married Asa
Ladd. The family moved to Holderness, as statement of Rox-
anna C. Fogg, who was over 90 years of age; she was the wife of
Albert C. Fogg of Sandwich. They went with an ox sled and
cleared the land and built a log house near Rattlesnake Mountain.
In later years, the house burned. The names of other families
that lived on that road were Smiths and Felches, near Chick's
Corner to Holderness.
Daniel Parsons Carter was a Revolutionary soldier. He mar-
ried (Polly) Mary French, a relative of Asa French. They lived
in Holderness, near Rattlesnake Mountain, going to Sandwich.
Their children:
Daniel, b. 1805; m. 1826, Mary W. Carr, b. 1804, of
Meredith, a sister to Robert Carr, who lived on the
" Province Road."
Robert Carr, m. Clara Bean, 1817-1873, dau. of Henry
Bean, 1793-1872, and wife, Comfort Bean, 1790-1869.
The Bean family are buried in the Page yard, at the Weirs,
also other children of Henry Bean and wife. Comfort
Bean, 1828-1856, was the wife of Dudley Swain. Betsey,
wife of Levi Bean, 1805-1827; Mary and George Gault.
Children of Daniel Carter and wife, Mary W. Carr:
John Martin, 1826-1856; m. Susan M. Webster of Holder-
ness in 1846.
Charles Sargent, 1828-1902 ; m. 1892, Mary Jane Gould of
Vermont. Their children : Augusta L., b. 1857 ; m. George
E. Anderson; second, George E. Tasker. Charles E. r
1866-1873.
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ROXANNA Clara A., b. 1830; m. Albert C. Fogg in 1848.
Their dau., Mary A. Fogg, b. 1850.
Russell Hoyt, b. 1833.
Alfred Dana, 1837-1839.
Alfred Lewis, b. 1842; m. Martha Boynton; second, Mary
Frances Wiggin. Their son, Guy, married Jennie Ladd,
on Ladd Hill. Their children: Daniel and Russell.
Mary Frances, b. 1851.
CATE
Ebenezer F. Cate, 1792-1850; his wife, Hannah, wife of Na-
thaniel Norris, formerly wife of Ebenezer Grove, 1796-1864.
Simeon Cate, 1763-1852; his wife, Nancy, 1766-1850.
Simeon Cate, 1793-1879; his wife, Polly, 1799-1850.
Ebenezer H. Cate, 1799-1873; his wife, Naomi P., 1810-1860.
John Mooney Cate had a son and daughter — John Lyman
Cate and Mary Cate, who married Norman Corliss. They had
children: Norman, Jr., and Clarence Corliss, who married Clara
Belle Cox.
CAVERLY
From Daniel Perkins Record Book
George A. Caverly was born in Meredith, May, 1834. After
attaining manhood he worked as a shoemaker at Meredith Center.
He married Mary J. Sanborn, born 1840, daughter of Christopher
Sanborn and wife, Mehitable Philbrick. Their children:
Nellie May, b. 1861.
Charles, b. 1863.
Elizabeth, b. 1865.
Carrie Lenora B., b. 1867.
Jennie L., b. 1869.
John C. Ervin, b. 1871.
Annie Maud, b. 1877.
Dan, b. 1879.
Stephen Hunt, the youngest son of Philip and wife, Anna
Perkins Hunt, born in Sanbornton, married Polly Folsom of
Gilmanton in 1824. Their son, Charles Albert Hunt, born in
1827, married Mary Susan Dudley in 1849. He was a soldier in
the Civil War, lived in Laconia; died in 1868. Their son:
Fred Oscar, born in 1851, learned the printer's trade. He
married Sadie Wilkinson in 1873. Their son, Harry
Frederick Hunt, born in 1874 in Laconia.
144 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
CAWLEY
Thomas Cawley and wife, Mary , as history states, were
early in Epping, a subdivision of Exeter. They had three sons
who were said to be the ancestors of the branch of the family in
Meredith. Their sons:
Thomas, Jr.
Jonathan, b. 1757 in Epping.
Josiah, b. 1758 in Epping.
History states that one Thomas Cawley removed to Sanborn-
ton, probably from Stratham, and lived near "Turkey Bridge,"
over Salmon Brook (where a mill was built, and some one stole
a turkey for the raising, so the story goes). This was before 1784.
Thomas Cawley had a sister, Mahala Cawley, born March 18,
1780, who married Timothy Smith, Jr. He was in Sanbornton
before the Revolution and was one of the four Smiths in Sanborn-
ton who signed the "Association Test"; he died February 12,
1812, and was buried on his farm west of the Obadiah Eastman
farm on "Steele Hill," where they lived on the brow of the hill
overlooking one of nature's wonderful views of the lakes and
mountains, and in the distance can be seen land in the state of
Maine. The land was later owned by Benjamin Burleigh, and
is now the property of Mr. Tyler.
From Mrs. Olive E. (Cauiey) Swain
Thomas Cawley of Sanbornton, ancestors of the Meredith
branch, also the Thomas branch that lived at "Turkey Bridge."
Their children:
Mahala, b. Mar. 18, 1780; m. Timothy Smith, Jr.
Chase, 1782-1810.
Sally, b. Oct. 18, 1784; m. Richard Moulton.
Nancy, b. Jan. 23, 1787; m. Henry Morrill.
Thomas, Jr., b. Aug. 31, 1789; m. Huldah Wadleigh.
Chase Cawley, 1782-1810, married . Their child,
William Dame Cawley, 1803-1833, married Nancy T. Sanborn,
daughter of Lowell and wife, Mary (Marden) Sanborn, born in
Gilford. Lived at Weirs. Their children:
Lowell Chase, 1826-1877, m. Olive Chandler Wiggin, 1851,
dau. of William Whitehouse Wiggin and wife, Sally Swain
Wiggin. Lowell Chase was a farmer on Meredith Parade.
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Henry Morrill, 1828-1831.
Amanda Dame, 1830-1897; m. Wilson Chase; m. second,
William H. Wiggin of California, 1864.
Francis Moses, 1832-1889, m. 1860, Susan Maria Wiggin,
dau. of Daniel Wiggin of Meredith Neck. Their children:
Eleazer Davis, b. 1862 in Meredith; Sarah Maria, b. 1864
in Laconia; Nancy Lucinda, b. 1866 in Laconia; Katie
Lizzie, b. 1869 in Meredith.
By Mrs. Cawley
Lowell Chase Cawley branch (Thomas \ Chase 2 , William Dame 3 ,
Lowell Chase 4 ). Lowell Chase Cawley, born September 23, 1826,
in Gilford, died October 24, 1897; married January 7, 1851,
Olive Chandler Wiggin, daughter of William Whitehouse and
Sally (Swain) Wiggin, who was born March 26, 1829, and died
February 16, 1913. They lived in Laconia. Children:
Henry Morrill, b. Mar. 18, 1857; m. Caroline Lavinia
Bonyman.
Emma Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1859.
Frank Lowell, b. Mar. 13, 1862.
Annie May', b. July 2, 1864; m. Charles Everett Morgan.
Fannie Louise, b. May 14, 1866; m. Herbert Rufus Young,
son of Rufus Young of Easton.
Olive Eva, b. May 23, 1868; m. Aug. 3, 1893, Charles E.
Swain.
Charles Wilbur, b. Aug. 5, 1871; m. June 20, 1908, Elsie
Vanzandt Jensen of California, b. Jan. 31, 1877.
Henry Morrill Cawley branch (Thomas 1 , Chase 2 , William Dame 3 ,
Lowell Chase 4 , Henry Morrill 5 ). Henry Morrill Cawley, son of
Lowell Chase and Olive (Wiggin) Cawley, was born March 18,
1857, in Laconia; married Caroline Lavinia Bonyman, December
28, 1887. She was born March 14, 1867. He lives in Salem,
Mass. Children:
Ada Verbena, b. in Salem, Mass., Oct. 10, 1888; d. July 29,
1911; m. Dec. 25, 1908, Frederick Osborne Morrill, b.
Dec. 29, 1883. Child, Marjorie, b. Feb. 6, 1909.
Frank Bonyman, b. in Salem, Mass., Mar. 23, 1891; m.
May 3, 1924, Winifred Morris Catlin, dau. of Dr. Arnold
Wel'ls Catlin, who was b. Jan. 12, 1903. Child, Arnold
Wells Catlin, b. Mar. 31, 1925.
Henry Lowell, b. in Salem, Mass., July 25, 1893; m. Nov.
21, 1923, Ethel Florence Brown, who was b. Mar. 16, 1903.
Child, George Lowell, b. Mar. 12, 1925.
146 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Annie May Cawley branch (Thomas 1 , Chase 2 , William Dame 3 ,
Lowell Chase 4 , Annie May 5 . Annie May Cawley, born July 2,
1864; married September 20, 1882, Charles Everett Morgan, son
of Langdon Gilman and Olive (Sanborn) Morgan. He died
March 11, 1894. Children:
Henry Langdon, b. in Laconia July 8, 1884; m. June 6, 1906,
Caroline Evelyn Taylor. Child, Kathleen Olive, b. Apr.
23, 1909.
Harvey Frank, b. in Laconia May 7, 1887; m., first, Bernice
E. Twombly, Oct. 9, 1907. Child, Roland Douglas, b.
July 10, 1908; m., second, Catherine A. McCabe, Oct. 10,
1920. Children: Ann Louise, b. Jan. 25, 1922, and d.
Mar. 20, 1923. Richard Everett, b. Apr. 26, 1926.
Fannie Louise Cawley branch (Thomas ! , Chase 2 , William Dame 3 ,
Lowell Chase 4 , Fannie Louise 5 ). Fannie Louise Cawley, born May
14, 1866; married November 27, 1889, Herbert Rufus Young,
son of Rufus W. and Lucinda (Merrill) Young, who was born
May 30, 1865; died February 18, 1912. Children:
Infant, b. July 1, 1891; d. July 3, 1891.
Ray, b. Apr. 8, 1895 ; m. Feb. 4, 1924, Irene Gage Southwick,
who was b. Sept. 27, 1898.
Harold Herbert, b. May 30, 1903.
Amanda Dame Cawley branch (Thomas 1 , Chase 2 , William
Dame 3 , Amanda Dame 4 ). Amanda Dame Cawley, born May 8,
1830; died October 2, 1897; married, first, July 26, 1851, Wilson
Chase, who died November 4, 1864. Children:
Henry Eugene, b. Sept. 3, 1852; d. Mar. 15, 1871.
Mattie Ann, b. Oct. 5, 1854; d. June 5, 1869.
Married, second, September 6, 1868, William Henry Wiggin,
who lived in California. He was an eastern man, but no one
seems to know where he was born.
Francis Moses Cawley Branch (Thomas 1 , Chase 2 , William
Dame 3 , Francis Moses 4 . Francis Moses Cawley, born in Gilford,
May 20, 1832; lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., and was a railroad man;
died December 9, 1889; married August 9, 1860, Susan Maria
Wiggin, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Robinson) Wiggin of
Meredith. Children:
Eleazer Davis, b. Mar. 28, 1862; m. June 12, 1902, Edith
Fulghum Stewart, dau. of Rev. Robert Stewart. Child,
Ruth Wiggin, b. Mar. 9, 1903.
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Sarah Maria, b. Julv 22, 1864; unm.
Nancy Lucinda, b. July 24, 1866; m. Mar. 21, 1897, William
A. Walker, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., who d. Feb. 16, 1925.
Child, William A., b. Aug. 8, 1900.
Kate Lizzie, b. Feb. 11, 1869; d. July 23, 1874.
CHAPMAN
Robert Chapman, born in 1616, was one of the first settlers
of Say Brook. The Saxon word Chapman means marketman or
merchant. In the "History of the Pequot War" he was in 1637
in a skirmish with the Indians.
Robert Chapman settled on land at Oyster River (Dover) ;
probably he was a native of Yorkshire, England. His parents
were Puritans. He married Ann Blith in 1642. They had
seven children.
The early Chapman family were in Newbury, and later in
Hampton, on the Winnicut River. History tells us that they
came from the northeastern part of England, near the Scottish
line, about 1642.
Moses Chapman married Almeda Blake. They had a son,
born in 1867.
Moses E. Chapman, son of Moses of Dover, married, in 1875,
Sarah E. Cram, daughter of Lucian Cram of Meredith.
Robert Chapman was an early taxpayer in Dover, in 1663.
Mary B. Chapman married Andrew Nealey of Meredith.
Their son, John Xealey, died in 1854, aged 65 years.
Nellie Chapman died in 1890, aged 16 years, daughter of Moses
Chapman and wife, Margaret Westwood.
Sarah P. Chapman married Caleb Swain. He died in 1855.
Their son was Samuel B. Swain.
Ebenezer Chapman married Adeline Neal in 1820.
Edward 1 Chapman came from Yorkshire, England, to Ipswich,
Mass. He married there and had several children. His wife,
Mary Symonds, died in 1653. He married, second, Dorothy,
a daughter of Richard Swain.
A descendant, Moses Chapman, went to Meredith from Dan-
vers with the Martin shoe factory after the railroad came in.
He married in Danvers, Mass., Margarey Westwood from Dun-
fermline, Scotland; they had ten children. The eighth one,
Jennie Alberta Chapman, was born in Meredith, where Camp
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Anawan is now located, near Center Harbor line. She married
Rev. Justin D. Fulton of Somerville. He had been a pastor in
Tremont Temple ten years.
The old Chapman homestead is still owned by the family and
leased to Camp Anawan, which is a recreational camp for girls.
Mrs. Fulton still occupies a summer home on the old homestead.
She has one daughter married, Mary Fulton Brinig, who came
here with her mother in summer for a time.
Moses Chapman was in the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers.
Joseph Lang was Captain of the company, from Meredith and
William Foss was drummer boy.
From Mrs. Jennie C. Fulton
Moses Chapman was the first of that family to settle in Mere-
dith. His ancestors came from England and settled in Ipswich,
Mass., in 1835. He was born in Danvers, Mass., where he mar-
ried Margaret Westwood of Dunfermline, Scotland, and where
he remained until, with his family, he removed to Meredith to
superintend the first shoe factory established there prior to the
Civil War.
In 1858 he purchased the farm bordering on Lake Winne-
pesaukee, on the Center Harbor town line. After the death of
the parents, their son, George, and their daughter, Anna, occupied
the homestead during their lives, and it still remains in possession
of the family, although used by Camp Anawan as a summer
recreation camp for girls.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Moses Chapman enlisted in
the 12th New Hampshire Volunteers and served with Company I
in many of the major battles of the war.
Two of his children, Dr. Frank H. Chapman of Groveton and
Mrs. Jennie (Chapman) Fulton of Somerville, Mass., are, with
their families, still summer residents of Meredith.
CHASE
As history states, Aquilla Chase came to America in 1630. He
was at Newburyport, Mass. Thomas 2 , born in 1646. Jona-
than 3 , born in 1683.
William 4 , born in 1709, married Phebe Rollins. They removed
from Newbury, Mass., to Stratham, N. H. Their son, William,
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1742-1806, married Phebe Piper, 1751-1834, a daughter of
Thomas Piper. They removed to what was then Sanbornton
(later Meredith) in 1777 and settled near the site of the First
Baptist Church, originally "Meredith and Sanbornton Church."
The church later was moved to Gaza, in Sanbornton, but the old
burial yard has grown to trees, partially walled in and deserted.
He was the first deacon of that old church, when Elder Crocket
preached there.
William Chase had thirteen children. The eighth child was
William 6 , 1774-1816. He married Abigail Piper, daughter of
Gideon Piper and wife, Widow Rachel (Sanborn) Griffith of
Meredith. This William 6 lived and died on the John Russell
farm, beyond the Dolloff neighborhood.
Abel Chase and Susan Russell were married in 1819 by Elder
Moses Cheney. Abel is buried on the Russell farm. They had
children :
Frank of New Hampton.
Moses Russell, 1832-1901; m. Jane Corliss of Meredith.
James, m. in Lynn, Susan Newhall. Their children:
Emma, m. John Veasey; Ethan, lived in Massachusetts.
John B., settled one mile over the New Hampton line from
his father's home (Abel). He m., in 1854, Sarah Ann
Marston, dau. of Hazen Marston and wife, Tryphena
(Ray) Marston; Tryphena Ray, a dau. of Capt. William
Ray of Meredith. Their children : Ida, b. 1855, m. George
Saunders of Laconia. Harry S., b. 1859, m. Katherine,
dau. of Samuel B. Smith of Laconia. Their dau., Olive
Chase, m. George Mayo. Their children are George
Mayo, Jr., and Katherine Olive Mayo.
John Chase, born in 1786, at Meredith. His wife, Sally
Leavitt, born in 1790. Their children:
Luther M., b. 1811 ; m. Roxanna Gordon; lived in Meredith.
Their children: Albert A., a physician who d. in the Civil
War, and Noah H., who lived in Meredith.
Aaron B.
William, d. 1871; m. Mrs. Melvina (Smith) Taylor, dau.
of William Smith of Holderness. Children of Mrs. Mel-
vina Smith Taylor: Flora E., m. George H. Mooney of
Lakeport. Abbie, m. Harry Peeks. Nelson J. Chase, b.
1869, a successful farmer in Meredith. After William
Chase died his brother, Luther M., m., second, his widow,
Melvina (Smith) (Taylor) Chase.
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John W.
Stephen L.
Wealthy.
Maria.
Hosea.
Russell Farm in Meredith
Abel Chase, 1798-1855. His wife, Susan Russell, 1802-1861.
Their son, Moses, married Jane Collis, a sister to George Collis
and Frank Collis.
Nathaniel Chase, 1843-1831.
There are several graves with field stones.
James, m. Susan
John B., m. a dau. of Hazen Marston.
Frank, m. Sarah Swain.
Mark, single.
Mary, m. Leavitt Dolloff.
Eliza, m. Dolloff.
Susan, m. Jared Sparks; second, Webster.
Eleanor, m. Martin.
Nathaniel Chase, a Revolutionary soldier, was killed in 1781.
His wife's name was Betsey.
Thomas Chase had a son who lived on Meredith Neck. He
had a son, Madison, buried in Meredith Village.
Edward Chase lived on Chemung Road, and owned mill prop-
erty he bought from Captain Bickford.
Daniel Chase lived near the David Gilman place.
Moses Russell Chase married Sarah Susanna Blood, in 1829,
both of Meredith; married by Elder Parker Fogg.
James Chase of Meredith married Eliza Davis of Gilford in
1834.
John S. Chase of New Hampton married, in 1871, Frances J.
Tilton, a daughter of John Sanborn Tilton and wife, Mary F.
Thompson; lived near the Cawley farm in Sanborn ton. Their
children:
Lillian Irene, b. 1872.
Mary Francis, b. 1873.
Mary, m. Leavitt Dolloff.
Susan.
Nellie.
John Busiel.
John Chase, m. Mary Perkins in 1839; both of Meredith.
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Aquilla Chase, born in Cornwall, England, about 1618, was in
Hampton. He married Anna, daughter of John Wheeler; died in
Newbury, 1670. They had eleven children.
John Chase, grandson of Aquilla of Newbury, Mass., married
Abigail Chase. As history, these were the ancestors of the
Chase family in New England.
Old Bible Records
Mrs. Myra (Chase) Burpee's Record at Lake port
The Chase family lived in Meredith, down near the lake. The
road runs east, opposite the Roller Coaster Road on the D. W.
Highway.
Jonathan Chase. His son, John Chase, married Mary Chase of
Meredith. Their daughter, Myra Ella Chase, married Augustus
Ross Burpee of New Hampton. They lived in Meredith, near
the Perkins family.
Jonathan Chase, born October 9, 1779; died in 1861 ; married in
1805, Polly Tilton, 1785-1861. Their children:
Almira, 1807-1846; m. Joshua W. Wiggin, as his second
wife, in 1826. Their children: Jane, m. Abram Moore;
they moved west. John, settled in Belmont. Martha.
Sarah, d. young.
John, 1810-1862; m. in 1839, Mary Perkins, 1812-1897.
John Chase and wife's children: Avis Ann, 1842-1870.
Lydia J., b. 1845. David P., 1847-1864. Myra Ella, b.
1852; m. Augustus Ross Burpee in 1875. Their dau.,
Ethel Theodate Burpee, b. 1884, is a teacher near Boston.
Hannah M., 1812-1861.
Mary Ann, 1818-1895; m. Benjamin G. Young in 1850.
Cynthia, 2d wife, 1821-1872.
Mary Eliza, 1855-1877, m. Manley Burpee in 1875.
John D., b. 1867, lives with his sisters, Lydia, and Mrs.
Burpee at Lakeport.
From the Chase Bible, Printed in 1830
Thomas Chase, born March 20, 1775; his wife, Abigail, born
June 13, 1775. Their children:
Thomas, Jr., b. Dec. 17, 1799.
Sally, b. Mar. 15, 1801.
Moses, b. Mar. 13, 1803; m. Sarah S. Chase, b. May 27,
1809.
Nancy, b. Jan. 4, 1805.
Clarissa, b. Feb. 27, 1807.
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Madison, b. Aug. 1, 1809.
Augusta, b. Nov. 20, 1811.
Belinda, b. Mar. 12, 1815.
Abigail, b. June 8, 1817.
Mira Abby Eaton, married April 2, 1829; died in 1856.
Salmon S. Chase, born July 22, 1879; married Salmon Farrar,
born May 13, 1809.
Asa Blood, born December 15, 1780; died in 1853.
Sally Blood, born August 30, 1803.
Martha Blood, born December 7, 1835; died in 1857.
Asa B. Blood, born July 2, 1807; died in 1825.
Sarah Susanna, 1809-1827.
Jonathan Blood, born in 1811.
Martha Blood, born in 1814.
Hannah A. and Frances M. Blood, born October 2, 1822; died
in 1822.
CHENEY
John Cheney, the emigrant, came from England to Newbury,
Mass., with his wife, Martha , where he died in 1666.
Their grandson, Daniel 3 through Daniel, 2d, born in Newbury in
1670, married Hannah (Emerson) Duston of Indian fame. Their
grandson, Nathaniel ', through Nathaniel, 3d, born in Haverhill,
Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier and moved to Sanbornton.
He died in Campton.
Nathaniel Cheney, born October 7, 1747; died August 3, 1833;
married Elizabeth Ela, born August 4, 1746; died June 12, 1832.
Their children:
Daniel, b. June 26, 1770; d. Dec. 18, 1849.
Elizabeth, b. June 11, 1772; d. July 19, 1807.
Moses, b. Dec. 15, 1776; d. Aug. 9, 1856.
Hannah, b. Mar. 19, 1779; d. about 1869.
Abigail, b. June 21, 1781.
Marah, b. July 28, 1783.
Nathaniel, b. Aug. 20, 1785.
Israel, b. June 10, 1788.
Rebecca, b. Oct. 4, 1790; Nov. 23, 1830.
(These inscriptions were taken from the old family Bible,
published by His Majesty's Printers, Mark & Charles Kerr,
MDCCXCV.)
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The third child of Nathaniel and wife, Elizabeth Cheney,
Moses, born December 15, 1776, married Abigail Leavitt, daugh-
ter of Moses Leavitt. They lived in Sanborn ton, where he stud-
ied for the ministry. He preached his first sermon on a large
rock on the Batcheldor farm, and was the first man to preach in
the Bay Meeting House in Sanbornton. He preached for a time
in several towns; was settled in Meredith (then Gilmanton), in
the Pease neighborhood; he was a Baptist. There are many
descendants in different towns and states.
Moses Cheney, son of Nathaniel Cheney, the Revolutionary
soldier (who died in Campton, and was removed to Blair's yard,
on the Cheney lot, with his wife), born in 1776. He married
Abigail, daughter of Moses Leavitt, born in 1767, who was a
Revolutionary soldier also; both lived in Sanbornton. He
learned the joiner's trade, but felt a call to preach and studied at
Gilmanton Academy. He preached his first sermon on a rock
ledge, on the Batchelder farm, and was the first man to preach
in the Second Baptist Church at the "Bays," which church was
built in 1808. He preached there some eight years and later at
"Pine Hill Church." (Pine Hill was a Meredith and Sanbornton
Union Church, but later was moved down to the town of San-
bornton and is now the Third Baptist Church in that town. I am
informed it is the original building repaired; a very neat little
church.)
When settled at "Oak Hill Church" in Meredith, he felt that
he had better go to Hill to preach, and, being undecided, one
evening at prayer he asked God's guidance as to his decision.
Rev. Moses had a son, Joseph, a lad some ten years of age, who
did not want to go to Hill to live. Being a lively lad, he went up
on to the roof of the house, while his father and mother were at
their evening prayer, and when his father was asking guidance,
young Joseph spoke down through the big square chimney and
answered his father thus: "Moses, tarry thou another year in
Meredith."
Another son of Elder Moses Cheney was Moses, born in 1812,
in Sanbornton. He was a fine scholar, very musical, and he
taught singing at schools in many locations, also in eighty towns
in Vermont. He was a very good teacher, but had a bad temper
when bothered. While teaching in Montpelier, Vt., where he
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was very strict, there was one boy among his scholars, not liking
his disipline, who wrote:
"The Devil flew from North to South
With Old Mose Cheney in his mouth,
And when he found he'd got a fool
He left him here to teach our school."
CLEMENT
The Clement family came from Leicistonshire, England, about
1642. After being here for a time Robert Clement was at Salis-
bury, at the mouth of the Merrimac River, and went up to Penn-
tucket, where some acquaintances of his had stopped and bought
land of Passaconaway, where Haverhill now stands, which was
named for Haverhill in England. Here Robert Clement cleared
land for "ye planting of ye corn." In 1645 he was one of thirty-
two landholders there. History states that he caught a stray
horse and gave this description of her: "She is a sorrel, with a
little white star on her forehead and a few white hairs on her left
shoulder; she is a mare which has been ridden."
As the generations grew up and increased they began to build
places of worship. In 1708 Nathaniel Clement having attained
manhood, being 19 years old, was one of fifteen who were given
permission to build "a seat to sit in," in the west gallery of the
meetinghouse at Haverhill. They promised not to build it so
high as to "damnify the light of the window at the end of the
gallery" and to make up the number of twenty persons to occupy
the seat.
Jonathan 4 Clements, born in Newbury, Mass., was a great-
grandson of Robert 1 . He was a prominent shipbuilder in New-
bury, Mass. He married Mary Greenleaf, born in 1699. Their
children multiplied and married, and the generations that fol-
lowed down to Jonathan 6 , who was born in Kingston in 1753, a
subdivision of Hampton. He married, in 1773, Hannah Page,
daughter of Ephraim and wife, Hannah (Currier) Page. In 1773
he went to Warren and was given a lot of land there by Enoch
Page, one of the proprietors. He built a log house, and went
"down country," and got him a wife. He was not of age at the
time he was married. He enlisted in 1777 with a company that
marched from Concord and joined the Continental Army; he
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attained the rank of sergeant. After his return he kept a tavern
at Warren.
The story runs that at one time the people had a church service
at the inn. Jonathan Clement sat inside the bar of his inn, with
his hat on, as there was a crowd in the office. The minister
preached a while to the saints, then began talking to the wicked.
Mr. Clement jumped up and shouted Amen, and said that he
thanked God that the minister was preaching to sinners. An-
other man arose and said that he advised the minister not to
dwell long on the subject, as there was only one sinner present and
that he was shut up in the liquor bar, where he couldn't do any
harm. Tradition states that he always wore a hat, and was
never seen with his head bare.
Jonathan Clement and wife, Hannah Page, had fifteen children.
Six died from spotted fever in 1815. He was a good citizen, and
the children who lived married well and raised families.
Their fourth child, Jonathan, born in 1780 at Warren, married
Margaret French, born at Epping in 1778. As there were no
railroads, he started a freight route between Boston and Montreal,
where he carried, by wagon, tea, tobacco, molasses, etc., up into
the country, and on the return trip took produce which he either
bought or had pay for transporting. Later he ran the Clement
Tavern, which was a meeting place for the county. They had
political meetings that were called "Hotbeds of enthusiasm."
They also had religious conventions. He was strongly religious,
and his wife also. He was elected deacon in the church, and was
active in the militia.
They had eight children. The second, Jonathan, born in 1805,
married Betsey P. Aiken, born at Wentworth. He was a sur-
veyor and was in the lumber business in Warren ; also a member of
the militia.
They had ten children. The oldest, Albert Aiken 9 Clement,
born in 1836, at Warren, married Hannah E. Page, and married,
second, Susan E. Marston. They had seven children, the first,
Albert Aiken, born in 1836, married at Woburn, in 1873, Hannah
E. Page, daughter of Luther and Hannah (Murray) Page. He
was in the ice business for a time, but later was in real estate. In
1891 he moved to Laconia and bought a farm on Ladd Hill in
Belmont, where he farmed for ten years, then returned to Woburn,
Mass. Bv first wife he had three children. The first was Louise
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Page Clement, born in 1874. She married, in 1895, Edward
M. S. Culver. She married, second, in 1898, Dr. Greenwood H.
Knight of Dexter, Maine. He died. Their children: Dorothy
Hathaway Knight, Enid Louise, Weston Clement. Mrs. Knight
resides in Laconia.
CLOUGH
John Clough, sometimes spelled "Cluff," sailed from England,
on the ship Elizabeth, in 1635, as history states. He stopped for a
time in Charlestown ; later drifted inland. He married Jane
, by whom he had seven children. She died in 1680 at
Salisbury, Mass. He married, second, in 1686, Martha Cilley.
The Norfolk records show several transfers of land as he went
farther inland.
The several generations of descendants ran down to Phillip,
born in Canterbury. He named a son Phillip, born in Canter-
bury, 1799-1887. After attaining manhood he went up into
Meredith and bought land and settled there, where he lived sev-
eral years. He was a great reader, and thereby secured much
information on the topics of the day. In his last years he had the
great misfortune of being blind. He married Martha S., daughter
of Samuel and wife, Louisa (Sanborn) Shaw of Meredith, she
having been born in Chichester. Their children:
Martha S., m., second, Ezra Avery of Campton. They
had one child. Mr. Avery d. and she m., third, Eli Bun-
ker of New Hampton.
John S., d. young.
Aaron Sanborn, b. 1834; traveled extensively dealing in
stock. He was in the rebellion on a hospital boat on the
Potomac. After a time he returned to Meredith, and ran
a provision store. In 1890 he opened a house to accom-
modate summer boarders, which became very popular and
profitable. He m. Ellen N., dau. of Joseph Knowles of
Moultonboro. Their only child, Bessie M. Clough,
1877-1892. He made several inventions, among them a
plough, which was liked.
This branch of Cloughs are of Scotch descent.
Oliver Clough, 1762-1847, was a Revolutionary soldier in Col.
Alexander ScammeH's 3d N. H. Regiment; he is buried in Mere-
dith Village Cemetery. He married Martha, daughter of John
Libbey, whose ancestors settled in Portland. They were some of
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the oldest members of the Congregational Church of Meredith,
probably after it was moved into the village. Oliver Clough
married, second, Sally Kenney. He moved to Meredith in 1843.
Children by second wife: John Kenney Clough, 1812-1877,
married Ellen Lunt of Gray, Maine. They had seven sons:
William O., 1840-1906, m. Julia Moore of Manchester. He
was editor of the Nashua Telegraph. Their children:
Charlotte, m. Chester Cornish of Portland.
Christine Rolfe, b. 1888 in Manchester; lives in Nashua.
John Freeman, b. 1841, was mustered in 1862, in the 12th
N. H. Regiment, was wounded at Chancellorville, Va., and
discharged at Concord in 1863. He married Annie L.
Kenney.
George S., 1843-1898; d. in Goffstown. Their children:
Mrs. Mae Poore and Mrs. Lizzie Mudgett.
Charles B., 1845-1863.
Henry Byron, b. 1847; m. Irene Cilley of Meredith.
Frank E., 1851-1917.
Edward Hamlin, b. 1860; lived in Meredith until 1880,
when he moved to Manchester and went into business.
He m. in 1884, Etta P. Prouty, b. 1866 in Spencer, Mass.
Their children:
Frank E., b. 1886 in Manchester.
Elsie, b. 1888; m. Frank G. Gilcrest. Five children.
William Oliver, b. 1892; d. in France in the World War.
Julia Marion, b. 1899; m. Richard I. Bouton in Man-
chester. They had two children. The mother
passed away.
The "Spindle City" has not weaned Edward Hamlin from his
birthplace, "Old Meredith," and the old home ties of his child-
hood. He has built a pretty home, which fronts Meredith Bay,
near his birthplace, where he spends many week-ends. He
cleaned up the water front, has put in a nice wall, and has a park
with stones from many parts of the world around it, where he has
preserved an old oak tree whose age is unknown. He has beauti-
ful shrubs and statues which attract much attention from passers-
by on the road to Center Harbor and Meredith Neck. Mr. and
Mrs. Clough entertain many friends there.
Oliver Kenney Clough, another son of Oliver Clough, the
Revolutionary soldier who rests with his kindred in Meredith
Village Cemetery, was born in Gray, Maine, 1816, and died in
1852. From a fly-leaf of a pocket Bible it shows that he resided in
Nashua in 1839.
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In 1843 he left Meredith Village for Illinois (at that time it was
sparsely settled) and joined a company of eastern pioneers who
had settled at Du Quoin, 111. Here he took up land and followed
his trade as carpenter. He took an active part in social and
church affairs, and was a charter member of one of the First
Presbyterian churches organized in Central Illinois.
In 1844 he married Mrs. Mercy Ann Hill, widow of Rev.
Jeremiah Hill of the M. E. Church; she died in 1872, aged 57
years.
Oliver K. Clough died, leaving a wife and two children — Har-
riett, 1848-1857, and John P., born in 1845. In 1864, while in
school in Chicago, he enlisted in the Union Army.
In 1866 he drove four yoke of cattle across the plains, from the
Missouri River to Montana, which took three months and twenty
days.
In 1868 he rode horseback from Montana down through Utah
and the Colorado Canyon to Arizona and to Los Angeles, a town
then of 4,000 inhabitants. Later he went to Nevada and, upon
the completion of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail-
roads, he returned to Du Quoin, 111.
In 1871 he married Lucy A. Ross, whose parents were from
Vermont, she being their only child.
Oliver T. Clough, born in Du Quoin, 111., in 1873, married and is
proprietor of a drugstore at Fillmore, Calif. His son, Oliver P.
Clough, is married and resides in Los Angeles.
COE
Robert Coe was born in Suffolkshire, England, in 1596, as
history states. In 1634 he took his family, a wife and three sons,
and sailed in the Francis to Boston. He later went to Wethers-
field and settled. It was the custom there to trade with the
Indians. After he was made a freeman, in 1643, he helped in
settling the colonies and was a prominent man in establishing the
settlements.
The descendants run down through several generations to John
Coe, born in Durham in 1797-1862. After attaining manhood he
worked at shipbuilding with his brother, Joseph. Tradition tells
us it was a custom among shipbuilders to serve liquor every day
at 11 a.m. The new firm decided to stop the practice and posted
notices that no liquor would be served, but that the money value
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of the drink would be added to each man's pay. This created an
uproar and a strike followed, but the new firm soon found men to
fill the strikers' places.
He married Lavina V. Senter, daughter of Samuel M. and wife,
Lettice Alls (Bean) Senter. After some years he bought his
father-in-law's hotel at Center Harbor, the Senter House, which
later he let his son, Curtis Coe, have charge of. He also ran a
hotel in Boston, and went into the real estate business for a time.
They had children:
Curtis Senter, m. Laura Merrill.
Annie L., m. Charles P. Towle.
John Lyman.
Ellen L., m. S. J. Quimby.
Rufus L., m. M. J. Canney.
Daniel Wadsworth, b. in Center Harbor in 1838; m.
Fannie, dau. of Seneca Ladd of Meredith.
John Senter of Londonderry, in 1719, was the first Senter in
Center Harbor.
COLLIS
(Disconnected)
Woodbury Collis. His sons, Daniel, George and David.
David had sons, John and Charles; lived near Meredith Center.
Sherburne Corliss, 1813-1870, lived in New Hampton; married
Smith. He married, second, Hannah Smith, daughter of
John Smith, who lived on the Straights. Their son, Frank
Corliss. Sherburne married, third, Nancy Shaw.
Frank Corliss married Luella Belle Batchelder, daughter of
John Huntress Batchelder and wife, Mary Ann Blake, by a former
husband, Ithamer Blake, 1804-1858, and wife, Sydna L. YYhidden,
born in 1804, of Holderness, who were married in 1824. Their
children:
Mary A., 1825-1827.
John S., 1827-1853.
Olive, 1829-1844.
Ellen, b. 1834.
Laura J., b. 1838.
Millie M. Corliss, born in 1884, married William F. Edgerly
of New Hampton. Their son, Walter H., born in 1888, married
160 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Susie Guards; live in Meredith. Children: Florence, Charles,
Mary, Harriett, Abraham and Thomas.
Reuben S. Corliss, born in 1892. Single.
Nancy M. Corliss, born in 1895, married Richard Daniels; live
in Lakeport. Their children: Virginia, Theda, Richard, Kenneth
and Esther Belle, born in 1899, married David Philbrick from
Vermont. No children.
Clarence Corliss, son of Norman Corliss and wife, Mary Cate,
she a daughter of John Mooney Cate of Meredith.
Clarence Corliss married Carrie Belle Cox. Their children:
Delwin, died young; Harry R., born in 1901.
Eben Cook was born near Red Hill in Moultonboro. He was
a fine mechanic, and made many wooden articles, also farm
implements. He married Hannah Batchelder. Their son,
Nelson B. Cook, born in 1814, was very successful. After a time
he carried on the Town Farm, and lived there for a time, but later
bought a farm of his own. He married Adeline, daughter of
Thomas Moulton, who was born in Moultonboro, but later moved
to Vermont.
Thomas Moulton was one of Benning Moulton 's sons and he
was a grandson of Gen. Jonathan Moulton, the ancestor of the
family in that section of the country.
Their son, Charles C. Cook, born in 1843, owned a large farm in
Center Harbor. After reaching manhood he went to Illinois and
was an engineer on the railroad for some years, then returned to
his native country and bought a farm, where he raised good crops.
He married, in 1873, Abbie A., daughter of James M. Paine, born
in 1803, at Center Harbor. Her great-grandfather was John
Paine, who came from Rye, N. H., and her grandfather, Jonathan
Paine, came with his parents when he was twelve years old.
Their son, James M. Paine, was a prosperous business man and
very capable. He married Sally, daughter of Levi Towle. Their
children:
Arthur L.
Addie A.
James M., m., second, Mrs. Linda S., dau. of Samuel M.
Senter, who was a widow of Dr. William Bailey.
Charles C. Cook and wife had children — Lillian May and
James Nelson.
Samuel Cook, as history states, came from Newburyport and
GENEALOGIES 161
settled in Campton. His son, Ephraim Cook, born in 1765, was
born and lived in Campton as a farmer. His son, Jacob Cook,
did some farming, but ran a mill, where he ground wheat and
corn. He died in Gilmanton. He has several children.
One son, Gardner Cook, born in 1824, at Beech Hill in Campton.
When he attained manhood he went into the car shops at Laconia
that had just started. He claimed he cut the first timber
used there, in 1849. In 1852 he went into the lumber business
with W. H. Leavitt. Some years later he bought the whole
business and took his son, Addison, in as a partner. In 1847 he
married Martha Allen. Their children:
Frank D., of the Nashua Co.
Addison G., who was a partner with his father.
COX
Alanson E. Cox, born February 25, 1827, died in 1912, was a
son of William and wife, - - (Marden) Cox. He was a lumber
surveyor, and was in the Civil War in the 12th N. H. Vol. Inf.
He married Elizabeth A. Huntress, 1833-1848. They lived in
Holderness. Their children:
Heman Alanson, b. at Hill, 1848, d. 1888; m. 1871, Zorada
Plummer, b. at Hill, 1848, d. 1888, a dau. of Henry J.
Plummer and wife, Mary J. (Parks) Plummer. He m.,
second, 1888, Abigail A. Sanborn, dau. of Charles Sanborn
and wife, Sarah (Ayer) Sanborn; Abigail, b. 1841, d. 1922.
Zelma, b. 1852; m. 1866, Corp. Freeman Cox of Holderness.
He was in the 6th N. H. Vol. Inf.; b. at Stanstead, P. Q.
Freeman Cox was a son of Jacob Cox.
Frank Dudlev, alias Frank Pierce, of Center Harbor, b. 1853,
d. 1903; m. 1878, Emma B. Swain, b. at Meredith, 1857,
a dau. of Benaiah and wife, Sarah A. (Kelley) Swain.
Shem., second, 1896, Jeremiah Downing of West Campton.
Fred John of Meredith, 1854-1912, a machinist; m. Myra J.
(Shedd) Corliss, b. at Ossipee Center, 1860, d. 1890, a
dau. of Horace and wife, Harriett (Aldrich) Shedd, she a
widow of Moses Corliss.
William G. of Meredith, a farmer, b. 1856; m. 1877, Mary
G. Plummer, b. at Hill, 1858, dau. of Henry J. and wife,
Mary J. (Parks) Plummer. He m., second, 1886, Ella M.
Welch, b. at Concord, a dau. of Albion and wife, Martha
Welch, b. at Hebron, 1855, she a dau. of Robert L. and
wife, Hannah Francilla (Wise) Wise, she a widow of
Frank B. Mudgett.
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Ai Otis, b. 1860, a barber; m. 1880, Frances Fogg, b. at
Moultonborough, 1864. He m., second, 1882, Jane C.
Clark, b. at Franklin, 1866, a dau. of Horace W. and wife,
Irene - - Clark. He m., third, Grace Evelyn Whitten,
b. at Laconia, 1879, a dau. of Elmer C. and wife, Nancy J.
(Davis) Whitten.
Colby Dana of Meredith, b. 1863, a painter; m. 1888, Eliza H.
(Skidgill) (Goodwin) Kelley, b. at Wolfboro, 1854, dau.
of Horace and wife, Harriett C. (Aldrich) Skidgell, and
widow of Charles Goodwin and William Kelley, her
second husband.
Emma L., b. 1863; m. 1881, Fred B. Wilson of Laconia,
photographer, b. at New Boston, 1857, son of Benjamin
Wilson. She m., second, Harry Leslie Brown, a machinist,
b. at Campton, son of William H. Brown and wife, Sarah
E. (Willoughby) Brown.
The only child of Frank Pierce Cox, born in Meredith, Lulu
Belle Cox, born in 1876, married in 1912, Stephen Herbert Ennis
of Meredith. He was born at Lacolle, P. Q., in 1879, son of
Stephen and wife, Mary (St. Amand) Ennis.
Frank Pierce Cox was a brother to Ai Cox and others. He mar-
ried Emma Belle Swain, daughter of Benaiah P. Swain of Meredith.
Their daughter, Lulu Belle, married Stephen Herbert Ennis.
Jonathan Cox lived in Holderness. His son, Andrew Smith
Cox, born on the homestead, married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel
and wife, Mary (Crawford) Cummings. They were farmers in
New Hampton. Their children: Clara Cox married George H.
Gay. Edwin Cox, born in 1844 at Holderness. When he was
seven years old his father passed on, and he early began to work
in a mill. Later he worked for Daniel S. Beede in express and
livery work. In 1867 he was appointed agent of the Cheney &
Co. Express, which later was transferred to the American Express
Co. He was a popular man, ready to accommodate the public,
and served in several public offices. He married, in 1867, Arzelia
J., daughter of Simeon D. Pease and wife, Betsey (Batchelder)
Pease of Meredith. Their son, Clarence Edwin Cox, who took
up his father's business. Both have passed.
CRAM
John Cram was the first in New England. He came from
England in 1639 and was among the settlers of Exeter, where a
Government Combination was framed.
GENEALOGIES 163
The name was then spelled " Gramme." When he first came
he could not write, but made his mark. Later he learned to
write. Me settled at Hampton Falls. He and his wife, Esther,
were members of the church. His reputation was of the best.
The town book of Hampton records his death, "Died 5th of
March, 1681, Good Old John Gram, one just in his generation."
His wife, Esther, died in 1677.
Their oldest son, Benjamin, married a relative of Oliver Crom-
well, "the Protector of England." Benjamin, born in 1666,
married Sarah — . They had a large family.
Among the descendants was John, born in 1730 at Hampton
Falls. He married Elizabeth Heath. Their sixth child, Joel,
born in 1743 4, married Betsey, daughter of Deacon Stephen
Batchelder. She died in Deerfield. He married, second, Sarah
Hoitt, sister of Joseph Hoitt, and in Deerfield signed the "Associa-
tion Test," in 1776. In 1789 he sold his farm to Capt. Jonathan
Jenness of Rye and moved to Meredith.
Two brothers, John and Alfred, in 1639 were among the early
settlers at Exeter from England. A son of John, Benjamin,
married Argentine Cromwell in 1662. Benjamin and wife,
Argentine, had nine children. Their second child, John, born in
1665, married Alary Wadleigh. They had seven children. The
fourth child, Wadleigh Cram, born in 1703, married Hannah
Marston, daughter of Samuel Marston, in 1723. John Cram
married, second, Susanna Batchelder.
Wadleigh Cram married, second, in 1 725, Ruth Gilman of Exeter.
They lived in Deerfield, where he was a successful business man.
He was a moderator of the first town meeting in Deerfield, which
was held in Capt. Samuel Leavitt's house in 1766. In 1746 he,
with thirteen others, was impressed and sent to Canterbury,
under Serg. Joseph Rawlins, to carry provisions for the people
living in the Garrison House there.
Wadleigh Cram, 1754-1840, a Revolutionary soldier, removed
in 1780 from Pittsfield, where he had lived a time, to Meredith
at the head of Lake Waukewan (now in Center Harbor), and
settled on what is now called the Lovett farm. The family
burying ground, with old slate stones, is back of the barn on a
side road. His son, David Cram, 1784-1842, married Harriett
B. Paine in 1822 Their son, David Wadleigh Cram (named for
his father and grandfather), married Cora Cox, daughter of
164 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Daniel Cox. born in Holderness. Their daughter, Mary E.
Cram, married James R. Lovett.
Jonathan Cram, 1778-1858, married in 1810, Margaret Fogg,
born in 1786, daughter of Samuel Fogg of New Holderness.
Their children:
Climena B., b. 1811; m. Calvin Fogg. Their dau., Mary
Jane Fogg, m. Oscar Sanborn of Lakeport. Eliza \V. Fogg,
b. 1813
Samuel B., b. 1815; m. 1843, Sarah Smith, dau. of Moses
Smith and wife, Sally Cram. Their son, Elisha Smith
Cram, m. 1868, Annie E. Batcheldor, aged 21; also a
daughter Lucinda.
David C, b. 1817.
Sarah B., b. 1819.
Nancy W., b. 1821.
Almira, b. 1823.
Mary A., b. 1825.
Lucinda, b. 1827.
Calvin Fogg and wife had a daughter, Sarah, who married
Charles Clay. Their children :
Harry E., b. 1868.
George F., b. 1875.
Capt. John Fullerton lost his wife. Before she died she
charged him not to marry Molly, who lived at Deacon Cram's.
The man thus charged had a mind to do so, however, and at dusk
the captain would wend his way to where Molly lived. Mr.
White, knowing the case, thought to frighten him out of it. So
one night as the captain reached the dooryard, Mr. White ap-
peared all wrapped in a sheet, thinking the captain would take it
to be the ghost of his departed wife, but the captain did not believe
in ghosts or hobgoblins. He was aware that true love does not
run smooth, and Molly he meant to have in spite of the Devil
and all his works, so he gave chase while White fled, carrying the
sheet on his arm, and ran home for fear of a beating.
From J. Franklin Cram of Dorchester, Mass.
I will give you the Cram history back some years.
J. Franklin Cram, son of Charles W. and Ella E. (Brown)
Cram.
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Charles W. Cram, son of Samuel Tilton, Jr., and Sally 1).
(Jenness) Cram.
Samuel Tilton Cram, Jr., son of Samuel Tilton and Betsey
(Philbrook) Cram.
Samuel Tilton Cram, son of Benjamin, Jr., and E. Mary Cram.
Benjamin Cram, Jr., son of Benjamin and Abigail (Deaborn)
Cram.
Benjamin Cram, son of John and Mary (YVadleigh) Cram.
John Cram, son of Benjamin and Argentine (Cromwell) Cram.
Benjamin, son of John and Hester Cram.
John and Hester Cram settled in Boston, Mass., in 1635, went
to Exeter in 1639, then to Hampton Falls, where he died in
March, 1681. Hester died in May, 1677. John was born at
Xew Castle on Tyne, England, in 1609, and was the youngest of
twelve children of Burkart and Barbury Cram.
Samuel T. Cram, born at Poplin, X. H., 1760, died in Meredith
in 1834. He married Betsey Philbrick in Epping. She was born
in 1762; d. at Meredith in 1855. Their children:
David, b. in Poplin, 1783; d. in Meredith, 1815. He m.
Polly Adams in Aug., 1808.
Sally, b. 1789, d. 1792.
Jonathan Theophilus, b. 1791; d. in Meredith, 1857. He
m. Polly Norris, May 27, 1818.
Betsey T., b. in Meredith, 1798; d. 1872. She m. Josiah
Robinson in 1841; m., second, Ladd.
Samuel Tilton, Jr., b. 1803; d. 1876; m. Sally D. Jenness,
Mar. 3, 1825. Children:
Lucius VY., 1827-1898; m. Harriett Davis.
Mary E., 1831-1860; m. E. W. Boynton.
George T., m. Carrie D. Trobridge.
Charles \V., 1849-1879; m. Ella E. Brown. Their son,
Charles H., of Meredith, b. 1877; m. 1896, Mabel E.
Sampson of Haverhill, Mass., dau. of Charles W.
Sampson and wife, Euola Wedgewood.
Lucius W. Cram, born at Meredith on "Cass Hill" in 1827;
died in 1898; married in 1850, Harriett M. Davis, born in Sutton,
Yt., in 1831. Their children:
Charles YVayland, b. in Manchester, 1851.
GEORGE Henry, b. 1853; m. Emily Farnsworth Marston,
dau. of Samuel and wife, Lucinda (Farnsworth) Marston
of Pembroke, Maine. Lucinda Farnsworth was a dau. of
166 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Jonas Farnsworth and wife, Abi Gardner, of Pembroke,
Maine. Their children:
Lura Estelle, b. 1886.
Harriett Lucinda, b. 1888. She was named for her two
grandmothers. She m. Guy L. Smith, son of Milton
and wife, Maud Tucker Smith, of Plaistow. They
had three daughters. Maud Augusta, b. 1891; m.
Lee Prince, son of Frank and wife, Ruth Prince, of
Salisbury. They had two boys. Ruth Marston,
b. 1895; m. Ray Prince of Salisbury.
Sarah Estelle, b. 1857.
Edwin Lincoln, b. in Roxbury, Mass., moved to Meredith.
He m. Lillian G. (Lee) dau. of Orvis Merrill. He son of
Edmund Merrill and wife, Lydia (Drew) Merrill, of Wood-
stock. Lillian G. Lee Merrill was a daughter of Daniel
Merrill and wife, Martha J. (Bagley).
Lucius Samuel, b. 1863; m. Harriett M. Davis at Man-
chester in 1850. Their child, Harriett M., m. David
Bickford of Meredith. David Bickford had a sister,
Priscilla, who m. Jazreel Robinson of Meredith.
CRAM-DAVIS
Thomas Davis, 1786-1883, married Clarissa , in 1796.
Their children:
Sylva, b. 1816.
Darius, n. 1818.
Charles, b. 1822.
Alvah, b. 1824.
Thomas, 1826-1848.
Daniel, b. 1828.
Harriett, b. 1831 ; m. Lucius W. Cram of Meredith.
Mary, b. 1833.
Clara, b. 1838; m. Charles Fox, ancestor of John Fox, near
Center Harbor Town House.
Jonathan Cram, born at Meredith in 1785; died in 1858. His
wife, Sally, born in 1783; died in 1834.
Enoch Cram, 1785-1858. His wife, Sally, 1783-1834. She
married George Frank Smith of Meredith.
Annis Cram married Jane S. Prescott of Meredith in 1821.
Married by Elder Parker Fogg. He also married Samuel T.
Cram in 1825 to Sally Jenness of Meredith.
David Cram of Meredith married in 1817 Hannah Thompson
of Deerfield.
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John Cram married in 1825 Sally A. Lane, both of Meredith.
Jonathan Theophlis Cram, born in Poplin, married Mary Norris
of Center Harbor in 1818. He died at Meredith in 1857.
Daniel Webster Story
{From the Manchester Union)
Meredith May 19. — The following letter was written to John
Smith, Jr., a real estate agent of Boston, and a former resident of
Meredith, in answer to an inquiry from Mr. Smith in regard to
one of the incidents that marked one of Daniel Webster's visits
to Center Harbor, about four miles from Meredith.
Dear Sir — Yours received and I make haste to comply with your request.
The words are easily recalled, but to produce Jonathan T. Cram, with all his
inimitable styles and quaint drolleries as you and I knew him, no pen can write
or pencil portray. My father used to say that in point of ability he might have
become one of the most brilliant men in the state.
He was in early life a music teacher of repute, a popular instructor of public
schools and well versed in the law. He had a wonderfully retentative memory
and I have heard him repeat a sermon that he had listened to many years
before, giving the text, heads of the discourse, the prayers that were offered,
hymns that were sung, and wind up with the benediction without a skip or a
break. He would come into my office when deep in his cups, quote Latin and
Greek and recite Burn's poems by the hour, and that, too, with the veritable
Scotch brogue.
On the occasion you refer to, the immortal Daniel Webster, with a number
of friends, was stopping at the Center House at Center Harbor. John Coe,
the landlord, seeing Squire Cram go by, called him in and introduced him to the
godlike man, whereupon he seized one of Webster's hands in both of his own, and
with a voice tremulous from age said to him:
"Reverend and most honored father, I have heard of thee by the hearing
of the ear, but now, blessed be God, mine eyes beholdeth thee face to face.
I have preserved thy speeches between the lids of my Bible at home and when
the Sabbath comes around, I read a chapter in that and then one of thy speeches,
and upon my honor I cannot tell which is the best.
" I heard thee many years ago at Exeter and thought if I could peradventure,
but touch a hem of thy garment, I should be made whole.
" Didn't thou discover that virtue went out of thee at that time? And now,
oh Lord, let me exclaim with Simeon of old, 'having seen thy salvation, let thy
servant depart in peace.' Farewell, Daniel." And Webster pinched Coe's
arm until it was black and blue.
This letter is signed by John W. Sanborn of Franklin Falls.
168 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Mrs. Climena B. (Cram) Fogg
Mrs. Climena B. (Cram) Fogg, aged 88 years, 7 months and 21
days, passed quietly away at the residence of her son, John Calvin
Fogg, at 31 Bridge St., Lakeport, on Thursday evening, January
11, 1900, at 6:55 p.m. Death was the result of an accident which
occurred December 24. As she came down stairs, on entering the
dining room her dress became tangled in the door, throwing her
heavily to the floor, and breaking her limb two inches below the
thigh. Owing to her advanced age, she was unable to stand the
result of this painful accident. A peculiar circumstance in regard
to her death is that a brother, Samuel B. Cram of New Hampton,
aged 84 years, fell through a scuttle on the 13th of last month
and died on the 27th from the injuries received, while a sister, the
late Mrs. Sarah Jones of St. Johnsbury, aged 76 years, fell on the
floor in a similar manner in which Mrs. Fogg broke her hip and
died from the result of the accident. This occurred some six
years ago.
Mrs. Fogg was the daughter of the late Jonathan and Margaret
(Fogg) Cram, and was born in the town of Meredith on May 21,
1811. Her family are a long4ived race; her mother was 86 years
of age when she died and her father 81. She was united in mar-
riage to Calvin Fogg at Meredith, on March 15, 1834, and they
moved to New Hampton a short time after and entered the hotel
business (Foggs Tavern) in the vicinity of what is known as Fogg
Station (now Winona).
Mr. and Mrs. Fogg moved to this place 41 years ago (1859),
and were always highly respected in the community. The de-
ceased was the oldest person in Lakeport. She is survived by
a son, John Calvin Fogg, foreman of the woodwork department
of the Boston and Maine Repair Shops at Lakeport; two daugh-
ters, Mary Jane, wife of Fred Gilman of Meredith, and Sarah
Clay; also three sisters. Mrs. Charles Currier, aged 86 years,
resides in Minneapolis.
Buried in the First Congregational Churchyard, near the Rich-
ard Neals:
Ephraim Cram, 1750-1839, a Revolutionary soldier. His
wife, Mary, 1754-1826. Their child, Jonathan W. Cram, 1780-
1850. His wife, Polly Dockham Cram, 1779-1861. Their son,
Amos Cram, 1800-1879. (He built the Elm Hotel in Meredith.)
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His wife, Jane S. Prescott, 1779-1867. They were married in
1821. Their daughter, Maria J. (Cram) Cox, born in 1836;
Albert Cox, 1835-1885.
Buried in the same lot, Alice W., wife of Charles W. Maloon,
1854-1885.
A son of Amos Cram, George F. Cram. The G. A. R. Post at
Meredith is named for him. His son, Frank H. Cram. His
daughter married Orville Smith.
Jonathan Cram came to Meredith in early days. He was a
carpenter. His son, Amos Cram, born in Meredith, worked
with his father, also did some farming. He married Jane S.
Prescott. Their son, George S. Cram, born in 1826, learned his
father's trade. He enlisted in the Civil War. In 1863 he w r as
promoted to the rank of first lieut. He was killed at the battle
of Chancellorsville. He married in 1846 Abbie J., daughter of
Jeremiah Dean of Maine. Their children:
Clara J., m. John James.
Alberto J.
Francis Henry, b. 1848; m. Mary C, dau. of Benjamin P.
Woodman and wife, Elizabeth N. (Hill), in 1870. Mrs.
Mary C. (Woodman) Cram's grandfather, Thomas Wood-
man of New Hampton, who was an early settler, m. Polly,
dau. of Benjamin Pease of Meredith. Benjamin Pease,
m. Elizabeth N., dau. of Rev. John Hill. They had
children : John O., Mary C, W. Scott, Benjamin F., Emma
L., and Charles S. Pease.
Charles H. Cram, born in 1876 in Meredith, a son of Charles W.
Cram and wife, Abbie M. (Drake), born in Holderness. He has
been connected with the Meredith Shook and Lumber Co., also
with the G. H. Clark Lumber Co. He ran a successful bakery
for a time, and at present has a furniture store. He owns about
twenty-five acres of land, called "Hilltop," where he has a little
colony of "over-night porches" for tourists, and has good
accommodations for quite a crowd. He married Martha Hallihan
of Rhode Island. They reside in Meredith.
Jonathan W. Cram, 1780-1859, married Polly- — , who died
in 1861, aged 82 years.
Almira Adams Cram, born in 1823, daughter of Jonathan
Cram and wife, Margaret Fogg.
Amos Cram, 1800-1879; his wife, Jane S. , 1799-1867.
170 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Alberto J. Cram, 1852-1912; his wife, Eleanor E. Bruce, 1845-
1918.
Francis H. Cram, 1843-1910.
Mary C. Cram, 1847-1910.
CROCKET
Among the first settlers in New Salem were Ebenezer Smith and
Joshua Crocket. They with five others (who returned back
early) walked up into the wilderness and stopped on Cotton Hill,
where they built a campfire, as it was early spring. After a
night's rest they awoke and looked north into the valley which is
now Laconia, and, as history states, were much pleased. They
pushed on and selected a piece of land with water on both sides.
He afterward was called Captain Crockett. He established his
land on Lake Paugus and Lake Winnisquam, staked out his claim
and began to build a log house, which was the first dwelling house
nearer than forty miles.
The next year he went to Newburyport for his widowed mother
and brought her to his cabin, and the struggle that followed was
severe. He was a good hunter and they had plenty of wild fowl.
He was captain of a company of rifle men in the Revolutionary
War. He married, but his wife died giving birth to a son.
Captain Crocket died at the age of 76 years.
His son, Samuel Crocket, born in 1780, inherited his father's
estate and his natural ability. He married Sarah, daughter of
Moses Wilcomb, an early settler of Gilford. They had a fine
estate, the Crockett farm, above Laconia, and attended church
at the old Gunstock Meetinghouse in Gilford, called the "Fortress
Church," which was built on a hilltop.
Joshua Crockett was a son of Joshua Crockett, who lived near
Portsmouth at a point called "Bloody Point," where Smith's
fort was located, so named on account of having been in charge of
Col. Ebenezer Smith's ancestors, which accounts for the fast
friendship that existed between Col. Ebenezer Smith and Col.
Joshua Crockett. Previous to going to New Salem the Crocketts
lived at the Isle of Shoals, in the old town of Gosport. There
were no roads in this new locality, only trails and spotted trees.
William Crockett, 1760-1813.
Samuel Crockett, 1780-1854. His wife, Sarah Wilcomb, 1781-
1876. Their son, William W., 1818-1839.
GENEALOGIES 171
Capt. Joshua Crockett, 1783. His wife, Sarah, 1752-1792;
second wife, Merian, 1833. Only inscription on the stone.
James Crockett, 1777-1855, son of John T. Crockett. His
wife, Mary, 1780-1877. A son, 1820-1824.
A field stone in the Smith yard is marked " E. Z. D. 1792, D. of
S. C, A. E. 46."
Capt. Joshua Crockett, born in 1773. Their third child,
Joshua Crockett 2 , born in 1772, son of Capt. Joshua, married
Judith Swain, 1800-1863. They were married in 1822, she a
daughter of Hezekiah Swain and wife, Marion York, of Meredith.
From Joshua Crockett's monument at Robinson yard, Mere-
dith Center: "Joshua Crockett, died Mch. 8, 1848, aged 75 yrs.,
11 mos." Their children:
Lorenzo, b. 1823; m. Sarah B. Thayer of Nashua in 1849.
Melyina, b. 1826.
Sulden, b. 1830.
John Frank, b. 1833.
Hiram Crockett married Nancy Downing. He had a son,
Warren Crockett, aged 24 years, who, as vital records say,
married Betsey A. Lawrence, aged 18 years, in 1859, at Meredith.
Their daughter, Betsey Crockett, married John Lawrence.
John Crockett married Nancy Glidden at Epping in 1806.
Their son, John Crockett, of Meredith, 1809-1897.
Samuel Crockett, 1780-1854, married in 1791, Deborah Doe
at Exeter; married, second, Sally Wilcomb, 1781-1866. They
were married in 1803 by Elder Richard Martin. They had four
boys and one girl. Their son, Seldon Crockett, was proprietor
of the Bromfield House many years and a highly respected
man. He was born in 1804; married in 1831 Lucy, daughter of
Thomas and Susan (Larned) Elliott of Watertown. Children
by second wife:
Selden Frank.
Sarah W. (Mrs. William W. Hague).
Susan E. (Mrs. S. Stillman Blanchard).
Grace H. (Mrs. J. L. Granden).
Lucy E. (Mrs. S. A. Shannon).
Moses Crockett, born April 19, 1810.
Solomon Crockett of Meredith married in 1818 Sally Harper of
New Hampton.
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Solomin Crockett married in 1853 Mariana Beekford of New
Hampton.
Stephen Crockett of Meredith Center married Lucy M. Fogg
in 1846.
William Crockett married Mary of Meredith. They
had a daughter born in 1855.
Charles W. Crockett married Nancy Swain of Meredith in
1843. Their son, 1847-1889.
William T. Crockett of Meredith married Susan R. Leavitt in
1844, she a daughter of John Leavitt and wife, Sarah Edgerly, of
Lake Village, where she died, 1821-1888.
George A. Crockett, born in 1847, son of Charles Swain and
wife, Nancy Swain, born in 1850, she a daughter of John Swain
and wife, Hannah L. (Folsom) Swain. George A. Crockett
married, second, in 1886, Nellie Kilpatrick, born in 1851 in
Canada. They had one daughter, born in 1887.
William Crockett, brother to Capt. Josiah Crockett is buried
in the Randlett yard, two miles below Meredith Center, on the
Chemung Road. He married Nancy, daughter of Benjamin
Swain and wife, Polly (Davis) Swain. They had a daughter
Sarah, who married - - Johnson in Concord. They had a son,
Zachara Taylor, born in Meredith in 1851; married in 1875 Flora
E. Dalton, daughter of Joseph Dalton of Meredith and wife, Ann
(Lewis) Dalton, born in Meredith, she a daughter of C. Burnham
and wife, Susan Smith Dalton, born in Center Sandwich. Their
children:
J. Frank, b. in Laconia.
William.
George A. Crockett, born in 1847, married in 1886 Nellie E.
Webster of Plymouth. He married, second, Sarah A. Swain,
daughter of Langdon Swain and wife, Hannah Weeks. Their
son, Edwin Clarence, married Agnes Shea of Braintree, Mass.
Mr. Crockett died and she married, second, Frank Sargent of
Laconia.
Charles H. Crockett, born in Sanbornton, married in 1868 Rosy
M. Gault, daughter of John Gault, born in Canterbury, and wife,
Emily L. (Tobins) Gault, born in Bridgewater. He married,
second, Allal Stevens of Plymouth, daughter of Freeman and
wife, Mary (Howe) Stevens, born in Holderness.
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John Crockett, son of Ephraim of Stratham, born in 1739,
died in 1817, married Mary, daughter of Deacon Lane and wife
of Stratham, born in 1744, died in 1806. Their children: Mary,
John, George, Samuel, Elizabeth, Ephraim and James, who
settled in Meredith and married - — . Their children:
Mary, m. Blaisdell; lived in Gilford.
Matilda, m. Robinson; lived in Meredith.
Clarissa, m. Smith; lived in Laconia.
James.
Joshua Crockett, son of Joshua, born in 1809, died in 1861,
married Nancy Downing. Their children:
Mary Jane, 1831-1851.
Sarah Ann, 1833-1856.
Warren L., 1835-1900; m. Betsey Ann Lawrence. Their
children:
George Smith, b. 1861.
Ena Estella, b. 1868.
Martha Etta, b. 1840.
Joshua Crockett, buried at the Robinson yard in Meredith
Center, was a son of Capt. Joshua Crockett, buried at the Smith
yard (Opeechee).
Joshua Crockett 2 , born in Meredith, as death certificate (at
Concord), married Judith Swain, a daughter of Hezekiah Swain
and wife, Marion (York) Swain. She died March 26, 1863, aged
65 years.
Hezekiah Swain's pension record gives his birth and death in
Meredith, and we know that he is buried on his old farm, alone.
His wife died in Canaan at her daughter's; burial unknown.
We failed to find the grave in Canaan yard. Their children:
Hiram, m. Nancy Downing. Their children: Mary Jane,
Warren Lovell, Sarah Ann and Martha Etta.
John Frank, m. Melvina Houston. They had no children.
Elm Ira, m. - - Carlie. They had a son George.
Mel vixa.
Warren Lovell Crockett, son of Hiram, married Betsey Ann
Lawrence, daughter of Smith Lawrence. Their son, George
Smith, married Julia Mcintosh. They had a daughter Georgia,
who teaches in Massachusetts. He married, second, widow
Hannah Hunter. Their daughter, Ena Estella, lives in Meredith
Center when at home.
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DOE
History tells us that the name of Doe is found in several countries.
Nicholas Doe, in 1666, resided at Oyster River, Dover, and
from family legends it appears that he came from London,
England, and that his father owned a street with all the buildings
on it painted blue.
Nicholas Doe, 1631-1691, married Martha Thomas. They had
three children or more.
John, b. 1669; m. Elizabeth .
Sampson, b. 1670; m. Temperance.
Elizabeth, b. 1673.
John 2 Doe, who married Elizabeth, history states, had seven
children.
John 3 Doe, who settled in Durham, was one of the proprietors
of Canterbury. He married M. Susan Wormwood, and had
three children. Each generation went farther inland, where they
could get more land to cultivate.
Capt. John Doe, born in 1762, was a Revolutionary soldier.
He married Mary Sanborn, born at Rumney in 1786. Their
second daughter, Mary, married Samuel Chase. The story runs
that she had a nice flock of geese, and one day there sounded a
big commotion among them. She ran to the rescue and found a
large fox with one of her geese in his mouth, trying to swing the
goose over his back. She, being pretty spunky, took Reynard
by the ears and, after a fierce battle, conquered him and dragged
him into a back room in the house and shut the door. After the
fox had been there awhile and she had rested a little she looked
through the door, which she had opened a little, and saw Reynard
sitting on the projection above the fireplace as though planning
to go through the glass in the door, Mrs. Doe had no idea of
letting him escape, so she went and put on some thick leather
gloves and, going into the room, caught Mr. Fox by the ears and
dragged him to her bedroom, put a bushel measure over him,
lifted one leg of her bedstead onto the bushel measure, and there
kept him until her husband returned, when he despatched him for
his pelt.
Jonathan Doe, 1740-1814, is buried in the Doe yard, near
Charles Johnson's home, in Sanbornton. This inscription is on
his stone: "Old Mr. Doe." He married Mrs. Mollie Borden.
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His son, John Doe, 1775-1850, born probably in Northwood,
married Rhoda Mead of Deerfield, 1775-1848. They started the
Doe-Ford burying ground. He lived near Charles Johnson's
in Sanbornton, a beautifully kept yard. The farm was later
owned by Thomas J. Sanborn, on the Bay Road. He was a trader
in furs, purchased in Canada, going on horseback to collect his
furs. He was active in the Second Baptist Church and prominent
in town business in Sanbornton. Jonathan Doe's children:
Mary, m. Joseph Johnson.
Deborah, b. 1771; m. Samuel Crockett of Northwood.
Sally, b. 1773; d. young.
Johx, b. 1775; m. Rhoda Mead.
Nabby, b. 1777.
Samuel and Sally, b. 1780; Samuel m. Eliza Merrill.
The Doe-Ford yard was so called for Jonathan Doe, who lived
on the Thomas Sanborn farm. William Ford lived on the Oliver
Calef place.
John 2 Doe, Esq., born in 1775, married Rhoda Mead, born in
1773. They lived on the Thomas J. Sanborn farm. Their
children:
Mahala, 1803-1810.
Sarah Smith, 1804-1837; m. David Taylor in 1826. Their
children:
John Doe, b. 1827; a successful lawyer in New York.
Rhoda Ann, b. 1829; m. Jeremiah Leavitt Fogg in 1854.
Sarah Woodman, b. 1834; m. Martin L. Abbott.
Martha Rundlett, b. 1837; m. Samuel J. Lane.
Mary Doe, sister of John D. Doe, Esq., married Joseph John-
son. Their daughter, Mary H. Johnson, married Christopher
Sanborn, and lived on what was the Town Farm in Sanbornton.
He married, second, Mehitable Philbrick of Franklin. A daugh-
ter by second wife, Mary Johnson Sanborn, born in 1840, married
George A. Caverly of Meredith.
From the Old Doe Bible
Jonathan 4 Doe (Lieut. Samuel, Sampson, Nicholas 1 ).
Samuel M. Doe, 1780-1851, married in December, 1800, Eliza
Merrill, 1774-1853. Their children:
Sarah Ann, 1807-1808.
Joseph ML, b. 1809.
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Elizabeth, 1811-1846.
Samuel Merrill, b. 1814; m. widow Charlotte (Smith).
Charlotte Moulton, 1824-1887.
Lizzie M., 1849-1851.
Helen M., 1851-1863.
Martha E., 1853-1881.
Charlotte E., b. 1856.
Abbie F., 1859-1877.
George S., 1864-1865.
Samuel Doe bought a farm in Meredith, the place west of the
Jonathan Dow farm, on the "Roller Coaster Road," in 1816.
After his death the farm was sold to his son, Samuel Merrill Doe,
in 1851, by a brother, Joseph Merrill Doe, in Meredith.
Joseph Merrill Doe, son of Samuel Doe, married in 1834
Laura, daughter of David and wife, Sally Page, of Meredith.
She died in 1884.
Joseph Merrill Doe, born in Meredith in 1809, where the family
for several generations > had lived, worked as a farmer, but after
his marriage he and his wife went to Lowell and had a furniture
store there. Later he moved to Boston and followed the same
business. He died in 1871.
Each generation raised a family and scattered, and made
other homes.
Ezra W. Doe, born in 1816 at Rumney, married Louise J.
Lockwood. She died in 1874. He married, second, in 1876,
Lydia P. Wiggin. He married, third, in 1877, Mary E. York,
daughter of Daniel York and wife, Mary E. (Brown). Children
by first wife:
Aloxzo W., b. in Cambridge, 1836; m. Jane Masterson of
Newport. He m., second, Ellen - — , 1853-1912.
Laura Jane, b. 1848; m. Nathan B. Shaw.
Elizabeth M., m. Thomas J. Sinclair of Meredith.
Augustus Doe, 1809-1887, born at Laconia, married Mahala
Blaisdell, daughter of Elliot Blaisdell and wife, Susan Chase,
born in 1811. She died at Meredith in 1881. He was a large
land owner in Gilford and Lake Village. He was left fatherless
when young, and was bound out to James Hoyt of Gilford, where
he stayed his time. He then went to Boston, later returned to
Laconia, and was foreman of dredging the channel at the outlet
of the lake. Mr. Blaisdell left his farm to his daughter, after his
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decease. After Mr. Doe went there he bought more land and
started a brickyard. It was said of him that he was one of the
most energetic business men that Laconia has ever known. He
was well informed on business of the day, a good debater, a most
influential man, and strict in his religious views. Their children:
Morrill B., 1834-1882; m. Sarah Walker.
Lydia Ellen, b. 1840; m. O. P. Warner of Ashland in 1869.
He was a manufacturer of woolen goods.
Eliza Doe, born in 1844, married William J. Morrison, born in
Plymouth. After he got his education he worked for Mr. Doe.
He began work as a brakeman on the B. C. & M. Railroad. He
soon became a passenger conductor, for four years, then resigned
and cared for Mr. Blaisdell in his old age, taking charge of the
farm and brickyard. He was a member of the first City Council
of Laconia, where he served three years.
Jacob Doe, Jr., born in 1771 at Deerfield, married in 1794 Sarah
Thurstin Jones, 1778-1865, of Rumney. He and his brother,
William, settled in the part of town called " Doe Town." William
moved to Rumney. They had thirteen children. The seventh
one, Russell Sanborn, born in 1807, married in 1831 Eliza Fogg.
He married, second, Lucretia Perkins in 1843. She died in 1880.
He died at Meredith in 1897, aged 97 years. He lived on "Oak
Hill Farm," after 1839. Children by first wife:
Eliza Jane, b. 1833; m. William C. Burleson of Boston.
William Frank, 1839-1872; served in the Civil War.
Children by Lucretia Perkins:
Mary Adelaide, b. 1844. She was a teacher for several
years, and died on the home place in Meredith.
Mary Ellen, 1846-1848.
Augustus Doe was born in Meredith, 1808; died in 1887. His
father died when he was young, and he was taken by James Hoyt
of Gilford to bring up, and served his time. It was told of him
that when a boy he pointed to a piece of land lying between the
road to Meredith and the lake. He said that he would own it
some day, and he worked until his prophecy came true. After
attaining manhood he went to Boston for a time, but at the
time of the project of opening the channel from out of the lake
he came back and was foreman of the job until the work was
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done. He resided with Elliot Blaisdell and helped him on his
farm.
Elliot was a son of Thomas Blaisdell. He later married
Mahala, daughter of Elliot Blaisdell, who fell heir to her father's
farm. Mr. Doe bought more land and started a brickyard above
the Weirs, which was quite a source of income. He was called an
"honest man, which is the noblest work of God." He was just
and truthful in all his dealings. Children:
Morrill B,, 1834-1882, who d. from an operation.
Lydia E., m. O. P. Warner of Ashland.
Eliza, m. William J. Morrison, b. at Plymouth in 1846, and
later came to her old home and carried on the farm and
business.
Thomas Sinkler's daughter, Etta, married Anthony.
Their daughter, Bessie, married Smith. Tradition states
that they owned the Addie Doe farm near Oak Hill Meeting
House at Winona.
Addie Maria Doe was a daughter of Russell Doe, who married,
second, Lucretia Perkins. Their children:
Addie Mariah.
Mary Ellen, d. young.
DOLLOFF
The earliest record of a person named Dolloff is Christian
Dolloff of Exeter, in 1667. His first wife was Rachel ; the
second, Sarah - . He died in 1708, leaving Samuel, Richard,
Thomas, Mary, Prudence and Catherine.
Samuel and Richard spelled their names Dolloff, although there
were other spellings previously. No trace of the name of Dolloff
has been found in England or Scotland.
Tradition states that in early days an Englishman brought a
Russian lad by the name of Dolloff to New England, and he may
be the ancestor of the family of Dolloffs.
Christian Dolloff was a man of influence and some property.
The Dolloffs are mostly confined to New England.
Samuel Dolloff lived in Epsom and had a son, Samuel, in
Epsom. In Meredith was a Samuel Dolloff called "Little
Samuel." "Little Samuel" had a son, John Steven, who was the
father of Phebe Ann Plummer of Laconia, and another son.
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Samuel, born in 1809, who lived in Waterville, and there died in
1895. In this line were four generations of the name of Samuel.
Early records show Samuel Dolloff of New Hampton signed a
deed with his wife, Rhoda (Flanders) (born December 19, 1734, at
Salisbury, Mass.), where they sold land in Poplin (a part of
Exeter, now Freemont) in 1772 to Thomas Chase. The land
was given to him by his grandfather, Samuel Dolloff of Exeter,
in his last will. In this deed he signed himself "Samuel Dolloff
of Poplin." In 1782 he deeded to one Giddings of Exeter the
homestead of his late father, Samuel Doloff of Exeter. In this
deed he signed himself "Samuel Dolloff of New Hampton."
These two deeds show that Samuel Dolloff of New Hampton
formerly lived in Poplin and was the son of Samuel Dolloff, Jr., of
Exeter and grandson of Samuel Dolloff, Sr., and great-grandson of
Christian Dolloff of Exeter.
Rhoda (Flanders) Dolloff was the daughter of Samuel Flanders,
who was the great-grandfather of Capt. John M. Flanders of New
Hampton Village. Rhoda had brothers and sisters, Samuel,
Abigail, Mary, Mehitable and Onesiphorus.
The Sanbornton Town History states that Samuel Dolloff of
Exeter early removed to New Hampton, when his son, John, was
16 years old. He was born in 1701, so it looks as though Samuel
Dolloff and family moved to New Hampton in 1717, the year that
the town was incorporated. He preempted a claim and built a
log house, and tradition states that he said when he cut the first
tree, " Here I cut my first tree and here my body shall lie." Their
burial ground was made on this spot, and here Samuel and wife,
Rhoda (Flanders), and John and Elizabeth are laid. Jonathan,
Joseph, Betsey and others rest here. No stones mark the graves
of Samuel and wife. A record shows that in 1782, Samuel Dolloff
and John Dolloff were present when 250 acres of land were
purchased for seventy-five pounds. This land was a hill farm
where a beautiful view of country was to be seen, some two and
one-half miles from Winona station, five miles from New Hampton
and three miles from Meredith Center. The old house was
removed, and a frame building was also pulled down and another
house built. Mr. Dolloff died, aged 86, in 1820, and the place
was sold, but a son of John Dolloff, Sr., purchased the place in
1836, and it still remains in the family. The youngest daughter
(Erma) of Joseph P. Dolloff now owns it.
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Samuel Dolloff probably married in Poplin (now Freemont) in
1760. His children, John and Mary, who married Deacon
Joseph Sanborn, born in 1760 and died in 1834. His wife, born
in 1766 and died in 1826. Their children:
Levi, b. 1786; d. 1818; m. Hannah Prescott of New Hamp-
ton.
Polly.
Asahel, m. Sarah Favor; they had a dau.
Joseph, b. 1791; d. 1824.
Polly, b. 1794; d. 1878.
Betsey, b. 1798; d. 1821.
Rhoda, b. 1801 ;d. 1827.
Parker, b. 1803; d. 1833.
Plummer, b. 1806; d. 1829.
Ashahel J., b. 1810; d. 1846.
There are two unmarked graves.
Genealogical descent: Christian Dolloff 1 , Samuel 2 , Samuel 3
(born February 1, 1703), Samuel 4 of New Hampton, John 5 , John
and brothers and sisters 6 , their children 7 , grandchildren 8 , great-
grandchildren 9 .
From New Hampton Town Records
John Dolloff, Sr., born September 19, 1761; died in 1833;
married Elizabeth Preston, born September 18, 1762; died Decem-
ber 25, 1846. Their children, born in New Hampton.
Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1785; d. 1824.
William Preston, b. July 5, 1788; m. 1816 Mary Emmons
of Bristol. They had a son William, who lived and died in
New Hampton.
Polly H., b. 1790; d. aged 75 yrs.; m. Jonathan Judkins, Jr.,
of Sanbornton; he b. 1794, d. 1834. They had five chil-
dren.
John, Jr., b. July 23, 1792; d. 1847; m. Nancy Thomas, b.
July 20, 1798, d. 1875; she dau. of Jacob Thomas and
granddau. of "Master Abraham Perkins" of Sanbornton.
In 1817 he removed to Strafford, Vt. In 1821 he returned
and lived on the Bunker place in Sanbornton, living with
his wife's father, Jacob Thomas; later he lived on the
Alonzo Dolloff place in New Hampton, thence to Meredith
Center, and lived with his dau., Laurenia (Mrs. Daniel
Pike Smith), where he died aged 79 yrs. It was said of
him that "his word was as good as his bond."
Laurenia, b. 1815; m., first, Amos Small; second, Nathan
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Ballard; third, Daniel Pike Smith. Mrs". Smith cared for
her parents. She d. 1879. They lived in the old home-
stead and their home fell to their son, Joseph.
John Dolloff, Jr., married Nancy Thomas. Their children:
Laurenia, b. 1815.
Joseph Preston, b. July 27, 1818.
Jacob Thomas, b. July, 1820.
John Simpson, b. March, 1824.
Elizabeth Perkins, b. July, 1826.
Erma Perkins Dolloff, born January 22, 1845 (Joseph Preston
Dolloff, born in 1794, and wife, Betsey (Young) Dolloff; John D.,
Sr., and wife, Elizabeth Preston, born in 1762; Samuel, "Little
Samuel " Dolloff, born in Epsom). Erma Perkins Dolloff married
in 1869 John W. Edgerly of Meredith. She owns the Samuel
Dolloff homestead, and lives there in summer and in Concord in
winter. Joseph P. Dolloff bought back the old home in 1836.
Mrs. Edgerly is the youngest daughter of Joseph P. Dolloff.
John Dolloff, Jr., who married Nancy Thomas, their sixth child
was as above.
Julia Ann, b. Sept. 1829.
Betsey A. Harvey, b. 1831.
Susan Perkins, b. 1834.
Alonzo Franklin, b. 1836.
Lydia M. Perkins, b. 1840.
Lyman Perkins, b. 1842.
Edwin Allen, d. young.
Joseph Preston, born July 23, 1794; died in 1847; married
Betsey Young; she died in 1847. They had nine children:
Jonathan, b. Jan. 5, 1796; d. 1831; m. 1822 Martha Copp,
b. 1797.
Betsey Simpson, b. May 8, 1798;d. 1872 ;m. Joseph Palmer;
six children.
Sally Veasey, b. June 20, 1801 ; d. 1872; m. Henry Batchel-
dor, who was b. in Meredith in 1800. They moved to
Maine.
Elijah Blake, b. 1803; m. Sally Bryant of Meredith, Feb.
12, 1825. They had two sons and a daughter.
Beniah, b. April 18, 1805; d. 1869; m. Clarissa Veasey of
Boston in 1827. He cared for his parents. His father
d. 1833. In 1842 he sold the place to Deacon Daniel
Veasey and his son, Lyman Veasey. Mr. Dolloff removed
to Maine. They had nine children.
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There were two other families of Dolloffs in Meredith, David
and Thomas.
Some of the Meredith Dolloffs lived at times in New
Hampton.
Miss Ellen A. Mills, 41 Chestnut Street, Nashua, is said to be
compiling a genealogy of the Dolloffs.
The journal of Rev. John Pike, dated September 15, 1707,
states that John Dollar of Exeter was slain by "ye" Indians in
the woods.
Kingston, N. H., First Church records state that February 14,
1853, Sarah Dollar married Alexander Gordon.
From Boston Transcript
Amos Leavitt was in Meredith before 1800. Did his sister,
Elsey, born in 1761, marry Thomas Dolloff, 1780, at Raymond?
Thomas Dolloff removed to Meredith from Brentwood with
his family, and among his associates were Leavitts.
There was an Amos among them, and Thomas and Elsey
(Leavitt) Dolloff. They named their second son Amos.
Thomas Dolloff was a Revolutionary soldier (record is proved),
born in 1759, died in 1841. His father was Thomas; mother's
name unknown.
Thomas Dolloff, 1759/60-1818, Revolutionary soldier, who
enlisted at Raymond for the town of Kingston, married in 1780,
Elsey Leavitt, 1761-1854, at Candia.
Samuel S. Dolloff, 1784-1871, born at Epsom; intention of
marriage filed in Epsom, June, 1808, with Mary Dolloff, daughter
of Thomas Dolloff of Meredith and wife, Elsey Leavitt. They
were married in Meredith, September 22, 1808.
They had a son, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1895; married in 1832,
Mary H. Webster of Meredith. Their son, John S. Dolloff,
1822-1897, married in 1845, Harriett S. Kimball, 1821-1893.
Their daughter, Phebe Smith Dolloff, married Joseph L. Plumer
of Meredith in 1865. (This runs back to Mary Plumer, who
married Clemenceau.)
Their daughter, Mary, married George Thompson of Gilford.
They had a daughter, Arabelle Thompson, who married Edwin
M. Pitman of Laconia in 1888.
Their son, Benjamin Dolloff, married Lulu Merrill. They had
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a son, Carl, born in 1886, who married Winnifred Barlow. Chil-
dren :
Florence Winifred, b. 1906.
Armena, b. 1908.
Freda A., b. 1911.
Carl Fred, Jr., b. 1915.
Another son living in Dorchester, Mass., Rev. Eugene Dins-
more Dolloff, born in Gilmanton in 1890, married Eva Belle
Bueklin of Hill. Their children:
Maurice Eugene.
Lawrence Stanley.
Ruth Marjorie.
(This is from the grandmother.)
Children of Thomas Dolloff and wife, Elsey (Leavitt) Dolloff:
Jesse Dolloff, 1800-1878, Meredith, married in 1822 Nancy P.
Huckins, 1801-1881 (as on gravestones) of Meredith. They had
a son, Alpheus, born in 1823, who married Eliza Jane Chase,
daughter of Abel Chase of Meredith. She died and he married,
second, Love, daughter of Nicholas Folsom of Meredith.
As Thomas Dolloff 's pension record: Joseph Dolloff, born in
1800 at Meredith, married in 1825 Hannah Smith, 1842-1908, of
New Hampton.
Disconnected
Gravestones in old yard, towards New Hampton, in Meredith:
Samuel S. Dolloff died November 20, 1871, aged 87 years.
His wife, Mary, died February 3, 1800, aged 93 years. A
daughter, Ella Annette, died in 1862.
John Dolloff, son of John S. Dolloff and wife, Harriett, died
June 6, 1863, aged 13 years.
Betsey B., wife of Thomas J. Kimball, died April 25, 1860,
aged 48 years.
Emogene E., daughter of E. A. Kimball, died February 15,
1857, aged 2 years.
Joseph G. Smith died August 23, 1857; wife, Betsey, died
October 23, 1872.
Joseph Smith died September 19, 1865 (child); Rosey Smith
died May 19, 1865.
Mary M. Dow, died October, 3, 1865.
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Ella Annette, daughter of Moses and wife, Mary Webster,
died in 1862, aged 3 years.
Stones in Oakland Yard, Meredith Center:
John Dolloff, 1792-1871; wife, Nancy, 1798-1875.
Alonzo F. Dolloff, 1836-1910; wife, Nance P., 1837-1913.
Harriet S., wife of John Dolloff, 1821-1893.
Eliza Dolloff, widow of Moses Seavey, 1821-1892.
Disconnected
Noah Dolloff of New Hampton married Nancy Merrill, 1818,
both of Meredith.
Thomas Dolloff of New Hampton had sons, Asahel and Col.
Jesse, and daughter Abigail, who married Stephen Gordon.
As pension record: Mahala Dolloff, 1800, married Amos Veasey
(Veasey) of Bridgewater, 1834.
In Meredith was Samuel Dolloff (called "Little Samuel")
who had a son, John Stephen Dolloff, who was the father of
" Phebe Ann Plumer." He had a son, Samuel, born in 1809, who
lived and died in Waterville, Maine, in 1895.
Amos Dolloff, 1800 (as pension records), married Nancy Dolloff
of New Hampton. Amos was killed driving down a hill. Their
daughter Abigail Dolloff, married Daniel Smith. Children:
Nancy Elizabeth, m. Mooney Russell.
Thomas Smith, m. Lizzie Veazey. They had an adopted
son Charles. See Smith family.
Mary Susan, m. Sanborn.
Stephen, single.
Gilman, single.
Joseph Frank, b. 1849; m. 1881, Belle Robinson, dau. of
Thomas J. Robinson; she b. 1855.
Mariam S., m. 1835, Thomas Yeazey. Their son, Kendal
Veazey, m. Mahala Chase, dau. of William Chase. They
had a dau., Alma; Albert, d. young.
A granddaughter of Amos Veazey and wife, Marilla Dolloff,
married Jacob Fred Perkins, 1852. Their son, Elmer F. Perkins,
married Anna Sanborn in 1899 at Meredith. They have two
children.
Ellis Dolloff married Eliza, daughter of Thomas Veazey in
1810 at Meredith.
Abigail Dolloff, 1806, married Daniel P. Smith of Meredith.
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Among their children, Joseph F. Smith, married Belle Robinson.
Their children:
Joseph, m. Swain, dau. of Morrill Swain. Two
children.
ROBINSON, m. 1918, Ruth Hull, dau. of Charles E. and wife,
Florence N. (Green) Hull of Meredith.
Widow Abigail (Dolloff) Smith married, second, 1832, James M.
Marston of Meredith.
Leavitt Washington Dolloff, 1824-1891, born in Meredith, a
railroad man at Lancaster, married Mary, daughter of Abel
Chase, 1823-1852. He married, second, Sarah Smith Herrick
at Franklin. Children, Rozina and Augusta.
Alonson Dolloff married Susan Harriman; married, second, J.
Taylor.
Alpheus Dolloff married Eliza Jane Chase, 1844, of Meredith.
Leavitt Washington Dolloff married, third, Mrs. Ellen (Mana-
han), widow of Emerson Marston, 1826-1888, she daughter of
John Manahan and wife, Winnie Manahan of Milton, Mass.
They lived in Meredith. He married, fourth, Octavia J. Ricker,
born in 1847 on the Atlantic Ocean. After his decease, she
married John Elder of Meredith.
Mrs. Boyn ton's Line
According to history, Christian Dolloff came from Holland.
He married Rachel of Exeter. In 1667 Christian had a
daughter, Mary. His second wife's name was Sarah.
Bell's History of Exeter states that Christian Dolloff 's name was
on the Exeter town books in 1668. Records state that Christian
Dolhoof of Exeter died in 1708. His children were Samuel,
Richard, Thomas, Mary, Prudence and Catherine.
History of Exeter states that about 1716 the Indians carried
away four children that were playing, three of them undoubtedly
daughters of Richard Dolloff. Their father in 1717 petitioned
the Assembly of the Province for them and went to Canada to
redeem them, and got one by paying her Indian captor twelve
pounds and seven shillings. He again prayed the Province of
New Hampshire would aid him to get the other two released.
The Assembly voted him in 1717 ten pounds and the next year a
like amount. Tradition tells that after peace was established
186 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
the father brought two back; the other one had married an
Indian. She also returned, but, thinking she was slighted on
account of her marriage with an Indian, she was ashamed and
returned to Canada.
Christian 1 Dolloff, Samuel 2 , Samuel 3 , born February 1, 1703,
went from Salisbury, Mass., in 1770 to New Hampton, N. H.
Samuel Dolloff 4 went from Exeter to New Hampton. He
married Rhoda Flanders.
Mary 5 married Deacon Joseph Sanborn. They had eight
children.
John 5 , 1761-1833, married Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1846.
They had ten children :
Samuel 6 , 1785-1824.
William Preston, 1788-1817, m. Mary Emmons; their
son, George 8 A. Dolloff, m. Laura A. Ward.
William Preston 8 m. Phebe T. Smith, 1840, dau. of John
Smith.
Mary 7 , 1790-1865, m. Jonathan Judkins in 1814. Five
children.
John 2 Dolloff lived at the head of Nigger Pond. When less
than 16 years old he was cutting a large tree in the woods
and found a bear in the trunk that had hibernated there
for the winter and was asleep. He despatched Bruin with
his axe, his little dog trying to help him. He later removed
to Vermont. His son, John, b. Mar. 22, 1792, in Vermont,
d. 1871; m. in Sanbornton Nancy, 1798-1875, dau. of
Jacob and wife, Ruth (Perkins) Thomas, she a dau. of
Abraham Perkins, and his wife, Mrs. Mary (Sanborn)
Fogg, she dau. of Jeremiah Fogg.
John 3 , Jr., 1792-1871, lived on the Bunker place, in
Sanbornton, and d. at Meredith Center at Mrs.
Daniel P. Smith's, his dau.
Abraham Perkins was called "Master Perkins." He was born
in Ipswich, Mass., in 1735, and did much to help the town by
laying out roads, and was very influential in many ways. After
finishing his last school on Calef Hill, he went home and said "his
lifework was done." He died soon after, in 1804. His wife's
father, Jacob Thomas, was a fifer in the Revolution at the age of
15 years. He settled on the Bunker Farm in Sanbornton, but
died with their daughter at Meredith Center.
Joseph Preston, 1794-1847, m. Betsey Young of New
Hampton in 1823. Their dau., Louvina P. Dolloff, m.
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William E. Gordon in 1847. A son, Charles H., b. 1845,
also a son, John Samuel Simon Dolloff, who had a son,
Dr. Albert Simeon, b. 1863, who m. 1888, Amy J. Babb,
dau. of John Babb and wife, Josephine.
Samuel 4 Dolloff and wife, Rhoda Flanders went to Meredith
from Exeter, or Poplin, with his mother, Esther (Beard) Dolloff;
she widow of Samuel 3 of Exeter. In 1781 they removed to New
Hampton and Meredith. Samuel Dolloff married Mary, daugh-
ter of Thomas and wife, Elise Leavitt of Raymond.
Thomas Leavitt, 1759-1841, son of Amos Leavitt. Some of
their children were Amos, John R., Noah, Jesse, Joseph, Sarah,
Mary, Abigail and Mahala.
Samuel Dolloff is buried in a yard on the old farm in Meredith,
which is now owned by Fred Dolloff, son of John, born in 1822,
and grandson of Samuel, 1784-1871.
Jonathan 7 , 1796-1831, m. in 1822 Patty Copp of Tufton-
boro.
Betsey 7 Simpson, 1798, m. in 1816 Joseph Palmer; both of
New Hampton.
Sally 7 Veazey, 1801-1872, m. Nathaniel Chase; m., second,
in 1821, Henry Batchelder of Meredith. They had ten
children. Their son, Charles S. Batchelder, 1802-1869.
Elijah 7 Blake, 1803, m. in 1825 Sally Bryant; m., second,
in 1845, Lucy Ann Moses.
Benaih, 1805-1869.
Stephen G. Dolloff married in 1831, Abigail Smith, 1812-1851,
of New Hampton; she married, second, in 1841, Jonathan Dolloff
Huckins.
Mrs. Frank {Francis) Robinson s Ancestry
Thomas Dolloff, 1729-1811, married Elsey Leavitt, 1761-1854.
A son, Samuel, 1784, married Mary Dolloff, 1786. Their daugh-
ter, Mary Dolloff, 1813-1896, married Moses Webster, 1814-1898.
Their son, Moses Gilman Webster, 1835-1920, married Hannah,
daughter of John Smith, 1842-1908. Their daughter, Edith
Eldora Webster, 1868, married Francis Joseph Robinson, 1864.
Relationship to Thomas Dolloff Unknown
David Dolloff, son of David Dolloff of Meredith, born at
Northfield, 1792-1849 (as gravestones), married in 1817, Jane,
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1793-1862, daughter of Samuel Huckins, 1764-1840, and wife,
Mary Jane Heson. Children born in Meredith:
Sylvester, b. 1820; m. Lucy Ann Messer.
Lorenzo D., 1821-1905, m. 1845, Susan P., dau. of Joseph
and Elizabeth Bean. Their dau., Mary C, m. John C.
Baxter in 1872; also B. Jennie, m. Ebenezer Buzzell.
Nancy D., 1825-1894, m. William M. Webster, son of
Thomas and wife, Jane (Staples), b. in Gilford, 1805-1887;
lived in Manchester.
Mary Jane, 1826-1890, m. Charles Layfette Kimball, son
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Smith) Kimball of Meredith.
Their children: Charles, m. Lettie T. Webster; Edwin, m.
Amy, dau. of Lang Russell.
Eliza A., m. Jeremiah Morrill Smith, son of John of Mere-
dith; she m., second, Seavey of Laconia.
Miriam, 1828-1871, m. John, son of Samuel Batchelder and
wife, Asenath Currier of Lakeport; b. in New Hampton.
Phineas, 1834-1902, a farmer in Meredith, m. 1863 Emeline
E. (Dolloff) Marston, 1826-1888, widow of Jeremiah
Marston, and dau. of John L. and Elizabeth (Colby)
Dolloff. He m., second, Emma A., dau. of Stephen and
Elizabeth Blake.
Elizabeth, 1837-1882.
Abigail, 1837-1892, m. Stephen A. Newell of Lakeport.
DOW
Joseph Dow, in his History of Hampton, N. H., states that the
history of Hampton in earlier years was the history of the "Prov-
ince of New Hampshire," being one of the original towns; a half
shire town of Norfolk County in the Massachusetts Colony.
According to history, John Dow was the first of the name in
Hampton, but he returned to England and died in Tylner, Norfolk
County, England, in July, 1561, leaving three children, Thomas,
John and Edith.
Henry Dow, the eldest son of Thomas, married Elizabeth
— . They had six children. Their second son, Henry, came
to Hampton from Runham, Norfolk County, England, where he
was born in 1608; he married in 1631 Joane, widow of Roger Nudd
of Ormsby. He procured a license in 1637 to emigrate with his
family to America, he then being 29 years of age, his wife Joane
30 years old, with four children and a servant, Anne Manning,
aged 17 years. He settled first in Watertown, Mass. His wife
died there and he married, second, Margaret Cole and removed
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in 1644 to Hampton, where he had bought a house and several
tracts of land. This farm descended to the sixth generation
before it was sold into another name.
As history states, Capt. Henry Dow, son of Henry, 1st, was
about 25 years of age when his father died. He married Hannah
Page, who came from Ormsby on the same ship with the Dow
family.
Henry Dow, 2d, was a prominent man. He was a land sur-
veyor, selectman, town clerk, and was appointed marshal of
Norfolk County when Abraham Drake resigned in 1673. In 1689
he was ensign of the Hampton Company of Militia, and rose to
be captain in 1692; later he was councillor in court until his
death in 1707. Captain Dow and wife had children:
Lucy, m. James Hobbs.
Ezekiel, b. 1698; m. Abigail Robey. Their children were
Esther, Nathan, Lydia, Patience, Lucy and Jabez.
As we come down through the several generations, much inter-
esting history gives details of them. One thing mentioned is
Capt. Henry Dow's diary, which is still preserved and photo-
graphed. It is described as a little leather-covered book which
has characters written on the pages that require a cipher alpha-
bet to read. The author, Joseph Dow, ciphered out some of it
and Englished it. He states that it gives an account of Jacob
Leisler's "Declaration in 1689 when he seized the 'Fort' in New
York and adhered to the Protestant Religion."
Sergt. Joseph Dow, born in Watertown, Mass., 1639-1703,
was the third son of Henry Dow and wife, Joane. Joseph Dow
married Mary Sanborn; their son, Joseph Dow, married at
Amesbury, Mass., 1687, Mary Challis. Their third son, Phillip 1 ,
born April 26, 1695, married Hannah Griffin in 1723/4; she died
in 1853. He was a yeoman in Kingston. History states that
they had eight children. Phillip married, second, Sarah (Ayers).
She died in 1748. (She had previously married in 1736 Jonathan
Freese, born in 1714; he died and she married Phillip Dow, son of
Joseph Dow.)
Kingston First Church records give some children of Phillip
Dow:
Ezekiel, b. 1731.
Jemima, b. 1734.
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Ephraim, b. 1736.
Phineas, b. 1738.
Ebenezer, b. 1739.
Phillip Dow, 1st, as history states, was in Kingston and was of
the Quaker faith. He had a son, Ebenezer, who, statistics state,
married in 1761, Sarah French, born in 1734, of Hampton, daugh-
ter of Samuel French and wife, Mary Perkins (as Dow's History
of Hampton) . Ebenezer's brother, Benaiah Dow, married Sarah's
sister and they settled in Gilmanton. Zebulon and Winthrop
Dow enlisted in Epping with Sergeant Ebenezer, drawing the
same pay and four dollars each for an overcoat. Ebenezer's wife
died leaving a son, Phillip, 2d, who went to live with his grand-
father, Phillip, until he grew up to manhood. Ebenezer (pension
record) married, second, Mary Sanborn of Epping, in 1772.
They had two children when he enlisted in 1775 for Revolutionary
service:
Mary, m. a Griffin.
Jane, d. single in 1859.
Nathan, b. later.
After Ebenezer's return from the war, Strafford County deeds
show that in 1782 he was in Meredith, and had a deed from Elisha
Thomas of Epping to Ebenezer Dow, yeoman (which shows that
he owned other land), a piece of land in Meredith, 120 acres
containing a half of a gristmill and one half of a sawmill, that
was bought of Joshua Foulsom, beginning at the north end of
Sibley's line and extending south, which looks like the mills at
Meredith Center, dated October 21, 1782. Sibley had lots Nos. 2,
3 and 4 in the First Division. Meredith town records give
Sewall and Ezekiel in the First Division, in 1812; Phillip, Jona-
than and Abram in the Second Division, in 1830-1835; and
Abram in the Second Division, 1840-1850.
Meredith town records state: 1827, paid Phillip Dow for wood in
School District No. 8; 1832, paid Phillip Dow for sawing plank,
for bridges. (This looks as though Phillip was connected with
the sawmill that his father Ebenezer bought years before at
Meredith Center.)
A deed from Abraham Swain to Phillip Dow, 2d (son of
Ebenezer and Abraham Swain's son-in-law), conveys one half of
lot No. 6, in the Second Division in Meredith, being laid out for
120 acres, beginning at the northwesterly end, at the Rangeway,
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and running southeasterly, earring the whole width of the lot,
with equal width until half of the lot is measured off for quantity,
and not for quality. "I am the lawful owner of said land with
no incumbrance." Signed, Abraham Swain. Dated, December
9, 1794.
Another deed from Randlett to Phillip Dow, 2d, dated Decem-
ber 27, 1800, for ten acres, being a part of lot No. 12, in the
Second Division in Meredith, the same credit to Abraham Swain
and conveyed to Ebenezer Dow, as by said Swain (his son-in-law).
Signed, John Randlett.
This is near the place where Jonathan Dow and wife, Eliza
Glidden, are buried with a son, Frank Gilman Dow, also Eliza
Glidden's second husband, John S. Pease, 1802-1877 (a brother
to Simeon Pease). He died and she married, third, John P.
Clifton, 1812-1884.
(Tradition tells us that she once told a neighbor that she had
three husbands named John, but the last one was the best.)
Information from Mrs. Elite May {Dow) {Smith) Gordon
Phillip Dow, 2d, married Lydia, daughter of Abraham Swain.
Their children:
Ebenezer, b. 1799; m. Nancy Wiggin.
Jonathan, m. Elizs Glidden.
Abram Swain, m. Mary Jane Moore.
Gilman, d. young.
Lucy, b. 1804; m. Joseph Neal; buried at Meredith Village.
Polly, m. Nathan Clay; published 1833; buried in Union
Cemetery.
Sabrina J., 1806-1866; m. George Hilliard; buried at Weirs.
Hannah Susan, m. George Shores; buried in Robinson
Yard, Meredith Center.
Another dau. m. Greenleaf Fogg of Holderness.
Jonathan Dows children:
John Mooney, m. Nellie Kimball, sister of Warren Kimball.
Smith, d. South.
Frank Gilman, d. aged 28 yrs.
Abraham Swain Dow's children (he born 1816):
Charles Glidden, b. 1850.
Anna M., 1852-1877.
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John Gilman, b. 1854.
George Harry, b. 1859.
Ellie May, b. 1865; m. Smith Gordon, 2d.
Bible Records
From Mrs. Ellie May (Dow) (Smith) Gordon, a daughter of
Abram Swain and Mary Jane Moore:
Phillip Dow, 2d, had a brother, Sewell, born 1780; married
Lydia, daughter of Abraham Swain. Their children:
Ebenezer, 1789-1881, d. in Moultonborough. He is buried
on Meredith Neck in Boardman Hill yard. He m. 1826,
Nancy, dau. of Chase Wiggin and wife, Mary Eaton.
Their children:
Smith, m. 1853, Louise Boardman. They had a dau.
who m. Elon Clark. He was a brother to Mrs. Maria
Alexander of Meredith.
Lucian, m. 1856, Harriet A. Lovejoy; d. 1903; buried at
Lakeport. They had a dau., Emma, b. 1860, who
m. James Chase of Meredith and a son, Harry, who
d. young. Lucian m., second, 1902, Vettie M. Chase,
age 65 yrs., dau. of Madison Chase and wife, Nancy
(Roberts) Chase; a dau., Emma, b. 1860, m. 1881,
James L. Chase of Meredith.
Ebenezer Lawrence, 1827-1905, m. Octavia Libbey, b.
1835 in Sanbornton. Their children:
George W., 1862-1912.
Herbert E., b. 1868; m. Grace Shephard.
Albert E., b. 1869; m. Verdee Veasey of Meredith; she
later m. Arthur Hutchins.
Frank, m. Emma Belle Sinclair.
Ervin Lawrence, lived in East Holderness.
Octavia, m. Samuel Amos Twombly. Their children:
one m. a Knowles; Alice Twombly, single; Elizabeth
Oranna, m. James Herbert Stratton. Their dau.,
Elizabeth, m. Holt.
Mary A., 1846-1902; m. James A. Bickford, 1841-1916.
Their children:
Clara A., b. 1866; m. Hiram A. Cook, 1860-1922.
Henry A., 1873-1889.
Lizzie E., b. 1882; m. Elbridge P. Thompson in 1904.
Their children: James A., b. 1906; Howard F., b. 1911.
Jonathan Dow, son of Phillip, 2d, and wife, Lydia Swain,
married, in 1833 Eliza Glidden. Their children:
John Mooney, d. 1918 in Boston; m. Nellia Kimball at Mere-
dith Center. They adopted a dau., Minnie Dow, 1871-
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1915 ; she was an artist with her father, John Dow. They
are buried in Union Cemetery, on lot 547, owned by Chase
Cawley Weeks, b. in Sanborn ton, who m. Sarah A. Bick-
ford and aunt of John Mooney Dow; also a small stone,
Nancy Mary. Tradition tells us that Chase C. Weeks
built the summer hotel "View De Leau" and run it for a
time, then returned to Boston; he d. in 1918, and is buried
in Union. No stones.
Smith, d. in Boston.
Frank Gilman, d. aged 28 yrs., is buried beside his mother
in a little yard back of the Ebenezer Dow home, where
Jonathan Dow and wife were laid, also her second hus-
band, John S. Pease, 1802-1877. After his death she m.,
third, John P. Clifton, 1812-1884.
Copied from Mrs. Abram Swain Dow's Bible
Abram Swain Dow, 1816-1881, married in 1848 Mary Jane
Moore, 1822-1877, she a daughter of Joseph Moore of Sanborn-
ton. Their children:
Charles Gordon, b. 1850.
Anna M., 1852-1877.
John Gilman, b. 1854; m. Laura A. Fellows.
George Henry, b. 1859; m. Zoa Wiggin, d. 1859.
Ellie May, b. 1865; m. Edwin Parry Smith of Meredith,
son of Jacob Smith of Sanbornton and wife, Nancy J.
Pearson of Meredith. They settled on Meredith Ridge;
had a son, Ernest Parry Smith, b. 1885, who lives with his
mother at Lakeport. After Mr. Smith died she m., second,
Elisha Gordon of Lowell; he d. 1928. Abram Swain Dow
is the ancestor of the Bristol branch of Dows, and the
father is buried near Bristol.
Records
Jonathan Dow of Brentwood, " Pioneer" in 1782, died in 1850;
married in 1790 Sally Hanaford of New Hampton, daughter of
Capt. Peter Hanaford, Revolutionary soldier; she was born in
1771, died in 1832. They had twelve children.
Abigail, 1791-1872, m. 1807 Daniel Huckins of New
Hampton, son of James and wife, Dorcas (Bickford)
Huckins. Their children:
Nathan, b. 1808.
David, b. 1810.
Jonathan Dolloff, b. 1812; m. Abigail Smith, widow of
Stephen Dolloff.
194 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Daniel, 1814-1818.
Calvin, b. 1816.
Sarah, 1819-1894; m. 1841 Ezekiel Pike, son of Daniel
Pike and wife, Sarah (French) of New Hampton.
Abigail, 1824-1849; m. Daniel C. Kelley.
Daniel B., b. 1826.
Joseph D., b. 1828.
Dana D., 1830-1865; left a son, Albert D., b. 1859.
Hosea Q., 1832; m. Helen Davis Nickerson.
Jonathan Dow, born in 1803, at Weare, a son of Stephen Dow,
1764, and wife, Lydia Gove, married in 1830, Harriet Chase.
Jonathan Dow of Gilmanton in his will, signed April 1, 1821,
gave his wife half of the farm, also two cows and three sheep.
His three daughters were Jemima Morrill; Hannah, wife of John
Ferro; Dolly, wife of Josiah Farrar, who were married in 1796.
He gave John, his son, half the farm and personal property. He
married Elizabeth Chapman of Sanbornton in 1803; married,
second, Deborah Page in 1867. To a son, Ephraim, he gave one
dollar, he having had his share. He married Elizabeth French
in 1790. To their son, Richard, he gave $110. He married
Jemima Worthen, of Kensington in 1809. The daughter to have
a certain amount of money later on. He decreed that his son,
John, provide wood to keep one fire for his mother as long as she
remains his widow.
Old Bible Records
Jabez Dow, 1748-1808, born in Kensington, N. H., removed to
Deerfield. He married Anna Jewell, 1755-1840; married in 1777
at South Hampton, N. H. He served in the Revolution, four
years, for which he received a pension. Later he removed to
Meredith with his family, and was buried in the Jonathan Dow
yard, on the so-called "Roller Coaster Road," where he lived.
There were nine Dows that served in the Revolution ; not a Dow
stayed at home. Their children:
Lydia, 1777-1870, d. in Laconia. She was a school teacher
in Meredith and Deerfield.
Sarah, b. 1781.
Ezekiel, 1785-1849, b. in Kensington, removed with his
parents to Meredith. He m. 1814, Sarah Hill, 1786-1880,
dau. of Jonathan Hill and wife, Abigail Tilton. He was a
surveyor and farmer. They attended the Congregational
Church in Meredith. Their children:
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Lorenzo Ware, 1815-1912. He was called "Honest
Ware Dow." He was b. in Meredith and d. in Somer-
ville, Mass. He m. at Meredith, in 1842, Susan, b.
1821, dau. of Nathaniel Morrison and wife, Susan
(Evans), she b. 1792, dau. of Edward Evans, 1752-
1831. He was b. in Salisbury, Mass. He was adju-
tant in the Revolutionary War, under Gov. Mesheck
Weare. The Evans family were prominent citizens.
Children of Lorenzo and wife, Susan Dow:
Sarah F., 1843-1910.
Henry W., b. 1850; m. Elizabeth Lovejoy Nichols
in 1880.
Susan Emma, 1854-1899, m. W. L. Snow.
Walter A., b. 1858; m. Stella Griffin in 1885.
Willie M., 1858-1863.
The grandchildren of Lorenzo Dow:
Ethel Mildrid, b. 1885.
Walter Weare, b. 1887.
Emma G., b. 1890.
Feda L. Baun, b. 1897.
Henry Dow of Northwood married in 1813, Betsey Watson of
Nottingham, she a daughter of William Watson. He was a
cooper. Their descendants went to Meredith and settled near
the Dows, and made their homes.
Synopsis of will of Anna (Jewell) Dow, wife of Jabez Dow,
dated Meredith, N. H., July 8, 1837:
1. I give to Lydia Dow, my daughter, one-third of my wearing apparel, also
one-third of household furniture, etc., and $50 of my pension money, now
due, provided I do not live to pay it myself.
2. To Sally Deaborn, my daughter, one-third of my wearing apparel, also
one-third of household furniture, and $20 of pension money soon due.
3. To my beloved grandsons, Lorenzo W. Dow and Jonathan Gustavus
Dow, sons of my son, Ezekiel Dow; also to Samuel Deaborn and Joseph Jewell
Deaborn, sons of Sarah Deaborn, each one feather bed.
4. To Ezekiel Dow, my beloved son, the residue of my estate, real and
personal; and that Ezekiel Dow shall be executor.
(Signed) Anna (Jewell) Dow.
Copied from the Old Dow Bible
Ezekiel Dow had a son, Jonathan Gustavius Dow, 1819-1895.
He was a good farmer. He married in 1854, at Deerfield, Mary
M. Tilton, born in 1830, she a daughter of Elbridge Tilton,
born in 1798, and wife, Melinda, daughter of Sewall Deaborn.
They are buried in the Dow Yard. Their children:
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Myra E., 1855-1893.
Charles, 1864-1866.
Mrs. Jonathan G. Dow willed to Walter Dow (son of Weare
Dow) and his brother, Henry (her husband's nephews), the
brickyard at Weirs and the Mountain woodlot.
Ezekiel Dow, as Meredith inventory, was a resident of Mere-
dith, 1812-1833, in the First Division; also Sewall Dow.
Ephraim Dow married Sally Hill in 1814 at Meredith.
Thomas Dow died in Meredith in 1840.
Sabrina Dow married George Hilliard, above the Weirs.
Buried at Weirs.
Sewell Dow, a brother to Phillip Dow, 1780-1835, died in Lynn,
aged 55 years. He married in 1804, Eleanor Whicher of New
Hampton. Sewell's father's homestead was in Meredith Bridge,
in the part now called LacOnia. He removed to Thornton.
DREW
William Drew, born probably in Devonshire, England, in
1627, was at Oyster River in 1648. He lived at Drew's Point,
where the cellar of the " Drew Garrison," built by him or his son,
Francis, may be seen.
Old depositions show that William Drew died in 1669. His
widow, Elizabeth , born in 1628, was a daughter of Francis
and Tomasine (Channon) Matthews, who after her husband's
death married William Follett in 1671.
William Drew and wife, Elizabeth Matthews, had three chil-
dren. Their second son, John, born in 1651, settled about 1675
on the west side of Dover Neck, and was a cooper by trade. In
1680 he bought of William Follett, his mother's second husband,
land, and built a house on it; later he bought more land of different
men. History states that it was thought that he built the old
garrison, now standing on "Spruce Lane," known as the "Drew
Garrison," which is not far from the Drew family burial ground,
on lot No. 13, that formerly was owned by William Drew Dam.
John 2 Drew was a sergeant in the militia and occupied offices of
trust in town. He married, first, in 1675, Sarah Field, daughter
'of Darby Field, by whom he had four children. He married,
second, Rebecca Cook. He died at Back River, Dover, in 1723,
aged 73 years.
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John 3 Drew, born about 1680, married in 1705 Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Tucker) Hopley of Ports-
mouth. He died at Back River, Dover, in 1711. Their third
child, Francis 4 , born in 1712, married before 1737 Mary, daughter
of Joseph and Sarah (Davis) Hicks of Madbury ; she born in 1725.
Their sixth child, Andrew 5 , born in 1750, married Hannah,
daughter of Ephraim and Ruth Davis. He married, second,
Esther, daughter of Winthrop and Love (Cromwell) Bickford;
she born in 1766, died in 1844. He was living near Pascataqua
Bridge in 1793, but removed to Holderness, now Ashland, in 1808,
and died in 1 841 . He had five children by the first wife, and four
by the third wife. The first child by the second wife was Avis 6 ,
born August 15, 1801; married Samuel S. Baker of Holderness;
she died May 27, 1875.
Andrew Drew 5 , 1750-1841. His wife, Esther Bickford, 1766-
1844. Their children: Avis Drew, 1801-1875; Andrew, Jr.,
1803-1850; Emily W., 1808; Sophronia, 1809.
Nicholas Drew resided in Durham, and died there in 1895.
He was a member of the Durham Artillery Co. when it received
General Lafayette on his last tour through the States. Their
oldest daughter, Ellen K. Drew, born September 20, 1833 ; married
Oliver Knowlton of Newmarket; he was born March, 1791, in
Northwood. (The Sanbornton Town History states that he
married Lucinda Batcheldor of Northwood, she born October 29,
1802.) Oliver Knowlton, after his marriage, lived on the Francis
Smith farm in Sanbornton, where he was elected selectman, also
representative of the town. He went to Sanbornton, as a school
teacher, where he taught several terms at the Bay District.
Their third child, John Knowlton, born May 25, 1832, resided in
Meredith. He married Rachel in 1858, daughter of Josiah B.
Batcheldor and wife, Louisa, daughter of Samuel Sanborn of
Meredith. Their children:
Herbert Clarence, b. April 11, 1859.
Amy Cora, b. Aug. 28, 1861.
Jennie Louisa, b. Oct. 12, 1863.
Clara Louisa, b. June 25, 1869.
DUDLEY
Governor Thomas Dudley, born in Northampton, England, in
1576, died in 1653, at Roxbury, Mass., leaving a son and daughter.
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Rev. Samuel Dudley, born in England in 1606, died at Exeter
in 1683.
James Dudley, born in 1690.
Stephen Dudley, born in 1734.
Joseph Dudley, born at Exeter in 1728, son of James, died at
Raymond in 1792. His daughter, Mary Dudley, born at Exeter
in 1758, died at Gilmanton, in 1836; married Nathaniel Wells,
born at Raymond, 1750-1833.
Nathaniel, son of John Wells and wife, Apphia, died in Loudon
in 1796.
Dudley Wells, son of Nathaniel Wells, 1793-1831, died at
Gilmanton; married Mehitable Burleigh, September 14, 1817,
daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Taylor) Burleigh, born at
Gilmanton, 1797-1873. Their children:
James Dudley, b. at Gilmanton, 1819; d. at Manchester,
1866.
John Webster, b. at Gilmanton, 1823 ; d. at Palo Alto, Calif.
James Webster, son of James Dudley Wells, married Mary
Adelaide Morrison, October 12, 1887, at Meredith.
Eunice Wells, daughter of Nathaniel Wells, married Isaiah
Tibbetts, 1803. Their daughter, Eliza Wells Tibbetts, married
Nathan B. Wadleigh of Meredith in 1842. Their children:
Oliva Wadleigh, 1844-1844.
Ann Maria, b. 1845 ; m. Alphonso Charles in 1868. A child,
Willie N., b. 1874.
May Flora, b. 1857 in Laconia.
DURRELL
Thomas Durrell, 1800-1884, was born at Gilmanton in 1820.
He inherited a large acreage of land from his father and grand-
father, who were among the earliest settlers in the forests of
Gilmanton. He was active in public affairs of the town. Chil-
dren:
Ann Maria, b. 1840; m. John Shannon Wallis of Sanbornton.
Eliza, m. H. Richardson. They settled in Concord.
Augusta, m. Lyman Folsom. They lived in Laconia.
Lewis.
Charles, lived in Laconia, d. in California.
Joseph B., a farmer, who owned 1,600 acres of land, was a
prominent man; he m. Abigail Shannon. Their children:
Adeline, Lorrain, Fisk, Martha and Inez.
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Joseph B. Durrell, 1865-1896, married, second, Frances S.,
daughter of Perley and Eliza (Merrill) Farrar of Gilmanton.
Eliza Merrill, was a daughter of Israel Farrar, an early settler of
Gilmanton. Israel Farrar had children:
George W., m. Fanny Hill, who lived in Gilmanton, and
died in Laconia.
Eliza A., m. John Moore. They had seven children. She
m., second, Samuel Hutchins. They had one child.
Mary Jane, m. George Knapp. Their son d. in the Civil
War.
Emalie A., d. young.
Frances Susan.
Christiana, m. Joseph Odlin. Two sons.
Alfred P., d. young.
Arthur M., d. in early manhood.
Addie L., m. Henry Lamprey, who d. soon after he returned
from war.
Charles W. married and had eight children.
DUSTAN
From Moore's Genealogy, pages 167, 168
From Chase's History of Haverhill, page 185
On the 15th of March, 1697, a party of about twenty Indians
came suddenly and without warning upon the western part of the
town and, with the swiftness of the whirlwind, made their attack,
and as suddenly disappeared. The first house attacked was that
of Thomas Dustan.
There have been various accounts published, but Chase leans
to that of Rev. Cotton Mather as being the most reliable, he hav-
ing heard the account from the lips of Mrs. Dustan herself soon
after her return from captivity. He published it in 1702.
Hannah Dustan and her nurse, Mary Neff, were in the house,
Mrs. Dustan having given birth to a child a week previous.
When the Indians came Thomas Dustan was at work in a field,
and reached his house to save his family. He hurried all his
children, except the babe at its mother's breast, away on the road
to the settlement at Haverhill, the nearest house or shelter being a
mile away. Finding himself unable to save his wife, he hurried
his horse after his children, whom he overtook about forty rods
from the house. He kept them in front of him and shielded him-
self behind his horse.
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It is not known whether he fired on the Indians or not. It is
probable that he did not, but kept them at a distance, as, if he had
fired, they would have rushed upon him before he had time to
reload. The Indians fired at Dustan and the children, but not
one of them received an injury, although there were eight of
them, and their pace that of a child five years old. The other
Indians meanwhile made Mrs. Dustan get up, and, after rifling
the house, they set it on fire, taking Mrs. Dustan and her nurse
with them, first dashing out the brains of the child against a tree.
Several other captives were killed.
That night they traveled about a dozen miles. The home of
the Indian who took Mrs. Dustan was a small island at the junc-
tion of the Contoocook and Merrimack Rivers, a few miles above
Concord, N. H. To this place, since known as Dustan's Island,
they were taken. The Northern Railroad passes across it. A
monument should be erected on the spot where Hannah Dustan's
exploit took place. (Chase so states in his History.)
After remaining at this place about five weeks, preparatory
to being taken to Canada to be delivered to the French, Hannah
Dustan one night planned to kill the Indians with the assistance
of her nurse, Mrs. Neff, and a young lad named Samuel Lennard-
son, an English youth captured at Worcester a year and a half
before. They took hatchets and killed ten of the Indians as they
slept, only one squaw, sorely wounded, escaping in the dark.
Mrs. Dustan took some food, her dead master's gun and toma-
hawk, and, scuttling all the canoes but one, embarked with her two
companions in the remaining canoe and went down the Merrimack
River to Haverhill. They turned back to take the scalps off the
heads of the Indians for proof of their deeds, and soon after doing
this they wrapped them in a piece of linen cloth taken from her
house when she was captured. A part of this cloth is still pre-
served by some of her descendants. They arrived safely at
Haverhill, as though returned from the dead. The gun was pre-
sented to the Dustan Monument Association in 1859, after being
in the male line since the death of Thomas Dustan.
On recovering from their journey Mrs. Dustan, with her two
companions, journeyed to Boston, where they arrived April 21st.
They took the gun, tomahawk and the ten scalps and petitioned
the General Assembly, then in session, for recompense. It was
given them and voted to give 50 pounds from the public treasury,
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Mrs. Dustan to have one half and Mary Neff and Lennardson the
other half.
Hannah Dustan was the daughter of Michael and Hannah
(Webster) Emerson, and the eldest of fifteen children. She was
born December 23, 1657, and was married to Thomas Dustan,
December 3, 1677, by whom she had thirteen children. The
time of her death and also that of her husband is uncertain.
There is a tradition that she survived her husband some years,
going to live with her son, Jonathan, on the original Dustan farm
in the south part of town. Thomas Dustan was living in March
in 1 729. Chase calls attention to the greater heroism of Thomas
Dustan as compared with the more famous exploit of his wife.
Page 194. 'The name first appears on our town records as of
those who built cottages between the years 1699 and 1875; next
in a deed in 1675-6 from Thomas Dustan to Peter Green, then
among the soldiers in King Phillip's War, August, 1678, then in a
list of cottages built between 1875 and February, 1877."
Savage's General Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New Hamp-
shire, 1860, says: "Dustin or Duston, Josiah of Reading, 1647,
had Josiah, born May 14, 1656, and perhaps others, and died Janu-
ary 16, 1672. Thomas of Dover perhaps removed to Kittery
before 1652. Thomas of Haverhill, perhaps son of the preceding,
married Hannah Emerson, December 3, 1677."
Page 195. Chase concludes from an exhaustive investigation, of
which he gives the details, that Merrill in his search correctly
located the spot where the original Dustan house stood. This
location can be gleaned from the account, but is not easily indi-
cated apart from it.
After the Indian raid and Mrs. Dustan's capture, measures were
taken to provide for defense and against surprise.
April 5, 1696-7. Copy of town order:
To Thomas Dustan , upon the settlement of Garrisons. You being appointed
master of the Garrison at your house, you are hereby in his Majesty's name
required to see that a good watch is kept at your Garrison, both by night and
by day, by those persons hereafter named who are under your command, and
inspection in buildings or repairing your Garrison, and if any person refuse or
neglect their duty, you are accordingly required to make the return of the
same, under your hand to the committee of Militia in Haverhill.
The persons appointed are as followeth : Josiah Heath, Son Josiah Heath, Jr.,
Joseph Bradley, John Heath, Joseph Kingsbury and Thomas Kingsbury.
By order of the Committee of Militia:
Samuel Ayer, Capt.
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Mr. Dustan was for the time largely engaged in brick making.
The business, however, was attended with no little danger. The
clay-pits were only a short distance from the garrison, but a file of
soldiers had to be constantly on duty.
Page 308. In a petition to the General Court of Hannah Brad-
ley (she being taken prisoner in the same raid as Hannah Dustan,
but forced to travel further than she): "The next night but one
there came to us one squaw, who said Hannah Dustan and the
aforesaid Mary Neff assisted in killing the Indians of her wigwam,
except herself and a boy, herself escaping very narrowly, showing
to myself and others seven wounds." The Court granted Neff
200 acres of land at this time, 1728, when this petition was heard.
Page 658. Dustan Monument Association, organized October,
1855. January 22-23, 1856, a levee was held in aid of the project,
at which was exhibited the gun taken by Mrs. Dustan from the
Indians, the scalping knife said to have been used on the occasion,
a tankard presented to Mrs. Dustan and Mrs. Neff by Governor
Nicholson of Maryland, a pair of tongs, a platter formerly belong-
ing to Mrs. Dustan and the pocketknife of Thomas Dustan.
On June 1, 1861, a monument of Italian marble, 5 feet square
and 24 feet high, was erected by the Association, at an expense of
about SI 200.
The tablet contains the following inscription:
HANNAH, DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL AND HANNAH EMERSON
WIFE OF THOMAS DUSTAN
BORN IN THIS TOWN DEC. 23, 1657
CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS MARCH 15, 1697
At Which Time Her Babe, Then 6 Days Old, Was Barbarously Murdered
by Having Its Brains Dashed Out Against a Tree
They were taken to an island in the Merrimack River, near
Penacook, now Concord, N. H., on the night of April 20, 1697.
Assisted by Mary Neff and Samuel Lennardson, she killed ten of
the twelve savages in the wigwam and, taking their scalps and her
captor's gun as trophies of her remarkable exploit, she embarked
on the waters of the Merrimack and, after much suffering, arrived
at her home in safety.
Thomas Dustan, on the memorable 15th of March, 1697, when
his house was attacked and burned and his wife captured by the
savages, heroically defended his seven children and successfully
covered their retreat to a garrison.
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Thomas Dustan and Hannah Emerson were married December
3, 1677. Their children:
Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1678.
Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1680.
Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1681; d. Oct. 18, ; m. Samuel Wats,
Jr., of Haverhill, May 25, 1715.
Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1683.
Nathaniel, b. May 18, 1685.
John, b. Feb. 2, 1686; d. 1690.
Sarah, b. July 4, 1688.
Abigail, b. Oct., 1690.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 15, 1691-2; m. Elizabeth Wats, May 18,
1715.
Timothy, b. Sept. 14, 1694.
Mehitable, b. Sept. 12, 1694; d. Dec, 1694.
Martha, b. Mar. 15, 1696-7; d. Mar., 1696-7.
Lydia, b. Oct. 4, 1698.
At the time of the capture of her mother little Abigail Dustan,
mother of Hannah Watts Emerson, was just six and one-half
years old, one of the youngest children, hurrying away as fast as
their legs would carry them to safety, pursued by the savages,
and protected by the Colonist, Thomas Dustan, with his horse
and rifle.
Little Jonathan, her youngest brother, was only five years old.
Timothy was barely able to walk, being only two and one-half
years old, and was probably carried by one of the older children,
as may have been the case with Jonathan also.
Data from Howard P. Moore, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, on
Dustan family:
Hannah Dustan.
Abigail Dustan, m. Wats.
Hannah Watts, m. Benjamin Emerson.
Abigail Emerson, m. Ortho Stevens.
Abiah Stevens, H. John Moore.
Archelau Moore, m. D. F. Moore.
Rufus A. Moore.
Juliette Moore.
Chase's History of Haverhill has the Hannah Dustan line:
Nathaniel Cheney was a son of Daniel Cheney and Hannah,
born November 25, 1711.
Jonathan Dustan, married Elizabeth Wats May 18, 1715.
Mary Dustan, married Samuel Wats, Jr., May 25, 1715.
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EASTMAN
Ensign Ebenezer Eastman, 1746-1810, married in Stratham,
Abigail Barker, 1754-1824; he went to Sanbornton, on the Mere-
dith line, before the Revolution. He was one of sixteen Sanborn-
ton men that went into the Revolution about 1775.
Thomas Eastman, 1760-1834, who was a son of Edward East-
man and wife, Sally , married in 1784 Sally Brown of
Poplin, 1766-1820. They had eleven children.
Daniel Eastman, 1785-1812, son of Thomas, was killed by being
thrown from a horse.
Ruth Marion Eastman, 1792-1830, daughter of Thomas East-
man, married Benjamin Thompson, 1787-1822, son of William
Thompson and wife, Mary Chase.
Hannah Eastman, 1795-1864, daughter of Thomas and Sally,
married William Taylor, 1791-1872. .
John Eastman, 1897-1818.
Abel Brown Eastman, 1799-1882, married Eliza Woodman,
1799-1882, of Meredith, a daughter of Thomas Eastman and wife,
Huldah Sanborn, daughter of Dr. Benaiah Sanborn.
Obadiah Eastman, 1804-1882, son of Thomas and Sally, mar-
ried first, Mary Belinda Sanborn, 1813-1832, daughter of George
Washington Sanborn and wife, Mary Sanborn; second, Hannah L.
Hoit, 1814-1840, daughter of Stuart Hoit and wife, Mary Burley,
1813-1832; third, Susanna Prescott, 1813-1872, daughter of Asa
Prescott and wife, Hannah Thompson, daughter of Moses Thomp-
son; fourth, Mrs. Lucy (Kelley) Potter of New Hampton.
Obadiah had three children.
Sarah W'oodman Eastman, 1836-1873, daughter of Abel East-
man, married Joseph Perley (his second wife), son of Nathaniel
Perley and wife, Dorothy Bartlett of Haverhill, Mass.
George Washington Jefferson Taylor, 1820-1898, son of William
Taylor and wife, Hannah Eastman, daughter of Thomas and
Sally (Brown) Eastman, married Hannah Perkins Lane, daughter
of Joseph Hilliard Lane and wife, Mary Lane.
John W. Eastman, born in 1845, married Addie M. Brown in
1877, daughter of Sylvester Brown, he a son of David Brown
and a grandson of Samuel Brown, 1754-1827, a Revolutionary
soldier. He was one of the first settlers, and married, first, Sally
Paine, 1 755-1819- married, second, Mrs. Robinson. Sylvester
Brown married Eunice Gale Fox of Meredith.
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A daughter of Abel Eastman and wife, Eliza Woodman of
Meredith, was Mary Susan, the eighth child, born in 1849. She
married Lyman H. Cate, son of Thomas Cate and wife, Sarah
Wiggin of Meredith, daughter of David Wiggin and wife, Nancy
(Dockham) Wiggin. A son, Horace Hook Eastman, born in 1833,
married Angeline B. Colby. Their children:
Fred F., b. 1863; lives on the Horace Eastman farm in
Laconia (Old Meredith).
Axgie May Eastman.
EATON
John Eaton married in 1708 Esther, daughter of Moses Swett.
John Eaton of Seabrook, born in 1750, as history states, was
a tailor. He married Sarah French. They settled in Pittsfield,
N. H., and had eleven children.
The oldest child, Elisha 1 Eaton, born in 1768, married Betsey
Sherburne. He was a farmer and died in 1794, leaving one child,
Elisha 2 , born in 1794. He was only four months old when his
father died. His grandparents took him and kept him, and he
fell heir to the old home. He married Betsey, daughter of
Ephraim Brown of Guilford. Ten children:
Daniel B.
Sarah Jane, d. aged 23 yrs.
Miriam, m. Isiah C. Morrill of Guilford.
Reuhamah G., m. Isaac Morrill.
Emeline T., m. Calvin Rollins of Alton.
John D., settled in Salem, Mass.
Mary, m. Henry Duffee of Alton.
Martin B., was in Moultonboro.
Joseph W., resided in Salem, Mass.
Laura A., m. William Downs of Salem.
Daniel Brown Eaton, born at Guilford in 1820, settled in Mere-
dith. When a young man he taught school several winters. He
lived on his farm, where he was successful. He also did probate
business, was a surveyor and did the work when the Enterprise
Linen and Fibre Co.'s mill was started in Meredith. He married
in 1849 Susan 1 , daughter of Joseph P. Smith of Guilford. Their
children:
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Mary S., m. Rev. C. W. Taylor.
Julia A.
Sarah J., d. in middle life.
John S., d. in early manhood.
Daniel E., was cashier of the Meredith Savings Bank for
many years. He m. Ella E. Everett.
Joseph S., settled in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Susan (Smith) Eaton died in 1876. In 1882 Mr. Eaton
married, second, Mrs. Emily A. (Whidden) Corliss, widow of
Mark Whidden of Portsmouth.
EDGERLY
Some of the early Edgerly family came from England and
settled here at Oyster River. As they married and their families
grew larger, they went farther inland and made homes.
Samuel Edgerly, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier,
went to Kensington for a time, then removed to Meredith,
where he settled and made a home. He married Betsey Smith.
They had nine children: Joseph, David, John, Daniel, William,
Sarah, Polly, Jane and Hannah.
William M. Edgerly, born in 1812 at Meredith, lived at home
for twenty-five years. He married Lydia, daughter of David
Fogg of Meredith, and bought his home. Their children:
George G.
Joseph W., went to Syracuse, N. Y.
Frank G., lived in Concord.
One of the sons, John W. Edgerly, born at Meredith in 1846,
attended the Meredith schools, and also New Hampton Institu-
tion. He went into a grocery store in Concord, and later owned
one. He married in 1869 Emma P., daughter of Joseph Dolloff
of New Hampton. Her parents died when she was young, and
she lived in Concord with a sister and graduated there from high
school.
Emma P. Dolloff's great-grandfather, Samuel Dolloff, was of
Russian descent, as history states. He was an early settler of
New Hampton, where he cleared a homestead. His son, John
Dolloff, was born and died in New Hampton. He farmed some
and was a cooper. He was a very religious man.
John Dolloff's son, Joseph Dolloff, was born and lived on the
old homestead most of his life. Their children :
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Emma P.
Lavina P., m. William E. Gordon of New Hampton.
Martha M. N., m. Edward R. Robinson of Concord.
Joseph Y., lived in Concord.
Frank F., lived in Concord.
Johx S. S., d. in the Civil War.
William P., resided in New York; d. in Concord, 1891.
John P. Edgerly's mother, Lydia Fogg, daughter of David Fogg,
had a brother, George S. Fogg, a lawyer, and very able in business.
He was sent to Switzerland as minister, as he was a United States
Senator. Tradition tells us that George C. Fogg introduced
Abraham Lincoln to a Concord audience as "our next President,"
and, being chairman of the National Committee, Lincoln ap-
pointed Mr. Fogg as United States Minister to Switzerland, and
he filled the position. After his return to Concord, he edited a
paper until he sold out and retired. He died in 1881.
ELA
The Ela family were of English descent. Daniel Ela settled in
Haverhill, Mass., about 1658. Israel Ela was made freeman in
1677. He married Abigail Bosworth. He died in 1700. Their
son, John Ela, born at Haverhill in 1683, married Rachel Page.
He died in 1742. They had five children. Their oldest, Jacob,
was born in 1711-12. His wife died and he married, second,
Mrs. Ednah (Little) Gale. They had eight children. Their
oldest was John, the sixth child. A daughter, Lydia, married
Daniel Appleton. John (son of Jacob), was born in 1740-1.
He was a large man, weighing some 400 pounds. He married
Ruth Whittier. Their oldest children were twins, Nathaniel W.
and John Whittier Ela.
Nathaniel ran a hotel in Dover for over fifty years. John was
a farmer in Durham and Lee. He married Mehitable Dame of
Durham in 1793. Their children were Ednah, Joseph and John.
Their father died in 1801, when Joseph was four years old.
When Joseph was fifteen years old he went to Dover to learn the
hatter's trade of his uncle Nathaniel. He was a pensioner of the
War of 1812 and a very successful business man. He started
business for himself at Norway Plains (Rochester). His health
was poor, but he went to Meredith in 1822 and took charge of
the store of Joseph Smith of Dover, the great merchant of the
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Lake. The confinement soon impaired his health and drove him
to outside work, and he went out and drove a team. In 1828 he
was appointed deputy sheriff, which kept him outside, and he
regained his health in the thirty years after. He worked for the
Lake Company, purchasing right of flowage land, which he
bought himself, and owned much land along Plymouth Street in
Meredith on which he built homes. At one time he owned
fifty-two houses in Meredith.
Mr. Ela was one of the incorporators and trustees of the Mere-
dith Village Savings Bank. He married in 1832 Sally Miller
Moulton, daughter of Jonathan Moulton and wife, Abigail
Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith and wife, Mary Hobbs.
Benjamin was a son of Capt. John Smith of Hampton. Mrs.
Ela died in 1878, aged 65 years. They had five children in
Meredith. Laura E. married, first, Daniel S. Beede, whose
daughter, Nellie, was the widow of James W. Horn. She married,
second, Alvin Peavey, a son John W. Ela, who studied law.
He was in the Civil War and later practiced law in Chicago.
A son, Charles H., died. A daughter, Ednah, married George
E. Oilman. A daughter, Luella, died, aged 17.
FARNHAM
Benjamin Farnham, 1796-1871, son of Barachias Farnham and
wife, Stevens, who early lived in Lebanon, Maine, but moved
to Meredith, later lived in New Hampton, was a miller. He died
at Joseph Leavitt's place, and is buried in the Leavitt yard. He
was 76 years old in 1871. He married Mehitable, daughter of
Elisha Piper of Meredith, and had several children, who settled
elsewhere.
FERNALD
Old Kittery and Her Families states that in 1645 the agent for
Sir Ferdinando Gorges gave a perpetual lease of Puddington
Islands at Kittery, Maine, the Navy Yard, to Thomas Fernald,
son of Renald Fernald ; the price of the lease was two shillings, six
pence a year.
The lease was made to a twelve-year-old boy of Dr. Fernald
for his father's sake. Thomas later deeded to his brother, Wil-
liam, "Lay Clayme" Island. In 1806 this island was in posses-
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sion of Capt. William Dennett, which he sold to the United States
Government for $55,000. It contained 60 acres and was formerly
used to dry fish on
About 1840 Seavey's Island, the old home of Thomas Fernald,
was sold to the Government and added to the United States
Navy Yard.
John, son of John Fernald, was born December 31, 1757, in
Exeter. (We lack connection of the family, but the names seem
to have been kept.) In 1807 Thomas and Samuel Fernald lived,
as Nottingham history states, on the Turnpike District, and paid
taxes there.
Newfield History states that Dr. Renald Fernald married
Joanne . He was a surgeon of some eighty emigrants sent
over to Pascataqua, by Capt. John Mason in 1631. They
petitioned for Strawberry Bank to be called Portsmouth. Some
of his children were John, Samuel, William and Thomas. Thomas
was a land owner in 1660 in Portsmouth. "Ye whole of ye
Doctor's Island in Portsmouth."
Capt. Joseph Fernald was born in 1779 at Newfield. His
father died when he was young and he was bound out to Deacon
Thomas Drowne, where he learned the tanner's trade and was
a shoemaker until he enlisted as lieutenant in the company of
Capt. Peter Hersey. He was discharged in 1814 and moved to
Exeter in 1817. There he erected a tidemill for grinding bark.
He married Nancy Smart, who died in 1805, aged 30 years.
She was a daughter of Josiah Smart. In all his dealings with men
he was above reproach, strictly honest, and lived an upright life.
Charles Fernald signed the "Association Test" in Nottingham
in 1776. (I fail to find any record there of Luke Fernald, who
was the father of William H. H. Fernald, born (as on his grave-
stone) in 1802 at Nottingham. In 1779, as Nottingham history
states, the Eighth District School was kept at Charles Fernald's.
Also in 1807 a petition was made to set off the Turnpike District.
Among the petitioners was Thomas Fernald, Jr. The amount
of his tax for building the schoolhouse was $2.12. (Not much
as it is today.)
William Fernald, a Revolutionary soldier, of Meredith, served
in 1776 at Fort Sullivan, was also in Col. Josh Wingate's Regi-
ment at Fort Ticonderoga and signed for a pension at Exeter for
service at Fort Sullivan. He ran a tannery in an old building,
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still standing near a brook, this side of Plymouth Street Cemetery
entrance gate at Meredith, and had the reputation of being a
good blacksmith, liked by all his patrons. He lost his health
going to war. He was postmaster in his last years.
The Thirsty Disciple
As we are quoting Nottingham history, the story of the
"Thirsty Disciple" of Nottingham comes before us.
There were several religious sects in Old Nottingham, and on
one occasion the minister observed the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper in a schoolhouse on a small stand. He told much of the
life and suffering of Christ, and wrought his hearers up to show
much emotion. He broke the bread and gave it to the deacon to
pass, then filled the goblet with wine and, holding it in his hand,
said, "This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
the remission of sins"; and, passing it to the deacon, said,
"Drink ye all of it." That moment a man came in all covered
with dust and perspiration, having walked many miles to attend
this meeting. He approached, and the deacon recognized him
as one of the faithful, took the cup from the deacon and quaffed
the wine to the last drop, and, returning the cup to the deacon,
exclaimed. "Oh, Lord, I's dry as dust." So it' was in Paul's day
at Corinth. "One is hungry, and another is drunken." The
cup was empty. (One step from the sublime to the ridiculous.)
Luke Fernald, born in Nottingham, became a member of the
Brainard Mission, and in 1826 he and his wife were at Mission
Ridge near Chicamauga. He and his wife, Betsey, are buried in
Plymouth Street yard in Meredith; as on gravestones: Luke
Fernald, 1799-1851, his wife, Betsey, 1795-1863. Their children:
Mary Elizabeth, 1827-1844.
Capt. William H. H., 1833-1872; m. Loretta S. Burleigh,
1835-1889. He was in the Civil War, captain of Co. B,
12th Regiment Volunteers. Their daughter, Hattie
Wilmina, b. Feb. 10, 1861, in Meredith, m. Sidney Sanborn
Baker, son of George Washington Baker and wife, Ann
Eliza (Sanborn) Baker, of Holderness. (Tradition tells us
they were married under an oak tree, beside the lake in
Meredith.)
The earliest history of Luke Fernald is that he was in Meredith
in 1844 and helped form a fire company there. He was a black-
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smith in Meredith and had his shop on the "Flat," so called.
Tradition tells us that Luke and John Fernald were left orphans
when quite young;, and were put into families to grow up to man-
hood. (It looks from history that they came from Maine.)
John Fernald, 1805-1886, married Hannah Smith, 1806-1878,
a daughter of Rev. David Smith. A daughter, Jane, 1846-1854.
Emma, 1843-1917, married E. C. Coval, 1840-1906, of Laconia.
A son, David Smith Fernald, 1832-1881, born at Nottingham,
married in 1854 Almira Wiggin, 1835-1923, daughter of George
Washington Wiggin of Meredith; she was a sister of Charles,
Frank and Edwin Wiggin, also a sister to William Foss' wife, also
Joe Clark's wife. Their children:
Ida L., 1854-1920, when she was 27 yrs. old, m. in 1881
E. J. Huse, age 35 yrs., son of John Huse of Newburyport,
Mass.
Carrie, b. 1862, m. Frank Kerby, 1857-1881. Frank
Kerby and his father-in-law, David S. Fernald, were
drowned in Squam Lake. While out fishing they broke
through some thin ice, Dec. 14, 1881. The funeral was
in Meredith Town Hall, and a very large gathering, with
a double service.
John and Luke Fernald had a sister, Mary Worcester Fernald,
who married Jabez S. Robinson of Meredith in 1854. He m.,
second, Priscilla Bickford, at Meredith Neck; m., third, Luella
, from Lakeport.
SMITH
Mrs. James Ford Huckins of Ashland, N. H., has the family
lineage.
Rev. David Smith, 1769-1824, was the first resident Congrega-
tional Minister in Meredith. He came from Temple, Maine.
He married Hepsibah Worcester, 1772-1827 (relative of the
Worcester Dictionary editor). Their son, Sewall, 1811-1847,
married Mary Goss, 1809-1875, of New Hampton. Children:
Martha S., 1838-1857; Hannah, b. 1878, married John Fernald,
brother of Luke Fernald. The widow of Luke Fernald died
in 1863.
The Smith family and John Fernald are buried on the Sewall
Smith lot in Plymouth Street yard.
Inscriptions on the Lovely-Batchelder Monument in Mere-
dith Village yard:
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Alice Batchelder of Holderness married Lovely. She
married, second, Harry Fernal,'son of W. H. Fernal. Their
children, on the Lovely side of monument:
Ethel Fernald, 1821-1897.
William Fernald, 1877-1883.
Gertrude Fernald, 1880-1885.
On the Batchelder side of monument:
Simeon Batchelder, 1818-1900.
Ann Batchelder, 1818-1898.
Herbert P. Batchelder, 1865-1911.
Bertha Batchelder, 1872-1893.
Anne Batchelder, 1888-1902.
FLANDERS
James Flanders, came from England.
James Flanders, Jr., married Lydia Gordon.
James Flanders, married Margaret Moses.
These Flanders of the family lived on the Mooney farm, near
the New Hampton line.
Abbie L. Flanders, married Charles Avery, April, 1905. No
children.
Emma Flanders, married Bert G. Ordway, in 1899, moved to
Ashland, later returned to the Mooney farm in Meredith.
Children :
Martha, b. Oct. 19, 1900; m. Robert W. Dearborn in 1921.
Beatrice W., b. Mar. 28, 1906.
Christian W., b. Mar. 17, 1910.
Retta May, b. Feb. 2, 1921.
FOGG
History states that the first of the name in the United States was
Samuel Fogg, who came from Exeter, England, in 1630, and
settled in Hampton, N. H., 1638. He had four sons: Samuel,
Daniel, Seth and James, from whom are many descendants.
Stephen, b. Aug. 12, 1730, in Exeter; m. Mrs. Sally Marsh
in 1782.
Isaiah, b. June 10, 1789, at Meredith.
Stephen Norris, b. Feb. 3, 1817, at Meredith; m. Mar. 21,
1816, Sarah Libby, b. 1779, at Rye.
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Amanda Gause, b. 1822.
Josephine Brooks, b. 1858.
Stephen Norris, Jr., b. Mar. 13, 1863; m. in 1890 Caddie
Cowperthail, who came from Delaware. Their children:
Thomas, b. 1891; Gilbert Norris, b. 1892.
Stephen Fogg, born in Exeter, January 12, 1760, died in Mere-
dith, December 26, 1842. He served in the Revolution as a
private in Capt. Daniel Gordon's Co. of Colonel Waldron's
Regiment of N. H. Militia from June, 1775, to January, 1776;
was also a private in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen's Co. of Colonel
Peabody's N. H. Regiment, under command of General Sullivan,
from October, 1777, to October, 1778, during which time General
Sullivan had a battle with the British in Rhode Island, in which
he (Stephen Fogg) took part. He also served as private under
Capt. Richard Sinclair in Col. Thomas Bartlett's Regulars from
July, 1780, to the close of the war in 1781, being stationed a
portion of the time at West Point and the remainder at Stony
Point on the North River, N. Y. He married in 1782, Sarah
Marsh, 1763-1842. She died in Meredith. Their children:
Stephen Norris, b. Mar. 10, 1783, d. 1898; m. Amanda
Gause, 1822-1899.
Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, 1784; m. Susanna Gilman.
Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1787; m. Judith Gilman.
Isaiah, b. June 10, 1789, d. 1877; m. Sarah Libby in Rve.
Parker, b. July 29, 1791.
Jeremiah, b. May 5, 1793.
David, b. Jan. 20, 1795.
Chase, b. Dec. 19, 1797, d. 1872; m. 1821 Sally B. Leavitt,
1798-1888, dau. of M. Elizabeth Fogg.
Sally, b. Nov. 27, 1799; m. Pratt Abbott.
Polly, b. Nov. 27, 1799.
JOSIAH, b. Oct. 24, 1801; m. Sarah Norris, 1818. Their
son, Horace, m. Nellie Clark.
Hannah.
Abigail, b. Oct. 6, 1803; m. Daniel Cass of Meredith.
Hannah, b. Apr. 4, 1805.
Cass Hill
Not a country highway only
Has this old road been,
Winding very crookedly as it does
Tediously over Cass Hill,
Where the stagecoach used to run,
And today is a grassy pathway grown.
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Its deserted house and buildings mostly gone,
Its tumbled-in and open cellar walls,
Its old fields and pasture,
Reflecting sadness, and embracing
Generations that are gone,
A story of long ago and sad could tell.
Linger here and pause a moment in Meredith —
Become a counterpart of all the past;
Try to feel its darkened shadows;
Be a traveler, weary, yet fascinated,
Wandering and musing o'er the "Old Homestead,"
And the sadness of the "Old Fogg Home."
Legend of the Stephen Fogg Home on Cass Hill
a ghost with a lighted candle
On the high plateau overlooking Meredith Bay, an arm of
Lake Winnepesaukee, and standing well back from the main road
leading from the village of Meredith to Center Harbor, there
stood many years ago, one of the prettiest farmhouses in New
Hampshire. It was owned with a hundred acres of land, or more,
by an old lady who had inherited it from her husband. Unable
to carry on the land she sold it to a man, who, she claimed,
cheated her out of the purchase money. He occupied the place
but a short time after her death and then moved into a neighbor-
ing house for some unexplained reason. The farm remained idle
for several years and then it was rented to a Mr. Thoroughgood.
It was not until some time after Mr. Thoroughgood had taken
possession that he was made aware that his tenancy was a joint
one. Returning one winter evening with his wife from a call on
a neighbor they observed at the same moment that one of the
chambers of their house seemed to be lighted, dimly at first, but
growing brighter until what appeared to be the figure of a woman,
robed in white and carrying a lighted candle, passed by the win-
dow into a hall and on into another chamber, apparently opening
and closing the doors between.
As the phantom passed the window in the second room it was
seen to turn half around and look out, giving to Mr. and Mrs.
Thoroughgood a view of the face and figure. Then the chamber
became dark and nothing more was seen of the mysterious visitant
at that time. The house was examined by the couple, but the
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doors and windows were found to be bolted and barred, just as
they had been left, and nothing had apparently been disturbed.
It was not until some weeks later that the tranquillity of the
household was again interrupted. Mr. Thoroughgood had com-
bined with his agricultural occupations the making of shingles,
and these were carefully made up into bundles and piled near the
head of the attic stairs. One night after having completed ar-
rangements for taking his shingles at an early hour the next
morning to Meredith Village, he was awakened from a sound
sleep by a terrific crash which shook the house, followed by what
sounded like the bundles of shingles sliding from the attic down
two flights of stairs, breaking their fastenings and distributing
themselves over the entire distance. His wife, who had heard
the noise, shared his apprehension that much of his work would
have to be done over again. They made no investigation at the
time, and their surprise was great on finding when day dawned
the shingles intact and just as they had been left when they
retired the night before.
Again there was a brief respite from nocturnal visitors; then,
in the middle of the night, came an uproar upstairs and down as
though pandemonium had broken loose. A minute later the noise
was transferred to the barn. The cattle were apparently, loose
and goring each other, and their bellowing could be heard above
the shock of their deadly encounter. Urged on by his terrified
wife, and without stopping to dress, Mr. Thoroughgood rushed
out to the scene of the conflict prepared to witness a distressing
spectacle. He threw open the great barn doors, letting in a
flood of moonlight on the sleeping cattle resting quietly and
peacefully in their stalls.
Despairing of being able to lead a quiet life in such close
proximity to so unruly a spirit, Mr. Thoroughgood finally con-
cluded to give up his lease on the farm and leave the neighborhood.
Jonathan Fogg (second son of Stephen), was born August 25,
1784, he married Susanna Gilman, daughter of Bradbury Gilman
and wife, Hannah, she a daughter of Biley Gilman and wife, Mary
(Webster) Gilman. Their children:
Esther B., m. E. Morse. Their children: Randolph,
Nathan and Harold.
216 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Katherine G.
Charles Gilman, m. Anna Worcester. Their children:
Gilman, b. Feb. 4, 1903; Davis Howard, b. July 4, 1911.
Chase Fogg, 1797-1873, married Sally B. Leavitt. 1798-1887.
Their children:
Sarah Adams, 1822-1912; m. Rev. Cleaves.
Jeremiah Leavitt, 1825-1912; m. 1875, Ella Archie, dau. of
Edith Adele; m. Harry Hayne Fogg in 1880.
Nancy L., 1828-1912; m. Parmenas Heath and lived at
home. She cared for her parents.
William Taylor, 1830-1900.
Catherine R., 1832-1913; m. second, Rev. Cleaves.
Susan Gilman, 1837-1922; m. Pratt Abbott.
Mary Elizabeth, 1839-1903.
Sarah Adams, born in 1822, married Rev. Francis E. Cleaves,
Their children: Edwin Chase; William Perley, born in 1854.
Rev. Francis E. Cleaves, married, second, Catherine R. Fogg,
1832. Their children: Charles Stanley, died in 1917; Annie.
Jerermah Leavitt Fogg, born in 1825, married Rhoda Ann Tay-
lor, 1839-1873; marriage, second, Ella A. Brown, born in 1847.
Their children: Edith Adele, born in 1876; Harry Hayne, 1880-
1883.
Nancy Leavitt Fogg, born in 1828, married Parmenas Watson
Heath. Their children: Selwin Chase and Edward Warren,
William Taylor, born in 1830, married Frances Ann, 1833-1907,
of New Hampton, only daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Smith, 1796-
1863, and wife, Charlotte Smith, 1804-1850. Their children:
Edward Harvey, 1860-1926, was a prominent business
man in Manchester. He d. at his home in Manchester
and at his request was laid beside his mother at Winona,
near their old home. He had passed through the higher
degrees of Masonry, and some of the highest Masonic
officials of the state gave the impressive Masonic Con-
sistory burial service at the grave.
Clara S., b. 1857; m. Francis Henry Bacon, who d. 1898.
They lived in Brookline, Mass. She was a talented
successful teacher, before her marriage. She is now living
with the sister at the old home in Manchester.
Jennie C, 1863-1864.
Susie C, b. July 2, 1872, has been a successful teacher, but
left her work and cared for the mother and brother in
their last days. She now occupies a position as councillor
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and is president of the Natural Science Department of the
Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences in the art school
of northern New England.
Josiah Fogg, born in 1801, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Ferguson of Center Harbor. Lived in Moultonboro. Their
children:
Horace, b. 1863; m. Nellie Clark of Meredith.
Charles N., m. Maggie Wheeler of Meredith. He m.,
second, Flora May Knowles, of Meredith Neck.
Josiah, had a son John A. and his sons, John S. and Charles
S. and a daughter Phebe.
George W.
Parker.
Sarah, m. Charles Read. They had Abby and Lydia.
From Vital Records
Gilman B. Fogg, son of J. J. Fogg, and wife, S. G. Fogg, of
Meredith, married Josephine, daughter of R. G. Smith and
wife, M. A. Smith.
Horace E. Fogg, son of Josiah of Center Harbor, married in
1887, Nellie L. Clarke of Meredith, daughter of Frank Clark.
Monument Inscriptions
Flora M., wife of Chace Fogg, November 3, 1870. Their son,
Harvey L. Fogg, May 14, 1905. On the other side, Annie J.
Whittiman Knowles, 1862-1922.
Children of G. H. and Martha N. Cram: Gladys, born in
1905; died in 1906; Infant, born 1910.
Clara A. Cram, 1850-1912, wife of John James.
Eliza Jane, daughter of Russell S. Doe and wife, Eliza (Fogg)
Doe, born in Cambridge, died in Boston, March 8, 1911.
Stephen Norris Fogg married Emeline S. Burleigh, November
15, 1838; she born May 29, 1817, in Sandwich.
Mary N. Fogg, born October 8, 1839, married Elbridge Bur-
leigh, in 1844, at Center Harbor.
Mary N. Fogg married Henry Gilman. Their son, Jerome
Gilman.
Elbridge B. Fogg married Anna B. Marshall in 1868 at Phila-
delphia; died in 1870.
218 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Fogg Index
Chase Fogg. His children : Stephen, Chase, Josiah and Joseph.
Stephen Fogg. His children: Stephen, born in 1760; Jonathan,
Joseph, Isaiah, Parker, Jeremiah, Daniel, Chase and Josiah.
Isaiah Fogg. His sons: Dexter, Stephen W. and Josiah.
Chase. His sons: Jeremiah L. and William T.
Josiah. His children: John S., Charles S., George W., Parker,
Sarah, Abby and Lulia.
John S. Fogg. His sons: John A. and John S.
(See pension records of Stephen and Samuel Fogg.)
Samuel Fogg, 1761-1845, married Hannah Barton in 1782.
He was born in Newmarket and lived there until 1788, then
moved to Sanbornton, for a time, and later to New Hampton,
then Holderness and Meredith. He enlisted as private under
Capt. Ezekiel Worthen for nine months and went to Rhode
Island. They had eleven children.
December 8, 1845, Marquis D. Robinson of Meredith stated
that he had been acquainted with Samuel Fogg and children for
forty years. The children were:
Samuel, 1761-1828.
Lydia, 1785-1845; m. Noah Worcester of Thornton.
Ebenezer, b. 1783.
Margaret, b. 1778; m. Jonathan Cram.
Phineas, 1748-1820; m. Lydia - -, 1745-1835.
Josiah.
Sally.
December 9, 1845, Newell Fogg, born in 1781, of New Hamp-
tom testified that he was 64 years old, a son of Phineas Fogg and
a brother to Samuel, who was the oldest of ten children.
December 9, 1845, Calvin Fogg of New Hampton, grandson of
Phineas and son of Newell Fogg, said that his grandmother lived
with Newell until she died, 1745-1835. He said that his grand-
mother often spoke of her son, Samuel Fogg, who was in the
Revolution.
December 8, 1843, Jonathan Cram of Meredith, who lived on
Cass Hill, testified that he was 67 years old in 1843; that he mar-
ried Margaret, the third child of Samuel Fogg and wife, Hannah
(Barton) Fogg. They had two children older than his wife,
Margaret; they were Lydia and Ebenezer. From record in
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family Bible in possession of Samuel Fogg's brother, Newell
Fogg of New Hampton. Their children :
ClimenA B., b. 1811.
Eliza \V., b. 1813.
Samuel B., b. 1815.
David C, b. 1817.
Sarah B., b. 1819.
Nancy W., b. 1821.
Almira A., b. 1823.
Mary H., b. 1825.
Lucinda, b. 1827.
Mrs. Climena B. (Cram) Fogg, aged 88 years, 7 months and 21
days, passed quietly away at the residence of her son, John Calvin
Fogg, at 31 Bridge Street, Lakeport, on Thursday evening, Janu-
ary 11, at 6:55 p.m. Death was the result of an accident which
occurred December 24. As she came down stairs, on entering the
dining room, her dress became tangled in the door, throwing her
heavily to the floor and breaking her limb two inches below the
thigh. Owing to her advanced age, she was unable to stand the
result of this painful and fatal accident. A peculiar circumstance
in regard to her death is that a brother, Samuel B. Cram of New
Hampton, aged 84 years fell through a scuttle on the 13th of
last month and died from the injuries received on the 27th, while
a sister, the late Mrs. Sarah Jones of St. Johnsbury, aged 76
years, fell onto the floor in a similar manner in which Mrs. Fogg
broke her hip and died from the result of the accident. This
occurred some six years ago.
Mrs. Fogg was the daughter of the late Jonathan and Mar-
garet Fogg Cram, and was born in the town of Meredith on May
21, 1811. Her family are a long lived race, her mother was 86
years of age when she died and her father 81. She was united in
marriage to Calvin Fogg at Meredith on March 15, 1834, and
they moved to New Hampton a short time after and entered the
hotel business ("Fogg's Tavern") in the vicinity of what is
known as Fogg Station (now Winona).
Mr. and Mrs. Fogg moved to this place 41 years ago (1859), and
were always highly respected in the community.
The deceased was the oldest person in Lakeport. She is
survived by a son, John Calvin Fogg, foreman of the wood-work
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department of the B. & M. repair shops at Lakeport; two daugh-
ters, Mary Jane, wife of Fred Gilman of Meredith, and Sarah
Clay; also three sisters. Mrs. Charles Currier, aged 86 years,
resides in Minneapolis.
Jonathan Cram married Margaret Fogg. Their children:
Mrs. Nancy Chase of Morrisville, Vt.
Mrs. Charles Currier of Minneapolis, Minn.
Climena B. Cram, b. in Meredith, May 21, 1811; m. Calvin
Fogg in 1834. They went to New Hampton and ran the
"Fogg's Tavern." They had a son, John Calvin Fogg.
Mary Jane, m. Fred Gilman of Meredith.
Sarah, m. Clay.
Samuel B. Cram, 1815-1899, married in 1844, Sally B. Smith,
1816-1898, she a daughter of Moses Smith, born in 1792, and
wife, Hannah Cram, 1790-1815. Their children:
Elisha Smith, b. 1846.
Charles Henry, b. 1849.
Lucinda Jane, b. 1852.
Deacon Simeon Pease died July 30, 1843, aged 65 years. His
wife, Mehitable Wedgewood Pease, died September 13, 1840,
aged 65 years.
Benjamin Pease died February 26, 1802, aged 58 years. He
married in 1793 Rebecca, daughter of William Pike and wife,
Phebe Smith, she a daughter of Robert Smith and wife, Abigail
Cass.
Phineas Fogg, son of Samuel and wife, Mary of Hamp-
ton, 1738-1820, married Lydia — , born August 9, 1745.
Their children:
Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1761.
Simon, b. Oct. 9, 1764.
Nathan, b. Dec. 31, 1768.
Asa, b. Nov. 13, 1772.
Mesech, b. Mar. 11, 1775.
Noah, b. Jan. 5, 1779.
Newel, b. Nov. 22, 1781; m. 1806 Polly Wedgewood, d.
July, 1854. Their dau., Mary Ann.
Deaborn, b. Feb. 29, 1784.
Levi, b. Jan. 8, 1787.
David, b. June 6, 1789.
Phineas Fogg's ninth son, Capt. Levi Fogg, 1787-1853, married
in 1809 Sally Wedgewood, 1785-1863. They lived for a time
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above Foggs Station (Winona). He was a very large man,
weighing about 400 lbs. He and his wife died at "Fogg's Tav-
ern," and were buried with several others in the orchard, north
of the buildings, but when the Tavern was sold, the new owner
removed the bodies to Meredith Village Cemetery. Those that
had stones were removed. The rest remained. Children:
Martha, 1820-1840.
Parker, 1824-1841.
George S., 1826-1863; was captain on a boat on Lake
Memphremagog. He was killed at the battle of Chancel-
lorville, Va., Mar. 2, 1863, aged 37 years.
We could not find the family record of all of the Fogg family,
but tradition tells us that Levi had a son, Calvin, who married in
1835 Climena Cram of Meredith.
John Fogg married Boynton at New Hampton.
Mary Jane Fogg married Henry Boynton, a son of Mark
Boynton. They had a daughter, Mary Jane Boynton, who
married George H. Hall of Campton.
Sarah Fogg married Charles Clay at Lake Village.
John Calvin Fogg married in 1863 Augusta, daughter of Moses
Sanborn and wife. Their son, Oscar V. Sanborn, lived at Lake-
port. He married Hattie . Their children:
Gladys Agusta Sanborn, m. Wilfrid Gauthier.
Lillian Jane Sanborn, m. Dr. Conway, a dentist.
Helen Sanborn.
Disconnected
Asa Fogg died August 5, 1776. David died in 1791. Phineas
born in 1738, died in 1820. A Revolutionary soldier. His wife,
Lydia, 1745-1835. Simon Fogg died in 1842; wife, Eliza Doe,
died in 1845.
Newell Fogg, 1781-1854; Molley, 1771-1851.
Capt. Levi Fogg, 1787-1853; his wife, Sally Wedgewood, 1795-
1863.
John Fogg, 1801-1833; wife, Phebe, 1804-1877.
Nathan F. Fogg, 1793-1852; wife, Hannah, 1793-1843; wife,
Louise Perley, 1809-1889.
George Fogg lived opposite Winona Depot. He was a son of
Levi Fogg. A sister of George Fogg married Russell Doe, who
was one of twelve children who lived in "Doe-town" (Rumney).
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Russell Doe married, second, Lucretia, daughter of Timothy-
Perkins of Center Harbor. They had a son, Rev. Paul Perkins.
Charles W. Fogg (son of George Fogg, born in 1893 at Center
Harbor, and wife, Lydia Hanscomb Fogg) married in 1863.
Charles Fogg married in 1888 Mary Alice, daughter of Lorenzo
Roby and wife, Jane , born in Holderness.
Samuel Fogg of Meredith married Charlotte Wilkinson of
Guilford in 1816.
Abel Fogg married Mary Richardson in Meredith in 1822.
George Gilman Fogg, born in Meredith Center, May 26, 1813,
died in Concord, N. H., in 1881. He was a son of David
Fogg and wife, Hannah Gilman (Vickery) Fogg. Her father
born in Pittsfield, and mother in Exeter. He studied law with
Judge Lovell at Meredith and Harvard Law School. He was a
member of the N. H. Historical Society. He never married.
He was a U. S. Senator and appointed by President Lincoln as
U. S. Minister to Switzerland. He graduated from Dartmouth
in 1839, and practiced law in Gilmanton. In 1866, he was U. S.
Senator from New Hampshire.
Seth Fogg lived and is buried in an old yard, where the Belknap
County Farm was later located. He married Betsey Gile of
Gilmanton (Belmont). They had a daughter, Caroline F. Fogg,
who married Mr. Beede. Their son, Fred Beede of Meredith.
(I have no connections of the Fogg family with Seth Fogg.)
The Old Fogg Homestead
Fractions from an article written on "The Ideal Abandoned
Farm," by Allen Chamberlain in the New England Magazine in
1897 (he was later associate editor of the Boston Transcript) ,
describing the Stephen Fogg homestead on Cass Hill in Meredith,
which was located on the old Stage Road to the White Mountains.
It was one fair day late in August, that we climbed the long hill by a winding,
weed grown road, to get a close view of the ruin that we had seen through a
glass from the valley below.
The flowers and strawberry blossoms, with a ripe berry occasionally, were
seen in the weeds, as we passed along. At nearly the top of the hill we turned
aside on an old lane, that crossed a rocky pasture, skirted along the western
edge by a magnificent maple grove and stone walls, and old orchards of apple-
trees. This lane seemed to be nearly one fourth of a mile long, and ended in
the dooryard above the orchard.
There in front of the old homestead was a most beautiful picture of Nature's
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handiwork that nothing in art could equal — the view of the hills, lake, and
valleys.
The old house, in soft yellow browns and grays, weatherbeaten by the storms
of many decades, and by its side the grinning skeleton of a former huge barn
with lichens on its north side.
To the south and west the hill sloped away overlooking thirty miles of island
set and mountain girth lake, five hundred feet below, and westward were
thrifty white farmhouses in the valleys and on the lower hillsides with their
pastures, fields and woodlots, and beyond, in the distance, mountains on moun-
tains. The view was delightful, but the old house attracted us next. It was
with awe that we approached it, the varying angles of the roofs looked to have
been built in four installments many years apart. This gave the flavor of
antiquity.
It suggested the old English manor houses with wing after wing, built by
succeeding generations, and each addition showing a new architectural form,
where the three generations each left its imprint.
The original one-room low roofed cabin of the grandfather, Stephen Fogg,
with a great chimney of old-fashioned soft brick, all out of proportion to the
size of the house it was made to serve.
On the other side of the chimney a roof of higher pitch arose, covering the
addition of a couple of rooms. Beyond this another bit had been added.
Apparently after a lapse of years they built the main house on the other end
of the settler's cabin and the new part faced the west, with its gables standing
north and south, while from the southeast corner the older sections formed a
shop and carriage shed. This left the dooryard towards the barns, sheltered
from the inclement quarters, and open to catch the winter sunshine.
On the south the oaks shaded the dooryard and looked as though a landscape
architect had laid out the plan for the old pioneer settler.
After studying the house within and without, we came to think the old
Grandfather must have had a potent seed of artistic grain hidden away in his
makeup. Certain it is that it developed in his children and grandchildren.
We learned from a neighbor that it had been one of the finest farms in the
country; that it raised the finest corn which was the wonder of the autumn fairs
and its hay topped the record of the town, for the land was fertile. Its long
lines of massive stone walls, six feet thick at the base and four feet high,
witnessed the patient labor and foresight of the owner and showed stability
and taste.
The house was the old story-and-a-half style, the main part 25 by 30 on the
ground, it had been painted white on the south end and west, and on the colder
side a warm buff.
The windows had pretty green blinds that the wind had made havoc with the
slats. The roofs were drained with gutters and conductors, and the gable
ends and chimneys bristled with the lightening rod delusion.
Along the western side was once a flower garden, with a riot of hardy shrubs
and flowers that disputed the passage of visitors up the little brick path to the
front door, with its broad hewn stone step, its heavy hand-made panels, and
its wrought iron latch that had a dignity all its own.
At the side door of this New England farmhouse, letting into the warm
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kitchen entry, we found the door fastened with a piece of ox-chain drawn
through the latch and hooked. For nearly a quarter of a century no one had
crossed the threshold in home-coming, though countless summer boarders had
roamed through the rooms as the years came and went, heedless, feeling no
reverence for the old associations that seemed to echo with every footfall along
the ancient floors.
When we opened the door the chain fell clanking against the casing, the door
swung in with a weird creaking and we paused on the threshold of the great
kitchen, which was a long, low-studded room that was half the width of the
house, with only a small bedroom taken out of the width on the north end.
Scarcely a whole sash of glass remained in the house and the winds had free
access, so there were no musty odors.
The doors of adjoining rooms, also of closets and cupboards, were wide open.
The old fireplace had been bricked up, and beside it the brick oven, where in
former days were baked beans, brown bread and Indian puddings, the thought of
which made our mouths water for a taste as they came forth from its cavernous
depths in the days gone by.
Opposite the fireplace a door and three windows opened to the fields where
many crops had been harvested.
Here in this great room we felt like intruders, for this is where centered the
family life. We fancied we could see the mother standing in the doorway,
with a tin horn in hand listening for the halloed response to the noontide sum-
mons for dinner.
Here the children gathered in the evening to study (for they were well
schooled, we learned), while the mother and older daughters made music
on the spinning wheel and loom.
On the poles overhead were strings of dried apples, with perhaps onions also,
and in the chimney corner no doubt a pitcher of cider, for like all the farmers
in olden days they made many a cask of cider in the old press, where the great
hand-made wooden screws and massive beams are all that remain to mark its
site.
Everything pointed to the comforts of a happy household. Five stalwart
sons and five splendid daughters must have relieved the father and mother
of much of the heavy work.
It was in vain that we searched about the house and farm for some clue to
solve the mystery of the abandonment, but later we learned some of the hidden
history of how this beautiful home came to be deserted.
Two of the sons lost their lives on the lake. Another served his country
on the battle field and left his ashes in the sunny south. The remaining two
were ambitious to learn a trade and left the paternal roof and never once re-
turned. One by one the daughters found other objects of their affections and
went to make other happy homes.
The mother thus left childless in old age, succumbed to a malady common
enough but seldom recognized — a broken heart.
The father was left in a cold cheerless home, and turned his tottering foot-
steps towards his daughter's in the neighboring village.
The farm would not sell and later, after the father was laid away in his last
resting place in the little now deserted yard, not far from the house, marked
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only by a flat field stone unhewn and unlettered and beside it another unmarked
grave where rests the broken-hearted mother, was the gratitude of these
children who went out in the world and were successful.
After a time a sale was forced and the homestead passed from being the pride
of the country to be a horse pasture.
In their last days two of the daughters felt the love of childhood drawing
them toward their old home, and longed to be laid in the family graveyard
behind the old house. There today their marble tombstones are the only
incongruous features of the whole moss and weed grown spot, walled in and
locust shaded, with some half a dozen stones. The lichen-covered slate stones
of the grandparents are visible. Vet we were told by an elderly man that they
were a happy household. The world and its people are queer.
Out of the kitchen on the northeast was a sunny room used as a sitting
room, grained very tastily, and across a front hall was a room used as a parlor,
which opened into the kitchen, thus taking us completely around the great
chimney; also a little kitchen bedroom, probably occupied by the father
and mother.
Across the kitchen, near the door where we entered, a door opened into the
older portion of the house, and reverently we entered the grandfather's first
abode. Here was unquestionable antiquity. No plaster anywhere; the walls
cased in boards of old growth pine of a width that seems fabulous today; the
ceiling planked across two massive beams of ax hewn oak; windows small with
unequal sash and set with cheapest glass; and a great chimney with fireplace
and oven occupying almost one entire wall. No paint ever touched the wood-
work here, but smoke and age had toned those boards into a rich warm brown.
A narrow doorway beside the chimney led into the first addition, made neces-
sary by a growing family. Here were the first signs of aspirations to elegance.
The walls were plastered and papered and one room had a cozy fireplace,
presumably the first parlor.
By giving the roof of this part a little higher angle than that of the original
house, a goodly garret was made, where the children may have slept.
At some later day another bedroom was added to the ground floor, a mere
closet, just big enough for a bed and chair, with one window.
The garrets were explored and here again was written the wealth of the native
forests in heavy timbering of the roofs and in more of those wide pine boards
upon the floor, soft as satin and brown as walnut.
We sought the cellar, opening the two stout double doors of the rollway
from without and peering into the two high brick vaults under the main
chimney. Coming as we did from the strong sunlight into this subterranean
den, those yawning arches filled with strong earthy odors and rumbling with
a deep echo of our voices, suggested all sorts of uncanny things. It was like
a dungeon of a ruined castle, but we knew that the place had never held aught
but potatoes and apples safe from the frost and cold of winter. It was like
experiencing Heaven after a taste of Hades, to come forth into the sunshine
again.
Back of the house, in what was used as a shop, we found the deep dark well
with a great wooden grooved wheel hung in the rafters overhead, on which the
bucket rope once ran. Here too was a chimney with bricked in kettles, where
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the sap was probably brought in the spring to be boiled down into maple sugar
and syrup.
From the hilltops we looked across the old fields so long untouched by plough
or scythe and coming up to pines. Wherever was grass were pretty wild
flowers.
Sadly we left the scene, when the sun ran low in the western sky, to Nature,
where the cricket sings unheard by humans.
Let the winds sing a requiem as they whisk the autumn leaves through
the old house (parts of which still stand, upheld by its sturdy frame) to him
who will attune his ear to catch the air of the poetic story.
Stephen Fogg was a Revolutionary soldier. He enlisted at
Exeter in 1777, went to Machias, Maine, and was on the ship
Ambuscade, which lay in the harbor for defence of Machias
and adjacent river. After his discharge he again enlisted and
served at Penobscott, Maine; also at Rhode Island in 1778.
He was a pensioner in 1840 and lived on the Center Harbor
Road in Meredith. He died in 1842.
Elder Richard Martin, who came from Lee, N. H., was pastor
of a Freewill Baptist Church in Guilford. He established in 1797
a church called Gunstock Parish, and preached there until his
death, besides preaching in many other places during this time.
In 1800 he preached at Oak Hill in Meredith, and while there
he baptized among others Robert, Abigail and Polly Smith of New
Hampton.
FOLSOM
As history, John Foulsham, about 23 years old, his wife, his
wife's father and mother (Edward and Mary Clark Gilman),
three younger Foulsham brothers (Edward, John, Moses), Sarah
and Lydia, who married in 1645 Daniel Cushing, were among a
colony that landed at Boston in 1638. They came to Hingham,
Mass., from Hingham, England.
John Folsom and wife, Mary Gilman Folsom, as history, seem
to be the ancestors of the family in New England. He was bap-
tized in 1615 at Hingham, England, and married in 1655 Mary,
the oldest child of Edward and Mary Clark Gilman. He died in
Exeter on what was called "Rocky Hill."
Abraham'' Folsom was of the third generation He married
Huldah Eastman, and moved to Epping.
John 4 Folsom, 1718-1790, married Abial Carr, in Brentwood.
Their son, Nicholas Carr, 1747-1827, married Mehitable Flanders
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of Poplin, settled in 1769 at Meredith, and was ordained on a
rock outdoors, August 31, 1782.
Abraham 5 Folsom, 1744-1801, married his cousin, Hannah
Folsom, settled in Meredith, and lived at Lake Milage, where he
had a mill. He was in the Revolution. He had a son, Abraham 6
Folsom, born at Meredith, 1777-1824, married Mary Libbey,
1789-1865. They had a son, Joseph L., 1816 1855, who gradu-
ated at West Point and went to California as a government
employe.
Nicholas Carr Folsom and wife, Mehitable Flanders, had a son,
Samuel, born in 1767 at Exeter, married Lydia Smith, daughter of
Elisha Smith and wife, Abigail Norris Smith. They had four
children: John 6 , born at Meredith in 1781, married Sally, daugh-
ter of Jesse Plummer; she died suddenly. In 1836 he married,
second, Mrs. Eunice, widow of James Wadleigh. Their children:
Noah, b. 1804; m. Polly Sanborn of Meredith in 1828.
Tirza Fox, b. 1809; m. 1830 Charles W., son of David
Brown.
Sarah Morrill, b. 1837 ; m. Luther Morrison of Sanbornton.
Chase Proctor, b. 1847; m. 1869, Celestia Howe; a farmer
on the Plummer place in Sanbornton; other children
married and went to other towns.
Another daughter, Mary, born in 1774, married Capt. Elisha
Piper. Their third child, Susanna Piper, born in 1799, married
Smith Leavitt of Meredith, a farmer.
Moses Piper, born in 1801, married Betsey Ambrose, died 1863.
He was a deacon in the Pine Hill Baptist Church in Sanbornton
and Meredith.
Rev. Nicholas Folsom was the fifth generation of Folsoms in
this country. His great-great-grandfather was the pioneer
ancestor. John Folsom 1 , who was baptized in Hingham, Eng-
land, in 1617, married in 1636 Mary Gilman and came to this
country in 1638 with the Gilmans and others in the ship Dili-
gent, settling first in Hingham, Mass., and in 1647-50 removed
to Exeter. His line is John 1 , Nathaniel 2 , Nathaniel 3 , John 4 ,
Rev. Nicholas 5 .
In a deed of gift to his daughter, John l Folsom signed the deed
"John Foulsham, alias Smith." From research done in England,
I find that our John first and all members of his English family
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signed "alias Smith " to distinguish them from the other numerous
Folsom families living so near together.
His grandfather, Adam (Foulsham), married Agnes Smith.
Adam died and the children were probably brought up in the
grandparents' family named Smith, so this branch of the family
was called alias Smith, to distinguish them; and John 1 , to make
his deed absolutely sure, signed it "John Foulsham, alias
Smith."
One year there was a scarcity of food, and Nicholas Folsom was
speaking at the morning service, when some youngster entered
and said, "The shad have come! The shad have come!" Priest
Folsom stopped talking and said, " I close my sermon. The shad
will do you more good than my talk." The fish were coming up
stream at the Weirs, and the inhabitants needed the fish for food.
The men all rushed down the "Shad Path," now called the
"Roller Coaster Road."
Nicholas Folsom was a surveyor. He and Mr. Longfellow
surveyed most of the country in Meredith and near by. The
last land they came to was a point of land on Meredith Neck;
they hesitated and asked, "What will we call this point of land?"
Elder Folsom said, " It looks to me like a spindle." They decided
to call it "Spindle Point," which name it still retains.
The old barn on the Folsom farm, built over 150 years ago,
still stands. Five generations of Folsoms were born on this farm,
who have all passed on. These facts were given by Mrs. Abbie
(Blaisdell) Folsom, who has since passed on.
John C. Folsom, born August 6, 1831, died March 3, 1892,
spent his life in the old home. His death ended the fourth genera-
tion who had lived and died on the same farm, which fell to his
widow and son, Charles N. Folsom.
John C. Folsom had one sister, Hannah Laverna (Folsom)
Swain, widow of John M. L. Swain.
Priest Nicholas Carr (Smith) Folsom was the first settler, long
prior to 1800. After his death his son, Nicholas, had the farm,
then his grandson, Joseph, and his great-grandson, John C.
Folsom next.
John Folsom, the father of Nicholas, came to Meredith in his
latter days and lived with his son, Priest Nicholas, and is buried
in the Smith burying ground (Opeechee). He was a prominent
man in Colonial days and was in the French and Indian Wars.
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His father, John Folsom, was also a prominent man. He was
killed by the Indians at Nottingham, N. H., as history. They
were a worthy family.
Died in Meredith (Laconia), on his farm, Priest Nicholas Carr
(Smith) Folsom, June 4, aged eighty-three years and 6 months.
Died, February 24, Mrs. Judith Folsom, aged 76 years and 10
months.
Died in Meredith, Hannah, wife of Nicholas Folsom, aged 78
years. She left a husband and two children.
Copy of Hannah Lavernia Folsom's Book
Made May 20, 1849
In Memory of the Generations of Folsoms
Nathaniel Folsom, killed by the Indians at Nottingham, Aug. 22, 1747.
Susanna Folsom, d. Mar. 30, 1759.
John Folsom, b. Mar. 23, 1719; d. Nov. 27, 1810, new style.
Abiel Folsom, b. June 15, 1721; m. Oct. 17, 1741; d. Sept. 17, 1796.
John and Abiel Folsom's children's ages:
Susanna, b. Jan. 6, 1743; d. Apr. 2, 1759, old style.
Mary Folsom, b. Sept. 21, 1744; d. Oct. 17, 1791, old style.
Sarah, b. June 15, 1746; d. Aug. 6, 1746, old style.
Nicholas, b. July 3, 1747; d. Dec. 29, 1830.
Nathaniel, b. June 21, 1749; d. Oct. 7, 1730 (error in date).
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 16, 1751; d. Aug. 15, 1756.
John, b. Mar. 26, 1753; d. Jan. 1, 1775.
Abiel, b. Aug. 19, 1755; d. Jan. 2, 1775.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 19, 1757; d. Apr. 16, 1759.
Joseph Seecomb, b. Aug. 26, 1760; d. Mar. 22, 1761.
Nicholas Folsom, b. July 3, 1747; d. Dec. 29, 1830.
Mehitable Folsom, b. Nov. 7, 1742; d. July 16, 1828.
Their children:
Samuel, b. Sept. 18, 1767; d. Aug. 1, 1845.
Susanna, b. Dec. 23, 1769; d. May 22, 1845.
Nathaniel, b. Aug. 6, 1772; d. in Meredith, 1811.
Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1774; d. May 15, 1802.
Nicholas, b. Nov. 25, 1777; d. Sept. 12, 1847.
John, b. Nov. 17, 1781; d. Sept. 12, 1847.
Abel, b. Mar. 25, 1781; d. Apr. 3, 1790.
William, b. Mar. 25, 1786; d. Nov. 22, 1801.
Nicholas Folsom, Son of Nicholas Folsom and Mehitable Folsom
Nicholas Folsom, b. Nov. 25, 1777; d. Sept. 12, 1847.
Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1772; d. Apr. 1, 1850.
M. Feb. 28, 1799.
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Their children:
Joseph G., b. Jan. 6, 1801; d. Feb. 20, 1886.
Polly, b. Mar. 29, 1807; d. Apr. 31, 1870.
Hiram G., b. July 13, 1809; d. Feb. 6, 1847.
Joseph G., b. Jan. 6, 1801; d. Feb. 20, 1886.
Deborah, b. May 9, 1791; d. Mar. 5, 1874.
They were m. Feb. 12, 1821.
Children:
Sally ML, b. Oct. 31, 1821; d. Mar. 5, 1848; m. Nov. 12, 1846.
Hannah Laverne, b. Aug. 17, 1820.
John C, b. Aug. 6, 1831.
Hiram G., b. July 13, 1809; m. Feb. 7, 1832.
Judith (Perkins), b. Apr. 14, 1812.
Their children:
George P., b. Apr. 7, 1833.
Mary M., b. July 11, 1834.
Abraham Folsom, born in 1777, married Mary Libbey. He
built the Folsom Batcheldor house on lot No. 14 in the plan of
Meredith of 1770, which was allotted to Nathaniel Bartlett on
Winnipisioca Pond, later called Lake Village, in the southern
part of Meredith.
He also, after the Revolution, built what was called the
"Folsom Mills." The old house has been changed, but still
stands facing Franklin Square.
They had six children. The fourth child, Joseph L. Folsom,
when young went to West Point Military School. After gradu-
ating he was sent by the U. S. Government to California and,
after a trip of about a month by water, he landed at Yerba Buena,
now called San Francisco, and there served as quartermaster for a
time.
Joseph Folsom was among the forty-niners who went up in the
mountains seeking gold, and was successful. He bought land in
sections of California and several lots in what is now San Fran-
cisco, and passed on in the prime of life.
The town of Alameda and Alameda Bay were named by Cap-
tain Folsom for one of his sister's daughters. The street of Fol-
som was named for him in San Francisco, where he owned most
of the lots, and the town of Folsom, near Sacramento, was also
named for him.
History tells us his early ancestor, John Foulsam, came over in
the Diligent boat from England in 1638. The tradition is that
John Foulsam was John Smith in England, but there were so
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many Smiths in early days, for distinction he changed his name
to Foulsam.
He was called an upright man, enterprising, and had a large
number of descendants.
Abraham 5 Folsom (Abranr 1 , Abram 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), born at
Epping, married in 1 765 Hannah Folsom of Newmarket. He
died in 1811 at Meredith and was buried in the Smith yard. He
was a Revolutionary soldier. He had a mill at Lake Village.
They had children.
Abraham Folsom, born at Meredith in 1777, died in 1824;
married in 1806 Mary Libbey, 1789-1865. They lived at Lake
Village. The old Folsom house is still standing; it has been
remodeled. They had six children. Among them was Joseph 7
L. Folsom, 1816-1855. He graduated at West Point, and was
stationed in San Francisco, Calif.
Rev. Nicholas Carr Folsom (John 4 , Nath 3 ), 1747-1827, married
Mehitable Flanders of Poplin, went to Meredith in 1768 and in
1782 was ordained as pastor of the Baptist Church, the ordination
being on a ledge. Children:
Samuel, b. at Exeter in 1767; m. Lydia, dau. of Elisha
Smith and wife, Lydia Norris Smith of Sanbornton, who
cleared and settled the N. S. Davis farm.
John, b. at Meredith in 1781; d. 1836; m. Sally, dau. of
Jesse Plummer. He m., second, in 1837, Mrs. Eunice,
widow of James Wadleigh. Children of James Wadleigh
and wife, Eunice:
Noah, b. 1804; m. Polly F. Sanborn of Meredith in 1828.
Two daughters.
Ebenezer P., d. young.
Tirza Fox, b. 1809; m. 1830 Charles W., son of David
Brown of Sanbornton. Their children:
Lucinda, b. 1831 ; m. P. Y. Howland of Sanbornton.
Noah F., b. 1833; m. Ellen McC. Smith. Five
children.
Sarah Morrill, 1837; m. Luther Morrison.
Elizabeth Moses, d. young.
Chase Proctor, b. 1847; m. Celestia Howe, a farmer
on the Plummer place in Sanbornton.
Joshua or Nathaniel Folsom.
Susanna, b. 1769; m. Nathaniel Plummer of Meredith.
They had seven children. Their third child, Sally Morrill,
b. 1795, m. David Ames of Campton. Their fourth child,
Nicholas, b. 1797, m. Susan Kelley.
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Mary, 1774-1802; m. Capt. Elisha Piper, son of Gideon
Piper. They had four children. The third child, Susanna
P., b. 1799, m. Smith Leavitt of Meredith.
Moses P. Folsom, born in 1801; died in 1863; married Betsey
Ambrose. He was a deacon of the Pine Hill Baptist Church and
leader of the choir for many years in North Sanbornton.
Elder Nicholas Carr (Smith) Folsom was ordained as a Baptist
minister in Meredith on a rock in a ledge that is on ground owned
by the State Home, on the Province Road, the second Wednesday
in September, 1782. A short distance this side of where Elder
Folsom was ordained, a small church was built, about the size of
an ordinary schoolhouse, on the other side of the road, near
where the schoolhouse now stands. Later he married 289 couples
and baptized 297 persons into the church before he died in 1827,
aged 80 years. He was buried in the Washington Smith burying
ground, now called "Opeechee," on the Province Road.
Ancestry of Amelia Folsom, Who Married Brigham Young
John Folsom 1 .
Peter 2 , married Susanna Cousins.
John 3 , married Hannah Gilman; second, Sarah Lyford; third,
Mary Eastman Burley.
Peter 4 , born in 1718; married Hannah Morrison and lived in
Newmarket.
Benjamin 5 , born in September, 1740; married Hannah Pease.
He lived in Wolfboro and was killed by a falling tree, 1773.
Benjamin, Jr. ,; , born about 1764; died in 1823. He married at
Gilmanton in 1785 Agnes Fullington, born in Portsmouth in 1759.
Both are buried in a cemetery on the side of a mountain that was a
part of their farm in Holderness, near the Mount Livermore
House.
William Fullington 7 , born at Holderness in 1788; married at
Sandwich, N. H., in 1809, Hannah Skinner, born in 1789 at Lyme,
N. H. She died at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1834. He married, second,
in 1834, Ann Cornwell Bettis, born in Stamford, Conn., in 1802.
He had nine children by the first wife and two by the second wife.
He died in 1853 at Buffalo, N. Y. The third child was:
William Harrison 8 , born at Portsmouth in 1815; married at
Pembroke, N. H., in 1837, Zervia Eliza Clark, who died at Salt
Lake City in 1863. He joined the Mormons and married, second,
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in 1863 at Salt Lake City, Elizabeth Gregory, born at Hyde,
Cheshire, England, in 1839. He married, third, in 1865 at Salt
Lake City, Lovina Huff, born at Navoo, 111., in 1845 ; died in 1907.
By his first wife he had seven children; by his second wife seven,
and by his third wife eight, twenty-two in all. His oldest child by
the first wife was:
Harriet Amelia Folsom 9 , born at Buffalo, N. Y., August 23,
1838. She married in Salt Lake City, January 24, 1863, Brigham
Young. She died December 12, 1910.
Amelia's father has descendants numbering into the several
hundreds from his twenty-two children. She had a brother
Hyrum who died in 1924.
Many are the amusing tales told of the sprightly Amelia in
tormenting her old spouse. She was the seventeenth wife of
Brigham Young. He had twenty-two wives, as history.
FORD
Capt. John Ford of Nottingham, a Revolutionary soldier, kept
the garrison. He was a blacksmith and had eleven children.
The third child, William, born in 1779 at Nottingham, married
Betsey Hilton in 1801 at Deerfield. She was born in 1783, a
daughter of Colonel Hilton of Deerfield, who was a lieutenant in
the Revolution, where he was wounded in the hip. They lived
in Deerfield until 1803, then removed to Sanbornton, where he
served as a blacksmith for thirty years, having a shop and mill on
Sucker Brook; then he moved to the Oliver Calef farm, about 1833,
where he died, aged 70 years, in 1849. They had twelve children.
Captain John had a brother Thomas, who was said to be the
grandfather of Governor Ford of Ohio.
Thomas married Amanda Randlett of Sanbornville, an aunt to
Mary Elizabeth Hanson (an only child).
Thomas Ford in 1754 drew lot No. 5 in the First Division,
Range 7, and 75 acres in the Third Division. Thomas Ford was
one of the Masonian proprietors of Meredith.
GEORGE
Josiah George, son of Josiah, was a Revolutionary soldier, who
died in service. While he was in the army his home burned and
his wife and babe perished, but a son, Josiah, rescued two young
sisters. He lived with Nathaniel Piper and there served his time.
234 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Josiah 2 George married Peace Hodgdon about 1793, and settled
in between the Turnpike and New Hampton Road (the old
Mountain Road), where he died in 1847. His wife, Peace Hodg-
don was born in 1774. She was a member of the Free Baptist
Church at New Hampton. They had twelve children. After
the death of her husband she removed to Lake Village, and there
died in 1858.
Their second son, Edmund Hodgdon George, born March 7,
1801, was a farmer on the old Mountain Road in New Hampton.
He married in 1826 Mary Huse, born in 1801 . daughter of William
Huse, a Revolutionary soldier, and wife, Rachel Bryer, in Epping.
The church history states that in 1786 William Huse renewed
his covenant with God and the same day his wife, Rachel, was
baptized and admitted to full communion, and a few days later
three children were baptized and admitted to the church. Per-
haps this was the "Old Pine Hill Church."
Benaih Sanborn George, born December 10, 1832, married
Annie L. Gordon in 1860, daughter of James Gordon, a farmer at
the Weirs. He was postmaster at Weirs. They removed to Lake
Village. She died at Weirs in 1878. They had a daughter, Grace
Marion, born in 1871.
He married, second, Gertrude Mary Davis, born at Milton,
Mass., October 15, 1861, a daughter of John Lovell Davis, born
in Campton, N. H., and wife, Sarah Porter Blodgett, she born in
Fort Covington, N. Y., daughter of Ebenezer Blodgett, born in
1786, at Hudson (then Nottingham, west). He died in 1870.
He married at Dorchester, N. H., 1827, Sally Cheever of Danvers,
Mass., she born in 1800; died in 1886.
Ebenezer Blodgett was a son of Asahel 5 Blodgett, born in 1755
at Hudson, N. H.; died in 1842. His wife was Catherine Pollard,
1761-1795. He married, second, Lois Pollard. They had six
children.
Asahel ; Blodgett was the son of Jeremiah 5 Blodgett, born in
1721, and his wife, Miriam Provender, who died in 1800. Their
children by second wife:
Catherine, b. Nov. 24, 1782.
Asahel, b. May 15, 1784.
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 14, 1786.
Isaac, b. Aug. 12, 1787.
Sibyl, b. Nov. 13, 1789.
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Lois, 1). Feb. 17, 1792; m. 1845 Wales Dole Canaan.
Caleb, b. Dec. 13, 1 793.
OILMAN
Edward Gilman, the emigrant, was born about 1587 at Hing-
ham, Xorfolk County, England. They came to Boston in 1638
with three sons and two daughters. Edward 4 Gilman married
Mary Clark, June 3, 1614, who died in 1681.
Their daughter, Mary 2 , baptized August 6, 1615, at Hingham,
England, married John Foulsham, one of the passengers on the
ship Diligent. His grandson, Elder Nicholas Folsom, was the
first preacher in Meredith, on the Parade. He was ordained on a
ledge outdoors before any church was built. The ledge is now
owned by the State Home.
Moses Gilman, baptized March 11, 1630, at Hingham, England,
married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hersie and wife, Eliza-
beth. His will was probated in 1702.
Their third child, James Gilman, born May 31, 1665, died in
1753, married Mary, daughter of Christian Dolloff. He was
among the petitioners for the protection of Massachusetts Colony.
He sold a part of Moses Gilman's grant of 600 acres of land. He
presented a claim to land, granted his father in 1714, and received
a deed of land from his mother, April 25, 1714. He gave land for a
highway from Newfield to Nottingham. He with 262 others
petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts in 1739.
Jeremiah 4 Gilman, born in 1700, died in 1796, was a proprietor
in Gilmanton, 1727. He had land assigned him in Gilmanton,
later called Meredith, nine acres at home and seven acres at
Mackeral Brook, joining his father's ten acres. He sold his land
in Newmarket to Samuel Brackett.
A second son 5 , born in 1727, died in 1824, at Meredith, married
Elizabeth Mead, daughter of John Mead, on the Province Road
in Meredith, she born in 1727, buried at Meredith in 1824. He
was killed by the Indians at the massacre at Fort William Henry,
Lake George, in 1757.
Their second son, Bradbury 5 Gilman, born November 5, 1755,
died in 1842, married his cousin, Hannah Gilman, born in 1757,
daughter of Biley Gilman fi and wife, Mary (Webster) Gilman,
1730-1803. Their children:
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Susanna, m. Jonathan Fogg, b. at Meredith in 1820; d. 1892.
He m. Caroline Melvin:
Gertrude B., b. 1863; m. 1891, John White Center.
Susanna G., b. 1868; m. 1913, Victor E. Stevens.
Mary Ellen, b. 1844; m. 1883, Trueman J. Chase.
Charles, b. 1850; m. 1872, Clementine Hartford. He d.
1909. Their children were b. in Manchester.
One writer states that branches of the Gilman family were
numerous in New Hampshire. The branch that went to Mere-
dith sprang from Moses, who was in Hingham, Mass. ; later in
Exeter.
The line runs: Moses 1 , James 2 , Timothy 3 , James 4 , David 5 ,
James 6 , who was a son of David and wife, Sally (Clark) Gilman,
and a grandson of James 4 and wife, Deborah (Goodhue) Gilman,
born at Meredith in 1813.
James 4 , born at Newmarket in 1750, was a farmer for forty
years at Newmarket, when they, with children, James, Samuel,
Uriah, Deborah, David and Josiah, removed to Meredith in 1790.
He was in the Revolution, served from Portsmouth, and was a
highly respected man. He died in 1838; his wife died in 1815.
David 5 , fourth son of James, married Sally, daughter of Moses
Clark of Sanbornton. Their children were James, Martha and
David. Less than five years after David's marriage, he died,
and his father, David 5 , took his grandchildren and their mother
home.
James 6 Gilman, the oldest of the three grandchildren, farmed at
his grandfather's and resided in the house his grandfather built in
1790. In 1836 he married Susan, daughter of William Mead and
wife, Eunice (Roberts) Mead, born in 1810. Mrs. Eunice
(Roberts) Mead descended from two pioneer families, William
Mead, who had seven girls and four boys. William Mead Gilman
married Eunice, born in 1789, daughter of Lieutenant Roberts.
William Mead Gilman 2 was a farmer, where his grandson,
Joseph Gilman, later lived on Meredith Neck.
Joseph Mead Gilman married twice. He had fifteen children:
Eunice, Joseph, William, John, Joshua, Benjamin, Daniel, Polly,
Abigail, Susan and her twin, Stephen Smith, Stephen and Sarah
Gilman.
James Gilman and wife, Susan (Mead) Gilman, had children:
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Granville B., b. 1837; m. Carrie Fletcher. Lived in Cali-
fornia.
Martha Jam:, b. 1839.
James Marshall, b. 1842; m. Mattie Smith. Lived in
California; six children.
Mary Susan, b. 1843.
David Frank, b. 1846.
Sarah Frances, 1849-1850.
ELLEN Lill, b. 1851; m. Fred S. Prescott. They had chil-
dren, Leo F., Harry S. and Frank G.
Fanny M., d. young.
Bradbury Gilman married Hannah Gilman, daughter of Biley
Gilman and wife, Mary (Webster) Gilman. Their children:
Susanna, m. Jonathan Fogg.
Deborah, m. Robert Sargent.
Charles, m. Anna Worcester of Meredith.
Mary, m. John Robinson. Their son, Henry Harrison
Robinson.
Elizabeth, m. Dudley Safford of Exeter.
Burley, m. Mercy Robinson, b. 1761, in Newfield.
Hannah, m. Timothy Sanborn.
Judith, m. Joseph Fogg.
James, m. Elizabeth Robinson of Meredith. They had a
son, David Robinson.
GOVE
As history, John Gove was in England in 1647. A little later
he came to Cambridge, Mass. From him descended the family
down to Ebenezer Gove, who followed the tailors' trade, and also
made clothes for the Revolutionary soldiers. History tells us
that he sewed nights by the light of a pitch-pine knot, where he
fixed a place in his chimney to hold the knot. He went to San-
bornton and settled, as he signed the "Test" there before 1776.
He lived near Winnesquam Bay, and married Susanna Swain, a
sister to Ichabod Swain, who lived near the Josiah Sanborn farm,
below the Bay Meetinghouse, and another sister married Josiah
Sanborn. Later he traded farms (as many did when they saw
that they could improve their situation), and in 1815 he moved to
Andover, later to Vermont, where he died. They had eight
children.
His son, Richard Gove, born in 1776, married Hannah, daugh-
ter of Ezekiel Fellows of Andover. He had a lieutenant's com-
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mission given him by John Langdon in 1785. He was a jeweller
and lived for a time near Sanbornton Bridge, then for a time in
Dover, and later was in Peru, N. Y. Their children:
Benjamin Page Gove, born in 1806, was a jeweller. He mar-
ried Rhoda C. Stone of Winchester in 1837. They lived in differ-
ent locations. He died in Hebron. His widow married Ransom
S. Ladd, a farmer of Laconia, in 1860. She is buried between both
husbands in Meredith Bridge Cemetery. Mrs. Ladd at her
decease gave her home on Court Street to start a hospital. Dr.
Wiley occupies the homestead, which has been changed. A
daughter of Richard Gove and wife had a daughter, Nancy
Gove, who married - Stearns. He died and she married,
second, Levi S. Gordon of West Plymouth, a farmer. Their son,
Albertus Stanford Gordon, born in 1848 at Hebron, worked with
his uncle, Richard Gove, in Laconia. He married Anna Elkins.
After her death he married Alta Burnham of Laconia, who died
some years ago. Another son, Richard Gove, born in 1815 at
Dover, went to Boston when young and learned the jewellers'
trade. He went to Meredith Bridge and started business in 1833,
with a small capital, but prospered, as he was a good repairer of
watches and clocks. He married Mary Ann P., daughter of
John Pickering Smith of Gilford, in 1837. Both died some years
ago.
Laconia 's First Automobile
Edgar Harland Wilcomb writes of the first automobile seen in
this section, under date of November 30, 1927, in News and
Critic:
Early one morning, somewhere about three quarters of a cen-
tury ago, Laconia people were aroused by a terrible rumpus on
the streets. The first thought of some was that Gabriel had
arrived and was sounding his final warning, whereat they prayed
fervently. Couldn't they plainly hear the shrill notes of his horn
as he sped up and down the highways and byways just as had
long been predicted? Others who were not in the habit of giving
much thought to such serious matters stuck their heads out of
their chamber windows, sniffed the pungent odor of burning
wood and anxiously inquired of their next-door neighbors where
the fire was. The drowsy night clerk at the old Willard Hotel
shook himself, kicked his shins a few times to ascertain whether
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he was really awake, and hurried out to the sidewalk, where he
was immediately accosted by an early bird who had been par-
taking of his regular morning constitutional.
"Did yer see it?" tremulously inquired the early bird, striving
hard to remove the tell-tale moisture from his chin whiskers.
"No; what in thunder was it? " asked the night clerk somewhat
nervously.
"Looked ter me like er young railroad engine jest hatched out
an' runnin' wild with no perticular place ter go," replied the early
bird.
A condition of alarm was plainly noticeable everywhere in the
neighborhood. Half-dressed people were flocking to the streets
and conferring anxiously with each other. Dogs were slinking
behind their masters with their tails between their legs, and the
heretofore noisy roosters had ceased crowing.
Fortunately it was too early in the morning for many horses
to be about, but the market man's usually staid old nag, hitched
between a wagon and a post at the corner of Main and Mill
Streets, was vigorously pulling at his stout rope halter and acting
for all the world as if he would like to break loose and run away,
even at his sedate old age.
The tooting, puffing, hissing, clanking thing, whatever it might
be, was now coming back down the street, and everybody hurried
to get out of its way. As it passed any observer could see that it
was a steam engine mounted on wheels and being propelled by its
own power much in the manner of a railroad engine.
The boiler stood upright and was burning wood, as was evident
by the smoke. This was the most common fuel at that period.
In fact coal had not come much into use in Laconia, and gasoline
for motive power was something that hadn't been thought of.
The engine was not much different from the ordinary horizontal
type and the whole thing resembled a crude hoisting engine
mounted on wheels more than anything else.
The contraption roared up and down Alain Street at a speed of
fully ten miles per hour, which in itself was enough to astonish the
nation. Imagine anything going as fast as that in Laconia
seventy-five years ago! Also try to imagine the noise! It was
simply terrifying to man and beast.
A man sat behind the boiler feeding it with chunks of wood and
manipulating levers — several of them — and, whenever he had
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time, blowing the whistle, though that seemed unnecessary, for
the rattle and bang of the machine could be heard for miles away,
at least.
Thus we have somewhat of an idea of Richard Gove's "horse-
less carriage," the first thing in the automobile line in the world
so far as we know. Thereafter it occasionally appeared in public,
generally on moonlight nights when there were few horses about,
for twenty-five or thirty years.
Maybe this father of all automobiles is still stored somewhere
in Laconia; who knows? Richard Gove was the well-known pro-
prietor of a jewelry store near the present News and Critic office.
He was succeeded in business by Albert Gordon.
HAM
Clement, son of Jean and Maria (Machon) Messervey of the
Isle of Jersey, England, born in 1655, was in Portsmouth, N. H.,
in 1673. He and his wife died before 1720. Their fifth child,
Tamson, married in 1704, Joseph Ham. Their son, Joseph 1 ,
born in 1726, was a master shipbuilder at Portsmouth and later
bought a farm in Deerfield. They had ten children. Joseph,
born 1761-1843, married Betsey Page, 1767-1832; they settled
in Canterbury on a farm. He was deacon of the Center Congre-
gational Church for about forty years. They had five children.
Joseph Ham, Jr., born in 1789. married in 1815, Susan Sargent,
born in 1791, daughter of Zebadiah and Hannah (Foster) Sargent
of Canterbury. Joseph Ham was prominent in town affairs and
represented the town in the State Legislature, and succeeded his
father as deacon in the church. They had five children. Their
second child, Thomas Ham, 1817-1900, after he received his edu-
cation, learned the wheelwright trade, and worked at that for a
time, then he built a sawmill and gristmill in Lawrence, but later
returned to Meredith. He was hired as superintendent of the
Lake Company and had charge of building dams for some ten
years. When the Lake Village Savings Bank was organized he
was elected treasurer, and some twenty-five years later was elected
president. He also made patterns in the B. J. Cole Machine
Shops. Thomas Ham married in 1844 Mary Elizabeth, daughter
of Captain Daniel Smith of New Hampton, who was Captain of
the militia. He also kept a store and hotel, was postmaster of
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New Hampton, and a prominent Mason. History tells us that,
his wife saw from their home on Park Street, the first train of
cars pass through Lake Village.
Capt. Tobias Ham, a mariner of Portsmouth, was knocked off a
swinging boom from his schooner near Seabrook, and drowned,
in 1800. His son, Samuel, born in 1794 at Portsmouth, followed
farming. In 1837 he settled on the old Ham homestead. He
married Caroline — , born in New Castle, N. H. They had
ten children who lived to grow up: William F., Joseph O., Ben-
jamin O. (lived in Portsmouth), Sylvester, Charles E., George H.
and Mary Caroline, who died. Ann Maria married Charles
Gray of Portsmouth.
Tobias Ham, born in 1824, lived on Meredith Neck; married in
1851 Hannah, daughter of James and Lydia (Bean) Randall of
Center Harbor. Their children: Aaron, James, Haven, Sally,
John, Ann, Lydia, Hannah, Oliver, Benjamin. Emma Etta
married George N. Eaton of Meredith. She died in 1927.
HATCH
The early spelling of the name was "Hache." One John Hache
came to Portsmouth in 1684 from the "Island of Jersey on the
coast of Normandy." He was the first officer of a ship named
"Shuttross." Later his name showed that he was the first officer
of the gun ketch "America." He was a prominent man in
Massachusetts Bay Colony. He left a son, Samuel, who was
called " Captain." The generations later moved into the interior,
and vital records show that Hatchs were in Stratham, and later
in Tarn worth, N. H.
In Gilmanton (Belmont) records show that Simeon Hatch,
born in 1783, married Betty Edgerly of Belmont. She was a
daughter of Hosea, and died near Meredith Center. Gravestones
show it was in 1863. His wife Betsey died in 1843, aged 62 years.
Records show that Betsey Hatch was born September 29, 1781,
in Belmont, a daughter of Hosea Edgerly and wife, Betty. They
were buried in a field of their home at Meredith Center and
removed to "Oakland" with their descendants. Their children:
Nancy, 1812-1868, was a tailoress; lived single.
David, 1816-1872; m. Adeline Swain, dau. of John Swain
and wife, Priscilla Bickford. Adeline d. 1881, aged 63 yrs.
Their children:
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William Henry, 1844-1855.
George A. Hatch, b. 1848; d. by his own hand, Sept. 30,
1900. He ran a drug store in Laconia for many
years and was a popular business man. The Hatch
genealogy does not take in the Meredith family.
HAWKINS
Stephen Hawkins married at Dover, in 1719, Rachel Walling-
ford. He married, second, Sarah . His son by Rachel,
his first wife, John Hawkins, born in 1729; died young. Children
by second wife:
Mary, b. 1739.
Stephen, b. 1741.
Rachel, b. 1744.
John, b. 1746; m. Lydia Bunker.
Abigail, b. 1748.
Elizabeth, b. 1750; m. Daniel Rogers of Durham; lived in
Rochester.
Hannah, b. 1752.
Benjamin, b. 1757; m. Susanna Bunker; both of Barnstead.
William, b. 1758; m. 1778, Lydia, dau. of John Bickford.
Thomas, b. 1759.
George, b. 1761.
Ann, b. 1765; m. George Snell Hayes.
From Hosea Canney
John Hawkins, 1744-1820, son of Stephen Hawkins and wife,
Sarah , came to "Moultonboro Gore" (later called Center
Harbor) from Barnstead. He was a pioneer there and took up a
tract of land (as tradition), which was given him for "bounty
land" for his four years' service in the Revolutionary War. It
was called Hawkins Hill until the land was sold to John Canney,
then the name was changed to Canney Hill in 1826.
John Hawkins married in Barnstead, Lydia Bunker, and
started a house there to live in. He had to go to the war to serve
his country, and left his wife and two young children.
After Mr. Hawkins' return from the army it looks as though he
came up to see his bounty land and concluded to settle on it.
After Mr. Hawkins settled on Hawkins Hill, with his family, his
wife's mother seems to have come and made her home with them,
as she is referred to as being a very strong woman. Tradition
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states that she could lift a barrel of cider by the chimes of the
barrel. She lived to be 108 years old, and undoubtedly is buried
with the Hawkins family in the little yard on Hawkins Hill.
John Hawkins and wife are said to be buried there also, and
some of the family, as one stone still stands (that of Steven Haw-
kins), a son of John and wife, Lydia Bunker Hawkins. Mr.
Canney placed the grave of the Revolutionary soldier, John
Hawkins, as well as he could, near his son, Steven, and the Mary
Butler Chapter, D. A. R., set a government marble stone at the
grave and placed a D. A. R. marker on the grave.
Several children of Mr. Hawkins and wife are buried on the
front row of the yard, with only field stones to mark the graves,
as in those days marble or slate stones were to be had only at
fabulous prices, and the early settlers could not get them or afford
to buy them, and they used what they could get for markers.
Their son, Stephen Hawkins, 1769-1825, married Polly Hunt-
ress of New Hampton. The stone is readable, but worn from the
storms of many decades. It looks as though Steven Hawkins is
the child, five years old, his mother was leading when the bears
chased her, and that she had another babe in her arms. This was
in Barnstead, while her husband w r as gone to war. (See story
later on.)
There are some old settlers buried in the old yard, Nathan Fogg
and wife, Mary; several of the Thompson and Berry families, and
others unknown.
John Hawkins, born at Dover, 1744; died at Center Harbor,
1820. His wife, Lydia Bunker, born in 1745; died in 1817, at
Center Harbor. Their children:
Stephen, 1769-1825; m. Polly Huntress.
Clement, b. 1770; m. Abigail Chase.
Elijah, 1771-1851; m. 1793, Sarah Dudley, b. 1777. They
had a son, Timothy Dudley, who had a dau. Louisa, who
m. Charles H. Canney.
Lovey, 1773-1853; m. Leavitt Roberts, b. 1772.
Hannah, b. 1775; m. 1797, Stephen Kenney, b. 1771. They
are buried in Meredith Village Cemetery.
Ebenezer, drowned when young.
Sally, b. 1781.
Comfort, 1783-1850.
John, m. Lydia Smith, dau. of Peter Smith and wife, Hannah
Sanborn; lived in Exeter and Sanbornton.
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William, 1785-1870; m. Abigail Thompson in 1791.
Francis, b. 1786 in Barnstead; d. in Meredith. He married
Polly, b. 1789, dau. of Hosea Sturtevant of Moultonboro,
b. 1762. He was one of eight children. His parents
moved from Halifax, Mass., to Squam Neck (now Center
Harbor Neck). Hosea Sturtevant was a Revolutionary
soldier, was taken prisoner for a time, and was in New York.
He d. 1850, aged 88 years. His wife was Sarah Paine.
He was the oldest son of Church Sturtevant and wife,
Sarah (Leach) Sturtevant.
Francis Hawkins was famous as a building framer. He framed
and helped raise a large barn in New Hampton when he was 80
years old.
They had children:
Mahala, b. 1809; m. 1840, Salmon Farrar, in Meredith.
John Smith, b. 1816; m. Elizabeth Lane; went to Oregon.
Sarah S., b. 1819; m. Joshua Merrill. She m., second,
John C. Mudgett.
Hosea Francis, born in 1833, married in 1855 Sarah A., daughter
of William Mudgett of Bristol, born in 1786 and married in 1815,
Eunice Huckins. Their children:
Laura Ella, b. 1856; m. Fred Rollins. He d. 1916.
Arther Stanley, 1859-1880.
Frank Alliston, b. 1862; m. 1888, Ella F. Atwood.
Amy Eunice, 1868-1881.
Harmon Curtis, b. 1872; m. 1894, Grace H. Wiggin of
Meredith.
Hosea Francis Hawkins married, second, Mary Evina, 1837-
1890, daughter of Rev. Charles Homan. Their children:
Charles Homan, b. 1877; m. Charlotte Wilson Seavey, b.
1878 in Chicago, 111.
Lyman Smyley (Jacobs), 1878-1879. The mother d. 1890.
Hosea F. Hawkins married, third, Elvira J. Bemis. She died
at the Home, 1819, in Laconia. He was deacon of the Baptist
Church in Meredith for 47 years.
From Mrs. Ruth E. (Hawkins) Woodman, wife of Ray Woodman
Benjamin Sturtevant Hawkins married Mary Newell Boynton,
daughter of William Boynton and wife, Nancy (Davis) Boynton
of Holderness. Children:
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Albert Sumner, b. 1850; m. Clara Woodman. Their
children:
Elmer W., 1874-1896.
Florence, b. 1875; m. Joseph W. Smith; one child living,
Esther F. Smith, who is in Boston University.
Arthur, 1881-1901.
Bessie, 1889-1894.
Edwin Newell, b. 1852; m. Emma Francis Smith, b. 1853,
she a dau. of Francis F. Smith, b. 1829, and wife, Mary J.
Philbrick, b. 1852; m. 1872. No children. They adopted
a dau., Ethel, who m. John Hammond, a representative
to the State Legislature.
Rufus Colby, b. 1854; m. Addie Jones of Portland, Maine,
dau. of William H. Jones and wife, Evelyn Byron. Their
children:
Laura, b. in Laconia; m. Harry F. Shields.
Gertrude Ruth, b. 1891 in Fitchburg, Mass.; m. Ray-
mond Pease Woodman, son of Henry Frank Woodman
and wife, Bessie Jenkins. Their children:
Frank Henry, b. 1920.
Eleanor Ruth, b. 1925.
Phillip Colby, b. 1927.
Clarence Ellsworth, m. Jennie G. White.
William Newell, m. Alice Smith; was killed blasting rocks
at Winona on the railroad grounds.
Stephen Hawkins, son of John, was a farmer. He enlisted in
the Civil War and died from exposure. He married Jane B.
Plaisted, 1810-1884; she was a daughter of a Revolutionary
soldier. Their children were: Clara, William H., Lorenzo, James,
Melisa, and Jonathan.
William H. Haw T kins was born in Holderness. He was a shoe-
maker in Meredith . He married Helen M . , daughter of Jonathan
Emery of Meredith. He enlisted among volunteers in 1863 as a
private and died from battle wounds. Their child, Dr. Frederick
Hawkins, born in Meredith, studied and graduated in 1886 from
Meredith, and later from a Medical School in Philadelphia. He
located in Meredith, where he has earned a wide reputation for
his skill, and has a large practice. He has also filled many offices
of public trust. He married in 1889 Geneva, daughter of
Thadeus S. Moses and wife, Emily S. Currier of Meredith.
Their children:
Helen, m. Leander J. Pynn.
Ruth, m. Royal P. Richardson.
Freda is a school teacher.
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A daughter of William Hawkins and wife, Abigail Thompson,
married Harrison Smith of Center Harbor. No children.
John Hawkins had a son, Elijah Hawkins, 1771-1851, who
married in 1793 Sally Dudley of Center Harbor. Their children:
Timothy Dudley, b. 1795; had a dau. Louise, who m. C.
Canney.
Mary, b. 1797.
Jacob Eaton, b. 1800.
Stephen, b. 1806; m. Jane Plaisted of Center Harbor in 1833.
Elijah, Jr., b. 1811.
James Madison, b. 1814.
Jonathan Chesley, 1818-1838.
Angeline, b. 1826.
Elijah Hawkins settled on Great Island in Squam Lake, but his
wife was afraid of the water, so they moved on to the mainland in
Holderness and lived there some years. In late life they moved
to Vermont, and there died.
Timothy Dudley Hawkins, born in 1795; married Susan Piper,
born in 1793; died in 1811. Their children:
Alonzo, 1819-1826.
Amanda, 1822-1902; m. 1846, William D. Boynton.
Melvina, 1824-1904; m. 1850, Joseph B. Smith.
Susan R., 1827-1873; m. 1851, John S. Hart.
Louisa H. Piper, 1828-1868; m. 1862, Charles H. Canney,
son of Hosea Canney, a cousin to Mrs. Reynolds. Their
children:
Hosea, b. 1863; living.
Alice, b. 1868.
Sophronia, 1833-1856.
Frances H., b. 1840.
CANNEY
History tells us that the first Canney came to Kittery, Maine,
in 1640. The family later moved to Tuftonboro, the father and
seven sons, where he died in 1816, aged 90 years.
John H. Canney, great-grandfather of Hosea Canney, in 1826
went to Center Harbor, where he bought the Hawkins Hill.
John's son, Charles Canney, 1835-1910, married Louisa H.
Hawkins, 1828-1869.
Charles Canney was a great-grandson of Major Bradbury
Richardson of Revolutionary fame.
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Louisa Hawkins Canney was a daughter of Timothy Dudley
Hawkins and wife, Susan Piper. Louisa was a great-grand-
daughter of the first white settler in Holderness.
John Hawkins was in the Revolution four years. At its close,
after his return home, he took his wife and children and moved
to Hawkins Hill in 1826.
Timothy Dudley Hawkins married Susan Piper. He was the
first white settler in Holderness. He was a lineal descendant of
Thomas Dudley, the first deputy governor of Massachusetts
Bay Colony. He came to Massachusetts about 1652.
Charles Canney and his bride went to Center Harbor in January,
1862. In May, 1867, they removed one-half mile away to where
he spent the rest of his days. Their children:
Hosea, b. Sept. 17, 1863, in Center Harbor.
Alice, m. Charles Hill; resides with her son, Herbert, in
Framingham.
Charles Canney married, second, Mary E. Cox.
The Lydia (Bunker) Hawkins Bear Story
By Hosea Canney
John Hawkins, when called into the Revolution, left a wife with
a child who could walk (probably Stephen) and a babe in her arms,
in some location between Durham, N. H., and Haverhill, Mass.,
as he was a Massachusetts soldier.
Tradition tells us that he had started a house with two rooms.
The sides and one end were boarded in, but one end was partially
open, with some coverlids and quilts hung up in one end to divide
it.
After he left, the bears were prowling around, hungry, and
entered the open end of the building, hunting food, but did not
push by the quilts that shut Mrs. Hawkins from the outside.
She was very much frightened, and the next day started out
with a bundle of clothing, leading the older child, with the babe in
her arms, who was probably Hannah, the oldest girl, who married
Stephen Kenney. They are some of the oldest buried tenants of
the Meredith Village Cemetery, with slate stones in the front
of the yard.
Mrs. Lydia (Bunker) Hawkins was dreadfully frightened.
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As she walked away from her home the bears were following her,
and she feared she must give up one of the children. She threw
the bundle down and started to run, as well as she could with lead-
ing a small child and one a babe in her arms, praying God's
guidance which child she should leave, and screaming and praying
as she ran. The bundle of clothes she had thrown attracted the
bears' attention for a time, and they stopped and tore the bundle
in pieces, which gave her a little time to get ahead.
Her screams were heard by an old gentleman who lived in a
clearing not far away. He came to her rescue and took her to
his home, where she lived until her husband, John Hawkins, re-
turned from the four years' service in the Revolution. (Perhaps
Hawkins Hill was given him for his military service.)
This story was told to Mr. Hosea Canney by a granddaughter
of Lydia (Bunker) Hawkins, who was Sophronia Roberts, then an
old lady.
Stephen Kenney of Meredith, 1771-1797/8, married Hannah,
daughter of John Hawkins and wife, Lydia (Bunker) Hawkins.
Hannah Hawkins, 1745-1847, died in Meredith. Their children:
Mehitable, Trueworthy and Patience.
From Vital Records
Hosea Hawkins and wife, Sarah Sturdevant. Their daughter,
Polly Sturdevant, 1790-1872, married Francis Hawkins.
Hosea Hawkins married Sarah E. Mudgett. Their third child
was born in 1862. Amey, 1875-1855. Hosea F. Hawkins, wife
Melissa. Ason, born in 1872.
BUNKER
Durham History states that Joseph Bunker, the emigrant, is
buried in Durham, also Benjamin Bunker, who was in the seige of
Louisberg. Crossing Bunker's Creek, on the hill north of the
highway, is the remains of the "Old Bunker Garrison," and near
by is the old Bunker home, which has passed into other hands.
The old Bunker graves are in a field across the highway, near
the river. The field where the emigrant Joseph Bunker is buried
is owned by a Mrs. Smith.
Durham was the location of many Indian murders.
GENEALOGIES 249
HAWKINS
Hannah Hawkins, 1774-1860, daughter of John Hawkins and
wife, Lydia, is perhaps the youngest child of the "Bear Story."
She married Stephen Kenney, 1771-1847. They lived near by
and are buried in the Meredith Village Cemetery.
Some of the children found of John Hawkins and wife are:
John, m. Betsey Lane of Moultonboro; he of Meredith.
Stephen, b. 1839.
William, who was a shoemaker in Meredith; m. Helen M.
Emery; she b. 1843. They had a son, Freeman Hawkins.
Francis, 1785-1877, had a son, Charles; also a son, Hosea.
Francis m. Polly Sturdevant, 1789-1872. They had a
dau., Laura, 1814-1851; also a dau., Susan, 1819-1897.
Timothy Dudley Hawkins (son of Elijah) married Susan
Piper. He was in the War of 1812. He was a lineal descendant
of Governor Dudley. They had a daughter, Louise, 1828-1868,
who married Charles Canney, 1835-1910.
William Hawkins, 1785-1870; his wife, Abigail, 1791-1854.
Otis Hawkins, 1827-1909; his wife, Emaline, 1832-1893; their
son, Benjamin, 1864-1870.
Benjamin Hawkins, 1824-1863. He w^as in the Civil War,
Co. I, 12th N. H. His wife, Mary Boynton, 1826-1901; their
son, William, 1856-1898.
Albert Sumner Hawkins
The funeral of Albert Sumner Hawkins was held from their
home January 14, at Winona, N. H., Rev. Cate officiating.
A large collection of beautiful flowers were sent by loving friends
and neighbors from in and out of the State.
Albert S. Hawkins was born in Center Harbor. He was the
oldest child of Benjamin Sturdevant Hawkins and wife, Mary
Newell Boynton, she a daughter of William Boynton and wife,
Nancy (Davis) Boynton of Holderness.
Edwin Newell Hawkins, the second son, lived in and near
Laconia, where he was a frequent caller with farm produce.
The other sons have passed on. A daughter, Mary Ella,
married Harrison Perkins of Center Harbor. She helped tenderly
care for her brother through his suffering at the last.
Albert S. Hawkins married Clara Ann Woodman, daughter of
250 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Noah Woodman and wife, Relief Rogers Smith (Ebeneezer;
Captain Elisha; Nicholas). They were married in 1872 and
lived together fifty-four years on the old Smith homestead in the
shadow of "Beech Hill," on the "Old Stage Coach Road," where
a near-by neighbor, Captain Sinclair, each day put on two extra
horses to help the four already on, over the steep climb up "Beech
Hill."
Here Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins were blessed with four children.
Arthur, a brilliant young man, died at the age of 20 years. Two
others, a boy and girl, died young. There was left to comfort
them only one daughter, Florence E., who married Joseph W.
Smith of Winona, and both of them showed devoted care at the
time when Mrs. Hawkins was very sick with pneumonia.
HEATH
The Heath family came from Henniker to Meredith.
David Heath, 1776-1850, married Judith Sargent in 1801.
She died in 1802. He married, second, Eleanor Watson in 1805.
Their children:
Judith Sargent, 1806-1823.
Abiah Gile, 1807-1900; m. Deacon Frederick Eaton, 1863.
Anna Gile, 1809-1985; m. S. Sargent; d. 1900.
Miriam Sargent \ . / 1811-1885.
Sarah Harvey J twins \ 1811-1836.
David Brainard, 1815-1850.
Ruth Watson, 1817-1902; m. H. Sargent.
Daniel Kelley, 1820-1857; m. Rebecca Wheeler, 1845-
1897.
Eleanor Watson, 1822-1880; m. Franklin R. Fuller, 1845.
Parmenas W. Heath, 1825-1899; m. Nancy Leavitt Fogg,
1851, she a dau. of Chase Fogg and wife, Sally B. Leavitt.
HIBBARD
David Hibbard of Concord, Vt., served in the Revolution.
His son, Silas Hibbard, ran a hotel, and later in life farmed some.
He married Olive, daughter of Zuriel Albe, born in Chesterfield.
They had five children.
Ellery A. Hibbard was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1826.
After some years of study he came to Meredith Bridge, and won
the title of being one of the best read lawyers of New Hampshire.
GENEALOGIES 251
He was a judge of the Supreme Court, in 1873, and was counsel
on many railroad cases. He helped as one of the original directors
of the Laconia National Bank and filled many offices of trust.
He married in 1853, Mary, daughter of Jacob Bell of Haverhill,
who was a direct descendant of Josiah Bartlett, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence. Their children.
Charles B., who m. Mary Gale, a retired teacher. He d. in
1927.
Jennie O., m. Ormon J. Lougee.
Laura B., lives in Laconia.
HILLIARD
George Hilliard of Meredith married Sabrina Dow, 1806-1865.
Their daughter, Catherine, married in 1861, Henry Moulton.
Their son, George Damon Hilliard, 1852-1914, married Susan J.,
daughter of Isaiah Swain of New Hampton and wife, Lois Stanton
of Meredith. They are buried in the Weirs yard. Their chil-
dren:
Harry Francis, b. 1878; lives on the Hilliard farm.
Thomas E., b. 1881.
Orrin G., d. young.
Freeman S., d. young.
Mamie Sabrina, m. Chester Avery; m., second, Stone of
Gilmanton.
Lydia Hilliard married Isaiah Swain of New Hampton.
Benjamin Swain married Dolly Davis of Warren. They were
parents of Isaiah Swain.
HILTON
Capt. Daniel Hilton, a Revolutionary soldier, 1748-1827.
Maj. Daniel Hilton died February 27, 1867, aged 72 years.
His wife, Eliza, died May 13, 1869, aged 70 years. Their chil-
dren:
George, d. 1830, aged 4 yrs.
George, d. 1838, aged 6 yrs.
Amanda, m. Jabez Garmon; d. 1904, aged 81 yrs. Their
dau., Fannie E., d. aged 63 yrs.
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Col. Joseph Neal, born in 1810; died in 1879; married Elizabeth
Gordon of New Hampton. She died in 1881, aged 62 years.
Their daughter, Clara E., 1846-1894, married George S. Hilton,
born in Meredith, a son of Major Hilton. He built the house
where Edward Ambrose lives.
HODGEN
Samuel Hodgen was born in 1842 at Halifax, Yorkshire County,
England. He was a son of Ellis and wife, Sarah (Lassey) Hodgen.
He was educated in England, and when 14 years old his great-
uncle, George Wilcock, needed help so he took the position of
manufacturing cotton yarns, where he worked for eight years.
In 1866 he gave the position to his father and came to New
England. He found work at Lowell in the dyehouse to color the
yarns. One of the men there, Mr. Appleyard, soon after went to
Lake Village to start a dyehouse, employed Mr. Hodgen, and
gave him an interest in the business. In 1870 he began to manu-
facture cotton and wool hosiery, and later made mittens, with
good success. He later went to Meredith and there prospered.
He married Elizabeth A. Dow of Ashland, who was a good help-
mate.
HUCKINS
James 6 Huckins (James 5 , James 4 ) of New Hampton, farmer.
He was born January 7, 1789. He married May 5, 1811, Abigail,
daughter of Benjamin and Judith (Pottle) Smith of New Hamp-
ton, born September 9, 1791 ; died in 1854, aged 62 years (as town
record). He died January 21, 1825, at New Hampton. Their
children:
Ruth, b. July 4, 1812; d. Feb. 5, 1907; m. Dec. 9, 1841,
Perrin P., son of Peter and Mary (Prescott) Dow of New
Hampton (town record) ; a farmer, b. 1822 ; d. in California.
Children b. at New Hampton:
George L. of Gilmanton, farmer, b. 1842; d. Jan. 25,.
1892; m. 1867, Emma F. Bryant.
John M. of New Hampton, a soldier in the Civil War,
b. 1844; d. July 7, 1864, at Washington, D. C.
Elizabeth A., b. Oct. 2, 1846; m. Dec. 2, 1877, Samuel,
son of Ellis and Sarah (Lassey) Hodgdon of Meredith;
manufacturer, b. Jan. 19, 1842, at Halifax, Yorkshire,
England; d. 1909.
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Rufus P. of Laconia, machinist, b. Jan. 1, 1849; living in
1909; m. 1871, Abigail O., dau. of - - Sawyer.
CharlesH.of Ashland, farmer, b. Feb. 28, 1851. Single.
Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1796; d. Feb. 17, 1882, at Plymouth,
N. H.; m. Jan. 23, 1820, Bradbury, son of Benning and
Deborah (Langley) Wilkinson; farmer; soldier in the War
of 1812; a pensioner of Guilford in 1820; Campton in
1830. Bradbury, b. Apr. 19, 1893, at Allentown; d.
Nov. 22, 1851, at Campton. Their children:
Mary P., b. at Guilford, Nov. 29, 1820; d. July 19, 1878;
m. Nov. 29, 1848, at Boston, Ephraim A. Chandler of
Wheelock, Vt., a farmer.
Warren W., b. at Guilford, Jan. 1, 1823; lived in Plym-
outh, 1865; m. Apr. 8, 1847, Mary M., dau. of John
and Nancv (Adams) Moses, b. Aug. 22, 1826, at
Campton; d. Oct. 31, 1904.
John H., b. at Guilford, Dec. 18, 1824; a railroad em-
ployee; d. Dec. 31, 1870; m. Apr. 15, 1863, Mary C,
dau. of Daniel M. and Hannah (Abbott) Smith, b.
May 14, 1834, at Holderness.
Lavina, b. at Campton, Feb. 6, 1828; d. 1849; m. Feb. 6,
1849, Alfred, son of Samuel and Vashti (Dustin)
Page of Campton.
Charles H., b. at Campton, in Plymouth, Apr. 5, 1830;
a dairy farmer; d. May 6, 1897; m., first, 1864, Hor-
tense Brown, she d. 1865; m., second, Sept. 3, 1867,
Martha E., dau. of Anthony and Esther (Smith)
Colby, b. 1840 at Franklin, d. 1872; m., third, 1876,
Hannah Powers at Hebron, d. 1897.
George H., b. at Campton, May 26, 1837; tinsmith;
d. 1899; m. Feb., 1863, Mary A., dau. of Jacob and
Leah Wilkinson, b. at Guilford, d. May, 1874; m.,
second, Oct. 28, 1878, Elizabeth Tyler, b. at Canaan;
living in 1909 at Braintree, Mass.
JENNESS
William Jenness, 1791-1869; his wife, Betsey, 1793-1878.
Their children, Anna, 1834-1855; George, 1834-1857.
Betsey (Jennes) Curry, 1828-1894; George W. Curry, 1826-
1894.
John H. Jenness, 1852-1926; his wife, Josephine Kelley, 1860.
Samuel Jenness, 1823-1914; his wife, Elvira, 1834-1880.
Joshua Jenness, 1820-1900; his wife, Diantha, 1824-1888.
Their children, Martha Ann, 1850-1850; Permelia Ann, 1860-
1910.
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Solomon Kelley, 1801-1876; his wife, Sarah Jenness, 1811-1876.
Their children, Martin V., 1844-1861; Robert, 1848-1850.
Orrin Jenness, 1816-1861; his wife, Sally, 1825-1849.
John Jenness had a mill at Meredith Village, where Ebenezer
Smith had bought James Gibson's right in 1767, which was where
the brook ran from Measley Pond to Meredith Bay. John
Jenness bought this in 1795, reserving a part of the land. His
sons: Orin, Prescott and Josiah.
Orin Jenness married Lydia Jenness, daughter of Josiah Jen-
ness, a double cousin. Their children:
Ella, m. Albert Jenness, son of Charles Jenness and grand-
son of Prescott Jenness.
Alonzo, Jr.
Samuel, son of John Henry Jenness.
Alonzo Jenness, 1852-1919; his wife, Lydia, 1854-1902.
JULE, JOYELL, JEWELL
History states that John Jewell, who was born in the north of
Devonshire in 1522 and died in 1571, was probably one of the
ancestors of Thomas Jewell, who was born (as authentic records)
in the early part of 1639, and when the Pilgrims landed, more than
eighteen years afterward -at Plymouth, he had a wife and one
child.
The Boston Record stated that "the 24 day, 2 month, 1639"
there was "granted to Thomas Jewell of the Mount Miller, for
three heads, twelve acres, upon the covenant of three shillings
an acre." This "Mount" was Mt. Wallaston, first settled in
1625, and named for Captain Wallaston. It was incorporated
as Braintree in 1640. Quincy was set off in 1702 and Randolph
in 1793. The tract was laid to Boston by the General Court or
Legislature in 1634; and December 11 of that year the inhabit-
ants, after convening, chose seven men who should divide these
lands to each person who might improve them, at the rate of four
acres to each person in the family; gratuitously to citizens of
Boston and for three shillings per acre to others.
Thus is recorded "24th day, 12th mo., 1649, granted to Henry
Adams (a progenitor of the President), for 10 heads, 40 acres, upon
the same covenant of three shillings per acre."
His will reads as follows:
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The will of Thomas Jewell of Brantray, while he is yet in perfect memory.
My soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye mediation of Jesus
Christ, and my body to the dust.
All ye estate which God hath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as
long as she is a widow, and so remains; but if she shall marry, then to divide it
into three parts; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third
to be hers; I doe by this will give power to these two of my friends herein men-
tioned name William Neadam and Tho ffoster, to take the care and oversight
of all my estate for my wife and children good, according to your best wisdom
to be orered.
dated the 10th, 2d month 1654.
From Farmer's "Genealogical Register"
Thomas Jewell of Brantry had sons:
Joseph, b. Apr. 24, 1642; d. in Stow, Mass.
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 18, 1648; d. in Plainfield, Conn., in 1712.
Thomas, m. Susannah Guilford, Oct. 18, 1672. Their
children were Thomas, Hannah, John, Hannah, Samuel
and Joseph.
Thomas 3 married Martha- — . Their children, Nathaniel
and Benoni.
John Jewell married Hannah Prowse January 9, 1702. Their
children: Abigail, Thomas, Hannah, John and Barnes.
Samuel Jewell married Sarah King November 6, 1712. Their
children: David, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ruth, Susannah,
Dorothy, Thomas and Timothy.
Joseph Jewell married Anna Quimby January 1, 1717. Their
children: Mary, Jonathan, Anna, Hannah, Lydia, Judith.
Fourth generation: Nathaniel Jewell married -.
Children, James and Samuel.
Benoni Jewell married Dorcas Hadlock about 1748. Their
children : Thomas, James, Martha, Benjamin, Sarah, Asa, Benoni,
Polly, David and Dorcas.
Thomas Jewell married Judith Lancaster, 1732. Their chil-
dren: Henry, John, Sarah, Judith, Hannah, Anna, John, Enoch
and Polly.
Barnes Jewell married Dorothy Jones, 1740. Their children:
Ezra, Susanna, Miriam, Anna and Dorothy.
David Jewell married Elizabeth Dowe. Their children:
Joseph, David, Daniel (born in 1744, died at Stratham in 1838),
Susanna, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary.
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Daniel Jewell married Sarah Sanborn. Their daughter,
Betsey, married Jonathan Thompson; second, Nathaniel Bur-
leigh. She died in Holderness.
Betsey married Robert Haight; second, Rogers.
Nancy married David Burleigh.
Sally married Joseph Crocket.
Daniel died in New Hampton.
Anna (Nancy), born in 1768; married Phillip Smith; second,
Abraham Drake; died at Holderness March 31, 1865, in her 92d
year.
Anna and Phillip Smith's children: Parker, Page, Betsey,
Sally (who married Jeremiah Burleigh), and Charlotte, who
married Dr. Jeremiah Smith, son of Deacon Nicholas Smith of
New Hampton and wife, Mary Marston, daughter of Reuben
Marston, Jr., of Meredith. They settled near the Dr. Dana
Meetinghouse, where he practiced medicine.
Lydia, born in 1771; married John Haines in 1794; died at
Newmarket in 1849. Their daughter, Eleanor, born in 1795,
married Joseph Batcheldor in 1839; second, Josiah Folsom of
Newmarket.
John Haines, born March 19, 1797; married Hannah Parker;
second, Mary Neale of Newmarket.
Frederick Haines, born in 1799; married Olive Merrill about
1821, Newmarket.
Daniel Jewell, born in 1801; married Mary T. Batcheldor in
1836; died in 1859.
Thomas Jeferson, born May 14, 1804; married Mary Rollin
in 1828.
George Washington, born in 1806; married Eunice Conant in
1832; second, Abigail Folsom in 1849; lived in Newmarket.
Lydia Jewell, born in 1807; married Ebeneezer Knowlton in
1834; lived in Manchester.
James Madison, born in 1809; married Lydia Tuthill in 1834;
lived in Red Wing, Wis.
Sarah married Rev. Ebeneezer Leavitt; died at North Hampton
in 1851. Their children: Benning, Ebeneezer (lived in Rye),
John, William, Sarah Ann and Ursula.
Daniel, born about 1778; died in 1836; single.
Simeon, born in 1789; died at Stratham, aged 80 years.
Asa, born in 1782; died at Stratham in 1836.
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The Jewell family went from Stratham to Holderness, N. H.
John Jewell married, about 1735, Hannah Lancaster; he of the
fourth generation. He was a son of Thomas Lancaster and wife,
Judith .
Daniel Jewell married Sarah Sanborn. Their daughter,
Betsey, married Jonathan Thompson; married, second, Nathaniel
Burleigh. He died in Holderness. Their children:
Betsey, m. Robert Haight, also - — Rogers.
Anna Nancy Burleigh, dau. of Nathaniel Burleigh and
wife, Betsey Jewell (Haight), m. 1768, Phillip Smith.
They had children:
Parker.
Page.
Betsey.
Sally, m. Jeremiah Burleigh.
Charlotte, m. Dr. Jeremiah Smith; lived near Winona.
Anna Nancy (Smith), m., second, Abraham Drake.
He d. at Holderness Mar. 31, 1860.
JONES
The Jones family, as far back as great-great-grandfather, Jacob
Jones, who with his wife lived in Pittsfield, N. H.
Jacob Jones was a clock maker, and made tall grandfather clocks
that are so popular today. Jacob Jones married Ruth .
Their children:
Mary.
Joseph learned clock making; settled in Vermont.
Billdad and John, twins.
Jacob.
Nathan, d. young.
Huldah.
Abner.
Jonathan.
Joseph P. Jones married in 1830 Mary D. Davis. They had
ten children.
David D. Jones, 1835 1915. The third child enlisted in the
Civil War, from Bristol, Vt. He married in 1859, Martha M.
Conley. Seven children.
Eugene D. Jones, the fifth child, born in 1870, married Grace
Perkins, born in 1866, daughter of Jacob Fred Perkins and Eliza
Ann Tuttle of Meredith. Their daughter, Ida Frances, born at
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Plymouth, October 2, 1899, married Andrew Jackson Smith, born
in 1881, son of Edwin K. Smith of Pennsylvania.
KELLY, KELLEY
Tradition tells us that the "Old Kelly Farm" contained three
ridges of land that was used in early days for "Musters." They
also held sham battles on the two outside ridges and met for battle
on the center ridge. During this period was the Battle of Bunker
Hill, which was thought to be heard on "Kelly Hill," among the
virgin forest, some 100 miles away.
The site of the home of Samuel and Elizabeth Bowdoin was on
Kelly Hill, near the present home of Samuel, who married Sarah
Shaw. The site of the present house was where the old school-
house stood.
When Samuel, son of Elizabeth (Bowdoin) Kelly (he was 15
years old when they moved there) married Abigail Roberts he
took the old schoolhouse, dug a cellar and added to it more rooms,
for a home Every generation added more to it, and now it is a
pleasant farm home, occupied by Luther Drake.
The old Samuel Kelly land (he aged 42 when he came there)
was the original grant from the government, which comprised
many acres from which he gave each child a farm that had never
been given or deeded or sold by his great-great-great-grand-
daughter, Mrs. Sadie (Kelly) Pike.
Darby Kelley married Sarah Huntoon, January 1, 1728; lived
in Exeter and Kingston. Sarah's father was Phillip Huntoon,
born in England.
Samuel Kelley, born in 1733, married Elizabeth Bowdoin, a
daughter of William Bowdoin, born in 1713 at Boston. His
father, James Bowdoin, born in 1676 at La Rochelle, France, lived
and died at Boston, 1747. His father, Peter Bowdoin, married
Sarah Campbell.
Elizabeth Bowdoin's mother, Phebe Murdock (her father, John
Murdock, who married Phebe Morton) lived in Plymouth, Mass.
Her father, John Morton, born in 1650 at England. His father,
George Morton, came in the ship Anne in 1623. His wife was
Julian Carpenter; lived in Wrentham, England. Her father was
Alexander Carpenter.
John Morton married, first, Phebe Shaw, daughter of Jonathan
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Shaw. His father, John Shaw, who married Phebe Watson, a
daughter of George Watson. His father, Robert Watson, lived
in Plymouth.
Phebe Watson's mother was Phebe Hicks; her father, Robert
Hicks, who came to New England on the boat Fortune. He died
in 1647.
Darby Kelley, tradition states, was a school-teacher, and a
quick-witted Irishman. He landed near Portsmouth and later
settled in Brentwood, where he signed the Association Test in
1776. He had a son, Samuel Kelley, born in Brentwood in 1733,
died at New Hampton in 1813. He married Elizabeth Bowdoin,
1740-1816. They had two children before leaving Brent-
wood, which they brought with them to New T Hampton, settling on
a hill, later called "Kelley Hill," and are buried there. He served
in the Revolution from Meredith, under Col. Ebenezer Smith.
They came to New Hampton about 1776, where he built a log
house all by hand, and worked hard. Their children were : Samuel,
William B., Nathaniel, and Betsey, who married Thomas Simp-
son. He gave a farm that joined Meredith on the east and San-
bornton on the south. Other children located in Meredith and
other places. He built the first meetinghouse in New Hampton
and helped lay out roads and other improvements in the town.
His wife lived to be 103 years of age.
Not far away were the three Gordon sisters, who owned their
farm, and long ago passed on, but a legend connected with their
home was that an apple tree which stood near the house had three
branches. When the first sister died one of the branches dropped
off; later another sister passed and then a second branch dropped
off; and on the day that the last sister died the last branch fell off,
leaving nothing but the trunk of the tree as a memory of those
three who lived there threescore and ten years of good, useful
lives.
Samuel Kelley and wife, Elizabeth (Bowdoin) Kelley, had nine
children:
Betsey Bowdoin, 1757-1829, m. Thomas Simpson; lived
near.
Samuel 2 , b. in Brentwood, 1759; m. Abigail Roberts of
Meredith. She d. 1832. They had seven children.
William B., m. Mary, dau. of Judge Ebenezer Smith.
They had eleven children. He was prominent in town
260 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
offices. Their seventh child, Susan, m. Ezekiel Lawrence;
d. 1850 in Meredith. Susan was an aunt to Samuel, who
m. Eunice Goss.
M. Clemenceau of Paris married a daughter of Susan Kelley,
who married Nicholas Plummer of New Hampton. Susan was a
daughter of Samuel and wife Abigail (Roberts) Kelley, born in
1800, who married Nicholas Plummer, sister to Jonathan Kelley.
The oldest sister married W. C. Hopkins of Burlington, Vt.
Alice S. Kelley married John Foster McMillan of Elizabeth,
N.J.
Janet married Leonard Lovejoy Stanley, son of Stanley, the
inventor of electric transformers, also indestructible thermos
bottles.
Isabel married Paul Manship, a sculptor.
Martha Belle Kelley married Capt. D. B. McElwaine. Five
children.
Joseph R. Kelley, oldest son of Samuel Kelley and wife, Abigail
Roberts, of Meredith, born April 18, 1786. He married Martha
Farnham. Three children.
Samuel 3 Kelley, 1788-1858, married Hannah Gordon of San-
bornton. Their children:
Benoni G., 1817-1885.
Samuel Bowdoin.
Elizabeth, m. 1855, John Neally; she d. 1888; he d. 1884.
Mary Ann.
William P., 1836-1873.
Jonathan F. Kelley, son of Samuel and wife, Abigail (Roberts)
Kelley, born 1802 1877. Samuel married, first, Abigail Roberts,
1803-1877. He married, second, Eunice T. Foss, 1810-1873.
Children by Eunice Foss Kelley:
David Tilton, b. 1830.
Lucy E., b. 1833; m. - - Pattie. She m., second, Obadiah
Eastman of Meredith; third, John Flanders of New
Hampton.
Abigail S., b. 1840; m. George Bean of Springfield, Mass.
They had two children:
Samuel G., b. 1837; m. 1874, Sarah E. Shaw of New
Hampton.
Sophia M., b. 1847; m. Bowdoin Piper of Meredith, son
of Dudley Piper. His mother a relative of Kelleys,
who live near by.
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Gen. Benjamin Franklin Kelley, son of William B. and wife,
Mary (Smith) Kelley, born at New Hampton in 1807, married,
first, - - Goshen; married, second, a daughter of Judge Robert
Bruce of Cumberland, Aid. General Kelley was commissioned
in May, 1861, by General McClelland, and assumed command
of all troops in Virginia. He did valiant work, and was severely
wounded. Children of General Kelley and wife, - (( ioshen)
Kelley: John G., William B., Mary (who married J. C. Sullivan),
Frank (died 1870), Wright (died 1869), M. Belle (married D. B.
Mcllwain).
Samuel Kelley, who married Abigail Roberts. Their son,
Jonathan, married, second, Eunice Goss. Their son, Samuel,
born in 1837, married Sarah Shaw, born January 1, 1839. Their
daughter, Sadie Marion, born March 16, 1870, married Milo Pike
in 1896; he a son of Luther Martin Pike and wife, Ella Huckins;
she a daughter of George Huckins and wife, Smith. Their
son, Randolph Kelley Pike, born in 1899.
KENNEY
Stephen Kenney of Meredith, born July 5, 1771; died in 1847;
married in 1797/8, Hannah Hawkins, daughter of John Hawkins
(the pioneer) and wife, Lydia Bunker Hawkins. Hannah was
born in 1775 and died in 1860. Their children:
Mehitable.
Trueworthy, 1805-1846, m. Lettice Bean, 1808-1884.
Their children:
William P., 1837-1885; was in the Civil War, 1st N. H.
Battery.
Frances H., 1839-1898 ; b. in Meredith, d. in Manchester,
N. H.
Stephen, 1840-1921; d. in Colorado.
Mary H., 1841-1861.
Anne Lettice, m. John F. Clough. Their son, Eugene F.
Clough.
Eliza, m. Harvey L. Currier. Their children: Florence,
Mary Currier, and Clinton of Brown University.
Buried in the Stephen Fogg yard on Cass Hill: Dudley Kenney,
1774-1868; his wife, Sally (probably Fogg), 1794-1874. Their
children: George W. Kenney, 1822-1852; Lew r is and Lew r is, died
young.
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KEYSER
Nathaniel Keyser, a carpenter, and wife, Betsey (Messer), came
from Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Stillman Messer
of Luenburg, Mass. Their children:
Elizabeth, m. William Gibbs of Massachusetts.
Nathaniel.
Nancy, m. Edward M. Derby of California.
Mary, m. Moses Proctor of Boston.
Henrietta, m. Alonzo Perkins of Center Harbor.
Walter H. was six years old when his mother died and his
older sister took him and cared for him. After attaining
manhood he drifted around some and bought a farm in
Center Harbor, which he sold, and went to Meredith and
there bought a home, and called it "The Mountain View
House." He married Georgianna Gline. They had
children: Emma, Charles W., Sadie E., Arthur J. and
Edwin W.
KIMBALL
The early Kimballs settled in Watertown, Mass., and later
went to Sanbornton, N. H., thence scattered through Meredith
and adjacent towns.
Joseph Kimball, born in 1811, lived in New Hampton. His
son, Thomas J., married Betsey B. Dolloff, daughter of Samuel
Dolloff. Their children :
El vina, m. John M. Dow of Meredith Center.
Sarah Ann, m. James M. Thompson of Laconia.
Betsey Frances, m. Curtis L. Moore of Center Harbor.
j Levi (twin).
1 Warren Kelley (twin), m. 1868 Eliza Jane Piper, b. 1847,
dau.of Dudley Sanborn Piper and wife, Eliza (Shaw) Piper.
Eliza Jane was a dau. of Hilliard Shaw, who served in the
War of 1812. He married Elizabeth Witham, dau. of
Peletiah Witham, a Revolutionary soldier. They had four
children, Eliza Jane, Greenleaf, Elijah and Daniel Shaw.
Eliza Jane Shaw m. Dudley Sanborn Piper of Meredith;
he b. Nov. 24, 1811. They had seven children.
Warren Kelley Kimball, who married Eliza Jane Piper. Their
children:
Nettie Eldora, b. 1869; m. Luther Flanders, son of Rufus
Flanders and wife, Loanda Sanborn of New Hampton.
They have children: Loanda and Robert.
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Herman Leroy, b. 1872; m. Lillian V. Tuttle, dau. of Frank
and wife, Lizzie Prescott.
Frank Blake, b. 1880; m. Bessie Mullen, she b. in Connecti-
cut.
Irville W., b. 1887; m. Gladys D. Harmon, she b. in Nova
Scotia.
Warren Kimball and wife live in Meredith Center, both mem-
bers of the church there.
Lieut. Abner Kimball, a descendant of the Kemble family in
England, born in Haverhill, Mass., 1755-1818, lived in North
Sanbornton, and later near the Meredith line. He married
Abigail Gage; married, second, Mrs. Mercy (Judkins) Colby,
1766-1865, widow of Anthony Colby. She had a son, Anthony
Colby, born in 1800, and after her marriage to Lieut. Abner
Kimball they had two children. They are buried in the Joseph
Leavitt private yard, as they lived near by, beyond Steele Hill.
KNIGHT
William Knight was an early colonist from English ancestry.
He was a Revolutionary soldier and served in the Battle of Ben-
nington, and received a commission of captain for service. He
engaged from Massachusetts. In 1808 he settled at Hanover.
William Knight, his son, was born in Massachusetts, 1788-
1800, but moved to Hanover. He married Avis, daughter of
John Ladd, in 1815, who was born in Haverhill, N. H. Her
ancestor, Daniel Ladd, came to Ipswich, Mass., on the boat
"Mary and John." He was granted six acres of land there and
built a house. He moved to Salisbury, Pentucket and Haverhill,
Mass., and there took up a land grant. He had a sawmill in
Pentucket. He had a son, Daniel, Jr., who was captured by the
Indians, but later escaped.
William Knight, Jr., and wife, Avis (Ladd) Knight, had
children born in Hanover: John, Francis and Edwin, 1816-1857.
He married in 1845, Elizabeth W., daughter of Silas T. and wife,
Polly (Ingalls) Vaughn, born in 1825 at Hanover, N. H. The line
of Vaughns were :
Henry, b. 1656.
Henry, b. 1657.
Joseph, b. 1723.
Luther, b. 1758.
Polly Ingalls, 1797.
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Mrs. Elizabeth W. T. (Vaughn) Knight died in 1872. She left
five children.
William Franklin Knight, born in 1847. In 1864 he went into
the Parker Brothers store in Laconia as a clerk. Later he bought
out the business, and has served in many offices of trust connected
with banks and political affairs. He married in 1872, Fannie E.,
daughter of James Taylor of Franklin, who has passed on.
KNOWLTON
Thomas Knowlton was the first man of the name known in
Hampton, N. H. He was born there January 5, 1708, and died in
1774. His wife, Amy, was born in 1714, and died in 1791. He
lived in Kensington from 1739 to 1769. He bought, in 1767,
fifty acres of land in the province of Nottingham and the parish of
Northwood. In 1768 he built a log house and moved his family
there; he had a wife and four children. He had previously lived
in Epping, from 1762 to 1768. They had three boys, Jonathan,
Thomas and Ebenezer.
Jonathan was born at Kensington in 1739. He married Ruth
Page on April 29, 1762; she was born June 16, 1739. Their fifth
child and second boy was David Knowlton, he being the first
Knowlton born in Northwood, September 10, 1770. He married
Drusella Durgin, born March 17, 1774, daughter of John Durgin
and wife, Susanna (Pitman) Durgin of Durham, N. H. Their
children:
Oliver.
Samuel, who m. Sally Demond of Concord, N. H., Feb. 17,
1808.
Eliphalet D.
George.
George W.
Hettie.
Rhody.
Harriett.
Lydia.
Oliver Knowlton, the Sanbornton Town History states, was born
in Northwood, N. H., in 1791. He married Lucinda Batcheldor,
born in 1802. They were married September 20, 1825 (as vital
records). He went to Sanbornton, N. H., when a young man,
with his worldly possessions in his pocket, which consisted of a
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pen knife that he used to whittle goose-quill pens for his pupils
to learn to write with, as he had no others in that time. They
used feathers plucked from the wings of a goose when they pulled
easy. After his marriage he lived on the Francis Smith farm in
Sanborn ton and there died March 17, 1872, aged 81 years. He
represented the town in the Legislature, also was selectman for
some terms. He went to Sanbornton as a schoolteacher, where
he taught several terms at the Bay School. He served in the
War of 1812.
John Knowlton, their third child, born May 25, 1832, resided
in Meredith. He married in 1858 Rachel, daughter of Josiah B.
Batcheldor and wife, Louisa, daughter of Samuel Sanborn of
Meredith. Their children:
Herbert Clarence, b. Apr. 11, 1859; m. Menta Belle Gale
» in 1833. He d. in 1886.
Amy Cora, b. Aug. 28, 1861; m. 1889 John M. Goodwin of
Taunton, Mass. He d. in 1922. Their son, Clarence
Knowlton, b. 1890; d. 1891.
Jennie Laura, b. Oct. 12, 1863; d. 1879 in Meredith.
Clara Louisa, b. June 25, 1869; m. Lewis Stephen Perley of
Laconia, son of Dr. John Langdon Perley and wife, Dora,
dau. of Betsey (Potter) Rundlett of Gilmanton. Their
son, Lew Knowlton, b. 1890; m. Edna Jane, dau. of Wil-
liam Sawyer Kendall and wife, Iantha Annie (Lawrence)
Kendall of Lakeport. He is a graduate of Dartmouth and
Thayer School of Engineering. Their child, Lucile
Perley, b. Aug. 12, 1922.
Marion Louise Knowlton, born January 16, 1893, is a graduate
of Dana Hall and had two years at Wellesley. She married
Nathaniel Joy Harriman, June 7, 1919, son of Dr. Alpher Haven
Harriman and first wife, Katherine E. Walker of Lovell, Maine.
Dr. Harriman is a prominent physician and surgeon in Laconia.
Nathaniel Joy Harriman is cashier in the People's Bank in
Laconia. Their children:
Katherine, b. Dec. 3, 1920.
Haven Perley, b. May 2, 1924.
John Russell Perley, born November 25, 1900, is a graduate of
Dartmouth College and Penn University Medical College. He is
a physician in Laconia.
Stephen Perley, born in Ipswich, Mass., October 7, 1770, died
in 1855, son Allen Perley and wife, Susanna Bokeson.
266 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Allen Perley came from St. Albans, Herefordshire, England, in
1630, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1634. Their third son,
Stephen Perley, after attaining early manhood, settled at Mere-
dith Bridge. He did much to help establish and get many indus-
trial activities started in the town. He foresaw a chance for
much business with the water power of various kinds, and tradi-
tion states that he dug a canal to connect the river at Church
Street with the same river near Lake Winnisquam, where the
car shops now stand. He married, first, Abigail (no record of her
family name). They had a daughter who married Dr. John
Durkee of Meredith Bridge. He married, second, Mehitable,
born in 1783, daughter of Col. Samuel Ladd, one of the pioneers
of Gilmanton, and Ladd Hill was named for him, in what is now
Belmont. Their children were : Stephen Jefferson, John Langdon,
Louisa, Martha Maria and Abigail.
Dr. John Langdon, born June 10, 1805, studied medicine with
Dr. John Durkee and practiced until about forty years old. In
1837 he went west into an unsettled country, and later returned
to Meredith Bridge and went into the lumber business. He was
one of the incorporators of the Meredith Bridge Savings Bank,
which later was changed to the Belknap Savings Bank, and
resigned. Later the bank went out of business. He married
February 20, 1839, Dora, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth
(Potter) Rundlett of Gilmanton. Their children:
John L., b. Dec. 1839; enlisted in the Civil War and was
promoted to second lieutenant; he d. 1862.
D. Augusta, m. Jacob Sanborn, who lived on the Province
Road. Their dau. Pearl Smith Sanborn.
Mary P., m. 1871 Josiah Sturtevant, b. in Center Harbor.
He was a hosiery manufacturer in Meredith, also pro-
prietor of a drug store and prominent in public business,
and connected with the Congregational Church, of which
his father was a deacon.
Lewis S., m. Clara L. Knowlton (see Knowlton, also Batch-
eldor families) in 1888. He was prominent in business
circles in Laconia.
Clara E., m. Dr. A. L. Norris of Cambridgeport, Mass.
They have three children: Albert P., C. Maud and Grace
M.
Louisa, m. Nathan T. Fogg of Belmont.
Abigail, m. John H. Brewster, editor of a paper.
Martha Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1815; m. 1835 Joseph Plum-
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mer Atkinson, 1). in Gloucester, Mass. He had charges
in several places, and settled in 1852 in Laconia; d. 1888,
aged 79 yrs. Their children:
Mrs. Josephine P. Thwing of Boston.
Orville A.
Joseph P. Atkinson, a prominent merchant of Laconia.
LADD
Edward Ladd, 1707-1767, married Caton , 1711-1773.
Their children:
Abigail, 1734-1747.
Edward, b. 1736.
King, 1738-1847.
Nathaniel, b. 1740.
Samuel, b. 1744.
John, 1746-1770.
Abigail, 1749-1754.
Samuel 2 Ladd married Abigail Flanders in 1786. Their son,
John Ladd, 1771-1860, married Mehitable Gale, in 1793. Their
children :
Abigail, b. 1794.
John, 1796-1890; m. Nancy Badger, dau. of Thomas Badger,
and wife of Newmarket.
Susan, 1798-1874; m. Moses Taylor, b. 1795.
Dudley, 1800-1827.
Stephen D., 1803-1826; m. Lydia Dow. No children.
Gould D., 1805-1875; m. Betsey Chase of Sanbornton, in
1832, she a dau. of Ebenezer and wife, Rebecca Cheney.
Mary, 1807-1855; m. Henry Pearson of East Tilton. They
were parents of William Pearson. His children were
Frank, a brother Winthrop, and sisters (names unknown).
A brother to William Pearson starved to death in Libby
Prison.
Eliza, b. 1809; m. Barnard H. Ladd in 1827.
Daniel, 1811-1855; m. Lydia Randlett in 1835.
Eunice, 1813-1898; m. John Lawrence. Their children:
John Lawrence, m. Eunice Ladd. Their children: Otis
Smith, Jane, and Clara Ellen, m. Jeremiah Freeze
Sanborn, he b. in Webster. Their children: Otis
Lawrence (m. Isabel Smith) and Florence Jane.
Children of Otis Lawrence Sanborn and wife, Isabel Smith:
Lawrence, Leroy Freeze and Louise.
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From the old Bible, printed in 1816
Edward Ladd, born June 22, 1707; died in 1787. His wife,
Caton, born May 19, 1711. Their children:
Abigail, b. Dec. 7, 1734; d. 1747.
Edward, b. Apr. 13, 1736.
Thing, b. July, 1738; d. 1801.
John Ladd, born March 25, 1771; died June 12, 1860. His
wife, Mehitable, born October 13, 1770; died April 20, 1854.
Their children:
Abigail (Ladd) Keaser, b. July 10, 1794.
John (Ladd), b. Oct. 3, 1796; d. 1874.
Susan (Ladd) Taylor, b. Oct. 8, 1798; d. 1874.
Dudley (Ladd), b. Oct. 9, 1800; d. 1821.
Stephen G., b. Feb. 11, 1805; d. 1875.
Mary (Ladd) Pearson, b. Apr. 5, 1807; d. 1855.
Eliza, b. 1908.
David G. Ladd, b. Oct. 11, 1811; d. 1855.
Eunice (Ladd) Lawrence, b. Oct. 1813; d. 1898.
John Lawrence Ladd, d. 1888.
Moses Taylor Ladd, b. Jan. 1, 1795.
Samuel Ladd, born February 21, 1747; died in 1801. He mar-
ried Abigail — — , November 10, 1768. Their children:
Samuel, b. Dec. 4, 1769; d. Apr. 13, 1836.
John, b. Mar. 25, 1771.
Edward, b. Mar. 22, 1773; d. 1820.
Isaac, b. Feb. 6, 1775.
Abigail, b. 1777; d. 1798.
Jonathan, b. July 24, 1779; d. 1826.
Dudley, b. Dec. 23, 1780.
Mehitable, b. Apr. 3, 1783.
Thema, b. May 20, 1785; d. 1824.
Old Bible Records
Abigail Ladd married Joseph Kezar, November 14, 1816.
John Ladd married Nancy Badger, December 23, 1817.
Mary Ladd married Henry M. Pearson.
Stephen G. Ladd married Lydia Dow.
Eliza L. Ladd married Barnard H. Ladd, November 28, 1827.
Eunice Ladd married John P. Lawrence, February 2, 1832.
Gould D. Ladd married Betsey Chase, April 10, 1832.
Daniel G. Ladd married Lydia Randlett, October 28, 1835.
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Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. 2, page 194: Samuel Ladd from Mid-
dleton. He was lieutenant in 1777; enlisted at Exeter. He was
in Col. Thomas Stickney's regiment of militia, General Stark's
brigade in 1777. There was an account of rations for several
officers.
Mrs. Olive Jane (Ladd), daughter of Jonathan and Betsey
(Lawrence) Ladd, was one of the pioneer settlers in Laconia as
early as 1780. She married Dr. Joseph Knowles; married, second,
Dr. David S. Prescott. She was born, lived and died in the same
house, which has recently been sold for the city offices. Her
brother was Lucian Ladd, and he and family lived with her in her
last days.
Lucian Ladd married Annis, daughter of Esquire Charles
Smith and his wife, Annis; she was a daughter of John Perkins,
who married Lucy Prescott in 1773.
Esquire Charles Smith was a descendant of one Ebenezer
Smith. (See Granite Monthly, March, 1888.) His wife, Annis,
died and he married Irene Neal, daughter of "White Oak"
Joseph Neal and wife, Hannah (Smith) Neal of Meredith.
History tells us that Daniel Ladd came from London with his
wife, Ann, in 1633, on the ship "Mary and John," to Ipswich,
Mass. In 1638 he helped found the town of Salisbury. In 1640
he helped organize Haverhill, with eleven others. He was de-
scended from a family in Kent, England, in the fifteenth century.
Daniel Ladd, a lineal descendant, was born in Epping in 1742,
a farmer, but, like many of that day, he went into newer country
in Lee, then Canterbury, and Loudon, where he traded in land.
He married Judith Lyford in Raymond in 1765. They had nine
children; the eighth was Gideon Ladd. He was called a very
smart man. He married Polly Osgood and settled in Loudon,
where he died in 1848. They had twelve children. Their sixth
child and fourth son, Seneca Augustus Ladd, born at Loudon in
1819, was educated in the schools in winter until thirteen years of
age, but, as history states, did not enjoy the method of teaching
and went to Raymond to learn the carriagemakers' trade, in which
he made a success. He went to Meredith and made carriages for
two years, then went to Boston for one year and learned of Timo-
thy Gilbert how to make pianos, which was then the second factory
in the United States where they were made. In 1839 he returned
to Meredith, built and bought mills and started a large carriage
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factory, when he was 20 years of age. He kept the business for
eleven years, when the whole plant burned. The cotton factory
at that time was idle. He leased it, put in new machinery and
made pianos and melodeons. This business was kept up for
eighteen years in Meredith and Boston. He was successful and
made himself independent financially. He had observed how the
youth had little ability or desire to lay up something ahead, and
conceived the idea of a savings bank to help them save part of
their earnings. He procured a charter in 1869 and, with other
influential men, the Meredith Village Savings Bank was started
to help young people to save for after life. He was said to never
pass a child without speaking, and scattered many kind deeds.
He joined the church when young, and was a strict temperance
man. He married Susan Tilton of Meredith in 1840 She died
in 1850. Their children:
Fannie C, who m. D. W. Coe of Center Harbor.
Charles F., who d.
Seneca A. Ladd married, second, Catherine S., daughter of
William Wallace, Esq., of Henniker, in 1852. One child:
Virginia B., who was an invalid; she d. 1927; was a highly
respected woman and had many friends.
Daniel 2 Ladd, who took the "Oath of Supremacy and Alle-
giance" to pass from Deal, Kent County, England, to sail on the
boat "Mary and John," in 1633, for a new home in New England.
History tells us that there were about a baker's dozen, who
landed at Ipswich in February.
One of them was Daniel Ladd. He was granted six acres of
land in 1637, and in 1639 he was "in ye town of Salisbury,"
where he was granted more land. Like all early settlers, as his
family grew larger, he needed more land for support, and went
farther inland to Haverhill, Mass., where he died in 1693, leaving
eight children. He married Ann - — . He was a prominent
man in the early history of Haverhill, Mass. Their children:
Elizabeth, b. 1640; m. 1663 Nathaniel Smith.
Daniel, b. 1642 in Salisbury; m. Lydia Singletery. No
children.
Lydia, b. 1645 in Salisbury; m. Josiah Gage.
Mary, b. 1646 in Haverhill; m. Caleb Richardson of New-
bury. Their children were Mary and Ruth.
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SAMUEL, b. 1647 in Haverhill; m. Martha Corliss.
NATHANIEL, b. 1651 in Haverhill; m. Elizabeth Gilman.
EZEKIEL, b. 1654 in Haverhill; m. Mary Folsom.
Sarah, b. 1657 in Haverhill; in. Onisiphorus Marsh, Jr., in
1695.
Nathaniel 2 Ladd, born in 1655, moved to Exeter and married in
1678 Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Gilman. He died from
wounds from fighting the Indians. Mr. Gilman was a prominent
man. Their children:
Nathaniel, b. 1679; m. Catherine Gilman.
Elizabeth, b. 1680; m. John Glidden. Their children were:
Daniel *, John, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary, Abigail, Moody and
Steven.
Lydia, b. 1684; m. Charles Rundlett. Their children were:
Nathaniel, Charles, Lydia, Catherine, Anna, and Mary.
Daniel, b. 1686; m. Mehitable Philbrook, in 1712.
John, b. 1689; m. Elizabeth Sanborn in 1714.
Ann, b. 1692; m. Jonathan Folsom. Their children were
Gen. Nathaniel and Col. Samuel Ladd.
Nathaniel 3 Ladd, born in 1679, married Catherine, daughter of
Edward Gilman of Exeter. She died. Their children:
Nathaniel, m. Ann Hilton, dau. of Dudley Hilton.
Daniel 4 , b. in Exeter, 1705; his home was in Exeter; later
moved to Lee; m. Alice .
Edward, b. 1707; m. Catherine Thing.
Elias, m. Ann Gilman.
Josiah, b. 1713; m. Sarah Morse.
Nathaniel's second wife, Rachel Rawlins, who died at Stratham
in 1717, had no children.
Nathaniel married, third, Mrs. Mercy Hilton in 1742. Their
children:
Paul (twin), b. 1719; m. Martha Folsom.
Love (twin).
Dudley, lost at sea.
Mercy.
Daniel 4 Ladd, born in 1705, married in Epping, Alice
Their children :
Daniel 5 , b. 1742; m. Judith Lyford.
Nathaniel, b. 1745; m. Mary Ayers.
Jeremiah, m. Tamison Sias.
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Daniel 5 , 1742-1801, married Judith Lyford, and settled in
Loudon. Their children:
Mary, b. 1766; m. Dr. Weir.
Olive, b. 1769; m. Joseph Batchelder, son of Major Nathan
Batchelder. One of their daughters, Julia, m. Stephen
Tilton. Stephen Tilton and wife, Julia Batchelder, were
grandparents of George Henry Tilton of Laconia.
Judith, b. 1771; m. William Moulton of Stanstead, Canada.
John, b. 1774; m. Lydia Sanborn.
Elsa, b. 1777; m. John Rollins of Gilmanton.
Susan, b. 1779; m. Levi French of Loudon.
Gideon, b. 1782, m. Polly Osgood. They had a son, Seneca
Ladd, who settled in Meredith. He married Susan Tilton,
a second cousin.
James, 1784-1786.
Gideon Ladd of Loudon, N. H. (Daniel of Epping; Nathaniel,
who married Catherine Gilman.) Gideon Ladd married in 1808
Polly Osgood, daughter of Daniel Osgood and wife, Judith
(Lyford) Osgood, of Epping. He died in 1848. She died in
1870. Their children:
Rosina Ann, b. 1809; m. E. E. Smith of Gilmanton.
James Gilman, 1813-1813.
Olive Maria, b. 1815; m. J. B. Mardton of Gilmanton.
Albert Warren, b. 1816; m. Mary M. Wallace.
Seneca Augustus, b. 1819; m. Susan Tilton of Meredith.
Newell Corses, b. 1821 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Robert Smith of
Center Harbor.
Philander M., 1823; m. Carrie .
Joseph Warren, 1827-1833.
Benjamin F., 1829-1846.
Charles Joseph, b. 1831; m. Eliza Lang.
Seneca Augustus Ladd, son of Gideon Ladd and wife, born at
Loudon in 1819, married Susan Tilton in 1840. She died in 1850.
He married, second, Catherine S., daughter of William Wallace,
in 1852. Their children by Susan Tilton:
Frances Caroline Augusta, b. 1841; m. Harber D. Wods-
worth Coe of Center Harbor in 1878.
Charles F., 1847-1851.
Newel Courser Ladd of Concord married Sarah Smith, daugh-
ter of Robert Smith and wife, Sarah Merrill of New Hampton.
He died in 1877. She died in 1903. Their children:
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Florence M., b. 1843; m. Frederick Boardman in 1882.
Austin, b. 1845; m. Fannie Blake.
Addik, b. 1850.
Wendell Phillips, b. 1852.
[ennie B., b. 1855.
Waldo B., b. 1858
i Twins.
Minnie, b. 18o8 J
Charles P., b. 1860.
Fliphalet Ladd (Timothy, John, Samuel, Daniel), 1755-1827.
He was a Revolutionary soldier in the battles of Bennington and
Saratoga. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph Park of Wind-
ham in 1778. They moved to Meredith in 1806, where he died in
1827; lived on Ladd Hill. Their children:
Alice, b. 1779; m. John B. Swasey. Their children:
George B.
Mary Park, m. M. J. Chapman.
Jane B.
Cassandria, m. Eben Stevens.
Asenath, d. young.
Joseph Park, b. 1781; m. Mehitable Towne.
Timothy, b. 1783. He was a brilliant scholar and a famous
teacher in Meredith. He was a cripple.
Lydia, 1784-1876; m. Benjamin Swasey in 1809. Their
children:
Laura, b. 1809; m. John J. Sanborn of Baltimore in 1836.
Darius, b. 1811; m. Salvia Davis.
Alice, b. 1812; m. Jonathan F. George of Pelham, N. H.
Emily, b. 1813.
Edwin, b. 1815; m. Mary Tarbel of Lyndeboro.
Alexis, b. 1816; m. Emily Terry of Chicopee.
Marv Park, b. 1818; m. Henry Moore of Marlboro.
Lydia, 1820-1836; m. Clark H. Obear of New Ipswich.
Benjamin, b. 1822; m. Emily Marshall of Chicopee.
Eliza, b. 1825.
Lydia Ladd married Benjamin Swasey in Meredith. Their
children :
Alexander Park, b. 1786; m. Charlotte Hacket.
Darius, 1788-1831; m. Emily Augusta Prescott.
Mary Jane, b. 1789; m. William Salmond of Belfast, Maine.
Asenath, 1791-1792.
Asenath, b. 1793; m. James P. Bowman of Belfast.
Alexander Park Ladd (Eliphalet, born in 1755 at Haverhill,
Mass.) married Charlotte Hacket of Holderness in 1814. Their
children:
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Mary Taylor, b. 1814; m. William Ladd; m. second,
Pingree Cummings; and third, Ira Davis. Their children:
James Orr Monroe Ladd, b. 1816; m. Nancy Coombs;
second, Ruth Abbott.
Timothy Boyd Ladd, b. 1820; m. Susan Emerson in 1851.
Joseph Park Ladd, b. 1822; m. Charlotte Virgin in 1821.
Eugene Hackett Ladd, b. 1834; m. Josephine Fournival.
Timothy Boyd Ladd, son of Alexander Park Ladd of Meredith,
married Susan Emerson of Andover, N. H., in 1851. They
removed to Chateaugay, N. Y., where they kept a hotel.
Asa Ladd, son of Timothy Ladd and wife, Jane Coy of Maine,
married Nancy Sanborn of Meredith in 1823. Their children:
Elizabeth, 1824-1878.
Jonathan, b. 1826; m. Anna Harris of Boston.
Mary Jane, b. 1828.
Annette, b. 1830.
George W., b. 1833; m. Rose Evans in 1867.
Asa, Jr., 1835-1862.
Louisa B., b. 1838; m. Alonzo Nenton.
Sophronia J., b. 1831; m. Charles C. Pickney.
Jonathan P. Ladd, son of Asa Ladd and wife, Nancy Sanborn,
married Anna Harries of Boston. Their children:
Emma Frances, b. 1854; m. Martin Taber.
Clara Belle, b. 1857; m. John Flanry.
Horace Parker, b. 1860.
John Plummer, 1874-1882.
Eliphalet Ladd of Exeter was a bonder of the N. H. ship,
"Dispatch," November 9, 1781, in the American Revolutionary
naval service; 6 guns, 20 crew. August 6, 1777, on "Friends
Adventure," N. H. schooner; 6 guns, 20 crew. His bond was
$5,000; was a bonder also on "General Sullivan," N. H.
brigantine; 14 guns, 100 crew; bonds, $10,000. He was one of the
owners. Also February 26, 1777, on N. H. ship, "White Oak;"
6 guns, 15 crew. Master. Bond, 84,000.
Col. Samuel Ladd of Belmont (son of Edward Ladd and wife,
Catherine Thing; Nathaniel Ladd and wife, Catherine Gilman)
married Abigail Flanders in 1768. Their children:
Samuel, b. 1769; m. Polly Davis.
John, b. 1771; m. Mehitable Gale.
Edward, b. 1773; m. Hannah Hoit.
Isaac, b. 1775; m. Lois Woodman.
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Abigail, b. 1777; m. Stephen Perley.
Jonathan, b. 1779; m. Rachel Prescott.
Dudley, b. 1780; m. Abigail Plummer.
Mehitable, b. 1783; m. Stephen Perley.
Thomas, b. 1785; m. Eunice Lyford in 1806; she b. 1787.
John Ladd, 1771-1860, of Sanbornton, N. H. (Col. Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Daniel) married Mehitable Gale of Gil-
manton in 1793. Their children:
Abigail, b. 1794; m. Joseph Keyser.
John, Jr., b. 1796; m. Nancy Badger.
Susan, b. 1798; m. Moses Taylor.
Dudley, 1800-1826.
Stephen G., 1803-1826.
Gould Dimond, b. 1805; m. Betsey Chase.
Mary, b. 1807; m. Henry M. Pearson.
Eliza L., b. 1809; m. Barnett H. Ladd, a cousin.
Daniel, b. 1811.
Eunice, b. 1813; m. John A. Lawrence in 1833.
A grandson of John Ladd and son of Gould D. Ladd and wife,
Betsey Chase, Elbridge Gerry Ladd of Belmont, married Henri-
etta, daughter of L T riah Lamprey and wife, Abigail (Batchelder)
Lamprey, in 1871. Their children:
Orry Gerry, b. 1873.
Edward Gould, b. 1876.
Merton Freeman, b. 1880.
Edward 3 1773-1820, married Hannah Hoit in 1798. Their
children:
Nancy, 1799-1839; m. Jonathan Taylor.
Harriet, b. 1803; m. Daniel Sanborn.
Barnett H., b. 1807; m. Eliza Ladd in 1827; he d. 1877.
Their children:
Julia A., b. 1828; m. Stephen A. Hadley in 1868 at
Laconia.
Eunice L., b. 1831.
EmelineS., 1833-1861.
Harlan Page. b. 1836; m. Sarah Jane Noble.
Jason J., b. 1839; m. Ann Maria Boynton in 1865.
Eliza J., 1843-1863.
Langdon Ladd, the fourth child of Edward Ladd and wife,
Hannah Hoit of Belmont, born in 1773, married in 1837 Sylvania,
daughter of Bernard Colby. His father died when he was nine
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years old, and he lived with his mother and attended school. He
later represented the town in the legislature in 1874. He lived
on the farm and in the house built by his grandfather, Col.
Samuel Ladd, in 1837, and where his grandfather died in 1887.
Their children:
Arthur Stuart, m. Ellen M. Porter in 1867. Their chil-
dren:
Edith Silvina, b. 1867.
Florence Emma, b. 1872.
Candace Porter, b. 1875.
Martha A., b. 1839; m. Charles G. Gale in 1860.
Curtis B., 1841-1841.
Grace Colby, b. 1842.
/ Allen Young (twin), b. 1853; m. Kate J. Bennet in 1876.
\ Emma J. (twin), 1853-1870.
Isaac 4 Ladd of Belmont, born 1775, married Lois Woodman.
She died in 1828. Their children:
Henry, 1802-1802.
Charlotte, b. 1803; m. George L. Mead of Laconia.
Charles, 1805-1831.
Isaac, Jr., b. 1807.
George S., b. 1808.
Harriet, 1810-1877.
John W., b. 1813.
Mary J., b. 1815.
Jonathan fi , 1 779-1826, married in 1808 Rachel, daughter of Col.
Dudley Prescott and wife, Martha (Swain) Prescott. She died
in 1815. He married, second, Betsey Lawrence in 1816. Chil-
dren by first wife:
Susan Augusta, b. 1810; m. Andrew Watkins in 1835.
Lucian Augustus, b. 1812; m. Mary Jane, dau. of Esq.
Charles Smith and wife, Annis Smith. Their children:
Charles S., b. 1844; m. Lilla Good in 1873.
Francis A., b. 1849.
Frederick J., b. 1851; m. Zoe M. Parter in 1881.
Clara J., b. 1853.
A child by second wife, Betsey Lawrence:
Olive Jane.
Dudley 7 Ladd of Belmont, born in 1780, married Abigail
Plummer, daughter of David Plummer of Newbury, Mass.
Their children:
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Hannah P., b. 1812; m. Ebenezer Lawrence.
David Plummer, b. 1816; m. Julia A. Hoit.
Thomas 7 Ladd of Belmont, 1785-1834, married Eunice Lyford
in 1806. Their children:
John Lyford, b. 1807; m. Jane Eager.
Drusilla, 1808-1866; m. Jeremiah Jaques, 1809-1890.
Ransom S., 1811-1886; m. Rhoda Gove, 1816-1892, widow
of Benjamin Gove, 1806-1858.
John Lyford Ladd, 1807-1873, oldest son of Thomas Ladd and
wife, Eunice Lyford, married Lucy Jane Eager, 1810-1851;
married in 1828. They are buried in Meredith Bridge Cemetery,
Laconia. Their children:
John C., b. 1827; m. Hannah L. Taylor.
'Mary Jane, 1829-1847.
Thomas Eager, b. 1831; d. young.
Frances E., 1833-1851.
Adelia B., 1839-1868; m. Oscar Merrill.
Thomas E., b. 1841; m. Emma Plummer.
Warren Ladd, in The Ladd Family History, states that Daniel
Ladd took the Oath of Allegiance to pass to New England, on the
"Mary and John" boat in 1633/4. In 1637 he was granted in
Ipswich six acres of land, where he built a dwelling house.
As time passed he, like other settlers, went farther inland and
bought land. In 1678 he and his wife, Ann, had changed to sev-
eral locations. His will was dated 1694. He died in 1693 and
his wife died in 1694, leaving nine children.
Through the generations through Nathaniel, born in 1651, who
through his marriage with Elizabeth Gilman became a member of
a leading family. He died in 1691. They had seven children.
The fifth child, Daniel, born in 1686, married Mehitable Phil-
brook. Their son, Daniel, born in 1742, married Judith Lyford.
Their son, Gideon of Loudon, married in 1808 Polly Osgood.
They had twelve children. Their seventh child, Newell Corser,
born May 6, 1821, died in 1877, married in Meredith Sarah
Smith, died in 1863, daughter of Robert Smith of New Hampton,
N. H. Their children:
Florence M., b. 1843; m. Frederick Boardman in 1882.
Austin S., b. 1845; m. Fannie Blake.
Addie R., b. 1850.
Wendell P., b. 1852.
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Jennie B., b. 1855.
Waldo E., b. 1858 \ .
Minnie E., b. 1858 / twins -
Charles P., b. 1860.
Seneca Augustus Ladd, a brother of Newell C. Ladd, both sons
of Gideon Ladd and wife, Polly Osgood, born in 1819, married
Susan Tilton in 1840. Their children:
Fannie C, b. 1841; m. D. W. Coe in 1878; lived in Center
Harbor.
Charles F., 1847-1851.
Mrs. Ladd died in 1850 and he married, second, Catherine S.
Wallace in 1852. They had a daughter, Virginia B., 1861-1927.
Seneca Ladd was very energetic at an early age and went to
Meredith and had a factory, was burned out, then he went to
Boston and worked at the pianoforte business, then returned to
Meredith when twenty years of age and later made pianos and
melodeons. He helped establish the Meredith Village Savings
Bank, which has prospered.
Eliphalet Ladd married Mary Park, daughter of Joseph Park of
Windham in 1778. They settled in Meredith in 1806. He died
in Meredith in 1827. Their children:
Alice, b. 1797; m. John B. Swasey. Their children were:
George B.
Jane B.
Mary Park, who married J. Chapman.
Cassandria, m. Eben Stevens.
Asenath, d. young.
Joseph Park, b. 1781; m. Mehitable Towne.
Timothy, b. 1783; was a noted teacher.
Lydia, 1784-1875; m. Benjamin Swasey in 1808. Their
children:
Laura, b. 1809; m. John G. Sanborn.
Darius, b. 1811; m. Sylvia Davis.
Alice J., b. 1812; m. Jonathan George.
Emily, b. 1813.
Edwin, b. 1815; m. Mary Tarbel.
Alexis, b. 1816; m. Emily Torry.
Mary Park, b. 1818; m. Henry Moore.
Lydia, b. 1820; m. Clark H. Obear.
Benjamin, b. 1822; m. Emily Marshall.
Eliza, b. 1824.
Alexander Park, b. 1786; m. Charlotte Hackett of Holder-
ness in 1814.
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Darius, b. 1788; m. Emily Augusta Prescott in 1831.
Asenath, 1791-1792.
Asenath, b. 1793; m. James P. Bowman.
John Ladd of Sanbornton married Mehitable Gale of Gilman-
ton in 1793. He died June 12, 1860. They had ten children.
The seventh child, Mary, born April 5, 1807, married Henry M.
Pearsons March 28, 1824. John Ladd was a son of Samuel Ladd,
born February 21, 1744, who married Abigail Flanders.
Henry M. Pearsons, 1797-1857, is buried in Union Cemetery,
Laconia.
Eliphalet Ladd of Windham removed to New Salem and from
there to Meredith in 1806. He died in 1837.
Alice Ladd, born March 2, 1797, married John B. Swasey.
Lydia Ladd, born December 19, 1784, died in 1875, married
Benjamin Swasey in 1809.
LANG
The Langs came from England. William Lang married Sarah
Their second son was Josiah Lang, 1746-1828, of Green-
land-. He moved in 1816 to Tuftonborough. He worked as a
shoemaker in Portsmouth. During his stay there he enlisted in
the Revolutionary War and guarded a garrison. He married
Pearn Johnson, 1747-1841, a daughter of Colonel Johnson of
Portsmouth, who served in the Revolution.
Josiah, 1746-1828, tradition states, was a great reader, and
well posted on the topics of the day. He was a Methodist Church
believer and his wife was a Congregationalist, but there being no
denominations of either creed in Tuftonborough, they both joined
the Christian Church there. Children: Josiah' 2 , 1772-1856,
Stephen, Zabeth, Deborah, Daniel, Sarah and William. Josiah
married Sarah Whidden, 1774-1851, born in Portsmouth. They
moved to Meredith with their son, Thomas E. Lang, in 1855, and
died there. Their children :
Joseph Whidden, 1798-1886.
Thomas Elwyn, 1801-1889.
Josiah, 1804-1815.
Joseph Whidden Lang, born in Portsmouth, went to Tufton-
borough in 1815 and worked on his father's farm for two years;
later he worked for a Dover man, driving a tin peddler's cart, and
280 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
later went into a store in Dover, run by Joseph Smith, who also
ran stores at Alton Bay, Wolfeboro, Moultonboro and Meredith.
In the latter town he was placed in charge of a store which he
purchased in 1830.
He married Mehitable C. Young of Tuftonboro. She died in
1863. They had no children, but adopted a girl, Jane, who died
at the age of 18 years. In 1866 he married Mrs. Julian (Perkins)
(Taylor), widow of Jonathan H. Taylor and a daughter of John B.
Perkins and wife, Comfort, daughter of Dr. Benaiah Sanborn, and
wife, Huldah, 1781-1858, daughter of Deacon Christopher Smith,
she born in North Hampton.
Mr. Lang was a leading member of the Congregational Church
in Meredith and a prominent Mason. He was president of the
Meredith Village Savings Bank at his decease and was also direc-
tor of the old Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad.
Thomas Elwyn Lang, 1801-1889, brother of J. W. Lang, was
born in Portsmouth on the Thomas Elwyn farm, where his father
was employed. He went to Tuftonboro with his parents in 1816,
when 15 years old, and in 1855 he settled in Meredith, where he
bought a small farm. He married Cynthia Blaisdell in 1827,
daughter of Rev. William Blaisdell, a clergyman of the Christian
Church of Guilford. Their daughter, Sarah Whidden Lang, born
in 1828 at Tuftonboro, married in 1867 Nathan B. Wadleigh,
1822-1885. Mr. Wadleigh was a large lumber dealer in Mere-
dith. Their children:
Thomas Lang, b. 1858 in Meredith; m. Lillian Hodgdon of
North Troy, Vt., in 1884. He was general manager of the
Meredith Shook and Lumber Co.
Annie Gertrude, b. 1870; m. Alfred Francis Hall of Mere-
dith, who was general manager of the Atlas Linen Co.
Their daughter, Margaret Ellen, b. 1904.
Joseph William Lang, the second child of Thomas E. Lang and
wife, Cynthia (Blaisdell) Lang, born in 1832, died at Meredith in
1903. He went to Meredith in 1852 and clerked in the store of
Lang & Stevens, Mr. Lang being his uncle. After three years he
bought out Mr. Stevens' share in the business and was a partner
with his uncle until 1862, when he started to raise a company to
help defend his country.
He was first to enlist in Company I, 12th New Hampshire
Volunteers, and, turning the store into a recruiting office, en-
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thused twenty-five others that came that afternoon. In four
days he recruited ninety-eight men and three officers, and he was
chosen captain.
The 12th New Hampshire was the last regiment to leave after
the battle of Fredericksburg. Captain Lang commanded his
company there and at Chancellorsville, where he was wounded in
the thigh and taken prisoner. He was paroled, and granted a
furlough after thirteen days. Later he was at Point Lookout
with his regiment, guarding rebel prisoners.
After the war he did some farming and some mercantile busi-
ness. He engaged in town business, was the first commander of
the George S. Cram Post, G. A. R., also a charter member of the
Masonic lodge. He married in 1860 Lucy A. Leach, daughter of
Rev. Giles Leach of Wells, Maine. Their daughter, Elizabeth
Whidden Lang, was born in 1861 at Meredith.
John Lang was in Portsmouth before 1692. History tells us
that the Langs came from England. One branch went to Hamp-
ton Falls, another to Sanbornton and Meredith.
Robert 1 Lang (Stephen 2 , Stephen*, William 4 , Josiah 5 ) was
at Greenland in 1772, also recorded at Portsmouth in 1797
and Tuftonboro in 1816. He was a cordwainer.
Josiah 5 Lang, born January 16, 1747, died in 1828; was a son of
William and Sarah Lang of Hampton Falls, who were married at
Greenland, December 17, 1771. He guarded a garrison in Ports-
mouth the last part of the Revolution, enlisting in 1777 in the
New York Expedition. Their son, Josiah Lang, born in 1772,
married Sarah Whidden. They had a son, Joseph Whidden Lang
of Meredith, born June 21, 1798, died in 1863, who married June
10, 1824, Mehitable, daughter of Benjamin and wife, Rebecca
Young of Tuftonboro.
He was president of the Meredith Savings Bank, a director in
the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, and a prominent
business man. He married, second, Julian (Perkins) Taylor,
1810-1896, daughter of Captain John B. and wife, Comfort
(Sanborn), she a daughter of Dr. Benaiah Sanborn and widow of
Jonathan H. Taylor.
Captain Taylor, as history states, was very active and wonder-
fully cheerful, with a great memory. It is said that he broke
colts when about 88 years old and made boots after he was 90
years.
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Joseph Whidden Lang had no children. They took a boy to
raise by the name of Bean, 1827-1905. He was called Thomas
E. Lang, but was not legally adopted. He married Susan Moul-
ton, 1832-1871.
They adopted a girl, Jennie B. Lang (Bean) ; no relation to the
boy that they brought up.
From Thomas Lang's Bible (His mother's name was Bean)
Thomas E. Lang, born in 1827, married Emma Wright in 1847 ;
married, second, Susan B. Moulton, she born in 1832; married in
1849. Children:
Joe E., b. 1851.
Fred A., b. 1854; m. Ruth M. Ladd in 1871; m., second,
Nettie Ryder in 1877; m., third, Mattie G.Wilber in 1890.
Charles Alvah Lang, 1859-1919.
James W., born in 1861 ; married Carrie E. Streeter in 1886.
Jennie M. B. Lang, born in 1863; married William H. Grant in
1880. They had a son, Henry Grant, born in 1883.
George Elwin Lang, born in 1878.
Bean
True Bean, born September 5, 1793; married Susan Marston,
June 9, 1812.
Susan, born in 1795.
Hannah, born in 1815.
Calep M., born in 1816.
Alvah, born in 1819.
Benjamin M., born in 1823.
Charles Alvah Lang, son of Rev. Thomas Lang, an Advent
minister, died October 18, 1919, aged 59 years. He was a travel-
ing salesman for the Goodyear Rubber Co. He died in a hospital
in Maine, leaving a wife, Martha H. Lang; one sister, Jennie
M. B. Grant of Concord ; James W. Lang of Prairie Elk, Montana,
and two nephews. He had been away from Meredith many
years, but was born on Lang Street in Meredith.
Josiah 6 Lang, 1772-1855, born in Portsmouth, was a farmer.
Her married Sarah Whidden of Portsmouth, 1774-1861. It was
said that he was a great reader and prominent in church work.
Their son, Josiah 7 , 1804-1815.
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Thomas Elwyn Lang, born in 1801 at Portsmouth; died in
1889. He moved with his family to Tuftonboro in 1816, later
removed to Meredith, where he bought a farm. He married
Cynthia Blaisdell of Guilford, 1802-1890, daughter of Rev.
William Blaisdell, a Christian minister. Their daughter, Sarah
Whidden, married in 1857, Nathan Batcheldor Wadleigh of
Meredith. Their daughter, Annie G. Wadleigh, born in 1870,
married Alfred F. Hall, born in 1872. Their daughter, Margaret
Ellen Hall, born in 1904.
Thomas Lang Wadleigh, 1858-1913, married Lillian Hodgdon
in 1894. No children.
Old Statement
I Huntington Porter, senior Pastor of the Church in Rye, in the county of
Rockingham, & state of N. H. certify and depose that the following words —
namely "seventeen hundred and seventy one, Dec 17th Josiah Lang & Pearn
Johnson of Greenland, were married", are recorded in the church records in the
hand writing of Rev. Samuel Parsons, formerly Pastor of said church, and said
records now are in my possession and have been for fifty years past.
(Signed) Huntington Porter.
State of New Hampshire.
JOHNSON
In "Rambles About Greenland," "How" quotes:
And now we're back upon the road that leads
To Boston, and to Johnson's home: and if one heeds
This fine long ridge of land, a mile or so in length,
He'll see how nature here has meted out its strength.
The road has almost made itself; a nice wheel path
Has marked the way, along by which a Johnson hath
So long ago stuck down his stakes, and builded well
A habitation, tilled the soil, but what befel
The race of Johnsons, records do not tell us much.
"When they reached the destined end, which bounds
All human lives, they died. The Town Clerk's record shows
The time the old folks left, and that is all one knows
Of them, that's worth recording here, as they are gone;
Not e'en a cellar left to tell the tale anon."
Lieutenant Johnson was prominent in town business, and the
several families were strong, influential citizens. One young
lady, Effie, sister of Pearn Johnson, was noted for her bravery.
History tells us when the British landed in Rye she, undaunted,
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took a rifle and started to meet them, but the "Redcoats" es-
caped. A story runs that a robber hid in her room, but when he
saw her he rushed out and escaped in the darkness. She was
said to be very daring and rode a fiery horse, and feared none.
One one of her trips she had a noted "one-horse shay." While
her horse was climbing a long hill a vicious-looking man caught on
behind, clinging to the cross-bar. She soon came to Packer's
brook, drove into the water and turned and lashed the man until
he cried for mercy and dropped off in the water from exhaustion.
History states that Effie Johnson had long, beautiful hair.
When she rode her favorite horse her hair was loose and floated
in the breeze, and many called to her as she rode, "Hey, Effie
Johnson, with your long hair."
WHIDDEN
Samuel Whidden, born February 21, 1769.
Hannah Whidden, born June 17, 1770.
Thomas Whidden, born August 19, 1772.
Sarah W'hidden, born 1774; married Josiah Lang in 1796.
Mary W 7 hidden, born June 18, 1776; died in 1859; married
Tuckerman.
Elizabeth Ann Whidden, born October 18, 1778.
Joseph Whidden, born October 26, 1780.
Michael Whidden, born February 2, 1783.
Mark Whidden, born October 15, 1785; died in 1865.
Fanny Whidden, born March 31, 1788.
Daniel Whidden, born February 23, 1791; died in 1842 at New
Orleans.
Margaret Sarah Whidden, born May 28, 1793.
The fourth son, Mark Whidden, married Sarah Whidden in
Meredith. Their children:
Joseph, b. Sept. 24, 1810.
Daniel, b. Feb. 17, 1812.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1814.
Mark A., b. July 1, 1816.
Michael, b. May 21, 1818.
Margaret, b. Aug. 28, 1820.
William, b. July 8, 1822.
Emily Ann, b. May 5, 1824; m., first, Henry Palmer of
Portsmouth; d. 1858; m., second, David Corliss; m., third,
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Daniel Eaton. He had a son by his first wife, who was a
Brown of Guilford.
Frances, b. Apr. 10, 1826.
Susan E., b. Aug. 11, 1830.
The second child of Thomas E. Lang and Cynthia (Blaisdell)
Lang, Capt. Joseph William Lang, was born in Tuftonboro in
1832. He attended school at home and later the Meredith
Bridge Academy.
In 1852 he began to clerk in the store of Lang & Stevens.
When he was 22 years old he, being a nephew of Mr. Lang,
bought out Mr. Stevens' interest and continued a partner with
his uncle until 1862, when the Civil War broke out. He raised in
four days ninety-eight men and officers. These were mustered
into the army as Company I, of the 12th New Hampshire Volun-
teers. They chose Joseph W. Lang as their captain and left
September 27, 1862, for Washington. They were changed sev-
eral times, and in the battle of Fredericksburg they were the last
to leave the field.
Captain Lang commanded his company in the battle of Chan-
cellorsville, where he was taken prisoner, after being wounded.
He was in prison thirteen days, then parolled and sent to Wash-
ington, and given a furlough home.
In 1863 he went back to his regiment and was sent to Point
Lookout, where he guarded rebel prisoners until 1864, when his
wound troubled him so that he resigned his commission and
returned home to Meredith, where later, when able, he went into
business.
Captain Lang married in 1860 Lucy A. Leach, daughter of
Rev. Giles Leach, a Congregational minister. Their only child,
Elizabeth W., became a teacher in later years.
John A. Lang, 1822-1877, born in Sanbornton, married -
- first, is buried in Swasey yard. They had a daughter,
Alice, who married Charles Nichols (lived in Concord), and Cora
E., single. He married, second, Mary E. Prescott, born in Cen-
ter Harbor, married in 1877, lived in Meredith.
Lucy Adrian Ham
Mrs. Lucy Adrian Ham, wife of Asa Ham of Portsmouth, born
in Greenland, April 2, 1807, daughter of Mark Ackerman and
wife, Deborah (Lang) Ackerman, as history states, remembered
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seeing General Lafayette in the procession when the "Lafayette
Road" was formally opened. They had an archway erected
over the road, and when the long procession reached it a gate was
opened and the road declared open to trade.
"Rambles About Greenland" gives this rhyme:
"When General Lafayette his tour made around the States,
His cortage passed through Greenland, as one to me relates";
Mrs. Ham stated that she remembered when her Grandmother
Lang was baptized by immersion at Tuftonboro, the year she was
96 years old. The men carried her in a chair into the water, as
they thought her too feeble to attempt to walk.
LANGLEY
In a History of Nottingham, by Cogswell, it states that Adalad
Langley came early to town. He was one of the first settlers and
was said to be a good fisherman and mingled much with the
Indians near North Pond. Tradition states that he married a
beautiful Indian girl and she proved an excellent wife and mother.
They had a son, Benjamin, who settled near Langley Pond. It is
stated that he married . Their children were
Thomas, Joseph, Sally, Lovey, Judith and another.
Thomas Langley, 1794-1854, married Lois , born in
1797, daughter of Samuel Emerson. They had Mary Jane, born
in 1817, married Joseph E. Tilton, who died in the army, leaving
three children.
Josiah, born in 1818, married Susan Small of Northwood.
Josiah was employed by the railroad.
Joseph Longfellow Langley, born in 1834, married in 1856,
Elizabeth Templeton, born in 1831. He was a railroad man for
many years.
A descendant, Winthrop Langley, 1758-1839, early settled in
Guilford, on the Daniel Webster Highway, just across Long Bay,
at a point called Langley's Cove. He came from Newmarket in
1775. He married Achsah Quimby, daughter of John Quimby of
Guilford, in 1813. John Quimby was captain in N. H. Infantry
in 1785. Mr. Libbey, an old neighbor, remembered attending her
funeral when a small boy. She was buried beside the highway on
a small elevation, where we found twelve graves, under some
pretty pine trees, with field stones for head and foot of graves
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(the cuttings nearly worn off by the elements), which is the last
resting place of the Langley family, just across from Quimby
Island, in Langley Cove that formerly was main land, but the
water has worn a passage and made it an island.
Winthrop Langley owned four pieces of land in 1789; one he
bought of Peter Folsom.
James Quimby lived in a log house on what was originally the
Abram Clark land ; he had eight in his family. The Quimby fam-
ily were respected citizens.
One of the descendants, John, had a wife, Sarah. They lived
on the White Oaks Road and had sons, James and Charles, who
never married. It was said that they let their hair and whiskers
grow to a luxuriant length and only barbered each other once a
year.
A characteristic of the family was that they were wide between
the eyes, which signified much intelligence.
Stephen Langley settled on land near Benjamin Libby's, on
the White Oaks Road. He married Mary Colany in Guilford in
1813. He was drafted into the 1812 War, to help protect the
Canadian border.
Rowel Langley, son of Jonathan and wife, Abigail (Leathers)
Langley, born in 1777, came from Nottingham and married in
Gilmanton, Hannah Martin, in 1798. They were married by
Elder Richard Martin, and had ten children. Elder Richard Martin
was a pioneer who supplied the pulpit at Gunstock Meetinghouse.
He was a good man. He and his family rest in McCoy Yard in
Guilford. It was said that his wife had good business ability, as
she traded much in land, which helped the family financially,
while the Elder ministered to the spiritual needs of the people.
Children:
Noah Webster, b. 1799.
Richard Martin, b. 1801.
John Osborne, b. 1804.
Thomas Jefferson, b. 1805.
Hannah Martin, b. 1808.
Jesse, b. 1809.
Levina Goldsmith, b. 1811.
Christopher W. f b. 1814.
Adeline Demount, b. 1818.
Louis Folsom, b. 1822.
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Old Records
Moses Langley lived and owned five tracts of land, about 1812,
in Guilford (then Gilmantown). Lancaster writes of the town,
that "in 1727, the town ran from the head of Barnstead to Wini-
pissokee Pond," and was "a liberal slice of earth." Moses
Langley married Hannah of Durham. Their children:
Phillip Rowell.
Olive Jane, m. George H. Robie. Their son, George H.
Robie of Lakeport, has a daughter, Mrs. Webster.
George H. Robie's great-grandfather was Winthrop Langley,
who married Achsah Quimby. Their daughter, Louise, married
Phillip Rowell. Their daughters: Olive Jane; Sally M., married
Thompson. They are buried in McCoy Yard, Guilford, N.H.
Samuel Langley married Hannah Preadly in 1803 at Ports-
mouth.
Stephen Langley married Mary Colany in 1813.
Winthrop Langley married Carrie Quimby in 1813 at Guilford.
James Langley married Mary Garland in 1812 at Durham.
Rufus Langley married Almira Leavit in 1834 at Guilford.
Langleys in the Revolution: Benjamin, Elihu, Elisha, Win-
throp, David, Joseph and Jonathan.
An old landmark on the Langley land, in view from the Boule-
vard, is a large boulder with a bunch of pretty white birches grown
up on one side. On this boulder is a marking that looks like the
letter "W." Was this cut on the stone, or was it worn by the
elements of many decades gone by? From this boulder is a
pretty view of Langley Cove and Island, and across the bay. It
is near the site of the old cellar, where was a Langley home.
Bunches of roses are scattered here, planted by loving hands long
gone to rest on the hillside, not far from others of the family, with
no stones to mark their graves.
LAWRENCE
Tradition tells us that the Lawrence family descended from
Capt. James Lawrence, "who would not give up the ship."
Joseph Lawrence married Mehitable in Epping. Their
son, David Lawrence, was in Exeter. He was prominent in
church work. He was early in New Salem, as he and Judge
GENEALOGIES 289
Ebenezer Smith presented a petition in Portsmouth for the in-
corporation of New Salem in 1766, under the name of " Meredith."
He married Lydia Sias of Lee in 1795, she a daughter of Capt.
Joseph Sias and wife, Ruth, and Ruth a daughter of Francis and
wife, Lydia (Drew) Mathes, a very prominent man and a delegate
to Congress during the Revolution. He was a justice of the court.
Gordon Lawrence was a son of David Lawrence, and he a son of
David, 1715-1797, and his wife, Leavitt M. Lawrence, a daughter
of Stephen Leavitt and wife, Mary Gordon. Gordon Lawrence
married in 1802, Mary Eliza Kelley of Loudon. They were mar-
ried in Pittsfield and settled on land near the Crocket Schoolhouse
on the Province Road, and are buried on their old farm in Mere-
dith, now set off as Laconia. The gravestones are marked Gor-
don Lawrence, 1749-1812. His wife, Mary, 1752-1799. They
had a son, Lyman P. Lawrence, born at Meredith in 1807.
Samuel Lawrence, 1781-1824, married in 1800 Susanna
Smith, daughter of Col. Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah Spiller
Smith. She died and he married, second, in 1806, her sister,
Betsey Smith. Their children:
Ebenezer Smith, 1807-1871.
Sarah, 1806-1876.
Ezekiel Brown, 1809-1873; m. Susan Kelley; she d. 1873.
Mary Ann, 1814-1867.
Catherine, 1817-1890.
Ezekiel Brown Lawrence married Susan Kelley of Loudon. In
his will, made in 1873, he mentions his wife, Susan K.; his son,
George Chapman. (See article written by Grace E. Lawrence,
on the family); his son, Samuel. Henry was named executor.
Signed by Ezekiel Lawrence. Witnesses: Samuel S. Blaisdell,
Ebenezer S. Robinson, and Mary J. Bowers, who later married
Samuel Henry Lawrence.
Two daughters of Ezekiel Brown Lawrence married Washing-
ton Smith, son of Judge Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah Spiller
Smith.
Samuel Henry Lawrence, 1844-1882, married two Bowers girls.
George Chapman Lawrence in 1846 married Mary A. Wood-
man. (See article following, written by his daughter, Grace E.
Lawrence.)
290 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Lawrence Family
By Grace E. Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence, 1781-1824, married, first, Susanna Smith
and, second, June 14, 1806, Betsy Smith, daughters of Ebenezer
Smith and wife, Sarah (Spiller) Smith, and sisters of Washington
Smith. Their children:
Ebenezer Smith, b. May 13, 1807.
Sally S., b. June 3, 1808.
Ezekiel B., b. Oct. 25, 1809.
Mary Ann.
Catharine.
Betsy Lawrence was appointed guardian of these children in
March, 1827, as they were minors when their father died.
1. Ebenezer Lawrence married a sister to Plummer Ladd (?).
My father isn't sure. Their children were: Ann, Charles, Julia
and Almenah.
Ann Lawrence married Lewis Busiel. She died when her
daughter, Ann, was born.
Charles was an engineer in the Navy during the Civil War.
We do not know more.
Julia Lawrence married Otis Howe and lived in Roxbury, Mass.
Their one child, Lewis, died after reaching manhood. After the
death of her husband and son, Julia entered the Old Ladies'
Home, 108 Revere Street, Boston.
Almenah Lawrence did not marry.
Ebenezer Lawrence was the first clerk of court (in Laconia) and
later was employed in the Customs House, Boston. He repaired
the old Willard Hotel, called it the " Winnipesaukee Hotel."
2. Sally S. Lawrence married a Mr. Currier, who lived near
Meredith Center. Their daughter, Elizabeth Currier, married,
first, Moses Batchelder of Plymouth, and after his death married
Charles Taylor. They had one daughter, Daisy (adopted), and
lived in Manchester, N. H., and later went South, where Mrs.
Taylor died. Elizabeth Currier Batchelder kept a millinery store
in Lakeport, and Carrie Bowers worked for her.
3. Ezekiel B. Lawrence, 1810-1873, married Susan Kelley,
1806-1873, daughter of William Kelley of New Hampton. Their
children: Harriet S. (1838-1862), Samuel Henry, and George
Chapman.
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Harriet S. Lawrence died of tuberculosis when about 24 years
old.
A son, Samuel Henry Lawrence, married, first, Carrie Bowers.
Their child, Harriet Grace, married Wesley Sanborn, son Joseph
Noah Sanborn. She died in 1875. Carrie E. died young.
He married, second, Jane (or Jennie) Bowers.
Samuel Henry Lawrence (called Henry) kept the store later
owned by Mr. Atkinson of Laconia.
George Chapman Lawrence married Mary Abiah Woodman,
daughter of Noah and Relief R. Woodman of New Hampton,
December 5, 1868. Children:
Alice May, b. May 6, 1870.
Susan Relief, b. Jan. 17, 1873; not m.
Grace Edith, b. Feb. 28, 1879; not m.
Ethel Blanch, b. Oct. 4, 1881 ; not m.
George Chapman was named by a Mr. John Chapman, who
kept a hardware store in Laconia — no relation — hence Chapman
was not a family name.
Alice May Lawrence married Mead Boynton of Meredith,
March 30, 1897, son of Luther and Sarah Mead Boynton of
Meredith. Mead married, first, Lizzie Veasy, daughter of Aaron
Veasy of New Hampton, who died. Children:
Hazel Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1898; m. Roland E. Downing
of Orford, N. H.
Leslie Mead, b. June 10, 1901 ; m. Evelyn Dow of Moulton-
boro.
Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1903; m. Bernard Cady Smith of New
Hampton.
Raymond Downing, son of Hazel Boynton and Roland E.
Downing, was born .
Bernard Cady Smith, son of Marion Boynton and Bernard
Cady Smith, was born June, 1926.
4. Mary Ann Lawrence never married.
Catharine Lawrence married William E. Wording of Castine,
Maine, a lawyer and judge. He served the government (U. S.
tax commissioner) in South Carolina, and later lived in Racine,
Wis., and Fargo, N. Dak. Catharine Lawrence Wording (en-
dowed) built "Wording Hall" for Ricker Classical Institute, or
Houlton Academy, Houlton, Maine, in memory of her husband.
This is one of the preparatory schools for Colby University.
292 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Among old letters and deeds we find the names Hazen Law-
rence (1818 and 1819) and Gordon Lawrence (about 1860), but
my father cannot place them. Aunt Harriet wrote that Gordon
Lawrence "came on" to visit Ebenezer Lawrence in Boston.
In a deed, dated November 4, 1824, Noah Lawrence, 1782-1865,
deeded his "dwelling house, barn, sawmill and gristmill and 20
acres land in lot No. 25, Second Division, and 65 acres land in
lot No. 69, southerly side of highway leading from Samuel Sibley's
to above mentioned mills," to Betsy Lawrence. This was the
Noah Lawrence who lived at Meredith Center.
One of the daughters of Ebenezer Smith married Col. Ebenezer
Lawrence.
It is evident that there were hvo Gordon Lawrences, one a
Revolutionary soldier, and the other living about 1860.
Belknap County Deeds
March 20, 1844, Samuel Lawrence, demised, leased for life to
Noah Lawrence all land that he lived on, in Second Divison, lot
No. 45. The description is on the Chemung Road, from San-
bornton to Meredith Center. This looks as though Noah was a
son of Samuel Lawrence, as the lease is signed by Samuel Law-
rence, and witnessed by Priscilla (Marston) Lawrence, wife of
Noah Lawrence, also by Susan Lawrence, an unmarried daughter
of Noah Lawrence.
Ezekiel Brown Lawrence married Susan Kelly of Loudon.
Their children:
Samuel Henry m., first, Carrie Bowers; m., second, Mary
Jane Bowers in 1876. Their son, William Wording, d.
young in 1880.
Hattie Grace, 1872-1902; m. Wesley D. Sanborn in 1898.
Carrie E., 1874-1875.
Ebenezer Smith of Meredith for the love and consideration I have to my
daughter Betsey Smith Lawrence, wife of Samuel Lawrence of Meredith, and
$300, a part of her portion out of my estate, a certain lot of land in Meredith;
No. 3, in the First Division, having the point lot drawn to the original right of
David Rawlins of Canterbury. 100 acres.
July 8th 1806. Eben' Smith
Sarah S. Smith
Wit:
John Mooney
Catherine Smith
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John Mooney, Judge Probate, Strafford Co., Meredith, 9 Sept. 1820, Samuel
Lawrence Will, witnessed by Nicholas Folsom and John Smith, and Polly
Smith. Samuel Lawrence professed unto Betty Smith Lawrence, who gave
bond, and accepted the trust to execute his wishes.
Ebenezer Smith Lawrence, 1807-1871, married Hannah P.
Lawrence of Guilford. Their children:
Ann Maria, b. 1832 in Guilford.
Charles Henry, b. 1835.
Julia A., b. 1839.
Almenah Jane, 1842.
Ebenezer Smith Lawrence, son of Samuel Lawrence and his
second wife, Betsey Smith Lawrence, was a prominent man. He
opened the first temperance store in Laconia, about 1828. Later
he repaired the Willard Hotel, and named it the "Winnipesaukee
House," and ran it for several years as a temperance hotel. He
served the town of Guilford as first selectman and was a repre-
sentative in the General Court. He was the first clerk of the
court in Belknap County, where he filled the office from 1840 to
1853, when President Pierce appointed him to an office in the
Customs House in Boston. All these offices he filled with strict
integrity and with much credit to himself. He was a deacon of
the Congregational Church in Laconia, and when he moved to
Boston was elected a deacon of the Maverick Church in East
Boston. He died there, aged 64 years.
Old Lawrence Bible of Samuel and Betsey Smith Lawrence
Printed in 1816
Samuel Lawrence married Susanna Smith in 1800; married,
second, Betsey Smith in 1806; both daughters of Col. Ebenezer
Smith and wife, Sarah Spiller Smith. Their children:
Ebenezer Smith, 1807-1871.
Sarah, 1808-1876.
Ezekiel Brown, 1809-1867; m. 1833, Susan Kelley.
Mary Ann, 1814-1867.
Rufus King, b. 1815.
Catherine, 1817-1890; m. Wording. Lived in west.
Notes in Bible
Sister Sally, 1796-1822.
James P. Smith died in 1819.
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Mother died December 1823, aged 50 years.
Father died February 1825, aged 56 years.
Gravestones at Smith Yard
Mrs. Susan Lawrence, 1706-1804.
Major Samuel Lawrence, 1781-1824. His wife, Betsey Thing,
1780-1850. Their daughter, Mary A. Lawrence, 1814-1867.
Ezekiel Lawrence, 1810-1873. His wife, Susan Kelley, 1806-
1873, she of Loudon. Their daughter, Harriett, 1838-1862.
Noah Lawrence married Polly Marston, daughter of Jeremiah
Marston, of Meredith, 1849. Their son, Smith Lawrence, mar-
ried Miranda Wilson of New Boston in 1830. He married,
second, Mrs. Mary (Fogg) Calef in 1877. His son by first wife,
Edward E. Lawrence, married Mary E. Pickering in 1860. He
died in 1887.
Children of David Wilson and wife, Rebecca, , of New
Boston :
Naomi, b. 1794.
David, b. 1797.
Lydia Butterfield, b. 1799.
Rebecca, b. 1802.
Lavina, b. 1808.
Miranda Cleaves, b. 1809; m. Smith Lawrence, 1830.
Mary Jane, b. 1811; m. Dana Woodman, 1834, of New
Hampton.
LAWRENCE
Capt. Noah Lawrence (captain of the Militia), 1782-1865,
credited to be a son of Samuel Lawrence and his second wife,
Betsey Smith, married Mary W. Marston, born in 1773. She
died and is buried in the Robinson yard at Meredith Center.
No children. Capt. Noah Lawrence married, second, Priscilla
Marston, 1783-1847, both wives daughters of Jeremiah Marston
and wife, Mary Roberts. Jeremiah Marston was a son of Reuben
Marston, Jr., born in 1722, and wife (married 1745), Sarah
Batchelder, born in Hampton. Their children:
Edward, d. young.
John P., 1804-1888; m. Eunice L. Ladd, 1814-1898, both
buried in Meredith Bridge yard in Laconia. Their son,
John Lawrence, had a dau. who m. Freeze Sanborn. She
lives in the old Lawrence home on Court Street.
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Mary Brown, 1808-1887, m. Abram True. (See True
ancestry.)
Smith Marston, d. 1847; m. 1830 Miranda Wilson of New
Boston. He m. second, in 1877, Mrs. Mary (Fogg) Calef.
His children by Mrs. Wilson:
John E., m. 1856 Martha E. Crockett of Meredith
Center.
Edward Eastman, b. 1838; m. 1860 Mary Elizabeth
Pickering, dau. of Stephen Pickering and wife, Polly
Sargent, born in Parsonsfield, Maine. Their children:
Nellie Frances, m. Frank Smith, son of Jeremiah M.
Smith and wife, Eliza Dolloff.
Nettie, m. George Hines. Two children.
Miranda, m. Loren Williams. Eight children.
Settled in Vermont.
Olive Ann, b. 1878.
Herman Edward, b. 1880 in Guilford; m. Sadie,
dau. of William Odell and wife, Mary E. Hun-
kins, dau. of George W. Herman Lawrence is
one of the directors of the Lakeport Bank.
Leila May, b. 1882, m. Wilber Morrill, son of Albert
Morrill of Guilford and grandson of Isaac Mor-
rill. Their children: Rosalie Etta, b. 1898, and
Jennie R.
Mary Olive.
Mary Susan Lawrence, born in 1811, married Edwin Cutting,
both of Lakeport.
Betsey Ann Lawrence, 1813-1831, married Warren Lovell
Crocket, son of Hiram Crockett and wife, Nancy Downing.
Hiram Crockett was a son of Joshua Crockett and wife, Judith
Swain; Judith a daughter of Hezekiah Swain and wife, Miriam
York Swain.
Hiram Crockett had a half brother, Frank, also Selden, and a
sister, Almira, who married — - Carlie. They had a son, George
Carlie.
LAWRENCE
Betsey Ann, m. Warren Lovell Crocket. Their children:
Ena Estella, b. 1868; lives in Meredith Center.
George Smith, m. Julia Mcintosh. Their daughter,
Georgia, a teacher in Wilmington, Mass. George
Smith m., second, Hannah Hunter; live in Massa-
chusetts.
David, d. young.
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David, b. 1817.
George, m. Julia Swain.
Samuel L., 1820-1867; m. 1845 Ann Violetta Hunt. Their
children:
Edwin True, b. 1846; m. Ellen J. Marsh, dau. of James
W. Marsh, and wife, Ruth L. Rowe of Guilford.
They had ten children.
Ella Ann, b. 1848; m. Frank Pickering.
Samuel Abbott, b. 1859 in Meredith; m. 1880 Widow
Augusta (Horn) Miller, b. 1852, dau. of Stephen
Horn in Exeter, expressman there.
Nancy, 1822-1860; m. Joseph Robinson, son of Chase.
Priscilla, 1824-1852; m. George Horn.
Abbott W. Lawrence, aged 29 years, son of Josiah Lawrence,
born at Epping, and wife, Caroline Waldron, lived in Chelsea,
Mass., married Frances A. Ladd, aged 30 years, daughter of
Lucian A. Ladd and wife, M. J. Smith, she a daughter of Esq.
Charles Smith and wife, Annis Smith of Meredith.
LEAVITT
Joshua 5 Leavitt lived for a time in Exeter and later removed
to Deerfield. He married Elizabeth James of Newmarket, and
they removed to Northfield. Their children:
Dudley 6 , b. 1772 at Exeter. He was a celebrated almanac
maker and a noted school teacher. He m. 1794 Judith
Glidden, 1778-1853. They lived in Gilmanton, and later
removed to Meredith. They had eleven children.
A dau., Betsey, 1795-1858; m. Joseph Bartlett in Meredith.
They had a dau., Jane, who m. William Smith of New
Hampton (see Smiths), also a dau. who m. Bryant.
Isaac, 1798; m. Sarah Huse Smith, dau. of Capt. Elisha
Smith and wife, Sarah Huse of New Hampton. Their
children:
Arthur E., 1831-1911; m. Ann Drew in 1856. Their
children:
Dudley, b. 1857; lives on the homestead.
Charles Edward, b. 1861.
Mary Alice, b. 1866.
Sarah Marion, b. 1870.
Huldah Jane, b. 1836.
Lavina Smith, 1843-1889; m. Ezra Dixi Neal in 1871.
Their children:
Edith, b. 1874; m. Charles Perine. Two children,
Judith and Dudley L.
Grace Lavina, b. 1878; m. and lived in Oklahoma.
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Enos, 1801-1819.
Josiah, 1803-1837; m. Patience Kenney of Meredith.
Judith, 1805-1813.
Jane, 1807-1851; b. in Meredith; m. 1837 Rev. John L.
Seymour, a missionary.
Dudley, b. 1810. A Harvard graduate.
Mary, 1813-1886; m. Josiah Prescott.
Judith, 1815-1846; m. Rev. John Taylor, in 1840. They
went as missionaries to Siam from 1840/46.
LrviLLA, h. 1818; m. Charles Prescott in 1855.
Joseph Leavitt, 1755-1840, a descendant of Deacon John
Leavitt, 1608-1691, was the immigrant ancestor of the Leavitts
in this vicinity. Joseph was in the Revolution. He married
Sarah, 1751-1823, daughter of John Cheney and wife, Sarah
Colby. John Cheney was a son of Nathaniel Cheney and wife,
Elizabeth Ela of Haverhill, Mass., and a grandson of Hannah
Dustin.
They had four children. John and Joseph, Jr., twins, were born
in 1798. Their father's parting words to Capt. Chase Perkins,
when his twin sons left for Portsmouth in 1814, was, "Chase, take
good care of the boys." John, 1798-1869, lived on his father's
place with his sister, Sally, 1800-1882. Joseph, Jr., died in 1829.
LOVEJOY
Mr. Stillman Lovejoy very kindly gave this data from memory
to the "Annals of Meredith." Tradition states that the first
Lovejoy came from Holland and married with the English in
1638, and settled in America.
Loyal Lovejoy was a lumber dealer on Causeway Street in
Boston, Mass. One of his descendants, Caleb Lovejoy, 1780-
1841, had a brother Obadiah. Caleb Lovejoy was one of the
first settlers in Meredith. He married Susanna, 1780-1853,
daughter of Moses Richardson. Their children moved to Mere-
dith in 1813:
David, 1805-1875; m. Belinda, 1815-1897, dau. of Thomas
Chase. She was b. in New Hampton, but her parents re-
turned to Pembroke, where they formerly lived. Their
children:
Harriet Ann, b. 1834; m. Lucian Dow of Meredith Neck;
later removed to Moultonboro. They had a dau.
Emma E. Dow, who m. James L. Chase of Meredith
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Village. James L. Chase and wife had a son, Henry
Albert Chase, who lived in Lakeport. He had a dau.,
Marguerite, who m. Leonard N. J. Fuyat, a noted
architect, and another dau., Mrs. Fred Yeaton.
Emeline, b. 1836; m. George W. Paine of Center Harbor.
They are buried in Meredith Village Cemetery. He
had a brother, Edward S. Paine, who m. Lucy M.
They had a dau., Ethel Glesca Paine. They lived in
Lakeport.
George Edward and Essie Emeline Paine, twins. When
they went to school the teacher asked them their ages
and both gave the same date. The teacher said,
'Then you are twins." The boy said no, that Essie
was born fifteen minutes before he was.
Smith H. Paine, son of George W. and wife, Emeline,
lived in Wolfboro. They had Florence A. and Wilma
Paine.
Mary Jane, b. 1838; m. Horace A. Wood; buried at
Bayside.
D. Stillman, b. 1840; m. Mattie Paine. She d. in
Iowa. He m., second, Frances Ferris of Calma,
Iowa. No children.
James Harries, b. 1843; m. Hannah B. Thomas of
Iowa. They settled in Napa, Calif. They had
two daughters.
J. Elizabeth, b. 1845; m. Eugene Stowell. He rana
hosiery mill in Lakeport; later settled in Ashland,
where both died.
Ellen Abbie, b. 1848; m. and lived in Iowa.
Fred Warren, 1852-1854.
Mehitable, m. Thomas Chase. They settled on Meredith
Neck. Their children were: Silas, Martha, Susan, Eli and
Mary Ann.
Martha, m. McDaniel Lovejoy. (His mother was a Mc-
Daniel.) They lived for a time in Meredith, then removed
to Moultonboro, where they died.
Nathan, 1809-1926.
Sarah, b. in Pembroke; never m.
The last three children of Caleb were born in Pembroke. In
1813 Caleb Lovejoy moved his family to Meredith.
Jesse, b. 1814; m. Eleanor Bickford, 1814-1880. They
settled on Bear Island. Their children were: Ezra and
Solomon, who m. Lizzie S. Wiggin. They had a son,
Ralph Lovejoy, who is a great inventor. In 1927 he sold,
as reported, a shock absorber, which is claimed to be the
best known for automobiles, to the General Motors for a
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fabulous sum. History tells us that as a young man he
developed a fondness for machinery and worked much on
motor boats. When the "auto craze" developed, he was
one of the first to investigate the "whys and wherefores"
of the "buzz wagons." He makes these shock absorbers
in Boston, and has shown them far and near. He has
also invented several other useful articles.
Nancy, b. 1816; m. Rufus Smith. They settled in Moulton-
boro, but later removed to Lake Village. Their children
were Lucy, George and Henry.
Herbert, 1818-1896; m. Hannah Clark, 1814-1872, of
Meredith. Their children:
Julia Ann, d. young. 1 T •
Juliette J lwins -
William Smith.
Eva, m. John W. Wiggin, son of George Wiggin.
McCRILLIS
In 1743 three brothers, William, Henry and Daniel, came from
the north of Ireland and settled near Portsmouth.
William settled in Gilmanton, probably in that part later called
Meredith, where James later settled.
The family was of Scotch descent. The Scotch went over into
Ireland on account of British oppression. They were Scotch
Presbyterians and good colonists.
John McCrillis married Margaret Harvey.
James McCrillis was a Revolutionary soldier. He lived at the
foot of McCrillis Hill, now called Neal Hill, on the Center Harbor
Road in Meredith. These brothers were the sons of John.
James (Henry 1 , John 2 ) settled in Meredith. He had two
wives. A son by the first wife was Andrew. The second had
Phillip and Deborah.
Phillip, son of Henry, had children: Benjamin, James, John,
Phillip, Mary, Deborah and Asenath, who died young.
Benjamin and Phillip lived in Meredith. Mary married
Nathaniel K. Thurber and lived in Meredith, but removed to
Tamworth. They are buried in the Swazey yard in Meredith.
Benjamin married Nancy A. Huntress and lived in Center
Harbor.
Hiram McCrillis married Amanda Plaisted. George married
Catherine Bryden. Children:
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Harry Irvin, d. 1923.
Millard went away in 1888.
George went into the war in 1862. When he returned he
settled in Boston.
Hiram and George returned and bought the old home in Center
Harbor.
Phillip McCrillis settled in Meredith and latter moved to Center
Harbor. Children:
Phillip enlisted in the 6th N. H. Regiment.
John R., m. Lucinda Bartlett of Center Harbor; enlisted in
the 5th N. H. Regiment.
Mary Jane, m. Jonas Tuttle of Center Harbor.
The McCrillis family are buried near the old home.
James McCrillis, b. 1 745, a Revolutionary soldier, lived at the foot
of what is now called "Neal Hill," out of Meredith on the road to
Center Harbor, before there were any houses in Meredith Village.
His wife was taken sick and died. There were no neighbors near.
He told the children to keep quiet, as their mother was asleep, and
started out, it being afternoon, and spotted trees with his axe
so as to find his way back. He walked several miles down to the
William Ray home on the Province Road for assistance, and did
not return home until the next morning. Mrs. Ray went home
with him (a sad experience of pioneer life). He buried his wife
in the woods near by. He was killed at the raising of a building
and was buried in the woods near his home, beside his wife. No
one knows the exact location. His great-grandson, a Civil War
veteran, tried in vain to locate their graves.
James McCrillis was in Lieut. Col. Ebeneezer Smith's Com-
pany, in Meredith and adjacent towns. They marched to the
garrison at Ticonderoga. Capt. William Ray went at the same
time in 1777 from Meredith. (It was Moultonboro, as Revolu-
tionary rolls, at that time.)
In 1926, George S. McCrillis stated that he found an old burying
ground that was used when the first Meredith-Center Harbor
Church stood for a time at the foot of McCrillis Hill (now called
Neal Hill), back of the Richard Neal farm, where now is a closed
lane grown up to bushes. There are many early pioneers buried
there, where the two townspeople built their church. For some
reason they moved the church down the hill and started another
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burying ground near by on this new location, and used only field
stones for grave markers.
MALOON
Lieut. Nathaniel Maloon, born in Exeter in 1733, married Mary
Norris of Epping in 1757. She was born in 1731, a daughter of
Samuel Norris. He moved to Nottingham (now Deerfield) and
cleared land there, and owned six or eight hundred acres, all
adjoining. In 1771 he was appointed surveyor of highways by
Gov. John Wentworth. He was also appointed ensign of the
13th Company in the 4th Regiment of Militia, commanded by
Col. Nathaniel Folsom of Exeter. In 1773 he was appointed
lieutenant in the same company.
Their sixth child, Jonathan Maloon, born in 1767, married
Susan, 1771 1850, daughter of Deacon Samuel Pulsifer and wife,
Hannah, she a daughter of Daniel Sanborn and wife, Abigail
(Prescott) Sanborn of Brentwood, who was a great-granddaughter
of James Prescott, born in England in 1643.
The seventh child of Jonathan Maloon and wife, Susan Pulsifer,
was Nathaniel, who was born (as gravestone) in 1810 and died in
1874. (Family records state that he was born in 1805.) History
states that Nathaniel was a carpenter and worked in Boston on
many fine buildings there, previous to going to Meredith, where
he built the leading hotels in Center Harbor and Meredith. He
accumulated a competence and retired from public work, and
lived on the farm that his wife fell heir to, which was her father's
(Josiah Wadleigh's), on the heights of Meredith, on the "Old
Province Road," and died there. He married Betsey, daughter
of Josiah YYadleigh and wife, Sally (probably Chapman).
Nathaniel Maloon and wife, Betsey (Wadleigh), 1805-1867,
had a daughter, Sophia, who married Llewelyn Ballard, who was
born in Belfast, Maine. Sophia Maloon fell heir to the farm
and Mr. Ballard, a machinist in Boston, went to California during
the gold craze. He sent money home to his wife, who was caring
for her father on the farm, and was never again heard from;
probably one of the victims at that time who were robbed and
their bodies disposed of in the gold mines.
Llewelyn Ballard and wife had a son, Wilber Weston Ballard,
1860 1926, who married in 1889 Emma N. Roberts, born in
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1864, daughter of Oren Roberts and wife, Julia A. (Smith) of
Meredith. Their children:
Frank L., b. 1891; m. 1922 Wylliam Dunning of Colorado.
They reside in Corvallis, Ore. They have one child
Richard L., b. 1891.
Alice J., b. 1893; a teacher of fine standing.
MARSTON
Nottingham, England, the capitol of Nottinghamshire, is a
place of much interest, with a population of 262,000. This is
where Rev. William Lee started his invention of the stocking
frame, in 1589, and later Hargreaves started in 1768 his spinning
jenny, and the next year Arkwright added his first spinning mill.
These machines have been added to, revamped, and more and
finer work has been made, and today produce nice work. The
Nottingham laces at one time took the lead, but others have been
made that are very nice.
Many interesting places are near Nottingham. The battle
field of " Marston Moor," where Cromwell won over the Royalists,
is said to be the location where the Marston family originated (it
is a beautiful place, where I would like to linger) that emigrated
to New Hampshire.
Near by is York, which is a military town, with the wonderful
"York Minster," of which one writer stated: "I hold most dear
in life's experiences the antiquarian spirit that one should never
enter York Minster without bending the head in gratitude to God
for this holy place, where a solemn stillness pervades and where
one should think of the past and form good resolutions for the
future." It is a temple built ages ago, the strong backbone of
our social system.
As our party came out the beautiful chime of bells called for the
daily 4 o'clock service, which a crowd attended. As we passed
"Marston Moor," I looked long and as far as my eye could
reach, thinking of where some of my ancestors fought for life
and liberty.
In 1641, Robert Marston received three acres of meadow
"near the Boares head" at Hampton, N. H. He had a house
lot abutting the "Meetinghouse Green" in Hampton, where he
died in 1643.
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Capt. William Marston, with three sons and thirty-eight people
from Salem, Mass., went to Winnecumet and started the town of
Hampton. They took the part east of the Merrimack River in
the old county of Norfolk. History tells us that Captain William
was a Quaker who was much censored for his strict religious
belief, and that his wife died after 1651. He married, second,
Sabrina Page, who had one child by him. Children by first wife:
Thomas, b. 1615.
William, b. 1621 ; m. Rebecca Page; m., second, Widow Ann
Philbrick.
John.
Prudence, m. William Swaine; m., second, Moses Cox.
Tryphena, b. 1663. (This name follows down through the
generations.)
Capt. William 2 Marston, 1621-1672; married in 1652, Rebecca
Page (as Norfolk records), she a daughter of Robert Page and wife,
Lucy of Ormsby, England. He married, second, Ann, widow of
James Philbrook. Their daughter: Rebecca, m. John Smith, 3
son of Robert Smith, born in 1611, of Exeter; he was called
"John Smith, 3 the tailor," who settled in Hampton.
Their fourth child, Ensign Samuel 2 Marston, 1661-1723,
married Sarah Sanborn, daughter of William Sanborn and wife,
Mary Moulton. They had ten children in North Hampton.
Their fifth child, and fourth son, Reuben Marston, Sr., born in
1696, married in 1717 Sarah Leavitt, born in 1694, she a daughter
of John Leavitt, born in 1670, and wife, Sarah (Hobbs) Leavitt.
Their children:
Sarah, 1718-1732.
Love, b. 1720; m., first, William Gross; second, Paul Smith,
son of Capt. John Smith. His sister, Jerusha Smith, m.
Caleb Marston in 1737.
Reuben 4 Marston, Jr., born in 1720, married in 1745, Sarah,
daughter of Stephen Batchelder, settling in Nottingham. (Named
for Nottingham in Old England.) In 1776 he was in Effingham
with his father, where both signed the "Association Test," and
in 1777 both moved their families to Meredith Parade. Reuben,
Jr., kept the "Old Wooden Pound." He lived where Carl
Blaisdell resided.
Eliphalet, 1725-1777.
Mary, 1728-1802; m. Erancis Page.
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John, b. 1731; d. young.
Martha, b. 1733.
Reuben 4 Marston, born in 1722, married Mary Bachelder in
1745. He was lieutenant in 2d Company, 2d Regiment of N. H.
troops in the French and Indian War. Their children:
Reuben, 5 b. 1746.
Sarah, b. 1747; m. John Whitcher.
Jane, b. 1749.
Stephen, b. 1751.
Abraham, b. 1752.
Mary, b. 1755; m. (as gravestones) Deacon Nicholas Smith,
who served as a Revolutionary soldier of New Hampton.
John, b. 1757.
Susan, b. 1759; m. (as gravestones) Moses Smith of New
Hampton.
Jeremiah, b. 1761.
Elizabeth, b. 1763; m. (as gravestones) Joseph Smith, who
served as a Revolutionary soldier.
Three Marston sisters married three Smith brothers, sons of
Robert Smith and wife, Abigail Cass, daughter of Joseph Cass
and wife, Phebe Nason, who came from Brentwood,
Robert Smith and wife were pioneers of New Hampton. He
and his wife and some descendants are buried in the old homestead
yard, now called Winona.
Where the sixth generation of Smiths live, and the old Marston
homestead on Marston Hill, is where the sixth generation of
Marstons live.
Reuben Marston (Reuben 1 , Reuben 3 , Samuel 2 , William, Jr. 1 ,
William, Sr.) was born in Hampton. He married Sarah Danforth,
and lived in Meredith until 1803, when the old Marston house
was built. He moved to the Province of Quebec. Some of the
children married and returned to New Hampshire. Among his
children were:
Sarah, b. 1772; m. Isaac Boker.
Susan, b. 1775; m. David Lawrence.
Josiah, b. 1778; m. Mercy Robinson.
Lucy, b. 1781; m. Solomon Prescott.
Stephen, b. 1784.
Jeremiah, b. 1787.
Jeremiah Marston, son of Reuben 4 , born in 1761, married Mary
Roberts about 1782. He went to Meredith when a boy and set-
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tied on the homestead above Meredith Center, where he died in
1840. Their children:
Chase, b. 1783; Eunice FolsOm.
Priscilla, b. 1786; m. Noah Lawrence. (See Lawrence
family.)
Mary, b. 1788; m. Isaac Farrar.
Sarah, b. 1791; m. Elias Glidden.
Smith, b. 1794; d. young.
Jeremiah, b. 1796.
Mahala, b. 1798; single.
Johx, b. 1801; d. young.
Hazex, b. 1803; m. Tryphena Ray.
Jane, b. 1805; d. young.
Mary Marston, born in 1788, married Nathan Farrar, she a
daughter of Jeremiah Marston and wife, Mary Roberts.
Mary Marston Farrar's son, James Marston of the seventh
generation, was born at Meredith in 1810. He married Abigail
Dolloff in 1831 and settled above Meredith Center in the Dolloff
neighborhood. James and wife, Abigail Marston, had four
children.
Their second child, Jeremiah Marston, born in 1832, married
Emeline E. Dolloff in 1857. They settled in the Dolloff neighbor-
hood.
Another son, Joseph D. Marston, born at Meredith in 1840,
married Annie Glidden in 1865 They settled in Meredith.
Stephen Marston, son of Chase Marston and wife, Eunice
Folsom, married Sarah Emerson. Their daughter, Sarah, mar-
ried Eben r L. Smith (Strafford deeds.)
Reuben Marston, Jr., of Meredith, deeded to his son, Josiah
Marston, land in Meredith. Reuben, Jr., first lived on the
Province Road and tended the "pound" before the stone pound
was built in 1792.
Josiah Marston, born at Meredith in 1778, son of Reuben 5
Marston, married Mercy Robinson, about 1800. They moved to
Center Harbor in 1804, where their children were born, then re-
moved to Cabot, Yt., where he died. The children returned to
New Hampshire. Their children:
David L., b. 1802.
Sarah, b. 1804; m. Samuel Dudley.
Nancy, b. 1807; m. Capt. Thomas Robinson.
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Priscilla, b. 1810; m. Findlay Robinson.
Lovina, b. 1812; m. Smith Shephard.
Mary, b. 1815; m. George Ramsey.
Buried in the Marston Private Yard
Hazen Marston, born in 1803, married Triphena Ray in 1827.
She died. He married, second, Mrs. Mary Gilman. They lived
on the Marston homestead, and are buried in the little yard on
the farm. Tradition states that Mary Marston, wife of Nicholas
Smith, and her father, Reuben 4 , and wife, Mary Bachelder,
were also buried in that yard; also Stephen Pitman, 1767-1851,
has a stone there. He was a father of David Pitman and lived
a little below the Marstons. The house is gone. Children of
Hazen Marston and Tryphena Ray:
Mahala, b. 1828; m. George Conner.
Noah, b. 1830; m. Mary Gilman, dau. of Joseph Gilman, in
1857.
Sarah, b. 1832; m. John Chase, who lived in the Dolloff
neighborhood. Their son was Harry Chase of Laconia.
Elizabeth, 1835-1837.
Hazen married, second, Mrs. Mary Gilman, widow of Joseph
Gilman. She died in 1926. Their children:
Cora, b. 1859; m. Fred C. Shabbott.
Carrie, b. 1861; m. Charles Prescott. They live on the
John Smith place.
Tryphena, b. 1864; m. Archie Card of Cambridge, Mass.
Leon, b. 1874; lives on the old Marston Homestead. He is
the sixth generation of Marstons living there.
GILMAN
Joseph T. Gilman, born in 1804, married Mary H. Doe, 1807-
1888. Their children:
Albert, b. 1831.
Mary E., b. 1837; m. Noah Marston in 1857.
Joseph, b. 1851.
Joseph F. Gilman died and his wife, Mary H. (Doe) Gilman,
married as her second husband Hazen Marston, she being his
second wife.
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In the old Gilman family Bible is this proverb which Albert
Gilman used in his daily life: "Be careful, and let truth be your
motto, and you will have friends on both spheres, and will pros-
per." This was saved by his mother, Mrs. Mary H. (Doe)
Marston, which shows that her son was a good man.
Buried in the Dolloff Yard, above Meredith Center
John Smith, 1759 1834. His wife, Phebe, 1765-1834.
Emerson S. Marston, 1834-1886. His wife, Widow Ellen J.,
wife of Alanson Dolloff , 1836-1889. Melissa and George, children
of the above.
Thomas Dolloff, 1759-1841. His wife, Elice, 1761-1854.
Their son, Xoah Dolloff, 1786-1825.
James M. Marston, 1809-1881. His wife, Abigail, 1806-1890.
Jeremiah L. Marston, 1836-1861.
Hannah, wife of Andrew J. Tucker, 1827-1861.
Rufus Huckins, son of Jonathan Dolloff 7 Huckins, married
Dorothy Dow in 1836; later he married his cousin, Abigail (Smith)
Huckins, daughter of John Smith and Esther Huckins, 1812-1851,
born in New Hampton. Children by Abigail Smith. The
second child, Rufus of New Hampton, born in 1845, died in La-
conia, May 18, 1910. He married in 1878, Mahala J. (Marston)
Conner, daughter of Hazen Marston and wife, Tryphena (Ray)
Marston, and widow of George, 1837-1909, born in Meredith.
History states that one Caleb Marston, born in 1729, was
baptized in Oyster River. He married and his son, Caleb, born
in Newmarket in 1762, married Rhoda Mead in 1785 at Meredith.
They settled in the part of Gilmanton that later w r as set off as
Guilford. They had ten children, who married with the Potter,
Weeks, Bean and Sanborn families, and scattered.
Josiah Sanborn Granted to Reuben Marston, Senior
Witnesses: Nathaniel Parker, Ebeneezer Smith.
Warranty Deed, dated Dec. 24, 1777; acknowledgment Sept. 3, 1806; the
consideration, fifteen pounds, lawful money. Dower released.
Description
Seventy acres of land in the township of Meredith aforesaid, the same being
part of Lot Xo. 8, in the 6th Range of lots in the First division bounded as
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followeth, Vizt, beginning at the northeasterly end of said lot thence to extend
southwesterly into said lot earring the whole whidth of the same until the said
seventy acres is measured of and completed.
At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Exeter within & for the
County of Rockingham on the third tuesday of September in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, personally appeared Nathaniel
Parker, and made Solemn Oath, that he saw Josiah Sanborn sign seal, & deliver
the within written instrument that he and Ebeneezer Smith set their names
thereto as witnesses to the Execution thereof, and that the grantor has since
died.
Re'cdOct 1, 1806.
Reuben Marston, Sr., to John Bickford
June 17, 1807.
A certain piece of land, in the town of Meredith, which is my Homestead
farm, containing fifty acres, it being out of Lot No. 4, in the fifth Range, and
first division, to be taken off the South side of said lot, also one other piece of
land containing two acres and nineteen rods, the same beginning by the road
at the Range line between the fifth and sixth Ranges, thence to run south
about seventy three degrees, west nineteen rods, thence to run north eleven
degrees west nineteen rods and ten feet, to a stake, and stones, thence runing
north, seventy three degrees east the aforesaid range line, thence south twenty
degrees, east on said range line to the bounds begun at, except a privilege re-
served to the widow Deborah Mead, to make the cider which she annually
makes in the cider mill that belongs to said farm.
John Bickford to Ebeneezer Weeks
Feb 20, 1815.
A certain piece or parcel of land in Meredith, which was the Homestead farm
of Reuben Marston, Sr., & by said Marston's deed to me will more fully appear,
and is part of Lot number four, in the fifth Range, and first division in said
Meredith, taken off of the south side of said lot. Also one other piece of land
containing two acres and nineteen square rods, the same being purchased of
Reuben Morgan, containing in the whole, fifty two acres, and nineteen rods,
with the buildings thereon.
William Marston, Sr., was the patriarch of Hampton, N. H.
He was born in England about 1592, and came to Salem, Mass.,
with his family in 1634. In 1638 he, among fifty-five, went to
Winnicumet and settled on granted land in Hampton. History
tells us that he was a kind, godly man, was a member of the
Quaker Church, and was persecuted for his belief. He died in
1672, leaving six children; among them was the second son, Capt.
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William'-, Jr., who was born in 1622 in England. He married
Rebecca Page, daughter of Robert and wife, Lucia Page. She
died and he married, second, Mrs. Ann Philbrick, about 1675,
widow of James Philbrick, Sr. Their children:
Rebecca, b. 1654; m. 1676, John Smith.
Hannah, b. 1656; m. 1676, Samuel Eogg.
Mary, 1659-1660.
Samuel, b. 1681.
Lucy, b. 1665; m. Moulton.
William, 1667-1667.
William, b. 1669.
Maria, b. 1695; m. James Prescott.
Capt. Samuel 3 Marston, 1661-1723, married Sarah Sanborn,
1666 1738, daughter of William Sanborn. They had eleven
children. Their seventh child, Reuben, was born in 1696.
Sarah, born in 1699, married Jacob Libby. Mary, born in 1707,
married Moses Perkins in 1730.
The sixth child, Reuben 4 , born in 1696, married Sarah Leavitt.
They had seven children. Their third child, born in 1722, mar-
ried Sarah Batchelder in 1745. They lived in Hampton until
1777, then removed to Meredith. He was a lieutenant in 2d
Company of 2d Regiment, N. H. troops, in 1755, French and
Indian War. Children:
Reuben, b. 1746.
Sarah, b. 1747; m. John Whitcher.
Jane, b. 1749.
Stephen, 1751-1751.
Abraham, b. 1752; d. young.
Mary, b. 1755; m. Deacon Nicholas Smith.
John, b. 1757.
Susan, b. 1759; m. Moses Smith.
Jeremiah, b. 1761.
Elizabeth, b. 1763; m. Joseph Smith.
Three Smith brothers married three Marston sisters.
Reuben 5 Marston (Reuben 4 , Samuel 3 , William 2 , William 1 ),
born in 1746, married Sarah Danforth. They lived in Meredith
until 1803, then removed to Province of Quebec, and died there.
The family returned to Meredith. Their children:
Sarah, b. 1772; m. Isaac Bowker.
Susan, b. 1775; m. David Lawrence of Meredith.
Josiah, b. 1778; m. Mercy Robinson.
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Lucy, b. 1781; m. Solomon Prescott.
Stephen, b. 1784.
Jeremiah, b. 1787.
Jeremiah Marston, a brother of Reuben 5 Marston, 1761-1820,
and son of Reuben and Sarah Batchelder, married Mary Roberts
about 1782. They settled in Meredith. Their children:
Chare, b. 1783.
Priscilla, b. 1786; m. Noah Lawrence.
Mary, b. 1788; m. Nathan Farrar.
Sarah, b. 1791; m. Elias Glidden.
Smith, b. 1794.
Jeremiah, b. 1796.
Mahala, b. 1798.
John, b. 1801; d. young.
Hazen, b. 1803.
Jane, b. 1805; d. young.
Josiah Marston, born in 1778, son of Reuben and wife, Sarah
Danforth, married Mercy Robinson about 1800. They removed
to Center Harbor in 1804. Later they moved to Cabot, Vt.,
where he died. His family returned to Meredith. Their chil-
dren:
David L., b. 1802; m. Sarah Piper, 1823, of Holderness.
Sarah, b. 1804; m. Samuel Dudley.
Nancy, b. 1807; m. Thomas Robinson.
Priscilla, b. 1810; m. Findlay Robinson.
Lovina, b. 1812; m. Smith Shephard.
Mary, b. 1815; m. George Ramsey.
David Lawrence Marston, born in 1802, son of Josiah and wife,
Mercv Robinson. Their children:
J
Josiah, b. 1823.
Benjamin P., b. 1825.
Jane P., b. 1827; m. Samuel Merrill.
Thaddeus, b. 1830.
Sarah D., b. 1832; m. Warren Merrill.
Mara A., b. 1835; m. Horace Huntress.
Margaret, b. 1837; m. Jeremiah Stickney.
Augustus, 1840-1858.
Elder Richard Martin
September 3, 1800, Elder Richard Martin of Guilford baptized
fourteen persons at Oak Hill in Meredith.
Robert Smith and wife Abigail (Cass) Smith.
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Polly Smith, daughter of Robert Smith.
Capt. William Pike and wife, Phebe Smith, daughter of Robert
Smith.
Nancy Pike, a sister to Capt. William Pike.
Rebecca Pease, 2d.
Nathaniel Pease.
Simeon Pease, the pioneer.
Robert Pease married Mary Smith, daughter of Deacon Joseph
Smith and wife, Polly (Smith) Pease.
Deacon Theodore Hart married Abigail Smith, daughter of
Deacon Joseph Smith and wife, Elizabeth (Marston) Smith.
Peter Peters.
Sally Sinclair.
These meetings were characterized by great religious fervor and
"power." Often people were possessed of so much "power " as to
lose consciousness and remain in this state for some hours, which
at that time occasioned no alarm. These were seasons of spiritual
agony, called "Travail of the Soul."
MEAD
From History of Nottingham, Deer field, North-wood
There were three branches of Meads. The one of New Hamp-
shire, John Mead, was a sea captain in early days, whose large
sea chest, or trunk, is still in the Plumer family in Epping.
John Mead lived in Stratham and married a daughter of Colonel
Folsom of Newmarket.
Colonel Folsom lived in an old brick garrison house, between
Newmarket Village and South Newmarket, where now stands the
house of Constantine Matthes.
The grandmother of Mrs. Plumer of Epping was born in the
garrison house.
One night, when about ten years old, at dusk she stepped out of
the door, and saw an Indian peeping around the side of the house;
she gave an alarm. That night two families who lived near by
were carried off by the Indians into Canada.
This was the beginning of the French and Indian War, and the
first intimation that war had commenced.
This John Mead had five daughters and sons. Benjamin, who
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lived in Newmarket; a son, John, lived in Deerfield; Jeremy, the
youngest son, lived in Newmarket. The daughters: Rhoda
married - ■ Willey in Deerfield; Mary married - — Shute of
Northwood ; another married Doe.
Levi Mead, born in 1753 at Newmarket, married Susanna
Hilton. She was born in 1757, a daughter of Ichabod Hilton and
wife, who was Susanna Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith of
Newmarket.
This Ichabod Hilton was a son of Winthrop Hilton, who died in
1781. His wife was Martha Weeks, daughter of Joshua Weeks,
but at the time of her marriage to him was the widow of Chase
Wiggin. She died March 31, 1769.
1674. George Mead of Devon, in Old England, was com-
mander of the ketch "Triall."
1714. John Mead of Exeter received from Nicholas and wife,
Elizabeth Mead, land and buildings in Exeter.
1727. John Mead received land in the Bow Charter.
1746. John Mead and wife, Mary Hersey, daughter of Capt.
Jeremiah Folsom of Newmarket; Lieutenant-Colonel of 4th
Regiment of N. H. Militia. He signed the Association Test
July 12, 1776. Probably died soon after. His will was dated
July 17, 1776.
From Mrs. Eliza Mead Waltz of Lakeport
John Mead, a Revolutionary soldier, was buried above Laconia
on his farm.
Capt. Stephen Mead, 1766-1804, of Meredith married Deborah
Woodman, 1767-1846, daughter of Capt. Joshua Woodman, born
in 1736 at Lee, died in 1827 at Sanbornton. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier. His wife, Lois, was born in Maine, 1736-1820.
They removed to Meredith, 1758/89, then removed to Sanborn-
ton in 1794. Their children:
Asa was a Congregational minister.
Stephen m. Widow Ladd, who had two children, Lucian
Ladd and a dau. who m. Dr. Knowles. He d. and she
m., second, Dr. Prescott of Laconia. Stephen Mead and
his wife, formerly the Widow Ladd, had a son, George L.,
formerly of Laconia, but d. in Boston. Stephen Mead m.,
second, Charlotte . They had a dau., Lizzie, who
d. at the "Home for the Aged."
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Joshua, 1803-1831, m. 1826 Sally Folsom, dau. of Abraham
Folsom of Lake Village. Their children:
Mary Octavia, b. 1827, m. Jeremiah D. Sleeper of
Gilmanton, b. 1828. Their dau., Viola Rogers
Sleeper, b. 1856, m. Frank G. Robbins. She m.,
second, Elvert G. Perkins. They had one dau.,
Viola Octavia Perkins, b. 1883; live in California.
She m. 1907, Luther E. Long.
Illevia Ann, b. 1830, m. Proctor Sargent. They had
one dau., Amy Ann, 1859-1860. She m., second,
Wilson McKie. They had a dau., Beulah, b. 1871,
m. Francis Walker, 1893. They have ten children;
live in Lone Oak, Texas.
Lois, 1795-1875, m. John Neal, 1790-1864, of Meredith.
They had eleven children. (See Neal family.)
Polly (Mary), m. Thomas Gate. (Record not found.)
Betsey (Elizabeth), m. Elder Lewis Caswell; d. in Boston,
Mass.
A dau. m. Elder Abel Philbrick; went West.
William Henry, 1804-1868, of Meredith, m. Abigail W.
Hayes, 1812-1838, dau. of John P. Hayes and wife, Molly
Emery. They had a son, Asa Lewis Mead, who went
West, into a mining region, and was never heard from.
William Henry Mead m., second, Rhoda Fletcher. Their
children:
Charles Fletcher, 1839-1906; never m.
Abigail Fletcher m. Charles Proctor of Bristol.
Eliza Ann m. George Waltz. Their dau., Madeline
Ella, m. Julius Edwin Sanborn; m., second, Harry
Bernard Merrill.
William Henry, 1846-1904, m. Martha Norwell, 1849-
1863. Their children:
Frank N., lives in Franklin.
Mary Ella, 1849-1863.
Betsey C, m. Albert Burleigh. Their dau., Bertha, m. J.
Bert Sanborn.
Meredith Neck Branch
William Mead, went to Meredith in 1766. He had three sons
and seven daughters (William, Stephen, John,) .
William Mead, 1762-1840, married Eunice - -, 1768-1813.
His second wife, Sally — , 1787-1855. They settled on
Meredith Neck. A son, Joseph R., 1791 1857, married Mary
Roberts, 1794-1874. Their daughter
314 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Sally E., b. 1818, m. Luther Boynton. Their children:
George C, b. 1852.
Mead, m. — Veasey; m., second, Mary Woodman.
(See Smiths.)
Joseph R. Mead, 1821-1899, married Mary E. Boynton in
1855, daughter of Ebenezer and wife, Betsey S. (Hart) Boynton.
Their children:
Infant daughter, 1856-1856.
Joseph Willis, b. 1858; m. Lydia S. Peabody in 1886. He
d.; she m. Fred Smith of Meredith.
Frank Arthur, 1859-1872.
Nellie Maria, b. 1861; m. 1888, Alfred C. Wyatt.
Frank Albert, b. 1869; m. Lettie E. Berry in 1905. They
have an adopted son, J. Walter, b. July 19, 1920.
William P. Mead, 1824-1890, married in 1850 Abigail H. Boyn-
ton, born in 1823, a daughter of Ebenezer Boynton and wife,
Betsey S. (Hart) Boynton. Their son, Charles William, born in
1852, married Abbie - -. Their son, Willie, 1876-1895.
Minnie married Frank Bickford. Mary and Grace.
Five generations of Meads are buried in the yard on the Mead
farm.
Daniel, W r illiam and Joseph Mead were brothers.
William S. Mead, son of Daniel Mead, married Betsey French;
married, second, Hannah Jewett. Their children:
Solomon, m. Eunice J. Wiggin. Their son, Arthur Clar-
ence, m. Lillian S. Robinson.
Benjamin.
William, m. Joanna Jewett. Their son, Arthur J. Mead.
William S. Mead had a brother Joshua Mead. (No record.)
Eunice Mead married Richard Wiggin.
Mary Mead married Thomas Sinclair, a Revolutionary soldier.
They are buried in the Sinclair yard, near "Oak Hill Meeting
House."
The Names of Meads, Buried on the Old Home Farnl
John Mead.
William Mead and wife, Eunice, daughter of Lieutenant
Roberts.
Joseph R. Mead, 1791-1857; wife, Mary Roberts, 1794-1874;
second wife, Sarah E. Roberts.
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William Mead, who was one of the three sons of William Mead,
and he a son of John Mead, the Revolutionary soldier, who lived
above the Crockett schoolhouse on Mead Hill, formerly Meredith,
now Laconia.
John Mead is buried on his old farm, and his grave is marked
by D. A. R.'s.
John Mead, the Revolutionary soldier, lived on the left going up
Mead Hill, and William, his son, lived on the right on top of the
hill. He is the William that moved over to Meredith Neck, and
married Eunice Roberts.
Stephen Mead, 1770-1804, lived in his father's home (John
Mead) on the left, part way up the hill. His son, Capt. Stephen 2 ,
was hurt and died in 1804 during the building of the Weirs Bridge.
He is buried (as tradition) in the old Mead yard, and has only a
field stone at the grave. He married Deborah Woodman. Their
children:
Asa.
Stephen, injured and died from fall at Weirs Bridge.
Joshua.
Mead Marriages
Stephen Mead, 1765-1804, of Meredith, married Deborah
Woodman of Sanbornton, she a daughter of Joshua Woodman;
buried in Woodman yard. Their children:
Asa Woodmax, b. Mar. 25, 1792, in Meredith.
Polly S., b. Dec. 16, 1794, in Meredith.
Louise Woodman, b. Aug. 13, 1796, in Meredith.
Melinda, b. June 13, 1798, in Meredith.
Stephen W., b. Apr. 9, 1800; d. 1879 in Meredith.
Betsey, b. Apr. 1, 1801.
Joshua, b. Apr. 19, 1803.
William, b. Apr. 2, 1804.
John Mead married Hannah in Stratham. Their
children:
Susanna, b. Eeb. 6, 1709.
John, b. May 4, 1712.
Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1715.
Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1717.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 23, 1718.
Stephen Mead married Lucy - — . Their children:
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Lucy, b. July 1, 1780.
John, b. Aug. 29, 1786.
Rebecca, b. Mav 1, 1791.
Sally, b. Sept. 30, 1796.
Disconnected
John Mead married Lucy Lord, Newmarket, December 25,
1794.
John Mead married Hannah How, New Hampton, November
3, 1805.
William Mead married Sally French, Gilmanton, March 16,
1814.
William Mead married Hannah Jarvett, Guilford, in 1845.
Joseph Mead married Polly Roberts, Meredith, June 16, 1817.
Joshua Mead married Sally Potsam in 1827.
Stephen W. married Betsey Ladd, March 8, 1832.
William H. Mead married Abigail Hayes, Bridgewater, May 1,
1833.
William W. Mead married Rhoda Fletcher in 1837.
Stephen W. married Charlotte Ladd, August 31, 1842.
William P. Mead married Abby H. Boynton, Meredith, in
1850.
Deaths of Meads
Joseph R. Mead died August 16, 1889, aged 78 years, son
Joseph and Polly Roberts.
Stephen W. Mead died September 27, 1879, aged 80 years, son
of Stephen and Deborah Woodman, she a daughter of Joshua
W'oodman of Sanbornton.
William P. Mead died April 4, 1890, aged 65 years, son of
Joseph and Mary Roberts of Meredith.
Hannah Mead died October 1, 1877, aged 76 years, she born in
Guilford, daughter of Benjamin Jewett and wife, Rebecca Jewett.
William Mead married Eunice - — . Their children:
Eunice, b. Feb. 19, 1789.
Polly, b. July 7, 1801.
Joseph Roberts, b. Aug. 20, 1791.
Joshua, b. Mar. 28, 1796.
Daniel R., b. Jan. 7, 1804.
Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1806.
John, b. Apr. 6, 1794.
William, b. Apr. 6, 1794.
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Joseph R. Mead married Polly Roberts in 1817. Their chil-
dren:
Sarah E., b. Apr. 23, 1818.
Joseph R., b. Eeb. 24, 1821.
William P., b. Apr. 30, 1824.
From Old Wills and Deeds at Concord, N. H.
June 28, 1714. John Mead (son) of Exeter, N. H., deed from
Nicholas Mead of Portsmouth and wife, Elizabeth, land and
buildings in Exeter.
1727. John Mead. (See Bow charter.)
1741. John Mead had land in Newmarket.
February 19, 1746. John Mead (husband) of Mary Folsome,
daughter of Jeremiah Folsome of Newmarket.
1753. John Mead of Newmarket deeded one share in Bow
original right of his father, John Mead.
March 18, 1760. John Mead of Stratham and wife, Ruth
Mead, deeded to Joseph Clark, home in Stratham.
1763. John Mead, from Chase Wiggin of Falmouth, Main
(Maine), deeded land on Great Bay, which said Wiggin bought of
Andrew Wiggin February 23, 1757.
1768. John Mead, Newmarket, April 16, administrator of
estate of John Bowden, to Nathaniel Folsom, land in Exeter.
1768. John Mead, Jr., received deed of land in Newmarket.
February 19, 1746. Mary Mead (wife of John, who was
daughter of Jeremiah Folsome). (See will, Newmarket, N. H.)
A Mead connected with the Stephen Mead deceased.
John Cate farm. Relatives of whole and half blood
Asa. Joshua Quimby. Sally Smith.
Brother of first W m Mead (b. 1766)
went to Meadville, Pa. Joshua — Polly dec.
This \V m Mead is son of 1st W m Mead in Meredith.
W m Mead Eunice Roberts, dau. of Lieut Joseph Roberts.
Susan. James Gilman. Joseph R. Mary Roberts. William. Betsey Quimby.
James Marshall. Martha B. Smith.
Sarah E. (Luther Boynton)
Joseph R. (Mary Boynton)
W m P. (Abbie Boynton)
W m S. (Joanna Jewett)
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Herbert (dead)
James Granville
Joseph Willis (dead)
Nellie (Mrs. Wyatt)
Albert Frank
Arthur J.
MERRILL
The Merrill family, as history states, were of Norman descent.
They were located in the north of France, and later came through
England to New England, Nathaniel being the early emigrant to
Newbury, Mass. They married and raised descendants down
through to William of the seventh generation, born in 1805; died
in 1876 at Holderness. He bought and sold wool, and farm
produce. He married Hannah C, daughter of Deacon Abraham
Batchelder, 1780-1871, of Northwood. Their children:
Mary Augusta, b. in Holderness; d. in Meredith in 1846.
Susan Maria, b. 1836; m. Andrew Dimock of Boston.
Emily Ann, b. 1840; m. James W. Hoit of Lynn, Mass.
Hollis W., b. 1842; m. Mary S. Young; m., second, Mrs.
Hattie M. (Leavitt) Gore.
George Boardman, b. 1848; m. Addie M., dau. of Samuel
James and wife, Eliza C. (Hyde) Osgood. Samuel James
Osgood was b. in Tamworth. His real surname was
Hackett, but when he reached manhood he had his name
changed to Osgood. Their children:
George B. Osgood, b. in Laconia; d. in the Civil War in
battle.
Kate J., m. Fred L. Beaman.
Clara H., m. Frank J. Tourtclot.
Addie M.
Annie M., m. Albert W. Wilcox.
John Franklin Merrill, son of William and wife, Hannah
(Batchelder) Merrill, born in 1833 at Holderness, learned the
granite and marble business and became partner in 1856; later he
bought the business and sold it in 1892. When Union Cemetery
Association was started in 1860, he was elected one of the direc-
tors. He married in 1850 Eleanor J. Eaton. She died in 1864.
He married, second, in 1865, Flora Abby, daughter of Morrison
and wife, Sarah (James) Rowe. Their children:
Albert Rowe, b. 1867; resided in Lynn, Mass.
Frank Carlton, b. 1869; m. Christanna Lamprey.
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Eva Lillian, b. 1871; m. Eugene N. Bast, a lawyer in
Minneapolis.
Frederick Dlmock, b. 1877.
The Merrill family lived and are buried on the Webster East-
man place, in Holderness.
David Merrill was an early settler and had a son, Jacob Merrill,
who lived on his father's place. His son, John Merrill, lived and
died on Mile Hill, out of Meredith. His sister, Julia Merrill,
married - - Webster. She died on Pine Street, Meredith.
John Merrill married Roxy Crowell, a daughter of Newman
Crowell and wife, Nancy Brown. Nancy Brown was an aunt to
William Brown, who died in Meredith.
Moses Merrill came to Meredith after he had served in the
Revolutionary War. His pension record states that he lived in
Meredith forty-six years and died there. He is buried in the
first Sanbornton-Meredith Church yard, later called "Pine Hill
Church," where many were laid to rest, with only a field stone to
mark their graves. The yard is grown up to bushes, and few are
left that know who were laid there.
Thomas Leavitt deeded to Moses Merrill a parcel of land in the
so-called "Letter H of common land," north of the land sold to
Solomon Smith, up to the New Holderness line, for Moses Merrill
to hold forever. (Signed) Thomas Leavitt. Witnesses: John
Lovering, Jr., Edward Langmaid. Dated August 9, 1815.
John Merrill lived part way down Ladd Hill in Meredith. He
married Roxy Crowell, a daughter of Nancy Brown, who was a
sister to William Brown, who early lived in Campton and died in
Meredith. Nancy Brown married Newman Crow r ell. Their
children: Roxy, Charles, and Ellen, who married Josiah G.
Thompson.
John Merrill was a son of Jacob Merrill; he a son of David
Merrill of Holderness. He lived on the Webster Eastman farm.
David Merrill was a descendant of the Salisbury, Mass.,
branch. He settled in Holderness on what is now called the
"Webster Eastman farm." He was a son of Jacob Lee Merrill
(as tradition) of Plymouth, who purchased land in Campton,
north of Baker's River.
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John Merrill had a sister, Julia A. Merrill, born in 1844, who
married Amos D. Webster, 1832-1909. They were married in
1861. Their daughter, Mary E. Webster, born in 1888, married
Harry L. Brown, born in 1861, son of William H. Brown and wife,
Sarah Willoughby.
Mary Ella Webster, born in 1866.
Fred Everett W r ebster, born in 1867.
Ida May Gibbs, born in 1870.
Edward Everett Webster, born in 1895.
Mary Edna Webster, born in 1897.
David Merrill, 1769-1859, married Sarah H. Lee, 1778-1847,
from Ossipee Mountain.
David Lee Merrill, 1802-1826.
Mary A., 1807-1826.
Eliza, m. Joseph Smith on Red Hill.
Julia A., 1814-1858; m. Benjamin H. Eastman.
William Elliott.
Hepzabah, 1820-1858; m. Stephen B. How.
Jacob Lee Merrill.
Jacob Merrill, 1778-1847, married Mary, daughter of John
Smith and wife, Polly (Mary) Mudgett. Their daughter, a
sister of David Merrill, married Charles W. Eastman.
Julia Merrill married — — Webster, great-grandfather of Mrs.
Julia Webster, who lived in Meredith.
MOONEY
The old records state that a section of old Dover was called
Barbadoes; is now called Madbury.
In 1739 Benjamin Evans sold to Hercules Mooney, then a
schoolmaster in the part of old Dover, now Durham, eleven acres
of land. Hercules Mooney came from Ireland and was called a
great teacher. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin
and Mary (Field) Evans of Dover. Their children:
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Lieut. Benjamin, b. Jan. 6. 1740; m. Hannah Burnham, b.
1745. He died at Guilford in 1798; he was a Lieutenant
in the Revolution.
Jonathan, b. 1744; m. 1770 Patience Gould. He d. in
(Eaton) Holderness.
Obadiah, m. Joanna Moore; moved to Canterbury.
Elizabeth, bapt. 1750 in Dover.
Hannah, b. 1752; m. 1769 Ezekiel Harper of Brentwood.
John, b. 1754; lived in Meredith; m. Catherine Roberts,
1782-1854, of Guilford. He was a judge of probate of
Strafford County.
Solomon, enlisted in 1779.
Susanna, m. James Smith.
Hercules Mooney was an active man in clearing and making the
Province Road for the settlers. At Ticonderoga in 1777, he lost
most of his belongings. He lived at Durham until 1785, then
removed to Holderness. He died in 1800 and is buried under an
old willow tree, down beside the river on the Baker farm, which he
then owned. Only a field stone marks his grave.
As history states, Hercules Mooney was the earliest school
teacher in Durham; was a tutor in a nobleman's family in Ireland,
and was said to be Ireland's precious gift to New Hampshire.
He was a great commander in battle. He also served as repre-
sentative four times in Lee, and was a grantee of Holderness.
MOORE
The descendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterbury, N. H.,
by Howard P. Moore, is a very valuable and interesting descrip-
tion of the early Moore family, on which much time and money
has been used to accomplish so good a history.
The early Moor family were in Portsmouth, N. H., and the
descendants of each generation drifted farther inland, as it be-
came safe to settle and make a home.
John Moor married Hannah Sias, a descendant of three brothers
who were Huguenots. Their religion was Protestant and, with
others, were "Puritans of France," and emigrated to other coun-
tries until there were many seeking freedom of thought left in
their native land.
Tradition states that John Moor, in 1733, went from his home in
Durham and had an allotment of land as grantee under the 1727
322 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Charter, as he was a landholder in Durham. He acquired and
purchased land in Canterbury, enough for his four sons, and
himself a farm. He went through the woods from Durham to
Canterbury and made "The Moore Cave" to live in, so as to hold
a title to his land. He made a cavity in the bank of earth beside a
fine brook. He put in timber, hewn from trees on the 40-acre
lot that he had bought, and used them as a support on the sides
and overhead, and built a chimney of stones and clay, and prob-
ably a front of wood.
History states that he lived here alone for a time, to hold his
title; but as his sons grew up they went with him and helped clear
the land, as there were no roads, only bridle paths, and Indians
prowling about for mischief.
The cave was later filled with rocks, where it had fallen in, so
that the stock pasturing there would not fall in and get hurt. It
was some 20 by 26 feet in size.
John Moor was the forefather of all the descendants of Moores
in this locality.
History states that many times John Moor would walk in the
brook to the outlet of the Merrimack, to throw the Indians off his
trail and go to the store on Boscawen Plains on the other side of
the river. He in after years would relate to his children his
hardships in the early settlement, when the wolf and other wild
animals would howl around his home, and would tell them of the
lands and homes in Old England ; and as the mother was a Hugue-
not refugee, they would tell the children of the homes in sunny
France, also the adventures of his father, Samuel Moor, who sailed
to the Barbadoes from Portsmouth.
John Moor was prominent in town offices, and did much to
settle the town.
The generations that followed lived in Canterbury and Loudon,
and as the country became more settled they drifted inland.
Archelius, born in 1779, married Abigail Fifield, daughter of
Capt. David Fifield, and went to Gilmanton in 1780 from
Stratham. They had seven children.
David Fifield Moore, born at Loudon Ridge in 1815, died in
1888 at Lakeport. He married Susan Frances Clifford, daughter
of Joseph and wife, Clarissa Clifford. The Clifford family date
back to "William the Conqueror." David F. Moore studied
medicine, received a degree from college, and in 1855 moved his
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family to Lake Village, where for thirty years he practiced medi-
cine successfully. He was one of the earliest Homeopathic
doctors in central New Hampshire, and well known through the
length and breadth of Meredith. They had nine children:
George Franklin, b. 1841 on Loudon Ridge. He m-
Louisa Parker, dau. of William H. Parker and wife, Lucy
Barker Lang, b. in Tilton. He m., second, 1878, Frances
Hawes Proctor, dau. of Franklin Proctor and wife, Julia
Ann Hawes of Dorchester. Their son, Howard Parker
Moore, b. 1868 in Lowell; m. Annie Maria Hoyt, dau. of
Corp. Samuel Baker Hoyt and wife, Sarah M. Day, dau.
of Rev. H. Day. He has held many offices in insurance
companies and traveled abroad in many countries in
connection with his work. He wrote in 1918 "The De-
scendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterbury." They
have one daughter, Dorothy, b. 1896.
Hannah Frances, 1843-1868; d. at Lake Village.
Joseph Clifford, 1844-1909; studied medicine with his
father. He m. Mary Emily Hopkins. He was connected
with the Manchester Union, also other business. He d. in
Lakeport.
Mary Ellen, b. 1846; m., at Lake Village, Henry Tucker,
son of Alvah Tucker and wife, Mary J. (Bean) Tucker.
He served in the Civil War. He also was agent at the
Halifax Mills, and practiced medicine. They had two
children.
Edwin Forrest, 1850-1867; d. at Lake Milage.
Rufus Reed (called Choate), 1851-1884; d. at Lake Milage.
He m. Susan M. Proctor, sister to Frances H., who m.
George F. Moore. They had a dau., Juilette Frances
Moore, b. 1880 at Lake Village. She occupies the old
Moore homestead at Lake Village and runs a gift shop in
Laconia. Rufus Reed Moore, m., second, Fannie Wil-
liams, b. 1864 at Littleton, N. H. One child, Josephine
Clifford, b. 1884 at Lake Village. She m. Franklin
Everett Bradway Sanders, b. at Lake Village. They live
in Franklin and are proprietors of a laundry there.
Three other children d. young.
MORRILL
Abraham Morrill, the emigrant, the first to come to this coun-
try, went to Salisbury, Mass., and died there in 1662. He landed
in Boston on the ship "Lion," with his brother, Isaac, in 1623.
He was a blacksmith, called in ye olden time "The Tubal Cain
324 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Workers." He had a house and lot in 1641 at Salisbury. He
married Sarah, daughter of Robert Clement of Haverhill, in 1645.
Their children:
Isaac, b. 1646.
Jacob, b. 1648.
Sarah, b. 1650.
Abraham, Jr., b. 1652.
Moses, b. 1655.
Aaron, b. 1658.
Richard, b. 1660.
Lydia, b. 1661.
Hepsibah, b. 1663.
Mrs. Sarah (Clement) Morrill married, second, Thomas
Mudgett and had a daughter, Mary Mudgett.
Barnard Morrill was born in Brentwood and later settled in
Gilmanton (now Guilford). He was a shoemaker and ran a
tannery, and held many town offices. He married in 1809,
Judith, daughter of Jonathan Morrison, a Revolutionary soldier.
Their son, John J. Morrill, born in 1816 at Guilford in the same
house, and died in the same room, in 1892, where he was born.
He studied under Dudley Leavitt, also at Gilmanton and New
Hampton, for schooling. He dealt in lumber besides his tanning
and farming. General Wadleigh appointed him colonel on the
State Militia staff. In 1840 the campaign of the Whigs ran high,
and much excitement was created. It was known as the "Log-
Cabin" and "Hard Cider Contest." After electing a president,
the slavery question divided the party. He represented the
town of Guilford in the Legislature, and in 1876 he was one of the
electors for president. He married Nancy, born in Brentwood in
1819, daughter of Mesech Sanborn. She was a school teacher.
They had children:
Stark, 1846-1880.
John Barnard, 1849-1852.
John B. Sanborn, b. 1854, who graduated at Dartmouth in
1879, but later returned and cared for the home.
Mr. Morrill married in 1882, Mary S., a daughter of Simon
Rowe of Guilford, who was a school teacher. He was a repre-
sentative to Concord, and one of the trustees of the Guilford
Public Library.
A son of Abraham was Isaac Morrill. He lived in Salisbury
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and followed the trade of his father, being one of "ye Tubal Cain
workers." He married Phebe, daughter of John Gill. They had
eleven children.
Down through the several generations is John Dudley Morrill,
son of William in Brentwood, born in 1768.
John Dudley Morrill married Lavina Robinson. They had
three children; the youngest, George W. Morrill, married M.
Frances, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Hill) Weeks. They
had three children. He was a farmer and stock raiser in Guilford.
MORRISON
History says that this is another Scotch family who were op-
pressed and went to the north of Ireland and later came to Amer-
ica. The descendants drifted inland with others.
John Morrison went into the Revolution when eighteen years
old. After serving three years he received the commission of
"fife major." After his discharge he married Abigail Libbey.
History credits fourteen children to them.
Their fourth child, Abraham 5 Libbey Morrison, born in 1788,
married Hannah Lane, daughter of David Lane. The family had
moved from Boscawen to Sanborn ton.
Their fifth child, Abraham Libbey Morrison, born in 1818, took
up stage driving and was one of the last that drove through the
\\ innepesaukee Valley. He drove between Laconia and Holder-
ness. His coach burned in 1846. He then was connected with
the Farmer Hotel in Concord, which ran several stage lines.
In 1856 he had charge of the Willard Hotel for a time and sold
it to George H. Everett. He then had a stage route to Center
Harbor over Cass Hill, on which he and John Little of Laconia
made the trips alternately. He married Susan H. Whipple, who
died from an accident.
He married, second, in 1871, Mrs. Betsey Elizabeth Howe, a
daughter of James Howe, 1786-1864, and wife, Rebecca (Wyett)
Howe, 1787-1876, of New Hampton. Her great-grandfather
served in the Continental Army.
Rebecca Wyett was a daughter of Deacon Wyett of Campton,
N. H., and her mother descended from John Rogers of the "Pil-
grims." The mother married, first, Daniel Wilson of Holderness,
and they had four children: Myra, Hannah, David and Daniel.
326 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
James Howe married, first, Nancy Drake of New Hampton.
Their children: Lorenzo G. Howe, James M., Henry D. and
Nancy D. Howe.
After James Howe married Rebecca (VVyett) they had children :
Horace F., Josiah S., Aaron M. (who studied to be a physician),
Harriett S., Martha D., William G., George W. and Betsey Eliza-
beth Howe.
Betsey Elizabeth Howe married, first, Charles Stevens, who
was a proprietor of the Mount Belknap House for some years at
Lakeport. She had a daughter, Nellie M. Stevens, who married
Eben Hoyt. He died and she married in 1897, George Burnham
Cox. She had two children, a daughter, Alice L., who died
young, and a son, Louis E. Cox.
Abraham L. Morrison was one of the old stage drivers of the
Winnepesaukee Valley. He was born in 1818 at Sanbornton,
son of Abraham and wife, Hannah Lane. He was one of twelve
children.
In 1842 Mr. Morrison settled in Laconia and drove the horses
on a stage from Laconia to Holderness (Ashland). In the big
fire in 1846, the stable of Gove Place, which housed the stage and
fittings, burned.
In 1856 he ran the old YVillard Hotel at Laconia. After thirteen
years he sold it to George Everett and kept a livery until 1886,
when he sold out. In early life he had a stage line to Center
Harbor, where he and John Little of Laconia drove alternate
trips. He died in 1896.
A. L. Morrison, married Susan Whipple of Sanbornton. They
had children: George A., Curtis and Nellie Maria, who married
Eben Hoyt, 1843-1894, a music dealer. After he died she mar-
ried George B. Cox, a reputable lawyer of Laconia. They had
two children.
Mrs. Morrison died in 1869. In 1871 he married, second,
Mrs. Betsey E. (Howe) Stevens, daughter of James Howe and
wife, Rebecca (Wyett) Howe of New Hampton. Rebecca was a
daughter of Deacon Wyett of Campton and wife, who was a
descendant of John Rogers of the " Pilgrims." Her first husband
was Daniel Wilson of Holderness. They had children: Myra,
Hannah, David and Daniel.
James Howe served in the Continental Army in the Revolution.
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He married Nancy Drake of New Hampton. They had children:
Lorenzo G., James M., Henry D. and Nancy D. Howe.
James Howe, 1786-1864, married, second, Widow Rebecca
(Wyett) Wilson, 1787-1876. Their children were: Horace F.,
Josiah S., Aaron M., Harriet S., Martha D., William G., George
W. and Betsey.
Elizabeth Howe, who married Charles Stevens of Gilmanton,
ran the Mt. Belknap Hotel at Lakeport several years. Elizabeth
(Howe) Stevens married, second, Abraham L. Morrison.
MOULTON
In lovely Warwickshire, the Shakespearian country, was where
Margaret Moulton lived until she was 13 years old. Her father
Thomas de Moulton, died in 1313. He had a good friend, Ralph
de Dacre, to whom he had betrothed her when of suitable age.
After the father died King Edward II claimed her as his ward, and
the large estate.
There were no boys to inherit the castle and manor of Moulton
(Multon), and it fell to Margaret. She was called "the flower of
Gillesland." The King put her in the care of the Earl of War-
wick.
The Moulton Castle was called "Naworth Castle." It was
Margaret's home. It was built to have a garrison built on.
"Stern on the angry confines Naworth rose;
In dark woods islanded,
Its towers looked forth
And frowned definance on the angry north."
The writer well remembers the beautiful location, as we visited
there. It was built to defend the Scots.
Margaret bid defiance to the King, and the man he picked for
her to marry, and when she was 17 years of age she was carried off
in the night from Warwick Castle by her espoused suitor,
Ralph de Dacre; thus he united two big estates of two powerful
families. Margaret had four sons by him who became pillars of
the church and state.
Jonathan Moulton's ancestors came from Norfolk County,
England. He was among those who settled at Winnicumet in
the town of Hampton in 1638. History states that General
Jonathan descended from John Moulton. He was born in
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Hampton, N. H., 1726-1788. He bought and received much
land and helped to settle many people farther inland.
In 1763 the town of Moultonboro was granted to sixty-two
men, and he was one of them. It was granted by the Masonian
owners. He was noted for his war service with the Indians and
the Ossipee tribe on the border of the town on the north, where he
became acquainted with the country on the western shores of the
lake, which helped him to secure the land grant bordering Moul-
tonboro.
In 1763 he had an ox weighing 1,400 pounds, which he had fed
and prepared for the occasion. He hoisted a flag on his horns
and drove him from Hampton to Portsmouth and presented him
to the Governor. The Governor offered to pay him, but the gen-
eral refused any pay and said "that he would like a charter of a
small gore of land that he had found joining the town of Moulton-
boro, of which he was one of the principal proprietors." The
Governor granted this simple request and the general called it
"New Hampton" in honor of his native town (Hampton). This
small "gore" of land contained 19,422 acres, a part of which is the
present town of Center Harbor.
General Moulton helped form New Hampton, Center Harbor
and Moultonboro, which was called "Moultonboro Gore, or
Addition."
General Jonathan was of the fourth generation (Jacob 3 , John 2 ,
John 1 ). He married in 1849, Abigail, daughter of Benjamin
Smith, who died in 1775 from smallpox. He married, second,
Sarah, daughter of Dr. Anthony Emery. After his death she
married Rev. Benjamin Thurston. She died in 1788.
By Mr. Moulton's first wife, Abigail Smith (ancestor of the
Smiths of New Hampton and vicinity), they had eleven children.
Their sixth child, Benning Moulton, 1761-1834, married Sally
Leavitt (Lovet). He settled in Center Harbor in 1783. They
had eight children. The oldest, Jonathan Smith Moulton, born
in Center Harbor, 1785-1855, married Deborah, daughter of
"Red Oak Joseph Neal" of Meredith. They had nine children.
The second child, John Carrol Moulton, was born in 1810 in
Center Harbor. He attended school under Master Dudley
Leavitt, the noted almanac maker, who taught in Meredith an
annual term of school. At the age of 20 years he went in business
in Center Harbor. In 1833 he married Nellie B. Senter and
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opened a hotel there, which prospered under the management of
his wife.
In 1841 they removed to Meredith Bridge and ran the Belknap
Hotel, where the stages stopped, and it became a popular place.
He was elected postmaster for several years.
In 1848, the railroad was built up to Plymouth, and the Gar
Works came along, which did a large business for that time. He
was connected with several other houses of business and he did
much to improve the town.
His wife, Nellie B. Senter of Center Harbor, was a daughter of
Samuel B. Senter, and he a descendant of Ebenezer Chamberline,
also of Col. Joseph Senter, both pioneers of Center Harbor. They
had five children.
Edwin Carroll, 1834-1867, married Augusta Randlett, daugh-
ter of Charles Randlett of Laconia. They had a daughter who
married Charles Leavitt of Concord. Charles Randlett had
three other children beside the above: Josephine, who married
Blair, David and Belle.
Some of this data was furnished by Mrs. Austin Moulton.
Samuel Moore Moulton, born in 1857, served in the Civil War
three years. He married Martha B., daughter of Benjamin E.
Thurston of Laconia. He filled many offices of public trust in
Laconia.
William Hale Moulton, 1844-1849.
Horatio Francis Moulton married Ella S. Melcher of Dover.
Their children: Helen became a deaconess; John Carroll went to
Mexico; Samuel Moulton went to California.
Ida L. Moulton, born in 1850, married Joshua B. Holden of
Boston. Their children: Annie, Ellen, Mary B., Joshua, Jr.,
Natoli, Francis, Gladys and Gwendolyn.
John C. Moulton married, second, Mrs. Sarah McDougal in
1886.
Benning Moulton, son of Jonathan Moulton and Abigail Smith,
was born in 1761 and settled in Center Harbor. He married
Sarah Leavitt. Their children :
Nancy, m. Jonathan Moulton.
Jonathan Smith, b. 1785.
Thomas L.
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Benning.
John H.
Elizabeth, m. Daniel Hilton.
Jonathan Smith Moulton, 1785-1855, had a large farm and
did some exchange business besides his farming. He married in
1808, Deborah, daughter of "Red Oak Joseph Neal " of Meredith.
Their children:
William Carroll, d. young.
Sarah Ann, m. Simeon Crane; lived in Boston.
Amanda Melvina, d. young.
Otis Monroe.
Charles Smith, d. young.
Frances Maria, m. Moses Fairbanks; lived in Boston.
Andrew McCleary.
Joseph Neal.
John S., lived in Boston.
Abra Wentworth, m. Charles H. Somes of Chicago.
Tradition states that General Moulton, while trafficing with
his "gore" of land the Governor had traded him, spent much
time around Center Harbor, and had a house on the hill where
Camp Anawan is now located. History states that some of the
descendants settled there.
The Boston Transcript in 1926 had an article stating that Mr.
and Mrs. Weddell of Virginia had purchased "Agecroft Hall,"
Warwick Priory. They had it taken down and boxed. It filled
fifteen cases of stone work.
Mrs. Weddell wrote me that they were going to produce with
this material a "Virginia Historical Society" building of the
Elizabethan type, similar to "Sulgrave Manor."
Governor Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts, was
born some six miles from Warwick, near the old castle.
Samuel 2 Moulton's son, Nathan Smith Moulton, married
Priscilla Senter, daughter of John Senter, who had a brother
Samuel. Their children:
Alvin.
Edwin Winfield.
Austin S., who in 1884 m. Laura Ann, dau. of James Creigh-
ton Burleigh and wife, Catherine A. Cheney, b. 1830,
she a dau. of Jonathan H. Cheney and wife, Lydia Tuttle,
who was a dau. of Stoughton Tuttle and wife, Deborah
Stokes, 1776-1871. They live on the Abial Bartlett farm,
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now called "Elmwood," are prosperous farmers, and have
served in public business. Their children :
Alice Moulton, m. Arthur Edwards of Meredith.
Nathan Smith Moulton, m. Ruth Graves Towle of
Center Harbor, she a dau. of Towle and wife.
Eliza Sutton (Graves) Towle. They have two chil-
dren, Edwin Win field Moulton and a young daughter.
The other children of Samuel Moulton were: Tim F., Hattie
May, Sarah, and Walter C; live on the old homestead.
Lieut. Joseph 7 Neal Moulton (Jonathan 6 , Benning 5 , Jonathan 4 ,
Jacob 3 , John 2 , John 1 ) married in 1853, Sarah J. True. He served
in the Civil War. They had two daughters.
Jonathan 6 Moulton (Edward B. 5 , John 4 , Jacob 3 , John 2 , John 1 )
was born in Moultonboro in 1781. He settled in Meredith. He
married - — Moulton of Center Harbor; married, second, Mary
Morse, daughter of Dr. Morse. Five children.
MUDGETT
Joseph Mudgett, born October 25, 1761, died in 1848; married
Mehitable Eastman, born November 30, 1763; married January
22, 1786. Their children:
William, b. 1786; m. Eunice Huckens, May 9, 1815.
Abigail, b. 1791; m. Robert Huckins, Sept. 22, 1823.
Hannah, 1789-1872; m. Levi Swain in 1816.
Sarah, b. 1795; m. Andrew Baker in 1822.
Ezekiel E., b. 1797; m. Charlotte Swain in 1822 ; m., second,
Betsey Swain in 1829.
Mehitable, b. 1799; m. Jeremiah B. Swain in 1824; a dau.,
Mehitable, b. 1827.
Levi, b. 1804; m. Adaline Clark.
Joseph, 1793-1796.
Joseph, 1800-1803.
Hannah Mudgett married Levi Swain, November 14, 1816.
Their children:
Polly W., b. July 29, 1817.
Hannah Mead, b. Aug. 31, 1819.
Susanna S., b. June 12, 1821.
Melinda M., 1833-1845.
Rachel, b. May 23, 1827.
Abigail Mudgett, born in 1791, married in 1823 Robert Huck-
ins, born in 1775. Their children:
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Deborah, b. June 15, 1829.
Stephen P., b. June 12, 1826.
Orlando G., b. July 5, 1828; d. 1880.
William Mudgett and wife, Eunice Huckins, married May 9,
1815. Their children:
Mary M. T., b. Feb. 29, 1816; m. James H. Brown, 1843.
Hannah H., b. Apr. 21.
John P., 1821-1842.
Cakim W., b. Aug. 15, 1823.
Orinda M., b. Apr. 17, 1827.
Laura L., b. Jan. 21, 1829.
Sarah Ann, b. July 22, 1833.
Ezekiel Mudgett, born in 1797, married in 1822 Charlotte
Swain, 1798-1828. Their children:
Joseph F., b. Dec. 2, 1823.
Plasenta, b. July 7, 1825.
William, b. May 24, 1827.
Joseph E. Mudgett married, second, Betsey Swain, born in
1795; married January 14, 1829. Their children:
Adaline, b. Oct. 6, 1829.
Franklin S., b. Dec. 18, 1830.
Mehitable Mudgett, born in 1801, married Jeremiah Swain,
December 12, 1825. Their daughter, Mehitable M., born Feb-
ruary 27, 1827.
Levi Mudgett, born April 19, 1804, died in 1868; married Ada-
line Clark, July 4, 1833. Their children:
Grace E. W., b. Dec. 18, 1835; m. Sept. 21, 1852, Noah
Smith.
Mary C, b. Mar. 9, 1836; died 1841.
Ellen Maria, b. Apr. 28, 1840; m. Frank Flanders, January
17, 1869.
Leon Mudgett, born April 19, 1804, married December 20,
1842, Eliza A. Cox, born in 1819. Their children:
Albert M., b. Jan. 10, 1845; m. 1868, Julia Griffith.
Mary Adelaide, b. Sept. 10, 1847; m. 1866, John M.
Flanders.
Clara S., b. Sept. 19, 1849; m. 1873, Albert E. Porter.
George M., b. Sept. 29, 1852.
Abbie A., b. Oct. 18, 1854; m. 1883, Wilbert E. Porter.
Charles H., b. Aug. 4, 1856; m. Mary Johnson.
Myra Emma, b. May 23, 1859; d. young.
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James S. Baker, horn May 29, 1832; died in 1890.
Andrew Oliver, born March 10, 1827.
Leonard H. Baker, born January 2, 1825; died in 1906.
Andrew Baker, born March 17, 1796.
Sarah Mudgett, born in 1795; died in 1870.
Emily W. Ordway Swain, died in 1892.
NASH
Moses Nash, born in 1812, at Amherst, son of John Nash and
wife, Sally (Lewis). For a time he and his brother kept a store
in New Hampton and Concord. He married Susan M. Smith,
daughter of Jacob Smith and wife, Louisa C. Robinson. Her
great-grandfather, Jeremiah Smith, an early settler, came to
Meredith about the same time his brother, Ebenezer, came from
Exeter. These brothers descended from Richard Smith, who
came from England.
A son of Jeremiah Smith, who married Hannah Lock, daughter
of Deacon Locke, had a son, John Rice Smith, who married Rhoda
Blaisdell. They had five children. Among them was Jacob,
who was 86 years old at his death.
Jacob Smith, who married Louisa C. Robinson, had a daughter,
Susan M. Smith, 1832-1887, who married Moses Nash. Ellen
M. married Arthur A. Tilton, son of Carlos Tilton of Andover.
E. L. married Morrill Doe, son of Augustus Doe. Sarah married
John Garland.
The field was very level on Meredith Parade, and Jeremiah
Smith gave the use of the field adjoining the house to a company
of militia for a training ground. The old home was left to Mrs.
Tilton, who is of the fifth generation of Smiths that have lived
there.
NEAL
The Neal family are historically referred to in the reign of King
Edward the 4th, in 1460. There were many Neals in early days
who were well educated and stood high in business stations.
The first Neal that we read of in New England was Capt. Wal-
ter Neal, who landed June 1, 1630, at Portsmouth, N. H. He
came employed as a governor of the lower settlement of New
334 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Hampshire. He was born in Bedfordshire, England, about 1612.
History states that he married Elizabeth Lacon.
"Provincial Papers," Volume No. 4, state that he brought a
family with him and fifty men and twenty-two women. He
was agent for a "Pattent of Laconiah." This consisted of 20,000
acres of land at "Randsvough," which laid on the south side of
the Piscataway River.
The boat they came over in was the "Warwick." It was a
ship of 80 tons. It was sent by Gorges and Mason, for the pur-
pose of exploring the country, also to intercept the trade on
beavers.
Captain Neal, with others, looked around the country inland
considerably. As history states, Capt. Walter Neal, in company
with Darby Field, discovered the White Mountains and he called
them the "Crystal Hills."
When he returned to England he left animals and grain and
household things, so it looks as though he had some family here.
History states that he lived at "Strawberry Bank," which is in the
city of Portsmouth, and near the old first burying ground in
New Hampshire, called the "Point of Graves Burying Ground."
It is located near the Boat Club, in the city of Portsmouth, and
this yard is where Capt. Walter 2 Neal is buried. I drove down
there in May and tried to find the grave of Capt. Walter 2 , but
could not locate a Neal stone, although there are many stones on
which the inscriptions are worn off by the weather and are not
readable. I found an old record in Boston which stated that
Capt. Walter 2 bought a fourteenth part of the "Point of Graves
Yard," which contains about one-half an acre of ground. The
land was owned by a Mr. Pickering. The yard is owned by the
city, as it contains some of the oldest inhabitants that settled in
that region.
Capt. Walter 2 married Mary Ayers. There are some stones
not far from the center of the yard with the name of Ayer on.
Perhaps they were relatives of Mary Ayers and buried on this
fourteenth part of the yard. I wrote the city clerk to see if there
was any plat of this yard, but there is none in Portsmouth, so
probably none at all, as records are very scarce in early days, but
the yard is well kept up and clean. One thing is in existence,
that Mr. Pickering reserved the right of way across the lower
part of the yard, so that he could walk across to his mill pond,
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and the path is still used there and no fence to obstruct the walk.
That was a reservation in the deed of the land for a graveyard.
It is well fenced and has a good iron gate.
History tells us that Capt. Walter lived in Mason's stone house,
at Strawberry Bank, which has disappeared.
In an article published in the Granite Monthly on "Colonial
Portsmouth," it speaks of Thompson's grant of land of 26,000
acres in 1622, this being a patent of all lands between the Kenne-
bec and Merrimack Rivers.
Thompson built a house on Odiorne's Point, the first built in
Pannaway. It was built of rubble stones chinked with swale
grass and clay, which he gathered near by. It was called the
"Stone House." Later it was called by the Indian name "Pas-
cataqua House."
When Capt. Walter Xeal came to "Pannaway," the worthy
company of Myles Standish, as history tells us, he brought a
family and about fifty people. History states that he took pos-
session of this house and called it the "Chiefe Habitacion."
Nothing of this house remains.
Capt. Walter Neal claimed no profession "but his sword, nor
other fortunes than war." He was the first governor of all
land east of Massachusetts Bay, then known as New Hampshire,
which he explored, even up to the "White Hills." He traded
some with the Indians, and under Capt. John Mason's direction,
in 1630, Pascataqua plantation thrived, yet he never came over,
and Capt. Walter Neal returned to England in 1632, as history
states.
"Provincial Papers," Volume No. 4, page 2, speaks of the fam-
ily that Capt. Walter Neal brought with him to Portsmouth.
The old Indian deed of 1629 to W'heelwright is existing in the
Historical Society rooms at Concord, with the marks and emblems
of the Indians affixed to their names. Walter Neal was one of
the signers, also Thomas Wiggin, Edward Hilton and four others.
The marks look like some of the markings on a "Totem Pole."
Capt. Walter Neal had three sons, Samuel, John and Andrew.
At a town meeting in Portsmouth, January 22, 1660, land was
apportioned to all persons over 21 years old. Lieut. Capt.
Walter Neal received 39 and 21 acres. "His home lot doth ex-
tend from Goodman hayins, his fence due north and by east unto
Winocont River" —the land lying in Greenland in Portsmouth.
336 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Brewster refers to him, 1643-1656, as one who received the seat
of honor in the church at Portsmouth.
"Masonian Papers" state that Capt. Walter Neal lived in a
stone house at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, as they were
engaged in fishing.
Lieut. Capt. Walter 2 Neal, as a farmer, married Mary Ayers
in 1660. They had a son, Samuel, born June 14, 1661. Lieut.
Capt. Walter Neal and others desired jurisdiction of Massa-
chusetts in 1690.
As history states, we find him connected in many offices to help
establish the colony.
Samuel, son of Capt. Lieut. Walter, married Jane Foss. They
had children, among them Samuel 2 , who married Elizabeth
Locke, born in 1780, a daughter of Deacon William Locke and
wife, Mary (Clark) Locke. They were married February 2,
1710/11.
They had a son, Samuel 3 Neal, who married February 7, 1754,
Elizabeth Haley, daughter of Andrew Haley and wife, Mary
Briar. Andrew Haley, son of Andrew Haley, was called the
" King of the Shoals." He was a wealthy man engaged in fishing
at the Isles of Shoals.
"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors," Volume II, page 301,
gives Samuel Neal's Revolutionary service. He enlisted at
Kittery, Maine (across the river from Portsmouth, N. H.). He
was in Col. James Scammon's (30) Regiment. Muster roll,
May 3, 1775, served three months. Later he was a private and
went to Rhode Island for six months; later served on boats.
In the Revolutionary rolls, I find an Ebenezer Neal who en-
listed from Meredith in 1777 for three years and died in battle in
1777. Newfield history gives one Ebenezer as a son of Walter 4
and Anna (Mattoon) Neal. He was their 5th child. (I do not
see the connection between this Ebenezer and Walter's son.)
Joseph and John walked by spotted trees to Meredith. They
bought 100 acres of land and cleared it and built a home. Later
John sold his share to Joseph and bought other land.
Joseph Neal married Hannah Smith, daughter of Jeremiah
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Smith and wife, Hannah Lock, 1743-1815. Jeremiah was a son
of Daniel Smith and his second wife, Deborah Wicom, married
in 1721. Daniel Smith was a grandson of Richard Smith, who
came from Shropshire, England. Jeremiah Smith had a son,
John Rice Smith, and a daughter, Nancy, who married Simeon
Cate.
Samuel Neal and wife, 1733-1784, Elizabeth Haley, 1734-1785,
of Stratham, buried in Piscassic Yard, now Newfield, had
children:
Samuel, b. Mar. 22, 1755, in Stratham. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier.
Andrew, b. Jan. 19, 1758.
Jeremiah, b. Nov. 4, 1759.
Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1762; d. 1851.
John, b. Mar. 10, 1764.
Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1768, m. Capt. William Ray.
Sarah, b. June 23, 1773.
Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1775.
Deborah, b. Jan. 22, 1778.
Old Bible Records'
Joseph Neal, 1762-1851, married Hannah Smith, 1770-1851,
born in Meredith. Their children:
William, 1789-1830; was a carpenter and shipbuilder; single.
John, 1791-1864; m. Lois Mead, dau. of John Mead.
Elizabeth, 1793; m. Richard Neal, son of "Red Oak
Joseph" and wife, Abigail.
Mary, 1795-1879; m. Joseph E. Robinson of New Castle.
He d. 1854; she m., second, in 1862, Nathaniel Batcheldor.
Joseph, Jr., 1797-1855; m. Lucy Dow, 1804-1855, dau. of
Ebenezer Dow and wife, Mary Sanborn.
Hannah S., 1801-1835; d. of consumption.
Smith, 1806-1887; m. Sarah Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Nich-
olas and wife, Lavina Smith.
Nancy, 1810-1854; m. Joshua Wiggin as his second wife.
Irene, 1813-1902; m. as second wife of Charles Smith in
1849. Charles Smith's first wife was Annis Smith. They
had a dau. who m. Weeks. They had Isabel, b. 1857,
and John H., b. 1859.
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From Lois {Mead) Neat's Bible
John Neal, 1790-1864, married Lois Mead, 1798-1875. Their
children:
Hannah S., 1815-1901 ; m. 1862 Rev. Mark True, 1815-1875.
Mary Jane, 1818-1839.
Son, d. young in 1818.
Martha, 1819-1824.
Betsey M., 1823-1854.
Darius J., 1824-1908; m. 1855 Frances Moody. She died
1893. *
Martha A., 1828-1912; m. Eben S. Thompson as his second
wife. He d. 1877.
Susan Maria, 1931-1817; d. in Stoneham, Mass.
John Mead, 1832-1924; m. Jane Wadleigh.
Harriet N., 1835-1926.
Ezra Dixi, 1839-1910; m. 1871 Lavina S. Leavitt, dau. of
Isaac Leavitt.
Darius J. Neal married Frances Susan Moody of Canterbury-
Their son:
Charles Ames, b. 1862 in Chicago; m. Melanie T. Norton.
Their children: Elliot Jay, b. 1897; Kimball Ladd, b. 1900.
Martha A. Neal, born in 1828, married Eben S. Thompson in
1858 as his second wife. The first wife was Sarah Hanaford of
New Hampton. She had a daughter, Eleanor, who died in
California.
John Mead Neal, born in 1833, married Jane Wadleigh in 1860,
she was born in 1833. Their daughter:
Emma Jane, b. 1863; m. Clarence Clark. Their children:
Helen N., b. 1901; m. Henry Bean.
C. Henry, b. 1902.
Harold J., b. 1906; m. Marion Cotton.
Sarah E. Neal, born in 1864; married in 1928, Edwin R. Taylor
as his second wife.
John Frank Neal, born in 1867; married Margaret .
One daughter, Phebe Neal.
Ezra Dixi Neal married Lavina S. Leavitt, born in 1871, daugh-
ter of Isaac Leavitt and wife, Sarah Smith, she was a daughter
of Capt. Elish Smith. Their children:
Edith Leavitt, b. 1875; m. Charles Perine of Chicago.
She d., leaving two children.
Grace L., b. 1878; m. Harry C. Mills. Three children.
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Hannah Jane, born in 1829, daughter of Joseph Neal and wife,
Lucy Dow, married Charles H. Roberts. They lived in Tarn-
worth. Their children:
Joskpii Neal, b. 1865; m. Pauline A. Davison. Their
children :
Mary Jane, b. 1890 in Holderness.
Henry Joseph, b. 1893.
Frances Pauline, b. 1901.
Charles Hezekiah.
Dixi Guy.
Arthur Sidney.
William Neal, 1830-1875, was killed by a train at Bridgewater
crossing in September, 1895. He married in 1863 Mary E.
Smith, 1842-1892, daughter of Deacon Benjamin N. Smith.
Their children:
Arthur Joseph, 1864-1882.
William Howard, b. 1871.
Bertha, b. 1873; m. Deacon Charles Eaton.
William Howard Neal, born in 1871, married in 1904 Lucy
M. R. Neal, born in 1872, daughter of James Neal of Moulton-
borough. Their son:
William Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1905, in Meredith.
Smith Lock Neal, 1840-1886, married Eliza Heath, 1841-1886;
she was a daughter of Samuel R. Heath and wife, Mary A. Dan-
forth. Smith Lock Neal was named for his grandmother, Hannah
Lock, who married Jeremiah Smith (as my father told me).
Their children:
Alice E., b. 1862; m. Frank W. Swain, 1898.
George Elmer, 1864-1927; m. Martha D. Moore, 1890, in
Sherbrook.
Charles Everett, b. 1866; d.
Franklin P., b. 1870; m. Nellie M. Davis. Three children.
Clarence, 1873-1873.
Joseph Warren, b. 1874; m. Julia E. Barlow, b. 1883.
Franklin Pierce Neal married Nellie Davis. Their children:
Herbert F., b. 1894.
Clarence Ermah, b. 1898; m. Josephine D. Cutting, 1922.
Ralph D., b. 1900; m. Gladys S. White, 1922.
Clarence Ermah Neal married, in 1922, Josephine D. Cutting.
Their children:
340 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Nellie Davis, b. 1924.
Darrill Walter, b. 1928.
Ralph Davis Neal, born in 1900, married Gladys S. White in
1922. Their children:
Ronald Howard, b. 1923.
Elizabeth, b. 1925.
Ralph Frank, b. 1926.
Elizabeth Neal, daughter of "White Oak" Joseph Neal, 1793-
1870, married Richard Neal, 1787-1871. He was a son of "Red
Oak" Joseph Neal. Their children:
Col. Joseph, 1812-1879, of Meredith, m. Elizabeth K.
Gordon of New Hampton. They had a dau., Clara,
1846-1884, who m. Attorney George Hilton of New
Jersey. No children.
Catherine, 1813-1890, dau. of Richard and Betsey Neal,
m. Jonathan P. Norris, 1828-1895. Their children:
Lucy C, b. 1847; d. young.
Ellen, b. 1855; d. young.
Ellen, m. Bartlett. One son, F. A. Bartlett.
Hannah, dau. of Richard and Betsey (Neal) Neal, m.
Joseph M. Bean as his second wife. Their dau.:
Ellen Catherine, b. 1858 in Gilmanton, m. Otis Clark of
Manchester. Their dau., Carlie, m. Daniel Healey.
They have two sons; live in West Medway, Mass.
Mary E., dau. of Richard and Betsey Neal, m. J. N. True,
in 1823. Their children:
Edward N., 1848-1865.
Mary R., b. 1852; m. David Ambrose. They had one
son, David Edward, b. 1892, m. 1912 V. Blanchard.
Their children:
Adele Victoria, b. 1913.
Dorothy Blanchard, b. 1914.
Charles W., 1837-1892, son of Richard and Betsey Neal, m.
1864 Georgia Lamprey, dau. of Uriah Lamprey and wife,
Abigail of Belmont. Their children:
Abbie, 1868-1900, m. James Youngman.
George Richard, b. 1872 in Meredith, m. 1900 Ada Maria
Eastman, b. 1872 in Danbury. Their children:
Rachel Irene, b. 1902; m.
Charles Richard, b. 1905; a fine vocalist.
Robert John, 1907-1910.
Frederick Eastman, b. 1909.
George Franklin, b. 1910. The family live in
Woburn, Mass.
GENEALOGIES 341
Joseph 3 Neal, Jr., born in 1796, son of "White Oak" Joseph
Neal and wife, Hannah Smith, born in 1838, married Lucy Dow,
1804-1854. She was a daughter of Ebenezer Dow and wife, Mary
Sanborn of Epping. He was of Meredith. Their children:
Hannah Jam;, 1829-1899.
William.
Lydia, 1832-1895; m. Gilman Whittaker in 1853. Their
dau., Jennie, 1856-1882. Lived in Deering. N. H.
All dead.
Smith Lock, 1840-1889.
Joseph Warren Neal, born in 1874, married, second, in 1903,
Julia E. Barlow, born in 1883. Their children:
Arther Mortimer, b. 1903.
Louise Ray, b. 1907.
Elsie May, b. 1909; m. Richard T. Andrews. Their son,
Neal Tyler Andrews, b. 1928.
Hazel Dell, b. 1912.
Smith Neal, 1806-1887 ("White Oak" Joseph and wife, Han-
nah Smith), married in 1852 Sarah Elizabeth Smith, daughter of
Nicholas Smith and wife, Lavina (Smith) Smith. Their daugh-
ter, Mary Elizabeth, born October 2, 1853, married John P.
Hanaford.
In a deed dated May 17, 1629, from four Indian sagamores to
John Wheelwright and others, recorded in York County records,
Walter Neal is styled governor for the company of Laconia.
In 1631 Capt. Walter Neal was agent of Gorges, Mason and
others for their patent including Portsmouth, Newcastle and
Rye. He and his family (as early records) lived at Little Harbor,
at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. As history states, he
discovered the White Mountains, drove away pirates, hanged an
Indian, and made a survey and map of the territory he governed.
In 1634 he returned to England.
In 1683 another Walter Neal, called Captain, married Mary
, was a freeholder in Portsmouth, and signed a petition to
the King and was sent to England by Nathaniel Weare.
In 1785 Walter Neal and his brother, Enoch, went from New-
market, N. H., and settled on the middle road in Parsonsfield,
Maine.
Walter Neal (as Fitts), 1731-1820 (Walter 4 , Samuel 3 , Capt.
Walter 1 ), married Lydia, daughter of Abraham and wife, Eunice
342 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
(Sargent) Parsons, 1736-1829. Their children, born in New-
market:
Walter, b. 1756, a Revolutionary soldier; m. Martha
Creighton.
Lydia, m. Jerry Mason.
Enoch, b. 1762; m. Nancy Towle. He d. 1817 in Parsons-
field, Maine.
Nathaniel, m. May 29, 1800, Rachel, dau. of Capt. Thomas
Folsom.
After the Revolution, Walter, who was a Revolutionary soldier
and pensioneer, and his brother, Enoch, in 1779 (as history) went
to Parsonsfield, Maine, and with their axes cleared land and set-
tled on what is now called the "Middle Road," less than a mile
apart, and their old homes are still standing, but passed into other
names.
Walter Neal, 1756-1833 (as gravestones). His wife, Martha
(Creighton) Neal, died in 1838, aged 90 years. Their son, Walter,
Jr., m. Mary Shores of Kittery, Maine, b. Nov. 15, 1791, and d.
1887 in Newfield, with one of her youngest sons, William Neal.
Record of the family of Walter Neal, Jr., born July 23, 1791,
and Polly (Mary), his wife, born November 14, 1791. Their
children born at Parsonsfield, Maine:
Nancy Hilton, b. Sept. 11, 1814.
Walter Creighton, b. June 30, 1820.
Mary, b. June 15, 1822.
Joseph, b. Apr. 3, 1825.
George, b. July 28, 1827.
Martha, b. Sept. 23, 1829.
William, b. Jan. 4, 1834.
Stephen Shores, b. Apr. 22, 1835; d. 1835.
A true copy of the original handed me March 7, 1837. Book
1, page 61.
Attest by Tobias Ricker, Town Clerk, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Enoch Neal, 1762-1817, married in 1788, Nancy Towle, 1766-
1840 (family records). Their children:
Betsey, 1790-1842, m. Daniel Knapp in 1816. They had
two children: Joshua Neal, m. Mary Wedgewood. They
had a son, Enoch Wedgewood, who m. Elizabeth - — .
Sally Knapp m. Josiah Wedgewood; lived in Parsonsfield.
Nathaniel, m. 1800, Rachel, dau. of Capt. Thomas Folsom,
b. 1769; lived in Tuftonboro.
GENEALOGIES 343
Xancy Xeal, born in 1814; died in Parsonsfield, Maine.
Enoch Xeal, Jr., the fifth child and third son, was a farmer like
his father, on the old homestead.
Enoch 3 Xeal, 1803-1867, married in 1829, Nancy Lord, 1819-
1882, daughter of Richard Lord and wife. Children:
Lorenzo, 1830-1857.
Enoch, m. Sarah Morrill, 1832-1857. They had a dau.,
Nellie, and a son that settled near Manchester, N. H.
Edgar, m. Matilda Hodsdon; lived near Boston, Mass.
Luther, 1886-1918, m. Eveline Rumsey, 1881-1910, of
Effingham, dau. of John Rumsey, a highly respected man.
Luther lived on Enoch's farm, and among his children
were Luther of the third generation; C. L. Xeal of Hiram,
Maine, and Dr. John Xeal of Portsmouth, who has re-
cently d. John, m. Miss Lord. They had a son, Herbert,
who lived in Sanford, Maine, also a son who lived at home
and a dau. Hattie J., who d. 1887.
Charles, m. Hattie - — . They had a son, Otis, 1887-
1894.
Lydia Axx, 1841-1841.
Neal Cemetery inscriptions: Charles Xeal, died in 1864, aged
20 years; Robert, son of Moses and Alice (Xeal) Chase, 1906-
1910; Otis Xeal, son of Charles and Hattie, 1887-1895.
Walter Neal
August 20, 1832, Walter Xeal of Parsonsfield, Maine, 75 years
of age, deposed:
That he enlisted in New Hampshire Militia in 1775 under Capt. James Hill,
at Newmarket, X. H., marched to Portsmouth, where he staid a month; then
enlisted under Captain Baker and marched to Great Island, Xewcastle Harbor,
a few miles beyond Portsmouth, where he was stationed till the last of Decem-
ber.
That they marched to Cambridge, Mass., where they remained until dis-
charged February 25, 1776; six months.
That in August, 1776, he enlisted under Captain Gordon, marched to the
Hudson River and served at Peekskill until December 12, 1776, being paid
for four months.
That in August, 1777, he enlisted in Massachusetts Militia, under Captain
Jenkins and Colonel Johnson, marched to Stillwater and, after the surrender
of Burgoyne, was marched to White Plains, X. Y., where they were discharged
the last of December, 1777, being paid for five months.
That October 7, about thirty men in his regiment were killed and three
wounded in Captain Jenkins' Company.
344 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
That he was born in Newmarket, N. H., September 13, 1756; lived there
when called into service; but has lived in Parsonsfield since 1779.
That he has no documentary proof of service, as he never received a written
discharge; "but still has in his possession a journal made at the time of service
and two original letters written at the time: one to him from his father, whose
name was Walter, and one to his father, written by himself; also a sketch of the
troops and ordnance, surrendered by General Burgoyne, given him by a High-
land adjutant in Albany, and a memorandum of towns passed through, made
at the time."
Walter Neal.
(The muster roll of Capt. Samuel Cook's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, engaged till the last of November, 1777, en-
dorsed with a minute of the British troops and foreigners killed and taken since
the evacuation of Ticonderoga, signed by W r alter Neal and Joseph Plaisted and
dated November 24, 1777, was forwarded to the department with this applica-
tion and sent the War Department, January 16, 1913.)
August 20, 1832, Josiah Colcord of Parsonsfield, Maine, testified that he
lived in New Market, N. H., in 1775, 1776 and 1777 and was well acquainted
with Walter Neal of New Market, N. H., served with him in 1775, under Capt.
James Hill, and in the same regiment the rest of the term, but under Capt.
Joseph Parsons, and also served in same regiment in 1777.
James Colcord.
August 20, 1832, Rufus Mclntire testified to acquaintance with Walter Neal,
for fifteen years or more; that the town records are in his possession and he
finds the name of Walter Neal among the early settlers of the town.
Rufus McIntyre.
Claim allowed and certificate of Maine agency was issued
November 28, 1832. (Only Revolutionary pensioner named
Walter Neal from any state.)
Part of a diary kept by Walter Neal, in 1776, sent on applica-
tion:
Newmarket, September 30, 1776.
Upon our journey to New York the towns we passed through:
First Epping
2
3 Chesher 4 Lonnon Darry
5 Notting west
6 East Duenstable
7 West
8 Grotan
9 Sherle
10 Lanster
11 Suseanten and then came into the Post Road Sest by Bemon's Tavern-
12 Holden 13 Woster
GENEALOGIES 345
14 Lustor 15 Spencer 16 Bruckfield
17 Woster . 18 Kingstown
19 Willbraham 20 Springfield and then come into
Connecticut.
21 Infield Woods; 13 miles thro
21 Winsor and then over Connecticut River, and then into herford city:
23 Weathersfield 24 Middletown
25 Wollinford 26 Northhaven 27 New Haven
28 Midford fairfield 30 Gransfarms 31 Norwock
32 Stanford and there drawed lovvence and then we was orddered to horse
neck and marched 8 miles and then come orders to turn away at the Right
up to a Place called fishkill and got within a mile and then had orders to turn
back to fishkill.
No mils back
from pickskill to flanks pint 5 mile and there we wass stashend there 14 dais
Capt gerdon company Lieut gilman and 19 men had orders with 45 tories to
fishkill and staid thare 5 dais and then Capt gorden and the rest of his men
80-order to Town Lefent gilman with his party at Fishkill: and there Capt
gordens company was stashened in the coledg at fishkill, Capt Gorden and
Lieut gilman and part of thair men went down to fourt consterhishen and staid
there 5 dais and then Returned Back to the coledg again and staid there'till
our times wer out and so on
and a hill that we come up was seventy steps high up as stairs chamber
we seed a flock of sheep there was fine five and twenty hundred in that flock.
The places we have marched through in this year
Newmarket Tucksbery
Exeter Bilrike [Billerica]
Kingston Bedford
Plastow conkord
haverel sudbrey
Bradford Mulbry [Marlboro]
Andover Woster
The names of the towns from the Fishkills to Wooster
1 To Kent in Connecticut 25 miles
2 New Milford 8 Springfield
3 Litchfield 9 Palmer
4 Harrington 10 Western
5 Hartford 11 Kingston
6 Windsor 12 Spencer
7 Suffield 13 Lester
14 Wooster
Jno. McNaughton 182"
Newbury Hadley River
Bradford crost coneticut
Boxford Northampton
Andover Chesterfield
346 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
tuxbery Worthington
Bilrickey Patridgefield
chanford gageburer
Westford New providence
grotten East Husick
Shurley Williamstown
Luenburg Pownal
filsbury Bennington
West mister Shafsbary
templeton Alleton
Petershem Sunderland
New Salem Manchester
Shuxbury
Hamherst
This letter is dated at Fishkill in the Dutch Country in the
State of New York, about 53 miles from the main army.
Der Farther & mother I take this opertunity For to inform you that I am
well as I hoap these Lines will find you & desire to Be Remembered to all En-
quiring Friends, coin Tash Regmen is in a veary good State of helth there is
none sick in our company of 4 companys of our Regment is kept to guard up
and Down hudsan's River a Bout 23 miles from main Body which is now at
White Plains & the other companies of our Regiment is a Bout 30 miles Furder
up where the congress Sets of this State, Our Duty is to protect them and guard
the tories, I hav Ben in formed that Calup (?) michel and his Brother are wel,
now our living his good & our Duty is not hard — — Theophlis wiggins & Benja
Pines is both well, So nothing more at present, But I Remain your Dutiful Sun
till Death parts, „. , T
Walter Neal
November ye 6, 1776
Addressed to
Walter Neal
at Newmarket.
In the State of Newhampshire with care and speed.
Newmarket, September 23, 1777
Dutiful Son
I received your Letter Dated Sept 4 and by it I understand that you are
Well as We are at Present,
We have Nothing New at Present amongst us But the Defeat that Poor
Bygoyn meet with
All our friends and Relatives are well.
Do write to us the first opportunity
So no more at preasent
this from your Honored father
Addressed to Walter Neal
Walter Neal
att Manchester
In Cap Jenkens Company, Col Tamsons Regiment.
GENEALOGIES 347
Walter 2 , an inhabitant of Portsmouth as early as 1653, and
whose house stood in the part of the town that later was set off
as Greenland, near the mouth of the Winnicut River, on Heard's
Neck. This property was adjacent to that of Capt. Francis
Champernowne and Samuel Haynes.
The first in America of the Neal name was the celebrated Capt.
Walter Neal, one of Mason's stewards. He came on the ship
"Warwick" in the spring of 1630 to Piscataqua and, as first
records state, brought a family and was governor over Captain
Mason's interests.
In 1631 when the whole plantation of New Hampshire was
divided, he was given control of the Lower Plantation, which in-
cluded Portsmouth, Rye, Newcastle, Newington and part of
Greenland, while Capt. Thomas Wiggin had control of the Upper
Plantation, which covered Dover, Durham, Newmarket, Stra-
tham and part of Greenland.
In 1632 Dixy Bull with fifteen men had dismantled the fort at
Pemaquid. Captain Neal equipped four pinnaces and shallops,
manned them with forty men and joined w r ith a barge from Bos-
ton, with twenty men, and sailed for Pemaquid, but owing to bad
weather they did not meet the enemy and were forced to return.
This was the first naval armament ever equipped for New
Hampshire.
In 1632 Captain Neal, Henry Jocelyn and Darby Field dis-
covered the White Mountains, in the Province of Laconia, and
gave them the name of the "Crystal Hills." As history states,
these were the first white men who ever set foot on the moun-
tains.
Captain Walter was undoubtedly the father of Walter 2 , as
early records of the Colony state that Captain Walter brought a
family, and Walter 2 occupied land over which the captain had
control and w r as interested in.
Walter 2 Neal in 1653 resided on Heard's Neck, Portsmouth.
In 1678 his son, Samuel Neal, appears, and in 1673 Walter 2 was
styled lieutenant of Capt. James Pendleton's Company, and
became a captain prior to 1692. His garrison is referred to in
town records of 1692, in which Captain Nele of Greenland fur-
nished ammunition to several garrisons. He was selectman,
tythingman, one of the first members of the North Church of
348 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Portsmouth, and was among a committee to regulate the seating
in the church.
No record of anyone by the name of Neal is found except
Captain Walter 2 and his son, Samuel. Captain Walter's wife's
name was Mary Ayers, as records in 1661.
His pew in the North Church was assigned in front of the
minister, and his son, Samuel, had a seat in the men's gallery.
Walter 2 was a member when Nathaniel Rogers was ordained
in 1699.
December 5, 1653, town records show that "it was granted unto
Walter 2 Neal a lot of eight acres to his house upon the neck of
land by Winnicotte River," commonly called John Heard's Neck,
and later 50 acres were allotted him by the town.
Samuel \ son of Captain Walter - and wife, Mary Neal, born at
Greenland, June 14, 1661. He was admitted to the North Church
at Portsmouth, November 29, 1694, and (as church records) had
children: Thomas, Walter, Jeremiah, John, all baptized by Rev.
Joshua Moody in 1695, and Joshua, baptized April 11, 1697.
Jeremiah settled in Portsmouth and paid tax there in 1727.
Joshua settled in Stratham, where he had a daughter, Olive, born
December 15, 1721, by wife Abigail.
Walter 4 of the Newmarket line came from Portsmouth and
settled in Exeter, where he married before 1717, Ann, daughter of
Richard and Jane (Hilton) Mattoon. He was probably a son of
Samuel who was baptized at Portsmouth, April 21, 1695. Chil-
dren:
Hubartus 5 , b. 1717; m. 1747 Mary, dau. of John and
Rebecca (Smart) Perkins; d. Dec. 13, 1805. She d.
June 18, 1806.
Samuel 5 , b. 1720; m. Catherine Burley.
John 5 , b. Apr. 5, 1722, d. 1806; m. Lydia Wiggin.
Ann 5 , 1724-1736.
Ebeneezer 5 , b. 1726, m. first, Lydia Clark; m., second,
Elizabeth Perkins.
Walter 5 , 1731-1820; m. Lydia Parsons.
Deborah 5 , b. 1733; m. as second wife of Walter Wiggin of
Stratham.
Ann 5 , b. 1736; m. Joshua Robinson.
Hubartus 5 , son of Walter and Ann (Mattoon), resided near
Rockingham Junction. He was captain previous to 1775;
signed the Association Test on 1776. His children were:
GENEALOGIES 349
Bartholomew ,; , b. 1748; d. young.
Hubartus 6 , 1752-1815; m. 1774, Mary, dau. of Joseph and
Sarah (Glidden) Smith of the "Brick House" in New-
market. He signed the Association Test with his father
in 1776.
Molly", 1756-1760.
Enoch fi 1762-1814; m. 1788, Nancy Towle; settled in Par-
sonsfield, Maine, and d. there.
Hubartus h and wife, Mary (Smith) Neal, lived on the home-
stead in Newmarket. Children:
John Glidden 7 , b. 1775, m. Elizabeth Leavitt; settled in
Maine. They had children: Mary Ann, Caroline, John,
Sarah, Elizabeth, and Helen, who m. James Howard of
Skowhegan, Maine.
Mary 7 , b. 1784; m. Joseph Merrill.
Joseph Smith, b. 1788; m., first, Olive Ringe; m., second,
Abner P. Stinson of Newmarket.
Andrew \ 1792-1876; m. Sarah Bowker.
Ebeneezer 7 , b. 1797; m. Mary Tarlton.
Both Hubartus 5 and Hubartus (; Neal, with their wives, are
buried in the Rockingham Junction Cemetery, with stones.
Supplement to Neal Family
Walter 4 Neal of Newmarket was the son of Samuel of Green-
land. This fact has been established by records. It came
through manuscripts, genealogy of the families of Hubartus
Neal, Sr., and Col. Joseph Smith. Samuel 3 Neal, son of Cap-
tain Walter '-' of Greenland, married Jane Foss. He was a signer,
with his father, to the petition desiring the jurisdiction of Massa-
chusetts over the New Hampshire settlements in 1690.
Children of Samuel 3 Neal and Jane Foss:
Samuel 4 , m. Hannah Lock; resided in Greenland.
Thomas 4 .
Walter 4 of Newmarket.
Jeremiah 4 .
John 4 , m. Whitten.
Joshua 4 .
Walter 4 Neal, son of Samuel 3 , was born in Greenland in 1692.
He was baptized by Rev. Joshua Moody of Portsmouth, 1695-
1755. His will proved at Exeter, April 22, 1755. Hubartus 5 ,
son of Walter 4 , married in 1742, Mary Perkins.
350 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Samuel 5 , born in 1720, died April 8, 1760; married Catherine
Burley (Bradley?) in 1739.
Ebeneezer 5 , died April 15, 1805.
Deborah 5 , born November 14, 1733.
Ann 5 , born in 1736.
North Church Records, Portsmouth
April 21, 1695. Thomas, Walter, Jeremiah, John Neal,
children of Samuel Neal and wife, Abigail Brier, admitted to the
church, April 20, 1693.
Excerpts from Old Deeds and Wills
From the history of Parsonsfield, Maine
In a deed dated May 17, 1629, from four sagamores to John
Wheelwright and others, recorded in York County, Maine,
records, Walter Neal is styled governor for the company of
Laconia.
In 1631 Walter Neal was agent of Gorges Mason and others
for their patent, including Portsmouth, Newcastle and Rye. He
lived at Little Harbor at the mouth of the Piscataqua. He dis-
covered the White Mountains, made a survey of and map of the
territory he governed, drove away pirates, hung an Indian, and
returned to England in 1634.
From "History of Kittery, Maine" by Stack pole
Capt. Walter Neal was a soldier for sometime before coming to
Pascataqua in 1630. He was made captain of a London com-
pany of artillery, which office he retained until 1637. There is
some trace of him at Plymouth, England, in 1639.
A Walter Neal, born in 1633, is mentioned often as living in
Greenland, N. H., from 1653, from whom there are many de-
scendants.
History tells us that Walter Neal came over on the "Pied
Cow," and in an old book in Concord it states that he brought a
family, among them several women, who were married by a
magistrate after they stepped from the boat.
In 1673 Lieut. Walter Neal was in office and in 1689 he was
captain of a military company of Portsmouth.
In 1683 Walter Neal, called captain, married Mary Ayers. He
was a freeholder in Portsmouth and signed a petition to the King,
and was sent to England by Nathaniel Weare.
GENEALOGIES 351
On June 25, 1667, Walter Neal took oath of freeman.
In 1702 Walter Neal of Greenland deeded land to Samuel,
"my grandson, he being the son of my son, Samuel."
In 1 702 Walter Neal of Greenland willed to William Philbrook,
who married Mary Neal, daughter of Walter, "land and buildings
at Greenland, and my personal property at my decease."
In 1735 Walter Neal of Newmarket deeded land in Gilman
Town to Robert and John Light.
Copy of Will of Walter Neal
In the name of God, Amen, I waiter Xeal of New Market, this 15th, day of
April, 1755, in the 28th year of the reign of his Majesty King George, the Sec-
ond, «S:c, —
ITEM. I give and bequeathe to my dear and well beloved wife the use and
benefit of K of my dwelling house, viz the north end thereof along the river,
and all the household goods, and all the provisions that are now in my home,
and three cows, and five sheep and their lambs for her own, and the keeping of
the cows and sheep, winter and summer, and their lambs, till they shall want
hay. and two hundred weight of beef a year, and four barrells of cyder, and
half the corn and grain which my son Walter shall raise upon the land, which I
gave him, and the getting all her meal ground for her, which she shall yearly
need for bread, and corn and what rum, sugar, and molasses she need, and the
paying the Doctor's bills of which she shall need in sickness; all which is my
will that my Ezec hereafter named should do, and provide for my wife as long
as she lives, providing she accepts this my will to renounce or disclaim her
dower or thirds.
ITEM, I bequeathe to each of my sons, Hubartus; Samuel; John; and Eben-
ezer fifty pounds old tenor to be pa d by my Exec, hereafter named within ten
years of my decease, and to my son John, I also give and bequeathe my common
right at Spruce Swamp in Exeter; and I give and bequeathe also to my son
Eben r all the apple trees, and the land which is under them, which stand upon
the land I bought of David Lyford.
ITEM, I give and bequeathe unto each of my beloved daughters, Deborah,
and Anne, one hundred pounds old tenor, to be paid within four years, after my
decease, if they dont marry before that time, but if they do marry sooner to
be paid at the time of marriage, by my Exec, hereinafter named, and the north
end of my house till they marry.
ITEM, I give and bequeathe unto my beloved son Walter, all my land build-
ings, mills, and all my estate, both personal and real which is not mentioned
before in my will, and provision for burial etc.
(Signed) Walter Neal
Witnesses
Gideon Colcord
Jerusha Colcord
Note.
Inventory 50 acres of land.
352 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
1744. Walter Neal's wife was Ann Mattoon, she a daughter of
Richard Mattoon.
1751. Walter Neal deeded land to son Ebeneezer Neal in
Newmarket.
1763. Walter's son, Ebeneezer Neal of Stratham, received from
Samuel Yeasey and wife, Mary, Ebenezer's right one sixth part
of Mary's estate that came from her father, Thomas of Stratham.
Ebenezer sold land in Epping, also land and buildings in New
Market.
1737/8. Samuel Neal was apprenticed to Jonathan Wiggin.
(This was Samuel 3 .)
1755. Samuel Neal deeded to Walter and Margaret (Neal)
Philbrook land and share in house in Greenland.
1756. In the will of Samuel Neal in Greenland his wife, Eliza-
beth (Haley) Neal, he gave Comfort, the wife of Francis Berry,
his daughter; also daughter, Margaret, wife of Walter Philbrook;
and Hannah Neal; also Ruhamah, wife of William Norton; also
to Daniel and Samuel Neal Mason, sons of Elizabeth (Neal)
Mason ; James and Jonathan Neal Berry, sons of our late daughter,
Genea Berry, and husband, Francis Berry.
1719. Joshua Neal of Portsmouth received from Joseph and
Sarah Hill, land in Salem.
1760. In will of Joshua Neal of Stratham his wife, Abigail
Haines, sister of Samuel Haines, also both children of their father,
Samuel Legatees; Abigail, who married Samuel Cate; Elizabeth
and Olive Griffith ; a son-in-law, Thomas Veasey, his son a legatee,
Joshua Veasey; and Stephen Cate, another grandchild.
1766. Hannah (Lock) Neal, daughter of Deacon William Lock
and wife of Samuel Neal of Greenland, received from Daniel
Mason, as legatee; also Francis Berry and Comfort Berry;
Walter and Margaret Philbrook; William J. and Ruhamath
Norton, land and buildings in Greenland, from the estate of
Samuel Neal of Greenland.
John Neal of Loudon deeded to Samuel and Joseph Neal farm
and buildings in Third Division No. 17, 95 acres in Meredith.
Ebenezer Smith deeded to Joseph Neal whole lot of land No. 16
in Meredith, excepting out of same, 60 rods in breadth, the
northeasterly side of the same the whole length of the lot whereon
Jacob Bunker lives, excepting the road laid out through said land
sold to Joseph Neal, and to have the rangeway at the easterly end
GENEALOGIES 353
of the land sold as set off by the selectmen of Meredith for said
road. Joseph Neal paid for above 45 pounds, 18 shillings.
Dated April 30, 1789.
Portsmouth Land Grants and Surveys, July 10, 1655
It is further granted unto Walter u Neal for an out lot, 50 acres
of land laid out by the captain's lot. As granted this lot was near
Winicut River at the bottom of the Great Bay.
Walter u Xealle, this 22 of July 1655, his home lot, doth extend from good-
man havens, his fence due north, and by east unto Winicout Riuer, leaning a
way from Captain Champernounes, between his housesses, where he formerly
wente: he has allowed 50 acres by ye towne.
Captain Walter 11 Neal, on July 22, 1665, was selectman, also
to 1688. He married Mary of Greenland parish in
Portsmouth. In 1673 he was one of a committee to help establish
Massachusetts. In 1693 he was one of the men to help in the
seating of the people in the Old North Church, or Meeting House,
in Portsmouth, and he was captain of a company of Portsmouth
men in 1708.
May 24, 1671, in the " Point of Graves" Cemetery, Portsmouth,
Walter Neal had a division. This was half an acre of land in
which several men had a share, and Walter Neal shared with
fourteen others for his share. He was credited 15 shillings.
In 169 3/4, in the allotment of seats in the North Church, Sam u
Nele had a seat; also his wife, Abigail (Brier) Nele, in Portsmouth,
had a seat. The children of Sam u Nele and wife, Abigail, were
admitted to the North Church: Thomas, Walter, Jeremiah and
John.
In the North Church records of 1697 was Joshua Neal, son of
Samuel Neal, who was admitted to the church in 1697.
In 1671-1697, as North Church records, Walter Neal was a
member; also Sam Neal was admitted in 1695. (This looks as
though Walter had died, and is buried in the "Point of Graves"
yard, in lot No. 14.)
Walter 4 Neal (Samuel 3 , Walter 2 , Capt. Walter), born in 1692,
married January 17, 1715, Anne Mattoon, daughter of Richard.
He died in 1755; she died in 1756. Their children:
Hubartus, b. Oct. 22, 1718; m. Mary Perkins.
Samuel, b. Mar. 26, 1720; d. 1734.
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Ebenezer, b. Jan. 18, 1726; m. Eliza Perkins; second, Lydia
Clark.
Walter, b. June 22, 1731; m. Lydia Parsons.
Deborah B., b. 1733; m. Walter Wiggin.
Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1736; m. Joshua Robinson.
Samuel 5 Neal (Walter 4 , Samuel 3 , Walter 2 , Capt. Walter),
born March 26, 1720, married Catherine Bradley. Their
children:
William i; , a Revolutionary soldier.
John.
Joseph" (called "Red Oak" Joseph), m. Nancy Perkins.
(She was called "Kitty.")
Mary, m. Walter Philbrick.
Samuel, born June 8, 1749, married Abigail Conner. They are
buried in Newfield. This Samuel was a son of Samuel of Kittery
and wife, Hannah Locke.
Samuel 3 , born in 1661, married Jane Foss. Walter 2 (Capt.
Walter) and wife, Mary, who came to America in 1631 with a
family (as first records in Concord), and had some 50 men with
him, settled in Greenland Point or Little Harbor. They came on
the "Warwick." Capt. Walter was agent for the London
Company. He was called back to England, as history states, and
left goats, malt and other things, and returned to England. (No
record that he ever returned to America.)
Joseph Neal (called "Red Oak" Joseph for distinction),
1759-1836, was a son of Samuel. When he was 16 years old he
ran away from home and enlisted in the Revolutionary War.
Later he was discharged and went home, and married Lydia
Perkins (called "Kitty"). They had a son, John, born in
Stratham. The wife died in 1734. He married, second, Nancy
Perkins, and they came to Meredith and settled on what was
later the Richard Neal farm on Neal Hill.
After John, the son, grew up, he married Betsey, daughter of
William Wadleigh, and lived on what is now called "Green Acres"
farm. They had children that are buried on the southwest corner
of the field.
Children of Joseph Neal and his second wife, Nancy Perkins:
Lydia, m. William Wadleigh.
Deborah, m. John S. Moulton.
Nancy, m. James Wadleigh.
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Polly, m. Stephen Wadleigh.
Olive, m. Stephen Wadleigh as his second wife.
Adeline, m. Ebenezer Chapman.
Richard Neal married Elizabeth Xeal, daughter of "White
Oak" Joseph Neal, she born in 1795. Their children:
Col. Joseph, 1813-1879; m. Elizabeth Gordon, 1819-1881.
Their dau., Clara, 1846-1894, m. George Hilton, a lawyer
of Meredith, and later of Paterson, N. J.
Catherine, 1818-1875; m. Jonathan Perkins Norris, 1808-
1875. Their dau., Julia, 1844-1890, m. David Whicher,
1831-1915. Their children:
Lucy, d. young.
Ellen YV., m. Frank Bartlett. Their son, Norris P.
Hannah, b. 1821; m. Joseph M. Bean as his second wife.
Their dau., Ellen C, b. 1858, m. Otis Clark of Manchester.
Their dau., Carlie, m. Daniel Healey. They have two
sons.
Mary E., b. 1823; m. J. N. True, 1823-1912. Their
children:
Edward N., 1848-1865.
Mary R., b. 1852; m. David Ambrose. Their son,
David Edward, b. 1892, m. A. V. Blanchard. (See
family.)
Charles, 1837-1892; m. Georgia Lamprey of Belmont.
Their children:
Abbie, 1869-1900; m. James Youngman.
George Richard, 1872; m. Ada M. Eastman, b. 1872.
Their children: Rachel I., b. 1902; Charles R., b.
1904; Robert J., b. 1907; Fred E., b. 1909; George F.,
b. 1910.
Samuel Neal and wife, Elizabeth Haley, settled in Stratham,
near "Frying Pan Lane." Their children:
Samuel, b. Mar. 22, 1755.
Andrew, b. Jan. 19, 1758.
Jeremiah, b. Nov. 4, 1759.
Joseph (called "White Oak" Joseph), b. Mar. 25, 1762;
m. Hannah Smith of Meredith. He and John walked by
spotted trees to Meredith and there bought land.
John, b. Mar. 10, 1764.
Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1766; m. Capt. William Ray.
Mary, b. June 1, 1770.
Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1773.
Sarah, b. Jan., 1775.
Deborah, b. Jan. 22, 1779.
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Joseph Neal
("White Oak" Joseph)
From information gathered from various items, notes, family
records, and tradition through our parents, Samuel Neal 3 , who
married Elizabeth Haley in 1754 and served in the Revolutionary
War, was the son of Samuel 2 , who married Elizabeth Lock in
1710, and the daughter of Deacon William Lock. Samuel 2
served in the French and Indian War. He was a grandson, twice
removed, of Walter Neal of Provincial days and who did much to
help establish New Hampshire as a State.
Samuel 3 Neal lived near "Frying Pan Lane," so-called, in
Stratham. There was much controversy about laying out roads
in early days of "driftways," "Frying Pan Lane" being one of
them, which was so narrow that two teams could not pass, and
running to the Exeter Road, through gates, and from the by-ways,
down to "Thresher's Lane," where they had to ford streams, as
there were few bridges in those days. The middle road was
called "Drinkwater Road," so-called because early records state
that a man walked down through the whole length, asking at
every home for a drink of cider and in every case was given water.
He said: "This must be Drinkwater Road."
Samuel 3 Neal and wife, Elizabeth Haley, had ten children.
Among the family were Joseph and John. Tradition tells they
were very poor, as most of the early settlers were in those days,
and Joseph was bound out, as records state, to Mr. Wiggin for
some years. After serving his apprenticeship he and his brother
John went to Boston and worked for a time; then, hearing of good
land in Meredith, recently laid out, they walked up, following
spotted trees, and settled in the wilderness, bought lot No. 4, and
hewed lumber to build a shelter near "The Smile of the Great
Spirit."
In 1797 the selectmen of Meredith laid out a road, described as
from a "birch tree, in the First Range, by Simeon Cate's corner
on the Wares Road, to run north on the 'Old Cart Path,' through
Joseph Neal's paster to Joseph Neal's 'Pond Lot' (100 acres),"
the present John Neal farm on the Daniel Webster Highway.
Soon after this another road was laid out on a "bridle path,"
across from the present highway, passing the Joseph Neal home
to the "Old Province Road."
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After building a home Joseph Neal married Hannah, daughter
of Jeremiah Smith and wife. They raised nine children, and
among them was Joseph, Jr., who was one of the deacons of the
first church in Meredith, situated on the Parade. History tells
us that they had what was called a "tidy man"; he had a long
pole with rabbit's ears tied on the end. The sermons were long
in those days, and the men were weary from hard work and some-
times fell asleep. It was the duty of this "tidy man" to walk
around and brush the rabbit's ears across their faces to waken
them. (Some of this information comes from William H. Neal,
who is much interested in the history of old Meredith.)
Many Revolutionary soldiers who had meagre government
pensions settled in this locality, as land was good.
Joseph Neal who had raised his stock, had six oxen, with which
he went "to market" twice a year, taking along any provisions,
such as beef and pork, that they had raised. He traded these for
supplies needed in the homes, such as salt fish, salt, molasses,
tobacco, and usually a barrel of rum was included to be dis-
tributed among the farmers. (In those days of "long ago" it
was not considered courtesy, if the minister called, not to give
him a little tonic.) These pioneers also felt that they needed a
little in haying time, at barn raising, which was quite an event in
early days; also in early spring, when they polled rafts of logs to a
sawmill to be prepared into lumber for building, which often
reached far into the night. It was sometimes hard to keep the
logs from getting away, and the men usually came home chilled
and wet from head to feet. Then they took a little that was held
in reserve for sickness or chills. Another time when it was used
was at the annual "sheep washing," when they had a neighbor-
hood place to wash their sheep and clean the wool. In the
Charles Wiggin pasture, on a clean ledge, they ran uhe water
from the brook through a wooden spout from the brook near by.
After the sheep had their bath they were sheared, and the "gude"
housewife carded the fleeces by hand into rolls and spun and wove
the wool into cloth for clothing and yarn for knitting hose for her
family. The girls had their share of knitting for the family.
John Neal, the brother of "White Oak" Joseph, who came up
into the wilderness by spotted trees, settled for a time near by, but
the lure of cheaper land enticed him to go farther north and settle.
He married a daughter of Capt. William Ray, who was a Revolu-
358 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N H.
tionary soldier, and lived in a pole house for a time, on Lot No. 3,
where the N. H. State papers state that he had eight acres cleared,
and four in his family. Capt. William Ray married a sister of
Joseph Neal, and he and his wife rest in the old Neal yard with
two children on the old farm. After he and his wife died, the
sons, not having land enough to live on, went to Ellsworth for a
time and later came farther south for better land. The older
Ray boys are buried in different towns. The descendants live in
West Rumney, and have there raised a family.
Another Joseph Neal, who was born in Newmarket, then a part
of Stratham, was a cousin to the previous Joseph Neal. (History
states that when he was sixteen, he ran away from home and
enlisted in the Revolution. After he came home he also went to
Meredith and settled on the Center Harbor Road, at the top of
Neal Hill, where three generations lived after him.
There being two Joseph Neals living near each other in Mere-
dith, for distinction the people called the latter one "Red Oak"
Joseph Neal and the first one "White Oak" Joseph Neal. Tradi-
tion says that these epithets were used on account of the wood or
lumber that grew on their farms.
"Red Oak" Joseph Neal had a son, Richard, who was a
prominent man in town affairs. He married Betsey (Elizabeth)
Neal, daughter of "White Oak" Joseph Neal and wife, Hannah
(Smith) Neal. His grandson, George Richard Neal, is employed
by the Standard Oil Co. and lives in Woburn, Mass. He is the
last Neal of that branch of the family.
A descendant of "White Oak" Joseph Neal is William Howard
Neal, who lives in Meredith on Neal Hill. He is a noted stock
raiser, and has won many blue ribbons and silver cups for pre-
miums. He has also helped much with the ancestry of many of
the Meredith families in these annals of Meredith.
Another descendant of "White Oak" Joseph Neal is John
Frank Neal, who has been employed for some years by the Stand-
ard Oil Co.
Joseph Neal ("White Oak" Joseph), of Meredith, was a son of
Samuel 3 Neal and wife, Elizabeth Haley, who was called the
"King of the Shoals." Joseph Neal, 1762-1851, married Han-
nah, 1771-1851, daughter of Jeremiah Smith. (See Smith.)
Their children:
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William, 1789-1830. He was a ship carpenter.
John, 1790-1864; m. Lois Mead, 1795-1875, dau. of John
Mead. Their children:
Hannah, 1815-1901.
Mary Jane, 1817-1839.
Son. 1818-1818.
Martha, 1819-1824.
Betsey M., 1822-1908.
Darius J., 1824-1908. He m. Frances S. Elliott in
Canterbury; they resided in Chicago. Their son,
Charles Ames, b. 1862, m. Melanie F. Norton. Two
sons, Elliott, b. 1897; Kimball Ladd, b. 1900.
Martha A., 1828-1914; m. Eben S. Thompson as his
second wife. His first wife was Sarah Hanaford.
She had a dau., Eleanor, who m. Rev. Nathan Pal-
meter.
Susan Maria, b. 1831; single.
John Mead, b. 1833; m. Jane Wadleigh. Their chil-
dren :
Emma Jane, b. 1863; m. 1897 Clarence Clark, b.
1866. Their children: Helen, b. 1901, m. Fred
Bean; C. Henry, b. 1902; Harold, b. 1906; m.
Marion Cotton, b. 1909.
Sarah Jane, b. 1864; m. Edward Taylor, b. 1862;
she his second wife.
John Frank, b. 1867; m. Margaret S. Murray, b.
1887. They have one dau., Phebe, b. 1921.
Harriet, 1835-1927.
Ezra D., 1839-1910; m. Lavina S. Leavitt, 1871, dau. of
Isaac Leavitt and wife, Sarah Smith. Their children :
Edith L., 1875-1916; m. Charles H. Perrine, a
professor in Chicago. Their children: Judith
Grace, b. 1908; Dudley Neal, b. 1914.
Grace L., m. Harry C. Mills. He d. Their
children: Harry N., b. 1904; Charles E., b. 1906;
Lois, b. 1910. '
Elizabeth, 1793-1836, dau. of "White Oak" Joseph Neal,
m. Richard Neal, son of "Red Oak" Joseph Neal and
wife, Abigail. "Red Oak" Joseph Neal m., first, Lydia
Perkins, called "Kitty." She d. leaving a son., John, b.
in Stratham, who came to Meredith with his father and
m. Betsey Wadleigh, dau. of William Wadleigh. They
lived on what is now called "Green Acres," and tradition
says the family are buried there in the southwest corner
of the field. "Red Oak" Joseph Neal m., second, Nancy
Perkins. Children:
Richard, m. Elizabeth Neal, dau. of "White Oak"
Joseph Neal.
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Lydia, m. William Wadleigh of Meredith.
Deborah, m. John S. Moulton.
Nancy, m. James Wadleigh.
Polly (Mary), m. Stephen Wadleigh.
Olive, m. Stephen Wadleigh as his second wife.
Adeline, m. Ebenezer Chapman.
Children of Richard Neal and wife, Betsey (Neal) Neal :
Col. Joseph, 1812-1879; m. Elizabeth Gordon.
Their dau., Clara, m. George Hilton; lived in
Paterson, N. J.
Catherine, 1818-1876; m. Jonathan P. Norris,
1808-1875. Their dau., Julia, 1844-1890, m.
David Whicher. They had a son, Norris
Bartlett Whicher.
Hannah, m. Joseph M. Bean in 1853. Their dau.,
Ellen Catherine, b. 1858, m. Otis Clark of
Manchester. They had a dau., Carlie, who m.
Daniel Healy. They have two sons.
Mary E., 1823-1912; m. J. N. True. Their chil-
dren: Edward N. and Mary R. b. 1852, m.
David Ambrose. Their son, Edward Ambrose,
m. Yictorine Blanchard. Their children: Adele
Victoria, b. 1913; Dorothy, b. 1914; David G., b.
1915; PaulT., b. 1920.
Charles, m. Georgia Lamprey of Belmont, N. H.
Their children: Abbie, 1868-1900, m. James
Youngman; George Richard, b. 1872, m. Ada M.
Eastman, b. 1872. Their children: Rachel Irene
b, 1902; Charles Richard, b. 1902; Robert John,
1907-1910; Frederick E., b. 1909; George Frank-
lin, b. 1910.
Mary, 1795-1879; m. Joseph E. Robinson of Portsmouth.
He d. 1854; she m., second, Nath x Batchelder, and lived
in Meredith Village and there died.
Joseph, 1797-1854; m. Lucy Dow, dau. of EbenezerDow,
the Revolutionary soldier. Their children:
Hannah Jane, 1829-1899; m. Charles C. Roberts, son of
Joseph Roberts and wife, Mary (Daniels) Roberts.
They lived in Tamworth, N. H. Children:
Lucv Jane, 1859-1859.
Charles H., 1860-1913.
Joseph Neal, 1862-1862.
Joseph Neal, b. 1865.
Arthur, 1869-1916.
Dixie Guy, b. 1874.
W T illiam, b. 1830; m. Mary Esther Smith, dau. of
Deacon Benjamin Smith of Sanbornton, 1842-1892.
William Neal was killed by a train at Bridgewater,
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going home from the fair at Plymouth in 1895.
Their children:
Arthur J., 1864-1882.
William Howard, b. 1871; m. Lucy M. R. Neal,
b. 1872, dau. of James H. Neal and wife, Adeliza
J. Copp. Their son, William Joseph, b. 1905.
W. H. Neal and son are noted stockmen.
Bertha, b. 1873; m. Deacon Charles H. Eaton of
Meredith, N. H.
Lydia, b. 1832; m. Gilman Whittaker. They had a
dau., d.
Smith Lock, 1840-1889; m. Eliza Heath. Their
children:
Alice E., b. 1862; m. Frank Swain.
George Elmer, b. 1864; m. Mattie Moore.
Charles E., b. 1856.
Frank P., b. 1870; m. Nellie M. Davis. Their
children:
Herbert Frank, b. 1894.
Clarence E., b. 1898; m. Josephine Cutting.
Their children: Nellie Davis, b. 1924;
Darrell Walter, b. 1928.
Ralph Davis, b. 1900; m. Gladys White, b.
1902, dau. of Rev. Howard White and wife,
Nellie (Lincoln) White. Their children:
Roland, b. 1923; Elisabeth, b. 1925; Ralph,
b. 1927.
Hannah S., 1799-1855; lived single.
Smith, 1806-1887; m. Sarah Elizabeth Smith of New
Hampton, dau. of Nicholas Smith and wife, Lavina
Smith. (See Smiths.) Their dau., Mary Elizabeth, b.
1853; m. John P. Hanaford. (See Smiths.)
Nancy, 1810-1854; m. Joshua W lggin.
Irene, 1813-1902; m. Charles Smith; lived in Meredith.
THE JOHN MEAD NEAL REUNION OF FAMILY IN 1898
By Mattie (Neal) Thompson
At the homestead on the hillside, what a group of children — eleven:
A babe, a child, two older sisters died, and left our number seven;
Years sped on, some went, some tilled the soil, and kept the home,
Father, mother still abiding, with no thought or wish to roam.
At the homestead on the hillside, see that group gathered today;
To recount, remember, life's events through all the way.
Father born in 'seventeen-ninety, mother born in 'ninety-five;
Mother died at almost fourscore, father almost seventy-five.
362 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Days have sped like weavers' shuttles, filling in life's varied woof,
Days of sunshine, days of shadow, since we left this sheltering roof;
Past the goodly age of fourscore, past the threescore and ten —
Stepping briskly through the 'sixties, girls and boys, now women, men.
Do we dream the babe we tended, thought him cunning, handsome, fine;
Stands among us, gray-haired deacon, born in 'eighteen thirty-nine.
What a record, what a history, reaching through a century;
Joy and gladness — pain and sadness — has it brought this family.
'Neath this well-kept roof we gather, cross the threshold as of yore,
To the hill, the brook, the orchard, to the field, the woods, the shore
Of the Lake Winnipesaukee, scrambling over rocks and sand;
Well we knew each rock, tree, brooklet, every spot in father-land.
Hills and rocks, brook, field and woodland, greet us smiling verdant still;
We forget life's uphill journey, dreams of youth our pulses thrill.
From the hilltop, in the pasture, finer landscape few have seen —
Sparkling lake, dotted with islands, distant mountains draped in green.
Golden sunsets; oft we tarried till the sun was sinking low,
As it lingered for a moment, lovingly its rays to throw
O'er the landscape, lake and mountains, o'er the clouds, the sky so bright,
Ere it kissed the far horizon, brightly, tenderly, good night.
From the zenith to the horizon, what a picture to behold,
Rainbow tints blending and fading, to a sky of blue and gold;
Oh the pictures vivid, lifelike, photographed on memories wall,
Like a living panorama, we review them one and all.
But the orchard, "gate tree," "bar tree," "father's stripe tree," "mother's
Old sweet tree" in the corner, where we used to sit and eat — ■
All are gone, trees young and old, yield the fruit we pick today;
Few decrepit, scattered broken, stand the old trees by the way.
We have come each single-handed, girl nor boy brings back their mate;
One by one they passed before us, on the other shore they wait.
We shall part, no more to gather, all our sacred number seven,
Till we meet, life's journey over, all our loved ones, safe in Heaven.
Joshua Neal
April 14, 1818, Joshua Neal, born in 1756 at Tuftonborough,
Strafford County, N. H., age 62 years, deposed :
That he enlisted in August, 1776, in New Hampshire under Capt. Calef, Col.
Pierce Long, New Hampshire troops, for one year; served out his term and was
discharged at Stillwater, N. V., in August, 1777;
That he was in several skirmishes at Ticonderoga, and also at Patterson's
Island in the Hudson on the retreat from Ticonderoga in 1777.
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November 17, 1819, Mark Wiggin of Wolf borough, X. II., 74 years of age,
testified that he saw Joshua Xeal in service, on the retreat from Ticonderoga,
in July, 1777, and has no doubt that Neal served until the regiment was dis-
charged, August 8, 1777, at Stillwater, \\ V.
I commanded the First Company, in said regiment, and was present with my
company until the regiment was discharged, and was well acquainted with
Joshua Xeal.
Mark Wiggin.
October 2°, 1819, Richard Lock of Rye, X. H., "late a private in Revolu-
tionary War," testified to personal knowledge of Joshua Xeal's service, as he
saw him frequently while in service.
Richard Lock.
Claim allowed, and certificate issued under Act of March 18,
1818.
July 11, 1820, Joshua Neal of Tuftonborough, N. H., 64 years
of age, testified that he has in his family a wife (no name given),
64 years of age.
Pension continued.
(Only Revolutionary pensioner named Joshua Neal from any
State.)
Joshua Neal, born June 23, 1756, died November 4, 1840;
married Mary Tarlton, born August 12, 1756, died December 10,
1825. (Elias 3 , Elias 2 , Richard Tarlton l . Their children:
Betsey (Elizabeth), b. May 2, 1777; d. Jan. 18, 1861.
Richard, b. Dec. 9, 1779; d.'jan. 4, 1780.
Hannah, b. Mar. 22, 1781; d. Aug. 23, 1865.
Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1782; d. Apr. 1, 1786.
Mehitable Berry, b. Julv 17, 1785; d. Oct. 24, 1870.
Polly (Mary), b. June 26, 1791; d. 1844/5.
John, b. Oct. 13, 1793; d. Sept. 23, 1855.
John Neal married Nabby Hussey, born September 28, 1789;
died May 9, 1872. Their children:
Richard B., b. Mar. 13, 1820; d. Sept. 25, 1890; m. Nancy
Piper Kelsey.
Thomas W., b. May 6, 1822; d. Nov. 27, 1880; m. Tryphena
Kelsey.
John L., b. Nov. 3, 1827 ; d. Oct. 28, 1877 ; m. Lydia A. Scott.
Joshua A., b. Oct. 14, 1827; d. Oct. 14, 1887; m. Angeline
Bernel.
Mary A., b. Apr. 13, 1832; d. Feb. 23, 1861.
James H., b. Jan. 29, 1835; d. Nov. 13, 1860; m. Nov. 13,
Adeliza Copp, b. Apr. 4, 1835; d. Nov. 20, 1913; she a dau.
364 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
of Isaac N. Copp and wife, Hannah Rogers. Their
children:
John, b. Mar. 6, 1863, in Tuftonboro.
Frederick \V., b. Mar. 9, 1865; mar. Oct. 7, 1897, Anna
A. Roberts of Dover.
Isaac B., b. Mar. 9, 1866.
Lucy W. R., b. Nov. 1, 1872; m. William Howard Neal
of Meredith. Their son, William Joseph, b. Aug. 3.
1905.
Isaac N. Copp and wife, Hannah Rogers. Their children:
Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1831; d. Jan. 6, 1834.
Adeliza J., b. Apr. 4, 1835; d. Nov. 13, 1860. She m.
James H. Neal. He was b. in Tuftonboro, Jan. 29, 1835.
William R., b. July 4, 1728; d. Apr. 6, 1752.
Richard Tarlton, Whose Daughter, Mary, Married Joshua
Neal
Richard Tarlton, born August 12, 1728; married September 2,
1752. Mary (His Comfort), born Dec. 20, 1727. Their children:
Mary, b. June 2, 1753; d. Apr. 13, 1755.
Mary-, b. Aug. 12, 1756; d. 1825; m. Joshua Neal.
Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1758; m. Aug. 11, 1758.
John, b. Oct. 2, 1762; m. Jan. 11, 1763.
Hannah, b. May 20, 1764.
Ruth, b. June 2, 1769.
Hannah Rogers, Who Married Isaac N. Copp
William Rogers, born February 8, 1756, died in 1810; married
in 1780 Mary Chamberline, born May 5, 1760; she died Septem-
ber 10, 1795. Their children:
John, b. Apr. 22, 1781; d. Feb. 1, 1807.
Eleanor, b. Mar. 2, 1783; d. Sept. 6, 1819.
William C, b. Jan. 13, 1785; d. Nov. 16, 1852.
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 12, 1786; d. Nov. 19, 1848.
David, b. Mar. 9, 1789; d. Aug. 16, 1823.
Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1792; d. June 4, 1845.
Mary Conner, b. July 7, 1796; d. Apr. 18, 1844; m. Nov. 10,
1767.
James, b. Jan. 2, 1798; d. Dec. 30, 1878.
Samuel C, b. Aug. 24, 1799; d. Apr. 26, 1861.
Nancy, b. June 20, 1802; d. Dec, I860.
Susan, b. June 20, 1804.
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Hawaii, b. Apr. 23, 1806; d. Nov. 12, 1884; m. Isaac N.
Copp.
Jane, b. Oct. 30, 1808; d. Sept. 17, 1810.
Phoebe C, b. Sept. 3, 1810; d. Mar. 6, 1855.
William H. Copp and wife, Elizabeth Blake of Tuftonboro.
Their children:
Belinda, b. Oct. 12, 1796; d. Oct. 4, 1854; m. James Canney.
LvniA.b. Dec. 16, 1798;d. Mar. 2, 1881 ; m. Jonathan Burley.
Isaac N., b. Dec. 31, 1800; d. May 14, 1887; m. Nov. 15,
1827, in Tuftonboro, Hannah Rogers, dau. of William
Rogers and wife, Mary Chamberline.
JOHN L., b. Mar. 14, 1804; d. Nov. 14, 1804.
Elizabeth A., b. Oct. 11, 1805; d. Mar. 26, 1872; m. John
Eox, 1827.
William, b. Apr. 22, 1807; d. Sept. 24, 1857; m. Hannah
Morrill, Nov., 1831, in Tuftonboro.
Dearborn, b. Mar. 10, 1811; d. Mar. 4, 1896; m. Elizabeth
Burlev.
Martha A., b. Apr. 6, 1814; d. July 7, 1871.
Arvilla, b. June 20, 1816; d. Aug. 25, 1854; m. George W.
Piper, 1835.
Langdon, b. Sept. 27, 1817; d. May 23, 1848; m. Sarah A.
Burley.
NEALLEY
William Nealley was the ancestor of the family who settled in
Nottingham about 1725. He was one of the Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians, or Puritans, who landed in Boston, and one of the
first settlers in Londonderry. He had four sons and one daughter :
William J. Mathew and John.
Mathew was born in Nottingham. He proved a smart man
and became a large land holder. He had sons, Joseph and
Andrew Nealley died in 1865 at Meredith from a fractured
spine, after a fall. He was a Revolutionary soldier; enlisted from
Nottingham; was in Capt. Henry Dearbon's Company at Bunker
Hill. He married Mary B. Chapman. They had a son, John,
1819-1884; born in North wood; died in Meredith on the farm
owned by him and his father, Andrew Nealley. They settled in
Meredith on the Old Province Road, beyond the Batchelder and
Pease farms.
Deacon Andrew Nealley, 1790-1865 (date of birth wrong, if a
366 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Revolutionary soldier). Their daughter, Mary, married Calvin
Wadleigh. Jane died young.
John Nealley, 1819-1884, married Elizabeth Kelley, born on
Kelley Hill in New Hampton, 1823-1888. Christopher lived
single.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Kelley) Nealley had a brother, William C.
Kelley, who married Hattie King of Franklin. The mother died
and Deacon Andrew Nealley and wife took the babe and brought
her up (Fannie Kelley, born 1864) and educated her. She
married Marvin Brown. She died in 1931.
The Nealley farm was sold, and 100 acres went with the house.
The place was sold to Miss Arnold and called "Clover Ridge
Farm." It is to be the future regional estate of the New England
Girl Scouts for a summer camp on the "Old Province Road."
NICHOLS
Robert Nichols and wife were killed by the Indians in 1675 in
Saco, Maine. He was a soldier in King Phillip's War.
In Elizabeth Lok's will (widow of Henry Lok, 1551) she men-
tions Elizabeth and Robert Nichols as descendants.
In the History of Candia it mentions William ' and Mary
Nichols of Topsfield, Mass.
John - and Lydia of Topsfield had a son, Thomas 3 , baptized
1669/70, who married in Salem, Mass., in 1694, Joanna Towne.
Their son, Isaac 4 , baptized in Salem in 1701, married in 1727/8,
Sarah Wilkins. They settled in Sutton, Mass. Their son,
William 5 , born in 1739, married in 1760, Kezia Fitts. Their son,
Robert 6 , born at Oxford, Mass., August 2, 1773, married in
Royalton, Mass., 1796, Esther, daughter of Capt. Gad Pierce and
wife, Mary Foster. Their son, Gad Pierce, born in 1799, married
Hannah Chapman in Meredith, near Camp Anawan, near Cass
Hill.
Robert More Nichols died April 2, 1879; he married Huldah
Jane Fogg. They are buried in Meredith Village Cemetery at
Meredith. Their children:
Sarah Jane, b. 1842, m. Dr. John P. Elkins, b. in New
Durham. He was a physician in Elkins (the town named
for him). He d. in 1895. They adopted a girl whose birth
name was Bertha Mastin, adopted as Elkins. She has a
brother, Frank Mastin of Hill, N. H.
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George Franklin, 1S44 1862.
James Edwin, 1845 1914; m. Elizabeth Greege of New York
City.
James Edwin Nichols was one of the founders and for thirty
years the head of what was said to be the largest grocery house in
the United States. The firm name was Austin, Nichols & Co.
He gave the town of Center Harbor a beautiful library building,
in memory of his father and mother.
Robert M. Nichols and wife, Huldah Jane Fogg Nichols, were
respected citizens. He had a strong personality and his counsel
was valued high as a merchant, banker and citizen. His life and
character were an inspiration to his fellowmen. He died in
Austria, leaving a wife and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Jane (Nichols)
Elkins. She died in Laconia at her home there, and was laid to
rest at Elkins with her husband. When Mr. Nichols was a
young man he worked in the Folsom & Smith store in Laconia
for a time.
Robert More Nichols, 1807-1873, married Huldah Jane Fogg.
They are buried in Meredith Milage Cemetery. Their children:
Sarah Jane, b. 1842.
George F., 1844-1862.
James Edwin, 1845-1914; m. Elizabeth Gregge of New
York City. He gave the town of Center Harbor a library,
in memory of his parents. He was president of the New
York City Savings Bank. A man held in high respect.
He died in Austria at the commencement of the \Yorld
War, leaving a wife and one sister, Mrs. Sarah P. Elkins,
born in 1842, who married Dr. John P. Elkins, born in
New Durham. He practiced medicine in the town that
was named for him. He died in 1895. They had an
adopted daughter, Bertha Mastin Nichols, who had a
brother, Frank Mastin, who lives in Hill, N. H.
NORRIS
From the Norris Family in America, 1640-1892
Nicholas 1 Norris was the ancestor of the family in New
England, born about 1640. He was a tailor by trade and a
planter; early lived in Hampton. History states he was one of
the English settlers in Ireland, where he was born. He came to
368 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
America when 14 years old. He married Sarah Coxe in Novem-
ber, .1663. This is the first record of him in Hampton.
In 1666 he was in Exeter. In 1696 he took the oath of alle-
giance and in 1696 was a soldier in a garrison. His home, in
Exeter, was near Meeting House Hill, where he lived 57 years.
History states that his descendants have become like the sands of
the seashore.
His fourth child and second son, Moses 2 , was born in Exeter,
August 14, 1670. He received sixteen acres of land, in 1698, on
the road to Hampton Farms, from his father-in-law, Samuel
Folsom of Exeter, whose daughter, Ruth, he married in 1692.
Her mother's name was Mary (Robey) Folsom. She was a
granddaughter of John Folsom, the immigrant, who came on the
ship "Diligence" in 1638 to Ipswich.
Their seventh son, James 3 , born in Exeter, settled near West
Epping. He was a soldier in Capt. Daniel Ladd's Company,
and scouted for Indians six days near Lake Winnipesaukee. He
married, first, Mary; second, Mrs. Alice, widow of Joshua
Mitchell of Newmarket. He was a prominent man in business.
His eleventh child, Major Daniel 4 , born in Epping, settled in
Raymond. He was a deacon in the church. He married Mary,
daughter of Joshua Lane and grand-daughter of William Lane.
She was born at Hampton in 1748.
Their oldest son, Daniel 5 , born 1767, married Lucy Perkins,
daughter of Deacon Jonathan and wife, Rhoda (Sanborn)
Perkins of Pittsfield, born in 1774, married in 1794. Daniel
Norris died in 1852, aged 85 years. His wife, Lucy, died January
27, 1867, aged 92 years. Children:
Betsey, d. 1804, aged 6 yrs.
Rhoda, d. 1817, aged 17 yrs.
Betsey, d. 1875, aged 63 yrs.
Daniel Norris built the first frame house in 1794 at Center
Harbor, on the division line. Steven Norris was in Meredith,
Joshua and Daniel in Center Harbor.
Jonathan and wife, Rhoda (Sanborn) Perkins Norris, children:
Sally (i , b. 1795; m. Samuel Bean; lived in Meredith Village.
Betsey, 1797-1804.
Rhoda, 1800-1817.
Daniel, b. 1804; lived in Meredith. They spelled their
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name Norry until they came to Meredith, then changed it
to Norris.
Jonathan Perkins, b. 1807; lived in Center Harbor.
BETSEY, b. 1812 ; lived in Center Harbor.
RHODA, b. 1816; m. 1851, Nathaniel Beach; lived in Ver-
mont. Their son, Daniel N., 1856-1857.
Their fifth child, Jonathan Perkins Norris, born in 1807, lived
in Center Harbor. He married December 12, 1837, Katherine,
1813-1890, daughter of Richard Neal and wife, Betsey Neal, of
Meredith. Their children:
Julia A., b. 1843; m. 1862, David M. Whicher. She d.
1889. Their dau., Ellen A., b. 1863; m. Jan. 1, 1884,
Frank A. Bartlett. Their son, Perkins Norris, b. 1885.
Two daughters d. young.
Lucy, b. 1847.
Ellen, b. 1855; d. 1858.
A brother of Daniel, Joshua Norris 5 , born at Raymond in
1769. He was in New Hampton and one of the signers of a peti-
tion for incorporation of Center Harbor, June 8, 1797. He
married Abigail, daughter of Major Josiah Fogg, son of Stephen
Fogg, pioneer of Meredith; married second, Betsey Gilman. He
died in Center Harbor, December 3, 1853, aged 85 years. He
lived on the so-called Webster place. Children:
Josiah «, 1792-1872; m. Mary Bean in 1823. Their children:
Dudley, m. and lived on the Brown farm.
George, m. Martha Mudgett.
Jane, m. Tuttle.
Mary, b. 1795.
Josiah Norris sold his farm to William Brown.
A brother, Stephen 5 , born in 1781 at Raymond, married in
1804, Sarah Libbey, born in 1779. He was superintendent of
the first Sabbath school in the Meredith and Center Harbor
Church, located first back of the Richard Neal house. Some
stones remain of the first church yard there. He died in 1815.
Their daughter,
Ruth's b. 1807; m. David S. Emery in 1827. He was a
blacksmith. They lived in Center Harbor. Their chil-
dren:
Stephen N., 1828-1831.
Sarah L., b. 1832; m. Dr. William A. Page.
Smith F., b. 1836; m. 1864 Susan H. Moulton. Their
children: Caroline P., John H., Alice and others.
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Lydia Norris, a sister to the preceding, of the fifth generation,
was born in 1823 and married Jonathan Brown. She died
in 1858 and he died in 1861. They lived in Meredith.
Their children:
Sallie, b. 1817; m. 1838 Alphonso C. Emery. They lived
in Center Harbor. Their son, George, b. 1840.
Jonathan, b. 1822; m. 1845 Elizabeth Fullerton. Lived in
Meredith. Their children:
Mary F., b. 1849; m. Frank Keazer. Their son,
Henry F., b. 1875.
Sarah E., b. 1853; m. Charles Miller. Their son, Earle
W., b. 1885.
John N. f b. 1855.
Charles N., b. 1857; m. Carrie Neal. Their son,
George N., b. 1885.
George E., b. 1862.
Jennie H., b. 1864.
James Shapley Norris (Benjamin B. 5 , Samuel 4 , Nicholas 3 ,
Moses 2 , Nicholas l , born at Portsmouth in 1813, where he lived
sixteen years; Boston, eleven years; Cuba and West Indies, three
years, and in Meredith, forty-seven years. He was a cooper
by trade. He married Maria Tufton in 1835, daughter of
Samuel and wife, Mary (Spinney) Tetherly of South Eliot,
Maine. She was born there, and died in Meredith in 1883.
Their children:
Mary Elizabeth and Mary Jane, b. 1842 in Dover.
Mary Jane m. Oscar Perkins, b. in Meredith, 1838; d.
1881.
James Henry, b. 1843 in Alton; d. in Meredith, 1849.
Proctor, b. 1847.
Emma Isabel, b. 1851; m. 1871 Allen I. Sanborn. Lived at
Lake Village. Their son, Charles, b. 1874.
Maria Louisa, b. 1854; m. 1872 James Henry Maguire of
Lowell, Mass.
Ada Rogena Brockman, b. 1857; m. Frank Clough. Lived
in Boston.
Tablet on a boulder in Meredith Village yard: Proctor T.
Norris, 1847-1903; Adelaide Norris, 1848-1904.
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Daniel 5 Xorris (Daniel ', James 3 , Moses 2 , Nicholas), was born
in Raymond, N. H., September 30, 1767. He married Lucy
Perkins and they lived in Center Harbor. She was a daughter
of Deacon Jonathan and wife, Rhoda (Sanborn) Perkins of
Pittsfield. She was born June 17, 1774. They were married
February 27, 1794. He died October 2, 1852. She died January
27, 1867. Their children:
Sally 6 , b. Aug. 17, 1795; m. Samuel Bean of Meredith.
Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1797; d. 1804.
Rhoda, b. May 27, 1800; d. 1817.
Daniel, b. Mar. 28, 1804; lived in Meredith Village.
Jonathan Perkins, b. 1807; lived in Center Harbor.
John Norris, b. Aug. 23, 1809; lived in Lancaster.
Betsey, b. June 20, 1812; d. 1875.
Rhoda L., b. Dec. 23, 1816; m. Nathanile Beach in 1851.
Joshua Norris, brother of Daniel 5 , was born at Raymond,
February 23, 1769. He was in New Hampton and signed a
petition for the incorporation of Center Harbor, June 8, 1797.
He married Abigail, daughter of Josiah Fogg; married, second,
Betsey Gilman. He died in Center Harbor, December 3, 1853,
aged 85 years. Children by Abigail Fogg:
JosiAH 6 , b. July 29, 1792; d. 1872; m. Mary Bean in 1823.
NOYES
William Noyes married Mary Graves. Their son, William
Furnace Graves Noyes, born in 1820, married in 1851 Charlotte
Boynton, born in 1817 at Meredith. Note — There were freight
boats that in early days freighted goods from Alton Bay, where the
freight was brought overland from Portsmouth and other sea-
ports, distributing to inland towns. William Furnace Graves
was a prominent man on this line of boats. William Noyes and
wife named their boy for this grandfather of Mary Graves.
William Furnace Graves Noyes and wife had a daughter, Susie
Eliza Noyes, born in 1883. She lived in Laconia, also in Mere-
372 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
dith. She married Herbert Nathaniel Sanborn, born in 1862.
Their children:
Ernest Noyes, b. 1884; m. Carrie Belle Cox of Meredith,
b. 1882. Their children :
Ruth Leonette, b. 1910.
Frank Herbert.
Charlotte Clara, b. 1888; m. Herbert A. Hopkins from
New Hampton; d. 1919. Their children:
Bernice Margaret, b. 1907.
Daris Olive, b. 1912.
Orvis Herbert, b. 1919.
Clarence Herbert, b. in Laconia, 1894; m. 1914, Minnie
Bullman, b. 1892. Their children:
Louis Bullman, b. 1917.
Wilber Clarence, b. 1919.
ODELL
Thomas Odell was early in Stratham, N. H. His son Thomas
settled in Nottingham. Children:
John, of Durham, N. H.
Jacob.
James, of Salem, Mass.
Noah, of Boston, Mass.
Joseph Odell, 1772-1825, settled in Sanbornton on a farm and
worked at shoemaking. He was a deacon of the Bay Second
Baptist Church. He married Nancy Ford in 1797; she was born
in 1775, a daughter of William Ford and wife, Elizabeth Hilton.
William Ford was a lieutenant in the Revolution. He lived on
Sucker Brook, and was a blacksmith. Later he moved to the
Oliver Calef farm. He is buried in the Ford-Doe yard, and his
grave is marked by the D. A. R. marker in Sanbornton (one of
the neatest kept yards in the section, with a large natural boulder
in the front). Their children: Jacob, Joseph, William, Ebenezer,
David of Sanbornton and Ira, who went to Massachusetts.
William Odell, born in 1804, kept a grocery store. He was a
deacon of the Free Baptist Church. He married Hannah,
daughter of Stoten Tuttle of Meredith, who came from Notting-
ham. Their children:
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Nancy, b. in New Hampton; d. young.
Sarah, m. Uriah Morrison of Lake Village.
Mary E.. d. in Montreal, Canada.
Mary Anna, d. in Lakeport.
Joseph Lowe Odell, born in 1831, taught school for a time in
1854. He went into the drug business in Lake Village and served
in several offices in town. In 1854 he married Abbie Swain in
Gilford, 1834-1895. Their son, Willis Patterson Udell, was born
in New Hampton in 1831. He was educated in Boston Uni-
versity, and preached some years. He married Miss Beede of
Meredith, who has passed on.
OSGOOD
Captain Timothy Osgood was one of three brothers who came
from England in 1634. William, the youngest, settled in Salis-
bury, Mass. One of the sons, Chase Osgood, married three times;
he lived in Epping and later in Loudon. He was the father of
twenty children.
Timothy Osgood, born at Salisbury, Mass., was in Epping
before he was five years old. He went to Raymond in 1770;
married Jane Deaborn of Hampton. He died in 1835. They
had eleven children. He was 83 years old. His widow died in
Northwood in 1847, aged 98 years.
Ebenezer, a brother, was born in Epping. He was in the
Revolution. He married Mary Eogg and they settled in Epping
in 1782. He married, second, Anna Fullonton. In 1803 he
moved to Loudon.
John Osgood married Susanna Prescott, daughter of Stephen
Prescott. They moved to Loudon in 1795, later moved to
Gilmanton, where his wife died in 1834. He died in 1848, aged
86 years. They had seven children. One of his sons, Stephen,
lived on his farm.
Reuben Osgood of Epping had sons, Samuel, Joseph and Reu-
ben. They settled in Gilmanton.
Samuel Osgood had Samuel, Reuben, Polly, John, Betsey,
David, Elisha, Sally, Susan, Benjamin and Moses.
Joseph Osgood had True, Jonathan, Rachel, Molly, Daniel,
Joseph and Anna.
Reuben Osgood, by his first wife, had Nancy, Polly, Betsey and
374 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Dudley; by his second wife, Hannah Morrill, whom he married
May 27, 1792, they had Isaac, Oliver, Ruth, Reuben, Fanny and
Sarah.
Daniel Osgood married Betsey Osgood. They had Malinda,
Greenleaf, William, John Hazen, Nancy, Lucinda, Joseph, Julia
Ann and Asa.
Dudley Osgood had Abiah (who married Lewis W. Gilman),
Perley, Mary and Jacob.
Capt. John Osgood, aged 26 years, of Gilford, married March
10, 1903, Leah Prescott, aged 20 years.
Dudley Prescott Osgood died in Gilford in 1873, aged 67 years.
He married Eliza Jane Rundlett. She died in 1857, aged 55
years.
Charles Osgood married Mary Elizabeth Hanson of Laconia.
He died in Potosi, Miss., in 1901. Their children:
Fred Hanson, b. Sept. 24, 1861.
Ray Susan, b. May 23, 1866; m. - - Penfold.
Georgia Serena, b. Apr. 17, 1868; lives in Laconia.
HANSON
John Hanson of Berwick, Maine, was a Quaker in 1710. One
day while he and his oldest daughter were at church the Indians
were watching to catch the children. The two oldest boys were
in the field and the wife at home with four small children. The
Indians went in, killed the children and took the mother and a
babe, fourteen days old, also the nurse, one son and two young
girls. They sacked the contents of the house, got what they
wanted and took the party to Canada, where they sold them to
the French.
When the mother's milk gave out, from exhaustion and fright,
she warmed water in her mouth for the babe, until the Squaws
taught her to beat walnut meats and boil them with husked
corn for nourishment for the baby.
John Hanson went to Canada the next spring and redeemed
his wife and all the children, except the oldest girl. He saw her
and talked to her, but they would not let her go with her father,
even for money. She married a Frenchman, but never returned.
Mr. Hanson made another unsuccessful trip to Canada and died
at Crown Point, in 1725, on his way back.
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This ended the fray between the French and Indians, as a
treaty was signed in 1726 at Dover, N. H.
Some of the Hanson family were in Dover, down through the
generations to John Hanson, who married Susanna Prescott,
daughter of Stephen Prescott. They removed to Loudon in
1795, later settled in L T pper Gilmanton (Belmont), where his
wife died in 1834. He died in 1848, aged 86 years. They had
seven children.
Among some of the descendants of John Hanson and wife,
Sarah Tuttle of Dover, were James M. Hanson, who married
Abra T. Randlett, who came from Ossipee or Tamworth. Their
gravestones, in Meredith Bridge yard, give their dates. They
were the parents of Mary Elizabeth, who married Charles Osgood
in Laconia.
Many are sleeping in their windowless places of rest, in the
shadows of Belknap hills, where for many years they saw the sun
rise and set in early life.
RANDLETT
From Miss Osgood's Records
Grandfather Noah Randlett married Rachel Osgood. Their
children:
Trew O., m. Abigail Dow, Feb. 10, 1814, in Epping.
Joseph had three children.
Charles had five children.
Noah.
Henry W.
Ann Randlett, m. Somes. They had five children.
Eliza G., m. Osgood; five children. She was grand-
mother to Miss Georgia Osgood of Laconia.
Rachel, m. Edwards.
Mary, m. Wymann.
Allie, m. Bean.
Abegail.
Prescott P. Randlett married April 14, 1859, Lydia J. Simpson,
daughter of Alexander Simpson and wife, Mary Anna Smith,
daughter of Elisha Smith and wife, Abigail Robinson of Meredith.
They lived in Belmont. Another sister, Abby R. Smith, married
Calvin West Shephard of East Tilton.
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Thomas Ford of Nottingham in 1748, one of the Masonian
proprietors of Meredith, married Amanda Randlett of Sanborn-
ville, near Ossipee, she an aunt to Mary Elizabeth Hanson, an
only child.
Thomas Ford, in 1754, drew lot No. 5 in First Division, Range
No. 7, a point lot, also No. 75 in the Second Division and No. 75
in the Third Division.
PEARSON
History of the Pearson Family in America
Published in 1904
Tradition says that early in the seventeenth century three
brothers by name of Pearson sailed from England to America.
One settled in what is now the state of New York; the other two
came to Massachusetts.
Now the history becomes authentic. Unto one of the brothers
last mentioned was born, on the 26th day of April, 1758, a son
who was named Edmund. While yet young, he heard and heeded
the call to fight for the independence of his country, and by his
resolute courage and brave acts the rank of major was conferred
upon him. At the age of 21 years he married one Dorothy
Swasey, a maiden of 19 years. They settled in Exeter, N. H.,
and the house they lived in remains in a good state of preservation
unto this day. Unto them were born ten children, five sons and
five daughters.
Dorothy, the eldest, and of the same name as her mother,
married a Rundlett and settled in East Kingston. James
married — ; his wife died leaving a daughter, after
which he went to sea and died there at the age of 38 years.
William married a Miss Osborne and lived in the state of Maine.
Fanny married Samuel Dodge and lived in Exeter. Edmund
married Hannah Philbrick, and after his father's death, in 1842,
removed to Bloomfield, Maine. Mary married John F. Moses
and lived on the old homestead in Exeter. Henrietta, the first,
died at the age of two years; Henry M. married Mary Ladd of
Gilmanton, now Belmont; Nathaniel married Caroline Gerrish
and located in Exeter; Henrietta, the tenth and youngest of the
flock, never married. She made Exeter her home, although she
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traveled quite extensively. She died March 27, 1881, the last
of her father's family.
Seven of the ten children reared families, if my memory serves
me right, though those of James and Nathaniel have become
extinct. Our own branch of the family tree was perhaps the
largest and has been the best preserved.
The descendants of the "Pearson brothers" are scattered far
and wide, yet one is sure to find traces of them near the home of
their birth.
Since the War of 1776 there has not been wanting a representa-
tive to fill the ranks in our country's service, and one of our num-
ber, Samuel D. Pearson, of precious memory, yielded his life in
the defence. Henry Morrill Pearson was born December 23,
1795. At the age of 17 years he responded to the call of duty and
enlisted in the War of 1812, and, although not called into active
service, by this act signified a desire to serve his country, if
needed. At the age of 27 years he married Mary Ladd, daughter
of John and Mehitable (Gale) Ladd of Gilmanton. She was the
seventh of a family of ten children, equally divided as to sex:
John, Stephen, Goold, Dudley, Daniel, Abigail, Susan, Eliza,
Mary and Eunice. All lived to manhood and womanhood; eight
reared children. Three families are extinct. All of them were
of sterling worth and ability.
Our mother, Mary L., was married at the age of 17 years. She
was a God-fearing woman, a faithful wife and mother. Our
parents were united in their efforts to sustain religious meetings,
and their doors were ever open to ministers of the gospel and for
social worship. They gave largely, according to their means, for
religious and educational work and were always interested in
every enterprise that promised to benefit the community in which
they lived, or the world at large. We believe the world is better
for their having lived in it. May this prove true also of their
descendants, who rise up to call them blessed.
Unto them were born fifteen children, nine of whom were
married; eight reared families. That of John, the eldest, has
become extinct. He married Elizabeth Crockett. Their only
child, Clarence H., a lawyer by profession, died in 1899, leaving
no issue. Dorothy died at 16 years. Caroline G. never married.
She is located in Danville, N. H. Hattie L. died at 24 years.
Fanny married an Emerson and resides in Peabody, Mass.
378 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Mary married Monroe H. Philbrook and is located in Belmont,
N. H. William died at 8 years of age. Edmund married Susan
Griffin, and resides in North Hampton. Jennie married Charles
G. Corliss, who served three years in the Civil War. They live
in Belmont, N. H. Samuel D. was a soldier in the Ninth New
Hampshire. He served two years and four months; was then
taken prisoner by the rebels and died of starvation in Salisbury,
N. C, prison, November 9, 1864, 20 years of age. Hannah
married Edmund R. Blake, a war veteran, who served in the
First Rhode Island Cavalry three years and ten months. They
are located in Danville, N. H. William became a soldier at 16
years of age. He was in active service one year and two months.
He married Jennie Cutler and resides at Laconia. Fred S., a
minister of the gospel, married Sylvia Newbegin and lives in the
state of Washington. Henrietta, a twin sister of Fred, married
John A. Page. They are located in the Dorchester district,
Boston, Mass. Oscar, the youngest of the family, died at the
age of 20 months.
There are nine of the children living, twenty-five grandchildren,
fourteen great-grandchildren. Thirty-six of this number met on
the shore of the beautiful Winnipesaukee River, near the old
home, and held a reunion June 18, 1901.
We recognize the hand of divine Providence in thus watching
over and caring for those left orphans at an early age, when it
seemed they needed a mother's love and a father's protecting
care. We believe He has fulfilled His promise, " I will be a father
to the fatherless," to us, and we will render thanks to Him Who
has permitted so many of us to meet again so near the home of
our birth. Let us kindly remember the absent ones who would
gladly meet with us if they could, and let us not forget the larger
gathering in the beyond where we shall meet and greet those from
whom we have long been separated in the "Home Land" above,
where sorrow is unknown. Let each one seek to have his name
placed upon the roll up yonder, that when it is called we may
enter in and dwell in those mansions God has prepared for those
that love Him.
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THE MEREDITH PEASES
By Miss Madge Pease, Ashland, N. H.
The Meredith branch of the Pease family trace their ancestry
to John Pease who came from England to Salem, Mass., in the
year 1634. He later settled at Marthas Vineyard, where, from
1646 till his death, his name stands associated with the island.
In his last will and testament, dated March 4, 1674, John
Pease mentions the names of ten children. One of these is
Samuel, who has no history on the island later than the date of
his father's will. It is probable he left the island when a young
man.
Papers on file in the office of the registry of deeds at Exeter,
N. H., give the name of Samuel Pease in a list of sixteen persons
who were summoned on a jury at Portsmouth, N. H., January 16,
1694. The records also state that Samuel Pease received a grant
of 50 acres of land from the town of Exeter in 1698.
Nathaniel Pease of Exeter was born in 1691. He married
Phebe, daughter of John and Sarah (Philbrook) Sanborn in 1725,
and settled in the part of Exeter later called Newmarket. He
was a carpenter and purchaser of land, according to the county
records. He died in Newmarket, October 20, 1748.
Their thirteen children are as follows:
Sarah, b. July 10, 1726.
Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1727; settled in Parsonsfield, Maine.
(Note. — It was customary in early days to give the eldest son
and the eldest daughter the names of the paternal grandfather
and the maternal grandmother. It will be noticed that Nathaniel
Pease named his first child, a daughter, Sarah for her maternal
grandmother, Sarah (Philbrook) Sanborn. The second child, a
son, was named Samuel. This leads to the belief that Nathaniel
Pease was the son of Samuel Pease of Exeter.)
Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1729.
Abigail, b. Jan., 1732.
Bathsheba, b. Mar. 16, 1734.
Phebe, b. Dec. 21, 1735.
Nathaniel, b. Feb. 21, 1737; lived in Exeter.
John, b. July 10, 1739; settled in Epping.
Zebulon, b. July 21, 1741; is said to have d. in the Conti-
nental Army at Cambridge.
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Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1743; settled in Meredith.
Eleanor, b. June 2, 1745.
Simeon, b. Mar. 24, 1747; lived in Poplin, N. H., in 1769 and
at Sanbornton in 1772.
Eliphalet, b. May 13, 1747; went to Cornish, Me.
Mark Pease of Cornish, Maine, son of Eliphalet and grandson
of Nathaniel Pease of Exeter, said in 1869, when the Pease gene-
alogy was being compiled, that his Great-grandfather Pease
came from Martha's Vineyard. This leads very strongly to the
belief that Samuel Pease of Exeter was John Pease's son, Samuel
of Martha's Vineyard, and that Samuel Pease was the father of
Nathaniel of Exeter. Mark Pease also stated that his Great-
grandfather Pease was killed by Indians while working in his
cornfield in Exeter. History shows that the Indians were very
hostile to the inhabitants of Exeter from 1690-1710.
Benjamin Pease, son of Nathaniel Pease of Exeter, was the
first of the Peases to settle in Meredith. The exact date of his
coming is unknown, but it was between 1777 and 1797, as the
following will show:
On March 27, 1777, a call was issued for all legal voters in
Meredith to assemble, and a list of their names was entered on
the town records. The name "Pease" does not appear in this
list of 47 voters.
But in April, 1797, in a petition of the Baptist Society to the
legislature for incorporation, the names of Benjamin Pease and
his sons, James and Joseph, appear.
As five of Benjamin Pease's eleven children were born previous
to the year 1777, it is evident that he had a family when he came
from Newmarket to Meredith. He was born at Newmarket
August 2, 1743. There he married his first wife, Annie Sanborn,
to whom were born three children :
James, b. Oct. 15, 1764, at Newmarket.
Joseph, b. Oct. 25, 1766; d. 1770 at Newmarket.
Dolly, b. May 2, 1770; m. Nathaniel Sinclair and went to
Vermont.
Annie Sanborn, first wife of Benjamin Pease, died before he
settled in Meredith. On April 28, 1773, he married Rebecca
Pike of Exeter, who was born January 29, 1752. It was her
ancestor, Justice Pike of Exeter, who stopped the whipping of
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Quaker women in Exeter in 1662. Justice Pike, flintlock in hand,
said: "Strike another blow and I will blow your head off."
The children of Benjamin and Rebecca (Pike) Pease were as
follows:
JOSEPH, b. Mar. 10, 1774. at Newmarket; d. May 4, 1862.
BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 17, 1775, at Newmarket; d. Apr. 3, 1831.
Simeon, b. June 11, 1778; d. July 30, 1843.
Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1779; m. Benjamin Sinclair of New
Hampton.
Robert, b. Dec. 24, 1782; m. Polly, dau. of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Marston) Smith of New Hampton; d. Apr.
15, 1813. Robert and his wife, Polly, are buried on the
Robert Smith farm, also her second husband, John
Boynton.
Rebekah, b. Nov. 28, 1786; m. Rev. Thomas Perkins of
New Hampton, a prominent Freewill Baptist minister.
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 9, 1789; went to Brighton, Mass.; m.
Mary Perkins of Maiden, Mass.; went to Quincy, 111.,
where he d. July 24, 1836.
Polly, b. Jan. 6, 1791; m. Thomas Woodman of New
Hampton.
Benjamin Pease and his wife, Rebecca Pike Pease, are buried
in the Pease lot on Oak Hill, which was near their home. They
settled on the farm formerly known as the Moses Pease place.
The writer has heard her grandfather (Robert Pease) tell how he
and his brother, Simeon, used to take a hand sled and sometimes
a yoke of steers attached to a sled, and go up to the Moses Pease
place and get their grandmother (Rebecca Pike Pease) and bring
her down to the home of their father, Joseph Pease, who lived
in the old house near the residence now occupied by Loring S.
Pease.
Benjamin Pease's sons, Joseph Benjamin' 2 and Simeon, settled
near each other along what is known as the Pease Road.
Joseph (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) lived on the farm later occu-
pied by his son, Simeon, and now owned and occupied by his
grandson, Loring S. Pease.
Benjamin' 2 (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) lived on the farm later occu-
pied by his only son, Noah, and now owned by Will Roberts.
Simeon (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) lived on the farm settled by
his father and later occupied by his son, Moses, and now owned
by Nathaniel Piper.
Joseph (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) was born in Newmarket, March
382 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
10, 1774. On April 11, 1796, he married Hannah, daughter of
Benjamin and Agnes Folsom of Holderness. He died May 4,
1862. Children as follows:
Benjamin, b. Sept. 25, 1797.
Lucinda, b. June 15, 1799; m. Joshua Wiggin; d. Nov. 5,
1827. Children: Charles and Ben.
John Shepard, b. March 6, 1801. After living in Boston
some years, he settled in Meredith. He m. Eliza Dow,
Mar. 21, 1848. They had one dau., Ella, b. 1854.
Betsey, b. Oct. 29, 1802; m. Levi Woodman of Manchester;
d. Feb. 20, 1878.
Rebecca, b. May 11, 1805; d. Apr. 11, 1864.
William P., b. Sept. 18, 1806; lived in Connecticut 30 years;
unmarried; d. in Meredith.
Joseph Freeman, b. Oct. 6, 1808; m. and lived in Candia;
d. in Manchester
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 5, 1810; d. July 17, 1825.
Simeon Dana, b. July 7, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1885.
Robert Folsom, b. June 18, 1814; m. Lorinda A. Piper of
Holderness; d. in Ashland, Nov. 7, 1900.
Hannah, b. June 29, 1817; m. Dudley Bartlett of Meredith.
One son, George, is now living in Haverhill, Mass.
Benjamin 2 (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) was born in Newmarket,
December, 17, 1775; married Polly Cram. Their only child,
Noah, was born April 20, 1811.
Simeon (Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) was born January 11, 1778;
married February 16, 1802, Mehitable Wedgewood, who was
born November 5, 1777. She died September 13, 1840. Simeon
died July 30, 1843. They are buried in the Pease lot on Oak Hill.
Children:
John W., b. July 14, 1804; m. Sophronia Cram, Nov. 24,
1831 ; d. Apr. 2, 1836. One child, Mary.
Sally, b. Nov. 5, 1806; m. Benjamin Ward; d. Apr. 22, 1871.
Children: Noah, Simeon, George, John and Mary.
Mary Ann, b. June 1, 1809; d. Feb. 15, 1810.
Nancy B., b. June 10, 1814; m. Samuel Ward. Children:
Benjamin, Frank, Nellie and Carrie.
Moses Cheney, b. Aug. 30, 1817; d. Nov. 22, 1894.
Simeon Pease, father of the above named children, was the
first clerk of the Oak Hill Church. He was also deacon, as
recorded on his tombstone. He and the minister, Rev. Moses
Cheney, must have been on the best of terms. They were about
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the same age. The minister's son, Nathan Smith Cheney, lived
with Simeon Pease from the age of 12 to 21. It will be seen from
the above list of children that Simeon Pease named his youngest
son Moses Cheney Pease for the minister. The minister re-
turned the compliment by naming his next son Simeon Pease
Cheney.
The hospitality of the people of Meredith was no exception to
that of early days. The writer has heard her grandfather say
that the number of people invited to the house of his father,
Joseph Pease, for dinner during a session of the Quarterly Meeting
at Oak Hill Church was so large that an entire sheep would be
consumed during the meal.
Coming down a generation later we find Noah, Simeon and
Moses Pease, three cousins, living along the Pease Road on the
farms of their fathers, Benjamin 2 , Joseph and Deacon Simeon,
who were brothers. These three cousins were nearly the same
age.
Noah (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) was the only son of
Benjamin 2 and Mary (Cram) Pease. He was born April 20, 1811 ;
m. Betsey M. Prescott, January 1, 1833; d. in Meredith, April
29, 1864. Children as follows, nearly all of whom went to
Chicago:
Benjamin L., b. Nov. 4, 1834; d. in Chicago.
Mary Elizabeth, m. Andrew Rollins of Rollinsford.
Sarah Frances, m. Joseph Lawrence of Lee.
Charles Henry, b. Feb. 12, 1842.
George D., b. July 11, 1843; d. in Chicago.
Edwin Brooks, b. July 21, 1847; d. in Chicago.
Emma J., b. Dec. 12, 1850.
Ella, b. May 16, 1854; m. in Chicago.
Harriet, b. Jan. 31, 1857; d. young.
Edith, b. Oct. 21, 1863; lives in Chicago.
Simeon Dana (Joseph, Benjamin 1 , Nathaniel 1 ) was born July
7, 1812; married Betsey, daughter of Nathaniel and Patience
(Page) Batchelder. He worked in Boston when a young man,
and returned to Meredith. Near the home of his father he built
a new house for his bride. Everything was ready for housekeep-
ing. A fire was built to heat the brick oven. That night the
house burned to the ground. Not discouraged, he immediately
built another on the same site. Here he lived the rest of his
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days, being interested in all phases of the life of the community
and town. He and his family were members of the Oak Hill
Church. He served in the legislature. His children were as
follows :
Azelia Jane, b. Apr. 1, 1845; m. Edwin Cox. Resides in
Meredith Village.
Laura E., b. Feb. 10, 1847; unm. Resides in Meredith
Village.
Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1849; m. Howard Prescott; d. in young
womanhood.
Hannah Abbie, b. Feb. 22, 1854; m. Frank Cummings of
Holderness; d. in Holderness.
Frank B., b. Dec. 23, 1855; m. Clara Hoyt; was a store-
keeper in Meredith Village; d. there.
Loring S., b. Aug. 26, 1859; m. first, Mary Ellen Hanson;
second, Mrs. Mary Allen. Resides on farm of his father.
Moses Cheney (Deacon Simeon, Benjamin 2 , Nathaniel 1 ) was
born August 31, 1817; married first, Betsey Ramsey, February
21, 1844, who died September 15, 1853. To them were born
four children, as follows:
Augusta Emeline, b. Nov. 15, 1844; m. first, James Coffin;
second, Dr. Phineas H. Wheeler; d. Feb. 1, 1904.
Martha Elizabeth, b. Apr. 12, 1846; resides in Laconia.
Ellen Wheeler, b. Dec. 15, 1848; m. John Frank Leighton;
d. May 11, 1897.
Leonette, b. Aug. 16, 1853; m. Frank P. Cox; d. Jan. 23,
1919.
Moses Cheney Pease married, second, Almira A. Cram, Aug.
23, 1854, who died July 29, 1904. To them were born five chil-
dren:
Eddie Wendall, b. Feb. 11, 1856; d. Aug. 15, 1857.
Carrie Evelyn, b. June 10, 1859; d. 1927.
Luella Belle, b. Feb. 14, 1861; d. 1927.
John Wheeler, b. July 8, 1863; m. Anna M. Gould; d.
June 25, 1919.
Charles Rogers, b. July 8, 1863; m. Adelle Dearborn;
resides in Laconia.
It has been said: "You will never find elsewhere the ready
hospitality and humor that is in a New Hampshire kitchen in
winter — the little intimate associations, the wood box piled with
birch, the good wife over the sink, the mince pies, the chairs
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tilted back against the wall, the farmhands stamping snow from
their boots by the stove." The homes of these three farmers —
Noah, Simeon and Moses — with more than twenty young people
must have been happy indeed.
PEASE
Nathaniel Pease, born in 1691 ; married Phebe Sanborn; died at
New Market in 1748.
Mark Pease, grandson, stated that his great-grandfather came
from Martha's Vineyard, and was killed by Indians in Exeter.
His father, Nathaniel, lived in Exeter, A Samuel also lived there.
John Pease, Sr., in his will mentions a son Samuel.
Robert l Pease, progenitor of the Pease family, supposed to
have been the son of Robert and Margaret Pease of Great Bad-
dow, Essex County, England, came to Ipswich in the ship
"Francis" to Boston, April 1634, settled at Salem, Mass., and
died in 1644, aged 37 years.
John - Pease, Sr, married Mary Goodell, daughter of Robert
Goodell of Salem; married, second, Anne Cummings, daughter of
Isaac Cummings of Topsfield, Mass.; moved to Enfield, Conn.;
died July 8, 1689. Their children: John, Robert, Mary, Abra-
ham, Jonathan and probably Samuel 3 ; by second wife: James,
Isaac and Abigail.
Nathaniel 4 Pease, born in 1691, supposed son of Samuel Pease,
last of Exeter, and supposed grandson of John, Sr., of Salem and
Enfield, supposed to have moved to Marthas Vineyard, married
Phebe, daughter of John and Sarah (Philbrook) Sanborn, in 1725.
He was a carpenter and purchaser of land in Exeter, and died
there October 20, 1748. Children: Sarah, Samuel, Anne, Abigail,
Bathsheba, Thebe, Nathaniel, John, Zebulon, Benjamin 5 (born
August 2, 1743), Elinor, Simeon and Eliphalet.
Benjamin 5 Pease married Anna Sanborn; married second, Re-
becca Pike, April 25, 1795; settled in Meredith. Children: James,
Joseph and Dollie; by second wife: Joseph, Benjamin, Simeon 6
(born June 11, 1778), Nancy, Robert, Rebecca, Nathaniel and
Mary.
Simeon 6 Pease married Mehitable Wedgewood, February 16,
1802; settled in Meredith, a farmer. Children: John, Sally,
Mary A. (married Benjamin Ward), Nancy B. (married Samuel
386 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Ward and lived in New Hampton, in 1844) and Moses 7 C. (born
August 10, 1817).
Moses 7 Cram Pease married Betsey (Elizabeth) Ramsey,
February 21, 1844; married, second, Almira A. Cram, August 25,
1854; resided in Meredith. Children: Augustus E., Martha E.,
Ellen W., Leonette; by second wife: Eddie W., Carrie, Luella
Belle, John and W. and Charles s R.
Charles 8 R. Pease married Adelle Dearborn. Children:
Arthur D. (born January 13, 1889), Alice M. (born October 19,
1891), Frances K. and Arthur D. Pease (married Ella Madeline
Andy, June 13, 1916).
Simeon Pease, Meredith, 1778-1843, married Mehitable Wedge-
wood, 1777-1840. Their children:
John W., 1804-1836.
Sally, b. 1806.
Mary Ann, 1809-1810.
Nancy B., b. 1814.
Moses C, b. 1817.
Sally Pease, born in 1806, married Benjamin Ward in 1834.
He died in 1857, aged 50 years. She died in 1871, aged 64 years.
Noah Ward married in 1865, Sarah F. Woodman, daughter of
Noah Woodman and wife, Relief Rogers W'oodman, New Hamp-
ton.
John F. Ward, son of Benjamin Ward, married in 1870, Julia E.
Melvin, who died in 1913.
George Ward, son of Benjamin, married Alice Parker in 1869.
Benjamin Ward, born in 1806, married Sally Pease, born in
1806; married in 1834. Their children:
Simeon P., 1835-1879.
Noah S., 1837-1899.
John F., 1839-1907.
George, 1841-1902.
Mary Ann, 1845-1870.
Noah S. Ward and Sarah Fanny Woodman Ward died in 1924,
aged 78 years. Their children:
Charles S., b. 1865.
Clarence E., b. 1874; m. 1897, Ida Roberta Webster,
Laconia. Their children :
Everett Gilman, 1901-1918.
Ralph Lester, b. 1904.
Helen Frances, b. 1906; m. Emerson B. Trask in 1928.
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Charles S., b. 1865; m. 1896, Mary E. Greenfield of Roches-
ter. Their children :
Jasper Greenfield, b. 1897.
Richmond Earle, b. 1900.
Vernon Charles, b. 1903.
PEPPER
William H. Pepper, born in 1830 in Nottingham, England, was
a son of Daniel Pepper and wife, Mary Parkins, who was a lace-
maker. The family located in Portsmouth, where Daniel Pepper,
made hosiery. Their son, when 17 years old, went into his
father's place of business and worked on a hand loom. Later he
drifted around a while. In 1857 he went to Lake Yillege and had
charge of Appleton's Mill. In a short time he formed several
partnerships, and was connected with the Lakeport National
Bank. He married Ellen A. Jackson of Maine. He married,
second, Mrs. Addie of Lakeport, and married, third,
Nellie S., daughter of William P. Moulton of Lake Village. His
daughter by the first wife, Emma M., who married George A.
Sanders, had a daughter, Ethelyn M., who, after her mother's
death, was taken into the grandparents' home.
PERKINS
From History of Rye, N. H.
Abraham Perkins, born about 1613, came from England with
his wife, Mary, on account of their religion, and settled in Hamp-
ton, N. H., about 1638. The Perkins Bible, printed in London in
1599, was brought with them and was in the possession of James
H. Perkins of Rye. Their children:
Abraham, b. 1639.
Luke, b. 1641.
Humphrey, b. 1642; d. young.
James, b. 1644.
Timothy, b. 1646.
James, b. 1647.
Jonathan, b. 1650.
David, b. 1654.
Abigail, b. 1655.
Timothy, b. 1657.
Sarah, b. 1659.
Humphrey, b. 1661.
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Humphrey Perkins, son of Abraham, born in 1661, married
Martha Moulton. Their children:
James, b. 1695.
John.
Jonathan, d. young.
Joseph.
Abraham.
Abigail, m. Leonard of Bridgewater.
Martha, m. Tilton.
Sarah, m. Flanders of Exeter.
James Perkins, son of Humphrey, 1695-1774, married Huldah
Robe. He moved from Hampton to Rye in 1730, when there was
only a footpath from his house to the meeting house. During the
Revolution he dug iron ore on his farm in Rye and hauled it to
i\mesbury Mills. Before then he loaded shallops with it and,
with the money so earned, bought a clock, which is said to be still
in existance in the family. Their children:
Huldah, b. 1718; m. Deacon Elijah Locke.
Anna, m. Stephen Page of Hampton.
John.
Abraham.
Martha, b. 1732; m. Henry Dow; m., second, Simon
Lamphrey.
James, baptized 1735.
From Pension Records at Washington
Benjamin Perkins of Meredith, dated April 29, 1818, 57 years
old, deposed. He enlisted in Epping, January, 1777, under Capt.
Jason Wait, Col. Joseph Cilley, in 1st N. H. Regiment, for three
years, served his time and was discharged at Danbury, Conn.,
January 25, 1780. He was in both battles at Saratoga or Still-
water, in 1777, and at Monmouth in 1778.
The discharge certificate of Benjamin Perkins of Epping, Rock-
ingham County, N. H., who served three years in the 1st N. H.
Regiment, dated Camp Danbury, January 25, 1780, signed by
Col. Joseph Cilley. Nothing on file to indicate that pensioneer
ever applied to have his name remain on the rolls in 1820.
August 23, 1832, Benjamin Franklin Perkins of Meredith, 72
years of age, applied under Act of 1832, and returned the certi-
ficate sent him under Act in 1818. He testified that he had lived
in Meredith more than forty years, was formerly a pensioneer but
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dropped under Act of 1820, and has not since been restored.
( laim allowed and certificate No. 6320, N. H. Agency, was issued
February 28, 1833. From memorandum on file it appears that in
1840 Benjamin Perkins, aged 79 years, was still living in Meredith.
He is the only Revolutionary pensioneer named Benjamin Per-
kins from a New England State, although there is one from Vir-
ginia.
Benjamin Perkins, 1760-1848, came from Epping. He mar-
ried, about 1783, Betsey Swain, 1762-1847, a daughter of Elias
Swain of Meredith and a half sister to Bennett Swain. Their
children:
Mary (Polly), 1785-1848; m. Daniel Mead.
Philbrick, 1787-1863; m. Sarah - -, 1786-1866. They
had a son, Charles, who was an Advent minister, 1819-
1859.
Sally, 1789-1859.
Jacob, 1791-1875; m. Widow Nancy (Randlett) Crockett
in 1819. They had children: Mary Frances, 1829-1873;
Benjamin, Jacob and Elizabeth.
John, 1796-1816.
Betsey, 1799-1816.
Nancy, 1801-1875.
Ruth, 1804-1897.
Mary (Polly) Perkins, 1785-1848, married Daniel Mead.
Their daughter, Eliza Jane, born in 1812, married in 1837 Salmon
Hibbard Sanborn, born in 1812 at Meredith (grandfather of
Mrs. Felker). Their children:
Almira J., 1838-1859.
Evanah T., 1840-1928; m. Benjamin Perkins, 1822-1913.
They were m. in 1870. Their dau., Eva, b. 1871, m.
Andrew L. Felker, b. 1869. He came from Barrington,
N. H. Their children:
Lewis Heath, b. 1895; m. Ruth Preston. Their children:
Morris Harold, b. 1924; Dorothy Eva, b. 1925.
Harold Perkins, 1898-1923; m. Corinne Emerson.
Their child, Marjorie Clyde, b. 1922.
Walter Andrew, b. 1907.
Mary E., b. 1842; m. William Lovering; went to Massa-
chusetts.
Lydia A., b. 1845; m. William Smith in 1869. He was a son
of Elisha Smith and wife, Polly Hoyt of Sanbornton.
William Smith bought in 1869 the Gideon Piper farm on
Meredith Hill. Their children, born in Meredith:
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Charles Lauren, b. 1871; m. Edna M. Tucker.
Mary Alice, b. 1873.
Wilfred, b. 1876.
Samuel.
Wallace.
Charles Lauren Smith, son of William Smith and wife, Lydia
Ann Sanborn. Their children:
Pearl Phebe, b. 1911.
Dorothy Lydia, b. 1913.
Charlesina Edna, b. 1915.
Lauren William, b. 1916.
Louise Charlotte, b. 1918.
The fourth child of Benjamin Perkins and wife, Hannah Swain,
was Jacob Perkins, 1791-1875. He married in 1819 the Widow
Nancy (Randlett) Crockett, 1785-1867. He was said to be a
brother of Selden Crockett. Children:
Benjamin, b. 1821.
Jacob Fred, b. 1823; m., first, Marilla Doloff, 1832-1864.
Their children:
Clara Ida, 1854-1864. ) Twing
Charles Alvert, d, aged 23 days. J
Annie Emmabelle, 1855-1888; m. 1873, Orin Freeman
Swain, b. 1852.
Abbie Marilla, 1857-1864.
Elmer Freemont, 1858-1864.
Jacob Fred Perkins married, second, Eliza Ann Tuttle, 1837-
1905. Their daughter, Grace, born in 1866, married in 1893
Eugene Jones. He died. Their daughter, Ida Frances, born in
1899, married in 1926 Andrew Jackson Smith, born in 1902.
They live in New York.
Benjamin Stokes Tuttle, 1805-1883, born in Nottingham,
married at Campton, N. H., Ruth Cheney, 1805-1886. Their
children :
Eliza Ann, 1837-1925; m. Jacob Fred Perkins of Meredith.
Deborah Jane, 1839-1875.
Mary Frances, 1841-1887.
John B., 1847-1870.
Ashael Sanborn married Hannah Swain, a sister to Josiah
Swain. Their children:
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Polly, m. Smith Leavitt.
Sarah, m. David Edgerly. They had twelve children.
Kith, m. John Randlett.
Hannah, m. George Shores.
Salmon Hibbard, m. Eliza Mead, dau. of Daniel Mead.
Moses, single.
Ashll, m. Mary Ann Collins.
GlLMAN.
Salmon Hibbard Sanborn and wife, Eliza Mead, had a daughter
Evanah Sanborn, who married Benjamin Perkins, 1821-1913,
parents of Mrs. Felker. Children:
Eva W., 1841-1928.
Eliza R., b. 1847; m. John \V. Mathes of Laconia.
Salmon N., 1851-1868.
Emma V., b. 1853.
Jesse F., b. 1856.
Lieut. John Leavitt, 1768-1847.
Sally Leavitt, 1774-1853.
Sophia M. Leavitt, 1848.
Tom Leavitt, son of John Leavitt, gave the Leavitt Park at
Lakeport.
Hannah Swain was a half sister to Bennett Swain and an own
sister to Josiah Swain.
John Perkins and family, consisting of his wife, Judith, and five
children, came to Ipswich, Mass., from England in 1631. They
were passengers on the same boat as Roger Williams.
William Perkins, born in 1616 in England, a relative of John,
settled in New Market. He was 116 years old. He was a direct
ancestor of Mrs. John H. Smith. A descendant of William
Perkins, by name of John Perkins, born in 1700, owned much
land in New Market. John's son, Richard, born in 1738, married
in 1760, Molly Parsons. Their children:
Andrew.
Lydia.
Molly; m. James Black.
John.
Sally.
Eunice.
Abraham.
Josiah Perkins, born in 1767, was a grandfather of Mrs. Smith.
He moved to Meredith and his mother, being a widow, came with
392 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
him. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church in Meredith.
Molly Perkins, daughter of Richard and wife, Molly (Parsons)
Perkins, born at New Market in 1765, married James Black,
1764-1849. They removed to Meredith and later to Maine.
Their children:
Edmund, b. 1788; m. Comfort Wiggin.
James, b. 1791; m. Sally; second, Lydia Perkins.
Perkins, b. 1793; m. Tuck.
Joshua, b. 1796; m. Mary Bryant.
Olive, b., 1801; m. Clarendon Black.
Josiah Perkins, the fourth child of Richard and Molly (Parsons)
Perkins, 1767-1852, married Lydia (Rollins) Sanborn of "Bride's
Hill," Hampton, then called Exeter, in 1790. He removed to
Meredith, and later to that part of the town now Laconia. He is
buried in the Jonathan Dow yard on the "Roller Coaster Road,"
above the Weirs, near the D. W. Highway. His father, Richard,
died when Josiah was young, and he was apprenticed to Deacon
Samuel Lane in Stratham to learn the shoemakers' trade and
tanner. He served his time, but was not sent to school. He mar-
ried and lived in Stratham until four of his children were born.
In 1795 he bought a farm in the Third Division (so-called) in
Meredith, where they resided some eight years, then he came down
and bought a place by the Lake above the Weirs, where he con-
tinued his trade, as he was a good workman, and his boys culti-
vated the land. He was a great reader and a devout Christian
man. It was said of him that no man ever lived in Meredith who
exerted a wider influence of good. He was deacon of the Baptist
Church many years and was a fine singer. He was very devoted
to his wife. They lived together sixty-two years and had eleven
children.
Copy of Old Bible Records Owned by Mrs. M. E. {Chase) Burpee
Josiah Perkins, born June 2, 1707, died January 22, 1852, son of
Josiah 6 Perkins, married Lydia Sanborn in 1790. She was born
in 1773, died in 1867, and was a daughter of John and Lydia
(Sanborn) Perkins. They were married in 1764. Lydia was
born in 1745, died in 1776. They lived in Exeter. Their
children:
Andrew L., 1790-1868; went to Maine.
Josiah, 1792-1878.
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Lydia, 1794-1826.
Sally, 1796-1826.
Richard, 1801-1891.
Aura 1 1 am, 1803-1862.
John Swasey, 1807-1895.
David P., b. 1810.
Mary, b. 1812.
Eliza, 1813-1851.
Jesse S., b. 1816.
The above is a copy of the old Bible. Description of the
children:
1. Andrew L. Perkins, 1790-1868; married Abigail Lovejoy,
January 1. 1814. Their children:
Avis O., b. 1815; m. Phillip L. Hanson, Sept. 23, 1837.
Their children :
Ellen S., b. June 23, 1838.
Laura, b. Jutv 17, 1840; d. 1863.
Charles, b. Jan. 5, 1843.
Mary Abby, b. Julv 23, 1845.
Laura, b. Mar. 1, 1818; m. Eben Sibley in 1837. Their
children:
Nancv, b. Sept. 15, 1839; d. 1858.
Oscar, b. Mar. 9, 1844.
Avis Melissa, b. Jan. 27, 1850; d. 1868.
John Andrew, b. 1822; m. 1845 Augusta Ann Judkins.
Their children:
Adopted bov, 1850-1885.
Mary M., 1857-1857.
2. Josiah Perkins, Jr., of Stratham, born in 1792; married
Lydia Johnson in 1822. Their children:
John, 1824-1853; m. Lydia .
Hiram, 1826-1828.
Sally, b. 1828; m. George P. Hunt. Their daughter:
Eliza A., b. Jan. 6, 1852.
Hiram, 1832-1834.
Abigail, b. 1833.
Emeline, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (Johnson) Perkins, b. at
Meredith 1839, lived with her father and mother during
their life, and had the homestead. She m. John H. Smith
in 1863. He was b. 1839, was a farmer and an industrious,
worthy man. He obtained his schooling in Sandwich and
later worked on stone work and farming. Their children:
Charles Hamilton, m. Mabel Floyd. Their children:
Edna M., b. 1900.
Melba E., b. 1901.
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Vernon, b. 1902.
J. Roydon, b. 1903.
Charles Frank, b. 1905.
Harold B., b. 1907.
Doris B., b. 1908.
Mabel Josephine, m. Joseph L. Smith of Gilford.
Nellie May, d. aged 2 years, 1873-1875.
3. Lydia Perkins, born June 15, 1974, died in 1869; married
James Black, 1832-1860, as his second wife (he having married
her sister, Sally, first). They were married in 1827. Their
children:
Sally, b. June 7, 1831; d. 1857.
Josiah Perkins, b. 1832.
Mary Elizabeth, b. 1834; d. 1859.
4. Sally Perkins, born in 1796, died in 1826; married James
Black. Their children:
Sabre Hill, 1821-1843.
Emeline, b. 1825; m. M. B. Crossman in 1852. Their
children :
Jane B., b. July 6, 1850.
Alice Mariah, b. June 7, 1852.
Jesse O., b. Feb. 1, 1855.
Sally Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1858.
5. Richard O'Brian Perkins, born in 1801, married Betsey Ann
Littlerield in 1842. He died at the Weirs. Their daughter:
Deborah, b. July 26, 1844; d. Aug. 28, 1863.
6. Abraham Perkins, was born in Meredith in 1803, son of
Deacon Josiah Perkins and wife, Lydia (Sanborn), lived on the
farm known as the "Sam Doe" place, in the Third Division,
which father and son purchased. He married Susan French of
Sandwich in 1830. He was a cabinetmaker, but took up farming,
instead, to care for his parents in their old age. He was a kind
friend and ever ready to help. In 1862 he was called to help care
for a stranger who was very sick with what proved to be smallpox.
He took the disease and died January 5, 1862. No children.
7. John Swasey Perkins was born in 1807 in Meredith. He,
with the other children, attended the district schools. Later he
learned to be an expert shoemaker. He married Sally (Mason),
daughter of Noah Mason and wife, Martha Clark (she a sister to
Joseph Clark, born in 1807, grandfather of Clarence Clark).
GENEALOGIES 395
Sally Mason was born in 1813 and was married in 1837 at Mere-
dith, where John Swasey Perkins had built a new house. He
worked at his trade over fifty years. He often said "his home
was the dearest spot on earth, for he looked the whole world in the
face and owed not any man." Their children:
Oscar, b. Apr. 29, 1838; d. 1880; m. Jane Norris of Boston.
Martha S., b. Jan. 24, 1842; d. 1925; m. John Pike as his
second wife. He d. in 1925 and was buried with his first
wife. Martha Susan (Perkins) Pike, d. 1927. She is also
buried with her husband in Manchester, N. H., at "Pine
( .rove."
Josiah, 1851-1854.
Sarah Eliza, b. Apr. 15, 1854.
8. David Y. Perkins, born January 29, 1810, married Lydia C.
Lane. Their children:
David L., b. Mar. 2, 1838; m. Lvdia C. Lane, d. Oct., 1838.
He m., second, Apr. 16, 1839, Mary Melissa Wood. Their
children:
Lvdia A., b. Feb. 14, 1840; d. 1889.
Mary Eliza, b. May 24, 1841.
David P., m. Melissa Cook.
9. Mary Perkins, born in 1812, married John Chase, May 19,
1839. He died in 1862. Their children:
Avis Axx, b. Oct. 5, 1842.
Lydia P., b. May 23, 1845.
David P., b. Oct. 19, 1847.
Almira, b. Aug. 14, 1852; m. Ross Burpee of New Hampton.
Mary Eliza, b. 1855.
10. Eliza Perkins, born December 9, 1813, died in 1851, mar-
ried Paul Lane of Pittsfield in 1837. He died May 23, 1888.
Their children:
Jesse P., b. Jan. 28, 1838.
Sophia J., b. Oct. 22, 1839.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 9, 1843; d. 1846.
Hollis Vexsox, b. Sept. 21, 1845.
Lydia Melissa, b. Sept. 24, 1847.
11. Jesse S. Perkins, born March 17, 1816, married Sarah
Powers in 1841. He died in Lakeport. Their children:
Abram, b. 1842; m. Nancy Augusta Brown.
Sabra Axx, b. 1843; m. William H. Staten.
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He married, second, Mary Bowles. Their children:
Charles H., b. Aug. 4, 1865; m. .
Jesse Perkins, b. Oct. 14, 1869; m. — — Day.
Abram Perkins, born in 1842 (brother to John) at the old home
in Meredith, married Nancy Augusta Brown. He served in the
War of the Rebellion over three years.
Lemuel Perkins was born in 1751 at Strafford. His son, Tim-
othy Perkins, 1789-1881, when a young man took up a tract of
land in Holderness, which he cleared. After a time he sold and
bought a farm in Center Harbor, where he lived and died. He
served in town office many years, was a justice of the peace, and
did much probate business in settling estates for over forty years.
He married Sally, daughter of John Jones, 1795-1867, of Strafford,
who was a large land owner. They had children:
William J., settled in Center Harbor.
Emeline R., m. Gooding Piper, who d. in the Civil War.
Paul, settled in Ashland.
John S., settled in Holderness.
George S., settled in Lakeport.
Ebenezer F., d.
Timothy, d. young.
Charles S., d. young.
Alonzo, b. 1832, m. Henrietta C, dau. of Nathaniel Keyser.
They had a dau., Carrie Etta, who m. Ned B. Sanborn of
Meredith.
Sarah Perkins married George P. Hunt, she a daughter of
Josiah Perkins, Jr., who was born in 1792 at Stratham, N. H., and
his wife, Lydia Johnson. Their children: Eliza Hunt (born in
1852), Mary, David, John, Richard, Jesse, Lydia, and Abraham
Perkins.
Josiah Perkins, Jr., born in 1792, was a great reader and a good
farmer. He read his Bible each day and other historical books.
A favorite motto of his was, "Never let your work drive you, but
keep ahead of your work." He died in 1883 at the age of 91 years.
It is said that just before he passed away he repeated the names
of his sisters and brothers.
J n0 Perkim
L y Prescott
1773
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Taken from what looked like a marriage announcement in a
frame, found in the attic of the Horace Eastman farm in Meredith.
From Data Given by Carl Blaisdell
Annie Perkins, daughter of John Perkins and Lucy (Prescott)
Perkins, born in 1775, married John Smith, son of Ebenezer
Smith and wife, Sarah (Spiller) Smith. They had a daughter,
Annis Smith, who married Esq. Charles Smith, a son of Ebenezer
Smith and wife, Mehitable (Sheafe) Smith. Esq. Charles Smith
and wife went back to the Perkins place, where Mrs. Smith died
in 1848, leaving a daughter, Ann Maria, who died in 1849, aged 17
years. He later married Irene Neal, daughter of "White Oak"
Joseph Neal. Mr. Smith died March 21, 1874. His second wife
died June 20, 1902. She was buried in her lot with her sister,
Mary (Neal) Batchelder, and her parents in Meredith Village
Cemetery. Esq. Charles Smith was buried with his first wife,
Annis, at Opeechee.
John Smith, son of one Ebenezer Smith and wife, Mehitable
Sheafe (called John Smith, Esq.), died in 1857, aged 85 years.
His wife, Annis (Perkins) Smith, died in 1864, aged 89 years.
Besides Annis, John Smith and wife had a daughter Polly, who
died in 1863, aged 74 years, also a daughter Susan, who married
Blaisdell and lived on the Head farm.
Mary Smith, a sister of Esq. Charles Smith, married Rev. John
K. Young, who preached in Laconia.
PICKERING
John Pickering came to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1636 from Eng-
land. History states that he is the father of the several Pickering
families of this part of the country. He was said to be a man of
good reputation and good business ability. He lived in Ports-
mouth. He had two sons and four daughters. He was one of
several men who gave fifty acres of Globe Land for the ministry.
He died in 1669. His children grew to maturity and raised
their families.
The old South Church and the "Point of Graves" Cemetery,
with their moss-covered slabs that are centuries old, is a sacred
place where in 1669 John Pickering was laid on his own estate,
called "Pickering's Neck."
398 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
In 1671 the "town made an agreement with the heirs that they
should have full liberty, without interference, to enclose half an
acre on the Neck, where the people have been wont to be buried;
which land shall be used forever for a burying place; only that
Air. Pickering shall have liberty to feeding the said neat cattle,
and that the town any of them shall have liberty to pass over the
land to bury their dead on the 'Point of Graves'." Ten years
later the old South Church was built on the land Mr. Pickering
gave.
The men of that period were not above the average in size.
The story runs that after one of the descendants had built a log
hut on Great Bay and was clearing land, an English man-of-war
came into Piscataqua Harbor and a gang was sent ashore to get
men recruits for service. Two of them found Thomas Pickering
alone felling trees. They talked to him awhile, complimented
him on his muscular appearance, and said to him that he was just
about such a man as his Majesty needed, and commanded him to
stop work and follow them. Thomas declined, saying that he was
needed at home, as he had a young family. The reply was, "No
excuse, sir, march." Thomas seized one of the officials by the
back of his neck with his left hand and threw him face down on
the ground, and with his right hand raised his axe as though to
chop off the fellow's head. The other man seized his arm that
held the axe and both begged for mercy. Thomas let the
arrogant one get up, and history states they both took a fast trot
and left the place, evidently feeling that they had escaped from
a lion.
John F. Pickering married Carrie E. Webster, born in 1860,
February 28, 1883. Their children:
Ervin F., b. 1883.
Clarence E., b. 1888.
Stella L., b. 1891.
Lewis E., b. 1892.
Raymond V., b. 1896.
Stella Pickering married Frank Mudgett. Their children:
Elsie E., b. 1911.
Bernard.
As Vital Records
Sylvester Pickering, aged 24 years, son of Stephen and wife,
GENEALOGIES 399
Olive, married in 1866, Priscilla Robinson, aged 18 years, daughter
of Benjamin and wife, Lois Robinson of Meredith.
Frank A. Pickering, born in Gilford, brother of Sylvester,
married in 1865, Ella A. Lawrence, both of Meredith.
Daniel Pickering married in 1820, Betsey Wadleigh, both of
Meredith.
Stephen Pickering, aged 65 years, married in 1879, Sarah D.
Webster, he a son of Stephen and wife, Hannah, she from New-
buryport. His son, Joseph Pickering, aged 70 years, son of
Stephen and wife, Hannah Jacobs, married in 1882, Abigail
Smith, aged 70 years, she a daughter of John Robinson and wife,
Lydia, third marriage.
John C. Pickering, aged 42 years, son of Andrew and wife,
Mehitable Pickering, born in Gilford, married in 1877, Lucy M.
Renou of Meredith.
Joseph A. Pickering of Meredith married in 1832, Eliza Rowe.
Lyman D. Pickering of Laconia married in 1859, Clarinda M.
Martin of Gilford.
Leon E. Pickering, aged 20 years, son of Lyman D., aged 55
years, born in Meredith, and wife, Clara Martin, married in 1891,
Jennie D. McLosky, daughter of William McLosky and wife,
Mary Page of Haverhill.
Charles F. Pickering, aged 19 years, son of Moses Pickering
and wife, Sally, married in 1863, Susan S. Piper of Holderness,
daughter of Richard S. Piper and wife, Xancy.
Arthur Francis Pickering, aged 21 years, son of Charles F.
Pickering and wife, Roxanna Webster, married in 1899, Mary
Elizabeth Bemis, aged 22 years, daughter of Lyman Bemis and
wife, Mary Jane Hutchins.
Walter D. Pickering, aged 20 years, married Gertrude M.
Plumer, both of Lake Milage, in 1891, she a daughter of George
Plumer-Ladd, he a son of Charles W. Pickering and wife, Mary E.
Bean.
George F. Pickering, aged 29 years, son of Alanson Pickering,
married in 1883, Mrs. Carrie E. Webster, daughter of Jonas R.
Wheeler, both of Meredith.
Edward E. Pickering, aged 24 years, son of George W. Picker
400 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
ing and wife, C. A. Kimball, married in 1886, Cesta W. Whaley,
aged 23 years, of Meredith.
Albert J. Pickering, aged 20 years, son of Moses Pickering and
wife, Sarah, married in 1866, Leoria J. Rowe, daughter of Dan-
forth Rowe and wife, Abby R., born in Campton, both of Mere-
dith Center.
Charles H. Pickering, aged 26 years, of Meredith, married
Jennie Chase of New Hampton.
Albert J. Pickering of Meredith married Mary A. Shaw of
Gilford.
George W. Pickering married in 1851, Charlotte Kimball of
Meredith.
Frank A. Pickering, born in 1839, married Ella A. Lawrence,
born in 1847, both of Meredith. They lived in Gilford.
Joseph A. Pickering married in 1832, Eliza Rowe, both of
Meredith.
Daniel Pickering married in 1820, Betsey Wadleigh, both of
Meredith.
Albert J. Pickering, born in 1846, son of Moses Pickering and
wife, Sarah, married in 1866, at Meredith Center, Leoria, daugh-
ter of Danforth and wife, Abby Rowe. She was born in
Campton.
Frank Mudgett married Stella Pickering, a daughter of Frank
Pickering and wife, Carrie Webster. Their children:
Elsie, b. 1911.
Alvin Barnard, b. 1913.
Olive Pickering married Joseph Mudgett. She is sister to
Lyman and John Pickering of Lakeport.
Catherine married Isaac Colby.
Sarah married Frank M. Rollins.
Amanda married Smith Dockham.
Placentia married Frank Lyford.
Stephen Pickering, born in 1814, son of Stephen Pickering and
wife, Hannah, married Sarah D. Wescott in 1879. Their children:
Mary Elizabeth, m. Edward E. Lawrence.
Sylvester, b. 1846; m. Priscilla Robinson, dau. of Benjamin
GENEALOGIES 401
Robinson; he was one of several who broke through
Meredith Townhouse floor. Sylvester and Frank were in
the Civil War.
Disconnected Pickerings in Meredith
Frank, born in 1839, and Sylvester were in the Civil War.
Cassanda Pickering married Stevens in Moultonboro.
Their children were Sydney and Ida; lived in Manchester.
Comfort.
Frank A. Pickering, born in 1839, married Ella A. Lawrence,
born in 1847, both of Meredith, but settled in Gilford.
Albert J. Pickering, born in 1846 in Meredith, son of Moses and
wife, Sarah, married in 1866, at Meredith Center, Leoria, daugh-
ter of Danforth and wife, Abby Rowe of Campton.
Edwin E. Pickering, born in 1862 at Meredith, son of George W.
and wife, Cesta W. Whaley, born in Vermont.
George F. Pickering, son of George W., married Carrie F.,
daughter of John Webster of Meredith.
John C. Pickering, born in 1835, son of Andrew and wife,
Mehitable, married in 1877 Lucy M. Renou of Gilford.
Daniel Pickering married in 1820, Betsey Wadleigh, both of
Meredith.
Joseph A. Pickering married in 1832, Eliza Rowe, both of
Meredith.
Stella Pickering, daughter of Frank and wife, Carrie Webster,
married Frank Mudgett. Their children:
Elsie Mudgett, b. 1911.
Alvin Bernard, b. 1913.
Charles Pickering at Meredith Village had a daughter who
married Swain.
Ezekiel Mudgett and wife, Olive Pickering. Their children:
Frank, b. 1876; m. Anna Wise in Hebron.
Orris.
Olive, m. William Thomas of Meredith; live in Maine.
Andrew Nealley and wife adopted a girl who married Russell
Brown. The Xeally farm was sold to a Miss Arnold, who has
402 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
fitted it up for a summer camp for Girl Scouts. It is this side of
the Pease farm on the "Old Province Road."
PIKE
John l Pike of Portsmouth came from Southampton, England,
on the ship "James" in 1635. He was in Newbury, Mass., in
1638, and died in Salisbury, Mass., May 26, 1654. Five of their
children were born in England.
Robert 2 , born before March 17, 1616, married, first, Sarah
Sanders; married, second, Mrs. Martha Goldwyer.
John 2 married Mary Moody.
Dorothy married Daniel Kendrick.
Ann married and had children; no record of them.
Israel 2 .
Sarah died in 1659.
Major Robert (John 1 ), born in England, married in 1641, Sarah
Sanders. He married, second, 1685, Martha Goldwyer, widow of
George Goldwyer. He was made a freeman, May 17, 1637, with
sixty-five others. He left Newbury and settled at Salisbury,
Mass., in 1639. He was an early member of the church at Salis-
bury, was prominent in public office and was a representative to
the General Court, 1648/9. He was lieutenant of the Train Band
in 1647, later was captain and major. He helped establish the
line between Exeter and Hampton in 1651. He was serjeant-
major, over a militia company of Norfolk and Pascataqua, 1770.
He was councillor, 1687, and commander in chief of the militia
east of the Merrimack River, 1690. He wrote a letter to Jona-
than Corwin, stating his reasons why "special evidence" was not
reliable in the trials of witchcraft in 1692. He died in 1706.
His wife died in 1713. He had eight children by first wife.
Sarah, b. 1742; m., first, Helman Bradbury; second, John
Stockman.
Mary, b. 1644, d. young.
Dorothy, b. 1645; m. Joshua Pierce; second, John Light of
Portsmouth.
Mary, b. 1647; m. - - Andrews, second, John Allen.
GENEALOGIES 403
Elizabeth, b. 1650; m. William Carr.
John, b. 1653; m. Sarah Moody.
Robert, b. 1655; m. Mary Eollansbee.
Moses, b. 1659; m. Susanna Worcester.
Their seventh child. Robert :i Pike, born in 1655, married in
1684, Mary Follansbee of Amesbury. They settled in Salisbury.
He died in 1690. His widow married, second, William Hook of
Salisbury, Mass.
The first son of Robert :! Pike and wife, Mary Follansbee,
Robert 4 Pike, born September 3, 1687, married Hannah Gilman
of Exeter. He sold the farm in Salisbury given him by his grand-
father. Major Robert Pike, and moved to Exeter in the part called
Newmarket Parish, now the town of Newfield. There he bought
a farm, and settled on the Piscassic Road.
Their third son, Robert 5 Pike, born in 1718, married Elinor
Perkins and settled in Newfield. Their children:
Molly (Mary) m. John Wedgewood.
Robert, b. 1746; m. Mehitable Perkins of Epping in 1777.
Mercy m. Stephen Lyford of Hall's Mill Road.
William, b. 1748.
William Pike, born in 1748, when 29 years old joined the Con-
tinental Army, and was in Capt. Nathaniel Ambrose's Company,
Col. Welch's Regiment of Volunteers. They marched from
Moultonboro and adjacent towns, September 30, 1777, and were
under General Gates at Saratoga. He was killed in 1804 on his
farm by a falling tree, when 56 years old, leaving his mother,
Phebe (Smith) Pike, a widow. She was born July 24, 1762,
daughter of Pioneer Robert Smith, 1724-1762, and wife. Abigail
(Cass) Smith, born in 1724, of New Hampton, then called "Moul-
tonboro Gore."
Phebe (Smith) Pike lived on the home farm, and died there in
1857, aged 96 years. Their daughter, Nancy, married Dr.
Thomas Chattle and settled in New York State. Their son,
William Pike, 1748-1804, married Polly Pease. They had
eight children.
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PIKE FAMILY
Salisbury, 1914
'Twas in nineteen hundred one
The Pike Family first did meet
In ye ancient town of Salisbury,
Whose walls echoed to the feet
Of the earliest Pikes, who came
From the land across the sea,
To found upon these Western shores
A Home for Liberty.
All honor to those early Pikes
Who came as Pioneers
To redeem the wilderness
And to build for future years.
For they laid the stones so well
That in times of strain and stress,
We have never lacked a leader
To release us from duress.
And when, all through the country
Superstition riot ran
Here, in this town of Salisbury,
There lived a famous man;
Major Robert, you all know him,
He who stood so firm for right and true,
For that Liberty, God-given,
Which is each man's due.
"No lash," said he, "for women's backs,
No slave to Churchman's zeal.
But this little town of Salisbury
Will give each one a fair deal."
So he kept this quiet village
From smirching its fair fame,
And for justice and fair dealing,
It has ever had a name.
Therefore we all do honor him;
May we ever have his like,
And may the quaint old town of Salisbury
Never lack a Pike.
PIPER
Nathaniel Piper was in Ipswich, Mass., in 1666. He married
Abigail Church. They had a daughter, Sarah, who married
Capt. Thomas Wiggin. They were the ancestors of the Stratham
Wiggins.
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Nathaniel Piper 4 married Hannah, daughter of Christopher
Smith of Hampton. They settled in Sanborn ton She was
called a very smart woman. After she had three children of her
own, she attended a neighbor's funeral, Mrs. Jerusha Burley's.
They had been neighbors in Stratham before removing to San-
bornton. Mrs. Burley left a babe, Polly, born October, 1794, who
was only two months old when her mother died. The minister,
Rev. Woodman, remarked during the service, that "the Lord
would bring someone that would be a mother to the little girl
(then less than two months old). History states that Mrs. Piper,
on returning home that night, was sure that it could not be herself,
for she had three little ones of her own, but early the next morning
her vigorous direction was: "Sir (addressing her husband), put
the saddle on the horse; I must go down to Mr. Mason's." She
took the motherless little one, who was afterward treated as one
of her own family, adopted her and presented her with a silver
spoon and gold beads, at 18 years old, as well as her own daughters.
Polly married Deacon Levi Carter and was a lovely wife and
beloved by all. They both professed religion together and
brought up a family in a Christian home.
Gideon Piper of Stratham, 1741-1816, moved to Pembroke and
had children there. About 1783 he went to Meredith and cleared
land near the Sanborn ton line. He married Rachel, daughter of
Deacon Daniel Sanborn, in 1761. She was the widow of
Griffith of Meredith. She died in 1798. He married, second, in
1799. Anna Chandler. She died in 1810. He married, third,
Betsey Morrill, 1765-1827. Children by Rachel (Sanborn)
Griffith-Piper:
Abigail, b. 1762; m. William Chase of Meredith, son of
Ebenezer Chase, who lived near the Meadow schoolhouse
in Sanbornton.
Anna, 1765-1845; single; lived in Meredith.
Elisha, b. 1768; m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Nicholas Folsom,
1774-1802 ; m., second, Molly Plummer, dau. of Jesse. He
was captain in the militia. They had six children.
Daniel, 1771-1814; m. Hannah Piper of Holderness. They
lived in Meredith.
Sarah, b. 1774; m. Nathaniel Piper.
Elisha 2 , son of Gideon Piper and Rachel. Their daughter,
Mehitable Piper, born in 1797, married Benjamin Farnham, who
died at the Sally Leavitt place on Steele Hill in Sanbornton, and
406 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
was buried in the Leavitt yard. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and his grave is marked. His daughter married Smith Leavitt of
Meredith ; moved to Vermont. Her name was Susanna Farnham.
Moses 3 P. Piper, son of Elisha '-, Gideon l , 1801-1863, settled at
"Piper's Mills," North Sanbornton. He was a deacon in the
"Pine Hill" or "Merrill Brook" (Sanbornton and Meredith)
Baptist Church. This church was built near Moses Merrill's, on
the opposite side of the road from Mr. Merrill's farm (the old
forsaken churchyard, walled in, with most of the wall down, all
grown up to trees, and no one living that can tell who or where
they were laid). Here some of the early members were buried,
among them Moses Merrill and wife. He was a Revolutionary
soldier. Deacon Moses Piper and wife rest there, and many
others. If there were stones, they are fallen and covered with
leaves. The church history states that the church was moved to
Sanbornton, and used in summer and kept in good repair, with a
neat little yard near. The old yard is a disgrace to all Meredith
citizens, as well as many other neglected yards, and we hope in
the near future the law will be obeyed and these old yards, where
our early pioneers were laid to rest, cared for.
Moses P. Piper married Betsey Ambrose, 1802-1870. They
were married in 1825 in Meredith. They had four children.
Gideon 3 Piper married Caroline J. Taylor. He was selectman
of Meredith, 1854/5, and also represented the town. He moved
from Meredith to North Sanbornton.
Nathaniel Piper, born in 1630 at Devonshire, came to Ipswich,
Mass., in 1653. He married Sarah .
Their seventh child, Thomas Piper, born in 1666, married
Grace Hawley, of Wenham in 1692. They removed to Stratham.
Their second child, Nathaniel Piper, 1701-1778, married
Hannah Goss (as Exeter probate records). He was a prominent
business man.
Their second son, Gideon Piper, born in Stratham, 1741, died at
Meredith in 1816, where he moved in 1783 from Pembroke.
Before leaving Pembroke he was drafted for military service by
Captain Head (as records). He married Mrs. Rachel (Sanborn)
Griffith in 1761. Their children:
Abigail, b. 1762; m. William Chase.
Anna, 1765-1845; never m.
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ELISHA, 1768-1834; m. Mary Folsom; second, Molly Plum-
mer. They had seven children. He was captain of the
militia.
Daniel, 1771-1814; m. Hannah Piper of Holderness.
Sarah, b. 1774; m. Nathaniel Piper of Holderness.
Elisha Piper, 1768-1834, married Mary Folsom, 1774-1802,
daughter of Elder Nicholas Folsom of Meredith. Their children :
Rachel, 1795-1837; m. John Palmer of New Hampton.
Mehitable, 1797-1859; m. Benjamin Farnham, of Meredith.
He d. on Steel Hill, and was buried in the Leavitt yard.
He was a Revolutionary soldier.
Susanna Plummer, b. 1799.
Moses P., b. 1801.
Josiah, b. 1803; m. Margaret Ann Huckins, dau. of Nathan
C. and wife, Sarah (YVhidden) Huckins.
Gideon, b. 1805.
Molly, b. 1807; m. Edward Chase, son of Thomas. They
lived in Meredith Center. He was a clothier and farmer.
Susanna P. Piper, daughter of Elisha 2 Piper, married Smith
Leavitt of Meredith. They moved to Vermont.
Moses P. Piper, another son of Elisha, lived at Piper's Mills for
nearly 40 years. He was a deacon of the Pine Hill (Sanbornton,
and Meredith) Baptist Church, and choir leader. He married
Betsey Ambrose of Meredith in 1825. They had four children.
Oscar J. Piper married Ina J. Nelson of Plymouth. He served
in the Civil War, in the 12th N. H. Regiment. He was a prom-
inent business man.
Their son, Oscar G. Piper, born in 1879, married in 1903, Grace
B. Bartlett, daughter of Clifton J. Bartlett and wife, Sarah
Fernald. They had sons: Earl G., Harold B., Lloyd, Donald and
Jesse Lin wood.
Ralph L. Piper, a brother of above, born in 1882, has been a
prominent business man in Meredith. He married Lillian L.
Bonney. daughter of James D. Bonney and wife, Lucy Ann
(Young). James D. Bonney was a sea captain in early life.
They have one son, Nelson Bonney Piper.
Tradition tells us that four brothers by the name of Piper (Ben-
jamin, John, Nathaniel, and Gideon) came from Scotland.
Stephen 5 Piper (Stephen 4 , Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Nathaniel
Piper '), was born in 1 733 at Stratham, N. H. He was deacon of
the church in Stratham and a State Representative. He is said
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to be the ancestor of the Pipers in Sanborn ton. He married in
Stratham, Abigail (Church) Wiggin 4 , daughter of Capt. Thomas
Wiggin and wife, Sarah (Piper) Wiggin, born in 1754. Their
children:
Mary P., b. 1756; m. Andrew Jewett.
Patience, b. 1758; m. Noah Buzzell.
Stephen, b. 1760; m. Mary Ayers. Their children:
Asa 6 , 1784-1860; m. Sophia Chellis; she b. 1796, in
Newfield. They had nine children.
Nancy, 1786-1834; m. Winthrop Hill.
Stephen, b. 1788; m. Louisa Parsons, dau. of Ensign
Stephen Parsons and wife, Abigail Moore.
Abigail, b. 1790; m. Charles W. Whicher in 1810.
James, b. 1792, a sea captain, died at sea; m. Alice
Perkins.
Pelatiah, b. 1795; m. Mary Stevens.
Israel, b. 1798; m. Sarah Hill.
Stephen 6 , m., second, Widow Fogg. Their children:
Nathaniel, b. 1802; m. Mehitable Varney; m., second,
Ruth Durgin.
Thomas, 1804-1834; m. Sabrina Dunnells.
Stephen 6 , m., third, Widow Mary Martin, 1770-1846, of
Brookfield, N. H.
Abigail, b. 1762; m. Simeon Cate in 1789 at North Hampton.
They settled in Meredith. Their children:
Simeon, Jr., b. July 20, 1790; m. Lydia Durgin. Their
son, Asa Piper, b. 1813 in Northfield, was a prominent
business man ; also eight other children, as Sanbornton
History.
Asa Piper, drowned when 14 years old.
Sarah 5 , 1766-1779.
Israel, b. 1768; lived in Wolfeboro.
Elizabeth, b. 1770; m. Andrew Sanborn of Sanbornton in
1794.
Tabitha, b. 1773; m. Chase.
Thomas, b. 1776; lived on the old homestead.
Hephzibah, b. 1779; m. John Wiggin, who was an 1812
soldier from Sanbornton.
Charles A. Piper, born at Meredith, married Flora J. Nudd,
born at Center Harbor in 1879. He was a son of Hanson Piper,
born in Meredith, his mother was Deborah Moses, born in Camp-
ton. Flora J. Nudd was a daughter of Enos G. Nudd, born in
Center Harbor, and Clarissa Hadley.
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Benjamin Piper, son of Nathaniel Piper and wife, Jennie
Sanborn, married Betsey Moses of Meredith in 1879.
John Piper and Sarah Moses Piper. Children:
Lucetta Piper Webster.
Oscar J., m. Mary Batchelder. Their dau., Emma, m.
Frank Arnold.
Emily had a dau., Carrie, who m. Frank Pickering.
Oscar J. Piper, born in Meredith, married in 1875, Ina Nelson,
born in Plymouth. Their children:
Fred Harold, b. 1877.
Oscar Guy, b. 1879.
Ralph N., b. 1872.
Earl R., d. 1887.
Oscar Piper, born in Meredith, was a son of John Piper and
wife, Sarah Moses, born in Bridgewater.
Nathaniel Piper married Jennie Sanborn. Their children:
Benjamin, Dudley, John, David, Polly, Susan, and Abigail.
They lived on the Piper farm above Meredith Center.
Ceaser Wallace, the African who was sold as a slave in early
days, lived here, died and is buried on this farm. He served four
years in the Revolutionary War, and had a bounty. Tradition
tells that his discharge was signed by George Washington, the
only one signed by the President. He rests in an unmarked
grave, with his family.
Gideon Piper, born September 7, 1741, in Stratham, married
Rachel Sanborn, daughter of Deacon Daniel Sanborn. She died
in 1798, aged 61 years, in Meredith. Giedon Piper married,
second, Anna Chandler; third, Betsey Merrill.
Nathaniel Piper married in 1820, Polly Hill, both of Meredith.
Josiah S. Piper married in 1823, Sally Swain, both of Meredith.
Lyman Piper married in 1845, Elizabeth Dame, both of Mere-
dith.
Josiah S. Piper married in 1847, Caroline F. Conner of Mere-
dith.
George W. Piper married in 1849, Mary Jane Pickering of
Meredith.
Albert B. Piper married in 1897, Eliza Shaw, daughter of Jona-
than Kelley and wife, LInis Goss of New Hampton. Albert was
son of Dudley Piper.
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Piper Family In Meredith
This name was spelled in early days Pyper. History states
that Nathaniel Piper first operated a trading ship between
Ipswich and other Bay Colonies, as shown in a "trial," "Nath
Pyper versus John Keene," held at Ipswich, in 1673. History
states that nearly all the Pypers in this country emigrated from
Dartmouth in Devonshire, England, and settled in Ipswich.
Solomon Pyper drew a share in Plum Island in 1665. He emi-
grated to America during the Revolution, in the days of Charles
the First, under Oliver Cromwell (as old records).
It is recorded that in 1653 Nathaniel Pyper deeded land. He
married Sarah , probably in America, as his children were
born in Ipswich. He died in 1676 and his will was proved in
1676, which shows that they had children.
Copy of the Will of Nathaniel ' Pyper
From the Ipswich records in Essex registry of deeds at Salem,
Mass.:
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, Nathaniel Pyper, of Ipswich, in
America, being weake in body, but of good and perfect memory, blessed be
God, doe dispose of that estate God hath lent me, as followeth. IMPRIMIS:
I give unto Sarah, my loveing wife, my house and house lott, barne and orchard,
and all my lands at Hog Island, with all my marsh both there and elsewhere in
Ipswich, and all my stock of cattle and sheepe, with all my household goods and
.debts, dureing her widdowhood, and untill my children come to the age of one
and twenty yeares, or be marryed.
And then my will is that my daughter Sarah shall have five pounds payd her
by her mother soe soone as she can convenyently; also I give my son Nathaniell
ten pounds at the age of one and twenty yeares, or at his day of marriage; also
I give unto all my other children, Josiah, John, Thomas, Mary, Margarett,
Samuel, and Jonathan, five pounds apeece, as they come to age or marry away;
also my will is that none of these legases shall be payd soe as to hinder my wife
her comfortable subsistence while she lives; and also my will that if any of my
children shall depart this life before they come to age, that then there portions
shall be equally devyded amongst the rest of my children that shall survive;
also my will is that if my wife should marry againe that she shall have one halfe
of my house and halfe of my home lott dureing her naturall life, and the use of
halfe my household goods; after her decease my will is that Nathaniel my son,
shall have all my house and home lott; and all my land at Hog Island, with the
marsh there and elsewhere, all these being prised and equally devided amongst
all my children then liveing, every one of them alike, only my son Nathaniell
to have dubble portion out of the same. I doe make Sarah, my loveing wife,
sole executrix of this my last will and testament, dated the seaventh day of
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March, in the yeare of Grace sixteene hundred and seaventy and five, 1675.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale.
Nathaniel Pyper. [seal]
These being wittnesses:
Francis Wainwright,
James Chute, Sen f .
Nathaniel Pyper and wife had twelve children. The eighth
was Thomas' 2 Piper, born November 26, 1666. He married
Grace Hawley of Wenham, November 21, 1692. Among their
children was Thomas 3 Piper, born November 17, 1697, in Wen-
ham, Mass. He removed to Stratham, N. H., and married
Tabitha Rollins. They had children, among them Stephen 4
Piper, born in Stratham, who married Abigail Church Wiggin,
daughter of Captain Thomas and wife, Sarah (Piper) Wiggin.
They were married June 20, 1754. They had twelve children.
Among them (as history) Stephen is the ancestor of the Sanborn-
ton, N. H., Pipers. Children:
Mary 5 , b. Jan. 20, 1756; m. Andrew Jewett.
Patience, b. 1758; m. Noah Buzzell.
Stephen, b. June 23, 1760; m. Alary Ayers.
Abigail, b. Apr. 23, 1762; m. Simeon Gate of Meredith.
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 16, 1764; m. Jenny Sanborn, dau. of
Asa Sanborn; resided in Sanbornton.
Sarah, d. aged 13 years.
Israel, b. 1768; resided in Wolfeborough.
Elizabeth, b. 1770; m. Andrew Sanborn in Sanbornton.
Tabitha, b. 1773; m. Chase.
Thomas, b. 1776; lived on the old farm in Stratham.
Hephzibah, b. 1779; m. John Wiggin.
Susanna, b. 1782; in. Coleman.
Nathaniel Piper lived on the Piper farm above Meredith
Center, where Caesar Wallace is buried. Their children:
Benjamin, 1804-1884; m. Mar. 3, 1879, Betsey Moses, 1801-
1884. He owned the old Piper farm.
Dudley Sanborn.
David, m. Mary E. - .
Polly, d. young.
Susan.
Abigail, d. young.
John, m. Sarah Moses. Their children:
Lucetta, 1842-1864.
Oscar J., b. Nov. 27, 1845, d. May 18, 1914; m. in
Meredith, Mary Batchelder. Their dau., Emma, m.
412 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Frank Arnold. They had a dau., Carrie, who m.
Frank Pickering at Meredith Center. Oscar J. Piper
m., second, Ina Nelson, born in Plymouth, July 26,
1853; d. 1926. Their children:
Fred Harold, b. Sept. 27, 1877; reside in Meredith.
Oscar Guy, b. Aug. 15, 1879; reside in Meredith.
Ralph Nathaniel, b. Dec. 1, 1882.
Earl K., d. 1887.
Dudley Sanborn Piper and wife, Eliza (Shaw) Piper, had a
daughter, Eliza Shaw Piper, who married Warren Kelley Kim-
ball, April 30, 1868. Their children:
Nettie Eldora, b. 1869, m. Luther Flanders of New Hamp-
ton. They have two children, Loamba Elizabeth and
Robert Flanders.
Herman Leroy, m. Lillian Tuttle.
Frank Blake, m. Bessie Mellor.
Irville Warren, m. Gladys Harmon.
Dudley Sanborn Piper, and wife, Eliza (Shaw) Piper, had
children:
Polly, who m. Joe Moses; lived in Meredith.
Benjamin, m. Betsey Moses; lived in Meredith.
John Piper married Sarah Moses.
Abigail and Susan died young.
David Piper was single; died in Quincy, Mass.
Albert B. Piper (aged 42 in 1897) married January 16, 1897,
Sophia M. Kelley (aged 49), daughter of Jonathan Kelley and
wife, Unis Goss of New Hampton.
Dudley Sanborn Piper and wife, Eliza Shaw, had a daughter,
Eliza Shaw Piper, who married Warren Kimball April 30, 1868.
Her mother, Eliza Shaw, was a daughter of Hilliard Shaw, born
in Chichester. He was an 1812 soldier. Hilliard Shaw married
Elizabeth Witham, daughter of Peletiah Witham, who was a
Revolutionary soldier. Hilliard Shaw and wife, Elizabeth, had
children: Eliza Greenleaf, Elijah and Daniel Shaw.
Inscriptions
Inscriptions on stones in a small yard enclosed by a wall on the
Piper farm, called the B. Piper estate:
Benjamin Piper died June 17, 1884, aged 80 years. His wife,
Betsey Moses, died January 25, 1869, aged 68 years.
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Susan Piper died July 13, 1859, aged 29 years.
Ida A. Piper, daughter of David and Alary E. Piper, died
April 20, 1877, aged 3 years.
Lucetta A. Piper, wife of John Webster, died January 24, 1864,
aged 22 years.
Dudley S. Piper, born November 24, 1811; died October 18,
1889. His wife, Eliza Shaw Piper, born December 28, 1811;
died November 16, 1898.
From Rev. John W. Haley's Piper Family Records
Nathaniel Piper \ grandson of the emigrant, was born in Wen-
ham, Mass., January 22, 1701, and died in Stratham, N. H.,
November 26, 1778. As probate records at Exeter, N. H., state,
he married Hannah Goss. They had children. After his death
several of his sons went to Pembroke (then Suncook), and the
mother went to live with her children. In her will, dated Decem-
ber 18, 1779, she mentions names of children: Martha Thurston,
Hannah Goss Piper; sons, Thomas, Gideon, William, Benjamin
(dead) and Nathaniel or Nathan, who was made sole executor of
her estate. In 1779 this Nathaniel of Pembroke had been ap-
pointed administrator of Nathaniel's (his father's estate), late of
Stratham. (The records of Stratham are few; the oldest ceme-
tery in Stratham has been ploughed up and the tombstones
carried away. What do our laws amount to?)
Gideon Piper, the second son of Nathaniel and Hannah Goss
Piper, was born in Stratham, September 7, 1741, and died in
Meredith, May 18, 1816. He moved from Stratham to Pembroke
in 1762, where his children were born. In 1783 he moved to
Meredith and cleaned up a farm on a hill overlooking North
Sanbornton, and there died. In 1781 he was drafted into the
Revolutionary War by Captain Head. Their children were:
Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1762; m. William Chase of Meredith.
They had six children.
Anna, b. Mar. 24, 1763; d. 1845; never m.
Elisha, b. May 2, 1768; m. Mary Folsom, dau. of Rev.
Nicholas Folsom, she b. Sept. 5,' 1774; d. May 18, 1802.
He m., second, Molly Plumer, dau. of Jesse. She d. 1824;
he d. June 30, 1834. They had seven children.
Gideon, b. May 4, 1805, m. Caroline J. Taylor, dau. of William,
May 31, 1852, in Concord. They moved from the old
farm in Meredith in 1866 to North Sanbornton, and later
414 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
to the Bridge (Tilton). He was a prominent man. They
had a dau., Nellie Chase Piper, b. Aug. 16, 1861.
Gideon Piper married Mrs. Ann Chandler of New Hampton,
November 4, 1799.
Gideon Piper married Betsey Merrill, April 30, 1810, Meredith.
Gideon Piper married Caroline J. Taylor of Sanbornton, May
31, 1852.
Abigail Piper, daughter of Stephen Piper and wife, Abigail
Church Wiggin of Stratham, married Simeon Gate. They settled
in Meredith. Her sister, Elizabeth Fiper, born November 5,
1770, in Stratham, married Andrew Sanborn. They lived in
West Sanbornton. Another sister, Hepizibah, married John
Wiggin of Meredith.
As RUNNELLS, THE PlPERS IN THE SWAIN LlXE
Nathaniel Piper 4 (Stephen, Thomas, Nathaniel) removed to
Sanbornton, N. H., about 1787. He was a large landowner, be-
low the chapel. He married June 13, 1787, Hannah Smith,
daughter of Deacon Christopher, who lived in Hampton, N. H.
They had thirteen children. The third son, Nathaniel Piper 5 ,
born April 20, 1800, married Susan Swain, daughter of Ebenezer
Swain and wife, Sarah Fogg.
Ebenezer Swain was born in 1765; moved from Epping to New
Salem. He enlisted when 17 years old and was taken prisoner
and carried to England, hence his widow was granted a pension.
He was married before going to New Salem. He died June 29 r
1807 (as gravestone), aged 42 years. They had (as Sanbornton
Town History) nine children. (Tradition says he is buried on his
old farm, north of the Abraham Swain farm in Meredith, which is
disputed, as I have been informed there are no stones in that yard,
only field stones, for thirteen graves there. Question?)
PLUMER
Joseph Plumer, "The Hermit," descended from Francis
Plumer, who settled in Newbury, Mass., and was admitted as
freeman in 1634.
One of his descendants, Jesse Plumer, married Sarah Merrill.
They removed from Londonderry to Crotchtown (this name is
found on the old Massachusetts records, from its position on the
GENEALOGIES 415
fork of the rivers), and, as the State Archives state, it was laid out
as the infant town of Sanborn Town, about 1768. The family
lived a short time on the "Minister's Great Lot," No. 76, now
Sanbornton Square. Three years later they settled permanently
on the edge of Meredith, in the so-called Plumer Neighborhood.
Their fourth child, Joseph, born in Londonderry in 1774, was
called very sensitive and timid towards people, and had fear of
mankind. He was a good scholar and well read. When 21 years
old he bought seven acres of land at the foot of Meredith Hill, and
built a house in the forest with a circular cellar. His chimney was
built of stones with old scythes protruding upward so that no one
could climb down the chimney and surprise him in the fireplace,
where he burned long pieces of wood, which he cut, and as the
ends burned off he would push the stick farther in the fire until
it was consumed.
He did not have any windows in his house for any outsiders to
look in at him, and the only entrance was a door some four feet
high and three feet wide. In front of this door, inside, which set
some two feet above the ground (without any steps), was a trap
door, so if anyone tried to surprise him suddenly he could open
the trap door and the intruder would fall into the cellar. His
bedstead was made of spruce poles with boards to edge it, also on
the bottom, with herbs that he had gathered in the woods to
sleep on, as he had great faith in Nature's remedies, and always
kept brimstone along with the herbs for disinfecting.
The young people often went there for curiosity, and as long as
they behaved he made them welcome. He entertained the ladies
by weighing them with a pair of steelyards he had suspended from
a beam overhead in the room. A hoop hung in it for the lady
to sit in at a "penny a weight."
The theological students from New Hampton often visited him
and held arguments on Bible topics, but he invariably got the best
of the argument, as he was a good Bible student and could quote
Scripture as well as the most learned of the students.
He wore homespun cloth uncolored for clothing and no hat. It
is said that he wrote some jingles but never read a newspaper.
He was said to watch strangers with an eagle eye, until he was
satisfied that they were friendly towards him.
The family were industrious, well-to-do citizens and well spoken
of in the communitv.
416 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
He died as he had lived, "alone," aged 84 years.
The Plumer family came from England, and settled on Plumb
Island, about 1635, then drifted inland to Newburyport, Mass.
Joseph Plumer settled in Gilmanton as a farmer; he married
Sally Lamprey. Their children :
Ann E., m. Ayers; settled in Maine.
Mary E., m. Henry E. Marsh of Gilmanton.
Laura, m. J. H. Drew of Gilmanton.
Charles E. Plumer was a large landowner of over one thousand
acres. He was an extensive stock raiser. He married Mary,
daughter of Stephen Moody of Gilmanton. Their children:
Etta J., m. Edwin N. Sanborn of Laconia.
Carrie E., m. Frank H. Furber of Alton.
William A., born in 1865, was a Dartmouth graduate. He went
to Canaan and taught school, where he was popular as a teacher,
and later he attended the Boston University Law School; was
admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1889, and a little later
was a partner of Hon. S. S. Jewett. He married in 1890, Ellen F.,
daughter of George W. Murray. They had one son, Wayne M.
Plumer, born in 1891.
Inscription on the stone of Col. Dudley Prescott on his farm,
now grown up to big trees. He married Martha Swain, June 22,
1780, in Epping, and settled in Belmont in 1786.
Sacred to the Memory of Col. Dudley Prescott
Who Was Born in Epping July 9, 1758,
and Died in Gilmanton August 3, 1815
He volunteered his services to his country in the darkest period of the Revolu-
tionary War, and was in some of the battles that contributed to give freedom
to the Colonies. At an early period he found his way through a tractless wilder-
ness into the westerly part of Gilmanton and after great industry and depriva-
tion made the wilderness smile with the fruits of trees and flowers of spring.
His life was devoted to acts of charity and many of the first settlers of Gilman-
ton were often sustained by his assistance. May his ashes slumber in sweet
repose, his faults be forgotten and his virtues imitated by posterity.
Ye grieve, friends, now cease to mourn.
To die, you know, we all were born.
PRESCOTT
Colonel Dudley Prescott was a Revolutionary soldier. He
married Martha Swain in Epping, and they settled in Upper Gil-
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manton (Belmont). Martha was a daughter of Nathan Swain,
born in 1760, died in 1834. He was a colonel of the 10th Militia.
Their son, Horatio Gates Prescott, born in 1780, married Leah
Prescott Wadleigh, his cousin, born in 1783 at Hampton Falls.
They lived at Meredith Bridge (Laconia).
Their second child, Rachel Prescott, born in 1784, married
Jonathan, son of Samuel Ladd, born in 1779, a merchant at
Meredith Bridge. She died in 1814/5. He married, second,
Betsey, daughter of Gordon Lawrence. He died in 1826.
Their seventh child and fourth daughter, Hannah, born in
1 796, married Daniel Ela Swasey in 1820. He died in 1825. One
daughter, Martha Ann, born in 1823, married Royal Winter in
1844. He died in 1851. Mrs. Swasey died at Meredith Bridge
in 1857.
Josiah Prescott married Hannah Batchelder. Their first child,
Josiah, born in 1743, married Betsey Smith, sister to Judge
Ebenezer Smith of Meredith. Betsey (Smith) Prescott married,
second, Jeremiah Bean of Candia, and married, third, Dr. Jona-
than Hill of Gilmanton Iron Works. They were married in 1798.
She died at Grandtham in 1830. Her daughters by Josiah Pres-
cott were: Mary, Elizabeth and Hannah.
Mary Prescott, daughter of John and wife, Hannah Rundlett of
Epping, married Gordon Lawrence, brother of Edward of Epping,
born in 1750. They settled in Meredith as farmers. She died in
1797. He married, second, Betsey Kelley of Salem in 1812.
Erastus W. Prescott, born in 1827, a blacksmith of Meredith
Village, married Tryphena Huntress. He was a son of David
Prescott and wife, Polly Glines of Holderness.
Gordon Lawrence, born in 1781, son of Gordon Lawrence and
wife, Mary (Prescott) Lawrence, married Polly, daughter of John
Wadleigh, in 1801. They settled in Canada.
Their fourth child, Samuel Lawrence, married, first, Susan
Smith, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer Smith of Meredith. She died
and he married, second, her sister, Betsey, who lived and died in
Meredith.
Their seventh child and fifth son, Noah Lawrence, born in 1782,
married Priscilla, daughter of Jeremiah Marston,in 1804. She was
born in 1783, died in 1807. He married in 1847 her sister, Mary
Marston. They settled in Canada East.
The eighth child and sixth son, Hazen Lawrence, son of Gordon
418 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Lawrence and wife, Mary Prescott, born in 1787, married Sally,
daughter of Col. Daniel Smith of Meredith, and later removed
to Gilmanton. He died in 1856 in Canada East.
Their third daughter and ninth child, Betsey Lawrence, born in
1791, married Jonathan Ladd, a merchant, at Meredith Bridge
(Laconia) in 1816. He was born in 1779 and died in 1816. She
married, second, Stephen Woodman Mead of Meredith in 1832.
He was born in 1799. She died in 1841.
John Perkins of Meredith married Lucy Prescott. Their
daughter married John Smith, son of Hon. Ebenezer Smith of
Meredith and his wife, Sarah (Spiller) Smith. He was a farmer,
justice of the peace, and worthy citizen.
John Smith, "the tailor," married Rebecca Marston in Hamp-
ton.
Josiah Hall, son of John Hall and wife, Ruth Prescott, born in
1784 in New Chester (Hill), married as his second wife, Sarah
(White) Ferrin. Their sixth child, Rev. King Solomon Hall,
born at Groton, N. H., in 1819, married Ann E. Buswell, daughter
of Caleb Buswell of Warner, in 1847. He was educated at New
Hampton Literary and Theological Institution, where he gradu-
ated in 1845. In 1851 he was settled over the Baptist Church at
Lake Village, where he remained until 1859. In 1854 he was
elected a member of the Board of School Commissioners. In
1855 he was secretary of the board and later settled as pastor
again at Lake Village, formerly a part of Meredith.
Jeremiah Prescott, son of Col. Jeremiah Prescott (who signed
the Association Test in 1776) and wife, Jane Sherburne of Epsom.
Their son, Jeremiah, married Molly Sanborn, daughter of
Timothy Sanborn of Epsom.
Their third child, Jeremiah, born in 1794, married Betsey
Moses in 1815. They lived at Meredith Village, where he died
in 1860. She died at Pittsfield and is buried at Meredith.
Their sixth child, Jane S. Prescott, born in 1800, married Capt.
Amos Cram in 1821. He was a son of Jonathan W. Cram and
wife, Polly Dockham, born in 1799. He was a carpenter and
painter at Meredith Village. He was a captain of the militia
and held many town offices.
William Thompson, a son of William Thompson and wife,
Catherine (Mason) Thompson of Stratham, born in 1758, died,
aged 40 years. He married Mary, daughter of Major Prescott,
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baptized 1758. Their fourth son and fifth child, Benjamin
Thompson, born in 1788, married Ruth, daughter of Thomas
Eastman of Meredith, in 1809. He was born in 1792. She died
in 1829, aged 37 years. He died in 1829.
John Hubbard of Sandwich, born at Ipswich Hamlet in 1847,
drifted through many towns. He married, in Gilmanton, Judith
Prescott. Their daughter, Mary, born in 1780, married John
Ambrose of Moultonboro. He died in 1806. She married,
second, Parker Plummer of Meredith. Later they removed to
Sandwich. Their sixth child, Catherine, born in 1787 (a twin),
married Timothy Badger and settled at Meredith in 1807. Their
eighth child, Susan, born in 1791, married Dr. John Sanborn of
Meredith Village in 1820. She died in 1866.
Josiah Rundlett, son of Josiah and wife, Mary (James) Rund-
lett of Epping, born in 1762, settled in Upper Gilmanton. He
married Dolly, daughter of Micah Prescott and wife, Abigail
(Brown) of Epping. Their fourth child and third son, Daniel P.
Rundlett, born in 1790, married Polly Hadley. They lived in
Meredith. Their seventh child. Polly, 1797-1851, married
Bailey Young of Meredith.
Prescott Memorial
Samuel Lawrence married Susan, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer
Smith of Meredith. Their son, Ebenezer Smith Lawrence, born
in 1807, married in 1829, Hannah Plummer Ladd, daughter of
Dudley Ladd. They lived on the Gilford side of Meredith
Bridge Village, where they lived some years, but later he received
an appointment to the Custom House office in Boston. Their
third child, Ezekiel Brown Lawrence, born in 1809, married
Susan Kelley, born at New Hampton. They lived on a farm
in Laconia.
Noah Lawrence, son of Gordon Lawrence and wife, Mary
Prescott, daughter of John Prescott and wife, Hannah Rundlett,
married Priscilla Marston, daughter of Jeremiah Marston of
Meredith. Their third child, Mary Burleigh Lawrence, born in
1808, married Abraham True of Meredith in 1827, he born in
1800. They had one son, Noah L. True. Their ninth child,
Nancy Boynton Lawrence, born in 1822, married Joseph W.
Robinson of Meredith in 1845. She died in 1850.
Hazen Lawrence, born in 1787, son of Gordon Lawrence and
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wife, Betsey Kelley, married Sally Smith, daughter of Daniel
Smith Lawrence, who was born in 1820. He was a blacksmith
at Laconia. Their eighth child, Sally Smith Lawrence, born in
1823, married Alvin Jay Batchelder of Meredith in 1842. He was
a son of Deacon John Batchelder of Meredith, a blacksmith and
removed to Charlestown, Mass. They had two sons and two
daughters.
Betsey Lawrence, born in 1791, married Jonathan Ladd, a mer-
chant at Meredith Bridge. Their son, Lucian Augustus Ladd,
born in 1821, married Mary Jane Smith, daughter of Charles
Smith and wife, Anna Smith of Meredith. They were married
in 1843. Their second child, Olive Jane, born in 1824, married
Dr. Joseph Knowles, son of William Knowles of Northfield. He
died at Meredith Bridge in 1852. She married, second, David S.
Prescott in 1853, a physician. Lived in Laconia. Betsey
Lawrence married, second, Stephen W. Mead. Their son was
George Lawrence Mead, born in 1853, died in Boston.
Samuel Washington Prescott, born in 1786, married Mary,
daughter of Enoch Brown of Pittsfield in 1812. They lived in
Lake Village and Gilford. Their son, Enoch Brown Prescott,
born in 1813, married in 1839 Hannah Gove Thing, born in 1815.
He lived in Lake Village and was a blacksmith. Their sixth son,
Samuel Washington Prescott, born in 1823, lived in Meredith.
Their seventh child, John Oliver Prescott, born in 1825, married
in 1851 Lydia B. Randall, born in 1827. He was a machinist in
Lake Village.
John S. Osgood, son of Samuel Prescott of Gilford, married
Leah Prescott, born in 1782. Their daughter, Livonia, married
Abial, son of Benjamin Sanborn of Gilford; later moved to La-
conia. Their sixth child, Rachel, married Elbridge G., son of
John Haven of Meredith Bridge Village.
Jonathan Bean Prescott, son of Samuel Prescott, married
Phebe Morrison of Sanborn ton, daughter of Bradbury Morrison.
Their sixth child, Dr. David Sanborn Prescott, born in 1823,
married in 1853 Mrs. Jane L. Knowles of Laconia, widow of Dr.
Joseph Knowles, she a daughter of Jonathan Ladd and wife,
Betsey Lawrence (Ladd). He was a Dartmouth graduate, and
in 1853 took up Dr. Knowles' practice.
Susan Hubbard, born in 1791, married Dr. John Sanborn of
Meredith Village, born in 1789. Their second child, Susan
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Catherine, born in 1823, married Levi Leach; lived in Meredith.
Their third child, Dr. John Henry Sanborn, born in 1830, married
Elizabeth Leach in 1854. He practised with his father in Mere-
dith Village.
Enoch Brown Prescott, born in 1813, son of Samuel W. Prescott
of Lake Village, and wife, Mary Brown, married Hannah G.
Thing of Lake Village. Their children:
John Freeman Thing, b. 1841.
Susan Adda, b. 1850.
Enoch True, b. 1852.
Cora Ellen, b. 1857.
Therina Osgood married Col. Ebenezer Stevens, son of Paul
Stevens of Gilford; lived in Meredith. Their children: Cyrus,
Pelestena and Ann.
Susanna Prescott, daughter of Asa Prescott and wife, Hannah
Thompson of Sanbornton, married Obadiah Eastman; lived near
Meredith Line. Their children :
Hannah Elizabeth, b. 1846.
George Prescott, b. 1848.
Mary Prescott, born April 12, 1766, daughter of Samuel Pres-
cott and wife, Anna Healey of Gilmanton, married Daniel son of
Moses Flanders of Loudon, in October, 1835; resided in Andover.
Their children:
Eunice, b. 1788; m. William, son of Edward Scribner of Gil-
manton, Oct. 8, 1810; lived in Gilmanton and removed to
Holderness, where he d.
Lucy, b. 1790; m. John, son of Ezekiel French of Gilmanton.
Nancy, b. 1792; d. 1794.
Sarah, b. 1795; m. Dudley Dearborn.
Nancy, b. 1797; m. Scribner, son of Samuel Mudgett, in
1825. Mary married Daniel Flanders (as above).
Lemuel, b. 1801; m. Eliza Gilman; went West.
Lydia, b. 1803; m. Oliver Osgood.
Judith, b. 1808; m. Edward Gould Mudgett, son of Edward
of Gilmanton (Meredith), Oct. 1826; resided in Canaan.
Issue of Mary Prescott and Daniel Flanders:
Mary Frances, b. 1835; m. John Geddon of East Boston,
1853.
Sarah Ann, b. 1837; m. Reuben Cook of East Boston.
William Mudgett, b. 1839; d. 1840.
Daniel Bailey, b. 1844.
Other children born and died young.
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Samuel, son of Jonathan Prescott, and wife, Rachel Clifford of
Kensington and Gilmanton.
Jonathan Prescott, born in 1723, married Rachel Clifford, born
in 1723. They settled in Kensington, where all his children were
born. He signed the Association Test there in 1776, entered
the service of his country, and served through the Revolution.
He went to Pierce's Island in 1775 under Capt. Joseph Clifford
and Col. Thomas Tash. In 1776 he went to New York under
Capt. William Prescott and Col. Thomas Tash. He was at West
Point and other places in New York State, the last years under
Capt. Henry Butler and Col. Thomas Bartlett. He removed to
Gilmanton in 1793, where he died December 10, 1809, aged
86 years.
Maj. William Prescott, born in 1728, married, in 1750 his
cousin, Susanna, daughter of Joseph Sanborn, Jr., and wife,
Susanna (James) Sanborn. Joseph Sanborn, Jr., was a son of
Joseph and wife, Mary (Gove) Sanborn, Sr., who was the son of
John and Mary (Tuck) Sanborn, the emigrant, who was one of the
first settlers if Hampton, N. H. Susanna Sanborn, born April 18,
1728; died in 1800. Maj. William Prescott settled in Hampton
Falls, built a large house there in 1780, sold it to John Wadleigh
and removed to Sanborn ton when the town was sparsely settled,
where he died September 28, 1811, aged 83 years. He was
prominent in the Revolutionary War and was commander of a
regiment, under Col. Jonathan Moulton when they went into
winter quarters at Peeksville. He was captain in that company,
Abraham Sanborn was lieutenant and Ebeneezer and Jonathan
Prescott were privates.
Capt. Jonathan Prescott, was a son of Jonathan Prescott and
wife, Elizabeth, born in 1675. He died at Kensington January 6,
1755, aged 80 years. He was one of the petitioners for the new
town of Kensington in 1736. In 1696 he labored seven days at
Fort William and Mary, and in 1710 was one of a scouting party
under Capt. John Gilman.
Jonathan Prescott, born in 1675, was the son of James Prescott
and wife, Mary Boulter. James came from Dryby in the County
of Lincolnshire, England, in 1665 and settled in Hampton, which
was in the "Old County of Norfolk," Mass. His farm was some
two miles north of Hampton Falls Academy. He was a man of
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integrity and influence, in whose opinion people placed the utmost
confidence.
Frank R. Prescott, born in 1870 at Weirs, son of Samuel W.
Prescott and wife, Emma (Jenness) Prescott, born in Vermont.
He moved to Meredith and went into the lumber business, where
he has been very successful. He is connected with the Meredith
Trust Co. and the Utilities Power Company. He married in
1915, Mary, daughter of Gilbert Pynn of Meredith.
Flanders Family
By William Prescott, Author of Prescott Memorial
Jonathan 5 , Richard C. 4 , Jonathan \ John 2 , Stephen Flanders
and wife, Apphia Danford. He married, second, Sophronia
Knowlton of Hopkinton, N. H., in 1820. They had ten children.
Jonathan 5 Flanders was born October 23, 1791; and was a
farmer in Gilmanton.
Moses F., born April 21, 1786, Concord, son of Oliver and wife,
Abigail Chandler.
Moses F., born June 2, 1762, son of Ezekiel and wife, Sarah
, Hampton.
Moses F., born June 2, 1767, Boscawen, son of sixth Jesse and
Ruth.
Moses F., born January 20, 1749.
RAY
Caleb Ray, in the year of 1645, appears in early records of the
Second Church of Boston, and a brother of his, Daniel Ray, of
New Plymouth, in 1630. On the genealogical tree of the Ray-
family are inscribed the following lines:
"The hasty Coffin — fractious loud;
The silent Gardner — plotting;
The Mitchells good, the Barkers proud,
The Macys eat the pudding;
The Rays and Russells coopers are,
The knowing Folgers lazy —
A learned Coleman very rare,
And scarce an honest Hussey."
William Ray was a descendant of Caleb Ray.
Daniel Ray, the emigrant, of Danvers, Mass., married Hep-
zibah Peabody.
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Joshua Ray.
Zorabel Ray of Danvers, Mass., married Margaret Rogers. He
died in 1744.
Caleb Ray, born in 1727, died in 1760, was a physician
and surgeon, in an expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758.
He married Widow Abigail Sargent, second, married Ruth
Porter.
Caleb, son of Caleb of Windham, Maine, born in 1790, died in
1849; married Susan Bickford.
Fabius Ray, born in 1837, graduated at Bowdoin College, and
studied law; was a member of the Maine legislature, was in the
House in 1871 and in the Senate in 1885. He married Mary M.
Marrett.
Lieut. William Ray, Vol. 1, returned to Meredith from 4th Co.
as lieutenant, also ensign Vol. 2, in Lieut. Col. Ebeneezer Smith's
Co., 1777, at Ticonderoga; Vol. 3, in Capt. Sinclair's Co., West
Point, 1780.
Vol. 1, William Ray, among men who went to Canada in Capt.
Joseph Badger's Co., returned to Gilmanton (Meredith). March
12, 1812, he received pay for road going through a part of his land
beginning at "the stone casway" till it strikes Jacob Currier's
land. He married a sister of "White Oak" Joseph Neal. He
died about 1831.
Betsey Ray (Elizabeth), daughter of William Ray and wife,
died when young, October 6, 1814.
John Ray, born in 1804; died December 3, 1878, at Meredith,
aged 74 years.
Hannah C. Ray, daughter of John Nason and wife, Elizabeth
Nason, died January 14, 1877.
Fred Smith's wife has a history of the Roberts and Meads.
'Her husband was a Mead descendant.
Joshua Wiggin died March 25, 1860, aged 48 years.
Nancy (Neal) Wiggin died March 18, 1855, aged 44 years.
Lieut. William Ray and His Descendants of
West Rumney, N. H.
Lieut. William Ray came from Nottingham. Tradition states
that he brought thirty or forty apple sprouts with him and
planted them in Meredith. One old tree is to be seen in the
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Joseph Xeal orchard at the present time, where he settled near
the home of Joseph Neal, his brother-in-law, between the "Prov-
ince Road " and the D. W. Highway. Lieut. William Ray married
Elizabeth Neal, sister of "White Oak" Joe Neal. Among their
children was a son, Nathaniel Ray, who was captain of the militia
in training days. Two children are buried in the Joseph Neal
burying ground, on the old farm, where it appears that Lieut.
William Ray and wife, Elizabeth, are also buried.
Capt. Nathaniel Ray married Sarah Bickford. They had a
son, Nathaniel, also a son, Ebeneezer Bickford Ray. When he
was young, they were poor and only had small parcels of land and
no money to buy more, so they moved to Ellsworth, where they
could get land cheaper. When they moved they left behind the
gun that the lieutenant used in the Revolution, also a sword, with
a long rod with an iron hatchet on the end for protection. Capt.
Nathaniel Ray was buried at Ellsworth. No stones.
Lieut. William Ray lived on the east side of the Province Road,
near the Joseph Neal homestead, and his son, Capt. Nathaniel
Ray, lived on the west side of the Province Road, where the Tut-
tles, who bought the place, made a burying ground, using the
cellar wall as an edge to the yard or fence. This yard is where
Stoten Tuttle is buried, above the Ray corner, and the Tuttle
watering trough.
Nathaniel Ray, born in Meredith, August 24, 1810, died in
New Hampton, October 2, 1871. He was a son of Capt. Nathan-
iel Ray and wife, Sarah (Bickford) Ray. His father was William
Ray, who married Elizabeth Neal, a daughter of Samuel Neal and
wife, Elizabeth Haley of Rye and Stratham.
Nathaniel Ray, born in Meredith, married Mary Locke, born in
Alexandria, September 26, 1832, a daughter of William Locke,
born in Epsom, September 6, 1785; he was married December 25,
1808, to Mercy Shaw, born in Epsom, March 8, 1791, died in
Lowell, Mass., in 1869. He was a farmer in Alexandria, and died
in Epsom in 1829. They had six children (as the Locke Gene-
alogy) .
William Locke was a son of William Locke, born in Rye, June
16, 1758; married October 29, 1779, Abigail Saunders, born
October 7, 1760, daughter of John Saunders, born in 1720, of
Torbay, England, and his wife, Tryphena Philbrick, born in Rye,
April 24, 1729, married January 29, 1760, as John Saunder's
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second wife. He was lost in the big gale of 1770, and she married,
second, in 1780, Jonathan Berry.
Tryphena Philbrick, born in 1729, daughter of Joses Philbrick,
born in 1703, and wife, Abigail Locke, bom at Rye in 1706, mar-
ried January 4, 1826/7. Joses Philbrick was a son of Joseph and
wife, Tryphena (Marston) Philbrick. Abigail Locke, born in
1706, was a daughter of Deacon William Locke, born at Hampton,
April 17, 1677; married in 1699 Hannah Knowles of Kingston,
daughter of John and Jemina (Austin) Knowles. Hannah
Knowles, born at Hampton in 1678; died at Rye, September 12,
1769, aged 91 years. Deacon Locke bought many different pieces
of land in Portsmouth and "on ye bank to Greenland." In 1728
he bought, in Rye, land called "Ye island of ye pond," once called
"Locke's Hole." He died at Rye in 1781. He was a son of
Capt. John Locke, baptized at London, England, in 1627; married
about 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Jane (Berry)
Locke. Captain Locke was killed by the Indians August 26,
1696, while working on his land. They had twelve children (as
Locke's Genealogy).
Ebeneezer Bickford Ray was born at Meredith in 1808, and
lived to be 93 years old. He married Jane Marston.
William Frank Ray, only son of Ebeneezer Bickford Ray and
wife, Jane Marston, married Addie M. Dolloff of Rumney, N. H.,
daughter of Augustus Dolloff and wife, Martha Jane (Elliott)
Dolloff of Dorchester, N. H. (This town was formerly opposite
Rumney.) Children of William Frank Ray and wife:
Edward Eben, b. Sept. 22, 1883.
Everett Agustus, b. Nov. 7, 1884.
Susie Jane, b. Aug. 24, 1886; m. William B. Atwood of
Rumney, June 10, 1910.
George Thurman, b. June 11, 1888.
Archie Marston, b. Dec. 5, 1889.
Ethel Tryphena, b. Mar. 11, 1893.
Frank Hubert, b. Mar. 5, 1895; d. young.
William Hovey ) , . , , T 02 1Qn .
T u > twins, b. May 23, 1896.
John Hibbard \ y
Rufus Dolloff, b. May 11, 1902.
William Ray is a cousin to Alonzo Ray Sanborn, born in Camp-
ton. He married Martha J. Avery. Their son, Alonzo Ray
Sanborn, born at Campton in 1869, lives part of the time on the
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Emerson Martson farm in Meredith. He married Nellie Tucker
of Thornton.
William Ray, originally in family of Lazarus Row, cleared ten
acres in 1770.
John Neal, originally Jonathan Wadleigh, had land, and one in
the family cleared one acre in Meredith which was settled De-
cember 31, 1748. Granted to Samuel Palmer, called "Palmers-
towne," later called "New Salem," and changed to Meredith in
1768.
Daniel Smith came to Palmerstown in 1748, near Winepesioca
Pond.
Towle to Ray
John Towle of Meredith, consideration $150 dollars, granted to Nathaniel
Ray, being part of the homestead, owned by Capt. William Ray, bounded
beginning at the corner of Ray's land by the side of the highway that leads to
Dovv's Mill, about 2 rods from the north corner of Ray's house, thence to run
westerly, binding on highway, 8 rods to stake and stone; thence northerly from
the first boundary adjoining the Province Road, so called, 10 rods to a stake
or stone, thence westerly to where the road runs to Dow's Mill 8 rods to a stake;
thence southerly to the second bounds, to contain half an acre, and is the same
land where John Towle built a small building, Dec. 29, 1797.
Silas Ray, April 8, 1818, of Amenia, N. Y., enlisted in Keene,
under William Ellis, Colonel Scammel, for three years. On June
26, 1820, he was 64 years old. He enlisted in 1777 at Charlestown.
His family was a wife, 54 years old, two sons, 23 and 11, and a
daughter, 13 years old. Names not stated.
September 25, 1829, William Ray, son and heir to Silas Ray,
testified that his father enlisted in 1776. Silas Ray died in
Dutchess County, N. Y., April 16, 1828. He never received a
bounty, to which he was entitled, and William Ray applied for
100 acres of land. William Ray married Elizabeth Neal, daugh-
ter of "White Oak" Joseph Neal, and lived near his father-in-law.
He, his wife and two children are buried in the old Neal yard on
the farm.
ROBERTS
Stearns' History states that Thomas Roberts settled on Dover
Neck, about 1623. The land he was on was occupied by Roberts'
descendants over two centuries. They were men who were in
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public offices and occupied high positions. In 1662 he rebuked
his sons, who were constables, for enforcing the law against
Quaker women.
Whittier's poem on how they drove the Quaker women from
Dover:
The tossing spray of Cohecho's falls
Hardened to ice on its icy walls
As through Dover town, in the chill gray dawn,
Three women passed, at the cart tail drawn,
Bared to the waist, for the north wind's grip
And keener sting of the constable's whip.
The blood that followed each hissing blow
Froze as it sprinkled the winter snow;
Priest and ruler, boy and maid,
Followed the dismal cavalcade;
And from door and window, open thrown,
Looked and wondered, gaffer and crone.
Thomas Roberts had been a member of the church over twenty
years. He died about 1673 and was buried on Dover Neck.
Tradition, through Charles Roberts of Meredith, states that
Thomas Roberts was drawn on a jury as one of the men to punish
the Quaker women for maintaining their religion. He refused and
the Dover magistrate took his cow away to punish him. In his
will he gave most of his property to his daughter, Sarah, and
husband, Richard Rich, but remembered in his will, John and
Thomas; Hester, wife of John Martin; Anne, wife of James Phil-
brick of Hampton; and Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Heard.
John Roberts, born in 1629, his son, was prominent on Dover
Neck; he married Abigail, daughter of Elder Hate-evil Nutter.
They had children: Joseph, Hatevil, and probably Thomas and
Abigail Nutter Roberts. In 1679 John was in Portsmouth,
served as marshall of the Province, but resigned in 1681.
Thomas Roberts, born in 1633, married Mary, daughter of
Thomas Leighton of Dover.
Nathaniel lived on Dover Neck; married Elizabeth Mason.
Their children :
Hester, m. John Martin of New Jersey in 1673.
Anne, m. James Philbrick of Hampton.
Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Heard.
Sarah, m. Richard Rich.
John Roberts, 1793-1870, married Nancy, widow of Nathaniel
Drake. (Sanbornton, N. H., records.)
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Benjamin Roberts, born in 1809, was a blacksmith at Pipers
Mills and resided on the edge of Meredith. He was a deacon of
the Pine Hill Baptist Church. He married Polly Leavitt, who
came from Sutton, Vt. Their children:
Benjamin Franklin, b. 1839; m. Lizzie E. Woodward.
Leavitt Sylvester, b. 1840; m. Laura E. Burley. She d.,
aged 20 years. He m., second Nora L. Liston, b. in
Canada in 1865. He served three years in the 12th N. H.
Regiment.
Ellen P., b. 1844; d. young.
Ellen P., b. 1846 in Moultonboro; m. Horace P. Howe.
Dr. John Leavitt Roberts, 1772-1850. He was a wheelwright;
he made cart wheel blocks with the fellies of rock maple, and the
tread of the wheel was rounded and made without any tire. He
married Lovey Hawkins, 1774-1853. They are buried in the
Bean cemetery. He settled on a farm midway between Meredith
Milage and Squam Bridge, in the town of Holderness. They had
children: Levi, John, James, Calvin, Sanders (1801-1847), Ben-
jamin, Thomas, Washington and Nancy Leavitt Roberts.
Leavitt Roberts' family were rugged, healthy and industrious.
Two of them were blacksmiths and six farmed.
John, James and Thomas settled on Meredith Neck, also their
sister, Nancy, who married Madison Chase and lived near the
Advent Church. Several of the family are laid to rest in the
Bean yard, over the line out of Center Harbor, in Moultonboro,
one-half mile from Center Harbor Village.
Sanders married Sophronia and settled on Center
Harbor Neck. His children were: Harriet J., born in 1842; Ben-
jamin, 1843-1847; Lydia Melvina, 1834-1856, married David M.
Huckins. Calvin lived in Moultonboro and Benjamin and Wash-
ington lived in Sanbornton Levi settled in Barton, Vt.
Leavitt Roberts lived mostly in Meredith, but died in Center
Harbor. He married Laura Esther Burleigh, born in 1841, a
daughter of John S. and wife, Esther Wadleigh, who was a daugh-
ter of James Wadleigh, Jr., and his wife, Eunice Farnham, and
she a daughter of Capt. Barachias W. Farnham. He was born in
1760 at Lebanon, Maine, and married a Stevens. He was in the
War of 1812, from Sanbornton. His children married into the
Simpson and Kelley families and lived on Kelley Hill, near the
Turnpike. Leavitt Roberts had eleven children. Three were
Baptist deacons.
430 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
John Roberts was one of the first settlers on Meredith Neck.
His children:
James.
David Moody, m. Abby . Their son, Otis S., m.
Mar. 31, 1883, Cora E. Locke of Gilford, dau. of John C.
Locke and wife, Mary T. Locke.
Lieut. Joseph Roberts' son, Joseph R., married Mary Roberts.
Their three children married Boyntons.
Warren Roberts, 1804-1851, married Abigail Drake in 1841.
She died in 1856 at Meredith Center.
William D. Roberts married in 1823 Phebe Roby in Meredith.
(This history was written for a Roberts who lived in Texas: it
may help someone in future days.)
John Roberts, 1797-1867, married Phebe - -, born in 1799.
As Durham history states, John Roberts was in the "Parish of
Madbury," in the town of Durham, in 1758, and John Roberts,
Jr., was an inhabitant in 1764, among a company of men to pro-
tect the country called "Gentlemen Troopers." Among them
were Huggins (Huckins), Davis, Doe, Capt. Joseph Bickford,
Leathers, Langleys, etc., whose descendants came and settled in
Meredith.
Births
Martha A. Roberts, born February 4, 1819.
Fannie Roberts, born September 24, 1823; died in 1910.
William S. Roberts, born December 1, 1826; died in 1845.
Benjamin R. Roberts, born August 9, 1833; died in 1836.
John S. Roberts, born June 21, 1838; died in 1910; married
Sarah J. Whidden, born in 1849 on "Christian Hill" in Holder-
ness, now Ashland, daughter of Reuben Whidden and wife.
Reuben Whidden, in the cold year of 1816, raised forty bushels
of wheat on high land, cut it wet, dried it by the fireplace and
distributed it among the settlers on the low land who could not
raise any, and helped feed them that year. The citizens were so
grateful that in after years they marked his grave on a boulder on
"Christian Hill." It still stands in memory of his great charity.
Charles Cutter Roberts, son of Joseph Roberts and wife, Mary
(Daniels) Roberts, born in Strafford, N. H., December 17, 1835,
died in 1880; married Hannah Jane Neal in 1858, a daughter of
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Joseph Neal and wife, Lucy Dow, born in Meredith in 1829, died
in 1913. They settled in Tamworth, N. H. Their children:
Lucy Jane, 1859-1859.
Charles Hezekiah, 1860-1913.
Joseph Neal, 1862-1862.
Joseph Neal, b. 1865.
Arthur, 1869-1916.
Dixie Guy, b. 1874.
John Roberts was the first Roberts settler in Madbury (Dur-
ham). His son, Thomas Roberts, died in Brentwood in 1821.
He married Nancy Wiggin; married, second, Mary, daughter of
Coffin Sanborn, born in 1737, and wife, Hannah Hilliard, born in
1741. They settled on the Sanborn Road in Sanbornton. Coffin
Sanborn was a son of Abner Sanborn and wife, Rachel (Shaw)
Sanborn, born at Hampton Falls.
James Roberts married Sarah Whidden of Holderness, a
daughter of Ezra S. Whidden of Holderness and wife, Susan H.
-. As stones: Ezra, 1805-1859; Susan, 1811-1863. Their
children:
Hosea M. Whidden, 1847-1849.
Charles E. Whidden, 1850-1857.
Sarah Whidden Roberts, 1839-1927.
John S. Roberts, 1838-1910.
James Roberts married Elmira Clement of Holderness. Their
daughter, Nancy Ann, married Lovejoy Their daughter,
Eva Lovejoy, married John Wiggin, a son of George Wiggin;
lived on Meredith Neck.
Levi Roberts, a brother to James, 1795-1861, married Abiah
, 1796-1869. Levi was a brother to James, John and
Thomas.
Leavitt Roberts of Meredith. His son, Thomas Roberts, born
in 1812, helped on the farm until he was married, then he bought
a farm. He married Nancy Wiggin, daughter of Winthrop
Wiggin and wife, Hannah Cate. Their children: Betsey, Ann,
George, Smith and Nancy C.
Thomas Roberts and wife, Nancy C. (Wiggin) Roberts.
Children:
George Smith.
Eben Fisk.
Frank; settled in Meredith.
432 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Oren Nason, b. 1838. After he attained manhood he went
to Massachusetts, and after some years he returned to
Meredith and, with his brother, George, and Simeon
Wadleigh, formed a company called the Wadleigh Plough
Co., in which he stayed some four years, then bought a
farm, and served in town business. In 1864 he m. Julia
Ann, dau. of Clark Smith. Their children:
Fred S. of Laconia.
Emma N., m. Wilbur W. Ballard of Meredith, he d. 1926.
Charles N. of Meredith.
Harry F. of Massachusetts.
Bertie C.
Leavitt Roberts, a pioneer of Meredith Neck. His son,
Thomas Roberts, 1812-1886, born in Meredith, worked as a
stonecutter in Quincy, Mass., and later farmed. He married
Nancy C. Wiggin. Their children :
George Smith, settled in Chicago, 111.
Oren N. of Meredith.
Eben Fisk of Medford.
James Frank, b. 1852 in Meredith, and spent his life as a
good farmer. He m. Mrs. Avis E. (Shattuck) Ferry, dau.
of Rev. Calvin S. Shattuck, who lived in Pittsfield and
m. Phillis Gray. Their children:
Rev. Frank Shattuck, who lived in Rochester, N. H.
Avis E., who m. James Frank Roberts of Meredith.
Rev. Charles W. Shattuck of Lakeport, N. H.
John Roberts' daughter, Martha, married John Clark of
Meredith Neck. Their daughter, Fanny, married Daniel L.
Alexander.
James Roberts' children: Newell and Moody.
Clark
John Clark, 1812-1860, married Martha A. Roberts in 1838.
She was born in 1819. Their children:
Moses Eton, 1846-1921; m. Sarah A. Dow in 1875.
Fannie M., b. 1849; m. Daniel L. Alexander in 1866. He
b. 1843, d. 1918. Their children:
Mattie L., 1876-1899.
Amy, 1881-1902; m. Arthur Sherlock, 1879-1916. She
m., second, 1924, George S. Jenks, b. 1876.
Charles F., 1857-1881.
Sarah A., 1856-1917.
GENEALOGIES 433
ROBERTS
John Roberts, one of the early settlers on Meredith Neck, had
a son, John Sawyer Roberts, who married Sarah Whitten. They
were some of Meredith's respected citizens, who had attained
fourscore years and past.
Sarah (Whitten) Roberts was a daughter of Reuben Whitten of
Holderness (now Ashland Village), who, history states, raised
forty bushels of wheat, on "Indian Hill," now called "Christian
Hill," which lies on the upper part of Highland Street in Ashland
Village, now so called. He was the son of a Revolutionary
soldier and a pioneer of Holderness, which lies in the foothills of
our beautiful White Mountains.
The legend runs that in the cold, sunless year of 1816, Reuben
Whitten succeeded in raising his wheat. The crops of his neighbors,
who lived on lower ground, were all drowned out, and many fam-
ilies starved in that section of the country. Mr. W'hitten gath-
ered his wheat so as not to lose a kernel, dried it around the
fireplace, and each week gave some of his neighbors a little,, as
no vegetables were raised, and with fish and wild game they
managed to live through the cold, rainy summer. In early fall a
hard blizzard came and froze many cattle in the pastures, and
later the flesh was gathered, they were so short of food.
In 1847, the children of the families that Reuben W'hitten had
helped save through the sacrifice to his own family, erected a
monument with this inscription:
Reuben Whitten
1771-1849
This was erected on "Indian Hill," in his memory, where were laid to rest,
he and his wife, and their son Calvin and his wife, overlooking beautiful Squam
Lake, in gratitude for saving them from starvation.
David M. Roberts, born at Meredith in 1872, married Abbie
Bickford, born on Bear Island. Their son, Willie J. Roberts,
born , at Meredith. Children:
Otis.
Alice J., m. George O. Brown of Campton.
Benjamin of Meredith.
Emma, m. Newell Prescott.
Ada, m. Willard C. Page of Meredith.
Almeda, m. Albert James of Massachusetts.
434 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Willie J., who was the third son and seventh child, m.
Jesse Maloon, dau. of David Maloon and wife, Susan C.
Wiggin of Bear Island. Their son, Carlton E., lived on the
farm.
Charles N. Roberts, born in 1869 at Meredith, son of Orin N.
Roberts and wife, Julia Ann (Smith) Roberts. Orin N. Roberts
was a farmer in Meredith, 1738-1826.
Charles N. Roberts married Jennie M. Prentice, daughter of
Adrastus P. Prentice and wife, Helen M. (Smith) Prentice.
Children: Ella, Lloyd E., Frances and Charles N., Jr.
Charles Cutter Roberts, son of Joseph Roberts and wife, Mary
(Daniels) Roberts, born in Strafford, N. H., December 17, 1835,
died September 6, 1880. He married Hannah Jane Neal April 19,
1858, daughter of Joseph Neal and wife, Lucy Dow, born in
Meredith April 9, 1829, died April 14, 1913. They settled in
Tamworth. Their children:
Lucy Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1859; d. 1859.
Charles Hezekiah, b. Sept. 22, 1860; d. 1913.
Joseph Neal, b. Nov. 10, 1862; d. 1862.
Joseph Neal, b. June 13, 1865.
Arthur S., b. Apr. 18, 1869; d. 1916.
Dixie Guy, b. Mar. 8, 1874.
From an Old Bible at the Zoo in Meredith
Leavitt Roberts, 1772-1850, lived in Meredith and died in
Sanbornton at his son's home. His wife, Lovey Roberts, 1774-
1853. They had eleven children; among them was Benjamin,
born in 1809, who was a blacksmith at Piper's Mills, on the edge
of Meredith. He married Polly Leavitt of Sutton, Vt. He was
a deacon of the Pine Hill Baptist Church ; also two of his brothers
were deacons of churches.
Levi Roberts, 1798-1864; his wife, Abiah C, 1796-1869.
Sanders Roberts, 1801-1847.
Benjamin Roberts, son of Moody Roberts, married Sin-
clair. His brother, Will Roberts, married Jessie Maloon, daugh-
ter of Stephen Maloon, on Meredith Neck.
Thomas Roberts, 1812-1887; his wife, Nancy G. Roberts,
1811-1868.
Thomas Roberts, born Sept. 11, 1812.
Nancy C. Roberts, born April 6, 1813.
Oren N. Roberts, born April 16, 1838.
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George S. Roberts, born December 16, 1839.
Eben F. Roberts, born July 15, 1842.
James F. Roberts, born November 7, 1852.
James Roberts, born June 2, 1900.
John Roberts, 1797-1867.
Phebe Roberts, 1799-1866.
Benjamin R. Roberts, 1833-1836.
William S. Roberts, 1826-1845.
Fannie R. Lovejoy, 1823-1910.
Sally P. Bickford, 1810-1836.
James Roberts, 1803-1833; his wife, Ann Roberts, 1777-1817;
second wife, Nancy Roberts, 1805-1845. Their son, Benjamin F,,
1837-1859.
At the Smith Yard (Opeechee)
A field stone, chiseled W. R. 1797, near the Roberts graves.
Joseph Roberts, 1771-1849; his wife, Mary Roberts, 1775-1850.
In the same line is the grave of Joseph Roberts with a government
marble marker, Revolutionary soldier, put there by the Mary
Butler Chapter, also a sunken grave supposed to be that of his
wife. By the side are the stones of Noah Robinson, 1794-1874;
his wife, Betsey Robinson, 1778-1858. Their daughter, Mary S.,
wife of Elihu Dow, 1807-1875.
Sarah B., wife of Joshua B. Robinson, 1817-1875.
Joseph W. Robinson, 1817-1864.
Matilda Robinson, 1811-1863.
James M. Robinson, 1819-1906; his wife, Sarah M. Smith,
1818-1864. Child died young.
Jacob J. Severance, 1805-1896; his wife, Susan R. Severance,
1812-1896.
Mary R. Severance, 1834-1913.
Mary, wife of C. Orrill Corliss, 1815-1891.
John S. Collins, 1835-1893, soldier in 1st N. H. Regiment. His
wife, Nettie S. Collins, 1848-1899.
Lieut. John Perkins, 1750-1827; his wife, Lucy Perkins,
1752-1843.
Lieut. Daniel Woodman, 1831-1866.
Edward and Harry, sons of Daniel and wife, B. L. Woodman,
1854-1856.
Daniel Woodman, 1791-1857; his wife, Eunice W. Woodman,
1790-1879. Their son, George Woodman, 1826-1842.
436 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
ROBINSON
John Robinson, born about 1616 in Meppershall, Bedford
County, England, was a son of John Robinson and wife, Kath-
erine "Eaden." They came to Exeter and Haverhill, and lived
there. He was killed by Indians in 1675. Their son, John
Robinson, married Elizabeth of Newbury (probably
Truckly). Their children:
John, b. 1641; d. young.
John, b. 1642; lived one week.
Jonathan, b. 1645; m. Sarah of Exeter.
Sarah, b. 1647/8.
David, b. 1649; m. Sarah Taylor of Exeter.
Elizabeth, b. 1651.
Jonathan- married Sarah Robinson. They had eight children:
John 3 , b. 1671; m. Mehitable Stanyon of Exeter.
Sarah, b. 1673.
Esther, b. 1677.
Elizabeth, b. 1679.
Jonathan, b. 1681; m. Mary D. .
David, b. 1684 in Epping; m. Sarah Sanborn; second, Martha
Scribner of Stratham.
James, b. 1686; m. Mary Jackson. They had a son, b. Nov.
27, 1716. He m., second, Elizabeth of Stratham.
Their son, Joseph R. Robinson, was probably an original
proprietor of Meredith.
Joseph, b. 1690.
John 3 married Mehitable Stanyon. Their children:
Lydia, m. Morrison.
Sarah, m. Palmer.
Jonathan 4 , b. 1720; m. Mercy Chase, 1737/8.
Jeremiah.
Daniel.
Mary, m. Follansbee.
Jonathan 4 , born in 1720, married Mercy Chase, born in 1738,
daughter of Jonathan Chase and wife, Joana (Palmer) Chase of
Stratham. Jonathan Chase was a son of Aquilla Chase, the
emigrant. Children of Jonathan Robinson and wife, Mercy
(Chase) Robinson :
Chase 5 , 1738-1831; b. in Stratham; d. in Meredith. He
was an original proprietor of Meredith.
Jonathan, b. 1741; called captain; m. Mary .
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Mary, b. 1744; m. Jonathan Randlett.
Bradbury, b. 1 748 ; he was a Revolutionary soldier ; moved to
Nova Scotia.
Jeremiah, b. 1750; m. Molly, - -; lived in Sandwich; a
Revolutionary soldier.
Thomas, b. 1753; m. Polly Prescott; lived in Pembroke.
Noah, b. 1756; m. Betsey Sinclair; was captain and lieuten-
ant in the Revolutionary War. They had a son Josiah
who m. Harriet A. Pitman. They settled in New Hamp-
ton.
David, b. 1759; m. Elizabeth Eastman; lived in Meredith.
They were buried in the First Congregational yard, near
the Richard Neal Farm. There are stones in the grave-
yard.
David Robinson, 1759-1834.
Elizabeth Robinson, 1763-1833.
Their dau., Hannah, 1781-1837; m. John Batchelder.
First wife, Hannah W., 1746-1825.
Their dau., Hannah Batchelder, 1811-1834; m. Reuben
Prescott, 1798-1834.
Eliza A., 1813-1836.
David Batchelder was a Revolutionary soldier, and had
many descendants; he was also a pensioner from
Meredith.
Wixthrop, b. 1761 ; lived in Center Harbor; a Revolutionary
soldier.
Chase 5 Robinson, 1738-1830; married Priscilla, 1734-1830,
daughter of John and Priscilla (Thurber) Pratt; she was born in
Seakonk, Maine, and died in Meredith, N. H. Their children
were buried in the Robinson yard, at Meredith Center. Chil-
dren :
John 6 , 1759-1848; m. 1784, Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer and
wife, Susan (Mackrice) Pitman, 1759-1839. He was a
Revolutionary soldier for seven years and pensioner; he
was a nephew of Noah Robinson of New Hampton (as
pension records). He settled first on his father's lot in
the Edgerly District (southern part of Meredith), after-
wards removing to the farm near Ladd Hill.
Chase, Jr., 1738-1890; m. Ann ; lived in Center
Harbor.
Mercy, m. Josiah Marston of Meredith Center; second Col.
Shephard Folsom.
Jonathan 6 , b. 1776; m., Dolly, dau. of Thomas and wife,
Dolly (Folsom) Norris of Exeter.
Anna, m. Chase Crockett; lived in Meredith. They had a
dau., Mary Crockett, 1795-1877.
438 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Thomas 6 , 1769-1827; m. 1796, Polly Crocket, 1778-1842,
of Epping. They settled in Meredith. Their son,
Thomas Jefferson Robinson, 1804-1886, m. 1838 Eliza
Glidden, 1816-1901. Their children:
Anna M., m. John Edward Butler, son of Rev. Oliver
Butler, who preached at Meredith Center. His wife
was Miriam (Sawyer) Watson. Her father was Elijah
Watson. Thev had a son, Ralph E. Butler, b. Julv
11, 1871.
Mary Caroline, d. young.
Emma Rachel, m. Rev. Charles E. Emery, a pastor at
Gilford.
Isabel, m. Joseph Frank Smith, son of Daniel Smith.
Their children:
Dr. Robinson W., m. Ruth Hull.
Joseph F., m. Marion Swain.
Frederick, m. Grace ; is president at New
Hampton School. Two daughters.
Abbie Maud, m. E. Rollins. They have one daugh-
ter.
Rachel, m. Wilfred Smart.
Thomas, d. young.
Joseph, m. Marion Swain.
Mary, m. John Ansboro.
Barbara, m. Edward Edwards.
John 7 Langdon Robinson, 1809-1897, married Rachel C.
Smith in 1831, daughter of Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah
Spiller. Their son, John 8 Henry, married in 1869, Hannah
Blaisdell, a daughter of David Blaisdell and wife, Eliza. They
had a daughter, Elnor B., born in 1878.
Peter 7 Robinson married his cousin, a daughter of Jeremiah
Robinson. Their son, John Greenleaf, married in 1831 Lucinda
Roberts; second, in 1852, he married Eunice R. Little.
Buried in the Robinson Yard, Opposite Mr. Felker's
Chase Robinson, born in 1738; died July 27, 1829. Stones
gone. His wife, Priscilla, born in 1735; died November 27, 1830.
Thomas P. Robinson, born in 1769; died December 22, 1827.
His wife, Polly Crocket Robinson, born in 1778; died July 10,
1842. Anna W. Chase Crocket, born in 1748; died January 13,
1829.
Mary C. Robinson, born in 1795; died March 16, 1877.
Capt. H. Robinson, born in 1797, died March 13, 1850.
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Thomas J. Robinson, born in 1804; died May 26, 1886. His
wife, Eliza Glidden, born in 1816, died December 15, 1901.
John Langdon Robinson, born in 1809; died April 16, 1897.
His wife, Mrs. Rachel C. Smith, born in 1811; died January 12,
1892.
John Robinson, born in 1759; died March 7, 1848. His wife,
Lydia Pitman, born in 1769; died March 23, 1859.
Chase Robinson, born in 1790; died July 9, 1880. His wife,
Sally Wadleigh, born in 1793; died April 16, 1879.
Joseph W. Robinson, born in 1818; died May 9, 1886. His
wife, Frances Weld, 1831-1906.
John P. Robinson, born in 1822; died August 13, 1861. His
wife, Lavina. Their daughter, Nellie, died in 1858, aged one
year.
John S. Ladd, 1820-1869. His wife, Sarah J. Robinson, 1828-
1890. Their daughter, Mary C. Ladd, 1864-1865.
John C. Huse, 1794-1841.
Noah Robinson, born May 7, 1754, in Stratham was a
Revolutionary soldier with Washington at Valley Forge. He
went to sea as commander of the Marines. Tradition states
that they captured 137 British vessels in the Bay of Biscay.
They got a British man-of-war. He married Nancy Wiggin in
Stratham; buried in Meredith. Noah Robinson was a son of
Capt. Mark D. L. Robinson. His son, De La Fayette Robinson.
Noah 6 Robinson, born in 1775, married in 1799, Susan Home
of Barnstead. Their children:
Christiana, b. 1800.
Hannah S., b. 1802.
Susan Howe, b. 1804.
Noah M. W., b. 1808.
Nancy Pratt, b. 1811.
Betsey Jane, b. 1813.
John Robinson, who married Lydia Pitman. Their children:
Susan 7 , b. 1785; m. Abram Swain of Meredith Center.
Ebenezer, b. 1787; m. Betsey Shaw. Their children:
Munroe 8 had one dau. who m. John Collins.
Sally Wadleigh, born in 1792; married John C. Huse, 1794-
1841, of Sanborn ton. He is buried opposite the Felker home.
Sally married, second, Chase of Campton.
440 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Noah 7 Robinson, born in 1794; married Betsey Sinclair. They
had a son, Joshua, who married, when 61 years old, Harriet A.
(Hatch) Pitman. He aged 38 years; she a daughter of Isaac C.
Hatch and wife, Emily.
Jonathan 7 Robinson, born in 1797; married in 1829, Charlotte
Smith of Meredith; no children.
Joshua B. 7 Robinson, born in 1800; married in 1842, Sarah
Hall of Gilmanton.
Abigail Robinson, born in 1803; married Joseph Edgerly; mar-
ried, second, Elisha Smith.
John P. Robinson, born in 1805; married in 1834, Lorinda C.
Kenney of Meredith.
Betsey K. Robinson, born in 1815; married Daniel Randlett;
went to Virginia.
Chase 7 Robinson, 1789-1880, was buried opposite the Felker
home. He married in 1811, Sally Wadleigh, 1792-1879, daughter
of Nathaniel Wadleigh, who enlisted in the Revolution when
19 years old from Candia, N. H. Their children:
Nathaniel 8 , b. 1815; d. in one week.
Joseph Wadleigh, 1818-1886. In 1850 he lived in Gilford.
He bought out the heirs of Chase Robinson (now owned by
Mr. Felker) in Meredith. He m. first, Nancy B. Lawrence
of Meredith. He had a dau., b. 1851. He moved onto
the old farm in 1852. He m. (one account states) Matilda
G. Crocket of Meredith in 1841. Nancy B. Lawrence
was a dau. of Noah Lawrence and a sister to Smith Law-
rence.
Joseph Wadleigh Robinson married, second, Frances Eliza
Weld, 1831-1906. Their son, Francis Joseph, born in 1864,
married in 1889 Edith Eldora Webster, born in 1869 at Center
Harbor, daughter of Moses S. Webster and wife, Hannah Webster.
A son, George W., married Mary B. Nickerson of Lisbon in 1894.
John Pratt Robinson married Lavina , 1822-1851.
They had a daughter, Nellie, 1858-1859.
Sarah Jane 8 Robinson, 1828-1890, married John Sturdivant
Ladd, 1820-1869. A daughter, Mary C. Ladd, 1864-1865.
Sarah Jane (as tradition) was widow of Charles Smith.
Some of the family rest in the Robinson yard at Meredith
Center, said to be over 100 years old.
Ebenezer Robinson married Betsey Shaw. Their son,
Ebenezer (called Sullivan), married Lucy Sanborn. Her nephew
GENEALOGIES 441
is Fred Sanborn, editor of the Norway, Maine, paper; lives in the
same town with Mellie Dunham.
Munroe Robinson married Sarah Smith, daughter of Capt.
Washington Smith and granddaughter of Ebenezer Smith and
wife, Sarah (Spiller) Smith. Munroe Robinson was a son of
Ebenezer 7 and Betsey Shaw. They had a daughter, Annette,
who married John Collins. They live on the Bennett Swain farm
at the foot of Marston Hill. They had another son, Lewis
Collins, who married Grace Leavitt, daughter of George A.
Leavitt and wife, Alice (Woodman) Leavitt, also another son,
Ralph, who married Jewett.
Washington Robinson married Abbie Blaisdell, daughter of
Aaron Blaisdell of Meredith. Their children: Ella, Clara,
George, Bessie and a son. .
Peter 7 Robinson, son of Thomas 6 , had a daughter, Dolly
Robinson, 1797-1880, who married John Tilton, 1794-1874.
She was called "Aunt Dolly" Tilton, a very estimable woman.
She used to spin and weave by hand. After she passed away her
loom was bought by N. S. Davis (an old neighbor, but later re-
moved to Sanbornton Bay) and used in the frame work of a
small building that his son, Ned, used for a little store to sell
candies and tobacco. The building is still standing under the
"Old Willow Tree," marked by the State Forestry.
Tradition tells us that the reporter, Mrs. Hall, who lives near
the Country Club, owns the John Tilton place and that a monu-
ment, unmarked, stands in Opeechee yard for Joseph Tilton
Robinson (a brother of John), who married Nanny Robinson,
who lived back of the church at Meredith Center. A sister,
Nancy, married Hill; lived in Meredith Center, next house
to "Aunt Dolly" Tilton.
Mary Ann Robinson married George Ham, who came from
Maine. They lived with "Aunt Dolly" and are buried in
Robinson yard at Meredith Center. Their children:
Georgia, m. Cromett.
Belle, m. Weeks.
Frank went to Me.
Ida d. young.
Sally (Graves) Davis, wife of N. S. Davis and daughter of
Alvah Graves, 1806-1850. Their boy, 1844-1849. She married,
second, Joseph Odell, 1801-1872, a brother to Jacob Odell.
442 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Stephen Robinson Branch
John Robinson of Ipswich, Newbury, Haverhill and Exeter,
was (as Stearns' History) in 1664, one of three men to help lay
out the highways in Exeter, where he was killed in 1675 by In-
dians. Little is known of his family. A David and Jonathan
were in Exeter, from 1657-1683, also Stephen and John, who prob-
ably were sons of John. Through some generations was a John
who removed from Exeter to Sanborn ton, about 1793, where he
died in 1799. Probably he is the John who married Elizabeth
Folsom. John of Sanbornton had several children, among them
Daniel, born at Exeter in 1781, died at Laconia in 1869. He
lived many years in Sanbornton, a good citizen, and in his last
years lived with his son, Stephen, in Laconia, and there died.
Daniel Robinson married Betsey Philbrick, 1789-1860, daugh-
ter of Deacon David Philbrick. Their children:
True Philbrick, 1817-1837.
Ira, 1807-1837; m. Caroline M. Cleverly. He was at
Chancellorsville in 1863, and discharged disabled.
Abigail Marston, b. 1822; m. Horace Chapman of Bel-
mont.
Sarah Ann, b. 1824; m. Samuel S. Hersey.
Stephen Coffran, 1827-1905, b. in Sanbornton, lived on his
father's farm until 1869, then removed to Laconia. He m.,
first, Nancy Maria Odell, 1830-1888, dau. of Jacob and
wife, Almira (Aiken) Odell. They had one child, Frank
Orrin Robinson, 1854-1923. After his education in 1874
he went to Newburg, N. Y., in the railroad business. He
m. in 1880, Henrietta Scott. They had two sons, Royal
Herman, b. 1884, and Frank P., b. 1886. Stephen Coffran
Robinson, after his wife d. in 1888, m. Clara A. Harvell,
b. 1856, dau. of John W. and wife, Sarah Ann (Jameson)
Harvell.
John Robinson was in Exeter in 1652. He was shot by Indians
in 1675. His son, John, was with him and escaped.
Nathaniel Robinson, born in 1753, married in 1799 Polly
Marston of Deerfield.
Levi Robinson of Nottingham (as vital records) had Jeremiah,
born in 1778; married Phebe Keniston in 1800 at New Hampton.
Josiah Robinson, born in 1780, married Polly Weeks in 1815 at
Gilmanton; married, second, Louisa Morrison in 1835.
Levi Robinson married in 1781 Rachel Rinea of Durham.
Their children :
GENEALOGIES 443
Joseph R., b. 1780; m. in 1803, Elizabeth Gordon of New
Hampton.
Benjamin, b. 1782.
Mary, b. 1784.
Ephraim, b. 1786.
Joanna, b. 1788.
Sarah, b. 1790.
Levi, Jr., b. 1795.
Nathaniel, b. 1797.
Noah Robinson of New Hampton married in 1805, Elizabeth
Brown of Portsmouth; married, second, in 1824, Widow Rosa-
mand Taylor of Sanborn ton.
The Stones in the Old Yard on the Farm
Noah Robinson, 1757-1827.
Rosamond, died 1859 (age worn off).
Elizabeth (not legible).
Mercy, wife of Major Richard Shephard, died April 16, 1860,
aged 87 years; she was probably a sister to Noah.
Nancy E Marston, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth Robinson,
died 1827, wife of Thomas S. Robinson.
Josephine, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Robinson, 1839-
1869; married Israel Woodman.
Thomas Robinson, 1796-1880, married Nancy Marston, 1796-
1881, daughter of Josiah Marston. Nancy Marston was an own
cousin to Mary Marston, daughter of Reuben Marston, Jr., who
married Nicholas Smith of New Hampton. Their children:
Thaddeus Pulaski and Nancy Josephine.
Thaddeus Pulaski Robinson, 1824-1900, married in 1847, Eliza
Ann Farnham of Lynn, she born in Newmarket, 1824-1907.
Their children:
Emma G., 1849-1883, m. 1871 John Dearborn Wadleigh, son
of General Wadleigh of Meredith; John d. at West Point,
Nebraska. Their dau., Jennie Dearborn Wadleigh, b.
1872, lives in Meredith.
Ettie E., 1854-1899.
Buried in Meredith Village Yard
David Robinson, 1796-1876.
Mehitable Robinson, 1800-1869.
Hannah E. Robinson, 1834-1886, married Benjamin F. Cox,
1814-1882.
444 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Nathaniel Robinson Line
In 1652 John Robinson was one with others chosen to lay out
"the Exeter Meeting House" (as Dow), to be made 20 feet in
extent, of square logs, with rude benches of boards as they came
from the sawmill. This building served as a place of worship
over forty years.
As history, John Robinson was a blacksmith, who removed in
1657 to Hampton, N. H. He carried a warming pan in his hand
as he drove his team; he was called "Goodman Robinson."
Among his descendants was Jonathan Robinson. They came
from England. As Deerfield history, Captain James Robinson
was one of the first settlers in Brentwood. He married Mary
Gilman of Exeter in 1732.
Their four sons settled in Brentwood. Capt. James' wife died
in 1750. He then married Anna Trask, by whom he had two
sons and two daughters. One of the sons, Nathaniel Robinson,
served in the French and Indian War; later he settled in Mere-
dith; he came from Epping, and took up wild land. His son
Capt. Joseph Robinson, born in 1760, served in the Revolution
under General Stark, and was in the Battle of Bennington.
After his return he married Judith York, 1768-1834. They are
buried in Meredith Village Yard. Their son, Zadoc Bowman
Robinson, 1799-1882, married August 27, 1820, Polly Moses,
1797-1888, of Meredith. (The Old Nathaniel Robinson Bible,
printed in 1816, gives the names and dates in his own hand-
writing.) Their three children:
Joshua Alford, b. Mar. 10, 1821; d. Oct. 22, 1886. He
m. Adeline Fox. Their dau., Laura T., b. June 10, 1846,
in Meredith, m. J. Freeman Prescott. After the first wife
d., he m Aug. 28, 1850, Julian Perkins Moore, she b. in
Sanbornton, July 9, 1820, d. Feb. 26, 1901, in Laconia,
a dau. of Mark Moore and wife, Betsey Gale. He was
a carriage maker in Meredith Center. Their son, Mark
Moore Robinson, b. Aug. 22, 1853, in Meredith, worked as
a jeweller with S. E. Young in 1876. Later he and Frank
Lougee formed a partnership in the furniture business,
and have one of the largest stores in northern New Hamp-
shire and sell goods all over the world. He m. May 30,
1880, Charlotte Libbey Moore, she b. Jan. 27, 1858, in
Laconia, dau. of Jonathan Lovejoy Moore and wife, Lucy
J. Sanborn, she a dau. of Col. Daniel Sanborn and wife,
Harriett Ladd of Sanbornton.
GENEALOGIES 445
Angeline, m. Noah Brown of Tilton.
John M., h. Aug 14. 1828, d. July 12, 1906. When some
25 years old, he went to Ohio and worked as a railroad man
for a time, then returned to Lakeport, working there until
1861. He then retired to the old homestead that had
come down from his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Robin-
son. He filled several town and public offices He m.
Mar. 26, 1856, Lucinda H. Severance, she b. Aug. 14,
1829. d. Feb 17, 1909, a dau. of Peter and wife, Judith
(Glidden) Severance. Their children:
Judith Annie, b. 1858; a teacher.
Carrie Blanche, b. 1860; m. Samuel A. Garland of
Meredith. Their children :
Irving R. m. 1919 Gladys Leavitt.
Edgar Drew, m. 1921 Pauline Robinson.
Ellen Wadleigh b. 1863.
From Mary (Neal) Robinson s Old Bible
Joseph E. Robinson, 1783-1854, married, second, Mary Neal,
daughter of "White Oak Joseph" Neal. Children of Mr.
Robinson by first wife:
George B., b. Dec. 18, 1812.
John S., b. Jan 1, 1814.
Mary S., b. Sept. 19, 1822.
Joseph E. Robinson is buried with his first wife in the Pease
yard. He died May 23, 1867, aged 81 years. He was living in
Newcastle when he married, second, Mary Neal. Tradition says
he was born on the Felker farm, in Meredith, and married,
second, January 30, 1844.
Disconnected
John Robinson married Mary Gilman of Meredith.
The Robinson family on Cass Hill were related to Pulaski
Robinson, who lived near- Fogg's Tavern.
In 1766 Chase E. Robinson had seven or eight acres of trees
felled on land, and three cleared on what is now the present Felker
farm. He had built a log house, which stood opposite the present
barn, on the same side of the road as the Robinson burying ground.
New Hampton Robinsons
Levi Robinson of Nottingham married in 1781, Rachel Rinea
of Durham. Their children:
446 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Benjamin, b. 1782, in New Hampton.
Ephraim, b. 1786.
Levi Robinson married February 5, 1823, Lucy Chritchet.
Their children:
Jeremiah, b. 1778; m. Phebe Keniston in 1800, in New
Hampton.
Josiah, b. 1780.
Mary R., b. 1784.
Joanna, b. 1788.
Sarah R., b. 1790.
Levi, Jr., b. 1795.
Nathaniel, b. 1797.
Joseph R., b. 1799; m. Elizabeth Gordon.
Noah Robinson married in 1805, Elizabeth Brown of Ports-
mouth; married in 1824, Rosanna Taylor of Sanbornton.
James M. Robinson married Sarah E. Smith in 1844 at Mere-
dith.
John D. Robinson married Jerusha Mason of Bristol in 1854.
Jabez S. Robinson, 1831-1919, married in 1854 Mary Fernald;
both of Meredith; married, second, Priscilla Bickford, 1845-1902.
ROBY
Henry Roby, 1618-1688 (as provincial papers), was born in
England. He came to New England in 1639 and settled in
Exeter, where he signed the Combination; then removed to the
part called Hampton, where he occupied several offices of trust,
was selectman, constable, and justice of the peace many years.
He kept an "Ordinary" for some ten years in Hampton. They
had seven children — four boys and three girls. His wife died
in 1673.
John Roby, the second child, married Mary ; moved in
1675 to Haverhill, in the part that was assigned to New Hamp-
shire, under the "Mitchell Line" (as history). He was killed by
the Indians. He left seven children, all under twelve years of age.
Other branches settled in Dunstable, and kept the family
names.
James Roby. 1734-1802 (as history), was in Durham, and later
settled in Center Harbor. His son, Samuel, died in 1846. He
married May 7, 1821, Eunice Roberts of Meredith, daughter of
Joseph Roberts. (Reported from Gilford.) Their children:
GENEALOGIES 447
Susan.
Mary, b. Sept., 1824.
Nancy, b. 1826.
James, b. Oct., 1828; m. Elnora A. Hanes of Gilford in 1850.
Thomas, b. Dec, 1830; m. Addie Hoyt of Meredith in 1860.
He was a conductor on the B., C. & M. railroad for many
years.
William, 1832-1907; m. Harriet M. Chase, 1838-1872.
Their children:
Samuel Hastings, b. 1862 in New Hampton; m. Lizzie
O. Mills. He was editor of the Chelsea, Mass., paper.
Charles Warren, b. 1858, is vice-president of the Ameri-
can Railroad Express. He has a son, Harold William,
who keeps the "old home for a summer home," called
"Rock Ridge."
William R. Roby of New Hampton married, second, in 1875,
Martha G. Walker of Ashland, 1836-1923.
ROWE
Jeremiah Rowe, born in Gilford (now in Laconia), was an ex-
tensive farmer. He married Ruth Lone; married, second, Ruth
Seward. He had a son, Morrison, by the first wife, and by the
second wife: Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Charles M., born in Gilman-
ton, 1810-1868. When he was twenty-one he bought a farm of
125 acres in Belmont, where he was a successful farmer. He was
a representative in the legislature in 1855. He married Sarah B.,
daughter of Jonathan James. Their children:
Mary J., m. Franklin Cook of Plymouth, N. H. They had
three children.
Flora A., m. John F. Merrill of Laconia. They had four
children.
Charles H., 1837-1855, born in Gilmanton (now Belmont),
followed farming for a time; later he was in the real estate
business and then ran a store with his son, Daniel M., for
five years. Tradition tells us that he owned some twelve
acres in Laconia, on Court St., and gave out of this acreage
enough land for Fair, Bay and Charles Sts. to the town,
and la d out thirty-three house lots, which he sold and
built on. He married in 1861 Marietta R., dau. of Daniel
G. and wife, Lydia (Rundlett) Ladd of Belmont, They
had children: Daniel M., Leon G. and Merton C.
448 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
SANBORN
The earliest mention in history of Sanborne is in England in
1194, but since the fourteenth century the last letter has been cut
off and it makes the shorter word, Sanborn.
Lieut. John Sanborn, born in 1620, whose mother, Anne,
daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who came to Hampton,
N. H., married Mary, daughter of Robert Buck. They had
twelve children. Through several generations were: Shubael 6
Sanborn, Benjamin 5 , Shubael \ Shubael 3 , Richard ? , John x of
Canterbury. He married Phebe, daughter of. Jacob Smith and
wife, Betsey Cass. Jacob Smith came from Epping in company
with Satchel Clark and John Thorn, and settled on a clearing west
of "Tin Corner" (in what is now Tilton). He came in time to
sign the "Petition" in 1768; he also signed the "Association
Test" in 1776.
Their eighth child, Jeremiah Sanborn, 1806-1883, was a farmer
in Holderness. He married Caroline Basford of Candia. She
died in 1836. Their daughter, Ann Eliza Sanborn, married
George Washington Baker of Holderness. Children :
Luther.
Jason.
Caroline, m. Thomas Hughes of Ashland.
Phebe, m. Stephen Eastman.
George W.
Sidney Sanborn Baker married Hattie Wilmina Fernald of
Meredith, daughter of William Fernald and wife, Loretta Bur-
leigh, she a daughter of Stephen Burleigh and wife, Hannah
(Prescott) Burleigh. Sidney Sanborn Baker and wife had a son,
Sidney Fernald, born September 22, 1890, in Milford, the fourth
child. He married in 1921 Nora Eva Fecteau, born in Laconia.
Their children:
Betty Jane, b. Sept. 30, 1922.
Sally Ann, b. Feb. 19, 1928.
John, William and Stephen Sanborn were sons of William and
wife, Anne, daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who came to
Hampton about 1630 with their grandfather. Their father (as
history) died in 1630 in England. Their mother was a widow, and
in 1631 resided at "ye Strand." They had "licenses to pass
beyong the seas."
GENEALOGIES 449
Lieut. John Sanborn, horn in 1620, had a house in Hampton,
near "Meeting house Green," and had grants of land. He mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Robert Tuck of Gorlston, Suffolk County,
England, and she later was in Hampton, N. H., where she died in
1668. He married, second, Margaret (Page) Moulton, widow of
William Moulton and a daughter of Robert Page of Ormsby,
Norfolk County, and later in Hampton. They had twelve
children. Two daughters, Abigail, born in 1653, married
Ephraim Marston, and Dinah married James Marston.
Their eleventh child, Deacon Benjamin, born in 1668, was one
of the grantees of Kingston, but lived at Hampton Falls. He
married Sarah — , 1666-1720; second, Meribah (Page)
Tilton, widow of Josiah Shaw and second wife of Samuel Tilton.
Meribah Sanborn died in 1740. He married, third, Abigail
(Gove) Dalton, daughter of Capt. Edward Gove and widow of
Philemon Dalton. Deacon Benjamin Sanborn died in 1740,
leaving twelve children.
Their eleventh child. Benjamin, born in 1712 at Hampton Falls,
married in 1733 Hannah Tilton, daughter of David Tilton; mar-
ried, second, in 1736, Dorothy (Tilton) Prescott, widow of James
Prescott.
Their fourth child, Theophilus, born in 1747 in Hampton Falls,
married Anne Shaw. They moved to Meredith. Their children :
Lois, b. 1793; m. Samuel Shaw of Chichester.
Benjamin, b. 1771.
Theophilus, b. 1772; m. Patty Gale; lived in Meredith.
Xo children.
Dudley, b. 1775.
Samuel, b. 1777.
Newell, 1779-1801.
Nancy, b. 1783; m. Noah Ward of New Hampton.
Aaron, b. 1789.
Their second child, Benjamin, born in 1771, lived and died in
Meredith. He married Hannah Bean of Gilmanton, who died
1802; married, second, Polly Chase of Sanbornton, died in 1848.
Their children:
Nancy, b. 1802; m. Asa Ladd of Gilford.
Mahala, b. 1804; m. Nathaniel Cawley of Sanbornton.
Sally, b. 1806; m. Alvah Graves; m. second, Job Batchelder
of Meredith.
Hannah, b. 1811; m. Joseph Wadleigh of Sanbornton.
450 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Luther, b. 1812.
Newell, b. 1814.
Benaih, 1817-1839.
Eliza L., 1822-1848.
Dudley Sanborn, born in 1775-1853, son of Theophilus and
wife, Anna Shaw, lived and died in Meredith; married in 1799
Polly Fox, daughter of Deacon Edward Fox of Meredith ; married,
second, in 1803, Polly Sanders, daughter of John Sanders of
Sanbornton, born in 1783. Their children:
Mary F., 1803-1879; m. 1827, Noah Folsom of Sanbornton;
m. second, 1842, Deacon John Batcheldor of Laconia.
Warren, b. 1806; m. Ann Lougee of Sanbornton. Five
children.
John, b. 1809; d. young.
John M., b. 1810; single.
Electa J., 1818-1849.
Phebe Sanborn, 1774-1840, married John Sanborn; married,
second, Jesse Plumer of Meredith.
Harriet Whitman Sanborn, born in 1838, married George Smith
Roberts of Meredith.
Benaih Sanborn, born at North Hampton, 1757-1841, married
Huldah, daughter of Deacon Christopher Smith, North Hampton,
1760-1858. They had twelve children. Their fifth child,
Huldah, born in 1791, married Thomas Eastman of Laconia,
son of Thomas of Meredith.
John Roberts of Meredith married Polly Sanborn, born in 1777,
daughter of Zadok Sanborn, born at Brentwood in 1733, and wife,
Susanna Judkins of Kingston, born in 1736.
Eunice Sanborn, born in 1860, daughter of Deacon John San-
born, born at New Hampton, 1730-1760, served in the French
War. He moved to Gilmanton in 1764; married Mary Glidden
of Greenland, 1732-1706. Their third child, Eunice, married
Richard Boynton of New Hampton.
Betty, daughter of Capt. Nathan Sanborn, born at North
Hampton, baptized in 1735, early moved to Deerfield; Capt.
Nathan signed the "Test" there. He married Jemima French,
who died at Daniel Clough's in Gilmanton in 1817. Their
daughter, baptized in 1760, married - - Farrar of Meredith.
Lucretia, 1786-1874, daughter of Jeremiah Sanborn, born in
1757 at Kensington, moved to Gilmanton in 1777. Jeremiah's
GENEALOGIES 451
wife was Lydia Tilton. Lucretia married in 1809, Capt. Nicholas
Folsom, son of Elder Nicholas Folsom.
Aschel Sanborn of Epping, 1770-1860, lived and died in Mere-
dith. He married Hannah Swain. Their children:
Polly, b. 1798; m. Smith Leavitt of Meredith.
Sarah, 1801-1823; m. David Edgerly of New Hampton.
Ruth, 1805-1852; m. John Randlett of Meredith.
Moses, 1808-1850.
Salmon, b. 1812.
Ashkl, b. 1818; m. 1853 Mary Ann Gollins of Meredith.
Hannah, b. 1821; single.
Stephen Sanborn, born at Epping in 1772, lived and died in
Meredith. He married Esther Thompson. They had nine
children.
Samuel Sanborn, 1777-1859 (son of Theophilus and wife, Anna
Shaw), lived and died in Meredith; married Deborah Gale, 1 782—
1858, of Sanbornton. Their children:
Hannah, 1803-1807.
Louisa, b. 1805; m. 1833 Capt. Josiah B. Batchelder, son of
Carter Batchelder of Sanbornton.
Theophilus S., b. 1808; m. 1832 Margaret Ann Hutchinson.
Ten children.
Samuel, b. 1810; d. young.
True, b. 1811 in Meredith; m. 1837 Sally Heagan, in Maine.
Six children.
Deborah, b. 1814; m. 1838 Lieut. Daniel Robertson of
Boston.
Samuel, b. 1819; m. 1844 Sylvania S. Bickford, dau. of
Ebenezer. Three children.
La VINA, b. 1819; m. 1852 Dwelly Turner Smith of Boston.
Jonathan, b. 1821 ; m. in 1845 Emeline H., dau. of Ebenezer
Bickford and a sister of the wife of Samuel Sanborn. One
child, Alma Ann.
Aaron Sanborn, born in 1785 at Meredith and died there;
married in 1813, Lydia Woodman, daughter of Thomas Wood-
man, 1793-1839, of New Hampton; married, second, Sarah Jane
(Tilton) Abbott. Their children :
Levi W., b. 1814; moved to Maine; m. Frances Ann Rolle.
Three children.
Noah W., b. 1816; moved to Maine; m. Mary E. Merrill.
Two children.
452 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Ann W., b. 1819; m. William Batchelder, son of Solomon of
Meredith.
Arvilla, b. 1822; m. 1844 Benjamin C. Batchelder of Mere-
dith and Sanbornton.
Belinda, b. 1831; m. Alonzo Lane; lived in Maine.
Lydia Ann, 1848.
Children of Samuel Sanborn :
Betsey, b. 1812; m. John S. Towle.
Maria, b. 1816; m. Philip 0. Blaisdell of Gilford, son of
Eliphalet.
John S., b. 1820.
Newell, son of Timothy Sanborn, 1789-1865, lived in Loudon;
married Polly F. Shaw, who died in 1846; married, second, Betsey
Tenney. Their children:
Harriet, 1817-1846.
Lucy L., b. 1820; m. 1841 E. Robinson of Meredith.
John Shaw, 1823.
William Tenney, 1825-1829.
Samuel P. Sanborn, son of Timothy, born in 1805, married
Sally Prescott of Meredith. Their children:
Charles Leach, b. 1844.
Timothy Bracket, b. 1846; lived in Holderness.
Mary Elizabeth, b. 1851.
John Sanborn, born at North Hampton in 1769; inherited his
grandfather's farm.
Daniel Sanborn married Phebe Sanborn, who died in 1840, after
she married Jesse Plumer. They had twelve children.
Ira Sanborn, 1801-1891, born at Meredith, son of John San-
born of Epping and wife, Sarah Dow; married in 1796; married,
second, in 1824, Abigail Plumer, 1796-1852. Their children:
Hannah, b. 1826, m. J. E. Mudgett of Laconia.
Nathan P., b. 1827.
Abigail S., 1830-1857.
Cynthia, b. 1835; m. Edmund Copp of New Hampton.
John Taylor, b. 1838; lived in Meredith; m. 1864 Emily H.
Weld. b. 1839. Their children:
Carrie E., d. 1868.
Arthur Lincoln, b. 1869.
Annie Maud, b. 1874.
GENEALOGIES 453
Salmon Hibbard, 1812 I860, lived in Meredith, son of Asahel
Sanborn, born in 1770; married Hannah Swain; Salmon married
Eliza Jane Mead, 1812-1870. Their children:
Ai.mika Tank, 1838-1860.
EVANNA T., 1840-1870; m. Benjamin Perkins of Meredith
( enter.
Mary Elizabeth, 1842-1844.
Lydia Axx, b. 1845; m. William S. Smith of North Sanborn-
ton.
Eliza Ruth, b. 1847; m. 1871 J. W. Mathesof Laconia.
Jesse Fremont, b. 1850; lived at Meredith Center.
Moses Salmon, 1851-1869.
Emma Yalora, b. 1855; lived Meredith Center.
William Thompson Sanborn, born in 1799, son of Stephen and
wife, Esther Thompson. They had nine children; lived in New
Hampton, also Bristol. William married Rachel Swain, who
died in 1843 at Bristol; married, second, Mary Gordon; third,
Susan Mudgett. Six children.
Nathaniel Sanborn, 1801-1873, born at Meredith, son of
Stephen Sanborn and wife, Esther Thompson. Nathaniel mar-
ried in 1825, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Roberts of Meredith,
1807-1889. Buried at Smith yard in Meredith. Their children:
Mary R., b. 1826; m. John T. Jewel of Laconia.
Phebe Ann, b. 1828; m. J. S. Weeks of Laconia.
( )i.iye Esther, b. 1830; m. Langdon G. Robinson of Laconia.
Sarah Jane, b. 1833; m. D. W. Tenney of Methuen, Mass.
Joseph Noah, b. 1836.
Charles Francis, b. 1838.
Wesley Curtis, 1841-1869.
Anna C, b. 1844; m. Charles A. Davis of Fall River, Mass.
Frederick Milton, b. 1856.
Joseph Noah Sanborn, born at Meredith in 1836 (son of Na-
thaniel and wife, Sarah, 1807-1889, daughter of Joseph Roberts of
Meredith), married in 1857 Esther P. Stockridge, 1839-1861.
Joseph Noah married, second, in 1862, Ruth K. Smith, daughter
of David Smith of Sanborn ton, where the famous grapevine
flourished. Children by Esther Stockbridge:
George C, b. 1859 in Gilmanton; an electrician of Lake-
port; m. 1885 Harriet A. Collins of Laconia, b. 1864; they
have children :
Henry Arthur, b. 1886.
Carl Collins, b. 1889.
454 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Children by Ruth K. Smith:
Mildred Laura.
Willis J., b. 1865 in Sanbornton; a Baptist preacher.
Orrin N., b. 1866; m. 1885 Nellie E. Bowers.
Olive E., b. 1870.
Wesley D., b. 1872, an electrician.
Mary A., 1876-1893.
David Sanborn, 1803-1838, son of Stephen and wife, Esther
Thompson; lived and died in Meredith. (No records.)
A brother, Moses Sanborn, born in 1810, married Dorothy
Swain; one daughter, Emily, born in 1837.
Another brother, Richard Sanborn, born in 1813, later moved
to Belmont; married Mary Swain of Meredith. Their children:
Mary Judith, b. 1845; m. Gordon Burleigh of Laconia.
Stephen Richard, b. 1847; m. 1871 Harriet A. Moulton,
she b. 1852. One son, Roscoe C, lives in Laconia.
David S., b. 1850; m. and left a dau., Mrs. E. Howe of La-
conia.
George H., b. 1853; m. and had a dau., Ida. (No other
records.)
Luther Sanborn, 1812-1861, born in Meredith (son of Benjamin
Sanborn, a brother to Newell, born in 1814), married Lucinda
Batchelder, daughter of John, born in 1819; lived in Sanbornton,
died in 1844, leaving one son, Odell Batchelder, born in 1840.
She married, second, James B. Swain; third, John Fields of
Laconia.
^William Chase Sanborn, born al New Hampton in 1807 (son of
Walter Sanborn, born at Brentwood in 1770, and wife, Jane Chase
of Sanbornton), married Mary Smith. Their children:
Sarah Ann, b. 1838.
Frank D., b. 1839; m. Martha Pike, b. 1850. Children:
Ida L., b. 1873; m. Herman Johnson of Sanbornton.
Eva R., b. 1877.
John Y. Sanborn, born in 1842.
Another brother, Moses Sanborn, born in 1817 at New Hamp-
ton; married Sarah Jane Kelley. Eight children.
Dr. George Sanborn, born at Gilford in 1820 (a son of Samuel
Gilman Sanborn, born at Gilmanton in 1787, and wife, Sarah,
daughter of Samuel B. Mason of Gilford). A physician in
Meredith; married in 1847, Sophronia D. Stockbridge, 1821-1888.
GENEALOGIES 455
A son, George Freeman, born in 1857, married Charlotte J.
French of Meredith, born in 1857. A druggist there. Their
child, Roydon \V., born in 1886 at Meredith.
Col. David Sanborn, 1797-1878, born at Sanbornton, a colonel
in the militia (son of Dr. Benaih Sanborn, born in 1757, and his
wife, Huldah, daughter of Christopher Smith, 1760-1858). They
had twelve children.
The fifth child, Huldah, married Thomas Eastman, son of
Thomas of Meredith and his wife, Mary Belinda, born in 1813;
married in 1831.
Another son, Obadiah, son of Thomas Eastman and wife, Mary
Belinda. She was a daughter of George Washington Sanborn
and wife, Molly Sanborn.
Col. Daniel Sanborn went into business in Meredith. He
married in 1822, Harriet, daughter of Edward Ladd, 1803-1885.
Their children:
Emmeline B., b. 1823; m. David Allen of Newport; d. 1851.
She m., second, Alfred Burleigh of Sanbornton. (See lineage
in Sanbornton Town History.)
Hannah Ladd, b. 1825; m. Arthur C. Taylor of Sanbornton.
Eliza Ann, b. 1828; m. Jacob Wadleigh of Laconia.
Mary Simpson, b. 1831 ; m. Edwin Sanborn of Lowell, Mass.
LuciNDA M., b. 1835 ;m. Barnard H. Burleigh of Sanbornton.
William Henry, b. 1838; m. Eliza Conner of Laconia.
Esther, b. 1847; m. Frank F. Libbey of Laconia.
Benjamin Sanborn, born at Gilford in 1793 (son of Neb,
born at Gilmanton in 1766, settled in Gilford and there died. He
married in 1792, Judith, daughter of John Tilton), married 1819,
Sally, daughter of John Smith, 1797-1834, of Meredith. He
married, second, Lucinda, daughter of Deacon Caleb Marston.
Their son, Eben S., born in 1820, married in 1846, Joanna Eliza-
beth Ferguson, born in 1825, who came from Pelham. Their
children:
John Smith, b. 1847.
Sarah Jane, b. 1850.
Susan C, b. 1832, and three others.
Dr. John Henry Sanborn, born at Meredith in 1830, studied
medicine, and practiced. (Son of Dr. John Sanborn, born at
Sanbornton in 1789. He lived and died in Meredith; was a
deacon of the Congregational Church in Meredith; married
456 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Susan Hubbard. Their daughter, Susan C, born in 1823, mar-
ried Levi Leach of Meredith.) He was assistant surgeon of the
12th Regiment, N. H. V. ; served in many battles. He married
in 1854, Elizabeth Hervey, daughter of the Rev. Giles Leach of
Meredith. He removed to Franklin Falls in 1874. Their
children:
Giles Leach, b. and d. 1855.
Hattie Leach, b. 1856; m. Edgar A. Jones.
Susan Lillian, 1861-1873.
Elizabeth Thompson, 1873-1887.
Kingston First Church records state that Zadoc Sanborn mar-
ried August 5, 1755, Susanna Judkins. Early records state that
they were in Brentwood. Their son, Walter Sanborn, born in
1770 at Brentwood, went to New Hampton and settled in 1802.
He married Jennie, born in 1775, daughter of William Chase.
Their children were: John, Eliphalet, Susan, William, Phebe,
Jane and Moses.
Moses Sanborn lived on the homestead in New Hampton, then
moved to another part of the town; later he went to Lake Village,
where he worked on the railroad. He married Sarah Jane,
daughter of Benjamin and wife, Hannah (Avery) Kelley. Their
children :
Augusta L., m. John C. Fogg of Lake Milage.
Edwin, m. 1861 Elsie A. Glidden.
Annie M., m. Arthur Tucker.
George E., m. Fanny Lane; they settled in Connecticut.
Wesley C. was drowned.
Herman L., d. young.
Oscar C, a machinist in Lakeport.
Fred C. was a machinist, then went on the railroad as brake-
man and later was conductor on the Lakeport and Dover
branch. He m. 1878 Fostina E., dau. of Moses and wife,
Ann Maria (Chase) Young of Belmont. Her great-
grandfather was b. at Loudon in 1755 and moved to Gil-
manton, by "spotted trees," on horseback with his wife
and five children.
Deacon Bailey Young married Molly Randlett. The old
homestead fell to Deacon Bailey Young, who was a prosperous
farmer and deacon of the Free Will Baptist Church in Gilmanton.
Their children:
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Louisa, m. Dr. Weymouth of Andover.
Mary Jane, m. John Avery.
Harriet.
Kmeline, m. Edwin Nutting.
Adeline, m. Ezekiel Gilman.
Charlotte, m. and lived in Vermont.
John S., m. Mehitable Cole.
George B., m. and went to St. Louis.
Charles A., m. Ellen Leavitt.
Ansel F., d. in the army.
Moses worked at stonecutting; later farmed. He m. a dau.
of John Voung, Ann Maria (Chase) Voung. She was a
granddaughter of Zachias Chase. Their children:
Oscar T., settled in North Andover, Mass.
Fostina E.
Charles S., settled in Northfield.
Sarah E., d. young.
Hattie A., d. young.
Ansel C, d. young.
Abbie M., m. Albert Head of Laconia.
/ Amy A., m. Fred W. Chatfield \ ~ .
s a • J } lwins.
[ Annie, d. young
Nathaniel Sanborn married in 1691, Rebecca Prescott of
Hampton. He signed the "Test" in Epping.
Nathan Sanborn married Catherine Sattalee, 1710-1810.
They had five children at Hampton Falls, then moved to Epping.
Nathan 4 Sanborn (Nathaniel, John, John ! ), 1809, signed the
"Test" in Epping.
Nathaniel, born in 1737, married Polly French, settled in
Meredith (Chemung). Their son, John Sanborn, 1767-1836,
married in 1796, Sally Dow, 1770-1843, of East Kingston. Their
son, Ira Sanborn, born in 1801, married in 1824, Abigail Plummer,
1796-1852, in Meredith. Their son, John Taylor Sanborn, 1838-
1891, married Emily H. Weld of Boothbay, Maine, she born in
1839. They were married in 1864. Their daughter, Anne Maud
Sanborn, born in 1874, married Elmer Perkins of Meredith.
Nathaniel Sanborn married Sally Roberts of Meredith,
December 25, 1825.
Nathan Sanborn of Sanborn ton married Agnes Durgin,
February 20, 1800.
Nathaniel Sanborn married Mary Dow, February 2^, 1799,
both of New Hampton.
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From David Perkins Records
John Sanborn, 1789-1870, son of John and wife, Lydia (Rollins)
Sanborn of Hampton, who lived on " Bride's Hill." His line runs
back many generations through the Sanborns of Sanbornton.
He studied medicine with Dr. Shaw of Moultonboro and com-
menced practice in Meredith Village in 1815. He was a man
of strict integrity, of a social disposition, an advocate of temper-
ance; was a member of the Congregational Church for more than
fifty years, and served as a deacon forty years, often proving his
piety, as a physician for souls, as well as the bodies of his patrons.
He married, in 1820, Susan Hubbard, 1791-1866, of Moultonboro.
Their children, born in Meredith:
Jesse Appleton, b. 1820; m. Sarah Sanborn in 1842; went
west.
Susan Catherine, b. 1823; m. Levi Leach in 1845.
Infant son, b. 1828.
John Henry, b. 1830; m. Elizabeth H. Leach in 1854.
Susan Catherine Sanborn married Levi Leach in 1845. He was
born in Bridgewater, Mass., and was a teacher of vocal music. He
enlisted in the 12th N. H. Regiment and was promoted to ser-
geant; was at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg,
where he was severely wounded. After his return they lived
several years with her parents at Meredith, later removed to
Franklin Falls. Their children, born in Meredith:
Willie S., b. 1847; served in the Civil War; d. there in 1863.
Edward Giles, b. 1849; m. M. Agnes A. Robinson in 1874.
He is a lawyer by profession; resides in Franklin. Their
children:
William Eugene, b. 1877.
Robert Milton, b. 1879.
John Sanborn, born in 1620 in England, son of William and
wife, Anne, daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. Lieut. John
Sanborn came to New England with his grandfather, Rev.
Stephen Bachiler; was in Hampton in 1639. In 1679 he was com-
missioned lieutenant of Hampton forces and served as lieutenant
in King William's War. He married Mary, daughter of Robert
Tuck, and they had children; she died in 1668. He married,
second, Margaret (Page) Moulton. He died in 1692.
John 2 Sanborn, born in 1649, eldest son by first wife, married in
GENEALOGIES 459
1674, Judith, daughter of Tristam Coffin, born in 1653. They
had ten children.
Nathaniel 3 Sanborn, born in 1666, married Rebecca, daughter
of James Prescott of Hampton. They had five children. She
died in 1704. He married, second, Sarah Mason, and had six
children. He was prominent in town business in Kingston.
Nathan 4 Sanborn, born in 1709 at Hampton Falls, married
Catherine Satterlee, born in 1710. They removed to Epping,
where he signed the "Association Test" Act; later removed to
Sanbornton, where she died in 1810, almost 100 years old. Their
second daughter, Hannah, born in 1735, married Joseph Cass,
grandfather of Lewis Cass.
Nathaniel 5 Sanborn, born in 1737 at Hampton Falls, married
at South Hampton in 1764, Polly French of Kingston. They
removed to Epping, where he signed the "Test Act." They had
eight children. Their fifth child, Polly, born in 1776, married
Stephen Leavitt of Meredith.
Stephen ri Sanborn, born in 1772 at Epping, lived and died in
Meredith. He married Esther Thompson. They had nine
children; several of them never married.
Nathaniel ' Sanborn, born in 1801 at Meredith, was a successful
farmer. He married in 1825, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Roberts
of Meredith; she was born in 1807, died in 1889. Their children:
Mary R., b. Oct. 15, 1826; m. John T. Jewell of Laconia.
Phebe Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1828; m. John S. Weeks of Laconia.
Olive Esther, b. Nov. 7, 1830; m. Langdon C. Morgan of
Meredith.
Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 6, 1833; m. D. W. Tenney of Methuen,
Mass.
Joseph Noah, b. Mar. 6, 1836; m. Esther P. Stockbridge of
Gilmanton in 1857, she b. 1839, d. 1861; they had a son,
George C. Sanborn, b. 1859 at Gilmanton; m. 1885 Harriet
A. Collins, b. 1864. He lives in Lakeport. Their children :
Harry Arthur, b. 1886; Carl Collins, b. 1889; Mildred
Laura, b. 1891. Joseph Noah m., second, Ruth Knowlton
in 1862, dau. of David and wife, Olive (Knowlton) Smith,
b. 1836. He removed to his father-in-law's, David Smith's
in Sanbornton, near the Meredith line in Rocksbury, so
called, where he lived over forty years; was a very success-
ful fruit grower, and was prominent in church affairs.
Their children:
Rev. Willis, b. 1865 at Sanbornton; a Baptist Minister;
m. Georgia Lambert.
460 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Orin N., b. 1866; m. Nellie Bowers, b. 1854, d. 1904.
Their children; Robert, Earl, Ray, Ernest. He m.,
second, Mrs. Grace Hallowell.
Olive E., b. 1870.
Wesley David, b. 1872; has been connected with several
electric firms and is an electrical contractor and dealer
in Laconia. He m. Hattie Grace Lawrence of Mere-
dith in 1897, dau. of Samuel Henry Lawrence and wife,
Carrie (Bowers) Lawrence of Sanborn ton. She d. in
1902. He m., second, in 1904, Nellie R. Taylor,
b. in Greensboro, Vt.
The name of Samborne is found in Warwickshire and Hamp-
shire, England. Two branches of the family were found in early
days during the Herald's visitations; one in Oxfordshire and one
in Somersetshire. The arms of all the various branches are the
same. The pedigree through the generations came down to John,
the father of the three American emigrants.
The State Papers between 1650 and 1660 refer to three Sam-
borme brothers, who were merchants in France. They aided in
the Restoration. John Sanboine (as history) was held in high
esteem and honor by the Court, and held many commissions from
the King. When the King was banished and escaped from
Worcester, John Sanborne was the trusted person to know his
location.
John Samborne was born about 1590, and removed to London
(as history) with two brothers, but the family ties were in Dorset-
shire, near Hampshire. Here lived Rev. Stephen Bachilor, whose
daughter married John, father of these three brothers — John,
William and Stephen. Their father died in England and the
brothers came with Rev. Stephen Bachilor to America. He was
the first preacher in Hampton, N. H.
William's houselot in Hampton is described in the town records:
Imp r five acres upland for a houselot, and three quarters of an acre laying
between the ground of John Browns towards the east, and the ground of Aquilla
Chases; sometime Stephen Sanborn's in p r t towards the west, abutting upon a
common way towards the north, and a certaine swamp towards the south.
William, the second son, born near 1622, married Mary Moul-
ton. He died in 1692.
Their sixth child, Stephen Sanborn, born September 4, 1671,
married in 1693, Hannah Philbrick, born April 30, 1646, died in
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1750, daughter of Lieut. James Philbrick (a mariner) and wife,
Hannah, daughter of Isaac Perkins.
James Philbrick, mariner, from 1690 to 1700 (books show), was
trading between Marthas Vineyard and Hampton in lumber,
wood, hides, spices, molasses, iron and wooden ware, cloths and
other goods. The story goes that he was captured on the high
seas by a French privateer, who took his vessel. A hard storm
arose and he guided his captors to a safe place. They in gratitude
gave him back his vessel. During the storm he had an old Bible
that his captors were going to throw overboard, but he begged so
hard for it they gave it back to him. The Bible in 1892 was
owned by Joseph A. Philbrick. It was published in 1583.
Their seventh child (as Hampton History), Zadok Sanborn,
born June 1, 1707, married Sarah Robinson (as vital records in
Brentwood).
Their son, Zadok Sanborn, baptized in Brentwood May 2, 1733,
his mother being a widow (as Hampton History) when he was
baptized.
His son, Walter Sanborn, born February 23, 1770, died
August 5. 1856; married Jennie Clark (the Sanborn ton Town
History calls her Phebe), born in 1780, a descendant of Aquilla
Chase, who came to this country in 1630.
John Sanborn, born at New Hampton, January 20, 1803, died
September 1. 1868, married Polly Kelley in 1828.
Eliphalet, born August 23, 1804, died in 1835, married Lydia G.
Robinson in 1831.
Susan, born March 15, 1806, died in 1877, married Perrin
Prescott.
William C, born November 10, 1807, died in 1888, married
Mary Smith in 1837.
Phebe C, born August 21, 1809, died in 1882.
Jane, born August 12, 1815, died in 1885, married Noah B.
Brown.
Moses, born October 29, 1817, died in 1894, married Sarah J.
Kelley in 1840, who died in 1866. She was born at New Hampton
September 26, 1820, daughter of Benjee Kelley and wife, Hannah
(Avery ) Kelley. Their children :
AUGUSTA L., b. June 6, 1841; m. John Calvin Fogg, 1863.
Edwin F., b. Sept. 23, 1842; m. Elsie A. Glidden, 1861;
d. 1873.
462 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Annie M., b. Aug. 3, 1844; m. Arthur Tucker, 1866.
George E., b. May 11, 1846; m. Mary E. Gilman, 1865.
Wesley C, b. Mar. 15, 1850; drowned, 1862.
Herman L., b. Dec. 14, 1854; d. 1863.
Fred C, b. Oct. 9, 1857; m. Fostine Young, 1877.
Oscar C, b. Feb. 10, 1860; m. Hattie Boynton, 1887. Their
children:
Gladys Augusta, b. 1895; m. Wilfried Gauthier.
Lillian Jane, b. 1899; m. Dr. James F. Conway. Their
son, Robert Francis Conway, b. 1923.
Helen May, b. 1901.
Nathaniel Sanborn married Mary French. Their son, Stephen
Sanborn of Meredith married Esther Thompson of Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Sanborn, born at Meredith in 1801, married Sarah,
born in 1807, daughter of Joseph and wife, Molly (Davis) Roberts,
who was a son of Joseph and wife, Eunice (Leavitt) Roberts;
buried in the Smith yard, Opeechee. Molly Davis, wife of
Joseph Roberts, was a daughter of William and wife, Molly
(Boynton) Davis.
Nathaniel Sanborn, who married Sara Roberts. Their chil-
dren:
Mary Rosetta, b. 1826.
Phebe Ann, b. 1828.
Olive Esther, b. 1830.
Sarah Jane, b. 1833.
Joseph Noah, b. 1836.
Charles Francis, b. 1838.
Wesley Curtis, b. 1841.
Anna Comfort, b. 1844.
Fred Milton, b. 1850.
Charles Francis, born at Laconia, married Clara, daughter of
Daniel Gray. They were prosperous farmers in Meredith
(Laconia). Their children:
Frank M., resided in Laconia.
Ella G., m. Charles F. Sanborn.
Herbert Nathaniel Sanborn, born in 1862 at Laconia. In 1886
he bought a farm in Meredith. He married in 1883, Susie E.,
daughter of William F. G. Noyes, born in 1821, and wife, Charlotte,
daughter of Worcester Francis Boynton, born in New Raleigh,
Mass. He was a tanner and currier. He served as selectman in
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Meredith and also a sheriff of Strafford County. He married
Mary Gilman.
Mrs. Sanborn's grandfather was William Noyes, who married
Mary Graves. He was an iron moulder and a person of much
literary talent. Mrs. Sanborn's great-grandfather was David
Boynton, who married Molly Bradbury.
Herbert Nathaniel Sanborn and wife, Susie E. (Noyes) San-
born, had children: Ernest, Charlotte, Clara and Clarence
Herbert.
Jacob Sanborn lived in Gilford. He had two sons, Enoch and
William Sanborn.
William Sanborn, born in Gilford, after thirty years removed to
Moultonboro Neck. In 1850 he returned to his native town.
He married Sally, daughter of Richard Dame, who came from
Portsmouth. Sally (Dame) Sanborn was a teacher of fine edu-
cation. They had two children, El vena and .
Jacob Sanborn, born in 1843 at Moultonboro, lived in Gilford.
After he received an education he assisted on the farm as valuable
help. In 1866 Polly Smith of Old Meredith felt old age creeping
on and, needing assistance on her farm, where a respectable family
had been raised, and no boys to see to the outside work, she em-
ployed Jacob Sanborn to care for the farm, which he did in a
faithful way, and cared for her. She willed him the farm. He
prospered, bought more land, and kept the buildings up in good
repair and raised good stock. He married Augusta, daughter of
John L. Perley and wife, Dora, daughter of Josiah and Betsey
(Potter) Rundlett of Gilmanton. They had a daughter, Pearl,
who studied law and was admitted to the bar. She married
Attorney J. Waldo Bond. She died in Winchester, Mass., in 1927.
Esquire Samuel Sanborn, born in 1820, was a resident of Gil-
ford. He had sons, W. A. Sanborn, the popular captain of the
steamer "Lady of the Lake," in days past.
George F. studied for the medical profession at Harvard and
Dartmouth. After practicing in Gilford he moved to Meredith
and followed his profession for over thirty years. He married
Sophronia B., daughter of George Stockbridge of Alton.
Their son, George F. Sanborn, born in 1857, after completing
his education started the paper, Meredith News; later he had a
drug store in 1883. In 1896 he organized a company to make
what was called " Paris Night Robes." He has been prominent in
464 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
other kinds of business in Meredith. In 1885 he married Char-
lotte J., daughter of John B. French of Meredith. They had a
son, Royal W. Sanborn, who married Cora A. Adams. He is in
business with his father in the drug store. Their children:
Charlotte J. and George F.
Newell Sanborn married Polly Shaw. Their daughter, Lucy L.
Sanborn, married Ebeneezer Robinson (son of Ebeneezer), who
lived the first house below the watering trough at Meredith
Center. They did not have any children.
Newell Sanborn and wife, Polly Shaw, had a son, John Shaw
Sanborn, who married Dorcas A. Brown of Norway, Maine.
Their daughter, Harriet Eleene Sanborn, born at Norway, Maine,
married in 1923, Charles E. Osgood of Hudson, N. H. Their
children:
Newell S., m. Lottie Robinson; lives in Lakeport.
John Miner, m. Ida G. Plumer, dau. of Nathan at Meredith
Center.
Ralph is business manager of the Norway Advertiser.
Elena, m. Chester C. Russell of Farmington, N. H.
Fred Walter Sanborn, editor of the Norway Advertiser, married
Laura A. Hill of Strafford, N. H. She died in 1923.
William Sanborn, born in 1842 at Sanbornton, settled on the
Gideon Piper place on Meredith Hill in 1866 and lived there in
1881. He married Lydia A. Sanborn, born in 1845, daughter of
Salmon Hibbard Sanborn of Meredith. They were married in
1869. She was a descendant of the early Samborne family.
John Mooney Sanborn married Lydia Ann Sanborn, daughter
of Aaron Sanborn, who lived at the top of Meredith Hill (Saddle-
back).
Joe B. Sanborn, born in 1872, son of John Mooney Sanborn,
married Bertha Burleigh, daughter of Albert W. Burleigh and
wife, Betsey (Elizabeth) Mead, a daughter of William Henry
Mead and wife, Rhoda Fletcher, who was born in Bridgewater.
William Henry Mead and wife, Rhoda, are buried in the Mead
yard, above Laconia. They lived in Lakeport.
SANDERS
George Sanders came from England with his family and settled
in Rye, N. H. Children:
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Henry, d. at sea.
Mary, m. Xemiah Sleeper of Gilford.
GEORGE was a sea wanderer. He sailed from Portsmouth,
when the War of 1812 broke out, on a privateer. In 1813
he bought a farm in Gilford and was prosperous. He m.
Philena, dau. of Elder Richard Martin, who in his early
life lived in Lee and ran a grocery store. In "y e " olden
days the country stores sold liquor. When Elder Martin
was asked for more by a customer he saw had plenty, his
reply to him was to come again. He gave up the store
and moved to Gilford, and preached at the "Gunstock
Meeting House." He died suddenly after preaching there
in the morning. Their children:
John went away.
Richard was a painter. He d. in Laconia; is buried at
McCoy, I think.
Christopher was a minister in Vermont.
Hannah m. Vowel Langley; probably buried among the
many graves, on the hillside at Langley Cove. (No
stones.)
Ruth m. Hezekiah Sleeper.
Betsey m. Elder William Blaisdell.
Thankful m. Jackson.
Philena m. George Sanders. They had children:
Ruhamah m. William G. Hoitt of Gilford.
Olive m. Tenny Hibbard.
Richard M. d. young.
Orrin d. young.
Francis m. Emma Tuttle.
George W. Sanders, after his education, taught for some time,
went into a shoe shop for a time, and then returned home. After
a time he went into the lumber business. He married Sarah,
daughter of Joseph P. Smith of Gilford. She died in 1894. Their
children:
Joseph S. resided at home.
George A. was in business with his father-in4aw, William
Pepper.
J. Frank was in business in Lakeport.
Roscoe M. was a carpenter.
Isaiah Sanders, a revolutionary soldier, fought under Colonel
Stark. He lived in Mason.
His son, Joseph Sanders, was a cabinetmaker, and farmed some
also. He married Sarah Mansur. They had six children.
Their son, Samuel Sanders, 1819-1892, was a tinner by trade,
466 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
and kept a hardware store. He served as selectman of Meredith,
and was earnest to help in any good cause. He helped divide
Meredith and form the town of Laconia. He also served as post-
master and filled other offices of public trust. He married
Serena Randlett.
George A. Sanders, born at Meredith Bridge in 1846. In 1887
he bought the stove business from his father. He was connected
with the Laconia Savings Bank. He married in 1872, Addie
Currier of Cambridge, Mass. She died in 1886, leaving a son,
Frank C, and two daughters. He married, second, Ida M.,
daughter of John B. Chase of New Hampton. He served in many
public offices of trust.
SHAW-WITHAM
Hilliard Shaw came from Chichester. He married Elizabeth
Witham, daughter of Peletiah Witham, a Revolutionary soldier,
also a shipbuilder. He lived and died in Nottingham. Hilliard
Shaw was in the War of 1812. He settled near Wicwash Pond.
Jonathan Leathers, another 1812 soldier, is buried near Hilliard
Shaw. Jonathan Leathers had sons, Samuel, Freeman and
David, and a daughter, Dolly Leathers. The Leathers boys had
their name changed to Emery. One of them is buried at Bayside.
Hilliard Shaw was a grandfather of Mrs. Warren Kimball. He
had a daughter, Eliza Shaw, who married Dudley Sanborn Piper
of Meredith. Their daughter, Eliza Jane Piper, married Warren
Kimball.
Peletiah Witham, father of Elizabeth Witham of Nottingham,
also had a son, Asa Witham.
Asa Witham had eight sons in the Civil War. All returned but
one, Peletiah, named for his grandfather, who served in the
Revolution. This grandson was killed in the battle of Chancel-
lorsville, where George Swain had the same fate.
Hillard Shaw, from Chichester, married Elizabeth Witham, a
daughter of Peletiah Witham, a shipbuilder at Nottingham.
Peletiah Witham was a Revolutionary soldier; lived and died in
Nottingham.
Hillard Shaw was in the War of 1812. He settled near Wequash
Pond. The house he lived in is gone. He is buried near by, also
Jonathan Leathers. He had sons, Samuel, Freeman and Daniel,
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and a daughter, Dolly Leathers. They all had their names
changed to Emery. Millard Shaw was a grandfather of Mrs.
Warren Kimball. He had a daughter, Eliza Shaw, who married
Dudley Sanborn Piper of Meredith. Their daughter, Eliza Jane
Piper, married Warren Kelley Kimball of Meredith Center.
They are highly respected people.
Asa Witham, son of Peletiah Witham of Nottingham, had eight
sons who served in the Civil War, and all returned but Peletiah,
who was named for his grandfather. He died in the army.
Revolutionary Pension Declaration
Nathan Witham of Meredith. (Declaration missing.) .
Affadavit.
We, Rhoda (Witham) Bagley and Sally G. Bagley, both of Meredith, in the
County of Strafford, State of N. H., depose and say that we were acquainted
with Nathan Witham, a Pensioneer of the U. S. Pension Roll in the State of
Maine, and that the said Nathan Witham departed this life on the 6th day of
Nov. 1824 — And further depose and say that Rhoda Witham the widow of said
Nathan Witham deceased, was living a few days since, and have not any
doubts they were lawfully married, as they lived together many years, and
were the parents of seven children, and I the said Rhoda Bayley being one of
their children.
(Signed) Rhoda Bagley.
Aug. 31, 1832. Sally G. Bagley.
Verified by Daniel Gale, J. P.
SHERMAN
Dryden says of the Shearmans:
Do thou as your progenitors have done
And by their virtues prove yourself their son.
The Shearman Trade and Name
In olden times the shearman sheared the long nap from the
new-made woolen cloth (made from the wool sheared from the
sheep by the shearer). The name of his trade became the sur-
name of the man. Later, in the common speech, "Shearman"
was clipped to Sherman. The shearman, by industry, rose to be a
clothmaker, in olden times also called a clothier.
Henry Shearman in his will, dated 1590, bequeathed to his son
his "Shearman's Crafte." The Shearmans lived in Dedham, a
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parish in the north of Essex County, England, near the River
Stour. This locality was where mills for making cloth and fulling
mills were in 1382.
The early inhabitants fled to this place to escape religious perse-
cution. The town was established here in the Bay (baize) and
Say (serve weaving).
The Sherman's coat of arms and motto on the shield is the lion
rampant, sable, between three oak leaves, vert. (The lion signi-
fies that they were associated with the crown.)
Reuben Shearman was born in Gloucester, R. I., July 22, 1763;
died in Lisbon, N. H., May 2, 1843. His residence during the
Revolution was Douglas, Mass. He enlisted at Gloucester, R. I.,
April 12, 1779, as a private for one year in Captain Carr's R. I.
Regiment; he again enlisted in April, 1781, in Capt. Nemiah Lov-
ell's Vermont Company and served until the last of December,
1781. He was allowed a pension as (Shearman). He married in
1823 at Barnet, Yt., Ruth Smith, who was born in Sandwich, N.H.,
in 1798.
Mrs. Janette (Shearman) McMurphy was one of seven children
of Reuben Sherman and wife, Ruth (Smith) Sherman. She was a
"Real Daughter" of a Revolutionary soldier and was accepted
by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, April 12, 1924. She died January 3, 1927, at the home of
her son, Edward McMurphy, 16 Irving Street, Laconia. She
was a member of the Advent Church at Lakeport, where she had
resided several years, and was an estimable Christian woman.
The son's wife, Mrs. Edward McMurphy, said that in the thirty
years she had lived with her, she never heard her speak an unkind
word .
John McMurphy came to America from the north of Ireland
with other Scotch people who had settled there in that location to
escape oppression because of their religious belief. They were
Presbyterians.
John MacMurphy, after coming to New England, settled in
Londonderry in 1720. In 1722 he was prominent in public affairs,
and a member of the General Court for eleven years. He was
said to be a man of great intelligence and morality. He served as
town clerk for fourteen years. He was assigned as proprietor of
land in Londonderry. This land fell from father to son, and is
still in the name.
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It was said that he built the second framed house in the town, a
part of which is still standing. He died in 1755 at Portsmouth,
and was buried in Londonderry, while a member of the General
Court. His obituary was: "John MacMurphy, Esq., Justice of
the Quorum, who departed this life September 21, 1755, at Ports-
mouth, was carried to Londonderry, and buried the 24th, at ye
old Burying Place in the town, with an extraordinary company,
aged 73 years." Some of the descendants scattered into "Old
Hary's Town," later in 1751 named Derryfield.
Henry MacMurphy, born in Deeryfield, enlisted August 18,
1862, as private, aged 27 years, credited to Lisbon. He was in the
Civil War in Company C, 5th New Hampshire Regiment. He
was wounded December 13, 1862, in the battle of Fredericksburg,
\'a. ; was also in the battle of Antietum. He was discharged
September 7, 1863, as disabled. He married Janette Sherman,
daughter of Reuben Sherman and wife, Ruth (Smith) Sherman.
SIBLEY
Jacob Sibley was born in Salem, Mass., in 1746. History states
that his ancestors came with the "YYinthrop Fleet" to Massa-
chusetts. When he was 18 years of age his father, one of the
proprietors of Meredith, N. H., where he had acquired land
a short distance southwest of Meredith Center (and later set-
tled), sent Jacob to assist in building the first bridge across
YYinnipisogee River, near the outlet of the lake. This was the
present site of Main Street bridge in Laconia (as history).
In 1771 Jacob married Anna George at Haverhill, Mass. Her
mother was a Jewett. After their wedding they rode a horse
nearly to his sister's home in Hopkinton (within two miles).
There being no road, they had to walk the rest of the way to their
humble home, driving a little spotted pig before them. Her
fitting out, as history states, was three white cups and saucers,
three knives and forks, one coverlet made of hair and tow, and one
of wool. They settled near Sugar Hill in Hopkinton, where he
cleared three acres of land and burned it over to raise corn.
In 1776 Jacob Sibley was in the military service at Portsmouth.
He worked on Fort Constitution, leaving his wife at home where
she hoed the corn and cared for it.
It seems, from history, that they lived in Meredith for a time,
but in later life returned to Hopkinton and there died, and are
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buried in Sugar Hill yard, one of the oldest yards in the country,
overlooking a long distance where one can view lovely pictures of
Nature. There are many unknown graves and many old stones
that are worn past reading.
Samuel Sibley, born in 1751, married in 1775 Sarah Dow of
Kensington, N. H., one of the Dow family that later settled above
Meredith Center. He had land given him by his father, who was
an early settler. Samuel lived and died in Meredith. He was
said to have been a small man, and tradition states that the cause
of his being so small was that he ate too much bean porridge. A
youth in later life heard the story and asked him if it was true.
Being very indignant at the youth, he replied: "No, I did not
get enough of it."
Rev. Isaac D. Stewart wrote that when Mr. Sibley moved to
Meredith there was but one log house at Meredith Bridge. His
nearest neighbor on one side was three miles distant, and on the
other side four miles away. He carried his corn to mill to be
ground, ten miles away. After he had earned something he
bought a horse to use.
Being in need of salt, later on, he went to Exeter on horseback
to procure some for family use. In 1789 some settlers had come
in. Benjamin Perkins had settled about half a mile away, and
he asked him to look after his wife and family while he was
gone and assist her in keeping the bears out of the corn, if need be.
As history states, it was a beautiful still, moonlight night in
the month of October when Mrs. Sibley heard a destructive
crashing in the corn. Leaving her four children in bed, she ran
out and called to Mr. Perkins to come to her aid. He soon
arrived, went into the cornfield and discharged the contents of his
gun, and crippled the bear badly. She moved off as fast as she
could with two cubs, but stumbled over a log and fell. Mrs.
Sibley caught her by one hind leg and held her while Mr. Perkins
came up and cut her throat with his pocket knife. This probably
furnished meat for a time to the settlers. The cubs got away.
Among the descendants were:
Josiah Dow Sibley, born in 1779.
Hannah Sibley, born in 1780; married Jeremiah Gove.
Richard Sibley, born in 1782; also Nancy, Mark and Sophia.
Mary Sibley, born in 1784; married in 1815 Paul H. Stanton of
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Bartlett. They had children: Richard, born in 1816, and Sarah,
born in 1818.
Members of this Sibley family are some of the ancestors of Mrs.
Dr. (Sibley) Norris of Laconia and Tilton, chiropractic physician.
In 1768 he went to Hopkinton, N. H., boarded with his sister,
Mrs. Stevens, in the wilderness, and died in Hopkinton, June 25,
1831.
It appears that Jonathan and Jacob settled a short time in Un-
ion, Maine, but (from records) Jacob removed. They were sons
of Jonathan, born in 1701, he a son of Samuel of Salem, Mass.,
and he the son of Richard, born probably in England. (He
may have been the son of John who lived in Charlestown, Mass.,
and came over with the Winthrop fleet.)
Some years ago George Littlefield of Meredith Bridge (whose
features and movements were like those of the late Amos Sibley of
Hopkinton) was followed a long distance on Washington Street in
Boston by a gentleman who mistook him for James Sibley of
Sutton, Mass., the late United States marshal.
SINCLAIR
A few branches of the Sinclairs in Meredith and those over the
New Hampton Line.
The Sinclair History by L. A. Morrison, published in 1896, gives
the early history of the family and refers to the "Hermit," the
"Holy Well" and the "Hermitage" in France, described as fol-
lows:
Far in the wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew;
The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell,
His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well,
Remote from man, with God he passed his days
Prayer all his business — all his pleasure praise.
The chief home of the Sinclairs was in Normandy, where the
original family, down through the ages of "long ago," lived in
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their castles, and fought as was the custom of the kings and dukes
of England, which is a long drawn-out tale.
History states that John * Sinkler was the founder of Exeter,
one of many generations past. He bought ten acres of land in
Exeter in 1659.
Old Norfolk County records at Salem, Mass., so state. He and
his wife Mary settled there. He married, second, Deborah .
She, being a business manager, made a contract previous to their
marriage. His will, made in 1699-70, shows that he had children.
The generations that followed lived on Quoboag Road, known as
the Sinclair place, which dates back to 1725. The Sinclair place
was located on "Sinkler Path." It led across the farm of Richard
M. Scammon, near "Frying Pan Lane," in Stratham. The
generations that followed were related as:
Joseph 3 Sinkler (James 2 , John l ), born about 1692. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Lyford, daughter of Thomas Lyford of Exeter-
He was born in Exeter and one of the original proprietors of Gil-
mantoh, which at one time took in a part of Meredith.
Thomas 4 (Joseph 3 , James 2 , John l ), born in South Newmarket
in 1721. His mother's father was Thomas Lyford. In 1758 he
located in Pembroke, N. H. At that time the people lived on
fish, caught at Amoskeag Falls, now Manchester, where the
Indians for centuries before the palefaces came had caught much
of their sustenance. William Stark, the poet, wrote of the value
of the eels that were so abundant there:
From the eels they formed their food in chief,
And eels were called the Derryfield beef;
It was often said that their only care,
And their only wish, and their only prayer,
For the present world, and the world to come,
Was a string of eels, and a jug of rum.
Thomas Sinkler sold out, and the next town where he settled
and helped found was Sanbornton. He was there in 1768 or
earlier, and served as tything man, 1773-76. He served in the
Revolution in Capt. Chase Taylor's Company, Col. Thomas Stick-
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ney's Regiment, Gen. John Stark's Brigade, but only went to
Charlestown, N. H. His son, James Sinkler, after a long and
honorable service in the Revolution, lived in Sandwich, and to
him he sold his farm of 90 acres in 1785, which was situated on
Steele's Hill. Thomas Sinkler felt the age that had crept over
him, being 72 years old and a pioneer in four towns — South New-
market, Pembrook, Allenstown, and Sanborn ton. His sons had
removed to other places, so he sold his Sanbornton home and he
and his son, James, went to Hardwick, Vt., where he died in 1 796,
aged 75 years. He had seven children. His second son, Thomas,
was born in Newmarket in 1751. He settled in Meredith before
1772. His home was in the Pease School District, near "Oak
Hill Church." (In 1888 the farm was owned by a son of Deacon
Thomas Veazey.) He married Mary Meed in 1774; she was
born at Stratham in 1755 and died at Meredith in 1790. He mar-
ried, second, Nancy Pike of Meredith in 1791, who was 34 years
old. She had two children who died young. She died in 1827,
aged 70 years. Thomas Sinkler and wife, Mary Meed, are buried
near "Oak Hill Church," in a small enclosed yard. One stone has
this inscription:
Thomas Sinclair, 1751-1824
Mary Meed, 1755-1790
[At the base of the stone]
My Grandparents
J. L. Sinclair
I am informed by an old resident near Oak Hill that J. L.
Sinclair is Rev. John Langdon Sinclair, born in Meredith in 1809,
near "Oak Hill Church." He was the son of Joseph Sinclair,
the sixth child of Thomas and wife, Mary (Meed) Sinclair.
Joseph and wife, Isabel (Dockham) Sinclair, who was born on
Meredith Parade in 1780, daughter of John Dockham, who later
moved to Meredith Neck, are both buried in this neat enclosed
yard with a few others.
His seventh child, Constantine Sinclair, died in Meredith before
1783. He settled near the line between New Hampton and
Meredith. In 1772 he owned and lived on Lot 19 in the Second
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Division in Meredith. He married Huldah . In 1783
he passed to the "Great Beyond" and left no record of any chil-
dren.
Their fourth child, Mary Sinclair, born in 1781, married Heze-
kiah Smith; lived in Meredith.
Their fifth child, William Sinclair, born in 1782, married Nancy
Dow; lived in Meredith; died in 1815.
Their sixth child, Joseph fi Sinclair, born in 1785, married Isabel
Dockham, daughter of John Dockham of Meredith Neck. She
was born on the Parade in Meredith in 1780. She was a great
weaver of table linen and carpets, also fulled cloth. She spun
and wove a suit of clothes for one of her sons when he was 21
years old, and is said to have nearly paid for fifty acres of wood-
land, which her husband bought, by her work weaving. She
was an unusually smart woman and very religious. She died in
1878, aged 97 years. They had seven children.
Their first child, Belinda Sinclair, born in 1806, married John
Cotton of Meredith.
Their third child was Rev. John Langdon Sinclair, born in 1809;
died at Lake Village in 1888.
Rev. John 7 Langdon Sinclair (Joseph 6 , Thomas 5 , Thomas 4 ,
Joseph 3 , James 2 , John 1 ), born in Meredith in 1809, near the
"Oak Hill Church." He was educated in New Hampton Acad-
emy. Later he taught school. He joined the church at Mere-
dith and was licensed to preach in 1832. He labored in many
towns, was a good financier and helped many poor churches. He
gave to the Sinclair Orphanage in India and did much mission
work in India. He married in 1837 Olive Eastman, daughter of
David and Mehitable (Hilton) Haynes of Deerfield, she born in
1812. They had a son, Joseph Haynes Sinclair, 1838-1858.
Nathaniel 6 Sinclair (Benjamin 5 , Thomas 4 , Joseph 3 , James 2 ,
John '), born in Meredith in 1773, married Sarah, daughter of
Benjamin and wife, Rebecca (Pike) Pease of Meredith, she born
at Newmarket in 1770. They were married in 1795. He
lived in Greensborough, Vt., and later Hard wick. In 1801 his
wife deeded her right in the homestead farm of her father, Benja-
GENEALOGIES 475
min Pease, in Meredith, to Simeon Pease, and went to Vermont,
where both died. They had eleven children.
Jacob 6 Sinclair, born at Epping in 1752. He enlisted in the
Revolution in 1775; was at Winter Hill and in the battle of Bunker
Hill, June 17. He again enlisted, went to Montreal and to Penn-
sylvania, also took part at Trenton, N. J., 1776. As pension
record, he was serving from April, 1775, to March, 1777. He
was called lieutenant, having filled that office probably in the
militia. He married in 1777 Rachel Clifford of Epping, she born
in 1759. They lived in Epping until 1790, when they bought of
Andrew Neal, for 100 pounds, 50 acres, with buildings, in New
Hampton. This farm Andrew Neal and wife had bought of Dan-
iel Ward in 1777. It was situated in the part called "Moulton-
borough Gore," afterward included in New Hampton. He lived
in the log house nine years, when he built the large home on the
same site his grandson, Charles P. St. Clair, later occupied. The
bricks for the massive chimney (20,000) he made and burned him-
self up in the clay pit under Beech Hill. Later he bought more
land. F~or his military service he received a pension of eight dol-
lars a month, which started in March, 1819. He and his family
attended church at New Hampton Center, where some of his
children were baptized. The location was on high ground, which
commanded a fine view of the country and lakes around.
Thomas Sinclair, a pioneer settler in New Salem, was two miles
away. Zebulon, another relative, was a resident until 1801 in
Meredith, where, in plain view, were to be seen the "White Face"
and the Ossipee Range, and almost within the shadow was an-
other cousin, Richard 4 Sinclair, in Sandwich, N. H. With these
relatives near by and a loving family, living on the acres that pro-
duced abundant support, he lived to be almost 78 years old.
His wife was 93 when she passed away. They had five children.
Betsey, 1778-1858, married in 1798, Joshua Roberts of Meredith,
now Laconia. He died leaving two children — Polly Roberts,
who married Eli Dow, and Eliza Jane, who married Noah Swain.
She married, second, Ebenezer Pitman. They had a son, Joshua
Robinson Pitman, who married Sarah Hall of Belmont. Betsey
476 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Sinclair married, second, Noah Robinson. Their fourth child,
Polly Sinclair, born in 1789, married Washington Smith, son of
Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah Spiller Smith. He was injured
in the fall of the floor of the Town House at Meredith and died
in 1855. She died in 1863. Tradition of their children:
George W.
Rachel, m. John Langdon Robinson.
Mary.
Joshua.
Sarah E., m. Monroe Robinson.
Ebenezer.
Samuel L.
Catherine, m. Nathan Baldwin of Laconia.
Ira Sinclair, b. in New Hampton, 1796, d. in Deerfield,
1875.
John 6 Meed Sinclair, born at Meredith in 1776, married Sarah
Lovett of Deerfield and settled in Maine. They had five chil-
dren.
James Sinclair, born at Meredith in 1777, married Sally Wiggin
of Stratham, a sister to George Wiggin, she born in 1778. They
had eleven children.
Belinda Sinclair, born at Meredith in 1806, married in 1826,
John Cotton of Meredith, born at Gilford in 1806. They had
seven children.
Their second child, Mary Cotton, born in 1828, married Oliver
Ambrose of Sandwich Center.
Their third child, Isabel Sinclair Cotton, born in 1830, married
Lewis Smith of Sandwich. He was born at New Hampton in
1830; died in Maryland; was a soldier in the 14th N. H. Regiment.
Their children:
Evelyn A., 1857-1858.
Mabel E., b. 1859.
Rolf S., b. 1860; m. 1884 Carrie E. Smith. Their dau.,
Ethel W., b. 1887.
Thomas Jefferson Sinclair (Noah 7 , Joseph 6 , Thomas 5 ,
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Thomas 4 , Joseph \ James 2 , John •). born at Meredith in 1838.
His father, Xoah Sinclair, died when he was five years old. His
mother married, second, in 1846, and he went to live with his
step-father, Joseph S. Hart. He married in 1858 Elizabeth
Melissa, daughter of Ezra Wilmarth and wife, Louisa Jane (Lock-
wood) Doe, born in Rumney; lived in Meredith. Their children:
Laura 9 Etta.
Noah Leroy, b. 1863; settled in Concord; m. Georgiana
Beatty, dau. of John Beatty of Holderness.
Myrtle Beatrice Sinclair, born in 1872; lived in Meredith.
SMITH
From English research Richard Smith, a yeoman, came from
Shropshire, England, in 1648 and settled in Ipswich, Mass.
Richard 2 Smith, born in England in 1640, married in 1660 at
Newbury, Mass., Hannah Cheney, a sister of Nathaniel Cheney,
who mentions her in his will as "his sister Smith," and wills her
"my great Bible." He also mentions Lydia, wife of John Ken-
drick of Ipswich, and others.
Their second child, Daniel s , 1673-1755, married Elizabeth
Payne, founder of the Ipswich Grammar School. She died in
1719. He married, second, Deborah Wicom (Wilcomb), born in
Exeter; the Wilcombs came to the Weirs and settled early.
Their fourth child, Payne Smith, married — Pickering.
They settled in Meredith, and are buried in the old Smith yard.
Their fourth child, Jeremiah, 1733-1794 (as gravestones),
moved to New Salem in 1768. New Salem was so called because
seventeen families moved from Salem, Mass., and settled there.
He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married Hannah Lock,
1743-1815, daughter of Deacon William Lock and first wife,
Meribah Page. Their children :
Anne, b. 1765 in Exeter.
John Rice, 1768, m. in Meredith Rhoda Blaisdell of Epping.
Their children:
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John, Jr., 1797-1897, m. 1821 Rhoda Davis, 1794-1876.
Their children :
Ebeneezer Lock m. Sarah Marston of Warren.
Jeremiah Morrill m. Eliza Dolloff. Their children:
John Morrill.
Frank m. Nellie Lawrence. They had eight
children, among them Earl Smith of Detroit,
Mich.
Mary Ann m. Henry Folsom, 1829-1879, of Bel-
mont.
Rhoda, single, 1831-1923.
Martha m. Joseph Carson, 1838-1918; both buried
with their parents in Union yard.
Susan m. Moses Nash, 1812-1892.
Anna G., 1834-1856; single.
Jacob (son of John, Jr., and Rhoda Davis) m. Louisa
Robinson of Meredith Center.
Hannah m. Stanford Jackson; m., second David Gilman.
Nancy m. Nathan Collins.
Betsey m. Samuel Mudgett.
Hannah Smith, daughter of Jeremiah and wife, Hannah Lock,
married Joseph Neal ("White Oak" Joseph) of Meredith, son
of Samue 1 Neal of Stratham and wife, Elizabeth Haley. (See
Neal family.)
Ebeneezer 4 Smith, 1735-1807 (Daniel 3 , Richard 2 , Richard l ),
married in 1766 Sarah Spiller, 1759-1807, of Exeter. They went
to Meredith, following spotted trees, on horseback. She rode
on the horse behind him, he carrying their child and, in his coat
pocket, a little dog. Later he was called the "Father" of the
poor people, as he helped them any way he could in the new coun-
try. He served in the Revolution, and was colonel of a Meredith
company. Their children:
Ebenezer, Jr., b. 1765 in Exeter.
Daniel, b. 1767; the first white child born in Meredith.
Sarah, b. 1769; m. John Mooney.
John, b. 1771; lived at home.
Polly, b. 1773; m. Col. W. B. Kelley. They had eleven
children.
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Susanna, b. 1776; m. Samuel Lawrence as his first wife; shed.
Elizabeth, b. 1779; m. Samuel Lawrence as his second wife.
Catte (Catherine), b. 1781; m. Winthrop Dudley of Epp-
ing.
Washington, b. 1784.
About 1761 Ebeneezer Smith was a proprietor in Gilmanton
(Meredith) and was one of several who gave bonds for its settle-
ment. He was a large landowner.
A little later Ebeneezer Smith and Joshua Crockett, with five
others, went up into the then wilderness, looking up land. The
five others went back, but these two remained, staked out a claim
and built cabins at the head of Opeechee, where he later brought
his family on horseback. History tells that before 1766 he had
cut the trees on six acres of land and had three all cleared for culti-
vation.
History also states that he and David Lawrence went to Ports-
mouth and presented a petition to have the name of New Salem
changed to Meredith, which had previously been called Packers-
town. (No reason for calling the new town Meredith.) The
petition was granted and Col. Ebenezer Smith received ten
pounds and sixteen shillings for pay in securing the charter.
For forty years he was one of the leading citizens. He served in
many public offices as senator, presidential elector, and received
many votes for governor.
Tradition says that when his son, Daniel, was born (the first
white child born in New Salem) he was given 200 acres of land.
Later in life Colonel Smith built a large two-story house, near
the site of his early camp, and died there. His son, Washington
Smith, and family occupied it many years, but it was removed
later on.
Colonel Smith had a sawmill at Gilford and sawed the lumber
for the Gunstock Hill Meetinghouse, besides helping build the
church.
It is also said that he had another sawmill, nearer home, and
sawed the lumber, and helped build the first church in Meredith,
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on the Parade. (That is used as a gymnasium for the school in
Meredith now.)
He was lieutenant-colonel of the 10th Regiment of N. H. Mili-
tia and, in 1781, was one of the leading members in helping frame
a State Constitution.
Maj. Gen. B. F. Kelley, 1807, a descendant of Col. W. B.
Kelley and Polly. Smith, married in 1835 Isabel Goshen, 1816-
1860. Their daughter, Martha Belle, 1850-1908, married in
1872 Capt. David B. M. McElwaine, 1840-1914. They had
nve children:
Mary Clare, b. 1873; m. 1912 William C. Hopkins; d. 1926.
Their dau., Cornelia Alice, b. 1913.
Alice S., b. 1875; m. 1917 John F. McMillan.
Frank Kelley, b. 1881; m. Grace Spicer, b. 1893.
Isabel Goshorx, b. 1883; m. 1913 Paul Manship. Their
dau., Pauline Frances, b. 1913. They settled in New-
Jersey.
A son, Samuel Lawrence Smith, 1825-1901, lived in Charles-
town, Mass.
Washington Smith, born in 1784, son of Ebenezer Smith and
wife, Sarah Spiller, married two daughters of Ezekiel Brown
Lawrence and wife, Susan Kelley. He had a daughter, Rachel,
who married Langdon Robinson, and a son, Joshua R., 1813-1915,
who married Clarissa Crockett, 1817-1866. Their son, Henry
J., born in 1840, was corporal in the 12th N. H. Regiment of
Volunteers, was wounded and died at Gettysburg. Anna M.,
only daughter of Joshua R. Smith and Clarissa (Crockett) Smith.
By Miss Weymouth
The History of Hampton, N. H., states that Robert ' Smith,
born about 1611, was in Exeter in 1639 and settled in Hampton
about 1657. He was a tailor by trade. He died in 1706. His
wife, Susanna, was struck by lightning June 12, 1680. They had
a son, John 2 , who married Rebecca Adams; married, second, Re-
becca Marston, daughter of William Marston and wife, Rebecca
GENEALOGIES 481
Page, who was a daughter of Robert Page (as Norfolk records).
Their children:
Mehitable.
Leah.
Joseph, b. about 1653; m. Dorothy Cotton; m., second, Mary
Moore; d. 1717.
Abigail, b. 1678; m. Moses Blake
Ithiel.
Jacob.
Israel, b. 1680; m. Mary Gilman of Brentwood. Their son,
Chase, b. 1732 at Brentwood; m. Abigail Sanborn, b. 1732.
Their son, Joseph Gilman, b. 1759; m. Elizabeth Gilman
in 1778. They moved from Brentwood to Candia in 1771.
Their children:
Joseph Chase, Jr., b. Mar. 19, 1781; m. Betsey Bean in
Brentwood, 1803; d. 1857.
Stephen m. Dorothy Rowe of Candia.
Betsey.
Mary m. Samuel Martin.
Jesse m. Lydia Sargent.
Sally m. David Young.
Mehitable, single.
Joseph Chase Smith, Jr., and wife, Betsey (Bean) Smith, moved
to Corinth, Vt., for a few years, then removed to Meredith on the
New Hampton Road. They are buried on a knoll of land on their
oldfarm. Their children:
Gilman, m. Mahala Bickford of Meredith.
Daniel, 1809-1899; m. Abigail Dolloff of Meredith in 1830.
Joseph C, m. Mary Edgerly of Meredith.
Mary never married.
Betsey, m. Gilman Plumer.
Susanna, m. Lorenzo Dolloff.
Sarah Ann, m. Steven Colcord; d. 1869.
Daniel Smith (ancestors not given) married Abigail Dolloff.
Their children :
Elizabeth, m. Mooney Russell; no children.
Thomas, m. Elizabeth Veazey. They brought up a boy and
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gave him the name of Charles Smith. (See lineage in
Smiths.) Elizabeth Veasey was one of the Veasey daugh-
ters in New Hampton, or near the line of Meredith.
Malissa, d. aged 19 years.
Stephen, d. aged 15 years.
Laura, m. Lyman Veazey. They had five children.
Gilman, d. in the Civil War, aged 17 years.
Mary, m. William Sanborn. They had one son.
Joseph F., m. Isabelle Robinson; eight children.
Abbie, m. Herman C. Weymouth; two children.
Thomas Smith, who married Elizabeth Veazey, and Joseph
Frank lived in Meredith, Joseph (who married Isabelle Robinson),
at the home place. Their children:
Rachel, m. Wilfred Smith Smart; no children.
Daniel Thomas, d. in infancy.
Mary E., m. John Ansboro; two children.
Barbara W., m. Truman Edwards; one child.
Robinson W., m. Ruth Hull; no children.
Frederick, m. Grace Vohr; two children.
Maurice P., m. Elsie Lynn; one child.
Joseph Frank Smith still kept the old home in the family in
Meredith.
John Smith, born in Plymouth, England, who was with the
British in the Revolution, escaped when he reached Boston and
went to Holderness and settled. His son, William, born in 1794
at Holderness, married Lucinda, daughter of Stephen Pillsbury.
He later went to Massachusetts, where in 1836 he was killed by
an explosion in a mine. Their children:
Melvixa, m. David Taylor; m., second, William Chase;
third, Luther M. Chase.
Adaline, m. Charles Belden.
Alva, b. 1824, after leaving school went to Concord, later to
Lowell. He m. Mehitable, dau. of Jeremiah B. Swain, in
1851. After his marriage he bought a farm at Meredith
Center for a home. Their son, W r illiam B., b. 1852; m.
Julia Mclntyre; lived in Meredith. Their sons:
Herman A.
Howard A.
George H., d. young.
Curtis F., b. - — ; m. 1874 Hattie M., dau. of David M.
Hawkins of Center Harbor.
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George Henry Smith, born at Moultonboro in 1847, son of
Rufus and wife, Nancy, daughter of Caleb Lovejoy of Meredith.
Her ancestor came from England, and later the four or five gener-
ations had homes in Pembroke. Rufus Smith lived on a farm,
but was a good machinist, also lumbered some. He settled in
Laconia, in the part set off as Gilford. They had a daughter,
Lucy J., and a son. George Henry Smith, after he was educated,
went into the Cole Manufacturing Co. for some years. He later
went into the dry goods store in Lakeport. He married Eliza E.
Gardner of Boston. Their son, Harry L. Mr. Smith, married,
second, Carrie A. Bryant of Tamworth, N. H.
John P. Smith, born in Gilford, April 30, 1830, son of John P.
Smith, Sr., and widow, Abigail (Smith) Smith. The grandfather,
Daniel Smith, lived in New Hampton, N. H. He was a promi-
nent man in public business and a successful farmer and store-
keeper. He married Mary Pickering. Their children were
Daniel, James, Sarah, Abigail and Susan.
John Pickering Smith, Sr., was born in East Meredith. After
receiving his education, when he was 29, he had charge of a farm
that contained 500 acres. Later in life he had a farm of his own.
He was a deacon of the Free Baptist Church for some 40 years,
also served as selectman for some time. He died in Gilford. His
children:
Mary Ann, m. Richard Gove.
Daniel K.
John Pickering, b. 1830 in Gilford, worked with his father
farming for a time. After he was of legal age he went to
Sanbornton, and there farmed. He m. Eliza Smith,
dau. of Samuel P. Smith and wife, Sarah, of New Hamp-
ton, but returned to his old home in Gilford His wife d.
in 1887. They had children: Vina. d. 1863; Abby, d.
1878. He m., second, Sarah Potter of Gilford.
Thomas L. Smith, son of Daniel P. Smith and wife, Abigail
Dolloff, daughter of Thomas Dolloff, a Revolutionary soldier,
buried in one of the Dolloff yards above Meredith Center. Daniel
P. Smith was a son of Joseph Smith and wife, Betsey Bean, who
came from Brentwood, N. H. They are buried on his old farm
on the New Hampton Road.
Thomas L. Smith married Lizzie Yeasey of New Hampton,
N. H. He was a brother of Joseph Smith of Meredith Center.
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Their son, Charles Smith, married Lizzie Constantine, daughter
of Washington Constantine. His father came from England.
His brother was an adjutant of the G. A. R. Post in Laconia. He
was in the Civil War. Washington Constantine married Sarah
Batchelder, born in Sandwich. She had a brother, Edward B.
Batchelder, who lived in Meredith, and a sister, Martha, who
married Atwood.
Charles Smith and wife's children :
Evelyn, m. and lives in Montpelier, Vt.
Anzel, lives in Laconia.
Gilman, lives in Laconia.
Lelia, d.
Gladys, d.
Ernest, d.
Lee.
Ashland, N. H., October 3, 1927.
David Smith and Hepsibah Worcester were married at Hollis,
N. H., January 1, 1795. Their children were:
David Page, b. at Hollis, Sept. 20, 1795.
Noah, b. Sept. 7, 1798.
Hepsibah Rolinda, b. Sept. 27, 1801.
Emmons, b. Dec. 7, 1802.
Martha, b. July 14, 1804.
Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1805.
Hannah, b. Sept. 20, 1806.
Lydia, b. Aug. 1, 1808.
J. Sewall, b. at Temple, Maine, May 5, 1811.
Martha, b. at Temple, Maine, Dec. 26, 1813.
Eunice Woodbury, b. at Temple, Maine, Dec. 2, 1816.
David Smith was the first resident minister in Meredith.
The church was on the old road to Center Harbor, afterwards
was moved to Meredith Village, just above S. A. Ladd's residence.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are buried in Plymouth Street Cem-
etery. For the first twenty years they were buried on the hill
near the old church lot. When they were moved to the village
Mrs. Smith was so heavy it took eight men to lift her. They
opened the coffin and found her petrified.
Mary Sewall Huckins.
From History of Marthas Vineyard
John Smith, born 1615/16-1670, the Annals of Edgartown
state, was the ancestor of one Smith family on the Island. He
GENEALOGIES 485
settled first in Watertown in 1634, where he married Deborah
Parkhurst, daughter of George and wife, Phebe Parkhurst, she
baptised in 1619 at Ipswich, England. He removed to Hampton,
N. H., in 1644, and to Edgartown in 1653. He died and his widow
was appointed executrix of his will, dated February 14, 1670.
Their children:
John-, b. 1640.
Deborah, b. 1645; m. Nathaniel Batchelder of Hampton.
Philip, b. 1650.
Samuel, b. 1651.
Abigail, b. 1652; m. perhaps James Covell.
James ? Covell, son of James \ who was a resident of Barnstable,
and first mention of him was in 1651 at Edgartown, had four sons.
The second, James 2 , born about 1660, resided at Edgartown and
married Abigail, who may have been Abigail Smith. He was
living in 1734 and died before 1749. His house was located at
Meshacket. They had children:
Lydia, b. 1685; m. Richard Holman in 1706.
James, b. 1687.
Bethiah, b. 1689; m. Jonathan Hillman, 1722 3.
Thomas Mayhew, Jr., came to New England in 1631 with his
father when ten years old; attended school in Medford, 1631/35,
and later in Watertown, where he was well educated. He mar-
ried a step-daughter of his father, Jane Paine. In 1646 his father
went to the Vineyard and his son, Thomas, Jr., went with him.
Thomas Mahewe, Jr., and wife, Jane Paine, had children:
Matthew, b. 1648.
, b. 1649.
Thomas, b. 1650.
John, b. 1651/2.
Jerusha, b. 1654; m. first, Joseph Wing of Sandwich; m., 2d,
Thomas Eaton of Shrewsbury, N. J., about 1688.
Jedidah, b. 1656; m. Benjamin Smith before 1685.
John Smith, born in 1595 at Dorking, England, married Deb-
orah Parkhurst. He made a will in Nantucket, Marthas Vine-
yard, and died 1670.
486 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Copy of Will of John Smith of Felix Neck
I, John Smith, of Marthas Vineyard being in perfect health and soundness of
mind both in body and mind, doe make my last Will and Testament, this 14th
day of February in the year 1670 as followeth: —
Imprimis! I give unto my two sons John and Samuel, all my lands on the
Island of Nantucket, with all privileges thereto belonging to be equally divided
between; they paying their two sisters, Debora and Abigail, unto either of them
five pounds, to be paid within one year after their entrance and possession
thereof.
Item: I give unto my sonne Philip my land and house at Marthas Vineyard
with all privileges, belonging to the aforesaid land, to be his after the decease
of his mother; and in the meantime after my decease, my will is that the said
Philip my son shall enjoy two thirds of the said lands and privileges.
The true intent and meaning of this my gift unto my sonne is that because
the wise disposing hand of God hath ordered that my said sonne at present is
impotent in his understanding, that his weakness shall not alienate the land
from my family: therefore my will is that the lands and priviliges as afore
mentioned shall be thus disposed, namely if the said Philip shall marry and
have issue the lands are given to him and his heirs forever, but if the said philip
shall dy without issue then it shall at his decease fall to the next heir in the
family;
And further I give to my sonne Philip what drawing cattle are in or being on
the land, or living aforesaid, at my decease, with carts, plows and all furniture
belonging to the same; and also two cows and liberty to dwell in the house all
the time of his mother's life.
Item: I make Debora, my wife, whole executor of this my last will and I de-
sire and appoint my loving friends Mr. Thomas Mahew, and Isaac Robinson,
at the Vineyard, and Mr. Edward Starbrick, and Thomas Macy, of Nantucket
overseers of this my last will and testament and in case one or more of these
friends dy, or leave the country, and their places vacant then the survivers or
remainders, shall have liberty to choose others to supply, and are desired so to
doe, for the confirmation hereof I the said testator have hereunto set my hand
the day and year above written.
Witnesses.
Thomas Macy junr.
Sarah Macy.
Mary Starbrick.
John Smith, immigrant ancestor, came from England at some
time between 1632 and 1636 and was one of the original settlers of
Hampton, N. H. He was closely associated with Christopher
Hussey and with Rev. Stephen Batcheldor. His daughter,
Deborah, married Nathaniel Batcheldor, son of Rev. Stephen
Bacheldor. It seems certain that he was the John Smith mentioned
in the formation of "The Company of the Plough" of London.
In London, England, in 1630 was formed an association called
"The Company of the Plough," which was of a religious nature,
GENEALOGIES 487
although at this time it is impossible to know what was their
belief.
Their leader was Stephen Bachildor, and their plans were to
come to America. They did not get away until 1632, when they
sailed on the ship "William & Francis," and (as history) it seems
that John Smith came then, also Christopher Hussey and others.
Comprised in the association were Bryan Benckes, John Dye,
Anthony Jupe, Thomas Jupe, John Smith, Bryan Kipling and
some twenty others. After arrival in America they made several
attempts to plant their colony, with rather indifferent success in
several places, but the original settlement was at Hampton, N. H.,
during nine years of trials.
John Smith, with others, first settled at Hampton, but shortly
afterward he and Christopher Hussey removed to Marthas
Vineyard; and all later reference to him is referred to as John
Smith of Nantucket or John Smith of Marthas Vineyard. He
was one of the heads of sixteen families named John Smith who
settled in Massachusetts prior to 1650.
On March 16, 1641, Thomas Mayhew, Sr., and Thomas May-
hew, Jr., in a deed conveyed to John Doggett, Daniel Pierce,
Richard Beeres, John Smith and Francis Smith, one half of the
Island of Nantucket, "beyond the Pond," etc. His name ap-
peared as a witness in a deed of Nantucket signed by Thomas
Mayhew on July 2, 1659 There were two witnesses, John Smith
and Edward Scale.
In an Indian deed recorded June 29, 1671, " Wanackwamack,
head sachem of ye Island of Nantucket, sells and conveys to
Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Richard Swayne, Thomas
Bernard, Christopher Hussey, Robert Pyke, John Smith, John
Bisop, Edward Starbuck, Peter Coffin, James Coffin and Stephen
Greenleaf, all ye west end of ye aforesaid Island, etc."
It appears that John Smith resided on Marthas Vineyard and
not on Nantucket, for his name appears under date of August 16,
1662, as a member in the militia company, organized under
Thomas Boyer, captain at the Vineyard. He was one of the
proprietors, and may have lived at both places.
In 1671 the proprietors were Tristram Coffin, Jr., Robert Pyke,
Thomas Coleman, Nathaniel Starbuck, Thomas Look, James
Coffing, John Smith, Robert Bernard, Edward Starbuck and
Thomas Mayhew. Jr.
John Smith married Deborah Parkhurst, daughter of George
488 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Parkhurst. They had two children, John, Jr., and Deborah.
Deborah married Nathaniel Bacheldor and settled in Hampton,
N. H. John Smith died previous to 1674, his will being dated
1670.
The place of birth of John, Jr., is uncertain. He remained in
Hampton after his father went to Nantucket, and was called John
Smith, "the cooper," there being another John Smith there called
"the tailor." He married Huldah, daughter of Christopher
Hussey.
Christopher Hussey was baptized in Dorking, England, the son
of John and wife, Mary (Ward) Hussey. He solicited in marriage
the daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachildor, who gave his consent on
condition that he w T ould come to America with them, which he
did. They settled in Hampton, where he died in 1686. Their
children:
Stephen, m. Martha Bunker.
John, m. Rebecca Perkins.
Joseph.
Huldah, m. John Smith. (She lived to be 97 years old.)
Mary.
Theodate.
His enlistment in King William's War was noted thus, "Searg.
John Smith. His son, John Smith."
Lieut. John Smith of Hampton, N. H., and wife, Huldah.
Theodate, b. Dec. 16, 1667; d. Oct. 2, 1675.
John, b. Aug. 21, 1669; d. 1708.
Deborah, b. Apr. 7, 1671; d. 1671.
Samuel, b. Oct. 31, 1672; m. Ruth Haskell, dau. of Pease.
Stephen, b. Apr. 23, 1674; d. 1692.
Huldah, b. July 6, 1676; m. Thomas Deaborn.
Christopher, b. Dec. 12, 1677; d. 1701.
Deborah (2), b. Apr. 12, 1679; d. 1682.
Phillip, b. 1683; d. 1745.
Lieut. Elisha, b. 1685; m. Abigail Marston.
Abigail, b. Feb. 24, 1687; m. Jonathan Marston.
Mary, b. 1690; m. Jeremiah Marston; d. 1760.
Capt. John Smith, son of Lieut. John Smith, born at Hampton,
August 21, 1669, lived at Bramble Hill; married Abigail Shaw,
daughter of Benjamin Shaw. Their children:
Stephen, b. May 26, 1696.
Benjamin, b. May 31, 1697; d. 1756.
Jeddidah, b. May 25, 1699.
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Sylvanus, b. Mar. 29, 1701 ; m. Mary Weare, a widow, dau.
of Jos. Taylor, and settled at Chester.
Ruth, b. Apr. 3, 1703; m. David Page. He d. 1769.
Paul, b. Jan. 8, 1704; m. Love Gross, a widow, dau. of
Reuben Marston, settled in Chester and died there.
Abigail, b. July 6, 1707.
Jerusha, b. Feb. 2, 1709; m. Caleb Marston. She d. 1738.
John, b. Apr. 1712.
Benjamin Smith, son of Capt. John 5 Smith and wife, Abigail
Shaw of Northampton, born May 31, 1697, died in 1756; married
MaryHobbs, 1704-1747. Their children:
Abigail, b. 1728; m. Gen. Jonathan Moulton. She d. from
smallpox in 1775.
Theodate, b. 1730; m. Elisha Batchelder.
/ Mary, b. 1732; m. Jonathan Page.
\Huldah, b. 1732; d. 1746.
Benjamin, b. 1734.
Christopher, b. 1736; m. Mary Page.
Josiah, b. 1739.
Ann, 1741-1745.
, b. and d. 1747.
Extract from the Will of Benjamin Smith, June 11, 1755
I give and bequeathe to Sarah [second wife] my beloved wife the west end of
my house, from top to bottom, and a privelidge in my other suller, and her
goods that she brought with her, and that she have 100 weight of good pork,
and 60 weight of good beef, and 12 bushels of Indian corn; 3 bush, of grain,
one half wheat, and half rye, and K' bushel malt, and fifteen weight of flax,
from the swingle; also the income of three good sheep, and two good cows; and
sufficient fire wood cut fit for the fire; and 3 barrells of cider.
All the above provissions yearly, and that she be provided with a horse for
meetings, and that she also have a horse to market, and that she have con-
venient mourning, and that she have sass for eating, and a convenient garden;
and that she be well provided for in time of sickness, and that she have a cover-
lid, and two blankets, that she made since here, and that she have the privilidge
of the Dairy this year.
These things to be continued as long as she remains my widow.
Roger Shaw, born in England, was an ancestor of the Shaw
family in New Hampshire. He was made freeman in 1636 in
Cambridge, went to Hampton in 1647 and became a prominent
man there. He married, first, Anne - — ; second, Susanna, the
widow of William Tilton of Lynn. She died in 1655. He died
in 1662. He had seven children by the first wife: Margaret,
Joseph, Esther, Mary (died young), Mary, Benjamin and Ann.
490 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Benjamin, son of Roger and wife, Anne Shaw, born about 1640,
died December 31, 1717. He married Esther Richardson in 1663.
She died in 1 736, aged 91 years. They had twelve children : Mary,
Esther, Sarah, Abigail, Ruth, Benjamin, Roger, Joseph, Edward
(died young), Edward and Abigail Shaw who married Capt. John 3
Smith in 1695.
Fourth generation. Benjamin Smith of North Hampton, son
of Capt. John Smith, born in 1697. In 1727 he married Mary
Hobbs, daughter of Morris Hobbs, born in 1680, and married
November 18, 1703, Theodate Bachiller, daughter of Nathaniel
Bachiller.
His father was named Morris, born in 1652, and on June 13,
1678, married Benjamin Swett; lived at Hampton, N. H.
Morris Hobbs, father of Morris Hobbs, was the emigrant an-
cestor, born in England in 1615, came to Hampton and married
Sarah Eastow, daughter of William Eastow. He died in 1706.
Children of Benjamin Smith and Mary (Hobbs) Smith:
Abigail, b. Apr. 28, 1708; d. of smallpox. She m. Gen.
Jonathan Moulton, he having had it before.
Theodate, b. Apr. 20, 1730.
f Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1732; m. Jonathan Page; d. 1793.
\ Huldah, b. Apr. 23, 1732.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 25. 1734.
Christopher, b. Oct. 11, 1736; d. 1814.
Josiah, b. June 21, 1739; d. 1746.
Ann, b. Oct. 6, 1741; d. 1745.
Child, b. 1747.
Fifth generation. Deacon Christopher Smith of North Hamp-
ton. He served in the Colonial Militia and was first lieutenant.
He served in the Continental Army and was in the Revolution as
private in Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment of N. H. Militia at
Ticonderoga; was discharged June 16, 1777. He is buried at
North Hampton, N. H. Christopher Smith married Mary Page,
who was the mother of his children. She died in 1778; later he
married Abigail Cilley. They had one daughter, Anna.
Christopher's wife, Mary, was the daughter of Shubael Page,
born in April, 1738. Shubael Page, born in 1707, married in 1731
Hannah Dow. His father was Christopher Page, born September
20, 1670; married in 1689 Abigail Tilton. Christopher Page's
father was Thomas Page, born in 1639; married in 1664 Mary
Hussey, daughter of Capt. Christopher Hussey.
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(Note that this marriage brings the Hussey and Bachiller blood
back to the family. See the marriage of Lieut. John Smith and
Huldah Hussey, sister of Mary Hussey.
Children of Christopher Smith and wife, Mary Page:
Benjamin, b. Oct. 21, 1757; m. Judith Pottle. He d. 1842.
John, b. Jan. 20, 1760; d. 1842.
Huldah, b. Jan. 20, 1762; m. Dr. Benaiah Sanborn; d. 1857.
Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1764; m. Daniel Marston, son of Isaac
Marston.
Hannah, b. Dec. 8, 1764; m. Nathaniel Piper; d. 1850.
Reuben Page, b. Jan. 3, 1770; d. 1843.
Ebeneezer, b. Apr. 27, 1773; d. 1844.
Christopher, baptized Feb. 1, 1778.
" Anna, baptized May 12, 1789.
Most of the children settled in the interior of the state, four
going to Sanbornton.
Benjamin 6 , oldest son of Christopher and wife, Mary Page
Smith, settled in New Hampton, and was known as Lieutenant
Smith, also as Deacon. He served in the Revolution from North
Hampton. He was present at the taking of Burgoyne. He
married Judith Pottle, daughter of Samuel and wife, Jennie
(Piper) Pottle. She died May 15, 1804. Their children:
Peter 7 , b. 1785; drowned 1805.
Mary, b. 1787; m. Nathaniel Robinson. Their children:
Mary Jane m. David Moore.
Mahala m. Samuel Dalton.
John.
Nathaniel.
Josiah.
Betsey m. Hammond.
Phebe m. Samuel Colby of Penacook.
Josiah 7 , b. 1789; m. Hannah Gilman. Their children:
Betsey m. B. Smith Huckins.
Mary m. George Robinson of Candia.
Louise m. Noyes.
Abigail 7 , b. Sept. 9, 1791; m. James Huckins. Their
children :
Ruth m. Perrin Dow; d. 1907.
x lugail m. Huckins.
John.
Martin Luther m., first, Sarah Dow; second, Mary
Mudgett.
Caleb d. 1908.
492 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Hannah 7 , b. Nov. 28, 1793; m. Thomas Abbott. Their
children:
Esther m. Austin Shaw.
Thomas Perry d. young.
Anna.
Samuel 7 Pottle, b. Dec. 9, 1795; d. 1880; m. Sally Judkins
of Sanbornton. Their children:
Eliza m. John Parker Smith, Sr.
Mary m. Kendrick W. Smith.
Julia m. Stephen Worthen.
Laura m. Luther Sanborn (twin); the other d.
Addie m. Samuel Stickney.
Sally 7 , b. Apr. 16,1 798 ; m. James Gordon. Their children :
George.
Smith.
Anna.
Leonard.
Sarah.
The girls remained single.
Daniel 7 Marston, b. 1801; m. Hannah Abbott. Their
children:
Mary Charlotte Hodgdon m. J. H. Wilkinson.
Naomi Jane.
Benjamin Abbott.
Esther 7 , b. Aug. 28, 1803; m. Anthony Colby; d. 1847.
Their children:
Abbie m. Alfred Clark.
Mary.
Benjamin m. Mary Booth.
Martha m. C. H. Wilkinson.
Samuel Pottle, b. Apr. 26, 1844; d. 1868.
Benjamin Smith married Widow Elizabeth Marston, daughter
of Stephen and Elizabeth Sleeper, of Poplin, N. H. Elizabeth S.
(Marston) Smith; died in 1842. Their only child, Anna, born in
1806, married Nathaniel Drake. She died in 1862. Their chil-
dren: George, Elizabeth, Frank M. and Mary Ann.
John 6 Smith of North Hampton and New Hampton, son of
Christopher, born in 1760, died at New Hampton, July 17, 1842.
He served in the Revolution. (Rev. Rolls, Vol. 1, page 642, 456,
etc.) Miss Hattie M. Smith, his great-granddaughter, also has
his family Bible, printed in London in 1577, which fell to her
father, John Smith. Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary
War he removed to New Hampton, in the interior of the state,
and settled on "Beech Hill," where he died July 17, 1843. He
GENEALOGIES 493
married Martha Drake, daughter of Abraham Drake. Their
children: Levi, Christopher, John, Abigail, Lydia, Polly, Martha,
Hannah and Anna.
Of these, John was the only one leaving any descendants
named Smith. He died at his farm on "Beach Hill" and was
buried with his wife on the home farm.
Some years ago his daughter, Hannah, who married a Merrill,
removed the bodies of her parents to a small cemetery in Holder-
ness and reinterred the bodies in the family lot. John Smith's
grave is marked by the Sons of the Revolution marker, placed
there in 1909 by his great-grandson.
John Smith, Jr., of West Center Harbor, son of John Smith,
was born on Beech Hill in 1792; died in Meredith, and was buried
in the old yard. He married Mary Mudgett and lived on a farm
at West Center Harbor, later occupied by Amos Webster. He
was one of the best farmers in the state, and later sold it to Jacob
Merrill, who married his daughter, Mary, and removed to
Meredith Village. Their children were: Priscilla, Mary, Tim-
othy, Esther, Abigail, Huldah, John, Benjamin, Lavina, George
and Hannah.
(Copied from papers of Mrs. Jennie Wilkinson Fifield, 338
Main Street, Laconia, N. H.)
This data came through Mrs. Fifield, which she obtained from
Ralph M. Smith of Beverly, Mass. in 1909:
John l Smith, the emigrant ancestor, was born in Dorking,
England. He came to America in 1632 on the ship "William and
Francis." He was a member of the association, "The Company
of the Plough," formed in London, England, in 1630, a religious
order. The leader was Stephen Bachillor, who returned to
England in 1656, leaving his family here, and died in England at
the age of 100 years.
Christopher Hussey married Batcheldor's daughter.
John - Smith, son of John l Smith, married their daughter,
Huldah, in 1667 ; so are related to the Smith, Hussey and Batchel-
dor families. John * Smith was one of the original owners of
Nantucket, and died there. Rev. Batcheldor made the original
settlement there, at Hampton.
John J Smith, called John Smith, "the Cooper," was a lieuten-
ant in the local militia, also in Colonial service as Serg. John
Smith. He was one of twelve men who were granted 40 acres
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each at the North Plantation in 1669, upon agreeing to build and
settle there, now called North Hampton.
Capt. John 3 Smith, born at Hampton in 1669, lived on Bramble
Hill.
Benjamin 4 Smith, born at North Hampton in 1697, died in
1756. His daughter, Abigail, married Gen. Jonathan Moulton,
who exposed her to smallpox, and she died (as tradition), so that
he could marry a younger woman.
Deacon Christopher 5 Smith, First Lieut, in the Revolution
(his stone is marked, born October 29, 1736; died December 7,
1814), was deacon of the Congregational Church 33 years.
Married, first, Mary (Mollie) Page; second, Abigail Cilley.
Deacon Benjamin 6 Smith, born at North Hampton in 1757,
was in the Revolution; married Judith, daughter of Samuel and
Jennie (Piper) Pottle of Stratham, born in 1761. The Pottles are
supposed to have come from England. Their children:
Peter, b. 1785.
Mary, b. 1787.
Josiah, b. 1789; m. Hannah Pitman.
Abigail, b. 1791.
Hannah, b. 1793.
Samuel, b. 1795.
Sally, b. 1798.
Daniel Marston, b. 1801.
Esther, 1803.
Deacon Benjamin Smith married, second, Elizabeth Marston,
daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Sleeper of Poplin, who die
in 1842. Their child, Anna, born in 1806.
Benjamin Smith died June 29, 1842, and is buried with his first
wife and son, Peter, in what is known as the Kendrick Smith
farm, not far from the Dr. Dana Meetinghouse, in New Hampton.
It was to this farm that he made his way by "spotted trees"; and,
after clearing a space and building a cabin, he brought his wife on
a pillion. His second wife is buried in the cemetery nearer the
Meetinghouse.
Mary Smith, born in 1787, married Nathaniel Robinson, died
in 1861. Their children:
Mary Jane, m. David Moore; d. 1902.
Mahala, m. Samuel Dal ton; d. 1881.
John.
Nathaniel, m. Abigail Thompson.
GENEALOGIES 495
Josiah, d. 1861.
Betsey, b. Mar. 1, 1818; d. 1892; m. Rufus Hammond.
Phebe, b. Sept. 17, 1822; m. Gilman Colby of Pennacook.
Josiah Smith, m. Hannah Pitman. Their children:
Betsey m. B. Smith Huckins.
Mary m. George Robinson of Candia.
Louisa m. Noyes.
Abigail Smith, born in 1791; married James Huckins. Their
children:
Ruth, m. Perrin Dow. She d. 1907. If she had lived a
short time she would have been 95 years old. She had a
sister in Hanover 92 years old, and two brothers — Luther
of Holderness 86 years old and Caleb Huckins, 84 years
old. She had five children: Mrs. Sam Hodgdon of Ash-
land, Rufus of Laconia and Charles, with whom she was
living when she passed away.
B. Smith, m. Betsey Smith.
Abigail, m. Hutchins of Maine.
John, in Australia.
Luthur, m., first, Sarah Dow; second, Mary Mudgett.
Caleb, m. Lucretia Ward.
Hannah Smith, born in 1793, married Thomas Abbott. Their
children :
Esther, m. D. Austin Shaw.
Thomas Perry, d. young.
Anna.
Samuel Pottle, born in 1795, married Sallie Judkins, and later
Mrs. Hoyt. Their children:
Eliza, m. John Parker Smith.
Mary, m. Kendrick \V. Smith.
Susan, d. young.
Julia, m. Stephen YVorthen.
Laura, m. Luther Sanborn.
Addie, m. Samuel Stickney.
August 22, 1918, John A. Marsh married Alice C. Smith, daugh-
ter of Albert W. and Ella M. Smith, she a granddaughter of
Kendrick \V. and wife, Mary Smith.
Sally Smith, born in 1798, married James Gordon. Their
children:
George, m. Hannah Flanders. Their children: Marilla,
Everett and Elmer C.
496 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Smith, m. Sarah Smith. Their children: Leavitt, Curtis
and Emma.
Anna.
Leonard, m. Ellen Brown. Children: Albert, Ida and
Willis.
Sarah.
Daniel Marston, born in 1801, married Hannah Abbott, daugh-
ter of Paul and Naomice (Carr) Abbott. Their children:
Mary Charlotte, m. John Hutchins Wilkerson.
Naomi Jane.
Benjamin Abbott.
Esther Smith married Anthony Colby. He married, second
time and had a son, Hiram. Their children:
Abbie, m. Alfred Clark.
Mary, single.
Benjamin Smith, m. Lilla Batcheldor; Mary E. Booth.
Martha, m. Charles H. Wilkinson.
Samuel.
Anna Smith, born in 1806, married Nathaniel Drake. Their
children: George, Elizabeth, Frank M. and Mary Ann.
An Old Story
By Mrs. Jennie Wilkinson Fi field
The story runs that in early Colonial days one Jonathan
Moulton presented the Governor of the State, or rather the
Colony, a fat ox for a thanksgiving feast, which so pleased his
Excellency that he gave General Moulton a tract of wild land "up
north." What is now Moultonboro was a part of the grant.
The wife of General Moulton was Abigail Smith, daughter of
Benjamin Smith, who lived in North Hampton. When the
general was giving homesteads from his wild land to his own
young nephews, he also gave a tract to Mrs. Moulton's nephew,
Benjamin, son of her brother, Christopher Smith.
Young Benjamin found his way to his lot and cleared some land,
built a house of three rooms (something rather unusul in those
days), returned to North Hampton and married Judith Pottle
of Stratham.
With their worldly possessions packed on a large white stallion,
and Benjamin's own sturdy shoulders, they took the "trail,"
GENEALOGIES 497
marked only by spotted trees, for their new home. Behind the
saddle, where rode the bride, Judith, was the priceless "live
goose" feather bed and all the bridal setting-out. With a meal
sack across Benjamin's shoulders containing seed corn and beans,
and with his trusty musket in his arms, they steadily pushed their
way into the wilderness to New Hampton, some two miles from
the now so-called "Dr. Dana Meetinghouse." Tradition also
says that he led a cow along for their use. This farm is still
occupied by a great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. John A. Marsh,
who before her marriage was Miss Alice Smith, so it is that in
very recent years the occupants bore other names than Smith.
The following story is still current among the descendants of
Benjamin and Judith Smith, particularly if any of them are
thought timid.
One cold night in early spring the couple were peacefully sleep-
ing when a very unusual noise awoke Mrs. Judith, who after
listening a short time decided that a bear was after one of the
precious litter of pigs.
With a sharp prod of her elbow she endeavored to arouse her
husband, at the same time shouting in his ear, "Ben, Ben, wake
up; there is a bear after the pigs; get up; get up!"
Ben rolled over, vowing he would not get out that cold night
for all the pigs in the county. Not so with Mrs. Judith. She
sprang up, slipped her feet into her husband's cowhide boots and,
grabbing the axe as she dashed past the woodpile, followed the
sound of the squealing pig and lumbering bear, all the while
shouting with all her strength, until Mr. Bruin decided to drop his
prey and betake himself to safety, whereupon Mrs. Judith seized
the badly frightened pig and returned to the house where she
proceeded to very thoroughly waken her husband, Benjamin,
and gave him a piece of her mind.
After a few years a neighbor came to settle about three miles
away, beyond the so-called "Little Hollow."
One afternoon Grandmother Judith took her knitting and went
over to "set a spell" with a neighbor, upon arriving home, she
discovered that she had left her best apron. After supper she
went back over the "blazed trail," got the apron and returned
home.
Mrs. Judith (Pottle) Smith, must have been a fit wife for a
pioneer. When she was sick she requested to be buried in the
498 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
orchard just above and back of her present home. She died May
15, 1804, her request was granted, and she rests with her husband
and a brother in the old orchard.
Lieut. John 2 Smith, the "Cooper," and sister, Deborah, were
children of John Smith of Marthas Vineyard. The sister,
Deborah, married Nathaniel Batchelder. She died in 1674, and
Mr. Batchelder thought single blessedness was not pleasant, and
he decided to marry again, so, as the legend runs, he took his
staff and held it up, determined to be guided by the direction that
the staff fell when dropped from his hand. That should be the
direction he would follow to seek a wife. The staff pointed
towards Woburn, and he walked down there and called on the
Widow Wyman. He proposed marriage to her, saying that she
could have a little time to think it over before she decided, as he
was going to Boston, and would call for his answer on his way
back. She decided to accept him. He had six children by
Deborah and eight more by Mrs. Mary (Carter) Wyman, who
was a cousin to Deborah. The descendants drifted inland and
settled.
Lieut. Christopher of the fifth generation was born in Hampton,
and married Mary Page, 1737-1778. His children were:
Benjamin, 1757-1842; he settled in New Hampton.
John, 1760-1842.
Huldah, 1762-1858; m. Dr. Benaiah Sanborn, a man of
much energy. He had a practice that extended for miles.
He, as history states, advised opening a road through the
valley from Sanbornton to New Hampton, which was later
called the "Turnpike." Often when out to call on his
patients he had to leave his horse and go on snowshoes, but
never neglected anyone. His wife, Huldah, was a very
generous-hearted woman.
Hannah, 1765-1850; m. Nathaniel, son of Stephen Piper and
wife, Abigail C. Wiggin. Stephen Piper was a deacon of
the Congregational Church in Stratham.
Mary, 1767-1826; m. Daniel Marston, 1764-1800, of Par-
sonsfield, Maine. After his death she m., second, Josiah
Deaborn, a superior mathematician and astronomer who
made almanacs. He clerked in a store at Sanbornton
Square for some years. The children of Mary Smith by
Daniel Marston were:
Polly, b. 1790; d. young in Parsonsfield, Maine.
Molly, b. 1792; d. young in Sanbornton.
GENEALOGIES 499
Isaac, b. 1794; m. Sally Lane.
Abigail, b. 1797 ; m. Jonathan Cawley. He was a deacon
of the North Sanbornton Baptist Church.
Smith, b. 1799; m. Hannah Dudley, b. 1804, dau. of
Samuel C. Dudley, who came from Brentwood, and
wife, Mercy Thorn.
Reuben Page Smith, 1770-1843; lived in Meredith, now
Laconia. He m. Sarah Huse Smith, 1798-1867, dau.
of Capt. Elisha Smith and wife, Sara Huse Smith of
New Hampton, and later settled on a farm at the
entrance to Meredith Neck.
Ebeneezer Smith, 1773-1844.
Christopher, b. 1775.
Abigail, 1778-1801.
.Anna, 1788-1805.
The children of Mary (Smith) Marston, by Josiah Deaborn:
Josiah Smith, b. 1803; d. young.
Sarah Freese, b. 1805; m. John S. Pearson, son of Jethro
of Meredith; second, Gilman Clark; third, Sylvester
YYyman.
Anna Smith, b. 1807; m. John Peaslee of Weare.
Daniel Marston, b. 1800; m. Mary Jane Gordon, dau. of
William and Margaret (Moses) Gordon of New Hamp-
ton. She d. 1843. He m., second, her sister,
Harriett, b. 1815. He was ordained by the Meredith
and Sanbornton North Baptist Churches. He began
preaching in 1843, farmed some besides, and was called
a gifted man. They had nine children. Lived
in Meredith.
Samuel John, b. 1812; m. Mary A., dau. of Josiah
Robinson of New Hampton. Two children.
John 7 Smith, who married Martha Drake, was a son of
Christopher Smith and Mary Page, and was called "Shaving
John" for distinction from other Johns. Their children:
Christopher, b. Oct. 4, 1786; d. 1843.
Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1788; d. 1876.
Levi S., b. Aug. 30. 1790; d. 1853.
John, b. Dec. 31, 1792; d. 1866.
Abigail, b. Dec. 12, 1796; d. 1858.
Annie, b. Sept. 25, 1800; d. 1858.
Lvdia, b. May 30, 1802; d. 1834.
Mary, b. Apr. 2, 1805; d. 1834.
Hannah P., b. July 20, 1810.
John 7 Smith, son of John a and wife, Martha Drake, who
married Mary Mudgett. They are buried in the Lang Street
yard, Meredith.
500 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Priscilla M., b. Oct. 21, 1818.
Timothy, b. Apr. 23, 1821; d. 1822.
Mary, b. Mar. 20, 1823; d. 1908.
Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1825; d. 1844.
Abigail, b. Jan. 20, 1828; d. 1915.
Huldah P., b. Aug. 9, 1829; d. 1915.
John, b. July 6, 1831; d. 1908.
Benjamin- M., b. Nov. 1, 1833; d. 1912. He gave the Mere-
dith Public Library in memory of his parents.
Lavina, b. Sept. 6, 1835; d. 1856.
George S., b. June 14, 1837; d. 1898.
Hannah, b. Nov. 28, 1842; d. 1908; m. 1860, Moses Gilman
Webster, son of Moses Webster and wife, Mary (Dolloff)
Webster. Their children:
Marietta, b. Jan. 16. 1861; m. Alonzo Corliss.
Daniel Frank, b. 1864; m. Alice Lincoln in 1887.
Charles Gilman, b. 1866; d. 1867.
Edith Eldora, b. 1868; m. Francis Joseph Robinson.
Nellie Eveline, b. 1871; m. 1893, Herbert Cox.
Ida Roberta, b. 1874; m. Clarence Ward in 1897.
Emma Jane, b. 1876; m. Edward Bickford.
The children all born in Center Harbor.
Orville Parker Smith, born in 1861, was the only child of Noah
Smith and wife, Grace E. W. (Mudgett) Smith. Noah was a son
of Parker Smith, who settled on the farm in 1821. Orville P.
Smith lives in Center Harbor, where he owns 65 acres of land, and
he owns 150 in Holderness, 40 in New Hampton, all near his home.
He married Anna L. Grant. She died and he married, second,
Elena B. Cram, daughter of Francis H. Cram and wife, Mary
Catherine (Woodman) of Meredith.
Another Record of "Shaving John" Smith's son, who married
Mary Mudgett. Their children:
John, m. Almatia Gourd.
Benjamin, m. Mary Grendall of Salem, Mass.
George, m. Ellen Adams of Haverhill, Mass.
Mary, m. Joseph Merrow of Meredith.
Abbie, m. Stephen How.
Priscilla, m. Cotton Downing and, second, Eastman.
Huldah, m. Hiram Bixby, father of William Bixby.
Hannah, m. Gilman Webster.
La viN a and Esther, both d. young.
Deacon Christopher Smith, born October 11, 1736, married
Mary Page in 1757. They lived in Hampton.
GENEALOGIES 501
Their sixth child, Reuben Page Smith, born January 3, 1770,
married Sarah Huse Smith, daughter of Capt. Elisha Smith and
wife, Sarah Huse Smith. They settled in 1817 on Meredith Neck
and died there and are buried on the old farm. Their children:
Elisha, 1798-1847, m. Phebe Ring in 1823. They settled in
Meredith, and had a son who went to California.
Mary, b. 1799; m. - - Shaw; settled in Holderness.
Shoebal Page, 1801-1803.
Benjamin, 1805-1864; went to Wisconsin; single.
Reuben Page, 1807-1868; m. Anna Smith; second, Judith
; settled in Laconia. One son, who had children:
Benjamin, Reuben and John.
Anna, b. 1809; lived in Meredith; single.
Christopher, 1811-1891; settled in Campton; m. Louisa
French. They had two sons: David and Reuben.
Huldah, 1813-1839.
Lavina, 1816-1840; m. Levi Towle; lived in Meredith. No
children.
John, 1819-1891; lived on the home farm. He was promi-
nent in public office; m. Sarah J. Badger in 1828, dau. of
Timothy Badger and wife, Catherine Hubbard, 1787-1864.
Their children:
Sarah Catherine, b. 1850; m. 1877 George H. Adams, b.
in Campton, 1851-1911; lived in Plymouth. Their
children:
Walter Blair, b. 1887; m. Marguerite Draper.
Their son, Walter Blair, Jr., b. 1919.
George Herbert, b. 1890; m. Inez Perkins of Salem,
Mass. Their son, George Herbert, Jr., b. 1916.
Louisa Jane, b. 1853.
Abbie Haseltine, b. 1858; m. Lester Dearth; live in
Laconia.
Maud Badger, 1865-1884.
Grandmother Smith's Bible
Owned by Louisa F. Smith, West Campton, N. H.
Bible published by Luther Roby, Concord, N. H., 1846.
Now owned by Miss Frances Smith, Plymouth, N. H.
Christopher and Louisa F. Smith, married in Plymouth, De-
cember 19, 1837. Their son, David French Smith, and Jennie R.
Stout, married in Blackberry, 111., March 5, 1862, by Rev. R. L.
Hayden.
Reuben Page Smith and Ermina Mitchell, married in Campton,
September 27, 1866, by F. Barron.
502 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Christopher Smith, born in Sanbornton, November 2, 1811;
died in 1891. His wife, Louise F. Smith, born in Campton,
August 24, 1809; died April 27, 1900. Their children: David F.,
born December 20, 1838, died July 16, 1874, and Reuben P., born
June 8, 1843, died October 23, 1920.
Reuben F. Smith, son of David F. Smith and wife, Jennie R.
Smith, born December 24, 1863. A daughter, Mary H., born
July 28, 1865.
Frances Helen, daughter of David F., and wife, Jennie R.
Smith, born October 29, 1866.
John Coleman, born May 8, 1868; died March 7, 1925.
David F., son of David and Jennie R. Smith, born December 27,
1869; died in 1903.
Lewis, son of Reuben P-. and wife, Martha Ermina Smith, born
April 3, 1870; died in 1911.
Maggie Louise, daughter of David F. and Jennie R. Smith,
born September 29, 1871; died in 1872
Jennie R., wife of David F. Smith, died August 11, 1876.
Jenny Wycoff, daughter of David and Jenny R. Smith, born
April 9, 1874; died in 1875.
Perley Blair, son of Reuben P. and wife, Mary Ermina Smith,
born in Jefferson, Iowa, December 8, 1876. A sister, Kate
Smith, born in Jefferson, Iowa, March 12, 1892.
Richard Hawley, son of John Coleman Smith and wife, Delma
W. Smith, born November 19, 1890. A sister, Rebecca M., born
at Campton, March 9, 1897. A sister, Helen Louise, born July
31, 1899. A brother, Daniel French, born September 11, 1901.
By Miss Frances Smith, Plymouth, N. H.
Christopher Smith, son of Reuben Page and Sarah Huse Smith,
was born in Sanbornton, N. H., November 2, 1811; died in
Campton, September 4, 1891 ; married Louisa French of Campton
(born August 24, 1809, died April 27, 1900), December 19, 1837.
Their children:
David French, b. Dec. 20, 1838; d. July 16, 1874.
Reuben Page, b. June 8, 1843; d. in Dubuque, Iowa,
Oct. 23, 1920.
David French Smith married Jennie R. Stout in Blackberry,
111., March 5, 1862. Their children:
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Reuben Fernand, b. Dec. 24, 1863.
Mary Hannah, b. July 28, 1864, a graduate of Plymouth
Normal School; m. Dr. Friend C. Suitor of La Crosse, Wis.
Frances Helen, b. Oct. 29, 1866.
John Coleman, b. May 8, 1868; d. Mar. 7, 1929.
David French, b. Dec. 27, 1869; d. Jan. 20, 1923.
Maggie Louise, b. Sept. 29, 1871; d. Aug. 6, 1872.
Jenney Wycoff, b. Apr. 9, 1874; d. Jan. 1875.
John Coleman Smith married Delma Wilson of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, August 13, 1889. Their children:
Richard Hawley, b. Nov. 17, 1890.
Rebecca Margaret, b. Mar. 9, 1897; graduate of La Crosse
(Wis.) Normal School; teaching in Arizona.
Helen Louisa, b. July 31, 1899; graduate of Boston Uni-
versity; teaching in Hartford, Conn.
Donald French, b. Sept. 11, 1901.
John Coleman Smith married the second time, June 8, 1923,
Lulu M. Willand of Kittery, Maine.
David French Smith, Jr., married Margaret Smith of Newton,
Mass.
Richard Hawley Smith married, first, Elizabeth Basset, who
died November 26, 1929; he married, second, Emily L. Disinger
of Lockport, N. Y. Their daughter, Frances Helen, was born
October 31, 1930.
History states that in 1671 an elderly woman, who was called
"Goody Cole," was styled a "witch" in Hampton, N. H. She
was poor and had no home, and was subject to the many whims
of the people, who boarded her a week at a time, as she was a
public charge, then she was turned over to another neighbor.
Her life was made miserable by charges that she appeared in
various forms, as a dog, an eagle, or cat, or a woman that tried to
entice young girls to go and live with her. Finally she was tried
in court and Nathaniel Smith appeared against her, but did not
make sufficient proof, and finally: "In ye case of Unis Cole, now
prisoner, all ye Bar not Legally Guilty, but so decided, and accord-
ing to Inditement, butt just grounds of vehement suspisyon of her
hauving had famillyarety with the Deuill." So she was let go
and passed many unhappy days the last of her life in Hampton.
John Smith and his sister, Deborah, children of John Smith of
Marthas Vineyard, as Hampton history states, were in the town of
504 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Hampton the last part of the seventeenth century. The sister,
Deborah, married Nathaniel Batcheldor. She died in 1676 at
the birth of her sixth child. He married, second, the Widow
Wyman of Woburn, Mass., October 31, 1676. They had eight
more children. She died and he married, third, in 1689. He
died in 1710, aged 86 years.
One of their sons, Lieut. John Smith, called the "Cooper,"
married February 26, 1667, Huldah, daughter of Christopher
Hussey. They had eleven children.
Their second child, Capt. John Smith, married in 1695, Abigail,
daughter of Benjamin Shaw and wife, Esther (Richardson) Shaw.
They lived on "Bramble Hill Road" in North Hampton and
raised nine children.
Their second child, Benjamin, born in 1697, married Mary
(born in 1704, died in 1747), daughter of Morris Hobbs and wife,
Theodate, she a daughter of Nathaniel Batcheldor and second wife,
Widow Mary (Carter) (Wyman) Batcheldor.
Their sixth child, Deacon Christopher, born October 11, 1736,
died in 1814. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married
Mary, daughter of Shubael Page and wife, Hannah Dow, she a
daughter of Deacon Samuel Dow and wife, Mary, born in 1739, a
daughter of Christopher Page and wife, Abigail Tilton.
Their second son, John Smith, born in Hampton, January 20,
1760, died in 1842. He was a Revolutionary soldier; married
Martha Drake, born August 30, 1767, daughter of Abraham
Drake. John Smith lived up over Beech Hill in New Hampton,
where for a time in early days the old stage coach passed each day
(when passable) with four horses. Tradition tells us that Cap-
tain Sinclair each day hitched on two more horses to help climb
Beech Hill, as the old stage coach was pretty heavy with its load
of passengers. At this period there were several John Smiths,
and it was sometimes hard to distinguish them. It was a custom
to nickname them for distinction, and this John, who was a very
nice man, was called "Shaving John." He had a method, which
showed his frugality, of measuring his meat in the pork barrel by
putting wood shavings between the layers of meat, so that a
certain layer of meat must last until Candlemas Day (the old
adage, "half your wood, and half your hay"). This showed his
good management to provide for his family so that they should not
get short of meat.
GENEALOGIES 505
John Smith and wife, Martha (Drake) Smith, were the parents
of Anna, who married Parker Smith in 1800, son of Benjamin
Smith.
Phillip Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and wife, Mary Hobbs,
married Anna (Nancy) Jewell, born in Stratham in 1768, daughter
of Daniel Jewell and wife, Sarah (Jewell) Smith. The children
of Phillip and wife, Anna (Jewell) Smith, were:
Parker.
Jonathan Page.
Betsey (Elizabeth), who m. Charles Shephard.
Sally, who m. Jeremiah Burleigh.
Nancy, who m. Nathaniel Huckins.
Charlotte, who m. Dr. Jeremiah Smith, son of Deacon
Nicholas Smith, and wife, Mary Marston, dau. of Reuben
Marston, Jr., of Meredith. Dr. Jerry settled for a time
near the Dr. Dana Meeting house, in New Hampton, but
later moved to Meredith, and there practiced medicine.
Anna (Jewell) Smith married, second, Abraham Drake. She
died in Holderness in 1868, in her 92d year.
Parker Smith, son of Phillip, born in New Hampton February 7,
1796, died in 1836; married Anna Smith, daughter of John Smith,
born in New Hampton, and granddaughter of Deacon Christopher
Smith, who was a son of Benjamin Smith. When Parker Smith
was 27 years old he bought the Joseph Cox farm in Center Harbor,
where his son, Noah and family lived, and now occupied by his
grandson, Orville Parker Smith.
Noah Smith, son of Parker Smith and wife, born March 7, 1831,
in Center Harbor, married Grace E., daughter of Levi Mudgett
of New Hampton. She died January 19, 1927, aged 93 years.
Orville Parker Smith, born March 31, 1861, married Anna L.
Grant, daughter of Daniel B. Grant of Moultonborough. Mr.
Smith is a prominent business man and selectman of Center
Harbor. He married, second, Eleanor B. Cram, daughter of
Frances H. Cram and wife, Mary C. (Woodman) Cram, June 12,
1900.
Mrs. Grace Smith, widow of Noah Smith and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Mudgett of New Hampton, died, aged 92 years,
October 15, 1902. She was survived by two sisters, Mrs. Abbie
Porter of Lynn, Mass., and Mrs. Ellen Flanders of Ashland, N. H.
John Smith, 1760-1842, was a Revolutionary soldier, son of
506 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Deacon Christopher Smith and wife, Mary Page of Hampton.
Their children: Christopher, Patty, Love, Lydia, Polly, Hannah,
Ann (the mother of Noah Smith and grandmother of Orville
Smith), and Nabbie, single.
Captain John Smith, son of Lieut. John Smith, who married
Abigail Shaw, had nine children.
Benjamin, who married Mary, daughter of Morris Hobbs.
Their children:
Abigail, 1728-1775; m. Jonathan Moulton in Hampton.
Theodate, b. 1730; m. Elisha, son of Josiah Batchelder.
Mary, b. 1732; m. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Page.
Huldah, 1732-1746.
Benjamin, b. 1734.
Christopher, b. 1736; m. Mary, dau. of Shubael Page.
Their children:
Benjamin, b. 1757; m. Judith Pottle. He d. 1842.
John, b. 1760; m. Drake.
Huldah, b. 1762; m. Dr. Benaiah Sanborn; d. 1857;
buried in Sanbornton.
Hannah, b. 1754; m. Nathaniel Piper, buried in Mere-
dith.
Mary, b. 1767; m. Daniel Marston.
Reuben Page, b. 1770; m. Sarah Smith, dau. of Elisha
Smith.
Ebenezer, b. 1773; m. Stevens.
Christopher, b. 1775.
Abigail, b. 1778.
Josiah, 1739-1745.
Ann, 1741-1749.
The Children of Abigail Smith and Jonathan Moulton:
Josiah, b. 1749; m. Miss Shackford.
Sarah, 1752-1754.
Jonathan, b. 1754.
Abigail, 1758-1759.
Mary, d. young.
Benning, b. 1761; m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Leavitt and
his second wife, Anna, widow of John Dole; settled in
Center Harbor.
Anna, b. 1763; m. John, son of Lieut. Elisha Marston and
wife, Mary, dau. of Abraham Drake.
William P., b. 1766.
Elizabeth, b. 1768.
Jacob Smith, b. 1770.
Joseph, b. 1772.
GENEALOCxIES 507
John Smith, born at North Hampton, owned a farm there.
The ancestors settled there about 1640.
His son, Parker Smith, born at New Hampton, had a son, John
Parker Smith, Sr., born at Center Harbor, married Eliza, daugh-
ter of Samuel Potter Smith of New Hampton. Her grandfather
was a Revolutionary soldier. They had four children.
The third child, John Parker Smith, born in 1854 at New
Hampton, came to Laconia in 1879 and worked in the J. H.
Tilton store some six years. Mr. Tilton died and he conducted
the store until the Tilton business was settled. In 1884 he
married Hattie F., daughter of George I. Greeley of Franklin.
They had one son who died young. He was a deacon of the
Congregational Church for some years.
Found in the attic of Horace Eastman's house, what appears to
be a marriage certificate:
J no Perkins
L y Prescott
1773
Data given by Mr. Carl Blaisdell
Annie Perkins, daughter of John Perkins and Lucy Prescott
married John Smith, son of Ebenezer Smith and wife, Sarah
(Spiller) Smith, who were pioneers of Meredith.
John Smith, 1772-1857, and wife, Annie (Perkins) Smith,
1775-1864, had a daughter, Annis, who married Esquire Charles
Smith of Meredith, he a son of Ebenezer Smith and wife, Me-
hitable Sheafe. (He was another branch of the Smith family.)
John Smith and wife, Annie (Perkins) Smith, also had a daugh-
ter, Polly, 1789-1863, and another daughter, Susan. They lived
on the Head place. Frank N. Blaisdell, 1851-1913, son of David
Blaisdell and wife, Eliza (Gilman) Blaisdell. He was the eighth
generation who came from England in 1640. Frank N. Blaisdell
married in 1886 Grace E. Weeks, born February 24, 1857. They
had one son, Carl Blaisdell.
Esquire Charles Smith and wife, Annis (Perkins) Smith,
settled on the Perkins farm and had children. She died in 1848,
and is buried in the Smith yard, near her parents. They had a
daughter who married Weeks. Their children:
M. Isabel, b. Feb. 24, 1857.
John* Herbert, b. June 1, 1859.
508 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
After Esquire Charles Smith left his farm and moved to Mere-
dith Village, J. C. Sanborn lived on the place. Then Horace
Eastman bought it and he and his son, Fred W. Eastman, lived
there 55 years.
Horace Eastman was the son of Abel Eastman, who was a son of
Thomas Eastman, who lived in Meredith, over the line of
Sanbornton.
Thomas Eastman was a Revolutionary soldier. He left the
army with one silver dollar, with which he bought a brass kettle.
He was a small man and could shelter himself under a barrel,
as history states.
Capt. Elisha Smith, 1754-1834, was a nephew of Robert Smith,
who was among the first settlers in the territory called " Moulton-
boro Gore," later changed to New Hampton. He married Sarah
Huse, 1754-1811, daughter of Thomas Huse and wife, Hannah
Webster. Hannah Webster was a daughter of John 2 and wife,
Ann Webster.
Thomas Huse was a descendant of Abel Huse, 1665-1690.
His home was in Newburyport, Mass., near the so-called, in early
days, "Frog Pond." He was held in affectionate remembrance
as the founder of the Huse family in America.
Capt. Elisha Smith served in the Revolution from Massachu-
setts. After he removed to New Hampton he served in the War
of 1812. In the war records he is recorded as from Meredith,
where he enlisted.
From Moses Smith's Bible
(Printed in 1818)
My father, Elisha Smith, born Jan. 2, 1755; died in 1834.
" mother, Sarah (Huse) Smith, born May 4, 1754.
" mother-in-law, Lydia, born March 5, 1766.
Children by Sarah (Huse) Smith:
My brother, Elisha, Jr., born Aug. 16, 1777; married Harper; buried at
head of Long Pond,
sister, Sally, born Oct. 17, 1778; married Reuben Smith,
brother, Hezekiah, born Jan. 3, 1780; married Polly Sinclair,
brother, Ebenezer, born Jan. 7, 1782; married Abiah Stevens,
sister, Anna, born Oct. 6, 1783; married George Rand of Lowell,
brother, Huse, born Oct. 10, 1785; married Perkins; lived in Vermont.
GENEALOGIES 509
My sister, Betsey, born July 17, 1790; married Johnson; second, Deacon
Sanborn,
brother, Moses, born May 4, 1792; married Hannah Cram in 1815, born in
1790.
sister, Lavina, born March 3, 1794; married Nicholas Smith of New Hamp-
ton. (See Smiths.)
" brother, John B., born May 30, 1797; died in 1798.
" brother, John B., born July 27, 1799.
Captain Elisha Smith and wife's third child, Hezekiah Smith,
born in 1780, married Polly (Mary) Sinclair, born in 1781, of
New Hampton. Their children:
Mary M., b. 1802; m. and settled in Vermont.
Ebenezer, b. 1804.
Moses B., b. 1805.
Moody Huse, b. 1807; m. Caroline Warner.
Sally Huse, b. 1809; m. Reuben Smith.
Thomas M., b. 1811.
Nancy P., b. 1813.
Lavina, b. 1815.
Eliza, b. 1817.
Hezekiah Smith's oldest son, Ebenezer, 1804-1885, married
Sarah Cram. They lived on the Weirs road. Their children:
HANNIAL P., 1839-1913; d. in the west.
Simeon P., 1841-1863.
George Frank, 1845-1931; m. in 1876, Charlotte Porter
Kent. Their children:
Frank Percy, b. 1878; m. Bertha Pease; m., second, Vera
Berry. Their children : Edward Otis, Frances Esther
and Jean Alice.
Marion K., m. Waldron W. Hodsdon. Their children:
Marshall Sinclair, b. 1901.
Charles Kent, b. 1904.
John Wesley, b. 1906.
Emily Bracket, b. 1908.
Alice Robbins, b. 1913.
Mary Ellen, b. 1847; m. Charles A. Thomas.
Flora L., b. 1851 ; m. Arthur Merrill Black. Four children.
Sarah Luella, 1854-1864.
Jessie, b. 1857; m. Moses A. Withey. They have a son,
David Earl Withey.
Children of Hezekiah Smith's fourth child, Moody Huse, and
wife, Caroline Warner:
510 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Augustus M., b. May 26, 1840; d. 1909, of Center Harbor;
m. Laurelia Clifton, b. 1864, of Lynn.
Charles Brooks, b. 1842; m. Clara H. Burleigh, b. 1880, in
Lvnn. Their children:
Mertie F., b. Sept., 1869.
Charles O., b. May, 1872.
Walter, Ida,. Guy.
William E., b. June 7, 1844, of Meredith.
Francena Curtis, b. Apr. 17, 1846; m. John Frank Smith of
Campton, Nov. 6, 1878. Their children:
Arthur L., b. Oct. 2, 1880.
Alice W., b. Mar. 12, 1882; d. 1899.
Carrie L., b. Aug. 30, 1883.
Horace Wellington, b. June 27, 1848; d. 1897; m. and
lived in Biddeford, Maine. Their child, Linwood Smith,
m. Zoe Jose of Biddeford, Maine.
Arthur, b. Sept. 29, 1850; d. 1897.
Elizabeth M., b. Nov. 3, 1851; m. Joseph Shephard.
Frank W., b. Nov. 16, 1852; d. 1911.
Ellen Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1854.
Fred Herbert, b. Feb. 9, 1856; m. Lindie C. Smith in 1888,
dau. of Lewis Smith of Sandwich. He m. second,
Head. Their children:
Edith, b. Oct. 2, 1890.
Clarence, b. Sept. 21, 1892; d. 1893.
Mildred E., b. June 24, 1899; d. 1901.
George H. Sumner, b. Apr. 7, 1857; m. Laura Cram in 1886.
Their children:
Bessie, b. Dec. 13, 1889.
Beatrice, b. Feb. 9, 1897.
Arthur Willis, b. 1859; d. young.
Carrie E., b. Feb. 1, 1861; m. Rolfe Smith, son of Lewis
Smith of Sandwich. Their dau., Ethel W., b. Apr. 18,
1887, m. Herbert J. Darios of Meredith.
Fred H., m. in 1888, Linda C, dau. of Lewis Smith of
Sandwich. Their children:
Edith M., d. young.
Clarence A., d. young.
Mildred E.
The fourth child of Capt. Elisha Smith and wife, Sally (Huse)
Smith.
Ebenezer Smith, born January 7, 1782, died in 1846; married
Abiah Stevens, born October 4, 1792; died in 1872. Their chil-
dren:
Betsey, b. Feb. 20, 1809; m. Deacon Daniel Yeasey; d. 1865.
GENEALOGIES 511
Relief R.. b. June 26, 1813; d. 1878; m. Noah Woodman,
1807-1835.
George F., b. Aug. 21, 1814; d. 1846; m. Ruth Ransom.
Their child d. aged 2 years.
Mary, 1). July 22, 1821; m. Ira Taylor. She d. 1853.
Ruth C, b. July 6, 1828; m. Richard Shephard. One child,
Ella Shephard; lives in Exeter.
Simeon Dana, b. Nov. 12, 1837; d. 1885.
Lackawana (Later Called New Hampton)
The name of a neighborhood on the road to New Hampton was
called "Lackawana, or the Yeasey Neighborhood."
Samuel Woodman of New Hampton married Ruth Harper.
Their children: Israel, Rodney, Martin, Oliver and Addie.
Thomas Woodman, who died April 14, 1843, aged 91 years, was
a Revolutionary soldier. He married Ann Drake. She died
September 7, 1845, aged 85 years. Their children:
Lydia, d. aged 41 years.
Amos C., d. 1830, aged 35 years.
Thomas, d. 1838, aged 74 years. Thomas's wife, Polly
Pease, sister to Joseph Pease, who d. 1863, aged 71 years.
Their children:
Hiram S. was in Co. E, 12th N. H. Regiment Volunteers;
d. at Berlin, Md., 1862, aged 28 years.
Nathaniel, d. Sept. 6, 1829, aged 2 years.
Rebecca, d. Feb. 14, 1840, aged 30 years.
Mary P., m. William D. Boynton, Apr. 27, 1813.
Mara, m. G. W. Stevens; d. June 21, 1859, aged 35 years.
Sarah, m. Joseph Boynton; d. 1850, aged 30 years.
Their dau., Sarah E., d. 1850, aged 12 weeks.
Nancy S., m. George Haynes; d. 1861, aged 45 years.
Mary O., d. Aug. 21, 1851, aged 3 months.
George F., d. Feb. 18, 1853, aged 5 months.
Benjamin P., 1819-1891, m. Elizabeth Hill, 1820-1904.
Woodman
Thomas Woodman married Polly Pease. Their son, Noah
Woodman, 1807-1888, married Relief (Smith), daughter of
Ebenezer Smith and wife, Abiah Stevens. She died in 1875,
aged 65 years. Their children :
John Kelley, b. Mar. 30, 1837; d. aged 4 vears.
Mary A., b. July 6, 1843.
Sarah F., b. Jan. 1, 1846.
512 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Clara Ann, b. Dec. 5, 1853; m. Albert Sumner Hawkins
Dec. 25, 1872. Their children:
Elmer W., b. Sept. 16, 1874; d. 1886.
Florence E., b. July 23, 1879; m. Joseph W. Smith, son
of Henry L. Smith and wife, Mary E. (Brown) Smith.
They had three children; one living, Esther Smith,
who is in Boston University.
Arthur W., b. Aug. 2, 1881; d. 1901.
Bessie M., b. Jan. 14, 1889; d. 1894.
Thomas Woodman and wife, Polly Pease, had a son, Frank
Woodman, who married Bessie Jenkins in Salem, Mass. Their
children:
Ray, who m. Ruth Hawkins, dau. of Rufus Colby Hawkins
and wife, Abbie (Jones) Hawkins of Fitzburg. Ray and
wife have three children: Frank Henry, Ruth Elinor and
Philip Colby.
Frank.
Mary.
Florence.
Fannie S. Woodman married Noah Ward, February 4, 1865
Their son, Clarence Ward.
Mary A. Woodman married George C. Lawrence. They had
three daughters.
Captain Elisha Smith's ninth child, Moses Smith, 1792-1874,
married in 1815, Hannah Cram, 1790-1869. Their daughter,
Sally, born in 1816, married Samuel Cram; lived in New Hampton.
Their children:
Elisha Smith, b. 1846; m. Annie Batchelder, 1868; m.,
second, Almena E. Avery, 1878.
Charles Henry, 1849-1863.
Lucinda Jane, 1854-1883.
Captain Elisha Smith's tenth child, Lavina, born in 1794,
married Nicholas Smith, a son of Deacon Nicholas and Mary
Marston. (See Smiths.) Nicholas was a Revolutionary soldier,
born in 1764. His wife was Mary Marston, daughter of Reuben
Marston, Jr., and granddaughter of Reuben Marston, Sr., and
wife, Sarah Batchelder. Reuben, Sr., and Reuben, Jr., were
Revolutionary soldiers. Reuben was a pioneer on Meredith
Parade. They came from Hampton, N. H.
Reuben, Jr., kept the "Old Wooden Pound." He also built
GENEALOGIES 513
the Marston house on Marston Hill, in 1803, which is still occu-
pied by a descendant of the Marston men, he being the sixth
generation of Marstons who have lived there, and Joseph William
Smith is the sixth generation of Smiths who have lived on the
Robert Smith place since Robert Smith and wife, Phebe Nason,
came there from Brentwood.
Children of Nicholas Smith and wife, Lavina Smith:
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1824; d. 1886; m. Smith Neal,
son of the so r called "White Oak Joseph" Neal, a pioneer of
Meredith. Their only child, Mary Elizabeth arranged the
"Meredith Annals"; b. Oct. 2, 1853, m. John P. Hana-
ford in 1890.
Nicholas Marstox, b. Sept. 15, 1825; d. 1898; m. Lydia
Kimball of Sandwich, 1829-1860; lived and died in Mere-
dith, leaving one dau., Frances Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1856;
m. John P. Hanaford of Illinois. Their dau., Frances
Lydia, b. Apr. 21, 1879; m. Fred Spencer; one son, Earl
Spencer. Live in Canada.
Nicholas Marston Smith moved west; married, second, Clara
Ferrin, born in 1844 at Bridgewater, Vt., daughter of Alfred
Ferrin and wife, Nancy (Hold). Their children:
Ida B., b. Jan. 25, 1869; m. Mike Dilschneider. They have
had five children and live in Montana.
Frank Marstox, b. Feb. 8, 1871; m. Alice Carter. They
have John Nicholas and Una E. Smith; live in North
Dakota.
Lilla M., b. Dec. 17, 1873; lives in North Dakota; m.
Thomas Fitzgerald. They have five children:
Lewis Marston, b. Sept. 7, 1903.
Morris Alfred, b. Aug. 10, 1905.
Clara Ann, b. May 7, 1907.
Ida Elisabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1910; m. 1932 Gunvald Nelson ;
live in North Dakota.
Thomas Franklin, b. July 24, 1912.
Mary Blanch, b. June 2, 1915.
Lewis Cass Smith (Nicholas; Deacon Nicholas; Robert, the
pioneer), born April 23, 1829, in New Hampton (Winona), died
in Illinois, at the home of his niece, Mary E. Neal Hanaford,
with whom he had made his home for many years. He was
brought back and buried on his lot in Meredith with his father
and mother, Nicholas and Lavina Smith.
514 ANNALS OF MEREDITH, N. H.
Ebenezer Smith died September 24, 1831 (as tradition, in
Gilford). He married Mehitable Sheaf, 1761-1843. He was
married May 5, 1785, Thursday evening, between the hours of
8 and 9 P.m. Their children:
Jacob Sheaf, b. Apr. 28, 1786; d. 1791; baptized by Rev.
Mr. Ogden in 1787.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 22, 1787; d. 1867; m. Hannah Richardson
of Dover in 1814.
Rev. Henry, b. June, 1789; d. 1799.
Alfred, b. Feb., 1791.
Margaret, b. Oct. 12, 1792; d. 1796.
Mehitable, b. June 20, 1794; d. 1833; m. Ebenezer Coe,
1813, of North wood.
Charles, b. Nov. 19, 1795; m. Annis Smith; m., second,
Irene Neal.
Addison, b. June 21, 1798; d. 1800.
Emily, b. Aug. 13, 1799; d. 1800.
Charlotte, b. Oct. 3, 1801; d. 1903.
Mary W., b. May 10, 1807; m. Rev. John Kimball Young,
1803-1875. He preached in Laconia.
Robert Smith was born in England about 1611. He came, as
history states, to Boston and later settled in Exeter, where he
signed the Exeter Combination. He took the Freeman's Oath,
October 7, 1644. He removed to Hampton and died there
August 30, 1706. In 1639 he married Susanna . "She
was struck by lightening" June 12, 1680, and he remained a
widower 26 years. He was a tailor by trade, also farmed land.
Their children (no dates have ever been found of their birth) :
John, m. May 14, 1675, Rebecca Adams ; m., second, in 1676,
Rebecca Marston.
Meribah, m. Francis Page.
Aschel.
Jonathan, b. 1645, was a bricklayer in Exeter; m. Mehitable
Holdred. Their children:
Israel, b. 1671.
Jacob, b. 1673.
Ithiel.
Abigail, b. 1678.
Joseph, 1680-1717. He was a judge of the Superior
Court in 1703. He married, first, Dorothy Cotton;
second, Mary More; third, Elizabeth Marshall.
Leah, b. 1683.
Mehitable, 1685.
GENEALOGIES 515
History tells us that many of the men in early days were
"Smithys," and took the name of Smith. They were industrious
and workers of iron and wood, and made, by hand, all the nails
used for building. It is said that the men did not have any
Christian name to distinguish them, but later on these were
added.
We rind the "coat of arms" of Robert and Richard Smith very
similar, and from data read I am inclined to think that they
were closely related and descendants of Nicholas.
Records down through the generations state that Nicholas was
a son of Robert, born in England, and that Nicholas 2 was in
Exeter in 1658 and died there in 1673, leaving real estate that
was divided among his children as late as 1717. The records also
show that the baptismal name of his wife was Mary, born Sep-
tember 3, 1661, died in 1716. He was said to be a farmer and a
good citizen of Exeter. It is recorded that he, with others, was
returning from church one Sunday and was attacked by the
Indians and escaped and lived, but the others were killed. His
will is recorded in Concord, dated February 13, 1716, in which he
names his wife, Mary; sons, Richard, Nathaniel, David, Nicholas,
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